A baker of edible art.
In 2013, the twenty-one year old me stumbled upon the world of baking and its therapeutic qualities.
I had just returned from a half-year stay in Tokyo, and was inspired by the beautiful and delicious Japanese desserts I had there. And thus began my baking journey, which I documented on Sumopocky in hopes of inspiring others to bake too.
Baking is my therapy as it keeps me calm and allows the artist in me to be creative! Why is baking so relaxing? Maybe it's the hypnotising fashion in which the ingredients whir together in an electric mixer, or maybe my dough becomes a stress-ball when I knead. I feel triumphant when my macaron shells rise and form feet. And then there's the smell. Oh, the scent of freshly baked goods wafting from the oven and beckoning me for a bite. It's like the smell of fresh leather in a spanking new car or the smell of crisp pages when flipping through a new book.
Initially, baking wasn't smooth sailing, no thanks to my ambitious goal of starting with macarons. Thankfully, after multiple tries, I succeeded with making macarons! Even now, there are bad baking days that drive me over the edge of craziness. However when it goes smoothly, witnessing the dessert come together from just plain ingredients is beyond satisfying. Thank you to the first baker who had the idea of combining egg, flour, milk, sugar, and butter to make the first cake. Truly a scientist in the kitchen, and a protector of sanity!
When I'm not in the kitchen, I'm knee deep in thought-provoking novels and films. Hours are spent wandering in the fictional universes created by my favourite author, Haruki Murakami, or watching films by brilliant directors from the likes of Michel Gondry and Wes Anderson. And whenever a piece impacts me deeply, I have the natural compulsion to share them on this space.
So this is Sumopocky, a space dedicated to the good things in life that come from stepping into the kitchen, or scouring through a novel, or watching a well-directed and scripted film.
My passion for baking was sparked by my love for macarons, thus naturally it is now my most popular and praised dessert. This elegant and sophisticated French treat is available at Sumopocky in classic style and bespoke designs.
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Of course apart from macarons, I bake other desserts like cakes, especially Japanese-styled cakes that are light, fluffy, and not as sweet. Once in a while, I do go for the indulgent chocolate cakes. And I can never deny a good cheesecake.
Not to forget, I have a weakness for chocolate and fruits. Good quality dark couverture chocolate makes such a difference to the taste of your desserts. And whenever I see a box of fresh berries, my mind races to think of the next dessert to make with them!
Stay tuned to Sumopocky for more recipes!


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Cleo D. "CD" Snyder
November 27, 1923 ~ December 30, 2019 (age 96)
Cleo D. "CD" Snyder, 96, of Wabash, passed away on Monday, December 30, 2019 in Fort Wayne. He was born on November 27, 1923, in Larwill, Indiana, to the late Charles C. and Phoebe (Starner) Snyder. CD married Wilma M. Hatten on November 24, 1954 in Chillocothe, Ohio. She passed away on September 14, 2003.
CD was a 1941 graduate of Pierceton High School where he played numerous sports. He was a 1951 graduate of Purdue University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering. CD worked as a chemical engineer for Celotex in Wabash. He retired in 1989. CD owned many rental properties in Wabash. CD was a member of the Christ United Methodist Church in Wabash.
CD served during World War II, in the United States Army as a Sergeant, from 1943 to 1946. He fought in Europe, at the Battle of the Bulge, in December of 1944.
CD loved watching college basketball and cheering for IU. He also loved to play golf.
CD is survived by one son, Charles L. (Betty) Snyder, of Kansas City, Kansas; three grandsons, Erick Sheldon, of Enid, Oklahoma, Ryan Snyder, of Kansas City, Kansas and Chase Snyder, of Kansas City, Kansas; one granddaughter, Colby Snyder, of Indianapolis and two great-grandchildren, Lola and Nora Sheldon. He was preceded in death by two sisters.
Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, January 6, 2020, at McDonald Funeral Home, 231 Falls Avenue, Wabash, Indiana 46992. Reverend Chris Tiedeman will be the officiant. Entombment will follow at Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash.
Calling hours will be from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 5, 2020, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorials are to Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Woman Proposes To The Boy Band Singer She Fell In Love With At Age 12
A pre-teen dream come true. 😍
05/19/2016 03:52pm EDT | Updated May 19, 2016
When Louisa was a 12-year-old girl living in Germany, she hung a poster above her bed of a boy band musician with a mohawk and eyeliner.
Robert Uncles was the lead singer of the boy band Lexington Bridge.
Little did she know that a decade later, that same guy would be her fiancé. In a new ad for Dove, we meet a real couple named Louisa and Rob and learn about their unlikely love story, which culminates in a romantic proposal.
The pair first met in the courtyard of their Los Angeles apartment complex. Louisa was talking on the phone with her mom in German when Rob overheard the conversation and introduced himself. It came up that he used to be in a boy band in Europe -- yes, that boy band.
"In that moment, it kind of clicked," Louisa says in the video. "I just thought to myself, 'Oh my god. I was totally in love with you when I was 12.'"
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Q: How to use FTP to download multiple files at the same time I am trying to download multiple files at same time from ftp server but unable to do so,
I have tried this,
Const localFile As String = "C:\Documents and Settings\cr\Desktop\TE\New Folder\"
Const remoteFile As String = "/O/IE/TBML-T/FE/11/TB/"
Const host As String = "ftp://ftp4.example.com"
Const username As String = "username"
Const password As String = "password"

For i = 0 To ListBox1.SelectedItems.Count - 1

    Dim URI As String = host + remoteFile & ListBox1.SelectedItems(i)
    Dim ftp As System.Net.FtpWebRequest = CType(FtpWebRequest.Create(URI), FtpWebRequest)
    ftp.Credentials = New System.Net.NetworkCredential(username, password)
    ftp.KeepAlive = False
    ftp.UseBinary = True
    ftp.Method = System.Net.WebRequestMethods.Ftp.DownloadFile
    Using response As System.Net.FtpWebResponse = CType(ftp.GetResponse, System.Net.FtpWebResponse)
        Using responseStream As IO.Stream = response.GetResponseStream
            Dim length As Integer = response.ContentLength
            Dim bytes(length) As Byte

            'loop to read & write to file
            Using fs As New IO.FileStream(localFile & ListBox1.SelectedItems(i), IO.FileMode.Create)
                Dim buffer(2047) As Byte
                Dim read As Integer = 1
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                    read = responseStream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)
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                Loop Until read = 0 'see Note(1)
                responseStream.Close()
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        End Using

        response.Close()
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Using above code i am able to download multiple files but it downloads the second file when downloading of first file is completed and so on, Instead of that I want that the code should execute in such a way that all selected files start downloading at same time.
I think this can be done by multithreading but I am not that much familiar with that.

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Five British soldiers gunned down by rogue Afghan policeman were unlawfully killed, coroner rules
David Ridley, coroner for Wiltshire and Swindon, recorded the verdict following a four-day inquest in Trowbridge, Wiltshire.
The troops were gunned down without warning by an officer, known only as Gulbuddin, alongside whom they had been living at an Afghan National Police (ANP) checkpoint in Nad-e-Ali, Helmand Province.
Warrant Officer Class 1 Darren Chant, 40, Sergeant Matthew Telford, 37, and Guardsman Jimmy Major, 18, from the Grenadier Guards, died alongside Corporal Steven Boote, 22, and Corporal Nicholas Webster-Smith, 24, from the Royal Military Police on November 3, 2009.
War zone: Checkpoint Blue 25, in the Nad-e-Ali district of Helmand Province, Afghanistan, where the five British soldiers were killed
The soldiers were sitting outside in the courtyard of Checkpoint Blue 25 relaxing, having returned earlier that day from a patrol.
Their killer, a regular cannabis smoker, walked up to the soldiers and without warning shot them with an automatic AK47 rifle.
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The inquest heard harrowing evidence from troops who survived the massacre, describing how the Afghan had been screaming as he indiscriminately fired.
Lance Corporal Liam Culverhouse 'played dead' after being shot in the face, arms and legs by Gulbuddin.
Red caps: Corporal Steven Boote and Corporal Nicholas Webster-Smith, Royal Military Police
Killed: (left to right) Warrant Officer Class 1 Darren Chant, Sergeant Matthew Telford and Guardsman James Major, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards
'All I could hear was gunfire, scream, gunfire, scream, gunfire, scream, and then it all stopped,' L/Cpl Culverhouse said.
The soldier, who was blinded in his right eye, said: 'I saw a flash of red out of my uninjured eye and realised I'd been shot.
'At first, I thought it was through a gap in the barbed wire. All I heard was a rifle going off in automatic bursts and Gulbuddin shouting something that was like a war cry.'
One soldier on sentry duty held back from shooting him with a machine gun mounted on an armoured vehicle in case he injured colleagues nearby.
As the troops were off-duty, none was wearing body armour, helmets or carrying weapons.
Post-mortem examinations found all five died as a result of gunshot wounds and, with the exception of Cpl Webster-Smith, wearing body armour would not have saved them.
Treatment: A casualty is unloaded from an ambulance at a hospital in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, after the shooting
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the murders and some reports suggested Gulbuddin had escaped back to them, but military sources have suggested the attack was probably unconnected to the insurgents.
No one knows why Gulbuddin opened fire, killing the five and also wounding six troops and two Afghan policemen. He fled the checkpoint and has never been caught.
Some soldiers told the inquest that he might have been shot dead in a fire-fight immediately after the massacre.
Speaking after the inquest, the mother and girlfriend of Cpl Boote spoke of their pride in him paying the ultimate sacrifice for his country.
'We want Steven to be remembered because he was a hero and because he volunteered to fight for his country,' Margaret Boote and Emma Murray said in a statement.
'He fought very hard to get a place on the team in Afghanistan and he was a highly valued and popular member of the Royal Military Police and of the Grenadier Guards Battle Group.
'Steven paid the ultimate sacrifice for his country and he was immensely proud of what he was doing.
'We are immensely proud of him and we miss him desperately but we know he was committed to the job he was doing.
'The Army, the Royal Military Police and the Royal British Legion have been a huge support for us throughout this harrowing experience.
'We are convinced that the investigation has been thorough and we have had all of our questions answered.
'The only person to blame for Steven's death is the rogue Afghan National Policeman who committed this cowardly act and we still won't know what motivated him but we would now like to be left alone to grieve in peace.'
Medics: A casualty from the massacre arrives by helicopter where he is rushed to hospital
The family of Corporal Webster-Smith said they remained convinced that the shooting was part of a organised Taliban attack.
In a statement, they also urged the military authorities to learn lessons from the tragedy.
They said: 'As a family, we hope that lessons have been learned and that the questions raised at this inquest will be acted upon.'
The British soldiers were at the checkpoint in the village of Shin Kalay, which was on a vital supply route, to defuse a 'blood feud' between a police commander and the local Taliban.
That had caused tensions between villagers and the ANP, which had been accused of beatings, paedophilia and corruption.
The ANP were poorly paid and many regularly abused opium and cannabis and were often insubordinate and ill-disciplined.
On patrol with the British, some wore nail varnish or would hold each other's hands, the inquest heard.
An Afghan interpreter said the ANP were insolent and would tell the British in Pashto to 'f*** off' or call them 'f****** infidels'.
The interpreter also said some of the police had close links to the Taliban.
At the time of the shootings the ANP was beset with 'endemic and deep-rooted problems' and needed reform, said Brigadier James Cowan, the then senior British commander in Helmand.
Gulbuddin was nicknamed 'Errol Flynn' by troops for his moustache and 'Pretty Boy' because of his camp behaviour.
Patrol: British troops were working with the ANP to make them more 'professional'
In the weeks before the shootings he had run-ins with British soldiers, including touching their bottoms, twanging the elastic on their shorts and grabbing one in a headlock.
He was also in a 'strop' on the day of the killings, having been admonished for not wearing his police-issue hat.
On one occasion Gulbuddin had taken so much cannabis he could 'barely walk straight'.
But only one of the soldiers who gave evidence to the inquest said he felt unsafe working and living alongside the ANP.
Lance Corporal Peniasi Namarua, who was badly injured in the incident, said: 'I didn't trust them. I can't explain why I could not trust them, it was just a feeling I could not suppress.'
Brigadier Cowan said the killings were the most shocking incident during his tour.
But he said the deaths of the five troops had given him the leverage to get the Afghan authorities to reform the ANP.
He said the incident had left deep shock and shame among Afghan leaders but a 'degree of good' had come as a result of the reforms.
As Regimental Sergeant Major, WO1 Chant, who was born in Walthamstow, east London, and lived in Camberley, Surrey, was the top non-commissioned officer in the 1st Battalion the Grenadier Guards.
He left a pregnant widow Nausheen Chant, and three children from a previous marriage, Connor, 16, Adam, 10, and Victoria, eight.
Sgt Telford, from Grimsby, left behind his widow Kerry, 33, and two sons, Harry, four, and Callum, nine.
Guardsman Major, who was born in Grimsby but lived in Cleethorpes, Lincs, was the youngest of those killed in the shooting.
He was due to turn 19 but never had the chance to enjoy the birthday cake and presents his family had sent out to Afghanistan.
Cpl Webster-Smith grew up in Carmarthen, west Wales, and lived in Brackley, Northamptonshire.
Cpl Boote, from Birkenhead, Merseyside, was a soldier in the Territorial Army who had volunteered to deploy to Afghanistan.
The coroner had been asked to make a ruling under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which gives an obligation on the UK to protect life.
Mr Ridley said that for Article 2 to succeed, British forces needed to have 'effective control' over Checkpoint Blue 25.
Mr Ridley said that W01 Chant did not have direct command over the Afghans as that power lay with the ANP police checkpoint commander.
'I am satisfied as part of enacting the embedment policy and partnership Sgt Major Chant did not have this power, therefore he did not have operational control of Blue 25,' he said.


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Posted on the 4th February 2013
A report from Syed Ali Bilgrami on a recent match in Karachi between our partner Azad Foundation's Street Strikers FC, and Karachi United Football Club (click here for a gallery):
"Former Argentine player and coach César Luis Menotti once said, "Football is a game of freedom, vision and feelings. Football makes me happy. When I get onto a football pitch and a football is at my feet then I must play. The stadium is a place for creativity." Such freedom, vision, creativity and feelings were on display when Karachi United Football Club (KUFC) entertained Street Strikers Football Club in a match organized by Azad Foundation (AF) in cooperation with UNICEF at PAD Ground Cliffton, Karachi on 21 December 2012.
"This match was organized in accordance with Universal Children's Day celebrated every year across the globe to honour the rights of the younglings to groom them for the responsibility of carrying their nations in future. This match was a part of Azad Foundation's Sports for Development strategy adopted to support its Outreach Programme (in accordance with UNCRC article#31 – providing healthy sports and games opportunities to this most underprivileged group).
"KUFC's team comprised of Under 16 children engaged in their regular ongoing coaching programme, whereas it was only the second competitive outing for Street Strikers FC, a team comprising of children connected with the streets of Karachi. Mr. Habib Ullah volunteered for the role of match referee.
"Even before the start, the match was tipped to be a direct contest between KUFC's attack vs. the goal keeper of SSFC. In a fast and thrilling encounter, Salman Nasir playing as GK for the first time, despite getting very little help from his inexperienced defenders, relived Mark Lawrenson's quote: "If you're a goalkeeper, it doesn't matter what you save the ball with – if you keep it out, it's not a goal". KUFC's quick movements on and off the ball clearly indicated the importance of regular practice at a young age. They tested Salman's skills on numerous occasions throughout the match. Although Salman's heroics were insufficient to salvage his team, his performance gave a lot of confidence to his teammates as they unexpectedly bagged two good goals from quick counter attacks.
"Football in its entirety is not just about the players and the officials. The cheering, booing, emotions from the crowd are a necessity for making football matches spectacular. This match was also a treat as amongst the beats of music and colorful banners, nearly 300 personnel from different walks of life enjoyed this match. The crowd encouraged both teams to put in their best and was rewarded by some great performances from the players. At half time, the participants were entertained by some exciting juggling skills by a young player from KUFC's squad. The match was covered by several electronic and print media. They interviewed players from both teams. The children expressed how much they have enjoyed playing this match against each other. Ovais Rehmat, captain of SSFC, speaking with the media, said, "Today was a special occasion for us. It was exciting to see the support and encouragement given by everyone, even when we lost the game. I can't promise that we will win each and every game but I can certainly assure that winning will always be the only thing in our minds whenever we go out to play from now on."
"Mr. Afaq Durrani, Director of Sports KMC along with Mr. Naveed Hassan Khan, the CEO of Azad Foundation and Mr. Syed Itfan Maqbool, Head of Programmes at Azad Foundation, presented shields among the players from both teams and encouraged them to carry on their good work."
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Samuel L. Jackson, Sebastian Stan Join Political Drama 'The Last Full Measure'
March 10, 2017 /in In The Works /by Mick Bird
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Samuel L. Jackson and Sebastian Stan have joined political drama "The Last Full Measure," which begins shooting in Atlanta and Costa Rica later this month.
Todd Robinson is directing from his own script. Stan is in the lead role and the rest of the cast includes Christopher Plummer, William Hurt, Bradley Whitford, Michael Imperioli, and Linus Roache.
Stan portrays a Pentagon investigator who reluctantly teams with veterans of the 1966 Operation Abilene to convince Congress to award the Medal of Honor to a courageous Air Force medic, William Pitsenbarger, who is seen saving the lives of over 60 Marines ambushed in one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War. As the battle waged on, and after the last helicopter left, he continued to save lives until his own was sacrificed.
Producers are Timothy Scott Bogart, Mark Damon, Lauren Selig, Julian Adams, Nicholas Cafritz, Robert Reed Peterson, and Shaun Sanghani. Tamara Birkemoe, Jenna Sanz-Agero, Louis Steyn, T.J. Steynand Sidney Sherman are executive producing. Pen Densham and John Watson are co-executive producers.
Foresight Unlimited is handling international sales and producing in association with Provocator and SSS Entertainment. Foresight Unlimited's Damon said: "When I read Todd Robinson's exceptionally moving script and heard the real-life interviews of the many men whom William Pitsenbarger saved, I felt this could be a great film. With the award-winning cast that has been assembled, I am now sure of it."
Jackson can next be seen in Legendary Entertainment's "Kong: Skull Island," which Warner Bros. is releasing on March 10. Stan is currently in production on "Avengers: Infinity War" for Marvel Studios/Disney and "I, Tonya" starring Margot Robbie.
Plummer can next be seen in "The Exception" for A24. Whitford stars in "Get Out" and is in post on "Three Christs," starring Richard Gere, and "Unicorn Store." Imperioli most recently starred in "Lucifer" and Roache appeared in "Vikings."
Stan is represented by ICM Partners and Brookside Artist Management. Jackson is represented by ICM Partners and Anonymous Content.
Plummer is repped by ICM Partners and Lou Pitt at the Pitt Group. Hurt is represented by ICM Partners, Whitford by ICM Partners and Greenlight Management and Production, Imperioli by ICM Partners and TMT Entertainment Group, and Roache by ICM Partners, Artists Independent Management, and Tavistock Wood Management.
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Samuel L. Jackson Joins Sebastian Stan in 'The Last Full Measure'
by Rebecca Ford
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Christopher Plummer, William Hurt and Bradley Whitford also star.
It's an Avengers reunion: Samuel L. Jackson has signed on to join Sebastian Stan in The Last Full Measure.
Christopher Plummer, William Hurt, Bradley Whitford, Michael Imperioli and Linus Roache also star in the film from Todd Robinson (White Squall, Lonely Hearts).
Based on the true story of a present-day cover-up investigation, The Last Full Measure follows young Pentagon investigator Scott Huffman (Stan) as he battles the political machine in Washington. He reluctantly teams with veterans of Operation Abilene to convince Congress to award the Medal of Honor to a courageous Air Force medic, William Pitsenbarger, who is seen saving the lives of more than 60 Marines who were ambushed in one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War. As the battle waged on, and after the last helicopter left, he continued to save lives until his own was sacrificed.
Foresight Unlimited is handling international sales and producing in association with Provocator and SSS Entertainment. Timothy Scott Bogart, Mark Damon, Lauren Selig, Julian Adams, Nicholas Cafritz, Robert Reed Peterson and Shaun Sanghani are producing, with Tamara Birkemoe, Jenna Sanz-Agero, Sidney Sherman, Louis Steyn and T.J. Steyn executive producing. Pen Densham and John Watson are co-executive producers.
Principal photography is set to begin later this month in Atlanta and Costa Rica.
"When I read Todd Robinson's exceptionally moving script and heard the real-life interviews of the many men whom William Pitsenbarger saved, I felt this could be a great film. With the award-winning cast that has been assembled, I am now sure of it," said Foresight Unlimited's Mark Damon.
Stan is currently in production on Avengers: Infinity War for Marvel Studios/Disney and I, Tonya starring Margot Robbie, and has wrapped work on Steven Soderbergh's Logan Lucky. He is repped by ICM Partners and Brookside Artist Management.
Jackson will soon be seen in Legendary's Kong: Skull Island, which Warner Bros. is releasing on Friday, and The Hitman's Bodyguard for Lionsgate in August. He recently wrapped Brie Larson's directorial debut Unicorn Store. Jackson is repped by ICM Partners and Anonymous Content.
Plummer can next be seen in The Exception for A24 and The Man Who Invented Christmas for Bleecker Street in December. Hurt can currently be seen on the Amazon series Goliath opposite Billy Bob Thornton and will next be seen in Live Like Line opposite Helen Hunt. Whitford is in postproduction on Unicorn Store and Three Christs starring Richard Gere; he previously starred in HBO's All the Way and can currently be seen in the Universal hit Get Out. He's repped by ICM Partners and Greenlight Management and Production. Imperioli most recently starred on Fox's Lucifer, and Roache on History's Vikings and in Netflix's Barry.
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Samuel L. Jackson Joins Todd Robinson's Political Drama 'The Last Full Measure'
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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock
Samuel L. Jackson has joined Sebastian Stan, Christopher Plummer, William Hurt, Bradley Whitford, Michael Imperioli, Linus Roache, John Savage and Diane Ladd in writer/director Todd Robinson's political drama The Last Full Measure. Principal Photography begins in Atlanta and Costa Rica later this month.
Based on the true story of a present-day cover-up investigation, the film follows young Pentagon investigator Scott Huffman (Stan) battling the political machine in Washington. He reluctantly teams with veterans of Operation Abilene to convince Congress to award the Medal of Honor to a courageous Air Force medic, William Pitsenbarger, who is seen saving the lives of over 60 Marines ambushed in one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam war. As the battle waged on, and after the last helicopter left, he saved lives until his own was sacrificed.
Timothy Scott Bogart, Mark Damon, Lauren Selig, Julian Adams, Nicholas Cafritz, Robert Reed Peterson, and Shaun Sanghani are producing, with Tamara Birkemoe, Jenna Sanz-Agero, Sidney Sherman, Louis Steyn and T.J. Steyn are executive producing. Pen Densham and John Watson are co-executive producers. Foresight Unlimited is handling international sales and producing in association with Provocator and SSS Entertainment.
Jackson can next be seen in Legendary Entertainment Kong: Skull Island which Warner Bros. is releasing on March 10 and The Hitman's Bodyguard for Lionsgate in August. The actor recently wrapped Brie Larson's directorial debut Unicorn Store. Jackson is represented by ICM Partners and Anonymous Content; Robinson by Paradigm.
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How does democracy survive a world of stupid people?
By Argus,
August 30, 2020 in Political Philosophy
Argus 3,289
Radical Centrist who hates dumbasses
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Interests:Peace, Order and Good Government
Anti-mask types were protesting on Parliament Hill the other day. They weren't alone, as tens of thousands of others protested in other countries. You can find videos of screaming, ranting, furious and even violent people who don't want to wear a mask all over the internet. You can also find, in great numbers, people who don't believe in vaccines, who believe they cause autism or any manner of other problems. Flat earthers are making a comeback, as incredible as that is to believe. And then we've got these 'anti-racism' loons, parading through cities, screaming in people's faces, attacking people, burning and looting stores outraged beyond bearing by police shootings which so far have no evidence of racism behind them.
Donald Trump's electoral fortunes are looking up, his poll numbers rising, which is an astonishing thing given his incompetence and demonstrated idiocy. And this is due, in no small part, to the idiots screaming through cities about racism - who despise him. Yes, not only are they demonstrating against police racism in the shooting of black people despite no evidence of racism, but they're doing it to the benefit of an administration they despise and loath. If Trump gets re-elected it will be in large measure due to BLM and ANTIFA.
And dumb. Dumb people voting for dumb people. There are people who would crawl through a valley of glass to vote for Trump. There are frenzied Trump supporters covering their entire lawns and houses with Trump signs, putting Trump signs on their cars and trucks and bodies. Most of these people still have the bizarre belief he cares about them despite him putting in four years demonstrating he does not, and doing absolutely nothing for them other than taking away their health care.
Trudeau is most definitely not a smart guy. Those around him don't seem to be very bright either. Gerald Butts spent a decade trying to destroy Ontario's economy with green initiatives which almost all failed miserably. Has that warned anyone away? Nope. Now he and Trudeau are closeted together, eagerly putting together even bigger green initiatives to destroy Canada's economy. All despite the fact nothing Canada does - including disappearing off the face of the Earth - is going to have any noticeable impact on global warming/climate change. While the world builds hundreds of coal fired power plants a year Canada will bankrupt itself trying to be green.
Dumb. Everywhere you go you see this sea of dumb. And most of it is 'educated'. Now educated doesn't meant what it used to mean. Educated used to mean a person who had a degree of sophistication which came from an education which was wide and deep. Today our universities are trade schools with a narrow focus, and which are filled with ideologues of the far Left far more intent on indoctrinating the young with their bizarre and unworkable beliefs than in actually educating them. Thus students emerge with a vast knowledge of ideologically bred beliefs which are almost all without any foundation or evidence. Doesn't matter. They believe it all with the devotion of the religious fanatic.
Schools and universities have failed us. They have produced a legion of people far dumber and less knowledgeable than their parents and grandparents, and the consequences for democracies are likely to be the end of democracies.
dialamah 762
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2 hours ago, Argus said:
Pew found that its the older, and less educated people who vote for Trump. Pew also tells us that its the less educated who are more likely to be anti-vaxxers.
This article, from the Economist (rated least biased an Mediabiasfactcheck) provides a more in-depth analysis of who tends to believe in conspiracy theories and the trend remains that better educated people (college graduates) are less likely to believe or spread misinformation.
There's a lot more nuance in this artice, but the author agrees with your conclusion that disaster may be looming. However, they fail to lay blame at the foot of any particular group.
Donald Trump's electoral fortunes are looking up, his poll numbers rising,
I didn't find any proof of that; it seemed more that his ratings remain the same.
We'll never agree on the racism bit, so I didn't even bother with that.
32 minutes ago, dialamah said:
Less educated in this context is supposed to mean those without a university degree. I contend that universities don't educate any more. They produce people with knowledge of a specific trade, and often prejudiced/biased knowledge at that. But they don't teach critical thinking, don't teach logic. Instead they indoctrinate in radical left theories and present them as fact. There was a story I read this morning that the head librarian at the British Library said that racism was invented by white people. The only way you can get a position like hers is with a massive amount of education, and yet apparently she's so pig-ignorant of history she's let her views be shaped by ideology. We see this time and again from university graduates. That includes all those stupid little white college girls demanding the police be abolished. Seriously? It's like they have no clue that the only reason they can walk around on their own without being dragged into an alley is because of the law and order police enforce. Having a degree no longer means knowledgeable or sophisticated.
And older people are always more likely to vote for the more conservative party, just as men are. The Republican had spent years demonizing Clinton, to the point some people (and you can find them at this site, as well) thought of her something akin to Satan. That was especially rabid in conservative media.
Oh, and https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/514266-biden-lead-over-trump-narrows-after-republican-national-convention-poll
Edited August 30, 2020 by Argus
29 minutes ago, Argus said:
Less educated in this context is supposed to mean those without a university degree. I contend that universities don't educate any more. They produce people with knowledge of a specific trade, and often prejudiced/biased knowledge at that. But they don't teach critical thinking, don't teach logic. Instead they indoctrinate in radical left theories and present them as fact.
If this were true, then they'd be as likely to believe misinformation because believing this stuff requires the lack of critical thinking as a first step. I would expect (though I can't find any studies verifying) that educated conservatives would also be less likely to fall for fake news. Because conservatives tend to be from smaller and rural areas, they are less likely to have pursued higher education and had that extra training in critical thinking.
This article, from Scientific American (Pro-science in MBFC), suggests also that it's extremists of either ideology who are most likely to accept and spread fake news. Perhaps low education is also correlated with lower levels of education, but right now I'm too lazy to look into that.
I don't know what you mean by 'radical left theories'. You disbelieve that racism is systemic; others disagree. If universities, as part of their program of study, provide statistics about the treatment and incarceration of black people (for example) - would that qualify as "radical left theories" in your mind?
Ok, thanks for that ... the polls I looked at were measuring his approval rating, so I didn't see what you were getting at.
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Actually say they the factors that matter are enthusiasm and who do you expect to win.
I hear Trump trumps on those. This below is also worth noting:
A study shows nearly 12 percent of Republicans say they would not give an honest opinion to a pollster.
The same is true of 10.5 percent of Independents but only 5.4 percent of Democrats.
According to this study, the "missing" or "shy" or "undercounted" Trump voter many suspect is downplaying the public's true level of support for the president, is real.
In other words, Trump's numbers, where he always seems to be trailing Rapey Joe Biden, do not reflect reality.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/28/nolte-study-shows-polls-are-missing-lots-of-shy-trump-voters/
Also, yeah, I heard the same thing Argus heard. Biden's lead has been narrowing since the convention. This is true in battleground states. Michigan was mentioned in particular in the article I read.
2 hours ago, dialamah said:
This article, from the Economist (rated least biased an Mediabiasfactcheck) provides a more in-depth analysis of who tends to believe in conspiracy theories
Non college educated these days are also less likely to be backing antifa and the other Communist instigators of riot like BLM from the look of things. A non-stem college degree these days is junk. One man's opinion.
BTW Mediabisfactcheck is also junk. Too biased. AllSides says The Economist leans left:
https://www.allsides.com/news-source/economist
Oh and everything the left pushes these days from the Russia to the Ukraine hoaxes to victim cultism, to homo or Islamo and other so called "phobias," to preachings of catastrophes like global warming is a conspiracy theory. They're just authorized by the Progressive elite is all.
What a humanities major in today's colleges gets you:
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2018/aug/19/the-whole-world-is-watching-chicago-police-riot-vietnam-war-regan
In 1969, President Nixon would hail a "silent majority" and urge them to support him, claiming patriotism for conservatives and condemning the "bitter hatred" of young Americans as he derided a minority who tried to impose their view on the nation "by mounting demonstrations in the street". Some of those fault lines, and that language, still echo 50 years later.
Sadly this time around impeachment failed.
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If you care about 'stupidity', you must start by acknowledging that no party or stance has a monopoly on it.
bush_cheney2004 3,974
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Defining Canada With American Culture
Location:USA! USA! USA!
...Schools and universities have failed us. They have produced a legion of people far dumber and less knowledgeable than their parents and grandparents, and the consequences for democracies are likely to be the end of democracies.
The premise is flawed...a better educated public does not automatically correlate with smarter/better election outcomes or choices. Such is the very nature of politics and imagery over substance. Like Trudeau, Trump won national election without a majority or plurality of votes cast, as the electoral process has been designed to dilute the power of "democracy" regardless of how well informed the electorate is.
Even when well informed and exercising critical thinking, voters can and will make choices based on several different and unrelated factors.
20 minutes ago, bush_cheney2004 said:
People voting for Trump vote for a number of reasons, that's true. But his most devoted followers believe he is a brilliant businessman, which he demonstrably is not. They believe he cares about them, which his entire history of behavior suggests otherwise. They believe he will 'clean the swamp' when it's clear he's been a shady operator his whole life. They believe he's religion when he manifestly is not. Trump has done well by wall street when he said they would hate him, and done nothing for the blue collar people who voted for him out of something like desperation, given the disdain the coastal elites had shown them. I would suggest voting for someone out of mistaken beliefs in things which can easily be seen to be mistaken does not make you well-informed or sophisticated.
The 'educated' ones are the idiots who are helping him through all this identity politics crap, who have shown that disdain for the working class because they're not considered 'sophisticated' enough or 'woke' enough. Basically, Trump's whole campaign is based on telling blue collar workers, especially whites, that if they don't vote him back into place these 'educated' woke snots who hate them and think ANTIFA is just great will get into power and make their lives miserable. And yet these 'sophisticated' and 'educated' people seem utterly blind to that.
... I would suggest voting for someone out of mistaken beliefs in things which can easily be seen to be mistaken does not make you well-informed or sophisticated.
Nor does it have to be....Trump was elected first and foremost as the anti-matter who would disrupt the status quo in Washington and on the global stage. He was elected to break things, and not in a very sophisticated way. Trump was/is just a symptom of the political paralysis and frustration that preceded him.
Trump is a bastard for sure...but he is their bastard....breaking all the rules loving every minute of it.
OK, but such a strategy is not new, having been used in 1968, 1972, and 1988 (e.g. Bush Sr.'s Willy Horton campaign ad).
Running and winning a U.S. presidential election is actually the opposite of reasoned, critical thought...for all candidates who have any hope of success. In 1984, Democrat and former VP Walter Mondale calmly told the American public he was going to raise their taxes and cut some programs for America's fiscal health, and Ronald Reagan promptly destroyed him by winning 49 states, one of the worse presidential election ass kickings in U.S. history.
BLM, Antifa, the "squad" in Congress, sanctuary cities, "Dreamers", etc. provide Trump with more than enough ammunition to pour more gasoline on the election fire to see who gets burned. Trumps critics overreach with their calls for defunding police, translating into more votes for Trump or not voting at all, because they only care about virtue signaling and "diversity" approval from like minded woke folk.
In America, "democracy" for a presidential election is a winner take all game show, where just winning matters more than anything else.
Edited August 30, 2020 by bush_cheney2004
If this were true, then they'd be as likely to believe misinformation because believing this stuff requires the lack of critical thinking as a first step.
They do believe misinformation, like stuff about 'systemic racism' and 'white fragility'
I would expect (though I can't find any studies verifying) that educated conservatives would also be less likely to fall for fake news. Because conservatives tend to be from smaller and rural areas, they are less likely to have pursued higher education and had that extra training in critical thinking.
Training in critical thinking is not a part of university educations. As we can freely see from all these brain-dead progressive white boys and girls running around screaming with their fists in the air calling for the police to be abolished.
The way things work is they'll talk about how black people are 'overrepresented' in prisons but they won't talk about how much more crime they commit. They'll talk about black people getting shot more often but won't mention they're committing half the murders in America. They'll talk about black poverty but won't mention how often poverty is correlated with single parent families and that blacks have the highest level of single parent families in the US by far. They only give one side of the story, just like the media.
Michael Moore, who predicted he would get elected last time, says he's starting to think he'll be re-elected. He says enthusiasm for Trump in battleground states is 'off the charts'. Bill Maher has said he's starting to worry, too.
The more riots, murders, looting and anarchy in the street there is the more people go for a 'law and order' candidate, even if he's a phony one. People are blaming the limp-wristed tactics of Democratic mayors, city councils, prosecutors and governors.
5 hours ago, Michael Hardner said:
Trump is the stupidest president in history. His supporters are morons. The Democrats are stupid to be blowing this election, what should be the easiest election in the world to win, with identity politics All they had to do was come up with a reasonable, moderate candidate who wasn't as old as Methuselah. What did they have in their primaries? Local mayors, because they were black or gay, first term congressmen and senators, because they were women and minorities, and Elizabeth Warren. Great job, Dems. Not a single person of accomplishment who wasn't on the far Left except Joe Biden. And if that wasn't bad enough they decided to have a whole summer of arson, looting and rioting across America while every Democratic mayor, governor and prosecutor looked on and smiled approvingly. Because, like, the police sometimes shoot black criminals...
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Who the POTUS is, it's superficial. Congress is corrupt, it's run by money, money from all over the world. The greatest POTUS of all-time can't fix that. Pretty similar all across the west. Capitalism is destroying the West in front of our eyes, we've sold out our civilization. I think it's too late to save it, it encompasses everything in our society. Today's young people will be raising tomorrow's children. Think about how scary that is. Every generation since post-WWII has been getting worse and worse, and it will continue.
Dwelling on these things as Argus does will just make one angry. Don't worry about things you can't change, just enjoy your life and focus on the positives.
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What we see today is the end game for liberals. People should reject them now as political chandala, with resounding conviction. They have become their own opposite, a sign that their political philosophy has collapsed in on itself. Need to get rid of them, asap and restore civil law and order.
These problems they have gotten people all worked up about, are not deserving of the destructive response on display! Clearly it is used an excuse for some to commit violence.
But more despicable is the politicization of it, as some do present it against conservatism.
I already indicated my plan.
Step one: Bring in the batons and billy clubs.
Step two: Lets talk meaningful reform, not bullshit displays on TV.
Step three: All liberals to be detained for questioning and fingerprinted.
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As the death toll continues to rise in Nicaragua where so many of her family members reside, Azucena Orozco, senior journalism & new media major and broadcast director for Lancer Media Group, realized she could not just sit by and do nothing.
What started as controversial social security reforms in Nicaragua quickly escalated from peaceful protests to more than 300 civilian deaths since mid-April, according to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Large street protests suddenly became violent and repressive toward the protestors. Civilians were shot dead in the streets of the capital, Managua, as Nicaraguan residents broadcast the chaos on Facebook Live.
Citizens have started to call for President Daniel Ortega's early resignation and justice for the victims, but police continue to instill fear in the country's residents.
The same day the first fatalities were reported April 19, several media outlets were reportedly taken off the air by the government. Additionally, one journalist was killed while reporting the protests over Facebook Live.
Orozco knew of the violent protests and government pushback from her family in Nicaragua but said she realized this unrest was not being reported — especially not in English.
This is when the idea to begin Change Nicaragua, a non-profit dedicated to raising awareness, started to form.
However, Nicaragua is a small country and since her family has been involved with politics there, Orozco said she was scared her family would be targeted if she pursued helping Nicaraguan citizens.
It was not until she reached out to another non-profit dedicated to raising awareness about the unstable situation and realized it was run by a college student just like her that she said she knew she had to help.
As a broadcast journalism student, Orozco channeled her skills and passions to create a Facebook page and a video with pictures and clips from the violent protests.
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Change Nicaragua expanded its efforts from there and began raising money by hosting traditional Nicaraguan dinners in America and sending the donations to universities in Nicaragua. Orozco also designed a T-shirt she wears to every event which she now sells.
From representing Nicaragua in several international beauty pageants to doing charity work, Orozco said she always had been proud to be Nicaraguan and will continue the work she has started.
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Following an investigation, the Department of Child Services may file a Preliminary Inquiry report with the court. The court will hold a hearing to determine whether probable cause exists to believe that the child meets one or more of the statutory definitions of a Child in Need of Services. If the court finds probable cause it may authorize the Department to file a petition or to proceed with an Informal Adjustment.
Informal Adjustment
An Informal Adjustment is an agreement between the child's parents and the Department, approved by the court, to participate in referred services and programs designed to assist the family in correcting the issues that brought the family to the court's attention. An Informal Adjustment may last for six months and may be renewed with court approval for an additional three months. If the parents and family cooperate and benefit from services offered through an informal adjustment, the case will be closed
Initial Hearing and Facilitation
In some instances the issues facing the family require greater court involvement. In those cases the Court will authorize the Department to file a petition and an Initial Hearing will be held. At the Initial Hearing, the Court will advise the parties of their rights, determine whether to appoint the parents a public defender and will appoint a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA Volunteer) or Guardian ad Litem for the child. The appointment of a Guardian ad Litem or CASA Volunteer is required by law. A CASA or Guardian ad Litem represents the child's best interests in the court proceedings. In Allen County the Initial Hearing will be continued for an Additional Initial Hearing so that Facilitation (mediation) may be conducted. The use of Facilitation is the primary feature of Allen County's COURT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT funded by the Indiana Supreme Court
The Department, the parent(s) and attorneys, the CASA representative and/or the child's Guardian ad Litem along with family members selected by the parent(s) gather in a conference room to facilitate(mediate ) the allegations of the petition filed alleging the child to be a child in need in services. In addition, the issues regarding the child's placement, visitation, and the services to be provided to the family will be discussed. Agreements will be reported to the Court following the facilitation. However, the discussions had during the facilitation remain confidential by court rule.
Factfinding
If there is not an agreement, the case will be set for a trial (Factfinding). The Department of Child Services has the burden of proving by the preponderance of the evidence that the child meets one of the definitions for a Child in Need of Services. If the Court adjudicates the child after a Factfinding, then a Dispositional hearing will be held. If not, the case will be dismissed.
If there is sufficient basis from the parties' agreements reported form the facilitation to find the child(ren) to be a Child in Need of Services or if the child is found to be a CHINS following a Factfinding hearing, the Court will enter order of adjudication and a Dispositional Decree detailing the child's placement and the services ordered for the family will be entered.
By federal and state law a CHINS case must be reviewed by the Court every six (6) months and a Permanency Plan must be entered every 12 months.
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