Remember the days when you anticipated a movie soundtrack just as much as the movie? I haven't purchased a soundtrack in a while, but I sometimes grab some of my old ones to listen to that one or two songs that made me feel good during the movie or was timeless regardless of the genre and subject of the movie.
There are so many good soundtracks from back in the day that have great songs that either have or could make it onto one of my mixtapes/playlists. Therefore, there will be multiple iterations to this mini-series. I'm talking about these are those songs that will make you say, "Oh snap!", and "That's my jam!!" LOL. Reminisce about where you were or what you were doing when these songs came out.
I believe I was a junior in high school when this movie and soundtrack came out. I remember watching the movie (about various dramatic events happening on a college campus) in the theater wondering how my future college days would be like. True story – I recall watching this movie and deciding what I wanted my future daughter's name to be. Years later, I had a daughter, and her name closely sounds like one of the characters from the movie.
The movie was laced with hot tracks from OutKast, Raphael Saadiq, etc. playing in the background that kept your head bobbing while you wondered what happened next. One particular track played in the background during the scene of a costume or Halloween party scene. There were dings followed by some hypnotic strings…then the bass came in. I knew that I had to hear the rest of it….and later bought the soundtrack. As I typed this, the same CD is sitting in my office in the stereo that I also bought my junior year in high school.
For my fellow band heads, the horn part is SERIOUS!! Fellas, for a well received change in your slow jam soundtracks for your sexual encounters, try this one!
This soundtrack HERE!!!! I could write a couple of posts off of this one alone! Pause for a second and think of at least two songs off of that soundtrack that made you warm inside (ladies) or was the background for a romantic, candlelit night (fellas). (sigh..flashbacks) Then come back to this one….which is probably the top three tracks on the mf-ing album!!
Johnny Gill hits you with that strong, yet smooth, voice over an enthralling track. Again, this is one of those songs that you can just let do the talking for you, fellas, with lyrics like "I will do anything and everything…for you" or when he says, "I can't help myself, you're like nobody else." WHAT?!?! 'Hit it & quit it' brothas or minute men, don't even waste your time playing this one. This is one of those foreplay-before-you-turn-her-out tracks. Johnny does the damn thing on this one! The background singers help shape the song as well…especially toward the end.
Talking about relationship goals…I want to send an email to my girl titled "Later" and it only contains this song. Hell, the song says everything I would want to say. All she has to do is be ready…. (sigh…one day). Fellas, from my generation, shake things up and put this on during dinner one day. YOU….WILL…WIN!


This Tuesday, preliminary July Markit PMI will be out for both, the EU and the US, with most indexes expected barely changed from June's final readings, somehow suggesting that economic growth has stabilized at positive levels.
The dollar fell against its major peers on Monday after U.S.
A policy debate in China on how best to address slowing growth deepened on Friday, as analysts urged authorities to boost fiscal stimulus amid rising risks to the world's second-biggest economy from a bitter trade conflict with the United States.
Dollar started the day extending its Tuesday's rally, based on Fed's Powell words, but its rally came to an end ahead of the US opening, when the country released June Housing Starts and Building Permits, both posting large and unexpected declines.
The dollar rose against its rivals after an overnight rally, as Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell gave lawmakers a positive assessment of the economy, and expects to continue raising interest rates gradually.
Crude prices slumped more than 4 percent yesterday, with Brent futures reaching a three-month low as Libyan ports reopened and traders eyed potential supply increases by Russia and other producers.
Asian stocks fell on Monday as new data showed China's economy slowed slightly in the second quarter, compounded by fears of a full-scale Sino-U.S. trade war looming over markets.
U.S. consumer prices data on Thursday showed a steady build-up of inflation pressure that could allow the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates as many as four times in 2018.


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Pennye Jones-Napier, co-owner of The Big Bad Woof in Washington, D.C., noted that the limited-ingredient category has not only grown in the types of proteins being offered, but also in ingredients that are either changing or being eliminated.
WellPet's Wellness Core Simply Shreds are formulated with five simple, natural ingredients for dogs, including premium shredded protein and diced vegetables. The grain- and filler-free boost of pure protein is perfect for topping or snacking, said Chanda Leary-Coutu, director of consumer experience for the Tewksbury, Mass.-based company.
"Pet parents are looking to add variety to their pet's mealtime routine, and toppers like Simply Shreds give them a pure and nutritious way to achieve that goal," Leary-Coutu said.
Introduced last summer, the Earthborn Holistic Venture line consists of several limited-ingredient diet recipes for dogs. Regionally sourced, high-quality, single-animal-origin proteins include Alaskan pollock, Pacific squid, rabbit and duck from France, and pork and turkey from the U.S., as well as pumpkin and butternut squash.
Produced in Midwestern Pet Foods' kitchens, Venture addresses consumer concerns regarding safety, nutrition, fillers, grains and common allergens. Sustainability and the environment are looked after as well. For example, Earthborn's Plantbag recyclable packaging contains up to 30 percent plant-based plastic, made from re-newable and sustainable Brazilian sugarcane ethanol, said Warren Hill, chief commercial officer for the Evansville, Ind.-based company.
My Perfect Pet recently introduced a grain-free Low Glycemic Turkey Blend recipe to its Personal Care Diets line. The product is formulated for dogs when weight loss, restricted carbohydrate or low glycemic diets are recommended, said Karen Neola, pack leader and founder of the Poway, Calif.-based company.
Petcurean Pet Nutrition recently expanded its Go! Sensitivity + Shine limited-ingredient line with two recipes for dogs: grass-fed lamb and Marine Stewardship Council-certified Alaskan pollock, said Annabelle Immega, trade marketing manager for Petcurean in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada.
"The grass-fed lamb is sourced from Australia and New Zealand, which is lower in fat and higher in omega- 3 fatty acids than meat from animals that are fed grains," Immega said.
A member of the cod family, Alaskan pollock offers high nutritional value; is an excellent source of protein, minerals and omega fatty acids; and is low in carbohydrates, cholesterol and fat, she said.
Both recipes are grain, gluten and potato free, and feature pure coconut oil, which acts as an easily digestible source of energy and promotes skin and coat health, she added.
Pet specialty retailers can leverage their expertise to make valuable suggestions and recommendations to customers, particularly when confronted with concerns about food allergies, food safety or quality, said Warren Hill, chief commercial officer at Midwestern Pet Foods in Evansville, Ind.
"This knowledge sets the pet specialty retailer apart from many other channels," Hill said.
In-store education is pivotal to raising awareness, and retailers spending quality time with customers will not only understand specific pet needs, but build loyalty as well, said Karen Neola, founder of My Perfect Pet in Poway, Calif.
Because limited-ingredient diets are all about purity of ingredients, merchandising efforts should clearly call out that quality, whether on the shelf or online, said Chanda Leary-Coutu, director of consumer experience at WellPet in Tewksbury, Mass.
Positioning limited-ingredient diets as solutions for a pet's unique dietary needs can help retailers market these recipes using this messaging as a foundation, said Annabelle Immega, trade marketing manager for Petcurean Pet Nutrition in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada.
"As with anything, building awareness for the products available and the benefits they can provide is the first step," she said.
Pennye Jones-Napier, co-owner of The Big Bad Woof in Washington, D.C., agreed.
"At the store level, we try to merchandise similar limited-ingredient diets in the same aisles," she said.
In this way, the different ingredients and attributes of the diets and brands carried can be easily pointed out to customers, she added.
"In the past decade, we have seen tremendous growth in the limited-ingredient diet category for dogs and cats. Our store has a reputation for being a 'go-to' place for help with skin and coat, and allergy issues. This category is perfect for customers needing a limited-ingredient-diet formula with the convenience of a dry or canned food versus going to a raw or homemade diet. We are also starting to see a move now beyond the strictly limited-ingredient diets to more functional diets, which are specifically geared to address day-to-day health concerns like sensitive stomachs, skin and coat, weight management and urinary care.
These diets tend to act as a bridge that brings the companion animals back to a premium, and often limited-ingredient, diet that they can be fed for long periods, as opposed to a strictly veterinary formula used for a short term."—PENNYE JONES-NAPIER, co-owner of The Big Bad Woof in Washington, D.C.
"We have noticed more sales of our limited-ingredient high-protein diets and, with 'allergies' on the rise, being able to go to a single source with higher levels of protein works for us. Because we follow Chinese Five Element Theory for many of our clients, having a single protein works well for changing proteins with the seasons—for example, feeding cooling proteins in higher temperature months."—PATTIEBODEN, owner of Animal Connection in Charlottesville, Va.
"Limited-ingredient diets are doing well in the natural category. In fact, we see these foods following a similar trajectory to grain-free recipes. Like limited-ingredient diets, demand for grain-free recipes came out of a desire to do more for a pet's health by putting only the high-est-quality ingredients in the food bowl each day, without grains or other fillers. Today, grain-free recipes have become a staple in pet stores and pantries across the country, and we envision limited-ingredient diets following a similar path."—CHANDALEARY-COUTU, directorof consumer experience at WellPet in Tewksbury, Mass.
"We have seen an increase in demand for limited-ingredient foods.
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First off, it's been awhile, I'm weening.
Lurk your Turkey+ TATttoooie fun!
So it's been awhile so here is an up to the Date thingy.
I need to pee, but I figure I'll update first.
Firstly, Mia's amazing boyfriend made this comic version of me. Mr.Lawrence is ever so talented!


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Access to electricity in Africa to plummet this year
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For the first time in years, access to electricity will plummet in Africa this year because of the Covid-19 crisis, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency has told AFP.
However, Fatih Birol has stressed the "enormous potential" in solar energy on the continent, if it can attract investors. The International Energy Agency boss was speaking on the occasion of a virtual ministerial forum co-organized with the African Union Tuesday.
He told the global news agency in an interview that investments in the power sector on the continent is expected to fall by 30 percent this year. Because governments had other priorities, with investors concerned about increased risks, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
Birol added that oil dependent African nations like Angola have an enormous opportunity to use other sources of energy like solar and natural gas.
Last week, an analysis in the World Energy Outlook 2020 showed that the pandemic has been affecting steady progress made to up access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy. It said '' Sub-Saharan Africa, home to three-quarters of the almost 800 million people who lack access to electricity in the world, bear the brunt of the reversal''.
Since 2013, the report noted that the number of people without access to electricity on the continent has been falling. It cited progress made in countries like Kenya, Senegal, Rwanda and Ghana that embarked on strong electricity access policies and rooted for off-grid initiatives.
Vote counting underway in Uganda: Updates
Tanzania to use local herbs instead of vaccine against Covid-19
Africa secures 300 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in deal with manufacturers
Zimbabwe issues directive on covid-19 burials
The African Union Obtains 270 Million Coronavirus Vaccines
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KANSAS CITY USA, March 1 - In what may become one of the largest federally funded habitat construction programs in the country's history, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last week unveiled a 30-year, $1.3 billion plan to restore the Missouri River.
Initial reaction indicated the plan satisfied no one involved in a years-long dispute over the future of the historic river, including environmentalists, farm and barge shipping interests and states that rely on the water.
But Corps Brig. Gen. William Grisoli said, "I'm confident we're providing the basin a comprehensive plan," with the "best balance" possible.
In the 200 years since William Clark and Meriwether Lewis first explored its length, America's longest river has been dammed, narrowed, deepened and straightened for commercial barge traffic so that it is some 100 miles shorter than the 2,500 miles navigated by their expedition, according to environmental group American Rivers.
Its water irrigates millions of acres of farmland, provides drinking water, cools homes, fills reservoirs and provides a waterway for barge transportation of farm products used by people throughout the United States and abroad. Its once ferocious spring floods are now history.
But the Corps, which manages the nation's rivers by building levees and dams and dredging to maintain navigation has been sued repeatedly from all sides by parties wanting either more water or less, or a more natural flow to the river. The whole problem has been worsened by a continuing drought in the West, where mountain snowmelt gives rise to the river.
Major suits were consolidated and a federal judge had ordered the Corps to come up with a plan by March 19.
The Corps said its plan is a compromise aimed at protecting endangered fish and birds, conserving enough water in upstream states to allow for recreation and other uses, and maintaining at least the minimum amount of water needed for barge traffic.
Under the plan, which the Corps estimates will cost $1.3 billion over 30 years, about 1,200 acres will be immediately established as a shallow-water habitat for spawning fish, while an unspecified amount would be designed to benefit nesting birds.
The plan aims to maintain a seven-month navigation season.
"Generally we should be able to provide the same level of flood control as the current plan," said Larry Cieslik, chief of water management for the Missouri River.
Upper-level management of the river calls for conserving more water in the northern states and "unbalancing" the three largest reservoirs, in Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota. The Corps would lower one of three lakes about three feet (one meter) to allow vegetation to grow around the rim and then refill the lake, on a rotating three-year cycle.
Environmental groups attacked the plan as doing too much for business interests. Missouri Gov. Bob Holden said the plan didn't go far enough to protect farmers and barge businesses.
"The Army Corps has a legal obligation to prevent endangered species from going extinct and a moral responsibility to manage the Missouri River for the benefit of the public at large," Chad Smith, a spokesman for American Rivers, said in a statement. "Today, the Corps dashed our last lingering hopes that they will show leadership without an explicit court order."
Holden said in a statement the plan was "not acceptable," and he was considering legal action against the plan, which he said ran counter to promises made by the Bush administration.
North Dakota also objected, saying not enough water would be retained for the state.
Corps officials said they would re-evaluate the plan in three years.
With the noisy sound of earthworks, the removal of more than 6 km of dykes on Tataru Island was underway. The work, which commenced on October 30 2003, is part of a larger vision to restore the natural flooding regime of the Danube River. This is the first model project of "A Vision for the Ukrainian Danube Delta" supported by Partners for Wetlands.
Previously, the 738 hectare Tataru Island was subject to strict forestry laws. Various dykes were constructed across and around Tataru to drain sections to be used for forestry and horticulture. Each year, the local forestry service was charged with extracting 1000 cubic metres of wood, three tonnes of meat, 700 kg of honey, 3000 muskrats and 0.5 tonnes of medicinal plants. Domestic animals such as pigs, sheep and horses were left to graze in areas occupied by indigenous wildlife.
With the restoration of the island, WWF and the local Izmail Forestry are combining efforts to sustainably develop the Ukrainian Danube Delta. Following the removal of the dykes, the island will again be naturally flooded. Tataru is intended to be a showpiece of how people and nature can be mutually supporting in the heart of the Danube Delta. Locals and visitors alike will be able to appreciate the unique natural setting in the most downstream part of this mighty European river. The establishment of sustainable tourism, forestry, fisheries and hunting will provide new opportunities for the future.
"As a part of the Lower Danube Green Corridor, the Danube Delta in Ukraine plays a crucial role. WWF, together with its partners in Ukraine, has developed a vision for the Delta. The change from technocratic management of the river delta to a management and economic development that is based on the natural potentials of the system is a real challenge for the Odessa Oblast. The work starting at Tataru Island is a historic moment in this respect. WWF has supported the Danube Delta project for a number of years now because we see huge potentials for restoration and a new development of Europe's largest river delta," says Mr. Frans Schepers, Manager International Freshwater Programme of WWF Netherlands.
Also for Izmail Forestry, owner of the island, this is a milestone in the management of Tataru. "While we previously tried to exploit the island with forestry, hunting and animal grazing, we now have understood that there is a much more promising route to development in this region," explained Mr. Nikolay Scezepin of Izmail Forestry.
The Odessa Oblast Water Authority has also played an important role in the development of the Vision. Mr. Kichuk, Director of Odessa Oblast Water Management Department, is convinced of the relevance of this new route for development in the delta. "Water management plays a key role: we should work with water, and not against it. It is not sustainable and far too expensive to restore and maintain the old water regime. We know now that there is a much better alternative".
Four of Europe's major rivers are set to receive a cash injection as part of a EUR 12 million clean up programme for the continent's waterways.
The Artery Project, a partnership of five European regions, will see a series of ten demonstration projects launched along the banks of the rivers Mersey, Ruhr, Neckar and Ijssel. Each of these rivers and their surrounding communities has suffered the effects of post industrialisation.
Publications on river biodiversity conservation launched on World Wetlands Day. 'Conserving Natura 2000 Rivers' is mammoth four-year project, sponsored by seven British conservation agencies led by English Nature, which consisted of field-based trials, original research and the collation of up-to-the minute scientific discoveries. The result is a body of work that conservation organizations around Europe can use to achieve best practice in managing their special rivers and threatened freshwater species.
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The Small grants for Wetlands Programme (SWP) is managed by the Netherlands Committee for IUCN (NC-IUCN) with funds from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The SWP financially supports small-scale wetland conservation and sustainable management projects that are designed and implemented by local NGOs in developing countries. The list of eligible countries has been considerably extended and now includes some 130 countries. The next deadline for the submission of project proposals by local NGOs to SWP is now set on 1st March 2004.
TANZANIA LAST week launched a Tsh27.6 billion ($27.6 million) project to draw water from Lake Victoria to supply Kahama in Shinyanga region, in contravention of two treaties colonial Britain signed with Egypt and Sudan controlling the use of water from the lake. The Agreements restrict riparian countries from initiating projects that would affect the volume of Nile waters without the permission of Egypt.
The contract for the laying of a 170-kilometre inland pipe was awarded to the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, and signifies Tanzania's loss of patience with talks involving Kenya, Uganda and Egypt over the validity of the two agreements signed in 1929 and 1959 respectively, stipulating how water from Lake Victoria and the River Nile was to be shared out.
Despite engaging in lengthy negotiations over the use of waters from Lake Victoria and the Nile, Tanzania has maintained that the two agreements were illegal, said the Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Water and Livestock Development, Dr C. Nyamurunda, in Dar es Salaam last week.
The second phase of the contract, said to be worth about Tsh57.5 billion ($57.5 million), is expected to commence in July 2004, and will be completed next year. The total cost of the water project is estimated at Tsh85.1 billion ($85.1 million).
The water will be mainly used for domestic purposes, said the official, indicating that the government was still sensitive to concerns from Egypt about the widescale use of water from the lake without consulting Cairo.
The water project will initially benefit 420,000 people, but this number is expected to soar to 940,000 in the next 20 years.
Apart from Shinyanga and Kahama towns, some 54 villages situated along the pipeline will benefit from the project, said Edward Lowassa, the Minister for Water and Livestock Development.
To cut down on the costs involved in maintaining the pipeline, the government says it will set up an independent body to manage the project.
Dr Nyamurunda said that Tanzania's sentiments about the legality of the agreements were shared by other Nile Basin countries. "Other countries also believe that the treaties were illegal, but they are ready to co-operate in negotiations although they are not restricted from using the waters of the Nile," he said. The Nile Basin initiative is made up of 10 countries.
"In the Draft Agreement on Nile River Basin Co-operative Framework, Section 15, all countries, except Egypt and Sudan take the position that the treaties in question are illegal," he said.
At independence, Dr Nyamurunda says, Tanganyika made its position on the agreements clear to the UN, Egypt and Britain.
The controversial 1929 Nile Waters Agreement was concluded between Egypt and Great Britain, which represented Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika (now Tanzania) and the Sudan. It was concluded by an exchange of letters between the Egyptian Prime Minister and the British Ambassador in Egypt on May 7, 1929, in Cairo.
It stated that no works would be undertaken on the Nile, its tributaries and the Lake Basin, that would reduce the volume of the water reaching Egypt. It also gave Egypt the right to inspect and investigate the whole length of the Nile up to the remote sources of its tributaries in these territories.
The agreement also allocated Egypt 48 billion cubic metres per year of Nile water as its acquired right, while that of the Sudan was four billion cubic metres per year. This was based on the report of a commission appointed by Cairo in 1925 providing a technical basis for the 1929 Agreement.
But Sudan and Egypt renegotiated the 1929 agreement in 1956, coming up with the 1959 "Full Utilisation of the Nile Waters" agreement, which was signed on November 8, 1959, allowing the construction of the Aswan High Dam as the major element in the control of the Nile waters for the benefit of the two countries.
Egypt and, to a lesser extent, Sudan, depend almost entirely on the Nile for their agricultural production and are major users of the 6,700 km river's waters. Its basin area is about three million sq km.
According to the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), by 1995, Egypt had three million hectares under irrigation, using 62 billion cubic metres of water annually, while Sudan had developed 1.26 million hectares, requiring 16 billion cubic metres of water per year.
Although the treaty was first signed in 1929 by the Egyptian Prime Minister and the British High Commissioner in Egypt, it bound seven other countries, including Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Apart from Ethiopia, which had a government in place, the treaty was made before these countries gained their independence.
The treaty, a culmination of previous agreements made in 1889, 1891 and 1902 between the British and Italian governments and later the Ethiopian Government, merely acknowledged Egypt's natural and historical "right" to the Nile's waters.
A section of the treaty says, "Without the consent of the Egyptian Government, no irrigation or hydroelectric works can be established on the tributaries of the Nile or their lakes if such works can cause a drop in water level harmful to Egypt." Dissatisfied with its share of the waters, Sudan withdrew from the treaty when President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt commissioned the Aswan High Dam in 1950s.
Around the same time, the country experienced a military coup in circumstances widely seen as suspicious, especially after the new government renegotiated the treaty. This resulted in the 1959 Agreement, which increased Egypt's share to 55.5 billion cubic metres while Sudan's share was increased to 18.5 billion cubic metres.
Kenya and the rest of the East African countries' water needs were ignored in the agreements as the two sole beneficiaries went ahead to irrigate six million hectares (Egypt) and 2.75 million acres (Sudan).
Since the signing of the agreements, Egypt and Sudan have used force or the threat of force to sustain them. For instance, in June 1980, Egypt nearly went to war with Ethiopia after Addis Ababa opposed attempts by the late President Anwar Sadat to divert the Nile waters to the Sinai Desert.
Sadat had promised Israel that he would irrigate the desert after the historical peace agreements made in Camp David brokered by the US government. Ethiopia then threatened to obstruct the Blue Nile, prompting Egypt to prepare for war.
By the end of last week, Egypt had yet to react to the Tanzanian move.
The Hungarian Ministry of Environment and Water has just issued an official statement that they are opposed to the Croatian plan to build the dam at Novo Virje. If necessary they will use transboundary conventions and international law to prevent the project going ahead. However the decision still needs a Governmental Decree to make it totally binding.
This long-awaited statement on Hungary's position follows a public hearing on the issue in the town of Barcs, Hungary, on October 17th last year: this was a requirement of the Espoo Convention process for dealing with transboundary environmental impacts. Since the hearing, WWF-Hungary and environmental NGOs in Hungary and Croatia have been lobbying the Hungarian government. Laurice Erifei of WWF-Hu and Miklos Toldi of the Drava Federation of Hungarian NGOs co-ordinated the sending of 5000 e-mails under WWF's 'Panda Passport' initiative and collected 3000 signatures for a petition against the dam. In Croatia, Helena Hecimovic, President of the Drava League, and her supporters collected 8000 signatures.
In February 2001 the Croatian government announced their intention to go ahead with this construction, and Croatian NGOs responded by uniting into the Drava League coalition and taking national and international action. The section of the Drava which would have been affected by this dam is one of the most natural lowland river ecosystems in Central Europe, with unique habitats and high biodiversity. Another threat to the Drava still exists: habitat destruction caused by the exploitation of gravel direct from the river bed and banks, combined with unnecessary river regulation.
After a a successful international joint NGO "fax jamming action" and withdrawal money for the Nieszawa Dam during the debate, senators did not dare to table any amendment allocating public spending for the dam when voting the budget act in the Senate of the Polish Parliament. It is the second time when due to intensive lobbying we managed to stop financing the Nieszawa Dam from the national budget.
The European Commission is taking legal action against Greece, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Germany and Ireland for non-compliance with EU laws on water quality. The Commission has sent final written warnings to Greece and the Netherlands urging them to comply with rulings of the Court of Justice with regard to dangerous substances discharged to water. It has also sent a final written warning to Belgium requesting it to comply with a Court ruling on drinking water. Failure to comply with these Court rulings could result in substantial fines being imposed on these Member States. In addition, the Commission has decided to refer Portugal and France to the Court of Justice for failing to implement water legislation. Spain has been sent a request urging it to prevent further pollution of a beach at Motilla in Valencia. Ireland has received a request urging it to extend its designation and protection of waters used for shellfish culture. Germany has received a request urging it to improve its implementation of EU nitrate rules. These requests take the form of final written warnings. Non-compliance with this legislation can result in rivers, lakes and coastal waters being polluted, which in turn can present a risk to public health.
Commenting on the decisions, Environment Commissioner Margot Wallström said: "I urge Member States to improve their compliance with EU water legislation. This will help ensure the necessary safeguards for the environment and human health."
The Commission has decided to refer France to the Court of Justice for failing to provide sufficient information on how the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive is implemented. This relates in particular to the a lack of information on sensitive areas.
On 10 May 2001, the Court of Justice ruled against the Netherlands on account of its failure to adopt and communicate pollution-reduction programmes for 99 dangerous substances (as foreseen by the Dangerous Substances in Water Directive) in the Scheldt river basin. It had also failed to fix deadlines for their implementation of these programmes (Case C-152/98). In December 2002 the Commission sent the Netherlands a final written warning for not complying with the judgement. The Netherlands has since communicated its pollution reduction programme, but for it to be valid, a programme must have a binding effect and must be published. The Netherlands's programme fails on both counts. The Commission has therefore sent the Netherlands an additional final written warning addressing these shortcomings.
The Commission has decided to refer Portugal to the Court of Justice with regard to discharges from milk-processing factories at Angra do Heroísmo in the Azores, which are contributing to marine water pollution. The Commission's information indicates that Portugal is not respecting the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive or the Framework Waste Directive(1). According to the Portuguese authorities, new pollution-abatement installations will start functioning during the second half of 2004.
The Commission has sent Spain a final written warning for contravening the Urban Waste Water Directive and the Bathing Water Directive at Sueca, in the region of Valencia. A failure to adequately upgrade wastewater treatment operations in the area has led to water pollution of the beach at Motilla. The Spanish authorities have indicated that construction work is underway for the treatment of urban waste water.
The Commission has sent Ireland a final written warning for contravening the Shellfish Directive by designating and protecting too few shellfish waters. Although there are several hundred commercial shellfish operations around the Irish coast, Ireland has designated only 14 shellfish waters under the Directive. There is also evidence of a decline in water quality in a number of places as a result of coastal development and a lack of effective waste water treatment.
On 16 January 2003, the Court of Justice ruled that Belgium had failed to notify the national legislation needed to implement the EU's 1998 Drinking Water Directive (Case C-2002/122). The necessary legislation is still lacking for the Walloon Region. The Commission has, therefore, sent Belgium a final written warning. Failure by Belgium to adopt the necessary legislation could result in substantial fines being imposed.
The Commission has sent Germany a final written warning because of shortcomings in its national legislation to implement the Nitrates Directive. The national legislation in question, the "Düngeverordnung", allows manure to be spread on grassland up to a limit of 210 kilograms of nitrogen every year, whereas the Directive sets a limit of 170 kilograms. In addition, the legislation fails to address adequately the risks of spreading fertilizer on steeply sloping ground. The German authorities have indicated that a new "Düngeverordnung" is in preparation. This will reduce the limit from 210 to 170 kilograms, and will also contain additional safeguards with regard to steeply sloping ground. However, the new legislation has not yet been adopted.
On 25 May 2000, the Court of Justice ruled against Greece because it had failed to adopt and communicate pollution-reduction programmes for 99 dangerous substances under the Dangerous Substances in Water Directive (Case C-384/97). Since then, the Greek authorities have prepared, in close collaboration with the Commission services, a comprehensive national pollution-reduction programme for the substances concerned.
The Drinking Water Directive(2) establishes quality standards for drinking water and is a key instrument for safeguarding public health. These standards apply to a range of substances, properties and organisms (called parameters). The Directive is particularly strict with regard to microbiological parameters, given the public health implications.
The Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive(3) addresses nutrient-based, bacterial and viral pollution caused by urban waste water. Urban waste water that discharges excessive levels of nutrients (in particular, phosphorous and nitrogen) into rivers and seas causes "eutrophication." This occurs when there is a sharp increase of photosynthetic organisms - including algae - in the water. This leads to a lowering of oxygen levels (as microbiological organisms degrade the dead algae and other organic material) and to other negative ecological effects. The end result is an imbalance in the organisms present in water and a reduction in water quality. This can drastically change the ecosystem of a lake or sea. It may even lead to the death of large numbers of fish. By introducing potentially harmful bacteria and viruses, the discharges also pose human health risks in waters that are used for bathing or shellfish culture.
The Directive requires that urban centres meet minimum waste water collection and treatment standards within deadlines fixed by the Directive. Two deadlines expired at the end of 1998 and 2000. Another is due to expire in 2005. These deadlines are fixed according to the sensitivity of the receiving waters and to the size of the affected urban population. The Directive required Member States to have identified sensitive areas by 31 December 1993, and to have met strict standards for the discharging of waste water directly into sensitive areas or their catchment areas. This should have been achieved by 31 December 1998 (the same applies to the extraction of the nutrients that contribute to eutrophication). The Directive also imposes other requirements, including those relating to waste water of certain agro-food industries, the monitoring of wastewater discharges and sludge.
The Bathing Water Quality Directive(4) is also important for safeguarding public health. It aims to ensure that bathing waters meet minimum quality criteria by establishing a set of binding and strict EU standards for a range of key parameters (including indicators of the presence of faecal bacteria).
The Nitrates Directive(5) aims to prevent the introduction into surface waters and ground waters of excessive levels of nitrates due to the presence of excessive amounts of agricultural fertilisers and agricultural waste. Excessive nitrate levels cause undesirable ecological changes in water and contribute to the proliferation of harmful blooms of algae. They can also adversely affect public health. The Directive required Member States to carry out monitoring of surface waters and ground water, to identify nitrate-polluted waters and to designate vulnerable zones (zones of intensive agriculture that include nitrate-polluted waters) by December 1993.
The Shellfish Water Directive(6) requires Member States to designate waters that need protecting or improving in order to support shellfish. It also requires, among other things, that mandatory quality standards be achieved in the designated waters. It requires Member States to do regular sampling and to establish pollution reduction programmes.
The Dangerous Substances Directive(7) is one of the earliest pieces of EU environmental legislation. It creates a framework for dealing with water pollution caused by an extensive list of dangerous substances. Under this framework, Member States are required to adopt pollution-reduction programmes that involve binding water quality objectives, a monitoring network and a system of authorisations for discharges. The European Court of Justice has made rulings in cases concerning Spain, Greece, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal and Italy for failure to adopt pollution reduction programmes for 99 dangerous substances. Amongst these 99 substances are well-known pollutants like arsenic, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and several organic tin compounds. The Court has also confirmed the need for pollution-reduction programmes to be specific, comprehensive and co-ordinated and to include statutory environmental quality objectives.


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Shanghai club to take Drogba row to Fifa
Published Monday, February 18, 2013
Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua will take its battle against star striker Didier Drogba's move to Turkish side Galatasaray to football's governing body FIFA this week, domestic reports said on Monday.
The Ivory Coast striker left the club in acrimonious circumstances last month, with Shanghai saying he had breached his contract.
"We now have evidence which we believe will give Shenhua a 99 per cent chance of winning a lawsuit at FIFA," a lawyer acting for the club told the Sina web portal.
The anonymous source from "Shenhua's legal team" said papers would be submitted to the sport's governing body on Wednesday.
The report said Shenhua will provide evidence that Drogba breached his contract and that Galatasaray had violated FIFA rules by luring a player away from his current club.
Shenhua declined to comment when contacted by AFP.
Chinese media previously reported Drogba had asked FIFA to nullify his contract after the club defaulted on payments following a shareholder dispute dating back to September.
Drogba came off the bench to score five minutes into his Galatasaray debut on Friday, a 2-1 victory over the Turkish league's bottom club Akhisar.
The striker signed an 18-month, 10 million euro ($13.5 million) deal with the Istanbul side, who are due to play German side Schalke 04 on Wednesday in the last 16 of the Champions League.
Drogba -- a Champions League winner with English Premier League side Chelsea last season -- had signed a two-and-a-half year deal with Shanghai in June last year on a reported salary of $300,000 a week.
Drogba's exit from Shanghai followed that of former Chelsea teammate French striker Nicolas Anelka, who joined Italian giants Juventus on loan.


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Help provides hope for special needs children in Syria
By Darine Tawk
Category: Middle East, Reports
Youssef and his son Karim express their gratitude to CNEWA for health care funding that has assisted in getting a specialized medical device to improve Karim's mobility. (photo: CNEWA)
Health care assistance offered by Mar Moussa Monastery in Nebek, Syria, through a CNEWA grant, is a light at the end of the tunnel for families of children with special needs.
Youssef and his family are among the many beneficiaries of this program. The cement worker and father of three works at the monastery. His eldest and youngest sons both have physical disabilities. Wael, 10, suffers from quadriplegia, and Karim, 4, suffers from paraplegia. Youssef's wife cares full time for their children.
"Our situation is not easy," said Youssef, who chose not to disclose his real name or those of his children to maintain some anonymity. "My wife and I devoted our lives to our children, but we are tired. I work two shifts and my wife cannot leave my two physically challenged boys alone. They require 24/7 supervision. I have to work day and night to provide diapers, food and medications."
Despite his long hours of work, Youssef is unable to earn enough income to cover all of the family's expenses.
CNEWA's healthcare assistance allowed Youssef to purchase a specialized device for Karim that would give the boy more mobility. It also covered Karim's physiotherapy for six months. During this time, Karim learned how to get along with the new device, so he could stand and walk on his own. Karim is now enrolled in a center for children with physical disabilities, where he will receive physiotherapy and meet other children with similar physical disabilities.
Youssef and his son Karim express their gratitude to CNEWA for health care funding that has assisted in getting a specialized medical device to improve Karim's mobility. Father Jihad Youssef of Mar Moussa Monastery joins them in the photo (photo courtesy of Youssef)
"I have waited to meet you in person, to thank you and also to thank CNEWA for the support provided," Youssef told Father Jihad Youssef, a priest of the ancient Syriac Catholic Monastery, located some 50 miles north of Damascus. "It means a lot to us that we are seen and provided with help, since it is getting impossible to provide it ourselves, given the pandemic, the drastic economic situation and the rising prices."
Economic experts have said 2020 was the worst year economically for Syria since the start of its decade-long civil war. However, it seems the country is bracing for a worse year ahead, as it deals with COVID-19 and ongoing U.S. sanctions.
COVID-19 reportedly continues to spread throughout the country, though the exact infection count is unknown; official numbers issued by the Ministry of Health have been consistently low due to the general lack of testing. The medical sector is in desperate need of emergency assistance and personal protective equipment. People are largely ignoring the pandemic and all safety measures, as they seek work to feed their families.
Exacerbating the situation in Syria is the socioeconomic and political of implosion in neighboring Lebanon. For instance, most Syrian merchants have been unable to access their bank accounts in Lebanon, due to the freeze imposed on all accounts in Lebanese banks.
With these crises unfolding, the Syrian pound continues to depreciate while prices, including the price of food, skyrocket. The fuel shortage has also put a spoke in the country's economic wheel, slowing down what remains of the country's industry.
Under the current conditions, the need for international medical and humanitarian support for Syria has become acute.
Darine Tawk is CNEWA's programs assistant in Beirut.
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EA Hot for the Holiday Event (2009)
Valkor July 12th, 2009
Hey folks, Valkor here. Man these past two days (Wed and thurs) were pretty frickin sweet! First up is EA games and then XSEED. And both companies showed off some killer games. But to kick things off, let's take a look at EA games. Yea I've seen some of these games at E3, but you know what? It feels pretty good to be playin em in a more casual environment. Without further ado let's check out some gameage at EA's "Hot for the Holidays"
Brutal Legends (PS3, Xbox 360) – This is pretty much the same level that was shown off at E3, and that's not to say that's a bad thing. Like I said, we're in a more relaxed atmosphere, so no pushing or shoving here, just me and the game. But to recap Jack Black plays Rocker Roadie called Eddie Riggs who wakes up in a demonic dimension ruled by "Doviculus". And it is up to Eddie and companions to take down Doviculus and save humanity. Basically if you're into metal music, then this is the game for you as. Controls are easy to get into and the commentary provided by Black and others help move the game forward, though things can get a bit too loud and sometimes washes out some of the vocals. Otherwise this looks to be a solid contender for your holiday dollars.
Dead Space Extraction – Based on the game Dead Space, Extraction is the prequel where you play through events that lead up to the events on the Ishimura of the first game. It's a game exclusively made for the Wii. From the E3 Demo that was shown, the game is played mostly on rails, however there are moments that you get to do a little exploring. Extraction can be played with up to two players blasting it out and you'll see events, people, items that will tie it to the first game. And because it's survival horror, expect some scares that the original is now famous for. Look for it this fall, but with this title and a few others… man I gotta get a Wii.
G.I. Joe – Man I think I've played enough G.I. Joe to write up a full review. But it's cool that I get to play it some more of the game, and the full on release is coming up. This time I got to play a stage that pitted me and the rep against Firefly at the end. The game is a co-op/competitive arcade style shoot em up that, to me, really is a lot of fun to play either alone, but especially with a buddy. Finally you can now unlock 4 bosses (one of which is Firefly) and play as them in the game. Could this be a trend of good film license to good games????
Dragon Age: Origins – Last time I saw this game was in February for the PC. Now it's hittin the consoles. Dragon Age is an interesting single player Action RPG that has your team of four facing off against an enemy known as The Blight. What's cool is that the game has a branching system based on dialogue. So dependent of what you say, the game can go in many different directions so that the game is never the same each time you play it. The demo on hand was pretty brief, but its enough to show off the graphics and combat system, which will take some getting used to (The system not the graphics). Look for it this fall.
Need for Speed Nitro – You want fast arcade racing, awesome locales, and cool multiplayer? Then look no further than Need for Speed Nitro. This title is exclusively for the Wii (With a pocket version on the DS). You choose a car or customize your own, and then hit the straightaway on to victory. What's nifty is that you can choose a graphic style and when you're in the lead, you'll paint the walls as if to mock those behind you. Yea, talk about leaving your mark. I got the chance to check it out using the Wii steering wheel, which makes the game that much easier to play than using the controller as the game was very responsive to my movements. I also enjoyed the feeling of speed, especially when I kicked in with the nitro boost, it felt like days of old when I used to play Daytona USA by Sega… good times…
There were a host of other games being shown off, but since I spent so much time with the aforementioned titles, I didn't have the time to check out the others, most notably was Madden 10. But in the end the event was a hit with me, plus the swag bag really capped the night off. So a huge thanx goes out to EA games in letting TOV take part in their holiday event. I look forward to giving these titles some serious play in the future.
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Posted on August 15, 2017 in General, Podcasts, Screenwriting Articles
From Little Miss Sunshine to Dead Poets Society: Writing a script with more than one main character.
by Jacob Krueger
This week, we're going to be talking about a whole bunch of movies, but they all have one thing in common. They all have more than one main character.
There's a lot of debate about the question of whether new screenwriters should write scripts with only one main character, or whether it's okay for them to write scripts with multiple main characters.
There are even some famous gurus who say that "multiplot" structures are just plain bad and that nobody should ever write them.
It's a good thing nobody ever gave Robert Altman that advice, (or at least if they did that he never took it) or we would have missed out on a whole chapter of film history!
We'd also have missed out on a lot of other hugely successful movies, The Squid & The Whale, Little Miss Sunshine, Crash, The Shawshank Redemption, The Usual Suspects, The Godfather, Dead Poets Society, American Beauty, True Detective and the entire library of Quentin Tarantino.
And at the same time, there are genuine risks when we break point-of-view and start telling a story from the point-of-view of multiple main characters.
So what do you need to know about writing a script with more than one main character?
In general, if you stay with your main character, very little bad can happen to you.
If you stay with one character, very little bad can happen to you because you just have to focus on creating the journey of that character. Which is a far more intuitive process for most writers– it feels more like our lives.
In my life, for example, I don't know what my wonderful TV Writing teacher, Merridith, does when she goes home. I only know what she does here in front of me at the Studio. Unless I literally follow Merridith home, that part of her life will always be hidden from my view.
In my life, my experience of my relationship with Merridith happens only through my eyes. Only in what I get to see.
And so, when we follow only one character, what happens is it allows us to feel like we are watching the movie through their eyes. And this is natural for us structurally, in that we're used to experiencing the story of our own lives in this way.
The other thing is that we end up with 95-105 pages that we get to dedicate only to one really specific journey. And that just allows us to dig deeper in one place, rather than digging shallowly in many places.
When we start following multiple main characters, our point-of-view starts to shift.
In narrative, they call it "omniscient point-of-view," when suddenly we are sitting in the place of G-d, rather than sitting in the place of any single human being.
And this is not the way we're used to experiencing our lives.
That doesn't mean it can't be a compelling experience. It can, especially if it connects to the theme of what you're trying to write.
But if it's happening for superficial reasons, rather than organic ones, there's a good chance you're going to run into trouble.
So, the real question is not if you should pull your audience, and yourself, out of the point-of-view of the main character, it's why you are choosing to do so.
In less successful screenplays, we often get pulled out of the main storyline to follow another character so that the audience can learn a little bit of exposition.
In these cases, it's often a manipulative technique by a writer who has not yet developed the craft to weave that exposition into the structure of her story.
If you've watched crappy action movies, you've seen this all the time. You're following the main character, and then you suddenly pop out and follow the bad guy.
And the bad guy isn't doing anything interesting, he's just sitting there twirling his mustache, laying out his plan for the audience.
The writer's goal when this happens is usually just to create a little more tension for the audience. But this approach usually does the opposite of creating more tension, because rather than allowing us to experience the twists and turns as the character experiences them, instead it lays all the writer's cards on the table, and it reminds you that you are in a movie and not experiencing things like you do in your real world life.
In fact, this kind of sloppy exposition was famously skewered by Mel Brook's in SpaceBalls. Rick Moranis has just made his dramatic entrance as Dark Helmet ("how can anybody breathe in this thing") and then he and Captain Asshole lay out their whole plan to steal oxygen from planet Spaceball. And finally, Rick Moranis turns directly to the camera and asks the audience "Did you get all that?"
So if you are bumping around different points of view just to serve your audience, you are probably in danger.
At the same time some of the greatest movies of all time follow multiple points of view.
The Usual Suspects follows multiple points of view, not only in its 3 layers of storytelling, but also within each layer.
The Godfather is built primarily around Michael Corleone, but it also follows multiple points of view of Vito, Sonny, Fredo… even Luca Brazi!
Little Miss Sunshine is primarily built around Dad's point-of-view, but also follows the multiple points of view of Olive, Grandpa, Mom, and Uncle Frank.
True Detective follows multiple points of view as it cuts between the Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey characters.
Dead Poets Society follows multiple points of view, following each of the boys, the Robin Williams character, and the group as a whole.
So there is a long history of great movies and TV Series that follow multiple points-of-view.
Generally, when great movies follow multiple points-of-view, they are doing it for a couple of reasons.
Sometimes you are more interested in exploring a world than exploring a character. You want to drop into that world and you want to see that world from multiple characters' points of view.
Sometimes you want to understand a conflict from multiple people's point-of-view.
This is something I got obsessed with for years. I wanted to write two main characters on opposite sides of the same war.
For an example from a recent movie, in Dunkirk (you can listen to my Dunkirk podcast here) we change point-of-view a lot. Because Christopher Nolan is telling a story of a world— the world of Dunkirk– and he is telling a story about how different kinds of people relate to the same problem.
Sometimes you change point-of-view to explore a theme.
This is what Dead Poets Society does. Dead Poets Society bounces around with different characters, and each character is going through a journey in relation to the idea of "sucking the marrow out of life" versus "choking on the bone."
And while some characters are sucking the marrow out of life, other characters are choking on the bone. And while some characters are choking on the bone, other characters are sucking the marrow out of life.
And the whole movie is just constructed as an exploration of different characters wrestling with that same problem. And in that case it is telling the story of The Dead Poets Society, not just of one dude.
Little Miss Sunshine is a movie in which every character is going to go on a journey in relation to winning. They are all losers, and they are all going to try to win, and they are all going to win but first they have to lose, they have to recognize that they are losers.
For an example of a movie in which changing point-of-view doesn't work, let's go back to the subject of last week's podcast: Atomic Blonde.
As we discussed last week, Atomic Blonde is essentially a mash-up of… every movie we've ever seen.
It's Quentin Tarantino meets The Usual Suspects, meets True Detective–Charlize Theron's character is supposed to be doing the Keyser Söze thing– she is telling a story and there are all these other stories that are happening that may or may not be true, but you don't really even understand what those stories are.
And then you have these weird shifts in point-of-view where suddenly the secondary character just starts talking to you as the audience.
And, at first, it seems kind of cool. "Oh what cool style–they are breaking the fourth wall and that is really cool."
But then when you try to get to the big payoff it doesn't pay off. Because you're wondering, "Well what did she make up and what did she actually see?" It can't all be a fabrication, because this guy was literally just talking to you. It wasn't all from the main character's point of view, even though she's the one narrating the story.
So, one of the problems that you have when you start changing point-of-view is that you have to decide– if the story is being recounted by somebody else– how true do you want to be to their point-of-view?
Do you want to show things that they haven't actually seen? Or are you willing to show things the way that they told themselves the story of it?
For example, in Forrest Gump we are 99% with Forrest, but for 1% of the movie we are following Jenny alone. And we are following Jenny alone because of the tug in Forrest's heart around Jenny.
So what does all this mean?
When in doubt, tell the story of one character. If a piece of you tugs you towards another character, then write that character.
But don't write that character to explain something to the audience. Write that character because, as you were writing your main character, something tugged at you and made you feel like you needed to go on a journey with this other character.
You can then start to "Yes… and" that impulse.
You can start to say, "Okay if I saw that scene from the point-of-view of this character, what other scenes do I see with this character?"
And eventually what will happen, if you just keep on "Yes… anding," if you just keep on asking, "if this is true what else is true?" eventually you are going to understand what that character is doing in your movie.
Sometimes what you realize after following a second character for awhile is, "Oh! I just needed to understand where they are coming from," and then you pull that character out of the movie and you tell the story of the main character with a richer fuller version of the secondary one.
Other times you realize that character is going to be a thread in your structure, or that that character represents a different variation on the same theme, in which case you might start to wonder, "Oh, is there another character that has another variation on that theme? And do I want to lay that thread in too?"
But this isn't easy. And to understand why, you have to understand some numerical stuff. When you are writing multiple main characters every character you add makes the writing process exponentially more challenging.
And this is why most ensemble pieces– even though they have multiple main characters– most ensemble pieces still have one main character that they are primarily following, that they are building their structure around.
In Dead Poets Society we are primarily following Neil, and then, after his death, Todd. I, in Little Miss Sunshine we are primarily following Dad, in The Godfather we are primarily following Vito in the first half and Michael in the second half.
Usually these movies are built around one main character, so then the other pieces can weave around that main character's journey, rather than trying to build around everyone equally, in which case it often just starts to feel like mush.
Even Crash is primarily built around the story of the director and his wife (who's in the literal car crash at the center of the movie). So even though there are lots of other pieces, there really is one main character that forms a kind of spine for the film.
And then it becomes easier to think, "Okay if this character is relating to this theme in this way, how is this other character relating to the theme? And how is this other character relating to the theme? And then how is this other character relating to the theme?"
Then you can start to really understand what those characters are doing structurally in your movie.
You want to constantly be building pressure, because here is the really hard thing if you have two main characters…
If you have one main character, you get about 100 full pages to tell that story. To take that character on the journey of a lifetime that changes them forever.
But if you add two main characters, what is going to happen is that now you are really only getting 50 pages per character!
Maybe there is some overlap where they are in the same scenes together, so maybe you have 75 pages. But you basically just cut the number of pages that you have to tell the same tremendous journey by 25%. Even as your structure become more complicated!
If you make it 3 main characters, you now have about 33 pages– so maybe it is about 50 pages with all the overlap per character.
So now you just cut the number of pages you have to tell each thread of the story in half.
And that is only three main characters, if you have five, you have 20 pages which means you maybe have 30 pages with the overlap, which means you just cut the number of pages that you have to tell the character's journey by about 70%!
And this is why, if you are writing multiple main characters, you have to get so darn efficient. It is almost more like short film writing than it is like feature film writing.
The scenes just have to happen like BANG! You have to get in, get out, because you don't have enough pages to sit in those scenes.
Every scene needs to be super, super efficient.
This is why Suicide Squad sucked, they just had so many freaking characters they couldn't serve all of them.
And so that is the first challenge with writing multiple main characters.
The second challenge is a structural one.
When you have one character, you are only telling one story: you are telling a story of one character's change from A to Z , so you only have to build one structure.
When you have two main characters, you aren't just telling two stories, you are actually telling three.
So you actually have to build three levels of structure. You have to build the structure of Character One's story. And then you have to build the structure of Character Two's story. And then you have to build a third structure: the story of Character One and Two together! How do these two pieces together make a structure?
So what ends up happening is you have way, way, way more work to do! And it is exponentially harder, because you have fewer pages and you have to build more structure.
So what is the benefit of telling a multiple main character story?
Well there are some stories that just demand it. If you are writing for TV, it is pretty necessary to do it. There are a couple of TV shows that break the rule of follow only one main character, but it is really helpful in television to have multiple main characters, because you want to generate storylines forever. So it is helpful to have all these different storylines to weave.
But one of the reasons that works is that the format of television goes on forever. So you have unlimited pages to tell those stories.
And, in television, the characters tend, if they arc at all– and oftentimes they don't arc– but if they arc at all, they are going to arc over a really long period of time.
So you have a lot of time to devote to them even though they might not get so many pages per episode.
If you think of a show like Modern Family, that is a lot of characters, right? They've got three households full of characters. A lot of characters to juggle.
But they actually use the same model that we are talking about here to make order out of all that chaos.
In the cold open, we basically introduce a theme in one house.
And then what we watch is that theme echo through the other two houses.
And then we start to crash characters from the different houses up against each other in relation to the theme.
They all do the same thing every time. They all play the same role in relation to each other. They all have the same kinds of problems and arguments, and Ed O'Neill is always going to do the most insensitive thing possible but is always going to make it right at the end.
And each of the characters is going to go on a journey in relation to the theme.
And so what ends up happening is even though you have a dozen characters that you are serving, we end up feeling like we have a really integrated story, because we are exploring the world of these three families and we are exploring the theme of the episode which ties all these families together.
But there can also be a huge functional value in telling the story of so many characters, whether it's in a feature film or on TV.
When you really are trying to do something structurally challenging, sometimes serving your theme requires you to break those traditional expectations of films.
Dunkirk could never work if we just followed one character because the "What is it about?" wouldn't match up. The movie is about feeling the war wash over you. And we couldn't achieve that feeling without stepping into those many points of view.
At the end of the day, all this stuff that I am talking about is scary…
You start to wonder how the hell are you going to do it? "I've only got thirty pages to tell this whole character's journey, I've got to build three levels of structure…" And pretty soon you're wondering if you actually have what it takes…
Because none of us are really smart enough to do this intellectually!
And that is why I say if you are going to do it, in the early drafts, you can't plan it. You need to do it instinctively.
You need to feel that tug in you, and at the moment you feel that tug, you write the other character. And you don't stop writing the other character until you feel the tug back.
You need to make sure the tug is an emotional tug, not an intellectual tug. You have to feel it.
If it is like, "I want the audience to know this now," or "I want to set this up for the audience," you are probably in trouble.
If you are like, "I don't know why, but right now I want to follow Jenny," you are probably not in trouble; you are probably doing the right thing.
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The Thunder over Michigan Air Show, presented by Wayne County Airport Authority and organized by the Yankee Air Museum, is one of the highlights of the Michigan summer season and one of America's leading air shows. This year's event featured thrilling demonstrations by the USAF Thunderbirds and Team Oracle as well as activities for the whole famly and a wide array of aircraft on display.
The Yankee Air Museum is currently raising funds to save, preserve and renovate the historic Willow Run Bomber Plant to become the Museum's future new home… and one of the best parts of air show is being able to thank our generous donors from the announcer's stand!


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En computació, la latència d'interrupció és el temps que transcorre des de la generació d'una interrupció fins al tractament/servei d'aquesta. Pot estar afectada pel disseny del microprocessador, els controladors d'interrupció, l'emmascarament d'interrupció i pels mètodes de tractament d'interrupcions propis del sistema operatiu.

Per a molts sistemes operatius, els dispositius són servits just després que s'executi el tractament de la interrupció.

Consideracions bàsiques
Normalment, existeix un intercanvi entre la latència d'interrupció, l'ús del processador i el rendiment. Moltes de les tècniques del processador i del disseny del sistema operatiu que milloren la latència d'interrupció empitjoren el rendiment i l'ús del processador. Per l'altra banda, les tècniques que milloren el rendiment augmentaran la latència d'interrupció i l'ús del processador. Per últim, intentar reduir l'ús del processador pot augmentar la latència d'interrupció i empitjorar el rendiment.

Determinants
 Mínima latència d'interrupció: El major determinant és el circuit controlador d'interrupció i la seva configuració. També poden afectar els canvis ràpids en el sistema, que afectaran dràsticament als planificadors a temps real del sistema.
 Màxima latència d'interrupció: El major determinant són els mètodes que utilitza el sistema operatiu per a realitzar el tractament de les interrupcions. Per exemple, existeixen programes que anul·len el tractament d'interrupcions quan l'execució arriba a un punt crític. Per tant, en aquest cas, el temps de tractament d'una interrupció sorgida en un punt crític d'una execució d'un programa, serà el temps que trigui el programa a sortir de la regió crítica més el propi temps del tractament de la interrupció, que es realitzarà just a continuació de la finalització de dita regió.

Importància en sistemes encastats
Els sistemes encastats que, per norma general, són sistemes de temps real, requereixen un tractament especial pel que fa a la latència d'interrupció: Mentre que en un sistema comú potser no és tan important reduir dita latència, en sistemes encastats que utilitzen sistemes operatius en temps real (RTOS) és molt important, no tan sols reduir-la, sinó que compleixi els límits marcats pels requeriments del sistema i mai els excedeixi.

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Does playing guitar on top of your business draw attention to it?
It just did. At least for Jack Allen, owner of Pappy's Bar & Grill, the unusual approach to luring customers brought out KXAN's news crew who covered his story yesterday. Allen is having a tough time getting people to his North Austin restaurant in the Allandale Village on Burnet Rd. According to this story, with no money for advertising, Allen decided "to get loud and crazy." He said he will likely have to close Pappy's by the end of the December. He plans to live on top of his restaurant and play guitar for the remainder of the year. Click here to view the full report. I went buy and took this photo of the restaurant around 1:00 on Sunday.


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Karlskirche, St. Karl, St. Carolus  ist der Name von Kirchen, die nach einem der Heiligen namens Karl oder anderen Personen benannt sind.

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 Karl-Borromäus-Kirche

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Deutschland
 Pfarrkirche St. Caroli Magni et beati Aegidii, Wiedenbrück (K. d. Große, mit St. Ägidius)
 Karlskirche, Kassel, Hessen (K. v. Hessen-Kassel)
 Karlskirche, Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz (K. XII. von Schweden)
 Krankenhauskirche St. Carolus, Görlitz

Estland
 Kaarli kirik, Tallinn (K. XI. von Schweden)

Gambia
 St Charles Lwanga Church,  am Brikama Highway (Hl. C. Lwanga)

Österreich
 Wiener Karlskirche

Portugal
 Capela Carlos Alberto des sardischen Königs Karl Albert, Porto

Sierra Leone
 St. Charles (Gov. C. MacCarthy)

Tschechien
 Kirche Mariä Himmelfahrt und Karl der Große, Kostel Nanebevzetí panny Marie a Karla Velikého, Prag (K. d. Große, mit Hl. Maria)

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Operación Alacrán (English: Operation Scorpion), also known as CLAP affair or PSUV-CLAP faction, is the name given to a corruption plot which was denounced in 2019 by the members of the National Assembly of Venezuela. It would have sought to avoid the re-election of Juan Guaidó on 5 January 2020 as President of the Assembly, by obtaining the support of opposing legislators in exchange for millions of dollars. Legislators would have been asked to vote against Guaidó, or to not attend the election and thereby break the necessary quorum.

Background

In 2016, President Nicolás Maduro initiated the Local Committees for Supply and Production (CLAP) programme to meet on-going food shortages. Much of the food provided by the programme was supplied by Colombian businessman Alex Saab. The United States Department of the Treasury, Colombian and Mexican law enforcement officials, Venezuelan investigative journalists and others had been reporting corruption related to the supply since 2017.

Meanwhile, a political and constitutional crisis was unfolding in Venezuela, heightened during the presidential crisis of 2019 in which there were two rival claimants to the country's presidency, the incumbent Maduro of the PSUV party and the opposition leader Juan Guaidó. Guaidó's claim to legitimacy rested on his presidency of the National Assembly, based on the opposition majority in the National Assembly, Venezuela's unicameral legislature, since the 2015 elections. The main opposition parties, united in the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) coalition, are Justice First (Primero Justicia, PJ), A New Era (Un Nuevo Tiempo) and Popular Will (Voluntad Popular).

Operation
In November 2019, deputy José Guerra denounced a strategy to bribe opposition lawmakers in what he called "Maletín Verde" (English: Green Suitcase), with the aim of breaking the qualified majority that the opposition had in the National Assembly.

Armando.info investigation
On 1 December, the website Armando.info published an investigation reporting that nine members of the opposition National Assembly mediated in favor of two businessmen linked with the government and the controversial Local Committees for Supply and Production (CLAP) program. The investigation reported that the implicated lawmakers had written letters of support to the United States Treasury and others to a Colombian man named Carlos Lizcano, who authorities were investigating over his possible links to Alex Saab, another Colombian associated with the food distribution program and under United States sanctions. According to Armando.info, the lawmakers wrote the letters despite being aware of evidence that tied Lizcano to Saab. In addition, the portal pointed to Brito as one of those implicated in alleged acts of corruption to "cleanse the reputation" of Colombian businessmen linked to the government of Nicolás Maduro and the network of embezzlement of social assistance funds of the Local Committees for Supply and Production (CLAP).

After the investigation was published, Juan Guaidó condemned the actions of the nine members stating that it was "unacceptable to use a state institution to attempt to whitewash the reputation of thieves". Moreover, the scandal damaged Guaidó's reputation among his supporters in Venezuela, with some members of the opposition beginning to call for new leadership, according to analysts and those involved.

On 20 December, Deputies Luis Parra, José Brito, Conrado Pérez and José Gregorio "Goyo" Noriega were suspended and expelled from their respective parties, Justice First and Popular Will.

A further Armando.info report in January 2020 revealed that seven MPs - including Luis Parra, José Brito, Adolfo Superlano, Chaim Bucaram, Conrado Pérez and Richard Arteaga - travelled in Spring 2019 through seven European countries, including Liechtenstein, Bulgaria and Portugal, to lobby for Saenz. The trip was organised by Eurocontinentes Travel Agency, in Bogotá, Colombia, co-owned by Iván Caballero Ferreira, a businessman closely linked to Saab and Pulido. Images of the MPs in Europe were geolocated by open source investigative website Bellingcat, confirming their visit to countries where Saab has significant business interests.

Political consequences
On 18 December 2019, on CNN Radio Argentina, Deputy Delsa Solórzano accused disputed President Nicolás Maduro of directing the operation. She said the government resorted to this method after failing to incarcerate or suspend the parliamentary immunity of the deputies, denouncing a considerable increase of political persecution as 5 January National Assembly Delegated Committee election approached, explaining that security forces had gone to the houses of many deputies without alternates, and, according to Solórzano, bribed the one deputy with an alternate.

The Venezuelan opposition alleged that they were targeted by what they described as a "campaign of bribery and intimidation" by Nicolás Maduro's government in December 2019. Venezuelan lawmakers and the US State Department said that opposition deputies, in parties led or allied with Guaidó, were being offered up to US$1 million to not vote for him. Parra and other opposition deputies were removed from their parties following allegations that they were being bribed by Maduro. Deputies Ismael León and Luis Stefanelli directly accused Parra in December 2019 of attempting to bribe deputies to vote against Guaidó. Parra denied the allegations and said that he was open to being investigated for corruption. Weeks prior to his investigation, Parra openly shared support for Guaidó and promoted his protest movement.

Following the accusation, some parties conducted internal investigations, such as the Popular Will Conflict Committee. On 20 December 2019, the National Assembly indicated that the legislators involved were the principal deputies Parra, José Gregorio Noriega, José Brito, Adolfo Superlano and Conrado Pérez, and the deputies Leandro Domínguez and Jesús Gabriel Peña, a former member of Democratic Action. Deputy Arkiely Perfecto was expelled from Democracy and Inclusion Movement for allegedly receiving bribes, as denounced by party head Nicmer Evans. Other deputies implicated in bribery are José Antonio España and José Gregorio Aparicio, both members of the parliamentary section of Superlano, and Domínguez, an independent for Renewal and Change.

In response to these reports, Brito said that 70 deputies demanded that Juan Guaidó provide the status of resources received from the humanitarian aid. Guaidó said he did not know of any letter signed by 70 deputies. The same day, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) clarified that the interim government chaired by Guaidó does not administer money from humanitarian aid.

A partial reform of the Rules of Interior and Debates of the National Assembly had been approved on 17 December but was annulled by the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ). The reform was intended to allow the virtual vote of deputies who had left the country. The National Communication Center of the National Assembly condemned the court's ruling, stating that the decision went hand-in-hand with "buying consciences of some deputies who have betrayed their constituents". A number of deputies went to the TSJ to request an appeal of the decision.

On 3 January 2020, , a Caracas-based analyst, alleged that Maduro had managed to cause 14 deputies to not cast a vote for Guaidó through these tactics. Guaidó theoretically controlled 112 seats in the Assembly at the time, needing 84 votes to win.

2020 parliamentary crisis

On 5 January 2020, the 2020 Venezuelan National Assembly Delegated Committee election took place to determine who would be the President of the National Assembly for the period 2020-21 period. Luis Parra, one of the former PJ MPs expelled after being implicated in Operación Alacrán, made a surprise bid to replace Juan Guaidó as President of the Assembly. While Guaidó and his supporters were prevented from accessing the Assembly chambers, Parra was elected by pro-government MPs and 18 former opposition deputies associated with Operación Alacrán, who became known as "la bancada Clap" (the CLAP bench) or the "PSUV-CLAP faction". The opposition, along with most international bodies, did not recognise the vote.

Responses
On 3 December 2019, Conrado Pérez acknowledged having signed a contract with the Colombia-based Salva Foods company, but said that he does not know the businessman Alex Saab and that the only relationship he had with him was when they summoned him to the Comptroller's Committee, where his lawyers attended in his place, emphasizing that "we are not giving letters of good conduct to the citizen Alex Saab", putting his position to the order to investigate his management.

Adolfo Superlano rejected the accusations, stating that they were being accused for saying that they were not going to re-elect Guaidó.

Deputies Parra and Guillermo Luces denied the accusations against them. Parra said that the Armando.Info research article is part of a "dirty war" and alleged that the website was functioning as an extortion network. Luces stated that his signature mentioned on the documents is false.

In a press conference held on 20 December 2019, José Gregorio Noriega rejected the expulsion of his Popular Will party, stating that the allegations of corruption against him are false and criticizing the behavior of other party members. Noriega challenged his accusers to provide proof and threatened legal action. Through a press release, Popular Will said that Noriega was expelled from their ranks for refusing to respond to allegations of corruption. The deputy refused to accept questions from journalists during the press conference.

José Brito said on 2 December 2019 that "there is a rebellion in the Assembly" against the president of parliament, Juan Guaidó, and that he will abstain from voting for a new legislative president on 5 January 2020.

International responses

The United States Department of the Treasury sanctioned seven individuals in relation to Operación Alacrán, "who, at the bidding of Maduro, attempted to block the democratic process in Venezuela," according to US Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin on 13 January 2020. Those sanctioned have had their US assets frozen and have been banned from doing business with US financial markets and US citizens. The list includes the members of Parra's appointed board of directors and his supporters: Franklyn Duarte, José Gregorio Noriega, Negal Morales, José Brito, Conrado Pérez, and Adolfo Superlano, and Parra himself.

Maduro's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza responded to these sanctions by stating that the US Treasury sought to "interfere and undermine the proper functioning of democratic institutions, with the unusual intention to designate from Washington the authorities of the legislative power." The statement also argues that these tactics are "contrary to international law and undermine the stability, peace and self-determination of the Venezuelan people."

Denouncements after 5 January
On 27 January, Rafael Requesens denounced that Parra, through an intermediary from Yaracuy, asked her to not criticize him so strongly in social media, promising that if she complied "he would personally speak with Maduro" to release her brother Juan Requesens and Gilber Caro.

After the correspondent of the digital outlet Crónica Uno Mónica Salazar did a public denouncement, on 30 January the National Journalists Association confirmed bribe attempts to journalists with large sums of money to publicly express support to Parra and his directive board.

In March 2020, a Reuters investigation confirmed much of the original opposition allegations, with telephone recordings and interviews with opposition MPs indicating deputies had been targeted with offers of financial incentives to switch support from Guaidó. MPs alleged that Jose Noriega made many of the offers.

See also
 Corruption in Venezuela
 Venezuelan presidential crisis

References

External links
 "¿Necesita lavar su reputación? Se alquilan diputados para tal fin", investigation by Armando.info
EN VIVO - Dip. Conrado Pérez se pronuncia sobre acusaciones en su contra - VPItv, YouTube
 EN VIVO - Dip. Luis Parra se pronuncia sobre vinculación en trama de corrupción en la AN - VPItv, YouTube
 EN VIVO - Dip. José Noriega se pronuncia ante acusaciones en su contra - VPItv, YouTube

2019 in Venezuela
2020 in Venezuela
Corruption in Venezuela
Venezuelan presidential crisis
Political scandals in Venezuela
21st century in Caracas
Bribery scandals


Manfrotto has expanded its choice of roller bags, extending the Pro Light Reloader range to include six different options which are all of the right size to be count as cabin baggage on most airlines. While the best camera backpacks might be more travel-friendly when you're covering long distances on foot, a roller bag is much more airport friendly.
Four soft-top models were announced at The Photography Show – to join the hard-case roller bag models that were announced last year. These include the Pro Light Reloader Switch-55 which can be worn as a backpack as well as used a roller bag. And there is also a new four-wheeled version, the Pro Light Reloader Spin-55, which allows more stability and more manoeuvrability than with standard two-wheel bags.
An update of the Manfrotto Pro Light Reloader-55, The Air is designed to fit a pro DSLR with a 400mm lens attached, a second body and up to 3-4 lensesFront and side pockets maximise the capacity, and it is equipped with 2 internal panel see-through pockets for small accessories and an easy-access front pocket for a 17'' laptop and personal belongings.
The 3 digit combination lock keeps your gear secure, and with 19 dividers to absorb shock, your gear will be protected on the move. The external fabric is water repellent and a rain cover is supplied in case of extreme weather conditions.
The Pro Light Reloader Air-50 is not as deep as the Pro Light Reloader Air-55. It can fit a pro DSLR with a 70-200mm lens attached, a second DSLR body and up to 3-4 lenses, as well as a complete premium CSC kit. Additionally, it is equipped with 2 internal panel see-through pockets for small accessories and an easy-access front pocket for a 15'' laptop and personal belongings.
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The internal EVA moulded tray provides a solid structure with 14 protective dividers and 2 CPS dividers to fully absorb shock, as well as fixed TSA technology with an integrated 3-digit lock. The water repellent bag comes with a rain cover.
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This is the fashion conscious version of the range. Featuring a polycarbonate external shell and an internal EVA moulded tray, maximising its capacity and lightness and minimising shock, the Spin 55 provides full protection of valuable photographic gear. It incorporates four double spinner wheels that help professional photographers and videographers transport heavy gear, making it easy to manoeuvre in the most crowded spaces.
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