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— японский кинорежиссёр, сценарист и продюсер.

Биография
Родился в Осаке. Рюхэй Китамура в детстве проявлял большой интерес к киноискусству, проводя в кинозалах больше времени, чем в общеобразовательной школе. Он покинул Японию в 17 лет и переехал в Сидней.

Своими учителями в кино он считал таких австралийских мастеров как Питер Уир, Джордж Миллер и Рассел Малкэхи. В 17 лет Китамура бросает школу с тем, чтобы стать кинорежиссёром. Уехав в Австралию, юноша учится там в Школе визуального искусства. В 19 лет он её оканчивает. Дипломная работа Китамуры, короткометражный фильм «Выход» (Exit), приносит ему звание «лучшего постановщика года» своего выпуска и премию Kodak Award.

Вернувшись в Японию, Рюхэй Китамура основывает независимую киностудию Napalm Films. В 1997 году с минимальным бюджетом (в 300 тысяч иен) и командой из 6 человек он снимает 50-минутную кинокартину Down to Hell. Снятый 8-миллиметровой кинокамерой фильм завоевал главный приз Indie's Movie Festival. В это время Китамура знакомится с кинопродюсером Ацуро Ватабэ. Ватабэ принял на себя расходы по созданию следующего фильма Китамуры, Heat After Dark (1999), и сыграл в нём главную роль. Ввиду малочисленности японских кинокартин жанра экшн, Китамура начинает работать в этой области киноискусства. Являясь постановщиком и сценаристом малобюджетного фильма Versus — первоначально задуманного как продолжение к Down to Hell — Рюхэй Китамура впервые привлекает к себе широкое внимание как кинокритиков, так и известных продюсеров киноиндустрии. Среди последующих работ Китамуры следует отметить поставленный по манге Цутому Такахаси психологический триллер Alive с Хидэо Сакаки в главной роли, а также участие в 2002 году в проекте продюсера Синъи Каваи Jam Films. В этом проекте Китамура был одним из 7 режиссёров фильма, составленного из отдельных эпизодов (раздел работы Китамуры — The Messenger).

В 2003 году в свет выходит первый бюджетный фильм Китамуры, Azumi, основанный на манга-серии Ю Коямы. Продюсером фильма выступил Матаитиро Ямамото, восхищённо воспринявший одну из прошлых работ Китамуры Versus. Японская поп-певица Ая Уэто, снявшаяся в одной из главных ролей фильма, была номинирована Японской академией киноискусства на премию как лучшая исполнительница главной роли. Следующим большим успехом Китамуры было очередное, 28-е по счёту киновоплощение «Годзиллы». Премьера вышедшего в год пятидесятилетнего юбилея легенды об этом чудовище Godzilla: Final Wars (Годзилла: Финальные войны) состоялась в США 29 ноября 2004 года. Неделей позже фильм был показан и в Японии, где собрал более 1,2 миллиарда иен. В 2008 году на широкий экран выходит такая классика фильмов ужасов как «Полуночный экспресс».

Рюхэй Китамура являлся режиссёром cut-scenes для игры (Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes, . Вопреки расхожему мифу, и согласно IMDB, Рюхей Китамура не имеет отношения к франшизе (Devil May Cry. Настоящим режиссёром т. н. cut-scenes является Юдзи Симомура, работавший вместе с Рюхэем Китамурой над фильмом «Противостояние».

Личная жизнь
Любимые фильмы Китамуры — «Годзилла против Мехагодзиллы» 1974 года, а любимый персонаж — Кинг Сизар. Лучшим японским фильмом всех времён он считает криминальную драму Сюндзи Иваи «Бабочка махаон», вышедшую на экраны в 1996 году. Рюхэй Китамура свободно владеет английским языком.

Избранная фильмография
 1996: Ночная схватка
 1997: Прямо в ад
 2000:
 2002: Смертник
 2002: Киноджэм
 2003: Бог войны
 2003: Даль небесная
 2003: Азуми
 2003: Адский бейсбол (продюсер)
 2004: Копьё судьбы
 2004: Годзилла: Финальные войны
 2007: Любовь и смерть
 2008: Полуночный экспресс
 2013: Никто не выжил
 2014: Люпен III
 2018: Кинотеатр кошмаров
 2020: Малышка с характером

Примечания

Ссылки
 Официальный сайт Рюхэя Китамуры (на японском и английском языках)

 Интервью журналу Darker

Кинорежиссёры Японии
Сценаристы Японии
Кинопродюсеры Японии
Кинопродюсеры XX века
Кинопродюсеры XXI века
Кинорежиссёры фильмов ужасов


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Marvel's Stunning Black Panther Premiere In Hollywood Was Everything and More!
by Deanna
The BLACK PANTHER premiere in Hollywood, California was so amazing, it was truly a beautiful, star-studded event to celebrate the upcoming release of the film! Thanks to Disney for inviting us to the #BlackPantherEvent.
YOU GUYS. I know y'all remember when I told you I was going to the Black Panther movie premiere and press event, right? Well, I just got back from an amazing few days in Los Angeles for the Black Panther premiere in Hollywood and O.M.G. The star-studded event was full of Hollywood's top actors, specifically black actors, and it felt so good to just be there, to take it all in, and soak up all the melanin that graced the carpet! In addition, the movie was BEYOND expectations, and the whole event was just well executed. I really hope you've been following along with us, it was such a wonderful experience!
Marvel's Black Panther Premiere In Hollywood Was Literally Everything
Attending a movie premiere is truly a magical event, but Y'ALL. There's something different about BLACK PANTHER. Walking the red (ahem, purple) carpet with a diverse array of people who actually look like me is what gets me the most. It's been a long time coming, and I was ecstatic to be there among the likes of the amazing people who made this happen. The feeling of being able to witness the premiere of the first black superhero movie is intense, and I am so excited to have been a part of it!
Here is a glimpse of my experience at the Black Panther movie premiere…
Entering the Black Panther premiere in Hollywood was overwhelming at first, there were so many people and cameras and lights that it was hard to see! Once we got into the main area, it was like we'd entered the beautiful land of Wakanda! Everyone was dressed to impress, in dazzling gowns, fabulous hats, and many were wearing traditional African clothing to celebrate. It was a bustling, busy carpet, but I snapped as many photos as I could and really enjoyed every moment. I was thrilled to see Michael B. Jordan, Danai Gurira, Forrest Whittaker, Angela Bassett, and Sterling K. Brown from the movie, and also Garcelle Beauvais, Yara Shahidi, Meagan Good, Snoop Dogg, and other actors that came to support the film.
Lupita Nyong'o – Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney
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Angela Bassett, Forrest Whittaker – Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney
Danai Gurira – Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney
After about 10 minutes or so on the purple carpet, it was time for everyone to head into the theater, the movie was starting! We hustled into the Dolby Theater (yes, that is where they host the Oscars!) and took our seats. The cast was introduced on the stage, one by one, and the standing ovation of applause they received was astounding! Once the cast and directors took their seats, it began. The movie was flawless, truly well done from start to finish and I can't wait for you to see it! It's got about a 2+ hour run time, and I didn't want it to end. The story is really good, the action, suspense, and digital graphics were the most amazing that I've ever seen, and the movie is really, surprisingly FUNNY!
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Marvel BLACK PANTHER is in theaters Friday, February 16, 2018!
We had such a great time at the Black Panther premiere in Hollywood, it is so amazing to be a part of this movie! I will be sharing many more articles about this film, we did some cast interviews and I will give a full movie review so you know what to expect. Make sure you make plans to head to the theater soon, BLACK PANTHER comes out on February 16, 2018!
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This important book traces the continuing influence on contemporary cultural studies of the kinds of cultural materialism developed by Raymond Williams and his successors. Williams now often appears in cultural studies as a vaguely remembered 'founding father', rather than a theorist whose work is still actively relevant to our present condition. Milner's book restores Williams to a central position in relation to the formation and development of cultural studies. It stresses the differences between Williams and that other founding father, Richard Hoggart, arguing that the label 'culturalism' cannot properly be applied to both. It argues that Williams stands in an essentially analogous relation to the British 'culturalist' tradition as do Foucault and Bourdieu to French structuralism and Habermas to German critical theory and that his cultural materialism is not so much culturalist as positively 'post-culturalist'.
To those who have complained that contemporary cultural studies is insufficiently concerned with history, embeddedness and political economy, Milner suggests that this is so, in part, because Williams has become such a neglected resource. The book is a much needed reappraisal of the Williams approach, correcting misinterpretations and demonstrating its singular relevance to the problems and potentials facing cultural studies today. What emerges most powerfully is a logically consistent and penetrating way of 'doing cultural studies' that successfully challenges many of the dominant approaches in the field.


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Britain teeters closer to the brink of Brexit
No one can foresee the political developments in the UK that will determine whether it stays in the EU or leaves. Anthony Giddens assesses the factors in play.
A flurry of articles and books suggest that Britain is on course to go it alone and desert the European Union – Brexit. Yet matters are nowhere near as clear-cut. 'Brexit' is a clumsy neologism, and it leads me to coin an equally awkward one of my own – 'Bremain', in which the UK stays in the EU and even contributes positively towards its evolution.
No one can say which of these is the more likely, as the backdrop in the UK, the EU and indeed the wider world is too volatile. The UK is heading towards a May 7 general election that is the least predictable in recent history. Neither the Tories nor the Labour Party has the support of more than a third or so of voters, while the country is itself in the throes of an identity crisis. Last September's Scottish referendum on independence was supposed to settle the question of separation 'for a generation', but has instead stirred greater nationalist passions. Members of the Scottish National Party (SNP) could be in the UK's House of Commons in substantial numbers after May, and may even hold the balance of power. All this has resulted in the emergence of identity politics elsewhere, with regional devolution rising on the agenda along with renewed stirrings of English nationalism.
"The eurosceptics are very clear about what they oppose, but not what they want instead. They must be pressed in debate to make explicit what they are for and what kind of Britain they envisage"
If Labour come to be in government, it would almost certainly be in a coalition. The party has ruled out a referendum on EU membership unless treaty change is involved, and its likely main coalition partners – the SNP, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens – would doubtless endorse this. There is talk of a 'progressive coalition' between these parties, of which an important plank would be active support for EU membership. Labour's backing for the European project has, in recent months, become much more open and positive.
It is equally possible that May's election result is so inconclusive that any government formed will lack legitimacy and be short-lived. That might provoke even more rhetoric around Britain's membership of the EU, but no in-out referendum could be introduced until after fresh elections. If the governability issue became unmanageable, there is an outside chance of a grand coalition between the Tories and Labour, such as in some continental countries. In that case, a referendum would be very unlikely.
There remains a possibility that the Tories are re-elected, probably needing support once again from one or more of the smaller parties. David Cameron would remain Prime Minister, but dependent perhaps on the support of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). That would mean great pressure for an early referendum. Yet UKIP's own support is highly dependent on the appeal of its leader, Nigel Farage, so it is intrinsically fragile and might very well drain away come election time. It is just conceivable that in spite of all the political vagaries, the status quo is maintained with the Tories back in power in coalition with their current partners, the Liberal Democrats. In that case, an EU referendum would certainly become problematic as the Liberal Democrats are strongly pro-European.
"The eurosceptics have been far more assertive in putting their case forward than have supporters of Britain's continued membership, and it's a bias that has to be corrected"
Most discussions of Brexit start from the point in which the Tories are back in power, with a clear mandate for a referendum. Although this may very well happen, it is far from a foregone conclusion. But if it turns out to be the case, what is likely to ensue? David Cameron's commitment to an EU referendum doesn't seem in the least bit driven by conviction. It is, on the contrary, almost wholly pragmatic. He came to power in 2010 determined to stop the Tories from, as he put it, 'banging on about Europe'. He was unsuccessful, in part because once the euro crisis took hold he found himself subject to increasing pressure from the eurosceptics in his party.
In January 2013, he was driven by the need to appease them, and in effect offered a deal embracing his Tory eurosceptics on the one hand, and his European partners on the other. To appease the former, he held out the prospect of a referendum by 2017 and, although vague on the details, coupled this to reforms in the EU. To try and get other European leaders on board, he promised to campaign for continued British membership, but in return demanded that they would accept at least part of his reform agenda.
"There is much talk in UK media and elsewhere of 'whether we should stay in the EU', but it's not clear who 'we' is. Euroscepticism is more an English phenomenon than a British one, and varies regionally within England"
He succeeded in neither. Rather than gaining support from the rest of Europe, he took an assertive, bullying approach that had the opposite effect. Although he hedged his 'deal' with reservations and qualifications, it was still too pro-European for his party's right-wingers, whose anti-EU agitation if anything increased.
For all these reasons, Cameron's position shifted once again for political considerations rather than anything to do with principle. Driven by the increasing success of UKIP and coupled with growing disquiet among some sectors of the public, immigration rose sharply up the UK's political agenda. So much so that it became almost the sole basis of Cameron's attempts at renegotiation with EU partners.
That's where matters now stand, with no clear resolution in sight. Other European leaders have made it clear that the principle of freedom of movement for EU citizens is inviolable. And there are unlikely to be any concessions that would demand treaty changes, so if there were to be a deal it would have to be limited in scope, and perhaps even confined to welfare benefits, not least because most aspects of welfare in fact remain in the hands of the member states. What David Cameron has not made clear, meanwhile, is whether in the event that he doesn't get what he saw as a satisfactory offer he would actively campaign for leaving the EU.
"The outcome of a referendum would plainly be affected by events in the UK and beyond. Perhaps crucially, what happens in the rest of Europe could have a major impact"
Should there be a referendum, the outcome is as difficult to call as the results of May's general election. Most observers see it depending mainly on the deal he and his fellow European heads of government might come up with. But I myself don't think so. Matters are likely to be far more complex than that because of the diversity of the factors in play. Cameron is likely to remain caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. Whatever deal is reached it will not be enough to assuage the passions of Tory eurosceptics; he has to be seen to 'talk tough' to his European partners, yet progress with those partners depends on conciliation and dialogue.
There is much talk in UK media and elsewhere of 'whether we should stay in the EU', but it's not clear who 'we' is. Euroscepticism is more an English phenomenon than a British one, and varies regionally within England – it is not the majority view in London, where most surveys place Britain's relationship with the EU quite low down among voters' concerns, even if a majority also believe that a referendum on membership would be desirable at some point.
The outcome of a referendum would plainly be affected by events in the UK and beyond. Perhaps crucially, what happens in the rest of Europe could have a major impact. The UK has returned to growth, even if its rewards are hardly being equally shared and no one can say whether it will last. Elsewhere in the EU, a few states are performing well, but overall the risk of stagnation looms large. Will the interventionist policies now being put in place bear fruit? A return to a healthier overall economic environment across Europe would almost certainly have a positive impact on an unfolding referendum debate in Britain, but the reverse also applies.
Referendums are, on the face of it, among the most effective forms of democratic decision-making. In some senses that's true, yet experience from around the world also shows they are far from free of problems and uncertainties. The outcome of a referendum can be strongly influenced by transient events of the moment, while much depends on the precise wording of the question being asked.
The Scottish referendum result seemed all the closer because the question was 'Should Scotland be an independent country?' rather than 'Should Scotland remain part of the UK?' Those who favoured change somewhat perversely became the 'Yes' campaign, which normally carries an advantage because of its positive overtones. There was little debate in Scotland about the issue of wording, but that's highly unlikely to be the case with an in-out EU referendum. There could be an almighty battle about the wording, and also about whether a minimum turnout should be set for the result to stand. It seems unlikely that turnout will get anywhere near the stratospheric 80%-plus in Scotland. There is also the question of who would get to vote; UKIP has said that only British citizens should take part.
I am myself a pro-European. I want Britain to remain in the EU and to play a positive part in shaping its future. That's the outcome that is plainly in the interests of the Union as a whole. Britain may have long been among the more awkward so far as the rest of the EU is concerned, but if it were to leave that would greatly diminish the Union's standing economically and geopolitically.
Let us suppose that there's going to be an in-out referendum in the UK. How, in that case, should pro-Europeans seek to influence the debate? The implications of leaving the EU must be brought home to the public. Brexit would be a huge leap into the unknown, very different from the eurosceptics' rosy portrayal of a nation set free. Britain would be out of the EU, but still within its orbit. Its destiny will remain irretrievably European, the same being true of Switzerland, Norway and Iceland. Most of Britain's trade would continue to be with the EU, but not under conditions that it could directly influence. The notion that the UK could turn to the Commonwealth, or suddenly spread its trading net far and wide, is a whimsical fantasy. There are, after all, no real barriers to doing so at the moment, and it has not happened. Germany now has a proportionately higher level of trade with India than does Britain.
A Britain outside the EU would not magically regain its sovereignty, for the term is meaningless if it can't be defined as a nation's real control over its own affairs, not simply paper rights. In today's increasingly interdependent world, Britain has more influence as a member of the EU than it would otherwise, even when in some cases it is acting alone. The United States would clearly start to bypass Britain if it were outside the EU, and so too would other major states around the world.
To prosper, the country would have to be almost the diametric opposite of the image portrayed by UKIP and its leader Nigel Farage – a nation turning back to the 1950s. It would have to be more outward-looking and cosmopolitan, and of course be more open to immigration. The possibility that it is Scottish and Welsh votes that might keep Britain in the EU if there is a referendum is very real. If, though, Britain as a whole voted to quit, the Scots would this time probably decide to break away and seek to join up with the European Union.
Eurosceptics make a great play of the "burden" of bureaucracy imposed by EU membership. Yet viewed dispassionately, membership almost certainly reduces rules and regulations rather than multiplying them. And from trade right across to security, a country outside the Union would have to negotiate separate deals with countries inside and outside Europe, as well as with Brussels. Switzerland and Norway are in precisely this situation, and whatever advantages they might get, freedom from bureaucratic entanglement is not one of them.
If it turns out there is a UK referendum, there's a range of possible Brexit and Bremain scenarios. First, there's the 'sleepwalking scenario'. Either because it is a rushed affair, or because the public remains largely indifferent, Britain leaves the EU without most citizens having understood what is at stake. Then there is the 'wide awake' scenario in which after a full and informed debate with a high turnout, the country nevertheless exits the EU. Scenarios for remaining in the Union range from 'somnolent acceptance' in which the majority of voters remain largely disengaged, but nevertheless vote to stay in, to the 'positive endorsement' one that sees a full and informed public debate, a high turnout and a clear vote to stay in. The last is obviously the best-case Bremain scenario in which citizens are more fully informed than before and are persuaded of the positive benefits of EU membership.
Some of the more vocal eurosceptics might be happy with the sleepwalking scenario, but by any token it is contrary to the public interest. It could only be justified by minimising the level of risk and readjustment that Brexit would involve, and by ignoring acceptable democratic process. Pro-Europeans might be satisfied with the 'somnolent acceptance' scenario, but again that would hardly be in the country's best interests. Should the 'wide awake' scenario unfold, pro-Europeans obviously could not contest it, even though – because of the Scotland factor – the country that leaves may no longer be the UK. The key question for those who want Britain to stay in the EU is, therefore, if and how something close to the 'positive endorsement' scenario can be achieved.
"There are a good many pro-European groups across the country. They should suspend their differences and get together to shape the membership debate"
Right now, nobody can say whether Britain will stay in the EU; there are too many contingencies in play. What pro-Europeans can and should do is start preparing now for a possible referendum. To do so, a lot of innovations are needed. There are a good many pro-European groups across the country, of various persuasions in terms of what they see as the best models for the future evolution of the EU. They should suspend their differences and get together to shape the membership debate. The eurosceptics have been far more assertive in putting their case forward than have supporters of Britain's continued membership, and it's a bias that has to be corrected. Also, many of Britain's leading europhiles are ageing, so up and coming younger figures must be found who can command attention in the public debate – and as far as possible they should span the political spectrum.
The eurosceptics are very clear about what they oppose, but not what they want instead. They must be pressed in debate to make explicit what they are for, what kind of Britain they envisage and how the country would, on its own, resolve the cluster of problems it would face. Exactly the same applies to pro-Europeans, as the Bremain campaign would have to be about far more than just a vote to stay in. It would have to be coupled to positive ideas about reform of the EU and Britain's contribution to shaping those reforms. The question of British exceptionalism would also have to be faced up to, since unlike almost all other EU states the UK is not even formally on track to join the eurozone.
In pre-referendum campaigns, the role of the BBC would be crucial in promoting a full and fair debate. It is likely to come under enormous pressure from all sides, and if a referendum were to be held early on in the life of the next government, it could coincide with the renewal of the BBC's Charter, itself a highly contentious and partisan issue. Strong leadership would then be needed from within the broadcasting organisation to ensure its impartiality. Britain is unlikely to be polarised in the way Scotland was during its referendum struggle, but there are nevertheless quite fundamental differences of outlook in play. It would certainly be far removed from the muted, low-key affair of the 1975 referendum that confirmed Britain's membership. If it takes place, it will play out against a backdrop of increasingly fractious divisions within the EU, and of the national and regional fractures that now mark the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
This article first appeared in the Spring 2015 issue of Europe's World. Reposted per author's permission.
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The Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral held this year the liturgy in Svac, but at the entrance to the locality, where the ancient church is located. As the Montenegrin police, at the request of Albanian politicians, did not allow the liturgy service in the church. At the gathering, strong police forces were present, especially on the entry to the site.
Priest Slobodan Zekovic, who served the liturgy, stated:
"We are no strangers here, we come here for decades. We come here on the foundations of our statehood and spirituality. With a single goal, not to forget our holy ancestors, aware of the graves that are here. I am sending the blessing of Metropolitan Amfilohije, who was supposed to bring the hand of St. John the Baptist. But, due to tensions, that will be done next yеаr. The President of the municipality said that the access to the site has been banned until December, because archaeological research is being done".
However, last year also there were tensions in Svac. Then, about ten local Albanians blocked the road, so that Metropolitan of Montenegro and Littoral Amfilohije and the believers of the Serbian Orthodox Church could not come to Svac. The leader of this group was Hadzija Sulejmani, a member of the Ulcinj Assembly and a member of the Democratic Party of Albanians. Sulejmani tried to explain his shameful act by saying that the church has never been an Orthodox holy place, and that he, as a Muslim and a representative of the Ulcinj municipality, does not allow access to the church.
Everything becomes much clearer after seeing a monument that the local Albanian politicians set up in 2005 in the form of a memorial plaque, which says: "In the name of our ancestors Illyrians who founded this ancient town of Svac as the legacy of our Albanian culture …" In other words, then the Albanians marked their territory and now slowly begin with violent means to "defend" it.
History is clear about the Svac. The city of Svac has never been the city of Illyrians, and especially not the city of Albanians. In 2012, the Ministry of Culture of Montenegro started exploring Svac. The research team, led by archaeologist Mladen Zagarcanin, discovered Serbian and Roman pottery in the same layer, which clearly shows the centuries-long presence of Serbs in that area. Stefan Nemanja, the Serbian Grand Prince (Veliki Župan), merged Svac to Serbian Grand Principality (also known as Raška, lat. Rascia) in 1183. When the Mongol hordes in 1242 conquered and demolished the city of Svac, it was restored by the Serbian queen Jelena, the wife of King Uros, who lived in Ulcinj at the time. For architectural decoration, the painters and masters are brought from Serbian Grand Principality Raška (lat. Rascia) . The remains of the Church of St. John are still visible in the city today, where still writes that it was built in 1300. In 1571, the town of Svač was completely destroyed by the Turks. However, what is important to mention is that the Albanians took part in the destruction of the Svac, together with the Turks. So today we have come to a crazy situation that the people who ruined Svac, and that's the Albanians, want to acquire the historical heritage of that medieval city. In a doctoral dissertation "The influence of the Austro-Hungarian Empire on the creation of the Albanian nation", Bulgarian historian Teodora Toleva, who studied the Vienna imperial archive, writes:
"After thorough studying of the archives we may claim that at the beginning of the 20th century the Albanian population did not still represent a formed nation. The ethnical groups in Albania live isolated; they do not have connections between themselves, except when fighting. The possibilities for their convergence were practically nonexistent; murders are common, even for the people from the clan. There were two basic dialects in the country that were so different that people could hardly understand each other. There was no unique literary language, but more than twenty different manners of writing in local dialects. The coefficient of literacy did not even exceed 2%. The population belonged to three religious confessions – Muslims, Orthodox and Catholics. The Albanians did not have national awareness, they did not have general interests, they did not express solidarity and they did not develop in the direction of waking the national feeling. Hence, at the beginning of the 20th century there was no Albanian nation." Toleva also noted that:
"At a time when Vienna decides to implement a new plan for Albania, there are about twenty different transcripts of Albanian dialects. Three are basic: one uses the Arabic letters, the other is Cyrillic, the third is Latin. " Official Vienna also had a decisive influence on the unification of the Albanian language. A letter that the Albanians still use today was accepted at a congress in Bitola in 1908. The decisive role was played by the Austro-Hungarian consul Karl. Grammar, literary books, history books, all printed in Vienna. The promotion of the Albanian language was carried out at every step. The reason why Austro-Hungary did all this was Serbia, which was then the main enemy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Through the creation of the Albanian nation, the Austro-Hungarian Empire wanted to weaken Serbia. And, they did it.
Today, the Austro-Hungarian Empire policy has been taken over, dominantly by the United States and United Kingdom, but also from some other Western states. The main goal is to create Greater Albania. Recently, the self-proclaimed Kosovo and Albania decided to implement a common foreign policy. Unlike the West, which supports that unlawful act, which raises tensions in the Balkans, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned that act.
"The provocative steps of Tirana and Pristina, which are in line with the realization of the concept of 'Greater Albania', cause serious concern. In this context we see the signature on July 2, the Albanian-Kosovo agreement on unification of diplomatic missions in third countries. We note that the US and EU prefer not to respond to such destructive measures and to effectively cover the 'Greater Albanian events' that are destructive for the region ", stated Russian Foreign Ministry.
In accordance with the support from the West, political representatives of Albanians in Montenegro every day behave more and more insolently. The current Montenegrin authorities do nothing to make Albanian politicians know that they have to respect the laws of Montenegro. While Serbs in Montenegro are strictly forbidden to display Serbian flags, Albanians in the places where they are majority display Albania's national flag. Albanians every day show more clearly that Greater Albania is the only thing that would satisfy their national interests. The recent event that happened in Svac is something that previously could be seen in Kosovo and Macedonia. Therefore, now, while the fire is still weak, it is necessary to extinguish it. Otherwise, the Greater Albania's fire can swallow both Ulcinj and other parts of Montenegro.
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The recent decision by the European Council to nominate Ursula von der Leyen of Germany for the post of European Commission Chairperson and Christine Lagarde of France for President of the European Central Bank has caused many eyebrows to raise. Nevertheless, since this "feminist" set of candidates will surely receive the approval of the European Parliament, it's these people that Russia will have to deal with. (Nominees for the posts of European policy chief and president of European Council – Josep Borrell of Spain, and Charles Micheln of Belgium – became less of a surprise: their victory in the European Parliament is a sure thing too.)
Significantly, both the "prime minister" and the "foreign minister" from the European Union's new team have been spotted making outrageously averse remarks regarding Russia. Ursula von der Leyen, holding the post of Minister of Defense of the Federal Republic of Germany, said less than a year ago that one ought to speak with Russia from a position of strength. In response, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu advised Ms. von der Leyen and other Germans to ask their grandfathers what happens when Germans try to speak with Russia from a position of strength. Josep Borrell, speaking in an interview with the Spanish El Periodico, described Russia as "an old enemy" of Spain and Europe that is somewhat "posing a threat again," whereas China, in his words, is but a "rival".
The Russian Foreign Ministry reacted by demanding that Borrell account for these words, which clearly do not fit into the framework of friendly relations between Russia and Spain. The EU's foreign policy chief-to-be came out of this situation with an elephantlike grace, chiding the Russian Foreign Ministry for "excessive" reaction and explaining his position by saying the following: "I said that Europe's old defender – the United States – is no longer defending it, causing the rise of Europe's former rival – the USSR ". Thus, the European diplomat has managed to strengthen a prejudice-based lie (about Russia as an enemy) with another (about the notorious "attempts by Putin to restore the USSR"). And there is a third lie – a hint at the now dishonored theory of a conspiracy between Trump and Russia. For someone burdened with the responsibilities of the head of European diplomacy, there seem to be too many prejudices and stereotypes. In all likelihood, these new representatives of the EU will not be easy to deal with.
Nevertheless, the near victory of von der Leyen and the removal from the race of the Dutch socialist Frans Timmermans, and representative of the European People's Party (i.e."Democratic Christian") Manfred Weber of Bavaria, speaks of serious differences, bordering on hatred, within the EU. After all, it's these two nominees (plus Danish liberal Margrethe Vestager, who served as European Commissioner for Competition) that were considered favorites for the post of European Commission chief right up to the G20 summit in Osaka. Chancellor Angela Merkel, who openly supported Weber's candidacy and wanted the job of European Central Bank chief for the current head of the German Central Bank, Jens Weidmann, appears to be on the losing side, given the current layout of forces. Even such a well-informed player in European affairs as George Soros, predicted on the platform of the globalist Project Syndicate that in the event of Weber's "failure" to head the European Commission, Merkel's ambitions would be offset by the appointment of Jens Weidman. But this just didn't happen: the EU's top finance position went to Christine Lagarde.
Why did the options planned for so many weeks for the above mentioned candidates, which cannot be seen as 100% losers (Timmermans will remain vice-chairman of the European Commission, and Weber is set to become chairman of the European Parliament) were dropped?
The European Union makes it no secret that countries of the "Visegrad group", first of all, Poland and Hungary, came out against Timmermans. And this is no wonder: it was Timmermans, as vice-president of the European Commission, who "oversaw" Poland's punishment for its "sins against democracy" and has called for sanctions against Warsaw if it does not abandon so unwelcome for the EU judicial reform. As for Hungary, Timmermans was as harsh with its Prime Minister Viktor Orban. As a result, even Andrei Babis, the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, which did not have time, unlike Poland and Hungary, to experience the negative rhetoric of Timmermans, said bluntly: "Timmermans is not the person who can unite Europe."
As it happens, by voting against Timmermans, the current Polish leadership took revenge for their own failure last year, when they made an attempt to remove Donald Tusk, former Polish prime minister considered to be EU-loyal political opponent of the current ruling party in Poland, "Law and Justice".
Thus, the current choice of candidates has become a sign of ever increasing instability and unpredictability of the European Union, including in its relations with Russia. In my opinion, two trends are gaining strength at the same time. Firstly, the selection of candidates for top jobs in the European "mainstream" is based, among other things, on the principle "who speaks harshiest of Russia will win" ( this guaranteed success of von der Leyen and Borrell). Secondly, as Eastern European countries are slowly gaining weight, their attitude towards Russia ranges from hostile ( Poland and the Baltic States) to neutral and conciliatory ( Hungarian Prime Minister Orban).
The Orban factor, according to a variety of reports, became a key one for "not supporting" Manfred Weber's candidacy on the part of France, which eventually led Weber to defeat. President Macron did not conceal his discontent with the fact that Weber, as head of the European People's Party faction in the European Parliament, did not exclude Viktor Orban and his party Fides from this faction.
The French newspaper Le Monde carries detailed reports on the issue. For the French president, who deems Orban, along with Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, his personal enemies over disagreements on migration issues, any means will do to fight against the Hungarian politician. Le Monde carries reports about Macron's attempts to cut down EU payments to the Hungarian budget due to Hungary's unwillingness to bear its share of the migration burden on the EU. And although Macron has not succeeded in these attempts, the battle between the "progressists" (Macron) and the "traditionalists" (Orban and the Visegrad Group, which is behind him) is driving the main wedge into the European Union, including its position towards Russia. Both the elections to the European Parliament and the differences over the candidacies for the "executive branch" of the European Union have clearly demonstrated this.
North Macedonia and Albania not allowed even in EU "waiting room"
The recent decision by an EU summit to postpone until October the solution on welcoming in Albania and Northern Macedonia as new members marks yet another setback for the European Union, which testifies to lack of unity among its members. Both Albania and Northern Macedonia have done all they could in the past few years to prove their loyalty to NATO and the West with a view to secure early admission to the European Union. Albania has joined NATO and supports Kosovo separatists, while the former Yugoslav regional capital Skopje chose to change the name of its country from Macedonia to Northern Macedonia, despite the unconvincing results of the de facto failed referendum on this issue in February this year. All these efforts were not rewarded, not even by a formal announcement on the start of the membership talks.
The matter is that European capitals make no secret of the reasons for such a postponement: the parliaments of Germany and the Netherlands opposed the entry of Macedonia, and Albania in particular. These parliaments have thereby refused to implement the recommendations of the European Commission of May 29 which advised member states to speed up the process of welcoming new members into the Union from countries of Western Balkans.
Instead of information on the beginning of the negotiations, Macedonia and Albania received a humiliating communiqué of the European Council, calling on these "hopefuls" of the EU membership to do more to secure the rule of law, strengthen democratic institutions, etc.
Macedonians and Albanians feel deceived also because the EU's Commissioner for Enlargement, Johannes Khan, promised last year that membership negotiations would begin in June 2019 if both countries carried out reforms of their judiciaries and security services.
Albanian Prime Minister Edie Rama said that his country has fulfilled the reforms required by Brussels and that Tirana has thus earned the right to enter admission negotiations.
"I want to say that the European Union should proceed from geostrategic and geopolitical considerations, and it also should take into account the achievements of candidate countries," – Prime Minister Rama was quoted as saying on June 11, 2019. "If candidate countries deserve to be admitted, the European Union should not deny them this right."
The Prime Minister of Northern Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, went as far as stating that postponement of negotiations on his country's accession to the EU could lead to the fall of his government and the victory of nationalist forces "hostile to the European Union".
Behind all these statements lies demonization of Russia and the attempts to present it as a "destabilizer" of the situation in the Balkans, just as it was done by Montenegrin leader Milo Djukanovic, who accused Moscow and so-called "Serbian nationalists" of an attempt to stage a coup in his small country for the purpose of preventing Montenegro from entering NATO.
The version of what happened was provided by a Montenegrin court, which blamed leaders of the opposition Democratic Front for an attempt to seize power in Podgorica with the help of two dozen Serbian militants. The court described the incident as a typical conspiracy and a "high-profile process" in the style of Andrei Vyshinsky. Nevertheless, the Western press has accepted this version, telling its to readers about plans by wicked Russians and Serbs to kill Mr. Djukanovic, who positioned himself as a Serbian-Montenegrin nationalist during the "Yugoslav Wars" of the early 1990s.
Will North Macedonian Prime Minister Zaev succeed in performing the same trick, will the EU accept his version that "forces hostile to the European Union" will take over if his country does not join the European Union in the near future? It seems that the European Union is skeptical about Zaev's "warnings". It knows only too well that Zaev himself came to power as a result of a Macedonian "color revolution" that removed the former leader Nikolu Gruevsky, who led the left-wing party VMRO-DPNE. This party is still the largest opposition party in the parliament of Northern Macedonia.
Shortly after coming to power Zaev reoriented the country to NATO, hoisting a NATO flag in front of the Macedonian government building. Taking advantage of people's hopes for joining the European Union, Zaev ensured the victory in the presidential election of his henchman Stevo Pendarovsky. But now that the prospect of starting negotiations looks remote and indefinite, Zaev and his entourage may indeed face a destabilization. The position of Albanian government of Edi Rama, who is facing powerful protests across the country, is hardly better.


Margaret Livingstone with the painting Brother and Sister in which she features as a young girl. PIC: Contributed/ Grant Anderson.
A woman who was painted as a child by artist Joan Eardley has seen the famous work for the first time, some 55 years later.
Margaret Livingstone and her older brother Alan were captured by Eardley in her painting Brother and Sister.
Mrs Livingstone was taken into care shortly afterwards and lost touch with her brother for many years.
Yesterday, in Aberdeen, she fought back tears after she was shown the work for the first time.
She described it as "gorgeous and beautiful" and said her brother, who has since passed away, would have been 'so happy' to see it.
Mrs Livingstone said she did not remember much about Eardley, who worked out of a studio in Townhead, Glasgow, for many years where she became interested in depicting children and family in the most impoverished parts of the city.
Mrs Livingstone added: "I don't remember much about her (the artist) and I wish I did, I wish I knew what she was thinking, I wish she was here to ask.
Seeing the painting was a hugely important step for Ms Livingstone, who views the work as a link to her lost past.
She first heard about the painting from her brother, who holds a protective are around her in the picture.
The children were left largely to fend for themselves while their mother worked in the local steamie.
After she was separated form her family, Ms Livingstone spent time in two children's homes and at the age of 10 she was fostered by a family in Kilmarnock.
From there she spent a year at the King Street Home for Girls in Aberdeen and became a live-in mother's help for a family in Newton Mearns in Glasgow.
Aged 15 she moved to London, where she lived and worked until her retirement in 2010. She now lives in Essex.
Mrs Livingstone was reunited with her mother and brother in 1985 following help from the Salvation Army.
Both have since passed away with Ms Livingstone later told by her daughter that Brother and Sister had been shown in a London gallery where it was on loan from Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums.
With long links to the north east, Eardley lived for many years in the village of Catterline, near Stonehaven, after graduating from Glasgow School of Art.


This doesn't come entirely as a surprise, considering it snapped up smartphone maker Nextbit in January. In early October, Razer SVP Tom Moss also tweeted a photo of him with CEO Tan Min-Liang that cheekily showed what looked to be a phone sticking out of Tan's pocket.
The screen is the obvious standout feature, and Razer says its 120Hz UltraMotion display can deliver the smoothest graphics among today's smartphones.
The UltraMotion adaptive refresh rate technology also synchronizes the GPU's output with the display to reduce screen tearing and lag, based off Qualcomm's Q-Sync technology.
This isn't the first phone or mobile device to have a 120Hz screen though, and some of Sharp's Aquos phones already have the feature, in addition to Apple's latest iPad Pro with its 120Hz ProMotion display.
But for all the attention given to the display, Razer isn't neglecting audio either, and the phone features front-facing stereo speakers powered by dual amplifiers. There's also Dolby Atmos support, which we usually see in sprawling home theatre setups, so it'll be interesting to see how this plays out on a phone.
And then there's the part that can make or break a flagship smartphone today - the camera. Razer is going down the dual-camera route, pairing a wide-angle 12MP camera with a second 12MP telephoto lens.
It also comes with a dual-tone flash for more natural lighting and employs phase-detection autofocus for faster focusing. However, the phone doesn't use optical image stabilisation, and Razer has gone with a software-based electronic image stabilization instead.
In addition, you'll get 64GB of built-in storage, but there's also a microSD card slot that will let you pile on an extra 2TB if you need it.
The Razer Phone ships with stock Android 7.1.1, but an update to Android Oreo is coming in Q1 2018. Nova Launcher Prime and Google Assistant are bundled by default, and the launcher should provide a wide range of customisation options to power users.
The phone will cost US$699 and will be available to buy on 17 November in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Germany, France, Denmark, and Sweden. The price is actually quite a pleasant surprise, bucking the recent trend of flagship phones that cost nearly US$1,000.
We'll update once we have news on local price and availability.
This article was first published on Hardware Zone.


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U.N. Approves Resolution to Combat Cybercrime Despite Opposition From E.U., the U.S. and Others
By CircleID Reporter
December 30, 2019, 12:25 pm PST
The U.N. General Assembly has approved a resolution to start the process of drafting a new international treaty against cybercrime despite objections from the European Union, the United States and other countries. The Russian-drafted resolution received approval from a 193-member world body with a vote of 79-60 and 33 abstentions. The resolution proposes the establishment of "an open-ended ad hoc intergovernmental committee of experts, representative of all regions, to elaborate a comprehensive international convention on countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes." An open letter by APC last month accused the treaty a threat to human rights online.
— "We are not convinced that there is a need for a new international convention on cybercrime. We have grave concerns that the approach for the U.N.'s work in this area proposed in the 'Draft United Nations Convention on Cooperation in Combating Cybercrime' (A/C.3/72/12), circulated by the Russian Federation, could undermine the use of the internet to exercise human rights and facilitate social and economic development." (APC open letter)
— "[T]his resolution will undermine international cooperation to combat cyber-crime at a time when enhanced coordination is essential… It will only serve to stifle global efforts to combat cybercrime." (U.S. deputy ambassador Cherith Norman Chalet / AP)
Russian representatives, in response, have said the new committee will be mandated to take into account the results of work by expert groups on cybercrime and that substantive work on the new convention will begin in 2021.
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Q: Input from EditText only taking in hints instead of text inputted I have a basic patient details activity that takes patient details and saves them to a text file. At the moment it works fine only that the input it is receiving from the edit textfields are the hints from edit text and not the actual info I am trying to input. My code to me seems perfect and I cannot see where I am going wrong:
public class PatientDetails extends AppCompatActivity {

public EditText IDNum, name, DOB, weight, height;
public String   ID, dob, wght, hght, nme;
public Button   b;
public TextView t;
private FileUtility myFile = new FileUtility();

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_patient_details);
    Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
    setSupportActionBar(toolbar);

    IDNum = ((EditText) findViewById(R.id.IDnum));
    DOB = ((EditText) findViewById(R.id.DOB));
    weight = ((EditText) findViewById(R.id.Weight));
    height = ((EditText) findViewById(R.id.Height));
    name = ((EditText) findViewById(R.id.name));
    b = ((Button) findViewById(R.id.submit));

    t = ((TextView) findViewById(R.id.result));

    b.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View view) {
            ID = IDNum.getText().toString();
            dob = DOB.getText().toString();
            wght = weight.getText().toString();
            hght = height.getText().toString();
            nme = name.getText().toString();

            myFile.createFile(getApplicationContext(), "test");
            myFile.writeLine(ID);
            myFile.writeLine(dob);
            myFile.writeLine(wght);
            myFile.writeLine(hght);
            myFile.writeLine(nme);
            t.setText(myFile.readAll());
        }

    });

    }

}

xml Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"
tools:showIn="@layout/activity_patient_details"
tools:context="com.example.user.filetest.PatientDetails">

<EditText
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:inputType="textPersonName"
    android:hint="Name"
    android:ems="10"
    android:id="@+id/name"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
    android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
    android:layout_alignParentEnd="true" />

<EditText
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:inputType="number"
    android:ems="10"
    android:id="@+id/IDnum"
    android:layout_below="@+id/name"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
    android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
    android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
    android:hint="Patient ID number" />

<EditText
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:inputType="number"
    android:ems="10"
    android:id="@+id/Height"
    android:layout_below="@+id/IDnum"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
    android:hint="Height"
    android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
    android:layout_alignParentEnd="true" />

<EditText
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:inputType="number"
    android:ems="10"
    android:id="@+id/Weight"
    android:hint="Weight"
    android:layout_below="@+id/Height"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
    android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
    android:layout_alignParentEnd="true" />

<EditText
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:inputType="date"
    android:ems="10"
    android:id="@+id/DOB"
    android:layout_below="@+id/Weight"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
    android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
    android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
    android:hint="DOB" />

<Button
    android:hint="Submit"
    android:id="@+id/submit"
    android:layout_width="300dp"
    android:layout_height="70dp"
    android:layout_below="@+id/DOB"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:layout_marginTop="70dp" />

<TextView
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
    android:id="@+id/result"
    android:layout_below="@+id/submit"
    android:layout_marginTop="53dp"
    android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/submit"
    android:layout_alignStart="@+id/submit"
    android:layout_alignRight="@+id/submit"
    android:layout_alignEnd="@+id/submit"
    android:textSize="7dp" />

/////file utility/////////
public class FileUtility {

private File root;
private File file;

public FileUtility() {
    root = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
}

public void createFile(Context context, String fileName) {
    try {
        if (root.canWrite()) {
            file = new File(root, "//" + fileName);
            if (!file.exists()) {
                file.createNewFile();
            }
        }
        else
        {
            file = new File(context.getFilesDir(), "//" + fileName); // File(root, "//" + fileName);
            if (!file.exists()) {
                file.createNewFile();
            }
        }
    } catch (IOException e) {
        Log.e("Error", "fail to create a new file");
    }

}

public String readAll() {
    StringBuilder returnString = new StringBuilder();
    try {
        BufferedReader in;
        FileReader datawriter = new FileReader(file);
        in = new BufferedReader(datawriter);
        if (file.exists()) {
            String str = null;
            while((str=in.readLine())!=null)
            {
                returnString.append(str + "\n");
            }
        }
        in.close();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        Log.e("Error", "fail to write file");
    }
    return returnString.toString();
}

public void writeLine(String message) {
    try {
        BufferedWriter out;
        FileWriter datawriter = new FileWriter(file,true);
        out = new BufferedWriter(datawriter);
        if (file.exists()) {
            out.write(message + "\n");
            out.flush();
        }
        out.close();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        Log.e("Error", "fail to write file");
    }
}

}

A: Try search your code one more time. You cannot get hint text from getText() method... unless you have hard pre-filled that hint as a text in EditText element.

A: Try this maybe:

 IDNum = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.IDnum);

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Did you know that Barack Obama, son of a black African father, and white American mother — and 44th president of the United States — originally published Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance on July 18, 1995? A memoir that became a number one bestseller when it was reissued in 2004, this book opens in New York when Obama learns that his estranged father has been killed in a car accident, and it tells the story of the events, experiences, and forces that shaped his life, including his decision to enter law school at Columbia University.
The following articles are selected from Proquest Historical Newspapers, which informs and inspires classroom teaching and learning.
Watkins, P. (1995, Aug 06). A Promise of Redemption. New York Times (1923-Current File)
Scott, J. (2008, May 18). The Story of Obama, Written by Obama. New York Times (1923-Current File)
Browne, V. (2008, Nov 05). Tolerant, Humorous, Intelligent: Obama Is Different. The Irish Times (1921-Current File)
Calmes, J. (2009, Jan 03). On Campus, Obama and Memories. New York Times (1923-Current File)
Freedland, J. (2009, Jan 21). An Improbable Journey to the White House: Barack Obama's Biography Is Testament to the Belief that Anyone Can Make It in America. The Irish Times (1921-Current File)
Zeleny, J. (2009, Mar 20). As Author, Obama Earns Big Money and a New Deal. New York Times (1923-Current File)
Kakutani, M. (2009, Jan 19). From Books, New President Found Voice. New York Times (1923-Current File)
Kakutani, M. (2010, Apr 06). Books of the Times: Seeking Identity, Shaping a Nation's. New York Times (1923-Current File)
Kirsch, A. (2012, May 09). Young Obama's Poetic Politics. New York Times (1923-Current File)
Marlowe, L. (2012, Jul 14). The Past and the President. The Irish Times (1921-Current File)
See Columbia University Libraries' holdings of materials authored by President Barack Obama, including books, speeches, and archived government sites.
See The Office of Barack and Michelle Obama.
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FMA investor profile - Imogen O'Neill
Our ongoing series of monthly profiles of investors around New Zealand. This month, we talk to PR Director and cool-hunter, Imogen O'Neill.
As PR Director at youth culture agency Public Library, it's Imogen O'Neill's job to have her finger on the pulse of what's cool, new and trending right now. So it's no surprise the 36-year-old was an early adopter of online investing platforms.
Her first foray into investing was around five years ago when she started using term deposits. "I then started being served articles about micro investing online," Imogen says, "and as soon as I discovered Sharesies I jumped in."
Imogen actively trades shares on platforms. "Over the last few years I would call myself moderately active; tracking, selling, buying at least every week to ten days."
This doesn't mean she's focused on short-term horizons though. "I would describe myself as a long-term strategist. Every app / platform I use classes me as aggressive but I would call myself conservative. I don't invest large amounts but I do buy regularly."
Imogen's secret to success: 'Research, research, research.'
"I listen to podcasts, read blogs and articles, and business news is great for a scan to see what's happening. Also the industry I am in means I can see trends across multiple segments and need to scan many media outlets as part of my job.
"I generally pick a fund or a company that I am interested in then watch it for a month or so quite heavily; watching progress and reading up on it."
She also favours drip-feeding, regularly adding to her investments from her income, and reinvesting any gains.
"I need to feel comfortable in the amount of outlay I am investing but I don't put too much pressure on myself to know or predict everything. When Covid hit all of my investments including KiwiSaver took a hit – I stayed the course across all platforms and everything has seemed to right itself and then some."
"I have a separate on-call savings account, and as a rule don't pull money out of my investment platforms. I view investing as a risk and don't plan to rely on the funds for immediate use. As long as I have my outgoings budgeted for separately, then I feel confident that my investments may rise and fall but with a long-term view should return me some additional funds in the future."
She says the best investing advice she's received is this: 'Don't invest more than you can afford to lose and look at investing as a long-term play'.
Imogen credits Mum Jillie, Dad Gene and Step-Mum Liz for giving her the most guidance over the years.
"Look for industries that genuinely interest you. For me that's sustainability, and future-focused categories, like tech, robotics, clean energy and responsibility funds for example."
Her tip for choosing what to invest in? "Start off small until you get the hang of it, and look for industries that genuinely interest you. For me that's sustainability, and future-focused categories, like tech, robotics, clean energy and responsibility funds for example."
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 Beat Huwyler (* 1961), Schweizer Theologe
 Daniel Huwyler (* 1963), Schweizer Radrennfahrer
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 Marcel Huwyler (* 1968), Schweizer Journalist und (Krimi-)Autor
 Max Huwyler (1931–2023), Schweizer Autor

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Thomas Kemp Kieffer (Jamaican-born Canadian, 1921-1999) noted wilderness & landscape artist, and printmaker. Kemp Kieffer's intimate views of nature are the product of nearly 50 years of exploring and painting from north of Lake Superior, Algonquin Park and many wilderness regions in central, southern and eastern Ontario, Canada. Kemp was born in Jamaica in 1921, and lived there until about the age of seven before his family moved to England in 1928, where he received his early education. During WWII, from 1940-47, he served in the Royal Air Force and Royal Artillery divisions. After the war, he briefly returned to Jamaica for two years to work. In 1949, he moved to Canada and attended the Ontario College of Art for four years where he studied fine art.
Beginning in 1953, he worked full time in sales and business for the commercial arts in Canada. Activities included many important national juried exhibitions, solo & group shows, as well as seminars, evening art instruction in lithography, serigraphs and portraiture. He raised four children and had to accept selling art rather than painting it, in order to support his family. During those years, most of his free time was devoted to painting and activities related to the fine arts of Canada. His situation at home made it necessary for him to complete his artwork in the field. He would carry all his gear and 48" canvases out into the wilderness and complete the paintings amid all the distractions of nature including the heat, cold, insects and wind. This is what has given his work such depth and spontaneity.
Michipicoten Bay, Lake Superior
His love for the subject is evident in the richness of his palette—the spectrum of hues and values close to nature. His style is distinct and individual, and is not, although representational, merely a duplication of realism, but a visual interpretation of nature. His introduction to the Canadian wilderness matured a desire to capture on canvas its many moods and images with a single-minded enthusiasm and energy.
At first Kemp worked in various mediums but soon discovered a method of using oil in a faster and more expressive way. His process utilized a solid white ground carefully prepared on canvas with an application of oil washes and glazes. He drew into the wet oil paint with a sable brush giving his work a graphic quality. His paintings were always signed with just his middle and last name, 'Kemp Kieffer'.
Kemp exhibited in numerous solo, group and juried exhibitions throughout Canada, as well as in the United States, and won several awards for his work. From 1978-89, he juried for many public galleries and community exhibitions, and also gave several critiques and demonstrations to artist groups. He was a life member of the Ontario Society of Artists and also served as president from 1975-83. In addition, he served as Chairman on the Cansave Art Committee (1960-70), board member on the Visual Arts of Ontario (1976-80), as well as a member of the Arts and Letters Club (1976-80), and as a board member of the Art Gallery of Northumberland (1989-90). After 1980, he worked as a corporate consultant. Kemp died on November 12, 1999 at the age of 77 in Cobourg, Ontario, leaving behind an important legacy of artwork that captured the Canadian wilderness in its purest and most beautiful form.
Smoke Lake, Algonquin Park
"The works encompass attitudes and relationships that might be found in and compared to works by contemporary masters of naturalistic landscape, fine quality illustrations and (in a historical context) by German painters of the Romantic period. This comparison speaks more to the feeling of the work than its actual style or execution. These oil paintings combine many successful elements working with color, form and composition.
The absolute rich density of these works provides the viewer with the quality of complete envelopment by nature and the specific conditions and place of the paintings. Kemp's palette is extremely rich and provides the eye with a spectrum of hues and values stunningly close to nature.
What impresses me the most about these paintings is that Kemp, like Andrew Wyeth, has developed techniques and a style that is individually characterizable and not merely formulistic duplication of "realism." The viewer is struck by the sensual and sensory metaphors that he has created. The fields and flowers are densely "fragrant" to the eye which is enhanced by the rich impasto-like layering effect of the oil medium.
Contrast of value and hue stresses the depth of the visual field in these naturescapes, bringing a special clarity and prominence to the details of these canvases. It is readily apparent that he is engaged with his subject and focused in its stylistic expression, two qualities necessary for successful marketing.
The work reveals a level of professional awareness, as the meshing of subject and style appears seamless and closely considered. He has a strongly developed eye responsive to color, shape and compositional considerations that produces works of aesthetic merit and technical professionalism" –Gallery critique by A.R.T.S. Resource, San Francisco, CA.
Near Grafton, Ontario
"During my first 10 years of art development in various mediums, visiting many galleries and reading numerous art books and publications, I came to the conclusion that art expression is a personal development and should reflect the personality and character of its creator.
My most admired artists are from the French impressionist movement and members of the 'Group of Seven', the latter producing art that to me represented the character and moods of the Canadian Wilderness with more success than most of the images produced by other nationally or internationally known artists.
I have developed over many years of working on location with wilderness around me, an oil technique that gives me complete freedom to use the oil without creating rigid boundaries of design or colour, and not having to wait long periods of time for drying to complete all dimensions of the image. My technique flows naturally while I concentrate on the development of composition, textures and subject.
I work without interruption or break periods with absolute concentration until the work is completed or at a stage when it can be finished in my studio later without changing the spontaneous mood of the work. My work has developed gradually over many years. I am not interested in following market trends. Every painting I do gives me fresh challenges in depicting the various elements of colour, textures and mood."–Kemp Kieffer
1921- December 9, born, to parents Thomas Dann Kieffer and Amy Lucille Saidamore, Portland Parish, Jamaica, West Indies.
1927- January 18, Kemp's younger sister Grace Lucille was born, St. Mary, Jamaica, West Indies.
1928-39- Resided in England and received his primary education there.
1940-47- Kemp served in the Royal Air Force and Royal Artillery.
1947-49- Worked in Jamaica.
1949-52- Moved to Canada, and studied basic and fine art at the Ontario College of Art, Ontario, Canada.
1953-87- Worked full time in sales and business for the commercial arts. During those years, most of his free time was devoted to painting and activities related to the fine arts of Canada. Activities included many important national juried exhibitions, solo & group shows, seminars, evening art instruction in lithography, serigraphs and portraiture.
1960-1970- Was the Chairman on the Cansave Art Committee.
1972- Exhibited, solo show, Ontario Science Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Exhibited, group show, Lillian Morrison Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1973- Exhibited, solo show, The Third Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1974- Exhibited, group show, O.S.A. Gallery, Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada. Exhibited, juried group show, Ontario Society of Artists, O'Keefe Centre (now the Sony Centre), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1975- Exhibited, solo show, Lillian Morrison Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Exhibited, solo show, Arts and Letters Club, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Exhibited, juried group show, Ontario Society of Artists, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1975-1983- Was the president of the Ontario Society of Artists, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1976- Exhibited, solo show, First Canadian Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Exhibited, group show, Manuge Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Exhibited, juried group show, Ontario Society of Artists, First Canadian Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Exhibited, group show, North York Arts Council, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Exhibited, group show, Scarborough Civic Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1976-1980- Was a board member on the Visual Arts of Ontario, and was a member of the Arts and Letters Club.
1977- Exhibited, juried group show, Ontario Society of Artists, Royal Bank Plaza, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Exhibited, two person show, "On the Subject of Earth", with Kemp Kieffer (Pres. O.S.A.) and Ken Mamchure, Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1977-78- Exhibited, solo show, McDowell Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1978- Exhibited, group show, York Fine Art, Aurora, Ontario, Canada. Exhibited, group show, Shayne Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Exhibited, juried group show, Ontario Society of Artists, art Gallery of Cobourg, Ontario, Canada.
1978-89- Kemp juried for public galleries and community exhibitions, and also gave many critiques and demonstrations to artist groups.
1979- Exhibited, solo show, McDowell Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Exhibited, group show, Arts and Letters Club, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Exhibited, group show, Watson Gallery, Naples, Florida. Exhibited, group show, York Fine Art, Aurora, Ontario, Canada. Exhibited, juried group show, Ontario Society of Artists, Centennial Public Gallery, Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
1980- Exhibited, group show, Museum of American Art, Elkhart, Indiana. Exhibited, juried group show, Ontario Society of Artists, Burlington Public Gallery, Ontario, Canada.
From 1980 on- Was a corporate consultant.
1981- Exhibited, juried group show, Ontario Society of Artists, McDowell Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1982- Exhibited, group show, Stratford Public Library, Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
1982-84- Exhibited, solo show, Merton Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1984- Exhibited, group show, Merton Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1985- Exhibited, solo show, Contemporary Fine Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1987-88- Exhibited, solo show, Private Showing, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
1988- Exhibited, solo show, Gallery Frame, Pembroke, Ontario, Canada. Exhibited, solo show, Thom Gallery, King City, Ontario, Canada. Exhibited, solo show, Barber House Gallery, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
1989- Exhibited, group show, Buckingham Fine Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1989-90- Exhibited, solo show, Gallery Scrimshaw, Oakville, Ontario, Canada. Was a board member of the Art Gallery of Northumberland.
1993- Exhibited, solo show, Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Exhibited, solo show, Royal Agricultural Fair, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1994- Exhibited, group show, Humbertson Edwards, West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
1995- Exhibited, solo show, National Exhibition Centre, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
1996- Exhibited, two person show, Kemp Kieffer with Karyn Percival, Art of the Matter Gallery, Aurora, Ontario, Canada.
1999- November 12, died at the age of 77, Cobourg, Ontario, Canada.
Awards: Ontario College of Art, Bursary, 1951; Price Fine Arts, Montreal, 1972; Royal Bank, Purchase Award, Toronto, 1975; Ontario Society of Artists, OSA Award, Toronto, 1982; and LOEB Award of Excellence, for his painting "North Shore, Lake Superior" (Which hangs in Rideau Hall, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), 1992.
Memberships/Affiliations: 1960-70, was the Chairman on the Cansave Art Committee; 1974-1999, Life Member of the Ontario Society of Artists (President from 1975-83), Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 1976-80, was a board member on the Visual Arts of Ontario; 1976-80, was a member of the Arts and Letters Club; 1989-90, was a board member of the Art Gallery of Northumberland; From 1980 on, worked as a corporate consultant.
Selected Corporate Collections: Citibank; Proctor & Gamble; Prudential Insurance; Quaker Oats; Datsun; Dupont; General Foods; Xerox; Marriott Hotel – Toronto; Mazda Canada; Molson Breweries; Merrill Lynch Canada Inc.; Gulf Oil; Sun Oil of Canada; Texaco Canada; Royal Bank of Canada; Swiss Bank Corp.; Tokai Bank Canada; Manufacturers Life; Anco Chemicals; A.G. Investments; Auto Mart Magazine; Baker Lovick Advertising; Bell Canada; Canadian General Electric; Canada Permanent Trust; Canarim Investment Group; Cassels Brock & Blackwell; Co-steel Inc.; Commercial Union Assurance; Canadiana Fund; Canadian Tire Corp.; Cyanamid Canada Inc.; Discount Corp. of New York; Day Wilson Campbell; D.R.G. Packaging; Dominion Foundries & Steel Corp; Getty Mines; Gordon Securities; Harlequin; Hiram Walker; Hudson Bay Mining; Imasco; Lenbrook Industries Ltd.; Marathon Realty; Mcleod Young Weir; Norex; Ontario Registered Nurses Association; Peat Marwick Thorne; Phoenix of Canada; Planned Investments; Rideau Hall; Robt. Simpson Co.; Royal Insurance; Savin Canada Inc.; Standard Brands; Standard Life Insurance; Shoppers Drug Mart; Stapells & Sewell; Toronto Western Hospital; Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation; Wm. Neilson; Yamaichi International Ltd.; York Trillium Development; and York County Hospital.
Publications: Globe and Mail, Toronto, Kay Kristwiser, June 1972; The Village, Toronto, 1977; Arts West, Calgary, 1979; Domtar Fine Papers, Calendar, 1982; Agenda, Montreal, December, 1982; The Art Post, December to February, Toronto, 1985-86; Wildflower, Summer & Winter, 1988, and Summer, 1989; Oakville Beaver, April, 1989, and October, 1990; and Burlington Post, October, 1990.
Video: "Wilderness Heritage", a 6:54 minute documentary on video tape, 1992; "Catching the Moment", an 11 minute 16mm documentary, copied on video tape and sold to schools, TV companies, corporate and private collectors, and featured the artist starting and completing a painting in the wilderness with an oil technique specially developed for completing large canvasses on location.
Radio & TV: Interviews on national and community TV and radio stations.
For additional information on this artist or for other possible images, please visit the AskArt link
(Rewritten in parts & compiled chronologically by Mark Strong of Meibohm Fine Arts, Inc., East Aurora, NY, meibohmfinearts.com, sources: Too long to list here and are furnished upon request.)
Thomas "Kemp" Kieffer (Canadian, 1921-1999), "Cat Tails, Grafton" - 1999, 18 x 12.25, Oil on canvas, Signed lower right, and signed, titled & dated on back, 500.00 (sold)
Thomas "Kemp" Kieffer (Canadian, 1921-1999), "Floating Island, Smoke Lake, Algonquin Park" - 1989, 24 x 32, Oil on canvas, Signed lower right, and signed, titled & dated on back, 1200.00 (sold)
Thomas "Kemp" Kieffer (Canadian, 1921-1999), "Algonquin Park Wilderness, Ontario, Canada", , Portrait photo, , NFS


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Юань Е (, , род. 1 июля 1979 года, в гор. Чанчунь провинции Цзилинь) — китайский шорт-трекист. Бронзовый призёр  Олимпийских игр в Нагано, 3-хкратный чемпион мира.

Спортивная карьера
Юань Е был единственным сыном в семье, его отец управлял рестораном "Чаоян" в Чанчуне. В возрасте 3-х лет, в 1982 году родители отправили его на каток, а в 1994 году он поступил в городскую спортивную школу Чанчуня.

В 1995 году он был отобран в сборную Китая  по шорт-треку; в том же году он занял 3-е место в эстафете на чемпионате Азии. В 1997 году он выиграл в беге на 1000 метров на 8-х Национальных зимних играх. В 1998 году Юань участвовал на Олимпийских играх в Нагано, где выступал только в эстафете и выиграл  бронзу вместе с  Фэн Каем,  Ань Юйлуном,  Ли Цзяцзюнем.  Далее проходил чемпионат мира в Вене, на котором Юань в эстафете вновь оказался бронзовым призёром, как и на прошедшей Олимпиаде, а также занял третье место на дистанции 500 м и общее 8-е в многоборье.

В 1999 году он вместе с Фэн Каем, Ли Цзяцзюнем и  Ань Юйлуном выиграл золото чемпионата мира в Софии в эстафете, а позже одержал победу на командном чемпионате мира в Сент-Луисе. В том же году была одержана победа в эстафете на Азиатских играх в Канвоне.

Начало 2000 года для Юань Е сложилось удачно, была одержана очередная победа в эстафете на чемпионате мира в Шеффилде, но в апреле из-за старой травмы на левом колене была сделана операция, после которой он 2 недели пролежал в больнице и выздоравливал дома до июня, после чего вышел на тренировки. Из-за того, что не долечил до конца своё колено, он не прошел отбор на зимние Олимпийские игры в Солт-Лейк-Сити в 2001 году. Ему пришлось вскоре завершить карьеру.

Карьера тренера
После ухода из спорта Юань занимал пост тренера Чанчуньской команды по шорт-треку. С 2004 года тренировал молодёжную сборную Китая, а с конца 2004 по 2006 год был главным тренером мужской сборной страны и послом по продвижению Ассоциации пеших походов и альпинизма Чанчуня. В настоящее время Юань Е является тренером команды третьего уровня по шорт-треку Центра управления зимними видами спорта Чанчуня.

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  Профиль на сайте ISU
  Результаты с 1998—2000 года на the-sports.org
 Досье на shorttrackonline.info
 Олимпийские результаты на olympedia.org
  Данные на olympics.com
  Энциклопедия на baike.sogou.com

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Бронзовые призёры зимних Олимпийских игр 1998 года
Шорт-трекисты на зимних Олимпийских играх 1998 года
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PBC Fire, Rescue hires CARES Coordinator
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The Palm Beach County Fire Rescue is welcoming a new employee to the department. Lauren Young is the new CARES Coordinator, which stands for comfort, assistance, resources, evaluation, and safety net. It's all part of the newly launched mobile integrated health program which also includes a newly appointed community paramedic. While Young responds to emergency calls like her first responder counterparts, her job focuses on the long term care of patients. "I actually wrote a thesis relating to using social workers in emergency rooms. We've seen that happen over the past twenty years," Young said, noting that emergency services departments are only recently jumping on board. >>Download WPBF 25 News App: Apple IOS | Android"We ran the numbers and over a one year period, there was 100 people who called 911 almost 3,000 times," added Richard Ellis, Division Chief of Medical Services. "That's almost 30 times each." Ellis also noted that most of those calls aren't just medical, but span a wide range of issues including psychological ones. Young's long term interactions with patients can run between 20 minutes to a few weeks depending on the situation. "We had a couple that would be calling nightly relating to service that they weren't getting that really weren't emergeny in nature," said Young, giving an example. "So I was brought into the situation." Young went on to say, "We went from getting a call from this couple every day to now not hearing from for two weeks." Right now the new CARES program operates between 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. but Young says they're hoping to have 24 hour coverage by next year. They are also actively looking for new volunteers who are in the health profession industry. You can email fire-cares@pbcgov.org if you're interested in applying. Applicants are asked to commit at least 10 hours a week.
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. —
The Palm Beach County Fire Rescue is welcoming a new employee to the department.
Lauren Young is the new CARES Coordinator, which stands for comfort, assistance, resources, evaluation, and safety net.
It's all part of the newly launched mobile integrated health program which also includes a newly appointed community paramedic.
While Young responds to emergency calls like her first responder counterparts, her job focuses on the long term care of patients.
"I actually wrote a thesis relating to using social workers in emergency rooms. We've seen that happen over the past twenty years," Young said, noting that emergency services departments are only recently jumping on board.
>>Download WPBF 25 News App: Apple IOS | Android
"We ran the numbers and over a one year period, there was 100 people who called 911 almost 3,000 times," added Richard Ellis, Division Chief of Medical Services. "That's almost 30 times each."
Ellis also noted that most of those calls aren't just medical, but span a wide range of issues including psychological ones. Young's long term interactions with patients can run between 20 minutes to a few weeks depending on the situation.
"We had a couple that would be calling nightly relating to service that they weren't getting that really weren't emergeny in nature," said Young, giving an example. "So I was brought into the situation."
Young went on to say, "We went from getting a call from this couple every day to now not hearing from for two weeks."
Right now the new CARES program operates between 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. but Young says they're hoping to have 24 hour coverage by next year.
They are also actively looking for new volunteers who are in the health profession industry.
You can email fire-cares@pbcgov.org if you're interested in applying.
Applicants are asked to commit at least 10 hours a week.


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Q: Makes sense a N:M relationship with foreign and primary keys? I have a CONSUMER entity and a DEVICE entity. There is a N:M relationship CONECTION betwen CONSUMER and DEVICE.
I have a foreign key CONSUMER_EMAIL from CONSUMER and DEVICE_INDEX_ID from DEVICE. CONECTION has a time atribute.
A token is generated and sent to the user so he can be authentified in order to request data.
Does it make sense to have a that two foreign keys and also have a ( device_index_id, time) that allows to differentiate each device as a unique key ?
Sketch of the table:
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-- User [conects from] device relationship N:M     ----------
CREATE TABLE conection (
    token                               CHAR(64)            NOT NULL,   -- Randomly generated and sent to the user
    consumer_email                      VARCHAR(254)        NOT NULL,
    device_index_id                     UNSIGNED MEDIUMINT  NOT NULL,
    time                                TIMESTAMP           NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
    FOREIGN KEY (consumer_email)
    FOREIGN KEY (device_index_id)
    UNIQUE KEY (device_index_id, time)
    PRIMARY KEY (token)
) ENGINE=InnoDB;

A: A N:M relationship table is simply
CREATE TABLE ConsumerDevice (
    consumer_email ... -- PRIMARY KEY for Consumer
    device_index_id ... -- PRIMARY KEY for Device
    PRIMARY KEY(consumer_email, device_index_id)  -- for going one way
    INDEX(      device_index_id, consumer_email)  -- for going the other direction
) ENGINE=InnoDB;

Yes, you could add
time TIMESTAMP NOT NULL

And even have it defaulting to updating to the current time.
Your token is unnecessary.
You should not have multiple rows for a given Consumer-Device pair.
The 2 FOREIGN KEYs should be obvious, but why bother?
Use INSERT...ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE... to create a new row or get the time updated in a single step.


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