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Note that this approach ''still'' requires that method signature dependencies affect the API module dependency closure. All types referenced from the signature must be present for the compilation and execution of the API module. If the referenced type contains an illegal platform or library dependency in its API/impl, then the illegal component infects even the API module.
Note that this approach ''still'' requires that method signature dependencies affect the API module dependency closure. All types referenced from the signature must be present for the compilation and execution of the API module. If the referenced type contains an illegal platform or library dependency in its API/impl, then the illegal component infects even the API module.
==Module Fragment==
==Module Fragment==
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Backwards compatibility support
NetBeans contain deprecated obsolete code, which is typically left in place for several releases. In addition to add polution to the API, it also increases the number of dependencies to both ancient modules and Java platform. The deprecated code is a dead weight in the released NB product, as the shipped modules are (or should be) upgraded to work with API modules in their current versions, not using deprecated APIs.
The purpose of this backward compatible support is to preserve binary compatibility for unmaintained modules, or 3rd party modules with a different release cycle while allowing to remove obsolete code from the public APIs.
The following techniques can be used for backward compatibility:
Accessor method
A compatible implementation may need to access the internals possibly from a different module (classloader). @PatchedPublic annotation currently serves this purpose.
The annotated method is patched to be public at runtime, while the class is being loaded. The calling code is typically resides in the same package, although a different module with an implementation dependency. Using @PatchedPublic it can access the method even at runtime, although from a different classloader.
Note that this approach still requires that method signature dependencies affect the API module dependency closure. All types referenced from the signature must be present for the compilation and execution of the API module. If the referenced type contains an illegal platform or library dependency in its API/impl, then the illegal component infects even the API module.
Automatic module dependencies
If some classes are split from module "A" into a different module (say B), source and binary compatibility can be retained if the module "A" declares "B" as an additional implied dependency for clients who depend on an older version of the module. Clients compiled against older version will receive the additional dependency at both run-time and compile-time.
During compilation, a special file in config area will be generated. The generated file will be recognized when dependent module load, and their dependencies will be transformed according to the description.
The automatic dependencies must be stored in the file module-automatic-deps.xml in the module project's root folder. A typical example of dependencies implied when a module is split to several ones is shown below:
<!DOCTYPE transformations PUBLIC "-//NetBeans//DTD Module Automatic Dependencies 1.0//EN" "http://www.netbeans.org/dtds/module-auto-deps-1_0.dtd">
<transformations version="1.0"> <transformationgroup> <description>Separation of desktop and cleanup</description> <transformation> <trigger-dependency type="older"> <module-dependency codenamebase="org.openide.filesystems" spec="9.0"/> </trigger-dependency> <implies> <result> <module-dependency codenamebase="org.openide.filesystems.nb"/> <module-dependency codenamebase="org.openide.filesystems.compat8"/> </result> </implies> </transformation> </transformationgroup>
Module Fragment
If a class in a module A patches a class in module B, the system must esnure proper visibility between A and B classloaders. With the Compatible Superclass approach, the compatibility class in A typically uses types defined by B, but B must see A's contents at run-time as B class will be made to extend A type (see below). The simplest way is to join contents of A and B in the same classloader.
If a module's MANIFEST.MF defines OpenIDE-Module-Fragment-Host: header, the module becomes a Module Fragment and its contents is included into the fragment host's module classloader.
This is an example MANIFEST.MF of openide.filesystems module:
Manifest-Version: 1.0 OpenIDE-Module: org.openide.filesystems OpenIDE-Module-Localizing-Bundle: org/openide/filesystems/Bundle.properties OpenIDE-Module-Layer: org/openide/filesystems/resources/layer.xml OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version: 9.0
A compatibility support module, which needs to merge with filesystems API at runtime uses the following MANIFEST:
Manifest-Version: 1.0 OpenIDE-Module: org.openide.filesystems.compat8 OpenIDE-Module-Localizing-Bundle: org/openide/filesystems/compat8/Bundle.properties OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version: 9.0 OpenIDE-Module-Fragment-Host: org.openide.filesystems
There's no dependency from the real API module to the patch; the patch depends on the API module. The patch module may be eventually not present at all, if compatibility is not needed.
Compatible superclass
Because of JVM definition of method resolution, JVM looks not only in the class hosting the target method and specified as part of the Method Reference, but also in superclasses of that class. It's therefore binary-compatible to move the methods to some superclass.
We must still prevent the superclass from appearing in the `extends` clause of the source, in order not to retain the dependencies from the superclass' dependency closure (the requirement was to avoid them). At run-time, the API class A which was compiled as extending superclass S, will be patched to extend another superclass, C. Provided that C extends S, type checks in the running JVM should not be affected. The superclass C can then add methods with illegal dependencies in their transitive dependency closure.
The class which delivers the binary-compatible implementation must be annotated using @PatchFor annotation, which also identifies the target class which should be modified at run-time. To preserve inheritance hierarchy properties, there are some rules to be followed. Given API class "A" which extends "X", and binary-compatible implementation class "A"
- I must also extend X
- I must define the constructors with the same signature as X
- A must contain a default constructor, implicit or explicit
In addition, A and I must be loaded by the same classloader. To instruct NetBeans module system to do so, the module that contain I must list the following Manifest entry: OpenIDE-Module-Fragment-Host: codename where the 'codename' identifies the original module which contains API class A.
The AbstractFileSystem, in version 8.0 and earlier contains a number of @deprecated or obsolete methods:
public abstract class FileSystem { public abstract SystemAction[] getActions(); @Deprecated public void prepareEnvironment(FileSystem.Environment env) throws EnvironmentNotSupportedException { ... } ... }
The methods are now moved to a class FileSystemCompat, which resides in a different module - openide.filesystems.compat8:
@PatchFor(FileSystem.class) public abstract class FileSystemCompat { public abstract SystemAction[] getActions(); @deprecated public void prepareEnvironment(FileSystem$Environment env) throws EnvironmentNotSupportedException { ... } ... }
The example also shows, how a static member type may be moved to a deprecated module; JVM signature does not contain information that FileSystem.Environment is a member type. FileSystem$Environment has the same signature.
Constructor delegate
API class A may have a constructor, which is no longer acceptable, because of its signature dependencies. If the constructor was just implemented in an 'unlucky' way, the implementation could be lobotomized, but if the constructor's signature contain an unwanted dependency, it should be rather removed at all from the class.
To preserve backward compatibility, the constructor has to be added back at run-time. Although JVM linking algorithm would eventually find <init>()V method to call after new, the constructor "inherited" from the superclass would not be able to initialize the API class fields.
The initialization of the original API class is implemented by its default constructor - this means the API class must have default constructor, even though it is private. Delegation to other A constructors is not implemented yet, but is feasible.
Initialization of the superclass, or possibly setup of API (A) fields are delegated to a static "factory" method in the
@PatchFor superclass. The initialization method must be annotated with @ConstructorDelegate. It's first parameter must be of type of the
compatible superclass itself and the rest of parameters must be the same as the to-be-generated constructor in the API class. Modifiers and declared exceptions are copied to the generated constructor.
JarFileSystem has a constructor which takes FileSystemCapability. Since the type is long deprecated and we want to remove it, the relevant implementation moves off to the patch superclass:
@PatchFor(JarFileSystem.class) public abstract class JarFileSystemCompat extends AbstractFileSystem { public JarFileSystemCompat() { super(); } @ConstructorDelegate public static void createJarFileSystemCompat(JarFileSystemCompat jfs, FileSystemCapability cap) throws IOException { FileSystemCompat.compat(jfs).setCapability(cap); } ... }
The 1st argument of the @ConstructorDelegate method receives the newly created instance to be initialized. Since AbstractFileSystem does not (in sources) derive from FileSystemCompat, some runtime-typing magic must be done.
In effect, the bytecode generator creates a constructor in JarFileSystem:
public JarFileSystem(FileSystemCapability cap) throws IOException { this(); setCapability(cap); }


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It's not every day that you get to have Kendall Jenner as your date for the Golden Globes. But that's exactly what happened to Vogue's Style Editor Edward Barsamian, who accompanied her to the prestigious awards show. Take a peek inside their whirlwind night in the video above.
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Good health and physical fitness is required on all trips like as tour, travel, holidays, trekking, peak climbing and expedition. We recommend a physical examination for all trekkers on extended treks.
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We require 30% amount of whole trip to make confirm booking and we
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Spring in the woods means only one thing to lots of people: bluebells! Vibrant carpets of the delicate cyan flowers are a quintessential British experience at this time of year.
And it's not just a spectacle; Britain is home to fifty percent of the world population of this species of bluebell. As plants recolonized the northern latitudes after the last Ice Age, bluebells reached Britain just before the sea level rose and cut us off from the continent, so lots of other plant species never arrived here. In the rest of Europe, bluebells are out-competed by some of these species, whereas in the UK they are free to thrive.
But I'd like to take you beyond the bluebell. Although bluebells are spectacular, my favourite time of the woodland year is actually a couple of weeks earlier, when some of the other woodland wildflowers are the real first sign that spring's on its way. Like bluebells, these plants have adapted to life in the woods by flowering before the trees are in leaf, so they make the most of the sun. They don't always form such a dramatic carpet on the woodland floor as bluebells, but often the fact that a number of different species are clustered together - with their diversity of colour - makes for a sight to gladden the soul.
Wood anenome
Wood anenomes Anenome nemosa are one of the most important indicators of ancient woodland. They reproduce through rhizomes (root-like structures) that only spread about six inches a year – this means they don't colonise new sites easily, and the presence of a large population means that a wood has been undisturbed for a very long time. They can also provide an interesting clue to previous land uses, as they're sometimes found on open ground – but this is a strong clue that the area has been wooded previously.
Lesser celandine
Like wood anenomes, lesser celandines Ranunculus ficaria can be found in a variety of habitats, but usually give us a clue that the area has been wooded at one point. It is sometimes known as 'the spring messenger' as one of the earliest flowers, and William Wordsworth was inspired to write three poems about the plant – famously, however, the celandine carved on his gravestone is the wrong species, the greater celandine. It is also sometimes known as pilewort because there is an old folk belief that the crushed roots could make a lotion for piles when mixed with wine or urine!
Wood sorrel
Wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella is probably my favourite woodland wildflower despite its ubiquity. It particularly thrives in cool, shady woods - of which there's no shortage round here - and can tolerate shade much darker than other plants. In the Lakes, it often grows out of the mossy carpet on the woodland floor or even from moss growing on tree branches, creating lush hanging gardens in the canopy. The leaves are delicious and taste of apple peel, but don't eat too many as they also contain Oxalic acid. Wood sorrel is one of the more widespread flowers globally and is native as far north as Iceland, south down to Greece, and east as far as Japan!
Wild garlic
Wild garlic Allium ursinum is another very common flower of damp woodlands and lends the woods their distinctive garlicky aroma in early spring. The latin name means 'Bear's garlic' and is so-named because where they still exist in Europe, brown bears love to truffle up the roots! Both the leaves and flowers are edible and have a more gentle taste than culinary garlic – wild garlic risotto is a personal favourite.
Primrose Primula vulgaris has been under threat in England over the last few decades because of people digging plants up to put them in their garden – fortunately attitudes have changed and this sort of thing is much less common now. Primroses can be seen anywhere that's undisturbed, cool and slightly shady, so our Lake District oakwoods are great places to find the lemon yellow rosettes.
Get out and see 'em!
The South Lakes is home to lots of fantastic native woodland so it's the perfect place to get out and see woodland wildflowers in the spring. The woodlands on Windermere's west shore, along the Yewdale bridleway, above Glen Mary car park, or along Coniston's east shore are particularly special places with rich flora and incredible atmosphere – make sure you don't miss the spectacle, it changes day by day at this time of year!


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A victory for the Dongria Kondh
Vedanta has been stopped. The mining conglomerate has been refused permission to work in Orissa by India's Ministry of Environment and Forests. A high-level committee was commissioned by the ministry earlier this year to deliver judgment on the country's most controversy-ridden mining proposal. Vedanta Resources plc and the Orissa Mining Corporation planned to extract bauxite from the top of part of the Niyamgiri mountain range in Orissa. On August 16th the committee, headed by N C Saxena, delivered its conclusions to the Ministry and unequivocally condemned the project.
Business Standard reports that the Saxena panel was commissioned by the Environment Ministry which had set up a four-member team headed by Saxena, member of the National Advisory Council, to probe into the alleged violations of tribal and forest laws. The Saxena report has also accused the company of illegally occupying forest land for its US$1.7 billion mining project. The allegations have been, however, strongly refuted by the Orissa state government, which claimed that the Saxena report has cast aspersions on the state over grant of mining licenses, even though the Supreme Court has already given its ruling on the matter.
"No Ministry can abdicate its responsibility of enforcing the laws passed by Parliament," said Jairam Ramesh, India's minister for environment, citing the Attorney General's opinion that he was free to decide on final clearance despite the Supreme Court ruling. "My Ministry cannot function on the basis of fait accomplis:Since August 2008, a lot of new information has come to light. It is on the basis of this incriminating new evidence that the decision has been taken."
[Earlier posts on the Dongria Kondh and their struggle are here, here and here.]
The Saxena team discovered numerous instances of negligence – to the point of criminality – on the part of local government officials and the state government itself. It highlighted egregious violations of existing legislation to protect Indigenous Peoples rights (specifically as Forest Peoples). Not least, it roundly condemned the manoeuvres and activities of UK-listed Vedanta – both in regard to the mine and the construction of its adjacent alumina refinery.
In its introduction, the Saxena Report on Vedanta and the mining of Nyamgiri stated:
"In the committee's view the mining of Nyamgiri would:
* Destroy one of the most sacred sites of the Kondh Primitive Tribal Groups
* Destroy more than seven square kilometers of sacred, undisturbed forest land on top of the mountain that has been protected by the Dongaria Kondh for centuries as sacred to Niyam Raja and as essential to preserving the region's fertility.
* Endanger the self-sufficient forest-based livelihoods of these Primitive Tribal Groups
* Seriously harm the livelihood of hundreds of Dalit families who isndirectly depend upon these lands through their economic relationship with these Primitive Tribe Groups,
* Build roads through the Dongaria Kondh's territories, making the area easily accessible to poachers of wildlife and timber smugglers threatening the rich biodiversity of the hills"
The Saxena report also noted violations by Vedanta of:
The Forest Conservation Act – (1) The company is in illegal occupation of 26.123 ha of village forest lands enclosed within the factory premises. The claim by the company that they have only followed the state government orders and enclosed the forest lands within their factory premises to protect these lands and that they provide access to the tribal and other villagers to their village forest lands is completely false. This is an act of total contempt for the law on the part of the company and an apalling degree of collusion on the part of the concerned officials. (2) For the construction of a road running parallel to the conveyor corridor, the company has illegally occupied plot number 157(P) measuring 1.0 acre and plot number 133 measuring 0.11 acres of village forest lands. This act is also similar to the above although the land involved is much smaller in extent.
The Environment Protection Act (EPA) – (1) The company M/s Vedanta Alumina Limited has already proceeded with construction activity for its enormous expansion project that would increase its capacity six fold from 1 Mtpa to 6 Mtpa without obtaining environmental clearance as per provisions of EIA Notification, 2006 under the EPA. This amounts to a serious violation of the provisions of the Environment (Protection) Act. This expansion, its extensive scale and advanced nature, is in complete violation of the EPA and is an expression of the contempt with which this company treats the laws of the land.
The welcome decision has come after months of high-pressure lobbying by Vedanta and its industry supporters, which has been countered on the ground by rallies and information campaigns mounted by many activist and citizens' groups. The struggle of the Dongria Kondh has found support around the world. Yet the upholding of the findings of the Saxena team owes a great deal to the independence of India's processes of law, which were underscored again on 19 July 2010 when, in another mining case, the Supreme Court temed developmental policies as "blinkered".
The Supreme Court said that the promised rights and benefits never reached marginalised citizens fuelling extreme discontent and giving birth to naxalism and militancy, which are threatening the sovereignty of the country. Referring to the large-scale displacement of tribals from forest land in the name of mining and development, the Court said non-settlement of their rights and non-provision for timely compensation of their lost land has created the worst kind of hatred among them towards development, possibly giving birth to extremism.
"To millions of Indians, development is a dreadful and hateful word that is aimed at denying them even the source of their sustenance," a Bench comprising Justices Aftab Alam and B S Chauhan said. "It is cynically said that on the path of `maldevelopment' almost every step that we take seems to give rise to insurgency and political extremism which along with terrorism are supposed to be the three gravest threats to India's integrity and sovereignty," it said. "Why is the state's perception and vision of development at such great odds with the people it purports to develop? And why are their rights so dispensable? Why do India's GDP and human development index present such vastly different pictures?"
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To celebrate National Vegetarian Week, knowing how challenging it can be for vegetarians to find diverse and tasty food to cook at home, that's ready in fifteen minutes, I've decided to share some recipes. Most of the things I cook are tried and tested favourites, that I make week in, week out, but some of them, like tonight's, are spur of the moment experiments. First up, a delicious green bean risotto that's ready in three steps, in fifteen minutes tops.
I normally make mushroom risotto, and I have to say, I'm pretty bloody good at it. The reason I make it well is that I love it so much, cooking mushroom risotto is a passionate experience for me. When you cook something you love, you add that little bit of a special spark. However, I didn't have any mushrooms in the house tonight (which very rarely happens), so I decided to use what I had in, which turned out to be green beans and Arborio rice.
- Arborio Rice (About two handfuls per person/serving).
- Green Beans
- Tablespoon of Butter
- Garlic (I used garlic purée)
- Mustard (Dijon has a nice tang)
- Sea Salt and Pepper
- Stock Cubes (Two per person)
- Boiling Water
- Cheese (I favour cheddar)
- Three glasses of white wine (optional, but it makes a big difference).


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nothing major but noticed since the minor update to v22.214.171.124 that my status window is saying i'm streaming files that I have finished watching even ones from days ago. Like the server doesn't detect that we have stopped watching that file.
When I right click both options are greyed out too to stop user task or stop all user tasks.


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Britain a world leader in working mothers: And it's harming children's development, warns global report
Mothers in the UK are more likely to rush back to work than those in other Western countries. (Posed by models)
Half of British mothers now go out to work before their child's first birthday – despite clear evidence it can harm their development, an authoritative international report has found.
Mothers in the UK are more likely to rush out to work than those in other Western countries, ignoring research that those who stay at home tend to bring up children who are better behaved and do well at school.
The report quotes studies which found that children of working mothers fare worse in reading and maths tests, tend to be more badly behaved and are more likely to have attention problems.
Critics say the report lays bare the extent to which successive governments have harmed a generation of youngsters by encouraging women to put their children into care and go out to work.
Only Denmark has a higher proportion of mothers in paid work when the child is a year old. The 279-page study paints a depressing picture of family life in Britain, with single parenthood, cohabitation and illegitimacy all on the rise.
Called Doing Better For Families, it was compiled by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, which represents 34 industrialised nations.
Just a day before the Royal Wedding which will celebrate the institution of marriage, the study shows that just 64.5 per cent of British children grow up with two married parents.
The report shows that in most of the world, maternal employment does not harm child development – but this is not the case in the UK and the U.S..
More than a quarter of mothers in the UK – 28 per cent – are in paid work before their child is six months old. But the children of mothers who go to work before they are six months old end up performing worse at vocabulary tests at the age of five, and significantly worse at reading and maths at seven compared to the children of stay-at-home mums.
The correlation is the same, but less marked, for children whose mothers waited until they were between six months and a year to go to work.
In both cases, the OECD says that attainment and behaviour are even more affected if the working mother is educated to degree-level. Around a third of British women with degrees are back at work within six months.
The report says: 'In the UK, early maternal employment (full-time and part-time) appeared to have a very small negative association with vocabulary test scores for children aged four to five.
'However, the association persists, and is somewhat larger for children aged seven.'
Maternal employment also has a serious effect on behaviour and attention spans by the time the child is seven, again with the situation more marked if the mother went to work before the child was six months.
The OECD suggests that this may be to do with the quality of childcare in the UK. Good childcare is the most expensive in the Western world.
Norman Wells of pressure group Family and Youth Concern, said children were losing out because mothers were under such pressure to go back to work earlier.
'Too often the needs of children take second place to the desires of a minority of women to impose their feminist agenda on every family,' he said.
In another sign of Broken Britain, the OECD report demonstrates that we have one of the highest rates in the world for divorces involving children. Almost two thirds (63 per cent) of our divorces are among couples with children. In Italy the figure is a third.
The report also shows how the benefits system creates an incentive for parents to live apart.
Single parents get the sixth best deal in the West, while couples get the tenth worst.
Our young people are more likely to cohabit than almost anywhere else in the world.
Some 24 per cent of 20 to 34-year-olds are living with a partner – a proportion only exceeded in the Netherlands and Scandinavia.
The report also shows that Britain has seen one of the sharpest rises in illegitimate births. Some 45 per cent of births now take place outside marriage.
Fifth of youngsters grow up in a single parent home
Just 13.5 per cent of French children are brought up by a single parent, 15 per cent of German, 10.2 per cent of Italian and 7.2 per cent of Spanish children
The number of British children growing up in single parent families is still on the rise, according to the OECD report.
Less than two thirds of youngsters now grow up in a household where their parents are married, the survey reveals.
Some 21.5 per cent of children in the UK live with a single parent, one of the highest figures in Europe – exceeded only by Ireland and Estonia.
Just 13.5 per cent of French children are brought up by a single parent, 15 per cent of German, 10.2 per cent of Italian and 7.2 per cent of Spanish children.
Youngsters in the UK are now a third as likely to be brought up by a single parent as they are by a married couple, and a fifth as likely to be brought up by a couple who are not married.
The OECD report found that 12.6 per cent of British children live with both parents who are not married.
Last week a think-tank found that a child growing up in a one-parent family is 75 per cent more likely to fail at school, 70 per cent more likely to become a drug addict, 50 per cent more likely to have an alcohol problem and 35 per cent more likely to be unemployed as an adult.
Data comparing the extent of single parenthood in the world's leading countries was contained in the report by the OECD.
Outside Europe, Britain's single parent record is exceeded only by the United States, New Zealand and Canada – making the UK sixth in the OECD league table.
Only 16.8 per cent of Australian children and 12.3 per cent of Japanese youngsters are in single parent households.
And, worryingly, the OECD predicts that the number of single parents will shoot up by 22 per cent in the next 15 to 20 years, as a result of a rising divorce rate combined with a rising fertility rate.
In comparison, the number of single mothers in Germany is projected to fall by 16 per cent – because the fertility rate is not likely to keep pace with an increasing divorce rate.
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Starring: Prithviraj, Prabhu Deva, Arya, Genelia D Souza, Nithya Menon, Tabu, Vidya Balan and others
Urumi is a story that takes place in the 16th century in the North Malabar area of Kerala. It is about four young men who plot to assassinate the Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gama.
Urumi is set in the backdrop of the fierce warrior clans of Northern Kerala in the sixteenth century and focuses on the cult of a hero Chirakkal Kelu Nayanar (Prithviraj) - a man with an epic mission. His target and mission is Dom Vasco da Gama, the Viceroy of Portuguese Empire in India.The film is spread between the second and third visit of Gama to India and chronicles a varied version of how Gama could have met a bloody death in AD 1524. In the journey of Kelu- the warrior he has to encounter the seem less conflicts within the kinsmen and also Kings, ministers, peasants and a warring Muslim warrior princess Ayesha (Genelia) of the famed Arackal Sultanat...Kelu has a forte, a legendary golden Urumi, specially made from the left over ornaments of the dead women and children who were burnt alive in the massacre of a Mecca Ship, Miri, commanded to be set on fire and drowned by Vasco da Gama during his second visit to Kerala in AD 1502...
Kelu is supported by Vavvali, (Prabhudeva), his childhood friend and in a way his elder brother, though he comes from the muslim neighborhood.Kelu tracks his mission through the wily roads of treachery, treason and a hidden passion to reach a master plan to create his own army - an army of the people - against the mighty Empire. His action in creating an organized revolt becomes the first of its kind movement against the first Colonial Advance in India.
Starring: Vimal, Nisha Agarwal, Santhanam,Yuvarani among others
The film Ishtam which is said to be a remake of Tollywood flick Yemaindi Ee Vela is being produced under the banner Balaji Real media pvt ltd..
Directed by Prem Nizzar, the film stars Vimal and Nisha Agarwal( younger sister of Kajal Aggarwal) in lead roles..Vimal will be seen as a contemporary modern guy in the film..
The film also stars Anoop,Parvathy,santhanam in prominent roles.
Music for the film is scored by Thaman..
Starring: Dhaneesh Babu, Vidhya, Mayilsamy, Senthil, MS Bhaskar among others
Ashok G. Yodha's Dhaneesh Hara Film Circuit has launched a new film titled Sollithara Naaniruken (SN). The film is produced by the duo of Dr. K.B. Naren Prasad and Mrs. Gowshar Mehboob.Comedian Senthil, who formed a successful association with veteran comedian Goundamani, returns to action after a long and self-imposed hiatus.
Besides Senthil, the film has an 'army' of comedians in the form of M.S. Bhakar, Singampuli, Singamuthu, Mayilsamy and Muthukkalai. Others in the cast include T.P. Gajendran, 'Kadhal' Sugumar, Tamil Selvi, 'Karate' Raja, Subburaj, Nellai Siva, Nithya, Richa, Ankita and Mamta.
Muraleedharan is the cinematographer of SN while V. Rajagloapal pens the film's dialogues. V. Manohar is the music director of the film whose lyrics are penned by the trio of Yugabarathi, Vivegaa and Venu Gunasekar. Ramamurthy would be penning the story and screenplay besides directing the film.
Starring: Vimal, Shiva, Santhanam, John Vijay, Anjali, Oviya among others
Director Sundar C forthcoming rollicking comedy entertainer Masala Cafe is sure to entertain audience..
The movie is produced by Kushbhu's home banner Avni Cine Max and UTV Motion Pictures.The film casts Vimal, Mirchi Shiva Anjali and Oviya, Santhanam, John Vijay in prominent roles..
Santhanam's episodes in the film are sure to bring the roof down.. The film ahs been Extensively shot in Kumbakonam, Ooty and Chennai..Apparently the director has completed the entire shooting in less than 50 days.The film is produced by Kushboo's Avni Cine Max in association with UTV Motion Pictures while Music has been composed by Vijay Ebenizer of 'Kanden' fame
Starring: Mithun, Sri, Urmila and others
The film is presented by UTV Motion Pictures & Thirupathy Brothers Film Media and is written and directed by ace director Balaji Sakthivel of blockbusters Kadhal and Kaloori fame..Comprising of new comers in star cast, music is by debut composer Prasanna..
Starring: Shiv Pandit, Manshi Parekh, Santhanam
Leelai movie is produced by Aascar Films V Ravichandran after Dasavatharam. Andrew Louis and Satheesh Chakravarthy team up for a film called Leelai. Andrew Louis, Andrew (Andy) has worked with director S. J. Suryaah in the movies Vaali, Khushi, New, etc.. Satheesh Chakravarthy has worked with AR Rahman. Andrew who is making his debut in the Tamil film named Leelai, stars Shiv Pandit and Manshi Parekh in lead roles. The Leelai film is about the romance that blossoms between two software engineers working in a MNC.
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Starring: Udhaynidhi Stalin,Hansika Motwani,Santhanam, Saranya Ponvannan, Azhagam Perumaal, Andrea, Arya, Sneha and others
Director Rajesh is set for his next venture Oru Kal Oru Kannadi (OKOK) after giving us the super- hit films Siva Manasula Sakthi, Boss Engira Baskaran.
The film will launch Udhayanidhi Stalin as a hero, and Hansika Motwani shares the screen space with the actor. Santhanam is providing the humour quotient.
The story of Oru Kal Oru Kannadi(OKOK) revolves around three characters Udhayanidhi stalin(Saravanan), Meera(Hansika) and Parthasarathy(Santhanam)..Saravanan a fun loving youngster who does not take life too seriously works in a private concern.Parthasarathy Saravanan's childhood friend who also works with him, hails from avery orthodox family and will go to any extent for his friend saravanan.
Every thing was fine with Saravanan until he meets Meera, ayoung bubbly college going girl. saravanan is immediately attracted to her and expresses his love to her , but Meera doesnt bother about it and keeps ignoring and insulting saravanan.
Parthasarathy comes to know of his friend's love interest & advises him to leave it.saravanan listens to him but still does not want to lose meera.. this upsets Parthasarathy and a conflict arises between them. He keeps approaching meera and tries expressing love to her in all possible ways after much and until she finally accepts his love. There comes apoint where saravanan has to decide between his friend parthasarathy and his love meera..
How Saravanan tackles smoothly and retains both friendship with Parthsarathy and love for Meera is all about the film OKOK..
Music is scored by Harris Jayaraj,while cinematography is by Balasubramaniem.
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Vijaysethupathi likely to team up with Director Ponram
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Jyothika's next film 'Pon Magal Vandhal wrapped up
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Erika est une excellente pédagogue; sa manière de décomposer les pas les rend plus faciles. On apprend des figures et on se sent progresser. On apprend beaucoup sur la Grèce à travers le choix de musique et des danses. Le groupe est sympathique, on s'amuse et rit beaucoup.
The Richest Variety of Greek Dances
First time here? Receive a taster class – completely free!
Welcome to Terpsichori Greek Dance Circle!
Where it's about more than just steps…
Did you know that there are over 1,200 traditional Greek dances? And it's not just about this high number of dances – but the huge variation we can experience in the different regions of Greece. Music and dance are changing from village to village… Fascinating, especially for the size of the country, do you agree?
Due to the folklorisation of Greek dances, most of these hardly get exposure among the wider public though.
People return from holiday thinking that Greek dances are about Syrtaki, Zorba, Chasaposerviko, Zeibekiko and Tsifteteli – dances they see in tavernas, holiday resorts and bars.
And the "lucky" ones who get to see some local dances, often get a distorted or modernized version of the dance in order to impress laic people.
Meanwhile, the REAL dances start to get forgotten…
Terpsichori Greek Dance Circle's mission is to teach this rich variety of traditional dances to a wider public the authentic way, while having fun at the same time.
Authenticity is our highest value – therefore when you join our dance classes or seminars, you will only see real dances, as they were / are danced in villages.
Our philosophy is that a dance is more than just the steps – it all came alive influenced by the geography, social status, musical instruments, costumes, religion, customs etc. of that specific village!
Why are there many couple dances in the islands?
Why is the right arm underneath our right neighbour's left arm with the crossed handhold?
Why did the Sarakatsans and Vlachs dance with slow and quiet steps?
Why does music in Rhodes, Kos or Karpathos resemble to Cretan music?
Plenty of questions – and plenty of answers…
During our dance classes, we encourage participants to notice the characteristics of the different dance regions and be able to recognize them when hearing a piece of music.
And with the repetition of dances our aim is to make people remember some important details about the dance (why, where and when it is danced).
Meet Your Teacher
Chief Greek Dance Passionate
Our dance classes are given by Erika Saradidis-Kalmar:
Founder of Terpsichori Greek Dance Circle
25 years of Greek dance experience
Researcher of traditional Greek dances
Teaching and hosting dance events for 9 years
What people say about us
When I moved to Brussels from Greece, Erika's classes quickly became a home away from home for me. I found a lively and multicultural group who seemed to know all about the Greek tradition of philoxenia. I love the inclusive, non-competitive approach to the classes and they have become a key part of my week. When friends ask me what I'm doing on a Sunday afternoon, I tell them I'm going to get my Greek dance fix!
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Το κάθε μάθημα ισορροπεί μεταξύ άσκησης και μάθησης αλλά και ευχαρίστησης και παρείστικης διάθεσης! Η 'Ερικα, σωστή στο ρόλο της δασκάλας και ο Ιπποκράτης σωστός στην υποστήριξη όλης της ομάδας. Συγχαρητήρια!!!
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Méthode rendant les danses les plus compliquées très accessibles dans une ambiance chaleureuse et conviviale. Merci.
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Un cours agréable ou on ne dénature pas la danse grecque, bien au contraire. Erika contribue à perpétuer les traditions de danse. Elle ne se limite pas à nous apprendre simplement les pas et ses variantes mais aussi à nous expliquer l'historique des danses, ce qui rend ce cours très enrichissant.
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Another Greek dance seminar has come to an end. Most emotional for me for certain reason.
People we are trying to get to know because they have become customary in our eyes. Others we meet for the first time and we hope that this will not be the last. Receive and give evergy to move forward… All this through Greek folk dances and teachers who share their knowledge with passion.
A Greek dance seminar by Terpsichori in Brussels includes all this kind of feelings…
This is probably WHY IT WORKS. 😉
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Under the new banner, Altice Business serves more than 375,000 U.S. businesses across 21 states, with a network that includes over 14,000 fiber-lit locations, including more than 8,000 locations located in the New York metro area. Kevin Stephens is heading it up as EVP of Altice Business.
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A married woman needs support from her parents and parents-in-law too in case of relationship problems. Why does this often not happen?
Once a girl turns 21 yrs of age our Indian parents start thinking about their daughters marriage. By the the time the girl completes her education and tries to explore a career her marriage gets fixed.
Marriage is one of the biggest dream for a girl. I know it's a dream for a guy to settle down too, but nothing much changes in his life apart from monetary responsibility and marital status. But for her the whole world changes starting from her name, her identity, family, career in some cases. Everything from A to Z changes and she is ready to face this side of world leaving everything behind .
There are two types of marriages – love marriage and arranged marriage.
In case of love marriage against parents' wishes it's difficult to get back the parents' trust or lean back on them during turbulence in marriage. Though in 90% of the cases the husband and wife sync with each other as its their love towards each other which resulted in this marriage. There are exceptional cases when the partners don't sync after their marriage too.
In arranged marriages it is not in between two people but it is in between two families. For two different individuals, it always takes time to sync, and sometimes life gives us the worst choices to choose from. If you both can handle the problem cleverly in between yourself it is good. But there are cases when the girl's world turns upside down due to mental torture by the husband, or too much involvement of other people in her married life, etc. Where should she go ?
No, right?! Her parents most of the time try to convince her by saying,"beta you should adjust dear, now that is your family, he is your husband, think about your future, your kids future," etc.
COMPROMISE is one word which they keep uttering in her ear. "There is a limit for everything mom and dad! I am fed up with all these crap. I have never seen this type of life before."
This one also they don't believe because their son is a gem to them and we girls do not have tendency to complain about each and every small issue to them from starting. They do not know what is going on inside the room between the couple. Even if you tell they don't believe in most cases because they have to support their son! It's their family pride.
Only the daughter in law is wrong here. Parents ask her to compromise and carry on, inlaws don't believe her words.
To whom should she tell her sorrows?
Whom should she consider as her family during this painful depressed period?
Her husband may be a good son, good brother, etc. but if he is not a good husband and is torturing her mentally where is the proof to prove his physic behavior?
Please listen to what your daughter or daughter in law says when she is really having some problem in her life.
No girl wants her marriage to end because of silly reasons. That is why she will not complain to you each and every time her husband fights with her.
You can't say it's your life and family matter and you should patch up among yourselves. The matter must have become worse. She must have tried her best. Things must have gone out of the limit – that is the reason she came to you for advice.
Leaving the marriage is not the solution to this problem but sit and listen to both the parties and find out a solution without bias.
Inlaws dear, don't put blame without knowing the truth on anybody. If you can't solve the matter don't make it worse by your assumptions.
We want our marriage to work by hook or by crook, we came to you as it has gone out of proportion. If you guys can handle it intelligently, great. Else your son's marriage will only become messier.
Don't depend on anyone … Try to be independent especially financially.
Don't leave your career for your family, strike a right balance between work and life.
Do not enter into parenthood if you both are not sure about your relationship. It will unnecessarily complicate your life.
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Very good points made here. Both arranged marriages and love marriages need lots of work and effort to be successful but they can be very meaningful,supportive and offer unmatched companionship too. It is important individuals know this fact BEFORE they marry. Each individual (not the parents) must know themselves and what they are looking for in a marriage BEFORE they marry. They must be able to mutually communicate these and also be willing to accommodate each others needs right from the start. Without this marriages will flounder and cause deep pain to those in it. The old ideas of unequal partnership in marriage are redundant especially when both partners are confident/educated/earning. The filmi notions of eternal and often materialistic romance we are fed by the media are absolutely rubbish and cause more confusion especially to young couples who haven't experienced the world. Pre-marriage counselling should become more of a norm before marriage and post marriage counselling too can help couples with a more suitable set of guidelines appropriate to the modern times.
Whatever written is one side of a coin there is another side also where a girl can ruin the peace in the family and can make it hell for both husband and inlaws.You cannot always blame inlaws and husband it also depwnds upon the girl if she wants to accept certain things or want to ruin the relation.I myself being a girl agree to your article but we often give benefit of doubt to girl and family but coouldbe other way round also.Think neutrally by not getting biased..
Kindly suggest , if a women is victim of brutalities . with two kids, now independent , have parents moral support.
Hi Shilpa, i read your article and the comments that have been already posted. As a women, can relate to the feelings too. Every relationship in life gets a bit complicated when one gets married and i feel it's for both sides, though yes more for a girl as we are more emotional and want all relationshipa to be at peace and at all times. I feel that when one wants parents to be involved, the cancer in the marital situation may hv been getting advanced to a crucial stage and hence parents shud not just think about what society will say, but shud think practically for the betterment of both kids. And yes, having kids in such worse times just with a hope to calm situation is a stupid advice and step. It will not only worsen the situation in hand but also will be injust to the little one who will become the dump bag of ur emotions. Great piece of emotions!
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Nails have several purposes. One of them is to protect the fingertips from getting hurt. Without them we would not be able to pick up and handle small objects or even scratch ourselves. As an additional purpose today nails are used to decorate our hands and are a big part of our image.
Nails are made out of a horny material (keratin). It is a special material, which also plays a role in the formation of skin and hair. The main components of the nail are: nail matrix, nail plate, nail crescent and nail membrane.
Nail matrix
This is the layer that contains the nerves, lymph and blood vessels which are very important for nourishing the nails. When cells in the nail matrix divide, they form the nail plate.
Nail plate
This is the sturdy and slightly bulging layer which we basically call a nail. It is formed when keratin produced in the nail matrix moves up to the top and hardens. The nail bed is right bellow the nail plate and serves to support the nail.
Nail crescent
This is the light, almost white arch at the base of the nail. It owes its color to the fact that it is not thoroughly attached to the tissue beneath it. The nail crescent connects the plate with the matrix.
Nail membrane
This membrane is a thin layer of skin from the finger which protects the nail matrix and the cells underneath the nail plate, which take part in the formation of the nail. The cuticle is part of this membrane and caring for it should be undertaken cautiously, because if the water resistant area under the skin is broken, this can lead to infection. The membrane should not be treated too often, whether by mechanical means (cutting and pushing) or by chemicals, because this can make your nails uneven.


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Experts say plan would also help protect Tibetan antelope in remote Qinghai
Chinese environmental engineers and activists are advocating the construction of a dam to prevent the loss of frozen soil in the Hoh Xil National Nature Reserve in Qinghai province, an isolated region in the northwestern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau that was added to UNESCO's World Heritage list in 2017.
The proposed dam would be near the reserve's Zunai Lake, a major breeding area for the Tibetan antelope, said Lu Shanlong, a researcher at the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation and a professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Aerospace Information Research Institute.
Lu, a wetlands expert, conducted a weeklong field study in the reserve in January, together with eight researchers, environmentalists and representatives of the reserve's administrative body. That study led to the dam proposal.
Lu said the dried-up floor of Zunai Lake-which was laid bare after the lake burst its bank in 2011-has become a main source of sandstorms, which in turn wreak havoc on the region's delicate and vulnerable ecology.
The proposed dam would help raise the lake's water to its original level and submerge its sandy rim, ultimately helping to rein in the sandstorms.
Lu said remedial action is urgently needed because of coming water runoff.
"If we fail to act in time, the coming summer could make Zunai's discharge opening bigger and pose a great challenge downstream," he said.
The Hoh Xil area has become warmer and wetter since the 1960s, which led to a significant expansion of Zunai Lake before the breakout eight years ago, according to experts.
The breakout followed heavy precipitation from May to September in 2011, and two earthquakes in the region two months earlier were suspected of triggering the collapse of the lake's bank.
The breakout led to loss of soil in the exposed lake bed and the expansion of three downstream lakes -Qusay, Haidingnuoer and Salt.
Those lakes' rising water levels have posed a danger to the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the highway and residents further downstream. Migration routes of Tibetan antelopes near Qusay Lake are also at risk of being cut off.
Zhou Jinfeng, the foundation's secretary-general, said the dam would regulate the amount of water rushing downstream and minimize such risks.
Qu Jianjun, a professor at the academy's Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, said sand control in the region is important because three rivers, including the Yangtze, China's longest, originate there.
"It is also the delivery room of the Tibetan antelope, and we cannot afford to let it develop on its own," he said, adding the project would be a good form of human intervention.


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Holding a Master's Degree in Physics from Kerala University, Kochi, India and a Masters in Business Administration from Cochin University, Kochi, India, T.V.N Kutty, IAL Group founder, has 33 years of professional experience in Banking and Shipping.
He started his career in 1972 as Probationary Officer with India's leading public sector bank, State Bank of India, and held managerial positions with the bank for 13 years in Industrial credit, Retail and International banking.
From 1985 to 1987, he continued to build his management career working with a reputed American shipping line in India – gaining valuable experience within the private sector.
In 1987, his career took an entrepreneurial turn when he jointly promoted Seacrest Shipping Services with a UK-based shipping company, to manage common carrier feeder services in India and the Middle East. When the contract with the UK principal expired in 1988, he continued to operate Seacrest through joint ventures.
Mr. Kutty has never looked back since then. In 1992, on expiry of Seacrest's joint venture contracts, he conceived and established IAL Container Line (UK) Ltd, spearheading the growth of the IAL Group. Today,he remains completely hands-on – running the business as an integral part of the group's Senior Management Team.


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They say money begets money. Nothing can explain this any better than a business where you need cash each day. On the flip side, it's the business that generates revenue and the same percolates to different hands such as the Federal Government, employees of a business, and the investors in the end. In short, without money, the successful run of a business is just impossible.
If you are in the City of Michigan, you have a good news for the business. The Michigan invoice factoring companies have brought in a sea change of doing business there. You will be happy to know that some invoice factoring companies can offer you up to 95% or more of the invoice value across the counter provided the clients have a sound financial standing and a good credit score in the market.
The impacts of Michigan invoice factoring companies:
- Instant cash that relieves you from the stress: You cannot deny the paramount role of money for everyday business. Therefore, every business has to carefully arrange fund in advance with a view to meeting its expenses such as the running of an office and at the same time, it has to keep appropriate provisions for paying the legal obligations such as the tax in time.
Interestingly, businesses that operate in B2B (business-to-business) environment are usually caught up in the delayed payment schedule that, at times, may take days and months. Hence, companies like the Michigan invoice factoring companies come to the best interest of the businesses in Michigan by discounting the invoices at a mutually agreed rate across the counter. In consequence, the businesses get access to the much-needed cash.
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Sunday, August 30, 2015
Kamarius - The Departure Words - with poems of Rabindranath Tagore
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This Spring I co-authored and published three short books to benefit the Choctaw-Apache. Two were cookbooks,
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Sunday, February 20, 2011
Coraline by Neil Gaiman (graphic novel)
Do you still remember the land between being a child and a young adult? The year or so just before puberty? Yes, this one is for kids, Neil Gaiman's Coraline. And yes, you all read it, I know. But darn this was a scary read for this adult reader, and I felt like I was back in that land again, mentioned above. Originally this is a novel, I am aware of that, but I read the graphic edition of it, adapted and illustrated by P. Craig Russel. Oh my...it was scary! I have to say that again.
Coraline and her slightly distanced mom and dad have just moved into an old house, which they share with other tenants. Coraline is bored, and her parents doesn't really help, only by suggesting boring things to do. They are not unloving, her parents, but seem more occupied with their own stuff. Just like I myself felt at that age (and maybe did at least until a year ago where my father died). So when Coraline discovers a door leading nowhere, her curiosity is immediately on high alert. Finally something is happening.
Even though she is told not to bother with the door, she still goes on and opens it one evening. And she is suprised. Behind the door is a parallel apartment just like her own. With a set of parallel parents. Even the other people living in her "real" house are there in their parallel "edition". At first it seems like a more ideal place to be. But only at first. Because something is off in a very bad way, and Coraline is quick to discover that when her first surprise has settled.
This graphic novel was full of gothic mysticism, and even though I was not breathless over the drawings, I was chilled, literally chilled, reading this story. So in one way or the other the drawing did have an effect on me. Those drawings - and the magnificent story of course - must have an even greater effect on a kid. Or maybe not...?
Perhaps Coraline's story is way more chilling for adults than for children? I don't know. I haven't read the "real" book, so I have no idea how close the graphic novel is to the original, but is you like a gothic story as much as the next person, I definitely recommend this one.
3 comments:
- Heidenkind said...
I haven't read the novel, but I saw the movie, and it was suuuuper creepy, too.
- Kailana said...
I am kinda intrigued by the graphic novel version. I read the novel version.
- Dorte H said...
Yes, I think some stories about puberty are more scary to adults than to the young people themselves. Puberty was such a scaring, daunting world! - I am happy that I escaped reasonably intact :D
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Andre Gray is relishing the chance to test himself against the best as the Clarets head to Arsenal in the Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round.
The 24-year-old helped see off promotion rivals Derby County on Monday with a goal from the penalty spot in the 4-1 victory.
And having netted his 17th goal of the season, the Championship's leading goalscorer is hoping to cap off a fine week with cup progression against the team he supported as a boy.
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A trip to the Emirates Stadium is perhaps particularly poignant for Gray after his meteoric rise from non-league to becoming one of the Championship's top marksmen.
He feels that his time in the lower echelons of English football helped shape the player he is today and now at Burnley, he is in the perfect place to try and fulfil his dream of playing in the top-flight.
Gray added: "I came to the right club at the right time and this is the perfect environment for me to kick on and do well.
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Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain
"Mildred Pierce had gorgeous legs, a way with a skillet, and a bone-deep core of toughness. She used those attributes to survive a divorce and poverty and to claw her way out of the lower middle class. But Mildred also had two weaknesses: a yen for shiftless men, and an unreasoning devotion to a monstrous daughter.
Out of these elements, Cain creates a novel of acute social observation and devastating emotional violence, with a heroine whose ambitions and sufferings are never less than recognizable."
James M. Cain is recognized today as a master of the hard-boiled American novel. What the heck is a hard-boiled novel you ask? Hard-boiled is genre of fiction, a literary style most commonly associated with detective stories, distinguished by the unsentimental portrayal of violence and sex. The style was pioneered by Carroll John Daly in the mid-1920s, popularized by Dashiell Hammett over the course of the decade, and refined by Raymond Chandler beginning in the late 1930s.
I loved the book but occasionally, I want to reach through the pages, grab Mildred by her shoulders, and shake some sense into her! I definitely intend to read more of Cain's work. He also wrote The Postman Always Rings Twice and I've already added it to my to-read list. If you intend to read this book you should keep in mind that it was first published in 1941 and it is about life in the depression, so the language used is quite different. I loved that it was written from a third person point of view. Lately almost everything I read is in first person pov so it was a nice change.
I think Cain did an excellent job of portraying Mildred as a woman who would do whatever she needed to do to give her children the best, whether or not it was actually the best for them. A lot of men try to write stories from a female point of view and fail miserably. Mildred is an enabler of the first degree but she can cook and bake better than anyone in Glendale, CA. Not to mention she's apparently got sweet legs. She's a strong woman, stronger than she gives herself credit for I think, but she can't seem to grasp the one thing she wants most.
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Decided why not, i seem to have an urge to sample games that i know i wont stick around in, this use to be a game that at least some people were interested in...then *poof* went the hype and players it seems.
Apparenly webzen is hosting, downloaded the client...unable to start it. Oh its one of those "what the F were they smoking" ideas where they decided "lets have our players log into our website to play"...great.
First it asks me to install a browser addon to start...despite having the client ready to go...then it doesnt start after i install the browser add-on...which was a pain to remove.
Gave it a few tries, reinstalled ect. Game wont start -> uninstalled.
I mean really...why do some of these cruddy games that are hurting for players make it unreasonably difficult for a new player to play? Why cant i just click on the client and play? That should work...
Anyway...i see this game is very popular here /s just in case anyone decides to give the game a quick try, it was a total pain to get running, makes you install a hack shield you never heard of with an icon of a "spy" guy with a magnifying glass that makes no attempt to hide that its spying on you...and forces a web browser addon...and even then it doesnt start.


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How will Doug Ford govern?
With a week left before he's sworn in, the most crucial, and also the most elusive, question right now is what will be the form of leadership Ford brings to his new position.
Will he adopt a Trumpian style, peddling a politics of lies, braggadocio, and vengefulness while ensuring that the floor is always tilting this way and that to keep both enemies and friends off balance?
Will he adopt the Beverley Hillbillies style — all insularity and doofus-like mistrust of elites — that characterized the chaotic term that he and his late brother spent atop the civic bureaucracy?
Or will he reveal something as yet unknown (or at least unobserved) in his notion of governing, one that is discernibly tactical and more demonstrably team-oriented than everything in his career to date might have indicated?
Let me begin with number two. I have no special insight into Ford's personality and thinking, but it seems pretty obvious to me that in some important ways, he's not going to be quite like the guy who was always looking over Rob's shoulder between 2010 and 2014.
For those of us who had ring-side seats to the Ford Family Circus, it was clear the brothers had an intensely complex and somewhat destructive relationship, one marked by jealousy and oneupsmanship but also an almost impenetrable form of group think. They egged each other on relentlessly – John and Bobby, but on the other end of the ideological spectrum. On numerous occasions, Doug was also clearly trying to outflank or humiliate Rob; indeed, the power-dynamic between the two was never more evident than the fateful day when the mayor revealed his crack problem in a scrum held while Doug was out of the building.
The clannishness of the Ford family remains in tact. But I do think it's relevant that Ford will not spend long days in the company of a politically like-minded sibling whom he both admired and resented.
Yes, the Office of the Premier of Ontario will be well stocked with ideologues and sycophants and know-nothings. But no one will quite fill Rob's unique role.
Absent the Rob echo chamber, Ford's circle of advisors will be institutionally wider. He will have a cabinet and a secretary of the cabinet (correction from earlier version). He will also preside over a large caucus, to half of whom (the 905ers) he owes his victory.
Ford's team, in fact, includes a growing contingent of people with serious experience in government, especially Stephen Harper's Ottawa, according to The Globe and Mail. Besides figures like Christine Elliott, Parm Gill and Vic Fedelli and transition team member John Baird, I'd also expect that the new Ajax MPP Rod Phillips, the horse-whisperer (chief of staff) in Mel Lastman's frequently gong-show-ish administration, will have a key role, not least because he's worked closely with both John Tory and Liberal finance minister Bill Morneau.
It's entirely possible that Ford will surround himself with good-ole'-boys and sideline the more moderate characters in his caucus. It's also possible that he'll put the big names in the cabinet but then either undermine or ignore them, opting instead to prime the populist pump or egg on the social conservatives.
Still, I think the insularity that the Brothers Ford created for themselves at City Hall will simply be more difficult to attain in a setting like Queen's Park, where the apparatus of government is so much vaster and more intricate.
All of this is entirely theoretical, and Ford's early moves provide little evidence of a clear pattern. I found it interesting and salient that he moved quickly to publicly support Justin Trudeau when Trump attacked him at and after the G7. It was a show of intentional solidarity that, to my ear, suggests he had consulted with the Tories in Ottawa and elsewhere who have set aside partisan differences with the Liberals in order to show a united front in the face of sobering trade threats.
At the same time, he quickly sent some love towards the social conservatives in the caucus by foregrounding his plan to overhaul the province's apparently Sodom and Gomorrah-like sex education curriculum. He has also demonstrated the coy, dog-whistle homophobia that marked Rob's tenure in the mayor's office.
It's also possible to see Ford's showy bid to both cancel the province's cap-and-trade as evidence of a denier's view on climate change, and perhaps a clue that he's going to follow Trump's lead and make its his mission to undo much of what Kathleen Wynne achieved in office.
I have every confidence that significant elements of her record will be both dismantled or lustily disparaged, with the climate change moves as Exhibit A. But Ford's campaign pledge to cancel Ontario's system and slash gas taxes also reminds me a lot of one of Rob's signature moves – the cancelation of the $60 vehicle registration tax.
The Fords, it seems to me, have a laser-precise sense of how to re-cast an ordinary car-related irritant – e.g., the regular visit to the gas pump or an annual vehicle levy – as a symbol of government over-reach. I'm sure he spends very little time pondering climate change, but I wouldn't be surprised either to see him turn up some day at the ribbon-cutting for some flashy, job-creating green energy plant. Rather, what Ford knows is that a pocket-book gesture like a 10-cent/litre reduction in gas taxes will drop a whole lot of capital into his political piggy bank.
It's also true that such moves don't necessarily lead to backsliding when it comes to climate change. When the Fords iced the VRT, the provincial government was more than happy to fill the tax room with steadily rising registration fees (the provincial rate has more than doubled since the early 2010s, with such revenues helping to finance the province's transit construction efforts).
Likewise, as the Toronto Star's Martin Regg Cohn pointed out over the weekend, the feds can step in and fill the breach with their own carbon tax if the Ford government pulls the plug. In other words, Ford is feathering his political bed by playing jurisdictional whack-a-mole with Ottawa, a time-honoured form of chicken that's long gone on between Canada's orders of government.
In short, the carbon tax ball is in the feds court. But Ford hasn't yet discovered just how aggressively he can play his hand. After all, in the tariff war with the U.S., Canadian governments can use the tariff revenues to compensate industries hit by the U.S. ones. Quebec recently announced it would help its affected businesses, which puts Ford on notice at a time when he's probably not looking for new ways to spend. In short, he may need to be a bit circumspect in his dealing with the federal Liberals, who are in a position to offer some of that relief.
It's anyone's guess as to how this chess game plays out, and who emerges with the upper hand. We'll all know more when he names his cabinet, and what else he plans to do beyond the four big election promises. For me, the most salient clues about his eventual style of governing will be found in the make up of his cabinet as well as the degree to which he sees his majority as a mandate to erase Wynne's record.
Then we'll have an answer to the other urgent question, which is whether Ontario's got a made-in-Canaa Trump on its hands or someone more like Stephen Harper.


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