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Victims of Montreal school massacre remembered 15 years later 19094 readings
MONTREAL (CP) - Every year, in memorial ceremonies across the country, Genevieve Bergeron's name is heard first when the list of the victims of Canada's worst mass shooting is read.
Link: White Ribbon Campaign
The tragedy of her death overshadows her life for most Canadians. They're seldom told she was a loving, inspirational sister, a top student, a gifted musician and a talented athlete.
"For me, she was like the sun," said Catherine Bergeron, who fought tenaciously for tougher gun laws after her sister was killed.
"I see her like sunshine. She was a beautiful blond, with blue eyes, always smiling."
Genevieve was 21 when she and 13 other women were killed during Marc Lepine's hate-fuelled rampage at Montreal's Ecole polytechnique engineering school on Dec. 6, 1989.
Lepine, only a few years older than most of his victims, proclaimed he was getting even because feminists had ruined his life.
Also killed in the rampage which took Bergeron's life 15 years ago Monday were Helene Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Maryse Leclair and Annie St-Arneault, all 23; Anne-Marie Edward, Michelle Richard and Annie Turcotte, all 21; Barbara Daigneault and Anne-Marie Lemay, both 22; Maryse Laganiere, 25; Sonia Pelletier, 28; Maud Haviernick, 29; and Barbara Maria Klucznik, 31.
Genevieve was in her second year of studies in civil engineering when she died. She had proudly gained admittance on a scholarship because of her high grades in junior college but lost it the second year because the crushing workload caused her grades to slip.
"We were laughing about that because Genevieve was the kind of student who got 100 per cent in high school and junior college," Catherine recalled.
"It tells you how hard it is to go through Polytechnique and how hard you have to work."
Genevieve could easily have become a musician instead of an engineer, her sister said. A gifted clarinet player, she also sang in a professional choir.
"She loved Mozart."
In the end, Genevieve, who looked at things with a level head, weighed the career prospects of music and engineering carefully.
"We discussed it," said Catherine, who is now a lawyer. "She didn't know if she could have a nice living with music. It's harder. So she decided to go into engineering and have a more sure career.
"She was still singing in a choir while studying engineering," Catherine said, with a touch of sisterly pride in her voice. "She could do both."
Bubbling energy seemed to power Genevieve.
"She was a very happy person and a very sensible person too. I remember her crying easily, a very emotive person," Catherine said with a fond chuckle.
"She was like energy."
Laughter came as easily as tears.
"She was the type of person you liked to have as an audience because she laughed at everything. She was a giggler."
One of the most widely seen pictures of Genevieve shows her with her head thrown back, apparently laughing loudly at some joke or incident, her eyes squeezed into a mischievous squint by her big smile.
In her spare time, what there was of it, she also swam, did gymnastics and played basketball.
"That's why I play basketball now too because she started to play basketball in high school and I joined the club because she was there.
"I used to follow her a lot," said Catherine, who was two years younger than her sister. "I was the one who wanted to do like she was doing, like a little sister."
Genevieve was a cherished mentor to Catherine, but not the type to always be offering advice. Just when it counted.
"She was always there when I needed her," she said. "Always there."
On the last day of her life, Genevieve had gone to the school to work on a project with her friends.
"I think it was a computer project," Catherine recalled. "I remember she was in the computer room and she went down to the cafeteria with her friend when Marc Lepine just came in and started to shoot."
Bergeron was with Edward, who had just been named to the university ski team.
The cafeteria was decked out for the holidays with festive red and white balloons, while free wine was also being offered to celebrate the end of term.
Late-day meals were being chosen when people rushed into the cafeteria and began pushing others into the facility's small kitchen, slamming the door behind them.
Bergeron and Edward were among those who didn't make it.
They made a run for it. Lepine apparently caught a glimpse of their long, flying blond hair as they dashed for cover.
Edward's mother Suzanne, who like Bergeron's mom Therese Daviau became a leading gun-control advocate, said later the two young women were holding each other tightly in their arms when Lepine calmly strode over to their hiding place and raised his rifle once again.
The effects of that day would unleash the efforts of survivors and relatives of the victims of Lepine's rampage to tighten Canada's gun laws, legislation that still faces challenges in the form of the controversial gun registry.
Wendy Cukier, president of the Coalition for Gun Control, said the families of the victims never shrink from fighting to preserve the law and the registry.
"Many of them consider the legislation a monument to the young women who were killed that day and it's ironic they have to work so hard to preserve it," she said.
Catherine Bergeron acknowledges the gun law is part of her sister's legacy but it's not the only way she wants her to be remembered.
"I would like Canadians to remember her and the other 13 women, not to be sad but to go on in life in a better way," she said.
"Think more about other human beings and be more open. More tolerant too."
Here are brief sketches of the 14 women who were killed Dec. 6, 1989, during a rampage at the University of Montreal's Ecole polytechnique school of engineering. They are listed in alphabetical order.
Genevieve Bergeron, 21, was a second-year scholarship student in civil engineering. She played the clarinet and sang in a professional choir. In her spare time she played basketball and swam.
Helene Colgan, 23, was in her final year of mechanical engineering and planned to do her master's degree. She had three job offers and was leaning towards accepting one from a company based near Toronto.
Nathalie Croteau, 23, another graduating mechanical engineer, planned to take a two-week vacation in Cancun, Mexico, with Colgan at the end of the month.
Barbara Daigneault, 22, was to graduate at the end of the year. She was a teaching assistant for her father Pierre Daigneault, a mechanical engineering professor with the city's other French-language engineering school at the University of Quebec at Montreal.
Anne-Marie Edward, 21. She loved outdoor sports like skiing, diving and riding and was always surrounded with friends.
Maud Haviernick, 29, was a second-year student in engineering materials, a branch of metallurgy, and a graduate in environmental design from the University of Quebec at Montreal.
Barbara Maria Klucznik, 31, the oldest of the victims, was a first-year nursing student. She arrived in Montreal from Poland with her husband in 1987.
Maryse Laganiere, 25, of Montreal, was the only non-student killed. She worked in the budget department of the engineering school. She had recently married.
Maryse Leclair, 23, in fourth-year metallurgy, had a year to go before graduation and was one of the top students in the school. She acted in plays in junior college. She was the first victim whose name was known and she was found by her father, Montreal police Lieut. Pierre Leclair.
Anne-Marie Lemay, 27, of Montreal, was in fourth-year mechanical engineering.
Sonia Pelletier, 28, was the head of her class and the pride of St-Ulric, Que., her remote birthplace in the Gaspe peninsula. She had five sisters and two brothers. She was killed the day before she was to graduate with a degree in mechanical engineering. She had a job interview lined up for the following week.
Michele Richard, 21, of Montreal, was in second-year engineering materials. She was presenting a paper with Haviernick when she was killed.
Annie St-Arneault, 23, a mechanical engineering student from La Tuque, Que., a Laurentian pulp and paper town in the upper St-Maurice river valley, lived in a small apartment in Montreal. Her friends considered her a fine student. She was killed as she sat listening to a presentation in her last class before graduation. She had a job interview with Alcan Aluminium scheduled for the following day. She had talked about eventually getting married to the man who had been her boyfriend since she was a teenager.
Annie Turcotte, 21, of Granby, Que., was in her first year and lived with her brother in a small apartment near the university. She was described as gentle and athletic - she was a diver and a swimmer. She went into engineering so she could one day help improve the environment.
Some facts about the Ecole polytechnique massacre where 14 women were killed and 13 other people wounded:
When: Late afternoon, Dec. 6, 1989.
Where: Ecole polytechnique, the University of Montreal's engineering school.
Who did it: Marc Lepine, 25, armed with a Sturm Ruger Mini-14 semi-automatic assault rifle, knives and bandoliers of ammunition.
Why: Lepine ranted during his rampage that feminists had ruined his life.
Victims: Fourteen women killed; 13 other people, mostly women, wounded.
Aftermath: Tougher gun-control measures, increased awareness of violence against women.
Coalition for Gun Control
CBC Archives - Marc Lepine, mass murderer
White Ribbon Campaign
see also: The Montr?al Massacre
The Montr?al Massacre of December 6, 1989, in which 14 women students at the ?cole Polytechnique were systematically killed and 13 other students wounded by a lone gunman, is indelibly imprinted on the minds of Quebeckers and others who struggled to comprehend the worst single-day massacre in Canadian history.


In a world where virtually every new concept gets compared to Uber, Instagram or Google and the like, as in a press release stating, "Our company is the Twitter of Scientists," Colorado-based Inspirato with American Express wouldn't be off base to claim its spot as "the AirBNB of affluent travelers." Yet, the model is quite different, is changing dynamically, but like some of these aforementioned dotcoms has plenty of room to grow.
Birthed from the circa 2000 concept of destination clubs, this post-2008 recession version has left at port one of the anchors of past incarnations, buying the homes where members stay. The fact that Inspirato is claiming it has found a way to succeed in a category that in the early century had as many as 40 players, that dropped to just a handful when real estate prices crashed, isn't surprising. Much of its senior leadership, including President David Kallery, were founders and managers at Exclusive Resorts, now owned by Steve Case and one of the industry's few survivors.
Since its conception in 2010 and launch in January 2011, Kallery tells ForbesLife.com that membership has grown to 10,000. He says the U.S. alone has three million households that match its target market of Millennials and Boomers, typically with a household income of over $200,000. Its investors include Silicon Valley icon Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, Case's investment vehicle Revolution and a marketing partnership with American Express, so there is plenty of room for cheer and optimism.
Instead of buying homes, Inspirato, according to Kallery enters into long-terms leases that can last up to seven years in hotspot destinations such as Vail, where it has some 30 homes. Once it has a home under lease, only its club members can access it. Sorry, AirBNB. He says, typically $50,000 to $70,000 is spent to bring the homes inline with its standards, including LG televisions and Sonos sound systems as well as towels and other amenities. Short-term leases, which can be as little as several months, are used to bolster inventory for peak periods. Kallery says this asset light model enables Inspirato to add product rapidly, but points out that all leases give it an out of 180 days, so if there is a downturn in the economy and membership contracts or decreases its travel, it can shed homes quickly.
The concept is straightforward. You pay a one-time initiation fee that ranges from $4,500 to $25,000. Annual fees range from $2,600 to $4,600. Holders of any type of American Express card get $2,500 off upon joining and $400 off the yearly charge. On top of this you pay a per night rate which can run from the low hundreds of dollars to in the thousands depending on size of the residence and time of the year. Value of homes ranges from $2 million to $20 million, and up to six bedrooms. The difference in memberships includes when you can travel, and how many people are entitled to use the membership at the same time, as well as trip gifting.
In addition to building membership, the company is focused on increasing the share of vacation days it gets from current members. Over the past two years it has added experiences, including members-only cruises with Silversea Cruises and an Antarctica expedition aboard the National Geographic Orion. The latest news is the addition of hotel partners. Kallery says, the company has entered into leases with top line luxury hotels and resorts giving members exclusive use for those units. It both adds locations and gives options when a four or five bedroom house is just too big. Among the hotels signed up are St. Regis properties in Aspen and Dana Point and Belmond resorts in Bali and Riviera Maya. Typically member rates are 30 percent below what you can get through other channels, Kallery says. By diversifying its offerings, annual member vacation days have surged from nine to 15 since 2013.
In terms of expansion, he would like to bolster the mid-California Coast. By the end of the year Inspirato will extend its footprint to Kauai. In the end, Kallery says it's service that keeps renewal rates at the 90 percent level, another differentiator from various home share programs. Each member gets a dedicated advisor. "For me, mine knows I only want tee times before 9 am or after 3 pm, and I drink Cabernet," says Kallery. The company also has its own destination support at each locale, either in the form of its own employees or a dedicated third-party team. Saying that Inspirato's service approach is homemade, he acknowledges that the company has studied best practices from leaders such as Ritz-Carlton and Four Seasons. "Everyone on our management team has read (Four Seasons' founder) Issy Sharp's book," he ends. Unlike the many dotcom stars, Kallery says no IPO is in the offing.
Editor's Note: An earlier version contained hotels that are not yet part of the program.


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Two Dimensional Magneto Optical Trap (2D MOT) for Quantum memory applications (Theory)
In this work, we propose a novel technique for slow light experiments using electromagnetically induced transparency using a two-dimensional magneto optical trap (2D-MOT). A compact 2D-MOT design efficient for quantum memory applications with adjustable optical depth (OD) is proposed. We estimated the OD for our 2D-MOT setup and found that light group velocities as low as 1.4 m/s can be attained. Our design for 2D-MOT allows precise control and optimization of the OD such that high storage efficiencies could also be achieved. With our design, it is possible to obtain a delay bandwidth product of 163, which is very high in comparison to previously obtained values.
Ultracold Rydberg atoms for efficient storage of terahertz frequency signals using electromagnetically induced transparency (Theory)
Quantum communication with terahertz (THz) frequency signals has many advantages like reduced attenuation and scintillation effects in certain atmospheric conditions along with very high level of data security. In this work, we propose a scheme to realize Quantum Memory (QM) for efficient storage of terahertz (THz) frequency signals using Electromagnetically Induced Transparency (EIT) in an ultracold atomic medium of 87Rb Rydberg atoms prepared in a Two Dimensional Magneto Optical Trap (2D-MOT). The uniqueness of our scheme lies in the choice of the energy levels involved in the EIT process, all three of which have been chosen to be the Rydberg levels (enabling signal beam to be in THz) in a lambda type arrangement. This first of its kind proposal reveals that atomic media are a potential candidate for devising QMs which can store THz frequency signals. We have estimated that the Optical Depth (OD) in our scheme can reach a very high value of 690, very high maximum obtainable storage efficiency (η) of ∼99%, the group velocity () can be as low as 5.07 × 103 m/s, and the Delay Bandwidth Product (DBP) can be as high as 9.5. All of these estimates emphasize the feasibility of our scheme as a QM device for efficient storage of THz pulses.
Broadband Quantum Memory Using Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in Atomic Medium (Theory)
In this work, we describe a theoretical design for the realization of a high capacity (bandwidth) atomic Quantum memory based on Wavelength Division Multiplexing and Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in adjacently placed 87Rb vapoucells. Magnetic fields produced by Helmholtz coils are used to tailor the atomic energy levels in the vapour cells and hence storage of various probe signals of different wavelengths becomes possible. We give a detailed description of the proposed experimental set up. We have estimated a very high bandwidth of 500MHz for our design with a Delay Bandwidth Product of approximately 35. Our prototype design is for storing 5 dierent wavelength probe pulses which could be extended to larger values in principle.
Experimental Set up for Electromagnetically Induced Transperancy (EIT)
Pump Probe set up for EIT in ladder configuration for Rb atomic gas
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Q: Different view controllers loading same text I am a beginner in swift and programming in general and I am trying to make a quiz app and I want the app to go from a start screen, to s selection menu, and then to the quiz screen.
The problem is when I press the second category button, it brings me to the correct view controller. But it is outputting the same questions and answers from the first array. I tried making the variables and arrays private but that still didn't work.
What am I doing wrong?
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    import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController {

    @IBAction func startButton(_ sender: Any) {
        self.performSegue(withIdentifier: "StartToMenuSegue", sender: self)
    }
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
    }
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import UIKit

class MenuViewController: UIViewController {

    @IBAction func firstCategoryButton(_ sender: Any) {
        self.performSegue(withIdentifier: "MenuToQuestions1Segue", sender: self)

    }
    @IBAction func secondCategoryButton(_ sender: Any) {
         self.performSegue(withIdentifier: "MenuToQuestions2Segue", sender: self)
    }

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
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class Questions1ViewController: UIViewController {

        private let questions1 = [
           "Who created this app?",
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           "In what year did NYS FBLA recieve its National Charter?",
           "Which of the following is a responsibility of ALL state officers?",
           "One of the key responsibilites of the State Historian is:",
           "Which of the following is a TRUE statement:"
        ]

        private let answers1 = [
           ["Abdullah Bismil", "Duncan Sheen", "Avinash Gagai", "Christian Pascal"],
           ["Elevate Your Future", "A Legacy of Leadership", "Suit Up, Step Up",""],
           ["1964", "1960", "1972", "1972"],
           ["Compile and submit monthly correspondence", "Write and distribute the minutes of state officer meegins", "Plan and organize the Fall district meeting", ""],
           ["Create and publish a State Annuel Report", "Evaluate state vice presidents at designated times", "Review all reimbursement requests", ""],
           ["Only 3 candidates can run for any one election posistion", "Non-dues paying FBLA members are eligible to hold state office", "No approval is necessary for a FBLA member to run for state office", ""]
        ]

        //variables
        private var currentQestion1 = 0
        private var rightAnswerPlacement1: UInt32 = 0
        private var correct1 = 0
        private var incorrect1 = 0

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        @IBAction func answerButtons(_ sender: AnyObject) {
           if (sender.tag == Int(rightAnswerPlacement1)) {
              print ("CORRECT")
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           }

           if (currentQestion1 != questions1.count) {
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       override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
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       func newQuestion1() {
          questionView.text = questions1[currentQestion1]

          rightAnswerPlacement1 = arc4random_uniform(4) + 1

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             button = view.viewWithTag(i) as! UIButton

             if (i == Int(rightAnswerPlacement1)) {
                button.setTitle(answers1[currentQestion1][0], for: .normal)
             } else {
                button.setTitle(answers1[currentQestion1][x], for: .normal)
                x += 1
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          currentQestion1 += 1
       }

       func killCommand1() {
          self.performSegue(withIdentifier:"Questions1ToStartSegue", sender: self)
       }

       override func viewDidLoad() {
          super.viewDidLoad()
          // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
       }
}

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import UIKit

class Questions2ViewController: UIViewController {

    private let questions2 = ["Hello how Are you?", "What is my favorite color"]

    private let answers2 = [["Good", "Fine", "OK", "Eh"], ["Blue", "Green", "Red", "Purple"]]

   //variables
   private var currentQestion2 = 0
   private var rightAnswerPlacement2:UInt32 = 0
   private var correct2 = 0
   private var incorrect2 = 0

   @IBOutlet weak var questionView2: UILabel!

   @IBAction func answerButtons2(_ sender: AnyObject) {
      if (sender.tag == Int(rightAnswerPlacement2)) {
         print ("CORRECT")
         correct2 += 1
      } else {
         print ("INCORRECT")
         incorrect2 += 1
      }

      if (currentQestion2 != questions2.count) {
         newQuestion2()
      } else if (currentQestion2 == questions2.count) {
         killCommand2()
      }
  }

  override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
     newQuestion2()
  }

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     questionView2.text = questions2[currentQestion2]

     rightAnswerPlacement2 = arc4random_uniform(4) + 1

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        }
     }
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  }

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     self.performSegue(withIdentifier:"Questions1ToStartSegue", sender: self)
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  override func viewDidLoad() {
     super.viewDidLoad()
     // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
  }

}

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Home/News & Analysis/GST Effect: Apple India Slashes Prices of iPhone and Other Products
GST Effect: Apple India Slashes Prices of iPhone and Other Products
Shubham Mishra July 2, 2017
iPhone 7 price in India now starts at Rs. 56,200 instead of Rs. 60,000
iPhone 7 Plus MRP 32GB will now retail at Rs. 67,300
Price of new Mac and iPad models have also been slashed
On the day that GST has gone into effect, Apple has announced a reduction in the maximum retail prices of iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac line of computers across the board, with a few exceptions.
All iPhone models have received a price cut, starting with Rs. 1,200 drop for the 32GB iPhone SE and going all the way up to a Rs. 6,600 reduction in MRP for the top-of-the-line iPhone 7 Plus 256GB variant.
Price cuts for iPad models range from Rs. 900 to Rs. 3,900, with the newly announced iPad Pro models also receiving a reduction, even before anyone's had a chance to buy them in the country.
MacBook Air prices remain unchanged, but the 12-inch MacBook and MacBook Pro models have received price drops between Rs. 5,100 and Rs. 11,800. Mac Pro, which is due to get a big revamp next year, gets a price cut as well, as do some iMac models.
Once again, newly refreshed Mac models have also received price cuts even before their availability in the market.
Top-end 27-inch iMac models and Mac Mini are the only ones who've been at the receiving end of a slight price bump.
Read on for a detailed look at how all iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch prices have changed.
Here's a look at how the iPhone prices have changed in India:
Old MRP
New MRP
iPad prices have been updated as well, including for the new iPad models that were announced just last month at WWDC. Here's the updated list:
32GB Wi-Fi
128GB Wi-Fi
32GB Wi-Fi + Cellular
128GB Wi-Fi + Cellular
MacBook prices have been slashed by up to Rs. 11,800. Here are the latest prices:
2.3GHz/ 128GB (Non-Touch Bar)
3.1GHz/ 256GB
Desktop Mac prices have been slashed as well, with the exception of Mac Mini and 27-inch iMac, which see a price bump in the higher configurations.
3.5GHz 6-Core
21.5-Inch iMac
2.3GHz (Non-Retina)
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Finally, Apple Watch models have received a price cut as well:
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Lupita Nyong'o Won the Oscar. So Now What?
Five lessons from first-timer Oscar winners past
By Jennifer M. Wood
When newcomer Lupita Nyong'o glided onto the stage at Sunday night's Academy Awards to accept the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress with one of the evening's most heartfelt, selfless speeches, she claimed a permanent place in the history of Hollywood, regardless of where she goes next, or whether she ever makes another film at all.
You will hear the phrase "Oscar winner" every time she is interviewed, you will see it on the poster and Blu-ray cover of every movie in which she ever appears. You'll likely even see it sneak into the advertising for Non-Stop, the new Liam Neeson actioner that won this weekend's box office and gave Nyong'o her second film credit. From here on out, the 30-year-old Mexico-born, Kenya-raised actress will forever be defined by those four well-deserved syllables. But exactly what she will do with them is anyone's guess — and that decision may not necessarily be up to Nyong'o.
Fellow nominees Jennifer Lawrence and Julia Roberts have already proven that they've got post-Oscar staying power, but much of the excitement surrounding Nyong'o's nomination in the first place was a result of the fact that she came out of nowhere to claim it. Yes, she's got Yale Drama pedigree and a couple of credits (one short, one Kenyan soap opera). But as far as the pre-Oscar press surrounding her was concerned, Nyong'o was as non-actor an actor as Captain Phillips's Barkhad Abdi.
The uncertainty of what might follow Nyong'o's zero-to-sixty rise is not without precedent. Remember Catalina Sandino Moreno and Keisha Castle-Hughes? They were both unknowns turned nominees, too. And though one's chances of success might be improved by actually taking home the Ocar, for every Julie Andrews there's also a Tatum O'Neal. So here's a handful of wisdom Lupita Nyong'o should heed from the divergent paths of other early-rise actors.
1. You've earned the right to be picky.
At the age of 11, Anna Paquin became the second-youngest winner in the history of the Oscars when she took home the award for Best Supporting Actress for Jane Campion's The Piano. Though fame arrived around the same time as those awkward teenage years for Paquin, she chose her roles wisely and ended up working with some of the world's most acclaimed directors — including Franco Zeffirelli (Jane Eyre), Steven Spielberg (Amistad), Bryan Singer (X-Men), Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous), Gus Van Sant (Finding Forrester), and Spike Lee (25th Hour) — all before she was even legally old enough to toast her success with something stronger than a glass of apple juice. These days she's still riding the X-Men franchise gravy train (there's a new one due out this year), and she's wrapping up what will be the seventh — and final — season of HBO's True Blood.
2. Success often starts with failure.
Though Nyong'o's career thus far has, on the surface at least, seemed to be a charmed one, even the most successful actors have been forced to weather some adversity. And only in Hollywood can a person be voted off a reality show singing competition one day, and thanking the world for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar the next. After getting the boot in American Idol's third season, Jennifer Hudson was cast alongside Beyoncé, Jamie Foxx, and Eddie Murphy for Bill Condon's 2006 musical Dreamgirls. While the 32-year-old has kept busy in the years since, she has never quite found a role to match the critical acclaim of her debut. Nope, not even when she played the title role in 2011's Winnie Mandela.
3. Play to your instincts.
The most valuable information an actor can have is knowing where his or her strengths lie. A stage actress since the time she was a child, Julie Andrews was certainly not a "newcomer" in the most literal sense when she claimed the Best Actress Oscar for Mary Poppins in 1965. But the musical kid's classic was, in fact, her movie debut. And her role in it set off the kind of unique, song-and-dance-based career that doesn't exist anymore (unless you try really, really hard, like Anne Hathaway). Andrews even earned a second nomination the following year, for The Sound of Music, and a third in 1982 for Victor/Victoria. Fairy tale-type stories like The Princess Diaries and Enchanted remain Andrews's bread and butter, and her pitch-perfect enunciation keeps her busy as a voice actor for animated features.
Andrews's film trajectory is similar to that of Barbra Streisand, who was also a well-known performer when she starred in her first film — 1968's Funny Girl — which won her a Best Actress Oscar. Sure, there are plenty of actors who can easily move from comedy to drama, but there are just as many actors who cannot. (Sean Penn's almost-starring role in The Three Stooges comes to mind.)
4. Honesty is not the best policy.
Though Hollywood claims to love those "refreshing" few who aren't afraid to be brutally honest in front of the camera, their favorite type of brutal honesty is the perfectly choreographed kind. (See: everything Jennifer Lawrence does.) Too much honesty proved to be a detriment for Mercedes McCambridge, who made the leap from radio actress to film actress in 1949's All the King's Men, and earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for it. McCambridge continued to work steadily in film, and earned a second Oscar nomination for 1955's Giant, opposite James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor, but she wasn't much for playing politics. She didn't hide her disdain for Joan Crawford after the two worked together on 1954's Johnny Guitar, with McCambridge famously referring to the acting legend as "a mean, tipsy, powerful, rotten-egg lady." But tipsiness was a problem for McCambridge as well; her drinking binges were often followed by brief hospitalizations. By 1969 she was sober, but the big film role offers had dried up. Her most famous contribution during the latter part of her career is as the voice of Pazuzu, the demon in The Exorcist.
5. Avoid any drugs at all.
With the recent passing of Philip Seymour Hoffman, the destructive relationship between drugs and Hollywood has become a popular topic in the news once again. But it's certainly not a recent development. The kid who beat out Anna Paquin for the absolutely youngest Oscar winner? That would be Tatum O'Neal, daughter of Ryan, who won the award for Best Supporting Actress in 1974 for Paper Moon, in which she co-starred with her father. Though she managed to maintain her precocious kid star status for a while with films like The Bad News Bears, International Velvet, and Little Darlings, adulthood wasn't as easy for O'Neal, who struggled with heroin addiction. Though she has continued to pop up in things over the years, including a recurring role as Denis Leary's alcoholic sister on Rescue Me and a bit part in Judd Apatow's 2012 film This Is 40, O'Neal's addictions have made headlines as recently as 2008, when she was arrested trying to buy crack in New York City.
With a second movie already in theaters, and making money, and her name — at least the first one, because it's easier to pronounce — on the lips of every major producer, the future certainly seems bright for Nyong'o. Also, The Onion didn't call her a c*nt, so she's already two steps ahead of 10-year-old and 12 Years a Slave co-star — and fellow first-timer nominee — Quvenzhané Wallis.
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At a deadend. I keep getting this error on startup. Downloaded the previous version ( run.jar ) to locate this class. No luck. A search of this site and Google doesn't provide any avenues to go down. Any ideas anyone?
What are you actually doing to get the error?
Running on windows NT, SP1. I'm begining to think that this will not run on NT.
but since this is not on the jboss site, how does this fit in?
This jar is added to the classpth by the bootstrap code.


Another year, another Crêtes de Spa. For the first time ever without my buddy Greg. Greg & I have run CDS together every year (except for 2013). The full version in 2012 & 2014 and, due to injuries & lack of shape, the 21k last year. This year no Greg however, which meant a change of game plan. On top of that, it would also be the final exam of our Start 2 Trail project!
After spending the night in a nice B&B near Spa and I decided to run the 3k to the starting line. A little warmup never hurts. I arrive at the Centre Sportif well in time and deal with the administration mumbo jumbo and get in a conversation with two Swedes. And then, contrary to the previous edition, we head for the start and I position myself somewhat in the front of the pack where I meet Nelson, Gentloopt member and super friendly guy. A bilingual countdown (this is Belgium, after all) and we're off!
Huub van Noorden, winner of the last 2 editions, speeds off. "That's the last I see of him before the finish line", I think. He would turn out to be a league of his own today and I stick to my own pace. I soon enter the top 10 and am feeling comfortable, enjoying the moment.
We were warned about the snow, but when, after a few kilometers on roads and easy-running trails, we take a turn to the left and get face to face with it, I'm perplexed. I wasn't expecting this much snow AT ALL! The first 50 meters are ok, but gradually the snow gets deeper and deeper. 10cm… 20cm… knee-deep. Wow! If this is how the rest of the trail will be, it's going to be a very, very long day!
Things become a bit better though, but not for long. My legs have hardly recovered from the deep snow when we arrive at the first ski slope, filled with plenty of snow. I charge it hard, eager to get it over with. I'm feeling pretty strong and all goes well. I'm in 5th position, more or less.
I hear someone yelling behind me. Remember when I said I didn't expect to see Huub again before the finish line? Well, all daydreaming aside, I was seeing him as real as can be right now!
Some more yelling and then he charges on and I follow, not sure what to think of all this. We approach someone from the organization and Huub starts yelling again. I stop and we have a short talk. Apparently I did take a shortcut and I'm offered a ride back to where I went off track. I take the offer and about 5 minutes later I'm back where I was half an hour before.
A bit disillusioned, I get out and start running, doing the same loop once more. Back at the point where I ran into Huub, another runner catches up with me. We check our watches and have more or less the same amount of kilometers. Apparently, I missed a turn earlier in the race and took a shortcut. I let him go and just carry on, but the fun is gone.
Nelson catches up with me, going fast. I stick with him for a while. He's still going really strong and we talk some. I somehow make peace with the fact that I'll probably be disqualified and we have quite some fun in the descents. In the end, he's too strong and I have to let him go. I become 9th. The total distance is correct, but I did miss a checkpoint somewhere.
In the end, the organisation decides not to disqualify me. Apparently, I was not the only runner that missed the turn. The others probably didn't have to run the same bit twice though, but I'm just happy I finished and ran a decent race. 9th overall isn't too bad.
No time to be sad anyway: the guys from the Start 2 Trail project will finish any time now and I wouldn't want to miss that for all the money in the world! Time to cheer!


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Ara Hill, Ara Damansara, Petaling Jaya
Location: Ara Damansara, Petaling Jaya
Ara Hill is a freehold condominium at Petaling Jaya in Selangor, developed by Sime Darby.
Ara Hill comes with 20+ blocks of 3 to 10 storey building which comprises of a total of 400 units. The built-up size of the unit measures approximately 1,600 to 4,200 sf in size.
Ara Hill provides a wide range of facilities at the condo such as swimming pool, tennis and squash courts, children's playground, nursery, gymnasium, retail outlets, walking path and a community hall. Apart from the facilities provided, the area is also equipped with 24-hour security with CCTV system.
Ara Hill can be easily reached via Jalan Lapangan Terbang Subang, New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE), Subang Interchange, Persiaran Tropicana Selatan and Federal Highway.
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Developer: Sime Darby
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Q: RSA Archer - Calculated field based on Record Permissions field I would like to have a complete copy of a Record Permission field.
For example - I have a field "OWNER" which is Record Permission type.
 I want to create another field called "OWNER_COPY" which will always include the value which was selected in the OWNER field.
I thought of few ways to do so but none succeeded:

*

*Crete a new Record Permission field (OWNER_COPY) but it has no option to be calculated (it doesn't have the option:  "Set the value of this field using....")

*Create calculated Text field (OWNER_COPY)- but if I'm writing [OWNER] in the formula it will provide the ID of the value and not its name.(e.g. if the owner was "Oliver", I will get his id - "123"" in the "OWNER_COPY" field).

*Crete regular Text field (OWNER_COPY) and add a rule. but I couldn't find any kind of rule which can fit this case.

Any suggestions?? Thanks in advance :)

A: Archer can't copy value of RP to anther RP.
I used a custom object for this purpose. The limitation is that the field will be populated only when end user actually interact with a form. The good thing is that the field will be populated instantly.
As an alternative you can use a data feed as Tanveer described above, but in this case there will be a delay between the time when you save the record and population of the 2nd RP field.


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Answer to Question #150257 in Electrical Engineering for tom
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In the Fibonacci number sequence, the first 10 of which are given below, each number is
is equal to the sum of two numbers. The first two numbers are equal to one.
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55,…
FIB_NUM variable defined below gives the number of fibonacci to be calculated. First FIB_NUM
Write the assembly code that records the number of fibonacci numbers into the FIB_LIST variable.
Data must be in DB type. If required, you can define other variables.
FIB_NUM DB 10
FIB_LIST DB 50 DUP (?)
At the end of the program you wrote for the above variable values, FIB_LIST
The first 10 bytes of field of the variable should be as follows.
FIB_LIST: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55
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Q: C scanf() does not read full line I want to create text cleaner for homework, but when I start programs with address sanitiser I have heap-buffer-overflow exception even if I use free().
expected output:
he3llo world
helloworld

real output:
he3llo world
hello

Thanks in advance for any answer!
My code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ctype.h>
char* fix_text(char* data, int len)
{
    char* fixed_message = malloc (len * sizeof(char));
    int offset = 0; //used for correct parse
    for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
    {

        if (isalpha(data[i]))
        {

            fixed_message[offset] = data[i];
            offset++;
        }

        else if(data[i] == '\0')
        {
            break;
        }
        else if(data[i] == ' ')
        {
            continue;
        }
    }
    return fixed_message;
}
int main()
{
    char * text = malloc(100 * sizeof(char));
    scanf("%s", text);
    char* result = fix_text(text, 100);
    printf("%s\n", result);
    free(text);
    free(result);
    return 0;
}

A: Your problem with the code outputting just hello is not associated with the cycle stopping. It is because your scanf is only reading until the space. So the string text you are passing to your function is basically only hello.
You can fix that by using
scanf("%[^\n]s",text);

to read until the new line. For more details you can see
this question
Also as @Jabberwocky has pointed out, you are not terminating your fixed message. You can just add the null terminator \0 at the end of your fixed message when you're encountering the same in your original message instead of just breaking
else if(data[i] == '\0')
{
    fixed_message[offset] = data[i];
    break;
}


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Research11/16/15
Emily King
Malay Gandhi
The Rock Health Digital Health Consumer Survey surveyed over 4,000 Internet-connected U.S. adults to test the adoption rates, attitudes, and preferences towards six digital health technologies. As a follow-up to the report, we are releasing a series of articles that cover additional topics from the survey—the first covers health apps—who downloads and uses them, and how they were discovered.
Source: Rock Health consumer survey data (n = 4,017)
Overall, 71% of the survey respondents (n = 4,017) were smartphone owners (n = 2,847). For figures presented on app downloading and usage, along with reasons for downloading, smartphone owners were considered the denominator.
Source: Rock Health consumer survey data
No significant demographic differences were found in health app downloaders. Looking across age, gender, income, education, and geography, those who downloaded apps (general and health) and used them generally mirrored the overall survey population.
Significant differences were found in health app downloaders based on their smartphone operating system. Apple/iOS users were significantly more likely to be health app downloaders (54% had ever downloaded a health app) versus Android users (36%). Recent usage rates were comparable, but Apple users had higher active rates (55% of downloaders had used a health app in the prior 30 days) versus Android users (47%).
Health status was also a predictor of health app downloads. Similar to adoption rates across the core six digital health categories studied in the primary Digital Health Consumer Survey report, those in bad health ("bad health" refers to those who had self reported any of the following: bad or poor health status; multiple chronic illnesses; 10+ physician office visits in the prior year; or a hospitalization in the prior year) were significantly more likely to have downloaded a health app (46% had downloaded versus only 40% of those in good health). Recent usage rates did not differ by health status.
The significant majority of those who have downloaded a health app (73%) discovered their health apps independently, through app stores or online. Recommendations followed, with 22% citing a family member or friend, 16% a healthcare provider, and 7% receiving a recommendation to download a health app via their insurance company.
In addition, there was significant relationship between the number of physician office visits a downloader had and whether they received a recommendation to download a health app from their physician.
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by Kam Williams
Spike Lee Lands First Best Director Nomination of Career!
The Favourite and Roma tied for the most Oscar nominations with 10 each, thereby besting Golden Globe Best Picture-winners Green Book and Bohemian Rhapsody which only landed 5 apiece. Still, the most surprising news is the love lavished by the Academy on Spike Lee, who was nominated for Best Director for the first time in his 40-year career.
Furthermore, Spike's film, BlacKkKlansman, garnered a half-dozen nominations overall, including the Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Adam Driver), Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing and Original Score categories. In a banner year for black films, Klansman netted more nods than both Green Book and the critically-acclaimed If Beale Street Could Talk, though one less than the popular, comic book adaptation Black Panther.
Since as many as 10 films could have been nominated for Best Picture, it was disappointing that there are only 8, with Crazy Rich Asians, If Beale Street Could Talk and Eighth Grade most notably left out. It's also unfortunate that inspired performances by actresses Michelle Yeoh (Crazy Rich Asians), Viola Davis (Widows), Nicole Kidman (Destroyer) and Letitia Wright (Black Panther) went unrecognized.
The Oscars will air live on Sunday, February 24th at 8 pm ET / 5 pm Pacific on ABC-TV.
Complete List of Oscar Nominees
Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
Paweł Pawlikowski (Cold War)
Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)
Alfonso Cuarón (Roma)
Adam McKay (Vice)
Actress in a Leading Role
Yalitza Aparicio (Roma)
Glenn Close (The Wife)
Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born)
Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Actor in a Leading Role
Christian Bale (Vice)
Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born)
Willem Dafoe (At Eternity's Gate)
Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)
Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams (Vice)
Marina de Tavira (Roma)
Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Emma Stone (The Favourite)
Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)
Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali (Green Book)
Adam Driver (BlacKkKlansman)
Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born)
Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Sam Rockwell (Vice)
Animated Feature Film
Documentary Feature Film
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Of Fathers And Sons
Capernaum (Lebanon)
Cold War (Poland)
Never Look Away (Germany)
Roma (Mexico)
Shoplifters (Japan)
"When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings" (The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs)
"All The Stars" (Black Panther)
"The Place Where Lost Things Go" (Mary Poppins Returns)
"I'll Fight" (RBG)
"Shallow" (A Star Is Born)
Animated Short Film
Live Action Short Film
Documentary Short Film
A Night At The Garden
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In the hotly-contested state�s attorney�s race in Winnebago County�s Republican primary, both candidates are using positive quotes from and pictures of former state�s attorney Paul Logli, who stepped down Aug. 10 2007 to accept a circuit judge appointment.
A Nicolosi mail piece features Logli�s picture and a quote he made at the August 2007 swearing-in ceremony for Phil Nicolosi, appointed by the County Board Chairman Scott Christiansen to replace him. The board ratified Scotty�s choice, 23-3.
�It�s my privilege, and I mean that, to pass this on to Phil Nicolosi, who�s going to be a great state�s attorney,� Logli said at the ceremony. That's the quote Nicolosi used in a a recent mail piece.
So, which is it? Logli confirmed to me that yes, he has said the nice things being trumpeted by the campaigns of Nicolosi and Prorok. And Logli, now a 17th Circuit judge handling Boone County cases, seemed somewhat amused at all the attention he�s getting.
�This makes up for all the Sadie Hawkins dances I never got asked to in high school. I�m really feeling flattered,� Logli said.
And, Logli didn't quarrel with Nicolosi�s use of complimentary quotes he made at Phil's swearing-in ceremony last August.
�All the quotes I�ve said are accurate. The Nicolosi campaign used comments I made at the swearing in ceremony. To their credit, they called and said they had the quote. I said, I�m not going to stop you. That's what I said."


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AG's Ruling on Wells Praised by Special Interests that Spent $2.2M to Elect Him
Attorney General Brad Schimel Attorney General Brad Schimel A legal opinion by Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel that sharply restricts the state from regulating controversial high-capacity wells is being praised by powerful business and agricultural interests that spent more than $2.2 million to elect him in 2014. AG's Ruling on Wells Praised by Special Interests that Spent $2.2M to Elect Him
Attorney General Brad Schimel
A legal opinion by Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel that sharply restricts the state from regulating controversial high-capacity wells is being praised by powerful business and agricultural interests that spent more than $2.2 million to elect him in 2014.
Schimel issued the opinion Tuesday at the request of Republican legislative leaders who claimed the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) was exceeding its authority by considering the cumulative effect that existing high-capacity wells have on lakes, rivers and groundwater when it considered whether to approve applications for new wells.
High-capacity wells pump 100,000 gallons or more of water per day, and are mostly used by large farms, also known as factory farms, and food processors. Environmentalists and other critics say high-capacity wells can deplete groundwater, rivers, lakes and streams, and that Schimel's opinion ignores the state's constitutional obligation to protect public waters.
Schimel's opinion said a 2011 state law passed by the GOP-controlled legislature and Republican Gov. Scott Walker prohibited the DNR and other state agencies from establishing or enforcing environmental and other standards that are not clearly spelled out in state law. The opinion means the DNR cannot even monitor high-capacity well water usage to determine the effect existing wells are having on water supplies in a given area when it considers whether to approve applications for additional wells.
Schimel's decision was praised by Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, the state's largest business group, the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, and Americans for Prosperity, founded and funded by Charles and David Koch.
WMC, which is a top spender on lobbying and legislative and statewide elections, secretly raised and spent an estimated $1.5 million on two television ads – here and here – to support Schimel during the 2014 fall elections.
WMC claims to have 3,500 member businesses that hail from more than a dozen special interest groups, including business, manufacturing, energy, insurance, health care, transportation, construction, real estate, finance, tourism, agriculture, road builders, natural resources and telecommunications. So in addition to WMC's secret outside election spending, the special interests represented by WMC directly contributed nearly $750,000 in large individual and political action committee (PAC) contributions to Schimel in 2013 and 2014, which was about 60 percent of the large special interest campaign contributions he raised to pay for his 2014 election campaign.
Among Schimel's contributions from the agriculture industry in 2013 and 2014 was $4,400 from about a half dozen factory farm owners. Topping the list of Schimel's factory farm contributors was $1,000 each from Todd Willer, of Freedom, John and Keri Vosters, of Freedom, and James Ostrom, of De Pere, all owners of Milk Source, which operates about a half-dozen large farms throughout the state.
In addition to WMC's outside electioneering support, Schimel received nearly $5,100 in outside election support during his 2014 election from the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation's political action committee.
Americans for Prosperity, which also secretly raises and spends millions of dollars to spend on outside activities in Wisconsin legislative and statewide races, did not spend money on behalf of Schimel during his 2014 election. The group said Schimel's opinion made it clear that "bureaucrats don't get to make law."
The GOP-controlled legislature asked Schimel for a legal opinion on the matter in March when it was considering a measure, Senate Bill 239, which would allow people who have high-capacity wells to replace, rebuild or move them without state approval. SB239, which failed to pass before the legislature adjourned for the year, and other bills to restrict DNR regulation of high-capacity wells are now no longer needed because attorney general legal opinions are considered correct interpretations of existing law, and may only be overturned in court or changed by the legislature.
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It's time Tony Abbott and the Liberals gave families in the electorate of Lalor a fair go.
Before the election, Tony Abbott said he wanted to help Australian families with the costs of raising children.
But Tony Abbott's first budget slashes $5.5 billion from family payments and more than $1 billion from childcare. In this area with so many young families, these cuts will have a wide spread detrimental impact.
More than 20,000 families in Lalor will have their payments reduced and up to 10,000 low and middle income families will get less support for childcare.
Tony Abbott has also done a deal with Clive Palmer to scrap the Schoolkids Bonus.
This means more than 17,000 families locally will lose $410 each year for every eligible primary school aged child and $820 for every secondary school aged child.
And families will now have to pay more when they go to the doctor or fill up their car with petrol because of Tony Abbott's new taxes.
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Another known wolf: Repeat gun felon let out of prison kills corrections officer
Mathew Lee Wilks had the prototypical rap sheet of a murderer who was let off easy by a broken justice system. He has driving, theft, drug, firearms, and battery charges and convictions dating back to 2001, but he never served much time in prison. Last Friday, he allegedly murdered a female corrections officer in front of her son while she was teaching her son how to drive.
On Wednesday, Wilks was charged with first-degree murder of Tracey Smith, a sergeant for the Milwaukee Department of Corrections, during what is being described as a road rage incident. According to the criminal complaint based on Smith's son's account, the 17-year-old student driver was making a left turn with his mother in the car when a gold van driven by Wilks came from behind, cut them off, and collided with them mid-turn. He then alleges that when his mother got out of the car, Wilks yelled, "Bitch, I'll kill you," and then shot her fatally in the chest.
This wasn't just an evil inclination in the passion of one heated moment. This man was a ticking time bomb.
Police later found a large quantity of cocaine and firearms in his home. And he had a history of just that – guns and firearms convictions. In February 2008, he was convicted on firearms and drug charges and was sentenced to 16 months in state prison, according to Wisconsin court records. In 2013, he was convicted on cocaine charges. He served just 30 days in prison despite being a repeat offender with firearms charges.
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The technical body that makes assessments on threats to British security will undertake a review of Huawei's involvement in the building the UK's 5G network, following the Trump administration imposing sanctions on the Chinese tech giant.
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of the signals intelligence service the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), revealed on Sunday that it was conducting the review after the U.S. imposed sanctions which restricts Huawei from using American software and technology to design its semiconductors. The U.S. cited security concerns and the flouting of American regulations.
"The security and resilience of our networks is of paramount importance. Following the US announcement of additional sanctions against Huawei, the NCSC is looking carefully at any impact they could have to the UK's networks," an NCSC spokesman told the BBC on Sunday.
The National Security Council had reportedly made the decision on Tuesday after the U.S. announced sanctions against the Chinese company.
The security review is concerned with the additional risks that could be posed to UK networks if Huawei, as a result of the U.S. sanctions, builds their components with cheaper — likely Chinese-made — and less secure elements which cannot be verified in the same manner.
In January, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the government would allow the Chinese tech firm to build part of the UK's 5G network, with its involvement capped at 35 per cent and only on the "peripheries", not the "sensitive parts" of the country's telecommunications networks.
The decision came despite warning from intelligence-sharing partners in the Five Eyes (the UK, U.S., Australia, New Zealand, and Canada) and Conservative MPs that Huawei was capable of building a backdoor into the UK's systems, allowing the "effectively state-owned" Chinese company to spy for Beijing.
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The NCSC's review has been welcomed by Tory MPs opposed to Huawei's involvement in Britain's 5G. The government was facing a backbench revolt, with Bob Seely MP saying that there were "now 59 MPs" in the Huawei Interest Group, which media reports is more than needed to defeat the Johnson administration on any bill seeking to approve Huawei's association.
A leaked report from late last week also revealed that Mr Johnson was reconsidering his decision on the Chinese tech giant and that "officials have been instructed to come up with a plan to reduce Huawei's involvement as quickly as possible."
It is believed the review will result in the UK formally distancing Huawei from sensitive British telecommunications infrastructure. Whitehall sources had told The Guardian that as a result of U.S. sanctions, any security review would deem Huawei a risk.
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import {Errors} from '../errors/errors';
import {Task}   from './task';
import {Project, RandomNumber, ApplicationState, EventAggregator, LogManager, autoinject} from '../../shared/index';
import 'moment';

const logger = LogManager.getLogger('TaskManager');

@autoinject()
export class TaskManager {

  tasks: Array<Task> = [];

  constructor(private ea: EventAggregator,
              private errors: Errors) {
  }

  addTask(project: Project, task: Task) {
    if (!task.execute || !task.title) {
      throw new Error('task execute function and title are required');
    }

    if (!task.id) {
      task.id = new RandomNumber().create();
    }

    task.status = 'queued';
    task.finished = false;
    task.project = project;
    if (!task.logs) {
      task.logs = [];
    } else {
      // clear logs for tasks that get restarted
      task.logs.splice(0);
    }

    // do not add the same task a second time
    if (!this.tasks.find(x => x === task)) {
      project.__meta__.taskmanager.tasks.push(task);
      this.tasks.push(task);
    }

    logger.info(`queued '${task.title}' for project '${project.name}'`);

    this.ea.publish('TaskAdded', { project: task.project, task: task });
  }

  startTask(task: Task) {
    if (task.status !== 'queued') {
      return Promise.resolve();
    }

    task.start = new Date();
    task.status = 'running';

    this.ea.publish('TaskStarted', { project: task.project, task: task });

    logger.info(`started '${task.title}' for project '${task.project.name}'`);

    this.addTaskLog(task, '-----STARTED-----');

    return task.execute().then((result) => {
      this.addTaskLog(task, '-----COMPLETED-----');
      task.status = 'completed';

      logger.info(`task '${task.title}' for project '${task.project.name}' finished without error`);

      this.finishTask(task);
      return result;
    }).catch((e) => {
      task.status = 'failed';

      this.addTaskLog(task, '-----FINISHED WITH ERROR-----');
      this.addTaskLog(task, e.message);
      this.errors.add(e);

      this.finishTask(task);

      let timeItTook = `${moment(task.end).diff(task.start, 'seconds')} seconds`;
      logger.info(`task '${task.title}' for project '${task.project.name}' finished with error (after it ran for ${timeItTook})`);
      logger.error(e);
    });
  }

  addTaskLog(task: Task, text: string, level?: string) {
    task.addTaskLog(text, level);
  }

  finishTask(task: Task) {
    // if the task has never started then it shouldn't have an end date
    if (task.start) {
      task.end = new Date();
    }

    task.description = null;
    task.finished = true;

    if (task.status !== 'failed' && task.status === 'completed') {
      this.startDependingTasks(task);
    }

    if (task.status === 'failed') {
      this.stopDependingTasks(task);
    }

    this.ea.publish('TaskFinished', { project: task.project, task: task });
  }

  startDependingTasks(task: Task) {
    this.tasks.forEach(t => {
      if (t.dependsOn === task && t.status === 'queued') {
        this.startTask(t);
      }
    });
  }

  stopDependingTasks(task: Task) {
    for (let i = 0; i < this.tasks.length; i++) {
      let t = this.tasks[i];
      if (t.dependsOn === task && t.status === 'queued') {
        t.status = 'stopped';
        t.finished = true;
        this.stopDependingTasks(t);
      }
    }
  }

  async stopTask(task: Task) {
    if (!task.stoppable) {
      throw new Error('This task cannot be cancelled');
    }

    logger.info(`task '${task.title}' for project '${task.project.name}' was cancelled by user`);

    return await this._stopTask(task);
  }

  private async _stopTask(task: Task) {
    this.addTaskLog(task, '-----STOPPED BY USER-----');
    task.status = 'stopped by user';

    let promise = Promise.resolve();

    if (task.start) {
      promise = task.stop(task);
    }

    await promise;
    this.finishTask(task);

    await this.stopTaskDependencies(task);
  }

  /**
   * Cancells all dependent tasks of a task
   */
  async stopTaskDependencies(task: Task) {
    for (let x = 0; x < this.tasks.length; x++) {
      let t = this.tasks[x];
      if (t.dependsOn === task) {
       await this._stopTask(this.tasks[x]);
      }
    }
  }
}

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Missionary hostages escaped Haiti kidnappers: church organization
People protest against the country's spike in kidnappings and gang-aggravated fuel crisis in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in November 2021 (AFP/Richard PIERRIN)
Twelve North American gang hostages held for months in Haiti orchestrated their own escape last week, hiking for miles under cover of darkness carrying young children, their church organization said Monday.
Christian Aid Ministries (CAM), which had provided little information on the 16 Americans and one Canadian who were kidnapped in mid-October, on Monday detailed the hostages' ordeal and the mid-December escape of the final 12 hostages, a group that included a 10-month-old, a three-year-old and two teenagers, along with eight adults.
"They walked for possibly as much as 10 miles... traveling through woods and thickets, working through thorns and briars" under cover of darkness to safety, said Weston Showalter, spokesman for the Ohio-based missionary group, in a streamed press conference.
"Two hours were through fierce brambles. We were in gang territory the whole hike," Showalter quoted one of the escapees as saying.
The group broke out of the blocked door and slipped past guards on December 15, after several stalled attempts at planning an escape.
Showalter said they packed water in their clothes, wrapped the baby in blankets and carried the other two young children as they traipsed through difficult terrain, noting the children kept quiet despite being scratched by briars.
Five other hostages had been freed separately in November and in early December before Haitian police and CAM confirmed the final 12 hostages were free on December 16.
The group said it had raised funds for ransoms to continue negotiations but added they could not provide further details. It remained unclear if ransoms were paid.
The group was kidnapped as they were returning from an orphanage in an area east of the capital Port-au-Prince. The kidnappers, one of Haiti's most powerful gangs known as "400 Mawozo," had originally demanded a ransom of one million dollars per hostage, sources told AFP.
Previously confined to the poorer districts of the capital, gangs have recently extended their reach and increased the number of kidnappings in Haiti, as the country struggles with a prolonged social, political and economic crisis.
Showalter said that the gang members did not physically harm the hostages, though they threatened them, and added the group was fed and provided with hygiene products and fans to battle the Caribbean heat, though the contaminated water provided for bathing caused sores and they endured hunger, close quarters and sleepless nights.
After two months in captivity and having walked through the night to escape, at dawn on December 16 the former hostages found someone to help them call for aid and that day were transported to the US state of Florida.
"They were finally free," Showalter said.
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ABT presents Broadway Christmas Wonderland
Alberta Bair Theater's Broadway Series presented by U.S. Bank presents Broadway Christmas Wonderland, one of the most delightful family Christmas shows ever, on Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 7:30 p.m. Fewer than 200 tickets remain for this extravaganza, featuring glittering costumes, a dazzling cast and the highest kicking chorus girls this side of the North Pole.
Santa and his merry helpers are part of the 24 singers and dancers who create an unforgettable nostalgic journey that includes "White Christmas," "Winter Wonderland," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "Chestnuts Roasting By An Open Fire," "Jingle Bells," "Away in a Manger," "O Come All Ye Faithful," "Let it Snow," "Silent Night," "Hark the Herald Angels Sing," "Deck The Halls," "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," "O Holy Night," and many more Christmas standards.
Broadway Christmas Wonderland, with a cast hand selected from London, New York, Las Vegas and Los Angeles, is produced by Spirit Productions and David King, a multi award-winning and internationally acclaimed theatre producer who became known to American audiences through the megahit musical, Spirit of the Dance.
ABT's Broadway Series is presented by U.S. Bank. This performance is sponsored by Double Tree by Hilton, KULR 8 and Planet106.7. Tickets, $50, $45, $35 and $26 for students with valid I.D., are available at the Alberta Bair Theater Box Office on the corner of 3rd Ave N and N Broadway, by phone at 406-256-6052 and/or online at www.albertabairtheater.org.
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Kalamkari Art: Elegance at an expense
BY Nivedita Menezes | 21-May-2020
Kalamkari, the intricate print that was once naturally dyed and manually handblocked, is witnessing a rapid change in its production, which comes at the cost of the artistes' health.
An artiste carefully fills the gaps with a twig dipped natural dye. Credits: Nivedita Menezes
The quaint village of Pedana in Andhra Pradesh, India resonates with light 'thuds', and it's not long until one finds a thatched roof housing rows of men and women of varied age groups, mechanically dipping square-sized wooden chunks into dye and gently pressing it onto hand spun cloth, creating magical designs in a matter of minutes. Located 68 kilometres east of Vijaywada, in Andhra Pradesh, India this region is the largest producer of kalamkari, specifically known as the Machilipatnam style.
A 3000-year-old technique, this print holds a different charm from other Indian designs – ikat, zari, jacquard, ajrakh – for the inspiration of this art form stems from nature and mythology. Flowers, leaves, birds and trees are recurring patterns across the board, if not of portraits of Hindu gods and goddesses. Tagged with a geographical indication (GI), this location specific piece of heritage has been replaced by modernised tools over the last few years – chemical dyes and the adoption of screen prints are the new means to producing kalamkari.
Initially, dyes were extracted through natural components – from vegetable peels, roots and bark to jaggery – until the cost-effective implementation of chemical colours were used. According to Koteshwar Rao, owner of Jhansi Kalamkari, "Today, we prefer using artificial dyes over the natural method. The main reason is that it is less time consuming and lasts longer. There is barely any difference between the two in terms of output, but the labour that goes into making the natural one is tedious," as he shifted his attention to the customers lined up outside his store.
On the other hand, 39-year-old Pitambar Rao, a shop manager and kalamkari whizz provided insights on the four ways to dye cloth. "Direct, Napthol, Vat and Chemical dyes. Vat colouring is used for export purposes, as it has a lower percentage of toxicity. Indian skin can accommodate almost every chemical colour, but that's not the case with a foreigner," he added.
An informal mention, this showed that the greed for quicker production comes at a cost of the customer's health. Although Indian skin may be accustomed to synthetic materials, one must take note of the harsh conditions the cloth is dyed in. R Ramakrishna, squeezing the excess liquid off the freshly coloured bundle, said, "Around 32 kilograms of cloth are dyed every day. With time, our hands have gotten used to the boiling temperature and caustic soda, it doesn't sting anymore." With no protection in the form of gloves or masks and only a vest to protect him from the direct heat, the abject state of dexters continues to prevail.
As kalamkari observes an evolution in terms of colours, the next issue is of screen printing vis-a-vis hand block usage. Six-metre-long sarees are ready for the final wash in seconds, as pairs alternate with three-foot frames pushing paint back and forth on outspread cloth. As producers have shifted to this lightning speed method, the traditional art of kalamkari is at stake.
"The screen printing method is used for mass production, it's cheaper and requires less manpower," said the local Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency leader, Venkateshamma, who is also a weaver. Initiated into the profession since childhood, she added, "There is hardly any skill to be perfected in this method in comparison to hand block kalamkari," as she her tugged coloured thread, weaving it into a new piece of cloth.
Apart from capsizing the handblock industry, this centre of screen printing also employed 16-year-old Raghu, a tenth grade student. Claiming that he was on holiday, his small palms continued to toil long hours, sometimes for more than seven in a day. The employees' skin has "adjusted" to this work setting, they collectively responded.
A middle ground between tradition and commercialization still lays on an unsteady footing, and the villagers of Pedana in Andhra Pradesh, India pay a hefty price for a cloth they often cannot afford.
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Amanda Addams Auctions Pty/Ltd 251 Jasper Road McKinnon 3204 Sunday 7th June 2020 at 12.00 pm Viewing; Saturday 6th June 11 am to 5 pm. (Restricted viewing only 20 people at any one time) Auction will be held online with invaluable, not at the auction rooms. If you are registered with us, you may use your existing number. Includes the important remainder of the Robert Muir Collection- part 2, the Caroline Brunner collection -part 2, estates Brighton and Brighton East, also contents of homes: Caulfield North, Rowville, Bentleigh, and Kew.
Napier Waller Art Prize for veteran community opens from 20 April 2020
The Napier Waller Art Prize is open to all current and former service personnel in the Australian Defence Force. The prize encourages artistic excellence, promotes the transformative power of creativity, and raises awareness of the experiences and talent of service personnel. @AWMemorial #AWMemorial
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