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Saudi Public Prosecutor Says Khashoggi Murder Premeditated, Reversing Previous Explanation
Saudi Attorney General Saud al-Mojeb said investigators concluded that Khashoggi's killing was a premeditated crime after reviewing evidence presented by Turkish officials
Oct 25, 2018 2:39 PM
Protester holds a placard with the image of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi outside the Saudi Embassy in Colombo, October 25, 2018AFP
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CIA director reportedly heard recording of Khashoggi killing during Turkey visit
The Saudi public prosecutor said that the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was premeditated, state TV al-Ekhbariya reported on Thursday.
Saudi Attorney General Saud al-Mojeb said investigators concluded that Khashoggi's killing was a premeditated crime after reviewing evidence presented by Turkish officials as part of a joint investigation, according to a statement on the state-run Saudi Press Agency.
Saudi Arabia initially insisted Khashoggi had walked out of the consulate after visiting the building on October 2. It later dropped that account for a new one, saying it had detained 18 people for what it said was an accidental killing during a "fistfight."
Read more: Saudi crown prince says Khashoggi's killing is 'heinous crime that can't be justified' | CIA director reportedly heard recording of Khashoggi killing during Turkey visit
Many countries responded to the version of a brawl involving Khashoggi with skepticism and demands for transparency. Turkey has been turning up the pressure on Saudi Arabia, a regional rival, to reveal more about the crime.
The seemingly clumsy cover-up of the killing has been exposed to the world with Turkish leaks of information, security camera footage and, eventually, Saudi acknowledgements that Khashoggi died in the consulate. Key mysteries yet to be explained are suspicions that Saudi Arabia's crown prince ordered the killing — even though he publicly condemned it — and the whereabouts of the Washington Post columnist's body.
"Jamal Khashoggi's body still hasn't been found. Where is it?" Turkey's foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, said Thursday at a news conference with his Palestinian counterpart.
"There is a crime here, but there is also a humanitarian situation. The family wants to know and they want to perform their last duty," Cavusoglu said, referring to hopes for the writer's burial.
Turkish authorities briefed visiting CIA chief Gina Haspel on the investigation into the killing and the evidence they have, a Turkish security official who was not authorized to speak to the media said on condition of anonymity. The official could not confirm whether Haspel had listened to an alleged audio recording of the killing. Pro-government media in Turkey reported officials have such a recording, but its existence has not been confirmed.
On Thursday, conflicting reports surfaced about whether investigators had searched a well in the garden of Saudi Arabia's consulate as part of their probe.
Investigators emptied the well and are awaiting the results of an analysis of the water to determine whether body parts were dumped there, according to Yeni Safak, a pro-government Turkish newspaper. But Sabah, another pro-government newspaper that has published leaks about the case from Turkish officials, said Saudi Arabia has yet to give Turkish authorities permission for a search.
Turkish media have also published a security camera image allegedly showing a vehicle belonging to the Saudi Consulate "scouting" a forest in the outskirts of Istanbul before Khashoggi was killed. The image, obtained by state television TRT and other media on Wednesday, shows a black car with a diplomatic license plate at an entrance to Belgrade Forest.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Saudi officials made "reconnaissance" trips to the forest as well as the city of Yalova a day before Khashoggi was killed. Turkish officials have told The Associated Press that investigators were looking into the possibility that the journalist's remains may have been hidden at those two locations.
Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said on Thursday that companies that pulled out of the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh had apologised for missing the event.
"All the companies which did not come have been calling us during the past 48 hours, apologising, expressing their regret, and promising to apply to open offices (in the country) during the coming weeks and restore relationships to their norms," Al-Falih told state TV al-Ekhbariya.
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Interference with TGF-β signaling by Smad3-knockout in mice limits diabetic glomerulosclerosis without affecting albuminuria
Amy Wang, Fuad N. Ziyadeh, Young Lee Eun, Petr E. Pyagay, Hee Sung Sun, Steven A. Sheardown, Nicholas J. Laping, Sheldon Chen
Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β plays a critical role in diabetic nephropathy. To isolate the contribution of one of the signaling pathways of TGF-β, the Smad3 gene in the mouse was knocked out at exons 2 and 3, and the effect was studied in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes over a period of 6 wk. TGF-β activity was increased in the diabetic mice but was not able to signal via Smad3 in the knockout (KO) mice. As expected in the wild type, the kidneys of the STZ-diabetic mice showed both structural and functional defects that are characteristic of diabetic renal involvement. In the Smad3-KO mice, however, the defects that were improved were renal hypertrophy, mesangial matrix expansion, fibronectin overproduction, glomerular basement membrane thickening, plasma creatinine, and the blood urea nitrogen. The parameters not significantly altered by the Smad3-KO were albuminuria, reduction in podocyte slit pore density, and the increase in vascular endothelial growth factor abundance and activity. It seems that the absence of Smad3 modifies the natural course of murine diabetic nephropathy, providing renal functional protection and preventing structural lesions relating to kidney hypertrophy and matrix accumulation, even though albuminuria and changes in podocyte morphology persist. In conclusion, the effects of the Smad3-KO mirror the effects of anti-TGF-β therapy in diabetes, suggesting that the chief component of TGF-β signaling that is relevant to kidney disease is the Smad3 pathway.
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Wang, A., Ziyadeh, F. N., Eun, Y. L., Pyagay, P. E., Sun, H. S., Sheardown, S. A., Laping, N. J., & Chen, S. (2007). Interference with TGF-β signaling by Smad3-knockout in mice limits diabetic glomerulosclerosis without affecting albuminuria. American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology, 293(5), F1657-F1665. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00274.2007
Wang, Amy ; Ziyadeh, Fuad N. ; Eun, Young Lee et al. / Interference with TGF-β signaling by Smad3-knockout in mice limits diabetic glomerulosclerosis without affecting albuminuria. In: American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology. 2007 ; Vol. 293, No. 5. pp. F1657-F1665.
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A team from EUROMET (a joint initiative of scientific institutions in Europe interested in meteorites) was sent for the first time to Antarctica in the 1990/91 season to undertake a systematic search for meteorites. The project was organised within the framework of the Italian Antarctic Program (Programma Nationale di Richerche in Antartide, PNRA). The search was carried out in the vicinity of Frontier Mountain (North Victoria Land) and 256 meteorite fragments were discovered, most of which were wind-blown across the blue-ice field to the NE of Frontier Mountain and finally caught in an ice depression about 5 km to the N. The larger meteorites which remained on the ice surface from which they were uncovered may have been transported down to the mountain edge where they have subsequently been destroyed or covered in debris. A search for meteorites at neighbouring Sequence Hills, where similar glaciological conditions as at Frontier Mountain exist, proved unsuccessful. At this location the surface of the blue ice in the valleys with suspected meteorite concentrations was covered by meltwater lakes.
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Thanks Nick....both of these photos were not touched up and every time I tried to lighten the dark photos in auto mode they would turn out too grainy and hazy. This new setting has gotten me so excited about taking interior photos again!
George, thanks for posting. Let's show those P&S users who's boss! (just kidding, I think Jeff is very helpful with his suggestion of the kodak for most folks).
Anyway, glad to hear this is working so well for you!
The funny thing is after an informal survey of the professionals I know, we all feel that P&S cameras are more complex overall, because each is different, has a different set of buttons and 'features' and performance varies so much. SLR's are actually pretty easy once you get the hang of them.
Thanks Bryce...I have fallen in love now with my SLR and was close to giving it up a month ago! I just want everyone to know that it is usually in the user not the camera where problems arise. Have a great weekend.
I agree with you. Using the manual settings on the camera really does help you take better pictures. The biggest thing that I see on a consistent basis is that the camera does not flash when you would think that it should. It results in the dark pictures that you saw above.
Thanks Patrick....once I started using the manual settings I mentioned I have had no problems at all. Have a great weekend.
Thats quite a difference in photos. Good thing you found those settings before you sold it on ebay at a loss.
Thank you Duayne....I appreciate your comments. Have a great weekend.
Big difference, The SLR's are great you just have to have the time to learn or play around with them. Glad to see your enjoying taking pictures.
Thanks for posting that! I kept thinking about asking which settings you changed to make the most difference. Getting the hang of how to drive a manual camera definitely gives a "creative high".
Keith...thank you very much. I have fallen in love with my Canon Rebel!
Thanks Cheryl....I actually become a "Fun" camera to use and I like experimenting with it to find the best setting for a certain situation. Knowing me I think a point & shoot camera would get old and I could never be as creative with it as I am with my Canon Rebel. Thanks again for all you did to help me. I appreciate it more than you will ever know.
Good for you Thesa...I can't tell you how much fun I am having with my Canon Rebel after learning the manual settings. I would have gotten so bored with a point and shoot camera because I have always been very creative minded. I'm glad you enjoy your Nikon DS70 as much as I have learned to enjoy my Canon Rebel. SLRs are exciting cameras when one takes the time to learn them and they are not difficult to learn. Have a great weekend my friend.
I rarely use the automatic setting. Good move on not selling the camera. The Cannon Rebel has a wider angle lense than the kodak and it does not distort.
Ted - Thanks and have a great evening.
George - Which model Canon Rebel do you have? I looked at the Canon and the Nikon SLR models this past Saturday but I haven't bought either one just yet.
Sam - I purchased the Canon Rebel EOS and after I wrote this post I purchased an amazing Canon Ultrasonic EFS 10-20mm wide angle lens. It can get so much of a room in a picture and there is no fish bowl effect. Good luck to you.
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Katherine was broken and hurt when Jack swooped into her life to save her from herself. His dominance was the salve needed to put her submissive heart back together, but every time things seem to be heading towards a future together her past has interfered. Now, in danger and on the run, the couple are forced to flee the country for a fresh start in Europe.
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By CBSMiami.com Team January 6, 2021 at 3:55 pm
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BROWARD (CBSMiami) – Police have captured escaped inmate Azmi Mahmoud after a short pursuit that started in Davie and ended with a crash in Miami-Dade County.
According to Davie police, officers spotted Mahmoud in a white BMW in the area of Dykes and Griffin Road.
Officers attempted a traffic stop, but the vehicle fled south on I-75 into Miami-Dade County.
Mahmoud's vehicle ended up crashing on the Gratigny Expressway after a brief chase.
Following the wreck, Broward Sheriff's Office deputies took Mahmoud into custody.
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Mahmoud slipped away at around 5:45 p.m. Tuesday after being transferred from the county's main jail to the Henderson Behavioral Health facility in Fort Lauderdale.
"Mahmoud was arrested by BSO on November 21st and was being held without bond for violation of probation on charges including battery of a person over the age of 65, grand theft, and possession of cocaine, amongst uh many other charges," said BSO Sgt. Donald Prichard.
As for how he got out, BSO was still trying to piece that together.
"At this time it's unclear how Mahmoud was able to leave the facility. However, a master key is missing and that may have been a possible avenue for how he was able to leave the facility and scale the fences," said Prichard.


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Atos launches the most comprehensive Artificial Intelligence software suite available on the market to simplify and accelerate adoption of AI
Paris, July 3 2018
Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, today announces Atos Codex AI Suite, the most comprehensive Artificial Intelligence (AI) software suite available on the market, to support businesses and research institutes in the development, deployment and management of AI applications. With Atos Codex AI Suite data scientists now have an easy-to-use, efficient and cost-effective solution to rapidly build and deploy artificial intelligence applications, better extract value from data and develop new business opportunities.
Leveraging machine learning and deep-learning capabilities, Atos Codex AI Suite fosters a new generation of AI applications, which are able to sense, reason, act and adapt, to address a range of scientific, industry and enterprise challenges, in areas such as personal medicine, homeland security, smart cities and intelligent and autonomous data centers.
First infrastructure agnostic solution on market
Using Atos Codex AI Suite, apps can be deployed and relocated on multiple complementary environments:
Cloud: on a wide variety of public Clouds, including AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, with which Atos recently announced a global agreement,
On-premises: on any server infrastructure, including on Atos' BullSequana S server, its BullSequana X exascale-ready supercomputer and
Edge computing: on Atos' future edge computing box, one of the first of its kind worldwide, which will enable businesses to extract and process valuable insight from data in real-time, close to the data source, to transform it into knowledge to support instantaneous decision-making while reducing costs. This break-through machine has a ruggedized design, allowing it to be used in any type of environment.
"This software suite is a new step forward to support our customers in their own digital transformation. Atos Codex AI Suite tackles new enterprise, scientific and industry challenges, such as precision medicine, advanced prescriptive maintenance and prescriptive security, with a new generation of cognitive applications, capable to address complex functions. It paves the way to new application domains and helps our customers to increase their business opportunities." says Arnaud Bertrand, SVP, Strategy and Innovation BDS at Atos.
Accelerates time-to-market: Using Atos Codex AI Suite's secure, shared environment data scientists are able to use even the most complex applications by using qualified components, applications and trained models to improve quality and rapidly develop applications.
Delivers affordable performance: Atos Codex AI Suite delivers optimal performance at the lowest cost, as only the most relevant resources are allocated. Cloud resources are used whenever possible and high-performance resources only when necessary.
Enables High-Performance Computing (HPC) and AI convergence: HPC businesses can harness the benefits of AI, overcoming the limits of traditional simulations, to develop new applications in sectors such as precision medicine, prescriptive security and person recognition
Runs on multiple environments: Cloud or on-premises to ensure fast allocation of resources and applications at any time.
Atos Codex AI Suite is available today, and can be purchased as a standalone software platform or together with a server infrastructure. Atos Codex AI Suite is Atos' latest innovation as part of the Atos Codex portfolio.
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Atos is a global leader in digital transformation with approximately 100,000 employees in 73 countries and annual revenue of around € 12 billion. European number one in Big Data, Cybersecurity, High Performance Computing and Digital Workplace, the Group provides Cloud services, Infrastructure & Data Management, Business & Platform solutions, as well as transactional services through Worldline, the European leader in the payment industry. With its cutting-edge technologies, digital expertise and industry knowledge, Atos supports the digital transformation of its clients across various business sectors: Defense, Financial Services, Health, Manufacturing, Media, Energy & Utilities, Public sector, Retail, Telecommunications and Transportation. The Group is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic & Paralympic Games and operates under the brands Atos, Atos Consulting, Atos Worldgrid, Bull, Canopy, Unify and Worldline. Atos SE (Societas Europaea) is listed on the CAC40 Paris stock index.
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UK frozen food sales boom
Newark, UK: Sales of frozen foods in the UK are up by 5.2% on last year according to the latest market data from the British Frozen Food Federation.
The biggest area of growth in volume has been in frozen meat and poultry, up by 5.5%, said Brian Young, director general of British Frozen Food Federation.
Young said: "The sector has increased in volume by almost 2% in just 12 weeks. Christmas could be the driving factor in this boom as people stock up on turkey and other festive meats. It's very reassuring to see that the category that has suffered decline in recent months has now picked up."
Other success stories from figures supplied by Kantar Worldpanel include frozen fish, which has seen a 4.7% increase in value and a 3.4% increase in volume on 2010.
Young said: "Celebrity endorsement and product innovation has helped to bolster the frozen fish sector. I predict that this growth will continue well into the summer months when fish is typically most popular.
"Frozen vegetables are also in demand as consumers continue to understand that they offer high vitamin content and a 'fresher than fresh' taste." Strong volume growth shows sales have increased in this category by 2.8%.
Continuing to dominate the pre-prepared category, frozen pizza sales are up 3.6% on 2010 with a value increase of 4.9%. Young said: "Manufacturers have really demonstrated that they understand the needs of consumers. A range of pizzas developed in-line with traditional take-away and restaurant alternatives has helped to grow this category."


We got a chance to interview Aaron, CEO at Modify Watches, in February 2017.
Modify Watches is a cool watchmaker – their watches are hand-assembled in San Francisco, feature colorful, interchangeable bands, and offer options to customize them with your own photo or design. They also boast a fun, active community of fans who vote on designs on social media and help choose the next styles.
Modify has been a member of SFMade since 2014 and are based in the SOMA neighborhood of San Francisco. Check out their website here and their crowdfunding campaign there!
My buddy Gary and I started Modify in 2010 after finishing our MBAs at Berkeley-Haas. Ashil joined about 6 months later as our Creative Director (aka the guy who does the work and built the brand and made the watches look great).
The goal of the business, from day one, has been to enable customers to Show Your Colors… we even trademarked that. Moving production to San Francisco and allowing fans to create 100% custom designs was the realization of that vision!
This is our 7th year in business, and we have about 10 folks on our team.
Our customers vary from individuals who make watches with photos of loved ones, to the San Francisco Giants who sell them in the Dugout Stores, to huge companies like Pinterest and Facebook and Nike who have made custom watches for their employees and customers.
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As soon as we found out about SFMade, we joined. Extremely proud to be part of this community.
Can you think of a watch-related Fun Fact?
In an average month we produce 4,000 watches in our office at 5th/Bluxome Streets.
Also, a few of our employees and former teammates started their own cool hand-made products and companies: Dmac Accessories, KarmaLit Candles, and Burg&Ech. We're proud of them!
The biggest development is that we've just launched an Indiegogo campaign (here's the link!) in hopes of raising funds to launch two new styles of watches: 30mm Rose Gold finish and a 40mm Gunmetal finish.
These will be our smallest and biggest watches yet, and the first time we've done round watches! There are great deals still for early supporters of the campaign.
As far as what the future holds, we're focused on partnering with as many brands and platforms as possible. While we're very proud of modifywatches.com, we want to integrate with every Print-on-Demand platform, and work with every lifestyle brand. Making these in San Francisco enables us to offer partners low MOQs and extremely fast turnaround. That is, if there's anyone with a brand who wants to offer watches, we'll be your partner!


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Best of all, I'll be able to take it to CS with me and call Nick whenever I want. Yay!
Oh, and the baby is taking another nap…what can beat that?
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So I've been slacking off on journalling again, sue me.
Saturday night the family headed out to Melanie's party. I had baked some lovely cookies for it. We got there and admired the lovely (and huge) apartment before eating all the food in the house. Ok, so we didn't eat that much, but Melanie and I did have to make a trip to the grocery to buy some more non-alcoholic beverages, as there were more children there than she had thought there'd be. We had a lot of fun, I got nicely toasted, we danced and played games. It was a nice evening. And best of all: there were no cookies to take home! Yay!
Saturday, our little family headed out to the Fort Worth Zoo, accompanied by the Balderas family (Nick works with the dad, Dan). We spent five hours hoofing it along and managed to finally see everything there was to see. It was a very long, but very enjoyable day.
Nick and I have come to an arrangement to get me down to CS in time for Halloween. He's going to drive me half-way there and my parents are going to pick me up in Waco. They haven't seen David in a month, and since it'd be two weeks until we would be getting there, they really wanted me and David to come down now since it's a holiday and all.
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Q: CPP: Use of deleted function I am trying to sort a vector that contains custom struct entries using a lambda function in c++ . But I get prompted the following error message

error: use of deleted function 'dummy_struct& dummy_struct::operator=(const dummy_struct&)

The code looks like the following:
#include <regex>

struct dummy_struct
{
    dummy_struct(std::string name, int64_t value_a) :
        name(name),
        value_a(value_a)
    {}

    const std::string name;
    const int64_t value_a;

    int ExtractNumberFromName(std::regex key)
    {
        int retval;
        std::cmatch match;
        std::regex_search(this->name.c_str(),match,key);
        retval=std::stoi(match[0],nullptr);
        return retval;
    }

};

void SortByCustomKey(const std::vector<dummy_struct> collection, std::regex key)
{

    auto compare = [key](dummy_struct a, dummy_struct b)
    {
        return a.ExtractNumberFromName(key) > b.ExtractNumberFromName(key)
    };

    std::sort(std::begin(collection),std::end(collection),compare);

}

int main()
{

    std::vector<dummy_struct> test;

    test.push_back(dummy_struct("Entry[1]",1));
    test.push_back(dummy_struct("Entry[2]",2));
    test.push_back(dummy_struct("Entry[3]",3));

    SortByCustomKey(test,std::regex("[0-9]+"));
}

What am I missing here?

A: std::sort sorts vector by swapping it's elements in place.
This requires for your class to implement copy assignment operator (or move assignment), which compiler won't generate for you due to const fields in the class. For your example the only solution seems to remove the const qualifiers from the fields. If you don't want them to be modified just make them private and don't provide (public) setters.
If they absolutely must stay there and you just want to get your values in sorted order you can use a different structure or store pointers in the vector.
Another solution is to write a custom swap implementation for your class that would const_cast away the qualifiers of the fields for the purpose of the assignment, although this is usually a bad code smell.

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Excursion 64, Part 2 (The Born Again Barn)
I respect religious faiths even though I belong to none. I was, however, raised as a Catholic and discovered as a child that respecting the religious faiths of others was not something that came easily to many. I had one person in school pass me an anti-Catholic Jack Chick comic and someone on m block who lived a few doors down from me told me I was going to go to hell because I was a Catholic (and that, naturally, being a Catholic was somehow not being a Christian). Sometimes people have trouble even conceiving of people with different ideas about faith. The first atheist I met, a Swiss foreign exchange student in my high school, once brought up in a history class that he was an atheist. "You don't believe in God?" one female student asked in a shrill voice (it helps to remember this was in Texas). "No," said the Swiss student. "But," she cried, "What about the devil???" She couldn't quite wrap her head around the notion that he didn't believe in any of the whole ball of beeswax.
Excursion 63, Part 3 (The Mud Rakers)
We all have heard the term "muckraker" and to most of us it conjures up journalistic images—perhaps writers like Upton Sinclair or Ida Tarbell who engaged in early investigative journalism. Many people credit Theodore Roosevelt for popularizing the term and the term itself to a reference from John Bunyon's 17th-century novel The Pilgrim's Progress. Of course, Bunyon did not use it to refer to journalists. It was an agricultural term—as was the closely related "mud rakers"—and it referred to people who literally raked the mud, i.e., who tilled wet soil growing produce. It only came to have a (pejorative) association with journalism in the early 1800s in Great Britain. And even then it was still being used, in the United States as well as in Great Britain, in its agricultural sense. And that brings us to Ohio…
Excursion 63, Part 2 (The Camouflage Café and Other Stories)
When I was in the 6th and 7th grades, I took karate lessons and one day, for no particular reason that I can think of, my karate instructor told me the following joke: Once there was a rabbit who grew up with a buzzard and a turtle as friends. One day, they got together and decided they would start a farm. Each would have certain responsibilities, they decided. The buzzard would be responsible for plowing the fields, the turtle would dig a well for water and the rabbit would get the seeds and the fertilizer. The rabbit left and the other two animals began to work on the farm—and it wasn't long before they struck oil. By the time the rabbit got back, many weeks later, laboriously pushing a huge cart overloaded with cow manure for the farm, the turtle and the buzzard had constructed a huge mansion. Confused, the rabbit knocked on the door and a penguin dressed as a butler answered the door. "Umm, is Buzzard here?" asked the rabbit. The penguin butler replied, in a haughty voice, "Mr. Buz-ZARD is out in the yard." "Well, uh, is Turtle here?" inquired the rabbit. The butler said, in the same tone, "Mr. Tur-TELL is out at the well." Angered, the rabbit threw his hat down and said to the penguin, "Well, you go tell Mr. Buz-ZARD and Mr. Tur-TELL that Mr. Rab-BIT is here with the SHIT!" Continue reading →
Excursion 60, Part 1 (Happy Snappiversary)
Instead of writing these words, I might have been driving around taking photographs today, but the weather would not cooperate. It is very rainy and thundery. Instead, I'll catch up a little bit on this blog, which, it turns out, I started four years ago this month. In April 2013, blessed with a new camera, newfound knowledge of WordPress, and a new vehicle with 4-wheel drive, a navigation system, and satellite radio, I got the idea of turning a fond indulgence of mine—driving around backcountry Ohio—into something of a hobby, documenting the things that I saw and posting them on-line. Here.
Excursion 59 (8/12/2016)
Excursion 59, Part 2 (The Steel Mill)
I never worked at a factory. I did, for a few months, between my graduation from college and when I went off across the country to graduate school, work at an oil refinery, which at least is another industrial setting. That was the summer of 1988, which not coincidentally was the last time I was shaven; the refinery prohibited beards for safety reasons. I did a variety of things there; some clerical work, some gopher work, some light manual labor, so I was not bored. I find it difficult to imagine myself in something like an assembly-line job, doing the same thing all day long; I think my personality is not suited for that and it would be very hard on me. Other types of factory work are much more varied.
Excursion 59, Part 1 (The Match King and his Magic City)
American royalty is an odd lot. We have "Camelot" and the court of JFK, and we've seen the Flivver King (Henry Ford), the Mattress King (from the TV series "Friends") and the King of the Road (courtesy of Roger Miller). We've also had Queen Latifah and Prince. Americans seem to have an odd need for royalty—just witness the lavish attention so many Americans pay to British royalty—but in our own country our de facto royalty seem to be celebrities and the incredibly wealthy. "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt was American royalty and so is Kanye West. Sometimes our American royalty leave odd legacies. One descendent of Vanderbilt is news anchor Anderson Cooper. And we'll get to meet another American royal and his still-enduring legacy.
Excursion 57, Part 1 (Felicity in February)
February 2016. How long ago that seems, and how innocent those times were. Children played and built snowmen, while a Trump presidency was a distant and unlikely proposition. Not so crazy about today's reality? Journey back with me a glorious twelve months and let's explore a bit of southern Ohio from those bygone days of 2016.
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REVIEW: "Paul, Apostle of Christ" (2018)
March 25, 2018 by Keith
Faith-based movies have had a tough time finding a seat at the big screen table. Much of it is due to budget quality filmmaking. It can also be tough to get a look from more secular-minded moviegoers especially when the messaging is pretty heavy. And while hardly the case with every critic, it can be difficult for these movies to get an objective analysis. Take this quote from a review of the new film "Paul, Apostle of Christ" – "A Faith-based snuff flick with little appeal beyond the Bible-thumping demographic". Ouch.
That's one reason I appreciate Affirm Films, a label of Sony Pictures. While several of their productions are hampered by the above-mentioned problems, the label does offer an avenue for many of these movies to reach the big screen. "Paul, Apostle of Christ" is their latest and it's definitely on their higher end in terms of quality yet not without a few quibbles.
Set in A.D. 67, the film takes place in Rome during a desperate time for the fledgling Christian church. Followers of Christ find themselves subjected to brutal persecution at the command of Emperor Nero. Some are burned alive on the streets. Others are thrown into the "Circus" where they are torn apart by lions for sport. Only a handful of the older church leaders were still alive. One was the Apostle Paul.
As the story begins Paul (a still, affecting portrayal by James Faulkner) is locked up in Rome's Mamertine Prison. After several missionary journeys sharing the Words of Jesus and training young churches, the Apostle knows his remaining time on Earth is short. Yet while his body is tired and frail he maintains a heart full of faith, inspiring believers, many of whom hide away within the walls of the violent city. Among those believers is Aquilla (John Lynch) and Priscilla (Joanne Whalley), a couple who secretly shelters a small community of believers in Rome and who anxiously await a word from Paul.
In 2004 Jim Caviezel gave an intense, heart-wrenching performance as Jesus in Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ". Now 14 years later Caviezel portrays Luke, follower of Christ and writer of portions of the New Testament. Luke returns to Rome where he secretly meets with Paul and begins writing what will become The Acts of the Apostles.
Writer and director Andrew Hyatt carefully takes portions of scripture to form the framework of his story. Chunks of the film feature quiet, thoughtful jail cell conversations between Paul and Luke where the two reflect on Paul's journeys and discuss faithfulness amidst persecution. Some of Paul's signature life moments are touched on through dream-like flashbacks – the stoning of Stephen, his Damascus road conversion, just to name a few. Hyatt does a good job of showing the weight those events still have on Paul.
At the same time Priscilla and Aquilla struggle with a fracture among their community. Should they stay in Rome or attempt to leave? Should they take up arms and fight back? Another key figure is Mauritius (French actor Olivier Martinez), a Roman prefect put in charge of the Mamertine prison. He is a bit disillusioned with Nero's leadership yet steadily loyal to Rome. He's also fascinated by his enigmatic and most prominent prisoner.
The structure of "Paul" could be a stumbling block for some. You could definitely call the film a slow burn and it sometimes struggles to maintain a sense of dramatic tension. This is particularly noticeable through its middle act. Yet at the same time there is something about its quietness that works with the story being told. That's not to say the film is a bore. Hyatt visualizes the brutality of the persecution, nothing on the level of Gibson's "Passion", but quite effectively. And the circumstances surrounding each of the characters lend to some satisfying individual story threads that make the movie work as a whole. That was more than enough for me. Hopefully it will be enough to find an audience because "Paul, Apostle of Christ" deserves one.
VERDICT – 3.5 STARS
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9 thoughts on "REVIEW: "Paul, Apostle of Christ" (2018)"
ninvoid99 says:	 March 25, 2018 at 7:10 pm
I'm not fond of faith-based films largely because the filmmaking is uninspired and that they really drive down this message of God in a heavy-handed way which is why I've lately become filled with disdain towards Christianity due to its followers and how narrow-minded they are. I'm not sure if I'll see this though I'll give it a chance but with very low expectations.
Keith says:	 March 26, 2018 at 1:48 am
I'm not sure I would call Christians narrow-minded simply because their movies tend to be heavy-handed. Especially to the point of being filled with disdain. As I wrote many of the faith-based films are heavy-handed but the same could be said about many films that pack a message. I think that's why I like this one. It steers clear of that and puts its emphasis on a more historical perspective. I appreciated that.
OK, fair enough. Who just died recently that was a big pastor? I suddenly forgot his name as people said he was a big deal but I always thought he was an asshole who made anti-Semetic remarks as I would've love to piss on his grave. There's just so many things I've been learning about for years that has me angry about Christianity.
Keith says:	 March 26, 2018 at 4:08 pm
Oh you're speaking of Billy Graham. Yep he was a big deal but certainly not without blemishes. The Nixon tapes were bad. As for Christianity as a whole, I would just say take with a grain of salt some who proclaim to be Christian. There is such a wide variety of people who use interpretation to rationalize some all sorts of stuff.
spurg63 says:	 March 25, 2018 at 9:52 pm
As an Evangelical Christian, I have been so weary of faith-based movies because of the cliche, trite and sometimes wishy-washy narrative of most . I have read numerous biographies concerning Paul and have been slightly interested to see this. So I have been waiting for your review and now , more than likely, I will make my way to a theater to see it .
I'm with you. I like that faith-based movies are being given avenues to the big screen. But you nailed it. So many incredibly cliche, predictable and simplistic. This one definitely works to be different. It's a good step in the right direction. Hopefully you'll give it a shot. Be sure to let me know what you think.
jmshistorycorner says:	 June 14, 2019 at 9:57 pm
I started watching it, and intend to finish at some point soon. I enjoyed what I saw. (And I enjoy strong faith/"Bible thumping" themes, strictly personally speaking – although that's certainly not for everyone.)
Keith says:	 June 15, 2019 at 8:44 am
This one really isn't "Bible-thumping". It works hard to tell Paul's story at a deeply personal level.
jmshistorycorner says:	 July 13, 2019 at 7:49 pm
Now seen the entire film, and rather enjoyed it.


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The Listener's Bible®: KJV Edition
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Noah's Descendants
1Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
6And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. 7And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. 8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 9He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. 10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, 12and Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city. 13And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 14and Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
15And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, 16and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, 17and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 18and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. 19And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. 20These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
21Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. 22The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. 23And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 24And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. 25And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. 26And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 27and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 28and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 29and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. 30And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east. 31These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. 32These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
The Descendants of Noah's Sons
1These are the descendants of Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. These three had sons after the flood.
2The sons of Japheth—Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. 3The descendants of Gomer were the people of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 4The descendants of Javan were the people of Elishah, Spain, Cyprus, and Rhodes; 5they were the ancestors of the people who live along the coast and on the islands. These are the descendants of Japheth, living in their different tribes and countries, each group speaking its own language.
6The sons of Ham—Cush, Egypt, Libya, and Canaan—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. 7The descendants of Cush were the people of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were the people of Sheba and Dedan. 8Cush had a son named Nimrod, who became the world's first great conqueror. 9By the Lord's help he was a great hunter, and that is why people say, "May the Lord make you as great a hunter as Nimrod!" 10At first his kingdom included Babylon, Erech, and Accad, all three of them in Babylonia. 11From that land he went to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, 12and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
13The descendants of Egypt were the people of Lydia, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh, 14Pathrus, Casluh, and of Crete, from whom the Philistines are descended.#10.14: Probable text and of Crete … descended; Hebrew from whom the Philistines are descended, and Crete.
15Canaan's sons—Sidon, the oldest, and Heth—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. 16Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 17the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 18the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. The different tribes of the Canaanites spread out, 19until the Canaanite borders reached from Sidon southward to Gerar near Gaza, and eastward to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim near Lasha. 20These are the descendants of Ham, living in their different tribes and countries, each group speaking its own language.
21Shem, the older brother of Japheth, was the ancestor of all the Hebrews. 22Shem's sons—Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. 23The descendants of Aram were the people of Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshek. 24Arpachshad was the father of Shelah, who was the father of Eber. 25Eber had two sons: one was named Peleg,#10.25: Peleg: This name sounds like the Hebrew for "divide." because during his time the people of the world were divided; and the other was named Joktan. 26The descendants of Joktan were the people of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All of them were descended from Joktan. 30The land in which they lived extended from Mesha to Sephar in the eastern hill country. 31These are the descendants of Shem, living in their different tribes and countries, each group speaking its own language.
32All these peoples are the descendants of Noah, nation by nation, according to their different lines of descent. After the flood all the nations of the earth were descended from the sons of Noah.
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Experience a stunning scenic boat cruise and partial Queen Charlotte Track Walk.
Walk from Furneaux Lodge to breathtaking Punga Cove Resort in stunning bush.
Cruise from Picton to Furneaux Lodge where you disembark. Take the opportunity to grab a coffee or even brunch before beginning your walk to Punga Cove Resort.
This section of the Queen Charlotte Track mainly follows the coastline around Endeavour Inlet through regenerating native bush.
Once farmland, this part of the walkway has reverted to nature and the forest is once again lush and alive with the sound of birdsong.
The area is also rich with history as it was once the site of an Antimony Mine, take some time to read the interpretation panels there. Continue around the shore, with pasture land on either side and then through native forest with views right down the Inlet to the main Queen Charlotte Sound.
Upon arrival at Punga Cove Resort relax on the deck of the Boat Shed Café with a well-deserved beverage before boarding your cruise vessel at 4.00pm for your return boat journey to Picton.
Allow for the day - The cruise vessel departs 9am from Picton and 4pm from Punga Cove Resort to take you back to Picton.
The walk is approximately 3 to 5 hours depending on your pace, however it is recommended you take your time to soak in the beautiful scenery. The total walking distance is approximately 12.7kms.
La croisière en elle même a été superbe, faite par beau temps et avec un capitaine qui prend le temps d'arrêter le bateau pour nous montrer des pingouins et admirer les dauphins. Il a également pris le temps de passer par une ferme d'élevage de saumons où batifolaient des phoques. Depuis Picton nous avons rallié Ship Cove où nous avons fait un arrêt d'une vingtaine de minutes, cela a laissé le temps à ceux qui devaient débarquer de le faire et pour notre part nous nous sommes promenés sur la plage. Nous avons ensuite rallié Furneaux Lodge, lieu où nous arrêtions. Nous avons marché jusqu'à Punga Cove où le bateau nous a récupéré en fin de journée. Là encore la croisière a été magique : départ différé de 30 minutes pour admirer les dauphins et un capitaine toujours disponible pour expliquer et faire découvrir.
Seeing a pod of dolphins when we passed by Resolution Bay made it all wortg it. It was not a quick boat trip, which was nice coz we get to see a lot of the sounds. The walk was nice too, not difficult and can be done in 3 to 4 hours. The resorts weren't that flash but nice enough. Not too touristy at this part of the year. We went with beachcombers, skipper was knowledgeable. I'd recommend this trip if you only have a day in Picton.
The Queen Charlotte Track is a well maintenanced path with great views. The track is free so you're only paying for the boat trip. Nothing else. The guide for the walk is very short and you can get it at every I-site. We did the lodge to lodge walk in 3 hours at a quick pace so we we're at the final destination fairly early. This is no problem but our return ferry was over an hour late. And they couldn't even say sorry. If you can get the boat trip somewhere cheaper, you must certainly do that.
Good commentary, perfect amount of time to walk the track and enjoy a smoothie in the sun at Punta resort. Even detoured towards the Dolphins on our way. All in all, very enjoyable.
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Memphis Belle (La bella di Memphis) è un bombardiere B-17 Flying Fortress statunitense che prese parte alla campagna di bombardamento sul territorio tedesco, belga, olandese e francese durante la seconda guerra mondiale, diventando il primo bombardiere pesante del teatro europeo a compiere le 25 missioni previste per permettere all'equipaggio di essere congedato.

Storia
L'apparecchio è un B-17F-10-BO (numero di serie 41-24485) costruito nel luglio 1942 dalla Boeing che prestò servizio per sette mesi, dal 7 novembre 1942 al 17 maggio 1943, compiendo 25 missioni nel 324th Bomb Squadron, parte del 91st Bomb Group, Eighth Air Force, di base a Bassingbourne, in Inghilterra.

Il Memphis Belle fu il primo bombardiere pesante del teatro europeo a compiere tutte le 25 missioni previste per permettere all'equipaggio di essere congedato. In tutte queste missioni diurne l'aereo volò 148 ore scaricando circa 60 tonnellate di bombe. Per i danni riportati in combattimento, quasi ogni parte dell'aereo fu sostituita almeno una volta.

Il nome all'aereo fu dato dal pilota Robert Morgan in onore della sua fidanzata Margaret Polk, mentre la famosa ragazza sul muso dell'aereo fu disegnata dall'artista del novantunesimo gruppo, Tony Starcer.

Documentario sull'aereo
Nel 1944 venne realizzato dal regista William Wyler un documentario intitolato The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (Il Memphis Belle: la storia di una fortezza volante) per raccontare la storia della venticinquesima missione del bombardiere. Nel 2001 la Biblioteca del Congresso ha dichiarato il filmato "culturalmente significativo" e l'ha selezionato per essere conservato presso il National Film Registry (registro nazionale dei film).

Equipaggio

 Pilota: Capitano Robert Morgan
 Co-Pilota: Capitano James A. Verinis
 Bombardiere (e mitragliere anteriore destro): Capitano Vincent B. Evans
 Navigatore (e mitragliere anteriore sinistro): Capitano Charles B. Leighton
 Operatore radio: Sergente Robert J. Hanson
 Motorista e mitragliere torretta superiore:
 Sergente Harold P. Loch
 Sergente Leviticus Dillon
 Sergente Eugene Adkins
 Mitragliere laterale sinistro: Sergente Clarence E. Winchell
 Mitragliere laterale sinistro:
 Sergente E. Scott Miller
 Sergente Casimer A. Nastal
 Mitragliere di coda: Sergente John P. Quinlan
 Mitragliere ventrale: Cecil H. Scott

Il 13 maggio 1943 il co-pilota Jim Verinis fu il primo uomo dell'equipaggio a terminare il suo ciclo di 25 missioni. Il pilota Robert Morgan e buona parte del resto dell'equipaggio terminarono il loro ciclo il 17 maggio. Il giorno dopo l'aereo volò per la sua venticinquesima e ultima missione.

Missioni
Quello che segue è l'elenco delle missioni compiute dal Belle durante il secondo conflitto mondiale:
 7 novembre 1942 - Brest, Francia
 9 novembre 1942 - St. Nazaire, Francia
 17 novembre 1942 - St. Nazaire, Francia
 6 dicembre 1942 - Lilla, Francia
 20 dicembre 1942 - Romilly-sur-Seine, Francia
 3 gennaio 1943 - St. Nazaire, Francia
 13 gennaio 1943 - Lilla, Francia
 23 gennaio 1943 - Lorient, Francia
 4 febbraio 1943 - Emden, Germania
 14 febbraio 1943 - Hamm, Germania
 16 febbraio 1943 - St. Nazaire, Francia
 26 febbraio 1943 - Wilhelmshaven, Germania
 27 febbraio 1943 - Brest, Francia
 6 marzo 1943 - Lorient, Francia
 12 marzo 1943 - Rouen, Francia
 13 marzo 1943 - Abbeville, Francia
 22 marzo 1943 - Wilhelmshaven, Germania
 28 marzo 1943 - Rouen, Francia
 5 aprile 1943 - Anversa, Belgio
 16 aprile 1943 - Lorient, Francia
 17 aprile 1943 - Brema, Germania
 1º maggio 1943 - St. Nazaire, Francia
 4 maggio 1943 - Anversa, Belgio
 15 maggio 1943 - Wilhelmshaven, Germania
 17 maggio 1943 - Lorient, Francia

Il Belle dopo la guerra

Finito il ciclo di missioni il Memphis Belle fece ritorno negli Stati Uniti, dove venne utilizzato per fini propagandistici e per pubblicizzare il prestito di guerra. Terminata la guerra poi al Belle sarebbe toccata la sorte di tutti i vecchi bombardieri, ma un provvidenziale intervento del sindaco di Memphis salvò l'aereo dallo smantellamento per la modica cifra di 350$. L'aereo venne posteggiato all'aperto come modello statico fino agli anni ottanta, deteriorandosi a causa delle condizioni climatiche e dei ripetuti vandalismi.

Sotto pressioni della neonata Memphis Belle Memorial Association (MBMA) si cercò quindi di trovare una migliore sistemazione all'aereo che negli anni settanta era nel frattempo ritornato di proprietà dell'Air Force. L'apparecchio fu quindi spostato vicino al fiume Mississippi dove venne allestita un'area con una tettoia che comunque non proteggeva il Belle dalle intemperie.

Nell'ottobre 2003 l'apparecchio fu spostato a Millington per essere ricondizionato, ma nel settembre 2004, stanco dei continui temporeggiamenti della città nel preservare lo storico B-17, il National Museum of the United States Air Force ammise di voler riprendere possesso dell'aereo per poterlo riparare e successivamente esporlo nel museo di Dayton.

Il 30 agosto 2005 l'MBMA dichiarò di non essere in grado di riparare il Belle per mancanza di fondi e acconsentì alle richieste dell'Air Force a patto di poter effettuare un'ultima esposizione pubblica a Millington nel Tennessee dal 30 settembre al 2 ottobre 2005. Il B-17 arrivò quindi a Dayton verso la metà di ottobre 2005.

Il Memphis Belle originale non si trova più nelle condizioni di poter volare quindi un B-17G-85-DL (numero di serie 44-83546, registrato N3703G) è stato convertito in B-17F e colorato come il Belle per essere utilizzato nelle riprese del film del 1990 e per essere esposto in vari show aerei come esemplare volante.

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Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Storia dell'aviazione
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

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