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Strategy ስልት Geopolitics:- Demarche and Method of political malleability
To cut climate emissions and pollution, Ethiopia harnesses sewage
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Sewage in Ethiopia’s capital could soon be turned into cylinders of compressed biogas as part of an effort to clean up the city, cut climate-changing emissions and find new sources of clean energy.
Currently the Addis Ababa Water and Sewage Authority (AAWSA) estimates that it collects and treats only 12 percent of the city’s liquid waste. But a new effort to trap sewage and use bio-digesters to turn it into biogas and fertiliser could help lower energy costs, reduce methane emissions from sludge and cut spills, its backers say.
The $18 million project is a joint effort of the city’s water and sewage authority, a non-governmental environmental monitoring firm and 4R Energy, an Ethiopian firm that focuses on recycling and reusing municipal waste for renewable energy.
Benjamin G. Sishuh, 4R Energy’s project manager, said he sees the effort as a way of scaling up small-scale biogas projects that have proliferated in Africa and elsewhere.
“I saw that biogas use in rural or urban area was very small, so I came up with a plan for biogas development that can be used by the majority of the population (and) which can be affordable” said Sishuh. He said his company wants to put the project into effect at two large waste dumps in the city.
The project could be operational as soon as early next year, he said. If successful, it could supply as much as 30 percent of Ethiopia’s compressed natural gas needs, AAWSA estimates.
Ethiopia currently meets its gas demands by importing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from countries including Yemen, Sudan and Libya, Shishuh said.
The project is a public-private partnership with environmental non-profit Lem Ethiopia carrying out environmental monitoring and impact assessment, he said.
Sishuh’s company hopes that gas produced by the project will be sold to households for cooking and heating, at prices lower than those families now pay for imported gas. Fertiliser produced from the waste also could be sold to farmers inexpensively, he said.
REDUCING CLIMATE CHANGE, POLLUTION
But city officials are most interested in the project’s ability to reduce methane emissions and local pollution, which is worsening as the capital grows.
Nuri Mohammed, a wastewater treatment manager at AAWSA, said lack of sewage treatment today leads to problems with the safety of drinking water, and could spell outbreaks of diseases such as cholera if not properly dealt with.
AAWSA, which is struggling to keep up with the city’s waste disposal needs, is currently expanding Kaliti wastewater treatment plant in order to increase its capacity by 90 percent, to around 1,000 cubic meters of waste per day by 2016, he said.
Nuri said that as the city tries to cope with a growing number of homes and businesses, the need for proper sewage disposal is paramount and his authority is working on expanding sewer systems to accommodate the flow.
Currently some of Addis Ababa’s sewage is deposited at several dump sites where it is converted into fertiliser for non-edible crops, such as flowers.
Moges Worku, the executive director of Lem Ethiopia, the organisation that will carry out environmental monitoring of the project, said it will have “great impact in cutting greenhouse gases being evaporated from the landfill sludge to the atmosphere”.
Ethiopia aims to become a net zero carbon emitter by 2025 through the use of renewable energy, biofuel and reforestation programmes.
Gebreegzabhir Gebremeksel 33, who owns a small restaurant that employs three staff, said cheap gas is a major attraction of the project. Today he spends on average 20 percent of his income on liquefied petroleum gas, he said.
Each month he spends on average 1,630 birr ($81) on gas cylinders to run his restaurant and his home, a cost on top of feeding his family, paying his workers and paying his rent, he said. Any reduction in the cost of energy would produce welcome savings, he said.
(Editing by Laurie Goering)
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Heat’s Erik Spoelstra says more inexperienced referees means feeling out period for players, coaches: ‘Everybody feels out of their comfort zone’
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Heat coach Erik Spoelstra is called for a technical at Golden State this season. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
MIAMI – Heat coach Erik Spoelstra recently tracked down an official during a game in Milwaukee and was about give him a piece of his mind.
“I went marching up to half court and said, ‘Now you made that bull**** call down there. …,” Spoelstra said. The official chimed in, ‘”I’m hearing you but listen how you started out this conversation. …’
“As soon as he said that I said, ‘You know what. You’re right. Forget about what I needed to say, I’m just out of my mind right now.’ That communication actually worked. It resonated with me. Start from just a place of respect and you can work from there.”
The league on Friday announced a five-pronged initiative “designed to address the on-court relationship between the NBA players and referees” that will include the league’s head of referee operations, Michelle Johnson, and head of referee development and training, Monte McCuthen, meeting with all 30 teams to discuss rules interpretations, on-court conduct and the expectations of referees. The league also will re-emphasize its ‘respect for the games’ rules with referees, coaches and players.
The relationship between the referees and players has become more tense this season with several players complaining referees are less tolerant to engage in conversation and quicker to call technical fouls.
Golden State’s Kevin Durant has been ejected four times and 36 players have been whistled for at least four technical fouls.
“Everybody obviously feels out of their comfort zone right now because you don’t have the normal veteran faces that you’ve grow up with through this league,” Spoelstra said.
“The veteran officials, most of them have retired or been hired by the NBA or moved on and you’re going to take a hit as that happens. The same thing would happen in our league if all the players with over 10 years experience all of a sudden weren’t playing next year. You’d feel it, you’d notice it. It doesn’t mean that there’s not young talented, committed officials coming up through the ranks right now but they just need more experience.”
Spoelstra leads all coaches with seven technical fouls, which is as many as his players combined. Eight players in the league have at least seven technical led by Golden State’s Draymond Green with 11.
James Johnson, who has one technical, said he doesn’t understand the friction between players and referees. “It doesn’t happen on our team,” he said.
Johnson praised the officials for the way they handled his incident with Toronto’s Serge Ibaka on Jan. 9 in which both players were ejected and suspended for a game.
“I think they did a great job separating, making sure nothing else was going to happen and we’ve moved on,” Johnson said. “No one’s holding any grudges I don’t believe. They can help you. They can’t hurt you. You just have to play through it.”
Goran Dragic said the team constantly is reminded not to focus on the officials. Spoelstra said a reason is not to give the players a “cop out” by blaming the referees.
Dragic and Bam Adebayo lead the Heat with two technicals each.
“We just try to focus on our game, try to focus on our playing,” Dragic said. “It’s a tough job, they cannot make every right call. The game these days is so fast that it’s hard. And you have a couple of young officials in this league so, same as players, they need to get experience.”
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How to use Google Maps to find a no-fee apartment in NYC
October 29, 2018 - 9:00am
By Lisa Iannucci
When you think of Google Maps, you probably think of it as an app that gives you directions to your next destination or find you a place to eat. So, you might be surprised to hear that you can also use Google Maps to find a no-fee apartment.
Other listing sites, such as RentHop and StreetEasy, which Brick Underground writes about in the “8 best websites for finding a no-fee rental,” are better known for finding a no-fee apartment. Broker fees, in case you’re a rental newbie, are what you pay agents who help you find an apartment. They generally cost between 12 and 15 percent of the rent for one year—in other words, a serious chunk of change that a lot of renters are looking to keep in their pocket.
So another way to find a no-fee apartment is intriguing and worth exploring, although real estate agents (naturally) aren’t eager to endorse this method. But L., a New Yorker who requested anonymity, recently used it when he was researching apartments in Long Island City and decided he didn’t want to pay a broker fee.
To conduct his search, he opened Google Maps and searched the area using the search terms "no-fee apartment" and "no-fee luxury apartment."
“I was able to populate all of the no-fee properties to easily map out our plan of attack for walking the area,” says L., who also says that this search saved him time. And Google Maps did more than just help L. narrow the building selection: He received what he called "epic and super helpful" feedback from the comments left about building management companies.
“I found Google Maps to be a great tool to uncover how actual residents felt about their living experience and some pros and cons of living there,” he says. “One property's building management was so horrendous that all of the reviews spoke to the same negligence and refusal to return the promised security deposits.”
Barbara Ann Rogers, a broker with Engel & Volkers, isn’t so sure using Google Maps to find an available apartment really saves you time or money.
“It sounds like a lot of work that could be simpler if you just used an agent or broker,” says Rogers. “We have the neighborhood knowledge and can tell you which ones to avoid.”
If you are on a tight budget and you want to avoid paying the standard 15 percent broker fee, Rogers suggests telling that to the agent.
“There are concessions where the owner or landlord pays the broker’s fee and you do not,” says Rogers. “However, that is typically for higher-priced apartments, such as $3,000 per month. If you want to pay as little as possible in rent, it’s really tough to find a no-fee apartment in a decent building.”
Rogers says that Google Maps is an effective way to see the street view of a building, but if you want resident feedback, you should search the online portal for the New York City Housing Preservation & Development, which provides valuable resident feedback too.
“I used the HPD portal for the building I was moving into and saw there were only three formal complaints in 10 years,” she says.
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Romantic or Sexual Relationships With Patients | American Medical Association
Dating patient ethics, main navigation
From reading the prior thread many posters brought up vulnerabilty - that the power balance led to inequality between patient and nurse and hence it was morally wrong to exploit that inequality.
Are all nurse patient relationship inherently unequal? First, patients want their providers to provide reassurance. This is extremely important to take note of as it is something that can be addressed in quite a simple manner.
The GMC advises that, if you are concerned about a colleague's conduct, performance or health, the safety of patients must be your first priority. June Learn how and when to remove this template message The physician may be viewed as superior to the patient simply because physicians tend to use big words and concepts to put him or herself in a position above the patient.
Later in the episode, Jack is told by his father to put more hope into his sayings, which he does when operating on his future wife. Patient welfare embodies medicine's goal, justification and rationale - examples here include public health, preventative medicine and biomedical research.
Whatever the clinician's view of smoking, obesity and drug dependency, it is his or her ethical duty to be supportive, not judgemental.
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Did you find this information useful? Generally, the doctor—patient relationship is facilitated by continuity of care in regard to attending personnel.
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An in depth discussion of lab results and the certainty that the patient can understand them may lead to the patient feeling reassured, and with that may bring positive outcomes in the physician-patient relationship.
Justice No single moral principle is capable of addressing all problems of justice and no single theory of justice or system of distributing healthcare is sufficient for constructive reflection on health policy.
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For those who think I might have an ulterior motive, I am happily married with my wife reading over my shoulder. Sometimes for years, sometimes forever. Primum non nocere The concept of 'first do no harm' has been enshrined in medical ethics for centuries but one must bear in mind that there is no intervention that does not have some slight risk.
Gregory House of the show House has an acerbic, insensitive bedside manner. This is important because if the medical staff are not performing sufficiently in what should be simple tasks, their ability to work effectively in critical conditions will also be impaired.
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IJCRR - Vol 03 Issue 04, April
Date of Publication: 30-Nov--0001
EVALUATION OF ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF MORINGA OLEIFERA AGAINST SOME BACTERIAL
Author: Mayee R, Thosar A
Abstract:The chloroform seed extracts of Moringa Oleifera (CSEMO) showed significant antibacterial activity against twenty different gram positive as well as gram negative bacterial strains Staphylococcus aureus 29737, Staphylococcus aureus ML 267, Sarcina luteus 9341, Bacillus pumilus 8241, Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633, Escherichia coli ATCC 10536, Escherichia coli VC Sonawave 3:37 C, Escherichia coli CD/99/1, Escherichia coli RP4, Escherichia coli 18/9, Escherichia coli K88, Shigella dysenteriae 1, Shigella soneii 1, Shigella soneii BCH 217, Shigella flexneri type 6, Shigella boydii 937, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 25619, Vibrio cholerae 2,
Vibrio cholerae 785, Vibrio cholerae 1037 when compared with Ciprofloxacin (200 \?g/ml) which was used as standard antibacterial by using disc diffusion method.. For gram positive bacteria the CSEMO showed highest sensitivity against Staphylococcus aureus 29737 which was 16.66\?0.33 mm and the lowest activity of 08.52\?0.61 in Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633. While regarding gram negative bacteria CSEMO showed highest sensitivity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 25619 which was 15.00\?0.57 on the other hand it showed minimum activity against Shigella soneii BCH 217 measured as 8.150.10.
Keywords: Moringa Oleifera, antibacterial activity, disc diffusion method, Ciprofloxacin.
The use of medicinal plants as a source for relief from illness can be traced back over five millennia to written documents of the early civilization in China, India and the near east, but it is doubtless an art as old as mankind. Neanderthals living 60,000 years ago in present day iraq used plants such as hollyback, these plants are still widely used in ethnomedicine around the world [1, 2]. The potential of higher plants as source for new drugs is still largely unexplored. Among the estimated 250,000-500,000 plant species, only a small percentage has been investigated phytochemically and the fraction submitted to biological or pharmacological screening is even smaller. Thus, any phytochemical investigation of a given plant will reveal only a very narrow spectrum of its constituents. Historically pharmacological screening of compounds of natural or synthetic origin has been the source of innumerable therapeutic agents. Random screening as tool in discovering new biologically active molecules has been most productive in the area of antibiotics [3, 4]. Even now, contrary to common belief, drugs from higher plants continue to occupy an important niche in modern medicine. On a global basis, at least 130 drugs, all single chemical entities extracted from higher plants, or modified further synthetically, are currently in use, though some of them are now being made synthetically for economic reasons [5]. Medicinal plants represent a rich source of antimicrobial agents. Plants are used medicinally in different countries and are a source of many potent and powerful drugs [6]. A wide range of medicinal plant parts is used for extract as raw drugs and they possess varied Medicinal properties. The different parts used include Root, stem, flower, fruit, twigs exudates and modified plant Organs. While some of these raw drugs are collected in smaller quantities by the local communities and folk Healers for local used, many other raw drugs are collected in larger quantities and traded in the market as the raw material for many herbal industries [7]. Although hundreds of plant species have been tested for antimicrobial properties, the vast majority of have not been adequately evaluated [8]. Considering the vast potentiality of plants as sources for antimicrobial drugs with reference to antibacterial agents, a systematic investigation was undertaken to screen the local flora for antibacterial activity for Moringa Oleifera. Moringa oleifera Lam (Moringaceae), native to the western and sub – Himalayan region, India, Pakistan, Asia Minor, Africa and Arabia [9-10] is now distributed in the Philippines, Cambodia, Central, North and South America and the Caribbean Islands [11]. M. oleifera is a tropical tree whose numerous economic applications and facility of propagation are arousing growing international interest. The Moringa tree is cultivated and use as a vegetable (leaves, green pods, flowers, roasted seeds), for spice (mainly roots), for cooking and cosmetic oil (seeds) and as a medicinal plant (all plant organs) [12]. Moringa oleifera is a highly valued plant, distributed in many countries of the tropics and subtropics. It has an impressive range of medicinal uses with high nutritional value. Different parts of this plant contain a profile of important minerals, and are a good source of protein, vitamins, β – carotene, amino acids and various phenolics [13]. The Moringa plant provides a rich and rare combination of zeatin, quercetin, kaempferom and many other phytochemicals. It is very important for its medicinal value. Various parts of the plant such as the leaves, roots, seed, bark, fruit, flowers and immature pods act as cardiac and circulatory stimulants, possess antitumour [14], antipyretic, antiepileptic, antinflammatory, antiulcer [15]. Other important medicinal properties of the plant include antispasmodic [16], diuretic [11], antihypertensive [17], cholesterol lowering [18], antioxidant, antidiabetic, hepatoprotective [19], antibacterial and antifungal activities [20]. M. oleifera parts are being employed for the treatment of different ailments in the indigenous system of medicine, particularly in South Asia [13]. In addition, M. oleifera seeds possess water purifying powers [21-22] by flocculating Gram – positive and Gram – negative bacterial cells [23-24]. M. Oleifera seeds can also be used as a less expensive bioabsorbent for the removal of heavy metals [25]. The present study was undertaken to investigate the antimicrobial activity of chloroform extract of M. Oleifera seeds
MATERIAL AND METHOD
Plant Material: The plant of M. Oleifera was collected from the roadside locations of Aurangabad (Maharashtra) region and was authenticated by department of Botany, BAMU, Aurangabad. Plant material was preserved in pharmacognosy department of Dr. Ved Prakash Patil, College of Pharmacy, Aurangabad. The leaves were shade dried and powdered in mixer grinder and stored in tightly closed container. Preparation of Extract: The dried powdered seeds (50g) were percolated in 500ml chloroform in 1l capacity conical flasks, stoppered and kept for two weeks with intermittent shaking. The percolate was filtered with Whatman‘s No 1 filter paper. The extract was concentrated at 40o C under reduced pressure using rotary evaporator (R110). In the study of antimicrobial activity, extract was dissolved in Dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO). The corresponding concentration was expressed in term of μg of extract per ml of solvent (μg/ml). Microorganisms: Twenty different gram positive as well as gram negative bacterial strains namely Staphylococcus aureus 29737, Staphylococcus aureus ML 267, Sarcina luteus 9341, Bacillus pumilus 8241, Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633, Escherichia coli ATCC 10536, Escherichia coli VC Sonawave 3:37 C, Escherichia coli CD/99/1, Escherichia coli RP4, Escherichia coli 18/9, Escherichia coli K88, Shigella dysenteriae 1, Shigella soneii 1, Shigella soneii BCH 217, Shigella flexneri type 6, Shigella boydii 937, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 25619, Vibrio cholerae 2, Vibrio cholerae 785, Vibrio cholerae 1037 were collected from microbiology department of Dr. Ved Prakash Patil College of Pharmacy, Aurangabad.
The bacterial strains were grown in MacConkey agar plates at 370C and maintained on nutrient agar slants. The antimicrobial activity was performed by disc diffusion assay as per NCCLS, 1993 [26]. The nutrient agar plates containing an inoculum size of 106 cfu / ml for bacteria was used [27].Previously prepared extract impregnated disc (6 mm in diameter) at the concentrations of 200 μg/ml for bacterial was placed aseptically on sensitivity plates with appropriate controls. Ciprofloxacin (200 μg/ml) was used as standard antibacterial. Plates were incubated at 370C for 24 hours for bacteria [28]. Sensitivity was recorded by measuring the clean zone of growth inhibition on agar surface around the disc. The diameters of the inhibition zones were measured in mm.
Results obtained in the present study relieved that the tested medicinal plant extract posses potential antibacterial activity against both gram positive- Staphylococcus aureus 29737, Staphylococcus aureus ML 267, Sarcina luteus 9341, Bacillus pumilus 8241, Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633 as well as gram negative - Escherichia coli ATCC 10536, Escherichia coli VC Sonawave 3:37 C, Escherichia coli CD/99/1, Escherichia coli RP4, Escherichia coli 18/9, Escherichia coli K88, Shigella dysenteriae 1, Shigella soneii 1, Shigella soneii BCH 217, Shigella flexneri type 6, Shigella boydii 937, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 25619, Vibrio cholerae 2, Vibrio cholerae 785, Vibrio cholerae 1037 bacterial strains (table When tested by the disc diffusion method, the chloroform extract of seeds of Moringa Oleifera showed the highest antibacterial activity for gram positive bacteria of 16.66±0.33 in Staphylococcus aureus 29737 and least activity recorded in Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633 measured as 08.52±0.61. On the other hand for gram negative bacterial strains the CSEMO showed highest antibacterial activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 25619 measured as 15.00±0.57 while lowest activity seen in Shigella soneii 1 which was 09.25 0.12.
The antimicrobial activities of various plants have been reported by many researchers [30, 31]. Phytoconstituents present in plants namely flavonoids, alkaloids, tannins and triterpenoids are producing exciting opportunity for the expansion of modern chemotherapies against wide range of microorganisms [32, 33]. In present study a variety of gram positive, gram negative bacteria stains were selected for the screening of antimicrobial effect of selected plant extract to perceive the antimicrobial spectrum as well to authenticate ethnomedicinal claims. The results of this study showed that the CSEMO have varied antimicrobial activities against the tested organisms. This study has not only shown the scientific basis for some of the therapeutic uses of traditional plants, but also confirmed the ethnomedicinal claims for the selected plants
In conclusion, the results of this investigation revealed that chloroform extracts of selected plant possess differentiating antimicrobial activity against selected gram positive as well as gram negative bacterial strains. The differentiating activities against variety of microorganisms of this extracts encourage developing a novel broad spectrum antimicrobial formulation in future.
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Board index ‹ BAHAN REFERENSI (BUKAN UTK DEBAT !) ‹ Resource Center: Islam dan YAHUDI
YAHUDI dan Sumbangan mereka bagi Seni Visual
Analisa hubungan Islam dan Yahudi sejak jaman Muhammad dan Islam sampai saat ini.
by ali5196 » Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:37 am
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Sumbangan Yahudi bagi fotografi
A Significant Contribution to Civilization
Fotografi seni dan sains di-antisipasi oleh heliografi ("sun-writing"). Levi ben Gershom, pakar matemati Yahudi, astronomer dan filsuf (1288-1344), menggunakan sebuah kotak mirip kamera utk mengukur besar obyek2 alam semesta, dan mengamati fenomena gerhana tanpa memandang matahari secara langsung, dan menerbitkan penemuannya dlm essay "Of Angles, Chords, And Arcs," yg mendefinisikan 'camera obscura.'
Gershom juga mencitapakan the "Jacob’s Staff"; yg memungkinkan marinir menentukan posisi mereka di laut, shg memudahkan penyeberangan samudra.
Proses mencetak sebuah gambar pada lempengan perak ditemukan oleh
Jacques Daguerre (bukan Yahudi) di thn 1839. Proses itu berlangsung selama 10 menit dan terbatas pada obyek2 panorama atau arkitektur.
Dua tahun kemudian, th 1841, Hermann Biouw, artis Yahudi menawarkan "pencetakan gambar lempengan2 perak ... dlm waktu maximum ½ sampai 2-menit." Biouw menjadi terkenal sbg pemotret Tragedi Hambur Lautan Api shg ia menjadi salah seorang fotografer berita (news photographer) pertama kelas dunia. Portret Franz Liszt-nya menjadikannya favorit kaum bourgeoisie dan kerajaan. Ia mem-foto
Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia, Prussian ministers, and immortalized in images the King of Saxony and his court, Kaiser Wilhelm IV, and a host of other greats.
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Among Biouw’s achievements were prints from copper plates, hand-coloring, and the gold-tone process. Perhaps not the least of Biouw’s claim to fame is that he was the first to photograph a Jewish family (the Hahns) and the first to photograph a rabbi, Rabbi Samuel Hirsh. Biouw’s album of 126 engravings was published posthumously. Biouw’s name is absent from the leading nineteenth century encyclopedias!
George Barron Goodman was a pioneer settler in Australia, In 1842, (note the early date!), Goodman opened the first portrait studio in Sydney. Among the family portraits taken at his marriage in the Sidney synagogue in 1843 must have been one of the officiating rabbi; if so, it would predate the Biouw portrait!
Australia’s photographic industry owes much to Jewish entrepreneurs and artists. Jabez Small’s gallery in Melbourne was the root of Australia’s earliest camera store chains. His son, Herbert, opened shops in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Adelaide; the firm also manufactured and even exported photographic products.
In America, David and his son, Solomon Nunes Carvalho (1815-1897), introduced photography into their studio in Charleston. Solomon, a scientist, inventor, and religious philosopher, joined Colonel John W. Fremont in 1853 as chronicler of the famous expedition to the Wild West to search for a route for the proposed trans-continental railroad.
In 1854 Carvalho founded a photographic shop and the first Hebrew School in Los Angeles. Returning to New York, his experiments with powering with super-heated steam led to patenting a method by which U.S. Navy steam vessels (and other steam vehicles) could save one-third of their fuel. He was a regular contributor to a Sephardic publication, The Israelites, on philosophic questions. He is buried in Brooklyn.
Photography was among the significant arts and industries jews introduced throughout the Diaspora. The list of photographic pioneers include Friedrich Lessman (Venezuala, 1844); Maximilian Fajans (Warsaw, early 1850's); Michael Greim (Ukraine, 1860); Mendel Diness (made Aliyah to Israel in 1846).
Jewish women were likewise among photographic pioneers as portraitists, artists, and photo-journalists. Frau Bertha Beckman, a mot remarkable woman, was the first Jewish, and perhaps the first European photography professional. As early as 1843, she traveled in southern Prussia. In 1848, on the death of her husband, she took over the operation of their Leipzig atelier. Thereafter she opened a chain of stores, including one in Vienna and another in New York!
In 1862, the Ateliere Adèle opened in Vienna, named after Adèle Perlmutter-Heilpern. In that city, the photographic salon Madam D’Ora (from her name, Dora Kalmus), earned a well-deserved international reputation. When the Nazi’s overwhelmed Austria, "Madame S-Ora" moved to Jerusalem to become the first woman-operated photographic establishment in Israel.
Sonja Narinsky and her husband Shlomo, Kibbutz Degania members holding Russian passports, were expelled in 1916 from Ottoman Palestine. Sonja supported her husband in Cairo with photography for four years. Sonja had access (as a woman) to the harems of the Egyptian elite, for veil-free likenesses. Hers were the first such portraits in the history of Egypt’s wives and families.
A dauntless reporter, Julia Paired, documented the French resistance movement of Marseille in WW II at great personal risk.
Who does not recognize the name of Margaret Bourke-Weiss? No, her name is not spelled wrong. Max Weiss, her grandfather, and her grandmother, were Orthodox Jews from Poland! Margaret Bourke-White’s work in LIFE became the standard of the trade.
LOOK owes its success to Arthur Rothstein, its Director of Photography, chosen because of his documentary work for the Farm Security Administration, and winner of 36 photographic awards, and to Ben Shahn, who later became even better known as a painter. They made the magazine a formidable rival to LIFE.
The Jewish photographer "Weegee" is no less famous as a photojournalist.
Alfred Stieglitz, among the most renowned of the nineteenth century photographers, left his family’s printing business to become one of the first to promote photography as a fine art. Stieglitz left an incomparable legacy of images of nature, portraits, and street scenes.
In wartime, Jewish army photographers Walter Rosenblum, Robert Capa, Martin Lederhandler, and Cpl. Louis Weintraub are the most recognized of the multitude of Jewish photographers who documented the events from D-Day to V-Day. The most famous WWII photograph was taken at Iwo Jima by Associate Press photographer Joseph Rosenthal.
At the beginning of the 18th century, the Jew, Hans Herschel of Moravia established a brewery in Dresden. In England, three of his descendants became noted astronomers. His great-grandchild, Sir John Frederick William Herschel, was the first to "fix the image" with hypo; to create an image on a glass plate; to make a positive print on paper; to speed exposure with sodium bromide; to make a color photograph of the spectrum, to demonstrate the appearance of a negative as a positive; forecasting the ambrotype method; the first to use a camera obscura in chemical and light research.
Leon Vidal perfected a system to derive 3-color plates to make photochromic printing possible. His history of color printing (1875) was a milestone of its day.
In 1882, Antoine Lumiere and his sons established a plant in Lyons which became a laboratory for startling chemical developments for both black-and-white and color photography. In 1895 they patented and offered for sale their cinematographe, a simple, efficient apparatus for showing moving pictures.
The Lumiere machine was the first true movie projector’ the images it cast onto a screen could be viewed by many persons at a time, unlike Edison’s "kinescope," which only a single person could view.
The Jewish scientist Gabriel Lippman won a Nobel prize in 1908 for the first practical system of color photography. The next Nobel photographic prize was granted in 1971, when the Jew, Dennis Gabor, won the coveted prize for his invention of holography.
Arthur Traube first sensitized dy plates with ethyl red in the factory of the Jewish manufacturer Otto Perutz. In 1892 Perutz began to manufacture sensitized material on a celluloid base.
Kodachrome film is based on the invention of two Jewish scientist-musicians, Leopold Mannes and Leopold Godowsky.
About 1882 at Ellis Island, Avram Solomonovich and family were instantly Americanized by the registrar as the "Land" family. The Land name has been made famous by his grandson, Edwin. One of the most revolutionary photographic developments of modern times, is undoubtedly the Land, or Polaroid camera.
A truly amazing story is that of Moscow-born Dr. Emanuel Goldberg. Frustrated in pursuing his passion for engineering by the Russian quota system, Emanuel went abroad, and ended up working for Zeiss. In 1912 Goldberg had made a major break-through in microminiaturization, even now vital in the computer industry. During World War I he served the Germans with early aerial photography projects. As senior scientist, he performed a series of brilliant chemical and mechanical innovations, and played a significant role in the development of the Contax camera, the Zeiss counter to the Leica.
Dr. Goldberg was a genius so valuable to the company that he was hidden away by the Zeiss company after the Nazis forced his removal from the company. Nazi thugs kidnaped Dr. Goldberg, and bound him to a tree, where he remained for three days and three nights until the Zeiss company succeeded in getting him released. In 1933 Zeiss sequestered Dr. Goldberg and his family in Paris as a secret head of a subsidiary under conditions he compared to a "golden cage."
In 1937 Dr. Goldberg made Aliyah to Tel Aviv He founded a laboratory in which he developed fire control and optical instruments for the Allies.
The brothers Louis and Mandel Mandel opened a new industry in photography by the invention of sensitized postcards, permitting photographs to be made in the streets. It brought near-instant photographs to country fairs and amusement parks on tintypes, button tintypes, paper prints and miniature postcards.
The high precision, subminiature "spy" camera, the Minox, was the invention of a Latvian Jew, Walter Zapp; flash photography was made universally workable by the synchronization of shutter to flashlamp. A Jewish Daily Forward freelance photographer, Morris Schwartz, devised a mechanical, instant synchronizer; the all-electric synchronizer was invented by Sam Mendlesohn, a New York camera repairman.
Among the noteworthy photographic inventions is that of Albert Einstein, an erstwhile mathematician, and Dr. Gustav Bucky. In 1934 the Einsteins were given refuge at the Rhode Island home of Dr. Bucky, whose research involved photographic sections of the body. Hampered by the need for changing F-stops at each lamp-to-subject distance, the coinvented and patented the first automatic Light adjustment camera!
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Artist, Humanist, Scientist, Jew[?]
The Nobility of a Talented Bastard, Leonardo
Such was the caption of an article in the important Italian Newspaper, Corriere della Sera of October 1, 2000.
"Recent research maintains," the article begins, "that the maestro of Vinci was born of a Jewess who stemmed from Russia." The article states that whereas the theory that Leonardo's mother was a Tuscan countrywoman remains valid, new evidence opens the additional option that Leonardo's mother was, in fact, a Jewish slave. It was noted, emphasizes the article, that the name of Leonardo's mother, Caterina, always given with no other identification, carried the impression of a simple countrywoman or domestic, if not actually a sort of slave, "probably Jewish of provenance Russia, as was then common in the rural districts." [My italics]
Re: YAHUDI dan Sumbangan mereka bagi Seni Visual
by vinisha » Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:40 pm
great report and photos
Thanks for sharing them with us.
vinisha
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Proxima b: Nearest Exoplanet Might Be Bombarded With Intense Solar Flares
An artist’s impression of Proxima b. Image courtesy of ESO/M. Kornmesser.
Just over 4 light years away, Proxima b is the closest exoplanet we could get. What is more, astronomers think that it orbits its sun Proxima Centauri in the habitable zone where liquid water can potentially be found.
No wonder it has made overtly optimistic headlines.
However, it might be good to keep in mind that Venus and Mars orbit the Sun in its habitable zone, and look how friendly to life they are.
Proxima b has a mass that is at least 1.3 times bigger than Earth’s. It orbits its sun at a distance of 7 million kilometres, which is much closer than where Mercury orbits our sun.
As Proxima Centauri is a red dwarf, it is fainter and cooler and probably also more unstable than the Sun.
Nevertheless, some researchers believe that the planet could be habitable. According to Science Daily, it
“has an estimated surface temperature that would allow the presence of liquid water.”
But there are some big iffs:
“Despite the temperate orbit of Proxima b, the conditions on the surface may be strongly affected by the ultraviolet and X-ray flares from the star -- far more intense than the Earth experiences from the Sun.”
In other words, it might be a dead planet. With a year lasting only 11 days it is bound to be a world that differs enormously from what we are used to:
“Two separate papers discuss the habitability of Proxima b and its climate. They find that the existence of liquid water on the planet today cannot be ruled out and, in such case, it may be present over the surface of the planet only in the sunniest regions, either in an area in the hemisphere of the planet facing the star (synchronous rotation) or in a tropical belt (3:2 resonance rotation). Proxima b's rotation, the strong radiation from its star and the formation history of the planet makes its climate quite different from that of the Earth, and it is unlikely that Proxima b has seasons.”
While the discovery of potentially habitable exoplanets tends to make splashing headlines, further research has often shown that even the most promising cases, for instance Kepler 438 b and Kepler 452 b, have turned out to be far less habitable than once assumed.
Some life-friendly exoplanets, such as Gliese 581 d and Gliese 581 c, might not even exist.
Exoplanets tend to be weird. The ones we know about don’t resemble Earth at all.
Why, then, are some people so keen to find them?
The naturalistic /materialistic worldview needs them. It detests the possibility that humans are unique and wants to see aliens everywhere in the universe.
European Southern Observatory (ESO). 2016. Planet found in habitable zone around nearest star: Pale Red Dot campaign reveals Earth-mass world in orbit around Proxima Centauri. Science Daily (24 August).
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New England Patriots Draft Recap
May 23, 2018 Leave a comment2018 NFL Draft, New England Patriots, ScoutingBy Dave Archibald
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The New England Patriots allowed 41 points in a disappointing Super Bowl loss to the Philadelphia Eagles – so they used their top two picks on offense. Starting quarterback Tom Brady turns 41 in August and they traded away his heir apparent, Jimmy Garoppolo – so they didn’t take a QB until the seventh round. The pass rush failed to register a sack on Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles – so they eschewed pass rush entirely in the draft. Head coach and de facto general manager Bill Belichick didn’t build five Super Bowl champions doing what everyone else would do and what anyone would expect, and the 2018 draft was no exception. Still, the Patriots walked away with a class that should contribute to the 2018 team and beyond.
Expected Starter
Round 1, Pick 23: Isaiah Wynn, OT, Georgia
It wasn’t surprising that the Patriots took an offensive tackle with their first pick. They’ve used high picks on offensive linemen in the past, and with longtime left tackle Nate Solder chasing big free agency dollars in the offseason, they had a hole on the blind side. Filling that hole with Wynn was somewhat surprising, however- at under 6’3”, he’d be among the shortest tackles in recent memory. Wynn’s 33 ⅜” arms are long for his height but still short relative to most tackles.
Still, there is plenty to like about Wynn’s game. He played left tackle at a high level in the SEC, prompting Scouting Academy Director Dan Hatman to remark, “Wynn is still my favorite LT in college football.” He was ranked as ITP’s sixth overall prospect, though we largely evaluated him as a guard. The Patriots have options if they decide Wynn’s size is a problem at tackle, but he figures to start at guard at the very least. The Patriots can roll out their best five linemen and use Wynn’s versatility to their advantage. Undersized left tackles are a common theme in building out bargain offensive lines, and if Wynn can play in the NFL like he did in college, the Patriots will have a steal.
Round 1, Pick 31: Sony Michel, RB, Georgia
Fantasy football aficionados will tell you not to trust Patriots running backs; they’re famous for rotating backs rather than leaning heavily on one workhorse. They’ve also tended to avoid rookie ball carriers; J.R. Redmond (2000) and Laurence Maroney (2006) are the only rookie backs to exceed 100 carries.
However, Michel is a special case. Maroney is the only other first round pick they’ve used on a back, and people forget how big a role (175 carries for 745 yards and six touchdowns) he played in his first season, even though four-time Pro Bowler Corey Dillon was established as a starter. Michel is arguably an even better prospect, and he faces no such competition. James White is a terrific third-down back who has never even had 50 carries in a season. Rex Burkhead, probably the best all-around back in the group, has never had over 75. That just leaves Mike Gillislee (inactive seven weeks in 2017) and offseason signee Jeremy Hill (3.6 YPC since 2015) for Michel to beat out. Expect him to get the lion’s share of carries in 2018, though he probably won’t eat into White’s passing game work much this year.
The one element in Michel’s game that can hold him back is his propensity to fumble; lead scout Paul Guaragna described his ball security as only “adequate.” If he can curb that, he brings tremendous dynamism to the RB role. He’s run out of shotgun and under center, in both zone and power schemes. He’s got home run speed but at 214 pounds, he’s heavy enough to pound the rock between the tackles. He can contribute in the passing game and in pass protection. He isn’t as explosive as Saquon Barkley or as violent as Derrius Guice or Nick Chubb, but he might be the most scheme-diverse back in the class. For a team that changes its game plan week-to-week, that’s highly appealing – and will let him make an impact as a rookie.
Immediate Role Player
Round 2, Pick 56: Duke Dawson, CB, Florida
The Patriots lost starting corner and Super Bowl XLIX hero Malcolm Butler in free agency, but Dawson doesn’t figure to be a Butler replacement. The second-round pick did a lot of his work for the Gators in the slot, though he did play outside at times. In 2017, the Patriots slot position was split between veteran Eric Rowe and second-year speedster Jonathan Jones, with disappointing 2016 second round pick Cyrus Jones on injured reserve. Dawson will factor into that mix. Safety Jordan Richards played 25% of snaps in 2017, largely as a dimeback, and with no safeties added in the draft, Dawson has the opportunity to steal some of those snaps as well.
Dawson played a lot of press at Florida, which will serve him well in New England’s press-heavy scheme. The Patriots value tackling ability in their defensive backs, and Dawson fits the bill; ITP Draft Guide lead scout Jalun Morris cited his “good physical toughness/willingness to stick his body in run action when aligned as a force player.” One issue of concern is communication around rub routes, which can cause problems for a player who figures to line up inside. He’ll also have to prove his effectiveness when he’s not aligned in press. Despite these areas for improvement, Dawson figures to get significant snaps early in his career as a fifth or sixth defensive back.
Round 7, Pick 250: Ryan Izzo, TE, Florida State
As a seventh-round pick, Izzo might not even make the squad. He’ll be competing with veteran tight ends Dwayne Allen and Troy Niklas. But Izzo comes with a cheap four-year contract, giving him a leg up on the pricier veterans. Like them, Izzo isn’t going to be much of a receiving weapon; he tallied 20 catches for 317 yards and three touchdowns for the Seminoles in 2017. But lead scout Tom Mead praised Izzo’s blocking, calling him “a very good, aggressive and consistent blocker in the run game” while noting his good pass protection as well. That blocking prowess could get him on the field sooner rather than later.
Good Depth
Round 5, Pick 143: Ja’Whaun Bentley, LB, Purdue
The Patriots linebacking corps needed fortification this offseason; only one team allowed more yards through the air to opposing running backs than NE’s 844, and that doesn’t count the 100 yards Corey Clement slashed them for in the Super Bowl. Fans hoping for a 220-pound coverage LB are not going to find what they’re looking for in Bentley. He weighs in at 246 pounds and his 4.75 Pro Day 40 time isn’t going to remind anyone of Myles Jack. He wins with the smarts to snuff out run plays, the aggressiveness to shoot gaps, and the play strength to stalemate fullbacks and force fumbles.
While Bentley won’t factor in on passing downs, he can provide thumping in run situations. Lost in the passing game woes in 2017 were the Patriots allowing 4.7 yards per carry, 31st in the NFL. When Dont’a Hightower went down, the team had to turn to undersized linebackers like Elandon Roberts and Marquis Flowers. Obviously Bentley is no replacement for Hightower’s all-around impact, but he provides more of a physical edge than Roberts, Flowers, or Kyle Van Noy. His biggest challenge will be making the team: Bentley rarely played special teams for the Boilermakers, and backup LBs usually need to play in the kicking game to stick on the roster.
Round 6, Pick 210, Braxton Berrios, WR, Miami
The Patriots’ WR room is pretty crowded these days. Brandin Cooks and Danny Amendola are gone, but Julian Edelman and Malcolm Mitchell return from injury, Kenny Britt is back for a full season, and the team added Jordan Matthews and Cordarrelle Patterson to a group that also includes Chris Hogan and Phillip Dorsett. Berrios brings the toughness, change-of-direction, and route-running savvy the Patriots seek in slot receivers, but will that be enough?
The key for Berrios will be the return game. Amendola was not just a reliable slot option, but also the team’s primary punt returner, and they’re not likely to use Edelman extensively in this role as he returns from ACL surgery. Cornerback Cyrus Jones got plenty of looks on returns in 2016, but he struggled holding onto the football and is coming off his own injury. Berrios has a real chance to earn the punt return gig, which would make him a roster lock and give him the opportunity to earn reps on offense as the season progresses. He’ll have to fend off Patterson for the role as well, who is one of the league’s best kick/punt returners – though he won’t contribute much on offense outside of trick/gadget plays.
Round 6, Pick 178: Christian Sam, LB, Arizona State
Sam may be the nickel linebacker Patriots fans might have hoped for with the Bentley pick. Like Bentley, Sam weighs in the 240s and ran in the 4.7s, but his tape showed much better coverage skills. Lead scout Tom Mead wrote that Sam has “good range and foot speed” and “displays the ability to run with solid backs and tight ends in the short area, up the seam and middle of the field in Man.” He might also have some untapped athletic potential being another year removed from the ankle injury that cost him virtually all of 2016.
Unlike Bentley, Sam needs to improve his aggressiveness taking on blockers and his play strength at the point of attack. He’s unlikely to play much of a defensive role in the short term, so contributing on special teams will be critical to earning a roster spot.
Round 7, Pick 219: Danny Etling, QB, LSU
The Patriots haven’t carried a third quarterback since 2011 (except for two weeks at the end of 2016), but Etling is the only youthful option in a positional group that contains a 40-year-old starter in Brady and a 32-year-old backup in Brian Hoyer. Etling is a longshot to beat out Hoyer for the backup role, but he can perhaps show enough in the preseason to convince New England to carry a third signal-caller.
Etling started his career as a teammate of Bentley’s before transferring from Purdue to LSU. In his two years as starter, he threw only seven interceptions, with just two in 2017. He’s got sufficient physical tools and his leadership and toughness stand out, but he’s lacking in many of the nuances of the position. QB guru Schofield notes “Anticipation on throws is poor, very much a see-it, throw-it passer who will need to improve in this area drastically. Tends to lock onto his initial target … Play speed and processing speed need vast improvement.” He’ll need to show progress in the preseason to justify a roster spot as a third QB.
Round 7, Pick 243: Keion Crossen, CB, Western Carolina
Crossen is an interesting prospect, a physical and aggressive player despite weighing less than 180 pounds, and a long-armed press corner despite standing shorter than 5’10”. His aggressiveness and physicality should serve him well on special teams as he works to refine his zone awareness and reactive athleticism, two deficiencies which will keep him from seeing much defensive time early on. It’s a pretty crowded secondary group, so proving his mettle on punt and kick coverage will be vital to Crossen making the 53-man roster.
Trade: Trent Brown, OT acquired for Round 3, Pick 95 overall
Wynn would be among the smallest offensive tackles in recent memory, while Brown is among the largest, a behemoth at 6’8” and 360 pounds. He played largely on the right side for San Francisco, where he emerged from his seventh-round-pick background to become one of the best pass-blocking tackles in the league, allowing only one sack last year per Pro Football Focus. Once the 49ers drafted Mike McGlinchey with the ninth overall pick, Brown became expendable, and the Patriots pounced. It’s unclear how the offensive line will shake out between Wynn, Brown, incumbent right tackle Marcus Cannon (returning from injury), and the trio of young interior players, but they won’t be wanting for options.
Trade: Acquired 2019 second-round (Bears) and third-round (Lions) picks
When the Patriots made unusually big splashes in the 2017 offseason, trading for Cooks and signing Stephon Gilmore to a big money deal, some construed this as Belichick moving into “go for it now” mode to win another championship behind the aging Brady. That perception was heightened with the midseason trade of Garoppolo. But if the 2018 draft was any indication, the Patriots are doing what they always do: moving around and finding value. They traded back with the pick they got for Garoppolo, netting a fourth rounder, then traded for a 2019 second, while picking up another fourth. One fourth went to move up a few picks to get Dawson, while they traded back with the other, then out of the fourth round for Detroit’s 2019 third. It was classic Belichick wheeling-and-dealing – and a sign that, if the end is on the horizon for the five-time-Super-Bowl-winning head coach, he’s not changing up his game plan.
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The Legends of Kitesurfing
Posted by Emma Pat On September - 22 - 2014
What does it take to become a legend? It’s not about being a trendsetter or having a lot of fans or followers. You have to have what it takes to surpass expectations, to be able to do things in epic proportions, and your name has to echo throughout history as one of the awesome people who did it not just for fame and fortune but because you loved every minute of it. Who are we talking about?
He was born on July 22, 1992 and has been kiting since he was 10 years old. He’s now a professional kite surfer and has won the kite surfing world championship TWICE. He’s also into Surfing, Free diving, Mountain Biking, Stand up Paddling.
Like his younger brother, Shawn also started kiting the summer of 2002. He was born on April 11, 1989 and he’s a team rider for Naish as well.
Robby Naish is one of the first athletes to have gained international fame for wind surfing. His father, Rick Naish, was into competitive surfing so he was introduced into water sports at a young age. From 1977-1979 he was competing as an amateur and has won successive World Championship titles. From then on he has won numerous awards like the Overall World Champion and the PWA World Champion. During the emergence of kite surfing, he became a noted competitor. And in 1998 he won the kiteboarding slalom world title, in 1999 he went on to win both the slalom and jumping world titles!
During the early years of kitesurfing, Flash Austin was already a force to be reckoned with. Even after years of kiteboarding he’s still as enthusiastic about it as ever, injuries never stopped him from getting back on his board again. Needless to say he has won countless awards already.
Kevin Langeree was born on July 21, 1988, he’s currently 26 years old and has been kiting for 12 years (since 2000). He won the PKRA World Championship back in 2009 and is currently sponsored by Naish, G-Shock, O’Neill and Sinner eyewear.
Ruben Lenten a.k.a. “Master of Extreme” was born on March 29, 1988 in Noorwijk, Netherlands. He has been kiting for about 12 years (since he was and has also won a number of awards including Red Bull’s King of the Air. He is known for his Megaloop.
Youri Zoon a.k.a. Sloeri was born on December 13, 1989 in Dirksland, Netherlands. His riding style: powered technical and freestyle and his local kitespot would be Brouwersdam. He has won the World Championship twice (2011 & 2012) and currently has several sponsors (Joya, Mystic, Brunotti, Javra Software, Koraal.org, Best Kiteboarding).
Aaron Hadlow was born on Oct. 4, 1988 and is a professional kiteboarder who has won the (PKRA) Pro Kiteboard Riders’ Association World Championship five times. It wasn’t easy though, he had to climb his way to the top. His dad was into watersports while he was into football. When he was 10 years old he flew his dad’s kite on the beach and the year after that he found himself on a board dreaming on becoming the next David Beckham of kiteboarding.
Susi Mai was raised by parents who were both windsurfers. She has basically always lived the beach life. Kiteboarding was only a past time for her until she surprised everyone by placing 2nd in the PKRA competition. It was from there that she found support thru a kite company to do the world tour and she placed 5th over all. When Susi Mai won the King of the Air in Maui, it was a big moment for her and kiteboarding history.
“Lou Wainman is unquestionably the most influential kiteboarder of all time.” -SBC kiteboard No truer words have been spoken. Lou is the one who started the wake style movement. He’s also the one who’s said to have created the most of the tricks you see today. It was no surprise when a company (Wainman Hawaii) was named after him and that he was made a partner. Unfortunately though that partnership didn’t last, he posted on his facebook page that he quit Wainman Hawaii. Although he isn’t into the competition or performing for the benefit of others, there’s no doubt in my mind that Lou’s contributions to Kitesurfing and his name would forever be known in Kitesurfing history. I can’t wait to see what he does next!
Aaron Hadlow, All, Flash Austin, Jesse Richman, Kevin Langeree, Lou Wainman, Robby Naish, Ruben Lenten, Shawn Richman, Susi Mai, Youri Zoon
Different Kitesurf at the Lake Garda – Italy
Posted by BeeKite On August - 25 - 2012
The Lake Garda by Beekite
The lake of Garda is famous all over the world for it´s great variety, breathtaking nature, huge choice of sports to practice, amazing villages in the tipical tuscan style as well as fot the multitude of gastronomic varieties.
There are many types of water sports you can practice on the Garda Lake. Thanks to it´s wind certainty the lake is a popular destination for Windsurfers and in the meantime also for Kitesurfers.
The Spot by Beekite
Our Kiteschool “BeeKite” is located in Castelletto di Brenzone directly on the sea. The kite gets started directly by the boat in the middle of the lake. That´s why there is no risk to hurt anyhow on the beach. We drive you then to where there are the best wind conditions and where you have enough space. Our training area is 15 km long and 4 km large.
The Wind by Beekite
There are two main winds on the Garda Lake. The “Peler” and the “Ora”. The “Peler” comes from the north and begins already soon in the morning by 6 am o´clock. It can be gusty and and achieve up to 30 knots. Around 11 am the “Peler” eases off and the “Ora” comes up. So the best time to be on the water is from 2 pm to 6 pm. The “Ora” offers perfect conditions for beginners as it´s a quite stabil wind and achieves around 16 knots.
Description of the classes by Beekite
Every participant gets teached individually and in order to his level. The classes adhere to the guidelines of the VDWS and IKO. After long year experience we use the different teaching-systems well directed. As there is no “standing area” it is much easier for beginners who want to learn this type of sport. You can see that already at the first flying exercises. Faults like tighten the “Bar” and flying the power-area are not a problem thanks to the deep water and the huge space we have available. Due to that we can save up until 3 hours of time, besides there is no running back in case of loss of height until 15 km because we drive you back by boat.
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The Kite Show
Posted by kite2012 On May - 5 - 2012
Episode six of the kite show brings us 40 minutes of kite action! We´ll see and interview with Aaron Hadlow who’s back after his injury that put him out of order for nine months. We’ll also meet the Best designers Peter Stiewe and Jordi Modolell to find out more about their awesome jobs. Further Andre Phillip explains why the movie Island Time became such a success featuring Sam Light where he starts his back mobe instructional series beginning with the back roll and back-to-toe. Ruben Lenten talks about the highlights of the Len10 Mega Loop Challenge in Cape Town and Aaron Hadlow interviews the winner Lewis Crathern.
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Aaron Hadlow – New Video
Posted by kite2012 On November - 24 - 2011
Aaron Hadlow and Sam Light is out in a new Video. Watch this video and get inspired! Especially check Hadlows trick at 2:54, pretty cool huh?
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Flexifoil Hadlow ID
Flexifoil Hadlow ID is Flexifoils new flagship and considering that Aaron Hadlow himself rides with this kite should be proof enough to give this kite top marks! If you read on Flexifoils official site it says (not very surprisingly) that this more or less is a kite with top performances within all aspects. The problem with reviews written by the manufacturers themself is always that they highlight all the positive characteristics of their kite and don’t even mention the bad things and they never compare their own kites with their competitors kites.
So in an attempt to give you some objectively information about this kite we put together a list with reviews of the Hadlow kite from surfers with different background.
Review from kitemovement
Review Flexifoil Hadlow Pro 2009
Discussion about the Hadlow ID at Kiteforum
Flexifoil Hadlow ID by Kitemare
Great review about Hadlow ID 12m from Pushkiting
Testing new Flexifoil Hadlow ID
Flexifoil Hadlow ID kite information from ATBShop
Finally we would like to share this awesome video with Aaron Hadlow!
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Hook and Ladder catch the Award for June
June 24, 2014 March 15, 2015 limericktidytown
Congratulations to the recently opened Hook & Ladder on winning the Limerick Tidy Towns Monthly Award for June. The picture shows the Manager of the Sarsfield Street unit Aisling Meehan being presented with the Award by Maura of Limerick Tidy Towns outside the property. Hook & Ladder has given a much needed lift to Sarsfield Street and the surrounding area since it took over the former National Bank of Ireland premises and opened its doors to the public last month. Since then the café has been a hive of activity and a highly popular addition to the city centre, not just for its high-spec refurbishment and very attractive frontage, which is obviously what appealed to the Tidy Towns team, but also obviously for the quality of its product. Their basement in particular is a welcome transformation as the team have memories of cleaning it before Hook & Ladder took over the premises and never dreamt it could look as good as it does now.
The concept of Hook & Ladder was developed by the Moloney Family from Limerick. It prides itself on high quality products but also offers something different in terms of an overall experience. Customers can relish the store’s delicious café offerings, avail of free wifi and newspapers in a relaxing environment, buy locally sourced produce from the Artisan display, purchase a distinctive and inspiring range of occasional furniture, soft furnishings, lamps, gifts etc, all with the help of expertly trained staff. In addition, Hook & Ladder also offers cookery courses for both individuals and groups which are proving very popular. You can find more information at www.hookandladder.ie, call 061 413778 or simply drop in for a coffee at 7 Sarsfield Street.
Hook & Ladder is the sixth monthly winner of the Limerick Tidy Towns award, with winners so far for 2014 being Lucky Lane for January, Chicken Hut for February, Frances Twomey & Co Solicitors for March, The Copper Room for April and St Joseph’s Church grounds in May. An overall winner will be chosen from the 12 monthly winners at the end of the year. To be in with a chance to win, businesses or private individuals simply need make a special effort to improve the city’s appearance by starting with their own.
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Best crime fiction of 2010: Part I
The editors of January Magazine came up with a list (in two parts) of the best crime fiction of 2010. One title to make the grade:
City of Dragons by Kelli Stanley (Minotaur) 352 pages
Kelli Stanley’s latest historical thriller is set against the backdrop of San Francisco in 1940. As Europe boils with war, Northern California’s largest city is enjoying its third world’s fair, a two-summer-long celebration called the Golden Gate International Exposition. But Stanley’s alter-ego, private eye Miranda Corbie, is paying more attention to the recent violent death of a Japanese teenager, Eddie Takahashi. It’s an investigation that will send the sexy, cynical and surprisingly resilient, 33-year-old Corbie trawling through the tensions of a segregated city, navigating the undercurrents of the Chinese and Japanese communities in order to discover why Takahashi’s life ended so soon. No one else seems to care about what happened to him, least of all the local cops, who are content to sweep the whole affair under the nearest Oriental rug. Corbie does, though. A former Spanish Civil War nurse and erstwhile female escort, the chain-smoking, tough-talking and romantic-despite-herself shamus does much to make City of Dragons a standout among this year’s crime novels. Her back-story is both exciting and eclectic, and rolls out in satisfying dribs as she combs her city’s venues high and low, straightening out the kinks that she uncovers as she unearths the sad truth and puts herself in danger. Stanley’s first P.I. escapade follows the conventions of the genre, especially as established by Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. Yet it’s much more than pastiche, with a rich political commentary, characters that come alive and descriptions of San Francisco between the two world wars that make it clear Stanley not only knows, but loves her town. City of Dragons is a choice treat in a crowded genre. There’s every reason to look forward to its planned sequel. -- Ali Karim
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Petrobras headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. The state oil giant posted Latin America's second-highest losses last year, according to the Latinvex 500. (Photo: Petrobras)
Petrobras, from most profitable to second-worst performer in Latin America.
BY JOACHIM BAMRUD
Brazil’s state oil giant Petrobras remains Latin America’s top company in revenues, but has lost its position as the profit leader after posting record losses last year due to a growing corruption scandal and administrative inefficiencies, according to the Latinvex 500 ranking of the region’s 500 largest companies.
The ranking, which is based on data from Economatica and individual companies, shows that as a result of posting a $7.4 billion loss last year, Petrobras has gone from Latin America’s most profitable company to the second-worst performer after Mexican state oil company Pemex (a perennial money loser).
The 500 companies on the Latinvex 500 saw their combined revenues decline 7.5 percent to...
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The Zionist Harvest
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/149374#.TrQLPnGGwl4
Israeli security officials are keeping a wary eye out on several groups that are planning mass marches on Jerusalem. One march is scheduled for November 25, and is being organized by the group that tried to conduct a mass march to Jerusalem last September.
This time, however, organizers – and Israeli security officials – believe that the group may attract larger numbers. The group is set out from three locations – Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon – on November 25, with the objective of reaching Jerusalem on November 29, the anniversary of the adoption of the UN partition plan for Mandatory Palestine. Officials said that the group was encouraged by the recent attempt – and temporary success – of Syrian Druze who “invaded” the Golan Heights for several hours, tearing down a border fence to enter the country. Several sources claimed that some of the Syrian Druze were able to enter the interior of Israel, with several claiming to have reached Tel Aviv.
But even more worrisome is another march is scheduled for March 2012, Israeli officials said. That march is being organized by Indian activist Feroze Mithiborwala, who said in a recent press conference in Pakistan that the march will unite people from all over the world, and of all faiths - including Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Sikhs and Jews - "to participate in the march towards the Jerusalem and liberate it from the Zionists.” The march would be in the form of a “caravan” which would start from three directions – Asia, Europe, and Africa, originating in India, Turkey and Morocco respectively. The caravans would stop in all the countries on the way and pick up more participants. The objective is to gather hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people at the borders of Israel who would simply push their way through, reaching Jerusalem and “liberating” it.
A group helping to organize the March event, the International Committee of the Global March towards Al-Quds, said in a statement this week that “since the Zionist occupation of 78% of Palestine in 1948, and the subsequent occupation of Jerusalem and the rest of Palestine in 1967, we have witnessed growing efforts to Judaize Jerusalem and colonize Palestine. These crimes against humanity are done under the political protection and full support of successive American administrations and enforced by its veto at the United Nations.
“Jerusalem and all of Palestine need to be liberated, redeemed and restored as a land of freedom and coexistence by people of the world from all religious and cultural backgrounds. As part of this movement and at the invitation of Palestinians, we decided to organize a Global March to Jerusalem (GMJ) aimed at raising awareness of the mortal threat to Jerusalem and all of Palestine by the hands of Zionists and helping us move closer to the day of freedom.”
Mithiborwala is the head of Indian radical political group Awami Bharat, which bills itself as conducting “an international struggle against imperialism, Zionism, and Brahmanism.”
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Stargate SG1 - Space.com: Enduring Legacy: The History of 'Stargate'
From Space.com (via Yahoo News):
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20080315/sc_space/enduringlegacythehistoryofstargate
Enduring Legacy: The History of 'Stargate'
Steve Fritz
SPACE.com Sat Mar 15, 10:01 AM ET
Last December, the TV series "Stargate SG-1" made a little bit of history. After ten years of struggle, cast changes and network shuffles, it became the longest running American science fiction TV series, ever.
Let's repeat that. Ever.
Longer than any of the incarnations of "Star Trek." Same for "Babylon 5" or "Battlestar Galactica." Ditto for "X-Files," "Twilight Zone," "Outer Limits," or any other U.S. domestic series tripping the TV rift.
Of course, anyone from the other side of the Atlantic can look at the incredible number of years that "Doctor Who" has been televised and, maybe even righteously, up their nose at "SG-1's" decade of existence. But even the seemingly unkillable Doctor spent quite a bit of time travelling anywhere in dimensions and space but on Earth's airwaves, too. Still, when you consider the number of non-news/talk shows that have lasted longer than ten years anyway, the list is surprisingly small, especially here in the U.S.
Actually from another galaxy, the Ori, as any good race of bad guys, see the Milky Way as prime territory to spread their beliefs. As can also be expected, SG-1 stands in their way. As far as the TV show is concerned, this arc would not be resolved on the small screen because of Sci-Fi Channel's sudden decision to pull the plug on the series. As fans now know, it's now being handled in the first of the new direct-to-DVD releases, "Ark of Truth."
That doesn't mean every plot thread has been answered though. As it stands, "Stargate SG-1" is still an ongoing project. Another DVD movie, currently titled "Continuum" is apparently slated for release this July. Another spin-off series, "Universe" is also in the works and just might have characters from the original SG-1 series in it.
All one can say is time will tell. After all, it's a darn big universe out there.
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Stargate: Ark of Truth - GateWorld: Goldsmith explores Ark of Truth themes
http://gateworld.net/news/2008/03/goldsmith_explores_iark_of_truth.shtml
Goldsmith explores Ark of Truth themes
FRIDAY, MARCH 14 (GENERAL)
Stargate composer Joel Goldsmith discusses the musical journey he took in the first SG-1 DVD feature.
A brief excerpt:
The first SG-1 direct-to-DVD feature, Stargate: The Ark of Truth, was just released to stores this week. Recently, GateWorld gave Stargate composer Joel Goldsmith a call and asked him to go into detail about individual aspects of the score.
"What I did was we opened up with the original Stargate main theme and bridge," Joel told GateWorld. "Instead of going to what was the Goa'uld theme we went to the Ori theme ... I thought it transitioned very well from 'old Stargate' into 'new Stargate.'
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Richard Dean Anderson - Stargate Atlantis - "The Return, Part 1"
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Please check your local listings for channel, date and time.
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SG1: Ark of Truth - MGM Stargate: NEW Video: Get The Truth (Part 4)
From MGM Stargate:
http://stargate.mgm.com/video.php?id=122
Get The Truth (Part 4)
4:15 19MB
(Formatted in QuickTime 7)
Robert Cooper answers 10 viewer questions about Stargate: The Ark of Truth. (Part 4 of 4) Just added: Bonus Question!
Screenprints from the video:
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George W. Bush lawyer wanted to ‘ship out’ gay staffers to Detroit
By Steve Neavling on December 19, 2013 6 Comments
A high-profile lawyer for the George W. Bush administration said he wanted to “ship out” gay staffers to Detroit because he despised them so much, according to an Office of Special Counsel report.
Scott Bloch, the controversial head of the Office of Special Counsel under Bush, was so homophobic that he made it difficult for gay employees to succeed, the agency’s inspector general found. Bloch told a government contractor, Richard Trefry, that he wanted to create a new OSC field office in Detroit so he could rid the agency’s headquarters of gay staffers and others deemed immoral, according to the 56-page report, first published in the Blog of the Legal Times.
Sure enough, the OSC Midwest Field Office in Detroit opened in 2005.
The report raised serious questions about the decision to open the Detroit office. It also questioned the qualifications of the employees sent to work there. In fact, none of the employees wanted to relocate from Washington D.C., according to the report.
“OSC management made no survey of current employees to ascertain their interest in or availability for positions in the Detroit area,” the report stated. “There is substantial evidence to believe that Mr. Bloch and his noncareer associates who planned the reorganization were fully aware that the assignment of headquarters staff to Detroit did not represent an efficient or effective use of OSC personnel in a field office.”
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churchchurchliquorstore1
Mr. Bloch has a nice set of DSL.
Erectus Maximus
without anything to support this one person’s aligations, you pump this b.s. out there as fact.
i’ve grown weary of your one paragraph ‘articles’ where you simply repeat unsubstantiated crap.
i love mcm, but when you degrade your credibility, you simply sentence this site to ‘rag’ status.
The “one person” is the internal investigative arm of the federal agency. That’s not just another person.
Clark_W_Griswold_Jr
Until someone finds out if the current group in Detroit is largely gay people, it is just partisan speculation. Even the claim itself is just hearsay. Much ado about nothing until further proof is presented.
bonniebucqueroux
Sorry, but folks like this have serious mental issues.
MrSyn
Worse yet, it takes 8 years to publish the findings.
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SIL.TENNIAL EDITION+ (Tlmea.lqews Mr. Pulasld, ][11.) THURSDAY, JULY 1981 Price Of World II V'ctory r i ... eiberl TAeS sou . . +_ r L. lflee WAR IJ HEROES First Puklski,gn Isos'sm s. !b;bo K,flecl In Action I of Mt Pu;.ki, a side gunner on Department by his and Mrs. L D. Pyles, be Decatur vicinity, Lee Pyles, 22, was killed Battle known to enlisted in 1940, and in in North Africa, of Tunisia, campaign, in the initial Dean Berry Berry, son of kiedlenn Berry, of in action on May 12, telegram received from the Who entered the on June 9, just before a unit With two years Walters, Texas, Only 17 weeks ex- one of 47 who the quota to ent to North Af. six weeks ago troops invading action around D. Landis 1944) ttndis, who was sOuth of Mount of Mr. and Mrs. went with the Ill., about 16 attended the we pause rever- ently to honor the memory of those who have f0ven to our country's cause "the last full measure of devotion." SChool, was kill- June zs. accord. S. ScJI. Zachary Ta�1or ScjI. Marvin McVicker Department (Nov. 2, 1944) (July 26, 154S) Mrs. Robert Ave, in Allen 1944) living on Mount Pulas- Wednes- Department, news that her Allen, with in France, was *August 1st. :re given. He months and Durchhoh Durchholz, Mrs. Maurice vicinity, in France on to a War De. in Word Aug. 17th Was missing in and parents, one brother, Mr. of ML Mann t4) Mann, vicin. a farm be. Another Logan county soldier has made the supreme sacrifice in the war. Staff Sgt. Zachary Thomas Taylor, 20 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Taylor of Elkhart, was killed in action in Italy on Oct. 13, a War Depart- ment message informed his par- ents last Sunday. He was a radio- man and waist gunner on a B.24 Liberator Bomber. CpI. Joe Houchin (Feb. 1, 1945) Harry Houchin, located a short distance east of Mount Pulaski, received word Monday evening, about 7 p.m., from the War De- partment, conveying the sad news that his son, Cpl. Joe R. Houchin, had been killed in ac- tion in Belgium, Friday, Jan. 12, 1945. Cpl. Houchin left for over- seas duty May 21, 1943 and had been serving in glider aircraft duty and as an anti-tank gun- ner. Sgl. Orville Munyon (Feb. IS, 1945) Sgt. Orville Munyon, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Munyon of Lake Fork, serving in the U. Infantry, was killed in action in Luxembourg, during January, ac- cording to a message from the War Department. Only the day before, a message came saying he was missing in action. Besides his parents, he is survived by his wife In Tennes- see, one brother and three mar- ried sisters. Pvt. Frank R. Stengel (June 14. 1945) Pvt. Frank R. Stengel, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Stengel, Sr., living 6 miles northwest of here, was killed in action on Luzon, Philippine Islands, May 15, 1945, Sgt. Marvin G. McVicker, 28, of Chestnut, son of Mrs. Julia McVicker, 861 S. State St., Lin- coln, was killed in action on Luz. on, in the Phillipines, June 26, 1945, according to a telegram re- ceived from the War Department and a letter from the chaplain of the Sergeant's company. Mrs. McVicker is employed at the Lincoln State School and Col- ony, and has gone to the home of another son, Lewis E. McVicker, in Bement. Pvt. Jas. W. Centers (Nov. 1, 1945) Another Logan county soldier has answered the final summons. Pvt. James W. Centers was kill- ed while in service on Luzon, Philippine Islands, Wednesday, Oct. 17, according to word re- ceived in Latham by his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. James Cent- ers, Sr., from the War Depart- ment. No details were given. 1st It. Russell W. Jones (Nov. 29, 1945) 1st. Lt. Russell W. Jones, 23, of Lawndale, pilot of a B-26 Mar- auder medium bomber and flight leader of a veteran Army Air Forces group, lost with his crew over Northern Italy on Nov. 16, 1944, while on a bombing miss- Middletown, Saturday, A. Vander. Corps, the death of D. Mann. state when OCcurred. he is stir. ion, has been officially declared dead, according to a message from the War Department re- ceived last week by his parents, i Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Jones, of Lawndale viciniW, who formerly lived southwest of Mount Pulas- k/. At that time Russell attend- ed Mount Pulaski Township High School and was a member of the basketball team. Died In Prison Camp (Jam 6, 1944) A terse telegram received by Mr. and Mrs. James Goodman of Mount Pulaski, Sunday, informed them of the death of their son, Pet. Chester R. Goodman, a para- trooper, who was killed in ac- tlon in Italy on Saturday, Dec. 11, 1943. Thus to this community comes the first fatal casualty of active warfare on the battlefronts thru- out the world, and another Gold Star is today speaking silently, but eloquently from a window in our little village. The telegram received by the dazed parents read as follows: 'I'he Secretary of War desir- es to express his deep regret that your son, Pvt. Chester R. Goodman, was killed in ac- tion in defense of his country on Decembe.r 11 in Italy." Adjutant General. "Chet," as he signed his letters home, enlisted as a paratroop- er Aug. 21, 1942, and was sent to Scott Field. Although paratroop- ing was one of the most danger- ous branches of the service, yet it held so much appeal to young Goodman that he pleaded with his parents to give their consent as he was not yet of age, and would have been 21 years old had he lived until the llth of this month. a Flying Fortress has been offlc. ially listed as dead, according to a telegram from the War Depart. ment to his wife, Mrs. Helen Shilling Delbert. The latter, dau- ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Art Schill. ing, Lincoln, is completing her training as a registered nurse at the Children's Hospital in Mil. waukee, Wise. Sgt. Deibert's plane was se. verely damaged by antl-aircyaft fire on a mission over Germany, December 18, 1945, the plane ex- ploding in midair. This was the official date listing his death. Memorial Services For S. Sgt. Ralph Meister (Nov. 9, 1944) Memorial servlces will be held in the Mount Pulaski Christian Church at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12 for the late Staff Sgt. Ralph Meister, son of Mrs. Mertice Meister of this vicinity, who died Sept. 21, in a hospital in Eng- land, after being ill a short time and undergoing an operation. The service will be in charge of the pastor, Rev. J. Wayne Staley, assisted by Rev. F. E. Neumeyer of the Methodist Church. Memorial Services For CpL Wilbur Mann (Oct. 12, 1944) Louis G. Bender Memorial services were held at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 8, in St. Killed In Texas John's Lutheran Church, conduct- ed by the pastor, Rev. Ray 0. T iia C Zumstein, for Cpl. Wilbur D. ra.n_n00 amp Mann, USMC, son of Mr. and Mrs. (Dec. 17, 194D) J George Mann, formerly of Mount Aviation Cadet Louis G. Bend-[Pulaski, who are now resld. er, son of Mr. and Mrs. John[ing near Middletown, who was Bender, living 4 miles northeast]killed in action on Guam Island, of Mount Pulaski, was instantly l July 27, 1944, during a battle killed at 5:15 p.m., Friday, Dec. lwhen the island was recaptured 11, 1942, in a plane accident at l from the Japs. the Foster Field Advanced Aerial I IGunneryTexas. School near Victoria, iTI. _,.,,anks Merchanfs. The young army man met his I'.ffi. I,, I IK death in an unusual accident. He r-U/ ..,i.,ecla sue had been riding in the cockpit (Mch 29, of a plane just landed, when a Somewhere in the Pacific second plane, making a landing, January 29, 1945 crashed into the rear of the ship Dear Harry: in which Bender was riding. No I would like to borrow a few other person was injured, moments of your time to tell you Cadet Bender, known to all his a few things, on what a swell friends as "Cotton" is believed to paper you edit. be the first Mount Pulaski cas- My copy comes regular each ualty in World War II. He had week and I do not skip a word of completed his training at Foster it. Field and had qualified as a The Special Pictorial Section member of the Army Air Forces' that you and the merchants Gulf Coast's largest graduating made possible for we in service class on Sunday, Dec. 6, and on- it was grand -- and I am Thursday received his coveted sure that all of us Pulaski boys silver wings as a pilot. He was and surrounding towns, could anxiously awaiting the time on have received nothing any fin- Sunday, Dec. 13, when he would er from the old home town. receive his commission and or- I enjoy very much watching ders for assignment to flying all of the boys reading their duty as a lieutenant, in ceremon- home papers . we switch them ies at the Gulf Coast Training around. You have received num. Center, Randolph Field, Texas. erous compliments on the Times. But death intervened, and the News and especially on the Plc- young Mount Pulask/an never torial Section. reached the goal he had so eag- Just keep on doing a swell Job erly worked for. as you have been. A real morale booster, and I do hope I can keep CPL. WAYNE L. GOODPASTER on receiving the paper. DIED AT VET$ HOSPITAL These Pacific Islands are beau. (Auq. 3, 1944) ities, but sorry to say they can- Cpl. Wayne Leo Goodpaster, I not compare with the old hill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Good-I I must close -- and thank you paster, W. Jefferson St., Mt. Pul- ] and the merchants for the special ask/, died at 8:35 a.m., Monday,,l edition. July 31, 1944, in the Veterans[ Sincerely, hospital in Danville, Ill., where I Harvey M. Davis, Coxswain, be became a patient on June 10.1 San Francisco, Calif. HIS illness dates back to his] Army service in the Guadal- S. S. Chicle8 Allison, canal campaign in the southwest Pacific. Of Latham, Reported Coming back to the U.A. he Dead, July 98, 1945 was hospitalized for a time, then given an honorable discharge, (Mw/ 30, 1946) after which he returned home. Mrs. Marilyn Allison, of La- His health gradually failed and tham, an employee of the J. C. he entered the hospital in the Penny Co., Decatur, has been Ensign naval flyer Surviving Mount Pul- Mr., aunt and according to a message from the . hope that his condition could be War Department, received by his wife and parents. Robert Vandevender Gulso, son benefitted. He was aged 34 years, During April, 1941, he mar- of Mrs. Minnie Gulso, now of 6 months, and 17 days. ried Miss Mildred Harnish, dau- Blue Mound, Ill., and former res- ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert ident of Mount Pulaski, died on Dpmzm: A period when Harnish of Mount Pulaski vicin- June 6, 1942, in a Japanese Pris- people do without things their lty. on Camp. parents never had. notified by the War Department of the death of her husband, Staff Sgt. Charles R. Allison, who was reported miming in action over i Kyushu, Japan on July 28, 1945. They gave their ALl,--for us! ,i, iii
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Michael 'Creepy' Munday of Middleton Grange, NSW - Scammer Report
This is a warning to anyone planning on doing business with Michael Munday (a.k.a. Liam Adam Munday). He has taken money from a lot of people and not given the goods promised (via defunct businesses like Yadnum Computers, Level 4 Technology, and other sham fronts).
Mobile No. Confirmed
Michael's correct mobile number is 0456 899 230 - this has been confirmed as he's been harassing me lately (threats, etc).
Munday provides the following email addresses on his website: contact@michaelmunday.com.au and business@remedymusic.co
He also provides a Skype ID: officialmichaelmunday
If you would like to discuss this matter, you can contact me via: louis_mar@hotmail.com or 0401 151 599.
Michael's Address Confirmed
Munday's address is: 24 Onslow Gardens, Middleton Grange, NSW, 2171, Australia. This address is being provided in case you need to serve legal documents on him or register a bad debt against him with a service like: DebtPayable, Prushka, or CreditorWatch.
We have yet another address for Munday:
Suit 106, Level 21, 210 Miller St., Sydney, NSW, 2000. He is putting this on ridiculous invoices he's generated.
Who Put the 'Creepy' in Munday?
Answer: Munday did. Read His wife left him. So he started a massive social media campaign to get her back ← mamamia.com.au took down the article mid-September/2017. Taking down the article like that is disrespectful to the people who took the time to post comments (which mamamia.com.au invited them to do). I've made available a PDF of just the comments for The Michael Loves Melissa campaign: cute or creepy? article.
Latest Activities - March/2019
It appears Munday is attempting to reinvent himself and distance himself from his questionable past by claiming to be a DJ and writer. I think he's come to a point where its very difficult for him to get away with conning people now, he's just drawn too much attention from the police. The police have shown they are willing to investigate him, charge him, and take him through the court system (on multiple occasions now). There's more details below in the section titled 'Munday's Press Release Feb/2019'.
Identifying Michael Munday
Note: Munday's ID was NOT stolen as he will claim. Munday willingly gave it to customers victims as part of his ruse to make them think he was a legitimate businessman (see proof).
On 29th December 2008 I placed an order for a 28" LCD monitor via the Yadnum Computers website (www.yadnum.com.au). $757.95 AUD was paid to Yadnum Computers via PayPal. The merchandise was never sent and the money was never refunded. After many attempts to contact the proprietor of the business, Michael Munday, no explanation was ever given as to why the merchandise was not sent or why a refund was never provided.
Timeline in Detail
This is my personal experience with being ripped off by Michael Munday:
• 29/Dec/2008 - order placed for a 28" LCD monitor online (i.e. product model Viewsonic VX2835WM 28"W). The order was placed online via the Yadnum Computers website (www.yadnum.com.au). $757.95 AUD is drawn out of my account to pay for the product.
• 6/Jan/2009 - over two weeks after placing the order, I had still not received the item. After repeated contact attempts, I have been ignored by the seller and no effort what-so-ever has been made by Michael Munday to get in touch with me. I have emailed the seller on 4 occasions since the purchase and phoned twice. For both phone calls I got an answering machine and left a message for them to call me back (my calls were never returned). In my contact attempts, I had made it known to the seller I would lodge a dispute with the provider of their online credit card payment facilities and with the NSW consumer body. My warnings were also ignored.
• 16/Jan/2009 - lodged complaint with NSW Fair Trading Centre. The seller, Michael Munday, didn't respond to the NSW Fair Trading representative's calls or letters.
• 23/Jan/2009 - PayPal manages to recover $237.45 AUD for me, leaving $520.50 AUD still to be refunded (note: Paypal has disabled the Yadnum Computers PayPal account so his website can no longer receive payments that way).
• 10/Feb/2009 - official complaint for fraud lodged with Victoria police.
Contacting Munday
If you've had 'unfavorable dealings' with Munday (i.e. he's ripped you off too), I encourage you to get in touch with him and ask him for his side of the story. If you happen to get one, please let me know what it is as I've yet to see a reasonable explanation for what he does.
His contact details are as follows:
Email: michaelmunday@gmail.com
contact@michaelmunday.com.au
business@remedymusic.co
Skype ID: officialmichaelmunday
sales@yadnum.com.au
paypal@yadnumcomputers.com
24 Onslow Gardens
Middleton Grange, 2171
Warehouse Address
Yadnum Computers Pty Ltd.
Unit 22 19-26 Durian Place
Wetherill Park NSW 2164
Supporting Evidence
This is the police report for the complaint I lodged against Michael Munday for fraud:
These are receipts for what I bought from Munday:
Police & Authorities Unsuccessful in Stopping Munday
Result of Police Investigation
51 pages of supporting evidence was provided to police to demonstrate that Munday is a con man, not a failed business man like he claims.
Previously I had been saying police failed to act. This was initially true when I first reported the case back in 2009 - I had to go to great efforts to get them to investigate Munday. However, in the last few years I don't believe this to be the case.
All I've ever wanted is to have my day in court with Munday. If a magistrate says: "not guilty" - fair enough, he's been judged - I'll let it go. But this has yet to happen, so the best we can do is present facts about Munday's actions and let people draw their own conclusions.
Munday's Press Release Feb/2019
Munday has put up a page on his website titled 'Department Of Public Prosecutions Withdraw Charges'. The gist of it is this:
• In 2016 the NSW police arrested Michael Munday
• Munday was charged with the offence Stalk/intimidate intend fear physical or harm
• Munday was initially held in custody without bail
• Munday admits he breached his order not to contact his ex-wife
• Michael was in and out of court 37 times from 2016 to 2019
• the police prosecutor eventually withdraw the case because they didn't have the evidence they needed to guarantee a conviction if the trail proceeded.
Intervention (restraining) Orders are very strict about the accused not contacting the victim. Munday ignored these rules and went ahead and contacted his ex anyway. So the police picked him up and prosecuted. The crime which Munday was prosecuted for is very series, it can potentially land a person in jail for 2-5 years.
Now Munday claims his emails to his ex-wife were not threatening, and two of the emails were replies from his ex (telling him to stop contacting her most likely). It's beside the point what the content of the emails are, when a magistrate tells you: "you are to have no contact with this person what-so-ever" - you do it, or you wind up back in court.
Charges withdrawn
So why did the police prosecutor fail to get a conviction? I can only speculate on this, but the 37 court appearances has something to do with, as does the charge being withdrawn (rather than a 'not guilty' finding).
Prosecutors are very reliant on two kinds of evidence to guarantee a win in court: 1) admission of guilt by the defendant (self-incrimination), or 2) police eye-witness testimony (i.e. the police actually see the person committing the crime). Anything less can be challenged in court. A prosecutor generally won't follow through with a case unless they are pretty much guaranteed a guilty verdict. The reason for this is because if they lose (i.e. a not guilty verdict), the defendant is entitled to be reimbursed for his legal fees (could be thousands of dollars). However, if charges are withdrawn, then the defendant can't claim costs. In addition, if a prosecutor loses a case, it's a mark against their name/career. If the case is dropped, it doesn't look as bad for them.
So why did the police prosecute Munday when they knew they couldn't secure a conviction? Maybe they were hoping Munday would slip up and incriminate himself, maybe after going back and forth to court a few dozen times, they thought he would give in and change his plea to guilty? But most likely it was a punitive exercise. See, the police prosecutor is at court every day anyway, they get paid to do this stuff. It's not much effort for them to keep getting Munday to come back-and-forth to the courthouse (as long as their not overtly wasting the magistrate's time). The police have received so many complaints about Munday over the years, this is the best they could do (i.e. dragging Munday back and forth to court 37 times over a space of 2 years).
Response to Munday's Retaliatory Website
Michael isn't happy about the information on this and other websites. If he didn't want people talking about the dodgy things he's done - then don't do those things.
He's started his own counter/retaliatory campaign. The difference between his website and mine is the evidence and paper-trail. You will find Munday provides nothing by way of supporting documentation on his site.
His documents weren't stolen, he willingly gave them to people to gain their trust. For example, he emailed a scan of his license to michelle1@virginbroadband.com.au on 5/Mar/2010. She bought a camera off Munday on eBay for $814, except Munday never sent the camera to her.
I sympathies with Munday's ex. And wish to say to her bravo for doing what she needed to do to improve her situation. This does explain some things. Previously I had thought Munday was a just a greedy weasel, now I'm starting to think something isn't right with him in the head. This doesn't excuse the things he's done though.
I don't believe that for a second. I'd like to see some documentation on that (police report or correspondence). Hackers don't break into a person's Twitter account to start some long winded saga about suicide.
Does he mean me? Everything I say on this website is backed up by names, dates, paper-trail and official documents (e.g. police reports). He freely gave out his identification to people to build confidence.
Munday is verifying that he's been investigated. People don't get investigated for no reason. Customers/victims have to go to great efforts to lodge a complaint with the police or Consumer Affairs - we don't do it for fun or to target random people!
Munday agreed to refund my money:
That was back in 2009! He's still not paid his debt.
Is he saying this website is fraudulent - in what way? I'm not saying I'm Michael Munday, and I'm not asking for money from anyone. All the statements I make about Munday are backed by documentation.
I'd like to see some evidence of what charities Munday has volunteered time to. Tip: people who actually do volunteer work or donate to charities rarely say they do.
I wouldn't go so far as to call Munday a monster. He's just been taking money from people for goods which he doesn't give them. There is definitely something up with this guy, but he's no mastermind.
I don't believe Munday is referring to me here. Nothing on my site is false or misleading - everything has names, dates, emails, and documents attached for verification.
The information people have posted about Munday online is a result of his own actions. People wouldn't be posting stuff about him if he hadn't wronged them in some way. People are pissed off at him - the police have not been able to get anywhere, so we're putting out warnings so others don't fall for Munday's tricks.
All I have ever wanted was my day in court with Munday. Hopefully that day will be soon. There's been no point in me filing a civil claim against him as he cries poor when he loses cases. There's two instances I know of where people have taken Munday to tribunals and won. In one of the cases, the sheriff was sent around to his house to collect on his debt, Munday said he had no assets - that they all belonged to his mum. This doesn't sound like an 'educated man who holds several degrees to me'. Here's some of the tribunal documents:
Criminal Cases Against Munday
Looks like Munday has a busy week coming up:
NSW Court Lists
You'd think he'd spend time preparing for his defence, but instead he's wasting it lodging bogus debts against me with collection agencies (which they just drop once I explain to them Munday is taking them for a ride).
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NGC and Stack’s Bowers Galleries Identify New California Fractional Gold Variety
September 14, 2016 By Press Release Leave a Comment
NGC and Stack’s Bowers Galleries have shared the following press release:
SANTA ANA, CA. — Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) and Stack’s Bowers Galleries have identified a new variety of California Fractional Gold. The 1854 Octagonal California Gold Dollar was recently submitted to NGC for attribution and grading.
California Fractional Gold Pieces were struck by private mints in California in order to fill a need for smaller denominations in commerce. The coins were issued beginning in 1852 in 25 cent, 50 cent and one dollar denominations. All California Gold Pieces are attributed by NGC at no additional charge according to “BG” numbers, from the last names of Walter Breen (“B”) and Ronald J. Gillio, authors of the reference book for the series, California Pioneer Fractional Gold.
NGC graders attempted to attribute the 1854 Octagonal California Gold Dollar according to the BG catalog numbers but determined that it did not match any of the known varieties listed in the reference book. The coin was clearly struck from the same reverse die as BG-529, identified by the two stars between GOLD and DERI, but the obverse was quite different. There were notable dissimilarities in the placement of both the head and stars.
NGC brought the coin to the World’s Fair of Money show in Anaheim, California, to show it to Gillio, who serves as Executive Director of Consignments / Numismatics Acquisitions Coordinator for Stack’s Bowers Galleries. Gillio, along with John M. Pack, also Executive Director of Consignments for Stack’s Bowers Galleries, and numismatic researcher Robert D. Leonard, Jr., confirmed that this piece was a new variety, which they listed as BG-529a.
New California Fractional Gold varieties are seldom identified with a new discovery made only once every four or five years. This significant find is now graded NGC AU 55 and encapsulated with a label bearing its BG-529a attribution.
About Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®)
NGC, the world’s largest and most respected third-party coin grading service, was founded in 1987. From the beginning, NGC has committed itself to developing an impartial, trusted standard of consistent and accurate grading. To uphold this commitment, NGC’s full-time grading professionals are no longer active in the commercial coin marketplace, and are prohibited from buying or selling coins to ensure impartiality. As NGC has grown to become the leader in third-party grading services, we have maintained a steadfast and uncompromising commitment to this standard. Learn more at NGCcoin.com.
About Stack’s Bowers Galleries
Stack’s Bowers Galleries conducts live, Internet and specialized auctions of rare U.S. and world coins and currency and ancient coins, as well as direct sales through retail and wholesale channels. The company’s 80-year legacy includes the cataloging and sale of many of the most valuable United States coin and currency collections to ever cross an auction block — The D. Brent Pogue Collection, The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection, The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, The Norweb Collection, The Cardinal Collection and The Battle Born Collection — to name just a few. World coin and currency collections include The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection of World Gold Coins, The Kroisos Collection, The Alicia and Sidney Belzberg Collection, The Wa She Wong Collection, The Guia Collection, The Thos. H. Law Collection, and The Robert O. Ebert Collection.
Topping off this amazing numismatic history is the inclusion of the world record for the highest price ever realized at auction for a rare coin, the 1794 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar graded Specimen-66 (PCGS) that realized over $10 million, part of their sale of the famed Cardinal Collection. The company is headquartered in Santa Ana, California, with offices in New York, Wolfeboro, Hong Kong, and Paris. Stack’s Bowers Galleries is an Official Auctioneer for several important numismatic conventions, including American Numismatic Association events, the New York International Numismatic Convention, the Professional Numismatists Guild New York Invitational, the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Spring, Summer and Winter Expos, and its April, August and December Hong Kong Auctions.
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Customs And Border Protection Agents Seize $3.7 Million Inside Abandoned Vessel In Puerto Rico Headed Towards U.S. Virgin Islands
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents, along with agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), on July 7 seized $3.7 million (seen above) in undeclared currency found inside five duffle bags on board an abandoned vessel near the coast of Fajardo, which before abandoned was headed towards the U.S. Virgin Islands. Two days later, on July 9, CBP agents in St. Thomas seized $372,000 in undeclared currency found inside a duffle bag on the beach near a vessel found in Bordeaux Bay. “We remain committed to working with other federal and local law enforcement partners to detect and deter smuggling attempts throughout the Caribbean,” stated Johnny Morales, CBP’s director of Air and Marine Operations for the Caribbean Air and Marine Branch. According to CBP, on July 7, U.S. CBP Air and Marine Operations (AMO) Marine Interdiction agents (MIAs) detected a vessel navigating without lights moving east from Fajardo towards the U.S. Virgin Islands. The MIAs requested assistance from an AMO DHC-8 Marine Patrol Aircraft crew to maintain surveillance of suspect vessel. The vessel abruptly turned around towards Maternillo, Fajardo, landing the vessel near the entrance to the Rio Fajardo. The MIAs, Border Patrol Agents, and DEA special agents pursued the vessel and its occupants, who were seen unloading duffle bags from the vessel, immediately abandoning their cargo and absconding. The agents found five abandoned duffle bags containing bulk US currency. The undeclared currency totaled $3,700,000. A loaded Taurus .40 caliber pistol and 63 rounds of ammunition were also found. CBP seized the currency under failure to declare and bulk cash smuggling laws. AMO is a federal law enforcement organization dedicated to serving and protecting the American people through advanced aeronautical and maritime capabilities. With approximately 1,800 federal agents and mission support personnel, 240 aircraft, and 300 marine vessels operating throughout the…
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Dr. Christopher Tarnay, center, chief of female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery at UCLA Health, teaching Ugandan residents in the operating room.
UCLA team helps create facility for Ugandan women who suffered childbirth injuries
50-bed center will treat fistulas caused during obstructed labor
Amy Albin | November 6, 2018
Imagine experiencing obstructed labor while giving birth in a remote African village with no medical help available. Chances are the baby will die and the woman will suffer an obstetric fistula, a tear between the bladder and rectum that results in constant leakage of urine and sometimes stool. Left untreated, the woman faces a lifetime of social ostracization.
Fistulas are rare in developed nations where cesarean sections are available. But the World Health Organization estimates that in the east African country of Uganda about 200,000 women are living with fistulas, and that about 2,000 new cases occur annually.
But with the help of a team from UCLA Health, the new Centre for Gynecologic and Fistula Care at Mbarara Hospital in western Uganda recently opened to expand the capacity to treat this debilitating childbirth injury.
The 50-bed facility has been a long-term goal of supporters since 2009. Under the umbrella of the non-profit organization, Medicine for Humanity, Dr. Christopher Tarnay, chief of female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery at UCLA Health, and a team of UCLA doctors, nurses and medical students, have been traveling to Mbarara Hospital annually for two-week surgical trips to treat up to 50 women each time. During those trips, the UCLA team trained local doctors so that more women can be treated year round.
The new ward is the next step in helping create a sustainable program.
“These patients just want to be able to wake up with a dry bed,” Tarnay said. “By offering our expertise, training local doctors and now helping our Ugandan colleagues create the beautiful new space, we’ve been able to build a true center of excellence.”
Opening of the Centre for Gynecologic and Fistula Care at Mbarara Hospital.
The center will serve as a care and recovery center for women undergoing surgery to repair fistulas and allow them to convalesce in comfort and privacy. The existing ward had only six beds and was not big enough to handle the number of patients, some of whom had been sleeping on floors and in corridors.
Medicine for Humanity raised more than $100,000 to build the new center and helped oversee the design and construction.
Tarnay was overwhelmed when he saw the new building in person.
“To see the center completed, when just two years ago it was only a hope, was quite miraculous. It is a beautiful structure,” Tarnay said. “I got a bit emotional when went over early to see it before the ribbon cutting ceremony. I was with my wife and our foundation executive director, and we just stood in shock at what we helped build.”
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bitch smack
verb - transitive
of a female, to smack someone across the face.
Damn, that girl just bitch smacked you!
Last edited on May 06 2011. Submitted by nick from New Orleans, LA, USA on Feb 19 2000.
to slap someone across the face with an open hand.
Shut up before I bitch smack you.
Last edited on May 06 2011. Submitted by Ian W. from Pittsburgh, PA, USA on Apr 24 2003.
bull-babbage
a bunch of bull shit.
That was bull-babbage.
See more words with the same meaning: feces.
Last edited on Feb 19 2000. Submitted by brent w on Feb 19 2000.
marijuana.
Let's go smoke some chronic.
That was some bomb ass chronic.
Last edited on Apr 24 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Nov 10 1999.
high-quality, potent marijuana.
See more words with the same meaning: marijuana.
Last edited on Mar 08 2010. Submitted by Stoned S. from Calgary, AB, Canada on Feb 19 2000.
marijuana mixed with crack.
Last edited on Mar 08 2010. Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 27 2002.
marijuana mixed with cocaine.
Last edited on Mar 08 2010. Submitted by Malika from USA on May 25 2002.
It was well dark.
Last edited on Feb 18 2013. Submitted by Anonymous from Manchester, Greater Manchester, UK on Feb 19 2000.
Them trainers are dark man.
Last edited on Sep 02 2003. Submitted by Jonny C. from Slough, UK on Sep 02 2003.
to get out of one's car.
Y'all get down and come in for a visit.
Last edited on May 14 2011. Submitted by Rachel from Franklin, LA, USA on Feb 19 2000.
to get out of a car
Do you wanna get down?
Last edited on Apr 18 2004. Submitted by Anonymous on Apr 18 2004.
to have sex.
Citation from "Stan Knows Best", American Dad (TV), Season 1 Episode 3 (2005) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
Last edited on Nov 03 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
murk
verb - intransitive
going to leave.
Yo, I'm bouts to murk up out of this piece.
Last edited on Feb 19 2000. Submitted by Lyterra from Mt Laurel, NJ, USA on Feb 19 2000.
to dance. (Used in the greater Cincinnati, OH, USA area.(
Did you see Jim in the club? He was murkin' out.
Last edited on Sep 07 2007. Submitted by Ronnie D. from Covington, KY, USA on Sep 07 2007.
to severely injure someone; BEAT UP.
Man that nigga just got murked.
I suggest you calm down before you get murked.
I'm going to murk you.
Last edited on Oct 14 2005. Submitted by Spencer H. on Oct 14 2005.
to kill.
Let's murk that fool.
"perpetrator" (i.e. person who committed a crime.) Police slang.
The perp is in custody.
Citation from "Pilot", Alphas (TV), Season 1 Episode 1 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Ready, Willing, and Disabled", Family Guy (TV), Season 3 Episode 15 (2001) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
See more words with the same meaning: criminal, hooligan, gangster, gangsta.
Last edited on Oct 28 2011. Submitted by sarah j. from Reseda, CA, USA on Feb 19 2000.
to pretend, feign.
He always perps like he has a lot of money.
See more words with the same meaning: to pretend, feign, pose.
Last edited on Nov 14 1997. Submitted by D L. from Los Angeles, CA, USA on Nov 14 1997.
ride to die
Someone who doesn't care about anything. They don't have any fears. gangstas use it a lot.
I need a ride to die chick.
Last edited on Nov 29 2010. Submitted by Lyterra from Mt Laurel, NJ, USA on Feb 19 2000.
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Stumbling to War With Russia?
by Patrick J. Buchanan Posted on November 27, 2015 November 25, 2015
Turkey’s decision to shoot down a Russian warplane was a provocative and portentous act.
That Sukhoi Su-24, which the Turks say intruded into their air space, crashed and burned – in Syria. One of the Russian pilots was executed while parachuting to safety. A Russian rescue helicopter was destroyed by rebels using a U.S. TOW missile. A Russian marine was killed.
"A stab in the back by the accomplices of terrorists," said Vladimir Putin of the first downing of a Russian warplane by a NATO nation in half a century. Putin has a point, as the Russians are bombing rebels in northwest Syria, some of which are linked to al-Qaida.
As it is impossible to believe Turkish F-16 pilots would fire missiles at a Russian plane without authorization from President Tayyip Recep Erdogan, we must ask: Why did the Turkish autocrat do it?
Why is he risking a clash with Russia?
Answer: Erdogan is probably less outraged by intrusions into his air space than by Putin’s success in securing the Syrian regime of Bashar Assad, whom Erdogan detests, and by relentless Russian air strikes on Turkmen rebels seeking to overthrow Assad.
Imperiled strategic goals and ethnicity may explain Erdogan. But what does the Turkish president see down at the end of this road?
And what about us? Was the U.S. government aware Turkey might attack Russian planes? Did we give Erdogan a green light to shoot them down?
These are not insignificant questions.
For Turkey is a NATO ally. And if Russia strikes back, there is a possibility Ankara will invoke Article V of NATO and demand that we come in on their side in any fight with Russia.
And Putin was not at all cowed. Twenty-four hours after that plane went down, his planes, ships and artillery were firing on those same Turkmen rebels and their jihadist allies.
Politically, the Turkish attack on the Sukhoi Su-24 has probably aborted plans to have Russia join France and the U.S. in targeting ISIS, a diplomatic reversal of the first order.
Indeed, it now seems clear that in Syria’s civil war, Turkey is on the rebel-jihadist side, with Russia, Iran and Hezbollah on the side of the Syrian regime.
But whose side are we on?
As for what strategy and solution President Obama offers, and how exactly he plans to achieve it, it remains an enigma.
Nor is this the end of the alarming news.
According to The Times of Israel, Damascus reports that, on Monday, Israel launched four strikes, killing five Syrian soldiers and eight Hezbollah fighters, and wounding others.
Should Assad or Hezbollah retaliate, this could bring Israel more openly into the Syrian civil war. And if Israel is attacked, the pressure on Washington to join her in attacking the Syrian regime and Hezbollah would become intense.
Yet, should we accede to that pressure, it could bring us into direct conflict with Russia, which is now the fighting ally of the Assad regime.
Something U.S. presidents conscientiously avoided through 45 years of Cold War – a military clash with Moscow – could become a real possibility. Does the White House see what is unfolding here?
Elsewhere, yet another Russia-NATO clash may be brewing.
In southern Ukraine, pylons supporting the power lines that deliver electricity to Crimea have been sabotaged, blown up, reportedly by nationalists, shutting off much of the electric power to the peninsula.
Repair crews have been prevented from fixing the pylons by Crimean Tatars, angry at the treatment of their kinfolk in Crimea.
In solidarity with the Tatars, Kiev has declared that trucks carrying goods to Crimea will not be allowed to cross the border.
A state of emergency has been declared in Crimea.
Russia is retaliating, saying it will not buy produce from Ukraine, and may start cutting off gas and coal as winter begins to set in.
Ukraine is as dependent upon Russia for fossil fuels as Crimea is upon Ukraine for electricity. Crimea receives 85 percent of its water and 80 percent of its electricity from Ukraine.
Moreover, Moscow’s hopes for a lifting of U.S. and EU sanctions, imposed after the annexation of Crimea, appear to be fading.
Are these events coordinated? Has the U.S. government given a go-ahead to Erdogan to shoot down Russian planes? Has Obama authorized a Ukrainian economic quarantine of Crimea?
For Vladimir Putin is not without options. The Russian Army and pro-Russian rebels in southeast Ukraine could occupy Mariupol on the Black Sea and establish a land bridge to Crimea in two weeks.
In Syria, the Russians, with 4,000 troops, could escalate far more rapidly than either us or our French allies.
As of today, Putin supports U.S.-French attacks on ISIS. But if we follow the Turks and begin aiding the rebels who are attacking the Syrian army, we could find ourselves eyeball to eyeball in a confrontation with Russia, where our NATO allies will be nowhere to be found.
Has anyone thought this through?
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of Churchill, Hitler, and “The Unnecessary War”: How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World. To find out more about Patrick Buchanan and read features by other Creators writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Web page at www.creators.com.
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We are proud to wear the Rainbow Badge!
If you have seen our staff wearing NHS rainbow badges, you'll know we are an LGBT+ inclusive organisation. We will always aim to be open and non-judgmental in all of the care we provide.
What does LGBT+ mean?
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT). The + stands for all of the other identities because we want people to know we will respect and value them, however they define themselves.
If you see a staff member wearing a badge, you're welcome to ask them more about it. The badge is to let you know you can share your identity with us. It also means that this member of staff has made an extra commitment to listen, understand and to know how to get you the best support available if you need it.
About the Rainbow Badges initiative
Evelina London Children's Hospital launched the Rainbow Badge Scheme with the aim of making a real difference for the young people they care for.
But the rainbow badge isn't just there to help young people; Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is proud to support the scheme and staff throughout all of our services are proud to make the pledge and wear the badge.
An estimated one in five LGBT+ people is not out to any healthcare professional about their sexual orientation when seeking care, and one in seven LGBT+ people has avoided treatment for fear of discrimination.
To improve the experience of healthcare for LBGT+ service users, we are proud to wear rainbow badges.
Read our press release about the day we launched the badge at NSFT here.
You can find out more about the badges by contacting: rainbowbadge@gstt.nhs.uk.
Pictured: NSFT directors and other senior staff show their support for the Rainbow Badges initiative.
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Videodrone: Jackie Chan’s ‘Police Story’ and ‘Police Story 2’ on Blu-ray
Blu-ray, by Sean Axmaker, Film Reviews
Police Story / Police Story 2 – Jackie Chan Double Feature (Shout Factory)
In the Hong Kong action movie explosion of the eighties, when the craziest, most kinetically energetic and narratively surreal action movies were pouring out of the Hong Kong studios at a breakneck pace, Jackie Chan’s Police Story (1985) was one of the films that both defined and redefined the industry while firmly establishing Jackie Chan as a worldwide superstar. Everywhere except the U.S.
Chan had been making successful films for years but this was something different. In Hong Kong, he was moving into modern action comedy in Wheels on Meals and adding color, different cultural backdrops, and more spectacular stunts to the martial arts fight movie with Project A (all with his opera school buddies and fellow stars Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao). But Chan had chafed at the way American productions tried to fit him into a generic mold in his bid for a U.S. crossover film, The Protector. He came back to Hong Kong with lessons learned.
Police Story was his answer to the American action blockbuster and the first of his aggressive appropriations of American hit movies remade as Jackie Chan spectacles. It was modern and urban, filled with gritty action and juvenile slapstick, and it incorporated Jackie’s brand of acrobatic martial arts (with all its comic flourishes) with big budget set pieces and eye-popping stunts. He lavished production value on the film. The story is almost inconsequential, something to do with a case against a mob boss and his drug operation. Ka Kui Chan, a committed officer on the elite CID division of the Hong Kong Police, is assigned to “protect” a reluctant witness (the great Brigitte Lin) and then framed by the mob as a corrupt cop, sending him on the run to clear his name and take out the gang one man at a time.
The only logic is kinetic: one action follows another with ingenuity and physical integrity. It opens on mission gone wrong that turns into a car chase through a hillside shantytown reduced to rubble by the careening vehicles smashing through huts and blowing out walls as inhabitants scurry for cover, and it ends with a brutal one man battle with a criminal army in the six-story atrium mall that sends combatants through plate glass windows, down escalators, and over railings. In between is a satire of office politics, a slapstick romance between a smug, chauvinistic Chan and his fresh-faced girlfriend May (a very young Maggie Cheung) — an innocent who gets almost unbearably knocked about for laughs — and an almost non-stop mix of acrobatic set-pieces, physical comedy, and fast and furious fight scenes. It’s the whole raison d’etre for the film and Jackie walks a fine line through the action, which is both potentially deadly and yet much of it played for humor. The cleverness and the comic potential blunt the brutality of the battle.
Jackie Chan takes on the mob one thug at a time
As a director and a savvy manager of his brand, Chan knew what audiences wanted and he delivered in spades. Like his American heroes, Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, he presented his most elaborate and daring fights and stunts in long, unbroken takes, the better to show his fans that he did at all, with no stunt doubles or cheating shots. And then he showed it again, and again, from other angles, to give everyone their money’s worth. And just to prove his credentials, he plays it all again in a closing credits montage, with clips interspersed with behind-the-scenes footage and outtakes from stunts gone wrong.
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Wisconsin: Blueprint for a new progressive movement in America
March 8, 2011 Madonna Gauding Labor and unions, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment
The question shall arise in your day: which shall rule, wealth or man,” said Edward Ryan, the Chief Justice of Wisconsin’s Supreme Court, in an address to the law school in Madison in 1873. “Which shall lead, money or intellect; who shall fill public stations — educated and patriotic free men or the feudal serfs of corporate capital?
The above quote is taken from an excellent post by David Dayen at Firedoglake in which he outlines a new coming together of the Democratic Party and the progressive grassroots. The new progressive strategies emerging in Wisconsin, Indiana and other states are inspiring authentic hope, and may give DC corporate Democrats pause as we approach 2012.
The following is a summary of Dayen’s post. For more detail check out his complete article: “Postcard from a New American Progressive Movement: The Wisconsin Strategy.” His two main points are the following:
1. Tens of thousands of grassroots protestors have quickly and effectively organized themselves around the issues of jobs and worker’s rights. In a short span of time, progressives and labor union members demonstrating in Madison created the Capitol City Leadership Committee, an umbrella organization made up of different working groups, each with its own responsibilities. The Committee meets daily and any business is put to a democratic vote. If there is a tie, there are three rounds of debate and then the motion is tabled. One of newly emerged protest leaders, Thomas Bird, had this to say:
I believe that the progressive movement and the labor unions are the only political force left in this country capable of standing up for the brave, hard working Americans who have seen their voice drowned out by the influence of corporate campaign donations . . . The Democratic representatives of the state of Wisconsin have converted me from being a cynic into being an activist. It is the greatest honor of my life that I have been a part of this fight, and I will do everything that I possibly can do continue it.
2. The grassroots protesters and the Democratic members of the Wisconsin legislature are united. Both the Democratic Senators, who heroically left the state to deny the Republicans a quorum, and the Democrats in the State Assembly have become progressive activists. Assembly Democrats wear orange t-shirts that say “Fighting for Working Families.” They have held public hearings through the night to force the Capitol to stay open. They spent 63 hours on the Assembly floor stretching out debate on Walker’s “Budget Repair” bill, forcing the local media to report on what it contained. In short, Wisconsin Democratic legislators have left the compromised national Democratic Party behind and linked up with their progressive grassroots. They are focused on the near term goal of stopping Walker’s bill but they are also meeting to plot strategy for the medium and long-term fights progressives are clearly wanting to wage. The progressive grassroots in Wisconsin is now supported by a completely responsive state Democratic Party, and the feeling is mutual. According to Dayen, protesters and activists are willing to “crawl across glass” for their Democratic legislators.
Together with protestors, the Democratic members of the legislature are developing a multi-pronged plan to win back the state for working people. It is precisely this kind of will to fight for labor and the middle and working class that has been missing among corporate Democrats in DC. Here are the main points of their plan:
• Take legal action against the bill: Milwaukee’s city attorney has declared the budget repair bill unconstitutional. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (who lost to Walker in the gubernatorial race) has requested Walker to seek a legal opinion from the state Attorney General on the legality of his bill. AFSCME has filed an unfair labor practice claim against Walker for refusing to negotiate while under a collective bargaining agreement. Democrats are looking at all footage of the Assembly vote, to see if Republicans may have voted illegally, by electronic device, for missing colleagues. Finally, lawyers plan to sue the state the moment Governor Walker signs any budget repair bill that includes the stripping of collective bargaining rights.
• Explore legal action against Walker: The phone call from “David Koch” features a number of statements from the Governor that could violate ethics, labor and election laws, including campaign finance. Walker admitted he is trying to break public employee unions like Reagan broke PATCO, and that he will use layoffs to that end.
• Hold a General strike. After March 13, state public employee unions will be operating without a contract. At that point, workers throughout Madison, though barred by Taft-Hartley requirements from joining strikes, may do so anyway. If the bill passes, chances are there will be at least some portion of Wisconsin that will go on a general strike for some amount of time.
• Win the majority in the state Supreme Court. On April 5, there’s a race for a state Supreme Court seat between an incumbent Republican, David Prosser, and Democrat, JoAnn Kloppenberg. Supreme Court races in Wisconsin are elections. According to Dayen, this race will be a national level battle, a proxy Presidential race with at least $10 million spent on it between both sides. If Kloppenberg wins, it would shift the balance of power to Democrats and provide a major setback for Walker and the Republicans.
• Win current open legislative seats. The same day as that April 5 special election, there are primaries for three state Assembly races, vacated by three Republicans who joined Walker’s cabinet. While at least two of the three are seen as strong Republican seats, progressives in Wisconsin plan to contest all three.
• Mount recalls for Republican legislators and Governor Walker. There will be recall elections for many of the eight Republican state Senators who can be recalled immediately. The organizing for this has already begun. According to Dayen, progressives may first take on Republican Sen. Alberta Darling, the co-chair of the Joint Finance Committee, which reported out the budget repair bill. She represents a North Shore suburban Milwaukee district, which is heavily Jewish and fairly Democratic. It’s the kind of seat many Democrats lost, but should have won in 2010. There’s already a candidate lined up for the recall, former Assemblyman Sheldon Wasserman. The possible recall of Gov. Walker cannot begin until January 2012. Progressives, working with Democratic politicians and party operatives, are united and have a very deliberate strategy to build momentum at every step of the way.
What’s happening in Wisconsin is spreading to other states:
This is a new synchronicity between the party apparatus and the grassroots, and it’s starting to spread. Perhaps more remarkable than the Wisconsin battle is the one happening in Indiana. State House Democrats walked out there in protest of a bill that would have crushed private employee unions. The Republicans pulled back on that. But Democrats remained out of the district, and vowed to stay put until an education bill that would set up a voucher system was scotched. Indiana Democrats are not exactly known as fighting progressives; in some cases they may be to the right of Wisconsin Republicans. But they have responded to their grassroots and are standing by them.
Ultimately, that’s how this new American progressive movement will move forward. The activists and the politicians, the protesters and the reformers, the signature-gatherers and the people fighting in the streets, the unions and the college students, all must unite on a series of goals dedicated to the rights of the worker to have a good job and a house and a reasonable way of life for themselves. People power, basic fundamental rights and justice. These are the tenets of the movement.
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How the Camel got his Hump
Now this is the next tale, and it tells how the camel got his big hump.
In the beginning of years, when the world was so new and all, and the animals were just beginning to work for Man, there was a camel, and he lived in the middle of a howling desert because he did not want to work; and besides, he was a howler himself. So he ate sticks and thorns and tamarisks and milkweed and prickles, most ‘scruciating idle,’ and when anybody spoke to him he said ‘Humph!’ Just ‘Humph!’ and no more.
Presently the horse came to him on Monday morning, with a saddle on his back and a bit in his mouth, and said: ‘Camel, O Camel, come out and trot like the rest of us.’
‘Humph!’ said the camel; and the horse went away and told the man.
Presently the dog came to him, with a stick in his mouth, and said: ‘Camel, O Camel, come and fetch and carry like the rest of us.’
‘Humph!’ said the camel; and the dog went away and told the man.
Presently the ox came to him, with the yoke on his neck and said: ‘Camel, O Camel, come and plough like the rest of us.’
‘Humph!’ said the camel; and the ox went away and told the man.
At the end of the day the man called the horse and the dog and the ox together, and said: ‘Three, O Three, I’m very sorry for you (with the world so new-and-all); but that Humph-thing in the desert can’t work, or he would have been here by now, so I am going to leave him alone, and you must work doubletime to make up for it.’
That made the three very angry (with the world so new-and-all), and they held a palaver, and an indaba, and a punchayet, and a pow-wow on the edge of the desert; and the camel came chewing on milkweed most ‘scruciating idle’, and laughed at them. Then he said ‘Humph!’ and went away again.
Presently there came along the Djinn in charge of all deserts, rolling in a cloud of dust (Djinns always travel that way because it is magic), and he stopped to palaver and pow-pow with the three.
‘Djinn of All Deserts,’ said the horse, ‘is it right for any one to be idle, with the world so new-and-all?’
‘Certainly not,’ said the Djinn.
‘Well,’ said the horse, ‘there’s a thing in the middle of your howling desert (and he’s a howler himself) with a long neck and long legs, and he hasn’t done a stroke of work since Monday morning. He won’t trot.’
‘Whew!’ said the Djinn, whistling, ‘that’s my camel, for all the gold in Arabia! What does he say about it?’
‘He says “Humph!” said the dog, ‘and he won’t fetch and carry.’
‘Does he say anything else?’
‘Only “Humph!”, and he won’t plough,’ said the ox.
‘Very good,’ said the Djinn. ‘I’ll humph him if you will kindly wait a minute.’
The Djinn rolled himself up in his dust-cloak, and took a bearing across the desert, and found the camel most ‘scruciatingly idle’, looking at his own reflection in a pool of water.
‘My long and bubbling friend,’ said the Djinn, ‘what’s this I hear of your doing no work, with the world so new-and-all?’
‘Humph!’ said the camel.
The Djinn sat down, with his chin in his hand, and began to think a great magic, while the camel looked at his own reflection in the pool of water.
‘You’ve given the three extra work ever since Monday morning, all on account of your ‘scruciating idleness,’ said the Djinn; and he went on thinking magic, with his chin in his hand.
‘I shouldn’t say that again if I were you,’ said the Djinn. ‘You might say it once too often. Bubbles, I want you to work.’
And the camel said ‘Humph!’ again; but no sooner had he said it than he saw his back, that he was so proud of, puffing up and puffing up into a great big lolloping humph.
‘Do you see that?’ said the Djinn. ‘That’s your very own humph that you’ve brought upon your very own self by not working. Today is Thursday, and you’ve done no work since Monday, when the work began. Now you are going to work.’
‘How can I?’ said the camel, ‘with this humph on my back?’
‘That’s made a-purpose,’ said the Djinn, ‘all because you missed those three days. You will be able to work now for three days without eating, because you can live on your humph; and don’t you ever say I never did anything for you. Come out of the desert and go to the three, and behave. Humph yourself!’
And the camel humphed himself, humph and all, and went away to join the three. And from that day to this the camel always wears a humph (we call it ‘hump’ now, not to hurt his feelings); but he has never yet caught up with the three days that he missed at the beginning of the world, and he has never yet learned how to behave.
THE Camel’s hump is an ugly lump
Which well you may see at the Zoo;
But uglier yet is the hump we get
From having too little to do.
Kiddies and grown-ups too-oo-oo,
If we haven’t enough to do-oo-oo,
We get the hump–
Cameelious hump–
The hump that is black and blue!
We climb out of bed with a frowzly head
And a snarly-yarly voice.
We shiver and scowl and we grunt and we growl
At our bath and our boots and our toys;
And there ought to be a corner for me
(And I know there is one for you)
When we get the hump–
The cure for this ill is not to sit still,
Or frowst with a book by the fire;
But to take a large hoe and a shovel also,
And dig till you gently perspire;
And then you will find that the sun and the wind,
And the Djinn of the Garden too,
Have lifted the hump–
The horrible hump–
I get it as well as you-oo-oo–
If I haven’t enough to do-oo-oo–
We all get hump–
Kiddies and grown-ups too!
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HomeReMixesPokémon Super Mystery Dungeon "CONNECTED!"
ReMix: Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon "CONNECTED!" 4:06
By timaeus222
ambient cinematic bells chromatic-percussion flute strings synth dark suspenseful
"Dialga's Fight to the Finish!", "Revelation Mountain", "Tree of Life (Roots)"
Primary Game: Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon (Nintendo, 2015, 3DS), music by Keisuke Ito, Noriko Murakami, Yasuhiro Kawagoe
We now return to our regularly scheduled programming... with an atmospheric, transporting arrangement of Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon from timaeus222 (Truong-Son Nguyen), featuring some really cool sound design & world percussion components against an ambient/cinematic backdrop:
"Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon!! Oh man, it's such a great game... Makes me wish I had a 3DS. :P Next best thing? Watching Marriland narrate through his mostly-blind LP for all the characters, giving each of them their own distinct personalities. When watching the LP, as soon as Marriland reached Revelation Mountain (which is the site for a mind-blowing plot twist! No one spoil it!), I said right then and there, "OMG, YES, best track in the game [besides that of the final boss battle]." Having seen the plot unfold, I found it to have just the right melodic contour and chord progressions to elicit an emotional connection with the plot itself, and it even reiterates the same primary motif in different contexts like you might hear in a great ReMix. After listening to "Revelation Mountain" for a few days, I found myself humming countermelodies to it. That tends to be a good sign, so I just went with my gut and started something.
What you hear is pretty much exactly how I imagined it, from beginning to finish. In general, I wanted something ambient/atmospheric, generally low-key and relaxing, that later unfolds into an impactful section, and somehow tapers off for an outtro. It was kind of a challenge to incorporate a slow yet engaging pacing while not using too many intense drum samples, but it was still fun! For some atonal percussion, I recorded myself jangling coins, and I lightly glitched some tablas and rimshots (I did end up using some cinematic drums though!). I made many of the bell sounds, while a few others are from Crypto Cipher (Tabla Tarangs) and Impact Soundworks (Resonance).
For the arrangement, you could say I went with the flow. I was a bit inspired by some of the Shou Drum demos from Impact Soundworks in terms of the meditative tones, but mainly I just wrote what came to mind - often something I hummed or simply imagined while not using FL Studio. I actually put in some of those countermelodies I hummed (the "secondary lead" bells at 1:56-1:59, 2:25-2:34, and 3:23-3:37). While writing this, I was also listening to the rest of the soundtrack, and I came across "Tree of Life (Roots)," and geez, some seriously emotional passages in that as well! Some of the chords reminded me of the theme for the final fight in Mystery Dungeon 2, and I ended up humming that theme atop "Tree of Life (Roots)," so I was inspired to incorporate both of those as well. Overall, unlike much of my other music, I'm actually most proud of the *compositional* nuance that went into this, and I hope you enjoy this too!
The ReMix title is based on the many alliances you make in the game, and the "CONNECTED!" message that pops up in the middle of the screen."
Definitely some nifty instrumentation & processing decisions happening here, and while the judges were mixed on the sonic integration of the jangling coins, there was consensus around the very engrossing atmosphere and interpretive arrangement. DragonAvenger writes:
"I found the arrangement to be very evocative, great use of instrumentation to bring out the emotion throughout. The coin sampling didn't bother me like it did for Mike, but I can see his point. The flow of the arrangement is very strong, and I enjoyed the overall ambiance. There's quite a few good tracks in all of the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon soundtracks, and I always enjoy hearing some new mixes come through."
There's a risk for arrangements in this style remaining static for too long & not developing, but timaeus did a good job of ensuring a dynamic arc/structure. Nutritious (who recently added ANOTHER member to his ever-growing family - congrats!) adds:
"Nice atmosphere you've established here. Production sounds super solid. Good work on the arrangement side as well with incorporating the themes. Agreed on the coins sounding like...coins. It works still, but just sayin :) Nice use of bass and percussion to bring up the energy level around the 2:30 mark. The dynamics were spot on in this mix."
Truong-Son had a PHENOMENAL year in 2016, with some amazing & varied ReMixes ALL of which maintained a high level of both quality & creativity. Sometimes when he's working in EDM genres, all of t222's excellent sound design & instrumentation flies by so quickly it's more difficult to discern & fully appreciate. In a more deliberate & cinematic context, it takes center stage, and this ReMix does a superb job of letting that side of his production game shine through. Excellent use of chromatic & mixed percussion and a rich, detailed soundscape make this one of his best, regardless of genre; great stuff!
Latest 4 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
timaeus222
Update: I finally purchased a 3DS XL (old model), and a copy of Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon, and I am LOVING every minute of it!
Totally picturing an adventurous, yet wondrous temple scene from the soundscape and ambience of this ReMix. Interestingly calming for me to listen to this one, even when it gets more upbeat. Nice work, man!
WesternZypher
It's a calm piece that recalls some of the ambient Metroid mixes on OCR - a starry expanse of potential to explore.
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon (Nintendo, 2015, 3DS)
Music by Keisuke Ito, Noriko Murakami, Yasuhiro Kawagoe
"Revelation Mountain"
"Tree of Life (Roots)"
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (Nintendo, 2007, NDS)
Music by Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ken-ichi Saito, Ryoma Nakamura
"Dialga's Fight to the Finish!"
Ambient, Cinematic
Dark, Suspenseful
Bells, Chromatic Percussion, Flute, Strings, Synth
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OK Mentor Day in Brief
On a sunny, moderately cool day, the second annual Oklahoma Mentor Day on January 15, 2014, began with continental breakfast/networking and registration in the Fourth Floor Rotunda of the State Capitol. Fifty-two outstanding youth mentors from around the state were the honorees.
Tables with blue coverings radiated like spokes on a wheel around the Rotunda's oculus. With two six-foot tables making a spoke, meeting other mentors and guests was easy. Volunteers Marilynn Housley, Mary Ford and Joyce Owens orchestrated gracefully and hospitably the continental breakfast and later sack lunches from Panera.
For the ceremony, mentors and mentees sat on the floor of the House of Representatives while guests sat in the gallery above. Mentors received a certificate and chocolate medallion and their mentees, if present, received a little blue bag of chocolate coins. Former president of the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence, Patti Mellow, read the tributes as current president, Les Risser, shook hands. OKAN's Cedric Currin-Moore and Joe Swanson, who manned the registration desk earlier along with Peju Faboro, assisted with certificates and chocolates, stamped with the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence logo. Travis Caperton, one of the Capitol photographers, took photos of each honoree.
Four photographers, Bill Williams, David Wheelock, Dayna Rowe, and Brenda Wheelock, took the group photos, i.e., of the mentor and his or her entourage, in four lines, two in the Senate Chamber and two in the House Chamber.
Activities in the Rotunda included jazz music by Chris Hicks, sax, with Mitch Bell, guitar; eight tables of the Oklahoma City Zoo's Tactile Taxonomy educational artifacts along with zoo educators guiding; Chris Simon, the STEM coordinator for Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma coaching Teamwork Towers, an activity to build the tallest pipe cleaner tower while overcoming obstacles; and Bill Williams, teaching juggling with bean bags. Attendees could find plenty to do in addition to networking. Louisa McCune-Elmore and Paulette Black from the Kirkpatrick Foundation, one of the event sponsors, dropped by visit and see.
Press releases and social media will complete honoring those who give of their time to help Oklahoma youths.
Mentoring groups included corporate, community, school, faith-based and collegiate, and mentoring types encompassed peer, team, one-on-one and group.
Let's applaud all these Oklahomans who champion a hand up, not a hand out!
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Oklahoma Mentor Day 2014 PR
Mentors honored at Capitol
The Boren Mentoring Initiative honored 52 mentors in Oklahoma City with a reception, lunch and other activities.
By Matt Patterson Modified: January 16, 2014 at 12:00 pm • Published: January 15, 2014
Domonique Anderson goes to Martin Luther King Elementary School every Thursday, and in many ways it's the highlight of her week.
Anderson was one of 52 mentors from across the state honored Wednesday at the State Capitol by The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence and its David and Molly Boren Mentoring Initiative.
Alex Harvey, 11, and his mentor Melynda Stone look at a piece of baleen from a whale at The State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Wednesday January 15, 2014. GOOCH - STEVE GOOCH
The Boren Mentoring Initiative works to promote mentoring and provide networking for mentoring organizations.
Anderson, who works for Access Midstream in Oklahoma City, spends time with her mentee, 7-year-old Keyaira Jones, at her school. Anderson understands why that's important based on her own life.
"My grandmother raised me so it was like a community raising us with church and other local organizations assisting her, " Anderson said. "I'm serving in the Air National Guard and will complete my 10 years in May. The military is really big on volunteering so it was important for me to step out and pay it forward. And she's awesome. I truly love that little girl."
Chris Greenwell has been a mentor for a year. His mentee, Timmy, 11, is in foster care. Chris and Timmy go to Thunder games or work on homework. It's the time spent together that counts most.
I feel like I'm making a difference in someone's life," Greenwell said. "He's been through eight different homes. He's had an abusive past. He remembers a lot of it when we're together. It's important that somebody in his life is consistent and does stuff with him."
Some of the children in the mentoring programs are in foster care, and others are in single parent homes or being raised by an extended family member. Others have both parents in the home.
"Any youth, whether they have two parents or not could use a friend or an encourager in their life that's not their parent," Boren Mentoring Initiative Director Beverly Woodrome said.
The relationships can extend beyond the one-year commitment. Anderson already has plans to mentor Keyaira again next year.
"Some of the stories, the relationships that the mentors build with their mentees are incredible," Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence President Les Risser said. "This is not the type of thing where you meet once and check it off, these are yearlong commitments and a lot of times lifelong commitments."
[Caption for absent photo, accessed only by clicking the link below.]
Oklahoma City Zoo docent H.G. Wells explains whale barnacles to Eric Franco, 10, at The State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Wednesday January 15, 2014. Photo by Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman.
http://newsok.com/mentors-honored-at-capitol/article/3924132 Jan. 15, 2014
Labels: OK Mentor Day, Thank Mentors
Community and Youth Salvation from Trash
Some of us older people may have heard relatives talk about the Great Depression and how their families were poor but didn't know it. That may be slightly romanticized for some, but often people "made do" and "had" each other. For example, within our own family history, one little girl never had a store-bought dress of her very own. Her mother creatively remade multiple times the dresses of the older children into "new" clothing for the younger ones. The sisters, though monetarily poor in every way, were always proudly well-dressed.
The story below illustrates how many advantages and opportunities can come from things others feel useless. Ingenuity, creativity and inspiration can change trash into opportunity and joy.
YOU MUST VIEW AND LISTEN TO THE FOUR VIDEOS!
The following script is from "The Recyclers" which aired on Nov. 17, 2013. The correspondent is Bob Simon. Michael Gavshon, producer.
Ever heard of a town built on a garbage dump? We hadn't until earlier this year when we visited a community on the outskirts of Asuncion, the capital of the tiny, impoverished South American country of Paraguay. It's called Cateura and there is trash everywhere -- in its streets, its rivers, in people's backyards -- but we decided to take you to Cateura tonight, not because of the poverty or the filth, but because of the incredible imagination and ingenuity of the people who live there. Our story is also a reminder that, ultimately, music will triumph everywhere and anywhere.
Garbage is the only crop in Cateura and the harvest lasts 12 months a year. It is Cateura's curse, its livelihood and the only reason people live here, providing hundreds of jobs to peasant farmers who were kicked off their plots by large land owners. They are the Trash Pickers. It is their profession. They sift through the stench 24 hours a day, scrounging for anything they can sell -- 10 cents for a pound of plastic, five cents for a pound of cardboard.
You'll be amazed at what else people here are doing with this trash...just look and listen.
This is the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura. The violins are fashioned from oven trays, the cellos from oil barrels. Even the strings are recycled.
The saxophones and trumpets are made from old drain pipes, the keys were once coins and bottle caps. This drum skin used to be an X-ray plate, the guitar from dessert tins.
The idea came from environmental technician Favio Chavez. When he came to Cateura and saw the kids working and playing on this miserable hill, he came up with the idea of starting a music school to lift the kids' lives out of the trash.
From the start, Favio realized that even if he could raise the money, new instruments were out of the question. A factory-made violin would cost more than a house here and would almost certainly get stolen. But these fiddles aren't worth a dime.
They are the handiwork of trash worker and carpenter Don Colá Gomez -- three days a week he goes to the dump to find the raw materials.
Then, in his tiny workshop at the edge of the dump, he goes to work. Favio first asked him to make a violin. But this Stradivarius of South America had never seen one or heard one.
Bob Simon: But do you realize how unusual it is?
Don Colá Gomez: Yes, that's the way it is. When you need something, you need to do whatever it takes to survive.
He was soon making three violins a week, then cellos and finally guitars, drums and double basses...out of trash.
Take a look and listen to what Colá has created. Fifteen-year-old Ada Rios has been playing for three years now. Today, she is the orchestra's first violinist.
Bob Simon: The first time you went and saw the orchestra you saw all these instruments with all these different colors. Were you surprised when you learned that they were made from trash?
Ada Rios: Yes. I was very surprised because I had thought that trash was useless. But thanks to the orchestra I now realize that there are so many different things that can be done with the stuff.
Cateura didn't exist before Paraguay's capital Asuncion started dumping its trash here. The town grew up around the garbage and became one of the poorest places in South America.
Twenty-five hundred families live here now. There is hardly any electricity or plumbing. The drinking water is contaminated. Many of the children move from broken homes to crime and drugs.
But Ada and her younger sister Noelia, who plays the cello, say that music has become their salvation, the centerpiece of their lives. And who do they have to thank for that? Their grandmother, Mirian.
She is a garbage worker, collects bottles in the streets of Asuncion, carries them back to Cateura to sell. Ten cents a pound. Three years ago, Mirian saw a notice advertising free music lessons for children. That's how it all began.
Bob Simon: Why did you want them to learn music?
Mirian Rios: Because I always wanted to be a musician-- or play an instrument. Actually I wanted to be a singer. Sometimes our dreams do come true. Maybe not in our lives, but through people that we love very much.
Ada Rios: When I play the violin I feel like I am somewhere else. I imagine that I'm alone in my own world and forget about everything else around me and I feel transported to a beautiful place.
Bob Simon: Can you describe that beautiful place?
Ada Rios: Yes. I'm transported to a place that is completely different to where I am now. It has clear skies, open fields and I see lots of green. It's clean with no trash. There is no contamination where we live. It's just me alone playing my violin.
Every Saturday, this drab school yard is transformed into a multi-colored oasis of music. The kids flock here to learn and to play.
Cateura is a long way from Juilliard, but these music students are just as dedicated as those prodigies in New York... and they don't get rained on like the kids here. Paraguay is in the tropics and you are reminded of that all the time. But the band plays on.
The veterans --15-year-olds -- are teaching the novices. Many are barely big enough to hold a violin. The music can't compete with the downpour but there is refuge in a classroom.
Favio Chavez says that music teaches the kids respect and responsibility, not common commodities in the gang-ridden streets of Cateura.
Favio Chavez: These values are completely different to those of gangs. If these kids love being part of the orchestra--they are absolutely going to hate being part of a gang.
For the first time, the children are getting out of Cateura, performing around the country and to Chavez, the Pied Piper of Paraguay, that's the most important thing. They are being seen. They are being heard.
Favio Chavez: These are children that were hidden, nobody even knew they existed. We have put them on a stage and now everybody looks at them and everybody knows they exist.
That's mainly because of a documentary that's being made about the orchestra called "Landfill Harmonic." Last November, the producers put their trailer up on YouTube. It went viral... the orchestra began getting bookings world-wide. It is such stuff as dreams are made on.
The film which follows their remarkable journey through concert halls in Europe and America will only be released next year but already instruments are being donated and that's not all -- the kids are getting help.
Paraguay's most famous musician, Berta Rojas, flies down regularly from her home in Maryland to offer master classes.
Remember Noelia, Ada's sister, the cellist? Berta is teaching her how to play the guitar.
Berta Rojas: This is-- an-- a story that is filling my heart and my soul with so much inspiration.
Bob Simon: When you first heard them play, what went through your mind?
Berta Rojas: I couldn't believe that you could make music with trash. I couldn't believe it. And I thought, "Oh my God, this is the best thing that had happened in Paraguay in so many years."
And when you talk to the parents, you hear what you hear from poor people everywhere. They want their kids to have a better life than they've had.
Jorge Rios is Ada and Noelia's father...
Bob Simon: If Ada becomes a professional musician, she'd probably be leaving town. How would you react to that?
Jorge Rios: Yes, the truth is if you asked that question to every parent here they would say they would leave this place if they could. I, of course, would like her to have a better life than the one I've had. And if she leaves I hope she takes me with her!
What's hard to believe is that most of the parents and the people of Cateura had never heard the children play. That was about to change. A concert was finally scheduled. There were banners in the streets, the local radio station was ready to broadcast. The church was transformed into a concert hall.
The children wore their finest. This was, after all, opening night. It could have been New York.
All the students were on stage for the finale. Some of the musicians were performing after just one rehearsal.
The parents were proud, of course. But just listen to the girls' grandma Mirian.
Mirian Rios: I would say it's a blessing from God. People used to humiliate us and call us "trash pickers." Today they are more civilized, they call us the "recyclers." So I feel that this is a reward from God. That our children who come from this place....can play beautiful music in this way.
And here's a final note from the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura. Go on, send us your garbage, we'll send it back to you...as music.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-recyclers-from-trash-comes-triumph/ Ret. 11-17-13
As a post script, will all of the new instruments, donated with good intentions, change the culture and the younger children's ambition in a negative way? Will they soon view their recycled instruments as no longer valuable or good enough?
Labels: Elementary, High School, Middle School, Music, Programs
O. J. Brigance and Perseverance
Quitting is never an option--absolutely incredible story and inspiration!
A must-share story followed by discussion with your mentee(s). Click the link below to view the CBS video.
(CBS News) The simple act of holding a football is no longer possible for the man who's the heart and soul of the Baltimore Ravens. What he CAN do is inspire and motivate his team by his very presence and example. Here's Rita Braver:
He is the man with the smile that won't quit . . . surrounded by family and friends as he celebrates his 44th birthday.
But O.J. Brigance has lived a life of stark contrasts. This former pro football player who sports a sparkling Super Bowl ring is now paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair.
"I learned a life lesson through football early on," he told Braver. "I learned that quitting is never an option."
Stricken with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, a disease that progressively attacks the nervous system, Brigance must take every breath through a ventilator, communicate every thought through a computer-generated voice.
He described the system: "It tracks the movement of my pupils and allows me to type with my eyes, like others type with their fingers."
Born and raised in Houston, Brigance played football for Rice University, then the Canadian Football League, and finally in 1996, number 57 made it to the NFL.
He played first for the Miami Dolphins, then joined the Baltimore Ravens in 2000. They went on to win their first-ever Super Bowl that year.
Brigance made the first tackle of the game. "I remember seeing the thousands of flashbulbs sparkling in the night. It was my dream come to reality," he said. "
Still, the team didn't re-sign him after that big win.
He played a few more years for other teams, but -- plagued by a longtime back problem -- decided to retire in 2003.
That's when the Ravens called him back -- this time to be a counselor to players, and a spokesman for the team.
His wife Chanda was by his side through it all. Married for 20 years, they still joke about their first meeting; she thought he was poorly dressed, and kept ignoring him.
"Why did you keep going after her when she didn't seem interested?" Braver asked.
"Didn't need to be dressed because I had the goods!" he laughed.
Their life seemed golden until, while playing racquetball over the course of a few weeks in 2007, Brigance began to notice increasing weakness in his right arm when swinging the racquet.
Then Chanda noticed something, too:
"It was one night, and O.J. was asleep and something just woke me up," she said. "I felt his muscles just jumping."
After a battery of tests, doctors diagnosed ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease (after the major league baseball player).
"The biggest shocker was that ALS was a fatal disease, with a two- to five-year prognosis," Brigance said.
That was six years ago.
O.J. Brigance has not only outlived predictions, but also become the heart of the Baltimore Ravens, continuing to counsel and rally the team, even as his health was declining.
Even as he lost the ability to speak on his own.
Brigance still goes to the office five days a week. He says it gives him a reason to wake up each day.
"You seem so upbeat despite all of this," said Braver. "Do you ever get angry and frustrated?"
"I have experienced times where I have been overcome by the weight of the diagnosis," Brigance replied. "But once I dried my tears and stopped feeling sorry for myself, I realized that God had given me the strength to handle this assignment."
But year after year, Ravens head coach John Harbaugh has always believed in Brigance.
"Some of his counsel now is just by who he is, just by his life, by his presence, by how he attacks every day," Harbaugh said. "You know, the enthusiasm that he brings to it and the strength, that's counsel enough."
O.J. and Chanda have started the Brigance Brigade, a foundation that raises money to help others with ALS.
The cause of the disease is unknown, but a study released last year did find evidence that professional football players are four times more likely to die from ALS than the general population.
In fact, in the recent landmark NFL settlement on concussions, players with ALS are eligible to receive payments from a $675 million injury compensation fund.
Braver asked, "Do you worry that playing football could have been a cause of this disease?"
"Absolutely," said Harbaugh. "You think about it all the time. I think the players especially think about that, and I think -- and I know the NFL's doing a great job of trying to take the head trauma out of the game as much as they can. And that's what we should be doing."
As for the Brigances, have they ever thought that football could have contributed to this situation?
"I don't know," said Chanda. "And that's the honest truth. But what I can say is that I am absolutely 100 percent on board with them finding out to see what is causing it."
Meanwhile, O.J. concentrates on his work counseling the Ravens. And, remarkably, he's also managed to write his life story, titled, "Strength of a Champion."
"I would spend entire days typing until my eyes were crossed," he said. "And of course there were computer issues. I thought I had saved my work, only to find out it had been erased and I had to type everything over again."
But then, O.J. Brigance has never been one to give up. These days he communicates with players like star running back Ray Rice, mostly through e-mail.
"It doesn't matter what's being said in it, it's the fact that he took his time to think about me while he's going through his situation, so I think that's a bigger stat than scoring a touchdown," Rice said.
Rice and the rest of the team say the fact that Brigance watches almost every practice, keeps them on their toes.
"He's fully there," said Rice, "and that's just one of the things that shows he's never out -- you can never count him out."
Indeed, last year, after the Ravens won the Super Bowl, he was right there with the team when they made the traditional champions' visit to the White House.
And Coach Harbaugh says, O.J. Brigance will always be the Raven's secret weapon.
"People don't think of football teams as warm and cuddly," said Braver, "as places that nurture people in this kind of way."
"Sure, Sunday afternoon is sort of a battle," said Harbaugh, "and yet, I think the thing that O.J.'s brought to it is that there's a place for love in everything and every place."
Even football? "Even football. I think that's what O.J. makes kind of obvious."
"Strength of a Champion: Finding Faith and Fortitude Through Adversity" by O.J. Brigance with Peter Schrager, foreword by Ray Lewis (NAL); Also available in eBook format
The Brigance Brigades
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Labels: Resilience
Game Playing II
Although the second part of this article on games also addresses preschoolers, think about its basics with older children. We all want youths, future workforce, to be both free thinkers and team players, don't we?
Remember as the article mentions that some games, even for very young children, are based upon luck while others involve strategy.
Mentors should consider appropriate types of games in working with children with particular learning styles or disabilities.
The Importance of Playing Games with Your Preschooler
continued from Family Education
Being a graceful loser
No Fair! I Never Win!
Should you let your preschooler win some games? That is, should you throw the game, take a dive, shave points, or lose on purpose?
Well, you might argue that intentionally losing a game patronizes your child. Rather than giving him a false sense of confidence, you should play as well as you can and let the chips fall where they may. If your child loses, so be it. After all, your preschooler needs to get to know both sides of competitive etiquette: how to lose gracefully as well as how to win without rubbing it in.
But then, you want your child to enjoy playing games. And if he loses all the time, chances are that rather than being motivated to try harder and win next time, he will lose interest in the game altogether. So if you want to maintain your preschooler's interest in games, he's going to have to win at least close to half the times he plays.
Of course, this still doesn't mean you necessarily have to throw a game. You can still take a hard line, refusing to take a dive to let your child win. But if you do, then you should probably confine your game-playing with him to games that are ruled strictly by luck or chance, games that involve little or no skill—in other words, games that your preschooler has an even chance to win. Most games for preschoolers—Chutes and Ladders, Hi-Ho Cherry-O, Candyland, and so on—are in fact ruled strictly by chance.
On the other hand, many card games appropriate for preschoolers-Concentration, Crazy Eights, even Go Fish—do involve at least an element of skill. In such games, you will (probably) be a superior player. If you still insist on playing your best and trying to win games that involve more skill and sophistication, then consider giving yourself some kind of a handicap. In Concentration, for instance, you might start your child out with six or eight pairs of cards before you lay out the rest on the floor. Trial and error will help you come up with an appropriate handicap: one that adds suspense (regarding who will win) to the game.
Certainly your child needs to learn to lose gracefully. After all, other preschoolers are not likely to let him win when they play with him. So before he begins playing games with other children, your preschooler needs to understand that every child wants to win the game, but that only one can win.
But at the same time, the lessons of game playing should not revolve exclusively around losing gracefully. Winning a game, especially beating you (who are so much bigger and stronger and smarter, etc.), will give your preschooler great joy and an enormous boost of confidence. It also gives you an opportunity to model grace in defeat (if you can manage to do so).
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Labels: Activities, Games
Game Playing I
Cindi Hemm, retired elementary principal, author, and education consultant, emphasizes the importance of children’s playing games. This past year a visit to a CEO about allowing his employees to mentor elicited the question, “What will they do?” “Play games,” one of the responses, resulted in a negative look as if playing games were a waste of time. Not so!
We should also not presume that all youths, especially older ones, have learned to play and enjoy games since childhood. In addition, mentors as well as family members need to mix some fun into all interactions with youths.
Why should we teach children and older youths to play and enjoy games?
Although the two-part article below focus upon preschooler game playing and Cindi’s advice comes from her own children as well as elementary age, as mentors we must understand that people of all ages can benefit from playing games. Think of the multiple benefits of the elderly playing games with young people, too!
Briefly consider some general benefits of playing games at all ages:
· Winning and losing with grace
· Rules
· Resilience
· Focus
· Honesty, fairness, integrity…
· Luck
· Strategy
· Social skills
· Math skills
· Team work
· Hand-to-eye coordination
The Importance of Playing Games with Your Preschoolers
from Family Education
Building skills while playing games
Three is the perfect age to begin playing board games and card games with your child--especially if you like these kinds of games, too. Board and card games help teach your child about aspiration, success, and disappointment. She'll gain experience with both winning and losing--and learn that no matter what the result, the next time she tries she'll begin again with a clean slate. Games also give you the opportunity to teach your preschooler about rules, about integrity and honesty, and about luck. Games also can help increase your child's ability to focus her attention. Playing board or card games also is a very social occasion. Game playing enables and encourages your preschoolers to practice important social skills that she will need to play well with other children.
Nearly all games, for example, involve taking turns, sharing dice or a spinner, waiting for your turn, patience, and learning how to be a good sport. (When you play games with your child, try to emphasize the fun of game as much as possible, rather than focusing on "who's winning.")
Besides helping to acquaint your child with "life lessons" and to practice valuable social skills, most good children's games also afford preschoolers the opportunity to sharpen certain academic skills. Most board games for preschoolers involve matching suits or numbers (Concentration, Go Fish, Old Maid, and Crazy Eights) or comparing numbers (War). Games like picture lotto can help expand your preschooler's vocabulary and give her practice at analyzing and matching pictures.
In introducing board and card games to your preschooler, choose the simplest ones first. If your child has to master a complicated set of rules before even playing the game, she—or you—will soon lose patience with it. Games that involve moving pieces around a board in a race to the finish, spinning a spinner or throwing dice, and counting up as high as six provide the perfect introduction to board games. Some classics include:
Chutes and Ladders
Uncle Wiggly
Hi-Ho Cherry-O
Similarly, when you deal the cards to your child, start with simple games that involve matching pictures rather than skipping straight to Contract Bridge or even Hearts.
Picture lotto is a terrific game for three-year-olds. After your child has mastered simple matching skills, invent some variations. Divide the cards evenly and take turns being the "caller." The caller turns one card over and announces what card she has: "I have a bird. Does anyone have a bird on their board?" This allows your preschooler to practice her new vocabulary.
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Speaking of South Kitsap Reporter Chris Henry talks about life in the county seat of Port Orchard and surrounding areas.
Tag Archives: Delilah
Delilah’s Hoochie Wear Not Closing
By the look of signs in the windows of Delilah’s Hoochie Wear clothing store in Port Orchard, you’d think the place was closing. Not true.
According to South Kitsap’s local radio celebrity and Bay Street entrepreneur, the deep discounts and placards saying “everything must go” refer to the winter line of clothing soon to be replaced by brighter togs. But first a major renovation of the building owned by Seattle investor and microbiologist Mansour Samadpour. The building at 809 Bay was seriously damaged in the Nisqually Earthquake and replacement of the back wall, which is being held up with cinder blocks.
Renovation of the building, which was to have started the first week of February, was delayed. But it will begin soon, lasting a couple weeks, during which time the store will be closed. Spring and summer wear is still in boxes. Delilah & company have been working with noted designers, she said. Response to the store has been “very, very good.”
My thoughts: And you thought South Kitsap wouldn’t take well to a wardrobe makeover.
Profits from the store go toward Delilah’s nonprofit Point Hope.
March 19, 2010 Business, Port Orchard DowntownDelilah, Hoochie Wear
In Case You Haven’t Read Enough About Delilah …
Washington Post reporter Ellen McCarthy has written an in-depth article about Delilah, local celebrity in the town that shall not be named. McCarthy respectfully preserves Delilah’s privacy. She writes:
“Delilah’s business partner, Kraig Kitchin, who also works with Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck, had one request in setting up this interview: that the small town she lives in not be named. In the past, Delilah has had problems with stalkers, including one who was jailed. Still, she’s a well-known figure around town, owner of a restaurant called Delilah’s Cozy Kitchin, and has been written up in the local paper.”
Granted there’s not just one local paper; neither are there scores to choose from. So it would seem that horse is already out of the barn.
Describing Delilah, McCarthy writes, “For her predominantly female audience, Delilah Rene’s show is the comforting auditory equivalent of chicken pot pie, a silk floral arrangement or an ’80s-era stenciled wallpaper border.”
The focus of the article is Delilah’s love life (the article publish on Valentine’s day). It’s a good read, thoughtfully written.
“Sit with the woman for a few hours, and she’ll run through the whole thing: the doomed marriages, the 10 children — three biological, the rest adopted — the drama and dysfunction,” McCarthy writes, then goes on to detail same.
I got a kick out of this description of Delilah:
“She displays a more chic aesthetic than her radio persona suggests: Today she’s wearing dark jeans and sophisticated glasses and talking in a cadence that is quicker and more animated than it is on air. But both versions of Delilah come with the same thunderous laugh.”
My thoughts: “Chic aesthetic” is a relative term, depending on whether you’re from Washington, D.C., or the town that shall not be named.
The article amply covers Delilah’s love life (portrayed as previously a mess, presently tenuous in nature). McCarthy does a nice job of explaining it in the context of Delilah’s professional success, hunger for children, contradictory personality and personal faith.
“When a neighbor invited her to church the next weekend, she went. It felt as if everything the pastor said was directed straight at her. ‘And that was the day I gave my heart to God,’ she says.”
Speaking of a good read, Kitsap Sun reporter Steve Gardner — who once got on Delilah’s bad side for writing openly about her property while covering a land use issue — recently wrote about conversion (not Delilah’s and not only religious or spiritual). The article is about the conditions that make us receptive to making major life changes. Interestingly, two of Gardner’s subjects echo what Delilah said about religious conversion. While mending a tattered marriage, the couple began attending church, and …
“Over the next several weeks, the Andersons felt like the sermons were meant for them,” Gardner wrote.
Another woman in Gardner’s article, who suffered from a debilitating illness and severe isolation, took up roller derby. So you can see the term “conversion” is used in a broad sense.
February 16, 2010 South Kitsap PeopleDelilah
The Truth About Being a Journalist
Yesterday, I spent the morning at Marcus Whitman Junior High School‘s annual career fair. The gym was full of folks representing a range of professions: machinists, attorneys, animal control workers, a member of the county coroner’s staff, restaurant owners, medical personnel. It was our job to give the students a glimpse into the future and imagine themselves in our shoes.
Seeing them streaming into the gym reminded me what it was like to be in their shoes, drifting in that limbo stage between childhood and adulthood, trying to fit in while standing out. A few had that deer-in-the-headlights stare. Like, “Oh, man, I’m actually going to have to get a job someday.” Some knew exactly what they wanted to do … to the point they’d crossed all other possibilities off the list. The vast majority of them, however, were open-minded, politely but genuinely interested in prospect of being a journalist, at least for a minute or two.
I thought, what do I tell them about our industry, which has seen thousands of journalists laid off and hundreds of publications shuttered? Should I encourage these young people to invest their money, time and energy training for a career that may not exist as we know it by the time they’re out of school? It wouldn’t quite have been in the spirit of things to say, “Run!” So I told them the truth about journalism, at least as see it from my desk at the Kitsap Sun, a daily newspaper/Web site, published in Bremerton, Wash., circa 2010.
Here are some of the most frequently asked questions, and how I answered them.
Where do you get your story ideas?
We monitor state and local government Web sites and other Web sites for developments in and around Kitsap County. We stay in contact with sources with whom we’ve established relationships and use social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook to keep up with what’s going on. We receive e-mails and phones calls from readers and others about news or human interest stories. And sometimes, we get ideas that strike our fancy, like the story I wrote on the Mattress Ranch guy.
What’s the hardest part of your job?
Writing the first sentence of any story.
What educational classes do I need to take to become a writer?
Don’t wait to complete your degree to start writing. Sign up for the high school newspaper or year book. Take journalism, photography and videography classes (South Kitsap High School has a great video production program). Write as often as you can, and be open to constructive criticism. Pick a topic that interests you and start a blog.
How successful are students who major in journalism at getting a job?
This wasn’t a frequently asked question, but I thought it was a great question. I couldn’t speak to current statistics, but I can say that the job market for journalists remains tight. Journalists today are required to wear many hats, so successful applicants will be ready to demonstrate versatility and innovation. Here at the Kitsap Sun, we reporters now not only write stories, but shoot videos and, in a pinch, take simple photographs.
With migration to the Internet, reporting the news is shifting from a series of static episodes to a fluid, quickly shifting landscape of information. News Web sites not only report news, sports, features and opinion pieces (as in the print paper), they serve as an online community forum. Readers can comment on stories and blogs, submit their own pictures and videos, and write their own blogs. In that was were are becoming a virtual community.
The Kitsap Sun will continue to publish the print edition of the paper. At the same time, our Web site is evolving rapidly. Both serve different, valid purposes. By the time these Marcus Whitman students graduate from college, it’s likely there will be jobs that don’t even exist (at least as separate jobs) right now. The titles “data base wrangler,” and “news cartographer” come to mind, for example.
To the student in the Twilight T-shirt who said she likes to write fantasy stories I said:
Hold that thought, keep writing and send your stories out to fiction publications as often as possible. At the same time, consider how you’ll earn a paycheck while waiting to become the next Stephenie Meyer.
To guy who wants to be a sports writer but wasn’t sure how he’d do it since he plays sports year ’round:
Cover the girls’ games.
I loved his reaction, at first, stunned silence, then a little ah-ha moment, then a slow sideways grin. They can be taught.
Is your job, like boring?
Yes, sometimes. Welcome to the real world.
Is your job stressful?
Yes, often. Welcome to the world of journalism.
Have you ever interviewed a celebrity?
I tried to tell them about Loretta Swit, aka “Hot-Lips Hoolahan,” who was in town a few years ago promoting her personal cosmetic line to a group of women. She gave me a mini-makeover in front of the group, but it didn’t take. The students were clueless about the significance of this story. They got the connection to M*A*S*H* after I primed their little neuron pumps, but they were unimpressed with Swit.
Debbie Macomber? Isn’t she that author lady? I think my mom reads her books.
Delilah? The South Kitsap resident and radio personality with millions of fans on the airwaves? No, never heard of her.
Seriously, next time Death Cab comes to town I’m on it. Just maybe they’ll know who Ben Gibbard is.
Do you like your job?
Yes, unequivocally. Stress turned inside out is excitement, and this job is frequently exciting. I’m not just talking about breaking news here, but also about how much fun it is not to know exactly what I’ll be doing each day when I walk in the door. Oh, sure, I have a plan, but often circumstances shift me to another track. We’re a small staff so I get to write news, features, Code 911 items and pretty much whatever comes along. I enjoy the variety, and I’m always amazed at how people allow me into their lives, often at deeply painful moments.
I also like the folks I work with, and I’m not just sucking up because I’m stuck with them. Over the past three years, it has sometimes seemed as if we were bailing out a leaky dingy while building the Titanic. We got this far though teamwork (and sometimes wacky outbursts of humor). Call me a terminal optimist, but I believe I’m not alone in saying things are looking up for the Kitsap Sun. It’s a work in progress. I can’t wait to see how it turns out, and I sure hope there will be someone to pick up where we leave off.
February 3, 2010 Modern Media, Schools, UncategorizedDeath Cab for Cutie, Debbie Macomber, Delilah, Kitsap Sun, Loretta Swit, M*A*S*H*, Marcus Whitman Junior HIgh School
Port Orchard Council to Vote Tuesday on Tax Ordinance
The Port Orchard City Council on Tuesday will vote on an ordinance declaring substantial need to raise taxes up to one percent. In past years, the city has automatically been able to do so. But this year, an ordinance is necessary because of negative inflation and the fact Port Orchard’s population has increased beyond the threshold that triggers a vote in such a case.
Read the complete story here.
Also at the meeting, the council will issue proclamations recognizing November as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month and recognizing Deliah Rene Luke for spearheading the Paint the Town event in August.
I’ll be at the meeting. Comment here, or e-mail me with your questions for the council, chenry@kitsapsun.com.
November 9, 2009 Annexations, City of Port Orchard, Events of Interest, South Kitsap People, Taxes, The EconomyDelilah, Paint the Town, Port Orchard City Council, Taxes, The Economy
In PO, More Paint Drama and Cedar Cove Jitters
With Cedar Cove Days less than two weeks away, organizers of the festival that will transform Port Orchard into its fictional counterpart are sweating the small stuff. Does Port Orchard need a bigger flag for its pole, and what to do with “that” malodorous downtown restroom.
And while “Paint the Town” has come and gone, prickly feelings linger over design choices, flames fanned by a new effort to repaint the poles under the marquee.
At last night’s city council meeting, Heather Cole, a local business owner and design consultant for the Aug. 2 “Paint the Town” gave an update on Port Orchard’s extreme makeover in advance of Cedar Cove Days, Aug. 26 through 30. The painting party was hosted by South Kitsap’s radio superstar, Delilah Rene.
A total of eight buildings were painted in the volunteer blitz, with supplies and labor donated by local businesses, Cole said. The “Paint the Town” committee is working on “stragglers,” including the Dance Gallery, the “black and white building” next to MoonDogs, Too, and Olympic Bike & Skate, at the corner of Bay and Sidney. Cole noted that MoonDogs is seeing to the restoration of the mural on the black and white building adjacent to its outdoor patio. The bike shop is being painted in various shades of green, with accents in recessed areas, an effect Councilman Fred Chang pronounced “interesting.” “I wasn’t sure if it was finished or not,” he said. The All About Floors building also will be repainted by Cedar Cove Days, Cole promised.
With that she launched into the committee’s next endeavor: repainting the poles holding up the marquee. Cole noted that the current color on the poles was chosen as part of the Bay Street Association’s paint plan of several years ago. She said the committee understands that the paint was specially chosen to withstand marine weather and grit from passing traffic, and that the city spent significantly more than it would have for regular paint. That being said, the committee would like to replace the forest green on the poles with a cream color, using the same high quality, durable paint. That would give the sidewalk under the now-minimized marquee — its pickets removed more than a year ago after much fevered debate — a brighter appearance, Cole said. The paint would be supplied by donors, she said, so the city wouldn’t be out any money.
Cole said she had heard from merchants on both sides of the issue, but that her perception is most favor the change. Chang and other council members said they would like written documentation to that effect, and Cole said she’d produce same by the council’s next work study meeting, Aug. 18, when the matter of the pole paint will be taken up.
Commenting on Cole’s proposal, was Tim Waibel of Sugardaddy’s Salon, who said he’d like to know the process for how the council would take public comment on the proposal. The public is welcome to attend work study meetings, but the council does not have to take comment, as at a regular meeting, he said. The 18th would be the last meeting before Cedar Cove Days for such comment to be lodged, if the poles are to be painted in time.
Mallory Jackson, owner of Custom Picture Framing, was clearly unhappy with Cole’s idea. The council, should it embrace the pole painting proposal, would seem to be dismissing the work of the Bay Street Association to come up with a coordinated palette of Northwest colors.
“Your hardworking merchants downtown do have something to say in this,” Jackson said. “To the best of my knowledge, the association has not changed its mind (about the palette).”
After the meeting, Cole and Jackson had a polite but terse exchange over the paint issue.
“I understand you have a very strong opinion one way, but some people don’t,” Cole said, suggesting that there were a number of new merchants in the association since the original palette was chosen.
Jackson reiterated her contention that the merchants association should have a voice in the matter.
My thoughts: Maybe Port Orchard should offer itself up as fodder for the HGTV show “Paint Over,” in which Jennifer Bertrand orchestrates painting make-overs for those “going through a personal life transition.”
In other Cedar Cove news, Councilman Jerry Childs, a key player on the Cedar Cove Committee, raise the issue of the city-owned restroom in the Port Orchard marina parking lot. With bus tours of the town, made famous in local Author Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove series, taking off from the parking lot, it’s likely that restroom will see heavy use, said Childs. The concrete structure includes a small stairway to an observation tower that is also likely to be a popular spot during the festival.
The problem is, the restroom smells.
The cause, explained Councilman John Clauson of the public facilities committee, is something no amount of cleaning will help. Underneath the structure is a “wet well,” a chamber where raw sewage from the city is collected and sent on its way to the Westsound Utility District’s sewer treatment plant, jointly owned by the city and the district.
Childs pointed out that Cedar Cove Days will draw visitors from 37 states, with 28 bus loads of Macomber fans embarking from the lot over the four days of the festival that could — organizers hope — put Port Orchard in the national spotlight. With tours lasting two hours and the predominant demographic being “women over the age of 45,” Childs said, it would seem incumbent on the city to provide a proper pit stop.
“That is the last rest room they’re going to have (before the tour),” Childs said. “I’m kind of worried about it meeting the standard of cleanliness.”
The council discussed the relative wisdom of locking the restroom, thereby minimizing the city’s potential embarrassment, with no conclusions arrived at. Meantime Public Works Director Mark Dorsey will check with the Port Orchard Marina to see if they might make their restrooms available to Cedar Cove visitors.
Childs was also concerned over the flagpole at the entrance to the city. Although the old tattered flag has been replaced with a new one for the festival, the size of Port Orchard’s pole calls for a larger tribute, said Childs.
“We want to say, ‘Hey look us over.'” he said.
The Port Orchard branch of the VFW will help accommodate Child’s request.
August 12, 2009 City of Port Orchard, Events of Interest, UncategorizedCedar Cove Days, Debbie Macomber, Delilah, Paint the Town, Port Orchard
You Asked for It: More Paint the Town Photos
I had a request from Patti Kleist to show some before and after photos. Happy to oblige:
(P.S. Did you see they’re painting the Admiral Theatre in Bremerton. Must be trying to keep up with Port Orchard. They are painting over the theater’s old aqua blue with beige and brown.)
P.P.S. Not everyone was thrilled with Paint the Town, as you can see from the last two photos.
This photo shows the Orchard Theatre in Port Orchard (left) before a volunteer painting marathon in the downtown area on Sunday, Aug. 2. The building to the right was painted within the last few years, using a Northwest palette of colors (greens, golds and rust red).
Port Orchard After Paint the Town
This is a picture of the Orchard Theatre in Port Orchard after a volunteer painting marathon on Aug. 2.
Bay Street During Paint the Town
This shows a group of volunteers on Aug. 2 painting the building on Bay Street that formerly housed Slip 45 bar and lounge (now closed).
Bay Street After Paint the Town
This is approximately the same view of Bay Street as in the photo above after Paint the Town.
If Delialh Was Mayor
This is poster that was in the window of a downtown business. It shows City Hall as if painted in garish carnival colors. The caption on the poster says, “This is what could happen to Port Orchard if Delilah was mayor.
Remove This Paint
The pole is painted white. The message says, “I painted this pole green in May Please remove the white paint.” The photo was taken Monday, Aug. 3, the day after the Paint the Town Party.
August 4, 2009 City of Port Orchard, Events of Interest, UncategorizedDelilah, Paint the Town, Port Orchard
Paint the Town: The Day After
7 p.m. Monday: I added the video. CTH
The morning after the marathon “Paint the Town” event in downtown Port Orchard, most people had kind words for the extreme makeover visited on Bay Street by resident radio personality Delilah Rene Luke and a small army of volunteers.
Delilah, footing the bill for most of the supplies, played Fairy Godmother to Port Orchard’s Cinderella. “Paint the Town” anticipates Cedar Cove Days, Aug. 26 through 30, to celebrate Port Orchard’s other celebrity, best-selling author Debbie Macomber. Port Orchard is the real-life town on which her fictional Cedar Cove series is based.
Delilah, who had earlier pronounced the town “butt ugly,” pulled the painting party together with help and significant donations of time and materials from local contractors and other businesses. Also helping coordinate the event was the City of Port Orchard, which helped with publicity, handled the street closure and orchestrated the placement of dumpsters and portable toilets before the event.
Many, including Mayor Lary Coppola, said it was high time Port Orchard got a face lift, considering the last coordinated effort to paint the downtown area took place about 20 years ago.
Paint the Town 1
Prep work (and much of the painting) began early Saturday morning (with some contractors jumping the gun as early as 4:30 a.m. Thursday. Delilah was downtown Saturday, painting a mural, making last minute adjustments for the big day and popping ibuprofen. It was the first time I’ve ever seen her look tired.
Sunday, according to weekend reporter Brynn Grimley, volunteers were whipped into a painting frenzy despite the 90+ degree heat. About 90 percent of the work was completed by late Sunday evening.
This morning, the streets were quiet, the weather had cooled and the buildings were sporting new coats of celery green, sunshine yellow, morning mist (a mix of gray and blue) and butternut.
“This is just charming,” said Marcia Coyne, a longtime South Kitsap resident checking out the new paint job on the 800 block of Bay Street. “There was controversy about the colors, but it’s coming together really nicely.”
Ah, yes, the controversy.
Delilah, working with design consultant and local business owner Heather Cole, had the challenge of blending the bright colors Delilah favors — colors meant to reflect a beach or bay theme — with the previously existing color palette of Northwest greens, golds and reds chosen by the Bay Street Association of merchants a few years.
Some had serious doubts it could work. A flyer in the window of Custom Picture Framing, on the corner of Bay and Harrison, showed City Hall garishly painted in carnival colors. It read, “This is what City Hall would look like if Delilah was mayor.”
The business is closed Monday, so I didn’t have the chance to ask owner Mallory Jackson what she thought of the final effect.
One man walking around Bay Street Monday, who declined to give me his name or final appraisal until all the work is complete, said it looks “like an ice cream shop.”
But if there were outright nay sayers, they weren’t to be found. Everyone I talked to — and granted many shops are closed on Mondays so it’s pretty quiet downtown — said the paint job was a plus.
“I think it just looks clean,” said downtown resident Jessi Foster. “It looks as though Port Orchard has a facelift. It really needs it. And I thought it was nice to see the community come and put in their time for free.”
I’m interested to hear from the rest of you. What do you think of PO’s new look?
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SRHC Buller Rail & Road Tour
Tours Seymour Railway Heritage Centre
Seymour Railway Heritage Centre invites you on a Special Heritage Train Tour from Southern Cross to Seymour, then travel to Mt Buller for a day in the snow or enjoy a Kelly Gang History Tour.
A truly wonderful family day out in the snow, or with a history tour of one of Australia’s most well known bush rangers – Ned Kelly.
MT BULLER TOUR
Mt Buller has over 300 hectares of skiable terrain, there is something for everyone, of all levels of ability.
With 22 lifts, Mt Buller has the largest lift network in Victoria, including thirteen chairlifts (three of which are high speed detachable) four T-bars, two rope tows (counted as one) and four magic carpets. The resort features three Terrain Parks designed for all skill levels, with a dedicated team to maintain their condition.
Heaps of snow play fun for the whole family, Mt Buller has two toboggan parks, complete with their own snowmaking machines to keep the kids happy all day.
The Mt Buller Village is situated at the heart of the mountain, offering ski in, ski out range of bars and restaurants.
NED KELLY HISTORY TOUR
Enjoy a 5 hour Kelly Gang history tour with transfers to Beechworth & Glenrowan. You will be taken back in time, to witness the events of the Kelly Gang; explore sites and museums with many bits of history and artefacts. Enjoy a walking tour in Beechworth followed by a visit to the Ned Kelly Vault. This permanent exhibition brings together the largest collection of Kelly Gang articles and associated memorabilia from around the world, preserving the history of Ned’s reign in the region.
Your Ned Kelly tour will include:
* Return bus transfers & Lunchbox on arrival at Glenrowan
* Glenrowan Tourist Centre visit including interactive Show.
* Kate’s Kelly Museum Visit - Glenrowan
* Visit Glenrowan Railway Station.
* Kelly Gang walking tour - Beechworth
* Kelly Vault Museum Tour – Beechworth
Your Heritage Train will be hauled by former Victorian Railways blue and gold 53 year old X31 and 66 year old B74 locomotives, and passengers will have the choice of travelling in comfortable 110 year old wooden carriages or for a little extra former Spirit of Progress steel carriages.
SPECIAL CARRIAGES
Royal Carriages, State No 4 will form part of your train. State Carriage 4 was built in 1927 and used on many Royal Trains including Duke & Duchess of York (1927), Queen Elizabeth II (1954), and Prince & Princess of Wales (1988).
State No 5, built in 1951 was built for the King & Queen for the Melbourne Olympic Games in 1956 and used exclusively by royalty and state Government Dignitaries.
The beautiful Yarra Carriages, built in 1906, and 1937 Spirit of Progress Dining Carriage Murray will also be part of your train
For details visit http://www.srhc.org.au or call us on 0477 707 411.
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The Hand, and the Virtual
Matt Ratto and Megan Boler (eds.), DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media
MIT Press, 440pp, £20.95, ISBN 9780262525527
reviewed by Danielle Child
DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media is a collection of 28 short essays that address the multi-faceted ideas of making, design, the digital, media, citizenship and participation (both on and offline), through a critical lens. The volume was conceived after the editors convened a conference of the same name held in Toronto in November 2010. In order to help the reader navigate a diverse range of approaches and topics, the book is divided into four sections: DIY and Activism: New Modes of Civic Engagement and Participatory Politics; DIY Making: Learning, Culture, Hacking and the Arts; DIY and Design: Opening the Black Box and Repurposing Technologies and DIY and Media: Redistributing Authority and Sources in News Media. Despite these divides there are, of course, overlapping and recurrent themes and ideas across the four sections.
It may appear that making and social media are strange bedfellows: the former is clearly associated with the hand (material), whilst the latter with the virtual (immaterial). The online realm and particularly the virtual spaces discussed in this volume – discussion boards, social media and fan sites – are generally considered as sites of (physical) inactivity and, sometimes, political inaction (as seen in the recent ‘armchair activist’ or ‘slacktivist’ labels). This volume seeks to contest some of these assumptions by considering online participation as community-based rather than a private activity. The book further evidences a convergence of the hand and the virtual within recent years; the two are no longer exclusive realms (if indeed they ever were). In his own contribution, the co-editor Matt Ratto, recognises that ‘society is increasingly digitally mediated.’ The book critically raises questions about this mediation. Rather than simply acknowledging that this ‘turn’ is a product of a neoliberal ideology that fosters individualism, these chapters imply that, due to this tendency, making needs to be critically reconsidered. The contributors are not blind to the effect of the ideological turn or naïve to the inherent capitalist tendencies in the technologies on which they write. In their chapter on cloud computing, Michael Murphy, David J. Phillips and Karen Pollock acknowledge the profitability of ‘do-it-yourself’ (DIY) and customisable technologies. They highlight the in-built ‘do-it-for-them’ nature of the companies that design these technologies, whilst maintaining that cloud computing provides an ‘infrastructure that supports, and shapes, new ways to do-it-yourself.’
Two recurrent terms within the volume, perhaps, promote the most debate: ‘DIY’ and ‘hacking’. The appropriateness of the first is questioned in a number of chapters, with many opting for alternatives; for example ‘do-it-themselves’, ‘do-it-together’ (DIT) or by using words akin to collaboration and participation. Red Chidgey notes how ‘DIY’ is (alarmingly) filtered down into the Conservative-led ‘Big Society’ rhetoric in the UK, which is nothing more than PR for individualisation and privatisation. The ‘social’ aspect of DIY or DIT culture raises the question of why the return to the hand-made and the digital fosters a collaborative approach? This is the focus of a number of the studies discussed in the book. Henry Jenkins argues that fan activism – an increasingly common form of participatory politics – emerges from fan culture. What is, perhaps, more surprising is Jenkins’ choice of example: the Harry Potter Alliance (HPA). Through this chapter, Jenkins demonstrates how the fan community can, in fact, foster the development of tactics for activism. It is no coincidence that the actions are based around the key narratives and ideas from the Harry Potter books that, essentially, bring a group of friends together to fight injustices, evil etc. Less explicitly ‘political’ activities are also found on other types of ‘fan’ sites. Catherine Burwell and Megan Bowler argue that DIY fan culture can provide ‘significant insights into meaning production and civic engagement’ through their work looking at fan sites of US TV shows The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.
The second common term – ‘hacking’ – appears to be interchangeable across the chapters. As with DIY, the connotation of the term ‘hacker’ (think 1995’s classic teen film, Hackers) is, again, soon displaced. The varied use of the term ‘hacking’ is yet another way in which the hand and the virtual are here linked. In Alexandra Bal, Jason Nolan and Yukari Seko’s chapter, they consider ‘hacking’ as a ‘bottom-up learning process’ which consists of ‘altering a pre-existing situation to produce something new.’ This statement alludes to a material form of hacking in which things – objects, materials, technologies – are played with as a process of learning. Other chapters similarly emphasise experimenting with materials (tinkering, for example) as a way to understand the world (Ratto, Carl DiSalvo and Steve Mann) and also the social relations within this world (Bal, Nolan and Seko; Kafai and Peppler; Jenson, Dahya and Fisher). Kate Milberry, however, returns to hacking’s more political roots through considering (online) hacking as a contemporary form of Marx’s ‘emancipated labour.’ She argues that through online hacking practices, ‘tech activists are remaking the Internet after the image of the better world they seek...’
This volume is useful in helping the reader navigate heterogeneous approaches to critical making and social media while showing how each can facilitate a form of DIY citizenship. The diverse worlds from which these chapters emerge – Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Critical Theory, Education, Sociology, Art, Architecture and Design – demonstrates the need for a volume like this. The essays in this volume are testament to the potentiality of making, hacking and other modes discussed in engaging citizens in activities that could constitute political or, at the very least, provide alternatives to an increasingly individualised society.
Danielle Child is a lecturer in art history at Manchester School of Art. Her current research is on social models of labour in contemporary art making, including art activism and socially engaged art.
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JAAA explains absence of athlete from NACAC U-18 Championships
6:25 pm, Fri July 5, 2019
JAAA's Assistant Secretary Marie Tavares. (jamaica-star.com file photo)
Voice of JAAA Assistant Secretary Marie Tavares
Assistant Secretary of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) Marie Tavares says Hydel athlete Shenese Walker and her handlers must accept some of the blame for not being at the NACAC Under-18 Championships in Mexico. Walker was forced to miss out on the championships because her initial flight was booked through the US despite her not having a valid US visa.
Speaking on Hitz 92 FM's Sports Grill on Wednesday, Hyde’sl coach Corey Bennett explained that Walker did indicate on her entry form that she had a US visa but that it would have expired in May of 2019. But Tavares says that was overlooked.
Bennett was also incensed by the fact that he was told that the cost of changing the flights at the last minute would have been too much for the JAAA. However, Tavares says they had to make the best financial decision.
“Putting her through the States, we had already spent $200,000 and at the time, if we had put her through Panama because of the seats that were available, the two fares would add up to over $500,000 and the federation just cannot afford it,” said Tavares.
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[ The following article helps to reveal some of the cultural influences and traditions that many immigrants are bringing to our area, and how those things may affect not only their daily lives, but ours as well. --Editor]
El Monte, a suburb located in Los Angeles County, is comprised mostly of Hispanics. Youth in El Monte are challenged in many ways. They are caught between two cultures, the traditional rural culture of their Mexican heritage and the sophisticated urban culture of Los Angeles. Next, they come from a low-income ethnic group. Also, street gangs associated with the Mexican Mafia are influential. Finally, a large proportion of them are in broken and disorganized families. These factors make them a challenging population.
Hispanic youth assertively distinguish themselves from other groups. They are proud of their racial origin. This ethnic pride fuels their anger at perceived injustices in the system. They have not internalized the shame engendered by racism to the same degree as African Americans. Predominant racial tensions seem to lie between Hispanics and African Americans. These tensions may be a product of turf wars between Hispanic street gangs based in El Monte and black street gangs encroaching from neighboring suburbs. It appears that most racial incidents are gang-based.
Traditional sex roles surrounding “machismo” strongly influence the youth culture. Being macho is important for adolescent males; this is encouraged and modeled by their fathers. This is exhibited as many Hispanic men regularly give commands to females while resisting instructions by others, especially women. Sexual conquest is an important aspect of machismo; this is seen as young Hispanic boys are extremely possessive of their girlfriends, practically regarding them their own exclusive property. Conflict arises when the boyfriend sternly argues with his girlfriend for having any friendships with other boys; even friendships with other girls must not interfere with his claims on her time. Machismo may facilitate domestic violence, in that it is culturally acceptable for a boy or man to hit his wife or girlfriend as a way of establishing his authority over her. Girls who reject such treatment are regarded as rebellious and disrespectful. Attempts to deal with this type of violence clash with the cultural norm.
Hispanic girls find themselves tangled between restrictive traditional roles of their Hispanic culture and their American desire to carve for themselves a career and a happy life. Having a boyfriend is a status symbol. Yet, they receive mixed messages from their culture about sex. Hispanic girls are expected to care for and serve men, submit to them, and give them great freedom. A girl who refuses the sexual advances of a boyfriend risks social disapproval. Alternately, there is a conservative sexual ethnic expecting chastity and exclusive fidelity from a woman to her man; infidelity can provoke violence. As a result, there is a high rate of Hispanic teenage pregnancy, and teenagers frequently become sexually active around the age of 15.
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In a major church document entitled "The Joy of Love," Francis made no explicit change in church doctrine and upheld church teaching on the lifelong bond of marriage between a man and a woman.
However, he urges relaxing restrictions on divorced Catholics and resoundingly rejects gay marriage.
Troopers Investigating Fatal Crash- Rehoboth Beach
Rehoboth Beach, DE- The Delaware State Police Collision Reconstruction Unit is currently investigating a two vehicle crash that has claimed the life of a Magnolia man which occurred last weekend.
The initial investigation began on Saturday, April 2, 2016, at approximately 2:29 p.m., as troopers responded to northbound SR 1 (Coastal Highway), .4 miles north of Holland Glade Road, Rehoboth Beach, for the report of a two vehicle crash. It was at this time that troopers learned that John W. Weeks, 18, of Rehoboth Beach, DE, was operating a 2005 Ford F-150, and was traveling in the center lane of northbound SR 1, north of Holland Glade Road. Weeks swerved his vehicle into the left hand lane of travel in order to avoid striking another vehicle which had just entered into his path after exiting the parking lot of the K-Mart store. The front of the F-150 then struck the left hand side of the rear bumper of a 2009 Kia Sorrento, that was traveling in the left hand lane of northbound SR 1, and which was being operated by Richard W. Carmean, III, 55, of Magnolia, DE.
After the collision, both operators were able to pull their vehicles to a controlled stop in the northbound left hand turn lane for Camelot Drive. Both operators, as well as a female passenger in Carmean’s vehicle, advised responding troopers that they were uninjured and refused medical treatment at the scene. No damage was observed on either vehicle, therefore, both operators agreed to exchange information, and after doing so, were released.
After returning to his residence, Richard Carmean began to feel discomfort and was transported by personal vehicle to the Kent General Hospital, where he subsequently died on Monday, April 4, 2016. His body was then transported to the Division of Forensic Sciences where an autopsy determined that Carmean had died as a result of injuries he sustained in the crash.
The Delaware State Police Collision Reconstruction Unit has assumed this investigation and is asking anyone who may have witnessed this crash to contact Master Corporal Jay Burns at 302-703-3266. Information may also be provided by calling Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333, via the internet at www.tipsubmit.com, or by sending an anonymous tip by text to 274637 (CRIMES) using the keyword "DSP."
Missing Teen
16 YO, David Parker, is missing, LS 1000 Marian St, call SPD if u see or have seen him #mp pic.twitter.com/2HdgqZVjcl
— Salisbury Police (@SalisburyPD) April 9, 2016
Cruz: 'Not Remotely' Any Regrets on 'New York Values' Remark
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz said Thursday that he "not remotely" had any regrets for bashing front-runner Donald Trump's "New York values" as he campaigns in the Empire State ahead of its April 19 primary.
"Everyone in New York and outside of New York knows exactly what I meant by that," the Texas senator told Dana Bash on CNN. "It is the liberal values of Democratic politicians who have been hammering the people of New York for decades.
"They've suffered under these liberal values," Cruz said, pointing to such Democrats as New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Mayor Bill de Blasio — even presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton.
"Andrew Cuomo told New Yorkers that if you're pro-life, if you believe in traditional marriage, if you believe in the Second Amendment, there is no place for you in the state of New York," Cruz said.
MINIMUM WAGE IDIOCY
EVEN ITS PROPONENTS KNOW IT DOESN’T MAKE “ECONOMIC SENSE”
The news that California and New York have embraced new $15 an hour minimum wage laws is being hailed as a victory for the “progressive” movement.
“This is a real watershed,” Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton said during a press event with Empire State governor Andrew Cuomo. “I know it is going to sweep our country.”
Let’s hope not …
This website has consistently rejected government efforts to impose a minimum wage. We simply don’t believe in the efficacy of the concept – nationally or in our home state.
Old Photos of "Firsts"
The Wright brothers’ first flight. The photo was taken so that people
would believe them. [1903]
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How To Easily Add A Foreign Flair To Home Cooking
International cuisine can seem intimidating to anyone who’s not a top chef.
But in reality, it’s not difficult to add a pinch of foreign flavor to your kitchen, says Blakely Trettenero, a chef, world traveler and host of Cooking for Bimbos (www.cookingforbimbos.com) and Hungry for Travels (www.hungryfortravels.com).
Trettenero, who makes difficult dishes easy on her cooking website with the tongue-in-check name, has visited more than 30 countries and made many food discoveries along the way.
“While in Italy, I realized pasta in the United States is second rate,” says Trettenero, who has been featured on several TV shows. “That dried stuff we buy in a box doesn’t cut it. If you've ever had homemade pasta, you know what I mean.”
Once, after a night of dancing in Greece, Trettenero and others worked up an appetite and at 6 a.m. landed at a restaurant that never closes on Mykonos Harbor.
“We ordered this amazing chicken soup with fresh lemon juice squeezed on it,” she says. “It was unreal.”
Here are two recipes from Trettenero to help bring a taste of international cuisine to your home:
Thai Style Quinoa Salad
Salad ingredients
Timely Quote
"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it."
-- Dr. Adrian Rogers
(1931-2005) American pastor
Will Hillary Get Berned In November?
With the American electorate more polarized than at any other point in history, and both parties poised to nominate candidates with record-high negative ratings, the 2016 presidential campaign could come down to turnout.
And that may be bad news for Hillary Clinton.
The Washington Free Beacon reports:
25 percent of those backing Sanders report that they would not vote Clinton in the general election if the former secretary of state becomes the nominee, according to a McClatchy-Marist poll released early Wednesday. Only 69 percent said they would back her campaign.
Clinton supporters meanwhile are notably more willing to back her primary competitor if Sanders secures the Democratic nomination. Fourteen percent of those supporting Clinton said they would not back Sanders in the general election versus 79 percent who said they would support the Vermont senator.
That means Clinton must either win even more independent votes than a Democrat normally should, or she must hope Republicans nominate a candidate even more unpopular with his party than her.
Source: American Action News
Ted Cruz's Bold Big Apple Play
Ted Cruz is trailing in New York, where Trump's home field advantage and Kasich's moderate style plays well with voters. Worse, Cruz may have alienated many New Yorkers months ago when he took a shot at Trump's "New York values." Since he arrived in town, the New York tabloids have brutalized Cruz. New York is, after all, the capital of global capitalism, a place where the rags to riches stories that undergird the American dream tend to happen for all the world to see. There are liberals, but there are also huge pockets of hardworking, religious conservatives who once enthusiastically elected Republican majorities. It's possible that many of these conservative New York voters felt that they were unfairly lumped in with the millions of liberal New York City residents who sway the state's elections in a deep blue direction. Simply put, they could not "fuhgeddaboutit."
It would be easy for Ted Cruz to simply apologize, but instead, the Texas Senator is doubling down, with nuance. As Newsmax notes:
Hail In Ocean City Today
This morning around 11:00 we experienced a hail storm in Ocean City. Did you get the same around the rest of the Shore?
Motor Vehicle Collision - Personal Injury - Whaleyville
Type of Incident: Motor Vehicle Collision- Personal Injury
Date and Time: 04/09/2016 at approximately 1028 hrs.
Location: 7500 Block of Old Ocean City Road (Between Bell & Dale Road), Whaleyville Worcester County, Md.
Case # 16-MSP-013957
Driver of Vehicle #1 Injured - Ashley Ann Nicole Ballard 29 yoa Snow Hill, MD-Flown to PRMC
Passenger of Vehicle #1 Injured- Ebony Shari Ballard 31 yoa Berlin, MD -Flown to PRMC
Charges: Negligent Driving
On 4/09/2016 at approximately 1028 hours, the Maryland State Police Berlin Barrack responded to a single vehicle motor vehicle collision in the area of 7500 Block of Old Ocean City Road (Between Bell & Dale Road) Whaleyville, Worcester County, Maryland.
The preliminary investigation indicated a 2005 red Chevy Cobalt operated by Ashley Ann Nicole Ballard 29 yoa Snow Hill MD, was travelling E/B on Old Ocean Rd when her vehicle left the roadway and struck a DP & L pole. Both driver and passenger were trapped in the vehicle and were subsequently extracted by Berlin FIRE/EMS crews. Witnesses advised the vehicle began swerving for unknown reasons, lost control, went off the roadway and subsequently struck the pole.
Both occupants were flown to PRMC due to injuries.
DP& L on scene to replace pole.
Roadway is open while pole is being replaced
Clinton Campaign Uses Noise Machine To Block Reporters From Hearing Fundraiser Speech
Hillary Clinton’s campaign team reportedly used a static noise machine on Thursday to block reporters outside of a fundraiser in Denver from hearing her remarks.
That’s according to Stan Bush, a reporter for Denver’s CBS-4, who was stationed outside of the event, which was held outdoors at the home of Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, a superdelegate who has endorsed Clinton.
Bush said that the noise interference machine was turned on after a band — later identified as Big Head Todd and the Monsters — finished playing music and before Clinton spoke. The device was placed inside of a fence on the property and aimed in the direction of the press, Bush wrote.
The Clinton campaign frequently uses noise in another way to prevent reporters from overhearing the candidate’s remarks. Often, while Clinton is shaking hands with voters at campaign events, staff will crank up music to prevent reporters from recording their conversations.
Obama Administration to Military: Be Quiet About China
The U.S. Navy's top commander in the Pacific is calling for a strong military response to China's moves in the South China Sea but the Obama administration has silenced him.
According to the Navy Times, Adm. Harry Harris would like to see the U.S. military flex its muscles in the face of China's construction of artificial islands, the closest of which would be roughly 140 miles from the capital of the Philippines. President Barack Obama's National Security Adviser Susan Rice, however, has ordered military brass to keep their opinions on the matter to themselves.
The administration is in the process of trying to work with China on several issues, including trade and nuclear weapons.
"They want to get out of office with a minimum of fuss and a maximum of cooperation with China," retired Navy captain Jerry Hendrix told Navy Times.
Krauthammer: If Obama Wins Exec Amnesty Case ‘You Can Send Congress Home’
Columnist Charles Krauthammer argued that if the Supreme Court fails to overturn President Obama’s executive actions in United States v. Texas and allows the administration to grant government benefits to noncitizens “you can send Congress home, and can you eliminate Article I from the Constitution, then there are no laws” on Thursday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel.
"The president has a big heart, big heart with your tax money, and the Congress said no, [government benefits] go only to citizens. And if the president can unilaterally overturn that, then we have no laws and we have, essentially a single branch of government."
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H-1B Visas Quickly Snatched Up
All the country’s visas for high-skilled workers were snatched up in the first week yet again this year, the government reported Thursday, signaling that companies’ voracious appetites for cheap foreign workers remains unabated despite intense criticism on the presidential campaign trail.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said it received more than enough applications to claim the 85,000 visas available under the H-1B program this year and will once again hold a lottery to award the coveted permits.
Technology companies, desperate for the workers, said reaching the cap just days after the April 1 application period began should spur Congress to more than double the limit. They lamented the “absurdity” of leaving tens of thousands of willing workers without a path into the U.S.
But tech employees and those seeking stricter immigration limits say the H-1B program has become a chief way to undercut Americans’ wages. They point to several high-profile cases in which U.S. workers were fired and, in some cases, even forced to train their foreign replacements.
“It’s very disappointing for someone like me, an American who’s been affected. And not only me, but hundreds here in Florida,” said Leo Perrero, a former tech worker at Disney who trained his replacement and earlier this year filed a class-action lawsuit accusing Disney of colluding to displace Americans.
H-1B visas allow foreigners to stay in the U.S. for up to six years and often are used as gateway visas. Companies apply to get their employees green cards, signifying permanent legal residence.
A Viewer Writes: Wilson Reynolds
Hello Joe,
Here is a journalistic challenge for you since the family have not even published the mans demise but Wilson B Reynolds of airport road salisbury former owner of Advantage Color Lab on Eastern Shore Drive, East Coast Property Management Co. in OC and Duck Neck Campground in Chester town all bankrupted to pay for his new ponzi projects and resorts in Tennessee CROAKED owing PNC bank millions and a lot of local hard working farmers that leased his lands here contractors and landscapers that have done work for him and employees that with held SSI payments were never made here and in Tennessee. Not to mention the talent he roped in for his ESPN outdoors hunting program Primal Instinct. He carried a badge espousing he was an agent for the dept. of the interior and flattering himself a photographer paid young gals on Model Mayham to take their clothes off for pictures. He bullshitted a lot of good ole local people swearing he was a Reynolds tobacco heir that had given that dirty money to the American Cancer Society and was a self made man. Champion Duck Caller that consulted with the Duck Dynasty guys and inventor of Mossy Oak Camo. Very charismatic man. Smart endearing and totally full of SHIT. Floating paper robbing Peter to pay Paul and tying people up in courts to further his crazy pathological egomaniac. A frothing rabid Republican he is the sort that has divided our ranks and credibility as Entrepreneurial altruist opportunity makers for those so inclined that bowed to humble opportunities and wound up high and dry.....and he is dead, trying to keep up with all the lies.
Mexico vs. Trump: The Saga Continues
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox has had it up to here with Donald Trump. After Fox proudly proclaimed "I'm not gonna pay for that f--kin wall!" in an interview, the post went viral, likely galvanizing Trump's supporters and engendering hope.
This week, in the wake of Trump's release of a detailed plan to make Mexico pay for the wall, Fox is back in action, taking to social media to call out the GOP frontrunner. As Newsmax notes:
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox on Thursday night unleashed a flurry of tweets against GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump, calling him "pathetic" and "a narcissist."
Some of Fox's tweets include:
Subject: One man's trash is this NYC sanitation worker's $160,000 treasure
One man's trash is New York City sanitation worker Nelson Molina's treasure. During his 34 year career of keeping the Big Apple clean, he collected more than $160,000 worth of amazing trash finds. From antique guitars to action figures, check out his collection on display in an East Harlem warehouse.
Go Here to view.
Crooked judge gives new meaning to ‘chutzpah’
Remember the joke about the kid who killed both parents, than asked for mercy from the court because he was an orphan? It’s often cited as a way to illustrate chutzpah.
A trio of agencies this week closed in on another trio — three citizens who stand accused of defrauding Social Security. No pikers this group. They operated over eight years and are alleged to have defrauded SSA for $5 million. The Justice Department says they conspired to obtain an eventual $600 million. The investigation was carried out by the FBI, the IRS Criminal Investigative Service and the Social Security Administration’s inspector general.
The Justice press release also sounds like the beginning of a joke: “A retired judge, a lawyer and a psychologist …” Only they didn’t walk into a bar, but rather into an 18-count indictment.
The retired judge charged in the case, 81-year-old David Black Daugherty, was a retired Social Security administrative law judge. According to the FBI, attorney Eric Conn had psychologist Alfred Adkins create phony disability cases for some 2,000 claimants, then steered the cases to Daugherty for decisions.
Trump adviser says Republicans won't have contested convention
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's new top political strategist predicted on Friday the Republican presidential front-runner would amass the 1,237 delegates needed to clinch his party's nomination well before the Republican National Convention in July.
Veteran campaign tactician Paul Manafort was chosen by Trump on Thursday to oversee a fractious nomination process that many Republicans expect may not yield a clear winner before the convention.
Manafort said on CNN's "New Day" program that rival Ted Cruz, the U.S. senator from Texas, will not be able to dent Trump's delegate lead before California's June 7 primary.
"The reality is: Ted Cruz has seen his best day," Manafort said. "The reality is: this convention process will be over with sometime in June, probably June 7, and it'll be apparent to the world that Trump is over that 1,237 number."
Sen. Grassley: Dems Wasting Time With 'Strong-Arm Tactics' on SCOTUS Nominee
Democrats are basically wasting their time trying to pressure Republicans into setting hearings for Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said Thursday.
"This strategy has failed to recognize that I am no stranger to political pressure and to strong-arm tactics," the Iowa Republican told The Hill. "When I make a decision based on sound principle, I'm not about to flip-flop because the left has organized what they call a pressure campaign."
Democrats have been trying to force Grassley and other key Republicans into scheduling hearings for Garland, who was nominated last month by President Barack Obama to succeed Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in February.
In Chicago Thursday, the president said that the Senate was jeopardizing the "integrity of the judicial branch" by refusing to consider Garland, whom he described to law school students as "extraordinary."
Ex-WH Lawyer: Clarence Thomas Movie Is Left's Effort to 'Rewrite History'
The HBO movie premiering this weekend on the Clarence Thomas hearings 25 years ago is an attempt by the left "to rewrite history," former White House attorney Mark Paoletta told Newsmax TV on Thursday.
"When the curtain came down on those hearings, the left went about trying to rewrite history," Paoletta told "The Hard Line" host Ed Berliner. "This is what this movie is about: It's the left's continuing efforts to rewrite history."
Paoletta served in the White House Counsel's Office under President George H.W. Bush during the Thomas confirmation hearings in 1991.
The movie — "Confirmation" — will be shown Saturday on HBO. It features actors Wendell Pierce as Thomas and Kerry Washington as Anita Hill.
"It's unfortunate that we're still arguing, because at the end of those hearings, and the American people got to watch them, they believed Clarence Thomas 2-1," Paoletta told Berliner. "They watched Justice Thomas testify, they watched Anita Hill testify, they watched all those other witnesses over the weekend testify — and it was very clear that Anita Hill's story never added up.
GAO: Obama Appointees Must Repay Salaries After Obstructing House Probe
Congress' watchdog agency says a federal agency is legally bound to make two political appointees repay some of their salaries for allegedly obstructing a House probe, The Daily Caller reports.
The Government Accountability Office determined Tuesday the Department of Housing and Urban Development's associate general counsel and a deputy assistant secretary refused to let a lower level HUD staffer speak before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform about a 2012 scandal.
GAO noted federal law bars the use of taxpayer dollars to pay executive branch officials to obstruct Congress — and that unless the two give back taxpayers some of their salaries, HUD would be knowingly retaining "improper payments" on its books.
The House oversight panel, then led by California GOP Rep. Darrell Issa, was looking into former Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez's alleged secret deal over a potentially damaging lawsuit, The Daily Caller reports.
Perez reportedly told the litigant in exchange for dropping the suit, the government would look the other way on fraud in an unrelated matter that was being investigated by HUD, The Daily Caller reports.
Air Force Finalizing Requirements for A-10 Replacement
The Air Force is drafting requirements for a plane to replace the A-10 Warthog, which Congress has refused to let the service retire, according to reports.
Lt. Gen. Mike Holmes, the deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and requirements, said Thursday that Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh will be given the document to review soon.
"That [close-air support] replacement airplane, I have seen a draft of it, it's out for coordination. It'll go to the chief sometime this spring and let the chief shape it, he's our chief requirements officer also in the Air Force, and then we'll fold that into the larger study we're doing on the future of the combat air forces," Holmes said, according to Defense News.
The Air Force has tried for several budget cycles to retire the A-10, saying that it needs the money to bring the new F-35, along with all the maintenance staff it requires, online. But lawmakers have repeatedly refused, because they hear from troops that the A-10 is still the best aircraft to provide close-air support in the fight against the Islamic State.
ObamaCare Cost Curve Strikes Again
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is working toward euthanizing health savings accounts (HSAs). Democrats have barely attempted to hide their preference for a single-payer health insurance system, so it only stands to reason they’d work to pull the plug on the most attractive market option standing in the way.
Democrats have always hated HSAs because they put patients in charge of their own health spending (to a point — in some ways, HSA users are still swimming upstream against the health system’s lack of price transparency.) But the market-driven approach has become increasingly popular in the last decade.
“In the past seven years, [HSA] enrollment has climbed 18% a year on average,” notes Investor’s Business Daily. “Today, there are almost 20 million enrollees who have more than $24 billion in their HSA accounts. Even the number crunchers in the Health and Human Services Department admit that these ‘consumer-directed’ health plans are helping to hold down costs.”
Imagine where we’d be without them.
Back in March, just in time for ObamaCare’s six-year anniversary, HHS issued new rules that will effectively end HSAs. Roy J. Ramthun, an expert on the subject often known as “Mr. HSA” — president and founder of HSA Consulting after having led the U.S. Treasury Department’s implementation of HSAs upon enactment in 2003 — explains the impact of the rule changes:
1) Plans must apply specific deductibles and out-of-pocket limits that are outside the requirements for HSA-qualified plans.
2) Plans must cover services below the deductible that are not considered “preventive care.”
In other words, HSAs will still be legal, but ever fewer plans will meet the requirements. Ramthun writes, “[I]t is only a matter of time before the HSA-qualified plans completely disappear. That could happen as early as 2017 even though the standard benefit designs are optional. By 2018, when the designs likely become mandatory, HSAs will cease to exist in the marketplace.”
So we weren’t the least bit surprised to find out this week that we face a major rate increase this summer for renewing our small business health insurance plan.
Here’s a peek into the window of the internal operations of our humble shop:
Under New U.S. Syrian Refugee Surge, Processing Time Reportedly Slashed to 3 Months
(CNSNews.com) – As the Obama administration institutes a “surge” aimed at meeting its goal – currently way off-target – of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees this fiscal year, the Associated Press has cited an official at the U.S. Embassy in Amman as saying that the time taken to process each admission is being cut to three months.
“While the resettlement process usually takes 18 to 24 months, under the surge operation this will be reduced to three months, [regional refugee coordinator Gina] Kassem said,” the AP reported Wednesday.
With the fiscal year now more than half over, the number of Syrian refugees admitted as of Wednesday stands at 1,353, according to State Department Refugee Processing Center data.
In order to meet the 10,000 target by the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30, the AP report said that around 600 Syrian refugees were being interviewed daily at a “resettlement surge center” which was opened in Amman last February.
“The U.N. Refugee Agency prioritizes the most vulnerable cases for resettlement, and then refers them to the U.S. to review, Kassem said. She said that priority is given to high-risk groups such as victims of torture and gender based violence and unaccompanied minors,” the AP reported.
Queries sent to the U.S. Embassy in Amman requesting clarity on the reported three-month processing time did not receive a response by press time.
HUD’s Proposed RV Rule Causes an Uproar as RV Sales Hit 39-Year High
(CNSNews) – In February, as sales of recreational vehicles (RVs) hit a 39-year high with 35,929 units sold, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a proposed rule in The Federal Register to revise the definition of an RV as “designed only for recreational use and not as a primary residence or for permanent occupancy.”
The proposal garnered praise from the RV industry, which has been pushing for clarification of the regulations for the past decade.
But it has angered thousands of RV and tiny house on wheels (THOWs) enthusiasts.
Both RVs and THOWs are currently exempt from HUD’s Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards for mobile homes designed as primary residences that were developed by the National Fire Protection Association and the American National Standards Institute.
However, according to HUD, some park model recreational vehicles (PMRVs) – defined as being between 320 and 400 square feet – “are being produced with patio roofs, screened in porches, and other extensions that exceed the 400 square foot maximum exemption in the current regulations…[and] marketed as suitable for year round living.”
The proposed rule would “modify the current exemption for recreational vehicles” and re-define an RV as “a factory-built vehicular structure, not certified as a manufactured home, designed only for recreational use and not as a primary residence or for permanent occupancy.”
How Feasible is Trump's Proposed Wall?
The U.S. - Mexican border is like a 2,000-mile roller coaster that weaves through deserts, mountains and rivers. It crosses four states, 45 cities and dips deep into washes only to rise 10,000 feet in the Coronado National Forest. The soil is soft like a sponge near the Rio Grande and rock hard near the granite quarries of San Diego County.
GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump wants to build a 'big, beautiful wall' across the entire border. Is that advisable or even feasible? Fox News asked one group whose opinion actually matters: the men and women who patrol it each day on foot, horseback, ATV, helicopter and SUV -- the U.S. Border Patrol.
"One person makes the stand, 'We need a wall, We need a wall'. Well, you never bothered asking the agents - what all do we need?" asked Art Del Cueto, a long time Tucson Border Patrol agent. "It is not just the wall. There are many things we need to perform our jobs effectively."
After a conference call with agents from several sectors representing every state on the Southwest border, they seemed to zero in on certain conclusions:
-- Whether you call it a wall, or a fence, agents say they work.
-- A cinder block or rock wall, in the traditional sense, isn't necessarily the most effective or desirable choice. Seeing through a fence allows agents to anticipate and mobilize, prior to illegal immigrants actually climbing or cutting through the fence.
More Facebook IDIOTS!
These are the kind of posts I see on Facebook and think, REALLY, do you not have a life!
Maryland House overrides Hogan vetoes, again
In a show of political force, the Democrat-controlled House of Delegates overrode two more of Gov. Larry Hogan's policy vetoes Thursday, putting Hogan's record with the chamber at 0-8.
Lawmakers voted 88-52 to reverse the governor's move to strike down legislation that would force him to publicly rate and rank transportation projects before deciding which ones should be included in an estimated $15.7 billion, five-year construction plan.
Hogan and fellow Republicans considered the measure an infringement on the governor's authority and predicted the interference would wreak havoc on the state's transportation planning.
Like, OK Dude, For Real: IS THE CHEMTRAIL FLU REAL?
Conowingo Dam Report Shows Time is Now for Collaboration, Innovation on Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
A newly finalized report on the Conowingo Dam underscores the urgency of finding innovative multi-state solutions to reduce the water pollution that threatens the Chesapeake Bay. The Lower Susquehanna River Watershed Assessment Study ─ conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in coordination with the state of Maryland ─ confirms that the Conowingo Dam reservoir and two dam reservoirs further upstream have essentially reached their capacity and are no longer capable of trapping sediment and associated nutrients over the long term.
The assessment also found that the sediment and nutrients swept over the dams during large storm events are among the pollution sources that should be addressed to protect water quality and aquatic life in the Chesapeake Bay. Another major finding is that nutrients that enter the river upstream of the dams – from Pennsylvania and New York – and attach to sediment particles before flowing downstream into the bay have a larger impact on water quality than sediment itself.
“Maryland stands ready to work in collaboration with our upstream neighbors and federal partners to fix the shared sediments and associated nutrients problem,” Maryland Environment Secretary Ben Grumbles said. “We must all embrace innovative and cost-effective solutions to ensure the cleanup of the Chesapeake Bay and reduce the Conowingo’s impact on meeting our water quality standards in all bay segments.”
Ted Cruz Named In Black Book
This 9/11 Hero Just Endorsed Trump
Donald Trump finally got a formal endorsement from America's Mayor: Rudolph Giuliani. The man who turned New York City around and then ran for the presidency in 2008 believes Trump gives the GOP the best chance to win. As the Daily Beast notes:
Former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani confirmed Thursday that he will vote for Donald Trump in the upcoming New York Republican primary. “I support Trump. I’m gonna vote for Trump,” he told the New York Post. “Trump is a negotiator,” the famed mayor explained. “He negotiates from a high bar to get people’s attention. Threatening to withdraw from NATO will get a better deal with NATO.” Giuliani added that Ted Cruz's attacks on "New York values" irked him because, “It’s New York City. We’re family. I can make fun of New York. But you can’t!”
Source: AAN
Making It Clear Again
Border Patrol's Shocking New Claim on Illegal Immigrants
Art Del Cueto, a Border Patrol agent and Vice President of the National Border Patrol Council, which has endorsed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, and National Border Patrol Council Spokesman and Border Patrol agent Shawn Moran stated that illegal immigrants who are not given notices to appear “walk out the front door” and “We don’t know who we’re releasing” in a report broadcast on Thursday’s “O’Reilly Factor” on the Fox News Channel.
During the report, Fox News Channel Senior Correspondent Eric Shawn stated that “agents are under orders from the agency headquarters in Washington to release illegals by not giving them what’s called NTAs, notice to appear summonses, that should send them straight to a deportation judge.”
In response to a question on what happens to those who don’t receive NTAs, Del Cueto said, “They get released back into the United States. They walk out the front door.”
Source: Breitbart News
Revolution?
November 2016 Depends on One Man.
It Is Not Trump. It is James Comey. Ring a bell? He is the head of the FBI. We read on the FBI's site: On September 4, 2013, James B. Comey was sworn in as the seventh Director of the FBI. A Yonkers, New York native, James Comey graduated from the College of William & Mary and the University of Chicago Law School. Following law school, Comey served as an assistant United States attorney for both the Southern District of New York and the Eastern District of Virginia. Comey returned to New York to become the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. In 2003, he became the deputy attorney general at the Department of Justice (DOJ). Comey left DOJ in 2005 to serve as general counsel and senior vice president at defense contractor Lockheed Martin. Five years later, he joined Bridgewater Associates, a Connecticut-based investment fund, as its general counsel. He knows how the Department of Justice works.
If he decides that Hillary Clinton committed acts that endangered the security of the United States, he can submit this evidence to the Attorney General. This places a very hot potato in Loretta Lynch's lap. She will drop it into President Obama's lap within 24 hours. If Obama does nothing, Comey waits 30 days. Then he calls a press conference. Goodbye, Hillary. Hello . . .
This depends on when he does this. If he does it before the Democrats' convention, Sanders will win the nomination. If he does it after the convention, the Republican will win the election. That probably means Trump. Comey knows how the political game is played. He knows that, as of today, he holds all the cards. He is not holding aces over eights. He is holding four aces. All he needs to do is say nothing for 30 days after he hands the file to Lynch -- no threats. Just silence. If she swears him to secrecy, he can assure her that he will stay silent. Then he breaks his word. After all, it's government. I assume that he will play ball with Lynch. He sounds like an establishment man to me.
Wikipedia reports: "Comey is a registered Republican who donated to U.S. Senator John McCain's campaign in the 2008 presidential election and to Governor Mitt Romney's campaign in 2012 presidential election." He does not sound like a Trump supporter. But what if he thinks she is guilty? What if he faces a cover-up of silence? He is a lawyer. If he thinks Obama is stiffing the FBI for political reasons, he may decide to do what bureaucrats do: defend his agency's turf.
What if he waits until December, after she is elected, but before she takes the oath of office? That would create the greatest foul-up in American political history. She would have zero legitimacy from that time forward. She would reject all calls for her to testify. She would claim executive privilege. Does the word "Watergate" ring a bell? He has leverage on a scale that no bureaucrat ever has. Hoover had leverage, but not on this scale. The issue is public: the security of her emails. Comey risks nothing if he goes public after about a 30-day delay. After the press conference, if Obama fires him, Hillary is toast. So is Obama's legacy. If Obama tells Lynch to stall until January 20, Clinton II's presidency is toast. Obama probably escapes intact. If Comey deep-sixes the findings, the political dance goes on. Will he deep-six it? I don't know. It depends on his sense of justice.
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Wicomico County Convention and Visitors Bureau Wins “Locally Created Event of the Year” Award
Grand Rapids, MI — The Wicomico County Convention and Visitors Bureau/TEAM Maryland is the recipient of the 2015 “Locally Created Event of the Year” Award for cities under a population of 250,000 at this year’s National Association of Sports Commissions (NASC) Sports Event Symposium being held this week in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The Locally Created Event of the Year award goes to an active member of NASC with the most outstanding locally created event or program. This event can be newly created or a long-standing event, but must be an event/program created by the submitting organization to serve a local community or an organizational need. Wicomico County Convention and Visitors Bureau is being honored for the Governor’s Challenge Basketball Tournament.
In giving the award, the NASC judging panel said, “The Governor’s Challenge Basketball Tournament shows that a community working together can create and grow a grassroots event that can have a significant economic impact and to help an underserved market to gain recognition on a regional and national level. Using a variety of media, including social media, the Tournament was successful in creating excitement leading up to and throughout the event.”
The judges continued, “The Governor’s Challenge created a number of notable ancillary events, including a Selection Show broadcast on a local ABC affiliate which was the official release of the tournament field and schedule, a Media Day and a Tip-Off event.”
The 24th annual NASC Sports Event Symposium is being held April 3-7 at the DeVos Place Convention Center in Grand Rapids. The NASC Sports Event Symposium is the annual meeting for the only non-profit 501(c)3 trade association for the sport tourism industry. For nearly 25 years, the Symposium has been designed for serious-minded sport tourism professionals by sport tourism professionals.
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Neutrino experiment may hint at why matter rules the universe.
A new study hints that neutrinos might behave differently than their antimatter counterparts. The result amplifies scientists’ suspicions that the lightweight elementary particles could help explain why the universe has much more matter than antimatter.
In the Big Bang, 13.8 billion years ago, matter and antimatter were created in equal amounts. To tip that balance to the universe’s current, matter-dominated state, matter and antimatter must behave differently, a concept known as CP, or “charge parity” violation.
In neutrinos, which come in three types — electron, muon and tau — CP violation can be measured by observing how neutrinos oscillate, or change from one type to another. Researchers with the T2K experiment found that muon neutrinos morphed into electron neutrinos more often than expected, while muon antineutrinos became electron antineutrinos less often. That suggests that the neutrinos were violating CP, the researchers concluded at a colloquium at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, KEK, in Tsukuba, Japan.
T2K scientists had previously presented a weaker hint of CP violation. The new result is based on about twice as much data, but the evidence is still not definitive. In physicist parlance, it is a “two sigma” measurement, an indicator of how statistically strong the evidence is. Physicists usually require five sigma to claim a discovery.
Even three sigma is still far away — T2K could reach that milestone by 2026. A future experiment, DUNE, now under construction at the Sanford Underground Research Laboratory in Lead, S.D., may reach five sigma. "It is worth being patient", says physicist Chang Kee Jung of Stony Brook University in New York, who is a member of the T2K collaboration.
Posted By : Manan Chugh, Class 10, GOODLEY PUBLIC SCHOOL
Harsh Bisht
Do other particles and antiparticles behave in the same way?
Siddharth M.
Are we sure that this is a matter dominated state? Also, is antimatter dark matter? If so, then the (apparently) matter occupies 5-10 percent space. The rest is "Dark Energy" and "Dark Matter". Please clear me up on this basis.
Rishi V.
This is the same article I read somwhere else!!!!
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/neutrino-experiment-may-hint-why-matter-rules-universe
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Minnesota 27 20 28 32 107
5:00 PM PT6:00 PM MT7:00 PM CT8:00 PM ET0:00 GMT8:00 5:00 PM MST7:00 PM EST4:00 UAE (+1)01:0020:00 ET6:00 PM CT23:00 , March 19, 2019
Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota Attendance: 17,964
Curry leads Warriors past Wolves 117-107, into 1st in West
NBA Headlines
76ers extend Simmons for $170M, 5 years
Warriors GM Myers moves on from Durant
Cavs waive G Smith after eventful tenure
Clarke leads Grizzlies to Vegas title
Pelicans place C/F Wood on waivers
Thunder set to embark on long rebuild
MVP Antentokounmpo takes in Yankees game
Ex-Nets think Durant, Irving can succeed
Davis joins Lakers with hopes of title
Westbrook to Rockets for Paul, picks
(Photo by Jordan Johnson/NBAE via Getty Images)
By DAVE CAMPBELL
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Golden State's most recent homestand included a 33-point loss to Boston and a startling defeat to last-place Phoenix, reminding the Warriors of the work that's ahead of them to win a fourth NBA championship in five years.
The Warriors passed their first challenge with a 3-1 record on this tough road trip, finishing in Minnesota with a clinic in half-court passing and shooting.
Stephen Curry scored 22 of his 36 points in the third quarter and Klay Thompson pitched in with 28 points, giving the Warriors more than enough production to beat the fading Timberwolves 117-107 on Tuesday and regain first place in the Western Conference.
"If we can do that the rest of the way to the playoffs, we will definitely solidify this No. 1 seed," Thompson said.
The Warriors had 39 assists on 44 made field goals and finished 19 for 42 from 3-point range. They've won 20 of their last 25 games away from home.
"Some possessions, it was a lot of overpassing, to be honest," Curry said, "but against teams that try to put pressure on you and take away that first option, that's the best way for us to really attack."
Jonas Jerebko added 18 points, Kevin Durant scored 17 points and Draymond Green had 10 rebounds and nine assists for the Warriors (48-22), who bounced back with little rest from a loss at San Antonio on Monday and moved a half-game ahead of idle Denver (47-22) for the top seed. The Warriors beat Houston and Oklahoma City, currently in the third and sixth spots in the stacked conference race, to start the trip. Falling at home to Phoenix clearly captured their attention.
"I think that loss is probably the biggest lesson for us throughout the season," Durant said.
Karl-Anthony Towns had 26 points and 21 rebounds, Andrew Wiggins totaled 20 points, eight rebounds and six assists and Josh Okogie had 19 points for the Timberwolves, who played again without the injured Jeff Teague, Derrick Rose, Robert Covington and Luol Deng, and lost their fourth straight game.
"When you're going against the world champions, you have to really be on your game offensively and defensively," Wolves coach Ryan Saunders said, "then just your collective resolve as a group to withstand those runs."
The Warriors, finishing their ninth set of games on consecutive nights out of 12 back-to-backs on their schedule this season, started rather sleepily and watched the Wolves build a 22-9 lead.
The beauty of the Warriors - or irritation, depending on the rooting interest - is how quickly they can recover. They used a 21-3 run over the next 5:51 to take control, with their long-range shooting simply too much for this undermanned Wolves team that, even at full strength, is vulnerable defensively.
Jerebko, whose playing time has dwindled since DeMarcus Cousins returned, had 14 points in the second quarter alone, including a couple of deep 3-pointers from the wing to help the Warriors cruise into halftime with a 59-47 lead.
The Wolves managed to work their way back to tie the game at 61 on Okogie's 3-pointer, but the Warriors needed only 3:18 for a 14-1 spurt that put them right back in charge. Curry had eight of those points.
"We were scoring two. They were scoring threes," Towns said. "That put them up a little bit. We had some breakdowns, but we played hard."
The Timberwolves haven't been above the .500 mark since they were 13-12, entering a four-game trip on Dec. 8 and dropped all four of those. Of their final 15 games in this tumultuous season, 12 of those opponents currently above the cut for the playoffs. The Warriors? They'll only face a top-eight team in either conference four more times, with 12 games to go.
Curry went 8 for 14 from 3-point range, pushing him past the 300 mark for the third time in four seasons. Joining Houston's James Harden, Curry gave the NBA two players with 300-plus 3-pointers made for the first time in the same season. Curry, who set the record of 402 three years ago, has five of the top seven single-season totals in league history.
"He loves to put on a show, both with his skill and with his personality," coach Steve Kerr said. "It's a pleasure to watch that."
Warriors: Andrew Bogut started for DeMarcus Cousins (sore right ankle) for the second straight game and had two points and six rebounds in 13 minutes. Cousins is expected to play in the next game, Kerr said. ... With Curry, Bogut, Green and Thompson in the starting lineup at the same time, the Warriors have won 108 of 133 games. ... Jerebko reached double-digit points for the first time in 29 games, since Dec. 22 against Dallas (23 points).
Timberwolves: Towns posted his fourth 20-20 game this season. ... Rookie Cameron Reynolds was signed for the rest of the season after his second 10-day contract expired. ... Taj Gibson hurt his left calf in the second quarter and didn't return. ... The Wolves have lost the season series to the Warriors for 10 straight years.
Warriors: Host Indiana on Thursday night.
Timberwolves: Play at Charlotte on Thursday night.
More AP NBA coverage: https://apnews.com/NBA and https://twitter.com/AP-Sports
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BECAUSE I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO SAY HAPPY NEW YEAR...
After having survived the year just past, at first I felt like posting a picture of the S.S. Poseidon hitting that infamous tidal wave. ("Oh, my God... an enormous wall of water coming straight for us!") But that really wasn't the image I wanted freshest on my mind as I skipped with caution into a new year which will hopefully be more fulfilling, less stressful and more conducive to peace on the domestic, international and personal front than was 2009. As I considered what image I wanted to hold up as a signifier of hope for 2010 (other than ones of my own family, which I don't usually tend to use for purposes of this blog), it didn't take me long to drift toward the earthy yet somehow ethereal beauty of the donna bellissima who has come to serve as the unofficial muse (gorgeous female division) and siren of this site, the incomparably lovely Claudia Cardinale. In the spirit of best wishes for us all in everything we do, may we approach life in the new year with even just a fraction of the quality of grace and will and intelligence that she brought to the films of directors great and small throughout her career. And may the fortunes of the next 12 months shine for us as brightly as the incandescent firmament on which her status as an icon of cinematic beauty has been firmly and irrefutably established. I just can't think of a better way to say happy new year to everyone I know and all the readers of SLIFR, the usual suspects as well as the newcomers.
Please have a wonderful New Year's Eve, wherever you may be, and a happy and productive 2010, spent at least partially around these here parts! The year-end festivities at SLIFR are just a few hours away, so stay tuned! Ciao!
IT'S A LAUREL AND HEARTY BLU-RAY WELCOME TO THE MEL BROOKS COLLECTION
Yes, though it doesn’t much look like it around here right now I have been writing over the holidays, and now the first of it has come to light. You can press on over to Flickhead’s blog or the main Flickhead site to read my comprehensive review of the new Fox Home Entertainment Blu-ray box set The Mel Brooks Collection. The set, while not precisely complete-- The Producers has been left out, presumably over rights concerns, as have Life Stinks and Dracula: Dead and Loving It (for perhaps less tangible reasons)—is the best look at Brooks’ filmmaking career were likely to get, its manic highs, stupefying lows and all the pop and sizzle in between. It turns out Blu-ray provides the best showcase ever for Brooks’ rarely-seen The Twelve Chairs, and it’s been mighty good, from a technical and documentary standpoint, to all of Brooks’ films, the classics as well as the not-so-classics. Here are my thoughts, excerpted from the piece, on the Blu-ray presentation of Blazing Saddles:
“The seismic shift that came (after The Twelve Chairs) not only changed Brooks’ entire approach to filmmaking, but ended up being a landmark in movie comedy as well. Whether it’s a duplicate or not, the 55-minute interview attached to the commentary track for the Blazing Saddles Blu-ray is an invaluable peek into the process of creating this foul-mouthed, subversive satire. The audio piece details with fond remembrance and not just a smidgen of recalled frustration the difficulties and joys of bringing the movie together. “I wrote berserk, heartfelt stuff about white corruption and racism and Bible-thumping bigotry,” writes Brooks in the introduction to the chapter on Blazing Saddles in It’s Good to Be a King (the 120-page book that accompanies the box set), entitled “He’s Just Crazy Enough to Do It.” Brooks recalls that writing the movie “got everything out of me — all of my furor, my frenzy, my insanity, my love of life and hatred of death.” Seen in 2009, Blazing Saddles is, against all odds, as funny as ever (and this from someone who laughed so hard upon seeing it in 1974, at the tender age of 14, that several of my classmates at school told me the next day, “I heard you at the movies last night!”) To my mind that frenzy Brooks speaks of is channeled here into something truly representative not only of Brooks’s state of mind, but the state of mind of the country at the time he was making it. No other Brooks movie hits the kind of gasp-inducing highs that Blazing Saddles does, or sustains that delirium as well. And maybe part of why the movie plays so well in 2009 is that it taps into our memories of a time that was perhaps less enlightened but also far less suppressed in terms of a culture’s permission to air its filthy laundry in the form of a vicious romp on racism like this. Going into the second American decade of the millennium, we have a Black president and nobody says the “N” word anymore, but anybody with any sense will tell you that the old devils ain’t gone, they’re just well hidden. In Blazing Saddles Brooks fiddles with the enemy, recognizes him in us, and has a hell of a laugh in the attempted exorcism. In the long run the exorcism may not have worked, but it’s good to know that this movie, far from just a well-preserved time capsule, is still in there throwing punches around.”
You can read the rest of the review at Flickhead
and even order it from Amazon there too.
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My friend Larry Aydlette sent this picture along for me this morning. The man really knows how to make a Christmas merry! I hope all of you had/are having a wonderful holiday. If you're in Los Angeles, please join us tomorrow night as we stretch the merriment into the weekend at the New Beverly Cinema with a double bill of The Muppets' Christmas Carol and The Muppets Take Manhattan. Otherwise, actual content on the way before the weekend is out, I promise! But these pictures are so much fun! Ho ho ho!
Here it is, Christmas Eve, and nothing on the work side of life seems to recognize that it's anything but just another day. And I suppose, really, that it is, only everyone in the working world except me seems to be taking off between noon and 2:00 today, including the good folks at the Water and Power Department whose option it is to turn off my Christmas lights if I don't hustle a money order over there in time this afternoon. Anyway, the window for completing my big pre-Christmas plans vis-a-vis this blog is inexorably shrinking, so on the off chance that I don't get another opportunity before the Hour of the Reindeer, I just want to wish you, dear SLIFR Reader, you, dear SLIFR Lurker, and all of your'n the very best of Christmas holiday seasons! Little Baby Jesus willing, I'll be back before the sunrise to fill your stocking with all manner of happy linkage and other fun stuff! Until then, please press "Play" above and enjoy this holiday classic, a favorite Christmas tune my family and I love to sing beneath the tree each year. (Three guesses whose part I take...)
And here's a Christmas Eve question for you: What's the ideal holiday movie for pouring a hot buttered rum, staying in and enjoying on this night?
AIN'T NOTHIN' SAYS CHRISTMAS STOCKIN' QUITE LIKE CHRISTOPHER WALKEN
Here’s the December 23rd entry on my wife’s 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said desk calendar:
“On Aliens, Terrifying Musical Taste And:
Can we talk this over? It looks like you’re going to sing `White Christmas…' You’ve broken my mind!
-- Christopher Walken, as writer and alien abductee popularizer Whitley Streiber, talking to bug-eyed aliens, in Communion (1989)."
In other holiday-related news: contrary to the testimony of those who see me every day, I swear I’m not dead. It just feels like it. But my relative absence is about to end. I’m thiiiiiiiis close to getting some actual stuff to read ready to go for the holidays. I hope the lead-up to your season of celebration has been good so far. May it continue to be so. See you in what to me will feel like mere moments!
Psaga, dear friend, confidant and SLIFR reader from way back, has passed along several keen items in the past couple of months, and here she keeps the string going by bringing to my (our) attention Name That Movie, a contest from blogger/illustrator Paul Rogers that sets forth an ostensibly simple task: identify a classic movie by viewing only six stylized drawings by Rogers based on iconic images or other details from the film itself. The scenes are identifiable, obviously more so if you’ve seen the movie, through Rogers’s reconstitution of familiar images, but not necessarily the most obvious or well-known scenes in the movie. His snazzy, clipped and exaggerated drawings make for fascinating exercises in conjuring the mood and style of movies that may share little in their approach to visuals and atmosphere, and are almost to a picture different in tone from the sophisticated slant given by Rogers’s renderings.
(Click on the illustration to the left for a closer look at one of Rogers' posers from Game 5.)
Try your hand at it. It ain’t easy, but it is fun, and there are five different games available, so if one strikes you as too easy, the next one probably won’t. You can access all the games at Roger’s site Drawger.
Thanks, Psaga! (Psaga comes by Paul Rogers' delights via the Observer’s Very Short List. )
Is it possible that The Blind Side, the movie directed by John Lee Hancock (The Rookie) from the book written by Michael Lewis (Moneyball), is a sincere piece of work?
For those who may not already know, Hancock’s picture, which has become a big box-office hit in the United States since its Thanksgiving release, revolves around the fate of a soft-spoken African-American boy with bad grades (real-life NFL rookie of the year candidate Michael Oher, played by Quinton Aaron) who slips sideways into a private Christian school with the help of a coach who hopes he might turn out to be a valuable addition to the football team come springtime. All but one of his teachers quickly decides he’s an intellectual lump, but no one notices that, after school hours, he seems to have nowhere to call home. That is, until tough and frosty Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) and her family spot him lumbering to nowhere in particular on a rainy night. For no apparent reason other than compassion for this boy, the Tuohy’s take Michael under their wing-- Leigh Anne frets later over whether she’s done the right thing, and it’s clear what she’s really worried about is whether they’ll have any furniture or valuables left in the morning. But the more she learns about Michael, and the more the family gets to know him, the more she’s compelled to take responsibility for the boy, to provide him the things that her family can provide him, including enthusiastic guidance when spring rolls around and it’s time for the coach to cash in on his investment in Michael as a worthy football prospect for his team.
The Blind Side comes shrink-wrapped with a big red target on its back, ready for instantly gratifying condescension on the part of those who choose to read it as another self-congratulatory tale of the white man helping the poor hapless Negro on the road to self-actualization, living out a modern-day version of the slave-master relationship in the process. It’s ready to go too, if your game is heaping scorn on white Christian conservatives and their specious motives, a demographic group that isn’t often portrayed minus the closet full to bursting with ugly skeletons ready to fall out onto the floor at the most agonizing moment. But the truth is, the movie, while somewhat rudimentary in its construction and certainly not up to The Rookie’s occasionally poetic visuals, is as secure in its belief that men and children of men can help themselves out of their own circumstances (Michael keeps himself out of the nasty situation in the projects that his mother sets him up with long before Leigh Anne Tuohy ever roars up in her BMW) as it is that righteous charity born of Christian beliefs can and should be subject to self-questioning. (Is the motivation behind the Touhys’ generosity, and particularly that of Leigh Anne, as innocent as it initially appears?)
Sandra Bullock pulls off a neat trick in the movie by showing us the vulnerability behind a woman whose profession (interior design) and religious conviction are not just a front, but at the same time demand the adoption of a shell of outward contentment, satisfaction and surety to reflect back to the rest of the world. We’re encouraged to enjoy Bullock’s spunky rejoinders and headstrong protectiveness toward Michael (Aaron’s performance is a counterpoint of quiet reserve and tentative curiosity about his unlikely benefactors), and Bullock makes that enjoyment a pleasure, especially considering that such behavior exhibited in a real person (Leigh Anne Tuohy, perhaps?) would more than likely come off as annoying at best, smug entitlement at worst. In fact, one of the movie’s almost perversely refreshing moves comes from Leigh Anne’s absolute refusal to apologize for her family’s wealth or how they got it. (Her husband, played with laid-back charm by Tim McGraw, owns hundreds of Taco Bell franchises.) This is only a plus here because Leigh Anne often displays a refreshing self-criticism regarding elements of her own lifestyle (the $18 salads she eats for lunch with her socialite sisters take it on the cinch once or twice), and because she is not lacking in hesitancy to use the power and benefits of her wealth not just to pamper her family but also to help improve the level of possibilities along Michael’s life path.
As I watched The Blind Side I was plenty aware of the melodramatic tactics the film often puts to crude use—the ghetto environment from which Michael escapes could have probably been drawn a tad more subtly, ambivalently, giving us a better idea of how the comforts of this other constructed family and its bad influences can be so seductive, so welcoming. There’s not much juice in the film’s attempt to lead us to believe that Michael may be willing to retreat back into that world if he can only locate his crack-addicted mother—Aaron’s (and Hancock’s) conception of the high-school-age Oher is too much the innocent for that. And the movie’s use of football as a metaphor for how Michael comes to see life has been radically simplified to encourage the participation of viewers who wouldn’t know a left tackle from a place kicker. But if, on the basic level of racial perception, we are looking for a movie that encourages a certain color-blindness (part of what the title of the movie and the book are referring to), then it seems to me The Blind Side is not dredging up all the old clichés for yet another self-righteous drubbing but instead setting a template in which we are encouraged to look at those around us not as blacks (or whites) in need, but simply as children, women and men. Mutual familiarity with cultural traditions, beliefs and practices can come later; for now, let’s get out of the rain. Leigh Anne and her family “impose” their Christian values on Mike as they would any other member of their family—Leigh Anne’s benevolent “my way or the highway” is meant more as a family principle, not overtly religious guidance, and Mike adopts the family rituals as any of the Tuohy children do, with the option to decide for himself whether or not they are relevant to his adult life when the time comes. When the movie was over I asked my daughters (nine and seven) why she thought Leigh Anne Tuohy did what she did. I was not surprised when my oldest did not say, “Oh, to help the poor, oppressed black boy out of his savage existence and into a sheltered life of privilege the quality of which can only be afforded to him by the gentility and generosity of Whitey.” Instead, she looked at The Blind Side as a story of simple kindness, sans religious or racial prerequisites, and fairly judged that had Michael Oher been Chinese or white or Hispanic, the Tuohy’s response would have (or should have) been the same.
Unfortunately, the movie offers an easy mark for cynics, and some reviewers, urban lefties as well as conservative writers, have been swinging for the fences in an attempt to knock the wind out of this unassuming picture on grounds of its supposed white-bread superiority complex. But after I came home from the movie I discovered that, because of my enjoyment of The Blind Side, I was not only misguided--I was also a racist. Denver-based film critic Walter Chaw, who writes for the site Film Freak Central and has never been one to shy away from overstatement, may have topped even himself for hyperbolic tongue-lashing with his review of The Blind Side. (You can read the whole thing for yourself here, as well as some reaction it here.) The review is a pinnacle of sour self-satisfaction, apparently seriously positing The Blind Side as our very own Triumph of the Will, Ole Miss iconography apparently standing in for those swastika thingies. But Chaw’s brand of bombast may suggest to you that Hancock’s evil film may not be the only elephant in the room with an agenda:
"Michael Oher—as played sub-vocally by gentle, Lenny-ian giant Quinton Aaron—is not only the Super Duper Magic Negro who heals a household of rich shit-kickers (“Shoot! We done gots a Black Man living with us ‘fore we even met a Democrat! Hoot!”-- forgetting that wealthy Southern landowners have a long tradition of keeping black people on their grounds without commensurately progressive attitudes), but is the passive mute object around which every single person who likes The Blind Side convinces themselves they aren’t racist for the liking of it. If this movie doesn’t piss you off, if it doesn’t make you nauseated with its dangerous smugness, you’re part of the problem.”
That concluding section of Chaw’s first paragraph (in which his own possible culpability in racism is magically excused by his superior bullshit detector) is filled with enough condescension, presumptions, falsehoods (“Super Duper Magic Negro”?) and specious claims— Hancock and the Tuohys are about as unaware of the history of black slavery and servitude in the South as Quentin Tarantino was of the Holocaust— to make anyone question the writer’s stability, let alone the level of vitriol he seems prepared to let fly at this rather minor movie.
Chaw clearly has distaste for Bullock’s performance, and perhaps also for the sort of stridently religious, moneyed Southern matriarch she represents in the movie, and I must say if I met Leigh Anne Tuohy in the flesh she probably wouldn’t be someone to whom I’d naturally gravitate either. But by denouncing anyone who likes the movie as a racist or an “asshole,” and by saddling the movie with claims of its “manifest destiny as applied to an entire culture as it asserts itself over another in an act that can only be seen as pathological fundamentalism,” Chaw shows himself up as trying too hard in one act of look-at-me posturing after another. If you’re going to claim that a movie as essentially good-natured as this one is an equivalent illustration of American foreign policy since 9/11, then I suppose the language you use to do so must be suitably bombastic and overstated, and helpfully ignorant of the tenor of the actual film as possible. It’s only through self-important haranging like this that Chaw could attempt to sell Tuohy’s introduction of Michael to her family’s Christian beliefs, beliefs that Michael may already share or is at least aware of, as achieved with anything like “overwhelming, relentless intimidation and cajoling.” That’s more accurately a description of Chaw’s review.
But it’s not nearly as funny as Chaw’s description of the game that The Blind Side is built around. Of course Chaw is perfectly correct to suggest that Michael should be asked if he even wants to play football, or whether he even wants to go to college. The implication is that the film itself doesn’t ask these questions when in fact it does, just not as quickly as the reviewer would have them asked. (It’s called dramatic tension.) And how about this one: “With the Tuohys, Michael gets his first bed and first glimpse of football, where, ultimately, he’ll be drafted into the ranks, as an underprivileged black man, to entertain a stadium full of 70,000 richer (at least, relatively) white people.” Now who’s being patronizing? The Blind Side makes it clear that, although the Tuohys help him in academics and well as athletics, he is drafted not as “an underprivileged black man” but as a talented and athletic left tackle, precisely what any football coach at any college is looking for, regardless of the player’s color. But Chaw outdoes himself when he claims that Oher is being groomed for some sort of Romans/Gladiators contest to slake the violent appetites of rich white folks, as if the stadium were filled with 70,000 Mr. Burnses warming their feet on the backs of their Negro valets. On the field, in the stands, and at home in front of the TV (where economically challenged fans of all races, colors and creeds enjoy much less expensive access to the games), blacks and whites fill the ranks of college and professional football fandom.
All this, however, this probably won’t matter to someone bent on seeing The Blind Side as “a horror movie about animals that can’t help the way they are preying on an animal without the power to resist,” “institutional racism as inspirational melodrama… our very own Triumph of the Will.” Anyone paying attention yet? Are these objections merely narrative and aesthetic or do they extend, as the pomposity of the language in which the review is written suggests, to the idea that the real Leigh Anne Tuohy had no business taking in Michael Oher in the first place? Why else would Chaw feel it necessary to point out, right after noting Tuohy’s “patronizing” attitude toward the boy, that Tuohy gets “sanctimonious with any friends who stupidly question the wisdom of bringing in a boarder with an abusive, deeply-troubled past into the same home as young children?” Willful ignorance or smug sanctimony—you get the feeling that in the eyes of some this is a battle the charitable will never win?
I actually like Chaw’s question about what “the same assholes who love this movie (would) say about a Kabul-made film in which fundie Muslims save a white kid from Indiana with dangerous misinterpretations of the Qur’an and teach him how to rock it at Buzkashi?” Personally, I‘d go see it (especially if it had a blistering Steve Earle soundtrack), but I’m guessing most of us, Christian and heathen alike, would be forced/encouraged to ignore that film because it wouldn’t likely have the marketing muscle of Warner Brothers behind it or the distribution arrangement to get booked more than a couple of weeks in one or more of our most radical liberal pinko urban art houses, where it might likely be proclaimed a masterpiece or at least viewed with tolerance. It’d be interesting to read the reviews, wouldn’t it? Especially the ones coming out of Denver, where one lone critic howls against Sandra Riefenstahl and the encroaching and insidious cultural, religious and political treachery that bear themselves on the cold, stiff winds blowing her new movie into town. Evil does, after all, have many faces. I’m pretty sure the Bible told me so. But I’m not even slightly convinced that The Blind Side is one of them. Whether you buy Christianity or not, sometimes helping a fellow man is simply helping a fellow man, and telling that story is simply telling that story.
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UPDATE 12/15 9:56 p.m. It was Blogger and SLIFR friends Nate Y., Chris Stangl, Tommy Salami and Greg Ferrara all checking in with all the help I needed to get my good ol' burgundy background back on and flying early this evening! All the details are in the comments column, and once again, gentlemen, you are fine and true geniuses and friends, one and all! Thanks!
As you may be able to observe for yourself (unless this is a phenomenon restricted solely to me and my hallucinating eyes), I have been besieged by some sort of Photobucket onslaught. According to a Blogger help forum I was able to connect up with, this error may have something to do with linking directly to a Photobucket image from someone else's account that has gone out of service. The rather overwhelming and disturbing implication, if this is true, is that somewhere in the five years of archives of posts on this blog there is an image I once linked to that is no longer available and thus causing this disruption.
But unless I'm mistaken, I never directly link to the originating source of the images used on this blog. Instead, I save them first to my own hard drive and access the images through Blogger from there. This is the way I was initially advised to use photos that would be safe on my end and not result in "stealing bandwidth" from anyone else.
I am awaiting advice from Blogger on the problem, but in the meantime I wonder if any of you in the blogosphere have ever experienced this before. I see a lot of blogs and I've never come across it myself, so I suspect (hope) it's a fairly rare phenomenon that can be easily fixed. Otherwise, I guess I'm in for a very time-consuming fishing expedition to try to find the image amongst all these images that is causing the problem.
Any advice those of you who are far more schooled in the Internets than am I could give would be greatly appreciated! And I will try my hardest to clear my template of this ghastly visual blight as soon as possible!
Photo of Val Avery in John Cassevetes' Faces courtesy of Margiana.
Val Avery had one of those mugs. It was a facial landscape that for many of us still emanates from the cathode ray light that cuts through the darkened room of our memories. Yet his long career, which began in live television and continued through frequent and memorable guests spots on TV series such as Columbo, The Mod Squad, The F.B.I., Ironside and Mission: Impossible, made an early segue into film in 1956’s with Humphrey Bogart’s last film, The Harder They Fall. He was one of the many go-to guys from which Hollywood had to choose when they needed a Mafia kingpin or a neighborhood tough, a seasoned law-enforcement administrator or a nails-tough beat cop, and he seeded each of these appearances with wit and truth and a sense of joy for acting that spoke to his sensitivity as a performer, whatever the role. (My kids will always remember him as the traveling haberdasher who argues with undertaker Whit Bissell-- while Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen watch nearby-- for the dignified burial of a recently killed Indian local during the opening of The Magnificent Seven.)
Mr. Avery died Saturday at his home in Greenwich Village of undisclosed causes at the age of 85. In his obituary for the New York Times, William Grimes writes of Avery’s life and unusual swerve, after essaying so many gangsters and thugs, into the stock company of John Cassavetes, ending with a hilarious anecdote that would, I’m guessing, be the envy of any character actor. As another piece of Hollywood history now forever gone, he will be missed. As an actor whom I always enjoyed seeing wherever I could, on television or in the movies, an actor who, as so many of his generation did, often meant the movies to me (and still do), he will be missed even more.
Blecch. The hack is back. The Thanksgiving vacation cold I hoped would be long gone by now has, as I feared it might, this week taken a swerve left toward bronchitis, which explains why I’ve been relatively silent of late. I’ve got lots of stuff to write about and plenty of time, but damned little in the way of energy to do so. But I promise to end the year right, once this cursed cough lets me be, including a year-end wrap-up (alongside the loooong list of 2009 movies I have yet to see), the obligatory best-of-the-decade list and quite a few other items that hopefully won’t seem quite so obligatory.
Until then, there’s another return engagement on the Los Angeles independent film scene that is far more welcome than my nasty sick, and I very much encourage you to clear your calendars at midnight Friday this week so you can see it for yourself.
A few months ago it was my pleasure to see and then write about director-scenarist Marion Kerr’s debut feature Golden Earrings. The movie is a compelling psychological thriller which takes you to some unexpected places (a simple thing, yet fairly rare, even among independently-oriented films such as this), and it has at its center a towering performance by Julia Marchese which is among the best I’ve seen this year. (If you attend the New Beverly with any regularity you’ll know Julia as the sparkling and lovely force behind the theater’s special events programming, and she’s probably sold you a ticket now and again as well.)
When I initially wrote about Golden Earrings my enthusiasm was tempered slightly by a kind of worry over when I would get a chance to see it again, and I talked to several people who were frustrated that they had missed what they assumed would be the only chance to see the movie on a big screen. Well, everyone is going to get at least one more chance after all. The New Beverly has slotted Golden Earrings for a midnight screening this coming Friday, December 11, and again the admission to the screening is free. Even if it’s raining, the trip out to see this film will be worth the effort. I strongly encourage you, if you haven’t seen the movie yet, and even if you have, to come out and support the fine work of this up-and-coming filmmaker and her superb cast. Marchese’s slippery, intense work is truly awesome, and she anchors a cast of supporting players—among them John T. Woods Lauren Mora, Teddy Goldsmith, Anthony Dimaano and Kerr herself—who are more than up to the standard set by their lead actress.
Ironically, I will probably, when all is said and done, not be able to attend the midnight screening myself, and not just because I feel like a bag of rocks right now. I have a date that same evening to take my daughter to the New Beverly to see Sullivan’s Travels and The Palm Beach Story, so we’ll be exiting the theater just before the Golden Earrings screening begins. Midnight is far too late for the young one, and the movie is far too scary, and beyond her experience as well. So I’m hoping instead to score one of the movie-only DVDs that Marion is going to have available for sale at the theater on Friday night as a sort of consolation prize. After seeing the movie you may want one too, so make sure to get one while you can, as Marion has hinted there will only be a limited supply on hand. The more fully rounded DVD, complete with extras, will hopefully be available sometime in 2010.
Again, I sincerely encourage anyone in the Los Angeles area looking to see a solid, well-crafted, intelligent drama to come out to the New Beverly Friday at midnight to see Marion Kerr’s lovely and chilling Golden Earrings.
(Mad magazine cover courtesy of Doug Gilford and his amazingly comprehensive site devoted to Mad magazine.)
Look, Ma, my time has come! I’ve been parodied! I always wanted to know how the actors and directors and magicians behind all those ubiquitous TV ad campaigns felt when they found themselves parodied in the pages of Mad magazine. Well, now I know. Greg Ferrara (the very first respondent in the current professorial quiz on these pages), owner/operator of the very well-tread (and read) Cinema Styles, has honored the popular SLIFR quiz with its very own Mad movie satire of a sort—a twisted brainteaser entitled ”Professor Guy-From-Somewhere-In-Time’s Late Year Quiz or Something.” Though my raging ego couldn’t deal with the thought of being made sport of, in the spirit of fun and fair play and getting along and all those other things I’m not sure I believe in anymore I rushed straight away to fill out Greg’s (if that’s really his name) quiz before I could be accused of getting steamed or huffed or miffed or any of the other new jack poses the kids like to adopt these days, thereby accidentally exposing the titanic level of my actual aggravation. How dare he! Isn’t there such a thing as intellectual prop—Oh, well, never mind. You can hustle yourself on over to Greg’s house (or shack, or love hut, or den of iniquity, whatever it is) and take the quiz your own damn self. And while you’re there, write hilarious and filthy limericks on the walls of the bathroom. Thanks, Greg! This was a lot of fun! My answers (followed by the terms of my lawsuit) follow below.
1. Dinah Shore or Russell Crowe?
Dinah. She was way prettier than Russell, she knew how to comb her hair, and her Southern accent was way better than his.
2. What was the last movie you saw on DVD? In a theatre? In a large abandoned warehouse with a Satanic cult in the corner trying to hold a ritual while yelling at you, "Hey man, turn it down!"?
2a) Play Dirty (1968; Andre de Toth) starring Michael Caine and Nigel Davenport.
2b) The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976; Blake Edwards) starring Leonard Rossiter and Colin Blakely.
2c) Pauline at the Beach (1983; Eric Rohmer) Could barely hear the heartfelt, sometimes fumbling, always witty romantic repartee for all the sobbing and cries for mercy.
3. Second favorite Carrie Henn movie.
The Hiding Place (1975; James F. Collier) Huh? Oh, Carrie Henn. The little interstellar ragamuffin from that James Cameron movie? I thought you meant Carrie Ten Boom. I always get those two mixed up. And it’s Corrie Ten Boom. God, I’m completely confused.
4. The Cat From Outer Space. Yes or No?
Only if there’s a version in Ron Miller’s basement somewhere in which Ronnie Schell gets his little eyes scratched out.
5. If you were eating yogurt and I walked up and said, "Mmmm yogurt," then took a big spoonful without asking, then went, "Ewww, gross!" and spit it back into the yogurt cup, would you keep eating it? Why or why not?
If you were at the same time eating, say, a chocolate bar, then we might have the makings of a wildly popular (if slightly repulsive) TV ad campaign in which two tastes, thought to be incompatible, existed together in a delicious, slightly messy treat. But you didn’t say anything about a chocolate bar. So I’d toss the yogurt in your face and have you arrested.
6. Most misunderstood film of 1907.
D.W. Griffith’s scathing undercover documentary expose I Was a Rough Rider for the Ku Klux Klan.
7. When was the last time you punched someone in a movie theater? (submitted by Marilyn)
Only about a month a half ago. I turned this old lady’s head into pulp after she began harping on rather loudly to a group of her blue-haired friends about the trailers before a screening of Zombieland. “Oh, that Sarah Jessica Parker is a doll!” “Why is everything so loud?!” “Ugh, not another Tarantino rip-off!” Right after that they got into this conversation—and mind you, they’re sitting right behind me, at a screening of Zombieland!—about excessive violence in cinema, and when this old bag blurted out something about Grand Illusion being better than Inglourious Basterds, well, I fucking flipped. I jumped over the back of the seat and just started whaling on the vicious old biddy with her own cubic zirconia-encrusted handbag. It took four—FOUR—of her septuagenarian sidekicks to drag me off of her, and as the minimum-wage usher (and a couple of police officers) escorted me out, I whipped my bucket of buttered popcorn at her and nailed her right in her dome. Greased up her little cronies too!
8. Marie Dressler or Robert Wagner?
I’m a little embarrassed to say that this one sent me to my IMDb. I’ve always loved Dressler’s broad (no pun intended) comic style, Tillie’s Punctured Romance and Dinner at Eight being favorites, though I never cared for her in dramatic roles. (Oscar obviously disagreed, giving her the Best Actress award in 1931 for Min and Bill.) On Wagner, however, I drew a blank, and even after scanning his rather voluminous career as a TV and film actor (and occasionally paramour to aged movie queens) I am at a loss to think of one single appearance of his that I have personally witnessed. So advantage, Dressler.
9. Why do the ladies love Bill so much? (submitted by Bill)
I think it’s because of the way he presents himself in his blog-- intelligent, erudite, fun-loving, occasionally cranky. That’s a full-bodied presentation any female would find attractive. It’s only when they meet him in real life and realize he’s not the man pictured in the header of the blog that their enthusiasm turns to bitter disappointment. Goddamn it, if we weren’t all so superficial and susceptible to physical beauty!
10. Favorite scene in a movie where a t-rex terrorizes two children in an electric SUV stalled on a track while the lawyer that was in the car with them has fled to the bathroom and two scientists, one a mathematician and the other a prominent archaeologist, are in another stalled electric SUV behind them? Mine's Marty.
Well, Marty would have been my answer too, but I think Rod Serling did a fine job answering the power of that scene in Requiem for a Heavyweight. Two T-Rexes are always better than one. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Chayefsky.
11. How many fingers am I holding up?
One, and it’s perfectly balanced by the two fingers on the right side and the finger and thumb on the left.
12. Jeff Conaway or Hoot Gibson?
Well, Jeff Conaway had the greatest feathered pre-mullet hair there will ever be. But Hoot Gibson rode with Tom Mix and Harry Carey, and he was a real rodeo rider. And Hoot, all due respect to Conaway, knocked the shit out of Kenickie for the Oklahoma City Community Theatre Association just before his death in 1962. So really, no contest. Advantage: Gibson.
13. Movie you would like to see remade entirely with squirrels?
Roland Emmerich’s 2012. (Conveniently, Amanda Peet could then remain in the cast.)
14. When will Larry Aydlette delete his current blog? Two months from now? Three months? Tomorrow?
Larry, being the omnipresent and benign overseer, created his blog primarily as a figment of the collective blog community’s imagination, an ethereal attempt to remind us that good work can indeed be done. It only disappears when we all get too dependent on it for inspiration.
15. Where have all the flowers gone?
Get that piece of shit out of my bar! What the hell’s wrong with this country anymore?
16. Donna Pescow or Lloyd Nolan?
Jeez, talk about two I can never keep straight! Lloyd starred with Diahann Carroll in the smash hit NBC TV series Julia, and Donna starred in her own ABC sit-com called Angie! But I always thought Donna did scowling, irascible, crusty yet benign better than Nolan, when it comes right down to it. (See her Connie in the 1982 “My Friend, the Executrix/Programmed for Love/Baby Talk” episode of The Love Boat.)
17. You know how in Casablanca Louis keeps his mouth shut about Rick shooting the stinkin' Nazi? Isn't that fucking awesome?
Are you saying that Casablanca is a better film than Inglourious Basterds now? Huh?! Come here, you gasbag! You harlequin! You will feel the rapier sting of my mixed-metaphor white-hot knuckle sandwich!
18. What in the hell is that awful smell?
That might have been me.
19. So at the end of The Godfather after the door closes on Kay, Michael opens it back up and says, "You know what, I lied. I did order Carlo's death. Forgive me?" as he makes a puppy dog face. Then Kay says, "Oh okay, I forgive you. [wagging her finger in mock disapproval] This time! Hey, how about ham salad for lunch?" Michael says, "Sounds good. Kissie?" Then they peck a couple of times and rub noses while the other guys all pretend to look at the bookshelves. Then Kay goes off humming "Come on-a My House" while Michael says before closing the study door, "Who's up for a game of backgammon?"
Better ending, right?
I actually prefer the one Coppola talks about on the commentary track of last year’s Blu-ray restoration of all three Godfather films. There was an actual alternate ending shot, and it is available as an Easter egg in that same box set. (Two right-clicks, press “play” and “menu” simultaneously, and then wave your index finger in front of the infrared transmitter on the front of your Blu-ray remote in a circular motion for 6.3 seconds to access the extra.) In this alternate ending, just before the door closes with that awful finality on the image of Kay looking at Michael, you suddenly hear this loud whooshing sound. Kay is enveloped in a lightning flash of electric blue light and you hear the sound of screeching wheels. The door never closes all the way because by now Michael and his capi di cappuccino are all rushing into the room. Suddenly, just as Michael begins to make his way toward Kay he’s blindsided by a little balding man in an aluminum foil suit who buries a sharp, unidentifiable instrument into his chest. Michael falls away, gasping, as the capi di cappuccino perforate the strange invader with gunfire. The invader falls back, twitching in a death dance that directly refers to the death of Sonny earlier at the tollbooth. Only this time the victim falls back against a brushed metal-looking vehicle almost futuristic in design—long, dagger-like, with sharp edges and doors that fold out like wings and a bizarre engine assemblage spewing out of the vehicle’s rear like some sort of twisted wreckage, not at all a car that rolled off a Detroit plant line in post-war America. As the invader slumps, bloodied, against the body of the car now dotted with bullets, we realize that the man in the aluminum suit is none other than Fredo Corleone, who has returned from the future to assassinate his own brother before Michael could have him offed in the fishing boat in The Godfather Part II. As the two brothers lay dying, Kay and the capi exchange looks of confusion, as if they were trying to parcel out the confusing time travel plot line in their heads, in sympathy with the audience. It is on this look of confusion that the door closes on Kay as The Godfather ends.
A couple of interesting notes. Apparently Gordon Willis, director of photography of The Godfather and The Godfather Part II (but not the one in the parallel universe), strenuously objected to the introduction of the blinding flashes of blue light that introduce the time-traveling Fredo to the end of the picture. Coppola, on the audio commentary, claimed that Willis was “extremely pissed” at the idea of rupturing his carefully composed chiaroscuro visual scheme that characterized the rest of the movie and wouldn’t be party even to a test filming. So Coppola pulled young cinematographer Dean Cundey out of USC film school to helm the sequence, which he would replicate to such great effect in the Back to the Future films a decade later. Also, Coppola admits that, though he liked the strange, out-of-nowhere twist the new ending brought to The Godfather, Robert Evans and others at Paramount were concerned that if Coppola followed through with it the effects budget for Part II would become astronomically high. Coppola himself later realized that the shocking appearance of Fredo preventing his own death would too drastically alter the tone of the sequel and that audiences, once aware that the familial organized crime saga had suddenly taken a fanciful turn toward science fiction, would stay away from the theater in droves. It was for this reason that Coppola resented George Lucas for several years after the release of Star Wars a mere three years later. This also explains why Robert Zemeckis, once a Coppola favorite, would become persona non grata at Zoetrope Studios, the last of his films Coppola would ever see being Romancing the Stone.
20. 21st favorite question on this quiz.
Ooh, I can feel my soul folding in on itself! And a good thing too, because I could never reach it with my back scratcher!
Because it rarely gets as good as this...
James Cagney and Gladys George in Raoul Walsh's The Roaring Twenties (1939) could be a perfect movie...
...and Michael Caine butts heads with Nigel Davenport while rolling through the African desert on a doomed WWII mission to knock out a German fuel dump in Andre de Toth's Play Dirty (1968), about as sublimely mean and visually stunning a war adventure as I've ever seen...
May all my attempts to live up to my own modest movie-going proposal be as rewarding as this one was.
KEN RUSSELL'S LONG-"LOST" OMNIBUS FILM: THE DANCE OF THE SEVEN VEILS
Many thanks to Robert Hubbard and Tim Lucas for passing along news of what Tim describes as a “delightful” and “surprising,” not to mention almost totally improbable event in Internet history, the unveiling, as it were, of Ken Russell’s long-suppressed episode of the BBC’s Omnibus series The Dance of the Seven Veils, in which the director mounts an elaborate and irreverent “comic-strip biography” of composer Richard Strauss. The episode is significant in that it so outraged the Strauss estate that they forced an injunction to keep it out of circulation—the episode was not included in the recent Ken Russell at the BBC box set of a few years ago—but also because it marks the first real flowering of the sensate, unrestrained aural/visual cacophony that would be a hallmark of Russell’s style as a feature director.
It’s pretty easy to draw straight lines from images, ideas and sequences that occur in Dance of the Seven Veils through to the mayhem wrought in big-screen Russell masterpieces like The Music Lovers (1970), The Devils (1971), and lesser works like Savage Messiah (1972), Mahler (1974) and even the sublimely ridiculous Lisztomania (1975). Strauss is played by Christopher Gable, star of Russell’s wonderful The Boy Friend (1971), while Judith Paris shines as his wife Pauline, Kenneth Coffey does amazing transformative things involving crucifixes and swastikas as Hitler, and Vladek Sheybal does Goebbels as memorably as Sylvester Groth did this past summer. (I always wondered, in the rush to bury Inglourious Basterds with its outrages against history if anybody remembered the kinds of things Ken Russell came up with in this arena.)
The print of Dance of the Seven Veils has time-code markings, and the quality of the color goes wanting, but regardless of those blips this is an opportunity to see this very rare film that, given YouTube’s penchant for taking down controversial material, should be taken advantage of as soon as possible, before it disappears altogether. The film runs just under an hour, and I have posted all six parts for your convenience here. Thanks to Tim Lucas and Robert Hubbard for passing the word along on this eye-popping event. For more information on Dance of the Seven Veils and the entirety of Russell’s career, including his Omnibus period, I refer you to Savage Messiah, Iain Fisher’s comprehensive web site devoted to the films of Ken Russell.
Most Amusing/Entertaining Column of the Week awards around here usually go to Glenn Kenny and "Topics/Questions/Exercises Of The Week" at The Auteurs, and this week there’s two award-worthy entries. Why? Because I missed the one before Thanksgiving, somehow. This week Kenny finds himself with some holiday heartsickness over realizing he misses the now-defunct Spout blog, which then rolls over into regret at writing off writing about awards so early in the season. That’s how I got caught up with the November 20 column—a link within that bit that leads to Glenn’s original wiping-away-tears-hilarious consideration of award season writers crisis. (“Come. Take my hand. Let me walk you through the three stages of an American cinephile's process of dealing with movie awards. Step One: Anger. Blind, filthy rage…”)
But there’s more. All that is followed by my favorite single piece of writing of the week, a compendium of the critical sneers engendered by the new Sandra Bullock movie The White Side entitled “Why Do Film Critics Hate America?” I’m actually hoping that this picture, written and directed by John Lee Hancock (The Rookie, A Perfect World) from a book by Michael Lewis (Moneyball) might be worth a look, and if it’s not, well, so be it. But I got right tickled by Kenny’s tongue-in-cheek overview of how “hip urban film critics” were taking this one (not in stride, as it turns out). He writes:
“I haven't yet seen The Blind Side, and I admit it'll probably be a while before I do—the last football-themed movie I shelled out money to watch was The Longest Yard. In 1974. Because I'm fey and think sports are icky. And I'm not the only one. Melissa Anderson reviewed the putatively-inspirational-based-on-a-Michael-Lewis-book-
about-a-humoungous-black-kid-who-gets-turned-into-a-
football-star-by-caring-conservative-white-people for The Village Voice (figures!), and not only did she hate hate hate it, she also hated the real-life SEC football coaches who cameo as themselves in the film: "an unintentionally grotesque parade of bad orthodonture and ill-fitting suits." EEEWWW! SOUTHERN WHITE MEN WHO DON"T WEAR BESPOKE CLOTHING!!! THEY'RE GIVING ME COOTIES!!!
In Time Out New York (figures!) David Fear sneered that the movie was designed to "[make] suburban moms feel better about themselves during the post-screening drive to Costco." Fear. Dude. Have you ever been to a Costco? Trust me, it's awesome. The cheese, it...comes in these enormous slabs and...seriously, dude, you have to check it out. Also, suburban housewives think that Antichrist is designed to make hip urban film critics feel better about themselves when they're on their way to have abortions!!”
Don’t worry, I haven’t quoted it all. And just know that it all leads down the road to the Armond White-ism of the Week.
Yes, I know we’re supposed to be above all this kind of stuff—Kenny regularly questions himself and the column’s reputation as being “a repository for its author's snark.” But if loving Glenn Kenny’s snark in “Topics/Questions of the Week” is wrong, well, I at least reserve the right to giggle over it in private. Except when I’m sharing it with you, of course. And if he’s being mean to me.
Have a great weekend, everybody!
Now, that's what I call a football game! Now if I could only afford Rose Bowl tickets. Oh, well, that's why God made HDTV. Quack!
Video: Ducks come out smelling like roses
A HOMESTEAD BUILT UPON A GRAVEYARD: THE FILMS OF CLINT EASTWOOD
UPDATED 12/4 10:36 a.m. Part two of Matt Zoller Seitz's "Kingdom of the Blind," a video essay on Eastwood and the motif of revenge in his films, has been added to this post and can be seen directly below after part 1.
As film critics such as Todd McCarthy (Variety), David Ansen (Newsweek) and Glenn Kenny (Some Came Running) begin to weigh in on Clint Eastwood’s latest film, Invictus, which opens on December 11, the Museum of the Moving Image begins its 25th annual salute by selecting Eastwood as its 2009 honoree. On this occasion, the Moving Image Source website has published three rich and fascinating examinations of Eastwood that are well worth your time in considering (and reconsidering) the director’s career, similarities between two late films, and a cogent, passionate revisiting of one of the filmmaker’s most underrated movies.
Esteemed film writer Chris Fujiwara starts out the Eastwood retrospective with his own “Double Feature,” a closer look at the connective tissue between two of Eastwood’s most recent and ostensibly dissimilar features:
“Released only two months apart, Clint Eastwood's Changeling (October 2008) and Gran Torino (December 2008) were, for a while, twin films, in theaters simultaneously in many parts of the world. People marveled at the productivity of the director (then 78) and measured these twin works against each other, saying that Gran Torino made up triumphantly for the routineness of Changeling, or (the minority opinion, I believe) that Changeling, more subversive and less pretentious, was the superior work. Before time gets too deep into its inevitable process of driving the films apart, it might be worth recalling what, beyond the coincidence of their schedules, links Changeling and Gran Torino… The violence of America and the fragility of innocence obsess Eastwood. In both Changeling and Gran Torino, innocence belongs to someone (Sue in Gran Torino, Walter [Gattlin Griffith] in Changeling) who tries to mask it behind a tough pose of premature adulthood—the protection it must wear (in the end futilely) in the fallen world the films depict. Through these figures, Eastwood shows that there are two levels of human efficacy: a social one where people charm and repel one another in games of oneupmanship and trust-building, and a private one ruled by chaos, where everyone is alone and only the essential qualities of a person matter.”
Secondly, Jonathan Rosenbaum, late of the Chicago Reader and current master of his own blog domain, weighs in on one of Eastwood’s most neglected and criminally underrated movies, White Hunter Black Heart and builds an auteurist case for the rediscovery of this brutal, introspective gem:
“The critique offered in this underrated and frequently misunderstood Eastwood film goes beyond egocentric notions of masculinity to encompass certain forms of American arrogance and imperialism, even though the ostensible target is a famous all-American liberal, filmmaker John Huston. Peter Viertel's 1953 novel of the same title is a transparent roman à clef about his own experience of working with Huston as a screenwriter on The African Queen—a job that for Huston was mainly an excuse to indulge in his obsession with becoming a big-game hunter and bagging an elephant on location, before shooting on the film even started… Adapting White Hunter, Black Heart for the screen had been a long-term project. Ray Bradbury, who also worked for Huston (on the 1956 Moby Dick), was commissioned to write an early screenplay in 1959, and the one that Eastwood used three decades later credits Viertel himself and directors James Bridges (Urban Cowboy) and Burt Kennedy (Welcome to Hard Times), in that order. It's an unusually faithful adaptation, and the fact that Eastwood cast himself as John Wilson appears to be the source of most of the problems many have had with the film. For me, it's one of the chief sources of its brilliance.”
Finally, and most tantalizingly, Matt Zoller Seitz unveils yet another of his peerless video essays, this one examining the importance of the theme of revenge and the various shades of it found in the films of Clint Eastwood. Matt’s essay ”Kingdom of the Blind” is printed in full, accompanied by the video work, part one of which was posted today, part two of which will be available tomorrow. The video compliments Seitz’s piercing thoughts on the meaning of revenge for both Eastwood the actor icon and Eastwood the director:
“Clint Eastwood's long career as both actor and director is a homestead built atop a graveyard…. All Eastwood films that deal with vengeance are torn between two impulses: to show that, in the words of Mahatma Gandhi, “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind”; and to feed the nonrational, lurid, savage craving for revenge—a craving experienced by both the wronged character who seeks it and the moviegoer who lives vicariously through the avenger… Some treat revenge lightly, ritualistically—as a mere ingredient, something one expects to see in westerns and thrillers, Eastwood's signature genres. Others treat it more seriously—as a response to evil that creates more evil; as an extralegal means of seeking justice that society botched or denied; as the result of unseen cosmic forces passing judgment on humankind; as a traumatized person's desperate attempt to regain authority over a life that's spun out of control; and as metaphysical narcotic—an activity that momentarily lets emotionally numb, spiritually dead people feel alive.”
Part 1 of Matt Zoller Seitz’s video essay Kingdom of the Blind
What I hope we can do here is use these three (soon to be four) pieces of film criticism as a jumping-off place for our own thoughts about Eastwood’s work, the difficulties as well as the pleasures that come with it. I am most interested in thinking further about White Hunter Black Heart, because it has always been a movie that I’ve found fascinating, and one which I haven’t seen in nearly 20 years. I’ll be spending some time tracking it down and rewatching it, with some thoughts of my own to come afterward. But I also want to get a sense of what the thinking is about Eastwood as a filmmaker, as an artist, in the twilight days of his career. Is that self-critical, self-examining quality he often brings to that “homestead built upon a graveyard” enough to enlighten the aspect of audience pandering of which his earlier films were often accused? How does Eastwood’s relatively conservative, classical approach function for you as members of his audience, as considerate consumers of films who are well aware of the different variables, styles and sensibilities that make up world cinema as we know it in the age of Netflix? Is Eastwood relevant, or is he just the most recent and most unlikely exemplar of a long tradition of Oscar-bait filmmaking? If you’ve spent any time reading this blog you probably have a pretty good idea what my answers to these kinds of questions might be. I’m much more interested, however, in the discussion based on what you’re thinking about Clint Eastwood as the Invictus release date draws near and the possibility of yet another year-end Eastwood film landing on multiple ten-best lists becomes more and more distinct.
Part 2 of Matt Zoller Seitz's Kingdom of the Blind
From my great and true friend psaga comes word of a terrific animated short by filmmaker James Blagsden commemorating an event Major League Baseball is probably not exactly clamoring to document or verify under its own banner. In the summer of 1970, Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Dock Ellis' tossed a no-hitter in a 2-0 victory over the San Diego Padres. But according to Ellis, the bats were not the biggest challenge to his pitching skills that day; more likely the greatest difficulty came from maintaining his equilibrium and an ever-shifting sense of physical reality while under the influence of LSD. The game occurred at a time when unexpected and/or semi-significant events such as these often went flying off into the void of space as TV signals unpreserved by videotape. Apparently no one has ever come up with anything close to a complete video account of the game as it unfolded. But Blagsden’s film takes a different tack and the audience might even be better for it. The movie, Dock Ellis and the LSD No-No, is a black-and-white short film composed of minimally realized, vividly imagined sketches decorated with psychedelic marginalia, all in illustration and elaboration of Ellis’ own recorded account, edited from a 2008 interview, of that strange day when the ball seemed at once larger and smaller than usual, a day when he both cringed in fear of routine grounders and then improbably lunged for unassisted and acrobatic outs at first while the skies were filled with vibrating diamonds and newspaper taxis, a day when no one could get on base against the pitcher with the bloodshot, kaleidoscope eyes.
Blagsden sets up his no-frills approach as an expressive counterpoint to Ellis’ vivid and funny account of the events leading up to the game. Ellis tells of losing an entire day while hallucinating and ending up “high as a Georgia pine” (an image literalized to hilarious effect by Blagsden) as his girlfriend drags him out of bed and toward the park, the athlete still floating on a freshly absorbed tab and amped up by a variety of "bennies." Ellis was never a demon on the mound— his career record is an okay 138-119. But against incredible odds (and isn’t that a recurring theme of many great sports stories, however morally impudent they may be at heart?) and eight walks, Ellis manhandled the Padres that day, providing for some undoubtedly wild choreography for those who saw it live, as well as the basis for Blagsden’s outrageous animated hallucinogenics in the retelling. Ellis’ voice on the audio track is impudent and comic as well; the man seems unable to suppress his own giddy disbelief at the unlikely feat he managed to pull off. But Ellis, who died in 2008 from cirrhosis of the liver, after retiring from baseball and reinventing himself as a specialist in transitioning prisoners back into society as well as a drug counselor for disadvantaged youth, would undoubtedly appreciate Blagsden’s movie on its own terms. Dock Ellis and the LSD No-No is not only a hilarious, stylized remembrance of Ellis’ youthful wildness but also a tribute to a man who found a way through the mutating landscapes of drug abuse and onto the path toward a more constructive life.
James Blagsden's Dock Ellis and the LSD No-No
(Much love and thanks, psaga!)
Flemish painter Gabriel Metsu's The Sick Child (1662)
Feeling not so well after a lovely Thanksgiving. Hope yours was just as good, sans racking cough, insistent wheeze and cemented sinuses. In the event that I'm out of commission for a day or two, that's the reason. Thanks for all the great quiz responses so far! Mine are due up when the coconut ceases throbbin'! Till then...
”I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ... I grant this food will be somewhat dear, and therefore very proper for landlords, who, as they have already devoured most of the parents, seem to have the best title to the children.”
– Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal, 1729
Citizens, I come here today not to suggest we eat our young. Neither did Jonathan Swift, actually, but given this country’s current anti-intellectual bent and distrust in some circles for anything beyond bubba-speak and homegrown mea culpas, satire is, more than ever before, what closes, and gets boarded shut with rusty nails, on Saturday night, is likely to get you burnt at the stake in the town square, or at the very least excoriated by the brainiac likes of Glenn Beck and Michelle Malkin. Despite our tendency as loving parents or relatives to express our enthusiasm for our young in cannibalistic terms (“I could just eat you up!”), even posting a picture like the one below is probably just as likely to affirm certain beliefs and prejudices as it is to expose them as nonsensical. And there are still some who choose to believe that Starship Troopers was about the heady rush of killing giant bugs.
Therefore I choose to hold dear Swift’s mightily ironic Proposal on its own brilliant terms, to cherish it as an essential element of my personal library, along with other great inflammatory works of social commentary as Twain’s “Battle Hymn of the Republic—Updated” and to steal from it only its modest title and re-jigger a line or two in service to my own very modest proposal for how to take the blues out of holiday movie-going.
It is a melancholy object to those who walk through the malls and faceless shopping developments of this great country when they see the velvet-roped lines leading up to the box-offices of worn-out cracker-box cinemas of ancient design and multimillion-dollar multiplex facades alike crowded with filmgoers of the female sex, boyfriends in tow, being dragged to Twilight-New Moon or whatever Christmas-themed comedy or Robin Williams-John Travolta disaster for the umpteenth time. The only sight sadder than boys mooing in unison behind their girlfriends is the prospect of these same cud-chewers saving up their goodwill for having endured last week’s Date Night Chick Flick in anticipation of (what else?) making Jenny or Bobbie Sue turn around and line up for Avatar.
I think it is agreed by all parties that this prodigious number of ticket buyers willing to exercise little or no discrimination when it comes to the effect of being bombarded by TV advertising and babbling junket whores, in the arms or at the heels of their significant others but sometimes shuffling aimlessly, alone, toward their studio-predetermined destiny with becoming $8-12 less rich at the feet of the weekend’s anointed crap-tastic epic, is in the present deplorable state of the fiefdom a very great additional grievance. Therefore, whoever could find out a fair, cheap, and easy method of encouraging these moviegoers to become sound, useful members of the commonwealth in support of the distribution of alternative holiday film-going choices, including the investigation of the offerings made at whatever local repertory establishment might be available, would deserve so well of the public as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation.
It is not for myself or my own enshrinement that I would endeavor to propose such an unlikely occurrence as mass turning-away from the likes of Avatar or Did You Hear About the Morgans? or Nine or Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, however good, bad or indifferent they may each turn out to be. There is no way to stop the likely crush at box-offices showing films like these from people desperate to be separated from their hard-fought earnings. However, I would like to propose, given that there are four full weekends of big studio choices yet to be unloaded before the end of the year, that when determining which film to see perhaps at least one movie beside the big hype machine of the weekend should be considered, especially when such a choice is, if there are other family members involved, likely to run into the $60-80 range, when snacks, parking and/or baby-sitting fees are factored in.
I know that at first this sounds like some kind of sacrilege. But movie executives are not preachers guiding the flock to the most fulfilling experience possible, and I dare say if Christ himself came down off the cross and extolled the faithful to go see Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes he’d be less effective than the current studio-orchestrated ad campaign (what with those crucial Burger King tie-ins and all) which promises a more muscular, AVID-accelerated sleuthing experience. And it is entirely possible that a movie which may not immediately enrapture the senses with its hard-boiled, 25-words-or-less premise, or one without the ringing familiarity of a Hugh Grant-Sarah Jessica Parker romp or a weepy family drama starring Robert De Niro, could provide its own unexpected pleasures. (The key word being, of course, unexpected, for nothing, it seems, is such anathema to modern movie-going audiences as some element of a film they have not already be exposed to in the incessant trailers and TV ads rearing back and taking them by surprise, making them feel something other than the processed emotions they have taken as a guarantee with their ticket purchase price.)
Never heard of The Lovely Bones? Why not take advantage of the seemingly limitless sources on the Internet which can provide relatively bias-free information about the film’s themes, its content, or even the filmmakers who made it. Curious about odd-sounding titles like Invictus? There are already intelligent voices out there suggesting that Clint Eastwood’s movie might be an excellent alternative when those screenings of It’s Complicated are all sold out. The modest proposal of this piece, therefore, is to simply consider something other than one’s first choice when it comes to holiday movie-going adventures, to take a step away from the studio-certified-and-anointed offerings, to look closer at the tinier print ads in the overwhelming movie sections of the local newspaper. These are where movies like A Single Man can be found, and where some theaters in some cities may still be showing worthy leftovers from October and November such as A Serious Man, Fantastic Mr. Fox, An Education and The Maid.
But you already look there, don’t you, Dear Reader? It might be a fair criticism of this proposal to note that most of the people likely reading this are already of a certain cinephilic bent and therefore automatically inclined to eschew (or at least consider eschewing) the latest blockbuster based on advertising and glowing box-office standings. (Did a movie ever actually get better, or more attractive, simply because it was “The #1 Hit in the Country!”?) But cinephiles can betray a herd mentality too, Yours Truly included, and if we look closely enough we can challenge ourselves in the same way. If, for example, you are a Los Angeles film geek devoted to the monthly schedules of the New Beverly Cinema or the Cinefamily and you absolutely love and appreciate the off-the-beaten path cult cinema those two venues have thrived in offering over the last couple of years, you could challenge yourself by adding to your diet of Grindhouse Tuesdays or Midnight Fridays or HolyFuckingShit! Saturdays one of the many choices you might not automatically gravitate toward and expand your cinematic horizons in the process.
Right now, for example, if you're in Los Angeles this week you can treat yourself to a restored version of Jacques Tati's comic masterpiece M. Hulot's Holiday (1953). This restoration is touring the country and will likely be arriving at other Landmark Theaters locations across the country soon. The new Cinefamily calendar for December is not yet available at this writing, but on December 11 and 12 at the New Beverly, for example, you could take in a sublime Preston Sturges double feature, The Palm Beach Story (1942) and Sullivan Travels (1941), which will not only teach you everything you need to know about American movie comedy—and one of the most underrated of Hollywood film actors, Joel McCrea, who stars in both pictures—but will also without a doubt outshine anything opening at the multiplex that same weekend, and at close to half the price. Instead of staying at home and running Raging Bull on your home theaters system, you could venture out into the community and see rarely screened prints of John Huston’s highly-regarded Fat City (1972) and Ralph Nelson’s feature adaptation of Rod Serling’s Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) instead, movies that paved the way for the grueling realism Scorsese brought to Raging Bull’s violence and its sweat-soaked milieu. The very next weekend, December 18 and 19, brings a double feature to the New Beverly screen that ought to be irresistible catnip to any self-respecting movie fan, a chance to see two of Billy Wilder’s least frequently exhibited features, Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter and Erich von Stroheim in Five Graves to Cairo (1943) doubled with Bing Crosby, Joan Fontaine and Richard Haydn in The Emperor’s Waltz (1948). Neither film may be considered a classic on par with Sunset Boulevard, but for completists and others concerned with tracking and understanding the career of one of Hollywood’s great writer-directors, they are both essential and enormously entertaining, and again a damn sight safer bet that anything on Big Hollywood’s docket for the weekend before Christmas.
Finally, the New Beverly ushers out the old year with a three-night engagement of a film that used to be a staple of its calendars in the days when Michael Torgan’s father Sherman was operating the theater. I like to think Michael is paying tribute not only to the wisdom of his potential audience but to the programming acumen of his dad in returning Marcel Carne’s stunning wartime classic Children of Paradise (1945) to the New Beverly. This is a rare opportunity to see a film many consider the greatest ever made, one which many of us have never seen projected properly. My own experience with it is restricted to one god-awful 16mm screening in college, and though yours may be slightly better—that old Criterion DVD, or a VHS transfer, perhaps—I’d wager you still need to jump on the chance to upgrade and see Arletty and Jean-Louis Barrault enact their tragic love story the way movies were meant to be seen. Children of Paradise was not only a New Beverly staple, but a staple of exactly the kind of challenging, world-aware repertory cinema that was emblematic of the programming of repertory houses throughout the country in the ‘60s and ‘70s, when college film societies and revival houses thrived in concert with each other to service a younger, more risk-taking college-age crowd of cinema lovers. These audiences regularly gambled the $2 or $3 or $4 admission on names and faces and films they’d never heard of in the hopes of seeing not just a movie, but perhaps experiencing an epiphany, a sudden turn along the path that might lead them to explore other avenues of film, and art in general, that they might not ever have considered important or fascinating or germane to their existence before. The prices are a little higher these days, but still about half what you'd spend to enter a multiplex-- the New Beverly's admission is a shamefully low $7. And it is this sense of film history, these ties to the tradition of film-going as a living, breathing experience that programmers like Michael Torgan, Hadrian Belove at the Cinefamily, the crew at LACMA here in Los Angeles, and other venues as far flung as Austin, Texas and Seattle, Washington, are striving to keep alive. By stepping outside your circle of taste, by trying something new, you’re casting a vote of confidence not only that these venues will be able to continue their mission in the face of mighty and near-overwhelming odds, but also in your own desire to stretch the boundaries of your own experience, to test uncharted waters, to give the movies an opportunity to touch you directly, unexpectedly, with passion and intimacy. My modest proposal is that you dedicate at least the price of one admission, whether it be to a local repertory cinema or in renting a classic which you've never seen, toward taking that kind of chance this holiday season.
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Songs of Brexit ‘Confusion, never stops’
July 4, 2016 July 3, 2016 The Singing Psychic
Episode 20 is the post Brexit result episode from the songs THE SINGING PSYCHIC heard on the day of the referendum itself from Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. This webseries SONGS OF BREXIT has a while to go…
As always, balanced facts and figure, no yelling but with song.
Ep 20 ‘Confusion never stops’ Songs of Brexit… by TheSingingPsychic
Next episode ‘Would I lie to you?’
The Singing Psychic reads the songs in everyone’s hearts and every Londoner’s heart was singing ‘Should I Stay Or Should I Go Now?”. So she has made a 20 episode webseries looking at the pros and cons of the EU/Brexit debate – no yelling, just balanced facts and figures but with song.
There was a new video up daily until the Brexit vote June 23rd and now they will be weekly.
Let her know which songs you have been singing to yourself today!
The Singing Psychic is both a live show and an online channel, with many videos from her webseries, satirical commentary to one off specials. She reads the music in people’s hearts, from the songs that were in the ‘air’ when they were in the womb to what she hears now from their hearts to help clarify their life and relationship issues.
She performed at the Brit Awards Official Afterparty at the 02 in February 2016, did some private readings at Cannes Film Festival 2016 and she will be performing at the Prague Fringe Festival June 1st to the 4th 2016, various corporate gigs including a wedding are also booked and she will also be performing from Aug 7th to the 26th at Edinburgh Fringe this year.
In 2015 she did a week at the Tristan Bates theatre in the West End and a week of corporate christmas gigs doing Singing Psychic readings from a yurt!
www.singingpsychic.tv
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CATEGORIESNews, Songs Of, Songs of BrexitTAGSbrexit, brexit debate, political comedy, psychic readings, songs of brexit, uk referendum
Song of the week video ‘We Shall Overcome”
London July preview gig & Edinburgh Fringe trailer
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Winner of the New Grounds Underdogs' Audio Contest
August 17, 2017 by Bryan Teoh
I'm honored to have received first place in the final round of NGUAC 2017 (having previously placed 1st in the first round, and second in the second). During the course of the competition, I was able to receive some great feedback from the judges which has helped me reconsider some of my working methods.
In recent years I'd adopted more virtual instruments into my workflow. In a world that often values speed of turnaround over quality of production, working with all live instruments (as I had done in the past) proved to be a time consuming and inefficient process. With the encouragement and tutelage of my friend Kevin Macleod, I began learning more about large scale MIDI production. While edit requests can be performed incredibly quickly, the tracks seemed to lack a sense of personal touch and detail of sound I had previously valued so much.
This track marks a return to my older style of working wherein everything is created from scratch...custom sound design from simple wave forms, recording of live instruments, and unique sound processing facilitated via bespoke patches created in Max/Msp. While I still feel that the use of virtual instruments is many times necessary, I would like to begin blending elements of this thought process into my hired works moving forward. I'm honored to have won this competition, but the bigger takeaway is a rekindling of the love of a more hands-on approach to production.
The winning track is provided below, along with a description of my inspiration/working methods.
I was inspired by the incredible videos of hummingbirds created by Anand Varma for National Geographic.
Not only was the information fascinating (of which there is more in the linked article at the bottom of the aforementioned post) but I had an emotional reaction to the videos themselves. His images captured a world very familiar, yet when slowed down, have an otherworldly ethereal beauty.
Harmonically, everything is based on stacked 5ths. The harmony is extended in the bridge.
Most of the sounds came from the acoustic guitar (played with fingers, chopsticks, ebow, allen wrench, and slide). Other sounds for the percussion came from cardboard boxes, a wood block, and simple wave forms (mostly white noise and sine waves). There's an 808 bass drum sample as well.
The prominent melody is voiced primarily by sine waves, then doubled with glockenspiel and vibraphone. I also used a really crappy flute soundfont which was mangled, distorted, and detuned to mimic the feel of a mellotron.
The guitar glitches were painstakingly chopped and hand placed.
The guitar was purposely tuned just a touch flat in the beginning and was distressed using a combination of distortion, eq, heavy compression, and a vinyl plugin. Background noise and tape hiss is purposeful and in some places, added artificially using a combination of pink noise and samples from various fans (air conditioner, kitchen vent, bathroom vent, computer). In general, quirks like hisses pops and subtly (and at times not so subtly) drifting pitch are the name of the game.
I encourage you to listen to this track while scrolling through the videos linked above.
August 17, 2017 /Bryan Teoh
competition, new grounds, new grounds underdogs' audio contest, folktronic, glitch, electronic, guitar, folktronica, Every Photon, 100 times a second, hummingbird, hummingbirds, Anand Varma, National Geographic
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Unveiled: Lancashire’s most luxurious student accommodation
By Student Accommodation26th August 2016Portergate News, Uncategorised
The most luxurious student accommodation in Lancashire is ready to open its doors to the 2016-17 in-take at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) in Preston.
Friargate Court – designed and managed by the expert team here at Portergate – is a 244-bedroom residence in the heart of the city’s University Quarter.
The complex will be officially opened on September 19 ready for the new academic year and bookings have already been taken from students eager to be the first to live in the most desirable student address in the city.
Our debut student residence, Riverside House in Salford, has provided the blueprint for Friargate Court and it has been a huge success, selling out in only its second year since opening.
Our high standard of accommodation and hands-on management appeals to students who want more than the basic student living style and to their parents who welcome the care and attention offered by the 24/7 staff.
Prices at Friargate Court will start from £135 for a fully furnished and well-equipped en suite bedroom in a standard apartment containing between two and five bedrooms, a living area and large kitchen.
Large standard, standard, superior and studio apartments are also available to rent now through our own website – www.friargatecourt.com – or through the Property Place in Manchester.
The £18 million investment in student living in Preston is being overseen by our managing director Karen Preece. She says: “We are excited to be taking bookings at Friargate Court as we have been inundated with enquiries from both the UK and all parts of the world.
“UCLan is a vibrant, popular university, attracting students from all walks of life and the university has ambitious plans for making the campus even better.
“Friargate Court will be setting a very high standard for student accommodation and that can only be good for UCLan as it aims to attract the best students from around the world.”
Here at Portergate we pride ourselves on the quality and levels of service and support residents at our hotel-class properties receive once they move in and recruitment is underway for the best staff to run the residence.
As Karen says: “Everyone who works at Portergate is very passionate about what we do, with a total commitment to quality and that’s what the new team we will be recruiting at Friargate Court will deliver.”
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HomeCultureSolange vs Jay Z: Laughing While #BringBackOurGirls Takes a Backseat?
Solange vs Jay Z: Laughing While #BringBackOurGirls Takes a Backseat?
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By Attiya Karodia
The internet erupted within minutes of the video’s release, and subsequently sparked a flurry of memes and initiated countless discussions about why Solange Knowles would attack Jay Z the way she did in that elevator, and also, as to why Beyonce did not intervene. I received a message with the news, and then settled in at home to watch social media take off on yet another chaotic adventure into criticism, activism and absolute bad taste.
Fast forward to this morning when the jokes were for the most part over, and people were discussing at length whether the situation was really ever funny at all, and I don’t know where I stand, do you?
Some have said that Jay-Z is a gentleman because of his show of restraint and labelled Solange ‘ghetto’ and ‘ratchet’ for her actions, others (myself included to a degree) are more interested in the reason behind the attack, and view Solange as being rational enough to have a reason.
While a fair number of publications have decided to write about feminist double standards and domestic violence being inexcusable from either gender, my issue runs far deeper than that.
We live in a world (and continent) where murder, human trafficking, civil unrest, dictatorship, corruption, poverty and rape have ravaged our esteems and our lives from the inside out. Many of us know of a friend, relative or loved one affected by the worst of these, some of us have even had to face these brutalities first hand, but here we are, on our smartphones or computers, generating memes and chiming in on trending topics about far away celebs.
Is that not the height of self- induced ignorance and denial?
Social media is fickle in that it is a master of undressing our society to show off the worst parts of ourselves and the ways we choose to interact. For example, I tweeted last week about how skeptical I am about celebs and brands riding on the #BringBackOurGirls hashtag, because while there are a few that have shown genuine concern and support (and quite frankly, the more coverage and exposure the cause gets, the better, no matter how authentic it is), I hated that in a few weeks time, the world of social media, even in Africa, would forget about the kidnapped schoolgirls, and the Solange vs Jay Z is a testament to the state of our priorities.
Feminism aside, with issues like the kidnapped schoolgirls in Nigeria, and the causes that need our help closest to home that apparently aren’t worthy of a trending hashtag, is it really okay to turn a molehill, that is a domestic spat in a luxurious setting, into this mountain that overshadows the truth we’re surrounded by?
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By Naide Obiang This morning, like few of them lately, is full of uncertainties. But, for philosopher Bob Proctor, “each day holds something good for us. We just have to find it.” The secret is, […]
Par Wallin
Thank u for this eyeopener.. and a step forward to awareness.. think this is what its all about..to be at concern and really care.
Atiyya Karodia
Thank you for enjoying the piece, it really got me thinking about whether Social Media is taking our minds off of what should be more important to us.
Walkonby
4th June 2014 at 12:40 pm
The reality of the kidnapped school girls is far removed from the people who would otherwise mount a search, shoulder-to-shoulder, and comb the vast area that is the Nigerian outback. Akin to, unless it is one of your daughters, sisters, or friends taken, the cruel truth is life is going to move on. My friend lost her daughter to Viral Encephalitis a few years ago, and amidst her pain and anguish, other than her immediate circle of support, everybody else carried on like nothing happened! However, it must be understood that we are inately selfish, and incapable of chaging certain situations unless we are in the dead center of it. My heart and thoughts go out to the families of the school girls who were taken, and it frustrates me that there is next to nothing that I, another sister of the soil on the opposite of the continent, can do to locate them, and bring them safely back to their families.
9th June 2014 at 8:20 am
@Walkonby it’s true that there is very little any of us can do to help bring the girls back, and life really does move on. My mother contracted meningitis and was in a coma for a few months, it didn’t stop the world from turning, but our selfishness as humans and the way that we find it so easy to turn a blind eye to the issues that would ravage us if we were on the receiving end is something that i would like to change, even it is just from my end.
I’m glad you read and wanted to provide some insight :), it’s so good to see readers and people who do see the problem in ignoring what is an absolute tragedy and horrific crime.
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Beaverdale Resident’s Proactive Approach Nets Sex Offender Peeping Into Windows
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DES MOINES, Iowa — It has been a summer Beaverdale resident Cassandra Hohl won’t soon forget. “I walked over to the window and there was someone standing on top of the box that i put my cushions from my deck in,” said Cassandra.
In July, Cassandra noticed someone staring at her outside of her back window as she was changing for the night. She said, “I panicked, I grabbed my phone and ran into the bathroom because it’s the only room in the house without a window.”
It left Cassandra feeling extremely uncomfortable in her own bedroom forcing her to spend three months on the couch. “Just knowing if someone gets in I would have two ways to get out of the house. In my bedroom there is just no way to get out,” said Cassandra. So she decided to take that power back. “I ordered some cameras and extra lighting and my house looks like a football field at night now,” Cassandra said.
Two months later in September her security system’s motion sensors went off but Cassandra’s reaction wasn’t one of panic. “I’m done being scared. I’m angry,” said Cassandra.
This time her proactive measures caught the man on camera. “He was standing out back by my stairs nearby where he was before and I saw it as it was happening.”
He left before police could arrive but Cassandra used the video to take to her neighborhood association on social media where it was viewed thousands of times. “Four people I’ve never met, random people recognized him and gave me the same name,” said Cassandra.
Police arrested Ricardo Tyrone Scott a registered sex offender on trespassing and violating his sex offender registration. Cassandra said, “His history, you have to take into account and the fact he made two trips to the home. Without a doubt in our mind he was ramping himself up to do something else and she prevented herself from being a victim.”
Cassandra’s message to anyone afraid to take the measures she took to protect her home is simple. She said, “Whether or not the surveillance cameras and security system ever end up serving the purpose they are supposed to, it is peace of mind. you cannot put a price on that.”
Cassandra credits the detective on the case for making her feel more secure in her home. Ricardo Scott has an arraignment hearing set for November 5th at 8:30 am.
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Tommi Parrish, Blue Delliquanti + Kazimir Lee win Lambda Literary Awards
‘The Lie and How We Told It,’ ‘Miles & Honesty in SCFSX!’ were both recognized in New York last night.
The 31st annual Lambda Literary Awards, which honor LGBTQ writing across 24 categories, were presented last night in New York City.
The Lie and How We Told It by Tommi Parrish took home the award in the LGBTQ Graphic Novel category. Published by Fantagraphics, the graphic novel is about two formerly close friends trying “to salvage whatever is left of their decaying relationship.”
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Author JK ParkinPosted on June 4, 2019 Categories AwardsTags awards, Blue Delliquanti, Kazimir Lee, Lambda Literary Awards, Miles & Honesty in SCFSX!, The Lie and How We Told It, Tommi ParrishLeave a comment on Tommi Parrish, Blue Delliquanti + Kazimir Lee win Lambda Literary Awards
Smash Pages Q&A: Blue Delliquanti
The creator of ‘O Human Star’ discusses entomophagy, working with food writer Soleil Ho and much more.
Blue Delliquanti is best known for the webcomic O Human Star, which has been running since 2012. Delliquanti has also made shorter comics which have appeared in The Nib, Mine!, Beyond and the just-released Smut Peddler: Sex Machine, but Delliquanti’s new book is something of a departure. Meal was co-written with food writer and journalist Soleil Ho and centers around Yarrow, who moves to Minneapolis to work at a restaurant that serves insects.
The book is an enthusiastic and thoughtful primer for those who are unaccustomed to entomophagy (that’s eating bugs), but it’s more than that. It’s a story about food and our connections to it. It’s about the communities that have eaten and have a relationship to these foods for generations, and what it means for others to “discover” that. It’s a love story that captures some of that feeling from moving to a new place and working at a job that’s much more than a job. The tagline for the book is “Dreams. Love. Entomophagy.” I recently talked about those things and more with Delliquanti, who will be appearing this coming weekend at the Queers and Comics Conference in New York.
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Author Alex DuebenPosted on May 14, 2019 May 14, 2019 Categories InterviewsTags Blue Delliquanti, graphic novels, interviews, Iron Circus Comics, Meal, O Human Star, Soleil Ho, webcomics1 Comment on Smash Pages Q&A: Blue Delliquanti
Smash Pages’ favorite comics of 2018
See what the Smash Pages’ staff enjoyed reading this past year.
With 2018 winding down, Smash Pages’ contributors take a look back at some of their favorite comics of the year, from Hey Kiddo and Spectacular Spider-Man #310 to Wet Moon and The Secret Voice.
Silver Spoon, by Hiromu Arakawa (Yen Press)
Arakawa is best known as the creator of Fullmetal Alchemist, but you couldn’t get any farther from that series than Silver Spoon, a comedy about a city boy who goes to agricultural school in rural Hokkaido. Yuugo Hachiken worked hard and did everything he was told, but he still didn’t get into an elite high school, so he takes what he thinks is the easy way out by going to a school that’s not academically focused—or so he thinks. In fact, the students at Ooezo Agricultural High School are very knowledgeable in their fields, but those fields are things like genetics and animal husbandry. The rubber really hits the road in the practical lessons, though, and Hachiken quickly realizes he is out of his depth when it comes to herding chickens, riding a horse, or fetching a stray calf. There’s a lot of city mouse-country mouse comedy in this series, but it’s also a fascinating look at where our food comes from (at least in Japan), and the different agricultural models espoused by different farmers. In fact, like Hachiken’s classmates, this book is very smart and sophisticated in addition to being endlessly entertaining.
Meal, by Blue Delliquanti and Soleil Ho (Iron Circus)
The idea of eating bugs may elicit an “Eeeww” from most people, but Delliquanti and Ho go beyond the ick factor in this romance about an insect cuisine enthusiast and a chef who wants to start a new restaurant based on the dishes of her youth—dishes that include ants, grasshoppers, and tarantulas. There’s a love story woven in there as well. Yarrow has just moved to a new city in hopes of getting a job in the kitchen of Chandra Flores, insect chef extraordinaire, who is about to launch a new restaurant. Milani, her neighbor, is friendly and helpful but the two have a little trouble making it click. At the same time, Chandra suspects that Yarrow is only into insect cuisine because it’s sensational, while to her, it’s part of her heritage. There’s a lot in this slim volume: Love, food, bugs, and bugs that are food, and the creators even include a couple of recipes at the end of the book.
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Author JK ParkinPosted on December 27, 2018 Categories Comic BooksTags Amazing Spider-Man, Bastard, Belonging, Ben Rankel, Berlin, Best of 2018, Blue Delliquanti, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Che: A Graphic Biography, Chip Zdarsky, Corban Wilkin, Cris Peter, Dan Slott, Derek Laufman, Donny Cates, Eleanor Davis, Eva Cabrera, Exorsisters, Farmhand, Flocks, Frank, G. Neri, Gothic Tales of Haunted Love, Grand Theft Horse, Gustavo Borges, Hawkeye, Hey Kiddo, Hiromu Arakawa, Immortal Hulk, Jarrett Krosoczka, Jason Lutes, Jon Lee Anderson, Jose Hernandez, Jules Feiffer, Julie Doucet, Kelly Thompson, Ken Krimstein, Kim & Kim, L Nichols, Leonardo Romero, Magdalene Visaggio, Marcos Martin, Max de Radigues, Meal, Nora Krug, Petals, Rob Guillory, RuinWorld, Ryan Stegman, Silver Spoon, Soleil Ho, Sophie Campbell, Spectacular Spider-Man, The Complete Dirty Plotte, The Ghost Writer, The Secret Voice, The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt, Venom, Wauter Mannaert, Weegee: Serial Photographer, Wet Moon, Wet Moon: Morning Cold, Why Art?, Zack Soto3 Comments on Smash Pages’ favorite comics of 2018
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The Sound Mind Sound Body Michigan Showcase concluded on Dec. 28 at Ford Field, with a 7-on-7 tournament conducted to close out the day.
Over the course of three drill-filled sessions on the final day, the Showcase attendees were broken up into groups based on position, and each group was trained by former players and/or coaches with expertise at the given position.
The offensive linemen were trained by a group of coaches, including Keith Barbee from Hoggs Gone Wild and Detroit Mumford’s Julian Carter. Below is some background info on the top O-linemen from the Showcase, as well as a critique of each OL by Barbee:
Eli Haidamous – The 2020 prospect from Holt stands at 6-foot-3, 280 pounds. Along with playing football, he’s a member of both the Holt basketball and track & field teams.
Barbee’s critique: Good size, good feet and takes coaching very well. Plays multiple positions on the offensive and defensive line. Also lines up at fullback.
Ben Simmons – The 2021 prospect from Birmingham Groves currently stands at 6-foot-4, 230 pounds. Along with playing football, he plays defense on the Groves lacrosse team.
According to Simmons, his best skill on the football field is his ability to read the defense and to react almost immediately to the defense presented by the opposition.
Barbee’s critique: Good height, great athlete, great length and tremendous upside.
Davion Weatherspoon – The 2021 prospect from Harper Woods currently stands at 6-foot-2, 285 pounds. He’s already received what he considers a “dream offer” from Michigan.
According to Weatherspoon, his best skill on the football field is blocking anybody who lines up in front of him and driving them down the field.
Barbee’s critique: Very physical at the point of attack, great size and pretty good athlete.
IM A dangerous man 👀🤐 #2021 @SMSBFootball pic.twitter.com/7ScpsegAUh
— Davion weatherspoon5️⃣1️⃣ (@Davionweathers2) December 29, 2018
Jemarrlowe Sykes – The 2020 prospect from Harper Woods stands at 6-foot-1, 245 pounds. Along with playing football, he plays basketball, and swims.
According to Sykes, his best intangible is having powerful and quick hands.
Barbee’s critique: Vocal leader, good athleticism, raw and takes coaching very well.
Neil Shaw – The 2020 prospect from Romeo stands at 6-foot-1, 265 pounds. Along with playing football, he’s a member of the Romeo track & field team.
According to Shaw, his best skill on the football field is his ability to read what the opposition is presenting to him defensively.
Along with getting it done on the gridiron, Shaw excels inside the classroom. He possesses a 3.5 GPA, while taking honors and AP courses. And on top of that, he scored a highly impressive 1120 on the SAT.
Barbee’s critique: Great athleticism, high IQ, extremely coachable and a technician.
William Hunt – The 2025 prospect from Canada, who is the shortest lineman of the top O-linemen from the Showcase, is quite raw right now. But as he continues to grow and hone his craft, he should be expected to become a highly effective high school lineman.
Barbee’s critique: Raw but very coachable.
Myron Lewis – The 2020 prospect from Burbank (Ill.) St. Laurence stands at 5-foot-11, 280 pounds. Along with playing football, he’s a member of the St. Laurence bowling and track teams.
According to Lewis, his best intangible is being able to adapt when times get rough on the field.
Along with being an effective O–lineman, Lewis is proud to sport a 3.5 GPA.
Barbee’s critique: Great strike, great body control, great athleticism and very coachable.
Kenneth Manley Jr. – The 2020 prospect from Oak Park stands at 6-feet tall, 268 pounds.
According to Manley, his best intangible is his technique.
Barbee’s critique: Good feet, great athleticism and overall solid.
Craig Rush – The 2020 prospect from Detroit Cass Tech stands at 6-foot-6, 360 pounds. Along with playing football, he’s a member of the Cass Tech baseball team.
According to Rush, his best intangible is being quick on his feet, and his best skill on the football field is being able to pull and get out in the open field to continue to block.
Barbee’s critique: Great size, powerful, destructive at the point of attack and good athleticism.
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Drew Sueta – The 2020 prospect from Trenton stands at 6-feet tall, 200 pounds. Along with playing football, he’s competed on the Trenton track team in shot put and discus.
Barbee’s critique: Plays with tremendous heart, great athleticism and coachable.
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The witchcraft of Matisse
Matisse's Dance II (1910) has become one of the most famous images in modern art. Critics at the time found the canvas ugly and barbaric but could it inspire an outfit or two?
Whenever Susie leaves the country I turn in to something of an insomniac and in addition to working on the blog, I find solace in BBC iplayer. When I've not been listening to the sounds of comfort that are BBC Radio 4 discussions, documentaries and plays I have been watching programmes I would have otherwise have missed. I watched one such show in the early hours of Monday morning, Modern Masters. During this vibrant hour long programme journalist Alastair Sooke explains why Henri Matisse's art is considered so great and also looks at how his brilliant use of colour and simplification of form continues to inspire illustrators, designers, artists and of course myself today. It is Matisse's revolutionary use of colour and his balance of pattern that whet my sartorial appetite.
Matisse's The Roofs of Collioure (1905) uses colour to convey an emotional response to the landscape rather than a faithful representation of the scene itself.
"With colour one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft." Matisse
Matisse pioneered a revolutionary use of colour and form and dispensed with traditional art techniques, refusing to accept that colour must reflect the real world. Matisse knew and used the below colour wheel extremely well. It was put together in the 1830s by a French scientist called Chevreul after investigating how the human eye sees colour. Complementary colours can be found by finding two colours situated opposite from each other on wheel. As many of his artistic peers became fascinated with using yellow and blue, Matisse moved around the wheel, jarring colours to quickly become a 'bad boy' of French art. Matisse was a pioneer not only of colour, but also of pattern. In addition to requiring gazers eyes to be shielded from the bright hues, Matisse was able to balance seemingly disparate elements cohere. He was able to harmonise masses of colour with a relief of neutral shades of black, white and navy. Certainly a lesson to be learned and experimented with in the warm months ahead.
Chevreul's colour wheel can offer a great deal of sartorial play much in the same way as Matisse experimented with colour in his artwork.
Acknowledging the debt the famous couturier Yves St Laurent owed the painter, Sooke also talks to British designers Sir Paul Smith and Tricia Guild about their passion for Matisse. For Smith, Matisse is the 'boss of colour' and confessed that he has used his famous Snail as inspiration for colour, stripes and pattern. Ever since he became a designer, Smith has nudged men towards a wardrobe of Matisse colours. Smith isn’t the only designer to be inspired by Matisse. Yves Saint Laurent, who used to say that he wished he had been Matisse, made a number of dresses suffused with the spirit of the French artist. Sooke also travels to Utrecht to discover how even children's character Miffy the rabbit owes its origin to art, and reveals how logos and images as diverse as Apple's iPod advertising and even the 2012 olympic logo are inspired by the modern master.
The Snail (1953). By the time that Matisse created The Snail, he was 83 years old and confined to his bed. The work is large, nearly three metres square, and showcases Matisse's brilliance at harmonising disparate colours and shapes so that the blocks of colour appear to float, as though always in motion.
This series aims to do two things, firstly to introduce to as wide an audience as possible the extraordinary lives and work of four titans of 20th-century art in Henri Matisse, Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Warhol and secondly to demonstrate that modern art has shaped, and still saturates, our everyday world. The more you look, the more you realise that modern art is everywhere. I'd like to consciously let my wardrobe be influenced by one or two of these modern masters. It has already begun with the recently acquired African print handkerchief from the Darkroom, it will continue with the purchase of Albam's orange canvas shopper (which tempted me below) and I'll report back when I can create an ensemble that would make Matisse smile.
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this episode was brilliant, i loved every minute of it. the use of block colour was just perfect. and i want one of those ties like in the PS collection.
can't wait for my all time fa, dali!
Pınar said...
I love Matisse. His Fauvist work is also amazing. It's really nice to see a post about art in this blog. :)
I wish I has a chance to see those documentaries about art. You ppl are very lucky :)
he made cut and paste cool. And his attention to curve is amazing.
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Interview By: AAKANSHA SHAKHEWAR
Music composers Gourav-Roshin have done a fabulous job with some of their recent compositions like ‘Mungda’ from ‘Total Dhamaal’ among others. We get chatting with Gourav where he shares about his and Roshin’s relationship with each other, how recreating sometimes limits the creativity and why they did ‘Mungda’ and other songs from ‘Total Dhamaal’.
How did you and Roshin start working together?
Well, I and Roshin have been each other’s valentines for a last 10 Years, we have been best friends from more than a decade now and he is like my little brother. When we first came to Mumbai, we had no money and we were staying in the same PG. That’s how we decided to take our chances and it has been a fabulous journey. Roshin and me fight all the time but have an interesting relationship. Roshin is one of the most talented composers that we have in the country.
‘Get Dirty’ featuring Esha Gupta gained massive success in few days, how do you feel about that?
Working on that project was really fun. While working for ‘Total Dhamaal’ Esha had this song and she approached me about the song and she really wanted to be a part of it. We all started being comfortable with each other as we completely got out of our comfort zone as we come from the same Rock Band Background, we grew up listening to heavy metal so doing something like this in a video and in Punjabi was for the first time but Kuki made us do it and everyone loved the song so we kept ourselves behind and said lets go with their judgement. It’s a hot dance video in which Roshin and I are looking fine and not too funny . We have managed to pull it off.
When did you start composing songs for Total Dhamaal what did you keep in mind?
Best thing about Total Dhamaal is that we had to keep our mind aside and work for it, so I would say we have made all of our songs by heart and it’s a great thing that solo composers have composed the songs. It has happened because of Indra Kumar and Kuki because of the faith that they had in us. We have worked really hard on this like the songs like ‘Mungda’,’Speaker Phat Jayega’ as it came out it got fabulous response and I feel so happy about it like we almost passed an exam.
Do you think that the trend of recreating old songs of limits your creativity as music composers?
As a composer it obviously limits my creativity because every composer wants to make his own music but I have had hits in the past and now there are so many people who pretend to be so called composers and what makes us unique is whichever song we have recomposed we have kept the original and added our creation to the track. With all due respects the songs that are recreated are the same songs that were just a new voice is added to the track but it’s what we have heard already. Because the song is not being composed by the music composer it’s the producer doing the job so that is not what we would do but it is surely working, as everyone is doing it but we try to put in a lot of originality and what is our creation. The thing about recreation is some songs that being recreated were literally produced a year back so that’s ridiculous.
Tell us about your journey of producing songs for Total Dhamaal. Was it easy?
No, it was not easy. The song, ‘Paisa yeh paisa’ I did not even want to do at the initial age but than Kuki Gulati and Indu Ji convinced me to give it a shot and we did it. I’m glad that we did it because the video seems to be so good and loved by people. Before Mungda we had locked two other songs and Indu ji knows his work inside out so he told me let’s try to recreate Mungda and if it does not work, we already have the other song. Mungda happened on that same evening but other songs took months and it was fabulous. It was a big responsibility as there were many people involved who were doing great and which is why even I had to deliver up to the mark so yes it was fabulous working with the cast.
What is there in the pipeline?
There are few things in the pipeline but I cannot disclose it as the industry does not really allow it. So, you will find out about the project soon.
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6 days in Barberton & Malelane Itinerary
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78 kms / 1h 15min
Malelane
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Barberton is a town in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa, which has its origin in the 1880s gold rush in the region. Your day-by-day itinerary now includes Kaapsehoop Scootours as well as Adventure Skydives. Change things up with these side-trips from Barberton: Safaris (in Kruger National Park), Kambaku Komatipoort Golf Club (in Komatipoort) and Leopard Creek Country Club (in Malelane). The adventure continues: stroll through Barberton Makhonjwa Geotrail, see the interesting displays at Barberton Museum, admire all the interesting features of Adam's Calendar, and take an in-depth tour of Barberton History & Mining Museum.
To find out how to plan a trip to Barberton, use our trip itinerary maker.
Use the Route module to find suitable travel options from your home destination to Barberton. In May in Barberton, expect temperatures between 27°C during the day and 15°C at night. Finish your sightseeing early on the 23rd (Thu) to allow enough time to travel to Malelane.
Things to do in Barberton
Outdoors Tours Golf
Kaapsehoop, Leopard Creek Country Club, Safaris, Kambaku Komatipoort Golf Club
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Barberton Makhonjwa Geotrail
10:00am, Thu May 23
Malalane is a farming town in Mpumalanga, South Africa situated on the N4 national highway. Mthethomusha Game Reserve has been added to your itinerary. Start off your visit on the 24th (Fri): contemplate the long history of Matsamo Cultural Village and then stroll through Mthethomusha Game Reserve.
To find where to stay, more things to do, ratings, and other tourist information, go to the Malelane road trip website .
You can drive from Barberton to Malelane in 1.5 hours. In May in Malelane, expect temperatures between 27°C during the day and 15°C at night. You'll set off for home on the 25th (Sat).
Things to do in Malelane
Parks Wildlife Historic Sites
Matsamo Cultural Village
Mthethomusha Game Reserve
1:00pm, Fri May 24
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GOP congressman asks Trump to attend annual baseball game
FILE - In this March 6, 2018 file photo, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise speaks at the 2018 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington. Scalise, the Louisiana Republican who was shot and nearly killed during a Congressional baseball practice, apparently has a memoir coming this fall. The 304-page book is called “Back in the Game,” according to listings on Amazon.com and the web site for the publisher Center Street. The release date is Nov. 13. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
WASHINGTON — The coach of the Republican baseball team says he personally asked President Donald Trump to attend the annual game on Thursday, the anniversary of the shooting rampage that wounded the third-ranking GOP leader and others.
"I asked him to come, I guess it was last week, I was over at the Oval Office," said Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas. "He said, 'I'll be there.'"
A spokeswoman later said the meeting was May 21. Williams added that he doesn't know if the president will attend.
The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment Wednesday.
The annual game between Republicans and Democrats, which dates to 1909, carries great emotional weight this year in the wake of the attack against House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., and other lawmakers. Scalise sustained life-threatening injuries but returned to work last fall.
Williams said Scalise was expected to start at second base on Thursday at Nationals Park.
Also planning to be at the game, Williams said, were members of Trump's Cabinet and other special guests.
Thursday also is Trump's 72nd birthday.
The president has been publicly supportive of Scalise, the Capitol Police officers who were wounded and other first responders. At the State of the Union speech in January, Trump cited Scalise, who was shot in the hip and faced a grueling recovery.
Trump called him "one of the toughest people ever to serve in this House, a guy who took a bullet, almost died, and was back to work three-and-a-half months later, the legend from Louisiana, Congressman Steve Scalise."
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The Latest: Police defend downplaying 1st package bomb
Authorities work on the scene of an explosion in Austin on Monday, March 12, 2018. Two package bomb blasts a few miles apart killed a teenager and wounded two women in Austin on Monday, less than two weeks after a similar attack left a man dead in another part of the Texas capital. (Ricardo B. Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
Authorities are investigating the scene in East Austin, Texas, after a teenager was killed and a woman was injured in the second Austin package explosion in the past two weeks Monday, March 12, 2018. Authorities say a package that exploded inside of an Austin home on Monday is believed to be linked to a deadly package sent to another home in Texas' capital city earlier this month. (Ricardo B. Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
AUSTIN, Texas — The Latest on deadly package bombings in Texas' capital city (all times local):
Austin Police Chief Brian Manley is defending his department's statements that initially downplayed the first of three package bombs that went off in the city as an isolated incident.
Manley said Tuesday that investigators at the time were working under the theory that a March 2 package bomb was related to a nearby house used to stash drugs that police busted a few days earlier. The explosion killed a 39-year-old Austin man.
After two more explosions happened Monday, police were criticized for not warning Austin residents to be on the lookout for suspicious packages. A second blast killed a 17-year-old teenager and a third one wounded a 75-year-old woman.
Authorities say they have received 265 calls about suspicious packages since the two explosions Monday. None turned out to be a threat.
A leader of Austin's black community says the families of two people killed by separate package bombs knew each other.
Nelson Linder is the longtime president of the NAACP chapter in Austin. He said Tuesday that the two victims are related to well-known members of the black community in Texas' capital city.
Authorities say 17-year-old Draylen Mason was killed Monday by an explosive left on his doorstep. The teen died nearly two weeks after 39-year-old Anthony Stephan House was killed by a similar package.
Linder says he doesn't believe in coincidences.
Austin Police Chief Brian Manley says authorities are offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest, in addition to a $15,000 reward already offered by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
Police say there have been no major developments in their investigation of three package bombs sent to homes in Austin, Texas.
Authorities say they plan to hold a news conference Tuesday afternoon to provide an update on the probe, but there have been no significant changes.
A package bomb left on a doorstep killed a 39-year-old man on March 2. Two similar packages at separate homes Monday killed a 17-year-old boy and wounded two women.
Police have not identified the latest victims but said all were either black or Hispanic.
Austin Police Chief Brian Manley at first suggested that the attacks could constitute a hate crime. He subsequently appeared to back off that idea while still saying that authorities have not ruled anything out.
Austin police say they have received more than 150 calls reporting suspicious packages after three package bombs exploded at homes in less than two weeks in the Texas capital.
The police department tweeted the figure Tuesday. Authorities have urged people receiving unexpected packages to call 911 without handling, moving or trying to open them.
A package bomb left on a doorstep in Austin killed a man March 2. Two similar packages left at separate homes Monday killed a 17-year-old and wounded two others.
Investigators originally suggested that the attacks could constitute a hate crime because the victims were all black or Hispanic, but they now say they are looking at all possible explanations.
The FBI and other federal agencies are also investigating.
Three package bombs left on doorsteps in suburban neighborhoods have exploded in less than two weeks in Texas' capital city, killing two people and wounding two others.
Police say the bombings in eastern Austin are likely linked. Two occurred Monday and one on March 2.
All the victims were minorities, and investigators are looking into whether race was a factor. However, they backed off initial suggestions that hate crimes could be a core cause.
The attacks unfolded as tens of thousands of visitors arrived for the busiest days of South By Southwest. The festival didn't appear related to the incidents.
People receiving unexpected packages in Austin are being urged to not handle them and to call 911.
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10Isea& iIWINTER 2010 Designing for the future For the third consecutive year, CNI is delighted to announce that the World Superyacht Award's Young Designer Award competition is well under way. Together with the Royal Institution of Naval Architects ( RINA), CNI aims to identify the world's most promising young superyacht designers and provide a platform for them to demonstrate their ability and talent. Entries from young naval archi-tects and yacht designers from all over the world are already being received, and the judges ( an esteemed group of world- class designers and industry leaders) will be looking out for innova-tion, technical feasibility, style and presentation. The prize for 2010 will be presented to the designer who produces the best concept design Art Basel CNI, in collaboration with GenConnect, invited clients on board the 43.3m ( 142') motor yacht Pure Bliss, berthed at the Bayside Marina, for a private viewing of selected photography, sculpture and video installation art by contemporary artist Grant Bloodgood on Saturday 5 December, in conjunction with the Miami Art Basel contemporary art fair. The spectacular Flying Man in hand- blown glass and steel pictured above certainly made an everlasting impres - sion while displayed on board the elegant 1997 Palmer Johnson available for sale and charter through CNI. www. grantbloodgood. com; www. genconnect. com CNI in St Barths The Bucket is always a great excuse for large sailboat owners and their crews to get together and have fun on the stunning island of St Barth's, and following last year's successful sponsorship of the event, CNI has once again signed up for the 2010 Bucket on the 25 - 28 March. A sailing regatta which doesn't follow too many rules, the 2009 event saw a record entry of 35 superyachts over 30m ( 100') in length competing for the title, which was snapped up by the 51.5m ( 169') Meteor from Royal Huisman. Put the the date for 2010' s event in your diary now. for a superyacht, and the winner will be invited to receive the award at the World Superyacht Awards ceremony in London on 22 May 2010 - like Maila Speitkamp, the 2009 winner, who received hers ( below) from Toby Walker from CNI ( left) and Trevor Blakeley from RINA ( right). FORT LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW C NI began the Fort Lauderdale boat show on an excellent note as before the show had even began CNI signed on an exciting new yacht listing for sale and charter, and were delighted to show her in our fleet. The 42m ( 138') Super Sport Fishing yacht Mea Culpa, built by McMullen & Wing, is now available on the market for the first time since her launch. As in past years, CNI was delighted to welcome clients to its VIP lounges within the Bahia Mar Resort, with excellent food, drink and ( crucial at the sweltering Fort Lauderdale Show) air conditioning. For the fifth consecutive year, CNI also hosted the pre- show captains' event. Traditionally a dinner, this year the chosen venue best lent itself to a party. One hundred guests filled Smith & Jones to capacity to enjoy a convivial evening, which included a live performance by local band Blue Fire.
WINTER 2010 Isea& iI 11 newsandviews JANUARY 7- 10Phuket International Marine Expo, Thailand 8- 17London Boat Show 11- 20St Barth's Music Festival 23- 31Boot Düsseldorf 2010 41st International Boat Show 23- 26The Superyacht Cup Antigua 28- 3126th Cartier Polo World Cup, St Moritz 29- 2 FEBGrenada Sailing Festival FEBRUARY 11- 15Miami International Boat Show & Strictly Sail 18- 21Mumbai International Boat Show 7, 14 & 21White Turf St Moritz, International Horse Racing 25- 29Abu Dhabi Yacht Show MARCH 9- 13Dubai International Boat Show 16- 19MIPIM ( Property), Cannes 25- 28Palm Beach Boat Show 25- 28St Barth's Bucket Regatta APRIL 8- 11Vancouver International Boat Show 8- 11Antibes Yacht Show 8- 11The 15th China ( Shanghai) International Boat Show 10- 18The 12th International Croatia Boat Show 15- 18Boat Asia, Singapore 24- 3043rd Antigua Sailing Week 24- 2 MayPalma International Boat Show MAY 3- 7Genoa Charter Show 12- 23Cannes Film Festival 14- 16Monaco Grand Prix Dates & destinations CHARTER COLLECTION 2010 All you need to know Inspired with cruising ideas and a stunning portfolio of yachts for the coming season, CNI's Charter Collection for 2010 will be out in the new year. Packed with more yachts than ever before, along with a guide to the world's most stunning cruising grounds, the CNI Charter Collection 2010 is the ultimate guide to the best that yachting has to offer. For your personal copy, please contact your CNI broker. WORLD CHANGING I nspired by the success of our Carbon Neutral efforts, CNI has been looking for another project to support a more environmentally friendly future - particularly with regard to climate and marine preservation. We were therefore delighted when the 4myPlanet team led by Alexia Barrier, a 30- year old racing sailor, and Lionel Péan, a veteran of the racing circuit, recognised our current initiatives and approached us to partner them in the development of their project. Alexia Barrier's goal to sail and race around the world single-handedly, collect essential scientific data to help understand and preserve the oceans, and get everyone to take part not only ticks all the boxes of what CNI hopes to achieve, it also has the potential to unite the whole yachting community. It is an initiative that will certainly appeal to yacht owners who have already suggested to us that they are keen to participate at various levels. Barrier, her team and their early supporters, including HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco ( pictured below, with Alexia Barrier in the centre and Bernard d'Alessandri of Yacht Club de Monaco to her right) have huge vision, commitment and passion for the project, and CNI is delighted to be on board. www. 4myplanet. eu
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Baku Blues
"Shut up! Parliament is not for debate!" Make no mistake: These are the words of authoritarian statehood, words of utter arrogance to an open society of freedom and democracy. These are no heady opinions fired off in the heat of debate. They are the words of a speaker of parliament - the key guardian to freedom of speech in any nation that lays claim to democracy. The country is Azerbaijan, the situation a travesty of all values dear to the Western world.
Some 100 days have passed since Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli were arrested by police in an apparent case of regime provocation. Their true crime was exercising their constitutional right to freedom of expression and conscience, with social media and the web as their venue. Freedom for freedom - its exercise in exchange for its loss - was the price the two young bloggers and student activists had to pay for something taken for granted as norms of civilized society. Despite fraudulent and fabricated criminal allegations, their true "crime" was making fun of realities known to all but raised by few. Did they speak the unspeakable, call for chaos and upheaval? No, Hajizade and Milli simply posted a parody of politics on the web, coming too close to realities of government in current Azerbaijan: A video of a mock press conference with a donkey commenting on the country's repressive NGO-legislation.
However, comedy turned tragedy, as government decided to set an example to deter others from even the most harmless forms of regime critique. With a unique display of foolhardedness, the Azeri police and legislature staged a travesty of justice, by prosecuting Hajizade and Milli for a crime they had been victims of, adding allegation to allegation, charge to charge. In the dark gulfs of government conscience, fears inspired by the role of social media during the green revolution in nearby Iran, may have been one reason why Azeri officials all of a sudden reacted so sternly against the bloggers. Any more concrete reasons are obscure, but for the normal workings of an authoritarian system.
In its 2009 "Freedom in the World" report, Freedom House ranks Azerbaijan as "not free" and provides the following analysis on the development up till 2008:
Azerbaijan received a downward trend arrow due to the increasing monopolization of power by President Ilham Aliyev and the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party, as reflected in a flawed presidential election in October and measures to eliminate presidential term limits. [---] President Ilham Aliyev and the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party further marginalized the political opposition and other institutions of democratic accountability in 2008. The government’s fierce suppression of media freedom was integral to Aliyev’s victory in a controlled presidential election in October. In December, the parliament approved a constitutional change that would eliminate presidential term limits, clearing the way for a referendum on the issue. Meanwhile, the country’s energy wealth continued to swell state coffers, stunting other sectors of the economy and permitting the government to postpone meaningful institutional reforms.
In its 2008 "Press Freedom Barometer" Reporters Without Borders ranks Azerbaijan as number 150 out of 173 countries worldwide, and points to the "difficult situation" of media in the country:
Ilham Aliyev’s relations with the very few independent media in Azerbaijan are tinged with authoritarianism and terror. Journalists who dare to speak out about the evils of the regime including corruption and high unemployment expose themselves to real danger. [---] And exposing crime in the country can be as dangerous as exposing corruption. [---] Several journalists are currently in prison in the country. [---] This hounding of the press also extends beyond the country’s borders as far as foreign media. [---] The BBC, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Voice of America can no longer be picked up [in] Azerbaijan. There is a lack of pluralism in the country’s media landscape. Energy policy has taken precedence over democratisation as Aliyev prefers to boast of his country’s oil and gas riches. Moreover the president secured the constitutional right in a March 2009 referendum to unlimited runs at the presidency.
One may easily conjure up predisposed images of Oriental despotism - of "East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet", but reality is starker than cultural prejudice. A country couched at the shores of the Caspian, Azerbaijan with its cosmopolitan metropolis Baku, has always been at the crossroads of cultures, trade and human encounters - whether conflict or cooperation. After soviet demise, Baku has looked westward, profited from its oil resources, and been embraced by the West, if for no other reasons than its still large energy reserves. Western sponsorship is however not unconditional. Despite projects such as the BTC oil pipeline and plans for the Nabucco gas pipeline, there is a limit to European and US indulgence with human rights' violations, which no dependency on oil may compensate for. Patience and tolerance is one thing, but even the greatest realist would realize that this kind of negative domestic developments eventually may amplify tendencies towards the entire region turning completely into a geopolitical and geoeconomic hotchpotch. That even the usually so market-conscious BP has reacted against the jailing of Hajizade and Milli shows that there is no turning a blind eye to Azeri human rights' violations anymore, especially if put in a larger context.
As the sun sets over the capital on the Caspian, the dusk of democratic disability descends on the people of Azerbaijan. Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli have now been jailed for a hundred days. It is a hundred days too many. Enough is enough. Free Adnan and Emin!
Created by Vilhelm Konnander AT 10:03 pm Tags: Adnan Hajizade, Aliyev, Azerbaijan, democracy, dissident, Emin Milli, freedom of speech, OL Azərbaycan Gənclər Hərəkatı
Ilkin said...
Thanks for this post, Vilhelm.
The fact that West is still supporting Alievs baffles me. I really can't believe that oil/gas/whatever can be more important than basic human rights.
Building Babylon
Direct democracy or digital mob?
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Home / Sports / Football (page 17)
Blazers head to Newberry
Redshirt freshman quarterback Brett Whitmire was given the reigns of the VSU offense on the 12th offensive possession of this past Saturday’s 25-22 win over the Wingate Bulldogs.
Matthews gives time to community and football
The Blazers football team has contributed countless hours of volunteer work, and helped boost the morale of Valdosta State through their continued dedication, and loyalty to the red and black. Junior Middle Linebacker, Chas Matthews has contributed many hours to community involvement, where he volunteered for the Red Cross Blood Drive, Habitat for Humanity, and was a celebrity reader ...
Blazers host Wingate on Saturday
On Saturday night collegiate football makes a return to Valdosta. The VSU Blazers will take to the field as they host the Wingate Bulldogs.
Football Team Welcomes Freshmen
It’s a brand new football season here at VSU and the talent on the field is buzzworthy as new players take the field.
Jimmy Coy Named Starting Quarterback
As the new VSU football season rapidly approaches, the Blazers have their man that will be calling the signals for the offensive unit this season. Redshirt junior quarterback Jimmy Coy— who entered fall camp as the No. two quarterback on the depth chart behind senior Russ Callaway— was named the starting quarterback less than 24 hours after Callaway went down ...
Blazers Ready for New Competition
Since Aug.9 the members of the VSU football team have been hitting the same opponent—their teammates. On Sept. 4 that will change when the Blazers welcome the Wingate Bulldogs to Bazemore-Hyder Stadium to begin the 2010 season. “We are ready. I am fired up,” running back David Arnold said. “I keep it fired up (at practice) though. I challenge the ...
Blazers Look to return to National Prominence in ‘10
Football season is nine days away. That means fans will quickly pack Drexel Park and the surrounding streets of Bazemore-Hyder Stadium to tailgate for the famed red and black of Valdosta State University. The tailgaters and fans are expecting to see a team that can rebound from a disappointing 6-4 season last year. The fans want to see a team ...
From the field to the platform
DeMario Jones is used to being a leader. After all, he is a captain on the Valdosta State football team. However Jones is currently running for a different kind of leadership role than many people would expect for a five foot 10 inch, 300-pound defensive tackle known for wreaking havoc on opposing offenses. Thesenior Political Science major from Jacksonville, Fla. ...
Football team set for spring game
The VSU football team is set for their annual spring football game this Saturday, Mar 6, at Bazemore-Hyder Stadium. “We’ve had a good spring,” David Dean, VSU head coach, said. “It has been very productive and we have answered a lot of questions, but we still have some to answer, like determining our depth. Our attitudes have been great, and ...
Athlete joins the SGA
It’s not hard to notice Demario Jones, senior defensive tackle, in SGA meetings as the only athlete on the senate, but many don’t know Jones’ leadership thrives on and off the field. Jones’ imposing presence is noticed by visitors and his fellow senators alike. As of now, Jones is the only athlete in the SGA. Jones is a second semester ...
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Population Density: 3,953/sq. mi.
Contact: Paula Stevens
pstevens@bellevuewa.gov
Bellevue is designated as a Silver-level community due to its excellent engineering practices, planning programs, and high mode share for transit and walking. Highlights of Bellevue’s application include:
The Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation Plan, which has guided pedestrian and bicycle system investments in Bellevue for over two decades. The city also issues yearly progress reports about plan implementation, and updates the plan about every five years.
The Practices and Priority Guidance for Allocation of Crosswalk Related Resources, which is used to develop annual and five-year project lists. The city has six categories of crossing treatments that help city engineers verify that the marked crosswalk site meets applicable standards and principles, while also allowing staff to contemplate additional enhancements.
The walking mode share in Bellevue is four percent; however, considering the city’s 11% mode share for transit, there are certainly many more people who include walking as part of their commute trips. Good service hours and headways make transit an attractive option for residents and the city is continually evaluating its service with the Measures of Effectiveness report, part of the Bellevue Transit Master Plan.
Elementary schools in Bellevue have 20 mph school zones, and most schools have flashing beacons to accompany the reduced speed limit signs. The city has seen significant reduction in speed after installing photo-enforcement systems around two elementary schools that are located along arterial roads.
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Assimilation of American Muslims: A Viewpoint
America 's Muslims Aren't as Assimilated as You Think
By Geneive Abdo
Washington Post, August 27, 2006
If only the Muslims in Europe -- with their hearts focused on the Islamic world and their carry-on liquids poised for destruction in the West -- could behave like the well-educated, secular and Americanizing Muslims in the United States , no one would have to worry.
So runs the comforting media narrative that has developed around the approximately 6 million Muslims in the United States, who are often portrayed as well-assimilated and willing to leave their religion and culture behind in pursuit of American values and lifestyle. But over the past two years, I have traveled the country, visiting mosques, interviewing Muslim leaders and speaking to Muslim youths in universities and Islamic centers from New York to Michigan to California -- and I have encountered a different truth. I found few signs of London-style radicalism among Muslims in the United States . At the same time,…
Iran's Centrifuge Program: Defiant but Delayed:ISIS
Iran's Centrifuge Program: Defiant but Delayed
By David Albright and Jacqueline Shire
August 31, 2006: The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
Despite Iran failing to meet U.S. Security Council demands to halt enrichment, progress at Natanz is slower than expected.
Iran has made limited progress at its Natanz uranium enrichment plant, installing and operating fewer gas centrifuges than expected. Senior Vienna-based diplomats have confirmed to ISIS that Iran may be either delaying deliberately the pace of its work while diplomatic efforts are underway, or is experiencing technical problems with its centrifuge program. It continues to conduct small experiments, and to operate a 164-machine cascade with uranium hexafluoride, but it is not operating this cascade consistently over a sustained period. ISIS has reported previously that Iran appears to be operating the cascade at reduced efficiency and output, yielding smaller quantities of low enriched uranium.
Iran has a…
Pakistani intelligence services and their contributions!
Intelligence reports hurting careers of civilian bureaucrats
By Ansar Abbasi
The News, August 30, 2006
ISLAMABAD: Reports by intelligence agencies continue to cast a shadow over the careers of civilian bureaucrats, the latest evidence of which was provided by the recent high-powered promotion board meetings that recommended supersession/deferment of different officers, who slipped in the eyes of the spies.
Sources said that during its two days (Aug 28-29) consideration of high-level promotions, the Central Selection Board (CSB) superseded or deferred officers on the basis of intelligence reports.
In certain cases, where one or more members of the CSB on the basis of their personal knowledge challenged the credibility of the agencies' reports on officer(s), the board ignored the intelligence stories and recommended the concerned officers' elevation to higher grade.
In some cases, where there was division in the board about the authenticity of the intelligence report, the CSB reco…
Consequences of Bugti Murder: Ahmed Rashid's Analysis
Extracts from
Rebel killing raises stakes in Pakistan
BBC August 30, 2006
Senior politicians say that Mr Musharraf's lack of understanding about the Baloch issue, his underestimation of the growing sense of alienation in all the smaller provinces and the attack on his ego when his helicopter was fired upon by Baloch rebels last December, all contributed to his helping him take the decision to kill Bugti.
The army argues that millions have been spent in development, but projects such as the building of the Gawadar port, the building of cantonments and even new roads do not necessarily benefit ordinary Baloch.
The projects are defined by the army and its national security needs, rather than through consultations with the Baloch or even the Balochistan provincial assembly. Then the projects are carried out by outside companies who give few jobs to the Baloch.
There is an ever-deepening political crisis in Pakistan which the death of Bugti will only exacerbate.
Many people s…
Future of Pakistan?
WASHINGTON DIARY: A murder foretold? —Dr Manzur Ejaz
Daily Times, August 30, 2006
We were sharing the experiences of an expert from an international organisation who has recently visited Pakistan and some areas of Afghanistan. When someone broke the news of Nawab Akbar Bugti’s killing, it seemed to be part of his presentation to be fully revealed to the audience after a prologue. As if it was to prove his point that Pakistan’s map may go through changes in the not-too-distant future.
He disclosed that he had been to several seminars where international speakers mentioned Balochistan and the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) as part of Central Asia and Sindh and Punjab as part of Indian civilisation. He was asked about a recent article by Peter Ralph that discussed new alignments in the region, however he had not heard about it, and emphasised that he was not referring to a single person or a single seminar but an emerging pattern of thinking which indicated that, sooner o…
A Patriotic Act
Nasim Zehra's Statement Declining Acceptance of Sitara-i-Imtiaz
To protest the dreadful act of the killing of a Pakistani political leader Sardar Akbar Bugti by Pakistan's security forces, I decline to accept the Sitara-i-Imtiaz for which I was nominated by the President of Pakistan on August 14. It is with deep personal regret that I take this decision since national awards are a symbol of honor and a matter of immense pride and gratitude. At this juncture protesting the State's proclivity to opt for use of force to settle complex political problems, must take precedence over matters of personal consideration.
Unfortunately in the latest round of a two year long Baluchistan-Centre crisis those elements finally won on August 26 who all along believed that force was the way to settling the current crisis. The militaristic elements trumped those within the system who were pushing for a political resolution through the Parliamentary Committee on Baluchistan.
Clearly our foremost…
Fiction from the Frontlines of War on Terror
Fiction from the Frontlines
Newsline, August 2006
Journalists cashed in on the demand for sensational stories during the US-led war in Afghanistan by interviewing fake Taliban and Al Qaeda members and quoting "anonymous" sources.
By Amir Zia
Islamabad 2001: A Pakistani journalist was urging a retired army officer on telephone to pose as a serving Inter-Services Intelligence official and give an interview to the bureau chief of a leading western wire agency as an anonymous source. After arguing with the retired official for several minutes in a mix of Urdu and Punjabi, the journalist finally called out to his bureau chief saying that his ISI source was on the line.
An hour after the telephone interview, the western agency filed a sensational story about the divide within the ranks of Pakistan's military establishment and ISI's opposition to President Pervez Musharraf's decision to withdraw support to the Afghan Taliban.
The story was a hit - and so was the stringer who …
Gen. Abiaid should inform his hosts how the US military is subserviant to its democratic leadership
Picture source: www.centcom.mil
Pakistan, US to improve military cooperation
Online: August 29, 2006
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan and the US decided on Monday to take defence and military cooperation to another level.
The decision was made at a meeting between General John P Abizaid, commander of the US Central Command, and Vice Chief of Army Staff General Ahsan Saleem Hayat. Sources said that both sides had agreed to bolster defence relations. Gen Abizaid held out his assurance that the US would train the Pakistani military. He acknowledged Pakistan’s role in the war on terror. Gen Abizaid will meet President General Pervez Musharraf today (Tuesday). online
India and Pakistan palying their Great Game in Baluchistan
India, Pakistan playing their ‘Great Game’
Josy Joseph
Daily News and Analysis; August 28, 2006
A DNA Analysis
NEW DELHI: For long, Pakistan has accused India of fuelling rebellion in Baluchistan. India has vehemently denied any involvement, though it has in recent past and on Monday made statements against Pakistan’s suppression of the rebels.
Pakistan accuses India of using its missions in Afghanistan to train Baluch rebels and arming them. India has reasons to fuel trouble in Pakistan’s biggest province: in the short-run it would keep Pakistan engaged and troubled, and would stymie its ability to focus further on Kashmir. It looks perfectly like the South Asian dog-eat-dog world of counter-intelligence and covert operations.
There has never been any credible evidence to prove Pakistan’s claims, but there is no reason to believe Indian agencies are not interested in Baluch rebels. It is a fact that India for long has been closely watching the situation in Baluchistan due to its strategic …
"Kashmir on the Thames": British - Pakistanis in Focus
Kashmir on the Thames: London Broil
by Peter Bergen & Paul Cruickshank
August 25, 2006: The New Republic
In New Year's Eve in 1999, Islamist militants had plenty to celebrate. At the Taliban-controlled Kandahar airport, a planeload of hostages was being swapped for terrorists held in India. The hijackers--Kashmiri militants--had managed to secure the freedom of three key allies. Two, Maulana Masood Azhar and Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, were Pakistani; but the third, a man named Omar Sheikh, was the scion of a wealthy British Pakistani family and had studied at the London School of Economics.
That a British citizen figured so prominently in the Kandahar hostage crisis was disturbing but far from anomalous. The eleven people charged this week with conspiring to blow up planes using liquid explosives are all British citizens. So were the terrorists who attacked London in 2005, almost all of the plotters who allegedly conspired to detonate a fertilizer bomb in England i…
"Bugti’s killing is the biggest blunder since Bhutto’s execution"
Extracts from Daily Times Editorial: August 29, 2006
Whoever in the national security establishment decided to eliminate Nawab Bugti physically is clueless about the force of politics, history and nationalism. Clearly, this was a politically inopportune moment for it. Most of what the opposition will say about the killing of Mr Bugti is going to gibe with what leading PMLQ politicians have felt: that the deadlock in Balochistan should not be resolved through military action. The ruling party is already bedevilled with rifts that President Pervez Musharraf is hard put to control. With the barrage of violent statements that are bound to come from the opposition these rifts are going to be more difficult to paper over. Nawab Bugti, already 80 plus, wanted a heroic death for many personal, provincial and extra-provincial reasons. Whoever took military action against him has granted him his wish to be a martyr. This is a political nightmare that the PMLQ will find hard to handle here and no…
US General Abizaid says Pakistan Not Aiding Taliban
Abizaid says Pakistan not aiding Taliban
Online News, Islamabad
KABUL: A coalition air strike in southern Afghanistan killed a Taliban commander and 15 other militants, the U.S. military said.
A top American general, meanwhile, said insurgents are still using neighboring Pakistan as a base for infiltration.
Insurgents killed a NATO-led coalition soldier in southern Helmand province Sunday, NATO said. It did not provide the soldier’s nationality or details of the clash. Another NATO soldier and six Afghan troops were wounded when mortars hit their base in neighboring Kandahar province Sunday, NATO said.
Two French soldiers were killed and two others were wounded in the volatile east on Friday, while at least 13 other insurgents were killed in clashes with police and NATO in the south, the U.S. military said.
On Saturday, Canadian troops in the south mistakenly killed a policeman and wounded six other people, including two civilians, according to NATO.
Afghanistan is experiencing its worst bou…
Crisis in Baluchistan
August 28, 2006 Christian Science Monitor
A rebel's killing roils Pakistan
By David Montero
QUETTA, PAKISTAN – For years, Nawab Mohammed Akbar Khan Bugti battled the Pakistan Army. The 80-year-old renegade hidden in the mountains of Balochistan became a legend in his fight for greater autonomy against what he saw as colonial brutality.
Bugti was both hated and revered. But as a former federal minister and governor, he symbolized a political as well as a violent struggle. And his death this weekend, during a fierce three-day battle that left more than 30 dead, could prove a serious blow to Pakistan's stability.
"This is not a good sign," says Samina Ahmed, South Asia director of the International Crisis Group. "Just a few years ago [Nawab Bugti] was talking to the government. Keeping that door open was the way to go. Now that door has been slammed shut."
Bugti's death could also reverberate in the region, some analysts say. The Balochis are spread across se…
Bugti Killed in a military operation: This is pure murder and blood is on Musharraf's hands
BBC - August 26, 2006
Pakistan says key rebel is dead
Tribal leader Nawab Akbar Bugti has been killed in a battle between tribal militants and government forces in Balochistan province, Pakistan says.
The battle near his mountain hideout in south-west Pakistan also caused heavy casualties on both sides, reports say.
More than 20 soldiers and at least 30 rebels died, officials say.
The octogenarian has been at the head of a tribal campaign to win political autonomy and a greater share of revenue from Balochistan's gas reserves.
"It is confirmed, Nawab Bugti has been killed in an operation," Information Minister Mohammad Ali Durrani told Reuters news agency.
The battle reportedly took place near the town of Dera Bugti, not far from Mr Bugti's hideout.
One report said government forces had targeted between 50 and 80 rebel fighters, after being led to the area by an intercepted satellite phone call.
Mineral-rich
Balochistan is Pakistan's biggest province, and is said …
Pakistan's balancing act
Excerpts from
Pakistan's Awkward Balancing Act on Islamic Militant Groups
By Pamela Constable
Washington Post Foreign Service; August 26, 2006; A10
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- For the past five years, Pakistan has pursued a risky, two-sided policy toward Islamic militancy, positioning itself as a major ally in the Western-led war against global terrorism while reportedly allowing homegrown Muslim insurgent groups to meddle in neighboring India and Afghanistan.
"The conundrum for the military still persists," said Talat Masood, a retired Pakistani army general. "The question always is, should we totally ban these organizations or keep them for later use?" Although the government has "selectively" prosecuted extremist groups, he said, "at the conceptual level, it has deliberately followed an ambiguous policy."
The basic problem for Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, is that he is trying to please two irreconcilable groups. Abroad, the leade…
"Army or Armed Mob"?: A Point to Ponder
Discipline in the army, as I knew it
Or shall we call it the 'rule of law' that I saw as a young officer in this same army, in which these days if a traffic policeman issues a ticket to a young officer he risks being thrashed by a truck-full of troops which the young lout will have whistled up from his unit lines (this happened to a motorway policeman some years ago). When, indeed, witnesses who might cite an officer for a breach of the law will themselves be dealt with in a harsh manner such as the Multan shopkeeper whose shop was declared out of bounds for all ranks in military parlance just because he sided with a traffic policeman who tried to stop two young officers from riding their motor-cycle up a one-way street.
I was commissioned in May 1966 and because of the just-ended 1965 war found myself promoted to lieutenant within six months, in which lofty rank I very soon found myself the senior subaltern of my battalion, a venerated old…
An intriguing idea: Redrawing the Muslim World Map!
Redrawn map for Muslim world
By Khalid Hasan
WASHINGTON: Muslim circles have expressed alarm and disgust at the publication of a redrawn Muslim world in a journal closely linked to the US armed forces.
The Armed Forces Journal, which has published the redrawn map of the world of Islam, along with a long explanatory article, is published by the Army Times Publishing Company, a part of Gannett Company, Inc, the world’s largest publisher of professional military and defence periodicals.
The proposed scheme places Pakistan on the chopping block. According to the plan, “Iran, a state with madcap boundaries, would lose a great deal of territory to Unified Azerbaijan, Free Kurdistan, the Arab Shia State and Free Balochistan, but would gain the provinces around Herat in today’s Afghanistan — a region with a historical and linguistic affinity for Persia. Iran would, in effect, become an ethnic Persian state again, with the most difficult question being whether or not i…
Does the India-Pakistan peace talks have a future?
From www.moneycontrol.com; August 24, 2006
Has the Mumbai bomb blasts torn apart whatever progress was made with the peace process with Pakistan? Or has it just been derailed for a bit and will soon be back on track? At the best of times, the relationship India and Pakistan share is patchy and stormy in parts. So, when terrorist attacks start getting exported to far corners of India, and all fingers of suspicion point at Pakistan, it seems like the peace process may have been damaged yet again. But Pakistan keeps claiming that the terrorism is something that India keeps playing up to a resolving the Kashmir issue. Even the US sides with them and says that there is no proof that Pakistan is involved in the blasts.
But India does have a legitimate grievance whether Pakistan or the United States choses to acknowledge that. Predictably, Pakistani MP, Minu Bhandara says that these accusations are unfounded and that Pakistan is always the fir…
Reflection of a Dangerous Trend & Islamophobia of Muslims
Attempted murder of Ghamidi’s magazine editor: Cops say street crime, others disagree
By Shahnawaz Khan
LAHORE: Police officials investigating the attempted murder of Ishraq Editor Manzoorul Hassan have been trying to establish that the incident was a routine street crime, but sources have told Daily Times that this might have been part of a larger ploy to bring down proponents of moderate Islam like Hassan and Al-Mawrid Institute President Javed Ahmad Ghamidi.
Two unidentified individuals shot Hassan outside the Al-Mawrid building in Model Town, Lahore on Thursday, and Hassan is reported to be in critical condition. Ghamidi’s family and others close to Hassan have refused to divulge any details about his condition or disclose the name of the hospital he is being treated at.
However, police officers investigating Hassan’s attempted murder were still trying to establish whether this was an attempted assassination or a bungled robbery, sources told Daily Times on…
Manmohan Singh and his brother!
An obsession with opulence
Kamila Hyat
There was an astonishing piece of news recently from India. No, the small news item, buried within the inner columns of most newspapers, did not concern miraculously sweetened sea water, or any other such event. The item reported on the fact that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's brother had arrived at his official residence in a smoke-belching New Delhi rickshaw, and unassumingly told security men on duty at the gates that he wished to see his brother.
Still more bizarrely, at least for those of us living in Pakistan, after being informed, the prime minister himself had rushed down to the gates barefoot, greeted his brother warmly and rather than dismissing or at least berating the security staff, apologised to them for failing to inform them of the guest's expected arrival.
It later transpired that Mr Manmohan Singh had forgotten to send a car to collect his brother from the rail station, where he had arrived on boa…
Honoring Justice Rana Bhagwandas
Hindu Judge is Pakistan's acting chief justice
Indo-Asian News Service : August 23
Justice Rana Bhagwandas, a Hindu, took oath here on Wednesday as acting chief justice of Pakistan in the absence of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry who left on a foreign tour.
Justice Bhagwandas, the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court after the chief justice of Pakistan, had held this temporary charge in September last year too.
Born Dec 20, 1942 in Sindh, Justice Bhagwandas joined the Pakistan judicial service in July 1967.
He was elevated to the Pakistan High Court in 1994 and joined the Supreme Court in 2000.
Justice Bhagwandas is the second non-Muslim judge in Pakistan to reach the top position in the judiciary.
Justice AR Cornelius, a Christian , had served as the chief justice during 1960-68.
He is considered an expert on constitutional law . Besides graduation in law, he has also done his masters in Islamic Studies.
Breakthrough in Waziristan?
Dawn, August 23, 2006
Breakthrough in Waziristan
By Ismail Khan
PESHAWAR, Aug 22: The government and militants in the restive North Waziristan agency are close to signing a peace agreement on Friday, according to credible sources. “August 25 will be like a red-letter day; both sides are keen to sign the peace agreement on Friday”, the sources said.
Militants in the volatile tribal region confirmed the development but said that some details needed to be worked out. “We hope to be able to get the deal on Friday,” a militant said requesting not to be named.
Administrator of North Waziristan, Dr Fakhr-i-Alam and members of the inter-tribal grand jirga would be the signatories to the peace agreement, with the latter standing in for the militants, the sources said.
Incidentally, the unilaterally extended one-month ceasefire announced by militants also expires on Friday. Earlier, militants had indicated their willingness to extend the ceasefire for another two months to allow the tribal jirga more…
Dr AQ Khan diagnosed with prostate cancer
Dr AQ Khan diagnosed prostate cancer
ISLAMABAD: Pioneer of Pakistan’s nuclear programme Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan on Tuesday was diagnosed with prostate cancer, reports said.
The cancer was detected during a routine medical test in early August and confirmed by a detailed examination at the Khan Research Laboratory hospital near Islamabad, the statement said.
"The results have unfortunately indicated adino-carcinoma (cancer) of prostate. Further investigations are being conducted by a board of doctors," it said.
"Keep Pakistan on Our Side"
Keep Pakistan on Our Side
By RICHARD L. ARMITAGE and KARA L. BUE
IN the wake of the foiled terror plot in London involving British Muslims with Pakistani connections, all eyes are again on Pakistan as the breeding ground for terrorists. While the arrests may serve as proof to some that the country cannot be relied on as an ally in our fight against Islamic extremism, we would argue that the recent events should harden our resolve to support it.
On Sept. 12, 2001, the United States gave Pakistan a stark choice — be with us or against us. Understanding the dangers and opportunities of this choice, President Pervez Musharraf chose to stand with America, and since then he has taken tremendous steps to fight Islamic extremists and move Pakistan toward enlightened moderation.
Pakistan has worked closely with the United States, sharing intelligence and capturing and handing over many terrorists, including top Al Qaeda leaders. It has sent more than 70,000 troops to the A…
"Its the Policy Stupid": Political Islam and the US Foreign Policy
It's the Policy, Stupid Political Islam and US Foreign Policy
John L. Esposito is University Professor of Religion & International Affairs and Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. He is the author of Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam and co-author with Dalia Mogahed of Can You Hear Me Now? Listening to the Voices of 1 Billion Muslims (forthcoming).
US foreign policy and political Islam today are deeply intertwined. Every US president since Jimmy Carter has had to deal with political Islam; none has been so challenged as George W. Bush. Policymakers, particularly since 9/11, have demonstrated an inability and/or unwillingness to distinguish between radical and moderate Islamists. They have largely treated political Islam as a global threat similar to the way that Communism was perceived. However, even in the case of Communism, foreign policymakers eventually moved from an ill-informed, broad-brush, …
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Home » News » General » Ntuane will overhaul BDP tenderboys mentality
Ntuane will overhaul BDP tenderboys mentality
Author : TEFO PHEAGE
Ntuane will declare business interests, undertake in writing to Khama
There seems to be a strong difference of opinion among the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) leadership incumbents and hopefuls, over who can and cannot be eligible to do business with the party.
This hot potato subject came to life following a vow made by Botsalo Ntuane, a candidate for the position of secretary general, that he will not do any business with the BDP once elected to the party’s high position. The party’s elective congress is scheduled for Mmadinare in July.
Ntuane has set tongues wagging with his 22 points BDP reform agenda which is essentially a response to BDP’s longstanding problems. Ntuane’s reform agenda is a careful, strategic and well thought out plan to counter the cancer that is eating away the BDP.
Foremost among his election promises is that once elected, he will not do any business with the party as has been the case with the past holders of the postion who earned the infamous tag name, ‘BDP tenderpreneurs.’ When the reigning party central committee was voted in, many commentators observed that the party had fallen into to hands of money men.
This was not helped by comments attributted to the party Secretary General Mpho Balopi, that: “It was our turn to eat”, a remark that angered many BDP diehards. There was widespread acrimony about the direction which the party would take under such a leadership of personal interests and the party’s dismal perfomance at the 2014 general elections proved the complainants right.
Ntuane’s decision comes in response to a discussion document his campaign team has circulated to party members where he outlines 22 issues which they think should form part of the BDP’s reform agenda if the ruling party is to reverse the gains made by the main opposition, Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) in the last general elections.
The BDP is expected to face stiff competition in the 2019 elections with the opposition confident that the increasingly unpopular BDP which delivered its worst perfomance since its formation, will finally bite the dust and lose power.
In the Team Botsalo Ntuane discussion document, party members are invited to give feedback and other suggestions for inclusion in the document which is Ntuane’s vehicle for the BDP congress. Part of the feedback is that Ntuane should be an ethical and fair Secretary general.
A handler confirmed to this publication that it is for this reason that Ntuane has undertaken to “not to do any business with the BDP but rather facilitate opportunities for other party members, especially the youth and women, who seriously need empowerment.”
A Team Botsalo Ntuane member has confirmed that although it is not a requirement, their candidate will upon election, voluntarily register his business interests with the Secretariat and make and undertaking in writing to the president, that he will not transact business or compete for tenders with other democrats.
It is believed that this move is meant to demonstrate that Ntuane is going into office to serve and help the party and not to enrich himself through its resources. Ntuane is facing competition from a Gaborone based activist, Olebeng Ngwakwena, and his former campaign manager, Gaotlhaetse Matlhabaphiri, who ditched his principal a few weeks ago.
It was recently reported that the BDP spent multi millions in the last general elections with most of the money going into the pockets of a few selected democrats for providing services and goods. Some democrats have complained that certain officials serving in key positions in the Central Committee lined their pockets during the elections by monopolising party tenders and closing out other party members.
WeekendPost sought the views of the party secretary general, Mpho Balopi, regarding this matter, who said: “Our view is that as long as everything is done in a transparent manner, anybody can benefit from the party’s tenders, irrespective of his position in the party,” he said.
Balopi who won a few tenders from the party, says, “We are Batswana first and we are equally eligible to benefit from the party.” “I cannot be excluded or discriminated on because of my priviledge to have been elected to the party’s leadership positions. If all processes and prcedures have been followed, I think we all have to qualify,” he said.
Former cabinet Minister, Ramadeluka Seretse, who is vying for the Chairmanship of the party, however differs, saying the BDP should as a party in power, align its guiding documents to societal ethics as well as the cardinal principles espoused in various national legislations. However, his contender for the chairmanship, Tebelopele Seretse sits on the fence, on this particular matter.
“I have not been around and I am still learning about what has been happening within the party. But I have obviously heard a lot of things pertaining to that. My view is that such should be open to all BDP members. But transparency and strict measures should be put in place to guard against any form of abuse of office or cases of conflict of interest that may arise,” she said.
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Closer Look At Section Where Petroshale Has Eleven Permits To Site New Wells -- September 14, 2016
Over the last two days, Petroshale was granted permits to site eleven (11) wells in this section, 17-152-94. It appears there are no horizontal wells in this section (which is quite unusual for the Bakken) but it does have a history of quite a bit of activity:
Six vertical wells in this section; five are permanently abandoned; one is still active. Note the Sanish well (#1779) that produced more than a million bbls of crude oil between 1958 and 1988 -- 30 years of production:
1254, 53, Amerada Hess, Antelope-Madison Unit N-509, Antelope field, Madison pool, t12/56; cum 68K 10/71;
1254, 65, Amerada Hess, Antelope-Madison Unit N-509, Antelope field, Sanish pool, t10/57; cum 28K 9/65;
1339, 361, Amerada Hess, Antelope-Madison Unit N-510, Antelope field, Madison pool, t2/57; cum 64K 5/63;
1398, 262, Hess, Antelope-Madison Unit M-511, Antelope field; Sanish pool, t2/58; cum 161K 12/70
1398, 73, Hess, Antelope-Madison Unit M-511, Antelope field; Madison pool, t2/57; cum 429K 3/98
1499, 110, Hess, Antelope-Madison Unit L-512, Antelope field, the Madison pool, t9/57; 254K 5/87;
1779, 301, P & P Producing; originally permitted by Pan American Petroleum Corporation, Harvey Hopkins A 3, Antelope field, Sanish pool, t5/58; cum 1,123,222 bbls 11/87
11686, 182, Ranch Oil Company; originally permitted by General Atlantic Energy Corporation, Pronghorn 1, t12/85; cum 165K 7/16;
Petroshale With Five More Permits In Same Section As Their Six Permits Yesterday -- September 14, 2016
Note: production data for the Hess EN-Jeffrey wells has been updated.
One well coming off confidential list Thursday:
31133, 1,547, Oasis, Hysted 5200 11-30 7T, Camp, 36 stages, 4 million lbs, t3/16; cum 77K 7/16;
Six new permits:
Operators: Petroshale (5), Oasis
Fields: Antelope (McKenzie), Alger (Mountrail)
Comments: Yesterday, Petroshale had six new permits in section 17-152-94; today they have five more permits for the same section; take a closer look at this section at this post;
Six permits renewed:
XTO (3): three Bang Federal permits in Dunn County
Petro-Hunt (2): two Klevmoen Trust permits in McKenzie County
Kaiser-Francis: a Hushka permit in Stark County
No producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed.
31133, see above, Oasis, Hysted 5200 11-30 7T, Camp:
Oil Runs
7-2016 12528 9407
6-2016 15802 11439
Talk About Bad Timing; Prepare To Be Inspired -- September 14, 2016
September 19, 2016: MarketWatch just now noted this change.
From the EIA today:
Starting with the Weekly Petroleum Status Report published on October 13, 2016, the U.S. total commercial crude oil inventory weekly data series will no longer include lease stocks.
This change reflects our understanding that lease stocks are not yet available for commercial use and that in many cases operators do not count them as production until they are transferred off of the lease via pipeline, rail, or trucks to tank farms for storage. Crude oil lease stocks, currently about 31 million barrels, refer to oil that is stored in tanks at sites across the United States where producers are drilling on leased land.
Lease stocks have been relatively small and stable, ranging from just 30.6 million barrels (5.8%) to 33.1 million barrels (7.4%) from January 2014 through June 2016. Over that same period, total U.S. commercial crude oil stocks have increased from 367 million barrels to 529 million barrels, as rising U.S. crude oil production contributed to growing commercial crude oil inventories. As of the week ending September 9, the total U.S. commercial crude oil inventory was about 511 million barrels including about 31 million barrels of lease stocks. --- EIA
BP: Permian Too Expensive; Argentina A Better Bet
From Bloomberg, some data points:
BP thinks the Permian is too expensive
BP more interested in Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale
Vaca Muerta: one of nine "key activity" areas in the Western Hemisphere -- according to Exxon
BP still reeling from the $60 billion fallout from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill
BP has a joint venture through Pan American Energy LLC (60 percent owned by BP; 40 percent by Bridas Corp -- a partnership between the billionaire Bulgheroni brothers and China's CNOOC
BP: sees oil at $50/bbl for remainder of 2016
BP: in the long term, BP will shift toward natural gas over oil
The Apple Page
This is Wednesday. Friday, the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus will be available at Apple stores. People have started camping out at the stores.
The Health Issue
It looks like Women's Health has a special issue this month.
As the reader who sent me this link said, "I can't make this stuff up."
This screenshot was taken on September 14, 2016, at around 1:00 p.m. Central Time. This "issue" of Women's Health was dated September 13, 2016, two days after the individual in the middle suffered a "medical event" that has perplexed the brightest minds in journalism, including Charlie Rose.
Whatever. I'm preparing to be inspired.
Seizures: how to "power" through them. A first hand account, by Hillary Clinton.
When it comes to seizures, how many are too many? By Bill Clinton.
Sexting, seizures, and support systems. The four "S's. By Anthony Weiner.
Managing schedules when your boss has random "falling out" spells. By Huma Abedin.
Suffering from dehydration? Carry bottled water. By Dr Oz.
Setting up a "home" emergency room and ICU. By Chelsea.
Pneumonia? Concussions? Hypothyroidism? Brain clots? How to manage multi-organ disease while running for public office. Special insert from the Mayo Clinic.
Zeiss Blue Lens Glasses: the answer to photo-induces seizures. Advertising supplement.
End-of-summer bikini shoot. Special 12-page photo extravaganza.
Number Of Active Rigs In North Dakota Dropping Again -- September 14, 2016
Katie Ledecky on the Ellen Degeneres show today -- if I have the dates correct.
From the USC - Los Angeles Times daily tracking poll:
The EN-Leo / EN-Freda wells have been updated. Link here.
RBN Energy: sizing up the shale revolution footprint.
Let’s face it — for producers, the last couple of years have stung, with low-slung energy prices allowing little-to-no returns on drilling investments in most parts of the major shale basins. A side effect of the low price environment in the past two years has been the shrinking geographic footprint of the Shale Revolution. About 50% of all onshore rigs in the Lower 48 currently are clustered in the top 20 counties for drilling activity. In effect, this also means a lot of the new production growth will come primarily from these same 20 counties, with the potential for all sorts of implications for infrastructure and regional price relationships. In today’s blog, we take a closer look at rig counts by county to see how much the geographic focus of the Shale Revolution has narrowed.
Some of the data points:
almost 70% of drilling rigs are clustered in 38 counties: oil and natural gas
only two counties in North Dakota of significance now: McKenzie, Dunn
the Permian is almost single handedly keeping the Shale Revolution alive in the oil patch
five years ago: the Permian was thought to be dead
outside of those 38 counties, there is a pretty good chance production is declining; if not accurate, it may be due to DUCs being completed
a new term: dead DUCs: non-economic DUCs
Mid-day trading: turned negative; down about 30 points. Hemorrhaging has been slowed to some residual slight oozing. NYSE
new highs: 11 (including Las Vegas Sands -- related to the Fed "rate watch"?)
new lows: 20 (including Noble again)
Opening: up a bit after several tough days.
But If You Stay
Selloff takes some shine off energy shares: it's not that they're enamored with the current value proposition of energy. The elephant in the room is that people are hungry for yield.
Energy companies fell more than the broader stock market in a selloff that dragged down all 10 major sectors of the S&P 500, as well as crude-oil prices and government bonds. It was the third straight turbulent session, raising concerns that months of calm have given way to a period of volatility. Stocks and bonds fell sharply Friday as investors worried that central banks could dial back their easy-money policies. Markets stabilized Monday but declines picked up again Tuesday.
Energy stocks have risen roughly 12% in the S&P 500 so far this year as many investors bet that oil prices had bottomed and energy firms’ earnings were poised for a rebound. For three sessions through Monday, energy’s year-to-date gains were the biggest of any sector.
But if you stay --
If You Go Away, Dusty Springfield
Other Headlines
Largest-ever US military aid package to go to Israel.
$38 billion over 10 years; an increase from the $30 billion decade-long deal that expires in 2018
Apple vs Samsung
Few things motivate Samsung employees like the opportunity to take advantage of weakness at Apple Inc.
Earlier this year, managers at the South Korean company began hearing the next iPhone (iPhone 7) wouldn’t have any eye-popping innovations. The device would look just like the previous two models too. It sounded like a potential opening for Samsung to leap ahead.
So the top brass at Samsung Electronics Co., including phone chief D.J. Koh, decided to accelerate the launch of a new phone they were confident would dazzle consumers and capitalize on the opportunity, according to people familiar with the matter.
They pushed suppliers to meet tighter deadlines, despite loads of new features, another person with direct knowledge said. The Note 7 would have a high-resolution screen that wraps around the edges, iris-recognition security and a more powerful, faster-charging battery.
Apple’s taunts that Samsung was a copycat would be silenced for good.
Then it all backfired. Just days after Samsung introduced the Note 7 in August, reports surfaced online that the phone’s batteries were bursting into flame. By the end of the month, there were dozens of fires and Samsung was rushing to understand what went wrong. On September 2, 2016, Koh held a grim press conference in Seoul where he announced Samsung would replace all 2.5 million phones shipped so far. What was supposed to be triumph had turned into a fiasco.
Samsung rushes to contain fallout from Galaxy Note 7 recall. Just as the new Apple iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are released.
The company is also grappling with the issue of whether it will have enough supply of the new phones and components to replace millions of handsets that have reached consumers in such a short time frame.
Since Samsung announced the recall on September 2, 2016, more than $10 billion has been wiped off the company’s market value. Samsung also has delayed launches in other crucial markets such as India, and suffered dwindling consumer confidence as airlines and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission have warned against people using or charging the phone on planes.
Samsung’s decision to recall the phones from consumers in different countries through different exchange programs has proved to be a bigger-than-expected challenge, and harder than a simultaneous global recall, people familiar with the matter said.
Tesla:
operating cash flow (Yahoo!Finance): - $332 million
total cash (Yahoo!Finance): $3.25 billion
total debt (Yahoo!Finance): $3.66 billion
burning through $1 billion every quarter -- Chanos, Fortune
The Maah Daah Hey Trail -- NY Times -- September 14, 2016
In the September 13, 2016, edition of The New York Times: a feature article on one of the nation's most famous bike trails -- the Maah Daah Hey Trail that connects the south unit an the north unit of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota, perhaps one of the most unique parks in the world. It probably remains one of the remotest, wildest national parks but still incredibly accessible in the United States.
Some quotes from the article:
it had been my idea to cycle the Maah Daah Hey Trail, the longest and arguably most grueling single-track mountain biking route in the United States
the trail — a doorstep to the lush, vertiginous, sunstruck vastness of the North Dakota Badlands, which Theodore Roosevelt called “a place of grim beauty”
Something I didn’t know about mountain biking, at least on a trail this challenging: You cannot look up. Even for a second. To do so is to court ruin. Forget about the scenery, all that peripheral beauty gone by in a flash, the profound silence, the bliss of seclusion. Was that a bull elk up ahead or merely a juniper? Oh, how the rings of morning light smolder over that ridgeline ... Wake up! Dial it in, man! Head down! Eyes locked on the trail! Let your mind drift and you are toast
Bridging the north and south sections of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, the Maah Daah Hey is 144.7 miles all told
From the very start, it was all up, up, up. With an elevation gain of 8,600 (sic) (see note below) sidewinding feet, it began to feel Dantean. Everywhere were wonderful reminders of our mortality: sheer 300-foot drops into saw-toothed river bottoms; eroding hillside ledges that slid away in our wake; Yugo-size cows with a knack for materializing around blind turns; and at road crossings, careening oil trucks
The Maah Daah Hey was a long time in coming. Originally conceived as a horseback trail, it took the Forest Service a decade to stitch together the inaugural 96 miles in 1999 — a patchwork of federal, state and private lands — and in 2014 they finished a second section, called the Deuce, which tacked on 48.7 miles (there are more miles to come, pending federal financing)
For mountain bikers, who caught wind of the trail early on and now make up the vast majority of its 15,000 annual users, the wait was worth it. The Maah Daah Hey ranks with the storied Slickrock Trail in Utah and the McKenzie River Trail in Oregon as among the country’s greatest single-tracks. It laps both by more than 100 miles
Note: the above were "cut and paste" from the article. A reader questioned the "elevation gain of 8,600 feet." See this link: http://www.experienceland.org/.
Grinding across 120 miles and over 8,000 feet of elevation gain on the fast, rugged gravel roads of the North Dakota Badlands. If you like riding on Badlands singletrack, you will love grinding Badlands gravel! All of the same gorgeous North Dakota scenery you see on the Maah Daah Hey trail, but with the freedom of wide, open, red scoria gravel roads.
The "Badlands Gravel Race" is at this link: http://www.experienceland.org/badlands-gravel-battle/.
Hello Maah Daah, hello Fadda --
Hello Muddah Hello Faddah, Allan Sherman
Whatever Happened to Mark Papa? September 14, 2016
What is Mike Papa doing since he stepped down as CEO of EOG? From a closer look at Mike Filloon's recent SeekingAlpha article we have the answer.
His most recent article seems to have been hastily written and is a bit difficult to follow. Mike seems to be highlighting Silver Run on the coattails of Apache and Alpine Run.
From Mike Filloon's article, in Alpine High:
EURs range from 1,100 MBOE to 2,700 MBOE. Apache estimates the play is worth $6,400 per undeveloped acre. This is a base-case scenario as that number could be much higher. In other parts of the play, we are seeing operators purchase acreage from $20,000 to $40,000/acre. Operators that have acquired Delaware acreage this year are EOG (NYSE:EOG), PDC Energy (NASDAQ:PDCE), Diamondback (NASDAQ:FANG), Parsley (NYSE:PE), Concho (NYSE:CXO), WPX Energy (NYSE:WPX), and Silver Run Acquisition (NASDAQ:SRAQU) (NASDAQ:SRAQ).
SRAQU is run by former EOG chief executive and renowned shale driller Mark Papa. He bought 38,000 acres from Centennial Resource Development for $1.38 billion, or $29,000 an acre. Some thought this was a hefty price to pay, but SRAQU could benefit from the Alpine High discovery. Not only could it benefit, but also it is the only levered acreage holder.
I generally don't include ticker symbols in my posts (with some notable exceptions; this is not an investment site) but in this case I have for various reasons).
Silver Run sells under three different ticker symbols. This includes SRAQU, SRAQ and SRAQW. It started as a blank check company for the purpose of bargain hunting for oil and gas assets. An oil glut can be hard on the industry, but it provides an opportunity for those with cash. Assets get cheaper as operators become distressed.
In its IPO, Silver Run Acquisition Corp. raised $450 million in an upsized offering at $10 a share in February of this year. It is sponsored by energy-focused private equity firm Riverstone Holdings LLC. Being a blank check company, SRAQU had no acreage initially. In June of this year, Centennial Resource Development, Inc., an operator in the Permian Basin's Delaware sub-basin, planned to launch an initial public offering (IPO) to raise up to $100 million.
Close readers of the blog might recognize Riverstone Holdings. It's been mentioned on the blog a few times.
The breakeven prices, per the linked article:
And finally, back to Mark Papa:
In summary, Silver Run may be the only way an investor will benefit from the Apache Alpine High find.
Apache has already experienced a significant jump in market cap while Silver Run is still fairly discounted. Silver Run has approximately 12,000 acres in Big Chief and Kimsey.
If the Barnett/Woodford is prospective to its acreage, the uplift could be substantial. Steve Keenan is Apache's Senior VP of North American Unconventional Resources, whose team is credited with the Alpine High discovery. He worked with Mark Papa at EOG for around 15 years before coming to Apache.
Mark Papa is the founder, past chairman and CEO of EOG Resources. He is still on EOG's Board of Directors. Mark Papa is now a partner at Riverstone and the current CEO of Silver Run. It can be interesting how two great careers can meet up again in Alpine High.
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The best new spa openings in 2018
written by Mark Smith
The spa industry is set for a big year in 2018 with great places to escape to for health, wellness and relaxation. In the UK there continues to be huge investment in country house hotels and we will see the unique partnership between Champneys and Marella Cruises from May 2018. Angsana (renowned throughout Asia) makes it European debut in Corfu in Greece. It really is a big year.
You are already spoiled for choice, now there’s even more on offer as properties look to raise the bar for spa in the UK and abroad. The first opening is LUX* Grande Gaube which just sneaks onto this list (opening late December 2017). So, it’s hot off the press and benefiting from a total overhaul. Here’s where to spa in 2018! The best new spa openings in 2018 including: UK, Europe, Asia and the Indian Ocean.
The best new spa openings in 2018: UNITED KINGDOM
Kohler Waters Spa at The Old Course Hotel, Scotland
Kohler Waters Spa at the Old Course Hotel has relaunched its spa and fitness offering with a new £8m renovation and extension. This is very exciting news and revitalises one of the most renowned spas in Scotland. It sees Phytomer, Voya and Comfort Zone join as spa partners (three of my favourites) and Skin Regimen makes it debut in the spa in the UK too. It has just opened so you can book ahead to ensure you are first amongst your friends to shout about it.
Designed by architects Sedley place, the 2,300sq m (25,000sq ft) spa, facility includes thirteen treatment rooms – including two couple’s rooms, two wet treatment rooms with KOHLER bathing experiences, a 20m indoor swimming spa pool, a hydrotherapy pool for therapeutic bathing, steam room for deep muscular relaxation and detoxification, experience showers, refreshing Ice fountain, cold plunge pool and a Finnish sauna. There is also a rooftop garden with hot tub. It’s very big news and I’m hoping to visit soon.
www.theoldcoursehotel.co.uk
The Spa at South Lodge, West Sussex
The Spa at South Lodge near Horsham in West Sussex is going to be huge. It will be an impressive addition to this large country house hotel. Said to be 4,120m² in size, this luxury spa promises to make the most of its natural landscape. The spa will extend over two floors with a third level of extensive outside terracing in a natural suntrap.
Set into the natural contours of the land, The Spa will complement the landscape with a grass and sedum roof and green oak cladding. Designed with sustainability in mind, bringing the outside in and extending the spa out into the grounds. Terraced sun decks, an outside natural swimming pond and hydrotherapy pool. It features floor to ceiling windows in the gym, thermal suite and indoor infinity pool. Complementing this will be a restaurant and outside snack bar for poolside refreshments.
Opening Mid 2018
www.exclusive.co.uk/south-lodge/
Beaverbrook, Surrey
Beaverbrook is a luxury country house hotel within easy reach of London. A reported £90m has been invested into this massive project to transform, what was once the country estate of media mogul Lord Beaverbrook. A spa with indoor and outdoor pools, steam room, sauna, hammam and nail bar is also in the works for the Main House, and expected to be open very soon. The Coach House Spa has been designed by one of the world’s finest glass architects and artists, Brian Clarke. Inspired by the English countryside, the Spa promises a relaxing, warm and tranquil interior environment created by leading interior designer Susie Atkinson. We are promised mainly natural English beauty products to complement the ethos of the Spa. Watch this space.
Open early 2018
www.beaverbrook.co.uk
Gisborough Hall, Yorkshire
Gisborough Hall has revealed detailed plans for its new multi-million-pound spa development featuring woodland spa. woodland spa setting will overlook the beautiful Cleveland Hills. Gisborough Hall dates back to 1857 and the grade II-listed country house was fully restored in 2002 following investment by the Gisborough family, who privately own the hotel.
The spa, which will include an 18-metre indoor pool, an outdoor hydro-pool, a variety of heat experiences with relaxation space, nine treatment rooms, an extensive gym and a fitness studio. The new spa will offer a full range of spa days and membership packages, as well as providing the facilities to all hotel residents.
Opening end of 2018
http://www.gisborough-hall.com/
The Langley, Buckinghamshire
The Langley will benefit from a multi-million pound conversion to open a 2,000 spm spa in the heart of the Buckinghamshire countryside. The 41-room hotel, situated on 500 acres of land is part of Marriott International’s Luxury Collection of hotels and will be just a 40 minute drive from the heart of London. It will occupy two historic buildings; a Grade-II listed mansion that was formerly the hunting lodge of the Duke of Marlborough, and the 18th century The Brewhouse, previously used as stables and a brewery.
The spa will feature a cryotherapy centre and gym in partnership with personal trainer to the stars, Matt Roberts. There will be eight treatment rooms, a VIP treatments suite and a women’s-only thermal area.
Opening date TBC – 2018
http://www.thelangley.com
The best new spa openings in 2018: EUROPE
Champneys Spa aboard Marella Explorer
Spa at sea aboard the latest ship in the Marella Cruises fleet, Marella Explorer. Customers will experience ultimate relaxation in the new, state-of-the-art on-board spa. Typical of UK Champneys resorts, the luxurious spa will feature a full treatment menu, including facials, body wraps, massages, manicures, acupuncture and more, as well as a salon, wellness centre and stylish relaxation room that boasts comfortable beds complete with stunning panoramic views. The boat will initially travel around Europe and then across the globe after the summer season of 2018.
Opening May 2018
www.champneys.com
Angsana Corfu, Greece
Angsana hits Greece! The sister business of Banyan Tree (I’m a huge fan) Angsana Corfu is situated 12km south from the town of Corfu and offers a choice of 199 rooms, suites and bungalows with magnificent views of the mountain or the sea. Enjoy delectable spread of different cuisines from Pan Asian to international cuisines in our restaurants. Enjoy dining underneath the stars at our rooftop lounge bar or have a beachfront dining at our beach club.
Angsana Corfu offers a wide variety of facilities, including outdoor and indoor swimming pools, state-of-the-art gym and yoga deck. Children will have a great time in the kids club and kids pool. Relax and rejuvenate at the award-winning Angsana Spa that offers 16 treatment rooms including outdoor spa pavilions.
Opens: Summer 2018
www.angsana.com
Gennadi Grand Resort, Greece
Overlooking the Aegean, Gennadi Grand Resort promises to set a new standard for five-star hospitality in the Greek islands. Part of Lindos Hotel Group, this eco-friendly luxury resort will have 266 rooms and suites. The resort’s spa will offer signature rituals, facials and body treatments to promote inner balance and harmony. The fitness centre will offer yoga, aerial yoga, Pilates and aqua Pilates, aqua aerobic, tennis, beach volley and many other water sports to keep all ages entertained.
Opens in May 2018
Four Seasons Hotel Athens at Astir Palace, Greece
Four Seasons Astir Palace Hotel Athens will offer the best of both worlds: a laid-back seaside escape, just 30 minutes from the historical city centre. Discover the wonders of ancient civilization at the Acropolis, then return to Four Seasons to unwind and relax.
Featuring 303 guest rooms, suites and bungalows with classic views of the Aegean Sea. Three pools and two private beaches cater for the sun-seekers, while The Spa beckons with treatments inspired by the ancient teachings of Hippocrates. And there will be eight restaurants, lounges and bars – you won’t go hungry.
Opening: Summer 2018
www.fourseasons.com
Ikos Dassia, Corfu, Greece
Set to raise the bar in Corfu when it opens in 2018, Ikos Dassia is framed by fragrant woodland with dazzling views across the turquoise Ionian Sea. Contemporary Mediterranean style meets traditional Greek hospitality here, with elegant accommodation, sumptuous dining and a spa offering treatments from Parisian beauty experts Anne Sémonin.
www.caribtours.co.uk
www.ikosresorts.com
Euphoria Retreat, Peloponnese, Greece
The Euphoria Retreat promises guests a unique spa philosophy which blends Greek and Chinese philosophies and medicines, as well as extensive spa facilities and range of transformational programmes and retreats. Located 2.5 hours drive from Athens and less than an hour from Kalamata, Euphoria Retreat is situated on the edge of the Byzantine town of Mystras, a 13th century Unesco World Heritage site.
Opening: May 2018
www.euphoriaretreat.com
The best new spa openings in 2018: INDIAN OCEAN
LUX* Grand Gaube, Mauritius
LUX* Grand Gaube has had a makeover – a lux one. Situated on the northern coast of Mauritius, the resort is being completely reimagined by British interior designer Kelly Hoppen, promising a design palette that combines an eclectic mix of colourful prints, retro chic furniture and lots of greenery.
The property will feature 186 rooms and suites complete with LUX* Sleeptight mattresses and private sundecks with uninterrupted views of the Indian Ocean.
There will be a brand-new spa (fantastic news) with a Wellness Concierge and meditation expert on hand. I’m loving that Carita is the new results-driven skincare brand and that Murdock London is introducing a range of barber services for men. As always, the food is expected to be exquisite, offering a range of world-class cuisines plus the variety of ‘reasons to go LUX*’. My favourite is the red phone box to phone home.
Due to open December 2017
www.luxresorts.com/en/hotel-mauritius/luxgrandgaube
Four Seasons Resort Seychelles at Desroches Island
Four Seasons Resort Seychelles at Desroches Island will be the only resort on this remote coral island. On the outer edge of the Indian Ocean’s archipelago, Desroches Island is located among the Amirantes Islands, a 35 minute flight southwest of Mahé, in the Seychelles. Boasting 8.7 miles of pristine white-sand beaches, lush coconut groves, crystal clear waters and vibrant coral reefs, the island is a remote and tranquil oasis just five degrees south of the equator. Featuring beach suites and private residences this will be total luxury. The spa will offer bespoke programmes from the six-suite spa offering locally-inspired treatments and wellness classes.
Open in early 2018
www.fourseasons.com/seychellesdesroches
LUX* North Male Atoll, Maldives
Set on the intimate Olhahali Picnic Island, just 30 minutes from Male, LUX* North Male Atoll promises guests a totally unique contemporary style of architecture which offers sleek South Beach-style penthouses on the sand, or over-water, all elegantly styled by Singapore design group Miajia.
For the first time in the Maldives, each residence will feature a 120 m2 roof terrace – a magnificent private deck, elevated five metres above the pristine water, with large penthouses home to their own spas, pools and fitness suites.
The resort will also provide Big Green Egg BBQs, a rooftop bar, cinema and SONOS, a yoga plinth, starlight jacuzzis and outdoor games for the ultimate sky lounge, as well as all the usual LUX* touches. Of course there will be a spa.
Opening April 2018
www.luxresorts.com/en/hotel-maldives/luxnorthmaleatoll
The best new spa openings in 2018: ASIA
Six Senses Krabey Island, Cambodia
Six Senses Krabey Island is being built on its own Cambodian island and will feature 40 pool villas on the naturally landscaped 30-acre isle. Guests will arrive at the mainland reception before the short boat transfer to the island. Sihanoukville Airport in the south of Cambodia is less than a 10-minute drive from the mainland jetty. With two restaurants plus a deli complete with ice cream parlor you won’t go hungry. But it’s the spa where the main action will be. Six Senses Spa Krabey Island will feature the Six Senses specialty menu as well as several ancient Cambodian healing traditions and multi-day rejuvenation journeys, Six Senses Integrated Wellness, detox, yoga and workshops.
Opening mid to late 2018
www.sixsenses.com/about-us/new-openings
Rosewood Phnom Penh
Rosewood Phnom Penh will occupy the top 14 floors of a sleek new building in the heart of Cambodia’s capital. Soaring 188 meters into the sky, the iconic building takes the form of a rising dragon oriented toward the east, offering unobstructed panoramic views of the city, including the fabled Mekong River. Expect classy rooms and restaurants and Sense, the Rosewood Spa located on the 33rd floor with six treatment rooms, indoor lap pool, fitness studio and a nail studio.
Opening 1st Quarter 2018.
www.rosewoodhotels.com
COMO Uma Canggu, Bali
COMO Uma Canggu promises to be sleek, sophisticated and secluded. Set on the south coast of the Indonesian island of Bali, the resort will feature 53 rooms and suites, 66 one-, two-, and three-bedroom private apartments, including 12 penthouses with private pools. Designed in typical modern Asian style it will boast COMO’s legendary Shambhala Retreat. You are in for a treat.
Opening February 2018
www.comohotels.com
The best new spa openings in 2018: PACIFIC
Six Senses Fiji
Six Senses Fiji on Malolo Island, known for its idyllic crystal waters, mountainous landscape and excellent climate. The property enjoys a 650m stretch of pristine private beach, two restaurants, three bars plus a gourmet deli and water bottling plant. The cuisine will feature sustainably-sourced ingredients gathered from local markets and fishermen as well as the resort’s own garden. Activities on offer will include all water sports imaginable plus a well-appointed Six Senses Spa, gym, club house and kids club. The 66 residences and all facilities will be 100 percent solar-powered by the first microgrid in Fiji to use Tesla batteries.
Opening March 2018
www.sixsenses.com
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The best new spas of 2019
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Kathryn Dowthwaite-Blay says
This is great, if you don’t mind I will share with my Spa Management students who are doing their Design Assignment as we speak!
Mark Smith says
Hi Kathryn, thanks so much and yes please feel free to share with your students. Next year looks incredible, once again in the world of spa. And there are many reports and properties I haven’t included. This is just a hand picked selection of the best and most interesting.
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MLB Boxscore - Nationals v Marlins
Washington 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 0
Miami 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
W: M. Scherzer (7-5) L: T. Richards (3-8)
Marlins Park, Miami, Florida Attendance: 7,327
T. Turner, SS 5 1 1 3 4 0 2 .280 .337 .500
A. Eaton, RF 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 .271 .359 .384
A. Rendon, 3B 4 1 2 0 2 0 1 .314 .406 .631
J. Soto, LF 3 0 1 2 1 1 2 .306 .400 .532
H. Kendrick, 1B 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 .328 .381 .575
K. Suzuki, C 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 .275 .318 .486
B. Dozier, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .231 .313 .429
V. Robles, CF 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 .242 .314 .433
M. Scherzer, P 3 2 2 0 2 0 1 .150 .150 .150
M. Adams, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252 .285 .517
F. Rodney, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
M. Rojas, SS 3 0 2 0 3 0 1 .279 .344 .341
A. Brice, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
G. Cooper, RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .315 .385 .503
B. Anderson, 3B 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 .254 .339 .415
S. Castro, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .235 .265 .317
N. Walker, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .288 .366 .431
C. Granderson, LF 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 .185 .271 .354
J. Riddle, CF-SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .240 .411
W. Castillo, C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .286
T. Richards, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .080 .148 .080
Y. Rivera, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .050 .050 .050
A. Conley, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -
H. Ramírez, PH-CF 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .315 .347 .413
2B: Mia 1, M. Rojas (16).
HR: Was 1, T. Turner (6).
HR Detail: Was, T. Turner (Inning: 4 , 1 Out, 2 on) off T. Richards.
Scoring Position: Was - 3 for 5.Mia - 1 for 5.
M. Scherzer, (W 7-5) 8.0 5 1 1 0 10 0 29 94 23 - 71 2.52 .223
F. Rodney 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 11 4 - 7 0.00 .000
T. Richards, (L 3-8) 5.0 7 6 6 2 3 1 24 93 30 - 63 3.94 .233
A. Conley 3.0 1 0 0 0 7 0 10 37 13 - 24 7.20 .295
A. Brice 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 10 2 - 8 2.35 .205
Double Plays: Was 2, (Turner to Dozier to Kendrick; Dozier to Turner to Kendrick).
Hit by Pitch: Mia, M. Rojas by M. Scherzer.
Umpires: HP--Estabrook, 1B--Dreckman, 2B--Libka, 3B--Emmel.
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The newly-engaged pair, who revealed their engagement on Nov. Despite having their relationship under heavy scrutiny by the international press, the couple has made a valiant attempt at keeping their romance as private as possible, appearing in public just a handful of times together since confirming their union. How did Prince Harry and Meghan Markle meet? Prince Harry, 33, and Los Angeles-born Markle, 36, met for the first time in London in July , when they were introduced by a mutual friend, Markle confirmed in an interview with Vanity Fair in September. How long have Prince Harry and Meghan Markle dated? Markle should be subjected to such a storm. Prince Harry and Markle were photographed in public together for the first time in Dec.
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Some of this has been very public — the smear on the front page of a national newspaper; the racial undertones of comment pieces; and the outright sexism and racism of social media trolls and web article comments,” read the statement, which was issued by Prince Harry’s communications secretary through the palace Twitter account. Read More The palace statement said Markle, who lives in Toronto where her TV series “Suits” is filmed, has had photographers try to break into her home and that her ex-boyfriend had been offered “substantial bribes” by various newspapers.
Prince Harry meets members of the public on October 26, , in the English city of Nottingham. Markle’s safety and is deeply disappointed that he has not been able to protect her,” the statement read. The prince, 32, asked for his statement to be issued so that the press behind the story could “pause and reflect before any further damage is done.
The British media — which regularly covers the personal lives of the royal family — has reported heavily on the relationship , in particular Markle’s heritage. Her mother is African American and her father is Caucasian. Meghan Markle attends an arts event on May 20, , in Los Angeles.
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According to Us Weekly, “They had gotten on when they first met but it was just as friends,” but then “developed romantic interests in each other and, before you knew it, they were texting every day. They’ve been spotted out and about together in the city; in early December , they were seen picking out a Christmas tree at the Pines and Needles outdoor market, and the following week we finally got a glimpse of them together as they were photographed leaving a production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at the Gielgud Theater.
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The way in which the word state came to acquire this modern type of meaning during the Renaissance has been the subject of many academic discussions, with this sentence and similar ones in the works of Machiavelli being considered particularly important. More importantly, and less traditionally, he distinguishes new princedoms from hereditary established princedoms. For such a prince, “unless extraordinary vices cause him to be hated, it is reasonable to expect that his subjects will be naturally well disposed towards him”.
Normally, these types of works were addressed only to hereditary princes. He thinks Machiavelli may have been influenced by Tacitus as well as his own experience, but finds no clear predecessor for this. This categorization of regime types is also “un-Aristotelian” [14] and apparently simpler than the traditional one found for example in Aristotle ‘s Politics , which divides regimes into those ruled by a single monarch, an oligarchy , or by the people, in a democracy. Xenophon , on the other hand, made exactly the same distinction between types of rulers in the beginning of his Education of Cyrus where he says that, concerning the knowledge of how to rule human beings, Cyrus the Great , his exemplary prince, was very different “from all other kings, both those who have inherited their thrones from their fathers and those who have gained their crowns by their own efforts”.
More generally, Machiavelli emphasizes that one should have regard not only for present problems but also for the future ones. Machiavelli explained that in his time the Near East was again ruled by an empire, the Ottoman Empire , with similar characteristics to that of Darius — seen from the viewpoint of a potential conqueror. In some cases the old king of the conquered kingdom depended on his lords.
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This Expedition RV thought to be stolen in Wichita, found stuck and damaged at an Abilene storage RV, helped lead to charges in the theft of a 1967 Ford Mustang and Chinook RV.
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Surveillance videos key in theft charges
Surveillance video from multiple Abilene businesses helped lead to the arrest in the theft of two stolen vehicles from two different storage sheds, Abilene Assistant Police Chief Jason Wilkins testified last week in Dickinson County District Court.
The preliminary hearings in the two separate court cases were continued Friday because of the absence of a key witness and of evidence. Magistrate Judge Keith Collett set a preliminary hearing continuance for 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 16.
Boyd Hatfield, 49, and Sierra L. Machnicki, 30, are facing charges in both cases. Adrian L. Vanley, 29, and Candice Rhea, 36, are also accused of the March theft of a 1967 Mustang from a storage unit.
Wilkins said video evidence taken from the storage unit and two other Abilene businesses helped in locating a vehicle thought to be involved in the March 18 theft of the Mustang. Wilkins said that in working with the Salina Police Department, four suspects thought to be involved were identified.
Based on video, Abilene police investigators also thought the vehicle used in the theft and the stolen Mustang were recorded at a convenient store in Hesston.
That preliminary hearing was delayed to allow the Abilene Police Department to review newly acquired evidence.
Wilkins said that on May 8 police were called to another storage unit for suspicious activity. The owner of that unit reported an RV appeared to be stuck and a male and a female walking in the area said the vehicle was going to be towed.
Wilkins said the storage shed owner called police when he did not see a wrecker in the vicinity and saw the male and female leave on foot.
Wilkins said the tag on the 2015 Expedition RV did not match the vehicle, which was owned by a Wichita resident. After obtaining a search warrant for the 2014 Freightliner, three people were found in the vehicle. They were questioned and released.
The owner of the Expedition testified that the value of the RV is between $100,000 and $200,000. Damage was estimated between $70,000 and $100,000.
Video also recorded another RV leaving the area. That 2004 Ford E-450 Chinook was also reported stolen.
Wilkins testified that the Abilene Police Department was informed on May 16 that both the Mustang and the Chinook had been recovered at a garage in Wichita and two people were in custody.
Even though the vehicle identification number had been removed from the Mustang and it was painted with blue stripes, it was identified by the owners as the stolen Abilene vehicle. The ignition switch on the Chinook had also been damaged.
Contact Tim Horan at editor@abilene-rc.com.
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Banach spaces that have normal structure and are isomorphic to a Hilbert space
Authors: Javier Bernal and Francis Sullivan
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 90 (1984), 550-554
MSC: Primary 46B20; Secondary 46C05
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1984-0733404-9
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Abstract: We prove that given a Hilbert space , and a norm on such that for all , for some , if , then satisfies a convexity property from which normal structure follows.
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Animal Friends and NOKIA Cro-a-Porter present their campaign against abandoning companion animals before leaving for holidays
For the fifth year in a row, Animal Friends continues its educative campaign for protecting abandoned companion animals before summer holidays, under the name "Family to the Seaside, Dog to the Street?" The aim of the campaign is to raise the citizens' awareness concerning this serious problem. This year's campaign bears the title "Don't Abandon Me" and is supported by the City Department for Agriculture and Forestry and NOKIA Cro-a-Porter.
Famous TV moderator Tatjana Juric has posed for a billboard together with her dog, by which she wants to send a public message about the intolerable cruelty of abandoning pets and call attention to the fact that caring about animals is our lifelong duty and responsibility.
On Thursday, July 6 at 10:00 A.M., at the Regent Esplanade Zagreb Hotel, Mihanoviceva 1, a press conference will take place with Tatjana Juric, the art director of NOKIA Cro-a-Porter Viktor Drago, head of the City Department for Agriculture and Forestry Darko Vuletic and the president of Animal Friends Luka Oman, who will introduce the campaign and speak about the problem of abandoned and unwanted animals, which is particularly serious in the summer months.
Because of the still common treatment of animals as toys and the carelessness of their owners, each summer stray animals populate the streets of the city during holiday time, wandering in hunger and thirst, exposed to abuse by mentally deranged persons and often meeting their tragic end under the car wheels.
According to the actual Animal Welfare Act, abandoning animals is punishable by a ridiculously small fine of 200-2,500 Kuna, but even so not a single person has been punished in Croatia for abandoning his or her companion animal! Even though we are of the opinion that the fine of 5,000-15,000 Kuna, proposed for the new Animal Protection Act, which should be passed before the end of the year, is too low, increasing the fines is certainly an important step forward. Therefore, we wish to appeal to the citizens to report cases of abandoning animals.
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Einstein explored time and area… in his musical hobbies. Mid-13c., musike, from Outdated French musique (12c.) and immediately from Latin musica “the art of music,” also together with poetry (also supply of Spanish musica, Italian musica, Previous High German mosica, German Musik, Dutch muziek, Danish musik), from Greek mousike (techne) “(artwork) of the Muses,” from fem.
In response, BPOC developed the Art of Music Touchtable, which paired a painting, John Sennhauser’s Synchroformic #18 Horizontal Duo, with jazz traditional Groovin’ Excessive.†Guests might rearrange parts of the geometric painting to manipulate tempo, rhythm, quantity, and instrumentation of the music playing.
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Jenny Morris and Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia present a singular fundraising event combining the visible arts and music. Wolfe’s newest design is the Uncooked House Chamber, which will allow guests to enter an anechoic chamber and immerse themselves in a ceremonial listening expertise, while reside AR animations convey the album’s art work and lyrics to life in actual- time.
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By Layla | May 25, 2019
Everybody has the potential of constructing optimistic way of life adjustments. However earnings and schooling can’t clarify all the differences between the life of followers of different types. Within the mid-1960s of the UK, rivalry arose between ” Mods ” (who favoured ‘modern’ Italian-led trend) and ” Rockers ” (who wore bike leathers), each type had their own favored musical acts.
There’s almost by no means a time music is not enjoying in our presence. It is a glistening example of a method that has pushed Juszkiewicz since he purchased the company in 1986: to regularly remake Gibson into a lifestyle model. With Hong Kong’s premier swapping platform JupYeah and Causeway Place we hosted the PLAY TEMPER” exhibition, creating and distributing music life” playing cards.
In short, Gibson Improvements desires to become the world’s No. 1 “music life-style company.” The Hong Kong-based mostly agency will be answerable for branding and marketing a portfolio spanning audio, dwelling cinema and video, headphones, sensible home merchandise, house communications and equipment.
Rock musicians have been additionally early adopters of hippie trend and popularised such styles as long hair and the Nehru jacket As rock music genres became more segmented, what an artist wore became as vital because the music itself in defining the artist’s intent and relationship to the audience.
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So someone’s musical taste does tell you a lot about them, but as these examples present, most of the stereotypes of the fans are nothing greater than that.
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The “mod” motion of the 1960s was not only a fashion or a kind of music, but a lifestyle. Lifestyle Learning® has pioneered a optimistic approach to develop relevant content material that may have the best influence in touching the lives of youth within the current academic local weather. For Lierre, who has worked both agency- and shopper-aspect, the global advertising staff has an enormous duty for guaranteeing that the brands are constant globally and yet flexible sufficient to be tailored nicely at the native level.
FMRIs ( purposeful MRIs ) had been used to scan the brain while individuals chanted different sounds and syllables, including ssss and om. While chanting the sound of ssss showed no benefit, chanting om activated the area of the mind associated with a sense of peacefulness.
Music could make mundane tasks slightly easier and lengthy days go by a bit faster. The music affected the sufferers’ brains skill to reconnect to recollections they previously could not entry. Imagine me, these emo songs sound actually superb on the violin. As such, the strategy permits manufacturers to attraction to a new demographic with out sacrificing their integrity.
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How Many Totally different Genres Of Widespread Music Are There? No. You’re Wrong.
By Layla | May 5, 2019
It is very easy to love music however selecting between one of the best music and badly composed music is the true artwork of understanding music. Later, a lot of completely different jazz genres appeared all through the nation, with distinct regional variations. The underside-up technique begins from the decided quantity of music genres and locations them in a two-dimensional space. As the longtime bible of the American music trade, thanks to its trendsetting album and single charts, Billboard has performed a significant function in disseminating musical titles.
Samba – is among the most popular forms of music in Brazil. It’s extensively considered as Brazil’s nationwide musical style. We had already scraped knowledge from Billboard’s web site for this DataFace put up about the hometowns of widespread American musicians. Like blues music, nation music emerged from folk songs of the Southern USA within the early Nineteen Twenties.
Equally, the average proportion of deaths accounted for by cancer was 23.4{42fb33bdaddedcfa2a582990f2ba0e4a2082470ba7272181a740022ac128d141}. Older genres resembling people (32.three{42fb33bdaddedcfa2a582990f2ba0e4a2082470ba7272181a740022ac128d141}) and jazz (30.6{42fb33bdaddedcfa2a582990f2ba0e4a2082470ba7272181a740022ac128d141}) had increased charges of fatal cancers than other genres. The business success of the music can be a parameter to guage a pop music.
The opposite type of music I like to hear is nation as a result of I similar to to hear nation; it sounds cool and it makes me need fall asleep at night. One factor I like about country music is that there are country songs for every emotion and every occasion. It usually additionally interchanges between dance, rock and country sounds however definitely has its personal sort of distinctive sound and high quality.
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Hip hop, the heavily rhythmic and rhyming singing that always accompanies rapping and beatboxing, emerged within the 1970s, and has grown steadily in popularity since then.
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Piano is a musical instrument and it is performed by the use of a keyboard that produces sound by placing metal strings with felt hammers. And whereas follow are totally essential to learning the different kinds, just as vital is listening to plenty of music, both in that fashion and in others. My favorite genre of music is rap because it has good musicians that play and give a very good beat and almost every phrase rhymes with the next word.
But this isn’t the only necessary a part of the definition: common music thrives in western and concrete cultures due to the simple indisputable fact that these folks have the financial and social means (social safety, networking) to start music careers.
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Einstein explored time and house… in his musical hobbies. Among the first artists to ever utilize the mellotron for sampling in a document was The Beatles, whose 1968 monitor Revolution 9” from The White Album is an eight-minute sound collage that includes components comparable to tape loops, stereo panning, and samples from classical music.
The unique Orford String Quartet gave its first public live performance in 1965, and became among the best-recognized and most illustrious chamber music ensembles. The exhibition traces the history of violin making by way of the seventeenth and early 18th centuries, contextualising Stradivari and Guarneri’s work in the broader cultural and creative developments of the time.
Early Pop music artists embrace Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bobby Darin, and Peggy Lee, but other artists like Bill Haley and his Comets, Fat Domino and Elvis Presley change into in style with the youthful generation. Jazz was especially popular within the South throughout this time, particularly New Orleans, where numerous jazz music was developed and quite a lot of famous and influential jazz musicians first turned recognized and identified.
Appreciation of or responsiveness to musical sounds or harmonies: Music was in his very soul. Seen together, the two devices draw consideration to the relationships between religion and political diplomacy (and music, after all) in two completely completely different elements of the world in roughly the same time period.
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Mixing is an artwork and never a science. Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), one of the most well known artists and philosophers of his day, believed unequivocally within the link between coloration and sound. Heather Buchman is director of the Hamilton Faculty Orchestra and the Chamber Music program. However in each cases, composers need to grasp the fundamentals of classical composing as a dependable composing method and writing an orchestral composition, together with the usage of string devices.
All through The Art of Music, it’s clear that the curators have made a concerted effort to not solely retell the historical past of musical devices in a more world sense, but additionally to stress the significance of those objects beyond mere vessels for music-making.
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The experiences of coloration and music have all the time been closely intertwined. CAIRO- 4 April 2018:Though audiences mostly experience film visually by their eyes, the auditory component can also be essential, the accompanying music subconsciously triggering varied feelings and reactions. Compared to the former opus, Zen and the Artwork of Music will probably be shorter and more concise, and extra imbued with zen portals into musical understanding, and vice versa.
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By Layla | March 14, 2019
Much more than a musical style, for many individuals Rock ‘n’ Roll it’s a life-style. It demonstrated the pure energy of group rhythmic entrainment, and their findings supported latest research that indicated how enjoying a musical instrument can strengthen and train the ageing mind We’ll talk about the benefits of drumming more later on.
And Garabedian mentioned it is simple for people to look again on the tour with a way of nostalgia and innocence in the early days of rock music. We just need to embrace each moment with the sound of music and construct the soundtrack to our lives. Once I meet individuals of their 40s and 50s who inform me they at all times want that they had performed an instrument, I whole heartedly encourage them to carve out just a little time in their busy lives to start.
And it seems that listening to music can have much deeper effects than merely passing the time. In truth, not all residence leisure system ship the identical degree of musical satisfaction as Bose Way of life V35 does. The ADAPTiQ audio calibration system is a proprietary Bose expertise that customizes your Life-style system’s sound to the distinctive measurement, form and furnishings of the room it is in to ensure it delivers a excessive-quality performance.
When I was in center school and highschool, I felt like I lived for the musicals that my college orchestrated. There may be almost never a time music isn’t taking part in inside our existence. Neuroplasticity, merely put, is our brain’s ability to repair connections and find alternate pathways to reminiscences, emotions, and even physical programs akin to speech—and using music is a wonderful way to achieve this effect.
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Providing a stark distinction to the desolate landscape, the lifestyle and the people of Rajasthan, with their wide spectrum of brilliant hues, stitch a bond of oneness, cheerfulness and fertility.
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Everyone has the potential of creating optimistic life-style changes. However perhaps probably the most egregious instance of what nakedly looks like an artist chasing a verify was A$AP Rocky’s deal to grow to be the face of Under Armour’s lifestyle category — a model he had hardly ever, if ever, been seen sporting before the deal was signed.
Listen to Queue: The Music Way of life App now. The human nature is as such that after they keep on listening to one type of music it turns into grand in their own proper and other people suppose that they’re listening to the best music as per their commonplace. Social and personal statements and words equivalent to “love” or the identify of a cherished one are in style selections on this model of tattooing.
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BioAmber Gets Little Love From Investors on Valentine’s Day
Biochemicals Debra Fiakas CFA - February 16, 2018
by Debra Fiakas Management of sustainable chemical developer BioAmber (BIOA: NYSE; BIOA: TSX) have not been feeling much love from the capital markets. The BioAmber team just wants some consideration for its proprietary platform for production of bio-based succinic acid. Historically succinic acid has been produced from fossil fuel and sold as an intermediate input for use in drug compounds, agriculture and food production. BioAmber has fine tuned a fermentation process to transform organic materials such as dextrose sugars into a bio-succinic acid. BioAmber’s woes began last fall when the New York Stock Exchange sent the company a notice of non-compliance with NYSE...
Countdown To Codexis’ Day Of Reckoning
It is earnings season and bio-catalyst developer Codexis (CDXS: Nasdaq) is expected to report fourth quarter and year-end 2017 financial results in the coming weeks. The three analysts who regularly publish estimates for the company expect a nickel profit in the quarter on $23 million in total sales of the company’s custom protein catalysts. Codexis is still perfecting its proprietary platform technology called CodeEvolver, but has already delivered an array of unique enzymes that help drive critical biological processes for its customers. Codexis does not have a good track record in terms of meeting the consensus estimate. The company has only cleared the...
Novozymes Ignites Yeast Wars
Biochemicals guest - February 15, 2018
Novozymes (Copenhagen:NZYM-B; OTC:NVZMY) moved into yeast this week with a new organism, Innova Drive. It’s saccharomyces cerevisae — the workhouse yeast that has been powering wine fermentation since the days of Noah and the Ark. But here’s a new strain engineered to cut fermentation times up to two hours, and yield boosts of up to two percent. A 2% yield increase and a 5% faster rate of production — let’s illustrate it — would mean something like 7.1 million gallons per year of more ethanol from the same standard 100 million gallon nameplate plant. Retailing at up to $10 million dollars, per year (yes,...
Biofuels M&A: 2017 Review and Outlook
Biochemicals guest - February 5, 2018
by Bruce Comer, Ocean Park Advisors More industry players chose to develop and build new capacity rather than buy plants The North American biofuels industry experienced the fewest merger and acquisition transactions in recent history in 2017. There were only six M&A transactions, with a total estimated value of more than $100 million. They involved eight plants with 297 million gallons per year (MGPY) of production capacity. Half of these deals were for non-operating plants. A fourth deal was for a sub-scale demonstration plant. Contributing to the limited deal flow, two historically active acquirers, Green Plains and REG, did not close...
List of Biochemicals Stocks
Biochemicals Tom Konrad Ph.D., CFA - April 25, 2018
Biochemicals stocks are publicly traded companies whose business involves using plant or animal based feedstocks (biomass) to create new chemicals or substitutes of existing petrochemicals, plastics, or other fossil fuel derived substances other than fuels. Amyris (AMRS) BioAmber (BIOA) Bion Environmental Technologies (BNET) Codexis (CDXS) Corbion (CRBN.AS; CSNVY) Eastman Chemical Company (EMN) Global Bioenergies (ALGBE: EURONEXT) Novozymes (Copenhagen:NZYM-B; OTC:NVZMY) Royal DSM (DSM.AS; KDSKF; RDSMY) SECOS Group (SES.AX) If you know of any biochemicals stock that is not listed here and should be, please let us know by leaving a comment. Also for stocks in the list that you think should be removed.
Amyris In The Age Of Rapid Change
Biochemicals guest - July 12, 2018
by Jim Lane Last month, Amyris (AMRS) and Chevron (CVX) announced that Novvi and Chevron have entered into an agreement to jointly develop and bring to market novel renewable base oil technologies. Novvi is Amyris’ JV with Cosan (CZZ) to produce targeted hydrocarbon molecules from plant sugar for automotive, industrial, marine, and construction applications at unbeatable economics. Think lubricants for engines and machines. Since launching its first commercial production in 2014, Novvi has been steadily increasing its base oil production to keep up with robust and growing demand for a variety of automotive, marine and industrial applications. Meanwhile, Chevron has one of...
Can Amyris Find The Ingredients Of Success?
Biochemicals Debra Fiakas CFA - September 13, 2018
In late August 2018, sustainable ingredients developer Amyris (AMRS: Nasdaq) staged a successful secondary offering by a selling stockholders, Foris Ventures and Vivo Capital Fund. In conjunction with the offering the company raised $46.0 million in new capital through the exercise of warrants held by existing shareholders. Last week the shares closed over 40% higher than the $6.25 deal price. The chief executive officer lauded shareholders for their support and apparent endorsement of the company’s game plan to commercialize sustainable alternatives to petroleum-sourced materials used in fragrance, health and beauty products. Amyris leadership should celebrate its loyal shareholders given how far the company drifted...
Corbion Bids To Acquire TerraVia
Biochemicals guest - August 4, 2017
Corbion Bids To Acquire TerraVia In California, Corbion has made a $20M stalking horse stock and asset purchase bid for TerraVia (TRVA). The purchase agreement provides TerraVia with a binding bid of $20 million in cash along with the assumption of certain liabilities, which is subject to higher or otherwise better offers. As part of the transaction, Corbion will be assuming the ongoing financial obligations of the business and its joint venture ownership, therefore the total financial commitment is expected to be in excess of the cash purchase price. Through this proposed transaction, TerraVia employees, who bring with them a wide...
A Decade Of Unexpected Curves In The Bioeconomy
Biofuels guest - December 27, 2017
By Jim Lane Over the years we’ve all seen a lot of curveballs in the advanced bioeconomy. You see companies like Valero, which lobby the United States Congress with unbridled intensity to get rid of the Renewable Fuel Standard, on the verge of becoming the single-biggest producer of RINs in the United States (with news that they might take capacity at Diamond Green Diesel up to 540 million gallons). You see companies like Solazyme which love the Renewable Fuel Standard and drive up to nearly a billion-dollar post-IPO valuation based on delivering fuels at volume, then announcing that there are even...
Bion: Waste To Dollars
Biochemicals Debra Fiakas CFA - July 30, 2018
Earlier this week Bion Environmental Technologies (BNET) received approval of a patent for its proprietary ammonia recovery process. Bion’s technology converts livestock wastes into ammonium bicarbonate. Patent protection in the U.S. paves the way for Bion to deliver an environmentally friendly chemical to the market at attractive profit margins. Ammonium bicarbonate is used for a variety of purposes from leavening to crop additives. It is the fertilizer market that has caught Bion’s attention. The company intends to ‘close the loop’ for the agricultural sector by helping livestock producers economically dispose of waste and then delivering a fertilizer for food crops that qualifies as organic. It is an attractive...
Investing in Biopolymers
Biochemicals Debra Fiakas CFA - April 17, 2018
Last month Eastman Chemical Company (EMN: NYSE) announced an expansion of its urethane extrusion line at one of its specialty chemical plants. This one located near Martinsville, Virginia makes paint protection films and window films. Urethane is perfect to protect surfaces in a home or business. It is not brittle like plastic, but has excellent tolerance for grease and oils. When exposed to the elements it does not rot or degrade over time like rubber. Shareholders likely cheered the development in Virginia for potential addition to market share. Eastman grabbed $9.6 billion in sales from the specialty chemicals market in 2017, earning $1.4 billion in net income or...
Beets to Gas
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by Debra Fiakas, CFA In recent weeks management from Global Bioenergies (ALGBE: EURONEXT)made the rounds among New York City investors. The French specialty chemical developer is trying to win new friends in the U.S. for its bio-isobutene made through the fermentation of organic materials. Isobutene, also called isobutylene, is a four-molecule hydrocarbon that is a foundational chemical in a wide range of common products from gasoline additives to cosmetics. Until recently, isobutene was made exclusively in the crude oil refinement process. It is one of the many by-products of crude oil refining that helps pad the profit margins of big oil...
Gevo’s Glow
Biochemicals Debra Fiakas CFA - July 1, 2018
Specialty chemicals developer Gevo, Inc. (GEVO: Nasdaq) is celebrating a string of market wins for its renewable chemicals and fuels. Since its beginning thirteen years ago this month, Gevo has been doggedly perfecting its synthetic biology and chemical technologies and turning it into products that are in demand by consumers and industry. Last week shareholders were treated to an announcement by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) raising the amount of isobutanol for on-road use to 16% blend level from 12.5%. As a producer of renewable isobutanol Gevo will be a direct beneficiary of the EPA action. Following directly on the heels of that news,...
Biofuels & Biobased Earnings Roundup: Novozymes
Biochemicals guest - August 20, 2018
by Jim Lane The Top Line. In Denmark, Novozymes (Copenhagen:NZYM-B; OTC:NVZMY) reported 4% organic sales growth for the first half and a 5 percent jump in Q2 with bioenergy reporting a 14% jump. Overall, net profit grew 5% and the company affirmed its 2018 guidance. Sales dipped to DKK 7,018m from DKK 7,278m, and EBITDA was flat at DKK 2,464m, although we primarily attribute that to currency shifts. The Big Highlights. Growth in Food & Beverages and Agriculture & Feed; Bioenergy particularly strong. Good ramp-up of recent product launches. +7% organic sales growth in emerging markets; Freshness & hygiene platform in Household Care developing according to...
The Return of Advanced Biofuels
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Wall Street flat as healthcare counters robust retail data, industrial boost
U.S. stocks were flat in volatile trading on Thursday, ahead of a long Easter weekend, as another drop in healthcare stocks blunted gains from upbeat industrial earnings and robust retail sales data.
U.S. retail sales increased by the most in 1-1/2 years in March, the latest indication that economic growth picked up in the first quarter after a false start.
The economy's strength was underscored by data that showed the number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits dropped to its lowest in nearly 50 years last week.
"Retail sales really came back roaring. It looks like the consumer made up for the government shutdown and there were good numbers in jobless claims," said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Spartan Capital Securities in New York.
Ahead of the release of the report, U.S. Attorney General William Barr emphasized that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's inquiry found no collusion between President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia.
"I think the markets are going to focus on how damaging the Mueller report is going to be for Trump's re-election chances," said Rick Meckler, partner at Cherry Lane Investments, in New Vernon, New Jersey.
"But as with everything with Trump, it probably won't have a big impact long term."
Providing the biggest support to markets was a 1.1% rise in industrial stocks, but the gains were weighed down by healthcare sector falling for the third straight session as concerns of tighter regulations mount.
Union Pacific Corp jumped 4.3%, while Honeywell International Inc's shares rose 3.1% after the industrial companies reported better-than-expected quarterly profits.
At 10:11 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 43.71 points, or 0.17%, at 26,493.25, the S&P 500 was down 2.90 points, or 0.10%, at 2,897.55 and the Nasdaq Composite was down 26.84 points, or 0.34%, at 7,969.24.
Of the 54 S&P 500 companies that have posted earnings so far, 79.6% have beaten consensus, according to Refinitiv data.
Analysts now expect first-quarter profits for S&P 500 companies to have dropped 1.8% year-on-year, an improvement from recent estimates, but would still be the first earnings decline since 2016.
Insurer Travelers Companies Inc's rose 3.2%, providing the biggest boost to the Dow, after its quarterly profit beat estimates.
On trade, Washington and Beijing set a tentative timeline for a fresh round of face-to-face meetings ahead of a possible signing ceremony in late May or early June, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Investors are also awaiting the hotly-anticipated debut of online scrapbook company Pinterest Inc, the first high-profile initial public offering of a "tech unicorn" after Lyft Inc's struggles.
Declining issues outnumbered advancers for a 1.20-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and a 1.74-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.
The S&P index recorded 26 new 52-week highs and two new lows, while the Nasdaq recorded 30 new highs and 32 new lows.
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Inspired on a trip to Washington D.C., SchwARTZ returned home to stretch the first canvas and create "American Capitol." Today, people from around the world are gifting flags to him. One of the most recent contributions was from the son of a soldier who fought the Battle of the Bulge in WWII for the purpose of honoring the men and women who made such extraordinary sacrifices to ensure American values and principles.
"This series is contrary to how most artists use the American flag to denigrate the country," SchwARTZ said. "I intend to use my rights of freedom of expression and freedom of speech to make a positive, patriotic statement about America."
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September 11 Commemorative Events in San Francisco
Channel Islands, CA—Artist David SchwARTZ will be exhibiting his “American Icon” series of paintings on retired American flags from Aug. 24 through Oct. 17 as part of San Francisco’s city-wide events commemorating the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
The “American Icons” debuted at the 2007 Biennale in Florence, Italy and have since garnered international acclaim. The impetus for the project came from nine "founding flags" the artist rescued from a trash bag in 2003. He has since received resounding support from numerous sources, including American military veterans, citizens, fire departments, and even former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger—all of whom have gifted flags for the project.
Since his debut in Italy, SchwARTZ has built a reputation from coast to coast as a patriotic painter. “Each American Icon celebrates an aspect of the American value system that’s worthy of discussion,” said 12th District Assemblymember Fiona Ma. “When we reflect on what America stands for, it’s inspiring to see a contemporary artist whose work triggers meaningful conversations about issues shared by Americans across the country.”
Four paintings from the artist's current collection of 23 pieces will be featured in the Elizabeth S. and Alvin I. Fine Museum at Temple Emanu-El. The exhibit includes three of the original “founding flags” in the series as well as SchwARTZ’s 20th piece in the series, “American Firefighter,” executed on a flag that flew on the hook and ladder of Las Vegas, Nevada Fire Station #3 the year following the Sept. 11 attacks.
SchwARTZ received private instruction at the Gino Conti Studio and the Rhode Island School of Design, both in Providence, and at the Studio Art Center International in Florence, Italy. He holds a bachelor’s degree in studio art/printmaking from the University of Massachusetts and also studied at the University of Hawaii.
Temple Emanu-El, located at 2 Lake Street in San Francisco, is the oldest Jewish synagogue west of the Mississippi as well as a landmark temple in San Francisco. “We are pleased to participate in this important San Francisco-wide commemoration of 9/11 by helping to create a constructive dialogue about what our flag represents,” said Paula Freedman, temple curator.
To arrange a tour of the exhibition, please call Temple Emanu-El at (415) 751-2535. Appointments are encouraged, but not required.
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Posted on November 14, 2017 November 26, 2017 by Bil Gaines
McDonaldland – The Gritty Reboot
McDONALDLAND (the gritty noirish reboot for 2017)
A clever handyman from a poor neighborhood fights a corrupt mayor and organized crime to save an orphanage – and an orphan.
RONALD is a popular guy in McNugget Heights, a low-class neighborhood in the hard city of McDonaldland. He’s a clever and creative handyman who only works alone, and never works for free. One day, a young ORPHAN GIRL watches him improvise a solution for an old lady neighbor, who rewards him not with money but with a shiny golden key, assuring him it’s extremely valuable. She urges him to keep it secret. That night, the orphan shows up at Ronald’s doorstep. Ronald reluctantly allows her to sleep on his couch, promising to get rid of her somewhere tomorrow. That night, the HAMBURGLAR attempts to rob Ronald’s place; Ronald fights him off, with help from the orphan and a good frying pan.
The next morning, Ronald takes the kid for pancakes before taking her downtown to see BIRDIE, a childhood friend who is now a selfless city attorney. Birdie recommends a city-funded orphanage, but the orphan tells her no — the mayor has closed it down, that’s why she went to Ronald to begin with. Ronald and Birdie both despise bullies, and the mayor is a bully, and Birdie is impressed that Ronald would care so much for the kid…so Ronald agrees to her plan: they will bully the mayor right back and get that orphanage re-opened.
The Hamburglar meets with CAPTAIN CROOK, the pirate leader who runs this town’s organized pirate crime. Crook threatens to kill the Hamburglar if he doesn’t bring him what he wants: that golden key. He gives the Hamburglar another chance to get it, and insists that the Hamburglar take his goons, the FRY GUYS and GRIMACE. Meanwhile, Birdie crashes a press conference for MAYOR McCHEESE, humiliating him on his record of defunding important city services like police, schools, parking meters and (now) the orphanage. The Hamburglar and the Fry Guys tear Ronald’s apartment apart; they don’t find the key, but they do take all of Ronald’s hamburgers. Grimace meets Ronald and the kid outside his apartment as they return; Ronald offers the kid to the criminals if they’ll just leave him alone. No dice, says Grimace, and they have a fight. Ronald is no match for the brute, but he comes up with a clever ruse in an improvised disguise, fooling the giant. With additional help from the kid, he manages to escape. The kid, it seems, is quick on her feet, good in a fight. But his apartment is destroyed and they are not safe.
The Mayor meets with Captain Crook to try & get him to take down Birdie; the pirate laughs at him, saying the Mayor owes him his mayorship. That was their deal – McCheese is mayor, Captain Crook no longer has to worry about pesky cops. He says no to killing Birdie, but has a plan: since she’s pals with the guy who has the key he’s after, he will have the Hamburglar kidnap her. Meanwhile, Ronald and the kid temporarily move in with Birdie & regroup. Birdie tells him of her work outside of work, and Ronald chastises her for working for free. She tells him she doesn’t work for free, but rewards aren’t always money. She produces a weekly video blog because she believes in the goodness of McDonaldland, and wants to make it a good place to live again. Drinks get drunk. Romance brews…until Ronald tries to convince Birdie to look after the kid so he can go his own way. She sees through his selfish charade and tells him NO to watching the kid for him — and NO to romance.
The Hamburglar enters Birdie’s house late at night. He sees the key around Ronald’s neck and uses Birdie as bait to get him to give it up. He does, but the Fry Guys kidnap Birdie anyway. Grimace stays behind to finish what he started. A nasty fight takes them outside, where, once again, Ronald fashions a disguise, and by outwitting a witless giant, appears to gain the upper hand. Before he kills Grimace, however, the orphan asks him not to — she sees that he’s sympathetic; he’s been bullied his whole life. At the kid’s insistence, he offers to help Grimace break free of the pirates if he helps them take down Captain Crook (and the Mayor) and get Birdie back. Ronald now sees what Birdie meant about rewards not always being money.
The Hamburglar delivers the key he stole from Ronald to Captain Crook, who then reveals its true power: it is the Key to the City, and it can open any building door in town. Captain Crook makes copies and gives them to pirate ruffians; he sends them on their first errand: raiding the homes of the remaining police force. The Hamburglar realizes to his horror that he just gave complete power to the pirates.
Meanwhile, Ronald, the kid and Grimace use Birdie’s video equipment to upload videos describing secrets of the pirates, how they have been bullying the populace, and how the Mayor is working for Captain Crook. Ronald delivers a quick speech about rising up together as a community, with power in numbers, as the perfect way to help Birdie. The video goes viral. People are furious, and protests break out; they clash with pirates, quickly turning into riots. The city is in flames.
In an effort to right a wrong that would haunt him, the Hamburglar finds Ronald and tells him where the pirates are holding Birdie. Ronald, the kid, Grimace and the Hamburglar steer a local riot towards the pirates’ ship at the docks. Ronald goes after Birdie while the Hamburglar duels in a suave swordfight with Captain Crook; after some clever wordplay, the Hamburglar wins. Ronald takes care of the Fry Guys and some other pirates, and emerges from the ship with Birdie…
…to find the Mayor waiting for them with some pirates. He tells them to kill them, but Grimace and the kid burst onto the scene – in disguise! – and Grimace gets the pirates to chase after him instead, leaving Ronald and Birdie alone with the mayor. The kid notes that the Mayor has been caught on camera describing his crimes. He’s going down. Day is saved. Happy family time. Milkshakes. And in the ashes of a burned-down McDonaldland, a new mayor, free of corruption and greed, takes the place of the old mayor. A new orphanage is opened to provide a place for homeless children, and a new family — Ronald, Birdie and the kid — settle into a new home in the charming neighborhood of McNugget Heights.
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The mutation that takes away pain
December 13, 2006 By Michael Hopkin This article courtesy of Nature News.
Studies of rare disorder shed light on pain mechanism.
Imagine being unable to feel any pain at all. For a tiny handful of people, that is the reality and medical researchers have now pinpointed the mutation that removes their ability to perceive painful sensations.
The study began when doctors in northern Pakistan examined a remarkable group of related families in which several individuals seem entirely unaffected by pain. Their attention was first attracted by one member of the clan, a locally famous boy who performed street theatre involving walking on burning coals and stabbing his arms with knives.
Although it sounds like a party trick, the condition is devastating, as sufferers don't learn to know their limits. The street-performing boy killed himself on his fourteenth birthday after jumping off a house roof. The researchers studied six of his relatives, aged between 4 and 14 years. All had suffered many cuts and bruises, and injuries to lips and tongue caused by biting themselves; several had fractured bones without noticing.
This shows the importance of pain for our health and survival, notes Geoffrey Woods of the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, UK, who led the study. "Pain is there for a jolly good reason it stops us damaging ourselves," he says. For example, the pain from a broken arm or sprained ankle encourages us to rest that body part while it recovers.
The children in the study had no such safety check, causing them to be both graceless and reckless. "One girl was continually knocked down in the playground and just didn't mind at all," Woods says.
Nerve condition
The researchers compared DNA samples from the six children and found that they all share a mutation in a gene called SCN9A, which is strongly expressed in nerve cells. They report their results in Nature1.
The SCN9A gene encodes a 'sodium channel': one of the structures that allows electrical charge to flow into nerve cells, triggering a signal, the researchers explain. Without this particular type of sodium channel, the brain does not receive any signal that the body has encountered a pain-causing stimulus.
The discovery answers the question of whether the Pakistani subjects are truly unable to perceive pain or simply indifferent to it. When the first ever pain-free patient was examined in the early twentieth century, some doctors thought that perhaps the condition involved a malfunction in the brain, rather than in the nerves.
The Pakistan patients did seem to understand the concept of pain, and had picked up a knowledge of situations in which other people experience it. While being observed in a game of soccer, some of the older children in the study even acted as if in pain after being tackled. "Often, if you don't look as if you feel pain people think you're odd," Woods says.
Oversensitive
Mutations in SCN9A are also involved at the other end of the pain spectrum, another recent study shows. Mutations that enhance, rather than inhibit, the protein's activation are at the root of paroxysmal extreme pain disorder, report researchers led by Mark Gardiner of University College London in the journal Neuron2.
It therefore seems that SCN9A acts as a "major trigger" of pain, says Woods. "It's amazing that we missed it for so long and then out of the woodwork come these two disorders," he says.
This could offer potential new ways to treat severe pain. Current methods, such as local anaesthetics, are impractical, and constantly taking opiate painkillers can lead to addiction. Targeting SCN9A, perhaps through gene therapy, could also help sufferers of constant extreme pain from injuries, arthritis, spinal conditions or cancer.
But, as the Pakistani subjects showed, the new discovery is of no use in tackling that perennial human condition, emotional pain. "They can blush and cry, and when they have flu they feel unwell," he says. "And they are hurt by rejection just the same as anyone."
Visit our newsblog to read and post comments about this story.
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Retro Review: The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
Posted on November 26, 2015 by Alex Moya // 0 Comments
The biggest Holiday event in geekdom this year will undoubtedly be Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, which almost every commercial this season has guaranteed will result in plastic lightsabers and action figures under every tree this year. And with J.J.'s personal crusade to bring back practical effects and a sense of movie magic to the Star Wars universe, there's a lot more than turkey and pie to be thankful for this holiday season. Assuming J.J.'s vision will be just as magical and inventive as Episodes IV-VI, Feeling warm and fuzzy with nostalgia yet? Good, because I'm about to ruin all those lovely Star Wars memories and VII hype with a review of one of the worst TV specials of all time. Yes. THAT One.
The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
Let me be 100% honest here and say it like it really is. This movie is weapons-grade awful, but that doesn’t mean it’s the worst thing ever invented by a human being, though it certainly tries at times. Yes, listening to what seems like an eternity of mangled Wookie-speak may feel like running your brain through an industrial cheese-grater, but off the top of my head, I can name about one or two films I’ve seen that were definitely worse. One was Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, which was essentially a full hour of mindless, inspid bullsh*t and like, one decent sword fight, and Highlander II, which is basically the same thing minus the one cool sword fight and a plot that’s at least seventy-five times worse than all of Sephiroth’s Hot Topic monologues. So while the Holiday Special was pretty bad, at least it didn’t completely ruin the lore like Highlander II. Or Phantom Menace, for that matter.
That said, this film is still A-tier bad, and not in the fun, “Manos: The Hands of Fate” sort of way, where you can pop in some Rifftrax and have a chuckle at the stupid over a bucket of popcorn. The Holiday Special is a weird, dull little trip through Lucas’ weird side, and though it has its moments of cringey unintentional humor, the end result is an uncomfortable mess of Wookies watching porn on Oculus Rift and weird, dancing holochess pieces. There’s barely any plot to speak of, though what little there is essentially amounts to Han Solo Saves Christmas, which sounds friggin’ awesome until you realize the “Christmas” in this film is a generic called “Life Day,” which somehow manages to be even worse than it sounds. Being a TV special, there really isn’t any action to speak of either, with Stormtroopers and Imperial Agents spending a good chunk of the special dicking about and looking at random objects in the room they’re in. That and a load of other random segments awkwardly punctuating the paper-thin excuse for a story, which somehow managed to fit in Bea Arthur, bizarre animated commercials, and Boba Fett’s first appearance.
“But wait,” I hear some of you typing away below, “That’s the one cool part where Boba Fett shows up before Empire! That’s at least sort of neat, right?”
First off, I know I’m gonna get frozen in carbonite for even daring to say this, but Boba Fett’s the most needlessly overrated character in Star Wars, and every real fan knows Jar Jar is a superior villain. Second, the animated short looked like a 4kids version of Aeon Flux, and Boba Fett’s personality in it was utterly unbearable. I guarantee that if Boba Fett called everyone he met in Empire and Jedi “friend” like he did in the cartoon, nobody would’ve thought he was cool or mysterious. Just annoying, repetitive, and disappointingly one-note, much like everything else in the special.
Beyond that, there’s really not much else to talk about, as in the end, the special managed to somehow make Star Wars boring before the tedious politicking of the prequel films. And when all’s said and done, it’s the tedium and lack of any real effort that’s the major problem here. For example, Chewbacca’s relatives in this special have names like “Lumpy” and “Itchy,” which sound more like something from the Simpsons than an actual piece of official Star Wars media (inset bent Wookie joke here).
So that’s the Star Wars holiday special in a nutshell. If you like Wookies (like, a LOT), then maybe you’ll enjoy this film. But chances are, you’ll probably want to singe your own ears off with a lightsaber fifteen minutes into this painfully 70’s travesty of a special. It has absolutely nothing to do with Christmas, Thanksgiving, Festivus, or any other holiday celebrated on this planet, and somehow managed to torpedo the franchise into pure, liquid stupid before the CGI bantha poodoo hit the fan in the prequels.
But hey, at least it’s not Advent Children.
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Omoni Oboli's Okafor's Law Hit Cinemas Today
The much anticipated film, 'Okafor’s Law' by Nollywood actress, producer and director, Omoni Oboli was yesterday granted permission to go-ahead with the cinema release after several months of debate over the copyright of.
The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi under Justice Ibrahim Buba gave the ruling after considering the arguments of the plaintiff (Raconteur Productions) and the defendants (Omoni Oboli, Dioni Visions Entertainment and FilmOne Distribution).
The judge hence removed the interim injunction stopping the release of the film as filed by Raconteur Productions. He said that the film can be released as planned into Nigerian cinemas today, Friday, March 31, 2017 but that the parties involved should choose a date for continuation of the hearing between April 3 and 4, 2017.
This definitely comes as good news to Omoni Oboli and her people as she had yesterday presented, through Oluwatomi Adeoye – the Project Manager of Dioni Visions, a counter-affidavit in which it was argued that an estimated five hundred million (500m) Naira which she had planned to realise would be lost if the film was not released as planned.
Jude Idada was present and the case involving him and Oboli will begin formal hearing on April 6, 2017. It will be recalled that Oboli had been accused of stealing Idada’s intellectual copyright for the controversial film, Okafor’s Law.
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Release Tour & GC Giveaway: The Chauffeur by A.P. Hallmark
THE CHAUFFEUR
by A.P. Hallmark
April Sanders is beautiful and educated. She’s also a chauffeur. Her elite client list is quite extensive, and Jason Rowe is one of them.
From the moment he lays eyes on her, he tries to gain her attention, but unlike the other women he’s encountered, she isn’t impressed. Imagine his surprise when he learns she’s been hired to drive exclusively for the family.
Remaining the dedicated professional, April rejects Jason’s advances. That is until she receives the approval of the family matriarch. Her life will never be the same.
When a business deal goes sour between Jason and a competitive business associate, April gets caught in the crossfire. After a series of suspicious and ominous incidents threaten the Rowes’ inner circle, Jason’s possessive and protective nature knows no bounds where Ms. Sanders is concerned.
The Rowe’s are powerful and have powerful connections. When a member of the family is wounded, there’s no stopping the force behind them.
“Listen, Kyle, she’s beautiful, okay? But there can’t be anything between us. She’s an employee, and we come from different worlds.”
“You’re right. You come from the silver spoon variety. April comes from the salt of the earth kind that uses her college degree for the betterment of society by teaching underprivileged children and adults at the center three weekends a month, and after work, if she has the spare time.”
“What? What did you say?”
“For some reason, she likes to drive snobs around and be treated like pond scum, like the guy she was working for before she came to us.”
“What do you mean? Did he treat her badly?”
“Emily says that guy felt her up any chance he got until Sam threatened him,” he explains, leaning against the workbench. “But that didn’t last very long, and he was back at it about two weeks later.”
“Again with this, Sam!” I say to myself.
“According to Emily, he’s a total Adonis.” I stop pacing long enough to see him use the air quotes.
“What’s so funny now?”
“You should hear what she calls you.” He bends over in a full belly-laugh, and now I’m really pissed.
“What?” I ask, rolling my eyes, taking his bait. “What does she call me?”
“Oh, no. Emily swore me to secrecy. But I will tell you it was given to you the day she took you and Kate to the airport.” His hand smacks the counter before he bends over in laughter again.
“You better fucking tell me, Kyle.”
“I gotta go. I promised Emily a phone call tonight.”
He starts to leave but stops at the door, turns to me and bursts out laughing again.
The day she took me to the airport? What could it be? I was a perfect gentleman. While I’m racking my brain, trying to figure out what it could be, I hear a ruckus from the backyard. Someone is shouting outside.
Spending a few minutes in the quiet garage, I head out toward the pool and see Kyle hanging out over his balcony. He’s wearing one of Nicole’s wigs, and I can’t help but laugh at how ridiculous he looks.
“Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?”
What’s he doing quoting Shakespeare?
“What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.”
“What the fuck are you doing, Kyle?”
“Oh, Romeo, Romeo,” he says again before he goes into the house—laughing, of course.
I shake my head at his antics, and then it hits me like a load of bricks.
“Romeo? She calls me Romeo?”
I run up the stairs with the sole purpose of clobbering my brother when I pass my giggling mother on the landing.
“This is going to be fun,” she says.
I stop in my tracks and turn toward her. “What did you just say, Mother?”
She shuts her bedroom door behind her, and I hear her laughter as well as Kyle’s. I barge into his room, where he’s literally rolling on the floor laughing his ass off.
“Mom, Romeo hit me!”
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Her male characters are strong and possessive, her women are strong and feminine. With two powerful lead characters, her stories are filled with adventure, romance, and sometimes their will to be the last one standing gives her readers a fun ride.
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UB spinoffs receive federal funding to advance technologies in health care, water purification
By CHARLOTTE HSU republished from UBNow.
“UB invests time and resources into commercializing technologies developed by our researchers. In recent years, the university has increased support for students and faculty who are making the transition to becoming entrepreneurs.”
Venu Govindaraju, vice president for research and economic development
Three UB startups have received six-figure awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support commercialization of promising technologies that could benefit society by improving health care and providing broader access to clean water.
The new funding recognizes the potential impact of the UB startups, which are working to improve the safety of MRI scans, enable early identification of unruptured brain aneurysms, and help alleviate drinking water shortages worldwide.
Ferric Contrast Inc., founded by UB Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Janet Morrow and entrepreneur Bradford La Salle, has received a $225,000 Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) award from the NSF. The company is developing iron-based contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) — an area of intense interest to a health care industry seeking alternatives to the gadolinium complexes that have traditionally been employed in MRI. Recent studies have found that gadolinium can accumulate in patients’ brains and other organs, raising safety concerns.
Neurovascular Diagnostics Inc., founded by Hui Meng, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, biomedical engineering PhD graduate Vincent Tutino, and entrepreneur Jeff Harvey, has received a $224,000 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the NSF. The company is developing a blood test for detecting unruptured brain aneurysms. This advance could save lives by enabling doctors to identify and provide preventative treatment to patients who have such aneurysms but exhibit no symptoms.
Sunny Clean Water LLC, founded by associate professor Qiaoqiang Gan and researcher Zongmin Bei, both in the Department of Electrical Engineering, and Zongfu Yu, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has received a $225,000 Phase I SBIR award from the NSF. The company is developing a solar-powered water-purification device that could help alleviate drinking water shortages in developing areas and regions affected by natural disasters.
“The federal SBIR and STTR programs are extremely competitive, and the success of these UB spinoff companies in securing funding is a testament to the promise of their technologies,” says Venu Govindaraju, vice president for research and economic development.
“UB invests time and resources into commercializing technologies developed by our researchers. In recent years, the university has increased support for students and faculty who are making the transition to becoming entrepreneurs,” Govindaraju says. “The progress that UB-affiliated startups are making reflects the success of these efforts, as well as the vibrancy of the ecosystem that we and our many partners are building.”
UB’s efforts to commercialize discoveries are helping to drive economic development in the region, with dozens of UB faculty and students starting companies in recent years. These businesses develop products and services that benefit society and create jobs in Western New York.
Support from UB begins when faculty and student researchers approach the university with a discovery that holds promise for becoming a commercial product or service.
UB’s Technology Transfer and Business and Entrepreneur Partnerships teams — part of the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development — help inventors understand their innovations from a business standpoint: What is the real-world problem that a product helps to solve? What is the size of the market for the product? What research and development (R&D) needs to happen to get the product to consumers, and how will that R&D be funded?
UB follows through on these initial conversations by protecting UB discoveries with patent applications and providing the resources needed to help spinoffs succeed.
More information about Ferric Contrast Inc., Neurovascular Diagnostics Inc. and Sunny Clean Water LLC is available online.
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IDs for the Homeless
David Brophy, right, talks to representatives of a Los Angeles group who are helping him acquire an ID card on a city street near where he lives. Homeless people often face considerable barriers to obtaining ID. A few cities and states are trying to make it easier for them to do so.
Nearly three years ago, when his fiancee died, Robert Giddings was abruptly evicted from their Flint, Michigan, home. His name wasn’t on the lease, so he had no recourse — and his landlord threw out all his things, including his ID.
Terrified, he stumbled through the wintry streets for a day, until police picked him up for public intoxication. Giddings says he wasn’t drunk, but blind from untreated cataracts.
Giddings was placed in a shelter, but without ID, he couldn’t get the medical care he needed — or even gain entrance to government buildings so he could apply for a replacement ID.
“It was pretty hard,” Giddings, now 58, said. “You can’t go to the doctor. I couldn’t cash any checks. I couldn’t apply for food stamps.”
As Giddings learned, not having ID can make it virtually impossible to escape homelessness. It means being shut out of federal, state and county buildings, where social services agencies that help the homeless are often located. It makes it much harder to get a job, find a place to live, open a bank account, get food stamps and disability benefits — or in some instances, even stay at a homeless shelter. In some states, no ID means not being able to vote. And federal regulations enacted after Sept. 11, 2001, are making it even harder to get ID.
A handful of cities and states are trying to combat this. In January, New Jersey began waiving fees to replace birth certificates, and in July it will allow the homeless to get a state ID card for free. California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina and South Carolina already waive fees for the homeless to obtain IDs.
And this year, lawmakers in Hawaii, Massachusetts, Texas and West Virginia have introduced legislation that would make it easier for homeless individuals to obtain identification, such as eliminating some of the required paperwork.
Later this year, Chicago will roll out a pilot ID program targeted at helping homeless people and undocumented immigrants. Detroit introduced a similar program last year; Newark, New York City, Oakland and San Francisco also offer municipal IDs designed to help people who don’t have the documents required to get a state ID. Such municipal IDs are open to all, but many recent programs came about as cities sought to help undocumented immigrants.
Meanwhile, in Genesee County, Michigan, where Giddings lives, a task force was created this year to streamline the ID process for the homeless population. Three other counties in the state have similar task forces.
“When you’re experiencing homelessness, you get used to being invisible. And now you don’t even have a piece of ID that says who you are,” said Brent Downs, a formerly homeless man who now serves on the board of directors of the Phoenix-based Homeless ID Project, a nonprofit that helps the homeless in the city get identification.
To Get ID, You Need ID
To get an ID card, most states require multiple proofs of identity or permanent residence, such as utility bills, Social Security cards or birth certificates. Some states require proof of homelessness, such as a letter from a social services agency.
And most states charge a fee to get an identification card — not to mention fees of as much as $50 for a copy of a birth certificate. But even with waived fees, getting an ID can be an arduous process entailing multiple visits to a state office.
“The problem is [homeless people] were being turned around so many times,” said Debra Hayes, executive director of My Brother’s Keeper of Genesee County Inc., the homeless men’s shelter where Giddings now lives. “They need this document or that document, and they give up. That’s what we don’t want to have happen. When they give up on having an ID, they give up on the resources available to them.”
According to a survey by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, in a given month in 2004, 54 percent of homeless people without photo ID were denied access to shelters or housing services, 53 percent were denied food stamps, and 45 percent were denied access to Medicaid or other medical services.
Eric Tars, senior attorney for center, said states should stop charging for ID cards for everyone. Even in states that waive fees for the homeless, he said, state workers often don’t know about the waiver or the waiver requires proof, forcing homeless people to go through an extra step. States and counties also should provide replacement birth certificates and other documentation for free and make it generally easier for people to verify their identity, he said.
“That way you don’t create a circular feedback of ‘You need the ID to get the ID,’ ” Tars said.
Municipal IDs
Last month, the Chicago City Council voted to create a municipal ID program for the undocumented and the homeless. The city has earmarked $1 million from the 2017 budget to get the program going.
The city ID cards, promoted by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a Democrat, will grant people access to city services and cultural institutions. Cardholders will also be able to load the card with fare for public transit, said City Clerk Anna Valencia.
Chicago’s program is modeled after New York’s idNYC program, which launched this year and lets people use expired state IDs, high school transcripts, and letters from a homeless shelter to verify their identity.
Valencia said she met with a young homeless woman who described the hurdles she faced to get state ID, to access a local food pantry and qualify for the federal nutrition program, WIC, so she could feed her baby. After returning to the DMV multiple times, she was finally able to get ID with the help of a local nonprofit.
The city’s legal team is still working out what documentation will be required for the chronically homeless to obtain IDs, because most of them don’t have access to even the most basic records, Valencia said.
One option city officials are exploring is creating a mobile service that goes to homeless shelters and agencies so people can get an ID card the same day, without having to wait in line at the DMV.
“This will really help people access services right away until they are back on their feet,” Valencia said.
Real ID
But getting an ID card is becoming more difficult, as states move to meet more stringent document requirements that are part of the federal Real ID program. The idea was to make it tougher for would-be terrorists to get a driver’s license.
So far, 25 states and Washington, D.C., have begun using Real ID driver’s licenses. Under the law, to get a state-issued driver’s license or identification card, applicants have to provide photo ID, proof of their Social Security number and date of birth, and proof of a permanent residence.
For each of those categories, only certain documents are acceptable, such as a lease, a W-2 form or a paystub. For low-income or homeless people who’ve lost their identifying documents, such requirements create an insurmountable barrier, said Danielle Moise, a staff attorney with Bread for the City, a D.C.-based nonprofit that is working to help the homeless get ID.
“It’s making it much more difficult for people to get an ID in the city, even if they’ve lived here all their lives,” Moise said.
Sleuthing Expedition
If someone had an ID but lost it, it can be relatively simple to get a replacement. But sometimes, helping the homeless obtain ID requires a sleuthing expedition.
The chronically homeless often have trouble remembering when or where they were born, said Downs of the Homeless ID Project. And in some states, to get a copy of a birth certificate, you need to know your parents’ birthplace, too, he said. (Most states allow you to apply for a duplicate by mail.)
“You’re trying to walk them back through their life,” Downs said.
At his shelter, My Brother’s Keeper, which is not affiliated with President Obama’s initiative of the same name, Giddings worked closely with Debra Hayes, his caseworker, who helped him track down the needed paperwork: his birth certificate in Norfolk, Virginia, his adoption papers, everything.
“She worked her butt off trying to get me ID,” Giddings said.
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Elder Abuse Often Unseen
By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant
In 2011, the New York State Elder Abuse Prevalence Study estimated more than 260,000 older adults have been victims of at least one form of elder abuse in the preceding year.
Cathy James, co-chairwoman of the New York State Alzheimer’s Association Coalition, said that problems with judgment and reasoning often put people with Alzheimer’s disease at greater risk for abuse and financial exploitation.
She advises checks and balances so that there’s not just one person looking at the individual’s finances and managing all his care.
“If someone has concerns, there are lots of resources within our community, like the Alzheimer’s Association and the local office for the aging,” she said.
Physician Thomas V. Caprio, director of the Finger Lakes Geriatric Education Center at University of Rochester Medical Center, said that elder abuse is under-reported.
“Older adults may be fearful to report abuse and families may not be alert to the warning signs or know where to seek assistance,” he said.
He said that signs of abuse may include:
• Unexplained injuries (bruises, cuts, fractures)
• Torn clothing, blood in underwear
• Changes in behaviors (fear, depression, insomnia)
• Weight loss, unkempt appearance, poor hygiene
• Unexplained withdrawals from bank accounts, unexpected gifts of money
• Unpaid bills, forged signatures on checks, changes to legal papers (wills and bank accounts)
“Having honest and open lines of communication with loved ones is a critical component in preventing and intervening in abuse situations,” Caprio said.
Julie Allen Aldrich, director of the Monroe County Office for the Aging, advises people concerned about possible elder abuse to call Neighbor Connects at 585-325-2800 or 800-342-9871 to connect with any local office for the aging.
“We want to keep older adults safe in their homes as long as they’re able and they can transfer to other forms of care as needed,” Aldrich said.
Debra Kostiw’s First-Hand Experience with Elder Abuse
Ellie McGarigle and her daughter Debra Kostiw: Bad experience with elder abuse.
Debra Kostiw, president of Home Helpers of Rochester, never dreamed that her mother, Ellie McGarigle, would join the statistic. McGarigle loved playing card games, socializing at the theater and Faith United Methodist Church, and welcoming new people to her Fairport neighborhood. She also couldn’t resist cheesecake and shrimp cocktail, and traveling to new places.
Though diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease many years before, she still lived independently, as the disease progressed very slowly.
A few years ago, McGarigle began needing more help. Kostiw hired a nurse to check on her and set up her medication boxes. That enabled Kostiw to continue working and caring for her own family.
Two years ago, discussing McGarigle’s driving strained their relationship. Kostiw said that McGarigle decided on her own to put down a deposit at an independent living community, a move Kostiw supported.
Kostiw said that her brother in Michigan rarely contacted their mother. Upon hearing about the move, he and his family visited. Kostiw arranged for them to tour the community with their mother. She later learned that the tour was canceled and McGarigle made her son her power of attorney. More shocking to Kostiw, McGarigle moved to Michigan to live with Kostiw’s brother four days later.
Kostiw said she later learned that her brother had filed for bankruptcy four months before the visit and that he charged his mother $400 a month to rent a bedroom in his home.
Attorneys told Kostiw the only way she could get her mother back was to sue for guardianship, which would cost her $20,000 and likely her relationship with McGarigle.
Kostiw said that over the following months, McGarigle would call her, asking for help in moving back home, but in a few days, she’d changed her mind. Occasionally, McGarigle used strong language to complain about her daughter-in-law’s behavior — a change Kostiw then attributed to Alzheimer’s.
Other household changes bothered Kostiw, like her brother’s new car, despite having recently filed for bankruptcy and losing his job.
Then, another bombshell: McGarigle gave her son $130,000 to buy a boat and lakefront mountain house, located a two-hour drive from the previous one. The previously savvy lady did not seem to understand Kostiw’s warnings about how she handled her money.
Kostiw said that calls from her mother increased in frequency and her brother eventually agreed to drive McGarigle to New York. Kostiw then learned all her mother’s expensive furniture was gone, replaced by mismatched garage sale items.
More troubling, the formerly impeccably-kept woman’s hair straggled down her shoulders. Her room was a mess. She had also fallen in the shower the year before and broken her clavicle, unknown to Kostiw at the time.
Kostiw said that closer to moving time, “she said they wouldn’t speak with her and they were stealing all her money,” Kostiw said. “I said to not worry about it; we’d take care of it when she got here.”
Kostiw said that her brother would not even help with their mother’s medication and that he has a history of mental health problems. Abruptly, he canceled the drive to New York. Kostiw said he sounded frustrated. She told him to book the soonest direct flight for her.
He took his mother for one last trip to the bank. Her brother told her later that he wasn’t feeling well and was going to pull over. He drove into a tree instead. McGarigle died in the crash.
Only later did Kostiw learn devastating revelations about her mother. According to Kostiw, McGarigle’s best friend related that McGarigle told her that her daughter-in-law crushed her hand during an argument until she cried and told her that she was no longer welcome.
She spoke with her brother privately, assuming his ignorance to the abuse. She was wrong. His mother had showed him her swollen, bruised wrists a couple of days after altercation, Kostiw said. McGarigle received no medical treatment. He threatened his wife with divorce if she ever did it again.
Kostiw said that at her mother’s funeral, “instead of loving memories, I got all these stories from people saying she called and asked them to come get her and she wanted to live with them. She couldn’t even pet her own dog there.”
Friends told Kostiw that her mother hid in her bedroom at night and on weekends to avoid strife.
Remorse compounded Kostiw’s grief. The happy homecoming had turned into a funeral, where McGarigle’s friends cut pieces of ribbon that could span their outstretched arms and laid their last “hug” about her in her casket.
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Curtis Mathes during the 1980's was a Great Adventure.
The 1986 Curtis Mathes Entertainment Center color television with stereo sound. Model A2529RC. Made in Texas by Americans who took pride in their work. This console still works great today in the year 2014. Made in August 1986, at the Athens Texas Plant. With parts made in Irving, Austin, Dallas, and Houston Texas. With a Curtis Mathes made in Texas CRT picture tube model number A63ABP20X.
In the photo below is Grantley Waters showing the inside of the 1986 Curtis Mathes Entertainment Center color television with stereo sound. Model A2529RC. In the video below is the Made in Texas by Americans who took pride in their work. This console still works great today in the year 2014. Made in August 1986, at the Athens Texas Plant. With parts made in Irving, Austin, Dallas, and Houston Texas. With a Curtis Mathes made in Texas CRT picture tube model number A63ABP20X.
In the photo below is "The Invaders" playing on the 1986 Curtis Mathes Entertainment Center color television with stereo sound.
In the video below the 1986 Curtis Mathes Model A2529RC is playing "The Invaders" from a VHS tape on a Curtis Mathes VCR tape player. In the photo below is the inside of the back of the 1986 Curtis Mathes Model A2529RC showing the amazing made in the USA circuit boards, and hardware around the Texas made cathode ray tube for the CRT picture tube model number A63ABP20X.
In the photo below Charis Waters is showing the size comparison to a person of the beautifully designed console cabinet 1986 Curtis Mathes Model A2529RC. I remember being on the Design team of this wonderfully made console. So many of these consoles work as good today as they did back in the 1980's. In the photo below show that this Curtis Mathes model A2529RC has a wonderful control panel that was state of the art back in the year 1986, so many of the components for this model came from the same factories in Texas that made circuit-boards for the Saturn V Rocket and military electronic hardware, built to last. In the photo below you can see the detail of this chassis that has a lot of made in America parts. As is stated above many of the components came from the same factories in Texas that made circuit-boards for the Saturn V Rocket and military electronic hardware, built to last.
Which explains why you can still see that in they year 2014 she still is going strong as she did in 1986.The American workmanship has proven itself with the test of time. She as the marvelous Vacation switch in the back, which is the classic Curtis Mathes trade mark of the 1980's era. Built for folks that had Vacation home and could afford to spend more for the best color television made in that era. As Grantley Waters can tell you they don't make them like this anymore. Sadly many of these classics are thrown away and they are still working as good as the day they were made when they are crushed in the trash compactor. Let us keep these American beauties for future generations to appreciate and enjoy. Sadly they don't make Televisions in Texas anymore. The tag tells it all, made in Texas by Americans who took pride in their work.
Just ask Grantley Waters, he can tell you this is a well made Texan beauty. We need to save our past on TV at a time ...
Below is a beautiful Vintage Curtis Mathes Color TV a fully functioning portable vintage color CRT TV that was manufactured in the US (1982) this is the one was made to last.
Works great with a digital TV tuner or other RF source.19" CRT, Standard analog 2-13 VHF and 14-83 UHF, 12 tunable tuner buttons, IR Remote included ...Cabinet dimensions: 24" W x 17" H x 17" D
The name said it all, manufactured in the month of February back in 1982. Made at the Athens Texas plant by folks that cared about what they were making.
And has the really well made remote control which was the same model used in the larger floor models for that same year.
Below is Karah with another Curtis Mathes Console television from the 1980's, Made October 1981 the Curtis Mathes Model G552R Color Console-television.
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"Newsgathering in Massachusetts" Guide Now Available Online!
The Digital Media Law Project is pleased to announce the online release of its new legal resource, Newsgathering in Massachusetts, co-produced with the Harvard Law School
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Guide to Reporting at the 2012 Republican and Democratic National Conventions
This page hosts the our Guide to Reporting at the 2012 Republican and Democratic National Conventions, and related resources
More than ten thousand journalists are expected to attend the Republican and Democratic National Conventions in Tampa and Charlotte in the late summer of 2012. A complicated array of laws will be enforced at these events by federal officers, state and local law enforcement, and private security. This Guide is intended to provide detailed information about how the law will apply to those trying to gather news at the events surrounding the conventions.
Elections and Politics
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Live Web Chats on Reporting at the RNC & DNC
Submitted by DMLP Staff on Tue, 08/14/2012 - 09:54
This Thursday, August 16, and again next Thursday, August 23, the Digital Media Law Project's own Andy Sellars will be joining Free Press and the International News Safety Institute to host live online sessions on reporting in conflict ar
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Milwaukee Police Dept. v. Kristyna Wentz-Graff
Submitted by DMLP Staff on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 16:31
Criminal Charge
Kristyna Wentz-Graff
Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel photographer Kristyna Wentz-Graff was arrested by Milwaukee police while Wentz-Graff was photographing a protest by University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students at the school's campus on Nov. 2, 2011. Wentz-Graff, a three-time Wisconsin "Photographer of the Year," was later released without charge. She said she was never told why she was arrested.
Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn later defended the arrest, reports the Journal Sentinel. Flynn said that the officers arrested Wentz-Graff because they thought she was a protester, and that Wentz-Graff's status as a journalist was "not obvious to the officers." The Journal Sentinel ran a photo of Wentz-Graff's arrest that showed her press badge clearly visible. The paper also quoted Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who had seen video of Wentz-Graff's arrest, saying that "It appeared very clear to me that she was a photojournalist," and that he "very much support[s] her First Amendment right to be there."
Mayor says it's 'very clear' arrested photographer was journalist
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Milwaukee Police Dept. v. Clint Fillinger
Clint Fillinger
On September 21, 2011, Clint Fillinger, a photojournalist, was arrested for resisting and obstructing an officer after police confronted Fillinger while he was attempting to film at the scene of a house firm in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Fillinger, a 68-year-old journalist with 45 years of experience, was filming from outside the area that officers had cordoned off with police tape, where several members of the public had also gathered.
Fillinger's raw video of the incident was published by his employer, Fox6 Now. The raw video shows two officers approaching Fillinger and demanding that he step back. The video appears to show Fillinger complying as he stated that he had a right to be there as a member of the public. The officers tell him that he must move for his own safety. Fillinger ultimately falls to the ground, dropping his camera, though the video does not show the cause. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press reports that Fillinger was the only person asked to move away from the scene.
Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn told Fox6 the next day that he felt Fillinger was to blame, saying, "If the cameraman had simply complied with the instructions to back off from a working fire, none of this hullabaloo would be taking place." Fox6 posted the raw video of Flynn's statement on its website.
Several news associations – including the National Press Photographers Association’s Advocacy Committee, the Radio Television Digital News Association, and the Wisconsin News Photographers Association – have sent letters to Flynn demanding the charges be dropped and the officers involved be investigated and face disciplinary charges if necessary.
Clint Fillinger, Photojournalist, Arrested For 'Resisting' Milwaukee Police After Filming At Fire Scene (Huffington Post)
Milwaukee police arrest FOX6 photojournalist at the scene of house fire (Fox6 Now)
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Bay Area Rapid Transit v. Protesters
Submitted by DMLP Staff on Fri, 09/02/2011 - 11:04
No Justice No Bart, Anonymous, other protesters
No Justice, No Bart – http://nojusticenobart.blogspot.com/
Twitter Hastags "#opBART" and "#MuBARTek"
According to SF Weekly, on July 3, 2011, a homeless man named Charles Hill was shot to death by police officers for the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District ("BART"). Two and a half years earlier, BART police used lethal force against 22-year old Oscar Grant. Both cases have lead activist groups to stage protests against BART and its police force.
On July 11, 2011, protesters with No Justice, No BART and other organizations staged a protest in the Civic Center Station, where Hill was shot. According to SF Gate, approximately 100 protesters attended and some blocked the doors of trains, leading BART to temporarily close the station.
According to a BART press release, BART and San Francisco police officers learned of a further protest planned for August 11, 2011 early in the week of August 8th. They believed that protesters were planning to coordinate protests at the station using cell phones, and in an attempt to disrupt that coordination shut down cellular service to specific stations in the BART system. According to Scientific American, BART did this by disabling power to the cell phone and wireless network base stations it owned in the underground system. According to CBS San Francisco, the August 11th protest never materialized.
According to Mashable, web activist group Anonymous responded to BART's closure of cellular service by shutting down the consumer-relations website mybart.org on August 14, 2011, leading to the website's indefinite suspension. Anonymous also organized further protests on August 15, 2011, leading to additional station closures, though no reported cell phone service disruption.
The Bay Citizen reports that the FCC is investigating BART's decision to disable cell phone service in the stations. On August 29, 2011, a group of public interest organizations led by Public Knowledge filed a petition for declaratory ruling to the FCC, arguing that BART's actions violated the Communications Act of 1934.
Justin Silverman, BART Phone Blackout: Did the S.F. Transit Agency Violate Free Speech Protections? (Part One | Part Two), CMLP Blog, Aug. 25-26, 2011.
Statement on Temporary Wireless Service Disruption in Select BART Stations on August 11, Bay Area Rapid Transit, Aug. 12, 2011.
Eugene Volokh, An Unusual (But Likely Constitutional) Speech Restriction, The Volokh Conspiracy, Aug. 13, 2011.
Marvin Ammori, SF BART: Silencing Phones, Stifling Protests, Violating Freedom of Speech?, Balkinization, Aug, 12, 2011.
Letter to Kenton Rainey, BART Chief of Police, by Abdi Solanti, ACLU of Northern California, Aug. 15, 2011.
Melissa Bell, BART San Francisco cut cell services to avert protest, Washington Post BlogPost, Aug. 12, 2011.
Prior Restraints
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The Library Police: Why a Shortage of Bandwidth is Turning Librarians into Traffic Cops
Submitted by Andrew Moshirnia on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 10:36
For a time, few issues could rally nerds as effectively as net neutrality.
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Proposed Reform of Massachusetts Open Meetings Law Disappoints
Submitted by Sam Bayard on Mon, 05/05/2008 - 11:41
This weekend, the Boston Globe published a thoughtful op-ed by Robert Ambrogi on efforts to reform the Massachusetts open meetings law. Ambrogi points out that the current open meetings law does not provide for civil or criminal penalties against government officials who violate the law.
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Highlights from the Legal Guide: Gathering Private Information
This is the fifth in a series of posts calling attention to some of the topics covered in the Citizen Media Legal Guide we began publishing in January. This past month we rolled out the sections on Newsgathering and Privacy, which address the legal and practical issues you may encounter as you gather documents, take photographs or video, and collect other information.
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New Major League Baseball Restrictions on Press Credentials Hamstring Online Coverage
Submitted by David Ardia on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 18:18
As an avid baseball fan, I should have been paying closer attention to the recent dispute over Major League Baseball's new restrictions on credentialing journalists who cover MLB games. A nice summary of the dispute on the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press' Sidebar Blog awoke me from my slumber.
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Access to Public Property
The U.S. Constitution protects your right to speak and, in some instances, grants you a right to access public places to gather information. Your right to access public property is not absolute, however. Generally speaking, you have the same right of access to public property as the general public.
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Practical Tips for Avoiding Liability When Entering the Property of Others
While you can't always eliminate your legal risks when entering the property of others, there are a number of ways you can minimize your risk of liability. Some suggestions include:
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If you enter private property without the owner's permission or enter portions of public property that are off limits to the public, you could be liable for civil or criminal trespass. For example, you may not walk into your neighbor's house uninvited, sneak into your congressperson's office, or pretend to be a public official to gain access to someone else's property.
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Access to Private Property
You may wish to access another's private property in order to gatherinformation to publish online. However, while there are (rare)circumstances in which the law will condone your entry onto privateproperty without permission, in general you do not have any right to enter the private property of others without their consent. You should read this section in conjunction with the section on Trespass in order to understand the issue of consent.
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New Hampshire to Stop Issuing ID Cards to Journalists
The Associated Press is reporting that New Hampshire will no longer issue identification cards to journalists. According to a report in Seacoastonline:
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Democrats Accepting Applications from Bloggers to Cover 2008 Convention
Submitted by David Ardia on Tue, 12/11/2007 - 11:41
CyberJournalist.net is reporting that the Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) is accepting applications from bloggers interested in being part of the credentialed blogger pool at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado:
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NCAA v. Bennett
Denial of Access
Party Issuing Legal Threat:
NCAA; University of Louisville
Brian Bennett; Louisville Courier-Journal
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Courier-Journal: Brian Bennett's blog
Brian Bennett, a blogger and reporter for the Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper, had his media credentials revoked for blogging during a live NCAA baseball final game. The NCAA said that Bennett was in violation of its policy banning live internet updates during champtionship games.
A few days after the controversy, the NCAA said that it had given "incorrect information" to Bennett. The NCAA clarified its proper position, saying that live updates from NCAA events are permitted as long as the updates only include scores and time remaining.
The Courier-Journal reported that originally considered suing the NCAA for infringing upon Bennett's First Amendment rights, but it appears that the newspaper will not take any legal action.
The New York Times: Blogger's Ejection May Mean Suit for N.C.A.A.
USA Today: Louisville reporter ejected for blogging at NCAA game
USA Today: NCAA criticized for ejecting reporter who blogged at game
Student Press Law Center: NCAA removes blogging reporter from press box
ESPN: Hitting refresh? NCAA clarifies blogging position
Editors Weblog: NCAA officials eject Courier-Journal reporter for blogging during championship game
Blog Herald: Sports reporter ejected for live blogging NCAA baseball game
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/06/12/blogger; (scroll down)
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http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=2901003;
http://www.courier-journal.com/blogs/bennett/2007/06/ejected-and-dejected.html
CMLP Notes:
Status checked on 6/5/2008, no new information. The NCAA has updated its rules on blogging since the incident, however. (AAB)
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N.Y. City Backs Down on New Photography and Filming Rules
Submitted by David Ardia on Sun, 08/12/2007 - 11:48
In June we reported that the New York Mayor's Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting was considering new rules that would require any group of 2 or more people who want to use a camera on city property -- including sidewalks -- for more than a half hour to get a city permit and $1 million in liability insurance.
Not surprisingly, the new rules were roundly criticized from the start. The New York Civil Liberties Union, which said the rules encroached on First Amendment rights, threatened to file a lawsuit to invalidate them. One of the more interesting approaches was taken by Olde English, a comedy group based in New York City that created a rap video lampooning the new rules and directing viewers to contact the Office of Film to express their dissent. (Don't miss the video, it's great.)
The city has now backed down, following a strong public outcry by photographers and independent filmmakers. NY1 News reports:
The Mayor's Office of Film, Television, Theater and Broadcasting said Friday that it will re-evaluate its set of proposed rules that would have required permits and as much as a million dollars in insurance for small, independent productions. The announcement comes at the end of a 60-day public comment period on the policies. The organization Picture New York gathered a petition with 31,000 signatures opposing the rules.
According to NY1 News, the Office of Film says it will take the public's comments into account in the next draft of the rules.
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Exclusive Rights: The Wrong Goal for NFL
Submitted by Wendy Seltzer on Mon, 07/02/2007 - 01:51
The NFL just doesn't know when to stop. The Washington Post reports on a new NFL policy limiting journalists' use of video online:
In a move designed to protect the Internet operations of its 32 teams, the pro football league has told news organizations that it will no longer permit them to carry unlimited online video clips of players, coaches or other officials, including video that the news organizations gather themselves on a team's premises. News organizations can post no more than 45 seconds per day of video shot at a team's facilities, including news conferences, interviews and practice-field reports.
Now this policy isn't copyright-based -- the NFL doesn't have copyright in the un-fixed statements of its players and coaches -- but good old real property law. The NFL teams own their facilities, and with them have the right to exclude people physically, as trespassers. So the NFL is telling sportswriters, who depend on physical access to gather the background for their stories, they'll be barred at the gates if they use more than 45 seconds of video online.
Read more about Exclusive Rights: The Wrong Goal for NFL
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New York City May Require Permits and Insurance for Public Photography
Submitted by David Ardia on Fri, 06/29/2007 - 17:44
The New York Mayor's Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting is considering new rules that would require any group of 2 or more people who want to use a camera on city property -- including sidewalks -- for more than a half hour to get a city permit and $1 million in liability insurance, the New York Times reports today:
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INDO FRENCH CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME – SKYPE SESSION (08-09-2017)
The bright beginning made each day, can become the early dawn of the day of achievement
Delhi Public School Aligarh achieved new stride in the field of communication with the inauguration of the Skype Session and it’s successful completion under the supervision of the Skype team members comprising Mr Sharad Agarwal, Vice Principal D.P.S. Aligarh, Mr. Chandra Shekhar Vice Principal D.P.S. Civil Lines, Ms. Namrata Saxena French Coordinator, Ms. Pragya Sikarwar Team Member, Mr. Anil Chauhan IT Coordinator, Mr. Ashok Singh and Mr. Asad, Team Members and faculty D.P.S. Civil Lines. The medium is the message because it is the medium that shapes and controls the search and form of human associations and actions. This human association took place by small communications between the students of the Indian and the French team of the Indo – French Exchange Programme. The students assembled in the Computer Lab and it was a thrilling moment for the Indian students when they got a glimpse of the French students through Skype. The students started communicating with their buddy partners by introducing themselves to each other. The students of Delhi Public School Aligarh and D.P.S. Civil Lines enjoyed Video Chats with their buddy partners of Ly cee Privee Ozanam in Lille, France. The students and the teachers enjoyed their first introduction through Skype session and got closer with a face to face catch up.
INDO FRENCH CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME – WELCOME CEREMONY (14-10-2017)
A lover for tradition and culture has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hours of Peril
We very well know that the whole universe is friendly to us and conspires to give the best to those who dream and work.
The dream of Delhi Public School, Aligarh to develop global friendship has finally been realized. The seed of friendship sowed in the hearts of Delhi Public School Aligarh developed into a seedling when it joined hands with France to develop cultural and friendly relations.
A full fledged plant of friendship emerged when finally the dream came true with the arrival of the students of France along with their coordinators and teachers. A hearty welcome was given to the French students and their coordinator and teachers with beautiful dance presentation of states of Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Orissa, Maharashtra and Kerala. These dances depict joy, harmony and happiness at the onset of seasons and festivals. After mesmerizing dance performances the members of the student council greeted the French students with “teeka”.
Finally the Indo-French cultural exchange programme commenced with the installation of the Flags of Delhi Public School Aligarh and Lycee Prive Ozanam, Lille, France. The French students met their Indian counterparts. It was the onset of happy bonding between the students and ultimately the two nations India and France.
“True friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.”
INDO FRENCH CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME (16-10-2017)
Student exchange programmes are intended to increase the participants’ understanding and tolerance of other cultures, as well as improving their language skills and broadening their social horizons.
As part of the French Cultural Exchange Programme, a group of 21 students from France with their buddy partners from Delhi Public School Aligarh visited the Junior Wing on 16th October 2017. They were accompanied by their teachers along with Ms. Richa Batla-Coordinator of the exchange programme, Mr. Chandra Shekhar Sharma Vice-Principal DPS Civil Lines, Aligarh, Ms. Namrata Saxena, French teacher-DPS Aligarh. The Headmistress of DPS Aligarh, Ms. Bhavana Bhardwaj welcomed the students with warm greetings. The Principal of DPS Aligarh, Ms. Rashmi Grover briefed them about the schedule during their stay and the activities to be taken up in days to come. The Head Boy and Head Girl of the Junior Wing welcomed them by the traditional method of applying tilak on their forehead. Students of class I greeted them good morning in French ‘Bon Jour’. The students attended the morning assembly which was based on the theme of the upcoming Hindu festival-Diwali. It was conducted by class IV. They also witnessed the morning assembly conducted by class I. A beautiful fusion dance was performed by the students of class III and IV which enthralled the guests. They visited the school campus and interacted with the students in various classes. They were shown few videos and presentations on Diwali, Indian family and food and the Taj Mahal. After that they did an art activity in which they made a beautiful wall hanging which they carried back as a token of love. The dance teacher Ms. Sarita Mohanty made them learn few steps of classical dance, free style, Bollywood style amongst others. Overall it was a fun filled day with exchange of culture and thoughts.
The educational and cultural enrichment offered by the school was second to none. The guests said that they had the time of their lives. They saw Indians from a new perspective, gaining understanding of Indian culture, and long lasting friendships and bonds were formed.
INDO FRENCH CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME (TRIP – DELHI–JAIPUR–AGRA) (20-10-2017 to 22-10-2017)
One of the pleasantest things in the world is going on a journey.
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page .’ Therefore wherever you go, go with all your heart . India is a beautiful country with a rich heritage . To have a glimpse of our rich heritage the Indo-French Cultural Exchange team were taken on a pleasant trip to Delhi. The students visited the Lotus temple, a fascinating structure representing the true Bahai faith and an ideal place to meditate and attain mental peace. The students were impressed by the splendor of Turkish and Mughal art. The design and technology used during the Turkish period to build Qutub Minar was appreciated by the French delegates.
This 73m tapering victory tower – Qutub minar constructed at a particular angle was awe – inspiring for the French students. From Delhi the Indo – French group moved to yet another culturally rich city of Jaipur. The grandeur of Amer Fort and it’s rich architecture was admired by the group. The sprawling complex combines both immense fortifications with unexpected beauty and charm. The captivating views of Aravalli mountains from the Amer Fort was a pleasant treat for all. ‘Chokhi Dhani’ – meaning special village is a mock Rajasthani village 20 km south of Jaipur. The Indo – French group captured the spirit of Rajasthan and ensuring the perfect Rajasthani experience of dance , music and life style. From Jaipur the Indo-French group moved on to view the pride of India – Taj Mahal. The white beauty with it’s exquisite designs and architecture was a breathtaking delight for everyone . The students and the delegates enjoyed their visit to Agra. It was their dream come true and they relished it by taking photographs and admiring the pure white marble beauty. The Indo- French group returned back to Aligarh late evening with the wonderful memories of the trip.
Strides in communication now permit us to talk with people around the globe and bridge the gap to finally view the early dawn of the day of achievement .
The bright sunny morning started with a wonderful morning assembly followed by introduction of the French students with their buddy partners. The French delegates Mr. Sebastien Lambert and Mrs. Anais Havet were introduced and were given floral welcome by the students of D.P.S. Civil lines . The team of Indo – French Cultural Exchange Programme was given a warm welcome by Ms.Raina Krishnatray , Principal D.P.S. Civil Lines and Mr. Chandra Shekhar , Vice Principal D.P.S. Civil Lines Aligarh .The day started with the Mathematics class taken by Mr. Chandra Shekhar followed by English class taken by Mr. Ashok Singh and History class by Ms. Zeba The students of D.P.S. Civil lines gave a wonderful cultural presentation . The Indo –French team participated in the ramp show presenting the costumes of different states of India . It was a wonderful presentation that ended with an Orchestra and Powerpoint presentation – Ethnic India presented by the students of D.P.S. Civil Lines .
The day started with the morning assembly and brief introduction of the French students along with their buddy partners . The students were then greeted by Mrs. Rashmi Grover , Principal D.P.S Aligarh. Followed by the assembly the students and the French delegates Mr. Sebastien Lambert and Ms. Anais Havet were taken for a visit to explore the different enrichment areas of Delhi Public School Aligarh , escorted by Mr. Sharad Agarwal Vice principal D.P.S. Aligarh, Mr. Chandra Shekhar Vice principal D.P.S. Civil Lines and Co-ordinator of Indo French Cultural Exchange Programme, Ms. Namrata Saxena French Coordinator Indo French Cultural Exchange Programme and Mr. Dalvinder Singh ( faculty of sports ). The students visited the TECH ZONE – Mac Lab., Physics , Chemistry and Biology lab. The students and the French delegates were quite impressed by the well equipped Science labs of the school . Knowledge seeking arena – the school library impressed the French students and their teachers .
‘The only way of expressing emotion in the form of art is by finding an objective correlative’. The students spent quality time in the art class to give shape to their thoughts in the form of clay modeling.
‘The heart of the melody can never be put down on paper’ and dance is the hidden language of the soul. The French and the Indian students together enjoyed the rhythm of music by singing and playing different musical instruments. Some of them expressed their emotions through dance because dance is the loftiest, the most moving and the most beautiful of the arts.
‘An honest tale speeds best being plainly told’. A power point presentation on Indian Education System was presented by Mrs. Artee Khandelwal. The students attained a glimpse of Indian Education System, Vedic system of education and tried to visualize the Indian system of education and the French system of education.
Finally the enriching day ended with the French students getting the glimpses of Indian art, music, dance and Indian Education System.
Take only memories, leave only footprints
The students of the Indo – French Exchange Programme visited Delhi Public School Hathras on 25 october 2017. The students and the French delegates Ms. Anais Havet, Mr. Sebastien Lambert along with the Indian delegates, Mr. Chandra Shekhar, Vice principal D.P.S.Civil Lines, Ms.Namrata Saxena and Mr. Asad Abbas were given a warm welcome by putting a ‘tilak’ by the students of D.P.S. Hathras. The programme started by the lighting of the lamp by Madam Anais Havet along with Ms. Neena Chako , Principal D.P.S. Hathras. A wonderful dance presentation was given by the students. After the dance presentation, the Indo – French team of students visited the school. They spent sometime in the Computer lab and played some computer games. Some of the French students visited the library and interacted with the students there. Some of the students tried their hands on Mask making activity and made some beautiful masks. It was a funfilled atmosphere when a friendly Football match started between the French students and the students of D.P.S. Hathras. The French students were thrilled as they won the match.
After the funfilled match the Indo – French group moved on their way to Vrindavan. The group visited the ISKCON temple and the very beautiful Prem Mandir. The architecture of Prem Mandir impressed the students. The team returned back to Aligarh late evening, tired but happy to view the beautiful art and architecture in Vrindavan.
Memories are the threads that hold together the patchwork of friendship
The students of the Indo – French Cultural Exchange group assembled at D.P.S. Senior Wing to attend a memorable evening and enjoy the hostel life after completing the cultural activity schedule in D.P.S. Civil lines.
‘We do not remember days , we remember moments.’ This evening party was a memorable one indeed ! The Indian and the French students participated together to give a wonderful dance presentation to welcome the audience. Indian music and the ‘Nasik dhol’, ‘Nagara’ presentation mesmerized everyone. The beats of the Orchestra presentation by the music department activated the party. French flavor was added to the evening soiree when a group of French students presented a French song. Aradhya and Dheer of the Indian group gave a foot tapping dance performance which brought the party in full swing. A melodious song presentation by the student of D.P.S. Aligarh gave rhythm to the evening party. A poetic touch was given to the party by wonderful poetry presentation by Mr. Sharad Agarwal Vice Principal D.P.S. Aligarh.
INDO FRENCH CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME – CLOSING CEREMONY (27-10-2017)
Happiness often is the only thing we can give without having it, and we get it when we give it
Very well said and felt, when it was finally the time for the friends and buddy partners of the two nations India and France to say ‘ au revoir’ and depart .
The realization of parting but somehow feeling warm inside because ‘ now we are closer in heart’ was the real achievement of the Indo –French Cultural Exchange Programme .
‘True friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and with stand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation’
The sunny morning started with a friendly Cricket match between the students of the Science team and the Commerce team followed by a match between the French students and the winners – Science team.
The closing ceremony commenced on an enlightened note with the lighting of the lamp by the guests of honour Ms. Anais Havet and Mr. Sebastien Lambert, Pro Vice Chairman Mr. Swapnil Jain, Director academics Mrs. Udita Ganguly, and Principal D.P.S. Aligarh Mrs. Rashmi Grover.
Learning, sharing, enjoying, helping ,caring and being creative are some of the words which the students of both France and India cherished in their heart . Those moments of learning, sharing and enjoying doing some wonderful activities were acknowledged in the form of beautiful folders and creative artefacts which were prepared under the guidance of art faculty Ms Joya Hamid and Ms. Aparna Jain and were presented to the students. A beautiful presentation to recollect different moments of the students, their class room sessions, activity classes, games, family time, Educational trips went deep down into the hearts of the participants, mentors and team members of the Indo – French Exchange Programme.
The first phase of Indo – French Exchange programme was a successful venture which brought the hearts of the two faraway nations closer. The Global Exchange Programme has provided favourable learning environment, deepened our knowledge and broadened the thoughts and views of the participants.
INDO FRENCH CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME – TRIP TO FRANCE (06-12-2017 to 21-12-2017)
We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.
These golden words were truly realized when an incredible two weeks of Indo-French Exchange Programme was materialized and successfully came to an end.
The Indian students and the delegates of the Indo-French Exchange programme Mr. Chandra Shekhar Vice-Principal, DPS Civil Lines, Ms. Richa Bathla and Ms. Namrata Saxena Co-ordinators of the Exchange Programme visited the French school Lycee Privee Ozanam in the beautiful city of Lille in France. They were immersed in French language and culture. The French delegates and students gave their Indian counterparts a very warm welcome by saying Namastey! And similarly the Indian students greeted them with ‘Bonjour!’ It was a live example of the amalgamation of the Indian and the French culture.
The students enjoyed their stay with their partners. They enjoyed a tremendous week taking part in different activities and enjoying the hospitality of their host families. The students experienced the cold weather and were blessed with snowfall. They enjoyed the snow with their friends and loved making snow man. This trip provided a fantastic opportunity for the students to practice the French language and their culture. They were enriched with the wonderful science activities, French class and sports. The golden trip to Paris and the life-style of the city enlightened the students.
The sight of the EIFFEL TOWER, LOUVRE, ARC DE TRIOMPHE and above all DISNEY LAND mesmerized the students. The view of La Tour Eiffel or the Eiffel Tower at night fascinated the students. The cultural learning was enhanced by the excursion tour to Belgium. The students were enriched with the Belgium Culture and the local markets delighted them. The French families did their best to make the Indian students feel comfortable. The weekends were equally special with lots of outings, parties and amusements. Some students prepared Indian food with the help of their French partners and the family got a taste of Indian food. The students enjoyed at the shopping malls and restaurants relishing the French flavour.
Social activities involved the students in making Christmas tree. The exchange programme ended on a happy note by exchanging good byes and strengthening the bond of friendship.
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Trial by Battle Definition:
An ancient dispute resolution method where those in dispute would fight one another until submission or death.
A medieval form of trial (like trial by ordeal); an ancient way of resolving private disputes where the two antagonists would fight it out.
If a litigant was a woman, an infant, over 60 or maimed, a champion could be hired to do battle for them.
Brought to England by the Normans, the theory was that God can be the judge of the righteousness of each disputant's cause.
In Life in Norman England, by O. Tomkeieff (London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1966), at pp. 131-132, a trial by battle, where the charge was homicide, was described as follows:
"The field was set, with four knights guarding the corners and the spectators, out for a half-day's holiday, sitting or standing in a ring round the outside.
"The champions wore padded jerkins, iron caps and wooden staves, possibly with steel tips.
"They came on the field hand in hand the one accusing the other of the crime and he retaliating with an accusation of perjury.
"Then they had to swear that they would not invoke the aid of demons and evil spirits.
"The preliminaries over, at noon they set to work, at first with their staves and, if these were broken with fists, feet or teeth or any part of the anatomy which could be put to use.
"It was up to the accuser to get the defendant down before the first star came out, otherwise he lost, and the loser had publicly to proclaim himself a murderer or perjurer or whatever miscreant he was supposed to be".
According to Edward Gibbon, author of The History of the Fall and Deecline of the Roman Empire, Gundobad, who was held i the history of law to be the force behind the Burgunbdian Code, once said:
"Is it not true that the events of national wars, and private combats is directed by the judgment of God; and that his providence awards the victory to the juster cause?"
But trial by battle did no justice at all. The law yielded to the strong and, according to Gibbon:
"The old, the feeble and the infirm were condemned either to renounce their fairest claims and possessions (or) to sustain the dangers of an unequal conflict."
Duhaime's Ancient Common Law Dictionary
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Θέματα στην κατηγορία ‘Bulidings and monuments’
Madrassah of Vellis mosque
View of the madrassah
Close to the today’s Folk Art Museum was built the madrassah of Vellis mosque (it had also the name Tsikour – mosque) where there was the Islamic school for the turkish students for their theological and philosophical studies. It was smaller than the madrassah of Aslan mosque, but in the same style. Nowadays in its places is housed the museum of Ph. Rapakousis.
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Fullings and watermills in Pogoni
Watermill – Fuling in Pogoni
From the inside of the watermill
At the villages Palaiopyrgos, Oraiokastro Doliana and Kalpaki, of Pogoni there are traditional watermills and fullings that have been characterised as presrved monuments.
They have been restored and everyone can visit them, so everyone can see a live part from the daily routine of the habitants of Pogoni.
The watermill and the fulling of the village Agios Kosmas have also been characterised as historically preserved monuments.
The mosque of Faik Passas
In the region of Arta at the road to Grammenitsa, at the location Marati, there is the magnificent turkish monument “Mosque of Faik Passas”. This mosque was bulit in the end of the 15th century by Faik Passas, the fisrt administator of Arta. From the many turkish mosques of the region of Arta, is the one which is the most wellpreserved today.
It was built on the ruins of the Church of St. Ioannis. The materials that there were used, were stolen by the monuments of Arta and Nicopoli. The external decoration has jagged walls. At this place Faik Passas was for 40 years imam of the mosque and after his death he was buried in its yard. The mosque was reconstructed on the 19th century. Nowadays at the place of the mosque there is a christina church of St. Ioannis the Russian. Despite the abandonment of the mosque still remains its majesty. The region owes its name (Marati), to a nearby orphanage which its turkish word is “imaret“.
Zosimaia Library of Ioannina
Zosimaia Library
Zosimaia Library of Ioannina is housed in the building of the old baths at Republic Square. It has a great collection of local editions, old manuscripts, Alexander Palli’s books, as well as legacies of the byzantinologist Spiros Lampros.
At the place of the library also take place exhibitions. It has a reading room and is also a lending library. It has also a part with a large number of old publications and manuscripts which is a property of the Association of Research of Epirus. This hall is οpen every afternoon from 05:00 to 08:00.
City Hall of Ioannina
The city hall of Ioannina
At the place of the City Hall of Ioanina of today, there was the turkish headquarter of Ioannina which was burnt twice in 1928 and 1930. The National Bank of Greece built the today’s building in 1936 in a post-byzantine rhythm and with the help of the architector Zouboulidis. It was used until 1950 as a branch of the National Bank of Greece.
In 1960 the bank left the buliding and on the first floor stayed the kings whenever they visited the city, while in its ground floor there was Zosimaia Library. Nowadays the ground floor is used for exhibitions and other events and on the first fllor there is the City Hall of Ioannina.
Folk Art Museum of Metsovo
Statue of George Averof – Tositsas
The museum in housed in the imposing mansion of G. Averof – Tositas. It has a rich collection of weavings, weaving looms, local costumes, old icons, weapons, rural tools and many others which show the life in Metsovo of the last century, which nowadays is still preserved with respect.
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The four divides of social Europe
EuVisions is an emanation of REScEU (Reconciling Economic and Social Europe: Values, Ideas and Politics), an ERC-sponsored project aimed at investigating the progressive divergence between the economic logic of European integration and the welfare state—culminating with the euro crisis—and formulating a positive and normative theory of their reconciliation. As such, EuVisions operates within the conceptual framework set by its parent project, and primarily under two guiding principles derived from neo-Weberian theory: first, a multi-causal logic of social action, combining ideational, material and institutional factors; second, a conflictual view of society and politics. In particular, it is around four lines of conflict—or divides—that the politics of social Europe is mostly structured: market-making vs. market-correcting; core vs. periphery; free movement vs. national closure; integration vs. autonomy.
As REScEU’s empirical arm, EuVisions has among its most immediate goals that of documenting the salience and characteristics of the four divides of social Europe, observing for each the main actors, their grievances and alliances, patterns of political behaviour, dominant ideas and discursive tropes. This is done throughout the project, but most notably in its data part, where the four divides constitute both a key criterion of data collection and an important variable across the four pillars. This page highlights this aspect of EuVisions by showing an overview of each of the four divides and their main empirical traits.
Market-making vs. market-correcting
This divide separates the actors and ideas favourable to economic efficiency as a principle of social order from those supporting corrections to the market in the name of solidarity. After keeping the market and welfare logics together for the first few decades of its existence, the integration project has, in recent years, increasingly moved towards the former, to the point of being seen by many today as an essentially neoliberal project. Whether this is the right course for the EU or, conversely, market forces should be mitigated by some sort of European welfare system, is the question captured by this divide.
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This divide separates those who argue for the principle of interstate solidarity in the EU, and those opposed to such ideas in the name of self-help and responsibility. Always a latent cleavage in the integration project, this conflict has come to the fore most recently and dramatically in the Greek bailout saga—a case which however raises more general questions about what, if anything, the richer EU member states owe the poorer ones.
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This line of tension originates in the EU’s freedom of movement rules, which have caused over the years an influx of workers from low wage member states to high wage ones—exemplified by the image of the “Polish plumber.” From the start, this phenomenon raised, in host countries, the question of what level of social protection immigrants should be entitled to—a question all the more pressing at a time in which national finances are under stress. The divide separates those answering this question inclusively from those who take a more exclusionary view of national welfare systems.
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This line of conflict pits the forces of integration against the forces of dis-integration in Europe. With the euro crisis, the institutional equilibria and trajectory of the European project have increasingly come into question. The idea of an ever closer union is no longer taken for granted by many, and talk of competence repatriation and exit hypotheses have become part of the normal discourse in some quarters of the EU. Others, at the same time, think that only by taking a big leap forward in integration will the Union be able to save itself for the years to come.
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Communique: Solidarity visit by the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS, to the Togolese Republic
The Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS, H.E. John Dramani Mahama, the President of the Republic of Ghana, accompanied by H.E. Alassan Ouattara, President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire paid a solidarity visit
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Starting at 9:30am, Ecozine LIVE! speakers will present their stories in short 15-minute talks. We’ve handpicked speakers whose passions and experience will move and inspire you, touching on every aspect of life covered in Ecozine.com, from business to wellness to style and beyond. Between sessions we also have special guest performances- music, dance and comedy - as an extra special treat!
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Paul Rose | Speaker | Keynote
Vice President, Royal Geographic Society
A man at the front line of exploration and one of the world’s most experienced divers and polar experts, Paul Rose has been helping scientists unlock global mysteries for the past 30 years in the most remote and challenging regions of the planet.
Paul is Vice President of the Royal Geographical Society and Chair of the Expeditions and Fieldwork Division. He is an expert polar, environmental, exploration and field science consultant. His new BBC documentary, Frank Wild: Antarctica's Forgotten Hero, has just aired on BBC ONE and BBC TWO. Paul's reportage on cycling has recently been transmitted on BBC ONE Inside Out and he is now working on his new BBC ONE Inside Out piece on Ocean Debris.
Merijn Everaarts | Speaker | Business
Owner & Founder, Dopper
Born, raised and educated in Amsterdam, Merijn Everaarts is a visionary entrepreneur since the year 2000. First working in the event and marketing business, responsible for creating events from intimate dinners for the Dutch Royal family to dance events for 50,000 people. Today, Merijn has only one priority: his initiative for a better world, the Dopper, a sustainable reusable water bottle company which has grown in 2 1/2 years to an established social enterprise selling more than 500,000 units.
Dopper is a social enterprise. By selling the award-winning Dutch-designed water bottle, Merijn drives awareness for reducing plastic waste, promotes tap water and provides access to clean drinking water for people in Nepal.
He has set his target to establish eight Dopper embassies around the world by 2017. With 3 embassies already in place, Amsterdam, San Francisco and Hong Kong, he is on track with his aim to change the world and save it from plastic pollution, and provide clean drinking water to everyone on the planet.
Dr. Andy Cornish | Speaker | Issues
Independent Ecologist / Environmental Advocate
Dr. Andy Cornish was raised here and completed a Ph.D on reef fishes with the University of Hong Kong. He worked for WWF-Hong Kong as their Conservation Director from 2005-2012, and led many successful initiatives, including the campaign that led to the ban on all trawling. Andy remains involved in environmental issues on an independent basis, in the determination that Hong Kong can and should be Asia’s greenest city, and a shining example to others in China and beyond. Andy is also an expert blogger on Ecozine.com.
Chan Cudennec | Speaker | Wellness
Founder, SOL Wellness
Chan Cudennec was a stressed-out banker and a management consultant in her former life as a corporate executive. Today she is a multi-disciplinary holistic practitioner who is committed to finding the best healing solutions for her clients. She uses rigorous investigative approaches to identify root causes of illness, taps into her vast knowledge of the energy medicine and natural remedies to guide the client back to health. Chan intuitively and skillfully works with her clients to determine the most appropriate healing approaches, lifestyle changes the client is able and willing in order to recover and rejuvenate.
Bobsy | Speaker | Living
Eco-Entrepreneur, Community Weaver & Inspirational Speaker
Born in Beirut, Lebanon, Bobsy has been pioneering socially responsible businesses in Hong Kong since 1992. As an ecopreneur, he has sought to build healthy and sustainable communities through ecologically viable food and has founded or co-founded many of the vegetarian eateries that have become the standard bearers of the health movement in Hong Kong— Bookworm Cafe, Life Cafe, and MANA! Fast Slow Food. Since the 90's, Bobsy has been championing the on-going planting of the Lamma Forest and through ABLE Charity, which he co-founded in 1994, efforts to protect and expand the forest continue today. In 2009, his ‘Save the Human! Don’t Eat the Planet!’ campaign won the ‘Best Documentary Award’ at ISHOT HK film awards. Bobsy’s bottom line is to live a vocation that is socially responsible, ecologically conscious, and of service to humanity and the planet. Currently, Bobsy is working on creating Babylon! The Gathering of the Tribe: An Inspired Cafe, Lounge, & Community in the heart of Central Hong Kong.
Brad Wharakura | Speaker |Wellness
Group Fitness Manager, Pure Group International
Originally hailing from New Zealand, Brad Wharakura has worked in the fitness industry for over 12 years. Brad is the Group Fitness Manager for Pure International and has a diverse and demanding range of responsibilities. In addition to his managerial role, Brad teaches group fitness classes regularly but also travels internationally training and mentoring instructors as well as presenting workshops and master classes in different countries. Brad approaches every aspect of his work and life with passion, optimism and always with a great sense of fun and wit. His biggest motivators are finding new ways to connect and engage with people from all walks of life and being able to make a positive impact on their health and wellbeing. He lives by his motto “you should never take yourself too seriously, but take your workout seriously”.
Simon Birch | Speaker | Play
Simon Birch is a U.K.-born artist who is a permanent resident of Hong Kong, China. He has had solo shows in Beijing, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, and Singapore, as well as exhibiting in group shows at the Hong Kong Museum of Art (2008), the Haunch of Venison, London, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, in 2011. Although much of his work is large, figurative oil paintings, Birch has ventured into some notable large-scale projects, including the 20,000 square feet multimedia installations HOPE & GLORY: A Conceptual Circus (2010). Birch is interested in universal ideas of transition, the ambiguous moment between an initiation and a conclusion, the unobtainable now and the future, inevitably crashing towards us. Birch’s work has been featured and reviewed in many international publications, including Artforum, The Guardian, The International Herald Tribune, Time Out and The New York Times.
Fern Ngai | Speaker | Business
CEO, Community Business
Fern Ngai is the CEO of Community Business, a Hong Kong based non-profit organization dedicated to advancing corporate responsibility. Its mission is to lead, inspire and support businesses to improve their positive impact on people and communities. Working across Asia with some of the world’s leading companies, Community Business focuses on the areas of community investment, diversity and inclusion, work-life balance, and corporate responsibility strategy.
Fern is currently the Chair of the Board of KELY Support Group, a local charity dedicated to supporting young people. Before joining Community Business in October 2012, Fern worked spent 25-years at Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong, in leadership roles at both local and regional levels, in the Human Resources, Technology and Operations, Asia Governance and Strategic Initiatives, and Corporate Affairs functions. Fern was also the bank’s Diversity and Inclusion champion in Hong Kong, a Living with HIV Ambassador and Director of Programme Care, an employee-led community care and volunteering organization.
Paul McKenzie | Speaker | Travel
Paul was born in Kenya but moved to Hong Kong at a young age and has been a resident here ever since. He was educated in Ireland and worked full time in the finance industry between 1987 to 2009. His interest in photography began in school but took off in the mid-1990s when he began photographing underwater. A safari to Kenya around the same time helped to kindle a deep passion for wildlife photography. Long hours spent in the company of wildlife has led to a special interest in animal behaviour and concern for their well-being. Paul now travels globally about one-third of the year with a speciality in the wildlife of East Africa, Japan, Midway Atoll, Antarctica and the Southern Ocean as well as the Marine life of French Polynesia. His images have been used by numerous corporations and conservation organisations and he is a multiple honouree in the prestigious Nature’s Best photo competition. He leads photo tours and is represented by several stock agencies including Getty Images, Visuals Unlimited and Barcroft Media. He is married with two daughters. His images can also be viewed on his website (www.wildencounters.net) and he urges those interested to sign up to his blog on the site for regular trip updates. He also posts regularly on his Facebook page (Paul Conor Mckenzie).
Ali Bullock | Speaker | Style
Ali was previously the Head of Communications, WWF-Hong Kong and global online marketing manager at Cathay Pacific Airways, responsible for digital work, mobile apps and social media channels. Ali’s experience has taken him from London to Hong Kong, working for many global companies including KPMG, Kelloggs, Samsung, Motorola and Cathay Pacific as Global Online Marketing manager and later the WWF based in Hong Kong. In his spare time, Ali is Asia’s foremost charity wildlife photographer, working with organizations throughout Asia, including SPCA HK, HKDR, AAF, WWF, and EARS.
Robin Hwang | Speaker | Issues
Executive Director, Foodlink Foundation
Robin joined Foodlink Foundation Limited in 2010. As Executive Director, she is responsible for overseeing the strategic mission and growth of Foodlink Foundation as well as seeking the support of sponsors and donors in order to uphold Foodlink Foundations's charitable objectives. Aside from volunteering at Foodlink Foundation, Robin works in the real estate industry after having received her B.A. from Williams College and her M.Sc. in Real Estate Investment and Finance from The University of Hong Kong.
Rosemary Vandenbroucke | Performer | Singer
Rosemary was born in HK and is multilingual, speaking English, French, Cantonese and Mandarin. Since winning the prestigious Elite Model Look competition at age 14, she has become fashion royalty and is known as one of Hong Kong’s original supermodels. A self-taught guitarist and singer-songwriter, Rosemary released her first album titled “Dreams Come True” in 2006. In 2011, her musical and acting talent were showcased as lead character Selena Argon in The Kitchen Musical, broadcast on AXN to 18 million households in 13 countries.
Between juggling her hectic modeling singing and acting careers, Rosemary has always found time for her charity work, dedicating her time, money and effort to give back and raise awareness for important causes. In 2010, she climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro to help raise awareness on the effects of climate change.
Christine He | Performer | Dance
Christine He (née Kehr), born in Germany, received her dance education (with a diploma in Contemporary Dance) in the “Ballett Akademie Nuremberg/Fuerth” (Germany). There, she also discovered her passion for choreography. In 2007, she received the Talent Award of the City of Fuerth for Modern Dance. From 2008 to 2009 she was a member of “Modem Studio Atelier,” the youth department of the “Compagnia Zappalà Danza” in Catania (Italy). Christine came to Hong Kong in September 2009 and has danced in productions for DanceArt, Y-Space, E-Side, Little Breath and several independent choreographers including Christina Jensen, Ivanhoe Lam, Elaine Kwok, Chen Kai and Koala Yip. She is now a freelance dancer, choreographer and teacher.
Giselle Liu | Performer | Dance
Giselle was born and raised in the small town of Prince Rupert, British Columbia where she started dancing at the age of three. She completed a Bachelor of Arts of Dance at the University of Calgary and has explored many forms of dance including: contemporary, jazz, ballet, hip hop, musical theatre, Chinese dance, lion dance, social dance, rumba, salsa, meringue, cha cha cha, Afro-Cuban and West African dance. Giselle has worked with re-knowned choreographer, Paul Becker, and founder of 'Move the Company,' Josh Beamish. Her titles and awards include Canadian Dancer of the Year, Provincial Champion of the Modern Division, Top 2 Battle of the Countries (Australiia) and winner of the Jazz Productions Association Choreography Award in 2012. Giselle choreographs, performs and instructs internationally and is recognized for a creative and unique style of movement. She is currently based in Hong Kong as a freelance artist.
Vivek Mahbubani | Performer | Comedian
Vivek Mahbubani is a Hong Kong-bred bilingual stand-up comedian performing in both Cantonese and English. Having been crowned the Funniest Person (in Chinese) in Hong Kong in 2007 followed by his victory in the English category at the Hong Kong International Comedy Competition in 2008, Vivek has had the opportunity to take his sense of humor all over Asia including Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia and India. When not doing comedy, Vivek is a freelance web designer running his own business and plays drums for his loud, metal band Eve of Sin. One of Vivek's passions is reading and his favorite book is Sun Tzu's Art of War. Oddly, his favorite color is hot pink.
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I’ll pass evidence of Ize-Iyamu’s fraud to EFCC — Oshiomhole
Governor Adams Oshiomhole says he has begun compiling vouchers and other evidence of the fraud perpetrated by the past PDP Government which Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu served as Secretary to the State Government and pass on to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja for investigation and prosecution.
The Governor warned the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and leaders of the PDP that the APC train will crush them if they don’t stay off the rail tracks.
Speaking at the Local Government rally of the APC in Fugar, on Saturday, Oshiomhole said: “when I’m going to Anegbette, I will go with the vouchers where the past PDP government with Ize-Iyamu as Secretary to Government allocated money which they said was for the construction of Anegbette bridge. In their books, they claimed they have built a bridge to Anegbette, and everything must go to Abuja.
“They collected the money in full and Anegbette got nothing, Even to Ayua, my mother’s village, an earth road, Ize-Iyamu as SSG, in their books, which I will circulate, they claimed they did the road from Jattu to Ayua to Iyiukhu and they collected the money and pocketed it.
“That is why we have to warn him to stay off the rail tracks because the train is coming and if he’s not careful the train will crush him. He can’t afford a fight.”
The Governor took a swipe at the PDP for crticising the construction of a state University in Edo North, saying they lacked foresight.
“PDP thinks Edo North is not part of the state. Where Ogiadomhe is seated, Dan Orbih is seated, people are saying why should we build Edo University in Iyamho. So I ask them, during PDP time, they built a University but they called it after somebody, should I build Oshiomhole University, Iyamho? No. I will rather build Edo University for the people of Edo, for the youths of Edo, for Edo people to own and Edo people own it.
“How can anyone, who understands the logics of development in a world that is knowledge-driven, a digital economy question the wisdom of investing in education? If they cannot see tomorrow, I have seen next tomorrow, that is what leadership is all about.
“Are you aware that Ize Iyamy went to Port Harcourt, not to pay a courtesy call but to visit EFCC and he wrote in his handwriting that he Ize-Iyamu collected N700 million and another N500 million from Fidelity Bank, he took this money and shared with his friends, including Dan Orbih. When Dan Orbih collected his shares, when he came home, did he tell you that he had his share of the N700 million?
My joy is that under President Buhari what they thought couldn’t happen is happening now. They are now writing statements how they took, how they shared, but they will continue and refund the money.
“So on September 10, your task is simple, vote for us because of the jobs we have done and more we will do and I ask you to trust Godwin Obaseki, he has always been in the engine room, even as they looted the treasury and Edo is very broke, your state, Edo State is working, we are paying salaries as and when due, when they were arguing about salaries, I decided to increase it. I increased it because I am a worker.”
The APC gubernatorial candidate, Mr Godwin Obaseki in his speech said his priority will be to expand the economy of the state.
He said investors have already visited the state with a view to setting up large-scale commercial farms for the people of Etsako Central. ”the investors have already come to check out the area in Ekperi”, he said.
He stressed that the present administration of Comrade Oshiomhole has already laid the foundation, what is left is for him to expand the economy so that the people can get work.
He said women as good managers of money will have access to soft loans. He told the women to shun the emergency loan the PDP is giving them, saying it is a ploy to hoodwink them. He said a party which had no programme for women over the years cannot come on the eve of an election to deceive them with dubious loans.
He promised that youth agenda will be on the front burner.
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About Francis Tucker, The Founder
Born in Sierra Leone, West Africa, Francis Tucker describes his childhood as a time full of fun and adventure. Growing up in the tropical climate of Sierra Leone, felt like an endless vacation in paradise. However, his safe haven quickly turned into a place of heartache and bloodshed. In 1991, a civil war, lasting for over a decade, broke out leaving him and his family devastated. Tucker recalls the brutal murder of his grand father by rebels during the war, which forced his flight from Sierra Leone.
Paradise had faded and a new reality had set in. Francis began his life as a refugee in the Foracariah Refugee Camp, located in Guinea, West Africa. Here, he found a sense of safety and peace. He no longer had to dodge the numerous bullets being fired by rebels or endure sleepless nights due to the fear of forceful amputation. However, it would not be long before a new setback arose. Thousands of refugees from Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Ivory Coast fled to the camp. Living conditions were not conducive to the health of the refugees. Tight living quarters served as a medium for many bacterial infections to grow. Malaria, cholera, and dysentery are some of the many diseases that invaded the refugee camp. Tucker’s juvenile immune system was no match for the unsanitary and overcrowded living conditions he had to endure. Francis’ fight against torture had ended and now a new fight had begun: a fight against disease and starvation. Francis succumbed to a violent case of malaria, which nearly stripped him of his life. Invading his liver and spleen, the parasite often times caused him to faint and lose consciousness. His family sought medical attention on his behalf, however, they were continuously denied due to their lack of sufficient funds. As fate would have it, someone told the Tucker family of a Catholic clinic in a nearby town that would treat Francis regardless of their financial status. Francis was hospitalized at the clinic for about two weeks. In addition, he was treated with intravenous hydrations, various anti-malaria medications, food, and rest. As a result, he was able to regain his health in a speedily manner. Francis was profoundly touched by the compassion coupled with the care he received while at the clinic. It was at the moment, he realized he wanted to pursue a career in nursing. Francis promised himself that he too would one day become a nurse and bestow upon his patients the same compassion and competent care that he was given at the clinic.
Life In the United States
Francis knew that his fight against starvation had ended when he made his arrival to the U.S. in 2004. For, he knew this was a country where he would count on his basic needs for survival being met. The endless opportunities, including education, that are afforded to those in the U.S. filled Francis with much hope. At the forefront of his mind, Francis kept the promise that he had made to himself back home in Africa. Filled with much zeal and determination, Francis enrolled at the Camden High School in New Jersey, where he began his road of excellence. Francis graduated High School as the Valedictorian in June 2005.
In the fall after graduation, Francis decided to further his education at Washington Adventist University, located in Maryland, where he declared a major in Nursing. Upon his arrival to the university, he encountered somewhat of a cultural shock. However, he saw his assimilation into the American culture as an adventure. Francis adapted and made friends quickly. Soon, he became class president which enabled him to network, meet friends, and build connections. Making the National Dean’s List, Francis continued to soar in his academics. During his junior year, he had the opportunity to have an externship at Cooper Medical Center, the top trauma center in South Jersey. By the end of the following year, he held an internship in the Cardio-Thoracic Intensive Care Unit at George Washington University Hospital in District of Columbia. His dream of becoming a nurse was slowly unfolding. After graduation, being filled with great ambition, Francis sought job opportunities at the best hospitals in the nation.
He began his nursing career at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Tucker worked as an Orthopedic Trauma and Medical-Surgical nurse for four years, and then decided it was time for both a change and challenge. He is currently practicing in the oncological area of nursing. Francis is certified in chemotherapy administration and bone marrow and stem cell transplantation. He is also certified in the care of critically ill patients with complex symptoms and diseases.
Fitness has always played a huge role in the life of Francis. His experience in the art of staying active and fit spans more than a decade. Francis is a Certified Personal Trainer with the International Sports Science Association. He is extremely dedicated to analyzing the latest scientific evidence in the fields of weight loss, fitness, and nutrition.
Fit Is Fashion is a brand Francis created to assist in the betterment of individual health worldwide. The Fit Is Fashion team includes two orthopedic surgeons, two dietitians, a physical therapist, and many more professionals in the art of health sciences. Through Fit Is Fashion, Francis aims to enable you to reach your optimum health while providing you with the tools needed to reach the results you desire.
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jenna holbrook from naples fl wrote on August 25, 2016 at 3:24 pm:
God has given you a beautiful gift my friend . My favorite is "WALKING IN THE LIGHT" how very beautiful. Jenna
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How wonderful to be able to express yourself in a medium that you have so recently found. I enjoy the cards that I purchased. Thanks for sharing your work and passion.
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Your art is truly captivating - blending the beauty of nature, while embracing the simplicity... but yet complexity of the human form.Thank you for sharing your gift.
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Francine, Your talent is amazing. love all of your work. You have a special gift. Hope to see more in the future. Friends always ! S
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It is a privilege to have seen your paintings in Oslo. Bilderna berör.
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The paintings are breath taking! I love the faces blended in with the colors, so haunting and beautiful. I loved looking "through" them. Macey the massage therapist:)
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Your art is so beautiful, you're heart is in it, you are very talented, keep believing in yourself, look forward to seeing more. Else and Don.
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One cannot just take a quick look at your art. There are so many details. It is obvious of the time and talent it has taken to produce the results you have so willingly shared. Well done, Francine!
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Lovely art...speaks from your heart.
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These paintings are simply amazing. So creative and so full of "story". Thank you for sharing your God given talent with us. May you continue to reach within yourself and continue to express all your hidden emotions and feelings.
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We are struck by the quality and quantity of your beautiful artwork which is so nicely complimented by your web design.
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Thanks for sharing your inner world through your art. It reminds me of where we come from–the creative and destructive force of Mother Earth. Can't wait to meet you in person… Marilu from G&H Printing Naples FL
Tanya M wrote on June 25, 2016 at 3:42 am:
Love your work Francine!! Your paintings are all so beautiful and unique. You are so talented! Great website as well!
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When I look at all the paintings, one after the other, I find there really is a sense of connectedness with the earth, and first nations people in all of your paintings. It is almost as though their collective memories, feelings and deep knowing comes through you into your paintings. I think they are very special.
Gunnar Large from Oslo wrote on June 23, 2016 at 7:05 pm:
Nydelige bilder. Jeg er mest på den grå serien. Og så er du en virkelig bra håndverker ! Gunnar
Raymonde boucher from Victoria wrote on June 23, 2016 at 2:05 pm:
This is a beautiful and simple website. I am proud of you. Thank you for sharing your paintings with us, I love them all!
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Praise God for the gift of art and the gift of appreciation. Absolutely awesome. Thank you for sharing your gift to us Francine.
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Brad (David Bradley) Woodall
Birthday: June 25, 1969 Atlanta (Georgia) USA
Debut: July 22, 1994
Final game: May 05, 1999
Bats: both
Brad Woodall's schools
1988 1991 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Brad Woodall's salaries
1999 Chicago Cubs NL $200000
1998 Milwaukee Brewers NL $172000
1999 Chicago Cubs 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 Milwaukee Brewers 37 35 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 Atlanta Braves 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brad Woodall's batting stats
1999 NL Chicago Cubs 6 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
1998 NL Milwaukee Brewers 37 35 7 38 9 1 1 2 4 10 5
1996 NL Atlanta Braves 8 8 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 2 0
Brad Woodall's pitching stats
1999 NL Chicago Cubs 6 0 1 3 48 17 10 5 6 7 0.000 5.63 0 1 1 71 3 12
1998 NL Milwaukee Brewers 31 7 9 20 414 145 76 25 47 85 4.96 4 3 6 594 4 81
1996 NL Atlanta Braves 8 2 2 3 59 28 16 4 4 20 0.300 7.32 0 1 0 91 2 19
1995 NL Atlanta Braves 9 1 1 0 31 13 7 1 8 5 0.290 6.10 1 1 0 52 3 10
1994 NL Atlanta Braves 1 0 1 1 18 5 3 2 2 2 0.210 4.50 0 0 0 24 0 3
Brad Woodall's fielding stats
1999 NL Chicago Cubs P 6 3 48 1 2 0 1
1998 NL Milwaukee Brewers DH 1
1998 NL Milwaukee Brewers P 31 20 414 5 26 2 4
1996 NL Atlanta Braves P 8 3 59 0 2 0 0
Brad Woodall's stats in 1999
Brad Woodall's stats in years 1994-1999
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Lachasse - Fashion Designer Encyclopedia
British fashion house
Founded: by Fred Singleton as couture sportswear branch of Gray, Paulette and Singleton, 1928; company incorporated as Lachasse Ltd., 1946. Company History: Chief designers include Digby Morton, 1928-33, Hardy Amies, 1934-39, Michael Donellan, 1941-52; Peter Lewis-Crown (born, 1930) joined Lachasse as apprentice, 1948; became director, 1964; later became designer and sole owner; Lachasse has also produced clothes for theatre, film and television productions. Collections: Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Costume Gallery, Castle Howard, York; Costume Museum, Bath, England. Company Address: 29 Thurloe Place, London SW7 2HQ, England.
On LACHASSE:
Ewing, Elizabeth, History of 20th Century Fashion, London, 1974.
McDowell, Colin, McDowell's Directory of 20th Century Fashion, London, 1984.
Lachasse Ltd. was often referred to as London's tailoring stable and it saw a succession of British designers who completed their training there after Digby Morton established the couture house in 1928. The house of Lachasse was renowned primarily for its tailored suits which, in the tradition of British tailoring, were said to mature like vintage wine. Lachasse was representative of the distinctive type of British tailoring that evolved from the masculine style as opposed to the softer dressmaker tailoring employed in Paris.
The early success of Lachasse owed much to the popularity of sportswear during the 1920s, as advocated by Coco Chanel who also promoted the use of British wools and tweeds for these clothes. Certain other factors played a significant role in establishing Lachasse— Digby Morton presented his first collection there in 1929, the year of the Wall Street Crash, which saw a dramatic fall in the number of American buyers at the Paris couture houses. Many overseas buyers turned to London, attracted by the new generation of couturiers and the lower prices.
According to Peter Lewis-Crown, who joined Lachasse in 1949 and became the couture house's owner, its three main designers, all of whom left their mark, were Digby Morton, who popularized Donegal tweed for womenswear; Hardy Amies, who gave the tailored suit a geometrical approach by using the fabric selvedge around the body instead of downwards, and Michael Donellan, who made the tailored suit an acceptable mode of dress from morning through to evening.
Hardy Amies joined the house of Lachasse after Morton's departure in 1934, learning about the construction of tailored suits by examining copies of Morton's models. Michael Donellan followed Amies to Lachasse where he trained until he established his own house in 1953. Originally a milliner, Donellan was the only designer to have his name on the label, which read "Michael at Lachasse." The Irish-born designer was also likened to Balenciaga because of his strong, uncompromising signature. In the postwar period Lachasse enjoyed a sizeable export trade, particularly with America. The firm used to send a doll called Virginia around the world, dressed in the latest clothing by Lachasse, and took orders for her couture outfits. As a member of the Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers (ISLFD), the house also partook in the export and publicity ventures organized by the ISLFD.
Lachasse was exclusively a couture house until 1981 when Peter Lewis-Crown opened a mini-boutique on the premises. He was also responsible for introducing more dresses and feminine clothes to the house, once famed principally for its tailored suits. Former attempts to introduce eveningwear had been unsuccessful. Hardy Amies describes Lachasse's La Soirée department as "un-epoch-making" and it was closed down, with many of the evening gowns unsold. While Lachasse can make no claims to breaking any fashion barriers, it is one of the longest-surviving couture houses and continues to attract an international clientéle to its Kensington premises.
—Catherine Woram
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Road Travel Time Data Service - 30/01/2017 at 15:00
Maintenance for CCTV/Teleque/PA/CIS/Fire/Intruder/Access Control/Voice Transfer/Help Points. - 30/01/2017
Connecting Shropshire Phase 2b - 30/01/2017
Supply, Delivery, Installation and Commissioning of a Virtual Reality Suite - 26/01/2017
Radiology Business Information and Meta Data Analysis - 26/01/2017
Provision of a Community Broadband Scheme for around 175 properties - 25/01/2017
Connecting Kingston — Service concession contract to allow for the design, implementation, and operation of a high capacity innovation commercial wireless network - 24/01/2017
Audio Visual, Event Gallery and Theatre Support Services. - 22/01/2017
Operating Theatre Video Management System. - 20/01/2017
Accent Wide Area Network - 20/01/2017
DWP Document and Data Management Service. - 28/02/2017
IT Support Services Tender ARK Schools - 27/02/2017 at 15:00
AHDB Trade Data Requirements - 24/02/2017
Out of Hours Caller Call Handling Services Contract Reference 1157 - 22/02/2017
Tender for the Provision of Mobile, Voice and Data Communication services. - 20/02/2017
Provision of Landline, Mobile and Data Comms Lines - 17/02/2017 at 15:00
Contact Centre Telephony Solution - 17/02/2017 at 12:00
Advancement in Communications - 16/02/2017 at 12:00
For the Supply of 5.8 GHz DSRC Electronic Fast Tags. - 16/02/2017
ESS Circulators and Loads. - 15/02/2017 at 14:00
Management Consultancy - 14/02/2017
Contract for the Design and Build of a Data Centre - 13/02/2017
Community Broadband - 10/02/2017
Evidence Retrieval and Viewing Solution - 09/02/2017
Balquhidder Community Broadband. - 08/02/2017
Global Internet Transit Service 2017 - 06/02/2017 at 12:00
Student Residences Managed Communication Network Services - 05/02/2017
Provision of Mobile and Telephony Services for Spanish Posts - 03/02/2017
Provision of television and radio services on the European Parliament for British broadcasters - 03/02/2017
DoF IT Assist Secure Mail Gateway Replacement. - 03/02/2017
Superfast Essex Broadband Phase 3 - 02/02/2017 at 12:00
Vehicle Telematics & Journey Recorders - 31/03/2017
Telephony, broadband and associated services - 31/03/2017
Data Connectivity Services & Hardware - 28/04/2017
PSNI Maintenance, Installation and Decommissioning of ICS Radio Tower Structures - 28/04/2017
CCTV Installation & Maintenance - 28/04/2017
Broadcast Installation Work - 27/04/2017
5G Terrestrial & Satellite Network infrastructure Test Bed - 25/04/2017
Provision of the Green Deal Oversight and Registration Body - 24/04/2017
Installation of equipment for the new CCTV Control Room at Salford and migration and integration of Trafford's control room - 24/04/2017
Provision of a Wireless Network - 24/04/2017
Networks Review - 21/04/2017
Broadcasting for Regional Committee Meetings - 20/04/2017
Managed Wide Area Network Solutions - 19/04/2017
Provision of Local Connectivity Services - 14/04/2017
COV - Call for interest for Long-Term Evolution (LTE) mobile connectivity services for Coventry - 11/04/2017
Provision of Blackberry Enterprise Mobility Suite - Collaboration Edition Licences - 10/04/2017
Dispatch Method Evaluation and Reports - 10/04/2017
Provision of Broadband for University Business Centres - 05/04/2017
Telecoms System Replacement - 25/05/2017
Supply and Installation of Vehicle CCTV and Telemetry - 24/05/2017
CCTV Monitoring, Maintenance, Alarm Monitoring, Maintenance and Keyholding - 22/05/2017
The Provision of LTE Handheld Mobile Devices and Accessories - 19/05/2017
Community Initiatives (Next Generation Broadband) - 19/05/2017
Telephony Service Requirements - 19/05/2017
Provision of ICT Networking, Commissioning, Broadband, ICT Management and Telephony Services - 18/05/2017
Fixed Line Voice and Data Services - 17/05/2017
Audio Visual Design, Installation and Maintenance - 17/05/2017
Provision of Hyper Converged Infrastructure - 12/05/2017
Supply and Installation of Audio Visual Systems - 12/05/2017
Provision of Enhanced Audio and Video Recording - 12/05/2017
Interactive Telephony Services - 11/05/2017
LV Switch Gear Upgrade - 09/05/2017
WAN, Network Services and Co-Location Services - 08/05/2017
Wide Area Network - 08/05/2017
Contract for Managed Internet Services for Student Residences - 05/05/2017
Mobile Phone Two Year Contract - 05/05/2017
Unified Communications - 05/05/2017
Provision of Network Maintenance and Support Contract - 02/05/2017
Telecommunications equipment and supplies - 02/05/2017
Technical Advisory and Programme Management Services - South West - 30/06/2017
Provision of Mobile and Telephony Services for British Diplomatic missions in Italy - 30/06/2017
Telecommunications - Scotland - 29/06/2017
Upgrade to CCTV Installations at Glenavon/ Lyndale, Maryhill, Glasgow - 28/06/2017
The Provision of Mitel Telephone Support Services - London - 27/06/2017
Provision of inspections and maintenance services for communication masts and towers - London - 26/06/2017
Supply of hardware, software and maintenance for LAN and Security Infrastructure - North West - 23/06/2017
Communication Appointments Reminder Alert Services - Manchester - 23/06/2017
Super-Fast Broadband Infrastructure - North West - 23/06/2017
Superfast Broadband Project 3 - 23/06/2017
Access Solutions Framework - Bristol - 22/06/2017
Provision of a Corporate Automatic Call Distribution System & Associated Services - East Midlands - 21/06/2017
Support/Maintenance for the voice platform and core switches - North West - 19/06/2017
Telecommunications Systems Maintenance and Support Services - Scotland - 16/06/2017
Contractor Logistics Support of the Intra Site Digital Link - South West - 13/06/2017
CCTV - West Midlands - 09/06/2017
Feasibility Study and Design for Telecommunications Mast (Consultancy) - Scotland - 01/06/2017
Network Services - West Midlands - 28/07/2017
For delivery of the Advanced Apprenticeship for IT & Telecoms Professionals, Level 3 - East Midlands - 28/07/2017
Kent Connects - 28/07/2017
Electrical Infrastructure Works - London - 28/07/2017
Supply of Audio, Visual and Interactive Equipment - Leicester - 28/07/2017
Provision of Telephony Services - Wales - 27/07/2017
Surveillance System and Navigational Aids Procurement - Cambridge - 26/07/2017
VSAT Satellite Communications Provision for Research Vessels - South West - 25/07/2017
Support Contract for the TRITEC Fibre Optic Fusion Splicers - Bristol - 24/07/2017
Support Contract for the FUJIKURA fibre optic fusion splicers - South West - 24/07/2017
CCTV Replacement - South West - 21/07/2017
Framework for Fibe Optic Repairs, Installation and Support - North East - 21/07/2017
Telecommunications Network Services - Leeds - 21/07/2017
Telecommunications Network Services - Yorkshire - 21/07/2017
Film, TV and Distribution Strategy Tender - Exeter - 21/07/2017
Network Services in Student Residences - Wolverhampton - 20/07/2017
Network Services to Student Residences - West Midlands - 20/07/2017
TWT Amplifiers - London - 20/07/2017
Provision of CCTV Installation and Maintenance Services - North West - 19/07/2017
Telephone System - East Midlands - 18/07/2017
Provision of Mobile Video Screens and Associated Services - Belfast - 18/07/2017
Online Voting Platform - London - 17/07/2017
Supply of Telecare Equipment - West Yorkshire - 17/07/2017
Installation of IP CCTV System - North West - 16/07/2017
Connecting Cambridgeshire Technical Consultancy - 16/07/2017
Redevelopment of the MEDIN discovery metadata service - Swindon - 14/07/2017
Wide Area Network and Wi-Fi Procurement - Cambridgeshire - 14/07/2017
Ironport Licences for Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire ICT Department - 14/07/2017
TV Infrastructure Services - London - 14/07/2017
Telecare Call Monitoring System Upgrade - East of England - 14/07/2017
Wide Area Network Provision - Market Sounding - Birmingham - 14/07/2017
The Supply of Telephony Solutions - West Midlands - 13/07/2017
Sentinel 1 Backscatter Data Provision Service - East - 12/07/2017
Installation and Inspection of Electrical & Data Services, Portable Appliance Testing & Maintenance of UPS Systems - Coventry - 12/07/2017
For the supply of Voice and Data Cabling - Exeter - 11/07/2017
Provision of a Joint Control Centre and Supporting Digital Infrastructure Including CCTV - Twickenham - 10/07/2017
02 Contract 2017 - Yorkshire - 07/07/2017
Quotation for Bedfordshire Police Cyber Unit - 07/07/2017
Support for Extreme Network Switches Renewal - Swansea - 06/07/2017
ICT - Data Centre Relocations - Liverpool - 06/07/2017
Provision of a 24 Hour Telecare Monitoring Service - Uxbridge - 05/07/2017
Telecare Monitoring System (Software) - London - 04/07/2017
Telecoms Maintenance Service - South East - 03/07/2017
Framework Agreement for the Provision of a Network, Security and Telecoms Partner and Consultant with Exchange Enablement Capabilities - Blackpool - 31/08/2017
Voice Services - East Sussex - 30/08/2017
Harrogate District CCTV Network Maintenance, Servicing and Additional Works - 29/08/2017
South East CCTV Culvert Inspection & Clearance Services Framework - 29/08/2017
Wireless Solution Provider - Scotland - 28/08/2017
Supply, Installation, Equipment and Maintenance of Wireless WAN Infrastructure - Dundee - 28/08/2017
Next Generation Access Broadband Infrastructure - North West - 25/08/2017
The Provision of Digtal Radio Aids, Associated Parts and their Repair - Merseyside - 23/08/2017
High Speed Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) and Lightwave Component Analyzer (LCA) - Cardiff - 18/08/2017
Supply and Installation of a Vector Network Analyser System covering frequencies up to 1.1 THz - Birmingham - 16/08/2017
Waltham Forest Patient SMS Solution - 15/08/2017
Wireless Concession - London - 15/08/2017
Superfast Broadband - South East - 15/08/2017
CCTV Solution - Scotland - 14/08/2017
CMobILE Equipment - Newcastle - 14/08/2017
Large Video Displays - Glasgow - 14/08/2017
Upgrade of the British Library's Life Safety Radio System - London - 14/08/2017
Telephone System Maintenance - Scotland - 14/08/2017
Broadcast and Audio Visual Maintenance and Managed Services - London - 11/08/2017
Managed Telephony Contract - Reading - 08/08/2017
CCTV Comercialisation - Cambridgeshire - 07/08/2017
Framework Agreement for the Provision of CCTV Services - Caerphilly - 04/08/2017
Provision of Security Services and CCTV Monitoring and Maintenance - Birmingham - 04/08/2017
Telecare Maintenance Contract - Nuneaton - 04/08/2017
Network Equipment and Services - South Wales - 03/08/2017
Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Avaya Support and Maintenance - Warrington - 29/09/2017
Informatics Computing Equipment - Alderley Edge - 29/09/2017
Wireless (Wi-Fi) - Newcastle Upon Tyne - 28/09/2017
Intercom System and Associated Infrastructure Replacement - Scotland - 26/09/2017
Supply and installation of a replacement solution for the provision of the ATM/CNS Voice Communication Control System (VCCS) - Birmingham - 25/09/2017
The supply of CCTV Hardware and the Commercial Development of CCTV Network Monitoring and Associated Services - Huntingdonshire - 25/09/2017
The Provision of SIP Trunks for IP Telephony - Bedfordshire - 22/09/2017
Maintenance and Support Service for HMPPS Prison UHF Tetra Radio Systems and Associated Equipment - 21/09/2017
Provision of Support and Maintenance and Related Services in respect of Radio Communication Services for Prisons in England and Wales - London - 21/09/2017
Call Monitoring & Response Services for Assistive Technology Solutions (Telecare) - Luton - 21/09/2017
Maintenance and Support Service for HMPPS Prison UHF Tetra Radio Systems and Associated Equipment - United Kingdom - 21/09/2017
Fixed Line Telephony Services - Scotland - 19/09/2017
Supply and Fit of Data and Power Delivery Infrastructure for CCTV - Glasgow - 18/09/2017
Telecoms Dynamic Purchasing System - Manchester - 18/09/2017
Video and Computer Equipment - Sheffield - 18/09/2017
Provision of LTE Fixed Vehicle Devices and Accessories for the Emergency Services Network (ESN) - London - 18/09/2017
Mobile Renewal - Scotland - 18/09/2017
Video and Computer Equipment - Yorkshire - 18/09/2017
Replacement and Upgrade of the Audio Visual Equipment - Huntingonshire - 15/09/2017
Telephony Systems and Associated Services - Kent - 15/09/2017
The supply of CCTV Hardware and the Commercial Development of CCTV Network Monitoring and Associated Services - Cambridgeshire - 15/09/2017
Supplier Engagement Pack Relating to CCTV - Southend-on-Sea - 15/09/2017
Wired and Wireless Infrastructure - Wales - 15/09/2017
Server Infrastructure - Wales - 15/09/2017
Supply, Delivery and Installation of Sound Equipment - North West - 12/09/2017
Highlands Towns WiFi - 12/09/2017
Provision of Intranet and Internet Services - Scotland - 11/09/2017
The Provision of LTE Fixed Vehicle Devices and Accessories for the Emergency Services Network (ESN) - London - 11/09/2017
CCTV Systems Maintenance - Scotland - 11/09/2017
Telephony as a Service (TaaS) - Renfrewshire - 08/09/2017
Supply of Wireless Network Solution - Cardiff - 07/09/2017
MORPHEUS Installation Design and Certification (MIDaC) - Bristol - 05/09/2017
Cloud Hosted Telephony - North West - 05/09/2017
The Provision of Digital Radio Aids, Associated Parts and their Repair - Merseyside - 05/09/2017
Daventry Telephony Solution - 04/09/2017
Nexus IT/Teecoms Solution - Leeds - 01/09/2017
Supply Of One New Telehandler - East Midlands - 01/09/2017
Doncaster Town Centre Wi-Fi Concession Contract - 01/09/2017
Audio Visual Systems - Cardiff - 31/10/2017
Framework Agreement for Electronic Security, Control Room Systems and Audio-Visual Systems - London - 30/10/2017
Supplier Briefing and Market Awareness - Hampshire - 30/10/2017
Framework for the provision of Telecommunications and Associated Services - Bolton - 24/10/2017
Supply of Acoustic Recorders for Underwater Noise Measurement - Scotland - 20/10/2017
Replacement of Analogue CCTV Cameras - Yorkshire - 20/10/2017
Honeybourne Line CCTV Camera Upgrade - Gloucestershire - 19/10/2017
Medium Frequency (MF) Radar - Newport - 19/10/2017
Head of the UK Delegation to European Telecommunications Standards Institute - London - 19/10/2017
For the supply of Voice and Data Cabling - South West - 17/10/2017
Provision of Broadband Services - South Norfolk - 16/10/2017
Structured Cabling - Wales - 16/10/2017
Structures CCTV Investigation - Darlington - 13/10/2017
Digital Radio Archive Management System - London - 12/10/2017
Outdoor Digital Screen Works - North West - 11/10/2017
Public Space CCTV Cameras & Associated Equipment 2017 - North East - 11/10/2017
Integrated IP CCTV System - Lisburn - 11/10/2017
Supply of a Fibre Optic Strain Measurement - Birmingham - 10/10/2017
Carephones Replacement Solution - Huddersfield - 09/10/2017
Digital Television Systems Service and Maintenance - Leicester - 09/10/2017
Server and Storage Infrastructure Upgrade - London - 06/10/2017
Supply of ICT Cables, Installation and Minor Works Framework - Aberdeen - 06/10/2017
Radar Data Processor Replacement - Inverness - 06/10/2017
Patient Wi-Fi - London - 06/10/2017
Provision of Satellite Broadband - Edinburgh - 04/10/2017
Supply, Installation and Maintenance Of CCTV Equipment For Vehicles - East Midlands - 04/10/2017
Community Broadband - Scotland - 02/10/2017
Local Network Infrastructure - Scotland - 02/10/2017
Merseytravel Train Connectivity and Information System (TCIS) Project - 01/10/2017
100Gb Transatlantic Connectivity - 30/11/2017
Libraries Tablet Lending Scheme - Leeds - 29/11/2017
Contact Centre Systems Support - Leeds - 29/11/2017
Study of UK Cross Sector Dependencies on Telecoms Services - London - 29/11/2017
Provision of an Improved CCTV Service - South West - 29/11/2017
For the Supply and Installation of ICT Network Cabling, Repairs and Communication Services - Derby - 29/11/2017
Screen Specialist Consultancy Services - Glasgow - 28/11/2017
Provision of a Mobile Closed Circuit Television Vehicle - Northern Ireland - 27/11/2017
Digital Connectivity on Tyne and Wear Metro - 25/11/2017
Public Access WiFi Within Chester City Centre - 23/11/2017
Telecommunications Network Services - Cornwall - 22/11/2017
Installation and Maintenance of Remote CCTV Cameras in the West Midlands - 22/11/2017
Proposed Contract for Redditch Network Maintenance - 22/11/2017
Supply of Telecommunications Equipment - East Midlands - 20/11/2017
Purchase of a Global Positioning and Tracking System - Portsmouth - 19/11/2017
Provision of CCTV Operations - Chichester - 17/11/2017
Telemetry Outstation Solutions - Rotheram - 15/11/2017
Framework for the Provision of Voice and Data Cabling and Minor Telephony Works - West Midlands - 15/11/2017
CCTV Maintenance Contract - Kent - 14/11/2017
Big Beach 2018 and Big Screen 2018 - Watford - 13/11/2017
PCI DSS Compliant Telephony Services for Voice Payment over VoIP - Lancaster - 11/11/2017
Contract for Mobile Phone/Devices - Portsmouth - 10/11/2017
Superfast Broadband Project 3 (Re-Tender) - Bedfordshire - 10/11/2017
Provision of Mitel Support & Maintenance and a Peripheral Cabinet Replacement - Yorkshire - 10/11/2017
Installation and Maintenance of Remote CCTV Cameras - West Midlands - 08/11/2017
Supply of a Telehandler Under a 3 Year Lease - South West - 07/11/2017
AV Equipment - West Midlands - 07/11/2017
Upgrade of Communcal TV Digital Aerials - Harrogate - 07/11/2017
Single Supplier Framework for a Managed Telematics Service - Edinburgh - 06/11/2017
10MHz to 26.5 GHz VNA - London - 03/11/2017
Digital Wireless Concession - Kent - 28/12/2017
Dynamic Positioning Equipment and Multi-Beam Echo Sounder Upgrade - London - 21/12/2017
Provision of Radio End User Equipment & Managed Terminal Service - Glasgow - 21/12/2017
CCTV Upgrade Work at Various Leisure Centres - Devon - 15/12/2017
Wireless-as-a-Service for Schools Framework - Warrington - 15/12/2017
On-Vehicle CCTV Recorders and Forward Facing Cameras - Belfast - 14/12/2017
Provision of Closed Circuit Television on Fire Appliances (CCTV) - Huntingdon - 13/12/2017
Tender for Door Entry and CCTV Servicing and Maintenance - London - 11/12/2017
Telephony Services - Scotland - 11/12/2017
Supply Installation and Initial training of Call Systems for Homes for Older People - Derbyshire - 08/12/2017
Purchase of 8.33KHz Equipment - Scotland - 08/12/2017
Production of Safety Assurance documentation of 8.33KHZ Compliant Transmitters and receivers - Scotland - 08/12/2017
Provision of an Improved CCTV Service - Torbay - 06/12/2017
Invitation to Tender for the Supply of Driver and Vehicle Telematics - Chesterfield - 04/12/2017
Worcester City WiFi and Footfall - 04/12/2017
For the Supply and Installation of ICT Network Cabling, Repairs and Communication Services - East Midlands - 04/12/2017
Internet Service Provider - Northampton - 01/12/2017
Data Network - Bristol - 01/12/2017
Education Broadband - Northampton - 01/12/2017
CCTV Service - South East - 01/12/2017
SD Wan and Internet Connectivity - London - 01/12/2017
Digital Cinema, Installation and Service - South West - 01/12/2017
Campus HV Switchgear Upgrade - Newcastle Upon Tyne - 01/12/2017
TV White Space Broadband Pilot - Denbighshire - 29/01/2018
Supply and Installation of a New CCTV System - London - 29/01/2018
Consolidate Connectivity, Telephony, Mobiles and Call Centre - Croydon - 29/01/2018
Replacement of Audio Visual Equipment - Gloucestershire - 29/01/2018
Provision of a Telephony Solution - Lancashire - 26/01/2018
CCTV Relocation - Derbyshire - 26/01/2018
CCTV, Control Room and Anti Social Behaviour Services - West Midlands - 26/01/2018
Mobile Data Terminal Docking Stations - Milton Keynes - 26/01/2018
Contract for the conversation of CCTV to wireless - Surrey - 26/01/2018
Better Broadband for Nottinghamshire - Phase 3 - 25/01/2018
Supply of VSAT Satellite Broadband - London - 25/01/2018
Service, Maintenance, Repair and Replacement of CCTV System - Leicester - 24/01/2018
Special Exhibition AV Hardware Procurement - London - 24/01/2018
Supply of Polycom Video Conferencing Equipment - Wales - 23/01/2018
Unified Communications Managed Technical Service - Edinburgh - 22/01/2018
Provision of Host Broadcaster TV Production Services - Glasgow - 22/01/2018
Strategic Rural Towns Wi-Fi Carmarthenshire Pilot Initiative - 22/01/2018
Structured Cabling Services - Lanarkshire - 19/01/2018
MOVA Installation - Swansea - 19/01/2018
Network Services - Manchester - 19/01/2018
Procurement of NGA Infrastructure - Edinburgh - 18/01/2018
MOONS Fibre Positioning Module BASEPLATE - Scotland - 17/01/2018
Global Voice and Data Connectivity Services - London - 17/01/2018
Unified Communications and Paging Solution - Eastern England - 16/01/2018
Maintenance of the Council's CCTV Cameras & Video Management System - South West - 15/01/2018
Telephone and Contact Centre System - London - 15/01/2018
Mobile Telecommunication Devices & Services - Wales - 15/01/2018
Enterprise Network Replacement - Wired & Wireless - South West - 15/01/2018
CCTV Security Monitoring - Northampton - 12/01/2018
Telecommunications Wiring & Cabling Services - Edinburgh - 12/01/2018
West Sussex Gigabit - 12/01/2018
Telematic Tracking Devices - Nottingham - 12/01/2018
Structured Cabling System - Derbyshire - 12/01/2018
Structured Cabling System - Chesterfield - 12/01/2018
NECS: 150MB Internet Circuits - Manchester - 10/01/2018
Fire Alarms and CCTV Servicing - East Midlands - 08/01/2018
CCTV Asset Maintenance - Kent - 08/01/2018
Secured Network Design, Supply, Installation, Maintenance - Scotland - 05/01/2018
Secure Data Connection - Scotland - 05/01/2018
Provision & Installation of Audio Visual & Conference Call Equipment and Digital Signage - South Cambridgeshire - 05/01/2018
Superfast Essex Phase 4a (Phase 4, Tranche 1) - 04/01/2018
Network Connections for Remote Offices - Derbyshire - 03/01/2018
Mobile Communications - Wales - 02/01/2018
Data and Network Services including Voice - Derby - 01/01/2018
AV Equipment Hire for Events On & Off Site - Scotland - 28/02/2018
Network Technologies Support Services - Gateshead - 28/02/2018
Independent Network Audit - Swindon - 27/02/2018
Supply and Delivery of Audio & Visual (AVA) Equipment and Accessories - North East - 26/02/2018
Provision of Graduation live TV coverage, video link, lighting and DVD supplier - Lancashire - 26/02/2018
Global Navigation Satellite System - Geodetic GNSS Antennas - Southampton - 26/02/2018
Videogames Exhibition AV Hardware - London - 26/02/2018
Supply, Installation and Maintenance of Meeting Room Equipment - North East - 26/02/2018
Supply and/or Installation of a Unified Communications Telephony System - Birmingham - 23/02/2018
Telecoms Framework Agreement 2018 - London - 23/02/2018
Telephony Contract - North East - 23/02/2018
Graduation Event - Sound and Lighting - South West - 21/02/2018
Data Centre Network and Core Firewall Refresh Programme - Yorkshire - 19/02/2018
AV Supply & Support - Wolverhampton - 19/02/2018
Mobile Communications Service - Manchester - 19/02/2018
Provision of Mobile Telecommunication Services - London - 19/02/2018
ICAM Service Contract - Kew - 19/02/2018
Mobile Comms - Bristol - 16/02/2018
Ultra-fast Broadband - Evidence base, representation at Examination in Public - Kent - 15/02/2018
CAVE Equipment and Software — Design, Supply, Installation and Maintenance Services - London - 15/02/2018
Video Conferencing MCU Replacement - Swindon - 14/02/2018
Customer Telephone and Email Response Service - London - 12/02/2018
Supply and Implementation of Campus Wide Surveillance Cameras (CCTV) - Leicester - 12/02/2018
Digital Radios - Leicester - 09/02/2018
Mobile CCTV Units - North East - 09/02/2018
Small Cell Wireless Network Concession Contract - London - 09/02/2018
EOI - Lancashire wide procurement for WAN/COIN Future Networking Requirements - 09/02/2018
SMS Framework Agreement (Janet txt) - Didcot - 08/02/2018
CCTV Upgrade, Maintenance and Control Room Relocation - Conwy - 07/02/2018
Unified Communications - Sheffield - 05/02/2018
CCTV Systems - Cambridgeshire - 05/02/2018
Supply, Installation and Maintenance of Public Space CCTV - Camarthen - 05/02/2018
Charnwood CCTV System - Preventative and Responsive Maintenance Contract - 05/02/2018
Millimetre wave, multi-port network analyser - Cardiff - 02/02/2018
Global Internet Transit Service 2018 - Oxfordshire - 02/02/2018
Contact Centre Development and Telephony Support and Maintenance - Lincolnshire - 01/02/2018
Supply of Digital Radios in Winchester - 30/03/2018
CCTV scheme in Heathfield, East Sussex - 30/03/2018
Site Security CCTV Works Package - Scotland - 28/03/2018
EOI - Proposed Contract for Charging for Guest Wi-Fi Services - Redditch - 28/03/2018
Clearing the 700 MHz band: Support Scheme for PMSE Equipment Owners - London - 26/03/2018
Core Telephony Platform Maintenance - Yorkshire - 23/03/2018
Provision of a Telecare Call Monitoring and Alarm Receiving Centre - North Ayrshire - 21/03/2018
Africaconnect 2 — WACREN Capacity Service Requirements 2018 - 19/03/2018
Supply, Installation, Maintenance, Upgrade and Repair of Door Access and CCTV Systems - Coventry - 19/03/2018
Provision of Telephony / Unified Communications - Manchester - 15/03/2018
Greater Manchester Gigabit Dark Fibre Networks - 15/03/2018
CCTV Installation & Maintenance - London - 15/03/2018
Interactive Touch Display Panels - Belfast - 15/03/2018
Provision of Mobile Phone and PBX Services - London - 15/03/2018
Drainage Investigation and CCTV Services - Cumbria - 14/03/2018
Mitel Maintenance and Software Assurance - Milton Keynes - 14/03/2018
Open Full Fibre based Public Wi-Fi and Future 5G Testbed Area - Dundee - 13/03/2018
Mobile Phone Handset Lease Agreement - Derby - 12/03/2018
Drainage Clearance and Associated Works including CCTV Inspection - Bromford - 12/03/2018
Communications Equipment - East Sussex - 12/03/2018
Provision of PA and Audio Systems for Glasgow 2018 - 09/03/2018
Fire Alarm-CCTV Link - Aberystwyth - 09/03/2018
Broadband Deployment in mid-Monnmouthshire - 09/03/2018
Provision of CCTV Camera Maintenance - Manchester - 08/03/2018
Managed Service for Mobile Telephones - Swansea - 08/03/2018
Unified Communications, Telephone Services and Contact Centre - Dumfries - 08/03/2018
CCTV Maintenance and Development - Renfrewshire - 07/03/2018
Collaborative Framework for Vehicle Data Recorder (Telematics) System - Yorkshire - 07/03/2018
Suffolk Pan Public Sector Wide Area Network - 07/03/2018
Network Technologies Support Services - London - 05/03/2018
Upgrade of Existing Analogue CCTV Cameras to HD in Bournemouth - 02/03/2018
Private Wires Replacement - Coventry - 02/03/2018
Telecare Assistive Technology - Repair & Maintenance Service - Corby - 02/03/2018
Public Wireless Service - Wales - 01/03/2018
London and Quadrant Telehandler Framework 2018 - 2022 - 30/04/2018
Installation & Maintenance of Network Cabling & Related Services - Scotland - 30/04/2018
The Provision of Maintenance Services to the Urban Traffic Control Communications and CCTV Network - North West - 27/04/2018
Vehicle Telematics - Caerphilly - 27/04/2018
District Heating Telecommunications Ducting Opportunity- Market Test - Leeds - 27/04/2018
Design, Supply and Installation of Audio Visual Facilities - Cambridge - 26/04/2018
Progress WiFi - Lancashire - 26/04/2018
AV Hardware and Design/ Production - Bodmin - 25/04/2018
Coverage Assurance Goods and Services - London - 24/04/2018
Mobile Device Examinations - North East - 24/04/2018
CCTV Maintenance and Replacement - Rickmansworth - 24/04/2018
AV Equipment - Scotland - 23/04/2018
Temporary Sound, Lighting and Audio Visual Services - Wales - 23/04/2018
Broadcasting and Audio Visual Services - London - 23/04/2018
Next Generation Access Broadband Wales - Phase 2 - Wales - 20/04/2018
Communal Aerial Systems — Maintenance and Repair (Digital TV) - Bristol - 19/04/2018
Maylands Business Centre Telephony Contract 2018 - Hertfordshire - 19/04/2018
Communal Aerial Systems - Maintenance & Repair (Digital TV) - Bristol - 19/04/2018
Toughened Tablet Devices Framework - London - 19/04/2018
Public Wi-Fi Services - Bristol - 18/04/2018
Installation of CCTV scheme - Birmingham - 18/04/2018
Digital Intercom System for Light Troop Transport Vehicle - Weybridge - 17/04/2018
Structured Cabling Services - Camarthenshire - 16/04/2018
The VHF Frequency Modulated (FM)" Broadcast Transmitters - Any Region - 16/04/2018
Out of Hours Telephone Monitoring Service - Halifax - 13/04/2018
Market consultation - Telematics and in-cab technology - Barnsley - 13/04/2018
Video Extensometer - Sheffield - 12/04/2018
CCTV & Root Cutting Contract - Leicestershire - 12/04/2018
TV Audience Measurement Analysis Service - London - 12/04/2018
Audio Visual - Milton Keynes - 12/04/2018
Audio Visual Equipment - Milton Keynes - 12/04/2018
Transformation of the Force Operations Room Telephony Management System - Derbyshire - 11/04/2018
Procurement of Mobile Voice & Data Solutions - London - 11/04/2018
Supply, Commission, Test and Support a Resilient Wide Area Network (WAN) and Upgrade of the existing Firewall Infrastructure - Fareham - 09/04/2018
Operation and Maintenance of Voice, Data, Radio Networks and Associate Infrastructure - Belfast - 09/04/2018
Wide Area Network (WAN) - Dorset - 09/04/2018
Provision of CATV System - Glasgow - 09/04/2018
Public Wifi - Leicestershire - 06/04/2018
Data Cabling - Nottingham - 04/04/2018
Mobile Telecommunication Services - Southend-on-Sea - 04/04/2018
Services-Framework-Network Redesign - Warrington - 04/04/2018
Audio Visual Systems Maintenance - Yorkshire - 04/04/2018
CCTV Cleaning and Maintenance - East Midlands - 03/04/2018
Better Broadband - Suffolk - 31/05/2018
Supply of Telecare Equipment 2018-19 - Leeds - 30/05/2018
AV equipment - supply, install and support - Eastern England - 29/05/2018
Repair, Servicing and Associated Works of Door Entry, Warden Call and CCTV Systems - Edinburgh - 25/05/2018
Contract for WAN and LAN Equipment and Services - Manchester - 25/05/2018
Service and Maintenance of CCTV Cameras and Associated Equipment - Wales - 22/05/2018
Scottish 4G Infill Programme: Capital Funded Mast Deployment Project - 18/05/2018
Supply of Audio Visual Services to Southend Crematorium - 18/05/2018
CCTV Bucharest - 18/05/2018
Installation of CCTV Scheme 2 - Birmingham - 18/05/2018
Out of Hours Repairs Call Handling Service - Swansea - 18/05/2018
Unified Telephony System (Skype for Business Voice) - Wales - 14/05/2018
CCTV Upgrade - Leicestershire - 11/05/2018
Structured Cabling Works - Falmouth - 10/05/2018
Supply Of Mobile Telephony Service - Glasgow - 10/05/2018
The Marches and Gloucestershire Viable Clusters Broadband Project - 10/05/2018
Provision of AV Equipment and Services - Wolverhampton - 09/05/2018
AV System - North East - 08/05/2018
Multi Utility Provision for Cuerden Strategic Site - North West - 08/05/2018
Supply and Installation of GM Connected Wayfinding Products - Manchester - 07/05/2018
The Supply of CCTV System Upgrade and Ongoing Maintenance - Ipswich - 04/05/2018
Wireless Installation and Managed Internet Services — Student Accomodation Sites - Scotland - 04/05/2018
CCTV Migration Works & Annual Maintenance - Scotland - 03/05/2018
Supply and fit CCTV System - Leeds - 02/05/2018
Provision of Telephone and Data Transmission Services - Moves, Adds and Changes - Southampton - 02/05/2018
Data Centre Design and Build - West Midlands - 01/05/2018
Purchase of a Global Positioning System (GPS) tracker capability - Portsmouth - 01/05/2018
Installation & Support of WiFi Services - Cardiff - 29/06/2018
National Supply of In Cell Televisions - Staffordshire - 29/06/2018
Full Fibre Scoping Study - Gloucestershire Joint Core Strategy Area - 29/06/2018
Intruder Alarm and CCTV Maintenance - Plymouth - 29/06/2018
Network Services (Lot 6 - Mobile Voice & Data Services) - London - 28/06/2018
Framework for Provision of Free Public Wifi and Smart Footfall Monitor - Tees Valley and Durham - 26/06/2018
Mobile Strategy Research - London - 26/06/2018
Mobile Phones Voice and Data - Wakefield - 25/06/2018
Provision of Next Generation Wireless Network - Workington - 25/06/2018
Telecoms Mast Management Services - North West - 25/06/2018
CCTV Equipment Maintenance - Eastern England - 22/06/2018
Installation and Maintenance of CCTV - Eastern England - 22/06/2018
WAN Tender 2019 - Yorkshire - 22/06/2018
Network Core Replacement and Ongoing Equipment Supply, Support and Services 2 - Bristol - 22/06/2018
Fibre Optic Laser - York - 21/06/2018
Consultancy Services for the Review of the Public Space CCTV in Herefordshire - 21/06/2018
Local Full Fibre Network for Wolverhampton Market Warming Event - 20/06/2018
Telephony Services Dynamic Purchasing System - Scotland - 19/06/2018
Island Wide Strategic Review of CCTV - Guernsey - 18/06/2018
Audio and Visual Tender - South West - 18/06/2018
Telehealthcare Equipment, Monitoring, Data Analysis and Notifications of Alerts - Cambridgeshire - 18/06/2018
Installations of Next Generation Telecare Technology, Call Centre Monitoring & Management of Alerts - Cambridgeshire - 18/06/2018
CCTV Systems Phase 1 Upgrade Specification - Grimsby - 18/06/2018
Telecoms and associated services - National Framework - 15/06/2018
Appliance CCTV System - North East - 15/06/2018
Mobile Digital Communication Solution - Wales - 15/06/2018
Network Core Replacement and Ongoing Equipment Supply, Support & Services - Bristol - 15/06/2018
Supply, Delivery and Testing of Audio Visual Requirements - Strathclyde - 13/06/2018
Network Cabling - Birmingham - 12/06/2018
Data Cabling - Scotland, North West, Wales, Northern Ireland, London - 11/06/2018
Implementation of Free Public Access Wi-Fi in Town Centres Across Blaenau Gwent - 11/06/2018
Supply and Installation of a CCTV System at the British Deputy High Commission in Chennai - 08/06/2018
Telecommunications Framework - Bristol - 08/06/2018
Audio Visual Production - Wakefield - 08/06/2018
Mobible Telephony - Southend-on-Sea - 07/06/2018
Cloud Based CCTV Solution - West Lothian - 07/06/2018
Telehandler Supply - Wales - 06/06/2018
Multi Utility Provision - Lancashire - 05/06/2018
Operation and Maintenance of Voice, Data, Radio Networks and Associate Infrastructure 2 - Belfast - 04/06/2018
Liverpool Mobile Telephone Contract - 04/06/2018
Supply and Installation of a New CCTV System 2 - London - 04/06/2018
CCTV Maintenance - Wales - 01/06/2018
iPads/Apple TV/Charging Trolleys/TVs - Wales - 01/06/2018
Sole Supplier for Audio Visual Equipment in DNEAT Schools - Norwich - 30/07/2018
Provision of an Intelligence Hub: CCTV Upgrade Services - Southend-on-Sea - 30/07/2018
CCTV Connectivity - Manchester - 30/07/2018
Procurement of Mobile Telephony Services - Warrington - 30/07/2018
External Lighting and CCTV - Scotland - 30/07/2018
Unified Communications and Networks Support Services - West Midlands - 30/07/2018
Inspection & Maintenance of Digital TV Systems - West Dunbartonshire - 27/07/2018
Provision of a Telecare and Out of Hours Call Monitoring Service - Wrexham - 27/07/2018
Radio Network Infrastructure Replacement - Southampton - 27/07/2018
Unified Communications - Hertfordshire - 23/07/2018
Webcasting & Audio/Video Hardware and Services - Glamorgan - 23/07/2018
LAN Refresh - Norfolk - 23/07/2018
Maintenance and Enlargement of Close Circuit Television Systems - Kings Lynn - 23/07/2018
Provision and Support of SIP Trunking service - Thurrock - 23/07/2018
Evaluation of Next Generation Broadband Wales Programme 2015-2018 - 20/07/2018
Supply, Installation and Maintenance of a CCTV System for Smart City / Town Management - Dundee - 20/07/2018
SafeDNS or equivalent required for Free Resident WiFi - Yorkshire - 20/07/2018
Fire Safety, Intruder Alarm and CCTV Servicing and Maintenance - Lincolnshire - 18/07/2018
Managed IT and Telephony Services for Business Centres - North Lanarkshire - 18/07/2018
Networking and Telephony Infrastructure - Kent - 17/07/2018
Mobile Phone Renewal - South Derbyshire - 16/07/2018
Provision of Wide Area Network Services and Hosted Telephony - Oxfordshire - 13/07/2018
Home Electronics Scheme - Morpeth - 13/07/2018
The Provision of Mobile Telephone Hardware & Voice, Data & Associated Services - Manchester - 13/07/2018
Provision of Telephony Equipment, Software and 3rd Party Maintenance , Telephone Lines and Call Charges - Cumbria - 12/07/2018
Supply of fibre switching hardware, licensing and maintenance - Exeter - 12/07/2018
Supply, Design and Installation of Energy Efficient Audio-Visual Equipment - Stirling - 10/07/2018
Supply of Huawei Enterprise Network Equipment Maintenance Services - Newcastle - 10/07/2018
Framework for Bus Lane Enforcement Fixed Unattended Dft Approved CCTV Traffic Capture Devices - Cambridgeshire - 09/07/2018
Multimedia Lab - Radio and TV Studio Upgrades - London - 09/07/2018
Provision of Mobile Phones and Associated Services - Stockton - 09/07/2018
Drainage Mass CCTV Survey - Milton Keynes - 06/07/2018
Telecomms Commercialisation Project - London - 06/07/2018
Structured Network Cabling (Copper and Fibre) and Associated Installation work - Cardiff - 06/07/2018
Replacement and Upgrade of CCTV Cameras, Transmission, Control Room Equipment - Berkshire - 06/07/2018
Supply and Installation of Broadband Ducting - Greater Manchester - 04/07/2018
CCTV Survey of Development Site - London - 03/07/2018
Supply, Installation and Maintenance of Multi Media Conferencing - Exeter - 02/07/2018
Bluetooth Network for Tracking Traffic Movements - West Yorkshire - 02/07/2018
The Supply of CCTV Cameras and Poles - Bradford - 02/07/2018
Event Audio Visual Services - Bath - 02/07/2018
Ambulance Radio Programme - Market Engagement - 31/08/2018
CCTV and Intruder Alarm Systems - Southampton - 31/08/2018
CCTV - Lot 1 - Monitoring and Lot 2 - Maintenance - London - 31/08/2018
Network Analyser - Sheffield - 31/08/2018
Procurement of DRM Backup, UC and WAN Services - South East - 30/08/2018
Provision of an Intelligence Hub CCTV Upgrade Services - Southend-on-Sea 2 - 30/08/2018
Pre Market Engagement Telephony - Leicester - 29/08/2018
Connecting Cambridgeshire Phase 4 Superfast Broadband Rollout - 28/08/2018
Supply of Networking Equipment including Support and Maintenance and Associated Services - Derbyshire - 28/08/2018
Provision of Web Casting & Audio Visual - Lowestoft - 27/08/2018
TV Studios and Galleries - Cardiff - 24/08/2018
News/Current Affairs TV Studio Set - Cardiff - 24/08/2018
Imago TV and AV Refresh - Loughborough - 22/08/2018
Supply of Motorola Radios - King's Lynn - 20/08/2018
Better Broadband for Norfolk (Tranche 3) - 17/08/2018
US Network Mobile Telecoms Service - 16/08/2018
Provision of onsite internal paging system - Warrington - 16/08/2018
Internet Service Upgrade - Bury St Edmunds - 16/08/2018
Upgrade to Audio Visual Equipment within the Multidisciplinary Education Centres - Cardiff - 14/08/2018
Supply and Support of Private Branch Exchange (PBX) Systems and Associated Services - Livingston - 13/08/2018
Mobile Telephony and Data - Birmingham - 13/08/2018
Provision of CCTV System - Ayr - 13/08/2018
One Person Operation Platform to Train CCTV System - London - 10/08/2018
CCTV Camera Replacements - Edinburgh - 10/08/2018
CCTV Connectivity 2 - Manchester - 10/08/2018
Out of hours contact centre call handling service - Croydon - 10/08/2018
Provision of Temporary Alarms CCTV & Vacant/Void Property Solutions - Gateshead - 08/08/2018
Multi point VC (Cisco Meeting Server 1000) - Wirral - 08/08/2018
Supply and Installation of Audio Visual equipment to Warrington Town Hall - 08/08/2018
Mobile Phones Contract - Glamorgan - 07/08/2018
Supply of equipment and Managed Network Service for Wireless, Network and Cabling - Birmingham - 07/08/2018
Microsoft Teams UC and Telephony Solution, with compatible Contact Centre - London - 03/08/2018
CCTV Maintenance - Stockton-on-Tees - 03/08/2018
Data Cabling - UK - 03/08/2018
CCTV Upgrade & New Control Room Provision - Kent - 03/08/2018
CCTV door access and public address systems repairs and maintenance - Northern Ireland - 02/08/2018
CCTV Monitoring Contract - Tunbridge Wells - 02/08/2018
Provision of CCTV cameras in Taxi vehicles - Warrington - 28/09/2018
Mobile Phone Contract - Norwich - 28/09/2018
Provision of HES Advice Centre Services - Scotland - 28/09/2018
Contract for Mobile Telephone and Data Services - Manchester - 28/09/2018
Provision of Wide Area Network - Fife - 26/09/2018
MTC for Repairs and Maintenance of TV Aerials / IRS Installations 2018 - 2020 - North Lanarkshire - 25/09/2018
Public-Space CCTV Systems: Digital Recording Systems Upgrade and Service & Maintenance Requirements for 2018-2021 - Suffolk - 24/09/2018
Radio Link Service - Torbay - 21/09/2018
Provision of radio-frequency identification readers, weigh cells and weigh heads and on site services - Kenilworth - 21/09/2018
Corporate Telephony & Contact Centre Platforms - Liverpool - 21/09/2018
AV support and technician - London - 21/09/2018
Replacement of CCTV, Door Access and Intercom System - Motherwell - 20/09/2018
Electronic Security Systems - Reading - 18/09/2018
The Provision of Airwave Handset Devices, Accessories, Services and Maintenance - London - 14/09/2018
Network Hardware - Supply, configuration, installation & supply - London - 14/09/2018
CCTV Monitoring - Maidstone - 14/09/2018
Upgrade & Replacement of Avaya Telephony (Back Office and Contact Centre Systems) - Southend-on-Sea - 11/09/2018
Framework Agreement for Audio Visual Equipment and Services - Wolverhampton - 10/09/2018
Libraries RFID replacement - London Borough of Bexley and Tower Hamlets - 07/09/2018
Fixed Telephony Solution - Newry - 07/09/2018
Supply of Deployable Cameras - Sandwell - 07/09/2018
Data & Telecoms Equipment and Services - Middlesex - 06/09/2018
CCTV Great Oaks Scunthorpe - 06/09/2018
South Devon College RFQ for Mobile Phone Contract - 05/09/2018
Supply of Specialist Audio Visual Equipment for the CPRS Studios / Fitness Rooms - Newcastle - 05/09/2018
Remote Enforcement - Stockport - 05/09/2018
Provision of Telephony and Broadband Services for Business Centres in South Tyneside - 04/09/2018
Network Analyser - North East - 03/09/2018
CCTV, Access Control and Security Systems Maintenance and Upgrade Services - London - 03/09/2018
Belfast Local Full Fibre Network Programme - Anchor Tenancy - 31/10/2018
Solent Network Framework - 30/10/2018
Supply of Audio Visual System Hardware and Associated Services - Derbyshire - 29/10/2018
Invitation to Tender for public CCTV installation and maintenance in Rossendale - 29/10/2018
Theatre ‘Sound Upgrade’ - Torfaen - 29/10/2018
Telephony Support - Thurrock - 29/10/2018
Telephone Systems - Ballymena - 29/10/2018
CCTV Software System including Maintenance 2 - Stirling - 26/10/2018
Provision of Data Cabling Services at the Met Office Exeter, Devon - 25/10/2018
Supply, Delivery and Installation of Audio Visual Equipment - Scotland - 24/10/2018
The Replacement of Digital Video Recorders at Multiple Sites - Scotland - 23/10/2018
Fibre Network 2 - West Midlands - 22/10/2018
Unified Communications - Stockport - 22/10/2018
Provision of Digital Communications - London - 22/10/2018
Supply of Audio, Visual and Presentation Equipment - Leicester - 22/10/2018
Telephony Solution (Lot 1) and Mobile Phone Solution (Lot 2) - Bradford - 19/10/2018
Provision of CCTV Control Room Relocation - Hertfordshire - 19/10/2018
CCTV Software System including Maintenance - Stirling - 19/10/2018
Installation of Wi-fi Systems at Sheltered and Extra-Care Schemes - Haverfordwest - 17/10/2018
Provision of Managed Wifi - West Suffolk - 17/10/2018
Superfast Broadband Rollout - Cambridgeshire - 15/10/2018
WiFi Solution - Newry - 12/10/2018
Supply, installation, commissioning and testing of an upgraded CCTV system and the removal of the existing system - Oxfordshire - 12/10/2018
CCTV Control and Data Equipment Replacement - Scotland - 12/10/2018
Supply, Installation and Maintenance of Small/Medium Telephone Systems - South Lanarkshire - 12/10/2018
Supply, Installation and Maintenance of Small/Medium Telephone Systems - Lanarkshire - 12/10/2018
Broadband for Rural Businesses in Oxfordshire project (BiRO) - 12/10/2018
Fibre Network - West Midlands - 08/10/2018
Civic Centre CCTV - Swansea - 02/10/2018
Access Control and Associated Security Systems - Devon - 02/10/2018
Bahrain and Qatar CCTV - 30/11/2018
Audio Visual Solutions and Integrated Operating Theatres - Salford Quays - 30/11/2018
Telecoms Technology Framework - London - 30/11/2018
Havering Framework Telephony - London - 29/11/2018
Data hosting and analytics/forecasting services to demonstrate the usefulness of sensor network technologies - Oxfordshire - 29/11/2018
SuperFast Leicestershire Phase 3 - 28/11/2018
The Provision of Security and CCTV Maintenance - Birmingham - 26/11/2018
Stockton Riverside College Group: Telephony System - 26/11/2018
Superfast Essex Phase 4b (Phase 4 Tranche 2) - 23/11/2018
PCI Compliant Telephony Solution - Cleveland - 23/11/2018
Supply and Installation of 4G/LTE Mobile Communications Infrastructure - North Yorkshire - 23/11/2018
Audio/Visual Hardware Maintenance Service - London - 23/11/2018
Security Maintenance, Servicing ,Repairs and Small Works Services Lot 1 - CCTV - Cheshire - 22/11/2018
Managed Service Provision of Mobile Communications - Sunderland - 21/11/2018
Provision of Audio Equipment - Bath - 20/11/2018
Fibre Optic Cabling - Bath - 19/11/2018
VRS / VRI Services - Leicestershire - 19/11/2018
Supply, Install and Maintain CCTV - Poole - 19/11/2018
WiFi Access Points - Kirklees - 19/11/2018
Network Managed Service - South Yorkshire - 16/11/2018
Network Cabling Framework - East Ayrshire - 16/11/2018
Installation of CCTV - Scotland - 16/11/2018
Support and Maintenance Services for ICT Infrastucture - London - 16/11/2018
CCTV Systems Upgrade and Control Room Relocation - Norwich - 15/11/2018
Cheltenham CCTV Camera Upgrade and Maintenance - 13/11/2018
Data Cabling - London - 09/11/2018
Audio Visual/Projectors Tender - Surrey - 09/11/2018
Provision of Mobile Voice and Data Services - London - 09/11/2018
Supply and Installation of Audio Visual Equipment - Cambridge - 08/11/2018
Provision of Managed Service for Operational Telecommunications Network (OTN) - Belfast - 07/11/2018
Telecoms and Data Works Measured Term Contract - Newcastle - 07/11/2018
CCTV Upgrade - Middlesborough - 06/11/2018
Unified Communications solution to replace current core telephony platform - Wakefield - 06/11/2018
Request for Proposal for Telephony Services - Kent - 05/11/2018
Framework For The Supply And Installation And Commissioning Of Public Address and Talkback Systems - Scotland - 05/11/2018
Supply, Install and Maintain CCTV - South West - 04/11/2018
Wide Area Network - Liverpool - 02/11/2018
Telemetry Outstations - Low and High Functionality Solutions - Bristol - 02/11/2018
Network Managed Service - Southampton - 02/11/2018
EE Mobile Phones Package - Wales - 01/11/2018
RCT Public Space CCTV & Town Centre WiFi - 01/11/2018
Public Space CCTV & Town Centre WiFi - Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC - 01/11/2018
Radio Spectrum and Technical Advice - Southampton - 27/12/2018
Provision of Full Unified Communication Solution - Maidstone - 24/12/2018
CCTV Project - Milton Keynes - 21/12/2018
Video Conferencing Solution - North East, North West, Yorkshire and The Humber, East Midlands, South East - 20/12/2018
Out of Hours Telephone Answering and Asscociated Services - Hampshire - 20/12/2018
Aids to Monitoring System - Edinburgh - 19/12/2018
Providing Satellite TV Services in British Embassy, Kabul - 18/12/2018
Radio Requirements at Northern France Ports - 18/12/2018
Providing 1st Internet Line Services in British Embassy, Kabul - 14/12/2018
Telephony Maintenance, Software Assurance & Supply of Services - Wirral - 14/12/2018
Firewall Provision - Leeds - 14/12/2018
Studio Equipment Program - Exeter - 14/12/2018
Provision of a Managed Networks Service with a Capital Funded Technical Refresh - Exeter - 14/12/2018
Supply, Install and Maintenance of an IP Community Alarm/Telecare Monitoring and Administration Platform - Isle of Wight - 12/12/2018
Wi-Fi Maintenance and Support - Luton - 12/12/2018
Gamma SIP Trunk Connectivity - Somerset - 12/12/2018
Framework for the Supply and Installation of Network Cabling and Associated Hardware - North Lincolnshire - 11/12/2018
British Embassy Athens CCTV Systems - 11/12/2018
Survey of Public Facing CCTV network and Surveillance Facility - Yorkshire - 11/12/2018
Provision of a Telecare Installations, Maintenance & Removals Service in the County of Bridgend - 10/12/2018
AV, microphone and sound equipment - East - 10/12/2018
Provision of Audio Facilities and Maintenance Agreement for the Council Chamber - Leicestershire - 07/12/2018
The provision of Design, Supply and Install Wi-Fi CCTV scheme for Clowne Town Centre and agreed external locations - 07/12/2018
Contact Centre Systems Support 2 - Leeds - 05/12/2018
Audio Visual Equipment - Dorset - 05/12/2018
CCTV Lisbon - 05/12/2018
Mobile Voice and Data Contract - Yorkshire - 04/12/2018
Provision of Mitel Support and Maintenance - Derbyshire - 31/01/2019
Network Services - Norwich - 31/01/2019
Maintenance of CCTV and PIDS - Scotland - 29/01/2019
Managed Network and Telephony Services - Bristol - 28/01/2019
Provision of Mobile Technical Advisory Services - Scotland - 18/01/2019
TV & Sound Production Equipment - Bournemouth - 16/01/2019
Telephony Systems Support and Maintenance and Software Assurance 2 - Yorkshire - 15/01/2019
Graduation Audio Visual Production Services - London - 14/01/2019
Supply, Installation and Maintenance of Public Access Wi-Fi Systems Framework Agreement - Dumfries and Galloway - 14/01/2019
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Monitoring Service - Staffordshire - 14/01/2019
Provision of Staff to Operate Leicester City Council CCTV Centre - 11/01/2019
UK-Korean 5G Collaboration Specialist Facilitation and Grant Competition - 10/01/2019
RF Amplifier - Swindon - 10/01/2019
Unified Communications - Herefordshire - 10/01/2019
Data Only SIM Card Provision and Associated Management System - Portsmouth - 08/01/2019
Framework Agreement for Network Cabling for Schools - Norfolk - 07/01/2019
Provision of an Audio/Visual Marketing Solution - Lancashire - 07/01/2019
Request for Quotation for a survey of mobile voice and data services - Cambridgeshire - 07/01/2019
National Framework Agreement for Managed Service for Video Conferencing Solutions - 03/01/2019
Procurment of Wide Area Network Telecommunication Links - West Midlands - 28/02/2019
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The Supply and Integration of AV Infrastructure - London - 25/02/2019
CCTV Maintenance, Repair and 24 hour Call Out Service - Darlington - 25/02/2019
Audio Visual Equipment - Keele - 25/02/2019
Supply of Audio Visual Equipment to the North Wales Clinical School - 22/02/2019
Wireless Networks and Smart Destination Management, Wireless Managed Services Contract - Yorkshire - 15/02/2019
Summative Assessment, Marches & Gloucestershire Broadband Grant Scheme - 15/02/2019
CCTV, Video Surveillance, Access Control and Intruder Detection Systems - Nottinghamshire - 15/02/2019
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Landline and Mobile Telephony - Birmingham - 13/02/2019
Managed Internet Services For Halls of Residences - London - 11/02/2019
Aruba Maintenance Agreement - North East - 07/02/2019
Contract for Electrical Servicing/Maintenance 2019/21 – CCTV - Swansea - 06/02/2019
Digital Consultant for the Snowdon Public Access Wi-Fi project - Wales - 01/02/2019
Mobile Telephone Services - Wales - 28/03/2019
Installation of Cable Infrastructure - Telford - 08/03/2019
The Provision of Superfast Broadband in Hertfordshire - 06/03/2019
ITT Managed Services Provider and Wide Area Network - Wellingborough - 05/03/2019
CCTV Replacement and Maintenance Service for the British Embassy in Santiago - 04/03/2019
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Mobile Network - Provision and Management of Vodafone Network Contract - Southampton - 17/04/2019
CCTV Maintenance Contract - West Lancashire - 11/04/2019
Public Space Surveillance (PSS) and Optical Fibre Network Installation and Maintenance - London - 08/04/2019
Invitation to Tender for the Installation of a CCTV Camera System - Bristol - 08/04/2019
CCTV Maintenance, Supply and Installation of Digital CCTV Equipment, Off and On Campus, and Associated Items - Bath - 08/04/2019
Telecommunication Site Management - North Wales - 04/04/2019
Maintenance of CCTV Equipment - Yorkshire - 03/04/2019
Inverness Wireless Mesh Network - 02/04/2019
Provision and Installation of Audio Visual Equipment - Leeds - 02/04/2019
Public Space CCTV Systems: Service and Maintenance Requirements for 2019 - 2022 - Suffolk - 31/05/2019
SD WAN Network Review - Eastleigh - 16/05/2019
Greater Manchester Local Full Fibre Network Programme - 13/05/2019
Mobile Phone Services - Rochford - 10/05/2019
CCTV System Upgrade/Replacement for British Embassy Manila - 09/05/2019
CCTV - Petersfield - 07/05/2019
Provision and Support of Webcasting System and Audio-visual Equipment - Yorkshire - 07/05/2019
Audio visual systems maintenance contract - London - 06/05/2019
Network Infrastructure - Smart Innovation Hub - Keele - 02/05/2019
Provision of AV Services - Manchester - 01/05/2019
Infrastucture Provision Wireless Replacement - Leeds - 28/06/2019
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Public Space CCTV Upgrades: Cameras, Control Room Equipment and Maintenance Contract - East Midlands/West Midlands - 28/06/2019
High Volume Call Answering Solution - Belfast - 27/06/2019
Wireless Solutions - Yeovil - 26/06/2019
The Supply of LAN Services - Swindon - 17/06/2019
CCTV Contract - Sussex - 14/06/2019
CCTV Monitoring Service - Plymouth - 14/06/2019
Local Full Fibre - East Midlands - 12/06/2019
Provision of 10 GB Fibre Link & Support services - Oxford - 07/06/2019
Supply, Installation and Maintenance of AV Equipment - North West - 05/06/2019
CCTV Equipment - East Midlands - 03/06/2019
The Purchase, Design, Installation, Maintenance and Ongoing Support of Industry-Standard Integrated Digital TV and Radio Broadcast Studios - Plymouth - 03/06/2019
Wide Area Network Framework Agreement - Greater Manchester - 08/07/2019
Telecommunications Data - North East - 05/07/2019
Management and operation of CCTV control room - London - 05/07/2019
Main Telephone Lines / SIP - Liverpool - 02/07/2019
Broadband East Riding Phase 3 - 02/07/2019
Future of National Telemetry (FoNT) Application System - Supplier Selection Criteria - Bristol - 01/07/2019
Site Security CCTV Equipment Framework 2019 - 2021 - London - 01/07/2019
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Athletes and coaches who’ve participated in a BC Games, North American Indigenous Video games, or Canada Games perceive that competing in a multi-sport games surroundings could be very totally different than competing in a single sport competitors. Underpinning the brand new proposals, the sports activities programme innovations in Transformation 2022, the CGF’s new strategic plan, ensures that member associations are supported and subsidised to allow them to ship bigger para-sport teams to GC2018 than any other Commonwealth Video games.
It have to be thought-about not solely the visibility by way of traditional media like on worldwide basis the CSIT-News-magazine, -webpage, -publication, television and on nationwide foundation the same of our member unions, however particularly interactive communication by way of Social Media (text, footage, motion pictures and so on.) of the members, the CSIT and the World Sports Games organizer to virtually every nook of the globe.
These video games include browser video games for both your laptop and mobile devices, in addition to sports activities games apps on your Android and iOS phones and tablets. For more information or to use to host the TAFISA World Sport for All Games, please contact the TAFISA Office.
Between 1980 and 1984, Atari and Mattel ‘s Intellivision waged a collection of excessive-stakes TV advertising campaigns selling their respective programs, marking the beginning of the primary console wars Atari prevailed in arcade games and had a larger buyer base resulting from its cheaper price, while Intellivision touted its visually superior sports games.
CISM annually organizes over twenty Navy World Championships for roughly 30 completely different sports, continental and regional competitions, the Military World Games and most not too long ago Winter Video games and World Cadet Games. As we speak, the game programme of the Commonwealth Games must, at a minimum, consist of the next obligatory para-sports activities (disciplines) - Aquatics (Swimming Para), Athletics (Para), Lawn Bowls (Para) and Powerlifting (Para).
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BBC – A Day in the Life of Earth (2018)
If you think the Earth takes millions of years to change, it’s time to think again! Presented by Hannah Fry, this TV special reveals how much our planet can change in just 24 hours. A new era of science allows us to watch as the Earth moves, breathes, shrinks and grows right under our noses. The story is driven by scientists and explorers, and harnesses cutting-edge data, newly launched satellites and blue chip CGI to show us the true personality of the Earth… more dynamic than it’s ever been seen before. Every minute new land is born, every hour tonnes of rock arrive from space, before you go to sleep a cloud of dust from the Sahara will have fertilised the Amazon, and while all that was happening, the ground under your feet moved half a metre. As Hannah explains, Earth’s daily changes are all linked in surprising ways, and – more importantly – we would not be able to survive on the planet without them.
We start with the inner earth – the invisible but hugely dynamic system beneath our feet which constantly rebuilds the planet’s surface. On the island of Stromboli, we climb a volcano with geologist Professor Chris Jackson to see how much lava a single volcano can produce on a daily basis and how that lava builds new land. Chris also reveals what powers the inner earth – radioactive decay beneath of our feet, where heavy elements are constantly decaying into lighter ones – a process that produces the equivalent energy of 27,000 Hiroshima bombs every day. This energy is a crucial driver to plate tectonics and therefore volcanic activity. And the speed with which volcanic activity makes land is crucial – if it didn’t create land faster than erosion destroys it, we would have no land to live on and the world would be one giant ocean.
The story doesn’t stop with new land being made. It’s also constantly being moved. We reveal how the moon not only causes huge movements of water in the ocean – which we know as the tides – but also creates waves of solid rock on land, known as ‘solid earth tides’; a ceaseless shape change which we never notice. When amateur divers Ramon and Veronica Llaneza found red dust in an underwater cave in the Bahamas, little did they know how far it had travelled to get there. Scientist Charlie Bristow has tracked the source of the dust to the Sahara and worked out how huge quantities of solid mud get airborne and carried across the Atlantic – half a million tonnes of it per day! Much of it ends up in the Amazon, where it helps fertilise the rainforest – the lungs of the planet. Meanwhile, in the polar regions, mountains are also being moved – by glaciers, which grind down rock 24-7 and eventually deposit it in the ocean, where it helps trigger another daily change – this time to life.
In the ocean, we follow the daily growth of phytoplankton – microscopic plant life fuelled by the nutrients put into the ocean by erosion. Five billion tonnes of it grow every day and, like all plants, absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen. In fact, there is so much phytoplankton in the ocean that they are responsible for every second breath we take. The explosive growth of phytoplankton triggers another global change and the biggest mass movement of animal life known to science – the daily migration of the zooplankton, which rise up from the depths every night to feed on the plants. In Florida, we get underwater with a group of intrepid divers, who plunge into the pitch-black ocean for a chance to see this global phenomenon up close. We also look at how science is now able to track the growth of plants on land using satellites. If you could put all the growth in all the world’s forests into one imaginary tree, you would get a single tree three km tall in just one day. But with all this growth, there is an inevitable flipside – fire. The film goes behind the scenes with the US Forest Service as they tackle the biggest wildfire in California’s history. Every day an area of forest twice the size of the Grand Canyon National Park is burnt down.
Finally, Hannah Fry gets us to look outwards. The Earth is not a bubble – it’s part of a bigger cosmic system that every day messes with the composition of our planet. We lose atmospheric gases like hydrogen and helium at the rate of 1kg per second to space. And once they’re gone, they’re gone. In fact, when you look at the Northern Lights, you’re actually looking at helium being lost. But Earth does get something back from space. We join a group of amateur astronomers to watch the Geminid meteor shower in the deserts of California. This heavenly light display is actually revealing a process that goes on all day, every day. The Earth is constantly picking up space dust – an estimated 60 tonnes of it every 24 hours. But perhaps the biggest change of all is the one that few of us are even aware of. Our whole galaxy is moving through the cosmos at two million km per hour.
It really is a different planet every day. If it weren’t, we wouldn’t be on it!
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