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'Man of Will': Kim Koo biopic sheds new light on national hero
This photo provided by the Kiwi Co. is a scene from "Man of Will." (Yonhap)
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Yonhap) — Kim Koo, one of Korea's most respected national heroes, has had a couple of movie cameos but has never been a central figure in any of the films.
That's probably because his presence as a prominent Korean independence fighter and president of the provisional Korean government in exile in Shanghai in the 1940s is too much to handle for commercial movies. Korea was a colony of Japan from 1910 to 1945, and he is often mentioned as the rival of South Korea's founding leader Rhee Syng-man.
At any rate, this new sentimental addition to the cult of Kim, written and directed by Lee Won-tae, is more interesting than it could have been.
As astonishingly portrayed by Cho Jin-woong, "Man of Will" does not depict Kim as the usual indomitable political leader, but a single-minded, high-octane and exasperated young man with a strong sense of justice.
Based on the real-life story of Kim, whose real name was Kim Chang-soo, the film opens with a scene in which Kim fights against a Japanese man at a tavern in his hometown of Haeju, Hwanghae Province, in 1896. Chang-soo is later put behind bars and sentenced to death for killing the man whom he believed was the assassin of Korea's Empress Myeongseong. Many historians say the man he killed was not the assassin but an innocent merchant.
In the Incheon prison, Chang-soo refuses to mingle with other inmates and eat meals, claiming that he is not a criminal but just took revenge for the empress. But from there, he witnesses the persecution of his fellow countrymen, mostly illiterate and lower-class people who were detained without trial, and realizes what he ought to do for the country.
Writing letters petitioning on behalf of falsely convicted prisoners and teaching them Korean and Chinese letters, he then becomes their "captain." Ma Sang-gu (Jeong Man-sik) and other prisoners who have only endured the suffering lamenting their own misfortune are also gradually transformed with the realization that they can change if they desperately want to.
Interestingly, the film imagines Chang-soo gradually changing his attitude and opening up his mind to fellow inmates with the influence of Mr. Go, another death-row inmate (Jeong Jin-young), who is a gentle and literate nobleman jailed for leading a Donghak peasantry movement. He teaches that all people are equal and deserving of respect.
This biopic also wittily invents diverse characters out of Kim's fellow prisoners and prison guards to make the story more palatable. Chang-soo's friendship with Go, however, is sketched too superficial even though that encounter is considered an important turning point in the young man's life.
Song Seung-heon, one of the leading actors behind the Asianwide boom of Korean pop culture known as "hallyu," plays the prison director Kang Hyeong-sik.
The film constantly contrasts the bright and affluent upper-class lives of Japanese officials and the pro-Japanese Koreans like Kang and the dark and bleak atmosphere of the prison and its inmates.
Song's performance as the strikingly charismatic and temperamental jailer lacks the necessary emotional subtlety even when he suffers the mental conflict going on inside his mind caused by his job of oppressing his fellow countrymen.
Surprising viewers who have no idea at all regarding who Kim Chang-soo is, the movie tells that he is Kim Koo, who later became president of the provisional Korean government in exile, only before the ending. The director has said in press events that he intended to give young audiences the lesson that even commoners can become a hero like him.
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Tennessee State University Welcomes Class of 2022 at Freshman Convocation
August 31, 2018 Emmanuel Freeman
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) – Tennessee State University Friday welcomed first-year students during the 2018 freshman convocation.
More than 1,300 incoming freshman students were inducted during the ceremony in Kean Hall.
Incoming female freshmen were dressed in white for their induction. (Photo by Emmanuel Freeman, TSU Media Relations)
"I am extremely proud to welcome you to Tennessee State University," said President Glenda Glover. "It is my honor to stand before the Class of 2022 today, not only as your president, but as a fellow TSU Tiger. You have embarked on an incredible journey. I encourage you to do your best. Do not just strive to make an A, but strive to be an A."
Porsha Hernandez, an economics and finance major from Nashville, said the induction ceremony made her feel at home.
"I have always been a very serious student and I plan to continue that here," she said.
More than 1,300 first-year students were inducted during the 2018 Freshman Convocation. Male students wore white shirts and blue pants, sporting TSU-supplied blue ties. (Photo by Emmanuel Freeman, TSU Media Relations)
Dr. John Cade, vice president for Enrollment and Student Success, presented the students for the induction.
"Madam President, it is my pleasure to present these young people who have satisfied all the requirements for admission to Tennessee State University as freshmen and students with advance standing," Cade said.
With each student holding a lighted candle symbolizing "knowledge and truth," they took the TSU Freshman Pledge, administered by the interim Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Alisa Mosley.
Females were dressed in white and males in white shirts and blue pants, sporting TSU-supplied blue ties. They pledged to commit themselves "to serious intellectual and cultural efforts" and to deport themselves "with honor and dignity to become better prepared to live a full and useful life in society."
Trinity Young, a math major from Indianapolis, said he took the pledge very seriously.
"I am committed to being a very good student in all areas for as long as I am here," Young said.
In addition to student representatives, speakers at the convocation included Joni McReynolds, president of the TSU National Alumni Association.
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Johnson Sworn In As Public Defender, Becomes Sixth TSU Alum To Currently Serve as First African American In Position In Metro Nashville Government
August 29, 2018 Michael McLendon
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) – Tennessee State University alum Martesha L. Johnson has reason to celebrate. She is the first African-American Metropolitan Public Defender for Nashville-Davidson County.
Her swearing-in ceremony, which was held Aug. 28 in Poag Auditorium in the Walter S. Davis Humanities Building, represents the crowning achievement of years of service Johnson has provided since she set her sites on being a public defender when she served as an intern with the Nashville Public Defenders Office in 2007.
"It was during that summer internship that I sort of decided, that's exactly what I want to do! I knew that I had an interest in criminal law. I knew that I had an interest in being a trial lawyer. I learned that I was passionate about those things while I was at Tennessee State," she said. "So when I had the internship in 2007, it sort of changed the course of what I wanted to do as a lawyer, and I immediately knew then I wanted to be a public defender."
Johnson with TSU President Glenda Glover.
After graduating Summa Cum Laude from TSU in 2005 with a bachelor's degree in political science and a minor in English, Johnson immediately transitioned to law school at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville where she graduated in August 2008.
Johnson began volunteering as a licensed attorney at the Nashville office in August 2008 and worked nights at Macy's to support her career. Her determination paid off when her predecessor, Dawn Deaner, offered her a position in January 2009, and she hasn't looked back.
Johnson receiving special gift from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority at Swearing-In Ceremony.
After the ceremony, Johnson became one of six TSU alums who currently serve as the first African Americans to hold their positions in Metro Nashville Government. The other five alums include: Criminal Court Clerk Howard Gentry, County Clerk Brenda Wynn, Property Assessor Vivian Wilhoite, Register of Deeds Karen Y. Johnson and Juvenile Court Clerk Lonell Matthews.
State Rep. Harold Moses Love Jr. (58th District-D), who is a TSU alum and also pastor of St. Paul's AME Church, said TSU has a legacy of producing public servants.
The Temple Baptist Church Praise Choir perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing."
"Tennessee State University has always produced leaders that have blazed trails for others to follow. The significance of these six alums serving in Metro Nashville Government at this time points to the preparation that TSU provided for them, the confidence that they each had to seek election and the trust that the voters placed in them," he said. "They embody our Univeristy Charge of 'Enter to Learn, Go Forth to Serve.'"
Erica Gilmore, assistant dean of Student Contacts and Council Member at Large for the City of Nashville, shared similar sentiments.
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"It's truly unbelievable to have so many firsts to represent a consolidated government in so many different areas," she said. "It's significant because African-Americans make up 28 percent of Nashville. That means that these persons who have won have a very broad appeal, which is very important in the political arena. It means that TSU has a strong commitment to the community. When we say 'Think. Work. Serve.', I think the graduates are really doing that."
Public officials from throughout Middle Tennessee attended the ceremony, including Nashville Mayor David Briley, Davidson County Property Assessor Vivian Wilhoite, who served as the mistress of ceremony. Musical selections were provided by the Aristocrat of Bands and the Temple Baptist Church Praise Choir, which shared a rousing rendition of James Weldon Johnson's "Lift Every Voice and Sing."
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Acclaimed Author and Motivational Speaker Eric Thomas Lectures TSU Students About Leadership
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) – Nationally recognized motivational speaker, Dr. Eric Thomas, returned to Tennessee State University August 31 with a message to the student body on leadership.
"You can't truly be a leader until you can lead yourself," Thomas said. "A lot of people want to be a leader meaning that you want a leadership position. That doesn't make you a leader. A title doesn't make you a leader."
Thomas, who was the speaker at the TSU undergraduate commencement in May, returned to the university by "popular student demand," according to student affairs officials.
TSU President Glenda Glover presents Dr. Eric Thomas with a TSU Tiger basketball jersey. (Photo by Torian Priestly, TSU Media Relations)
"We are really excited for his visit here," TSU Dean of Students Frank Stevenson said. "By popular demand, the students responded to bring this distinguished lecturer and motivational speaker to the campus. He has a very unique story about persistence and the importance of getting a degree."
Thomas spoke to the students during a lecture in Poag Auditorium on the main campus.
Called the "Hip Hop Preacher" for his creative style and high-energy messages, Thomas said getting a degree is not about impressing people.
"It's about having ownership of yourself. So each degree, each video, each thing that I do is about having more ownership of Eric Thomas," the author said.
Dr. Eric Thomas, right, walks across campus minutes before his lecture in Poag Auditorium. Accompanying Thomas is the TSU Dean of Students Frank Stevenson. (Photo by Torian Priestly, TSU Media Relations)
Kennedy McCurry, a freshman architectural engineering major from Gallatin, Tennessee, was in the audience when Thomas spoke. She said the speaker's emphasis on being able to lead oneself before trying to lead others stood out for her.
"I was really inspired," McCurry said. "He helped me to realize that I need to start being more of myself and stop trying to fit in."
Donovan Stewart, a sophomore nursing major from Birmingham, Alabama, has followed Thomas' teaching and is inspired by the author's message on perseverance. He likens life to a balloon, looking at Thomas' example.
"When a balloon has no oxygen it deflates," says Stewart. "I use that as my personal motivation in life because when you have things to get done and you don't get them done, you don't meet your goals. Dr. Thomas makes you get up and move; that's what I like about him. I couldn't wait to see him."
In May, Thomas reminded TSU graduates that each of them is born with greatness, but to achieve it requires work.
For more information on future guest lectures, see http://www.tnstate.edu/campus_life/contact.aspx
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The best in HBCU Bands meets the Best in Country Music, Keith Urban and TSU
August 29, 2018 Lucas Johnson
By Kelli Sharpe
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) – Tennessee State University's Aristocrat of Bands and country music megastar Keith Urban came together during the singer's recent tour stop in Nashville and the show stopping performance has taken the world by storm.
Keith Urban and head drum major Hassan Moody take flight before landing in splits on stage. (Submitted photo)
The TSU world renowned band, fondly called AOB, was featured as a part of Urban's closing song, and number one hit "Wasted Time." The singer introduced the band to a sold-out Bridgestone Arena.
The crowd roared with each marching step of head drum major Hassan Moody and the 40- member band ensemble. That was nothing compared to the dramatic closing that culminated when both Urban and Moody took flight and landed in splits on stage. The photo and video have gone viral on social media.
Hassan, an Atlanta, Georgia native, said it was a once in a lifetime moment and it couldn't have happened at any other place than at TSU. After having a day to reflect, the business administration major said it's something he will always cherish.
"You can't explain that type of experience; the energy was absolutely unbelievable!" said Moody. "Only at TSU. My band members and I are thankful to TSU and Mr. Urban for the opportunity."
Submitted photo.
Dr. Reginald McDonald, director of bands, said the request came from Urban unexpectedly, a day before his Nashville appearance.
"The band's performance was amazing, and the element of surprise for the audience made our appearance even more electric," said McDonald.
"We truly appreciate Mr. Keith Urban for giving our students and university this type of exposure on a national stage. I woke up to an email about 5:30 Thursday morning from Urban's associate manager basically saying that he wanted the band to perform with him to his tune "Wasted Time" at his concert Friday night."
McDonald added he informed band staff about the request and gave specific instructions for them to work out the logistics. He said the students learned a valuable life lesson as musicians.
Keith Urban, TSU Director of Bands Dr. Reginald McDonald, and band staff. (Submitted photo)
"Our students also had an opportunity to see the importance of being ready at a moment's notice and staying ready for when the call is made. That's how you shine. Our practice with Keith Urban was less than an hour before performing with him."
This isn't the first time TSU's band has made national headlines or been in the spotlight. The AOB played on the lawn of the White House for President Barack Obama and guests in 2016 and performed at halftime of the 2014 Pro Football Hall of Fame game in Canton, Ohio. Both venues were the first for any college band.
"The university is extremely proud of our students for their spectacular performance with country music star Mr. Keith Urban," said TSU President Glenda Glover. "The Aristocrat of Bands serves as one of the institution's greatest ambassadors as they travel around the nation, and even here at home, showcasing the best and brightest student musicians. We are a comprehensive university offering top academic programs and extracurricular activities. This iconic moment where HBCU meets country music could only happen at TSU, Nashville's only public and most affordable university."
Please visit the TSU homepage at www.tnstate.edu and social media to view video and photos of the performance.
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TSU alum and Waffle House hero James Shaw Jr. launches new charity
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) – TSU alum and Waffle House hero James Shaw Jr. launched his new charity during an anti-violence rally at Tennessee State University on Sunday.
Kids enjoying activities at "Come Together Day" rally at Hale Stadium. (Photo by Michael McLendon, TSU Media Relations)
Called "Come Together Day," the event kicked off at Hale Stadium with vendors and activities for kids before moving into Kean Hall where there was a celebrity basketball game that included TSU alum and Philadelphia 76ers star Robert Covington.
"We're so proud of James Shaw Jr. for stepping up to the forefront to launch this effort to bring people together," said TSU President Glenda Glover, who has set up a scholarship at the university in Shaw's name. "This is very important to this community, and TSU is an integral part of this community. We're pleased that we can serve in this role."
TSU alum and Philadelphia 76ers star Robert Covington talks to referees during break in game Sunday. (Photo by Michael McLendon, TSU Media Relations)
Nashville Mayor David Briley attended the rally and also lauded Shaw's efforts.
"James has really shown how strong a man he is, and I look forward to working with him as he moves forward in his life and lifts up this community," Briley said.
Shaw said the mission of The James Shaw Jr. Foundation is to work with other like-minded organizations and community advocates to eradicate violence and address mental health issues, as well as provide support, tools and resources for individuals and families who have experienced severe violence and trauma.
James Shaw Jr. shows off basketball skills. (Photo by Michael McLendon, TSU Media Relations)
"It's about accountability and caring for one another," Shaw said Sunday.
Chelsey Dyer of Nashville said she attended the rally with her 5-year-old son, Jeremiah, because she wanted to support Shaw's effort to make the community safer.
"I think it's awesome," Dyer said. "We need to come together and make Nashville the best that it can be. We need more James'."
Four people were killed and several others wounded on April 22 when a gunman opened fire in a Waffle House in the Nashville suburb of Antioch.
Family members of Waffle House shooting victims receive check from James Shaw Jr. during ceremony at TSU in May. (photo courtesy of TSU Media Relations)
Authorities have said there would have probably been more casualties had it not been for Shaw's actions. He wrestled a rifle away from the gunman and tossed it over the counter before shoving the shooter out the door.
In May, family members of the shooting victims attended a ceremony at TSU to honor those killed and wounded in the shooting. Shaw presented the victims with a check for more than $240,000. Immediately after the shooting, Shaw set up a GoFundMe campaign with a goal of $15,000. He raised much, much more.
Donations to the James Shaw Jr. Scholarship Fund can be paid through the link below or by mail. Please send to: The James Shaw, Jr. Scholarship Fund at Tennessee State University, Tennessee State University Foundation, 3500 John A. Merritt Blvd. Box 9542, Nashville, TN 37209. Donors can also call, 615-963-5481.
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Note: Feature photo of TSU President Glenda Glover and James Shaw Jr. by Jon Strayhorn-Media Arts Collective.
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TSU Welcomes New Male Freshmen with Third Annual 'Tied to Success'
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) – Tennessee State University first-time male freshmen packed Poag Auditorium on the main campus on Thursday evening for the third annual "Tied to Success," a rite of passage for all incoming male students.
Dwight Beard, President of the Nashville Chapter of the TSUNAA, left, along with Mr. TSU Darian McGhee, greets students and participants at the 2018 "Tied to Success" ceremony in Poag Auditorium. (Photo by Emmanuel Freeman, TSU Media Relations)
As a welcome into the "Big Blue Brotherhood," the young men were given TSU blue ties with the name of the university. For those individuals who needed help tying just the right knot, university officials and community leaders were on hand to provide assistance.
Dwight Beard, president of the Nashville Chapter of the TSU National Alumni Association, was among those demonstrating the art of tying the perfect knot. He applauded the program for helping the new students assimilate into the collegiate culture.
First-time male freshmen learn the art of tying the perfect knot at the 'Tied to Success" ceremony. (Photo by Emmanuel Freeman, TSU Media Relations)
"It's important for them to understand that wearing of the tie is essential because they will need one for job interviews," Beard said. "They may end up with a job in the corporate world, like I did, where how you look matters."
Before the tie tying and male bonding, TSU officials talked to the freshmen about how they should behave on campus, and in general.
"As these students embark on their college careers and prepare for the professional world, we want to help them develop good character and avoid anything that could hinder their future success," said Frank Stevenson, TSU's dean of students. "'Tied to Success' is a step in that direction; we're preparing them now."
As Dean of Students Frank Stevenson makes opening remarks at the "Tied to Success" ceremony in Poag Auditorium, student leaders and upper class men demonstrate the look of a man dressed for business. (Photo by Emmanuel Freeman, TSU Media Relations)
Bryon Keith, a human resource management major from Louisville, Kentucky, who had never tied a tie before, said he appreciates the orientation and hopes other institutions will emulate TSU.
"'Tied to Success' is a great representation at the university, and for us as young men," Keith said.
For the third year, State Rep. Harold Love, Jr., a TSU alum, participated in the "Tied to Success" ceremony. Senior university male administrators, deans, faculty, staff, student government association leaders and upper class students joined him.
The Men's Initiative Office in the Division of Student Affairs helped to coordinate "Tied to Success." All together, there are more than 1,300 first-time freshmen enrolled at TSU this fall.
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Nashville's First African-American Public Defender To Hold Swearing-In Ceremony at TSU
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) – Tennessee State University Alum Martesha L. Johnson will be sworn in as the first African-American to serve as the Metropolitan Public Defender for Nashville-Davidson County next week.
Johnson, who was officially elected on Aug. 2 and will take office on September 1, said she decided it was time for her to seek the position when Dawn Deaner, Nashville's current Public Defender, announced that she would not seek another term.
Martesha Johnson
The swearing-in ceremony will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 28, at 6 p.m. in the Walter S. Davis Humanities Building at TSU. It represents the crowning achievement of years of service Johnson has given since she set her sites on being a public defender when she served as an intern with the Nashville Public Defenders Office in 2007.
Johnson performed as a member of the Tennessee State Aristocrat of Bands Sophisticated Ladies Dance Line during her undergraduate years at TSU.
After graduating Summa Cum Laude from TSU in 2005 with a bachelor's degree in Political Science and a minor in English, Johnson immediately transitioned to law school at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville where she graduated in 2008.
With her heart set on working in the Nashville Public Defenders Office, the newly licensed attorney met with the harsh reality that no new jobs were available at the office because of a hiring freeze caused by the economic recession.
"I made a decision that I was going to volunteer my services as a licensed attorney at the Nashviille office, and I did that," said Johnson, who began volunteering in August 2008 and worked nights at Macy's to support her career. Johnson's determination paid off when Deaner offered her a position in January 2009, and she hasn't looked back.
Since then Johnson has spent almost a decade serving Nashville by defending people who are accused of crimes but do not have the resources needed to hire an attorney.
"This job has been everything that I thought it would be. It is a great feeling to know that I really get to get up every single day to help people and advocate for people who need it the most," she said. "My clients are poor. They have sometimes experienced trauma in their lives. They suffer from addictions, and a lot of things that contribute to their need to have a lawyer to represent them. I get to help them navigate through a system that is not always kind to poor people."
Johnson with Retired TSU Assistant Professor of Pre-Law Julian W. Blackshear
Retired TSU Assistant Professor of Pre-Law Julian W. Blackshear said Johnson showed great promise during her undergraduate years at TSU.
"She stood out as being ambitious. She really wanted to learn. She had a purpose for being in class. She soaked in everything I said, and she was hungry for legal knowledge," said Blackshear, who founded the Pre-Law Department at TSU in 1975. "My standard quote to her all the time was 'Succeed in spite of your obstacles, rather than fail because of them.'"
Johnson's mother, Jacqueline Johnson, said MarTesha's success serves as a source of inspiration for their entire family.
"This is one of the proudest moments not only for me personally but for my family as a whole. Martesha has always been very focused and very driven and has just excelled at everything she has put her hand to," said Jaqueline, who earned her bachelor's degree from TSU in psychology and went on to secure a master's degree in public administration from the university in 2005, graduating the same day Martesha secured her undergraduate degree.
MarTesha Johnson with her mother, Jacqueline Johnson when the two graduated together from TSU in 2005. MarTesha earned her bachelor's degree in Pre-Law with a minor in English, and Jacqueline earned her master's degree in Public Administration.
"As she was growing up, I often used to tell her when I would drop her off at school, 'Go forth and do well.' And for me, this election as Public Defender has just been the culmination of her going forth and doing well," said Jacqueline.
Blackshear said, with the election of Martesha, Davidson County is getting a "person of great character."
"Martesha's purpose embraces the notion that all people should be treated fairly, but with the end toward improving individuals to build people up rather than tearing them down. That's the kind of person she is," he said. "She is just one example of the many great students at Tennessee State University."
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TSU alum and Waffle House hero James Shaw Jr. to launch new charity
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) – TSU alum and Waffle House hero James Shaw Jr. will launch his new charity during an anti-violence rally at Tennessee State on Sunday, Aug. 26.
The event will begin at Hale Stadium and culminate in Kean Hall on TSU's campus. Activities kick off at 2 p.m., and will include a celebrity basketball game.
"TSU is honored to be a part of this special event as Mr. James Shaw Jr. launches his foundation to address community issues and concerns that plague our neighborhoods. We are particularly pleased that TSU is a part of this kickoff event," said TSU President Glenda Glover, who has set up a scholarship at the university in Shaw's name.
"James could have easily stepped from the forefront and quietly gone on with his life. Instead, he has created a platform that allows him to be a voice for those who feel disenfranchised and have lost hope. His giving of himself speaks to his character and values."
A few months ago, family members of the shooting victims attended a ceremony at TSU to honor those killed and wounded in the shooting. Shaw presented the victims with a check for more than $240,000. Immediately after the shooting, Shaw set up a GoFundMe campaign with a goal of $15,000. However, he raised much, much more.
And he plans to continue the giving with his James Shaw Jr. Foundation.
"We can only make real progress if we work together, stand collectively and care for one another," said Shaw. "I will never let my life, or those lives we sadly lost, be in vain."
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TSU helping Saudi students pulled from Canadian universities continue education
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) – Tennessee State University is taking steps to help Saudi Arabian students pulled from universities in Canada continue their education.
TSU officials announced Tuesday that the University will expedite its admissions process for those students who were recently ordered to leave Canada. Saudi students transferring will receive an immediate reply once all their information is received. Application fees will also be waived.
"We were recently informed of the decision to remove all Saudi students from Canada during this critical time of enrollment and registration and have received numerous inquiries from their friends and family here in Nashville," said TSU President Glenda Glover. "They are concerned and want our help."
TSU is among several universities and colleges that are assisting students following Saudi Arabia's decision to pull those on Saudi-funded scholarships from Canadian schools.
"We will do everything we can to assist any student desiring to continue their education at TSU. The immigration process can be frustrating, so we are here to advise the students on immigration policies and expedite issuing the appropriate documents needed for their transfer here immediately." said Dr. Jewell Winn, senior International Affairs officer and deputy chief diversity officer at Tennessee State
There were 8,310 Saudi students enrolled in Canadian post-secondary schools from January to May 2018, according to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada's website.
TSU officials will rely on their current Saudi student population to assist them in making the transition easier once students enroll. Records show more than 70 percent of the nearly 570 foreign students at TSU are from Saudi Arabia.
For more information or to apply, visit www.tnstate.edu/admissions.
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President Glenda Glover welcomes freshmen, urges them to stay focused and graduate
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) – Tennessee State University President Glenda Glover welcomed new freshmen on Thursday and urged them not to lose focus of their ultimate goal while at TSU – graduation.
"You're going to enjoy yourself while you're here, but don't forget you're in college," Glover told the students gathered at the Howard C. Gentry Complex on the main campus. "You're here to get an education. You are all called to greatness, so be the leaders that God has called you to be."
Other administrators and student leaders also addressed the freshmen, who will be getting acclimated to the university over the next few days.
Student Government Association President Kayla McCrary told the students they may encounter some obstacles, but to be resilient.
"You may fail a class, or go through periods of distress," she said. "But don't give up. Nothing worthwhile is easy to get."
Freshman Roderick Robinson of Atlanta said he was fired up after hearing from Glover and others.
"I can tell that everybody is ecstatic and ready to learn," said Robinson, who is majoring in computer science. "I plan on studying hard, finding people in my major and working together to a common goal, and that's to graduate."
Dean of Students Frank Stevenson said he hopes other freshmen share Robinson's enthusiasm, and heed Dr. Glover's message, particularly in the case of completing their degree.
"The goal is to walk across the stage," Stevenson said. "I put that in their mind from the day they get here."
Simone Jones, a double major in mass communications and psychology from Columbia, South Carolina, said she's excited to be at TSU, and plans to enjoy her experience, one day at a time.
"I'm looking forward to a good year," Jones said.
For first-year student information, visit http://www.tnstate.edu/firstyear/
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UFO SIGHTINGS DAILY: UFO Sucking Energy From Sun On NASA Photo, March 20, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Sucking Energy From Sun On NASA Photo, March 20, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
This UFO was caught by Streetcap1 of Youtube and clearly shows a craft leaving the sun or sucking the energy from the sun. If this is the later, we should worry. Sucking away the sun little by little wont leave the Earth with much in a million years or so. I sure hope its just moving away.
Even I am blown away by this. It's like they are saying 'Hello we're here.' I've seen this before 3 or 4 times now.


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The funeral of two young police officers killed in the line of duty while investigating an alleged rape has stirred public emotion and received plenty of coverage in today's papers. Mlada Fronta Dnes reports on emotional outbursts in the town of Protivin as the funeral cortege went past the house where the shooting took place. Zemeske Noviny notes that were it not for the strong police presence around the house the funeral could have turned into a lynching. The tragedy has led to numerous questions and police president Jiri Kolar publicly admitted that the police officers sent out on the case had underestimated the risks involved.
Lidove Noviny reports on the trial in Munich of former Nazi SS officer Anton Malloth, allegedly one of the most brutal guards at the Terezin concentration camp in what is now the Czech Republic. Crimes against humanity must be punished -not only for the sake of those who were murdered but as a warning to those who would commit evil in the future, says Petr Fisher in a front page editorial. The German judiciary clearly recognizes this need. The Czech Republic has a few skeletons of its own from the communist days and it is time we followed Germany's example in dealing with them, the author says.
The fact that a man considered to be one of the smartest Czech neo-Nazi proponents was invited to lecture at Prague's prestigious Charles University has created plenty of controversy. The head of the department who invited him to perform a series of politology lectures says the aim was to acquaint students with a right-wing radicals "way of thinking". He claims that similar lectures had been given by left wing radicals as well. However, not everyone approves of this policy and Tomas Menschik of Lidove Noviny notes that while the benefit of such lectures to students is dubious there is no doubt at all that neo-Nazis and radical communists stand to gain a great deal by being treated as an academically acceptable minority.
Meanwhile, Hospodarske Noviny comments on the plans of a number of well-known intellectuals and business leaders to create a new political party for those voters who are dissatisfied with the present state of affairs on the Czech political scene. Any emerging political party needs to have a target group and a clear vision, the paper says. Gaining votes on the failures of others is not a policy programme and Czech voters have good reason to know that one cannot resolve long-standing problems simply by setting up a new party in the belief that it will do a better job.
And finally on a lighter note, Zemske Noviny has mercilessly spotlighted the lifestyle of Czech politicians, comparing them to tennis playing, weight-lifting and jogging foreign counterparts. And the picture is a sorry one. Gone are days when ex-prime minister Klaus made his Cabinet climb to a mountain chalet in the Krkonose for a government session, the paper says. The present heavy-set, comfort loving Prime Minister Milos Zeman clearly hates any regular physical activity as much as he loves a thick steak and Becherovka. He is moreover a heavy smoker.
The paper goers on to amuse readers with some of the Prime Ministers standing jokes in which he recalls how he broke a leg the minute he walked onto a football pitch or how he smokes to alleviate the social and labour ministry from the burden of having to sustain him in his old age. However there is hope for the Social Democrats yet, the paper notes - the new party boss, labour and social affairs minister Vladimir Spidla appears to be in good shape and has even been seen running a marathon. In any case Czech voters allegedly don't care about a few extra kilos - possibly because many of them are carrying around a too many of their own, the paper concludes.
Author: Dita Asiedu


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Q: Getting a name as an input using regex in java I am a beginner in both, Java and regular expressions. I want to get a name as an input, by which I mean that only names that have English alphabets A-Z, case insensitive and spaces.
I am using a Scanner class to get my input but my code doesn't work. It looks like:
Scanner sc= new Scanner(System.in);
String n;

while(!sc.hasNext("^[a-zA-Z ]*$"))
{
    System.out.println("That's not a name!");
    sc.nextLine();
}
n = sc.next();

I checked my regular expression on the website regex101.com and found out that it works fine.
For example, If I input it my name, Akshay Arora , the regex site says it is okay but my program prints
That's not a name
That's not a name

Same line is printed twice and it again asks me for input. Where am I going wrong?

A: Two parts are wrong:

*

*$ and ^ anchors are considered in the context of entire input, not in the context of the next token. It will never match, unless the input has a single line that matches the pattern in its entirety.

*You use default delimiters, which include spaces; therefore, Scanner will never return a token with a space in it.

Here is how you can fix this:
Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
sc.useDelimiter("\n");
String n;

while(!sc.hasNext("[a-zA-Z ]+"))
{
    System.out.println("That's not a name!");
    sc.nextLine();
}
n = sc.next();

Demo.

A: Here its sample program related to regex.
public class Program {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

    Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);

    String inputName = sc.next();

    String regex = "^[a-zA-Z ]*$";
    // Compile this pattern.
    Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex);

    // See if this String matches.
    Matcher m = pattern.matcher(inputName);
    if (m.matches()) {
        System.out.println("Valid Name");
    } else
        System.out.println("Invalid Name");

    }
}

Hope this will help you

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Have you ever fallen in love with a complete stranger? Or quit your job and started life elsewhere only to find yourself enthralled by someone and you are not sure whether or not to let your guard down and fall hopelessly in love with them? How about the moments where you play hard to get even though you know you love that person?
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Kofi Annan: The Back Story
November 15, 2014 January 28, 2013 by Irwin Arieff
Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary-general, speaking at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, in October 2012. KOFI ANNAN FOUNDATION
Frederic Eckhard, the United Nations spokesman for eight and a half of Kofi Annans 10 years as secretary-general, was certainly well placed to write a tell-all account of that action-packed era.
But readers of Eckhard's new book, "Kofi Annan: A Spokesperson's Memoir," get that and something more. Along with the insider accounts, there's the portrait that emerges of Eckhard himself, an admirable spokesman who helped Annan guide the UN through an extraordinarily productive period.
Eckhard said he never intended to write a book about his years as Annan's mouthpiece, so he kept no notes. But after stepping down in 2005, he wondered what he could to help people remember Annan's accomplishments alongside the whiplash he suffered from his resistance to the United States-led invasion of Iraq.
This memoir, therefore, is mostly an affectionate, even tender, look at what Annan achieved and what made him tick. But it is at times a very frank — sometimes brutally honest — portrayal.
For those seeking insight into how history is made, it is particularly valuable to have this volume so soon after the publication of Annan's own memoir, "Interventions: A Life in War and Peace," as the two are complementary in many ways. "Interventions" is more a philosophical look at what Annan tried to achieve and how he fared. "A Spokesperson's Memoir" focuses on the cast that was working in the background.
Full disclosure: I lived at the UN during Annan's last seven years at the top, as a reporter for the Reuters news agency; I greatly admire Annan and depended on Eckhard for my livelihood.
But looking back, we all must know better than ever by now how lucky we were to have Annan as the chief international diplomat during those daunting years. To drive home that point, Eckhard has given space at the end of the book to a grab-bag of fellow world leaders, diplomats and others to opine on how Annan will be remembered. They give him very positive marks, divided pretty much only on whether he was the second best secretary-general after Dag Hammarskjold, Dag's equal or possibly his better.
Eckhard sets the bar high in judging his own role. Asked by an associate to inform a newly arrived journalist of his "philosophy as spokesperson," he responded simply, "Never tell a lie."
As his book makes clear, this guidance — so rarely respected these days— served him well. Eckhard was never one to even embellish an accomplishment or gloss over a mistake.
With one notable exception. In 1999, when the company employing Annan's son Kojo, said that he was not on its payroll when it won a big contract from the UN oil-for-food program, several senior UN officials accepted this assertion and Eckhard repeated it. "I had no reason to think it was anything but accurate," he said.
When the truth was uncovered some five years later, it gave a major opening to George W. Bush's neocons, the news media and oil-for-food investigator Paul Volcker, all of whom were soon linking Annan to UN misconduct and mismanagement.
A conflict of interest over the contract's award was never proven, but then Benon Sevan, the oil-for-food administrator appointed by the UN, took exile in his native Cyprus after charges that he had illegally profited from the program. The drumbeat of investigative findings soon shattered Annan's ability to lead as he had before.
It is easy, as Eckhard does, to blame Annan's woes on Washington's desire to seek revenge after the secretary-general deemed the invasion of Iraq "illegal" because it failed to win Security Council approval. And it is unquestionably true that the neocons, savage defenders of American exceptionalism, relished the idea of rendering the UN irrelevant, so that the US could continue as the world's unrivaled superpower. To many at the UN, including Eckhard, who is American, the true UN "scandal" was mostly the fault of the Security Council and various national governments and had little to do with the UN Secretariat led by Annan.
But the scandal gave the right wing a huge gift. By late 2004, American lawmakers were calling for Annan to resign and for the UN's wings to be clipped.
Kofi Annan, UN secretary-general, left, with Fred Eckhard, his spokesman, en route to Sweden in 1997. EVAN SCHNEIDER/UN PHOTO
Under the strain, Annan lost his drive. He became withdrawn. When an aide, during a strategy meeting, called for more attention to the "long haul," the secretary-general responded, "These days one doesn't know how long the haul will be."
"I felt I was being hit by a truck," Eckhard wrote. But to him, resignation was never an option. "It would have been the same as an admission of guilt. For the neoconservatives, who were leading the attack against him, the failure in Iraq was their failure. They had their 15 minutes of fame defining US foreign policy and they blew it. Kofi would survive them — if he could get himself together emotionally."
In the end, this is what happened. The soft-spoken Annan soon regained his own determination, responding with an uncharacteristic "Hell, no" when asked at a news conference whether he might step down. He went on to complete an active second term.
Shortly before that, in spring 2005, while the oil-for-food crisis was still bubbling away, Eckhard offered his own resignation. He said he did so for two reasons — to give Annan the option of replacing him as part of a comeback strategy and to allow Eckhard himself to slip into retirement.
It took Annan a few weeks to respond. He called Eckhard to his office and requested that he stay until the end of June, when the Volcker investigation was due to end. "Would that suit you?" Annan asked.
Eckhard was mostly reassured by this response but not entirely. Asking him to stay on until the issuance of Volcker's final report suggested that "he saw me as part of the solution and not part of the problem," he writes. "But by asking me in a cool and almost accusatorial way, 'Would that suit you?' he could almost have been saying, why are you bailing out now? During the oil-for-food crisis there were too many conversations that we didn't have and we seemed to have reached a point where we were having difficulty reading each other."
At the time Eckhard stepped down, he was asked in a farewell interview for CNN whether he had any regrets, and he said he had just one. After learning at 5 a.m. one day that his boss and the UN would share the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize, "I turned to him to give him the news, and took one step towards him to give him a big hug. And then I stopped. What are you doing, I said to myself? He's the secretary-general."
"My regret is I didn't hug him," Eckhard told the CNN interviewer.
Annan never mentioned the interview, Eckhard said. But at a retirement party attended by the UN press corps, Annan dropped in, "walked up to me in front of everybody, looked at me, then gave me a hug."
"Kofi Annan: A Spokesperson's Memoir," by Frederic Eckhard, Ruder Finn Press, 978-1932646566. (A French language version of the book was published in May 2009.)
Kofi Annan: Lessons in Futility by Irwin Arieff October 24, 2012
The Failure of Mainstream Media to Cover the UN: Who's to Blame? by Barbara Crossette October 3, 2013
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by Irwin Arieff, PassBlue

Kofi Annan: The Back Story

by Irwin Arieff, PassBlue
January 28, 2013

Frederic Eckhard, the United Nations spokesman for eight and a half of Kofi Annans 10 years as secretary-general, was certainly well placed to write a tell-all account of that action-packed era.

But readers of Eckhard's new book, "Kofi Annan: A Spokesperson's Memoir," get that and something more. Along with the insider accounts, there's the portrait that emerges of Eckhard himself, an admirable spokesman who helped Annan guide the UN through an extraordinarily productive period.

Eckhard said he never intended to write a book about his years as Annan's mouthpiece, so he kept no notes. But after stepping down in 2005, he wondered what he could to help people remember Annan's accomplishments alongside the whiplash he suffered from his resistance to the United States-led invasion of Iraq.

This memoir, therefore, is mostly an affectionate, even tender, look at what Annan achieved and what made him tick. But it is at times a very frank — sometimes brutally honest — portrayal.

For those seeking insight into how history is made, it is particularly valuable to have this volume so soon after the publication of Annan's own memoir, "Interventions: A Life in War and Peace," as the two are complementary in many ways. "Interventions" is more a philosophical look at what Annan tried to achieve and how he fared. "A Spokesperson's Memoir" focuses on the cast that was working in the background.

Full disclosure: I lived at the UN during Annan's last seven years at the top, as a reporter for the Reuters news agency; I greatly admire Annan and depended on Eckhard for my livelihood.

But looking back, we all must know better than ever by now how lucky we were to have Annan as the chief international diplomat during those daunting years. To drive home that point, Eckhard has given space at the end of the book to a grab-bag of fellow world leaders, diplomats and others to opine on how Annan will be remembered. They give him very positive marks, divided pretty much only on whether he was the second best secretary-general after Dag Hammarskjold, Dag's equal or possibly his better.

Eckhard sets the bar high in judging his own role. Asked by an associate to inform a newly arrived journalist of his "philosophy as spokesperson," he responded simply, "Never tell a lie."

As his book makes clear, this guidance — so rarely respected these days— served him well. Eckhard was never one to even embellish an accomplishment or gloss over a mistake.

With one notable exception. In 1999, when the company employing Annan's son Kojo, said that he was not on its payroll when it won a big contract from the UN oil-for-food program, several senior UN officials accepted this assertion and Eckhard repeated it. "I had no reason to think it was anything but accurate," he said.

When the truth was uncovered some five years later, it gave a major opening to George W. Bush's neocons, the news media and oil-for-food investigator Paul Volcker, all of whom were soon linking Annan to UN misconduct and mismanagement.

A conflict of interest over the contract's award was never proven, but then Benon Sevan, the oil-for-food administrator appointed by the UN, took exile in his native Cyprus after charges that he had illegally profited from the program. The drumbeat of investigative findings soon shattered Annan's ability to lead as he had before.

It is easy, as Eckhard does, to blame Annan's woes on Washington's desire to seek revenge after the secretary-general deemed the invasion of Iraq "illegal" because it failed to win Security Council approval. And it is unquestionably true that the neocons, savage defenders of American exceptionalism, relished the idea of rendering the UN irrelevant, so that the US could continue as the world's unrivaled superpower. To many at the UN, including Eckhard, who is American, the true UN "scandal" was mostly the fault of the Security Council and various national governments and had little to do with the UN Secretariat led by Annan.

But the scandal gave the right wing a huge gift. By late 2004, American lawmakers were calling for Annan to resign and for the UN's wings to be clipped.

Under the strain, Annan lost his drive. He became withdrawn. When an aide, during a strategy meeting, called for more attention to the "long haul," the secretary-general responded, "These days one doesn't know how long the haul will be."

"I felt I was being hit by a truck," Eckhard wrote. But to him, resignation was never an option. "It would have been the same as an admission of guilt. For the neoconservatives, who were leading the attack against him, the failure in Iraq was their failure. They had their 15 minutes of fame defining US foreign policy and they blew it. Kofi would survive them — if he could get himself together emotionally."

In the end, this is what happened. The soft-spoken Annan soon regained his own determination, responding with an uncharacteristic "Hell, no" when asked at a news conference whether he might step down. He went on to complete an active second term.

Shortly before that, in spring 2005, while the oil-for-food crisis was still bubbling away, Eckhard offered his own resignation. He said he did so for two reasons — to give Annan the option of replacing him as part of a comeback strategy and to allow Eckhard himself to slip into retirement.

It took Annan a few weeks to respond. He called Eckhard to his office and requested that he stay until the end of June, when the Volcker investigation was due to end. "Would that suit you?" Annan asked.

Eckhard was mostly reassured by this response but not entirely. Asking him to stay on until the issuance of Volcker's final report suggested that "he saw me as part of the solution and not part of the problem," he writes. "But by asking me in a cool and almost accusatorial way, 'Would that suit you?' he could almost have been saying, why are you bailing out now? During the oil-for-food crisis there were too many conversations that we didn't have and we seemed to have reached a point where we were having difficulty reading each other."

At the time Eckhard stepped down, he was asked in a farewell interview for CNN whether he had any regrets, and he said he had just one. After learning at 5 a.m. one day that his boss and the UN would share the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize, "I turned to him to give him the news, and took one step towards him to give him a big hug. And then I stopped. What are you doing, I said to myself? He's the secretary-general."

"My regret is I didn't hug him," Eckhard told the CNN interviewer.

Annan never mentioned the interview, Eckhard said. But at a retirement party attended by the UN press corps, Annan dropped in, "walked up to me in front of everybody, looked at me, then gave me a hug."

"Kofi Annan: A Spokesperson's Memoir," by Frederic Eckhard, Ruder Finn Press, 978-1932646566. (A French language version of the book was published in May 2009.)

This article first appeared on PassBlue and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.


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One Punch Man review
David Eckstein-Schoemann, Reporter
Since I've talked about Marvel, DC, and other superheroes in the media, it only makes sense that I give my thoughts on "One Punch Man."
The series takes place on the supercontinent, Earth, where all sorts of villains and giant monsters wreak havoc on the public, which is why the government established the Hero Association to fight evil. Our protagonist, Saitama, is an unassociated hero who has trained himself so hard that he is able to beat virtually any opponent with, you guessed it, one punch.
He fights crime for his own enjoyment, but he is left with a sense of boredom as his abilities are so powerful that there are hardly any challenges in his life. He's eventually found by a cyborg named Genos, who wishes to be Saitama's disciple so that he can get stronger and defeat the cyborg that destroyed his family and hometown. Saitama and Genos then decide to officially join the hero world to be recognized, but that's easier said than done as their acts still remain unnoticed and unappreciated by the public.
One of the things that stands out the most to me in this series is the premise, which I'll say is really clever. We're familiar with indestructible characters like Superman, where they're basically able to beat any threat easily. Well here, this anime explores the downsides to that as the main lead is down in the dumps because he has so much power and is constantly being underwhelmed by the enemies he faces. I also find it interesting how he's mainly doing this just because he feels like it. While he still does save people and do the right thing, his main goal is to be loved and recognized. That's something you don't always see very often, at least not in this type of character. They do take advantage of this aspect and make it really funny to watch.
Even the world these people inhabit feels like a traditional comic book world. You have the villains spouting long dialogue, the best friend with a dark past, and the city that's always being destroyed and rebuilt within a week. It's all stuff we're familiar with. Bizarrely enough, this anime is aware of this and pokes fun at it numerous times. There are scenes where the villains are monologuing and our hero is busy trying to remember his name. Or when a city gets destroyed and his biggest concern is that his favorite supermarket is gone. Even a lot of the heroes in this world are portrayed as how you'd expect people with powers would act. It reminded me a lot of "The Boys," in that the heroes are mostly fighting crime to further their status or publicity. A whole city could be in danger and all they're thinking about is leveling up their stats.
Courtesy of Funimation
With all that going for it, I will admit it didn't catch my interest like a lot of other shonen anime did. It got me thinking why other shonen characters like Deku and Tanjiro Kamado stood out to me more than Saitama. Taking away the fact that he's overpowered, I think it comes down to two things: the character's motivation and the journey. The best characters in shonen anime stand out to us because they had a motivation and journey that drives them, as well as the story forward. Deku from "My Hero Academia" wants to master his power and be like his idol. Tanjiro Kamado from "Demon Slayer" wants to save his sister and avenge his family. Yuji Itadori from "Jujutsu Kaisen" wants to protect his friends and die a proper death. As far as Saitama goes, he just wants to do hero work for fun and get popular. While it's not bad, it's not very relatable. Even the way he got his powers isn't really explained. I understand it is part of the joke, but we don't get to see the journey aspect as he's already at the peak of his powers. You can show him annihilating opponents left and right, but when you compare his story to other characters, it doesn't feel as interesting.
Another thing that took me a while to get used to was the world building, which in my opinion isn't very detailed. While you get the main idea of how this world works, it doesn't go much further beyond that. You don't really know the people on the ground so you don't really care when a building falls down. The villains, while creative, are played out as generic baddies to fight. While you do spend time with some of the heroes, it's not really enough to create a connection. The only other character I grew to like watching was this hero riding a bicycle named Mumen Rider. This idea sounds crazy as it's basically a guy with no powers who goes around riding a bicycle to save people. At first, they play it off as a joke. But the more he appears, the more you warm up to him as he is doing the right thing for the sake of it. The odds are always massively against him, and he doesn't back down. He even shares a nice moment with Saitama once in a while. I wish this show had more characters like this.
The animation here is greatly handled as it really has a lot of fun with these creative designs and unique scenarios. It's one of the few shows where even when it gets fast and blurry, I could still see everything. Every scene and frame is packed with so much movement that my phone had to take a break and pause every once in a while. It also helps that this series doesn't hold back on the powers aspect because wow! You thought superhero films like "Man of Steel" had too much destruction, you ain't seen nothing yet. I could go off both hands a number of times some giant monster or villain destroys the city because the destruction here is crazy. While there's not much weight to it, as you don't know a lot of the characters, it's still wonderful to look at.
That about sums up my thoughts on "One Punch Man." Is its story as good as something like "My Hero Academia"? No. Is it the most unique superhero show out there? Probably not. But a lot of its fun resides in its creative premise, humor, and destructive animation. If you have any free time, this anime is a fine show to check out.
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Wildcats win one for Olson
Arizona won in overtime in the first game since their longtime coach took a leave of absence.
by Andrew Seligman, Associated Press, Posted: December 9, 2007
Jerryd Bayless figures the best way to honor coach Lute Olson is to keep winning without him. To that end, Arizona is succeeding.
Bayless, a freshman point guard, made six free throws in the final 31 seconds of overtime as the No. 22 Wildcats pulled out a 78-72 victory over Illinois yesterday in Chicago, two days after learning that Olson, a Hall of Famer, would not be their coach this season.
"For us this is a huge win," said interim coach Kevin O'Neill, who will fill in for the 73-year-old Olson, who is going through a divorce.
Arizona (6-2) caught a major break at the end of regulation, when an official ignored Nic Wise's apparent signal for a time-out the Wildcats did not have. The game went into overtime, where Bayless and Chase Budinger made the key contributions.
The Fighting Illini (5-3) were within 74-72 after Trent Meacham hit a three-pointer following two free throws by Bayless. But Bayless (20 points) made two more with 24 seconds left and two more with nine seconds to go to seal the win. Those were his only free throws of the game.
"Coach Olson is a great coach," Bayless said. "We're going to give him his privacy, and we're going to wish him the best of whatever is going on. We just have to move on without him."
Jordan Hill had 23 points and 14 rebounds for the Wildcats. For Illinois Shaun Pruitt had a career-high 24 points on 10-for-11 shooting; he also grabbed nine rebounds.
Poor free throw shooting doomed Illinois, which shot only 10 of 22 from the line.
"We could have won the game, iced the game, taken control of the game, and we just didn't," Illinois coach Bruce Weber said.
Posted: December 9, 2007 - 3:01 AM
Andrew Seligman, Associated Press
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4 Powerful Ways For Entrepreneurs To Increase Energy Levels
Kevin Kruse
I'll let you in on a little secret: Even though people always talk about "time management," nobody can truly "manage" time.
No matter what tricks or strategies you use, you will always have the same 24 hours tomorrow that you had today. 1,440 minutes. 86,400 seconds.
When people talk about "time management," what they really want is to get more stuff done, with less stress, and maybe fit in a bit more leisure time, too.
Red Bull Nation
Stop and think for a moment.
Have you ever experienced any of the following?
Have you ever been reading a book, but you keep reading the same paragraph over and over, and it's still not sinking in?
While working on an important report, have you ever kept zoning off into space—wasting who knows how many minutes, simply doing nothing?
Have you ever been in a brainstorming session, but you just couldn't come up with any good ideas?
Think about the time immediately following lunch. How productive are you an hour or two after eating?
Have you ever actually fallen asleep at your desk? How about right in the middle of a meeting?
If you said "yes" to most of these questions, you can personally understand that our physical and mental energy varies—and that it has a direct effect on our productivity.
It's why consumers bought over four billion cans of Red Bull each year, and why the company behind 5-Hour Energy power shots reportedly makes more than $600 million in revenue annually.
People everywhere are fatigued and looking for a quick fix. But while an energy drink might bring short-term alertness, it's no way to handle the chronic brain fatigue so many of us have come to view as normal.
Learning the tips that help you to maximize the return on your investment of time is the secret to exponentially increasing your productivity. And the secret behind this is learning to maximize your energy.
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So how can you find more energy? Here are four simple tips:
Work for shorter intervals
Research shows that humans work best when they alternate between medium-length bursts of focused work, followed by a short break. For example, in the popular Pomodoro method (developed by Francesco Cirillo), you set a timer for 25 minutes, work on a single task with your full focus, then take a 5-minute break to get up, move around, maybe drink some water. Then, repeat the cycle.
Personally I like longer sessions of about 50-minutes, and others swear by the 90-minute cycle. Regardless of the amount of time itself, scheduling focused working jam sessions increases focus, productivity and overall results.
Get more exercise
It's no secret that regular exercise improves our metabolism and increases energy levels. But many feel that including exercise within the workday is asking for too much. The problem is, they think of exercise as something complicated—going to the gym or an activity that takes more time than available.
But it doesn't have to be that way. Who doesn't have time for a 20-minute power walk on their lunch break? If you feel that you can't fit that into your schedule, chances are your current priorities are sabotaging your productivity.
Use tools that save energy
Author Monica Leonelle went from being a 600-word-per-hour writer to a 3,500-word-per-hour writer. How did she do it?
In addition to using a variation of the Pomodoro method, she noticed that her ailing wrists and fingers were causing a drop in productivity. So, she switched from keyboard typing to dictation and eventually gained an additional 25 percent in word count. Another big leap in productivity occurred when she decided to write while getting fresh air and exercise: She began dictating her novels while going for walks.
What about you: What tools could help you work from a different angle, eliminating your bottlenecks?
Get more sleep
According to research by the Division of Sleep Medicine at the Harvard Medical School, a lack of adequate sleep can affect judgment, mood, and the ability to learn and retain information. Specifically, "concentration, working memory, mathematical capacity, and logical reasoning are all aspects of cognitive function compromised by sleep deprivation."
So how much sleep do you need? Opinions vary, but physician and associate professor Elizabeth Klerman lists the following criteria as part of the means for identifying if you are getting "enough" sleep:
You sleep the same amount on work days and non-work days
You awaken without an alarm clock
You don't use caffeine or other stimulants to remain awake or substances to fall asleep
You don't fall asleep within five minutes or in other non-stimulating conditions (e.g., when a passenger in a car)
If you're unable to do one or more of the following, it's time to consider getting an hour or two more sleep per night.
In the end, you may find that the first step in getting more done… is by doing a little less.
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Pig Bride
Manga Score: 7.54
Author: Created by KookHwa Huh, Created by SuJin Kim
Publisher: Yen Press
Volumes: 5
DB title: Pig Bride
Rating: 13 and up
Genres: RomanceComedySchoolShoujo
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*This is a digital eBook, not a physical book.
Lost in the mountains on a trip to summer camp, eight-year-old Si-Joon fears he'll never make it out alive. When a strange girl in a pig mask appears before him, he follows her to a house deep in the woods, where he is told that he must marry the pig-faced girl to atone for the sins of their ancestors. Si-Joon's not too keen on getting married, but that wedding feast looks so delicious! It's only afterward that he realizes what he's done and...wakes up. Now in high school, Si-Joon Lee has been dreaming about the pig bride for as long as he can remember. But it's all just a dream, right?
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zalti (All reviews)
I'm only writing this review because there is not one at the moment so it might not be good
This manga is about a girl with a pig mask and a boy who meets her as a kid and they agree to get marred though he is eight years old and wasn't really paying attention, she says will meet on his 16 birthday. He thinks it's a dream and on his birthday she comes down to see him and he is not happy about marrying someone he doesn't know, can't see her face of and generally not happy that he is forced into it as you would be if it was a promise made at eight years old .
Has a good amount of comedy and made me laugh at times. The art is good not the best this ever but nothing to be disappointed over. The characters are very likeable and fun to read about. One thing I personally didn't like is there wasn't that much background story on the side characters I mean there was a few pages on it but I personally would have liked to see more and maybe a side love story but who knows I have only read to volume 4 I can't find volume 5 in English so there might be that stuff in there later on.
Over all it was allot better than I thought it would be when I first read on MAL what it was about I was sceptical but is was good enjoyable I haven't finished it as I said but I would recommend it to anyone who has nothing to read and it looking for something to.
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Desk05 (All reviews)
Pig Bride has a premise I have never read before. This manhwa was ridiculously hilarious around the first two chapters and anytime they flash backed to children, but after that the story's momentum dulled to me. I was so impatient to see Mu-Yeon's true face, but the manhwa author drug that reveal to the last possible moment. It was even longer before Si-Joon saw her. The wait to see Mu-Yeon's face might irk you or hold your interest until the end as intended. There is a strong theme of reincarnation and a mystery dream, that doesn't take long to decipher.
Ji-oh is my favorite. He's level-headed, smart, and a deadpan snarker. If he hadn't been in this manHwa it would have been less enjoyable. He helped speed up the plot by dropping truth bombs and causing Si-Joon to rethink his feelings. He is the funniest one in the entire story.
My next favorite character would be Mu-Hwa, the ninja-like sister, who doesn't talk. She is so pretty! I wish her and Mu-Yeon could've switched faces.
Si-Joon is okay. You could argue he is a bit of a flat character, but he's likable enough.
Doe-Doe teeters on the line of annoying to interesting. She comes off as the cutesy, sweet girl but is actually aggressive enough in nature to pimp slap some girls to back off her man. I don't like or dislike her, it just feels like she was there to fulfill the love rival role. The good thing is toward the end her character matures. I suppose the "most character development" award goes to her.
I found Mu-Yeon's innocence funny. She is a cute character! In the final chapter, she's so cheeky.
I am neutral with the art style. It is a bit off at times with far apart eyes, clothes being too big, or full body scales. However, it is sufficient for whatever it needed to convey.
It is a nice enough story to give it a try. If it holds your interest past the first few chapters and you don't get too eager to see Mu-Yeon's face then you might like this manhwa. The enjoyment I had in the beginning returned in the ending chapter. Although, I would have liked to see more of their futures. There were some loose ends, so it could be considered lackluster.
SN: The 'special CD' given to Si-Joon made me burst out laughing!


New Housing Board flats have become more affordable relative to applicants' household incomes, compared with last year.
But while the gap is closing, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan's target of having new flats priced at about four times the applicants' median income has not been reached.
When Mr Khaw set that target last year, the price ratio was about 5.5 times annual salary. Now it is lower for all flat sizes.
A new two-room flat is the most affordable. At $55,000 after grants, it is less than three times the median household salary of such applicants (see table).
After grants, three-room flats cost 4.57 years of salary. Four- and five-roomers are less accessible, at 5.26 times and 5.36 times applicants' salaries respectively.
These calculations are based on average Build-To-Order (BTO) flat prices in non-mature estates, given by the Ministry of National Development in a September parliamentary reply, and applicants' median income as given in the September BTO.
High BTO prices caused unhappiness around the last general election in 2011. At the time, they were linked to HDB resale prices, which had been soaring.
After the elections, delinking BTO prices from the resale market stopped them from rising, as Mr Khaw noted during last year's Committee of Supply debate.
"We can now pause and see what else we can do to bring BTO prices in non-mature estates to, say, around four years of salary as it was before the current property cycle started," he said then.
Though the relative prices of BTO flats have fallen since Mr Khaw's speech, most of the flats still cost more than four years of an applicant's salary.
But experts pointed out that the picture improves if overall household incomes are considered, not just those of applicants.
Last year, the overall median household income was $7,030 a month.
The price of the median house type - a BTO four-roomer - was $295,000, or about 3.5 years of income, noted Singapore Management University economist Phang Sock Yong.
For resident employed households, which mainly exclude retirees, the median income was even higher, at $7,872 a month.
Using this as a reference, the price of $386,000 for a five-room flat "looks reasonable" at about four times one's annual salary, said National University of Singapore associate professor of real estate Sing Tien Foo.
NUS economist Tilak Abeysinghe prefers to compare house prices with lifetime income, with a price under 30 per cent considered affordable in the long run.
"A crude comparison indicates that a house price four times the annual income falls in the highly affordable range," he said.
Even the five-roomer, at 5.36 times the annual income, falls within the affordable range for that income group, he added.
Nor should we expect all flat types to be equally affordable by this ratio, said experts.
Larger flats cost more times one's income because public housing is priced "according to ability to pay", said Prof Phang.
Housing affordability is not just about setting prices, but encouraging a match between house type and household income level, said Prof Sing.
"Lowering housing prices for larger flats is not a good strategy or policy... it may induce some lower-income households to buy large houses, which could further distort the housing price to income ratio," he said.


Shane van Gisbergen has begun a quest to ramp up his international racing commitments in 2018 following the release of the Supercars calendar earlier this month.
After winning the Blancpain Endurance Series with McLaren in 2016 alongside his maiden Supercars crown, a series of date clashes prevented a return to Europe this season.
Instead, he embarked on a three-event IMSA SportsCar program in the United States aboard a WeatherTech Mercedes, racing at Daytona, Sebring and Watkins Glen.
Next year, none of IMSA's four Endurance Cup races and just one of the five Blancpain events clash with Supercars, leaving both doors potentially open for the Kiwi.
Returning to WeatherTech for a fifth-straight Daytona 24 Hour is not an option, however, with its driver line-up already full following a recent deal for the team to switch to Ferraris.
"I'm shopping around. I've contacted some people and we'll see what happens," van Gisbergen told Supercars.com of his overseas ambitions for 2018.
"It's a shame [not to continue with WeatherTech] because I had a pretty good time with those guys, but hopefully I can still be in the class next year.
"Hopefully I can get something for Daytona, I'd love to do that again, and ideally I can do all four North American endurance races.
"The calendar means doing Blancpain is possible again, too. I don't know what's happening at McLaren, but I'll see if there's any interest there.
"I like the European racing as well, it's tough and intense, and Spa [24 Hours] is obviously the highlight there. It would be great to go back.
Van Gisbergen will return to the wheel of a McLaren GT3 car next month for the Australian Endurance Championship's Highlands 500 in Cromwell, New Zealand.
He'll drive a Tony Quinn-owned McLaren in the event, which is being billed as the last for the category at the facility.
"I love that race, I've done it twice and won it last time, so it'll be cool to go and have a skid. I really wanted to be there for the last one," said van Gisbergen.
The 28-year-old also made a return to competitive drifting in last weekend's World Time Attack meeting at Sydney Motorsport Park, making for a busy end to the year.
"I've still got a lot of racing in this year but I feel like I want to do more next year," he added.
Van Gisbergen's 2018 pre-season will again include February's Bathurst 12 Hour, labelling his plans "a work in progress" after piloting a factory-assisted Mercedes this year.
Le Mans will, however, remain elusive, with the French classic again clashing with the Hidden Valley Supercars event.
The reigning champion enters this weekend's Vodafone Gold Coast 600 fifth in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship following a rollercoaster run to fifth place at Bathurst.


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Q: How to get a RichEmbed from the channel by field value? So, I'm creating the bot for my Discord channel. I created a special system based on requests. For example, the user sends a request to be added to the chat he wants. Each request is paired with a unique ID. The request is formed and sent to the service channel where the moderator can see those requests. Then, once the request is solved, moderator types something like .resolveRequest <ID> and this request is copied and posted to 'resolved requests' channel.
There is some code I wrote.
Generating request:
if (command === "join-chat") {
        const data = fs.readFileSync('./requestID.txt');

        let requestID = parseInt(data, 10);

        const emb = new Discord.RichEmbed()
            .setTitle('New request')
            .setDescription('Request to add to chat')
            .addField('Who?', `**User ${msg.author.tag}**`)
            .addField('Which chat?', `**Chat: ${args[0]}**`)
            .setFooter('Request\'s ID: ' + requestID)
            .setColor('#fffb3a');

        let chan = client.channels.get('567959560900313108');
        chan.send(emb);

        requestID++;

        fs.writeFileSync('./requestID.txt', requestID.toString(10));
    }

Now the .resolveRequest <ID>:
if (command === '.resolveRequest') {
        msg.channel.fetchMessages({limit : 100}) //getting last 100 messages
            .then((messages) => messages.forEach(element => { //for each message get an embed
                element.embeds.forEach(element => {
                    msg.channel.send(element.fields.find('value', args[0].toString(10))); //send a message containing the ID mentioned in 'args[0]' that was taken form the message
                })
            }));
    }

.join-chat <chat_name> works flawlessly, but .resolveRequest <ID> does't work at all, even no errors.
Any way to fix it?

A: Using .find('value', 'key') is deprecated, use .find(thing => thing.value == 'key') instead.
Also you should use a DataBase to store things, but your Code actually is not broken, its just that you check for: command === '.resolveRequest', wich means you need to run ..resolveRequest, as in the command variable the prefix gets cut away so change that to: command === 'resolveRequest'


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Over the past twenty years, one of the areas of law that has seen the most dramatic changes is in the field of employment law. New laws have been adopted which prohibit discrimination on the basis of age, sex, or handicaps have augmented previously existing laws intended to prevent discrimination due to race. Too many laws to mention in this brief article have been passed regarding health insurance and pension plans and the term "wrongful discharge" has taken on new and different meanings.
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package com.nominanuda.zen.codec;

import java.io.IOException;

import javax.annotation.concurrent.ThreadSafe;

@ThreadSafe
public class Base64Codec {
	public static final Base64Codec B64 = new Base64Codec();
	private static final String[] PADS = {null, "=", "=="};

	public String encodeUrlSafeNoPad(byte[] msg) {
		try {
			return Base64Impl.encodeBytes(msg, Base64Impl.URL_SAFE)
							.replace("=", "");
		} catch (IOException e) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
		}
	}
	public String encodeClassic(byte[] msg) {
		try {
			return Base64Impl.encodeBytes(msg, Base64Impl.NO_OPTIONS);
		} catch (IOException e) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
		}
	}
	public String gzipEncodeClassic(byte[] msg) {
		try {
			return Base64Impl.encodeBytes(msg, Base64Impl.GZIP);
		} catch (IOException e) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
		}
	}
	public String gzipEncodeUrlSafeNoPad(byte[] msg) {
		try {
			return Base64Impl.encodeBytes(msg,
					Base64Impl.NO_OPTIONS|Base64Impl.GZIP)
					.replace("=", "");
		} catch (IOException e) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
		}
	}
	public byte[] decodeGzipDetect(String msg) {
		return decode(msg, Base64Impl.NO_OPTIONS);
	}
	public byte[] decodeNoGzip(String msg) {
		return decode(msg, Base64Impl.DONT_GUNZIP);
	}
	private byte[] decode(String msg, int options) {
		try {
			int padlen = (4 - (msg.length() % 4))% 4;
			if(padlen == 3)  {
				throw new IllegalArgumentException(
					"unespected base64 message length:"+msg.length());
			}
			if(msg.contains("_") || msg.contains("-")) {
				options = options|Base64Impl.URL_SAFE;
			}
			return Base64Impl.decode((padlen == 0 ? msg : msg+PADS[padlen]), options);
		} catch (IOException e) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
		}
	}
}

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Progressive Portraits, my pet photographer (and pet sitter), landed an assignment with a pet toy company to take videos of dogs enjoying their product - a rawhide "greeting card."
It's a flat, white piece of rawhide with a note on it, like Happy Valentine's Day. Chou was one of the dogs in this potential ad. We shot the video at my home.
I gave Chou the rawhide "card." She sniffed it but walked away. We tried several times, but this just wasn't her idea of a good treat.
Finally, I had an idea. I also have a cockatoo, who likes to toss to Chou Chou what she doesn't want to eat. I put her on a perch and handed her the Valentine rawhide, in her beak. Sure enough, she tossed it to the ground and Chou went over to inspect it. It was cute: bird giving Valentine card to puppy.
While Deb was at the house, she also took this photo. I love the lighting.
As for the video, I haven't seen it. The company hasn't released it.


What are the capabilities of GSM when it comes to Fax transmission.
I have seen PSTN to GSM boxes that do FAX transmission.
to the input of this device.
as opposed to going through a voice codec as would normally happen.
Many thanks for all replies.
> What are the capabilities of GSM when it comes to Fax transmission.
> I have seen PSTN to GSM boxes that do FAX transmission.
> does Analog G3 fax:9600bps.
> to the input of this device.
> as opposed to going through a voice codec as would normally happen.
> Many thanks for all replies.