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UKIP: Arron Banks may stand against Douglas Carswell
Mr Carswell joined UKIP from the Conservatives in 2014
UKIP donor Arron Banks has suggested he could stand against the party's only MP Douglas Carswell at the next election.
The two have been at loggerheads over UKIP's future direction and strategy.
Mr Banks has called for the Clacton MP and a "Tory cabal" to be expelled - with ex-leader Nigel Farage also saying it was time for Mr Carswell "to go".
Mr Carswell, who defected from the Tories to UKIP in 2014 and won the Essex seat at the 2015 election, said Mr Banks's plans were "news to him".
The BBC understands party leader Paul Nuttall has asked his chairman Paul Oakden to meet Mr Carswell on Tuesday to "discuss the situation" amid growing questions about his future in the party.
Mr Carswell and Mr Banks have been engaged in a long-running feud. The latest development comes amid claims that Mr Carswell resisted attempts by senior UKIP figures to secure a knighthood for former leader Nigel Farage.
The Daily Telegraph reported that in an email the MP suggested Mr Farage should settle instead for an OBE for "services to headline writers".
MP Douglas Carswell 'undermining' UKIP says Farage
On Monday, the MP, who has denied trying to block a knighthood for Mr Farage, alluded to the row when he tweeted "knight night".
Following UKIP leader Paul Nuttall's failure to win the Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election last week, Mr Banks has said the party is at a "crossroads" and has offered to become party chairman in order to bring about a "total rebrand".
He has said Mr Farage, who stepped down last year and has since spent much of his time in the United States, should be "re-engaged".
Mark Reckless thinks UKIP MP 'should stay' in the party
Mr Banks has described Mr Carswell, whose relationship with Mr Farage is also strained, as a "terrible individual who has done his best to destroy UKIP".
Mr Banks' office said he intended to stand in Clacton, the Essex seat which Mr Carswell won with a 3,437 majority in 2015. It is not clear whether he will seek the UKIP nomination himself or will stand as an independent.
'Little future'
Mr Farage has claimed the party's only MP has been "totally disconnected" from UKIP since February 2015 and it was time for him to sever his links entirely.
"From the date of the result of the general election, he has actively been working against UKIP," Mr Farage wrote about Mr Carswell in the Daily Telegraph.
"I think there is little future for UKIP with him staying inside this party. The time for him to go is now," he added.
Mr Farage told the BBC: "If Paul [Nuttall] is constantly contradicted and dragged in the wrong direction by our one MP, that's not where he should be."
MEP Bill Etheridge has also said Mr Carswell should lose the party whip as he was "not compatible with what UKIP is trying to achieve". He told Radio 5 live that Mr Carswell should "look elsewhere" for his political future.
He told Radio 4's World at One the situation was "not a party at war it is one man... who has gone out of his way to subvert the party's leadership".
"I'm not suggesting that Douglas isn't a good MP he just doesn't have the UKIP principles at heart," Mr Etheridge said.
But UKIP Welsh Assembly member Mark Reckless said Mr Carswell should stay, saying "we have got to learn from him" as he won a Parliamentary election.
Mr Carswell, who has urged the party to project a more positive image and tone down its rhetoric on immigration, has warmer relations with Mr Nuttall and several of his key advisers.
UKIP by-election win 'could take years'
Analysis: UKIP blown away in Stoke Central by-election
Current UKIP chairman, Paul Oakden, said after the Stoke result that it might be years before his party can pick up another seat via a by-election.
Mr Banks criticised Mr Nuttall's tactics in the Stoke campaign, saying he wrongly adopted a "red UKIP" strategy, copying Labour policies on the NHS.
The businessman has said UKIP needs to become more professional if it is to make further headway, saying that as chairman he would oversee a new membership drive, and install a new team of "trained professional agents" to focus on target seats.
Unless this happened, he has suggested he could turn his back on the party.


Search giant Google unveiled a new Web-based mobile applications store for smart phones powered under its Android operating system Wednesday.
The Android Market, which had only been available on Android smart phones until now, is now accessible through any Web browser. The portal allows users to easily search for and install apps that can be set up to automatically download to a user's Android device.
"There's no wires, no syncing with computers. None of that sort of nonsense. Everything is connected," said Chris Yerga, Android's engineering director, according to TechCrunch. Yerga announced the store's launch at an event for Honeycomb, Google's latest version of the Android operating system.
The following rankings come from the new store, which allows users to filter apps by popularity and price. There is no formal "real estate" category in the Android Market; these apps appear in a search of the phrase "real estate" on the site. All are free.
1. Zillow Real Estate: Search for rentals, homes for sale, Make Me Move homes (where an owner puts their dream price on their home without actually putting it on the market), and recently sold homes through typing or voice entry; see homes in Google Maps' satellite or street view, and get directions; get home-value "Zestimates" for 95 million homes; view full-screen photos; and filter searches. The app launched in May 2010.
2. Realtor.com Real Estate Search: Search for homes near current location or by address; filter searches by price, number of bedrooms and bathrooms, building and lot sizes, age of home, and property type; draw a search area directly on a map with a finger; see property details and photos; view open-house information; save searches and favorite listings; and see recently viewed listings.
Also, share listings with family and friends through text message, e-mail, Facebook and Twitter; save private text notes and voice memos; contact a Realtor by phone, e-mail, a website link or an "Ask a Question" button; view a property and the area surrounding it via Google Street View; and see thumbnails of nearby listings through a home page widget without opening the app. The app launched in November 2010.
3. Homes.com: Search for nearby homes for sale or rent; filter search by price, property type or features; see results in list or map view; view property details and photos; and bookmark listings.
4. Real Estate 114: See apartment price trends and floor plans; conduct QR ("quick response") codes searches; and use QR codes to contact a real estate agent.
5. HuizenZoeker: Search for real estate in the Netherlands; search nearby or by location, including postal code; filter results by price range; view property details, including price change history, photos, year built, property type and size. Includes listings from sites such as Funda, Huislijn and ERA.
6. Real Estate by Smarter Agent: Search for homes for sale, apartments for rent, and recently sold homes by city, neighborhood, school, address, ZIP code or multiple listing service number; view maps, photos, prices and other property details.
7. Real Estate Droid: Search for-sale and rental homes, foreclosures, new homes, rooms for rent and sublets; save favorites; see home valuations from Zillow; view neighborhood information; take and save your own notes and photos; use a mortgage loan calculator; and check out real mortgage quotes.
8. HOME'S: Search for rentals and for-sale properties in Japan; filter results by location, distance from present location and proximity to train lines; and view property details, including photos and size.
9. Funda Real Estate: Search for-sale, for-rent or new homes in the Netherlands; see results in map view, list view or through an augmented reality layer.
10. HotPads: Search for rentals, for-sale homes, vacation rental homes, and hotels nearby or by address; see detailed listings information and photos; get directions to listings; share listings through e-mail or Facebook; find contact information related to for-rent and for-sale properties.


Archives for November 2008 | Publishing in the 21st Century.
Would You Step on Your Neighbor's Head Over a Book?
Though books are among the noblest expressions of civilization, like other art forms they can be dangerous. Authors have been imprisoned and even executed because of them. Libraries have been sacked and books destroyed in bonfires because of the ideas they contained. Of recent memory, a fatwah was issued against Salman Rushdie for his novel The Satanic Verses, and the Turks prosecuted an author under Law 301 forbidding "Unturkishness" in books published in their country.
There is little risk, however, that bookstore employees will be trampled to death by customers rampaging through their shop aisles on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving that customarily initiates the holiday shopping season. Unlike stampeding shoppers who fatally ran over a Wal-Mart employee on Black Friday this year, bookstore shopping was conducted with the decorum one expects from well bred ladies, gentlemen and children, as I personally observed in a Barnes & Noble store in New York's Lincoln Center area.
Books are worth fighting for and even dying for. But they're not worth killing your neighbor over. Supplies are abundant, and if your store runs out of stock, it will be replenished soon enough, or you can buy it online.
Let people beat each other's brains in over 32-inch flat-screen TV. Book shoppers, the cultured guardians of civilization, browse bookstore shelves, quietly make their selections and queue up patiently to pay for their purchases. Dignity and order prevail. They leave the shop clutching their books like talismen against the barbarism that would crush a living soul to death for a bargain on an X-Box at a discount store.
We are not animals. We are people of peace, we book people.
You can try calling your bookmaker about placing a bet on La Dotta Mano, but after checking the entries at Pimlico he will tell you there's no such nag. That's because it's not the name of a horse. It's the name of a book.
Oops – wrong bookmaker. The makers of this particular book are skilled Old World craftsmen hand-sculpting a Carrara marble-bound edition of plates of Michaelangelo drawings and sculptures. A copy of the extremely limited edition goes on exhibit today at the New York Public Library, as reported by David Carr in the New York Times. "La Dotta Mano" means "The Wise Hand" and the work is arguably il piu bello libro nel mondo.
It may also be il piu pesante – the world's heaviest. We thought Phaidon's 800 page Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture was heavy at fifteen pounds. La Dotta Mano weighs in at about sixty-two. Around the size of a Siberian Husky, except you don't wear white gloves to shlep a Siberian Husky. You'd better wear them to protect your investment if you browse La Dotta Mano, however – the book sells for 100,000 Euros. Despite the price, some twenty bibliophiles have purchased it. They are undoubtedly reinforcing their bookshelves as we speak.
For more about the genesis of this remarkable book, click here.
Random Going All-In With E-Books?
Random House's CEO Markus Dohle wants to expand the company's e-book list by a serious multiple, taking the inventory from 8000 to something approaching 15,000. Matt Shatz, Random's VP for digital operations, says sales of e-books have been soaring.
They certainly have been, as we have reported here. But E-book sales have a long way to go before matching the size or profitability of good old fashioned printed books. For that reason, and because any bold investment in today's economic climate is worth cheering for, Random's commitment to a dramatic increase in e-content is a very good sign.
Tim Arango reports in the New York Times that Digital Sales Surpass CDs at Atlantic. This should come as no surprise to fifteen-year-olds. In fact, it should come as a surprise to no one of any age. But it's still another sign that the media is undergoing one of the profoundest transformations in the history of human communications.
Does that mean that dollars have also tipped from the hard copy side to the virtual? Not according to John Rose, a former music business executive quoted by Arango. "It's not at all clear that digital economics can make up for the drop in physical," Rose observed.
This too is no surprise to any business person caught in that terminator line where the fading light of the old media meets the rising sun of the new.
Where is the money disappearing to? Once you recite the motto of the new generation – "Information wants to be free" – it shouldn't be too hard to figure out.
But it gets worse: some agents are splitting lunch bills with editors or – ohmigod! – treating entirely.
Shawarma? In the park? If an agent is asking $2500 for a cowboy novel, maybe. But soliciting a $5 million pre-empt for the hottest novel since Fear of Flying with shawarma grease dripping into your lap?
Nefakh debriefed some other execs about The New Frugality. Check out his article and learn who's eating in the company cafeteria.
Motoko Rich in the New York Times reports that Education Media and Publishing Group, the Irish owner of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, "borrowed heavily to finance the acquisitions of Houghton Mifflin in 2006 and, last year, Harcourt." How much, exactly? Jeremy Dickens, the private-equity company's president who this week announced a temporary halt of acquisitions, put it at "about $7 billion in debt outstanding, on which it was paying about $500 million in debt service annually," says Rich, who makes it clear that the purchase freeze was directed at the company's consumer book business, not the textbooks. The former comprises less than 6 percent of total revenues.
Yesterday we speculated on the possibility the company or some part of it might have to be sold to relieve debt pressure. Dickens denied it – sort of. "If there's a transaction that makes sense for all of our stakeholders, we'll consider it," he stated, admitting that some trade publishers had been sounding the company out.
We thought one of them could be Hachette. Interestingly, Hachette and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt were paired in Rich's article for another reason. Contrasting the bleak news from HMH, Hachette announced a holiday bonus for all its employees amounting to one week's salary.
If Oprah nearly lost it over v. 1 of the Kindle, it's hard to imagine what she'll do when she holds v. 2 in her hands. Though Amazon has thrown cold water on rumors, they just don't go away. TechCrunch.com quotes "Our sources" to confirm that the long awaited, long debated second version of the Kindle will be released early in the coming year.
In light of yesterday's news, Nourry's prescience is quite remarkable.
Or is it more than prescience? Nourry, Chairman and CEO of Hachette Book Group, which owns Little, Brown and Grand Central among other holdings, finished the above sentence thus: "…and we'll be there…to make these acquisitions." If he, and we, are talking about the same highly leveraged major educational publishing company, he may have been hinting that he's got his eye on Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
From his lips to God's ear.
The Sunday New York Times Magazine of November 23, 2008 is called "The Screens Issue" and carries a number of brilliantly insightful articles about the media revolution of which we are all both active participants and hapless victims. The most arresting piece of all is Becoming Screen Literate by Wired's Kevin Kelly and I can't commend highly enough.
The collective mentality of today's social networking generation – what Kelly calls the "hive mind" – is utilizing cheap and ingenious digital tools to produce movies, videos, anime, 3D computer models and other wonders. The "author" of these works is not an individual but, rather, a cultural community. It is even bigger than what the French call the auteur, the unifying human vision that infuses a motion picture. The hive's human components do not necessarily know each other but contribute anonymously and selflessly to the creation of a media event that is not only greater than the sum of its part but possesses immense global reach and impact.
A breaking news story in Publishers Weekly reports that Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced a temporary suspension of acquisitions, fueling lots of speculation about the health of major publishing companies in the current toxic economic climate.
Publishing giant Reed Elsevier has sold the remaining parts of its Harcourt publishing division to Houghton Mifflin Riverdeep Group, the publishing and software group chaired by Irish entrepreneur Barry O'Callaghan, for $4bn (£1.96bn).
Mr O'Callaghan's HM Riverdeep Group completed the deal to buy the US-based Harcourt schools education publishing business yesterday evening, after the stock market closed. It is paying $3.7bn in cash and the remainder in shares.
Investment banks Credit Suisse, Lehman Brothers and Citi advised on and financed the deal for HM Riverdeep, which is expected to complete in the first half of 2008.
The acquisition will make HM Riverdeep one of the largest US educational textbook publishers alongside McGraw-Hill and Pearson's Simon & Schuster.
Mr O'Callaghan's interest in the remainder of Reed's educational business comes just months after his Dublin-based company completed a $5bn reverse takeover of Houghton Mifflin, the fourth largest textbook publisher in the US.
That deal was one of the biggest in Irish corporate history, exceeding the $3.9bn (£2.66bn) leveraged buyout of Jefferson Smurfit, the family-controlled paper and packaging company, by Madison Dearborn, the private equity company, in 2002.
Riverdeep originally floated on Nasdaq in 2000 with a value of $140m, but was then taken private in 2003 with a valuation of $400m.
Reed Elsevier bought the Harcourt Education division in July 2001 as part of its acquisition of Harcourt General. The Anglo-Dutch business information, medical and academic publisher put its education arm up for sale in February, after errors and contract losses in its exam-testing business damaged revenues and profits.
In April, Pearson, owner of the Financial Times, agreed a $950m bid for Reed's assessment and international education assets, continuing a spate of big deals in the educational publishing sector.
Though other major trade publishers have troubles of their own right now, they are of a more conventional kind — possible slowdown of holiday sales, returns, and the like. Alarmed authors and agents can take comfort, however cold, that the HMH situation is not representative or predictive.


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Computer scientist Hannon Fuller has discovered something extremely important. He's about to tell the discovery to his colleague, Douglas Hall, but knowing someone is after him, the old man leaves a letter in his computer generated parallel world that's just like the 30's with seemingly real people with real emotions.
OtherLife (2017)
Ren Amari is the driven inventor of a revolutionary new drug. OtherLIfe expands the brain's sense of time and creates virtual reality directly in the user's mind. With OtherLife, mere seconds in real life feel like hours or days of exciting adventures. As Ren and her colleagues race around the clock to launch OtherLife, the government muscles in to use the drugs as a radical solution to prison overcrowding. They will create virtual cells where criminals serve long sentences in just minutes of real time. When Ren resists, she finds herself an unwilling guinea pig trapped in a prison cell in her mind. She must escape before she descends into madness, and then regain control of OtherLife before others suffer the same fate.
The story of CARGO takes place on rusty space-freighter KASSANDRA on its way to Station 42. The young medic LAURA is the only one awake on board while the rest of the crew lies frozen in hibernation sleep. In 4 months will Laura's shift be over.
Vanilla Sky (2001)
David Aames (Tom Cruise) has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia (Penelope Cruz), his face is horribly disfigured in a car accident. That's just the beginning of his troubles as the lines between illusion and reality, between life and death, are blurred.
Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired -- and paid handsomely -- by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapable of breaching security. But at the end of a three-year job, he's told he isn't getting a paycheck and instead receives a mysterious envelope. In it are clues he must piece together to find out why he wasn't paid … and how he's gotten in hot water.
Cube²: Hypercube (2002)
The sequel to the low budget first film 'Cube.' This time the prisoners find them selves in a more advanced cube environment that they must escape from before they are killed. A science fiction film where space and time have more than one path.
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
In the year 2035, convict James Cole (Bruce Willis) reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly (Madeleine Stowe), and patient Jeffrey Goines (Brad Pitt), the son of a famous virus expert, who may hold the key to the mysterious rogue group, the Army of the 12 Monkeys, thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.
Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone - and the reality of their situation is more horrifying than they could have imagined.
John Anderton is a top "Precrime" cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge. Can Anderton find a glitch in the system and prove his innocence before it's too late?
Disclosure (1994)
A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.
The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.
Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.
The Forbidden Girl (2013)
The son of a fundamentalist pastor becomes addicted to an irresistible witch. If he gives in to his temptation, he will be doomed to eternal life on the dark side.
The Navigator: A Mediaeval Odyssey (1988)
In the 14th century a village seeking escape from the Black Death are guided by a boy's vision to tunnel into an abandoned mine and emerge into 20th century New Zealand.
Murder by Death (1976)
Lionel Twain has invited the five greatest detectives to a "dinner and murder." How can they resist? Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities, and more plot turns and twists than are decently allowed.
Eternal (2004)
Detective Raymond Pope is a detective of questionable morals, searching for his missing wife. His investigation leads him to the wealthy estate of the enigmatic Elizabeth Kane and her young maid Irina. Under Elizabeth's fascinating looks and aristocratic manners hides a terrifying secret,shared by her companion Irina. As Detective Pope finds himself perversely drawn to the powerful Elizabeth, bodies begin to surface, his inquiries only deepening the mystery surrounding Elizabeth's past. Pope's obsession grows so intense that he completely fails to anticipate Elizabeth's reaction to his intrusion into her dark world, a fatal mistake that might cost him his life and the lives of those close to him.
Basic Instinct (1992)
A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.
Dr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of murdering his wife, must find the real killer while being the target of a nationwide manhunt.
Phantom of Chinatown (1940)
In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton,the famous explorer, drinks from the water bottle on his lecture table, collapses and dies. His last words "Eternal Fire" are the only clue Chinese detective Jimmy Wong and Captain Street of the police department have to work on.
Toolbox Murders (2004)
A historic Hollywood hotel houses a supernatural evil. It's been subdued for decades - but when renovations start, a series of murders take place. It's up to our heroine to solve the mystery.
Murder at the Vanities (1934)
Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of Earl Carroll's Vanities, someone is attempting to injure the leading lady Ann Ware, who wants to marry leading man Eric Lander. Stage manager in charge Jack Ellery calls in his friend, policeman Bill Murdock, to help him investigate. Bill thinks Jack if offering to let him see the show from an unusual view point, after he forgot to get him tickets for the performance, but then they find the corpse of a murdered women. Bill suspects Eric of the crime, especially, after the second female lead Rita Ross told him she saw the women leaving from Eric's room. Then Rita is shot onstage with Eric's gun. Jack and Bill decide not to stop the show, but Bill preparing to arrest Eric. Is he on the right track ?
A Murder of Quality (1991)
At the request of his old war time colleague Ailsa Brimley, George Smiley agrees to look into the murder of Stella Rode. Brimley had only just received a letter from her saying she feared for her life at her husband's hand. The husband, Stanley Rode teaches at Carne School, but Smiley is doubtful that he had anything to do with his wife's death. As Smiley investigates, he learns that Stella was a nosy busybody who loved to learn other's little secrets and then gossip about them - or possibly blackmail them. When a student is killed and Smiley unearths a secret, he has the evidence to name the killer.Based on John Le Carré's 1962 thriller (his first) in which George Smiley is brought out of spy retirement to solve a murder in a British public school. The setting is based on Le Carre"s own schooldays in Sherborne and his brief experience teaching at Eton.
All-American Murder (1991)
Artie Logan (Schlatter) is the new guy on Campus. Suddenly, he meets Tally Fuller: the most popular and beautiful girl at Fairfield college and she finally agrees to go on a date with him. But that night she is brutally killed by a blowtorch-wielding maniac and Artie is wrongfully arrested. Despite protests from other Police officers, detective P.J. Decker (Walken) believes Artie's story and gives him 24 hours to crack down the real killer. But, as Artie gets closer to the killer, each suspect is murdered and all the clues point to him.
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Frederick Manion, an Army lieutenant, is arrested for the murder of bartender Barney Quill. In his defense, he claims that Quill raped and beat up his wife Laura. Although Laura supports her husband's story, the police surgeon cannot find evidence of rape. Manion is defended by Paul Biegler, a humble small-town lawyer. During the course of interviews, Biegler discovers that Manion is violently possessive and jealous, and that his wife has a reputation for giving her favors to other men. Biegler realizes that the prosecution will try to make the court believe that Laura was the lover of the bartender and that Manion killed him and beat her up when he discovered them together. Manion pleads "not guilty" and Biegler, who knows that his case is weak, sets his assistants to try to find a witness who will save Manion.
Murder at the Baskervilles (1937)
Sherlock Holmes takes a vacation and visits his old friend Sir Henry Baskerville. His vacation ends when he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a double-murder mystery. Now he's got to find Professor Moriarty and the horse Silver Blaze before the great cup final horse race.
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971)
A young woman is accused of murdering her debauched neighbor after dreaming it. Was she set up, or did she really do it?
Insomnia (2002)
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Deep Red (1975)
A musician witnesses the murder of a famous psychic, and then teams up with a fiesty reporter to find the killer while evading attempts on their lives by the unseen killer bent on keeping a dark secret buried.
Felidae (1994)
A domestic house cat named Francis investigates the grisly feline murders taking place in his new neighborhood.
Murderer (2009)
A Hong Kong-set mystery centered on a detective who has been framed for a series of gruesome murders.
Lady on a Train (1945)
While waiting at a train station, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder from a nearby building. When she brings the police to the scene of the crime, they think she's crazy since there's no body. She then enlists a popular mystery writer to help with her sleuthing
The Exorcist III (1990)
Set fifteen years after the original film, The Exorcist III centers around the philosophical Lieutenant William F. Kinderman who is investigating a baffling series of murders around Georgetown that all contain the hallmarks of The Gemini, a deceased serial killer. It eventually leads him to a catatonic patient in a psychiatric hospital who has recently started to speak, claiming he is the The Gemini and detailing the murders, but bears a striking resemblance to Father Damien Karras.
Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Inspector Sylvester is assigned to investigate the violent murder of a fashion house model Isabella, by a masked assailant. As the investigation proceeds all of the house's various sins, including corruption, abortions, blackmail and drug addiction, begin to come to light. It turns out that Isabella had kept a diary detailing these vices, and now almost every employee becomes nervous.
The River Murders (2011)
The sins of the past are not forgotten in this chilling suspense thriller. When the first body was discovered, it seemed a coincidence. But now homicide detective Jack Verdon has cause to worry: the victims of a series of brutal sex murders are all his former girlfriends. Suspected by the FBI agent who's taken over the case and suspended by his captain, Jack must work outside the law if he's to find the killer, save his future and protect what's left of his past.
The Oxford Murders (2008)
At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try and stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols
A sorority house is terrorized by a stranger who makes frightening phone calls and then murders the sorority sisters during Christmas break.
Double Jeopardy (1999)
A woman framed for her husband's murder suspects he is still alive; as she has already been tried for the crime, she can't be re-prosecuted if she finds and kills him.
On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call on Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. The police investigation that followed uncovered two versions of the events leading up to the brutal murders - both involving legendary porn actor John Holmes. You're about to experience both versions.
The Garden Murder Case (1936)
Urbane detective Philo Vance (Edmund Lowe) solves murders caused by hypnosis.
Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)
Oliviero is a burned-out writer, living at his estate near Venice, his dead mother dominating his imagination. He is also a degenerate: sleeps with his maid and his ex-student, hosts Bacchanalia for local hippies, and humiliates his wife Irina in front of strangers. She lives in terror. When a young woman is murdered, police suspect Oliviero. Things get complicated when his young, beautiful, and self-confident niece, Floriana, pays an unexpected visit. A silver-haired stranger observes. More women die, and thoughts of harming Irina give Oliviero new inspiration. What's Floriana's game and who's the observant stranger? Watching all is a black cat named Satan.
Grand Central Murder (1942)
A detective investigates the murder of an actress in a train car.
The Chinese Cat (1944)
To solve the murder of a man shot in a locked room, Chan must wade through a Fun House, the writings of an unscrupulous author, and chess pieces.
Murder on Flight 502 (1975)
On a flight to London, a note is found stating that there will be murders taking place on the airliner before it lands.
Manichitrathazhu (1993)
A young couple, Ganga (Shobana) and Nakulan (Suresh Gopi), arrives at the ancestral home tharavadu called Madampalli of the latter. Hailing from a family that follows tradition and superstitions, Nakulan's uncle Thampi (Nedumudi Venu) objects to the couple's idea of moving into the allegedly haunted mansion, which Nakulan ignores. The couple moves in anyway following which seemingly supernatural events begin to happen.
The Benson Murder Case (1930)
A ruthless, crooked stockbroker is murdered at his luxurious country estate, and detective Philo Vance just happens to be there; he decides to find out who killed him.
The Body (2012)
A woman's body disappears mysteriously from the morgue without a trace. Police inspector Jaime Peña investigates the strange occurrence with the help of Álex Ulloa, the widower of the missing woman.
The Good German (2006)
An American journalist played by George Clooney arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion during the Potsdam negotiations between the Allied powers. Soon his investigation connects with his search for his married pre-war German lover played by Cate Blanchett.
Backfire (1950)
When he's discharged from a military hospital, ex-GI Bob Corey (Gordon MacRae) goes on a search for his army buddy Steve Connolly (Edmond O'Brien). A reformed crook, Connolly is on the lam from a trumped-up murder rap, and Corey hopes to clear his pal. Tagging along is Army nurse Julie Benson (Virginia Mayo), who has fallen for Corey.
Sorority Row (2009)
When five sorority girls inadvertently cause the murder of one of their sisters in a prank gone wrong, they agree to keep the matter to themselves and never speak of it again, so they can get on with their lives. This proves easier said than done, when after graduation a mysterious killer goes after the five of them and anyone who knows their secret.
The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
What starts as a poignant medical documentary about Deborah Logan's descent into Alzheimer's disease and her daughter's struggles as caregiver degenerates into a maddening portrayal of dementia at its most frightening, as hair-raising events begin to plague the family and crew and an unspeakable malevolence threatens to tear the very fabric of sanity from them all.
Silent Fall (1994)
An autistic boy witnesses his parents' double murder. Richard Dreyfuss as a controversial therapist, seeks to probe the child's mind in order to solve the case.
An Amish Murder (2013)
In "An Amish Murder", the peaceful Amish farming community of Painter's Mill, Ohio, is shattered when a series of brutal murders leaves the town with a sense of frailty and loss of innocence. Among the most affected by the tragedy was Kate Burkholder (Campbell), a young girl who survived the terror and, as a result, left the Amish life behind. Fifteen years later, Kate returns to Painter's Mill as its Chief of Police. Certain she's come to terms with her past, Kate's renewed life in her hometown is shattered when a murder investigation triggers deep-seated emotions from her childhood and exposes a dark secret that could destroy her.
Sunset (1988)
Tom Mix and Wyatt Earp team up to solve a murder at the Academy Awards in 1929 Hollywood.
The Alphabet Murders (1965)
The Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials.
House of the Long Shadows (1983)
An American writer goes to a remote Welsh manor on a $20,000 bet: can he write a classic novel like "Wuthering Heights" in twenty-four hours? Upon his arrival, however, the writer discovers that the manor, thought empty, actually has several, rather odd, inhabitants.
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940)
On a cruise ship from Honolulu to San Francisco, the famous Chinese detective encounters four more murders while trying to figure out the murder of a Scotland Yard friend.
Murder in Greenwich (2002)
The story of Martha Moxley, 15 year old girl murdered in Greenwich in the 1970's, her murder going unsolved for 25 years.
The Naked Edge (1961)
Michael Anderson's 1961 suspense thriller stars Deborah Kerr as a London wife who suspects her wealthy husband (Gary Cooper) might be a murderer. The cast also includes Eric Portman, Diane Cilento, Hermione Gingold and Michael Wilding. This was Gary Cooper's last film.
Murder at Midnight (1931)
Wealthy Mr. Kennedy shoots his secretary, Channing, during a parlor game, but it turns out the gun was loaded with real bullets. Luckily, criminologist Phillip Montrose is on hand to help the police. When Kennedy quickly ends up dead as well, the police think it's a tidy murder-suicide, but the family lawyer knows of a letter that voiced Kennedy's suspicions about someone who was out to get him. Soon, the cops are on the trail of a ruthless and clever killer who is one step ahead of even Montrose.
Travelling Salesman (2012)
Four mathematicians are gathered and meet with a top official of the United States Department of Defense. After some discussion, the group agrees that they must be wary with whom to trust and control their solution. The official offers them a reward of $10 million in exchange for their portion of the algorithm, swaying them by attempting to address their concerns. Only one of the four speaks out against the sale, and in doing so is forced to reveal a dark truth about his portion of the solution. Before they sign a license to the government, however, they wrestle with the ethical consequences of their discovery. -- Wikipedia

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Bad breath, sometimes called halitosis, is an unpleasant odor of the breath.
Bad breath is likely to be experienced by most adults at least occasionally. Bad breath, either real or imagined, can have a significant impact on a person's social and professional life.
Bad breath can be caused by a number of problems. Oral diseases, fermentation of food particles in the mouth, sinus infections, and unclean dentures can all contribute to mouth odor. Many non-oral diseases, such as lung infections, kidney failure, or severe liver disease, can also cause bad breath, though rarely. Many people think that bad breath can originate in the stomach or intestines; this is extremely rare. The esophagus is usually collapsed and closed, and, although a belch may carry odor up from the stomach, the chance of bad breath being caused from air continually escaping from the stomach is remote. Cigarette smoke can cause bad breath, not only in the cigarette smoker, but also in one who is constantly exposed to second-hand smoke.
The easiest way to determine if one has bad breath is to ask someone who is trustworthy and discrete. This is usually not too difficult. Another, more private, method of determining if one has bad breath is to lick one's wrist, wait until it dries, then smell the area. Scraping the rear area of the tongue with a plastic spoon, then smelling the spoon, is another method one can use to assess bad breath.
The most effective treatment of bad breath is to treat the cause. Poor oral hygiene can be improved by regular brushing and flossing, as well as regular dental checkups. Gentle brushing of the tongue should be part of daily oral hygiene. In addition to good oral hygiene, the judicious use of mouthwashes is helpful. Mouth dryness, experienced at night or during fasting, or due to certain medications and medical conditions, can contribute to bad breath. Dryness can be avoided by drinking adequate amounts of water. Chewing gum may be beneficial.
As mentioned, some medications, such as some high blood pressure medications, can cause dry mouth. If this problem is significant, a medication change, under the supervision of one's health care provider, may improve the dry-mouth condition. Oral or sinus infections, once diagnosed, can be treated medically, usually with antibiotics. Lung infections and kidney or liver problems will, of course, need medical treatment.
Depending on the cause, a multitude of alternative therapeutic remedies can be used. For example, sinusitis can be treated with steam inhalation of essential oils and/or herbs.
Most bad breath can be treated successfully with good oral hygiene and/or medical care. Occasionally, for patients who feel that these therapies are unsuccessful, some delusional or obsessive behavior pattern might pertain, and mental health counseling may be appropriate.
Halitosis — The medical term for bad breath.
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The condition of having stale or foul-smelling breath. Also called halitosis.
A generic term referring to unpleasant odours emanating from the mouth, the intensity of which differs according to the foods eaten, such as garlic, onions, red meat and fish. Other factors include obesity, smoking and alcohol consumption. It is generally worse upon awakening ("morning breath") because the anaerobic bacteria in the mouth have had hours to proliferate and produce volatiles. Acute bad breath can be addressed by oral hygiene in the form of mouthwashes, brushing the teeth and tongue, flossing, and use of inter-dental brushes. Chronic bad breath affects up to 25% of the population and may be socially or professionally crippling, and, if extreme, may affect one's self-esteem.
Malodorous exhalation. Halitosis. The mouth is the chief source of the odour, but this may also come from the nose, the lungs and, rarely, the stomach.
A foul odor from the mouth.
This is why you often notice bad breath first thing in the morning - because you produce less saliva when you sleep.
As well as bad breath you may notice a swelling by your dog's eye from an abscessed tooth.
Bacteria love protein, and a lot of foods are packed with the proteins that bad breath bacteria will rapidly convert to a smelly waste,' says Dr Katz.
At least 90 percent of bad breath problems are associated with the sulfurous compounds generated by the putrefying, malodor-forming, anaerobic bacteria, which hide in oral crevices, and which degrade food particles and salivary cell fragments," Kross says.
Extreme dieting - yes, even low-carb diet gurus will tell you that if the diet is working, one of the signs is bad breath.
To prevent bad breath, continue brushing your teeth normally.
She never mentioned it but we figured she knew it was one of us because we put it in her locker the day after our bad breath conversation," she says.
Dentists have the tools to detect and manage advanced periodontal disease and dental decay, and can prescribe salivary stimulants such as pilocarpine and cevimeline for patients with bad breath due to dry mouth.
While it was expected that coffee would cause bad breath, it appears there is some element inside the brew that has the opposite effect.
There are many causes of bad breath and though some may be due to simple reasons, it can also be due to severe infection.


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In the recent High Court decision of English v Keats  EWHC 637 (Ch), the Court confirmed that it will use its equitable jurisdiction to remedy the defective execution of a deed of appointment. The case, in certain circumstances, has arguably also widened the meaning of 'defective execution', to include cases where one of the appointers failed to sign the deed. The case has cemented the modern application of this doctrine which dates back to at least 1728 and the case has also provided the potential for the scope of the "categories of people" condition to be reformed and widened in the future.
The claimants in this case, Sarah English, Simon Thunder and Annabel Lohmeyer were beneficiaries of six discretionary family trusts and were also the children of the two settlors of the trusts, Alan Thunder and June Thunder. There were also a number of charities who were named beneficiaries under the trust including the NSPCC, Help the Aged and Age Concern. Alan and June were two of the four trustees of the trusts, alongside Stephen Hall and a solicitor, Terence Keats.
In 1999, the trustees were advised that the family should give the three claimant beneficiaries an interest in possession under the settlement, as this would be advantageous from a tax perspective. To effect this, a deed of appointment was required for each of the six trusts, and each deed of appointment had to be signed by each of the four trustees.
Unfortunately, for each of the six deed of appointments, only three out of the four trustees signed the document. This was a result of some confusion as to the difference between a settlor and a trustee. Whilst Alan and June had sought legal advice, they were advised predominantly by a young trainee solicitor and there was said to be 'possibly inadequate supervision'. The end result was that Alan did not sign the deed of appointment in relation to settlements one to three and June did not sign the deed of appointment in relation to settlements four to six. Alan was fortunately able to rectify the mistake before he died, however when Alan rectified his mistake June did not rectify hers. June subsequently passed away without resolving the ineffective, and unsigned, deed of appointments. The claimants in this case applied to the Court to seek to remedy the defective execution of settlements four to six.
An order that equity will remedy the defective exercise of a power of appointment.
The trustees could also not be bound in relation to the non-claimant beneficiaries under the trusts, namely the charities that were also beneficiaries but who were the defendants in this case (Isabella English was appointed to represent all persons and charities under the trusts). Further, the claim would also bind the way HMRC taxed the trust fund. As the claim would be binding on a number of strangers to the trust, the claim of estoppel failed, estoppel is only binding between the representors and the representees.
The alternative basis for the claim was to ask the Court to remedy the defective execution. This doctrine dates back to Tollet v Tollet (1728) 2 Peere Williams 489, where it was stated that there is a difference between defective execution and non-execution. Defective execution will always be aided in equity if the defective execution results in the non-payment of a debt or leaving a wife or child unprovided for. In contrast, where a trustee simply does not execute the deed, the Court will not assist in remedying the non-execution.
The modern application of this doctrine has been questioned and is said to be 'falling into disuse' (Breadner v Granville-Grossman  Ch 523). The Court in this case clarified the somewhat contradictory case law and summarised that the doctrine is and should still be in usage, but that its application is subject to a number of conditions.
Persons who the appointer is under a natural or moral obligation to provide for – such a wife, child or volunteer. Though, equity will not grant relief for those who the appointer is not under an obligation to grant relief such as a husband or grandchild.
The Judge concluded that the execution was defective rather than it being a non-execution, as it was intended by all of the trustees that the deed of appointment would be validly executed, and there had been an attempt to do this by three of the trustees. The Court did not apply the fifth of these conditions strictly, as the three beneficiaries were the children of just two of the appointers, Alan and June. That being said, the defect was on the part of June, who was the mother of the claimants.
The judge noted that in the Jersey case of Jersey in Bas Trust Corporation Ltd MF  JRC 081, it had been held that the fifth condition may now be out of date, and instead that the doctrine will apply to any person to whom the appointer owes a natural or moral obligation to provide for, and that the test will be applied on a case by case basis. The Judge commented that this may also be the case in England and Wales, but that this would not be discussed any further in the present case.
This case highlights that the doctrine of remedying the defective execution of a deed is still applicable, and can be used to remedy the omission of a signature by one of the trustees. Additionally, the Court implied that the doctrine may in-fact be widened in future case law by the fifth condition being revoked, and replaced as it was in Jersey. However, this case must be looked upon with some caution, given that it is not clear what approach the Court would take if there was a sole trustee. It is to be assumed, that as there would not have been other trustees who had attempted to sign the deed that the Court would not be able to exercise their discretion to remedy the non-signature in this circumstance, as it is unlikely that the court would consider this to be a defective execution, based upon the reasoning in this case, and rather it would be considered a non-execution.
Further, whilst this case may demonstrate that the Court will remedy a defective execution, the cost of litigation to resolve the defective execution means that this should not be relied on. Care must be taken to ensure that a deed of appointment is validly executed and this rule should not be relied upon as it is not clear when it will apply.


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Trump's Katrina killed 4,645 May 29, 2018 Fred Clark
• Hurricane Maria killed 64 Americans in Puerto Rico. The belated, inadequate, incompetent, indifferent, and corrupt response of the Trump Administration killed more than 4,000 more:
At least 4,645 people died as a result of Hurricane Maria and its devastation across Puerto Rico last year, according to a new Harvard study released Tuesday, an estimate that far exceeds the official government death toll, which stands at 64.
The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that health-care disruption for the elderly and the loss of basic utility services for the chronically ill had significant impacts across the U.S. territory, which was thrown into chaos after the September hurricane wiped out the electrical grid and had widespread impacts on infrastructure. Some communities were entirely cut off for weeks amid road closures and communications failures.
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• Here's a fun and fascinating look at "Roger Godberd of Swannington," whose life is quite possibly one of those that influenced the ballads and legends of Robin Hood.
That doesn't make him the "real" Robin Hood, of course. There probably was no real Robin Hood — not in Sherwood Forest, anyway. We had a real one here in America named Harriet Tubman. She stole from the rich and gave to the poor with dazzling courage and panache, and Hollywood still owes us at least a dozen or two movies about her.
• We Americans pay way more for medical drugs than people in other countries do. President Trump has a plan to change that … by forcing people in other countries to pay way more for drugs too, thereby closing the gap.
• I've never read The Adventures of Simplicius Simplicissimus. I'd never even heard of if before Phil Jenkins started blogging about it over at The Anxious Bench. It's an early novel, a mordantly comic German picaresque published in 1668 by Johann von Grimmelshausen. Jenkins describes it as "a kind of cross between Pilgrim's Progress and Don Quijote, with a dash of Baron Munchausen." So now I don't just want to track down a copy of the Penguin Classics translation, I'm also hoping for an HBO series.
The novel is set during the Thirty Years War, which is what prompted Jenkins to write about it now. "Forgetting the Thirty Years War," Jenkins argues, also means forgetting the grim lessons we ought to have learned from it. (Such as, for example, the lethal consequences of any form of Christian nationalism, the necessity of the separation of church and state, etc.)
The second part of Jenkins' travel through this travelogue of the past is here: "Wars of Faith." I'm looking forward to reading the rest of this series.
• I'm almost charmed by the old-timey 1980's aspect of this:
"Pornography," she said.
"It's available on the shelf when you walk in the grocery store. Yeah, you have to reach up to get it, but there's pornography there," she continued. "All of this is available without parental guidance. I think that is a big part of the root cause."
That's Rep. Diane Black, Republican of Tennessee, explaining her ideas about the causes of, and solutions to, school shootings. Black, who's running for governor, is 67 years old — which still seems too young to be reaching all the way back to Jerry Falwell Sr.'s greatest hits, railing against the sale of Playboy at 7-Eleven. This is vintage culture-warring — analog, pre-digital, pre-Internet stuff. Rep. Black might as well be complaining about the hip-shaking of Elvis. Aron. Presley.
It's also, of course, pre-Trump culture-warring, which gives it an air of almost innocent cluelessness. Black is, after all, running as a Trumpist — modeling much of her rhetoric after the leader of her party, a failed casino magnate who has owned strip-clubs, appeared in Playboy videos, and notoriously cheated on his Playboy-model mistress with an adult-film star.
One of those affairs was covered up by Trump's second-favorite Pecker — his good friend David Pecker, who runs the trash-media conglomerate that publishes the bundle of lies and false witness called the National Enquirer. That rag is also "available on the shelf when you walk in the grocery store." And you don't have to reach far to get it — it's right there at the checkout, blaring its bogus headlines about the latest sordid celebrity gossip.
This was always a weird aspect of Falwell's old Playboy-at-7-Eleven shtick. The idea was that good pious Christians shouldn't be confronted with such lewd temptations when they're simply going about their godly business of buying their daily scratch-off tickets and copies of the Enquirer and the Globe and others of that ilk. Thirty years after the Meese Commission it seems clear that the Enquirer was always a far bigger and more damaging threat to decent society than Playboy ever could be.
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This one hurts and not just because of the agonizing nature of final seconds. It was painful because Michigan had a chance to win despite playing an excruciatingly poor offensive game and just couldn't find the big play necessary to steal a win. In a way, Stu Douglass' desperation heave was a microcosm of Michigan's season: so close but just not quite enough.
I'm not going to focus much on the final play. Michigan tried to get Hardaway in an isolation situation and, as the Illinois defense overplayed him, he found Smotrycz for about as clean of a look as you could ask for. The argument as to whether Smotrycz should drive or shoot could go on for ages but I don't think he could have got to the basket very easily. He's more comfortable shooting the three and the percentages are close, 38% on threes and 43% on twos. The biggest problem was that Smotrycz seemed to rush a bit and never really got set after the pump fake.
Ultimately, this game wasn't just about that possession. In a road game against a good team you can't afford to throw away possessions down the stretch. Far too many times, Michigan was caught trying to do too much (bad shots) or not doing enough (standing around). Michigan failed to score on three consecutive possessions inside of four minutes while trailing by just three points. Those are the possessions you have to win to steal road games. Michigan made those plays in East Lansing but opportunity after opportunity went for nothing in Champaign.
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Lost in the offensive struggles is the fact that this was Michigan's best defensive game in Big Ten play. Michigan held Illinois to .90 points per possession and more impressively just .73 per trip in the second half. Michigan was abused by the high-low in the first half but made the right adjustments to negate Illinois' size advantage in the second half. Illinois posted an eFG% of 48% – 56% on twos & 22% on threes – and only attempted 9 free throws on the game. Most importantly, Michigan did a great job on the defensive glass, grabbing 76% of Illinois' missed shots. Illinois missed some open looks but Michigan's second half defense was as good as we've seen.
Michigan's offense just couldn't get the job done. It wasn't that Michigan was chucking threes, the Wolverines attempted just 18 threes to 41 twos, it was that Michigan just couldn't make any of them. The Wolverines shot 49% on twos and 11% on threes for an effective field goal percentage of 39% for the game. Turnovers kept Michigan in the game as the Wolverines turned the ball over just four times all night. Perhaps the most disappointing stat was that despite the Illini committing their seventh team foul with 12:53 to play in the second half, Michigan attempted just three free throws from that point on.
The margin of error for Michigan's NCAA tournament push has been reduced to almost nothing. With four games remaining on the schedule, Michigan needs at least three wins and one of them probably has to be over a Wisconsin team that John Beilein has never beat. Next up is a road game at Iowa – a game where Michigan won't gain much from a win but can't afford a loss.
Player Bullets:
Darius Morris: Morris finished with 11 points on 4 of 12 shooting with seven assists, six rebounds and one turnover in 33 minutes. Darius struggled finishing around the basket (33%) but this is probably one of the toughest match-ups in that regard. Much was made of Morris sitting on the bench for seven or so minutes in the second half but U-M had been playing good basketball during that stretch and had trimmed the lead to one. He probably sat a bit too long though as Illinois had stretched the lead back out to four points before he reentered.
Jordan Morgan: Clearly bothered by Illinois' length in the first half (2-6 fg), Morgan responded with a strong 8 point second half on perfect 4 of 4 shooting to finish with 12 points and 7 rebounds. Morgan was very solid overall and seemed to improve on the defensive end as the game wore on. Similar to the Ohio State game, Morgan seemed a little rattled, but it was great to see him respond in both games with a strong second half performance – probably the lone bright spot individually.
Stu Douglass: Douglass just couldn't find the bottom of the basket: 2 of 11 (1-8 3pt) for 5 points and four rebounds. I actually didn't think that Douglass took too many bad shots but one stands out specifically: With Michigan down three and three to play, Douglass fired up a long pull-up jumper with about 20 seconds on the shot clock. It just wasn't the shot Michigan needed and was a waste of a possession. Douglass, generally one of Michigan's best off the ball defenders, also got caught on a screen for McCamey's biggest three point shot of the game. Stu has had some great games this year but he's also had some painful ones, this is one that he'll want back.
Tim Hardaway Jr.: Hardaway was phenomenal until the first media timeout, scoring 7 of Michigan's first 11 points, but then he was held to just three points in the next 36 minutes of game clock. Illinois focused on taking Hardaway out of the game and to his credit he handed out five assists after his scoring decreased.
Zack Novak: 7 points and 8 rebounds for Zack but he couldn't buy a three (0-3). The one shot he'll want back was his missed (open) three with 7:56 to play that would have given Michigan the lead. McCamey would go on to hit a three of his own to extend the Illinois lead to four points just two possessions later.
Evan Smotrycz: Five points on 2 of 9 (1-5 3pt) shooting with two rebounds in 17 minutes. Evan struggled all day and it wasn't just the buzzer beating miss. Evan consistently tried to drive by his man after using the pump fake but could never finish around the rim. If Smotrycz could develop a little pull-up jumper, it would prevent him from having to try to finish over and around shot blockers at the basket.
Matt Vogrich:12 minutes with two points, a rebound, and an assist. Vogrich never found an open three point attempt but did have a nice finish in transition.
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Warzone 2 ranked play release date rumours - Rules, skill divisions, and more
Here's all the intel on Warzone 2 ranked play.
By Jon Nicholson
February 1, 2023: With attention turning to Season Two, there are still no signs of Warzone 2 ranked play launching anytime soon.
Competitive Warzone continues to grow thanks to numerous tournaments taking place on a regular basis. However, the lack of ranked play leaves many without a place to get their fix of competition and doesn't introduce casual players to the high-stakes events that feature huge prize pools and the very best players on the planet.
Call of Duty often struggles to cater to its competitive scenes, whether it's multiplayer or the battle royale. In comparison to rival battle royale titles, the lack of Warzone 2 ranked play is far from ideal. However, with the launch of Warzone 2, things could change.
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Before we share the intel on Warzone 2 ranked play, don't forget to take a look at our guide showcasing the best Warzone 2 guns to get familiar with before you drop into the action.
Despite leaks claiming the game will feature some kind of competitive playlist, information on Warzone 2 ranked play remains slim. According to @TheGhostOfHope, a test will take place in the current version of Warzone but with the final season already nearing the halfway point, there are no signs of any testing taking place.
In March, Raven Software confirmed a ranked mode for Warzone is in the works but since then, information has dried up much to the concern of the community.
Once we hear more, we will update the hub with the latest intel on Warzone 2's ranked mode.
For those familiar with ranked modes in other battle royale titles, the chance of Warzone 2 ranked play featuring an extensive set of skill divisions to divide the player base is high.
Whether it's bronze, silver, and gold or something involving a skill rating, players will have the chance to work their way to the very top of the ladder in order to battle it out against the very best players on the planet.
Typically, ranked modes don't make an appearance in a new Call of Duty title at launch which is annoying for those that want a more competitive way to play. If Warzone 2 does feature a ranked mode, the likely release date is the launch of Season One which could coincide with the Warzone 2 release date.
Despite the leaks, there's still no sign of Warzone 2 ranked play appearing in the battle royale. As soon as we hear more intel, we'll update the guide with the latest information.
The mid-season update for Warzone 2's first season is on the horizon. Season One Reloaded is expected to start on December 14 but the update won't contain a ranked playlist for the battle royale.
That's all there is to know about Warzone 2 ranked play. For more, check out our guide showcasing the best Warzone AR to use along with the best Warzone 2 FOV settings so you can get ahead of the competition.


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And the James Dyson Award goes to... Electric Cargo Trike
New Zealand's James Dyson Award has been won by Electric Cargo Trike, a project driven by six industrial design students.
As it stands, the Electric Cargo Trike is a compact tilting electric urban delivery vehicle, designed for last minute cargo delivery in urban settings.
The innovation intends to solve a multitude of problems faced by New Zealand cities, the team states. This includes environmental issues, efficient package delivery and safety for couriers.
According to the team, inner-city delivery methods are often hindered by poor handling and safety issues, and there is a growing need for a better solution in New Zealand and abroad.
In addition, traditional delivery vehicles cost companies and consumers due to expenses such as road taxes, petrol, parking permits and time, and also lost productivity due to traffic and limited availability of loading zones.
The environmental impact is also well documented with governments around the globe committing to a reduction in carbon emissions, particularly in bigger city centres, the team says.
There is also a growing demand for delivery services, especially in NZ's biggest cities. In fact, according to a report by New Zealand Post, more than 60% of all online purchases are delivered to customers living in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
Of these, 1.8 million Kiwis made online purchases that required delivery in 2018, and 44% of those online shoppers purchased more than once a month.
Meanwhile, New Zealand has seen an increase of EV vehicle sales over the past few years, signalling Kiwis commitment to sustainable vehicle solutions, the team says.
With New Zealanders increasingly dependent on delivery services for parcels, particularly with an increase of online shopping, the six-person team wanted to create a safe, sustainable option for those deliveries.
The creators, students at Massey University in Wellington, identified a gap in the market for sustainable package delivery alternatives, especially the last few kilometres in the delivery process, as these are the least efficient, according to the team.
The inspiration behind the vehicle was sports bikes and the increasing trend of Kiwis moving to more sustainable vehicles. From the initial inspiration to the final product the team tried many iterations and ideas.
Daniel Shorrock, one of the six team members, says, "We had four main prototypes, over 10 CAD [Computer-Aided Design] models, and countless sketches and Lego models getting to this final product.
"We spent hundreds and hundreds of hours over 12 weeks trying to make this the most effective, safest, and easy vehicle to use and we think we finally got there."
Future plans for the Electric Cargo Trike see a range of possibilities including use on New Zealand farms.
"We see this working well within an agricultural context. Potentially replacing quad bikes with a vehicle that is much safer. The tilting mechanism makes it much harder for the vehicle to roll over and injure the driver," the team says.
The ability to lean into corners make the vehicle much more stable at higher speeds, meaning it can handle obstacles such as speed bumps, rough terrain and curbs, according to the team.
Furthermore, the wishbone suspension has a large degree of travel while the two front wheels give the vehicle a lot of traction at the front. The three-wheeled setup also allows for more cargo capacity than a traditional motorcycle.
"It can stop faster, corner harder, and provide more stability than a normal cargo bike. This design also means packages are safer and are more likely to make it to their final destination undamaged. Plus, easily interchangeable batteries mean delivery downtime is kept to a minimum by allowing it to run all day with only short breaks needed to swap the batteries out.
"The idea is that you charge one battery at the depot while you're out doing deliveries, and when you get low, you simply swap it out so you don't have to wait for a battery to charge," says Shorrock.
James Dyson Award judge Sir Ray Avery says, "This is an urban ute. Nobody has applied disruptive thinking to this type of vehicle before. This could become a transportation game-changer from a global perspective.
"Having spent a significant amount of my life in the developing world, I see a real need and opportunity for this design. The Electric Cargo Trike has a place in every developing country and is a great example of Kiwi applied technology."
The designers behind the project are Daniel Shorrock, Chris Warren, Fergus Salmon, Zoe Lovell-Smith, Liam Avery, and Oscar Jackson. They are all studying a Bachelor of Industrial Design at Massey University (Wellington).
The Electric Cargo Trike has been designed focusing on handling and driver experience. With their winning entry, the designers behind the delivery solution will receive NZ$3,500.
Shorrock says, "We're excited that Electric Cargo Trike has been recognised by the James Dyson Award, we now hope to further its development to offer more sustainable deliveries in the future.
"We love how James Dyson set out to solve problems, which is exactly what we set out to do. Our product went through an extensive iterative process and sustainability is very important to us, so this competition was a great natural fit for us."
The runners up in the competition are Nah Yeah Buoy and BOU.
Nah Yeah Buoy, by Hannah Tilsley and Chamonix Stuart of Victoria University of Wellington, identified the problem that approximately 80% of Surf Life Saving New Zealand's 1,000 annual rescues are caused by rip currents, and studies show that drowning is the third highest cause of accidental death in New Zealand.
Their solution is a product that helps detect a rip current to warn beachgoers of the hidden dangers to prevent drownings and rescues due to rip currents.
The Nah, Yeah Buoy is an adaptive system that identifies rip currents near beaches, visualises the locations and movements of the current, and provides interactive alerts and warnings for lifeguards and water users.
BOU, by Sian Hosking Berge of Massey University School of Design, recognised that children at preschool age learn best through stimulating play, however modern life means there is less opportunity to learn and build than previous generations.
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All three entries will now progress to the international stage of the James Dyson Award with the hope of winning up to NZ$55,000 and NZ$9,000 for their university.
Their entries will be judged by a panel of Dyson engineers who will select an international shortlist of 20 entries. The Top 20 projects are then reviewed by Sir James Dyson, who selects the international winner.
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14 things that every Yugoslav partisan wore at the beginning of World War II
1. Partizan armed with a German submachine gun MP41 9mm, popularly known as "Schmeisser", today a rare example of the wooden butt. For a belt carrying a gun "Parabellum" P08 9mm and a hand grenade. Dressed in a civilian coat, the military jacket of unknown origin, the German military pants and cavalry boots. On the stroke has a partisan cap ("Tito hat") with a sewn red star.
2. Three-pointed cap popularly called "Triglav cap" to the highest peak in Slovenia. Such as a cap made anti-fascist fighters of the Spanish Civil War and the first Junos Croatian partisans. Since 1944, it replaced the cap "Titov ka" a smooth edge.
3. In September 1941, the partisan Supreme Headquarters ordered that the caps will wear red five-pointed star as a symbol of anti-fascist struggle.
3a. Since April 1942, stipulates that all elite Proletarian Brigade wear the star with a yellow hammer and sickle, the symbol of the international workers' movement.
4. Slovenian partisans on hats with the star wearing their tricolor. The most common are the two ways as illustrated. Slovenian partisans did not want to take the hammer and sickle on its stars, claiming that they are not a partisan army.
5. Since August 1943, established the order of partisan medals. The illustration is one of them "partisan star of the first degree" for bravery and merit in combat. The medal was created by sculptor Anthony Augustinčić. Since the summer of 1944 medals were made in the Soviet Union.
6. Medal for the bravery.
7. The first partisan ranks were created in the fall of 1941. Since the beginning of 1942 until the end of 1943 to use the ranks as illustrated. The first is the rank of corporal.
7b. Sergeant,
7c. Deputy Sergeant company,
7d. Company sergeant,
7e. The deputy commander of the battalion,
7f. The battalion commander,
7g. Deputy Commander of the detachment,
7h. The commander of the detachment.
8. Weapons that were usually worn by partisans. In the illustration, the Italian rifle "Carcano" M1891 caliber 6.5mm
9. German carbine 98k caliber 7.92mm.
10. The rifle that was under Belgian license for the "Mauser" M24 were produced for the Yugoslav army in the weapons factory in Uzice in Serbia. The Partisans in 1941, a time occupied the arms factory in Uzice where they produce 21,040 rifles M24, called "partisan" and 2.7 million bullets caliber 7.92mm.
11. Very appreciated partisan weapon German MG34 light machine gun by partisans popularly called "Šarac". To capture "SARC" might be getting a medal, but for his loss to go to court martial. Among partisans some machine gunners on "SARC" have become legendary.
12. The M35 hand grenade, which was being produced in Kragujevac. Later, partisans have organized their production of these bombs.
13. Improvised hand grenade made from mortar shells lesser caliber.
14. Also, another improvisation hand grenades made from water pipes.
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I would like the source for those 21,040 M24 rifles. Where did you find it?
World War II Weapons: The Italian Carcano rifle
Carcano Modello 1891 infantry rifle Carcano is the frequently used name for a series of Italian bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating military rifles and carbines. Introduced in 1891, this rifle was chambered for the rimless 6.5×52mm Carcano cartridge (Cartuccia Modello 1895). It was developed by the chief technician Salvatore Carcano at the Turin Army Arsenal in 1890 and called the Modello (model) 91 or simply M91. Successively replacing the previous Vetterli-Vitali rifles and carbines in 10.35×47mmR, it was produced from 1892 to 1945. The M91 was used in both rifle (fucile) and carbine (Moschetto) form by most Italian troops during the First World War and by Italian and some German forces during the Second World War. The rifle was also used during the Winter War by Finland, and again by regular and irregular forces in Syria, Libya, Tunisia, and Algeria during various postwar conflicts in those countries. Carcano Model 1891 TS Carbine The Type I Carcano rifle was
JNA, the army that no longer exists: What is all possessed one of the most powerful European armies Part I
Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), to its decomposition , was one of the key pillars of the former Yugoslavia and was based on the doctrine of brotherhood and unity of all Yugoslav nations and nationalities and ideologically dependent on the League of Communists. Along with Tito and the Communist Party, considered to be one of the three pillars of Yugoslavia. Yugoslav People's Army, at its peak, was the fourth military power in Europe, behind the Soviet Union, Great Britain, and France. For JNA specifically, because of its non-alignment and strategic importance, in its possession had weapons of American and Soviet production. The establishment and development Its roots JNA pulling out of the National Liberation Struggle and Yugoslav partisan (POJ). Soon form a volunteer army of Yugoslavia, which soon became the People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia (NLA), and on 1 March 1945, the NLA has renamed the Yugoslav Army. To celebrate the tenth anniversary of
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The Underground Airbase Slatina
Yugoslavia had about forty objects of strategic importance, including several underground airports which were the largest military secret. Nearly $90 billion have been spent for the construction of these objects. Željava was the most expensive and the largest underground airport in the former Yugoslavia. Around $4.5 billion were spent for the construction of this air base. According to experts, the only airbase that could rival Željava, although much smaller, was the air base Slatina near Pristina. These two air bases represented the first level of defense. The second level of defense were also airports with underground galleries and the conditions for protection against a nuclear attack. Such were underground galleries in Podgorica, Mostar, and Split. The third level of defense was reinforced concrete shelters for aircraft and people. All airports had them. Each plane had its own reinforced concrete shelter. The Yugoslav underground project represents the labyri


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Q: How to clear a memory leak in BSTR When running my application, it has a memory growth. So I collected UMDH data and it points to the below code,
BSTR bstrTestName = strCurTestName.AllocSysString();
 BSTR bstrTestInstname = strTestInstName.AllocSysString();
HRESULT hr = g_pDLServiceNetInterop->SetCurTestName(bstrTestName, pCurTestData->GetTestType(), bstrTestInstname, pCurTestData->GetTestMemberCount());

where strCurTestName and strTestInstName are TString.
I don't see a call to SysFreeString in this method.
I know that if we pass a BSTR to a client, it will take care of clearing the memory. In the current scenario, is this a leak and I need to call SysFreeString or it is not a leak.

A: It is a leak. We need to explicitly clear it. Instead of BSTR, I used CComBSTR and it resolved the leak (yes, calling SysFreeString also resolved the leak).

A: You can call the SysFreeString(bstrTestName) function to deallocate the string.
Edit:
as pointed out by the comment, since you are not passing the string to the client, just like with any allocated memory, it will stay allocated unless you free it with a the SysFreeString function call.

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The official language in France is French, in addition Breton (Brittany) is spoken by minorities, Occitan (the south), Basque (in the western Pyrenees), German (Alsace-Lorraine), Dutch (French Flanders), Catalan (Roussillon), Italian (around Nice), Corsican (on Corsica).
The French language is a Romance language spoken by approx. 100 million people as their mother tongue, of which approx. 60 million in France. French is also still spoken in Belgium below the line Visé-Mouscron and Brussels, in Switzerland (Suisse romande), Italy (Valle d'Aosta) and Canada (Quebec), and which, in addition to the mother tongue, is used in many former French colonies as the language of administration and administration. French is the continuation of the Vulgar Latin, which was introduced and developed in Gallia Transalpina by the Roman conquerors (58 - 50 BC).
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The French language originally consisted of Latin words introduced by the Romans, supplemented by words of Celtic and Frankish origin. From the 12th century onwards, these "folk words" are borrowed from Latin, the "learned" words. In the 16th century, many words were also borrowed from Italian. Many words have also been borrowed from Dutch, and from English since the 18th century.
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Kalmbach, Gabriele
Talbot, Roseline
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