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Wooten Hall Construction set to end in December
by Rachael Jones
UNT's Wooten Hall is getting a safety update to bring the building up to code and make it safer for students, the project manager said. The project — which began at the end of last spring semester — is slated for a december completion and will cost about $4.8 million.
"We are installing a new fire sprinkler system throughout the entire building, constructing a new fire exit stairway near the café and adding smoke barrier walls that will be at the open atrium stairwell," project manager Kim Nguyen said.
The updates were necessary to make the 88,794 square-foot building a safe environment for students and faculty to learn and teach in, Nguyen said. Along with necessary safety features, Wooten Hall will also receive improvements in order to create a more modern and bright environment.
Wooten Hall classrooms will be updated with the addition of converting tablet arms to desks and chairs, installing of new ceilings, painting and replacing flooring and installing new glass boards for lecture and study purposes.
Nguyen said there will be additional new furniture added to the classrooms and lobbies of Wooten. Students may experience classroom closures sporadically until the construction is complete.
Construction on the building will take place at night from 8:30 p.m to 5 a.m. — as well as certain weekend days — to avoid conflicting with classes this semester, Wotten Hall building represenative Cece Hannah said.
"The [construction] noise moving overnight has helped," Hannah said. "Now that the construction has moved to overnight, I am hardly affected any more, except for having to come into a building that looks as if it has been bombed."
According to Wooten Hall's website,
this is a one-time project that will last the building a lifetime with new updates and safety features. The biggest change for students is how space will be utilizedin Wooten Hall, as well as the edition of a new wall. The goal of the project is to help provide a safer and more modern environment for students and faculty.
Nguyen said the project is also working toward improving UNT's carbon footprint.
"We are upgrading the building's energy footprint and sustainability by updating all corridor and classroom lighting to LED bulbs," Nguyen said.
Some students are excited about UNT's dedication to creating an attractive look to buildings on campus and ensuring that safety measures are taken.
"I definitely enjoy knowing that older buildings on campus are getting updates to provide students with safe and more up-to-date environments to learn in," pre-business sophomore Levi Fisher said.
Some students believe that the updated buildings will make a big improvment to the campus.
"I think that it's great that UNT is dedicated to improving its surroundings in a way that is still safe for students," english and media arts sophomore Amani Sodiq-odunaiya said.
Wooten Hall was built in the 1970s, and UNT staff has been waiting for an upgrade for awhile to make the building look on par with other buildings.
"We do notice small signs of improvement, and perhaps before spring semester begins we will no longer be adversely affected and/or embarrassed by the physical condition of Wooten Hall," Hannah said.
If students or faculty have any questions or concerns about the construction while it's taking place they can contact Facilities Work Control at 940-565-2700. To stay up to date with the construction going on at Wooten and around campus, you can follow UNT facilities on Facebook and Twitter.
Featured Image: Construction in Wooten Hall will continue until December 2018. Updates will include sprinklers, an updated interior and more. Mallory Cammarata
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"We've come to the sorrowful realization that the problem is at the top"
Emily Morris2018-10-06T06:13:43-07:00October 6th, 2018|
Pope Francis (left) and Manny Vega (right), a former Marine. (image from ABC7)
Manny Vega, of Oxnard, is suing the Vatican and taking on Pope Francis in pursuit of the one thing he's convinced his nearly 20-year-fight as a clergy abuse survivor and victim advocate has not brought.
The litigation, filed Wednesday in federal court for the Central District of California, alleges Vatican leaders have orchestrated a cover-up of priests accused of abuse and top church leaders who have concealed evidence of the abuse.
In what the lawyers who crafted it called an unprecedented action against the Holy See, the lawsuit alleges the conspiracy has created peril that justifies the release of the names of offenders, all records of accused abusers across the globe and the names of top church officials involved in the cover-up."We've come to the sorrowful realization that the problem is at the top," lawyer Jeff Anderson said at a news conference Thursday in Los Angeles.
Vega, 52, is the second Ventura County resident to file a clergy abuse lawsuit this week. On Tuesday, Tom Emens, 50, of Camarillo, stood in front of a microphone in a Los Angeles hotel with his lawyer, Anderson, and said he was sexually abused at the age of 10 by a retired priest who had transferred from the Archdiocese of Chicago to St. Anthony Claret Catholic Church in Anaheim.
Like Vega's suit, Emens' calls for the release of church records. Emens' lawsuit against the California Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and dioceses across California alleged church leaders conspired to conceal information about accused priests.
Vega and other altar boys at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Oxnard said they were molested repeatedly by Father Fidencio Silva-Flores. He described the acts that happened from about 1979 to 1984 at the news conference, arguing people can't understand the impact without knowing what took place.
"We were raped. … We were fondled. We were sodomized," he said, adding that the impact of the molestation will never leave him. "It still gives me nightmares. This has been my life."
Full story at The VC Star.
mike m October 6, 2018 at 9:00 pm - Reply
If Mr Vega is correct that Fr Silva Flores transferred to Mexico, I believe that is substantially no different than being transferred to another Diocese in the US. As bad as the abuse was/is, the cover-up far was worse. Follow the dots. Chase them as high up as they go.
Say what? October 8, 2018 at 1:11 pm - Reply
How is the cover up worse than the abuse? The cover up would not exist but for the abuse. And, of course, the cover up undoubtedly enabled more abuse. But the crime is the abuse. When a robber robs a bank wearing a ski mask, the cover up is not worse than the robbery.
Howard October 10, 2018 at 4:13 am - Reply
People with immune deficiencies often develop dangerous infections from pathogens that are quickly suppressed, with little harm, in people with healthy immune systems. By analogy, it could be argued that the "dangerous infection" consists of the sexual abuses, but the "immune deficiency" is a more fundamental spiritual problem that, among other things, promotes the attitudes that lead to abuse and conceals the abuses when they happen.
Say what? October 10, 2018 at 6:58 am - Reply
Well that "argument" loses. Let's quit calling these things spiritual problems. Get real. These people are all deliberately acting brazen criminals. The "cover up" is nothing other than a means to hide the pervasive homosexual network throughout the priesthood and hierarchy. Lock up every last one of them and throw away the key.
Michael P. Mc Crory. October 10, 2018 at 9:32 pm - Reply
It he continues to wear a ski mask robbing banks and teaches hundreds of others to do the same hiding their identities it IS worse
So much worse. You miss the point. Especially if the President ( ie Pope ) of all the banks knows in advance the banks that will be robbed and encourages it lying and deceiving all who enquirer about the robberies.
Fr. Richard Perozich October 7, 2018 at 8:20 am - Reply
Yet bishops show themselves still to be part of the lavender mafia when they speak its language of LGBTQ, keep AH/HA (activist homosexual/homosexual activists) in their sin or iniquity instead of offering repentance and conversion, promote priests who speak the same way to offices in their dioceses, to auxiliary bishops, then later to bishops, cardinals. Lawsuitss may be a necessary step for those who suffered. For the rest of us, we live our Catholic faith under the episcopal structure, but often without their proclamation of the timeless truths of scripture and tradition. We pray the rosary, attend Mass, confess our sins, offer charity, and let such bishops enjoy their moment of power, but separating ourselves from their errors.
Michael P. Mc Crory. October 8, 2018 at 11:38 am - Reply
Well put Father Perozich.
John Vitz October 9, 2018 at 11:10 am - Reply
I have the hope that most of our bishops are just as angry and offended as we are. We will be able to tell who they are by what they accomplish by their works to bring transparency and truth. I know that the VAST majority of priests are holy and virtuous men who are also suffering indignation at the hands of the LGBTQ advocates within the Church that Jesus Christ gave us. The Church will prevail, but the laity will provide the wind for her sails as we enter the turbulent, uncharted waters. Our Blessed Mother, Mary, loves her priests. She will make sure we clean house!
Ralph October 8, 2018 at 6:18 am - Reply
Whoa!!!!
While it looks good, there is a stench around this case.
Jeff Anderson, attorney, is part of the network of attorneys allegedly giving financial kickbacks to SNAP for case referral. It would have been better for them to sue Archbishop Gomez et al. This case looks like grand standing attention-getting stuff.
Dan October 8, 2018 at 8:10 am - Reply
Or maybe seeing Vigano's courage they have found their own.
Michael P. Mc Crory October 8, 2018 at 11:35 am - Reply
What does it matter Ralph?
Our Pope , bishops and cardinals are clearly guilty
of the most awful sins. I am a devout daily communicant Catholic. No punishment is too severe what my Church leaders have been guilty of for many many years now.
Let's lend our voices to rooting them out once and for all,
no ifs or buts about it.
Anonymous October 8, 2018 at 1:38 pm - Reply
You can't really call yourself devout. You condemn people as guilty with no evidence, just gossip, rumor and innuendo. You say "no punishment is too severe" when the Lord's greatest attribute is His Mercy. You want to root our God's chosen.
Atheists can do better than this.
Dan October 8, 2018 at 10:35 pm - Reply
Well anonymous, your anger is misdirected. The one calling for Francis' resignation is Archbishop Vigano. Care to use the same language on him?
Anonymous October 9, 2018 at 1:04 pm
Archbishop Vigano did not say what Mr. McCrory said.
I was not angry. We have a duty to rebuke or admonish the sinner.
I don't see any bad language.
Michael P Mc Crory. October 10, 2018 at 9:36 pm - Reply
Anonymous ! Why are you ?
Linda. Maria October 8, 2018 at 3:03 pm - Reply
Ralph—- I sure do hope they are strong enough, loud enough– whatever it takes! — to get the attention of all who are in a position to help punish guilty Church leaders– and force them to end their horrific evils of clerical sex abuse crimes, and shameful cover-ups! Bless these poor, suffering victims– martyred brutally and senselessly, while serving at Christ's holy altars, as innocent little altar boys!
Peggy October 8, 2018 at 1:17 pm - Reply
Fr. Richard — you were wronged by Bp. McElroy. You are a good, orthodox and holy priest. I pray that McElroy repents, but still suffers consequences for his errors. He Leftist politician, not a Catholic shepherd.
If there was no cover-up, the early abusers would be known and likely subject to civil as well as Church sanctions. Perhaps I'm simplistic, but I believe at least some other potential abusers would realize the risk of being caught was too high. Thus I believe the coverup provided 'cover' for some abusers. Further, the coverup exposed that some Bishops would do almost anything to protect 'the good name of the Church'.
So I view the coverup as worse than the abuse.
roberto October 10, 2018 at 1:01 am - Reply
V. Oremus pro Pontifice nostro Franciscum.
R. Dominus conservet eum, et vivificet eum, et beatum faciat eum in terra, et non tradat eum in animam inimicorum eius. [Ps 40:3]
V. Let us pray for Francis, our Pope.
R. May the Lord preserve him, and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth, and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies. [Ps 40:3]

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Home > News > National
Froth from Bellandur lake reaches Kolar
ANI | 24 July 2018 1:17 PM GMT
Toxic foam from Bengalurus infamous Bellandur Lake has now reached Kolars Lakshmi Sagara Lake
Bengaluru (Karnataka) : Toxic foam from Bengaluru's infamous Bellandur Lake has now reached Kolar's Lakshmi Sagara Lake.
This came after water from sewage treatment plants in Bellandur was released to 126 irrigation tanks in Kolar as part of the Koramangala-Challaghatta Valley project.
Bellandur Lake has become a symbol of the garden city's struggle with waste management, as it spills toxic foam.
In January, residents living on the Yemlur side of Bellandur Lake spotted smoke in the water body that is known to be full of sewage, chemical effluents, and construction debris.
Shortly thereafter, flames were seen rising from the lake.
As per the Karnataka Lake Development Authority, the Bellandur Lake is the largest of the 262 lakes and tanks in Bengaluru and accumulates about 40 per cent of the city's sewage.
Last year, the sorry state of the lake forced the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to take the matter into cognizance.
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La Chicharra foi uma série de TV mexicana criada e escrita por Chespirito. Foi exibida no México pela primeira vez no dia 3 de outubro de 1979 como um programa que substituiu o programa "Chapolin Colorado". Acabou no início de 1980, continuando como uma esquete na série Chespirito entre 1980 e 1984.

Foi exibida no canal de TV a cabo Clásico TV, de propriedade da Televisa Networks entre 2009 e 2010, quando teve os seus episódios gravados.

Enredo

A série retrata as aventuras de Vicente Chambón, um repórter desajeitado e distraído, que trabalha em um jornal chamado La Chicharra, cuja missão é investigar os casos mais bizarros e hilariantes. Acompanhado por sua fiel fotógrafa Cândida (Florinda Meza), vão atrás da notícia todos os dias. Eles são liderados por Seu Lino, dono do jornal e cuja palavra é lei. No diário, Chambón é considerado "repórter coringa", porque a cada dia escreve um tipo de notícia. Ou seja, não tem uma especialidade definida, e isso faz com que seus trabalhos sejam imprevisíveis.

La Chicharra teve um remake no início dos anos 1990: "Boas Notícias", produzido e estrelado por Florinda Meza, Juan Antonio Edwards, Paulina Gómez(filha de Chespirito), Mario Casillas e Eugenia Avendaño, exibido desde o dia 8 de setembro de 1993 até 7 de março de 1994.

Elenco
 Roberto Gómez Bolaños: Vicente Chambón
 Florinda Meza: Cândida e voz da Tia Ágata.
Rubén Aguirre: Seu Lino Tápia
 Angelines Fernández: Úrsula
 María Antonieta de Las Nieves: Narração da abertura e intérprete de vários personagens.

Lista de episódios

Esta série só teve 14 episódios, essa lista é uma compilação de episódios de TV, transmitidos pelo canal Clásico TV.

Hoy llega el célebre poeta cabeza de vaca: Um poeta muito famoso chegou à cidade e Chambón deve ser o primeiro a entrevistá-lo, mas o sujeito retira-se de todos os lugares onde o procuram, antes que Chambón apareça. Por mera coincidência, em todos esses lugares, Chambón se encontra com um mesmo indivíduo (que em várias ocasiões repete: "Eu não sou Cabeça de Vaca"). Elenco:  Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Florinda Meza, Rubén Aguirre, Angelines Fernández, Edgar Vivar, Horacio Gómez.
Anoche debuto el hipnotizador maestro Morfeo: Chambón vai entrevistar o mago Morfeu, que tenta hipnotizar Cândida, mas o hipnotizado acaba sendo Chambón. Elenco:  Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Florinda Meza, Rubén Aguirre, Angelines Fernández, Raúl Chato Padilla, Leticia Montaño.
El material fotográfico se encuentra por las nubes: Cândida tira várias fotos de um acidente, mas o rolo cai na beira de um terraço e Chambón terá de recuperá-lo. Elenco:  Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Florinda Meza, Rubén Aguirre, Angelines Fernández.
El actor Rigoberto Galán fue mordido ayer por un perro: Chambón deve entrevistar um ator que foi mordido por um cachorro, mas o cachorro acaba mordendo Chambón também. Elenco:  Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Florinda Meza, Rubén Aguirre, Angelines Fernández.
La victima resulto ser famoso pintor: Chambón e Cândida vão investigar um crime. Seguindo algumas digitais no local, Chambón encontra a assassina... ou... a assassina o encontra. Elenco:  Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Florinda Meza, Rubén Aguirre, Angelines Fernández, María Antonieta de las Nieves, Raúl Chato Padilla, Edgar Vivar, Horacio Gómez.
Fue denunciada la desaparición misteriosa de un individuo: Chambón e Cândida vão à delegacia procurar uma reportagem interessante. Ao mesmo tempo, uma senhora denuncia a morte de seu esposo, e por outra parte, o esposo denuncia a morte de sua esposa. Elenco:  Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Florinda Meza, Rubén Aguirre, Angelines Fernández, María Antonieta de las Nieves, Raúl Padilla Chóforo, Raúl Chato Padilla.
Hay expectación por conocer al nuevo retador: Martillo Martínez: Chambón deve entrevistar um candidato às próximas eleições, mas ao chegar no seu escritório, acaba confundindo o sujeito com um boxeador que estava ali. Elenco:  Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Florinda Meza, Rubén Aguirre, Angelines Fernández, Edgar Vivar, Ramiro Orcí, Amalia Llergo.
Presentación de los modelos del célebre modisto francés René Gavin: Cândida vai participar como modelo na apresentação de René Gavin, e Chambón deverá fotografar tal evento, mas preocupado com Cândida, ele não consegue realizar seu trabalho. Elenco:  Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Florinda Meza, Rubén Aguirre, Angelines Fernández, Edgar Vivar, Horacio Gómez.
Demasiados accidentes de tránsito: O filho de um poderoso financeiro tem um acidente de trânsito e é fotografado por Cândida. O financeiro tenta comprar as fotografias para evitar um escândalo, mas logo um chantagista se apodera delas e tenta vendê-las ao financeiro. Elenco:  Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Florinda Meza, Rubén Aguirre, Angelines Fernández, Julián Bravo, Ricardo de Pascual, Raúl Chato Padilla, Ramiro Orcí.
Llegó el playboy narciso fajardo: Em uma festa na casa de Narciso Fajardo, Chambón e Cândida participam para fazer uma crônica, mas Narciso tenta conquistar Cândida, enquanto Chambón tem problemas com seu terno. Elenco:  Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Florinda Meza, Rubén Aguirre, Angelines Fernández, Bertha Moss, Alberto Insúa, Horacio Gómez.
El atropellamiento: Um casal de jovens brinca na via pública, jogando nela um boneco para que os motoristas acreditem que atropelaram alguém. Enquanto Chambón é vítima da brincadeira, Seu Lino atropela o verdadeiro jovem, mas este problema tirará o sono de ambos. Elenco:  Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Florinda Meza, Rubén Aguirre, Angelines Fernández, Alma Delfina, Rodolfo Rodríguez
Entrevistas en plena luna de miel: Ao tentar entrevistar um político, Cândida esquece sua câmera fotográfica no quarto de hotel onde o sujeito se hospedava e decide recuperá-la, junto de Chambón. O problema é que agora o quarto está sendo ocupado por um casal de recém-casados. Elenco:  Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Florinda Meza, Rubén Aguirre, Angelines Fernández, Edgar Vivar, Horacio Gómez. María Antonieta de las Nieves y Jorge Ortiz de Pinedo.
Chiquita Martínez debuta mañana en el teatro: Seu Lino decide ajudar a nova atriz Chiquita Martínez, a qual Chambón deve realizar uma boa reportagem. O que ninguém sabe é que a atriz tem uma irmã gêmea, e isso causará várias confusões. Elenco:  Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Florinda Meza, Rubén Aguirre, Angelines Fernández, Raúl Chato Padilla. María Antonieta de las Nieves.
Una historia conmovedora, simpática y tierna: É Natal e Chambón precisa de dinheiro. Seu Lino lhe oferece um salário extra, se ele escrever uma história comovente, simpática e terna. Chambón não consegue escrever mesmo com várias tentativas. Ao sair do jornal, um ancião quer lhe vender um exemplar de "La Chicharra" e Chambón decide comprar para ajudar o sujeito. Na última tentativa de escrever a história, Chambón redige uma carta para o Papai Noel, pedindo presentes para todos os seus companheiros do jornal. No dia da Ceia de Natal, o ancião que lhe vendeu o jornal volta a aparecer e surpreenderá a todos. Elenco:  Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Florinda Meza, Rubén Aguirre, Angelines Fernández, Raúl Chato Padilla;

Links externos
 Chespirito.com (site oficial de Roberto Gómez Bolaños em espanhol)
 Chavo del 8 (Site em espanhol do Chaves e Chapolin)
 Chespirito.org
 Fórum Único chespirito

Referências

Séries de televisão do México
Chespirito

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Iowa mother battling breast cancer has a message about the need for affordable child care
Posted 11:51 am, May 30, 2019, by Tribune Media Wire
DES MOINES, Iowa - Jennifer Harris, a Des Moines mother, said Wednesday that her breast cancer has spread. Her chemotherapy isn't stopping it. She can't work because of her illness. And she can't afford childcare.
Her situation became so desperate that she recently had to bring her 3-year-old son along with her for her treatment because she had no one to care for him.
"My cancer has spread," Harris said at a news conference Wednesday inside the Children and Families of Iowa Child Development Center in Des Moines, "That's scary."
Harris hopes her story demonstrates the need for more affordable childcare.
"My son has to go with me to chemo," she said, "That's very sad."
More than four in ten Iowa child care centers closed over the past five years, putting more strain on lower-income Iowans who already face a host of other challenges.
Harris joined members of the Children's Policy Coalition, a group of 20 child advocacy organizations in the state, that launched The Caucus for Kids campaign. The group released a poll by Selzer & Company of 500 Iowans who voted in the 2016 and/or the 2018 election and the results show that 80 percent of people mentioned the overall well-being of children as a top priority.
Organizers said the campaign will not push for specific issues or changes and will leave that up to presidential campaigns. But they do hope to do live discussions on Facebook with candidates to take questions from families on their needs.
Topics: breast cancer, child care, daycare
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    System.Threading.Tasks.Task<double> AddAsync(double n1, double n2);

    [System.ServiceModel.OperationContractAttribute(Action="http://Microsoft.ServiceModel.Samples/ICalculator/Subtract", ReplyAction="http://Microsoft.ServiceModel.Samples/ICalculator/SubtractResponse")]
    double Subtract(double n1, double n2);

    [System.ServiceModel.OperationContractAttribute(Action="http://Microsoft.ServiceModel.Samples/ICalculator/Subtract", ReplyAction="http://Microsoft.ServiceModel.Samples/ICalculator/SubtractResponse")]
    System.Threading.Tasks.Task<double> SubtractAsync(double n1, double n2);

    [System.ServiceModel.OperationContractAttribute(Action="http://Microsoft.ServiceModel.Samples/ICalculator/Multiply", ReplyAction="http://Microsoft.ServiceModel.Samples/ICalculator/MultiplyResponse")]
    double Multiply(double n1, double n2);

    [System.ServiceModel.OperationContractAttribute(Action="http://Microsoft.ServiceModel.Samples/ICalculator/Multiply", ReplyAction="http://Microsoft.ServiceModel.Samples/ICalculator/MultiplyResponse")]
    System.Threading.Tasks.Task<double> MultiplyAsync(double n1, double n2);

    [System.ServiceModel.OperationContractAttribute(Action="http://Microsoft.ServiceModel.Samples/ICalculator/Divide", ReplyAction="http://Microsoft.ServiceModel.Samples/ICalculator/DivideResponse")]
    double Divide(double n1, double n2);

    [System.ServiceModel.OperationContractAttribute(Action="http://Microsoft.ServiceModel.Samples/ICalculator/Divide", ReplyAction="http://Microsoft.ServiceModel.Samples/ICalculator/DivideResponse")]
    System.Threading.Tasks.Task<double> DivideAsync(double n1, double n2);
}

[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.ServiceModel", "4.0.0.0")]
public interface ICalculatorChannel : ICalculator, System.ServiceModel.IClientChannel
{
}

[System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute()]
[System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.ServiceModel", "4.0.0.0")]
public partial class CalculatorClient : System.ServiceModel.ClientBase<ICalculator>, ICalculator
{

    public CalculatorClient()
    {
    }

    public CalculatorClient(string endpointConfigurationName) :
            base(endpointConfigurationName)
    {
    }

    public CalculatorClient(string endpointConfigurationName, string remoteAddress) :
            base(endpointConfigurationName, remoteAddress)
    {
    }

    public CalculatorClient(string endpointConfigurationName, System.ServiceModel.EndpointAddress remoteAddress) :
            base(endpointConfigurationName, remoteAddress)
    {
    }

    public CalculatorClient(System.ServiceModel.Channels.Binding binding, System.ServiceModel.EndpointAddress remoteAddress) :
            base(binding, remoteAddress)
    {
    }

    public double Add(double n1, double n2)
    {
        return base.Channel.Add(n1, n2);
    }

    public System.Threading.Tasks.Task<double> AddAsync(double n1, double n2)
    {
        return base.Channel.AddAsync(n1, n2);
    }

    public double Subtract(double n1, double n2)
    {
        return base.Channel.Subtract(n1, n2);
    }

    public System.Threading.Tasks.Task<double> SubtractAsync(double n1, double n2)
    {
        return base.Channel.SubtractAsync(n1, n2);
    }

    public double Multiply(double n1, double n2)
    {
        return base.Channel.Multiply(n1, n2);
    }

    public System.Threading.Tasks.Task<double> MultiplyAsync(double n1, double n2)
    {
        return base.Channel.MultiplyAsync(n1, n2);
    }

    public double Divide(double n1, double n2)
    {
        return base.Channel.Divide(n1, n2);
    }

    public System.Threading.Tasks.Task<double> DivideAsync(double n1, double n2)
    {
        return base.Channel.DivideAsync(n1, n2);
    }
}

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With a story by Wong Jing and direction and choreography by the great Yuen Woo Ping, Dreadnaught straddles the kung fu and comedy genres with ease, this should be no surprise as Yuen was responsible for Jackie Chan's first efforts to mix comedy into kung fu. Yuen didn't have Chan at his disposal for this film and so the fantastic Yuen Biao stars here. What is surprising about the movie is the introduction of a few horror tropes, which makes for an interesting combination.
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It would have been interesting to see a Dreadnaught minus the comedy, instead emphasising the horror elements a little more, perhaps making more of White Tiger's striking Peking opera makeup and with more sequences like the fight in the darkness between him and Foon, a fantastic scene. That isn't the way the film went however, so what we do have is an excellent fight film, with a number of outstanding scenes, some fun performances and the undoubted genius of Yuen Woo Ping.
Great one man! I love this film! I saw it countless times in the 80's after I saw this documentary on HBO about martial arts films narrated by John Saxon. They focused on a lot of these Chan, Biao and Hung films during this time. After that I was hooked.
I have to agree with you. I would have liked to have seen this film minus the comedy and focused more on the horror element or maybe just some straight up action thriller or something. That would have been something.
Speaking of that "laundry fu". When I saw Batman & Robin at the theater (yes, I admit it) and they showed that scene where Robin was doing "laundry fu" in the laundry room, I had to laugh. I knew exactly where they stole that from. lol.
Need to see this one! I just got through viewing True Legend (2010) which was directed and choreographed by Ping. It was a big budget action fest, though for some reason Chinese people hated it.
robotGEEK, I remember that Saxon documentary, it was called The Best of Martial Arts (at least the UK tape was) and it was great. My tape is long gone now, I wonder is it available on DVD ?
Mart, what would you say is the best Chinese Horror film, or the best martial arts film to successfully incorporate horror elements - I never saw A Chinese Ghost Story or The Bride With White Hair - should I track these down ?
rG, yeah they could have made different choices but I loved it anyway, some stunning sequences. Don't feel so bad I saw that bag of crap too!
FilmC, I haven't seen True Legend yet, it wasn't just the Chinese who hated it, HK fans in general were quite vocal about it.
Wes, it's definitely worth tracking down both of those two you mention.
Wes: I think that's what it was called here too. I had actually recorded it and watched it over and over and over again, which is what started my fascination with Hong Kong cinema back then. I have no idea what happened to it. For all I know, I probably still have it recorded somewhere on an old VHS tape, but I'm too lazy to go through them all to look. lol. But that was a really great documentary.
Is it bad I'm only finding out about this post now by lurking back to posts I've missed?
Good post. Wasn't exactly familiar with this film beforehand. Where would you rank it in comparison to Yuen Woo-Ping's other films? As from my experience, I've liked him more as an action director than his own feature film work.


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Shell is stepping out of a mega project with Gazprom
Printed below is an English translation of an article published today by the Dutch FT, Financieele Dagblad.
By Joost Bosman
Energy group Shell is withdrawing from the construction of an LNG plant on the Russian Baltic coast. The Russian partner Gazprom announced at the end of March that, in addition to the installation, it would also like to build a factory that can process fat gas from Western Siberia. The Anglo-Dutch oil company does not feel like that.
"Following Gazprom's announcement on March 29 about the final development concept of Baltic LNG, we decided to stop our involvement in this project," said Cederic Cremers, President of Shell Russia, in a statement. read more
Reuters Exclusive: Arrival of Putin's judo partner squeezed Shell out of LNG project – sources
Shell said that its other joint projects in Russia — chief among them the Gazprom-led Sakhalin-2 LNG plant — would be unaffected by its exit from the Baltic LNG project. But Shell's involvement in Sakhalin expires this month. Unless the Russian government decides to extend the Sakhalin deal, Shell's portfolio of Russian projects will be left looking thin.
Dmitry Zhdannikov, Olesya Astakhova: April 11, 2019: 7.07 PM LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell pulled out of a project to build a Russian liquefied natural gas plant partly because Gazprom suddenly added another partner with links to an ally of President Vladimir Putin, according to five sources.
After three years work on the Baltic Coast project, Shell discovered that Gazprom was bringing in a company linked to Arkady Rotenberg, who is on a U.S. sanctions blacklist.
The sudden change in the line-up of partners was one of the key factors contributing to Shell's Wednesday announcement that it was pulling out of the project, according to three sources close to Shell and two other sources familiar with the project.
Asked to comment on the reasons for withdrawing, a Shell spokesman said it had nothing to add to a previous statement that said its exit followed Gazprom's announcement last month of its final concept for the project. Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said the company was not commenting. read more
Russia Could Be World's Largest Natural Gas Producer – Shell CEO
Royal Dutch Shell Fat Cat CEO Ben van Beurden gives a subservient bow to Russian Dictator Putin on Good Friday, 18 April 2014
Article source:sputniknews.com Published: 2019/3/19 18:16:45
Russia could become the largest natural gas producer in the world, Ben van Beurden, the CEO of Shell, wrote in an article for RIA Novosti. "The world needs more natural gas to meet rising energy demand, to complement renewables and to replace coal in power generation. And the opportunity for Russia is huge. It is already the world's largest exporter of natural gas and it enjoys the world's largest commercial gas reserves. It is the second largest producer of natural gas. It could be the largest," van Beurden said. The Shell CEO recalled that Russia "has done so much with natural gas in very little time." read more
Outrage over Shell CEO monster pay package
Shell's CEO Ben van Beurden bows to Russian Leader Putin: Good Friday, 18 April 2014
Yesterday the Dutch newspaper Financieele Dagblad published a truly devastating article Shell gas leaks, fires and accidents about Shell playing fast and loose with the health and lives of its employees. Today there is mass coverage of the outrage over the £17m pay package awarded to Shell CEO Ben van Beurden. The revulsion also has to be seen against the damaging litigation engulfing the energy giant, including OPL 245 corruption charges and a related raid on Shell HQ involving BvB and his then CFO, Simon Henry. Both were embarrassed by a wiretapped conversation between them discussing obstructing the investigation and the revelation by BvB that Shell had hired hapless former MI6 "people" who had been cavalier with Shell's OPL 245 secrets. Why is Shell rewarding such behaviour, which is completely at odds with Shell's claimed business principles?
Shell chief's pay doubles to 143 times average UK employee's
The chief executive of oil-company Shell saw his pay more than double last year to more than €20m (£17m). Ben van Beurden's total salary in 2017, which was approximately €9m, prompted a shareholder revolt. The raise comes as the company increased its annual profits by almost $10bn and is largely down to long-term incentives kicking in. Dutchman Mr van Beurden's pay is now 143 times larger than the average Shell employee in the UK. read more
Shell playing with fire in Russia
Shell is a major investor in Putin's Russia, which uses revenues from hydrocarbon sales to finance illegal and immoral wars against Ukraine and Syria. Not to mention the murder of Russian and UK citizens using outlawed radioactive and chemical weapons.
Shell's main business partner in Russia is Gazprom, whose board is filled with former KGB and other questionable characters.
Shell is partnering with Gazprom on Sakhalin 2, the Nordstream II pipeline and the Baltic LNG project. read more
Royal Dutch Shell News 6 October 2018
Shell boost for electric car owners: More petrol stations will be fitted with electric car charge points under a new nationwide plan.
Customers quit First Utility, the supplier Shell bought to take on the Big Six: The UK energy supplier acquired by Royal Dutch Shell as a vehicle for growth has lost tens of thousands of customers since agreeing the deal. read more
Latest Royal Dutch Shell news round-up. Includes a report that Shell CEO Ben van Beurden is meeting this week with Putin, God Father of the Russian mafia. The head of a corrupt regime that kills opponents even if they are living in the UK. A regime that sends assassins using outlawed radioactive and chemical weapons on UK soil and then protects the assassins after they return to Mother Russia. Proof positive that as in the past, Shell is prepared to deal with evil dictators. So much for Shell's claimed ethical code.
Putin to meet Shell CEO in Moscow – Kremlin aide
Putin can briefly meet Shell CEO during Russian Energy week
Gazprom, Shell signed agreement on development of technical concept for Baltic LNG
Free Gas! Alberta Market Looks Forward to Shell Export Project
Shell-Led LNG Project Bucks Trend by Not Waiting for Buyers
Shell Approves Long-Awaited Canadian LNG Project
Shell, Partners Announce $31 Billion LNG Canada Investment
Shell, Eni venture to pay $1.1B to settle Kazakhstan dispute
Greenwashing is an elusive CSR attempt read more
Royal Dutch Shell News 28 August 2018: Shell denies coercion…
..reacting to the allegation of intimidation, Mr Bamidele Odugbesan, Media Relations Manager of Shell, denied use of force to compel the company's host communities to sign the JIV report.
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta and oil major, Shell on Monday denied allegations of coercing the leadership of Aghoro 1 community in Bayelsa to sign a disputed report on oil spillage. FULL ARTICLE
Russia's Gazprom PJSC owns the project, with Royal Dutch Shell Plc and four other investors including Germany's Uniper SE and Wintershall AG providing half of the 9.5 billion-euro ($11 billion) in cost.
By Elena Mazneva and Anna Shiryaevskaya | Bloomberg
August 27 at 12:00 AM
A planned new natural-gas pipeline into Europe from Russia is shaking up geopolitics. Nord Stream 2, as it's called, worries leaders in Eastern Europe, has stirred the ire of U.S. President Donald Trump and has put German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the hot seat. FULL ARTICLE read more
Russia presses ahead with Nord Stream 2
Aug. 19, 2018 4:02 AM ET |By: Yoel Minkoff, SA News Editor
"Together with German partners we are working on the new natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 2, which will complete the European gas transport system," Vladimir Putin declared as he met with Chancellor Angela Merkel near Berlin on Saturday.
While the U.S. wasn't present at the meeting, it could have a big say in the outcome amid concerns that it would increase Europe's already-high dependence on Russian natural gas and give the Kremlin political leverage and substantial revenues.
The project is being developed by Gazprom (OTCPK:OGZPY), along with Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A, RDS.B), Wintershall, Uniper (OTC:UNPPY), OMV (OTCPK:OMVZY) and Engie (EMGIY).
The Pipeline Trump Says Risks Making Germany 'a Captive of Russia'
By Elena Mazneva and Laurence Arnold: 11 July 2018
A planned natural-gas pipeline, Nord Stream 2, is the latest point of friction between U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. At a summit meeting of North Atlantic Treaty Organization members, Trump said the pipeline risks making Germany "a captive of Russia." He's not the first American leader to criticize the pipeline project, and the U.S. isn't alone in its disapproval. FULL ARTICLE
City heavyweights head for Putin's business forum
Robin Pagnamenta, Deputy Business Editor: May 23, 2018
The chief executives of some of the biggest British-listed companies are set to travel to Russia this week for a business forum hosted by President Putin, despite simmering tensions over visas and US sanctions against the country.
The oil bosses Bob Dudley, of BP, and Ben van Beurden, of Royal Dutch Shell, are scheduled to speak at the St Petersburg Economic Forum on Friday. Ivan Glasenberg, chief executive of Glencore, the mining and commodities group, and Xavier Rolet, former chief executive of the London Stock Exchange, are also due to take part. read more
British firms advised to skip Russia summit
Robin Pagnamenta, Deputy Business Editor: April 2, 2018
Some of Britain's biggest companies have been urged to boycott Russia's main annual business summit in St Petersburg next month, amid growing political tensions triggered by the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter.
Bob Dudley, BP's chief executive; Ben van Beurden, the chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell; and a number of other UK executives attended the St Petersburg International Economic Forum last year.
The event, hosted by President Putin, is due to be held this year on May 24-26, three weeks before the country hosts the football World Cup. read more
Sanitised family history of Allseas Pioneering Spirit billionaire, Edward Heerema
Printed below is an English translation of an article published this weekend on their website by the Dutch equivalent of the Financial Times, Financieele Dagblad under the headline "Stubborn and contrarian in all its fibers".
It is presented as being a conversation with the sinister billionaire Edward Heerema about various subjects, including the worlds biggest ship – the Pioneering Spirit – and his late father, Pieter Schelte Heerema (SS officer right). read more
OPL 245: SHELL SPY TALK
Fascinating to read email correspondence between former MI6 officers John Copleston and Guy Colegate hired by Shell to assist in dodgy oil deals involving sinister players.
Common-sense suggests that their expensive specialist skills would not be needed for any straightforward honest business activity.
John Copleston was identified as a Strategic Investment Advisor for Shell Exploration & Production Africa Limited. One of the individuals described by Ben van Beurden as former MI6 people hired by Shell. read more
GERMAN TV: John Donovan's revelations cost Shell billions
ARD TV in Germany — the German equivalent of BBC TV — on Saturday, 21 April 2012, broadcast a feature about John Donovan and his website (royaldutchshellplc.com) as part of the EUROPA MAGAZINE programme.
Related extracts from the ebook "John Donovan, Shell's Nightmare" (now available on Amazon websites globally)
FROM PAGES 6, 7, & 8
EXTRACT BEGINS
A professional translation of the German-language narration is printed below in italics:
John Donovan: A lone fighter against Shell
Next to the London Eye, the Shell Centre stands tall. Its enemy stands at the door.
"You might find that interesting," says John Donovan. He distributes flyers to inform people about the oil company's drilling projects.
"Shell destroys communities," is what the banner says. An older gentleman and a handful of like-minded people are aggravating one of the world's largest oil giants.
"We are putting Shell in a tough spot. What we're doing is embarrassing them by distributing those leaflets. But they can't do anything about it, because what we say is true and we can prove it." read more
John Donovan, Shell's nightmare: Süddeutsche Zeitung article
Sep 21st, 2017
Extracts from the ebook "John Donovan, Shell's Nightmare" (now available on Amazon websites globally)
EXTRACT FROM PAGES 5 & 6
The name of this book is not an ego driven title dreamt up by me, but the headline of an article by an award-winning newspaper journalist, Christoph Giesen published across the EU in ten languages. It was about my unusual relationship with Royal Dutch Shell. Over a decade of spectacular mutual success followed by two decades of hostilities, including sinister episodes of cloak and dagger activity by Shell against my father and me. The article led to a TV documentary feature aired across the EU. read more


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