Made in 1971, this action film directed by Louis de Wit and produced by Tonie vd Merwe was shot on 16mm in Johannesburg. Banned in South Africa by the government when it originally came out, it stars Ken Gampu, Abigail Kubeka, Jimmy Sabie and Joe Lopez.
In the criminal underworld of soccer, one man will have to save the championship!
When local soccer team The Eagles fall prey to a series of onslaughts from a mysterious gangster only a week before the championship final, the team turns to the one man that can help save their chances at victory – Joe Bullet (Ken Gampu).
Joe will have to battle against villainous henchmen, escape booby-trap bombs and bring his martial arts expertise to the fore in order to survive an attack from a deadly assassin.
In the end he will have to infiltrate the mysterious gangster's hide-out in a dangerous cat-and-mouse rescue mission to save not only The Eagles' two kidnapped star players, but that of his beautiful love interest, Beauty (Abigail Kubeka).
The odds will be stacked against him, but he's the man that fights crime, the man that no one can tie down! Joe Bullet!


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Home Headlines Politics Dilip Joshi, also known as Jethalal Champaklal Gada will campaign for BJP...
Dilip Joshi, also known as Jethalal Champaklal Gada will campaign for BJP in Rajasthan
Shivangi Agrawal
Television actor Dilip Joshi, who is popularly known for his character of Jethalal Champaklal Gada in Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, a comedy show on SAB TV is all set to campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Rajasthan Assembly elections 2018.
Dilip Joshi, who is currently working for Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, a comedy show on SAB TV has previously done several movies in Bollywood industry such as Maine Pyar Kiya, Hum Aapke Hain Koun, among others. Joshi is all set to campaign for BJP candidate Lalit Ostwal, who is contesting the upcoming Rajasthan Assembly elections from Bari Sadri Assembly seat in Chittorgarh district of the state.
To campaign for the BJP candidate, Joshi is scheduled to attend a public event where he will ask support from the people for Mr Ostwal regarding the Assembly polls on December 7.
The fierce campaign for the Rajasthan Assembly elections has had its share of entertainment value.
To oppose the efforts that Bhartiya Janta Party is making to come in power in the state, the Congress party released a parody of a popular folk song, 'Holiya mein ude de gulal'. The parody of the song was released to mock Chief Minister of the state Vasundhara Raje. The Congress titled the song as 'Maharani thari ahankari se', and the video of the song consists of several photographs and clips of Vasundhara Raje.
Overlooking the popularity of the character in the most popular TV show Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma, Bhartiya Janta Party has a lot of hope from the TV actor as Joshi is expected to come up as a crowd puller for the BJP candidate.
Until now, Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma is at the top in the list of the shows that are running on Indian television for a long time. The program is based on playwright Taarak Mehta's column 'Duniya Ne Undha Chashma' from Gujarati weekly magazine Chitralekha.
The Assembly elections in Rajasthan for the 200-seat Assembly will be held on December 7 while the result for the same will be declared on December 11.
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Summer Driving on a Budget, Try North Dakota
The Daily Auto Insider: The overall cost of taking a summer vacation this year will increase by 5.4 percent from last year.
By R&T staff
The overall cost of taking a summer vacation this year will increase by 5.4 percent from last year, according to AAA's Annual Vacation Costs survey.
AAA's survey shows that a family of two adults and two children can expect to pay an average $261 per day for food and lodging. Lodging rates will average $141 a night, up nearly 9 percent from last year. Meals will cost $120, up nearly 2 percent from 2005.
The most expensive state for vacationers remains Hawaii, where the daily cost of food and lodging for a family of four will average $559 per day. Other destinations with a high average daily cost include the District of Columbia at $518; Nevada, $348; Rhode Island, $329; and New York, $329.
Travelers looking for bargains should look at these least expensive states: North Dakota and Nebraska, with an average daily cost of $191; Kansas, $193; Iowa, $196; and Oklahoma, $200.
AAA said in a news release that it has been tracking vacation costs since 1950 when the average daily cost of meals and lodgings for a family of four was $13.
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After the Indaba conference in May 2012, I travelled to Zimbabwe with 3 collegues to see for myself what it was all about. Last year at Indaba, all the buzz was about Zim, so we got the idea brewing then. Zim did not disappoint. We found a local supplier in Harare, who came highly recommended to us.
We flew from Durban to Vic Falls, then straight on to Mana Pools. WOW, Wow, wow …… We stayed at the Wilderness Safaris camp at Ruchomechi and visited Kanga Camp and Stretch Ferreira at his Goliath Camp. What a character! What a Zim legend! During the night a leopard made a kill right outside my tent and stashed the impala in a tree! I heard nothing …. But in the morning, the evidence was right there.
After Mana Pools, we flew to Hwange where we stayed at Little Makololo and at Somalisa. We made sight inspections at Davison's, Acacia House and The Hide. The highlights at Hwange were the elephants, especially at Somalisa, where they drink from the pool and are extremely relaxed around people.
In the hide at Little Mak you get very close to the action also. We spent hours there photographing the "ellies" as they came to the waterhole to drink, play, roll in the mud and spray themselves. The service at Little Mak is exceptional.
Then we flew to Bulawayo and drove to Camp Amalinda. This exclusive, privately owned safari lodge, is in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Matobo Hills. The kopjes, rock outcroppings here are amazing! Lots of Black Eagles circle above riding the air currents, probably looking for leopard kills.
We also visited the Farmhouse and the Big Cave. Matobo Hills is famous for the kopjes or whaleback rock outcroppings and also for their cave paintings. Don't miss this area.
Black eagles nest in these rocks as do leopards. Matobo Hills has the largest leopard population in Zimbabwe, poosibly in all of Africa.
There is the opportunity to walk with Rhino's in the park as well, plus in a nearby concession guests can go mountain biking, horseback riding and rappelling - for those who want something more active.
History of Zimbabwe comes alive here with lots of historical significance. You can also feed the baby animals at the orphange!
From Amalinda, we drove to Singita's Pamushana, a 5 hours' drive. I found the roads in Zim to be very good; the many road-blocks were annoying at times. Big modern trucks were everywhere in both directions, delivering goods to South Africa and Mozambique and back to Zim. The stores are well stocked with everything you could possibly need. The economy is booming! The USD is the national currency. There's also plenty of local flavor along the roads, making the drive very interesting.
Pamushana was a highlight; the service was impeccable and everyone was so friendly. I could've stayed here forever. Game drives are conducted in the Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve, where the black rhino is king. Malilangwe is an area where you will also find over 100 cave painting rock sites that date back more than 2,000 years. There are a large variety of animals found here, thanks to varied ecosystems within the Reserve, including some rare ones like Lichtenstein's hartebeest.
Not to be outdone, we drove from Pamushana to the Great Zimbabwe ruins. We stayed at Norma Jeans Resort. Regrettably, there's no upscale property here, but it's still worth a visit. I suggest staying overnight and climbing the ruins early in the morning before the heat of the day sets in. The Great Zimbabwe ruins form three distinct architectural groups. They are known as the Hill Complex, the Valley Complex and the Great Enclosure. Building of the walls began in the 11th century and lasted for 300 years.
No mortar was used to build the walls that are as high as 36 feet, extending approximately 820 feet, making it the largest ancient structure south of the Sahara Desert. At the peak it's believed that up to 18,000 people may have lived here. Great Zimbabwe is definitely worth a visit. You can also make it a long day tour from Amalinda Camp.
From the Great Zimbabwe, we drove to Harare, where we spent a couple of nights at a small B&B, the brand new wonderful Jacana Gardens. Harare is a modern bustling city that has everything. We went to the market, shopped 'til we dropped and visited Wild is Life, a genuine wildlife orphanage and rehabilitation rescue center run privately by Roxy Danckwerts and her husband Craig. Here, I got to cuddle a pangolin. Do I need to say more?
After reading this, i feel like i should pack my travel bag for Zimbabwe!
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Colour blue Inside You
Did you know, In the U.S. and European public opinion polls Blue is overwhelmingly the most popular colour, chosen by almost half of both men and women as their favourite colour.
From runway to our wardrobe autumnal tones and pastels are adding up to being the biggest rollers this year, but blue (dark, light and everything in between) also had a strong presence on the catwalks. From cerulean, cyan and cobalt to navy, sapphire and periwinkle, countless shades of blue are going to be seen on dresses, tops, skirts and more this season. There was a huge presence at Burberry and Richard Nicoll's. It's a color that can last the seasons and can be interchangeable. This means in summer, spring, winter there will always be a calling for blue shades. When you're updating your fall wardrobe in the coming months, don't forget to add some color to your usual dark colors! Take a hint from the aforementioned designers and make blue a staple in your closet.
What I like about blue is its versatility. You can wear as much or as little as you like. People who look best in large amounts of blue usually look good in jewel tones and have bolder coloring. If you have other coloring, it's probably best to keep blue reserved for an accent piece like statement necklace, bold rings, to-die-for heels.
Must see mixes with a plethora of colors like yellow, coral, teal, mint, pink, white. But don't just focus on pairing with outside shades, why not stay within the cool blue but mix the textures like this sheer shirt and disc maxi skirt. It oozes sophistication and class.
For a powerful work look, a royal blue dress can get the job done helping you stand out. There is a lot of power in royal blue so make sure your own coloring can stand up to the bold shade or else it may steal the show. If your not feeling brave enough to pull off this block of color pair up fitted pencil skirt, electric blue spaghetti top with matching blazer. Ultimate corporate look – to make your outfit pop add statement necklace with orange shades. For casual, weekend looks lean towards the pastel shades of blue bringing you into the spring months.
Don't just focus on in operating blue shades into your outfit, remember to use your accessories to charm the blue tones or if you are looking to add the color if the season use them to shine through. Marc Jacobs have a gorgeous range of watches available gold straps with blue faces, Michael Kors always have a beautiful range of bags and clutches in Navy.
You've heard the fashion myth: Under no conditions should black and navy blue ever be paired. We've got news for you: That once-unbreakable rule has been shattered well and truly…!
The combo first started making waves during the Fall 2012 collections, as scores of designers including Carolina Herrera, Miu Miu, Gucci, Prabal Gurung and Céline sent looks that incorporated black and navy down the runway, while style influencers like Alexa Chung, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and Kate Bosworth were quick to jump on the trend, proving just how cool the pairing can be. Now seeing glimpses of blue back in the collections such as Fendi spring/summer 2015.
Styling Advice: The best way for putting together a black and blue look is to make sure the colors are distinguishable from each other, and keep the fabrications in similar families, i.e. silks with other light weight fabrics, wovens with wovens, jersey with jersey, and so on!
Christian Grey can have his moment in Feb, but for now it's all about deeper shades of blue!


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Canada Report: Ahead of the Curve in Returning to Pre-Recession Conditions
Sound decision-making by Canadian banks and businesses has resulted in the nation's weathering the global economic downturn better than most and putting it in a position to grow more rapidly.
Steve Kaelble, Staff Editor, Area Development
For everyone who thinks the business pages are incapable of reporting anything but dismal news, take a look to the north! Canada, which made it through the recent economic downturn in a lot better shape than many other Western nations, has had plenty of good business news to report lately, and is ready to generate more positive headlines.
To begin with, hear what Avery Shenfeld, chief economist, and Benjamin Tal, deputy chief economist, at CIBC World Markets Inc. have to say: "Canada's business sector, including small- and medium-sized enterprises, emerged from what was a deep global recession in good shape to participate in today's recovery." The economic researchers completed an in-depth look at the Canadian economy a few months ago, and seem to have been pleased with what they saw.
For one thing, they saw bankruptcies on the decline. In fact, they report that the recession of 2008 and 2009 was the first downturn on record in which Canadian business bankruptcies actually declined, and bankruptcies continued to fall through 2010. Yes, that's right.while American papers were filled with bleak stories of corporate carnage, Canadian companies were avoiding most of the wreckage. True, there were layoffs, but as the economists point out, the employment picture rebounds a lot more rapidly when companies are still in business, ready to ramp up again.
Clearly, the global economy remains shaky. But economists watching Canada like what they've seen in recent months and are hopeful that the good news will continue. RBC Economics Research foresees a healthy gain in exports, spotlighting a shift in economic drivers over the next couple of years. Even though consumer spending may slow a bit, the business sector stands ready to pick up the baton, according to RBC. "In the final analysis, we see Canada's economy growing at an above-potential clip in 2011 and 2012."
RBC keeps tabs on Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Euro Zone, and noted earlier in the summer, "Canada, once again, is the economy that is furthest along in terms of returning to pre-recession conditions. Canada's economy has been a frontrunner in the race to expansion."
How did Canada fare so much better? Sound decision-making on the part of businesses and banks. Companies were able to put on the brakes gently to avoid crashing into the wall. And banks and their regulators were served well by their particularly cautious nature. As a result, the financial sector remained in the business of loaning money to small businesses, and businesses were still there, ready to borrow and grow.
Looking ahead, the view is equally positive. To cite CIBC World Markets again, there has been an impressive recovery in capital spending and business investment. As Shenfeld and Tal note, it's not just a matter of being able to spend: "Corporations also have to be willing to take on risks, and here, the outlook is promising." Specifically, while the strong Canadian dollar is not necessarily welcomed by manufacturers seeking to export, it has been accompanied by an increase in the import of machinery and equipment. And those tend to be the building blocks of a healthy manufacturing sector down the road. "The surge in imports of machinery and equipment has clearly been facilitated by a strengthening Canadian dollar," Shenfeld and Tal report. "We expect the loonie's strength to persist over the longer term, which should help boost investments going forward in sectors that can remain competitive."
As of this past March, Canada's manufacturing sector was operating at 81 percent capacity, well ahead of the rest of the economy and getting near levels recorded before the recession. That's an indicator of potential investment on the way. The trends also look positive for capacity investments in the oil sands and utilities sectors in the coming years.
From a federal governmental perspective, the focus is on supporting jobs and growth through the "Next Phase" of Canada's Economic Action Plan. The plan calls for a stable, low-tax environment; development of a highly skilled and flexible work force; support of innovation and the adoption of new technologies; and expanded access to markets abroad.
Now let's take a look across the nation to see how each of its regions is faring:
CANADA REPORT 2011: Atlantic Canada
CANADA REPORT 2011: Ontario
CANADA REPORT 2011: Quebec
CANADA REPORT 2011: Western Canada
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package Examples;

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Copyright (c) 2001-2022 Aspose Pty Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
//
// This file is part of Aspose.Words. The source code in this file
// is only intended as a supplement to the documentation, and is provided
// "as is", without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied.
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

import com.aspose.words.*;
import org.testng.Assert;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

import java.text.MessageFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class ExComment extends ApiExampleBase {
    @Test
    public void addCommentWithReply() throws Exception {
        //ExStart
        //ExFor:Comment
        //ExFor:Comment.SetText(String)
        //ExFor:Comment.AddReply(String, String, DateTime, String)
        //ExSummary:Shows how to add a comment to a document, and then reply to it.
        Document doc = new Document();
        DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

        Comment comment = new Comment(doc, "John Doe", "J.D.", new Date());
        comment.setText("My comment.");

        // Place the comment at a node in the document's body.
        // This comment will show up at the location of its paragraph,
        // outside the right-side margin of the page, and with a dotted line connecting it to its paragraph.
        builder.getCurrentParagraph().appendChild(comment);

        // Add a reply, which will show up under its parent comment.
        comment.addReply("Joe Bloggs", "J.B.", new Date(), "New reply");

        // Comments and replies are both Comment nodes.
        Assert.assertEquals(2, doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.COMMENT, true).getCount());

        // Comments that do not reply to other comments are "top-level". They have no ancestor comments.
        Assert.assertNull(comment.getAncestor());

        // Replies have an ancestor top-level comment.
        Assert.assertEquals(comment, comment.getReplies().get(0).getAncestor());

        doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Comment.AddCommentWithReply.docx");
        //ExEnd

        doc = new Document(getArtifactsDir() + "Comment.AddCommentWithReply.docx");
        Comment docComment = (Comment) doc.getChild(NodeType.COMMENT, 0, true);

        Assert.assertEquals(1, docComment.getCount());
        Assert.assertEquals(1, comment.getReplies().getCount());

        Assert.assertEquals("\u0005My comment.\r", docComment.getText());
        Assert.assertEquals("\u0005New reply\r", docComment.getReplies().get(0).getText());
    }

    @Test
    public void printAllComments() throws Exception {
        //ExStart
        //ExFor:Comment.Ancestor
        //ExFor:Comment.Author
        //ExFor:Comment.Replies
        //ExFor:CompositeNode.GetChildNodes(NodeType, Boolean)
        //ExSummary:Shows how to print all of a document's comments and their replies.
        Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Comments.docx");

        NodeCollection comments = doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.COMMENT, true);
        Assert.assertEquals(12, comments.getCount()); //ExSkip

        // If a comment has no ancestor, it is a "top-level" comment as opposed to a reply-type comment.
        // Print all top-level comments along with any replies they may have.
        for (Comment comment : (Iterable<Comment>) comments) {
            if (comment.getAncestor() == null) {
                System.out.println("Top-level comment:");
                System.out.println("\t\"{comment.GetText().Trim()}\", by {comment.Author}");
                System.out.println("Has {comment.Replies.Count} replies");
                for (Comment commentReply : comment.getReplies()) {
                    System.out.println("\t\"{commentReply.GetText().Trim()}\", by {commentReply.Author}");
                }
                System.out.println();
            }
        }
        //ExEnd
    }

    @Test
    public void removeCommentReplies() throws Exception {
        //ExStart
        //ExFor:Comment.RemoveAllReplies
        //ExFor:Comment.RemoveReply(Comment)
        //ExFor:CommentCollection.Item(Int32)
        //ExSummary:Shows how to remove comment replies.
        Document doc = new Document();

        Comment comment = new Comment(doc, "John Doe", "J.D.", new Date());
        comment.setText("My comment.");

        doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstParagraph().appendChild(comment);

        comment.addReply("Joe Bloggs", "J.B.", new Date(), "New reply");
        comment.addReply("Joe Bloggs", "J.B.", new Date(), "Another reply");

        Assert.assertEquals(2, comment.getReplies().getCount());

        // Below are two ways of removing replies from a comment.
        // 1 -  Use the "RemoveReply" method to remove replies from a comment individually:
        comment.removeReply(comment.getReplies().get(0));

        Assert.assertEquals(1, comment.getReplies().getCount());

        // 2 -  Use the "RemoveAllReplies" method to remove all replies from a comment at once:
        comment.removeAllReplies();

        Assert.assertEquals(0, comment.getReplies().getCount());
        //ExEnd
    }

    @Test
    public void done() throws Exception {
        //ExStart
        //ExFor:Comment.Done
        //ExFor:CommentCollection
        //ExSummary:Shows how to mark a comment as "done".
        Document doc = new Document();
        DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
        builder.writeln("Helo world!");

        // Insert a comment to point out an error.
        Comment comment = new Comment(doc, "John Doe", "J.D.", new Date());
        comment.setText("Fix the spelling error!");
        doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstParagraph().appendChild(comment);

        // Comments have a "Done" flag, which is set to "false" by default.
        // If a comment suggests that we make a change within the document,
        // we can apply the change, and then also set the "Done" flag afterwards to indicate the correction.
        Assert.assertFalse(comment.getDone());

        doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstParagraph().getRuns().get(0).setText("Hello world!");
        comment.setDone(true);

        // Comments that are "done" will differentiate themselves
        // from ones that are not "done" with a faded text color.
        comment = new Comment(doc, "John Doe", "J.D.", new Date());
        comment.setText("Add text to this paragraph.");
        builder.getCurrentParagraph().appendChild(comment);

        doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Comment.Done.docx");
        //ExEnd

        doc = new Document(getArtifactsDir() + "Comment.Done.docx");
        comment = (Comment) doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.COMMENT, true).get(0);

        Assert.assertTrue(comment.getDone());
        Assert.assertEquals("Fix the spelling error!", comment.getText().trim());
        Assert.assertEquals("Hello world!", doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstParagraph().getRuns().get(0).getText());
    }

    //ExStart
    //ExFor:Comment.Done
    //ExFor:Comment.#ctor(DocumentBase)
    //ExFor:Comment.Accept(DocumentVisitor)
    //ExFor:Comment.DateTime
    //ExFor:Comment.Id
    //ExFor:Comment.Initial
    //ExFor:CommentRangeEnd
    //ExFor:CommentRangeEnd.#ctor(DocumentBase,Int32)
    //ExFor:CommentRangeEnd.Accept(DocumentVisitor)
    //ExFor:CommentRangeEnd.Id
    //ExFor:CommentRangeStart
    //ExFor:CommentRangeStart.#ctor(DocumentBase,Int32)
    //ExFor:CommentRangeStart.Accept(DocumentVisitor)
    //ExFor:CommentRangeStart.Id
    //ExSummary:Shows how print the contents of all comments and their comment ranges using a document visitor.
    @Test //ExSkip
    public void createCommentsAndPrintAllInfo() throws Exception {
        Document doc = new Document();

        Comment newComment = new Comment(doc);
        {
            newComment.setAuthor("VDeryushev");
            newComment.setInitial("VD");
            newComment.setDateTime(new Date());
        }

        newComment.setText("Comment regarding text.");

        // Add text to the document, warp it in a comment range, and then add your comment.
        Paragraph para = doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstParagraph();
        para.appendChild(new CommentRangeStart(doc, newComment.getId()));
        para.appendChild(new Run(doc, "Commented text."));
        para.appendChild(new CommentRangeEnd(doc, newComment.getId()));
        para.appendChild(newComment);

        // Add two replies to the comment.
        newComment.addReply("John Doe", "JD", new Date(), "New reply.");
        newComment.addReply("John Doe", "JD", new Date(), "Another reply.");

        printAllCommentInfo(doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.COMMENT, true));
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Iterates over every top-level comment and prints its comment range, contents, and replies.
    /// </summary>
    private static void printAllCommentInfo(NodeCollection comments) throws Exception {
        CommentInfoPrinter commentVisitor = new CommentInfoPrinter();

        // Iterate over all top-level comments. Unlike reply-type comments, top-level comments have no ancestor.
        for (Comment comment : (Iterable<Comment>) comments) {
            if (comment.getAncestor() == null) {
                // First, visit the start of the comment range.
                CommentRangeStart commentRangeStart = (CommentRangeStart) comment.getPreviousSibling().getPreviousSibling().getPreviousSibling();
                commentRangeStart.accept(commentVisitor);

                // Then, visit the comment, and any replies that it may have.
                comment.accept(commentVisitor);

                for (Comment reply : comment.getReplies())
                    reply.accept(commentVisitor);

                // Finally, visit the end of the comment range, and then print the visitor's text contents.
                CommentRangeEnd commentRangeEnd = (CommentRangeEnd) comment.getPreviousSibling();
                commentRangeEnd.accept(commentVisitor);

                System.out.println(commentVisitor.getText());
            }
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Prints information and contents of all comments and comment ranges encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public static class CommentInfoPrinter extends DocumentVisitor {
        public CommentInfoPrinter() {
            mBuilder = new StringBuilder();
            mVisitorIsInsideComment = false;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the plain text of the document that was accumulated by the visitor.
        /// </summary>
        public String getText() {
            return mBuilder.toString();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Called when a Run node is encountered in the document.
        /// </summary>
        public int visitRun(Run run) {
            if (mVisitorIsInsideComment) indentAndAppendLine("[Run] \"" + run.getText() + "\"");

            return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Called when a CommentRangeStart node is encountered in the document.
        /// </summary>
        public int visitCommentRangeStart(CommentRangeStart commentRangeStart) {
            indentAndAppendLine("[Comment range start] ID: " + commentRangeStart.getId());
            mDocTraversalDepth++;
            mVisitorIsInsideComment = true;

            return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Called when a CommentRangeEnd node is encountered in the document.
        /// </summary>
        public int visitCommentRangeEnd(CommentRangeEnd commentRangeEnd) {
            mDocTraversalDepth--;
            indentAndAppendLine("[Comment range end] ID: " + commentRangeEnd.getId() + "\n");
            mVisitorIsInsideComment = false;

            return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Called when a Comment node is encountered in the document.
        /// </summary>
        public int visitCommentStart(Comment comment) {
            indentAndAppendLine(MessageFormat.format("[Comment start] For comment range ID {0}, By {1} on {2}", comment.getId(),
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However, that clearly is not the entire story. How the human body and brain respond to these sweeteners is very complex.
One concern is that people who use artificial sweeteners may replace the lost calories through other sources, possibly offsetting weight loss or health benefits, says Dr. Ludwig. This can happen because we like to fool ourselves: "I'm drinking diet soda, so it's okay to have cake." The AHA and ADA also added this caveat to their recommendation.
It's also possible that these products change the way we taste food. "Non-nutritive sweeteners are far more potent than table sugar and high-fructose corn syrup. A minuscule amount produces a sweet taste comparable to that of sugar, without comparable calories. Overstimulation of sugar receptors from frequent use of these hyper-intense sweeteners may limit tolerance for more complex tastes," explains Dr. Ludwig. That means people who routinely use artificial sweeteners may start to find less intensely sweet foods, such as fruit, less appealing and unsweet foods, such as vegetables, downright unpalatable.
In other words, use of artificial sweeteners can make you shun healthy, filling, and highly nutritious foods while consuming more artificially flavored foods with less nutritional value.
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OLD PARKED CARS.: 1971 Datsun 1600 pickup.
I was sure that these didn's exist anymore and at least I haven't seen one in ages.
Photo 2 brings tears to my eyes.
Poor 'lil Datsun.....she deserves better.
I actually saw this and asked if he would sell it he is an old guy and he is saving it for some kid that wants it. Too bad. I want it. I found it driving around.
Who the heck is taking pictures of my grandpas truck!!! hahahha this is too weird!Grandpa has really bad hands hense why he has not driven it for a long time.


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https://www.fairplanet.org/story/african-court-on-human-and-peoples-rights-faces-uncertain-future/
African court on human and people's rights faces uncertain future
Cyril Zenda
Kenya, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Ghana, Malawi, Tunisia, Mali, Rwanda, Tanzania, Benin, Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
Africa, African Court for Human Rights, African Union, democracy, human rights
The African Court says lack of cooperation by most African Union (AU) member states is threatening the court's existence.
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (African Court) - the continent's apex human rights court - in June this year ordered the Kenyan government to pay USD $1.3 million in compensation to the indigenous Ogiek community of the Mau Forest whose land rights it ruled had been violated.
Human rights activists and observers are now waiting with bated breath to see if the new government of President William Ruto will comply with this latest ruling against Nairobi.
Historically, the norm has been that most African governments simply ignore the continental court's rulings, an attitude that some analysts say is reflective of these governments' regard for issues of human rights.
As the African Court has been meeting for its 67th ordinary session from 7 November to 2 December, there has been growing concern that lack of cooperation by a majority of the continent's 55 states poses a grave threat to the continued existence of the court.
'Poor Level Of Compliance'
A report released earlier this year about the court's activities in 2021 noted that states' "poor level of compliance" with its rulings was a serious problem. Of the more than 200 judgments and orders made by the court in the 16 years of its existence, only a few had been fully complied with; others had been partially complied with, but a majority of them had been ignored by the respondent countries.
"One of the major challenges facing the Court at the moment is the perceived lack of cooperation from Member States of the African Union, in particular, in relation to the low level of compliance with the decisions of the Court," the report highlighted.
"Of the over 200 decisions rendered by the Court, as at the time of writing this Report, only one State Party, that is Burkina Faso, had fully complied with the judgments of the Court," it further reads. "As at July 2021, only 7% of judgments of the Court had been fully complied with, 18% partially complied and 75% non-compliance. Some States have stated clearly before the Executive Council that they will not comply with the Court's decisions."
Professor Lilian Chenwi from the University of the Witwatersrand School of Law, South Africa, pointed out that the poor level of compliance with the court's rulings has a bearing on its standing.
"The very poor level of compliance has limited the potential impact of the court's decisions at the domestic level," noted Professor Chenwi. "It is crucial that African countries translate their commitment to human rights on paper into practice."
Only 33 of 55 African Union member states (including Western Sahara) have ratified the court's protocol. Only six states - Burkina Faso, Gambia, Ghana, Malawi, Mali, and Tunisia - permit individuals and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) direct access to the court.
Against this background, the report said that the African Court's success as a human rights court - and the preservation of African human rights generally - was a "collective responsibility," requiring the "active and constructive participation of all stakeholders."
'A Worrisome Trend'
The court has also noted the "worrying trend" in which states against which judgments had been given by the court "withdraw or threaten to withdraw" the declaration they had signed to allow individuals and NGOs to approach the court directly.
The countries that have withdrawn this right are Rwanda (2016), Tanzania (2019), Benin (2020) and Cote d'Ivoire (2020).
The court, which was established in 2006, expressed concern that should this trend continue, it will undermine the human rights protection mechanisms on the continent and have "the immediate effect of depriving millions of citizens of a fundamental right which they had acquired - that of accessing justice directly before the African Court."
It said these withdrawals were evidence of a "decline" in efforts to build democracy, defend human rights and promote the rule of law.
Compliance Monitoring Unit, Online Course
The court has since established a "compliance monitoring unit" that works closely with member states and other AU bodies to "facilitate" compliance by states with its decisions. This is done as part of the court's constructive engagement with member states. It also helps build capacity for judges from national courts and counsel appearing before the court.
The court has also set up an online human rights course for national judges aimed at "enhancing" their knowledge of regional and international human rights law, and is working to establish an "African Judicial Network" that would provide training and capacity development for judiciaries across the continent.
"While acknowledging the primacy of states to promote and protect human rights, the court also recognises its complementary and supporting role as a supra-national mechanism," the report noted.
The executive council of the court has been urging member states that had withdrawn their agreement allowing individuals and NGOs to approach the court to reconsider their decision. It has also called upon states that had not yet signed the Protocol or allowed individuals and NGOs direct access to the court to do so.
'Mitigate Backlash Against Court'
In an analysis of the situation facing the court, academics Nicole da Silva and Misha Plagis emphasised that the need to save the court from the same fate as faced by some regional courts - such as the SADC Tribunal, which closed after experiencing backlash from member states.
"Currently, with only six states with Article 34(6) declarations remaining, the African Court is already falling short of its supposed status as a pan-African, continental human rights court," the academics noted.
"If more states withdraw these declarations, the African Court's pipeline of cases may dry up almost entirely in the coming years," they added. "If the experiences of other African regional courts offer any lessons, mobilization from civil society will be necessary to mitigate backlash against the African Court.
"Beyond that, support from other African states and the African Union will be vital for defending against particular states' attacks on the Court and helping this institution, created to strengthen human rights enforcement in Africa, fulfill its promise."
"Mobilization from civil society will be necessary to mitigate backlash against the African Court."
'vulnerable people will continue to suffer'
Lloyd Kuveya, Assistant Director at the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, said that what has been happening at the African Court demonstrates that African governments generally do not respect human rights.
"Clearly African states detest being taken to court and having many rulings against them and being held accountable," Kuveya told FairPlanet.
"Many vulnerable and marginalised people will therefore continue to suffer if their rights are not respected," he added. "Even if rights have political and financial implications, African states are urged to respect human and people's rights guaranteed in the African and other relevant regional and international human rights instruments."
He further suggested that the African Court leadership along with civil society, national human rights institutions, law societies and the media must continue raising awareness about the opportunities available at the continental judicial body and the challenges it is facing around issues of access, ratification, article 34(6) declaration and non-compliance among others.
"The African Court is a necessary human rights protection mechanism, which was established by AU heads of state to complement the protective mandate of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights," he further stated.
"The continent's judicial body and its counterparts, the European Court on Human Rights and Inter-American Court, play a similar role of contributing to the harmonisation of regional human rights norms and improving the protection of human rights in various countries."
'Paying Lip Service To Human Rights'
Dr Victor Ayeni, a senior law lecturer at Adekunle Ajasin University in Nigeria, blamed the current state of affairs at the African Court on a confluence of factors ranging from the absence of an effective monitoring body, low cost of non-compliance and high cost of compliance to weak institutions and a proliferation of illiberal regimes on the continent.
"What this [non-compliance] reveals about the general attitude of most African governments is that they are not all that committed to human rights," Dr Ayeni told FairPlanet, echoing Kuveya of the University of Pretoria.
"They only pay lip service to human rights and cherry pick which remedial orders to comply with," he added. "The number one factor that explains why African governments behave the way they do is a lack of commitment or low level commitment to human rights compliance."
He further opined that most African states that sign or ratify a treaty only do so to 'lock-in' gains in the form of good international reputation and standing in the comity of fellow nations.
"Some states ratify treaties merely to fulfill human rights conditionality attached to foreign aid and development assistance," he said. "There is no altruistic commitment to upholding human rights norms, standards and tenets."
Image by Oladimeji Odunsi
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights ordered the Kenyan government to pay USD $1.3 million in compensation to the indigenous Ogiek community of the Mau Forest.
Of the more than 200 judgments and orders made by the court in the 16 years of its existence, only a few had been fully complied with.
"Support from other African states and the African Union will be vital for defending against particular states' attacks on the Court."
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Михаил Борисович Ходорковски () е руски предприемач и общественик.

Биография. Ранни години
Роден е на 26 юни 1963 г. в Москва в семейството на Борис Мойсеевич и Марина Филиповна. Завършва Химикотехнологичния институт "Д. И. Менделеев" в Москва през 1986 г. в инженерен факултет.

Работи на различни места още от ученическите си години. През ваканциите, от временни дейности, заработва парични средства, с които си помага в ежедневните разходи.

Бизнес
На 24-годишна възраст основава, въз основа на комсомолски клуб за техническо и научно творчество, Център за междуотраслови научно-технически програми (МЕНАТЕП).

На 29 години вече е председател на Инвестиционния фонд за съдействие на горивно-енергийната промишленост, става заместник-министър и съветник на министър-председателя на Русия. През 1998 – 1999 г. е и член на Колегиума на Министерството на горивата и енергетиката.

Присъда и затвор
През 2003 г. е арестуван. Съдът признава Ходорковски за виновен по 6 текста от Наказателния кодекс, включително за укриване на данъци, фалшифициране на документи, злоупотреба с доверие, разхищаване на средства чрез мошеничество, неизпълнение на съдебни решения и други. Осъден е на 9 години затвор.
Престоят му в следствения изолатор в Москва е продължителен. През 2010 г. арестантът с произнесена присъда и следствен по друго дела за незаконна продажба на петрол обявява гладна стачка. Повод е промяна в законодателството, от която опитва да се възползва.

Дейност след 2013 г.
През декември 2013 г. Путин издава указ за помилване и Ходорковски е освободен. Веднага напуска Русия. Живее последователно в Германия, Швейцария, Великобритания.

През февруари 2020 г. нидерландски апелативен съд потвърждава решение на международния Постоянен арбитражен съд от 2016 г., определящо компенсация за акционерите от компанията "Юкос" на Михаил Ходорковски. Руското правителство заявява, че предприема обжалване на решението.

Външни препратки
  – биография от Валерий Панюшкин

Източници

Руски предприемачи
Милиардери от Русия
Затворници на съвестта признати от Амнести Интернешънъл
Политически затворници

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Captor, The
Flood, The
Godzilla King of the Monsters (IMAX in some cinemas)
Stars: Laia Costa, Josh O'Connor, Lisa McGrillis, Peter Wight, Stuart Martin
Director: Harry Wootliff
Here's two hours of my life I'll never get back and this interminable film's to blame. Jobless Englishman Jake (O'Connor - Lawrence from TV's The Durrells) and Spanish Elena (Costa - one of the best things in the erratic Life Itself) - meet cute in a Glasgow taxi; he takes her home and, after a few preliminaries, they're having sex in her apartment.
In hardly more time, Jake has moved in and the couple build up a relationship together. He's 26, she's 35 and lies about her age - but soon comes clean and he's not bothered.
Things are fine for some months until the subject of a baby comes up, and the rest of the film concerns itself with the couple's unsuccessful efforts to have one. They even try IVF, but her eggs are 'too low'. Despite their obvious affection for one another, things gradually deteriorate, with Elena in particular in deep despond.
Ultimately, there's a foul-mouthed screaming match and it's all over. But of course it isn't and, God help us, neither is the film.
Still, many critics seem to have liked this, and, admittedly, performances, hers especially, are far better than the director's script.
UK 2018. UK Distributor: Curzon Artificial Eye. Colour (unspecified).
Review date: 09 Jul 2019


MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 12, 2008) - Electrovaya Inc. (TSX:EFL) ("Electrovaya") today announced that the company's Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Sankar Das Gupta, will take part in a panel discussion at the 4th Annual Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. CleanTech Conference on May 13, 2008. The conference will be held at Le Parker Meridien, 118 W. 57th Street NY.
In addition to presentations from attending companies, this year will also feature several expert panel discussions on topics including biofuels, clean coal technology, electric vehicles, energy-efficient lighting, energy storage, next-generation solar and utility-scale solar.
More information about the conference can be found at: www.merrimanco.com.
Electrovaya (TSX:EFL) is a developer and manufacturer of portable power solutions with its proprietary Lithium Ion SuperPolymer® battery technology. Its goal is to become the preferred provider of portable power to mobile computing, aerospace, defense and wireless sectors, and the developer of alternative energy applications including UPS, stand-by power, plug-in hybrids and Zero-Emission Vehicles. The Company's shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol EFL.
Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. is an investment bank and securities broker-dealer focused on fast-growing companies and growth-oriented institutional investors. It provides investment research, brokerage and trading services primarily to institutions, as well as advisory and investment banking services to corporate clients. Its mission is to become a leader in researching, advising, financing, trading and investing in fast-growing companies. Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a broker-dealer and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and SIPC.
MCF Corporation is a financial services holding company that provides investment research, capital markets services, corporate and venture services, investment banking, asset management and primary research through its operating subsidiaries, Merriman Curhan Ford & Co., MCF Asset Management, LLC and Panel Intelligence, LLC. MCF is focused on providing a full range of specialized and integrated services to institutional investors and corporate clients.
This news release may contain forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding the outlook for the Company's business and results of operations. Risks are outlined in the Company's MD&A for the year ending September 30, 2007 and are set forth in public disclosure documents filed with Canadian regulatory authorities. By nature, these risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.


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Home Travel Kenya's Ban on Tourist Undiplomatic – Tanzania Minister
Kenya's Ban on Tourist Undiplomatic – Tanzania Minister
Tanzania tourism minister Dr. Harrison Mwakyembe has said a negotiation process is in the offing to see a sustainable agreement between Tanzania and Kenya tourism authorities to break the impasse between them after Kenya slapped another ban on tourist vehicles from accessing her Airport.
Referring to Kenya's move as undiplomatic, Dr Mwakyembe told a news conference at his office in Dar es Salaam that Tanzania will despite the ban harbor tourist vehicles from other countries including Kenya without any questions.
"We are not going to do what our neighbor has done…" Dr. Mwakyembe noted
"Tanzania will continue to allow vehicles registered in any of the countries to receive and send tourists to all our airports because they are not part of our tourist attractions." He added
He said the ministry has setup a sector committee that will come up with a national common ground on the 1985 agreement between the states which is said to be the cause the standoff between the two states.
In the 1985 pact, both states agreed that no tour vehicle from another will be allowed to carry passengers cross the border line. Tanzania earlier noted that the move was structured to empower local tourist operators in the country.
Kenya issued the first ban on Tanzania tourist vehicles in December last year which was lifted in January after concealed negotiation in which a three week ultimatum was reached as a period to device measures to counter the problem.
Kenya's Tourist minister Phyllis Kandie issued a new ban this week saying Tanzania didn't honor the ultimatum and failed to live up to the pledge to organize state meeting on the issue.
Meanwhile Tanzania tourism minister said the issue was not a two state affair noting that it also took liaising with other regional stake holders to solve the issue
"This is not a matter to be resolved by two ministers alone and giving each other ultimatums. The 1985 agreement has been maintaining sanity in the tourism industry between our two countries, which share almost the same nature of attractions".
The minister said his country will issue notice to visitors to use alternative routes and home airports as negotiations into the matter continues. He condemned the use of Ban to force the country on a negotiating table
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AND SAY WHAT ?!?!?…
She breathed so much love
The Tarot
My Three Wishes
A Pattern of Numbers
Tech No Bond Age
ZERO: The Nothing That Contains The All
Audio Releases
Reality Hacking with the Silicon Kid
The Silicon Kid was born in the first hard copy edition of Say What published in the winter of 1994 with "The Virus: A Cyber Tale". Anyone who has a copy of this will notice that The Virus has changed, actually, I pulled this version, the original story, out of my diary. I changed it in the first edition because I felt it was a bit too technical for most people to understand, but I think most people who have access to the Internet will be able to understand it.
"The Further Adventures of the Silicon Kid" was published in "Random: First Offering" a magazine published by Mountaintop Publishing.
The Virus A CyberTale
That night, me and the Kid had been planting logic trees. The Kid was real good at it. A logic tree is basically a question you ask the new_NET, the new_NET takes the question and answers it, big deal, right? Well, the question is answered kinda like the way a thesaurus defines a word, by giving any and all information associated with the question. It's called a tree because the NET presents the "answer" in a series of paths of logic, like trains of thought branching out. The Kid was brilliant at asking questions in such a way that the branches would continually reconfigure themselves, like a thought in flux, never quite resolving itself.
The Kid planted a bunch of "seeds" in one of his hard drives, then linked up to the NET, which fit itself holographically into the Kid's available memory, including the hard drive containing the seeds, then he disconnected. As the trees grew, the Kid displayed them to look like a 3-dimensional orchard we could "walk" through. Each tree was a thought unique, you could look and see each branch was a series of sentences all branching out from a base idea, it was beautiful. That's when the virus hit.
It looked like one of those old security programs from before the SYS_wipe of '99. Back then the control freaks were getting way outta hand, they developed security programs that didn't just block unauthorized access, but would trace back to the intruder, and eradicate their system, blowing out all their onboard memory AND plant viruses that destroyed all their hard drives. Pretty scary.
No one knows how the SYS_wipe went down. Just that it was sure chaos until everyone got used to the new_NET! Pretty strange system, the new_NET, seeds a microcosm of itself into any system it comes in contact with, as well as absorbing any and all the information. The ultimate virus of sorts, no way of purging it. That's okay though, the new_NET has its advantages. It's the ultimate number cruncher, has this way of folding information into itself ad infinitum. Each time you go online, the whole system is downloaded, reconfiguring ALL the information into the size of your available memory. You can't keep any secrets on the new_NET, so don't keep any diaries, or personal information on your hard drive when you go online, or anybody who wants to look, will be able to see it! The control freaks hated it, information couldn't be used as currency anymore, nor could any "banking" in the old sense be done. Everything is based on exchange now, no imaginary numbers representing abstract notions of worth, just open acknowledgement of who did what and a convivial exchange based on need. By the time the control freaks realized what was going on, it was too late, the change had come.
I don't know how the virus had survived, no one else had seen one since the SYS_wipe, but then again, the Kid was no ordinary user. I never seen the Kid move so fast. Within a microsecond, the Kid did a reset, but the virus downloaded itself into the hard drive with the logic trees in it, and started destroying the orchard. The Kid was PISSED!
He pulled out his HEX keypad, linked straight into the central processing unit, and started doing battle… realtime! His hands flew like a digital hummingbird above the buttons blooming from the keypad. The Kid told me afterwards that he can do that by letting his instinct take over. He says his brain works in loops, with the main one overlooking everything, providing direction, meanwhile, a series of smaller and smaller loops running in parallel look after specific tasks. "It's like walking," the Kid says, "you think about the direction your walking in, not how to move your legs to make you go."
I watched in amazement as the Kid chased the virus around his system. He told me the virus was self modifying, re-adapting itself from one situation to the next. That's when the kid really freaked me out, he actually made self modifying subroutines to combat each new virus! The virus bounced from one peripheral device controller to the next, the Kid hot on its tail. Bits of subroutines littered the data path. The Kid finally trapped the virus in a floppy disk controller, caught it in an infinite for-next loop, and wiped it from memory.
Then he sat back, gave me the strangest smile, said "Sure am glad that didn't get on the NET!", and then broke out laughing. I just sat there scratching my head.
Further Adventures With the Silicon Kid
I just got back from an astonishing visit to the Kid's place, my perception of myself will never be quite the same.
I was meditating on my mandalagram, doing some Alpha wave exercises the Kid had taught me about a month ago, when I heard him fly in.
He was shuffling restlessly outside my door when I opened it to greet him. The reflection of the outside of my house distorted in the rust pocked chrome plating on his boots, the form suggested in movement, deteriorating to abstract when viewed in the specific. I have never seen the Kid so excited, his eyes sparkling wide under dreadlocks strewn with electronic parts. So, I grabbed my jacket, and went out to help the Kid adjust his airswing for two people.
The Kid used the propeller mounted on the seat to inflate the airhook (a rectangular chute), and got us air borne. We rose to about a dozen feet above the tree line, then the Kid adjusted the airseat to cruising position. The Kid sat in a tense silence as we coasted up the valley to his place, which was very unusual for him, but, having just finished my meditation, I was calm and ready for anything.
It always makes me laugh, walking up to the Kid's place, and seeing his communication dish mounted on top of his outhouse, he says to him it represents how communication comes out of all the shit in human heads.
He quickly ushered me into his house, rushed off my jacket, and put me in his visitors chair next to the computer. He pulled a wired headstrap from the pile of stuff next to his computer, it was a headstrap like the one I got from him to do my Alpha wave exercises with. He handed it to me, motioning for me to put it on. After I had it secured, he turned out the lights. In the darkness, I heard his finger hit a button. The click seemed to hang in the air like the after spot from looking at a bright light…
The sensation started with a gurgling in my toes, it was laughter long and sweet, deep like chocolate. It curled my spine backwards, not painful, but releasing, like my body was being unlocked by the key of mirth, the laughter sloshed out between my ribs. My belly, cavernous, sounded like the sea inside, and I rained down, washing up on the shore of my feet, it started to loop again but the Kid hit another button and my body clasped back around me again.
He turned the light back on.
"What the hell was that?" I stammered after getting my eyes to focus on his face.
"It's a programmed sensation that I made, I call it Liquid Laughter. I ran it to see if you were ready to connect with yet. You are. You've been doing well with your exercises. Now the fun begins."
He then put on a headstrap of his own and shut out the lights again.
I now know more about the Kid than I ever did before, more than I know about any other person I've ever met before. In an instant, the Kid's memory, his whole memory, downloaded from his head into mine! The fight with the virus had been staged! He programmed it himself, that's what he used to do for a living, he was a security programmer, one of the best, hell, the best. At one point he got pissed off at the control freaks that were his bosses, and decided to plant the ultimate virus and let it loose on the NET. That's what the SYS_wipe was, but it did something the Kid didn't expect, it became nearly sentient, reprogrammed itself and became the new_NET.
The Kid then talked to me from this new space inside our minds.
"OK, now you know who I am and I know who you are, I want to take you someplace very special."
He then helped ease me out of my seat of consciousness. I looked back and saw my mind from an aerial view, familiar but new. We journeyed into a dream realm beyond any dream I can ever remember having. We ended up in a place that reminded me of geometry, not the boring stuff from school but something like M.C. Escher in motion, it was amazing!
The Kid directed my attention to one particular form that seemed to spiral in and out of itself, rising and splitting into symmetry, then spiralling into itself again.
"Anything you can perceive in here, you can change with your intent. Focus on this form, sculpt it, don't try to change it completely just suggest it into slightly different forms."
I did what he said and found that I could mould it in any way I wanted, I could even turn it into a sound and then change that, too.
"OK, you seem to have the hang of it, now let it go and watch it for a while, see how it looks and feels when it's on it's own."
After I did that for a while, the Kid guided me back to my mind. Coming back into it, I saw my seat of consciousness in a whole new way, I could see that I had a lot of house cleaning to do the next time I was meditating!
When I opened my eyes, the Kid had already turned on the light and was loading a new program into his computer.
"Take off that headstrap, and come here and look at this."
I took off the strap and went over to the computer. On the screen was the shape I had seen in our mind.
"This is a chaotic system, like a fractal, supposedly random, now focus on it with the same feeling you did inside, change the shape with your mind."
And I did! I couldn't believe it, without any form of electronic link, I was able to manipulate the image on the screen, with my mind!
The Kid just dropped me off before I started to record this entry. Now that I've got this done, I think I'm gonna go meditate.
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Corbyn makes Chagos Islands pledge after UK branded 'illegal colonial occupier'
The Labour leader has vowed to 'end colonial rule' if he wins the General Election.
A group of Chagossians on a 2006 visit to Diego Garcia, part of the Chagos archipelago (Foreign and Commonwealth Office/PA)
By Sam Blewett, PA Political Correspondent
November 22 2019 12:41 PM
Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after the UK was branded an "illegal colonial occupier" for refusing to hand back the archipelago by the United Nations deadline.
The six-month schedule to return control of the overseas territory came and was set to pass on Friday, with Boris Johnson refusing to recognise a claim of sovereignty over the islands by Mauritius.
The Labour leader vowed to "end colonial rule" and return the islands if he wins the December 12 election, and accused the Conservatives of "shamefully" considering themselves above international law.
Speaking to reporters on a campaign stop in Worksop, the Prime Minister said: "We obviously dispute the claims that are made and we will continue to make those to vindicate our position in international law."
Mauritius prime minister Pravind Jugnauth said his Government "strongly deplores" the UK's decision.
"This situation clearly leaves the United Kingdom as an illegal colonial occupier," he told the National Assembly of Mauritius in anticipation of the deadline passing.
The UN overwhelmingly voted in May to set the six-month deadline for UK withdrawal from the Indian Ocean archipelago, in a major diplomatic blow.
Mr Corbyn, speaking to reporters on the campaign trail in Stoke-on-Trent on Friday, said he would "absolutely" return the islands to Mauritius.
"It's clear that in refusing to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and defying the UN General Assembly and International Court of Justice, this Conservative Government shamefully considers itself to be above international law," he added in a statement.
"We immediately will enact our manifesto promise to allow the people of the Chagos Islands and their descendants the right to return to the lands from which they should never have been removed."
The UK evicted Chagossians from the archipelago between 1967 and 1973 so that the US could erect a military base on Diego Garcia, the largest island in the group.
That move, and the islands' incorporation into the British Indian Ocean Territory, was ruled "unlawful" by judges at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
While not legally binding, the UN vote heaped diplomatic pressure on Britain to return the territory, with the General Assembly backing the resolution 116 votes to six.
Diego Garcia remains a strategically important US military base and has been used for highly controversial rendition flights carrying suspects of terrorism.
The UK purchased the archipelago from Mauritius for £3 million in 1965, when it was still a British colony.
Mauritius, which gained independence from Britain in 1968, maintains the islands are its own.
Asked for a comment, the Foreign Office pointed to a recent ministerial statement saying: "The UK has no doubt as to our sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), which has been under continuous British sovereignty since 1814.
"Mauritius has never held sovereignty over the BIOT and the UK does not recognise its claim."
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FABreview: Jump In With Both feet!
Have you ever been so passionate about something, yet so fearful at the same time? I was, before I started this blog, and still am quite frankly. Don't get me wrong, when I look at where I was a year ago compared to now, I'm pretty proud of myself.
This eighties girl had a lot to learn about everything! I knew nothing about how to even create a blog, but I knew this was something I wanted to do, so I made the decision to jump in with both feet, kick fear to the curb, momentarily, and "fake it til I make it"!
Here are some of things I had to overcome, and some links on how to move forward without fear.
1. My age. Who starts a fashion blog at 45? Um.... I do! (here's a great book to read if you're in the same boat).
2. Technology. aaaaaaah! Even the word gives me anxiety! I have learned so much from so many different people over this past year. Here's my tip if you are technologically challenged: Surround yourself with people who are not, and don't be afraid to ask for help.
3. Comparison. I still struggle with comparing myself to other bloggers, which is not a healthy thing to do by the way, and completely takes the joy out what you are doing. I realized that there is really no reason to compare yourself to others because we all have a unique voice.
4. Fear. Fear of success, and fear of failure. Fear and faith cannot exist together, so when that self doubt starts creeping in, just look in the mirror, and tell yourself, "you got this"!
What do you do to conquer fear? I would love to hear from you.
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Dune comes back to the big screen, this time with veteran director Denis Villeneuve.
In 1965 Frank Herbert published Dune, a science-fiction epic that would do more than just about any other novel to define the genre.
Across the book's 412 pages, Paul Atreides struggles against the villainous Baron Harkonnen for control of Arrakis, a desert planet with the galaxy's most valuable export—melange. Set in this far future on a completely different world, Herbert's Dune became a seminal text in the history of science fiction. You'll see its influence in every medium—in books, on the screen (the Bene Gesserit are basically Star Wars Jedi by another name), and as the inspiration for some of the greatest sci-fi comics ever written.
But despite this wellspring of creativity that inspired a still-young sci-fi genre in the 1960s, Dune itself has had a tough time getting off the printed page. Hollywood has struggled with adapting Herbert's magical work during the 50-plus years since its publication.
Denis Villeneuve, architect behind such recent sci-fi greats as Blade Runner 2049 and Arrival, will be the fourth director who will be handed the key to Arrakis. But with a growing cast of impressive talent, he might just deliver something fans have wanted for decades when his version of Dune arrives in 2020.
In 1975, filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky—you may or may not recall his interplanetary religious epic The Holy Mountain—attempted a cinematic adaptation of the novel with a script that stretched some 14 hours long, a cast that included Mick Jagger, Salvador Dali, and Orson Welles, and set designs by H.R. Giger (who would go on to create the xenomorph in Alien). Despite Jodorowsky's gargantuan ambitions for the film, a lack of funding doomed the project before it could even begin shooting. The failed film would become a legendary Hollywood "what if."
When the film's rights became available again in 1982, David Lynch made the second attempt. His 1984 Dune starred Kyle MacLachlan as Paul Atreides, as well as, memorably, Sting—The Police was one of the biggest bands in the world then—and Patrick Stewart. Although visually inventive, most people were unsure of what to make of the film, and it is generally considered a low point in Lynch's career.
Sixteen years later Dune returned, this time as a six-part miniseries for SyFy. It won Emmy awards for cinematography and special effects, but didn't amount to a definitive realization. Now, nearly two decades after that (and more than 40 years since Jodorowsky's efforts), another attempt at a big-screen Dune looms.
Stellan Skarsgård, at the premiere of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, will play the ferociously evil Baron Harkonnen.
While a steadily growing list of A-list actors have been connected with the film, one of the most intriguing is Timothée Chalamet, who will play Paul Atreides. Chalamet received an Oscar nomination for Call Me By Your Name, was surly and captivating in Lady Bird (a best picture nominee), and seems generally ready for something huge.
Rebecca Ferguson will play Lady Jessica, Atreides' mother and Bene Gesserit who plays a central role in the Atreides' struggle against the Harkonnens. Ferguson was Ilsa Faust in Mission Impossible—Fallout and Rogue Nation, and she's signed on for the forthcoming Men in Black: International and Stephen King's adaptation of Doctor Sleep.
But the biggest name attached to the film is Stellan Skarsgård, who will play Baron Harkonnen, Atreides' main adversary and one of the most evil characters ever put to paper (including Darth Vader). Skarsgård has a lengthy list of acting credits, including Good Will Hunting, The Hunt for Red October, among many others.
More casting news says Dave Bautista (Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy) will play Glossu "Beast" Rabban, the ruthless-yet-dim nephew of Baron Harkonnen. Also joining as Reverend Mother Mohiam is Charlotte Rampling, known for Assassin's Creed and TV's Broadchurch. Mohiam belongs to an archaic order called the Bene Gesserit, and all-female group focusing on acquiring more power and influence to direct humanity on an enlightened path.
Three other actors are currently in talks to join the reboot: Oscar Isaac and Zendaya. Isaac, from Ex Machina, Inside Llewyn Davis, Show Me a Hero, and the new Star Wars trilogy, will possibly star as Duke Leto Atreides, father to protagonist Paul Atreides (who will be played by Chalamet). The Greatest Showman and Spiderman: Homecoming actress Zendaya is in early negotiations to play Chani, Chalamet's love interest.
In recent weeks, Javier Bardem is in talks to play Stilgar, the leader of Sietch Tabr, a Fremen community on Arrakis. Bardem won an Oscar for his role in the 2007 film No Country for Old Men, and his fellow castmate from that film Josh Brolin is rumored to be joining the Dune cast as Gurney Halleck, the fiercely loyal weapons teacher for House Atreides.
Finally, Jason Momoa, an actor more versed in plunging the oceans' depths as Aquaman that traversing unforgiving deserts, will also be joining the film as Duncan Idaho, the ultimate fighter in service to the Atreides.
Director Denis Villeneuve at a press briefing for Blade Runner 2049 in September 2017.
Brad Riker will be joining the production as the supervising art director, having recently worked on Vice, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and Suicide Squad. Also revealed to be crew members are: Greig Fraser as director of photography (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Vice); Patrice Vermette as production designer (Sicario, Arrival); Richard R. Hoover and Paul Lambert as visual effects supervisors (Blade Runner 2049); Gerd Hefzer as special effects supervisor (Blade Runner 2049); and Thomas Struthers as stunt coordinator (The Dark Knight, Dunkirk).
... The screenplay has improved each time we've seen it, and my father's classic novel deserves this sort of attention to detail. I think we are almost there.
In an interview with Variety, Denis Villeneuve called his Dune adaptation "the project of his life:"
Since I was 12 years old, there was a book I read, which is 'Dune,' which is my favorite book...the producer of Alcon asked me what I would like to do next. I said, 'Dune,' spontaneously...For me it was just a dream, and I guess I'm lucky that Mary Parent from Legendary got the rights and offered it to me. I can't say no to that. I have images that I am haunted by for 35 years. I will not say no to that. That's going to be the project of my life."
Principal photography is rumored to begin in February 2019, which means that we won't see this Dune remake until sometime in 2020. At that point, after 50 years of Dune not getting the adaptation it deserves, we'll find out if it's been worth the wait.


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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met eminent citizens here under the BJP's 'Sampark for Samarthan' programme, Gorakhnath temple officials said.
The chief minister is on a two-day visit to Gorakhpur.
During the interaction, he informed them, including prominent local businessman Om Prakash Jalan, about the welfare work done in the last four years of the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre and during the one-year of the Uttar Pradesh government.
The chief minister also sought feedback on government work and urged the people to extend support to the BJP to help it come back to power with a huge mandate in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.


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Tommy Responds To Gigi Criticism
By Katie Berrington
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TOMMY HILFIGER has clarified comments he made in a recent interview about Gigi Hadid, in which he said that a casting director for one of his shows had once said she didn't "fit in" with the others models due to her body shape.
"Gigi is truly the definition of a Tommy Girl," the designer wrote in a statement, reports The Cut. "Her magnetic personality is bright, confident and always optimistic. I've known her for many years, and am extremely proud to have her as the ambassador of my brand and as a collaborator of our collections. Any statement to the contrary is completely false. The headline from the interview with Yahoo was misleading and has since been corrected."
In the interview with Yahoo Style, Hilfiger disclosed that the casting director for his New York Fashion Week show in February 2015 had said of Hadid, "She doesn't really fit because you know she's not quite as tall as the other girls, she's not quite as thin." He then revealed that this was the reason Hadid was dressed in a poncho - which became a bestseller for the brand - for her runway appearance. "It covered a lot of her body unfortunately, but it received millions of hits."
"The casting people put Gigi in the poncho, and I was not happy," he reiterated to Page Six. "I was saying, 'Don't hide her body.' Even though the poncho ended up being the best-selling piece, I was very unhappy. The suggestion that I thought she wasn't thin enough upsets me to no end. Gigi is the epitome of perfection."
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Recycling plays a critical role in today's economy. This is not only good for the environment, but also easy on the carpenter's pocketbook.
Due to the presence of solvents called volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the exhaust air from spray booths and systems, conveying the exhaust back into the spray booth or into the workshop is not permitted. This normally means that the supplied heat is lost. With its air-to-air heat exchanger, Schuko has succeeded in recycling the heat from the exhaust air. It provides a simple way to save money with 'nothing'.
A heat exchanger in your company will be worthwhile because in terms of overall costs it pays off in every respect.
The hot exhaust air, e.g., from a spray booth is conveyed through a connected duct system to the heat exchanger. Inside, part of this heat is removed from the exhaust air and stored in aluminium fins. At the same time the cold fresh air flows through the heat exchanger on the other side of the aluminium fins.
The thermal energy is transferred and returned to the spray booth. The downstream heating register which heats up the make-up air thus receives preheated air.
As described above, the supplied hot exhaust air is conveyed through the heat exchanger. However, this air takes a criss-cross path, as can be seen in the drawing. The fin spacing is 9 mm for this heat exchanger.
The efficiency of the crossflow heat exchanger is 45% to 65%. The slightly lower efficiency compared with that of the rotary heat exchanger is compensated for by the above advantages up to a certain system size.
This type of heat exchanger has been shown to be ideal for small and medium-sized enterprises and contributes to maximising energy savings for low to medium air volumes with little effort.
A honeycomb-structured rotor rotates continuously between the make-up and exhaust airstreams. The rotor is heated by the exhaust air and transfers the heat to the cold fresh make-up air which is then supplied to the operations.
This heat exchanger is usually used in operations with very high airflows because the higher investment costs and ongoing costs (drive and cleaning) for large systems are balanced out by the higher efficiency.
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4 ways to get better returns than CDs
Asking yourself whether CDs are a good investment? For the first time in a while, it's possible to earn a decent return by locking money up in a certificate of deposit. Short-term interest rates have gradually risen in recent years thanks to multiple Federal Reserve rate hikes, and the best 5-year CDs today pay more than 3.5 percent APY.
Generally, the greater the risk, the greater the reward. But that's not always the case. Cash outperformed stocks and bonds in 2018, says Mari Adam, president of Adam Financial Associates Inc. in Boca Raton, Florida.
If you're having a hard time deciding where to park your cash, there are a number of factors you'll need to take into account. Think about your financial goals, your reason for investing and your time horizon for using the funds you have set aside. Find out whether it makes sense to invest in CDs right now and four options you can consider as alternatives.
Alternatives to investing in CDs:
Dividend-paying stocks
Paying down high-cost debt
Bond funds
1. Dividend-paying stocks
Solid blue-chip companies such as Verizon and ExxonMobil pay quarterly dividends that are significantly higher than average CD rates. Many also have a decades-long history of raising dividends and relatively stable share prices.
Though investing in dividend-paying stocks means there's the potential to earn a yield above 4 or 5 percent, there's a real risk you could lose principal. Buy a stock at $20 per share today, and it could be worth $15 per share six months from now.
Kimberly Foss, president of Empyrion Wealth Management in Roseville, California, says because stocks can come with such risk, you have to ask yourself how much risk you're willing to take. While that risk can be significant in the short term, it becomes lower in the long term. That's why you should plan to hold on to any stocks for a period of three to eight years.
Many financial advisers recommend against picking individual stocks. Adam says if you take this option, it's best to spread your risk among a couple of stocks and other investing vehicles.
"You don't want to put all of your short- or midterm cash in just one stock or one alternative," Adam says.
In times where there's a lot of market volatility, you'll need the mindset and discipline to stay the course no matter what, keeping in mind that you're investing for the future. "You really have to keep focused on what your goal is and don't get distracted by what the market's doing today or what's on your statement today because if you do that, you get off that path and you don't want to do that," Adam adds.
2. Paying down high-cost debt
While it may seem counter-intuitive to saving money, paying down high-cost debt is still a good "investment," since interest rates will likely keep going up for now.
Bill Hammer Jr., president of the Hammer Wealth Group in Melville, N.Y., says you are essentially earning a guaranteed rate of return when you pay down debt. Paying off $1,000 in credit card debt at 22 percent means you'll save at least $220 in interest in the first year. It could be even more if you were to carry that debt for subsequent years.
"Mortgages and a car note might be OK, but you should be paying down anything with a double-digit interest rate," Hammer says.
Paying down credit card debt also protects you against rising interest rates in the future. And once the debt is paid down, it will be easier to put away money on a regular basis and build up your savings.
"Paying down debt is one of the only ways you can get a guaranteed risk-free return," Hammer says.
3. Peer-to-peer lending
Peer-to-peer lending, often known as "P2P lending," is a creative option if you're willing to take a little risk for higher reward, Empyrion's Foss says. At sites such as LendingClub.com and Prosper.com, you can make 36-month loans to random strangers and earn a decent annual return. Loan terms are usually one, three and five years, and you can lend to borrowers in different risk categories based on their credit scores.
Just as a bank does, you get a higher interest rate for higher-risk loans. Foss says it's a less risky option than the stock market. She recommends sticking with borrowers with AAA ratings. Both sites let you spread your risk among different risk classes and loans. So if you're looking to invest $1,000, you might make $50 loans to 20 different borrowers in different risk classes.
"I wouldn't put all of your cash here, but it might work well as part of a portfolio with dividend-paying stocks and a short-term corporate bond fund," Foss says.
The downside is that unlike other options, your principal is not always available. Instead of your principal earning interest, you're giving up your principal and being paid back with interest over time. If you do want to get out of your loan, both sites have trading platforms that allow you to sell the note to other investors at a discount and for a 1 percent commission on the note.
4. Bond funds
Short-term bond funds are another alternative to investing in CDs. Funds come in every flavor and hold bonds in everything from foreign countries to utilities to corporations.
Another option could be an international bond fund. Many of these funds hold bonds from AAA-rated, creditworthy nations such as France, United Kingdom, Germany and Japan. Bond funds are usually used by retirees seeking income, but with today's limited options, they may also be a place to park cash for a few years.
CD vs. money market vs. Roth IRA
A decade ago, there were few benefits to investing in a CD, particularly if you were looking for a higher yield. But these days, interest rates that have risen to the point where they're beating the rate of inflation, might make putting your money into a short-term CD worth it.
It all depends on how you're planning to use the money you're stowing away, however. If you're looking for a place to park your emergency funds, for example, you're probably better off putting it in a money market account, Adam says. That way, you can withdraw it as soon as you need it.
A CD could be a good place for short-term cash you're planning to use within a year to buy a house. But it's not a good place for long-term retirement funds. Those kinds of savings should go into a retirement account instead, like a Roth IRA that allows withdrawals in retirement to be made tax free since deposits are made with after-tax dollars.
"If you a younger person, you're investing for retirement or something that's a long-term investment you want, you shouldn't be in CDs because those are short-term investments in my opinion, with low returns," Adam adds. "You can't fund your retirement on a two point whatever return. You've got to get more growth."
Are CDs good to retire?
Adam says the stereotypes are true — the folks most interested in CDs tend to be older individuals looking for a source to pull savings from in retirement. Keeping your money in CDs is a lot less risky than putting it into stocks and it's a way to ensure that a portion of your funds are kept safe.
Even retirees, however, have to think about the possibility that they could live longer than expected and might need more money than originally anticipated.
"If you're a retiree and you have mentally this picture that well, 60 percent of my portfolio will be in longer term growth and income type investments and maybe 40 percent will be in shorter-term investments to keep me safe — money I might need might spend this year." Adam explains. "Then you should use CDs for that portion."
Are CDs tax-free?
Like money you would stick in a savings or money market account, money that's saved in a CD is taxable. The downside? That may take a significant bite out of your earnings, especially if you aren't saving that much money to begin with.
If you're genuinely concerned about your tax situation, you may want to turn to an alternative — like a municipal bond — to avoid the taxation problem altogether.
Best returns for short-term and long-term funds
A CD is just one option for savers to consider when they're looking for a place to stash their short-term funds. There are a variety of alternative options, especially if you're looking for a higher rate of return. Besides municipal bonds and short-term bond funds, you could earn a higher yield by investing in a mutual fund. Depending on how you invest your money, you could end up with a yield in the double-digits.
For your long-term funding needs, you'll likely have to dabble in investing in stocks. U.S. stocks, foreign stocks and emerging markets are great options if you're looking for long-term growth, Adam says.
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