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Orlando police delayed Markeith Loyd getting medical attention
Loyd permanently blind in one eye
ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando police delayed Markeith Loyd getting medical attention for 45 minutes while detectives interviewed him after his arrest, according to transcript documents.
He is now blind in one eye, after he says he was "tortured" by officers.
Loyd is accused of murdering his pregnant ex-girlfriend Sade Dixon and Orlando police Lt. Debra Clayton.
When he was arrested in January 2017, the department released helicopter camera video showing him crawling on his stomach and then being kicked in the head by at least two officers before the camera turns away.
When Loyd was later brought to police headquarters, his face was bloody and swollen, and he said three times he was beaten as he was taken inside.
While at police headquarters, Loyd was interviewed by detectives and asked for treatment, but did not get it immediately.
"I can't open my eye," Loyd said, according to the transcript.
"You don't need to open your eye Markeith, you need to open your mouth," a detective said.
News 6 asked Chief John Mina what the department's policy is when arrestees are injured and in custody.
"Do they normally get the treatment first and then they're interviewed?" News 6 investigator Louis Bolden asked.
"Well it depends on the severity of the injury, but I would say it is our policy that if someone is in need of medical attention, they need to get medical attention," Mina said.
"Did officers know how severe his injuries were that night?" Bolden asked.
"I have no idea," Mina answered. "That's all part of the investigation."
Loyd certainly knew how serious his injuries were and told them.
"I'm under duress and I'm in pain." Loyd said.
"Y'all officers beat me up. I'm bleeding to death over here."
We later learned in an email to the chief that Loyd had "facial fractures," needed surgery and "will be permanently blind in his left eye," according to an email to Mina from Lt. Daniel Brady on Jan. 17.
When asked if there is a culture of "street justice" within the department, the chief answered no.
The Orlando Police Department is conducting an internal investigation,according to Mina.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is also investigating the officer's use of force.
That investigation started Dec. 19, almost a year after Loyd's arrest.
The OPD asked the FDLE to investigate after Loyd sent a letter to the Orange Osceola
estate attorney, saying he wanted to press charges against the officers.
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The HANSEATIC is currently sailing the Northeast Passage and has become the first non-Russian ship to do so.
The expedition ship HANSEATIC of Hapag-Lloyd Cruises has set a new record for passenger ships in the Northeast Passage. On the afternoon of August 26th, the 122.8-meter-long ship reached the northernmost point at 85°, 40.7' north and 135°, 39.6' east. At this latitude, the HANSEATIC was 480 kilometres from the North Pole.

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local music on the sunshine coast – getting to gigs!
So, this project has been a great part time gig for me, and by all means I've been proud to be a small part of helping local music on the the sunshine coast and musicians into an online space. However as I delve into more of the SEO work, and work on upgrading my website with blogs, imagery, and the such, I'm reminded of the reason why I started this little side gig.
To help musicians and music business get online at an affordable rate!
…. and I also made a promise to myself of which I am reminded – to get to more live gigs!
The latter has not been followed through with 🤦♂. I made a list over a year ago – featuring a bunch of local (and not so local) festivals, BigSound, TurnUp, and local smaller gigs that I wanted to attend. With the images, posts, live video feeds and more of BigSound all over my social media feeds, this list needs to be put into action – ASAP!
***next step is to get tix to TurnUp!
By the way – I've been to a total of one fest (CMF), and probably 3 gigs in the last 12 months – including one of my own!
I guess this blog will serve as a timely reminder to get my shit together and get out more to support our live and local acts, (btw I will be attending Town at Solbar, Maroochydore tomorrow night 🍻)
So back to the first paragraph…. if you are a local Sunny Coast muso, do you need help to get your website up or up to date? Is SEO the next thing to tick of your list of things to do for your site? Whatever you need for the online world…
Do yourself a favour and just get in touch, we can work out the bits after… taking the first step to getting your music online is just a phone call or email away.
See you at TOWN! (or hopefully another fest!!)


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Victoria Beckham is many things and a fashionista is one of them. Considering gorgeous husband David Beckham has an incredibly difficult time finding gifts for Victoria Beckham because she has everything she could ever want, you could imagine his delight at finding this Birkin bag for his wife.
How much is this 3-carat diamond studded Himalayan bag? A cool $104,000! And there are only 3 like it in the world. Imagine how happy this must make Victoria Beckham... now her Spice Girls peers must be burning. They probably can't even afford it.
What do you think of the bag? Would you ever pay that much for a handbag?
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Top Tree Service Seattle are your friendly local International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) certified arborists (tree specialists). We love trees. Sap runs in our veins. One of the reasons we love living here in Seattle is because Seattle loves trees too and our tall leafy friends are one of the things that has shaped the landscape around here since the first settlers.
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Blockchain has been described as "the new internet" and could revolutionise industries such as finance, healthcare and real estate, but it also has the potential to tackle pressing environmental challenges.
Whenever the words 'blockchain' and 'environment' appear together, it's usually in relation to the fact that Bitcoin, which uses blockchain technology, consumes more energy than many small countries. It's the achilles heel of the popular cryptocurrency, and a potential brake on its growth. But there's another side to the relationship between blockchain and the environment that doesn't receive nearly as much coverage.
Dig beneath the cryptocurrency craze and hyperbole about blockchain's potential to upend the current world order, and you'll find some interesting environmental applications for the technology. These range from tracking food from source to fork, to powering decentralised energy systems and verifying land and resource rights. In fact, a report published by PwC and the World Economic Forum in September, Building Block(chain)s for a Better Planet, identified more than 65 ways blockchain could be applied to pressing environmental challenges.
One of the most obvious use cases for blockchain – essentially a distributed ledger that can create cryptographically secure and trustworthy records of almost any transaction – is supply chain management. Modern supply chains are extraordinarily complex, often spanning several continents and countless suppliers. It can be extremely difficult to verify an item's origin and whether or not it was ethically produced. But tracking an item back to its source takes mere seconds when its movements are recorded on a blockchain.
These records cannot be erased, there are no middlemen, and everyone always has access to the same information. "That gives you better security, better visibility and better transparency across the supply chain," says Ben Combes, assistant director at PwC and senior economist in the sustainability and climate change team.
WWF and several partner organisations are already trialling blockchain to track tuna from "bait to plate", which could help to stop illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. The Programme for the Endorsement of Forestry Certification (PEFC), which oversees 700 million acres of certified forests, is investigating how the technology can be used to trace the origin of wood. And Unilever and Sainsbury's are using a blockchain to validate and reward the sustainability practices of around 10,000 tea farmers in Malawi.
Blockchain could also speed the shift from fossil fuels and centralised energy grids to decentralised, decarbonised systems. The Brooklyn Microgrid, for example, allows 'prosumers' who generate solar energy from rooftop panels to trade excess energy with their neighbours via a blockchain. "It [blockchain] is not a silver bullet that will solve every problem," says Peter Bronski, marketing and communications lead at the Energy Web Foundation, a global non-profit organization focused on accelerating blockchain technology across the energy sector. "But in a future where we have millions or even billions of connected devices, what's the best way to manage them? Is it through a legacy approach of centralized command and control, or might a decentralized approach such as blockchain be a better fit?"
Blockchain could also bring greater transparency to the renewable energy certificate market. And a corporation's GHG emissions and compliance with environmental standards could potentially be recorded on a blockchain, allowing the public and investors to see if they are honouring their sustainability commitments.
Cryptocurrencies like SolarCoin – which rewards solar electricity producers for the energy they produce – also show how blockchain technology could encourage environmentally friendly behaviour. "What if, for example, a US or UK aid agency wanted to create an incentive to recover plastic," says Combes. "You could tokenize waste plastic, and wherever it was found in the world, you could transfer value to the person who recycled it. I think that could be hugely beneficial, because global issues can't be solved by the initiatives of a single state."
Blockchain could also be used to manage water resources, enabling households, businesses and policymakers to access the same trustworthy data on quality and quantity, as well as peer-to-peer trading of water rights in a given basin. The technology could help to strengthen land and property rights of indigenous communities too. "There's an awful lot of land that nobody has a sense of ownership over," says David Rejeski, director of the technology, innovation and the environment project at the Environmental Law Institute, "so it quite often falls into the wrong hands."
The Amazon Bank Of Codes project is even using blockchain to map and catalogue the environmental diversity of the Amazon rainforest. It aims to make nature's biological and biomimetic assets more accessible to scientists, while tackling bio-piracy and ensuring fair and equitable sharing of any commercial benefits with the developing nations from which these assets are drawn.
It's important to note that many of the most exciting blockchain projects are still at the proof of concept stage, and there are significant hurdles to overcome before they enter the mainstream – including the useability of ledger interfaces, the interoperability of different blockchains, and scalability and governance issues. For example, public blockchains such as Bitcoin and Ethereum can handle only between 3 and 30 transactions per second, whereas a blockchain underpinning the energy grid would need to be able to handle millions of transactions per second.
Ashley Lannquist, project lead for blockchain & distributed ledger technology at the World Economic Forum, says working groups and consortia are forming to address the standards problem, and that cross-chain technology which allows different blockchains to communicate and transact could address interoperability concerns. Scalability issues caused by increased competition for transaction capacity could also be solved by having multiple blockchains running in parallel, with a mechanism to keep them synchronised.
The energy consumption concerns that arose from Bitcoin's growth may be solved by using less energy intensive transaction verification methods. "Much of the energy consumption is predicated on the Proof-of-Work consensus mechanism," says Bronski. "You have these miners throwing as much computing power as they can at a mathematical problem in order to win a block validation reward, and that's where you get this runaway energy consumption."
Once these issues are overcome, the true potential of blockchain for the environment may lie in combining it with other emerging technologies like the Internet of Things and AI. This would allow for real-time monitoring and logging of data from sensors, for example, which could in turn trigger automated payments to suppliers and other stakeholders. So while the relationship between blockchain and the environment may have generated some unfortunate headlines in its early days, its future looks much more promising.
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This agreement sets out the terms and conditions relating to our work together.
1. You confirm that you know of no reason why you should not receive hypnotherapy and confirm that you have not been advised against receiving it for medical reasons by any health care professional and accept that it is your responsibility to ascertain suitability for treatment from your GP or other health care professional. It is recommended that you should seek the advice of a qualified medical practitioner before commencing any treatment or if you have any questions related to your mental or physical health, physical fitness, or medical conditions. Also, it is not recommended that you stop or alter any treatment you are currently receiving without prior consent of your doctor or mental health advisor.
2. You agree to the terms and conditions in these contract notes and accept full responsibility for receiving hypnotherapy, NLP, psychotherapy and related complementary therapy treatment.
3. We agree to work together to address the issues presented by you, you are consulting with us for our extensive training, qualifications and experience, however, because of the individual nature of the treatment, and differing psychological makeup of individuals, no guarantee of a result or cure can be given.
4. The cost of each session or package of sessions is as agreed prior to commencement of the first session. Payment is due prior to the session (or package of sessions), however, individual sessions can be paid for immediately at the end of each session. Payment can be made by cash, bank transfer, or debit or credit card (Visa or Mastercard only). Google Pay and Apple Pay can be accepted where charges fall within their maximum allowed. No refunds will be offered for missed or unused appointments, or for any other reason, including a lack of results, or for unused prepaid package sessions, except in exceptional circumstances at the discretion of Release Hypnotherapy.
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6. Contact between our sessions will be limited to telephone or email.
7. Any anti-social behaviour by you will result in the immediate cessation of treatment. Attending a consultation under the influence of alcohol or recreational drugs may result, at the discretion of the therapist, in the session being terminated without refund.
8. Your welfare is our primary concern and will only take second place if not to do so would seriously jeopardise other members of the public or my welfare.
9. We will ensure that your confidentiality will be maintained in all, but the most exceptional circumstances and all information collected during the sessions will be protected at all times. Information will only be disclosed under a Court Order (civil, criminal or coroner's Court) or where not to disclose could potentially, in our professional opinion, cause danger or serious harm to yourself or others. Information may also be shared with an NHS medical practitioner or other Health Professional, but only with your agreement. As a courtesy we would like to provide information to your General Practitioner (GP), but only with your agreement. Please see our separate GDPR privacy policy.
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11. We are members of several voluntary self-regulating bodies including the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC), the British Society for Clinical Hypnosis (BSCH) and The National Guild of Hypnotist (in the USA) and are obliged to comply with the bye laws and Codes of Ethics. These (and other organisations to which we belong), also provide complaints and disciplinary procedures. Please contact the relevant bodies for further information.
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16 Home visits are available to anywhere in the world but will require any traveling and wait time to be paid at the normal hourly rate along with reimbursement of all travel, accommodation and incidental costs incurred.


text: The original classic union of Crosby, Stills & Nash (& Young) lasted but twenty months. Yet their songs are lightning rods embedded in our DNA, starting with Nash's "Marrakesh Express," "Pre-Road Downs" and "Lady Of the Island," from the first Crosby, Stills & Nash LP (1969). On CSNY's Déjà Vu (1970), Nash's "Teach Your Children" and "Our House" beseeched us to hold love tightly, to fend off the madness that was on its way. Nash is also known for his work as an activist; he used his music to raise awareness for Occupy Wallstreet, anti-nucleair energy groups and many more.


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Last year, The Onion wrote a parody article on the ever-increasing number of blades featured on disposable razors: "Fuck Everything, We're Doing Five Blades".
Yesterday, Gillette uveiled their new 5-blade razor
I don't know if I'm ready for five blades, but I recently switched from 2 blades to 3 and there is no going back.
I remember that Onion article, and it was hilarious. When Schick launched their 4 blade razor, I was like "how many freakin' blades do we need?!" How much better could it be.
Well, I used a Quattro, and it's blissful.
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Exploit code for an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft SMBv2 has been publicly released with a fix solution provided.
After being discovered on 8th September the vulnerability was initially kept private but apparently fell into the wrong hands and was made public earlier today, according to Mary Landesman, senior security researcher at ScanSafe.
She claimed that this has 'likely escalated Microsoft's work on a patch to resolve the vulnerability'. A blog post on 18th September claimed Microsoft had 'already completed over 10,000 separate test cases in their regression testing' and were in the process of 'stress testing, third-party application testing and fuzzing'.
Landesman claimed that because the vulnerability exists only in v2 of SMB, Windows XP and Server 2003 (which use SMBv1) are not impacted.
Landesman said: "The good news is those who have tested the exploit claim it is only able to remotely execute code on vulnerable systems when those operating systems are run in VMware environments.
"If run on a physical machine, allegedly the public exploit code simply causes the machine to crash - admittedly a still-serious form of denial-of-service attack, but an improvement over remote code execution. If true, this lessens the likelihood of a wormable exploit (at least based on the code as it currently exists)."
Microsoft has provided mitigation advice and workarounds in Microsoft Security Advisory 975497. The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) claimed that it was 'aware that exploit code for this vulnerability has been made publicly available as part of the Metasploit Framework'. It recommended 'users and system administrators are strongly encouraged to apply the Microsoft Fix it solution or other workarounds until a patch is released'.
ScanSafe claimed that it is not aware of any in-the-wild exploit of the vulnerability, but was continuing to monitor the situation closely.


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of Oak Park and River Forest
|October 18, 2006
The Art of Preserving History:
by Diana Oleszcuk
"You're looking at a guy who's
|Hundreds of cracks scale Dominican University's striking painting, Madonna of the Harpies. They crisscross over the surface of the Virgin Mary, over the cherubs and through the black background. Barry Bauman, a River Forest resident who has made a name for himself in the painting restoration business, has finished fixing those cracks. But it's a long process. He painstakingly matches colors and paints between each crack, a process that takes about six months. It's people like Bauman who help great works of art stay great. After being in the business of painting restoration for more than 30 years, he's now offering his services through Barry Bauman Conservation, a non-profit that will restore great works for just the cost of supplies. That's about 10 percent of what Bauman, or any painting conservator, would normally charge for restoring a painting. Now why would someone with Bauman's skills give away his services dirt cheap?
|Because there's a need, Bauman says. Many small institutions can't afford to pay for expert restoration, even when they need it. "These institutions can barely pay for the light and heat," he says. "They should take the money and spend it on something else in the museum." Although the low price tag is new, restoring paintings is no new thing for Bauman. He studied art history in graduate school at the University of Chicago and worked in the conservation department at the Art Institute of Chicago and as a visiting conservator in other major art museums for 11 years. In 1983, he founded his own business, the Chicago Conservation Center. For Bauman, the difference between his previous for-profit painting restoration business and his current non-profit model is the quality of the paintings. He isn't just working on paintings for people's houses; he's working on important works by skilled artists. "Most Illinois artists will get to me eventually," he says.
|One example that Bauman considers great is Death Pursuing Youth by Henry Ossawa Tanner. Tanner is a famous African-American painter who portrays people of color with dignity. But this piece of art had been through the elements by the time Bauman started working on it. "It's a piece of art that shows culture and African-American history," Bauman says. "Look how enjoyable it is to save for future people."
by Henry Ossawa Tanner. Before Treatment
|Bauman has already started to work on several paintings from Oak Park and River Forest. Harpies is the third of four Madonna paintings he has offered to fix for Dominican University. "I think it's wonderful, what he has offered to do for us," says Dorothy De Spain, who donated to Dominican to salvage Madonna of the Harpies and three other Madonna paintings in their collection. "Restoration is expensive." The Madonna paintings probably ended up scaled with cracks because they weren't stored properly, Bauman says. The damage shows how important it is to create a controlled climate with stable humidity for art. De Spain went to school at Dominican and has always loved the cluster of four Madonna paintings. "They kind of beckoned to me to help," she says. "Beauty is the language of God--I'm just happy that these can be restored to their full beauty."
|Another recent Bauman project is a brightly-colored landscape from the Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest called Point Lobos, California by Louis Sharp. The landscape had been clouded by dirt films and the original varnish had darkened. "You lose the sense of space when a painting has aged like that." Bauman says. "Cleaning is such a thrill. California is all about sun and light and color, and it's that mood he's catching, that spirit." Reading the artist's mind like that and catching the original intent is important to Bauman. "You're looking at a guy who's invisible," he says of his involvement. "It's the art that will stay."
by Louis Sharp, had been cleaned when this
was taken--in comparison to the film of dirt,
grease and grime on the left side.
|Some of the paintings Bauman receives are torn, peeling or cracked. Some are covered with a film of dirt, grease and smoke. Here's the process he goes through to restore his paintings to their original glory:
|Cleaning: Bauman removes everything the artist didn't paint on the canvas, including whatever previous restoration work has already been done to the painting. There's a level of chemistry involved in this step, Bauman says. "You have to test a variety of solvents to find out what will dissolve the masking films," he says. He consults his knowledge of chemicals and paints, and considers the age of the work before trying anything. "It's not like you go to a shelf and there's some bottle called 'Miracle Mild.'" I love to clean pictures, to see the original colors and the illusion of space." he says. "It's like the painting being reborn."
|Structural Work: Some of Bauman's projects, such as his current assignment, Death Pursuing Youth by Henry Ossawa Tanner, have suffered major damage before they arrive at his studio. Tanner's painting, which is owned by the DuSable Museum of African-American History in Chicago, was no longer in condition fit for a museum when it came to Bauman. He had to replace the wooden stretcher, fix paint that was flaking off and reinforce a well-worn canvas.
|A layer of clear varnish: This protects the painting and allows future conservators to remove Bauman's restoration work without disturbing the original painting.
|In-painting: This is where Bauman retouches loss areas. It's also where you understand why he needed so much training to enter this line of work. "I had to learn the language of drawing and painting," he says. "If you know how to paint something, you know how to fix it. It's very rewarding to me to have the artist look as good as possible," he says.


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Monday 6 February 2012
Beautiful and intricate, Garry Shand's unique wooden sculptures bear all the hallmarks of a true craftsman at work. Every minute detail is created with pinpoint accuracy, in a delicate and precise process that belies the violence in which they were formed. For Garry is one of a unique band of carvers who are turning their back on traditional tools for something with a little more bite – chainsaws.
Visitors to the 19th annual Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Traditional Boat Festival at Portsoy will be able to see his amazing creations over the weekend of June 23 and 24. The Carvery will be among dozens of exhibitors in the craft marquee at the Festival, which is expected to draw over 16,000 people to the North-east fishing village.
Garry was a promising artist in his younger years, but never thought that he would be able to make a career - or money - out of the creative industries. He left school to get a 'real' job in forestry and rather than studying old masters, learned how to master a chainsaw at the Scottish School of Forestry in Inverness. Garry (31) did not give in to his creative urges until he heard about chainsaw carving and its growing popularity across the United States and Canada. Then the floodgates opened.
"My first carving was an owl. I took a pile of old firewood and had a go to see what I could do," he says. "I was quite pleased with it, so I put it at the end of the road up to the house. After a few weeks someone knocked at the door and asked me how much I wanted for it. It was only then that I realised that I was any good and people might actually be prepared to pay money for what I could do".
Garry mainly works with a variety of different timber and although hard wood makes a better finish, soft wood is easier to carve. All of the wood he works with is sourced from sustainable, responsibly managed forests throughout the UK.
The Carvery was nothing more than a hobby for Garry until his first visit to the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Traditional Boat Festival two years ago when he realised that there was potential to make a living from chainsaw sculpting. He took a full stock of products with him to the craft marquee, but he virtually sold out on the first day and had to stay up until 3am the following morning creating more sculptures to sell that day.
Roger Goodyear, chairman of the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Traditional Boat Festival, says that the event's craft marquee showcases the best of traditional skills and crafts that the area has to offer. The Festival is rooted in traditional crafts, but Garry has shown that you can take a very traditional craft like woodcarving and give it a very modern edge.
Updates about this year's Festival are also on Facebook and Twitter - search for @STBFestival
When: 23-24 June
Where: The Salmon Bothy, Links Road, Portsoy, Banff, AB45 2SS
Contact: Scottish Traditional Boat Festival
Tel: 01261 842 951
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Volume 41, Winter 2001, Number 3
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Capital Punishment in the Age of Terrorism
Norman L. Greene, Norman Redlich, David Bruck, Paul Saunders, Richard Weisberg, and Kenneth Roth
Culture of Life, Culture of Death
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Okay. So I don't like film premiers. Granted, me being invited to the premier of 7 Din Mohabbat In was an anomaly. But once was enough to make my mind up for me; I don't like film premiers. In part, arriving an hour late probably didn't help. But I spent the event pitifully stalking the cast of the movie, as did everyone else. It was a claustrophobic mess, and I didn't get a selfie with Mahira Khan out of it. So there.
Although, when I did manage to corner Hina Dilpazeer, the selfie turned out great. I just left out one, tiny detail.
Me. I left myself out of the selfie.
But hey, I wore red lipstick. So I guess it wasn't a complete disappointment.
Usually, I leave the glitz of the entertainment industry to Nusair. But, he had to pass on 7 Din Mohabbat In. And so, here I am; reviewing a Pakistani movie. Trying to feign the kind of lazy savagery that he has made a name for himself via. But I promise you, I will try my best.
Short Disclaimer (And Spoiler Alert)
Film reviews should not be taken as fact. They are opinions, backed by facts when the writer has some sense of propriety. But, they are opinions nonetheless. So, please do not take your cue to either watch or not watch a movie from a blog. Also, regardless of the audience reaction, the work that goes into making a film cannot be disregarded. Neither can it stop films from being the conceptualizations of visions. Nothing I write takes away the fact that someone believed in this idea, and decided to stand behind it.
There; this disclaimer should keep any hurt sentiments at bay. Whatever I write is how I saw this film. It cannot take away from your experience. And in fact please, in spite of this review, go watch the movie.
And if you don't like spoilers, go away.
In A Gini's Bottle
Since this review is as much about bridging the gap of Nusair's absence as it is about documenting my own thoughts, let's begin with a score. My score for 7 Din Mohabbat In: 6/10. A five out of ten for me is pretty neutral. Where, I wouldn't care if you watched the movie or not. Hence, a six is a slightly more enthusiastic, "yeah, go watch it." And a slightly more dejected, "oh you didn't like it?"
7 Din Mohabbat In is an interesting beast, with its heart almost in the right place. It revolves around the loveably hapless jeweller Tipu (Shehryar Munawar Siddiqui). Tipu wants to be a 'hero' rather than the 'zero' that he perceives himself to be. Or to use his own words, he wants to go from being faluda to faulaad.
We also have his live-wire of a cousin Neeli (Mahira Khan). Neeli is Tipu's unwavering fan and source of support. But if only the affection of one stunningly beautiful woman was enough. And so Tipu enlists the help of Dwarka Prasad (Javed Shaikh) a jinn that he chances upon, to make him every woman's fantasy.
Now to be fair, there is that tiny detail about Neeli being engaged to a legitimate psychopath, gunshots and all. Her fiancé Naseer Kankata (Aamir Qureshi) is misogyny incarnate. He has blown through his previous wives (yes plural) and now has designs on Neeli. And as feisty as Neeli is, she is not able to get out of the forced match. And so, she must encourage Tipu to first realize that he loves her and then find the courage to do something about it.
Meanwhile, the jinn turns out to be dubious. Tipu now has seven days to get a woman to say that she loves him, if he succeeds he'll get everything he wants. If he fails, he will be Dwarka Prasad's slave, forever! Oh and also, the woman he finally bags needs to have a mole on her face. This little McGuffin is kind of important, so hold on to it.
As is to be expected with such a mishmash of Beauty and The Beast and The Ring, drama ensues. And we are taken along for an often bumpy, albeit mostly charming ride.
Match Made in Heaven
Beginning with the reasons to come along, let's talk about the leading pair. This is going to be a tall claim, but I think that Mahira and Shehryar are the perfect local film couple. Their chemistry is undeniable, and adorable.
When the film begins, they already have a pretty established friendship. Neeli is Tipu's orphan cousin, and lives with him and his mother (played to bizarre perfection by Hina Dilpazeer). And it is also obvious that they harbour varying degrees of affection for each other. Of course, Tipu doesn't dare make a move because Neeli is betrothed to a certifiable lunatic. But this doesn't stop the two from making you root for them.
As the film progresses, their relationship matures. Going from awkwardly one-sided in the beginning to endearingly passionate in the end. And every moment they are together on screen is pure gold. I suppose this is because theirs is a love rooted in friendship and respect. Rather than falling for each other at first sight, they have been together their whole life. And their relationship has buckets of camaraderie dumped onto it.
Now, I did have one problem when the film began. We are informed that there is something wrong with Tipu. That he isn't the kind of guy our vanity obsessed society would fawn over. And yet when you look at Shehryar Munawar Siddiqui, rippling muscles and disarming smile in tow, you don't buy this. Tipu doesn't need magical intervention, he needs a shower and a wardrobe change. And I suppose one of the strengths of this movie is that it realises this. As it progresses, we realize that his problem isn't external. Or to put it in romantic terms, he has to see himself through the eyes of someone who loves him. And once he does (with Neeli's help of course) he becomes a more complete version of himself. To this end, these two even make the nineties relic that is a makeover montage seem fresh and fun.
The Heroes We Needed
The film has to be commended for the kind of underdog it asks us to get behind. I've had a huge problem with Pakistani cinema's panache for painfully jerky leading men. Ranging from spineless to violent, these guys usually come equipped with some suitably problematic screenplays to boot. In contrast, Tipu (for the most part) is a genuinely nice guy. The scene where he helps Mona Liza (Rimal Ali) evade some goons is incredibly endearing.
And so, when he is frustrated with himself and wants to change, we kind of hope he succeeds. Simply for the sake of his happiness.
But the standout character of the movie is definitely Neeli. Firstly, to see Mahir Khan slip into such a different role after Verna is great. And I must say, this is my favourite Mahira performance. Some people have had issues with her being a bit too affected in the past, but here she is perfect. She is a whimsical ray of sunshine, all while being enterprising. Neeli is a hopeless romantic, stacking up love poems and love potions (kind of) whenever she can.
But she also knows what she wants and is pretty resourceful when it comes to getting it. Like when she helps Tipu get a makeover in return for a simple date. Or when she distracts her evil would-be husband in a bid to protect Tipu. Essentially, she believes that she can live her life on her own terms. And uses any means at her disposal to advance her goal.
She is also a genuinely funny character. Mahira Khan is the national sweetheart, and is stunning. But, Neeli isn't eye candy. Or rather, that isn't just what she is. In fact, she is allowed to have fun and be fun. At one point, the draconian realities of her life are laid bare in front of her. And her aunt commands her to come out of her room, echoing the audience's fears about Neeli harming herself. But when Neeli does emerge, she is a shining beacon of positivity, wrapped in a chiffon saree. She hasn't given up hope, her resolve just needed a new outfit.
In fact, that both Tipu and Neeli are loveable makes the almost sad turn at the climax of the film, well, really sad. Because we actually want them to be happy.
On The side
This film has a ton of subplots and side characters. For the most part, I didn't like them. But, there were some endearing diamonds in the rough.
Let's begin with Mona Liza, the bar dancer with the heart of gold. I find item numbers cringe worthy at the best of times. But how they incorporated a heartfelt message about our shared humanity made this one palatable. Mona Liza is also transgender model Rimal Ali's first role. And while it is a tiny appearance, the character still leaves an impression.
Beo Rana Zafar is hilarious as Pinoo, and did elicit the heartiest laugh from the audience. I also really liked the eccentric 'professor' who gives Tipu the Gini bottle. Quoting quadratic equations and Shakespeare in the same breath, he was also a nice little addition to the movie.
Javed Shaikh is being an exaggerated version of the stock character that he plays in almost all Pakistani movies. He is such a good actor that I wish he were given more nuanced roles. But then again, it's Javed Shaikh. So even an over the top heckling mess is better than what some of his contemporaries could muster.
The Ambiance
Arguably, this movie is meant to be a modern, desi fairy tale. And so the stylistic elements matter, maybe just a bit more than in other films. And again, I feel that many aspects of the movie work. The cinematography is really lovely, presenting Karachi as a kaleidoscope of colours, troubles and romances. I particularly liked the transition from day to night, that conveys the dejection and hope. Coupled with the plethora of characters, the cinematography builds the city up as this would be wonderland with an edge. Anything can happen here, and that's not always a good thing.
The soundtrack of the movie is also lovely, each song adding to the overall feel of the film. My personal favourite was the rendition of Amir Khusro's immortal words. Granted 'Kaahe Ko Biyahi Bides' comes out of nowhere as the film takes a turn for the dramatic. But, again it adds to the mood, and it is such a beautiful track, so I can't complain.
Also, and this might seem unimportant, but I have to commend the wardrobe department. The styling, particularly for the three ladies, is really, really well done. Can every other production house please take note? Thank you very much.
Too Many Leading Ladies
But of course, we cannot have a Pakistani romantic comedy without its flaws. Here, the curse of the subplot strikes again. I suppose it is doubly problematic for this movie, because it has a pretty interesting main plot. And the couple, as we have established, is all kinds of 'made for each other'. So, when something distracts from what is working, it isn't just annoying, it is infuriatingly annoying.
Tipu needs to find a lady with a mole, and Neeli isn't that lady. So off he goes, having side adventures with Ghazala (Amna Ilyas) and Princess Sonu (Meera Sethi, also yes, that is her name in the movie). Now, granted these women have to serve as distractions, not just for Tipu but also the audience. We know that he isn't really going to end up with either one. But the script injects some serious political debates into these subplots, so that we can't just look away. We, I'm hoping, are genuinely concerned about Ghazala and Princess Sonu's safety.
This also unfortunately brings Tipu's morality into question.
So, remember how I said he is a decent guy most of the time? Yeah, so when he decides to be less than decent, it is a bit of a mess. At one point in the film, 'women's rights activist' (I will not even get into this) Ghazala is accused of potential terrorism (like I said, a mess) and imprisoned. She then tries to call Tipu multiple times. But he ignores her calls, opting instead to look for another lady with a mole on her face.
Now, ignoring that she has access to a cellphone while in jail for attempted terrorism, this is a serious problem. At this point, the choice isn't just 'true love' versus 'not exactly true love'; Ghazala is in jail! And she is being accused of a very serious crime, that she did not commit. So Tipu ignoring her is just about the worst thing anyone could do. It also is inconsistent with respect to his character. Up until this point, he has been a nice guy. Later, he is again, a nice guy (helping Sonu with her own forced marriage. Yes, this movie has not one, but two forced marriage angles). Why, then, is he an ass***** at this point?
Also, remember when Jalebi was released and people complained about Sabeeka Imam's distracting British accent? Well, in lieu of Meera Sethi's wooden performance, it is strangely comforting to see that somethings never change. Or rather, that Pakistani cinema cannot shake off certain irritations.
Nonsensical Shenanigans
And really, the issues with the script deserve their own subtitle. This movie has a pattern. It shows off some great writing, before injecting plot holes and sloppy editing into the mix.
The dialogue for the most part is very effective. For instance, Tipu and Neeli speak to each other almost entirely via metaphorical, poetic discourse. It is the stuff of Haseena Moin romances, and really builds their relationship. But then, towards the end, we are given a convoluted little scene where Tipu lambasts Neeli for not being honest about her feelings.
At this point I almost threw my hands, and popcorn, in the air. Neeli has practically been singing about her love for Tipu for the whole movie. And, he has been resisting her attempts, citing her fiancé as the thorn in their side. E= MC whatever, this means that Tipu was aware of her affections for most of the film's runtime. And for reasons, couldn't act on them. Why then, has he had a sudden bout of selective amnesia? Why has he forgotten about her come hither glances, and her hot rotis with their hidden agendas?
Also, while to its credit the film plays around with twists and turns, can it decide what emotion it wants to elicit? For example, when we have just been introduced to Sonu's abhorrent man-child of a would-be husband, I'm assuming the goal is to make us care about her. Why then, are we given a romantic rain dance between Tipu and Neeli right after it? I mean, I realise the poor girl can't act. But we're really going to dance around in the rain right after her life basically fell apart? Really?
7 Din Mohabbat In…Yeah Okay
Here's the thing, this movie is perfectly pleasant. And if you would like to venture out this Eid and watch something, then this is an okay option. This is down to a compelling message about love, and a leading pair that you actually want to see happy. But, then the unnecessary bits intervene, and make it a bitter pill to swallow.
I found it funny when it let itself be. I found it annoying when it injected a new character every fifteen minutes. And ultimately, I found it okay. it's not the best, but it isn't the worst either. It's… yeah, it's okay.


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The 2016-2017 season will be remembered as a win- ter full of 'firsts' for our resorts, schools and member- ship. One big first for the Western Division was bring- ing on our first international member school, Noyuki Academy at Hakuba Goryu Ski & Snowboard Resort in Japan. In December 2016 we operated our first interna- tional AASI Level 1 certification course, followed up with another course in April 2017. This brings the Western Division into the fold with a number of other Divisions of PSIA-AASI that are introducing PSIA-AASI standards to resorts and schools around the globe.
While there are other options for ski and snow- board instructor certification in Japan, the PSIA AASI teaching model and student centered approach is popular in the growing Asian Markets. Noyuki Acad- emy focuses on teaching Mandarin speaking students, and their instructors come from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and mainland China to teach for the winter season. The director of Noyuki Academy, Perry Moon, made the trip to our Spring Convention at Mammoth where he successfully completed his AASI Level 2 Ride and his PSIA AASI Freestyle Specialist Level 2. He looks forward to sitting his Level 2 Teach this season and has his sights on the Level 3 Certification for the following season.
We are locking down plans for another set of courses in Japan in December and March of this com- ing season with both Alpine and Snowboard Level 1 Certifications to be offered. We will be looking towards offering education events overseas for in the future. We are honored to work with Noyuki Academy and helping this talented group of instructors advance profession- ally. This opportunity also gives us in Western Division a chance to ramp up our own game, and explore new and fun ways to promote snow sports.
This article appeared in print in our Fall Edge Newsletter in September 2017.


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Top Gear's Matt LeBlanc has defended the show's new presenting lineup ahead of its relaunch on Sunday, calling the members of the refreshed cast a "Swiss army knife" who have "a certain skill set".
The former Friends star is to host the BBC2 show with Chris Harris and Rory Reid as his co-presenters for its second season since the departure of Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond.
Motoring journalist Harris joined the show last year after becoming known for his YouTube channel, Chris Harris on Cars, which he launched in 2014.
Talking about the presenting lineup, Harris, 42, said: "The great issue with this reboot of Top Gear has been the word chemistry because you can't just create chemistry, you can't just say: 'Right, you three do chemistry'."
He added: "The guys before us had a long time, they had a decade to generate chemistry, so we've been under pressure to do that, but we are, we'd like to think, moderately intelligent people with a view of the world and bit of banter, and that's what you want, isn't it?"
LeBlanc, 49, last year hosted the motoring programme alongside Chris Evans, who quit after one series following plummeting ratings and poor reviews, saying he had given it his best shot but it was "not enough".
"You can please some people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time," LeBlanc said of the show's critics as he promoted the 24th series at the BBC Worldwide Showcase. "There's going to be people who like it and there's going to be people who don't like it. Our job in my opinion is to make the best show we can possibly make."
Reid, 37, who is also a motoring journalist and won the public vote last year to join the show, was joined by Harris in saying their YouTube background had prepared them for any criticism.
Harris said: "We knew what we were undertaking when we signed up to it. We're following three of the best people that have ever worked in my industry. I'm a motoring journalist just like they are. I hugely admire them, so we knew this was going to be difficult.
"Some of the things that are said are unkind, but we come from a YouTube background so if you think TV critics have got teeth, they've got nothing on a 14-year-old with a keyboard in Alabama at 4am. You just have to be grown-up about it, don't you?"
The first episode will see the trio head to Kazakhstan where they are tasked with buying secondhand cars with at least 480,000 miles on the clock to compete in various endurance challenges.
LeBlanc recently commented on reports that the trio had eaten horse penis while filming the episode, insisting "nothing below the belt" was consumed.
Reid has said filming in Kazakhstan was a highlight because it "brought us all together really nicely".
"We were in this very unusual place, miles away from home and for the three of us it was the first time we'd actually stood together in front of the camera on location," said Reid.
"We had no idea what was going to happen or how it was going to turn out, but through that week of shooting I think we ended up doing so many incredible things together, like challenges and races, and having that culminate in this amazing thing at the end of the adventure, I think that brought us all together really nicely."
During the course of the new series, viewers will also get to see them slip behind the wheel of some impressive cars, including a Bugatti Chiron, described on the French luxury manufacturer's website as "the world's most powerful, fastest, most luxurious and most exclusive production super sports car".
Car enthusiasts will also see them driving a Ferrari FXX K, of which there are only 40 in the world. Harris said: "You'd expect to get one if you were lucky, one uber, hyper, porno crazy super car. We've got three in this series and that is mega."
Flashy horsepower aside, LeBlanc joked that they "also get to drive some of the absolute worst shit boxes, which is also fun".
LeBlanc said he developed a soft spot for the used cars they purchased in Kazakhstan. "When it was all over we all developed a fondness for those vehicles and it was kind of sad to see them go."


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How to Apply Optical Margin Alignment in Adobe InDesign
Optical Margin Alignment creates hanging indents on letters like A, V, W, Y, and punctuation, so that the beginnings of lines in a text frame appear flush. It is one of the finer points of typography aesthetics. The following four steps show how to apply Optical Margin Alignment.
- Notice how the lines of text in the examples of the quoted paragraphs appear ragged on the left, as if the text was out of alignment. This is because of the white space built into the character mapping of the font.
- To create a more pleasing left alignment, choose the text frame with either the Selection Tool or Type Tool, then go to the Type menu and choose Story.
- In the Story Panel, check Optical Margin Alignment.
- The alignment can then be fine-tuned further by adjusting the point size in the Story Panel until the desired effect is achieved.


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The Forgotten Angels of Dien Bien Phu
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In November 1953 the French army began building a base in the mountains around Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam, hoping that it would lure the Viet Minh guerrilla fighters into an open battle. Eventually, 16,000 French personnel each manned the six fortified outposts named, as legend has it, after... Read more
The French Military Recruited Colonial Sex Workers
WIB history December 17, 2018
The French army procured prostitutes for its troops in the field throughout the 20th century. And it was hardly alone in doing so. During and prior to World War II, Japan and Germany were infamous for large-scale state-organized military brothels that often included unpaid or captive sex slaves. France's... Read more
Can Russia's Pantsir Air-Defense System Handle Drone Swarms?
WIB land December 12, 2018
In November 2018, Viktor Murakhovsky, a writer for the Russian publication Arsenal of the Fatherland, posted a comment regarding the performance of Russia's Pantsir S-1 air-defense system. "In Syria, it turned out that the Pantsir was practically incapable of detecting low-speed and small-sized targets, which include military UAVs. At... Read more
In 1941, British and Soviet Troops Invaded Iran
WIB history November 19, 2018
Iran's aggressive military posture is often attributed to its quasi-theocratic revolutionary government. However, the Middle Eastern state also had the misfortune of experiencing three devastating, unprovoked invasions in the 20th century. The last and best known of these, the Iran-Iraq War from 1980 to 1988, killed hundreds of thousands... Read more
Facebook Let Myanmar Perpetrate Genocide
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During the infamous Rwandan genocide of 1994, radio stations such as Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines helped foment—and later, even directed—the violence and atrocities of nationalist militias, filling the airwaves with hateful messages exhorting Hutus to slaughter the Tutsi minority and their allies, whom they labeled as "cockroaches"... Read more
South and Central Asian Air Forces Need Women, Too
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There are more and more female military pilot on the Indian subcontinent. Some of the reasons are similar, such as long-running conflicts giving rise to nationalistic and patriotic sentiment, as well as a desire to expand the pool of motivated and well-educated personnel. However, the socio-political context is very... Read more
Asian Air Forces Recruit Women Fighter Pilots
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On Aug. 23, 2018, Capt. Misa Matsushima, pictured at top, became the first woman to qualify to fly a jet fighter for the Japanese Air Self Defense Force. Three more women soon followed. Before starting operational service, the 26-year-old Matsushima will practice intercepting intruders with the 305th squadron at... Read more
Hurricane Maria Killed as Many American Citizens as 9/11 Did
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On Aug. 28, 2018, the Milken Institute School of Public Health released a study concluding with 95-percent confidence that Hurricane Maria had led to the "excess" deaths of between 2,658 and 3,290 U.S. citizens on the island of Puerto Rico. It so happens that the average figure of 2,975... Read more
A Tsunami Devastated Japan's Souped-Up F-16s
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In the 1980s, Japan phased in its first domestic jet fighter to enter operational service — the Mitsubishi F-1. Tokyo wanted to follow up with a more capable fourth-generation F-2 "support fighter." It was an ambitious effort. And one that a tsunami nearly destroyed. The Reagan-era Pentagon was worried... Read more
The Forgotten Tale of How Allied Bombers Chased a German Sub to Its Doom
WIB history August 15, 2018
In June 2018, Spanish media reported that divers Anxi González Roca and Eduardo Losada and naval historian Yago Abilleira had re-discovered the wreck Nazi submarine U-966 off Estaca de Bares in the Galician region on the northwestern tip of Spain. The divers found debris scattered across a wide area... Read more


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by Angela Pohlman, Wellness Category Manager
If you've ever browsed a protein powder section of a store, it can be a bit overwhelming. There are so many to choose from, and it can be difficult to understand the differences between them. It's no different at the Coop. Aside from asking your friendly Wellness department staffer for help, here are some pro tips to help you find the best powder for you.
There are some questions you should ask yourself before buying:
Why do I want to try a protein powder? There are several reasons people choose to add a powdered protein to your diet. Here are some examples.
- I want to increase the protein content of my diet.
- I am looking to use a smoothie/shake as a replacement for a meal/snack.
- I want to increase the calories in my diet.
How do I want to use it?
If you are adding it to a smoothie with other ingredients—you may consider getting an unflavored one so it doesn't interfere with the flavors of the fruits and veggies you are adding. Or choose one that enhances it—like if you generally add a cup of coffee to your smoothie, choose chocolate flavored, or if you do lots of fruit, use vanilla.
Mix and go shaker cup or mason jar.
You'll want to go with a good tasting powder that doesn't require you to add things. This may mean trying out lots of packets until you find one you like. Keep in mind that some powders will thicken as they sit, so think about how long you take to drink it.
Cook or bake into things.
Keeping it simple with a straight protein may be the way to go. Some proteins, such as bone broth, can be added to savory things like soups or cooked with rice or noodles.
Do I have any preference regarding ingredients? Does it need to be dairy free? Soy free? Vegan? Do I want it to be sweetened? If so, with sugar? Stevia? Xylitol? Do I want it to be Organic? Raw?
Okay, now that you have an idea of what you want, here are some other tips to narrow down your choices.
Protein Powders can be divided into a few main categories
Meal Replacement/Supplementation
These typically have other nutrients added, may contain green foods, and generally have fiber to help you feel full. Look for the word "meal" on the label. These are great for folks who want to use a smoothie for a meal.
Protein Boosting
These are strictly protein or a blend of proteins. Depending on the source, it may be a good fiber source too.
Protein powders are also either made from animal proteins such as whey, eggs, muscle, or plant protein such as soy, hemp, pea, often a blend.
Another big piece regarding whey or soy protein is whether it is isolated or concentrated. Isolated proteins often have to use a chemical to separate them. This creates a very high potency protein, but many folks do not like the chemical often used to do that—hexane. Concentrated is more of a physical process—it can increase the protein content without adding unwanted chemicals.
Many brands, especially the plant-based ones, will add herbal or nutritional supplements to the blend to aid in the feeling of satiety, energy or digestive support.
The main thing to do with powders is to try several to find what works for you.
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