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WASHINGTON(RushPRnews)13/11/08— NASA Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Rick Gilbrech announced Wednesday that he will be leaving the agency for a position in the private sector. NASA Administrator Michael D. Griffin announced that Doug Cooke, who has been serving as deputy associate administrator for the directorate since its inception in January 2004, will become the associate administrator. The change is effective Nov. 24.
"I'm very pleased for Rick that he has been offered such a wonderful opportunity. At the same time, I regret the loss to NASA of such a talented individual," said Griffin. "Rick has served as a deputy center director, a center director, and as an associate administrator, all crucial positions. He played a key role in helping the shuttle return to flight. Rick will be missed."
"My career with NASA has been a tremendously rewarding experience not only because of the exciting missions but primarily because of the fine people with whom I was fortunate enough to work," said Gilbrech. "Mike Griffin's leadership has set NASA on a solid course to return humans to the moon, and I am confident this talented team will continue the challenging and rewarding work of the Constellation Program. I am thankful I was able to play a part in this next chapter of human exploration and look forward to following NASA's progress as I launch into my next career."
Gilbrech's departure concludes his 17 years at the agency in various roles, including as director of NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., and as deputy center director of NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.
In naming Cooke as the new associate administrator, Griffin said, "Doug Cooke has served NASA since the earliest days of the space shuttle program. There is no better engineer in the agency, a talent which is indispensable at the top, and especially so in the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, where so much of our future lies. I am tremendously pleased to ask him to head this team."
Cooke has 35 years of experience at NASA in the space shuttle, space station and exploration programs. He has been assigned significant responsibilities during critical periods of each of these programs. Prior to his appointment to NASA Headquarters, Cooke served as manager for the Advanced Development Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Cooke provided leadership for the planning of human missions beyond Earth orbit; including the moon, Mars, libration points, and asteroids.
Cooke has played a pivotal role in planning for future space exploration since 1989. He helped to lead a NASA team that produced the "90-Day Study" on lunar and Mars exploration. He was subsequently assigned to the Synthesis Group, led by Lt. General Tom Stafford, which reported to the White House in "America at the Threshold: America's Space Exploration Initiative." Cooke was selected to be the manager of the Exploration Programs Office, where he initiated and led agency-wide studies for the human return to the moon and exploration of Mars.
He served as NASA technical advisor to the Columbia Accident Investigation Board from the time of the accident to the publishing of the report. Following the space shuttle Challenger accident, Cooke helped lead a civil service and contractor team in the return of the shuttle to flight in September 1988.
Cooke served as deputy manager of the Space Station Program in 1996. In 1993, he led the engineering and technical aspects of the redesign of the International Space Station and subsequently served as vehicle manager, leading and managing the hardware development and systems engineering and integration for the project.
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Representatives for rapper DMX issued a statement to AllHipHop.com today (August 13th) and downplayed reports that the rapper was in trouble with the law again last night, just moments after he was released from a Los Angeles jail.
According to reports, DMX was allegedly stopped and ticketed for speeding in a rented Mercedez on Sunset Boulevard around 11:20 PM.
The rapper, who served 18 days of a 90-day jail sentence for a reckless driving conviction in 2002, was also allegedly driving without a license when officers stopped him last night.
DMX was issued a citation for driving without a license and will have to appear in court in the near future, according to HollyScoop.com
The passenger in the Mercedes-Benz was required drive the rapper home.
DMX's manager Nakia Walker issued a statement to AllHipHop.com and blasted the media for their portrayal of DMX, born Earl Simmons.
"Obviously , DMX is not a criminal and for the record he was not issued a speeding ticket. The media portrays him to be this horrible person that just can't get it together. This is so untrue," Walker told AllHipHop.com. "DMX is making every effort to rectify any and all old debts he owes to society, hence the Los Angeles county jail time. He surrendered himself to deal with that as part of the process on his road to redemption."
According to Walker, DMX will be a busy, focused man, as he starts rebuilding his career.
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a user logged into horizon can change his password without needing to type in the correct old password. It's just required to type in anything as the old password.
What would now be the recommended way for a user to update their own password, using Keystone? Could a update_own_password method similar to v2 be added to the client?
I'll be adding functionality for these calls to the client after they land on the service side.
With the proposed fix I see two sides in this issue: an unfortunate default (update_user not being restricted to admin_required) and a v3 API gap (no way for users to update password in a secure manner).
This makes this OSSN territory: we need to warn users that they may not be as secure as they think with the Grizzly default and should consider changing it.
Havana should have the "right" default. Icehouse should add the missing API call, completing the strengthening.
the proposed "fix" for horizon is to disable password updates by users, when keystone is using v3. IMHO that's unfortunate.
The other "fix" would be, not to require admin privileges and to check, if the given password was right. That leaves the server side insecure.
I can't see, how adding a function to keystone v3 will break functionality. Release-wise, this will hurt the schedule, no question.
Still, I'd vote to slip the release and to implement a fix ASAP.
their own attributes such as password, name, or default_project_id.
We need to warn Grizzly users that they may not be as secure as they think with the Grizzly default for "user_update" policy and should consider changing it to "admin_required".
An authenticated user is able to change their password without providing their current password. This allows compromised authentication tokens to be used to permanently compromise a user account.
Horizon allows a user to change their own password, which uses the Identity API to perform the password change. A user is required to supply their current password to successfully perform a password change. This requirement prevents a malicious user from stealing a users authentication token and changing that user's password to permanently compromise their account. With this additional password check, a compromised authentication token only compromises the user account until the token is no longer valid due to expiration or revocation.
When using the Identity v3 API, a user is able to successfully change their password without supplying the correct current password. This leaves users vulnerable to permanently compromised accounts if their authentication token is compromised. The Identity v2 API is not vulnerable to this issue, as it has a separate API call for updating user passwords that properly validates the current password.
This change has the side-effect of restricting a user from updating any of their own attributes, not just their password.
In the OpenStack Havana release, the default policy is to only allow admin users to update attributes in user entries. In addition, Horizon will not allow a user to change their own password if it is using the Identity v3 API, even if Keystone is configured to allow users to update their own entries. Despite this restriction in Horizon, it is recommended to leave the default "update_user" policy setting as is, as an attacker could target Keystone directly without using Horizon to initiate a password change.
Great OSSN, I'd say it'd ready to publish pretty much.
In the third sentence of the discussion "a users" needs to read "a user's"
Horizon allows a user to change their own password, which uses the Identity API to perform the password change. A user is required to supply their current password to successfully perform a password change. This requirement prevents a malicious user from stealing a user's authentication token and changing that user's password to permanently compromise their account. With this additional password check, a compromised authentication token only compromises the user account until the token is no longer valid due to expiration or revocation.
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Company (a division of Aviation General Inc since 1998) acquired manufacturing, marketing and support rights for Rockwell Commander 112 and 114 from Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation in 1998; spares and support services for existing aircraft and manufacturing based in Oklahoma; 120 employees in 1999. Commander 114 remains in production, including TC version introduced in 1995. Deliveries in 1997-2002 comprised 14, 13, 13, 21, 10 and seven (none in final quarter). In March 2000, Commander announced the introduction of the 115, an updated and refined replacement for the 114.
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Q: Delete records from Postgresql I need to delete records from one table based on inner join condition on other two tables, however query runs for ages.
DELETE FROM public.blacklist WHERE subject_id NOT IN(
SELECT DISTINCT a.id FROM public.subject a
INNER JOIN stg.blacklist_init b ON a.subject_id=b.customer_code);

Any ideas how to achieve this?
Thank you.

A: You can use NOT EXISTS instead of NOT IN, and I think you don't need a DISTINCT
DELETE FROM public.blacklist bl
 WHERE NOT EXISTS  (
                     SELECT 0
                       FROM public.subject a
                      INNER JOIN stg.blacklist_init b
                         ON a.subject_id=b.customer_code
                      WHERE a.id = bl.subject_id
                     );

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This Monday, the chairman of the General Audit Chamber, Mr Ronald Halman, met with Ms. Francine Giskes, Vice President of the Court of Audit of the Netherlands.
The Dutch Court of Audit presented their colleagues with an offer for research training to augment the information resources of the local Audit Chamber. "Our physical archives were partially destroyed as a result of hurricane Irma", Halman explained. The research training and resources offered by the Netherlands Court of Audit will supplement the General Audit Chamber's digital references and document management systems.


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import static java.io.File.createTempFile;
import static java.lang.Math.pow;
import static java.nio.ByteBuffer.allocate;
import static java.nio.ByteBuffer.allocateDirect;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

/**
 * {@link OutputStream} implementation which writes into a {@code byte[]} until a certain threshold is
 * reached and then starts writing into a {@code File} beyond that.
 */
public class FileBackedMemoryOutputStream extends OutputStream {

    private int memorySize = -1;

    public enum MemoryUnit {

        BYTES(1),
        KILO_BYTES(1000),
        MEGA_BYTES((int) pow(10, 6)),
        GIGA_BYTES((int) pow(10, 9));

        private final int memoryFactor;

        MemoryUnit(int memoryFactor) {
            this.memoryFactor = memoryFactor;
        }

    }

    private final ByteBuffer memory;

    private final File tempDirectory;

    private final String fileName;

    private final String fileExtension;

    private FileOutputStream out;

    private File file;

    public FileBackedMemoryOutputStream(int fileThreshold,
                                        MemoryUnit memoryUnit,
                                        boolean useOffHeapMemory,
                                        File tempDirectory,
                                        String fileName,
                                        String fileExtension) {
        if (fileThreshold < 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Negative fileThreshold size has no semantic in this version.");
        }
        int threshold = fileThreshold * memoryUnit.memoryFactor;
        if (useOffHeapMemory) {
            memory = allocateDirect(threshold);
        } else {
            memory = allocate(threshold);
        }
        this.tempDirectory = tempDirectory;
        this.fileName = fileName;
        this.fileExtension = fileExtension;
    }

    @Override
    public void write(int b) throws IOException {
        if (memory.hasRemaining()) {
            memory.put((byte) (b & 0xff));
        } else {
            if (out == null) {
                file = createTempFile(fileName, fileExtension, tempDirectory);
                out = new FileOutputStream(file);
            }

            out.write(b);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void write(byte b[], int off, int len) throws IOException {
        if (out == null) {
            int memLen = Math.min(memory.remaining(), len);
            memory.put(b, off, memLen);
            if (len > memLen) {
                file = createTempFile(fileName, fileExtension, tempDirectory);
                out = new FileOutputStream(file);
                out.write(b, off + memLen, len - memLen);
            }
        } else {

            out.write(b, off, len);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void flush() throws IOException {
        if (out != null) {
            out.flush();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void close() throws IOException {
        if (out != null) {
            out.close();
        }
    }

    // method added just for testing purposes
    File getFile() {
        return file;
    }

    public long size() {
        long size = memorySize > 0 ? memorySize : memory.position();
        if (file != null) {
            size += file.length();
        }
        return size;
    }

    public void clean() {
        memory.clear();
        memory.rewind();
        if (file != null) {
            file.delete();
        }
    }

    public InputStream openWrittenDataInputStream() throws IOException {
        memorySize = memory.position(); // save the memory position for size calculation as after flip() position's always 0
        memory.flip();
        return new ByteBufferBackedInputStream(memory, file);
    }

}

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Caldwell in Puerto Rico, where she was "instrumental to the success of the mission."
PHOTO COURTESY OF STEVE HILL, LOUIS BERGER
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KEYWORDS ENR Newsmakers / Hurricane Maria / power outage / Puerto Rico
If Kris Caldwell has a mantra, it's "we have to do more." The project manager for Louis Berger spent more than a year in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, helping to place and maintain more than 1,600 generators around the territory, leaving only in October 2018 when the Army Corps of Engineers wound down its temporary power mission, for which Louis Berger was a contractor.
"Kris was very, very instrumental to the success of the mission," says Steve Hill, senior vice president of Berger and mission leader in Puerto Rico. Hill says Caldwell has an "exceptional understanding of people and the technical understanding" needed for the job, as well as a solutions-based focus.
Caldwell rarely left the island during the time she was working there, and instead brought her family to visit her.
She was driven by the desire to give Puerto Rico residents the electricity and water that those in the mainland U.S. take for granted. "I really want to see these folks get back to some sort of normal," says Caldwell, now on Tinian in the Northern Mariana Islands helping Louis Berger, which was recently acquired by WSP, provide temporary power to the island devastated by Typhoon Yutu. "I am passionate about this work. I want to see people have small things like ice in their glass."
In March, providing a tour to ENR journalists, she proudly showed off the generators providing power to water systems pump stations. Around those generators, Caldwell pointed out laundry hanging from lines outside storm damaged homes with blue roofs. "They may not have power, but I know they have water," she says.
Driving around the island in her purple Jeep, Caldwell knew all of the approximately 600 people who worked with her by name, and they all knew her.
During the Puerto Rico mission, she was an incident commander responsible for installing and de-installing generators around the island. She then became responsible, along with Berger vice president Raul Rosa, for maintenance when it became apparent that the generators, not intended to operate 24/7 for months on end, would need some TLC. Then, after spending her "free time" to help get the microgrids on Puerto Rico's islands of Vieques and Culebra, Hill assigned her to help oversee and transition management of the microgrids to other entities when their mission was over.
"Kris reminds us [of] the need to do more," says Hill. "It makes me optimistic about what we are going to be able to do in the future."
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Simulation of non-Gaussian co…
Simulation of non-Gaussian correlated random variables, stochastic processes and random fields: Introducing the anySim R-Package for environmental applications and beyond
I. Tsoukalas, P. Kossieris, and C. Makropoulos, Simulation of non-Gaussian correlated random variables, stochastic processes and random fields: Introducing the anySim R-Package for environmental applications and beyond, Water, 12 (6), 1645, doi:10.3390/w12061645, 2020.
Stochastic simulation has a prominent position in a variety of scientific domains including those of environmental and water resources sciences. This is due to the numerous applications that can benefit from it, such as risk-related studies. In such domains, stochastic models are typically used to generate synthetic weather data with the desired properties, often resembling those of hydrometeorological observations, which are then used to drive deterministic models of the understudy system. However, generating synthetic weather data with the desired properties is not an easy task. This is due to the peculiarities of such processes, i.e., non-Gaussianity, intermittency, dependence, and periodicity, and the limited availability of open-source software for such purposes. This work aims to simplify the synthetic data generation procedure by providing an R-package called anySim, specifically designed for the simulation of non-Gaussian correlated random variables, stochastic processes at single and multiple temporal scales, and random fields. The functionality of the package is demonstrated through seven simulation studies, accompanied by code snippets, which resemble real-world cases of stochastic simulation (i.e., generation of synthetic weather data) of hydrometeorological processes and fields (e.g., rainfall, streamflow, temperature, etc.), across several spatial and temporal scales (ranging from annual down to 10-min simulations).
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See also: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/6/1645
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2. D. Koutsoyiannis, Optimal decomposition of covariance matrices for multivariate stochastic models in hydrology, Water Resources Research, 35 (4), 1219–1229, doi:10.1029/1998WR900093, 1999.
3. D. Koutsoyiannis, A generalized mathematical framework for stochastic simulation and forecast of hydrologic time series, Water Resources Research, 36 (6), 1519–1533, doi:10.1029/2000WR900044, 2000.
4. D. Koutsoyiannis, Coupling stochastic models of different time scales, Water Resources Research, 37 (2), 379–391, doi:10.1029/2000WR900200, 2001.
5. D. Koutsoyiannis, The Hurst phenomenon and fractional Gaussian noise made easy, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 47 (4), 573–595, doi:10.1080/02626660209492961, 2002.
6. D. Koutsoyiannis, and A. Economou, Evaluation of the parameterization-simulation-optimization approach for the control of reservoir systems, Water Resources Research, 39 (6), 1170, doi:10.1029/2003WR002148, 2003.
7. D. Koutsoyiannis, Stochastic simulation of hydrosystems, Water Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, Surface and Agricultural Water, edited by J. H. Lehr and J. Keeley, 421–430, doi:10.1002/047147844X.sw913, Wiley, New York, 2005.
8. A. Efstratiadis, Y. Dialynas, S. Kozanis, and D. Koutsoyiannis, A multivariate stochastic model for the generation of synthetic time series at multiple time scales reproducing long-term persistence, Environmental Modelling and Software, 62, 139–152, doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.08.017, 2014.
9. I. Tsoukalas, and C. Makropoulos, Multiobjective optimisation on a budget: Exploring surrogate modelling for robust multi-reservoir rules generation under hydrological uncertainty, Environmental Modelling and Software, 69, 396–413, doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.09.023, 2015.
10. I. Tsoukalas, and C. Makropoulos, A surrogate based optimization approach for the development of uncertainty-aware reservoir operational rules: the case of Nestos hydrosystem, Water Resources Management, 29 (13), 4719–4734, doi:10.1007/s11269-015-1086-8, 2015.
11. D. Koutsoyiannis, Generic and parsimonious stochastic modelling for hydrology and beyond, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 61 (2), 225–244, doi:10.1080/02626667.2015.1016950, 2016.
12. I. Tsoukalas, P. Kossieris, A. Efstratiadis, and C. Makropoulos, Surrogate-enhanced evolutionary annealing simplex algorithm for effective and efficient optimization of water resources problems on a budget, Environmental Modelling and Software, 77, 122–142, doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.12.008, 2016.
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14. P. Kossieris, C. Makropoulos, C. Onof, and D. Koutsoyiannis, A rainfall disaggregation scheme for sub-hourly time scales: Coupling a Bartlett-Lewis based model with adjusting procedures, Journal of Hydrology, 556, 980–992, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.07.015, 2018.
15. P. Dimitriadis, and D. Koutsoyiannis, Stochastic synthesis approximating any process dependence and distribution, Stochastic Environmental Research & Risk Assessment, 32 (6), 1493–1515, doi:10.1007/s00477-018-1540-2, 2018.
16. I. Tsoukalas, A. Efstratiadis, and C. Makropoulos, Stochastic periodic autoregressive to anything (SPARTA): Modelling and simulation of cyclostationary processes with arbitrary marginal distributions, Water Resources Research, 54 (1), 161–185, WRCR23047, doi:10.1002/2017WR021394, 2018.
17. I. Tsoukalas, S.M. Papalexiou, A. Efstratiadis, and C. Makropoulos, A cautionary note on the reproduction of dependencies through linear stochastic models with non-Gaussian white noise, Water, 10 (6), 771, doi:10.3390/w10060771, 2018.
18. I. Tsoukalas, C. Makropoulos, and D. Koutsoyiannis, Simulation of stochastic processes exhibiting any-range dependence and arbitrary marginal distributions, Water Resources Research, 54 (11), 9484–9513, doi:10.1029/2017WR022462, 2018.
19. I. Tsoukalas, Modelling and simulation of non-Gaussian stochastic processes for optimization of water-systems under uncertainty, PhD thesis, 339 pages, Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering – National Technical University of Athens, December 2018.
20. I. Tsoukalas, A. Efstratiadis, and C. Makropoulos, Building a puzzle to solve a riddle: A multi-scale disaggregation approach for multivariate stochastic processes with any marginal distribution and correlation structure, Journal of Hydrology, 575, 354–380, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.05.017, 2019.
21. P. Kossieris, I. Tsoukalas, C. Makropoulos, and D. Savic, Simulating marginal and dependence behaviour of water demand processes at any fine time scale, Water, 11 (5), 885, doi:10.3390/w11050885, 2019.
22. P. Kossieris, Multi-scale stochastic analysis and modelling of residential water demand processes, PhD thesis, 350 pages, Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering – National Technical University of Athens, Athens, February 2020.
Our works that reference this work:
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2. A. Efstratiadis, I. Tsoukalas, and D. Koutsoyiannis, Generalized storage-reliability-yield framework for hydroelectric reservoirs, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2021.
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Curse Of The Werewolf, The - 3/5
Executives at Hammer productions went down their Universal horror icon checklist - Frankenstein: Check, Dracula: Check, The Mummy: Check, The Wolf Man: oh yes, here is an icon we haven't touched on yet. Don't be fooled as this is not a complete reworking of Universals classic The Wolf Man because even though it contains a werewolf, it is a very different story.
The film has an extremely long build-up and we are first introduced to a beggar thrown into an arrogant king's dungeon. Staying in there for decades he loses his mind and one day, a deaf and dumb servant is thrown in (due to not pleasing the king sexually) and so she is raped. She escapes by killing the king and then is picked up by a young couple in a village where she gives birth to a bastard son. The son, it seems, is going to be evil because he is going to be born on Christmas. It gets even worse when they try to baptize the little bugger. He grows to a young boy and suddenly sheep in the village start to be slaughtered in the night. His adoptive father catches the boy in the act and with the help of his adoptive mother are able to stop his transformations.
Halfway through the film he grows to a young man in the for of Oliver Reed, who shines in the role. He goes to work at a mill, falls in love with a woman already to be wed, and suddenly his transformations begin to take effect again.
The main problem of this film is that there is far too much back story, especially with Oliver Reeds character's real parents. Much more time could have been spent on his childhood or even how he deals with this pesky lycanthropy as an adult. By the time the film really kicks into gear it's over an hour into it. The film also doesn't delve into the werewolf myth very well and the word werewolf isn't even mentioned other than the title. Again why does a beggar's rape of a servant warrant a child to be born a werewolf? We are given no answers! I would have been totally lost if it weren't for me being extremely familiar with the werewolf legend thanks to the umpteen other werewolf films I have seen. The werewolf makeup also leaves a lot to be desired, again not holding a candle to the original Universal make-up designs.
By far the best thing here is Oliver Reed and he is exceptional in his part. He captures all the emotions and torment of the character perfectly. I just wish there was more of him in the picture because due to so much back story, he doesn't arrive until over halfway through the film. I also liked how the film took inspiration from many films not just Universal's The Wolf Man. Elements of Werewolf in London and The Hunchback of Notre Dame can also be seen.
This may be a classic Hammer film but compared to the likes of other classics of the company like Curse of Frankenstein and Horror of Dracula, this one falls short. If only it's plot flow could have been tweaked up a bit would it have been as good as those. No sequels followed further showing this film did not have the power for our beast to carry on into a series like Baron Frankenstein and Dracula.
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Piranha Part Two: The Spawning - 2/5
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Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans - 3.5/5
Spider-Man - 3.5/5
Ringu 0: Birthday - 2.5/5
Ringu 2 - 2.5/5
Behind The Mask: The Rise Of Leslie Vernon (2006)
Rasen - 1.5/5
Puppet Master 4 - 2/5
Ringu - 4/5
Blood Creek - 3/5
Black Samson - 2.5/5
Summertime Killer, The - 3/5
Mummy's Curse, The - 2/5
Substitute 4: Failure Is Not An Option, The - 2/5
Confessions Of A Police Captain - 3.5/5
Legion (2010) - 2/5
Substitute 3: Winner Takes All, The - 2/5
Boss Nig*** - 2.5/5
Wes Craven's New Nightmare - 3.5/5
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare - 1.5/5
Substitute 2: School's Out, The - 2.5/5
Black Eagle (1988)
Substitute, The (1996) - 3/5
Frankenhooker - 3/5
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge - 2.5/5
Puppet Master II - 1.5/5
Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, A - 1/5
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Puppet Master (1989) - 2/5
Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A - 4/5
Universal Soldier II: Brothers In Arms - 1/5
Mummy's Ghost, The - 2/5
Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, A - 2...
Universal Soldier - 3/5
Mummy's Tomb, The (1942)
Nightmare On Elm Street, A (1984) - 5/5
Mummy's Hand, The (1940)
Red Shoes, The - 3.5/5
Daybreakers - 2.5/5
C.H.U.D. II: Bud The C.H.U.D. - 2/5
C.H.U.D. (1984)
Kiss Of The Vampire, The - 3.5/5
Blood From The Mummy's Tomb - 2.5/5
Scared To Death - 1.5/5
Basket Case 3 - 2/5
Gate II - 2/5
American Ninja V - 1/5
Convoy Busters - 2.5/5
Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm - 1/5
Land Of The Dead - 3.5/5
Exterminator 2 (1984)
Exterminator, The - 3/5
Brides Of Dracula, The - 4/5
Night Creatures [Captain Clegg] - 2.5/5
Ghoulies IV - 1/5
Jungle Raiders - 2/5
FleshEater: Revenge of the Living Dead - 1/5
Evil of Frankenstein, The - 2.5/5
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Bloodstone - 2/5
Pontypool - 4.5/5
Frankenstein's Castle Of Freaks - 1/5
Cannonball Run II - 1/5
Satanic Rites Of Dracula, The - 2.5/5
Brain Damage - 3.5/5
Fear Chamber - 1/5
Spy Who Loved Me, The - 4/5
Cannonball Run, The - 1/5
Beyond the Door III [Amok Train] -1/5
Nightmare On Elm Street, A (2010) - 2.5/5
Beyond the Door II [Shock] - 3/5
Beyond the Door [The Devil Within Her] - 1/5
Dracula A.D. 1972 - 2/5
Bloodfist VIII: Hard Way Out - 1.5/5
Descent: Part 2, The - 3.5/5
Scars Of Dracula - 2.5/5
Bloodfist VII: Manhunt - 1.5/5
Lizard In A Woman's Skin [Schizoid] - 4/5
Taste The Blood Of Dracula - 3.5/5
Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero - 1/5
Bloodfist V: Human Target - 2.5/5
Dracula Has Risen From The Grave - 3/5
Cold Eyes Of Fear [Desperate Moments] - 1.5/5


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Federal law enforcement officials reported concern Friday over vague threats of an al-Qaida terrorist attack that could come today in an attempt to disrupt Tuesday's U.S. elections. Three states – New York, Virginia, and Texas – were identified as potential targets.
So it makes sense that FBI agents in eight states reportedly wore out some shoe leather during the weekend, knocking on doors of people with family connections to Afghanistan or Pakistan – both operating bases for al-Qaida. One of those questioned reportedly is a youth group leader. Others were doctors.
To the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), this is an "outrageous and ... borderline unconstitutional" "sweep" of American Muslim leaders.
The Dallas Morning News, Washington Post and Time magazine all published stories on the FBI action, offering little in the way of push-back to CAIR's narrative.
The FBI is "harassing" Muslims in Oklahoma, CAIR's state director Adam Soltani wrote on Facebook, Time reported.
CAIR-Florida director Hassan Shibly heard from six people contacted by the FBI, the Post story said. CAIR's Texas office heard from 17 people. The stories lamenting this alleged FBI outrage, therefore, offered two dozen examples nationally.
CAIR officials sounded the alarm on social media, urging Muslims not to say anything to the FBI without a lawyer present. The organization offered to provide counsel to those who needed it. CAIR's campaign then attracted the media coverage.
Calling it a "sweep," as Shibly did, usually connotes mass arrests, not knocks on people's doors. The Post at least placed the word in quotes.
This raises a question: What is the FBI supposed to do when it learns terror plots may be in the works? The news stories don't say. They do quote CAIR officials expressing their outrage.
"The FBI actions ... to conduct a sweep of American Muslim leaders the weekend before the election is completely outrageous and ... borderline unconstitutional," Shibly told the Post. "That's the equivalent of the FBI visiting churchgoing Christians because someone overseas was threatening to blow up an abortion clinic. It's that preposterous and outrageous."
No, it's not at all like that. There is no foreign terrorist network advocating American abortion foes to attack clinics. ISIS and al-Qaida have spent years advocating random, homegrown terror attacks in online videos, social media and in glossy publications.
It's a disturbingly effective message, proven successful by the number of people who have tried to leave the country to join ISIS, or who have been arrested trying to do so, or who have plotted to carry out attacks.
Horrible attacks in just the past year show that individual actors responding to the call to jihad can create huge casualty counts. Omar Mateen killed 49 people at Orlando's Pulse nightclub, pausing in his slaughter to call 911 and pledge allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik killed 14 people at an office Christmas party in San Bernardino last December.
And in September, 29 people were injured when a homemade bomb went off in a Manhattan dumpster. A second bomb was found nearby. Investigators later found five additional unexploded bombs in a trash can in Elizabeth, N.J. near a transit station.
CAIR officials insist they are not trying to hinder the FBI. They say they merely are ensuring people know about, and use, their constitutional right to have counsel present for any questioning. But CAIR's long record of sowing fear against the FBI casts doubt on that assertion.
Its "Know Your Rights" lectures have long included claims of tales of FBI agents breaking the law and willing to do anything in order to snare innocent Muslims. FBI agents are depicted as sinister forces lurking outside Muslim homes in images carrying the message "Build a Wall of Resistance: Don't Talk to the FBI."
Indictments of terror suspects involving informants and undercover agents are always dismissed by the group as entrapment, though no jury or court has agreed. A December promotional page touting an "entrapment workshop" depicting the FBI as a spider out to snare the Muslim community in its web remains active on CAIR's Philadelphia office website.
Last year, when authorities in Boston overheard a terror suspect they had been monitoring say he was going to go out and start stabbing police officers, CAIR spent days casting Usaama Rahim's subsequent death as unjust despite video showing Rahim lunged at officers ordering him to drop a military grade knife.
No one would have learned that fact from reading any of the stories parroting CAIR's outrage, unless he or she conducted independent web searches. Likewise, readers would not know that the FBI broke off outreach communication with CAIR in 2008, after an investigation placed the organization and its founders in the middle of a Muslim Brotherhood-created Hamas support network in America.
"[U]ntil we can resolve whether there continues to be a connection between CAIR or its executives and HAMAS, the FBI does not view CAIR as an appropriate liaison partner," an FBI official explained in 2009. The policy remains in effect 7½ years later.
Once upon a time, the Morning News had CAIR's number, investigating and exposing radical Islamist activity supporting Hamas in north Texas during the 1990s. The Post has never devoted a story to the evidence that led to the policy.
The FBI declined to comment, the two newspapers reported. But missing from the stories were perspectives from retired law enforcement officials, at the very least, and an explanation about how the Bureau works in situations like this. This context would have been a service to readers, offering balance to CAIR's talking points.
People in eight states are being targeted for questioning, the Post reported. "Several of the states — including Florida and Pennsylvania — are viewed as crucial swing states heading into the presidential election Tuesday," the story said, underscoring Shibly's claim that this is some kind of pre-election intimidation campaign.
But other states, especially Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, are not considered competitive Tuesday. No CAIR official presented anything to support the organization's allegation that voter intimidation is in play. Yet, the Post and a story on Fusion.net included it.
Fusion's story argued that the FBI is somehow ignoring threats of violence from white nationalists and militias, a claim belied by recent arrests.
If the FBI started arresting Muslim Americans without cause, CAIR's campaign of fear and hysteria might make sense. But pursuing information about a possible terrorist attack, in swing states and decidedly red states, is not sinister.


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HomeMalcolm Mistry
Malcolm Mistry
Malcolm holds a PhD in Science and Management of Climate Change from Ca'Foscari University of Venice.
Malcolm holds a PhD in Science and Management of Climate Change from Ca'Foscari University of Venice. His PhD thesis focused on impacts of climate change and variability on crop yields using emulators and empirical models. Malcolm holds a Master's in Weather and Climate Modelling from the University of Reading (U.K.) where his dissertation examined the Intra-seasonal variability of Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM) in Observed and General Circulation Model (GCM).
Apart from being a post-doctoral researcher at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Malcolm also holds a scientific affiliation with Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC – ECIP Division). He has previously worked as a Research Associate at Barcelona Supercomputing Centre (Spain), where he gained expertise in handling large climate datasets, running Earth System Models (ESM), numerous scientific data management and spatial analysis tools. Malcolm's research interests include big data, sectoral impacts of climate change and variability, development and application of climate extreme indices, and last but not the least, creating awareness of the science of climate change and its potential impacts by giving talks in local schools. Prior embarking on a research career, Malcolm worked as a navigating officer onboard research and seismic survey ships, engaged in data acquisition of sea bed profiles for offshore oil and gas industry.
Dasgupta S., Bosello F., De Cian E., Mistry M.
Global Temperature Effects on Economic Activity and Equity: A Spatial Analysis
RFF Working Papers Series , Working Paper 22-1 - 2022
Colelli F., Emmerling J., Marangoni G., Mistry M., De Cian E.
Increased energy use for adaptation significantly impacts mitigation pathways
Nature Communications , 13, Article number: 4964 - 2022
Vesco P., Kovacic M., Mistry M. N., Croicu M.
Climate variability, crop and conflict: Exploring the impacts of spatial concentration in agricultural production
Journal of Peace Research , - 2021
Wing I.S., De Cian E., Mistry M.N.
Global Vulnerability of Crop Yields to Climate Change
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management , Volume 109, September 2021, 102462 - 2021
Bezerra P., Ferreira da Silva F.T., Cruz T., Mistry M.N., Arroyo E.V., Magalar L., De Cian E., Lucena A, Schaeffer R.
Impacts of a warmer world on space cooling demand in Brazilian households
Energy and Buildings , Volume 234, 1 March 2021, 110696 - 2021
Schleypen J.R., Mistry M.N., Saeed F., Dasgupta S.
Sharing the burden: quantifying climate change spillovers in the European Union under the Paris Agreement
Spatial Economic Analysis , 16 April 2021 - 2021
Mistry M.N.
A High Spatiotemporal Resolution Global Gridded Dataset of Historical Human Discomfort Indices
Atmosphere , 2020, 11(8), 835 - 2020


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Discover the meanings of thousands of Biblical names in Abarim Publications' Biblical Name Vault: Hilkiah
Hilkiah meaning
Hilkiah in Biblical Hebrew
חלקיה
חלקיהו
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The name Hilkiah: Summary
The name Hilkiah in the Bible
Etymology of the name Hilkiah
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🔼The name Hilkiah: Summary
Portion Of Yah
From (1) the verb חלק (halaq), to divide or apportion, and (2) יה (yah), the name of the Lord.
• Via חלק (halaq): Akeldama, Halak, Helek, Helkai, Helkath, Helkath-hazzurim, Sela-hammahlekoth
• Via יה (yah): See the 'browse by form' menu for a long list of yah-names.
🔼The name Hilkiah in the Bible
The name Hilkiah occurs in two forms in the Bible, with and without a final letter ו (waw). It's quite common that a name that ends on יה (yah) also occurs with ending יהו (yahu); both are truncated forms of the name of the Lord, יהוה (YHWH). It's possible that this name, irrespective of how it was spelled, sounded like it ended on an "oaw"-sound, and since spelling then wasn't as strictly standardized as it is now, the difference between חלקיה and חלקיהו may be arbitrary. But it's equally possible that the difference between these two forms expresses a subtlety which modern criticism cannot fathom (yet).
There are up to nine different men named Hilkiah in the Bible and they occur all late in the narrative. It's possible that the following overlap somewhat:
The father of Eliakim, who was the chief housekeeper of Hezekiah of Judah. Although his son was quite important, this Hilkiah plays no role in the Bible himself. His name is spelled with the final ו (waw) in 2 Kings 18:18-26, Isaiah 22:20, 36:3, 36:22, and without the final ו (waw) in 2 Kings 18:37.
The high priest at the time of the famous temple repair and reforms of king Josiah of Judah. During these repairs, the Book of the Law was uncovered and discussed with Huldah the prophetess. This Hilkiah's name is spelled with the final ו (waw) in 2 Kings 22:4-14, 23:4, 23:24, 2 Chronicles 34:9-22, and without it in 2 Kings 22:8-12, 1 Chronicles 6:13, 6:45, 9:11, 2 Chronicles 35:8. Most commentators either state or insinuate that this Hilkiah is the same as the one mentioned in Nehemiah 11:11, but there's no evidence for this.
The second son (possibly not the second-born) son of Hosah, one of the sons of Merari, who was assigned templar gatekeeper duties when David was king over Israel (1 Chronicles 26:11, spelled with the final ו, waw).
The great-great-grandfather of Ezra the Reformer (Ezra 7:1). This and the following Hilkiahs are spelled without the final ו (waw).
One of the men who stood next to Ezra when he read the Law to the people (Nehemiah 8:4).
The father of Seraiah and son of Meshullam, mentioned in a rather confusing post-exilic priestly genealogy (Nehemiah 11:11).
One of the priests who returned from Babylon, together with Zerubbabel and Jeshua (Nehemiah 12:7). This Hilkiah was probably the founder of a larger family, the one mentioned in Nehemiah 12:21, of which Hashabiah was the leader.
The father of the prophet Jeremiah of Anathoth (Jeremiah 1:1).
The father of Gemariah, whom king Zedekiah sent to king Nebuchadnezzar with a letter, together with Elasah, son of Shaphan (Jeremiah 29:3).
🔼Etymology of the name Hilkiah
The name Hilkiah consists of two elements. The first part is probably derived from the verb חלק (halaq I), meaning to divide, share or apportion:
Verb חלק (halaq I) means to divide and apportion. Noun חלק (heleq I) and חלקה (haluqqa) mean portion, tract of land, even one's mode of life. Noun חלקה (helqa I) means field. Noun מחלקת (mahaloqet) describes a division of some organization.
Verb חלק (halaq II) means to be smooth or slippery, either of items such as stones or speech and flattery. Nouns חלק (heleq II) and חלקה (halaqqa) describe smoothness or seductiveness of speech. Adjectives חלק (halaq) and חלק (halluq) mean smooth. The singular noun חלקה (helqa II) and the plural noun plural noun חלקלקות (halaqlaqqot) may describe smoothness, slipperiness, flattery, or pleasant nonsense.
The second part of our name is יה (Yah) = יהו (Yahu) = יו (Yu), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton יהוה, YHWH, or Yahweh. And in between sits the letter י (yod), which serves to create a possessive form: my portion, or portion of.
🔼Hilkiah meaning
For a meaning of the name Hilkiah, NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads Yahweh Is My Portion, Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names has Portion Of The Lord, and BDB Theological Dictionary proposes My Portion Is Yah.


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Kamal Haasan on reviving long-delayed Marudhanayagam: 'Whole script has to be reworked'
The project, which needed a budget of over Rs100 crore at the time of launch, has remained on the drawing board for nearly two decades for lack of funds.
Chennai - 05 May 2020 18:00 IST
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Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan has in his maiden Instagram Live session opened up on his ambitious, long-delayed magnum opus Marudhanayagam. Kamal Haasan said that for the film to take off now, the entire script would have to be reworked.
In the Instagram Live session with actor Vijay Sethupathi and VJ Abhishek Raaja, Kamal Haasan was asked about his plans to revive Marudhanayagam, which was launched in early 2000.
The project, which required a budget of over Rs100 crore back then, has remained on the drawing board for nearly two decades for lack of funds.
On the possibility of reviving Marudhanayagam, Kamal Haasan was quoted by a Cinema Express report as saying, "The happenings in the script have to be changed. [It] needs to be reworked, as it was originally written for a 40-year-old protagonist. Either I have to change the time frame and reimagine the proceedings or I have to find another suitable actor to play the role."
It's worth mentioning that a few years ago Lyca Productions was interested in backing Marudhanayagam.
"Subaskaran, chairman of the Lyca Group, has told me, 'If you just make a phone call and say yes, we can start Marudhanayagam anytime'. But the massive logistics involved in the film as far as the pre-production work is quite exhaustive. Just because Subaskaran is willing to produce the film doesn't mean I can play around with his funds without proper planning and execution," Kamal Haasan had said.
Meanwhile, the actor-filmmaker is currently shooting for Indian 2, which is on hold on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. The film, which is also bankrolled by Lyca Productions, features Siddharth, Kajal Aggarwal, Rakul Preet Singh, Bobby Simhaa and Priya Bhavani Shankar in pivotal roles alongside Kamal Haasan.
The first poster of Indian 2, which marks Kamal Haasan's reunion with Shankar after two decades, was unveiled on the occasion of Pongal earlier this year. After wrapping up the major shooting portion in India, the team plans to travel to Taiwan to shoot some key sequences.
In February, a ghastly accident on the sets of Indian 2 left three people dead and 10 injured when a crane with heavy-duty lights came crashing down. Following the accident, the shooting came to a standstill.
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Blagojevich jury needed 'complete crime' to convict
Prosecution lacked evidence showing former Illinois governor actually took money, WUSTL expert says
By Nancy Fowler Larson August 17, 2010
The deadlocked jury in the federal corruption trial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blogojevich may be due to a deficit in the prosecution's "smoking guns," according to a Washington University in St. Louis professor of law.
"Juries often have a problem convicting when there isn't clear evidence of a complete crime," says Peter A. Joy, JD, also a vice dean in the WUSTL School of Law.
After 14 days of deliberations, the panel found Blagojevich guilty Aug. 17 on only one count — a charge of lying to federal investigators — of the 24-count indictment. The jurors told U.S. District Judge James B. Zagel in Chicago that they were deadlocked on the remaining counts.
During the trial, prosecutors presented several of what they called "smoking gun" tapes of the former governor attempting to wield his influence. But the evidence lacked a critical element, Joy says.
"In the hundreds of hours of Blagojevich on tape, he was never taped discussing actually receiving money in exchange for something," Joy says. "It is one thing to have a politician on video taking cash or an audio tape talking about receiving something and another thing to have someone talking about wanting to solicit money from someone. "
Had Blagojevich been convicted on all counts, the former governor could have faced a maximum 415-year prison sentence and a $6 million fine. The greatest possible penalty for his conviction on the one count is five years in prison.
The former governor pleaded not guilty to all charges, including those related to alleged plans to profit from the filling of President Barack Obama's former U.S. Senate seat. Prosecutors said Blagojevich tried to swap the seat for a sizeable campaign contribution or a lucrative job following his gubernatorial term.
Blagojevich also pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiring to use his power as governor to initiate a racketeering scheme. Blagojevich's brother Robert Blogojevich, who in 2008 headed his campaign finance committee, was a co-defendant in four counts of the indictment. Jurors were also deadlocked on those four counts.
It comes as no surprise to Joy that prosecutors want to retry to the case over the deadlocked charges.
"Retrials usually help the prosecution more than the defense," Joy says. "First, the prosecutors now know the defense's case and strategy, and they can plan to present the government's case better. Second, the cost of retrying a case hits the defense harder. Blagojevich has to find the money to pay his lawyers for a second trial. "
Joy, director of the WUSTL School of Law's Criminal Justice Clinic, has written extensively about criminal justice issues, and co-authors an upcoming book, "Ethical Issues for Prosecution and Defense," to be published by the American Bar Association.
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World doctors to discuss migrant health in Istanbul
February 25 2016 12:43:00
A Syrian refugee child receives treatment at a health center at Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, January 30, 2016. REUTERS Photo
Doctors from around the world are set to discuss health issues in times of war and migration at a symposium in Turkey, as the country struggles to take care of more than 2 million migrants who have fled violence in war-torn Syria.
Scheduled to take place in Istanbul between Feb. 26 and 27, the symposium titled "War, Migration and Health: What Should Physicians Do?" is organized by the World Medical Association (WMA) with the contribution of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB).
International medical experts as well as representatives from medical associations from across the world will convey their experiences on maintaining effective health and social care systems and the ability to respond to the basic needs of refugees and migrants at the symposium.
Some 12.5 million people need humanitarian aid inside Syria, as 7.6 million people have been internally displaced and 4 million people have become "refugees" outside Syria, according to World Health Organization (WHO) figures.
WMA President Sir Michael Marmot, TTB President M.D. Bayazıt İlhan, Istanbul Medical Chamber President Prof. M.D. Selçuk Erez, former World Medical Association President M.D. Xavier Deau, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) representative M.D. Apostolos Veizis and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) rapporteur M.D. Dainius Puras are some of the notable names that are expected to be in attendance during the symposium.
The geography that Turkey is a part of has turned into a region where being a refugee is considered a routine event, as millions of Syrians and other nationals have fled their homes and continue to do so.
Within the last five years, at least 15 armed conflicts have broken out or resurged in different parts of the world, the Global Trends Report by the UNHCR said.
In 2014, each day 42,500 people on average became refugees, asylum seekers or were internally displaced, while only 126,800 refugees were able to return to their countries, the lowest figure for the last 30 years, the report stated.
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Executive Order 6: PDP Charges CJN To Protect Judiciary from Fascist Policies •Urges INEC not to succumb to pressure on Amina Zakari, Zamfara APC
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, to immediately protect the institution of the judiciary from the "unconstitutional, repressive and fascist" policies being allegedly foisted on the system by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led presidency.
The opposition party also called on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, not to succumb to alleged pressure by the presidency to return Mrs. Amina Zakari as Director of Operations.
The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement on Monday in Abuja said the Executive Order 6 as well as the travel ban and trailing of citizens were devised to directly interfere in judicial processes and stifle accused persons of resources, under the guise of speedy trial, saying it has left no one in doubt that Nigeria is fast sliding into fascism.
The opposition party added that Buhari presidency has commenced an attack on the independence of the judiciary, using the instrument of blackmail and aspersion on its integrity and capacity to effectively and timeously dispense justice.
The PDP stressed that the travel ban, trailing of citizens and attempt to regulate the processes of the court was therefore an attempt to short-circuit the constitutional powers of the judiciary and foist a fascist regime where the presidency becomes the investigator, prosecutor and the judge in determination of trumped-up charges against innocent Nigerians.
Ologbondiyan stated: "In trying to use his Executive Order 6 to determine the process, procedures and progression of cases in court, the Buhari presidency directly seeks to usurp, commandeer and appropriate the constitutional powers of the judiciary and then arm-twist the courts and use them as slaughterhouses for opposition members and perceived political opponents.''
The PDP called on Nigerians to note that the action of the Buhari presidency was a direct attempt to suspend sections 6 (6)(b), 36 (5), (6)(d) and 37 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
Ologbondiyan noted that while section 6 (6)(b) provides that judicial powers of the court shall 'extend to all matters between persons, or between government or authority and to any person in Nigeria, and to all actions and proceedings relating thereto, for the determination of any question as to the civil rights and obligations of that person."
He added that Section 36 (6) (d) provides that "every person who is charged with a criminal offence shall be entitled to be given adequate time and facilities for the preparation of his defence.''
The PDP stated categorically that it rejects any attempt by this administration to return our country to pre-1984 military dictatorship, where siege mentality and suppression of rights of citizens was the rule rather than the exception.
The party urged the judiciary-as the last hope of the common man-to immediately insulate itself from the evil machination of the All Progressives Congress (APC), which it said is now trying to turn the judiciary into an instrument of oppression against Nigerians.
The opposition party also charged INEC not to change its statute-backed stand on the exclusion of Zamfara State chapter of APC from presenting candidates in the 2019 general election, following its failure to conduct congresses.
The PDP cautioned that Nigerians are already aware of the pressure from the Buhari presidency to return Amina Zakari, 'a blood relation' of President Buhari, as Director Operation so that they can use her to manipulate the electoral processes and rig the election for President Buhari.
"While the PDP notes the redeployment of Zakari to another directorate, the party nevertheless, reaffirms its position that her continuous stay in the commission constitutes a threat to free, fair and credible 2019 general election given her relationship with President Buhari, who is a major contender in the election," the major opposition party stated.


Someone who admires England, its people, its culture, or to what is English.
Any creature which thrives in diffuse sunlight.
Thriving in diffuse sunlight; for example, heliconias [a combination of helio-, "sun" and conio-, "dust"].
There are about eighty heliconia species in the New World tropics. With their paddle-shaped leaves and bright zigzaggy bracts, these members of the banana family erupt wherever sunlight taps the forest floor, providing food, drink and shelter to an astonishing cast of characters. For a slice of rain-forest life, there is no better place to look.
Because of their sun-loving, patchy distribution, heliconias have a problem connecting with others of their species. To fertilize one another, the plants need a pollinator that not only covers a lot of territory but is discriminating as well. Hummingbirds are nature's specialists for this particular purpose.
Most heliconias have long tubular, curved flowers that only a hummingbird bill can negotiate. As they probe the base of a flower, hummingbirds find a treasure of nectar just for them. These energetic little birds drink up to eight times their own body weight each day, and heliconias produce a generous supply of nectar so they will keep coming back for more; pollinating as they go from one heliconia to another.
by Donna Johnson in International Wildlife, March-April, 1995.
The process of thriving in diffuse sunlight.
1. Attracted to, or feeding on, flowers.
2. Living on or frequenting flowers; such as, an insect (bees, etc.).
A human-seeking, or selecting, parasite that prefers humans more than other animals as a source of blood for meals.
1. A reference to human-seeking or human-preference; especially, when considering bloodsucking arthropods that have a preference for the human host as a source of blood or tissues over those of animal hosts; and dermatophytic fungi which grow preferentially on humans rather than other animals.
2. Pertaining to thriving in a human environment or preferring humans as hosts for nourishment; especially, with reference to parasites that show specificity for humans as opposed to other species, or of any flora or fauna that benefits from human activities.
1. Relating to thriving in close proximity to mankind.
2. A reference to biting or blood-sucking insects that feed on humans.
A reference to being attracted more or less equally to humans and to some other kinds of animal hosts; said, for example, of certain kinds of mosquitoes.
An aversion, or lack of desire, to work. Considered obsolete.
An abnormal eagerness to disrobe or to undress: "At the Academy Awards ceremony many years ago, a man who might have had a form of apodysophilia, streaked across the stage behind the Master of Ceremonies, causing shock and amazement, which disrupted the program for awhile."
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A: First + foremost I am an artist; my leadership development is framed by artist as leader, artist in governance, artist placement group, autonomy for artists + audiences and how and when to take action.
B: One baseline element of effective leadership is belief. What do you need to do, think or feel in order to believe in yourself? What characteristics + behaviours do you need to promote + action so others believe in you also?
C: My Clore time has refocused my commitment to working with Context is Half the Work #ArtistPlacementGroup + how identifying and communicating common ground from cross disciplin collaboration feeds my practice exponentially.
D: My clore secondment explored dance @dance_east and learning through doing including a great ballet class! Doing is great for Dyslexic brains which are wired to think differently. Thinking differently = Leadership innovation.
F: Fellowship is Life so said the clarion movement and Clore is an exemplar of this. Feeling fortunate to know my fellows have my back as floundering + failure couple with experimentation + testing of new learning.
G: Feeling green (as in untried, unsophisticated, inexpert) in the face of new ideas and working practices can feel bruising but cultivating a feeling of generosity to self and others facing the same can be a gracious act.
H: Horizon Scanning: identifying opportunities, emerging issues, potential risks for holistic future planning. Opportunity; growth in arts for good health/wellbeing. Risk; who looks after the health of delivering practitioners?
I: As imagined leadership futures are formed into plans and actions, it may be that impostor syndrome appears alongside trying to remind us we don't belong. Be insistent and keep going in your direction of travel.
J: Is artist as leader a juxtaposition? Art practice and leadership practice may feel contrasting but at the converging junctions the possibilities of reach, influence and impact result in a strengthening of the arts sector.
L: My late father was an avid golfer and would watch the big players on TV at any opportunity. I've always remembered @NickFaldo006 saying on winning a major golf tournament "It's luck – the more I practice the luckier I get".
M: Metaphor helps with understanding complexity. A conversation with @Ed_Ikin from the first clore residential about a single stem or multi-stem silver birch regularly informs my thinking on existing practice and new directions.
N: Now is the best time; waiting for circumstances to be 'right' and everything to 'be in place' before starting is a fallacy. If it feels important, if it demands your attention then begin it now, take the first step.
O: The fellowship led to an overhaul of beliefs, values, activities, approaches to practice, modes of communication. This modernising is still oscillating so there is an opportunity for real change, development and expansion.
Q: The open questions used in coaching are amongst the most powerful mechanisms for reflective practice. Direct but not directive in their intention they facilitate a much needed space for thought and speaking out loud.
R: Clore is an intense development programme with learning curves coming fast and steep at times so a period of rest and recuperation in what ever form that takes post fellowship will effectively help to cement learning.
S: The Clore Stretch. An invitation issued by our great facilitators @followfearghus and @Mortimeri at the fellowship residentials – to draw out, expand and extend our thinking into new ideas, reflections and connections.
T: My fellowship involved a lot of travel; physically on trains and metaphorically in thinking and thought processes. Travel offers new experiences, input, people and places all informing what action to take when the time comes.
U: There is some immediate understanding of fellowship activities and experiences but really it's the longer term opening up and unpacking that will lead to further insights; tomorrow, next month, next year, next decade.
V: The completion of Clore may bring to the fore a Fertile Void. Trusting the process and staying with the void of not knowing will result in something new emerging as the only constant in life is change.
W: There was a time when the fellowship was very busy and I took a WhatsApp holiday: it proved just the ticket. In times of complexity it can be productive to reduce input and stimulus to a minimum.
X: Identifying what your x-factor is can be a really useful process: what is it in your approach, method, belief or strategy that could have the most significant impact on a process or outcome?
Y: Yes to ideas, collaboration and slow. Yes to research, conversations and exchange. Yes to new horizons, new projects taking off and exciting times. And yes to remembering it doesn't all have to be done immediately.
All the images for the alphabet can be seen on @nicolanaismith1 where the A-Z was first published a day at time over the last 26 days of the fellowship.


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Watch: How 'Spider-Verse' Evolved Animation Beyond the 'Pixar Look'
Everyone who loves animation as much as we do knows that Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is a certified masterpiece. It also had a huge impact on the animation industry. This video essay created by Vox spends a few minutes examining the impact Into the Spider-Verse had, by showing how the look of it forced animation to evolve. Ever since Toy Story in 1995, most 3D animated CG movies are designed to be photo-realistic and have the glossy look & feel of most Pixar movies. They call this the "Pixar Look" and most of the animation industry has been using this for the last 25 years. That changed big time with Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, made by Sony Pictures Animation. This video is a bit simplistic, ignoring animation made outside of the studio system, and forgetting about The Bad Guys entirely (which also uses a clever cel-shading style), but it's a good intro for those trying to catch up with what's going on. Sony Animation is also working on the sequels, with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse due out this year and the next in 2024.
Here's the full video essay on animation's evolution from Vox - it's produced & animated by Edward Vega:
And here's two more videos from a few years ago about the making of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse:
Thanks to Kottke for the tip on this. Intro from YouTube: "Non-photorealistic rendering has opened up an alternative to the ubiquitous 'Pixar look.' When you think of CGI animated films, you likely think of Pixar. The studio practically invented the genre with 1995's Toy Story — the first CGI animated feature film. After Toy Story, almost all animation studios wanted to follow in Pixar's successful footsteps, straight down to their style. Many studios sought out 'The Pixar Look' — extremely high quality, physically based, and in some cases almost photorealistic. It's an appealing approach that remains popular at the box office — but animated movies started looking kind of homogeneous. And while studios and independent artists tested out more stylized approaches in short films, no studio would commit to a feature-length animated movie that looked so different. That is, until Sony Pictures/Imageworks took on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Instead of chasing the look everyone was after, the team wanted to create something visually new. They did it with 'non-photorealistic rendering.'" Ever since then, studios have been headed in this direction.
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