While we may believe
Our world - our reality
To be that is - is but one
Manifestation of the essence
Other planets lie beyond the reach
Of normal sense and common roads
But they are no less real
Than what we see or touch or feel
Denied by the blind church
Cause these are not the words of God
The same God that burnt the knowing


C ongressional employees are retained to perform public duties that include assisting Members in official responsibilities in personal, committee, leadership, or administrative office settings. The roles, duties, and activities of congressional staff are matters of ongoing interest to Members of Congress, congressional staff, groups, and individuals, including those who raise concerns about congressional operations. Most observers recognize that Congress does not function without staff, but there is little systematic attention to what staff do, or what Members expect of them. In congressional offices, there may be interest in identifying Member expectations of congressional staff duties by position from multiple perspectives, including assessment of staffing needs in Member offices; guidance in setting position expectations, qualifications, and experience when offices choose to hire staff; and informing current and potential congressional employees of position expectations. Members of the House and Senate generally establish their own employment policies and practices for their personal offices. It is arguably the case that within Member offices, a common group of activities is executed for which staff with relevant skillsets and other qualifications are necessary. A body of publicly available job advertisements for staff positions from a number of different offices can shed light on the expectations Members have for position duties, as well as staff skills, characteristics, experience, and other expectations. For 33 commonly used congressional staff position titles, this report describes the most frequently listed job duties, applicant skills, characteristics, prior experiences, and other expectations found in a sample of job advertisements placed by Members of Congress between approximately December 2014 and September 2019 seeking staff in their offices. Table 1 lists the position titles and the frequency with which advertisements for them appeared in the sample. Identifying Job Advertisements for Congressional Staff Positions Data used in developing sample position expectations were taken from several publicly available sources, including the following, over the periods specified: The House Employment Bulletin, published weekly by the House Vacancy Announcement and Placement Service (HVAPS) in the Human Resources Office of the House Chief Administrative Officer (CAO). Data were collected from ads published between approximately January 2015 and September 2019. The Employment Bulletin, published online by the Senate "as a service to Senate offices choosing to advertise staff vacancies." Data were collected from ads, which were not dated, appearing from approximately July 2016 to July 2019. The House GOP Job and Resume Bank, which posts ads on behalf of the House Republican Conference on Facebook. Ads were collected between approximately January and June 2017. Other ads were collected from the period between approximately December 2014 and January 2017 from the House GOP Job Bank web page on the website of Representative Virginia Foxx during part of her tenure as the House Republican Conference Secretary. The Job Announcements Board hosted by Representative Steny Hoyer during part of his tenure as House Minority Whip. Data were collected from ads posted between approximately January 2016 and December 2017. Categorizing and Coding Job Advertisements More than 1,800 ads were collected from all sources. Duplicate ads resulting from posts to more than one source, and ads that appear to have been frequently reposted, were removed, as were ads for positions in congressional settings other than personal offices, yielding 880 ads for positions in Member personal offices. Substantially similar position titles (e.g., deputy scheduler and state deputy scheduler) for which there were five or more ads were identified and grouped together, as were related job titles (e.g., positions designated as district, field, or regional representative that had essentially similar job duties and expectations) for which there were five or more substantially similar ads, yielding a total of 704 ads. Ads for the 33 identified position titles were further categorized if there were five or more ads that specified the advertised position as "not entry level" or other signifier of presumptive advanced status. The 704 ads were coded against a variety of variables within eight categories, including ad tracking information; ad details; position responsibilities and responsibility areas; expected job skills, qualifications, and credentials; application materials; and office type. The distribution of ads by job title and level is provided in Table 1 . Solicitations of applicants for congressional staff appear to originate in a highly decentralized manner. Means of identifying appropriate candidates might potentially include reassigning staff within offices, placing ads in services that make them available by subscription, word of mouth, and other nonpublic means of identifying potential applicants for congressional staff positions. Consequently, it cannot be determined whether the dataset of ads analyzed in this report is representative of all congressional employment solicitations. In addition, the process by which candidates for some Member office senior staff positions are identified may not be public-facing. Based on information specified within the ads, most position titles were identified by one of the following four primary responsibility areas (some positions were identified by up to three responsibility areas): Legislative, Policy, and Oversight, Media, Messaging, and Speeches, Constituent Communications, Outreach, and Service, and Office Administration and Support. For each position, at least one sample position description was created based on the coded data. Information includes the most frequently occurring of the following: primary responsibility areas; widely expected duties, typically up to six of the most frequently occurring duties specified in all ads for that position; other potential duties, typically up to six other duties mentioned in more than one ad; applicant information, including characteristics, skills, and knowledge and prior experience; and other expectations. Concluding Observations Categorizing congressional staff positions by position title relies on an assumption that similarly titled positions in House and Senate personal offices carry out the same tasks under essentially similar circumstances. While personal offices may carry out similar activities, the assumption might be questionable given the differences in staff resources in House and Senate offices, as well as potential differences within offices of each chamber. Generalizations about staff roles and duties may also be limited in some ways due to the broad discretion Members have with regard to running their office activities. Variations from office to office, which might include differences in job duties, work schedules, office emphases, and other factors, may limit the extent to which sample position expectations provided here match operational practices in all congressional offices. Sample Position Expectations Caseworker18 Communications Director19 Communications Director, "Senior Level" or "Not Entry Level"20 Constituent Services Representative21 Correspondence Manager22 Deputy Press Secretary23 Deputy Scheduler24 Deputy Scheduler/Assistant to Chief of Staff25 Digital Director/Press Assistant26 Digital Media Director27 District Director28 Executive Assistant29 Executive Assistant/Scheduler30 Executive Assistant/Scheduler, "Not Entry Level"31 Field, District, or Regional Representative32 Field Representative/Caseworker33 Legislative Aide34 Legislative Assistant35 Legislative Assistant, "Not Entry Level"36 Legislative Correspondent37 Legislative Correspondent/Press Assistant38 Legislative Correspondent/Staff Assistant39 Legislative Counsel40 Legislative Director, House41 Legislative Director "Senior Level," or "Not Entry Level"42 Legislative Director, Senate43 Military Legislative Assistant44 Press Assistant45 Press Secretary46 Regional Coordinator47 Scheduler48 Scheduler, "Not Entry Level"49 Scheduler/Office Manager50 Senior Legislative Assistant51 Speechwriter52 Staff Assistant53 Staff Assistant/Driver54 Staff Assistant/Press Assistant55 Systems Administrator56

The roles, duties, and activities of congressional staff are matters of ongoing interest to Members of Congress, congressional staff, and observers of Congress. Members of the House and Senate establish their own employment policies and practices for their personal offices. It is arguably the case that within Member offices, a common group of activities is executed for which staff are necessary. Accordingly, a group of job advertisements for those positions from a number of different offices can shed light on the expectations Members have for position duties, as well as staff skills, characteristics, experience, and other expectations. This report provides a set of 39 widely expected job duties, applicant skills, characteristics, prior experiences, and other expectations based on a sample of ads placed by Members of Congress between approximately December 2014 and September 2019 seeking staff in their offices for 33 position titles: Sample position expectations might assist Congress from multiple perspectives, including assessment of staffing needs in Member offices; guidance in setting position expectations, qualifications, and experience when offices need to hire staff; and informing current and potential congressional employees of position expectations. At the same time, categorizing congressional staff positions by position title relies on an assumption that similarly titled positions in House and Senate personal offices carry out the same tasks under essentially similar circumstances. Although personal offices may carry out similar activities, the assumption might be questionable given the differences in staff resources in House and Senate offices, as well as potential differences among offices of each chamber, particularly the Senate. Genera lizations about staff roles and duties may also be limited in some ways due to the broad discretion Members have with regard to running their office activities. Variations from office to office, which might include differences in job duties, work schedules, office emphases, and other factors, may limit the extent to which sample position expectations might match operational practices in all congressional offices. This is one of several CRS products on congressional staff. To access those products, see CRS Report R44688, Congressional Staff: CRS Products on Size, Pay, and Job Tenure .


Title: Oil Extraction (film)
Text: Oil Extraction () is a 1907 Azerbaijani film directed by Vasil Amashukeli. The film was shot on 35mm and captures oil extraction in Azerbaijan in the early twentieth century.
Question: Which movie, clip, TV show etc. had Vasil Amashukeli as director of photography?

Question: Which movie, clip, TV show etc. had Vasil Amashukeli as director of photography?

Oil Extraction (film)


Title: Journey of Akaki
Text: Journey of Akaki is a 1912 Russian - Georgian documentary film directed by Vasil Amashukeli. Plot. The film shows the love of Georgian society to the poet Akaki Tsereteli, as well as the nature and traditions of Georgia.
Question: Which movie, clip, TV show etc. had Vasil Amashukeli as director of photography?

Question: Which movie, clip, TV show etc. had Vasil Amashukeli as director of photography?

Journey of Akaki


Title: I Fall All Over Again
Text: "I Fall All Over Again" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Dan Hill, released as a single in 1991. It was the first single released from his tenth studio album, "Dance of Love". The song reached No. 7 on the U.S. "Billboard" Adult Contemporary chart in early 1992. It was Hill's last of seven top 10 U.S. AC chart hits.
Question: Which software, art, etc. has Dan Hill as performer?

Question: Which software, art, etc. has Dan Hill as performer?

I Fall All Over Again


Title: Can't We Try
Text: "Can't We Try" is a 1987 duet performed by Dan Hill and Vonda Shepard. The ballad was "Billboard"s No. 1 Adult Contemporary Song of the Year for 1987. "Can't We Try" was released as a single from Dan Hill's 1987 self-titled album. The song reached No. 6 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and also on "Cash Box", making it Dan Hill's second-biggest hit behind "Sometimes When We Touch", which hit No.
Question: Which software, art, etc. has Dan Hill as performer?

Question: Which software, art, etc. has Dan Hill as performer?

Can't We Try


Title: All I See Is Your Face
Text: "All I See Is Your Face" is a 1978 song written and performed by Dan Hill. It was released as a 7-inch single from Dan Hill's "Frozen in the Night" album, with "Longer Fuse" on the B-side. The song was produced by Fred Mollin and Matthew McCauley. The song reached No. 8 on the US Adult Contemporary chart and No.
Question: Which software, art, etc. has Dan Hill as performer?

Question: Which software, art, etc. has Dan Hill as performer?

All I See Is Your Face


Title: Dan Hill
Text: Daniel Grafton Hill IV (born 3 June 1954) is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter. He had two major international hits with his songs "Sometimes When We Touch" and "Can't We Try", a duet with Vonda Shepard, as well as a number of other charting singles in Canada and the United States. He also established himself as a songwriter who produced hit songs for artists such as George Benson and Celine Dion. Early life.
Question: Which software, art, etc. has Dan Hill as performer?

Question: Which software, art, etc. has Dan Hill as performer?

Dan Hill


"Every turn of the cards changes the situation.

A good player isnt
waiting to see the next card.

A good player is interpreting the environment and
planning their next move to bet, call or fold before the next card is turned.

The turn of the card and the reaction of the other players dictates which plan
is implemented.

Once your followers are
ready for change, you implement the plan.

"Andrew J. Harvey and Raymond E. Foster (Leadership: Texas Hold 'em
Style).

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problem definition because this step establishes the goal for everything else
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The Westerner and the Japanese man mean something different when they talk of
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for a decision and what the decision is about.

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Indeed, it is this step that, to the
Japanese, is the essence of decision.

The answer to the question (what the West
considers the decision) follows from its definition.

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precedes the decision, no mention is made of what the answer might be. . . .

Thus the whole process is focused on finding out what the decision is really
about, not what the decision should be.

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One of the critical, but often overlooked, requirements for effective leadership
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A growing body of literature thoroughly examines the topic of ethics in public
service from numerous, contrary, and complementary perspectives.

Ethics in public service is the study of the nature of
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professional conduct (Bruce, 2001, p. xiii).

In answering these questions it becomes
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In the Army of One, senior leaders look to the NCO Corps to embrace a value
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Monday, October 11, 2010

Girls Night Out - Smokey Blues

Hi Bellas,

I'm back with another makeup look from my Caress Girls Night Out Event.

My friend Karla was wearing a sexy leopard print dress and I wanted to pick makeup that fit the occasion.

To me, animal print can often be a neutral color.

As a result, I went for a smokey eye (can't go wrong with that), but decided to mix it up.

Click here to see more!A lot of people who aren't used to color get a little scared when you try to apply something outside of the neutral category.

The key is to use a "safe" color, in this case silver, and place it on the lid so that it fades into your brighter color.

That way, the whole eye isn't too vibrant, but you can still add color in the middle and outer part of the lid.

I picked more of a royal blue tone so that it would be a bit more wearable.

I used the bright royal blue from my Best of Both World's Yaby Palette.

I also used a darker blue from my Barbie Stila palette as the outer v/contour color.

Karla was one of my last models in my chair.

I think I had about 15 minutes to do her makeup...not too shabby right?

It helps that I have most of my makeup in palettes...it makes for quick mixing and matching.

I loved how it came out...it really made her eyes pop, and I think the guys agreed because they couldn't keep their hands off her at the club, wink wink.

That's all for now, stay tuned for more makeup breakdowns from Caress Girls Night Out event!

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While a variety of pillows exist in the market today, none have the specific purpose of simultaneously giving neck and back support, while also allowing adjustment of the firmness, as well as providing a convenient air pump to inflate the pillows for desired firmness and a convenient storage bag.

The present head and chest support kit fills that void.

The kit provides a convenient way to store and carry head and neck support pillows.

In addition, a user can regulate the desired firmness, thus allowing the pillows to be adjusted to the user's constantly changing needs.

The kit comes equipped with a pneumatic pump for quick and easy inflation of the head and chest pillows.

The storage bag gives an excellent place to store the components and a means of carrying them.


CHAPTER XXIV

FROM A GARRET WINDOW

"This is getting interesting!" whispered Tom.

"I should say so," murmured Dick.

"That must have been what was bringing Belright Fogg down to New York City."

"It looks like it."

"Well, if he is mixed up in this he can get pinched with the rest of the rascals."

"Right you are."

After that the boys listened to more of the talk between the brokers and Josiah Crabtree. From what was said it was easy to guess that the plotters expected to make quite a large sum of money out of their evil doings.

"But you have got to get Rover's signatures to those papers," said Jesse Pelter.

"We'll do it!" cried Josiah Crabtree. "Even if we have to starve him into it."

"I hope those boys didn't come after the schooner," muttered Japson.

"I reckon Captain Rodney will know how to throw 'em off the scent," returned Crabtree.

"We were lucky to find that automobile at the tavern," went on Pelter.

Some more talk followed and then Japson exclaimed:

"Why can't we make Rover sign those papers now? Maybe we can scare him into it."

"We might try," answered his partner, slowly.

The men arose and Japson lit a lantern, for he knew it was dark in the garret. Then, one behind the other, they filed out into the hallway and went upstairs.

"They are going to find out something pretty soon!" chuckled Tom.

"Come on, let us follow 'em, Tom," answered his brother. "I've got a new idea."

Question: Then where did they go?


CNN marked a milestone Monday. Just before noon, the @cnnbrk account topped 10 million followers on Twitter. That puts our Twitter account in the company of Lady Gaga, President Barack Obama and Cristiano Ronaldo.

To mark the occasion, it's worth reflecting how we got here.

The first tweet on @cnnbrk wasn't news, and it wasn't written by an employee of CNN.

"Testing" is what James Cox tweeted in January 2007.

Cox said he started the account as a way to receive CNN's breaking news alerts on his phone. The account started to grow and gain attention. Journalist and fellow developer Brian Boyer posted this to his blog back in 2008: "@cnnbrk ain't CNN but with >30K followers, he owns the brand."

Cox wrote a response to that post: "I've been in contact with CNN -- they won't sue, i'm fairly sure, however i'm constantly dealing with the problem of confusion -- users still think that @cnnbrk is an official feed, therefore making me a defacto CNN employee, which is a problem."

We didn't sue, but we did work out a deal to get the handle.

As we celebrate reaching the 10-million-follower mark, Cox is the first person we should thank.

The second person to thank, naturally, is Ashton Kutcher. In 2009, he challenged CNN to a competition to see who could first reach 1 million followers. Kutcher won. At more than 13 million followers, @aplusk is still in the lead. And we're still coming after him.

We have a simple approach to @cnnbrk, and we believe that's one of the keys to its success. Breaking news, from an organization that built its brand on breaking news. Straight up.

Question: When did the cable network mark a milestone?


It's the super yacht with a super model and her billionaire tycoon husband as its joint owners and the 100ft supermaxi Comanche lived up to expectations with a blazing start to the Rolex Sydney-Hobart race Friday.

The 'Bluewater Classic' in its 70th staging is the first real competitive test for Comanche, which has been specially built for distance racing and speed record attempts, the brainchild of Netscape co-founder Jim Clark and his wife, Kristy Hinze-Clark, who was born in Australia.

Comanche, skippered by American Ken Read and with a strong international crew, is expected to battle it out for line honors with seven-time winner Wild Oats XI in the 628-nautical miles race, one of the highlights of the international yachting calendar.

The traditional Boxing Day start from Sydney Harbor saw an early glimpse of Comanche's speed with the skipper of Wild Oats XI, Mark Richards, moved to exclaim: "She's smoking -- look at that thing go!"

Out to sea and past the first mark in an unofficial record time, Comanche led from Wild Oats XI with the other supermaxis Ragamuffin and Perpetual Loyal giving chase.

The race, which runs down the east coast of Australia and across the Bass Strait to the Tasmanian capital Hobart, has drawn a 117-strong entry, the biggest since 1994.

But pre-race attention has centered on Comanche -- with its wide-bodied and cutting edge design, and two years in the building in Maine in the United States.

Clark watched from a supporting boat as his wife was part of the crew when Comanche took part in the Big Boat Challenge in Sydney Harbor on December 9, won by Wild Oats XI.

Question: Where does it start from geographically?


More than 40 years ago, John Williams gave away all of his belongings and went off to the mountains to live the way people lived 100 years ago. For food he traps wild animals, fishes in the rivers, and plants whatever he can. John lives in a cabin he made by hand, out of trees he chopped down with an ax. Though he has no s he knows of, he does have a deer he raised from a fawn. The deer lives in the house in the winter and goes with John when he goes into the forest for food. Nobody lives within fifty miles of his cabin in the mountains and John has not been out of the mountains during the entire forty years. One day last year I hiked in to see how John lives. It was like going back in time. There were no roads, no stores, no noise, no pollution, not even a post office.

Most notable of all, there were no people and that's just the way John Williams wants to keep his part of the world--without people. But there is a paradox in his story. John is an educated man. He has books and nobody knows how he got them. Mostly he reads about his world, the forest, the animals, the plants, and the mountains. He has seen airplanes flying overhead but does not want to know about them. For him, electricity is lightning, not light bulbs, refrigerators, televisions, or washing machines. John Williams is 85 years old and had not had a sick day in his life. He attributes his long life to the fact that it has nothing to do with people and in order that he might enjoy many more years of health, happiness, and solitude, I will not tell you where his kingdom lies. There is no room there for you or me.

Question: Who made his house


Women had a significant part to play during World War II,which was the time when women also made their own contributions.Some women's great efforts and their names have been recorded in history.Here's a look at some of the strong figures of women in World War II.

Tatiana Nikolaevna Baramzina was born in Glazov of Russia on December 12,1919.In 1943,she was sent to the Central Women's Sniper Training School and upon her graduation in April,she was further sent to the front.She managed to kill around 16 enemies in the first three months!Unfortunately,she was captured by the enemies and was killed on the fifth of July in 1944.Today,the street where she grew up has been renamed in her memory.

Anne Frank was a Germanborn Jewish girl who was wellknown for the publication of her diary that described all her experiences when the Germans occupied Holland in World War II.Anne was born on June 12,1929 and she,along with her family,went into hiding in July 1942.Two years later,her family was captured and seven months from her arrest,Anne Frank died of illness in early March 1945.

Margaret Ringenberg was born on 17 June,1921,in Indiana of America.She began her career during World War II when she became a ferry pilot for the Women Airforce Service Pilots.After that she turned a flight instructor in 1945.She even wrote her own book named Girls Can't Be Pilots.She passed away on 28 July,2008,after flying for 40,000 hours in the air.

Hannah Szenes was born on 17th July,1921 and was trained to parachute by the British army into Yugoslavia during World War II.This task was given in order to save the Jews of Hungary.Her secret mission was not revealed even when she was tortured following her arrest at the Hungarian border.Hannah Szenes had to brave immense tortures,yet she did not lose heart.She bravely battled it out and tried to sing to keep her spirits high!She also kept a record of events in her diary till 7th November,1944,when she was finally killed.

These names are just a few of the women who played a significant part in World War II.Their stories go a long way in showing the kind of lifestyles they led and their struggles and sacrifices.

Question: How did she die?


Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture. Originating in 12th-century France and lasting into the 16th century, Gothic architecture was known during the period as Opus Francigenum ("French work") with the term Gothic first appearing during the later part of the Renaissance. Its characteristics include the pointed arch, the ribbed vault and the flying buttress. Gothic architecture is most familiar as the architecture of many of the great cathedrals, abbeys and churches of Europe. It is also the architecture of many castles, palaces, town halls, guild halls, universities and to a less prominent extent, private dwellings, such as dorms and rooms.

It is in the great churches and cathedrals and in a number of civic buildings that the Gothic style was expressed most powerfully, its characteristics lending themselves to appeals to the emotions, whether springing from faith or from civic pride. A great number of ecclesiastical buildings remain from this period, of which even the smallest are often structures of architectural distinction while many of the larger churches are considered priceless works of art and are listed with UNESCO as World Heritage Sites. For this reason a study of Gothic architecture is largely a study of cathedrals and churches.

Question: When was the word Gothic first seen?


Mabel's aunt wanted to give her the best birthday present ever. So the day after Mabel's birthday, her aunt brought her to the pet store! Mabel had been asking her aunt for a pet for a very long time. Many of her friends had pets, and she wanted one too. Her friend Faith had a hamster named Peaches. Bobby had a rat named Hugo! Melissa had two snakes and a lizard! Heather had a fish bowl with three fish. Mabel couldn't wait to get her pet and tell her friends all about it. At the pet store, Mabel and her aunt looked at all the animals they had. They saw puppies, kittens, fish, turtles, frogs, and bunnies. Mabel saw a cute black puppy that she thought she might like. There was also a white kitten with blue eyes. But then Mabel saw a gray bunny who was fluffy and soft, and she knew that she wanted the bunny as her pet. Her aunt helped her buy the bunny. They also got everything they needed for the bunny. They got a cage, a water bowl, and bunny food. Mabel named her new bunny Fluffy. Mabel thanked her aunt, and she had the best birthday ever!

Question: What kind of pets did Mable and her aunt see?


Scotland's first minister Alex Salmond has warned American billionaire Donald Trump against interfering in government matters ahead of his controversial golf course opening

The Trump International Golf Links, which the tycoon hopes will become the world's best course, is due to open in Aberdeenshire on July 10, but plans for an adjoining hotel have been shelved due to a row over the development of a nearby offshore wind farm.

Trump claims he was misled by Salmond over the American's $1 billion project and has threatened to sue the Scottish government if the wind farm development is not abandoned.

But Salmond, who has welcomed the golf course's construction, told Trump not to interfere in Scotland's energy policy.

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"Donald Trump is building a fantastic golf course in Scotland that I very much support and I've been a great supporter of it," Salmond told CNN at the TED Global conference in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh.

"Unfortunately, recently, he has tried to tell the Scottish Government how to run our energy policy.

"So, I suppose the message I have to say is, yes to great golf courses, we have the greatest golf courses in the world in Scotland and one more won't do any harm, but let the democratically elected government of Scotland decide its own energy policy."

In April, Trump appeared in the Scottish parliament to express his opposition to the North Sea wind farm.

Salmond has questioned the strategy of Trump, who will open his new course with a ceremony including local golf stars such as Colin Montgomerie and Paul Lawrie, to potentially pursue legal action against the Scottish government.

Question: over what issue?


Reinforcement in plants.

A major goal of evolutionary biology is to understand how diverging populations become species. The evolution of reproductive isolation (RI) halts the genomic homogenization caused by gene flow and recombination, and enables differentiation and local adaptations to become fixed between newly forming species. Selection can favor the strengthening of RI through a process termed reinforcement. Reinforcement occurs when selection favors traits that decrease mating between two incipient species in response to costly mating or the production of maladapted hybrids. Although this process has been investigated more frequently in animals, there is also evidence of reinforcement in plants. There are three strategies for the investigation of the process of reinforcement: case studies of species or diverging taxa; experimental evolution studies; and comparative studies. Here, I discuss how all three strategies find evidence consistent with reinforcement occurring in plants. I focus largely on case studies, and use research on Phlox drummondii to illustrate the importance of testing alternative hypotheses. Although the existing evidence suggests that reinforcement can occur, further investigations, particularly using large-scale comparative studies, are needed to determine the importance of reinforcement in plant speciation.


models for liver toxicity testing.

liver models and provides a perspective on the challenges and opportunities afforded by each individual test system.


Antisense oligonucleotide mediated knockdown of HOXC13 affects cell growth and induces apoptosis in tumor cells and over expression of HOXC13 induces 3D-colony formation.

HOXC13 is a homeobox containing gene that plays crucial roles in hair development and origin of replication. Herein, we investigated the biochemical functions of HOXC13 and explored its potential roles in tumor cell viability. We have designed a phosphorothioate based antisense-oligonucleotide that specifically knockdown HOXC13 in cultured cells. Cell viability and cytotoxicity assays demonstrated that HOXC13 is essential for cell growth and viability. Antisense-mediated knockdown of HOXC13 affected the cell viability and induced apoptosis in cultured tumor cells. HOXC13 regulates the expression of cyclins and antisense-mediated knockdown of HOXC13 resulted in cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in colon cancer cells. Finally over expression of HOXC13 resulted in 3D-colony formation in soft-agar assay indicating its potential roles in cell proliferation and tumorigenesis.


Photochemical Tyrosine Oxidation with a Hydrogen-Bonded Proton Acceptor by Bidirectional Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer.

Amino acid radical generation and transport are fundamentally important to numerous essential biological processes to which small molecule models lend valuable mechanistic insights. Pyridyl-amino acid-methyl esters are appended to a rhenium(I) tricarbonyl 1,10-phenanthroline core to yield rhenium-amino acid complexes with tyrosine ([Re]-Y-OH) and phenylalanine ([Re]-F). The emission from the [Re] center is more significantly quenched for [Re]-Y-OH upon addition of base. Time-resolved studies establish that excited-state quenching occurs by a combination of static and dynamic mechanisms. The degree of quenching depends on the strength of the base, consistent with a proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) quenching mechanism. Comparative studies of [Re]-Y-OH and [Re]-F enable a detailed mechanistic analysis of a bidirectional PCET process.


Use of 5-Enolpyruvylshikmate-3-Phosphate Synthase Encoding Gene for Typing of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Skin and Urinary Tract Infections of Human.

Staphylococcus aureus is both a successful human commensal and a major pathogen. In this study we investigated the genetic diversity of 26 S. aureus isolates recovered from human skin and urinary tract infections. Typing procedure for the studied S. aureus isolates was performed based on PCR amplification of the aroA gene, which encodes the enzyme 5-enolpyruvylshikmate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) that involves in aromatic amino acid biosynthesis, and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of the product. All S. aureus isolates produced a single PCR amplification product of 1,153 bp. Digestion of the PCR products with the TaqI endonuclease revealed four different aroA gene patterns designated as A, B, N and H according to the nomenclature system of previous studies. In general, 80.77% of the studied isolates displayed type N, 7.69% were type B, 7.69% were type H and 3.85% displayed type A. Divergent aroA types were detected among S. aureus isolates from skin and urinary tract infections. The results showed that urinary tract infections were contaminated by S. aureus isolates with identical banding patterns (A), while isolates recovered from skin infections had different aroA types. This study also indicates that aroA genotypes vary not only from region to region, but also in individual hosts within a region.


Computational modeling of the relationship between amyloid and disease.

. Although there is great diversity amongst the amyloidoses with regard to the polypeptide monomeric precursor, targeted tissues and the nature and time course of disease development, the common underlying link of a structurally similar amyloid aggregate has prompted the search for a unified theory of disease progression in which amyloid production is the central element. Computational modeling has allowed the formulation and testing of scientific hypotheses for exploring this relationship. However, the majority of computational studies on amyloid aggregation are pitched at the atomistic level of description, in simple ideal solution environments, with simulation time scales of the order of microseconds and system sizes limited to a hundred monomers (or less). The experimental reality is that disease related amyloid aggregation processes occur in extremely complex reaction environments (i.e. the human body), over time-scales of months to years with monitoring of the reaction achieved using extremely coarse or indirect experimental markers that yield little or no atomistic insight. Clearly a substantial gap exists between computational and experimental communities with a deficit of 'useful' computational methodology that can be directly related to available markers of disease progression. This Review will place its focus on the development of these latter types of computational models and discuss them in relation to disease onset and progression.


Cytoskeleton in action: lissencephaly, a neuronal migration disorder.

During neocortical development, the extensive migratory movements of neurons from their place of birth to their final location are essential for the coordinated wiring of synaptic circuits and proper neurological function. Failure or delay in neuronal migration causes severe abnormalities in cortical layering, which consequently results in human lissencephaly ('smooth brain'), a neuronal migration disorder. The brains of lissencephaly patients have less-convoluted gyri in the cerebral cortex with impaired cortical lamination of neurons. Since microtubule (MT) and actin-associated proteins play important functions in regulating the dynamics of MT and actin cytoskeletons during neuronal migration, genetic mutations or deletions of crucial genes involved in cytoskeletal processes lead to lissencephaly in human and neuronal migration defects in mouse. During neuronal migration, MT organization and transport are controlled by platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase isoform 1b regulatory subunit 1 (PAFAH1B1, formerly known as LIS1, Lissencephaly-1), doublecortin (DCX), YWHAE, and tubulin. Actin stress fibers are modulated by PAFAH1B1 (LIS1), DCX, RELN, and VLDLR (very low-density lipoprotein receptor)/LRP8 (low-density lipoprotein-related receptor 8, formerly known as APOER2). There are several important levels of crosstalk between these two cytoskeletal systems to establish accurate cortical patterning in development. The recent understanding of the protein networks that govern neuronal migration by regulating cytoskeletal dynamics, from human and mouse genetics as well as molecular and cellular analyses, provides new insights on neuronal migration disorders and may help us devise novel therapeutic strategies for such brain malformations.


NorthEast Under/graduate Research Organization for Neuroscience (NEURON): Our Third New York City Meeting.

The NorthEast Under/graduate Research Organization for Neuroscience (N.E.U.R.O.N.) promotes preparation, education, and undergraduate research in Neuroscience. The N.E.U.R.O.N. Conference was initially held at undergraduate institutions primarily in New England. Then, for the previous two years, to broaden its impact and increase diversity, the meeting moved to Hunter College, CUNY, New York. This year represents the first year in which two N.E.U.R.O.N. meetings were held, one in Boston and one in New York City. The following is a report of the New York City meeting which was held at Hunter College on April 28, 2007. Eminent Neuroscientist, Dr. Carol Sue Carter, of the University of Illinois at Chicago, delivered the keynote address. The meeting also included the second bestowal of the Suzannah Bliss Tieman Research Awards for outstanding poster presentations and a workshop aimed at increasing minority participation in Neuroscience research. These highlights and future plans for N.E.U.R.O.N. are discussed.


Q:

My .NET API returns JSON as a String. How do I make it return?

I have an SQL Server proc that returns JSON. I know the proc is working and returning valid JSON, as I can test it with various tools including the SQL function isjson.
However, some tools when calling my API that calls these procs, are unable to verify the JSON as it's getting wrapped in double quotes and escaping every double quote in the JSON.
This is the SQL output:
{"APIResult":[{"ID":200,"Status_Message":"Success","Developer_Message":"Successful login for D56D10AC-3A74-42FC-8BB5-F783A6C0C556 33E4F907-F1E5-4F1B-8CA5-5521291E683A (AppID: (null)).","User_Message":"Successful login","User":[{"ID":"D56D10AC-3A74-42FC-8BB5-F783A6C0C556"}]}]}

And this is the output from postman:
"{\"APIResult\":[{\"ID\":200,\"Status_Message\":\"Success\",\"Developer_Message\":\"Successful login for D56D10AC-3A74-42FC-8BB5-F783A6C0C556 33E4F907-F1E5-4F1B-8CA5-5521291E683A (AppID: (null)).\",\"User_Message\":\"Successful login\",\"User\":[{\"ID\":\"D56D10AC-3A74-42FC-8BB5-F783A6C0C556\"}]}]}"

Some parsing tools (jsonlint) are fine with the second format and return it as valid JSON. Others (http://json.parser.online.fr/), not so much. Postman is obviously happy, but my mobile developer is unable to get it to work as valid JSON.
After some help here, I understand that the API "should" be outputting a header content-type of application/JSON and the output should not be a string.
The controller has:
public string Get(string key) {
    string message = "";
    DataSet ds = new DataSet();
    SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd2);
    da.Fill(ds);
    message = ds.Tables[0].Rows[0][0].ToString();
    return message;
}

Which kind of implies it is being converted to a string.
So my question is:

How do a set the header on the output, making it return JSON not a string?

A:

The data is most likely being double serialized. This the escape characters in the actual response.
since the data from the database is already a JSON string then return the content as is, but the actions would need to be refactored a bit.
public IHttpActionResult Get(string key) {

    //...

    DataSet ds = new DataSet();
    SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd2);
    da.Fill(ds);
    var json = ds.Tables[0].Rows[0][0].ToString();
    var response = Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK);
    response.Content = new StringContent(json, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
    return ResponseMessage(response);
}

The raw JSON is passed as StringContent directly to the response to avoid the framework trying to serialize it for you.


Q:

IceCast stream authentication

I'm using Icecast 2.3.3.
I want to use URL stream authentication, the problem is that the authentication server url is not called by Icecast server and i don't know why. The Icecast server runs on Linux machine on Azure, the auth server is Azure Web App. I tried different configurations and i got unexpected errors.
First, for:
<mount type="normal">
    <mount-name>/local.ogg</mount-name>
    <authentication type="url">
        <option name="stream_auth" value="http://localhost/"/>
    </authentication>
</mount>

I got this error (which I understand):
[2015-05-13  18:36:52] EROR connection/_handle_connection HTTP request parsing failed
[2015-05-13  18:36:52] WARN auth_url/url_stream_auth auth to server http://localhost/ failed with Failed to connect to localhost port 80: Connection refused
[2015-05-13  18:36:52] WARN auth/stream_auth_callback Failed auth for source "/local.ogg"

Then, for:
<mount type="normal">
    <mount-name>/ip.ogg</mount-name>
    <authentication type="url">
        <option name="stream_auth" value="http://123.45.67.89/"/>
    </authentication>
</mount>

Again, the error, as I expected is (this ip is random):
[2015-05-13  18:37:34] EROR connection/_handle_connection HTTP request parsing failed
[2015-05-13  18:37:35] WARN auth_url/url_stream_auth auth to server http://123.45.67.89/ failed with Connection timed out after 15008 milliseconds
[2015-05-13  18:37:35] WARN auth/stream_auth_callback Failed auth for source "/ip.ogg"

But then, when I want to use my Web App
<mount type="normal">
    <mount-name>/blast.ogg</mount-name>
    <authentication type="url">
        <option name="stream_auth" value="http://blast.azurewebsites.net/"/>
    </authentication>
</mount>

I don't get an error that would explain to me what's wrong
[2015-05-13  18:38:29] EROR connection/_handle_connection HTTP request parsing failed
[2015-05-13  18:38:30] WARN auth/stream_auth_callback Failed auth for source "/blast.ogg"

Is there anything I should know about Icecast stream_auth function? Or maybe I have to set up my VM with Icecast differently?
If anyone have a working example of use of stream_auth, that would also be appreciated.

A:

Looks like the icecast install process doesn't check for availability of libcurl. Which is needed for this functionality. Check your config.log for messages like "libcurl not found"
If that is the case, then you can run "apt-get install libcurl4-gnutils-dev " to install libcurl. That should fix this error.


Q:

"Class type" of "type parameter" used by generic java function

I have written the following generic function in Java:
public <T extends MyClass> void loadProperties(String in_strPath)
{
   // ...
}

The type T can be any of 3 different classes which are children of MyClass. Let's call those 3 classes MyClassV1, MyClassV2 and MyClassV3. I would like to print the name of the class that corresponds to T from whithin loadProperties. I tried doing this:
Class<T> c = T.class;
T instance = c.newInstace();
System.out.println(instance.getClass().getName());

But it does not work. Thanks for any advice.

A:

T represents type parameter, which gets "type-erased", so neither newInstance nor getClass().getName() would produce the desired result.
There is an idiom that you need to follow in order to make this work - pass Class<T> as a regular parameter to your method.
public <T extends MyClass> void loadProperties(String in_strPath, Class<T> classArg) {
    ...
    T instance = classArg.newInstance();
    System.out.println(instance.getClass().getName());
}

The caller needs to pass MyClassV1.class, MyClassV2.class, or MyClassV3.class as the second parameter.
Now that you use classArg instead of T, the code works as expected.


Q:

http://example.com, http://www.example.com and https://example.com to https://www.example.com

Our second question on Stack Overflow! Our aim is to permanently redirect all requests for our site to https://www.example.com. We currently have the below code in place to redirect http://example.com and http://www.example.com to https://www.example.com, but, after spending quite some time on Stack Overflow looking for a solution, we have not yet found a way to also redirect https://example.com to https://www.example.com. Would much appreciate your help.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule .* https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\..+$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

A:

Better to handle this in one single rule:
RewriteEngine On

# add www and force https in same rule
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(?:www\.)?(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://www.%1%{REQUEST_URI} [R=302,L,NE]

Keep this rule as your very first rule.
Make sure to clear your browser cache before you test it.
Change 302 to 301 after you've tested it.


Q:

Error while installing lm-sensors

While installing lm-sensors (to check CPU temperature) package in ubuntu , i was getting this error message:
sirjan@sirjan-MY32BBZ7A:~$ sudo apt-get install lm-sensors
sudo apt-get --fix-broken install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 292 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up lm-sensors (1:3.6.0-2ubuntu1) ...
Illegal instruction (core dumped)
dpkg: error processing package lm-sensors (--configure):
 installed lm-sensors package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 lm-sensors
^C
sirjan@sirjan-MY32BBZ7A:~$

Please note that i had to press ^C to exit apt-get otherwise it just hangs in there.
What does this error message mean? How can i solve it?
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa).

A:

Reboting the computer, solved the problem.


Q:

Why does return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home"); not work if I have a Home controller with Index action?

I have the following controller:
public class HomeController : Controller
{
    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        return View();
    }
}

And, route:
routes.MapRoute(
    "spa",
    "{section}/{id}",
    new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional },
    new { section = @"home|questions|admin" });

When I use the following, I get an error message:
return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home");

Error message:
Server Error in '/' Application.

No route in the route table matches the supplied values.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.InvalidOperationException: No route in the route table matches the supplied values.

Can someone explain to me why this does not work and why the following works:
return Redirect("~/home");

A:

As the error message says, there is no route that matches, since the one you have does not expect the controller and the action as parameters. You will need to add a route map like this
routes.MapRoute(
        "spa",
        "{controller}/{action}/{section}/{id}",
        new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional },
        new { section = @"home|questions|admin" });

or like this
routes.MapRoute(
        "spa",
        "Home/Index/{section}/{id}",
        new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional },
        new { section = @"home|questions|admin" });

I cannot test at this moment, but I think you might get the idea
more info here


Q:

Using Touch ID with Amazon App

According to the update in the App Store, the Amazon app now supports login via Touch ID. Has anyone figured out how to use it?

A:

The application keeps you logged in to your account once you log in unless you log out, but if you do anything that would require a password entry like managing your wish list, a Touch ID prompt comes up giving you the option to use your fingerprint instead of typing in your password


Q:

How can I get the MAX of a range of cells based on whether the cells meet a criteria?

My example data set is
+-------+--------+--------+
| TEAM  | NAME   | SCORE  |
+-------+--------+--------+
| ACE   | Sara   |  15    |
| ACE   | Mike   |  10    |
| ACE   | Lucy   |  20    |
| BEE   | Jason  |  10    |
| BEE   | Quinn  |  5     |
+-------+--------+--------+

What I want to do is if a TEAM has 3 or more Players, then label the player with the highest score 'captain' and everyone else 'crew'. If a TEAM has less than 3 Players, then everyone would be labeled 'crew'.
I've used a =IF(COUNTIF($A:$A,A2)>=3, TRUE, FALSE see whether the TEAM qualifies as having 3 or more. I also know I'd have to use the =MAX() function to see who has the highest score. I'm just not sure how to limit it based on the team and how to adequately label each row.
Thank you.

A:

Use this formula:
=IF(AND(COUNTIF(A:A,A2)>2,INDEX(B:B,AGGREGATE(15,6,ROW($C$2:$C$6)/(($C$2:$C$6=AGGREGATE(14,6,$C$2:$C$6/($A$2:$A$6=A2),1))*($A$2:$A$6=A2)),1))=B2),"Captain","Crew")


Q:

Sequence of polynomials converging to homeomorphism

Let $f:[0,1]\to [0,1]$ be a homeomorphism. Show there is a sequence $(p_n)$ of polynomials such that $p_n$ converges uniformly to $f$ on $[0,1]$ and each $p_n$ is a homeomorphism from $[0,1]$ onto $[0,1]$.
My attempt:First, we note that in order to show $p_n:[0,1]\to [0,1]$ is a homeomorphism, we only need to show that each $p_n$ is bijective (since continuous bijections  from compact spaces onto hausdorff spaces are homeomorphisms). Since $f$ is continuous and injective, and $[0,1]$ is connected, we have that $f$ is monotone. There are then two possiblities since $f$ maps onto $[0,1]$: $f(0)=0$ and $f(1)=1$, or $f(0)=1$ and $f(1)=0$. WLOG assume the former case. Since $f$ is continuous on a compact space, there exists a sequence $(\tilde{p}_n)$ that converges uniformly to $f$. In particular, $\tilde{p}_n(0)\to f(0)=0$. If we define $p_n=\tilde{p}_n-\tilde{p}_n(0)$, then $p_n(0)=0$ for all $n$ and $p_n$ to $f$ uniformly. Now if we can show that $1$ is in the range of $p_n$, we can use the intermediate value theorem to conclude $p_n$ maps onto $[0,1]$ for each $n$.
I wasn't sure how to proceed from here. I think I essentially have the idea of how to show each $p_n$ is surjective, but I'm having particular trouble showing each $p_n$ is one-to-one.

A:

Let $\|\cdot\|_\infty$ deonte the supremum norm on $[0,1]$.
Wlog. $f(0)=0$ and $f(1)=1$. Define $\tilde f\colon[-1,2]\to[-1,2]$ by letting
$$ \tilde f(x)=\begin{cases}f(x)&\text{if }0\le x\le 1,\\
-f(-x)&\text{if }-1\le x\le 0,\\
2-f(2-x)&\text{if }1\le x\le 2.
\end{cases}$$
That is, we extend $f$ by copies of itself rotated by $180^\circ$ around $(0,0)$ and $(1,1)$, respectively.
For $0<h<1$, define $g_h\colon[0,1]\to[0,1]$ as
$$g_h(x)=\frac1{2h}\int_{x-h}^ {x+h}\tilde f(t)\,\mathrm dt.$$
Then $g_h$ is $C^1$ with derivative $g_h'(x)=\frac1{2h}(\tilde f(x+h)-\tilde f(x-h))>0$. Also $g_h(0)=0$ and $g_h(1)=1$, so $g_h$ is a $C^1$ homeomrphism $[0,1]\to[0,1]$.
One verifies that $\|g_h-f\|_\infty\to 0$ as $h\to 0$.
Hence it suffices to approximate $g_h$, i.e., we may assume wlog. that $f$ is a $C^1$ function with strictly positive derivative. The latter means that $\min f'>0$.
We can approximate $f'$ by polynomials, i.e., given $\epsilon>0$, we find a polynomial $p$ with $\|f'-p\|_\infty < \frac\epsilon2$.
In particular, if we have $\epsilon<2\min f'$, then $p(x)>0$ for all $x\in[0,1]$.
Let $q(x)$ be the polynomial $\int_0^xp(t)\,\mathrm dt$.
Then for all $x\in [0,1]$,
$$|f(x)-q(x)|\le\int_0^x|f'(t)-p(t)|\,\mathrm dt\le \frac\epsilon2 x\le \frac\epsilon2.$$
In particular, $|q(1)-1|<\frac\epsilon2<1$.
Consider the polynomial $r(x)=\frac1{1-q(1)}q(x)$.
Then $r(0)=0$, $r(1)=1$, and $\|r-q\|_\infty<\frac\epsilon2$ so that $\|r-f\|_\infty<\epsilon$.
As $r'(x)=\frac1{1-q(1)}p(x)>0$, the polynomial $r$ is the desired approximation.


I just finished screening El Padrino in Germany A great film We look forward to seeing more films from Mr Chapa in the future It was wonderful to see such a well put together film with such suspense and a story that shall remain an instant classic The ending with little ambiguity leaves the story open for a sequel Seeing a film with great quality truly outlines Chapas serious potential and his adept skill as a writer actor director and filmmaker Chapa has impressed many with his triumphant performance in blood in and blood out and now he has proved to all who have see his works his potential to become a critically acclaimed film maker with genuine artistic control Something that few film makers can afford


Somewhat funny and wellpaced action thriller that has Jamie Foxx as a hapless fasttalking hoodlum who is chosen by an overly demanding US Treasury Agent David Morse to be released on the streets of New York to find a picky computer thiefhacker Doug Hutchinson who stole fortytwo million dollars from the treasury and left two guards shot deadbr br Bait marks the sophomore feature for Antoine Fuqua The Replacement Killers and he handles the task fairly well even though it doesnt top his first movie What the two films have in common is the action sequences which are flatout excellentbr br Foxx is pretty good here although his character is annoying in the beginning but throughout the film I began to catch on Hutchinson is marvelous as the mastermind who can be ruthless as John Malkovich and patient as the late Laurence Olivier was in Marathon Man Morse is okay as the agent who comes up with the ingenious plan to get whoever did it at all cost


While I am not a big fan of musicals I have loved the films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers because they are just so much fun Sure they can be a bit formulaic but even though you KNOW what is going to happen they still are very pleasing to watch However despite this I was a bit disappointed in this outing Part of it was because this film doesnt have the wonderful supporting cast like you saw in TOP HAT or SHALL WE DANCE Without Edward Everett Horton or Eric Blore the film seems to be a bit lackingespecially in the fun department The silly antics of these supporting actors gave the other films charm that you just dont get with FOLLOW THE FLEET In addition unlike the usual character played by Astaire this one is more of a jerkas his fat head gets Rogers into trouble again and again And as a result its a lot harder to like him or want to see them get together in the end of the film Plus although the music is by Irving Berlin the songs just dont seem as memorable In fact none of the songs were all that special and I cant recall any of them even though I just saw the movie While this is still a cute and worthwhile film it just lacks the sparkle and magic of some of their other films Good but far from great


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Watched this last night and was bowled over by the heartfelt story line the excellent character development and the good karmic vibe emanating from the acting and movie as a wholebr br Without giving away too much of the plot it begins with an ordinary joe who commutes to his office job every day who becomes inspired to take dance lessons Along the way the protagonist and the assorted characters he meets in his quest to be smooth on the dance floor learn lessons about others and about themselves br br The story has a prologue about what dancing in Japan symbolizes sociologically so it isnt exactly as simple to learn to dance in Japan as it is here in the US br br The film is lighthearted youll laugh out loud at some of the sight gags Yet it is also dignified in a way hard to describe All of the films characters are taken seriously as they are and none are diminished because of their imperfectionsbr br Ive been thinking about taking social dance classes with some friends It just so happened a friend lent me the video on learning to dance Is this synchronous or what I think so because now Im really geeked to give it a try br br Watch this wonderful family film small children might not get it but teens certainly would and smile at the genuine caring you see shown in it time and againbr br Why they would make a remake of Shall We Dance is a mystery as it is perfect asis


My God this was a fantastic film Every time we watch it takes us to another place of WOW Rhett  Scarlett were played brilliantly by Joanne  Timothy They did a fantastic job revising the roles of our two favourite heros Everyone It is a must see Dont deprive yourself of this movie If u loved Gone With The Wind you will love this mini series Go Rhett Go Scarllett


I think I laughed twice The line where the main character says something about being from the streets And then I forget the other time I laughed It was probably in the beginningbr br This has to be one of the thinnest movies ever Doesnt Hollywood realize that this kind of humor is degrading and sad really You can only insult yourself so many timesbr br 210


Ive read the other reviews and found some to be comparison of movie v real life eg what it takes to get into music school Britney Bashing etc etc so lets focus on the movie and the messagebr br I have rated this movie 7 out of 10 for the age range 8 to 14 years and for a family movie For the average adult male 2 out of 10br br I like poprock music im 45 I know of Britney Spears but never realised she actually sang Stronger until i read the credits and these reviews I didnt recognise her poster on the wall so I was not worried about any self promotionbr br I watch movies to be entertained i dont care about casting lighting producers directors etc What is the movie and does it entertain mebr br I watched this movie for the message The worlds greatest epidemic is low selfesteem which is a whole other story so watched with the message in mind as that is an area of interest The movie is light bright and breezy great for kids I found the Texan twang began to fade throughout the movie and of course there are only so many ways to convey the give updont give up message so yeh it was a bit predictable Great message thoughshould be more of thembr br This movie is a great family movie but for a bloke watching by himself get Hannibal


For this reviewa list of good points and bad pointsIll start with the badbr br Bad pointsThe casting choicesespecially Burt Reynolds as Boss Hoggthe acting of said badly chosen castthe storylinethe idea of setting the film in the modern daythe directionthe editingthe soundtrackand above allthe whole idea of making a feature film out of a television series that wasnt that great to start withdespite its popularitybr br Good pointsJessica Simpson in a red bikinithats itbr br One might make an analogy hereIn the scene where Jessica Simpson as Daisy Duke struts her way up to Michael Weston as Enosand asks the questionEnoswheres Boss Hogg and Roscoein his clouded judgment tells her where they areShe might just as well have askedEnosis this a good moviethe red bikini would have clouded his judgment into saying yeseven though in his right mind he would have saidNo not reallyAs good as she looked in the bikinishe could have been stark nakedand even that would not have saved this horrible piece of filmmakingStay out of Hazzard


Although this small film kind of got lost in the wake of On The Waterfront Edge Of The City can certainly hold its own with that star studded classic Its another story about the docks and the code of silence that rules itbr br Next to the corrupt union that Lee J Cobb ran in On The Waterfront Jack Warden is really small time corruption But hes real enough as the gang boss on one of the docks who intimidates the other workers by being handy with his fists and the bailing hook and he gets the rest to kickback part of their hard earned money And its all hard earned money in that jobbr br One guy Warden cant intimidate is Sidney Poitier another gang boss and when he tries to intimidate newcomer John Cassavetes Poitier takes him under his wing The two develop quite the friendship and Poitier and his wife Ruby Dee even fix Cassavetes up with Kathleen Maguirebr br Warden is truly one loathsome creature and its sad how by sheer force of personality and physical prowess he cows almost everyone else into submission In that sense hes tougher than Lee J Cobb who did have to rely on an impression collection of goons to enforce his will in On The Waterfrontbr br Edge Of The City marked the big screen directorial debut of Martin Ritt who did a great job with a good cast of New York based players and spot on location cinematography The films low budget does show but youre so impressed with the ensemble cast you dont really carebr br Cassavetes as the loner with a past and the hip and tough Poitier are both fine but my personal favorite in this film is Ruby Dee She should have gotten some award for her performance her final scene with Cassavetes is outstandingbr br Catch this one if ever possible I wish it were out on DVD or VHS


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Response: You know what, come tell us at the community pool.


Prompt: Elizabeth, I warned you that this would happen.  You didn't heed my advice.

Response: Get closer.  I can't hear you with our bellies touching.  We're so far apart.


Prompt: First we have to know, your marriage. Was it happy?

Response: Yes, I loved my husband Frank. He was an ex-marine.


Prompt: I'm terribly sorry, you're wearing a scarf wrapped around your head.

Response: Yep. I'm a Muslim woman. Why would you think I was a man? What man is wearing a scarf wrapped around his head?


Prompt: That's right. Believe you can fly with your new wings.

Response: Oh, wow, I'm doing it. Bye!


Prompt: This isn't some Miracle on 34th Street bullshit. Do you have magical powers to make dreams come true or not?

Response: Karen, I do. I do have magical powers. I can do anything right now. Look, there's my thumb. There it's not.


Prompt: I don't know how to read. I didn't want to tell you and I'm embarrassed about it. I don't know how to read, Daryl.

Response: We've been married for ten years. When were you planning on telling me? Is that why we wrote our own vows and yours were so awkward?


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Response: When you say that it makes me want to eat one.


Prompt: Well, I'd like to think people know who I am. I do have a commercial out there.

Response: Everyone loves that commercial.


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The 26-year-old, who has been linked with a move to Real Madrid, fractured his right ankle while on international duty with Belgium on Sunday.
Chelsea said the operation on Monday was "successful", but that Hazard will not return to training for approximately three months.
The new Premier League season is due to begin on 12 August.
Hazard will also miss pre-season games against Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan in Singapore from 22-29 July, and the Community Shield against Arsenal on 6 August.
Hazard was instrumental as Chelsea won the Premier League last season, scoring 16 goals in 36 games.

Chelsea forward Eden Hazard will miss the start of the Premier League season after having surgery on a broken ankle.


Sally Chidzoy said she was targeted after raising concerns when an MP appeared to convince a senior colleague to drop one of her stories.
She further alleges she was "falsely imprisoned" by management during an attempt to seize her phone.
Ms Chidzoy also claims she was sexually discriminated against and victimised.
The tribunal in Cambridge was told Ms Chidzoy, who works as BBC Look East's home affairs correspondent, had been investigating East of England Ambulance Service boss Anthony Marsh's salary package.
She said the story was dropped after assistant editor Steve Silk received a late-night email from then-Liberal Democrat health minister Norman Lamb in July 2014.
Sent from a private account, it noted Mr Lamb's "real concern about the potential damage" the story could have on the service.
Giving evidence, Ms Chidzoy said she had discovered a "very close" relationship between Mr Lamb and Dr Marsh and she felt the MP was "attempting, in my view, to stop a broadcast".
"He should not be doing this and leaning on the BBC and its duty to be impartial and independent.
"[It was] a direct attempt to interfere with an ongoing piece that had not yet been broadcast."
Representing the BBC, Sophie Belgrave disputed the suggestion Mr Silk had been influenced by the email, saying he would have done it in a "clandestine" way had this been the case.
She said: "If he was going to give in to political interference from Norman Lamb on the sly, they would just do it."
Disciplinary proceedings were launched against Ms Chidzoy after she raised the issue of the MP's interference and after an email from Mr Lamb to Mr Silk was leaked to a Sunday newspaper.
Bosses subsequently attempted to seize her phone and "falsely imprisoned" her at a meeting in September 2014, the tribunal was told.
Ms Chidzoy said she investigated another story about the Centre for Business and Public Sector Ethics, which was receiving money from the Chinese government.
She was informed BBC Look East editor Nikki O'Donnell was the "organisation's press spokesperson", the tribunal was told.
Ms Chidzoy said: "The problems I encountered involved what I believe is internal corruption and poor management."
She also alleges she was subjected to a covert investigation by ex-Met police officers at the BBC investigation unit while the proceedings were ongoing.
The tribunal continues.

A BBC TV reporter was the victim of a "witch-hunt" after blowing the whistle on political interference, a tribunal has heard.


The inquiry is being led by the complex case team of the Sexual Offences, Exploitation and Child Abuse Command.
Kids Company said it was not aware of the nature of any allegations and its priority was the safety of its clients.
Police want anyone with information or concerns to contact them or the NSPCC.
The police investigating team can be contacted on 0208 217 6538, while the NSPCC helpline number is 0808 800 5000.
Kids Company is run by Camila Batmanghelidjh.
The charity provides practical, emotional and educational support to some of the most deprived and vulnerable inner-city children.
In a statement Kids Company said its "first priority is the safety and security of all the children, young people and adults we support and protect".
It added: "The organisation operates robust policies and procedures that ensure all Kids Company's clients are protected and that staff work safely with clients at all times.
"Kids Company's policies and procedures are externally reviewed regularly by an expert consultant and are governed by a risk sub-committee comprised of senior clinicians and representatives from the board of trustees.
"All allegations of misconduct between Kids Company employees and clients are immediately reported to the police if required."
Earlier this month the charity faced questions about the way it was run and whether government funding would continue.

An investigation into a number of allegations of crime involving the children's charity Kids Company has been launched by the Metropolitan Police, the BBC has learned.


The 40-year-old 14-time major champion twice had back surgery during 15 months out before returning in December, when he tied for 15th at the 17-man Hero World Challenge.
Over the next five weeks he plays four full-field tournaments.
"That is a concern, no doubt about it, but I'm also looking forward to it. I've sat out long enough," Woods said.
"I've gone through some pretty tough lows. There were points when I didn't know whether I would swing a golf club again.
"But I do feel good about it. I just need to get out there and do it and see what happens."
Woods begins his 2017 season at the Farmers Insurance Open in San Diego, which begins on Thursday.
He will then play at the Dubai Desert Classic from 2-5 February, followed by the Genesis Open at Riviera from 16-19 February and the Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens from 23-26 February.
"I've got my body in a pretty good state where I feel I can handle that workload, but I've still got to go out there and do it," he added.
"Feeling good about it and doing it are two totally different things."
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Tiger Woods admits he has concerns over the physical challenge of stepping up his return from long-term injury.


Warren, 79, who started the Granada Television show when he was 24, died on 1 March after a short illness.
His coffin was carried into the cathedral by members of the cast, watched by the crowds outside.
Among those who attended the service were Julie Goodyear and William Roache, who has played Ken Barlow since the first episode in 1960.
Goodyear, famous for playing barmaid Bet Lynch, paid a heartfelt tribute to Warren, a friend of 50 years.
"We cried together and we laughed together," she said.
Canon Philip Barratt said all the hymns and readings at the funeral, which was also open to members of the public, were chosen by Warren.
"It's a big service for a very big character and a lovely part of the history of Manchester," he said.
Former stars in the congregation included Ken Morley, who played Reg Holdsworth, and Christopher Quinten, best known for his role as mechanic Brian Tilsley.
Warren was born Anthony McVay Simpson in Eccles, Salford, in 1937, and took the stage name of Warren during his career as a child star.
He trained at Liverpool's Elliott Clarke Theatre School and was a regular on the BBC radio show Children's Hour, before acting in radio plays alongside some of the actors who would became household names because of Coronation Street, including Violet Carson and Doris Speed.
His idea for the soap opera was commissioned for 13 episodes by Granada in 1960 and the show has gone on to be one of the UK's most successful ever, reaching viewing figures of 26.6 million for the departure of the much-loved character Hilda Ogden in 1987.
He wrote episodes for the ITV soap until the late 1970s and was made an MBE in 1994 for his services to television drama.
The writer remained a consultant on the soap until his death, with his creator credit appearing at the start of the closing credits of every episode.

The funeral of Coronation Street creator and writer Tony Warren has taken place at Manchester Cathedral.


The 22-year-old clocked 19.95 seconds representing Louisiana State University at the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Championships in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
John Regis set the British record of 19.94 in 1993, while Adam Gemili is the only other Brit to go sub 20.
Mitchell-Blake told BBC Sport his achievement was "overwhelming".
Regis also clocked a time of 19.87 but this was never ratified.
He had already competed in two Olympic Games by the time he ran under 20 seconds.
Mitchell-Blake clocked his time having already won the 100m as well as anchoring his university to victory in the 4x100m at the SEC Championships.
"The 200 is my favourite event," said the 2013 European junior champion, who was visibly emotional when approached for an interview on the track..
He said he wanted to compete for Britain at the Rio Olympics in August but would be focusing on his college career for the next few weeks.
"Then I'll come back to the UK and try to compete for a spot on the team," he added.
Chijindu Ujah and James Ellington have also already run under the 20.50-second Olympic A standard in 2016.
The British Championships take place in June.

Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake missed the national record by one-hundredth of a second as he became only the third Briton to run sub 20 seconds for 200m.


We got a foretaste a couple of weeks ago when Europe Minister David Lidington delivered a Commons statement on the government's demands for a renegotiation of Britain's EU membership.
The reaction from the hard core of backbench "outers" was summed up by Bernard Jenkin's dismissive comment, "Is that it?"
The government's promised in-out EU referendum was a vote-winner at the election, and probably essential to keep the lid on Tory euro-tension in the last parliament. But as the 2017 deadline appears on the horizon, it is prompting some Commons Tories to murmur of a "Corn Laws-style split" in the party.
Of course, historically, the Conservative Party has always been able to rely on a powerful instinct for unity, born of an equally powerful instinct for power.
But party history offers some warnings too. Issues that go to the heart of what the Conservative party is about can split it, and have split it.
In the 1840s, it was agricultural protection and the move to abandon the Corn Laws which protected the incomes of landowners.
In the 1900s, it was imperial protection and the idea of moving away from free trade to a customs union with the countries of the Empire.
And ever since the UK joined the EU, a growing - possibly now a majority - faction of the party has wanted out.
Those splits destroyed Tory governments - conjure up the ghosts of Robert Peel or AJ Balfour, ask John Major about his cabinet rebels - and recall that party management has never been David Cameron's strongest suit.
Next time, the dynamics of the promised referendum suggest that it could pull the Conservative party apart again.
The scenario works like this: polling suggests that, without substantial change in the UK's membership terms, the British public will vote to leave the EU - with immigration a particularly crucial area.
But most people will not assess the small print setting out changes to an intricate and little understood institutional structure.
Instead, they will look to figures they trust to tell them whether enough has changed. And in particular, that means Mr Cameron.
His will be the crucial voice in any effort to persuade the voters that he has delivered acceptable terms. This week's tough talking to other EU leaders on benefits for EU citizens is a public display of political hardball, for UK consumption, as well as an attempt to underline his determination.
But, assuming he does campaign to keep the UK inside the EU, the referendum will turn on how voters react when he says to them, "Trust Me."
The "out" side of the argument will have no option but to attack his personal credibility. Tory toes are already creeping across this line.
If you listen carefully to interviews by some "outers", they praise his past successes and talk about how his place in history has been secured by his victory in May. It's a subtle point, but what they're not doing is banging the normal party gong and hoping he will rule forever. And soon they will go further than that.
And for the prime minister and his heir-presumptive, Chancellor George Osborne, if they do - as seems almost certain - campaign to maintain British membership, the referendum will become a struggle for survival.
Whatever they say, the idea that they could campaign to stay in, then, after a vote to leave, pick themselves up, dust themselves down and negotiate the terms of a so-called Brexit, is met with frank incredulity.
In the anti-EU ranks they are quite clear - if their team wins, they'll hoist the trophy, run the victory lap and provide the captain.
Combine the certainty of attacks on the PM's personal credibility with the struggle for factional survival that's facing the current magic circle of the Conservative Party, and you have a sinister brew of malice and ambition certain to corrode Tory unity.
The more so if Labour is languishing in the polls with problems of its own.
Expect purges and punishments to be the order of the day. And whatever the referendum result, we know that there will be a Tory leadership campaign at the back end of this Parliament - into which this poison will seep.
In some ways, the worst-case scenario for Tory unity is a narrow vote to stay.
Scotland does not provide an encouraging precedent - a No to independence by an 11% margin has fed, rather than slain, the SNP.
A tighter result in an EU referendum could allow the "out" side to sustain a "we wuz robbed" mentality and treat the forthcoming leadership election (Mr Cameron has said he won't serve another term as PM) as a continuation of the referendum by other means.
A Conservative MP reminded me the other day that in 1975 Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson campaigned for and won a mandate to keep Britain in the then EEC in a referendum - but eight years later his party fought a general election on a manifesto commitment to leave.
Parties, he said, can turn on a sixpence when they have to, even if such a handbrake turn can fling some passengers out of the vehicle altogether.
All of which raises the question, as the country staggers towards the 2020 general election, will there, by then, be any functional UK-wide political parties left?

The sheer pyrotechnics of Labour's internal feuding have mesmerised Westminster, but Conservative MPs should not titter too hard at their opponents' discomfort - they have their own civil war brewing.


In a statement, the US said it was an "extra-judicial release" of detainees that would be "a major step backwards".
The detainees are part of a group of 88 prisoners previously held by the US but handed to Afghan control in 2013.
The US insists they are "dangerous individuals" but Afghanistan says there is not enough evidence against them.
Earlier this month, the Afghan government announced it would release 72 out of the 88 prisoners, prompting almost instant condemnation from the US  which said there was "strong evidence" linking the 72 to "terror-related crimes".
Hundreds of prisoners at Bagram jail have been freed since the Afghan government took over the running of the prison in March last year.
But it is the fate of these 88 detainees which has proved so controversial.
Of the 72 prisoners it plans to free, the Afghan government says there is no evidence against 45, while the evidence against 27 others is not enough to put them on trial.
But the US has said any releases would constitute a breach of a memorandum of understanding agreed between the two sides at the time the US handed over control of Bagram jail, where these prisoners were held.
"The ARB [Afghan Review Board] is releasing back to society dangerous insurgents who have Afghan blood on their hands," Monday's statement from the US military said, on learning that a release order had been granted for 37 of these men.
It went on to say that among the 37 are 17 who are linked to bomb attacks and others who had knowledge of or were directly involved in attacks which wounded or killed Afghan and coalition soldiers.
The two countries have been at loggerheads over President Hamid Karzai's refusal to sign a security deal with Washington that would set the final framework for the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
According to the UN Security Council's mandate, the US-led international military force in Afghanistan is scheduled to hand over all security duties to Afghan forces before its full withdrawal by the end of 2014.
But if a "Security and Defence Co-operation Agreement" is signed between the two countries, about 10,000 US troops could stay in Afghanistan for another 10 years.

The US military has condemned an order  by the Afghan government to release 37 prisoners deemed by the Americans to pose a threat to security.


Sam Cooke, 22, from Manchester, arrived at his house to find two cards on his doormat.
One said the parcel had been put through an open window. The second read: "I'm really sorry I think your parcel might have fallen down the toilet...Accidently (sic)".
Thankfully, the box, containing printer ink, was "too wide to hit the water".
Pictures of the apologetic postie's cards and box in the loo have been shared thousands of times on Twitter since Mr Cooke posted them on Twitter.
Royal Mail has apologised but Mr Cooke didn't kick up a stink.
He said: "There's honestly nothing to apologise for, the parcel is absolutely fine, gave me and thousands of others a good laugh."
Though he has said he will keep the window closed in future.

A shocked sports journalist got home to find a parcel which was posted through his window had landed in his toilet.


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Question: To whom did the Virgin Mary allegedly appear in 1858 in Lourdes France?

Answer: Saint Bernadette Soubirous

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Question: What is in front of the Notre Dame Main Building?

Answer: a copper statue of Christ

Immediately in front of the Main Building and facing it, is a copper statue of Christ with arms upraised with the legend "Venite Ad Me Omnes".

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