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'Indivisible' Film Review: Faith-Based True Story Champions Communication and Self-Care Over Easy Answers
Religion isn't a cure-all in this real-life tale of an Army chaplain and his wife and their joint recovery from his tour of combat duty
William Bibbiani | October 26, 2018 @ 12:02 PM	Last Updated: October 26, 2018 @ 12:40 PM
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Films about war aren't always subtle. Neither are films about faith. But some movies find a way to tackle these enormous issues without resorting to simplistic messages, and thank goodness "Indivisible" is one of them.
Directed by David G. Evans ("The Grace Card"), "Indivisible" tells the story of real-life U.S. Army Chaplain Darren Turner (Justin Bruening, "Grey's Anatomy") and his wife Heather (Sarah Drew, "Grey's Anatomy"). Together, and separately, they endure the mental, physical and spiritual stresses that come from Darren's tour of duty in 2007, as he offered support for the soldiers around him but struggled with his own self-care.
Not everyone is looking for emotional support, of course. Some soldiers are just trying to keep their heads down, do their job and not think about the horrors they experience every day. But if they aren't looking for an earnest heart-to-heart about life's big questions, Darren can at least remind them to call their spouses more often and to make videos for their kids. As one gruff soldier asks, "Is messing with other people's lives part of your job description?"
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Darren, who doesn't seem to have ever thought about it that way before, replies, "I mean… kinda."
While Darren endures the hardships of war, for himself and for everyone else around him, Sarah takes it upon herself to assist the other families of soldiers in the midst of their strife. She tends to the grieving widows while fearing, all the while, that she'll be next. She organizes thousands of Christmas care packages. And when Sarah has a panic attack because she's raising three kids on her own and their daughter just wound up in the emergency room, her husband is unavailable. Even when she gets him on the phone to talk about how hard and scary her life is, Darren can barely comprehend her experience, because he just got out of a terrifying firefight and doesn't feel like he's allowed to express his own anxieties.
It's that sort of moment that sets "Indivisible" apart from many similar films about war. It's not a film about the politics or the missions; it's a film about how difficult it is to hold onto one's sanity, faith and family in extreme circumstances. Although the film has a few battle sequences, it portrays soldiers as sensitive men and women with complex feelings who depend on each other for emotional support as they ponder the philosophical ramifications of death.
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That's a tall order for any movie, and "Indivisible" mostly rises to the challenge. That's not to say that the dialogue is always poetic and illuminating, but perhaps it shouldn't be. "Indivisible" is not a film about people who have already come to lasting conclusions about their religion, their profession and what lies in the great beyond. Many of them are young and have never seriously considered these topics before.
Lance Bradley (Tanner Stine, "Impulse") doesn't seem to believe in God, for example, but he does believe in free stuff. So he's always in Darren's tent, scarfing snacks and swiping reading material. He keeps asking for Bible verses that might explain the horrors he experiences every day, and Darren doesn't have them. But they have each other; they have honest and open discourse about their fears and existential crises. The modest understandings they come to, about each other and their place in the grand firmament, are honest, if not always eloquent.
Of course, the film is about people who believe in God, and the movie supports them. It's such a realistic portrayal of faith for so long that a centerpiece sequence in which Darren's kids feel a sudden compulsion to pray for his safety, right when he's nearly killed in an explosion, seems arch and out of place. But audiences can take the scene literally if they want to, and figuratively if they choose; the point is to keep the people we love in our hearts when they are far away and enduring hardship. That's a positive message no matter what you believe in.
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Darren's tour lasts 15 months, and "Indivisible" takes him all the way home. Just when you think the story is about to overstay its welcome, the other shoe drops: Darren just spent more than a year of his life tending to the emotional needs of others, and nobody tended to his. He's traumatized and alienated, and he's afraid to share his experiences with his family for fear of scarring them too.
Because "Indivisible" isn't a film about suspense or momentum, the plot can't come to a satisfying conclusion, only the characters can. So we really do have to stick with them long after any other movie would have ended. Darren and Heather seek outside help for their communication problems, and Darren engages in self-care through household projects and a new, less stressful occupation. "Indivisible" might be the only war movie with a montage of characters healthfully discussing their problems and building a backyard jungle gym for their kids.
And let's be honest, we probably need a film like this. "Indivisible" isn't narrowly focused; it's specifically targeted at people who struggle to balance difficult lives and mental health. It espouses meaningful communication between family members and clearly illustrates some of the consequences (although it shies away from some of the more disturbing extremes). It doesn't treat religion like a cure-all, and it doesn't turn to God for easy answers. And in the end, it understands that mental and spiritual wellness is an ongoing process that needs to be demonstrated, respected and explored.
Audiences looking for quality stories about faith and patriotism will find "Indivisible" to be a thoughtful and satisfying motion picture. Although it never reaches the emotional and cinematic zeniths that might make it great, it does what it sets out to do, by offering hope and guidance to audience members who need it. And that's kinda great in itself.
10 Highest Grossing Christian-Themed Movies, From 'Passion of the Christ' to 'War Room' (Photos)
With "God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness" opening this week, TheWrap takes a look at 10 of the highest-grossing Christian-based films, adjusted for inflation.
10. "The Shack" (2017)
Starring Octavia Spencer and Graham Greene, the film grossed $57.4 million last year, which would equate to $58.6 million today.
9. "Son of God" (2014)
The 20th Century Fox film retells the life of Jesus and grossed a domestic total of $59.7 million in 2014, which would be $60.7 million today.
8. "Miracles From Heaven" (2016)
The Jennifer Garner film made $61.7 million this year on a budget of $13 million, good for eighth all time, adjusted for inflation.
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7. "God's Not Dead" (2014)
Starring Kevin Sorbo, Shane Harper, David A.R. White, and Dean Cain, "God's Not Dead" opened to $60.8 million in 2014 ($61.8 million adjusted for inflation) on a budget of $2 million. Its box office success warranted a 2016 sequel.
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6. "Exodus: Gods and Kings" (2014)
The film starring Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, John Turturro and Aaron Paul grossed $65 million domestically, which works out to $66 million two years later.
5. "War Room" (2015)
The Sony Pictures film raised holy hell at the box office when it opened in August of 2015. It ended up making $67.8 million on a budget of $3 million. Adjusted for inflation, that's $68.8 million.
4. "Heaven Is For Real" (2014)
Having taken in $92.9 million (adjusted for inflation), the film starring Greg Kinnear is the fourth highest-grossing Christian film on our list at $944.4 million inflation-adjusted dollars.
3. "Noah" (2014)
On a budget of $125 million, "Noah," starring Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly, made $101.2 million at the domestic box office in 2014. That would tick up to $102.8 million today.
2. "The Passion of the Christ" (2004)
Directed by Mel Gibson, "Passion" was a major commercial hit despite the controversy it raised and mixed reviews it received. The film grossed $370.7 million in 2004, which works out to $472.3 million adjusted for inflation. It was produced for just $30 million.
1. "Ben-Hur" (1959)
The original "Ben-Hur," which received 11 Academy Awards, tops the list of highest-grossing Christian movies, having made $74 million back in 1959, equal to $611.9 million in today's dollars.
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Royals Top 50 Moments: No. 25-21
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The Royals are celebrating their 50th season. The following is a Top 50 list of the greatest moments in Royals history. Today is 25-21
Nos. 50-46
25. Edinson Volquez's emotional 2015 World Series
There are some things in baseball, and in life, that go beyond the boxscore. The 2015 World Series for Edinson Volquez was one of those things.
The Royals signed Volquez before the 2015 season. The one-time all-star had seen his numbers balloon after the 2008 season. However, he saw a career resurrection with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2014, earning him the start in the 2014 National League Wild Card Game for the Pirates. In 2015, Volquez had one of his best season for the Royals, going 13-9 with a 3.55 ERA and pitching over 200 innings for the first time in his career. Volquez had pitched well in the postseason, including tossing six scoreless innings against the best offense in baseball, the Toronto Blue Jays, in a Game 1 victory.
All this earned "Steady Eddy" the honor of a Game 1 start in the World Series. However, just moments before the game, everything was thrown in doubt when ESPN's Enrique Rojas reported that Edinson's father had passed away before the game. The only Royals who knew about Volquez's father's death were Dayton Moore, Ned Yost, Dave Eiland, and Chris Young (who had lost his father only a month before). Volquez's family didn't want to tell him before the game.
Volquez would pitch six innings, giving up three runs in a quality start that would keep his team in the game for a late-game comeback and a win.
After he was pulled from the game, he was told of his father's death. He left the team to go back to the Dominican Republic for his father's funeral. He came back just in time for Game 5, where he would start just days after his dad's death.
With his dad weighing heavily on his mind, Volquez would pitch a great game, giving up two runs (one earned) over six innings while striking out five. He had a situation in the sixth where the Mets had the bases loaded on no outs and they only scored one run. That would be huge for the Royals as they would again stage a late-game comeback to win the World Series.
It's hard to imagine a pitcher making this list with a 3.00 ERA and no wins in the World Series make this list. However, baseball heals.
24. Johnny Cueto dominates Mets in 2015 World Series
The 2015 Kansas City Royals were nearly perfect. They had a solid starting rotation, a shutdown bullpen, and a lineup so balanced that Alex Gordon (before he struggled to hit the Mendoza Line) was batting eighth when he would be hitting fifth or sixth in most lineups.
At the trade deadline, Dayton Moore pushed all his chips to the center of the table and traded for Johnny Cueto and Ben Zobrist.
Cueto struggled in the regular season for the Royals, posting a 4-7 record with a 4.76 ERA. Those numbers would lead Royals fans to worry about his performance in the postseason.
Heading into the World Series, Cueto had been up and down in the ALDS and ALCS. He was roughed up early in Game 2 of the ALDS against the Houston Astros before settling in. In a winner-take-all Game 5 against Houston, Cueto threw eight innings, giving up two runs on only two hits while striking out eight. After a Luis Valbuena home run in the second, Cueto set down nineteen straight hitters. Cueto was knocked around in Game 3 of the ALCS against the Toronto Blue Jays, so, Royals fans were leery about what they would be from him in Game 2 of the World Series.
After winning Game 1 in fourteen innings, both teams needed a good start from their starting pitchers to save their bullpens. Johnny Cueto would face the Mets all-star pitcher, Jacob deGrom.
Cueto would answer the call, pitching arguably the best game in Royals postseason history. While deGrom would not make it through five innings, Johnny Cueto would go the distance. His complete game being the first complete game by an American League pitcher since Jack Morris in Game 7 of the 1991 World Series. His final line:
9 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, 4 K
This game allowed Ned Yost to rest his bullpen and get set for the next three games and the final push for the World Series title.
23. Steve Busby throws 2 No-Hitters
Royals pitchers have hurled four no-hitters in their franchise's history. Half of them came from one pitcher, in his first two seasons.
New Royals fans may not know a lot about Busby, however, Busby was one of the best pitchers in the early 1970s before injuries took their toll and shortened his career. Busby only pitched in eight seasons, of which only three were full seasons, however he was responsible for two of the biggest moments in Royals history.
On April 27th, 1973, Steve Busby took the mound at hitter at Tiger Stadium in Detroit. Tiger Stadium was not known for being a pitcher's park, however, Busby would be effectively wild. Despite walking six Tigers hitters, Busby baffled the Tigers at the plate no-hitting the Tigers in a 3-0 victory. The no-hitter was surprising, given that Busby, in his previous outing, only lasted one inning and his ERA was 8.04 before the game.
1974 would be the first of Busby's two All-Star Game appearances and would also bring the second of his no-hitters. On June 19th, 1974 at County Stadium in Milwaukee, Busby faced off against the Brewers. After a 1-2-3 first inning, Busby walked George Scott to begin the second. That would be the only runner the Brewers would have the entire game. Busby retired the next twenty-four batters, keeping Milwaukee hitters completely off-balanced. Busby would no-hit the Brewers in a 2-0 game. Busby would become the twenty-fourth pitcher to hurt multiple no-hitters and the first pitcher in Major League Baseball history to hurl a no-hitter in each of his first two seasons.
Busby would make the All-Star Game again in 1975, his final full season in baseball before a torn rotator cuff ended his career. What could have been with Busby remains a great mystery with the Royals. Had he stayed healthy, the Royals may have won the American League Pennant at least once between 1976-1978 and the 1980 World Series may have ended with a different result.
However, Busby's career should be a reminder of how success can be fleeting and how you should appreciate greatness when it is upon you.
22. Bo Jackson Says Hello!
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game is an exhibition where the best of the best (though some of the Royals all-stars would test that through the next three decades) play in a display of what the game should be.
Nine Hall-of-Famers would play in the game (the two managers would also be inducted into the Hall-of-Fame) and the lineups were chalked full of stars. The one star stood out was Vincent "Bo" Jackson.
Bo Jackson was amid his best big-league season in 1989. Jackson was already a 20-20 guy by the all-star break (twenty-one home runs and twenty-three stolen bases) and was elected by the fans to start the game. Tony La Russa batted Jackson leadoff in the game. In the top of the inning, Jackson robbed Pedro Guerrero of two runs batted in with a diving catch in left-center. Bo was just getting started.
Jackson led off against veteran sinker-baller, Rick Reuschel. The first pitch to Jackson was a sinkerball below the knees for ball one. The second one was a sinker at the knees, not a bad pitch from Reuschel, that Bo hit 456-feet to dead center field for a leadoff home run. The legendary Vin Scully was on the call and was interviewing former President Ronald Regan when what sound like a cannon came off the bat of Jackson. All President Regan could say was "Hey" with Vin Scully adding "Bo Jackson says hello".
Bo would add another RBI on a force-out in the second, would steal a base, and add a single to his line. On the night when Nike unveiled the "Bo Knows" campaign, he would finish:
2-4, 2 RBI, 1 HR, 1 SB
Jackson would become the first Royal to earn the All-Star Game's Most Valuable Player Award. In a night that had many stars, Jackson's star was the brightest of them all.
21. Darryl Motley sets the tone!
The 1985 Kansas City Royals were the cardiac kids. All season long the Royals had to play comeback. They had to comeback from seven-games down in the division race to overtake the California Angels. The had to comeback from down 3-1 in the American League Championship Series against the Toronto Blue Jays to win the American League Pennant. They trailed the St. Louis Cardinals, 3-1, in the World Series only to come storming back to tie the series at three.
Game 7 was played at Royals Stadium with the Cardinals ace, John Tudor (who already had two wins over the Royals in the series) against Bret Saberhagen, who won Game 3. After a scoreless first inning, Steve Balboni walked with one out in the second inning.
Darryl Motley stepped in against the lefty Tudor. On the seventh pitch of the at-bat, Motley hammered a ball over the foul pole down the left-field line. It was hit so high that it went over the foul pole and was ruled foul.
Motley, who was going down the line in a similar shuffle to Carlton Fisk in the 1975 World Series, picked up his bat and cracked his bat. As he stepped back into the box, he noticed the crack in his bat and asked for a new one. With a new bat, Motley received the exact same pitch again, this time with a different result. Motley drilled it down the line, fair, for a two-run home run and a 2-0 lead.
From that point on, the Royals would be off to the races against Tudor and the Cardinals in route to a moment that will appear later in the list.
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Author: Christopher Till
Christopher is a lifelong Royals fan who loves long walks on the beach, sunsets, and trips to #DongTown. He also loves writing about the Royals (pants optional). Ian Kennedy once ruined a perfect game Chris had going (though, to be fair, Chris' pitch came before the game with nobody in the batter's box). His favorite Royals' memory is sitting in Section 401 with his daughter when Salvador Perez laced a line drive past Josh Donaldson to win the 2014 American League Wild Card Game.

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Kościół Niepokalanego Poczęcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Gozdowicach – kościół filialny parafii Najświętszej Maryi Panny Częstochowskiej w Czelinie.

Opis
Świątynia z kamienia polnego, z ceglaną wieżą. W całości otynkowany. Od strony wschodniej przedsionek – główne wejście.

Historia
Kościół wzniesiony został w XIII/XIV w. W 1730 r. przeprowadzono gruntowny remont świątyni – otynkowano elewacje zewnętrzne, wybito nowe okna oraz ufundowano nowy ołtarz amonowy z dwiema korynckimi kolumnami w stylu barokowym, zwieńczony rzeźbionym orłem trzymającym w dziobie ośmioramienny krzyż maltański – godło Joannitów. Przed ołtarzem zawieszony był późnobarokowy anioł chrzcielny. Na ołtarzu stały dwa cynowe bogato zdobione barokowe świeczniki. W posiadaniu kościoła był kielich z 1691 r. i patena z 1779 r. W 1840 r. nastąpiła generalna rozbudowa kościoła – w kierunku wschodnim dobudowano do budowli średniowiecznej część szerszą i dłuższą, ołtarz przesunięto pod ścianę zamykającą dobudowę, wewnątrz dobudowano empory boczne, wsparte na drewnianych kolumnach, zainstalowano posadzkę z płytek ceramicznych. Nowa część od zewnątrz otrzymała skromną elewację. Dodatkowe wejście wykonano od strony południowej. Wejście dla pastora znajdowało się w dobudowanym frontonie wschodnim.

W 1904 r. od strony zach. dobudowano do najstarszej części kościoła wieżę o wysokości 25 m, na niej umieszczono zegar z czterema tarczami oraz trzy różnej wielkości dzwony odlane w 1905 r. przez Franza Schillinga z Apoldy. Obecnie na wieży pozostał tylko najmniejszy z dzwonów (o średnicy 63 cm). W wyniku działań wojennych w kwietniu 1945 r. kościół został nieznacznie uszkodzony; sprzęty i księgi kościelne zaginęły. W okresie powojennym zlikwidowano empory. W latach 60. XX w. odnowiono wnętrze kościoła, malarz Michał Lipko wykonał trzy malowidła ścienne, z których dwa nadal zdobią boczne ściany prezbiterium. Na przełomie 1975/76 r. przeprowadzono remont dachu wraz z podwyższeniem murów części zachodniej. Zmieniono orientację świątyni – przesunięto ołtarz do części zach. W 1982 r. zlikwidowano wejście od strony południowej tworząc w tak powstałej wnęce po malutkiej kruchcie ołtarzyk św. Józefa. Od strony wsch. dobudowano przedsionek – jest on obecnie głównym wejściem do świątyni. Okna po obu stronach ołtarza zamieniono na witraże. W 2000 r. przeprowadzono renowację starych tarcz i uruchomiono zegar z elektronicznym mechanizmem.

Około 1540 r. świątynia stała się ewangelicka, od 1655 r. wzmiankowana jako parafialna, od 1750 r. stała się filią parafii w Starych Łysogórkach. Po II wojnie światowej kościół został przejęty przez katolików i poświęcony 25.05.1947 r. pod wezwaniem Zesłania Ducha Świętego, który to tytuł zmieniono później na Niepokalane Poczęcie Najświętszej Marii Panny. Przez wiele lat funkcjonował pod nazwą Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Marii Panny. Początkowo był filią parafii w Mieszkowicach, od 25 kwietnia 1973 r. nowo utworzonej parafii w Kurzycku, obecnie należy do parafii w Czelinie.

Cmentarz
Obok kościoła stoi nagrobek wójta Fryderyka Falckenberga (1751-1812) z 1812 r. Od XIII w. do około 1820 r. miejscem pochówków był teren przy kościele. Następnie utworzono cmentarz na północnym skraju wsi, po prawej stronie drogi do Morynia, który funkcjonował do około 1918 r.; pozostały po nim szczątki kamiennych nagrobków i charakterystyczna roślinność cmentarna. Kolejny cmentarz obwiedziony murem, z akacjowymi alejami w kształcie krzyża ulokowano po drugiej stronie moryńskiej drogi. W 1930 r. wybudowano na nim kaplicę cmentarną. W latach 70. XX w. rozebrano kamienie nagrobne i wywieziono je jako materiał budowlany. Na miejscu pozostał nagrobny głaz, na którym kiedyś był napis Bernard Starcke; staraniem byłych mieszkańców Gozdowic umieszczono na nim napis REOUIESCANT IN PACE.

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Bibliografia

Świątynie pod wezwaniem Niepokalanego Poczęcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny
Kościoły w archidiecezji szczecińsko-kamieńskiej
Dawne kościoły protestanckie w województwie zachodniopomorskim
Obiekty sakralne w gminie Mieszkowice
Kościół
Zabytkowe kościoły w powiecie gryfińskim

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Lok Sabha polls: Fate of 724 women candidates to be decided tomorrow
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NEW DELHI: The fate of 724 women candidates in the just-concluded Lok Sabha polls will be decided on Thursday when the results are announced. A total of 7,928 candidates were in the fray in the parliamentary polls.nnThe Congress had fielded the maximum of 54 women candidates. The opposition party was closely followed by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which had fielded 53 women candidates.nnAmong the other national parties, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) fielded 24 women candidates, the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) 23, the CPI(M) 10, the CPI four, while one woman candidate was fielded by the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).nnAs many as 222 women contested the polls independently.nnFour transgender candidates also contested the polls independently, while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was the only party to field a transgender nominee.nnAccording to an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and the National Election Watch, 100 (15 per cent) women candidates declared criminal cases against themselves, while 78 (11 per cent) declared serious criminal cases against their names.nnTwo women candidates declared cases in which they were convicted, four declared cases related to murder, 16 had attempt to murder cases against them, 14 were accused of crimes against women such as causing miscarriage without a woman's consent while seven had cases related to hate speech registered against them, the report said.nnOf the 100 women candidates with criminal cases against them, 13 are from the BJP, while 10 from the Congress.nnThe ADR report said of the 716 women candidates analysed, 255 (36 per cent) were crorepatis. Of the 665 women candidates analysed during the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, 219 (33 per cent) were crorepatis.nnAmong the major parties, the average worth of assets per candidate for the Congress's women nominees is Rs 18.84 crore, while for the BJP candidates, it is Rs 22.09 crore. The average worth of assets of the BSP's women candidates is Rs 3.03 crore, while for the TMC nominees, it is Rs 2.67 crore.nnThe average worth of assets of the CPI-M's women candidates is Rs 1.33 crore, while for the Samajwadi Party (SP) it is Rs 39.85 crore and for the AAP, Rs 2.92 crore.nnThe average worth of assets of the 222 Independent women candidates is Rs 1.63 crore.nnHema Malini, the BJP candidate from Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, is the richest woman nominee in this election with assets worth Rs 250 crore, followed by Telugu Desam Party's (TDP) DA Sathya Prabha (Rs 220 crore) from Andhra Pradesh's Rajampet constituency and the Shiromani Akali Dal's Harsimrat Kaur Badal (Rs 217 crore) from Punjab's Bathinda, the affidavits showed.nnSix women candidates — all of whom contested the polls independently — have declared zero assets in their self-sworn affidavits.nnThe ADR said 232 (32 per cent) women candidates declared their educational qualification to be between Class 5 and Class 12 pass, while 396 (55 per cent) declared having an educational qualification of graduate and above.nnThirty-seven women candidates have declared themselves to be just literate and 26 are illiterates. Two candidates did not give their educational qualification details.nnThe report further said 531 (74 per cent) women candidates declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years, while 180 (25 per cent) declared their age to be between 51 and 80 years.nnWhile one woman candidate declared she was over 80 years of age, three did not disclose their age and one said her age was below 25 years, the report said.nnSource: Press Trust of India
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Updated: 10:30 AM MDT Jun 7, 2018
By Dylan Hyman
Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick's legal team is reportedly preparing to seek subpoenas against President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence in Kaepernick's collusion case against the NFL.The former player's lawsuit alleges NFL teams colluded to keep him unsigned due to his protests against police brutality and racial injustice, when Kaepernick began kneeling during the national anthem in 2016. "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color," Kaepernick told NFL Media in August 2016.Yahoo Sports reports that Kaepernick's attorneys are looking to see if either Trump, Pence, or any other high-ranking White House official pressured teams to avoid signing Kaepernick because of his protests. NFL owners approved a new policy governing the pregame ritual last month, requiring players to stand during the anthem if they are on the field. Trump offered tepid approval of the change, but insisted that all players should be on the sidelines during the playing of the national anthem.The president has repeatedly criticized players for not standing for the anthem and has gone as far as to say team owners should fire players for doing so.The new NFL policy gives players the option of remaining in the locker room during the playing of the anthem if they do not wish to stand.CNN contributed to this report.
Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick's legal team is reportedly preparing to seek subpoenas against President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence in Kaepernick's collusion case against the NFL.
The former player's lawsuit alleges NFL teams colluded to keep him unsigned due to his protests against police brutality and racial injustice, when Kaepernick began kneeling during the national anthem in 2016.
"I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color," Kaepernick told NFL Media in August 2016.
Yahoo Sports reports that Kaepernick's attorneys are looking to see if either Trump, Pence, or any other high-ranking White House official pressured teams to avoid signing Kaepernick because of his protests.
NFL owners approved a new policy governing the pregame ritual last month, requiring players to stand during the anthem if they are on the field. Trump offered tepid approval of the change, but insisted that all players should be on the sidelines during the playing of the national anthem.
The president has repeatedly criticized players for not standing for the anthem and has gone as far as to say team owners should fire players for doing so.
The new NFL policy gives players the option of remaining in the locker room during the playing of the anthem if they do not wish to stand.
CNN contributed to this report.
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The Jewish response to 'cancel culture' antisemitism
By Charles Pulman
On Nov. 10, 1975, the U.N. General Assembly adapted Resolution 3379 stating: "Determines that Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination." The Resolution was approved by just 51% of the then members of the General Assembly.
On Dec. 16, 1991, the same body, the U.N. General Assembly, adopted Resolution 46/86 stating: "Decides to revoke the determination contained in its resolution 3379 (xxx) of Nov. 10, 1975." This Resolution was approved by 67.7% of the then members of the General Assembly.
With the passage of Resolution 46/86, the antisemitic Resolution equating Zionism, the national liberation movement of the Jewish People in their ancestral homeland, with racism was repealed, an acknowledgment that the 1975 Resolution was wrong in its determination.
In advocating for repeal of the 1975 Resolution, US President George H.W. Bush stated several truths that bear repeating today: "Zionism is not a policy; it is an idea that led to the creation of a home for the Jewish people, to the State of Israel. And to equate Zionism with the intolerable sin of racism is to twist history and forget the terrible plight of Jews… throughout history. To equate Zionism with racism is to reject Israel itself …. This body cannot claim to seek peace and at the same time challenge Israel's right to exist."
It is reported that Dr. Martin Luther King stated before his assassination in 1968: "When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews. You're talking anti-Semitism."
While an overwhelming majority of the U.N. General Assembly, not a particularly strong friend of Israel today, recognized in 1991 that Zionism is not racism, that message apparently has not been heard by others. Today, almost 30 years after this recognition by the U.N., this false and defamatory statement against Israel and the Jewish people has reared its ugly head and is being expressed by those seeking to silence, defame and stigmatize Jews and others who support Israel as a Jewish state.
The current manifestation of this bigotry is the "cancel culture" that is strikingly similar to the McCarthyism of the 1950s hunt for Communists and to the Nazism of the 1930s hunt for Jews. In the case of Jews, this bigotry is cloaked in the wrapper of Zionism and Israel.
Evidence of the resurgence of this irrational hatred against Jews can be seen in many instances in the U.S. today — the attacks against the Jewish, former New York Times journalist Bari Weiss for her support of Israel, the attacks against former USC student government Jewish leader Rose Ritch for her support of Israel and the attacks against Israel and Zionists led by BDS and Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). Considering the words of President George H.W. Bush in 1991, the environment today and the twisted logic of the antisemites, the attacks against Jews for being Zionists bears a striking resemblance to the irrational hatred of racism.
The cancel culture is being used to brand Israel as racist and those people who support, and speak out for, Israel as racists. The cancel culture people and organizations making these claims and taking these actions against people exercising their U.S. constitutional and human rights base their claims on several false allegations against Israel, including Israel's "occupation" of the non-existent entity they call Palestine and Israel being an "apartheid" state.
Of course, these allegations and the claim that the "occupation" is the sole impediment to peace are clearly wrong, as they know, since the attacks against Jews and Israel started long before the Israeli-defensive war of 1967 and the formation of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1964.
The essence of the failure of the many peace initiatives that have been offered by Israel and others, including the U.S., to resolve the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, including what is referred to as the two-state solution, is the result of Palestinian intransigence and their rejection of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people.
The Palestinians repeatedly refuse to engage in normalization of relations with Israel and assert a "right" to settle (occupy) the land of Israel or what the Palestinians allege to be a "right of return." This so-called right is not about justice or statehood but about the end of Israel as a Jewish state. This tactic by the Palestinians is not a means to an end but the end itself.
We see this intransigence most recently in the Palestinians denouncing the historic agreement of the normalization of relations between Israel and the UAE (with the high probability of more Arab countries to follow). Rather than look upon this announcement as an opportunity to engage with Israel to seek peace, the Palestinian leadership showed their true colors by immediately denouncing the UAE as traitors and condemning the initiative.
Rather than continue to be held hostage by the Palestinians, the Arab world, other than Iran, is moving away from the Palestinians and toward Israel as a result of the changing times, including not only the valuable resources offered by Israel in many fields but also the shared threat of Iran that has become magnified since the ill-conceived Obama-era Iran Deal.
People and organizations, some of whom profess their "pro-Israel" stance and their identity as Jews, such as Peter Beinart, who recently wrote of his support for the elimination of a Jewish Israel; or Jewish Voice for Peace, who has adopted a strongly worded anti-Zionist manifesto; or J Street, who misses no opportunity to criticize Israel harshly for many things without ever condemning the antisemitic propaganda and violence perpetuated by the Palestinians, are merely pawns in the hands of the proponents of antisemitism and the slander that Israel is racist with no right to exist.
The attacks against Israel and Jews are also played out in the Policy Platform of the organization known as The Movement for Black Lives at M4BL.org. This Platform, which was first adopted in 2016 and continues today covering a wide range of demands, is both Marxist and antisemitic and anti-Zionist. The Platform contains the express statements (in a location that is difficult to find) that Israel is guilty of, among other things, committing genocide against the Palestinians (a total fabrication) and of being an apartheid state (again a total fabrication).
In addition to slandering Israel, the M4BL Policy Platform expressly supports BDS and advocates for an alliance with the Palestinians. The sister organization, Black Lives Matter Global Network (BLMN) at blacklivesmatter.com, admits its partnership relationship with M4BL.
As members of the human race created in the image of God, we as Jews seek, and throughout our history have fought for, the universal values of freedom, liberty and justice for ourselves and all people regardless of individual traits and characteristics.
As Jews, we know full well that when any of these universal values are denied, restricted, conditioned or eliminated to one group we all are at risk. What may start with Jews, does not end with Jews as we have seen over and over again in the course of history. Jews may be the first to suffer but we are never the last.
As such, we as Jews owe it to ourselves and humankind to seek actively these universal values for Blacks as well as others to whom these attributes are not fully exercisable. Racism in any form and directed against any people is, as President Bush stated, an intolerable sin.
However, taking such action does not mean that we as Jews, or any other group, relegate our own self-interests to a later day. It is not mutually exclusive to renounce racism against Blacks and at the same time renounce the irrational hatred and lies directed against us as Jews.
Some Jewish organizations, such as Jewish Council for Public Affairs and Israel Action Network, have published statements that make excuses for the antisemitic/anti-Zionist statements of M4BL and BLMN and advocate Jewish support for the BLM movement to "build bridges… before the issue of Israel is broadly discussed."
If one thinks that the discussion on Israel should be deferred as a way of building bridges, then one need look no further than the very recent smear campaign (Drop the ADL) against the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish social justice organization, by a coalition of pro-Palestinian and left wing groups, including Palestine Legal, CAIR, M4BL, JVP, SJP and Dallas Peace and Justice Center.
If we do not denounce these attacks against us as Jews today, we run the risk there will not be a tomorrow to do so. Organizations and individuals who identify themselves as Jewish or have the word Jewish in their name and fail to call out today's antisemitism against Israel and Jews, either willingly or out of fear, put us all at risk. Silence is neither an admirable trait nor acceptable.
Why Israel Matters: There are many responses to this statement, but one that is most salient today is this: Israel is the only country in the world that brings all Jews, including Black Jews, home to freedom. There is nothing more that needs to be said.
We have a sacred duty to our ancestors, ourselves and our descendants to be an "upstander" and speak out in pursuit of our rights as Jews and against the attacks on us and Israel. Strength, not weakness or appeasement, is a virtue.
Dallas attorney Charles Pulman is president of Why Israel Matters, Inc. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Texas Jewish Post.
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Shonen Knife, Takotsubo Men: Shipping Forecast, Liverpool
By Mark Rowley on	 22nd April 2018 Live reviews, Uncategorised
Shonen Knife entertained an appreciative Shipping Forecast audience; Getintothis' Mark Rowley was there to take in the vibe, but also cut the crap.
The trio, featuring sisters Nacko and Atsuko Yarmeno (both original members of the band since it formed in 1981) last played in Liverpool to a sparse crowd in the Arts Club, just under 2 years ago.
This time round, whilst the venue was smaller, the crowd filled it to the point where finding a decent view was extremely difficult, (particularly as the Shonen Knife band members are not that tall).
From the off, they were all smiles and happy faces, feeling more relaxed as they settled into their set, singing mostly in English (and in parts Japanese). An early standout tune was Jump Into The New World, which features an Undertones-style opening riff, before branching off on a Blondie-influenced vocal. The band, mix various styles from The Ramones and the punk era, with the 1960s pop of The Beach Boys and even shades of Tamla Motown.
Shonen Knife has over the years accrued a cult following (including the infatuation of Kurt Cobain) and is credited with helping to open doors on an international scale for other Japanese bands. Since 1981 the band has released 20 studio albums and has recently released their first live album for over 10 years.
This was given a plug by way of introduction to the Nick Lowe cover, Cruel To Be Kind, mid-way through the set. Without wanting to sound too harsh, their version resembled something you'd hear at a karaoke; … with lame vocals, it has to be said. Despite this, it still managed to get heads nodding and no doubt some feet tapping also.
In 2018, The Rolling Stones have absolutely no relevance. The band hasn't made a decent record since the early 1970s. The Stranglers (especially without Hugh Cornwell) are effectively pointless also. The Stone Roses, after gathering a tidy amount of cash over the past few years, realised their level of significance and rightly decided to call it time. They can now go back to being remembered for their majorly sparse but extremely high quality output in the late 1980s and 1990s.
The list goes on … The Damned is a completely insignificant entity and arguably was never anything but! Noel and Liam Gallagher are both extraneous to requirements, as are Echo & The Bunnymen. In this context, the whole point of Shonen Knife can justifiably be questioned.
Their achievements spanning a long career are highly commendable and their longevity bears testimony to this. However, aside from the notion of fandom, cult appeal and 'having fun', what does the band actually offer us in 2018? Are they of any relevance whatsoever?
It's highly likely that you have to get this music, in order for it to be appreciated. In this case then, it was neither got nor really liked, aside from a few half decent songs towards the close of what seemed like a never ending set. (The band announced their last song and then played another four!)
Wasabi, with its Hendrix riff and X-Ray Spex vocal rocked; as did Ramen Rock, which had an AC/DC guitar intro and a Jack Black, School Of Rock sound. Whilst influences continued to be heard, with one song in particular sounding like Buzzcocks, the band does manage to meld it all into what is a unique, Shonen Knife sound, which kind of explains why people like them. After all, the utterly marvellous, The Fall weren't everyone's cup of lemon-flavoured green tea, it has to be said.
Record Store Day 2018 in Liverpool – reaction and pictures from Probe, Jacaranda, 81 Renshaw & more
Support on the night for this Harvest Sun Promotions event was provided by Takotsubo Men, from Liverpool. The trio contains musicians who have all played in different bands signed to record labels in the 1990s. Frontman and bassist, Ste Williams is a past member of Cecil, who released 2 studio albums and toured with Mansun around 20 years ago.
Their sound is gnarly, angular, post-punk rock with songs that tend to average around two minutes duration. During the song Magic Shit, Williams went on walkabout amidst the crowd, ending up at the mixing desk, giving the sound technician a back massage. Judging by the soundman's kipper, you got the feeling that this wasn't scripted before the set commenced.
Takotsubo Men play decent music with an edge and are definitely worth checking out again, soon.
Images by Getintothis' Lucy McLachlan
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import pyaf.ForecastEngine as autof
import pyaf.Bench.TS_datasets as tsds

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df = b1.mPastData

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Exelon Corporation (EXC), National Grid plc (ADR) (NGG), Philip Morris International Inc. (PM): The World's Best Dividend Portfolio
Published on July 15, 2013 at 10:24 am by The Motley Fool in News
In June 2011, I invested my money equally in a selection of 10 high-yield dividend stocks. With a year of success behind me, in July 2012, I added even more money to the portfolio, and then more again in 2013. Those names offer triple the yield of the average S&P 500 stock. You can read all the details here. Now let's check out the results so far.
Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) $41.36 28.818 4.1% $866.85 (27.3%)
National Grid plc (ADR) (NYSE:NGG) $48.90 20.3693 5.5% $1,153.31 15.8%
Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE:PM) $78.05 25.5429 3.9% $2,241.39 12.4%
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. (REIT) (NYSE:RHP) $40.96 39.3 5.3% $1,484.75 (7.8%)
Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. (NYSE:PCL) $38.42 26 3.8% $1,206.14 20.7%
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (NYSE:BIP) $26.12 38.2825 4.7% $1,395.78 39.6%
Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:VOD) $27.26 74 5.5% $2,125.28 5.4%
Seaspan Corporation (NYSE:SSW) $15.24 95 6.5% $1,905.70 31.7%
Retail Opportunity Investments Corp (NASDAQ:ROIC) $12.20 81.95 4.4% $1,105.51 10.6%
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE:NLY) $25.50 38.9 7.7% $951.49 (4.1%)
Gramercy Property Trust Inc (NYSE:GPT) $4.48 223 0% $1,054.79 5.6%
Cash $544.76
Dividends Receivable $161.74
Original Investment $13,983.01
Total Portfolio $16,197.48 15.8%
Investment in SPY (Including Dividends) 22.1%
Relative Performance (Percentage Points) 6.3
Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's.
There has been quite the switch in portfolio performance in the past couple of weeks, and it looks like investors were switching out of dividend stocks. The total portfolio is now up 15.8% — down 0.1 points since last week. Investors really have shifted out of dividend stocks for the moment, but we've found some great deals in Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. (REIT) (NYSE:RHP) and Gramercy Property Trust Inc (NYSE:GPT).
So that all leads us to underperformance on the S&P of 6.3 percentage points. Some day investors will get over their short-term dislike for dividend stocks, and we'll narrow the gap. The blended yield remains at 4.8%.
I'm not worried over these short-term issues, and I've been preparing for them by saving up dividends in the approach of a good buying opportunity. The portfolio now has more than $500 in accumulated dividends, with more than $140 in accrued payouts. All that will be reinvested in what I think is the best idea in the portfolio.
Brookfield Infrastructure sold off its 42% stake in Powerco, New Zealand's second-largest utility, for $408 million to AMP Capital. This is part of Brookfield's typical strategy of harvesting assets and then recycling that capital into higher-returning assets.
Shares of Annaly common stock continue to plumb the depths. The stock reached a new 52-week low earlier this week and continues a downward trend since March or so. If you buy the stock based on the trailing yield, it looks appealing, but you should expect that dividend to shrink in good times, as it has in the past. The portfolio sold out at prices above $15 per share and moved into the much less volatile Series D preferred stock.
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. (REIT) (NYSE:RHP) repurchased nearly $55 million of its 3.75% convertible debt due 2014 last week. I like the move, though over $304 million more in converts remain outstanding. I continue to like Ryman a lot. On the most recent conference call, management spoke of potentially using debt to buy back more stock, a move that I like a lot at these prices. With such premier assets, this company deserves a much higher valuation.
What does President Obama's climate change policy mean for our investment in Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC)? Fellow Fool Justin Loiseau says things look positive for our nuclear-heavy utility, and you can read his detailed thoughts in this article.
We finally got word on dividends from our two U.K. companies. National Grid plc (ADR) (NYSE:NGG) will pay out about $2.09 per share on Aug. 21, while Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:VOD) distributes about $1.05 per share on Aug. 7. Those dividends contribute meaningfully to the nearly $160 in payouts that are owed to the portfolio.
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Annaly Capital Management Inc (NLY) Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (BIP) Exelon Corp (EXC) Gramercy Property Trust Inc. (GPT) NASDAQ:VOD National Grid Plc (NGG) NYSE:BIP NYSE:EXC NYSE:GPT NYSE:NGG NYSE:NLY NYSE:PCL NYSE:PM NYSE:RHP NYSE:SSW Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. (PCL) Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc. (RHP) Seaspan Corporation (SSW) Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) (VOD)


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Hong Kong protests: two men plead guilty over roles in Yuen Long unrest
Law Hiu-fung, 17, pleads guilty to unlawful assembly, while Cheung Yu-tai, 32, admits to rioting and false imprisonment.
Two Hong Kong men have pleaded guilty over their involvement in an unlawful assembly last year that escalated into a riot when a passer-by was attacked after being accused of tearing messages of support for anti-government protesters from a wall.
The District Court heard protesters had gathered at Yoho Mall in Yuen Long on the night of September 21, 2019, to mark an indiscriminate attack on commuters and anti-government demonstrators by white-clad men at the local railway station two months earlier.
The group later moved towards the town centre and the assembly took a violent turn in the early hours of September 22 when they targeted a passer-by in a white shirt, 52-year-old Li Tak-chung, who was on his way home after work.
Li was prevented from leaving the scene, even after he boarded a taxi, as protesters surrounded the vehicle and pulled him out, then hit him on the head with a metal bar-like object and smashed his phone, following accusations he had once torn off notes from a so-called Lennon Wall. He later needed seven stitches to his head.
Anti-government protesters at a protest at Yoho Mall in Yuen Long.
On Tuesday, student Law Hiu-fung, 17, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful assembly, while delivery worker Cheung Yu-tai, 32, admitted to a single count of rioting and another of false imprisonment.
Senior public prosecutor Andy Lo Tin-wai said crowds first gathered in the area at around 9pm, most of them dressed in black and wearing helmets and masks.
Among them was Law, who sprayed paint on 14 sets of security cameras, eight of which belonged to Oliver's Super Sandwiches, run by Cafe de Coral, causing HK$7,000 (US$902) in damage.
Law also helped move tables and chairs from the restaurant to set up a roadblock at exit F of Yuen Long MTR station, while others damaged fire safety devices, such as a smoke detector and a light on a fire alarm, costing the rail operator HK$8,700.
The group stayed for 30 minutes, before moving onto Hong King Street, where they intercepted Li just after midnight.
Video played in court showed how he was surrounded by the group, with some members shouting: "Did you tear off paper?"
He replied: "No, I really didn't.I just got off work."
When others asked for proof, the man knelt and said: "I swear."
Cheung was then filmed pushing down Li's shoulders, causing the man to bend lower, before some onlookers helped him up.
But a glass bottle was soon hurled at Li, wounding him.
First-aiders bandaged his wounds and he was escorted to Castle Peak Road, where he boarded a taxi.
The prosecutor said the scene escalated into a riot when the group blocked the vehicle's passage and demanded Li get out, claiming they would not damage the taxi if the driver let him out.
Someone then opened the door and pulled Li out of the taxi.
Cheung demanded Li, who maintained he was innocent, provide his phone for a check.
Rioting is punishable by 10 years in prison, but that term is capped at seven years at the District Court.
As Li was pulling out his phone, someone hit him on the head once with a stick, while Cheung smashed the device onto the ground, breaking it.
Li then fell to the ground and was rescued by paramedics who took him to hospital.
Cheung was caught five days later, while Law was arrested on November 15 last year.
District Judge Frankie Yiu Fun-che will hear mitigation factors and sentence the two men on January 13, pending reports on Law's suitability for a training or detention centre, and assessment of Cheung's mental health.
Both defendants have indicated they are willing to offer compensation for the financial damage they caused.
Rioting is punishable by 10 years in prison, but that term is capped at seven years at the District Court, while unlawful assembly carries a maximum sentence of five years.
British Virgin Islands' governor launches inquiry into alleged corruption
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British Virgin Islands: Inquiry into claims of corruption and political interference - all with the public purse
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Allocation of discretionary funds from Q1 2019
June 12, 2019 | by Isabel Arjmand
In the first quarter of 2019, donors gave a combined $4.7 million for granting to recommended charities at our discretion.
We really appreciate the generosity of our supporters in making it possible for us to regularly allocate funding to the top charity or charities that we believe can best use additional funding. Thank you!
In this post, we discuss our decision to allocate this $4.7 million to the Against Malaria Foundation (AMF), as well as the process we followed to arrive at this decision.
We continue to recommend that donors giving to GiveWell choose the option on our donation form for "grants to recommended charities at GiveWell's discretion" so that we can direct the funding to the top charity or charities with the most pressing funding needs. For donors who prefer to give to a specific charity, we note that if we had additional funds to allocate at this time, we would very likely allocate them to AMF, which we believe could use additional funding for highly cost-effective work, even after receiving the $4.7 million in funding mentioned above.
Our bottom line
As we did last quarter, we focused our efforts on deciding between allocating funding to Malaria Consortium vs. AMF. We currently believe that AMF has a more time sensitive funding need than Malaria Consortium, and our best guess is that it will have equivalent impact per dollar to Malaria Consortium. This led us to allocate funding to AMF.
What changed since last quarter?
In March 2019, we modeled AMF as somewhat more cost-effective than Malaria Consortium's seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) program, believed that both organizations had time-sensitive funding opportunities, but believed that Malaria Consortium would have more overall impact per dollar, when taking into account unmodeled qualitative factors (see "Principle 2" here). For this round of grantmaking, we updated slightly positively on AMF's cost-effectiveness and believed that AMF had a time-sensitive funding opportunity while Malaria Consortium did not. These factors were sufficient to tip the balance in favor of allocating this funding to AMF.
What AMF will do with additional funding
AMF expects to allocate all funding that it receives in the near future toward distributing insecticide-treated nets in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2020.
The vast majority of the funding AMF currently has on hand is set aside for distributions in a series of other countries (we are aware of which countries but have been asked not to name them while discussions are continuing) in 2020, and in DRC in 2019 and 2020; this funding totals $57 million. It has made verbal agreements with those countries for those distributions, but has not yet signed contracts to commit the funding. There is a chance that one or more of these agreements will fall through, which could change when or how AMF uses the additional funding it receives now; we think the risk is real but that AMF's other options (particularly to put more funding into DRC distributions in 2020-2021) are good and so we don't see this as a major concern. According to AMF, agreements that have reached this stage with countries AMF has worked with before (as it has with each of these four countries) have not fallen through in the past. AMF also has an additional $5.5 million in uncommitted funds on hand, which it plans to allocate to DRC for 2020 distributions.
AMF estimates it could use up to an additional $12.0 million in DRC in 2020, after the $4.7 million we are granting to it, and up to an additional $36.8 million in DRC in 2021.
Our process for making this granting decision was less intensive than the process we used for the funds we received in the last quarter of 2018. We focused on making some updates to the information we had relied on last quarter, including:
Estimating Malaria Consortium's room for more funding for SMC, in light of its receiving the $10.1 million in discretionary funds we granted last quarter.
Speaking with AMF and Malaria Consortium to discuss how additional funds would be used. We did not speak with other top charities for updates, as we believed, based on our work in late 2018 and earlier this year, that either Malaria Consortium or AMF could most cost-effectively use additional funding.
Updating our estimates of the cost-effectiveness of additional funds to AMF and Malaria Consortium. We applied the same changes as are discussed in the first footnote in this blog post to the latest version of our published cost-effectiveness model, which was updated in March to correct for an error in our model of insecticide-treated nets. These updates to the published model have not been published or vetted, and so are more likely to contain errors than our published cost-effectiveness model. We took this shortcut at this time to enable us to pursue other research work and because modest changes in the cost-effectiveness analysis (as a result of minor errors) would not have changed our conclusion here. We thoroughly revisit our comparisons between top charities once per year for our annual recommendations refresh in November; we are also developing a process to make it easier to update our published model throughout the year to reflect new information about how top charities would spend additional funding. The difference between our unvetted best guess and our published estimate for AMF is largely due to modeling the majority of marginal funding as going to DRC (which has a higher malaria burden that most of the other countries where AMF operates).
We ultimately relied on the same six principles as are described in this blog post.
Updates since March 2019
We wrote in March 2019 about our decision to allocate the funding we received in the fourth quarter of 2018 to Malaria Consortium's SMC program. Below, we discuss updates to our understanding of the value of allocating marginal funds to AMF and Malaria Consortium's SMC program since March 2019.
We identified and corrected an error in our cost-effectiveness analysis of insecticide-treated nets, which increased the estimated cost-effectiveness of AMF. As a result of this update, our (unvetted and unpublished) best guess is that marginal funding to AMF is approximately 40% more cost-effective than marginal funding to Malaria Consortium's SMC program; in March, our best guess was that marginal funding to AMF was approximately 20% more cost-effective.
Malaria Consortium's SMC program
Our understanding is that additional funding received at this point in time would be unlikely to influence Malaria Consortium's spending on 2019 and 2020 programs, and that decisions regarding 2021 spending will likely be made in early 2020, after we have made our (larger) year-end funding recommendations.
This is a change from the previous quarter: due to our allocation of $10.1 million to Malaria Consortium last quarter, Malaria Consortium currently has enough funding to fund its work on SMC through 2020, even if it were to expand to the maximum scale it is considering reaching in 2020. (Our calculations, which were reviewed by Malaria Consortium, are available here.)
We expect that Malaria Consortium will have a large funding gap for SMC work in 2021, and we may fill some of that funding gap later in 2019.
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I am trying to achieve the same but don't know why it is not working, here is my jsfiddle
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A: i just given an id to your image

when clicked on the clone option the below code creates the duplicate of the same image with id as "img2"
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A: I added comments where I changed your JS code, and finally #clonedContent is just a div with that id. please check this,
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Q: When is an exact 2-form harmonic? Let $\alpha$ be an exact two-form, $\alpha=d\beta$ for some one-form $\beta$, when is $\alpha$ harmonic? By uniqueness of harmonic forms in cohomology classes, it cannot be harmonic?

A: Yes, you answered your own question. If $\alpha=d\beta$, it is zero in cohomology, but harmonic forms represent nontrivial cohomology classes. Like you said, you can see this by uniqueness, since the 0 form also represents $0$ in cohomology.


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Congratulations to other new Cities of Literature - Ulyanovsk (Russia), Baghdad (Iraq), Lviv (Ukraine), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Barcelona (Spain), Nottingham (UK), Óbidos (Portugal) and Montevideo (Uruguay). Together with Edinburgh (UK), Melbourne (Australia), Iowa City (USA), Dublin (Ireland), Reykjavik (Iceland), Norwich (UK), Krakow (Poland), Dunedin (New Zealand), Prague (Czech Republic), Heidelberg (Germany) and Granada (Spain) there are now twenty Cities of Literature in the world.
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