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Shia LaBeouf is Lucas Hedges' conflicted dad in autobiographical Honey Boy trailer
LaBeouf plays a character inspired by his real-life father in the new film
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By Joey Nolfi August 08, 2019 at 09:14 AM EDT
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The first trailer for Shia LaBeouf's Honey Boy has hit a dramatic sweet spot.
After the Alma Har'el-directed film wowed audiences and critics at this year's Sundance Film Festival, the semi-autobiographical drama's preview (above) teases the journey of Otis Lort (Lucas Hedges), a young man grappling with his relationship with his erratic, ex-rodeo clown father, James (LaBeouf). A former child star, Otis spends most of the film attempting to mend his ties to his dad, all while the paternal figure resorts to law-breaking antics and alcohol abuse.
"I pump you full of strength because we're on a team and I know you've got what it takes," LaBeouf, sporting a radical look with a bald spot and thin, circular glasses, tells Noah Jupe, who plays an even younger version of Otis at the height of his youthful fame. "You're a star and I know it. That's why I'm here. I'm your cheerleader, Honey Boy."
The trailer also chronicles the effects of their turbulent relationship, including a harrowing arrest in Otis' adult life.
"How do you think it feels to have my son paying me? How do you think that feels?" James tells Otis later in the clip. "You wouldn't be here if I didn't pay you," his son responds.
LaBeouf wrote the screenplay based on his real-life experience with his own father and, judging by the new trailer, how their connection frayed while he filmed his popular Disney Channel series Even Stevens.
Recording artist FKA twigs also makes her feature debut in the project, playing a young woman who befriends Otis.
Following its Sundance debut, Honey Boy will next screen as part of the Toronto International Film Festival, where it will play among the Special Presentations section alongside Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit, Renee Zellweger's Judy, and Adam Sandler's Uncut Gems — all titles vying for awards attention in the crowded Oscar race ahead.
Amazon will release Honey Boy on Nov. 8. Watch the new trailer above.
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HomeArchivesPeruCajamarca Anti-Mining Movements Celebrate and Question Study Results For Peru Conga Gold Mine
Cajamarca Anti-Mining Movements Celebrate and Question Study Results For Peru Conga Gold Mine
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The long-awaited environmental impact review for the Conga project was published Wednesday, suggesting U.S.-based Newmont Mining Corp make "substantive improvements" to its development plans if it wants to move forward with its $4.8 billion gold and copper mining project in Cajamarca, Peru. While Cajamarca Regional President Gregorio Santos, a leader of the anti-Conga movement, said the review is a victory for the region, many question the quality of the findings.
This article is part of a series on resistance to mining in Cajamarca, Peru, written by Alice Bernard and Diego Cupolo.
Read Part 1: Peru: Cajamarca Protests Continue as Conga Gold Mine Awaits Green Light
Read Part 2: Regional Peruvian Government Fights Conga Gold Mining: An Interview with Dr. César Aliaga Díaz
The long-awaited environmental impact review for the Conga project was published Wednesday, suggesting U.S.-based Newmont Mining Corp make "substantive improvements" to its development plans if it wants to move forward with its $4.8 billion gold and copper mining project in Cajamarca, Peru.
The Conga project was set to become the single largest mining investment in the nation's history, but on-site operations stalled last November after mass protests erupted in northern Peru's Cajamarca region. Citizens blocked highways and organized general strikes, claiming Newmont's plan to replace four high-altitude lakes with artificial reservoirs and mine tailing dumps would contaminate their drinking water and diminish subterranean water resources.
In attempt to quell the civil unrest, Ollanta Humala's government ordered an external review of the Conga Mine's original Environmental Impact Study, which was approved in 2010 by the previous administration. After many delays, the findings were made public at a press conference in Lima earlier this week, where three international auditors presented their recommendations for the gold mine.
"There's no such thing as zero environmental impact. You need to find a balance between economics, the environmental, social needs and technical ones," said Rafael Fernandez Rubio, one of the environmental experts hired by Peru's government.
The 260-page study said Newmont should consider leaving two of the four targeted lakes intact and increase the water capacity of the artificial reservoirs it plans to build in the region. Other suggestions included relocating mine tailing dumps, securing waste storage sites from water treatment plants and improving soil conservation methods.
While Cajamarca Regional President Gregorio Santos, a leader of the anti-Conga movement, said the EIS review is a victory for the region, many question the quality of the findings. "Hydrological sciences need long periods of data, something that does not exist for the Conga mine area," said Reinhard Seifert, a hydrological engineer and former president of Frente de Defensa Ambiental de Cajamarca. "Ideally, you need 30 years of consolidated data to predict [the project's impacts] with impeccable objectivity. Or at least they should investigate meteorological data for one year to talk seriously."
"The audit was based on data from EIS which was already inadequate. Consequently, the auditors' technical opinions can only be partial and biased," he continued.
In the coming months, various government agencies will analyze the report before establishing new conditions for the Conga project, said Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar during the same press conference. He declined to give a timeline for the process.
"It's not our mission to say if the project is viable or not … we've just tried to improve its technical aspects," said Luis Lopez Garcia, another auditor working for the Peruvian Government. "Some measures could be implemented quite easily but others would require economic studies to see if they make sense."
Any new conditions applied to the Conga Project, especially the expansion of artificial reservoirs, are expected to increase operating costs for the mine and could prove problematic for Newmont. While the company remains one of the world's leading gold producers, it has experienced a backlash in recent years, suffering mine closures in Canada and Indonesia. This instability has caused Newmont's stock value to fall about 20 percent in the last 12 months.
The Conga project is the highest profile environmental conflict among more than 200 resource-related disputes occurring in Peru at the moment. If the project is cancelled, industry analysts and economists fear the nation's investment climate could be damaged. Currently, Humala's government is under mounting pressure to resolve nationwide mining conflicts as more than $50 billion in new mining and energy projects await approval.
A week before the environmental study was published, Humala's administration deployed armed forces throughout the Cajamarca region to contain any possible reactions by anti-Conga groups. At the time of publication, no conflicts between civilians and military personnel have been reported.
The same day the study was released, Peru's Constitutional Tribunal ruled against Ordinance 036, a measure proposed by Cajamarca's regional government which declared the Conga project 'unviable' and illegal. The court said Cajamarcan government officials overstepped their powers by making regulations against the mining project.
While anti-Conga activists see the strong recommendations in the EIS review as a step in the right direction, many remain skeptical of the national government's intentions for the project after witnessing the militarization of the Cajamarca region and watching Ordinance 036 fall in court.
In response, representatives from Cajamarcan cities met on Thursday to plan a prolonged region-wide general strike. Cajamarca Regional President Gregorio Santos said he will also try to push through Ordinance 036 with the help of foreign councils.
"The judges that shot down our regional ordinance were under political pressure. We're going to resubmit the ordinance to international bodies and continue the fight against Conga," he said.
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Q: Coinciding actions in the past I have a question:
It is correct to say " I was doing x when y happened"
Also it is correct to say " While I was doing x, y happened"
BUT is it right to say " When I was doing x, y happened "
In other words, when an action happens during another action in progress, can we bring "when" before the progressive tense or we can only say "while" or "as" before it?

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When I was travelling in France, I met this really interesting Swiss historian.

It means the same as, but is perhaps a little less formal than,

While I was travelling in France, I met this really interesting Swiss historian.

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Patients reading a Bible in Greek were certainly very unusual (especially if they weren't Greek!) What unfolded was an astonishing story about a minor episode in history of which I was unaware. Not only was the Bible in Greek but, when I visited, I found it carried an approval stamp featuring an eagle with outstretched wings. It transpired that the patient had been a prisoner in Germany during the Second World War. As the camp was for allied officers, it contained a number of captured chaplains. As they reflected on their forced confinement, the chaplains decided that they shared enough knowledge to deliver a course in theological studies, which might prepare men for ordination after the war. So the chaplains asked the troops if anyone thought they might have a calling to ministry and, if so, whether they'd like to sign up for study.
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Q: register_globals fix I have a client who has an online shop he would like me to host. The site was written by another develop and uses register globals.
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I'm not sure what parts of the code are dependant on it as I've not looked into the progamming too closely, I was only intending to host it.
Is there a quick fix or am I going to have to take the code apart and fix it with up to date alternatives?

A: If the code uses register globals, and hasn't been updated to not use it, then it was probably written a very long time ago. This means that:

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*it's almost certain to have massive security holes;

*it likely uses other PHP functionality that's been deprecated and/or removed;

*it's probably very messy spaghetti code, and

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A: A real ugly but very quick fix is something like the following:
foreach (array('_GET', '_POST', '_COOKIE', '_SERVER') as $_SG) {
    foreach ($$_SG as $_SGK => $_SGV) {
        $$_SGK = $_SGV;
    }
}

Preferably at the top of any php script that can be executed, BEFORE any other code.
Please note, that this is not something I would really recommend. Please try to persuade your client(s) that they should get something better. If code requires register_globals, chances are that it's as insecure as hell...


The Soča and its tributaries are a paradise for fly fishing, the only permitted method of fishing in the Soča Valley. The famous marble trout, grayling and rainbow trout are the fly fishers' favourites.
Enjoy the nature, the hum of the rivers and the crystal clear water. The depths of river pools in the Soča Valley will enthuse you with their tranquillity, liveliness and colourful underwater world. The emerald green pools of the River Soča, the daydreaming grey-green corners of the River Nadiža, the alpine character of the pure Tolminka River, the elitism of the mysterious Trebuščica River and the sense-awakening Idrijca River.
The Soča Valley has two fishing districts, controlled by Zavod za ribištvo Slovenije (Fisheries Research Institute of Slovenia) and Ribiška družina Tolmin (Angling Club of Tolmin). Fishing is not allowed in rivers and waters that are outside these districts.
An interesting and diverse character of the rivers enables fishermen to find at least one river in the Soča Valley, where fishing is possible even in bad weather.
from the dam at Podselo to the Vogršček brook.
The river Bela: from the village of Breginj to the confluence with the river Nadiža.
The river Nadiža: within territory of the Republic of Slovenia.
The river Idrijca: from the bridge in the village of Stopnik to the bridge in the village of Idrija pri Bači.
The upper Bača: from the village of Podbrdo to the dam in the village Klavže.
The river Koritnica: from the confluence of the Huda and the Žventarska Grapa to the confluence with the river Bača.
The river Kneža: from the source till the confluence with the river Bača.
from the bridge at Kamno to the bridge at Volarje.
The river Koritnica: from the bridge near Kluže to the confluence of Koritnica and Soča River.
The river Trebuščica: from the village of Gorenja Trebuša to the confluence with the river Idrijca.
Soška postrv (Soča Trout) – Salmo trutta marmoratus is one of the most famous fish of the Soča Valley. It is endemic to the Adriatic river basin and primarily inhabits the Zadlaščica reserve. Check, which fish you may catch and take in the fishing areas of the Catch and take district. It is not allowed to keep fish from the Catch and release district.


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International Opinion
The Arab League Summit was Business as Usual
April 18, 2019 July 8, 2020 orinocotribune	Arab League, Golan Heights, Israel, Libya, Palestine, Somalia, Syria, US Imperialism, US puppets, Yemen
The Arab League has just concluded its thirtieth summit in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, where leaders of Arab countries gathered for one day of discussions aimed at finding pan-Arab solutions to their many divisive and complicated problems. Was this anything new? Hardly.
The umbrella group of Arab countries, is celebrating its 74th birthday this year, having been founded in Cairo in 1945 by seven countries. Today it's a regional organisation with 22 members but, membership growth aside, in almost everything else the League remains paralysed. Political rivalries, a lack of coordinated economic policies and democracy, foreign influences and armed conflicts are just some of the dividing issues. The organisation is little more than a debating club for a bunch of mostly autocratic, ageing leaders lacking any democratic credentials.
The League's outdated charter lacks any incentives and penalties for the membership, making it a mere bureaucratic layer unresponsive to constantly changing conditions across the region. Its more recent summits were dull after firebrand leaders like the late Muammar Gaddafi was deposed with the help of some Arab League members who were supposedly his Arab-Muslim brothers. At least two Arab leaders have been caught on camera sleeping during proceedings in the summit, further alienating the masses who stopped believing in the League many years ago.
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Like previous meetings, the Tunis summit concluded with a series of proclamations in a final communiqué which, with few exceptions, have no likelihood of being fulfilled. The lack of political will and too much foreign interference, along with a lack of implementation mechanisms make the Arab League useless. It is not hard to conclude that its decisions are not intended to be implemented, even though this year's communiqué extended to 106 pages of text; 2018's get together in Saudi Arabia took up 160 pages, most of which meant very little in practical terms.
Moreover, ever since the so-called Arab Spring in 2011, the Arab League has played an increasingly divisive role despite its own charter calling for solidarity in its approach to solving regional problems. In 2011, for example, it provided moral and legal cover for NATO's military intervention in Libya, plunging it into lawlessness and chaos without offering any solution. It did the same in Syria by suspending the country's membership in a legally dubious move; the League's charter does not specify clearly the circumstances under which a member state losses its membership as long as it meets its obligations of paying fees and participating in the organisation's activities. What really saved Syria from Libya-style western military intervention, under Arab League cover, was Russia's veto at the UN Security Council. The Tunis summit did not even discuss Syria's re-admission.
Some other thorny issues also remain unsolved. Qatar's Emir Tamim Bin Hamad left the summit in Tunis as soon as the Arab League's Secretary General, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, thanked the Saudi government for hosting the previous meeting. Since 2017, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt have been boycotting tiny Qatar after accusing it of supporting terrorism and interfering in their domestic affairs.
Despite having over 700 billion barrels of proven oil reserves and producing over 26 million barrels per day, some Arab League members are among the poorest countries in the world due to the absence of a reasonable sharing mechanism whereby the wealthier states like Saudi Arabia can invest in places like Yemen. Instead, Yemen is on the receiving end of a Saudi-led war and on the brink of famine, while the royal family in Riyadh continue to enjoy a lavish lifestyle. Moreover, rich member states are not even among the top ten donors to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), which is operating with a financial deficit since the Trump administration in the US cut its donations.
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This year's Arab League summit made little mention of current events in Sudan and Algeria. It actually appeared to endorse Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir's crackdown on protesters calling for him to step down since December. The final communiqué proclaimed that the leaders welcome the Khartoum government's effort for "peace and development" in Sudan. The unfolding events in Algeria where the president has resigned and the country faces a lot of uncertainty were not even mentioned.
Although the crises in Libya, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Somalia were discussed, little action is expected. Interestingly, though, the UN Special Envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame, who was in Tunis during the summit, tweeted that the Arab League, the African Union and the European Union are backing his proposed Libyan National Conference due to convene on 14 April to tackle issues in the country.
The elephant in the corner at the summit was, without doubt, the so-called "deal of the century" for the Palestinians, the peace initiative that the Trump administration has been promoting with little known publicly of its details. If the recent US policy shifts are anything to go by, then the long-awaited deal is likely to be bad news for the Palestinians. Having recognized Israel's self-declared capital as "undivided" Jerusalem last year, Washington now accepts its sovereignty over the Syrian Golan Heights, which it has occupied since 1967. Neither act of recognition has any legitimacy under international law and UN resolutions, which state clearly that Israel is occupying both the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem. Occupation by military means, no matter how long it lasts, does not convey legitimacy on the occupying state.
This change of US foreign policy should have been countered by the Arab League in a more effective manner. While confirming that member states will seek a UN resolution on the Golan Heights, the Security Council actually met on 27 March, when all 14 members apart from the US, of course, condemned Donald Trump's announcement. Taking the matter back to the council, where the US has a veto, is of no use. Instead, the League should have taken a different path, perhaps by announcing a boycott of the US, or suspending all political visits to Washington for a year. However symbolic, such a step would have sent a strong message to the Americans.
The Arab leaders could also have backed the Palestinian position, which is to boycott US mediation in the peace process. Furthermore, they could have called upon Egypt, for example, to suspend all contacts with Israel. They didn't, though, and while they again reaffirmed their support for the Palestinian people, not much is going to change in reality. Gaza is still under Israeli siege while some Arab League members are openly building links with Israel at the obvious expense of the Palestinians and the credibility of the Arab League itself.
The Tunis summit proved that it is business as usual for the organisation: plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose; the more it changes, the more it stays the same.
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Prime Minister Jüri Ratas headed for an official visit to Kazakhstan on Sunday. The prime minister is accompanied by representatives of 25 Estonian enterprises, who seek cooperation opportunities in Kazakhstan in the fields of transport and logistics, waste treatment, e-services, and others.
Kazakhstan has the largest economy in Central Asia and is an important strategic partner to the European Union. According to Ratas, Estonian entrepreneurs have expressed a significant interest in the Kazakhstan market, and while trading has somewhat increased in the last years, the overall economic relations are still rather modest.
"Our entrepreneurs see cooperation opportunities in all connected to innovation and e services, as well as the industries of engineering, food, and defence. Another purpose of this visit is to improve Estonian and Kazakhstani cooperation on education and research. Estonian and Kazakh universities welcome curious students and researchers from both countries with open arms," Ratas noted.
The prime minister will participate in the opening of the Astana Hub, introduce the development and possibilities of the Estonian e-state at the international innovation forum "Digital Bridge", and hand over the Best Digital Initiative award. He has also scheduled meetings with Kazakhstan president Nursultan Nazarbayev, prime minister Bakhytzhan Sagintayev, chairman of the Senate Kassym-Jomart Kemeluly Tokayev, and the Estonia-Kazakhstan Parliamentary Group.
On Tuesday, Ratas will visit the 125-year old Petrovka village, which is partially of Estonian origin, and unveil the Alzhir commemorative stone.
Enterprise Estonia has organised the visit for the business delegation who is accompanying the prime minister.
The prime minister will return to Estonia on the evening of 6 November.


I've been using a KitchenAid Bottom-Mount Refrigerator for just over two years. Last week, I encountered a problem where the cold water dispenser located inside the refrigerator stopped dispensing cold water. I pulled out the refrigerator and took a look and nothing seemed out of order. I knew the dispenser itself was "working" because I could hear it attempt to pump water whenever I pressed the button.
Thank you so much!!!! You save me a repairman house call!!!!
This is the same problem I have–exact same. Unfortunately, the suggestion here is only a temporary solution –I used a hair dryer. In the first year of the warranty, KitchenAid paid for multiple visits and no one fixed it. After working for a while, the dispenser went kaput again. Today, I noticed one thing that might explain the problem–the plastic tank rests against the metal shelf bracket, which gets very cold. My theory is that the cold bracket freezes part of the water tank. I think a bit of rubber between the bracket and the plastic tank might cure the problem. Also, opening the crisper vent allows air to circulate more.
I will try that, although I am not quite sure what a bottom mount means. Mine is a side by side but i can hear a noise like it is trying to pump the water. Do all refrigerators have a water tank ?
By bottom mount, I meant that the freezer is on the bottom. If your refrigerator dispenses cold water, it should have a water tank. The alternative would mean that it is chilling water on demand. Checking your manual or searching around the refrigerator should tell you how it is configured.
Thanks for the tip God bless you! no repair bills tip put frig on holiday mode next time you go away!
I had the same problem – only worse! Was able warm up the tank and water lines by holding them with my hands to melt the ice. Thanks for the tip as it must have saved me over a $100 on a service call!
Waterflow is very slow. It takes minutes to fill a glass???
@Bob. I think you need to back track. If the water line isn't frozen, I would check the filter.
This is exactly my problem too. Going to get my hair dryer now!! Hope it works. Thank you!!!
I had a similar problem with water freezing in the plastic heat exchanger in a Kitchen Aid Model KSSS42QTX03 side by side built in refrigerator. The temperature control is not very good in this refrigerator. It appears we are loosing our engineering design expertice in the USA. Why is no one interested in designing and building an excellent refrigerator in the USA? Whirlpool recently moved refrigeration manufacturing from Evansville IN. They made excellent refrigerators in the past in Evansville. Maytag made excellent washing machines in Iowa, Now the Maytag name is junk. My old Maytag lasted for 20 years. My newer Maytag required repairs within a year.
I have a model KBFS20EVMS3 KitchenAid bottom mount refrigerator and when press water dispenser water comes out narrows then stops and makes noise. Is it pump or frozen lines? How do I trouble shoot? will I have to purchase a blow dryer?
@David. Just look at the water reservoir and tubing, and see if it has ice crystals. It shouldn't be completely frozen. Some people were using a hair dryer to melt the ice crystals, though a towel soaked in warm water might have the same effect.
Great advice! It worked for me when my interior water dispenser button quit working.
So its 2017 and this advice still works like a champ, thanks to the original author. And I have a bottom freezer, Kitchenaid and the dispenser is inside the upper refrigerator section. Took less than a minute to solve the problem.


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Scott Veasey of Millsboro and Todd Gsell of Townsend are part of a 20-person wildfire crew from Delaware that is battling the 11,862-acre Fork Complex Fire near Hayfork, California. Delaware's crew worked along a fire line created by a bulldozer used to contain the blaze. (Photo by Kyle Hoyd, Delaware Forest Service)
HAYFORK, Calif. — A team of 20 wildland firefighters under the direction of the Delaware Forest Service is working with 1,165 personnel currently battling the Fork Complex, a group of lightning-caused fires near Hayfork, Calif., that totals 11,862 acres.
Only 7 percent of the fires are contained. Fire resources on the Fork Complex include 26 crews, four helicopters, 128 engines, 30 bulldozers and 30 water tenders. Roads are closed and evacuations in effect. California officials declared a state of emergency late last week due to the widespread wildfires that have burned upward of 190,000 acres.
Delaware's widland fire crew is holding and patrolling a fireline near Plummer Peak south of Hayfork, California. The team is part of 1,165 personnel battling the 11,862-acre Fork Complex, a group of lightning-caused wildfires that ignited in the area from July 29 to 31. Hot weather and prolonged drought have helped fuel the blazes. California declared a state of emergency late last week.
The Delaware Forest Service reported Thursday that Delaware's crew has been working on the Peak Fire, a 706-acre blaze burning on Plummer Peak, south of the town. According to fire officials, Delaware's job is to "establish indirect control lines" and "hold and patrol established lines."
Kyle Hoyd, the Delaware Forest Service's assistant forestry administrator, is helping to fight the fires, summarized the crew's effort: "We did a burnout with two engine teams on the Peak Fire off of a dozer line and put hand line around several structures in the same area."
Earlier in the week, Mr. Hoyd reported that "everyone is doing well" but the "fire is in steep terrain with multiple hazards."
The crew's hard work and effort have been paying off. According to the U.S. Forest Service, "The Peak fire was active throughout the day with continued burning to the west; crews remained in place protecting structures (homes, residences, and out buildings). Significant progress was made with a dozer line completion on the northwest division of the fire, east of Highway 3."
Crews might not get relief from the weather forecast.
According to officials, warm and dry conditions will continue through the end of the week.
"As the smoke inversion begins to clear; this presents the possibility of more direct heat in and around the fire areas as well as more intense burning," according to an official
The Delaware Forest Service also has dispatched James Dowd from Blackbird State Forest to work as an equipment manager on the Mad River Complex, along with Michael Nelson of Pennsylvania, who is assigned to the Reynolds Fire in Montana.
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WE HAVE TO PUT THINGS RIGHT - DOLAN
Following Saturday's 2-0 defeat at Cheltenham Town, Matty Dolan feels the squad have to utilise extra time on the training ground this week.
The Glovers will travel to Notts County next weekend having spent a full week on the training pitch, after three weeks of Saturday-Tuesday fixtures.
Goals from Tin Plavotic and Billy Waters sunk Town on Saturday, with Dolan believing the squad have to put things right on the training ground.
Speaking to YTFC's official YouTube channel, he said: "We've got a little break (from games) so we have to get things right in the training pitch and go again.
"We need to get that all important win which is maybe lacking at the minute.
"We have to address a few things on the training pitch and make sure we're ready to bounce back."
After three successive 1-1 draws, Yeovil's defeat in Gloucestershire pushed them down a place to 17th in the table.
Having dropped four points from the previous two games courtesy of late goals before Saturday's defeat, Dolan felt the players can't feel too sorry for themselves.
"You can't get your heads down and be glum," he said. "We're obviously disappointed but we've got a game coming up against Notts County and we have got to win that.
"We looked at the last few games and the disappointment of last minute goals. If we didn't concede them then we'd be looking at the other end of the table.
"But we've got to address that as footballers, stand up to the plate and be counted.
"We have to stick the the shirt on, wear it with pride and make sure we get three points for the club."


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require "logstash/inputs/base"
require "logstash/namespace"
require "logstash/json"
require "logstash/timestamp"
require "socket"

# This input will read GELF messages as events over the network,
# making it a good choice if you already use Graylog2 today.
#
# The main use case for this input is to leverage existing GELF
# logging libraries such as the GELF log4j appender.
#
class LogStash::Inputs::Gelf < LogStash::Inputs::Base
  config_name "gelf"

  default :codec, "plain"

  # The IP address or hostname to listen on.
  config :host, :validate => :string, :default => "0.0.0.0"

  # The port to listen on. Remember that ports less than 1024 (privileged
  # ports) may require root to use.
  config :port, :validate => :number, :default => 12201

  # Whether or not to remap the GELF message fields to Logstash event fields or
  # leave them intact.
  #
  # Remapping converts the following GELF fields to Logstash equivalents:
  #
  # * `full\_message` becomes `event["message"]`.
  # * if there is no `full\_message`, `short\_message` becomes `event["message"]`.
  config :remap, :validate => :boolean, :default => true

  # Whether or not to remove the leading `\_` in GELF fields or leave them
  # in place. (Logstash < 1.2 did not remove them by default.). Note that
  # GELF version 1.1 format now requires all non-standard fields to be added
  # as an "additional" field, beginning with an underscore.
  #
  # e.g. `\_foo` becomes `foo`
  #
  config :strip_leading_underscore, :validate => :boolean, :default => true

  public
  def initialize(params)
    super
    BasicSocket.do_not_reverse_lookup = true
    @shutdown_requested = false
    @udp = nil
  end # def initialize

  public
  def register
    require 'gelfd'
  end # def register

  public
  def run(output_queue)
    begin
      # udp server
      udp_listener(output_queue)
    rescue LogStash::ShutdownSignal
      @shutdown_requested = true
    rescue => e
      unless @shutdown_requested
        @logger.warn("gelf listener died", :exception => e, :backtrace => e.backtrace)
        sleep(5)
        retry
      end
    end # begin
  end # def run

  public
  def teardown
    @shutdown_requested = true
    if @udp
      @udp.close_read rescue nil
      @udp.close_write rescue nil
      @udp = nil
    end
    finished
  end

  private
  def udp_listener(output_queue)
    @logger.info("Starting gelf listener", :address => "#{@host}:#{@port}")

    if @udp
      @udp.close_read rescue nil
      @udp.close_write rescue nil
    end

    @udp = UDPSocket.new(Socket::AF_INET)
    @udp.bind(@host, @port)

    while !@shutdown_requested
      line, client = @udp.recvfrom(8192)
      begin
        data = Gelfd::Parser.parse(line)
      rescue => ex
        @logger.warn("Gelfd failed to parse a message skipping", :exception => ex, :backtrace => ex.backtrace)
        next
      end

      # Gelfd parser outputs null if it received and cached a non-final chunk
      next if data.nil?

      event = LogStash::Event.new(LogStash::Json.load(data))

      event["source_host"] = client[3]
      if event["timestamp"].is_a?(Numeric)
        event.timestamp = LogStash::Timestamp.at(event["timestamp"])
        event.remove("timestamp")
      end
      remap_gelf(event) if @remap
      strip_leading_underscore(event) if @strip_leading_underscore
      decorate(event)

      output_queue << event
    end
  end # def udp_listener

  private
  def remap_gelf(event)
    if event["full_message"]
      event["message"] = event["full_message"].dup
      event.remove("full_message")
      if event["short_message"] == event["message"]
        event.remove("short_message")
      end
    elsif event["short_message"]
      event["message"] = event["short_message"].dup
      event.remove("short_message")
    end
  end # def remap_gelf

  private
  def strip_leading_underscore(event)
     # Map all '_foo' fields to simply 'foo'
     event.to_hash.keys.each do |key|
       next unless key[0,1] == "_"
       event[key[1..-1]] = event[key]
       event.remove(key)
     end
  end # deef removing_leading_underscores
end # class LogStash::Inputs::Gelf

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The Imaginative World of Theatre
by	Mary Ellen Miles
Asher Sullivan, 15, of Virginia Beach, discovered his love for the theatre when he was eight and his family was living in Florida. One of his brothers had signed up for a children's theatre class, but changed his mind, and Asher volunteered to take his place. At the end of the program, the students put on a pirate play—and Asher was hooked!
Hampton Roads has many opportunities for children and families to take part in local music and theatre performances. The performing arts offers many benefits to kids, such as improving self-esteem, confidence, and more. Most theatre programs welcome parents' help and involvement, so it becomes a family affair. Asher's dad, John Sullivan, is also a theatre aficionado.
"Entertaining others brings something to our lives," said John, who got into acting at the Little Theatre of Virginia Beach when he was 28. He performed in a lot of local theatre before taking a break when his kids were little. A decade later, John is back at the Little Theatre of Virginia Beach. He's looking forward to his upcoming performance in The Rainmaker, when Asher will see his dad on stage for the first time.
Asher has studied at The Actors' Place in Virginia Beach, which was established in 1988 by Virginia Beach stage and film actress Sylvia Harman. Keith Flippen took over ownership in 2006 when Sylvia retired.
Besides focusing on the artistic growth of actors, Keith said, "We deal with the reality of the business. Students receive a solid grounding in good technique and get business advice from instructors who are working regularly in the field."
Asher enjoyed the acting class he took at The Actor's Place, which enabled him to receive a lot of individualized attention. "My teacher was nice and always had positive things to say," Asher said.
Asher began to get more involved in drama during high school. "It was kind of hard when you first try it," Asher said. "I was quiet and nervous, but it gets easier." Drama in high school is very welcoming, he said. "We're all together. It's a family and they are very supportive."
When Asher auditioned for his first high school play—It Was a Dark and Stormy Night—he got the part of understudy. The regular actor dropped out, so Asher took his place. "It was a surprise," Asher said. "That's when I learned that the show must go on."
John was excited to see his son on stage: "I was excited for him, but nervous for him, too. I know what it can be like. To see him on stage, I well up with pride. I'm happy for him. It's great to see. Part of me wants to jump up and say, 'He's my boy.'"
"He's got a memory like an elephant," John continued. "Kids that age are like sponges. He soaks it up and gets it down."
Asher ended up performing in three high school plays in a row. He's grown a lot as a result of his involvement in theatre, he says. "When I joined drama, I was not as confident. Now I'm confident in what I do. I've learned to step out of my comfort zone. You meet all sorts of people that you wouldn't normally associate with, so you learn to be more tolerant with people."
John says that Asher's circle of friends has become more diverse: "He hasn't pigeon-holed himself. He's a very open, accepting kid."
Asher likes the way acting allows you to experience other people's lives. "When I'm acting," Asher said, "I can be someone other than me. I can be a sorcerer or Al Capone. It's nice to try different things and do things that you're not usually doing in everyday life."
Hugh Copeland, artistic director and founder of Hurrah Players, Inc., of Norfolk, has seen kids become transformed through their work in theatre. "It harnesses their energy and puts them more in tune with their imagination," he said. "Einstein said imagination is more important than knowledge."
Hurrah Players, which was founded in 1984, is "Virginia's leading family theatre company," according to the website. Its mission is "to inspire and empower the Hampton Roads community by providing affordable musical theatre education and family-friendly entertainment." The company's name came from Hugh's name—Hugh R. Copeland—hurrah, Hugh explained. He stresses that Hurrah Players is not just a children's group. It's for all ages.
The company recently purchased an additional building, now named The Hugh R. Copeland Center, in the new Granby Street arts district. While not replacing their home on St. Paul's Boulevard, the new building will provide room for a permanent scene shop, added classrooms, and a rehearsal studio. The Perry Family Theatre will also move there—perhaps as early as this summer.
Chesapeake resident, Ben Branigan, 14, got involved with Hurrah Players through a summer camp seven years ago. The Hickory Middle School student loved it so much that he's been taking classes ever since. Musical theatre, tap, jazz, hip hop, and a vocal class—his current class list is long and so is his excitement for Hurrah Players. "Before I joined it, I was kind of a shy kid, and now I'm very social," he said. "I'm great at public speaking because of Hurrah."
Ben said he's grown because of his time at Hurrah Players. "I've definitely become a better actor, singer, and dancer because of their help," he said. He said the choreography teacher has helped his flexibility in dance, and the vocal teacher has improved his singing voice.
He's grown emotionally, too. "I made so many new friends," Ben said. "Everyone is very open and welcoming. When a new student joins the group, we try to make them feel at home, so they will like the classes, want to stay, and audition for shows as well."
Theatre brings out the best in people, says Hugh, and it encourages everyone to work together. It's like t-ball, he says: "Players appreciate the project, make the commitment, and become responsible."
"The kids realize it's important to be challenged," Hugh continued. "You learn lessons in life. You have to work together."
SOAKING IT IN
Jessica Pinsky, managing director of Children's Theatre of Hampton Roads (CTHR), agrees with John Sullivan that children are "impressionable sponges." That's why it's so important to create art that's just for them, she said: "Something that they don't just watch, but experience. It's nurturing to the imagination."
"Theatre is an incredible teaching tool," Jessica said. "It's a way for kids to enjoy themselves while being taught a lesson or a moral. Reading a textbook might not transport them to the Middle Ages, pyramids. or outer space, but theatre can do just that."
Founded in 2005, CTHR is a professional troupe of adult actors who perform a series of shows each season at local schools, libraries, and arts venues. Jessica said that their objective is to develop original, interactive, imaginative experiences that are affordable, accessible, and memorable to audiences of all ages.
Theatre is even more important in this age of technology and social media, says Jessica. "The ability to interact with each other in a real way [is becoming lost]," Jessica said. "Art is a way to express feelings and ideas, to communicate."
What makes theatre unique, says Jessica, is it incorporates other arts, like musical, visual, written, and movement—and it tells a story.
CTHR often invites audience participation, Jessica said. "We ask questions or advice, for ideas, or simply have them make sound effects. We re-trained many children who were used to sitting in a dark movie theater, watching actors on a screen."
Anything can happen in live theatre, Jessica says. "Kids adore that. They thrive on spontaneity, and love to be surprised as much as they love to figure things out before the characters do."
There's nothing quite like talking to a child after seeing her first play, says Jessica. Children, like adults, have different ways of thinking. Some kids are enamored with the spectacle of a show. "They want to touch the costumes and the set, step into the world we create, and speak to the characters—not the actors," she explained. "Their curiosity and complete suspension of belief takes them to a place that many adults can't go anymore: the imagination."
Some kids are technical thinkers, Jessica explained. "They want to know how we speak in different voices, operate puppets, paint backdrops, write the script, and do pratfalls."
Other children silently hand their program over to be autographed. Then they shyly ask for a hug or a high-five, Jessica said. "Their eyes shine with excitement at this new experience called 'theatre.'" Just as kids need to learn literature and science, she says, they need to explore the imaginative world of theatre.
• The Actor's Place - www.beanactor.com
• Hurrah Players - www.hurrahplayers.com
• Children's Theatre of Hampton Roads - www.childrenstheatreofhamptonroads.org
Mary Ellen Miles is a freelance writer who lives in Virginia Beach.
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ANALYSIS Politics Author: KazakhSTAN 2.0 - 05.06.2022
The Story of Marubeni/Kazatomprom Deal. Part 1
On May 24, 2022, we launched a project titled "Unmasking Nazarbayev". As part of this project, we, first of all, have promised to tell the reader of how the dollar billionaires from the Nazarbayev clan and the representatives of the Nazarbayev-Tokayev oligarchy had made their fortunes; secondly we have promised to present the story of the sale of the Kazatomprom industries to foreign investors.
The Launch of Project "Unmasking Nazarbayev"
Attached to the introductory article, there were photocopies of the documents showing that, on September 9, 2014, former president of Kazatomprom Mukhtar Dzhakishev (at the time a detainee of correctional facility AK-159/6) refused to meet with a representative of the national company to be handed the claim against him.
The story began in 2004 when Japan's Marubeni Corporation purchased the shares in the two Kazatomprom-affiliated uranium mining companies. The purchase was made through an offshore intermediary.
Later, we will try and explain why the foreign investor had to operate in this manner. Meanwhile, let us tell you how it occurred.
"Marubeni Corporation is one of the largest trading companies in Japan. Company activities include the import, export, offshore trade, the EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) with the funding organization, project management, marketing of the final product, as well as business investment in various areas, including natural resources, infrastructure, and manufacturing.
Company founded it's office Marubeni in Kazakhstan in 1993. Since then, they have been successfully involved in projects for the construction of the International Airport of Astana, the modernization of the Atyrau oil refinery (Phase 1 and 3), invested in the project to develop a uranium deposit Kharassan 1 and 2, as the project of sulfuric acid plant CKZ-U, and we concluded several sales transactions for the sale of equipment, and industrial goods.
In addition to the above-mentioned business activities of the Vice-Chairman, Mr. Ota, he is the chairman of Kazakhstan-Japan Economic Committee and contributes to the strengthening of relations between Kazakhstan and Japan".
(Information from the RK Foreign Investors' Council's website)
Our editorial team has at its disposal a photocopy of the share purchase agreement. Unfortunately, this copy is of an extremely low quality, so it is quite difficult to read even for those well-versed in English. And since we are not interested in the details and the legal peculiarities of the deal, we chose not to translate the text of the agreement. We do, however, attach this file below for those wishing to examine it independently.
Now, let us tell you what we have learned.
On the twenty-something of December 2006, offshore company Swinton Investment and Finance S.A., PO Box 146, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands signed the sale and purchase agreement with Marubeni Corporation, 4–2, Otemachi 1-Chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Here is what the scheme was.
The seller owned all the shares of offshore company Energy Asia Holding Ltd that, in its turn, owned 50% of Energy Asia (BVI) Limited.
The seller also owned 94% of offshore company Glendale International Investment LTD, PO Box 3175, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands that also owned 50% of Energy Asia (BVI) Limited.
Now then, Marubeni Corporation bought from Swinton Investment and Finance S.A. all the shares of Energy Asia Holding Ltd that, as you recall, owned 50% of Energy Asia (BVI) Limited. The purchase was made for the solid price of $540 bln.
Let us say from the start – we do not think that the Japanese investor overpaid. After all Energy Asia (BVI) Limited owned shares in two Kazakh uranium mining companies affiliated with Kazatomprom – 95% in Baiken-U LLP and 40% in Kyzylkum LLP.
You can find more information on these companies on the NAK Kazatomprom website.
Here is what is says about Baiken-U LLP situated at 120014, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyzylorda region, Kyzylorda, Bayseitov St, 88:
"Limited Liability Company Baiken-U was founded in Mach 2006.
Shareholders: NAK Kazatomprom JSC (Kazakhstan), Energy Asia (BVI) Limited
Baiken-U LTD is involved in uranium exploration and extraction in Kharassan -2 and the east side of the North Kharassan deposit in the Kyzylorda region".
And here is information on Kyzylkum LLP based at 120302, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyzylorda region, Zhanakorgansky district, Baykenzhe village (operating headquarters: Kyzylorda, Ayteke Bi St, 52).
"Limited Liability Company Kyzylkum was founded in May 2005.
Shareholders: NAK Kazatomprom JSC, Energy Asia (B.V.I.) Limited, UrAsia London Limited.
Since 2008, Kyzylkum LLP has been engaged in extracting uranium in Khorassan-1 of the North Kharassan deposit in the Kyzylorda region via the in-situ recovery method".
Those who are interested in NAK Kazatomprom, one of Kazakhstan's best-known and, at the same time, notorious national companies, and is also investing (or thinking of investing) in the country may find a lot of relevant information in the text of the stare purchase agreement. However, for most readers, the details of the contract are of no particular interest. Therefore, we will limit our narrative to relating the following facts:
the text of the agreement constitutes 26 A4-size pages without including appendices,
records in details everything that could alarm and assuage such a qualified investor as Japan's Marubeni Corporation.
In our future articles, we will certainly go back to the share purchase agreement, among other things, in order to comment on some specific clauses related to how things unfolded later. However right now, concluding this publication, we will only tell you who signed the document.
For and on behalf of the buyer, in other words, Marubeni Corporation, it was done by Corporate Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Energy Division Fumiya Kokubu. By the way, he then grew as high as the President, the CEO and a member of the Board of Marubeni Corporation.
For and on behalf of the seller, in other words, Swinton Investment and Finance S.A., it was signed by the director of this offshore-company, certain Michael Wolf. Due to the poor quality of the photocopy, we are not sure about the exact spelling of his last name but, in one of the subsequent documents, it is written in the same way.
ON THE PHOTO: Kassym-Jomart Tokayev meets with Vice-President of Marubeni Shigeru Yamazoe
26_pages_13_Share_Purchase_Agreement_between_Marubeni_and_Swinton.pdf
Behind the Scenes of the Altyn Orda Fight
Indicting and "defatting" certain members of Nursultan Nazarbayev's clan is a big achievement of "the New Kazakhstan" and its main architect Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. But there is one problem...
The Story of Marubeni-Kazatomprom Deal. Part 2
We are continuing project "Unmasking Nazarbayev". This time, we will talk about how offshore Energy Asia (BVI) Limited became the owner of shares in two NAK Kazatomprom-affiliated companies of which it then disposed for a solid price of half a billion dollars...
We are continuing the story about how a Japanese investor, the Marubeni Corporation, came into the Kazakh uranium industry and who benefited from the business-operation NAK Kazatomprom conducted in 2006-2007...


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use AnimeDb\Bundle\CacheTimeKeeperBundle\Service\Driver\Memcache;
use AnimeDb\Bundle\CacheTimeKeeperBundle\Tests\TestCase;

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Development of a High-Throughput Assay for Identifying Inhibitors
An HCV outbreak occurred in 2012 in China, affecting a huge
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By lite, I guess I should say "greys, whites, tans"
Stealth is the most important aspect... Fire Superiority helps alittle too.
I had seen this bouquet of arrows and glass rocks (possibly on here) and I want to make one.
Dude. You're making bouquets. Definitely a first on this forum.
I was just giving you grief. I'm doing good to hang a skull mount in my house but managed it with a BIG mulie that I found pheasant hunting that was perfectly bleached and didn't require a bit of boiling.
I like it! have you thought about contacting local archery shops? They're probably inundated with that stuff if they don't repair/refletch. A bit of that fletching glue could come in handy. Another thought, 3-d shoots?
I know you were giving me a hard time... No foul. I went to a sporting goods store & they said they didn't have anything and likely wouldn't. The closest "archery shop" was Bear Archery about 1/2 south of me, but, they moved to FL awhile back... BUMMER!!!


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#data #statistics #single household
Single-person households most common household type in S. Korea: data
All News 15:40 July 08, 2020
SEOUL, July 8 (Yonhap) -- A single-person household is the most common type of living arrangement in South Korea, data showed Wednesday.
Data released by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety showed 8.77 million single-person residence registrations, accounting for 39 percent of the total number of 22.7 million.
The second most common type was two-person households at 5.26 million, or 23.1 percent.
As of June, single-person households and two-person households rose by 6.9 percent and 4.3 percent, respectively, compared with year-end 2018. Four-person households, which was the second most common type in 2018, slipped to the fourth spot, trailing three-person households.
The data also showed that more men live alone than women, by 51.5 per cent to 48.5 percent, but the trend reversed in people age at 60 or over. Most single-person households comprised of persons older than 70 were headed by women.
By region, South Jeolla Province has the biggest rate of single households at 44.1 percent, followed by Gangwon Province (42.8 percent) and North Gyeongsang Province (41.8 percent).
In the southeast ward of Gwanak and the western ward of Mapo in Seoul, a majority of single households are comprised of people aged at 30 or younger.
The country's population came to 51.8 million, of which 26 million, or 50.2 percent, live in the capital area, which includes Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi Province.
However, the capital area has fewer households than the rest of the country, with 11.20 million versus 11.58 million.
The country's population decreased by 10,453 from a year ago, while the number of households rose by 31,065 during the same period due to the rise in single-person households. A household had, on average, 2.27 people.
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Q: pandas Dataframe create new column I have this snippet of the code working with pandas dataframe, i am trying to use the apply function to create a new column called STDEV_TV but i keep running into this error all the columns i am working with are type float
TypeError: ("'float' object is not iterable", 'occurred at index 0')

Can someone help me understand why i keep getting this error
def sigma(df):
    val = df.volume2Sum / df.volumeSum - df.vwap * df.vwap
    return math.sqrt(max(val))

df['STDEV_TV'] = df.apply(sigma, axis=1)

A: Try:
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import math

df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.randint(1, 10, (5, 3)),
                  columns=['volume2Sum', 'volumeSum', 'vwap'])

def sigma(df):
    val = df.volume2Sum / df.volumeSum - df.vwap * df.vwap
    return math.sqrt(val) if val >= 0 else val

df['STDEV_TV'] = df.apply(sigma, axis=1)

Output:
>>> df
   volume2Sum  volumeSum  vwap   STDEV_TV
0           4          5     8 -63.200000
1           2          8     4 -15.750000
2           3          3     3  -8.000000
3           8          3     4 -13.333333
4           4          2     3  -7.000000

A: Change
return math.sqrt(max(val))

to
return math.sqrt(max(val)) if isinstance(val, pd.Series) else (math.sqrt(val) if val >= 0 else val)

max() iterates over an iterable and find the maximum value. The problem here is since you're applying sigma to every row, local variable val is a float, not a list, so what you have similar to max(1.3).

A: You need to apply sigma to each set of values not the whole DataFrame.
I would use a lambda function, eg:
def sigma(volume2Sum, volumeSum, vwap):
    val = volume2Sum / volumeSum - vwap * vwap
    return math.sqrt(val)

df['STDEV_TV'] = df.apply(lambda x: sigma(x.volume2Sum, x.volumeSum, x.vwap), axis=1)

That should put val into the STDEV_TV column and you can find the max value separately.
Take care you not to take the squareroot of a negative number.

A: You function sigma gives you one number as a result. Because, the first step you find the maximum:
max(val)

and it's only the one number...
After that you try uses you function for data series.
You should use in your code this last string:
df['STDEV_TV'] = sigma(df)

It will be working