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Hitting Behind a Runner at First Base (Part 1)
By Meachrm @BaseballBTYard
A runner is on first base with no outs. The next batter swings at the first strike and smokes a pitch into left field for a base hit. The crowd and his teammates cheer, the batter is happy that his average went up a couple points, and some old timers in the stands shake their head in disgust. Why?
Because in their minds the batter seemed to care more about his average than helping the team. Here's why. With a runner on first base and no outs, the first baseman will be holding the runner at first which creates a bigger hole on the right side of the field. If a hitter can be patient and wait for a pitch on the outer half of the plate, he can try to hit that hole with a ground ball or line drive. Not only does it help his average but it helps his team more as well. If the ball shoots through the right side, the runner on first base will have a much easier time going from 1st base to 3rd base on the play.
Having to hold a runner on creates the hole at first
for the hitter to shoot the ball through.
In the previous example, the batter did not attempt to hit that hole or "hit behind the runner." He swung at the first good pitch and hit it to left field. Although he did get a hit, the runner on first base will have virtually no chance to go to third base on the play because of the much shorter throw from left field to 3rd base as opposed to a throw from right field to 3rd base.
Of course, like most other hitting situations, what is expected of the hitter often depends on who the hitter is. If the leadoff or 2nd hitter in a line-up is batting, hitting behind the runner makes a lot of sense. However, many coaches will not want their best hitters (usually the 3rd, 4th, and/or 5th hitters) to do anything but swing away as normal. They are the RBI guys so many managers will not want them just to try and shoot a ball through the right side.
I think this makes sense to most old timers. What they can't stand is the increasing number of non-3-4-5 hitters who make no attempt at all to hit behind the runner with no outs.
Hitting behind a runner is a difficult skill for any right handed hitter. It starts with a willingness to try it and then lots of hard work in practice to master the art of doing it.
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  Title: Timezone database for Python
  Version: $Revision$
  Last-Modified: $Date$
  Author: Alexander Belopolsky <alexander.belopolsky@gmail.com>
  Status: Draft
  Type: Standards Track
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Abstract
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This PEP proposes adding access to a timezone database from the
standard library.

Rationale
=========

As most modern computing is performed on mobile devices connected
to distributed networks, the notion of a fixed timezone associated
with a given computer is becoming obsolete.  Python 3.6 has a decent
support for obtaining information about the "system" timezone (as
specified by the TZ environment variable or configured in the OS.)
However, if your computer is configured in London, answering a simple
question such as "What time is it in Sydney, Australia when markets open
at 9:30 am in New York?" is very difficult using Python even on the
operating systems that ship wit a high quality timezone database.

Introduction
============

New packages
============

The tz package
--------------

The :mod:`tz` package serves as a top namespace for the :class:`tzinfo`
objects.  After importing :mod:`tz`, the users can access timezones using
their dotted names::

   >>> import tz
   >>> tz.America.New_York
   tz.America.New_York

A dotted name of a timezone is obtained from its id by replacing '/' characters
with dots ('.'), '-' characters with '_', and removing the dot characters (if
any).

The tzdata package
------------------

.. function:: zones(area=None)

   Returns an iterable over the list of zones in the given area.  If the area
   is not provided, all zones are generated.

.. function:: areas(area=None)

   Returns an iterable over the list of sub-areas in the given area.  If the
   area is not provided, iterable over the list of top areas is returned.

.. function:: aliases(area=None)

   Returns a iterable over the list of aliases in the given area.  The
   aliases are returned as (name, target) pairs.

.. function:: get(tzid)

   Returns the data necessary to instantiate ``tzinfo(tzid)``.  The returned
   object should have the following attributes:

   .. attribute:: types

   A list of local time types.  Each item is a tuple
   ``(utcoffset, dstoffset, abbr)``, where *utcoffset* and *dstoffset* are
   :class:`timedelta` instances representing the UTC offset and DST
   correction (included in the UTC offset) and *abbr* is a string containing
   the timezone abbreviation.

   .. attribute:: times

   A list (or an iterable) of ``(transition_time, type_index)`` tuples, where
   the *transition_time* is a :class:`datetime` instance representing the wall
   time at which the transition to the new local time type takes place and
   *type_index* is an index into the :attr:`types` array.

   .. attribute:: rules

Changes to the datetime module
==============================

The tzinfo factory
------------------

The ``datetime.tzinfo`` constructor will become a factory method that
takes a text string in formats acceptable for the TZ environment variable.
For example::

   >>> import datetime
   >>> datetime.tzinfo('America/New_York')
   tz.America.New_York
   >>> datetime.tzinfo('AEST-10AEDT,M10.1.0,M4.1.0/3')
   tz.PosixRules('AEST-10AEDT,M10.1.0,M4.1.0/3')

References
==========

.. [1] PEP 431 - Time zone support improvements
   (https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0431/)
.. [2] Sources for time zone and daylight saving time data
   (https://www.iana.org/time-zones/repository/tz-link.html)
.. [3] RFC 7808 - Time Zone Data Distribution Service
   (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7808)

Copyright
=========

This document has been placed in the public domain.

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Alexander Wasn't the Only Hamilton to Fall in a Duel
Larry Holzwarth - September 22, 2017
The fledgling United States fought Revolutionary France at sea in the early 19th century. Tensions nearly led to all out war – with Alexander Hamilton as Commander of the United States Army. A diplomatic solution averted war. National Archives
Washington, D.C. of the day being barely a village, the center of American political debate was in New York, where the Jeffersonian Republicans' believed that a strong federal government would destroy individual liberties. Hamilton and the Federalists believed that a strong federal government was all that protected liberty from outside predators such as the French.
Young Philip Hamilton agreed with the arguments of his father, and said so frequently and forcefully, although not in a manner which interfered with his enjoyment of the social life of New York. On the 4th of July, 1801, just a few months after Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr were inaugurated as President and Vice President respectively, the younger Hamilton attended an Independence Day celebration, the first in the nation with the Republicans in power.
Among the activities was a speech by a militia captain and New York lawyer named George Eacker, who roundly condemned the recent raising of an Army against France, comparing Alexander Hamilton to Julius Caesar in his desire to conquer the republic at the head of an army, and praising republican political sentiment for saving the country. Young Hamilton was displeased.
He mulled over his displeasure for several months until, in November, he happened upon Eacker during the performance of a play at Manhattan's Park Theater (then known as the New Theater, it would become the Park decades later when no longer new). In the company of a friend Philip interrupted Eacker and his party, which included two young ladies of fashion, in his box and using insulting language of the day, (which would be considered mild by 21st century standards) goaded Eacker into an indignant response.
The parties retired to a nearby tavern – the early 19th century equivalent of stepping outside – and Eacker informed Hamilton that he expected to hear from him, a statement which meant that he expected Philip to send a second to arrange for Eacker to obtain satisfaction – in other words, to fight a duel. Eacker then returned to the theater where within the hour he received a letter from Hamilton proposing a duel.
Artist's rendering of the interior of the New Theater – later the Park Theater, New York. Captain Eacker's box would have been similar to those in the upper center. New York Public Library
Historians dispute whether this image is of Philip Hamilton or a younger brother. If Philip it was drawn after his death by another brother. It was customary in the manners of the day for representatives of the injured parties to attempt a means of restoring injured honor without resorting to violence, and just as customary for such efforts to be huffily rejected.
Dueling was illegal in both New York and New Jersey, although slightly less so in Jersey, whose constables presumably had better things to do than babysit dishonored New Yorkers. The duel was arranged for the afternoon of the 23rd, in what is now Jersey City, using pistols provided by Hamilton's uncle. In this the duel deviated from convention; as the "injured" party the choice of weapons should have been Eacker's, but he evidently did not object to either the breach of etiquette or the weapons selected.
Alexander Hamilton, experienced with the field of honor, did not attempt to dissuade his son from facing Eacker, but instead encouraged him to delope, a French term which meant to deliberately fire to miss his opponent, thereby restoring honor and ending the duel. In the event it is possible Philip tried to do so, both parties held their fire for nearly a full minute after the call of "present" before Eacker fired, wounding Philip just above the right hip.
Philip's pistol discharged harmlessly as he fell. Philip died after 14 hours of agony, his father and mother at his bedside. Philip's mother was three months pregnant at the time of her son's death; the following year the newborn would be named Philip Hamilton II in honor of his deceased brother. Eacker, his injured honor restored by the standards of the day, fled to avoid prosecution.
An image of the Hamilton – Burr duel, drawn years later by someone who wasn't there. The barren trees would have been in full leaf in mid-July. Wikimedia
Whether Alexander Hamilton mulled over these events while facing Aaron Burr on that July morning will never be known for certain, but it is easy to imagine the still-grieving father considering the strangeness of the thing. After his son's death, the recently founded New York Post published an article – probably written by Hamilton – calling for laws against dueling to be enforced, writing that "…the voice of an individual or of the press must be ineffectual without additional, strong, and pointed legislative interference." Yet there he stood on honor's field with pistol in hand, facing the Vice President of the United States over what was, in essence, a political disagreement.
Alexander Hamilton fell into a black despair in the aftermath of his son's death, one from which he did not emerge in the few short years of life remaining to him. It was said of him by contemporaries that he even looked different. His personal despair was hardened by his dwindling political influence; the rising popularity of Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans foredoomed his own political power and ambitions.
When Aaron Burr decided to run for Governor of New York – in effect relinquishing the Vice Presidency if he won – Hamilton worked hard in opposition. Several letters written by Hamilton were deemed to be slanderous by Burr and his supporters, leading to the eventual demands for satisfaction. Hamilton, despite his professed opposition to the practice in the aftermath of his son's death, accepted the challenge.
Historians have long debated whether Hamilton intended to delope as he faced Aaron Burr. He did shoot harmlessly into the air, but opinions from the observers differed as to the whether or not his action was deliberate. There is also debate over which party fired first. What is agreed upon is that Hamilton was wounded above the right hip. He was carried across the river to Manhattan, where he died the following day.
Like Eacker, Burr fled temporarily to avoid prosecution. The idea of the Vice-President of the United States on the lam from a murder charge is a bizarre consideration today, but it happened. Burr later returned to Washington and as Vice President presided over the impeachment trial of Salmon P. Chase, never facing charges for violating the laws of two states. (Eacker died of tuberculosis two years after the death of the younger Hamilton, he too never being charged with murder)
One – or both – of these pistols were used to fire the fatal shot which killed Alexander Hamilton and his son Philip Hamilton three years apart on Weehawken's Dueling Grounds. Wikimedia
Today, the pistols which struck down Hamilton's son and father can be seen in at JP Morgan Chase and Company in their headquarters on Park Avenue, New York City.


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Best of 2018: When the Disaster Happens, Neighbors Do, Too
Law enforcement, neighbors, and Atmos work crews gathered Saturday at a cookout organized to provide a hot meal to residents without natural gas, and to thank law enforcement and work crews (photo by Bethany Erickson).
[Editor's note: Merry Christmas! This week, we're taking time off to focus on our loved ones, so we are sharing some of our favorite stories from this year. Keep an eye out for our top features from the archives as we rest and get ready for a brilliant 2019! Cheers, from Candy and the entire staff at CandysDirt.com!]
Bethany: In the aftermath of a deadly gas explosion that killed one child and injured several of her family members, two neighborhoods in North Dallas began to realize that their lives would also be upended as Atmos enacted an unprecedented evacuation of more thousands of residents for several weeks. But in all that turmoil and heartache, neighbors began working together in ways large and small.
I'll be honest. At first, when I first had the idea of writing about how the neighborhoods impacted by the deadly home explosion two weeks ago — and the aftermath — I was thinking of a straight news story.
But I realized fairly quickly that I couldn't. You see, I know these neighborhoods. My child goes to school with the children from these neighborhoods, and for almost 10 years, I lived quite close to one of the neighborhoods and in the other one, on a street just a block from Marsh Lane.
These are my friends, my son's friends, and my neighbors. And how they're dealing with the turmoil and sadness is a story worth telling — but one wholly unsurprising to anyone who lives in either of the neighborhoods that hug Marsh Lane. (more…)
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After a fatal home explosion three weeks ago that left one family burying their daughter and two neighborhoods reeling from the shock that the problem has been an ongoing one, the immediate concern was about safety.
But now, a little more than a week into the massive, 2,800-customer gas service shutdown in Midway Hollow and the Love Field community, people who had been planning on selling homes in the area have begun wondering — what will this do to property values? (more…)
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Atmos Energy director of governmental and public affairs Steve Matthews said that the "mobile-friendly interactive map" is available on the company's website and "permits residents impacted by the planned outage to input their address and see if their home is ready for service reconnection."
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Atmos Customers Begin to Wait for Normal as Pipe Replacement Begins
Jatsive Hernandez shows where a pipe in the backyard of her Midway Hollow home failed this week, resulting in a gas leak that sent her family to a hotel overnight (Photo by Bethany Erickson).
A day after Atmos Energy representatives sought to reassure the public that the unprecedented move of turning off gas service to 2,800 homes after a home explosion last week was going as planned, those in the shutdown zone are saying they're not confident in the energy provider.
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Atmos Says Shutdown Proceeding On Schedule, Customers Growing Angry
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Even as city officials and Atmos Energy representatives were meeting Thursday night with press to provide an update on an unprecedented gas service shutdown for 2,800 homes in an area that surrounds the site of a fatal home explosion last week, thousands of the company's customers were lined up outside two assistance centers, growing more frustrated by the hour.
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As News of Shutdown Spreads, Neighbors Grow Frustrated with Atmos
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This morning, they awoke to learn that even if they were still able to live in their homes, it would likely be without hot water or heat. Atmos Energy announced in a 5 a.m. press conference that the company was taking the unprecedented step of shutting down gas service to 2,800 homes on streets on either side of Marsh Lane, between Midway Drive and Webb Chapel Drive on the East and West, and Walnut Hill and Northwest Highway to the north and south.
It's another source of angst for already heartbroken and fearful sets of communities. (more…)
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BREAKING: Atmos to Shut Down Service to 2,800 Homes in "Unprecedented" Move
In an early morning press conference, Atmos Energy officials announced they would take the unprecedented move of shutting down service to 2,800 homes and replacing all lines and meters (photo by Bethany Erickson)
Almost a week since a deadly home explosion killed one child and prompted ongoing evacuations, Atmos Energy announced in an early morning press conference today that it would shut down gas service to 2,800 homes.
The company later announced that evacuations were continuing. The latest round is much farther north than the previous evacuations. At 2 a.m., they evacuated 30 homes in the Disney Streets (even numbered homes on Snow White, odd-numbered homes on Pinocchio, both between Sleepy Lane and Royal Lane). Shortly before 3 a.m., they evacuated another 16 homes along Pinnochio (even) and Cinderella (odd), between Northaven and Sleepy Lane. (more…)
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Taiwan's TransAsia Airways has placed a firm order with Airbus for a further six A321neo aircraft.
The new aircraft will form part of the airline's fleet expansion and will reportedly allow it to develop new routes to regional destinations. The aircraft will be powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines.
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Commonly called civet cats, civets are not cats. In fact, they are more closely related to mongooses than they are to cats. In Singapore, the Common Palm Civet is one of the species of civet that can be seen. Civets are commonly known as 'Musang' in the Malay Language.
They are usually found living in the forests, parks, mangroves and even roof spaces of buildings in urban areas. They are nocturnal by nature and like to stay in trees and high places.
What does a Common Palm Civet look like?
It has a long sleek body with short limbs and a long tail, a long muzzle and small ears. The body is dark greyish brown with three dark stripes along the back and black spots on the sides. They are also identified by the black 'mask' across the face.
In Singapore, they frequently eat the fruits of the Fishtail Palm and seed pods of the Rain Tree. Being omnivorous, they also like fruits such as mangoes, bananas and chikus and will eat small snakes, small birds, insects and rats.
In neighbouring countries like Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia, coffee beans eaten and passed out by civets are highly valued. This gourmet coffee has various names, including 'kopi luwak' in Indonesia, 'kape alamid' in the Philippines and weasel coffee in Vietnam. It is believed that civets have the ability to select and eat the best coffee beans at the optimal stage of ripeness. It is also said that the special taste of these coffee is due to the fermentation process when the civets digest the beans.
What to do when I encounter a civet?
Do not be alarmed. Like most wild animals, civets are shy and will stay out of sight. You are advised to leave the civets alone. It is fine to observe them from afar but do not try to corner or chase them, as that may provoke them to attack in order to protect themselves.
Civets may eat leftover cat food that is left out in the open. If you do not want them to come to your property, please ensure that cat or dog food is kept indoors.
If you find baby civets in your property, leave them alone and do not attempt to pick them up. If people swarm around the baby civets, this prevents the mother from picking them up and the mother may end up abandoning them. If the mother is nearby, she will respond to their cries and attend to them.
If the civet happens to give birth in your property, leave it alone. The baby civets will start venturing out within two or three months after birth. After that, they will follow their mother to forage and will move out of your property eventually.


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The Story Process Origins of a Dissonant Redemption: The Rise of Skywalker Revisited
September 9, 2020 September 9, 2020 Lex B.J. Priester, Kylo Ren, redemption, Star Wars, Storytelling, The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, The Rise of Skywalker
At the beginning of this year in the weeks following the theatrical release of The Rise of Skywalker, FANgirl Blog published a six-part series of posts analyzing the many storytelling and characterization failures that unfortunately permeated the final film in the Sequel Trilogy. Since then, much more has come to light about the story process behind the movie, including making-of insight from The Art of The Rise of Skywalker and the documentary The Skywalker Legacy in the home video release. This new information provides additional perspective on the origins of the flaws in the film. In particular, it reinforces the dissonance between the portrayal of Kylo Ren in the first ninety minutes of The Rise of Skywalker and his sudden and unearned redemption as Ben Solo for the remainder of the movie – and emphasizes that this dissonance was present throughout the story process in the contrast between the new and different character arc created for Kylo Ren on the one hand, and an apparent unwillingness to conclude his story in any way except by duplicating the fate of Darth Vader on the other. The incoherence of the character's story in the trilogy's third film was inherent in the story creators' failure to choose one path over the other to resolve the irreconcilable conflict.
Concept art created for Colin Trevorrow's "Star Wars: Episode IX: Duel of the Fates"
The Conception and Creation of Kylo Ren's Trilogy Arc
According to The Art of The Last Jedi (p19), the story decision that Han Solo would be killed by his son in Episode VII had been reached by "late summer 2013" while the Visualists in the art department were still hard at work developing the look of The Force Awakens and were looped in on that secret. Casting for director J.J. Abrams began later that year, with Adam Driver signed to play Kylo Ren in early 2014. In The Skywalker Legacy, Driver reiterated the description of his character's story arc that he also had mentioned shortly before Episode IX's release:
"At the start of [The Rise of Skywalker] you find Kylo the most assured of the choices that he's making, going deeper and deeper into the dark side. The thing that J.J. said to me when we first met was that I imagine a journey of a character where it's almost the opposite of Vader. Someone who almost starts the most vulnerable, and kind of gradually becomes closer to his convictions, more assured about his choices, had metaphorically and physically killed his father."
Driver took the role understanding that Kylo Ren would be most conflicted and torn in Episode VII, and grow more evil and more assured in the dark side as Episodes VIII and IX unfolded.
As recounted by The Art of The Rise of Skywalker (p34):
"[O]n May 21, 2014, a week after the start of principal photography on The Force Awakens, Lucasfilm's informal Intellectual Property Development Group (IPDG), formed by Lucasfilm development executive Kiri Hart, met to discuss how they envisioned the then-untitled Star Wars Episode VIII and IX, now that the plot of Episode VII was finalized."
During the meeting, Dave Filoni explained the implications for the path of the Sequel Trilogy (p35): "What happens to Kylo and what he does to his father is, structurally, not a redeemable act. There's no coming back from that, the way he does it currently."
By that point, Filoni had worked closely with George Lucas developing and producing six seasons of The Clone Wars, giving him direct insight into Lucas' thinking about Anakin Skywalker's fall to the dark side and the story decisions made in Attack of the Clones, The Clone Wars, and Revenge of the Sith. Although Lucas in Episode III did not shy away from making clear that Anakin was responsible for numerous dark deeds – especially personally murdering numerous Jedi, including younglings, as part of Order 66 – Lucas also went out of his way to make clear that Anakin did not kill Padmé. Despite his Force choke of her, she tells Obi-Wan there is still good in him. The medical droid attributes her death to "reasons we cannot explain" and losing the will to live. This echoes Return of the Jedi, in which Luke is confident there is still good in Vader despite his having severed Luke's hand in the previous film, and insists to Obi-Wan that he cannot kill his own father. Of course, the decision to portray Padmé's fate in this way was profoundly harmful to her own characterization and character arc in the Prequel Trilogy, but it was crucial to Lucas' reasoning in fridging her: to preserve Anakin's redemption in Episode VI, that he could not be the one who killed Padmé in Episode III.
Thus, Filoni's explanation at the IPDG meeting is consistent with the story intention expressed to Driver by Abrams. Kylo Ren's decision in The Force Awakens not only to choose the dark side, but also to kill his father as the defining act in doing so, puts Kylo in the Sequel Trilogy on a different path from Vader in the Original Trilogy. In the first movie of his trilogy, Kylo Ren already has crossed a line that Darth Vader never did.
At the same IPDG meeting, however, the participants discussed an alternative angle to the story that nevertheless might be able to provide a redemptive ending. Doug Chiang made a suggestion about Leia's role (p35): "Maybe she's the nurturing character that overcomes the final evil." Filoni continued his assessment of Kylo Ren by following up on that idea (p35): "But I've never seen the mother character try to do it. And maybe she could. … The idea that we have Leia, a mother character who needs healing in her own right – that's something we can get into in a deeper way." Perhaps the thematic norms of Lucas' story of a father and a son could play out differently with a mother.
While principal photography on The Force Awakens continued through November 2014, Rian Johnson's first day at Lucasfilm onEpisode VIII was July 2, 2014, as confirmed by The Art of The Last Jedi (p77). (The hiring was not officially announced until March 2015.) Eighteen months later, Disney CEO Bob Iger read Johnson's draft for The Last Jedi after the world premiere of The Force Awakens in December 2015. Principal photography for The Last Jedi took place from February to July 2016.
Work on Episode IX also was underway at this time. Colin Trevorrow was announced as director at D23 Expo in August 2015. He filmed The Book of Henry that fall before turning to Star Wars with frequent writing partner Derek Connolly. Their December 2016 draft, titled Duel of the Fates, has subsequently become available on the internet along with several dozen works of concept art for that version of Episode IX.
Given the timing of its completion during the creative process – while The Last Jedi was in editing and post-production and over a year before Episode VIII's theatrical release – it is worth examining how the Duel of the Fates script portrays Kylo Ren and his character arc in Episode IX. As in The Rise of Skywalker, Kylo Ren is the Supreme Leader of the First Order, seeking to consolidate his political and military domination of the galaxy by crushing the Resistance. He also seeks to increase his own strength in the dark side of the Force, finding a Sith holocron at Vader's castle that leads him to an ancient dark side figure, from whom he learns a disturbing new power before killing it with that very power. Kylo rightfully views Rey as the greatest threat to him. As in The Rise of Skywalker, their paths culminate in a fight to the death, which in Duel of the Fates takes place at the mystical temple of Mortis. There Rey demands that he admit the truth she has always subconsciously known – that Kylo Ren killed her parents, who had hidden Rey on Jakku to protect her from him – and he does. And he is still fully committed to the dark side. Having been maimed even further than in The Last Jedi by the power of the Sith holocron, Kylo uses the dark side to drain Rey's life Force and restore himself to a healed and hale body.
Concept art from "Duel of the Fates"
In Duel of the Fates as well, Kylo Ren is moments away from killing Rey when his mother reaches out to him in the Force. (Unlike The Rise of Skywalker, this action is not fatal, and Leia is alive along with the other heroes at the end of the story.) Hearing Leia's voice touches his soul, and he abruptly abandons the dark side: "Something HAPPENS to Kylo when he hears his mother's voice," the screenplay says, and then a few lines later, "Kylo feels the very thing that destroyed Anakin. But doesn't make him feel weak. He looks at Rey's outstretched hand … and TAKES IT." After returning the life Force to Rey, Ben Solo dies. Unlike The Rise of Skywalker, where Leia's contact occurs at Kef Bir and Ben's replenishment of Rey and death occurs at Exegol, in Duel of the Fates these events take place consecutively at the film's climax, on pages 117-119 in a script of 128 pages in length. Thus, in the Duel of the Fates story in December 2016, Kylo Ren is the Big Bad for the entire film, and his sudden redemptive fate is a momentary event transpiring perhaps a minute or two before his death.
Subsequent to Carrie Fisher's passing on December 27, 2016, Trevorrow and Connolly apparently produced at least one revised screenplay. According to industry reports, creative differences over the direction of the story led to the hiring of Jack Thorne in the summer 2017 to revise or rewrite the movie.
On September 12, 2017, Lucasfilm announced that Abrams would return to direct Episode IX, with Chris Terrio as co-writer. Ten days later, on September 22, Rian Johnson revealed on social media that The Last Jedi had wrapped production, a few days shy of three months before its world premiere in December. According to The Art of The Rise of Skywalker (p91), "Abrams pitched his current Trixie story, complemented by the latest concept-art moviescape, to" Iger and Kathleen Kennedy at that premiere – after only three months of work. The book's author, Lucasfilm creative art manager Phil Szostak, later revealed on Twitter that concept art for Palpatine's return in the film was dated as early as October 11, 2017, "mere days after the art department started on the film." Principal photography for The Rise of Skywalker lasted from August 2018 to February 2019, and the film released as scheduled in December.
Reaffirming the Villain's Journey of Kylo Ren
The above chronology, especially the consistent vector of Kylo Ren's narrative from 2013 to 2016, reaffirms that the principal identity of his intended character arc in the Sequel Trilogy was a villainous one – the descent into darkness described to Driver by Abrams. In a February 2018 post, I analyzed Kylo Ren's arc in The Last Jedi as a Villain's Journey juxtaposed against the Hero's Journey paths of Rey and Finn in the same film. Presenting a similar analysis of his character arc across The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi together, Issue #179 of Star Wars Insider magazine (the March-April 2018 edition) contained Tricia Barr's article "Footprints on the Crait Salt Flats: The Dark Path of Kylo Ren," which had been solicited as such by the magazine and reviewed by an editor at Lucasfilm prior to publication. But we were not the only ones drawing such a conclusion about Kylo Ren's path.
Frank Lehman, a musicologist on the faculty of Tufts University renowned for his detailed analysis of the numerous motifs in the Star Wars scores by John Williams (available as a 57-page PDF at his website), concluded in his December 2017 analysis of The Last Jedi that the music associated with Kylo Ren grows increasingly darker and more ominous over the course of the film. Lehman further concluded that the music accordingly suggested that Ren will reach his darkest point in the trilogy in the then-untitled Episode IX. Lehman's interpretation was validated by the featurette "The Maestro's Finale" on The Rise of Skywalker home video release. At the 5:25 mark in the video, Williams recounts that Abrams asked the composer if it would be possible to "make the trip from Ren to Ben on the same theme," which Williams accomplished by reorchestrating Kylo Ren's theme for the Exegol sequences. Abrams is then shown at a scoring session explaining his reasoning to Williams: "The idea that he's trying his hardest now to be the best that he can be, as opposed to he's trying his hardest to be as bad as he can be, which is what he's been doing."
The vector of Kylo Ren's path in The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, leading toward an even darker and more evil villain in Episode IX, was further reinforced by a variety sources prior to the release of The Rise of Skywalker. In the summer and fall of 2019, the Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge theme park expansions opened at Disneyland in California and Disney World in Florida. The narrative story elements of Galaxy's Edge occur after The Last Jedi and before The Rise of Skywalker, and in the parks Kylo Ren is unambiguously portrayed as a villain when he emerges and interacts with guests. Likewise, the First Order troopers and officers are on the hunt for Resistance operatives, taking a particular interest in Rey. The trailers for The Rise of Skywalker released in April and October of 2019 also positioned Kylo Ren as Rey's nemesis, accurately foreshadowing that they clash three times in the film (at Pasaana, Kijimi, and Kef Bir). Similarly, by showing Kylo Ren's reforged helmet, the trailers and other promotional material suggested that his fractured resolve early in The Last Jedi has now been rebuilt stronger than ever for his reappearance in The Rise of Skywalker.
The publishing program "Journey to The Rise of Skywalker" followed the same approach. In Age of Resistance – Snoke, Kylo confronts his own worst fears in the Dagobah tree cave while training with Snoke before the events of The Force Awakens, revealing that while he would not hesitate to try to kill Luke, he could not (yet) bring himself to strike down either of his parents. In Age of Resistance – General Hux, after Hux and Ren are marooned on an isolated world following a failed assassination attempt, Hux successfully dupes a survivor of Alderaan into trusting them because "Ben" is Leia Organa's son – underestimating his capacity to choose evil because of his family ties, the same mistake both Luke and Rey are shown to make in The Last Jedi. And in Age of Resistance – Kylo Ren, the entire comic issue centers on Kylo's ambition to exceed Darth Vader during a military operation on a planet in Wild Space, culminating in Kylo's successful killing of the same Zillo Beast that Vader had failed to slay decades earlier, impressing an Imperial veteran who served alongside both leaders on their respective missions. In the novels Resistance Reborn and Spark of the Resistance, Kylo Ren is only mentioned in passing as the increasingly ruthless Supreme Leader of the First Order. Finally, he appears on two pages of the Allegiance comic, once to command Hux to pursue a lead about Finn's whereabouts so that the First Order can "wipe every one of them out of existence" and once to strike down the leader of the planet Fondor for providing aid to the Resistance, declaring "We have learned from the mistakes of the Empire – they were too lenient."
Upon the release of The Rise of Skywalker, the directional vector of Kylo Ren's three-movie villainous character arc was reaffirmed. In TFA he orders the massacre of an innocent village on Jakku; in TLJ he orders the massacre of the entire Resistance within the Crait base; in TROS he personally massacres the Vader cultists on Mustafar. In TFA he captures Poe Dameron alive to extract information helpful in his hunt for the map to Luke; in TLJ he kills members of the Resistance from afar by firing torpedoes into the Raddus hangar; in TROS he personally beheads the Resistance collaborator Boolio. In TFA he watches as Snoke fires Starkiller Base at the Hosnian system; in TLJ he refuses Rey's plea to stand down the First Order fleet from destroying the unarmed Resistance transports; in TROS, he commands his high council to "prepare to crush any worlds that defy us" and Kijimi is later obliterated. In TFA he resents Snoke and squabbles with Hux; in TLJ he kills Snoke and Force-slams Hux; in TROS he commands the First Order and schemes to destroy the returned Palpatine. In TFA he is intrigued by Rey, surprised by her strength in the Force and her willingness to oppose him; in TLJ he tries to turn Rey to the dark side, undermining her trust in Luke and exploiting her optimism based on his family's past; in TROS he stalks Rey across the galaxy, pursuing her to three different planets and repeatedly slinging malicious words despite her pleas to stop. In TFA he rejects Han's assurance that it's not too late for "Ben" to come home; in TLJ he rejects Rey's entreaty for "Ben" to rejoin the light side; in TROS he declares that Rey cannot return to Leia either due to the darkness inside her. In TFA he kills Han; in TLJ he tries to kill Luke twice (in the flashback and at Crait), and though initially hesitates to kill Leia at the Raddus he later orders her death in the attack at Crait ("No quarter. No prisoners."); in TROS he tries to kill Rey – and would have succeeded if Leia had not telepathically reached out to him at the last second.
Until the abrupt change of heart at Kef Bir, the character arc for Kylo Ren follows the path described by Abrams to Driver early in the story process. Kylo begins the Sequel Trilogy conflicted and not fully sure of himself, but grows into his convictions and confidence over the three films so that by the middle of the third film he has reached the apex of his villainous journey. By then he has nearly finished achieving his goal of finishing what Vader started. Asked about whether Kylo Ren might have a story of redemption in the trilogy's finale, on the eve of the release of The Rise of Skywalker Adam Driver explained that Kylo Ren would not view his actions in the previous films as errors, but as triumphant accomplishment of his stated goals and repudiation of his prior weaknesses and failures: "He's already been redeemed in his story."
The Dissonant Redemption in The Rise of Skywalker
While the three-movie character arc followed the villainous path for Kylo Ren envisioned by Abrams and Driver, the other aspect of the initial conception never dropped away. Despite committing to pushing him ever deeper into the dark side, the story's creators apparently remained unwilling to deliver an ending consistent with that tale: the villain slain by a Jedi hero, giving Kylo Ren the same fate as Maul (in The Phantom Menace and Star War Rebels), Dooku and Grievous (in Revenge of the Sith), and Sidious (in Return of the Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker). Unfortunately, the Sequel Trilogy failed to invest in truly telling the story of a mother's unconditional love for her son as a possible route to redemption – and consequently Ben Solo's abrupt abandonment of the dark side is dissonant and unearned.
As the creators have mentioned on numerous occasions, the Sequel Trilogy was devised to highlight a different legacy character in each film: Han in Episode VII, Luke in Episode VIII, and Leia in Episode IX. But even this simple notion, reasonable and innocuous enough on its face as it may be, inadvertently created a context in which it became easy for the storytellers to lose sight of the importance of building the groundwork, within the story, for the character moment when Leia's love redeems her son in the third film.
In The Force Awakens, Leia and Han share a couple of brief conversations about their son, mostly providing exposition on the backstory of his fall to the dark side. Echoing her brother in Episode VI and her mother in Episode III, Leia insists there is still good in him – but each of those is the concluding film in a trilogy, bringing storylines to a close, whereas Episode VII is the starting film a trilogy, when character arcs are only beginning. Before Han leaves for Starkiller Base, Leia asks him to bring their son home. But Leia is wrong about her son. Kylo Ren kills his father and deepens his commitment to the dark side.
In The Last Jedi, Leia senses her son's hesitation to fire torpedoes at her flagship early in the film. As the First Order batters open the gigantic door to the Crait base, however, his resolve has hardened and Leia quietly admits, "I know my son is gone." Once the survivors have made their escape aboard the Falcon after being rescued by Rey, Leia assures her that "we have everything we need" to rebuild the Resistance and the Jedi, validating for her that despite Rey's notion earlier in the film, they do not need Ben's return to prevail. A hint of a different possibility might be read into two lines from Luke to Leia, but their respective meanings are at most ambiguous. Luke's recognition that "I can't save him" might carry the implication that Leia can – but it equally could be interpreted to confirm Leia's belief that her son is lost to the dark side. Likewise, Luke's gentle reminder that "no one's ever really gone" could mean that it is still not too late for Ben to return – but when accompanied by Luke handing her the dice that symbolize her dead husband minutes before Luke's own act of self-sacrifice in a personal showdown with Kylo Ren, it equally could be interpreted as referring to how the two men who are literally dead will always be with her in her heart and her memories, just like her son who is (for now) metaphorically dead. Regardless, almost the entirety of Rian Johnson's legacy storyline centers on the conflict between Luke and his nephew. Leia spends most of The Last Jedi in a medical coma, and when she is active her role in the plot involves the character development of Poe Dameron as a leader in the Resistance, not the present or future fate of her son.
With this setup and the villainous character arc for Kylo Ren, it is difficult to see how Episode IX could have delivered a meaningful and non-dissonant redemption for Kylo Ren through Leia. In Colin Trevorrow's Duel of the Fates, Leia Organa does have the substantial role contemplated for her legacy film, including numerous important scenes and over five dozen lines of dialogue. But nearly all of them relate to her role as the leader of the Resistance and as a mentor to Rey, Poe, and Finn. Prior to the climax, she senses Kylo's pain through the Force when he is maimed by Sith holocron. She discusses him with Rey and Luke, but separately and only briefly each time. When she telepathically contacts her son to stop him from killing Rey, she speaks only a handful of words across several lines of dialogue before Ben chooses the light. As noted above, Duel of the Fates leans fully into the villainous path for Kylo Ren for nearly the entire script, and only drops in his redemption very quickly at the very end.
The problem was exacerbated when Abrams and Terrio decided to limit Leia's involvement in The Rise of Skywalker to previously filmed snippets of dialogue and a few silent visual appearances, hopelessly constraining the story's ability to develop and portray her feelings and motivations. In the end, Ben's redemption occurs through a conversation with his own memories of his father, talking in part about his mother rather than with her. Accordingly, it is not surprising that several key members of The Rise of Skywalker team do not describe Ben's redemption in connection with his mother. The Art of The Rise of Skywalker quotes Terrio as remarking (p60): "Yet there is this inherent optimism in Star Wars that the light in you is never truly gone. That you can still redeem yourself right up until the last minute." Similarly, Abrams explains (p60): "Maybe it's the optimist in me, but I would like to think that anyone, even someone who does the most horrendous things, is redeemable." On The Skywalker Legacy documentary, Driver also does not frame the redemption in terms of Leia, but rather the act of healing bestowed by Rey and Ben's motivation to honor it:
"Things had come almost full circle with him. For the first time, someone had shown him maybe what he perceived as a huge act of generosity in spite of what he had done. Someone reached out, when no one else had for a long time. Repeating the same exact scene from The Force Awakens, line by line, I thought was a really beautiful way of showing [the full circle aspect] … Before, there's someone who has the absence of hope. And the thing that we started with for "who is Ben?" then, is someone who has hope. There's no more ambiguity about what it is that he has to do, there's no more see-saw that's happening. For the first time someone who's never had the answer now finally knows his purpose or destiny. He has to let her know that they're together, but I don't know that he entirely is sure what's going to happen from there, nor do I think he cares. I think it's so long as he's with her, he's on the right path."
This explanation by Driver, of course, also connects Rey's act on Kef Bir full circle to the ending at Exegol, where Ben gives up his own life Force to restore Rey's in a reciprocal act of compassion and generosity.
Finally, it is important to contrast the sudden and dissonant redemption of Kylo Ren in the third film of the Sequel Trilogy with the manner in which the Original Trilogy develops and earns the path of Vader's redemption through Luke. A New Hope establishes Luke's wistful fascination with his lost father and his eagerness to learn more about him, before Luke pledges to Obi-Wan that he wishes to "learn the ways of the Force and become a Jedi like my father." The Empire Strikes Back upends Luke's perspective with the revelation that Obi-Wan has deceived him and Darth Vader is his father. Once the mission to rescue Han from Jabba's Palace succeeds, the rest of Luke's subplot in Return of the Jedi is dedicated to his commitment to facing Darth Vader again so that he can reach the good within him and bring him back from the dark side. The Sequel Trilogy, on the other hand, lacks an equivalent setup and groundwork across its three films, and especially falls short by comparison in the third.
Ultimately, then, the dissonance of the redemption in The Rise of Skywalker arises from the irreconcilable conflict between the two potential fates for Kylo Ren. If the Sequel Trilogy's storytellers believed in the necessity of a redemptive ending, then they needed to set up and earn that resolution over its full span, as the Original Trilogy did. If the Sequel Trilogy storytellers wanted to give their antagonist a new character arc in Star Wars, a different trajectory than Darth Vader's, then they needed to pay off the Villain's Journey that had been envisioned from the start by reaching a different fate for Kylo Ren than his grandfather's. Instead, The Rise of Skywalker tried to have it both ways, and in the process failed at both, too.
The Last Jedi and the Hero's Journey – Part Four: Kylo Ren and the Villain's Journey (Feb. 2018)
The Fates of Kylo Ren and Ben Solo: The Failures of The Rise of Skywalker, Part 3 (Jan. 2020)
B.J. Priester has been a Star Wars fan since he played with the original Kenner action figures as a young boy. His fandom passion returned after watching Attack of the Clones in 2002 and reading the entire New Jedi Order series in 2003. He voraciously caught up on the novels and comics in the Expanded Universe in addition to writing fanfiction, frequently co-authoring with Tricia.
B.J. has served as editor of FANgirl Blog from its inception, as well as contributing reviews and posts on a range of topics. He edited Tricia's novel Wynde, and is collaborating with her on several future projects set in that original universe.
Currently a tenured law professor in Florida, B.J. has been a practicing lawyer in Washington, D.C., a law clerk to a federal appeals court judge, and a law journal editor-in-chief. He is also a proud geek dad whose son who is a big fan of Star Wars and The Clone Wars.
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B.J. Priester has been a Star Wars fan since he played with the original Kenner action figures as a young boy. His fandom passion returned after watching Attack of the Clones in 2002 and reading the entire New Jedi Order series in 2003. He voraciously caught up on the novels and comics in the Expanded Universe in addition to writing fanfiction, frequently co-authoring with Tricia. B.J. has served as editor of FANgirl Blog from its inception, as well as contributing reviews and posts on a range of topics. He edited Tricia's novel Wynde, and is collaborating with her on several future projects set in that original universe. Currently a tenured law professor in Florida, B.J. has been a practicing lawyer in Washington, D.C., a law clerk to a federal appeals court judge, and a law journal editor-in-chief. He is also a proud geek dad whose son who is a big fan of Star Wars and The Clone Wars.
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Humane egg brand Pete and Gerry's Organics offers durable PP egg cartons that consumers can fill with loose eggs in a pilot for a reusable packaging scheme.
Cartons are stacked in a branded, standalone corrugated POS display positioned near the cooler.
The leading Certified Humane egg brand in America and a Certified B Corporation, Pete and Gerry's Organics LLC of Monroe, NH, has built its business on the humane treatment of animals, sustainable farming practices, and the restoration of the small family farm to the American landscape. These beliefs also extend to its packaging, where for years it has thought outside the (traditional) carton, opting since 2012 to use rPET rather than expanded polystyrene or molded pulp for its packaging.
Now the brand, which supports 130 family farms that supply its organic, free-range eggs, is following in the footsteps of initiatives such as the Loop returnable packaging platform (see related article from Packaging World magazine, "Global CPGs Embrace Transformative Loop Circular Shopping Platform") to pilot reusable egg cartons. "Our environmental stewardship is very important to us, so while we're confident the rPET packaging we currently use is the best available option on the market, we still want to challenge ourselves to continually improve on the practices we have in place," says Pete and Gerry's Organic Eggs CEO Jesse Laflamme, a third-generation farmer and grandson of company founder Les Ward. "We know reusing is better than recycling, and we've seen the popularity of things like reusable bags, so we thought, why not egg cartons?"
In December 2019, Pete and Gerry's began a pilot of its reusable egg-carton concept at the Hanover Co-Op Food stores in New Hampshire and Vermont. Through the program, consumers buy a reusable, recyclable egg carton made from recycled-content polypropylene and fill it with eggs from a display of loose product located in the store's refrigerated cooler.
Cartons are stacked in a branded, standalone corrugated POS display positioned near the cooler. Designed for durability to withstand multiple uses, the plain, white PP carton uses more plastic material than a single-use carton. Because of this, it's priced at $2.99—"significantly more" than Pete and Gerry's standard rPET carton, says Laflamme. To offset the cost, the company has discounted the eggs that go into the carton by 50 cents per dozen. "So the carton pays for itself after six purchases," Laflamme explains.
The loose eggs are delivered to the Hanover Co-Op stores in a corrugated, tear-away box that holds 10-dozen eggs packed on pulp flat.The loose eggs are delivered to the Hanover Co-Op stores in a corrugated, tear-away box that holds 10-dozen eggs packed on pulp flats, designed in-house at Pete and Gerry's. Reports Laflamme, "We continue to learn as this item rolls out, but so far we have not run into any major operational issues. Damages have remained low for us."
Pete and Gerry's sees a massive potential in packaging material savings through reusable egg-carton systems. "The average person in the U.S. eats approximately 279 eggs per year, or 23 cartons' worth. Just one person replacing their egg cartons with a reusable carton would save more than 1,800 cartons from entering the recycling and waste stream," the company estimates. "When projected to the approximately 330 million people currently living in the U.S., more than 594 billion cartons would be replaced over a lifetime, enough to circle the globe over 4,000 times, presenting a simple, near-term action we could all take to lessen the environmental impact of our daily food choices."
One challenge is that the program requires active participation by shoppers, who will need to change their behavior. But Laflamme says Pete and Gerry's is confident that as sustainable practices continue to gain popularity in the mainstream, the number of people excited to do their part in reducing plastic waste will grow. "We have to start somewhere," he says.
"We have seen a strong response to the program to date, with same-store sales growing weekly alongside positive responses from local shoppers," Laflamme adds. "Additionally, retailer interest in the program has been well received, and we hope to make the reusable egg cartons available nationally this year."
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Co-production Treaty to take India-Italy cooperation to a new level: Minister, MIB
Mr. Prakash Javadekar, Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, on Monday said that the Venice Film festival has stood as a symbol of recognition of cinematic excellence at an international platform.
"Participation of India in Venice Film Festival 2020 as a focus country has brought India and Italy closer by opening immense possibilities of co-production in film making and further bolstering the historical ties the two cultural superpowers have enjoyed for centuries," he said.
In his address at the Venice Film Festival 2020, where India is the focus country this year, Mr. Javadekar said, "It is with great pleasure, I announce that India and Italy have agreed on the Rules of Procedure for Co-production Treaty and it is hoped that it will take our joint collaboration to a new level."
The Minister stressed that "Cinema not only showcases cultural mores but also brings countries closer." Mr Javadekar said that cinema is a soft power that helps to forge international ties. Inviting Italian filmmakers for filming in India, he said, "Filming in India is an experience by itself and I invite everybody to come and shoot and to do pre-production as we have experienced crew members and facilities and very scenic spots. This year we are participating in the Venice Film market to showcase what India has to offer."
This year two Indian feature films and one short film are being screened at the Venice Film Festival. India is also screening a film as market screening in Venice Production Bridge named 'In the land of Poisoned Woman' by Manu Bohra.
Speaking at the event, Mr Manlio Di Stefano, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italian Government, said, "The relationship of India and Italy in film production is in line with the great work the two countries are doing to strengthen the bilateral collaboration, which is very advantageous for Italy given that India is a cultural giant, which is a great resource for other countries that can go beyond commercial exchanges."
Acknowledging the growing Indian film market with one of the largest cinema industries in the world, Mr Di Stefano said, "India will be one of the most important global powers in 10 years from now despite the difficulties posed by COVID." He added that India and Italy share a strong bilateral relationship marked by several meetings that have "widened our collaboration in many fields", including culture and cinema.
"We have two major pillars on which we would like to develop our collaboration- Co-productions and shooting locations" to develop products for both Indian and Italian people as "it is not easy to define identity in cinema," Mr Di Stefano said. He also added that "we should aim at productions that can tell about a territory through a story and not through documentaries that how good we are here in Italy".
Italy, Mr Di Stefano said, has "included India among our target countries both for productions and to attract tourists. So, India is at the centre of our campaign one of which is 'Living in Italian Style'". He also added that Italy has an integrated package for coproduction, and funds (more than 60 million Euros) are made available by Italy's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to its embassies across the world in order to promote sectors like cinema.
Addressing the film festival via video conferencing, H.E. Vincenzo De Luca, the Ambassador of Italy to India said Italy participated at FIICI Frames 2020 as a virtual partner and "we presented the possibilities of co-productions in Italy and India". He added that "today we can take a further step forward by creating a partnership that is not limited to isolated events, but which creates a permanent collaboration between Italian and Indian cinema".
Citing historical relationships when noted filmmaker Satyajit Ray won a Golden Lion award in 1957 and the movie 'Monsoon Wedding' in 2001, he said that we should let the new Indian cinema be known in Italy. "Starting with FICCI Frames in June this year, we have to build a common partnership, a long-lasting partnership to exchange productions," the Ambassador added.
Ms TCA Kalyani, Joint Secretary (Films), Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India & MD, NFDC, said, "The rules of procedures that we were to announce at FICCI Frames have finally been made," which will give incentives to filmmakers choosing to shoot in India, she said. She also added that India will soon be announcing the rules of procedures for champion sectors and "we have also announced the SOPs and guidelines for filming in India".
Ms Kalyani also said that Media and Entertainment is a sunrise sector in India. She invited the overseas filmmakers to come and shoot in India "once the aviation restrictions are lifted".
Mr Dilip Chenoy, Secretary General, FICCI, said, "Italy participated in the 21st edition of the FICCI Frames this year as a partner country and I was truly amazed by their content and production capabilities, which I am sure enabled many Indian filmmakers and people in India to realize and see at first hand the opportunity that Italy presents and the possibilities of collaboration between India and Italy."
He further added that FICCI is delighted to partner with ANICA and the Embassy of Italy in India to organize a session focusing on India at Venice Film Festival. "This is the first time that such a platform has been set at the prestigious Venice Film Festival to discuss and promote relations between India and Italy in the area of filmmaking which needs to be continued in the future. This platform has provided an opportunity for India to connect with a global audience and reach out for further film production partnerships."
A session on 'Challenges and Opportunities between India and Italy in Film Making was moderated by Mr Bobby Bedy, Filmmaker and Managing Director, Kaleidoscope Entertainment. The participants in this session included Ms TCA Kalyani, Joint Secretary (Films), Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India & MD, NFDC (TBC); Mr Ritesh Batra, Indian Filmmaker; Mr Goutam Ghose, Indian Filmmaker; Sergio Scapagnini, Italian Filmmaker; and Mr Ashish Pherwani, Partner, Media & Entertainment, EY.
The panel discussed various emerging trends in the Indian Media and Entertainment sector and the opportunities and challenges for cinema in the post-COVID-19 world, including SOPs that have been put in place to start film productions after a gap of several months.


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Honor the Brave With Happy Veterans Day Quotes
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Veterans of combat have hurled grenades and bombs and shot bullets. They've defended their brothers in arms and sometimes watched them fall to the firepower of the enemy. They have gone onto the battlefield, in fighter planes and bombers, on ships and submarines prepared to give the last full measure of devotion. They deserve that same devotion from a grateful nation every day, but one day -- Veterans Day -- is set aside especially to show that appreciation.
Some of these famous Veterans Day quotes will bring a tear to your eyes. Cherish these words of inspiration and if you know a veteran, let him or her know how much you appreciate their devotion to their country.
Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address
"... We cannot dedicate -- we cannot consecrate -- we cannot hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract."
"The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave."
"Victory belongs to the most persevering."
"From time to time, the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots."
"A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living."
"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."
"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive veterans of early wars were treated and appreciated by our nation."
"In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."
"My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place --police, firefighters and members of our armed forces."
Jose Narosky
"In war, there are no unwounded soldiers."
"Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys. Look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death!"
"We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude."
"Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him."
"The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage."
"Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die."
"Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul."
Kevin Hearne, "Tricked"
"As any war veteran will tell you, there is a vast difference between preparing for battle and actually facing battle for the first time."
"Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go."
Carol Lynn Pearson
"Heroes take journeys, confront dragons and discover the treasure of their true selves."
James A. Autry
"I believe it is the nature of people to be heroes, given the chance."
"Nurture your minds with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes."
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1) New, new, new food on Monday-ginger pesto fish w/coconut sauce (based on Sam Choy) and an onion tart using a puff pastry and bacon, really what can go wrong with that? I'll have to report back.
2) Tuesday--going out to with a friend who is visiting from LA. Maybe Hukilau, Japanese, or Malaysian.
3) Wednesday--Portuguese sausage sticky rice--I made this awhile back and have a few ideas to improve on it.
I have big plans to get the garden in shape too, so we shall see how the week shapes up.


Includes applications and depositions of prospective recipients of public assistance; "articles under which the Poor of the Township of Livingston are to be Farmed out the ensuing year," April 20, 1844.
Records, 1829-1851, document individual actions filed by the Overseers of the Poor or settled by the Justices of the Peace, Livingston (Essex County). Papers include: applications and depositions for recipients of public assistance, bonds and indentures for those giving lodging and work assistance, "warrants of removal" for paupers seeking aid from Newark or another county, application for a widow's pension, and "Articles under which the Poor of the Township of Livingston are to be Farmed out the ensuing year" (1844).
Decisions made by the Justices and Overseers include an "order of relief" for "Simeon Squier a poor person" (1829); "an order for support" for "Ann Jackson & her infant child" (1830); a "warrant of removal" for Julia Ann Burrill who was "farmed out to Jeremiah Walker at age 7 years" and left at age 18 for Newark (1833); and an indenture for Marcus N. Tomkins, a boy of 14 ½ years, as "an apprentice to Timothy Tomkins, shoemaker, to learn the said art trade…& three quarters of day school" (1847).
An Overseer of the Poor was Caleb Tichenor. Justices of the Peace (sometimes "Justice of the Poor") of Essex County were D.I.(?) Crane, Anthony A. Jacobus, Park Leed, Abraham Reynolds and Ira Squier.
Additional papers of Livingston (NJ) Overseers of the Poor are located at Special Collections and University Archives at Rutgers University (AC#1840).


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Q: Change the complex number output format There is the complex<> template in C++ standard library, and it has an overloaded << operator so that it outputs complex numbers in the (real_part, im_part) format. I need to change the behavior of that operator for complex numbers so that the output format is changed to something completely different. Specifically, I need the output to be in the form real_part\tim_part. How do I do that?

A: There's no direct way to replace operator <<, but you do have a few options.  First, you could just write your own function to print complex numbers:
template <typename T> void PrintComplex(const complex<T>& c) {
    /* ... */
}

If you want to still use the nice stream syntax, then one trick you could do would be to make a wrapper class that wraps a complex and then defines its own operator << that prints it out in a different way.  For example:
template <typename T> class ComplexPrinter {
public:
    /* Conversion constructor allows for implicit conversions from
     * complex<T> to ComplexPrinter<T>.
     */
    ComplexPrinter(const complex<T>& value) : c(value) {
        // Handled in initializer list
    }

    /* Output the complex in your own format. */
    friend ostream& operator<< (ostream& out, const ComplexPrinter& cp) {
        /* ... print in your own format ... */
    }

private:
    complex<T> c;
};

Once you have this, you could write something like
cout << ComplexPrinter<double>(myComplex) << endl;

You can make this even cleaner by writing a function like this one to wrap the object for you:
template <typename T>
ComplexPrinter<T> wrap(const complex<T>& c) {
    return ComplexPrinter<T>(c);
}

This then lets you write
cout << wrap(myComplex) << endl;

Which isn't perfect, but is pretty good.
One thing to note about the above wrapper is that it has an implicit conversion constructor set up to let you convert complex<T>s to ComplexPrinter<T>s.  This means that if you have a vector< complex<T> >, you can print it out using your custom code by calling
vector< complex<double> > v = /* ... */
copy (v.begin(), v.end(), ostream_iterator< ComplexPrinter<double> >(cout, " "));

On output, the implicit conversion constructor will transform your complex<double>s into the wrappers, and your custom code will do the printing for you.
If you want to be very adventurous and cast caution to the wind, you could even write the class so that it just stores a reference to the original complex, as shown here:
template <typename T> class ComplexPrinter {
public:
    /* Conversion constructor allows for implicit conversions from
     * complex<T> to ComplexPrinter<T>.
     */
    ComplexPrinter(const complex<T>& value) : c(value) {
        // Handled in initializer list
    }

    /* Output the complex in your own format. */
    friend ostream& operator<< (ostream& out, const ComplexPrinter& cp) {
        /* ... print in your own format ... */
    }

private:
    const complex<T>& c;
};

This completely eliminates any copying and just makes the wrapper a thin veneer around a real complex. (No pun intended).  You'd have to be very careful if you did this not to pass these objects around across scope boundaries where the original objects go out of scope, but if it's what you want it might work out just great.
Hope this helps!

A: template<class T>
struct my_complex_format_type {
  std::complex<T> const &x;
  my_complex_format_type(std::complex<T> const &x) : x (x) {}
  friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream &out,
                                  my_complex_format_type const &value)
  {
    out << "format value.x however you like";
    return out;
  }
};
template<class T>
my_complex_format_type<T> my_complex_format(std::complex<T> const &x) {
  return x;
}

void example() {
  std::cout << my_complex_format(some_complex);
}

A: For any specific instantiation of complex<T>, Use a strong typedef (boost has a version) and cast to that type during << calls.  Override << for that type.
If you need to override << for any variation of complex<T> then life will be harder.

A: My answer to the same question here: c++ display complex number with i in imaginary part produces the behavior you want, at the expense of some risk of future incompatibility because it inserts a template specialization into the std:: namespace.

A: There is no really tidy way to do that. My suggestion would be to just ditch iostreams and write something more C-like instead. It will probably be faster to write, faster to read and faster to execute.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018 — Today was a special one for students at Skyline Elementary School in Cape Coral.
The cafeteria buzzed with excitement. Students and their families filled the seats for a Thanksgiving lunch, while turkey, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie filled their plates. This was a rare opportunity for them to have lunch together.
Zephany Murphy's son goes to Skyline.
"I think it's an opportunity for parents to spend time with their kids at lunch who might not always get to do that," she said. "I work full time. It's not always easy for me to get away for lunch but...that's what Thanksgiving is all about: spending time with your family."
The district has been treating all of its students to this lunch for more than 25 years. But when the parents join in on the fun, it's more special for everyone.
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Cruachan return home for a one off live headline show in Dublin this summer. Fresh from appearances all over the world including a recent tour of Russia and joint headline slot at Cernunnos Fest, they will be presenting songs from the new album "Blood for the Blood God" as well as some classics. Joining them will be special guests from Scotland - SAOR! Saor have been making quite a stir in the Folk/Pagan Metal world of late and we are delighted to have the opportunity to bring them to Dublin for this show. To complete the lineup we have epic Black Metallers - ETERNAL HELCARAXE from Cavan and Folk Metallers - NA CRUITHNE from Galway!!!