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A WEAK PORTRAYAL OF A TRUE TRAGEDY
I vividly remember the events of the Boston Marathon bombing. Back in my previous life, I was live to air producing the news program as the final suspect was tracked down. It was a thrilling situation to follow, as the police closed in so swiftly on a man believed to have brought such terror to the city. So I was intrigued when I heard they were making a film detailing this event, and more so that Jake Gyllenhaal was signed on. Yet does that powerful material successfully translate into a two-hour film?
Jeff Bauman (Gyllenhaal, 'Nocturnal Animals', 'Southpaw') is a pretty average guy - he works at Costco, loves baseball, and is a bit of a shit boyfriend. In an attempt to win back his ex-girlfriend Erin (Tatiana Maslany, TV's 'Orphan Black', 'The Vow') for the umpteenth time, he surprises her with a sign at the finish line of the Boston Marathon that she's running. Yet disaster strikes, and Jeff loses both legs, but survives with his life. Celebrated as a hero for helping police to identify the bombers, Jeff struggles with his disability and the fame his mother (Miranda Richardson, 'Churchill', 'Testament Of Youth') wants more than he does himself.
'STRONGER' TRAILER
Jeff is an actual survivor of the Boston Marathon bombing, and co-wrote a book on his experience. 'Stronger' is therefore based on a true story, with some cinematic liberties thrown in. The film was also produced by Gyllenhaal under his new company Nine Stories. All of that makes what I'm about to say all the more difficult.
'Stronger' is a very mediocre telling of a story that exemplifies the best of what came out of the Boston Marathon bombing. We struggle to connect with Jeff, initially because we meet him just minutes before the attack and barely have the time to relate to him or feel any sympathy for the character, and later because his actions frequently make him unlikeable. On screen, his understandable self-pity and eventual destructive attitude is often taken out on Erin, worsened by his family's alcoholism, which is never really addressed. The character is frequently trying to present a macho, strong attitude to his family and to the community, rather than asking for help, and so we never see much in the way of struggle or accomplishment - rather than seeing his progressive rehabilitation, we only witness it when there's something wrong, or when an argument takes place. The screenplay tries to capture some of real-life Bauman's wit, but not enough to want to rally behind the character.
Gyllenhaal's portrayal comes off as two-dimensional and fabricated, not a real person who endured great suffering and trauma.
Even Gyllenhaal's natural charm doesn't win you over. His portrayal is suitable, but Jeff comes off as two-dimensional and fabricated, not a real person who endured great suffering and trauma. On the other hand, Miranda Richardson takes the character of Jeff's mother Patty to the other extreme - the borderline caricature of an overbearing mother. The only cast members who seem to strike the right notes are Tatiana Maslany, whose portrayal of Erin is one of the more refined elements of the film as a strong woman willing to call Jeff out for all of his bullshit, and Carlos Sanz as Carlos, the man who saved Jeff's life. The first time that Carlos and Jeff meet is one of the most affecting moments of the film - it's just a shame it occurs more than three-quarters of the way through.
The cast are only marginally to blame for these portrayals. What they've been given to work with is sloppy, with John Pollono's screenplay an entirely underwhelming affair. His scope is way off; for an event so large, the microcosm he chooses to focus on seems ill-fitting and indulgent, even selfish. Yes, Jeff's struggle was symbolic, but his life was also more involved than an episode of 'The Bold and the Beautiful'. The script lacks real emotion, real people, and real empathy.
The biggest sin of 'Stronger' is that it misses the mark on what was such an unforgettable event. With so much potential for gritty, raw hardship and elated triumph, this story has instead been polished within an inch of existence, forcing it to rely on amplified tumult. It trivialises the drama, and almost completely neglects the big picture. For an event that incited countless tears, the soft side of 'Stronger' is significantly lacking.
CAST: Jake Gyllenhaal
Miranda Richardson
Frankie Shaw
Danny McCarthy
Karen Scalia
Jimmy Leblanc
Patty O'Neil
DIRECTOR: David Gordon Green
WRITER: John Pollono
PRODUCERS: Jake Gyllenhaal
Scott Silver
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According to legend, in 832 A.D. King Óengus (II) (or King Angus) led the Picts and Scots in battle against the Angles under King Aethelstan of East Anglia near modern-day Athelstaneford in East Lothian. King Angus and his men were surrounded and he prayed for deliverance. During the night Saint Andrew, who was martyred on a saltire cross, appeared to Angus and assured him of victory. On the following morning a white saltire against the background of a blue sky appeared to both sides. The Picts and Scots were heartened by this, but the Angles lost confidence and were defeated. This saltire design has been the Scottish flag ever since.
The Tricolor of The Netherlands is the oldest tricolour, first appearing in 1572 as the Prince's Flag in orange–white–blue. Soon the more famous red–white–blue began appearing — it is however unknown why, though many stories are known. After 1630 the red–white–blue was the most commonly seen flag. The Dutch Tricolor has inspired many flags but most notably those of Russia, India and France, which spread the tricolor concept even further, as can be seen below. The Flag of the Netherlands is also the only flag in the world that is adapted for some uses, when the occasion has a connection to the royal house of the Netherlands an orange ribbon is added.
A sausage consists of ground meat, animal fat, salt, and spices, and sometimes other ingredients such as herbs, usually packed in a casing. Sausage making is a very old food preservation technique.
Historically the casing has been the intestines of the animal, though it is now generally synthetic. Sausage may be fresh or preserved by curing or smoking.
There is no consensus on whether similar products that are not packed in casings - such as pâté, meatloaf, scrapple, and head cheese - should be considered sausages.
Diphallia, penile duplication (PD), diphallic terata, or diphallasparatus, is a medical condition in which a male infant is born with two penises. This is an extremely rare disorder with only approximately 100 such cases of diphallus recorded since the first case reported by Wecker in 1609. Its occurrence is one in 5.5 million men in the United States.[1][2]
When diphallia is present, it is usually accompanied by other congenital anomalies such as renal, vertebral, hindgut or anorectal duplication. There is also a higher risk of spina bifida. Infants born with PD and its related conditions have a higher death rate from various infections associated with their more complex renal or colorectal systems.
It is thought diphallia occurs in the fetus between the 23rd and 25th days of gestation when an injury, chemical stress, or malfunctioning homeobox genes hamper proper function of the caudal cell mass of the fetal mesoderm as the urogenital sinus separates from the genital tubercle and rectum to form the penis.
Polyorchidism is the incidence of more than two testes. It is a very rare congenital disorder, with under 100 cases reported in medical literature. The most common form is triorchidism, or tritestes, where three testes are present. The condition is usually asymptomatic, but can increase the risk of testicular cancer.
Polyorchidism occurs in several forms:
Type 1: The supernumerary testis lacks an epididymis and vas deferens and has no connection to the other testes.
Type 2: The supernumerary testis shares the epididymis and the vas deferens of the other testes.
Type 3: The supernumerary testis has its own epididymis and shares a vas deferens.
Type 4: Complete duplication of the testis, epididymis and vas deferens.
Type 2 is the most common form of polyorchidism, and types 2 and 3 together account for more than 90% of cases. Except in type 1, the supernumerary testis is usually reproductively functional. The supernumerary testis is most often found in the left scrotal sac.
Polyorchidism is generally diagnosed via an ultrasound examination of the testicles.
Polyorchidism alone does not increase testosterone production.
Polycephaly is the condition of having more than one head. By far the most common use is in relation to the anatomical head, though the word has also been used for other meanings of "head". The term is derived from the stems poly- meaning 'many' and kephal- meaning "head", and encompasses bicephaly and dicephaly (both referring to two-headedness). A variation is an animal born with two faces on a single head, a condition known as diprosopus. In medical terms these are all congenital cephalic disorders.
There are many occurrences of multi-headed animals, in real life as well as in mythology. Many fantasy universes contain races of creatures with multiple heads. In heraldry and vexillology, the double-headed eagle is a common symbol, though no such animal is known to have ever existed.
Bicephalic animals are the only type of multi-headed creatures seen in the real world and form by the same process as conjoined twins: the zygote begins to split but fails to completely separate. One extreme example of this is the condition of craniopagus parasiticus, whereby a fully developed body has a parasitic twin head joined at the skull.
A supernumerary nipple (also known as a third nipple, accessory nipple, polythelia or polymastia) is an additional nipple occurring in mammals, including humans. Often mistaken for moles, supernumerary nipples are diagnosed at a rate of 2% in women, lower in men. The nipples appear along the two vertical "milk lines", which start in the armpit on each side, run down through the typical nipples and end at the groin. They are classified into eight levels of completeness from a simple patch of hair to a milk-bearing breast in miniature. Polythelia refers to the presence of an additional nipple alone while polymastia denotes the much rarer presence of additional mammary glands.
Polymelia (from Greek πολυ- = "many" plus μέλος (plural μέλεα) = "limb") is a birth defect involving limbs (a type of dysmelia), in which the affected individual has more than the usual number of limbs. In humans and most land-dwelling animals, this means having five or more limbs. The extra limb is most commonly shrunken and/or deformed.
Sometimes an embryo started as conjoined twins, but one twin degenerated completely except for one or more limbs, which end up attached to the other twin.
Sometimes small extra legs between the normal legs are caused by the body axis forking in the dipygus condition.
Frogs in the USA sometimes are affected by polymelia: see Ribeiroia.
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When it comes to productivity, the UK has been dawdling behind other countries for decades now. Other countries such as France, Germany and the US all produce more work in a week than the UK.
A recent report even revealed UK workers are 27% less productive than their German counterparts. German workers could go home early on a Thursday afternoon and get as much done as a UK employee who worked all the way up until Friday afternoon.
And with the Government making innovation and productivity key areas of focus for the years ahead – including the launch of the Industrial Strategy and the recent review into growing the Artificial Intelligence capabilities in the UK – this is one puzzle that needs to be solved.
Nearly every SME leader is strapped for time, with many (22%) actually admitting they don't measure their productivity at all. Does this mean that productivity isn't a priority for these leaders? And if so, what can be done to ensure small businesses are getting the most out of their employees?
From extensive research into workplace culture we've found it's having a knock-on effect on productivity levels. A positive workplace culture will be hugely rewarding for a business, with 60% of SME leaders anticipating that it will drive better levels of customer service and satisfaction. Furthermore, 49% expected to see more ideas and innovation coming from their employees and 55% anticipated improved employee performance and – crucially – productivity.
There are a few changes that small businesses could make internally to reap the productivity rewards of a more engaged, focused and driven workforce.
It's widely appreciated that measuring something is a sure-fire way to raise its importance. We found in the Culture Economy report that the most common way SME decision makers are measuring their productivity is analysing money in versus money out. But is this really the best way for your business?
When it comes to productivity, the measurement options are many and varied, from production volumes, headcount and revenue to 360 degree feedback and even specialist apps and technology. One size doesn't fit all, but understanding how your competitors measure their productivity can help to define how best you should measure yours. There may be lessons to be learnt or a way of benchmarking your performance against your peers effectively.
Auditing your use of technology can be extremely helpful too, especially to analyse time doing administrative tasks as that will often be better spent elsewhere. Tasks such as approving holiday may only seem minor and only take a couple of minutes each time, but if you were to add up how much time this takes over a year, it may not seem so minor. There are many areas within a business that can be automated, freeing up huge amounts of time that would be better spent on developing the company culture or focusing on business development.
A company also needs to monitor culture, happiness and employee engagement, as it's vital to understand what makes your staff tick and fuel productivity. The more you can understand this, the more you can realise what does not work to keep your employees engaged.
For small businesses, this is often done in terms of employee satisfaction surveys, which include questions about work life balance, if you feel valued in the workplace, managerial styles and many more. Often, start-ups have face to face meetings instead to gain an understanding of their employees honest thoughts. With these, honesty and openness is an integral part of understanding engagement and therefore enhance productivity.
Naturally, humans love to be rewarded. In the workplace it helps us to feel valued and appreciated. It is a way to provide recognition for hard work and incentives can be directed for certain areas of the businesses such as business efficiency and greater productivity.
However it's important to ensure the rewards are actually incentivising employees and, as most companies have a diverse range of employees, incentives may have to differ from person to person. For someone, free breakfast may be a huge benefit but for others, the flexibility to be able to work from home may be more appealing.
With productivity being one of the key questions of our economic times, it is a challenge that needs to be recognised and addressed. And it is worrying that so many businesses appear not to be aware of their relative performance.
Improving productivity has a huge range of benefits from business performance and survival to individual incomes and wellbeing. It is positively correlated with employee engagement and business culture. And as the UK redefines its business identity on the international stage post-Brexit, this surely must be at the top of everyone's agenda.


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The Courtauld Institute of Art is a world class teaching institution allied to one of the most outstanding art collections in Britain. It has recently secured a £9.4million Round 1 pass from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for Phase One of Courtauld Connects, a £32million transformational programme which will focus on improving public access to and engagement with the Courtauld Institute's art collection and built heritage, its conservation work and teaching, both in Somerset House and nationally. Jura Consultants have been commissioned by The Courtauld to produce a Business Plan and an Activity and Audience Development plan in support of the Round 2 HLF application.
As part of the commission, Jura Consultants have mapped current audience research undertaken by The Courtauld Institute of Art and identified key opportunities for development, balancing the need to enhance and deepen engagement with existing audiences with encouraging exciting and inspiring new audiences to engage with the Courtauld Institute. Based on this, Jura Consultants have consulted with over 1700 people, both visitors and non-visitors, across two phases of consultation, including leading a series of staff workshops and public consultations on audience development activities. The final Audience Development Plan will include proposals for activities during all project delivery phases and beyond.
This work has helped to support the creation of a compelling Business Plan in support of the Round 2 HLF application, which will contribute to securing the capital investment to deliver the project. The Business Plan will present a viable and sustainable future for the organisation following the transformational capital development project as well as considering the financial and wider resource implications of further development. The Business Plan will also fully explore and plan for the requirements of delivering the project, including the financial implications of the 'transition phase', i.e. impact on income generation and cost centres during construction works and the period when HLF revenue funding is being utilised.
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Take an index card with "Problem:" written on one side, and "Solution:" written on the other.
Take a moment to write down the thing you are missing, that is preventing you from completing your project, problem or work of art. Be it financing, someones help, the right circumstances, etc.
Now hand it to some one else, and give them 5 minutes to write down a solution.
You have just written down a problem that may have never been verbalized before. How does that feel? Does it clarify the situation?
What if at the end of five minutes a solution to the problem that has been preventing you from achieving your goal lands in your lap. There will be no excuse to not finish your work. How does that make you feel?
Your project may have been impossible all along, and you have been holding yourself back from doing something you could actually accomplish. If you the obvious thing would be to quit this project as soon as possible. What would you pursue then?
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Decision taken on future of Calverley Square project
At the Extraordinary Full Council meeting on Tuesday 8 October 2019 members debated the delivery of the Calverley Square project.
They voted in two stages, firstly on recommendation 1 under agenda item 4:
'That, given the importance of culture and leisure to the town's economy and social environmental and economic wellbeing, and in recognition of the planned growth to the Borough's population, this Council endorses the principle that it wishes to provide a theatre that meets the needs of residents, visitors and producers.'
There were 12 members who voted in favour of this; 23 voted against and 8 members abstained.
Secondly members voted on a further seven recommendations including:
'That Full Council endorse that the project designed to RIBA Stage 4 (Technical Design) (in accordance with Full Council, Decision FC50/17 on 6 December 2017 and all relevant Cabinet and delegated decisions) be approved for funding and delivery.'
The result of both votes meant none of the recommendations were carried.
Cross-party group to continue work
Following this debate a motion was then proposed and carried, asking that the existing cross-party working group continue its work to examine the business case and other aspects for options for the four key sites owned by the Council (the Town Hall, Assembly Hall Theatre, Mount Pleasant Car Park and Great Hall Car Park) together with other sites which might become available. The cross-party working group should report to Full Council on 18 December 2019.
There were 28 members who voted in favour of this; 7 voted against and 9 members abstained.
Comment from Council leader
Councillor Alan McDermott said:
'I am very disappointed that a project that was initiated with cross party support four years ago has fallen at the final hurdle. The scheme was strongly supported by many including local businesses who would have benefitted from increased footfall and spend in the town. It was also fully validated by evidence and every single external independent examination and review.
'We now have to review our options and consider the future of theatre in Tunbridge Wells. I am committed to generating economic growth in the town and wider borough and will talk to opposition groups to see if we can find common ground on what we do want rather than what we don't want. I welcome the motion to review our options.'
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PM Cup Day 5: Tribhuvan Army Edge Province 2 in rain intervened match
Tribhuvan Army Club edged province no. 2 by 55 runs (D/L) in the fifth day of Prime Minister cup.
Batting first, winning the toss, TAC posted a modest 244 runs in 49.3 over before rain intervened. They lost Sagar Pun (8) early on, who was bowled out by Divyanshu Mallick in the fourth over. Later Divyanshu went on to pick 3 wickets in the innings.
Anil Mandal and Binod Bhandari played a short partnership for the second wicket. Binod's diminutive innings of 23 runs came in 16 balls with 4 fours and a six. He was dismissed by Rashaid Khan. Then came Raju Rijal who made a fine knock of 50 runs. His innings came in 85 balls courtesy of 5 fours and a six. He shared a 55 runs partnership with Mandal, who went on to make 35 runs.
Later towards the innings end, Rajesh Pulami Magar made 40 and Sompal Kami also added 41 from 28 balls to post 244 at the close of first innings. Divyanshu snatched 3 while Rashaid Khan, Mehaboob Alam and Samsad Sheikh took 2 wickets each.
Rain intervened and the match was shortened to 40 over's with a revised target of 238 runs. The revised target means province 2 had to get almost 6 an over to reach the target. But it was not meant to be so as they could only manage 182 losing 9 wickets. Sompal Kami shone with the ball dismissing 3 key batsman in Kamal Singh Airee (0) , Mehaboob Alam (9)and Sanjam Regmi (0).
Despite Suraj Patel's fighting knock of 48 towards the end of innings, they failed to reach the target by 55 runs. Medium Pacer Sompal Kami was declared the player of the match.
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Welcome to the Shropshire Drama Company (SDC) website.
We hope you find the enclosed information useful. If you would like to be kept up to date with what's happening at SDC then do please get in touch via the Contact page HERE.
Huge thank you to the audiences who supported our recent performance of Henry V at Theatre Severn.
SDC's next production will be Flare Path by Terence Rattigan at Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury from 26 to 29 June, 2019. Tickets are now on sale HERE, with an early bird discount available until 01 May.
Shropshire Drama Company (SDC) was founded by the late Bert Amies, OBE, former county drama adviser. Enshrined in the constitution of SDC is Bert's original brief to perform 'challenging, worthwhile and experimental drama'.
SDC is a unique team of like-minded amateur actors and technicians whose aim is to bring challenging and innovative theatre to the people of Shropshire and beyond.
SDC aspires to provide its audiences with high quality performances covering a wide genre of plays. Its members have the chance to be involved in plays at a variety of venues and opportunities are also available to develop and hone skills in various aspects of theatre, through an expansive and continually reviewed programme of workshops and other social activities.
If you are attracted to the idea of being part of a dynamic, friendly company – please get in touch.


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Massachusetts family law lawyer Nicole K. Levy reviews if and when grandparents receive visitation rights in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts specifically defines the rights of grandparents to visit with their grandchildren in limited situations. When this custody-related issue arises, it can be extremely painful for all parties involved to have to navigate through the court process. Grandparent visitation can arise after a divorce, or in other cases in which the parents were never married; regardless of the family background, without an agreement, the litigation can be messy, painful, and confusing.
The statute governing grandparent rights specifies a preliminary requirement for the grandparents to be able to file a petition for visitation: the children's parents of must be (i.) divorced, (ii.) married but living apart, (iii.) never married and not residing together, or (iv.) one or both parents are deceased. If a parent or parents fall into one of the these categories, a probate and family court judge has the right to intervene and possibly impose grandparent visitation, even over the objection of a parents.
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When is Grandparent Visitation an Issue?
What Does the Court Look for in Grandparent Visitation Cases?
"Significant Harm": A Difficult Standard to Meet
It should be noted that "grandparent visitation" is easily accomplished when one or both parents disagree whether children should spend time with a grandparent. Disputes over grandparent visitation most commonly occur when one parent dies, is incarcerated or simply disappears "off the grid" – and the parent who is left raising the children does not want contact between the kids and the grandparent on the "missing" parent's side. However, disputes can also occur between parents and grandparents on the same side of the family tree. Regardless, the unifying feature of most grandparent visitation cases is this: the grandparent is blocked from seeing the children by one or both parents, and the grandparent seeks visitation through the court.
Evidence of a warm, loving relationship is not always enough for a court to order grandparent visitation.
Assuming that mom and dad were never married and do not live together, the grandparents are not automatically granted visitation. The court will first ask if there is a significant preexisting relationship between the grandchildren and the grandparents – one that is sosignificant that it can overcome the presumed correctness of a parent's authority to make decisions about a child. This standard may not seem difficult to meet; perhaps the grandparents saw the grandchildren almost every weekend, took them ice skating, babysat, and even had sleepovers. However, the court looks for more.
While the court does not necessarily expect the grandparents to have previously taken on the role of a "parental figure", or to have been a so called de facto parent, the judge will look at the defining characteristics of a de facto parent when determining significance of the grandparent/grandchild relationship. The SJC defined de facto parents as follows in E.N.O. v. L.M.M. (1999):
A de facto parent is one who has no biological relation to the child, but has participated in the child's life as a member of the child's family. The de facto parent resides with the child and, with the consent and encouragement of the legal parent, performs a share of caretaking functions at least as great as the legal parent. . . . The de-facto parent shapes the child's daily routine, addresses his developmental needs, disciplines the child, provides for his education and medical care, and serves as a moral guide.
This burden is high, and ice skating and sleepovers do not fit the bill.
In 2004, in Dearborn v. Deausault,the Appeals Court considered a case in which the grandfather saw the children several times per month, took them to events, and on two occasions went on camping trips. The court noted that the grandfather's contact with the children was a hybrid of 'grandparenting' and babysitting for the children while their mother was involved in other activities. The court acknowledged that the grandfather provided emotional support to the children and exposed them to nurturing experiences. It was clear that the children enjoyed a strong bond with their grandfather and that he played a positive role in their lives. Similarly, in 2015, the court heard a case in which the grandparent lived with the grandchild and parent, assisted with the child's daily routine, and when the parent was busy, the grandparent stepped in to aid with the child's needs. In both cases, these relationships were not significant enough.
It is important to be aware of the types of relationships the court requires before allowing grandparent visitation. In the 2015 case, the Appeals Court explained:
Even where, as here, the grandparent and the child have a significant preexisting relationship, to obtain an order of visitation, the grandparent must allege and prove that the failure to grant visitation will cause the child significant harm by adversely affecting the child's health, safety, or welfare. The circumstances must establish close bonding between the grandparent and the child, where significant harm may be readily inferred from and is inherent in the disruption of that relationship. (Citations omitted.)
This is a very steep burden. Assuming a "significant preexisting relationship" is found, a grandparent will still need to establish that visitation is necessary to "protect the children from significant harm". Indeed, even if a grandparent fails to demonstrate the existence of a significant preexisting relationship, they may still be granted visits by showing there is a risk of significant harm without visitation. (This is most common in cases involving a deceased parent, where the remaining/living parent has questionable child-rearing skills – but whose parenting is not so poor that a guardianship is justified. In these situations, the grandparent can monitor the children through court-ordered visitation.) However, demonstrating "significant harm" is not easy.
What courts consider "significant harm" is narrow, and showing harm does not simply mean that the children will be upset or saddened by the loss of their grandparent. The grandparent must prove that the harm would be clear, concrete, and specific. Vague generalizations about the positive influence a grandparent might have upon a grandchild is simply not enough to warrant the court intervening with a parent's decision. Nor is the grandparent's ability to improve the quality of the child's life compelling enough to overwhelm a parent's fundamental right to make decisions about their children. The grandparent must prove that the child will suffer a profound and serious loss without the grandparent in his or her life.
Although it may be easy for a grandparent to file a petition for visits, the hurdles they face include difficult legal standards that require clear evidence of harm. This type of evidence is difficult to obtain – particularly if the grandparent has little or no contact with the child while the case is pending – and even more difficult to prove at trial. The court recognizes the importance of a parent's right to make decisions, and relies on these tough burdens to preserve parents' fundamental rights, even when the grandparent plays a positive, loving role in a child's life. The lesson being: when it is parental rights vs. grandparent rights, the grandparents usually face an uphill climb.
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Richard McNamara in Totò nella luna, with Ugo Tognazzi and Jim Dolen
Richard McNamara was another of the Americans – like John Kitzmiller – who came to Italy as an American soldier during World War 2 and stayed there, working in the burgeoning film industry, once the conflict was over. Although best known as a dubber or dubbing director, whose name appears in the credits of literally hundreds of productions, he also acted in the occasional film as well, particularly during the early stages of his career.
Although he appears to have had little cinema experience in America, once in Italy he was able to pick up small, uncredited roles in big budget international productions such as Fred Zinnemann's now-forgotten Teresa and Mervyn Leroy's Quo Vadis (both 51). There were also smaller, Italian productions such as Mario Soldati's OK Nero (51) and the early Renato Polselli feature Delitto a Luna Park (52). He had more prominent billing in the George Raft vehicle Crime Squad (53) and his most important part came with Luigi Comencini's slice of rosy neorealism, Husbands in the City (57). There was another decent role in Totò nella luna (57), as one of a pair of American agents (along with fellow ex-pat Jim Dolen) who try to convince Ugo Toganzzi, an idiot with a rare blood condition that makes him immune to radiation, to become an astronaut.
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With the arrival of the 1960s, McNamara's film roles became more scarce as his work as a dubber took over. There was brief appearence in the entertaining Paolo Heusch spy film Un colpo da mille miliardi (66) and an uncredited role in Roman Polanski's under-rated What (72). Then, in the 80s, he popped up in the occasional production, such as Damiano Damiani's The Warning (80) and the rubbishy Harold Robbins adaptation The Lonely Lady (83).
Unfortunately, little information is readily available about Richard McNamara; even his date of birth is hard to find, and I have no idea whether he is still alive or not. Presumably he was still living in Rome until at least the mid 1980s, when he made his final credited appearance in the little seen Carefree Giovanni (86).
Although not the best known of individuals to be associated with the golden age of Italian cinema, McNamara was undoubtedly one of the most important: as a dubber he was the voice of Steve Reeves; he provided the English language versions of many classic peplums and gothic horror films; and he forged a career that lasted well over thirty years. If anyone has any more information about him,then please get in touch!
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Matt, Here's some information on Richard McNamara found at Il MONDO DEI DOPPIATORI. One correction it Lynchburg not Linchburg and that's located in the state of Virginia, U.S.A. Best, Tom http://www.antoniogenna.net/doppiaggio/voci/vocirmn.htm
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This is a wonderful article. Richard McNamara lives under my skin. I have heard his voice so many times in Italian movies that I wish that I knew more about the man. This article has shed more light on him and I applaud Matt Blake for his efforts. I wish that I could contribute something more than my hero worship for McNamana. I regard McNamara as an auteur of sorts for his dubbing. If you watch Italian exploitation epics, he constitutes a cornerstone!
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Belgium april 6th 2018 van den bremt rudy from aalst Belgium. hi matt, at last i have found 5 movies !! which are not mentioned in your summary about richard mcnamara. after a long search i think i'm sold out. these are the movies ; 1. PECCATO DI CASTITA (1956) comedy (with giovanna ralli) (found at filmdb.it – antoniogenna.net) 2. LA MORTE VIENE DELLO SPAZIO (1958) SFI – (found at filmdb.it – archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it) 3. IL MORALISTA (1959) comedy (with alberto sordi) (found at filmdb.it) 4. ROMANOFF AND JULIET (1961) USA – (with peter ustinov) (as a general) (found at antoniogenna.it) 5. IL LUNGO, IL CORTO, IL GATTO (1967) comedy (regia lucio fulci) (role as delegato americano). (found at filmdb.it). for his credits on filmdb.it you have to typ in : http://www.filmdb.it/it/scheda di richard_mcnamara
aalst Belgium, april 6th 201. van den bremt rudy. last detail about richard mcnamara. he was born on 05/09/1915 – died 01/08/1998 in rome. he was 82 years old. greetings rudy
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Q: How to let 2 Nodejs processes communicate with a JWT authentication server I have 2 Node JS apps running on the same server on different ports.
Now i want to add an authentication server which handles JWT authentication with all clients from both apps.
So client1 could log in through app1 which would send the log in request to the authentication server. The auth server would do its stuff and send back a JWT to app1 which sends it to the client and grants him access to some stuff. Now the client could also go to app2 send his JWT and app2 again would forward it to the auth server which would check if its valid and let app2 know so it can grant access to the user too.
I already have the JWT authentication done. I only need the part where app1 or app2 forward the login to the auth server and it tells app1 or app2 if the user is granted access.
What would be the best approach to this?
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I have been researching a lot but there are too many different ways which either seem overkill or wouldn't work quite the way i wanted. Thanks in advance!

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By Nagamani Last updated Jan 18, 2022
Live content is changing the face of the media industry. Distributing Live Content that is broadcast in the here and now can take various forms, from real-time chats and blogs to live video streams. It's important that media companies realise the potential power of these live content methods and use them to their advantage. Live chats and videos can allow a broadcaster to engage with viewers or listeners in real-time and help them to build up a trust with them, while also providing the brand with a 'face' or 'personality'.
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Live video is becoming more and more popular online, so it's crucial that media companies take note of this.
People enjoy watching others engaging in activities that they themselves enjoy – the popularity of footage showing video games trying out the latest games or food enthusiasts cooking a meal in real time are just some examples.
Brands often use this phenomenon to promote their services by paying social media influencers to test their products in real time on platforms such as YouTube. This, of course, helps the platform by encouraging more views.
The power of real time content cannot be underestimated, and the rapid rise in popularity of Twitch TV – a platform dedicated exclusively to interactive livestreaming – is testament to this. Originally used mostly for live online gaming, Twitch is now considered to be one of the go-to places to watch online tutorials, music concerts, sporting events and other live entertainments.
The platform found success by streaming video gamers playing in live time, often with an audio commentary. But the service not only offered live broadcasts. With live chat boxes allowing gamers and viewers to connect with each other, it soon created successful online communities of like-minded people, which may have contributed to its popularity.
Social media now forms a major role in most company marketing strategies. Platforms, such as Facebook and Instagram, not only enable brands to promote their products, but allow them to connect with consumers and build up a relationship with them.
Media companies such as Facebook and Instagram have taken advantage of the rise of real time content by launching their own livestreaming tools. Facebook Live and Instagram Live enable users to upload videos to broadcast in real time, as well as interact in the present time via comments and reactions.
Media broadcasters should ensure that they have infrastructure to successfully transit their content so that potentially millions of viewers can stream it at the same time and at a high quality.
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It's all very well providing high-quality content but what's the point if you're audience don't even see it? It might sound obvious, but it's vital that media companies consider the short-term window of live content and try to work round it.
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There is no doubt that live content can be extremely lucrative for media companies. Broadcasters can look to numerous methods to ensure that their live content is of high quality and provides the best possible service to their audiences.
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HPQ receives TSX venture approval to proceed with EBH2 green hydrogen extraction technology venture
September 29, 2021 by Team HPQ
MONTREAL, Canada, Sept. 29th, 2021 — HPQ Silicon Resources Inc. ("HPQ" or the "Company") (TSX-V: HPQ) (FWB: UGE) (OTCQX :HPQFF), an innovative silicon solutions and technology development company, is pleased to announce that the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSX-V") has given its approval to HPQ transaction with EBH2 Systems SA, ("EBH2") announced on August 24, 2021 and following that approval, HPQ has closed the MOU entered into with EBH2 Systems SA on August 24, 2021. HPQ and EBH2 can now focus on the next milestone, third-party validation of the EBH2 technology, expected to take place during the next 60 days. A first step was done by the signing of a perpetual world-wide license granted by EBH2 to HPQ to sell products where EBH2 Green Hydrogen Reactors (EBH2 GHR) are incorporated into any HPQ Technologies.
EBH2 SYSTEMS SA HAS DEVELOP AN EXTREMELY EFFICIENT PROCESS TO PRODUCE GREEN HYDROGEN
EBH2 is a Swiss company that possesses a proprietary low-cost electrolysis technology that can, extremely efficiently, extract from virtually any water source including saltwater, Green Hydrogen. EBH2 Green Hydrogen Reactors ("EBH2 GHR") are scalable, adaptable and can produce, on-demand, the quantities of Green Hydrogen fuel necessary to power numerous applications from various modes of land and sea transport to single home dwellings, district-wide power generation and large-scale industrial applications. EBH2 has filed a provisional patent for this new and novel on-demand process to make Green Hydrogen for US$1 per Kilogram.
GREEN HYDROGEN A TRILLION $ ADDRESSABLE MARKET IN SEARCH OF A TECHNOLOGY LIKE EBH2 GHR
While deploying at scale Green Hydrogen could provide up to 24% of the world energy needs by 2050, cutting Greenhouse Gas ("GHG") emissions by around a third and generating direct annual revenues of US$ 2,5 trillion1, currently available processes of producing Green Hydrogen from renewable energies cost about US$5 per kilogram, giving Green Hydrogen a cost disadvantage compared to hydrogen produced using fossil fuels (Grey and Blue Hydrogen) which have a US$1 per kilogram cost2.
WORKING TOGETHER TO COMMERCIALISE EBH2 GREEN HYDROGEN REACTORS TECHNOLOGIES
After many years of development, EBH2 now has a EBH2 GHR model ready for commercial deployment, a system that can produce continually the Green Hydrogen fuel necessary to power a 1 Megawatt per week generator, an electricity production capacity sufficient to power a typical three (3) bedroom suburban house. The potential cost and GHG reduction benefits of the EBH2 GHR systems are so massive that the units could readily replace solar panels or standby generators for homeowners.
"HPQ has been at the forefront of Green Silicon innovation development since 2015 and as we get closer to having multiple pilot plants operational, looking for a way to reduce our energy costs all the while improving our environmental footprint becomes of paramount importance. EBH2 Systems SA, with their proprietary low-cost electrolysis technology that can, extremely efficiently, extract from virtually any water source including saltwater, Green Hydrogen present HPQ with one of these games changing synergetic opportunities that we simply could not overlook," said Bernard Tourillon, President and CEO of HPQ Silicon. "We are getting closer to the point where EBH2 technology will be validated and HPQ will be incredibly well-positioned to make green silicon materials all the while opening up new, and massive addressable markets for a system that can produce cheaply green hydrogen, on-demand."
Once third-party validation of the EBH2 technology is completed, as per the terms of the agreement found in HPQ August 24, 2021, release:
HPQ will complete the cash component of part of the transaction and start delivering HPQ share units to EBH2 under the terms of equity component of the transaction,
HPQ and EBH2 will create a new joint venture company ("NEWCO") to market, sell and service EBH2 systems and products in North America, and
EBH2 will start working on scaling up its EBH2 GHR technology to build systems that can produce continually the Green Hydrogen fuel necessary to meet the energy requirements of:
– HPQ PUREVAPTM QRR, a technology to produce high purity silicon,
– HPQ PUREVAPTM NSiR, a technology to produce nano silicon materials,
– HPQ Fumed Silica Reactor, a technology to produce fumed silica in one step, and
– Other technologies that HPQ may develop over time.
HPQ TO START PROCESS TO CHANGE IT CLASSIFICATION FROM MINING ISSUER TO TECHNOLOGY ISSUER
Included in the TSX-V approval was HPQ commitment to:
Submit, by the latest December 31, 2021, an application to the TSX-V to change HPQ classification from being a mining issuer to an Industrial and Technology Issuer.
Seek shareholder approval of the change of classification request by the latest 15 months from June 17, 2021.
About EBH2 Systems SA.
EBH2 Systems SA is a Swiss company located in Lausanne area which is working on Hydrogen solutions that will be Powering a Healthier future. Together with a researcher that has dedicated his life to develop green Hydrogen technologies, EBH2 has found the solution to produce Hydrogen from virtually any water source including salt water. EBH2 is scalable with no limits. It can power a small domestic generator up to ships, factories, buildings, cryptocurrency mines with high energy consumption and even cities. EBH2 is one of the solutions to reduce more than 15% of the emissions for 2021. For more information, please visit EBH2 web site.
About HPQ Silicon Resources
HPQ Silicon Resources Inc. (TSX-V: HPQ) is a Quebec-based innovative silicon solutions company that offers innovative silica (SiO2), silicon (Si) based solutions and is developing a unique portfolio of high value-added silicon (Si) products sought after by battery and electric vehicle manufacturers.
Silicon (Si), also known as silicon metal, is one of today's key strategic materials needed for the decarbonization of the economy and the Renewable Energy Revolution ("RER"). However, silicon does not exist in its pure state and must be extracted from quartz (SiO2) in what has historically been a capital and energy-intensive process.
With PyroGenesis Canada Inc. (TSX: PYR) (NASDAQ: PYR), HPQ is developing:
the PUREVAP™ "Quartz Reduction Reactors" (QRR), an innovative process (patent pending), which will permit the one-step transformation of quartz (SiO2) into high purity silicon (Si) at reduced costs, energy input, and carbon footprint that will propagate its considerable renewable energy potential.
Through its 100% owned subsidiary, HPQ NANO Silicon Powders Inc., the PUREVAP™ Nano Silicon Reactor (NSiR) is a new proprietary process that can use material produced by the QRR as feedstock, to make a wide range of nano/micro spherical powders of different sizes and nanowires.
Through its second 100% owned subsidiary, HPQ Silica POLVERE Inc., HPQ is developing a new plasma-based process that will allows a direct Quartz to Fumed silica transformation, removing the usage of hazardous chemical in the making of Fumed silica and eliminating the Hydrogen Chloride Gas (HCI) associated with its manufacturing.
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Beam smashes light barrier
By BBC News Online science editor Dr David Whitehouse
Scientists have seen a pulse of light emerge from a cloud of gas before it even entered.
This astonishing and baffling observation was made by researchers from the NEC Research Institute in Princeton, US.
They conducted an experiment that involved lasers, a chamber containing cold caesium atoms and a super-fast stopwatch.
The end result was a beam of light that moved at 300 times the theoretical limit for the speed of light.
It was Einstein who said nothing physical could break this barrier because, among other things, to do so would also mean travelling back in time.
Dramatic demonstration
But the NEC scientists believe their work does not violate Einstein's theory.
Writing in the journal Nature, Dr Lijun Wang and colleagues say their light beam raced through the atom trap so quickly that the leading edge of the pulse's peak actually exited before it had entered.
If this sounds confusing, then do not worry. Many physicists are uncomfortable with it too despite their explanations that it is a natural consequence of the wave nature of light.
Although the work of Dr Wang's team is remarkable, it is not the first time that this sort of "trick" has been performed - but it is certainly the most dramatic demonstration.
Earlier this year, a team of physicists made a microwave beam travel 7% faster than light speed. Last year, they announced that they had even slowed light down to almost a crawl.
Anomalous refractive index
To achieve their peculiar effect, Dr Wang's group fired laser beams through a trap of caesium atoms.
By adjusting the frequency of the laser beams to match those of the energy levels in the atoms, the researchers were able to achieve an effect called "anomalous refractive index." This boosts the pulses' so-called "group velocity" to a speed faster than what we understand to be the speed of light - just short of 300 million metres per second.
The group velocity of a light pulse depends upon the mixture of frequencies within the pulse and the medium through which it travels. It need not be the speed of the pulse itself.
The important thing, however, is that whilst the group velocity can be manipulated to be faster than the speed of light, it is not possible to use this effect to send information faster than the speed of light.
Because of the fast group velocity, the leading edge of the pulse appears to leave the caesium-filled chamber 62 billionths of a second before it arrives.
Causality principle
And according to Dr Wang, this strange result does not threaten Einstein's theories - in particular, the causality principle, which states that a cause must precede its effect.
Or so almost all physicists think - for now. Privately, some admit that experiments such as Dr Wang's may force a reassessment of some cherished ideas.
According to Dr Guenter Nimtz, of the University of Cologne, who has carried out similar experiments, the NEC work is very exciting.
He told BBC News Online: "The effect cannot be used to go back in time, only to reduce the time between cause and effect a little bit.
"The reason for this," he said, "is because the light pulse has a finite length of time, much longer than any gain obtained by a faster-than-light speed."
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Services are a great way to share information between several components of your application and are relatively easy to implement.
Let's start by implementing a very simple service. This tutorial assumes that the reader knows how to deploy OSGi components to AEM.
Then we need to create a node to hold our data. We should create two folders inside the apps/system folder called config.author and config.publish for the author and publish instances respectively. Create the apps/system folder in case it does not exist.
After that, create a node of type sling:OsgiConfig with the name com.mycompany.aem.www.mycompany.impl.TestServiceImpl.config and add the text property of type String and with the value Hello World.
Now we can read the stored values using our service. I hope you find this information useful, thanks for reading!


The Dead Sea Scrolls scholar whose son was arrested last week on suspicion of impersonating an rival scholar says his son understood his opponents were trying to silence him. Professor Norman Golb, of the University of Chicago, believes that the Dead Sea Scrolls were not written by the Essenes, as mainstream scholarship holds. "Raphael, my son, is very devoted to my research. He realized years ago that there was an effort to close the door on my opinions. And so he started debating bloggers who were against me, using aliases. That's the custom these days with blogs, as I understand it [sublinhado meu]," Norman Golb said.


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Sprint upgrades network
Afone turns to Ekinops for data center interconnection
Afone, a French telecom services provider, says it has deployed equipment from Ekinops to interconnect its data centers and enhance delivery of multiprotocol data services.Afone focuses on telecom, payment, and security services for enterprises and retail businesses, and also functions as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) for enterprises and residential customers. It turned to Ekinops for a platform that would provide flexible, cost-effective, and reliable data center interconnection transporting SDH, Gigabit Ethernet, and Fibre Channel protocols.Ekinops says its 360 transport platform, with its T-Chip (Transport on a Chip) technology, enables Afone to transport multiple protocols very efficiently, maximizing the use of fiber infrastructure, the vendor says. The T-Chip concentrates the equipment's transport intelligence into a compact, efficient design that Ekinops can custom-program to meet customer needs. This approach serves to reduce costs, footprint, ongoing power consumption, and delivery times to customers, the systems house says."Ekinops is the company best suited to meet our needs," said Guillaume Rousseau, head of engineering at Afone. "The Ekinops 360 gives us the flexibility we need to aggregate different protocols; it is economical and has the highest reliability. Support is also very important to us and Ekinops promised and delivers superior support."
Tata Communications launches global low-latency network
Tata Communications has launched a low-latency network connecting major financial capitals in Asia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The carrier says the network is the first low-latency service that offers a pure, multipoint Ethernet platform to the financial services sector and other global industries, and will accelerate global high-frequency trading and other low-latency applications.Designed for companies that require a secure, reliable, and fast low-latency option, the network will enable financial firms to execute a high-frequency trade between locations, such as London and Hong Kong or New York and Singapore, in milliseconds through a single network and single supplier model, Tata asserts.John Hoffman, head of Ethernet product management, Tata Communications said, "Global financial trading firms initially drove the need for this solution as every millisecond of latency is critical for trading. However, due to rising complexity and importance of specific mission-critical applications, we are also seeing an uptake in demand for similar levels of latency from a growing range of sectors and businesses."Tata says the new network enables customers with low-latency needs to work with a single global supplier instead of multiple country-specific point-to-point network providers. Customers can build multipoint low-latency networks that communicate from city-to-city rather than exchange-to-exchange to serve applications for which latency is crucial, regardless of the software or trading platform used.Tata also says its low-latency service has been designed to offer up to 35 percent savings on circuit and operations costs. Whereas low-latency networks have traditionally been offered over MPLS or Layer 1 technologies, Tata Communications says its low-latency network is the only multipoint Ethernet service offering on a single network backed by 802.1ah, Provider Backbone Bridging (PBB) technology. It also offers added security and high scalability.
Sprint upgrades network, sets 400G trial with Ciena
Sprint is upgrading its optical backbone network with 6500 Packet-Optical Platforms from Ciena Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN). The enhancements will enable Sprint to scale its high-speed transport network and improve cost and performance. Ciena says the 6500 platforms will support core network speeds of 40G and 100G today, growing eventually to 400G and beyond. To illustrate this point, Ciena says it will conduct a 400G field trial with Sprint early next year.Ciena has supplied equipment to Sprint since 1998. The current upgrade builds on Sprint's existing deployments of Ciena's CoreStream Agility Optical Transport Systems."As a long-time partner to Sprint, Ciena has proven itself to be a strategic, innovative provider of technology that allows us to enhance the capacity and flexibility of our network. With its industry-leading coherent optical technology, we are able to expand our network to address growing demand for high-speed data services today, with a built-in path to deliver higher-speed data services in the future," said Iyad Tarazi, vice president of network development and engineering at Sprint.As with other recent 6500 deployments, Sprint will leverage the capabilities of Ciena's WaveLogic processor. The systems vendor recently announced that its upcoming WaveLogic 3 version will support 400-Gbps data rates (see "Ciena's third generation of Wavelogic processors supports 400G"), which will be the focus on the upcoming trial. The exercise will enable Sprint to check the feasibility of using 400-Gbps channels on systems already carrying live customer traffic, and to demonstrate that the network will be able to support future traffic needs on the existing fiber plant."Today's service provider needs an unconstrained network to support the exponential data growth, while leveraging existing hardware and fiber investments," Philippe Morin, senior VP of global field operations, Ciena. "Ciena's coherent optical technology provides Sprint with the resources to bridge this gap, while enabling a seamless path to deliver next-generation data services."Sprint is also using Ciena's OneControl Unified Management System for centralized network management, and Ciena Specialist Services to help minimize implementation costs and ensure that the network is turned up efficiently.
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According to the Greene County Daily World, Jones and Wilkes attributed the decision by URS to lease the space in Linton to a recently awarded multi-million dollar contract from the Department of Defense.
The officials said in the announcement that the company's new facility will feature between 50 and 150 workers, with some of them expected to be new hires from the area.
"It"s a very good thing for our area," Jones said during the announcement. "It's not just good for the city of Linton; it's a good thing for the county. It allows us to gain opportunities in many ways."
URS Corporation is a major contractor at the nearby Naval Surface Weapons Center, according to the news source.
The new defense jobs expected to be created under the contract will reportedly involve providing products and technology to the Department of Defense. As such, these workers will likely need to have security clearance, a qualification of many defense and intelligence jobs with contractors or within government agencies.


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365 Days of Jack Kirby's Fourth World
by Jon B. Cooke
Day 75: The Fate of Jim Harper!
Posted 14 December 2010 in Day Entries, Earth, Heroes, Jimmy Olsen #136, Supporting Characters.
What if were you?
What if you devoted your entire adult life to law-enforcement and, perhaps, in a more dissimulating occupation to fight crime, risking life and limb for the public good; what if your reward, in the end, as life bleeds out, was to have an agency take what is the essence of everything you are and, to serve them, to grow another… you?
If Jim Harper, the alter ego of the hero of Suicide Slum, The Golden Guardian, could look down onto our world from the pearly gates, maybe he might ponder the strange new questions raised by artificial replication of human life. Maybe, ya think, he might be angry, believing he had sacrificed quite enough, thank you, for the betterment of mankind. Well, at least, the improvement of a quartet of Metropolis street kids back in the day…
It's difficult to ascertain exactly what has transpired at The Project. That is, whether the men formally known as the original Newsboy Legion took it upon themselves to create a clone of Jim Harper to reintroduce The Guardian to the world, or if the genetic scientists of the vast government enterprise had exactly that intention. It seems, in our tale, that it was the idea of the adult compatriots of the original super-hero because they couldn't bear to let him go… ?
Let's re-examine a scenario from our previous issue of Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (and, fear not, effendis — we'll quickly get up to date): After the grand Zoomway adventure, Superman, Jimmy and the new Newsboy Legion are taking their first stroll together through The Project. The Man of Steel escorts them (as he himself must pass various security checkpoints) and "Suddenly, there is the whir of hidden mechanisms — and great steel doors open!" Superman tells his pals, "Here comes your first big surprise, my friends!"
"And indeed it is!" the caption reads, "For facing the boys are 'originals' not seen by the general public since the '1940's!' But the Newsboy Legionnaires of today call each of them 'DAD!'" And sons and fathers share a happy respite reacquainting themselves. It seems all the patriarchs are employed at The Project! Later, as the Giant Green Jimmy is bearing down upon The Project, Jimmy confers with the fathers after Superman is momentarily knocked unconscious by the monster with the synthetic-Kryptonite coating.
Gabby, Sr.: We, the first Newsboy Legion, were called here to help do a job — I, Gabby, a teacher!
Big Words, Sr.: Yes, and I, the original 'Big Words,' am here, as a geneticist!
Scrapper, Sr.: I, Scrapper, became a social worker — But I'm needed here, too!
Tommy, Sr.: And I, once the kid they called Tommy, was summoned here as a medical doctor! Like you men, I can't save the day — but, like you, I know who might!
At this, Doctor Tom pushes a button to open a chamber door. Inside is the Life Chamber containing a newly grown James Harper.
Scrapper, Sr.: Tommy — do you think he's ready?
Big Words, Sr.: I think so! I'm glad we left the boys with Flippa Dippa's dad!
Gabby, Sr.: This has been our little secret up till now —
Jimmy: You men have been developing a replica of your own?
Tommy, Sr.: Yes! He was one of us — a good friend — A good captain of detectives — who died in a battle with thieving hoods recently! But not before I —
Jimmy: Doctor! You took a living tissue sample from this wounded man?
"Suddenly Jimmy peers deeply within the depths of the Life Chamber!"
Jimmy: No! — He was no ordinary policeman! I remember his story! He was more like Superman himself!
Gabby, Sr.'s statement of "our little secret" could be typical hyperbole, as it is very hard to imagine the super-tight defense of The Project wouldn't be aware of such an ambitious and expensive (I mean, that Life Chamber must've cost some bucks, know what I'm saying?). But, then again, the denizens of The Evil Factory are keeping the security personnel hopping, that's for sure…
Back to our current story: After the defeat of "The Incredible Jimmy" by the Scrapper-Troopers, we witness Mokkari and Simyan report to their master, Darkseid. The King of Evil chagrins his servitors and tells them with the next plan "there must be comlete, thorough success!" The proprietors of The Evil Factory discuss the coming age if their nefarious deeds bear fruit: "Our offspring shall bring Apokolips to Earth! Chaos in place of order!" says Simyan, "and from that chaos will arise the new masters of Earth — with the great Darkseid as their exalted leader!" Then, perched atop a cherry-picker type of crane, they overlook a (conveniently labeled!) "great model of their rival project in its entirety!"
Ponders Mokkari: What should their next project be? "Except for the giant Jimmy Olsen, we have grown nothing but mere beasts of burden!" Suddenly Simyan reminds him of the cell tissues raised in beta gas. "But they are 'unknowns!'" protests his yellow-faced companion. "Even as they grew — they hid from us!" They enter the Lower Level Control Bubble and — holy H.R. Giger! — they look out over a vast chamber filled with giant egg sacs, sinister mists of beta gas wafting overhead… !
Cut to the new Newsboy Legion meeting the Guardian, who is a bit out of sorts…
Scrapper: Wow! Da Guardian! Where ya been all dese years?
Tommy: I'll bet our dad's know!
Big Words: There was a policeman named Jim Harper known by the old Newsboy Legion — Did you know him?
Gabby: Know him? I'll bet he is Jim! C'mon, 'Fess up!
The Guardian: I-I would like to answer all your questions — but I somehow feel so — strange —
Suddenly, the "Dads" burst into the room.
Gabby: The "all clear" has sounded! How is "Model One"?
Flippa Dippa: "Model One'? Don't tell me all this heah fuss is bein' made over a phony Guardian!
Tommy, Sr.: He's every bit as real as the original Guardian! And, after watching him on the tele-monitor, I'd say he's magnificent!
Tommy: Dad! What are you trying to tell us? What happened to the original?
Tommy, Sr.: The other men will fill you in! I'm busy!
Scrapper, Sr.: Ya might as well have it straight, kids! The original Guardian is dead! During the years we grew to manhood, we lost track of him!
Big Words: Of course! You were all pursuing your separate careers!
Gabby, Sr.: The Guardian vanished when Jim Harper was transferred to the detective division, in another precinct!
Big Words, Sr.: Not long ago, we were called to Jim Harper's bedside! He'd been fatally wounded in an action with fleeing criminals!
Gabby: (Blub) (Sniff) Don't tell us da rest — I'll cry —
Tommy: Wait! Before he died, Jim Harper confessed he'd been the Guardian — Didn't he?
Big Words: Yes! But we just couldn't bear to lose him! When the original Jim Harper passed on, he left behind a still-living cell tissue sample!
Flippa Dippa's father: So, 'The Project' grew a new Guardian! I'm glad that Flippa-Dippa and I are part of the kind of friendship you share!
The story of Jim Harper doesn't end here. There's still the issue of who killed him and what will happen to that "Mister Rat," but we'll save that for when the time comes.
There you have it, friends. "We just couldn't bear to lose him." So they clone him!?
Part of me believes Jack is being overly optimistic, neglecting to think through the ethical considerations that arise with human cloning. But I'd betcha there was something to come in the unfinished saga percolating in Jack's noggin. All this talk about "strange brain activity" in The Project's clones might be a foreshadowing of a deeper, darker, and more complex tale…
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2 thoughts on "Day 75: The Fate of Jim Harper!"
Richard Bensam 15 December 2010 at 1:10 am
One tiny quibble: I always took the "our little secret" line to mean simply that the original Newsboy Legion members hadn't told their own sons about this effort to resurrect Jim Harper — not that they were somehow doing it on the sly without government approval. There are many possible reasons they'd want to keep the info from the boys before it was complete. (Not least being that cloning might involve many tragic failed attempts before you get a successful copy…)
More generally… perhaps it's not so much a case of Kirby being overly optimistic as it is him saying (as he so often did) that a new technology or skill is impartial and can be used for good or evil; it's up to us what we make of it. What I always found weird was Superman's tacit approval of Jimmy being cloned without his knowledge a few hundred times. And maybe there are clones of Lois as well? At least we can assume the senior NLers gave off-stage approval with their own DNA being used, but the Jimmy part is still weird.
JonBCooke Post author 15 December 2010 at 8:12 am
RAB, you're likely correct about the "our little secret" comment, come to think of it. Must be the paranoid in me!
Still, the unanswerable question nags me: Did Jim Harper know, on his deathbed, that his DNA was to be used to create another Guardian? We could ask the clone, quoted as saying "I was grown with the memories of the original Guardian intact in my mind!" Well, if the Fourth World was our world…
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'India story will urge Govt and FIIs to work towards a solution'
Rajiv Vaid | Updated on May 05, 2012 Published on May 05, 2012
The Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, addressing reporters after Budget presentation. — Kamal Narang
Rajiv Vaid
People following traffic rules overseas start ignoring traffic rules when driving in India. After my recent overseas visit, I came to know how much beating, the image of India has taken lately. This deterioration began two years ago. Many believe that negative perception during Common Wealth games and occurrence of 2G scam around same time played a very big role in India's image taking a serious hit. Before that India was seen as a shining star in the world stage, more so since her growth story was built on the foundation of a vibrant democracy. Many foreign investors felt good about the growth of India as reconfirmation of the power of democracy.
The Government's job is to establish the law of the land, where the players can play by the rules for the benefit of all. The current political leadership should have been celebrating the completion of two decades of liberalisation and associated Indian growth story.
At that time, a number of over arching laws were simplified. With that experience, the current political leaders are looked upon to provide thought leadership in these times. This, precisely, is the irony.
It is hard to understand why the leadership is not coming out quickly from the current quagmire on GAAR (General Anti-Avoidance Rules). Every change in the law must happen with the objective of simplifying and clarifying the law. It should aim to obviate the need of lawyers and reduce stress on the over burdened judicial system.
The proposed GAAR has created exactly the opposite impact. It has unnerved the foreign community. There is stark reversal of the FII flows in the month of April.
It is legitimate to ask the enterprise which derives value out of India, to pay its share of taxes in India. Therefore, transactions done purely on the principle of tax arbitrage or to bypass tax laws with creative structuring, raise suspicion. It is similar to people following traffic rules overseas, start ignoring traffic rules when driving in India.
It is a question of a perception rather than the principle. It reflects the essential character of the market. If the general consensus is that tax avoidance is accepted then, any attempt by Government to fix the same, would face stiff opposition.
However, in such times, it becomes extremely critical for the Government to act fast and be seen as fair and unprejudiced.
Private players play a critical role in the development of the nation. Most of the players want to play by the rules in the market. However, they want the rules to be disclosed upfront. Investors are willing to stay put in bad markets, but abhor the uncertainty of the law.
There are compelling reasons to believe that many investors want to participate in the growth of India. Paying tax for such gains is acceptable and dutiful.
Time to prove
We, as country, also need to be cognizant that while China and the UK have got away with retroactive tax, India has yet to reach such a stature. That is where we have erred on judgment. India is new entrant in this game and has to prove its mettle in order to be accepted in this club.
It has to work extremely hard as country to make the environment credible, and most of all, deal with corruption. Fortunately for India, its nascent markets do not have structural problems which are a menace in most of the developed world. If we put our act together, we have strong case for climbing the ranking in the G20 ladder. It is a life time opportunity which is getting wasted.
Government, FIIs and domestic players all want to get most out of the Indian growth story. The opportunity is real and present and if acted right will result in win-win situation. We expect a quick action on this urgent matter by the Government so that the country regains its legitimate credibility.
Similarly, FIIs which have invested in long-term story of India also must play active role in engaging with Government and help in the formation of right regulatory environment. After all, these uncertainties are priced in the higher returns of the developing market.
(The author is Chief Operating Officer, Daiwa Capital Markets India Pvt Ltd. The views are personal.)


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Japan, South Korea Warn Against North Korea Missile Launch
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a large number of things that happen quickly in a series
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(1) Japan and South Korea joined the United States Wednesday in urging North Korea to cancel plans to send a long-range rocket into space.
(2) Japan and South Korea say the launch would violate United Nations resolutions. Those measures bar North Korea from developing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. Such a missile can travel over a great distance, fall to the ground and then explode.
(3) North Korea told UN agencies on Tuesday that it planned to launch what it called an "Earth observation satellite" between February 8th and the 25th.
(4) The Japan Times newspaper reported that the launch may take place around February 16th. That is the birth anniversary of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. He was the father of current leader Kim Jong Un.
(5) North Korea says it has a right to launch rockets as part of its space program. But Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other American allies have criticized the program. They say it is a way for North Korea to avoid UN restrictions on weapons development.
(6) Abe called the North's missile tests "an obvious violation of Security Council decisions." He told Japanese lawmakers that the launch would be "a grave, provocative act against the security of our country."
(7) On Wednesday, Japan's Defense Ministry ordered its ballistic-missile defense units to be ready to shoot down any North Korean rocket that threatened the country. The Japan Times reported that observers expect the missile to fly over two small Japanese islands.
(8) Experts say it is not likely that American or South Korean forces would attack the missile before it is launched.
(9) Daniel Pinkston teaches international relations at Troy University in Seoul. He says no country is considering using "force to destroy the missile on the ground before the launch, or something like that, because the cascading effects and the consequences of that would be costly for everyone."
(10) South Korea warned the North not to launch another missile.
(11) Cho Tae-yong is a security official in the office of the South Korean president.
(12) He said, "We strongly warn that the North will pay a severe price if it goes ahead with the long-range missile launch plan, which is a grave threat to peace not only in the Korean peninsula but also this region and around the world."
(13) On Wednesday, China said it was concerned about reports that North Korea was planning a missile launch this month. A Chinese foreign ministry official said China has called on the North to exercise restraint.
(14) The United States and its allies have been pressuring China to support strong U.N. sanctions against North Korea for its nuclear test last month. Experts say China must pressure the North to stop its nuclear tests. They say the North does not change its behavior because of criticism or pressure from other countries.
(15) North Korea last launched a long-range rocket in December 2012. It then soon tested its nuclear weapons for a third time. It tested its nuclear weapons for a fourth time early last month.
(16) The United States and China agree that the UN should approve a strong resolution against North Korea. But they do not agree on how the North should be punished. They also remain divided over the level of severity the punitive measures should take.
(17) The U.S. is considering sanctions against the North. These measures would target companies and banks that operate in North Korea. Many of them are based in China. If these sanctions are put in place, they would likely increase tensions between the United States and China.
(12) China protects North Korea and is the North's top trading partner. It agrees that the North Korean leadership should be punished. But it also wants any sanctions to lead to a restarting of international negotiations.
(18) In early 2009, North Korea left negotiations with the U.S., South Korea, Japan, China and Russia. Those talks were aimed at ending the North's nuclear weapons program in exchange for economic aid and security guarantees.
(19) China's top nuclear diplomat arrived in the North Korean capital Pyongyang on Tuesday to talk about restarting the talks.
(20) Ahn Chan-il lived in North Korea until he defected. He is now an expert on the North at the World Institute for North Korean Studies in Seoul. He said there is little the U.S., Japan and South Korea can do "other than releasing statements" criticizing the North for its plan to launch a missile this month.
(21) Experts believe the planned rocket launch is part of North Korea's program to develop nuclear missiles. They believe the North has more than 1,000 missiles that can reach targets in South Korea and Japan, and enough plutonium to make eight to 12 nuclear bombs.
(22) Last year, American military officials said they believe North Korea can make a nuclear weapon small enough to be placed on a long-range missile. North Korea has not yet shown that it can do so, however.
What is your opinion about this issue?
What could happen if North Korea will pursue to launch the missile?
What do you think about North Korea?
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Q: Fullcalendar - event on prev/next click and get value How would it be possible to call a function by clicking on the prev/next button in monthly view and how to access the value (for example: 2016-04) in that function? I would like to manipulate the URL with the current monthly view by clicking next/prev button.
Thanks

A: Each time you change to another month view with prev/next button, a viewRender event is triggered, so you can add to your calendar config a callback to that event. The view parameter has moment dates to first day and last day rendered(start/end, usually they are from previous/next month), and first and last day of current view (intervalStart/intervalEnd, where you can get current month) .
Also, you can got the current date with .fullCalendar('getDate'):
[...]
viewRender: function(view, element) {
    console.log(view.start,view.end, view.intervalStart, view.intervalEnd);
    console.log($('#calendar').fullCalendar('getDate'));
}
[...]

Documentation: viewRender, getDate.

A: This may not answer the question directly, but what I needed was to run a function when previous, next, or the view changed. (I needed to compute the total number of hours of an event type) There is a callback method called "datesRender", which is triggered whenever the dates been rendered change. Checkout the docs