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Read: Life at war, to be born on the wrong side of tracks.[Mohamed's fight 1/4]
Threatened in Iraq, Mohamed Al Lami and his family left a beautiful house and a prosperous job in Baghdad to begin an extremely rough journey toward Europe. This story is not a complaint, rather it's a reminder: what would you do tomorrow to save your own family?
On the April 13, 2015, we fled to Turkey. We flew from Baghdad to Ankara, and we stayed one year in a small village near the capital. It was a place named Kuri Küla. I choose this village because staying in the capital was too expensive. I found a small apartment. My wife gave birth there. We had a second, beautiful daughter: Leen.
After that, I started to seek asylum from the United Nations (UNHCR). Getting an asylum could be summed up with one word: waiting. First, you have to queue for hours to put your name on a file. Next to you, hundreds of people from multiple countries are going through the same process. Once your name has been give to the authorities, you get a piece of paper that grants you an appointment for registration. Then you wait again: one, two, three months. Years. My appointment was for 2022.
And every single day, you have to eat, drink, raise your kids, make them feel like life is going fine, hide your anxiety, and accept that being a migrant puts you in a position in which people will always try to take advantage of you. Many people see the migrant crisis as a business opportunity, especially regarding rent prices. My rent was 300 Turkish Lira but for migrants, it could bump up to 600, 700. And you will have to give a ridiculously high deposit and sign a one-year contract. You might have to leave after a few months, and the landlord will not give you any money back. But what can you do?
As a migrant in Turkey, I was not allowed to have a proper job. We couldn't have bank cards either. And if I wanted to get my Iraqi money, the only choice I had was to go back in Iraq and get some in person. Maybe someone can do it for you once, but not twice. And I had many many expenses. Vaccinations, food, things for the babies. With about 230 Turkish Lira ($100 US), I had enough to pay for one and a half bottles of milk for the babies. The thing is, in Turkey, they encourage natural breastfeeding. Since my wife couldn't breastfeed anymore, I had to buy those formulas. So I worked, but it was undeclared. I cleaned dishes for the most part but the pay was very low. I was insulted so many times. But when you are illegally moonlighting, when you have no proper work contract, the only solution you have is to smile or leave.
The situation wasn't sustainable. We were barely surviving. We were struggling every day for nothing but pain and anxiety. The only solution we found was to go to Europe. And for this, we had to cross the sea. Not an easy decision to take when you personally know people that drown trying to do so. When you want to cross the sea, you have multiple choices. For 800 euros, you can embark on a an inflatable boat. For 1200 euros, you get a fast jet boat trip. We paid 2000 euros each to cross on a yacht, which was the safest way.
We left our Kuri Küla apartment to reach Izmir by the sea. We stayed in a hotel for weeks, waiting to be smuggled out of the country. At that time, there was a smugglers' war: they were facing a very hard time with the police. The sea weather was awful, and thus a boat trip had been disastrous. So, not a good time for the smugglers' reputation. Our smuggler, the one that was supposed to help us go away, also had his own problems with rivalries. To sum it up, we arrive at the worst possible time.
We stayed in that hotel in Izmir so long that the owners, a lovely Turkish couple, one time joked, "When you got here, your daughter couldn't even walk. Now she runs everywhere." This couple had really become our friends. Every night, we would kiss them goodbye, just in case we had to leave for Europe during the night. And every night, they would say, "We hope we don't see you guys in the morning!"
In the hotel, there was also this old lady from the Netherlands. She stayed a long time as well, so I tried to befriend her. But she didn't seem very keen on becoming friends with somebody that was obviously a migrant. One time she told me, "If you go to Netherlands, please don't go to Amsterdam. There are too many refugees there. Just pick another city."
One night, the smuggler came to us and said, "Tonight is the night. Leave everything behind. Only a backpack and no life jacket, you will never need it." We took a bus and drove for three hours on abandoned roads free of houses.
The bus finally stopped, we walked for fifteen minutes. There was no moon. No light. I couldn't see my hands. The road was full of holes and stones. I wouldn't call this a nice walk by the sea. I could hear the sound of waves lapping though.
We got to a wild beach, full of sharp stones. The smuggler we knew, and some of his peers were there. "The yacht we are heading at is offshore," they said. We were given small inflatable boats, made for two people. The smuggler asked people to go five by five in these boats. Somebody threw a big rope from the yacht, and we were supposed to drag ourselves.
My family and I embarked in one of these, and started to pull ourselves along the rope. We were the first ones to try this dangerous adventure. I was carrying one kid, Maryam was carrying the other one. A minute or two of us dragging together along the rope and it broke.
So there we were at the mercy of these ghastly waves. As far as we were concerned, we couldn't do much but pray. For several minutes we wait for somebody to come and rescue us. But none of the 55 people standing on the coast moved. We couldn't even shout in order to get someone save us: doing so would have put everyone at risk of being spotted by the Turkish authorities.
We had no choice then, so we tried to reach the coast again. It was very hard because the stormy water kept pulling us back from the coast. I was exhausted and the sea was making a fool of me. Around the lifeboat were sharp and slippery rocks you have to walk on in order to reach the beach. I was carrying my baby in my arms. There is no doubt that if I fell even one time, it would have killed her. But I couldn't leave her in the little boat, it was even more risky. My wife wouldn't have been able to keep both of the kids' heads above water if it capsized.
In the end, I couldn't tell how, I managed to get on these perilous rocks and get everyone back to the beach. I wore some Nike sneakers at that time. I still have them. They're my lucky shoes.
Back on the beach, my wife yelled at people, "You look at a family with babies facing an awfully dangerous situation and you do nothing? Shame on you all!" But you know what? I think nobody heard her. People were shocked, desperate, absorbed by prayers maybe.
After a while, the smugglers finally managed to take everybody to the yacht via another smaller, motorized boat. We all embarked on a 12 meters, 3 floors yacht. This boat could have belonged to some starlet. The smuggler needed to burnish his image, so he had pulled out all the stops!
But beyond the luxurious frame, I am not sure I would call this experience a fancy cruise. We were 55 people in one small room with all the windows closed and the lights off. There was no air and it was very hot. The boat captain, a Turkish man, was drunk. Nobody in its right mind would do something like this in a sober state. If he was caught in the act, he would have been sentenced to death.
The sea was very wild between Turkey and Greece. We knew that the boat could flip easily. My younger girl slept the whole time. However, Shams the elder one, was terrified. The boat was lifting off from the water and hitting the wave. She couldn't prevent herself from screaming.
Fortunately, the trip was pretty fast. It took us two and a half hours to reach the Greek coast. But physically, the most difficult part was going to be getting out of the boat.
When we reached the coast in Greece, smugglers just told us to go: "That's Greece, jump now." Usually, people just swim up to the beach. But some of us couldn't. The sea was very choppy. And how were we supposed to swim with a 40 day old baby and her 4 years older sister anyway?
Quickly, the captain got impatient, not to say mad. He began to push people off the boat. He was yelling in Turkish "Chabuk! Chabuk!" meaning "Faster! Faster".
Some smugglers managed to give people the same inflatable boats I dealt with earlier. But people were still supposed to jump from the yacht to the tiny boat. My wife took Shams and jumped. Everybody left.
At some point, I was the only one left on the boat. I had my tiny 40 day old baby girl in my arms – she never really left me during the whole trip. The captain was out of patience. He started the engine and began his way back to Turkey.
At some point I just told myself, "Mohamed, right now your wife and kid are alone on a Greek beach. If you do nothing, you lose them." So I spotted a remaining inflatable boat, ran, closed my eyes, and jumped. It was a two second-ten meters jump and probably the biggest adrenaline shot of my life. I landed in the middle of the boat, right on my back, so my daughter didn't get hurt.
When I reached to beach. I noticed my wife was sitting there, apart from the group. She was crying. She said, "The boat was leaving. I thought I had lost you."
The beach we had arrived at was located on a Island called Kalymnos, close to the Turkish city of Bodrum. It's not a very popular island for refugees like Lesbos, it is more of a touristic one. So coastguards don't check the whole coast everyday. It was 3 in the morning. We were surrounded by mountains, so we were blocked and couldn't do much more than wait. Some strong migrants – mostly men – managed to climb the mountains. As far as my family and twenty others were concerned, we were just waiting, again, for something to happen. My youngest daughter was so wet. A kind, tall woman gave us a blanket to wrap her in. We also made a big fire.
I spent the night trying to call the Greek authorities to have them pick us up. I finally managed to speak with them. I even gave them my GPS location. But nothing happened. We didn't eat anything. Kids were very thirsty. With a bunch of people, we searched the beach area looking for some water and food. And we found some in a small shack! In it, there was a lot of water with an indication, "drinking water." I couldn't believe it. We found some food as well, but it was hot outside and partially deteriorated. I still wonder how these provisions got there.
The person who saved us the day after was a fisherman. That man was coming to the beach everyday to take migrants on his boat from the beach to a place they could ask for asylum. He took us to a small fishing port, where we stopped for a well deserved lunch. Then, we took a bus to the police station. At the station, three hundred people were waiting. Some other migrants, mostly Syrians, also arrived at this island the same day. Kalymnos's inhabitants were very kind in general. They offered food and clothes; they really wanted to help but they also were very poor. The economic crisis didn't spare them, so they couldn't do much for us. But I won't forget the humanity I found there. I won't forget that hot, sunny day, when my younger daughter was wearing only diapers and looked quite fragile. Every minute, a Greek stopped me to ask if she needed milk or food.
The funny thing is, most of the migrants there did not speak English, so I became a partner of choice for the authorities of the island. To deal with people as efficiently as possible, they needed somebody to translate from Arabic to English. That ability of mine drove them to treat my family and I as special guests. Nevertheless, I spent so much time helping them to deal with other migrants, we missed the boat that was supposed to take us to Athens. The officers were embarrassed, the next boat wasn't to come to Kalymnos before a few days. We decide to fly to Athens instead.
We got to Athens in the afternoon. It was very difficult to find a hotel there. We ended up in a disgusting prostitution hotel, in a neighborhood called Omonoia. Some old women were standing in front of it, obviously soliciting. They were four rooms in the hotel. Three were dedicated to sexual intercourse, one was supposed to stay clean. We stayed there for five days.
At that time, we had two choices: leave Athens by airplane or leave Athens on our feet. Walking meant harassment, robbery, police, and days and days of physical exhaustion. To figure out our possibilities, I communicated with a smuggler I found on a Facebook page. He stared at me and my family. "Well, you speak English. Your girls have light hair. Let's try something," and he sold me fake Italian residents cards. So we became Maria, Brenda, Antonio and Angelica.
Early the next morning, we left for the International airport of Athens. We passed all the checkpoints smoothly. In that case, it was pure luck: most of people try five or six times. In the airplane, there was a Syrian family. Obviously they were migrants as well. I was very nervous. The little girl they had with them was running in the airplane, and soon the flight attendant suspected something. The girl's mother was wearing a hijab, they didn't look comfortable: with the migration crisis, who they were was obvious. Soon, the plane landed at Charleroi, Belgium, and the attendant called security. I was still sitting in the plane when I saw these two policemen on the tarmac, walking in our direction.
They asked for our ID. I spoke English with them, explaining I was a tourist. But you can't be lucky every time: the officer was Italian! After a few routine questions, he figured out I was lying. I told him we were coming from Iraq and looking for refuge. I saw a light in his eye. He took a few selfies with our ID: I was his first catch ever and that selfie was a trophy.
We were arrested there. To top it off, we didn't even plan to stay in Belgium. We were heading to Finland. Finland is cold, dark and far away, but in terms of education, it would have been a very good place for our kids.
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Read: Life at war, to be born on the wrong side of tracks. [Mohamed's fight 1/4] and It might be trivial objects for you: for us, it's life insurance. [Mohamed's fight 3/4]
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One prayer or Christmas wish that has been on my heart this season is for Catholics and other Christians to realize the importance of using their voices to challenge the agenda of the mainstream media. I am not just referring to the news media, but the mass media in general – including the TV networks, advertising industry, the music business, along with the powers that be in Hollywood that work so hard to grab our attention and our hard earned money while spewing out material that is often contrary to our faith. Lately there has been a laundry list of new studies confirming the attacks Christians are facing from the culture. Whether it's a report on the long term effects of violent video games on teens or a Parents TV Council analysis revealing an increase in harsh profanity on prime time broadcast television, the media landscape looks pretty grim.
No doubt that trying to monitor all the messages and images that are fed to families through the radio, TV, movies, music, newspapers, and magazines could easily end up being a full time job. But it's important not to feel hopeless. We do have more influence than we realize but most important is taking a stand for what is right and good.
Take for example the case involving a listener of mine from Flint, Michigan. It was two years ago during Advent that this concerned grandmother learned about the atheist agenda behind the "Golden Compass" books and movie. She was appalled to discover that the books were being sold at her grandchildren's Catholic school.
She had no idea the ripple effect her steps would have, she just felt compelled to do something.
This woman did her homework, gathered her information and started by informing the school about author Phillip Pullman and his attempts to use the books and movie by the same name to attack the Catholic Church and promote atheism. Her activism not only prompted changes at the school level but also led to interviews with the local newspaper and television station. You may recall that because of other individual grassroots efforts like this, the "Golden Compass" film bombed at the box office and book sales were also greatly impacted.
Another listener contacted me to explain how she was canceling her daughter's subscription to a popular teen magazine after its November issue promoted birth control and sexual promiscuity. The article even went as far as to list the contact information for Planned Parenthood. The teen publication was being sold through the school system, so she also contacted the school, canceled her daughter's subscription, and then told the magazine the reason why her daughter wouldn't be getting the magazine any longer. So far she hasn't heard back from the editor but she told me that what really mattered to her was taking the time to express her concerns.
Neither of these ladies were politicians or presidents of a large activist groups. They were simply active citizens willing to take a stand. In the end, while the change they prompted was very affirming, at the top of their list was their desire to speak out even if it meant being that lone voice in the wilderness.
As Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta said, "God doesn't expect us to be successful, only faithful." I think we would all be a lot merrier this Christmas if we too would take the time out to be faithful and speak up for Godly principles and traditional values. What a gift for our families this season, especially the Holy Family.
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Every season, a handful of NHL players go through a breakout season, meaning they perform or produce at a level which exceeds anything they have done in their professional career up to that point. It can sometimes come in the form of an offensive explosion, such as with New Jersey forward David Clarkson, who after never scoring more than 17 goals in an NHL season now has 26. Or, it can come in the form of an expanded role, such as with Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh, who is playing over 25 minutes a night in only his second season of NHL play.
Below are the top three breakout performances in the Atlantic Division.
David Clarkson, RW, New Jersey Devils: Up until this season, Clarkson was known more for his toughness and fighting ability than his goal-scoring prowess. In fact, in his first two seasons in the NHL, he had more fights (41) than he did goals (26). He would occasionally see time on the power play, typically to provide a goalmouth presence, but would otherwise play in the bottom-six as an energy player.
That seems like a long time ago as, now in his fifth NHL season, the 27-year-old Clarkson has become not only an indispensable part of the Devils powerplay and top-nine, but also one of the premiere power forwards in the NHL. He leads all Devils forwards in hits (114), is tied for second on the team with goals (26), and leads the team with six game-winners.
Clarkson is signed through the 2012-13 season on what now seems like a bargain at 2.67 million dollars a season.
Ryan McDonagh, D, New York Rangers: Acquired in the now infamous Scott Gomez trade, Ryan McDonagh has quickly developed into an important player for the New York Rangers.
Now in his second season of NHL play (he appeared in 40 games in 2011-10), McDonagh has managed six goals and 18 assists through 65 games. More impressively, he has averaged 25:07 of ice time per game, placing McDonagh 11th in the NHL in that category.
McDonagh's progress has been very important to the Rangers as the organization entered the regular season missing defensive stalwart Marc Staal to post-concussion syndrome. The former first-round pick of the Montreal Canadiens has been typically deployed on the top defensive unit alongside veteran Dan Girardi.
Only 22-years-old, McDonagh should only get better with time, and could very well develop into one of the best two-way defensemen in the NHL.
P.A. Parenteau, RW, New York Islanders: Considered a career minor-leaguer at age 27, the Islanders made a fairly low-risk signing when they inked Parenteau to a one-year deal in 2010. The winger rewarded the Islanders faith with a 53-point season in 2010-11, earning Parenteau a one-year contract extension.
With 15 goals and 44 assists in 66 games, Parenteau has not only already surpassed his prior season offensive totals, but has also established himself as one of the better all-around wingers in the NHL. He is currently ranked 20th overall in the NHL in points and second on the Islanders.
Parenteau's contract will be up at the end of the season, and he will likely seek a considerable raise on the $1.25 million he is making this year. There seems to be at least an outside chance he will re-sign with the Islanders.
Atlantic Division Notes
New Jersey Devils – The Devils recalled center Brad Mills from the AHL Tuesday though he did not dress. A physical, energy forward, the 28-year-old Mills has been in the Devils minor-league system since 2007.
New York Islanders – The Islanders will visit the Devils tonight in the second of a three-game set they have played with New Jersey. The series will wrap up Saturday in Long Island. Forward Josh Bailey will look to extend his streak of four goals in four games tonight.
New York Rangers – The Rangers visit the Ottawa Senators tonight in the third of their four game season series. The Rangers so far are 1-1-1 against the Senators, 0-1-1 at home and 1-0 on the road.
Philadelphia Flyers – The Flyers will meet the Panthers tonight for their third of four meetings this season. The Flyers won the two previous meetings, the most recent one a 3-2 shootout win on January 24th. Forward Jakub Voracek, who was the recipient of a vicious hit on Tuesday, could suit up for tonight's game, though he is reported to have a sore neck.
Pittsburgh Penguins – Backup goaltender Brad Thiessen gave starter Marc-Andre Fleury a rare rest last night when he started in net against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Thiessen blocked 22 of 24 shots en route to the Penguins seventh win in a row and the second of Thiessen's career. The Penguins have the longest active winning streak in the NHL right now.


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I am tired.
Andy is having a hard time at school-- again and still. Last week was good but this week Joey started there and I have to wonder if that change isn't screwing with his behavior. As long as I get bad reports from the school-- he's screaming, not cooperating, whatever, he gets no time on the computer at night. I don't really know what else to do but to keep reinforcing that he needs to listen to his teachers and not scream at them.
Joey is doing well. They're trying to potty train him, hard core style. They asked us to put him in underpants and bring in extra sets of pants. I am all for them doing the work on this one. Wayne ran out last night and bought underwear for my little guy. He's getting so big so quickly! He's developing quite the sense of humor. I love it.
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After GauguinPosted: July 6, 2015 Filed under: Art, Fashion, Photography | Tags: Arthur Elgort, fashion photography, fashion shoot, Gauguin, Harper's Bazaar, Liya Kebede, Naomi Campbell, Noa Noa, Paul Gauguin, Peter Lingbergh, South Pacific, Tahiti, vogue Leave a comment
Two fashion shoots with the exotic taste of Gauguin
"All her traits combined in a Raphaelesque harmony by the meeting of curves. Her mouth had been modeled by a sculptor who knew how to put into a single mobile line a mingling of all joy and all suffering.
I worked in haste and passionately, for I knew that the consent had not yet been definitely gained. I trembled to read certain things in these large eyes–fear and the desire for the unknown, the melancholy of bitter experience which lies at the root of all pleasure, the involuntary and sovereign feeling of being mistress of herself. Such creatures seem to submit to us when they give themselves to us; yet it is only to themselves"
Extract from Noa Noa by Paul Gauguin
1. Peter Lindbergh shoots Naomi Cambell for Harper's Bazaar, 1992
2. Arthur Elgort shoots Liya Kebede for Vogue
Elephants and DiorPosted: June 3, 2013 Filed under: Art, Fashion, Photography | Tags: age, beauty, captivity, circus, Dior, dovima with elephants, elephants, fashion, fashion photography, fine art, freedom, Harper's Bazaar, Richard Avedon, youth, Yves Saint-Laurent 1 Comment
Fashion meets circus act in this 1950s Dior shoot by Richard Avedon. Aside from the elegant pose and fantastic elephants, the images have become iconic for their representation of contrasts: youth and age, strength and frailty, grace and awkwardness, freedom and captivity. These images were considered revolutionary when they were first published in 1955, they exceeded the realm of fashion photography and were elevated into fine art.


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South Africa's ruling ANC passes controversial secrecy law
REPORTING FROM JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA -- South Africa's ruling African National Congress government overwhelmingly passed a secrecy law Tuesday, ignoring months of protests from activists and editors and criticism from two Nobel laureates.
Critics said the law, which makes it illegal to reveal state secrets, will have a chilling effect on whistle-blowers and investigative journalism. Their main complaint is that the measure doesn't allow a legal defense for acting in the public interest in exposing a secret, for example by revealing criminality, corruption or incompetence on the part of officials or the government.
Instead, anyone revealing a state secret faces up to 25 years in jail.
Activists supporting transparency and freer access to government information wore black Tuesday, in protest against the vote by the ANC-dominated parliament.
The ANC argued it had to update apartheid-era laws on state secrecy and rejected criticisms that its own measure was not much better than that of the white supremacists.
Desmond Tutu, retired Anglican archbishop of Cape Town and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, called the law an insult to South Africans that would make the state accountable only to the state.
Nadine Gordimer, a Nobel Literature Prize laureate, also criticized the law.
A onetime minister in former President Nelson Mandela's Cabinet, Jay Naidoo, said he was disturbed by the "battering ram" approach by ruling party lawmakers. He told South African media that the struggle against apartheid was a struggle for all people to have a voice, a principle that shouldn't be betrayed.
Mandela's foundation said the law's shortcomings were not difficult to resolve. It said the bill should focus on whether any harm was done through releasing a secret, not merely the fact that secret information was released.
The foundation also called for moves to narrow the grounds on which information could be classified as a state secret. Information should not be classified secret if the public interest outweighed the possible damage to state security, it said.
Opponents of the law have foreshadowed a legal challenge in the constitutional court, the country's highest court on constitutional issues.
Hugh Grant alleges British tabloid hacked his phone
Egypt's military rulers agree to speed up handover of power
Iranian police raid offices of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's press aide
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Photo: Retired archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu said the new state secrecy law was an insult to South Africans and would make the state accountable only to the state. Credit: Mark Wessels / Reuters


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We are living in an age of breakdown, confusion and exciting new life. To learn to be empowered, takes a willingness to break out of beliefs, boundaries, expectations and fears and awaken to freedom of who you are, in all of your precious glory.
It's time for action. Everyday more fear is vibrating along with anger and mental imbalance in many people. We can learn from and eliminate fear and make it work for us, and also affect positive change on the planet.
It is important to learn to discern, trust and know the real from the ideal, and how to navigate our lives in a powerful, true way. It is easier to break out of the lies by being neutral. Fear only has power because we have believed and been paralyzed by it, instead of seeing the illusion that it is.
Fear is not an emotion, it is an energy that we have been trained to follow and entertain as real. Like the Elephant who is trained to be afraid to pull out of a short rope tied to a stake in the ground, fear is an illusion that we have been trained to stay tied to instead of break through in our life.
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Damon Runyon (October 4, 1884 - December 10, 1946) was a newspaperman and writer.
He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era. He spun tales of gamblers, petty thieves, actors and gangsters; few of whom go by "square" names, preferring instead to be known as "Nathan Detroit", "Big Jule", "Harry the Horse", "Good Time Charlie", "Dave the Dude", and so on. To New Yorkers of his generation, a "Damon Runyon character" evoked a distinctive social type from the Brooklyn or Midtown demi-monde; this type is also commonly refrered to today as "Runyonesque", though not limited to just people. These stories were written in a very distinctive vernacular style: a mixture of formal speech and colorful slang, always in present tense, and always devoid of contractions.
Here is an example from the story "Tobias the Terrible", collected in More than Somewhat (1937):
The musical Guys and Dolls was based two Runyon stories, "The Idyll Of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure"; the play Little Miss Marker grew from his short stories.
He was born Alfred Damon Runyan in Manhattan, Kansas, and grew up in Pueblo, Colorado, where Runyon Field and Runyon Lake are named after him. He was a third-generation newspaperman, and started in the trade under his father in Pueblo. He worked for various newspapers in the Rocky Mountain area; at one of those, the spelling of his last name was changed from "Runyan" to "Runyon", a change he let stand. After a notable failure in trying to organize a Colorado minor baseball league, Runyon moved to New York City in 1910. For the next ten years he covered the New York Giants and professional boxing for the New York American. In his first New York byline, the American editor dropped the "Alfred", and the name "Damon Runyon" appeared for the first time.
A heavy drinker as a young man, he seems to have quit the bottle soon after arriving in New York, after his drinking nearly cost him the courtship of the woman who became his first wife, Ellen Egan. He remained a heavy smoker.
His best friend was mafia accountant Otto Berman, and he incorporated Berman into several of his stories under the alias "Regret." When Berman was killed in a hit on Berman's boss, Dutch Schultz, Runyon quickly assumed the role of damage control for his deceased friend, correcting erroneous press releases (including one that stated Berman was one of Schultz's gunman, to which Runyon replied, Otto would have been as effective a bodyguard as a two year old.)
Runyon frequently contributed sports poems to the American on boxing and baseball themes, and also wrote numerous short stories and essays. He was the Hearst newspapers' baseball columnist for many years, beginning in 1911, and his knack for spotting the eccentric and the unusual, on the field or in the stands, is credited with revolutionising the way baseball was covered. Perhaps as confirmation, Runyon was inducted into the writers' wing (the J.G. Taylor Spink Award) of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967. He is also a member of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame and is known for dubbing heavyweight champion James J. Braddock the Cinderella Man.
Gambling was a common theme of Runyon's works, and he was a notorious gambler himself. A well-known saying of his paraphrases Ecclesiastes: "The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet."
Runyon's marriage to Ellen Egan produced two children (Mary and Damon, Jr.) and broke up in 1928 over rumours that Runyon had become infatuated with a Mexican girl he had first met while covering the Pancho Villa raids in 1916 and discovered once again in New York, when she called the American seeking him. Runyon had promised her in Mexico that, if she would complete the education he paid for for her, he would find her a dancing job in New York. Her name was Patrice Amati del Grande, and she became his companion after he separated from his wife. After Ellen Runyon died of the effects of her own drinking problem, Runyon and Patrice married. Though Runyon forged a better relationship with his children, the marriage ended when Patrice left him for a younger man in the same year he died of throat cancer, 1946.
He died in New York City from cancer in 1946 and was interred in the Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York. The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, established in his honor, was set up to fund promising scientists in the field of cancer research.
The Tents of Trouble (Poems; 1911)
Rhymes of the Firing Line (1912) Guys and Dolls (1932)
Damon Runyon's Blue Plate Special (1934)
Money From Home (1935)
More Than Somewhat (1937)
Furthermore (1938)
Take It Easy (1938)
My Wife Ethel (1939)
My Old Man (1939)
The Best of Runyon (1940)
A Slight Case of Murder (with Howard Lindsay, 1940)
Damon Runyon Favorites (1942)
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker (with W. Kiernan, 1942) Runyon a la Carte (1944)
The Damon Runyon Omnibus (1944)
Short Takes (1946)
In Our Town (1946)
The Three Wise Guys and Other Stories (1946)
Trials and Other Tribulations (1947)
Poems for Men (1947)
Runyon First and Last (1949)
Runyon on Broadway (1950)
More Guys and Dolls (1950)
The Turps (1951)
Damon Runyon from First to Last (1954)
A Treasury of Damon Runyon (1958)
The Bloodhounds of Broadway and Other Stories (1985)
Guys, Dolls, and Curveballs: Damon Runyon on Baseball (2005; Jim Reisler, editor)
Numerous Damon Runyon stories were adapted for the stage and the screen. Some of the best of these include:
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There have been some interesting developments in the area of private fleet and for-hire carrier operations over the past few years. We have seen a significant increase in customer interest in solutions that integrate the planning and execution functions of shipments. Previously, most private fleet operating businesses we had talked to viewed the fleet as a separately managed entity that was typically focused on outbound distribution. In some cases, the fleet would have static backhauls for inbound goods. For-hire carriers were typically managed by a different team. Integrating the planning and execution of private fleet and for-hire raises some interesting challenges. While the objective is usually to provide the lowest cost of delivery, success demands that integration must encompass delivery training needs, equipment, special services, etc. The requirements for pricing, planning, and executing private fleet and for-hire assets however usually involve a very different information and business process. Unifying the data and business processes for effective control without becoming overwhelmed by complexity is a significant challenge. Before examining how the challenges can be addressed, it is important to first look at the various considerations that must be taken into account.
Assets Versus Agreements
When addressing effective private fleet operations, managers must consider such elements as asset utilization, driver and vehicle availability, driver skills, driver performance management and pay considerations. They must also take into account compliance issues, such as hours of service, vehicle inspections and fuel tax reporting. These are all significant factors in the planning and execution process. Having access to the detailed information and procedures for managing the people and assets required to operate the fleet is the basis for successful optimization and execution of fleet-based deliveries.
For purchased transportation, the asset management considerations are typically not a significant concern, with the possible exception of specialty transport. The primary basis for optimizing and executing for-hire transport activities is ensuring that suppliers on the transport lanes meet contract conditions. These include pricing agreements, coverage areas, equipment types (but not necessarily quantities) and in some cases, volume agreements. Having a set of reliable carriers on a lane ensures availability when volumes spike, or in cases where a carrier is short of equipment and has to turn down a tendered load.
Planning and Execution
While the general basis of modeling private fleet and for-hire carriers may boil down to assets versus agreements, things get much more interesting when looking at the planning and execution requirements.Planning for fleet operations requires a strong handle on the details that drive resource utilization, stop assignments and route scheduling. To accurately create multi-stop routes within and across days, it is essential to accurately calculate pre-, during- and post-trip stop service times, detailed mapping, turn restrictions, driver skills, precise pickup and delivery time windows, and dozens of other factors A similar level of detailed control is also needed for dynamic dispatch and tracking. Near real-time updates on truck position, route and stop status (en route, arrived, departed, etc.) initiated by either the driver and/or geo-fence penetration, must feed back into the scheduling engine. The scheduling engine must then understand these events and be able to intelligently update the route's current schedule status. It must also predict the future stop schedule and provide warnings based on the downstream impacts of route schedule changes. Decision support provided by the scheduling engine must also be aware of the current status of the route in order to properly advise on how to insert new jobs into a route's existing stop plan. For purchased or for-hire transport, multi-stop routing is only one of the planning options. Shipment consolidation, pooling, continuous moves and mode selection based on disparate carrier pricing agreements must be considered. The planning activities are typically subject to a delivery day to be followed up with a specific appointment time. The shipper planning the route for the for-hire carrier is not concerned with the truck's point of origin or destination after their load is completed, nor managing the driver's hours. In other words, the shipper only needs to provide feasible plans that adhere to the contract, since the rest of the details are the burden of the carrier. Executing loads with for-hire carriers entails message-based load tendering in a variety of forms, including EDI, IP-based communications, web portals, fax machines, emails and phone calls. Adding the option of a fleet into the mix of for-hire carrier pricing, modes and equipment options provides an entirely new dimension to the analysis of which option to use when and where. When it comes to execution the levels of communication, control and visibility, options are totally different between private fleet and for-hire. A fleet can be equipped with handheld or in-cab devices that are tightly integrated into the routing and dispatch system. In the case of larger carriers, information from these devices may not be directly accessible to the shipper.
Combining Private Fleet and For-Hire = The State of Being United
The details of how to plan and execute across private fleet and for-hire operations is complex and requires the combined capabilities of a fully-featured route planning and dispatch solution and a transportation management system. These traditionally distinct systems must also be combined in a way that provides excellent usability, flexible business processes, and the ability to address the ebbs and flows between order management systems, carriers and fleets. Descartes has developed strong fleet management and transportation management solutions in anticipation of a growing customer need to integrate these functions. While most customers used to treat the domains as separate challenges, Descartes understood that the time would soon arrive when that balance would shift to uniting private fleet and for-hire planning and execution. During our development process, we designed Descartes Route Planner, Dispatch, and Transportation Manager to share the same technology platform. This approach enables them to be deployed together and accessed via a single sign-on and an integrated navigation plan. Our solutions support workflows that allow freight to be analyzed against both private fleet and for-hire functions at the same time. Business rules are also incorporated that allow operators to override standard cost metrics to define how and when a private fleet option must be used. Our platform also supports the movement of freight back and forth across the private fleet and for-hire options as daily plans evolve. In order for this advanced level of integration to be achieved, it must be applied from the initial solution design stages. Otherwise, it is very difficult to take totally disparate routing and transport solutions and arrive at a cohesive and useable solution. Combining private fleet and for-hire planning and execution is one more step towards the state of being united.


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|Differential tolerance of Hawaiian sugarcane varieties to diuron, 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1, 1-dimethylurea
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|Hawaiian sugarcane varieties, which are interspecific hybrids within the genus Saccharum, were found to differ substantially in their tolerance to diuron, 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)- 1,1-dimethylurea, and ametryne, 2-(ethylamino)-4- (isopropylamino)-6-(methylthio)-s-triazine. Metabolism, uptake and distribution of diuron were studied as possible mechanisms of the differential varietal response. In a field experiment diuron and ametryne were applied at 9 lb./acre (4 lb./acre pre-emergence + 5 lb./acre post-emergence) to three varieties of sugarcane which were reported to be either susceptible (H 53-263), intermediately susceptible (H 57-5174), or tolerant (H 50-7209) to herbicides. Using growth in height and diameter as criteria of phytotoxicity, variety H 53-263 was found to be susceptible to both diuron and ametryne, while varieties H 50-7209 and H 57-5174 were found to be tolerant. Tillering was reduced in all varieties; however, reduction was greatest in variety H 53-263. In nutrient solution the concentrations of diuron which brought about a 50% reduction in the fresh weight of variety H 53-263 and H 50-7209 were 0.35 and 1.6 ppm, respectively. Monomethyldiuron, a diuron metabolite, was found to be about 2.5 times less toxic to H 53-263 than diuron. Diuron-14c was found to be degraded in both the resistant variety, H 50-7209, and the susceptible variety, H 53-263. The primary metabolites were monomethyldiuron, 1-(3,4dichlorophenyl)- 3-methylurea, and demethylated diuron, 3,4-dichlorophenylurea. Degradation of diuron was more extensive in the resistant variety, H 50-7209, than in the susceptible variety H 53-263. In an uptake and translocation study, both the tolerant and susceptible varieties removed approximately 8~ of; carbonyl-labeled diuron from nutrient solution within 9 days after treatment. The distribution of radioactivity 14 days after treatment was almost identical in both varieties when calculated on a total activity basis: however, when the distribution data were calculated on the basis of activity per unit of dry weight, there was a greater concentration of radioactivity in the younger leaves of the susceptible variety H 53-263, than in the resistant variety, H 50-7209. Conversely, there was a greater concentration of radioactivity in the roots of H 50-7209 than in H 53-263. The differential varietal response to diuron exhibited by varieties H 53-263 and H 50-7209 is believed to be at least partially explained by differential metabolism and translocation.
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EN Siamo felici di annunciare che la giudice italiana Paola Di Nicola è stata nominata Woman Inspiring Europe e figurerà
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The European Commission has just released a new report on women and men in leadership positions in the European Union.
A French rights group says it will launch an inquiry into discrimination at Abercrombie & Fitch, claiming its "models" are
Women are up against significant bias regarding what makes an 'ideal worker' when applying for new positions , with just
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When it comes down to it, this referendum is going to be about working people
The UK referendum on membership of the European Union will come down to what's best for working people, writes Glenis Willmott MEP.
All the talk this week is of David Cameron telling business leaders to step up, speak out and make the case for Britain remaining in the EU.
On this he's right, and more companies need to be vocal, saying out loud that we must remain in the European Union, and not let disruptive Eurosceptic campaigners bully them in to being silent or allow parts of the press to get away with misrepresenting their position – but it isn't just about business nor is it really about Mr Cameron.
The EU referendum is not about the future of the prime minister, but the future of millions of working people, and the jobs and rights our membership brings. And in any case, the Tory leader's priorities are not Labour's priorities; the focus of our efforts in Europe are different to his.
Thankfully, some of the more damaging proposals originally floated for Cameron's proposed EU reforms no longer appear to be on the table – like weakening existing EU legislation on working rights, a move that would have undermined the direct benefits working people see from our EU membership. Where are the proposals to end loopholes in working rights legislation that are used by exploitative employers to undercut terms and conditions? Where is the action on zero-hours contracts?
Whatever David Cameron may be talking about, Labour MEPs continue to campaign and to legislate, week in, week out, to put Labour values at the heart of Europe. Take this past week in the European Parliament, which saw Labour MEPs back proposals to improve British people's consumer, health and employment rights and enhance their opportunities.
In Strasbourg over the last few days, Labour MEPs have: voted for a new EU law that will raise safety standards for gas appliances like boilers, cookers and barbecues, cutting the risk of deadly poisoning; backed a plan of action to increase the skills of young people to raise their chance of finding a job; and supported calls for national governments to act to promote female entrepreneurship, which could boost the UK economy by £60 billion over the next 15 years.
We have also voted for tougher EU-wide limits on sugar in baby foods, campaigned for Europe's digital economy to be more inclusive, to ensure people in remote parts of Britain are not left behind and disconnected from the rollout of superfast broadband, and called for EU action to fight racism and discrimination to promote a stronger, more inclusive and tolerant society.
And on the floods and steel crises that have struck communities up and down the country, Labour MEPs have been pushing the Tory government to apply for EU funds to help those hit by the recent flooding, and to work with European colleagues to find a solution to the demise of the steel industry, which this week lost another thousand jobs in the UK.
Forget the prime ministerial political games, the machinations, the spin, damned spin and scaremongering of Farage and friends. When it comes down to it, this referendum is going to be about working people.
The part-time checkout assistant who gets equal rights because we're in the EU; the factory worker for whom 'health and safety' isn't red tape but a matter of life and death; the workers in companies large and small whose businesses depend directly or indirectly on trade with Europe… for all these people, for all working people, there are no circumstances under which they would be better off outside the EU.
So while Cameron tries to rally support from the slopes of Davos, Labour is getting on with delivering the changes we want to see in Europe – progressive changes with Labour values at their heart. We are doing it now and will carry on doing so – even after we have convinced the people that it is their interests – the British interest – to remain in the EU.
Glenis Willmott MEP is Labour's Leader in the European Parliament.
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Sir Joseph Banks' Collecting Cabinets priced A$350,000
Sir Joseph Banks Collecting Cabinets priced A$350,000
The renowned science patron's cabinets feature in a world-class single owner collection at Bonhams
Bonhams will auction the Owston Collection in Sydney on June 25, 26 and 27. The sale will be held at the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay, overlooking the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge.
Bonhams won the right to sell the collection in its entirety as a single-owner sale titled "The Owston Collection" following tough competition from local and international auctioneers.
The Owston Collection includes a stunning array of fine English and Continental Furniture & Works of Art, Silver, Clocks, Pictures, Art Nouveau, Aboriginal Art, and Japanese Art.
A cockerel and other decorative fowlby Melchior de Hondecoeter will bein the sale
The sale will also showcase highly important Russian furniture and silver. Items from the collection will be shown at Bonhams salerooms in the USA and Europe.
Highlights include Sir Joseph Banks collector's cabinets, estimated to sell for A$250,000-350,000 - a highly important set of twelve mahogany collectors cabinets.
Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820, pictured top right) was a British explorer, naturalist and later long-time president of the Royal Society, famed for his tireless promotion of the natural sciences.
Banks alsoarranged Captain Bligh's expedition aboard HMS Bounty which ended in the famous mutiny.
The auction will be held over three days, with a significant number of items offered with "no reserve", providing an extra attraction to buyers to attend the sale.
"Australia is a market we strongly believe in and it's a real privilege to be entrusted with such an important sale," said Bonhams Chairman, Robert Brooks.
The last Great Bustard shot on Salisbury Plain will appear in the sale
"Single collection sales on this scale are incredibly rare and the Owston Collection gives us a great opportunity to show just what we can do."
According to Bonhams, its future sales in Australia will include specific car auctions, following its recent classic automobile successes at Retromobile in Paris and Oxford.
Bonhams isn't the only leading auction house to move further into Australia's markets in 2010.
Sotheby's is currently in the process of securing a buyer for the coveted $900,000-valued Argyle diamond, the first-ever red diamond to auction in Australia.
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As the tenure of the present NRO sponsored regimes come to a close, political parties in Pakistan are gearing up for elections. The parties that ruled the country in one capacity or the other during the past five years appear self-absolved of their pathetic performance in all fields. The audacity to feed the people with a faulty narrative and secure votes based on traditional heavyweights, feudalism and narrow ethno-nationalism with a total absence of remorse or contrition is a razor's edge that people of Pakistan will have to walk to exercise right choices. In facilitating the people to make the right choices, the anti-status quo parties will have to embark on a revolutionary and out-of-the-box themes to educate the masses on the perils of a daylight robbery perpetuated in the past five years and why it must be halted in its tracks.
The hyperactive media in its present capacity and ability to influence minds will have to play a positive role and educate the people in exercising their right of vote. More than ever, the media in the election campaign 2013 will be remembered for the role it played in changing Pakistan or otherwise.
Within the run up to these elections, currents, counter-currents and international compulsions will cast their shadows on the outcome and must be factorised. As ever, the propensity to engineer results will remain endemic.
Two major issues relating to the economy of Pakistan and the US withdrawal from Afghanistan will be the main determinants of the state's future power structure. Both have an effect on the quality of life and Pakistan's future. A self-reliant and proud Pakistan; or, a pliable, dependent and discredited country of thugs and thieves, ready to sell their mothers?
As the financial year draws to a close with targets of the FY2012-13 abandoned even before they became implementable, Pakistan's economy is heading towards a severe jolt. Though the government is trying its best to lure the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other international financial institutions for induction of high interest rate structural adjustment funds, the timings are critical.
At the roots of the crises are the issues relating to heavy domestic borrowing from the banking sector by the government, denying even remote chances for the private sector growth, energy crises with issues of circular debt, insufficient growth to bridge the minimum budgetary deficits, printing of paper money resulting in inflation and stagflation, starving export industries of much needed energy and insufficient foreign exchange reserves with the central bank.
The indictment is that the government has failed in its macro-economic policies and non-performing micro-economic indicators. The situation is compounded by the law and order situation, war on terror, past and future effects of natural disasters.
It is most likely that the worst of Pakistan's economic crises would materialise before the IMF and Global Communities act to bail out the country from its woes. It is also comprehensible that this bail-out would not be without strings and cast its shadow on the election scenario. What is still unknown is that who will negotiate with the IMF?
The present government that may stand to lose its commitments in future; or a caretaker government, incapable of holding its guarantees in future? Whatever the case, the inevitable cannot be avoided or delayed. This is a theme that can be played effectively by a good opposition to its advantage.
Yet, despite massive bad governance and having deliberately reduced Pakistan's bargaining position to zero, we have a political dispensation in power comprising the PPP, PML-N, PML-Q, MQM, ANP, JUI-F with their minions going to the electorate with high-sounding jargons, themes of being victimised and narrow volatile emotionalism. This fusion of misleading propagandas, vitriolic themes and jingoism will soon eclipse their spirit of mutual back scratching and most likely make the election scenario bloodied and dangerous in the restive pockets of Pakistan notably Karachi. The proliferation of armed militant wings and extortionists or criminals within the ranks of these parties will compound matters for the parties, which believe in the power of the ballot and abhor violence.
On the external front, United States' contemplated withdrawal from Afghanistan will also cast its shadows on who forms the next government in Pakistan. Gerrymandering of constituencies in 2002 was carried out with an implied purpose to bring a dispensation to power that supports the terrorism policies. As a follow up, the NRO was also negotiated on similar contours to ensure that the USA agenda in the region is not adversely affected. Having complied faithfully, the dispensation in power will obviously look for rewards for a job well executed at the peril of its citizens.
In a scenario such as this, any political party, vying for change will have to effectively divert the attention of the people of Pakistan from traditional clan, biradari, feudal, parochial and sub-nationalist politics to the real issues that confront the country.
To challenge and defeat the forces of inertia that will fight back with fury, public perception managers of these parties of change will have to challenge emotionalism, nostalgia of Bhutto legacy, vitriolic sub-nationalism and obscene jargon with a well crafted and imaginatively executed media strategy. They will have to ensure that the real issues of Pakistan sink into the hearts and minds of the people.
These issues are the reinforcement of a cohesive national narrative, revival of a sustainable growth-led economy, a comprehensive national terrorism policy, restoration of balance in Balochistan, incremental de-weaponisation, a farmer-friendly agriculture policy and local self-government. The words like self-reliant, proud and strong Pakistan will have to be put into parenthesis to make the nationalism themes attractive and absorbing.
On the external front, these parties of change will have to assure USA and the international community about the superiority, credibility and viability of their alternative options that facilitate US withdrawal from Afghanistan, restore peace in the region and control militancy inside Pakistan.
The intellectual emotionalism of this shift must have an appeal for all humanity. Built around the emotive factors of nationalism, people's power and non-destructive pacification policies, the national terrorism policy must have well crafted comfort zones for international actors to make the paradigm shift to a social dimension of a conflict, attractive and fruitful. Words like 'peace at home and peace abroad' must make the headlines of such a policy.
So, which party from amongst the opposition must seize the initiative in the highly polarised and opportunist politics of Pakistan to return the country to its people? By logic and elimination, least likely are the ones in the corridors of power. This leaves the field wide open for Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf to morph itself into a nationwide movement of change and national pride against all forces of inertia. Converting the prevailing foibles of Pakistan into an election winning strategy is a challenge that the leadership of this party will have to take by the horns with imagination, commitment and beyond self-realisable objectives. The party will have to convert the massive sea of energy created during its intra-party elections into a constructive tsunami that rids the shores of Pakistan of all its debris.
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Multi-Processing Recognition - Code Sample (Windows)
- Language:
- Product-Line:
- FineReader Engine
- Version:
- 10, 11, 12
- Platform:
- Windows
- KB-Type:
- Code Samples Collection
- KB-Topic:
- Recognition
- Category:
- Recognition, OCR: Speed & Quality
- Coding:
- Image:
This sample shows the gain in speed when processing a multi-page document in several recognition processes as compared to processing the same document in a single process. The sample uses methods of the
FRDocument object for processing. Parallel processing is used for image opening, preprocessing, layout analysis, recognition and export stages. Only document synthesis is performed sequentially, since during synthesis all the information about the document should be accessible to the working process. After all pages have been processed, the user can access the result of processing of the whole document.
Compare this sample with the Batch-Processing Recognition sample.
Screenshot made with a Laptop (2012) Quad i7-3720QM, 2,6 GHz, Windows 7, 16 GB RAM, 64 bit;
FineReader Engine 10 R7 - Std. sample files that are included
Screenshot made with a Laptop (2009) Core2 Duo T9800, 2,9 GHz, Windows 7, 4 GB RAM 32 bit;
FineReader Engine 10 R1 - Std. sample files that are included
Production machines are faster and have more cores
This sample shows the gain in speed when using multiprocessing recognition.
The sample processes document images from the specified folder and, if necessary, saves them in PDF format. The sample compares the speed of processing in one thread and in parallel threads. The result of comparison is shown on a diagram.
To view how it works:
- Select the folder with images to process.
- Specify recognition languages of the processing documents.
- Specify the number of CPU cores to test on. The default number of CPU cores equals the maximum available number. You can reduce it to compare the difference in speed. The test for one CPU core is performed automatically during processing.
- Specify, whether to save recognized text. If the results are saved, the duration of all processing operations (analysis, recognition, synthesis, and export) is measured. Otherwise, only the time of analysis and recognition is measured.
- To run the sample, click Start.
The sample uses the following procedure of multiprocessing recognition:
- Create the Engine object using the
GetEngineObjectfunction (version 11) or
InitializeEnginefunction (version 12).
- [optional] Load a predefined profile for your scenario using the
LoadPredefinedProfilemethod of the Engine object.
- Call the
LoadModulemethod of the Engine object to load the FineReader Engine Processor module (
- Use the
MultiProcessingParamsproperty of the Engine object to specify multiprocessing settings.
- Call the
CreateFRDocumentmethod of the Engine object to create the
- [optional] If you want to show the progress of processing, you can use the
OnProgressmethod of the
IFRDocumentEventsinterface and the
- Use the
AddImageFilemethod to add pages to the document.
- Call the Process method of the
FRDocumentobject with the
PerformSynthesisproperty of the
DocumentProcessingParamsobject set to false.
- Call the
Synthesizemethod of the
- Call the
Exportmethod of the
FRDocumentobject to save the document to a file of the specified format.
- Close the FRDocument object using the Close method.
- Unload FineReader Engine — use the
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Leftists are increasingly trying to find ways to undermine parental authority in any way possible, attempting to fill the gap with big government elitism.
A prime example of this has been exposed in a recent report that details how doctors are now counseling young children, without parental consent, about issues like homosexuality, in an effort to normalize this kind of behavior and educate them on it, whether you want that for your kid or not.
Take the case of a 15-year-old boy from Missouri who was given gender realignment services without his mother's consent or knowledge. That's right, despite the fact the kid was a minor, he received care without his parent's permission.
When the mom took the case to court, they ruled against her. This is the kind of insanity we now face.
Here's more from LifeSiteNews:
Friends of ours related a chilling incident that happened to their teen son.
Visiting a family physician for a school sports' physical, the boy was asked by the doctor, "So, are you attracted to girls, to boys, or both?"
Stunned, the boy replied, "To girls," and later recounted this exchange to his parents.
It's becoming standard medical practice to approach homosexuality and bisexuality as normal.
And it's common for adolescent patients to be counseled separately from parents during an office visit so a private conversation can occur about sexual practices, contraception, condoms and other "needs."
Why this elitist social engineering of other people's children? Parental control can be a child's enemy, so the thinking goes, sometimes motivated by ignorance, fear, and repression. Child emancipation/separation tactics are being pushed everywhere in medicine, as they are in public education.
Part of it might have to do with a doctor wanting to support the adolescent's budding sexuality that the doctor sees as being threatened by parental boundaries. Schools behave this way as well, with numerous incidents recounted of children directed to abortion clinics and pro-homosexual counselors and groups without parental knowledge.
It's a busybody mentality wedded to the ethic of individual freedom, even for younger children before they reach the natural balance provided by maturity. That maturity also corresponds—or did until recent years—to legal restrictions as well.
Leftists are willing, even eager to smash boundaries, including age of consent laws. They believe they are entitled to advise your children on intimate and life-changing matters without your input.
Once again, this comes down to the fact that progressives want to create a utopian society run by elites who have the power in government and the authority to tell us what is best for us, removing individual autonomy.
Freedom and liberty is viewed as a burden, something that creates the opportunity to make devastating mistakes through the concept of choice.
Unfortunately, the only way to make such a society possible is to destroy the institutions that support it, like traditional marriage, the Christian church, and so on.
This is done in part by getting children to distrust their parents and question their worldview and values, making them believe their parents are wrong, backwards, and outdated.
Children then often abandon their values and embrace the new, godless worldview in order to be relevant, supporting behaviors they once believed were totally wrong.
Slowly over time, the paradigm shifts and it becomes the new normal, regardless of how much damage is done as a result.
This is why parents need to be more proactive these days, making sure to be involved in every area of our children's lives.
The only way to restore this beautiful republic is by creating future generations of freedom loving young people, which is precisely why leftists are trying to do the opposite. If we aren't about the work, they will be.


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Slip dresses are a big trend for 2017 and I'm glad I found a deep burgundy one for such a great deal. They're actually having an even bigger sale on them right now than what I paid for this sexy thang. Stay tuned for the details.
I wore my slip dress around my uncle and he asked me where my clothes were… he's in his 70's so fashion isn't his strong suit. I laughed and told him it was a fashion trend. He shook his head with a smile. He gets me even when other non-fashion people don't. Moral of this story is yeah the trend is a bit strange and risqué but there are ways to downplay it (or up play it, get down with your bad self).
Dress- Hollister (only $11.99)
Kimono- Blush here in Nashville,TN
Shoes- Target
If I haven't convinced you to buy this particular one then check out other dresses from Hollister (they have a super cute velvet one), Forever 21, and Charlotte Russe. I guarantee this will be all the rage for the summer because for one they are super breathable and for two they are v sexy without showing all your goods. You can be sexy without showing everyone what your mama gave you.
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The 2018 hurricane season blew into high gear on Sunday.
In its 11 p.m. Sunday advisory, the National Hurricane Center upgraded Tropical Storm Isaac to a Category 1 hurricane, with winds of nearly 75 mph.
Isaac became the fifth hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic Season and the third storm being actively tracked in a busy weather weekend.
But the gravest threat to the U.S. remains Hurricane Florence, which is expected to strengthen considerably by Monday night and remain "an extremely dangerous major hurricane" through Thursday, according to the Hurricane Center.
Florence continued its west-northwest crawl toward the southeastern U.S. coast, packing maximum sustained winds of 90 mph.
The center of the hurricane is predicted to move over the southwestern Atlantic Ocean between Bermuda and the Bahamas by Wednesday and could intensify into a Category 4 storm, with winds reaching 130-156 mph, before it makes U.S. landfall sometime Thursday or early Friday.
Forecasters said it was too soon to determine the exact timing, location and magnitude of storm surges and flooding Florence will cause.
None of the three hurricanes presents an immediate threat to South Florida.
But Hurricane Center officials warned that anyone in coastal and inland locations from South Carolina to the mid-Atlantic region should "closely monitor the progress of Florence, ensure that they have their hurricane plan in place, and follow any advice given by local officials."
At a news conference on Sunday, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster warned of a "likely strong hit" on the state and urged residents to begin making preparations now.
"Pretend, assume, presume that a major hurricane is going to hit right smack dab in the middle of South Carolina and is going to go way inshore," McMaster said. "So be prepared. Be ready."
North and South Carolina and Virginia have all declared states of emergency in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.
As of Sunday night, hurricane-force winds extended outward up to 25 miles from Florence's center, while tropical storm winds extended up to 125 miles.
Hurricane Isaac, with winds of 75 mph, is located roughly 1,300 miles east of the Windward Islands and is expected to continue moving westward, across the lesser Antilles and into the eastern Caribbean Sea, by Wednesday night or Thursday.
Even farther away is Hurricane Helene and her 85 mph winds, which are 195 miles south southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands off the western coast of Africa. Helene is expected to turn north well ahead of any proximity to the U.S. East Coast and is forecast to start weakening by Tuesday.
The 2018 hurricane season lasts until Nov. 30. Forecasters had predicted between nine and 13 named storms this season, four to seven of them hurricanes. Thus far, nine storms have been named.
The next National Hurricane Center advisory is scheduled for 5 a.m. Monday.


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Note: These wraps may be assembled up to 4 hours in advance, though the tortillas will begin to absorb moisture if prepared too far in advance. Pepper ham is available in the deli section of most supermarkets. If you are unable to find it, substitute regular ham, and add 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper to the cheese as it marinates.


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