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67 19932 70th Avenue, Langley Listing #: R2329500
This gorgeous 2027 sq.ft. end unit in Summerwood offers 3 large bedrooms, entertaining size rec. room, 4 baths, gorgeous kitchen has granite counters, island with eating bar, Lazy Susan and all appliances. Family room opens to outdoor sundeck. Vaulted ceiling master bedroom has charming 5 piece en-suite & walk-in-closet. Beautiful laminate flooring are offered on main & in the bright walk out basement which has full bath, covered patio with fenced yard. Double wide garage has lots of space for storage. Clubhouse includes kitchen, exercise rm & a huge rec room. Fabulous location, close to parks, transit restaurants and shopping.
Taxes (2018): $3,157.66
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Air-to-air combat is back: How will the Air Force respond as the war over Syria heats up?
In The News Piece in Air Force Times
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June 26, 2017
Peter Singer was quoted in an article by the Air Force Times about air combat in Syria:
The conflict is growing more complex as ISIS teeters on the brink of losing its strongholds in Mosul, Iraq, and Raqqa, Syria, and the various powers start to jockey for control of vacated territory, said Peter Singer, an analyst with the New America Foundation.
"Forces start to bump into each other, and get nearer to each other, and even fight with each other," Singer said. "That's what you see with Assad forces, SDF [Syrian Democratic Forces], it's just a pretty wild mix there. And then you've got our forces on the ground [with SDF forces], in some cases mixed in, and that's a lot of what's happening here."
These developments could go one of two ways, Singer said: They could lead to more clarity regarding who can operate where as far as supporting or opposing various proxy forces in the area. That would be a positive outcome.
This kind of clarity amounts to, "I've warned you [that] if you operated here, carried out strikes here, I would shoot. You didn't believe me. Now I did, and so you never do it again," Singer said.
Alternatively, he said, "things [could] get out of control, and get out of control in a really bad way."
And with actions being taken that don't reflect a clear political strategy, he said, that's particularly troubling.
"Did we just walk backwards into, best case, a no-fly zone, [or] worst case, a war against a state power?" Singer said. "The escalation could become not just a tit-for-tat, but become a furball — lots of shooting in a very quick time. That's the worst-case scenario."

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I have a little light, I hold it high and proud.
I protect my little light, I keep it safe and sound.
but people all around would like to bring me down.
They do not understand, why I hold it in my hand.
they want to kill my light, and end my faithful life.
My light can light a new one, just for you,
But the people all around, don't see the good my light can do.
It will light up all the darknes
It will throw away your fear
It can show you every mountain,
or keep you safe right down here.
My Light can feed the hungery
My Light can give you life
My Light will show you freedom
My Light will end your long strife.
My light is a promise, that Jesus has saved me
I only have one question, I ask, do you believe?


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I copied this from Ruth's post at her website: http://ruthewalker.ca/weblog/
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Beauty Detox Beetroot Dip
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Dear TN resident,
I want to continue to encourage you to support the creation of a Public Utility Commission for all TN residents.
Recently I went to the payment window of the City
The truth was my electric was still on because I
immediately left that window and went to my home on
It is abundantly obvious the governmental utilities operate as they wish without regard for any citizen and without having to answer to anyone concerning their policy. The Dept. of Commerce does regulate private utilities and will intervene at the customers' request so the apparatus already exists for oversight. We just need to extend this regulatory authority to include all utilities here in TN.


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12 Lives Forum: Arleigh Prelow on Howard Thurman
The 12 Lives Forum Series: 12 Sunday morning forum sessions in which guest speakers (including academics, clergy, activists and artists) will introduce us both to powerful personalities from faith traditions and to the transformative role these men and women have played in their own faith and lives. Mark your calendars and plan to be on time!
This week we welcome filmmaker Arleigh Prelow on Howard Thurman.


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Sorry for this week being a little shorter email. Here is my letter to President:
Hey President!
So this week has been intense! Elder Randall is such a strong missionary. He has already through what he has said and not said helped me to start to be stronger, believe in myself more, and strive to have greater faith. That is one of the invites that I really have enjoyed you have given us is what can we do more to have greater faith. I feel within me that Taiping and Elder Randall will help this to come to light more and teach me to be a better missionary and give more of myself.
I feel one of the coolest experiences this past week has been a 9 year old boy we have been meeting with is that when I first met him (Elder Bennet and Randall had already met him before) he hadn't been praying at all. But we taught pretty basic about prayer and really urged him and invited him to pray that night. When we came back a couple nights later he said he had been praying, and so we taught the first lesson to his understanding and invited to start reading (by the way his older sister, 11, is already baptized, so hopefully we can get her to be a good example). But so when we have followed up with he says he has been reading and praying, liking it and says he has a desire to be baptized. We will help teach him to make sure he understands and knows what baptism is and has the right desire. But we love him and are way happy for him.
In my studies I have really been pushing to read both the Book of Mormon as well as Preach My Gospel (sometimes I haven't been able to get to Preach My Gospel) but I think every day this past week I got to both of them and it has really helped my studies to be that more focused and helping our investigators or preparing for the day.
Love ya!
Elder Dayley
But yeah this week has been a learning week and helping to better prep me for making the changes in my life, my mind, and making me even that much better of a man. Elder Randall and Taiping are going to make me grow in many ways, one in particular I feel is like you said just go out and do, don't sweat or fret, just be and enjoy.
Also my bike won't break down. My bike is one of the few Taiwan Taichung Mission bikes that hasn't had problems. I just bought new tires for my bike (like outer tires) a couple weeks ago because they were so worn down that they were starting to rip. But everything else is working A-OK.
Funny story for you. Last week we went to visit that 9-year old boy, Wu. When we showed up his older sister was outside with some other neighborhood kids. The sister was joking around saying she is an African. So joking back I was saying oh your African? you have very white skin. But instead of saying skin, I said....butt. Skin is pifu, butt is pigu. So probably my biggest language flop I have had. Elder Randall couldn't stop laughing for a minute.
Love you so much! Miss you lots!
Elder Dayley


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February 19 – May 15, 2018
Jason Dodge presents his third exhibition in Torino; for this occasion, Dodge realized a series of new sculptures in the space of via Mottalciata, and an installation specifically conceived for the gallery space of Piazza Carignano.
Over the past twenty years Jason Dodge has been producing sculptures and exhibitions that speak of absence, distance, haptic and visual perception. His work is often compared to poetry and, like much poetry, demands the reader or viewer to be present and to look into themselves as conduits of meaning. By reading a poem or a sculpture something new is made. Dodge says "it is not what something means that is important, it is how something means". His works are not meant to be deciphered, but are rather machines for deciphering.
The sculptures in Via Mottalciata are made of existing things: coats, computers, tables, lights, glasses and items of mysterious origin, large baskets made by a blind basketmaker, shoes for someone with three feet, doors for wild animals to roam the gallery. Many of the sculptures are made in repetition, creating different constellations throughout the exhibition like hands of cards from the same deck. Meanings, values and readings change, repeat and combine.
In the gallery space of Piazza Carignano Dodge has realised a work consisting of scattered detritus collected through out the world, as he puts it "the things that fall off of us while we are busy living", an abundance of letters and logos, handwriting and littered things, containers and colors. One becomes aware when in the presence of this work of the countless lives that intersected these thousands of things.
What does it mean to keep what was left behind? The words oranges, bread, milk written on a shopping list, items remembered, bought and consumed, a telephone book filled with the names of many residents of a city, an empty jar of creme absorbed into the skin of a stranger long ago and far away.
Like much of Dodge's work there is an emotional tension between the presence of absence, and the absence of presence.


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Happy New Comic Day! I've been a bit distracted with a test and some other stuff. I felt good about the test and now that it's out of the way, we can get to some comic fun. It seemed to be a pretty light week. Well it is for me. And since I'm behind in my reading anyway and my wallet could use the break, I'm fine with that. This week I present the first Aspen book to take the weekly crown. Why is that noteworthy? It's really not, just wanted to point it out. Take a look at Charismagic #5.
This book stood out to me because of the colors used and the vibrant look of them. I love the cool colors. And this cover has all three. A fully-clothed lady wielding a cool sword never hurts either. I like cats too. This cover has a lot to visually take in. Lovely, lovely piece. Khary Randolph and Emilio Lopez, nice work my artistic friends. I don't read much Aspen regularly. And I can't say I'd be interested in this book based on previews. But I could definitely see adding it to my collection if I found it at a convention. And that's solely based on the cover. I've done that for tons of books. Of course I'd still read it. It would be a crime otherwise.
I should come up with a nerdy exit line. Until then, thanks for stopping by fellow nerds. Until next time.


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4 Night Bahamas (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)
Sail Date: February 12, 2012
Ship: Carnival Sensation
Cabin Type: Oceanview
Traveled As: Singles/Friends
Reviewed: 6 years ago
Review SummaryIt was a great cruise. Crew was very friendly and welcoming. Buffet was good, but the same food every night. If you didn't bring proper clothing, you weren't allowed in the dining room, and the dinner buffet is over by 6 pm. The towel animals were awesome, and our room steward was amazing.
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Apple strudel
Apple strudel is traditional Austrian pie and a correct name is Viennese strudel. A main point of strudel is very thin, so tiny, that can read a newspaper via layer. (It's not a joke!)
wheat flour: 1/2 lbs (250g)
butter: 2 tbsp.
egg yolks: 2 pcs.
salt: pinch
For the filling:
apples: 2 - 2.2 lbs(1 kg)
sour cream: 1/3 lbs(125g)
fresh white bread crumbs: 1/5 lbs(100g)
butter: 1/5 lbs(100g)
raisins: 1/5 lbs(100g)
sugar: 1/5 lbs(100g)
almonds, chopped: 1/8 lbs(75 g)
cinnamon: 1 tsp.
powdered sugar: 2 tbsp.
How to prepare:
Mix flour, salt, 125 ml of warm water, egg yolks and melted butter kneaded dough. Roll it into a ball, brush with oil, wrap in foil and leave for 1 hour.
Clean apples, slice it?? and mix with lemon juice, raisins and almonds. Fry crumbs of bread in 1 tbsp. of butter.
Throw out the dough on the floured surface. Heat oven to 200 ° C. Melt the remaining butter.
Roll out the dough on a floured kitchen towel to very thin layer (very important!). Grease the dough by half of the butter, then sour cream, sprinkle with breadcrumbs, spread the filling.
Sprinkle with cinnamon mixed with sugar. Roll the dough by a towel to roll. Put the strudel on the oiled baking sheet, brush the remaining butter.
Bake in preheated oven for about 45 minutes. Get out, slightly cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve.


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Based on his tireless work as a columnist for the Times and his mission find new cultural and social trends, keynote speaker Damian Barr has written numerous columns and developed concepts which help individuals better understand each other and society. He is a noted author and exciting speaker. His experiences and novel ideas give audiences new perspectives on art, literature, culture and more.
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Immediately out of university, Damian was recruited by the Times and dedicated his time to discovering new cultural and social trends, people and places. Some of his accomplishments include convincing Sir Terence Conran to kiss Philippe Starck, cooking a 32-bird roast with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and getting a manicure with Paris Hilton's mother. A year after Hurricane Katrina, he reported on the state of New Orleans. He has also reported on the ever-flooding state of Venice. Aside from the Times, he has written for a number of papers. He has also been shortlisted for a British Press Award.
His first book. 'Get It Together', was formed on the basis of his first column for the Times and was the first to explore the now widely recognized 'quarterlife crisis'. Before being published it was serialized in the Times and it was featured on Richard & Judy. Julie Burchill has described Damian as 'the new ringmaster for the Jerry Springer Generation'. Damian's next book is a memoir about Thatcher called 'Maggie and Me' for Bloomsbury.
Guests at his Literary Salon include: Diana Athill, Bret Easton Ellis, David Nicholls, Jojo Moyes, Geoff Dyer, Sam Leith, Helen Fielding and Howard Jacobson. It has been featured in the New York Times, The Times, The Mail on Sunday, The Guardian, The Observer, The Independent, Tatler, Grazia and other media. He has hosted numerous events at Hay, Charleston Festival, the Edinburgh Book Festival and Voewood.


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Aberdeen take on Hamilton on Sunday 3rd April, 2016, with kickoff at 12:30. This match is currently being shown LIVE on BT Sports 1.
The last team to inflict a defeat on the league leaders, at least in this division, were Aberdeen, and today the team from the north will take on a Hamilton side that doesn't look all that equipped to deal with the Dons. Accies are right down near the foot of the table, five points ahead of eleventh, and pretty much abject, making this a very attractive proposition for their opponents.
Aberdeen did lose their last game, to Motherwell, but if they taste defeat here today it will be a very different feeling from that reverse.
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If you are thinking about buying a property. Think no longer. The market is the lowest it has been in years. Interest rates are still low and you have the opportunity to cash in on a federal tax credit if you can close before the end of this month. Properties haven't been at these price levels in 5 years!
Searching for a 4 bedroom home in Weston? Go to Realtor.com and find more than a dozen on sale! Unheard of a couple of years ago, you were lucky if you were able to purchase a 1/1 condo for that! Get out there and buy! There is no better time than the present!


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Former TOWIE star Lauren Goodger broke down in tears on Loose Women earlier today (September 14) as she talked about the pressure of being in the media spotlight.
The reality star spoke about her break-up with former boyfriend Joey Morrisson, revealing that the "pressure" of him being in jail and her celebrity lifestyle led to them agreeing to part ways.
However, she was then pressed on reports that she was planning to get a gastric band, hitting back by revealing she was asked about it during an interview, and what she said was taken out of context.
"It wasn't me saying that, it was them," Lauren explained.
Panellist Stacey Solomon then questioned why she would ever need a gastric band and called her "beautiful", leading the reality star to break down in tears.
"I feel just under a lot of pressure at the minute," Lauren added. "It's just the relationship and media, I can't believe I'm crying. I just feel really under strain, it's just knocked my confidence completely."
However, the panel suggested she take herself out of the media spotlight, though Lauren said that the media "sit outside my house".
"There are people who have a bigger profile than you that do have a private life," Denise Van Outen said, suggesting that she "can be seen to feed" the media.
"It's like a battle – do I continue to promote my business and do other things, or do I forget it?" Lauren continued.
"I just need to find where I'm happiest, and I think by starting again and breaking away from my relationship and being on my own and doing positive things, rather than feeding it."
After the show, the star tweeted: "So sorry for crying on @loosewomen I couldn't get my words out what I wanted to say .. I froze and felt very nervous ! But thanks for the support .."
"I'm only human and have a lot on at the minute with relationship work and other things! But feel much better now."
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I have a C2006 Type 4 Porter cable pancake compressor. During my military move, the movers smashed the manifold. They broke the glass on the tank gauge and the adjusting knob was off. I replaced the tank gauge. I believe there are parts missing to adjust the air pressure to the Line gauge. The tank is filling, and the Tank gauge is working, but there is no air going to the Line gauge. I can also unscrew the adjust knob all the way off. Help please!!
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|US Donuts on Hadley & Whittier Blvd
The donuts here are REALLY, REALLY good and if you have time make sure you buy a lotto ticket I am telling you this place turns out more winners than I have seen anywhere else! They tape up all of the winning tickets and I swear the dollar amount won is staggering.
|The service here is really great to.
This is a great place to grab a breakfast sandwich and a newspaper when you are having your car washed over at the car wash located in the same shopping center. The breakfast sandwiches are fresh, hot and really good. The donuts are a real good size they even have ice cream!
|Everyone loves a donut!
So when you are in the mood for a nice fresh donut and you are feeling lucky stop by US Donut and enjoy the best of both worlds. They even sell quick pick lotto tickets as well. This place is definitely
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Vietnam's government is looking to sell a significant stake in a local power company to foreign investors, the latest effort by the Communist nation to open up its economy, a senior official says.
Tag - government
mercredi 18 janvier 2017
Vietnam opens door for foreign investment with power sale
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mercredi 18 janvier 2017, 09:08 - News in english
jeudi 12 janvier 2017
Corporate reform in Vietnam is slow going
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 12 janvier 2017, 08:24 - News in english
Investors are excited about opportunities, but wary of obstacles
vendredi 7 octobre 2016
Vietnam declares US-based activist group is a terrorist organization
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le vendredi 7 octobre 2016, 20:22 - News in english
The Viet Tan is accused of training operatives and the government says the California-based organization instigates violence
jeudi 18 août 2016
Vietnam bans Pokemon Go from government, defense sites
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 18 août 2016, 08:54 - News in english
Vietnam has banned players of the game Pokemon Go from the offices of its government and ruling Communist Party, besides defense locations, as thousands of its citizens get swept up in the frenzy to capture virtual cartoon characters.
mardi 14 juin 2016
For Vietnam and its state enterprises, something has to give
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mardi 14 juin 2016, 08:48 - News in english
State-owned enterprises present a dilemma for Vietnam. There is a pressing need to reform the businesses, as the country is set to open up its market under the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. At the same time, the government is reluctant to lose its cash cows.
mardi 8 septembre 2015
Vietnam plans to drop fines for some tax defaulters
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mardi 8 septembre 2015, 07:47 - News in english
The Ministry of Finance plans to forgo fines imposed on businesses which were behind their tax due date if their partners, including state agencies, had failed to pay them on time in accordance with contract terms.
mardi 21 juillet 2015
Vietnam dismisses report of defense minister's death
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mardi 21 juillet 2015, 08:49 - News in english
An article published by German news agency DPA saying that Vietnamese Minister of Defense Phung Quang Thanh died in France on Sunday is groundless, a senior military official has said.
lundi 13 avril 2015
Vietnam's PM orders officials to speed up privatizations
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 13 avril 2015, 19:54 - News in english
Vietnam's Prime Minister has ordered ministries and provinces to speed up privatizing state-owned enterprises or face being "strictly dealt with."
lundi 16 mars 2015
Vietnam targets record year of stake sales in state firms
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 16 mars 2015, 20:27 - News in english
Vietnam will offer to sell a record amount of shares in state-owned companies this year, with the government planning to publicize a list of assets available to accelerate a program that has repeatedly missed targets.
jeudi 8 janvier 2015
Attack on Charlie Hebdo barbaric, unacceptable
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 8 janvier 2015, 21:08 - News in english
Vietnam condemns terrorist activities in all forms, and the January 7 attack on Charlie Hebdo is considered as a barbaric and unacceptable act, Deputy Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said.
mercredi 3 décembre 2014
Vietnam's government considers legalising Uber taxi app
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mercredi 3 décembre 2014, 20:30 - News in english
Vietnam's government has indicated it will consider legalising Uber's taxi service in the country, reversing an earlier statement this week.
mardi 28 octobre 2014
Vietnam tough on inappropriate websites, deputy minister says
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mardi 28 octobre 2014, 08:33 - News in english
The Vietnamese Ministry of Information and Communications is always tough when it comes to cracking down on websites that go against what they committed to, a deputy minister has said, shortly after two popular websites were shut down over inappropriate content last week.
dimanche 14 septembre 2014
Gov't approves Vietnam Airlines privatization plan; IPO to launch late Nov
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le dimanche 14 septembre 2014, 10:28 - News in english
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has received a go-ahead from the government for its plan to sell a 25 percent stake in a privatization drive, with an initial public offering (IPO) of shares slated for the end of November, an official said Thursday.
jeudi 11 septembre 2014
French Prof sends letter to Vietnam education minister over doctoral training flaws
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 11 septembre 2014, 08:41 - News in english
French Professor of Physics Pierre Darriulat has recently sent a letter to the Vietnamese Minister of Education and Training, pointing out shortcomings in doctorate training in Vietnam.
jeudi 27 mars 2014
Vietnam government welcomes freeing up of business registration
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 27 mars 2014, 08:15 - News in english
Government leaders Friday approved amendments to the Business Law which will free firms from having to register their business purposes and sticking to them.
jeudi 13 mars 2014
Vietnam to stop licensing new media agencies
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 13 mars 2014, 08:35 - News in english
The government has ordered the Ministry of Information and Communications to stop issuing new media licenses and revoke the licenses of those found flouting media regulations.
mardi 18 février 2014
Vietnam senior official, accused of receiving $510,000 in bribes, dies of cancer
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mardi 18 février 2014, 20:10 - News in english
Deputy Minister of Public Security Pham Quy Ngo, accused of receiving US$510,000 in bribes at a recent high-profile corruption trial, died of cancer at 4 p.m. on Tuesday.
jeudi 23 janvier 2014
Vietnam's cyber troops take fight to U.S., France
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le jeudi 23 janvier 2014, 08:28 - News in english
IT experts say hackers backed by the Vietnamese government are blocking, hacking and spying on Vietnamese activists around the world. The pro-government hacking squad has conducted attacks well beyond Vietnam's borders. Attempts to monitor and harass dissidents online mirror the government's efforts to suppress them on the ground.
lundi 13 janvier 2014
Ministry makes New Year's resolution to privatize Vietnam Airlines
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le lundi 13 janvier 2014, 08:37 - News in english
The Ministry of Transport has pledged to finish the process of privatizing state-owned carrier Vietnam Airlines within this year after failing to do so during last year.
mercredi 1 janvier 2014
Vietnam budget income meets target
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mercredi 1 janvier 2014, 11:33 - News in english
Despite forecasts that Vietnam's budget income will fall short this year, the Ministry of Finance announced on Monday that state revenues have met 99 percent of the 2013 target.
mercredi 18 septembre 2013
Loopholes plague decree requiring Vietnam officials, lawmakers to declare assets
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mercredi 18 septembre 2013, 08:33 - News in english
A government decree that supersedes an existing one and requires officials and lawmakers to reveal their incomes and assets annually fails to plug major loopholes that enable people to get away with corruption, analysts said.
vendredi 6 septembre 2013
Vietnam decrees financial transparency from officials
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le vendredi 6 septembre 2013, 20:09 - News in english
HANOI—To promote transparency, the government of Vietnam has decreed that state and government officials and lawmakers reveal their income and assets yearly, the Ministry of Finance said.
vendredi 19 avril 2013
Viet minister backs same-sex unions
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le vendredi 19 avril 2013, 20:36 - News in english
The Vietnamese Health Ministry has called for same-sex marriage to be legalised, warning that research shows stigma against lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender (LGBT) people can damage their physical and mental health.
mercredi 10 avril 2013
Vietnam study finds unofficial earnings at gov't offices
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mercredi 10 avril 2013, 20:27 - News in english
A study by Vietnamese government inspectors has found that many government officials earn income from "unofficial" sources.
mercredi 6 mars 2013
Fear of change in Vietnam
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mercredi 6 mars 2013, 09:04 - News in english
Fear has long underpinned the authoritarian rule of Vietnam's Communist Party. Fear of change; fear of the people over which they rule; fear that the people might soon demand more freedom, accountability and transparency than their once revolutionary leaders are willing to allow.
samedi 2 mars 2013
Vietnam government's call for constitutional suggestions backfires as critics weigh in
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le samedi 2 mars 2013, 08:43 - News in english
HANOI — Vietnam's leaders sought to boost their flagging legitimacy by asking the public for suggestions on constitutional reform. What they got instead was rare open criticism of one-party rule, a fired journalist turned poster boy for dissent, and another lesson on how the Internet has changed the rules of governance.
vendredi 28 septembre 2012
Vietnam starts criminal proceedings against Gia, Lao dong says
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le vendredi 28 septembre 2012, 08:51 - News in english
Vietnam has started criminal proceedings against Tran Xuan Gia, former chairman of Asia Commercial Bank, and three other officials for alleged economic mismanagement, Lao Dong newspaper reported on its website today.
mardi 6 mars 2012
State's role needs to be clarified
Par Vietnam aujourd'hui le mardi 6 mars 2012, 08:49 - News in english
Vietnam needs to clearly define the role of the State in the market-driven economy as the country is deeply integrating itself into the global economy, said experts at a seminar in Hanoi this week.
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The Wrong Start To a Job
Q:I am a network engineer, 36, and when I recently decided to change jobs, it took only one phone call before I had a job. My new employer, an information technology company, flew me to company headquarters, where they put me through an intense training program called New Hire camp. One day was spent doing exercises such as climbing a 40-foot telephone pole and then jumping off to grab for a brass ring.
That night, we were taken to a hotel for an audiovisual presentation that wasn't very informative. Several new hires, including me, left the room and went to the hotel bar to toast our making it through a pretty tough day.
None of us was drunk, and we had only one or two drinks. We were in the bar for about 30 minutes talking about our mutual team-building experiences when a man we hadn't met before came up and asked us loudly if we were employees of the company. "Are we boring you?" he blurted out. The man, who turned out to be a division vice president, told us to go back to the meeting.
Within the next few days, two of my new colleagues had been fired for what they were told was misconduct because of the bar incident. I ended up resigning in protest, and so did my supervisor. We quickly found other jobs. In my opinion, this company is severely handicapped in achieving its vision by the excessive and irrational decisions of a single executive. Also, the money spent training us and the potential lost revenue we would have earned for them is in the hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars. I feel they treated us with total disrespect.
A: Dumb, dumb, dumb.
Let's do the easy stuff here first. New employees should always think twice about bellying up to the bar, especially while a company meeting is under way. Only a few decades ago, many Americans thought alcohol was such an evil that they prohibited its sale.
On the other hand, the company should consider whether sponsoring events that blur the lines between vacation activities and work might confuse some new hires.
"This company lost a ton, a ton," said organizational consultant Beverly Kaye, co-author of the new book, "Love 'Em or Lose 'Em; Getting Good People to Stay." "These knowledge workers vote with their feet. They've got power, and they know it."
But change within organizations seldom occurs painlessly. For workers and managers accustomed to an era when employees were grateful for having a job, the transition to a new age is difficult. "The boss is not being respected for guidance and savvy," Kaye said. "It's a blow to them."
But Kaye also says some young workers exhibit an exaggerated sense of their own worth. "Sometimes, I just want to smack these young upstarts around a bit," she said with a laugh. "I want to say, 'Don't be so damn arrogant.' "
Q: My son was employed as a security manager at a hospital. A woman security officer told him she was being sexually harassed by her male supervisor.
My son immediately contacted both the man and the woman and asked them to meet with him so that they could settle the matter informally. However, the woman contacted management about the meeting, and before it could take place, my son was dismissed for not reporting the incident to higher-ups.
My son previously had a successful record and never had received a formal disciplinary action. Was the dismissal too severe for a first offense?
A: Yes, the punishment was too harsh, said Ellen Bravo, executive director of 9to5, the National Association of Working Women, who is one of the nation's foremost experts on sexual harassment in the workplace and how companies should handle it. But, she added, the security manager mishandled the situation.
In an interview, Bravo said your son apparently had received no training on how to manage sexual harassment complaints and that he didn't realize how coercive it would be to bring a subordinate employee into a meeting with a supervisor whom she was accusing of harassment.
"Sexual harassment is not a 'personality conflict' in which both parties need to listen and be willing to compromise," Bravo wrote in her 1992 book, "The 9to5 Guide to Combatting Sexual Harassment."
Bravo said managers who lack instruction on how to handle sexual harassment complaints should take the issue to higher management, preferably to trained human resource officials because of the possibility of company exposure to legal and financial liability.
These matters are difficult to investigate properly and fairly because everyone involved usually is ashamed or embarrassed by the topic and because the allegations usually are denied. In addition, she said, harassers who are supervisors can threaten the jobs of all the workers involved, including witnesses, which can make it difficult to determine what really happened.
Beyond that, the son, like most nonunionized employees, is covered by the "employment at will" doctrine, which allows companies to fire workers whenever they wish as long as their civil rights weren't violated. Most likely, the company was completely within its rights though it certainly seems less than fair.
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Day 9: The Tattoo
Saturday, June 15th, 2013
Camp was over, but I still had one more adventure planned with
Amy. I woke up Saturday with a weight on my chest -- Bast. Once I
pried her off me, I took a most glorious bath. I would only get
one and needed to make it count.
I spent the afternoon doing loads of laundry. It's a wonder I
didn't toss Bast into the washing machine. She would not stay out
of my laundry basket. I also pulled her out of one of my
Poor Amy was stuck at a tire place getting two new, used tires
put on the van. I'm sure she was feeling stressed, but it's good
she got the van in excellent condition before returning to her
home state.
Amy picked me up at 5:30, and we headed back to The Good Life
store in Akron. My stomach was doing flip-flops. Was I really
going to get a tattoo? Had I completely lost my mind? Was I brave
enough to endure the pain? There was one thing I was certain of:
My father would kill me.
At the shop, we reviewed the design again and made some minor
adjustments. Amy described the procedure to me and talked about
the healing process. It was good to know they took such care to
keep equipment and the wound sterile. This wasn't some seedy
tattoo parlor from 20 years ago.
I had to sign a bunch of papers. I wanted to laugh hysterically
at the one stating I was of sound mind. Have I ever been of sound
While we waited, Amy described the layout of the room. I was
doing okay until she mentioned piercings. That's just not my
thing. I wanted to run out of the room when she said they pierce
body parts such as the penis, vulva and nipples. Too much
At last, it was time to do it. My tattoo artist was Kyle. He was
great and did well using Amy as an interpreter. He kept me
chatting through the whole procedure.
Kyle began by placing transfer paper of the design on my arm.
This would serve as his guide. My heart was pounding when he
started with the outline. Guess what? It hurt. But not as bad as
you'd imagine. Most of the time it was bearable, annoying
sensations. Sometimes it felt like searing pain. That was the
worst part, but it only lasted for a few seconds here and there.
Once the outline was complete, Kyle began to fill it in. We were
still talking. He seemed proud to be working on the first
DeafBlind person ever to come to the shop. I asked if any blind
people ever got tattoos. He thought about it and said, "no."
My question was, "Why would a blind person want a tattoo?" I
can't say I know the right answer. For me, it goes back to what
the design meant. I was maiming my skin for life in order to
celebrate my bond with my son. I was doing it just for me. It
didn't matter if I couldn't see it. I would always know it was
The whole process took about 30 minutes and cost $85. At that
point, my arm was burning. Later, it just felt bruised. They told
me it would heal like a sunburn. The worst part was the itching
and not being able to soak in a bathtub for two weeks.
Amy proved just how much our friendship means to her. Of course,
she took me to play with needles, but that's not what I mean.
When we got back to my place, she went through all my bras, which
were dirty, to find the beige ones. I needed to mark those as
good to wear under white shirts. Not many friends out there will
get that personal to help you. Amy has a special heart.
We said good bye. I was sad to see her leave. But my mind was
filled with so many good memories of Amy, Tiara, Scott and
others. Nine days of fun. 10 blogs to write and tons of pictures
to share. Now, all I can say is...
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Cat Apocalypse – New Evidence
You may (or more likely, may not) be aware that for a long time now Cats have been planning to overthrow us Humans and take over the World. It's readily apparent from their general disregard of us that they assume themselves to be superior, only coming to say 'o hi' when they want something to eat, or some attention, just to drive home the point that they don't need us.
It's also widely suspected that LOLCats are just a ruse crafted by Cats to trick us into thinking there's nothing wrong, that they are just dumb fucks ripe for taking the piss out of via amusing words, but this is just us being lulled into a false sense of security. Do not be amused by LOLCats they are very, very serious business.
Now, new evidence has come to light that they have been honing their skills in the open in preparation for the coming War. This bravado and willingness to show us that they are on the verge of striking is deeply worrying. This foreboding footage of a Ninja Cat was captured recently in some guy's house:
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Mike and I have decided to revamp the house after deciding moving wasn't practical.
After much searching, we've come to the conclusion that there's just nothing else out there that compares to what we already have.
So Plan B is imminent and likely to involve lots of changes – and a fair amount of ripping things out with a crowbar too – in order to refine what we already have.
To say I'm anxious is a bit of an understatement. But at least I have notice this time.
Eight years ago when we embarked on our first round of home improvements, Mike waltzed in one day during the run-up to Christmas and gaily announced I was finally getting my much longed-for new kitchen.
I'd wanted the dated kitchen replaced ever since we first moved in. But my excitement soon cooled as what he'd omitted to say was I was actually having the kitchen put in just one week before the big day!
'I've arranged it all,' he said triumphantly. 'You've only got to find the actual kitchen, the tiles, the appliances, flooring – oh, and perhaps kitchen design company or two as well?'
So on December 18, instead of wrapping presents to a Christmas hits soundtrack with a glass of brandy and a mince pie on standby, I was surveying the empty shell of what had once been my kitchen.
Staring in disbelief at bare, un-plastered walls without so much as a plug socket in sight, I wondered if the local pub could accommodate a table of six for Christmas lunch at short notice.
Believe me when I say there is no hell quite like washing up dinner plates in a minuscule cloakroom basin, or microwaving food in the hallway. And try barricading an open-plan kitchen from two excitable dogs using nothing more sophisticated than plastic laundry baskets.
It's also not a great idea to tramp forgetfully across granite floor tiles, newly-laid on wet cement, as it somewhat aggravates your tilers later.
According to Mike, we're 'only ripping out and replacing bathrooms' this time.
What could possibly go wrong...?
So cleaning giant Dyson is planning to launch an electric car in 2020.
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I wonder if will be purple or yellow and involve various tubes and bits connecting together?
It would be great if you could also empty it of rubbish at the click of a button.
After enduring months of backache, I went to a Chinese medical practitioner.
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Neetu Chandra shoots for Rekha Bhardwaj's music video in LA
Los Angeles, July 18 (IANS) Actress Neetu Chandra has shot for singer Rekha Bhardwajs upcoming romantic music video here.
Composed by Bhardwaj, the song is titled "Hui main tumhari".
Neetu teamed up with the American production house Jack Brewer Productions for the video.
"The crew was totally non-Indian so the touch, the feel and the interpretation of the video were perceived very differently. Rekhaji's voice has a very deep soul. We shot in Malibu and Santa Monica beach," Neetu, who shot the video earlier this week, said in a statement.
In the past, Neetu has also featured in the music video of popular singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan's romantic single "Banjarey".


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Here is what C, M, & B have been up to this week:
Reading up on Mary and St Elizabeth.
Praying on a Rosary that is more their size with a pair of angels.
Helping clean the kitchen.
Teaching the boys about the significance of the evergreen tree this season.
They've been helping clean a lot, hehe.
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A Peacehaven woman who set up a charity for disadvantaged children has been given a Halifax Giving Extra Award and won £300 in bonus bond vouchers.
Anne Bickmore who set up The ABC Fund in 1991, is one of 67 UK winners.
Nominated by friend Valerie Caswell, Anne has gone above and beyond for people in her community.
The ABC Fund provides opportunities for children to go on holidays and have days out together, as well as providing presents and hampers at Christmas. It relies on donations and Anne works tirelessly raising money, through organising fundraising activities and sourcing sponsors. In 2013, Anne received a British Empire Medal.
Anne said: "I am shocked but pleased that I have won a Halifax Giving Extra Award. It is also a tribute to all who volunteer and work tirelessly for the ABC fund, without them I would not have benefitted. The children the ABC Fund support truly deserve the trips and treats."


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FINDLAY TWP. � Pittsburgh International Airport had the nation�s second-largest drop in average domestic fares from the fourth quarter of 2000 to the fourth quarter of 2007, according to a report released Wednesday.
But the report showed that during from the fourth quarter of 2006 to the fourth quarter of 2007, fares in Pittsburgh climbed faster than the national average, with the increase being the 19th-largest among the nation�s top 100 airports.
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation�s Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Pittsburgh�s average domestic fare was $300.96 during the fourth quarter of last year.
That was 34th-lowest in the country, well below the national average of $330.83.
Pittsburgh�s average fare was also 28.6 percent lower than it was in the fourth quarter of 2000. Only White Plains, N.Y., where fares have dropped more than 47 percent this decade, had a bigger decrease.
�Competition has helped drive the fares down,� said Pittsburgh International spokeswoman JoAnn Jenny.
Prior to its two bankruptcies earlier this decade, US Airways operated a fortress hub in Pittsburgh, controlling close to 90 percent of the market and keeping fares high to destinations where it had no competition.
Last year, however, US Airways, which no longer operates a hub in Pittsburgh, carried just 43.5 percent of the airport�s passengers, while 11 of the airport�s 12 other carriers experienced gains in passenger traffic.
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The new Scorch Trials film is based on the second young-adult book of the Maze Runner saga by James Dashner and continues the story of the Maze escapees or 'Gladers' in a dystopian science fiction future with a near horror plot line of control, 'zombie' like Cranks and evil WCKD plots. These plots actually differ somewhat from the original novel in the film although the overall arc is similar. The screenplay was be written by T.S. Nowlin under supervision of director Wes Ball.
Ball was given a chance to paint on a much bigger canvas this time, both in budget and in plot line. While the first film could not reveal much in the way of epic wide shots, as the whole point of the story was that the Gladers could not see the bigger picture of the Maze, in this film, open space and epic landscapes were critical to the story. "The visual concept of it was exciting to me ... I loved the idea that they were out of the Maze but they are still lost, and they see a horizon line all around them finally but they are still lost and they have no idea what is happening to them or where they are going," explained Ball.
You can hear our Mike's one on one interview discussing the film with Director Wes Ball which you can listen to on our fxpodcast.
Above: watch exclusive breakdowns from Weta Digital in this WIRED Design FX video produced by fxguide.
Ball is by all accounts both highly committed to these films and very hands on. While some directors might "tie themselves in knots" over creative decision, Ball actually had himself hung. Mid way through the film, our heroes are caught and captured. Ball had the idea for the audience to next see our team hanging upside down awaiting their fate. To make sure it was not too uncomfortable for the actors, Ball first had the stunt team string him up, before he broke the news to the cast that they would need to hung up for at least two days of shooting.
Of course, no one would survive - yet alone be able to act - for extended periods hanging upside down, so the crew would set everything and then at the last minute hoist up the cast - film, and lower them again between takes. Everyone on the cast was keen to contribute, although a few started getting sick by the end and had to be body doubled with stunt guys, but on the whole all the cast the audience sees hanging upside down are really the actors.
To realize the world worn down by solar flares, a loss of top soil, and punishing sand dunes, Ball was joined by visual effects veteran Richard Hollander, who's worked with Pixar, Rhythm and Hues, Robert Abel & Assoc. and his own company VIFX. Ball, who himself is formerly a vfx artist and very technically literate, enjoyed working with Hollander, whose film credits span Titanic to Die Hard, from Speed to the China Syndrome and Blade Runner. Hollander even won a Sci-tech Oscar for his work on developing Wavefront software.
Ball was also delighted to be able to work with Weta Digital for the first time. "It was a dream to work with them," he commented. Chris White served as visual effects supervisor for Weta. It is unusual these days for a film to be just with one vendor but it worked very well on this production. Hollander was really happy that Weta felt they could do all the work needed in the film, which spanned from extensive environments to creature work, rig removal, set extension and motion captured digi-doubles.
The film started right on the heels of the first film, with previs at The Third Floor. Hollander, as the production Visual Effects Supervisor, joined the second week of pre-production. "At that time Wes had done a significant amount of pre-viz," he says. "The context for me was the first conversation with Wes, I wanted to know his goals, and the first thing I asked was 'are we grounded? Are we real - where is the camera?' - as that usually sets up everything."
In the first Maze Runner film the camera never revealed much more than characters in the story could know, as such the Maze is only ever seen at the end in a wide shot as the team are helicoptered out. In the first film the camera was very much 'around the actors'. "Ball doesn't like to let the camera get too third person and even more so on this film the Scorch Trials," says Hollander. Ball himself felt that in the first film he got pretty good at doing two character scenes, and having that look interesting on screen, but the challenge for this film was dealing with many more 6 or 7 person scenes and making sure everyone had a purpose in the shot. This wider space set the tone for effects work. "I was so excited that they could see a horizon," Hollander recalls, commenting that the director said to him in pre-production, "'I was so closed up - in this one I get to be open' - he loved that contrast (between the two films)'".
Chris White told fxguide that, unlike in many desolate worlds, the Scorch Trials city was not overgrown with plant life, as it had been destroyed by a combination of solar activity and sand storms. This meant that it was very different from say the world of Planet of the Apes which was lost into vegetation, but Weta's pipeline is designed around huge productions and White was able to use many of the simulation tools in a slightly different way on Scorch Trials. Richard Hollander was always determined that the whole city be built in 3D and not to use matte paintings even for the distant ruins. The new Weta Manuka renderer managed to provide an opportunity to render the entire city in one group thus producing very accurate lighting and shadowing.
Interestingly, to build the realism, Weta decided on many buildings to model the complete building and then run destruction simulations to get the correct ruins, with accurate collapsed sections and plausible ruins. This approach of doing things procedurally extended to the texturing. While there was of course strong artist guidance and involvement, much of the weathering was done by fluid sims and particle effects - to produce accurate stains and rust marks, even though by the time the film is set the world is barren and dry. "Weta effectively spray painted with particles and that meant that procedurally in the comp we could add all this cool streaking and grading - it is really smart - they could crank around stuff so fast... it was fascinating to work with them" commented the director."
Given how lifeless the city is, the old trick of a flock of birds in the distance was not going to be believable so the team decided to add scale and some movement with flapping pieces of trash and plastic instead. Here again the Weta team did not just arbitrarily add elements but instead covered the building in a type of 'sock - cloth' simulation so that the caught and blowing material would be realistic and only catch on things that logically worked. The technique ended up being extremely effective in giving life and movement to a city that had none. The particle texturing system working in sync with Weta's MARI pipeline and their tri-planar textures to produce vast CG landscapes all correctly lit and rendered without compromise.
Hollander was adamant that the actors be shot with actual sunlight even when shooting greenscreen for these massive environments. "That was my choice but it was also Wes' choice. The main idea was if we are exterior - they are exterior - whether if there is a greenscreen or not, once you do that you take your lighting cues from that (real environment), there are issues shooting interior for daytime exterior plates. Stages aren't big enough, you can't get the lights far enough away - the fall off is ridiculous by the inverse square law. It is all wacky when you go on a stage - night is a whole other game - as it will always be artificial light, even on location".
But as it happened, even the end camp sequence was shot on location. "It was freezing," joked Hollander, "but it pays off - you get a consistent feel". In the new film, apart from one helicopter on the ground when the film starts, all the helicopters were CGI and that included the WCKD large transport 'Berg Ship' which featured in the end sequence.
The environment work and set extension really came into play when Thomas and Brenda get separated from the rest of the group, in a scene nicknamed the "leaning building sequence". While the actors did shoot some of the work 40 ft up over a green screen - on a glass panels, the set was not as big as Hollander would have liked and Weta needed to do work to really give the sequence the scale it needed. "That scene went through the biggest dramatic change, what we shot on was a V shaped channel with debris that the production designer did a good job putting in there - but literally there is hardly anything else - it was a very small real set that had to be augmented with the rest. Weta did a spectacular job with that."
As the Cranks are chasing the two heroes, what set there was was also sometimes removed and replaced with digital props so the Cranks could grab on to rumble or react to loose material and falling sections. Some of the staircase sequence ended up as entirely CG sequences. There is no digital double work on Thomas and Brenda, but they did have rigs on for safety and Hollander had nothing but praise for the paint and roto team at Weta. The team removed the stunt double (in a grey suit), before adding the Crank. "In one case," says Hollander, "the stunt guy is hardly in the same place as where we ended up needing to put the crank. It is just a spectacular job of replacing the background. Very difficult to do - when he is pulling Brenda's leg - just a ton of work." Looking back Hollander reflects, "I would say the tracking guys and the roto reconstruction work are just brilliant."
The other aspect of environment work that Weta needed to solve was the actual scorch or sand dunes. For all the sand dunes the heroes are seen climbing, on the actual shoot Director Wes Ball only had three actual dunes. Weta worked hard to produce very accurate shaders and sand simulation, with studio head Joe Letteri getting personally involved to bring his eye to the problem. Chris White points out that the notion of sand is very easy to imagine but the actual way it reacts to light especially with wind and dust blowing over it is actually much more complex than one might first think.
The Cranks are people who have been infected with the 'Flare', a plague brought on from the Solar Flare activity. The mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD has been studying our heroes to find a cure for the Flare. While WCKD hunt down our heroes for enzymes in their brains enhanced from being under the stress of the Maze, the infected Cranks hunt down anything for fresh blood from rats to our heroes. On at least three occasions in the film, our heroes need to outrun and outwit the Cranks. The zombie like Cranks were classed into three stages, from infected to full blown consumed tree like zombies. The first two stages were special effects make up by Amalgamated Dynamics Inc. This last stage Hollander knew would always need to be fully CG.
For Weta, the visual reference for the Cranks was based in part on a real disease called Subcutaneous Horn, where a calcified growth, not unlike a horn, that develops on the face or body of an infected person or even animal. Harsh in its appearance, this was then crossed with an internally growing organic creature. The results are a fresh take on a very old visual problem. This was aided by the notion that the Cranks were more than just being infected and had organisms growing inside them. There was a version of the Cranks too repulsive even for Ball and Hollander, and thankfully audiences were spared from having that version on the big screen, as the team decided to pull back just enough to not lose the film into a full horror/gore genre.
In technical terms, the production and the tracking vfx team took advantage of the new Alexa 4:3 camera by using spherical lenses not anamorphic lenses as the new Alexa was designed for. The director only wants the world to see the film in 2.35 aspect ratio, but films such as this are normally finished to a taller 16:9 format (so there could be a TV version without panning or scanning). But both the 16:9 and the wide screen cinema master are only ever 2880 pixels wide. Given the Alexa 4:3 has 3414 x 2198 active pixels (Open Gate), or a 4:3 native aspect, the team could shoot hand held and if they needed to stabilize the shots, re-position anything or just wanted to see more of the set for better camera tracking, they had 18% extra frame to work with and even more if you only consider the wide screen 2.35 version.
"What this meant in the DI and sometimes in vfx was that I had 10-15% left or right to either move out, move over, pan left or right - to stabilize, to do whatever I wanted, to really have a lot of control over the final framing - it was so addictive. It is a really powerful thing to have," explained Ball. Hollander also points out that the spherical lenses have less chromatic aberration and work much better for effects work.
(Hear more about the grading and color spaces for this film including Dolby Vision from Wes Ball in this week's fxpodcast - at about the 25min mark)
Interestingly, while Wes Ball himself has a very strong visual effects background, for his VFX supervisor it was the director's production design skills that caught Hollander by surprise. "It is one thing to be savvy about visual effects it is another thing to really have a strong driving force about color, special arrangements and the magnitude of what someone wants to do. When I first met him, he showed me his 'mash-up' (photoshopped concept art) - and from day one...he has a great eye and a great vision. And it is not from just a blocking point of view - it gets down to detail," says Hollander.
In terms of the visual effects Hollander really wanted a collaborative environment with Weta and the director. "It was a great experience, their contributions kept us active and they came up with a few really good suggestions and really good shots. They would come back a few versions on things and really contributed."
BONUS PREVIS INTERVIEW - The Third Floor
The Third Floor's previs and postvis supervisor on Scorch Trials Jourdan Biziou tells fxguide how the world of the film, key action sequences, and the Leaning Building, were accomplished.
fxg: Can you give me an overview of the major scenes involving previs work?
Biziou: Our team worked extensively on many sequences in the movie, including scenes in the bunker, crank tunnel and crank pit as well as the Scorch journey, camp attack, opening sequence and ending. One of the most complex sequences we worked on was the Leaning Building.
The main purpose of the previs was to support director Wes Ball and the whole production team in visualizing action sequences that relied heavily on visual effects or stunt coordination. We also created techvis to facilitate coordination and communication between the visual effects, production designer and art departments. This included working with Visual Effects Supervisor Richard Hollander to create green screen cards of specific dimensions and place them in the previs set behind the known set pieces that were being built. We also worked with the production design department to make sure any digital extensions of the floor and walls, as well as dimensions of the shooting stage, were accounted for in the previs.
fxg: Would you say there was a certain style established in the previs, in terms of camera movement, editing and beats?
Biziou: Yes, Wes wanted to get a certain feeling with the camera, a naturalistic immersive feeling. He wanted camera movements that were grounded in realism and could be done in the real world by an actual camera operator. We worked with him first on blocking out the sequences and then added detail progressively, changing camera compositions to more tightly follow the action. Our previs editor, Krisztian Majdik, helped establish timing and flow, and then when Wes felt the scene was in line with his vision, he would use it as a template to capture that action on set and have the flexibility to alter things spontaneously in the moment.
fxg: How did you approach the desolate environments in previs? How much detail would you put in for destroyed buildings and areas, and how was this modeled?
Biziou: We had a pretty good idea right from the start about the general look Wes was going for. He was incredibly helpful in compiling a "look book" that we referenced throughout production. The look book contained some concept artwork with compositions that had a scope to them that spoke of vastness -- photos of deserts, buildings in decay, earthquake destruction and the like. Motoki Nishii, our asset department supervisor, and several other asset creators at The Third Floor built the previs models in Maya with various levels of detail. The hero assets would be the closest to camera, with lighter assets in the mid- and background. Everything was textured, lit and accentuated with naturalistic effects, such as blowing dust and aged layers.
For the Leaning Building sequence, we created a very extensive model with three sections: the lower half where Thomas and Brenda first enter through the different levels and flattened floors; a stairwell section and a separate floor section where Brenda fights the crank. For the Scorch crossing and Jorge Layer sequences, we had a significant amount of concept art to work with that we incorporated into the previs. Production design supervisor Dan Dorance and Andrew Max Cahn, the supervising art director, created some really great artwork for us for many of our sequences. We also had a wonderful, architecturally accurate model of the rail yard created by Brook Peters, one of the other fantastic set designers we had the pleasure to work with. This later made creating techvis on this sequence much faster as we already knew it was accurate to the location.
fxg: Can you break down previs for the creature shots - how did you impart a sense of danger in these shots?
Biziou: This was a really fun process. Wes is an amazing director to work with on many levels. For the cranks, he was very energetic and excited to get up and act things out with me and my previs lead, Heather Flynn, on site in New Mexico. We would talk about what the virus was doing to those characters, how it literally made them seem like meth-ed out zombies, twitching and freaked out. They had no sense of self preservation; their goal was to capture, infect and kill as quickly as they could.
Heather and I worked out positions with tape on the floor and then sent a video of us playing out that action so the rest of our team in Los Angeles could all be on the same page with Wes' vision. Wes was also very clear that he wanted to have the lighting be very important with our previs, too. We only used lights that were present in a given scene. No rim lights, or fill that was not motivated. So in the crank tunnel, in particular, this was essentially shot with high-powered flashlights, which gave an instant feeling of reality, claustrophobia and danger. Add in freaky movements and you had a scary situation from which you want to run!
fxg: What postvis did you do for the Leaning Building?
Biziou: We did postvis on several sequences, with the Leaning Building being one of the larger ones. Postvis included updating our previs assets to better suit the look of the plates. We adjusted the floor layout and added digital set extensions, as well as cranks chasing Thomas and Brenda. We also did work at the end sequence, adding helicopter blades and soldiers blasting with their stunners. Jorge Layer was another fun sequence for postvis, where we worked with the live footage to show the structure falling apart.
Perhaps the most challenging postvis sequence was the Leaning Building. This was mainly due to a reworking on the ground floors and interior space. Wes and our amazing visual effects supervisor, Richard Hollander, thought it would be stronger if we saw more of the supporting structures holding up the floors, and not just have it be an obstacle course the characters were traversing through. Working with Richard, we flipped the floor layout and rebuilt our ground level environment, and then proceeded to add the set extensions.
The Maze Runner will return with Wes Ball directing The Death Cure in 2017. The Scorch Trials is in cinemas now.
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SVB Financial Group's banking unit Silicon Valley Bank is to open its first international branch in London.
The bank is looking to tap into the technology startup sector in the United Kingdom, with a strategy of focusing on entrepreneurs and the venture capital industry.
"The opening of a Silicon Valley Bank branch in London signals a significant step in the evolution of the technology sector in the UK at a time when there is strong government support for a thriving community of local innovation businesses," said Greg Becker, CEO and President of Silicon Valley Bank.
"The UK branch opening is a key milestone for us and, more significantly, an example of how important high-growth technology, life science and cleantech businesses and their investors are to the global economy.
"Our clients are doing remarkable things. We are excited to be a part of their success and thrilled to be open for business in the UK."
Silicon Valley Bank, which has been offering financing solutions in the UK since 2004 through an affiliate, already counts chipmaker Icera, music service Shazam and venture capital firms Index Ventures and Balderton Capital among its clients in the UK.
The new branch will offer current and deposit accounts, loans, cash management services, trade finance and foreign exchange to startups in the country, the bank said in a statement.
Silicon Valley Bank also has offices in Israel, India and is expected to open a joint venture bank in China with Shanghai Pundong Development Bank Co.
"The news that Silicon Valley Bank is launching a full banking service in London is yet more proof that the UK is fast becoming the technology centre of Europe," said George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer.
"The knowledge, expertise and dedication that Silicon Valley Bank brings to the ecosystem is another important step toward our objective to make the UK the best place to start and grow the great technology companies of the future."


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Self-talk. If I heard yours, what would it sound like?
Mine, for most of my life, was negative, negative, negative. I couldn't EVER just take a compliment without deflecting it to the nth degree.
It came from a deep-seeded belief that I was not worthy of any of it. That I was useless, dirty, shameful, & no matter how much I covered up (or exposed for that matter) on the outside – it did nothing to hide how I really felt inside. If you have ever been sexually abused in any form as I have, most likely you are know exactly where I am coming from. That's just one of the in-roads used to beat us down to the ground & try to keep us there. It is a lie that we are worthless & ugly, and the worst kind of lie. When we can ever grasp, absorb & believe just how precious we are, how loved we are, how much value we have & can offer the world around us, the shell of self-hatred begins to crack & split and peel away. Like a snake shedding its skin. That's what happened to me, And it came surprisingly after great loss. God is good. There's that beauty for ashes again, the mantra for my life.
Now am I there 100% now? No ma'am, no sir – I am not. I still struggle sometimes with receiving the good things people say about me – about feeling worthy of any of it – but that's part humility. Humility that comes from knowing the things I have done & done to others in the past – & probably most of all to myself. Humility that I am so blessed today even after all of that – that I have witnessed such restoration that I could have never (ever) manufactured myself in a million years. Humility that I truly do not deserve it but I am so incredibly on-my-face grateful. The other part of the struggle is still some of the old self-talk – the hissing that still hisses the sing-song twisted lullaby I have heard since I was a child. That I am no good, not worthy of real love, & being lonely and used is my lot in life. That the only real way to get someone to love me is through what I can do for them – no matter the cost to my soul. That I am not enough, just as I am.
However, hallelujah – the sound of it is getting fainter as the days wear on, into whatever my future will be. The darkness of the past is steady-clearing & making way to new horizons. Hope claws it's way out lately more-so than not. And the faith of a mustard seed that won't let me forget where I've been brought & bought from – believing it's way to victory yet again. That there are, yes indeed, good plans for my life, for my future.
So what is your self-talk today?
Will you join me, even afraid, & learn a new language? Learn to re-program how you see yourself & open your heart to receive Love that never stops giving? Stay present with me in this School of Hard Knocks we call life. Yes, it is hard as hell sometimes – but it doesn't have to stay that way. Really, it doesn't.
You are NOT stuck.
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I can't believe the winter Olympics are nearly over - been watching it all evening, the men's curling final, cross country skiing and speed skating to mention a few events. I am really looking forward to the Paralympics in a week or two though - good luck team GB!


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iHeartRadio Expands Automotive Availability
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Today Clear Channel's iHeartRadio is expanding its availability in the automotive realm. The company, which offers streaming internet radio to over 40 million registered users, is pushing into new territories by integrating with Jaguar, Land Rover, Volvo, and Kia automobiles.
As it stands, iHeartRadio is already available in various Chrysler, Ford, GM, Lexus, Lincoln, Nissan and Toyota vehicles.
But that's not all.
iHeartRadio has also announced a partnership with Bosch SoftTec, a platform provider for car OEMs building out infotainment systems. This way, iHeart will reach wherever Bosch SoftTec does.
Radio is the original mobile, in-car entertainment feature. With the new advancements in automotive infotainment systems, Clear Channel is able to extend the reach of our radio stations to even more listeners. We're extremely pleased to work with Jaguar Land Rover, Volvo and Kia to bring iHeartRadio to their dashboards, as well as be available in BOSCH's deeper extension into consumer-facing functionality — providing even more listeners with the products and services they expect no matter where they are – and no matter where they drive.
According to the release, the new iHeartRadio car apps are focused on minimalism, keeping the driver safely on the road and focused on driving while still enjoying all the music or talk radio they want.
Speaking of, iHeart recently introduced talk radio to iHeartRadio's catalog, letting a number of big name brands host live radio shows which can be saved for later listening. The platform is also introducing a way for everyday users to record podcasts/radio shows.
There's no clear word on availability when it comes to the new in-car apps, but the press release promises 2014.
Source: Techcrunch
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The WA Police Union is demanding stab-proof ballistic vests, 1000 more officers and a 1.5 per cent pay rise, warning response times to some jobs might be delayed during industrial action.
The work-to-rule campaign begun on Wednesday means officers will not work unauthorised overtime or be available after hours, and will return to their station for a meal break and to complete each task including paperwork.
Union president George Tilbury says he anticipates delayed response times for non-urgent jobs.
"However, there will be no imminent risk to community safety and officers are expected to respond to all emergency situations," he said on Wednesday.
Mr Tilbury said officers would only cover jobs involving knives and syringes if specialist units that wear the protective vests, such as the tactical response group and riot police, were busy and there were two police cars in attendance.
Vests will cost about $10 million to issue to frontline officers.
The union is also urging members to lodge health and safety forms when they are exposed to hazards where they should have been protected by vests.
Mr Tilbury says the union also wants the state government to honour the annual 1.5 per cent pay increase previously promised, and described the 100 additional officers for the meth border force as "measly".
Premier Mark McGowan insisted his government's wages policy was fair and reasonable.
"The state's financial position is catastrophic, we can't afford large pay increases," he told reporters.
Mr McGowan said the 13kg vests were available at most stations when required, but he was open to discussing it further.
The premier also denied Mr Tilbury's claim that he compared police work to council rangers during a private conversation.
Mr McGowan said what he actually told Mr Tilbury was his argument that police often intervened in situations when they were off-duty also applied to other workers such as rangers and nurses.
"I said once I open the door to additional pay on the basis of the fact you might do something outside of ordinary hours well then I'll have a whole range of occupations making the same claim," he said.
Acting Police Commissioner Gary Dreibergs said he expected all officers to continue to undertake their duties and prioritise community safety.
"In past industrial campaigns, the passion and commitment of our officers to ensure the safety of the community has never been compromised and I don't expect it will be compromised this time."


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The United States is home to more immigrants than any other country in the world, a new survey revealed.
According to a report from the Pew Research Center, more than 40 million people currently living the the U.S. were born in another country. In other words, roughly one-fifth of the world's migrant population call the U.S. home.
"The U.S. foreign-born population reached a record 43.2 million in 2015. Since 1965, when U.S. immigration laws replaced a national quota system, the number of immigrants living in the U.S. has more than quadrupled," the study says.
Today, immigrants account for 13.4 percent of the U.S. population, which is almost three times the share (4.7 percent) in 1970.
Pew estimates that by 2065 the number of immigrants in the U.S. will have grown to more than 78 million.
Broken down by race, the analysis predicts Asians will make up roughly 38 percent of all immigrants, Hispanics will be 31 percent, whites will be 20 percent, and blacks will be 9 percent.
While most immigrants living in the U.S. are doing so legally, about a quarter, or 11 million, are in the country illegally.
All of this comes as President Donald Trump has vowed to crack down on illegal immigration. The president has twice tried to temporarily freeze immigration into the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority countries, as well as institute a short-term moratorium on the refugee program. But his efforts have been shot down by federal judges.
Trump also signed an executive order just days after taking office calling for the removal of people living in the U.S. illegally who "have been convicted of any criminal offense," "have been charged with any criminal offense," "have committed acts that constitute a chargeable criminal offense," or "are subject to a final order of removal."
In two memos issues in February, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly instructed his agency to hire 5,000 more Border Patrol agents and 10,000 additional Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in order to accommodate the White House's increased focus on illegal immigration.
Kelly also called for the end of so-called "catch-and-release" policies that allow illegal immigrants to stay freely in the U.S. while they await hearings on their legal status moving forward.
"If an immigration officer determines that an arriving alien is inadmissible to the United States under [existing law], the officer shall, consistent with all applicable laws, order the alien removed from the United States without further hearing or review, unless the alien is an unaccompanied alien child," the guidance reads.
As for where the U.S.'s immigrant population is living, Pew found that the majority are concentrated in three states: California (25 percent), Texas (11 percent), and New York (10 percent).


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