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Films for a cause
Valley of Clouds
May 31, 2012 Healing Forest Films
Short Comedy film – T20
Watch a hilariously funny T20 cricket match between two unusual teams. Whether you love cricket or not, you'll love this short comedy film. Please spread the word about this movie by sharing it with your friends.
Making of Short comedy – T20
This film is part of the Jadui Pankh (Magic Feather) series of 7 films made a few months ago. The entire cast was first trained in theatre and then roles were assigned on the basis of acting potential. A few members of the cast including Vijay (Ranjit) stay at the Mumbai Central railway station. The inspiration for this film came from the importance of the game of cricket in the lives of these children. Perhaps the day to day struggle of life seems a little more bearable when you have something to look forward to?
To watch more films from the collection visit the Jadui Pankh page.
Movie Credits:
Film by- Nitin Das
Music – Mangesh Dhakde, Sound Design – Vinit D'Souza
Production – Latif Shaikh, Zaffar Shaikh
Children from – Akanksha Foundation
Ranjit, Zaffar, Asif, Prakash, Avin, Narendra, Vicky, Deepak, Ravi, Rahul, Ramzan, Nitesh, Nikhil, Nasir, Kasim, Noorji, Pavitra Sarkar
Fountain of Learning Project, Avalokitesvara Trust
Fountain of Learning a.k.a FoL, is an initiative of Avalokitsvara Trust to nurture and educate children in isolated villages of Ladakh. FoL was born in Likir Monastery and the name remains as a metaphor for acts of loving kindness, creativity, connection and compassion and our children's right to education. Since then, Fountain of Learning Project has joined hands with other isolated and neglected schools in the Ladakh terrain, Indo-China & Indo-Pakistan borders. So far 8 libraries have been set up, but the trust is in the process of raising funds to build more libraries and reach out to a larger base of children in Ladakh.
This short film was made to highlight their work and support them in raising funds to create more libraries.
FoL aspires to organically build an integrated network of like-minded individuals that can extend their support through care, love, time, effort, their skills or monetarily. A few ways in which you can help:
Spreading & sharing word about this project
Collecting and gifting children's books
Please visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/192600420842269/
Sponsoring a school library
Sponsoring a child.
If you are an individual who would like to volunteer your skills, creativity and time, have training in Montessori methods, experience with young learners, consider yourself a selfless nurturer, love children's books or are a natural story-teller, please write to friendsoflikir@gmail.com with the subject-VOLUNTEER. To donate, please write with the subject- DONATE.
WATCH: 3 more Short Zen movies made with the little nuns of Themisgam. Click here>>
FOL Address in Leh:
Fountain of Learning, Avalokitesvara Trust,
c/o. Lachumir House,
Behind Lotus Hotel,
Upper Karzoo,
Leh-194101.
Ladakh.
Phone Number : +91 96221 40328
www.facebook.com/avalokitesvaratrust
Movies For A Cause
Here's an interesting selection of movies for a cause. The movies cover a diverse range of causes and every month we add to the list. Movies have a huge potential to create awareness and generate support for a cause. For reference we have included a list of famous movies that have dealt with a social cause. The list is divided into Hollywood movies and movies made by filmkaar.com. Given the large pool of movies to choose from, we have only included a few of the memorable ones.
Movies for a Cause: Movie of the month
This short movie deals with the cause of climate change and it's impact on health in an innovative way.
List of Hollywood Movies around a social cause
A curated list of some amazing movies set amidst the backdrop of a social cause:
Movie: WALL-E (2008)
Cause: Environmental Degradation
Synopsis: A touching love story set in the distant future that involves a small waste collecting robot named WALL-E. Wall-E inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
Movie: Blood Diamond (2006)
Cause: The developed world's obsession for Diamonds and it's impact on developing countries in Africa.
Synopsis: Set during the Sierra Leone (Africa) Civil War in 1999, the film shows a country torn apart by the struggle between government soldiers and rebel forces. In the film a fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.
Movie: Erin Brockovich (2000)
Cause: Corporate Social Responsibility
Synopsis: An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply.
Movie: Philadelphia (1993)
Cause: HIV / AIDS
Synopsis: When a man with AIDS is fired by a conservative law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.
Movie: Syriana (2005)
Cause: Oil Economies
Synopsis: A politically-charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved and affected by it
Movie: Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Cause: LGBT
Synopsis: The story of the life of Brandon Teena, a transgendered teen who preferred life in a male identity until it was discovered he was born biologically female.
Movie: When the Wind Blows (1986)
Cause: War and Nuclear Arms
Synopsis: A poignant story of an elderly British couple who are stuck in the middle of a nuclear war.
Movie: To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
Cause: Racial Discrimination
Synopsis: Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his kids against prejudice.
Movie: City of God (2002)
Cause: Poverty and Crime
Synopsis: A brilliant film that tells an interweaving story of two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The story follows the two boys as they take different paths: one becomes a photographer, the other a drug dealer.
If you have suggestions for movies that you would like to add to this list please send us your movie recommendation in the comment box below.
Other Movies for a cause by Filmkaar.com
More movies to follow>>
May 11, 2012 Healing Forest Photography
Telling Stories with Pictures
Every picture tells a story, but what's interesting is that every person who sees the picture reads a different story. Stories that are crafted by our own memories and imagination. In this small selection of pictures we tell stories that came to our heads. Imagined conversations that never took place, except perhaps in our heads.. and now in yours.
The pictures have been taken in Varanasi, India in early 2012. The last picture has been left blank for you to fill in the conversation. Put your story in the comment box below… in case you feel like exercising your imagination.
Photos by: Sonal Mangla
Stories by: Nitin Das
A few tips for telling stories with pictures:
Rule 1. All stories are about characters. The characters may be human or not, but they must have an element which catches the attention of the viewer and provokes thought.
Rule 2. All stories are about emotions. It is not just about what you see in the picture, but about how it makes you feel.
Here's a link to an article with 35 pictures that tell interesting stories without the help of any text. Link>>
Telling Stories with Movies
For an interesting article that introduces you to the art of telling stories with movies visit our 'How to make a movie' page. Click here>>
60 Seconds in the Himalayas
The Himalayas are more than 50 million years old, but in the last 50 years they have witnessed a huge change. Here's a short time lapse from the magnificent Himalayas. Images from the past and the present that provoke us to think about the future of the Himalayas.
This film has been shot in Himanchal Pradesh, India. The city shown is Shimla, also known as the 'Queen of the Hills'! Shot with Canon 600 D, 18-135mm lens.
Credits: Film by Nitin Das
Special Thanks: Sunil Chauhan
Himalayas Discussion
In less than 20 years, India will have the largest population in the world (overtaking China). Approximately 1,460,000,000 plus people. With such a huge population are we heading toward an imminent crisis? What are the future problems you foresee? What steps can we take to be better prepared & to turn our weakness into our strength? (Put your thoughts in the comment box below to continue the discussion)
Himalayas in Images
*If this film made you think, please consider sharing it with others. You can also follow our new project 'Enchanted Lands & Fables' to see more such films.
March 29, 2012 Healing Forest Films
Haunted House – A Short Comedy Film
Do you believe in ghosts? Have you ever been to a haunted house? Watch this delightfully funny short film about a haunted house in old Mumbai and let us know if you change your mind.
Warning: No ghosts were killed in the making of this movie.
Haunted House – A Short Comedy
For slow internet connections watch movie on Youtube: Link>>
This film is from our Jadui Pankh (Magic Feather) collection of short movies. To know more and watch other movies from Magic Feather follow this link>>.
Film by Nitin Das
Music by Mangesh Dhakde
Sound Design: Vinit D'Souza
Cast: Rajesh (Radio), Siddhesh and Omkar from Sujaya Foundation
Evil Gang: Dharmendra and Imran
Production: Latif Shaikh, Zaffar Shaikh
Copyright: http://www.filmkaar.com
Take a small lesson in 'How to Make Movies'
February 24, 2012 Healing Forest Photography
New Images from Old Delhi
Old Delhi: A collection of images that tries to capture the chaos called life in Old Delhi. People, Rickshwas, Wires, Horns, Vendors, Carts and Monkeys. Everywhere you look images call to you. Untold stories of nameless people. Crowds that create the fabric of our society. The machinery is always running. The business of our lives never stops. The chaos is always on. But have you noticed that within every image of chaos lies a shadow of peace?
Images and text by: Nitin Das
Share your images of Old Delhi:
Have you been to Old Delhi? What are the images that come to mind when you think of Old Delhi? Connect with us on Facebook to join the discussion on Delhi and it's images. Submit your pictures and the best image will win a small prize. Follow this link: Chaos of Life Contest
Blue Gold : 25 Pictures from Leh, India in Autumn
Leh, an oasis town set amidst the cold ice desert region of the Himalayas is one of the most amazing places to visit in India. While the major tourist season is from May to August, those who venture out in other months are enchanted by the stunning beauty that awaits. Here's a collection of photographs from Leh in the month of October.
February 9, 2012 Healing Forest Important
Work Showreel
Here's a small sample of some of the movies that we have made for clients:
Recycle your phone interactive campaign. In this short movie made specifically for youtube, we have used an innovative annotations feature to make the film interactive.
Dream Readers
A short film made in the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador for our project 'Enchanted Lands & Fables'.
A short documentary on an organization that is transforming lives.
Tell us what you think about these movies. We'd love to hear your feedback.
February 8, 2012 Healing Forest Films
How to make a movie – Book
A simple guide for making short movies. No prior experience in movie making required. This book is a step by step manual for beginners that teaches the basics of Scripting, Shooting, Producing, Directing, Editing, and Distribution of your short movies.
This ebook will be available for download on Amazon.com for less than 5 US$. The ebook is readable on any PC, MAC, iPAD, iPhone, Blackberry or Android device using the FREE Kindle App.
Take a preview of the book by visiting our page:
How to make a movie >>
Movie making is an art that is mastered by practise. This book presents lessons in a structured format to help you learn the basics of movie making in a very short time
Answer the simple questions below, to find out whether this book is meant for you or not.
Who is this book meant for?
Do you have an idea for a movie in your head, but don't know how to go about it? OR
Do you have a handycam/ digital camera that records movies and would like to put it to good use? OR
Do you wish to use the power of youtube and video to reach out to a large number of people? OR
Do you want to master the basics of movie making before deciding whether it's meant for you? OR
You just want to impress members of the opposite sex with a cool hobby? OR
If you said yes to any of the above, then you are at the right place. In today's world, it has become simple to make movies. But content made by amateurs is quite unbearable to watch (unless it has a cute cat in it). That's because they have not mastered the basics of movie making. Most books available on movie-making are full of complex terms and theory which is difficult to understand. If you are passionate about movies and would like to master the basics of movie-making in a simple but effective way, consider investing in buying this book. It's a skill you'll cherish for your life.
Preview book on Amazon>>


This support service provides a range of independent assessment services to assist with the needs of people with disability to enter or remain in the workplace.
There are 2 types of assessments a Support Wage Scheme assessments (SWS) and an Ongoing Support Assessment (OSA). Both assessments are aimed at supporting employees and their employers to determine what needs the employee may have as well as what support can be provided.
A Supported Wage System Assessment is designed to review all the factors involved in an employee's working day and help the employee and employer to reach an agreement regarding what is a fair wage. These assessments take place in the workplace and in conjunctions with all of the parties.
An Ongoing Supported Wage Assessment is designed to review an employee's current employment requirements to ensure the person with a disability can maintain their employment.


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Race & Ethnicity (46)
The House on Lemon Street
In 1916, one family battled against the unjust laws aimed at immigrants of Japanese ancestry. In doing so, they lent their own voices to the growing chorus of Asian Americans insisting: "We belong here."
Race & Ethnicity Class Immigration
Freedom's Main Line
One of the earliest assaults on segregated transit in the South occurred in Louisville, Ky., in 1870-71. There, the city's black community organized a successful protest that relied on nonviolent direct action, a tactic that would give shape to the modern civil rights movement nearly a century later.
Maria Fleming
Who Claims Me?
In Boston, widely regarded as the center of the abolitionist movement, black leaders called on citizens to resist the newly passed Fugitive Slave Law in 1850 in order "to make Massachusetts a battlefield in defense of liberty."
"In Kenya, a modern 'Johnny Appleseed' has initiated a successful program to counteract the alarming destruction of Africa's forests."
Race & Ethnicity Class Gender & Sexual Identity
Diversity Justice Action
Si Se Puede
"In response to legislation that would have criminalized immigrants, thousands of high school students from across the country walked out of their classrooms and into history."
Rigoberta Menchú
Rigoberta Menchú has dedicated her life to fighting the injustices faced by the people of Guatemala and educating the world on the concept of indigenous people and fighting for their interests.
Ela Bhatt
Ela Bhatt was a pioneer in women's empowerment and grassroots development. In addition to establishing the Self-Employed Women's Association in India, Bhatt also founded India's first women's bank, Cooperative Bank of SEWA, and served as a member of the Parliament of India from 1986 to1989.
Class Gender & Sexual Identity

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2014 has been a difficult year for me, but its challenges have left me feeling particularly grateful this Thanksgiving. I've been reminded how important it is to make the most of my time with family and friends and not to take anything, or anyone, for granted. When I sit down to Thanksgiving dinner this Thursday, I will, of course, be thankful for the love of family, for the comfort of a warm home, and for the good food, clean water, and medical care that I am very privileged to enjoy. But I will also be grateful to you. Knowing that there are people who read my words and cook my recipes gives me a sense of purpose and a connection to something outside my own limited world. Thank you for allowing me into your kitchen.
You don't have to be a mushroom lover to enjoy my latest main dish. Chopped fine, the mushrooms lend some savory flavor, but the seitan provides the meaty texture. If you can't have gluten, be sure to check out the recipe anyway because I've included a guide to my family's favorite Thanksgiving dishes, some of them gluten-free and soy-free.
Maria's latest pumpkin pie gets its sweetness from persimmons and dates--no sugar! There's no gluten or soy either, so if you're dealing with a restricted diet, be sure to take a look. The crust alone is mouthwatering!


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Is Britain Doing Enough to Halt the Tenure of Terror in London?
London has been at the centerfold of Islamic extremist attacks conducted by a seemingly undetectable threat: homegrown terrorists. The attackers of the three deadly terrorist strikes that hit the British capital within a period of two and a half months were among the thousands of low-grade suspects on domestic intelligence agency MI5's radar. However, the high volume of potential perpetrators has made it difficult for the Secret Service to discern which individuals to prioritize and investigate. Along with addressing gaps in intelligence, the British government has directed prevention efforts toward internet regulations, despite the low-tech nature of the recent attacks. Prime Minister Theresa May's plan to restrict online networking between extremist groups has been scrutinized by terrorism experts and Liberal Democrats who believe it will make attacks harder to stop in the future. With widespread debate about the effectiveness of internet regulations and the MI5, Britons question whether the government is doing enough to combat terrorist threats. Britain's MI5 is tasked with countering domestic terrorism, allocating 63% of its resources towards counterterrorism in 2016, according to the agency's website. Despite funds, the agency did not actively investigate Salman Ramadan Abedi, the suicide bomber who killed 22 people in Manchester in May. MI5 only conducted 3,000 of the 20,000 pending investigations into potential terrorists at the time of Abedi's attack. Khalid Masood, the terrorist who killed four people in a knife-and-vehicle rampage on Westminster Bridge in March, was also known by MI5 for six years. According to a study by the Henry Jackson Society on the profiles of terrorists in the UK between 1998 and 2015, 76% of Islam-related attackers were known to the authorities, with nearly half of Islam-related offences being committed by an individual known to the Secret Service. In the aftermath of the attacks, Prime Minister May proposed an initiative to stop terrorism in its tracks through internet controls. "We need to work with allies and democratic governments to reach international agreements to regulate cyberspace to prevent the spread of extremism and terrorism in planning," May said in a public statement on June 4. However, May's proposal has been criticized by several members of the Liberal Democrat party who claim that May should have put resources into developing better intelligence. "Theresa May has chosen ineffective mass surveillance over investing in police and local intelligence-gathering," said Tim Farron, a Liberal Democrat leader in a tweet on June 5. A study by the International Centre for the Study of Radicalization found that the internet is not the cause of radicalization but can influence an individual's trajectory toward violent political acts. The research also addressed the implications involved in internet censorship, such as problems discerning extremist content and collecting the large amount of funding needed. The research also found that both public and private organizations have faced difficulties crafting convincing responses to extremist's rapidly increasing involvement in online media environments. While the British government attempts to cultivate a comprehensive strategy to prevent future attacks, terrorist attacks are becoming deadlier and more targeted toward European countries. According to a 2016 study by the Investigative Project on Terrorism, Islamic attacks in Europe are set to increase in the next two years. The number of deaths from terrorist strikes have spiked in the past five years. In 2011, an average of 3,284 people died in terror-related deaths. In 2016, that number skyrocketed to 28,708, a change of 774%. The research also noted that Europe has become a target for Islamic terrorists because of the continent's unregulated immigration system and large population of refugees. Although the British government has yet to find consensus on counterterrorism, the Secret Service has warned citizens that the threat is indeed critical. MI5 marked the threat of terrorism as severe, indicating that another attack is highly likely and imminent.
Who Is Part of the Free World?
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Lessons from Bosnia and Herzegovina for Ukraine
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Q: How to overwrite evil-motion-state-map in Doom Emacs I'm trying to override L in evil-motion-state-map (evil-window-bottom) so my custom binding takes precedence in treemacs. However, this doesn't seem to work:
; my-mode.el
(map! :after evil-mode
      :map evil-motion-state-map
      "L" nil)

Any clue why? should another mode be passed as :after?
evil-motion-state-map is only taking precedence in the treemacs buffer.

A: You can use :m to map in evil-motion-state-map.
And also you don't the package name is evil not evil-mode.
So maybe like this.
(map! (:after evil
       :m "L" nil))

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Q: puttext on bottom left Im using the following code to write text on rectangle.
public static void drawRectangleAndLabelOnPreview(Mat img, Rect face, String label) {

        Imgproc.putText(img, label, face.tl(), Core.FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX, FONT_SIZE, FACE_RECT_COLOR, FONT_THICKNESS);
    }

I want the rectangle on bottom but it is still in the top. How can I be able to put it in bottom left?

A: Set Rect face coordinates to bottom left position where you want to put text in the image.
Suppose w and h are width and height of your text box and r and c are number of rows and columns in the image respectively. Then, set face x, y values as:
face.x = 0;
face.y = r - h - 1;

These values are for example if you want to set box on bottom left position. You can change if you want to change position.


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Category 6™
Category 1 Hurricane Dorian Expected to be a Cat 4 by Sunday
Dr. Jeff Masters · August 29, 2019, 3:33 PM EDT
Above: GOES-16 visible satellite image of Hurricane Dorian at 11:30 am EDT August 29, 2019. A tiny 6-mile diameter eye was apparent. Image credit: NOAA/RAMMB.
At 11 am EDT Thursday, Dorian was a Category 1 hurricane with 85 mph winds, headed northwest at 13 mph. A NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft measured a central pressure of 986 mb, a 5 mb drop from the 5 am value. Satellite images showed a compact, well-organized hurricane with decent low-level spiral banding and upper-level outflow, and a tiny 6-mile diameter eye. Dry air could be seen wrapping into the southeast side of Dorian, and this dry air was keeping the brakes on rapid intensification. An area of moderate wind shear appeared to be impinging on the southwest side of Dorian, helping limit intensification.
Figure 1. Radar-estimated rainfall from Hurricane Dorian in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. St. Thomas had the heaviest rains, with an estimated 4 – 6" (yellow colors). Only southwest Puerto Rico saw a few isolated areas of heavy rain from Dorian.
Dorian spares Puerto Rico; limited damage in the Virgin Islands
Dorian made landfall on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands as a Category 1 hurricane with 75 mph winds at 2 pm EDT Wednesday. Winds on the south shore of Saint Thomas peaked at a sustained 72 mph between 1:17 and 1:27 pm EDT Wednesday, with gusts as high as 97 mph, when St. Thomas was in the developing northern eyewall of Dorian. As of early Thursday morning, there appears to be only limited damage in Saint Thomas, with no roofs lost, according to stthomassource.com. However, multiple boats were overturned or came loose from moorings and ran aground at the St. Thomas Yacht Club, and possibly at other marinas. There were extensive power outages and some road damage from flooding on the island. The greatest rainfall recorded at a WU Personal Weather Station (PWS) during Dorian was at ISTTHOMA12 on St. Thomas, which had 5.70".
WOW! #Dorian is hammering the #USVI & #BVI with wind gusts clocked to 97 MPH at 231' at Estate Bovoni.
We've got the latest on the @weatherchannel#HurricaneDorian#weatherchannel pic.twitter.com/JHy8FrX6gf
— Mike Seidel (@mikeseidel) August 28, 2019
The other islands in the U.S. and British Virgin Islands received lower winds and less rain from Dorian, with no reports of major damage. Thankfully, Dorian spared Puerto Rico. The island escaped seeing tropical storm-force winds, with the highest winds being 27 mph, gusting to 45 mph, on Culebra Island, off the northeast coast of mainland Puerto Rico. Heavy rains in excess of 4" were limited to a few areas in southwest Puerto Rico. Unfortunately, a man died after he fell off the roof of his home near San Juan while cleaning the gutters in preparation for the storm, according to WAPA-TV.
Figure 2. Predicted wind speeds (colors) and pressure (black lines) for Dorian at 11 pm EDT Sunday, September 1, 2019, from the 6Z Thursday, August 29, 2019 run of the HWRF model. This model, one of our top three performing intensity models at long ranges last year, predicted that Dorian would make landfall as a Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph winds on the central coast of Florida. Image credit: tropicaltidbits.com.
Intensity forecast for Dorian
Dorian is in a position to take advantage of atmospheric and oceanic conditions that will support several days of strengthening, and perhaps one or more rounds of rapid intensification. For the remainder of today, intensification will likely be limited by the inner-core structure of the hurricane identified by the Hurricane Hunters. This morning, Dorian had concentric eyewalls—a tiny inner one with a diameter of just 6 miles, surrounded by a larger outer eyewall of about 30 miles in diameter. Until Dorian consolidates around one of these eyewalls, significant intensification is unlikely.
Over the next three days, wind shear is expected to be light, less than 10 knots, and mid-level relative humidity will increase from around 55% to around 65%. What's more, Dorian will be passing over very warm water, with sea surface temperatures of around 29-30°C (84-86°F), about 0.5°C (1.0°F) warmer than average.
Figure 3. Oceanic heat content—an important factor in rapid intensification—will be greater than 75 kilojoules per square centimeter along Dorian's projected track much of Thursday, and above 50 until the hurricane reaches Florida. Such values are commonly associated with rapid intensification of hurricanes. The numbers within each icon show the hours ahead of the forecast issuance time (5 am EDT Thursday). Image credit: CIRA/RAMMB/CSU.
Oceanic heat content will be above 50 kilojoules per square centimeter along much of Dorian's path for the next three days, and above 75 kJ/sq cm much of Thursday. Values above 75 kJ/sq cm are closely associated with higher odds of rapid intensification.
The official NHC forecast calls for steady strengthening of Dorian, bringing it to Category 4 strength by Sunday morning with 130-mph winds. It is certainly possible that rapid intensification will occur before that point, which could quickly bring Dorian to major-hurricane strength. In fact, the Rapid Intensification Index in the 12Z Thursday run of the SHIPS and DTOPS models gave a 23% and 25% chance, respectively, of Dorian's sustained winds increasing 30 mph by Friday morning, which would make it a Category 3 hurricane with 115 mph winds.
Expect Dorian to experience at least one eyewall replacement cycle (ERC) before any U.S. landfall. In fact, the hurricane may already have begun its first ERC on Thursday morning, given the concentric eyewall structure found by the Hurricane Hunters. These cycles can produce a dip in strength lasting a day or so, as the inner eyewall collapses and is replaced by the outer eyewall, but they also tend to enlarge a hurricane. Between this possible effect and the tendency of hurricanes to expand over time and with latitude, we can expect Dorian to be considerably larger at landfall than it is now, with a larger wind field.
Apart from the potential for short-term rapid strengthening, some models are pushing Dorian's strength to very dangerous levels on its approach to Florida this weekend. Among our top intensity models, the 6Z Thursday runs of the HWRF, COAMPS, and HMON models had Dorian making landfall as a Category 4 storm with 135 - 140 mph winds, the 6Z LGEM and DSHIPS models expected a Category 3 landfall with 120 mph winds, and the GFS model called for a Category 2 landfall with 95 mph winds.
Bottom line: expect Dorian to undergo a round of rapid intensification by Friday, which will bring it to at least Category 3 strength as it approaches the Southeast U.S. coast on this weekend.
Track forecast for Dorian
Over the next day, Dorian should continue on a fairly steady northwest course. Forecast models have been consistently projecting that Dorian will make a turn toward the west-northwest on Friday, as it feels the steering effects of a westward extension of the Bermuda high and a weak upper low to its southwest. Models then keep Dorian heading west or west-northwest toward the Southeast U.S. coast, with a landfall in central Florida on Monday the most likely scenario at present.
The first major track question is how soon the anticipated left turn takes place and how sharp it is. Once Dorian is heading west or west-northwest, we should have a more confident sense of the latitude where it might reach Florida.
The second question is how strong the ridge is to Dorian's north. The 0Z Thursday ensembles from the European and GFS models indicate that a weakness may develop in the ridge that could allow Dorian to slow or stall and embark on a slow northward motion early next week. It's too soon to know whether such a turn will happen, much less whether it would occur while Dorian is offshore, near the coast, or onshore. Overall, the European ensemble leans toward a turn closer to the East Coast, while the GFS favors a more delayed northward turn. The models have trended slower with today's set of runs, and Dorian may be moving at just 5 mph when it makes landfall in Florida. Any slowing or stalling will greatly increase the risk of flooding, especially north of Dorian's track.
It also remains possible that Dorian will cross the entire peninsula and go on to pose a threat to the northern Gulf Coast, an outcome favored by about two-thirds of the GFS ensemble and about a third of the Euro ensemble, as well as the 12Z Thursday run of the UKMET model.
Last nights 00z #ECMWF ensemble track guidance for #Hurricane #Dorian continues to show large along track uncertainty (related to differences in forward speed).
This becomes critical after 120h; The ridge steering it west is now fcast to weaken & may cause it to bend N after. pic.twitter.com/daNK27CB9R
— Philippe Papin (@pppapin) August 29, 2019
The 0Z Thursday runs of our top operational track models give a sense of the divergent outcomes still possible:
--The GFS shows a landfall in northern Florida on Sunday night, with Dorian then heading slowly north-northwest and stalling over Georgia. (The 06Z and 12Z runs are similar, but with landfall more toward central Florida.)
--The European model depicts a landfall between Miami and Palm Beach on Monday, with Dorian then tracking up the heart of the peninsula and hugging the coast of Georgia and South Carolina by midweek.
--The UKMET shows Dorian dipping west-southwest just before landfall, crossing the coast between Miami and Palm Beach on Monday and then heading north across the eastern peninsula.
It would not be a shock to see some north-versus-south "windshield wiper" back-and-forthing on these landfall projections for another day or so, until Dorian undergoes the expected westward bend in its track. Now is an excellent time to keep in mind that the average 5-day track error over the past five years of NHC forecasts is around 200 miles. With this in mind, the entire Southeast U.S. coast—especially from South Florida to South Carolina—needs to stay abreast of Dorian's evolution. People along the northern Gulf Coast should also be aware that there is a chance of a Gulf Coast landfall from Dorian next week.
Figure 4. Predicted water levels at the coast in Charleston, SC (left) and Fort Pulaski, GA (right) for August 29 - September 1. A "king tide" is expected to cause major coastal flooding during multiple high tide cycles, even before any potential impacts from Hurricane Dorian. Image credit: NOAA.
Major flooding to begin Thursday night on Southeast U.S. coast
In a case of very bad timing, Hurricane Dorian's push toward the Southeast U.S. will coincide with some of the highest astronomical tides of the year—locally known as king tides. These tides will extend for several days after the new moon that arrives on Friday. So-called "nuisance" flooding from high astronomical tides has become an increasing headache along the U.S. coast. The upward trend will continue as human-produced climate change continues to bump up sea levels. (See our post on a major 2018 NOAA report finding that the Southeast U.S. coast can expect flood conditions from 26 to 85 times a year as soon as the 2040s.)
The extension of the Bermuda high that will build and steer Dorian westward this weekend is already pushing onshore flow against the Southeast coast. At Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina, major flooding is expected with the evening high tide on both Thursday and Friday night. The predicted peaks for Thursday night are 8.2' at the Charleston Harbor tidal gauge and 10.1' at the Fort Pulaski, GA, tidal gauge. The current forecast shows slightly lower evening tides on Saturday, but there's a good chance that swells from Dorian (not yet reflected in the forecast) will be pushing up water levels by that point. Enhanced tidal flooding is likely to extend further south along the Florida coast by this weekend, depending on Dorian's exact track.
Here's what can be expected from the currently projected levels of flooding Thursday night, well before any direct impacts from Dorian:
Charleston: At 8.0 ft above Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW), major coastal flooding occurs. Widespread flooding occurs in Downtown Charleston with numerous roads flooded and impassable and some impact to structures. Impacts become more extensive all along the southeast South Carolina coast including erosion at area beaches, with limited or no access to docks, piers, and some islands.
Savannah: At 10.0 ft MLLW, major coastal flooding occurs. HW-80 between Savannah and Tybee Island will become impassable, isolating Tybee Island. Around Savannah, flooding could impact 5th Ave, 10th St, 14th St, and the intersection of 6th St and Lewis Ave. Flooding will also occur on Wilmington Island, the Coffee Bluff community, and Burnside Island. Roads also become impassable on Ossabaw Island and Sapelo Island including Landing Rd near Meridian. Also, HW-17 south of Darien could flood and become impassable.
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In late June, the Supreme Court invalidated the heart of the Voting Rights Act by nullifying the portion of the law that defines the states and counties covered under Section 5, which requires federal preclearence for changes to voting laws in areas with histories of discrimination. Now, the responsibility falls to legislators to update the list of areas Section 5 covers and to give the VRA back its teeth. Texas has already implemented a voter id law—the most restrictive in the nation—that was previously judged to be discriminatory by a federal court and at least five other southern states are pushing harsh new voting restrictions.
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#NEW #RELEASE #REVIEW "The French War Bride" by Robin Wells
World War II Paris serves as the backdrop of a story of compassion, betrayal, and forgiveness from the national bestselling author of The Wedding Tree . . .
"I never knew what he saw in you."
At her retirement home in Wedding Tree, Louisiana, ninety-one-year-old Amelie O'Connor is in the habit of leaving her door open for friends. One day she receives an unexpected visitor—Kat Morgan, the ex-fiancée of her late husband, Jack.
Kat and Jack were high school sweethearts who planned to marry when Jack returned from France after World War II. But in a cruel twist of fate, their plans were irrevocably derailed when a desperate French girl overheard an American GI's confession in a Parisian church. . .
Now, Kat wants to know the truth behind a story that's haunted her whole life. Finding out how Amelie stole Jack's heart will—she thinks—finally bring her peace. As Amelie recalls the dark days of the Nazi occupation of Paris, The French War Bride reveals how history shapes the courses of our lives. . .for better or for worse.
I have to say the cover of this book is beautiful, isn't it! It fits in with the rest of the story! So, imagine a few years after losing your husband, after he has passed away, after spending all those years with the love of your life with him. You happen to still be living at the Assisted Living place because that is what your husband needed at the time, and you normally leave your door open so your friends know you are home and perhaps you can get together and do something together, and look who shows up at your door! The last person you ever would expect to show up there is your husband's jilted ex-fiance' who is now 91 years old. Her name is Kat, and she is still looking for answers as to, "why?" Amelie never expects to see this! Yes, Kat was the fiance' of her late husband, Jack. Kat has to be around the same age as Amelie is, and has been handed a sentence of cancer, with less than six months to live. With her doctor having her get her affairs in order, there is only one thing that Kat wants to know, and that is why Jack proposed to her, making her his fiance' prior to the World War II, then ended up marrying another woman instead of her? Knowing she cannot go to her grave without getting the answers from Amelie, she confronts her in her own home. (I thought that was quite brazen, but she did it.) Amelie surely feels put on the spot, and where I would have told her it's none of her business, but in words much nicer than that, Amelie proceeds to try to get Kat to understand. I felt if Kat did not understand by then, after living through the War herself and seeing what it did to people, then she clearly doesn't have a clue about love. Amelie tells Kat what the love of her life did to end up marrying her instead.
Yikes! I would have died! I mean they are 91 years old, can't they just drop it by now? Nope! I guess drama never goes away no matter what your age is! However, this makes for hearing a wonderful love story between Amelie and Jack, but why would Kat want to put herself through finding out her fiance' left her without marrying her, yet married another woman? Kat demands to find out the answers from Amelie, so Amelie gives her the answers she requests. I honestly don't know that I could dig all that up all over again and have someone judging me at my 91 years of age??? What's the point? Her husband has past and yes, it's nice to remember those types of things, but not when you have another angry woman who is demanding answers from you!)
This is not a book you are going to read through in a matter of hours, but days because this book covers a lot, it goes much deeper than your regular thriller or other types of books and is actually beautiful, despite Kat. Tune her out and enjoy! (This author has made a note in the beginning of this book about the huge amounts of research this book took in order to write it. I was pretty impressed by what she had to say.) I think most everyone would love this book, and I highly recommend reading it! You'll enjoy this very much.
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Arsenal in the 30s – February 1935. Despite one slip, Arsenal remain top.
At the end of January 1935 the league positions had swung around once more with Arsenal winning all three league games, and now taking a two point lead (and superior goal difference) at the top of the table.
But before the football could get underway, on 1 February 1935: Bobby Davidson signed. Davidson had played against Arsenal in the friendly at Muirton in September 1934 and was selected for the Scottish League team against the Irish League a few weeks later. Arsenal offered £4,000 and on 1st February 1935 he moved to Arsenal from St Johnstone. Just 5 feet 3 inches tall it was said he had a kick like a mule, and was in constant trouble with the refs. He went on to play 63 league games for Arsenal – and we'll see below, he didn't have long to wait for the first of them.
On the pitch Arsenal had just won five in a row (three in the league and two in the cup) and the club continued with this form at the start of February, with an emphatic 4-1 win over fifth placed Sheffield Wednesday. Crayston came back at right half and the left footed Bastin continued at inside right, meaning that the right footed Beasley continued at outside left. James returned replacing Dougall.
The line up raised a lot of comment, but it worked. James got a hattrick and Bastin the other, and you can't argue with results.
Meanwhile Tottenham lost 1-0 to Villa – a result which left them in 20th, just one place above relegation. Their slide had been dramatic with just one win in 11 games.
On 6 February England played Ireland and won 2-1. Both England goals were scored by Bastin.
Next for Arsenal was an away trip to Birmingham on 9 February, and before the game such a venture no longer held deep fears that it would have done at the end of 1934. As a result Allison used exactly the same line up as had been so effective in the game against Wednesday.
Birmingham had won seven and lost six of their home games thus far, making them far from invincible at St Andrews, and had just had a run of five defeats, followed by three draws, followed by another defeat in the league. But on 6 February this run had come to an end with a 4-2 home win over Middlesbrough, although still leaving the club 19th in the league.
No one expected anything other than an Arsenal win, and yet amazingly Birmingham came out on top beating Arsenal 3-0. The reason was that both Hulme and James were injured during the match, but it was Hulme's injury that caused the defeat. He left the pitch, leaving Arsenal with ten men, and indeed he didn't play again until the following October.
Before Arsenal could play another game, on 13 February 1935 the death of Phil Kelso was announced, although the club did not acknowledge the fact.
Kelso was the manager who took Arsenal to its first two FA Cup semi-finals in 1906 and 1907 and revealed for the first time the real potential Woolwich Arsenal had. He kept the club in the first division after their promotion in 1904, but in 1908 chose to move to Fulham and managed to keep them in the Second Division (avoiding the drop back into the Southern League) throughout his years in the club.
Back in 1935, despite the Birmingham defeat Arsenal were still top, as they moved into the next round of the FA Cup, with an away fixture at Reading on 16 February. Reading spent the season challenging for promotion to the second division but eventually lost out to Charlton. In the Cup they had not played any of the top teams on their way through from the first round to the fourth beating, Cardiff, Wrexham, Aldershot and Millwall en route to the most attractive tie they could imagine.
For this game Birkett took over from Hulme, and following the Birmingham defeat there was much anticipation of a possible upset. Indeed the crowd of over 30,000 was itself over three times the home team's average league crowd. Arsenal however saw the game through winning 1-0 with a goal from Bastin.
Despite their lowly position in the league Tottenham had also survived this far in the FA Cup, but now went out to Bolton after two drawn games. Of the top teams only Sunderland had a league match to play, and they had a goalless draw away to Middlesbrough.
The next round of games came the following Wednesday (20 February)with Arsenal at home to Stoke who had topped the table briefly earlier in the season, but were now lying fourth. Arsenal won 2-0 to stay top. For Stoke it turned out to be the start of a run of five consecutive defeats and only one win in ten which saw them drop to 14th place in the league. The run only ended on 20 April when they beat Tottenham 4-1 to secure Tottenham's position at the bottom of the league.
Now Allison really did ring the changes, not least to give relief to some of his battered team. Sidey, Birkett, Dougall and Davidson came in – the latter for his first game.
In this his first match he scored one of the goals (Hill got the other) in a 2-0 victory. As a result he continued to hold his place for the majority of games in the rest of the season, making a total of 11 appearances in all, scoring a total of two goals.
The final game of the month was on 23 February – an away game at Manchester City who by now were third, three points behind Arsenal with a game in hand and an impressive home form of 10 wins, three draws and one defeat. Arsenal's away form had picked up a little in January, but it was still only three wins, six draws and five defeats.
Everyone knew there would be a big crowd but the total of nearly 80,000 was still a surprise, being over double City's average for the season. Allison shuffled the pack once more as John, Roberts and Bowden returned – the latter getting the goal. All in all the 1-1 draw was a fairly satisfactory conclusion.
At the same time Sunderland drew 1-1 away to Tottenham, while Sheffield Wednesday beat Leeds 1-0.
That was the end of football for the month, but there is one other event I would like to mention, for away from football, and indeed away from any publicity, three days after the Man City game a small group of scientists and government experts gathered in a field in Northamptonshire, not far from Daventry, where Robert Watson-Watt gave the first successful demonstration of radar. He had tried several times before to get the system to work and with his development cash almost gone, this was his final attempt. The successful application of the invention (in front of a largely disbelieving collection of ministers and civil servants) was one of the most important elements in the British ability to defeat the much larger German airforce in the second world war. Without radar, things would have been very different.
As for the football, the league table is given below, and this time I include the full table – just so we can see what had happened to Tottenham (who were Arsenal's next opponents on March 6). There were 12 games to go and Arsenal as can be seen had a two point lead and a far superior goal difference. They just had to keep chugging along to secure their third title in a row.. Also, if they continued to score over one goal a game they would surely reach the magical 100 goal mark for the season. As for Tottenham, they needed to start winning, and start winning quickly.
Here is, as always, the summary of the games of the month.
*This average is for league games and thus not directly comparable with an FA Cup match.
AC is the average crowd for the home team through the season, providing a comparison between the crowd on that day (in the previous column) and the norm expected by the home side.
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In this week when Mesut Ozil scored his first ever hat trick it is interesting to note Alex James's hat trick mentioned above was his first and only of his first class career also.
There are several stories behind this fact and I quote from the book 'Alex James Life of a Football Legend' by John Harding pages 172-3.
To combat James, even though he was now at the veteran stage of his career, was still a nightmare for the opposition: whichever way the tactics were shaped, they seemed to backfire.
Yet, in the middle of the triple championship season, 1934/35, that most unlikely of things happened: on 2 February at Highbury against Sheffield Wednesday James scored that hat trick. How he managed it-or rather ,why,- is part of Highbury folklore and typical of the furore that surrounded just about everything that he did. Wednesday's manager , Billy Walker, is supposed to have told his players not to mark James near the Wednesday area because 'he never scores these days'. Another version of the story current for many years gave his son the credit for having goaded his father by coming home on the morning of the match after scoring seven goals in a school match ,and wondering why he, the great Alex James, never did the same.
Two years after the event , however, James provided a clue as to his frame of mind that afternoon. He recalled that the day before the game , manager Allison had signed Bobby Davidson from St Johnstone, a stocky little inside forward whom Allison declared, rather oddly to have ,'a big sweeping mind and feet to respond to it'. He was apparently, the 'new Alex James'.
[This James declared, was a 'wicked untruth'.]…It was a rotten yarn but it stuck and, incredibly enough , even some of the Arsenal players believed it. In fact , I'm not at all sure that even Bobby himself did not think there was something in it.
Hope you enjoyed this piece as I thought it quite a coincidence that Ozil should accomplish this feat on the same day as Tony posted. Lets hope Mesut Ozil can go on and achieve the greatness for us that Alex James did.
Yes, thanks very much for supplying it, and as you say, a great coincidence.


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Home Audience Developers How do Arrays Decay into Pointers?
How do Arrays Decay into Pointers?
Satyanarayana Sampangi
This article is for C programming newbies and enthusiasts. It deals with how arrays are passed as parameters to a function decays into pointers.
Many newbies to the C world are often confused about passing an array as the parameter to a function. They find it difficult to decide whether it is done using the 'pass by value' or 'pass by reference' parameter passing mechanism. This article explains how the arrays are passed to the function and why this is so.
Example 1: 'An array name as a function parameter is a pointer'
In this example, consider 1-D array to explain the meaning of the above statement with the help of the demo codes. Consider Code 1, which contains a function called display() to display the elements of the array.
3 void display(int numbers[], int size);
5 int main()
7     //Defination of an array
8     int numbers[] = {10, 20, 30, 40, 50};
10     //Calling display function, to print the elements
11     display(numbers, sizeof(numbers) / sizeof(numbers[0]));
13     return 0;
16 //Function definition
17 void display(int numbers[], int size)
19     int i;
20     for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
21     {
22         printf("The value @ address: %p: %d\n", &numbers[i], numbers[i]);
23     }
Code 1: This code is to demonstrate how arrays are passed to functions
From Code 1, whenever arrays are passed as the arguments to functions, they are always passed by using the 'Pass by reference' mechanism. Because of this, they will decay into pointers in the function parameters. In Line 17 of Code 1, In main function, the name of array (numbers) which contains the base address of the array (numbers) is passed to the function called the display, and collected using the parameter called numbers, which is nothing but the pointer to the base address of the array (numbers) defined in the main function. The function display() is equivalent to the code shown below.
void display(int *numbers, int size);
The definition of the display is also given in Code 2.
1 //Function definition
2 void display(int *numbers, int size)
4     int i;
5     for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
6     {
7        printf("The value @ address: %p: %d\n", &numbers[i], numbers[i]);
8     }
9 }
The two declarations of the function display shown in Code 1 and Code 2 look different from the programmer's perspective, but from the compiler's viewpoint, both are one and the same. The standard specifies that a parameter in the function declaration, which is of 'array of type(T)' shall be decayed to 'pointer to type(T)'.
Note 1: An array name in the declaration of a function parameter is treated by the compiler as a pointer to the first element of the array.
void display(int numbers[], int size);
void display(int numbers[5], int size);
In the code given above, all the function declarations are equivalent. One can call the function display with an array, with a pointer or with its actual argument. In all the three prototypes, the function parameter (numbers) will decay into the 'Pointer to the first element of an array'.
Consider the example of a 2D array, to explain how it will decay into the 'Pointer to an array', when passed to the function. Let us start with a demo code as shown in Code 3:
2 #define ROW 3
3 #define COL 2
7     int array[ROW][COL];
8     populate(array);
10     //Some code here
13 void populate(int array[ROW][COL])
15         //Some code here
Code 3: Code to demonstrate how 2D arrays are passed to functions
From the example shown in Code 3, when the 2D array of type(T) is passed as a parameter to the function, it will decay into the 'Pointer to an array', as shown in Line 13 of Code 3. Code 3 shows a straightforward way of passing the 2D arrays to the function, which means declaring them exactly the same way as declared in the calling function.
13 void populate(int (*array)[COL])
As far as we are concerned, with the equivalence between pointers and arrays, when arrays are passed as an argument to a function, what really gets passed is a pointer to the array's first element. When we declare a function that accepts an array as a parameter, the compiler simply compiles the function as if that parameter were a pointer, since a pointer is what it will actually receive.
In general, when multi-dimensional arrays are passed as a parameter to the function, what actually is passed is a pointer to the array's first element. Since the first element of a multi-dimensional array is another array, what gets passed to the function is a 'pointer to an array'.
We cannot receive a 2D array as shown in the demo Code 5, since compilers will generate code in such a way that functions will receive the 2D array as 'Pointer to an array' and not 'Pointer to Pointer'.
13 void populate(int **array) //Error
Code 5: Code to demonstrate that 2D arrays cannot be collected as pointer to pointer
Now, consider Code 6 given below:
5     //Define the array
6     int a[5] = {10, 20, 30, 40, 50};
8     int x = *a;
10     ...
From Code 6, in the expression shown in Line 8, the name of the array 'a' is decayed into the pointer to the first element of the array by the compiler. As a result, dereferencing the pointer yields the value stored at the first location of an array, which is nothing but 10 in the example shown in Code 6.
Let us consider one more example to show how the 'subscript in the array is always the offset from the pointer'.
8     int x = a[2];
10     // a[2] <=> *(a + 2)
Table 1: Pictorial explanation for Code 7
From Code 7, Line 8, the compiler internally treats the name of the array 'a' as the pointer to the first element of the array; the subscript value 2 is added to the pointer as a offset to get the new address. The equivalent of a[2] is nothing but *(a + 2). The pictorial representation of Code 7 is shown in Table 1. So, here, once again, the name of the array decays into the pointer to the first element of the array and then the subscript will be added.
The compiler automatically scales a subscript to the size of the object pointed at. For instance, if sizeof(int) is 4 bytes long, then the subscript 2 in a[2] is actually 2 * 4 bytes long from the base address of the array. The compiler takes care of scaling, before adding the subscript to the base address of the array. The detailed explanation is given in Table 1.
An array name when passed as an argument to the function, it decays into a pointer to the first element of the arry by the compiler.
An array name in an expression (apart from the place of declaration) is also decayed by the compiler to a pointer to the first element of the array. A subscript is always equivalent to an offset from a pointer. 2D arrays cannot be collected in pointer-to-pointer when passed as an argument to the functions.
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    Music = apps.get_model("music", "Music")
    for music in Music.objects.all():
        if music.thumbnail == "http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/Z0X2FyRl-9s/sddefault.jpg":
            music.thumbnail = "https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/Z0X2FyRl-9s/sddefault.jpg"
            music.save()

class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = [
        ('music', '0020_auto_20151028_0925'),
    ]

    operations = [
        migrations.RunPython(default_thumbnail_to_https),
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='music',
            name='thumbnail',
            field=models.CharField(default='https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/Z0X2FyRl-9s/sddefault.jpg', max_length=255),
            preserve_default=True,
        ),
    ]


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What is demand generation?
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Demand generation is a marketing strategy which focuses on nurturing relationships with prospects before they become customers. It does this by providing valuable content and offering helpful advice to prospects, in order to establish trust and authority with them.
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Trump's Health Secretary Won't Say If He Will Try To Kill Or Save Obamacare
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price gave Congress few indications Wednesday whether he would try to salvage Obamacare markets or tear down the system.
Posted on March 29, 2017, 9:46 pm
WASHINGTON — The man in charge of either saving Obamacare, dismantling Obamacare, or neglecting Obamacare gave little sign to Congress Wednesday as to what he would do, after Republicans failed to pass a bill repealing the law.
With the GOP's health care bill dead (at least for now) the Trump administration finds itself running a health system the president has repeatedly vowed to do away with.
"The best thing we can do, politically speaking, is let Obamacare explode," Trump said just last week.
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price mostly avoided giving direct answers about whether he will try to strengthen or weaken Affordable Care Act regulations when he appeared before the House Appropriations Committee Wednesday.
But Price has a huge amount of regulatory power to gut or strengthen provisions of the ACA. He could make changes that independent experts and even some Democrats are calling for to stabilize markets and hopefully bring down prices. Or, as Trump proposed, he could do nothing and hope some markets fail.
In reference to the individual mandate, the crux of the ACA that requires people to purchase health insurance if they can afford it, Price told the committee "so long as the law is on the books, we at the department are obliged to uphold the law."
But Price also said the existing rules increase premium costs and run contrary to the goals of the Trump administration. "We would suggest that the proof isn't there that the individual mandate actually increases the amount of coverage," he said.
With a filing deadline fast approaching for insurance companies to decide if they want to stay involved in individual marketplaces, Larry Levitt of the Kaiser Family Foundation told BuzzFeed News the best thing the Trump administration could do for markets is clear up this uncertainty.
"The single most important thing the Trump administration could do right now is to assure insurance companies that it intends to run the program effectively," said Levitt.
"That would include things like continuing outreach, enforcing the individual mandate, making the cost-sharing subsidy payments to insurers, and settling the lawsuit over the risk corridor program and making those payments."
One key opening for Republicans to either kneecap or bolster Obamacare markets involves a lawsuit launched by House Republicans opposing what are called cost-sharing reduction payments.
These payments compensate insurance companies for lowering premiums to low-income Americans who could otherwise not afford insurance. Republicans alleged the program is a breach of Congressional spending authority, and a lower court decision agreed. The Obama administration appealed the decision.
If the Trump administration dropped that appeal, insurance companies would be hit with a $7 billion annual bill. Whereas if House Republicans drop their lawsuit, the industry would be free of that threat looming over them. Key House Republicans are now openly talking about the need to drop the lawsuit.
Price repeatedly said Wednesday he could not comment on that file because it was before the courts.
The administration could significantly bring down premiums by supporting these programs and enforcing the individual mandate, Andy Slavitt, an administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under Obama, argued in a recent op-ed.
On the regulatory side, the Trump administration's approach to Obamacare has been contradictory so far. First, Trump signed an executive order directing agencies not to enforce Obamacare regulations as much as they could.
But then, more quietly, Health and Human Services put out new regulations that provided the insurance industry with some of the changes they say they need for market stability.
Meanwhile, Republicans in the House continue to have meetings and are publicly insisting they are growing closer to drafting a health care bill that can pass the House.
"I'm pretty optimistic today," said Rep. Raul Labrador.
"I may feel differently next week, but I'm pretty optimistic today that we're going to get to a result where more than 216 members of the House are going to vote for the bill and not grudgingly vote for the bill but actually excitedly vote for the bill."


Why would anyone become an entrepreneur?
As a CFO for a Venture Capital (VC) fund, I work with startups every day run by entrepreneurs who sacrifice everything in their pursuit of fixing something that they are unhappy with in the world.
They are filled with enthusiasm and energy, working ungodly hours in their endless desire to change the status quo to something better. It's a noble pursuit — of that there is no doubt — but it is also a hard, lonely, and difficult one.
In my years working for a VC fund, I have worked with over 800 startups in many different sectors. Unfortunately the majority of these companies will fail, returning nothing to their investors, costing people their jobs and shattering the dreams of many founders along the way. Yet every year we invest into another 150 new companies filled with new founders all trying to do similar things.
The purpose of this article is to try and share some common errors that I see, many of which could have been easily avoided, or which could have been anticipated and prevented.
Running a startup is really hard — doing it for the first time is exceptionally so and will be filled with errors and things that you wish you never did. The trick is to learn from these mistakes and become more experienced so that they do not happen again in the future.
The most important attribute that I have seen in a successful entrepreneur is resilience and the ability to bounce back from setbacks stronger and wiser.
Having a positive attitude, and finding the positivity even in moments of disaster can build resilience along with the ability to weather the many inevitable storms that will come.
Investing at the earliest stage, I see many teams implode due to a lack of founder alignment. Sitting down at the very beginning as a founding team to discuss your vision for the company, everyone's role within the operation of the company, and the equity split can save a lot of these problems. You should also be putting simple things such as share vesting, financial controls, short policies and procedures in place to ensure that there is clarity, fairness, information sharing and a shared common vision in your company.
To this end we ask all of our teams to sign a simple short form founders agreement that detail many of these things upon their acceptance to all of our accelerator programs. It has helped many companies to resolve early disputes amicably and with the best interests of the company to the forefront as opposed to any one founder.
There is nobody alive that enjoys accounting (I say this as a 20+ years qualified accountant). Unfortunately for you as a founder you need to understand the finances of your business. Yes, you personally.
Luckily there is nobody born as an accountant. Understanding finances is a learned skill that anyone can do.
The easiest time to begin is when you are starting; the numbers and transactions are relatively small and should be easy to track (along with the other million jobs you have to do).
Accounting is like a muscle — the more you practice, the stronger it becomes. Start with a very simple spreadsheet or accounting package (e.g. Xero, Quickbooks,etc). At the end of the month assess this versus what actually did happen, and figure out why the two numbers could be different.
Use this learning to prepare next month's projections. Sit down as a team and discuss the numbers, what you didn't anticipate, what is going to happen next month, what might be delayed, how much cash you've got, and how long it will last you.
Like it or not, cash is going to be the lifeblood of your business, and understanding it gives you a huge chance of succeeding (or surviving).
Many years ago we invested into a company that raised significant finance. A few years after our first investment they ran into cash-flow problems. I spent a week in their offices as we considered a further funding round and did some work on their finances with the CEO. What we discovered was that they did not track their spending sufficiently or align any of it with the KPIs of the company.
Many of the payments coming from their bank account were historic things that they signed up for that they thought they had stopped, they had no in-house financial person (they paid an accounting firm to produce financials that nobody could read), they never looked at their variance reports or assessed any spending campaign to see it if met the objectives they wanted, and many of their staff were on compensation packages that were not in line with what they wanted them to achieve.
At the end of the week they recruited an in-house accountant, they changed staff compensation to align it with their role, and they ceased non-effective spending — so we agreed to fund the company further.
Eleven months later they had their first profitable month, and one month after that the company sold for a considerable amount, generating a 4x return for us as well as a great outcome for the founding team and staff.
Some very simple controls, management, oversight, and a great product and team lead to a successful outcome for everyone. A happy ending!
Many times when a startup comes to me looking for funding, they present a pitch deck seeking (for example) $1m in investment. Then as part of the deck or associated materials they have financial projections that show they are going to be profitable in three months time, and they only require $100,000 in investment to do so.
This type of uncoordinated approach is going to lose you credibility with investors. If you are going to try and raise finance, you need to know how much money you really need. You also need to be able to explain what you are going to do with this money and where it is going to get you.
As a founder you should try to anticipate the lifecycle of your company, including how much funding you need to get to cash flow breakeven, to profitability, and to a potential exit. What valuations do you need to reach to make this work on an economic basis personally at each stage? Work it back from the end and forward from the beginning to see how it could transpire.
Work on the financial projections for the business. You have a wealth of information at your fingertips about everything. Find out the cost of materials, how much of them you need, where they will come from, the associated costs, what equipment you will need (from where, how much?), and what staff is required (where will they come from, how much do they want to be paid, can you leverage a stock pool?). Look at information from other companies where available, talk to other founders, talk to your advisors, and have your numbers tested.
Your investors will hold you to these numbers, so do your best to make sure they are correct. I have had many awkward conversations with founders seeking further investment as we review their original projections provided a few years prior versus the actual reality of what happened….try to avoid these conversations, as it will test the credibility of the new projections you are providing.
If you are planning to try and raise investment, then please, do not send cold emails to multiple investors with the same tired pitch deck and their first name and surname possibly spelled incorrectly. You need to spend some time finding investors who invest into someone like you!
With platforms like Crunchbase, Pitchbook, Prequin and others, you can now research many investors online. Be specific with why you are reaching out to the investor. Speak to some of their other portfolio companies, watch videos of the investor speaking, and read their blog posts. Find out why they would be a good fit for you, and tell them this. Target your pitch and materials at the reasons why you are good fit for them.
Two of the best stories of investment in our portfolio came with this approach.
One portfolio company had a meeting with a famous Silicon Valley investor and spent time researching them and their approach. They learned that the investor had a condition which meant they couldn't eat apples (that they loved) so they spent some time tailoring their product to be apple flavored for the pitch. They walked out with an enormous cheque!
Another portfolio company had been rejected by one of our partners for an investment meeting. This partner also had his own company at the time, which was a Ridesharing app, so the founder booked a trip with him on the app and spent the three-hour drive pitching him the company. The founder ended the journey with a substantial cheque.
Spend time working out who invests into companies like you, in the right sector, with the right cheque size, stage, etc. Then spend time deciding how you should meet them. Find the warm introduction and then tell them why they are a good fit for you. Don't blindly waste time spamming every investor you can find — target the right ones properly.
We live in a day of having an infinite amount of information at our fingertips. Founders of companies need to spend time reading up on investment legalese and terms.
There are multiple good sources of information on the common deal terms and their effects e.g. askthevc.com , Quora, TechCrunch, etc. At the end of the day every single economic term in the investment documents will have an impact on your equity holding and final economic outcome (good or bad), so it is worth reading up on the terms.
Looking at a standard set of investment documents (seriesseed.com or nvca.com both have standard sets), they may seem daunting and complicated, but in reality there is a lot of repetition and there are only 5–10 actual important terms in there around economics and control.
Learn what is standard at your stage (Cooley LLP did a good survey of US investments recently at cooleygo.com/trends), and negotiate with that in mind. Also make sure you hire an attorney that is experienced at your investment stage and reasonably priced.
I hear so often of attorneys that are not experienced at the specific stage of investment who delay deals and overcharge. Find someone with relevant experience; agree to a reasonable fee upfront so they will focus on what is important instead of running up the hourly bill.
Also get used to modeling your capitalization table for different scenarios. Include all convertible instruments and different scenarios for conversion. I see some startups stacking convertible debt and then being shocked in an equity round when almost all of their company disappears!
I had one example recently of a company raising a Series A round at a reasonable valuation, and once the stack of debt converted the three founders ended up below five percent of the total company. Do not let this happen to you. If you are happy with the valuation and it is for a decent amount of money (>$650,000), then price the round and fix the equity dilution for certain.
Being an entrepreneur is hard, really hard — but in my time working for a VC fund I have seen many entrepreneurs become exceptionally wealthy, much more than I could ever hope to be.
I have seen people invent amazing products — products that become household names and change peoples' lives.
I have seen people address some of the biggest challenges in the world, and fix problems that had previously been thought to be impossible.
I have worked and am working with people who are now creating solutions to some of the world's biggest problems such as overpopulation, world hunger, Alzheimer's, cancer, and many many more. These are problems that have touched everyone in the world and will continue to affect the way we all live our lives.
Imagine being the person that solves these problems and creates a better world for all of its inhabitants.
That is why people become entrepreneurs.


Change is a powerful and mysterious thing. The world around us responds in surprising ways to even the slightest adjustment–and it all starts with YOU. Back when I had my psychology practice, I would sometimes hear clients say: "I can't change the world, so why even try?" The multitude of problems inherent in our world right now do seem pretty daunting. The temptation to hide your head in the sand and pretend it does not affect you is certainly understandable. Yet, looking at the bigger picture can provide some insight into navigating the change to create true magic. You just have to be ready for it.
Watch for the signs. Perhaps you avoid change and/or find it uncomfortable. A clear example of resistance to change is feeling anxiety, even depression, due to lack of taking corrective action. But have you ever noticed that once you take corrective action, the fear and anxiety oftentimes drops by the wayside? You suddenly feel like a burden has been lifted from your shoulders and you may even wonder why putting it off was such a big deal in the first place. Now stop and consider what your putting off could have positively changed and/or affected those around you, maybe even hundreds or thousands of others as well.
Will your "verse" be as a volunteer helping others in need, or as an activist for environmental change–or perhaps signing that petition to have your signature also count? Ultimately, every word and action DOES count. What you do for someone else on our planet, you do for yourself as well, because we are all connected in this global sea of humanity. So, be an ambassador for change. One voice can change a room, then change a city, then change a state, then a country, then even change the world.
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Faust è un film distribuito dalla Eagle Pictures e diretto dal regista statunitense Brian Yuzna. La trama si ispira alla miniserie di fumetti Faust: Love of the Damned disegnata da Tim Vigil, su testi dello sceneggiatore David Quinn. Disponibile dall'11 settembre 2002 in VHS.

Trama
Los Angeles. Dan Margolis, tenente di polizia, arresta un uomo che, armato di due strani bracciali con affilatissime lame retrattili, ha sterminato l'intera ambasciata araba della città. Ignorando gli ordini del suo superiore, il commissario Marino, di abbandonare il caso e smettere di interessarsi al detenuto, il poliziotto continua a indagare sull'uomo che, nel frattempo, è stato internato nel manicomio del dottor Yamato e affidato alle cure della giovane psicologa Jade De Camp, specializzata in musicoterapia e con la quale Margolis inizia un rapporto di collaborazione.

Nel corso di una delle sedute con l'internato, che alterna apparenti stati catatonici a comportamenti bizzarri (come atti di autolesionismo o disegnare figure dall'aspetto sinistro sulle pareti della cella), la dottoressa fa ascoltare un brano di musica metal all'uomo, che reagisce con violenza, colpendola in faccia e fracassando il lettore CD, per poi finalmente ritrovare la parola e raccontare a Jade cosa gli è successo: egli si chiama John Jaspers, lavorava come pittore e trascorreva serenamente la sua esistenza assieme a Blue, la sua fidanzata.

Una sera, lui e Blue vennero aggrediti da un gruppo di criminali capeggiati dal malavitoso Baez, con il quale Blue aveva dei debiti, che lo picchiarono brutalmente e uccisero Blue sotto i suoi occhi. Disperato per la morte della ragazza, John cercò di suicidarsi, ma venne fermato da M, un sinistro individuo vestito di nero che, come John ebbe modo di scoprire, altri non era se non il demone tentatore Mefistofele sotto sembianze umane, capo della setta La Mano, a cui appartengono tutte le più importanti personalità di Los Angeles, tra cui anche il commissario Marino e il dottor Yamato (addirittura suoi collaboratori più stretti). Misteriosamente a conoscenza del suo dramma, Mefistofele propose a John di fare un patto con lui: gli avrebbe concesso poteri illimitati, grazie ai quali John avrebbe potuto vendicarsi, al prezzo della sua anima e, avendo John accettato, gli fece dono dei bracciali magici che John aveva utilizzato per sterminare l'ambasciata, avvertendolo infine che presto si sarebbe pentito di aver stretto quel patto con lui.

John adoperò quindi i suoi poteri per uccidere brutalmente Baez e i suoi uomini, ma M gli disse che il patto ormai lo avrebbe legato a lui per sempre, rendendolo suo servo e strumento di morte contro i suoi nemici. Oltre a ciò, John fu sedotto dalla bellissima e diabolica Claire, amante e braccio destro di M, che da tempo tramava alle spalle del suo padrone per rovesciarlo e prenderne il posto come capo della Mano. John era quindi stato obbligato da M ad assassinare tutti coloro che il mostro reputava suoi nemici ma, nell'affrontare Margolis all'ambasciata, era riuscito a eludere il suo controllo, disubbidendo al suo ordine e risparmiando l'uomo. Ciò ha scatenato l'ira di M, che è quindi intenzionato a punire John per la sua disubbidienza con la morte. Ora John sa di essere veramente pentito di aver stretto il patto con M, poiché tale gesto lo ha ridotto a uno strumento senza volontà, al servizio del Male, ma Jade (pur ovviamente non credendo alla storia di John) gli dice che la volontà e il libero arbitrio possono salvarlo, come ha già fatto in precedenza all'ambasciata.

Quella stessa notte, M irrompe nel manicomio, sequestra John e lo seppellisce vivo in un cimitero, non prima di rivelargli di avere un particolare interesse per Jade e promettendo che presto la avrà. Finito all'Inferno Jaspers, torturato da un demone, spronato dall'odio per M e dal desiderio di proteggere Jade, riesce a tornare dal regno dei morti, trasformato in un essere mostruoso e demoniaco di nome Faust: il suo primo gesto, dopo questa "rinascita" è quello di difendere Jade, uccidendo gli scagnozzi di M che la stavano inseguendo. Jade, ormai conscia che il racconto di John non era affatto il delirio di un pazzo, informa Margolis di ciò che le è accaduto e ottiene protezione da parte di due poliziotti, mentre anche M viene a conoscenza del ritorno di John, e punisce Claire con un avvertimento per aver assassinato il loro unico scagnozzo che era sopravvissuto all'attacco di John.

Quella sera stessa, John si reca a casa di Jade informandola che M la sta cercando e che i poliziotti incaricati di proteggerla sono servi dell'essere malvagio, dopodiché si trasforma in Faust e massacra i due agenti, terrorizzando Jade che scappa, chiedendo aiuto a Margolis e cercando rifugio su un treno della metropolitana. Qui Jade viene inseguita da Marino, i suoi uomini e Yamato, ma viene raggiunta da John, che massacra gli agenti sotto gli occhi di numerosi e terrorizzati passeggeri e la salva portandola a casa sua. Qui i due si scoprono innamorati l'uno dell'altra e fanno l'amore, ma Jade rivela per la prima volta il suo trauma, che le aveva impedito fino ad allora di intrecciare una relazione: una violenza sessuale subita all'età di undici anni, da un uomo il cui aspetto Jade, a causa del trauma, non riuscì mai a ricordare.

Nel frattempo Margolis, continuando a indagare su M, scopre una tremenda verità: per quella stessa sera M sta organizzando una cerimonia detta "Rito del Sangue", nel quale, tramite un rituale orgiastico in cui è previsto lo stupro di una donna innocente, è possibile evocare l'Omuncolo, una creatura demoniaca (probabilmente impersonificazione di Satana) destinata a portare distruzione su tutta la Terra; la donna designata per questo mostruoso rito è proprio Jade. Il tenente si reca quindi al palazzo di M, assistendo a una riunione cui partecipano, tra gli altri, anche Marino e Yamato. Marino, furioso, accusa M di non riuscire a controllare John e M, per tutta risposta, lo uccide brutalmente, dopodiché, con i suoi poteri sovrumani, corrompe in un attimo Margolis, portandolo dalla sua parte, e incaricandolo di attirare Jade nel suo palazzo con l'inganno. Trovatasi faccia a faccia con M, Jade cerca invano di convincerlo ad annullare il patto con John, venendo imprigionata.

Intanto Claire, che non ha ancora rinunciato a uccidere M, seduce il dottor Yamato, il quale, essendo incaricato di fare delle particolari iniezioni a M che permettono al demone di conservare la sua forma umana, è l'unico che potrebbe ucciderlo preparandogli un'iniezione letale. Il piano di Claire riesce e M apparentemente muore, uccidendo, negli spasmi della morte, il dottor Yamato. La perfida donna quindi comincia a torturare Jade, prima colpendola ripetutamente con un frustino e poi sottoponendola a dolorosi elettroshock, che riportano alla mente della donna i ricordi rimossi dal trauma della violenza: l'uomo che la stuprò da bambina era il suo stesso padre, che lei aveva sempre considerato il suo eroe. Lo shock della scoperta causa un lavaggio del cervello alla ragazza, che assume comportamenti selvaggi e libidinosi. In quel momento M, in realtà ancora vivo, entra nella sala delle torture, rivelandosi a Claire.

Intanto John, scoperta la scomparsa di Jade, corre al palazzo di M per salvarla, mentre il demone sacrifica Margolis e Claire per evocare l'Omuncolo. Dopo un breve scontro con gli uomini di M, John rimane inorridito nel vedere cosa è diventata Jade e M, approfittando del suo sconforto, lo fa legare e stupra la ragazza sotto i suoi occhi, ordinandole poi di uccidere John con un coltello, ma Jade, ritornata miracolosamente in sé a causa della violenza, inganna M e libera il ragazzo. Nel frattempo l'Omuncolo sorge dagli Inferi ma John, dopo un breve, ma violento combattimento, riesce a trafiggerlo con le sue lame, ricacciandolo nel suo mondo. A questo punto John si prepara ad affrontare M, ma il patto che lo lega a lui gli impedisce di colpirlo.

Jade chiede allora a M di liberare l'uomo che ama, dicendosi disposta a dargli qualunque cosa in cambio, e M chiede alla ragazza di offrirgli l'anima del bambino che lei porterà in grembo. Jade quindi accetta e M scioglie il patto, riducendo in fin di vita John (che, essendo stato seppellito vivo, era tenuto in vita proprio dal contratto con il demone). Vedendo John soffrire, Jade rivela a M che lei lo ha ingannato e non gli darà nessun figlio, poiché lo stupro subito da bambina le aveva irrimediabilmente rovinato l'utero, ed esorta John a reagire per amore suo. Sotto lo sguardo sorpreso e furioso di M, John riesce a rialzarsi e, con le sue ultime forze, trafigge il mostro con le sue lame, uccidendolo, dopodiché si spegne tra le braccia di Jade, che piange disperatamente per la sua morte.

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