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Slew of Violent Instances Continues Against Dalits, Muslims
Sumedha Pal | 27 May 2019
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A Muslim man was shot at in Begusarai on Sunday, beaten up in another instance in Gurugram.
Image Courtesy: The Hindu
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi was thanking voters in Varanasi for the landslide victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies, a string of violent incidents against the marginalised communities, especially Muslims, were being reported.
On Sunday, a youth, Mohd. Qasim, was shot at in Begusarai district allegedly after he was asked his name. An FIR has been lodged at the local Cheria-Bariarpur police station of the district but the accused has not been arrested yet, said the police. "I was stopped by Rajiv Yadav and he asked me my name…when I told him my name he fired at me and said you should go to Pakistan," alleged Qasim in a video on social media. An FIR was lodged at the local police station.
BJP leader Giriraj Singh won the Lok Sabha poll from the constituency recently, defeating CPI candidate and former JNU student union leader Kanhaiya Kumar by over 4.5 lakh votes.
In another instance on Sunday, a Muslim man was allegedly beaten up by a group of men at Jacubpura in Gurugram in Haryana after he was told to remove his skullcap and chant 'Jai Shri Ram'. No arrests have been made so far.
Mohammad Barkat, a 25-year-old, was returning to his shop around 10 p.m. on Saturday after offering prayers at Jama Masjid in Gurugram when a group of about half a dozen men allegedly accosted him outside a sweet shop and asked him to remove his skull cap.
"One of the men called used an offensive word and told me that skullcaps were not allowed in this area. When I told him that I was returning from a mosque, he slapped me. He also asked me to chant 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' and 'Jai Shri Ram'. When I refused, he threatened to feed me pork," Barkat was quoted as saying in news reports. He said he had come to Gurugram earlier this month to learn tailoring.
Not just Muslims, dalits are also being targeted. On May 24, the Bihar Police had allegedly thrashed dalits and yadavs for voting against BJP. In a video circulating on social media, the villagers can be heard blaming the police for snatching their money and abusing them verbally and physically. They also alleged that the police attacked them because they voted for the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) instead of BJP. The RJD has accused the police of acting on the instructions from BJP Lok Sabha MP from Buxar, Ashwini Kumar Choubey.
In another instance, Jeetrai Hansda, a professor at the Government School and College for Women, Sakchi, in Jharkhand was arrested on Saturday. The FIR lodged at the Sakchi police station in Jamshedpur, stated that Hansda had written a Facebook post asserting that the adivasi community in India has had a long tradition of eating beef and ceremonial cow sacrifice. It is their democratic and cultural right to consume the meat, he said.
A day before the BJP won a landslide victory on May 23, a violent incident was reported in Madhya Pradesh's Seoni where self-proclaimed cow vigilantes allegedly thrashed three Muslims, including a woman, over 'suspicion' that they were carrying beef. These victims also alleged that they were forced to shout 'Jai Shri Ram'. Currently, the police has registered a case and arrested one person, and the search is on for the other accused.
In Gujarat, a mob of 200-300 upper caste people allegedly attacked the house of a dalit couple in Mahuvad village in Padra taluka of Vadodara, after the husband allegedly put up a Facebook post saying that the government does not permit the village temple to be used for dalit wedding ceremonies.
India just witnessed the country's most acrimonious election campaign in recent history which was peppered with references to 'illegal' migrants from Bangladesh as "termites", the nomination to Parliament of a terror accused who termed Gandhi's killer as a 'patriot' , among others.
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If you listen to WAMU 88.5 FM, the leading NPR affiliate in the Washington, DC, area and a department of American University, you might have heard Ally Schweitzer this morning describing an exciting new initiative: WAMU has officially launched its Capital Soundtrack Project. The Project supports the DC community's music scene; it promotes and benefits local, DC metro-based musicians by featuring their music in between broadcasted news segments and shows. The Project changes the sound of the Station to reflect the tastes and influences of the DMV, and also shows appreciation to the rich wealth of local music the DC area offers.
In the weeks leading up to its unveiling, Alexandra Wilson and Yasaman Zahedi, student attorneys at the Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic, had the opportunity to work with WAMU to pave the way for this project. The Clinic helped the Station put together a music licensing agreement so that local musicians can connect with the community, as well as share their songs on the air. WAMU's goal was to have a licensing agreement that does not intimidate local artists, and is easily understood. Long, wordy licensing agreements filled with legalese can be discourage local artists, and can hamper beneficial relationships, so we tried to keep the agreement as simple and clear as possible.
We also wanted to create an agreement that encompasses and covers all of the Station's intended uses for the songs. WAMU does not just broadcast programming over local signals; it also distributes programming to other NPR affiliate stations, like the nationally syndicated "Diane Rehm Show." The Station also podcasts several of its shows, streams its content over the Internet, and provides its content on the NPR One app.
Through this representation, Alex and Yasee learned the importance of understanding the client's interest in order to draft a licensing agreement that best represents their needs. They drafted a simple agreement that is easy to understand, at the same time providing WAMU the rights it needs to showcase the sound of the DMV.
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Those patients who are not over 65, we are still awaiting to receive our stock from the government.


This article gives a brief introduction into modeling business processes by using the Event-Driven Process Chain.
Events: The event describes the incidence of a state. This state activates a function or is the result of a function. Events are passive elements in EPC. Every process begins and ends with one or more events.
Functions: Functions represent tasks or activities within the company. Functions describe transformations from an initial state to a resulting state. They are active elements in EPC. Functions consume resources and time. A verb should be used for the name of a function.
Logical Connectors: By using the three different logical operations (AND, OR, and XOR), branchings can be inserted between events and functions.
Control Flow: The control flow describes the chronological-logical dependency of events and functions and can be split up by using the logical connectors.


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Q: MemoryLeak in Windows Phone 7.5 / Silverlight app I have a Windows Phone 7.5 / Silverlight App.
Each page has 4-5 images, 4-5 storyboard animations and 2 textblocks. It also has 2-3 soundEffects.
User can navigate from page1 to page 15. As soon as I reach page 10 the memory consumption goes beyond 90MB, which is the limit.
I read this: http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/wpdev/archive/2012/02/01/memory-profiling-for-application-performance.aspx but I am not able to determine exactly what is wrong in my app.
I want to push this app as beta asap but it is failing on Peak Memory Consumption Test when I run Marketplace Test Kit.
Any other pointers or resources?
Thanks.
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There  are 18 instances of Grid, which is one per page. Is it ok to have an instace of grid to be in the memory even if I have navigated away from the page?

Updated - Profiler snapshot when memory is above 90Mb: Also as I noted each of my page is in the memory and not sure from where 46 grid instance come from. I have also added GC.Collect when I move to next page. Not sure if that matters.

Updated -Link to code for a control that allow to go to nextpage: http://pastebin.com/ZnBaWfZU

A: I had to re-work my navigation since each page was left behind in the backstack, it was taking up the memory.
Here are few things I did:
1: In the OnNavigateFrom, I had to stop all the animations and set them to null. Same thing for all SoundEffects. Disposed the SoundEffectInstances.
2: In the OnNavigatedTo, I manually calle NavigateService.RemoveBackEntry() to remove the page from backstack and then call GC.Collect().
Hope this helps. Feel free to comment if there's anything wrong using the above solution.

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Common Grams, shave the sides and do it for reals!
Sweet thanks. I got my alchemical base from killing t3 bearers.
Sorry, I just updated the question. Didn't think I'd get an answer so fast!
Feed them gold bars or gold powder?
And what is gold useful for? I have some gold bars from general killing and haven't used them for anything yet.
Can you do it on a locked out NPC?
West Coast has these energy drink things called Highball. Has all of the energy drink stuff, but no artificial sweeteners or sugar and has like 10 Kcals.
Did it just roll over from 999,999?
I went to a Philly cheese stake place that was pretty good. The kid behind the register and asked something to the older guy, who I think was the owner, who turned and look my partner and I up and down then said to the kid, "ambulance, no." Never went there again.
This could also be r/partnersbeingbros if there was a particularly odoriferous patient in the back.
Which armorer does heat resist? I'm going to go 'recruiting '!
Winter. People can't stay on the road in the rain, so I spend most of the day soaked. The upside is most of them end up being non injury.
Is it bad for the plant to do this to it? I heard that is uses up its energy reserves.
Did they pull that thing out of an EMS museum?
Don't tempt the gods!! The fool probably says, "I'm going to sit down and enjoy my lunch" instead of wolfing it down before anyone says anything that will attract the attention of the EMS gods.
Gonna be stupid either way!
Yes. I do this all the time. Sometimes they get stuck in the ground. You just have to ignore that and not release them or put your binds away, and put them in a wheel of pain like normal.
Hey, thanks for this thread, I have learned a bunch!
What named fighter has the best two hands damage?
How do you get animal armor?
Muffins, what have you done?!
Upvoted for doggo with bow tie.


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Home/Uncategorized/Criminal Complaint Hearing With Rian Waters Included Explanation Of Why He Qualified For Ratchet Madness And So Much More
Criminal Complaint Hearing With Rian Waters Included Explanation Of Why He Qualified For Ratchet Madness And So Much More
Aidan KearneySeptember 26, 2019
Rian Waters filed a criminal complaint with me after his civil lawsuit was dismissed, so I spent my morning with him today in Springfield. He was alleging witness intimidation, perjury, and harassment.
I did a post-court recap on our YouTube channel, which you should subscribe to here. Feel free to listen or read the recap of my two hours with Crian Waters today.
The first thing I said when I saw him in the hallway and he attempted to be cordial like we were cool, was "Oh look, it's the woman beating, dog killing piece of s***." This is a documented fact, not an opinion. We have the necropsy report from the vet, we have images of Samantha Cardin's battered face, we have the arrest report and documentation of the charges made against him. People who do this to women and dogs don't get to walk around and pretend to be a respectable person because they figured out how to file a lawsuit. They must always be reminded of what they are.
He and I were the only two people in court and the clerk magistrate had us go outside and exchange evidence. These are some of the documents Rian submitted into evidence.
Yes, that's right – he labeled his memes. This happened in real life. This is what your tax dollars are going towards.
While exchanging evidence he said that he knew he'd probably lose this complaint but he'd just file again and it would go all the way to the Supreme Court. Yes, that's right – the Supreme Court. Luckily Brett Kavanauh is BAE so I should be good when we get there.
Sitting next to Crian Waters outside the courtroom was dreadful because he smelt like a sweaty dumpster. I told him how bad he reeked of BO and asked him when the last time he showered was. He told me it had been several days, which is probably the only true thing he said all day.
Upon going back into the court Crian told the magistrate that he needed five minutes outside to cool off because being told that he smelt badly was apparently traumatic.
Him and I were called to sit in front of this magistrate for almost two hours.
Rian said that he had a high paying job lined up but had to quit before his first day because I caused him to have a disorder by saying that I was going to "murder him with words, but not really murder him" in a podcast with Bret. The podcast was played in court and it was quite vulgar. He also said that he's had lots of job offers since then, but he's had to turn them all down because the trauma I have caused him has left him unable to work.
He said he had two witnesses (Gaffney and Sam Cardin), but he wouldn't be calling them because he wants to protect them, and believes that I will try to hurt them with my blog if they did testify against me. This is a lie since Sam Cardin is a friend of mine at this point, she despises the man who assaulted her and abandoned her child, he previously sued her after harassing her for months, and Gaffney has given up completely. I would never hurt Sam, but Rian has and would gladly do it again.
He said he had proof Samantha framed him and stole $100,000 from him.
He came unprepared, mumbled on about things he was not familiar with, and said "stress makes it hard for me to explain what's going on."
He said that I falsely claimed that Gaffney was his boyfriend.
He was reprimanded by the magistrate when he lectured her about how my actions met "elements of perjury," and she said, "Let me decide the elements sir."
He said the black eye that Samantha had the night he assaulted her, "may or may not have come from me," but claimed that she lied to the police about him killing the dog.
I presented into evidence emails from the veterinarian who did the necropsy on the dog, which clearly stated that in her professional opinion she believed that he killed the dog.
I told the magistrate that Bristol wrote at least one of the blogs about him, because as a victim of domestic violence she took his brutality personally, as did I.
At one point Rian began reading the preamble to the constitution, before the magistrate stopped him.
Rian claims that my First Amendment rights are overruled by his 9th Amendment rights. Rian has no idea what the 9th Amendment actually means.
He said that it was improper for me to criticize him on the blog, but said that I could criticize him if I was quoted in another media outlet, or started a new blog that wasn't Turtleboy. The magistrate asked him if I could criticize him on CNN and he said yes because turtle riders don't read CNN.
He said that the blog is biased, and magistrate asked him, "don't you think there's an element to that in all news."
He was very upset about the memes, especially the ones of him and Gaffney. The magistrate asked if I made the memes and I informed her that they were made by turtle riders, but I put them in blogs.
He told the magistrate, "I made $5K a week playing poker, so I was….never mind," and seemed to forget what he was going to say. This happened several times.
He said he felt extorted when I Facebook messaged him last July, generously offering to take the blog down about him if it would get him to drop this frivolous expensive lawsuit, because I interrupted his poker game, and he was making a "ton of money."
He said he recently was playing the highest limit poker table at Mohegan and said he was playing with the pros there, even though he has no job and can't afford an attorney.
When he said that he had "adjustment disorder" because of the harassing blogs about his behavior, I got to ask three questions: 1) Do you have documentation that show that you have this disorder? 2) Who was the doctor that diagnosed him and where were they located? 3) How did he pay for this since he's unemployed? He said that the documentation was upstairs, asked the magistrate to get it, and was told no because he came unprepared. He said he couldn't remember the name of the doctor, and said that he has Mass Health.
Rian insisted I posted the memes, and the magistrate responded by asking, "How are you aware of the internal policies at Turtleboy?" He had no answer.
The magistrate asked him, "Are you asking me to assume that he made this meme of you in bed with Gaffney?"
He asked me "why was I chosen for ratchet madness?" I explained to the magistrate what a ratchet is and how ratchet madness works. I informed her that Rian won ratchet madness this year because turtle riders overwhelmingly voted for him to be the winner.
Rian wanted to know what specific behavior made him a ratchet, and objected to the fact that his ratchet behavior took place in 2017, whereas all the other contestant's ratchet behavior occurred in 2018. He believes he should not have been eligible for this year's tournament (this conversation took place in a court of law). I informed him that filing the lawsuit was ratchet in and of itself, which is why he qualified.
Rian lectured the magistrate about how the law works saying, "We're getting deep into federal law here, but if you intend to create damages then you accept the consequences, and he didn't file his annual filings and committed perjury."
He said that I get "sexual pleasure destroying people's lives."
When Rian first presented this meme
This is how the conversation went:
Magistrate: What are you drawing my attention to?
Rian: He's posting sexually suggestive stuff about Gaffney to punish him.
Magistrate: You're saying these are photoshopped?
Rian: I wish I was more prepared.
The magistrate did not make a ruling, and says she needs to research this before deciding whether or not criminal charges would be pursued. We will see what comes of that, and I'll be back in Brookline tomorrow because Charlotte McFarland is once again trying to take out a restraining order against me.

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Review: 'Jurassic World Dominion,' starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, DeWanda Wise and Mamoudou Athie
Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt, Isabella Sermon and DeWanda Wise in "Jurassic World Dominion" (Photo courtesy of Universal Pictures)
Culture Representation: Taking place in the United States and briefly in Malta, the sci-fi/action film "Jurassic World Dominion" features a predominantly white cast of characters (with some black people, Latinos and Asians) portraying scientists, business people and animal advocates involved in some way with the interaction of the dinosaur population that was first seen in 1993's "Jurassic Park."
Culture Clash: As dinosaurs and humans co-exist on Earth, swarms of giant locusts are eating crops and killing off Earth's population, while a group of scientists and other people race against time to save the world.
Culture Audience: Besides appealing to the obvious target audience of "Jurassic" franchise fans, "Jurassic World Dominion" will appeal to fans of the stars of the movie, as well as viewers who will tolerate a mediocre and jumbled story to see some familiar faces.
Beta and Blue in "Jurassic World Dominion" (Photo courtesy of Universal Pictures)
Bloated and with a scatterbrained plot, "Jurassic World Dominion" is a disappointing, overstuffed mess with too many awkward jokes and not enough dinosaur action. Bringing back original "Jurassic Park" cast members will just remind viewers how superior the first "Jurassic Park" movie is to this "Jurassic World" sequel. Colin Trevorrow directed and co-wrote 2015's "Jurassic World," a spinoff to the "Jurassic Park" series that began with 1993's "Jurassic Park."
Trevorrow was set to direct 2018's "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom," but he was replaced by J.A. Bayona, although Trevorrow co-wrote the "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" screenplay. Trevorrow returned as a director of the "Jurassic" franchise by helming "Jurassic World Dominion," which he co-wrote with Emily Carmichael. Unfortunately, it seems like the "Jurassic World Dominion" filmmakers couldn't stick to an uncomplicated plot, because the movie (which is too long, at 146 minutes) goes off on some distracting and unwelcome tangents.
"Jurassic World Dominion" picks up four years after the destruction of the Central American island of Isla Nublar, the sanctuary-like domain of dinosaurs. Dinosaurs co-exist with humans all over the world—a prediction come true by Dr. Ian Malcolm (played by Jeff Goldblum), who was shown at the end of "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" testifying before the U.S. Senate that Earth would have dinosaurs and humans being able co-exist peacefully. But there would be no "Jurassic World Dominion" if things ended that simply.
The main cause of all of Earth's problems in "Jurassic World Dominion" (as with most of the other "Jurassic" movies) comes down to one thing: human greed. And there's yet another evil businessman who's at the root of it. One of the more frustrating things about "Jurassic World Dominion" is that it lazily recycles and copies too many other things from previous "Jurassic" movies.
The beginning of "Jurassic Dominion" features a news report explaining that, once again, a black market has emerged for captured dinosaurs. As a result, the U.S. government has awarded the global rights to collect the world's dinosaurs to a biotech company called Biosyn, which is located in the Dolomite Mountains valley. Not only is Biosyn now in charge of collecting all the dinosaurs on Earth but this mysterious company is also in the business of trying to eradicate world hunger by creating crops immune to pests and diseases.
Try not to laugh at the idea that one company has been given control over the world's dinosaurs and possibly the world's food supply chain. (The movie makes no mention whatsoever of what the United Nations would have to say about it, because apparently, the United States makes decisions for the entire world.) But "Jurassic Park Dominion" viewers are supposed to believe this flimsy premise, because it's the basis of all of the conflicts in this movie.
With one company having this much power, corruption is inevitable. And the movie reveals early on who the chief villain is, which should surprise no one: Biosyn CEO Lewis Dodgson (played by Campbell Scott), who has several subordinates, but he's really presented unrealistically as the only villain mastermind. Meanwhile, there's a whole slew of heroes who zigzag around the world and eventually join forces for the predictable "we have save the world" part of the story.
"Jurassic World Dominion" is so disjointed and so caught up in introducing a new subplot every 20 minutes, it ends up being too jumbled for its own good. The beginning of the movie re-introduces former Velociraptor trainer Owen Grady (played by Chris Pratt) and dinosaur rescue advocate Claire Dearing (played Bryce Dallas Howard), who are now officially a couple, after trying to deny that they wanted to be a couple for the previous two "Jurassic World" movies.
Owen and Claire are living in isolation the Sierra Nevada Mountains and raising 15-year-old Maisie Lockwood (played Isabella Sermon), the orphaned daughter of Benjamin Lockwood (played by James Cromwell), the co-founder of Jurassic Park. Benjamin's fate is show in "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom," which is why Owen and Claire are now Maisie's guardians. As shown in "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" (mild spoiler alert) Benjamin's daughter Charlotte died an untimely death, so in his grief, he controversially used Charlotte's DNA to clone another daughter, who is Maisie, whom Benjamin presented to the world as his granddaughter.
This "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" plot reveal is talked about multiple times in "Jurassic World Dominion," because Maisie knows she was cloned from her dead mother Charlotte's DNA. Maisie is now in hiding with Owen and Claire, who both don't want her to be captured by the U.S. government for experiments. This is all information that viewers need to know within the first 15 minutes of watching "Jurassic World Dominion." It's an example of how badly the movie is written for people who might not know anything about "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom."
An early scene in "Jurassic World Dominion" shows that Claire (who is part of the Dinosaur Protection Group) has been fanatically rescuing dinosaurs from illegal breeders. The scene depicts one such recue at an illegal breeding farm in Nevada. Two of Claire's dinosaur rescue colleagues—systems analyst Franklin Webb (played by Justice Smith) and paleo-veterinarian Dr. Zia Rodriguez (played by Daniella Pineda)—are with her on this successful mission, but they start to question Claire's recklessness in putting them in increasing danger. Franklin's and Zia's appearances in the movie are really just filler.
Owen and Claire refuse to let Maisie interact with any other people except Owen and Claire. And now, teenage Maisie is starting to resent this control and is beginning to rebel. Expect to see several scenes of Maisie shouting, pouting and being resentful to Owen and Claire. But before Owen and Claire have much time to deal with Maisie wanting more freedom, this family has another more pressing problem: a dinosaur kidnapping.
One of the stars of the previous two "Jurassic World" movies was a female Velociraptor named Blue, who was rescued and adopted by Owen and Claire. Blue (one of the last-known Velociraptors on Earth) conceived a child on her own and gave birth to this child, which is named Beta. And now, Beta has been stolen by poachers, led by a shaggy-haired lowlife named Rainn Delacourt (played by Scott Haze), who works for the most obvious person possible. And then, Maisie gets kidnapped too. A sassy former U.S. Air Force pilot named Kayla Watts (played by DeWanda Wise) has been hired to transport Maisie by private plane during this kidnapping.
But wait, there's more: Swarms of giant locusts have been causing terror on Earth, by killing people and eating essential food crops. And these giant locusts, which are rapidly spreading across the world, are only eating food crops that were not engineered by Biosyn. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that it's not a coincidence. But apparently, only a few people on Earth have figured out that it's not a coincidence. And in this idiotic movie, that small group of people will to have to be the ones to save the world.
Meanwhile, original "Jurassic Park" characters Dr. Alan Grant (played by Sam Neill) and Dr. Ellie Sattler (played by Laura Dern) are shoehorned into a clumsy plot where they reunite with Ian, who now works for Biosyn. Before that happens, paleobotanist Ellie meets up with paleontologist Alan, who is now living in Utah and making money offering paleontological digs for tourists. It's a reunion scene that should be entertaining to watch, but it just looks so forced and uncomfortably written.
Alan has had a crush on Ellie for years—so much so, that he has a photo of her on his wall. He quickly hides the photo when Ellie suddenly shows up to visit him. Ellie is now divorced with college-age children. Alan is a bachelor who's happy to hear Ellie is now single and available. And you know what that means later in the movie.
Ian has invited Ellie and Alan to Biosyn, where he is now the company's in-house philosopher. It's just an excuse for the movie to have Ian act like a New Age eccentric. Later in the movie, Ian makes this creepy statement: "I had a dog once. It humped my leg so much, I got a callous on my shin bone." That's an example of the awful dialogue in "Jurassic World Dominion."
Biosyn's head of communications Ramsay Cole (played by Mamoudou Athie) is open about his hero worship of Ian. Ramsay also professes his loyalty to Rasmay's Biosyn CEO boss Lewis. Ramsay becomes the official Biosyn tour guide for visitors Ellie and Alan, who are both suspicious of Lewis. "Jurassic" movie franchise recurring character Dr. Henry Wu (played by BD Wong), who works for Biosyn as a genetic engineer, is in the movie for less than 15 minutes, where he spends most of his screen time looking stressed-out and worried.
With the reunion of old characters and the introduction of new characters, "Jurassic World Dominion" keeps throwing different subplots into the mix to separate the characters and then eventually bring them back together. There's an unnecessary detour to Malta, featuring a cameo from Barry Sembène (played by Omar Sy), who was a dinosaur trainer in 2015's "Jurassic World" movie. Barry's only purpose in "Jurassic World Dominion" is to tell people that Malta is a gateway for people involved in illegal dinosaur trafficking, and so he can show Claire and Owen what an underground dinosaur fight club looks like.
And what about the dinosaurs in this story? They're not in the movie as much as some viewers might expect. The dinosaur action scenes are not very terrifying at all. You never feel like the "heroes" are in any real danger. And when you see the lack of serious injuries at the end of the film, considering all the physical attacks that the characters experienced, it all just adds to the movie's phoniness.
None of the acting in "Jurassic World Dominion" is special, because the cast members are just going through the motions reciting the often-silly dialogue that they have to say. (Expect to see plenty of cringeworthy comments from Goldblum's Dr. Malcolm character. ) "Jurassic World Dominion" is ultimately a "Jurassic" movie where the dinosaurs have lost a lot of edge, and the human drama is entirely toothless.
Universal Pictures will release "Jurassic World: Dominion" in U.S. cinemas on June 10, 2022. The movie was released in other countries first, beginning June 1 in Mexico and South Korea, and June 2 in Argentina, Brazil and Peru.
Review: 'Ron's Gone Wrong,' starring the voices of Jack Dylan Grazer, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, Olivia Colman, Ron Delaney, Justice Smith and Kylie Cantrall
Ron (voiced by Zack Galifianakis) and Barney (voiced by Jack Dylan Grazer) in "Ron's Gone Wrong" (Image courtesy of 20th Century Studios)
"Ron's Gone Wrong"
Directed by Sarah Smith and Jean-Philippe Vine
Culture Representation: Taking place in an unnamed U.S. city, the ainmated film '"Ron's Gone Wrong" features a predominantly white cast of characters cast (with some African Americans and Asians) representing the working-class, middle-class and wealthy.
Culture Clash: A lonely adolescent boy gets a companion robot as a gift, and he finds out that the robot has flaws that can get him into trouble.
Culture Audience: "Ron's Gone Wrong" is a family-friendly film that will appeal primarily to people who like stories about how contemporary and futuristic technology could affect humanity.
Ava (voiced by Ava Morse), Noah (voiced by Cullen McCarthy), Jayden (voiced by Thomas Burbusca), Rich (voiced by Ricardo Hurtado), Alex (voiced by Marcus Scribner) and Savannah (voiced by Kylie Cantrall) in "Ron's Gone Wrong" (Image courtesy of 20th Century Studios)
Can an imperfect computer-operated robot be the perfect best friend for a lonely boy? That's the question behind the animated comedy adventure film "Ron's Gone Wrong," which has some quirks and flaws (just like the robot in question) but is ultimately charming in how it presents issues about how much technology can or should replace a human being. "Ron's Gone Wrong" gets a little off-track in the last third of the film by trying to cram in too many twists and turns to the story, but it eventually gets back on track to have a satisfying conclusion.
Directed by Sarah Smith and Jean-Philippe Vine (with co-direction by Octavio E. Rodriguez), "Ron's Gone Wrong" treads on familiar territory in children's oriented films where the protagonaist is a lonesome child who finds and befriends a "special companion." The "special companion" is unusual enough that, at some point, the child has to keep the companion a secret from adults who might want to take the companion away from the child. The "special companion" could be a talking animal ("Ratatouille"), a space alien ("Lilo & Stitch") or a computer-operated robot ("Ron's Gone Wrong").
"Ron's Gone Wrong" might gets some comparisons to the Oscar-winning 2014 animated film "Big Hero 6." However, that there aren't many things that these two movies have in common except that they're both animated films about an adolescent boy who has a computer-operated robot as a best friend. In "Big Hero 6," the boy and the robot are crime-fighting superheroes. In "Ron's Gone Wrong" the protagonist and his companion robot are supposed to be awkward misfits who have more misadventures than adventures.
The central human character in "Ron's Gone Wrong" is an adolescent boy named Barney Pudowski (voiced by Jack Dylan Grazer), who is a seventh grader at Nonsuch Middle School, which is an unnamed U.S. city. Barney doesn't have any close friends or siblings. And he's the only student who doesn't have the world's hottest technology device: a Bubble Bot, also known as a B-Bot.
A B-Bot is a talking robot that is shaped like a giant pill capsule and is about the size of a toddler child. Every single B-Bot has a computer algorithm that can detect from a person's handprints what that person's preferences and memories are, in order to make the B-Bot the perfect, custom-made friend to the person who owns the B-Bot. The B-Bots come in a box that has this label: "Best Friend Out of the Box."
B-Bots have become such a common technology device, kids at school have a special location where the B-Bots are stored while the school's classes are in session. The B-Bots are allowed to interact with the kids at school outside of the classroom, such as in hallways, in cafeterias, or during recess periods. Just like smartphones, B-Bots have become significant in the lifestyles of people who can afford to have this technology. Anyone who doesn't have a B-Bot at Nonsuch Middle School is considered a social outsider and "behind the times."
B-Bots were invented by a computer tech genius named Marc Widdell (voiced by Justice Smith), who is the CEO of the Bubble company that makes B-Bots. The beginning of "Ron's Gone Wrong" shows Marc introducing B-Bots at a big event that's similar to Apple Inc.'s product-reveal events. Marc's goal to have the world populated with B-Bots is not motivated by greed but rather by an altruistic intention to rid the world of loneliness. B-Bots are programmed to not hurt people and other beings.
Marc has a second-in-command executive named Andrew (voiced by Rob Delaney), who's in charge of the company's sales and marketing. Andrew is selfish, dishonest and ruthlessly ambitious. He doesn't really care if B-Bots are helping people or not. He just wants to sell as many B-Bots as possible, because he eventually wants to take over the company and replace Marc as CEO.
Meanwhile, at school. Barney is teased and bullied by other students because most of his toys are rocks. A compassionate teacher named Miss Thomas (voiced by Megan Maczko) hugs him in the schoolyard (much to Barney's embarrassment) and tells some of the students to talk to Barney. It just makes things worse, because the students just taunt him some more about not having a B-Bot. They call Barney names like "rock boy." Barney also feels different from most other students because he has asthma.
The chief bully is a brat named Rich (voiced by Ricardo Hurtado), who is merciless in trying to insult and humiliate Barney. Rich has two sidekicks named Alex (voiced by Marcus Scribner) and Jayden (voiced by Thomas Barbusca), who go along with whatever Rich does. Other students who end up interacting with Barney are Savannah (voiced by Kylie Cantrall), a self-centered gossip who's obsessed with being a social media star; Noah (voiced by Cullen McCarthy), a nice guy who is kind to Barney; and Ava (voiced by Ava Morse), a brainy and empathetic acquaintance who is Barney's secret crush.
Barney lives with his widower father Graham Pudowski (voiced by Ed Helms) and Graham's Russian immigrant mother Donka Pudowski (voiced by Olivia Colman), who is a widow. Barney's mother/Graham's wife died when Barney was 2 years old. Graham owns a novelty toy and trinket company called Pudowski Novelty Exports, which is an online wholesaler. Graham works from home and does all the sales himself, which means that he works very long hours. He's often seen on the phone trying to close deals with potential and existing clients.
Donka is old-fashioned and scatter-brained, but she adores her family. She likes to think that she's still living on a farm in Russia instead of a city in the United States. How old-fashioned is Donda? She will bring live animals, like a chicken or a goat, with her wherever she goes.
It's somewhat of a corny and outdated depiction of immigrants who come to America, by stereotyping immigrants as people stuck in the backwards ways of the "old country" that's not as technologically advanced as the United States. And in other stereotype of immigrants who don't have English as their first language, Donda speaks in broken English.
Barney likes to play with toy trains, but even that's considered out-of-touch by his peers. He longs to have his own B-Bot. However, Barney's loving but strict father doesn't want Barney to have a B-Bot because he's concerned that Barney will be like other kids who spend too much time being addicted to technology and devices, instead of having in-person human interactions and doing things like playing outdoors. Ironically, Graham has become such a workaholic who's glued to his phone and his computer, he's been neglecting Barney.
As for Barney's grandmother Donda, she doesn't trust new technology overall. Donda doesn't mince words when she tells Barney what she thinks about B-Bots: "B-Bot is just a fad. And it costs a fortune!"
Early on in the movie, Barney turns 13 years old. His father and grandmother have a birthday party for Barney. The people who were invited to the party were some Barney's fellow students, but none of the invited people goes to the party. Barney is also disappointed when he opens the birthday gift that he got from his father: It's another rock toy.
Graham, who can see how miserable Barney is, feels guilty about not getting Barney the gift that Barney wanted. And so, Graham and Donda go to the nearest store that sells B-Bots to get a B-Bot as a belated birthday gift for Barney. But there's a big problem: All B-Bots are sold-out and won't be available for the next three months.
Just by coincidence, as Graham and Donda are leaving the store, they see some delivery truck workers in the back of the store. Graham overhears one of the workers talking about a defective B-Bot that Graham can see in the back of a truck. And the next thing you know, Barney gets a belated birthday girft. He opens up the box, and it's the defective B-Bot, but Barney doesn't know yet that the B-Bot is faulty. Graham has presented it as a new B-Bot.
It doesn't take long for Barney to find out that the B-Bot has a lot of glitches. In one of many mistakes, the B-Bot (voiced by Zach Galifianakis) misidentifies Barney's name and has programmed itself to think that Barney's name is Absalom. One day, when Barney comes home, he finds out that the B-Bot has made his room a mess and even set a few things on fire. It's the opposite of the helpful housecleaning duties that a B-Bot is supposed to be capable of doing.
Barney takes an instant dislike to this B-Bot and doesn't want anything to do with it. However, the B-Bot is programmed to try to be the best friend possible to its owner. The B-Bot tags along with an annoyed Barney, who hasn't bothered to give the B-Bot a name.
One day, school bully Rich corners Barney for some more insults and degradation at an outdoor skate park, where Rich has been showing off his skateboarding skills during a livestream for his social media. Alex and Jayden are there too. Rich thinks that harassing Barney during the livestream is hilarious.
Rich also makes fun of Barney for having a defective B-Bot. Rich hits the B-Bot, but he's in for a shock when the B-Bot hits back. A brawl then ensues between Rich and the B-Bot. Rich's cronies run away in fear, while Rich shouts, "Cut the livestream!"
But the damage has been done. People who saw the livestream now know that a B-Bot is capable of attacking humans. Barney later finds out that his B-Bot doesn't have "safety settings" to prevent it from hurting people. And that's why, to avoid a potential PR disaster and lawsuits, the Bubble company orders that the B-Bot be found, confiscated and destroyed. The police also get involved in the search.
However, Barney is impressed with how this B-Bot defended him like a friend. Barney now doesn't want to give up his B-Bot. He tells the B-Bot, "I can fix you and teach you to be my friend." It's at this point that the B-Bot says his name is Ronbitscasco, but Barney calls the robot Ron, for short.
There's a great deal of the movie that's about Barney trying to hide Ron from people who want to take Ron away from Barney. Varous hijinks happen—some more predictable than others. Meanwhile, Ron causes a lot of mishaps along the way, which makes Barney get into even more trouble. Barney than does the most obvious thing that a kid would do who wants to hide.
"Ron's Gone Wrong" might get some criticism for how the problems in this story are resolved. However, it's easy to perhaps misinterpet "Ron's Gone Wrong" as a movie that advocates for replacing human interaction and human emotions with the idea that a computer-operated robot can take care of all of a person's needs. Instead, the message of the movie, which can be a bit muddled, is that there are certain technologies that aren't going away anytime soon. We can either be in misguided denial and think that people will stop using this technology, or we choose to figure out ways how that technology can beneift people in a positive way.
The movie makes a point that technology, just like anything else, can be abused and used for the wrong reasons. Andrew is the obvious villain who is the epitome of this misuse. Barney knows that Ron should not be his only friend, but Ron teaches Barney to have the self-confidence to make human friends. And the movie doesn't put all the blame on technology-obsessed kids, because there's a part of the story that deals with how adults can unintentionally be neglectful of their children for reasons that have nothing to do with technology.
"Ron's Gone Wrong" is a children's oriented movie that slips some borderline adult jokes into the story, so that adult viewers can get some laughs. In one scene, Donda says that she once "mended my own hernia with a bread knife and vodka." In other scene, there's a recurring poop joke that becomes a plot device for something that happens to one of the students at Barney's school. The joke might be offensive to some viewers, so consider yourself warned.
At times, "Ron's Gone Wrong" goes a little bit too over-the-top with what these B-Bots can do. Without giving away any spoiler information, it's enough to say that parts of this movie look inspired by the "Transformers" cartoon series. Fortunately, the movie doesn't go off too much on this tangent. "Ron's Gone Wrong" has some eye-catching visuals, and the cast members perform their roles well. It's not in the upper echelon of top-quality animated films, but "Ron's Gone Wrong" serves its purpose of being escapist entertainment that people of many generations can enjoy.
20th Century Studios released "Ron's Gone Wrong" in U.S. cinemas on October 22, 2021.
Review: 'All the Bright Places,' starring Elle Fanning and Justice Smith
Elle Fanning and Justice Smith in "All the Bright Places" (Photo by Michele K. Short/Netflix)
Directed by Brett Haley
Culture Representation: Taking place in an unnamed Indiana city, the dramatic film "All the Bright Places" features a predominantly white cast of characters (with some African Americans and Asians) representing the middle-class.
Culture Clash: Two troubled teenagers—one who's grieving over the accidental death of her older sister, and the other who's dealing with mental health issues—try to avoid their emotional problems by finding comfort with each other.
Culture Audience: "All the Bright Places" will appeal primarily to people who are interested in watching teen dramas that tackle heavy issues.
Elle Fanning and Justice Smith in "All the Bright Places" (Photo by Walter Thomson/Netflix)
If you're not in the mood to watch a movie about people suffering from anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts, then you might want to skip "All the Bright Places." The movie might seem like it's about a cutesy teen romance, but it's not. It's about very real and very dark issues of mental health and coping with grief. There are moments of levity, but the film's main characters always have an underlying internal threat to being truly happy.
Directed by Brett Haley, "All the Bright Places" is based on Jennifer Niven's 2015 "All the Bright Places" novel, which was inspired by real events that she experienced as a teenager. Niven and Liz Hannah co-wrote the "All the Bright Places" screenplay, which makes some changes from the novel but is compassionately enlivened by memorable performances by Elle Fanning and Justice Smith. Although "All the Bright Places" won't be an easy film to watch for people who are triggered by the same issues that the movie's teen characters are coping with, the movie's intention is to help bring awareness to these issues so that people can get and give help in real life.
One of the biggest changes from the book is the movie's opening scene. In the book, teenagers Violet Markey and Theodore Finch meet when they both end up on the ledge of their high school's bell tower, as they both contemplate suicide. In the movie, Violet (played by Fanning) and Theodore (played Smith), who prefers to be called Finch, meet when Finch sees Violet standing on the wall of a bridge, as if she's thinking about jumping at any moment.
Violet and Finch are both in their last year of the same high school in an unnamed city in Indiana. They know about each other, since they're in the same graduating class and have classes together, but this is the first time they've actually met. Finch jumps on the bridge wall to join Violet and reaches out his hand to help bring her off of the wall. Violet seems a little embarrassed and downplays her apparent contemplation of suicide. Finch seems to understand, and they make some small talk before going their separate ways.
On the surface, Violet and Finch couldn't be more different. Violet is a classic "good girl" who does well in school, is obedient and well-liked by her peers. Finch is a classic "bad boy" who's disruptive at school, is rebellious and a social outcast. Slowly but surely, it's revealed how Violet and Finch have more in common that it first appears. It's why they eventually become close and fall in love.
Violet is overwhelmed with grief over the death of her beloved older sister Eleanor, who was killed in a car accident where Eleanor was hit by a drunk driver. Violet was in the car with Eleanor and feels survivor's guilt. And the reason why Violet was thinking about jumping off of the bridge that day was because that day would have been Eleanor's 19th birthday, and that bridge was the site of the car accident.
Violet's depression has caused her to become withdrawn to the point where she's lost interest in a lot of social activities that she used to do, and she spends most of her free time by herself. Violet's parents Sheryl (played by Kelli O'Hara) and James (played by Luke Wilson) gently suggest to Violet that she get back into more social activities, but she ignores their suggestions. Her parents are going through their own grieving process, so they don't pressue Violet into doing anything that she doesn't want to do.
In an early scene in the movie, Violet's close friend Amanda (played by Virginia Gardner) asks Violet if she wants to hang out with her, but Violet says no. There's an arrogant pretty boy at school named Roamer (played by Felix Mallard), who has a romantic interest in Violet, but she brushes off his attempts to impress her. When she finally decides to go to a party, she mopes and feels very insulted when Roamer tries to tell her, without saying the words, that she needs to get over Eleanor's death and go back to the way she used to be.
There are hints that because Violet isn't as sociable as she used to be, her popularity in school has declined. For example, she eats lunch in the school cafeteria by herself. When she walks into a classroom and accidentally drops her books, most of the other students laugh. Violet's body language and facial expression show that she feels humilated and doesn't want to call attention to herself. As a show of solidarity, Finch overturns his desk as a distraction so that people can laugh at him. It's later revealed in the movie that many of the school's students call Finch a "freak" behind his back.
Why does he have this reputation? It's because in the previous year, Finch had a violent outburst where he physically attacked a teacher. Due to this incident and a few other unnamed disruptions that Finch has caused, Finch is now on probation and is in danger of not graduating. When he meets with a concerned teacher named Embry (played by Keegan-Michael Key), Finch is sarcastic and dismissive when Embry tries to talk to Finch about Finch's problems.
Although Finch is treated like a pariah by most of the school's students, two fellow students are his close friends and have stuck by him through good times and bad times. Charlie (played by Lamar Johnson) has been Finch's friend longer than anyone else. Charlie, who is easygoing and very loyal, knows that Finch can be unpredictable and can have extreme mood swings. Finch's other close friend at school is Brenda (played by Sofia Hasmik), who's smart with an acerbic wit. Finch, Charlie and Brenda have lunch together at school and spend some time together outside of school.
Finch's home life is very fractured. His backstory is revealed in bits and pieces. Finch's father, who left the family when Finch was very young, was mentally and physically abusive. Finch's mother, who isn't seen in the movie until toward the end, has a job that requires her to travel a lot. Finch is essentially being raised by his understanding older sister Kate (played by Alexandra Shipp), who works as a bartender.
Based on conversations that Finch has with people, he has an undiagnosed mental illness that sounds like bipolar disorder. It's hinted that Finch's father, who's never seen in the movie, might have had the same mental illness, because Finch expresses a fear that he will turn out like his father. Finch's teacher Embry encourages Finch to join a support group for people coping with various mental and emotional issues. The movie shows if Finch ends up taking this advice.
The walls and ceiling of Finch's bedroom are covered with color-coordinated Post-It notes of random sayings and thoughts that he writes to himself. Some of the words on the Post-It notes are "Breathe Deeply" and "Because She Smiled at Me." During the course of the movie, Finch mentions that he often has trouble keeping up with his racing thoughts. He also has a habit of randomly cutting off contact from people and sometimes disappearing for unpredictable periods of time.
Meanwhile, Finch seems infatuated with Violet, ever since their first conversation. He tries to talk to her at school, but she's withdrawn and aloof, as she has been with almost everyone around her. On social media, he tags her with a video of himself playing acoustic guitar and singing a song that he wrote about her. She's creeped out and asks him to remove the video immediately, and he grants her request.
But one day, Violet and Finch's sociology teacher Hudson (played by Chris Grace) gives the class an assignment called the Wandering Project. The assignment, which must be done in duos, requires the students to write about two or more wonders in Indiana that they have seen in person while traveling. Finch immediately knows that he wants Violet to be his partner, but she declines his request because she doesn't feel ready to do this type of social assignment.
Violet's mother doesn't think it's a good idea to back out of the assignment, but she's willing to write a note so that Violet can avoid doing the Wandering Project. However, Hudson the teacher won't allow Violet to back out. And so, Violet reluctantly agrees to be Finch's partner on the assignment. She has one major condition if they travel together: "No cars. I'm not getting into a car." (She'll eventually change her mind about that too.)
There's many scenes in All the Bright Places" that have all the characteristics of a sappy teen romance. Violet and Finch read Virginia Woolf quotes and other literary quotes to each other over the phone. Finch gives Violet a quote from "The Waves" that reads, "I feel a thousand capacities in you, even if you don't think so." Finch adds, "You've got at least a thousand capacities in you, even if you don't think so."
Violet and Finch see an outdoor art wall with chalk writings that say "Before I Die, I Want to…." and people can fill in the blanks. Finch completes the sentence by writing, "Stay Awake," Violet answers, "Be Brave." As they get closer, they eventually open up to each other about their hopes, fears and traumas that haunt them. They find a secluded wooded area near a lake that becomes a special place for them.
"All the Bright Places" sows the tender blossoming of Violet and Finch's romance. However, there are parts of the movie that might irritate some people who will think that Finch is yet another "angry young black man" stereotype that's seen in many other movies about troubled young people. Finch could have been played by an actor of any race. This movie obviously wants to be "color blind."
However, it's an artistic choice that brings some flaws when race is never even mentioned at all in the movie. And that's very unrealistic for interracial couples, especially a couple still in high school and not old enough to have their own homes. Amanda warns Violet to stay away from Finch because he has a reputation for being "dangerous." But Violet ignores this warning
Violet's protective and loving parents seem very unaware of Finch's troubled past. The parents' ignorance or unwillingness to find out more about the teenage guy who's been spending time with their daughter could be explained by speculating that Sheryl and James are so relieved tha Violet has found a new friend who's bringing Violet out of her grief-stricken shell, they don't want to find out anything bad about Finch.
And, for a while, things do go well for Violet and Finch, as they become each other's close confidants. But the cracks in the relationship begin when Finch pulls a disappearing act. Violet is not prepared for dealing with Finch's unpredictability, and she takes it very personally when he doesn't respond to her messages for days. Violet has an insightful conversation with Charlie about how Finch has always been this erratic, but somehow Violet thinks that her love and friendship will be strong enough to help Finch improve.
What this movie shows, in very layered ways, is that signs of mental illness can be right in front of a loved one to see, but people often ignore these signs, or they think that with enough love, they can "fix" the person with the mental illness. It's a common trap for people who end up being co-dependent in unhealthy ways. What Violet doesn't understand is that she's also vulnerable and hasn't healed from her own emotional trauma (her grief has obviously made her depressed), so she's not fully equipped to deal with Finch's mental illness. It's no one's fault. That's just the way it is.
Fanning (who is one of the producers of "All the Bright Places") is extremely talented at conveying emotions that look so authentic that they don't look like acting. Smith is also convincing in his role, but the movie has a tendency to give more weight to Violet's perspective than Finch's perspective. The technical aspects of "All the Bright Places" work best in Rob Givens' cinematography, which gorgeously captures the landscapes of a Midwestern autumn. (The movie takes place in Indiana but was actually filmed in Ohio.)
But this movie wouldn't work as well without Fanning's and Smith's admirable performances. Is there some typical teen melodrama in the movie? Absolutely. But in other ways, "All the Bright Places" is not a typical teen movie. It will make people feel a range of emotions that might cause discomfort but also a renewed appreciation for the fragility of life.
Netflix premiered "All the Bright Places" on February 28, 2020.


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Q: Display MatCalendar using an anchor click how do I open a Material Calendar component using an anchor element?
I almost did, but the calendar always opens in top left corner of the page:

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Sudan Signs Peace Deal Ending North-South Conflict
By Jacki Lyden
Published January 9, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST
Sudanese leaders sign an historic power-sharing agreement that is expected to end decades of civil war between the northern government and southern rebels.
The deal ratified by Sudan's vice president and a rebel leader comes after more than eight years of negotiations. Some 2 million people are estimated to have died in the struggle. The continuing conflict in and around Darfur, where tens of thousands have died in the country's west, is not affected by the accord.
Hear NPR's Jacki Lyden and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Danforth, who attended the signing ceremony in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Longtime listeners recognize Jacki Lyden's voice from her frequent work as a substitute host on NPR. As a journalist who has been with NPR since 1979, Lyden regards herself first and foremost as a storyteller and looks for the distinctive human voice in a huge range of national and international stories.
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I actually received this limited edition holiday box with my November Topbox. I placed the order for it as soon as I saw it posted in the beginning of November, and they sent everything all together.
Topbox will release limited edition boxes every so often, and these are the ones that they have put together for the holidays.
As you can tell by the title, I decided to try out The Kit's Limited Edition Holiday Guide box.
It was sent in their signature cardboard tube, along with a product information card.
These all came wrapped in a tissue paper, seems like a lot!
Seems like amazing deals for those prices! Please oh please do a review on any of those skincare products!


Half a world away, the people of Qana in southern Lebanon are burying their dead: more than 50 civilians, most of them children. Israeli ground troops continue to push north to fight Hezbollah inside the border, and helicopters continue to search and destroy enemy targets.
Half a world away, the people of Haifa, Israel, near the Lebanon border, hide out in shelters listening to Hezbollah rockets explode in the streets.
Here in the Lakes Region, Tala Zilberman, a 22-year-old Israeli camp counselor at Center Day Camp in Windham, watches the news flashes every night, checks online for news reports in Hebrew and talks with family and friends in Israel.
Zilberman can't help but think of the campers she cares for at Center Day Camp when she hears of the humanitarian crisis going on back home: innocent families killed by Israeli air strikes, Hezbollah rockets and guerrilla warfare on the ground between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters.
This current escalation of violence along the Israel/Lebanon border comes as a shock to Zilberman, but not a total surprise.
While teaching the campers about Israeli culture at the camp, she often gets the question and tries to explain to the children, in the simplest terms, how certain Muslim nations in the Middle East don't want Israel as their neighbor.
Zilberman remembers when Israeli soldiers were abducted by Hezbollah and killed six years ago while patrolling the border just as two soldiers were kidnapped on July 12, sparking the current conflict in Lebanon.
Israel released Hezbollah prisoners to Lebanon in exchange for the soldiers' dead bodies to give them a proper Jewish burial.
"It was an intense and stressful time and we thought what's happening now would have happened then," Zilberman said.
Zilberman is no stranger to living with the constant threat of violence at her home in the town of Nir Oz near the Gaza Strip on the eastern border with Israel.
Now the northern border is the focus of the attack as Hezbollah launches missiles in towns like Haifa where her brother-in-law's family lives. They are now waiting out the violence in a shelter, afraid to walk the streets.
Her friends in Tel Aviv don't talk much about the possibility that Hezbollah might soon attack the city, but she knows, while not explicitly expressed, that fear is always present in their minds.
Jenna is a young woman from Scarborough and a former Center Day Camp counselor living in Tel Aviv. She has asked that her last name remain anonymous.
Jenna said the escalation of violence didn't start until Hezbollah began attacking Haifa. That's when she started to see dozens of Israel helicopters flying north to the Lebanon border.
Many locals in Tel Aviv told her that they believe the city is "the safest place to be" and that Hezbollah doesn't have the missile capabilities to hit the metropolis, contrary to media speculation. Still, Jenna is worried, but is learning how to live in wartime.
The United Nations Security Council has yet to negotiate a cease-fire agreement with Israel, but intends to authorize the deployment of international peacekeeping forces on the ground.
David Tanguay, former Navy commander and leader of the local American Legion Post in Windham, is familiar with the political mess in Lebanon.
In 1984, he escorted the U.S. Marines out of Lebanon during the 15-year civil war there.
At the time, several political factions, influenced by surrounding countries like Syria, Israel and Iran, were all fighting for political power in the country.
After the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut was bombed, Tanguay helped the solders evacuate Lebanon.
During the day, there was relative calm as they loaded up military ships from departure, but at night, Beirut erupted into a war zone, he said.
Now, more than a decade after the end of that civil war in 1991, Lebanon had just begun to emerge from the wartime destruction, borrowing money to rebuild the country, and held democratic elections in recent years.
Hezbollah, a Shiite militia force, has gained strong support from some parts of the country by providing social services the Lebanese government can't afford. This militia is now exacting violence on Israel as a means to further their political aims.
After Hamas kidnapped one Israeli soldier in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah kidnapped two Israeli soldiers on July 12, Israel responded with force.
Though counselor Zilberman defends Israel's right to protect itself, she asserts that the less violent Israel can be, the less violence Hezbollah will evoke.
Her heart and condolences are with the soldiers' families, praying for their safe return, she said, and those impacted on both sides of the border by this war.
When asked how the heavy loss of civilian lives weighs against the return of two Israeli soldiers, Zilberman said there's a fundamental principle at stake here, the right of Israel to live in peace.
The other day, one 8-year old camper asked Zilberman "what was the difference between Maine and Israel," since Maine is home to Muslim and Jewish people who both live in peace here.
"What are they fighting about?" the girl asked.
Sadly, there's no simple answer to that question, Zilberman said.


Yuri decided to build a tiny house for many reasons.
Lots of us want to move into a small space so we can gain more freedom in our lives.
Like read, write, reflect, spend time with our families, and toy around with our hobbies/interests.
After all, that's what life is really all about.
And with a tiny home, you can free up lots of your time for those things.
Since your bills are cheaper and there's a lot less to maintain around you.
Plus, there's little to no room to buy stuff that doesn't really serve you.
There's only room for what you love. No more, no less.
But Yuri also built his to be better to the environment.
I love the ninja turtle rug… That was my favorite cartoon as a kid.
There's a video at the bottom of this post where Yuri explains how his sliding loft works.
You can head over to Yuri's blog, Aluminum Tiny House, to find out more about his tiny living project.
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Amazing, quality work! Looks like it could handle some wind, too. Lots of counter space for those who cook (not me), which is a common complaint. Aesthetics, too. Shelby, down here in the south, insulation is a must against the tremendous heat. In fact, those gorgeous light spaces would fry me, AC or not. Funny you see it the opposite :-). I have always wanted to see more THs and small homes geared to life down here, where porches and awnings are a necessity against nonstop sun and rain. I'm always amazed by the THs that have to devote an entire corner or wall to a woodstove, where space is already at a premium. Funny how climate gives a different perspective :-).
One of my all-time favorite tiny homes!
Love the floating loft. What a great idea. This place shines with the quality work he put into this. Best wishes to you and the off-screen girlfriend with the sense of humor.
As clever as he is, if he'd just come up with a lift to the loft for us old-timers, he could patent it and we'd bake cookies for him the rest of his life in gratitude. Loft access is the number one complaint for those of us wanting a TH but needing knee replacements. Come on, Yuri, give it some thought, I know you can do it!
I honestly recommend a murphy bed built in. I know the guy at Pure Salvage Living has several in his various models. I love his designs, too.
I see two places, though both would require a different window configuration, yes.
First, where his sofa is — which seems to be to the left o the door if you are facing inwards from the door. There's a window there.
If you put a side-by-side/sideways pull down murphy bed (queen/full), then you could put a long/narrow window above it.
The second place is right along where the ladder is for the loft. It means loosing that window, but it could create another window above it or a larger window with that side's twin window.
Again, ti would have to be side-wise, rather than the foot coming out toward the countertop. And, would probably need to be a twin in that space, though a double might fit.
I've often wondered if an exterior stair to the loft wouldn't be the answer? It could be attached after the house was settled into it's permanent location, could extend upwards from a deck and enter the house at the second story via an upstairs door.
Do you mean washing machines in tiny houses or fullsize houses? For people simplifying to live in a tiny space, a washing machine would be a big space-waster and a luxury item. TH hosts often provide that service, and we also have laundromats in most towns.
Down here in the south, the washers were often on the back porch, and the dryers were a rope and two posts in the back yard. Those were the simple days before the "gotta have" mentality kicked in during the 1980s.
For a full-sized house, I don't know anyone who DOESN'T have a washer and dryer these days.
Yes I realise it's a luxury item, however, if I was to buy my dream bus and convert it, this bus would be totally off grid. I'd put in a washing machine, albeit a tiny one and a rope on the side so I can hang out my washing – as 90% of Aussies do. It's simply a personal choice. P.S. Most of the homes I visited in the US had their washing machine next to the stove in the kitchen – no laundry room. A concept I found interesting….
The washer next to the stove was in a house in New Jersey. I saw another in the Bronx and another in Brooklyn (people who were nurses-their homes). We have so much sun here that I don't know of many people who have an electric dryer, we only use washing machines. The good old "Hills Hoist" clothes line out the back to hang our clothes on is almost an institution – haha. We'd grab hold of them as kids and swing around the garden – so much fun. You call it the "utility" room, we call it the "Laundry". My laundry has a washing machine, big sink with cupboard underneath, laundry cupboard for all the linen / towels etc, the toilet and room for a fridge – I made sure I built a decent sized one when I got the plans done for this house so I could put the clothes airer in it when it rains (three months of the year only). This isn't an electric dryer – you just hang the clothes on the airer and the clothes dry over time. Like an inside clothes line.
I lived in a 'park model' sized trailer for 10 yrs and loved it, except for not having a washing machine. I finally went out and purchased one – expensive, yes, but well worth it – it was mobile and it sat in the kitchen. When I wanted to use it I rolled it over to the kitchen sink and it attached to the taps like the old portable dishwashers used to. My friend also had a 'park model' and she had a stackable washer/dryer in a closet. I never really missed the dryer, but nearly went mad without the washer.
So, yes, I can really understand Sharee's concerns.
Interesting concept,well built and fully functional. Sliding loft is unique. I think I may forget in the middle of the night where I parked my loft and fall out. Yurok is quite a handy man to have around.
I really like the aluminium frame. It must add a lot of rigidity over wooden frame. It's nice to see people who are thinking outside the box and who are trying new materials.
(http://aluminumtinyhouse.wordpress.com/2013/09/30/foam-insulation/) this shows some of the insulation. Also there is insulation under the trailer. so it is insulated 360º around! we use a small ceramic space heater and it gets pretty warm in there. Other tiny houses have used propane heaters and they may heat better if you are living in a colder climate.
Wow! This is one of my faves, Alex! The storage loft is da bomb.
Tell me about travel with all aluminum framing. Is it as road worthy with winds or other disruptive tendencies that may appear as would be a heavier framed structure?
Having grown up on the coast perhaps I'm partial but this little house is "the bomb". It's like a little piece of Disneyland inside! The bow of the 'house ship' 🙂 and the rounded roof (and of course the porthole!) give it a wonderful and cozy nautical feeling inside. I absolutely love the rounded shower. It gives the illusion of more space (and literally adds more space in the shower) and softens the many sharp angles that challenges us in any size home. From the outside it looks like a beautiful, bejeweled, gypsy caravan .
Adding to this unique and beautiful look is the way Yuri angled the panels in the aft or rear part of the house. More work I know, but I'm guessing not too much more. It's a very subtle way to add a bit more elbow room and a very unique style to a sweet little house that already has more than its fair share of ingenuity and charm.
Now, I'd like to see a fish tank in there, ha, Actually, it's perfect!
Very well planned and this shows what you can do with a little ingenuity (although I see a lot here!) and a rectangular shape.
Opps! Er, I meant angled the panels under the loft. Great use of that extra space too.
Wonderful tiny home. Your design utilizing aluminum is my favorite.
Can you share with me the overall cost to fabricate the trailer and the outside shell? Who fabricated it? Would you share that information?
What a great home!!!!!! I love the colors and the inside looks amazing. I am so impressed with this movement that I'm ready to commit to the cause! But there are just so many questions. Where do you keep this parked and did you construct it yourself? Was that a compost toilet? And where can I get a home that looks like this?
Love the information that is provided here and the suggestions from others.
Sally and Sharee reminded me of my grandparents in New York. My uncle gave them a dryer which, yes, was on the back porch, but was only used as a food storage cupboard! When I stayed with them I was too embarrassed to hang my underwear out on the clothesline for all the neighborhood to view. Grandpa noticed right away that the "britches" were missing from the drying laundry. I spread them around my bedroom.
Love the front storage loft skylight and the sliding loft is a neat idea.
I commend Yuri and his creativity!.
Mame, Sharee, and others: This summer I was at the Tiny House Jamboree and there was a medical student that was building his own tiny house. He really wanted a washing machine but didn't want to give up the space for something he used only sometimes, so he built a rolling frame that he put the machine on. It fit right over the shower bed, so when he wanted to take a shower, he just rolled it out and when he finished showering, rolled it back. It was really clever.
Love the design. Thank you for the comments on winterization. I live in a northern climate also.
Two thoughts- 1. Aluminum or light steel framing makes a lot of sense for weight, strength, and wiring/plumbing routing. 2. That upper window is very cool!
When you Wake up and you're happy, do you know why. .., and There is nothing that can remove …. This beautiful Bijoux favor has opening on roofs.


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The Top Four Home Karaoke Music Players
Home karaoke systems have been around for at least a decade, but with "American Idol" consistently garnering record-breaking televisions ratings and shows like "Don't Forget the Lyrics!" and "The Singing Bee" trying to grab a piece of the action, it's no wonder that they're enjoying a resurgence. With everyone wanting to become the next Taylor Hicks or Carrie Underwood, and even so-so singers getting their 15 minutes of fame, it's completely acceptable to sing your heart out in front of your friends or within the privacy of your own home. Enter the home karaoke machine. Everyone from young children to those in middle age and beyond are picking up the microphone and crooning to their favorite tunes. When you're in the market for a home karaoke music player, though, how do you know which to choose? There are four main types of home karaoke music players. The first is the traditional singing machine that comes with a microphone and hooks up to your television.
You insert a karaoke CD or cassette into the player and it displays the lyrics to the songs (and perhaps video) on your television. You sing along to the music using the microphone and hear the results through either the television speakers or through built-in speakers in the karaoke machine. This type of home karaoke music player is rather cumbersome and not very portable. The second type of karaoke machine is a stand-alone model. It typically has a small black and white screen (about five-and-a-half inches), speakers, and a microphone.
It may also have a small video camera built in. With these home karaoke music players, you can read the lyrics on the small screen. If you hook it up to your television and VCR, you can use the video camera to superimpose an image of the person singing onto the screen and record their performance to tape. While this type of machine can be fun for parties, the small black and white screen is a major drawback. Another disadvantage of the traditional singing machines and the stand along models is that you're limited in the songs you can play. In other words, you have to wait for popular tunes to come out on karaoke CDs or cassettes before you can start singing them. By this time, songs are generally out of date and not as much fun. The third type of karaoke is packaged as only a microphone. It comes with about three dozen songs preloaded, through you can also load MP3 downloads. While this type of home karaoke music player is more portable and is meant to be plugged into your television, there's no mechanism for reading the lyrics.
This means that your musical performance has to be just that - a performance where you already know the words to the songs. The fourth type of karaoke player is among the hot new gadgets hitting the market. It can best be described as a cross between an iPod and a MP3 player. These specialized MP3 players allow you to buy MP3 downloads, load them into the player, and input the song lyrics. Then proprietary software allows you to remove the original voice track from the song and record your own voice over the music while reading a display of the lyrics. This type of karaoke player is definitely poised to sweep the market. It's portability is unprecedented - in essence, it's a handheld karaoke MP3 - in that you don't need to be anywhere near a TV in order to use it. It also has the advantage of being able to play any song - even top 20 Billboard hits. Of all the karaoke music players on the market, the cutting edge MP3 karaoke player is the one to beat.


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Q: Angular JS emptying form input field from controller when using ng-model I have a really simple form with a couple of input fields. Here's one:

                First Name
                <input type="text" ng-model="signInData.firstName" placeholder="">

When I submit the form and it returns true from the AJAX request, I want to simply empty the input field but it's not working. I may be missing something simple..
Here's my controller code where I'm attempting to empty:
        $scope.signInData.firstName = '';

This is emptying the model from the scope, which I can see because I am console logging the scope object, but it just doesn't empty the value.
I've Googled for a while and seen things like the $setPristine method etc, but none of this is working either.
EDIT
    $http({
      url: 'sign_in_app',
      method: 'POST',
      data: {'firstName': signInData.firstName}
    }).then(function(response) {
      if(response.data.response == 'error'){
        $scope.errorSignIn = 'Sorry, there was an error signing in.';
      }else{
        $scope.errorSignIn = null;
        $scope.signInData.firstName = '';
        $scope.signInForm = null;
      }
    }

EDIT - the form
    <form ng-submit="signIn(signInData)" id="signInForm" name="signInForm">

                First Name
                <input type="text" ng-model="signInData.firstName" placeholder="">

              <button class="button button-full button" type="submit">Sign in</button>

     </form>

EDIT 3 - UPDATED HTTP CALL
    $http({
      url: '/sign_in/sign_in_app',
      method: 'POST',
      data: {'firstName': $scope.signInData.firstName, 'lastName': $scope.signInData.lastName}
    }).then(function(response) {
      if(response.data.response == 'error'){
        $scope.errorSignIn = 'Sorry, there was an error signing in.';
      }else{
        $scope.errorSignIn = null;
        $scope.signInData.firstName = '';
        $scope.signInForm = null;
      }

    }

A: $setPristine does not clean up the input fields. You can try using
$scope.signInData = {}; after submitting the form

A: Try this: remove the signInData from the ng-submit, alter your $scope.signIn() method to no longer need that, use the $scope.signInData object to set all the values for your $http call (which, by the way, should probably be in a service to keep your controller more clean and follow typical Angular design patterns) and then see if you still have the issue where your form inputs are not being cleared.
My suspicion is that because you are passing signInData from that point forward you start operating on a copy of the scope object and that is why clearing properties is not behaving like you are expecting.


This whole being sick business is getting very old very fast.
I am not looking forward to spending 4.5 hours in the lab tomorrow feeling this way. Not that I feel particularly bad, but I keep coughing and sniffling and I am tired of it.
And the decongestants don't seem to be helping overmuch.
In Art & the Mind this morning, I learned that eyes are things of great significance to humans -- they are "releasing stimuli." So we find people with large and pretty eyes more attractive than people with small beady eyes.
This of course comes as no shock to me since I have always been fascinated by eyes... and someone having nice eyes will make me think that person is completely beautiful.


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Q: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT vs GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX What is the difference between these two options in /boot/default/grub
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

A: From the wiki on Grub Setup

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*GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX Entries on this line are added to the end of the 'linux' command line (GRUB legacy's "kernel" line) for both normal and recovery modes. It is used to pass options to the kernel.

*GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" This line imports any entries to the end of the 'linux' line (GRUB legacy's "kernel" line). The entries are appended to the end of the normal mode only. To view a black screen with boot processes displayed in text, remove "quiet splash". To see the grub splash image plus a condensed text output, use "splash".
They're pretty horrendously named for having to do predominately with the modes in which they apply and not having anything to do with DEFAULT.


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Oil & Gas / Americas
Mexico oil reserves gone in 9 years without new finds
01/04/2017, 6:00 am Updated: 01/04/2017, 10:09 am
A Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) truck exits a supply center in Veracruz City, Mexico. Photographer: Brett Gundlock/Bloomberg
Mexico's existing oil reserves are dwindling so fast the country could go dry within nine years without new discoveries.
That's the message from the National Hydrocarbons Commission, which said Friday that the reserves fell 10.6 percent to 9.16 billion barrels in 2016, from 10.24 billion barrels a year earlier. Once the world's third largest crude producer, Mexico's proven reserves have declined 34 percent since 2013.
The decline in proven reserves is driven by record-low drilling activity the last three years, according to CNH Commissioner Hector Acosta. State-owned producer Petroleos Mexicanos drilled 21 wells last year, a record low, after averaging 31 per year since 2010.
"If there isn't drilling, it is going to be difficult to incorporate new finds," Acosta said. "The production figures and indicators that we are observing, tell us that there are flaws in the drilling activities being carried out by Pemex."
The diminished production comes from a combination of reduced investment and the continued maturation of fields, said Cesar Alejandro Mar, Adjunct Director of Reserves. He set 8.9 years as a time frame for the reserves to run out if no new exploration occurs.
Pemex, meanwhile, said in an e-mailed statement that it added 684 million barrels of probable crude to the reserves last year, and "will continue working to increase reserves and restitution rates to higher levels."
Monopoly End
Mexico ended Pemex's production monopoly in 2013 to let private operators develop oil in the country for the first time since the 1930s. Production is set to fall below 2 million daily barrels this year, the lowest levels since 1980, Pemex has said. Overall, crude production has declined every year since 2004.
Given increased crude development activity anticipated in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico by private producers, the country's production is forecast to climb to 3.4 million barrels a day by 2040, according to a report by the International Energy Agency.
Italian producer Eni SpA, which won rights to develop a Gulf of Mexico field in 2015, recorded the country's offshore find by a foreign company in more than seven decades on March 23.
"Mexico isn't the only country that has seen its reserves diminished during a difficult time for the industry worldwide," said Juan Carlos Zepeda, a CNH Commissioner, when the numbers were released. "International oil companies are just now starting to return to an improved investment rhythm."
Trump closely watching troubled nuclear plants Obama funded
New oil law in Somalia tests uneasy peace
Oil prices up after Iran attacks reignite supply fears
Oil poised for best year since 2016 as Middle East risks flare
Oil hits four-day growth as new report shows US stockpiles are swelling


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CSIP Background
Report a Stranding
How to Identify a Stranding
CSIP Publications and Scientific Reports
The UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme (CSIP) has been running since 1990 and is funded by Defra and the Devolved Administrations. We coordinate the investigation of all whales, dolphins and porpoises (collectively known as cetaceans), marine turtles and basking sharks that strand around the UK coastline. As well as documenting each individual stranding, we also retrieve a proportion for investigation at post-mortem to allow us to establish a cause of death. The data and samples collected during the course of our research have also facilitated a large number of international collaborations, which have addressed a wide range of scientific questions.
Why do we need a strandings network?
Unfortunately, cetaceans regularly strand around the coast and information received on stranded animals can provide an accurate picture of what species are found in UK waters and show local and seasonal distribution. Strandings that undergo post-mortem examination provide us with valuable information on causes of death, disease, contaminants, reproductive patterns, diet and also useful pointers to the general health of the populations living in the seas around our coasts. This provides useful baseline data to help detect outbreaks of disease or unusual increases in mortality. The CSIP depends on the publics help in the reporting of strandings around the UK – please click on the link for more information on how to report a stranding.
SW2003/84 Stranded sperm whale near Kings Lynn, Norfolk © CSIP ZSL


Steve's out, and a big yellow crane is in, setting the pedestrian bridge in place.
Part of The Collection at McCormick Square, the Marriott Marquis Chicago hotel is growing by leaps and bounds in the South Loop. There will be two pedestrian bridges included in the new development, one connecting the Marriott to the McCormick Place Events Center, and one that will carry people over Cermak Road, between the hotel and the West Building of McCormick Place.
That second bridge is half in place. Not quite connected to the West Building yet, it's just kinda hanging out over the sidewalk along Cermak.
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Images of dead bodies in Syrian prisons, taken by a Syrian forensic photographer, were displayed at the United Nations last year. They were also put on exhibit at the U.S. Capitol last July. A range of activists and groups are trying to find better ways to document torture and prosecute those responsible. Lucas Jackson/Reuters hide caption
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Documenting Torture: Doctors Search For New Ways To Gather Evidence
May 23, 2016 • Holding torturers to account requires evidence, the kind that doctors are learning to compile from countries at war, like Syria. But there are many challenges.
Stanley Wrice pauses in December 2013 as he speaks to the media with his lawyer, Heidi Linn Lambros (left), and his daughter, Gail Lewis, while leaving Pontiac Correctional Center in Pontiac, Ill. Wrice was released after serving more than 30 years. He claimed for decades that Chicago police detectives under the command of then-Lt. Jon Burge beat and coerced him into confessing to rape. M. Spencer Green/AP hide caption
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Chicago Creates Reparations Fund For Victims Of Police Torture
May 6, 2015 • Officers on the South Side are believed to have abused scores of people in the '70s, '80s and '90s. The council vote sets aside $5.5 million for the victims and provide education and counseling.
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'Torture Report': A Closer Look At When And What President Bush Knew
December 16, 2014 • A Senate investigation says President George W. Bush was not briefed on the specifics of how the CIA interrogated terrorism suspects until four years into the program. Bush denies that.
As Torture Report's Release Nears, CIA And Opponents Ready Responses
December 9, 2014 • The Senate's release will focus on case studies of the treatment, at times brutal, of 20 or so high-value detainees in the counterterrorism efforts following 9/11, and whether those methods paid off.
U.S. Boosts Security At Facilities Ahead Of 'Torture Report' Release
December 8, 2014 • The White House says the report "could lead to a greater risk" to U.S. facilities and individuals around the world, but that the president supported the Senate's release scheduled for Tuesday.
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Congress Clashes Over Release Of CIA 'Torture Report'
December 8, 2014 • Senate Democrats plan to release the long-withheld report on interrogation techniques this week, but the State Department wants more delay because of feared repercussions — both at home and overseas.
Former CIA Officials Denied Chance To Preview 'Torture' Report
July 26, 2014 • The report, along with a CIA rebuttal, is the most detailed accounting of a set of controversial interrogation, rendition and detention practices the CIA carried out after the Sept. 11 attacks.
New Torture And Rendition Allegations Surface Against The U.S.
September 6, 2012 • Human Rights Watch has issued a new report alleging the U.S. detained 14 men from Libya in third countries without charge and then abused and tortured them. The abuse allegedly included waterboarding. Many of the detainees have key positions in the new Libyan government.
From the Human Rights Watch report: "Detainees described being folded at the waist and having their head, neck, and legs put into a car tire so that they were immobilized and could not protect themselves from beatings on the back, legs, and head including by batons and whips." Human Rights Watch hide caption
'Torture Centers' Stretch Across Syria, Human Rights Watch Reports
July 3, 2012 • The watchdog group says interviews with hundreds of former detainees and defectors show that an "archipelago of torture centers" has been created. Opponents of the Assad regime report being beaten, sexually assaulted and subjected to mock executions.
On 9/11 Anniversary, The Case Against Torture
September 10, 2010 • Charles and Gregory Fried, father and son, the former a Reagan solicitor general, the latter, a philosophy professor, argue against torture in their new book, saying it is never permissible. But they differ on whether officials should be prosecuted.
Your Voices Have Been Heard
June 30, 2009 • For the record, I have brought this issue and the volume of comments to the attention of NPR's top editorial staff.
Harsh Interrogation Techniques or Torture?
June 21, 2009 • The Ombudsman's office received a slew of emails challenging NPR's policy of using "harsh interrogation tactics" or "enhanced interrogation techniques" to describe the treatment of terrorism suspects.
Did We Or Didn't We?
May 21, 2009 • Torture.
Administration of Torture
October 9, 2007 • What do you think constitutes torture?
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