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There's plenty of optimism around Reading FC right now thanks to two successive wins.
Royals followed up their impressive league success against Norwich City with a 1-0 victory at Huddersfield Town in the FA Cup on Saturday.
The recent upturn in form since Steve Clarke's arrival has lifted the mood as we move into 2015.
So far it's been a good start to the new year and January promises to be yet another busy month at Madejski Stadium.
There's plenty going on and so we've taken a look at the five things that Reading fans will be talking about this week.
1, The FA Cup fourth round draw
Royals were handed a trip to Cardiff City in last night's FA Cup fourth round draw.
It wasn't exactly the tie we were all hoping for, but it does give Steve Clarke's side a real chance of progressing to the last 16.
The game will be played on the weekend of January 24-25 and will see Reading face up against former players Adam Le Fondre and Sean Morrison.
Reading were beaten 2-1 in Cardiff when the two sides met in the Championship in November.
It was a game that saw defender Alex Pearce sent off in the first half for hauling back Le Fondre as the striker raced through on goal.
AS IT HAPPENED: FA Cup fourth round draw
2, Is Royston Drenthe's ill-fated stay at Madejski Stadium about to come to an end?
Royston Drenthe was recalled by Reading last week having spent the first half of the season on loan at Sheffield Wednesday.
And now the Dutch winger appears to be closing in on a permanent move away for the club, with China his likely destination.
Drenthe is a divisive subject amongst fans, with some feeling has never been given a chance to succeed, while others desperately want him off the wage bill.
And it looks like those who fall into the latter category will soon get their wish, judging by comments made by Royals boss Steve Clarke.
He said: "It looks in all probability that Royston will be going somewhere else for the second half of the season.
"If it comes off then it will be permanent."
3, Will Reading be active in the January transfer window?
With Drenthe's departure seemingly imminent, one of the club's biggest earners will soon be off the wage bill.
So will Reading be able to use the money that they will be saving each week and put it to use elsewhere?
Fans are desperate to see a couple signings arrive this month and Steve Clarke has gone on record saying business could be done.
Left-back Jure Travner is expected to join on a free transfer but it's up front where supporters feel something needs to happen.
Glenn Murray has now returned to Crystal Palace and it was clear that Reading missed the powerful frontman during Saturday's win at Huddersfield.
Reading have up until February 2nd to fill the void left by Murray's departure.
4, Could Glenn Murray could still return?
Glenn Murray started for Crystal Palace yesterday during their 4-0 FA Cup success at Dover Athletic.
As soon as the Eagles' line-up was announced, Royals fans took to social media to express their disappointment.
They took it as a clear sign that the frontman would not be returning to Madejski Stadium following his successful loan spell during the first half of the season.
Reading have not given up hope of landing Murray and Steve Clarke has said he would like to see him return.
But Murray appears to want to try and force his way into the plans of new Palace boss Alan Pardew.
It's a story that will probably run until the end of the transfer window, but it's looking increasingly likely that the forward's future may not be at Madejski Stadium.
5, Will Jem Karacan be the player he was before his injury?
Jem Karacan returned to competitive football this afternoon when he lined up for Reading Under-21s against West Brom.
It was the midfielder's first game since he ruptured the cruciate ligament in his right knee against Leeds United in September 2013.
It's been a long road back to recovery for the club captain, littered with set backs, but his injury nightmare finally appears to be over.
But will he be the same player?
Before the injury Karacan was an all action midfielder. One that would chase back, help out the defence but was also a threat going forward.
It remains to be seen whether he will be able to hit the same heights following such a serious injury.
One thing for sure is that Reading fans will be delighted to see their skipper back in action. Karacan came through the academy and is one of their own.
The supporters love him and his name will get the biggest cheer of the day against Middlesbrough on Saturday, should he be included in Steve Clarke's squad.

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140 medical professionals from Cuba arrived in Jamaica
March 23, 2020
A team of 140 medical professionals from Cuba arrived in Jamaica on Saturday to bolster Jamaica's response to the Novel Coronavirus outbreak.
The Health practitioners landed at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston and Christopher Tufton the Minister of Health was there to welcome the Cubans and said he was encouraged by the move.
He also thanked Cuba for the quick response to the request made by the Government. In just over a month the local health team coordinated the plan to bring the mission here, he thanked them also.
The group of health care professionals was greeted with loud applause and their spokesperson said they were here to support the Jamaican people.
The Ministry of Health and Wellness officials said the Cuban Health care professionals will start working after the 14 days that they are spending in quarantine. After that, they will be deployed across the island.
Andrew Holness Jamaica's Prime Minister earlier announced that the country's air and seaports would be closed to incoming traffic for two weeks from March 21 at 11:59 pm.
The cases of COVID-19 pandemic have reached approximately 290,000 and the death toll reached 12,000 around the world.
The restrictions that were announced by the government included the closing of bars and restaurants, the work from home policy for non-essential workers, and gatherings should be limited to less than 20 people. Many Jamaicans have decided to stay home.
COVID-19 Quarantine in Clarendon
The Novel Coronavirus outbreak in Jamaica looked worst when a 79-year-old Jamaican man who lived in New York City, in the USA, died after he visited the island. He had visited his relatives in Corn Piece Settlement, Clarendon, last week and the area have been quarantined since his death.
The health minister also disclosed that medical professionals who are treating patients infected with the virus and those who work in quarantine centers are now "separated from their family members for a period of time".
He indicated that depending on the extent of their roles, the health workers who take care of COVID-19 patients are separated from the duties they did before. He said this was important as he tries to ensure that they are "not vulnerable themselves or they are not put in a position to contaminate anyone".
Mr. Tufton also said, "We are always mindful of anyone in the line of duty who are sufficiently exposed to recommend quarantining of these individuals and it has been done. Our front-line personnel are always at risk as they carry out their duties. I think they understand because this is not the first time the health system is dealing with infectious diseases, so there is a protocol to guide this."


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2-part tariff in renewable generation
In August 2020, the Govt. came up with a "Must-Run" status to address the curtailment issues in renewable energy projects. However, despite this announcement many renewable projects are still being curtailed & there is a lack of clarity as to the reason behind it. Although many reasons can be speculated for generation curtailment, the commercial aspect could be possibly one of the major reasons contributing to it. Therefore, to fix this issue of curtailment, the introduction of a 2-part tariff mechanism is being contemplated in many states.
What is a 2-part tariff mechanism?
2-part tariff as the name suggests is a mechanism wherein the total tariff is split into 2 parts, namely, the fixed-part & the variable-part. The fixed-part of the tariff usually signifies the CAPEX (Capital Expenditure), while the variable-part of the tariff signifies the running costs / OPEX (Operational Expenditure). If such a mechanism is introduced with regards to renewable energy projects, the fixed-tariff could cover the capital cost associated to the setting up of the project, while the variable-tariff could cover the quantum of electricity generation from the renewable sources.
Why is it needed?
Currently, the renewable energy-based generation is governed by the conventional single-part tariff. Within this current single-part tariff mechanism, the total cost/tariff is variable & at Rs. 2.50 per unit of solar generation, it is not exactly the cheapest source for electricity generation. For older solar plants, the generation cost is at Rs. 3.00 per unit generation, while for wind projects the cost is at Rs. 4.50 per unit generation. These costs are much higher in comparison to the unit generation costs of conventional sources (Rs. 1.30-2.00). Furthermore, the total costs are generally minimized by dispatching the electricity from sources having the cheapest variable cost (i.e., generation costs). This in-turn leads to SLDCs (State Load Dispatch Centres) defying the 'Must-Run" status of renewables, so that DISCOMs can save money by curtailing the generation from renewables. Therefore, a 2-part tariff mechanism can possibly act as the solution to this issue. Through this mechanism, a certain percentage of the total tariff can be allocated as the variable cost, which can make sure that the generation from these renewable sources has the lowest variable cost/tariff & subsequently result in the upkeep of the "Must-Run" status. Additionally, with an appropriate balance between the fixed & variable cost/tariff, the project developers can be ensured of a certain minimum return irrespective of when/how the renewable generation takes place. This can subsequently boost the interest of new investors & invite large investments in the renewable energy sector in the near future.
The transition from the conventional single-part tariff to the 2-part tariff mechanism for renewable energy generation is of utmost importance & has to be realized as soon as possible. By this way, India can overcome the issue of curtailment to a considerable extent & thereby progress smoothly towards the large-scale renewable share in electricity generation.


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MS. Canon. Ital. 85
Summary Catalogue no.: 20137
Boccaccio, Filocolo; Italy (probably Mantua), c. 1464
Physical Description
1 col, 42 lines; column space 239 × 126 mm. ; ruled in ink (horizontal lines) and drypoint or plummet on versos (verticals), double horizontal bounding lines (de la Mare and Reynolds, 53)
Humanistic script. Written by Andrea de Laude for Lodovico Gonzaga, c. 1464, as is shown by a letter from Andrea to Lodovico in the Gonzaga archive dated 30 Jan. 1464 and referring to the copying of the manuscript (J. J. G. Alexander, 'The scribe of the Boccaccio Filostrato identified', BLR 9 (1973-8), 303-4, with text). De la Mare and Reynolds (p. 53) identified the scribe's hand in Turin, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria di Torino, Ms. N. VI. 11 (Dante, Commedia, badly damaged in 1904; see further under Decoration). They also suggested (ibid.) an identification with Andrea Morena da Lodi, who copied Paris, BnF MS. Italien 81, but there are several differences between the script of the Oxford and Paris manuscripts.
'Important miniatures, borders, initials' (Pächt and Alexander ii. 393, pl. XXXVII and frontispiece).
Half-page miniatures at the beginning of each book illustrating 'episodes described or referred to early in each book' (Alexander 1994):
- (fol. 1r) Juno in her chariot drawn by peacocks with Pope, Cardinal and two attendants
- (fol. 25r) Venus, Mount Cythera, and Cupid tempering his arrows
- (fol. 67r) Four youths in a walled garden with falcon and dog
- (fol. 114v) A group of horsemen in a city square
- (fol. 190v) Filocolo/Florio and Biancafiore parting from the Admiral
Strapwork borders on gold ground at the beginning of each book; Alexander 1994 compared the borders of Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, MS. Vit. 22-5 (Plautus, written for Lodovico Gonzaga III).
Large interlace initials on gold ground at the beginning of each book; 5-line initials in different styles (gold with vine-stem decoration on coloured grounds, or coloured interlace on gold grounds, or coloured with acanthus decoration on gold grounds). De la Mare and Reynolds compared the initials in BL Addit. MS. 14777, BL Harley MS 3691, and Victoria and Albert Museum L. 366-1956.
17th century?, Italian or French?: pasteboards; red leather with all-over gilt tooling in a diamond-shaped panel with elaborate corner- and centre-pieces, all areas richly infilled with a small fleur-de-lis tool; spine similarly gilt (damaged and re-laid); edges of boards also gilt-tooled with a narrow roll; gilt gauffered edges. Rebacked, 19th or 20th century, Bodleian. 364–365 × c. 240 × c. 65–70 mm. (book closed) (Barker-Benfield, 2020).
Provenance and Acquisition
Produced for Lodovico III Gonzaga of Mantua (above, Hands); arms of Gonzaga of Mantua integral to the border decoration.
Perhaps dispersed from the Gonzaga library either during its sack in 1630 or in the sale of the library at Venice at 1707 by Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga (C. H. Clough, 'The Library of the Gonzaga of Mantua', Librarium 15, no. 1 (1972), 50-63); there is no evidence of ownership by Bernardo Trevisan or Jacopo Soranzo.
On fol. ii verso is (18th-century?) a device with initials 'S E' and below 'Francesco Squarcione ?', referring to the Italian painter (d. 1468); the connection with the present manuscript is unclear.
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805, source of acquisition not known.
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817.
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Archive for August, 2010
Ranking The Rookies: WWE NXT Season 2 Final Analysis
On August - 31 - 2010
With another several weeks in the books, WWE's experimental prototype program appears to be at an apex.
NXT Season 2 was easily overshadowed by the decision to book a new faction, the Nexus, entirely comprised of Season 1's competitors.
That said, the quality of participants may have been far greater than we could have expected when they were first announced. After a thorough investigation and three months of programming with an Evil Michael Cole, here now is a more accurate projection of how the rookies would have ranked within any pro wrestling universe.
No. 8: Titus O'Neil WWE Pro: Zack Ryder
Authentically raw, O'Neil ...
WWE RAW: Kane and Nexus Try To Rid WWE Of Undertaker. No More Phenom?
On August - 31 - 2010
Hey WWE Universe. Last night was epic. Raw started out with a legand to open the show, Bret "the Hitman" Hart.
Bret was saying that when he first emerged on the scene, Undertaker was there on hand as well. He continued, by saying "900 episodes and 17 years later, we are still around".
Just about then, Smackdown Champion, Kane, came out. As soon as he heard his brother's name, he had to get in the ring and ridicule Taker.
He was saying that his brother, as well as Bret Hart, are old and feebled, tattered, and worn out. Kane also commented that the ...
My Angry Letter To Vince McMahon
On August - 31 - 2010
Note: I'm not actually sending this letter to Vince as he wouldn't ever receive it, nor would he actually read it. But after watching the 900th episode of RAW last night I needed to get some things off my chest. So, while Vince may not read it, the B/R peeps will, and they are free to agree or disagree without persecution, unlike working for Vince. It's a little wordy, so if you're looking for a quick article, this isn't the place.
Dear Mr. McMahon,
I have been a wrestling fan, more specifically a WWE fan, since I was 8 years old in ...
Playing The Face Card: Will The Face Of ROH Wrestling Please Stand Up?
On August - 31 - 2010
Note: For those who are unaware of Ring of Honor, I'm so sorry for your loss.To quote the utterly delightful, Ashley Morris, who once quoted Lance Storm, I'd like to be serious for about two and a half minutes or so.With wrestling pundits and priests everywhere pondering and pontificating about whether unifying titles, neck injuries, career-threatening statements and wacky weddings merit any kind of actual, meaningful discourse, I thought it's about time we shine a little torch on the promotion that's established its own place in both the hearts and minds of many a wrestling fan.ROH stands for Ring of ...
WWE: Tag Teams, Women, Brands? Is Unification The Way Forward?
On August - 31 - 2010
In the build up to Wrestlemania XXV, Carlito and Primo Colon challenged John Morrison and The Miz to a match that would Unify the WWE and World Tag Team Championships, as well as the Tag Team Division in general, giving the Champions the power to appear on any brand.
Last Night, on the WWE's 900th Episode of RAW, Melina accepted the challenge of Unifying the Women's and Divas Championship, in a match at Night of Champions, in a Lumberjill Match. Many Internet Journalists saw this coming, due to the publicly accepted "The Divas Championship means nothing."
Many Internet Wrestling Sites are now ...
WWE Raw Episode #900: The Review and Thoughts
On August - 31 - 2010
So yesterday, many people were expecting Raw to be a great episode. Many people were expecting some surprise returns and others were expecting the GM to be revealed. Sadly, nothing surprising happened, and when I mean nothing, I mean nothing.
There wasn't any hype for this show at all last week, except for Laycool announcing they were going to be at the show to make an offer to Melina. The 5 on 5 elimination match was announced the day of the show.
Many people were expecting this to be a great show, but it ended up being a regular Raw ...
The Push Vs. The Job: The Inevitability of The De-Push
On August - 31 - 2010
John Morrison. Gail Kim. Yoshi Tatsu. A.J. Styles. Evan Bourne. Triple H. Mickie James. Shelton Benjamin. Jay Lethal. Jamie Noble. Jack Swagger. Sylvester Turkey and Elijah Burke. Abyss. Monty Brown. Christian. MVP. Petey Williams. Sonjay Dutt. Awesome Kong.
These superstars and wrestlers are just a few of the people that have fallen victim to the infamous "de-push."
Pro wrestling fans know all about the de-push. One moment, your favorite superstar is placed in a high profile feud with a red hot gimmick and instantly becomes the center of attention in the company.
One or two matches later, perhaps even after a pay per view ...
Panic Alert: Chris Jericho Says It's Win or Go Home At Night of Champions
On August - 31 - 2010
Last night on Monday Night Raw, the IWC got a huge scare during Josh Matthews backstage interview with Chris Jericho.
Jericho said that if he does not win the Six-Pack Challenge at Night of Champions, then he is walking out. Although that has been said by superstars in the past with it having no real meaning to it whatsoever, this time it may be serious.
Chris Jericho's contract is expiring and we have yet to hear news about him signing a new deal with the WWE which has wrestling fans like myself worried.
Jericho happens to be a rare breed of wrestler who ...
Karen Angle Marries Jeff Jarrett?!
On August - 31 - 2010
Karen Angle has recently changed her twitter ID to "Karen Jarrett."
The couple must have recently said their "I Dos" this month as they have been engaged since April of this year.
How does this happen? How does Kurt walk by him in the hall? What about the kids Kyrad, 8, and Kody, 4, that Karen and Kurt have together? How does mommy explain now she's with the man Daddy wrestles against. Are you kidding me?!
Yes there's a "code" between guys. But there should be a code between professionals, too, and I would think even more so with professional wrestlers. People who have to ...
Tuesdays at TNA: Where Are the Heels?
On August - 31 - 2010
Welcome back to Tuesdays at TNA, where we discuss the hottest topics in Dixieland!
We are less than one week away from No Surrender, which will feature the semifinals of the World Heavyweight Championship tournament, and I noticed something odd. Yes, I know that everyone remaining in the bracket (Kurt Angle, Jeff Hardy, Mr. Anderson, and The Pope) are known more for their time in WWE than being actual "TNA homegrown" stars, but that they are all FACES!
This has been a longstanding problem in TNA for quite some time, as they still have no concept on how to build up a ...


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It is around 8 pm.
I'll be on the other end of the line for that.
If you are a frequent visitor to our website, you might be aware that the close price on the Dollar Store is often the last one in the afternoon. This is an indication that it is time to pay your bills. If you are thinking about making a purchase, you may have figured out that it would be easier to ask for cash in person rather than via the dollar store. This is a good time to do this.
The Dollar Store closes at the end of the day so you can pay your bills quicker. This is a good time too because you can avoid the lines and buy the items you need while the store is closed. This is a good time to do this as long as you check the Dollar Store website before you make a purchase because it will have the special items that you need for your shopping trip.
The Dollar Store is the one place I use the most in order to check for things that I find interesting. It's just as easy as checking the Dollar Store website before you make a purchase. Also, it allows you to check for what you need at the Dollar Store website, which makes the Dollar Store a great place to check up for things that you need or don't need.
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Like many other stores, the Dollar Store websites has an online store where you can find out what you need and what you dont need. We've been using this site to check up on products that have been discontinued or on sale, and I've found some great deals.
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Today I'm going to show you how to make a Layered Paper Doll. This craft can be made with any character you would like. For purposes of explaining this tutorial I will show you how to make this Layered Paper Doll using a Beauty and the Beast Character…. Belle. Once you know the technique of how this is done you can do this to any character. This craft is a lot of fun, so grab the materials needed and let's get started.
Check out our other People Figures & Doll Crafts.
Laura from Dacian Moon Handmade will show you today how to make a layered paper doll. We'll make Belle from Beauty and the Beast. You can take the picture from here.
Materials Needed
– image or sketch from here
– color card stock (brown, green, yellow, red, orange, white)
– glue (paintbrush for applying the glue – optional)
– thin markers for the face
Step 1
Print the picture and cut out the doll.
Step 2
Trace the contour of every single piece on its corresponding color card stock. Start from the big ones to the little ones. On the yellow cardstock draw the contour of the dress.
Step 3
Cut out the hair and the body.
Take care to draw every part of the hair on brown – you'll have 3 parts: one general (drawn with black), and two pieces in front (blue and green).
The rest is the dress and the hands. Complete the contour of the dress on the yellow card stock.
Cut out the lower part of the dress, the hands and the upper part of the dress (we need everything that goes on top of something else.)
Replicate them on corresponding colors.
Step 4
Start cutting the layers of the dress…
… replicating every single one.
In the end we'll have something like that.
Step 5
Step 6
On a white cardboard start gluing the pieces, from bigger to smaller. First of all will come the hair (the general piece).
Apply a layer of glue on the back of the body piece…
… and place it on top of the hair.
… and then the face and the last piece of hair.
Now that the head is ready, glue the bigger piece of dress in its place.
Cover them with yellow gloves…
Add the top of the dress – the orange band.
Now, let's make the lower part of the dress.
Glue the layers in order, one on top of the other…
And finish with the orange band.
Next, add the orange edges to her gloves. Now her dress is ready. Add two little pieces of green as a rose stem in her hands.
Step 7
Let's give her life: draw her eyes and mouth with colored markers.
Step 8
The last thing: the rose flower. On red card stock draw two petals and a rectangle. Cut them out.
Glue one of the petals on top of the stem.
Roll the rectangle and glue it on top…
… then add the last petal over it.
The layered doll is ready! With this technique you can make any favorite character a layered paper doll. The question is…. what are you going to make next?
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By Manfred Gerstenfeld
Can the ongoing delegitimization of Israel be fought? A high-placed Israeli official with an intelligence community career said to me that nothing can be done about it. This is an easy position: if nothing can be done, why try to do anything?
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In my professional career I was once asked to help a major European multinational company to deal in an orderly way with its environmental problems and the many attacks it was subject to by environmentalists. The company's management held the common belief that these attacks were a "force of nature" one could do little about. After some time the board member in charge and I were asked to present our findings to the supervisory Board. Thereafter the company's president said, "Today for the first time, I have understood that environmental problems are issues like any others we face." This meeting changed the cultural view of the man at the top. With his support, we could gradually move forward to make lower levels of management aware of how to deal with environmental problems and attacks from the "Greens."
The same applies to the delegitimization issue. For decades, successive Israeli governments have neglected dealing with it in an orderly fashion. The Palestinians have systematically succeeded in injecting their narrative into the mainstream Western world. This now sees in Palestinian society — which has largely failed in its efforts of mass murder and terrorism against Israel — victims of the "brutal Israelis." Palestinians have succeeded in this with the help of extreme leftists and humanitarian racists, a number of whom are Israelis.
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Thereafter, one should develop a detailed and consistent strategy on how to fight this war. How can one turn Palestinians and other enemies of Israel into defenders rather than attackers? How can one spend little time to expose them and cause them to spend much more time and money to defend themselves? This is structurally a project like any other. It will take much time and also money, most of which will have to come from the Israeli government. Yet money is just the beginning.
Manfred Gerstenfeld is a member of the Board of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, of which he has been Chairman for twelve years.
1.) Benjamin Weinthal, "Anti-Israel German activist lied about IDF service," The Jerusalem Post, 1 July 2012.


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What Was the "Winny Case"?
Winny is the name of a file sharing program that saw enormous popularity among Japanese computer users some 20 years ago. It used peer-to-peer protocols to allow individual computers to connect over a network and exchange data without needing an intermediary server.
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It was unprecedented to arrest a software developer for his work, so one can only assume there was some other motive at work. In Japan, once a suspect is arrested, the police and prosecutors do everything they can to push the case from indictment to conviction. It is easy to imagine Kaneko, who knew little of the world outside of computer programming, as an easy mark for their wiles.
Kaneko was indicted at the end of May 2004, and his trial hinged on whether he had intended to promote copyright infringement with his software. He lost his first trial and was ordered to pay a fine of ¥1.5 million, but on appeal the Osaka High Court overturned his conviction, acquitting him. The case then went all the way to Japan's Supreme Court, and in December 2011 the court dismissed the prosecution's appeal. Nearly eight years of legal battles ended with Kaneko acquitted of all charges.
However, just a year and a half after Kaneko became free to devote himself to software development once more, he died of acute myocardial infarction at the age of 42. The sadness over his untimely death was deepened by the regret that nearly a sixth of his life had been sacrificed to interrogations and trials.
This new film sheds light on the seven-and-a-half-year battle that Kaneko fought with realistic depictions of the case as a whole, and so demonstrates that those years were not simply wasted. He had the choice to stop fighting and pay the fine after he lost his first trial, yet he insisted on his innocence. The film naturally does not simply follow the facts, but uses the rhythms of suspense movies to draw viewers in while also inspiring reflection about the case, including its wider background.
Reality Through In-Depth Interviews
Film Director Matsumoto Yūsaku was first approached about a cinematic version of this story in 2018, right around when another project of his had been forced to change directions through tragic loss. The original idea had been to approach the case as a story-centered fictionalized account from present-day perspectives, but he cast that off in favor of a more direct approach to the facts, and so decided to start with in-depth interviews.
His script cowriter was Kishi Kentarō, who also served as cinematographer. The multitalented Kishi, who is also an actor, has been a close collaborator of Matsumoto's since early in his career. The director and cinematographer exchanging ideas and visualizing scenes as they wrote the script was seemingly an ideal setup, and since Matsumoto had been an elementary school child at the time of Kaneko's arrest, Kishi being nearly 20 years older was another big help.
Matsumoto reflects, "I knew almost nothing about the case, so I started the interviews from basically zero. We did interviews, finished the script, and then started shooting, but the interviews went on. It took nearly four years to finish. There were times when production stalled, but that was actually a good thing because it let us spend more time on the script."
Since the result, the 2023 Winny, tells a story based on fact, they naturally had to spend time coordinating and building trust with the people involved, on top of just doing interviews. During the course of those interviews, they met someone who likely knew more about the case than anyone else: Dan Toshimitsu, head of Kaneko's defense team. He becomes as much of a protagonist in the film as Kaneko.
"When it came to depicting a case and trial, we really had to work based on the lawyers' perspectives. We had decided early on to make this would be both Dan's and Kaneko's story. Dan taught us so much. If we hadn't met the man himself, we never could have made this movie."
They asked Dan for details about Kaneko and the case, as well as advice on how to portray the trial.
"We watched lots of movies known for their trial scenes. But talking to a real lawyer showed us that the trials in movies just aren't realistic. That's kind of hard to hear as a filmmaker. I understand the desire to adapt things for movies, but since this is a story based in fact, we really wanted to make it a more realistic courtroom drama than ever before."
Before filming ever started, the team was determined to grasp the details completely, down to legal terminology. In addition to observing trials, they also invited working lawyers to reenact the Winny trial for them. The actors playing Kaneko and Dan, Higashide Masahiro and Miura Takahiro, also joined this mock trial.
"If I hadn't become a filmmaker, I wanted to be a journalist," says Matsumoto, who has worked on a wide variety of jobs like television series, music videos, and commercials.
"I'm most curious about topics that have social implications, but while that is my life's work, I want to try other things, too. Pure entertainment work can be helpful in serious filmmaking. So, genres I'd not normally choose, like romantic comedy, turn out to be really educational when I try them. If I only chose jobs I like, I'd lose that balance, so I want to try all kinds of things and learn about all kinds of different worlds."
Why Do People Fight On?
Matsumoto's 2017 first feature film, Noise, was an independent production. Set in Akihabara eight years after a famous mass murder there, it presents an unflinching look at the lives of characters including an underground idol, a high-school girl, and a student delivery driver. At an advance screening for the movie, Matsumoto met the Japanese mountaineer Kuriki Nobukazu.
"He fully supported my dream of making movies. We met for the first time at the screening, and he invited me to climb Everest with him. I thought he was joking so just brushed it off, but then we actually ended up going!"
In 2018, Matsumoto accompanied Kuriki's team to Everest to shoot a documentary. The trip, though, ended in tragedy. Kuriki's ill health forced them to abandon the attempt, and then Matsumoto had to say goodbye to his friend. That eighth attempt at Everest was Kuriki's last; the mountaineer fell during the descent, perishing at the age of 35.
The next year, Matsumoto traveled to Nepal to film the 29-minute short work Bagmati River to try and accept and move on from his friend's death. Kishi was also cowriter and cinematographer for this work, as with Winny, and had also joined Matsumoto and Kuriki on their trip to Mount Everest.
The inception for Winny happens to coincide with the time when the two were trying to regain their feet after losing their friend. Although he was in a totally different field, Kaneko seems to be another unparalleled figure who went his own way without regard for the judgment of others.
"We never really thought about it, but when you put it like that, maybe there are some similarities. They're intensely focused on one thing, so they lose sight of everything else. Kuriki and we were only friends for a short time, but he really did have this mysterious side that you never could know. And after talking to so many people for this project, it seems to me that Kaneko was the same."
Matsumoto uses the Winny case, which rewrote Japan's internet history, to bring to the screen an image of Kaneko as someone who never lost his individual charm despite the isolation and awkwardness of his genius. It also explores what it was that he fought so hard for, giving up years of his life.
"The thing that attracted me most to Kaneko's story was how he didn't just go back to his work after losing that first trial, but chose instead to fight on and appeal. I thought that must hold some message for future engineers and Japanese society. I want everyone to know about that. I don't think the Winny case is a simple one of who's right and who's wrong. There are all these different factors involved, like low computer literacy at the time, the pressures of a society that punishes those who stand out, and issues with criminal law. Even now, twenty years later, so much of that hasn't changed. With this movie, I hope that I can help pass on Kaneko's ideals, even if just a little."
(Originally published in Japanese. Interview and text by Matsumoto Takuya of Nippon.com. Interview photos © Hanai Tomoko.)


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"Both a healthcare flexible spending account and a health savings account can cut your taxes and help you save money on medical, dental, vision and other qualified medical expenses. And while they are alike in some ways, each offers different features and benefits," writes Kemberley Washington in Forbes Advisor.
Fidelity says that while both HSAs and FSAs help you save for qualified medical expenses, it is important to understand the differences between them.
"HSAs may offer higher contribution limits and allow you to carry funds forward, but you're only eligible if you're enrolled in an HSA-eligible health plan," explained Fidelity. "FSAs have lower contribution limits and generally you can't carry over funds."
Three major differences between FSAs and HSAs, according to Fidelity are:
- You can carry over unused HSA funds: Unlike FSAs, which are generally "use it or lose it", HSA funds can be carried over making them useful for building savings to pay for large, future medical expenses.
- You can invest the money in your HSA: Unlike FSA funds, HSA funds can be invested so you can take advantage of compound interest and build up a large financial recourse for medical expenses in the future, especially when you reach age 65 and older.
- Whether you can open an FSA depends on your employer; eligibility to open an HSA is determined by your health insurance: Anyone can contribute to an FSA if their employer offers the benefit. HSAs require enrollment in an HSA-eligible health plan and not have other disqualifying health coverage.
IRS Makes Changes in 2023 to HSAs and FSAs
The IRS made changes to both the HSA and FSA program for the 2023 tax year.
"Among the biggest changes for 2023 concern two tax-advantaged health savings accounts: Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA)," reported CBS News in November. "These accounts can save workers a nice chunk of change by allowing them to sock away pre-tax money to pay for medical expenses. Basically, you save what you would have paid in taxes on money you put in the accounts."
CBS said some of the biggest changes were:
- In 2023, employees can put away as much as $3,050 in an FSA, an increase of about 7 percent from the current tax year's cap of $2,850.
- Single workers who want to fund an HSA can save up to $3,850 next year, a 5.5 percent increase from 2022, while families can save up to $7,750, up 6.2 percent.
"Those increases are helpful at a time when inflation is at its highest in four decades, with consumer prices having jumped more than 8 percent from a year ago. But there are several "gotchas" that workers need to be aware of, especially when it comes to Flexible Spending Accounts, with the foremost being that FSAs are "use-it-or-lose-it" programs. In other words, if you don't use all the money you set aside, you'll lose it — your employer keeps any unused funds," said CBS News.
While the next opportunity to enroll in an FSA happens during the annual open enrollment period in the fall, employees eligible for an HSA can sign up anytime.
"HSAs generally have more flexibility than FSAs. For instance, unused funds roll over each year, unlike with an FSA, where funds are forfeited if not used by your employer's claim deadline. And you can change your contributions to your HSA at any time; with an FSA, contributions are set during open enrollment," said CBS News.
Understanding Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
A health savings account (HSA) is a tax-exempt trust or custodial account you set up with a qualified HSA trustee to pay or reimburse certain medical expenses you incur.
Some of the benefits, according to the IRS, of an HSA:
- You can claim a tax deduction for contributions you, or someone other than your employer, make to your HSA even if you don't itemize your deductions on Schedule A (Form 1040).
- Contributions to your HSA made by your employer (including contributions made through a cafeteria plan) may be excluded from your gross income.
- The contributions remain in your account until you use them.
- The interest or other earnings on the assets in the account are tax-free.
- Distributions may be tax-free if you pay qualified medical expenses.
- An HSA is "portable." It stays with you if you change employers or leave the workforce.
To be eligible to qualify for an HSA contribution, an individual must meet the following requirements:
- You are covered under a high deductible health plan (HDHP).
- You have no other health coverage except what is permitted under "other health coverage" such as disability, dental care, vision care and long-term care insurance.
- You aren't enrolled in Medicare.
- You can't be claimed as a dependent on someone else's 2022 tax return.
HDHPs have a higher annual deductible than typical health plans and a maximum limit on the sum of the annual deductible and out-of-pocket medical expenses that you must pay for covered expenses. Out-of-pocket expenses included copayments and other amounts, but don't include premiums.
For 2023, the minimum annual deductible for HDHPs is $1,500 for self-only coverage (an increase from $1,400 in 2022) and $3,000 (an increase from $2,800 in 2022).
For 2023, the maximum annual deductible and other out-of-pocket expenses for HDHPs is $7,500 for self-only coverage (an increase from $7,050 in 2022) and $15,000 for family coverage (an increase from $14,100 in 2022).
Each year the IRS sets the maximum that individuals can contribute to an HSA.
For 2023 the HSA contribution limits are:
- $3,850 for self-only coverage (up from $3,650 in 2022)
- $7,750 for family coverage (up from $7,300 in 2022)
- Those 55 and older can contribute an additional $1,000 as a catch-up contribution
The HSA contribution limits include amounts contributed by your employer, if any.
2023 HSA and FSA Examples of What You Can Use the Funds For
While HSA and FSA plan participants should consult their plan document for confirmation of reimbursable expenses under their plans, some common IRS-qualified medical expenses include:
- Acupuncture
- Ambulance
- Chiropractor
- Crutches
- Doctor's office visits and co-pays
- Drug prescriptions
- Flu shots
- Hearing aids
- Insulin
- Lab fees
- Medical records charges
- Midwife
- Over-the-counter medicines and drugs
- Personal protective equipment
- Physical therapy
- Psychiatric care
- Special education expenses
- Speech therapy
- Surgery (excluding cosmetic surgery)
- Vaccines
- Wheelchair
Understanding Health Flexible Spending Arrangements (FSAs)
Health FSAs are employer-established benefit plans that may be offered in conjunction with other employer-provided benefits as part of a cafeteria plan. Employers have flexibility to offer various combinations of benefits in designing their plans.
The IRS says that self-employed persons aren't eligible for FSAs.
Here is how FSAs work:
- You contribute to your FSA by electing an amount to be voluntarily withheld from your pay by your employer. This is sometimes called a "salary reduction agreement." The employer may also contribute to your FSA if specified in the plan.
- You don't pay federal income tax or employment taxes on the salary you contribute or the amounts your employer contributes to the FSA. However, contributions made by your employer to provide coverage for long-term care insurance must be included in income.
- At the beginning of the plan year, you must designate how much you want to contribute. Then, your employer will deduct amounts periodically (generally, every payday) in accordance with your annual election. You can change or revoke your election only if specifically allowed by law and the plan.
- Generally, contributed amounts that aren't spent by the end of the plan year are forfeited.
- Generally, distributions from a health FSA must be paid only to reimburse you for qualified medical expenses you incurred during the period of coverage.
- You must be able to receive the maximum amount of reimbursement (the amount you have elected to contribute for the year) at any time during the coverage period, regardless of the amount you have contributed.
- The maximum amount you can receive tax free is the total amount you elected to contribute to the health FSA for the year.
- You must provide the health FSA with a written statement from an independent third party stating that the medical expense has been incurred and the amount of the expense.
"FSAs are generally "use-it-or-lose-it" plans. This means that amounts in the account at the end of the plan year can't generally be carried over to the next year. However, the plan can provide for either a grace period or a carryover,' says the IRS.
A plan may allow either a 2 ½ month grace period or a rollover amount up to $610 in 2023.
There are also Dependent Care FSAs (used to pay for eligible dependent care services such as preschool, summer day camp, before and after school programs, and child or adult daycare) with a 2023 maximum of $2,500 for those married filing separately and $5,000 for single or married filing jointly.


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Apple released its great modern iOS 16 application update for iPhones on Monday. It has a full bunch modern capabilities and is accessible to anybody with an iPhone 8 or newer.
Apple releases great application updates each year to succor sustain the iPhone contemporary. And, unlike Google's Android, it be available for all supported devices on the identical time. This year's update is a fundamental one, with a full modern lock display masks masks that can moreover moreover be personalized with fonts and widgets, which were beforehand relegated to the dwelling display masks masks.
There are pretty a few adjustments, but listed below are some of the highlights it is advisable to grab about.
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- Edit and unsend iMessages. Users can edit or unsend a message in iMessage within 15 minutes after sending it. The quite a bit of user could be in a worry to transfer making an are attempting that the message has been edited or eliminated.
- Time desk emails ahead of time. The built-in Mail app on iPhones will allow customers to agenda emails to send later. It also has a brand modern, more functional search feature that Apple says gives "more correct and full results." It also has a brand modern undo send option.
- Better crew texting with Android customers. Android customers will in the end explore the Tapback reactions from iMessage customers, esteem laughs, hearts and more, inner textual enlighten material chains. Meaning you received't receive the reactions despatched as separate messages. It wants to be a gigantic mutter for iPhone customers who textual enlighten material with Android customers.
- Smarter Dictation. Smarter Dictation ability that you simply can articulate texts and automatically punctuates them with commas, periods, quiz marks and even emoji — converse something esteem "cheerful face emoji" and it is going to receive added.
- Security Overview. This enables customers to rapid flip off all services and products and apps, similar to design, being shared with others, similar to relatives. Apple mentioned Security Overview became once designed in partnership with females's groups and will construct it simpler for customers to construct inner most or provide protection to inner most files and safety when leaving abusive relationships.
- Abet watch over notifications in modern ways. Notifications now seem on the underside of the display masks masks when your telephone is locked, and you would moreover without problems disguise them to sustain them out of the manner. Likewise, you would moreover switch your Level of curiosity mode, to silence decided notifications whenever that that you simply would be in a position to presumably be asleep, at work or on high-tail back and forth, by tapping and preserving the lock display masks masks.
- Customizable lock monitors. Users could be in a worry to add smaller widgets with loyal-time files to their lock display masks masks.
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- Add multiple stops in Apple Maps. Users can now add assorted stops to a route in Apple Maps, which manner you would moreover add a pitstop on the espresso store to your manner to work. It's a feature that's already available in Google Maps but could be welcome to iPhone customers. Maps also has a brand modern Transit card feature that can indicate you would moreover beget up your card, explore the price of your time out and more.
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- Medication and sleep tracking within the health app. Apple's Health app now enables customers to input their medicines and voice them when it be time to decide on medication. Apple Watch owners will even be in a worry to video display their sleep and heartbeat within the iPhone health app.
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- Man made Intelligence automatically kinds, edits and interprets photos. Apple is the use of man-made intelligence to translate textual enlighten material in photos or movies that the user takes. That you just would be in a position to well moreover moreover lower out a discipline from an image, esteem a particular person, and discipline it into photos or assorted apps as a sticker. In a later update, iOS 16 will even automatically portion photos with of us it recognizes within the image, similar to chums or relatives.
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- Apple Pay Later. This option enables customers to pay off purchases made with Apple Pay thru four funds over six weeks. Apple Pockets in iOS 16 will even construct it simpler to portion digital playing cards or dwelling keys thru messaging.
- Up prior to now Apple Home app. Apple redesigned the Home app to higher prove issues similar to multiple cameras in and round your discipline. The company mentioned it be also supporting Topic, an launch traditional for natty dwelling hardware similar to locks, lights and blinds.
- Exercise your iPhone as a webcam. Users can now use their iPhone as a webcam in a feature known as Continuity Camera with the lawful notebook computer mount and the modern model of macOS. The modern model of macOS is position to debut later this fall, nonetheless, so this option received't work unless that's out.
- "Hi there Siri, dangle up." Siri will dangle up a FaceTime or telephone name for you. You lawful favor to instruct, "Hi there Siri, dangle up."
- Fitness+ on iPhone. You received't want an Apple Watch to use Apple's top rate Apple Fitness+ subscription, which bills $9.99 per month. It gives a full bunch exercise and meditation movies, alongside with cycling classes, high-depth interval practicing and more.
- Handoff with FaceTime. This option ability that you simply can growth your FaceTime name from your iPhone to 1 other application, similar to your Mac or your iPad, while not having to hang up. It'll also automatically swap whatever Bluetooth headphones you compile connected to your iPhone to the modern application. It'll require essentially the hottest updates to Mac and iPad, nonetheless, that are coming later this fall.
- Coming later: Live Activities. This option, this ability that that you simply can discipline widgets to your discipline display masks masks, will high-tail dwell in a smaller iOS 16 update coming later this year. That you just would be in a position to presumably presumably form issues similar to explore exactly when your food converse is coming or take a look at the modern procure for a team that that you simply would be in a position to presumably be following without unlocking your telephone.
Techniques to set up iOS 16 to your iPhone
- Birth Settings to your iPhone.
- Tap "Similar old."
- Pick up "Tool Update." The update will compile, and your iPhone will automatically restart once it be titillating.
— CNBC's Kif Leswing contributed to this list.
Correction: This article has been updated to replicate that Apple released its modern iOS 16 application on Monday. A old model gave an mistaken date.


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IDFC-Shriram merger talks fail over valuation issue
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IDFC Ltd and Shriram Group have decided to call off their present merger talks and look for a fresh proposal as the two have failed to find common grounds during their current talks.
At a meeting of the IDFC board on Monday called to discuss results of the merger talks, some IDFC shareholders are reported to have shown their unease with the valuation under the proposed merger plan.
The IDFC board which met today to discuss second-quarter results as well as the merger, decided to scrap the merger proposal and find an alternative to the previous proposal that faced resistance, mainly from IDFC shareholders.
The complex deal proposed by the managements involving at least four big entities involved in transport and consumer financing and infrastructure funding, failed to secure support from both stakeholders and regulators.
''The new plan, sources say, could be valuing IDFC higher than what was initially planned and a swap ratio now would be slightly beneficial to IDFC shareholders. Shriram shareholders may not lose out much as well.
IDFC, which has a market value of about Rs10,000 crore, was being valued at about Rs13,000 crore while the unlisted Shriram Capital, the holding company of Shriram Group, was being valued at around Rs25,000 crore for the proposed deal, according to sources close to the merger talks.
Billionaire Ajay Piramal's Piramal Enterprises Ltd holds a 20-per cent stake in Shriram Capital and in Shriram Transport Finance and Shriram City Union Finance, the publicly traded units of Shriram Capital.
IDFC won a preliminary permit for its banking unit in 2014, and the lender has been publicly traded since November 2015.
On 5 October, IDFC and Shriram extended an exclusivity pact for the proposed deal to 8 November, citing ''the extensive due diligence process involved in the ongoing discussions,'' according to stock exchange filings.
The original plan entailed merging the retail arm, Shriram City Union Finance, with IDFC Bank, unlisting Shriram Transport Finance and making it a fully-owned unit of IDFC and the holding company of the merged entity.
As per the merger proposal, the life and general insurance units of Shriram Group were to become units of IDFC, IDFC Bank.
Under the new plan, Shriram Group may delist its transport finance arm as it was this unit that caused a skewing of the swap ratio.
A merger of Shriram Capital and IDFC would have created a financial conglomerate with a universal bank and the ability to provide a range of financial products from insurance to vehicle finance.
Under the plans laid out earlier, Shriram City Union Finance Ltd was to merge into IDFC Bank Ltd, with Shriram Transport Finance Co remaining as a standalone unit of IDFC.
The Indian government is IDFC Ltd's biggest shareholder with a 16.4 per cent stake after IDC Bank, which owns majority 52.8 per cent in IDFC. A unit of Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional Bhd holds 9.5 per cent in IDFC Ltd.
Other foreign shareholders own little more than 20 per cent in IDFC. Akash Bhanshali of Enam Securities, and Ashish Dhawan, co-founder of Chrysalis Capital, are prominent individual shareholders of IDFC.
On Friday, IDFC Bank shares closed 0.44 per cent down at Rs56.95 a share on the BSE, IDFC Ltd closed 4.15 per cent down at Rs63.55 a share while Shriram Transport Finance shares were up 3.62 per cent at Rs1,159.75 a share.


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Baidu is going to add an AI service of ChatGPT. And, ChatGPT is a controversial service that has been in the news for quite some time. The company plans to use this tool in its Ernie system.
This system is a machine learning model. Moreover, Baidu has trained this large-scale system over several years. Notably, the tool is excellent in understanding and generating language.
Not to mention, ChatGPT is created by Open AI. Lately, this model has gained so much popularity around the world. The reason for its popularity is that its answers are based on facts.
Moreover, the answers are written in a human-like way. It can even create code. Microsoft funded $1 billion in Open AI in 2019. Reports say the company plans to use this technology in its Bing search engine.
AI Service of ChatGPT Will Be a Threat To Google:
It appears that ChatGPT is going to create high competition for Google. Keeping this in view, it is a threat to Google. Therefore, Google has started developing its own AI technology.
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Moreover, the company aims to accelerate the development of "Code Red." CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai, says that Google aims to rival ChatGPT with its technology. And it is looking to reveal its 20 or more AI products.
There will also be a chatbot for the Google search engine. And the company will show all of this at its I/O conference in May this year. On the other side, Baidu is facing difficulties in search.
Thus, it sees the AI Service of ChatGPT as an alternative to rival its competitors. Recently, ChatGPT has received a positive response from its users worldwide. However, there are some drawbacks to this technology.
As per reports, the tool could not perform well when CNET has this tool for AI-written articles. There were a lot of mistakes and plagiarism issues.
Not only this, but a few other organizations have tested this technology and remain hopeless. Time will show how the AI service of ChatGPT will help Baidu.


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This presentation will consider the role of observation in an interdisciplinary practice that seeks to comprehend the experiential nature of place and, thereby, unfold a more acute view of the world. My perspective is anthropological with specific interest in material culture, ritual and vernacular grounds. Like the anthropologist, the architect develops an understanding of the nature of lived space, not by imposing a theory, but by letting the revelation derive from the act of recording observations.i An act to which I refer as staging; the assembly of a framework used in reconstructing the nature of place. This process of inquiry is informed by the production of writing, mapping, modeling and drawing culture in effort to define the criteria for making place based propositions. This methodology is the embodiment of an interdisciplinary agenda that has to do with authenticating the architectural essence of lived space and, thereby, produces a more sustainable basis for reconstructing our inherited landscape.