Sri Lanka's National cricketers and their Board are squaring off for a stand-off over a fresh contract, with the players firmly rejecting to sign the new performance-based agreements on offer.
The new contract sees a substantial cut in players' annual contract fees although they have been offered significant win bonuses and individual performance bonuses.But the players have registered their firm disapproval, demanding a ten percent increase in their contract fees instead.
The dispute comes just days ahead of the team's departure to Zimbabwe for a two-match Test series followed by a Tri-Series also involving the West Indies.
Skipper Angelo Mathews, his Deputy Dinesh Chandimal and veteran spinner Rangana Herath who are in the top category failed to reach a compromise when they met the Board's CEO Ashley de Silva yesterday. They will meet board officials again this morning in the hope of avoiding a full blown crisis.
SLC's decision to introduce pay-cuts was largely motivated by finding the Board had disbursed Rs. 684.85 million - approximately around 33 percent of Board's income - among the 16 players in the National Squad during the previous contract year.
A player in the top category received a contract fee of US $165,000; in category 2, US $100,000; US $70,000 in category 3; and US $40,000 in category 4 during the 2015-2016 contract period which ended in February in addition to match fees, 10 percent share from the ICC and ACC events and a percentage from team sponsorship.
But SLC's new administrators decided to reduce this substantially where a player in the top category will now receive a reduced annual contract fee of US$ 125,000 as opposed to the US$ 165,000 received last year.
A player in category 2 will receive US $ 80,000 while the contract fee for category 3 has been set at US $ 60,000. A category 4 player will receive an annual fee of US $ 40,000 and US $ 20,000 per player in category 5.
Accordingly, the Test match fee has been brought down to US $ 5000 from US $ 7500.This amount will be increased to US $ 10,000, if they win.
Also, every century scored or five or more wickets taken in a Test match will earn a player an additional US $ 5000.
The ODI and T20 match fees remain the same at US $ 3000 and US $ 2000 respectively. However, in order to create competitiveness and encourage individual performance, the Board is offering US $ 5000 for every century scored in a limited-over match and a five-wicket haul taken.
In T20's, this has been increased by further US $ 2500, meaning a century or a five wicket-haul will fetch them US $ 7500.


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Sirmione (Brescian: ; ) is a comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy (northern Italy).  It is bounded by Desenzano del Garda (Lombardy) and Peschiera del Garda in the province of Verona and the region of Veneto.  It has a historical centre which is located on the Sirmio peninsula that divides the lower part of Lake Garda.

History

The first traces of human presence in the area of Sirmione date from the 6th–5th millennia BC. Settlements on palafitte existed in the 3rd and 2nd millennia BC.

Starting from the 1st century BC, the area of the Garda, including what is now Sirmione, became a favourite resort for rich families coming from Verona, then the main Roman city in north-eastern Italy. The poet Catullus praised the beauties of the city and spoke of a villa he had in the area.

In the late Roman era (4th–5th centuries AD) the city became a fortified strongpoint defending the southern shore of the lake. A settlement existed also after the Lombard conquest of northern Italy: in the late years of the Lombard kingdom, the city was capital of a judiciary district directly subordinated to the king. Ansa, wife of King Desiderius, founded a monastery and a church in the city.

Around the year 1000, Sirmione was probably a free comune, but fell into the hands of the Scaliger in the early 13th century. Mastino I della Scala was probably the founder of the castle. In the same period, Sirmione was refuge for Patarines hereticals. The military role of the city continued until the 16th century, but a garrison remained in the castle until the 19th century.

Sirmione was a possession of the Venetian Republic from 1405 until 1797, when it was acquired by the Habsburg Empire. It became part of the Kingdom of Italy in 1860.

Main sights

The main historical landmark of Sirmione is the so-called Grottoes of Catullus (Grotte di Catullo), the most striking example of a Roman private edifice discovered in northern Italy. The edifice had a rectangular plan and measured 167m × 105 m.

The town is famous for its thermal springs. Other sights include:
 The Scaligero Castle (13th century). This is a rare example of medieval port fortification, which was used by the Scaliger fleet. The building of this complex started in 1277 by Mastino della Scala. It presents the typical Ghibelline swallowtail merlons and the curtain-walls (with three corner towers) in pebbles alternating with two horizontal bands of brick courses. The walls on the inside were finished with plaster with graffiti, simulating blocks of stone. The castle stands at a strategic place at the entrance to the peninsula. It is surrounded by a moat and it can only be entered by two drawbridges. The castle was established mainly as a protection against enemies, but also against the locals. The main room houses a small museum with local finds from the Roman era and a few medieval artifacts.
 The small church Sant'Anna della Rocca, next to the castle. It dates from the 12th century and was used mainly by the garrison and the few local villagers. The frescoes in the church date from the 14th–17th century.
 The church of San Pietro in Mavino, built in Lombard times (A.D. 765) but renovated in the early 14th century. At the portal one can see a brick wall with the date 1320. It is secluded from the town and is situated on the hill. The term "mavino" refers to the Latin phrase "in summas vineas" (up in the vineyards). The church has a rectangular plan and is oriented east–west. The chancel contains three apses. The one in the middle shows a Christ Pantocrator in Byzantine tradition; the one on the left a Madonna Enthroned; the one on the right a Crucifixion. The ceiling is made of wooden beams. The church contains frescoes from the 12th–16th centuries. The Romanesque bell tower dates from 1070. The church has been used in the past as a military hospital and its surroundings as a cemetery for plague victims.
 The church Santa Maria Maggiore (late 15th century) is located in the town centre. It stands on the site of the former Lombard church of San Martino (second half of the 8th century). It has a rectangular shape with a polygonal apse and is oriented east–west.  It has a single nave, divided by three arches. It is decorated with early 15th-century frescoes. The frescoes at the bottom of the north wall even belong to an earlier period. The contemporary wooden statue of the Madonna Enthroned is also of special interest.

World heritage site
The prehistoric settlement at Lugana Vecchia is part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Municipal government
Sirmione is headed by a mayor () assisted by a legislative body, the , and an executive body, the . Since 1995, the mayor and members of the  are directly elected together by resident citizens, while from 1945 to 1995 the mayor was chosen by the legislative body. The  is chaired by the mayor, who appoints others members, called . The offices of the  are housed in a building usually called the  or .

Since 1995, the mayor of Sirmione is directly elected by citizens, originally every four, then every five years. The current mayor is Luisa Lavelli (FI), who in May 2018 as deputy mayor replaced the former mayor Alessandro Mattinzoli, elected regional councillor. Lavelli was finally elected mayor on 26 May 2019 with the 50.1% of the votes.

Notable people
The poet Gaius Valerius Catullus lived in the 1st century BC. His family owned a villa in Sirmione.
Alfred Tennyson described his impressions of Sirmione in the summer of 1880 in his poem Frater Ave atque Vale.
Italian writers who wrote about Sirmione include Giosuè Carducci, Antonio Fogazzaro and Gabriele D'Annunzio.
Ezra Pound and James Joyce met in the city in 1920.
Maria Callas had a villa in Sirmione.
English writer Naomi Jacob lived in Sirmione until her death in 1964. A small plaque in Sirmione commemorates her.
Blessed Benedetta Bianchi Porro lived in Sirmione, when her family moved in the 1940s, where her father, Guido was in charge of the hot spring aqueducts. She died on 23 January 1964; a small plaque is placed in the town to commemorate her presence, especially that she is now closer to becoming a Saint of the Catholic Church.

Gallery

Notes

References

External links

Sirmione Tourist Guide
Sirmione the Lake Garda Pearl - Sirmione tourist information
Sirmione Wedding - Guide on wedding planning in Sirmione

Populated places on Lake Garda
Cities and towns in Lombardy
Castles in Italy
Spa towns in Italy

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Mike Pence Warns 'Patience is Over' With North Korea, Says 'All Options' on the Table
By Reuters	 On 4/17/17 at 4:19 AM EDT
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence looks toward the north from an observation post inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, South Korea on April 17. Pence has warned that "all options are on the table" for dealing with the North's nuclear threat. Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters
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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence stared across the demilitarized border between North and South Korea on Monday, a day after North Korea's failed missile launch, reiterating that the U.S. "era of strategic patience" with Pyongyang was over.
Pence is on the first stop of a four-nation Asia tour intended to show America's allies, and remind its adversaries, that the Trump administration is not turning its back on the increasingly volatile region.
The demilitarized zone (DMZ) is a heavily mined, four-kilometer-wide (2.5-mile-wide) strip of land lined with barbed wire running across the Korean peninsula, with soldiers on both sides in a continual eyeball-to-eyeball standoff.
Pence, whose father served in the 1950-53 Korean War, said the United States would stand by its "iron-clad alliance" with South Korea and was seeking peace through strength.
"All options are on the table to achieve the objectives and ensure the stability of the people of this country," he told reporters as tinny propaganda music floated across from the North Korean side.
He said U.S. President Donald Trump has made clear he won't talk about specific military tactics.
"There was a period of strategic patience but the era of strategic patience is over," Pence said.
The United States, its allies and China are working together on a range of responses to North Korea's latest failed ballistic missile test, Trump's national security adviser said on Sunday, citing what he called an international consensus to act.
H.R. McMaster indicated that Trump was not considering military action for now, even as a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier strike group was heading for the region.
"It's time for us to undertake all actions we can, short of a military option, to try to resolve this peacefully," he said on ABC's "This Week" program. "We are working together with our allies and partners and with the Chinese leadership to develop a range of options.
"There is an international consensus now, including the Chinese leadership, that this is a situation that just cannot continue," McMaster said.
Read more: Trump's threats against North Korea keep former Pentagon official "awake at night"
The Trump administration is focusing its North Korea strategy on tougher economic sanctions, possibly including an oil embargo, a global ban on its airline, intercepting cargo ships and punishing Chinese banks doing business with Pyongyang, Reuters reported last week, citing U.S. officials.
While Trump has employed tough rhetoric in response to North Korea's recent missile tests, the new U.S. president's options appear limited in dealing with a challenge that has vexed his Oval Office predecessors.
Most options fall into four categories: economic sanctions, covert action, diplomatic negotiations and military force.
Pence landed in South Korea hours after the North's failed missile launch. His visit came a day after North Korea held a military parade in its capital, Pyongyang, marking the 105th anniversary of the birth of founding father Kim Il Sung.
What appeared to be new long-range ballistic missiles were on display in the parade.
A North Korean soldier takes photographs as Vice President Mike Pence (not pictured) arrives at the truce village of Panmunjom, South Korea on April 17. North Korea attempted to test a missile on Sunday, but it exploded shortly after launch. Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters
Tensions have risen as Trump takes a hard rhetorical line with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who has rebuffed admonitions from China and proceeded with nuclear and missile programs seen by Washington as a direct threat.
Trump acknowledged on Sunday that the softer line he had taken on China's management of its currency was linked to Beijing's help on the North Korea issue.
"Why would I call China a currency manipulator when they are working with us on the North Korean problem? We will see what happens!" Trump said on Twitter. Trump has backed away from a campaign promise to label China in that way.
Pence said Trump was hopeful China "will take actions needed to bring about change in policy" in North Korea.
"But as the president has made very clear, either China will deal with this problem or the United States and our allies will," he said.
Trump's decision to order a cruise missile strike on a Syrian airfield this month, in response to what he said was Syria's use of chemical weapons, raised questions about his plans for reclusive North Korea.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged North Korea to refrain from taking further provocative actions, comply with U.N. resolutions and abandon its nuclear missile development.
"Japan will closely cooperate with the U.S. and South Korea over North Korea and will call for China to take a bigger role," Abe told parliament.
However, a U.S. foreign policy adviser traveling with Pence sought to defuse some of the tension, saying Sunday's test of what was believed to be a medium-range missile had come as no surprise.
"We had good intelligence before the launch and good intelligence after the launch," the adviser told reporters on condition of anonymity.
China has spoken out against the North's weapons tests and has supported U.N. sanctions. It has repeatedly called for talks while appearing increasingly frustrated with the North.
Beijing banned imports of North Korean coal on February 26, cutting off Pyongyang's most important export. China's customs department issued an order on April 7 telling traders to return North Korean coal cargoes, trading sources said.
Pyongyang has conducted several missile and nuclear tests in defiance of U.N. sanctions, and regularly threatens to destroy South Korea and the United States. North and South Korea are technically still at war because their 1950-1953 conflict ended in a truce, not a treaty.
The North has said it has developed and would launch a missile that can strike the U.S. mainland, but officials and experts believe it is some time away from mastering the necessary technology, including miniaturizing a nuclear warhead.
Sunday's missile launch was a calculated move, the China Daily newspaper said in an editorial.
"And making it without prompting a furious response from Washington surely qualifies as a win to some degree from Kim's perspective," it said, referring to Kim Jong Un.
"Trump, too, can claim a win. That the nuclear test did not happen will surely be seen as the pressure working."
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In a world where art often seems to double up as social commentary, you'd be forgiven for thinking light-heartedness was a lost art.
Enter the cartoonish, quick-quipping and jovial Tim Vine. The UK comedian has been delivering one-liners onstage and on screen for 20 years, counting a number of Best Joke awards at Edinburgh Fringe Festival and a role in BBC sitcom 'Not Going Out' among his achievements.
As he prepares to launch his Sunset Milk Idiot tour to Cork next week, the Londoner is in fine fettle.
"We were almost thinking of redoing the posters for the Irish leg of the tour and calling it Sunset Milk Eejit instead, just to localize it a bit!" he jokes.
The tour will feature Vine's signature quirks – "lots and lots of stupid jokes, silly songs and props, all family-friendly".
"It's not a kids' show, but also it's the kind of show where a dad can bring his 12 year old son, you know, and not have to hear anything they have to spend half an hour explaining when they go home," he says.
Vine is nothing if not prolific; he once broke the record for number of jokes told in an hour – 499 was the magic number, should you wonder – and believes he still holds the honour in Europe at least. Raised on a diet of comedy greats such as Ken Dodd and Tommy Cooper, the 51 year old credits what he calls an "uneventful, middle-class upbringing" for his style of performance.
Vine's Cork Opera House show will be his first visit Leeside in over 20 years, something he says is not down to anything sinister, but rather logistical issues.
With Vine's track record, can we expect more than 499 jokes?
See Tim Vine's Sunset Milk Idiot Tour at Cork Opera House on Monday 10 September at 8pm.


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New leadership of Visit Bath to be announced 'very shortly' after months of uncertainty
The last CEO 'voluntarily stepped aside' during a council review
Elise Britten
It was revealed that Craig Jenkins would voluntarily step aside from his role in April
A new interim CEO for Visit Bath has been promised "very shortly" after months of leadership uncertainty.
The soon to be announced candidate is expected to be in place by the end of August.
The last chief executive, Craig Jenkins, took up the title last summer and at the time he said he was "delighted" to have been given the opportunity.
But by April, Bath and North East Somerset Council, which owns Visit Bath, announced that Mr Jenkins had "voluntarily stepped aside" from the role while a council review was carried out.
Then in early July the council said he was retiring from his role so he could devote more time to his core business interests.
Since then it appears the most senior position has been held by Pip Galland, an employment associate at Burges Salmon law firm, who is acting chair of the Visit Bath Board. She is one of six board members on the Visit Bath website – the others untitled.
Craig Jenkins stepped down in April during a council review
Now, Visit Bath has promised fresh faces will be joining the team.
A spokeswoman said: "I can confirm that the Visit Bath board have now interviewed for new board members who will bring added skills and experience to the company. We hope to confirm the appointments within the next few weeks.
"I can also confirm that the company is in final stages of recruiting a new interim CEO. This will be announced very shortly with the preferred candidate being in place by the end of the month."
Visit Bath executive chairman 'voluntarily' steps aside during council review
What is Visit Bath?
Visit Bath is the official 'destination management organisation' for the city. It is owned by the council, but run as a separate company.
It is responsible for bolstering the tourist economy through both national and international promotion of Bath.
Visit Bath runs marketing campaigns, operates the Bath Visitor Information Centre and manages the Bath Christmas Market.
It is largely funded by private sector income from its events, sponsors and industry membership scheme.
Dates for Bath Christmas Market have been announced for 2019
First Bus promises 'significant improvements' to Bath university services after last year's 'chaos'
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"I'm ready for my fatwa"
By Michelle Malkin • April 29, 2007 08:22 AM
Frank Miller: He gets it
I've blogged previously about graphic novelist/illustrator Frank Miller's renegade commentary on patriotism and al Qaeda's jihad. The L.A. Times has a new profile of Miller today with news of his latest projects–and more fodder that will set the 9/10 Hollyweirdos' teeth on edge:
MUCH has been made of Miller's politics in the wake of "300." The deliriously violent and stylized sword film is based on a Spartan battle in 480 B.C., and although Miller wrote and drew the story for Dark Horse comics a decade ago, in film form it was received by many as a grotesque parody of the ancient Persians and a fetish piece for a war on Islam. Miller scoffs at those notions. "I think it's ridiculous that we set aside certain groups and say that we can't risk offending their ancestors. Please. I'd like to say, as an American, I was deeply offended by 'The Last of the Mohicans.' "
Still, Miller gets stirred up about any criticism of the war in Iraq or the hunt for terrorists, which he views as the front in a war between the civilized Western world and bloodthirsty Islamic fundamentalists.
"What people are not dealing with is the fact that we're going up against a culture that finds it acceptable to do things that the rest of the world left behind with the barbarians in the 6th century," Miller said. "I'm a little tired of people worrying about being polite. We are fighting in the face of fascists."
The director of "300," Zack Snyder, chuckled about the portrayal of Miller as a conservative on the attack or a "proto-fascist" as one pundit called him. "I don't think he really has politics, he just sees the world in moral terms. He's a guy who says what he thinks and has a sense of right and wrong. He talks tough and, after Sept. 11, I think he's mad." Snyder said Miller is a throwback and that he approaches his art with a bar-fight temperament, like a Sam Peckinpah. "His political view is: Don't mess with me."
Apparently, Miller's Batman vs. al Qaeda comic book has stalled in the face of "squeamishness by executives at DC Comics and its parent, Warner Bros. Entertainment, in sending a franchise character on a blood-quest after terrorists." No surprise there.
Miller describes the plot and assails the lack of pro-American, anti-jihad backing in his industry:
"Our hero's key quote is, 'Those clowns don't know what terror is,' " Miller said. "Then he sets out to get the guys."
With the hero as terrorism avenger, Miller is pointing to the days of comics in the 1940s, when Superman, Captain America and the Human Torch were drawn taking punches at Hitler or Hirohito.
"These terrorists are worse than any villain I can come up with, and I think it's ridiculous that people in entertainment are not showing what we are up against here…. This is pure propaganda, a throwback, there's no bones about it."
Miller also said he relishes a backlash. "I'm ready," he said, "for my fatwa."
That's the spirit.
In praise of patriotism
Batman takes on al Qaeda


With apps virtually taking over the world, they have become the fastest and easiest way to get news delivered instantly and in real time, straight into the palm of your hand. Basically the moment it's happening, as it's unfolding, news is delivered to you via your smart phone devices.
This has created the need for an appcaster position and in stepped Alegra Chetti.
Like a traditional newscaster delivers the broadcast news, Alegra delivers news straight from apps. With millions of new apps being created daily, as the world first appcaster, Alegra takes you through the hottest trending stories on apps like Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram and more. Alegra chats with her viewers as they send in their own comments and insights on the day's breaking news.
Though Alegra focuses primarily on celebrity dating and fashion, she does cover general news stories in her live streaming chat show.
How did Alegra become the world's first appcaster?
She began her career as an actress & model in NYC. Alegra says, "I had been performing in theatre and independent film and have been basically obsessed with the internet & social media my whole life. I love reading everything & anything based on current events & trending topics. The best thing about apps and appcasting is that you get information delivered faster than any other venue. The traditional news outlets are almost always a day behind the Internet.
"With apps, it's faster & easier to get news as immediately as it happens. Your phone basically lights up in your hand every time a new story comes in.
Alegra rounds up the trending stories on her show, as she scours these apps for the latest breaking news & fashion trends so viewers don't have to. They can sit back and enjoy the show while getting up to date on what's going on in the world. Or they can join in and give their own insights, which makes the show entertaining as well as informative. As it's streaming live, you never know what will happen!


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Mach is a microkernel system, which means that most of the features that are ordinarily within the kernel are instead separate servers - think of them as daemons, though they aren't necessarily running in user space.
At one time, this concept was all the rage. Microkernels, and Mach specifically, were going to take over the world. That has yet to happen. GNU Hurd is a microkernel OS. Through a complicated lineage, Mac OSX is also a Mach off-shoot. Hurd, by the way, owes part of its naming to the phrase "Unix Replacing Daemons", which is what Mach was doing.
The original Mach was developed on a BSD 4.2 box, and they went along replacing parts of the BSD kernel with Mach "servers". This apparently didn't get them too far, so at some point they took the entire BSD kernel and turned it into a Mach server process, running in user space. The performance of this system (called "POE") was less than stellar, as might be imagined.
There are Linux Mach implementations too.
Windows NT has microkernel aspects and I vaguely remember Bill Gates saying something like "it effectively is Unix" way back when. I think he was being asked how NT compared with Mach, or perhaps how much of Mach actually went into NT. He may have also been thinking of the Posix subsystem, which was something Windows trumpeted quite a bit back then. Whatever he as thinking or not thinking, I don't believe he has associated NT and Unix ever again, for obvious reasons. All of that makes Microsoft's disparagement of OS X ("It's a warmed-over Mach") ironically amusing. Is it more amusing that Richard F. Rashid, the "father" of Mach, now runs Microsoft research?


BLAKES – Despite a valiant effort by Montserrat in the second match of the first round qualifiers against Curacao, they were unable to secure a spot after Tuesday night's game.
Montserrat lost the first match in Curacao on Friday, March 27, 2015 2-1 and needed at least a 2-1 win to ensure continuing in the games which would have brought them closer to FIFA World Cup 2018.
They managed to keep the visitors goalless throughout the first forty minutes until Darryl Lachman scored the first goal of the evening. Montserrat answered with a goal in the second half at about the 64th minute.
Jamal Willer and Bradley Woods scored goals for the home team.
Charlton Vincento and Darryl Lachman scored goals for Curacao much to the pleasure of their coach Patrick Kluivert and their fans.
Curacao made their second goal in the 87th minute, clinching the chance to meet Cuba in June.


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Kicking off with one of the most F1 inclined brands about. Richard Mille's ties to F1 and motor racing in general have been ingrained into its identity since its inception in 2001. Holding formal partnerships with the McLaren Honda team, the Haas F1 team, Filipe Massa, Jenson Button, Romain Grosjean and previously Jules Bianchi – who was sadly killed in an accident during the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix – as well as the now defunct Lotus F1 team.
During RM's partnership with the Lotus team the company launched the RM 50-01. A manual winding tourbillon produced in a limited edition of 30 pieces; it featured a chronograph, crown function indicator and g-force sensor complications. And was, naturally, created in collaboration with the F1 team, "specifically" for aforementioned then-Lotus driver Romain Grosjean.
The RM 50-01's bezel and caseback are NTPT® carbon (NTPT stands for the namesake company, which produces the material: North Thin Ply Technology), giving the front and back of the case its wood grain-like pattern. The laminate carbon composite used comprises layers of isotropic carbon fiber sandwiched together at 45-degree angles. Richard Mille is the first and is still the only watchmaker to use this particular form of carbon composite in watchmaking.
Championship winning team for the last three consecutive years, Mercedes AMG PETRONAS Formula One has been partnered with IWC since 2013. The Schaffhausen manufacture holds the grand title of Official Engineering Partner to the Mercedes team. In this capacity, IWC released the Ingenieur Carbon Performance in a 200 strong limited edition: 100 with red design accents (ref. IW322402) and 100 with yellow (ref. IW322401).
Upon the watches' release the brand stated that "today, even the steering wheels found in racing cars are made mainly of carbon" and that it therefore seemed "only apt that IWC Schaffhausen should unveil a new timepiece in carbon to mark its cooperation with Mercedes AMG PETRONAS". Its carbon theme and utilization of the material is apparent throughout the timepiece. The watch head features a 46mm carbon fiber case – which IWC affirm "is based on the same principals as those used for the monocoque body of a racing car" – and a twill weaved carbon fiber coating on the dial. The rubber strap incorporates a leather insert embossed with a carbon fiber weave-esque pattern, continuing the watch's carbon theme.
A brand ambassador for Audemars Piguet since 2010, the Royal Oak Concept Laptimer Michael Schumacher is the latest and greatest AP to bear the former F1 driver's name. Fittingly, it features a rattrapante chronograph complication designed specifically with Grand Prix racing in mind, able to time and then compare multiple consecutive laps of a circuit. It features an accuracy to one eight of a second and, is the first wristwatch to feature a chronograph with two independently operable central hands.
Available in limited run of 221 pieces – referencing the number of Schumacher's point-wining F1 races, the watch's 44mm case is manufactured using Forged Carbon. Forged Carbon differs from conventional carbon fiber in that it is a paste of carbon fibers and resin, which is then molded into the desired shape. As opposed to the more conventional layered carbon fiber sheets bonded together with resin.
Consequently, the watch was also Revolution's pick for Sport Watch of the Year in 2015.
TAG Heuer's association with motorsport was forever cemented into the public psyche with Steve McQueen's use of the brand's Monaco ref. 1133B in 1971's Le Mans. Originally released in 1969, and named in honor of the Monaco Grand Prix, the Heuer Monaco found extensive use with professional racing drivers of the time. It was therefore only natural that McQueen select a Monaco for his wrist when portraying a pro' racing driver on screen.
The Monaco V4 Phantom is TAG Heuer's updated 21st century expression of its classic racing timepiece. Enlisting the help of watchmaker Philippe Dufor, the V4's caliber draws inspiration from an F1 car's engine. Employing a micro-belt (measuring no wider that 0.7mm), as opposed to the traditional balance wheel and hairspring.
The Phantom's signature square-shaped case is made using Carbon Matrix Composite, or CMC for short, which is then micro-blasted giving the watch its matte finish. Described by the manufacture as a "space-age carbon", the material has been applied throughout F1 engineering as well as several other industries, including aerospace and mining.
This year Bell & Ross announced a relationship with Renault Sport Formula One team, which will see the French watchmaker serve as official watch partner to the fellow French F1 team. In celebration of this partnership B&R debuted the BR-X1 RS16 limited editions at the Pirelli Chinese Grand Prix. Based on the existing BR-X1 range, a standard chronograph produced in a run of 250 pieces and a tourbillon chronograph in a run of 20 pieces make up the RS16 collection. The watches employ both Carbone Forgé®, found in the case, and conventional carbon fibre, found in the strap, for their construction.
Similar to AP's Forged Carbon, French company Carbone Forgé produces the eponymous material used in the RS16's cases with a patent protected moulding process. In layman's terms, the process provides far greater control over the positioning of the individual carbon fibre strands within the composite. Which, in turn, facilitates the creation of more complicated geometric shapes and angles, and a higher degree of accuracy to the client's requirements for the end product – be that a watch case, an aeroplane fuselage or a car component.


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Two criteria to be met for the area should be considered: the Tenancy shall constitute more than 60 per cent of the housing stock and the proportion of public rental flats to be larger than the proportion of private rental properties.
This means that the following districts are: Rinkeby, Grimsta, Husby, Hökarängen, Rågsved, Hässelby gård, Fagersjö, Skärholmen, Bagarmossen, Västertorp and Satra.
" I am proud that the people in the eleven districts in the suburbs will have the opportunity to buy their dwelling. Our criteria to identify the neighborhoods where the disproportion of public rental apartments is most evident, and where a more mixed housing stock would be most important for the reduction of segregation, " says Dennis Wedin (M), the housing and real estate mayor of the city of Stockholm.
" I think it will be small, but I think that there is an interest. Some have heard of since we presented our platform in the fall.. But it is expensive to get loans and amorteringskraven inhibit potential buyers, " says Dennis Wedin.
the city of Stockholm shall have independent observers at all köpestämmor.
the Requirement on the proportion of residents who take interest in the housing company shall conduct a valuation and make an offer be increased from 40% to 50% and a purchase terms of a minimum proportion of the residents also must commit itself to acquire their apartment is introduced.
will have the overall responsibility for communications strategy, to ensure that the town communicates objectively, fairly and uniformly.
– this means that we are likely to get hundreds, maybe thousands, fewer rental units in the middle of a catastrophic housing crisis. says Clara Lindblom (V), oppositionsborgarråd.
" We have over a hundred other neighborhoods where condominiums and villas make up over 50 per cent of the housing stock. The ruling majority should, reasonably, give priority to building apartments in those areas instead, in order to transform the few rental properties available. In addition, several of the areas which now becomes the current ones that are already going through big changes, I am worried that this will lead to completely replace the population in, for example, Albuquerque and Västertorp.
Karin Wanngård (s) believe that it is a policy that has been tried in the past and it has not worked – the transformation of public housing has created bostadssegregation and housing shortages.
– at the same time as selling the rental properties so stops the moderate party in the construction of several thousand apartments. This policy will make it even harder for young people to find accommodation, " she says.


TABLOIDS ARE HOMOPHOBIC – IT'S PURE AND SIMPLE!
A new survey shows that fans of HEAR'SAY's NOEL SULLIVAN have spoken out against tabloid coverage of his private life.
Support for the singer is growing, with UK tabloid The News Of The World reported to have run into trouble over printing photographs of Sullivanand a male friend.
one per cent think Noel will be married in ten years.
On Noel's long-term prospects, the survey reveals that his fans think that a decade from now Noel is most likely to be working as a solo artist. Four per cent of voters thought Noel would be "back with his puppets in Ibiza".
This news of fans' reaction to Noel's treatment at the hands of the tabloids comes as today's Guardian reports that UK Sunday paper The News Of The World "is again being forced to justify its blatant intrusions into the personal lives of public and private figures". A fortnight ago the paper ran pictures of Noel and a male friend kissing.
According to The Guardian today (April 30), Noel's friend is claiming that publishing the pictures was "a clear breach of his privacy".


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ConceptEuropeVenice by Chris Anthony
There are two Venices in the world: One is the floating city in Italy, the other is the palm tree-lined California beach. An extraordinary world in flux where the moody tides of fact and fiction converge.
A metaphor for a sinking city…
There are two Venices in the world: One is the floating city in Italy, the other is the palm tree-lined California beach. An extraordinary world in flux where the moody tides of fact and fiction converge. It could either be a sunken Venice (Italy) or a washed-away Venice (California); in either case, its survivors are struggling to make use of their everyday lives.
As global warming causes ocean levels to rise and the melting of Antarctic ice sheets, a mysterious sinking civilization is unveiled. Inhabited by aquatic survivors and enchanting lost souls, it is a world without end. The sea extends and meets the sky in distance. Beneath the grey blue of the polar region, a powerful force is surging, and we witness a living depiction of global warming, with melting icebergs and a city being submerged into the ocean, exaggerating the smallness and insignificance of human beings in the face of an unforgiving nature. We human beings are just a punctuation mark of this long epic – tiny, but still a symbol of emotion.
The chosen composition emphasizes the role of nature gone awry and its effects on the inhabitants. It also encourages and almost forces viewers to approach the work at a close distance in order to view the minute survivors who range from the ordinary to the strangely surreal.
I firmly believe in the science that forecasts our impending journey towards catastrophe, and I've chosen to interpret the concept of this future scenario, depicting survivors braving waves and currents, the result of a future world where ocean tides will wash away the planet's coastlines.
Venice | Chris Anthony
About Chris Anthony
I was born in Stockholm and lived there and in the United States until moving to Florence, for art history studies. My teens were spent as a rock photographer for music magazines around the world. After Florence, I returned to Stockholm for film studies and after a few years of apprenticeship I began directing various projects until finally returning to my first love, still photography. I currently live in Los Angeles of all places.
My work has been exhibited in several cities, and is included in many private and public collections worldwide. Publications that have featured my work include the Los Angeles Times, Photo District News, Eyemazing, Art News, American Photo, Blink, Paper, Fraction Magazine, Nylon, Black Book, Juxtapoz and Zoom. [Official Website]
Chris Anthony
Street Photography by Damian Milczarek
Taiwanese aborigines by Hsuan Chung


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Q: JqGrid doesn't work in ASP.NET MVC2 I have a project in ASP.NET MVC1 using VB.NET controlers and JqGrid. it works fine under MVC1. After migrating the project to ASP.NET MVC2, the grid is no longer populated. It seems that there is some new restrictions on returned Jsonresult in MVC2. How to solve this in VB.NET. Controler function populating the jqgrid is something like this :
Function GetGridRecordset(ByVal qry As String) As JsonResult
  Dim result = New JsonResult()
  ...
  ...
  Return result
End Function

Is there anyone who have a solution?

A: In Asp.net MVC 2 JsonResult only responds to http Post.
http://www.asp.net/learn/whitepapers/what-is-new-in-aspnet-mvc/#_TOC5
here is a post about why Get is not supported for Json
http://haacked.com/archive/2009/04/02/anatomy-of-csrf-attack.aspx

A: In MVC2 : Dim result = New JsonResult() make by default result.JsonRequestBehavior = JsonRequestBehavior.DenyGet while this was not the case in MVC1.
The response is :
Function GetGridRecordset(ByVal qry As String) As JsonResult
  Dim result = New JsonResult()
  ...
  ...
  result.JsonRequestBehavior = JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet
  Return result
End Function

Now, jqGrid works fine under MVC2 without modifying anything on the client side code.

A: I would need to see more code but could this be down to the changes in JsonResult in MVC 2? you may need to allow the GET verb by setting the JsonRequestBehavior Property to JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet

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The Token-based authentication offers the easiest way for a user to enroll their device. With this enrollment setting, Workspace ONE ™ UEM generates a token, which is placed within the enrollment URL.
For single-token authentication, the user accesses the link from the device to complete an enrollment and the Workspace ONE UEM server references the token provided to the user.
For added security, set an expiration time (in hours) for each token. Setting an expiration minimizes the potential for another user to gain access to any information and features available to that device.
You may also decide to implement two factor authentication to take end-user identity verification a step further. With this authentication setting, the user must enter their user name and password upon accessing the enrollment link with the provided token.
Minimal work for an end user to enroll and authenticate their device.
Secure token use by setting expiration.
User does not need credentials for single-token authentication.
Requires either Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) or Short Message Service (SMS) integration to send tokens to device.
Administrator authorizes user device registration.
Single use token generated and sent to user from Workspace ONE UEM.
User receives a token and navigates to enrollment URL. User is prompted for token and optionally two-factor authentication.
Workspace ONE UEM marks token as expired.
SMTP is included with SaaS deployments.


Singer Gwen Stefani showed up at the "Saturday Night Live" after-party in a smokin'-hot ensemble that may have revealed more than she intended.
The "The Voice" coach suffered a cheeky wardrobe malfunction thanks to a short, multi-colored skirt with a diagonal cut that couldn't quite cover her pert derriere.
She paired the skirt with a black bustier, sheer top, fishnet tights, and heels. Check out the video!


Issues of corporate culture have long been of great concern to executives and management theorists alike for a simple reason; culture matters – enormously. In this two part article, Sean Culey will first take a close look at organisational culture and the impact it has on leadership effectiveness and business performance, and in the second part, published in the next edition, he will describe what steps leaders can take to address any cultural issues in their organisation in order to create a highly effective, integrated, continuous improvement focused, high performing team.
Culture: Still Dining Out on Strategy?
Leaders need to wake up to the power of Culture. Often misunderstood and discounted as a soft, nice-to-have component of business, culture is neither intangible nor fluffy; it is one of the most important drivers to the creation of long-term, sustainable success.
How important is Culture, really?
Leaders need to wake up to the power of Culture. Often misunderstood and discounted as a soft, nice-to-have component of business, culture is neither intangible nor fluffy; it is one of the most important drivers to the creation of long-term, sustainable success. Studies have shown again and again that there may be no more critical source of business success or failure than a company's culture – it trumps strategy and leadership every time. Peter Drucker's famous quote "culture eats strategy for breakfast" isn't declaring that strategy doesn't matter, but rather that the particular strategy a company employs will only be successfully executed if supported by appropriate cultural attributes. Culture is completely within the capability of the business to control and shape, yet often is ignored, with leaders instead focusing on short-term activities like cost-cutting and inadvertently choosing to create an environment where long-term strategic success is less likely.


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Collibra Extends Data Governance to Help Data Scientists and Business Analysts Gain Insights
Collibra, a provider of data governance software solutions for business users, has introduced Collibra Catalog, as part of Collibra 5.0, the latest release of its on premises and cloud data governance solution.
Companies are amassing more data than ever, creating challenges for IT teams and the business side. Governance is becoming increasingly critical in order to be able to derive insights that are accurate. However, too few organizations manage data through a "system of record" the way other critical enterprise functions such as sales, HR, or finance are managed, said Felix Van de Maele, co-founder and CEO of Collibra, which was spun off from STARLab at the University of Brussels in 2008.
Collibra, he said, serves as that system of record, providing a data governance foundation that helps organizations increase the value of their data and eliminate data silos. In particular, the new Collibra Catalog helps eliminate one of the major pain points with which data scientists and business analysts struggle – the time-intensive process of finding data – and enables them to work more quickly and strategically to solve critical business challenges.
The goal with Collibra 5.0 is to take a more "consumerized" approach to data governance technology that enables business users to "shop" for and find data in much the same way as they shop for products in their everyday lives on consumer sites like Amazon.
The role of data governance is escalating with the rise of big data. In order for data to be of benefit in a data lake for example, it has to be trustworthy, although it is also possible that there can be different levels of certification for different purposes, noted Stan Christiaens, CTO.
In particular, the new release also makes it easier for business users to benefit from the data governance software without training, he said.
As part of Collibra 5.0, the new Collibra Catalog helps the business data analyst to discover, describe, assemble, and govern datasets to improve trust in analytics based on those data sets. It serves as a single source of intelligence for data experts and other data citizens across the organization who need quick access to enterprise data, and provides semantic search features to find, use, and enrich data assets for a more immediate business impact, and spend less time data wrangling. It allows data citizens to use existing data in different ways, driving insight through collaboration and crowdsourcing to increase the value of existing data assets and eliminating data silos.
According to the company, the Collibra Catalog goes beyond structural and usage metadata and combines an easy "data shopping" experience with the meaning, lineage, and relationships of data, and also uses machine learning functionality to provide increasingly relevant data to users over time.
As part of the new platform release, Collibra 5.0 offers new ease-of-use, performance and flexibility benefits, including a more responsive and intuitive user interface that improves navigation, an open API that enables Collibra customers and partners to extend existing data governance capabilities or create new ones using the platform, as well as a management console integrated within the Collibra Data Governance platform that simplifies data "housekeeping chores" and enables the management of an enterprise data governance system.
Collibra 5.0 is also available for mobile users on iOS and Windows devices.
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Соревнования по волейболу среди женщин на Играх XXX Олимпиады в Лондоне проходили с 28 июля по 11 августа 2012 года. Олимпийским чемпионом во второй раз подряд стала сборная Бразилии, обыгравшая в финальном матче, как и на Играх в Пекине-2008, команду США. Бронзовые медали завоевали волейболистки Японии. 38 матчей турнира в выставочном центре «Эрлс Корт» посетили 458 400 зрителей. Самым ценным игроком признана нападающая сборной Южной Кореи Ким Ён Кун.

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Команды распределены на группы «змейкой» в соответствии с положением в рейтинге FIVB (сборная Великобритании как хозяин турнира получила первый номер «посева»).

Группа A

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Матч за 3-е место

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Самый длительный матч — 2 часа 21 минута
  —  — 2:3 (26:24, 22:25, 25:19, 22:25, 19:21), 1/4 финала

Самый скоротечный матч — 57 минут
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Скорость подачи — 97 км/ч
 Неслихан Дарнель (Турция) в матчах группового этапа  —  и  —

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package com.orionplatform.math.statistics.functions;

import com.orionplatform.core.abstraction.Orion;
import com.orionplatform.math.function.fourvariables.Function4x1;
import com.orionplatform.math.function.fourvariables.Function4x1IF;
import com.orionplatform.math.number.ANumber;
import com.orionplatform.math.number.arithmetic.ArithmeticService;

public class LogisticFunction extends Orion
{
    private static Function4x1<ANumber, ANumber, ANumber, ANumber, ANumber> formula;

    static
    {
        Function4x1IF<ANumber, ANumber, ANumber, ANumber, ANumber> f = (ANumber maximumValue, ANumber growthRate, ANumber xValueOfSigmoidsMidpoint, ANumber x) ->
        {
            ANumber ePower = ArithmeticService.getEToThePowerOf(xValueOfSigmoidsMidpoint.subtractGET(x).multiplyGET(growthRate));
            return maximumValue.divideGET(ANumber.of(1).addGET(ePower));
        };

        formula = Function4x1.of(f);
    }

    public static synchronized ANumber run(ANumber maximumValue, ANumber growthRate, ANumber xValueOfSigmoidsMidpoint, ANumber x)
    {
        return formula.run(maximumValue, growthRate, xValueOfSigmoidsMidpoint, x);
    }

    public static synchronized ANumber run(Number maximumValue, Number growthRate, Number xValueOfSigmoidsMidpoint, Number x)
    {
        return run(ANumber.of(maximumValue), ANumber.of(growthRate), ANumber.of(xValueOfSigmoidsMidpoint), ANumber.of(x));
    }
}

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Yggdrasil Gaming really is the new kid on the block when it comes to casino software providers. This company was founded by Fredrik Elmqvist, a former Global Market Operations Manager at NetEnt so we can be sure that he knows what he is doing. The company is barely a year old and so far they have already released over 23 games including video slots, video keno, lottery games and scratch cards. There are some jackpot games in here too and these are scratch card themed titles.
Yggdrasil Gaming is a Malta based company and their main focus is on instant lottery games. Their latest development is NUMB3R LOV3RS which is an iLottery portfolio that includes 19 different online games. This according to founder, Elmqvist, is because of the rise in popularity of lottery games and people's love of numbers and symbols. The NUMB3R games portfolio includes traditional classic lottery games and an action packed product range with 3D excitement. Players will also find great features like Double-Up, special wins, extra balls, free rounds, multipliers, rapid play and much more. These games bring entertainment to a whole new levels and all players even the seasoned high-rollers will be excited when they see what Yggdrasil has in store.
The new gaming content that is being created by Yggdrasil Gaming is developed using HTML5 code which means that it can be played from any computer or mobile device regardless of the operating system. This is all thanks to Yggdrasil's iSENSE™ system, which allows smoother CSS3 transitions, stop motion and particle animations. This has led to the fact that Yggdrasil's casino content is among the most sought after in the i-gaming industry.
The casino content that is offered includes Lotto games, video slots, video keno, classic scratch, video scratch and jackpot games. The video slots titles that have been released so far are really nice and they resemble the quality of the games produced by NetEnt. There are currently two titles available and these are Jokerizer and Winterberries.
Jokerizer is a 5 reel, 10 payline titles that comes with mystery scatter win and a jokerizer mode with more mystery wins. This titles has been inspired by the all time favorite Mega Joker classic slot and the mystery scatter gets you a minimum of 1,000 coins. The jokerizer mode reveals mystery wins that can be anything from 20 coins all the way up to 6,000 coins.
Winterberries is another slots titles and this one has a re-spins feature where the symbols freeze as well as column multipliers. Both titles have excellent graphics and animations and are proving to be very popular with all players.
Featured games include Lotto7 where there is a daily draw for €2.5 million, Lotto Express, Scary Money, A Cool Million, Beaming Canines, Jokerizer, King for a Day, Lucky Triple, Medusa Eyes of Fire, Piggy Bank, Precious Anuran, Precious Little Diamonds and Siamese Serpents.
This casino software provider may still be a new comer but so far they are really making an impact and their product is proving to be one of the most sought after in quite some time. The 2014 short-list of Yggdrasil online casinos include Mr. Green, Euro Slots, Cherry Casino and Vera & John, but that will surely continue to grow. It will be interesting to see what the next year brings for Yggdrasil Gaming.


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The shopping centre firm owns the Trafford Centre, among other malls
Intu reports no progress yet on crisis deal
Sarah Townsend
The beleaguered Trafford Centre owner is in eleventh-hour talks with lenders to negotiate the terms of its debt repayments and will be forced to go into administration if it fails to meet the 26 June deadline.
Intu Properties last month issued a request to postpone certain debt obligations for a maximum period of 18 months to help fix its balance sheet, known as a 'standstill agreement'.
Then, on 8 June, the shopping centre landlord put professional services firm KPMG on stand-by as administrator, should it fail to renegotiate terms with its lenders.
In a statement to the London Stock Exchange today, the company said it is still discussing with lenders and shareholders several points needed to agree a standstill, with just three days to go before Thursday's deadline.
Intu has been battling financial woes, including around £4.5bn in debt and £2bn of losses reported for the 2019 financial year. Market uncertainty during the Covid-19 pandemic has hit the country's retail sector, compounding Intu's already dicey financial situation.
Points under discussion currrently include the length of the standstill period, with some stakeholders wanting a term of less than 18 months – "at this stage it is not expected that the duration will exceed 15 months", the statement said – and the extent to which creditors will share any future recovery in the company's valuation.
Intu's market capitalisation has plummeted to around £61m since its peak in 2017, when rival mall owner Hammerson made a £3.4bn bid for the firm.
Finally, shareholders are discussing how the operations of individual shopping centres are to be funded. Some centres have suffered reduced rent collection due to Covid-19 and lack the means to pay for financial support.
Meanwhile, releasing additional liquidity from centres funded by bond structures is even more difficult to achieve, and consent will be required from stockholders to release money for short term needs. There is "no certainty" that Intu will achieve a standstill, or on what terms or for what duration", according to the statement.
It warned that the company would collapse if it fails to reach a deal.
"In the event that Intu Properties is unable to reach a standstill, it is likely that it and certain other central entities will fall into administration," the statement said.
"In this situation, all property companies would be required to pre-fund the administrator to provide central services to the shopping centres.
"If the administrator is not pre-funded, then there is a risk that centres may have to close for a period."
Meanwhile, local media reported today that police were called to the Trafford Centre after an angry shareholder allegedly caused damage to the mall after his request to speak to its management refused.
A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police was quoted as saying: "Officers had to attend the Trafford Centre to reports of a male causing issues due to him losing money after [Intu's] share price dropped."
Intu's share price has fallen in the past year but was up 2% on Tuesday morning.


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Smart bracelet can tell a woman if she is pregnant
08 November 17Smart bracelet can tell a woman if she is pregnant
A smart wearable gadget Ava Bracelet was created at the University Hospital of Zurich. A new gadget tracks ovulation and the pregnancy a week after conception. Ava Bracelet also monitors health data of a woman during the pregnancy, warning about particular complications.
Three hundred women took part in the first testing. The researches examined 1,000 monthly cycles with 100 pregnancies.
An algorithm, able to detect and process data based on individual physiological parameters of each user, was used when developing the gadget.
According to scientists, the Ava Bracelet is as accurate as the best quality home pregnancy tests. In the future, the bracelet has every chance to drive traditional tests out of a market if the price is affordable.
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This page presents some leading examples of feedback systems that NGOs are using to measure their performance. It is not comprehensive.
Developed by CARE Malawi and now promoted by the World Bank, communities and local providers both separately identify and rate key aspects of local service provision (e.g. of primary health care). At an 'interface meeting' the two groups discuss the findings and plan improvements.
NGOs like CARE and ACDI/VOCA are using versions of the scorecard to monitor their own and partners' work.
The survey generated credible performance data on how well the 25 northern NGOs were doing their job and how they compared to each other, through benchmarking.
See also the ethical framework developed by Keystone to guide feedback exercises in development work.
A social movement in Bangladesh developed a framework of indicators that describe exactly what 'empowerment' means for local community groups, in their terms. Groups use it to assess their performance every year. They are reported as finding the assessment process useful and inspiring.
Quantified summaries are reported to managers and donors, disaggregated by gender and providing a new basis for assessing staff performance.
First, local coping strategies are identified. Then households are surveyed to ask how many times they have used each strategy in the last week. A single score is generated, which can be monitored over time and compared between sites. The findings correlate well with more complex indicators, like income or food production.
Concern and Mango developed 'Listen First' to monitor how well NGOs collaborate with local people. It is based on a 4 x 4 framework, setting out flexible performance standards in four areas: providing information, involving people in making decisions, listening and staff attitudes.
The approach generates feedback from local people and field staff using the framework, aiming to generate dialogue for improvement. It provides a way of measuring the level of participation actually achieved.
The Outcomes Star is a tool for measuring outcomes of work with homeless people in the UK. It is based on ten 'outcome areas' such as: physical health, self care and managing money. Homeless people mark their position on a scale of 1 – 10 for each area, in dialogue with care workers.
The approach has been widely adopted in the UK, with over 90 organisations signing up to use it.


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Intestacy is the condition of the estate of a person who dies without having in force a valid will or other binding declaration. Alternatively this may also apply where a will or declaration has been made, but only applies to part of the estate; the remaining estate forms the "intestate estate". Intestacy law, also referred to as the law of descent and distribution, refers to the body of law (statutory and case law) that determines who is entitled to the property from the estate under the rules of inheritance.

History and the common law
Intestacy has a limited application in those jurisdictions that follow civil law or Roman law because the concept of a will is itself less important; the doctrine of forced heirship automatically gives a deceased person's next-of-kin title to a large part (forced estate) of the estate's property by operation of law, beyond the power of the deceased person to defeat or exceed by testamentary gift. A forced share (or legitime) can often only be decreased on account of some very specific misconduct by the forced heir. In matters of cross-border inheritance, the "laws of succession" is the commonplace term covering testate and intestate estates in common law jurisdictions together with forced heirship rules typically applying in civil law and Sharia law jurisdictions.
After the Statute of Wills 1540, Englishmen (and unmarried or widowed women) could dispose of their lands and real property by a will. Their personal property could formerly be disposed of by a testament, hence the hallowed legal merism last will and testament.

Common law sharply distinguished between real property and chattels. Real property for which no disposition had been made by will passed by the law of kinship and descent; chattel property for which no disposition had been made by testament was escheat to the Crown, or given to the Church for charitable purposes. This law became obsolete as England moved from being a feudal to a mercantile society, and chattels more valuable than land were being accumulated by townspeople.

Rules
Where a person dies without leaving a will, the rules of succession of the person's place of habitual residence or of their domicile often apply, but it is also common for the principality where the property is located to have jurisdiction regardless of the decedent's residence or domicile. In certain jurisdictions such as France, Switzerland, the U.S. state of Louisiana, and much of the Islamic world, entitlements arise whether or not there was a will. These are known as forced heirship rights and are not typically found in common law jurisdictions, where the rules of succession without a will (intestate succession) play a back-up role where an individual has not (or has not fully) exercised his or her right to dispose of property in a will.

Current law
In most contemporary common-law jurisdictions, the law of intestacy is patterned after the common law of descent. Property goes first or in major part to a spouse, then to children and their descendants; if there are no descendants, the line of inheritance goes back up the family tree to the parents, the siblings, the siblings' descendants, the grandparents, the parents' siblings, and the parents' siblings' descendants, and usually so on further to the more remote degrees of kinship. The operation of these laws varies from one jurisdiction to another.

United Kingdom

England and Wales

The rules of succession are the Intestacy Rules set out in the Administration of Estates Act 1925 and associated legislation.

For deaths after 1 October 2014, the rules where someone dies intestate leaving a spouse or civil partner are as follows:
 if there are no issue (i.e. children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren etc.) then the spouse or civil partner inherits the entire estate; or
 if there are issue, the spouse or civil partner receives the personal chattels and the first £270,000, then half of everything else passing under the intestacy rules. The other half passes to the issue on the statutory trusts (see below).

Where there is no spouse or civil partner, the assets pass in the following order of priority, such that no-one is entitled in any lower category if there is a living person entitled in a higher one:
 issue, on the statutory trusts (see below);
 parents;
 full-blood brothers and sisters, on the statutory trusts;
 half-blood brothers and sisters, on the statutory trusts;
 grandparents;
 full-blood uncles and aunts, on the statutory trusts; or
 half-blood uncles and aunts, on the statutory trusts.

In the above "the statutory trusts" mean:
 that a person who would be entitled if they were adult does not become entitled until they attain 18; and
 where a person who would have been entitled has predeceased the intestate, but has left issue, those issue who survive the intestate share, "per stirpes", their ancestor's share.

Where no beneficiaries on the above list exist, the person's estate generally escheats (i.e. is legally assigned) to the Crown (via the Bona vacantia division of the Treasury Solicitor) or to the Duchy of Cornwall or Duchy of Lancaster when the deceased was a resident of either. In limited cases a discretionary distribution might be made by one of these bodies to persons who would otherwise be without entitlement under strict application of the rules of inheritance.

These rules have been supplemented by the discretionary provisions of the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 so that fair provision can be made for a dependent spouse or other relative where the strict divisions set down in the intestacy rules would produce an unfair result, for example by providing additional support for a dependent minor or disabled child vis-a-vis an adult child who has a career and no longer depends on their parent.

Scotland
The law on intestacy in Scotland broadly follows that of England and Wales with some variations. A notable difference is that all possible (blood) relatives can qualify for benefit (i.e. they are not limited to grandparents or their descendants). Once a class is 'exhausted', succession continues to the next line of ascendants, followed by siblings, and so on. In a complete absence of relatives of the whole or half-blood, the estate passes to the Crown (as ultimus haeres). The Crown has a discretion to benefit people unrelated to the intestate, e.g. those with moral claims on the estate.

Canada
In Canada the laws vary from province to province. As in England, most jurisdictions apply rules of intestate succession to determine next of kin who become legal heirs to the estate. Also, as in England, if no identifiable heirs are discovered, the property may escheat to the government.

United States
In the United States intestacy laws vary from state to state. Each of the separate states uses its own intestacy laws to determine the ownership of residents' intestate property. Attempts in the United States to make probate and intestate succession uniform from state to state, through efforts such as the Uniform Probate Code, have been met with limited success.

The distribution of the property of an intestate decedent is the responsibility of the administrator (or personal representative) of the estate: typically the administrator is chosen by the court having jurisdiction over the decedent's property, and is frequently (but not always) a person nominated by a majority of the decedent's heirs.

Federal law controls intestacy of Native Americans.

Many states have adopted all or part of the Uniform Probate Code, but often with local variations, In Ohio, the law of intestate succession has been modified significantly from the common law, and has been essentially codified. The state of Washington also has codified its intestacy law. New York has perhaps the most complicated law of descent of distribution. Maryland's intestacy laws specify not only the distribution, but also the order of the distribution among family members. Florida's intestacy statute permits the heirs of a deceased spouse of the decedent to inherit, if the decedent has no other heirs.

See also
Administration of an estate on death
Estate planning
Testator
Uniform Simultaneous Death Act

References

Common law
Legal history
Wills and trusts


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It's nearly December, so all the apples are in and off the trees now. That leaves an annual problem…dealing with gluts.
Luckily, I don't have any gluts to deal with, but I do have friends who need to deal with theirs, leading to a slight over-abundance of Bramley apples. Apple pie? Too predictable. Baked apples? Nobody likes baked apples, really, do they?
How about baking a few into some bread?
This recipe calls for two different types of apple – a tart Bramley, stewed down so that it disappears into the dough, and a sweeter Braeburn, cut into chunks to give the bread some apple bite.
The Braeburns, three of, need peeling, coring and cutting up into one centimetre dice before being fried in a good knob of butter until they start to brown and caramelise.
The Bramleys, a pair of, should be similarly peeled, cored and sliced into thin strips, then simmered in about 100ml of water until they start to dissolve into a rich purée.
Weigh out 450g of wholemeal flour and 225g of strong white flour, and add a couple of teaspoons of salt, a 7g sachet of dried instant yeast and 50g of caster sugar to the bowl.
Melt 85g of butter and add this to the flour, followed by the apple purée, the fried eating apples and 125ml ofwater, mixing with a spoon to form a rough dough.
Knead the dough on a floured surface until it becomes smooth and silky. You may need more flour, or water. Just adjust as you feel fit, but err on the side of 'too wet' – you'll get a softer loaf at the end.
The dough needs to rise for about an hour, so that it at least doubles in size. The sugar in the dough should guarantee an impressive performance from the yeast.
Knock the dough back and cut it into either two or four pieces and shape each piece into a loaf.
Let the loaves prove for half an hour on an oiled tray, then glaze them with egg yolk and bake for thirty-five minutes or more in an oven pre-heated to 180c.
The slightly lower than normal oven temperature helps to protect the loaves from burning, given their high sugar content and general richness.
Excellent toasted, or with things like cheese or pâté.
Wow – I've never had apple bread. It sounds absolutely delicious!
I have to say the same as Kiri – I've never had apple bread, but I love the ingredients list and it looks delicious! Thanks for sharing!
What a great idea for using up those extra apples. The bread looks phenomenal too!
Admittedly I do like baked apples, but definitely not with bramleys. I've never had apple bread but it does sound like one to put on my list. Can't wait to try it for myself!
Apple bread sounds amazing! I wanted a toasted piece with cinnamon sugar and butter.


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How Medical Recovery Services takes care of business
Nate Sunderland and Nate Eaton, EastIdahoNews.com
Posted: Apr 18, 2019, 9:19 am |
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the third part in a series of stories about medical debt and Medical Recovery Services.
Here are the other installments:
— Part 1. Medical debt nightmare: Why a local woman could end up paying over $5,550 for her $294 doctor's visit
— Part 2. Man fights 5-year legal battle with debt collection company after doctor's error
— Part 4. Medical debt, collections and the fees you've probably never heard of
IDAHO FALLS — It's easy to vilify a medical debt collector.
Threatening collection letters, phone calls, lawsuits, wage garnishments and attorney's fees are things no one wants to deal with. And yet, not everyone's experience with debt collection is a bad one.
Good experiences
Bruce Herker of Rexburg says Medical Recovery Services sued him, and the overall experience was good.
"They were very gracious to us. They were very informative," Herker says. "I just think it's interesting that everybody's up in arms that these people are such bad people when, in reality, they aren't."
His debt collection saga began years ago when he went to the doctor. Herker says he never got a bill and before he knew it, MRS was contacting him for payment.
He went back to the doctor's office, and a worker told him they had tried to resolve the bill but were unable to track Herker down.
"I've lived in the same house 23 years. I've had the same phone number in the phone book for 35. I hadn't changed a thing," Herker says.
Bruce Herker says his experiences with Medical Recovery Services have been positive. | Nate Eaton, EastIdahoNews.com
So Medical Recovery Services took over the case. Herker admits that dealing with any debt collection company isn't the best, but says MRS is just doing its job. He ended up working out a payment plan with the company.
"It's like if you were the weatherman on Channel 3 and you called for fair skies and sunshine and 65 degrees, and it rained all day and ruined somebody else's stuff," Herker says. "It's not his fault. He was doing his job the way it was supposed to be."
Herker isn't alone. EastIdahoNews.com spoke with several other people who were high in their praise of the company and the attorneys who handle its caseload — Bryan Smith and Bryan Zollinger.
David Lyon, also sued by Medical Recovery Services, has multiple sclerosis. He missed paying a medical bill and it was turned over to MRS.
"They were nice, competent. There was no one screaming at me," Lyon says. "Nobody was threatening to take me to jail, and everyone was professional."
Lyon was going through a particularly rough patch at the time, and that's when he says Smith gave him the chance of a lifetime.
"Bryan gave me a job. He probably shouldn't have," Lyon says. "I wasn't in a really good place, but he worked with me, and he was more than happy to help me when I needed it and treated me very fairly. I can't say enough good things about him as an employee."
Similar to other agencies
Smith maintains Medical Recovery Services is no different than any other debt collector in Idaho.
"All I'm doing is providing a service as an attorney to Medical Recovery Services, who provides a service to the doctors," Smith says. "… If you're looking for people who are unhappy with debt collection, you're going to have a lot of them."
He says MRS is careful in the way it handles things and in the vast majority of cases, he works with clients to make payment agreements without resorting to court proceedings. He says lawsuits are filed in less than 1 percent of all accounts they see for collection.
"We bend over backwards to help people, but you can't help everyone," he says. "There's always people who are mad."
While looking into Medical Recovery Services, EastIdahoNews.com reviewed hundreds of debt collection lawsuits filed across the state, and specifically at cases in Bonneville County, since that is where the company is located.
We found similarities between MRS and its competitors. In terms of caseload, MRS filed at least 5,600 lawsuits statewide between 2016 and 2018. That number appears to be on par with other debt collectors, although MRS does show a higher number of lawsuits in eastern Idaho.
At the onset of cases, we found that the amount of money MRS requests for prejudgment attorney fees doesn't differ much from other local debt collection agencies. Prejudgment fees are attorney costs added to debt when the lawsuit is initially filed.
We took a random sampling of 15 debt collection cases filed in Bonneville County in 2018 from MRS, Bonneville Billing and Collections, and Action Collection Services.
In the sampling, MRS requested prejudgment fees that typically ranged from $400 to $600. The other two agencies' requested fees ranged from $400 to $800. All three requested up to several thousand dollars if the debt being sought was large.
Judges generally approved the requested prejudgment fees for all three collection agencies, although sometimes fees were knocked down to a lower amount.
Where Medical Recovery Services differs
The major difference in the data — and the reason EastIdahoNews.com is focusing on MRS — is in supplemental attorney fees. These are fees attorneys request after a court judgment.
RELATED | Medical debt nightmare: Why a local woman could end up paying over $5,550 for her $294 doctor's visit
When a judge rules in favor of a debt collector (almost always by default), the debtor is responsible for paying the principal debt, prejudgment attorney fees and prejudgment interest. That's usually around a 30 percent markup, but can be much higher.
With a judgment, either the debtor pays up, or the debtor's wages will be garnished.
Once the debt and prejudgment fees are paid off, you may think that would be the end of it, but that's not always the case. Idaho Code 12-120 allows attorneys to continue to seeking post-judgment or supplemental attorney fees to pay for continued efforts by attorneys to pursue a debt. And these requested fees are typically much higher than prejudgment fees.
In Bonneville County, we found only a handful of cases by other collection agencies where attorneys pursue supplemental attorney fees. But MRS fought for the fees in several hundred cases, and typically MRS sought between $800 and several thousand dollars.
Although attorneys state the amount requested in supplemental fees, judges ultimately decide how much the debtor must pay. Sometimes MRS receives its full request, but often the amount is knocked down by a couple hundred dollars. Other times, a judge awards MRS less than half of the requested amount.
In many cases, particularly those in which the principal debt is under $1,000, we found the supplemental fee awarded was more than a 50 percent markup on the original debt. In more than a few cases, the supplemental fee award matched the original debt.
We asked Smith about his policy on supplemental fees. He says MRS only requests the fees if the agency does "post-judgment discovery" while garnishing wages. Post-judgment discovery includes things like interrogatories, subpoenas, depositions or a supplemental debtor's examination.
"Supplemental attorney's fees are necessary," Smith says. "Otherwise, people who have judgments against them could simply engage in evasive behavior designed to make collection of the judgment very difficult and cost-prohibitive. This, in turn, would dissuade creditors from engaging in efforts to collect valid judgments or make collection of judgments, particularly small judgments, hollow victories."
And MRS takes supplemental fees very seriously.
RELATED | Man fights 5-year legal battle with debt collection company after doctor's error
MRS is the only medical collection agency is Idaho that repeatedly ends up in the Idaho Court of Appeals or the Idaho Supreme Court, and most of those cases deal with some aspect of collecting supplemental attorney fees.
EastIdahoNews.com will take a deeper look at this issue Friday.
Who owns Medical Recovery Services?
In our investigation of Medical Recovery Services, we attempted to determine how the business operates and who owns it.
When asked by EastIdahoNews.com if he was the owner, Smith became offended and refused to answer.
"I don't think that's an appropriate question to ask people what they own, and how much they make or why they do what they do," Smith says. "I don't think that's proper journalism. It doesn't make any difference. I'm not interested in talking about what I own, and what I don't own."
When pressed about his relationship with MRS, Smith responded, "I'm a law firm that represents Medical Recovery Services."
Forms filed with the Idaho Secretary of State show the business was formed in 2001. Dale Thomson, Smith and Gullborn Investment Family were listed as managers. In a form filed later, Ned Zollinger was added, but his position was not specified.
Bryan Zollinger and Bryan Smith are attorneys for Medical Recovery Services.
In a 2016 amendment to the LLC, Bryan Zollinger and Taylor Lugo were added as managers. Those same names are stated on a 2018 Secretary of State annual report.
When Smith ran against Congressman Mike Simpson in 2014, a campaign disclosure form shows he declared himself as a "partner" in Medical Recovery Services and stated that he had made between $100,000 to $1 million the preceding year from the business.
It's not clear how Medical Recovery Services gets past-due accounts from doctors. Many debt collection companies buy debt for pennies on the dollar or sometimes doctor may keep the debt and share a portion of money collected with the collector.
Although Smith won't address the specifics of his relationship with Medical Recovery Services, he says debt collection companies are needed to go after people who haven't paid their medical bills, and he makes money doing it.
"I represent people, and doctors wanted their bills collected," he says. "Out of that was born Medical Recovery Services."
Tomorrow on EastIdahoNews.com, we take an in-depth look at how MRS makes so much money on fees, how collections work in the legal system and why one local doctor dropped the company after learning he was using their services. If you have a debt collection story you believe the public should know about, email news@eastidahonews.com.


If you are planning to visit the gorgeous islands of Fiji, you must be familiar with tipping etiquette before you arrive. Gratuities are not expected or required in Fiji because it's communal society. Because its citizens share almost everything, they consider tipping to be either unnecessary or something that should be shared. However, even though it's not not expected, tips will still be greatly appreciated. This guide will teach you everything you need to know about tipping in Fiji.
You should also know a little about currency in Fiji. The Fiji currency is the Fiji dollar, which comes in forms of F$1, F$2, F$5, F$10, F$20 and F$50. Fujian coins come in 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents. Make sure that you carry plenty of change while in Fiji.
If you are visiting a spa in Fiji, make sure you realise that no gratuity is added to any services, nor does the spa staff expect tips for their services. If you are happy with your service, you may choose to tip your therapist, but it's entirely up to you. Generally a gratuity of 10 to 20% will be more than enough.
As far as basic spa etiquette in Fiji, make sure you make a reservation and arrive 30 minutes early for your appointment. If you are going to be late for your appointment, call ahead to notify the spa staff. If you are under the care of a health professional, be sure and let your therapist know.
If you go on a tour in Fiji, your tour guide will not expect a tip. Tipping is simply not Fijian custom. If you are especially happy with your tour and feel as though your tour guide led the tour in a professional and informative way, you can still leave a gratuity. It will never go unappreciated.
If you are planning on going on a tour in Fiji, you are in for a treat! You will see that there are all types of tours, from scuba diving day tours to week-long cruises through the islands. You can choose a tour based on what you want to explore while on this natural beauty. To check out tour options in Fiji click here.
Tipping hotel staff is not expected. If you leave money for your maid, she will probably be confused and either not pick up the money or think she needs to buy you a gift or something in return. However, in lieu of tipping, many hotels (especially resorts) have a "Christmas fund" box for the employees, generally located in the reception area. If you want to leave a gratuity consider donating to this fund. The staff will receive it at Christmas time. If you do believe that a certain member of the staff deserves a tip, you can always give to him or her as well. It will be appreciated, just certainly not expected.
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It is not customary to leave a tip at restaurants in Fiji; however, you should use your own judgment. If you are happy with your service, feel free to tip your servers. Just know that you are not obligated to do so. If you want to leave a gratuity leave one in cash and hand this money directly to your server rather than to leave it on the table. This ensures that he or she receives it directly.
Fiji food is generally made from fresh, local ingredients such as fish, rice, sweet potatoes and coconut. One traditional delicious Fijian dish is kokoda, which consists of white raw fish marinated in coconut cream, onions, lime and tomatoes. Fruit is also a big part of Fujian cuisine, including mangos, bananas, papayas and pineapples. You can be assured that any dish you eat in Fuji will be prepared with the freshest and tastiest ingredients.
More than likely, your taxi driver will not expect a tip for his services in Fiji. However, if you want to round your total up to the nearest Fijian dollar, he or she will be exceptionally appreciative. Also, if s/he is extra helpful, such as giving directions to places or carries your bags, you should probably give them a small tip.
If you get your hair cut, styled, or coloured in Fiji, do not feel as though you need to tip your hairdresser. Hairdressers in Fiji do not live off of or expect tips. However, as with all other services, it is entirely up to you. If you are impressed with your hairstylists' work, then by all means, give him or her a tip to show your gratitude!


Marqueece Harris-Dawson, President & CEO of the Community Coalition, encourages Californians to vote in favor of Prop 47 to balance the scales of justice and stop locking people in cages.
Aqeela Sherrills who lost his son to violence, has dedicated his life to fixing our broken criminal justice system. He joined the Community Coalition and talks about Prop 47.


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Films on Democracy
A Sneak Peak at Women Power and Politics' Film List
The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard, United Kingdom, 2006, Sally Wainwright
Feature, TV Miniseries, 364 minutes, In English
How many times have you said to yourself: "I could do a better job running this country!" The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard is a funny, smart, rollercoaster ride through the ultimate "what if?"
Ros Pritchard, a suburban grocery store manager, is fed up with politicians. On a whim, she decides to run for election herself, and ends up Prime Minister. She's a breath of fresh air: An ordinary person who speaks her mind. In no time she is leading a feminist revolution in British politics, as like-minded women all over the country follow her example to run for Parliament.
Once in office, Ros must still oversee her home, wayward children and husband while she guides her country through international crises. When secrets are revealed, she is forced to choose: Family or Power?
Dishing Democracy, Netherlands/United States, 2007, Bregtje van der Haak
Documentary, 60 minutes, In English & Arabic with English Subtitles
"Dishing" is a pun on "satellite dish" and the English slang word for "gossiping."
Sometimes powerful political action comes in a surprising package--like "Kalam Nawaem," or "Sweet Talk," a four-woman talk show on Arab satellite TV. Unlike official government programming, satellite TV is cut loose from national borders, state control and censorship, and the hosts of Kalam Nawaem take full advantage, discussing taboo subjects like sex, polygamy, wife battering, and equality between men and women.
The cameras take us behind-the-scenes to meet the four vibrant and outspoken co-hosts, each from a different Arab country and background, as well as out onto the street and into women's homes to capture viewer reactions. It's an exciting, fast-paced portrait of the power of sharing ideas across borders-women talking to women. As one host puts it: "I'm not interested in politics, I'm interested in people."
Las Madres, The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, Argentina, 1985, Susana Muñoz and Lourdes PortilloDocumentary, 64 minutes, In Spanish with English subtitles
The worst thing that can happen to a mother is to lose a child. To have one disappear without a trace is agony without end. During the 1970s and 1980s in Argentina's "Dirty War," 30,000 sons and daughters disappeared. In a society where women are expected to be silent, Las Madres chronicles Argentinean mothers who demanded to know the fate of their "disappeared" children.
As individual mothers find one another, their group begins to grow, and private tragedy is transformed into a powerful activist movement. We watch as hundreds of mothers gather each week in the Plaza outside the presidential palace. Dressed in black, they carry their children's names. They march as an ever-present reminder that their, and their country's, need for an answer will never disappear.
Thunder in Guyana, United States/Guyana, 2003, Suzanne Wasserman
Documentary, 50 minutes, In English
Director Suzanne Wasserman had a readymade story to tell in her first film. Her cousin, Janet Rosenberg, a white, Jewish woman from Chicago, was the president of the South American nation of Guyana, and considered the mother of her country by the largely African--and East Indian-Guyanese population.
Janet Rosenberg met and married Guyanese Cheddi Jagan in 1943, and the couple set off for his homeland to start a socialist revolution. For over half a century they fought against colonial rule and exploitation--despite imprisonment and the intervention of world figures including Winston Churchill and John F. Kennedy. In 1997, Janet Jagan succeeded her husband as president, becoming the first foreign-born and first woman to lead the country. Thunder in Guyana is an unlikely and amazing portrait of a country--and a family's--history.
Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution, United States/Tibet, 2006, Rosemary Rawcliffe
Documentary, 58 minutes, Tibetan & English with English subtitles
A Quiet Revolution chronicles one of the great, but little-known, movements of non-violent resistance in modern history. In 1959, 15 thousand unarmed Tibetan women gathered to protest a decade of forced occupation by the Chinese, an event that came to be known as "The Women's Uprising."
Forty years later, they live in exile in India, and struggle to preserve their language, religion and culture in hopes of someday returning home. We hear the unique perspectives of three generations of women: Some who took part in the protest, others who were only girls at the times, and still others who were born and raised in exile.
Living with them in exile is their spiritual and political leader, His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He gives his perspective on the women he calls "Phamo"--"Heroes."