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The concept of India Poochega... was to be intelligent and shaana : Shah Rukh Khan
With the closure of India Poochega Sabse Shana Kaun?, we ask the host of the show Shah Rukh Khan, about his association with the show, channel and more...
TV's much anticipated and unique fame reality show India Poochega Sabse Shana Kaun?, finally bids adieu. The host of
the show, Shah Rukh Khan with his hosting skills, entertained the viewers along with inviting many renowned TV as well as Bollywood celebs on the show.
While King Khan has a knack of hosting shows earlier, having hosted shows like Kaun Banega Crorepati and Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hai? and Zor Ka Jhatka, India Poochega... marks his comeback.
We ask Shah Rukh Khan about his association with Zee, show India Poochega Sabse Shana Kaun? and much more...
Telling us about his association with Zee, Shah Rukh Khan says, "My association with them is like a family. So, I would like to take an opportunity to thank the entire Zee family, thank you to the bottom of my heart. I am extremely grateful that whenever there is a big thing that Zee is coming up with; they give me the chance to be a part of it."
Further talking about other shows that are being aired on the same channel & TV, Shah Rukh says, "The other shows of &TV are equally doing a great job, all shows have a different ideology and concepts that are likable by the audience and it makes the viewers to watch the show and enjoy. So, I hope this channel becomes a huge hit and continue to engage the viewers with its various shows."
Lastly talking about his show Shah Rukh Khan, "The concept of my show India Poochega... was to be intelligent and shaana. Like it was for the people jo Shaan se jeete hai aur shaan mein rehte hai and sochte hai ki unko sab kuch aata hai. So basically it was by the common people to the common people, as the questions and answers discussed were amongst the ordinary public, with the one who feels is smart."
Well the viewers will surely miss the King Khan, on the small screen!
Aakruti Damani


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Jim McGovern is overhauling the House rules. Here's what you need to know about the changes.
"[Republicans] presided over the most closed Congress in history. I don't want that to be my legacy."
The saying may be that democracy dies in darkness. But Rep. Jim McGovern has joked that over the past few years it's actually the House Rules Committee "where democracy goes to die."
As the ranking Democrat on the Rules Committee under Republican leadership, McGovern frequently protested the majority party's historic lack of openness in the legislative process.
"They presided over the most closed Congress in history," the Massachusetts congressman told Boston.com in an interview. "I don't want that to be my legacy."
With Democrats now in control of the House, McGovern has ascended to Rules Committee chair and spearheaded what he says is an "unprecedented" package to reform the way bills are debated and modernize Congress. In a vote Thursday night, most — but not all — Democrats and even a couple of Republicans voted to adopt the new rules.
While frustrated by the intra-party defectors, McGovern says he's "really proud" of the final rules package, which is one thing House Democrats actually have the power to enact without the approval of the Senate or President Donald Trump.
"Look, we have divided government," said the Worcester Democrat. "And so there are limits to what a Democratic House can ultimately accomplish with a Republican Senate and a Republican president — especially a president as erratic as this one. But the one thing we can do is we can run the place like professionals."
What's in the package?
One of the biggest priorities for McGovern was restoring an open legislative process.
The new rules package requires that all bills referred to the Rules Committee, which sets the conditions for debating a bill before it advances to the House floor, must first have a committee hearing and markup before moving forward.
"Under the Republican leadership, bills would routinely come to the Rules Committee that never had hearings, that no committee ever considered," he said. "We're requiring committees to actually do their job before legislation comes to the Rules Committee."
The bill also mandates that major pieces of legislation are available for 72 hours for House members to read before they go to the floor for a vote, a change from the requirement of about 24 hours.
There's also a new requirement that bills with more than 290 co-sponsors (two-thirds of the House) are guaranteed to get a floor vote, which is intended to expedite bills with broad, bipartisan support — even if those in charge aren't on board.
There are also provisions that McGoverns says will empower individual members and their constituents, such as giving voting rights to the delegates representing Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico and requiring that committees hold "Member Day" hearings, in which all House members are provided the opportunity to present their legislative ideas.
The rules package will create select committees on addressing the climate change crisis and modernizing Congress, install an Office of Diversity focused on the congressional workforce, and "unequivocally ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity" in Congress. And with the swearing in of the first two Muslim congresswoman, the package is clarifying the House's 180-year-old ban on headwear to allow hijabs and other religious headwear.
McGovern noted that not only is the overall package a stark departure from the rules under Republican leadership, but also from the rules under periods of Democratic leadership prior to when the GOP took control in 2011.
"It's going to be up to us to be able to stay true to our word and to our rules," he said.
The rules package also includes a raft of ethics reforms, including a ban on members serving on publicly traded corporate boards and a requirement that the Ethics Committee investigate if any member is indicted or charged with criminal conduct.
(House Democrats are also planning to introduce a sweeping anti-corruption and government reform bill as their first piece of legislation — H.R. 1 — this session.)
And amid the larger societal reckoning with workplace culture and sexual harassment, the rules package will ban sexual relationships between members and employees of the committees on which they serve, prevent nondisclosure agreements from prohibiting Capitol Hill staffers from reporting workplace violations, and require that members reimburse taxpayers for discrimination settlements.
"I think a lot of our Democratic values are incorporated in this package," McGovern said.
What's the deal with the dispute over PAYGO?
While the vast majority of Democrats voted in favor of the rules package, McGovern and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi did have to respond to a small rebellion from a few fellow progressives over an obscure rule in the package known as PAYGO.
Short for "pay-as-you-go," the provision requires that any new spending must be offset by tax increases or budget cuts, with the supposed goal of not increasing the federal deficit. If legislation is passed without offsets, the Office of Management and Budget is required to make across-the-board sequestration budget cuts at the end of the congressional session.
Some progressive Democrats, including California Rep. Ro Khanna and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, argue that PAYGO is "terrible economics" and a "political maneuver designed to hamstring progress" on health care and other major reforms. Both said they would vote against the entire rules package as a result.
Tomorrow I will also vote No on the rules package, which is trying to slip in #PAYGO.
PAYGO isn't only bad economics, as @RoKhanna explains; it's also a dark political maneuver designed to hamstring progress on healthcare+other leg.
We shouldn't hinder ourselves from the start. https://t.co/WW3UaBs7vh
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 2, 2019
And McGovern, a fellow member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, largely agrees.
"I have some serious reservations with PAYGO," he said. "And I think we have to have a thorough discussion about a better way to move forward, because investing in programs, for example, that stimulate economic growth or that feed the hungry, I would say actually result in net savings. But no matter what I think about Paygo, it is the law of the land."
As McGovern notes, PAYGO was passed into actual statutory law in 2010 under President Barack Obama. And in 2011, House Republicans changed the chamber's rules to replace it with "CUTGO," which mandated that new spending could only be offset by spending cuts in other areas.
While it would take an actual bill to get rid of PAYGO, changing the House rules to get rid of CUTGO was at least a step in the right direction, according to McGovern.
"This is where I'm a little bit frustrated about some of the discussion about this in terms of the rules package," he said. "PAYGO is not created by the rules package. PAYGO is the law. If you want to repeal PAYGO, then you got to introduce a bill and pass it in the House and Senate and get the president to sign it."
McGovern continued: "What we're saying in the rules package is — CUTGO is what the Republicans put in — we're not doing that. We're going to reserve our right to find offsets in compliance with the law, because if we don't, that means that we'll pass a bill and then the Senate passes a bill, the Senate can decide where the offsets are and this Republican Senate will probably go after things that I care about. And if they don't want to do it, Mick Mulvaney at OMB does it. And I wouldn't trust him to tell me the correct time, never mind to do the right thing in terms of finding offsets that are acceptable."
In a tweet earlier this week, McGovern assured his peers that he would do "everything in my power to ensure [PAYGO] doesn't prevent Medicare for All and other progressive causes from moving forward, including waiving the House rule."
And other progressive Democrats appear to take him at his word. Ultimately, Khanna, Ocasio-Cortez, and Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard were the only Democrats who voted against the rules package Thursday. The rest of the of progressive caucus members in the House voted for it and Reps. Marc Pocan and Pramila Jayapal, of Wisconsin and Washington, respectively, announced Wednesday that they would introduce the required legislation to repeal PAYGO.
That is why we will be introducing legislation in the 116th Congress to end #PAYGO. In the meantime, @RepMcGovern and House Leadership have committed to us that #PAYGO will not be an impediment to advancing key progressive priorities in the 116th Congress.
— Rep. Mark Pocan (@repmarkpocan) January 2, 2019
That is why @RepMarkPocan and I will be introducing legislation shortly to repeal PayGo and have a hearing on it to highlight all the reasons why PayGo is bad policy and bad for millions of working Americans who deserve a bold, visionary progressive agenda.
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) January 3, 2019
McGovern says he's also on board with the legislative effort
"There's no other way to do it," he said. "And I get it. People like to have these — I understand people's frustration on PAYGO, because I share a lot of that frustration. But we gotta be real about how we change it, and we have to be real about how we don't change it."
How did the rules package come together?
Despite the last-minute dramatics, McGovern says the final rules package was the result of "unprecedented" bipartisan outreach. Since the fall, McGovern has been meeting with both Democrats and Republicans to seek their input on potential rule changes.
"I have spoke to virtually every caucus and committee chair that's in this institution," he said. "I've met with countless members individually. … All these ideas are not 'Jim McGoven came up with these ideas one day.' These ideas, you know, people came to us about, so I feel good about it."
McGovern said the process was especially unique for a rules package.
"I've been here for awhile," said the 12th-term congressman. "I've never ever been asked my opinion on the rules package. In fact, most of the time we don't even know what's in the rules package when it comes from the floor."
Another remarkable aspect of the rules package was that it actually got GOP votes. Three Republicans — Reps. Tom Reed and John Katko of New York, and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania — voted yes Thursday night. According to Roll Call, it was the first time anyone from the minority party voted for the majority party's rules package.
"What is unprecedented about this rules package is that this is the first time that I know of where there has been an open process where we sought advice from Democrats and even Republicans," McGovern said. "There are ideas in here that will promote more bipartisanship. There are ideas in here that will empower individual members. The bottom line is we want to run this place like professionals."
McGovern noted that the package is still a "work in progress" and they could make amendments throughout the session as they see fit. Part of role of the special committee on modernizing the House will facilitate further rule changes. But McGovern is happy with what the chamber passed Thursday.
"We want to restore some integrity to the House of Representatives and I think this is a good first step," he said. "I'm really proud of the final result."


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9 2020 Shudder Movies You Really Need To Be Watching
With the outbreak of a global pandemic, the discovery of Murder Hornets, and apparent evidence of real UFOs, I think we can all agree that life has felt a lot like a horror movie lately and the title is 2020. Fortunately, many have found ways of distracting themselves from the madness through entertainment and, if you are like me, horror movies like Host have, ironically, been your choice of escape. In fact, the film is just one of several new horror movies exclusively released on Shudder that have kept me and others entertained all year long.
The streaming platform has been a reliable go-to source of all things mysterious, macabre, and even morbidly cheesy for years, harboring undisputed classics and lovable hidden gems alike. Much of Shudder's own fresh, exclusive content has also proven to be just as good as anything considered a staple of the genre and its original movies released in 2020 alone are certainly no exception.
If you have not been able to keep up with what's new on Shudder, perhaps it is just because you do not consider yourself a horror fan. However, if you are a fan and still do not have a subscription, what the hell are you waiting for? As soon as you set up your account, be sure to add the following nine films that the platform introduced to the world this past year, starting with one that offers a dark reflection of our already dark current reality.
If you ever thought things could not get worse during the Covid-19 lockdown, that is what the socially distant friends in this terrifying word-of-mouth hit thought before they held a seance over a virtual conference call. Conceived, shot, and also released on Shudder during the pandemic, Host proves creativity can still thrive while under quarantine and may be the smartest and scariest entry yet of the steadily emerging "video call horror" subgenre that I recommend watching on your laptop instead of your TV.
Stream Host on Shudder here (opens in new tab).
The Beach House
This intensely uncomfortable gross-out survival film, the feature-length debut from writer and director Jeffrey A. Brown, also has references to the pandemic, but in ways that are purely (and quite strangely) by coincidence, in this case. It stars If I Stay actress Liana Liberato and The Get Down star Noah Le Gros as young lovers spending a romantic getaway at The Beach House's titular location, where the disturbing effects of a mysterious infection begin to take shape around them.
Stream The Beach House on Shudder here (opens in new tab).
The Cleansing Hour
This unique and thoroughly entertaining take on possession thrillers is similar to Host specifically by how it comments on how the Internet dominates our perception of the world, but with more of a biting satire that puts its credibility into question. Max (Ryan Guzman) and his producer friend Drew (Kyle Gallner) have made millions off of The Cleansing Hour, their live-stream of exorcisms, all of which have been staged, until the sudden possession of Drew's girlfriend Lane (Alix Angelis) forces them to stop faking it in their latest, and potentially final, webcast.
Stream The Cleansing Hour on Shudder here (opens in new tab).
The Mortuary Collection
A young woman (Caitlin Custer) seeks a job at a funeral home ran by an odd, elderly man (Clancy Brown), who takes the opportunity to tell her stories of his most notorious clients. A lavish party guest who lets her curiosity get the best of her, a college frat boy (Jacob Elordi) who learns the importance of practicing safe sex, and a babysitter who gets an unexpected visitor are among the brutal cautionary tales in The Mortuary Collection - a dazzling, comically creepy treat for fans of horror anthologies.
Stream The Mortuary Collection on Shudder here (opens in new tab).
Scare Me
In this other darkly funny anthology, but not so much in the traditional sense, a pair of strangers entertain each other during a power outage with their own scary stories that begin to challenge the bounds of their imaginations. Starring Josh Ruben (who also writes and directs), and Aya Cash (Stormfront from The Boys), and Chris Redd from Saturday Night Live, Scare Me might just be the perfect cure for your cabin fever.
Stream Scare Me on Shudder here (opens in new tab).
Speaking of having a wild imagination, a woman (Keegan Connor Tracy) and her husband (Grave Encounters star Sean Rogerson) are concerned over the behavior of their young son (Jett Klyne), who puts the blame on his imaginary friend, whom he calls Z. However, the couple soon begin to question if Z really is imaginary and, moreso, if he can be called a friend in this disturbing psychological thriller.
Stream Z on Shudder here (opens in new tab).
Malik (Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman) fears he may be psychologically disturbed (or worse - completely sane) when he begins to suspect that he, his partner Aaron (Ari Cohen), and their teenage daughter Kayla (Jennifer Laporte) may be in danger after moving into a seemingly perfect neighborhood. Not to be confused with Chris Rock's upcoming spin-off of the Saw movies franchise, Spiral is an intense, engrossing slow-burn that feels like how Get director Jordan Peele would take aim at LGBTQ+ discrimination.
Stream Spiral on Shudder here (opens in new tab).
La Llorona
Not to be confused with 2019's The Conjuring Universe installment The Curse of La Llorona, this ghost story is told from the point of view of an aging fascist leader (Julio Diaz) facing allegations of genocidal acts as a vengeful spirit seems to have latched onto him and his family. Inspired by actual events in Guatemala, La Llorona is a Spanish-language import that brilliantly combines real-world social commentary with a real mysterious legend of folklore for an experience more chilling than you typical haunted house flicks.
Stream La Llorona on Shudder here (opens in new tab).
In Search Of Darkness
Of course, if you happen to love typical haunted house flicks and all the other classic horror subgenres that defined the 1980s, you will fall severed head over slit hells for this documentary exclusively available to stream on Shudder. Featuring interviews with Halloween director John Carpenter, Scream Queen Barbara Crampton, iconic film commentator Joe Bob Briggs, and plenty more names worshipped by gorehounds, In Search of Darkness is a deep and lengthy dive into a one of the horror cinema's most celebrated eras, and it is only part one of the exploration.
Stream In Search Of Darkness on Shudder here (opens in new tab).
What do you think? Does sitting through more than four hours of interviews about '80s horror movies sound too much for you, or does it sound more pleasant than any of the previously mentioned films on this list? Let us know in the comments and be sure to check back for additional information and updates about what is available to stream on Shudder, as well as more of our own recommendations of other movies released digitally in 2020, here on CinemaBlend.


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I'm coming to the end of decorating our dining room which, thanks to the fabulous floor I've found, hasn't taken as long as I expected. The valance for the curtains I'm sewing our a little tricky and I expect they'll take another week. Then I want to finish painting the cornice I've put up. Yes, that's right, me – all be myself! I'll tell you about it and the curtain valance later.
But at the moment their are daffodils outside our house; a sure sign hat spring is on its way. So my mind is turning to the front of the house and the plans I have for it.
As I said in my introduction to our French home the house front was not a selling point for me. I'd dreamed of something like this…
and got this…
Now, I'm one of those people who love, love, love to decorate. Since I've had my own money I've bought Country Living Interiors magazines and pored over them ,as well as any other similar magazines (two things to note here: firstly, I mean my first Saturday job money, yes that obsessed. Secondly Pinterest has saved me a fortune). So it wasn't the lack of shutters or any kerb side appeal, I can do that, but it was the door. UPVC. No scroll iron work. Can't paint it my own colour (little sigh, reminds herself that there are people actually suffering and we've just got our dream home).
I think you need to be wise with both your money and the earth's resources; it's one of the reasons why I post about up-cycling and repurposing. There are so many things just thrown out; better to invest some time in them rather than let them go on the scrap heap, yes? So no new front door.
Prior to buying our home we rented an old farmhouse to find out if we liked living in the country and an old house. I'm so glad we did, although I think that was more God's design than mine as I was impatient to buy. Our dream of rural living was isolating with two young children and a second language to contend with.
The house was lovely, but it was ancient and the windows were weathered, wooden ones. We spent about 700 euros a month on fuel and as soon as the fuel went the house would freeze. Not a great way to live with two small children.
When we were waiting to move and I was pinning away, making my plans, I had lots of images of wooden, French doors on my site. I'd even made a deal with my husband that we'd get a new one. But gradually over time I started to reconsider; surely the money would be better spent elsewhere? If not given where God wants it to go.
Then when we moved; heat! Such luxury. The double glazing in the house has made such a difference to us in a cold, wet winter. I actually went ahead and ordered more fuel the other day as we'd moved in over Christmas and had only ordered a half load and I fully expected there to be an empty tank. I didn't need the full load at all, unbelievable.
So I may not like the UPVC as it stands, but comfort and bank book is coming first and I'm making plans about what to do to get a more 'wow' look (I'm using a lot of the images I found or stored onto Pinterest, follow my boards for more ideas on the links above).
My plans had, of course, involved painting our front door various shades. However although I've researched painting upvc it's a daunting prospect, so I'm sticking with the white. Nevertheless if you look at these examples a white front door doesn't have to be boring.
At the moment not only is our door white, but our handle is too. Although I can't get a black handle for upvc (I don't think) the gold makes a difference yes? I can't get the detail on these either, but I think that just the contrast between the door and the handle in conjunction with my other planned changes should make a satisfactory difference.
Again a white front door with contrasting hardware, but all of a sudden the lighting either side adds something, yes?
I've been hunting various styles on Amazon to give me further inspiration and they are relatively inexpensive. I've chosen brass, Victorian or Edwardian era styles as the house is so old.
To accompany these changes and the period I'm considering just a simple upgrade of the doorbell. Very inexpensive, but can add to the impact significantly.
Lace curtains or tranfers
I'd always wanted the metal grillwork of a French front door, but seeing this picture made me think I could have the same feel..
I've found this lace curtains or even this transfer from Laura Ashley that would reflect the period I'm going for.
House number
Uploading this transfer from Laura Ashley to my pins led to similar pins emerging of decals for transfer windows. How amazing are these?
I love the ones with the street name as well. Very Sherlock Homes. Classic, not Cumberbatch.
An additional image gave me the idea for an iron mat.
I found this one, which I think is perfect..
Of course as well as framing the door with external lights I want to have some topiary, I especially like spiral clipped ones, but any good evergreen will frame the door well and add character.
I love that colour purple for our shutters by the way.
As well as specific topiary plantings I want to have additional plants along the front of the house. There are some areas that have had the paving stones removed from of the house, so I'll be using a mixture of in the ground and planters to get this type of effect.
I can't find an image of the type of purple I like, but you get the impression of purple shutters with this image
As well as the dark purple and colour scheme I like here (the greys I'm thinking of as the stone used for the house, the blue grass for planters, garage door etc).
Post box
We only have a letterbox at the moment, but I'm hoping to persuade my hubby to get one of these in the future.
Considering the door would have cost 1000s, and I would have wanted all of these to dress the house front anyway, I think I'm basically just upgrading the door with a handle, lace curtains, transfer and bell. So that will be about 100-150, not bad.
Any ideas? I'd love to hear them.


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SafetyTIPS: How to Survive a Fire in a Crowded Place
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How to Survive a Fire in a Crowded Place
If you're planning to attend a celebration during this holiday season, will you be able to get out safely should a fire unexpectedly erupt while you're busy celebrating? It's important to give thought to the possibility that trying to get out of a crowded place in an emergency could instantly become a matter of life and death.
If you haven't, now is the time to be prepared for that kind of emergency:
- As soon as you get to your designated place, familiarize yourself with where all of the exits are. Don't just glance in the direction of the exits. Actually walk the path to at least one of those exits from where you will be standing or sitting. Remember, the power will likely go out from the fire. The possibility of becoming disoriented in the dark or from smoke inhalation is extremely high. It's crucial that you know in which direction to hurry to as soon as a fire erupts.
- Wear non-flowing clothing and practical shoes. Keep any laces tied to prevent tripping.
- Don't stop to collect your possessions (e.g., purse, clothing, shoes). Leave them behind and get out! Prevent getting knocked down at all costs.
- Should a stampede situation develop as celebration-goers surge for the nearest exit, turn in the direction of an alternate exit, such as the back door or a window you can throw a chair through if necessary to make your escape.
- Take care when negotiating staircases, ramps and elevated flooring. The force of a moving crowd can become impossible to manage, causing you to trip, fall and possibly be trampled.
- Stay as calm as possible as you try to exit the venue, taking care not to push those in front of you. The last thing you want to do is knock down anyone in front of you, which will cause you to trip and fall on them. The situation becomes extremely dangerous when people find themselves piled on top of one another, unable to continue moving.
- If others in the venue begin to panic, your best bet is to avoid being in the center of the stampede. Keep your legs and arms moving at a diagonal to the direction the crowd is rush towards. Try to drift yourself to the outside where the body flow will be weaker.
- If you happen to fall, get up as quickly as you can. If you can't, reach for someone, or grab their clothes, to pull yourself up to your feet. If you aren't able to get up, try to maneuver yourself by crawling in the same direction as the crowd.
- Let someone at home or a non-attending friend know where you will be, just to be on the safe side. If an emergency like a fire should happen while you are at the event, someone on the outside will know where you are to notify authorities and/or try to find you.
It's not about saving lives; it's about saving your life.
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Iranian scientist Soleimani arrives home after over one year behind bars in US
Freed Iranian stem cell scientist Dr. Masoud Soleimani has arrived in Tehran after over one year of imprisonment in the United States.
Soleimani arrived at Tehran Mehrabad airport on Saturday evening after he was released by the US in a prisoner swap. He was welcomed by his family members and Iranian officials upon his arrival.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accompanied the released scientist from Zurich where the swap took place.
The Iranian foreign minister said in a tweet earlier in the day that the top scholar, along with Xiyue Wang — a Chinese-born US citizen who had been sentenced to 10 years in prison for espionage in Iran in 2017 — had been delivered to the Swiss officials and would "be joining their families shortly."
Jailed Iranian prof. released from US after one year: FMIran's Foreign Ministry says stem cell scientist Dr. Masoud Soleimani has been released after a year of imprisonment in the United States.
Speaking to reporters at the airport, Zarif said he is "very happy that on National Students' Day, one of the greatest professors and scientists of our country is returned home."
He added that Dr. Soleimani had been taken hostage by the American forces for 14 months "without any reason."
The US "arrested a university professor with 500 scientific articles without any reason" after it invited him and gave him a visa "to do research at the highest US scientific institute."
The top Iranian diplomat emphasized that Dr. Soleimani had been repeatedly offered by the United States to stay in the US instead of returning home but the "patriotic professor" turned down their request.
Zarif also thanked Iran's Supreme National Security Council, the Judiciary and security bodies for agreeing to the Iranian scientist's swap with an American who was held in Iran on espionage charges and was pardoned based on "Islamic compassion" and returned to the US.
"Over the past 40 years, the US has been trying to hinder Iran's scientific progress. The US' maximum pressure has been pursuing such a goal," he said.
Zarif added that the science, progress and technology that the Iranian nation has managed to acquire trough its self-reliance are the "biggest thorn in the side of those who do not want this nation's prosperity."
For his part, Soleimani said Iran's achievements in science and technology have made the US angry and that is the main reason behind Washington's animosity towards Tehran.
He called on Iranians to build up the country's scientific front to further make the enemy disappointed.
He also thanked Iranian officials for securing his release.
In a tweet, President Donald Trump thanked Tehran for a "very fair" negotiation that led to the release Saturday of an America held in Iran and an Iranian scientist jailed in the US.
"Thank you to Iran on a very fair negotiation. See, we can make a deal together!"
Back in October last year, Soleimani, 49, left Iran on sabbatical last year but was arrested upon arrival in Chicago and transferred to prison in Atlanta, Georgia for unspecified reasons.
When he left Tehran last fall, Soleimani, a professor and biomedical researcher at Tarbiat Modares University (TMU) in Tehran, planned to complete his research on treating stroke patients as a visiting scholar at the prestigious Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.
Prosecutors in Atlanta had accused him and two of his former students of conspiring and attempting to export vials of human growth hormone from the US to Iran without authorization, in violation of US sanctions.
The human growth hormone is not banned in the US or Iran and was being used "exclusively for medical research," which is still considered largely exempt from US sanctions, according to his Atlanta attorney Leonard Franco.
The two students were charged in a court and released after posting bail because they held US citizenship.


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Academy trust 'backs Ofsted inspections'
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An academy trust says it wants to be open to inspection by Ofsted, after the education secretary appeared to rule out allowing the watchdog to examine groups running academies.
The Co-operative Academies Trust has written to Nicky Morgan and Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw offering to "open doors" to any inspection.
Ofsted can inspect local authorities but not the groups themselves.
The Co-op trust director Frank Norris says regulations should be the same.
His letter is the latest intervention in an argument about the oversight of academies.
He says his trust, which oversees seven schools, should face the same standard of checks as local authorities and calls on other academy trusts to invite inspections from Ofsted.
"I see no good reason why these central functions should not be subject to regular inspection in the same way school-improvement functions in local authorities are inspected," said Mr Norris, who is a former senior inspector with Ofsted.
"I am also dismayed at the limited comment from academy chains about this issue.
"I have been inspecting schools and local authorities since 1995 and I know how important inspection is to drive up standards," said Mr Norris.
Schools in his own trust were improving and academies should have nothing to hide from such scrutiny, he added.
A majority of secondary schools in England are now academies, operating outside of local authority control.
But while Ofsted has been able to inspect the quality of services provided by councils, inspectors have not been allowed to monitor the groups running academy chains. Instead they have been restricted to inspecting individual academy schools.
Sir Michael, Ofsted's chief inspector, has warned publicly that this creates a gap in accountability and has called for inspectors to be able to check academy trusts.
The question of the monitoring of academies was also raised by the so-called Trojan Horse scandal in Birmingham, with warnings about a lack of oversight.
But Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has resisted arguments to let Ofsted inspect academy trusts, saying sufficient monitoring powers already exist to examine the "constituent parts".
"They have the powers," she told MPs on the education select committee last week.
"I'm not in the business of producing more legislation to do something that the inspectorate can already do."


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Proc. of the 13th Int. Semantic Web Conf. (ISWC 2014). Volume 8796 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 2014.
Updates in RDF stores have recently been standardised in the SPARQL 1.1 Update specification. However, computing answers entailed by ontologies in triple stores is usually treated orthogonally to updates. Even W3C's SPARQL 1.1 Update language and SPARQL 1.1 Entailment Regimes specifications explicitly exclude a standard behaviour for entailment regimes other than simple entailment in the context of updates. In this paper, we take a first step to close this gap. We define a fragment of SPARQL basic graph patterns corresponding to (the RDFS fragment of ) DL-Lite and the corresponding SPARQL update language, dealing with updates both of ABox and of TBox statements. We discuss possible semantics along with potential strategies for implementing them. In particular, we treat both, (i) materialised RDF stores, which store all entailed triples explicitly, and (ii) reduced RDF Stores, that is, redundancy-free RDF stores that do not store any RDF triples (corresponding to DL-Lite ABox statements) entailed by others already. We have implemented all semantics prototypically on top of an off-the-shelf triple store and present some indications on practically feasibility.
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Sunder Pichai, an Indian origin IITian was named as the CEO of Google recently by the founders of the company Sergey Brin and Larry Page. This top level change was the result of a re-structuring under which the techs Giant Google segregated its businesses and create a mother company, which has been named as Alphabet.
Pichai hails from Chennai and completed his bachelors from IIT Kharagpur, after which he went to Stanford and Wharton. He will soon take charge of the slimmed down Google, which is even been called as Google Minus. The Google Minus will be stripped off some companies which have been functioning under it and are quite far afield from the Google's cardinal internet products and offerings. All the other companies which Google will trim down will be transferred under the new created set-up Alphabet and Larry Page will be the CEO of Alphabet.
Alphabet will include several units besides Google and these subsume Calico that focuses on Longevity, X-lab that is renowned for incubating the new efforts like Wing and drone delivery effort of Google, along with the unit which is working on the development of the smart contact lens which detects the levels of blood sugar. Alphabet will also encompass the investment arms of the Google, Ventures and Capital.
Larry Page, in a recent Press Meet conducted said that we have long believed the fact that companies tend to become more comfortable doing the iterative efforts over time and in being indulged in the same operations while making incremental changes in the offerings. However, the technology industry differs as it is driven by the revolutionary and innovative ideas and thus, you need to stay little uncomfortable in order to stay relevant+ and contribute positively to the society and the users. The new structural changes made in Google and the introduction of Alphabet will help us stay tuned to newer developments by focusing on the extraordinary opportunities.


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Seventh in a series on a new ESA listing. We will publish additions to the series if/as they are written.
Unsupported claims in obscure essays from 1942, 1944, and 1960 have hurt a lot of people in south Thurston County, Washington. Oppressive laws are based on them—including the 2014 Endangered Species Act micro-listing of four Mazama pocket gopher subspecies. Some families have lost everything.
A brief 1960 essay entitled "Relationship of the Pocket Gophers of the Thomomys Mazama-Talpoides Complex in the Pacific Northwest" (The Murrelet, Vol. 41, No. 2, pages 17–22) is what federal, state, and local officials still rely on to identify Thurston County gophers as the Mazama species. The top of this essay's first page is shown at right.
This 1960 essay claims that the pocket gophers living on the prairies around Thurston County are not the same species as the surrounding Northern (talpoides) pocket gophers—for an intriguing reason.
The essay states that, because of the alleged large size of these south Thurston gophers' penises, they are actually members of the well-endowed Mazama species. That species was first discovered in 1897 in the mountains and forests around Crater Lake, OR and northern California, as shown at right.
Crater Lake was formed by the massive eruption of Mount Mazama—hence the gopher's name.
The only evidence of this 1960 claim are the comparative gopher penis drawings in the feature image shown above, and at lower right.
There is no available explanation as to how or why a small band of well-endowed forest rodents would burrow 350 miles across mountains, valleys, and rivers, including the wide Columbia, to settle on Thurston County prairies, which is a dramatically different habitat from their native mountain home.
Yet officials at every level of government fiercely protect the "Mazama" pocket gopher "subspecies" of Thurston County, based on their confidence in this 54-year-old sketch of gopher penises, shown at right.
Neither Mazama or talpoides need a prairie habitat
Federal, state, and local officials also rely on the 1944 essay, "Distribution and Variation in Pocket Gophers, Thomomys talpoides, in the State of Washington" (American Naturalist, Vol. 77, No.777, pages 308–333), for their scientific criteria about pocket gopher habitat. They enforce stringent laws based on their assertion that pocket gophers can't live in forests.
This 1944 essay states that Thurston County's gophers can't live in forests. The essay went on to claim that these gophers were even doomed to extinction because of forests encroaching on their prairie habitat, as shown at right.
This dire prediction from 1944 is the basis of these gophers' current "endangered" status.
Multiple scientific studies have documented that both the Mazama and the "Northern" (talpoides) pocket gophers live and breed prolifically in forests. The Northern pocket gophers were one of the few old growth forest animals to survive the eruption of Mount St. Helens.
So, whichever species Thurston County's pocket gophers turn out to be–either Northern or Mazama–they sure don't need prairie habitat to survive.
WDFW challenges 'subspecies' criteria
Federal, state, and local laws protecting Thurston County's "Mazama" pocket gophers are based on the assertion that distinct subspecies were discovered by a young museum employee named Walter Dalquest in 1942.
Here is the complete two and a half page essay from 1942, claiming to identify three new Northern (talpoides) pocket gopher subspecies in Thurston County. The essay is followed by a one page chart of gopher measurements:
1942 Essay – Three New Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) from Western Washington
This 1942 essay states that physical appearance–varying colors, sizes, and shapes–would identify a distinct gopher subspecies.
This assertion has been refuted by scientists, who have stated that physical appearance is determined more by a gopher's environment, rather than genetics.
This claim has even been refuted by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) on page 5 their 2013 Draft Mazama Pocket Gopher Status Update, at right.
(Note: On this same page, however, WDFW still apparently relies on the 1960 penis drawings to identify Thurston County's gophers as being from the "Mazama" species.)
Even though WDFW rejects this 1942 essay's underlying theory of what makes a subspecies, the agency still fights, inexplicably, to protect "subspecies" that were identified by using this same antiquated method that they clearly discredit.
1997 DNA tests show no subspecies identified in Thurston County
In 1997, two University of Washington Zoologists, Eleanor Steinberg and Dana Heller, published Using DNA and Rocks to Interpret the Taxonomy and Patchy Distribution of Pocket Gophers in Western Washington Prairies. In this report, they challenged the 1942 theory of multiple gopher subspecies in the Thurston County area, for two reasons.
On page 44, they disputed the 1942 assertion that physical appearance determined a subspecies—just as WDFW did, in 2013.
On pages 45–47, Steinberg and Heller presented the results of DNA tests performed on some of Thurston County's different "subspecies"—and found no genetic differences.
As a result, Steinberg and Heller asserted that, based on these DNA tests, there was no known evidence of pocket gopher subspecies in the area.
This report has not stopped state, local, and federal protection of these unproven "subspecies," with oppressive regulations and threats of criminal and civil charges.
Where's the proof?
All of these details may explain why WDFW won't give Rochester realtor Larry Weaver his gopher blood back, after they supposedly collected it from his property for genetic research.
And these details may explain why Larry Weaver's son Chris was arrested in 2010 by five armed WDFW officers for admitting to trapping two gophers on his own property.
The five armed WDFW officers took his barren mole traps and his buckets–even though he may not have trapped a protected gopher.
Chris Weaver now has a criminal record for admitting to trapping two gophers that may or may not have been protected, with no evidence of his crime–thirteen years after the 1997 DNA tests results that showed no scientific evidence of pocket gopher subspecies in Thurston County.
These details may also explain why south Thurston County citizens face heavy civil and criminal charges if they trap their own gophers, to have them DNA tested.
The Weavers' gophers may or may not have been a protected "subspecies."
Their gophers may not have been from the ESA-listed Mazama species, from 350 miles away.
Yet the federal government states that it doesn't need DNA proof for an ESA listing as long as they reference an authority with little credibility, and Washington state can create suspicious documents to hurt south Thurston County citizens in the future.
The 1960 gopher penis drawings appear to be the only "proof" that the government has of the Thurston County gophers being members of the Mazama clan. The 1942 essay appears to be the government's only "proof" of the existence of subspecies, which was clearly challenged 17 years ago, by the Steinberg-Heller DNA tests.
DNA tests are the only way to validate the results of the 1997 Steinberg-Heller report about no gopher subspecies existing in Thurston County.
DNA tests are also the only way to prove whether Thurston County's pocket gophers are even members of the far away Mazama species, rather than the surrounding "Northern" talpoides species.
Unless someone can find a really good artist this time around.
Feature image from "The Murrelet," Volume 41, Number 2, page 20.
This is Part 7 of a series about a new ESA micro-listing, and its impact on a rural community in south Thurston County, Washington. Read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here, Part 4 here, Part 5 here, and Part 6 here.


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In short: The Nasdaq is a Tech index of 100 largest Tech companies.
The NASDAQ Composite (ticker symbol ^IXIC) is a stock market index of the common stocks and similar securities (e.g. ADRs, tracking stocks, limited partnership interests) listed on the Nasdaq stock market. Along with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 it is one of the three most-followed indices in US stock markets. The composition of the NASDAQ Composite is heavily weighted towards information technology companies. The NASDAQ-100, whose components are a subset of the NASDAQ Composite's, accounts for over 90% of the NASDAQ Composite's movement, and there are many ETFs tracking its performance. The composite itself is calculated by taking the sum of the products of closing price and index share(capitalization-weighted) of all of the over 2500 securities in the index. The sum is then divided by a divisor which just serves to reduce the order of magnitude of the result.
Nasdaq Composite 1970–2012, logarithmic scale
The index was launched in 1971, with a starting value of 100. Over the years, the index has soared tremendously despite multiple periods of decline.
Dot-com boom and bust
On July 17, 1995, the index closed above the 1,000 mark for the first time. It made steady gains in the following years to reach 2,000 points by 1998, then began to accelerate significantly. This process mushroomed in late 1999. The index closed that year at 4,069.31 points. On March 10, 2000, the index finally peaked at an intra-day high of 5,132.52, and closed at an all-time high of 5,048.62.The NASDAQ Composite index spiked in the late 1990s and then fell sharply as a result of the dot-com bubble.
On March 10, 2000, the NASDAQ Composite peaked at 5,132.52, but fell to 3,227 by April 17, and in the following 30 months fell 78% from its peak.
The decline from this peak signalled the beginning of the dot-com bubble burst. There were multiple things contributing to this Dot-com boom and bust. Some optimists thought the internet and World Wide Web would be more significant to business than any kind of Industrial Revolution in the past, possibly enabling us to achieve a Technological Singularity. More pessimistic types were concerned that business would require massive technology replacement to achieve Y2K compatibility.
The index declined to half its value within a year, and finally hit the bottom of the bear market trend on October 10, 2002, with an intra-day low of 1,108.49. While the index gradually recovered since then, it did not trade for more than half of its peak value until May 2007. The 2000s (decade) brought a mix of pessimistic news stemming from the Early 2000s recession, the September 11 attacks and the impending Afghan War along with the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Financial crisis
The index opened the fourth quarter of 2007 with new 80-month highs, closing above the 2,800 point mark on October 9, 2007, and reaching an intra-day level of 2,861.51 on October 31, 2007, the highest point reached on the index since January 24, 2001.
High energy prices and the possibility of recession dropped the NASDAQ into a bear market in early 2008, which was recognized on February 6 when the NASDAQ closed below the 2,300 level, about 20% below the recent highs. Furthermore, the failure of Lehman Brothers in September brought world financial markets into turmoil. The NASDAQ was no exception, experiencing record levels of market volatility. On September 29, 2008, the NASDAQ dropped nearly 200 points, the most since the tech bubble burst, losing 9.14% (third largest in history) to fall beneath the 2,000 level. Conversely, on October 13, 2008, the NASDAQ recorded a gain of nearly 200 points (more than 11%). On March 9, 2009, the composite hit a six-year intra-day low of 1,265.52 before recovering under the influence of Federal Reserve quantitative easing (QE).


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While there's a clear public divide as it pertains to Bill Cosby and the nearly 60 women who accused the comedian of sexual harassment, there are many who still believe The Cosby Show, which lived on NBC for eight seasons, is still a classic piece of American television.
Monday night (May 15) at the Fox upfront presentation in New York City, Terrence Howard, star of the Lee Daniels' Empire spoke with reporters about his early days as an actor and working on the beloved television show.
"Back in 1998, I had the opportunity to go be on The Cosby Show and I remember walking around the [set] and watching Bill Cosby. He had the number one, the number two show because Roseanne had just taken over at the time, but watching them and thinking man, I would love to be a part of something like this, and something that touches so many people." Howard recalled.
Wanting to have an effect on people, Howard said now with Empire being in its third season, he thinks the show "touches more people" than The Cosby Show did during its prime.
"A year ago, I'm walking around on our set and I realize that this show is touching more people than The Cosby Show ever did because this show is India, this show is in Pakistan this show is in all parts of Arabia and all throughout South America and like wow! We did it!"
From the video below, it's clear when Howard spoke about Empire "touching more people" he's speaking of actual geographic reach and not cultural impact. Cosby's sexual misconduct allegations came to light in October 2014 when comedian Hannibal Buress alluded to Cosby's infamous past during a stand up performance in Philly. Since then, Cosby's reputation has been tarnished and as a result reruns from the beloved show were pulled from many networks and streaming platforms.


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Most Recent Question asked in Java Interview (Version History of Java)
Most of the interviewer try to know about your daily basis updates on Java and asked "what version of java you use? ". So basically you must have knowledge about current java version, So here I will explain you about some Java Version from (2006 – 2017). 1) Java 1.9 | Released Year: Sept 21,&hellip


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General News of Monday, 26 October 2020
Source: Royal House Chapel
Founder and Apostle General of Royal house Chapel International, Most Rev. Sam Korankye Ankrah has cautioned against violence and the creation of fear and panic as the country heads to the polls on December 7.
The man of God who has been very instrumental in providing spiritual direction for the country said there is no need for any group of people to take up arms and cause trouble to win power.
He emphasised that God's hand prevails in the affairs of men and the selection of the next president is in the hands of God. Only one of the many candidates will be chosen; as such a country that had gone on the road of elections several times and emerged victoriously, should not experience anything different this year.
He admonished, "Ghana, as we go on the road of Election 2020, do not fall, by the way, do not kill yourself, does not cause trouble."
The Apostle General, preaching the sermon titled, "Is There Not A Cause" from Genesis 45:5-8 & 24, referenced the biblical Joseph as a technocrat and politician. Likening his prison years to being in opposition, he admonished that losing the election does not mean losing all.
"Just as it was in prison that Joseph learned the art of service, being in opposition is an opportunity to get acquainted with the people at the grassroots and learn about their needs so that when you come into power, you can serve them better," he said.
Acknowledging the efforts of the ruling government, he advised the citizenry to appreciate it when other parties do good works because the same hand of God that got them there can get the opposition there another day.
Using Genesis 41:38-39 as a guide, the Apostle General concluded by urging Ghanaians to consider aspirants who are filled with the Spirit of God, wisdom, intelligence and knowledge.


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Area roundup
Arts and craft sale rescheduled
MUNCIE — The Muncie Parks and Recreation's arts and crafts/yard sale that had been planned for Saturday, May 14, at Heekin Park has been rescheduled for 9 a.m.-3 p.m. June 4 because of Saturday's weather forecast, according to a release.
Car show
FARMLAND — The third annual Farmland United Methodist Church car show by the ECI Car Club will be Saturday, May 14, at the church, 400 N. Morris St. Registration will be 10 a.m.-noon. Registration fee is $10 (additional donations welcome). Show time is 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
There will be door prizes throughout the show. A 50/50 donation drawing and award time will be 2-2:30 p.m. Awards include dash plaques for all cars, Top 10 trophies, Pastor's Pick, Best New Generation, Best Truck, Furthest Drive, Best in Show, Work in Progress, Best Kustom, Best Paint, Best Bike, Oldest Bike, ECI choice, Best Motor, Best Ford, Best Chevy, Best Mopar, Best Import and Larry Hall Memorial.
In addition to the car show, there will be music food, kids activities, church rummage sale and bake sale. A playground is nearby. All proceeds go to the church. Information: 765-468-6883 or 765-744-0405 or email@example.com
Fish/chicken fry
ALBANY — Albany Christian Church, 110 Cedar St., will have its annual fish/chicken fry 4-7 p.m. Saturday, May 14.
The menu includes fish, chicken, french fries, cole slaw, rolls and desserts. Takeout orders will be available.
Free will donations will be accepted, with proceeds going to the American Cancer Society.


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While fiber optic fibers have been around for a long period, research has shown that most of the people have little information regarding them. To help you out, here are the things that you should understand about the cables: They may be of different types. First of all, it's good to define what optical fiber ribbon machine are. They are units that are produced from glass or plastic filaments plus they are utilized to carry light signals in one place to another. They are of two main types: single mode and multimode. The one mode units carry light down just one path usually known as the fundamental mode. Single mode fibers include a core diameter of 8-9 microns. While they are small, their main advantage is that you can make use of them to send out light over long distances.
Multimode fibers, on the other hand, allow light to travel down multiple paths. They have a core diameter of between 50 and 62.5 microns. Since light travels in various paths as well as the diameter is big, these products are ideal when you use these to transmit light over short distances. Usually, within a building.
The fibers require regular inspection. As with every other units that you might be having, you need to regularly inspect the optic fibers to make sure that these are running properly. If you possess the skills you need to inspect the units by yourself but if you don't possess the skills you should hire a professional to help you out. During the inspection, you should utilize certain tools. One of the most common tools which you can use will be the optical power meter. This unit measures the brightness of the optical signals and offers you the leads to milliwatts or dBm.
Another tool that you can use is the optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR) that works well by injecting a series of light pulses to the optical fiber proof-testing machine. The unit then analyses the amount of light that is reflected back. You may use the data that you gather to characterize the optic fiber.
Cleanliness is of great importance to optic fibers. During installing of the fibers, you need to be aware of cleanliness. Based on experts, even minor dirt on the units can prevent them from running efficiently. Due to this, you should make sure that no dirt gets on the fibers. To help keep the units clean you should regularly clean all of them with specialty kits intended for the job. Here is the good news though. Developers have found that PF amorphous polymer based gradient-index plastic optical fibers eliminate the attenuation trouble with PMMA based plastic fiber. They have developed PF-polymer based Gradient-Index (GI) POF with attenuation level xttaes only 10 dB/km. According to theoretical calculation, PF-polymer based GI POF can achieve similar amount of attenuation as silica-based glass fiber of .3dB/km.
In fiber optic networks, OTDR (Optical Time Domain Reflectometer) is an opto-electronic instrument utilized to characterize an optical fiber. OTDR is the most commonly known and least understood fiber optic instrument. OTDR does not measure loss, but alternatively implies it by studying the backscatter signature from the fiber. It will not measure cable plant loss which can be correlated to power budgets.
An OTDR injects several optical pulses to the fiber under test. It also extracts, from your same end of the fiber, light that is scattered back and reflected back from points inside the fiber where index of refraction changes. This working principle works such as a radar or sonar, mailing out a pulse of light from a extremely effective laser, which is scattered by the glass inside the core in the fiber. The power of the return pulses is measured and integrated as a purpose of time, and it is plotted as being a function of the fiber length.
An OTDR may be used for estimating the fiber's length and overall attenuation, including splice and mated-connector losses. It could also be used to find faults, including breaks. Having a optimized refractive-index profile in the PF-polymer based GI POF, more than 10Gb/s data transmission speed can be achieved over 1km. Here is the metrics of PF-polymer's low intrinsic loss and low material dispersion. Along with this theoretically possible high bandwidth and low total link cost, PF-Polymer based optical fiber proof-testing machine includes a huge potential in fiber optic data communication applications.


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Their daughter Fatima is an EU citizen and holds an Irish passport – but the Hussein family are living in a single room at a direct provision hostel, having been refused residency in Ireland.read more
A NIGERIAN FAMILY living in Dublin hit the small screen this week – with their son Kosi's Holy Communion becoming a prime time attraction.read more
SOME TEENS milled around clutching iPods and were clad in jeans, while others donned the tribal wear of their parents' native land – a great example of Ireland's new cross-cultural generation, who were among the huge gathering of Igbos at theread more
NON-EU migrants who are made redundant now have extra leeway to seek alternative employment.The changes announced by the Government last week will double the length of time that a migrant worker has to seek new work from three to six months.read more
As the summer fruit season draws to a close, thousands of migrant pickers are preparing to go home – and Nikola Tukarchikova and Michaela Romanova from Slovakia were among them. This was the girls' first summer in Ireland, spent picking strawberriesread more
Fair City, Ireland's most popular and longest soap, is getting serious about reflecting Dublin's diversity, says executive producer Brigie De Courcy, but a dramatic license must first be earned. She spoke to CATHERINE REILLYread more
I had originally planned to write about something else this week, but I was stopped in my tracks when I heard news of the death of an American political icon, Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy. As I write this, the 'Last Lion in the Senate' is beingread more
My job search soon led me to discover I was living in a parallel universe in which casual farm labourers earned more than journalists. It seemed a career change was in order, so I secured a position working on a vineyard without too much hassle, and once I hadread more
Catherine Reilly meets young Latvian Andris Vieleckis, whose gifts for business are being put to good use in two completely different areas.read more
Unaware visitors to Dun Laoghaire recently may well have thought they were in the middle of some Irish summer course, thanks to the proliferation of bilingual signage around the popular port town.read more
A POLISH health clinic on Dublin's Parnell Street claims it can eradicate addictions to alcohol and nicotine in just three sessions.read more
Fruit expert (or pomologist) Edward Bunyard believed that "the duty of an apple is to be crisp and crunchable, but a pear should have such a texture as leads to silent consumption."read more
On Friday 2 October, Ireland will hold a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. Ahead of the voting, campaigners on both sides are gearing up to make their voices heard by the public.read more
The news that the former President of Zambia, Frederick Chiluba, has been exonerated on charges of corruption comes as another devastating blow for all right-thinking members of society.read more
The first ever Belfast Culture Night will take place on Friday 25 September. The city's Cathedral Quarter will be totally transformed as public areas and streets are turned into performance spaces offering free shows, events, talks and tours throughoutread more
I've often stopped to wonder, why do many Africans outside the continent ditch their traditional wear for the suit-and-tie trappings of the west? Although some love to express themselves when it comes to African fashions, the greater number dress justread more
Barack Obama is being hailed for renewing the Middle East 'peace process'. A process it is, yet peace it certainly isn't. If they ever get around to it, negotiations are set to open between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority,read more
I first came to Ireland in 1971 to study medicine. I was young, and to me there was no life here. No Chinese food, no Chinese supermarkets, no McDonald's, no Burger King. Not only that, there were no Chinese people, and very few foreigners. So I left forread more


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Donald Davis (actor)
Donald George Davis (February 26, 1928 – January 23, 1998) was a Canadian actor.
He was born in Newmarket, Ontario, where his father Elihu James Davis (and uncle Aubrey Davis) owned the Davis Leather Company. He attended St. Andrew's College from 1941–1946, graduating with the Class of 1946, and studied theatre at the University of Toronto. He performed at the Woodstock Playhouse in New York in 1947. In 1948, with his brother Murray Edward Davis, he founded a summer theatre company, the Straw Hat Players, at Muskoka, Ontario.
Davis performed in Britain from 1950 to 1953. In 1953, with his brother and sister Barbara Chilcott, he founded the Crest Theatre in Toronto, which operated until 1966. Davis also performed at the Stratford Festival and on radio and television.
He was also a member of the acting company at the American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, Connecticut. In 1959, he began performing off-Broadway. He played Krapp in the North American premiere production of Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape, for which he won an Obie Award.[1] He performed in regional theatres in Canada and the United States.
Davis died of emphysema at Toronto in 1998 at age 69. St. Andrew's College opened the Donald Davis Theatre posthumously in his honour.
Selected filmography
- San Diego, I Love You (1944)
- ↑ Gussow, Mel (January 28, 1998). "Donald Davis, 69, Actor in Challenging Roles". The New York Times.
External links
- Entry from the Canadian Encyclopedia
- Donald Davis: Canadian Actor, Producer, Director
- Donald Davis, 69, Actor in Challenging Roles," by Mel Gussow, January 28, 1998 in The New York Times.
- Donald Davis at the Internet Movie Database


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This is Miley Cyrus earlier this year. Very classic.
This is Miley Cyrus now. Very edgy.
There was an uproar.
What has she done? How could she do that to herself? WHY?
Personally, I love it. I think she looks fabulous and hot and happy. She is turning 20yo this year. Why not take risks. She tweeted that her hair cut had helped her feel "more me in my whole life life" and that she was "feeling so happy in my skin". Brilliant, I say.
Then it reminded me of when I was the same age.
This is me before my Year 12 formal. I had long locks.
This is me on my 21st birthday.
I had just cut all my hair off. I remember feeling really happy in my skin. I owned my look. I've been chasing that feeling for awhile now.
Isn't it strange how your hair cut can define you. How your hair cut can make or break you?
At the moment, I am sporting a bad home hair dye job. It was meant to be dark brown, but came out black. Does. Not. Suit. Me. Eeeeek. It'll wash out soon, revealing my numerous grey hairs. Until then, I'll be struggling with the emo look.
Sometimes I long to be 21yo again.
Do you have a favourite haircut you're too scared to recreate?
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India is currently undergoing the largest election process of the world in seven phases, involving about 900 million citizens. The results of the long-drawn election process will be known by May 23. Unless the Opposition comes out in a more concerted manner and with a clear policy-based agenda, Narendra Modi may still remain a favorite for a second term as the Prime Minister.
By J.V. Lakshmana Rao
India has successfully completed two of the seven voting phases of the 17th Lok Sabha elections. It means that the voters have already elected 91 parliament members in the first phase and 97 parliament members in the second phase. That makes 188 members of a total strength of 543 members have been already elected. With the third phase is in the process for electing 115 members, that makes 303 members, which is more than half of the total strength of parliament has been chosen, but the party-wise details are unknown as the results are lying in the sealed electronic voting machines. In the remaining four phases, the voters will elect 240 members and the final results will be known only after counting of votes on May 23.
Wild guesses have already begun, and claims and counter claims by alliance partners in main groups in the fray – BJP-led NDA and the Congress-led UPA – and other groups are emerging. For BJP-led NDA the Prime Ministerial candidate is incumbent Narendra Modi and for Congress-led UPA the Prime Ministerial candidate is Rahul Gandhi. The former is anexperienced politician and the latter is a relatively novice for the post. But there is Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) formed in Uttar Pradesh by SP-BSP-RLD, which is waiting in the wings to occupy the Delhi throne. Then the confusion comes who could be the Prime Ministerial candidate – Akhilesh Yadav or Mayawati or anybody else? Yet another strong and aspiring contestant for the coveted position is Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee whose eyes are set on the support she would have from Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. But as of now, according to some surveys, Chandrababu Naidu's position of coming back to power is doubted.
Among the regional political equations is that even Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao is also speaking about consolidating regional parties into an alliance to keep the BJP and Congress Party away from heading the Center. Since the idea is his, he is naturally an aspiring Prime Ministerial candidate. That will become a reality only when the rest of all options fail.
After the second phase of voting or even before the first phase, Narendra Modi seems to be the favored Prime Minister for the second term. After the completion of the second phase of voting, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar has confidently pronounced that the BJP would cross the 300-mark on its own in the Lok Sabha,
Despite Narendra Modi's much criticized demonetization (which caused hardships to all) and the implementation of GST, a favorable atmosphere is seen in many states – even in southern states, Modi seems to have gained some popularity for his clean administration and anti-corruption actions.
The general feeling among common people now is that demonetization has created scare among affluent people to hoard hard currency. Higher value transactions in hard cash have become minimum. Similarly, the GST, which was initially opposed by trading community, is now welcomed for its simplification and transparency.The youth of the country agree that handling of money through banks has created openness in businesses, and tax collection has vastly increased.
The youth disagree with the Opposition claim that the unemployment rate has increased. They say the problem is only with those who seek government jobs. But employment rate in the private sector has gone up and more youngsters are seeking self-employment. Otherwise how can one explain the increased migration of the educated as well as uneducated youth from rural areas to urban cities?
There is a boom in construction industry in the country. That has opened up employment with good income to the rural uneducated people. The youth are migrating to urban areas.The hindsight of it has been that it has created shortage of farm workers in villages. Even rural women are finding jobs as domestic help,factory workers or other well-paying jobs in urban areas.
Most cabdrivers in the cities are the educated youth, who prefer this well-paying occupation as the self-employed. With the financial aid and relief offered by the government, the farming in rural areas is gaining activity providing employment to rural folks. Migration of workers from northern states like Bihar, Orissa, and Assam to the southern and other affluent states is evident that the youth are accepting relocation. All these changes are more pronounced during the past five years than before. But unfortunately not much data is available because the surveys are very few.
Despite the Opposition parties' concerted propaganda against Narendra Modi, his charisma is still growing, and even it has gone up in the past two months, following India's fitting reply to the Pak border violations, the defense forces' surgical strike on Balakot, firm action against terrorist elements and separatist forces in Kashmir, and ISRO's and DRDO's "make-in-India" successful mid-air missile and space missions. Never before has India attained such an international recognition in successfully conducting space experimentations. Special steps have been taken by the Narendra Modi government to attend to the woes of farmers. Along with India's successful foreign policy, India's international trade has been growing and rupee is gradually making gains against world currencies.
But Rahul Gandhi does not see these positive achievements by the BJP-led NDA government. Like other Opposition parties, Rahul Gandhi and his party are targeting their tirade against Narendra Modi. To strengthen the dwindling popularity of the Congress Party, Rahul Gandhi has inducted Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. The single agenda of the Congress Partyand the Opposition parties is to dislodge Narendra Modi and defeat BJP from coming back to power. Rahul Gandhi unsuccessfully raises corruption charges against the government in the Rafale aircraft deal, Nirav Modi and Vijay Mallya bank fraud cases, forgetting that the Congress Party government has the history of Bofors scandal, Agusta Westland helicopter scandal, Indian Herald corruption case, Indian coal allocation scam, and 2G Spectrum Ghotala. The biggest joke of the campaign claim of the Congress Party is ending poverty promise, something akin to "Garibi Hatao" slogan. Now Rahul Gandhi promises Rs. 72,000 annual sop to each poor person of the country.
Just a couple days before the start of elections, political parties came up with their manifestoes. They make promises – practical and imaginary. Among many other sops, the Congress Party offers cash support to the poor. Sixty years have not been enough for the Congress Party to alleviate poverty in the country; Rahul Gandhi now offers to transfer Rs. 72,000 to the bank account of every poor person in the country, which is another form of hallow "Garibi Hatao" gimmick. With no experience in running a government, he does not explain how he would be able to raise such huge amount to pay the poor. The Congress Party claims to be a great supporter of secularism, but indulges in creating vote-bank politics through its appeasement policy.
India is currently undergoing the largest election process of the world in seven phases, extending to more than a month and a half and involving about 900 million citizens. The results of the long-drawn election process will be known by May 23, and the country will hopefully have a new stable government.Unless the Opposition comes out in a more concerted manner and with a clear policy-based agenda, Narendra Modi may still remain a favorite for a second term as the Prime Minister.


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Peters: Auto center will boost jobs
A test center for driverless cars at the site of the former General Motors Willow Run plant will bring tremendous benefits for southeast Michigan, including Livingston County, according to Sen. Gary Peters.
"This has always been the center of the automotive industry," Peters said Monday during a sit-down interview with Livingston Daily staff. "It should be here."
Peters said he is working with state, federal and industry officials to secure the center for Willow Run despite competition from Silicon Valley and overseas. He hopes an agreement will be in place by the end of this year to place the coveted center at the Ypsilanti Township site.
The center was among the topics Peters also discussed during Monday meetings with members of the Brighton, Hartland and Howell chambers of commerce, where it received an enthusiastic reception.
"Livingston County will definitely benefit," Howell Area Chamber of Commerce President Pat Convery said. "This area is already becoming a hub for the development of autonomous cars.
The former plant was build to construct B-24 bombers during World War II, giving rise to the character of Rosie the Riveter in tribute to the women who worked there. GM later used the facility as an automotive plant from the 1950s until its closing in 2010.
While it remains uncertain how many new jobs the facility wold create, Peters said it would help maintain southeast Michigan as a major automotive center for decades to come.
Other topics
The Willow Run center wasn't the only topic Peters discussed during Monday's interview. Others ranged from the 2016 election season to ways to make college more affordable for future students to combating Zika virus.
With regard to the presidential race, Peters — an early supporter of Hillary Clinton — said he expected his fellow Democrats to begin rallying around the former secretary of state now that the nomination has been secured.
Locally, he expressed disappointment over Melissa Gilbert's withdrawal from the 8th District congressional race.
"It was disappointing," he said of Gilbert's announcement last month that she was pulling out of the race due to health concerns.
That the 8th District was considered one of only a handful of competitive races nationwide, Peters said, point to the need for nonpartisan redistricting reform following the next census.
"More people in Michigan voted for Democratic House candidates than Republican candidates (in 2014) and yet our delegation is 9-5," Peters said.
Also elected in 2014, Peters is completing his first term in the Senate.
On rising tuition costs, Peters said he is championing legislation that would advance dual enrollment for students, allowing them to earn up to one full year of college credits while still in high school.
Some classes could even be taught at Michigan high schools, Peters said, perhaps even by high school teachers who have received appropriate accreditation.
Peters acknowledged that the public could interpret the lack of congressional acton on funding to combat the Zika outbreak as yet another sign the Republicans and Democrats cannot work together on even the most basic of issues. Yet, he said, the issue runs deeper than that.
"We passed funding on a bipartisan level in the Senate," he said. But wide differences with the House plan, and among Republicans in each chamber, have thus far prevented a final package from being adopted."
Zika is a mosquito-borne illness linked to birth defects. While not yet a major health issues in the United States, it is prevalent in Brazil, site of this year's Summer Olympics,as well as parts of Africa, Southeast Asia and Pacific Island nations.
Still, Peters expressed hope the House could draft a proposal when Congress returns from its summer recess.
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Meet Playwright, David Rimmer - Friday, May 1st after the opening night performance.
Directed by Justin Boccitto; Assistant Director - Cristina Marie
Divided into eight scenes, the play chronicles the coming of age of two teenaged couples during the turbulent sixties. The language is frank, but unfailingly funny, as the four struggle with impending adulthood and their awakening sexuality. The action ranges from summer camp, to dormitory bedrooms, to senior prom, with the popular music of the period—Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Beach Boys—ever present as a telling counterpoint to, and emotional anchor for, the lives of its young foursome. As the years spin deftly by it is also apparent that maturity will bring differing perils and problems for each of them, although all will continue to recall the special excitement—and poignancy—of these last few carefree years together.
A major critical and popular success, Pulitzer Prize finalist, and a long-running Off-Broadway hit, David Rimmer's ALBUM played for a year at the Cherry Lane Theater and has been produced at regional and community theaters, colleges and secondary schools, ever since. It was published by Dramatists Play Service, and reprinted in many scene and monologue collections. It was originally developed in a series of workshop productions at some of New York's most prominent theaters, including Playwrights Horizons, the WPA Theater, Phoenix Theater, Theater at St. Clement's and HB Studios.
About the Company: The Group Theatre Too, LLC
The Group Theatre Too was founded in 2003 by Artistic Director, Michael Blevins and Executive Producer, Justin Boccitto. Some of GTT's past productions have included: the New York revival of Seesaw, Count To Ten, an official selection of the 2009 New York Musical Theatre Festival and winner of the 2008 National Youth Theatre Award for Best New Musical, Stephen Belber's Tape, Quick Curtains, Jack Heifner's Vanities, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Love Letters, Provincetown 2012, The Boyfriend, The Subject Was Roses, David Rimmer's Album and the annual Choreographer's Canvas. GTT also produced MAC Award Winner, Alisa Schiff, in Mama Said...The Songs of Cass Elliott.
Generation Tap, GTT's tap company, has appeared at Tap City, Tap Extravaganza, The United Nations, Circle in the Square and was featured in Dancer Magazine. Seen by over 5,000 school students, GTT's social awareness play, Aftermath is now available for performance through Heuer Publishing. GTT also runs after-school arts programming and retains a fiscal sponsorship through The Field, a 501 (c)(3) organization in Manhattan. GTT's Artistic Advisory Board includes Mercedes Ellington, Nicole Fosse, Mallory Graham, Maurice Hines, John Kander, Bernard Kaplan, Theodore Mann*, Bettye Morrow, David Rimmer, Chita Rivera and Sue Samuels. The company is represented by entertainment lawyer, Donald Farber.
The Group Theatre Too hopes to encourage diversity and the exploration of the human experience through theatre-dance-music performances and arts education programs that will require youths and adults to be active participants and advocates for others; aware of their surroundings and their ability to mediate and effect change. Through the celebration of artists and the art of entertainment, GTT hopes to communicate the fact that as many ways as we humans are different we share common bonds and can connect with everyone on some level bringing new understanding and compassion to our lives.
Open: 05/01/09
Close: 05/03/09
Friday, May 1st - 8pm
Saturday, May 2nd - 2pm & 8pm
Sunday, May 3rd - 2pm
Theater: Hudson Guild Theatre
Address: 441 W, 26th Street
New York, NY
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Cost:$25 Opening Night; $15 Additional Nights
Buy Tickets Online or Call: TheaterMania at 212-352-3101
Ryan Gregorio Boo
Ryan Gregorio is a Group Theatre Too company member and has extensive musical theatre experience with Off-Broadway credits including: Julio in "Seesaw" (Group Theatre Too) and Orsino in "Twelfth Night" (Provincetown Playhouse). He also performed as Timmy in the Equity production of "The Subject Was Roses" in East Tennessee. Other credits include: Tony in "West Side Story", Jack in "Into The Woods", Arthur in "Camelot", John Adams in "1776", and Rum Tum Tugger in "Cats", Francis in Gemini" and Angelo in "Measure for Measure". Ryan is a graduate of the noted Centenary Young Performer's Workshop under the tutelage of Michael Blevins and also trained with NYU's Shakespeare Youth Ensemble. Ryan performed in GTT's Choreographer's Canvas, as part of Generation Tap and plays a principal role in GTT's "Respect-Your-Body" play "Aftermath" currently touring high schools in the Tri-State area. Ryan resides in New York City and serves as principal instructor for GTT's One-Act Playhouse Jr. educational program in residence at P.S. 75 on Manhattan's upper west side. Visit www.ryangregorio.com for more information.
Eddy Francisco Billy
Eddy Franciso is a 20 year old from New Jersey. He has done numerous productions at the Centenary College Little Theatre including George M! as George M. Cohan, Tom Sawyer as Tom Sawyer, Gabey in On the Town and many more. Eddy also performed in the 2004 Tap City and the 2007 Tap Extravaganza with Generation Tap. He was seen last summer at the New York Fringe Festival performing in The Seven Little Foys and recently appeared in the upcoming film "Bushwick League". You can catch Eddy tapping in his band The Hot Sardines.
Dylan Paige Trish
Dylan Paige is 19 years old and currently attends Pace University in lower Manhattan. Dylan has performed in numerous theater productions under the direction of Michael Blevins with roles including: 'Anita' in West Side Story, 'Rose Alvarez' in Bye Bye Birdie, 'Louisa' in The Fantasticks, 'Nancy' in Oliver and 'Sally Bowles' in Cabaret. Dylan toured in GTT's play Aftermath and also performed in the off-Broadway production of Count to Ten, playing the role of 'Inez'. She recently appeared in the independent film "Bushwick League" directed by Justin Boccitto and produced by ALD Productions.
Lexie Speirs Peggy
Lexie Speirs is 19 years old and currently in her second year of college. She attends Manhattan's Pace University where she is double majoring in communication studies and acting. Lexie was a member of Centenary College's Young Performer's Workshop in New Jersey where she recieved training in dance, voice, and acting for over 4 years. Past credits include 'Guinevere' in Camelot, 'Dainty June' in Gypsy, and 'Claire' in On the Town. New york credits include 'Lindsay' in Aftermath and 'Traci' in Group Theatre Too's hit musical Count To Ten. Lexie also traveled to Tennessee where GTT performed Count To Ten during a two week run in Johnson City.


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Risk of brain tumours in relation to estimated RF dose from mobile phones: results from five Interphone countries
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Russian President Vladimir Putin told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson late on Monday that members of the NATO military alliance were threatening Russia by expanding activity in Ukraine, the Kremlin said.
U.S. intelligence assesses that Russia could be planning a multi-front offensive on neighbouring Ukraine as early as next year, involving up to 175,000 troops.
The Kremlin denies it plans to invade and says the West is gripped by Russophobia. Moscow says the expansion of NATO threatens Russia and has contravened assurances given to it as the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
"Vladimir Putin gave a detailed outline of his principal evaluation of the current situation around Ukraine," the Kremlin said of the call with Johnson.
"It was underlined that all this is happening against the background of active military 'expansion' on the territory of Ukraine by NATO countries creating a direct threat to the security of Russia," the Kremlin said.
Johnson warned Putin that any destabilising action against Ukraine would be a strategic mistake with significant consequences, Downing Street said.
Downing Street said Johnson "emphasised the UK's commitment to Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty, and warned that any destabilising action would be a strategic mistake that would have significant consequences".
"He expressed the United Kingdom's deep concern over the build-up of Russian forces on Ukraine's border, and reiterated the importance of working through diplomatic channels to deescalate tensions and identify durable solutions."


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