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How Marie Antoinette's Soundtrack Became A Classic
Ten years later, the music from Sofia Coppola's misunderstood film sounds better than ever
Hazel Cills 10/10/2016
"I'm not a fetishist about historical accuracy," Sofia Coppola told the New York Times in an interview about her 2006 film Marie Antoinette. "I'm just, like, making it my thing."
Many critics at the time saw this stance as detrimental to telling the story of Marie Antoinette. The director's third feature film took great liberties with the story of the 14-year-old Austrian girl turned deposed queen of France, sympathetically painting Marie Antoinette as a rambunctious teenager shielded from the harsh realities of France in the 18th century. Actors spoke in contemporary English, Coppola's focus stayed far more on lavish parties than the revolution outside, and Kirsten Dunst in the title role flirted freely with cute boys and wore Converse sneakers.
"Her lunges at historical gravity seem insulting and uncourageous," wrote The New Yorker. "It's history written with truffles," said The A.V. Club. "She doesn't seem to realize that what made this spoiled, rotten woman worthy of attention weren't her garden parties and fur-lined shoes, but the role she played in a bloody historical convulsion," Manohla Dargis declared in the Times. There were boos when the film premiered at Cannes. But once viewers got past the fact that Marie Antoinette was not, and was never really supposed to be, a detailed historical depiction of the queen, the intentions of the movie were clear: This was a film about a teenage girl. Specifically, a teenage girl who listened to Adam and the Ants and New Order.
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It's been ten years since the two-disc soundtrack for Marie Antoinette came out, and ever since, it's reigned as one of Coppola's best works of music on film. The movie, which is minimalist when it comes to dialogue (as is Coppola's style), found a saving grace in its soundtrack, which effectively turned the film into a gorgeous, 127-minute music video. Even more than 2003's Lost in Translation or 2010's Somewhere, Marie Antoinette used its soundtrack to create an entirely new narrative level for its story, complicating its pristine universe with a bubbling undercurrent of punk attitude. Coppola paired the pretty, pale luxury of Versailles with the sound of new wave acts like Bow Wow Wow and Siouxsie and the Banshees alongside quiet, contemporary electronic acts like Squarepusher and The Radio Dept.
When Antonia Fraser — author of Marie Antoinette: The Journey, the best-selling 2001 biography that Coppola used as source material — first became privy to the writing and production process of the film, she wasn't so sure about the music. "Even odder is [the sound designer's] reference to rock 'n' roll when I ask him about the music," she wrote in her published journal about the film. "I had expected him to say Gluck, Mozart, that sort of thing — the music to which I used to research and write the book. He obviously can't literally mean rock 'n' roll. I expect the phrase has another meaning, which I am not cool enough to know."
But he did mean rock and roll, and the rock and roll works. In retrospect, it's easy to see how Coppola's soundtrack helped Marie Antoinette. She was intent on humanizing the queen, and the soundtrack vividly communicated the idea of her as a teen girl flirting and partying and moping around gardens. Marie Antoinette's soundtrack made sense in other ways, too: The New Romantic flair of Adam and the Ants, who positioned themselves as embattled revolutionaries from the 18th century (artfully distressed military uniforms and all), became literal as the claustrophobic backdrop of the French Revolution. Atmospheric pop from The Radio Dept. and New Order found parallels in the film's Vivaldi-driven, baroque score. As the country topples around the movie's heroine, saddled with blame for her lavish spending, Julian Casablancas singing out, "I want to be forgotten, and I don't want to be reminded," actually felt profound.
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In the early 1980s, 13-year-old Annabella Lwin was cast by impresario Malcolm McLaren as the singer of Bow Wow Wow, only to be ousted later when her band decided they wanted to form their own group without her. Her spirit, as the thrashing, controversial teenage frontwoman of a band who was creeping into mainstream music, was an inspiration for how Coppola wanted to portray her Marie Antoinette. "What's a girl to do? I was 17 and had a mortgage to pay. And I was engaged," Lwin told The Guardian in 2012 about being tossed aside and later embarking on a solo career. "But life throws these curveballs at you, and you have to either lie down and take it — or get up and shake it." For the sound of Marie Antoinette — her inner monologues, her intense parties, her fears — Coppola rightfully chose a soundtrack that could get up and shake it.


In Evans v Avalon Ford (1996) Limited, 2015 NLTD(G) 100, the employee, Mr. Evans, was Fleet Manager at the Avalon Ford auto dealership, the largest Ford dealership in Atlantic Canada (the "Dealership"), for more than 12 years. On the morning of Thursday, June 10, 2010, a meeting was called by Mr. Wilkins, the Dealership's owner to discuss an error regarding the delivery of a commercial vehicle without appropriate paperwork being completed. In addition to Mr. Evans, the General Sales Manager, Mr. Lester, and the Comptroller, Mr. Drodge, were also present at the meeting. Mr. Evans acknowledged the error, taking sole responsibility for it and rectified it without delay. Mr. Evans was reprimanded by Mr. Wilkins during the meeting, who used profanity and raised his voice.
Immediately following the meeting Mr. Evans had an acute stress reaction to the reprimand. This was worrisome to him, given his history of cardiac health problems, which the Dealership had been aware and supportive of in the past. Mr. Evans decided that he wanted to discuss the reprimand with Mr. Wilkins. On the way to Mr. Wilkins' office, he stopped by to see Mr. Drodge. Mr. Evans stated to Mr. Drodge "I'm done; I can't deal with this anymore". Mr. Drodge tried to get him to sit down and advised him not to "do anything stupid". Mr. Evans then proceeded to Mr. Wilkins' office to ask him if he wanted him to resign. Mr. Wilkins told Mr. Evans "No. If I had wanted to fire you I would have done it his morning" and continued "We are going to do fleet business with or without you. You need to walk around the building and decide what you want to do".
Evans later headed home for his supper break and returned to the Dealership still stressed and anxious from the earlier events. A short while later, Mr. Evans placed his work cell phone and keys on Mr. Lester's desk and stated "I'm done".
The next morning, Friday, June 11, 2010, Mr. Evans telephoned the Dealership to speak to Mr. Wilkins. Unable to reach him, Mr. Evans asked that Mr. Wilkins be given the message to return his call. Mr. Wilkins testified only that he was told that Mr. Evans had called, not that he was to return his call. He assumed that Mr. Evans resigned and abandoned the Dealership at their busiest time of year. Mr. Wilkins also believed that Mr. Evans went to work for a competitor, which was untrue.
On Monday, June 14, 2010, Mr. Evans went to see his family physician. Dr. Hart's assessment of Mr. Evans was that he was suffering from an acute stress reaction. He also provided Mr. Evans with a medical note supporting his inability to return "to his present employment". Mr. Evans and Mr. Wilkins arranged to meet later that afternoon, which did not go well. At the conclusion of the meeting, Mr. Evans gave Mr. Wilkins the medical note which Mr. Wilkins angrily crumpled, tore and threw in the garbage.
On June 21, 2010, Mr. Evans went to see Dr. Rolfe who completed forms for Mr. Evans' application for short-term disability with the Dealership's benefits provider which were submitted on June 23, 2010. On July 2, 2010, Mr. Evans provided Mr. Wilkins with a letter explaining why he had left and that he considered that his departure was involuntary.
The Dealership subsequently received the employer's portion of the disability claim forms, completing them on July 7, 2010. It noted on the forms that Mr. Evan's had resigned from employment and that there was "no notice given, no prior indications or discussions of health or work issues due to stress". As a result, Mr. Evans did not qualify for short-term disability benefits. Mr. Evans subsequently received EI disability benefits retroactive to June 10, 2010 and was cleared by Dr. Rolfe to return to "other work" on October 14, 2010.
In her analysis, Justice Butler found that the evidence in this case supported the finding that the relationship between the parties was subject to an implied term of good faith and a general duty of good faith in contractual performance. The duty was not limited to the time of dismissal.
Justice Butler held that while Mr. Evans resigned from the Dealership, his resignation was neither voluntary nor equivocal. In the circumstances of confusion and uncertainty in this case, she found that both parties had an obligation to make their intentions clear. While she found that Mr. Evans had done everything he could to clarify his situation, the Dealership failed to do so and was required to make further enquiries. Therefore, she found that even if Mr. Evans had resigned, the duty of good faith and fair dealing was breached by the Dealership in failing to provide Mr. Evans with time to cool off and reconsider. Justice Butler also found that the Dealership's actions demonstrated careless disregard for Mr. Evans which also represented a breach of the implied fundamental term of good faith and fair dealings.
The parties agreed that if a breach of the employment contract was found, the appropriate notice period would be 12 months' or pay in lieu thereof. Interestingly, in the calculation of damages for pay in lieu of notice, Justice Butler determined that Mr. Evans' damages must be assessed based on the earnings that were reasonably expected on alternative employment with the Dealership during the notice period. She found that since Mr. Evans did not want to continue with the additional duties of his Fleet Manager position, due to stress, his salary must be calculated based on modified duties. According to the evidence of Mr. Wilkins, Mr. Evans would have made between $80,000 and $90,000 per year at a modified role, compared to the approximately $165,000 he earned in 2009 in the role as it existed. On this basis, Justice Butler calculated the pay in lieu of notice based on a salary of $85,000 between October 15, 2010, the date that Mr. Evans was cleared to return to work, and February 1, 2011, the date that he obtained new employment. Mr. Evans was also awarded one week pay in lieu of notice for the week immediately following his termination for which he would have spent waiting to receive disability benefits. He also received an award of $14,450 based on the short term disability benefits that he should have received up until he was cleared to return to work. In total, the damage award for pay in lieu of notice amounted to $46,201.87.
In finding that it was an implied term and condition of Mr. Evans' employment that he would be entitled to receive one third of any incentive received from Ford Motor Company of Canada, Justice Butler concluded that whether Mr. Evans resigned or was dismissed, he was entitled to receive one third of the $81,600 received by the Dealership from Ford Motor Company of Canada for May Mania. Since Mr. Evans had already received $571.90 towards the May Mania incentive as of his termination, he was awarded $26,661.10 in special damages.
In her consideration of moral (also known as bad faith damages), Justice Butler found that the Dealership deliberately took steps to deprive Mr. Evans from obtaining his short term disability benefits. She also found that the Dealership's action were insensitive toward Mr. Evans. However, Justice Butler declined to make an award for moral damages because Mr. Evans had experienced acute stress and anxiety related to the error he made and to the way he was treated before he was dismissed.
The error made was first discussed with Mr. Evans on the same day as his involuntary resignation; his reaction continued from the morning meeting where he was reprimanded for the error up until the point that he left the Dealership. This finding suggests that had Mr. Evans suffered a stress reaction after "resigning" on the evening on June 10, 2010, moral damages would have been awarded. It also raises concern as to whether this decision stands for the proposition that an employee predisposed to stress or similar health conditions, like Mr. Evans, could be successful in a claim for moral damages.
This decision serves as a reminder to employers that they have the onus of proving that an employee voluntarily resigned. Where the circumstances surrounding the purported resignation are emotionally charged, especially where an employee has a history of health concerns, the employer must take steps to clarify the employee's intention by making further enquiries. In addition, the duty of good faith and fair dealings in contractual performance, which was found on the facts of this case, requires an employer to give the employee time to cool off and reconsider or risk a finding of a breach of this duty.
Evans v Avalon Ford Sales (1996) Limited, 2015 NLTD(G) 100.


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EARTH DAY #50 AND GREENER BUILDINGS: "The ones who caught on the fastest to what we were doing were the business leaders – the CEOs, the CFOs and the building owners," stated Mary Tod Winchester, retired Vice-President for Administration, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, when reflecting on the value green building has delivered for people and the planet
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Greener Buildings Are Part of a More Sustainable Future
"For facility owners and managers, green building has been a cornerstone of environmental action," wrote Sarah Stanley, Director of Communications for the U.S. Green Building Council, in an article that celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day.
In the article, Sarah Stanley states that "there are many milestones to reflect on that continue to help motivate and inspire progress." Milestones include these three:
2000 – Philip Merrill Environmental Center in Annapolis, Maryland, becomes the first LEED Platinum building
2000 – Kandalama Hotel in Sri Lanka becomes the first LEED-certified hotel and international project
2019 – More than 100,000 registered and certified LEED projects in the world
"Earth Day and beyond is an opportunity to recognize the progress made and the opportunities that still lie ahead."
Philip Merrill Environmental Center, Chesapeake Bay
Philip Merrill Environmental Center
In the article, Sarah Stanley describes how "the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) cemented its position in green building history when its headquarters in Annapolis, Maryland, became the first LEED Platinum building in the world. The pioneering work became the envy of business leaders and organizations who visited from around the world looking for ideas to take back to their own offices and teams.
She quotes Mary Tod Winchester, CBF's retired vice president for administration, as follows:
"The ones who caught on the fastest to what we were doing were the business leaders – the CEOs, the CFOs and the building owners. They were obviously looking at the bottom line and not necessarily what it would cost them, but what the operating costs were going to be. They talked with staff and quickly realized it was a place people wanted to work and loved to work. They really picked up on so many pieces of the puzzle. They would go on and incorporate what they saw into their own office buildings or new builds. And when you have businesses doing that you move markets."
The Philip Merrill Environmental Center is named for Philip Merrill, an American diplomat, publisher, banker, and philanthropist.
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To read the complete article, download a copy of Greener Buildings Are Part of a More Sustainable Future.
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This October, Saint-Petersburg saw opening of the three new subway stations. Actually, they should have been opened a month earlier, but in the end it was decided to postpone the event. As Alexander Beglov, the Governor of Saint-Petersburg, explained, ensuring passenger safety was much more important than matching the opening with certain dates. The official opening ceremony of new stations (Dunayskaya, Shushary and Prospect Slavy), however, happened a month prior to the commissioning date and was shortly followed by numerous sarcastic remarks in the press and social media. Admittedly, projects of this scale should never be rushed, and the majority of city inhabitants agreed on that.
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There is a version that in 1974 the need to speed up construction works led to technology violations when building interstation tunnels between Lesnaya and Ploschad Muzhestva metro stations. Back in those days, circumventing the drifting sand, through which main line tunnels were supposed to be laid, was considered impossible. Therefore, it was decided to brine-freeze the soil with a solution of calcium chloride, resulting in the temperature of minus 32 degrees Celsius at the mine face.
As noted by Anatoliy Protosenya, Dean of the Faculty of Construction at St. Petersburg Mining University, "St. Petersburg is located at the junction of two large tectonic structures - the Baltic Shield and the Russian tectonic plate - the latter one of which consists of malmrocks, limestones and clay layers. Consecutively, underground works are complicated. The most challenging environment to work in are the so-called paleovalleys - old riverbeds. They are filled with fine-grained soil, the particles of which are covered with thin-film water and remain in suspended state, called drifting sands or flow rocks. If mechanically affected, drifting sand is able to flow and permeate the quere."
Traditional technology of artificial freezing failed, however. The solution went into the soil on several route sections, and huge masses of drifting sand started filling the tunnels, leading to the first accident. The tunnels got flooded, several buildings on the surface appeared to have cracked, and the roads became covered with pit holes.
To eliminate erosion, the most advanced technology of that time was used - freezing with liquid nitrogen. As a result, temperature of the layer was lowered to -70 degrees Celsius, and at the end of 1975 maintenance works at the line extending from Ploschad Lenina to Akademicheskaya were completed. Nevertheless, 20 years later a second erosion happened.
According to Anatoliy Protosenya's explanations,"The tunnels were located just one above the other, and water kept soaking into them - about 60 cubic meters per day. Though it was being constantly pumped out, small particles of soil, of which drifting sands are composed of, were seeping out together with water. In the end, soil found its way out of the tunnels and they began sagging, which further caused their depressurisation. The volumes of inflowing liquid were so high that it was decided to stop using the tunnel."
At that time, Anatoliy was a member of the commission established under Saint Petersburg City Administration, which was facing a difficult task - to find technical solutions that would eliminate the consequences of the second erosion. The сommission was comprised of the city's best engineers, including scientists and researchers from the Mining University who offered a few innovative solutions - in particular, methods of tamponage and tunnel lining construction.
In order to provide a solution for tunnel construction in difficult geological conditions, members of the commission proposed to use slurry shields, which allowed to ensure work safety and exclude the possibility of significant soil compaction at surface level and thus guarantee preservation of buildings and other facilities constructed above the flow rock.
The tunnelling shield Victoria was put into action in February, 2002. It was supposed that negative consequences of the second erosion would have been liquidated by the 300th anniversary of Saint-Petersburg, but repairing works had to be suspended several times, resulting in moving the final date of construction activities. Uninterrupted passenger services between the stations Lesnaya and Ploschad Muzhestva became available only on June 26, 2004.
Over 15 years have passed since that date, but experience gained in dealing with incidents of such scale is still in demand. Scientists at Saint-Petersburg Mining University are pushing through their academic pursuits and continuing research in the field of underground space development, whereas their method of using slurry shields for tunnel driving was acknowledged as an advanced technology and is still actively applied in practice. In particular, it was used for constructing inclined tunnel at the Obvodny Kanal metro station and double-track tunnel for the new section of metro line, extending from Prospect Slavy to Shushary.
An agreement on scientific cooperation between Saint-Petersburg Mining University and LUT University was signed on the day of Putin's visit to Finland
LUT University is now the key partner university in Finland for the International Competence Centre for Mining-Engineering Education under the auspices of UNESCO.
This Stone Is Part of Your Mobile Phone
Three centuries ago, this stone, originally discovered in Russia, was one of the world's most sought-after. The supply was outnumbered by demand manifoldly. In Russia, the stone was out of reach for ordinary people, instead it was massively exported abroad.
Russian-German Cooperation: New Horizons
The regional cooperation as one of the key topics discussed at at the XII Russian-German Raw Materials Dialogue.
An Austrian University Makes Millions of Euros on the Waste
Austria is one of the leading European countries in terms of waste recycling: over 96% of its residents are sorting their trash. However, Austrian scientists and researchers do not stop and continue working on the new innovative solutions in the waste management sector - the recent one involves taking into use the power of artificial intelligence.
Electric Cars Are Not That Green after All
Electric vehicles (or EVs) are probably not that environmentally friendly as we believe they are, but people should buy them anyway.
A 'Martian Stone'
This mineral was first found in Russia. Its discovery credit could have been assigned to Russian scientists, if the find had been registered properly. In reality, the glory of discoverers was given to German geologists, who even named this mineral after Goethe, a German writer and statesman.
Russian waste dumps are worth $237 billion
There is an enormous amount of waste rock dumps left by the companies after extraction. Neither officials nor business people are interested in doing anything about the open dumps, although development of waste materials could earn them reasonable profits
Russian-German Raw Materials Dialogue: Economy and Ecology Tied Together
It was a year ago when the launch of a large-scale waste management reform was announced in Russia.
The Stone That Is More Precious Than a Diamond
It is forecasted that the price on this stone will only go up. As of today, it has already entered the top five best selling minerals. This gem was shot in one of the most popular box office movies of the XX century and was adopted as a hallmark of the world's oldest jewellery brand.
A Swift Transition from Fake PhD Theses to Scientific Research of Global Importance - Is It Possible?
What can be done to prevent questioning the quality of awarded degrees and what should Russian universities and research institutes do to handle the issue and facilitate introduction of new scientific developments into production?
Combatting climate change together - Russia and Germany will join forces
One of the main topics of this year's Russian-German Raw Materials Dialogue was cooperation prospects for the two countries, as they have been seeking for the ways to contribute to environmentally sustainable development and fight against the global warming.
A stone that bursts into green flames
This stone's colour is generally considered as one of the most rare and beautiful. The world's greatest artists and iconographers were inspired by its sky-blue colour. Its blue lustre has been brightening the Sistine Chapel ceiling in the Vatican for centuries.
Student housing opportunities in St. Petersburg or how much students pay to get a bed in a dorm
The universities of St. Petersburg attract high school graduates from many regions of Russia and different countries all over the world. However, those students who have been admitted are facing a problem of finding a suitable housing. That is hardly a surprise that most of the newcomers tend to living in a dorm room, as this option is is a lot cheaper compared to apartment rental.
A stone people die for
More than a hundred tons of this stone each year are illegally mined and exported from Russia. Damage to the state budget is estimated to be at the very least tens of billions of dollars.
A Stone That Can Actually Heal People
This stone is without a doubt one of the most useful minerals on our planet. It has been over a few centuries since people started applying it for treatment of severe illnesses and human health protection in general. Health resorts of Karlovy Vary or Baden-Baden would have never been built if this stone had never existed in the first place.
Are young Africans going to make use of their opportunity to study in Russia?
This autumn, the Russia-Africa Summit took place in Sochi, one of the most southern Russian cities. Over the course of two days the event lasted, a number of significant agreements were achieved.
The stone whose price is getting higher with each day
The price on this mineral continues breaking historical records. Over the last decade, it has become one of the most highly demanded stones: the greatest and most famous jewellery houses from all over the world use this gem in their collections while the purchase of this stone is reasonably considered a profitable investment.
The "Stone Killer"
This mineral was for a very long time associated mostly with death, since over the course of the centuries it had been a key ingredient of multiple poisons - among its victims were Pope Alexander VI, Mozart, Napoleon, Francesco I (de' Medici), René Descartes and others.
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China ready to work with Guyana on renewable energy and infrastructure development
Georgetown, Guyana – (November 05, 2015) China's Ambassador to Guyana, His Excellency, Mr. Zhang Limin says his government will be working closely with Guyana in the areas of renewable energy generation and infrastructural development. Earlier today, the Ambassador was part of a meeting with President David Granger, Minister of State Joseph Harmon, Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge, and Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman.
In addition views were exchanged on strengthening current and future cooperation between Guyana and China.
In 1972, Guyana became the first English-speaking Caribbean country to recognise the People's Republic of China, and after more than 42 years of friendship and cooperation, the bilateral relationship, shared between these two countries continues to flourish.
(from left), Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman, Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge, President David Granger, China's Ambassador to Guyana His Excellency Mr. Zhang Limin and Minister of State Joseph Harmon, before the meeting was convened.
Time to bring order and sanity to the use of our roads – President Granger at launch of Road Safety Month
Guyana's "Second Independence" requires strong focus on science and technology – President Granger at President's College graduation
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Vince Gilligan Announces Breaking Bad Season 6; Returns This Summer – Walt Did Not Die! – ABC News
Series creator, Vince Gilligan, has announced that Breaking Bad Season 6 has begun shooting and says the show will be returning sometime this summer. (AMC Photo/Dennis System)
Hollywood, CA — Breaking Bad fans around the world are celebrating the stunning, glorious and amazing news that was announced today: Walter White is not dead, and there will indeed be a sixth season of the wildly-popular, award-winning AMC drama.
This shocking and exciting news comes not from an internet message board or the rumor mill but from series creator Vince Gilligan. In an exclusive ABC News interview, Gilligan dropped the bombshell.
"Walter White is not dead, and neither is Breaking Bad," said the 48-year-old writer, director, and executive producer of the groundbreaking show.
"We've kept it under wraps for months, now the cat's out of the bag. Season 6 is coming, and it's going to be epic and true to the fans that have followed the show so incessantly."
Gilligan explained his decision to continue with the popular series.
"I just couldn't walk away from it. This isn't a cash-grab or a sophomoric attempt to bastardize what was such a beautiful ending to season 5. I've invested so much of myself in these characters that I'd always had an inkling I'd return to it, even outside [the] Better Call Saul [spin-off]. The kicker was I'd need a spark, something that made it make sense for these stories to continue."
The series star Bryan Cranston seemed to drop a major hint in an interview with CNN's Ashleigh Banfield back in May. Asked by Banfield if his character, Walter White, died or not, Cranston said, "Hey, you never saw bags zip up or anything. Or say … you know."
Gilligan explained how the decision came about to do a season six.
"Bryan [Cranston] called me up and said he had this incredibly lucid dream in which Walt wakes up in a hospital bed surrounded by the DEA, ends up breaking out of prison and finds out he's got fans," Gilligan said. "This isn't a redemption story, it's got a bleak, dark premise. I can't give away any more of the details, but let's just say Walt has quite a bit of unfinished business to attend to, and it sure as hell has nothing to do with teaching high school science."
According to Gilligan, the entire cast agreed to return for at least one more season. This includes Bob Odenkirk, star of Better Call Saul, the prequel comedy series with season two beginning February 15th.
"I'm not surprised in the least that Vince was going back to Breaking Bad," said Odenkirk. "Before we began shooting this new season, I was working with him on the set, and the last few times I had seen him, he had sort of a glint in his eye, a bounce to his step. He was laughing at a bunch of jokes I couldn't pull off two years ago. I mean, comedy and drama can be radically different, and no one does drama like Vince. Season 6 will be great, I just know it, and I can't wait to see where this journey takes us."
Sarah Bradley, a spokeswoman for Sock It Forward, a group that gives new socks to the homeless and those less fortunate, told ABC News she is excited that Gilligan will be featuring the group in the upcoming season.
"I'm just thrilled that Vine [Gilligan] is using our name and group in season six of Breaking Bad," Bradley said. "We have so many great scenes and dialogue in season six, it is so fantastic. This will definitely increase the amount of donations we receive and put so many more brand new pairs of socks on the feet of homeless people. Please give what you can, every dollar puts at least one new pair of socks on the foot of someone less fortunate."
David Mikkelson, founder of Snopes.com, upon hearing the announcement by Gilligan confirmed the news with ABC News.
"Yes, it's true. I have a friend, Tom Downey, who is a writer for the show who told me everything. You don't know how much of a relief this is to finally get this off my back. I've been keeping this a secret for six long months now, I was ready to explode," Mikkelson said. "Here's a little spoiler for all you fans out there so stop reading right now if you don't want any information, otherwise, lets go. Season six begins with Walt waking up in the hospital, handcuffed to his bed. Like Bryan [Cranston] said last May, nobody ever saw a body bag, so essentially, the last episode of Season 5 was left open-ended. Skyler, Walt Jr., Marie… none of them have any idea he's survived, but the DEA is right on top of it. We'll go through the motions of people finding out he's alive – many people wanted Walt dead, so there's a lot of disconcerted, angry people out there. We have Walt going to trial, his incarceration and how he's keeping Heisenberg and the blue meth on the streets during his imprisonment. Season 6 will have Walt's eventual breakout, despite the fact that he's being held prisoner in a fashion not seen since Hannibal Lecter. The nationwide manhunt for Jesse Pinkman is both epic and gripping, and I can tell you for certain his relationship with Walt will continue, in a much more strained, arch-nemesis-type fashion. None of this is anything you won't find out about in the trailer, but it's high time to get truly, truly excited for the greatest show of all time! I believe in this, it's a valid and worthwhile continuation of something that deserves discernment and care. Breaking Bad Season 6! It's not over yet!"
For comedic relief in season 6, a Christian anti-masturbation organization's mascot named Fappy The Anti-Masturbation Dolphin will be joining the crew. Fappy, played by newcomer 37-year-old Paul Horner from Phoenix, Arizona, told ABC News he is excited about the role.
"I'm not familiar with the show, honestly if it's not in the Bible I probably haven't heard about it," Horner said. "A couple months ago, the great Lonnie Childs, president of Stop Masturbation Now, contacted me and asked if I wanted to be in one of those moving picture shows about breaking stuff badly and smoking methamphetamine. I told him I had never tried meth before, but the people at the bus stop look like they're having a good time. I also told him I was interested in the part, but just as long as the breaking show had no self-rape or homogayness in it. He assured me it didn't, so I said, sure, why not!" Horner continued, "I think this is a perfect platform to help spread awareness about the dangers and consequences of masturbation. This is going to be so much fun! Praise Lonnie Childs! Praise Fappy!"
The original series won multiple awards, including ten Primetime Emmys. Out of 267 nominations, Breaking Bad has garnered 101 trophies. Breaking Bad: Season 6 is set to return sometime this summer.
VIDEO: Vince Gilligan Announces Breaking Bad Season 6
AMC Official Trailer For Breaking Bad Season 6
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Montgomery County Councilmembers George Leventhal, Sidney Katz and Marc Elrich - all of whom attended the Carver bus depot meeting Wednesday night and said they opposed using the Carver Center for bus parking - have now asked their colleagues to put the required Declaration of No Further Need for the existing bus depot on the June agenda.
The Council must vote to approve a DNFN before the County can sell the current depot site to a developer that is preparing to redevelop it as residential. In a memo, the three say that putting it on the agenda will allow for a thorough discussion of an issue that has concerned several neighborhoods, including those around the Carver site, Lincoln Park (where a second depot is being proposed at 1000 Westmore Avenue) and Aspen Hill (where the potential use of the Avery Road site would likely push the alternative education Blair Ewing Center to the English Manor school).
Residents, the councilmen write, have been left "angry and confused" by the process and uncertainty. Wednesday night's meeting did little to reduce either. It also became apparent that, according to the councilmen themselves, they did not read the resolution they voted to approve February 9, which funded conversion of Carver to a bus depot.
At the conclusion of their memo, which also went to County Executie Ike Leggett and the Board of Education, the councilmen ask the BOE to "cease any and all activity related to the proposed Carver site."
The memo is a step forward from the buck-passing Wednesday in providing at least two concrete next steps. But those will depend on how the Council and BOE act and or vote in response to the memo. Can the Council legally back out of the agreement, can that action withstand a legal challenge from the developer, and if they lose, where will the buses go?


ABG - arterial blood gas.
Adenitis - inflammation of a lymph node.
Angioedema - sudden onset of periodic, recurrent episodes of noninflammatory swelling of skin, mucous membranes, and other tissues, associated with food allergies, urticaria or possibly stress or emotional factors.
Aphonia - loss of voice.
Apnea (reflex) - episodes of bradycardia, apnea, and cyanosis. Also known as dying spells.
Asplenia - absence of the spleen due to congenital or traumatic cause.
Asthma - a disease with reversible narrowing of the airways, edema of the mucosa, and mucus in the lumen of the small airways, particularly the bronchi and bronchioles, caused by the local release of vasoactive substances secondary to many causes such as allergies.
Branchial cleft cyst - a malformation of the branchial cleft during embryogenesis such that the remnant forms a cyst, usually found in the lateral neck.
Bronchiolitis - inflammation of the bronchioles, often associated with bronchopneumonia. Also known as capillary bronchitis.
Bronchitis - inflammation of the bronchi.
Bronchoscopy - a medical procedure involving the inspection of the respiratory tree using a bronchoscope, which is an instrument similar to a telescope but with a built-in light source and small size.
CBC - complete blood count.
Cellulitis - inflammation of the skin.
Cine CT - motion pictures of a computed tomographic study.
Conjunctivitis - inflammation of the conjunctiva.
Cricothyrotomy - a medical procedure involving an incision being made between the cricoid and thyroid cartilages to maintain patency of the airway.
Croup - an infection of the larynx in children characterized by a barky, hoarse cough and difficulty in breathing. Often caused by parainfluenza 1 virus. Also known as laryngotracheobronchitis.
Cyanosis - a blue coloration of the skin and mucous membranes due to deoxygenation of the blood.
Cystic fibrosis - an autosomal recessive metabolic disease that affects the Na-Cl transport protein on cell membranes, which causes respiratory, gastrointestina, and metabolic derangements in affected persons. Affected persons have a shortened life span and are diagnosed by quantitative measurement of sweat chloride.
Dying spells - episodes of bradycardia, apnea, and cyanosis. Also known as reflex apnea.
Dysphagia - difficulty in swallowing.
Dyspnea - shortness of breath.
Echocardiography - a medical test using ultrasound and Doppler techniques to visualize the structure of the heart.
ECG - a medical test to record the electrical current in the heart. Also known as an electrocardiogram.
Emphysema - a condition of the lung characterized by destruction of lung tissue resulting in enlarged terminal bronchioles and reduction of their number.
Endoscopy - a generic medical procedure used to visualize the inside of an organ system. This includes bronchoscopy (respiratory system), endoscopy (specifically referring to the gastrointestinal tract), cystoscopy (genitourinary tract), etc.
Epiglottitis - an inflammation of the epiglottitis usually caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b. This is a medical emergency.
Glottis - the vocal apparatus of the larynx consisting of the vocal folds of mucosa investing the vocal ligament, vocal muscle on each side of the vocal ligament, and vocal cords. Also known as the voice box.
Goiter - a chronic enlargement of the thyroid gland not due to neoplasm often seen in endemic areas.
Hyaline membrane disease - a disease causing respiratory distress usually in premature newborns in which hyalin, a glassy, eosinophilic materia, is seen in the alveoli. Also known as respiratory distress syndrome.
Hypercapnea - the presence of an abnormally high amount of carbon dioxide in the blood. Also known as hypercarbia.
Hyperemia - an increased amount of blood in a tissue or organ. Also known as congestion.
Hypocalcemia - the presence of an abnormally low amount of calcium in the blood.
Hypopharynx - synonymous with larynx.
Hypoxia - the presence of an abnormally low amount of oxygen in the blood.
Laryngitis (acute infectious) - inflammation of the mucous membranes of the larynx usually secondary to influenza virus.
Laryngitis (spasmotic) - inflammation of the mucous membranes of the larynx generally causing stridor. The stridor subsides easily only to return on subsequent nights. Also known as spasmotic croup.
Laryngomalacia - a softening of the structures of the larynx. Also known as chondromalacia of the larynx.
Laryngoscopy - a procedure similar to a bronchoscopy, but only the laryngeal structures are visualized.
Laryngoplasty - plastic surgery or reparation of the structures of the larynx.
Laryngotracheobronchitis - also known as viral croup.
Leukocytosis - an elevation of the normal leukocyte blood count.
Lymphocytosis - an elevation of the normal lymphocyte blood count.
Malacia - a softening of the affected structure.
Measles - an acute exanthematous disease caused by the measles virus and characterized by a morbiliform erythematous rash, high fever, inflammation of the respiratory mucous membranes, with cough, runny nose, and white spots on the buccal mucosa known as Koplik spots.
Meningitis - an inflammation of the meninges caused by an infectious process often viral or bacterial.
Multimedia - the concurrent use of multiple forms of media.
Nebulizer - a medical device used to aerosolize a liquid medication into fine particles.
Otitis edia - an inflammation of the middle ear structures.
Pericarditis - an inflammation of the pericardium.
Peritonsillar abscess - an abscess involving the structures around the tonsil. This is a surgical emergency.
Pneumonia - an inflammation of the lung parenchyma, often causing consolidation of the affected part with the alveolar air spaces being filled with blood, cells, and fibrin. It has many causes.
Pneumothorax - the presence of gas or air in the pleural cavity.
Pulse oximetry - a medical text involving the determination of oxygen saturation externally using an infrared detector placed across a capillary bed such as a digit or ear.
Rale - a crackling sound heard on auscultation of the chest.
Retropharyngeal abscess - an abscess involving the structures in the posterior pharynx. This is a surgical emergency.
Reye's syndrome - a disease of children of unknown etiology, characterized by a sudden loss of consciousness, cerebral edema, and marked fatty changes in the liver and renal tubules. May be associated with aspirin ingestion after certain viral illnesses. This is a medical emergency.
Rhinitis - an inflammation of the nasal mucosa.
Rhinorrhea - a discharge from the nasal mucosa.
Rhonchi - a wheezing sound heard on auscultation of the chest.
Sinusitis - an inflammation of the sinus mucosa.
Steeple sign - a radiographic sign seen on the anteroposterior endolateral neck x-rays in children with croup. A narrowing of the air column in the hypopharynx is seen resembling a church spire.
Stenosis - the narrowing of the lumen of a structure. Complete stenosis is also known as atresia.
Stridor - an inspiratory, high-pitched sound caused by obstruction in the upper airway.
Subglottic stenosis - stenosis of the structures below the glottis.
Tetany - an intermittent cramping of the muscles, often occurring for prolonged periods of time with associated pain. Often caused by metabolic derangements such as hypocalcemia.
Thumb sign - a radiographic sign seen on lateral endolateral neck x-rays in children with epiglottitis, caused by the marked swelling of aryepiglottic folds and arytenoid cartilages. The swelling resembles the human thumb.
Toxic - pertaining to a toxin. A very ill appearing child.
Tracheoesophageal fistula - generally a congenital abnormality involving a communication between the trachea and esophagus. It may also be acquired.
Tracheomalacia - a softening of the tracheal structures.
Tracheoplasty - plastic surgery or reparation of the structures of the trachea.
Tracheostomy - an opening in the trachea.
Tracheotomy - a medical procedure creating an opening in the trachea.
URI - Upper respiratory tract infection.
Web - a thin tissue or membrane bridging a space.


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Sri Lanka detains 33 fishermen, Jayalalithaa asks PM to intervene
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RAMESWARAM: Belying hopes that the bonhomie shared by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse would translate into better relations on the waters bordering the countries, Sri Lankan navy on Sunday detained 33 fishermen from Rameswaram. The Lankan navy also seized their seven boats .
The fishermen are likely to be produced in Mannar court on Monday.
The incident has sparked off protests among fishermen in Rameswaram and chief minister J Jayalalithaa has shot off a letter to PM Modi. "I request you to put in place a strong and robust diplomatic response and ensure that India registers the strongest disapproval of the belligerent actions of the Sri Lankan navy," she said in her letter.
In her first letter to Modi after he became PM, she also said, "I urge your personal intervention in the matter and request you to direct the ministry of external affairs to take up the matter with the Sri Lankan authorities in a concrete and decisive manner so as to secure the immediate release of 33 fishermen," she said.
She has also requested the PM to "proactively initiate an appropriate and calibrated set of actions that will bring about a permanent end to the perennial problem that plagues the livelihoods of lakhs of Tamil Nadu fishermen who fish in their traditional fishing grounds in the Palk Bay, facing the daily threat of attack and abduction at the hands of the Sri Lankan navy".
U Arulanandam of Alliance for Release of Innocent Fishermen (ARIF) said the fishermen were part of a flotilla of 750 mechanised boats that sailed from Ramanathapuram on Friday after the 45-day-ban on fishing came to an end. The ban on fishing is to facilitate breeding of marine species.
As many as 29 fishermen in six boats were fishing in the high seas between Dhanushkodi and Thalaimannar on Saturday night when the Lankan naval forces rounded them up. They were taken to Thalaimannar and interrogated. Another boat owned by Mahendran developed technical snag and was cast aside near Thalaimannar. The four fishermen in the boat were taken into custody by Lankan authorities.
"We thought the Sri Lankan navy would show restraint in their action after the regime change in Centre and the subsequent visit of the Lankan president to India," said B Jesuraj, Ramanathapuram district secretary of Tamil Nadu Mechanised Boat Fishermen Association.
Sri Lanka had released 14 Indian fishermen who were in jails in the island nation soon after the Modi government took over as a goodwill gesture.
(The Times of India)
1 Response to Sri Lanka detains 33 fishermen, Jayalalithaa asks PM to intervene
Nicholas Dias says:
Our reply should also be robust.
Let Big Mama know she cannot allow her fishermen to trawler fish in our waters without penalty. This time they should be all locked up and their trawlers seized and sold. Big Mama can buy them back and also pay a huge fine.
But they will not be released.
Modi will have to call for quick solution to this age old problem of kallathonis by calling for urgent meeting of both sides to resolve the issue which is fair to both sides.
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I Have The Most Expensive Music Videos In Uganda - Upcoming Singer Prince Omar
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Upcoming singer Prince Omar shot to fame after featuring on a song, "Kyoyoya" with John Blaq and Andre. He also has a song with Lydia Jazmine which was shot in Dubai.
Omar has now released a new song called, "Hallelujah" whose video he claims to have cost him 80m.
He says it is the most expensive video Uganda has ever seen. Omar says he shot from the most expensive hotel in Zanzibar, and hired a crew from Uganda to go and shoot which is very costly.
Asked where he got the money, he says he has a real estate business plus a management team consisting 20 people, many of whom have money.
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Home / Case Studies / Prior Investments / Astrex Electronics
Based in Plainview, NY, Astrex is a value-added distributor of electronic interconnects used in military, aerospace, medical, industrial and other high-reliability and ruggedized applications.
Rockwood acquired the assets of Astrex in September 2008 from a parent company that was in financial distress. Rockwood completed its due diligence, raised outside debt financing and closed the transaction in 35 days after signing a letter of intent, which was imperative given the deteriorating financial position of the parent company and its impact on Astrex's operations.
In early 2013, Astrex acquired TIM-CO, a leading distributor of electronic components focused on the commercial aviation, space, oil & gas, industrial and military markets.
In June 2014, Astrex was sold to TTI, Inc.
Rockwood Actions & Results
Removed ties with the former parent within four months of close, including the relocation of a sales and light assembly operation from a shared facility and creating a stand-alone finance/accounting function from scratch
Recruited a new senior management team and board of directors with strong supplier, customer and market relationships
Completed a small tuck-in acquisition to expand the company's supplier line card, value added service offering, end market exposure and geographic footprint
Expanded the company's product offering organically by adding five new suppliers and more than 20 new product families
Successfully managed through a downturn, growing adjusted EBITDA by 136 percent over the course of ownership
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Q: Не происходит Обновление html в тэге select в мобильном ios, jquery Jquery 3.4.1
Select doesnt take HTML variable in mobile ios, with picker activated. All other browsers work fine.

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    var input = $('#selectednumber').val();
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    $("#magicnumber").val(input);
    $("#magicnumbercheck").html(input);
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A: Не знаю. в чём тут прикол, однако изначально мой JS был в отдельном файле, внутри такой  конструкции:
(function ($) {
   "use strict";
   jQuery(document).ready(function($){

Как только перенёс в HTML файл, в такую функцию
$(document).ready(function(){

На айфоне также стало работать. Во всех остальных браузерах, как работало так и работает. Непонятно.

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"The characteristics which give a charming beauty and a variety of sentiments to this concerto are various---a melody free and spontaneous, an elaboration clear and persuading, an elegance of phrases, a matchless perfection of style and harmonies...Violin virtuosi should not forget this concerto." --Il Quotidiano, ROME. Recorded by Sergei Stadler and New Moscow Symphony on Naxos.


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The sensitivity of your calls often requires immediate attention. Our answering service for funeral homes can handle calls after hours, during showings, or when you're on the other line. Our empathetic staff are always there to speak with grieving family members, friends, and loved ones, as well as hospitals, facilities, and other authorities. Whether it is a death notification, a call for showing information, or recommending floral arrangements, our staff is available to handle the call 24 hours a day.
For nearly half a century, our compassionate operators have been the trusted voice of funeral directors and business owners nationwide. Funeral home answering services from CMS are an affordable solution for those looking to maintain constant availability without expanding their staff or implementing an impersonal communication system.
Well-trained operators answer every call made to your funeral home and handle them per your instructions.
Calls come in at any time and our after-hours answering services ensure they're addressed without causing you undue distractions.
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Through our advanced scripting software, we are able to offer 100% account customization. Each high priority death notification is dispatched to the appropriate on-call and will continue to be sent until someone is reached. CMS gives you the quickest response times in the industry.
Losing the ability to communicate with families or the morgue for even one day is harmful to a funeral home's reputation. Not to mention the bottom line. If you lose your power or telephone system, experience a weather emergency, or encounter a natural disaster, our funeral home call center agents will be available. Your business needs to be prepared for the worst. Every call is recorded and time-stamped, so you know when each call comes in and when your personnel respond.


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Title: Adam Stegerwald
Subject: Centre Party (Germany), Heinrich Brüning, Hermann Müller (politician), Wilhelm Marx, List of German labour ministers
Adam Stegerwald (14 December 1874, Greußenheim, Lower Franconia – 3 December 1945) was a German Catholic politician and a leader of the left wing of the Centre Party. He served as Prime Minister of Prussia in 1921, and later as a minister in the national governments of Hermann Müller and Heinrich Brüning. He also was Oberpräsident (administrative president) of the province of Brandenburg until 1933. He returned to his native region Lower Franconia and in 1945 he briefly served as Regierungspräsident until his death. In Würzburg he was one of the founders of the new party Christian Social Union.
Otto Braun Prime Minister of Prussia
Otto Braun
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Hermann Müller (Chancellor, SPD)
Gustav Stresemann (DVP)
Julius Curtius (DVP)
Carl Severing (SPD)
Erich Koch-Weser (DDP)
Theodor von Guérard (Z)
Rudolf Hilferding (SPD)
Paul Moldenhauer (DVP)
Robert Schmidt (SPD)
Hermann Dietrich (DDP)
Rudolf Wissell (SPD)
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German Roman Catholics
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Switzerland, Wilhelm Marx, Social Democratic Party of Germany, Franz von Papen, Adam Stegerwald
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Color/Appearance: Heartwood is a light reddish brown. Narrow sapwood is pale yellow-brown to almost white and is clearly demarcated from the heartwood.
Grain/Texture: Grain is straight, with a fine uniform texture.
Endgrain: Resin canals absent; earlywood to latewood transition gradual, color contrast medium; tracheid diameter small-medium; zonate parenchyma.
Rot Resistance: Reported to be durable to very durable regarding decay resistance.
Workability: Easy to work with both hand and machine tools. Holds paint well. Stains, glues, and finishes well.
Odor: Atlantic White Cedar has a characteristic cedar-like scent.
Allergies/Toxicity: Although severe reactions are quite uncommon, Atlantic White Cedar has been reported to cause skin irritation. See the articles Wood Allergies and Toxicity and Wood Dust Safety for more information.
Pricing/Availability: Due to the limited growing range and relatively small tree size, Atlantic White Cedar is more expensive than most other conifers in the eastern United States. Expect prices to be in the medium to high range for a domestic softwood.
Common Uses: Boatbuilding, carving, siding, shingles, and construction lumber.
Comments: Atlantic White Cedar has excellent stability and decay resistance, but isn't nearly as hard or strong as its west coast counterpart, Port Orford Cedar. Atlantic White Cedar is also sometimes referred to as Southern White Cedar to differentiate it from Northern White Cedar of the Thuja genus.


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Q: Getting Google Translate's html codes in php after reading these in below, I still can't see the solution :
Extract data from website via PHP
php extract body tag content
after i using
file_get_contents("https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=en&tl=fa&text=Help%20Me")
It seems it doesn't contain the words that I typed in box of translator(the words:Help Me)
How can i get all the data from start to end that contains the word that user(myself) typed?

A: Google Translate uses Javascript to read & display the translated text. It is not available in the source code. You can verify this by viewing the source of the URL you provided yourself (e.g. by copying view-source:https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=en&tl=fa&text=Help%20Me into your address bar). It's also against their terms of service.
To access Google Translate programmatically you need to use the Cloud Translation API. This API provides $10/month of free usage, which is enough for most hobbyist projects.
Here is more information on pricing and quotas, and even a handy guide to using PHP with it.


Do the great British public get the press the Red Tops think they deserve? Or are the tabloids pious protestations of public interest really just a self-serving attempt to halt declining circulation? Peter Burden examines the News of the Worlds performance—with its Fake Sheikh and the illegal mobile phone tapping, which lead to a jail sentence for royal reporter Clive Do the great British public get the press the Red Tops think they deserve? Or are the tabloids pious protestations of public interest really just a self-serving attempt to halt declining circulation? Peter Burden examines the News of the Worlds performance—with its Fake Sheikh and the illegal mobile phone tapping, which lead to a jail sentence for royal reporter Clive Goodman and the resignation of the editor. Burden also highlights the papers hypocrisy when Mazher Mahmood, the Fake Sheikh, was himself unmasked. This is a book for everyone concerned about standards in British tabloid journalism and people who care about privacy rights and the debate over serving the Public Interest versus the interest of the public.


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package com.omottec.demoapp.fragment;

import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.ImageView;

import com.omottec.demoapp.R;
import com.omottec.demoapp.Tag;

/**
 * Created by qinbingbing on 8/24/16.
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public class ScaleTypeFragment extends Fragment {
    private View mRootView;
    private ImageView mIv;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    }

    @Nullable
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    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, @Nullable ViewGroup container, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        mRootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.f_iv, null);
        mIv = (ImageView) mRootView.findViewById(R.id.iv);
        return mRootView;
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    @Override
    public void onViewCreated(View view, @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onViewCreated(view, savedInstanceState);
        BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
        options.inJustDecodeBounds = true;
        BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.userguide_product_icon_fast, options);
        Log.d(Tag.SCALE_TYPE, "xhdpi");
        Log.d(Tag.SCALE_TYPE, options.outWidth + ":" + options.outHeight);
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Jim Brunner
2019 Seattle City Council Elections
The Overcast politics podcast
From sharecropper's son to Black Panther to politician, County Councilmember Larry Gossett reflects on his legacy
Nov. 6, 2019 at 8:06 pm Updated Nov. 7, 2019 at 12:10 pm
Sydney Brownstone
In the minutes before he would discover if his quarter-century political career on the King County Council would come to an end, Larry Gossett spread his campaign literature out on a plastic table in the church basement hosting his election-night party and chose to look at the past.
"Does this scare you?" he asked a reporter, pointing to four grainy photographs on a piece of paper.
Four police mug shots. Including his own.
Gossett, a fixture on the King County Council and a longtime area civil-rights leader, had brought clippings from his own FBI file, which he said he received in 1977. The mug shots showed a fresh-faced, 23-year-old Gossett, arrested after a sit-in at Franklin High School after the school's decision to send two black students home for wearing their hair natural, according to Gossett, now 74.
Larry Gossett, circa 1984, in the Central Area. (Dave Ekren / The Seattle Times, 1984)
That protest helped usher in a new era in Seattle politics. The early part of Gossett's history — the years he was jailed for protesting, his roles with the Seattle Black Panther Party, the Black Student Union and his work with Asian, Native American and Latino leaders — was foundational to Seattle's civil-rights movement.
But Gossett's legendary past doesn't seem to have moved today's voters to reelect him. After Tuesday's and Wednesday's ballot counts, Gossett is trailing his opponent, 32-year-old Girmay Zahilay, by nearly 14 percentage points. Gossett would need to capture about 62% of the estimated 22,000 remaining votes to catch up to his opponent.
For Gossett's supporters, it would be an acutely felt loss.
Ageism casts a shadow over the twilight of Larry Gossett's King County Council career
"He's fought a lot against authorities that would try to keep us down," said Vanetta Molson, a longtime friend of Gossett's. "I don't think (Zahilay will) do a bad job, but it's really hard to lose Larry."
South Seattle, once a reliable hub of political power for elected leaders of color, has seen a steady migration of black residents moving farther south due to rising housing costs and other reasons. Since 2010, the population of black residents dropped by more than a percentage point in South Seattle neighborhoods, while white people became the area's largest racial group.
In 2011, Gossett won 98% of the vote. Two years later, he suffered a stroke, but in 2015 he won reelection handily, again with 98%.
On the eve of his reelection bid this year, Gossett said the changing makeup of the neighborhood and all that time running unchallenged may have hurt him.
"I don't like self-criticism, but I should have been out meeting these people the last four, five years," Gossett said. "But you're assuming they know who you are."
Who he is, Gossett said, is the son of sharecroppers who moved to the Seattle area from Nigton, a rural East Texas community with a racist nickname. When they got to Seattle, Gossett's family was told they weren't allowed to live in West Seattle neighborhoods, Gossett recalled. They were redlined in the Central Area.
As a young man, Gossett joined the Black Panthers and helped found the Black Student Union at the University of Washington. He first ran for King County Council in 1993 and held the seat, basically unopposed, for the next two decades.
In 1969, Larry Gossett was president of the University of Washington Black Student Union and chairman of the Seattle Alliance of Black Student Unions. (Seattle Times archive )
Officials lauded Gossett's contributions following Tuesday's initial returns, even as it became clearer he might not overcome the gap.
King County Councilmember Rod Dembowski said Gossett's work on criminal-justice reform laid the groundwork for the county's recently adopted goal to get to zero youth detention.
"My nickname for Larry is the conscience of the council," Dembowski said. "And I really think he is the conscience of our council and he is admired and beloved for that."
That conscience remained constant over the years, according to his colleagues. U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Seattle, said Gossett was one of the few politicians to stand up for Muslims and Arab Americans who were being discriminated against in the aftermath of 9/11.
"He never questioned whether to do something because it was popular," Jayapal said, "just whether it was right."
Jayapal added that a lot of people probably didn't know Gossett helped change the county's namesake to Martin Luther King Jr.
Despite Gossett's lack of campaigning in recent years, he retained the support of black community members who cited him as a mentor and local icon.
Alexes Harris, a celebrated sociologist at the University of Washington, said Gossett's advocacy for racial justice in Seattle public schools and her time spent working on Gossett's early campaigns in college helped shape her scholarship.
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"I've been side by side with him for so many years and I never can think of a moment where I feel like Larry violated the principles and values that he set and advocates for," Harris said.
Gossett, however, faced criticism for his support to replace the county's old juvenile jail with the new Children and Family Justice Center through a voter-approved measure in 2012. Gossett has repeatedly pointed to his work on criminal-justice reform — and specifically lowering the average number of teens booked into the county's juvenile justice facility — as a highlight of his career.
"I think that was very, very hurtful to him to have particularly young people and people of color calling him really negative names," Harris said. "Had they known the history and had they known what he did through his career, they would be ashamed of how they disrespected him and how they treated him."
Gossett was also critical to forming the Four Amigos, a group of civil-rights leaders that included Bob Santos, Bernie Whitebear and Roberto Maestas, who worked together for racial justice starting in the 1960s.
King County Councilmember Larry Gossett, left, is the only surviving member of the original Gang of Four, leading lights of the Seattle civil-rights movement. In this 2006 photo, Gossett is shown with Bob Santos, of InterIm; Roberto Maestas, of El Centro de la Raza; and Phil Lane Jr., who succeeded original member Bernie Whitebear as head of United Indians of All Tribes. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times, file)
After Maestas, the founder of El Centro de la Raza, died in 2010, his widow, Estela Ortega, the organization's current executive director, turned to Gossett for mentorship, she said. Ortega agreed that voters' lack of knowledge about Gossett's roots may have played a role in the early results.
"I'm disappointed that Larry doesn't look like he's going to win, but who knows," Ortega said. "I think Larry as a civil-rights leader has much to offer, especially around unity and his experience working with people from all different walks of life. And that will be missed in the role of government."
However it ends, Gossett is proud of his career. He's pledged to keep working for social change, maybe teach if he ends up losing. Going forward, he may have more time to devote to his memoirs, which he started writing four years ago.
He's on page 107.
"The life of Larry Gossett," he mused. "People are going to say, 'Oh, that brother was crazy.'"
Sydney Brownstone: 206-464-3225 or sbrownstone@seattletimes.com; on Twitter: @sydbrownstone.
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Let's get this straight - I would drive just about any distance for love.
In honor of these two getting HITCHED this weekend - I thought I would (finally) share their engagement session on my blog! We met up at Rowena Crest - which I had never been to - and it instantly felt like we were old friends. As we walked around they told me about their wedding day and of their love story. What I like most about Courtney & Edward is they are definitely, undeniably BEST FRIENDS.
For now - enjoy Courtney & Edward's stunning Rowena Crest engagement photos.


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package org.jabref.logic.importer.fetcher;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Objects;
import java.util.Optional;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

import org.jabref.logic.help.HelpFile;
import org.jabref.logic.importer.FetcherException;
import org.jabref.logic.importer.ImportFormatPreferences;
import org.jabref.logic.importer.Parser;
import org.jabref.logic.importer.SearchBasedParserFetcher;
import org.jabref.logic.importer.fetcher.transformers.DefaultLuceneQueryTransformer;
import org.jabref.logic.util.OS;
import org.jabref.model.entry.BibEntry;
import org.jabref.model.entry.field.Field;
import org.jabref.model.entry.field.StandardField;
import org.jabref.model.entry.types.StandardEntryType;
import org.jabref.model.strings.StringUtil;

import kong.unirest.json.JSONArray;
import kong.unirest.json.JSONObject;
import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIBuilder;
import org.apache.lucene.queryparser.flexible.core.nodes.QueryNode;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

/**
 * Fetches data from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
 *
 * @implNote API documentation
 */
public class DOAJFetcher implements SearchBasedParserFetcher {

    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DOAJFetcher.class);

    private static final String SEARCH_URL = "https://doaj.org/api/v1/search/articles/";
    private final ImportFormatPreferences preferences;

    public DOAJFetcher(ImportFormatPreferences preferences) {
        this.preferences = Objects.requireNonNull(preferences);
    }

    /**
     * Convert a JSONObject containing a bibJSON entry to a BibEntry
     *
     * @param bibJsonEntry The JSONObject to convert
     * @return the converted BibEntry
     */
    public static BibEntry parseBibJSONtoBibtex(JSONObject bibJsonEntry, Character keywordSeparator) {
        // Fields that are directly accessible at the top level BibJson object
        Field[] singleFields = {StandardField.YEAR, StandardField.TITLE, StandardField.ABSTRACT, StandardField.MONTH};

        // Fields that are accessible in the journal part of the BibJson object
        Field[] journalSingleFields = {StandardField.PUBLISHER, StandardField.NUMBER, StandardField.VOLUME};

        BibEntry entry = new BibEntry(StandardEntryType.Article);

        // Authors
        if (bibJsonEntry.has("author")) {
            JSONArray authors = bibJsonEntry.getJSONArray("author");
            List<String> authorList = new ArrayList<>();
            for (int i = 0; i < authors.length(); i++) {
                if (authors.getJSONObject(i).has("name")) {
                    authorList.add(authors.getJSONObject(i).getString("name"));
                } else {
                    LOGGER.info("Empty author name.");
                }
            }
            entry.setField(StandardField.AUTHOR, String.join(" and ", authorList));
        } else {
            LOGGER.info("No author found.");
        }

        // Direct accessible fields
        for (Field field : singleFields) {
            if (bibJsonEntry.has(field.getName())) {
                entry.setField(field, bibJsonEntry.getString(field.getName()));
            }
        }

        // Page numbers
        if (bibJsonEntry.has("start_page")) {
            if (bibJsonEntry.has("end_page")) {
                entry.setField(StandardField.PAGES,
                        bibJsonEntry.getString("start_page") + "--" + bibJsonEntry.getString("end_page"));
            } else {
                entry.setField(StandardField.PAGES, bibJsonEntry.getString("start_page"));
            }
        }

        // Journal
        if (bibJsonEntry.has("journal")) {
            JSONObject journal = bibJsonEntry.getJSONObject("journal");
            // Journal title
            if (journal.has("title")) {
                entry.setField(StandardField.JOURNAL, journal.getString("title").trim());
            } else {
                LOGGER.info("No journal title found.");
            }
            // Other journal related fields
            for (Field field : journalSingleFields) {
                if (journal.has(field.getName())) {
                    entry.setField(field, journal.getString(field.getName()));
                }
            }
        } else {
            LOGGER.info("No journal information found.");
        }

        // Keywords
        if (bibJsonEntry.has("keywords")) {
            JSONArray keywords = bibJsonEntry.getJSONArray("keywords");
            for (int i = 0; i < keywords.length(); i++) {
                if (!keywords.isNull(i)) {
                    entry.addKeyword(keywords.getString(i).trim(), keywordSeparator);
                }
            }
        }

        // Identifiers
        if (bibJsonEntry.has("identifier")) {
            JSONArray identifiers = bibJsonEntry.getJSONArray("identifier");
            for (int i = 0; i < identifiers.length(); i++) {
                String type = identifiers.getJSONObject(i).getString("type");
                if ("doi".equals(type)) {
                    entry.setField(StandardField.DOI, identifiers.getJSONObject(i).getString("id"));
                } else if ("pissn".equals(type)) {
                    entry.setField(StandardField.ISSN, identifiers.getJSONObject(i).getString("id"));
                } else if ("eissn".equals(type)) {
                    entry.setField(StandardField.ISSN, identifiers.getJSONObject(i).getString("id"));
                }
            }
        }

        // Links
        if (bibJsonEntry.has("link")) {
            JSONArray links = bibJsonEntry.getJSONArray("link");
            for (int i = 0; i < links.length(); i++) {
                if (links.getJSONObject(i).has("type")) {
                    String type = links.getJSONObject(i).getString("type");
                    if ("fulltext".equals(type) && links.getJSONObject(i).has("url")) {
                        entry.setField(StandardField.URL, links.getJSONObject(i).getString("url"));
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        return entry;
    }

    /**
     * @implNote slightly altered version based on https://gist.github.com/enginer/230e2dc2f1d213a825d5
     */
    public static URIBuilder addPath(URIBuilder base, String subPath) {
        if (StringUtil.isBlank(subPath) || "/".equals(subPath)) {
            return base;
        } else {
            base.setPath(appendSegmentToPath(base.getPath(), subPath));
            return base;
        }
    }

    private static String appendSegmentToPath(String path, String segment) {
        if (StringUtil.isBlank(path)) {
            path = "/";
        }

        if (path.charAt(path.length() - 1) == '/' || segment.startsWith("/")) {
            return path + segment;
        }

        return path + "/" + segment;
    }

    @Override
    public String getName() {
        return "DOAJ";
    }

    @Override
    public Optional<HelpFile> getHelpPage() {
        return Optional.of(HelpFile.FETCHER_DOAJ);
    }

    @Override
    public URL getURLForQuery(QueryNode luceneQuery) throws URISyntaxException, MalformedURLException, FetcherException {
        URIBuilder uriBuilder = new URIBuilder(SEARCH_URL);
        DOAJFetcher.addPath(uriBuilder, new DefaultLuceneQueryTransformer().transformLuceneQuery(luceneQuery).orElse(""));
        // Number of results
        uriBuilder.addParameter("pageSize", "30");
        // Page (not needed so far)
        // uriBuilder.addParameter("page", "1");
        return uriBuilder.build().toURL();
    }

    @Override
    public Parser getParser() {
        return inputStream -> {
            String response = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream)).lines().collect(Collectors.joining(OS.NEWLINE));
            JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(response);

            List<BibEntry> entries = new ArrayList<>();
            if (jsonObject.has("results")) {
                JSONArray results = jsonObject.getJSONArray("results");
                for (int i = 0; i < results.length(); i++) {
                    JSONObject bibJsonEntry = results.getJSONObject(i).getJSONObject("bibjson");
                    BibEntry entry = parseBibJSONtoBibtex(bibJsonEntry, preferences.getKeywordSeparator());
                    entries.add(entry);
                }
            }
            return entries;
        };
    }
}


Visit San Antonio and truly experience the history and culture of this historic city. With 300 events scheduled for Tricentennial celebrations this year, there is truly something for everyone.
Since May 1718, this city has been a hub for diverse culture, eclectic art, and innovations that make the city what it is. With the mix of Texas art, cuisine, and people, the city has developed into the seventh largest city in the country with a special culture. From cultural heritage, history, and much more, the San Antonio Tricentennial is the perfect time to enjoy the city with friends and family.
Taking place every Friday and Saturday until August 12, 2018 (from 8:30pm-10:00pm), Fiesta Noche del Rio is the "longest-running outdoor musical revue." Produced by the Alamo Kiwanis Club Charities, this production includes an evening filled with music, dance, and singers from Texas, Mexico, Argentina, and Spain.
On select weekends between May 25 and December 9, 2018, enjoy the beautiful River Walk with a special touch. Check out beautiful handmade merchandise including pottery, textiles, jewelry, woodwork, paintings, beadwork and more.
From June 12, 2018 – June 17, 2018, enjoy evenings at a poetry slam that display regional, national, and international artists. Come out between 6 pm and midnight to spend a night out surrounded by writers, musicians, and actors.
From June 22- September 16, 2018, come see art that displays Spanish paintings influenced by European art from the Colonial Empire. New to San Antonio, these Spanish paintings highlight work from the 19th century from artists such as El Greco, Diego Velazquez. Jusepe de Ribera, and Francisco Goya among others.
From March 3, 2018 to January 2, 2019, experience how the settlement of the Spaniards influenced San Antonio's cultural and economic development. The Witte Museum is hosting seven galleries in celebration of San Antonio's Tricentennial; including interactive experiences, historic artifacts, a Gallery Theater, the story of the Battle of the Alamo, and more!
From June 6, 2018 to January 6, 2019, the DoSeum is collaborating with the San Antonio Tricentennial Celebration to bring kids and their families an interactive experience that will take them out of this world, and into the future! The "Dream Tomorrow Today" exhibit allows children to travel through exhibits and see what the future holds by designing cities, shaping the community, and role-playing future careers. Take the ideas and fairy tales that your children have, fast-forward for an afternoon, and have them see the power they hold to build a better tomorrow!
Beyond the beautiful view and amazing restaurants, we forget that once the San Antonio River Walk played a pivotal role for survival. Over 12,000 years, the River Walk has changed a lot, from its size to its purpose. The "Gathering at the Waters" is an exhibition that expands the narrative on San Antonio's complex history. Visit the Witte Museum for this free exhibit through July 1, 2018.
From February 6 to June 14, 2018, the Art of Maureen 'Momo' Brown and Charles Harrison Pompa will be traveling around the city. Highlighting the 300 years of heritage in San Antonio, the artwork includes colorful paintings, photography, sculptures, coloring books, and games (including an exhibit scavenger hunt) of our native habitat, and much more!
To keep this exhibition exciting, there is a new design to help develop a unique experience for the public!
Starting August 31, 2018 and going on until the end of the year, the Nature Connects exhibit will be in San Antonio! Experience a unique exhibit of nature created with nearly half a million LEGO bricks.
With events daily, you're bound to catch a Tricentennial celebration and matches your schedule! Visit https://www.sanantonio300.org/mainevents/2018-05/ for a list of festivals and events!
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Abducted PWD engineer released by captors
IMPHAL, Dec 7: The Assistant Engineer of the PWD who was reportedly abducted by the miscreants on December 4 has been set free by its captors safe and sound in the morning today.
The victim identified to be one N. Bimol, 50, s/o Samutombi of Keisamthong Elangbam Leirak Achouba. An Assistant Engineer of the PWD, NH-39 Div-II.
According to reports, the victim was set free by its abductor this morning around 7 am at Churachandpur Bus parking and later reached his home safe and sound at 10 am.
It is not clear enough who was behind the abduction as the victim decline to comment on it.
Reports said that as per disclosure of the victim he was abducted in front of his residence gate on December 4 around 11 am while he was leaving for work. Two youths coming on a two wheeler (DIO) asked him to accompany them for a talk in connection with contract under the department.
However on reaching Keishampat he was taken on a Maruti car which was already set up to whisk him away. He could recall that he was actually taken to Moirang side however he soon lost sense of direction and even though he could make it that he was taken to a hilly area, said the reports.
Reports further asserted that no harsh treatment was given to him and he was later released by their abductor after the name of some sub-contractor was collected from him.
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We are diving into the world of crystals today. Now before you think what has this got to do with business and success! I want to tell you that I have loads of crystals in my office and throughout my house. Yes – total hippy here. What about you?
Crystals are a powerful way to connect with your space and also protect you. And today I talk with Tiarnie who is a speaker, mentor and runs workshops & circles. And of course, she is a crystal expert who has worked with them for over 20 years.
We discuss how to create a calm and creative work environment, how to protect our space but also project love to our clients on the other side of our screen. This episode is jam packed of goodies and you might need a pice of a paper and a pen so you don't miss a thing.