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__label__cc	0.651103	0.348897	R. SCOTT MACKEY - COURAGE BEGINS (2015) Synopsis/blurb….. Garrett and Tiffanie Bate had it all—youth, money, and a perfect marriage. Until Tiffanie is killed in a suspicious accident. Neither the police nor the insurance investigators can prove she was murdered and the case turns cold. Two years later the insurance company asks an intern—former college professor turned private eye Ray Courage—to reopen the investigation. He uncovers little new evidence to support suspicions that Garrett killed his wife for the insurance money. Garrett has the perfect alibi—hundreds of witnesses that place him more than two hours from the scene of Tiffanie’s death. Ray knows he’s missing something. But what? As his search for the truth unfolds, Ray’s life is put in jeopardy and he realizes his adversary is someone who’ll kill before he’ll be caught. In this prequel to Courage Matters, Ray Courage begins his private investigation career, displaying the skills, abilities and sense of humor that have made him a fan favorite around the world. Courage Begins is an 85 page novella from new-to-me author R. Scott Mackey. The author’s debut novel Courage Matters sits after this in his Ray Courage series. I enjoyed this introduction to a new investigator. We had some sense of his character and background revealed to us during our case and there was enough there to encourage me to want to read more about him. The Sacramento setting also appealed to me. We had a decent plot here and I was interested to see how our former college professor unravelled it when more experienced investigators had failed before him. Garrett Bate was cocky, confident and pretty sure he was home free after the suspicious death of his wife a couple of years previously. He was also over a million dollars richer. Courage starts off sedately enough, poking around, innocently asking questions. A mention of something maybe halfway through or a bit beyond, set an alarm bell ringing in my head and whilst I was correct, the author added a twist which I hadn't seen coming. Overall, entertaining without being the best book ever, but I was satisfied and as a result intend to get to Courage Matters sometime soon. Courage Resurrected follows-on after that. R. Scott Mackey has his author website here. Review copy received from the author. This does sound appealing, Col. I think it's interesting when an insurance investigator is the sleuth. It's just logical that an insurer would want the truth about a suspicious death. And I like the San Francisco setting too. col2910 26 April 2015 at 20:33 Margot thanks. There were ticks in a lot of boxes here. TracyK 26 April 2015 at 09:10 Sounds interesting. Novellas are a good length to try a new author. I will keep this author in mind for the future. Tracy, definitely a good start with this author for me. Clothes In Books 27 April 2015 at 01:18 What Tracy said. And I like the setup, that 'how can I prove this wrong?' is always appealing. It's an interesting way of approaching an investigation and you're right - it has its attraction, and it makes a change from the norm. Prashant C. Trikannad 27 April 2015 at 09:42 Col, 85 pages sounds like a good reading prospect to me. Agreed - a good opportunity to decide whether he's the kind of writer whose get stories you want to read. GUY WARE - THE FAT OF FED BEASTS (2015) DANE COOLIDGE - TEXANS DIE HARD (1936) 2 BY RYAN BRACHA LOGGING THE LIBRARY - PART TWENTY-NINE LAWRENCE BLOCK - THE CRIME OF OUR LIVES (2015) TOM O. KEENAN - THE FATHER (2015) EVANGELINE JENNINGS - NIAGARA (2014) GRAHAM WYND - EXTRICATE (2014) 2 BY PAUL THOMAS LOGGING THE LIBRARY - PART TWENTY-EIGHT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH EVANGELINE JENNINGS EVANGELINE JENNINGS - RIDING IN CARS WITH GIRLS (2... BRETT GARCIA ROSE - NOISE (2014) 2 BY NORMAN GREEN LOGGING THE LIBRARY - PART TWENTY-SEVEN L.T. GRAHAM - THE BLUE JOURNAL (2015) 2 BY COL BURY LOGGING THE LIBRARY - PART TWENTY-SIX MARCH 2015 - READING LIST AND PICK OF THE MONTH MARCH 2015 - FILMS AND TV MARCH 2015 - ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY.....SOME OF ... NEIL CROSS - CAPTURED (2010) DON PENDLETON - THE EXECUTIONER: WAR AGAINST THE M...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3229
__label__cc	0.696523	0.303477	Gifts to Officials' Family Members Many major cities do not prohibit gifts from those seeking special benefits from the city government (restricted sources) to family members of city officials. Such a prohibition may seem a stretch, at least theoretically. How can a government interfere in the gifts given to an official's family members? Consider this situation, from 2011, which recently became public. According to a recent article in the Washington Post, the CEO of a dietary supplement company seeking to get acceptance of its new supplement in Virginia paid $15,000 in catering costs for the wedding reception of the daughter of Virginia's governor. Three days before the wedding, the governor's wife spoke at a seminar about how the new supplement would be a way to lower health-care costs in Virginia. Three months later, the supplement's launch party was held at the gubernatorial mansion. The governor says that he didn't even have to disclose the $15,000 gift because it didn't go to him. And yet not a single person in Virginia could possibly believe that the gift was not made to him, and by someone who was seeking (and getting) special benefits for his business. In fact, we all know that the way to get to an official's heart, if not directly benefit her household, is to make a gift to a child or needy sibling or parent. And yet in a search through local government ethics codes, I found some important jurisdictions with good ethics programs, where gifts to members of an official's immediate family are allowed. Here's what I found: Atlanta - allowed Chicago - prohibited Dallas - allowed Denver - prohibited Jacksonville - allowed, unless considered an indirect gift to the official King County, WA - allowed, unless considered an indirect gift to the official Los Angeles - allowed Miami - prohibited Minneapolis - allowed New York City - allowed Palm Beach County - allowed, unless considered an indirect gift to the official Rhode Island - prohibited San Diego - allowed Seattle - allowed A prohibition on gifts made to an official "indirectly" can be applied to gifts to family members, but it all depends on the ethics commission's interpretation. Such a prohibition may or may not be applied in the wedding gift situation. The gift was effectively a wedding gift to the daughter, and the CEO did have a personal relationship with the family. He could argue that there was no intention to make an indirect gift to the governor, and that the governor did not benefit. That is why the City Ethics Model Code prohibits both indirect gifts and gifts to family members. Here is the language: An official or employee, his or her spouse or domestic partner, child or step-child, parent, or member of his or her household, may not solicit nor accept anything of value, directly or indirectly ... The International Municipal Lawyers Association model code also prohibits gifts to family members of officials. The cities and states that allow gifts to immediate family members from restricted sources, even if they prohibit indirect gifts, should publicly discuss this wedding case. If people feel that such a gift should be allowed, then they can leave their ethics code as is. If not, the law should be changed. If officials prefer to keep just the term "indirect," it should be made clear that this term covers gifts to family members. San Antonio has valuable language in its gift provision that ties the official to the acceptance by others of gifts: “A city official or employee shall take reasonable steps to persuade: (1) a parent, spouse, child, or other relative within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity, or (2) an outside business associate not to solicit, accept, or agree to accept any gift or benefit...” (§2-45(d)). This is a useful addition to prohibiting these gifts. Ethics Reform, Family Members/Nepotism, Gifts TI - Athens, Greece A D.C. Loan Officer's Possible Conflicts of Interest Personal Conflicts and Technicalities Compliance and Conflicts in Tallahassee: The Organization Interest vs. The Public Interest An Official's Relationship with a Bidder Spring Reading: Corruption in America II Mayor of City with Self-Regulating Ethics Program Arrested for Bribery	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3235
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June 2015 posts Alun Hubbard, Jason Box: Heavy summer rain in Greenland speeds up ice melt Rapid ice melt in Greenland is driven by intense late summer rainfall, making the vast ice sheet even more vulnerable as the earth warms, new research shows Formation of lakes on the Greenland Ice Sheet after the main melt-season due to warm wet weather and heavy rain. Later this water drains to the bottom of the ice sheet enabling it to move and melt faster. This makes the ice sheet more vulnerable to such rapid melt events as the climate warms, scientists say in a new study. (Photo: Sam Doyle) by Catherine Jex, ScienceNordic, July 13, 2015 You may think that warmer temperatures alone were enough to drive the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet, and you would not be alone -- many glaciologists thought roughly the same. But a new study shows for the first time that the Greenland Ice Sheet melts rapidly, not just with warm summer temperatures, but also after intense late-summer rain. The new study shows that these heavy rain events have occurred frequently due to the warmer, wetter weather of the last 20 years, penetrating deeper into the ice sheet, making it move and melt faster. “We saw 10 to 15 % of the total annual surface melt occur in this unusual week of warm, wet weather in late summer 2011. When this water reached the bed, the ice sheet lifted up and moved faster,” says Sam Doyle, from Aberystwyth University, UK, lead author of the new study, which has just been published in Nature Geoscience. According to his colleague and co-author, professor Jason Box of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, their results add more weight to scientists’ concerns of the sensitivity of the entire Greenland Ice Sheet to melting. “We’re seeing that warm wet weather, that is increasing with climate change, is driving more melt of the Greenland Ice Sheet than we thought. And worryingly, this melt is reaching further into the ice sheet,“ says Box, speaking via satellite phone, along with Doyle, as they work together on another field trip on Greenland. Scientist: An interesting, thorough, and novel study Edward Hanna, professor in climate change with the University of Sheffield, UK, is impressed with the new study. “This is an interesting, thorough and novel study based on a wealth of robust meteorological and glaciological datasets, and is based on meteorological models as well as observations,” says Hanna, who was not involved in the research. “The study adds to an already complex story of how Greenland Ice Sheet dynamics appear to be influenced by changes in weather conditions, sometimes on a daily timescale,” he says. Heavy rain makes the Greenland Ice Sheet move The study began after observing exceptionally warm wet weather in late summer 2011, causing huge amounts of melt at the ice surface. At this time of the year, there was no snow on the surface of the ice to absorb and act as a buffer for all this rain and melt water, which then moved very quickly through the ice sheet. “At first our observations of this late-August intense rainfall and melt event were met with the attitude of 'hey big deal, it’s summer, it melts,’ ” says professor Alun Hubbard from the Center for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate at the Arctic University of Norway, and principle investigator of the project that led to the study. A monster moulin on the Russell Glacier, Greenland. You can see a helicopter for scale. These large gaping holes allow rain and melt water to drain quickly into the ice sheet. (Photo: Alun Hubbard) “But this new data, shows these periods of rapid movement of the ice are in fact tied to a particular type of rainfall event, the kind of storm you would expect to see in the mid-latitudes -- UK or Scandinavia -- and not so much in Greenland where high-pressure systems are more common.” “We can now reinterpret these big late summer melt events to get a much better understanding of what is going on -- what is affecting the ice sheet system and how it is responding,” he says. Imagine a storm drainage system after heavy rain Hubbard uses the analogy of a storm drainage system, to explain how the rain and melted ice moves through the ice sheet so quickly. “Imagine a big downpour in a city. You get so much rain so quickly, on to an impermeable concrete surface that the water is immediately shunted into the city's drainage system -- which due to the huge volumes of water -- can't cope. Drains back up and it floods. Basically, the same thing happens on the bare ice sheet surface, which like the city is literally comprised of pipes, conduits and cavities,” he says. According to him, when these pipes back up, the hydraulic pressure lifts the ice sheet up, like a gigantic iceberg. There is less friction at the bed and so it moves faster. Melting extends far into glacier interior But observing one event was not enough to convince some glaciologists that this process is important over longer periods of time, or that rain could cause melting over such a wide area. Doyle and his team analysed the strange event in more detail. They monitored the ice-movement by GPS, set up their own weather stations on the ice, and measured how much water was being discharged from the ice sheet. According to Hubbard, the rain event covered a huge area, and melting extended deep into the interior of the ice sheet, by about 140 km. This is where you would expect it to be frozen, and for rain to fall as snow. They also gathered rainfall data for the last 20 years and compared it with other known melt events across Greenland. “We saw these August rainfall events were in fact quite common, a major one occurring once every couple of years, and hence could explain some of the other rapid flow acceleration events recorded by other research groups working on the ice sheet,” says Hubbard. Timely rainfall catches the ice sheet off guard A scientist watches melt water drain from the Russell glacier catchment in Greenland. Scientists do not yet know just how often these rapid melt events may occur in the future as the earth warms and Greenland receives more rain. (Photo: Sam Doyle) According to Doyle, it is not only the amount of rainfall that is important, but also the precise timing of this rain. “The late-summer timing was critical. The event occurred after the end of the melt season and the ice sheet's drainage system had started to close down,” he says. “In this closed-down state the ice sheet's drainage system just couldn’t cope with the exceptional water inputs from melt and rain, and this is why the ice sheet reacted so dramatically, lifting off its bed and accelerating the flow of the ice towards the sea,” he says. Scientists expect more melt due to rain Box emphasizes how climate change will continue to drive this process in the future. “It is rain and warmer temperatures that cause melt, and we show that this melting trend has been underway for the last two decades as the atmosphere has warmed,” he says. According to Hubbard, a succession of these rain events would have a big impact on the ice sheet -- allowing it to melt more and move faster. “By speeding up the ice sheet, we are effectively turning up the tap -- opening the sluice gate and hastening the speed at which the ice moves and melts and hence ends up in the ocean. But we don’t yet know for sure how frequent or how intense these late-season rainfall events will be in the future,” he says. Hanna echoes this caution. “The trouble is we don't really have a clear prediction of how such events will change in frequency and intensity over Greenland with ongoing climate change,” he says. “But certainly this is another, now well-evidenced potential feedback that should be included in studies of ice sheet change during the rest of this century,” says Hanna. 3D technology allows scientists to model Greenland's pastAerial photos from Greenland topple climate modelsAmerican forest fires are melting the ice on GreenlandDeclining winter sea ice near Greenland spells cooler climate for EuropeDNA drilled up from the bottom of Greenland’s ice sheet http://sciencenordic.com/heavy-summer-rain-greenland-speeds-ice-melt Posted by Tenney Naumer at Wednesday, July 22, 2015 Labels: Alun Hubbard, Greenland ice melt, GrIS, Jason Box, Positive feedbacks, Sea level rise	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3238
__label__wiki	0.97764	0.97764	'Malaysia won't become Kedah' - coach Tan 2yJohn Duerden Friendly trials done, time for Igor Stimac to prove his worth 182dAnirudh Menon Narender's first senior goal helps India draw against Syria 185dDebayan Sen As it happened: Stimac's India suffer another crushing defeat Stimac blunt after India's collapse: 'We don't have great defenders' Tajikistan's four-goal burst in second half flattens India Drama at death as Chennaiyin miss out on AFC knockouts Lessons for Stimac: Bold is beautiful, but don't tinker with proven hits What India can learn from the MLS and CSL 191dArjun Namboothiri Big Sam, Roca among big names vying for India job I-League champ Gaurav Bora could be India's next 'big' thing ISL playoff scenarios: Who will take the two remaining spots? What to expect from India's new U-23 coach Derrick Pereira Qatar beat Japan for first-ever Asian Cup title Asia: Qatar dodge sandals, UAE to reach final Japan ease past Iran into Asian Cup final Who should replace Stephen Constantine as India's next coach? 1yArjun Namboothiri Player ratings: Jhingan 8/10, Halder 5/10 in Bahrain loss 1yAnirudh Menon Tan Cheng Hoe says he can't turn Malaysia into cup kings Kedah Behind scenes drama of 2015 Malaysia Cup final (2:15) ESPN FC's Jason Dasey gives an inside look at the 2015 Malaysia Cup final as Selangor were crowned champions for the 33rd time. (2:15) John DuerdenAsia correspondent There were some in Malaysia who felt that Tan Cheng Hoe should have been appointed national team head coach seven months ago before being installed as Nelo Vingada's assistant. Now, as Vingada returns to Portugal after seven games, six losses and zero wins, No. 2 has become No. 1. Tan has served his time. In 2015, the 49-year-old took Kedah to promotion and the final of the Malaysia Cup. A year later, that trophy was heading north to Alor Setar. Just as impressive was a third place finish in the top tier. The national team seemed the obvious next step, though it came as assistant to Vingada, a second spell as deputy follwing a much more successful period with K. Rajagobal when Malaysia won the 2009 Southeast Asia (SEA) Games and 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup. To return to such heights will take time for a team ranked 174th in the world by FIFA, a lowest-ever position. It will also require determination, and plenty more besides. At least, Tan understands the difficulty of the road ahead. "It is a big task but it is a challenge I have to take," Tan told ESPN FC."I will do my best and there is a lot of work to do." It proved to be too much for Vingada. After his departure, there was no time even for the usual debate as whether the new man would be local or foreign. Within hours, Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) president Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim (TMJ) was making the call to Tan. "I was shocked, but it was a big honour for me to be appointed as coach of the national team by TMJ," Tan said. The priority for the new man is clear. It is not tactics or strategy or training camps, but something more basic. "The first thing is I have to do is change the mentality of the players when they come to the national team. They have to be willing to sacrifice for their country," he said. Tan Cheng Hoe takes over from the disastrous Nelo Vingada, left, who won none of his seven games in charge. Nizam Rahman - www.asiana.my Tan wants players hungry for success when they get the call-up and feels that has not been the case of late. "In the last few years, players are not really sacrificing for the country," he explained. "I hope the mentality will change for the good of Malaysian football. Probably our players are already in their comfort zone playing in the Super League, receiving good salaries and all the rest. I am not criticising the clubs, they are looking after the players." "We have not been good enough in 2017, but also for the last two years, too. "I also have to instill a winning mentality in the team and help them become more confident. I have to start from scratch. It is a big job. It is important to give them positive thinking, give them confidence, support them and encourage them. It is not easy." Tan has the local knowledge to get started. Tan Cheng Hoe guided Kedah to glory in the 2016 Malaysia Cup final, having lost to Selangor a year earlier. Kamarul Akhir / www.asiana.my "I can see the way of Malaysian players, what they want. They want a coach to give them confidence, to give them guidance. This is what I am going to do but it is going to be a big job," Tan said. Don't expect a version of Kedah any time soon however. He added: "A lot of people are saying that I can transform the national team to the way we played at Kedah, but we are not there yet. "It is too soon to say what will be best for the national team but there will definitely be changes. We have a new technical director and I will sit down with him, and also Ong Kim Swee, the coach of the U23 team, and also Bojan in charge of the under-19 team." It remains to be seen if having a relatively quiet 2018 is a help or hindrance. The only major tournament comes at the AFF Suzuki Cup in November, after Ong's youngsters play in the 2018 AFC U23 Championship in China in January. "There is no target at all for us. We want to do our best at the AFF Suzuki Cup. Thailand have been the best team for two championships and in the region, they are leading the way. We need to work hard and try to close the gap," Tan said. For now, it is all about changing the mood and the atmosphere around the national team. Tan wants all involved in Malaysian football to play their part. "The fans and media have to give me time to coach the team. Many players are also disappointed with the bad results and there is a lot of negativity around at the moment and this stresses the players too," he said. "We can all help with this. We all have to work together."	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3246
__label__cc	0.720656	0.279344	A+ \| A \| A- Site map \| Skip to main content admndte1@gmail.com Union Territory, Chandigarh Department Role ICT Training New Employee Registration About ICT ICT Initiative Objective and Mission ICT Batch Lists New ICT Trainer ICT Roster ICT Manuals ICT Helpline ICT Course Certificate Chandigarh College of Engg. and Tech (Diploma Wing), Sector-26 Govt. Industrial Training Institute, Sector-28 Govt. Industrial Training Institute for Women, Sec-11 Govt. Polytechnic for Women, Sector 10 Pradhan Mantri Kausal Vikas Yojna Upgradation of 1396 Govt. ITIs Institute/College Chandigarh College of Architecture UPGRADATION OF 1396 GOVT. I.T.I.s To address the problem of skilled manpower in the country, the Director General of Employment & Training, Govt. of India, New Delhi has introduced a Scheme “UPGRADATION OF 1396 GOVT. I.T.I.s THROUGH PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP MODE” under which I.T.I.s spread over all States/UTs in India have been selected as CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE. It is a matter of great pride that from Union Territory of Chandigarh, our Institute - Govt. Industrial Training Institute for Women, Chandigarh has been selected and covered under the Centre of Excellence Scheme of Govt. of India, where some new job-oriented courses were introduced from 1 st July, 2008. Under this Scheme, eleven Members’ Institute Management Committee has been formed by the Chandigarh Administration consisting of an Industry Partner as its Chairman and four other prominent persons from the Industry have been nominated by the Industry Partner as Members. From the Govt. side, Principal of the Institute has been nominated as Member Secretary, one Senior Faculty Member, one Student Representative and other three persons of repute from different fields have been associated with this IMC as Members of IMC. The Committee is striving hard to upgrade the existing courses and introduce a few new job oriented courses and ensures that job placement opportunities are provided to all passing out trainees under this Scheme in different Industries. The Institute Management Committee is currently revamping all the educational processes, integrating them with modern technology to innovate in the new areas of teaching methodologies with blend of classroom and on-line teaching to meet the emerging industry needs. In an endeavour to do so, the Management introduced at the first instance, four new courses, each of six months duration in Information Technology/Business Process Outsourcing Sectors. The minimum basic qualification required for admission to the new courses is Plus Two Examination pass. However, preference is being given to graduate students for admission. In each course, there were forty seats in all. These courses were started from 1-7- 2008 onwards. The seats in each course can be increased on the basis of public demand and popularity of the course. • To upgrade the Government Industrial Training Institute for Women, Chandigarh • “Bring empowerment to the Life of Young Girls and providing them economic freedom” • To make it competitive and yet reachable to masses • To increase the employability of the girl students of the Chandigarh region • To disseminate IT / ITeS skills as per the need of Industry in Chandigarh region • To bring upon the Industry relevant courses (IT / Beyond IT) • To be among the top 10 ITI’s in the country. • To ensure that Delivery and Systems are driven with stringent focus on Quality. • Ensure 50% TO 70% Placements in top 5 Industries of the region and efforts will be made to employ the rest of the students in local or regional Industry keeping in view their talent and capabilities. • Due to exponential growth in the emerging Information Technology and Business Process Outsourcing Sectors and the upcoming of new IT Parks in the Tri-city Region of Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula, there will be great need of IT Professionals in near future, as such, to fill the demand gap, trainees will be imparted expertise training in specially designed new courses strictly to meet the requirements of the Industry in these Sectors. • To make the women trainees become self-dependent and raise the standard of their families. • To make the training high-tech by using new and modern teaching aids. • To provide official Certification for a career in IT/BPO Sectors under Centre of Excellence Scheme of Govt. of India started under Public-Private Partnership Mode. • To assist in improvement of standard of vocational training and skill development in the country as a whole. • To provide Industrial Training on Live Industrial Projects before the end of each session so that no difficulty is experienced by the passed out trainees in waiting for their placements in Industry. List of Courses: - Sr. No Name of the Courses Duration Tuition Fee Qualifications 01 WEB DEVELOPER 500 Hrs. Rs.7,000/- PLUS TWO 02 ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT USING TALLY 500 Hrs. Rs.7,000/- PLUS TWO 03 ACCOUNTS EXECUTIVE 500 Hrs. Rs.7,000/- PLUS TWO 04 MEDIA DEVELOPER 500 Hrs. Rs.7,000/- PLUS TWO 05 UI DEVELOPER 500 Hrs. Rs.12,500/- PLUS TWO 06 WEB DESIGNING & PUBLISHING ASSISTANT 1000 Hrs. Rs.7,000/- PLUS TWO 07 MEDICAL RECORDS & HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNICIAN 1000 Hrs. Rs.12,500/- PLUS TWO 08 PHP (Pre Hyper Text Processor) 1000 Hrs. Rs.12,500/- PLUS TWO List of Courses (totally free under NULM): - Sr. No Name of the Courses Duration Qualifications 01 WEB DEVELOPER 500 Hrs. MATRICULATION 02 ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT USING TALLY 500 Hrs. MATRICULATION 03 MEDIA DEVELOPER 500 Hrs. MATRICULATION 04 MEDICAL RECORDS & HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNICIAN 1000 Hrs. MATRICULATION NOTE: THE ABOVE FOUR COURSES ARE TOTALLY FREE AND ARE DULY SPONSORED BY M.C.,CHANDIGARH UNDER NULM SCHEME OF GOVT. OF INDIA TO THOSE WOMEN CANDIDATES, WHO BELONG TO URBAN POOR CATEGORIES AND WHOSE FAMILY INCOME IS BELOW RUPEES ONE LAC PER ANNUM AND ARE HAVING CHANDIGARH AADHAR CARD. Nodal officer:- Sh. Surjit Singh PEC University of Technology Campus, Sector 12 Chandigarh-160012 ICT Dashboard Feedback Reports FOSSEE CYBER SWACHHTA KENDRA NSDC maps-erstellen.de Copyright ©2017 SPIC. All Rights Reserved	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3260
__label__wiki	0.596286	0.596286	Repository: University of Pennsylvania Bulk date: 1920s Subject: Person: Larson, Mrs. Randell. Sort: Title (ascending) University Archives and Records Center [Contact Us] Gaylord P. Harnwell Papers Harnwell, G. P., (Gaylord Probasco), 1903-1982, Extent: 30 cubic feet Gaylord P. Harnwell was a physicist and president of the University of Pennsylvania from 1953 – 1970. The Gaylord P. Harnwell Papers document various aspects of his personal and professional life. UPT 50 H289 University of Pennsylvania University Archives and Records Center 30 cubic feet 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s Harnwell, G. P., (Gaylord Probasco), 1903-1982 American Association for the Advancement of Science. American Council on Education. American Educational and Historical Film Center. American Institute of Physics. American Philosophical Society. Angell, Donald K. Arnold, William Edwin. Associated Universities, Inc.. Association of American Medical Colleges. Association of American Universities. Berger, David. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974 Congress of World Unity. Day, William Lang. Dirac, P. A. M. , (Paul Adrien Maurice), 1902-1984 Eiseley, Loren C. English Speaking Union. Epstein, Paul S., (Paul Sophus), 1883-1966 Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.). Grammateis Organization. Greater Philadelphia Movement. Greater Philadelphia Partnership. Gu, Yiqiao, 1902- Haddonfield Art League. Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia. Haverford College. Hetherston, John C. In, Ho Oh. Institute for Educational Management. International House of Philadelphia. Klein, Lawrence Robert Larson, Mrs. Randell. Looby, Joseph T. Loyola University of Chicago. MacIntosh, Archibald. Meyerson, Martin National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Committee on Undersea Warfare. National Research Council (U.S.). National Science Foundation (U.S.). New York Stock Exchange. Nguyen, Thai Van. Nichols, Jeannette Paddock, 1890-1982 Nichols, Roy F., (Roy Franklin), 1896-1973 Ono, Eisuke. Pahlavi University. -- General subdivision--Administration.; Pahlavi University. -- General subdivision--Planning.; Penn Central Transportation Company. Pennsylvania Governor's Committee on Tax Administration. Pennsylvania Tax Advisory Committee. Pennsylvania Governor's Council of Science and Technology. Pennsylvania Governor's Priorities Commission. Pennsylvania Governor's Tax Study and Revision Commission. Philadelphia Award. Philadelphia Committee on Foreign Relations. Physics Today. Princeton University. Radhakrishnan, S., (Sarvepalli), 1888-1975 Ravdin, Isidore S., (Isidore Schwaner), 1894- Rorer-Amchem, Inc.. Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain). Schlekat, George A. Shen, Benjamin. Stephens, William E. Tai, En-shui. Tandem Accelerator Lab.. Taylor, George W. Union League of Philadelphia. United States Department of Defense. Office of Ordnance Research. United States Department of Defense. Research and Development Board. United States Department of the Army. Ordnance Research and Development Advisory Committee. United States Department of the Navy. Naval Ordnance Laboratory Advisory Board. United States Department of the Navy. Office of Research and Inventions. United World Colleges. University City Science Center. University of California. Division of War Research. University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Physics. University of Pennsylvania. Development Fund Committee. University of Pennsylvania. Foreign Policy Research Institute. University of Pennsylvania. General Alumni Society. University of Pennsylvania. Graduate School of Education. University of Pennsylvania. Hospital. University of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Gazette. University of Pennsylvania. -- General subdivision--History; Chronological subdivision--20th century.; West Philadelphia Community Free School. West Philadelphia Corporation. Wharton School. Widmann, R.L. Williams, Edwin B., (Edwin Bucher), 1891-1975 Wistar Association. Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company. Yeshiva University.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3271
__label__cc	0.617769	0.382231	A lesson in compromise I was recently on a tiny plane shuddering through turbulence over vast expanses of Colorado’s mountains. Why? I was traveling with EcoFlight, a Colorado-based nonprofit, with the goal of examining numerous designations used to protect and manage public lands, from the air and the ground. Specifically, I wanted to learn about efforts to protect natural systems in the Rocky Mountains. What I got was a firsthand experience in compromise. For example, I witnessed the frustration of citizens who feel alienated by the environmental community, and I gained a deeper appreciation for the ecological and human importance of leaving large swaths of wild land undeveloped. I heard from individuals establishing bipartisan community-based land agreements in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. The popularity of this new age of conservation effort demonstrates that successful initiatives incorporate diverse voices. The Hermosa Creek Watershed Protection Act near Durango has gained the approval of both the Colorado Snowmobile Association and the Colorado Off-Highway Vehicle Association, two firsts for a bill that includes new wilderness, which is off limits to all vehicles. While federal representatives are mired in ideological stalemates, coalitions such as this provide hope that crucial conservation can be a rare point of unity rather than division. Jason Sewell, a fifth generation rancher in western Colorado said, “It’s not that oil and gas drilling shouldn’t happen anywhere. It’s that oil and gas development shouldn’t happen everywhere.” Replace “oil and gas” with any other use of public lands and you have the paradigm which can guide us towards a more healthy national discourse on energy, recreation and the environment. In the end, this flight was an eye-opener. As an aspiring mountaineer, I hold steady to the value of protecting public lands, but I also pledge to respect and listen to those who see things differently. Dylan Warburg Home > EcoFlight in the News > ASPEN DAILY NEWS 11/12/13 A Lesson in Compromise	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3279
__label__wiki	0.525562	0.525562	The Federal Aviation Administration received a command from Congress three years ago to streamline and facilitate the small aircraft certification process. Manufacturers of airplanes and aviation equipment had long been complaining that the onerous certification process costs more in inspections and paperwork than manufacturing most parts, and that it added ridiculous overhead to airplane manufacturing. Citing a long trend of declining aircraft sales, the aviation industry convinced the Feds that an important sector of the economy was drying up, that America was no longer competitive in the global aerospace sector and that existing FAR 23 (Federal Aviation Regulations Part 23) was a major contributor to aviation's decline. Part 23 came into existence around 1970, a reform of the first certification regulations for general aviation aircraft promulgated just after World War II, then known as CAR 3, to handle the massive influx of new aviators. Back then, safety in manufacturing was regulated by strictly defining exactly what everything did from an engineer's standpoint - i.e. setting forth specific, prescriptive, design criteria within the regulations. For instance, the battery in Forty One Mike must meet very detailed design requirements detailed in 8 paragraphs and two sub-paragraphs in section 23.1353. You'd think a battery is a battery and the simple requirement that it be safe would be sufficient - but the regulatory philosophy that existed when section 23.1353 was written 45 years ago was prescriptive; the engineers knew exactly what worked and safety was paramount so every single battery had to be exactly the same except for size because that would be dictated by application. Obviously things have changed in the nearly half century since Part 23 was written. Worse, in order to keep up with technology, exceptions, waivers, amendments, etc. have made the regulations a tangled mess of illogical and irrelevant bureaucratic quagmire. It's taken three years, but a revised Part 23 is now out for public comment. The design philosophy that underwrites the new regulations is performance and risk based. The old regulations were, as noted, prescriptive in nature. Gone are specific engineering requirements, replaced by philosophical direction. Forty One Mike's battery just has to have a certain capacity to power the plane's electrical system for 30 to 60 minutes. This leaves designers much more freedom to build airplanes and their parts more efficiently, ergo less expensively. It also means that there's considerably less federal oversight and paperwork, because the details of size, shape, weight, ignition, etc. are left to the builder, not the government. Workers' compensation goes through hemorrhaging reform every few years or so. Each of these reforms simply builds upon the earlier design philosophy of lawmakers - a prescriptive regulatory framework with the good intent of ensuring public safety by specifying exactly what needs to be done, when, how and by whom. Nearly everyone in work comp, and in particular our customers (i.e. injured workers and their employers) have complaints and frustrations with our complex rules. Claims departments are much more concerned with compliance than actual performance. Meet the numbers is the design philosophy of much of workers' compensation. This makes sense - workers' compensation has been around for over a century and it is difficult to say the least to change anything, so incremental changes centered on the basic underlying, original, design philosophy is much easier than starting out with a clean sheet. But, the economy has changed dramatically. Work has changed even more so. And global competitiveness is even more pressing than ever. What if, instead of going back to the same old design philosophy of prescriptive regulation when the reform cycle comes around (which it will) the environment was changed to a performance based outcomes requirement? What if, instead of saying that someone can only have 24 physical therapy visits, that we simply said that both the vendor and the customer would be expected to meet certain milestones at certain times in a claim life? What if, instead of restricting temporary disability indemnity artificially to 120 days, that there was a "consensus standard" as the desired outcome based on injury? Perhaps workers' compensation, by its nature and the fallibility of human logic, can't withstand such a massive change in philosophy. But perhaps it already is undergoing such a massive change via the under-swelling of professionals that see a different, and hopefully better, way of managing work injury; some call this Advocacy Based Claims Management, others just call it "doing the right thing." What if our laws were really about just doing the right thing, instead of meeting a bureaucrat's prescription? We may never get such laws. Entrenched competing interests may be immovable. But, as former Royal Air Force Capt. Pablo Mason famously said after being terminated from a private charter airline for allowing star soccer player Robbie Savage into the cockpit to allay fears of flying, "Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools." Let's be wise. Not foolish. Labels: reform Broker Schmoker Happy NY Hike The Ignorant Aging Acute Personalities Ivan's Trip Seeking Nominations California Conundrum Part 3 An Innovative State Fund Are The Calderons Enough? 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__label__wiki	0.752725	0.752725	Bukster Freeware Games Welcome to Bukster games. All games on this website are designed for use with PC compatable computers. These games are all freeware and are programmed purely as a hobby. Use of these games is subject to our standard disclaimer. Click here to read them. Contact me here if you have any problems running these games or any questions about them. Some of these games have been independently reviewed and rated by Brothersoft.com and alltheshareware.com. Look for the and symbols. Calvary Class for the 16K ZX81: Calvary Class, a sequel to Masada Class. This game continues the story where Earth Command do not know the fate of the Masada from the last game. Launch the newest AI powered star ship - the Calvary. Travel to the alien galaxy, locate the Masada and bring it home. Features a combination of four action stages and search and rescue theme. This game uses pseudo Hi Res graphics and features what may be the most powerful star ship to ever feature in a ZX81 game. The Calvary can fire two bullets that travel at high speed to destroy alien fighters. Those aliens thought they had defeated the Masada. Pilot the Calvary, rescue the Masada and make certain those aliens know that Earth ships are not to be messed with. This game will run in colour and with sound using a Chroma interface and a Zonx sound board, but will also run on a standard ZX81. Download Calvary Class for an emulator Download Calvary Class MP3 file for a real ZX81 Chain Reaction for the 1K ZX81: This is a 'bejeweled' style game for the unexpanded 1K Sinclair ZX81. Match 3 numbers in a row or column. The numbers will explode and take any adjacent numbers of the same value with them. The asterisks are bombs. Match 3 or them and all numbers around them will explode. Create a chain reaction as new numbers drop down to get 1,2,3 etc to 7 times points for each number removed. The instructions are: Press any key to start Use cursor keys 5,6,7,8 to move around. Press zero to select a number then a cursor key to select the swap direction. If you can't swap any more, press 1 to reset the game Download 1K Chain Reaction for an emulator Download 1K Chain Reaction MP3 file for a real ZX81 Hi Res ZX81 Berzerk: Here's my earlier ZX81 Berzerk game retooled to run is Hi Res. This game features more bullets, robot movement, more action and generally more Berzerk! There are more options including inverse video mode and even a mini game on the title screen. How much more can be packed into only 16 kb? ZX81 Berzerk supports the Chroma interface. It will run on standard hardware, but if you use a Chroma interface, the game will play in color. Download Hi-Res Berzerk for an emulator Download Hi Res Berzerk MP3 file for a real ZX81 ZX81 Berzerk: A ZX81 conversion of the 1980 arcade game from Stern Electronics. Features much the same game feel as the original game. Shoot the robots yourself or use the original game strategies of tricking robots into shooting one another or get Evil Otto to kill them for you. The ZX81 may not be able to create the speech found on the original game, but a scrolling text at the bottom of the screen lets you know how you are doing. If you leave any robots alive when you exit the stage, you will be reminded to not be a chicken and fight like a robot. Click on the links below to download either an emulator file (.p format) or an MP3 file if you wish to play this on an orignal machine. Download Berzerk for an emulator Download Berzerk MP3 file for a real ZX81 ZX81 Jetpac: Inspired by the 1983 Spectrum game, this has the same game play including four types of alien and two spaceships. Written entirely in machine code it has redefinable keys and four difficulty levels - features not found in the orignal game. Click on the links below to download either an emulator file (.p format) or an MP3 file if you wish to play this on an orignal machine. ZX81 JetPac now includes support for the Chroma interface. It will run on standard hardware, but if you use a Chroma interface, the game will play in color. Download Jetpac for an emulator Download Jetpac MP3 file for a real ZX81 ZX81 Masada Class Game: This is a prehistoric Bukster game from the 90's written for my first computer, a Sinclair ZX81. In this game you play the part of a Masada type robot battle craft. You were abandoned in space after a war in the 22nd century. now you are called back into action after an alien invasion. As usual for these sorts of games - you are Earth's last hope. Part of challenge for me was to see if I could make a decent game with only 16 kilobytes of memory. This game features 6 stages and in game messages. Early ZX81 games hardly ever had features like explosions when an enemy was hit or a pause function. I wanted to do something better. This game is available for free download. The download comes in .t81 format for use with ZX81 emulators that support it. By the standards of the games that came out when the ZX81 was a new system, this looks pretty good. However a number of other programmers have continued to produce games for the ZX81. Now that you have an emulator, be sure to check out some of their forums for games that make this look pretty lame. There are some very skilled people out there and I salute their efforts. The ZX81 was not an easy machine to program on. 2.0 Mb Zip file Here are a few more obsure ZX81 programs for emulator Gigantic - A program I wrote myself in Basic. Input a string and the ZX81 will convert it to large text and scroll the message repeatedly. It was intended as a possible shop display utility. Toad on the Road 1983 Griffon Software. Author details unknown. This game from a private publisher in New Zealand is a worthy Frogga clone not seen on the Internet previously. Robots on Terminus IV Antarctic Computing 1982. Another New Zealand software house not previously seen on the Internet. They also did a version of the popular Trek game which despite several attempts I have not been able to convert to emulator format. However, at least this effort can be saved. This adventure game uses the dot symbol in place of a space. Use commands like "Get Shoes" to obtain items or N,S,E,W,U or D to move. Bukster Chess version 7. The New AI is finally ready and uploaded. It is smarter and a lot faster than the old version. Play against the computer or another person. You can even make the AI play against itself Choose to play as black or white. You can take back moves, swap sides, get the computer to make a move for you and many other features. This is the only chess game written entirely in GML using Game Maker. Check back for updated versions. Click the screenshot or one of the download site buttons below to download. Description/Download ScreenShot Hall of Shadows If you like maze games, then this is the game you have been waiting for. In this game you have to find the exit to a huge maze. Pick from four maze sizes and six monster difficulty levels. The mazes are generated by the computer, so every new game has a unique maze to solve. Save and load your games if you can't finish a game in one session. Fight monsters, pick up treasure, armor and health potions. Trade with the maze fairies for the things you will need to solve this maze. The smallest maze gives you a game you can play in five minutes, the largest would cover a wall in your house if you could see the whole of the maze at once. Check out some screenshots on this page This screenshot has been shrunk and cropped check out the screenshots page to see full size screenshots, maps and views of the game. Brothersoft rating: Top Quality Freeware rating: Check out the other sections of Bukster Games Tic Tac Toe style games Choose from classic Tic-Tac-Toe, Maltese Mic-Mac-Moe or W-M-D Brooke Fraser Games Download Pacman game, a maze game or a desktop clock/screensaver starring this talented New Zealand Musician Games starring Shania Twain Download a Pacman style game or a clock Games starring Musicians Chris and Sharon Muscat Play Maltese Mic-Mac-Moe, Pacmus and others Celebrity Clocks and Screensavers Have a free clock or screensaver starring one of your favourite celebrities. Eyes move in time with the pendulum. Choose from George Bush, Steve Irwin, Britney Spears, Shania Twain and others. Now includes a non-celebrity screensaver with the ability to countdown to a time and date of your choosing. Find out how long until the weekend, your wedding or whatever. Pacman Style Games Osama Bin Laden, Steve Irwin, Brooke Fraser and Shania Twain turn into Pacman parodies on this page. Help Osama escape the world leaders, Brooke beat the Devil, Shania escape an outlaw or help an angry crocodile bite Steve Irwin and escape Australia Zoo. Download a Mastermind style code cracking game or play an evil vampire in Vampire Maze. Steve Irwin Games. There are two Crocodile Hunter items available, a Pacman Style game or a desk clock or screensaver featuring the late Steve Irwin. Click on the picture to go to the Steve Irwin game page. Crayfish Photos and Movies On a totally different subject, this page doesn't have any games. This is a photo album from a forest next to my house in New Zealand. So every time I go for a walk in it, these are the sort of things I meet. Check out the freshwater crayfish (koura) from a nearby stream. Now includes a whole page of photos of some crayfish with eggs and young on their undersides. There is also a page with some short Youtube movies showing the crayfish in action. If you like these games, check out these sites for great freeware games and more.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3292
__label__cc	0.612765	0.387235	Acupuncture and Herbs by Karen Vaughan, L.Ac in Park Slope and Manhattan.: Articles Bipolar Affective Disorder in Children and Adolescents Bipolar affective disorder expresses itself differently in children and teens than in adults. This article discusses Western and Oriental medicine approaches to treatment. DSM4 definitions have limited applicability. Children have special side effects. Bipolar disease is frequently confused with ADHD and stimulants can make bipolar disease worse. Includes a review of TCM patterns to bipolar disease and points and herbal formulas used for treatment. March 25th 2006 - Bipolar Affective Disorder in Children and Adolescents Copyright by Karen S. Vaughan, MSTOM, Licensed Acupuncturist Bipolar affective disorder, formerly known as mania depression and related mood disorders, affects approximately 3% of people and 1% of children in the United States. Males and females seem equally receptive to the spectrum of diseases and there is a hereditary component. Bipolar disease has been described with accuracy since Arataeus of Cappodocia in the first century combined melancholia and mania (viewed as a more severe form of melancholia) into a single disease. It was recognized early in Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine as well. This spectrum has broadened over the years and includes Type 1 and Type 2 Bipolar disorder, Cyclothemia, Rapid cycling and new diagnostic categories continue to be formed since patients fall through the diagnostic cracks. (1) Although the overall mood disorder category is reasonably clear, distinguishing subcategories can be difficult because there is significant overlap with these forms and other disorders. This is particularly true when diagnosing children. Approximately 30% to 55% of patients with major depression suffer from bipolar spectrum disorder. Rapid cycling, defined as switching from manic or hypomanic states at least 4 times per year, is more often related to bipolar II disorder than bipolar I. In a study by Perugi and colleagues,(2) 72% of 86 patients with major depression with atypical features as delineated by the DSM-IV met the researchers' criteria for bipolar II and associated soft subtypes of the bipolar spectrum disorders. All patients, by the atypical depression criteria, showed mood reactivity. Interpersonal sensitivity was present in 94%. Approximately 60% had pre-existing cyclothymic or hyperthymic temperaments. If the threshold criteria for hypomania in bipolar type II in patients with bipolar II is considered to be 4 days, as outlined in the DSM-IV, 32.6% of the sample met criteria for bipolar II. This rate is approximately 3 times the rate noted for atypical depression noted in the literature. There was a high rate of comorbidity (coexisting illnesses) in this study, as follows: social phobia, 30%; body dysmorphic disorder, 42%; obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), 20%; and panic disorder, 64%. There was also a high rate of both cluster A (anxious personality) disorders and cluster B (borderline and histrionic) disorders. Using DSM4 definitions which express bipolar behavior in terms of adult experiences like spending sprees, children were traditionally not diagnosed with bipolar disease. Current research, clinical experience, and family accounts provide substantial evidence that bipolar affective disorder can occur in children and adolescents. Bipolar affective disorder is difficult to recognize and diagnose in youth, however, because it does not fit the DSM4 symptom criteria established for adults, and because its symptoms can resemble or occur with those of other common childhood-onset mental disorders like ADHD, Borderline disorder, Asperger’s syndrome, PSTD, substance abuse and normal adolescence. But unlike normal mood changes, bipolar affective disorder significantly impairs functioning in school, with friends, and with family. There is now pressure to substantially change the definition for DSM5. The DSM4 definition of Bipolar Disease is summarized in the appended chart (3) Table 1. Comparison of Diagnostic Characteristics and Associated Features Among Bipolar Disorder Subtypes* Bipolar I Pure manic or mixed manic episode(s) required (1 week†) Depression may occur ( at least 2 weeks) Recurrent in 90% of individuals, completed suicide in 10% to 15%, violent behavior, school/occupational failure, divorce, episodic antisocial behavior. Comorbidity:Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), panic disorder, social phobia, substance-related disorder Bipolar II Hypomania (4 days) One or more major depressive episodes required (2 weeks) Completed suicide in 10% to 15%, school/occupational failure, divorce Comorbidity:Substance abuse or dependence, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, ADHD, panic disorder, social phobia, borderline personality disorder Cyclothymia Hypomania cycling with depressive symptoms, without manic, mixed, or major depressive episodes (2 years‡ with symptom-free intervals less than 2 months) 15% to 50% risk of developing bipolar I or II disorder Substance-related and sleep disorders Bipolar not otherwise specified Rapid (days) alternation between manic and depressive symptoms without manic, mixed, or major depressive episodes; may include hypomanic episodes (but less than 4 days) without intercurrent depression; may be diagnosed when clinician determines a bipolar disorder is present but is unable to determine whether it is primary, due to a general medical condition, or substance induced *From Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition, text revision, 2000. †Shorter duration allowed if hospitalization is required. ‡One-year minimum duration for children/adolescents. Bipolar patients manifest manic or hypomanic symptoms. Mania may be may be straightforwardly diagnosed in Type 1 Bipolar disease, but in Type 2 Bipolar and other associated disorders hypomanic symptoms are recognized by contrast to depression and may include dysphoria and anger, in addition to grandiosity and decreased need for sleep. Anger is specifically attributed to bipolar disease in young adults but is unaccountably missing from the list of adult manic symptoms. Manic symptoms for adults include (4): • Severe changes in mood—either extremely irritable or overly silly and elated • Overly-inflated self-esteem; grandiosity • Increased energy • Decreased need for sleep—ability to go with very little or no sleep for days without tiring • Increased talking—talks too much, too fast; changes topics too quickly; cannot be interrupted • Distractibility—attention moves constantly from one thing to the next • Hypersexuality—increased sexual thoughts, feelings, or behaviors; use of explicit sexual language • Increased goal-directed activity or physical agitation • Disregard of risk—excessive involvement in risky behaviors or activities Depressive symptoms include(5): • Persistent sad or irritable mood • Loss of interest in activities once enjoyed • Significant change in appetite or body weight • Difficulty sleeping or oversleeping • Physical agitation or slowing • Loss of energy • Feelings of worthlessness or inappropriate guilt • Difficulty concentrating • Recurrent thoughts of death or suicide Children experience bipolar affective disorders differently than adults. Children and adolescents, in contrast to adults, are more likely to be irritable and prone to destructive outbursts than to be euphoric. When depressed, they may have headaches, muscle aches, stomachaches or fatigue, frequent absences from school or poor school performance, talk of or plans to run away from home, irritability, complaining, unexplained crying, social isolation, poor communication, and extreme sensitivity to rejection or failure. Other ways manic and depressive states are manifested include alcohol or substance abuse and relationship difficulties.(6) Bipolar disorder beginning in childhood or early adolescence may be a different, more severe form of the illness than when it shows up in older adolescents and adults. When the illness begins around puberty, it is often characterized by a continuous, rapid-cycling, irritable, and mixed symptom state that may occur with disruptive behavior disorders, especially attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) or conduct disorder (CD), or may have features of these disorders as initial symptoms. In contrast, later adolescent- or adult-onset bipolar disorder tends to begin suddenly, often with a classic manic episode, and has a more episodic pattern with relatively stable periods between episodes. There is also less co-occurring ADHD, ODD or CD among those with later onset illness.(7) A child or adolescent who appears to be depressed and exhibits ADHD-like symptoms that are very severe, with excessive temper outbursts and mood changes, should be evaluated by a psychiatrist experienced in bipolar disorder, particularly if there is a family history of the illness. (Psychiatrists without bipolar experience may misdiagnose by excessive reliance on DSM4 which is out of date for both adult and children’s disorders.) This evaluation is especially important since psychostimulant medications like Ritalin, often prescribed for ADHD, may worsen manic symptoms. There is also limited evidence suggesting that some of the symptoms of ADHD may be a forerunner of full-blown mania, but it is not certain.(8) Cycling is also not as discrete and ranges outside of DSM4 criteria for adults cited above. All those with bipolar affective disorder experience mood swings that alternate from periods of severe highs (mania) to severe lows (depression). However, while these abnormally intense moods usually last for weeks or months in adults with the illness, children with bipolar disorder can experience such rapid mood swings that they commonly cycle many times within a day. The most typical pattern of cycling among those with childhood bipolar affective disorder, called ultra-ultra rapid or ultradian, is most often associated with low arousal states in the mornings followed by increases in energy towards late afternoon or evening. (9) It is not uncommon for the initial episode of childhood or adolescent bipolar affective disorder to present itself as major depression. But clinical investigators have observed a significant rate of transition from depression into bipolar states in children. One of the most important factors in establishing the diagnosis is family history. According to several recent studies, a history of mood disorders (particularly bipolar disorder) and/or alcoholism on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family appears to be commonly associated with childhood and adolescent onset bipolar disease. (9) The root of the mood disorder appears in infancy, although there is nothing that would be described as the full blown childhood form of this disorder. Parents report that their children have seemed different with difficulty settling down, and they note that their children are easily over-responsive to sensory stimulation. They may have unusual tastes, be unusually articulate although performing at below average levels on reading, writing and small motor skills. Sleep disturbances, late enuresis and night terrors are also commonly reported. (10) Later stages in a child's development show hyperactivity, fidgetiness, difficulties making changes, and high levels of anxiety (particularly in response to separation from the mother) are commonly seen. Additionally, being easily frustrated, having difficulty controlling anger, and impulsiveness (difficulty waiting one's turn, interrupting others) often result in prolonged and violent temper tantrums. Bipolar affective disorder in children rarely occurs by itself. Rather, it is often accompanied by symptoms that, when observed at points of the child's life, suggest other psychiatric disorders such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), oppositional defiant disorder, and conduct disorder (CD). An estimated 50 percent to 80 percent also have ADHD as a co-occuring diagnosis. Since stimulant medications often prescribed for ADHD (Dexedrine, Adderall, Ritalin, Cylert) have been known to escalate the mood and behavioral fluctuations in those with bipolar affective disorder, it is important to address the bipolar disorder before the attention-deficit disorder in such cases. Some clinicians suggest that the prescription of a stimulant for a child genetically predisposed to develop bipolar disorder may induce an earlier onset or negatively influence the cycling pattern of the illness. (11) Several studies have shown that more than 80 percent of children who go on to develop bipolar affective disorder have five or more of the primary symptoms of ADHD-distractibility, lack of attention to details, difficulty following through on tasks or instructions, motor restlessness, difficulty waiting one's turn, and interrupting or intruding upon others. In fact, difficulties with attention are so common in children that ADHD is often diagnosed instead of bipolar disease. But the way symptoms common to bipolar affective disorder and ADHD are expressed and the triggers may differ. For instance, destructiveness and misbehavior are seen in both disorders, but these behaviors often seem intentional in bipolar children and caused more by carelessness in ADHD. Physical outbursts and temper tantrums are triggered by sensory or emotional over-stimulation in ADHD but can be caused by a simple "No" from a parent for bipolar children. Duration differs too: those with ADHD seem to calm down within 15 to 30 minutes, while those with bipolar often continue to feel angry for hours. Bipolar children often feel bad afterwards and say that they were unable to control their anger when the tantrum subsides. Other symptoms are only seen often with bipolar disease but not ADHD. These include dream disturbed sleep and night terrors with life-threatening content like nuclear war, terrorism, replays of the Trade Center attack or attacking animals. Distractibility, daydreaming, impulsiveness, mischievous bursts of energy that are difficult for the child to control, and sudden intrusions and interruptions in the classroom are also common features of the bipolar child. Between six and eight bipolar children often exhibit stubborn, oppositional, and bossy behavior. Risk-taking, rejection of authority, and drug use are not uncommon. Many bipolar children have comorbid (simultaneously occurring) learning disabilities. Treating children and young people with bipolar disorder carries specific challenges not found in adult bipolar disorder. While children may not discuss their disorder in the same terms as adults, they generally know something is going on and will be able to express that it is happening to them. A six year old might describe her irritable mania as "feeling like a wasp buzzing around the room ready to sting somebody," not liking that feeling. Without articulating a mood state in literal terms, young children express the discomfort and distress they feel in other ways. Teens are faced with the stigma of a psychiatric diagnosis at a time when the pressure to be like one's peers is intense, and they may rebel against the very concept. Similarly they may not distinguish their own mood swings from the normal mood swings of their fellow adolescents. They may resist prescribed medication and seek to self medicate through illegal drug use. A diagnosis of bipolar disorder during adolescence makes everything more complex and difficult. Girls get bipolar disease at the same rate as boys, but there are special considerations in their manifestation and medications. Child sexual abuse is more frequently reported by females than by males (12)(13% of females vs. 4% of males) and thus depressive episodes may be more pronounced. Teenage girls in defiant, authority-defying modes may be more likely to act out sexually, resulting in increased rates of abuse, rape, sexual disease and pregnancy, all contributing to symptoms and associated conditions. PSTD may be more common as a comorbid factor since girls acting outside of normative modes may be considered “acceptable” targets of abuse. It appears that not only do girls experience more violence than boys but that they may be more vulnerable to psychological effects of abuse. Biologically there may be more interference with the hypothalamic and corticotropin (ACTH) regulation and increased hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal responsiveness to stress in females.(13) Factors that affect it may include the frequency, severity, and duration of the abuse, the relationship to the perpetrator, poverty, and family dysfunction. Finally, medication may have different issues on boys and girls. A number of mood stabilizers cause weight gain as a side effect, which may cause higher rates of noncompliance among girls. Depakote, Tegretol, Neurontin, Lamictal and Topamax should not be used during pregnancy due to associations with spina bifida or other birth defects. Antipsychotics like Thoraxine, Haldol Prolixin and Clozaril should not be used while breastfeeding. (14) According to studies conducted in Finland in patients with epilepsy, valproate (Depakote, Tegretol) may increase testosterone levels in teenage girls and produce polycystic ovary syndrome in women who began taking the medication before age 20. (15) Increased testosterone can lead to polycystic ovary syndrome with irregular or absent menses, obesity, and abnormal growth of hair. Therefore, young female patients taking valproate should be monitored carefully by a physician There is no one bipolar pill and probably there will never be. The market segment is small, the disease manifests in different ways at different times and symptoms vary significantly between patients, especially patients of different ages. For the most part, drugs are developed for other more common forms of mental and physical illnesses and are adapted to use for the treatment of bipolar disease. So typical and atypical antipsychotics, anticonvulsants, antidepressants and antiepileptic drugs are adapted, in addition to lithium which was actually developed in 1949 for bipolar disease. Frequently patients do better on a combination therapy. Once the diagnosis of bipolar disorder is made, the treatment of children and adolescents is based mainly on experience with adults, since there is very limited data on the usefulness and safety of mood stabilizing medications in youth(16) . The essential treatment for this disorder in adults involves the use of appropriate doses of mood stabilizers, most typically lithium and/or valproate (Depakote), which are often very effective for controlling mania and preventing recurrences of manic and depressive episodes. Antidepressants are not given until mood stabilization has taken place with children but may sometimes be given with adults. Research on these medications in children and adolescents with bipolar disorder is only now being done. In addition, studies are investigating various forms of non-drug therapy to complement medication for bipolar affective disorder in young people.(17) Medications based upon adult experience for mood stabilization include: lithium carbonate (Lithobid, Lithane, Eskalith), divalproex sodium or valporate (Depakote, Depakene), and carbamazepine (Tegretol). A new atypical antipsychotic drug, Aripiprazole (Abilify) which was designed for use with schizophrenics shows promise for its ability to loosely bind with dopamine 2 receptors. Newer agents such as gabapentin (Neurontin), lamotrigine (Lamictal), and topirimate (Topomax) are currently under clinical investigation and are being used in children. (Lamictal is not recommended for those under the age of 16.) (18) Several studies have reported very high rates of inducing mania or hypomania in children with bipolar affective disorder who are exposed to antidepressant drugs of all types (SSRIs, and trycyclics are most common). In addition, a child may experience a marked increase in irritability and aggression. The course of the disorder may be altered if antidepressants are prescribed without mood stabilizers like lithium or valporate. For the treatment of psychotic symptoms and aggressive behavior, risperidone (Risperdal) and olanzapine (Zyprexa) are commonly used newer agents, while thioridazine (Mellaril), trifluperazine (Trilafon), and haloperidol (Haldol) are old standbys. Clonazepam (Klonopin) and lorezapam (Ativan) are also used to treat anxiety states, induce sleep, and put a brake on rapid-cycling swings in activity and energy. (19) Amino acid treatment has been used for manic stages. Dopamine appears to be a key neurotransmitter involved in mania and may relate to the degree of agitation. Amphetamine releases both dopamine and norepinepherine. Although psychosis can be induced with amphetamines, it is much more common to observe increased energy, increased arousal, and elated mood, all symptoms of mania. Lowering tyrosine and phenylalanine (the precursor to tyrosine) result in lower dopamine but not norepinepherine. By employing a tyrosine and phenylalanine-free amino acid drink, dopamine-sensitive prolactin levels were decreased within 6 hours.(20) The mixture also was effective in diminishing manic symptoms in 20 inpatients during a manic episode. Use of an amino acid drink as a supplemental treatment in acute mania is being developed.(21) For many children who have bipolar illness, antidepressant pharmacotherapy is not necessary, according to Findling.(22) "In our first series of about 100 youngsters whom we treated with the combination of lithium and divalproex, fewer than 5 percent had persistent enough dysphoria or depression to necessitate treatment with an antidepressant," he says. (22) When treating a child or adolescent with bipolar affective disorder, the doctor should focus on adequate mood stabilization, improved functioning, and the cyclicity of the illness, not necessarily the specific moods that the child presents. If moods are stabilized and cycling decreased, often the depression no longer remains a problem. Unfortunately, the elevated mood or mixed presentation often does. Most of the studies have focused on adjunctive therapy for the typical and atypical antipsychotics, In clinical practice, Findling has found that these treatments are effective as combination therapy, but not as the sole therapy. The main shortcoming of the atypical antipsychotics in the area of side effects is weight gain, which is especially a problem with teenaged girls. Another class of medication, the psychostimulants, can be used to treat residual symptoms of ADHD, and may be useful in patients with simultaneous bipolar disorder and ADHD whose moods are reasonably stabilized. The novel anticonvulsants appear to have the most promise as mood-stabilizing medications. In this class, lamotrigine has produced the most evidence from random trials in adults for effectness in acute bipolar depression and preventing bipolar depression as well as some evidence for efficacy in rapid cycling. The side effect profile of mood stabilizers in late adolescence and young adults is quite similar. The most important side effects are weight gain, cognitive side effects, and, if neuroleptics are used, extrapyramidal symptoms like akathisia. It is important to respect the patient’s feelings about side effects and to work hard to improve the side effect profile, or children will stop taking drugs as soon as they obtain a measure of independence. Medications alone do not treat bipolar affective disorders adequately, especially with children. Cognitive therapy, social rhythm therapy, family interventions and substance abuse treatment, if indicated, are useful adjunctive treatments to medication. Cognitive therapy has been shown to be effective in treating unipolar depression and is now being used in bipolar disorder. Specific cognitive therapy strategies include learning to identify automatic thought processes, challenging negative thought patterns, and confronting barriers to treatment. Scott compared patients treated with cognitive therapy with controls who were on a waiting list. At the 6-month follow-up period, patients treated with cognitive therapy had less depression as measured on the Beck Depression Scale and improved Global Assessment of Functioning scores. Patients on the waiting list got cognitive therapy after 18 months. Relapse rates decreased by 60% in these individuals during the therapy period, and 70% of the sample viewed the intervention as "highly acceptable." Although the treatment appears to be effective, the techniques are more complex than for unipolar depression. Therapy focuses on identification of links between mood symptoms and episodes and life events. (23) Family interventions are also useful. Family stress may be a significant factor in making symptoms worse, and family support may be helpful in stabilizing bipolar children. Communication skills, including expressing positive feelings, using active listening techniques, and providing feedback about specific negative behaviors are useful. Miklowitz found that family interventions were more effective than crisis management, which generally depends upon drugs. The therapy was helpful in decreasing depressive but not manic symptoms. The treatment was particularly useful in families with high levels of expressed emotion. Another study found that family interventions were helpful in the treatment of female patients with bipolar disorder, probably since female adolescents are especially dependent upon social cues.(24) Abnormal circadian rhythms, sleep-wake cycles, and lifestyle patterns are common in bipolar disorders. As daily rhythms become more disorderly, the risk of relapse increases. Patients need to identify these signs and symptoms as a warning sign of a relapse. Morning activities in particular are delayed in patients who are depressed compared with patients manifesting hypomania or normal behavior. Social rhythm therapy has been designed to address life difficulties that disturb the normal rhythms. Interpersonal and social rhythm therapy can be effective in normalizing these negative patterns which might induce a relapse. Children and adolescents can benefit as much as adults. Problems with substance abuse make bipolar disorder much more difficult to treat. It has been found that more than 60% of patients with bipolar I and nearly 50% of patients with bipolar II had problems with substance abuse. (25) These patients tend to have an earlier onset of the disease, are more likely to experience irritable or angry states, are more treatment resistant, and are hospitalized more frequently. It is very important to integrate substance abuse treatment along with the treatment of the psychiatric illness. Bipolar children often exhibit earlier abuse of substances than other children. There are different personality factors that are associated with bipolar spectrum disorders compared with unipolar depression disorders including depressive and hyperthymic temperaments. Those with high depressive or low hyperthymic scores on a personality test have more major depressive episodes. Alternately, higher hyperthymic scores were associated with a higher rate of manic episodes. Temperament may also predict the tendency to engage in suicidal behaviors. Suicide attempters and completers have increased cyclic and mixed bipolar characteristics as well as impulsivity. Impulsivity and assertiveness were the best predictors of suicidal behavior beyond 12 months. The sensitivity level for these two factors was 74% and the specificity level was 82%. (26) Anxiety disorders are also common among individuals with bipolar type II disorder. Perugi and associates found that social phobia (exaggerated shyness) tended to precede hypomanic episodes and to go away after the hypomania started. Alternatively, panic disorder and OCD tend to occur during the hypomanic episodes, and in approximately one third of patients, panic symptoms began during episodes of hypomania. (27)In another study, the rate of bipolar disorder was 15.7% in patients with OCD. Most of these patients suffered from bipolar type II. Obsessions in this subgroup were more likely to include sexual or religious content, and checking rituals tended to be less frequent. A total of 34.8% of the OCD had unipolar depression. The disease tended to be more chronic in these individuals, with more hospitalizations and suicide attempts. These individuals were more likely to manifest aggressive obsessions as well as philosophical, superstitious, or bizarre content. Bipolar affective disorder is generally considered a disorder with a relatively good prognosis. It has however been shown to have a wide range of negative effects on psychological and social functioning. A variety of drug and therapy techniques are therefore required to address the many complex and clinically challenging issues. New drugs are helpful in extending the therapeutic reach of the clinician, yet coordination of the multiple medical interventions often requires an integrated treatment team. There are several features of bipolar spectrum disorders that have value. Individuals may have a type of "driven" personality that may be predisposed to bipolar spectrum disorders. These individuals tend to be very achievement oriented, resulting in personal success. An optimistic outlook may be present and is related to perseverance and adaptations under adverse conditions. Coryell and associates (29) found that a segment of patients with bipolar I and II disorders had higher levels of achievement compared with nonbipolar controls, even though educational levels were similar. The creative process has been associated with bipolar disorder. Mental flexibility, increased drive, heightened perceptual capacities, as well as the intense emotional states are some of the reasons that have been posited for this association. Andreasen compared 30 creative writers with 30 controls matched for demographics and IQ. There was a significantly higher rate of bipolar affective disorders among the writers. In addition, close relatives of the writers had higher levels of various affective disorders as well as creativity, suggesting a possible genetic link between affective disorders and the creative trait. (30) Up to now, bipolar disorders have been confined to two types. However, there is now substantial evidence that "softer" clinical disorders may form part of the bipolar affective spectrum. Included are personality temperaments such as hyperthymia and personality disorders such as borderline personality. Yet there is an association between these disorders and characteristics and bipolar spectrum disorders. Some of these links include inheritance patterns, presentation of traits, psychopharmacologic response, and patterns of the diseases over time. This is especially apparent with children and adolescents whose characteristics seem to fit first one then another pattern. By expanding the definition of bipolar affective disorders, we may reach patients who would fall between the cracks of of the current more specific definitions. Oriental Medicine Treatment of Bipolar Affective Disorder in Children Bipolar disease (dwan-kwan) has been recognized by Chinese medicine for many centuries and formulas and points have been used to treat it. Formulas tend to be based upon presentation of mania or depression. There are no translated accounts of dealing with bipolar diseases in children. But treatment for underlying disorders such as Liver Qi stagnation, Liver Yang rising, Phlegm heat and Heart fire, along with the root causes should be helpful at least as adjunctive therapy. Although bipolar disease is a form of depression that combines with periods of mania, in children true mania is rarely seen. Instead irritability and ADHD behaviors follow periods of depression. Children tend to cycle faster than adults between the two states and often experience mixed episodes. A high percentage of bipolar children are initially diagnosed as ADHD. Symptoms overlap with schizophrenia in children and treatment is often similar. With manic states and comorbid ADHD, it is very important to look at diet. Allergic reactions to food dyes and preservatives can often stimulate hyperactive behavior. Phlegm from cow’s milk, citrus, wheat and sugar can also play into this behavior. In Oriental Medicine we might seek to anchor the Yang, smooth the Liver or to reduce Phlegm Heat, depending upon presentation. Physical exercise and behavioral retraining can be helpful as well. Oppositional Defiance Disorder is also found frequently with bipolar affective disease and can be treated similarly. It is often correlated with Liver Yang Rising or Heart Fire Conditions. Behavioral conditioning can be useful with treatment. In naturopathic treatment, there may be emphasis on detoxification, limiting carbohydrates in the diet, ensuring adequate mineral intake, particularly calcium, magnesium and lithium which are used for cell transport and increasing Omega 3 fatty acids. Herbs such as St. John’s Wort may be mixed with skullcap, passionflower, lemon balm, black cohosh or rose petals, depending upon presentation, and may include liver tonics like dandelion and milk thistle or endocrine balancers like vitex or milky stage oats. Oriental medicine looks for such symptoms as Liver qi constraint, which depresses emotions and may let them back up into Liver Yang Rising or Spleen qi deficiency which often manifests as fatigue goes to Phlegm Heat and may harass the Heart. For a child, an acupuncturist might use a shoni shin massaging device or needle points in the foot and hand for the former or massage points below the knee and near the belly button for the latter. Treatment is geared to the child’s age and willingness to accept different treatment methods. Herbs may be given either as individually formulated decoctions or in pill or tincture form, depending upon the child’s willingness to comply with treatment that may involve chalky or bitter tastes. Bodywork and exercise can also be useful for children suffering from bipolar disease as it moves qi in the depression stage and drains energy in manic phases. Exercise, particularly yoga or tai chi, helps relieve stress, move qi stagnation and balance feelings. Appendix One Chinese Herbal Treatment for Bipolar Affective Diseases Here are listed common patterns of bipolar disease and the standard formulas that are given to children for those patterns: Spleen vacuity/hyperactive Liver– Yi gan san Heart blood deficiency/Spleen vacuity-Gui pi tang with schisandra, acorus and fu xiao Yin vacuity/ hyperactive yang -Zuo gui yin or Tian Wan Bu Xin Tang Phlegm heat-huang lian wen dan tang Blood Stasis-Po zhu an shen tang Yang def- Jin gui shen qi wan w acorus and yi zhi ren Appendix Two Acupuncture Treatment in Chinese Medicine Points are chosen depending upon presentation, the channels involved, and the stage of the disease being manifested (mania or depression). Needling, as opposed to shoni shin or massage, will frequently be used for children with bipolar affective disorders because they tend to be older. During manic states, oversensitivity issues may be a problem until heat is drained so initial bleeding of jingwell points in the fingertips, electrostimulation form Du 20 to 24 or use of ghost points may help. Depressed stages are less problematical for acupuncture treatment, although patients may not be motivated to take herbs regularly. The following points are used in the treatment of bipolar affective disease. (All indications are quoted from Peter Deadman. A Manual of Acupuncture.) (31) The Heart and Small intestine meridians are especially important because of the treatment of heart shen. • SI-7 bipolar affective disorder, fear and fright, sadness and anxiety, restless organ disorder. Also treats disorders of the shen due to the Small Intestine's paired relationship with the Heart. The Methods of Acupuncture and Moxibustion from the Golden Mirror of Medicine, more specifically recommends SI-7 for "depression and knotting of all the seven emotions". • H-5: groaning and sadness, fear of people, restless organ disorder1, pain and agitation of the Heart, sadness and fright, depressive disorder2, frequent yawning, fright palpitation, pounding of the heart. • H-7: Palpitations, fright palpitations, pounding of the heart, insomnia, restless organ disorder, frequent talking during sleep, poor memory, bipolar affective disorder, epilepsy, dementia, desire to laugh, mad laughter, insulting people, sighing, sadness, fear and fright, disorientation, Heart agitation, loss of voice. • H-8: Sadness and worry with diminished qi, fearfulness, fear of people, excessive sighing, plumpit throat, epilepsy. • H-9: Palpitations, pounding of the heart, bipolar affective disorder, epilepsy, fright epilepsy, excessive sighing, susceptibility to anger, fright and sadness with diminished qi, febrile disease with agitation and restlessness. • P-4: Agitated Heart, insomnia, melancholy, sadness and fear, fear of people, insufficiency of the shen qi, epilepsy. • P-5: sudden palpitations, oppression of the chest, apprehensive, susceptibility to fright, sudden fright disorder in children, epilepsy, mania, sudden mania, manic raving, agitation and restlessness, absent-mindedness, poor memory, loss of voice, ghost evil. • P-6: insomnia, epilepsy, mania, poor memory, fear and fright, loss of wisdom, loss of will, loss of memory following windstroke. • P-8: epilepsy, bipolar affective disorder, fright, sadness, apprehensiveness, susceptibility to anger, restless organ disorder, ceaseless laughter at other's misfortune. Stomach and Large Intestine meridians are strongly indicated in the treatment of disorders such as mania and bipolar affective disorder. Points of the Stomach channel are important to resolve phlegm - an important etiological factor in bipolar diseases. Large Intestine points are important to clear heat from the body, and it is the combination of phlegm and heat that underlies the most severe manifestations of psycho-emotional disorders. The Stomach Divergent channel also enters the Heart. Finally in Chinese medicine harmonious digestion is considered a precondition for a peaceful shen: "When the Stomach and Intestines are coordinated the five yin organs are peaceful, blood is harmonized and mental activity is stable. The Mind derives from the refined essence of water and food" (32) • L.I.-5: bipolar affective disorder, febrile disease with agitated Heart, manic raving, propensity to laughter, sees ghosts, fright. • ST-23: bipolar affective disorder, agitation, tongue thrusting, manic walking. • ST-40: bipolar affective disorder, mad laughter, excessive happiness, desire to climb to high places and sing, desire to undress and run around, restlessness, sees ghosts, indolence, epilepsy. • ST-41: epilepsy, spasm, mania, agitation, sadness and weeping, fright palpitations, Stomach heat with raving, sees ghosts. • ST-42: bipolar affective disorder, desire to ascend to high places and sing, desire to undress and run around. • ST-45: excessive dreaming, easily frightened with desire to sleep, insomnia, dizziness, bipolar affective disorder, desire to ascend to high places and sing, desire to undress and run around. The Spleen channel connects with the Heart and its healthy function provides the basis for proper nourishment of the Heart by blood, and ensures proper transportation and transformation of body fluids, thus preventing the formation of phlegm and treating it once arisen. SP-4 is the confluent point of the Chong Mai, which spreads in the chest, and is the luo-connecting point of the Spleen channel which has important effects on psycho-emotional disorders. • SP-1: agitation, sighing, susceptibility to melancholy, bipolar affective disorder, excessive dreaming, insomnia, chronic fright wind, corpse collapse. • SP-4: bipolar affective disorder, manic talking with much drinking, insomnia and restlessness, Heart pain, Gall Bladder deficiency, much sighing. • SP-5: bipolar affective disorder, agitation with thirst, excessive thinking, propensity to laughter, nightmares, melancholy Heart, chronic, childhood fright wind, childhood fright epilepsy. • SP-6: palpitations, insomnia, Gall Bladder deficiency. • SP-15: susceptibility to sadness, sighing. A few points from the Lung channel are indicated, either because of their effect on the po (corporeal soul), or because their influence on the Zong Qi helps resolve blood stasis and consequent malnourishment of the Heart shen • LU-3: somnolence, insomnia, sadness, weeping, absent-minded and forgetful, “floating corpse ghost-talk”, melancholy crying. • LU-9: agitation with Heart pain accompanied by choppy pulse, manic raving. Points from the Kidney channel are indicated for their ability to nourish yin and harmonize and cool Heart fire, to ground rising fire, yang and wind or to treat the will: • K-1: agitation, insomnia, poor memory, inability to speak, susceptibility to fear, anger with desire to kill people, bipolar affective disorder, loss of voice. • K-3: insomnia, excessive dreaming, poor memory. • K-4: palpitations, agitation, mental idiocy, somnolence, tendency to anger, fear and fright, susceptibility to fear, desire to close the door and remain at home. • K-6: insomnia, somnolence, night-time epilepsy, sadness, fright, nightmares. Points of the Gall Bladder and Liver channels are indicated for psycho-emotional disorders characterized by stagnation of Qi and its subsequent transformation into heat which may rise to disturb the Heart, and for disorders of the hun (ethereal soul) like insomnia and fear. It is interesting to note that a point such as LIV-3 which is used in modern practice for treating disorders such as depression, irritability, frustration etc. has surprisingly few indications of this sort in traditional texts. • Liv-2: tendency to anger, sadness, susceptibility to fright, madness, insomnia, palpitations, epilepsy. • Liv-5: plumpit throat, depression, much belching, fright palpitations, fear and fright. • Liv-13: agitation and heat with a dry mouth, tendency to anger, susceptibility to fear, insomnia, manic walking, epilepsy, depression with inability to take a satisfactory breath. There are back-shu, front-mu points, and points on the Du meridian used in the treatment of psycho-emotional disorders which may be useful for bipolar affective disorders. • UB-15: poor memory, anxiety, weeping with grief, insomnia, excessive dreaming, not speaking for years, heart xu frightened and watchful (cautious), delayed speech development, bipolar affective disorder, epilepsy, dementia, mad walking, anxious and depressed sensation in the chest with inability to take a satisfactory breath. • UB-18: much anger, bipolar affective disorder, epilepsy. • UB-43: poor memory, palpitations, insomnia, phlegm-fire mania. • DU-8: anger injures the Liver, mania, mad walking, much talking, epilepsy, fright epilepsy. • REN-14: fright palpitations, poor memory, mania, bipolar affective disorder, aversion to fire, tendency to curse and scold others, ranting and raving, anger, epilepsy with foamy vomiting. • REN-15: the five kinds of epilepsy, mania, mad walking, mad singing, dislikes the sound of voices. In addition to the points listed above are points on or affecting channels which enter the brain. These are points of the Du Mai and Bladder channels, and points located on the head and neck. The points across the front of the scalp are known as”Prozac points” to contemporary practicioners: • SI-3: epilepsy, bipolar affective disorder. • UB-10: mania, ceaseless talking, sees ghosts, epilepsy, childhood epilepsy. • UB-62: bipolar affective disorder, palpitations, insomnia. • UB-9: madness, manic walking, epilepsy. • UB-12: epilepsy, mania, mental agitation, insomnia. • DU-16: mania, ceaseless talking, mad walking and desire to commit suicide, sadness and fear with fright palpitations. • DU-20: fright palpitations, poor memory, lack of mental vigour, inability to choose words, absent-mindedness, much crying, sadness and crying with desire to die, wind epilepsy, mania. • DU-24: bipolar affective disorder, ascends to high places and sings, discards clothing and runs around, mimics other people's speech, fright palpitations, insomnia, loss of consciousness, tongue thrusting8. • DU-26: bipolar affective disorder, epilepsy, inappropriate laughter, unexpected laughter and crying, speaking without awareness of a person's high or low status, ghost attack. 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However, you can also waste a ton of time too. It is important that you think of using Tinder as a kind of an open-ended flirting game where you should be more selective with the people that you meet in person. Let yourself have fun playing the game but don’t expect too much, maybe then, you can somehow even find the Mr. or Mrs. “Right”. Better: Badoo Try out for free! Summary Tinder is currently the most popular dating app not only in Canada but also in many other countries around the world. Tinder is said to be an app that only attracts superficial people looking for one night stands. Experience shows that men here look just for sex partners while an increasing number of women are taking the first step into the online dating world by using Tinder (because it is so simple) but in the process, are searching for someone interested in a relationship. It is no wonder that there are often frustrating misunderstandings that come as a result. Nonetheless, Tinder is still kind of fun. The app is a nice way to pass the time. - Result detailed rating - Pros and Cons of Tinder - Our conclusion for Tinder - Nitty-Gritty - FAQ for Tinder For lazy people It is super quick and fast to meet a ton of new people. However, you should watch out for looking too much into the quantity rather than the quality. 16.670+ Visits per day 55% Men 45% Women 3.000.000 Members countrywide Result detailed rating Total 35% Chances of success Security and seriousness Test winner: Badoo Tinder compared to other brands You have to define what you see as success when it comes to Tinder. Some look for sexual encounters while others search for a relationship. As a result, it is not very clear as to which intentions are present so we limit success to mean getting to know new people. And the chances that you will get to know new people is really high. If you are looking for targeted sex dates, there are better casual dating platforms. At the same time, if you are searching for a serious relationship then classic partnership websites like eHarmony may be better suited for this hope. All the same, if you are open, you can have a ton of fun using Tinder! Many Tinder users have a love-hate relationship with the app. The potential partner is actually only a swipe and match away. But the boring, superficial, or hollow conversations can become annoying quickly. Even when Tinder gets annoying, everyone still falls back to using the app eventually when they have a free minute. Fun factor? You will have decide that for yourself! To take advantage of Tinder, you can’t be afraid of connecting your Facebook account to a dating app. You also have to be open to seeing neighbors, friends, or colleagues pop up on the app at any time. There aren’t any options to ‘hide yourself’ as the image loads. The company (Match Group Inc.) that owns Tinder is a serious company. The Match Group runs a number of other well-known dating apps such as OkCupid and PlentyofFish. Tinder is fundamentally a free app. The normal, free profile suits the average user well. The heavy user, though, can also take the step for a premium membership, which is reasonably priced (but not really necessary). FAQ for Tinder What is Tinder? Tinder is a flirting app that originated in the US that has gained worldwide popularity in the last several years. The special feature of Tinder is how easy it is to use and how easy it is to create a profile. Download the Tinder app, connect to your Facebook account, select your desired photos from your Facebook profile and you’re done. After you have selected which gender you are interested in, either women or men, the pictures are then displayed. With a swipe to the right or alternatively, to the left, you can express your interest or say good riddance. With mutual interest, you can then be matched and start flirting within the app. How reputable is Tinder? The Tinder app is a reputable dating service that is popular all around the world. The app is connected to a large company (Match Group Inc.) that offers several other great dating apps in addition to Tinder like PlentyofFish, Match.com, and Meetic. How good is Tinder in Canada? How was your experience on Tinder? As in many other countries, Tinder has won a huge amount of popularity in Canada over the past several years. Many singles in Canada have already downloaded the app and given it a try. It is especially easy to find new users and to connect with new people in the metropolitan areas in Canada. Though, many users quickly deem Tinder as a superficial or boring app. As a result, many don’t put a lot of effort into their profiles or into the conversations that come from the app. The false positioning of the app has also been highly criticized. There are many users who only want sex (mainly men), but on the other hand, there are Tinder users who are seeking a serious relationship. When you bring these two groups of people together, it is impossible to avoid stress and misunderstanding. What is a Tinder match? A match is when two Tinder users have expressed interest in one another. A Tinder match happens when two people have like one another’s profiles at the same time, so when each has swiped right on the other’s picture or Tinder profile. After a match has been made, then the users can begin to communicate with one another. What does a Tinder Date look like? A Tinder date looks like any other date. There aren’t any predetermined rules. You could choose to meet up in a café in your area or you come up with something different, but there is no guarantee that either option will succeed. Of course, that depends on the user, their respective situation, and the date involved. We recommend a date where you do something you already enjoy. Just show your true self and allow something to maybe bloom from that. How can I connect to people on Tinder? When you create a profile on Tinder, you set a few rough parameters: the sex, the age, and the radius in miles, in which the Tinder app should search for matches. Tinder then accesses your GPS function in your Smartphone. By using your approximate location and the location of other Tinder users, the nearby users that fit in your selections will appear. You can change your search settings at any time within the app. Are there specific rules when using Tinder? Of course, there are specific conditions for using Tinder that you agree to when you set up a profile. For example, you agree to only use Tinder for personal means and not for commercial gain. Furthermore, you confirm that you have the full rights to the content (such as images) that you update to Tinder and of course, you also agree that you will not submit any racist or offensive content. There are always a number of standard rules that you agree to when downloading a new app. Tinder also has these rules. Our suggestion from this is to not take the partner search on Tinder too seriously, if you take it easy, you will have the most fun. Don’t go in expecting to find a life partner from Tinder. You can easily meet new people through this app but you should also filter the people that you actually meet up with in real life. Tinder can’t find people in my area: now what? It can sometimes happen that there weren’t be any further suggestions in your area. Maybe you have already used Tinder so much that you have go through all of the available users. You should consider changing your settings by increasing your age range, for example, or extending the perimeter of your search. Usually, you will get a few new suggestions right away. You can also buy the premium version of Tinder and with the passport targeted search option, you can extend your search into other cities. Finally, there is also Tinder Social. Try to win at least one friend to do an activity together. By using Tinder Social, you can generally access profiles that you wouldn’t normally otherwise come across. Can I use Tinder without Facebook? No, unfortunately that is not possible. The simplicity of Tinder is only accessible through Facebook. If you would like to use Tinder, you first have to be registered with Facebook. Can I use Tinder without having to pay? Downloading and using Tinder are both 100% free. The free version is set up with a few limitations (such as only having 200 suggested profile per day). When you would like, go ahead and try out the free version, as what more than 90% of Tinder users do. The advantages of the premium membership in comparison to the free version are minor. What can I do in the free version of Tinder? You can set up a profile on Tinder, receive 200 right swipes and you can write to your matches for free. The premium membership offers you a few special features alongside the basic ones. In the fee-based version, you like as many profiles as you want in a day, you can change your location and search for contacts outside of your GPS perimeters and award more super-likes to profiles that especially catch your eye. What payment options are there to pay for Tinder? The payment methods depend on what Smartphone you used and the corresponding App store. If you use Tinder from an iPhone, then you will pay through the iTunes App Store. If you use Tinder from an Android device, then you will pay through the Google Play Store. Can I use Tinder without a credit card? The payment for the premium membership within Tinder depends on which app store you access while using the app. How can I reach Tinder support? (Is there a phone number?) Unfortunately, there isn’t any telephone customer support on Tinder. You can contact the customer service department directly from the app by email. There are also a number of frequently asked questions already displayed where you could find the answer to your questions already there. How can I be the most successful on Tinder? In order to be successful on Tinder, you have to pay attention to a few things. 1. Take a chance in the 'about me' to note that the free text field is what differentiates you from all of the other Tinder users. Do you have a cool job? Then be sure to write it in this area. Try to describe that but be humorous. "I help models combat cellulite" sounds more interesting than writing that you are a “Photoshop expert". Are you above average size? Then you should write it here too. In the "About me" field you should go the extra mile to raise the curiosity of the people looking at your profile. Of course, don’t dwell on this for too long. Leave 1-2 good statements with a pinch of humor, describe yourself however you like. "For example:" I am easy to please: I am always happy with the best". However, we advise you against posting clichés that you can read anywhere else. 2. In addition to the free text field, it’s the photos on Tinder that people actual like or dislike. Here, the appearance is crucial but that isn’t always the case, of course. You cannot control what you look like. But you can influence how much of your true self that you show. Make it clear with the selection of the images that you lead an interesting life. Most people want to meet someone who rips them out from their everyday life and introduces a new and perhaps more interesting world. One picture is quite clearly not enough. For Tinder, there are usually 3-5 images. You should have at least one picture of your face and a picture that show your entire body more. You should have a healthy mix in the other pictures. Pictures where you are alone but also any pictures with friends. But always try to emphasize your interesting lifestyle. That makes the viewer not only curious to learn more, it also creates possible topics of conversation for the first message after the match. What is the perfect opener on Tinder (first message)? "Hello, how are you?" is the worst message you can write after a mutual match. This is plain and simply boring and there are hardly any women who will respond to this boring message because women typically receive many lame messages in their mailboxes on Tinder. Almost anything is better than this kind of message. No matter what you write, try to talk your match with their name. That seems personal and shows that you didn’t just copy and paste a message into ten different conversations. More cautions for the first message on Tinder: Writing long texts: Tinder is a fast medium. Whoever writes a long text is "needy" and desperate. No attractive Tinder user will read a long message that has just been copied and pasted into the conversation. Compliments on the appearance of your match: If you compliment attractive women on their appearance, you have screwed up already in the first message. Attractive women hear these kinds of compliments every day and are obviously bored by such superficial words, words that do not radiate on their personality. Sexually explicit messages: even if some members on Tinder are clearly looking for a sex partner, every woman wants to be seduced. Attractive women who are on Tinder, can meet men and have sex outside of Tinder. They still use Tinder and see the app as a nice pastime, if they are bored. If you find a person that stands out from the crowd and seems interesting, a meeting is very likely and anything can happen when you meet up face to face. An opener with a unique invitation to sex will lead to nothing. But now - what the perfect Tinder opener look like? We recommend you to keep your first message to 1 to 3 sentences to perk someone’s interest. Please no copy & paste messages. Try to find clues on the images or the information in the "About me" section instead. If often works to use existing information to try to guess the personality of the woman and to pack in a provocative statement from there. Here, it doesn’t matter whether your statement is true or false. It is important that it has entertainment value and represents you in the positive light as a creative person. I'm looking for the best Tinder tricks: what do you have for suggestions? Generally, we have already given the best Tinder tricks already with the question "What is the perfect opener for Tinder?" and "How can I be more successful with Tinder? (Tips for Tinder)." Read the responses above and from those alone, you will be equipped with the perfect Tinder tricks! What are the chances of success on Tinder (success rate)? Because there are currently many active Tinder members in Canada, the chance is quite high that you meet new people, if you judge your success based on how many new people you meet. For those hoping to find the partner for life here as quickly as possible, you could be disappointed. Most Tinder users are unattached. Hardly anyone wants to commit themselves to something on Tinder. The numerous and seemingly options are simply too tempting. There are Tinder vouchers or Tinder discounts? There are currently no Tinder vouchers and no Tinder discounts. The fundamental use of Tinder is free. Tinder has no discounts for the use of the premium features. Tinder or Zoosk - what is better in comparison? Tinder as well as Zoosk belong to some of the most popular flirt apps not only in Canada, but also in many other countries around the world. Compared Tinder vs. Zoosk, Zoosk is the more intelligent app. The self-learning algorithm for Zoosk always gives you more appropriate partner suggestions over time. The Tinder app boasts a simple and immediately understandable concept. Tinder or Badoo - what is better in comparison? Badoo is one of the oldest flirt apps that is available on the market. With over 180 million users worldwide Badoo proves that the app is still in fashion. In recent years, Badoo has implemented other popular features to match the competition (E.g. Tinder or Happn) within the app. Nevertheless, Tinder is probably more fun at the moment. Tinder or eHarmony - what is better in comparison? In comparison between eHarmony vs. Tinder, it is apparent that are two completely different concepts. While Tinder offers a platform for the quick, unattached flirt, the users on eHarmony are on the hunt for a relationship. eHarmony's partner proposals are better matched than what Tinder provides as the suggestions are based on a personality test developed by psychologists. You must decide what is more important to you in your personal search. The quick flirt without obligations or a flirt partners with sincere interest in finding a relationship? There are fakes on Tinder? Fakes appear again and again on Tinder. Usually, you will often be contacted by professional women trying to get Tinder users to move over to other platforms. On these other platform you will be asked, for example, to access more pictures via a cashier. In addition, people with fake Facebook accounts can also create fake profiles and masquerading as a woman, although the fake person behind it is actually male. How to tell fakes / frauds on Tinder? Most of the time, the particularly attractive Tinder profiles that are too good to be true are the fake ones. You should also watch out for the profiles that provide any links to foreign platforms. Be skeptical if someone asks for money or send links where they later ask for payment information! This is a clear fake alert! How does the Tinder app work? You need to download the app on an iOS device from Apple or on an Android Smartphone to take advantage of Tinder. Registration is always done via Facebook, and this is ultimately the creation of your profile, because most of the information (pictures, interests and mutual friends) are from Facebook. After you have set up your search profile, other Tinder profiles are displayed by an image. If you like someone, you swipe right, if you don't like the person shown, then swipe left to show a lack of interest. If both users swipe right, there is a match and you can go into a conversation with the other person. How can I cancel Tinder / delete Tinder? It is important to understand the difference between "cancel Tinder" and "deleting Tinder". If you delete the app from your Smartphone, this has no effect on the actual termination of Tinder. Also deleting the app does not delete your profile. To permanently delete your Tinder profile, you should press the "Delete Tinder" option within the app. To cancel a Tinder Plus membership, you must perform the termination through the same payment platform where you have purchased the premium membership. In this specific case, this is either through the iOS app store or Google play store. What about Zoosk Coins? The Zoosk coins allow the user to unlock specific special features without having to subscribe to the app. You can purchase the coins in large packets (1,800/480, or 180 coins). With these coins, you can unlock the feature to view the notice of arrival for your sent messages or to put your profile in the spotlight. When using the spotlight feature, you profile becomes more visible and will appear in the search results or the carousel game feature of the app more often. Tinder at a glance Site: Tinder Reviewed by: CA.DatingAdvisor.net Overall rating: 4 / 10 Operated by: Online Experten Eins GmbH, Luise-Ullrich-Str. 20, 80636 München, Germany Telephone: +49 (0)89/ 12 50 37 89 Email: info@datingadvisor.net Background information: About us We are working hard to provide you with free, useful information. However, our content does not constitute a complete market overview. From some companies we receive some compensation, which may influence the rank and the rating in which the dating sites are presented. Contact \| GTCs and data protection \| Imprint	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3296
__label__wiki	0.904614	0.904614	Ja Je Ji Jo Ju Jx Jack at Bog Eggs Ref J161 [18??-19??] He was said to be the last handloom weaver in Wadsworth. See Bog Eggs Jack Bridge Cricket Club Ref J303 Recorded around 1915, when James Greenwood was a player/member Jack Bridge, Heptonstall Ref J48 A single-arch stone bridge taking the Burnley road across the Colden Jack Hey, Sowerby Ref J120 Styes Lane. Mid-late 17th century farmhouse. See Mary Wadsworth's Charity Jack, Rev James Ref J181 [1868-1931] Born at Lhanbryde, Morayshire, Scotland [5th November 1868]. He married Margaret Skene [1868-1944]. Minister at Wainsgate Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge [1901-1906]. They lived at Cousinville, Wainsgate [1905] Newchurch, Rossendale [1931, 1944] James died at Ryde House, Newchurch [5th March 1931]. Margaret Skene died at Brae Moray, Newchurch [15th February 1944] (aged 76). The couple were buried at Wainsgate Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge [Grave Ref: F848] Jack Royd Ref J78 See Upper Jack Royd Jack Taylor's Garden, Hebden Bridge Ref J284 An area of land between Hangingroyd Lane and Valley Road. It was sold for development in 1902. See Crown Bakery, Hebden Bridge Jackman, John Ref J3000 [1826-1856] He was Grand Master of the Halifax District of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. There is a memorial to him in Mount Zion Chapel, Lightcliffe erected by the members of the Odd Fellows Manchester Unity Jackman, Robert Ref J103 [1879-1915] Born in Giggleswick. In [Q4] 1910, he married May Carr in Todmorden. They lived at St Peter's Gate, Walsden. During World War I, he served as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). He died 18th April 1915. He is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 20], and in the Todmorden Garden of Remembrance Jackman, William Ref J239 [16??-1680] Heywood writes that William Jackman in Halifax went to bed full of drink, some say with brandy, on Saturday night January 10th 1680, and in the night waked, distracted, raging mad, roaring, raging, swearing in a horrible manner that several men could not hold him, once he had got out his knife and made an attempt to cut his own throat, his daughter got the knife from him, though to the cutting of her fingers – he dyed on Friday night following January 16th, was buried on Monday January 19th Jackson... Ref J385 The entries for people & families with the surname Jackson are gathered together in the SideTrack. The individuals listed there are not necessarily related to each other. Jackson's: A. Jackson & Son Ref J199 Tobacconist at 16 Woolshops, Halifax [1936] Jackson & Casson Ref J315 Architects, Land Surveyors and Estate Agents. They were at Silver Street, Halifax (opposite the Commercial Bank) [1855] 17 George Street, Halifax [1858] Jackson & Clayton Ref J202 Printers. They were at Ann Street Printing Works, Halifax and Roebuck Yard, Northgate, Halifax [1927]. Partners included P. Clayton Jackson & Fox Ref J166 Halifax partnership of architects Partners included Benjamin Whitehead Jackson, Charles Edward Fox, and Cyril Sunderland. They had offices at 7 Rawson Street, Halifax [1902] and Harrison Road, Halifax. Their work includes St James's Club, Halifax [1881] Clifton Vicarage [1890] Halifax Technical School [1893] Wharf House, Sowerby Bridge [1896] St Paul's Church, Queens Road [1910] Repairs to St Thomas's Church, Claremount [1911] Rebuilding Bin Royd, Norland [1914] Rebuilding Sterne Bridge, Sowerby Bridge [1914] The Halifax Courier Building in King Cross Street [1916] Southowram War Memorial [1920s] and a number of Samuel Webster's pubs Allan Fold Bull's Head New Talbot, Halifax White Horse, Halifax Jackson & Greenwood Ref J211 Worsted spinners at Prospect Mill, Ovenden [1905]. Partners included William Henry Greenwood Jackson & Whitaker Ref J260 Worsted spinners at Luddendenfoot. Partners included W. Jackson and W. Whitaker. The partnership was dissolved in July 1856 Jackson's: Benjamin Jackson & Sons Ref J206 Brewers established by Benjamin Jackson at Bradshaw Lane Brewery. Recorded in 1899 at the Jolly Sailor, Sowerby Bridge. Recorded in 1914 Black Horse, Stainland Jackson's Court, Halifax Ref J143 A popular name for the Moot Hall. The name is said to be from Judge Jackson. See Jackson's Court, Halifax Jackson Feather & Company Ref J297 Worsted spinners at Elland. See Thomas Brenard Jackson's: Jeremiah Jackson & Sons Ref J294 Machine makers and engineers established by Jeremiah Jackson. They were at Der Street Mill, Todmorden [1877]. In 1905, it was called Derdale Iron Works. See William Jackson Jackson of Coley Ref J275 Harry Percy Jackson and his son Harry Percy Jackson were both wood carvers in Coley & Brighouse. They did much work local Chapels, Churches and War Memorials, as listed in the Foldout Jackson's: Peter Jackson & Sons Limited Ref J169 West Vale Works, Stainland Road, Greetland Jackson's Ridge Ref J1 North of Widdop, at 1505 ft / 459 metres, this is the highest point in the western end of the district. Overlooks Burnley, Colne and Nelson in Lancashire. Prehistoric flint implements were found here. See High Brown Knowl Jackson Room Ref J56 In 1939, when the widow of Harry Percy Jackson decided to sell Morriscot, some of the panelling and other furniture was – reluctantly [as ever!] – bought by Brighouse Corporation and installed in the Jackson Room in The Rydings. The room opened in January 1940. It is a fairly well-kept secret, and not known by all the staff at the library Jackson's Stores Limited Ref J273 A 1900 advertisement for the business announced Furniture, Carpets, Bedsteads, Boots, Shoes & Slippers, etc 5 Southgate, Halifax Jacob, Edward Ref J59 [17??-18??] Halifax printer and publisher with offices at The Square, and next to the Saddle, Halifax in Petticoat Lane. He married Unknown. Nancy [1772-1834] who never married He was dead by 1833. See History of the town and parish of Halifax, Rev Dr George Legh, Moore's Terrier and William Winn Jacob, Edward Ref J9020 [1772-1804] Son of Edward Jacob. An obituary recorded He had been 9 years engaged in the service of his country, had fought with Lord Gardner and Lord Duncan, and received a wound while employed under Lord Nelson at the bombardment of Copenhagen He died in Manchester after a severe illness [October 1804] Jacob Halifax Ref J180 A publication described as a local skit published in 1871 by J. Simpson of Crossley Street, Halifax. It sold at 1d Jacobs, James Ref J4020 [1840-1925] He married Elizabeth. Elizabeth was the daughter-in-law of Elizabeth Ann Fleming The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot Number 3783] with Elizabeth Ann and John Fleming Jacobs, James Edward Ref J99 [1824-1858] Born in Halifax. He was a printer's apprentice living at Cavalry Field, Rhodes Street, Halifax [1841] / a printer [1851] / a printer at the Halifax Guardian [1851]. In [Q2] 1849, he married Sarah Ann Bairstow [1816-1884]. Sarah Ann was born in Halifax. She was a milliner [1851] The family lived at 13 Copper Street, Halifax [1851]. On 5th May 1858, he was beaten to death by fellow-worker William Blackburn Dawson. Sarah Ann died 3rd June 1884 (aged 68). The couple were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot Number 2060] with James Horatio Foster Jacobs, Robert Ref J72 [1863-1934] Born in Alderton. He was a pewterer [1892]. In [Q2] 1892, he married Emma in Halifax. Emma was the daughter of Samuel Magson and widow of Thomas Bishop Ivy who died 27th December 1894 (aged 5 months) Emma died 8th December 1925 (aged 70). Robert died 18th August 1934 (aged 71). Members of the family were buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot Number 348] Jacobs, Tom Ref J269 [1910-1941] Of Norland. He was educated at Holy Trinity School / employed at Brunswick Mills. In [Q2] 1939, he married Blanche Hooson in Halifax. They lived at Halifax. He enlisted [1924], and served in India. During World War II, he was called-up [1939], and served as a Signalman with the Royal Corps of Signals. He was killed in action at Bir Hakeim with the Free French [9th December 1941] (aged 31). He was buried at Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya [Grave Ref I E 21]. He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on a French Memorial Jagger... Ref J160 The entries for people & families with the surname Jagger are gathered together in the SideTrack. Jagger's: A. Jagger & Sons Ref J309 Wholesale fish merchants established in the 1880s by Ambler Jagger and his son, John Henry. They were at the Market Hall, Halifax and at Grimsby. Other members of the family followed him in the business, including his son Ambler Jagger and his grandson Kenneth Jagger. The business is still in Albion Street [2010] owned by a cousin of the family Jagger Bridge, Greetland Ref J156 Over Black Brook. A mid-19th century white-washed stone slab against the south parapet reads: DIVISION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF STAINLAND AND GREETLAND and is listed Jagger Dam, Rastrick Ref J145 A pond which supplied water to Badger Hill Mills. See The beck that runs through Rastrick and Spout Mills, Rastrick Jagger Green Ref J4 Area of Halifax, south of Holywell Green. Clay and coal was mined in outcrops here until the early 20th century. See Shavey Bottom, Jagger Green Jagger Green Hall, Stainland Ref J30 Late 17th century house with later additions. It is dated 1703 TDM for Thomas Denton and his wife Mary. In 1886, Samuel Shaw bought the property. It is now private dwellings. This is discussed in the book Ancient Halls in & about Halifax Jagger's Limited Ref J6190 Stone quarry owners and agents, at Bank Top, Southowram. Established by Albert Jagger. They owned Bolton Quarries Herbert Mellor bought the quarries and land from Albert Jagger. Jagger's continue to work the quarries for some time afterwards Jagger Park Wood Ref J87 A part of Judy Woods lying in Calderdale. The area may have been a part of the park – the estate – of Royds Hall Jagger's: S. Jagger & Company Ref J164 Worsted coating manufacturers at Fearnought Works, Halifax. Established by Samuel Jagger. Recorded in March 1892, when Samuel was declared bankrupt Jail Hole Rocks, Walsden Ref J40 Rocky outcrop near Gaddings Dam, Todmorden Jails & Gaols Ref J379 Jake Royd, Shelf Ref J126 Jakeroyd Farm, Shelf Ref J123 Jakstubynge, Shelf Ref J235 Recorded in 1496,, when Laurence Bentley paid a fine for the Wastes of Longestubbynge, Jakstubynge and Little Pighill in Shelf Jambu, Eugene Ref J278 [1882-1918] Born in France. He came to Halifax about 1909. He was a teacher of languages (employer) [1911] / head of the Berlitz School of Languages, Halifax. Around 1909, he married Antonie. Antonie came from Germany They lived at 26 Second Avenue, Manor Drive, Halifax [1911]. During World War I, he served as a Lieutenant Interpreter. He did war work for Campbell's. He was awarded the Italian Croix de Guerre with 1 star [1917]. He was awarded the French Croix de Guerre with 3 stars [18th May 1918]. He was working in Bailleul, France, where he was involved in the safety of civilians and of transport. On 15th November 1918, he was walking along a road outside the town [15th November 1918], he found a detonator lying in the road. Remarking that this was a danger to any passing cart or lorry, he picked it up to throw it away. The detonator exploded in his hands. He was taken to the No.3 Canadian Stationery Hospital at St Omer where an operation was performed on his hands [16th November 1918]. He developed pneumonia. He died 28th November 1918. He has not been found in any British military records. His photograph appears with a report of his death in the Halifax Courier [7th December 1918] James, Rev A. R. Ref J81 [18??-19??] Curate at Southowram [1911]. In 1911, he was appointed Vicar of Arksey, Doncaster James, Francis Ref J226 [18??-18??] First proprietor of the Gibbet Street Turkish Baths, Halifax [1874] James, Rev Francis Ref J172 [1830-1894] From Devon. He was a city missionary in London before becoming Minister at Warley Congregational Church [1865]. In 1882, he went to Canada, but returned to serve at Gorton, Lancashire James, Henry Ref J2 [1888-1916] Son of Emily & Rev C. H. James, of Epperstone Rectory, Nottingham. Born in Haigh, Wigan. He was educated at St John's College Cambridge / working in Dover / assistant solicitor to Halifax Corporation. During World War I, he served as a Sergeant with the 13th Battalion Middlesex Regiment. He was reported missing and assumed to have died 18th August 1916 (aged 28). He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance. 3 brothers were killed in action in World War I James, Rev J. Ref J236 [18??-19??] Minister at Bethesda Methodist New Connexion Chapel, Elland [1868] James, Rev John Ref J252 [17??-18??] Of Halifax On 28th July 1823, he, Rev Joshua Fearnside, Rev John Heap, Rev Jagger, Rev Edward B. Lloyd, Rev Zachariah Yewdall, Rev Matthew Lumb and Stephen Wilson of Holmfirth, were amongst the passengers travelling by The Fleece coach from Halifax to Sheffield which overturned near Shepley. Rev Sergeant of Scarborough died of his injuries. Edward Smith, the driver of the coach was accused of wanton behaviour and shameful perversity, on account of the peril to which his furious driving subjected his passengers. Rev James's ankle was crushed James, Rev John Henry Ref J192 [18??-19??] MA. From Cornwall. He was Minister at Cross Lanes United Methodist Chapel, Hebden Bridge [August 1897] James, Joseph Ref J9 [1???-18??] London architect who designed Square Congregational Church James, Leslie Ref J344 [1921-1943] Son of Alice & Charles Alfred James of Brighouse. During World War II, he served as a Sergeant with the 102nd Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. He died 26th November 1943 (aged 22). He was buried at Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany [Joint Grave 6 A 13-14] James, Canon Percival Ernest Ref J13 [1882-19??] Son of Rev D. W. James of Durham. Born in Durham. He was educated at Queen's College Oxford / assistant master at Durham School / chaplain to the forces in Egypt and Mesopotamia (during World War I). He returned to England then went to New Zealand where he was vicar at St Mary's Cathedral, Auckland, New Zealand [for 9 years], vicar of St Paul's Pro-Cathedral in Wellington, New Zealand [from May 1929], vicar general of the Wellington Diocese [from 1934], governor of St John's College and King's College, Auckland, and active in a Bibles-for-Schools movement before becoming Vicar of Halifax [1937]. In 1923, he married Unknown, the daughter of Sir George Fenwick Jamieson, Rev Guy Ref J50 [19??-] Vicar of St Thomas the Apostle, Claremount [19??] and Vicar of Southowram [19??] Jamieson, James Theodore Ref J266 [1891-1918] Son of James Jamieson. In [Q4] 1917, he married Hilda Helme in Halifax. They lived at 21 Marion Street, Brighouse. During World War I, he served as a Private with the 7th Battalion Royal Fusiliers. He died 18th January 1918 (aged 27). He was buried at Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, France [Grave Ref X B 10] Jane Crowther & Ellen Hopkinson's Charity Ref J97 See Crowther-Hopkinson Charity Japan Ref J300 Jappie, David Alexander Ref J17 [1914-1944] Born in Caithness. He was a farm labourer / a regular soldier [1932]. In [Q1] 1944, he married Emily A. Smith in Halifax. They lived at 28 Rugby Terrace, Ovenden. During World War II, he served as a Private with the 7th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders. He was wounded in Burma, and sent back to the UK. He was killed in action at Normandy [21st July 1944] (aged 30). He was buried at Bayeux War Cemetery, France [Grave Ref XXVI A 9]. He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance Jaque Royd, Shelf Ref J46 Manorley Lane. Aka Jaqueroyd, Jakeroyd, Jake Royd, and Jaque Royd Hall. Late 17th century house. A doorway is dated GBJB 1680. The original house had (possibly) been built by James Brooksbank and the Brooksbank family. Subsequent owners and tenants have included George Boyle William Tordoff [1881] Jaques, Battye & Edwards Ref J244 Halifax solicitors. Recorded in 1837 Jaques, James Ref J264 [18??-18??] Glass bottle merchant at Elland. In May 1863, he was declared bankrupt Jarby, Mr Ref J171 [17??-18??] French teacher at Halifax. He married Sophia [1792-1853] Jardine, Charles Spencer Ref J45 He was a grocer [1841] / a grocer employing 2 men [1851] / a grocer employing 1 man [1861]. Charlotte [1830-7th April 1911] who married Thomas Parkinson William [b 1821] who was an assistant grocer [1841] The family lived at 9 Silver Street, Halifax [1841] Charles Spencer was a widower by 1851. Living with them [in 1841] was Stancliffe Aspinall [b 1831] (apprentice grocer). Charles Spencer died 26th June 1866 (aged 61). He was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery [Plot Number 179] with daughter Charlotte, her husband Thomas Parkinson & children Jardine, James Ref J93 [1753-1797] Of Dean Mill He married Mary [1768-1793]. Edward who died 8th February 1793 (aged 14 days) Mary died 1st February 1793 (aged 25). James died 3rd April 1797 (aged 44). Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax [Grave Ref: 80] Jardine, James Willoughby Ref J66 [1879-1945] KC. Appointed in December 1923, he was the first Recorder for Halifax [1923-1931] Jardine, John R. B. Ref J6350 [1859-19??] Born in Blackburn. He was a solicitor at the Supreme Court [1901]. Margaret Baird [b 1893] The family lived at Till Carr House, Lightcliffe [1901] Jarratt, Rev Robert Ref J142 Perpetual Curate at Luddenden [1834]. He resigned in 1838. He was one of the subscribers to John Horner's book Buildings in the Town & Parish of Halifax [1835] He married Caroline. Caroline Charlotte who died 16th January 1837 (aged 4 months) a still-born infant He lived at Newlands [1835] Carlton Place, Halifax [1834] The children's death are recorded in a Memorial at St Mary's Church, Luddenden Jarrom, Rev W. Ref J210 [18??-18??] Pastor at West Vale Baptist Church [1874-1875] Jarry, Alphonsine Sarah Ref J353 [1822-1912] Daughter of Etienne Edme Jarry. She was born in Halifax. She was a governess and French teacher. John Lister was one of her pupils. After the death of their parents, in the 1850s, she and her sister Marie Louisa received a sizeable inheritance, and moved to Fern Hill in Settle, to live with their aunt Sarah Chapman [1788-1863]. The sisters were rarely seen apart after they moved to Craven. Maria died 17th April 1893 (aged 75). She left her estate to Alphonsine; this has been estimated to be the equivalent of over £1.1million today. ¾ of that went to charity. Alphonsine generously donated to the Settle church endowment scheme for pew rents, and to a charity set up for the aged and infirm of the parish of Giggleswick. Alphonsine died 6th November 1912 (aged 90). She bequeathed £600 and a portrait of her father – by John Horner – to the Royal Halifax Infirmary The portrait went missing The sisters were buried, side by side, at Holy Ascension Church, Settle, and there is a William Morris stained glass window in the church. A plaque reads: To the memory of two sisters devoted to kind and good works Jarry, Etienne Edme Ref J268 [1775-1858] Aka Stephen Jarry. His father was a steward for the French King Louis XV1. Born at Versailles, France [11th December 1775]. From the age of 5, he attended the Chapel Royal School where he was a chorister. The family moved to Paris at the time of the French Revolution. Anyone associated with the King was liable to be caught and executed. Etienne was reduced to begging for bread, but he survived and became a secretary to a general, travelling through Europe. Then, he became a soldier in the army and saw active service in the Peninsular War, where he was wounded by a British sabre in Spain [1809], and was brought to England as a prisoner of war. He was released at Northampton at the end of hostilities. In 1812, he married Sophia Millbourn [1792-1853]. Sophia came from Northampton In 1814, they moved to Halifax. He converted from Catholicism to become an Anglican. He was a British lace manufacturer at Woolshops, Halifax [1816] / Chapel Warden at Northgate End Chapel [1816]. He ran a French School in Halifax [1820s-1850s], where he taught French and offered a large French library for his students. He was one of the subscribers to John Horner's book Buildings in the Town & Parish of Halifax [1835]. Horner painted a portrait of M. Jarry which his daughter Alphonsine presented to the Royal Halifax Infirmary. The portrait subsequently went missing. Does anyone know anything about the portrait or its whereabouts? a son who died in infancy Marie Louisa Alphonsine The family lived at 18/19 Aked's Road, Halifax [1851]. The couple died at Aked's Road: Sophia [1853]; Stephen [1858]. They were buried at Halifax Parish Church. After the death of their parents, the daughters moved to Fern Hill in Settle, to live with their aunt Sarah Chapman [1788-1863] Jarry, Marie Louisa Ref J65 She worked as a governess in Halifax [1841] After the death of their parents, in the 1850s, she and her sister Alphonsine received a sizeable inheritance, and moved to Fern Hill in Settle, to live with their aunt Sarah Chapman [1788-1863]. She left her estate to Alphonsine; this has been estimated to be the equivalent of over £1.1million today. Jarvie, Rev A. M. M. Ref J132 [19??-19??] He was curate at North Gosforth, Newcastle before becoming Priest-in-Charge of Copley [1973] Jarvis, Astin Ref J261 [1891-1917] Son of Robert Oakley Jarvis. Born in Wadsworth. He was a member of Old Town Methodist Chapel, Wadsworth / a member of Hope Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge / a member of Hebden Bridge Liberal Club / a cotton weaver (power loom) [1911] / employed by James Hoyle Limited at Acre Mill, Old Town. During World War I, he enlisted [October 1914], and served as a Rifleman with the 20th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps. He fought at Ypres & Arras and was twice wounded. He died of wounds to his arm & chest sustained in the Battle of Arras [10th April 1917] (aged 25). His photograph appears with a report of his death in the Halifax Courier [21st April 1917]. He was buried at Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, France [Grave Ref III A 5] He is remembered on the family grave at Wainsgate Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge [Grave Ref: F825], on the Memorial at Hope Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge, on the Memorial at Old Town Methodist Chapel, Wadsworth, on the Memorial at Acre Mill, Old Town, and on Wadsworth War Memorial Jarvis, Robert Oakley Ref J262 [1853-1931] Born in Dunnington [20th May 1853]. He was president of Hebden Bridge Liberal Club / a cotton weaver (power loom) [1876] (probably) with James Hoyle Limited at Acre Mill, Old Town / a cotton weaver [1901] / power loom cotton weaver [1911]. The family were connected with Old Town Methodist Chapel, Wadsworth and Hope Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge. On 16th August 1876, he married Mary Wilcock [1856-1929] in Halifax. Mary was born in Erringden [25th February 1856] Amy [b 1878] who was a cotton weaver [1901] Alice [b 1881] Frank [b 1883] who was a clerk [1901], a warehouseman in weaving factory [1911] John [b 1887] who was a cotton weaver [1901], a book keeper [1911] and served in World War I and had a foot amputated The children were born in Wadsworth. 42 Windsor Road, Hebden Bridge [1901] 1 Stoodley View, Wadsworth [1911] Mary died 10th September 1929. Robert died 30th December 1931. Members of the family were buried at Wainsgate Baptist Church, Hebden Bridge [Grave Ref: F825] Jasmine Cottage, Heptonstall Ref J317 6/8 Towngate. Early to mid 18th century house. It adjoins Royd Farm. The attached archway – leading to the Heptonstall graveyard – is also listed Jast, Louis Stanley Ref J319 Jastrz&281;bski, Thaddeus Theodore Slepowron de Ref J311 [1862-1930] Son of Stephen L. Jastrzębski. Born Tadeus Teodor Slepowron Jastrzębski in Halifax. He was educated at Grove House Academy. He trained for the Civil Service. He was a well-known statistician. Several of his papers were published in learned works, such as the Eugenics Review. He was Clerk to the Office of the Registrar General (England) [1881]. He eventually reached the post of Deputy Registrar-General. In 1890, he married Frances Elizabeth Thackrah, daughter of Mr Thackrah. Norah [b 1892] who married [1920] Albert Wespi from Hubert Stephan [1895-1917] who was killed in World War I; Switzerland He retained the de element in his surname, and his children did also. South Croydon, Surrey [1890s] 102 Avondale Road, South Croydon, Surrey [1911] Kingstonridge, East Sussex [on his retirement] In the 1920s, he went to live in Switzerland for health reasons. He died at Lausanne [6th July 1930] Jastrzębski, Dr Bogdan Edward Ref J58 Jastrzębski, Hubert Stephan de Ref J320 [18??-1917] Son of Thaddeus Theodore S. de Jastrzębski. During World War I, he served as a Lieutenant with the 24th Battalion London Regiment. He was seriously wounded, and died at a French Field Hospital in April 1917 Jastrzębski, Louis Stanley Ref J316 [1868-1944] Son of Stephen Louis Jastrzębski. Born in Halifax. He became well-known as a librarian and a supporter of the library system Jastrzębski, Stephen Louis de Ref J286 [1824-1???] Son of a Catholic father and a Nonconformist mother, he developed a passion for religious tolerance and freedom of thought. Born Stefan Louis de Jastrzębski in Zebrzydowice in Austrian-occupied Poland. He took an active part in the Polish Legion under the inspirational leader Louis Kossuth [1802-1894] in 1848, during the Hungarian revolution against Austria. After the Hungarians' final defeat at the battle of Temeszvar [August 1849], he fled with Kossuth into Turkey. He came to England in 1849 as a refugee. He dropped the de from his surname. He was a tobacconist at George Street, Halifax [1868], 4 Barum Top, Halifax [1874], and 3 Carlton Street, Halifax [1891] The business was listed in Adjudications in Bankruptcy [May 1891]. He married Elizabeth Lizzie Morgan [1839-1918] from Franche, Kidderminster. Louis Stanley George Street, Halifax [1868] 4 Barum Top, Halifax [1871] 36 Park View, Lee Mount [1881] 3 Carlton Street, Halifax [1891] He was dead by 1901 Jay, Ernest Sutcliffe Ref J322 [1893-19??] Born in Halifax. Established Jay's Furniture Store. He lived at 14a Clarence Street, Halifax [1936] Jay's Furniture Store, Halifax Ref J183 Furnishing business with a shop at 46-48 Northgate Building, Halifax. Established by Ernest S. Jay. The Far East Chinese restaurant took over the Northgate premises. The company closed in 19?? Jay House Farm, Clifton Ref J152 Thornhills Lane. Philemon Aspinall lived here [18??]. This is discussed in the book Down the Acres Jayes, Morton Ref J38 He lived at Haugh Shaw Road, Halifax. During the South African Wars, he served as a Lance Corporal with the Royal Scots. He died of enteric fever in South Africa in 1902. He is remembered on the Halifax Parish Church South African War Memorial, and on West View Park War Memorial Jean Royd, Todmorden Ref J324 Numbers 25, 27 & 29 Top o' th' Hill Road. House dated 1704. A re-used lintel is inscribed IER. Now 2 dwellings Jebson, Ainley Ref J295 [1874-1915] Born in Huddersfield. He was a wholesale and retail ironmonger and hardware merchant in Halifax Borough Market [1911]. In 1899, he married Sarah in Huddersfield Jebson, Edwin Ref J144 [1896-1918] Son of Frederick Jebson. He was a member of St George's Church, Lee Mount / a bobbin carrier for warpers [1911] / employed by Standeven & Company Limited at Ladyship Mills, Ovenden. During World War I, he enlisted [5th October 1914], and served as a Rifleman with the 16th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps. He went to the Front [November 1915]. He was killed in action by shellfire [9th March 1918] (aged 22). His photograph appears with a report of his death in the Halifax Courier [30th March 1918]. He was buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium [Grave Ref II D 4]. He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Roll of Honour at Saint George's Church, Lee Mount, and on the Standeven Roll of Honour Jebson, Frederick Ref J39 [1857-1929] Born in Skelmanthorpe. He was a curl weaver (plush) [1891] / a worsted warp twister [1901] / a warp twister at worsted mill [1911]. In 1891, he married Sarah Ann Coates [1859-1???] in Bradford. Sarah Ann was born in Cumberworth, Yorkshire John William [b 1891] who was a hosier's assistant [1911] Savile Road, Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield [1891] 25 Lime Street, Halifax [1901] 8 Matlock Street, Halifax [1911, 1918] Sarah Ann is not recorded after 1891. A Frederick Jebson died in Halifax [Q1 1929] (aged 72) Jee's Hartshill Granite & Brick Company Limited Ref J217 Recorded in 1905, when their registered office was at 13 Ward's End Jeff, Rev Henry Ref J227 [1844-1897] Draper and silk mercer at 3 Old Market, Halifax [1871] and 16 Northgate, Halifax [1874]. On 21st August 1871, he married a widow, Elizabeth Waugh at Hanover Street Chapel. He left Halifax and became an itinerant Methodist New Connexion Minister, serving at Stoke-on-Trent, Oldham, West Hartlepool and Sheffield. He died 11th July 1897 Jefferies, J. Ref J258 [17??-18??] Victualler at Rastrick. In August 1817, he was declared bankrupt Jeffery, Rev Allen Dennis Ref J170 [1864-1932] Son of Sarah (née Allen) [1841-1875] & Mark Jeffrey [1841-1923], a postman Born in Duston [1864]. He was Minister at Park Congregational Church, Halifax [1900, 1905]. In 1891, he married (1) Lydia Maria Mitchelson [1860-1908] in Staines. In 1910, he married (2) Clara Elizabeth Briggs [1869-1949] in Royston He died in Staines [28th December 1932] Jeffery, John Ref J221 [18??-18??] Partner in Swindel & Jeffery. He lived at Southgate, Halifax [1845] Jeffery, Rev Peter James Ref J138 [19??-] Vicar of Siddal [1984] and Vicar of Sowerby Bridge [1985-1998] Jeffrey, Alfred Ref J352 [1913-1940] Son of Ann & Tom Jeffrey. He married Dorothy. They lived in Illingworth. During World War II, he served as a Private with the 5th Battalion Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment). He died 29th May 1940 (aged 27). He is remembered on the Dunkirk Memorial, France [Grave Ref 50] Jeffrey, John Ref J100 [18??-1866] Aka Mad Dick. A tailor from London. In 1866, he hanged and mutilated the body of his 6-year-old son in a cellar at Neal's Passage, St Giles, London. After the murder, he fled to Triangle where he changed his appearance and worked in cognito. On reading about the murder in the Halifax Guardian, he gave himself up to the Halifax police. He was taken for trial and execution at Newgate, London Jeffrey, Rev Ref J215 [18??-19??] Congregational Minister. He lived at 32 Parkinson Lane, Halifax [1905] Jeffreys, Colin Ref J347 [1941-] Son of Lewis Jeffreys. When his father retired, the family transport business passed to Colin and his 3 brothers. Around 1969, he left to start his own transport business, leaving his brother Maurice to carry on the business. He started by buying a removal van from Michael Heap. He subsequently bought out Morley Transport. Around 1970, he opened the Discount Bedding Warehouse at King Cross Street, Halifax. He employed his brothers Kenneth and Stuart. Around 1978, he expanded, opening the Discount Upholstery Centre in Lister Lane, Halifax. In 1979, he bought India Buildings and opened the Furniture City superstore [1981]. In 1993, he opened Furniture City in Bradford. He never married Jeffreys Furnishers Ref J334 Furniture business at Prince's Arcade, Halifax. Established by Maurice Jeffreys in 1963. The business closed in 1970 Jeffreys, George Ref J89 [1889-1962] Welshman who founded the Elim Pentecostal Church movement in 1915. He visited Brighouse in 1935. See Elim Pentecostal Church, Halifax and Elim Pentecostal Church, Sowerby Bridge Jeffreys, Kenneth Ref J348 On 31st August 1960, he married Madeline Hall. Jeffreys, Lewis Ref J336 [1915-1999] He established the Jeffreys Transport business. When Lewis retired, he passed the business on to his 4 sons. In 1936, he married Winifred Regan in Halifax. Ann [b 1947] who never married Stuart [b 1951] The family lived at 3 Saunderson Street, Halifax [1936] Jeffreys, Maurice Ref J335 [1937-1986] Son of Lewis Jeffreys. On retiring, their father passed the Jeffreys Transport business to Maurice and his brothers. He established Jeffreys Furnishers. Halifax businessman and Councillor. He also owned a petrol station in King Cross Lane – opposite the Halifax Courier Building. He was unsuccessful in an attempt to obtain planning permission to build an hotel on the site. In 1???, he married Sylvia Clarke [19??-19??] in ????. Upperfoot [1960s] The Grange, Ovenden [1971-1986] Jeffreys, Sidney Herbert Ref J4210 [18??-19??] Of Sowerby Bridge. In January 1896, he filed a patent for improvements in kitchen fire ranges Jeffreys Transport Ref J60 Business at Robert Street / Turney Street / Bank Top, Lee Mount started by Lewis Jeffreys. When Lewis retired, he passed the business on his 4 sons. In 1969, brother Colin left to set up his own transport business, and brothers Kenneth and Stuart subsequently joined Colin Jeffries, Peter Ref J68 [1924-1944] His father was Minister at Bethel United Methodist Church, Ovenden. He was educated at Heath Grammar School & Halifax Tech. During World War II, he served as a Pilot Officer with the Royal Air Force. He was commissioned in South Africa [September 1943]. He was reported missing and assumed to have died in 1944 (aged 20). He is remembered on Heath Grammar School Memorial Gates Jellicorse, John Ref J117 [17??-18??] Cotton-spinner at Stansfield Mill, Sowerby [1834] Jenkins, Rev Nathaniel Llewellyn Ref J238 [1873-1942] Born in Llangadock, Carmarthenshire [1873]. He was educated at Wadham College Oxford / curate at Marsden / Curate at Elland [1900] / curate at Guernsey / rector of Alton Barnes, Wiltshire [1925-1942]. On 18th April 1906, he married Jessie Beatrice Fildes [1869-1939] at St Marylebone. Jessie Beatrice came from Manchester Elizabeth Llewellyn [b 1907] He died in Marylebone [9th January 1942] Jenkins, Rev P. C. Ref J129 [19??-19??] Minister of Heath Congregational Church, Halifax [1966] Jenkins, Thomas Henry Ref J310 [1852-1913] Born in Hereford. He was a stone mason. On 21st May 1877, he married Mary Ann Bullas [1859-1929] in Whitwell, Derbyshire. Mary Ann was born in Doncaster Eliza [b 1878] Hetty [b 1879] Fredrick [b 1883] Florence [b 1887] Ada [b 1889] Mary Elizabeth [b 1892] Helena [b 1895] Emily [b 1897] Hilda [b 1898] Leonard [b 1900] Booth Wood, Rishworth [1911] Spring Terrace, Rishworth Jenkins, William Henry Ref J305 [1885-1916] Son of Thomas Henry Jenkins. Born in Rishworth [17th July 1885]. During World War I, he served as a Private with the RM Medical Unit, RN Div. Royal Marines. He was killed in action [13th November 1916] (aged 31). He was buried at Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel, France [Grave Ref II B 12]. He is remembered on Rishworth War Memorial Jenkinson, Albert Ref J256 [1895-1916] Son of David Jenkinson. He was educated at Parkinson Lane School / an apprentice to a barber [1911] / a hairdresser in Leeds [1916]. During World War I, he enlisted [May 1916], and served as a Rifleman with the 17th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps. He died of wounds received in action, in hospital in Boulogne, France [29th October 1916] (aged 21). His photograph appears with a report of his death in the Halifax Courier [18th November 1916]. He was buried at Étaples Military Cemetery, France [Grave Ref VIII E 6A]. He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and in Stoney Royd Cemetery Jenkinson, Arthur Ref J343 [1887-1918] Son of Matthew Jenkinson. In [1891, 1901], Arthur & his mother Mary Hannah were living at 42 Great Albion Street, Halifax [with his aunt Ann Brown. His mother died in 1903, and he was raised by his aunt Ann Brown. He was goal keeper for Boothtown AFC / employed by Fletcher Brothers. During World War I, he enlisted [1915], and served as a Corporal with the 1st/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). He was killed in action in an attack on Mount Kemmel [26th April 1918]. His photograph appears with reports of his death in the Halifax Courier [11th May & 18th May 1918]. He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 82-85], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance Jenkinson, Charles Henry Ref J76 [1806-1878] Son of Simeon Jenkinson. Born in Southowram. He was a tailor and had a shop at 59 Woolshops, Halifax. On 31st July 1834, he married Harriet Townsend [1807-1900] in Halifax. Harriet was born in Sowerby Bridge Tom Charles [b 1836] Mary Ann [b 1842] Sarah Elizabeth [b 1848] Charles Henry died at 38 Craven Terrace, Hopwood Lane [15th December 1878]. Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram Jenkinson, Charles Henry Ref J104 [1868-1920] Son of George Henry Jenkinson On 12th August 1896, he married Sarah Elizabeth Speak [1868-1911] at St George's Church, Lee Mount. Sarah Elizabeth was born in Halifax Annie Bathsheba [1898-9th April 1922] who married James Augustus Gill The family lived at Gibraltar Road Halifax [1911]. Sarah Elizabeth died 9th March 1911 (aged 43). Charles Henry died 14th June 1920 (aged 51). Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-K2] Jenkinson, David Ref J338 [1866-19??] Son of David Jenkinson, carter. He was a sawyer of Trooper Lane, Southowram [1893] / a timber sawyer [1901] / a wood sawyer [1911]. In 1893, he married Rebecca Robertshaw [1864-19??] at Halifax Parish Church. Rebecca, of Trooper Lane, Southowram, was the daughter of Thomas Robertshaw, carter 21 Hammond Street, Halifax [1901] 3 Colmore Place, Wortley, Leeds [1911] Living with them [in 1901], was sister-in-law Mary Hannah Robertshaw [b 1868] (worsted machine minder) Jenkinson, Edward Ref J105 He was landlord of the Peacock, Halifax [1845] On 22nd April 1834, he married Sarah Taylor [1802-1851] in Halifax. Sarah was born in Halifax Grace [1836-1897] who never married, and died in York 13th April 1897 (aged 60) Charles [1838-1843] Alfred [b 1840] Samuel who died 1st February 1842 (aged 10 weeks & 5 days) Edward died at the Peacock [23rd December 1849] (aged 44). Sarah took over at the Peacock [1850, 1851]`. She died at the Peacock [20th October 1851] (aged 49). Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: F-C33] Jenkinson, Ernest Ref J306 [1898-1918] Son of William Jenkinson. He was a member of St Paul's Sunday School, King Cross / a popular member of King Cross Liberal Club, where he assisted in the billiard room / a worsted frame doffer [1911]. During World War I, he enlisted [27th March 1917], and he served as a Private with the 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. He went to France [29th March 1918]. He was killed in action [21st August 1918] (aged 20). His photograph appears with reports of his death in the Halifax Courier [5th October & 12th October 1918]. He was buried at Railway Cutting Cemetery, Courcelles-Le-Comte, France [Grave Ref A 39]. He is remembered in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Saint Paul's Church, King Cross. Jenkinson, Ezra Ref J111 [1872-1947] Composer & violinist of Hebden Bridge Jenkinson, Geoffrey Ref J69 [1878-1952] Son of George Jenkinson. Born in Broughton. He was educated at Crossley & Porter School / a cashier & commercial traveller [1906]. In [Q2] 1906, he married Ethel Potterton [1878-1948] in Knaresborough Ethel was born in Halifax [1???-1???] George A [1913] who died in infancy Norman [b 1919] The children were born in Braintree. Ethel died in Poole, Dorset [28th April 1948]. Geoffrey died in Christchurch, Hampshire [27th April 1952] Jenkinson, George Ref J54 [1848-1880] Born in Salford. He was a stock broker [1872]. In [Q4] 1872, he married Eliza Jane Sykes in Halifax Eliza Jane was the daughter of Miles Sykes William Ernest Isabel [1876-1959] who married Henry Edgar Beton The children were born in Broughton, and all educated at Crossley & Porter School. George died in Broughton [14th March 1880]. Eliza Jane died in Halifax [13th December 1905] Jenkinson, George Henry Ref J179 [1806-1878] Born in Southowram. He was a tailor [1851]. He married Harriet [1807-1900]. Harriet was born in Sowerby Tom Charles [b 1836] who was a tailor [1851] Sarah Elizabeth [b 1846] who married Edward Newburn & had a daughter Annis who died in infancy 28 Woolshops, Halifax [1851] Craven Terrace, Halifax [1878] George Henry died 15th December 1878 (aged 72). Harriet died 11th September 1900 (aged 93). Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-J1C] with granddaughter Annis [1835-1902] Son of Elizabeth & William Jenkinson. Born in Halifax [16th July 1835]. He was a tailor [1865] / a master tailor employing 1 man & 1 boy [1881]. On 20th September 1865, he married Elizabeth Ann Haigh [1836-1917] in Halifax. Elizabeth Ann was baptised at St Anne's Church, Southowram [21st February 1836], the daughter of Mary & Solomon Haigh Annie [b 1866] Edith Mary [1876-1877] who died aged 16 months, and was buried with her parents The family lived at the family lived at Upper Marsh, Bank Top Road, Southowram [1881]. George Henry died at Southowram [2nd December 1902]. Elizabeth Ann died in the Royal Halifax Infirmary [17th March 1917]. Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: F-A36] Jenkinson, John Ref J173 He was a tailor [1841] / a master tailor employing 4 tailors & a farmer of 12 acres employing 1 labourer [1851] / a tailor employing 4 men & a farmer of 14 acres employing 1 labourer [1861] / a retired tailor & draper [1871]. He never married. 1 Upper Marsh, Southowram [1851, 1861] Little Marsh, Southowram [1871] Living with him [in 1851] were his mother, his sister Ann, & nephew George H. Jenkinson [b 1836]. Living with them [in 1861] were his sister Mary Haigh [b 1808], & nephew George H. Jenkinson [b 1836] (tailor). Living with them [in 1871] was his niece Grace Haigh [b 1851]. John died 10th October 1875 (aged 71). He was buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: F-C32] with his parents Jenkinson, Matthew Ref J185 [1862-1???] Son of Thomas Porter Jenkinson. He was a worsted mill hand [1871] / a coal dealer of 87 Boothtown Road, Halifax [1886]. In 1886, he married Mary Hannah Brown at All Souls' Church, Halifax. Mary Hannah, of 8 Greenwood Street, Halifax, was born in Halifax, the daughter of William Brown Arthur Jenkinson In [1891, 1901], Mary Hannah & Arthur were living at 42 Great Albion Street, Halifax [with Mary Hannah's sister Ann Brown. Mary Hannah was a widow by 1901. She died in Halifax in 1903 (aged 39) Jenkinson, Nathaniel Ref J372 [1???-1???] He married Sarah, daughter of William Kitchingman Jenkinson, Simeon Ref J178 [1780-1835] Son of John Jenkinson. Baptised 10th September 1780. He was a tailor in Southowram. On 27th December 1802, he married Grace Dewhirst [1875-1859]. Grace was born in Southowram Mary [b 1808] who married Mr Haigh (possibly) Charles [1814-14th May 1819] who died aged 4 years, 8 months & 23 days, & was buried with his parents Charles [1814-16th May 1819] Ann [b 1816] Mark [1819-18th January 1820] who died aged 33 Weeks & 1 day, & was buried with his parents Sidney [b 1821] who was a butcher [1841] Bank Top, Southowram [1819] Southowram [1841] Simeon died 22nd November 1835 (aged 55). Grace died 12th June 1859 (aged 84). [1839-1900] Son of George Henry Jenkinson. He was a tobacconist & tea dealer [1877, 1881]. On 11th January 1877, he married Mary Ann Booth [1853-1910]. Mary was born in Halifax Harriet [15th October 1877-14th March 1878] who died aged 5 months, and was buried with her parents Lucy [b 1880] Grace [b 1883] a still-born son [15th February 1887] who is remembered on the family grave Cyril [23rd March 1890-26th June 1904] who was buried with his parents The family lived at 59 Woolshops, Halifax [1881]. Simeon died at 59 Woolshops [14th December 1900] (aged 61). Mary died in Blackpool [17th November 1910] (aged 67). Members of the family were buried at St Anne's Church, Southowram [Grave Ref: R-J1B] Jenkinson, Thomas Ref J135 [18??-1922] Fustian merchant of Hebden Bridge. He was a prominent local Liberal Jenkinson, Thomas Porter Ref J186 [1838-1884] He was a milk dealer / a coal miner [1861] / a labourer (brick works) [1871]. In [Q4] 1859, he married Adelaide Franks [1839-1???] in Halifax. Adelaide was born in Bradford. She was a shop keeper [1861] Henrietta [b 1868] who married Dan Bickerdyke Clara [b 1870] 18 Stone Street, Southowram [1861] 2 Terrace Grove, Southowram [1871] In 1881, a Thomas Jenkinson [b Southowram 1837] (coal miner) was a patient in Harrison Road Infirmary. Thomas died in Halifax [Q1 1884] (aged 46) Jenkinson, William Ref J18 [1870-1901] Son of Joseph Jenkinson, labourer. He was a corn miller of Bailey Hall Bank, Southowram [1892] / employed by Halifax Corporation – (possibly) as a painter [1901]. In 1892, he married Esther Stewart [1868-19??] at Halifax Parish Church. Esther, of 25 Aspinall Street, Halifax, was born in Halifax, the daughter of John Stewart, waterman. She was a charwoman [1911] Wallis Stewart [b 1895] who was a worsted frame doffer [1911] Harold [1900-1906] 10 Helm Street, Halifax [1901, 1911] 25 Aspinall Street, Parkinson Lane, Halifax [1918] William died in Halifax [Q4 1901] (aged 31) Jenkinson, William Ernest Ref J55 He was educated at Crossley & Porter School / a part of the family's oil cloth business. On 20th October 1910 to Hilda Mary Crowther [1880-1974] at All Hallows', Almondbury. Hilda Mary was born in Huddersfield There is no evidence that they had any children. The couple died at New Forest, Hampshire: William Ernest [11th March 1960]; Hilda Mary [1974] Jenner, Rev Steph Ref J263 [19??-] Minister at United Methodist Free Church, Clifton [2008] Jenning, John Ref J5230 [17??-1810] He was a commissioned officer in the 11th Light Dragoons / an innkeeper [1810]. Question: Does anyone know which inn this may have been? He died at Sowerby [April 1810] Jennings... Ref J12 The entries for people & families with the surname Jennings are gathered together in the SideTrack. Jennings & Briggs Ref J228 Wine and spirit merchants at 91-93 Northgate, Halifax [1874] Jennings's: G. & J. B. Jennings Ref J198 Wine and spirit business established by Bethel Bartholomew Naylor in 1797. In 18??, the business was taken over by his grandsons George Jennings and John Bartholomew Jennings and became G. & J. B. Jennings. In 1890, their premises were at 93 Northgate, Halifax Jennings, Wooller & Company Ref J208 Auctioneers, valuers and arbitrators at Tower Chambers, Halifax [1905] Jenny Wren Ref J35 Pseudonym of Eleanor Gaukroger Jepson, Elizabeth Ref J85 [12??-1344] Prioress of Kirklees Priory [1329-1344] Jepson, William Ref J220 [18??-18??] Chemist, druggist, dealer in British wines, and patent camphine agent at 6 Silver Street, Halifax [1845] Jeremy Hill, Langfield Common Ref J190 Jeremy, Rev Thomas Ref J174 [17??-1???] He was Minister at Myrtle Grove Chapel, Eastwood for a few months in 1788 before moving to Uxbridge Jericho Farm, Stainland Dean Ref J118 Jerman, Rev D. Ref J365 [18??-19??] Minister at Rishworth Baptist Chapel [1896] Jerram, Rev Arnold Escombe Ref J248 [18??-19??] BA. He served at Wakefield before becoming Curate at Coley [1894]. He left to serve at Bradley in the diocese of Wakefield Jerusalem Farm, Luddenden Ref J10 15-acre estate at Luddenden Dean given to the town in 1945 by the Spring Hall Trust, for use as a camping and outdoor amenity site. The camping site opened on 28th August 1947. The 36 acres of nearby Wade Wood were given in 1953. A nearby sulphur spring was the centre of Spa Sunday pilgrimages in the 19th century It is a local nature reserve. See Jerusalem Lane, Luddenden Jervis, Frederick Blackall Ref J92 [1822-1???] Of Woking, Surrey. In 1854, he joined the Halifax legal firm Stocks & Macaulay Jessamine Cash Stores, Halifax Ref J112 King Cross. Recorded in 1917, when Edwin Thompson and his wife were the proprietors See Jessamine Street, Halifax Jessop, Dr Alfred Thomas Richard Ref J71 [1837-1903] LSA, MRCS. Son of Thomas Jessop. Born in Brighouse [11th November 1837]. He was educated at Giggleswick, and Leeds School of Medicine / admitted to the Royal College of Surgeons [July 1859] / resident medical officer at Leeds Infirmary [1860-1864] / surgeon at Leeds Dispensary / honorary surgeon at Leeds General Infirmary [1879-1890] / lecturer in physiology at Leeds School of Medicine / professor of Surgery & Practical Surgery at Leeds School of Medicine. In 1867, he married (1) Isabella Harvey Blackburn. Isabella was the daughter of John Blackburn Helen M [b 1870] who married [1891] Harold Wilson, a solicitor in Leeds Thomas H [b 1871] who married [Ontario, Canada 1907] Mary F. Violette, and was in South Africa at time of his death [Government Pay Dept] Isabella Wellesley [1873-1936] who married Berkeley G. A. Moynihan Maude [b 1874] who married [1903] Ward Smith of Shipley Ethel [b 1876] who married [1903] Walter Guy Molesworth [Indian Civil Service] of Devon Constance [b 1877] who [1904] Charles Close, a solicitor in Leeds D'Arcy Stanfield [1879-1941] who married [Thirsk 1906] Mary Smith Gladys [b 1885] Roundhay Mount, Leeds The Quarries, Leeds He owned Manor Farm, Thorner, North Yorkshire, which, at the time of his death [1903], was owned by his son Darcy. Isabella died in 1893. In [Q2] 1899, Thomas married (2) Eliza Walter in Southampton. Thomas died 6th September 1903. Eliza was widow of Walter Cardwell of Dewsbury Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £10,000 Jessop & Briggs Ref J23 Blacksmiths at Brighouse. Partners included George Beaumont Jessop and James Briggs. The partnership was dissolved in March 1846 Jessop & Crossley Ref J195 William Jessop and William Crossley built many of the locks on the Rochdale Canal in the late 18th century Jessop, Charles Ref J177 [1846-1909] Aka Charley. Son of George Beaumont Jessop. Born in Brighouse. He was a solicitor's clerk [1881, 1891, 1900] / an attorney's general clerk with Barber & Oliver which he had joined the firm at the age of 13 / president of the Brighouse Cricket, Cycling & Bowling Club [1891] / a local Councillor for Bonegate Ward [1893-1908] / an attorney at 23 Church Lane, Brighouse [1906] / a member, teacher, secretary, president & trustee of Brighouse Mechanics' Institute & Technical School / chairman of the Brighouse Joint Hospital Board / Hon Sec of the Yorkshire Institute for the training of deaf & dumb children / one of the managers of the Brighouse & District General & Penny Savings Bank. He was interested in local history and family history and, over a period of 40 years, amassed a large and valuable collection of local pamphlets, documents and newspaper cuttings, said to be unique in the district. Question: Does anyone know what happened to his collection after his death? He lectured on the history of Brighouse to many societies and several years prior to his death his research was published as columns in The Echo and subsequently published in pamphlet form. His publications included Brighouse in the 18th and 19th centuries [1892] A History of Brighouse Mechanic's Institute [1894] In 1870, he married Mary Jane Barber. Mary Jane was the daughter of Ephraim Barber Thomas W. [b 1876] a solicitor's clerk [1891], a steam engine fitter [1901] John Barber [b 1881] who was a photographer's apprentice [1901] Charley [b 1882] who was a tailor's apprentice [1901] Emma Barber [b 1887] Harold [b 1889] New Street, Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse [1891, 1908] 36 High Street, Brighouse [1891, 1901] Croft House, High Street, Brighouse [1908] Charley died at Croft House [11th March 1908]. He was buried at Brighouse Cemetery [14th March 1908] See Brighouse Municipal Elections of 1893 Jessop, Elizabeth Simpson Ref J80 [1846-1867] Daughter of William Jessop, a grocer. She married James Dyson She died in November 1867, after the birth of their son, Francis Barrott Dyson Jessop, Rev Ernest Ref J137 [18??-19??] Minister at West End Congregational Church, Sowerby Bridge [1909]. In 1922, he moved to Morecambe Jessop, George Ref J5 [1878-19??] Son of Charles Jessop. He was a solicitor's articled clerk [1901] / a solicitor [1911] / a member of Barber & Jessop. In [Q3] 1904, he married Alice Ellen Stott at St James's Church, Brighouse. Alice Ellen was the daughter of John Henry Stott George Henry [b 1907] Alice Vera Stott (Jessop) [b 1909] Elmwood Villas, Bradford Road, Brighouse [1904] 23 Church Lane, Brighouse [1911] Jessop, George Beaumont Ref J33 [1820-1895] Born in Brighouse. He was the cousin of Thomas Walker Jessop He was a blacksmith [1861] / a mechanic & blacksmith [1881] / a retired blacksmith [1891]. In [Q4] 1843, he married Elizabeth (Betty) Pawson [1822-1???] in Halifax. Elizabeth was born in Rastrick. was the daughter of Emma [b 1847] Sam [b 1859] George [b 1861] Cliffs Buildings, Brighouse Wood, Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse [1861] 37 Police Street, Hipperholme with Brighouse [1881] Anvil Street, Hipperholme with Brighouse [1891] Jessop, George Carr Ref J2800 [1834-1904] Born in Hopton, Mirfield. He was a woollen weaver [1857] / a fancy woollen weaver [1861] / a grocer & draper [1871] / grocer & draper at Bailiff Bridge Co-Op [1876?] / grocer at Wyke [1871/1872] / a grocer [1881] / a bird seed merchant [1891] / a seed & corn factor [1901] / founder member & deacon at Upper Edge Baptist Church. In 1857, he married (1) Hannah Turner [1834-1877], born in Sowerby, in Halifax. Elizabeth [b 1860] David [b 1862] Charles [b 1868] Edward [b 1870] Ruth [b 1873] 3 of his sons followed him into careers with the Co-Operative Society. George's wife Hannah died in Sheffield. In 1879, he married (2) Annie Woodhead [1839-1????] in Sheffield. New Hey Road, Rastrick [1857] New Road, Rastrick [1861] Wyke Lane, Wyke [1871] 336 & 338 Attercliffe Road, Attercliffe [1881] 7 Douglas St, Rotherham [1891] 12 Godstone Road, Rotherham [1901] 72 Childers Street, Doncaster [1904] He died at the Co-Operative Hall, Carr House Road, Doncaster [22nd October 1904]. Probate records show that he left effects valued at £108 15/3d. Probate was granted to his widow Annie and to Emily Ball Jessop, Harry Ref J257 [18??-1916] He married Unknown at Elland Parish Church. They lived at 38 Park Street, Brighouse. During World War I, he served as a Driver with the 1st/6th Battery, 1st/2nd (West Riding) Brigade Royal Field Artillery. He died 6th May 1916. He was buried at Mesnil Ridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, France [Grave Ref F 11] Jessop, Jonathan Ref J285 [18??-18??] Halifax Councillor. He was assistant to Thomas Parker [before 1850]. In 1850, he established a chemist, druggist and pharmacy business at The Pharmacy, 11 Corn Market, Halifax. The business was taken over by George A. Parkin. In [Q1] 1854, he married Elizabeth Forsyth in Halifax. Ann [bapt 21/3/1855] Jessop, Richard Ref J62 [1???-1???] Son of Richard Jessop. He was active in the Sunday School movement in Brighouse [1757-1835] Originally from Low Mill. He was an important figure in the business and moral development of Brighouse. In 1809, he (possibly) bought much land between Waring Green and Old Lane, Brighouse from the Gill family estates. The Crescent, Brighouse Jessop, Richard Ref J182 [18??-18??] In 1857, he established a wood-working, upholstery and cabinet making and art furniture manufacturer at Union Street, Halifax. When he retired, Arthur Alderson took over the business. See D. S. Robertshaw Jessop's: S. & J. Jessop Ref J259 Curriers at Halifax. In June 1874, the partnership was declared bankrupt Jessop, Sam Ref J15 [1864-1943] Born in Sowerby. He was an iron worker [1887]. In 1887, he married Harriet Ann Riley. Harriet Ann was the daughter of William Riley Amy [b 1888] The couple died in Manchester Jessop, Samuel Ref J127 In [Q4] 1872, he married Charlotte Birkhead in Halifax. Charlotte was the daughter of John Birkhead Samuel died Q4 1890 (aged 39) Jessop, Simeon Ref J9820 He was a waterman [1834] / a currier [1861] / a master carrier / currier [1871]. He married (1) Unknown. On 16th June 1834, he married (2) widow Sarah Greenwood of Halifax, at Halifax Parish Church. On 3rd December 1837, he married (3) Mary Thornton in Dewsbury. John [b 1839] who was a currier [1861] Alfred [b 1841] who was a mechanic [1861] William [b 1845] who was a tailor [1861] Thomas [b 1848] who was a wire drawer [1861] Jane [b 1852] Joseph [b 1855] Mary [b 1860] Daisy Croft, Brighouse [1861] 18 Dyson Street, Brighouse [1871] He died Q1 1878 Jessop's Tailors Limited, Halifax Ref J296 They were at 20 Southgate [1936] See Aldam's Café, Halifax Jessop, Thomas Walker Ref J63 [1807-1879] He was a solicitor / associated with Barber & Oliver / Registrar of births and deaths for Brighouse [1840, 1850, 1861] / agent for English & Scottish Law Fire & Life Insurance Company [1840]. Thomas Richard The family lived at Church Lane, Brighouse. Jessop, Turner Ref J2490 [1858-1920] Son of George Carr Jessop. Born in Rastrick. He followed his father working in the Co-Operative Society. He moved to live in Essex. He was a photographer [1891] / secretary to Grays Co-Operative Society, Essex [1891] / clerk to the Education Committee in Grays, Essex [1911] In 1884, he married Frances Emily Thompson [1857-1934] from West Hartlepool, in Orsett, Essex. Frances Amy [b 1886] Nina Isabel [b 1887] Herbert Turner [b 1889] Grays Thurrock, Essex [1886, 1891] Graysholme, Grays, Essex [1911] Jessop, William Ref J79 [17??-18??] Of Manchester. He took over from John Rennie as engineer with the Rochdale Canal Company. See Jessop & Crossley Jet Petroleum Ref J95 Founded by a group which included Charles Holdsworth. The company was sold to an American concern in 1961 Jeudwine, G. P. Ref J107 [18??-19??] Curate at Brighouse [1906-1910] Jevons, Arthur Ref J41 [1890-1917] Son of James Jevons. He was a member of Square Church Brotherhood, Halifax / a book binder [1911] / an apprentice bookbinder with Woodward, Princess Street, Halifax / a book binder in Grimsby. He lived at 23 Clough Lane, Mixenden. During World War I, he enlisted in Grimsby, and served as a Lance Corporal with the 7th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. He was killed in action whilst firing his Lewis gun [12th October 1917] (aged 27). His photograph appears with a report of his death in the Halifax Courier [27th October 1917]. He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 35-37 & 162-162A], and in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance. His father died the same day in the Lunatic Asylum, Menston, Wharfedale Jevons, Miss C. Ref J392 [18??-19??] Recorded on 11th March 1916, when she had a secretarial school in Halifax Jevons, James Ref J70 [1869-1917] Son of John Jevons. Born in Winsor Green, Birmingham. He was a mechanic of Ainley Road, Elland [1889] / a mechanic [1891] / a mechanic fitter's turner [1901] / a mechanic turner [1911]. In [Q4] 1889, he married Emily Carter [1869-1???] at Halifax Parish Church. Emily was born in Skircoat Green, the daughter of William Carter, wheelwright. She was a cotton reeler [1891] Willie [1893-1909] Nellie [b 1904] 17 Huddersfield Road, Elland [with James's parents 1891] 25 New Road, Halifax [1901] 30 South Darley Street, Halifax [1911] 23 Clough Lane, Mixenden [1917] James died in the Lunatic Asylum, Menston, Wharfedale [12th October 1917]. He was buried at All Saints' Church, Dudwell [17th October 1917] Jevons, John Ref J116 [1838-1???] Born in Northampton. He was a boiler maker [1889]. In [Q2] 1862, he married Jemina Demain [1844-1???] in Hunslet. Jemima was born in Leeds Mary A. [b 1868] who was a cotton maker [1891] Emily [b 1877] who was a cotton winder [1891] Clara [b 1878] who was a cotton spinner [1891] The family lived at 17 Huddersfield Road, Elland [1891]. Living with them [in 1891] were son James & family Jewish families Ref J281 In the 1870s, there were around 20 Jewish households in Halifax. See Henry Aaron and John Traczewski Jewitt, William Ref J302 [1???-18??] Methodist preacher at Todmorden [1833] Jewson, Alfred James Ref J32 [1872-1931] Son of Mr Jewson. Born in Kings Lynn, Norfolk. He was a gunmaker [1901]. Founder of the local gunsmith shop Jewson's. In 1907, he married Emily Hargreaves in Halifax. 7 Vine Terrace, Halifax [1911] Savile Parade, Halifax [1931] Jewson's gunsmiths Ref J153 Gunsmiths and fishing materials shop founded by Alfred James Jewson at 1 Westgate, Halifax [1905]. In 1999, the business moved to the former Wilson's hardware shop at the corner of Horton Street / Union Street Jewson, William Ref J287 [1824-18??] From Norfolk. He was a domestic coachman [1871]. In 1855, he married Sarah Back [1833-1???] in Kings Lynn. Martha [b 1862] Horace [b 1866] Arthur Frederick [b 1868] Herbert William [b 1870] Alfred James Sarah was a widow by 1881. Middleton, Norfolk [1871] Downham Market, Norfolk [1881] 8 Hanover Street, Halifax [1891] 3 Winter Street, Halifax [1901] Jinninson, Mrs Ref J91 [1???-18??] She ran a private school in Halifax [around 1870] Jo, Tony Ref J106 [19??-] Todmorden comedian. He was a member of the comedy group, The Grumbleweeds [1997]. He then returned to his solo comedy act and toured the UK. He is a popular afterdinner speaker Joan at Bog Eggs Ref J11 Aka Jone at Bog Eggs, Joan O'Bog Eggs An alias of John Greenwood. Job, Francis Ref J271 [1854-1933] Son of blacksmith Francis Job. Born in Kenn, Devon. He was a blacksmith of Halifax [1875] / innkeeper at the Bradford Hotel, Halifax [1881] / (possibly) landlord of the Craven Heifer, Halifax [1887] / licensed victualler of the Royal, Brighouse [1901, 1911] / landlord of the Sun Inn, Lightcliffe [1920]. In 1875, he married (1) Elizabeth Oliver [1850-1906] at Halifax Parish Church. Elizabeth was born in Southowram, the daughter of butcher William Oliver William Francis Emily [1821-1942] who married [1909] John William Crowther twins Fred Lily [1886-1977] In 1910, he married (2) Mary [1857-1939] in Fylde, Lancashire. Mary (née Coultas) was born in Hull. She was the widow of Mr Oldfield 443 Westgate Hill Street, Tong, Bradford [1891] 28 Manor Road, Blackpool [1917] He died in Fylde Job, Fred Ref J356 [1886-1915] Son of Francis Job. He was educated at Rastrick Grammar School [1897-1902] / an apprentice with Newton, Bean & Mitchells at Dudley Hill. During World War I, he served as a Private with the 10th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). He was killed in action at the 1st Battle of Armentieres in France. [18th October 1915] (aged 29). He was buried at Erquingheim-Lys Churchyard Extension, France [Grave Ref I F 5]. He is remembered on Brighouse War Memorial, on the Memorial at Brighouse Parish Church, and on the Memorial at Rastrick Grammar School Job, Thomas Ref J113 [18??-19??] Born in Halifax. He went to work in cinema management in London & Manchester. He returned to Halifax and was manager & secretary of the Palladium Cinema, Halifax [1914, 1917] Job, William Francis Ref J272 He was a professor of music at Halifax [1901] / a musician of The Royal Hotel, Brighouse [1902] / landlord of the Three Pigeons, Halifax [1905] / an insurance company agent [1911]. In 1902, he married Ada Jane Marsden [1878-1944] at Tong. Ada Jane, of Birkenshaw, was the daughter of farmer Ned Marsden They lived at 29 Smithy Carr Lane, Brighouse [1911]. William died at Beechwood Drive, Illingworth in 1950 Jobling, Rev George Ref J3800 [1???-19??] Methodist minister. He lived at 6 Milton Place, Halifax [1936] Jobs & Occupations Ref J83 Jocelyn, David Ref J26 [19??-19??] He was landlord of the Woolpack, Sowerby Bridge [1940, 1958] / landlord of the Noah's Ark, Ovenden [1958, 1962]. In [Q2] 1930, he married Ivy Wilson in Halifax. Ivy was the daughter of Thomas W. Wilson Joe Post Ref J49 Popular name for Halifax postman John Milner Joel House, Sowerby Bridge Ref J243 The name given to Corporation Mill, Sowerby Bridge by its occupants, J. & C. Joel Limited Joel's: J. & C. Joel Limited Ref J203 Manufacturer of fabrics and theatrical drapes at Corporation Mill, Sowerby Bridge [2006] John, 7th Earl Ref J205 [1231-1304] John de Warenne, Earl of Warren, 7th Earl of Surrey, and of Sussex. Son of William, the 6th Earl. In 1282, after the death of his sister Isabella – widow of Hugh de Albini, Earl of Sussex [1???-1243] – he assumed the title Earl of Sussex. He strengthened Sandal Castle making it the chief seat of the manor. In 1247, he married Alice de Lusignan, half-sister of Henry III. Alice who married Lord Henry Percy of the Percy family Isabella who married John Baliol, King of Scotland, and was mother of Edward Baliol Sir William de Warenne In 1258, he took Henry III's side against the barons. In 1260, he supported Simon de Montfort, but went back to Henry III in 1263. In 1264, he was besieged by Montfort at Rochester Castle, and fought with Henry III side at Lewes, in May 1264. He escaped to France, but his property was confiscated by the barons in June 1264. In 1265, he fought at Evesham. In 1268, he was pardoned for his offences against Henry III. In 1272, he took the oaths to Edward I. From 1277, he served in Wales, and built Dinas Bran castle. In 1296, he raised troops in Wales, and led them in Edward I's invasion of Scotland, and was appointed warden of Scotland. In 1297, his forces were routed by William Wallace at the Battle of Stirling Bridge [1286-1347] John de Warenne, Earl of Warenne, 8th Earl of Surrey, Earl of Sussex and Strathern. He had numerous illegitimate children but died without lawful issue, and was the last Earl of Warenne John Abbott Ladies' Homes Ref J16 John Almighty Ref J109 Popular name for John Whiteley John Ambler Trust, Halifax Ref J133 See Arthur Thompson John Fawcett Centre, Hebden Bridge Ref J240 In 2009, there were proposals for Hope Baptist Church to be refurbished and converted into affordable housing, a community Café, meeting rooms, and the congregation area would be improved. This was to be known as the John Fawcett Centre in honour of John Fawcett. The proposals were not implemented John King's house, Brighouse Ref J114 A house at the bottom of John King Lane – Halifax Road – near to the present Sunnybank Road/Prospect Place. Owners and tenants have included Rev Robert Bell John King [1851, 1854] The house was demolished in 1854 John Mackintosh Memorial Homes Ref J28 John of Halifax Ref J31 Mathematician and astronomer born in Rastrick John of the Holy Wood Ref J14 John son of Essolf de Holdsworth Ref J162 [11??-11??] (Modern: John Holdsworth) Son of Essolf. He held lands in Holdsworth, Stansfield, Wentworth and Baildon. Amabella who married Roger son of Warin Eve who married Elias de Rishworth John son of Richard de Thornhill Ref J175 See John de Thornhill Johnny at Pasture Ref J74 [1???-1???] Aka Johnny o' th' Pasture. A wizard who lived at The Pasture, Heptonstall. A local folk-tale tells how ... Johnny was out walking on New Year's Day when he passed a cottage and asked the old woman there for a light for his pipe. She agreed, but shortly afterwards, a candle fell onto the woman's weaving and burned the lot. This illustrated that it was unlucky to let a light leave the house on New Year's Day When Johnny died, there arose such a storm that trees were uprooted, and the roofs were blown off houses Johnny House, Midgley Moor Ref J327 Area of Midgley Moor Johnson... Ref J122 The entries for people & families with the surname Johnson are gathered together in the SideTrack. Johnson's: William Johnson & Company Ref J201 They had business at High Level Brass Works, Halifax [1880?] and West Mount Brass Works, Halifax [1915]. Partners included William Johnson Johnston, George Frederick Ref J282 [1897-1917] Son of Richard Johnston. He was Park Congregational Church, Halifax & Sunday School / educated at Trinity & Heath Grammar School / assistant to Joshua Ernest Hoyle, accountant. During World War I, he served as a Private with the Army Service Corps Supply Reinforcements. He was lost [4th May 1917] (aged 20) when the troopship Transylvania, in which he was travelling, was torpedoed by German Submarine U-63 and sank 3 miles off the Italian coast in the Gulf of Genoa, with the loss of 42 lives. His photograph appears with a report of his death in the Halifax Courier [2nd June 1917]. He is remembered on the Savona Memorial, Italy, in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Park Congregational Church, and on the Memorial at Heath Grammar School Johnston, Hannah Lætitia Ref J88 [1808-1864] Only child of Lewis Farley Clogston Johnston. She married Colonel Robert Stansfield in Trinidad, West Indies. She died 17th November 1864. There is a memorial window for her and her husband in St Peter's Church, Sowerby. See Major Johnston Jonas Foster Johnston, Joseph Allenby Ref J345 [1920-1943] Son of Nellie Johnston. He married Ethel. They lived in Todmorden. During World War II, he served as a Fusilier with the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers. He died 27th October 1943 (aged 23). He was buried at Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy [Grave Ref VIII D 16] Johnston, Lewis Farley Clogston Ref J242 [1???-1852] He was Chief Justice of Trinidad. He married Jane [d 1842]. Hannah Lætitia Jane died at The Breck, Sowerby and was buried at Sowerby Church. Lewis was a passenger on the Royal Mail steamship Amazon which was lost on her voyage to Trinidad on 4th January 1852. There are memorials to the family in Sowerby Church and in Trinity Church, Trinidad Johnston, Richard Ref J115 [1863-19??] Born in Halifax. He was a cabinet maker [1891] / a grocer shopkeeper [1901] / a cabinet maker [1911]. In [Q3] 1890, he married Lily Jagger [1862-19??] in Halifax. Lily was born in Halifax. She was a worsted winder [1891] George Frederick 35 Bright Street, Halifax [1891] 43 Hanson Lane, Halifax [1901] 11 Holly Grove, Parkinson Lane, Halifax [1911, 1917] Johnston, William Ref J98 He married Martha. John who possibly died 11th January 1783 (aged 9 months) Jane [1784-17th May 1864] who married James Wadsworth Martha died 30th April 1810. William died 16th November 1820 (aged 70). Members of the family were buried at Square Independent Chapel, Halifax Johnston, Rev William Ref J188 [18??-19??] Congregational minister at Holywell Green [1905] Johnstone, Anne Ref J141 [1814-1861] Of Greetland. She died 19th February 1861 (aged 47) She was buried at Greetland Methodist Church [Grave Ref: C3] Johnstone, Rev Archibald Ref J128 [18??-19??] Minister at Sion Congregational Church, Wade Street [1892]. Recorded [1891] when he performed interments at Lister Lane Cemetery. He lived at Park Terrace, Halifax. In 1901, he moved to Richmond, Surrey Johnstone, Goodall Ref J94 [18??-19??] He served during World War I. He died in the conflict. He is remembered on the Memorial at Saint Michael's & All Angels' Church, Shelf Johnstone, Joseph Ref J5150 [1???-18??] A clothier in Elland [1850]. Johnstone, William Ref J3290 [18??-1???] Son of Joseph Johnstone. He was a clothier in Elland [1850]. On 1st February 1850, he married Elizabeth Naylor of Elland, in Halifax. Elizabeth was daughter of John Naylor, a clothier in Elland Johnstone, Rev William Ref J139 [1852-1910] He served at Kirkstall before becoming Minister at Holywell Green Congregational Church for 16 years [December 1894-1910]. He married Jane [1858-1928]. Margaret Blaine [1882-1913] Members of the family were buried at Holywell Green Congregational Church Joiner Stones, Rishworth Moor Ref J191 A rocky outcrop. There was quarrying here Joint Railway Station, Halifax Ref J165 On 23rd June 1855, a new Halifax Station – known as the Joint Station – opened as a joint effort by the Great Northern Companies, the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway and the Leeds, Bradford & Halifax Railway Jolley, John Andrew Benjamin Ref J270 [1896-1915] Born in Aughnacloy, Ireland. During World War I, he served as a 2nd Lieutenant with the 7th Battalion attached to the 5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. He died 11th October 1915. He is remembered on the Loos Memorial, France [Grave Ref 31-34], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, on the Memorial at Saint Mary's Church, Halifax, on the Memorial at Saint John the Baptist, Coley, and on the Memorial at Saint Matthew's Church, Lightcliffe Jolly Sailor Club, Sowerby Bridge Ref J216 Savings club recorded in 1900. See Jolly Sailor, Sowerby Bridge Jonas, Charles Frederick Ref J159 [18??-1976] Son of Frederick G. Jonas of Woldingham, Wood Lea. On 1st September 1920, he married Edith, daughter of Arthur Walker. Pamela [b 1926] who married [1948?] Andrew B. Normand Jonas Well, Halifax Ref J67 A 19th century name for the Well of St John the Baptist, Halifax. The name may be a corruption of John's Well Jones... Ref J364 The entries for people & families with the surname Jones are gathered together in the SideTrack. Jones & Son Ref J197 They took over the business of Mr Burton as manufacturers of cardboard boxes for milliners, drapers, costumiers, bootmakers, brace makers, and wool manufacturers. Around 1880, the business was taken over by George Greenwood Jones, Shepherd & Winterburn Ref J196 Brighouse wood workers established around 1873. Partners included Alfred Shepherd. In 1876, Shepherd left to set up in business alone Jones vs Greenwood Ref J250 In March 1882, Miss Bessie Jones of Hebden Bridge sued Mr Greenwood, a corn merchant, for breach of promise. Miss Jones lived with her sister and worked in the tailoring trade. She met Mr Greenwood in April 1880 on the tram going from Halifax to Hebden Bridge. He went home with her and stayed for half an hour. There was subsequently a proposal of marriage, and in July they went to Blackpool to get married, but there was a delay and this did not happen. The couple lived together and a child was born. At the hearing, the evidence was said to be far from satisfactory Jordan, Anthony Ref J363 [1888-1917] He lived in Greetland. During World War I, he served as a Private with the 9th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). He was killed in action in France / Flanders [25th April 1917]. He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6], and on the Memorial at Clay House, Greetland Jordan, Dorothy Ref J64 [19??-] She was Mayor of Todmorden [2001-2002] Jordan, Dr John Ref J224 [18??-18??] He was Medical Officer for Ovenden [1845] Jordan son of Essolf de Thornhill Ref J150 (Modern: Jordan Thornhill) Son of Essolf He was founder of the Thornhill Family. He was a Knight. He held extensive lands by inheritance throughout Sowerbyshire, including in Barkisland, Norland, Ovenden, Rawtenstall, Rishworth, Skircoat, Stansfield, and Wadsworth. He also held lands in Thornhill, Hunsworth and Bierley. He was a friend and follower of Thomas Becket. Becket was murdered on 29th December 1170. Some years later, a miracle was said to have taken place when Jordan's son William died and was brought back to life after Jordan and his wife prayed to St Thomas Becket. About 1170, Hamelin Plantagenet, Earl Waren and owner of the Manor of Wakefield, confirmed to Jordan his (Jordan's) inheritance in Sowerbyshire. After this confirmation Jordan granted a quarter of his land in Sowerbyshire to his brother Helias. Jordan was appointed Constable of Wakefield [1174]. (possibly) Helen (possibly) Juliana (possibly) Malgor (possibly) Goditha See 12th Century Names Jordan, Thomas Ref J176 [18??-19??] Of Albany Chambers, Halifax. He wrote several poems for local newspapers Jordon, David Douglas Ref J298 [1841-1889] He was a stone mason. He married Margaret Ann [1854-1930]. Arthur [b 1883] James Douglas Jordon Fred [b 1887] The children were born in Hebden Bridge. After the death of his David Douglas [1889], the family were admitted to the Union Workhouse in Burnley, and were there in 1891 Jordon, James Douglas Ref J292 [1884-1917] Son of David Douglas Jordon. Born in Hebden Bridge. He was a servant in Brierfield [1901] / a horseman on a farm [1911] In 1908, he married Ruth Emily Raine in Burnley. Ruth was born in Appleby, Cumberland Percy [b 1909] Doris [b 1910] The children were born in Burnley. The family lived at 10 Hallows Street, Burnley [1911]. During World War I, he served as a Private with the 11th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment. He was killed in action [9th March 1917]. He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 6C] Joseph Crossley's Almshouses, Arden Road Ref J86 Josephus Ref J283 Pen-name under which Joseph Sugden wrote for the Halifax Courier Journals & Diaries Ref J44 Journals of Anne Lister Ref J7 Anne Lister kept a diary from her days at boarding school in 1806 – when she was 15 – and continued for the rest of her life. These give a detailed account of Anne's life and loves. She made the last entry on 11th August 1840, shortly before her death in Russia. See Books about Anne Lister, Vivien Ingham and Savile Hall, Halifax Jowett... Ref J119 The entries for people & families with the surname Jowett are gathered together in the SideTrack. Jowett & Sowry Ref J207 Printers, stationers and lithographers. They were at 16 Corn Market, Halifax [1905] 35 Southgate [1936, 1950s] Commercial Street / Silver Street [1990s] on the site of the shop occupied by Edward Mortimer Limited and also at Leeds. The business closed in the 1990s Jowett's: J. H. Jowett Ref J274 Their Unique Boot Stores were at King Cross, Halifax [1900] Jowett's: S. Jowett Ref J333 Brighouse construction business. On 13th October 1890, their tender was accepted for constructing Cold Acre Reservoir, Stainland Jowitt, Charles Ref J329 [1791-18??] He served with the 2nd Battalion 84th Foot York & Lancaster Regiment in the Peninsular War Jowler Ref J19 District between Wainstalls and Luddenden. The name is recorded in 1849. Question: Does anyone know the origin of the name? Any suggestions? Joy, Harry Ref J304 [1870-1931] Born in Dewsbury. He was property master at the Theatre Royal, Halifax [1893] / a confectioner [1909] In 1892, he married (1) Eleanor Mary Marsden in Dewsbury. Ethel [1893-1980] In [Q3] 1907, he married (2) Emily Hollas in Halifax. Emily was the widow of Walter Hollas Ivy [1909-1982] who married Reginald Corrigan The family lived at Cheapside, Greetland. He died in Wharfedale Joy, Thomas Ref J8 [1831-1888] Of Brighouse. He married Frances [1846-1897]. (possibly) Thomas [1885-1956] who married Annie [1886-1961] Frances was buried at St John's Church, Langcliffe. She is remembered on the family grave at Brighouse Cemetery. Members of the family were buried at Brighouse Cemetery Joy, Thomas (Tommy) Ref J231 [19??-19??] In the 1970s, he ran a pram and cycle shop in Briggate, Brighouse. It was one of a number of business – along with G. E. Young's Universal Radio & Cycle Company and the Grand Clothing Hall – in the building which was erected in 18??. He was later in Park Street, Brighouse. The business was later taken over by Gerald Tiplady Joyce, P. Ref J96 [18??-1900] Of Halifax. During the South African Wars, he served as a Private with the 1st Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). He died of enteric fever in Port Elizabeth, South Africa [25th May 1900]. Joyett, Benjamin Ref J323 [17??-18??] Of Mixenden Ings. Recorded in 1820, when he leased property in Ovenden from John Akroyd, the younger, an Ovenden farmer. The property included The Sun Bank and adjoining land Joynes, Herbert Ref J378 He was injured – a scalp wound – in the Pye Nest Tram Disaster of 15th October 1907, but was treated at home. He was a brass finisher – water & steam fittings [1911]. In [Q4] 1905, he married Ada Mitchell in Halifax. Ada, was born in Sowerby, the daughter of John Mitchell Margate Street, Sowerby Bridge [1907] 8 Colbeck Street, Halifax [1911] Living with them [in 1911] were Ada's father John Mitchell and brothers Arthur & Frank Jubb, Dr Abraham Ref J75 [1789-1847] Born in Mirfield. He was surgeon at Cheapside, Halifax [1816] / surgeon at 41 Northgate, Halifax [1829] / senior surgeon at Halifax Infirmary / surgeon at 6 Lord Street, Halifax [1837, 1841] / in practice with Dr James Stocks [1841]. He trained with John Hugh Kershaw. On 29th December 1814, he married Deborah Norminton [1789-1852] at Halifax Parish Church. They had no children. Living with them [in 1841] were James Stocks, Todd Holroyd and nephew Dr Abraham Jubb, who were all assistant surgeons. Abraham was buried at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax [24th December 1847]. Probate records show that he left an estate valued at £3,000. His wife Deborah was the executor. Deborah was buried at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax [31st August 1852]. Probate records show that she left an estate valued at £2,000. Nephew Dr Abraham Jubb was the executor Jubb, Dr Abraham Ref J219 [1824-1906] MRCS. Son of Mary (née Milner) & Thomas Jubb. Born in Mirfield. He was a member of the 2nd West Yorkshire Yeoman Cavalry / assistant surgeon to his uncle Dr Abraham Jubb [1841] / Medical practitioner in Halifax [1895] / Senior surgeon to the Halifax Infirmary & Dispensary [1895]. On 17th April 1849, he married Hannah Phillis Ambler at Halifax Parish Church. Hannah Phillis was the daughter of Henry Ambler Abraham Henry [1850-1934] Tom Elliot [1852-1861] Clement Ambler [1853-1860] Emily [1855-1941] who never married Laurence William [b 1858] Katharine [b 1859] Frank [1864-1932] Ada Mary [1869-1941] who never married Lord Street, Halifax [1845] 9 Aked's Road, Halifax [1874] 28 Aked's Road, Halifax [1887, 1891] 15 Gardner Road, Morecambe [1906] Hannah Phillis died in 1889. Abraham died 7th March 1906. Probate records show that he left effects valued at £2,955. Administration was granted to daughters Emily & Ada Mary. Members of the family were buried at Illingworth Church: Clement Ambler [30th August 1860]; Tom Elliot [10th January 1861]; Hannah Phillis [18th December 1889]; Abraham [10th March 1906]; Ada Mary [31st January 1941]; Emily [21st March 1941] Jubb, Booth & Helliwell Ref J200 Legal firm at 7 Harrison Road, Halifax [1918], and at Brighouse. Partners included J. H. Jubb [1905] and Henry Davenport Helliwell [1912]. See Christopher Balmforth Jubb, Francis Ref J314 [18??-18??] Solicitor. He was at Barum Top, Halifax [1868] Jubb, J. H. Ref J194 [18??-19??] Partner in Jubb, Booth & Helliwell. He lived at Beechwood House, Holmfield [1905] Jubb, Joseph Ref J8710 [1808-1847] Of Rastrick. On 15th August 1831, he married Hannah Singleton [1809-1875] in Halifax. Susannah [1833-1847] Betty [1834-1837] who died aged 2 years and 11 months Mary [1839-1875] who married William Henry Sladdin Sarah Ann [b 1842] who married William Henry Sladdin Members of the family were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse Jubb, Margaret Ref J246 [1799-1871] Daughter of Ann (née Smith) & George Jubb of Lower Clapton, Middlesex. 1 married Charles Milne. Charles died in 1858. She married (2) James Aked of Kershaw House. Charles and James were cousins. She was buried at St Peter's Church, Sowerby [5th September 1871] in the same vault as her first husband Jubb, Thomas Ref J6790 [1821-1892] On 24th June 1863, he married Ellen, widow of George Hibbert, at Halifax Parish Church Jubb, Thomas Ref J168 [1845-19??] Born in Halifax. He was a founding partner of Kerr & Jubb. In 18??, he married (1) Janet Kerr [18??-18??]. Lily 18?? In 18??, after Janet's death, he married (2) her cousin, Annie, daughter of Robert Kerr Jubilee Café & Rink, Sowerby Bridge Ref J29 A roller-skating rink opened here in 1908. The Rink closed in 1911. See Walter Drake Jubilee Drinking Fountain, West Vale Ref J189 Drinking fountain erected by Alfred Speak in 1897 to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Jubilee Memorial Hall, Halifax Ref J36 Built for Sion Congregational Church, Wade Street in 1866. The façade forms the lower, eastern entrance to Halifax Bus Station Judas Maccabaeus Ref J155 In 2000, Dr Rachel Cowgill was working in the archives at Halifax Reference Library when she discovered the score of Handel's Judas Maccabaeus. Although there is no direct evidence as to who produced the manuscript, there are similarities between the orchestration of the work and those which Mozart produced for Handel's Messiah and other oratorios. It has been suggested that the score was produced by a close friend of Mozart's who was working to plans laid out by Mozart before his death. Dr Cowgill's research revealed that the score was brought from Dresden to Halifax by a Moravian minister, and then given to William Priestley, who gave it to the Halifax Choral Society around 1850. The first modern performance of the work was given by the Halifax Choral Society at the Victoria Theatre on 23rd June 2002 Judd's bequest Ref J318 The Huddersfield Chronicle of 20th November 1893 announced that under the will of Mrs Eliza Ann Judd, widow of the Rev Richard Judd, Mrs Judd's Bequest left bequests to a number of public institutions £200 to the Halifax Tradesmen's Benevolent Society £200 to the Clergy Orphan Corporation £200 to the Church Missionary Society £200 to the West Riding Charitable Society £200 to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts £100 to Law's Endowed School, Rastrick Judd, Rev Richard Ref J20 [1829-1873] BA. From Spalding, Lincolnshire. He was the first Vicar of St Mary's Church, Halifax [1870]. He built up a very large congregation. He built day and Sunday schools. He began the erection of a vicarage for the parish. A scripture prize – Mrs Judd's Bequest – is awarded annually at Rastrick Grammar School In 1868, he married Eliza Ann Pitchforth. Eliza Ann was the daughter of Charles Pitchforth Boothroyd House, Rastrick [around 1865] 2 Clarence Street, Halifax [1871] 19 West Parade, Halifax [1881] Sunny Bank, Lister Lane, Halifax [1891] He died after a brief illness [April 1873] (aged 44). He was buried at All Souls' Church, Halifax [25th April 1873]. In 1873, Jane Ann Hodgson published a volume of poetry containing an elegy which she dedicated to him. This was read at his funeral. Eliza Ann is remembered on the family grave at Elland Parish Church Her will left bequests to a number of public instutions – see Mrs Judd's bequest Judson... Ref J184 The entries for people & families with the surname Judson are gathered together in the SideTrack. Judy Woods Ref J154 Woods at Wyke which were named after Judy North. The woods – which includes a plantation of beech trees – cover about 100 acres. Oak and sycamore are also found there. The wood itself may have been a part of the larger Wibsey wood and Forest of Brianscholes. They are maintained by Bradford Council and mainly in the Bradford district, Jagger Park Wood is in Calderdale. Amos Kellett owned the land for a time, and then sold it to Mr Smith of Royds Hall. When Edward Rookes Leedes went bankrupt and committed suicide, the Royds Hall estate and the woods were sold to the Low Moor Iron Works for the mineral rights. Parts of the woods are known by their own names, including: Doctor Wood, Gannerthorpe, Jagger Park Wood, Low Wood, Neddy Wood, North Brow Wood, Old Hanna Wood and Royds Hall Great Wood. See Friends of Judy Woods, Horse Close Bridge, Judy Woods – Save Our Heritage Campaign, Judy Woods Coal Mining, Jumble Pit, Norwood Green, Jumble Wood, Norwood Green and Royds Hall Dam Judy Woods: Coal Mining Ref J326 There was considerable coal mining in the Norwood Green and Judy Woods are in the 19th century See Bell pits, John Colen, Norwood Green Colliery, Royds Hall Great Wood and Wood Colliery, Judy Woods Judy Woods – Save Our Heritage Campaign Ref J37 A group for the support and preservation of Judy Woods Jukes, Dr Andrew Ref J229 [18??-18??] Physician and surgeon at 49 Rhodes Street, Halifax [1874] Julien, Anne Ref J43 [1807-18??] Born in Clonmel, Ireland. She was a school mistress [1851]. She lived at 1 Clarence Street, Halifax [1851] Julien, Frederick Ref J249 [1???-19???] Retailer of artistic and fashion jewellery and fancy goods at 20 Arcade Royale [1936] and 20 King Edward Street, Halifax [1949] Julien, Leon Victor Ref J42 [1799-1862] He was dancing master at Ripponden Commercial College [for many years]. Leon Victor died 17th December 1862 (aged 63). He was buried at Ebenezer Methodist New Connexion Chapel, Soyland. Jum Hole Beck, Brianscholes Ref J47 Stream which flows through Shelf, Coley and Hipperholme. This was a part of the boundary of the township of Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse. See Chelsea Valley Jumble Hole Clough, Todmorden Ref J73 The stream – once known as Blackshaw Clough – forms the old boundary between Yorkshire and Lancashire and flows into the Calder The flow of water down Jumble Hole once supplied several water-powered mills – including Jumble Hole Mill. Baptisms were performed at the dam for members of Nazebottom Baptist Church. See Beverley Footbridge, Broad Dean Farm, Todmorden, Cow Bridge, Todmorden, Cowbridge Mill, Todmorden, Dean Bottom Farm, Todmorden, Hippens Farm, Jumble Hole Falls, Mutterhole Bridge, Charlestown, Spa Hole Mill, Todmorden, Staups Clough, Todmorden and Staups Mill Jumble Hole, Eastwood Ref J21 Steep, wooded valley of Jumble Hole Clough at Eastwood, between Hebden Bridge and Todmorden. In the early 19th century, this was an industrial centre with 4 large mills and several houses. See Jumble Jumble Hole Falls, Todmorden Ref J321 A small waterfall on Jumble Hole Clough Jumble Wood, Norwood Green Ref J131 Recorded in the Norwood Green / Judy Woods / Wyke area. Jump's Farm, Stansfield Ref J121 Harley Wood. Peter Ormerod [1590] Henry Pollard [1600] See Catholes, Todmorden Jumples Ref J22 Area south-west of Illingworth / Mixenden to the north of Halifax. The name may derive from the way in which the stream jumps over the stones and the rocky river bed, and is used in several local features: Jumples House, Jumples Hole, Jumples Syke, Jumples Bridge, and Jumples Mill Jumples Beck, Mixenden Ref J61 Name given to the Hebble along part of its length. See Jumples Bridge, Mixenden Jumples Bridge, Mixenden Ref J51 A stone-arch bridge over Jumples Beck. A bridge is mentioned here in 1494. In the 16th century, the Lister family had a fulling mill by the bridge. There is a foot-bridge further up the stream. See Mixenden Bridge Jumples Cottage, Mixenden Ref J90 Recorded on maps produced in 1854 Jumples House, Mixenden Ref J52 Aka The Jumples. Wheatley Road. In 1710, Jumples Mill and the house were purchased by George Ramsden and the Ramsden family. James Heginbottom [1841, 1850] Squire Shoesmith [1871] In 1870, it was substantially rebuilt by Thomas Ramsden. The property passed down to John Taylor Ramsden George Taylor Ramsden The Ramsden family lived at Jumples House until well into the 20th century. Jonas Wilfred Drake [1935, 1939] In 1961, the house was demolished by Halifax Corporation. The site was needed for high rise blocks to provide homes for hundreds of families. See Brigg family of Jumples Jumples housing Ref J53 The 14-storey skyscraper flats opened by Mayor Ludlam in June 1965 near the site of the old Jumples House. Originally there were six blocks, providing a total of 576 flats, but Crag Court – named after nearby Crag Lane – was demolished Jumples Lodge, Illingworth Ref J328 John Edward Hyde Jumples Lodge, Mixenden Ref J140 Charles Herbert Taylor Jumps Mill House, Todmorden Ref J25 Early 19th century house. The waterwheel of Jumps Mill, Todmorden is nearby Jumps, Todmorden Ref J3 Formerly known as Kitson Royd. Area below Orchan Rocks. The name may derive from the fact that the clough jumps down in several small waterfalls. Jumps Mill was here Junction House, Norwood Green Ref J77 Station Road. The building was originally the signalman's house for the Leeds/Bradford and Halifax junction of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. It may have been part of Pickle Bridge Station Junden, Richard Ref J251 [1580-16??] Around 1603, he married Johanna Roper [1582-16??]. Ann who married Benjamin Butterfield Jungbluth, Rev Walter Julius Ref J82 [1858-1897] Vicar of Mytholmroyd [1891] Jungle Experience Ref J24 A collection and display of British and exotic gardening exhibits at Manor Heath Park and Gardens Justice, Henry Ref J27 [1865-1925] Born in Blymhill. He was a navvy-labourer [1886]. On 12th December 1886, he married Eliza Ann Chapman [1863-1946] at Halifax Parish Church. Eliza Ann had an illegitimate daughter: Annie (Chapman) [b 1884] James William twins Edith [b 1891] Ethel [b 1891] Harry [b 1896] 12 Park Street, Skircoat [1891] 16 Cote Hill Yard [1901] 34 Mile Cross Terrace, Halifax [1911] Justice, James William Ref J6 [1889-1916] Son of Henry Justice. Born 5th March 1889. He was a member of the Sunday School of St John the Evangelist, Warley / a cotton joiner at Lower Willow Hall Mills, Sowerby Bridge. On 30th July 1910, he married Gertrude Harding [1888-1927] at All Saints' Church, Dudwell. Dora [1914-1984] 43 Shoesmith Buildings, Halifax The Scarr / Dean Cotts, Skircoat Green During World War I, he served as a Lance Corporal with the 11th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment. He was reported missing and assumed to have died at Beaumont Hamel [3rd September 1916]. His photograph appears with a report of his death in the Halifax Courier [4th August 1917]. He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 7C], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Memorial at Saint John the Evangelist, Warley. Gertrude didn't remarry JX Ref J34 The JX letters for car registrations were introduced on 27th May 1932 Judge Stansfeld Memorial Rooms, Halifax Ref J369 Lecture room and classrooms for Northgate End Chapel built in memory of Judge Stansfeld in 1885 Revised 12:48 /4th January 2020 / j / 226390	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3300
__label__cc	0.555594	0.444406	Our next music jam will be held on '''Saturday February 6''', 2016 at '''3 p.m.''. The location of this music jam and future music jams will be announced through David’s Music Jam '''[https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!aboutgroup/davidsmusicjam Google Group]'''. Sign up for free by sending an e-mail message to: '''davidsmusicjam+subscribe@googlegroups.com''' The following musicians and singers are planning to attend our music jam on Saturday February 6, 2016: The following musicians and singers are planning to attend our next music jam: # Dave Dawe # "'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_My_Car Drive My Car]'''" by the Beatles. Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. [http://lyrics.wikia.com/wiki/The_Beatles:Drive_My_Car Lyrics],[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu-97Mv46mU Audio by The Beatles] Buy Song. # "'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar,_Sugar Sugar,Sugar]'''" by the Archies. Written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim. [http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/the_archies/sugar_sugar.html Lyrics], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g47K7V7Ub6w Audio by The Archies], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrZluYnMJUY Audio by Wilson Pickett], Buy Song. More songs to be added soon. We announce David’s Music Jam sessions on David’s Music Jam Google Group and on David’s Music Jam Facebook Page. The web shortcut to this page is jam.davidspencer.ca David's Music Jam on Saturday February 6, 2016 Our next music jam will be held on Saturday February 6', 2016 at 3 p.m.. The location of this music jam and future music jams will be announced through David’s Music Jam Google Group. Sign up for free by sending an e-mail message to: davidsmusicjam+subscribe@googlegroups.com Dave Dawe "Drive My Car" by the Beatles. Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Lyrics,Audio by The Beatles Buy Song. "Sugar,Sugar" by the Archies. Written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim. Lyrics, Audio by The Archies, Audio by Wilson Pickett, Buy Song. "?" by ?. Written by ?. Lyrics, Audio, Buy Song. David's Music Jam on Saturday January 2, 2016 On Saturday January 2, 2016 at 3 p.m. we held our first music jam of 2016. Future music jams will be announced through our David’s Music Jam Google Group. Sign up for free by sending an e-mail to: davidsmusicjam+subscribe@googlegroups.com In addition to David, the following musicians attended: Shelagh Calm Before the Storm by Bob Dylan Carrying a Torch (1991) by Van Morrison . Lyrics. Audio, Video with Tom Jones, Buy Song. Heart of Gold (1971) by Neil Young. Lyrics, Video with Lyrics, Live Concert Video, Buy Song Home to You (2009) by Po Girls. Lyrics. Audio, Buy Song. Good-bye Again by John Denver If I Only Had a Brain (1939) by Harold Arlen (music) and E.Y. Harburg (lyrics) (Lyrics). Video, Buy Song. I'm A Believer by Neil Diamond. Lyrics, Video of The Monkees cover version, Video of Neil Diamond in 1966, Video of Neil Diamond (slow version), Buy Song version by the Monkees. Love Potion #9 by The Clovers (1959) Lyrics, Video, Buy Song. Malted Milk by Robert Johnson. Lyrics. Audio of Robert Johnson, Video of Eric Clapton, Buy Song. Put Your Hand in the Hand by Gene MacLellan. Lyrics, Video performed by Ocean, Buy Song version by Ocean. She Belongs to Me by Bob Dylan. Lyrics, Audio, Buy Song. Tequila Sunrise by Don Henley and Glenn Frey for The Eagles. To learn about the next David's Music Jam, contact David or sign up for our free e-newsletter. Just send an e-mail to: davidsmusicjam+subscribe@googlegroups.com GBX Amplifier for Bass Guitar and Keyboard For Sale If you are interested in buying this gently used vintage GBX Amplifier for Bass Guitar and Keyboard, please contact David.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3303
__label__cc	0.565169	0.434831	answeredquestions.html?min-answer.dateOfAnswer=2019-05-15&_page=0&max-AnswerDate=2019-09-17&_view=all&max-ddpModified.=2019-09-09T17:10:10.831Z&_properties=answer.isMinisterialCorrection,legislature,legislature,houseId&version=1&_sort=-answer.groupedQuestionUIN,-dateTabled&min-ddpModified.=2019-09-05T19:26:29.493Z max answer date max ddp modified Public Sector: Intellectual Property To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish the detailed implementation strategy that has been prepared, as a result of the Knowledge Assets Implementation Study, for ministers in (1) Her Majesty's Treasury, (2) the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and (3) the Cabinet Office. Lord Freyberg House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL17618 Biography information for Lord Freyberg To ask Her Majesty's Government which department will host the centre of expertise providing advice and support on technical, legal, commercial and financial aspects of generating and exploiting knowledge assets, as proposed in the terms of reference of the Knowledge Assets Implementation Study; and how this centre will work with the proposed National Centre of Expertise to provide specialist advice and guidance to the NHS on agreements for the use of health data. To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in seeking to develop new standards and approaches for measuring and reporting the value of knowledge assets in the public sector, they have taken account of the recent work of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Working Parties on National Accounts and on International Trade in Goods and Services Statistics. To ask Her Majesty's Government which department will be responsible for the proposal to establish a central repository detailing Government knowledge asset holdings and their value, as set out in the terms of reference of the Knowledge Assets Implementation Study. To ask Her Majesty's Government which department will be responsible for the proposal to register intellectual property assets with the most commercial potential, as set out in the terms of reference of the Knowledge Assets Implementation Study; and what role they expect the National Audit Office to perform in ensuring best value of the use of such assets, for both individual data subjects and UK taxpayers. To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have made to publish an annual report on their knowledge asset holdings and progress in exploitation of them, as set out in the terms of reference of the Knowledge Assets Implementation Study; and when they expect to publish the first such report. Solicitors: Assessments To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the effectiveness of the Solicitors' Qualifying Examination in inculcating and testing legal writing skills. Baroness Deech Biography information for Baroness Deech To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the effectiveness of exclusively multiple choice testing in the Solicitors' Qualifying Examination as a way of maintaining standards of legal service to consumers. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Tigers: Hunting To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to ban the importation of tiger trophies to the UK. 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__label__cc	0.718514	0.281486	Seeds of the KingdomDaily Devotionals Refreshing and Freeing.... Read More... by Jilly Lyon Taylor « Previous Day \| Next Day » You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit - fruit that will last. John 15:16, NIV As the season changes from summer to autumn in England, the trees and hedgerows are groaning with fruit – apples, blackberries, chestnuts, and hazel nuts in abundance. I read an article in The Times newspaper recently which reported that there were so many acorns falling from the trees in the New Forest this year that 600 pigs needed to be released into the area to clear them up! Apparently each mature oak tree is capable of producing 50,000 acorns! Isaiah tells us that people who have been saved by Jesus, who have been healed and set free by Him, will be called “oaks of righteousness” (Isaiah 61:3), “a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendour”. One of the ways we can display His splendour is by bearing fruit in our lives. In today’s verse Jesus says that this is what we were chosen and appointed to do. What a challenge for us to replicate the 50,000 acorns that an oak tree can bear! However, an oak tree does not have to work hard at producing fruit; it merely has to remain with its roots firmly in good ground and the fruit will grow. Similarly, Jesus says: “If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit” (John 15:5). Nor does the oak have responsibility for what happens to the fruit – it merely has to produce the acorns. In the same way we may never know what happens to the seeds that we sow for the Kingdom. Some of them may fall on stony ground, or among the thistles and thorns that Jesus describes in the parable of ‘the Sower’ (Matthew 13). Our responsibility is to keep on being fruitful and sowing the seed. An oak tree is one of the toughest and most durable of trees. It can often survive in a forest fire when other trees are burned up. In a severe storm in England some years ago oaks remained standing when other trees were blown down by the gales. The only sure way to destroy an oak is to cut it off from its roots! As Christians we should similarly be able to withstand fiery trials and storms of opposition as long as we continue to be rooted deeply in Jesus. We will then produce lasting fruit for the Kingdom and display God’s splendour by exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit that Paul writes of in Galatians 5:22-23. Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank You for choosing me. Please help me to remain in You and to bear abundant and lasting fruit in my life to bring glory to You. Amen. Jilly Lyon Taylor is part of the Leadership Team at Ellel Pierrepont. She worked in publishing and then with children in Hong Kong before concentrating on being a full-time mother and serving in the local church. Her desire to see people healed led her to the Luke Nine Eleven Training Scheme(NETS) at Pierrepont, and now she teaches and ministers there. Please feel free to use this devotional to send on to your friends or share with your church fellowship. Provided full acknowledgement is made to Seeds of the Kingdom as the source, you are also welcome to use it in a non-commercial way and reproduce it in magazines or other Christian websites. The copyright for any commercial use of the material remains with Ellel Ministries International. The Facts on Roman Catholicism Perfectionism: The Performance Trap I Am Your Father The Bait of Satan: Living Free from the Deadly Trap of Offense Soul Detox: Clean Living in a Contaminated World Snakes In The Temple: Unmasking Idolatry In Today's Church And Pointing The Way To Spiritual Breakthrough In God's Image Generational and Family Blessings Snakes in the Lobby Finding the Father in the Story of the Church Confronting Jezebel Take Your Glory Lord	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3306
__label__cc	0.68029	0.31971	Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman by Paul Epps on 12 Dec 2014 The notion that we have limited access to the workings of our minds is difficult to accept because, naturally, it is alien to our experience but it is true: You know far less about yourself than you feel you do. A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth. It is the consistency of information that matters for a good story, not its completeness. Indeed, you will often find that knowing little makes it easier to fit everything you know into a coherent pattern. The exaggerated faith in small samples is only one example of a more general illusion — we pay more attention to the content of messages than to information about their reliability, and as a result end up with a view of the world around us that is simpler and more coherent than the data justify. Narrative fallacies arise inevitably from our continuous attempt to make sense of the world. The explanatory stories that people find compelling are simple; are concrete rather than abstract; assign a larger role to talent, stupidity, and intentions than to luck; and focus on a few striking events that happened rather than on the countless events that failed to happen. Hindsight bias has pernicious effects on the evaluations of decision makers. It leads observers to assess the quality of a decision not be whether the process was sound but by whether its outcome was good or bad. . . . This outcome bias makes it almost impossible to evaluate a decision properly – in terms of the beliefs that were reasonable when the decision was made. Stories of how businesses rise and fall strike a chord with readers by offering what the human mind needs: a simple message of triumph and failure that identifies clear causes and ignores the determinative power of luck and the inevitability of regression. These stories induce and maintain an illusion of understanding, imparting lessons of little enduring value to readers who are all too anxious to believe them. For some of our most important beliefs we have no evidence at all, except that people we love and trust hold those beliefs. Confidence is a feeling, which reflects the coherence of the information and the cognitive ease of processing it. It is wise to take admissions of uncertainty seriously, but declarations of high confidence mainly tell you that an individual has constructed a coherent story in his mind, not necessarily that the story is true. We know that people can maintain an unshakable faith in any proposition, however absurd, when they are sustained by a community of like-minded believers. The idea that the future is unpredictable is undermined every day by the ease with which the past is explained. . . Everything makes sense in hindsight . . . And we cannot suppress the powerful intuition that what makes sense in hindsight was predictable yesterday. The illusion that we understand the past fosters overconfidence in our ability to predict the future. [Philip Tetlock, a psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania] interviewed 284 people who made their living “commenting or offering advice on political and economic trends. . . . In all, Tetlock gathered more than 80,000 predictions. . . . Respondents were asked to rate the probabilities of three alternative outcomes in every case: the persistence of the status quo, more of something such as political freedom or economic growth, or less of that thing. The results were devastating. The experts performed worse than they would have if they had simply assigned equal probabilities to each of the three potential outcomes. In other words, people who spend their time, and earn their living, studying a particular topic produce poorer predictions than dart-throwing monkeys who would have distributed their choices evenly over the options. Even in the region they knew best, experts were not significantly better than nonspecialists. Rehearse the mantra that will get you significantly closer to economic reality: you win a few, you lose a few. Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it. During the last 10 years we have learned many new facts about happiness. But we have also learned that the word happiness does not have a simple meaning and should not be used as if it does. Sometimes scientific progress leaves us more puzzled than we were before. Why “We” Believed Jackie’s Rape Story The Favor of Ending Tags:Belief Critical Thinking Decisions Economics Evidence Experts Faith Happiness Hindsight Knowledge Luck Philip Tetlock Politics Predictions Psychology Science Truth ← Sugar Substitutes Many Have Long Known … → It will never be known what acts of cowardice have been committed for fear of not looking sufficiently progressive. — Charles Peguy , Notre Patrie (1905)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3315
__label__cc	0.619785	0.380215	Fox In Dream Islam What Does It Mean to Dream of Your Dead Mother? Dreaming of a dead relative, especially a mother, indicative of how much a person misses her. , a dream that he dislikes, then it is from Satan, and he should seek refuge with Allah from its evil, and he should not mention it to anybody, for it will not harm him. Here you can find Sunset desktop wallpapers and download best Sunset desktop backgrounds. Washington, D. Find your spirit animal and discover more power animals and totems. This was not confirmed by government sources in the Syrian capital. In ancient times, the fox was seen as very seductive and a symbol of eroticism. Our music and message is designed to draw people toward an authentic relationship with God while living out real life in the real world. The Economist - World News, Politics, Economics, Business & Finance The Economist today Tuesday, October 29th 2019. Founded in 1914, The New Republic is a media organization dedicated to addressing today’s most critical issues. Also simple definitions are given of the most common animal dream symbols such as dogs,cats,horses,lions,sharks,and snakes. In dreams, death of the old begins the passage to the birth of the new. " The Muslims claim that Allah in pre-Islamic times was the biblical God of the Patriarchs, prophets, and apostles. Volume 25, Number 301--Tuesday, October 29, 2019. • When a person sees in dream that he is thrown in fire by a king r ruler it symbolizes that he will pay the money. Dream interpretation as a psychological field is attributed to Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis. Each word is analyzed in detail with its physical and metaphysical characteristics, and a synthesis defining the + and –of each symbol is included. Let dream experts guide and interpret deeper meanings of Wolf in Dreams and unlock the truth behind your personal life, experiences, and everything about dreams. It may also reflect power you hold over others. Killing a snake in a dream usually means suspecting, dealing with or fearing betrayal. Seeing your dad die in dream may imply a change in your understanding level with your dad. Todeschi compiled a book that addresses the dreamer at every level, regardless of your experience or knowledge of dream interpretation, this book provides an exciting excursion into the world of dream symbolism with more than 2,500 images and 10,000 interpretations. SurveyMonkey. This dream symbolizes that sometimes we need to remind ourselves of our childhood and the happiness that we encountered. When Fox News’s Chris Wallace in July played Miller a series of Trump’s most controversial remarks about Muslims and white supremacists and asked why Americans shouldn’t consider the comments racist, Miller replied that “The term ‘racist’ has become a label that is too often deployed by the left, Democrats in this country, simply to. Dream Church Is a weekly Facebook Live gathering in which unites people of all cultures and nations without any barriers, together in Christ. A Muslim man living in Copenhagen has been locked up after sharing his desire to kill Denmark’s royal family World News Lebanon Bans Removal of Large Dollar Sums From Country Amid Bank Run “Panic”. Strange Rooms: If you enter a strange room in your dream with various people, known and unknown, this could be a warning to be careful in starting up any new relationships. If you dreamed about seeing a wolf, such dream might indicate betrayal from someone at your workplace. News analysis. This article by Dorian Paul explores the symbolic meanings and interprets the animals based on the thoughts and feelings of the dreammer. Analyze about your dream Abuse & decode meaning Abuse dream in dream dictionary! To dream you are abusing someone suggests that your past actions will come back to haunt you. An animal like a cheetah usually represents speed and gracefulness, while fox can represent cleverness. If you see a white fox, be prepared to get confused by and face evil people. The meanings associated with green, especially when featured in a snake dream, are about nature, the earth, going back to what is true to you. What Does It Mean to Dream of Your Dead Mother? Dreaming of a dead relative, especially a mother, indicative of how much a person misses her. a succubus may or may not appear in dreams and. Welcome to the ninth day of the Dream Well advent calendar! Today, we are looking at what it means to dream of a mouse, or mice. 1 day ago · Morgenstern’s major plot is the stuff of a bibliophile’s dreams, but she layers the narrative with snippets of fables and fairy tales, pieces in a meta-puzzle box that you may never figure out. Find Meetups so you can do more of what matters to you. (Image: Fox News/Screenshot) Fox News is a godsend for US journalism. 5 Million Muslims. You can dream about an owl staring at you or about an owl speaking, but you can also see a silent or a dead owl in your dream. https://t. Muslim women do not wear a veil in front of their immediate family, which usually means a niqab or hijab is not worn at home. Australian Dream is specifically designed to enhance the body’s own response to pain by increasing the flow of blood to the affected area. Founded in 1914, The New Republic is a media organization dedicated to addressing today’s most critical issues. 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To dream of cutting a birds wings may reflect a wish to stifle someone or prevent something in your life from succeeding. 오션파라다이스7 포유카지노 월드카지노 언론들 이런 건 절대 안 알려줌. Richard Hale is a published author who enjoys writing on business, culture, traveling, technology, and symbolism. With Mariska Hargitay, Kelli Giddish, Ice-T, Peter Scanavino. Suze Orman’s Financial Security Now Suze Orman is a #1 New York Times Bestselling author on Personal Finance, with over 25 million books in circulation, available in 12 languages worldwide. ” The history of the Muslim peoples according to the Bible, therefore, begins with the prophet Abraham and his descendants through Ishmael, his firstborn son. Jungle Cruise Inspired by the famous Disneyland theme park ride, Disney’s JUNGLE CRUISE is an adventure-filled, Amazon-jungle expedition starring Dwayne Johnson as the charismatic riverboat captain and Emily Blunt as a determined explorer on a research mission. • When a person sees in dream that coal in his dream without flames it symbolizes that some diseases like smallpox will attack. Pushing ahead hard for your goals. For instance, if you want to be with your ex-girlfriend, then dreaming about an ex-girlfriend is likely tied to that desire. " --- The Washington Star News \| U. For a woman who is pregnant, or wanting a baby, dreaming of a frog is a good omen. If you see a fox slyly coming into your yard, beware of envious friendships; your reputation is being slyly assailed. 정부안대로 통과시켜주면 문재인 정부 예산안으로 본격적으로 일하면서. Thousands of poems, quotes and poets. Alternatively, this dream may indicate bad luck and difficult situation that is expecting you in the near future. Breaking News, Latest News and Current News from FOXNews. Fox Symbolisms According to Color. The Tricky Fox; The Truthful Woodcutter; The Two Frogs; The Two Pots; The Valiant Tailor; The Widow and Her Little Maidens; The Wind and The Sun; The Wise Cock and The Wicked Fox; The Wise Judge; The Wise Pigeon; The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats; The Wolf in Sheep-skin; Two Silly Goats; The Wolf and The Crane; Two Friends and The Bear. For example, if you find yourself hiding in fear in the dream, this may indicate that that is how you are dealing with your problems in the real world. Harris Faulkner's husband, Tony too is a great father and loving husband. In the dream my fox pet was protecting me from this girl. First of all, the snake in our dreams is symbolic. A Muslim man living in Copenhagen has been locked up after sharing his desire to kill Denmark’s royal family World News Lebanon Bans Removal of Large Dollar Sums From Country Amid Bank Run “Panic”. Remember that from death, we are reborn. CAIR’s mission is to enhance understanding of Islam, protect civil rights, promote justice, and empower American Muslims. Our interactive dream forum has Thousands of dream members analyzing there dreams on a daily basis to find what is hidden deep in their subconscious mind. Get breaking news stories and in-depth coverage with videos and photos. eat's milk in a dream represents an illness. Alternatively, this dream may indicate bad luck and difficult situation that is expecting you in the near future. I ended up eye balling the lion. Get the latest weather, traffic, entertainment and politics news in Chicago. Dream Dictionary & Dream Meanings is a dream dictionary to understanding Mountain Lion in Dreams: the starting point for dream analysis, dream meanings, and dream interpretations. To dream that you are playing in the snow implies that you are feeling overworked and requiring some rest and enjoyment. In a report by Fox childhood dream" to become. Fidel Castro. Psychologist World's dream dictionary has over a thousand entries on kinds of dream. Each dream situation, with its. American Christian Has Dream of Prophet Muhammad and Becomes Muslim - Amazing Story Nouman Ali Khan. What is a Shadow Energy? The shadow energy, guide or teacher is an animal that challenges us somehow. Now who will pay massive bill to rebuild Iraq? Fadel Senna / AFP - Getty Images file. The best way to determine what the dream means, consider what occurs in the dream and your own life situation. Tagged makes it easy to meet and socialize with new people through games, shared interests, friend suggestions, browsing profiles, and much more. The Ottoman Empire was one of the mightiest and longest-lasting dynasties in world history. Not because it is a purveyor of critical investigative reporting, of course, but because it provides an in-house scapegoat for the US news media to “explain” the rise of a candidate like Donald Trump. Watch the ABC Shows online at abc. It is also symbolic of comfort and protection. To See Bananas in Dream: This dream is more common in women. Disgraced former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly shared his dream of what should happen if Joe Biden were to win the Democratic nomination and then defeat President Trump in 2020. Pastor imprisoned in Turkey for his Christian faith, Andrew Brunson: "My goal is about declaring who Jesus is and not getting involved in politics, but this is the dream God gave me, and I think. Dream interpretation as a psychological field is attributed to Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis. It signals how you are likely to achieve your goals in a short time. Fidel Castro is one of the two faces of the Cuban Revolution which started around the year 1953. Dream Meaning web site will help you to understand the meaning of your dreams with more than 10 000 dream symbols. The color green may point to some aspects of yourself or a project in your life that is not “ripe” yet; in other words, you are dealing with just the beginnings. The Tricky Fox; The Truthful Woodcutter; The Two Frogs; The Two Pots; The Valiant Tailor; The Widow and Her Little Maidens; The Wind and The Sun; The Wise Cock and The Wicked Fox; The Wise Judge; The Wise Pigeon; The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats; The Wolf in Sheep-skin; Two Silly Goats; The Wolf and The Crane; Two Friends and The Bear. Acknowledgment of the value of dreams can be found in all three of the "great" religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Get relief from aches and pains without odor, burning or greasy residue of similar products. Dreaming of a kitten running. 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An “extreme wind event” will relentlessly pummel the state of California on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and it will be a challenge unlike anything firefighters in the state have ever faced before. Excessive selfishness that wishes to scare people away from sharing. Although many people associate a bear with aggression and danger, the bear has traditionally been a complex dream symbol, representing both positive and negative elements. That isn't true. By Nisa Islam Muhammad-Staff Writer-Since 1934 Industrial Bank has served the nation’s capital and is currently the only Black family-owned bank in that area. Philadelphia news, weather, traffic and sports from FOX 29, serving Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. eat's milk in a dream represents an illness. Horses often appear in dreams of people who work very hard, students that are very driven, people with very strong sexual interests, or anyone who is very motivated. Muslim names or titles like asad and ghadanfar (Arabic for lion), shir and arslan (Persian and Turkish for lion, respectively) are common in the Muslim world. The key message of this dream is that sometimes you are unable to and accept other people actions in regard to work situations - the message is that you need to relax more. Seeing The disease fox In The Dream Interpretation. Most importantly, the color red symbolizes the blood of the Lamb, (being Jesus Christ, the Son of God). Dreams about becoming lost, searching for lost objects or not being able to find your way back are common in all age groups. Each word is analyzed in detail with its physical and metaphysical characteristics, and a synthesis defining the + and –of each symbol is included. Politics, education, transportation. Watch full episodes of your favorite HISTORY series, and dive into thousands of historical articles and videos. Islamic Dream Interpretation by Ibn-i Sirin Sexual danger, death, and rebirth. and the cultural legacy of Muslim Spain, plus there's verse and. We fear it, or we dislike it. There are a few girls out there as sexy and fun as Megan Fox. Let dream experts guide and interpret deeper meanings of Black Bear in Dreams and unlock the truth behind your personal life, experiences, and everything about dreams. Each dream situation, with its. , author of two. If you dream about an animal that you don't have any feelings or associations with, you need to ask yourself what the animal represents. In Abrahamic mythology (Christianity, Islam, and Judaism) and Zoroastrianism mythology (Angel types are: Amesha Spentas, Yazatas, and Fravashis), angels are often depicted as benevolent celestial beings who act as messengers between God or Heaven and Humanity. A jackal in a dream also could mean friendliness, or a light and fun companionship. Teespring handles the rest - production, shipping, and customer service - and you keep the profit!. Philadelphia news, weather, traffic and sports from FOX 29, serving Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. “To live in a culture in which women are routinely naked where men aren’t is to learn inequality in little ways all day long. A dream within a dream portends a deferment of your highest hopes but nevertheless a definite improvement in your present circumstances. A fox in your dream may be a symbol of intelligence and wisdom, but it may also symbolize deceptions and lies. MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere. Black vector map of the world. what does this mean. so i caught it put some grass on it and i was looking for 7ab. After interpreting thousands of dreams for people, I began to notice patterns. Let dream experts guide and interpret deeper meanings of Black Bear in Dreams and unlock the truth behind your personal life, experiences, and everything about dreams. Succubus (Sumerian mythology, Akkadian mythology, Jewish folklore, Christian demonology) Pic A succubus is a female demon or supernatural entity in folklore (traced back to medieval legend) that appears in dreams and takes the form of a woman in order to seduce men, usually through sexual activity. A dream of trying to get away from someone when you are being chased is a fairly common one, and what it means is not as frightening as the reality that you might be running from. Fox Symbolisms According to Color. In Islam, the only interaction allowed between men and women who are not related is through Marriage. How one interacts with one's mother in the dream may have different meanings, depending on the mood in the dream. Many animals can speak in dreams and one such animal is the horse, giving you information directly from your unconscious. Somehow, a fox in a dream is also interpreted generally as a Fortuneteller, a dangerous state inspector, a physician or a good business manager. The progressive movement and the fight to defend the American Way depend on the grassroots engagement of everyday Americans. In a report by Fox childhood dream" to become. In fact, in his 1995 memoir Dreams From My Father, Obama describes his decision to become a Christian during his time as a political organizer on Chicago’s South Side. Our interactive dream forum has Thousands of dream members analyzing there dreams on a daily basis to find what is hidden deep in their subconscious mind. Today, we are looking at what it means to dream of a mouse, or mice. Seeing your dad die in dream may imply a change in your understanding level with your dad. To See Bananas in Dream: This dream is more common in women. Back to full article We Need to Stop Using Fox News as an Alibi for Trump’s Islamophobia Christian Christensen Fox News is a godsend for US journalism. (read all at source). As part of a Huffington Post series on dreams and their meanings, we spoke to Richard Nicoletti, J. Dreams About Wolves - Meaning and Interpretation. Todeschi compiled a book that addresses the dreamer at every level, regardless of your experience or knowledge of dream interpretation, this book provides an exciting excursion into the world of dream symbolism with more than 2,500 images and 10,000 interpretations. If the dog is fearsome and vicious then it means that something horrible will happen to you or someone you love. RT delivers latest news on current events from around the world including special reports, viral news and exclusive videos. Sponsor a child through World Vision and change a child's life and community for good. Stephen is a self confessed dream junkie that loves all things dream related. To dream of making a pallet on the floor shows that you are in danger of losing a lover one through your actions and/or suffer uneasiness over the actions of a loved one. Check out our ever expanding dream dictionary, fascinating discussion forums, and other interesting topics related to dreaming. Directed by Jean de Segonzac. Dreams About Sharks – Interpretation and Meaning. SkyWatchTV host Derek Gilbert discusses his new book 'B 7b76d82e-6b5e-4349-8547-e2fa3fcb0ff9. Dream interpretation as a psychological field is attributed to Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis. Protecting the American dream means protecting freedoms Fox. Perhaps you should try a less orthodox approach to your situation. News analysis. The rain is a positive dream symbol, which indicates that the dreamer found a solution to a certain problem. Mystical Interpretation: There will be a change of Government! Top. Alternatively, this dream may indicate bad luck and difficult situation that is expecting you in the near future. Somehow, a fox in a dream is also interpreted generally as a Fortuneteller, a dangerous state inspector, a physician or a good business manager. Today, we are looking at what it means to dream of a mouse, or mice. Dream Stop is a FREE online dream resource to designed to help dreamers discover the meaning of their dreams. If you kill a cat in your dream, you will receive deserved punishment. Floor dream meaning. Alternatively, this dream may indicate bad luck and difficult situation that is expecting you in the near future. Find everything you love about aden + anais all in one place. Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. Seeing your dad die in dream may imply a change in your understanding level with your dad. The milk of a fox in a dream denotes a passing illness which will be followed by borrowing a small amount of money, or it could mean recovering from an illness. All these details are important for the interpretation of your dream. Local breaking news and headlines from the source you can count on in Jacksonville, Florida, WJAX-TV, CBS47 and FOX30, Action News Jax. Islamic Dream Interpretation - Seeing Fire in Dream. It could also be an astrologer or a doctor. Barack Obama was educated in a radical Muslim school known as a "madrassa" are not accurate, according to CNN reporting. Breaking News. Dreams About Wolves – Meaning and Interpretation. This includes dreams of personal insight or circumstances, and also dreams of revelatory content. Japan’s national flag, the Hinomaru 日の丸 (literally sun circle; also known as Nisshōki 日章旗 or sun flag), symbolizes the sun, and was officially adopted by the Japanese Diet in August 1999, when the National Flag and Anthem Law was enacted. Dreams like flying, falling, teeth coming loose, running or being chased, having a baby, showing up naked, going to the bathroom in public … recognize any of these?. Dream interpretation as a psychological field is attributed to Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis. A Winter Weather Advisory starts at 10 p. Because dreams are made up of what you normally see around all the time or what you have the most experience with it only makes sense that you might see lots of dogs in your dreams or dog related things. My dream was at my fathers cabin, my family was there dad walking to the woods with a chainsaw, then when I turned around the cabin, there was a polar bear, it was very white, it seen me so I put my hands up and yelled it ran away, I was only thinking where's my dog he attacks bears, and then I went around the cabin to make sure it ran off. In dreams the fox may indicate you - how smart and careful you are or that you should be more indulgent with some people and do not judge them so quick. Keeping someone as a loser who can't win. And Josh was more than willing to. 오션파라다이스7 포유카지노 월드카지노 언론들 이런 건 절대 안 알려줌. Excessive need to have all the attention, importance, or power to yourself. We feel that messages are coming from many sources concerning a great world change or transformation. Seeing a giraffe in a dream may also indicate that you have to consider the “big picture” and take a broader look at what is going on in your life and where you are headed in the future. You may need to hide your feelings to protect yourself. Richard Hale is a published author who enjoys writing on business, culture, traveling, technology, and symbolism. Did you feel scared in your dream?. I had a dream, of a white house, i ate food there on a plate, i went to the bathroom, the bathroom had no mirror and it was all open like a balcony and saw two woman in white talking and looking at me, i was dressed different, i had a brown robe on, but i was pulling fox tails out of my wrist but no blood, then one of the woman came up to me. Book the most awarded all-inclusive family resorts ever: Beachfront resorts with waterpark Sesame Street® characters 24h Gourmet food, drinks & more. But the truth about dreams is that whenever we dream its images are not like real life, because a dream is nothing like outer life where things could hurt you, but is an image like on a cinema screen that even if a gun is pointed at you and fired it can do no. Sunset windows wallpapers pc in both widescreen and 4:3 resolutions. Dream Dictionary & Dream Meanings is a dream dictionary to understanding Black Bear in Dreams: the starting point for dream analysis, dream meanings, and dream interpretations. So even if we agree that sexual imagery is in fac. Dreams about Owls are highly charged with elements of magic, insight, and secrecy. If you see a friendly coyote in the dream, it indicates that you are or will be deceived by someone close to you. We feel that messages are coming from many sources concerning a great world change or transformation. People love tree with roots. Even more concerning is the high percentage of Muslims voting and their openness to promote the fact that they want to "change" our culture and society. The milk of a fox in a dream denotes a passing illness which will be followed by borrowing a small amount of money, or it could mean recovering from an illness. Find an extensive collection of short stories for kids online for free. Christian Dream Symbols and Meaning. For example, in Islam there is a quote, "Dreams of the prophets are divine inspirations. In my Dream Inwas in thw woods and there was a bunch of Very long bodies Male lions but in my Dream I called them female because I notoced the length or the torso was larger for moving faster and I was very frightened that my first instict was to run but I knew they were to fast for me and that would be painfull. Dreaming of fighting with a fox. Back when night fell for, on average, half of each 24 hours, people slept in phases. , polygamy outside of Mormon country, laws that criminalize teenage sexuality and what it means to be Black and Muslim in America. If the cat has no tail, you no longer have sovereignty and self-governance. Excessive selfishness that wishes to scare people away from sharing. For a woman who is pregnant, or wanting a baby, dreaming of a frog is a good omen. Disney is wrapping up the purchase of 21st Century Fox IV Set of the famous film studios logos 20th Century Motel, West Memphis, Arkansas Travel through the 20th century in the Carousel of Progress. On the bright side, death dreams usually have positive symbolism. Acknowledgment of the value of dreams can be found in all three of the "great" religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Integrations & plug-ins. It suggests love and tenderness. Seeing a red fox in a dream suggests that you will soon come to know a person who has harmed you in the past. In honor of one of the greatest ladies in Hollywood — Megan Fox top. Dreaming about seeing a wolf. To dream of making a pallet on the floor shows that you are in danger of losing a lover one through your actions and/or suffer uneasiness over the actions of a loved one. There was one thing. Let dream experts guide and interpret deeper meanings of Wolf in Dreams and unlock the truth behind your personal life, experiences, and everything about dreams. When you encounter a peacock in your dream, it usually means that prestige and success is well within your reach for both your relationship and career. “I like Donald Trump because he speaks from the heart,” Malik Obama told The. This dream may also represent a time when you felt lonely. The circumstances of the dying horse in your dream are important here to give you clues to what exactly could be symbolically "dying" in your life. The rain is a positive dream symbol, which indicates that the dreamer found a solution to a certain problem. In Islam, the djinn were viewed as pagan semi-demons because of their association with the old pre-Islamic religion. For women dreaming about a fox, this dream might indicate someone in their surroundings being dishonest and lying. If you dream about an animal that you don’t have any feelings or associations with, you need to ask yourself what the animal represents. Like a squirrel, you can drag something valuable into the house (for squirrel, nuts), but useless (empty walnut). So what does seeing a bird in our dreams actually mean? Seeing a bird of any kind in a dream is seen as a positive sign in general. You can dream about an owl staring at you or about an owl speaking, but you can also see a silent or a dead owl in your dream. Panther spirit animal, symbol of death and rebirth. American Christian Has Dream of Prophet Muhammad and Becomes Muslim - Amazing Story Nouman Ali Khan. I ended up eye balling the lion. Sarnia Observer - a place for remembering loved ones; a space for sharing memories, life stories, milestones, to express condolences, and celebrate life of your loved ones. Psychological Dream Meaning: A saint may be a messenger from your higher self that helps you to see your situation from a spiritual perspective. Parrot Dream Interpretation. Dreams about money, wealth or inheritance: dream interpretation sources to help find the answer to what these dreams mean Money in various forms and under a multitude of circumstances is often present while we dream, these experiences ignite our interest in finding the answer to the hidden meanings they may contain. News, email and search are just the beginning. When you have a parrot dream, it symbolizes the fact that you are mirroring habits, characteristics, or actions that are not necessarily reflective of who you are. It became, in the words of The New York Times, "a stealthy hit with surprising staying power. Jungle Cruise Inspired by the famous Disneyland theme park ride, Disney’s JUNGLE CRUISE is an adventure-filled, Amazon-jungle expedition starring Dwayne Johnson as the charismatic riverboat captain and Emily Blunt as a determined explorer on a research mission. 1 hour ago · NEW YORK — When he came to the United States as a refugee from Syria during that country's bloody civil war, there was a lot Diaa Alhanoun didn't know, starting with English. The Hill is a top US political website, read by the White House and more lawmakers than any other site -- vital for policy, politics and election campaigns. International Business Times is the leading provider of business news and financial news from the US and around the world. Klinger in the CBS television sitcom MAS*H. By Boudicca Fox-Leonard 27 Oct 2019, How Khadijah Mellah rode to victory at Goodwood – and became an inspiration to other Muslim girls Premium. Dream interpretations are highly subjective, which is why it is important for you to determine what your dream means to you. He puffed up and told a story about the raid that is unfamiliar to the military leaders. " --- The Washington Star News \| U. Ibn Siren A frog in a dream represents a pious and a religious person. Tampa Bay area news, weather, radar, sports, traffic, live newscasts, and more. Dreaming of fighting with a fox. Shinto Deities (Kami, Gods) in Japan. Losing teeth in dreams is a common theme in dream interpretation. It is, moreover, the first Islamic guide in English to authentic dream interpretation. "Muslim" is an Arabic word, and it describes a person whose religion is Islam. For generations, children and adults alike have enjoyed everything from simply playing with trains to collecting, designing and building model railroads. A dream where you see a forest can be interpreted in different ways. For women dreaming about a fox, this dream might indicate someone in their surroundings being dishonest and lying. But then, a fox appeared, and right after that, a cheetah jumped on the fox's back, and was trying to bite the fox's neck. A dream in which you just see the bike, symbolizes unpleasant conversations with government officials. Killing a snake in a dream usually means suspecting, dealing with or fearing betrayal. Photo about Logo of national broadcasting company, fox on samsung tablet holded by arab muslim woman. Look at things from a new, higher perspective. It branches out to other areas that are related, such as crop circle formations, UFOs/ETs, myths and religions. Harris Faulkner's husband, Tony too is a great father and loving husband. Seeing Police in Dream Islam. " Muslim and Moslem are actually the same word. Seeing The disease fox In The Dream Interpretation. The official web site and commentary archives of syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin. Dream interpretation is meant to strengthen your connection with your intuition, the means by which you can communicate with your soul. Watch breaking news live or see the latest videos from programs like Good Day Philadelphia. However, if you dream of finding gold, in any shape or form, then all will be well. In the dream my fox pet was protecting me from this girl. Disney is wrapping up the purchase of 21st Century Fox IV Set of the famous film studios logos 20th Century Motel, West Memphis, Arkansas Travel through the 20th century in the Carousel of Progress. How one interacts with one's mother in the dream may have different meanings, depending on the mood in the dream. Jay grew up in a conservative Muslim family in Afghanistan. Now who will pay massive bill to rebuild Iraq? Fadel Senna / AFP - Getty Images file. It is, moreover, the first Islamic guide in English to authentic dream interpretation. Fox Dream Explanation — Thefoxis a crafty person, a crook, one who dodges on the spiritual and material planes. of Dream recipients reported a greater sense of well-being after a Dream in an independent study run in conjunction with the American Psychiatric Association Over 30,000 Dreams served across the country, impacting countless number of family members, healthcare providers and volunteers. Remember True dreams are from Allah, and bad dreams are from Shaitan - Sahih Al-Bukhari. Examine what sort of images you are exposing. It is worth mentioning that scientists around the world have recognized a crow as a smartest bird. A Magazine of Significant Thought and Opinion. A dream within a dream portends a deferment of your highest hopes but nevertheless a definite improvement in your present circumstances. Jungle Cruise Inspired by the famous Disneyland theme park ride, Disney’s JUNGLE CRUISE is an adventure-filled, Amazon-jungle expedition starring Dwayne Johnson as the charismatic riverboat captain and Emily Blunt as a determined explorer on a research mission. Dreams about bears are a fairly uncommon theme at bedtime. Rapture Ready - Rapture Index News Articles & End Times Resources. If you begin to enjoy that cute girl in the dream and let it go on, you are letting yourself open to the danger of being actually possessed. Dreams Dictionary: Meanings of Dreams Find out what your dreams mean. If you or a loved one has been covering this ground at night, you may have questions about what it all might mean. News Publication "He (Hon. The Meaning of Birds in Dreams: Birds are common visitors to our dreams. Be part of the world’s largest community of book lovers on Goodreads. [Eason, 50] Rose Quartz is a calming and reassuring crystal, excellent for use in trauma or crisis, including the emotional upheaval of mid-life crisis. That is why dreams of the sexual kind, should not be taken lightly – wage war against the enemy.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3316
__label__wiki	0.7994	0.7994	WRX: Topi onboard with EKSRX Category: News, WRX Posted 21.03.16 15:00 by Ryan Sutton Mattias Ekström has confirmed the addition of Toomas ‘Topi’ Heikkinen to the EKSRX driver setup for the World Rallycross Championship season for 2016. The Finn joins the Swede in what looks to be a Scandinavian force to be reckoned with. EKSRX have announced this afternoon that Toomas Heikkinen – the young Finnish driver will complete their 2016 team to launch a title bid in World RX. The former OMSE and Marklund Motorsport competitor will join Ekström in an Audi S1 quattro Supercar, and tackle a full championship campaign under the stewardship of the highly experienced Swede. Heikkinen has been a growing RX talent for many years. A Finnish Rallycross Championship in 2010, he first propelled himself onto the European scene whilst driving an Eklund run Saab 93 – where he quickly proved that he was both an extremely talented and competitive young driver. Under OMSE, Heikkinen stormed to a GRC title in 2013 having also also bagged multiple medals at the X Games. In 2014, Heikkinen switched to Marklund Motorsport, with the ambitious target of the title in his first season. ‘Topi’ subsequently fell just short of the overall title, with second place overall finish. Topi drove to an event win in 2015 at the World RX of Belgium at the Circuit Jules Tacheny in Mettet. Toomas Heikkinen joins EKSRX with the hope of more silverware. © JKR/ERC24 Heikkinen joins Ekström – the two-time DTM champion. Ekström, who gained two consecutive wins at the World RX of Sweden, finished 11th and 6th in 2014 and 2015 respectively. The Swede will look to launch a title campaign this season, proving to the RX community that he can mix it with the best drivers. Ekström’s exquisite performances at Höljes, Sweden – as well as 2015 podiums at Lydden, GB and Rosario, Argentina – place him in good stead for the upcoming season. Ekström spoke positively about his new team-mate: “Topi is a super-fast guy on the track and also has a very good character. It’s been a very long winter break with a lot of preparation. Finally, we are back and I would like to give a huge thanks to all our partners, who have made this happen.” “I think EKS is a great bunch of guys and one of the most professional teams in World RX,” explained 24-year-old Heikkinen. “Mattias has been quite a good friend of mine since 2013 when we both competed in X Games and our aim is the same: we both want to win races.” During the upcoming weeks Heikkinen and Ekström will be busy testing the Audi S1 EKS RX quattro in preparation for the World RX season-opener in Montalegre, Portugal (15-17 April). Mattias Ekström nearing closer to a WRX title with the talented Heikkinen onboard? © JKR/ERC24 The pair will continue with Audi S1 quattro Supercars. Here Ekström pictured during his Holjes win in 2015. © JKR/ERC24 The pair pictured in Portugal in 2015, for their respective teams. © JKR/ERC24 Top Photo: Toomas Heikkinen joins Ekström to tackle a full championship campaign. © EKSRX/ERC24	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3317
__label__wiki	0.601441	0.601441	Ens madeline Faul News Release uscgc reliance returns to Homeport ENS Madeline Faul USCGC RELIANCE Returns to Homeport Kittery, Maine- The 75-member crew of the Coast Guard Cutter RELIANCE returned to their homeport at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine on Monday, following a nine-week patrol in the Caribbean Sea supporting the Joint Interagency Task Force – South (JIATF-S). RELIANCE sailed with an Aviation Detachment from the Coast Guard’s Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron in Jacksonville, FL. The deployed helicopter and six person crew greatly increased RELIANCE’s ability to detect and interdict suspected smugglers. During the deployment, the crew of the 210-foot RELIANCE was primarily responsible for conducting counter drug operations in support of U.S. and International Law. As a region, the Caribbean Basin and Central America is inundated by high levels of insecurity caused by extreme poverty, the drug trade, and unstable governments. As part of a the Coast Guard’s new comprehensive Western Hemisphere Strategy, cutters are tasked with detecting, deterring, preventing, and disrupting illicit maritime activities such as drug, migrant, and terrorist activities which will help to improve stability and prosperity in the region. The patrol’s operational highlight occurred when RELIANCE intercepted and boarded a suspected drug smuggling “go-fast.” During a routine patrol before sunrise, RELIANCE detected two suspicious vessels off the Columbian coast. Powerful thunderstorms and pitch black conditions made the operation extremely difficult, but the helicopter and small boat eventually located the two go-fast vessels. One vessel was apprehended, but the second was able to flee into Colombian waters. RELIANCE’s boarding team embarked the go-fast vessel just after the crewmembers jettisoned a large quantity of contraband. The crew of the vessel was transferred to the Colombian Navy and millions of dollars of drugs ended up on the ocean floor rather than on American streets. One week later, RELIANCE interdicted a south bound supply vessel during a daylight pursuit. Close coordination between the cutter, helicopter and small boat was required to stop the vessel after it did not respond to visual and audible orders to heave-to. Once the vessel was stopped, the boarding team approached the suspected smugglers and ordered them to put their hands in the air. The team then boarded the go-fast and discovered multiple gasoline drums, cell phones and other equipment indicative of a high-tech drug smuggler. The interdiction removed another important link in the smuggling network. The crew and small boat were later transferred to the Colombian Navy, and the intelligence gathered on the vessel will undoubtedly assist interagency maritime law enforcement efforts in the future. Throughout the deployment, RELIANCE worked tirelessly with Federal and International partners at JIATF-S and the Coast Guard Seventh District to combat Transnational Organized Crime Networks operating in the Caribbean Basin. RELIANCE’s efforts directly contributed to the prevention of 14 metric tons of contraband from reaching American shores. When asked about the patrol, Seaman Sebastian Alvarez, a member of RELIANCE’s Deck Force and a Spanish translator said, “Two months out at sea is tough on anyone, but on the RELIANCE we always pulled through. We had our literal ups and downs but always stayed on point.” During RELIANCE 's 63-day deployment, the cutter traveled over 6,000 nautical miles operating throughout the Western Caribbean. The crew enjoyed port calls in Bocas del Toro, Panama, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and Roatan, Honduras. During the period RELIANCE conducted three law enforcement boardings, three anchorings, 22 mooring evolutions and more than 100 helicopter launch and recovery evolutions. After a very successful and grueling patrol, crewmembers are excited to return home to their loved ones in time for the holiday season. Helicopter landing on CGC RELIANCE in the western Caribbean. Photograph by MK2 Joseph Gagnon. USCGC RELIANCE underway in the western Caribbean. Photograph by FS3 Clinton McDonald. RELAINCE small boat underway for operations in the Caribbean Sea. Photograph by FS3 Clinton McDonald USCGC RELIANCE at sea with attached helicopter and small boat. Photograph by MK2 Joseph Gagnon. caribbean basin	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3319
__label__cc	0.597251	0.402749	My Dinner With Andre (1982) “We can’t be direct, so we end up saying the weirdest things.” When a struggling playwright (Wallace Shawn) meets an old friend (Andre Gregory) for dinner, a surprisingly rich conversation ensues. Get Togethers and Reunions Louis Malle Films Response to Peary’s Review: Peary begins his review of this Louis Malle-directed film (co-written by Shawn and Gregory) by admitting he’s “0 for 2 at staying awake through the entire talk-a-thon”, but he eventually admits that “the two men are engaging, and much [of the] conversation is funny and/or incisive”. He writes that “anyone who has been to a party of artistes can identify with Shawn”, who at first “feigns interest” and “asks follow-up questions so he doesn’t have to contribute to the conversation”, but eventually “joins the intellectual discourse”. I’m only partially in agreement with Peary that it’s “hard to maintain interest through Gregory’s long monologues”, and in general am more enthusiastic about the film than Peary seems to be. The friends’ conversation feels both authentic and provocative, representing the type of perspective-shifting discourse that one occasionally longs for. Gregory’s soul-searching adventures (oh my, the stories he tells!) are perfectly indicative of the Baby Boomer “me” generation run amok, and nicely balanced by Shawn’s more grounded philosophy of finding joy in seemingly mundane moments. By the end of this meaty discussion, you can’t help feeling like you’ve been asked to take a deep look at your own perspective on life, happiness, and the search for meaning. A fine screenplay and natural, engaging performances Yes, once, as an oddly compelling cinematic venture. Good Show MRQE (Movie Review Query Engine) Q Network Review DVD Savant Review Roger Ebert’s “Great Movie” Review Posted on August 4th, 2014 by admin Filed under: Response Reviews One Response to “My Dinner With Andre (1982)” David Csontos, on August 24th, 2014 at 7:34 am Said: Not must-see. Too esoteric for the average ff. Like Peary, I also tried to watch this (previously) more than once and just couldn’t get through much of it. I realize now that part of the reason for that is that, during the first hour of the film, Shawn says almost nothing. He listens to Gregory go on and on and on about his feelings of ennui and disillusionment and what he has done to try to get beyond both. What Gregory goes on about is so off-the-wall (and so uninterrupted) that you mostly wonder, ‘Where the hell could this possibly be going?’ I finally did watch ‘MDWA’ all the way through now, so I know where Gregory was leading. (I still think that an hour to get to that point is murder to viewers.) Once Gregory begins to expound on life problems that are quite easy to relate to (mainly those involving what life means and how people behave in modern society), it’s somewhat easier to be drawn in. However, even in the second half, there are little segues into peripheral intellectual matters that manage to thwart the film once it finally finds its feet. But, at least at that point, Shawn has joined in for more of the conversation. I can’t really think of this as a film or see Gregory and Shawn as acting. This was an experiment that grew from the two men getting together to just talk…which was transcribed to hundreds of pages, apparently. But this is who these men are, so there’s nothing to act. And there was nothing for Louis Malle to direct. I’ll admit that some of the observations touched on are well-put but I would guess that this film would cause many to nod off early. I suppose I’m glad I got through it, finally. And, like ‘Nanook of the North’ and other oddities, I can say I met the challenge (and it is a challenge) of watching it. I think I enjoyed ‘Nanook’ more, though. NOTE: I was naturally reminded of the wonderful joke at the end of ‘Waiting for Guffman’: Christopher Guest’s character has opened up his own novelty shop. He shows us his ‘My Dinner With Andre Action Figures’ and demonstrates how you can enjoy them by playing both sides of the conversation as you make it up. « Dr. No (1962) Mask (1985) »	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3320
__label__cc	0.724991	0.275009	Family: Gymnotidae (Naked-back knifefishes) Max. size: 21.5 cm TL (male/unsexed) Environment: benthopelagic Distribution: South America: varzea floodplain at the conflluence of the Rio Solimoes (Amazon) and the Rio Japura in Mamiraua Reserve near the Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil. Diagnosis: Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0-0; Anal soft rays: 210-250. Distinguished from its congeners endemic to the Amazon and Orinoco Basins and the Guyana Shield in having many pectoral-fin rays 20-22; and a color pattern of oblique and undivided thin pale bands, less than one-quarter width of dark bands, with straight high-contrast margins, which extend to the dorsal midline on the anterior half of the body, and of which many are interrupted at the ventral margin of the hypaxial muscles along the anterior two-thirds of the body. Differs further from congeners endemic to the Amazon-Orinoco basins and the Guyana Shield in having the following unique combination of characters: clear (unpigmented) patch at the caudal end of the anal-fin membrane in specimens 6.0-23.5 TL; and bands never divided to form band pairs (Ref. 55508). Biology: Inhabits root mats of floating meadows in floodplains. In the whitewater floodplain, juveniles are encountered in patches of floating macrophytes along lakes margins and along the edge of canos (drainage channels from lakes to the main river channels) and paranás (channels connected at both ends to the main river channel that transport whitewater through the floodplain). Floating macrophytes form extensive floating meadows. Undertakes aerial respiration by gulping atmospheric air into the hypervascularized posterior chamber of the gas bladder. Feeds primarily on chironomid larvae, small insect nymphs and small crustaceans (Ref. 55508). IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (Ref. 96402) Threat to humans: harmless Country info: Entered by: Torres, Armi G. - 26.09.05 Modified by: Torres, Armi G. - 28.09.05 Source and more info: www.fishbase.org. For personal, classroom, and other internal use only. Not for publication. Page created by Jen, 05.08.02, php script by kbanasihan 06/09/2010 , last modified by dsantos, 20/08/10	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3321
__label__cc	0.515807	0.484193	Why Being Uncompromising is the Key to a Great Relationship Alexandra Stockwell, MD is a Physician turned Relationship and Intimacy Expert. As a wife of 23 years and a mother of four, she believes the key to passion, fulfillment, intimacy and success in a couple’s relationship isn’t compromise--it’s being unwilling to compromise--because when both people feel free to be themselves, and know how to love and be loved for exactly who they are, the relationship is juicy, nourishing, and deeply satisfying. For over 20 years, she has shown men and women how to bring pleasure and purpose into all aspects of life--from the daily grind of running a household, to successfully growing a business, to creating ecstatic experiences in the bedroom! Alexandra helps build connected and happy families through facilitating healing and transformation for couples. Direct download: Why_Being_Uncompromising_is_the_Key_to_a_Great_Relationship_F2L.mp3 Dear Haters Direct download: Dear_Haters_F2L.mp3 7 Hacks for Sustainable Weight Loss http://jjflizanes.com/university Adam Schaeuble, aka The PHD (previously heavy dude), is the host of the top ranked fitness podcast The Million Pound Mission. He reached a point in his life where he weighed 327lbs and was already having weight related health issues in his late twenties. He decided to overhaul his lifestyle and his fitness and ended up losing over 100lbs. Feeling inspired, he took what he learned from his own transformation journey and created a bootcamp program that produced over 35,000 lbs of results in his home town of Bloomington, IN. Now Adam has set his sights on inspiring over one million pounds of healthy results through his podcast, coaching programs, and the Million Pound Mission Bootcamp. JJ Flizanes is an Empowerment Strategist and the host of several podcast shows including Fit 2 Love and Spirit, Purpose & Energy. She is the Director of Invisible Fitness, an Amazon best-selling author of Fit 2 Love: How to Get Physically, Emotionally, and Spiritually Fit to Attract the Love of Your Life, and author of Knack Absolute Abs: Routines for a Fit and Firm Core. She was named Best Personal Trainer in Los Angeles for 2007 by Elite Traveler Magazine. JJ has been featured in many national magazines, including Shape, Fitness, Muscle and Fitness HERS, Elegant Bride, and Women’s Health as well as appeared on NBC, CBS, Fox 11 and KTLA. Her newest book, The Invisible Fitness Formula: 5 Secrets to Release Weight and End Body Shame debuted at #2 on the Amazon Best Seller List for Women’s Health and #2 as a Hot New Release Direct download: 7_Hack_for_Sustainable_Weight_Loss_F2L.mp3 How Men Connect Through Sex Direct download: How_Men_Connect_Through_Sex_F2L.mp3 After decades as a physician and teacher at Harvard Medical School and elsewhere, renowned academic neurosurgeon Dr. Eben Alexander thought he knew how the brain, mind, and consciousness worked. A transcendental Near-Death Experience (NDE) during a week-long coma from an inexplicable brain infection changed all of that – completely. Memories of his life had been completely deleted, yet he awoke with memories of a fantastic odyssey deep into another realm –more real than this earthly one! Since his 2008 NDE he has been reconciling his rich spiritual experience with contemporary physics and cosmology. We are conscious in spite of our brain. By probing deeply into our own consciousness, we transcend the limits of the human brain, and of the physical-material realm. His story offers a crucial key to the understanding of reality and human consciousness. A pioneering scientist and thought leader in consciousness studies, Dr. Alexander has been a guest on Dr. Oz, Oprah, and many other media programs. His most recent book, Living in a Mindful Universe: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Heart of Consciousness, (co-authored with Karen Newell) has garnered accolades from many scientists around the world who study the mind-body question and the nature of consciousness. His earlier books, Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife and The Map of Heaven: How Science, Religion, and Ordinary People Are Proving the Afterlife, have collectively spent more than two years atop the New York Times and international bestseller lists. www.ebenalexander.com Direct download: Proof_of_Heaven_F2L.mp3 The Truth about Anxiety Allison Melody, host of The Food Heals Podcast and owner of Melody Productions, is an eco–entrepreneur with a passion for film, fitness and food. Through her podcast, she brings together experts in nutrition and healing to teach listeners the best-kept natural secrets to health and happiness. For the past eleven years, Allison has also directed, produced and edited documentary films, PSA’s, commercials and viral videos for clients on the topics of social justice, human rights and holistic health. The topics she addresses through her work are powerful and heart-centered and focus on Holistic Health, Social Justice, Human Rights and Animal Rights. They reflect her passion for creating positive change in people and the communities they serve. At the age of 26, Allison endured the devastating loss of both her parents to cancer after long and challenging battles. Witnessing her mother and father suffer so intensely and needlessly from a cure that brought more pain than the disease, Allison soon dedicated her life to finding a better way to heal. She watched in disbelief as doctors prescribed drug after drug, observed her parents’ hair fall out, their rapidly aging faces, and their exceedingly diminishing vitality. The tragedy instilled in her an unwavering passion for nutritional medicine, and propelled her into the world of holistic health and alternative healing. Allison’s firm commitment to natural health is further evidenced by her achievement of a Masters Degree in Spiritual Psychology. Allison is currently in the process of directing Food Heals, a documentary starring NBA Champion, actor, philanthropist and vegan champion John Salley, director and star of Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead, Joe Cross, and author of I Forgot to Die, Khalil Rafati, to name a few. Direct download: The_Truth_about_Anxiety_F2L.mp3 Living in a Mindful Universe As an innovator in the emerging field of brainwave entrainment audio meditation, Karen Newell, co-founder of Sacred Acoustics, empowers others in their journeys of self-discovery. Using Sacred Acoustics recordings, she teaches how to connect to inner guidance, achieve inspiration, improve wellness and develop intuition. In her search for answers to fundamental questions, it became clear that direct experience is crucial to full understanding. To bolster her strong sense of inner knowing and alignment with her higher nature, she enrolled in a series of hands-on experiential courses to investigate and develop such skills as lucid dreaming, astral travel, telepathy, remote viewing, self-hypnosis, and different forms of energy healing. She developed a facile expertise in living through daily connection with universal consciousness using heart awareness as a central element. At international workshops presented with best-selling author Dr. Eben Alexander, Karen demonstrates key practices of consciousness exploration: heart awareness, intention, maintaining neutrality, emotional management and cultivating internal knowing. She is co-author with Dr. Alexander of their latest book, Living in a Mindful Universe: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Heart of Consciousness. During 26-years working in the magazine and newspaper publishing field, Karen held key leadership positions involved with the direction and management of technology transitions faced by the print industry. Her business skills include web development, desktop publishing, communications, information technology, project management and strategic planning. Direct download: Living_in_a_Mindful_Universe_F2L.mp3 Thu, 4 April 2019 Q&A JJ and Doug on the Road Direct download: QA_JJ_and_Doug_on_the_Road_F2L.mp3 How Love of Family Created Success in Business Direct download: How_Love_of_Family_Created_Success_in_Business_F2L.mp3	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3322
__label__cc	0.566346	0.433654	GAGPROJECTS PHASMID STUDIOS JAMES GEURTS TOPOGRAPHY OF WATER Topography of Water: An Embassy for Water project Topography of Wateris a series of site and time-specific works on paper and Polaroid photographic works made at various water bodies around the world. This series of works was made at threshold sites, the meeting place of two bodies of water: Sydney Harbour/Pacific Ocean; St Lawrence River/ Saguenay River, Quebec, Lagoa de Obidos /Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, Halifax Harbour/Atlantic Ocean, Nova Scotia; Birrarung River /Port Phillip Bay, Victoria; Towamba River/ Twofold Bay, Eden; Tidal River/Bass Strait, Victoria; Upper Yarra Resevoir/Birrarung River, Victoria. Drawing In, Drawing Out: Sydney Harbour/Pacific Ocean,was made on-site during the in and out going tides, drawing toward and away from the body consecutively, relating the five-hour tidal moment to breathing in and breathing out.This process is referred to as ‘psycho-topographical mapping’ – a practice associated with psychogeography and its exploration of place and perception. Frequently the works are developed across a number of media in response to a single site in what Geurts refers to as ‘expanded drawing practice’.He gains a sense of each place through extended periods of fieldwork, taking note of what the site reveals, hides and suggests over time. Drawing : Psychogeographyworks involve modifying the developing process of large format Polaroid photography at each site. Geurts exposes the chemical layers of the film to extreme temperatures, humidity and salinity, whilst drawing out abstractions through his gestural intervention on the film’s surface. These gestures seek to align with the physical dynamics, atmosphere and psychological states suggested by the site. This process of combining drawing techniques to translate a sense of space and the movement of water bodies aims at an ‘expanded potentiality’ of experience that conveys both the shared and distinct features of the geographical locations in which he has worked around the globe. In 2013 Geurts established an ongoingconceptual art project called the Embassy for Waterthat functions as a curatorial and critical umbrella for a water-based series of artworks and events. Embassy for Wateractivates the central role of water as a physical and imaginary presence in the interwovenwaterways throughout the world, with which the human water-body is a part. Through this spatial multiplicity, Embassy for Waterdraws together particular water flows as part of an inescapably global water body that defies national boundaries. In collaboration with artist and curator Julie Louise Bacon (UK/AU), he devised an iteration of the Embassy for Waterthat formed part of Leeuwarden’s successful bid to be named European Capital of Culture 2018. This will result in a year-long program of art events in the Dutch city and the surrounding area. - James Geurts, 2014	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3350
__label__wiki	0.817358	0.817358	Magyaria From Club Penguin Fanon Wiki This article was adopted by EDFan12345. Henceforth, all OOC rights, continuity, and proper use settings go to EDFan12345, who now says what is in-character and what is not in this article's vicinity. Though everyone can edit this article, EDFan12345 has the OOC's final say on its character. Magyaria is a low quality article. It might be deleted if it isn't improved soon. So please, edit it further to expand it to an Average Quality Article, or even a High Quality Article! Republic of Magyaria Magyar Köztársaság Flag of Magyaria Anyukáink büszkék arra amit elértünk" "Our mothers are proud of what we have accomplished" Capital Ludavest Languages Hungarian, German, Markian, Romanian Government Parliamentary Republic - 2000- Mihaly Karatsonyi Currency Club Penguin Gold Coin Membership UAN Bridgestadt Pact Gold Coin Alliance [[]] Magyaria (Hungarian: Magyarország) is a small island country of the Ninja Archipelago. Historically a militant, nationalist power in Antarctica, Magyaria has been known for allying itself with radical and nationalist nations such as Khanzem and the Bridgestadt Pact, tarnishing its name among more free societies. Today, Magyaria remains a minor nation in the Ninja Archipelago, rarely involving itself in international affairs. The Bantsylvania region of Magyaria is known to be home to a small population of vampires, werewolves, and other supernatural beings. The origins of these groups lie with the High Penguins which once resided in Bantsylvania, whose magic created these Penguin offshoot species. 3.1 Cuisine 3.2 Fashion 5 Relationships with Other Nations The Isle of Magyaria was first inhabited by the nomadic Magyar Viking Penguin Tribes in 895 AD. They established towns and cities and established the country with a Monarchy that same year. The Kingdom of Magyaria joined Khanzem and the other Naughtzee nations in 1913 during the Khanzem War, favoring those nations over the foreign cultures of The Good Guys. Throughout the entirety of the conflict, Magyarian forces focused on the invasion of Snowiny (the former Osloven Empire), wishing to bring it under Magyarian control, as well as . Despite Khanzem and other Naughtzee members' defeat, Magyaria itself remained relatively unscathed in the aftermath of the Khanzem War, as no enemy troops landed in the nation. In 1934, the Wulfen War erupted between Ed Island and Neumenia, with Magyaria providing vast amounts of military aid to Ed Island due to their close ties since the Khanzem War. After Ed Islandian victory in the Wulfen War, Magyaria, Ed Island, and Osterreach signed the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation, a precursor to what would eventually become the Bridgestadt Pact. This treaty brought the three nations closer into a mutual defense pact, and was a major power throughout the False War against the forces of Communism. Magyaria remained a monarchy until 1963 when the reigning monarch Andrew III died without an heir, leading to a crisis of secession. After a short period of turmoil, the nation was reformed into the Republic of Magyaria with elections first held the following year. The elected leader, simply known as the Head of State, can serve up to three six-year terms. Like most of the nearby islands, Magyaria is a green country that is home to lots of trees, bushes, and grass. However, it's still cold enough for penguins to live in. Magyaria in particular is unique because half of the island is made up of flat to rolling plains, with the other half having many mountainous regions. The island has mild summers and very cold winters that gets a lot of snow. Magyaria's culture has been influenced by Slavic and Germanic cultures. Magyaria developed its own tradition and culture over the centuries and formed a unique national identity being among the only nations in Antarctica that aren't part of any ethnic group (though bearing many similarities to Suomen and Freezestonian cultures). Cuisine[edit] Magyarian Cuisine is based on Fish, Seasonal Vegetables, Fruits, Fresh Bread, and Cheese. They also love to make Soups and especially stuffed Pancakes. For Dessert, the Magyarians like pastries. Fashion[edit] Magyarian penguins are not known for being fashion freaks but many like to stick to the latest trends. They greatly admire the fashions of Parie, Milano, and Zurich. Military[edit] The Magyarian Military is heavily influenced by those of Osterreach and Ed Island, having standardized on much of the same equipment in the 1950s. Relationships with Other Nations[edit] This is a parody of Hungary. To the Snoss, who still have plans for invading, Magyaria is known as Ungarn. 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__label__cc	0.720753	0.279247	Editing Alma 13:1-12 [[Home]] > [[The Book of Mormon]] > [[Alma]] > [[Alma 8-16 \| Chapters 8-16]] > [[Alma 13:1-12 \| Chapter 13a / Verses 13:1-12]] <br> [[Alma 12 \| Previous page: Chapter 12]]                      [[Alma 13:13-31 \| Next page: Chapter 13b]] This page would ideally always be under construction. You are invited to contribute. == Summary == ''This heading should be very brief. Click the link above and to the right to edit or add content to this heading. →'' The relationship of Verses 13:13-21 to the rest of Chapters 8-16 is discussed at [[Alma 8-16]]. == Discussion == ''This section is for detailed discussion such as the meaning of a symbol, how a doctrinal point is developed throughout a passage, or insights that can be further developed in the future. Contributions may range from polished paragraphs down to a single bullet point. The focus, however, should always be on understanding the scriptural text consistent with LDS doctrine. Click the link above and to the right to edit or add content to this heading. →'' * '''''This page has several subpages that need to be better integrated.''''' * '''[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.1-20?lang=eng#primary Alma 13:1-20]: Why talk about the priesthood here?''' A surface reading of Alma's discourse to the people of Ammonihah might suggest that the first twenty verses of Alma 13 are out of place in a longer call to repentance. What immediately precedes these verses discussing the priesthood presents an invitation to Alma's hearers to repent and so enter into the "rest of God" (see [[Alma 12:37]]). What immediately follows these verses presents what might be read as a still stronger invitation to repent (see [[Alma 13:21]]), and again with a sense of hope: "for the day of salvation draweth nigh." The similarity of the discussion on repentance before and after these twenty verses emphasizes the dissimilarity of the priesthood discussion in the middle. :So, why a discussion of the priesthood here? The following points are not mutually exclusive. :* Alma's discussion of the priesthood provides support for his authority as a high priest to call the people of Ammonihah to repentance. [[Alma 13:1-5/Authority of high priest\|Additional support for this reading.]] :* Alma's discussion of the priesthood isn't an interruption of his call to repentance but integral to it because it is a discussion of the blessings that come to those who repent. As noted above, Alma invites hearers to repent and enter into the rest of God. These verses suggest that to be ordained to the high priesthood is to enter into the rest of God. [[Alma 13:1-5/Priesthood and rest\|Additional support for this reading.]] * '''[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.1?lang=eng#primary Alma 13:1]: Cite.''' Webster's dictionary in 1828 gives as the first definition of cite "To call upon officially, or authoritatively; to summon; to give legal or official notice, as to a defendant to appear in court, to answer or defend." This is about the same as [http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/cite the first definition] given today by Merriam Webster (mw). The [http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/cite 4th definition] given today by mw "to bring forward or call to another's attention especially as an example, proof, or precedent" might seem the most natural reading of the phrase "I would cite your minds forward to the time ...", but interestingly no similar definition is given in the 1828 version. * '''[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.1?lang=eng#primary Alma 13:1]: Forward.''' In English the use of forward in relation to time indicates a temporal movement into the future. So, for example, when one ''looks forward'' to dinner one is awaiting the dinner that hasn't happened yet. "In Hebrew, the past is often described using words that mean "front" or "before." For example, [http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=H6924 ''qedem''] means both "in front" and "aforetime." This word also means "eastward"—since the sun comes ''from'' the east, the intertemporal connotation of facing east seems to be looking to the beginning or origin of time. See also [http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=H6440 ''paniym'']. * '''[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.1?lang=eng#primary Alma 13:1]: And again.''' In verse 1 Alma says, "And again, my brethren, I would cite your minds forward to the time when the Lord God gave these commandments unto his children." The "and again" suggests that he has already cited the people's minds to this time. Looking back, we see that he did this in [[Alma 12:30\|Alma 12:30-32]]. In that case "the time the Lord God gave these commandments unto his children" refers to the time right after Adam and Eve left the Garden of Eden when God commanded them "that they should not do evil." : By looking at chapter 13 as an extension of the argument in chapter 12, the "and again" may refer to a second way of answering Antionah's question. (Antionah wonders how it is possible to live forever, since Adam and Eve fell and were blocked from the tree of life. The first answer seems to be that angels will come to teach Adam, Eve, etc. about the plan of redemption (12:29). This makes it possible for men to repent, with the Lord promising that they can "enter into my rest" (12:34). This is one way in which God opens a way into immortality and eternal life, despite the fall and the guarded Tree of Life.) The "and again" in 13:1 may be seen as beginning a second answer to Antionah's question. After God used angels to teach men about the plan, he called holy men to teach the people instead of angels (13:1). They taught and were even ordained in such a manner that the people could know how to look for redemption. And, "there were many, exceedingly great many, who were made pure and entered into the rest of the Lord their God" (13:12). * '''[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.1?lang=eng#primary Alma 13:1]: Cite your minds forward.''' This phrase has often confused readers of the Book of Mormon because in it Alma appears to invite his listeners to move forward to the past. The problem is all the more difficult because Alma goes on in the second verse to use the same word, "forward," to point to something apparently still future. Hence, while it might be suggested that since in the Hebrew idiom the past is in front of one, one moves forward towards the past, such a reading would be inconsistent with the way Alma uses "forward" in verse 2. Some sort of contradiction between the "forward" of verse 1 and the "forward" of verse 2 seems inevitable. : One way around this difficulty is to consider the point of departure for the minds Alma cites to be earlier than the time spoken of in verse 2. If the point of departure is earlier than both events, it makes sense to interpret both ''forward''s in the same way. In fact, such a reading is plausible if we look back to the question that Alma is answering. Remember, at this point Alma is answering a question posed by Antionah in [[Alma 12:20]]-21 about how there can be a resurrection if God placing an angel to guard the tree of life. Alma already began answering Antionah's question by telling us that "after God had appointed that these things should come unto man [that man must die and be judged]" ([[Alma 12:28]]) God had sent angels unto man and conversed with man and told him about the plan of redemption and gave man a second set of commandments. The act of guarding the tree of life with an angel is the same as appointing unto man that he must die. So we see Alma answering Antionah's question by citing our minds forward in verse 28 from the time Antionah asked about to the time God gives man a second set of commandments. Then, in the last two verses of chapter 12, Alma takes the opportunity to appeal to the people to not harden their hearts and die spiritually but rather to repent and enter into God's rest. But Alma wants to tell the people about some other important things that happened at the same time God gave these second commndments. So, in this interpretation, Alma again cites the listeners mind forward from the time God placed a flaming sword to guard the tree to the time of these second commandments. * '''[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.1?lang=eng#primary Alma 13:1]: Lord God.''' In this first verse we are told that the Lord God ordained priests "after the order of his Son." This suggests that the "Lord God" refers to the Father. This is consistent with how "God" is used at the end of Alma 12. Especially in verse 33 it seems that God refers to the Father since he explicitly talks about his "Only Begotten Son." * '''[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.1?lang=eng#primary Alma 13:1]: These commandments.''' As noted above "these commandments" refers to the second commandments after Adam and Eve's transgression. See [[Alma 12:32]] and accompanying exegesis. * '''[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.1?lang=eng#primary Alma 13:1]: Priests.''' It isn't clear what office in the priesthood today would correspond with what Alma calls priests here. Though in this verse Alma calls them priests, other verses tell us that these priests are ordained to a higher priesthod. [[Alma 13:6\|Verse 6]] tells us that they were ordained to the "high priesthood of the holy order of God." [[Alma 13:9]] says they become high priests. [[Alma 13:14\|Verse 14]] gives Melchizedek as an example of one of these High Priests. This may suggest that by priest in verse 1 Alma means what we would call Elders or High Priests today. Another interpretation is that the ordination spoken of here corresponds to receiving temple ordinances. * '''[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.1?lang=eng#primary Alma 13:1]: Priests to teach these things.''' "These things" refers back to the commandments given (see 'These commandments' above). The fact that the priests are ordained to teach is an interesting departure from the picture that the Old Testament presents of the Levitical system of priests, where their primary function was to offer sacrifices. Even the mention of Melchizedek in verse 15 describes him as one who did "preach repentance." This may reflect a difference in the purpose from the Levitical priesthood and the higher priesthood spoken of here (see 'Priests' above). It may also reflect an earlier understanding of priesthood than that contained in our modern Bible, which was compiled into its present form long after Lehi left Jerusalem. In that case, this Book of Mormon account can be seen as the restoration of "plain and precious" teachings about the priesthood that didn't make it into later biblical scriptures. * '''[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.2?lang=eng#1 Alma 13:2].''' This verse tells us that the manner of priesthood ordination can be used to help people know how to look forward to Christ for redemption. Consider three ways the manner of ordination may have helped people know how to look forward to Christ for redemption: : It may be that the ordination process included signs that would help people understand how Jesus Christ would be nailed to the cross. This would then be a way for them to identify Christ and his wounds when he appeared after the resurrection ([[3 Ne 11:14\|3 Ne 11:14-15]]). : It may be that Alma is trying to help the people understand how they can receive redemption from their sins despite the fact that Christ hadn't yet suffered for those sins. Under this view, Alma is saying that to understand how they could receive redemption before Christ suffered for their sins, they can look to the priesthood as a type or shadow. In like manner priests are called and prepared from the foundation of the world to their calling, so Christ was prepared from the foundation of the world to redeem his people. In both cases the plans were made at the foundation of the world based on choices that God, through his foreknowledge, knew would take place (see verse 5). : The "manners" that are being compared here may be the actions one goes through in order to qualify for what is given. Perhaps Alma is saying that the process of qualifying for priesthood ordination is the same as the process of qualifying for redemption--as outlined in verse 3. * '''[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.3?lang=eng#2 Alma 13:3].''' This verse could be interpreted in different ways. Some possibilities are: :* These priests were called and prepared in the pre-existence because of their faith and good works in this life according to the foreknowledge of God. :* These priests were prepared in the pre-existince because of their faith and good works in this life (according to the foreknowledge of God) and then called in this life after having been left to choose good or evil and then having chosen good and exercised faith. * '''[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.3?lang=eng#2 Alma 13:3]: Preparatory redemption.''' The very phrase, "preparatory redemption," seems to be paradoxical: a redemption implies some sort of completion, while preparatoriness implies a lack of completion. In other words, a "preparatory redemption" would be a completion that is marked with incompletion because it points towards another completion still to come. The word "preparatory" even hints that eventual completion will be of the same general character as the incomplete completion of the present: this redemption is to give way to a fuller, more real redemption eventually. But as soon as the issue is phrased this way, the difficulty disappears, or at least becomes part of a broader scriptural theme: redemption is always granted first in a preparatory manner and eventually in a complete manner. Perhaps the clearest parallel to Alma's phrase here is Paul's word to the Ephesians: "ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession" (see [[Eph 1:13]]-14). Paul speaks to the saints of having received a redemption of sorts, but one that is ultimately preparatory, separated from its eventual fulfillment ("redemption") by a ''promise'', by ''hope''. : This gap between two redemptions (the one promising or pointing towards the other) might well be read in terms of ritual as well: ordinances are dramatic enactments of a redemption still to come. Every ordinance might well be called a "preparatory redemption" in the same sense discussed immediately above. That some sort of ordinance--some sort of dramatic enactment of one's redemption--is what Alma might be talking about is further suggested (and greatly strengthened) by the fact that this "preparatory redemption" is there described as the that according to which and with which a "holy calling" was prepared. The implication seems to be that Alma is speaking of an ordinance that at once dramatically embodies one's redemption ''and'' issues a "holy calling" to the participant. What Latter-day Saints call the endowment might not be far from Alma's mind. * '''[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.5?lang=eng#4 Alma 13:5]: Same standing.''' Alma tells us that these priests were in the first place on the same standing with their brethren. We might wonder how they could be on the same standing as their brethren "in the first place" if they were called from the foundation of the world to a holy calling. If we interpret verse 3 as suggesting that the actual calling doesn't take place until this life, then the "same standing" could refer to the fact that none of them had yet been called. Another possibility is that this "same standing" refers to the time before they were called in the pre-existence. Finally, it could be that this same standing is not a specific time but a logical precedence. God through his foreknowledge knows who will do what and therefore who to call, but logically all are on the same standing as all could choose to do good. For all these interpretations, Alma's point seems to be that everyone was on equal footing to receive this calling. * '''[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.6?lang=eng#5 Alma 13:6].''' Verse 6 ends by saying that the high priests teach the children of men "that they also might enter into his rest." There are three apparent questions: 1) who does "they" refer to, 2) what does it mean to enter into the rest of the Lord, and 3) what is the significance of the <i>also</i>? :# It seems "they" refers to the children of men that the high priests teach. :# [[Heb 4:10]] gives us one definition of entering into the rest of the Lord. Of course, it may be that this phrase is used differently in different parts of the scriptures. [[Alma 13:12\|Verse 12]] suggests that being made pure is necessary to entering into the Lord's rest. :# The <i>also</i> here can be read to suggest that the high priests entered into his rest at the time they were preaching. [[Alma 13:12\|Verse 12]] suggests that many, but possibly not all, of the high priests Alma is speaking of did enter into the rest of the Lord at some point. The scriptures don't tell us whether that happened in this life or the next. Both seem compatible with the text in verse 12. : While it might be impossible to know what the original word was that is translated in vs. 9 as "grace", the original Hebrew "chen" signifies favour or grace, and is translated in the Greek NT as "charis"--that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, and charm or goodwill, loving kindness, favour. It is a noun that comes from the Greek verb "chairo"--to rejoice, be glad. So grace is tied to rejoicing, granting favors, and affording pleasure and delight. We grow from grace to grace when we cause God to rejoice by our bestowing favor and loving kindness on others, with ever growing abilities to create greater and greater joy. : One who is full of this grace or charis is charismatic, and we respond to them by giving grace for grace. * '''[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.9?lang=eng#8 Alma 13:9].''' Verse 9 states "they become high priests forever." This point signifies the seriousness of the commitment. Being a high priest is not a temporary appointment. Anyone, then, who receives this ordination ought to realize the eternal nature of covenant. == Unanswered questions == ''This section is for questions along the lines of "I still don't understand ..." Please do not be shy. The point of these questions is to identify things that still need to be addressed on this page. 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Click the link above and to the right to edit or add content to this heading. →'' * [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13?lang=eng#primary Alma 13]: Concerning the priesthood here in general. The priesthood seems to have come a long way since [[Mosiah 18:18]]. How have these developments come about, and what is their significance? What, especially, is the significance of the dissolution of the monarchy and its associated royal priesthood? How does the royal priesthood play into the understanding Alma here offers of the priesthood? * [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.3?lang=eng#2 Alma 13:3]: Alma tells us that those called have "''chosen'' good." Is this a reference to good choices in pre-mortality or is this good choices in mortality known to God through his foreknowledge? * [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.3?lang=eng#2 Alma 13:3]: Alma states that men are called as high priests because of their "exceeding faith and good works." Are the criteria for calling high priests the same today? * [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.3?lang=eng#2 Alma 13:3]: Foundation of the world. Is this an event or an era? * [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.3?lang=eng#2 Alma 13:3]: Called and prepared. Is this synonymous with our idea that "whom the Lord calls, the Lord qualifies"? Or is this verse saying people were foreordained to priesthood leadership callings because they had earned and deserved those positions, and not because they needed them for personal growth? * [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.3?lang=eng#2 Alma 13:3]: Verse 13:3: After which. Why doesn't this verse use the more-common prepositional phrase "in which" instead? Is this particular wording a way to signal an activity that allows humans to become more like God? * [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.3?lang=eng#2 Alma 13:3]: Being left. When did the Lord abandon us so that we could exercise our agency? * [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.3?lang=eng#2 Alma 13:3]: Exceeding faith. Who else besides prophets is described with this phrase in the scriptures? Do [[Moro 10:11]] and [[1 Tim 1:14]] suggest this quality is a gift of God's grace? Or is this quality something that is earned through diligent good works? Do [[2 Cor 5:7]] and [[Alma 32:34]] teach that faith should not have been necessary for us when we lived in God's presence during the premortal existence? * [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.3?lang=eng#2 Alma 13:3]: Holy calling which was prepared. Should we read this verse as applying to everyone person sent to this planet, because of what is said in verses such as [[1 Ne 10:18]] and [[1 Ne 3:7]]? * [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.3?lang=eng#2 Alma 13:3]: Preparatory. Do [[Alma 12:26]] and [[Alma 42:10]], 13 suggest that this word is used to describe the time of our mortal probation in the second estate? * [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.6?lang=eng#5 Alma 13:6]: What are we to make of the end of verse 6 "that they also might enter into his rest"? (see exegesis) * [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.6?lang=eng#5 Alma 13:6]: Verse 6 makes it clear that this is a discussion of the "high" or Melchizedek Priesthood as opposed to the lower or Aaronic priesthood. Since the temple in Jerusalem during Lehi's time was being run by Aaronic priest, how did the descendents of Lehi get the Melchizedek Priesthood? * [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.7?lang=eng#6 Alma 13:7]: In verse 7 Alma says "according to his foreknowledge of all things." What do these verses tell us about the foreknowledge of God? * [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.7?lang=eng#6 Alma 13:7]: How is the priesthood related to "the holy order of God"? * [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.9?lang=eng#8 Alma 13:9]: In vs. 9 re read the familiar phrase about being "full of grace, equity, and truth". In this case it is referring to "the Only Begotten of the Father". Since we read elsewhere that Christ grew from grace to grace, what are we to make of the claim in vs. 9 that the Only Begotten of the Father is without beginning of days or end of years? Does this tell us anything useful about the nature of grace or how it might be obtained? * [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.10?lang=eng#9 Alma 13:10]: What does vs. 10 tell us about the importance of the priesthood service as part of the gospel? In this section we read about faith and repentance leading to ordination and priesthood service--so that we can follow Christ. Can we follow Christ without the priesthood? For truly sanctifying service, do we need the priesthood in order to follow "after the order of the Son" (vs.9)? * [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.10-12?lang=eng#9 Alma 13:10-12]: To what degree is priesthood service a precondition for sanctification? Is this how we yield our hearts unto God (see [[Hel 3:35]])? == Resources == ''This section is for listing links and print resources, including those that are also cited elsewhere on this page. A short comment about the particular strengths of a resource can be helpful. Click the link above and to the right to edit or add content to this heading. →'' * '''[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13?lang=eng Alma 13-16]: Outline.''' See an [[User:RobertC/Outlines/Alma 13-16\|outline of Alma 13-16 here]] (from the Sunday School manual). * '''[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13?lang=eng Alma 13].''' See an overview and verse by verse reading of Alma 13 by [http://www.cybcon.com/~kurtn/alma13.txt S. Kurt Neumiller] and [http://frontpage2000.nmia.com/~nahualli/LDStopics/Alma/Alma13.htm Brant Gardner]. * '''[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.1-9?lang=eng#primary Alma 13:1-9]: Literary structure.''' See James Duke's article [http://farms.byu.edu/getpdf.php?filename=MzEzNjAwMTI5LTUtMS5wZGY=&type=amJtcw== The Literary Structure and Doctrinal Significance of Alma 13:1–9] * '''[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.1-20?lang=eng#primary Alma 13:1-20]: Simplified reading.''' See a simplified reworking of the text by [http://home.comcast.net/~openskyvisions/Alma_13_1-20.html Steven Barton] * For an explanation of Hebrew versus Greek thought, including the Hebrew thought on time noted in the lexical notes, see pages 146-147 in Appendix 2, ''Scripture Study: Tools and Suggestions'' Faulconer, J.E. (1999). * See also [http://eyring.hplx.net/Eyring/Notes/Heb_Time.html this page] which records some notes from James Faulconer posted on the LDS-Phil listserv regarding Hebrew versus Greek time. These ideas seem to be largely based on Thorlief Borman's book, ''Hebrew Thought Compared to Greek.'' Note in particular Faulconer's claim, "Interestingly, when Hebrew does correlate seeing to time, it speaks of the past as before and the future behind. [Footnote: This seems to explain the odd wording of Alma 13.1. . . ." * See a short but incredible look at a possible transcription error (on Mormon's part--not Joseph's) in Alma 13 written by [http://farms.byu.edu/pdf.php?filename=MTI3MjM2MjY3OC0xMi0yLnBkZg==&type=amJtcw== Grant Hardy (JBMS)]. * '''[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/13.13-19?lang=eng#12 Alma 13:13-19]: Melchizedek.''' John Welch writes on what we learn about Melchizedek through Alma 13 in [http://farms.byu.edu/display.php?id=6&table=transcripts The Melchizedek Material in Alma 13:13-19] == Notes == ''Footnotes are not required but are encouraged for factual assertions that average readers cannot easily evaluate for themselves (such as the date of King Solomon’s death or the nuanced definition of a Greek word). In contrast, insights rarely benefit from footnoting, and the focus of this page should always remain on the scriptures themselves rather than what someone has said about them. Links are actively encouraged on all sections of this page, and links to authoritative sources (such as Strong's Bible Concordance or the Joseph Smith Papers) are preferable to footnotes.'' <references/> ---- [[Alma 12 \| Previous page: Chapter 12]]                      [[Alma 13:13-31 \| Next page: Chapter 13b]] Please use the "Show preview" button to check your work before saving. For testing, go to the Sandbox. 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__label__wiki	0.592998	0.592998	Gearlink Kawasaki News Good Points at Donington Park It was a new weekend for the team at round three of the Dickies British Supersport Championship at Donington Park. The team made some big changes to the bikes which saw the riders have a much stronger weekend than at the previous two rounds. Ross Twyman was sixth in race one and seventh in race two. Ben Wilson was eighth in race one and a fantastic fourth in race two. It was the first time using the new set-up so it was mainly a testing weekend. Ross and Ben spent practice and qualifying trying to get a good feeling with the bikes. Ross manged to qualify in 14th and Ben next to him in 15th. They both got good starts with Ross moving to 10th after the opening lap and Ben in 12th. They worked exceptionally hard during the race to work their way through the pack with Ross securing a strong sixth place and Ben in eighth. For race two Ross started from 10th with Ben 12th. Ben got an awesome start and was soon on the back of the leaders but thay edged away slightly as the race progressed but he was still able to secure a fantastic fourth place, his best result of the season so far and a great achievement after missing three years of racing due to injury. Ross worked his way through the pack after dropping back to 12th after lap one but he kept his head down to finish in a strong seventh place. Team Manager Michael de Bidaph - "As i said at Oulton Park, we felt it would be better to continue with our old 600 Supersport bikes now we have the extra power. Whilst we are still not where we want to be i feel that we have made a significant step forwards with both riders scoring some valuable points in both races. I am sure that we can now keep making progress with the bike that we know so well." Category: Racing News posted by The Team at 15:19 Rider Line-up 2020 Double Podium at Brands Hatch Season Finale A Podium at Donington Park Points at Assen Rob Hartog rides for the team at Assen A Podium at Oulton Park A Podium at Cadwell Park Welcome back Westy roadracer.net by E2E Solutions	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3369
__label__cc	0.738163	0.261837	Look to the Junior Gold Miners For Outsized Gains To Precious Metals In March of 2013 during the depths of the bear market in junior gold miners I wrote to my subscribers featuring a new unknown company NuLegacy Gold (NUG.V or NULGF) which no one knew about as it had not been covered by other writers or investment banks at the time to my knowledge. I wrote more than three years ago. "Many juniors do not have what this company offers. A management team with a track record of exploration success, a partner like Barrick and exploration in mining-friendly Nevada next to Barrick’s Goldrush Deposit...." Now 40 months later the junior miner announces in this week's news release, "We are very encouraged by the results from Hole AV-02...This is the second Carlin-type gold system we have confirmed on the property. It is at the same depth as Barrick Gold's multi-million ounce Goldrush deposit just 9 km to the northwest". The company is now a retail and institutional favorite making long term readers observe gains of 400%+. Since I first wrote about NuLegacy in March of 2013, this junior has soared more than 400% while the Junior Gold Miners Index is still way below 2013 levels. This demonstrates the importance of sticking to the top management teams that have a track record of success and the creation of value that arises from a new discovery. The secret of wealth is buying wholesale during bear markets and waiting for bull markets to eventually sell to the irrationally exuberant momentum players at ridiculous retail levels. For many of my readers this is 3+ years of waiting but after 400% gains it may have been worth the wait although there is still lots of room for growth in the form of a takeout. Many pundits love gold now, but be careful as those very same talking heads were some of the people short gold last year. The reward goes to the ones like my readers who find the discarded junior mining gems during the bear market and wait until the bull market in gold returns to take profit. The times to have been accumulating junior gold miners was during the bear market especially near the end when the Venture was hitting all time lows. Now investors should look to pullbacks to the upward trend like the 50 and 200 day moving average to add or initiate positions. During the bear market although the odds are against you its still possible to find the big winners by finding quality assets in mining friendly jurisdictions led by top technical teams. Look for sales and discounts on these juniors in the form of pullbacks and corrections. Avoid chasing them higher during breakouts. Look at this new featured company in Quebec which I just highlighted last week that is now pulling back to its upward trend and 50 Day Moving Average. It has all the making of a triple or quadruple like NuLegacy with similar features such as great management with an exciting asset. The team has a successful track record running juniors as well as working with the producers such as Placer Dome. They own an asset in Quebec, a jurisdiction which is getting a lot of interest after the value created by Osisko and another formerly featured company Integra Gold (ICG.V or ICGQF). I believe this little junior with top management has the potential to grow a major resource in Quebec and hit high grade gold when they start drilling. The share structure is still extremely tight with less that 60 million shares fully diluted. I expect for this company to have some trenching results by October with a drilling program to begin in 2017. By that time this company should be well known throughout the junior mining sector. One of our favorites in 2016 has been Sandspring Resources (SSP.V or SSPXF) as it owns 100% of one of the largest marquis mines in the World in Guyana, a jurisdiction which relies on mining and where there have been some success stories such as Guyana Goldfields (GUY.TO) Guyana is a $9 stock in production and that could be the price where Sandspring is one day once they publish a Feasibility Study, Finance and Construct the mine and start production. This is a long way away from the price it currently trades around $.70 CAD. Sandspring is actually the most oversold its been since the beginning of its rally in 2016 falling below the 50 Day Moving Average. These are the high quality stories that should be looked at when there is some profit taking. The stock has had an amazing run so pullbacks are normal and healthy in a new secular bull market in gold. I think gold could make a run to push through $1400 to possibly $1550 by the 1st quarter of 2017. This price rise could definitely make Sandspring's huge asset that much more valuable especially as we head towards a production shortfall by the major producers in 2018. Remember there are very few assets worldwide which could produce 200k ounces plus annually and has 5+ million ounces of gold like Sandspring. Sandspring's pullback is quite restorative as many investors may have been waiting for a pullback to take an initial or secondary position in this highly leveraged to gold price play. However, I wouldn't be surprised that in this new gold exploration environment if Sandspring looks to make additional discoveries or acquire some top notch properties in Guyana that have been left behind by other distressed juniors. You always have to look at the people behind the company especially strategic partners such as Silver Wheaton and insiders such as Mining Entrepreneur Frank Giustra who has one of the top track records in the mining business. I am optimistic that this could be one of the premier gold districts for a major producer in the coming years. Disclosure: Please assume I have a conflict of interest, I own securities in these featured companies (NUG.V, SSP.V, GIS.V) and that these companies are website sponsors. Owning securities and receiving compensation is a direct conflict of interest as I could personally benefit from a price/volume increase. Please do your own due diligence as this is not financial advice! See my full disclosure by clicking on the following link: http://goldstocktrades.com/blog/featured-companies-on-gold-stock-trades/ Investing in stocks is risky and could result in losing money. 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__label__cc	0.7121	0.2879	Diabetes and Prediabetes in Older Adults in ARIC Selvin, Elizabeth Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States See 29 grants from Elizabeth Selvin See grants from Johns Hopkins University Share this grant: : : Recent in Grantomics: University of Virginia vs. funders. Who wins? Read more... How should you pick the next fundable research topic? Read more... Recently viewed grants: Regulation of protein transport in cilia UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center Role of Rab proteins in hSVCT1 cell biology in intestinal epithelial cells Use of Electronic Protocols to improve provider and client adherence Eocene-Oligocene Primate Evolution and Climate Change in the Fayum Depression, Northern Egypt Recently added grants: Multimodal Imaging of Progesterone/Neurosteroid Effects in Nicotine Addiction Role of Executive Control in Adolescent Substance Use and Co-occuring Problems The role of macrophage migration inhibitory factor in autoimmune hepatitis Store-operated Ca2+ signaling in kidney glomerular mesangial cells Regulation of Transcription Elongation in Adipose Homeostasis Older adults are at increased risk for diabetes but there is controversy regarding prognosis in prediabetes and diabetes, appropriate screening and treatment targets, and how best to reduce cardiovascular risk and prevent cognitive and physical impairment, especially in persons aged 70 years or higher. The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study is an ongoing, community-based study of 15,792 participants originally recruited in 1987-1989. For over 25 years, ARIC investigators have conducted detailed assessments of cardiovascular disease and its risk factors including diabetes. At the most recent visit 5 (2011- 2013), the mean age of participants was 75 years, 23% were black, and 33% of participants had diagnosed diabetes. New visits in ARIC are planned from 2016 to 2019. This application is a request for funding of an approved ARIC ancillary study to add key diabetes-related measures to the upcoming visits. Aims : 1) Quantify the risk of incident prediabetes and diabetes in older black and white adults using multiple biomarkers; 2) Characterize the risk of clinical microvascular and macrovascular outcomes in older adults with diabetes, paying particular attention to differences in risk in older onset compared to middle-aged onset diabetes; 3) Characterize the association of prediabetes with risk of clinical and subclinical and clinical outcomes in older adults including physical and cognitive dysfunction; 4) Identify risk factors for hypoglycemia in older adults with diabetes and its associations with cardiovascular risk, mortality, and cognition. We will also evaluate the associations of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia with neuropathy, care practices, diabetes awareness and treatment satisfaction. Design and Methods: We will collect biospecimens from over 4,000 ARIC participants at the upcoming visits and conduct measurements of standard and nontraditional biomarkers of hyperglycemia, kidney disease, and cardiovascular disease. We will also conduct new assessments of hypoglycemia, neuropathy, preventive care practices, and diabetes treatment satisfaction. The proposed assessments will add over 5 years of additional follow-up (from visit 5) and will take advantage of ongoing surveillance for all hospitalizations, adjudicatin of cardiovascular and other events, and linkage to Medicare data. Significance: This competing renewal is designed to address long-standing controversies in the field and inform our understanding of the burden and clinical implications of prediabetes and diabetes in older adults. We will shed light on prognosis in heterogeneous glycemic subgroups and the performance of different markers of hyperglycemia. The data generated will provide evidence to assist clinicians in formulating more specific recommendations regarding testing, prognosis, and race- and age-related differences in risk associated with diabetes in older age. Results of this study will have direct relevance to clinical practice and inform strategies for the management of diabetes in older adults. Public Health Relevance Diabetes is common in older adults but there are major uncertainty regarding how to best identify, treat, and manage diabetes in this population. This study will address major controversies in the field regarding the health effects of elevated glucose in older adults. The overarching goal of this application is to provide evidence to inform best practices for screening and clinical management of older adults with prediabetes or diabetes. National Institute of Health (NIH) Research Project (R01) Project # 5R01DK089174-08 Application # Study Section Special Emphasis Panel (ZDK1) Lee, Christine G Project Start Project End Budget Start Budget End Support Year Indirect Cost Public Health & Prev Medicine Schools of Public Health DUNS # NIH 2019 R01 DK Diabetes and Prediabetes in Older Adults in ARIC Selvin, Elizabeth / Johns Hopkins University Selvin, Elizabeth / Johns Hopkins University $778,648 R01 DK Comparative Epidemiology for Emerging Glycemic Markers Walker, Keenan A; Windham, B Gwen; Power, Melinda C et al. (2018) The association of mid-to late-life systemic inflammation with white matter structure in older adults: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Neurobiol Aging 68:26-33 Saeed, Anum; Nambi, Vijay; Sun, Wensheng et al. (2018) Short-Term Global Cardiovascular Disease Risk Prediction in Older Adults. J Am Coll Cardiol 71:2527-2536 Lee, Alexandra K; Warren, Bethany; Lee, Clare J et al. (2018) The Association of Severe Hypoglycemia With Incident Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Care 41:104-111 Hu, Emily A; Lazo, Mariana; Selvin, Elizabeth et al. (2018) Coffee consumption and liver-related hospitalizations and deaths in the ARIC study. Eur J Clin Nutr : Lee, Alexandra K; Rawlings, Andreea M; Lee, Clare J et al. (2018) Severe hypoglycaemia, mild cognitive impairment, dementia and brain volumes in older adults with type 2 diabetes: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) cohort study. Diabetologia 61:1956-1965 Selvin, Elizabeth; Wang, Dan; Matsushita, Kunihiro et al. (2018) Prognostic Implications of Single-Sample Confirmatory Testing for Undiagnosed Diabetes: A Prospective Cohort Study. Ann Intern Med 169:156-164 Warren, Bethany; Rebholz, Casey M; Sang, Yingying et al. (2018) Diabetes and Trajectories of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate: A Prospective Cohort Analysis of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Diabetes Care 41:1646-1653 Vart, Priya; Matsushita, Kunihiro; Rawlings, Andreea M et al. (2018) SES, Heart Failure, and N-terminal Pro-b-type Natriuretic Peptide: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Am J Prev Med 54:229-236 Loomis, Stephanie J; Li, Man; Maruthur, Nisa M et al. (2018) Genome-Wide Association Study of Serum Fructosamine and Glycated Albumin in Adults Without Diagnosed Diabetes: Results From the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Diabetes 67:1684-1696 Leong, Aaron; Daya, Natalie; Porneala, Bianca et al. (2018) Prediction of Type 2 Diabetes by Hemoglobin A1c in Two Community-Based Cohorts. 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__label__wiki	0.729019	0.729019	Sign up to receive indietronica updates Alice Jemima – Liquorice Posted on May 30, 2016 by Indietronica Staff Meet your new favourite artist. Alice Jemima. Inspired by the likes of The xx and Shura (they share the same drummer live) Jemima describes her debut Liquorice EP as being about “Relationships, terrible nights out and her early experiences of the record industry.” ‘Liquorice is a song about trying to please other people, and then drifting off into this imaginary world to try and please yourself. I wrote this at a time when I was putting a lot of pressure on myself. I think women especially feel like they should look a certain way or try to be something else, and I was definitely feeling it that day. The video is a fantastic testament to the song, I instantly fell in love with 2Doors (the directors) vision – it’s vibrant and colourful, slightly weird and quirky and most importantly it’s fun and it doesn’t take itself too seriously – which is something I’m a firm believer of :)’ ‘Liquorice’ has been taken from her debut EP of the same name released on 17 June via Sunday Best. 11th June 2016– The Rescue Rooms- Nottingham (supporting Ladyhawke) 15th June 2016– The Sebright Arms – London. 18th June 2016– The Haunt- Brighton (supporting Ladyhawke) 29th July 2016– Camp Bestival- The Big Top 06th Aug 2016 – East London Fringe Festival- Sunday Best Stage 08th Sep 2016– Bestival- The Big Top Sounds like: Uffie, Alev Lenz, Joanna Newsom, The XX, Shura Website \| Facebook \| Soundcloud \| Twitter \| YouTube Alev Lenz, Alice Jemima, Joanna Newsom, Ladyhawke, Liquorice, Shura, Sunday Best, The xx, Uffie, UK © Indietronica. All right reserved.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3389
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__label__wiki	0.536252	0.536252	Ten Questions with Soccer Mommy (at Reverb Sunday); Lord Huron, Cut Worms tonight (SOLD OUT)… Category: Interviews — Tags: Cut Worms, Soccer Mommy, Sophie Allison, Ten Questions — @ 1:00 pm October 3, 2018 Soccer Mommy plays at Reverb Sunday, Oct. 7. Soccer Mommy is Sophie Allison, a Nashville singer/songwriter influenced by the likes of pop stars Avril Lavigne and Taylor Swift, though her music is more easily filed alongside fellow indie singer/songwriter projects Mitski, Waxahatchee and Big Thief. In fact, on her 2018 Fat Possum release, Clean, Allison’s style and voice are reminiscent of ’80s folkie Edie Brickell, and I’d throw early Liz Phair in there as well (someone Allison has opened for recently) except lyrically Allison’s songs are more longing and withdrawn than Phair’s Exile-era, jaded, take-it-or-leave-it love rants. Instead, Allison often comes off lost or left-behind, as if watching as her lover hits on someone else at a party she wasn’t invited to in the first place. Even on indie radio hit “Your Dog,” the modern anti-thesis of the Stooges’ tune, Allison sounds worn out rather than angry. Clean is, indeed, a beauty of a record, but I’m waiting for when Allison’s had enough and returns as a mad-as-hell reincarnation of early PJ Harvey. We caught up with Allison and asked her to take our Ten Questions survey: 1. What is your favorite album? Sophie Allison: It’s hard to pick just one! One of my favorites that I’ve returned to this week is Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco. It’s a popular choice for a reason! 2. What is your least favorite song? I really don’t like that F-R-I-E-N-D-S song that is on the radio right now. I don’t know who it’s by, but I hear it all the time. (“FRIENDS” by Marshmello & Anne-Marie — Tim). 3. What do you enjoy most about being in a band? I like getting to share experiences of traveling and playing music with other people, especially since I really like the guys I tour with. 4. What do you hate about being in a band? Sharing the bathroom in a hotel is pretty much the worst part. It can be a battle in the mornings! 5. What is your favorite substance (legal or illegal)? Right now I’m going to just say Malibu so we can keep it user friendly. 6. In what city or town do you love to perform? I always love playing in New York and Boston. I feel comfortable with both of those cities since I lived in NY and my sister lived in Boston and it’s always just a fun time. 7. What city or town did you have your worst gig (and why)? Probably Liverpool. We showed up right before the set because we missed the ferry and it was just an odd vibe after that. 8. Are you able to support yourself through your music? If so, how long did it take to get there; if not, how do you pay your bills? I can at least sort of support myself at this point. I don’t really have another choice since I’m always on the road. It took at least half a year to be able to not be struggling to make it through tours, but sometimes we still struggle through it a bit. 9. What one profession other than music would you like to attempt; what one profession would you absolutely hate to do? I don’t really think I’d like to do anything else. I guess maybe I’d be a poet, but that’s basically what I do now. I’d hate to be an accountant or something like that. 10. What are the stories you’ve heard about Omaha, Nebraska? I haven’t really heard any to be honest! We played there once (with Jay Som and Stef Chura Sept. 12, 2017, at Reverb — Tim) and it seemed like a nice town, the show was pretty small though and not a ton of people came. Soccer Mommy plays with Sasami Sunday, Oct. 7, at Reverb Lounge, 6121 Military Ave. Tickets are $12, showtime is 8 p.m. For more information, go to onepercentproductions.com. Tonight Lord Huron headlines a sold out show at Sokol Auditorium. Opening is Brooklyn’s Cut Worms headed by Max Clarke, whose Jagjuwar release Hollow Ground earned a 7.2 rating from Pitchfork. 8 p.m. start time. Hollow Ground by Cut Worms	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3412
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We’re back with another epic list of diverse reads to share with you. Ready? Most of the books listed here are recommended either for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and early elementary readers since my children fall within those groups and so do the little readers in my core target audience. However, I’ve also included a few middle grade and young adult books for slightly older readers to enjoy as well. The best part is most of these books are available for pre-order now so you can get a head start on your shopping. Rest assured, I’ve selected what I think will be the “best of the best” in terms of diverse books. I know other amazing books will be released throughout the year, but these are the ones that were on my radar right now. As other books are released, I will come back and make changes to this post throughout the year so be sure to check it periodically or bookmark it to read later. I’m definitely looking forward to sharing most (if not all) of these books with my little readers. As always, I tried to target books that will likely have: stunning illustrations, read aloud appeal, a kid-friendly theme – or all three! Enjoy! Note: Since other countries have different release dates, some of these books may be released earlier or later internationally than the months I have listed as publication dates do sometimes change. Check out our lists from previous years: 2018, 2017, 2016 Ruby, Head High: Ruby Bridge’s First Day of School by Irene Cohen-Janca Inspired by an iconic Norman Rockwell painting and translated from an original French text, this is a story about the day a little girl held her head high and changed the world. Arcade and the Triple T Token (The Coin Slot Chronicles) by Rashad Jennings The Coin Slot Chronicles series, by former NFL running back and Dancing with the Stars champion Rashad Jennings, is a humorous and imaginative series that explores the power of friendship and imagination, the challenges in finding your place, and the reality of missing home. Eleven-year-old Arcade Livingston has a problem. Several, actually. The Tolley twins, a.k.a. neighborhood bullies, are making Arcade’s move to a new city even harder than it needs to be. They expect him to do their research papers and interactive displays for the sixth-grade career expo’s theme: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Besides doing their work, Arcade doesn’t even know his own answer to that question. We Are Cousins / Somos Primos by Diane Gonzales Bertrand, illustrated by Christina Rodriguez (Ages 4-8) Cousins are friends and rivals. Cousins are funny and frustrating. But the most important thing is that cousins are family. We are Cousins / Somos primos celebrates the joy of this special family bond. The children explain that they are cousins because their mothers are sisters, and from the moment they get together, the fun begins. They march in a make-believe parade, gobble up a pizza, and share a cozy story on Abuelo’s lap. But they also blame each other if something goes wrong, don’t want to share their toys, and wiggle against each other to nab a spot on Abuela’s lap. Flower Girl Katie Woo by Fran Manushkin, illustrated by Tammie Lyon (Ages 5 – 7) When Katie’s Aunt Patty asks her to be the flower girl at her wedding, Katie is thrilled! But then she starts thinking about all the things that could go wrong. It’s up to JoJo and Katie’s other friends to get Katie feeling ready for the big day. A special craft project, along with a glossary and reader response questions, round out this Katie Woo story. Superheroes Are Everywhere by Kamala Harris, illustrated by Mechal Renee Roe (Ages 3-7) Before Kamala Harris became a district attorney and a United States senator, she was a little girl who loved superheroes. And when she looked around, she was amazed to find them everywhere! In her family, among her friends, even down the street–there were superheroes wherever she looked. And those superheroes showed her that all you need to do to be a superhero is to be the best that you can be. The Duchess and the Guy: A Rescue-to-Royalty Puppy Story by Nancy Furstinger (Ages 4-7) A heartwarming tale about a beagle and the Duchess who adopted him, this picture book is inspired by the true story of Meghan Markle and her rescue dog, Guy. When he was a pup, Guy was just like any dog in the shelter; he liked to bark and follow his nose, and dreamed of a forever home above all things. But when Guy met Meghan, he had no idea he was about to star in his own Cinderella story. Guy can now be spotted escorting Queen Elizabeth and frolicking in Buckingham Palace. Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow by Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Ages 9-12) This is a story about America during and after Reconstruction, one of history’s most pivotal and misunderstood chapters. In a stirring account of emancipation, the struggle for citizenship and national reunion, and the advent of racial segregation, the renowned Harvard scholar delivers a book that is illuminating and timely. Yasmin the Teacher by Saadia Faruqi (Ages 5-8) Ms. Alex gets called away―and puts Yasmin in charge! Being teacher will be a snap! But when things go wrong, Yasmin must think fast to get the class back on track before Ms. Alex gets back. The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA by Brenda Woods On Gabriel’s twelfth birthday, he gets a new bike–and is so excited that he accidentally rides it right into the path of a car. Fortunately, a Black man named Meriwether pushes him out of the way just in time, and fixes his damaged bike. As a thank you, Gabriel gets him a job at his dad’s auto shop. Gabriel’s dad hires him with some hesitation, however, anticipating trouble with the other mechanic, who makes no secret of his racist opinions. Grandpa Stops a War by Susan Robeson, illustrated by Rob Brown Based on the true story of Paul Robeson’s visit to the front lines of the Spanish Civil War, comes this recollection of his bravery and activism by his granddaughter, Susan Robeson, with her debut book. The Journey of York: The Unsung Hero of the Lewis and Clark Expedition by Hasan Davis Thomas Jefferson’s Corps of Discovery included Captains Lewis and Clark and a crew of 28 men to chart a route from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. All the crew but one volunteered for the mission. York, the enslaved man taken on the journey, did not choose to go. Slaves did not have choices. York’s contributions to the expedition, however, were invaluable. The captains came to rely on York’s judgement, determination, and peacemaking role with the American Indian nations they encountered. But as York’s independence and status rose on the journey, the question remained what status he would carry once the expedition was over. This is his story. Good Night, Taj Mahal by Nitya Mohan Khemka This delightful and educational board book tours little explorers around the magical city of Agra. Children will discover all of their favorite landmarks and attractions, including Taj Mahal, Mehtab Bagh Gardens, Agra Fort, Jama Masjid, Kinari bazaar, Tomb of Itimad-ud-Daulah, Rambagh Gardens, Sadar Bazaar, Sikandra, Fatehpur Sikri and more. Mangoes, Mischief, and Tales of Friendship: Stories from India by Chitra Soundar Being a wise and just ruler is no easy task. That’s what Prince Veera discovers when he and his best friend, Suku, are given the opportunity to preside over the court of his father, King Bheema. Some of the subjects’ complaints are easily addressed, but others are much more challenging. How should they handle the case of the greedy merchant who wishes to charge people for enjoying the smells of his sweets? A Tear in the Ocean by H.M. Bouwman Putnam, the future king of Raftworld, wants more than anything to prove himself. When the water in the Second World starts to become salty and his father won’t do anything about it, Putnam sees his chance. He steals a boat and sneaks off toward the source of the salty water. He doesn’t know he has a stowaway onboard, an island girl named Artie. Peasprout Chen: Battle of Champions by Henry Lien Now in her Second Year at Pearl Famous Academy of Skate and Sword, Peasprout Chen strives to reclaim her place as a champion of wu liu, the sport of martial arts figure skating. But, with the new year comes new competition, and Peasprout’s dreams are thwarted by an impressive transfer student. Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington’s Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away by Erica Armstrong Dunbar Born into a life of slavery, Ona Judge eventually grew up to be George and Martha Washington’s “favored” dower slave. When she was told that she was going to be given as a wedding gift to Martha Washington’s granddaughter, Ona made the bold and brave decision to flee to the north, where she would be a fugitive. Breathe With Me: Using Breath to Feel Strong, Calm and Happy by Miriam Gates When you’re mad or worried or can’t wake up in the morning, what can you do? Use the amazing superpower that you already have—breathing. I Look Up To… Malala Yousafzai by Anna Membrino It’s never too early to introduce your child to the people you admire–such as Malala Yousafzai, the activist for girls’ education and Nobel Peace Prize winner! This board book distills Malala’s excellent qualities into an eminently sharable read-aloud text with graphic, eye-catching illustrations. Each spread highlights an important trait, and is enhanced by a quote from Malala herself. Kids will grow up hearing the words of this inspiring woman and will learn what YOU value in a person! I Look Up to…Serena Williams by Anna Membrino It’s never too early to introduce your child to the people you admire! This board book distills tennis superstar Serena Williams’s excellent qualities into an eminently sharable read-aloud text with graphic, eye-catching illustrations. Each spread highlights an important trait, and is enhanced by a quote from Serena herself. Kids will grow up hearing the words of this powerful, determined woman and will learn what YOU value in a person! E is for Easter by Greg Paprocki In the latest alphabet primer from artist Greg Paprocki, Easter and the rites of spring are celebrated with Paprocki’s wonderful colorful and vintage-looking illustrations. Your toddlers can enjoy illustrations of such things as the Easter Bunny, baskets overflowing with candy, children decorating Easter eggs, an Easter egg hunt, and beautiful springtime flowers. Have I Ever Told You? by Shani King This book holds the message of dignity that every child on this earth deserves and needs to hear. You are loved. You matter. You make me laugh. Have I ever told you that? Dear Black Boy by Martellus Bennett Dear Black Boy is a letter of encouragement to all the brown-skinned boys around the world who feel like sports are all they have. It is a reminder that they are more than athletes, more than a jersey number, more than a great crossover or a forty-time, that the biggest game that they’ll ever play is the game of life, and there are people rooting for them off of the courts and fields, not as athletes, but as future leaders of the world. Marley Dias (Influential People) by Jenny Benjamin As a sixth-grader, Marley Dias started a campaign to help make sure girls of all races have access to books that feature main characters who look like them. She also went on to write a book of her own. Learn more about how she is making a difference for other young girls! Community Soup by Alma Fullerton (in paperback format) In a garden outside a Kenyan schoolhouse, teachers and students are gathering their vegetables for soup. But all Kioni brought today were her troublesome goats. How can they contribute? Meet Miss Fancy by Irene Latham, illustrated by John Holyfield Frank has always been obsessed with elephants. He loves their hosepipe trunks, tree stump feet, and swish-swish tails. So when Miss Fancy, the elephant, retires from the circus and moves two blocks from his house to Avondale Park, he’s over the moon! Frank really wants to pet her. But Avondale Park is just for white people, so Frank is not allowed to see Miss Fancy. Frank is heartbroken but he doesn’t give up: instead he makes a plan! What Is Given From the Heart by Patricia C. McKissack One Sunday before Valentine’s Day, Reverend Dennis makes an announcement during the service– the Temples have lost everything in a fire, and the church is collecting anything that might be useful to them. James thinks hard about what he can add to the Temple’s “love box,” but what does he have worth giving? Dress Like a Girl by Patricia Toht Uplifting and resonant, and with a variety of interests ranging from sports to science to politics, this book is sure to inspire any young girl, instilling the idea that the best way to dress like a girl is the way that makes you feel most like YOU! Out of this World: The Surreal Art of Leonora Carrington by Michelle Markel Out of This World is the fascinating and stunningly illustrated story of Leonora Carrington, a girl who made art out of her imagination and created some of the most enigmatic and startling works of the last eighty years. All About Mohandas Gandhi by Todd Outcalt Mohandas Gandhi was the youngest of four sons in a merchant family. Growing up, he craved knowledge and devoted himself to his studies. Upon graduating high school, he decided to go to London to become a lawyer. This profession took him all the way to South Africa, where he tested his theory of non-cooperation and civil resistance to get rights for the Indians there. Upon returning to India, he used the same practices to protest for independence from British rule. Over the course of his seventy-eight year life, he helped win rights and independence for himself, his people, and his nation. He is globally recognized as a hero and a symbol of peace. Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America by Ibi Zoboi & others Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, and featuring some of the most acclaimed bestselling Black authors writing for teens today—Black Enough is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it’s like to be young and Black in America. China: A History by Cheryl Bardoe Discover the history of one of the world’s most influential civilizations. Based on the Cyrus Tang Hall of China exhibit at The Field Museum, China: A History traces the 7,000-year story of this diverse land. Full-color maps, photos, and illustrations of the people, landscape, artifacts, and rare objects bring the history of this nation to life! Young readers learn about prehistoric China, follow the reign of emperors and dynasties, and come to understand how China became the world power that it is today. The book also explores the role of children and women in everyday life as well as how religion, politics, and economics shaped the deep traditions and dynamic changes of modern China. Isabella: Artist Extraordinaire by Jennifer Fosberry When Isabella has a day off from school, her mother suggests doing something special. Instead, Isabella walks her parents through all of the exciting things they could do as she imagines herself in famous paintings ranging from Van Gogh’s The Starry Night to Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans. Through her musings, Isabella creates a wondrous museum of her own making, showing how home can be the most special place of all! All About Barack Obama by Paul Freiberger & Michael Swaine Barack Obama was the 44th president of the United States, and the first African American to serve. He served two terms from 2009 to 2017, when he was replaced by President Donald Trump. Before the presidency, Obama served as an Illinois Senator and a US Senator. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Barack Obama had to overcome the difficulty of having multiracial parents at a time when that was frowned upon. Through his childhood and teenage years, he struggled with issues of identity. Things began to make sense when he graduated from Columbia University and began working in Chicago communities. After graduating from Harvard Law School, he became a civil rights attorney and professor. He ran for president in 2008 and won, staying in office until 2017. Jada Jones: Sleepover Scientist by Kelly Starling Lyons Jada is hosting her first sleepover, and she has lots of cool scientific activities planned: kitchen chemistry, creating invisible ink, and even making slime! But when her friends get tired of the lessons and just want to hang out, can Jada figure out the formula for fun and save the sleepover? Genesis Begins Again by Alicia Williams This deeply sensitive and powerful debut novel tells the story of a thirteen-year-old who is filled with self-loathing and must overcome internalized racism and a verbally abusive family to finally learn to love herself. What Momma Left Me by Renee Watson Serenity is good at keeping secrets, and she’s got a whole lifetime’s worth of them. Her mother is dead, her father is gone, and starting life over at her grandparents’ house is strange. Luckily, certain things seem to hold promise: a new friend who makes her feel connected, and a boy who makes her feel seen. But when her brother starts making poor choices, her friend is keeping her own dangerous secret, and her grandparents put all of their trust in a faith that Serenity isn’t sure she understands, it is the power of love that will repair her heart and keep her sure of just who she is. This Promise of Change: One Girl’s Story in the Fight for School Equality by Jo Ann Allen Boyce In 1956, one year before federal troops escorted the Little Rock 9 into Central High School, fourteen year old Jo Ann Allen was one of twelve African-American students who broke the color barrier and integrated Clinton High School in Tennessee. At first things went smoothly for the Clinton 12, but then outside agitators interfered, pitting the townspeople against one another. Uneasiness turned into anger, and even the Clinton Twelve themselves wondered if the easier thing to do would be to go back to their old school. Jo Ann—clear-eyed, practical, tolerant, and popular among both black and white students—found herself called on as the spokesperson of the group. But what about just being a regular teen? Brave Ballerina: The Story of Janet Collins by Michelle Meadows, illustrated by Ebony Glenn Janet Collins wanted to be a ballerina in the 1930s and 40s, a time when racial segregation was widespread in the United States. Janet pursued dance with a passion, despite being rejected from discriminatory dance schools. When she was accepted into the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo as a teenager on the condition that she paint her skin white for performances, Janet refused. She continued to go after her dreams, never compromising her values along the way. From her early childhood lessons to the height of her success as the first African American prima ballerina in the Metropolitan Opera, this is the story of a remarkable pioneer. Inventing Victoria by Tonya Bolden As a young black woman in 1880s Savannah, Essie’s dreams are very much at odds with her reality. Ashamed of her beginnings, but unwilling to accept the path currently available to her, Essie is trapped between the life she has and the life she wants. Until she meets a lady named Dorcas Vashon, the richest and most cultured black woman she’s ever encountered. When Dorcas makes Essie an offer she can’t refuse, she becomes Victoria. Transformed by a fine wardrobe, a classic education, and the rules of etiquette, Victoria is soon welcomed in the upper echelons of black society in Washington, D. C. But when the life she desires is finally within her grasp, Victoria must decide how much of herself she is truly willing to surrender. Honeysmoke: A Story of Finding Your Color by Monique Fields, illustrated by Yesenia Moises Monique Fields is an award-winning journalist. Her essays about race and identity have appeared on air, in print, and online, including NPR’s All Things Considered, Ebony magazine, and TheRoot.com. She is the founder and editor of Honeysmoke.com, a site for parents raising multiracial children. The Piñata That the Farm Maiden Hung by Samantha R. Vamos A young girl sets out on errands for the day, and while she’s gone, the farm maiden prepares a piñata from scratch with help from a boy, horse, goose, cat, sheep, and farmer. After they all fall asleep in the afternoon sun, they must scramble to finish preparations in time–just as the girl arrives back to her surprise party. Key English words change to Spanish as the cumulative verse builds to the celebratory ending. With the familiarity of “The House That Jack Built,” the tale cleverly incorporates Spanish words, adding a new one in place of the English word from the previous page. Back matter includes a glossary, definitions, and directions for making a piñata at home. Follow Me Down to Nicodemus Town: Based on the History of the African American Pioneer Settlement by A. LaFaye When Dede sees a notice offering land to black people in Kansas, her family decides to give up their life of sharecropping to become homesteading pioneers in the Midwest. Inspired by the true story of Nicodemus, Kansas, a town founded in the late 1870s by Exodusters—former slaves leaving the Jim Crow South in search of a new beginning—this fictional story follows Dede and her parents as they set out to stake and secure a claim, finally allowing them to have a home to call their own. Fearless Mary: The True Adventures of Mary Fields, American Stagecoach Driver by Tami Charles A little-known but fascinating and larger-than-life character, Mary Fields is one of the unsung, trailblazing African American women who helped settle the American West. A former slave, Fields became the first African American woman stagecoach driver in 1895, when, in her 60s, she beat out all the cowboys applying for the job by being the fastest to hitch a team of six horses. She won the dangerous and challenging job, and for many years traveled the badlands with her pet eagle, protecting the mail from outlaws and wild animals, never losing a single horse or package. Fields helped pave the way for other women and people of color to become stagecoach drivers and postal workers. Hands Up! by Breanna J. McDaniel A young black girl lifts her baby hands up to greet the sun, reaches her hands up for a book on a high shelf, and raises her hands up in praise at a church service. She stretches her hands up high like a plane’s wings and whizzes down a hill so fast on her bike with her hands way up. As she grows, she lives through everyday moments of joy, love, and sadness. And when she gets a little older, she joins together with her family and her community in a protest march, where they lift their hands up together in resistance and strength. A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks by Alice Faye Duncan With a voice both wise and witty, Gwendolyn Brooks crafted poems that captured the urban Black experience and the role of women in society. She grew up on the South Side of Chicago, reading and writing constantly from a young age, her talent lovingly nurtured by her parents. Brooks ultimately published 20 books of poetry, two autobiographies, and one novel. The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan Seventeen-year-old Rukhsana Ali tries her hardest to live up to her conservative Muslim parents’ expectations, but lately she’s finding that impossible to do. She rolls her eyes when they blatantly favor her brother and saves her crop tops and makeup for parties her parents don’t know about. Luckily, only a few more months stand between her carefully monitored life in Seattle and her new life at Caltech. But when her parents catch her kissing her girlfriend Ariana, all of Rukhsana’s plans fall apart. Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee Min feels hemmed in by the household rules and resents the endless chores, the cousins who crowd her, and the aunties who judge her. She would like nothing more than to escape Jinju, her neglected, dust-ridden, and impoverished planet. She’s counting the days until she can follow her older brother, Jun, into the Space Forces and see more of the Thousand Worlds. Planting Trees: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré by Anika Aldamuy Denise Follow la vida y legado of Pura Belpré, the first Puerto Rican librarian in New York City. When she came to America in 1921, Pura carried the cuentos folklóricos of her Puerto Rican homeland. Finding a new home at the New York Public Library as a bilingual assistant, she turned her popular stories into libros and spread story seeds across the land. Today, these seeds have grown into a lush landscape as generations of children and cuentistas continue to share her stories and celebrate Pura’s legacy. The Bell Rang by James Ransome Every single morning, the overseer of the plantation rings the bell. Daddy gathers wood. Mama cooks. Ben and the other slaves go out to work. Each day is the same. Full of grueling work and sweltering heat. Every day, except one, when the bell rings and Ben is nowhere to be found. Because Ben ran. Yet, despite their fear and sadness, his family remains hopeful that maybe, just maybe, he made it North. That he is free. The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Frank Morrison The roots of rap and the history of hip-hop have origins that precede DJ Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash. Kids will learn about how it evolved from folktales, spirituals, and poetry, to the showmanship of James Brown, to the culture of graffiti art and break dancing that formed around the art form and gave birth to the musical artists we know today. Under by Hijab by Hena Khan Grandma wears it clasped under her chin. Aunty pins hers up with a beautiful brooch. Jenna puts it under a sun hat when she hikes. Zara styles hers to match her outfit. As a young girl observes six very different women in her life who each wear the hijab in a unique way, she also dreams of the rich possibilities of her own future, and how she will express her own personality through her hijab. Marianthe’s Story: Painted Words and Spoken Memories by Aliki (paperback version) Based on Aliki’s own experience as a Greek schoolgirl in Philadelphia, this is an essential, timely, and relevant American immigration story. With appealing, accessible art and a universal message, Marianthe’s Story is sure to resonate with children and educators alike. Sela Blue and the Missing Key by Alisia Dale Enchanting and surprising, this book takes readers on a fun quest through the musical village of Chateuguay. When Sela Blue and her sisters, Susie and Sophie, can’t find the key to their charming house on Wagner Street they set off in search of the missing key. With happy-go-lucky Nanny K leading the charge, things become catastrophic. Spin by Lamar Giles When rising star Paris Secord (aka DJ ParSec) is found dead on her turntables, it sends the local music scene reeling. No one is feeling that grief more than her shunned pre-fame best friend, Kya, and ParSec’s chief groupie, Fuse — two sworn enemies who happened to be the ones who discovered her body. A Grain of Rice by Nhung N. Tran-Davies Thirteen-year-old Yen and her family have survived a war, famine and persecution. When a powerful flood ruins their village in rural Vietnam, matters only get worse. With the help of neighbors and family, they decide to take the ultimate risk on a chance for a better life. When I Fly With Papa by Claudia May, illustrated by Jena Holliday This three-movement poem invites readers ages three and up to journey with the Papa of their imagination. It can be read in one sitting or spread out over numerous days. A movement or verse can guide a moment of storytelling and reflection. Readers can even skip a day or more and return to a poem for a fresh experience with Papa as God. God’s Gift of Family by Brenda Jank, illustrated by Penny Weber God’s Gift of Family is especially for blended families, a book that speaks to families who have welcomed children home through any means, and celebrates the making of a family – the miracle, joy, and love – from a distinctly faith-based vantage point. Designed for all families, God’s Gift of Family celebrates the making of a family – the miracle, the joy, and the love from a distinctly faith-based vantage point. A Scarf for Keiko by Ann Malaspina, illustrated by Merrilee Liddiard It’s 1942. Sam’s class is knitting socks for soldiers and Sam is a terrible knitter. Keiko is a good knitter, but some kids at school don’t want anything to do with her because the Japanese have bombed Pearl Harbor and her family is Japanese American. When Keiko’s family is forced to move to a camp for Japanese Americans, can Sam find a way to demonstrate his friendship? When I Pray for You by Matthew Paul Turner, illustrated by Kimberly Barnes Something about seeing a beloved child come into the world, grow, and experience the wonder and pain of life drives adults to pray for the kids they love. Even people with no religious affiliation will pray for the well-being of a child. When I Pray for You celebrates the dreams, hopes, and longings we pray over our children, and shares with the little ones how much care, concern, and love a parent, family member, or friend feels for them. Black Music Greats by Olivier Cachin, illustrated by Jérôme Masi (Ages 7-10) Each book in the 40 Inspiring Icons series introduces readers to a fascinating non-fiction subject through its 40 most famous people or groups. In this book, 40 of the most inspirational movers, shakers, and innovators in black music history are waiting to be heard. Find out about each artist’s most iconic shows, genre defining techniques, friends, rivals, and nicknames. Each artist profile is complete with 5 must-listen-to tracks: perfect for the budding audiophile. Feminism Is… by DK, foreward by Roxane Gay (Ages 12 and up) What is feminism? Combining insightful text with graphic illustrations, this engaging book introduces young adult readers to a subject that should matter to everyone. Feminism Is… tackles the most intriguing and relevant topics, such as intersectionality, the right to an equal education, and the gender pay gap. Find out what equality for women really means, get a short history of feminism, and take a look at the issues that affect women at work, in the home, and around sex and identity. Meet, too, some great women, such as Gloria Steinem, Frida Kahlo, and Malala Yousafzai, “rebel girls” who refused to accept the status quo of their day and blazed a trail for others to follow. Look Up with Me: Neil deGrasse Tyson: A Life Among the Stars by Jennifer Berne, illustrated by Lorraine Nam With an introduction from Neil DeGrasse Tyson about the importance of kid-like curiosity, this lyrical picture book biography on the beloved astrophysicist and host of Cosmos is the perfect gift for young astronomers and fans of all ages. Girl Activist by Louisa Kamps Rebel girls, young activists, and other trailblazing tweens and teens will be inspired by the stories of 40 women who have changed the world for the better. Mini-biographies of unstoppable women activists—from Malala Yousafzai to Susan B. Anthony, Emma Gonzalez to Gloria Steinem, Wangari Maathai to Dolores Huerta—offer windows into what it takes to stand up for a cause, rally others together, and even ignite a movement. Who Is Michael Jordan? by Kirsten Anderson Meet the man who changed the game forever. Michael Jordan has always been competitive–even as a young boy, he fought for attention. His need to be the best made him a star player on his college basketball team and helped him become an NBA legend, both for his skills and his endorsements. Just Read! by Lori Degman Learning to read is a big accomplishment, and this exuberant picture book celebrates reading in its many forms. In lively rhyme, it follows a diverse group of word-loving children who grab the opportunity to read wherever and whenever they can. They read while waiting and while sliding or swinging; they read music and in Braille and the signs on the road. And, sometimes, they even read together, in a special fort they’ve built. The colorful, fanciful art and rollicking text will get every child more excited about reading! Some Days by Karen Kaufman Orloff Come along and follow a year in the life of a young boy and girl as they discover their many different and ever-changing emotions, including joy, fear, anger, jealousy, excitement, pride, disappointment, loneliness, and contentment. As children read about “angels in the snow days” as well as “need my mommy now days,” they’ll begin to understand how to cope with both positive and negative feelings. Biddy Mason Speaks Up by Arisa White Bridget “Biddy” Mason, an African American philanthropist, healer, and midwife who was born into slavery. When Biddy arrived in California, where slavery was technically illegal, she was kept captive by her owners and forced to work without pay. But when Biddy learned that she was going to be taken to a slave state, she launched a plan to win her freedom. Maria the Matador by Anne Lambelet She’ll do anything to get her hands on more of them, even enter a bullfight. To win, she must outsmart the other matadors who don’t think she’s big enough, fast enough, or strong enough. With determination and creativity, spunky Maria will dance her way to victory―and into readers’ hearts. A Friend for Henry by Jenn Bailey In Classroom Six, second left down the hall, Henry has been on the lookout for a friend. A friend who shares. A friend who listens. Maybe even a friend who likes things to stay the same and all in order, as Henry does. But on a day full of too close and too loud, when nothing seems to go right, will Henry ever find a friend—or will a friend find him? With insight and warmth, this heartfelt story from the perspective of a boy on the autism spectrum celebrates the everyday magic of friendship. New Kid by Jerry Craft Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. Ann Fights for Freedom: An Underground Railroad Survival Story by Nikki Shannon Smith Twelve-year-old Ann understands there is only one thing to be grateful for as a slave: having her family together. But when the master falls into debt, he plans to sell both Ann and her younger brother to two different owners. Ann is convinced her family must run away on the Underground Railroad. Will Ann’s family survive the dangerous trip to their freedom in the North ? This Girls Survive story is supported by a glossary, discussion questions, and nonfiction material on the Underground Railroad, making it a valuable resource for young readers. The Moon Within by Aida Salazar Celi Rivera’s life swirls with questions. About her changing body. Her first attraction to a boy. And her best friend’s exploration of what it means to be genderfluid. But most of all, her mother’s insistence she have a moon ceremony when her first period arrives. It’s an ancestral Mexica ritual that Mima and her community have reclaimed, but Celi promises she will NOT be participating. Can she find the power within herself to take a stand for who she wants to be? Fast Enough: Bessie Stringfield’s First Ride by Joel Christian Gill Fast Enough combines an imagined story of Bessie Stringfield as a young girl with historical facts about Bessie as an adult. Bessie Stringfield went on to become the first African-American woman to travel solo across the United States on a motorcycle. Not only was she fast, but she was a true adventurer, daring to ride to places unsafe for African Americans in the 1930s and ’40s. Muhammad Ali (Little People, Big Dreams) by Isabel Sanchez Vegara When he was little, Muhammad Ali had his bicycle stolen. He wanted to fight the thief, but a policeman told him him to learn how to box first. After training hard in the gym, Muhammad developed a strong jab and an even stronger work ethic. His smart thinking and talking earned him the greatest title in boxing: Heavyweight Champion of the World. This moving book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of “The Greatest’s” life. Right This Very Minute: A table-to-farm book about food and farming by Lisl H Detlefsen What’s that you say? You’re hungry? Right this very minute? Then you need a farmer. You have the stories of so many right here on your table! Award winners Lisl H. Detlefsen and Renee Kurilla’s delicious celebration of food and farming is sure to inspire readers of all ages to learn more about where their food comes from – right this very minute! Soaring Earth by Margarita Engle Margarita Engle’s childhood straddled two worlds: the lush, welcoming island of Cuba and the lonely, dream-soaked reality of Los Angeles. But the revolution has transformed Cuba into a mystery of impossibility, no longer reachable in real life. Margarita longs to travel the world, yet before she can become independent, she’ll have to start high school. Carter Reads the Newspaper by Deborah Hopkinson, illustrated by Don Tate Carter G. Woodson was born to two formerly enslaved people ten years after the end of the Civil War. Though his father could not read, he believed in being an informed citizen. So Carter read the newspaper to him every day. Let ‘er Buck!: George Fletcher, the People’s Champion by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson In 1911, three men were in the final round of the famed Pendleton Round-Up. One was white, one was Indian, and one was black. When the judges declared the white man the winner, the audience was outraged. They named black cowboy George Fletcher the “people’s champion” and took up a collection, ultimately giving Fletcher far more than the value of the prize that went to the official winner. A is for Awesome: 23 Iconic Women Who Changed the World by Eva Chen, illustrated by Derek Desierto Why stick with plain old A, B, Cwhen you can have Amelia (Earhart), Malala, Tina (Turner), Ruth (Bader Ginsburg), all the way to eXtraordinary You―and the Zillion of adventures you will go on? Instagram superstar Eva Chen, author of Juno Valentine and the Magical Shoes, is back with an alphabet board book depicting feminist icons in A Is for Awesome: 23 Iconic Women Who Changed the World, featuring spirited illustrations by Derek Desierto. Remarkably You by Pat Zietlow Miller Heartfelt and timeless, Remarkably You is an inspirational manifesto about all of the things—little or small, loud or quiet—that make us who we are. On the Come Up by Angie Thomas Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least get some streams on her mixtape. As the daughter of an underground rap legend who died right before he hit big, Bri’s got massive shoes to fill. But when her mom unexpectedly loses her job, food banks and shut-off notices become as much a part of her life as beats and rhymes. With bills piling up and homelessness staring her family down, Bri no longer just wants to make it—she has to make it. I Am Farmer: Growing an Environmental Movement in Cameroon by Baptiste & Miranda Paul, illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon When Tantoh Nforba was a child, his fellow students mocked him for his interest in gardening. Today he’s an environmental hero, bringing clean water and bountiful gardens to the central African nation of Cameroon. Sisters: Venus & Serena Williams by Jeanette Winter Before they were famous tennis stars, Venus and Serena Williams were sisters with big dreams growing up in Compton, California. In the early mornings, they head to the tennis courts, clean up debris, and practice. They compete in their first tournament and they both win. From there, the girls’ trophy collection grows and grows. Despite adversity and health challenges, the sisters become two of the greatest tennis players of all time. This inspiring story of sisterhood, hard work, and determination is perfect for budding athletes or any young reader with a big dream. Say Something by Peter H. Reynolds In this empowering new picture book, beloved author Peter H. Reynolds explores the many ways that a single voice can make a difference. Each of us, each and every day, have the chance to say something: with our actions, our words, and our voices. Perfect for kid activists everywhere, this timely story reminds readers of the undeniable importance and power of their voice. There are so many ways to tell the world who you are…what you are thinking…and what you believe. And how you’ll make it better. The time is now: SAY SOMETHING! My Mommy Medicine by Edwidge Danticat When a child wakes up feeling sick, she is treated to a good dose of Mommy Medicine. Her remedy includes a yummy cup of hot chocolate; a cozy, bubble-filled bath time; and unlimited snuggles and cuddles. Mommy Medicine can heal all woes and make any day the BEST day! Gittel’s Journey by by Lesléa Newman Gittel and her mother were supposed to immigrate to America together, but when her mother is stopped by the health inspector, Gittel must make the journey alone. Her mother writes her cousin’s address in New York on a piece of paper. However, when Gittel arrives at Ellis Island, she discovers the ink has run and the address is illegible! How will she find her family? The Cat Who Lived with Anne Frank by David Lee Miller Told from the perspective of the cat who actually lived with Anne Frank in the famous Amsterdam annex, this poignant book paints a picture of a young girl who wistfully dreams of a better life for herself and her friends, tentatively wonders what mark she might leave on the world, and, above all, adamantly believes in the goodness of people. Lety Out Loud by Angela Cervantes Lety Munoz sometimes has trouble speaking her mind. Her first language is Spanish and she likes to take her time putting her words together. Lety loves volunteering at the Furry Friends Animal Shelter because the dogs and cats there don’t care if she can’t find the right word. When the shelter needs a volunteer to write animal profiles, Lety jumps at the chance. But grumpy classmate Hunter also wants to write profiles– so now they have to work as a team. Wilma’s Way Home: The Life of Wilma Mankiller by Doreen Rappaport As a child in Oklahoma, Wilma Mankiller experienced the Cherokee practice of Gadugi, helping each other, even when times were hard for everyone. But in 1956, the federal government uprooted her family and moved them to California, wrenching them from their home, friends, and traditions. Separated from her community and everything she knew, Wilma felt utterly lost until she found refuge in the Indian Center in San Francisco. There, she worked to build and develop the local Native community and championed Native political activists. This book will inspire future leaders to persevere in empathy and thoughtful problem-solving, reaching beyond themselves to help those around them. Watch Us Rise by Renee Watson Jasmine and Chelsea are best friends on a mission–they’re sick of the way women are treated even at their progressive NYC high school, so they decide to start a Women’s Rights Club. They post their work online–poems, essays, videos of Chelsea performing her poetry, and Jasmine’s response to the racial microaggressions she experiences–and soon they go viral. But with such positive support, the club is also targeted by trolls. When things escalate in real life, the principal shuts the club down. Not willing to be silenced, Jasmine and Chelsea will risk everything for their voices–and those of other young women–to be heard. The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman Life is harsh in Chennai’s teeming streets, so when runaway sisters Viji and Rukku arrive, their prospects look grim. Very quickly, eleven-year-old Viji discovers how vulnerable they are in this uncaring, dangerous world. Fortunately, the girls find shelter–and friendship–on an abandoned bridge. With two homeless boys, Muthi and Arul, the group forms a family of sorts. And while making a living scavenging the city’s trash heaps is the pits, the kids find plenty to laugh about and take pride in too. Pancakes to Parathas: Breakfast Around the World by Alice B. McGinty From Australia to India to the USA, come travel around the world at dawn. Children everywhere are waking up to breakfast. In Japan, students eat soured soybeans called natto. In Brazil, even kids drink coffee–with lots of milk! With rhythm and rhymes and bold, graphic art, Pancakes to Parathas invites young readers to explore the world through the most important meal of the day. The Boy Who Grew a Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng by Sophia Gholz, illustrated by Kayla Harren (Ages 5-8) As a boy, Jadav Payeng was distressed by the destruction deforestation and erosion was causing on his island home in India’s Brahmaputra River. So he began planting trees. What began as a small thicket of bamboo, grew over the years into 1,300 acre forest filled with native plants and animals. The Boy Who Grew a Forest tells the inspiring true story of Payeng–and reminds us all of the difference a single person with a big idea can make. Pride Colors by Robert Stevenson Through gentle rhymes and colorful photographs of adorable children, Pride Colors is a celebration of the deep unconditional love of a parent or caregiver for a young child. The profound message of this delightful board book is you are free to be whoever you choose to be; you’ll always be loved. Celebrated author Robin Stevenson ends her purposeful prose by explaining the meaning behind each color in the Pride flag: red = life, orange = healing, yellow = sunlight, green = nature, blue = peace and harmony, and violet = spirit. Another by Christian Robinson In his eagerly anticipated debut as author-illustrator, Caldecott and Coretta Scott King honoree Christian Robinson brings young readers on a playful, imaginative journey into another world. What if you…encountered another perspective? Discovered another world Met another you? What might you do? Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock by Dallas Hunt, illustrated by Amanda Strong During an unfortunate mishap, young Awâsis loses Kôhkum’s freshly baked world-famous bannock. Not knowing what to do, Awâsis seeks out a variety of other-than-human relatives willing to help. What adventures are in store for Awâsis? The Lost Property Office by Emily Rand A little girl and her mother are on the train, going to visit Grandpa. It’s very busy—hold on tight! But when they arrive at their destination and get off the train they realize something is wrong: the little girl’s beloved teddy bear has gone missing! Just when it looks like she’ll never see Teddy again, Grandpa has an idea! And suddenly the little girl is off on a magical journey to rescue her favorite stuffed friend. Have you ever wondered where your lost objects go? With charming and stylish illustrations, this book is perfect for curious minds. Martin & Anne: The Kindred Spirits of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Anne Frank by Nancy Churnin, illustrated by Yevgenia Nayberg (Ages 8-11) Anne Frank and Martin Luther King Jr. were born the same year a world apart. Both faced ugly prejudices and violence, which both answered with words of love and faith in humanity. This is the story of their parallel journeys to find hope in darkness and to follow their dreams. Oprah Winfrey: Run the Show Like CEO by Caroline Moss Discover how Oprah became a billionaire CEO and media mogul in this true story of her life. Then, learn 10 key lessons from her work you can apply to your own life. Featuring inspiring quotes and mantras, this is a book for all kids wanting to forge their own career path. Around the Passover Table by Tracy Newman, illustrated by Adriana Santos (Ages 3-5) The candles are lit, the seder plate filled, and the matzo stacked high. Join in to read, sing, eat, and observe the holiday. The many steps of a Passover seder are portrayed in this rhyming story. Frida Kahlo by Jane Kent, illustrated by Isabel Munoz Mexican artist Frida Kahlo created vibrantly hued paintings . . . and led an equally colorful life. Known for her self-portraits, she became a feminist icon whose work now sells for millions of dollars. This lively biography looks at Frida’s childhood—including her bout with polio—as well as her devotion to Mexican culture and political causes; the bus accident that left her in chronic pain but also sparked her career; and her marriage to Diego Rivera. Lubna and Pebble by Wendy Meddour, illustrated by Daniel Egnéus In an unforgettable story that subtly addresses the refugee crisis, a young girl must decide if friendship means giving up the one item that gives her comfort during a time of utter uncertainty. Lubna’s best friend is a pebble. Pebble always listens to her stories. Pebble always smiles when she feels scared. But when a lost little boy arrives in the World of Tents, Lubna realizes that he needs Pebble even more than she does. Ages 4-8. The Yellow Suitcase by Meera Sriram In The Yellow Suitcase by Meera Sriram, Asha travels with her parents from America to India to mourn her grandmother’s passing. Asha’s grief and anger are compounded by the empty yellow suitcase usually reserved for gifts to and from Grandma, but when she discovers a gift left behind just for her, Asha realizes that the memory of her grandmother will live on inside her, no matter where she lives. Ages 6-10. Limelight by Solli Raphael From thirteen-year-old award-winning slam poet Solli Raphael comes Limelight, an extraodinary book that showcases that age is no barrier to creating poetry that inspires social change and positive action. Limelight is a unique collection of slam poetry paired with inspirational writing techniques. With over 30 original poems in different forms, Raphael’s work tackles current social concerns for his generation, such as sustainability and social equality, all while amplifying his uplifting message of hope. Solli’s book also contains 5 chapters on how to write and read poetry, how to manage stage fright and writer’s block, and encouraging tips on how we can all make tomorrow better than today. Sam Wu Is Not Afraid of Sharks by Katie Tsang On a class trip to the aquarium, certified ghost hunter Sam Wu encounters something even scarier than ghosts: Crazy Charlie, a giant shark, who TOTALLY tries to eat him. Sam has no intentions of taking any more chances with these people-eating creatures. But then his classmates Regina and Ralph announce they’re having a birthday bash . . . on the BEACH! Can Sam overcome his terror of becoming shark bait? Ages 7-12 A Green Place to Be: The Creation of Central Park by Ashley Benham Yazdani In 1858, New York City was growing so fast that new roads and tall buildings threatened to swallow up the remaining open space. The people needed a green place to be — a park with ponds to row on and paths for wandering through trees and over bridges. When a citywide contest solicited plans for creating a park out of barren swampland, Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted put their heads together to create the winning design, and the hard work of making their plans a reality began. Love You Head to Toe by Ashley Barron Pairing creative rhyming similes with cut-paper collage art, Love You Head to Toe is an adorable book that compares newborn babies to baby animals on every page. Bright, playful illustrations show a different baby and a different species of animal, both engaged in similar behavior: babies stretch their limbs like sea stars, splash in the water like ducklings, toddle around like bear cubs, and fill their chubby cheeks like chipmunks. Asian Children’s Favorite Stories: Folktales from China, Japan, Korea, India, the Philippines and other Asian Lands by David Conger For thousands of years, children all over the world have listened to popular folktales. Each country has its own set of fascinating stories, and learning those from another part of the world is both entertaining and educational. Asian Children’s Favorite Stories presents 7 Asian folktales from different countries—China, Japan, Korea, India, the Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia. My Grandma and Me by Mina Javaherbin While Mina is growing up in Iran, the centre of her world is her grandmother. Whether visiting friends next door, going to the mosque for midnight prayers during Ramadan, or taking an imaginary trip around the planets, Mina and her grandma are never far apart… At once deeply personal and utterly universal, this story is a love letter of the rarest sort: the kind that shares a bit of its warmth with every reader. Japanese and English Nursery Rhymes: Carp Streamers, Falling Rain and Other Favorite Songs and Rhymes by Danielle Wright This delightful collection of beloved Japanese nursery rhymes, Japanese and English Nursery Rhymes is the perfect introduction to Japanese language and culture for young readers ages 4 to 8. Internment by Samira Ahmed Set in a horrifying near-future United States, seventeen-year-old Layla Amin and her parents are forced into an internment camp for Muslim American citizens. With the help of newly made friends also trapped within the internment camp, her boyfriend on the outside, and an unexpected alliance, Layla begins a journey to fight for freedom, leading a revolution against the internment camp’s Director and his guards. Heart-racing and emotional, Internment challenges readers to fight complicit silence that exists in our society today. She Spoke by Kathy MacMillian When the world tells you to stay quiet, do you listen, or do you speak up? In She Spoke: 14 Women Who Raised Their Voices and Changed the World, with the touch of a button readers can hear Maya Angelou, Mary McLeod Bethune, Shirley Chisholm, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Tammy Duckworth, Leymah Gbowee, Jane Goodall, Temple Grandin, Suzan Shown Harjo, Dolores Huerta, Joanne Liu, Abby Wambach, and Malala Yousafzai. When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree by Jamie L.B. Deenihan “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” In this imaginative take on that popular saying, a child is surprised (and disappointed) to receive a lemon tree from Grandma for her birthday. After all, she DID ask for a new gadget! But when she follows the narrator’s careful—and funny—instructions, she discovers that the tree might be exactly what she wanted after all. This clever story, complete with a recipe for lemonade, celebrates the pleasures of patience, hard work, nature, community . . . and putting down the electronic devices just for a while. One Is a Piñata: A Book of Numbers by Roseanne Thong One is a rainbow. One is a cake. One is a piñata that’s ready to break! In this lively picture book, a companion to the Pura Belpré–honored Green Is a Chile Pepper, children discover a fiesta of numbers in the world around them, all the way from one to ten: Two are maracas and cold ice creams, six are salsas and flavored aguas. Many of the featured objects are Latino in origin, and all are universal in appeal. When I Found Grandma by Saumiya Balasubramaniam Maya and Grandma try to compromise, and on a special trip to the island Grandma even wears an “all-American” baseball cap. But when Maya rushes off to find the carousel, she loses sight of her mother, father and grandmother. She is alone in a sea of people … until she spots something bobbing above the crowd, and right away she knows how to find her way. B is for Baby by Atinuke One morning after breakfast, Baby’s big brother is getting ready to take the basket of bananas all the way to Baba’s bungalow in the next village. He’ll have to go along the bumpy road, past the baobab trees, birds, and butterflies, and all the way over the bridge. But what he doesn’t realize is that his very cute, very curious baby sibling has stowed away on his bicycle. Little ones learning about language will love sounding out the words in this playful, vibrantly illustrated story set in West Africa. Bea’s Bees by Katherine Pryor Beatrix discovers a wild bumblebee nest on her way home from school and finds herself drawn to their busy world. When her bees mysteriously disappear, Bea hatches a plan to bring them back. Can Bea inspire her school and community to save the bees? Bees provide us with valuable resources, and some types of bees are in danger of disappearing forever. But ordinary people (and kids!) can help save them. Filled with fascinating facts about bumblebees and ideas to help preserve their environment, BEA’S BEES encourages kids to help protect bees and other pollinators. Step Into Your Power: 21 lessons on how to live your best life by Jamia Wilson Listen up little sister! Now is the time to learn how to harness your power and use it. You’ve heard about heroes and read about the greats, but how do you actually get there yourself? This book will show you how to make your big dreams a big reality. What Do You Celebrate? Holidays and Festivals Around the World by Whitney Stewart Across the globe, every country has its special holidays. From Brazilian carnival and Chinese New Year to France’s Bastille Day and our very own Fourth of July, What Do You Celebrate?presents 14 special occasions where people dance, dress up, eat yummy foods, and enjoy other fun traditions that have been passed down from generation to generation. Kids can travel the globe and learn about Fastelavn, Purim, the Cherry Blossom Festival, Holi, Eid al-Fitr, Halloween, Day of the Dead, Guy Fawkes Day, the German Lantern Festival, and more. Each spread showcases a different holiday, offering background and cultural context, vocabulary words, photographs, and instructions for festive projects. Be a Maker by Katey Howes How many things can you make in a day? A tower, a friend, a change? Rhyme, repetition, and a few seemingly straightforward questions engage young readers in a discussion about the many things we makeand the ways we can make a difference in the world. This simple, layered story celebrates creativity through beautiful rhyming verse and vibrant illustrations with a timely message. Maria Montessori (Little People, Big Dreams) by Isabel Sanchez Vegara Maria grew up in Italy at a time when girls didn’t receive an equal education to boys. But Maria’s mother was supportive of her dreams, and Maria went on to study medicine. She later became an early childhood expert—founding schools with her revolutionary educational theories and changing the lives of many children. Cilla Lee-Jenkins: The Epic Story by Susan Tan Cilla Lee-Jenkins returns to pursue her dreams of becoming a successful author while dealing with her Chinese-American family in Cilla Lee-Jenkins: The Epic Story by writer Susan Tan and illustrator Dana Wulfekotte. Lumber Jills: The Unsung Heroines of World War II by Alexandra Davis In World War II, Great Britain needed lumber to make planes, ships, and even newspapers—but there weren’t enough men to cut down the trees. Enter the fearless Lumber Jills! These young women may not have had much woodcutting experience, but they each had two hands willing to work and one stout heart, and they came together to do their part. Discover this lyrical story of home front heroism and female friendship. Sarai and the Around the World Fair by Sarai Gonzalez and Monica Brown When Sarai outgrows her bike, she worries she’ll never get to travel anywhere. But, when Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary hosts their first Around the World Fair, Sarai learns that with a little imagination, you can go anywhere you want! Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds When Jack and Kate meet at a party, bonding until sunrise over their mutual love of Froot Loops and their favorite flicks, Jack knows he’s falling—hard. Soon she’s meeting his best friends, Jillian and Franny, and Kate wins them over as easily as she did Jack. Corduroy’s Garden by Alison Inches When Lisa plants some beans in her garden, she puts Corduroy in charge of watching over them. But Corduroy falls asleep, and a puppy digs up the seeds. Corduroy’s Hike by Alison Inches When Lisa goes on a hiking trip, Corduroy sneaks into her backpack. Lisa is surprised to find him there, but she thinks he’ll be safe as long as he stays tucked inside. Corduroy just has to take a peek outside, and when he does, he falls out! Will Lisa find him again? A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon by Suzanne Slade, illustrated by Veronica Miller Jamison Katherine knew it was wrong that African Americans didn’t have the same rights as others–as wrong as 5+5=12. She knew it was wrong that people thought women could only be teachers or nurses–as wrong as 10-5=3. And she proved everyone wrong by zooming ahead of her classmates, starting college at fifteen, and eventually joining NASA, where her calculations helped pioneer America’s first manned flight into space, its first manned orbit of Earth, and the world’s first trip to the moon! My Two Dads and Me by Michael Joosten Families with same-sex parents are celebrated in this board book that follows busy dads and their kids throughout their day–eating breakfast, getting dressed, heading out to the park, and settling back in at night with a bubble bath and a good-night lullaby. LGBTQ+ parents and their friends and families will welcome this diverse and cheerful book that reflects their own lives and family makeup. My Two Moms and Me by Michael Joosten Families with same-sex parents are celebrated in this board book that follows busy moms and their kids throughout their day–eating breakfast, going on a playdate, heading to the pool for a swim, and settling back in at night with a bedtime story and a good-night lullaby. LGBTQ+ parents and their friends and families will welcome this diverse and cheerful book that reflects their own lives and family makeup. A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramée Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to do is to follow the rules. (Oh, and she’d also like to make it through seventh grade with her best friendships intact, learn to run track, and have a cute boy see past her giant forehead.) But in junior high, it’s like all the rules have changed. Now she’s suddenly questioning who her best friends are and some people at school are saying she’s not black enough. Wait, what? Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando by Andrea Wang, illustrated by Kana Urbanowicz Inspiration struck when Momofuku Ando spotted the long lines for a simple bowl of ramen following World War II. Magic Ramen tells the true story behind the creation of one of the world’s most popular foods. Every day, Momofuku Ando would retire to his lab-a little shed in his backyard. For years, he’d dreamed about making a new kind of ramen noodle soup that was quick, convenient, and tasty for hungry people he’d seen in line for a bowl on the black market following World War II. Peace follows from a full stomach, he believed. Gloria Takes a Stand: How Gloria Steinem Listened, Wrote, and Changed the World by Jessica M. Rinker, illustrated by Daria Peoples-Riley As a young girl, Gloria Steinem thought for herself and spoke her mind. She read many books by her favorite authors and imagined herself as the heroine of the story. Gloria wished. She read. And imagined. But Gloria grew up during a time when women were not encouraged, or even allowed, to do a lot of the things men could do: go to college, get a job, open a bank account, and more. Here and There by Tamara Ellis Smith A young boy, Ivan, experiences the early stages of his parents’ separation and finds hope in the beauty and music of nature. This tale of personal growth will provide a much-needed mirror for children in times of change — and an important reminder for all that there’s beauty everywhere you look. Colorblind: A Story of Racism by Jonathan Harris, illustrated by Garry Leach Johnathan Harris is fifteen, and lives in Long Beach, California, where he loves playing soccer with his friends, and listening to their favorite rapper, Snoop Dogg, a Long Beach native. His mom, dad, and three brothers are tight, but one of the most influential family members for Johnathan is his Uncle Russell, a convict in prison, serving fifteen years to life. When Johnathan was just eight years old, something happened that filled him with fear and the very hatred that Uncle Russell had warned him about. What happened to Johnathan made him see that a dream of a colorless world was just that. A dream. We Chose You by Tony and Lauren Dungy When adopted son Calvin needs to tell about his family for a class assignment, he discovers his parents were praying for him long before they chose him. Not only that, but God chose them for Calvin. It wasn’t by chance and it wasn’t an accident. It was according to His plan. We Chose You was written to communicate to all children, whether birthed or adopted, that they are chosen. That they are secure. That they are loved. This is a message every child needs to hear. My Mama is a Mechanic by Doug Cenko Snuggle with Mom for this sweet book about a mother as seen through her son’s eyes. To him, she is a surgeon when she repairs his favorite stuffed animal, a chemist when in the kitchen, and an architect when they play with toy blocks. But no matter what happens, she is always his mama, and that’s the most important thing of all! It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Young Readers Edition) by Trevor Noah Trevor Noah, the funny guy who hosts The Daily Show, shares his remarkable story of growing up in South Africa, with a black South African mother and a white European father at a time when it was against the law for a mixed-race child like him to exist. But he did exist–and from the beginning, the often-misbehaved Trevor used his keen smarts and humor to navigate a harsh life under a racist government. Thinker: My Puppy, Poet and Me by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Ehsan Abdollahi (Ages 4-8) Thinker isn’t just an average puppy―he’s a poet. So is his owner, Jace. Together they turn the world around them into verse. There’s just one problem: Thinker has to keep quiet in public, and he can’t go to school with Jace. That is, until Pets’ Day. But when Thinker is allowed into the classroom at last, he finds it hard to keep his true identity a secret. Going Down Home With Daddy by Kelly Starling Lyons, illustrated by Daniel Minter (Ages 4-8) Down home is Granny’s house. Down home is where Lil’ Alan and his parents and sister will join great-grandparents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Down home is where Lil’ Alan will hear stories of the ancestors and visit the land that has meant so much to all of them. And down home is where all of the children will find their special way to pay tribute to family history. All the kids have to decide on what tribute to share, but what will Lil’ Alan do? A New Home by Tania de Regil As a girl in Mexico City and a boy in New York City ponder moving to each other’s locale, it becomes clear that the two cities — and the two children — are more alike than they might think. Moving to a new city can be exciting. But what if your new home isn’t anything like your old home? Will you make friends? What will you eat? Where will you play? In a cleverly combined voice — accompanied by wonderfully detailed illustrations depicting parallel urban scenes — a young boy conveys his fears about moving from New York City to Mexico City while, at the same time, a young girl expresses trepidation about leaving Mexico City to move to New York City. Tania de Regil offers a heartwarming story that reminds us that home may be found wherever life leads. Fascinating details about each city are featured at the end. Be Brave, Be Brave, Be Brave by F. Anthony Falcon A man of Native American descent contemplates what lessons he will pass on to his newborn son in this heartfelt, expansive exploration of fatherhood, identity, and legacy. Through a list of precepts, each ending with “be brave”, the book tells the tale of little Lakota’s perilous arrival into the world, of Falcon’s struggle to reconnect with a heritage that was lost to him, and a father’s attempt to describe what it means to be a Native American man in America today. How Do You Say Good Night? by Cindy Jin Snuggle up and learn how to say “good night” in ten different languages with this heartwarming bedtime board book! Ages 2-4. Ojiichan’s Gift by Chieri Uegaki, illustrated by Genevieve Simms When Mayumi was born, her grandfather created a garden for her. It was unlike any other garden she knew. It had no flowers or vegetables. Instead, Ojiichan made it out of stones: ?big ones, little ones and ones in-between.? Every summer, Mayumi visits her grandfather in Japan, and they tend the garden together. Raking the gravel is her favorite part. Afterward, the two of them sit on a bench and enjoy the results of their efforts in happy silence. But then one summer, everything changes. Ojiichan has grown too old to care for his home and the garden. He has to move. Will Mayumi find a way to keep the memory of the garden alive for both of them? The Night Before Kindergarten Graduation by Natasha Wing Get ready for a major milestone: kindergarten graduation! Of course, there’s a lot of preparation the night before as kids prepare for the momentous occasion. This is a great school-year follow-up to The Night Before Kindergarten! SprawlBall: A Visual Tour of the New Era of the NBA by Kirk Goldsberry From the leading expert in the exploding field of basketball analytics, a stunning infographic decoding of the modern NBA: who shoots where, and how. Ages 16 and up. Manuelito by Elisa Amado Thirteen-year-old Manuelito is a gentle boy who lives with his family in a tiny village in the Guatemalan countryside. But life is far from idyllic: PACs―armed civil patrol―are a constant presence in the streets, and terrifying memories of the country’s war linger in the villagers’ collective conscience. Things deteriorate further when government-backed drug gangs arrive and take control of the village. Fearing their son will be forced to join a gang, Manuelito’s parents make the desperate decision to send him to live with his aunt in America. Boy oh Boy: From boys to men, be inspired by 30 coming-of-age stories of sportsmen, artists, politicians, educators and scientists by Cliff Leek Meet 30 positive male role models from throughout history. From people of peace, like Gandhi, to dancers like Carlos Acosta, musicians like Prince, poets like Kit Yan, and teachers like Jaime Escalante – all are talented and diverse. These men have fought conventional stereotypes to prove that modern day masculinity can be cool – and defined freely. Role models hand-picked to inspire a modern generation of boys. The Gift of Ramadan by Rabiah York Lumbard, illustrated by Laura K. Horton Sophia wants to fast for Ramadan this year. She tries to keep busy throughout the day so she won’t think about food. But when the smell of cookies is too much, she breaks her fast early. How can she be part of the festivities now? Luca’s Bridge/El Puente de Luca by Mariana Llanos, illustrated by Anna Lopez Real The bilingual picture book Luca’s Bridge / El puente de Luca, by Mariana Llanos with illustrations by Anna López Real, tells the emotional story of a boy coming to terms with his family’s deportation from the United States to Mexico. A powerful meditation on home and identity at a time when our country sorely needs it. Ada Twist and the Perilous Pants: The Questioneers Book #2 by Andrea Beaty, illustrated by David Roberts Ada Twist is full of questions. A scientist to her very core, Ada asks why again and again. One question always leads to another until she’s off on a journey of discovery! When Rosie Revere’s Uncle Ned gets a little carried away wearing his famous helium pants, it’s up to Ada and friends to chase him down. As Uncle Ned floats farther and farther away, Ada starts asking lots of questions: How high can a balloon float? Is it possible for Uncle Ned to float into outer space? And what’s the best plan for getting him down? Maisie’s Scrapbook by Samuel Narh Maisie’s mama wears linen and plays the viola. Maisie’s dada wears Kente cloth and plays the marimba. They come from different places, but they hug her in the same way. And most of all, they love her just the same. A joyful celebration of a mixed-race family and the love that binds us all together. Yay! You’re Gay! Now What? by Riyadh Khalaf In this personal, heartfelt go-to guide for young queer guys, YouTuber and presenter Riyadh Khalaf shares frank advice about everything from coming out to relationships, as well as interviews with inspirational queer role models, and encouragement for times when you’re feeling low. There’s a support section for family and friends written by Riyadh’s parents and LOADS of hilarious, embarrassing, inspiring and moving stories from gay boys around the world. Home is a Window by Stephanie Ledyard, illustrated by Chris Sasaki Follow a family as they move out of their beloved, familiar house and learn that they can bring everything they love about their old home to the new one, because they still have each other. Birth of the Cool: How Jazz Great Miles Davis Found His Sound by Kathleen Cornell Berman, illustrated by Keith Henry Brown As a young musician, Miles Davis heard music everywhere. This biography explores the childhood and early career of a jazz legend as he finds his voice and shapes a new musical sound. Follow his progression from East St. Louis to rural Arkansas, from Julliard and NYC jazz clubs to the prestigious Newport Jazz Festival. Rhythmic free verse imbues his story with musicality and gets readers in the groove. Music teachers and jazz fans will appreciate the beats and details throughout, and Miles’ drive to constantly listen, learn, and create will inspire kids to develop their own voice. Planet Fashion: 100 Years of Fashion History by Natasha Slee Your journey begins over one hundred years ago, twirling around the ballroom in gowns and tailcoats. Travel on to dress up in Oriental silks to see a performance of the Ballet Russes, shimmy down in the flapper fashion of the Harlem Renaissance, fling your feather boa as you schmooze with movies stars on the Hollywood red carpet and glue your hair into spikes as a London punk in this celebration of fashion and culture. What Does It Mean to Be American? by Rana DiOrio, illustrated by Nina Mata This book reminds us “Being American means…having the right to become your best self and the obligation to help others to do so too.” Una Huna, What Is This? by Susan Aglukark Ukpik loves living in her camp in the North with her family. When a captain from the south arrives to trade with Ukpik’s father, Ukpik is excited to learn how to use the forks, knives, and spoons he brings with him. Mango Moon by Diane de Anda When a father is taken away from his family and facing deportation, his children are left to grieve and wonder about what comes next. Maricela, Manuel, and their mother face the many challenges of having their lives completely changed by the absence of their father and husband. Their day-to-day norm now includes moving to a new house, missed soccer games and birthday parties, and emptiness. Though Mango Moon shows what life is like from a child’s perspective when a parent is deported, Maricela learns that her love for her father continues on even though he’s no longer part of her daily life. The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander Originally performed for ESPN’s The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma of slavery, the faith and fire of the civil rights movement, and the grit, passion, and perseverance of some of the world’s greatest heroes. Hair, It’s a Family Affair by Mylo Freeman A celebration of natural hair, through the vibrant and varied hairstyles found in a single family. With Mylo Freeman’s trademark colourful illustrations, this delightful book will show young black children the joys that can be found through their natural hair. The Last Day of Summer by Lamar Giles Otto and Sheed are the local sleuths in their zany Virginia town, masters of unraveling mischief using their unmatched powers of deduction. And as the summer winds down and the first day of school looms, the boys are craving just a little bit more time for fun, even as they bicker over what kind of fun they want to have. That is, until a mysterious man appears with a camera that literally freezes time. Now, with the help of some very strange people and even stranger creatures, Otto and Sheed will have to put aside their differences to save their town—and each other—before time stops for good. I Used to Be Famous by Becky Cattie, illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff Kiely’s been famous her entire life, but when a baby sister appears on the scene, she feels like a has-been. Now Kiely has to figure out how to gain back the attention of her adoring fans (her family), even if it means sharing the spotlight. Playdate by Maryann Macdonald A picture book with minimal text and maximum impact, as portrayed through both the well-chosen words and the fun-filled, evocative illustrations. Nine Months Before a Baby is Born by Miranda Paul, illustrated by Jason Chin A soon-to-be big sister and her parents prepare for the arrival of a new baby in the family. Alternating panels depict what the family is experiencing in tandem with how the baby is growing, spanning everything from receiving the news about the new baby to the excitement of its arrival. ¡Vamos! Let’s Go to the Market by Raúl the Third III Bilingual in a new way, this paper over board book teaches readers simple words in Spanish as they experience the bustling life of a border town. Follow Little Lobo and his dog Bernabe as they deliver supplies to a variety of vendors, selling everything from sweets to sombreros, portraits to piñatas, carved masks to comic books! Grandma’s Purse by Vanessa Brantley-Newton (Board Book Edition) The littlest fashionistas will love this adorable purse-shaped board book that’s as fun to carry as it is to read! When Grandma Mimi comes to visit, she always brings warm hugs, sweet treats…and her purse. You never know what she’ll have in there—fancy jewelry, tokens from around the world, or something special just for her granddaughter. It might look like a normal bag from the outside, but Mimi and her granddaughter know that it’s pure magic! Dazzling Travis: A Story About Being Confident by Hannah Carmona Dias Travis sets no limits to what he enjoys doing. Shopping and football, ballet and dress-up make Travis a one of a kind boy! But when some of the kids on the playground begin to pick on him, Travis truly dazzles. This empowering story encourages both boys and girls to challenge the social norm, revealing their true selves. Babymoon by Hayley Barrett, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal Inside the cozy house, a baby has arrived! The world is eager to meet the newcomer, but there will be time enough for that later. Right now, the family is on its babymoon: cocooning, connecting, learning, and muddling through each new concern. While the term “babymoon” is often used to refer to a parents’ getaway before the birth of a child, it was originally coined by midwives to describe days like these: at home with a newborn, with the world held at bay and the wonder of a new family constellation unfolding. A Is For All the Things You Are: A Joyful ABC Book by Anna Forgerson, illustrated by Keturah A. Bobo A Is for All the Things You Are: A Joyful ABC Book is an alphabet board book developed by the National Museum of African American History and Culture that celebrates what makes us unique as individuals and connects us as humans. This lively and colorful book introduces young readers, from infants to age seven, to twenty-six key traits they can explore and cultivate as they grow. Each letter offers a description of the trait, a question inviting the reader to examine how he or she experiences it in daily life, and lively illustrations. The book supports understanding and development of each child’s healthy racial identity, the joy of human diversity and inclusion, a sense of justice, and children’s capacity to act for their own and others’ fair treatment. Stonewall: A Building. An Uprising. A Revolution by Rob Sanders A powerful and timeless true story that will allow young readers to discover the rich and dynamic history of the Stonewall Inn and its role in the gay civil rights movement–a movement that continues to this very day. In the early-morning hours of June 28, 1969, the Stonewall Inn was raided by police in New York City. Though the inn had been raided before, that night would be different. It would be the night when empowered members of the LGBTQ+ community–in and around the Stonewall Inn–began to protest and demand their equal rights as citizens of the United States. The Little Red Stroller by Joshua Furst One handy little stroller is passed from family to family in this uplifting picture book celebration of community, diversity, and sharing When Luna is born, her mommy gives her a little red stroller. It accompanies her and her mommy through all the activities of their day, until she outgrows the stroller and is able to pass it down to a toddler in her neighborhood who now needs it. And so the stroller lives on, getting passed from one child to the next, highlighting for preschool readers the diversity of families: some kids with two mommies, some with two daddies, some with just one parent, and all from different cultures and ethnicities. This simple, cheerful book is a lovely portrait of the variety and universality of family. Yoga for Littles by Lana Katsaros Yoga for Littles brings yoga, meditation, and movement into the home for children and families in a fun and playful way. Each card is designed to be engaging and just challenging enough to create a healthy daily habit of mindfulness and calm. Not only do the cards teach yoga poses, they also develop discipline, focus, balance, and wellness for both parents and their littles. From Mexico, Vietnam, Kenya, and beyond, this charming board book teaches little ones how to say “good night” in ten different languages: Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, French, Italian, Portuguese, Swahili, Arabic, Vietnamese, German, and Korean! Caterpillar Summer by Gillian McDunn Since her father’s death, Cat has taken care of her brother, Chicken, for their hardworking mother but while spending time with grandparents they never knew, Cat has the chance to be a child again. Rhymes with Claire by Chad J. Thompson Otto, the rhyming parrot, is causing a little bit of trouble for Doug’s friend Claire. Claire brings Otto to school and the little feathered fellow, who rhymed Doug’s name with everything from mug to pug to bug, uses Claire’s moniker as a jumping off point. All starts off innocently enough: fair and share, but then takes a decidedly more dangerous turn from bear to flare! How can one little parrot cause so much trouble? I Am the Night Sky: & Other Reflections by Muslim American Youth by Next Wave Muslim Initiative Writers During an era characterized by both hijabi fashion models and enduring post-9/11 stereotypes, ten Muslim American teenagers came together to explore what it means to be young and Muslim in America today. These teens represent the tremendous diversity within the American Muslim community, and their book, like them, contains multitudes. Bilal writes about being a Muslim musician. Imaan imagines a dystopian Underground. Samaa creates her own cartoon Kabob Squad. Ayah responds to online hate. Through poems, essays, artwork, and stories, these young people aim to show their true selves, to build connection, and to create more inclusive and welcoming communities for all. Nighttime Symphony by Timbaland, illustrated by Christopher Myers and Kaa Illustration (Ages 2-8) As a little boy gets ready for bed, the sounds of a wild storm echo around him, lulling him to sleep. From the crash of thunder to the pitter-patter of raindrops to the beat of passing cars, the music of the city creates a cozy bedtime soundtrack. Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry, illustrated by Vashti Harrison (Ages 4-8) Zuri’s hair has a mind of its own. It kinks, coils, and curls every which way. Zuri knows it’s beautiful. When mommy does Zuri’s hair, she feels like a superhero. But when mommy is away, it’s up to daddy to step in! And even though daddy has a lot to learn, he LOVES his Zuri. And he’ll do anything to make her–and her hair–happy. Jada Sly, Artist & Spy by Sherri Winston Ten-year-old Jada Sly is an artist and a spy-in-training. When she isn’t studying the art from her idols like Jackie Ormes, the first-known African American cartoonist, she’s chronicling her spy training and other observations in her art journal. Back home in New York City, after living in France for five years, Jada is ready to embark on her first and greatest spy adventure yet. She plans to scour New York City in search of her missing mother, even though everyone thinks her mom died in a plane crash. Except Jada, who is certain her mom was a spy too. Groundbreaking Guys: 40 Men Who Became Great By Doing Good by Stephanie True Peters, illustrated by Shamel Washington Our history books are full of great men, from inventors to explorers to presidents. But these great men were not always good men. It’s time for our role models to change. This book pays tribute to Mr. Rogers, Barack Obama, Hayao Miyazaki, and more: men whose masculinity is grounded in compassion and care. It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity by Theresa Thorn (Author), illustrated by Noah Grigni Some people are boys. Some people are girls. Some people are both, neither, or somewhere in between. This sweet, straightforward exploration of gender identity will give children a fuller understanding of themselves and others. With child-friendly language and vibrant art, It Feels Good to Be Yourself provides young readers and parents alike with the vocabulary to discuss this important topic with sensitivity. A Place to Belong by Cynthia Kadohata World War II is finally over and twelve-year-old Hanako and her family are at last freed from the Japanese-American internment camp where they were forced to spend the last four years. Though they had nothing to do with the bombing of Pearl Harbor, or the war at all, they’d still been forced to live behind a barbed wire fence like prisoners, simply because they were Japanese. Rainbow: A First Book of Pride by Michael Genhart, PhD A primer for young readers and a great gift for pride events and throughout the year, beautiful colors all together make a rainbow in Rainbow: A First Book of Pride. This is a sweet ode to rainbow families, and an affirming display of a parent’s love for their child and a child’s love for their parents. With bright colors and joyful families, this book celebrates LGBTQ+ pride and reveals the colorful meaning behind each rainbow stripe. Daniel’s Good Day by Micha Archer The people in Daniel’s neighborhood always say, “Have a good day!” But what exactly is a good day? Daniel is determined to find out, and as he strolls through his neighborhood, he finds a wonderful world full of answers as varied as his neighbors. I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn Kimi Nakamura loves a good fashion statement. She’s obsessed with transforming everyday ephemera into Kimi Originals: bold outfits that make her and her friends feel brave, fabulous, and like the Ultimate versions of themselves. But her mother sees this as a distraction from working on her portfolio paintings for the prestigious fine art academy where she’s been accepted for college. So when a surprise letter comes in the mail from Kimi’s estranged grandparents, inviting her to Kyoto for spring break, she seizes the opportunity to get away from the disaster of her life. We Are the Change: Words of Inspiration from Civil Rights Leaders by Harry Belafonte Sixteen award-winning children’s book artists illustrate the civil rights quotations that inspire them in this stirring and beautiful book. Featuring an introduction by Harry Belafonte, words from Eleanor Roosevelt, Maya Angelou, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. among others, this inspirational collection sets a powerful example for generations of young leaders to come. Serena: The Little Sister by Karlin Gray Serena Williams is one of the biggest names in sports, but she grew up the littlest of five girls in her family. While sharing a room and playing tennis with her older sisters, Serena had to figure out how to be her own person―on and off the court. This empowering biography showcases the rise of the youngest Williams sister and how her family played a part in her path to becoming the strong woman and star athlete she is today. Queer Heroes by Arabelle Sicardi This beautiful, bold book celebrates the achievements of LGBT people through history and from around the world. It features dynamic full-color portraits of a diverse selection of 52 inspirational role models accompanied by short biographies that focus on their incredible successes, from Freddie Mercury’s contribution to music to Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. Published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, this extraordinary book will show children that anything is possible. Girls with Guts!: The Road to Breaking Barriers and Bashing Records by Debbie Gonzales A celebration of the strength, endurance, and athleticism of women and girls throughout the ages, Girls With Guts! keeps score with examples of women athletes from the late 1800s up through the 1970s, sharing how women refused to take no for an answer, and how finally, they pushed for a law to protect their right to play, compete, and be athletes. Camp Tiger by Susan Choi Every year, a boy and his family go camping at Mountain Pond. Usually, they see things like an eagle fishing for his dinner, a salamander with red spots on its back, and chipmunks that come to steal food while the family sits by the campfire. But this year is different. This year, the boy is going into first grade, and his mother is encouraging him to do things on his own, just like his older brother. And the most different thing of all . . . this year, a tiger comes to the woods. Let’s Make Yoga Magic by Heather Leah Make yoga magic with the most beautiful and interactive kids yoga book out there! Pull the levers, turn the wheels, and watch as 13 adorable children come to life to act out 13 yoga poses and create other yoga magic. Kids will delight in seeing the sun rise over the mountain pose, boats float beneath the bridge pose, and branches magnificently blossom when a child makes the tree pose. A perfect tool for instructing and inspiring little yogis of all ages. Gandhi by Isabel Sanchez Vegara As a young teenager in India, Gandhi led a rebellious life and went against his parents’ values. But as a young man, he started to form beliefs of his own that harked back to the Hindu principles of his childhood. Gandhi began to dream of unity for all peoples and religions. Inspired by this idea, he led peaceful protests to free India from British rule and unite the country—ending violence and unfair treatment. His bravery and free-thinking made him one of the most iconic people of peace in the world, known as ‘Mahatma’ meaning ‘great soul’. The Usual Suspects by Maurice Broaddus The Usual Suspects, pitched as Encyclopedia Brown meets The Wire, follows Thelonius, king of the pranksters at his middle school, who must solve the mystery of who brought a gun to campus before he and his friends are expelled at the end of the week. Polly Diamond and the Super Stunning Spectacular School Fair by Alice Kuipers Polly and her magic book, Spell, have all kinds of adventures together because whatever Polly writes in Spell comes true! But when Polly and Spell join forces to make the school fair super spectacular, they quickly discover that what you write and what you mean are not always the same. Titan and the Wild Boars: The True Cave Rescue of the Thai Soccer Team by Susan Hood & Patthana Sornhiran Follow the remarkable true story of eleven-year-old Titan, his teammates, and their soccer coach who went exploring the Tham Luang Caves in Chiang Rai, Thailand, only to become trapped inside by monsoon rains. This nonfiction picture book describes the world-wide teamwork that led to the boys’ daring rescue. Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga A contemporary middle-grade novel that follows Jude, a 12-year-old Syrian girl who is forced to move to a suburban American town to live with her uncle and his family, where she experiences the joys and struggles of a new life. Before They Were Authors: Famous Writers as Kids by Elizabeth Haidle What makes a writer? What inspires them? Where do their stories come from? Striking illustrations and a popular graphic novel format bring to life this anthology of literary legends and their childhoods. Featuring beloved authors such as Maya Angelou, C.S. Lewis, Gene Luen Yang and J.K. Rowling, these stories capture the childhood triumphs, failures, and inspirations that predated their careers. Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson Brooklyn, 1998. Biggie Smalls was right: Things done changed. But that doesn’t mean that Quadir and Jarrell are cool letting their best friend Steph’s music lie forgotten under his bed after he’s murdered—not when his rhymes could turn any Bed Stuy corner into a party. Sweet Dreams, Sarah: From Slavery to Inventor by Vivian Kirkfield Sarah E.Goode was one of the first African-American women to get a U.S. patent. Working in her husband’s furniture store, she recognized a need for a multi-use bed and through hard work, ingenuity, and determination, invented her unique cupboard bed. She built more than a piece of furniture. She built a life far away from slavery, a life where her sweet dreams could come true. Sonny’s Bridge: Jazz Legend Sonny Rollins Finds His Groove by Barry Wittenstein, illustrated by Keith Mallett Rollins is one of the most prolific sax players in the history of jazz, but, in 1959, at the height of his career, he vanished from the jazz scene. His return to music was an interesting journey–with a long detour on the Williamsburg Bridge. Too loud to practice in his apartment, Rollins played on the New York City landmark for two years among the cacophony of traffic and the stares of bystanders, leading to the release of his album, The Bridge. My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero When Daisy Ramona zooms around her neighborhood with her papi on his motorcycle, she sees the people and places she’s always known. She also sees a community that is rapidly changing around her. But as the sun sets purple-blue-gold behind Daisy Ramona and her papi, she knows that the love she feels will always be there. Grandpa Cacao: A Tale of Chocolate, from Farm to Family by Elizabeth Zunon As a little girl and her father bake her birthday cake together, Daddy tells the story of her Grandpa Cacao, a farmer from the Ivory Coast in West Africa. In a land where elephants roam and the air is hot and damp, Grandpa Cacao worked in his village to harvest cacao, the most important ingredient in chocolate. I Remember: Poems and Pictures of Heritage by Lee Bennett Hopkins Cover to be Revealed From the joyous to the poignant, poems by award-winning, diverse poets are paired with images by celebrated illustrators from similar backgrounds to pay homage to what is both unique and universal about growing up in the United States. The Extraordinary Life of Katherine Johnson by Devika Jina (Ages 7-12) In 1969 history was made when the first humans stepped on the moon. Back on earth, one woman was running the numbers that ensured they got there and back in one piece. As a child, Katherine Johnson loved maths. She went on to be one of the most important people in the history of space travel. Discover her incredible life story in this beautifully illustrated book complete with narrative biography, timelines and facts. Mother of Many by Pamela M. Tuck, illustrated by Tiffani J. Smith Judah Tuck has ten siblings, and he’s on a mission to give the old woman who lives in a shoe some advice on how to manage a large family! Although a typical day in the Tuck family may contain some chaos, Judah and his siblings find a way to pull things together before Daddy comes home. Join Mom, Judah, and his brothers and sisters as they work through the day. . .and learn what family is truly all about. How to Read a Book by Kwame Alexander FIRST, FIND A TREE – A BLACK TUPELO OR DAWN REDWOOD WILL DO – AND PLANT YOURSELF. With these words, an adventure begins—an adventure into the world of reading. Kwame Alexander’s evocative poetry and Melissa Sweet’s lush artwork come together to take you on a sensory journey between the pages of a book. Cece Loves Science and Adventure by Kimberly Derting & Shelli R. Johannes, illustrated by Vashti Harrison When Cece and her Adventure Girls troop face a sudden thunderstorm, they use science, technology, engineering, and math to solve problems and make their way safely back to camp. Rise!: From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou by Bethany Hegedus, illustrated by Tonya Engel Writer, activist, trolley car conductor, dancer, mother, and humanitarianMaya Angelou’s life was marked by transformation and perseverance. In this comprehensive picture-book biography geared towards older readers, Bethany Hegedus lyrically traces Maya’s life from her early days in Stamps, Arkansas through her work as a freedom fighter to her triumphant rise as a poet of the people. A foreword by Angelou’s grandson, Colin A. Johnson, describes how a love of literature and poetry helped young Maya overcome childhood trauma and turn adversity into triumph. Back to School: A Global Journey by Maya Ajmera and John D. Ivanko (Ages 4-8) BACK TO SCHOOL invites young minds to sit in the front row and share the exciting experience of learning with kids just like themselves all over the world. Whether they take a school bus, a boat, or a rickshaw to get there, kids around the globe are going to school and growing smarter and more curious every day. Soccerverse: Poems About Soccer by Elizabeth Steinglass, illustrated by Edson Ike The perfect gift for young soccer fans, this picture book features twenty-two imaginative poems that capture all aspects of the world’s most popular sport. From the coach who inspires players to fly like the wind, to the shin guard that begs to be donned, to soccer dreams that fill the night, Soccerverse celebrates soccer. Featuring a diverse cast of girls and boys, the poems in this collection cover winning, losing, teamwork, friendships, skills, good sportsmanship, and, most of all, love for the game. Ages 6-9 Beyoncé: Shine Your Light by Sarah Warren, illustrated by Geneva Bowers (Ages 4-7) Beyoncé is bold, talented, confident, and an inspiring voice and power to millions of people all around the world. This captivating picture book biography celebrates the icon’s rise from a shy little girl to a world-famous superstar. Discover the story of Beyoncé as she finds her voice, through trials and triumphs, and understand that you, too, can shine your light like Beyoncé. Hector: A Boy, A Protest, and the Photograph that Changed Apartheid by Adrienne Wright On June 16, 1976, Hector Pieterson, an ordinary boy, lost his life after getting caught up in what was supposed to be a peaceful protest. Black South African students were marching against a new law requiring that they be taught half of their subjects in Afrikaans, the language of the White government. The story’s events unfold from the perspectives of Hector, his sister, and the photographer who captured their photo in the chaos. This book can serve as a pertinent tool for adults discussing global history and race relations with children. Wilma Rudolph by Isabel Sanchez Vegara Wilma was born into a family with 22 brothers and sisters, in the segregated South. She contracted polio in her early years and her doctors said she would never walk again. But Wilma persisted with treatment, and she recovered her strength by the age of 12. Puppy Truck by Brian Pinkney Carter wants a puppy, but he gets a truck instead. So he pets it, puts a leash around it, and takes it to the park. But the truck won’t sit still! What will Carter do with his rascally Puppy Truck? Lola Goes to School by Anna McQuinn, illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw Lola and her family prepare for the first day of school the night before, then get up early, take pictures, and head to class. Lola puts her things in her cubby, chooses her activities, reads, plays, and has a snack. Before she knows it, it’s time to sing the good-bye song and rush into Mommy’s arms for a warm reunion. A comforting, cheerful read that demystifies the school day for preschoolers and kindergarteners. Leila in Saffron by Rukhsanna Guidroz When Leila looks in the mirror, she doesn’t know if she likes what she sees. But when her grandmother tells her the saffron beads on her scarf suit her, she feels a tiny bit better. So, Leila spends the rest of their family dinner night on the lookout for other parts of her she does like. Jada Jones: Dancing Queen by Kelly Starling Lyons The Story of Trailblazing Actor Ira Aldridge by Glenda Armand (Ages 8 – 11) Ira Aldridge dreamed of being on stage, performing the great works of William Shakespeare. He spent every chance he got at the local theaters, memorizing each actor’s lines for all of the great plays. Ira knew he could be a famous performer if given the chance. But in the early 1800s, only white actors were allowed to perform Shakespeare. African American actors had to play in musicals at the all-black theater in New York City.Despite the discouragement of his teacher and father, Ira determinedly pursued his dream and set off for England, the land of Shakespeare. Where Are You From? by Yamile Saied Mendez When a girl is asked where she’s from—where she’s really from—none of her answers seems to be the right one. Unsure about how to reply, she turns to her loving abuelo for help. He doesn’t give her the response she expects. She gets an even better one. Hannah Sparkles: Hooray for the First Day of School by Robin Mellom, illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton Enthusiastic Hannah Sparkles is overjoyed to start first grade, and learns along the way that sometimes being a good listener is the best way to be a good friend. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Graphic History of America’s Great Civil Rights Leader by Rachel Ruiz See how Martin’s early experiences and beliefs shaped him into the leader of the Civil Rights movement and a martyr in the fight for equal rights in this graphic novel. Help older children learn about some of the most exciting men and women who have ever lived and present it in a way that they’ll actually enjoy! A Boy Like You by Frank Murphy, illustrated by Kayla Harren There’s more to being a boy than sports, feats of daring, and keeping a stiff upper lip. A Boy Like You encourages every boy to embrace all the things that make him unique, to be brave and ask for help, to tell his own story and listen to the stories of those around him. In an age when boys are expected to fit into a particular mold, this book celebrates all the wonderful ways to be a boy. Small World by Ishta Mercurio, illustrated by Jen Corace When Nanda is born, the whole of her world is the circle of her mother’s arms. But as she grows, the world grows too. It expands outward—from her family, to her friends, to the city, to the countryside. And as it expands, so does Nanda’s wonder in the underlying shapes and structures patterning it: cogs and wheels, fractals in snowflakes. Eventually, Nanda’s studies lead her to become an astronaut and see the small, round shape of Earth far away The King of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton Starting kindergarten is a big milestone–and the hero of this story is ready to make his mark! He’s dressed himself, eaten a pile of pancakes, and can’t wait to be part of a whole new kingdom of kids. The day will be jam-packed, but he’s up to the challenge, taking new experiences in stride with his infectious enthusiasm! And afterward, he can’t wait to tell his proud parents all about his achievements–and then wake up to start another day. Not Quite Snow White by Ashley Franklin, illustrated by Ebony Glenn A story about a bubbly, talented, and eager African-American girl who wants to be Snow White in her school play. The Night Is Yours by Abdul-Razak Zachariah, illustrated by Keturah A. Bobo This lyrical text, narrated to a young girl named Amani by her father, follows her as she plays an evening game of hide-and-seek with friends at her apartment complex. The moon’s glow helps Amani find the last hidden child, and seems almost like a partner to her in her game, as well as a spotlight pointing out her beauty and strength. This is a gorgeous bedtime read-aloud about joy and family love and community, and most of all about feeling great in your own skin. I Got Next by Daria Peoples-Riley A young basketball player receives inspiration from a surprising place and joins the competition ready to try his best. Sweet Dreams: Bedtime Visualizations for Kids by Mariam Gates Travel deep into the rain forest, dive down for an underwater adventure, or rocket to the moon! Each visualization uses mind and body relaxation techniques, taking your child on a fun and engaging invitation to dreamland. As you move through the imagery, breathing techniques, and simple motions, your child will quiet her mind, relax, and let go of the day’s worries. Part “choose your own adventure” and part calming ritual, these gorgeously illustrated guided journeys teach children to self-soothe and prepare for a good night’s rest. For Black Girls Like Me by Mariama J. Lockington Makeda June Kirkland is eleven-years-old, adopted, and black. Her parents and big sister are white, and even though she loves her family very much, Makeda often feels left out. When Makeda’s family moves from Maryland to New Mexico, she leaves behind her best friend, Lena― the only other adopted black girl she knows― for a new life. In New Mexico, everything is different. At home, Makeda’s sister is too cool to hang out with her anymore and at school, she can’t seem to find one real friend. Clever Little Witch by Muon Thi Van Little Linh is the cleverest little witch on Mãi Mãi island. She has everything she could need: a trusty broomstick, a powerful spell book, and a magical pet mouse. She also has a new brother named Baby Phu, and she does not like him one bit. He crashes her broomstick, eats pages out of her spell book, and keeps her up all night. Little Linh tried giving Baby Phu away, but nobody will take him, not even the Orphanage for Lost and Magical Creatures. Bruce Lee by Isabel Sanchez Vegara Born in San Francisco but raised in Hong Kong, Bruce Lee was a child actor who appeared in many films. As a teenager he took up martial arts and never looked back. He went on to star in smash blockbuster hits, featuring his skill as a martial artist, and he even wrote film scripts himself. Bruce came to create his own style of martial arts called Jeet Kune Do, which also embodied his thoughtful philosophies for life. Heroism Begins with Her: Inspiring Stories of Bold, Brave, and Gutsy Women in the U.S. Military by Winifred Conkling Inspiring Stories of Bold, Brave, and Gutsy Women in the U.S. Military Red Bird Sings: The Story of Zitkala-Ša, Native American Author, Musician, and Activist by Gina Capaldi & Q.L. Pearce (Ages 8 – 12) “I remember the day I lost my spirit.” So begins the story of Gertrude Simmons, also known as Zitkala-Ša, which means Red Bird. Born in 1876 on the Yankton Sioux reservation in South Dakota, Zitkala-Ša willingly left her home at age eight to go to a boarding school in Indiana. But she soon found herself caught between two worlds―white and Native American. Carson Chooses Forgiveness: A Story About Basketball by Tony & Lauren Dungy (Ages 6 – 9) Carson loved basketball practice with the Trentwood Tigers until Daniel, the star player, started showing off and hogging the ball. When Daniel refuses to pass to Carson during a drill and then makes fun of him, coach Tony and coach Lauren remind Daniel to have a better attitude. But the team, including Carson, is still upset with Daniel. A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice by Nadia Hohn, illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes (Ages 4-8) A picture book biography of the Jamaican poet, writer, activist and educator Miss Lou. Born in Kingston, Jamaica Louise Bennett remains a household name in Jamaica, a “Living Legend” and a cultural icon. My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich by Ibi Zoboi, illustrated by Frank Morrison National Book Award-finalist Ibi Zoboi makes her middle-grade debut with an unforgettable character: Ebony-Grace Norfleet, the sci-fi-obsessed granddaughter of one of the first black engineers to integrate NASA. Set in Harlem in the early days of hip-hop, My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich is a moving and hilarious story of girl finding a place and a voice in a world that’s changing at warp speed. Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln by Margarita Engle, illustrated by Rafael Lopez (Ages 4-8) As a little girl, Teresa Carreño loved to let her hands dance across the beautiful keys of the piano. If she felt sad, music cheered her up, and when she was happy, the piano helped her share that joy. Soon she was writing her own songs and performing in grand cathedrals. Then a revolution in Venezuela forced her family to flee to the United States. Teresa felt lonely in this unfamiliar place, where few of the people she met spoke Spanish. Worst of all, there was fighting in her new home, too—the Civil War. Sadiq and the Desert Star by Siman Nuurali, illustrated by Anjan Sarkar When Sadiq’s father leaves on a business trip, he worries he’ll miss his baba too much. But Baba has a story for Sadiq: the story of the Desert Star. Learning about Baba’s passion for the stars sparks Sadiq’s interest in outer space. But can Sadiq find others who are willing to help him start the space club of his dreams? The Brave Cyclist: The True Story of a Holocaust Hero by Amalia Hoffman, illustrated by Chiara Fedele (Ages 9-10) Once a skinny and weak child, Gino Bartali rose to become a Tour de France champion and one of cycling’s greatest stars. But all that seemed unimportant when his country came under the grip of a brutal dictator and entered World War II on the side of Nazi Germany. Bartali might have appeared a mere bystander to the harassment and hatred directed toward Italy’s Jewish people, but secretly he accepted a role in a dangerous plan to help them. Putting his own life at risk, Bartali used his speed and endurance on a bike to deliver documents Jewish people needed to escape harm. Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations by Kelly Starling Lyons, illustrated by Keith Mallett In 1900, in Jacksonville, Florida, two brothers, one of them the principal of a segregated, all-black school, wrote the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing” so his students could sing it for a tribute to Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. From that moment on, the song has provided inspiration and solace for generations of Black families. Mothers and fathers passed it on to their children who sang it to their children and grandchildren. It has been sung during major moments of the Civil Rights Movement and at family gatherings and college graduations. Color Me In by Natasha Diaz Growing up in an affluent suburb of New York City, sixteen-year-old Nevaeh Levitz never thought much about her biracial roots. When her Black mom and Jewish dad split up, she relocates to her mom’s family home in Harlem and is forced to confront her identity for the first time. Nevaeh wants to get to know her extended family, but one of her cousins can’t stand that Nevaeh, who inadvertently passes as white, is too privileged, pampered, and selfish to relate to the injustices they face on a daily basis as African Americans. Who Is Oprah Winfrey? by Barbara Kramer, illustrated by Dede Putra We all know Oprah Winfrey as a talk-show host, actress, producer, media mogul, and philanthropist, but the “Queen of Talk” wasn’t always so fortunate. She suffered through a rough childhood and went on to use her personal struggles as motivation. Oprah’s kindness, resilience, and determination are just some of the many reasons why her viewers–and people all around the world–love her. The richest African American person of the twentieth century, Oprah is often described as the most influential woman in the world. Simonie and the Dance Contest by Gail Matthews Simonie loves to dance! When he sees a sign for Taloyoak’s annual Christmas Jigging Dance Contest, he can’t wait to enter. But practising is hard work, and Simonie starts to worry that he won’t do a good job in front of all his friends and neighbours. Luckily, with a little advice from his anaana and ataata, and some help from his friends Dana and David, Simonie learns how to listen to the music and dance the way it makes him feel. When the time comes for the contest, he’s ready to dance his very best. Based on the annual Christmas dance contest in the community of Taloyoak, Nunavut, this heartwarming picture book shows how a lot of hard work―and a little inspiration―can go a long way. It’s Good to Have a Grandma by Maryann Macdonald, illustrated by Priscilla Burris (Ages 3-5) Children and grandmothers love playing together, eating together—just being together. Every time is a special time, for both. This book captures the special moments without sentimentality, but with warmth and love. It’s Good to Have a Grandpa by Maryann Macdonald, illustrated by Priscilla Burris (Ages 3-5) Children and grandfathers love playing together, eating together—just being together. Every time is a special time, for both. This book captures the special moments without sentimentality, but with warmth and love. Hooray for Women by Marcia Williams They’re activists and explorers, scientists and writers and more. And they’re all women: Cleopatra, Boudicca, Joan of Arc, Elizabeth I, Mary Wollstonecraft, Jane Austen, Florence Nightingale, Marie Curie, Eleanor Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart, Frida Kahlo, Anne Frank, Wangari Maathai, Mae C. Jemison, Cathy Freeman, and Malala Yousafzai, to name just a few. The Buddy Bench by Patty Brozo Having seen what being left out is like, children become agents of change, convincing their teacher to let them build a buddy bench. Dough Boys by Paula Chase Told in two voices, thirteen-year-old best friends Simp and Rollie play on a basketball team in their housing project, but Rollie dreams of being a drummer and Simp, to impress the gang leader, Coach Tez Sweet Dreams, Zaza by Mylo Freeman Zaza is almost ready to go to sleep . . .But first, she wishes all of her animal friends good night. A perfect story to read at bedtime, or anytime! A Black Woman Did That by Malaika Adero (Ages 8-12) A Black Woman Did That! is a celebration of strong, resilient, innovative, and inspiring women of color. With a vibrant mixture of photography, illustration, biography, and storytelling, author Malaika Adero will spotlight well-known historical figures and women who are pushing boundaries today—including Ida B. Wells, Madam CJ Walker, Shirley Chisholm, Serena Williams, Mae Jamison, Stacey Abrams, Jesmyn Ward, Ava DuVernay, and Amy Sherald. I Am Brave: A Little Book about Martin Luther King, Jr. by Brad Meltzer, illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos (Ages 2-5) This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great—the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. In this new board book format, the very youngest readers can learn about one of America’s icons in the series’s signature lively, conversational way. The short text focuses on drawing inspiration from these iconic heroes, and includes an interactive element and factual tidbits that young kids will be able to connect with. Sam! by Dani Gabriel, illustrated by Robert Lui-Trujillo (Ages 8-12) Sam is a nine-year-old boy who loves riding his bike and learning about the American Revolution. There’s just one problem: Sam’s family knows him as a girl named Isabel. Sam feels a sense of relief when he finally confides in his sister Maggie, and then his parents, even though it takes them a while to feel comfortable with it. But with lots of love and support, Sam and his family learn and grow through Sam’s journey to embrace his true self. Nya’s Long Walk: A Step at a Time by Linda Sue Park, illustrated by Brian Pinkney (Ages 4-7) Young Nya takes little sister Akeer along on the two-hour walk to fetch water for the family. But Akeer becomes too ill to walk, and Nya faces the impossible: her sister and the full water vessel together are too heavy to carry. As she struggles, she discovers that if she manages to take one step, then another, she can reach home and Mama’s care. My Baby Loves Christmas by Jabari Asim, illustrated by Tara Nicole Whitaker Baby loves candy canes wrapped in bows. Baby loves jingle bells. Baby loves snow. . . . Celebrate all the lovely things that Baby discovers about Christmas.Tara Nicole Whitaker Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite When a school presentation goes very wrong, Alaine Beauparlant finds herself suspended, shipped off to Haiti and writing the report of a lifetime… You might ask the obvious question: What do I, a seventeen-year-old Haitian American from Miami with way too little life experience, have to say about anything? Actually, a lot. Thurgood by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Bryan Collier (Ages 5-9) Thurgood Marshall was a born lawyer–the loudest talker, funniest joke teller, and best arguer from the time he was a kid growing up in Baltimore in the early 1900s. He would go on to become the star of his high school and college debate teams, a stellar law student at Howard University, and, as a lawyer, a one-man weapon against the discriminatory laws against black Americans. After only two years at the NAACP, he was their top lawyer and had earned himself the nickname Mr. Civil Rights. He argued–and won–cases before the Supreme Court, including one of the most important cases in American history: Brown v Board of Education. And he became the first black U.S. Supreme Court Justice in history. Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist by Julie Leung, illustrated by Chris Sasaki (Ages 4-8) Before he became an artist named Tyrus Wong, he was a boy named Wong Geng Yeo. He traveled across a vast ocean from China to America with only a suitcase and a few papers. Not papers for drawing–which he loved to do–but immigration papers to start a new life. Once in America, Tyrus seized every opportunity to make art, eventually enrolling at an art institute in Los Angeles. Working as a janitor at night, his mop twirled like a paintbrush in his hands. Eventually, he was given the opportunity of a lifetime–and using sparse brushstrokes and soft watercolors, Tyrus created the iconic backgrounds ofBambi. The Piano Recital by Akiko Miyakoshi (Ages 3-7) A little girl named Momo is nervous about performing in the piano recital. She ends up devising the most creative way to soothe her fears. If Elephants Disappeared by Lily Williams (Ages 4-8) The elephant has become synonymous with the image of African wildlife. They can grow over 10 feet tall and eat up to 300 pounds a day. While these giants are beloved figures in movies and zoos, they also play a large role in keeping the forest ecosystem healthy. Unfortunately, poachers are hunting elephants rapidly to extinction for their ivory tusks, and that could be catastrophic to the world as we know it. Becoming Beatriz by Tami Charles Up until her fifteenth birthday, the most important thing in the world to Beatriz Mendez was her dream of becoming a professional dancer and getting herself and her family far from the gang life that defined their days–that and meeting her dance idol Debbie Allen on the set of her favorite TV show, Fame. But after the latest battle in a constant turf war leaves her gang leader brother, Junito, dead and her mother grieving, Beatriz has a new set of priorities. Between Us and Abuela: A Family Story from the Border by Mitali Perkins, illustrated by Sara Palacios It’s almost time for Christmas, and Maria is traveling with her mother and younger brother, Juan, to visit their grandmother on the border of California and Mexico. For the few minutes they can share together along the fence, Maria and her brother plan to exchange stories and Christmas gifts with the grandmother they haven’t seen in years. But when Juan’s gift is too big to fit through the slats in the fence, Maria has a brilliant idea. Here is a heartwarming tale of families and the miracle of love. At the Mountain’s Base by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Weshoyot Alvitre (Ages 4-8) At the mountain’s base sits a cabin under an old hickory tree. And in that cabin lives a family – loving, weaving, cooking, and singing. The strength in their song sustains them through trials on the ground and in the sky, as they wait for their daughter/sister/grand-daughter/niece, a pilot, to return from war. With an author’s note that pays homage to the true history of Native American U.S. service members like WWII pilot Ola Mildred “Millie” Rexroat, this is a story that reveals the roots that ground us, the dreams that help us soar, and the people and traditions that hold us up. Some Places More than Others by Renée Watson All Amara wants for her birthday is to visit her father’s family in New York City–Harlem, to be exact. She can’t wait to finally meet her Grandpa Earl and cousins in person, and to stay in the brownstone where her father grew up. Maybe this will help her understand her family–and herself–in new way. Arcade an the Golden Travel Guide by Rashad Jennings Arcade and the Golden Travel Guide is the second book in the humorous and imaginative Coin Slot Chronicles series by New York Times bestselling author, former NFL running back, and Dancing with the Stars champion Rashad Jennings. In Arcade and the Golden Travel Guide, Arcade, Zoe, and their new friend, Doug, travel from New York to Virginia to stay with cousins and best friends, Derek and Celeste. It’s a chance for Arcade to feel “normal” again after all the thrilling adventures in Arcade and the Triple T Token, book one in The Coin Slot Chronicles series. Portrait of an Artist: Frida Kahlo by Sandra Dieckmann Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter and today is one of the world’s favourite artists. As a child, she was badly affected by polio, and later suffered a terrible accident that left her disabled and in pain. Shortly after this accident, Kahlo took up painting, and through her surreal, symbolic self portraits described the pain she suffered, as well as the treatment of women, and her sadness at not being able to have a child. This book tells the story of Frida Kahlo’s life through her own artworks, and shows how she came to create some of the most famous paintings in the world. Learn about her difficult childhood, her love affair with fellow painter Diego Rivera, and the lasting impact her surreal work had on the history of art in this book that brings her life to work. Evelyn the Adventurous Entomologist: The True Story of a World-Traveling Bug Hunter by Christine Evans illustrated by Yasmin Imamura Back in 1881, when Evelyn Cheesman was born, English girls were expected to be clean and dressed in frilly dresses. But Evelyn crawled in dirt and collected glow worms in jars. When girls grew up they were expected to marry and look after children. But Evelyn took charge of the London Zoo insect house, filling it with crawling and fluttering specimens and breathing life back into the dusty exhibits. In the early 1920s, women were expected to stay home, but Evelyn embarked on eight solo expeditions to distant islands. She collected over 70,000 insect specimens, discovered new species, had tangles with sticky spider webs, and tumbled from a cliff. Inspire children to believe in their dreams and blaze their own trail with the story of Evelyn’s amazing life! Little Libraries, Big Heroes by Miranda Paul and John Parra From an award-winning author and illustrator, the inspiring story of how the Little Free Library organization brings communities together through books, from founder Todd Bol’s first installation to the creation of more than 75,000 mini-libraries around the world. What is a Refugee? by Elise Gravel (Ages 3-7) Who are refugees? Why are they called that word? Why do they need to leave their country? Why are they sometimes not welcome in their new country? In this relevant picture book for the youngest children, author-illustrator Elise Gravel explores what it means to be a refugee in bold, graphic illustrations and spare text. This is the perfect tool to introduce an important and timely topic to children. How to Code a Rollercoaster by Josh Funk, illustrated by Sara Palacios (Ages 4-8) Pearl and her trusty rust-proof robot, Pascal, are enjoying a day out at the amusement park. Spinning teacups, ice cream, and of course: rollercoasters! Through the use of code, Pearl and Pascal can keep track of their ride tokens and calculate when the line is short enough to get a spot on the biggest ride of them all–the Python Coaster. Variables, if-then-else sequences, and a hunt for a secret hidden code make this a humorous, code-tastic day at the amusement park! At the mountain’s base sits a cabin under an old hickory tree. And in that cabin lives a family — loving, weaving, cooking, and singing. The strength in their song sustains them through trials on the ground and in the sky, as they wait for their loved one, a pilot, to return from war. With an author’s note that pays homage to the true history of Native American U.S. service members like WWII pilot Ola Mildred “Millie” Rexroat, this is a story that reveals the roots that ground us, the dreams that help us soar, and the people and traditions that hold us up. Making the Squad (Amira’s Heart) by Tasha Fuller (Author), Racheal Scotland (Illustrator) Ages 8 and up Growing up is hard enough, but when the unexpected happens it really puts Amira’s character to the test. Amira and her friends Taylor, Zahla, Kennedy and Hayden have been cheering since the second grade. Navigating Middle School had its challenges, but as they enter High School their friendship is really put to the test. When adversity comes, will their friendship survive … “Making The Squad?” Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Carly Gledhill Alison Jay has long wanted to bring her own perspective to the story. Now she shows us an exhilarating Wonderland, where Alice, the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, and all the rest are playfully quirky and adorably fanciful. With the complete, unabridged text and glowing full-color illustrations on nearly every page, this lavish edition is the perfect introduction to the novel—and an elegant gift for those who are already Lewis Carroll fans. Fry Bread: A Native American Story by Noble Maillard Kevin, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal (Ages 3-6) Told in lively and powerful verse by debut author Kevin Noble Maillard, Fry Bread is an evocative depiction of a modern Native American family. Girls Like Us by Randi Pink, Ages 14 and up Four teenage girls. Four different stories. What they all have in common is that they’re dealing with unplanned pregnancies. In rural Georgia, Izella is wise beyond her years, but burdened with the responsibility of her older sister, Ola, who has found out she’s pregnant. Their young neighbor, Missippi, is also pregnant, but doesn’t fully understand the extent of her predicament. When her father sends her to Chicago to give birth, she meets the final narrator, Susan, who is white and the daughter of an anti-choice senator. Parker Looks Up by Parker & Jessica Curry, illustrated by Brittany Jackson (Ages 4-8) When Parker Curry came face-to-face with Amy Sherald’s transcendent portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama at the National Portrait Gallery, she didn’t just see the First Lady of the United States. She saw a queen—one with dynamic self-assurance, regality, beauty, and truth who capured this young girl’s imagination. Parker saw the possibility and promise, the hopes and dreams of herself in this powerful painting of Michelle Obama. Be Bold Baby: Sonia Sotomayor by Alison Oliver Celebrate Sonia Sotomayor’s most motivational and powerful moments, with quotes from the Supreme Court Justice. It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way by Kyo Maclear, illustrated by Julie Morstad (Ages 4-8) Growing up in California, Gyo Fujikawa always knew that she wanted to be an artist. She was raised among strong women, including her mother and teachers, who encouraged her to fight for what she believed in. During World War II, Gyo’s family was forced to abandon everything and was taken to an internment camp in Arkansas. The book includes extensive back matter, including a note from the creators, a timeline, archival photos, and further information on Gyo Fujikawa. M is for Melanin: A Celebration of the Black Child by Tiffany Rose Each letter of the alphabet contains affirming, Black-positive messages, from A is for Afro, to F is for Fresh, to W is for Worthy. This book teaches children their ABCs while encouraging them to love the skin that they’re in. The Dragon Thief (Dragons in a Bag) by Zetta Elliott Jaxon had just one job–to return three baby dragons to the realm of magic. But when he got there, only two dragons were left in the bag. His best friend’s sister, Kavita, is a dragon thief! Kavita only wanted what was best for the baby dragon. But now every time she feeds it, the dragon grows and grows! How can she possibly keep it secret? Even worse, stealing it has upset the balance between the worlds. The gates to the other realm have shut tight! Jaxon needs all the help he can get to find Kavita, outsmart a trickster named Blue, and return the baby dragon to its true home. Mama Mable’s All-Gal Big Band Jazz Extravaganza! by Annie Sieg (Ages 4-8) Everyone knows about Rosie the Riveter, the icon for working women during World War II. Now prepare to meet a group of young women who did the same for music! From saxophonists and drummers to trumpeters, pianists, trombonists, and singers, talented young women across the country picked up their instruments–and picked up the spirits of an entire nation–during the dark days of World War II. Together they formed racially integrated female bands and transformed the look and sound of jazz, taking important strides for all women in the world of music. Saturday by Oge Mora In this heartfelt and universal story, a mother and daughter look forward to their special Saturday routine together every single week. But this Saturday, one thing after another goes wrong–ruining storytime, salon time, picnic time, and the puppet show they’d been looking forward to going to all week. Mom is nearing a meltdown…until her loving daughter reminds her that being together is the most important thing of all. Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o Sulwe has skin the color of midnight. She is darker than everyone in her family. She is darker than anyone in her school. Sulwe just wants to be beautiful and bright, like her mother and sister. Then a magical journey in the night sky opens her eyes and changes everything. In this stunning debut picture book, actress Lupita Nyong’o creates a whimsical and heartwarming story to inspire children to see their own unique beauty. The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family by Ibtihaj Muhammad, illustrated by Hatem Aly (Ages 4-8)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3419
__label__wiki	0.768716	0.768716	High Plains Blogger About John Kanelis Is Trump really that rich? Really … ? Tag Archives: Dan Coats National intelligence network takes another hit August 14, 2019 kanelis2012 Leave a comment The director of national intelligence, Dan Coats, is heading for the door Thursday. He served the nation with diligence and distinction. He spoke the truth about the threats to the nation. The president of the United States, Donald Trump, didn’t listen to him. Coats will be gone very soon. So, too, will his No. 2, the deputy director of national intelligence, Sue Gordon, a career CIA official. She’s a pro. Gordon also served for many years in the national intelligence network with supreme diligence. Gordon is leaving office along with Coats. What is wrong with this picture? Plenty. I now will explain briefly. The DNI office now is without its top two intelligence officials. Coats is a politician, having served in the U.S. House and Senate before taking on the DNI job in the Trump administration. However, he stood behind the intelligence professionals who determined without equivocation that Russians attacked our electoral system in 2016 and are doing so yet again in advance of the 2020 presidential election. Coats butted heads with Donald Trump. He “spoke truth to power.” The man with the power, Trump, isn’t hearing it. As for Gordon, custom dictated that she would have stepped into the DNI spot as the acting director. She, though, took the advice of intelligence pros and submitted her resignation. Trump now has Joseph Maguire as acting DNI. He comes from a counterintelligence agency. He could be a solid choice, but he lacks the overarching background that Sue Gordon would have brought to the office … had she chosen to stay on in the Trump administration. Ladies and gents, we have a leadership vacuum at the top of our nation’s intelligence apparatus. As for the president, he continues to demonstrate utter cluelessness on how he intends to protect us from hostile powers that are threatening the integrity of our very system of government. 2016 election2020 electionCIADan CoatsDNIDonald Trumphostile powernational intelligence Acting DNI set to jump into the fire August 9, 2019 kanelis2012 Leave a comment At first blush, it appears that Donald Trump has selected a grownup, a mature counterintelligence official to become the acting director of national intelligence. He is Joseph Maguire, head of the National Counterintelligence Center. He succeeds Dan Coats, who is leaving his DNI post on Aug. 15. Coats’s deputy DNI, Sue Gordon, also is leaving on the same day. My major concern about Joseph Maguire, though, centers on something I have noted already in the wake of Coats’s decision to leave the post. Will the next DNI, whether acting or permanent, be allowed to tell the commander in chief the truth about threats to this country? Will the president of the United States actually listen to what he says and will he act on recommendations that come from the DNI? Trump has demonstrated an inability to do that during Coats’s tenure as the nation’s top spook. Indeed, it appears that resistance led to Coats’s decision to leave. What’s next? If only the president would heed the opinions offered by the nation’s intelligence network. You know, such as: The Russians attacked our electoral system in 2016 and are doing so again … and we need to respond to it aggressively. Donald Trump isn’t listening. He needs to pay attention. Dan CoatsDirector of National IntelligenceDonald TrumpRussian attack national news, national security How on Earth does this POTUS do the right thing? U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe’s decision to pull out of the director of national intelligence job puts Donald John Trump squarely in the middle of a quandary he seems to have no interest in solving. Trump selected the toadie Ratcliffe — a Northeast Texas congressman — to succeed Dan Coats as DNI, only to face a storm of criticism over Ratcliffe’s partisan leanings and allegations that he embellished his resume. Trump blamed the media for doing their job in “vetting” this individual. Ratcliffe is out. Coats will be gone Aug. 15. Who will fill the vital job as head of the nation’s intelligence network? How in the world does this president do the right thing and find someone who (a) is willing to work for Donald Trump and (b) would provide Trump with the critical analysis of the existential security threats to the nation. More to the point, how does Trump resist the impulse to rely on those who tell him what he wants to hear and ignores what he needs to hear? Coats and other intelligence chiefs said the same thing: Russia attacked our election in 2016. Trump has dismissed them. Indeed, just this week he said former special counsel Robert Mueller — who said yet again that the Russians posed a serious threat to our electoral system — didn’t know what he was talking about. The heads of the CIA, FBI, National Security Agency, the Joint Chiefs of Staff all have said the same thing: The Russians attacked us. Coats spoke “truth to power.” Ratcliffe spoke quite the opposite. What in the world is Donald Trump going to do to fill this job? He needs critical thinking. He needs to hear the truth. He needs to be told where the threats exist and he needs to consider strategies to protect our system against further assaults from Russia and perhaps other hostile powers. Who in the world is willing to provide what the president of the United States won’t accept? 2016 electionCIADan CoatsDNIFBIJohn RatcliffeJoint Chiefs of StaffRussian attack OK, Mr. President, look for a legitimate DNI nominee Donald J. Trump has yanked John Ratcliffe’s name from consideration as the next Director of National Intelligence. Ratcliffe, the congressman from Northeast Texas who also happens to be a staunch — damn near rabid — Trump supporter, had no business being considered for the top job in our nation’s vast intelligence-gathering and analysis network. Why? Because he demonstrated a palpable disregard for the work done by Robert Mueller, the former special counsel who has said categorically that Russians attacked our electoral system in 2016 and were poised to do it again in 2020. Ratcliffe, moreover, reportedly embellished his resume, suggesting he had taken part in anti-terror operations while serving as U.S. attorney in East Texas when he did no such thing. Trump, though, said the media would “slander and libel” him, and suggested that Ratcliffe remain in Congress. Hey, here’s an idea for the president to consider. He ought to find someone with the gravitas of the outgoing DNI, former U.S. Sen. Dan Coats, who is leaving because he and Trump had disagreements over the very thing we’ve been discussing here: the Russian threat to our democratic process. Coats blames the Russians for behaving with evil intent; Trump sides with the Russians. Game over for DNI Coats. Oh, wait! Just how does the president find a grownup such as Coats to take over the DNI job if he’s going to insist that the intelligence presented to him is phony, that it’s wrong and that the Russians aren’t doing what the spooks are telling him? Ratcliffe wasn’t qualified for the DNI job, the alleged embellishment notwithstanding. The POTUS needs a DNI to tell him what he needs to hear, not what he wants to hear. As for the media that did their job, they performed a valuable public service in outing Ratcliffe as a Donald Trump toadie who wasn’t up to the job. 2016 electionDan CoatsDNIDonald TrumpJohn RatcliffeRussian attack national news, national security, national security team Trump can’t stomach being told the truth July 31, 2019 kanelis2012 Leave a comment Donald Trump’s decision to nominate John Ratcliffe as the country’s next Director of National Intelligence reveals a frightening, outrageous aspect of how the president wants to run our national security network … as if we didn’t see this already. Ratcliffe is a congressman from Northeast Texas, representing a district once represented by the late, great Sam Rayburn. Ratcliffe would succeed Dan Coats as DNI and would be charged — according to the playbook — with providing the president unvarnished analysis of the threats to the nation’s security. Ratcliffe is not wired that way. Coats has done it, as have many of the preceding DNIs who have held the office. Trump wants a “loyalist,” someone who likely adheres to his own idiotic view that the Russian hack of our 2016 election is a “hoax” cooked up by the “fake news” and Democratic opponents. Can there be anything more inherently frightening than to have a DNI who cannot or will not tell the president the truth? More to the point, can there be anything more dangerous to the nation to have a president who won’t hear the truth? Rep. Ratcliffe showed his partisan stripes while questioning former special counsel Robert Mueller this past week. He challenged Mueller’s probe into the Russian electoral attack. As some commentators have noted, Ratcliffe appeared to be auditioning for the nomination once it became known that DNI Coats would be “stepping down.” For the ever-lovin’ life of me I cannot grasp how this president continues to lie, deceive and flim-flam his way through the duties to which he has been charged. Even more astonishing is how he manages to cling to that 38 to 40 percent core of Americans who insist he is “telling it like it is” and speaks for them. John Ratcliffe comes from that fervent base of Trump supporters. The nation does not need a Trump lackey in the post of DNI, which requires someone who is unafraid to tell the president the hard truth about the existential threats that put this country in danger. If the president has a vast reservoir of talent waiting for the call to come to work in the White House — which he boasts of having — he can do a lot better than John Ratcliffe as head of the nation’s intelligence apparatus. My fear, though, is that he doesn’t care about quality. It’s all about political loyalty. Dangerous. 2016 electionDan CoatsDNIDonald Trumpintelligence networkJohn RatcliffeRussian hacking International news, national news Tepid GOP response to DNI pick might signal an actual break What in the name of critical thinking is going on here? Might there be a glimmer of hope that Republican U.S. senators are willing finally — finally! — to break ranks from behind their fellow Republican, the guy in the White House? Reports are surfacing that Republican response to Donald Trump’s pick to be the next director of national intelligence is, shall we say, a bit tepid. GOP senators reportedly are saddened by the departure of DNI Dan Coats, who once served with them in the U.S. Senate. They have said much about Coats, but hardly anything about U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe, who is Trump’s selection as a successor to Coats. Hmm. Why do you suppose that’s the case? It might be that the Northeast Texas cheerleader for Trump is packed a bit too snugly into the president’s hip pocket. I remain committed in the hope that senators who will question Ratcliffe during his confirmation hearing will ask him whether he believes, as Coats does, that Russians attacked our election in 2016 or whether he stands with Donald Trump’s phony assertion that it’s a “hoax.” I get this sinking, gut-wrenching feeling that Ratcliffe’s fealty to Trump will not allow him to state the plainly obvious, which is that the Russians interfered on behalf of Trump in 2016 and are working hard to do the same thing in 2020. That’s the view of the FBI, the CIA, the National Security Agency and the Joint Chiefs of Staff … and the Director of National Intelligence. Donald Trump is hearing none of that. The DNI, who is the nation’s top intelligence official, should be required to tell the president what he needs to hear, not what he wants to hear. Donald Trump must hear from the DNI where the existential threats to our national security are coming from. Coats and other intelligence experts told the nation that Russia presented that threat in 2016 and are doing so now. Will the new DNI, if it’s John Ratcliffe, be willing to offer the same hard-boiled advice? My gut tells me that Donald Trump won’t hear it even if the DNI offers it, which is why he might be looking for a blind loyalist to fill a job that requires clear-headed analysis on threats to our nation. 2016 electionDan CoatsDNIDonald TrumpJohn Ratcliffenational intelligenceRussian hacking Mr. Sam might be spinning in his grave An item has been brought to my attention, so I want to share it with you here. The fellow set to be nominated as the nation’s next director of national intelligence now serves the Fourth Congressional District of Texas, which once was served by one of the great Texas politicians of all time, three-time U.S. House Speaker Sam Rayburn. The current congressman, John Ratcliffe, will be named soon to succeed Dan Coats, who is, um, “stepping down” as DNI. It seems that Coats and Donald John Trump have had some serious differences of opinion over the Russians’ role in the hacking of our election system in 2016. Coats says the Russians did it: Trump sides with the Russians who deny doing it. Enter the newest DNI, Rep. Ratcliffe. To be fair, Ratcliffe’s national intelligence credentials are no skimpier than those that Dan Coats brought into the office. Coats, though, proved to be one of the few mature grownups to serve the Trump administration. The jury is still out on Ratcliffe, a fervent, strident, ardent supporter of Trump. I await the questioning from senators who will ask whether he supports the Coats view of Russian hacking or the Trump view that it was all a “hoax.” As for the Rayburn legacy, I’ve had the pleasure of writing a blog post for KETR-FM, the public radio station based at Texas A&M-Commerce, the talks about the Rayburn Library and Museum in Bonham. You can see the KETR piece here. While touring the exhibit, I found a statement attributed to Mr. Sam, the legendary Democrat, that I believe is quite fitting in today’s climate. He says it is better to always “tell the truth” because you never have to worry about what you say. Ratcliffe is set to join a presidential administration that seems to consider truth-telling to be some sort of sin, a sign of weakness. How would Speaker Rayburn react to that? I sense he might be doing cartwheels in his grave at this very moment. Dan CoatsDNIDonald TrumpFourth Congressional DistrictJohn RatcliffeMr. SamRussian election hackingSam Rayburn Hoping the new DNI doesn’t reverse course on Russian attack I will be waiting with bated breath for the new director of national intelligence to answer this critical question from U.S. senators who will debate whether to confirm him for the job of top spook in the Trump administration. “Do you believe, as your predecessor Dan Coats believes, that Russian government goons attacked our electoral system in 2016 and are doing so now in advance of the next presidential election?” OK, so maybe senators won’t call ’em “goons.” That’s my term, but you get the point. Coats is “stepping down” as DNI. Donald Trump says he’ll appoint U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe to succeed Coats. Ratcliffe has been a staunch supporter of the Trump, even challenging the integrity of an American patriot, former special counsel Robert Mueller III, who examined whether Trump’s campaign was complicit in the 2016 Russian attack on our electoral system. Coats got sideways with the president over this issue of the Russian attack. Coats says the Russians did it. So did other intelligence and counter-terrorism experts, including the FBI director, the CIA director, the head of the National Security Agency, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and, of course, DNI Dan Coats. The president’s view? He stands with Russian despot Vladimir Putin, who denies the Russians did anything wrong. So my question of John Ratcliffe would be: Do you stand with Trump or the experts who say the Russians are guilty as hell? Mueller said the Russians did it. He said they are attacking this nation at this very moment. Donald Trump — the self-proclaimed “stable genius” who knows the “best words” and hires the “best people” — has been shamefully silent on this issue. Now it’s Rep. Ratcliffe who’s about the snuggle into the hot seat. What say you, Mr. DNI-designate? 2016 electionDan CoatsDonald TrumpJohn RatcliffeRobert MuellerRussian election hack DNI is the latest to jump the sinking ship? Imagine my (non)surprise to hear that Dan Coats is “stepping down” from his job as director of national intelligence in the Donald J. Trump administration. The president has made damn few appointments that I could endorse. Coats was one of them. Coats, a former Indiana U.S. senator House member, is an establishment Republican with valuable political contacts/friendships/alliances in Washington, D.C. He served as a key bridge between the renegade president and the political pros who run things on Capitol Hill. He also is a serious policy hound who knows how to walk through the maze of government mumbo-jumbo. Coats also had some run-ins with the president, who you’ll remember challenged the intelligence community’s assertion that Russia hacked into our electoral system in 2016. They performed with evil intent to help Trump get elected. Trump, of course, sided with Russian strongman Vlad Putin and denigrated the intelligence network’s diligence on the matter. Coats was at the center of that dispute. I hate that the administration is losing a seasoned pro like DNI Dan Coats. Trump says he’ll nominate U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe of Texas — a staunch Trump supporter on Capitol Hill — to succeed Coats. Trump called Ratcliffe a “highly respected” member of Congress, a former U.S. attorney. The president also reportedly was impressed by the way Ratcliffe grilled former special counsel Robert Mueller III during Mueller’s marathon testimony before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees — of which Ratcliffe is a member … of both panels. Coats, to my way of thinking, ranks alongside former Defense Secretary James Mattis as among the more stellar Trump appointments. Mattis bolted after quarreling with the president. Now it’s Coats who is leaving, reportedly for the same reasons. Hmm. What’s the common denominator? Oh, gosh! It must be the president of the United States. Dan CoatsDNIDoDDonald TrumpJames Mattis DNI Dan Coats on his way out? That, too, is a shame Donald Trump reportedly is preparing to rid his administration of yet another seasoned political professional, someone with experience, knowledge and credibility in the job he is doing on our behalf. That would be Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, one of the remaining adults working within the Trump administration. I understand the president hasn’t gotten over the way Coats reacted to the surprise announcement that Trump was going to meet with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin in 2018. Coats was being interviewed by a network TV reporter when he got the news via Twitter that the president and Putin would meet. “Isn’t that special?” Coats told NBC’s Andrea Mitchell. Trump is seeking a DNI successor Trump is supposedly conducting informal interviews with individuals who might succeed Coats as DNI, which I guess means that Trump has spilled the proverbial beans regarding Coats’ future. I hate to see this happening. Dan Coats has done a credible and competent job as DNI, seeking to bring some semblance of order and discipline to the nation’s intelligence-gathering network. He has stood with other intelligence executives to declare, for instance, that the Russians indeed did attack our electoral system in 2016, a declaration that the president continues to dismiss. The CIA, the FBI, the National Security Agency, the Joint Chiefs of Staff all have said the same thing: The Russians did it! Trump’s response? He has sided with Putin, who told him he didn’t do it. I don’t want Dan Coats to leave his post. He is a solid public servant with many years of service behind him. Donald Trump needs more — not fewer — men and women of Coats’ caliber around him. Of course, none of that matters to the man with the self-described “big brain.” CIADan CoatsDNIDonald TrumpFBIRussian interference John Kanelis Career journalist, husband, father, grandfather, Army veteran, blogger. A Public View Ex-WH ethics guru calls McConnell a ‘perjurer’ Waiting for a POTUS who can act — and look — like one SCOTUS chief to get his feet wet at the highest level imaginable A bus ride spurred this call for transparency Sign-stealing scandal claims another field boss kanelis2012 on About John Kanelis Richard Haverkamp on About John Kanelis Judy Hathcock on Texas won’t take refugees? Shameful decision! URL on Rep. 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__label__cc	0.648889	0.351111	Tierney reviews My Lady Lipstick by Karin Kallmaker Posted on April 25, 2018 by danikaellis — Leave a reply Anita Topaz is a best-selling author of popular bodice rippers. But Anita doesn’t actually exist: she’s just a pen name. Paris Jackson uses a pseudonym to help her keep her distance from the world: after experiencing intense online harassment, she is trying to live off the grid and manage her anxiety. When Paris’s publishers decide they want her to come to an in-person meeting to discuss her contract, she isn’t sure if her anxiety will be able to handle it. Enter Lady Diana Beckinsale, a woman with many alternate identities, who harbors just as many secrets: after a chance meeting, she catches a whiff of Paris’s dilemma and jumps at the chance to use her acting talents and advance her own agenda. As with any good romance, as the plot thickens the two begin to fall for one another, as they get to know each other – and themselves – better than they could ever have imagined. My Lady Lipstick is a sweetly enchanting romance novel. The plot is improbable, but in an entirely endearing and campy way. The character of Diana, especially, has quite the backstory (spoilers ahead): she is a former competitive gymnast who now moonlights as an actress using various false identities so she can accomplish her true goal of stealing and repatriating cultural artifacts from unethical private owners. (What a badass!) (end spoilers) And the romance Paris and Diana share is a very tender one: they dance around coming together and pulling away as they navigate their own issues and insecurities. One area where there is some room for improvement is how Kallmaker brings up Paris’s race. Given the general landscape of romances being so overwhelmingly white, it’s awesome that Paris is a queer, butch woman of color. But Kallmaker kind of tiptoes around this fact, with lots of references to Paris’s “light brown skin” and a moment where Paris reveals she didn’t know she had Central and South American ancestry until she’d done a DNA test after her mom passed away (a moment which is followed up by a cringey comment from Diana about this being why Paris “[mamboes] so well”). With the romance landscape as white as it is, it feels like Paris’s identity as a woman of color should be done more justice, instead of being an odd footnote in her very own life. The novel raises other issues that Kallmaker and her characters handle excellently. Paris’s anxiety is one. Due to a Gamergate-like response from furiously misogynistic video game fans to a critique of hers, she escaped from her former life in the video game industry (leaving behind her job, her girlfriend, and her home) and made a new life for herself in a coastal Massachusetts town. This experience has left her with heightened anxiety, which Kallmaker depicts in full, from her conception of the feelings as Boss Anxiety (a cute nod to her love of video games) to her coping strategies (deep breathing, visualization exercises, baking). And the nod to Gamergate, as well as a nod to the #MeToo movement (embodied by a slimy publishing executive), bring in a strong undercurrent of feminism. This is a romance novel with a lot of thoughtfulness behind it, one that showcases real, internal struggles instead of a sequence of external obstacles neatly resolved before the happy ending. My Lady Lipstick is a well-written, reflective, and engrossing romance, with a thoroughly enjoyable plot: Paris and Diana’s connection, and their stunning range of emotions, go straight to your heart. This entry was posted in Lesbrary Reviews and tagged Karin Kallmaker, romance, Tierney by danikaellis. Bookmark the permalink.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3427
__label__cc	0.66727	0.33273	LGBT Chamber of Commerce of Illinois 3179 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60657 To promote economic opportunities for the LGBT community by being an advocate and resource for all member businesses that encourage equality. Promote Member Businesses The Chamber works tirelessly to promote our Members through marketing initiatives, public relations campaigns, and cooperative advertising that reach local, regional, and national markets. Champion LGBT Business Interests to State and City Government As a voice of advocacy for the LGBT community, the Chamber has built the strong foundations necessary for our programs and initiatives to succeed. Encourage Businesses and Individuals The Chamber functions as a support system that empowers the LGBT community, both socially and economically. Increase Exposure Our committee structure garners free publicity for Members by promoting them on our website, at events, and to local media. We also highlight Member businesses at networking events and in our monthly newsletter. We will continue strengthening our ties to the community-at-large with educational projects and neighborhood initiatives that benefit everyone. Support LGBT Activities We sponsor and maintain a presence at LGBT events and celebrations throughout the Chicago area, year round. Foster Pride We are always working to heighten awareness of LGBT issues and successes. This creates an increasingly positive public image that gains respect for LGBT businesses and consumers. Jerome' Holston Matt Phillips Lynfred Winery David Tucci DavidTucci.com Seth Heape MB Financial Colin Gorman Countryside Bank Kathy Rasmussen John Lashmett Supplier Diversity/ERG Committee NGLCC Procurement Council iCandee Marketing Jeff Kessler LaTonya Fourté-Lyles Health Care Service Corporation Olin Eargle @properties - Olin Eargle Board of Directors Emeritus Timmy Samuel Board Member Emeritus Starbelly Studios Omar Marrero OmarMarrero.com In 1995, Tracy Baim of Lambda Publications and Kevin Boyer of Communications Management, Inc. saw a need for a local chamber of commerce dedicated to gay and lesbian owned businesses. Joined by three other business owners, they launched the Chicago Area Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. Their goal was to have 30 Members by the first organizational meeting in March 1996. By the time that meeting was called to order, the Chamber had grown to include more than 80 businesses. Today the Chamber serves a roster of over 300 Members, a number that increases almost daily. These members are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) business owners, as well as gay-supportive businesses. Together they employ over 2,000 people in the Chicago area, with gross revenues that exceed $200 million. Since gay and lesbian tourism brings an estimated $300 million a year to Chicago, it’s no surprise that the city has discovered the viability of supporting the LGBT community. Currently, a portion of the Chamber’s funding comes from the city government which is a far cry from the days when the city of Chicago sought to close gay and lesbian owned businesses. We envision a bright, prosperous future for all Chamber members. The key to this vision is unity, which we foster through promotional, networking, and advocacy programs. We believe that by aligning our common interests, Member businesses will continue to grow and thrive.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3428
__label__wiki	0.533593	0.533593	The Stephen King Project Literary Mixtapes {Like This, Read That} Lists, Miscellanea Hot, Humid, and Ill-Tempered: A Guide to Grit Lit Grit lit is a hard term to pin down. Is it literature that is gritty? Is it exclusively southern? Modern? Gothic? Hillbilly noir? A novel filled with hard-drinking, punch-throwing, snake-oil selling men and women? By definition it seems undefinable – a “know it when you read it” kind of experience. There’s even an anthology (featuring both non-fiction and fiction) devoted to the exploration of the term (Grit Lit: A Rough South Reader, edited by Brian Carpenter and Tom Franklin). And according to Franklin, it’s not difficult to understand – it’s people using “weed and pills and sometimes meth. They’re usually white, usually rednecks, Snopesian. Broke, divorced, violent – they’re not good country people.” With that in mind, but not the defining factor (it’s literature, there’s always wiggle room), here are some of my favorite novels that I’d consider grit lit/southern gothic/hillbilly noir/a know it when you read it experience. The Devil All the Time // Donald Ray Pollock (review). “Set in rural southern Ohio and West Virginia, The Devil All the Time follows a cast of compelling and bizarre characters from the end of World War II to the 1960s. There’s Willard Russell, tormented veteran of the carnage in the South Pacific, who can’t save his beautiful wife, Charlotte, from an agonizing death by cancer no matter how much sacrificial blood he pours on his “prayer log.” There’s Carl and Sandy Henderson, a husband-and-wife team of serial killers, who troll America’s highways searching for suitable models to photograph and exterminate. There’s the spider-handling preacher Roy and his crippled virtuoso-guitar-playing sidekick, Theodore, running from the law. And caught in the middle of all this is Arvin Eugene Russell, Willard and Charlotte’s orphaned son, who grows up to be a good but also violent man in his own right.” Donnybrook // Frank Bill (review). “The Donnybrook is a three-day bare-knuckle tournament held on a thousand-acre plot out in the sticks of southern Indiana. Twenty fighters. One wire-fence ring. Fight until only one man is left standing while a rowdy festival of onlookers–drunk and high on whatever’s on offer–bet on the fighters.” Bull Mountain // Brian Panowich. “Clayton Burroughs comes from a long line of outlaws. For generations, the Burroughs clan has made its home on Bull Mountain in North Georgia, running shine, pot, and meth over six state lines, virtually untouched by the rule of law. To distance himself from his family’s criminal empire, Clayton took the job of sheriff in a neighboring community to keep what peace he can. But when a federal agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms shows up at Clayton’s office with a plan to shut down the mountain, his hidden agenda will pit brother against brother, test loyalties, and could lead Clayton down a path to self-destruction.” The Shore // Sara Taylor. “Welcome to The Shore: a collection of small islands sticking out from the coast of Virginia into the Atlantic Ocean. Where clumps of evergreens meet wild ponies, oyster-shell roads, tumble-down houses, unwanted pregnancies, murder, storm-making and dark magic in the marshes. . .” Cry Father //Benjamin Whitmer (review). “For Patterson Wells, disaster is the norm. Working alongside dangerous, desperate, itinerant men as a tree clearer in disaster zones, he’s still dealing with the loss of his young son. Writing letters to the boy offers some solace. The bottle gives more. Upon a return trip to Colorado, Patterson stops to go fishing with an old acquaintance, only to find him in a meth-induced delirium and keeping a woman tied up in the bathtub. In the ensuing chain of events, which will test not only his future but his past, Patterson tries to do the right thing. Still, in the lives of those he knows, violence and justice have made of each other strange, intoxicating bedfellows.” Bastard Out of Carolina // Dorothy Allison. “Greenville County, South Carolina, a wild, lush place, is home to the Boatwright family—rough-hewn men who drink hard and shoot up each other’s trucks, and indomitable women who marry young and age all too quickly. At the heart of this astonishing novel is Ruth Anne Boatwright, known simply as Bone, a South Carolina bastard with an annotated birth certificate to tell the tale.” Edge of Dark Water // Joe R. Lansdale (review). “May Lynn was once a pretty girl who dreamed of becoming a Hollywood star. Now she’s dead, her body dredged up from the Sabine River. Sue Ellen, May Lynn’s strong-willed teenage friend, sets out to dig up May Lynn’s body, burn it to ash, and take those ashes to Hollywood to spread around. If May Lynn can’t become a star, then at least her ashes will end up in the land of her dreams. Along with her friends Terry and Jinx and her alcoholic mother, Sue Ellen steals a raft and heads downriver to carry May Lynn’s remains to Hollywood. Only problem is, Sue Ellen has some stolen money that her enemies will do anything to get back. And what looks like a prime opportunity to escape from a worthless life will instead lead to disastrous consequences. In the end, Sue Ellen will learn a harsh lesson on just how hard growing up can really be.” Deliverance // James Dickey (review). Sort of early grit-lit… “The setting is the Georgia wilderness, where the states most remote white-water river awaits. In the thundering froth of that river, in its echoing stone canyons, four men on a canoe trip discover a freedom and exhilaration beyond compare. And then, in a moment of horror, the adventure turns into a struggle for survival as one man becomes a human hunter who is offered his own harrowing deliverance.” Young God // Katherine Faw Morris (review). Meet Nikki, the most determined young woman in the North Carolina hills. Determined not to let deadbeats and dropouts set her future. Determined to use whatever tools she can get her hands on to shape the world to her will. Determined to preserve her family’s domination of the local drug trade. Nikki is thirteen years old. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter // Tom Franklin. In the late 1970s, Larry Ott and Silas “32” Jones were boyhood pals. Their worlds were as different as night and day: Larry, the child of lower-middle-class white parents, and Silas, the son of a poor, single black mother. Yet for a few months the boys stepped outside of their circumstances and shared a special bond. But then tragedy struck: Larry took a girl on a date to a drive-in movie, and she was never heard from again. She was never found and Larry never confessed, but all eyes rested on him as the culprit. See my review of Hell at the Breech. Winter’s Bone // Daniel Woodrell (review). The sheriff’s deputy at the front door brings hard news to Ree Dolly. Her father has skipped bail on charges that he ran a crystal meth lab, and the Dollys will lose their house if he doesn’t show up for his next court date. So many more people belong on this list: Cormac McCarthy, Harry Crews, Flannery O’Connor, and Larry Brown, just to name a few. Do you enjoy grit lit? Or is it a genre you stay away from? If you love it like I do, what books do you recommend? I cannot tell you how many times I’ve pushed The Devil All the Time on to unsuspecting readers…. 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__label__cc	0.702923	0.297077	Apply To Perform Neon Workshops: I Formed A Band Venue: 41 Northgate (opposite Jolly Boys Tap) Days: Wednesday – Sunday (Full Festival) Times: All times We make and install neon. We teach and preach neon. We exhibit and publish neon. Neon Workshops was set up in 2010 by artist Richard Wheater, in his home city of Wakefield, out of frustration that there was nowhere in Europe to learn neon hands-on in a creative environment. In it’s ninth year, Neon Workshops caters specifically for the creative industry, consulting, fabricating, installing, teaching and exhibiting neon,with the hope of inspiring future generations to play with and develop a subject that has heaps of potential! This specially commissioned piece references the song “I Formed A Band” by Art Brut. This commission was funded by Long Division with support from Arts Council England as part of our Onto The Streets project, which is directly supporting the creation of new work from predominantly Wakefield based or born artists. The aim is to create accessible experiences that encourage audiences to look at our city in a new way, and animate our streets. Wakefield's Largest Music & Culture Festival LIES.INC	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3434
__label__wiki	0.94892	0.94892	MERTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY Show Search Hints Search our website, photo library, current publications and items in our recent Bulletins. For an exact match to a phrase, use "" (eg "Morden Park" or "Morden Hall Park"). Use Stem searches (eg liqu will find liquid, liquor, liquors, Liquorice and liquidation). The Wandle The Surrey Iron Railway A wheel from the Surrey Iron Railway, found in the River Wandle The Surrey Iron Railway was authorised by an Act of Parliament in 1801 and was the first public railway although predated by private railways used exclusively by the owners for moving their own goods. Tolls were levied on carriers for their use of the tracks. The main Wandsworth to Croydon line ran from the basin at Ram Creek, Wandsworth, through Earlsfield, Tooting, Mitcham and Waddon to its terminus at Pitlake, Croydon and was opened on 26th July 1803. The following year a branch was opened to Carshalton. The main routes were double track but a single-track branch was built from Croydon through Coulsdon to Merstham in 1805. The track comprised iron L-section rails 4ft 2in (1.27m) apart secured onto stone blocks. The trucks were horse-drawn, typically 8ft x 4ft x 2ft deep (2.44 x 1.22 x 0.61m deep) and weighing about 1 tonne. They could carry 3 tonnes of coal, lime or grain. One horse could pull up to ten wagons but the usual number was about four. The use of the Surrey Iron Railway railway declined as steam railways were built locally, and it was closed to traffic on 31st August 1846. Subsequently much of its track-bed through Mitcham to Croydon was used for the Wimbledon – West Croydon railway which was opened in 1855. This was closed in 1997 to re-open in May 2000 as part of the Croydon Tramlink system. The Wandle Industrial Museum have published The Iron Railways of the Wandle Valley. Contact them on www.wandle.org Their website also includes Peter McGow’s series of studies at http://wandle.org/surreyironrailway/header.html Anglo-Saxon Cemetery, Mitcham St Helier Estate Cricket on Mitcham Green The Film Industry in Merton John Innes Mitcham Fair Liberty’s Merton priory Mitcham Gardens and Gardeners of the 18th Century The Bridges and Roads of Mitcham Copper Milling on the Wandle The Railways of Merton Local History Notes Beating the Bounds: Lord Monson’s Schooldays: Studies in Merton History Recruitment to the Armed Forces in Mitcham 1522-1815 Not Trampled But Walked Over The Now and Hereafter Poor: Talks and visits Local History Workshops Copyright © 2020 MERTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY. All Rights Reserved. Minimize by Slocum Studio . Web development by Claridge Associates.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3438
__label__cc	0.577868	0.422132	Facebook-Putin-Slap Found these on Face Book AND THE WEST TELL US PUTIN IS ALWAYS WRONG? Fat Women-Terrorist Mother This is a story about another Fat Lazy Women who thinks the state owes her a living. I have copied a response from a reader who says what I feel Here to see in all it's glory is the entitlement society who know nothing other than what they expect for free from the state. No money for healthy food but hair dye, tattoos, and piercings are OK. The usual excuses, can't work because she is a carer and thinks everyone else should pick up the tab. Until we reform benefits and re align them to being a handout to help you during hard times as they were originally conceived and not a lifestyle choice then this will never change. Benefits should decrease 10% annually as an incentive to get people to break the cycle of dependancy. I know a lot of people who earn less that 20k and looking at this individual and her demands makes me dislike all benefit recipients. Go and get a job and learn how to cook. It really is that simple. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2768442/It-s-not-easy-overweight-benefits-says-25-stone-mother-two-wants-MORE-money-government-help-diet.html#ixzz3EJRUSF7D His Mother says she had no idea what he was going to do? Well look at Photo does she look like a typical English mother NO. She is wearing the head scarf which shows her subjugation to men and depicts her as a radical Moslem in my eyes. What is more important She is a single mother with Four sons, who live in the Sussex city, are believed to be refugees from Sierra Leone who came to Britain via the Netherlands. So yet again the British Taxpayer has to pay for this sponger who allows her son to become a Terrorists. Teenage British jihadi 'killed in US airstrikes': 19-year-old from Brighton died in US-led bombing · Ibrahim Kamara, known as Khalil al-Brittani, believed dead in airstrike · The teenager travelled to strife-hit region to fight for Al Qaeda ally · His Brighton-based mother said she was numb and 'confused' at the news Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2768321/Teenaged-British-jihadi-killed-US-airstrikes-19-year-old-Brighton-died-US-led-bombing.html#ixzz3EJWpPm8I This is a great way to ruin a Town and ruin a Hotel for short term monetary gain Hotel asylum part II: Now government moves 130 asylum seekers from crowded London hotel to seaside resort · Asylum seekers transferred to Grand Burstin Hotel in Folkestone, Kent · Home Office moved them after overcrowding at another hotel in London · Three-star hotel has sea views and is known for evening entertainment · The 550-room coastal hotel has rooms for one costing up to £66-a-night · MP insists it's only a temporary move to 'relieve situation' in the capital · Residents joke the hotel's name is apt for country 'burstin' at the seams' · Hotel website gives room rates for two-week stay of £616 for two sharing · Unclear how much HO is spending but 65 of these rooms would cost £ Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2767863/130-asylum-seekers-moved-London-hotel-overcrowding-arrive-seaside-resort.html#ixzz3EJgsPtp1 EU will damage Jobs in London The EU will damage a proportion of the 1,517,000 international business services jobs in London, 28% of all London employment. Across Britain international business services provides 15.7% of UK The UK’s financial services sector (the City of London), which drives the business services industry, was the most dynamic part of the UK economy. The City remains massively important to the economic well-being of the UK as a whole. Unhappily, the City of London is now in retreat, with excessive and unfriendly EU regulation being largely to blame. As a result of new EU rules and powers the UK’s position as a world leader in this area is under threat. The European Systemic Risk Council and the European System of Financial Supervisors have the power to close down a British financial institution. The EU has on many occasions extensively interfered in the UK's financial institutions. Click here to read the research online God help us if Miliband become Prime Minister Can You imagine Miliband as Prime Minister? Well the way things are going he could be. Yet listen to what he says and some times what he doesn’t say, He wants to put £1.5 billion into the NHS but doesn’t tell where the money Is coming from, He wants 16 years olds to have the vote? Kids who have not left School, contributed nothing to society, not old enough to drink Alcohol, not old enough to go to war I could go on, this is gerrymandering at its worse, He agreed with Scotland having a Referendum after 300 years of unity with the UK but refuses us a referendum on the EU after just 50 years of membership, wants more power to the Scots but refuses to allow the English the same right. He appoints women in charge of Pensioners who did not know the cost of a basic Pension. GOD HELP US IF HE AND HIS PARTY GET INTO POWER I still remember the mess we were left in after the last LABOUR Government Bold boasts that don't stand up to scrutiny: JAMES SLACK sorts the claims from reality in Ed Miliband's speech Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2767274/JAMES-SLACK-sorts-claims-reality-Ed-Miliband-s-speech.html#ixzz3EDknCZjs Multiculturalism - Strange family or should I say Queer Family I want to return to the England when the Majority were of English descent and Christian with a decent set of Morals and standards, things started to change when we got Black People from the West Indies. These people maybe a different colour but their values were very similar to our own they had high morals, were Christian and their schooling was very similar to ours, they may not have been Anglo Saxon but Culturally they were near enough the same. The problem started when people from the Asia Continent started to arrive they were completely different in Religion, Culture etc. many of them like the Hindus and Sikhs integrated with us. It was the Moslem population who refused to accept our culture and tried enforcing their ways on to the True Englishman. Politicians and the Left Wing liberals brought in the word Multi -Culturalism into our Society. A system that encouraged minorities to produce their own societies at the cost of the English way of life and this has led to Moslem Militants leaving this country to murder other people. There is no excuse these people were born in this Country, taught by people in this country and supported by various Governments and their institutions To stop this continual growth of this Religion of the middle Ages and bring it into the 21st Century we must insist on the following: 1) Everyone who lives In this country must be able to read and write English 2) Government/ Council information etc. must only be in English 3) They must all swear allegiance to the Queen and this country 4) All clothing that covers a women’s face must be banned as in France also clothing that subjugate women must be banned 5) All children must be taught the History of this Country including the part Christianity had in forming the UK 6) All illegal Immigrants must be treated as someone who has broken the Law and returned to where they came 7) No benefits to anyone who has not worked here for a Year The National Union of Farmers have complained we need more Foreign workers for their crops as the English are too lazy They have a good point and the problem is the Benefit System, low wages and long hours. Cut benefit to those English who refuse to work and if they attend a job deliberately trying to be obstructive so they can go back on the dole, sack and still pay them no benefit. Yet the employers need to put something back, the first is give them a living wage and secondly the idea that someone should be working 12 to 14 hours a day 6 days a week is something from the 19th Century We have a situation in this country where people are being subsidised by the Government to work? All this does is give the company and its Share Holders a bigger profit Talk about a Self-Publicist., Read about this weird family they certainly are a queer family Brave teen who recorded himself coming out as gay to his mother gets the shock of his life when his mother comes out as gay to HIM · A teenager, believed to be Australian, recorded himself as he came out to his mother · The boy's mother comforted the emotional teen, telling him she still loved him · His mother then turned the tables, and revealed she had been in a relationship with a woman Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2759319/Brave-teen-records-coming-mother-gets-shock-life-mother-comes-him.html#ixzz3DedLMXxD Car Tax £500 It has just cost me £500 Car Tax for my Nissen Diesel Pathfinder. I am told I do not need a big Car well I do as I tow a Twin Axle Caravan plus I am 6ft 2 ins 23 stone man (not a Fat one), believe it or believe it not I have job getting into a Mini. So the Politicians answers: Boris says all Diesel Cars should be scrapped and compensation of just £1000 should be given, yet many years ago we were encouraged to buy Diesel because they were more economical? Labour MP wants to ban Cars altogether and just let politicians have them ? I expect the Greens would agree to this as well I expect the LibDems will come up with solar Panel Cars or better still have a wind turbine on a car So how long before we are to return to Horses? No cannot have them as the Stomach gases will damage the ozone layer? Stupid idea no more stupid then Meat Free Monday which Paul McCartney and our idiotic Prime Minister want to promote to save the environment Interesting Comment from the wife the other day "Martin you look quite slim and fit from the back its the front of you that ruins the image" COW! I very rarely watch the modern day comedians most are crude, continually use bad language and are just not funny. Then you have the lefty political comedians like the idiot Mark Brigstock who tries to promote his politics through satire and he calls it comedy? Yet there is is one funny man who can make you laugh with out continually swearing (except in his out takes) or referring to sexual body parts and that is Peter Kay Funny how all our Celebs, Professor etc tell us that this is harmless and should be legalised A new study shows that teenagers who smoke cannabis are 60 per cent less likely to finish school or get a degree, compared with those who never touch it. Daily users of the drug are also seven times more likely to attempt suicide than non-users. These important facts could explain several worrying trends in our country. Yet the report was barely mentioned by most media – especially those who relentlessly plug irresponsible and wicked campaigns to destroy what’s left of our drug laws. A survey into the past and present drug use of Left-wing media executives might explain this strange reticence. Time it was done. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2755007/PETER-HITCHENS-What-threaten-Scots-Exploding-haggises.html#ixzz3DHKTiEqI Let's say Scotland votes for independence. Let's say in 10 years Russia funds and overthrow of the democratically elected Scottish government and then the new government forges closer ties and tries to join Russia. This is precisely the what the Ukraine and the EU / USA has done. Now tell me, would England send troops to the Scottish border? Yes. Would England fund any rebels fighting against this and who decided it was safer to come back to the UK? Yes. So why do we pretend what Russia is doing is somehow strange or evil? It is not just predictable but entirely sensible from their point of vie Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2754682/Putin-wants-restore-Soviet-Union-country-Ukrainian-prime-minister-attacks-Russian-president-aid-convoy-trucks-roll-country-without-consent.html#ixzz3DHO715j5 Why is it every TV Programme has to have a Homosexual story line considering there are only 1.5% who have that inclination or is it just more propaganda by the Pink Mafia and their friends in TV Downton's Rob James Collier: I lost sleep over harrowing homosexuality storyline which takes character Barrow to the 'abyss' Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2754974/Downton-s-Rob-James-Collier-I-lost-sleep-harrowing-homosexuality-storyline-takes-character-Barrow-abyss.html#ixzz3DHOQK09c WHAT DID I TELL ALL YOU FRIENDS OF HAMAS BUT OF COURSE IT WAS ALL A MISTAKE LOL Hamas admits it DID use schools and hospitals in Gaza Strip as 'human shields' to launch rocket attacks on Israel - but claims it was 'mistake' · Official says group had no choice but to launch rockets from civilian areas · Ghazi Hamad: safeguards taken to protect civilians but 'we made mistakes' · He refuses to accept responsibility for deaths in retaliatory airstrikes Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2753176/Hamas-DID-use-schools-hospitals-Gaza-Strip-human-shields-launch-rocket-attacks-Israel-admits-says-mistake.html#ixzz3DHOmby1B SO POLISH ARE NOT JUST HARDWORKING BUT CRIMINALS AS WELL SURPRISE SURPRISE · Oskar Pawlowichz is fourth man arrested over brutal home invasion · Paul Kohler fought four masked attackers off at his home last month · Polish nationals forced their way in and demanded money from father · Pawlowichz found after Mail on Sunday offered a £5,000 reward for information of his whereabouts Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2754987/Police-swoop-suspect-Englishman-castle-raid-Fourth-man-held-father-four-beaten-defending-home.html#ixzz3DHPLgGhB Multiculturalism - Strange family or should I say ... 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__label__cc	0.651392	0.348608	Making Our Lives Easier LLC Providing Quality Resources & Information Mission, Philosophy & Values Making Our Lives Easier LLC: Legal Make Life Easy: The Philosophy of Well Being by MakingOurLivesEasier Monday,December 31, 2012 Well-Being First published Tue Nov 6, 2001; substantive revision Tue Dec 9, 2008 Well-being is most commonly used in philosophy to describe what is non-instrumentally or ultimately good for a person. The question of what well-being consists in is of independent interest, but it is of great importance in moral philosophy, especially in the case of utilitarianism, according to which well-being is to be maximized. Significant challenges to the very notion have been made, in particular by G.E. Moore and T.M. Scanlon. It has become standard to distinguish theories of well-being as either hedonist theories, desire theories, or objective list theories. According elle report philadephia well -being The Nature of Nuture Nature Nurture in Psychology by Saul McLeod published 2007 This debate within psychology is concerned with the extent to which particular aspects of behavior are a product of either inherited (i.e. genetic) or acquired (i.e. learned) characteristics. Nature is that which is inherited / genetic. Nurture which refers to all environmental influences after conception, i.e. experience. Nature Nurture Debate in Psychology It has long been known that certain physical characteristics are biologically determined by genetic inheritance. Color of eyes, straight or curly hair, pigmentation of the skin and certain diseases (such as Huntingdon’s chorea) are all a function of the genes we inherit. politcis soleli Making Our Lives Easier LLC: Are You a Risk Taker? Are You a Risk Taker? What causes people to take risks? It’s not just a behavior. It’s a personality. By Marvin Zuckerman, published on November 01, 2000 – last reviewed on July 17, 2012 Do you drink and drive, gamble, or sleep with strangers? It’s not just a behavior. It’s a personality.Rita lives for excitement. She dies of boredom when life becomes too predictable. She has a wide circle of friends but no tolerance for dullards. She likes meeting exciting new people, even if she knows that they are unreliable. She smokes tobacco and marijuana and drinks hard—and parties heavily on weekends with cocaine and Ecstasy, or any "Practicing the Art of Philosophy in a Political World."	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3446
__label__wiki	0.582411	0.582411	Tags: louisiana, new orleans Black in Back: Mardi Gras and the Racial Geography of New Orleans (I) Among the people who came to New Orleans by the Bayou St. John route were slaves who, before the canal was built, were a convenient sort of cargo because they could walk the last two miles. The portage wound through undeveloped swamp to the rear edge of the city at what is now the corner of Rampart and Governor Nicholls Streets. Later, when Carondelet Canal was completed, the slaves’ first footfall in North America was a field adjacent to the turning basin — a field that has been variously called Circus Public Square, Place des Negres, and (immediately after the Civil War) Beauregard Square. It is now known as Congo Square. This was the threshold between the wilderness and the European town, and it was New Orleans’s back door sill. It would not be the last time that these individuals would be admitted “‘round back.” The two squares — Jackson and Congo — marked the formal front entrance and the utilitarian back entrance to the old city. Orleans Street, perpendicular to the river, connects the two, or almost: it runs four blocks from Congo Square up to the rear garden of St Louis Cathedral. To continue on to Jackson Square, you must slip around the Cathedral on either Pirate Alley or Pere Antoine Alley, now charming passages that nonetheless underscore that you’re making your way around front. The two squares also marked the centers of gravity — geographic and symbolic — of the city’s white and black populations. These centers then extended into gravitational lines parallel to the river, as the city, constrained by the swamps, grew like a snake upriver and downriver from the Quarter. These lines, even today, retain qualities of front and back. via Black in Back: Mardi Gras and the Racial Geography of New Orleans: Places: Design Observer.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3448
__label__wiki	0.601265	0.601265	The Faces Of MoodyComedy Bob Mortimer 2018’s Contribution to TV Comedy January 17, 2019 by Becca Moody Leave a Comment 2018 was a solid year for British comedy on television. We had a deluge of excellent new sitcom series, particularly those with teenage protagonists, from the Northern Irish school kids of Derry Girls to Conor and Jock of The Young Offenders and Gloucestershire cousins Kerry and Kurtan in This Country. Dark and surreal comedy has also been thriving, with the return of Inside No. 9 and Flowers, and also Vic and Bob’s Big Night Out. This article will explore 2018’s TV comedy highlights (let’s just forget about that The Inbetweeners reunion, shall we?) The Young Offenders © BBC The fourth series of Inside No. 9, which broadcast at the start of January, certainly lived up to past instalments. The anthology series (created by Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton) dabbled in Shakespearean comedy, dark and twisted mystery and heart-breaking trips down memory lane. On Halloween, a special ‘live’ episode aired, which was a half hour of comedy that certainly divided its viewers (that is, those who didn’t accidentally tune out before the end…). Inside No 9 © BBC Another stand-out programme that no doubt every fan of dark comedy has watched this year is The End of the F**** World, which originally aired on Channel 4 in 2017 but was released on Netflix in January 2018. With short twenty-minute episodes, vibrant characters and unexpected plot developments, this series is a punchy rollercoaster unlike anything else. With a new series expected later this year, this is certainly not the last we will hear from murderous teens James and Alyssa. This Country © BBC February saw the return of This Country; one of the greatest new comedies of recent years. This mockumentary series about the lives of teenagers in rural areas has plenty unbearable moments of awkwardness that rival Ricky Gervais’ The Office. But the message is a rather sad one; these teenagers are limited in opportunity and experience. But Kerry and Kurtan (played by siblings, and writers of the show, Daisy May and Charlie Cooper) are, unsurprisingly, the stars of the show. Their childishness, pettiness and naivety is what makes This Country a stand out. The dialogue is always unexpected, which brings the hilarity, but all the while the message behind the humour really packs a punch. Flowers © Channel 4/ Kudos Productions Flowers is a truly beautiful tragic comedy. it picks up on family rifts, personal anxieties and implications brought about by mental health issues, alluding to them incredibly subtly in the characters’ actions and words. Series two, which aired in June, showed each character’s gradual demise to be looming ever nearer, often making for an uncomfortable watch (especially when our concern changes focus and hones in on Shun, who is struggling to come to terms with the loneliness he faces in this strange, foreign place). Flowers features stunning comic performances from Olivia Colman, Julian Barratt and Will Sharpe (who also writes and directs). Gone Fishing © BBC In July, Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse brought us the hilarious and wholesome Gone Fishing; a documentary series for BBC2 about the beauty of natural wildlife and the importance of looking after our health. The two legendary comics (both now bordering on 60) have had their fair share of health scares in recent years, with both having experienced major heart problems that gave them a bit of a re-awakening. Mortimer and Whitehouse are clearly great friends and their shared humour makes this programme a thoroughly enjoyable watch. Vic and Bob’s Big Night Out © BBC And who could miss the return of Vic and Bob in Vic and Bob’s Big Night Out at Christmas? This revamp of Reeve’s old show format is exactly what we would expect from the absurd duo, with the addition of some up-to-date satirical references (featuring the likes of Piers Morgan and Donald Trump), as well as a visit from George Ezra. But some old favourites are back, including Graham Lister, The Man With The Stick and The Stotts. So now that we’re comfortably into the flow of a new year, we can really start to look forward to what’s to come in terms of comedy on our TV sets (or laptops, or smartphones, or tablets, or microwaves). In 2019 we will be treated to new instalments of Inside No. 9, The End of the F**** World, This Country and Gone Fishing. Other returning programmes include a final series of Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan’s Catastrophe as well as a TV series of vampire mockumentary film What We Do in the Shadows. But for now, perhaps a re-watch of some of the programmes above from 2018 will help fight the January blues. THIS ARTICLE WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON THE SPROUT Posted in: Comedians, Television Shows Tagged: Bob Mortimer, British Comedy, Charlie Cooper, Comedy, Daisy May Cooper, Derry Girls, Flowers, Gone Fishing, Inside No 9, Julian Barratt, Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, Olivia Colman, Paul Whitehouse, Reece Shearsmith, Reeves and Mortimer, Steve Pemberton, The End of the Fucking World, The Young Offenders, This Country, Vic and Bob, Vic and Bob's Big Night Out, Vic Reeves, Will Sharpe Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing July 23, 2018 by Becca Moody Leave a Comment Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse’s friendship, as any fan of absurd character comedy will know, goes way back. But this latest television venture, Gone Fishing, alludes to a turning point for the two comedians, as they each deal with the repercussions of recent heart problems (Whitehouse had to have three stents fitted in his heart, and Mortimer had a triple heart bypass). In light of these undoubtedly life-shaking health scares, the pair turn to fishing as a way of embracing the great outdoors, and indeed, life itself, once more. The pair embark on a trip across the UK, where Whitehouse departs his angling knowledge on Mortimer’s enthusiastic ear. Whitehouse and Mortimer’s genuine, deep personal bond is the set piece of this programme, giving the show a purity about it. Here we have two open, modest and genuinely hilarious men, who both have health concerns but are adamant that these will not stop them from enjoying the simple, and finer, things in life. Conversation drifts across an array of diverse topics, from death and the afterlife, to friendship, show business and their comedy beginnings. Both came to performing stand up comedy through friends, and admit they probably wouldn’t have ever gone into performing if it wasn’t for the encouragement and confidence of their comedy counterparts. © BBC As well as showcasing a variety of fishing techniques and fish species, (which are not exclusively interesting to angling enthusiasts, on the contrary, the beauty of these creatures and their habitats can be appreciated by many a casual viewer), Bob fulfils his side of the deal by rustling up ‘heart-healthy’ (low cholesterol and saturated fat) meals, confessing on occasion that the dishes might fall on the ‘dreary side of tasty’. Gone Fishing is an important conversation piece. It discusses the effect that significant and sudden health problems (such as those suffered by Mortimer and Whitehouse) can have on the wellbeing and general confidence of those who suffer them. Not only will this programme make you laugh, but it will leave you with your heart feeling full. What is more important than friendship and health? Not a lot as far as I can tell. All episodes of Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing are available on BBC iPlayer Posted in: Comedians, Television Shows Tagged: Bob Mortimer, Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, Paul Whitehouse Crackanory Series 4 Preview The latest series of the ever-popular, dark anthology series Crackanory is looming. Here is quick preview of the latest set of episodes, to give you an idea of what sinister gems this new series has to offer, in time for January 30th, when the series begins on Dave. The first episode in the series, entitled A Close Slave, is written by Tony Way. Dara O’Briain narrates the story of a playwright in ancient Rome, who is aided by his helpful slave when suffering from a particularly troublesome bout of writer’s block. Way presents viewers with an interesting blend of uneasy politics and delightful silliness, with the addition of various pieces of historical trivia on top. The drama levels are high as there is certainly a lot for our young protagonist to lose here. But as long as he writes the perfect ending, everything should go smoothly, right? Living With A Lie, written by Nico Tatarowicz and performed by Sheridan Smith, follows the turbulent experiences of office worker Russell as he struggles to write his first novel. This story is one of lies and false impressions, with Russell’s fictional and genuinely disturbing ‘Aunt Janet’ making an unwelcome appearance across all aspects of his personal and professional life. The writing in this episode is particularly beautiful, with Tatarowicz’s use of metaphor making for poetic storytelling; the kind of writing that inspires others to write. And not only this, Steve Oram stars as Russell’s unsupportive manager Phil. This is definitely a highlight of the new series. Crackanory S4 – Episode 3 – Bob Mortimer – The Despot of Tea Bob Mortimer narrates the third episode in the series, Arnold Widdowson’s The Despot Of Tea, and his trademark matter-of-fact delivery shines through in this tale of Geoff, who becomes an unintentional propaganda icon when his acting career takes a surprise turn. This somewhat uneasy tale follows Geoff as he travels to a former Soviet state for of an acting job, only to find out that he has been recruited by the country’s president Alexei to get the nation’s people back on side. If this twisting thrill-ride of a story wasn’t enough for you, it’s worth watching just to hear Mortimer say Sir Slurpington-Boots. The Frankenstein-esque The Survivor is a delightfully unsettling piece of television. Written by Alex Kirk and narrated by Anna Friel, this tale recounts the difficult discoveries made by Thomas, who awakes in a strange house in the middle of the countryside to the news that his parents have died. He is bed-bound and helpless, pined over more like a family pet than a patient. Nothing is as it seems in the warped, dystopian world Thomas finds himself in, and viewers are kept guessing right up to the very last scene. Episode five, Proxy Lady, features Mel Giedroyc’s recognisable, playful delivery that is pleasingly blunt in parts. Mel introduces us to 27 year old Beth, a miserable hotel worker who’s life becomes infinitely more interesting when she receives an ominous email from a woman named Greta (House of Fool‘s Ellie White). There is certainly something sick and twisted about the behaviour of the characters from the offset, but an unusual development is that it appears to be Beth who is the heartless one, rather than the mysterious loner she has dealings with. Crackanory S4 – Episode 5 – Mel Giedroyc – Proxy Lady Devil’s Haircut is written by Sarah Morgan and narrated by the ‘cool kid’ of comedy Doc Brown. It is a tale of ‘four white men in waistcoats singing stolen slave songs.’ Well, that’s what the sultry and mysterious Lil (Sophia Di Martino) claims a barbershop quartet is, and our protagonist, Spencer, happens to be a part of said barbershop quartet. Seduced by Lil’s red lipstick and intense gaze, the singer finds himself implicated in a pact that he had not intended to get involved in, with the love of his life suddenly becoming a source of great fear. The Office‘s Mackenzie Crook narrates The Disappearance, written by Toby Davies. This is a story of misdirection, one that explores the border between magic and madness, pushing it to its absolute boundaries until, inevitably, something has to break. This episode is pacy and impactful, with an air of The Prestige about it. It features Dominic Coleman as Solomon the successful magician whose love for the craft, family relations and sanity begin to crumble around him. And finally comes the final episode in the series: Pickled, written by Kevin Eldon and narrated by Miriam Margolyes. This tale begins with a close look at Benedict, a man who goes from riches to rags as his extravagant lifestyle catches up with him. Benedict’s life is in tatters around him, entirely of his own doing. Add a haunted house to the mix and it looks likes things aren’t going to be looking up anytime soon for our poor protagonist. Margolyes’ storytelling is fantastic and dramatic here; perfect for portraying the tense relationship that develops between Benedict and the ghostly old man he meets in the abandoned house. This latest series of Crackanory perfectly epitomises what the art of entertaining storytelling is all about. The narrators are well-chosen and each story is innovative and unpredictable; definitely worth a watch. Crackanory series 4 begins on Monday 30th January at 10pm on Dave. Posted in: Comedians, Previews, Television Shows Tagged: Bob Mortimer, British Comedy, Comedy, Crackanory, Dara O'Briain, Doc Brown, Dominic Coleman, Ellie White, Kevin Eldon, Mackenzie Crook, Mel Giedroyc, Nico Tatarowicz, Sophia Di Martino, Tony Way TV Review: House Of Fools, Series 2 April 1, 2015 by Becca Moody Leave a Comment Reeves and Mortimer mature like a fine wine. They somehow manage to out-do themselves with every programme they create, and building on the foundations of shows like Big Night Out and Shooting Stars, that truly is some feat. Series one of House of Fools was a comical violation of the senses, in the most enjoyable way imaginable. A fool would assume it couldn’t get any better. But it has. This second series has shown the group really cement themselves as a unit, if a rather dysfunctional one, which gives the comedy so much more meaning and vigour, and the addition of Julie’s Bistro downstairs provides an interesting new dynamic. Rachel, Erik’s straight-talking Norwegian girlfriend, is a new character and is played by Ellie White. She fits into the group effortlessly and the possibility of Rachel just becoming a reflection of Erik’s character is successfully avoided, as she is the centre point of jokes from her very first appearance (such as her fear of non-flat things, which Bob inadvertently brings to the surface). BBC/Christopher Baines Dan Skinner continues to bring elements of his hysterically funny stand up character Angelos Epithemiou to his performance as Vic’s younger brother, Bosh, and similarly, Matt Berry approaches the character of Beef in his typical smooth-voiced and flamboyant style. These talented actors have certainly worked out who they are in terms of performance and this is expertly picked up on by Reeves and Mortimer in the character development and sharp script writing. And then we have Julie. Julie is absolutely magnificent. She is bewildering, extravagant and outrageous yet has the depth of a wholly decent character at the same time. Morgana Robinson’s performances truly are a sight to behold, with her enthusiastic slapstick and unpredictable line delivery, particularly regarding her temporarily tiny hands. From the strange interpretations of celebrities like Bruce Forsyth and Alistair McGowan, to the arrival of The Butcher Boys, a dance trio made up of Tom Davis, Tony Way and Romesh Ranganathan, to the appearances of Sally Phillips, Simon Farnaby and Rufus Jones, amongst others, it can’t be denied that this programme is diverse. As well as the new energy in the cast, the fact House of Fools is recorded in front of a live audience adds something extra special to the performance, especially as they are seen at the beginning and end of episodes when the camera pans out. Fans of Vic and Bob do not sound like your average laughter track; they are boisterous, enthusiastic and clearly having a bloody enjoyable time. This homemade feel is enhanced by the decision not to remove the frequent corpses and mistakes made by the cast, which often highlight how preposterous the plot is and remind us that a great deal of the script is semi-improvised. House of Fools is a microcosm of insanity and childishness. When Beef announces that his black cape is “made of the nighttime,” nobody bats an eyelid. When Vic proposes to save Bob’s underwear from a giant moth by shooting it dead, Bob dismissively sighs: “Vic, I don’t want my panties covered in shot.” It always has been and always will be an absolute joy watching these two fantastic comedy minds working together, and seeing them have so much fun in the process. Vic and Bob have unlocked a door to a phenomenally wacky and unsettlingly funny parallel universe, and I want to stay there forever. CATCH UP WITH SERIES TWO OF HOUSE OF FOOLS ON BBC IPLAYER Posted in: Comedians, Television Shows Tagged: Bob Mortimer, British Comedy, Comedy, Daniel Simonsen, Ellie White, House of Fools, Morgana Robinson, Sitcom, Vic and Bob, Vic Reeves Christmas Round Up January 6, 2015 by Becca Moody Leave a Comment The Christmas period presented multiple comedy gems to our television screens last month, and here is a summary of a few of my particular favourites: Ricky Gervais’ Derek reached its natural conclusion with a wedding, a fight and a baby. Gervais has shown a great subtlety in his writing that I had not noticed in his other projects that often displayed, in fact, quite the opposite. I found the episode to be dealt with sensitively and with great humour, with the character of Derek remaining endearing yet dignified throughout, as was noticeable from this year’s series two. Available on 4OD. House of Fools House of Fools has been one of my favourite sitcoms since it first aired in early 2014, as it is written by, and stars, the incredible Vic and Bob. This Christmas spectacular presented many problems for the duo: Erik has demanded a particular bobble hat for his present but it has been set on fire. The strange gathering must set off to steal a replacement, and meet Father Christmas (Reece Shearsmith) on the way. Available on BBC iPlayer. Not Going Out Not Going Out has been consistently and delightfully cringe-worthy with frequent small laughs and a few brilliant lines per episode (and there have been an impressive seven series, so that’s some great feat). This final episode did not disappoint, and audiences were finally given an answer to the age-old question: will Lee and Lucy ever actually become a couple? Available on BBC iPlayer. Gadget Man Richard Ayoade returned with a Gadget Man’s Guide to Christmas with special guests Adam Hills, Jessica Hynes, Stephen Merchant, Jonathan Ross, Reece Shearsmith and Robert Webb. With a wonderful array of toys and vehicles and strange household items, Ayoade presented us with an entirely new take on Christmas gifts and dinners. Available on 4OD. Charlie Brooker’s 2014 Wipe Charlie Brooker brought his infamous positive little rays of sunshine to Christmas by overviewing a seemingly awful year for everyone in the entire universe. From Farage to Ebola, Charlie’s typically sarcastic and cutting commentary overed it all, with help from Barry Shitpeas and Philomena Cunk. I should probably warn off people who are prone to depression from watching this programme but Brooker’s wit really takes the edge off, as does the wonderful song at the end. Available on BBC iPlayer. Man Down Man Down has to be one of my favourite new sitcoms from the past couple of years because it stars a couple of my most loved comedians: Greg Davies and Roisin Conaty. The Christmas episode was a beautiful tribute to the late Rik Mayall, who played Dan’s father in the show, and sent both Mayall himself, and the character he played, off in a hilarious but touching fashion. Available on 4OD. Posted in: Comedians, Television Shows Tagged: Bob Mortimer, Charlie Brooker, Derek, Gadget Man, Greg Davies, House of Fools, Lee Mack, Man Down, Not Going Out, Reece Shearsmith, Richard Ayoade, Ricky Gervais, Rik Mayall, Roisin Conaty, Vic Reeves Top 5 Moments… Shooting Stars October 22, 2014 by Becca Moody Leave a Comment Shooting Stars is without doubt the greatest panel show ever made, with it lasting for a healthy six series and spanning from 1993 to 2011. It remains a source of frustration for me that the programme was cancelled in 2011 as it definitely hadn’t exhausted itself in anyway. The best justification for this may very well be that the comedic style of Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer was a tad too strange for a new and evolving audience, though there is still a gap in my life ever since its cancellation. I have very fond memories of being only nine or ten years old and absolutely crying with laughter at the madness that is Shooting Stars, from its Dove From Above round to Vic’s pub singing. 5) Jack Dee Finally Laughs Every single week, Jack Dee was forced to listen to Vic talk disparagingly of his miserable face. Every single week, Jack Dee remained calm, if a little irritable throughout, until, finally on one fateful episode towards the end of the reign of Vic and Bob’s Shooting Stars, he snapped. The man with “a face like a neglected radish” actually cracked a smile. 4) The Arrival of Angelos Epithemiou We were all pretty gutted to hear that Matt Lucas would not be returning as Man With The Scores: George Dawes in series 7, but the pain was dulled by the news that he was to be replaced by regular panellist and burger van owner Angelos Epithemiou (played by Dan Skinner). Angelos is a very complex character; an easily aggravated, no-nonsense loner, if you will, with his infamous carrier bag that contains a wild array of goods… 3) Larry Hagman Poor Dallas star Larry Hagman was in for a big shock when he was booked to appear on the show when he clearly didn’t really understand what it was all about. In fairness, he was a good sport throughout the episode but it was an effort to hide the confusion he inevitably would feel when in the presence of the two madmen. A slightly bewildered Hagman responded to a question from Bob towards the end of the episode, “Are you beginning to think you may sack your agent?” with, “I’ve done some loony shows in my time but this is certainly the one”. 2) Baked Potato Out of George Dawes’ wonderful back catalogue of ingenious songs, Baked Potato is the one that made me laugh the most. All of the giant baby’s tunes have proved to be very catchy and, of course, hysterically funny over the years but something about the addition of a talking potato really made this song special. This particular number taught its audience many moral lessons such as “do be happy, don’t be sad” and “do be early, don’t be late”. Once you’ve heard it a few times you will find yourself singing it all day everyday so “Thank you Baked Potato!” 1) Tiny Eyes Not only is the song in this clip absolutely absurd, the visuals also aim to shock: with the eyes of all involved literally being of minute proportions. It is honestly quite difficult to find Tiny Eyes unfunny, especially for a person who ‘understands’ the comedy of Reeves and Mortimer, which appeals to both old and young. The sequel to Tiny Eyes is another must watch due to the faultless insanity and that is entitled Tiny Hands, I’ll leave you to guess the rest. It is important that we celebrate Shooting Stars for the treasure that it was and appreciate the sheer amount of comedic skill hidden beneath the surface, underneath the apparent madness. What is your favourite Shooting Stars moment of all time? Let me know in the comments, or by tweeting me at @moodycomedy. Want to know what my top five IT Crowd moments are? Posted in: Comedians, Television Shows, Top 5 Moments Tagged: Angelos Epithemiou, Bob Mortimer, British Comedy, Comedy, Jack Dee, Matt Lucas, Shooting Stars, Vic Reeves TV Review: Alan Davies As Yet Untitled July 3, 2014 by Becca Moody 2 Comments A couple of weeks ago, the channel Dave broadcast five episodes of a wonderful new comedy chat show: As Yet Untitled. It was hosted by Alan Davies, ran over the course of one working week and featured four different comedians each episode. It has been said that this show was an attempt at recreating the feel of a comedy green room, with a relaxed atmosphere and a minimal agenda. Of course, I cannot truly know if it drew an accurate comparison as I haven’t been in such a situation myself, but I can say that a comfortable conversational feel was definitely present and I found the series incredibly enjoyable. For a start, the physical set up was uniquely casual, with the four guests and Alan Davies (the host) sat around a circular table and the audience sat around them. The way the audience was situated had almost a Top Gear feel as you could always see them in shot, but they weren’t often involved in the proceedings. Each comic provided a strange fact about themselves to begin with which allowed the discussion to have some kind of initial direction but other than that, the show had a clean slate with the objective of deciding on a title for the episode at the end. There was a danger with this loose format that conversation might not necessarily be free-flowing but this was expertly avoided by Davies who did an excellent job at steering clear of awkward pauses in discussion. In fact, the overall feel of the programme was very natural and chilled out which I thought was really nice. There was no pushing to have anyone’s voice heard over another person’s and everyone seemed very supportive of each other which is refreshing in comparison to the vibes you get from shows with more competitive, maybe harsher formats. An important impression I got from watching As Yet Untitled was that the attention was very much focussed on the stories and the people in the stories, and not so much on the comedians telling them. This meant that nobody appeared to be pushing particularly hard to be the funny one and in this way, I think the show definitely achieved its objective of seeming like a green room. There were many funny anecdotes shared throughout the five episodes, including Bob Mortimer’s explanation of his and Vic Reeves’ comedy style, where in the early days, if the audience weren’t laughing, the double act would throw their shoes at them. We also heard the wonderful Katherine Ryan’s tale of the creepy inflatophiliac and Noel Fielding’s reason for disappearing from his own stand up tour (he ended up spending the day working in a vintage second-hand shop in Brighton, I mean, where else?). Bill Bailey’s account of his New Zealand airport kazoo confiscation was whimsical, as can be expected from Bailey and Phill Jupitus’ numerous celebrity impressions were spot on. Ross Noble’s tales about his accident-prone kids and Josie Long’s flawless diet plan were highlights of the final episode. It was easy for the television audience to get carried away amongst all these hilarious anecdotes, which proves what an authentic mood there was, and every now and then I would remember how different the show actually is and feel really impressed at the smoothness of it all. At any point where a normal chat show may have become awkward, such as when they transition between topics or invite a special guest on, the conversation just continued on in the same fashion which shows integrity. The only flaw I could find, or perhaps the only stunted part of each episode, was trying to round it all off at the end. Of course, these would have been heavily edited to fit the time frame but the scramble to find a title could be done with more finesse in the future. I adored this new show and the many guests on it; my favourites including Noel Fielding, Bob Mortimer, Katherine Ryan, Josie Long, Jason Byrne, Ross Noble, Bill Bailey and Marcus Brigstocke. I will be pretty annoyed if there aren’t more episodes made soon! Posted in: Comedians, Television Shows Tagged: Alan Davies, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled, As Yet Untitled, Bill Bailey, Bob Mortimer, British Comedy, Comedy, Jason Byrne, Josie Long, Katherine Ryan, Marcus Brigstocke, Noel Fielding, Ross Noble BBC iPlayer: Original Comedy Shorts June 25, 2014 by Becca Moody 2 Comments A wonderful thing happened on BBC iPlayer on June the 1st: six comedy shorts were released exclusively online with input from many of the most brilliant people in comedy right now. This kind of thing is so vital for keeping comedy on television and online alive as we need to keep pushing the boundaries of comedy in order to keep it successful and influential. Each comedy short is around five minutes long and they are all completely stand alone episodes (though it would be great if someone could pick them up for series in the future). My favourites were Micky Flanagan’s Foxageddon, Matt Berry in Lone Wolf and Bob Mortimer and Frankie Boyle’s Cookery Show mainly because of the comedians they involved, but I also thought Morgana Robinson’s impressions Channel M were wonderful, as always (her Amy Child impression is spot on). I can imagine Micky Flanagan’s episode evolving into some kind of Lead Balloon–esque series in the near future as Flanagan’s comic delivery is very unique, which you’ll know if you’ve seen any of his stand up. His character here has the same comic voice as his stand up which I thought really aided the episode because there was less ground work that needed to be done to set the scene. The episode was funny because it is entirely stupid, which I guess is just refreshing for an audience who are used to satire etc. Also, the fact it featured Kerry Godliman (Derek) was a brilliant thing as I think she is very talented. Bob Mortimer is a hero of mine and I was very looking forward to seeing what he could produce in a five minute time frame. I wasn’t disappointed; it was a whimsical, nonsensical cookery world and it was a beauty to watch, as Mortimer always is. I also noted that Bob was involved in almost all of the other comedy shorts: sometimes as producer and sometimes as writer and this proves what a clever, hardworking genius he is. It was also interesting to see Frankie Boyle playing a slightly different role, as a television presenter who hates peas: “What is it, Frankie, is it the peas, or the thought that the knife might be on the brink of extinction?” I can picture Frankie working on some kind of childrens’ show in the future and before watching this, I would never have thought so (for obvious reasons). I think Boyle and Mortimer are both incredible comedic talents, with an interesting partnership on screen and really hope something comes from this comedy short, as with many of the other episodes, but especially the cookery show. I also love every show Matt Berry is involved with as the man is undeniably a fabulous comedic actor. Lone Wolf is an extremely funny mini-documentary that follows a wolf pack as they hunt their next meal but the voiceover is Berry-style: foulmouthed and hilarious. Again, I can see this making a fantastic feature in a sketch show or even a show on its own. You can watch all the comedy shorts on BBC iPlayer here and I definitely recommend you do! Posted in: Comedians, Television Shows Tagged: BBC iPlayer, Bob Mortimer, British Comedy, Comedy, Frankie Boyle, Kerry Godliman, Matt Berry, Micky Flanagan, Morgana Robinson, Sitcom February 19, 2014 by Becca Moody 8 Comments January marked a much awaited time for Vic and Bob fans: the arrival of the brand new surreal sitcom, House Of Fools. The programme follows the troubles faced by Bob [Mortimer] and his group of unreliable and slightly insane ‘friends’ (plus his Norwegian son, Erik) who all insist on lodging in his house whilst continually mocking poor Bob as he manages to fail in all aspects of his life. The casting of the programme is near on perfection, featuring Matt Berry as Beef, Dan Skinner as Bosh, Morgana Robinson as Julie and of course Vic and Bob themselves. I was pleased to see a new face on the programme: stand up comedian Daniel Simonsen as Erik, whose role in the show is refreshing, maybe because the exaggerated Norwegian accent is hilarious in itself. Reeves and Mortimer have said in interviews that the aim of the show was to take the conventional idea of what should be in a sitcom and completely turn it on its head by recreating typical situations but in a new way. For example, when a neighbour tells the protagonist that they need them to look after something very important, the audience are immediately aware of the inevitability that something will soon go drastically wrong. The double act recognised this and made it the plot line of episode two, The Pork Pie Affair, in which Julie asks the group to look after an oversized pork pie that is to be given to Bruce Willis that evening. The programme is broken up with songs of nonsense, that Bob describes as a “shortcut to telling a plot, so we set everything up via the gift of song.” The words are constantly going round my head on a daily basis and I can’t seem to get them out so beware! 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__label__cc	0.551101	0.448899	Viewing entries tagged with 'digital art' Scribbler Too (click here to see the large image) Scribbler Too is quite an addictive online drawing tool. It does not draw straight lines; instead strokes connect to existing lines if they are in their influence area. Try it and you will see what I mean. Interestingly this tool creates a new drawing experience. Instead of focusing on individual lines I drew my attention to the entire image and the relation of the lines. I was amazed at the results considering that I only used a mouse to draw (which with other drawing programs creates pretty bad scrawly images). The influence of the lines on the brush behaviour is an interesting effect that really only works in a digital environment. Below are some more drawings that I made today. Anatol, 28 September 2010 tags: digital art, leisure The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello A fantastic silhouette-style steampunk animation by Antony Lucas. In terms of the visual style of the animation I really like the fusion of 2d and 'unobtrusive' 3d style. It reflects the theme of the futuristic yet nostalgic and mechanical world of Jasper Morello in an ideal way. It's quite an inspiration for my Postgraduate studies (towards a Master of Art & Design) that I started last week. Actually the mechanical ideas blend in well with my current story idea that I've been carrying around with me since end of 2008 (and which due to an incredible lack of time is still far from complete). Lucas' animation was nominated for an Oscar and a BAFTA award in 2006. I luckily discovered it through ARDEN, the Postgraduate Research Community of the School of Art & Design, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. Anatol, 10 March 2010 tags: animation, digital art, science fiction, nostalgia I just came across a really nice game today: Machinarium. A little roboton a big adventure. This is a nice little point and click adventure game with very beautiful design made in Czechoslovakia. Funny enough I could say the exact same thing about a game called Little Wheel, except that that's from Slovakia. Both are definitely worth a look. I wonder which was first. Anatol, 23 October 2009 tags: digital art, games, science fiction, I started to work on a new animation. Above is a visual test of the protagonist (see the large version). It's more than likely that the look will change completely but I somewhat like this still. It could make a good flyer as it is but the style will probably not be expressive enough for character animation. For those who are interested in the tools: The robot above was made from scratch in the free open source software Blender, the halftone texture on the robot comes from a PyNode Script for Blender by T.K., backgrounds are put together and modified in Photoshop. The story is complete (but I won't spoil it here). It will be a rather short animation, yet I expect it'll still take me quite a while to complete because I have a lot of stuff on my plate right now. tags: animation, digital art, robots Guano in 3D A couple of excerpts from a rare interview (MP3 file, 32 minutes) with independent animator Don Hertzfeldt (bitterfilms.com) on Scene Unseen Podcast. Don Hertzfeldt on progress: "I feel like I'm constantly learning and I think that's the key to keep making new stuff because I think the moment you think you know everything you kind of turn into an asshole and I would think the process is not as much fun any more." Don Hertzfeldt on Computer Graphics (CG) and traditional animation: "First of all I don't want to sound anti CG because I'm not. It's just an amazing set of tools. The cool thing about animation is you can literally do anything. It's technically speaking the purest form of film-making because you are literally working one frame at a time, sometimes working with your hands on every single frame of the picture. So you're free to do anything. Anything you can imagine you can put on film which you can never do in live action. So it's just really stupid and ironic to me that with all this amazing new technology here we can push the boundaries of cinema, we can change the language of cinema – they're trying to just get towards photo realism. tags: animation, digital art, screenwriting, storytelling, sweet Jesus, wisdom The Right Number Chrome is the new browser developed by Google. I just tried it and well, it's really fast. It also promises to be very secure and to have a good memory usage/garbage collection model and to be better equipped for up-to-date web applications using Javascript and Ajax (such as Google Mail). A very good (yet still very geeky) introduction to the Chrome browser was done in comic book form by Scott McCloud, better known for his awesome comic books Understanding Comics, Reinventing Comics and Making Comics. I read the first two, the last one is now on my list of books to read. He also made some online comics, based on his own suggestions in Reinventing Comics about using comics in a different medium in an appropriate way. The Right Number looks pretty good. Anatol, 4 September 2008 tags: brave new world, web development, digital art, storytelling Shady Art from a Sunny Place Gosh, if you are having a great time right now but you would rather be slightly depressed then go and see one of the Van Morsel/Wiseguy Productions animations. It's very interesting animated art with amazing dialogue. It sounds like audio recordings inspired by automatic writing and one wonders from what depths of the writer's unconscious it comes from. Interesting, yet deeply disturbing. I am lucky enough to know the artist – but I won't blow his cover here. Let me just say that he lives in a town called Nelson, the most sunny place in all of New Zealand. His art can probably be best described as the opposite. As a start I recommend Rook but there are heaps of other yet unpublished animations by Van Morsel which I hope will be available some time on YouTube or elsewhere. Anatol, 24 June 2008 tags: animation, delusions, digital art, madness, movies, New Zealand, screenwriting, storytelling Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Talking about sheep: By chance an electric sheep crossed my way. I have troubles to explain this myself ? I just call it a collective evolutionary open source digital genetic darvinistic artificial genome flock sheep breeding art form. Some quotes from the website: »Electric Sheep realizes the collective dream of sleeping computers from all over the internet. It's a distributed screen-saver that harnesses idle computers into a render farm with the purpose of animating and evolving artificial life-forms.« »Its shape, motion, and color are specified by a genetic code, a long string of numbers. If a user sees a sheep they like, they may press the up arrow key to vote for it. Sheep that receive more votes live longer and are more likely to reproduce. These votes form a fitness function for the aesthetic evolution of the flock.« »I believe the free flow of code is an increasingly important social and artistic force.« You may call it a waste of bandwidth. I find this homage to Philip K. Dick's novel »Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?« extremely interesting. tags: brave new world, digital art	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3457
__label__wiki	0.724977	0.724977	Skip to content, or skip to search. Home > Arts & Events > Theater > Line 13th Street Repertory Theatre 50 W. 13th St., New York, NY 10011 40.73595 -73.995719 nr. Sixth Ave. See Map \| Subway Directions work212-675-6677 Send to Phone Reader Rating: Write a Review Type of Show: Off-off-Broadway, Comedy Tickets: 212-352-3101 \| Buy tickets on theatermania.com Buy Tickets Rate & Review $30; $20 for Students/Seniors Box Office: 212-352-3101 Official Seller: theatermania.com Advance Tickets Recommended Nearby Subway Stops F, M at 14th St.; F, M at 14th St. Schedule Buy Tickets Ongoing Fri-Sat, 9:30pm This off-off-Broadway revival of Israel Horovitz’s absurdist comedy—which has played uninterruptedly since January 1974—is currently the longest-running show in New York City. A kind of poor man’s Waiting for Godot, Horovitz’s one-act is basically an extended comedy sketch about five schlemiels conniving and conspiring to get to the front of the line despite never ascertaining what they're waiting for. As a critique of the unchecked competitive spirit, the script may still have a point to make but this overextended production muddies any comic message with amateurish acting that places inadvertant emphasis on a misogynist subplot. (The lone female character must screw each man to temporarily attain first place in line. What the fuck indeed.) You get the feeling that Line forges on not because of its timelessness or even as a showcase of young talent but because it’s been around so long that it doesn’t know how to stop. A part of New York’s theater history? Unquestionably. An important part? Highly doubtful. — Drew Pisarra	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3458
__label__cc	0.65728	0.34272	ODYSSEA > ODYSSEA Project to hold kick-off meeting in Kavala Greece ODYSSEA Project to hold kick-off meeting in Kavala Greece Prof. Georgios Sylaios reveals the observation station in Kavala. – Credit: Boaz Babai The EU-funded ODYSSEA project will hold its opening conference in the city of Kavala, Greece June 6–8, 2017. The Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH), which leads the project, will host the consortium’s 28 partner organizations. ODYSSEA includes research institutes, universities, policy makers, non-governmental organisations and SMEs from 14 EU and non-EU countries across the Mediterranean. HORIZON 2020, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation has awarded ODYSSEA €8.4 million to develop an interoperable and cost-effective platform that fully integrates networks of observation and forecasting systems across the Mediterranean basin. The ODYSSEA platform will collect information from databases maintained by agencies, public authorities, research institutions and universities. The 4.5-year project is aimed at making Mediterranean marine data easily accessible and tailored to the needs of multiple maritime sector end-users. These include wind farms, mariculture, ocean energy, oil and gas extraction, undersea cables, ports and shipping, policy and others. “We have identified a real need to harmonise existing earth observing systems operating around the Mediterranean and upgrading their operational oceanographic capacities,” said Prof. Georgios Sylaios from DUTH, who coordinates ODYSSEA. “The project will support EU policy implementation, thus improving interoperability in monitoring and fostering blue growth jobs creation.” ODYSSEA will develop a network of coastal observatories, deploying novel in-situ sensors at sea, employing oceanographic modelling and integrating existing mobile apps for citizen and scientist networks. It will also apply advanced algorithms to organise, homogenise and integrate large quantities of data to provide tailored information services. The ODYSSEA platform will provide, through a public portal, on-demand information services, including forecasts. The project will include capacity building to maximise exploitation of the information services for creating business and research opportunities across the Mediterranean Sea basin. ODYSSEA to be presented at Helsinki GEO workshop	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3459
__label__wiki	0.948574	0.948574	Public assistance sought to trace bike Intelligence leader for Trincomalee south killed Pongku Tamil is finished in Italy '3.5 million British Pounds raked for LTTE' says I... Italian Police arrests 33 LTTE terror suspects 33 LTTE terrorist suspects have been arrested by the Italian anti-terrorist police during a massive country-wide counter insurgency operation conducted on Tuesday (June 17), foreign news agencies report. The 33 Tamils all from Sri Lanka were detained alleged for involving in activities and supporting the internationally banned terrorist outfit, LTTE, news sources said citing an Italian police statement. According to the sources, about 200 police personnel were involved in the simultaneous raids on suspected LTTE Tiger hideouts in eight different cities - from Genoa in the north to Palermo on the Mediterranean island of Sicily. The massive counter LTTE operation by the Italian police comes in the wake of the Canadian government's decision to list the World Tamil Movement (WTM) as a terrorist organization, under the Criminal Code of Canada on Monday (16). Three months ago the Italian authorities closed down an illegal Tamil Tiger propaganda TV channel operating from Italian territory. The LTTE is a ruthless terrorist outfit notorious for crimes against innocent civilians led by the terror psychopath, Prabakaran. In its pursuit for a mono ethnic separate homeland for Tamils since 1983, the outfit has killed and maimed over tens and thousands of innocent children, Tamils and Sinhalese political leaders in indiscriminate bomb attacks. Meanwhile, defence analysts are of the view that the intensification of anti-LTTE operations by the IC recently is a positive gesture supporting the SL government's efforts towards eradicating terrorism.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3463
__label__cc	0.678884	0.321116	Virtual World: Close Combat Mage Chapter 510 - Amid Observation. Chapter 510: Chapter 510 – Amid Observation… Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales “Hello…” Gu Fei, Sword Demon, and Coco greeted one another. “Is there nothing to sit on here?” Sweeping his eyes across the room, Gu Fei saw that this cottage’s design was so simple it practically had nothing inside. “Sit? Can’t you sit on the ground?” Coco tapped the floor with her foot. Gu Fei was, of course, not averse to sitting on the floor. He only thought that the three of them specially making a trip here for a three-way conversation about the topic at hand was a little comical and unnatural. Still, seeing that neither of them was against it, he did not say anything further and casually leaned against the wall to start the discussion. “Broken Water Arrow is quite the interesting individual.” “Sword Demon already told me what you mean,” Coco said. “Yes. What are your thoughts regarding it?” Gu Fei asked. “Broken Water Arrow is a skilled and charismatic individual. Plenty of our guild members look up to that man. All that is an open secret. As for the suspicions you have about him… heh… You’ve got quite a cynical mind!” Coco said. “Hey… No wonder you two are old friends!” Gu Fei cried out. “But, of course,” Coco said. “I need to make this clear; it is because that man has become the target of Sword Demon’s ‘Daily Mission’ that I’m speculating like this. My assessment is based off on how this game and its system operate thus far; I believe that the system won’t condone PKing for a quest or mission completion with no rhyme or reason. Take the mission I previously picked up; it tasked me with slaying a player that had single handedly killed over 1600 individuals through his PKing career. That’s why I’m not hesitating to think up of the vilest and cruelest conjecture regarding Sword Demon’s target. Whether Broken Water Arrow is really such a person or not isn’t the key here,” Gu Fei said. “Well, you’ve both met the man in person; what’s your first impression of him?” Coco asked. “His neck, waist, and thighs have the right amount of muscles; he appears to be someone who typically relies on his physical strength. He most likely has flexible and nimble movement when fighting, and possesses explosive punches while being strong enough to take blows directly.” Gu Fei shared his observation. “What is he talking about?” Coco asked Sword Demon. “It’s his professional analysis…” Sword Demon replied. “Too professional… But that’s not what I’m asking; it’s his intention! Given how well-respected and popular this man is, we don’t know if he truly has any ill intention toward Deep Freeze,” Coco said. “How would we find that out so easily? We gotta stalk the man a little first!” Gu Fei said. “Stalk? Whoa. You’re really full of detestable ideas!” Coco exclaimed. “This is Sword Demon’s idea…” “You’ve been badly influenced.” Coco shot Sword Demon a pained look. “Told you that you shouldn’t hang out with such dubious characters!” “Enough with the jokes…” Sword Demon said. “All right. Let’s do things like this first; I’ll inquire after Broken Water Arrow’s current location, and you two will secretly observe him – watch his actions and how he behaves. Once you have a better understanding of him, we’ll make another round of inference,” Coco suggested. “Do you want to join us?” Gu Fei asked. “Join you guys? Forget it. I’ll be too eye-catching,” she rejected. “You can always disguise yourself!” “Haven’t I told you before? I’d rather die than get my face all smeared up like that,” Coco vehemently refused. Women! Gu Fei sighed inwardly. Obsessing over things that don’t matter at such a crucial time. “Then, let’s hurry up! Find out where that man is right now,” Sword Demon said. “Wait for my message.” Coco nodded to him. The two men were leaving when Sword Demon looked back. “Oh, yeah. Who are Rice Soup and White Sand, anyway? Would they goof up and expose us?” “Relax; the two may have joined our guild, but they have yet to reach Linyin City. I’ve already told them that there’s no need to hurry over,” Coco assured. “You guys are accepting players from other cities as well? What for? Opening up a subsidiary branch?” Sword Demon asked. “What do you care so much for?! Busybody. Go and do what you need to do. It’s a ‘Daily Mission’; do you want to take a whole week for it? What a disgrace!” Coco urged. “Oh, and before I forget; take these!” Right before the two left, Coco remembered to give the two men something. The two each took an item from her hand and looked. Sure enough, it was Deep Freeze’s guild emblem. The actual guild emblems from the system were made of some unknown material, while these fake emblems in their hands seemed to have been carved out from wood and later dyed. To be able to create such a an authentic-looking counterfeit, there were truly many players with all sort of hidden talent. “Hold on to it tightly. The moment anyone suspects anything, just take it out and show it to them, but don’t wear them, as Appraisal will 100% give it away,” Coco warned. “Is that so?” The two immediately used Appraisal on it upon hearing this, and sure enough, the item description was as followed: a piece of wood. “Time to go!” The two properly stowed away their fake guild emblems and left the cottage. Covering their faces once more, they headed into the jungle. Along the way, Gu Fei suddenly made a new suggestion. “I feel that we should get Young Master to join us on this. That man is really quite talented when it comes to figuring out other people’s intention.” “That might be the case, but do you think that guy will be willing to have his face painted up like us?” Sword Demon pointed to Gu Fei’s face as he said this. “No. I mean let him analyze and make sense of what we find out from our investigation,” Gu Fei said. “Then, let’s talk about that after we have done the deed!” “You’re right. Let’s go.” The two entered the jungle and changed out to their camouflage outfits before heading into the area Deep Freeze was training. As they were about to reach the place, Gu Fei suddenly sensed the atmosphere around him changing, much like that time they had first come here, as the bows and arrows of several men poked out from the surrounding underbrush and foliage; all were aimed at them. “We’re with you guys!” Gu Fei raised his hands and waved them about. “How did this happen?” Sword Demon sent a private message to Gu Fei. Right now, he was probably feeling so guilty even the lightest breeze caused him to think that he had gotten exposed. The man truly did not have it in him to be a bad person. “Emblem. Show them our emblems quickly.” Gu Fei was quick-witted enough to realize what was going on. Sending this message to Sword Demon, he donned on the emblem. “We’re Rice Soup and White Sand – new members to the guild.” Gu Fei introduced themselves to the crowd while flashing the guild emblem he had pinned on the chest part of his mage robe, which was underneath the camouflage windbreaker he was currently wearing. Sword Demon followed suit. They turned a full round as if they were male models flaunting their clothes on the runway. Neither of them had much confidence that these fake guild emblems would be of any use, but they figured that since Coco had wasted her time and effort getting these done, she probably had some idea of the guild’s practice. Thus, they figured that she had no reason to do all this if the fake emblems were really useless. As Gu Fei was thinking about this, the crowd encircling them lowered their bows and returned to their hiding places upon confirming that the situation was a false alarm. A single man was left waving at the two men, indicating that all was fine. The two men breathed a sigh of relief, passed this perimeter, and stepped into the area proper. “That’s quite the tight defense they have set up,” Gu Fei commented. “Are they afraid of strangers sneaking their way in to steal military secrets from them?” “What secret do they have?! They are probably just trying to prevent others from getting in their way as they do their drills and training!” Sword Demon spent quite some time with Onesie and the lot, so he knew how troublesome things would get if some outsiders accidentally stumbled on to their trap formation while they were busy fighting the monsters. Having found out Broken Water Arrow’s coordinates, Coco quickly sent the set to them. The two men immediately headed off in the stated direction. “If we need to keep a distance of 10 meters from the man, won’t we be unable to eavesdrop on what he’s saying?” Sword Demon remembered Gu Fei mentioning earlier about keeping their distance from Broken Water Arrow to prevent the man from realizing that he was being followed. “The man’s pretty loud when he speaks; if the surrounding is quiet enough, we should have no problems hearing the man clearly even at a distance of 10 meters,” Gu Fei said. As the two walked and talked, they occasionally saw the many members of Deep Freeze flitting about. However, since they were already in the inner regions, none bothered to take their bows and spring out against the two men. Even if they came face to face with the others, these players merely exchanged smiles with them without another word. “Look; over there!” Sword Demon suddenly pointed. In an area just ahead, they saw about a dozen or so players crowding around Broken Water Arrow. The man was holding something in his hand as he gestured to the players around him. “Over here!” The two circled around a bit and realized that it would be quite difficult to get within 10 meters of Broken Water Arrow. This was all because the man was never alone. He was always surrounded by a circle of players, whose eyes were looking in every direction. The two had only spent less than a day with this guild, so neither of them had the expertise to move silently amid the underbrush like how Onesie or Ginkgo Tea. In the end, Sword Demon had no choice but to enter Stealth and Gu Fei used his Blink to make their way to the tree behind Broken Water Arrow. “What is he holding in his hand?” Gu Fei asked Sword Demon. He was hiding behind a tree, while Sword Demon was still Stealthed; the latter was able to stand out in the open and see what was in that direction. “A piece of paper,” Sword Demon replied. At the same time, Broken Water Arrow’s voice softly drifted into their ears. “Look here, you guys. This place here… When you, the Thief, draw the enemies over, no matter which direction they come from, any of these three entry points will work for you. The way the three paths lead you in are all the same, so you don’t have a lot to memorize; your fellow teammates setting up the traps will have an easy time, too, but when the real battle commences, we need to deal with the enemies in accordance to the number you will be facing. “If they are just in pairs, or small groups of three, I don’t think there’s much I need to say. You’ve got twelve men, so there’s really no need to lure them into traps; you can all directly surround and crush them with your numerical superiority. You’ll need to utilize the trap formations when the numbers you are facing are equal to what you have, or even when they are holding the upper hand in terms of numbers. As long as you guys can lure them into the trap formation, it will no longer be just the team of 12 against them; every trap that you’ve set in that area would become like a stationary comrade of yours. “That is why Xiaoxing, your role is vital to this operation. You are the one guiding this entire battle; every step you take dictates what your teammate must do, and the rest will all take their cue from what you are doing. You need to familiarize yourself with the position of every trap placed, as well as the position of each of your teammates. You must be aware of the impact to the battlefield you can create with every step you take. This is because the outcome of this entire fight rests solely on your shoulders.” “Wow. That guy sure can talk!” Gu Fei sighed in awe. “Yeah!” Not only could Sword Demon hear him, he even clearly saw that this particular ‘guide for the battle’ which Broken Water Arrow had heavily emphasized was a Thief. Sword Demon could not make out the emotions this man was feeling due to the face paint he had on, but he could imagine the indescribable levels of pride this Thief must be feeling right now.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3469
__label__cc	0.557129	0.442871	BARE IN MIND NUDIST NEWSPAPER RUNS PEDOPHILE ADS by Nikki Craft Neither Robert Epps nor William T Morgan are on the ASA's Caution List, even though one way that these men used to seek nudist/naturist children was by running ads in Bare In Mind, a national nudist magazine. They ran ads that solicited young female models. One law enforcement officer, who specializes in child pornography, said: "It was real obvious what was going on. Anybody who cared about kids would have to be stupid to run the ads that were published by Bare In Mind ." In 1984, nudist William T. Morgan was arrested. During a police search of his Oxnard, California residence, commercial child pornography magazines were confiscated. He was also prosecuted for taking lewd pictures of a fourteen year old nudist girl. With only six months before retirement, he was thrown out of the Navy and received five years probation. Currently his probation revocation hearings are pending as a result of continuing nude child photography activities by Morgan. If his probation is revoked, he could be sentenced up to one year in jail. The pending prosecution against Morgan is for taking nude photographs of a girl, now 17, whom he's been photographing since she was 12. According to law enforcement, the photos were full body photos as well as close-ups of her genitalia. In some photos, Morgan had the victim push up her breasts. For years, Morgan maintained a sponsorship with the American Sunbathing Association (A.S.A. now American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR), and worked in collaboration with Robert (Bob) Epps of Tustin, California, (also an A.S.A. sponsor) in order to make contact with nudist children. In 1989, when a search warrant was executed against Epps, police confiscated about ten videotapes of hard-core child pornography, which law enforcement believes were furnished by David Sonenschein. Correspondence regarding the videos was also confiscated. The unsigned letters were written in Sonenschein's handwriting. According to law enforcement, in Epps' house there was a newsletter entitled GL (Girl Love) which appeared to be produced by Sonenschein as well. [Sonenschein is a pedophile and the publisher of a pamphlet entitled "How to Have Sex with Kids." He will be discussed in a future issue of the ICONoclast.] Epps was not prosecuted because of a heart condition. So, Neither Epps nor Morgan are on the A.S.A's Caution List, even though one way that these men used to seek nudist/naturist children was by running ads in Bare In Mind, a national nudist magazine. They ran ads that solicited young female models. One law enforcement officer who specializes in child pornography said: "It was real obvious what was going on. Anybody who cared about kids would have to be stupid to run the ads that were published by Bare In Mind." From the information we have been able to gather, we believe that Bare In Mind has still not changed their policy regarding publication of similar ads that facilitate the availability of children for pedophiles. William Morgan became a fugitive and was at large the last we heard. Reprinted from the ICONoclast. Copyright (c) by Nikki Craft. All rights reserved. BACK TO NUDIST/NATURIST HALL OF SHAME	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3472
__label__wiki	0.588884	0.588884	Eastern Bergen, NJ Parents of slain college student call for ride-share safety reform Thursday, May 16, 2019 5:01 PM EDT TRENTON - The parents of a Robbinsville woman allegedly killed by a man she mistakenly thought was her Uber driver testified in Trenton to call for ride-share safety reform. New Jersey lawmakers are considering a bill that would require ride-share drivers to display an ID, including a barcode that can be read by a cellphone needed to activate the ride. The bill is inspired by the death of Samantha Josephson, who was killed in South Carolina in March. “We have New Jersey that I want to take the lead. I want them to be the first state to enact this and be the leader,” says Josephson’s father, Seymour Josephson. RELATED: Slain college student from Robbinsville earns posthumous degree RELATED: Ridesharing services pushing back on proposed Jersey City regulations The family began the “What’s My Name” awareness campaign immediately after their daughter’s death in an effort to get ride-share customers to double-check that they are in the correct vehicle. The Josephsons also traveled to Capitol Hill to ask lawmakers to regulate the kind of identification the drivers have on display. “This is really what we have in mind to date. To have [a QR Code] on the back window of the vehicle so that anybody gets on will know the driver, the identification, the QR code,” says state Sen. Pat Diegnan. Lawmakers said they were open to changing the bills as they move through the Legislature. “Everybody is on board, whether it be state agencies, the companies and obviously the family, etc., to get this done,” Diegnan says. The Josephsons say that they want to prevent what happened to their daughter from happening to anyone else. Sami’s Law passed the joint legislative committee. It now heads to votes in the full state Assembly and Senate. CDC to screen airline passengers from China at JFK Airport for new illness U.S. health officials announced Friday that they will begin screening airline passengers arriving from central China for a new virus that has sickened dozens and killed two.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3485
__label__wiki	0.758806	0.758806	Pleasure Dome Newsletter Receive email updates of Pleasure Dome activities and reminders of screenings. Programming Archive George Kuchar Memorial Screening 7pm: The Last Video Diaries 9pm: The Devil's Cleavage Saturday, March 3 $8 per screening or $12 for both CineCycle, 129 Spadina Ave. Part of Winter 2012 This trio of tasty treats, among the last George Kuchar would make before his untimely passing, are exquisite examples of his video diaries—a significant part of his prodigious practice since his transition to video. Tummy Ache Times (2010) chronicles Kuchar celebrating Christmas with comrades and kin, filling his face with festive foodstuffs and obsessing over the anticipated onset of obesity. In The Butchered Beefcake (2011) we accompany him on a cross-country journey as he exhibits his concupiscent creations, climaxing in a spectacular sequence in which he stars as a bisexual paraplegic in a soft-core sex scene opposite an anxious Adonis. In the aftermath of such an exciting erotic exploit, Hotspell (2011) finds our hero heading deep into the heart of Tornado Alley in search of the perfect storm and a little rest and relaxation. Although these videos contain his trademark sense of humour, the spectres of aging, illness and death are prescient, particularly in the guise of sick and dying pets. In one video, a friend asks about his health. “It might be a small c,” he replies, alluding to the prostate cancer that would eventually take his life. Unafraid to turn the camera on his own aging body, these videos afford us a candid glimpse into his life (warts and all!) and are a fitting tribute to his legacy. Recently restored to its raunchy resplendence, the 1973 Kuchar feature The Devil’s Cleavage (122 min, B&W) will be screened following the video program. Preserved by Pacific Film Archive with support from the National Film Preservation Foundation. “… George Kuchar’s lovingly farcical re-creation of those (Forties and Fifties) melodramas, The Devil’s Cleavage, is a camp parody that sometimes directly steals from the genre, sometimes burlesques it, and often travesties it. As you might expect, it soon begins to mock all kinds of cinematic references, from Hitchcock to Preminger. But leave the exact details to pedants, laughter’s the thing here. Kuchar manages terribly well in terms of imagination and inventiveness, and just plain terribly in terms of such humdrum details of filming as using a light meter and tape recorder. Technical ineptness aside, we end up with a marvelous hybrid, as if Sam Fuller and Sternberg had collaborated in shooting a script by Tennessee Williams and Russ Meyer. Which is to say that excess is the most basic element of Kuchar’s method, even when (almost paradoxically) it’s an excess of cliche (‘Such language! Bite your tongue!’ ‘Bite it for me …’). …Douglas Sirk tells us, ‘Cinema is blood, tears, violence, hate, death, and love.’ Kuchar reminds us that cinema, like life, is also bedpans, earwax, sleazy fantasy, ineptness, compromise, and laughter.” Chuck Kleinhans, Gene Siskel Film Center “Toward the end of this paralytically funny film, a Kucharian buck blurts out, ‘If there’s no food for the peasants, give them cheesecake, give them beefcake.’ Fortunately, there’s plenty of both: cheesecake in the form of luscious, high-cholesterol drama, and beefcake in the form of firmly faceted physiques swathed in the attire of shame. Kuchar’s heady brew froths around a pent-up nurse named Ginger whose marriage is on the rocks when she would prefer it to be straight up. Leaving behind the heaving hills of San Francisco, she heads for new misadventures in the rollicking town of Blessed Prairie, Oklahoma. Kuchar’s rousing cast, including the ever-pouty Ainslie Pryor and the provocatively prim Curt McDowell, pass through a jungle of moodily-lit interiors whose effect is dime-store von Sternberg, a creeping claustrophobia of dark shadows and cheap trinkets. Lifting lavishly from Sirk and the circus, Kuchar, that great impresario of the inappropriate, has immortalized ‘a biped in heat.’” Steve Seid, PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE “Desire and death are in the air, along with some aromatic wisps of ethnic edibles, so be sure to sniff it all.” George Kuchar Conversation between George Kuchar and Guy Maddin, Moderated by WNDX Programmer, Irene Bindi, October 3, 2011 > http://vimeo.com/28903647 George Kuchar Irene Bindi video diary WNDX Programmer Pleasure Dome Presenting Experimental Media Art Since 1989 Website by Marty Spellerberg Hosted by Media Temple This website may not display correctly in your browser. We recommend upgrading to the latest version, or switching to FireFox.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3491
__label__wiki	0.96261	0.96261	Shopping Cart \| Blog \| Email Alerts Home Artists News Audio Streams Music Videos CD & DVD Releases More Sections Bio News Audio Pictures Chat CD & DVD Releases Other Links The longtime MC with pioneering alternative hip-hop trio A Tribe Called Quest, rapper Q-Tip was born Jonathan Davis in New York City on November 20, 1970. While a student at the Murray Bergtraum High School for Business Careers, he co-founded A Tribe Called Quest with fellow students Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Phife (Malik Taylor) in 1988; the following year, Q-Tip guested on De la Soul's groundbreaking 3 Feet and Rising LP, with the two groups forever linked through their association with the "Native Tongues" collective. Tribe's debut single "Description of a Fool" appeared in the summer of 1989, and after signing to Jive Records, the trio issued their debut LP People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm a year later. With their fiercely intelligent, socially progressive lyrics and brilliant fusion of rap and jazz, the group emerged as one of the most popular and influential in all of hip-hop, producing such classic LPs as 1991's The Low End Theory and 1993's Midnight ... Read full biography Home > Audio > Listening Party - Take The Lead (Soundtrack) Home > News > Heineken Announces House Party Concert Home > News > Q-Tip Goes to Motown Home > News > 'Revolution' Likely in Music In '04 Home > News > Tribe Reunion Home > News > Q-Tip Confirms Tribe Called Quest Reunion About \| Rap Web Directory \| Rap Lyrics Copyright 2000-2008. Rap News Network.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3495
__label__wiki	0.564346	0.564346	You are here: Home / Historical Collections Blog / Archives / John Roalfe Cox – ‘a clever pen-and-ink draughtsman’ John Roalfe Cox – ‘a clever pen-and-ink draughtsman’ 18th April 2016 /1 Comment/in Archives, Historical Collections Blog, Horses /by Clare Boulton I have previously blogged about the almost 400 illustrations by Edward Mayhew that we have in our archives. We also have a number of other smaller collections of illustrations, one of which is the illustrated notebooks belonging to John Roalfe Cox. John Roalfe Cox MRCS FRCVS (?-1903) graduated from London Veterinary School in 1849 after which he studied human medicine becoming a member of the Royal College of Surgeons. Eventually he set up a veterinary practice near Grosvenor Square which rapidly expanded until, by 1870, it was one of the largest, and most lucrative in London. Cox was elected as a Vice-President of the RCVS in 1872 and remained on Council until 1887, serving as President from 1885-6. His obituary (Veterinary Record 16 (785) pp53-54 records that: “For many years [he] kept note-books in which he entered very fully the history and treatment of all his most interesting cases … He was a clever pen-and-ink draughtsman, with a neat turn for caricature.” We are fortunate to have four books which show Cox’s artistic skill in our collection. One case-book and three notebooks containing sketches The case-book labelled ‘Horses in accident and disease – notes on special cases’ gives detailed accounts of a number of these special cases including a case of ‘coup–de-soleil’ which Cox encountered in the ‘exceedingly hot summer of July 1858’. He reports his attempts to soothe the horse through the application of cold compresses, at first these appeared to be beneficial but the horse got worse ‘frequently pitching forward’ and ’falling over again as soon as he got on his legs’. Cox ends his account thus: “I felt no doubt of it being a case of sun-stroke…he had to be destroyed the following day.” The notes are accompanied by the following illustration. Two of the notebooks contain sketches of cases with brief descriptions – interestingly one of these books labelled ‘Clinical sketches of horses in accident and disease’ appears to be the manuscript original for his only published work of the same title Sketches include: A case of strangulated intestine Vomiting in a case half an hour before death Stomach staggers Appearance of a horse with fractured pastern Posture of a horse with broken back The fourth notebook contains some of Cox’s caricatures which show a variety of rural scenes with captions which reveal his sense of humour. Hold hard!! Tally ho back! Confusion of purpose Drawing blank. Impatient foreigner “vi for so long to begin ze hunt” A dilemma Tags: illustrations, John Roalfe Cox http://rcvskblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cox-compressed.jpg 448 284 Clare Boulton http://www.rcvskblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/rcvskblog-logov3.png Clare Boulton2016-04-18 18:49:232016-05-24 13:42:15John Roalfe Cox – ‘a clever pen-and-ink draughtsman’ A Few Of My Favourite Things Edward Mayhew on dogs Digital Collections website is live! A delve into veterinary case notes... The artistic Mr Mayhew Niall Taylor says: 19th April 2016 at 15:41 Superb sketches, they say so much about the profession at that time. Many thanks, Clare. RCVS Archives Project: Next steps Maintaining a focus	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3496
__label__wiki	0.797372	0.797372	A Conversation With the Urban3 Team at CNU This is our ninth dispatch from the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), which took place in Savannah, Georgia in May. Chuck Marohn attended CNU and hosted a series of in-depth podcast conversations about some of the most pressing topics for cities today, with leaders, thinkers, and activists in a whole range of fields. Now we're bringing those podcasts to your ears throughout the summer. In this episode, Chuck has a chat with three good friends: Joe Minicozzi, Cate Ryba, and Josh McCarty from the geoanalytics firm Urban3, based in Asheville, North Carolina. Chuck and Joe's "bromance" (their words) goes back years, and Strong Towns and Urban3 have been frequent collaborators in sharing data-backed insights about where your town (yes, yours!) is really deriving its wealth from, and where it's losing money. Among the questions discussed (but not always answered) in this entertaining, freewheeling discussion: What happened when a wealthy town on Cape Cod had a $250 million backlog for upgrades to its sewer system? The range of reactions—from positive to negative to disbelief—that Chuck and Joe get when they present their findings to cities across the country. The "diamond mine" effect experienced by cities like Asheville, which are sitting on traditional downtowns built by their ancestors. These places are often tremendously fiscally productive, but what happens when a city doesn't nurture that productivity, but instead views the downtown as a source of wealth to be extracted to pay for a money-losing development pattern elsewhere? What do civic officials and Melanesian cargo cults have in common? What is the mental block that keeps us from embracing more productive forms of development, even when they're right under our noses? Savannah, Georgia has a historic district that is the envy of urban planners the world over—and a jarring transition when you leave that historic district and venture into the rest of the city. "We collectively agree that this is awesome," says Chuck of the beloved core of Savannah, with its leafy squares. And we have the analysis of groups like Urban3 to tell us that not only is it beautiful, the development pattern of Savannah's original core is a tremendous wealth-generating engine. So why aren't we doing more of it, even literally in Savannah? What lessons do behaviorists have to teach city planners? Temporal discounting—placing more value on avoiding short-term discomfort than preventing long-term suffering—is the reason it's hard to get people to quit smoking. Is it also the reason it's hard to get cities to give up insolvent development patterns? Do we already, proverbially, have cancer by the time we realize what we've built is bankrupting us? The responsibility of professionals like those at Urban3 to help elected officials work through and understand complex issues, instead of assuming that what's obvious to those immersed in the numbers daily will be obvious to them. Can we truly make meaningful change in how our cities do things in the absence of a crisis to force our hand? What mind-blowing data visualization projects is the Urban3 team cooking up next? Will Joe Minicozzi ever stop cursing during staff meetings? Who will publish a book first: Chuck or Joe?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3497
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__label__cc	0.747624	0.252376	Published on Public Service Alliance of Canada (http://psacunion.ca) Home > Bargaining > Treasury Board Treasury Board The Public Service Alliance of Canada represents nearly 100,000 federal public service workers under the Treasury Board of Canada in every province and territory in the country. Our hard-working members provide the backbone of Canada's public services – protecting our borders, providing vital social services and ensuring our vast lands and oceans are safe and sustainable. Collective bargaining is how the union (the bargaining agent) and management come up with the terms and conditions of employment for the workers involved (the bargaining unit). Federal labour legislation sets out rules for how these negotiations take place and how disputes are handled. Each bargaining agent also has rules about how it negotiates on behalf of its members: how the member input is gathered; how decisions are made about bargaining proposals; who does the bargaining. PSAC's rules are set out in Regulation 15 of our Constitution [1]. Questions? bargaining@psac-afpc.com [2]. Which bargaining unit am I in? [3] PA Group [4] Program and Administrative Services Read More [5] SV Group [4] TC Group [4] EB Group [4] Education and Library Science FB Group [4] Canada Border Services Agency TC bargaining: Government unwilling to budge on 10-year-old wages and 40-year-old job standards TC bargaining: Government unwilling to budge on 10-year-old wages and 40-year-old job standards [10] PSAC asks government to make their proposals to the PIC available in both official languages PSAC asks government to make their proposals to the PIC available in both official languages [11] PA bargaining: Government rejects key improvements to contracts PA bargaining: Government rejects key improvements to contracts [12] Bargaining: Government doubles down on concessions and unfair wages Bargaining: Government doubles down on concessions and unfair wages [13] Public Interest Commission: PSAC continues pushing for fair deal Public Interest Commission: PSAC continues pushing for fair deal [14] Read More [15] Source URL: http://psacunion.ca/treasury-board [1] http://psacunion.ca/psac-constitution-and-regulations [2] mailto:bargaining@psac-afpc.com [3] http://psacunion.ca/which-bargaining-unit-am-i-in [4] http://psacunion.ca/ [5] http://psacunion.ca/pa-group [6] http://psacunion.ca/sv-group [7] http://psacunion.ca/tc-group [8] http://psacunion.ca/eb-group [9] http://psacunion.ca/fb-group [10] http://psacunion.ca/tc-bargaining-government-unwilling-budge-10-year [11] http://psacunion.ca/psac-asks-government-make-their-proposals-pic [12] http://psacunion.ca/pa-bargaining-government-rejects-key-improvements [13] http://psacunion.ca/bargaining-government-doubles-down-concessions-and [14] http://psacunion.ca/public-interest-commission-psac-continues-pushing [15] http://psacunion.ca/bargaining-news	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3513
__label__wiki	0.633115	0.633115	Peaks Above Vanch Valley Tajikistan, Pamir Richard Leech, Oliver Shergold, Martin Shelley, Polly Truscott, Punit Khare, Louise Rickard, Rob Haddock, Roy Bannerman and I as leader made up the Imperial College Pamir Expedition. We joined 11 Russians from Kazan for six weeks of climbing in the Vanch valley, previously unexplored by Westerners. We drove 200 kilometers from Dushanbe to Vanch. From there, we traveled by dirt road and stretches of no road by truck another 90 kilometers to the head of the Vanch valley, where we placed Base Camp at 3025 meters. We carried loads up the Abdukagor Glacier, establishing four camps at 3100, 3200, 4800 and 5100 meters, the highest on the col between the Abdukagor and the Fedchenko Glaciers. Camp V was at the head of the Fedchenko below Pik Revolyutsii. From these camps we made the first British ascents of Pik Malysh (5430 meters, 17,815 feet) on July 20, 1992 via the southeast ridge, Pik Kovshovykh (5850 meters, 19,193 feet) on July 21 via the northwest face, Pik Tanymas (5998 meters, 19,679 feet) on July 27 via the west ridge and Pik St. Exupéry (6063 meters, 19,892 feet) on July 27 via the southwest face. This gave us a range of difficulties, ranging from Malysh, a simple snow-and-ice climb to Kovshovykh, a hard, steep rock-and-ice ascent which involved some aid climbing. An attempt on the Pik 26 Komissorov (6834 meters, 22,421 feet) had to be abandoned due to bad weather. In the remaining time, we put up a possibly new route on the northeast ridge of Pik of the Paris Commune (6354 meters, 20,846 feet). The descent back down the Abdukagor Glacier proved tricky due to the collapse of snow bridges, taking seven hours rather than one! During the return drive to Dushanbe, we attempted to cross the Vanch River, whose course had changed, but ended by sinking the truck. It took three days to ferry all the gear over to some cliffs by Tirolean traverse and to retrieve the truck with bulldozers. Philip Wickens, Imperial College, England Lamo-she North America, United States, Alaska, Denali National Park and Preserve ... Cerro Kishtwar K2 Attempt from the North Mount McKinley-Icy Crown of North America; In the Shadow of ...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3516
__label__cc	0.60632	0.39368	Rescind the pejorative appointment of M.K Kalohia as PSEB Chief 27.02.18 - Bir Devinder Singh SAS Nagar: Appointment of Manohar Kant Kalohia, a retired IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre, as Chairman of the Punjab School Education Board is an exceedingly stupid decision of the Government of Punjab. His appointment is an insult to all the experienced educationists, academicians of high ... 'PUNJAB HASN’T FORGOTTEN SAD’S ECONOMIC TERRORISM IN THE STATE' Punjab's destroyer masquerading as its saviour: Sidhu takes a dig at Sukhbir Chandigarh: Punjab Local Government Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu has derided Akali leader Sukhbir Singh Badal for masquerading as the saviour of the people of Punjab after destroying their interests during his party’s 10-year misrule of the state. It was hilarious that the man who was responsible for ... Amarinder flays attempts to politicise OBC case through unfounded allegations CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has flayed attempts to politicise the Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) case with unsubstantiated charges against his son-in-law, who is a minority shareholder with a mere 12.5% share in Sambhauli Sugars, and was being unnecessarily dragged into the ... Order probe into son’s involvement in the “Goonda” tax scam: Khaira to Amarinder CHANDIGARH: Leader of opposition Sukhpal Khaira while addressing media persons, demanded a high level impartial inquiry by either the CBI or a sitting judge of the High Court to probe charges of extortion of "Goonda” tax leveled by two major companies undertaking construction work at ... Names of PPSC members & Information Commissioners recommended to Gov Chandigarh: A High-Powered Committee, headed by Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh, on Thursday recommended six names to Governor, V. P. 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__label__cc	0.578333	0.421667	Shards Universe The air tingled briefly around Stella's head, causing her hair to spark slightly in the dry air. Through the huge viewing pane of her premium office, the Earth turned slowly and majestically, thousands of miles beneath the orbital station. "Miss Stella?" came the cautious voice of her attendant. "Yes, Becky?" Stella replied, trying to hold her voice steady and patient. Her last attendant had lasted only one month before Stella lost patience. He was serving drinks and patrons over on the Freedom station now, she heard. Being Stella's attendant had very impressive pay and perks, but it was not without some risk. "Your daughter is on holo three. And Kimberly just arrived for her two o'clock with you." "Thank you, Becky. Put Rose through, and tell Kimberly I'll only be a minute." "Yes, ma'am." Stella swiveled her chair around and saw her six year old standing there, a big grin on her face. "Hi, Mommy!" she burbled. She held up a sheet of paper that was covered in blotches of purple, white and yellow. "Look what I drew in school today! Can you tell what it is?" she asked hopefully. Stella leaned forward and scrutinized the picture. The holographic images of both her daughter and the drawing were crystal clear. Too clear, it turned out, for Stella still couldn't make out what it was and needed an alibi. Her foot slid slowly to a floor switch she'd had installed and pressed it. The hologram skipped and jumped, growing a trifle fuzzy. "Sorry, Sweetie," Stella said in her sad voice, "but I'm not getting the best image. Why don't you tell me?" "It's us, Mommy," Rose exclaimed, at once upset her mother couldn't see the perfect rendering, and elated to be able to tell her. She pointed to the yellow splotch. "See? This is you. And this is me. And we're out on the space station's walking area, looking at the stars." Stella lifted her foot off the switch and the picture settled and cleared. She gave her daughter a big smile. "You're right! That's positively beautiful, Rose!" "Can I hang it up with the others?" Rose asked excitedly. "Right this instant!" Stella insisted. Her quarters were luxurious and spacious, but she had no idea what color her walls were, they were so covered with Rose's artistic accomplishments. "Mommy has a meeting right now, honey, but we'll sit down tonight and you can show it to me for real, okay?" "Okay!" She gave a huge smile, then blew a kiss. "I love you, Mommy. Bye!" "Bye-bye." The holo snapped off and Stella turned back to her desk, still smiling. The joys of motherhood couldn't be explained to anyone who wasn't a mother. She reached to the inlaid control console on her desktop and activated the directional subsonic impresser. She thought for a moment. Rose really did deserve a special treat for her latest picture. Stella decided and ran her finger up the intensity control, doubling the impresser's silent output. She then tapped the "Available" button, telling Becky that she was ready to see Kimberly. As an afterthought, she turned down her office lights to warm glow. There came a tentative, hollow knock on the energy door, and Kimberly quietly poked her head through the opaque surface. The power abruptly shut off, leaving Kimberly looking slightly foolish in the suddenly empty doorway. She smiled shyly, then walked gracefully to Stella's desk. In the low light, Kimberly was a floating dream wrapped into a magnificent form of body. Tall, she was still of slight build, yet avoided looking too athletic, thanks to her ample bust and extra push she put into her hips. Her hair was as thick and blond and long as it had been fifteen years earlier, when she'd first come onto orbital station Gamma, looking for a new life. Kimberly had foundered from job to job before finally being hired for Free Fall Females, one of a dozen prostitution companies licensed to work on the station. Now Kimberly was almost thirty, and she could no longer display the youthful exuberance and arousal the freighter crews demanded of their purchased companions. The worldly wisdoms Kimberly had picked up were showing in her eyes and smile, a clear mark that a change was needed. The time had come, and Stella was going to give her yet another chance at a new life. "Kimberly!" she said sweetly, rising and crossing over to her. She gave the nervous woman a hug and pressed her gently into the chair. Stella walked around the large desk and took her seat as well. "Is... Is there something wrong, Miss Stella?" Kimberly asked in her innocent, kitten voice. She eased back in her chair and slightly opened her legs, the long, soft dress she had on clinging to her shapely form. She's trying her best to show her talents, Stella thought. She wants to impress me, hoping I'll change my mind. Stella's hand reached to the console and moved the impresser signal up another notch. "Yes, there is, Kimberly. As you know, the station only allows Free Fall to license fifty employees at any time. Right now, I've got forty-seven. But I've just hired another five. That puts me two over. I'm sorry, Kimberly, but Free Fall Females must terminate your employment." Kimberly stared at Stella, shocked into immobility. Her eyes quivered as tears welled up and her shoulders - still creamy white and lovely - began to shake. She swallowed several times, attempting to control her emotions. "Miss Stella! Please! You... You can't! I've been with you for a lot of years!" "You have been," Stella acknowledged. Agreement and sympathy always reduced the chance of the employee losing control until the proper moment. "I've made the company a lot of money and never once cheated you!" Kimberly forced out of her closing throat. Tears were now flowing freely down her face, streaking it with the salty fluid of despair and ruin. "I've never turned down a John or a Jane! Not even the Martian riffraff!" "That's all true, Kimberly. I ran the numbers. After expenses, you've earned Free Fall Females nearly two million in credits and a half million more in Martian realms. You've always been honest and obliging." Now was the time to tear her down with loving stabs. Stella gave her a friendly smile. "Remember that time twelve years ago? When that drunk crewman wanted to take you outside and try it in suits?" Kimberly, her emotions quickly decaying into an uncontrollable quagmire, laughed and cried, giving a sob. "He even had a special connecting panel. I was never so happy to see a station cop as I was when we got caught at the air lock." Kimberly looked up at Stella with just a spark of hope in her eyes. "Please, Stella? Let me stay. I'll work out of my quarters and take only enough for food and rent. And... And clothes. You don't even have to continue my benefits. But this is the only life I know." "You could try a new career, Kimberly. How about at General Space Outrigging, over on Platform 213? I hear they're looking for trainees." "You mean, be a Geeso?" she said with a touch of panic. "Those guys would only do to me for free what I charge 'em for now." She looked up. "And what I always gave to Free Fall," she reminded Stella. "I know, Kimberly. I really, really, know. You’re probably right. I don't suppose you could find a job you truly love outside of Free Fall." "Then, couldn't you find someone else. I mean... instead of me?" "Who, Kimberly?" Kimberly looked down and said nothing. Her resistance hadn't been broken down entirely, then, Stella decided. She slipped the impresser to maximum. The deep, subsonic beam was projecting directly onto Kimberly's head, breaking down her thought processes and making her emotionally hypersensitive. Still the all but shattered woman remained silent, a very admirable trait in hired flesh but an annoyance now. Stella decided to try a different tack. "I'll tell you what, Kimberly. Let me deal with the other girl now and I'll think about it. No, no," Stella held a hand out and motioned Kimberly to sit back down. "You can watch. It'll only take a minute." "Becky?" Stella called out into the air. Becky always monitored terminations in case something went wrong. It was also a good training tool. "Yes, ma'am?" "Is Delta Twenty-seven here yet?" "Yes, ma'am. She just arrived." "Good. Send her in, please." The planed energy pinged off and another woman entered. In her early twenties, she was of medium height and general build. The specifics however, were perverted fantasy. A creature of man, she had a body engineered and grown in one of the many physiomanufacturing complexes on Earth. Her mind and soul could not be created by man, but it could be warped. Once its own person, the mind and soul had been wiped and rewritten, or riped as was the common term. Riping closed off the original persona forever, making room enough for a new one to be laid alongside. Done properly, a single mind and soul could be riped dozens of times over hundreds of years. The swarthy woman with hip-long hair stood in front of Stella and Kimberly and shoved out her hips. Her dress, comprised of hundreds of long strings that clumped together and hid her assets for the most part - separated at her knees, showing the number engraved on her ankle: D1027J, marking her as a delta class pleasure ripe. She puckered her lips at Kimberly, then flashed her eyes at Stella. "Yes, Miss Stella?" Delta Twenty-seven cooed. Unlike Kimberly, who had used her skills to show Stella she was still able to perform, Delta Twenty-seven was honestly trying to seduce either one or both of the women. To a woman of business and a woman of the business, Delta Twenty-seven's efforts were wasted. She was disappointed but not put off, and would continue trying. She always would. "Delta," Stella said in a plain, emotionless voice, "I'm overstocked right now, so I've sold your contract to Programmed Pleasure Unlimited, on deck one. Please report there right away. The DL White is due in and PPU wants to give you a new body and persona and get you into somebody's arms tonight." "You got it, Miss Stella. Stop by sometime and I'll give you a discount." She laughed. "If they tell me to." She smiled and winked, then turned and slunk out, either completely oblivious to or totally uncaring of the knowledge that her life - twisted and controlled though it may be - was over. "Now, Kimberly," Stella said, turning her attention to the now openly crying woman. "What's wrong?" "She's... She's... I... I..." Kimberly buried her face into her hands and wept. Carefully, Stella turned up the office lights. They went from a deep glow to a harsh white glare, mercilessly casting everything into the sharpest detail. "Kimberly," Stella said softly. The crying woman slowly recognized her name and raised her head. Through tear-filled eyes she saw her body as it truly was. The beauty was not an illusion but was faded reality. Her skin was still smooth but betrayed her efforts to keep it that way. Deep inside her was a love of what she was and a hatred of what she was becoming. With eyes dulled by the exhaustion of emotion, she stared at Stella. "What can I do, Miss Stella?" "Kimberly, the choice is yours, but I do have an answer." She held up a tabinal, its flat surface glowed slightly. "Programmed Pleasure Unlimited is hiring. I've got your contract right here. If you want, I can sell your contract, just like I did Delta's." "But... But that means I'd have to be..." Her voice tapered off. "Riped. Yes, that's right, Kimberly. You'd have to give up your body, mind and soul. But think of it!" Stella pressed on excitedly. "A chance to start over! A young body! I hear they're about the same age as you were when you started with us. Wouldn't it be wonderful, waking up each day, looking gorgeous without even trying? And you'd always be taken care of. Never a worry, forever and ever. Tell me... Didn't you envy Delta just now? Just for a moment?" Kimberly nodded dumbly. Her hand slipped down to her bare, unmarked ankle and caressed it absent-mindedly. "But I wouldn't be a person any more," she protested weakly. "Kimberly," Stella sighed, laying down the tabinal. "I want to help you. Now, you tell me: Do I send this to PPU and let you have a carefree life doing what you've always loved? Or to General Space Outrigging, where every day your body loses just a little bit more, until you finally have to pay for what you're now selling?" She tapped the surface. "Or do I just erase the whole file and we say good-bye?" "No!" Kimberly shouted, her hand going out to stop Stella. "Don't... Don't erase it, Miss Stella. Tell Programmed Pleasure Unlimited I'll work for them." She gave a timid smile. "It won't be all bad, will it, Miss Stella? Being a pleasure ripe, I mean?" "Kimberly," Stella said with gentle reproof. She stood and walked around the desk and took the broken woman by the hand. "You were one of my best girls. And I always take care of my girls. I wouldn't even suggest this if I thought it wasn't for the best. Trust me, you'll feel much better about it by tomorrow. Would you like me to come by and see you?" "Oh, would you, Miss Stella?" she asked hopefully. "It would mean a lot to me." Suddenly overcome again by emotion, Kimberly hugged her tightly. Stella stroked her long hair for a moment, then gently pried her loose. "Why don't you get up to deck one right away, Kimberly? I can have your contract transferred and into their system before you step off the eledisc. Who knows? Maybe you and Delta can both start tonight?" Kimberly stood up, filled with hope and happiness. She hugged Stella one more time. "Thank you for this chance, Miss Stella! That you so much!" She smiled a little more boldly, then hurried out the door, eager to start anew a career she thought had been over. Stella looked after her a moment, then reached back to the desk and pressed the auto-connect to the Orbital Vista Dinner Theater. Waiting for the holo to go through, she flipped off the impresser. A handy device, and well worth the credits it cost her. Not that it could force anyone to make a decision against their will. It merely guided them to the choice they probably would have made anyway. Stella was nearly certain that was the case. A small image flickered up on the desktop, showing a handsomely dressed woman standing behind a small table. She looked up from her desk and smiled graciously. Stella smiled back. "Hello, Katerina. This is Miss Stella. Could you please hold a table for two for my daughter and me tonight?" "Certainly, Miss Stella. Shall you want tier four again?" Miss Stella smiled and shook her head. "No, no. I just picked up an unexpected bonus, so there's no need for the business class tables. I'll take the Stationmaster Tier, best seats for dinner and show. My little daughter just painted another masterpiece and I always want to treat my girl right." Copyright ©2006 by Peter Prellwitz All Rights Reserved. Written by Peter Prellwitz Category: Shards Universe Short Stories Shards Universe Short Stories Shards Universe News The HK Devonshire Stories Specialty Stories © 2020 Shards Universe	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3546
__label__wiki	0.845482	0.845482	info@spsc.co.ir Objectives & Missions QA/QC Policy SPSCO Building SPGFD Phase 14 Bushehr Petrochemical Iran Industry News Iran Oil & Gas News WorldOil.com News Recruiting & Training Trump faces tough choices after blaming Iran for Saudi oil attack By Jordan Fabian, Nick Wadhams, David Wainer and Glen Carey on 9/15/2019 WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) – The Trump administration sought to offer new evidence to back its claim that Iran conducted the attack on major Saudi Arabian oil facilities, saying the munitions used in the strikes were well beyond the capabilities of the Houthi rebels who claimed responsibility. The evidence put forward by several administration officials on Sunday – a day after Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said unequivocally in a tweet that Iran was to blame – suggested that the administration was sensitive to skepticism about its assertions as well as concern that it may be trying to provoke a conflict with the regime in Tehran. Two administration officials who asked not to be identified discussing internal deliberations told reporters that cruise missiles may have been used in the attacks on a Saudi oil field and the world’s biggest crude-processing facility in Abqaiq. The range from Yemen was also far beyond anything the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels there have ever done before, the officials said. A third administration official, who also asked not to be identified discussing non-public findings, said precision-guided munitions had been used. The U.S. officials didn’t rule out that armed drones were used as well, even as they rejected the Houthi claims that they mounted the attacks using such pilotless aircraft. Now, the challenge that President Donald Trump and his advisers face is balancing a tough response to what it says is a clear act of Iranian aggression, against concern that it is rushing headlong into a conflict that could spiral out of control. Analysts also warn that doing nothing could send a message to Iran or its proxy militias across the Middle East that they can strike their enemies with impunity. “There’s no great response here,” said Aaron David Miller, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “The question becomes how does the U.S. navigate between not allowing this precedent to stand on one hand, and avoiding a punitive escalation or one designed to deter future attacks without an escalation. And the answer is there is no answer.” Trump tweeted on Sunday “there is reason to believe that we know the culprit, are locked and loaded depending on verification” and that he’s awaiting word from Saudi Arabia about who it believed caused the attack and “under what terms we would proceed!” Still, a direct U.S. military response may be unlikely, according to the experts who said they doubt Trump will be willing to use force against Tehran or risk escalating violence in the Middle East ahead of the 2020 presidential election. They also said the attacks may do little to deter the president from seeking a meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in an effort to broker a new nuclear agreement. Trump hasn’t ruled out a possible meeting with Rouhani when both are in New York in a week for the annual United Nations General Assembly. ‘Maximum Pressure’ The administration’s “maximum pressure” stance against Iran is focused on imposing sanctions and isolating the country over its nuclear ambitions and malign activities in the region. That approach has come under renewed scrutiny at a time the president’s foreign policy team is in flux, after Trump’s firing of hawkish National Security Adviser John Bolton last week. U.S. and Saudi officials say they’re gathering more evidence that Iran was behind the attacks — some of it on the ground in Saudi Arabia — that will be released in due time. Iran’s Foreign Ministry described Pompeo’s comments blaming the Islamic Republic as “blind and fruitless accusations.” According to U.S. government information, there were 19 points of attack at state-owned Saudi Aramco’s crude-processing facility at Abqaiq and the Khurais oil field, all on the north or northwest-facing sides — suggesting that the weaponry used came from that direction. Iraq lies to the north, and the U.S. in the past has accused Iran of stashing explosives with affiliated militias in the country. Yemen, by contrast, is hundreds of miles to the south. Saudi Aramco lost roughly 5.7 MMbpd of output after the attacks, although officials cited progress in restoring production. Pompeo’s Tweet Pompeo tweeted Saturday that there is “no evidence the attacks came from Yemen” and accused Iran of being behind “an unprecedented attack on the world’s energy supply.” “The United States will work with our partners and allies to ensure that energy markets remain well supplied and Iran is held accountable for its aggression,” he added. Paul Pillar, a former U.S. Central Intelligence Agency officer, said the one “policy option left is de-escalation — of the Saudi air war against Yemen, and of the Trump administration’s economic war against Iran.” Pillar, who’s now a non-resident senior fellow at Georgetown University in Washington, said “further attempts to escalate on either of those war fronts offers no reason to believe that they would be any more successful than the wars have been up to this point.” Rouhani Risks Trump risks criticism from many of his Republican allies if he chooses to meet with Iran’s leader barely a week after accusing the country of being responsible for a strike that caused a significant disruption to the world’s oil markets. Republican Senator Lindsay Graham of South Carolina has said the U.S. shouldn’t rule out a military strike on Iranian oil facilities in response. “Iran will not stop their misbehavior until the consequences become more real, like attacking their refineries, which will break the regime’s back,” Graham tweeted Saturday. One Western diplomat, who asked not to be identified, said Trump sees what he wants to see in world events, so if he wants to push for a meeting with Iran’s president, the strikes won’t necessarily deter him. Trump has repeatedly brushed aside short-range missile tests by North Korea as he seeks to broker a historic nuclear pact with leader Kim Jong Un. White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway said on “Fox News Sunday” that the administration will continue its “maximum pressure campaign” against Iran, but she added that “the president will always consider his options,” including a meeting with Rouhani. That assumes the Iranian leader would be willing to take such a meeting — even an informal chat on the sidelines of the UN gathering — without the U.S. making some gesture to ease its sanctions on his country. The strikes in Saudi Arabia may all but rule out such a move anytime soon despite pleas by Western leaders led by French President Emmanuel Macron. The attacks also pose a major test for Pompeo, who has an opportunity to consolidate power after Bolton’s departure. Pompeo and Brian Hook, the State Department’s special representative for Iran, have argued the U.S. could afford to ramp up sanctions and diplomatic pressure on Iran because there’s plenty of global oil supply. But there’s now little cushion in the market with the major disruption caused by the drone attacks, which could force the president and his team to look for ways to relieve the pressure. Strategic Reserve While analysts estimate Saudi Arabia may be able to restore half of the lost production as early as Monday, Trump said on Twitter Sunday he’s authorized the release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve if needed based on the attacks “in a to-be-determined amount sufficient to keep the markets well-supplied.” The stock of around 645 million barrels of crude and petroleum products could help meet demand during the time it would take for the Saudis to repair the facilities. Trump also told U.S. agencies to expedite approvals of oil pipelines in the permitting process. There’s also the question of the administration’s credibility. Some foreign policy analysts said it’s hard to take at face value the claim that Tehran is responsible, given the hard line against Iran advocated by Pompeo, Bolton and others. “The Trump administration appears to have evidence of Iranian responsibility but will face skepticism from others, both because of policy disagreements between the US and its allies, and because declining to attribute an attack provides an excuse not to respond,” tweeted Michael Singh, managing director for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Proudly Powered By: SPSCO World News Service admin Iran News Iran, Oil & Gas U.S. says weapons in Saudi oilfield attack were beyond Houthi capability U.S. oil companies set to benefit from Saudi supply disruption Pergas Ready to Invest in Iranian Petroleum Industry NISOC to Seal Several MoUs by mid-December South Pars Phase 21 platform loaded Abadan Petrochemical Co. (APC) to be renovated. 4 Units of Persian Gulf Refinery Overhauled Germany’s Linde Group Opens Office in Tehran Iran, Oman hold joint meeting with Total, Shell, KOGAS on gas exports Iran: Total signs Heads of Agreement to develop phase 11 of the giant South Pars gas field ISOICO signs cooperation agreement with Dutch IHC Envoy hopes IDRO cooperate with foreign partners bears fruit Iran News from Worldoil.com Oil industry braces for more Mideast turmoil after Soleimani killing OPEC+ agrees to redistribute oil cuts under Saudi pressure Iran’s Rouhani vows response to oil tanker attack Iran says tanker hit by missiles in Red Sea near Saudi Arabia CNPC quits flagship Iran gas project amid U.S. sanctions Pentagon readying a public show of evidence in Saudi attacks Saudi Arabia says Iranian weapons were used to attack oil facilities World Oil & Gas News Venezuela’s demand for oil payments in cryptocurrency halts purchases New offshore projects revitalize flagging Angolan oil production Decline in DUC backlog shows scale of U.S. shale pullback Turkey to issue exploration licenses in contested waters, straining EU ties National Academy of Sciences awards grants to advance safety culture in offshore oil and gas Petrofac wins EPIC wind farm contract offshore Scotland Energy Web Atlas launches EWA Techlink spatial research tool Cold blast freezes Canadian oil sands solid, forcing lower prices Iraq oil supplies vulnerable as Mideast tensions flare, IEA says World Offshore News Canadian gas drillers pursue plan for floating LNG project Oceaneering tapped to decommission seven gas platforms offshore Canada Canadian petroleum agency approves Hibernia platform restart following spill Innovation continues to pull Newfoundland and Labrador’s offshore sector forward Copyright © 2020 Sanat Pardaz Sabz Co.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3550
__label__cc	0.711616	0.288384	Sermon from Sunday, March 5 2017 "It's not my fault." Please listen and share! https://youtu.be/NPb55CRpNDk Fwd: Visitation and funeral arrangements for Ed Kohrs Oops. I forgot to put down the day. It's this Thursday. Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S®6 active, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone From: jeremy klaustermeier <revklaus@hotmail.com> Date: 3/7/17 12:10 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Pastor's email <stjohnswarrenton@googlegroups.com> Subject: Visitation and funeral arrangements for Ed Kohrs Visitation and funeral arrangements have been set for Ed Kohrs. Visitation 11-12:30. Funeral 12:30 All at St. John's Full military honors at Warrenton Cemetery immediately after the funeral. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. Visitation and funeral arrangements for Ed Kohrs Please pray for Larry Summers, a friend of the Perricones who is in the hospital with pneumonia, heart aneurysm and colon cancer. Prayer request for the Sweets Please pray for both Randy and Patty Sweet's mothers as they are both in failing health. Virginia, Patty's mom, has just been diagnosed with lung cancer. Rose, Randy's mom, had a bad seizure a month ago, and although she is walking and talking fine, the seizure caused some dementia. Pray for patience and peace for Randy and Patty as they both care for their mothers. Daily Email: Tuesday, March 7, 2017 DEVOTION: Genesis 12:1-19 English Standard Version (ESV) The Call of Abram 12 Now the Lord said[a] to Abram, "Go from your country[b] and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."[c] 4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan, 6 Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak[d] of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. 7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. 8 From there he moved to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord. 9 And Abram journeyed on, still going toward the Negeb. I guess that when you hear the voice of God telling you to do something, you do it, right? Abram had no choice. If God speaks to you and says go to a new land. You go. You don't ask questions. You go. You don't try to argue with God. You go. Especially when there is a promise that God will greatly bless you, you go! Well…… not so fast. What about all those things God is telling you to do in His Word? Sure, it's not an audible voice, but it is still God's voice calling to you from the pages of Scripture, telling you to believe in Him, calling you to actions of faith, commanding you to forgive those who sin against you, commanding you to make disciples of all nations. We all could stand to listen to God more, to heed his voice as he calls us from his holy and living Word, and to surrender to His will. Not a one of us is anywhere close to perfect in this way. Neither was Abram. We often think of his as this great pillar of faith, but on more than one occasion we see him question god, and do things that are directly against God's directives. He wasn't perfect either. Abram is a perfect example of God's patience, mercy, and grace toward us. He continued to care for him and bless him even when his faith faltered. He does the same with us. We fail to act in faith, but God is still faithful. Praise be to God! Let us pray: Lord God, help me not only to hear what you say, but to listen to it. Amen. Wed- Supper 5:30; Worship 6:30 Thurs- Karate 6:15; Lutheranism 101 6:30 Fri- Barb Perricone memorial visitation 10-11am; funeral 11; Luncheon to follow Sat- Worship 5pm Sun- Worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school 9:45; Elders meeting noon WORSHIP WORKERS FOR THIS COMING WEEKEND: Acolyte- Wed- Cameron Faerber; 8:30- Addie Hoelscher 11- Cierra Figura Ushers- Wed- Rich Boeger, Don Hance, Don Tate, Doug Walters; Sun- Alan Hofeldt, Tim Linke, Rich Talbert, Don Turnure Altar- Wed- Don Hance; Sun set up- Cheri' Hofeldt; Clean up- Joannne Hachtel Elders- Sat- Roy Bohning, 8:30- Jim Rahn, 11- Al Benton Greeters- 8:30- Don and Donna Sherman; 11- Steve and Sandy Robine Lay Readers- Sat- Jim Rahn; 8:30- Roy Bohning; 11- Karen Benton Piano- Barb Dreyer Organist- Wed and Sun- Rachel Fisher Projectionists: Sat- Fischer; 8:30- Schaumberg; 11- Savannah Masters What are the tassels of remembrance for in the Old Testament?________________________________________________________________________ CHOIR IS IN NEED OF MORE VOICES TO SING AND TO BE NARRATORS FOR THEIR CANTATA FOR PALM SUNDAY, MAUNDY THURSDAY AND GOOD FRIDAY!! Please call Barb Dreyer at 636-359-1906. They meet for practice after Wednesday worship at 7:15. WORSHIP CHANGES SURVEY ATTACHED The elders have been discussing some possible changes to our worship times and days. A survey to get your thoughts about this is attached. Please note: The elders will not make any changes without approval of the voter's assembly. The reasons for the changes are all laid out in the questionnaire. Please read it and respond. You can either print it out, then fill it out, and bring it to church; or you can download it, fill it out and send it back to me via email. Thanks for your input. VENDORS NEEDED FOR OUR MAY 6 VENDOR FAIR AND FLEA MARKET!! Inside vendors are $25 a table/space. Outside parking spots are $10 a piece. Donations for the youth's pavilion sale can be left in the shed or in pastor's office. WEDNESDAY'S DURING LENT::: SUPPER AT 5:30 WORSHIP AT 6:30 Our next Wednesday midweek service will focus on "The Art of Expecting Nothing but Good from God" and we will look specifically at the first commandment. All the fixin's YOUTH STEAK DINNER AND AUCTION IS MARCH 25!! Tickets are sold after every worship service TICKETS ARE $25 EACH!! Our POT O' GOLD raffle tickets will be sold starting this weekend as well. Bring in your items for the auction! We really like new, popular items that you know will sell well! SUPPORT THE FUTURE OF OUR CHURCH! FUNERAL LUNCHEON ITEMS NEEDED FOR MARCH 10! Our Ladies Aid is providing a meal for the friends and family of Barb Perricone after her funeral next Friday, March 10. Funeral is at 11 and the luncheon will follow. They are in need of salads, side dishes and desserts. If you'd like to bring food or help with the luncheon please email Linda Callies atlindacallies@centurylink.net. LITTLE LAMBS ENROLLMENT FOR THE 2017-2018 SCHOOL YEAR FOR MEMBERS AND CURRENT STUDENTS BEGINS WEDNESDAY! March 1 for current students and St. John's members! April 3 open to all! Student must be 3 for younger class or 4 for older class by August 1. $45 nonrefundable registration fee required. Registration packets can be picked up at Little Lambs during school hours and in the church office during non-school hours. PREGNANCY OPTIONS CENTER FUNDRAISING BANQUET IS THURSDAY, APRIL 20!! We need to fill up a couple tables with folks who are willing to support this ministry with their time and money. If you'd like to go to the banquet please let pastor know!! I have two seats left at my table and would like to fill up another one of I could. TUURNING POINT IS HOSTING A FASHION SHOW FUNDRAISER ON THURRSDAY, MARCH 30 at the QUAIL RIDGE LODGE IN WENZTVILLE!! DOORS OPEN AT 5:30! Enjoy stylish fashions for all women, great vendors, raffles, delicious hors d'oeuvres and signature cocktails. Tickets are $35 each! Go to www.turningpointdvs.com or call 636-456-1186 to get tickets. VENDOR FAIR/FLEA MARKET WILL BE SATURDAY, MAY 6!! Inside vendor areas are rented for $25 per space Outside vendors are $10 per parking spot. Donations for the youth groups sale under the pavilion can be left under the pavilion or in the shed. STEPHEN MINISTRY IS LOOKING FOR SOME NEW STEPHEN LEADERS If you love caring for others and consider yourself a leader, this is the perfect way for you to serve the Lord and your church family! The Stephen Leader training is April 23-29 at the Renaissance Hotel by the airport this year and the cost of the training is covered by the church. If you choose to stay at the hotel you will have to pay for that yourself. It's only a 35 minute commute to the training from Warrenton. OPERATION BACKPACK ITEMS COLLECTED FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH IS Individually wrapped snack and packets of oatmeal. Place them in the receptacle marked "Backpack Blessings" in the narthex. AGAPE DONATIONS ALWAYS ACCEPTED!! Any nonperishable food items, diapers, toiletries, etc.!! Perishable food items can be taken directly to Agape at 713 Powell St. in Warrenton. Call 456-4645 to find out when they're open or for more info. YOUR KROGER CARD CAN EARN MONEY FOR LITTLE LAMBS Go to www.kroger.com/communityawards and register your card today!! GENERAL PRAYER For HANNAH LINSTRUTH who is recovering from a broken leg due to a car accident. For FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF ED KOHRS as he passed to eternal life yesterday morning. For CHARLIE, a good friend of Sandy Robine, who is nearing the end of her life due to cancer. For MARIE HARVEY, a sister in law of CHERI VERME, and a friend of the Winters, who is near death from stage 4 cancer. For DANIELLE MEINE KRAMER, whose leukemia is back after a brief respite from it. She had it for several years while in high school. (She grew up riding Karin's school bus to school.) For the FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF BARB PERRICONE, as they mourn her loss this week and get ready for a memorial service this Friday. For Mim Dunn's nephew DAVID HAHN who is dealing with severe throat cancer. For LOIS BOEGER'S MOM, EVELYN TOEDEBUSCH, who has been on hospice care for the last few months and slows down a little more every day, but is doing well. Elders- Sat- Jim Rahn, 8:30- Roy Bohning, 11- Al Benton Fwd: Visitation and funeral arrangements for Ed Ko...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3555
__label__cc	0.670912	0.329088	Lauri Svedberg, The Wolf House/Svedberg Studio Used with permission of the photographer, Lauri Svedberg 3359 Northeast Tyler Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55418, United States A simple one bedroom, one bath 1,078 square feet home in northeast Minneapolis built in 1912 was completely transformed after its purchase in 1979 by the new owner-artist, inside and out. Using a variety of patterns and designs in stone, brick, tiles, and more, the interior features both geometric mosaics and representational paintings, which both stand in contrast to and complement Lauri Svedberg’s mostly figurative and representational paintings, which she sells to enhance her teacher’s salary. The project started when Svedberg needed to replace a window in the old house; built so many decades earlier, standard window sizes wouldn’t fit within the existing frames, so Svedberg decided she could probably construct her own, using Mason jars framed in pebbles. Moving on to other sections of the house, she glued most of the rocks and pebbles onto the walls with a hot glue gun; she became most proud of a mosaic doorway arch covered in all kinds of minerals and semiprecious stones she collected during her travels. Through the arch one sees a window constructed from 77 glass circles. The house became known as the Wolf House because for a while many images of wolves were featured in different sections of the house; a single image of a wolf emerging from a forest remains on the exterior. Although the interior has gone through several iterations – including having an “outer space” room and an urban room –by its last iteration, much of the interior had become representative of natural settings. The bathroom has large trees painted on the walls and the toilet seat is covered in a painted animal-skin print, while its tank, as well as the floor, sink, and shower areas are painted or paneled in flat rock patterns and designs. The living room, too, has a large forest mural on the walls, with a lower vertical row of more rocks and pebbles and a real stone walkway inlaid into the standard wood plank floor; one wall of this room is also adorned with a painted cascading waterfall. The upper rooms in the two-story house continue the jungle and forest themes with more painted murals and draped animal-print fabrics. The kitchen cupboards and even the appliances are covered in rock and brick mosaics. Svedberg has commented on several of the components of the house: “Fun facts: The cobblestones that surround the yard are from old Minneapolis streets. The solarium components were from a state fair exhibit many moons ago. The front deck "pond" used to be a hippie hot tub built from redwood (the tub is still intact.) The ginormous oak tree is at least 150 years old. The house was featured in one of the very first episodes of "Decorating Cents" on HGTV. It's been on two MSP Home Tours, local TV, and newspaper and magazine articles. The two large wolf statues are from the roadside tourist trap "Treasure City" in Royalton MN. The octagon addition was assembled from pre-formed eco-panels with almost a foot of insulation. The garage door mural was done almost entirely with leftover cans of spray paint. A computer spontaneously combusted & almost burned the house down in the late 1990s.” After she retired, Lauri Svedberg decided to sell her house in mid-2015 to move to Palm Springs, California; while realtors were somewhat confounded, the house ultimately sold for some $40,000 over the asking price. An octagonal 764 square foot unheated studio is also included in the spacious corner lot. As this is private property, the interior of the house is not generally available for viewing, but viewers may enjoy the rather eccentric wooden exterior. ~Jo Farb Hernández 3359 Northeast Tyler Street Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55418 us Latitude/Longitude: 45.0292993 / -93.2455333 Dinkyland Mollie Jenson, Art Exhibit River Falls, Wisconsin Little Program “Huck” Seifert Nelson, Wisconsin Prairie Moon Museum and Sculpture Garden Fountain City , WI	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3562
__label__wiki	0.871357	0.871357	Daily Archives , 03 May 2016 News: Eagerly anticipated sophomore record ‘Never Will’ from Ashley McBryde to be r... Reigning ACM New Female Artist of the Year, CMA New Artist of the Year and CMT Breakout Artist of the Year Ashley McBryde is set t... Ahead of upcoming UK dates supporting Brett Eldredge, Lauren Jenkins releases beautiful strippe... Critically-acclaimed singer/songwriter Lauren Jenkins projects her trademark vulnerability on covers from Bruce Springsteen’... Long-awaited 10th studio album from Phil Vassar ‘Stripped Down’ featuring brand new... Multi platinum-selling singer/songwriter Phil Vassar is releasing his long-awaited 10th studio album, Stripped Down. The album&#82... The second single from the acoustic ‘Campfire Sessions’ by Sarah Darling is her ver... Today (Jan 17th 2020) Nashville-based, UK approved country singer-songwriter Sarah Darling continues her Campfire Sessions acousti... Beautiful new single from Alyssa Trahan “Memories Not Dreams” out today & also... Up-and-coming singer/songwriter Alyssa Trahan is making waves with her first release of the year, “Memories Not Dreams.” After... Less than 2 weeks until the 5th Annual AmericanaFest UK kicks off in East London! The 5th annual AmericanaFest UK will return to Hackney, London between Ja... Dustin Lynch – Tullahoma Lorna McKinnon Dustin Lynch is the underrated hit maker. Some would be surprised to hear that he’s had seven country radio number ones, and 1.6... New EP ‘Road to the Lemonade Stand’ from Tenille Townes due February 7th with her d... Acclaimed singer, songwriter and performer Tenille Townes will release her new EP, Road to the Lemonade Stand, Feb. 7th via Col... Nashville based fun-loving, all-American sweetheart Bailey Callahan to release new track ‘... Country music recording artist, Bailey Callahan (Pink Mustang Music, LLC) is set to release her new original tune, “Roll,”* in... Kalie Shorr announces her first headlining tour: the “Too Much To Say Tour” Variety announced earlier today the “Too Much to Say Tour,” Kalie Shorr’s first headlining tour. After being named to count...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3566
__label__cc	0.673832	0.326168	Suffolk Lodge #60 Suffolk 60 About Masonry Welcome From the Worshipful Master Welcome to the Suffolk #60 website. First chartered in the year 1796, we have spent the last 223 years perpetuating the Masonic tenets of brotherly love, relief and truth. In other words, respecting all people regardless of their station in life, giving selflessly to those in need, and acting fairly, honestly and conscientiously in all our daily matters. These are the same tenets that many of our nations founders considered when writing the United States Constitution, as many of the signers of that noble document were fellow Freemasons. We welcome you to browse this site to get to know us better and gain a fuller understanding of what we’re about. If you have any questions or inquiries feel free to contact us and we’ll be happy to reply. Speaking for all of our Brethren here at Suffolk #60, may the blessings of heaven rest upon all of humanity, and may Brotherly love prevail. W:. Tom Pace Suffolk Lodge #60 F&AM 312 Main Street, Port Jefferson, NY 11777 Suffolk Masonic District Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons State of New York Grand Chapter State of New York Royal Arch Masons Suffolk Lodge #60 Gingerbread House Competition 2018 © Suffolk Lodge # 60	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3572
__label__cc	0.503221	0.496779	A Pre-Game Look at the Fertitta Center’s Progress and Where Its New Seating Sections Will Post Up Inside Renovations, Stadiums, Third Ward The plaza outside UH’s basketball arena — soon-to-feature a statue of the building’s former namesake Roy Hofheinz — is currently a mess of dirt and constructions vehicles working to make the place look like the rendering above. The big red Fertitta Center sign isn’t up yet; it’s set to rise over the glassier new entrance fronting Cullen Blvd. On the inside, a new scoreboard, new AV equipment, bigger bathrooms and new food and retail are being added. The ceiling is going up 30 ft. above a brand-new court and some lower seating sections, creating a crater-like hole in the roof that — viewed from nosebleed land — will look something like this: Capacity will be slightly under 8,480 fans, a reduction from the arena’s previous seat count. The seating chart shows where they’ll all go: Those opting into the Barcalounger and Lodge Loge sections — indicated in purple — above the west sideline get access to a new concession area between the upper and lower levels of seating which includes a cash bar: The Lodge Loge seats are colorized in the rendering below: Barcalounger seats provide even better zone coverage of the food area and include 35-in.-wide reclining armchairs: Further from the food court and closer to the hard court are these floor seats along the north, east, and south sidelines: In addition to in-seat food and drink service, ticket-holders in those areas get to strut inside through a private entrance to the stadium. Fertitta Center Seating Options [University of Houston] UH’s basketball arena renovations to be completed in December [HBJ ($)] Previously on Swamplot: Fertitta’s $20 Million UH Donation To Bump Hofheinz from Pavilion to Plaza Status; UH’s Hofheinz Pavilion Could Pick Up Tilman Fertitta’s Name; Let the Designs Begin: UH To Renovate Aging Basketball Arena Photo: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool. Exterior renderings, rendering with seat highlights, and seating chart: University of Houston. Interior renderings: Turner Construction (roof view); University of Houston via Hunter Yurachek (concession area) Hofheinz No More 77204, Renovations, Stadiums, Third Ward, University of Houston The Woodlands Home Listing Photo of the Day: Birdwatching Nail-Tique Flameout Leaves Salon, Steinway Piano Gallery Shuttered Next to River Oaks Theatre Building C.L. June 21, 2018 at 6:19 pm This clown is starting to remind me of The Cheeto, what with blazing his name on buildings and all. Remember the good ole days when you had to have been long dead before a structure was named after you ? Now you just name it after yourself while you’re still alive. D. T June 22, 2018 at 5:25 am I guess if you’re generous enough to donate $20 million to its construction, it’s fitting that you get the privilege of naming the building. Hoffman June 22, 2018 at 9:16 am You mean like Hofheinz Pavilion, dedicated in in 1969, and named after Judge Roy Hofheinz, who died in 1982? ShadyHeightster June 22, 2018 at 9:27 am First, it’s “loge”, not “lodge” seating. Second, even state universities have learned how to monetize everything. A private entrance for ticket holders in the best sections? It’s just a college basketball game folks. CJ June 22, 2018 at 9:27 am I think it’s “loge” and not “lodge” seats… Mad Max June 22, 2018 at 10:06 am @C.L. Apparently you have not been on any college campus in years, every building, bench, tree, and brick is available for naming rights assuming you donate the right amount of money. Doesn’t matter if your dead or alive. Memebag June 22, 2018 at 2:19 pm @ShadyHeightster: No, it’s “loge”. A “lodge” is a small house. A “loge” is a private box in a theater, or a tier of seats between the upper and lower decks. Sharon Decker June 23, 2018 at 5:15 am Wow. I am so out of touch. I actually though a college basketball game would primarily be for the students. But they get a dinky little section with the crappier seats in the house. If I were still in school, I would not step into that place on principle. If the student body is not Ticked Off, I will be Ticked Off for them. C.L. June 24, 2018 at 7:41 am @Huffman. I didn’t know Hofeinz built the pavilion himself, with his own money. Interesting. @Mad Max. Perfect example of narcicism at its finest. Angostura June 25, 2018 at 9:31 am Biggest problem with old Hofheinz Pavilion was that the slope of the seating area was too shallow, so you got very far from the court very fast. Victorian’s Barbecue Bails on the East End Building That Bears Its Name AT&T’s Weslayan St. Parking Just Lost Tree Coverage Weekend Crowdsourcing Event Yields Holocaust Museum Houston New Old Artifacts Ahead of Its Grand Reopening	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3577
__label__wiki	0.678833	0.678833	The excat date of establishing in case of our company still stays unkown. We can find it around 1900. It was founded in The Nouzov School and later Restaurant by Josef Farský, who had married into there. The company carried a name "Josef Farský, joiner for construction, even for furniture". The first mention about our company brings this photography. The firm was able to be proud of 2 - 3 employees. In the time, when electrocity was not for disposition, there was taken advantage of a nature wind power. By help of transmissions the turning motion of a propeller was brought to all machines in the workshop of ours. The start of working was almost anytime, namely according to windness. By progression of time the windmill was got in connection with a generator and all machines were electrified. A great "thanks" belongs just to this event, due to having a chance to make the first household with electrocity. The firm obviously dealt with a manufacturing all kinds of products, which are produced up to the present day, like doors, floors, any furniture and so on. After Josef`s death the company was taken onto the Rudolf`s hands (1898 - 1969). This man totally cancelled the mentioned windmill and made a substitution for the different type of an engine (which was absolutely destroyed in the communist ages in 1948, then confiscated and under the pressure of threat pulled away). The firm associated with a engineer Bareš from Semily and both together opened a production of threshing machines under a label REPUTANT. In spite of a classic joiner`s production the company also engaged in a toy and inkpot branch. After 1948, due to having communist regime, employing people and even finally operation of our firm used to be prohibited. Even though during next 40 years the company had really suppressed activity, the communist idea was not taken in!!! In that time, there was a share manufacture with JZD, where son Rudolf (1933 - 1992) used to work with his son Rudolf (1955). After the revolution in 1990 both together established the company TRUFA - Zakázkové truhlařství Farský, which means in translation: "Made-To-Order Joiner`s Farsky" and began with private enterprise.In today`s time Trufa is led by Rudolf Farský (1955). Since 2002 the youngest Rudolf (1983) has actively joined in work. Now Trufa devotes all joiner`s activities as 100 years ago. But information about the offer of our products is on other pages of this presentation.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3579
__label__wiki	0.760003	0.760003	New World Order News- 3rd Week of April 2010 Somali pirates move hostage Britons Militants from Somalia's al-Qaida-linked insurgent group have moved into the northern region where Somali pirates operate, forcing the gang that is holding a kidnapped British couple to flee, a self-proclaimed pirate chieftain and residents said. Paul and Rachel Chandler were bundled into a car early on Monday after militants neared the town of Haradhere, said Maslah Yare, who leads the pirate gang that is holding the Chandlers............ SNP raises funds for TV debate challenge against BBC (Reuters) - The Scottish National Party (SNP) said on Monday it had raised the 50,000 pounds needed to launch a legal challenge against the BBC over its exclusion from the live televised leaders' debates. Eco-terrorists 'plot to blow up IBM headquarters' thwarted in routine traffic stop A routine traffic-stop in Switzerland has allegedly thwarted eco-terrorists from blowing up the site of the £55million nano-technology HQ of IBM in Europe. The three members – two men and a woman – of the Italian terrorist group Il Silvestre were stopped just a few miles from their target with their explosive device primed and ready to go. Italians Costantino Ragusa and Silvia Guerini, together with Italian-Swiss Luca Bernasconi, were arrested and jailed after a search of their vehicle revealed the bomb. Get Ready: Here's Everything You Need To Know About Tomorrow's HUGE Goldman Hearings Tomorrow, the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee On Investigations will convene in Washington to discuss a year-and-a-half long investigation into the causes and consequences of the financial crisis. Goldman Sachs will be used as a "case study" and the Senators will ask the firm how investment banks brought the modern economy to its knees. 1.1 Million Illegal Immigrants Have Invaded Britain, New Report Reveals A new study by think tank MigrationwatchUK has revealed that there are in excess of 1.1 million illegal immigrants in Britain and that the figure could easily be as high as 2.2 million or more. According to the report, titled “The Illegal Migrant Population in the UK,” previous estimates of illegal immigrants have seriously underestimated the scale of illegal entry and those who overstay their visas. “A more plausible estimate for illegal immigrants in the UK would be 1.1 million. If they were granted an amnesty their relatives and dependants would have the right to enter Britain, approximately doubling the numbers concerned,” the report said. America's Impending Master Class Dictatorship Thanks to the endless barrage of feel-good propaganda that daily assaults the American mind, best epitomized a few months ago by the “green shoots,” everything’s-coming-up-roses propaganda touted by Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke, the citizens have no idea how disastrous the country’s fiscal, monetary and economic problems truly are. Nor do they perceive the rapidly increasing risk of a totalitarian nightmare descending upon the American Republic. One stark and sobering way to frame the crisis is this: if the United States government were to nationalize (in other words, steal) every penny of private wealth accumulated by America’s citizens since the nation’s founding 235 years ago, the government would remain totally bankrupt. Health trusts plan thousands of job cuts by stealth, nurses warn Health trusts are planning to cut thousands of staff "by stealth" to deliver £20bn of "NHS efficiencies", according to a survey by the Royal College of Nursing. Labour reacted by promising that there would be more jobs in the health service at the end of the next Brown administration if it wins the election. The move comes as Gordon Brown addresses the RCN's four-day annual conference today. More than 4,000 nurses have gathered in Bournemouth for the event, which is expected to be dominated by NHS finances. The nurses' union has been riled by a warning from Sir David Nicholson, the chief executive of the health service, that up to £20bn of savings will have to be found by 2014. Labour withdraws 'sick’ David Cameron poster On the night of the televised foreign affairs debate, Labour published as the main image on its official website a photomontage of the Tory leader pushing a wheelchair in which William Hague was seated. Their faces were pasted on the bodies of two characters from the popular BBC comedy series Little Britain. “They’ll turn Great Britain into Little Britain,” says the caption. “Under the Tories, Britain would have less influence on the world stage.” Mandrake understands that party officials removed the image from the website after they received complaints about its tastelessness. The Imminent Crash Of The Oil Supply The supply of the world's most essential energy source is going off a cliff. Not in the distant future, but in a year and a half. Production of all liquid fuels, including oil, will drop within 20 years to half what it is today. And the difference needs to be made up with "unidentified projects," which one of the world's leading petroleum geologists says is just a "euphemism for rank shortage," and the world's foremost oil industry banker says is "faith based." Europe human rights body calls on Britain to introduce total ban on smacking Britain is being pressured by the Council of Europe to introduce a total ban on smacking children. The UK is one of the few countries in the world not to have completely banned smacking, the Council of Europe has said. It blamed the delay on a traditional British parent-child relationship based on 'authority', and on British resistance to the state meddling in family affairs. Now the human rights body is turning up the heat with a demand for a complete ban on all smacking and corporal punishment of children Greek meltdown in danger of spreading GERMANY, France and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) must act quickly to bail out Greece to prevent a slide in confidence in financial markets, Alistair Darling said yesterday. “It’s absolutely imperative that the IMF, the euro group and Greece sort this out,” said the chancellor, attending the spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington. UK News Weekly Video. Here's the first attempt at the weekly news video. A bit of a rush job but you'll get the idea I'll do a proper one at the end of the week. It only takes an hour and I spent most of the time trying to find a suitably haunting audio accompaniment and eventually settled on Barber's Di Aggio for Strings as it's copyright free.( anyone know of a better tune?) I'm going to do 2 a week -one will be a UK news video(can anyone think of better title than the bland one I came up with?) and a weekly 'New World Order News' video which will deal with global news. I'm hoping that people that view the video will check out this site, which will hopefully be a gateway to the excellent sites run by my esteemed friends in the blogroll. That's the (new) plan anyway. ukws And Now for my next Trick Blogs changed again-alas. It's for specific reasons. I've given up on trying to create a uk news website as there isn't enough interest, never mind. So instead I'm going to start making a weekly uk news video for youtube, which will be a montage/collection of the important headlines of the week and I'm going to embed the blogs site address on it. Hence the blogs changes. It need's to be more visually interesting and the blogroll needs to be more interesting too. Postings are going to change also- I'm going to put the headline in the headline box so they show up on a google search and include a picture too(like this one). I'm also starting to contribute on the DotConnectors blog and it will mean I can simply copy over the entire html entry for each post, this will mean there will be fewer posts as I'm going to go for quality over quantity. The site will still be UK orientated and the general theme and type of posts won't change. Everybody and anybody are still welcome to post on the site. Posted by The Network at 14:06 11 comments Toddler flu vaccine death to be investigated The Queensland Coroner plans to investigate the death of a two year-old-girl who died earlier this month, after receiving the flu vaccine. On Friday the Australia's chief medical officer Professor Jim Bishop issued a nationwide ban on flu shots for children under five. His announcement came came after more than 20 children suffered severe side effects from the vaccine in Western Australia. Do you know where your internet freedom is? Here's a sobering repost from Above Top Secret that I fully endorse and wholeheartedly agree with. The question is, what do we do now. Greek domino topples; Rest of the “PIIGS” next! In the bond market, it’s been anything BUT quiet. In fact, the first major sovereign debt domino toppled this past week — in Greece. The Mediterranean nation is buried under a massive load of debts and deficits, and the numbers are shocking Nurses 'to bear the brunt of NHS cuts' as thousands face the sack after the election Thousands of doctors and nurses face the sack after the election under devastating cuts being planned by NHS bureaucrats, according to two studies. Despite repeated promises from Labour ministers to safeguard patient care, front-line staff look set to bear the brunt of a Whitehall diktat that the NHS slash its budgets by billions of pounds Kevin Rudd’s e-Health bill paves the way for PositiveID human implantable RFID microchips From July 1st every single Australian will be branded with a unique, 1.16 digit identification number courtesy of Medicare Australia in accordance with Kevin Rudd’s new e-health revolution. Maastricht madhouse fuels EMU-wide contagion from Greece If the chief purpose behind the EU-IMF bail-out for Greece – or for banks exposed to Greece – is to prevent a "full-blown and contagious sovereign debt crisis", the market verdict must be a sobering surprise Failed German Bond Auction: An Evil Portent? WHAT IF THEY GAVE a bond auction and nobody came? That is the ultimate doomsday scenario with the unprecedented fiscal deficits around the world -- that governments' credit lines could run out and they couldn't raise the cash they needed in the bond markets. At that point, after bailing out banks that had faced the same dilemma, who's there to bail out the governments? Is the Bank Tax a Major Step Toward World Government? Finance ministers and central bank governors are in Washington D.C. this weekend for a G-20 meeting, in preparation for the G-20 Summit to held in November in South Korea. We've got to find £100bn in cuts or tax - give thanks we're not in the euro The third and final debate between the party leaders this Thursday focuses on the economy. On the latest evidence, how do things stack up? Last week's GDP figures were undoubtedly a disappointment. The reported increase of 0.2pc in the first quarter was only half what the market expected and it was well below the increase of 0.4pc recorded in the previous quarter. The economy is struggling Labour's 'secret weapon' Blair makes £350,000 for four hours' work (to top up his £25m fortune) Nice work if you can get it: Former PM Tony Blair was paid £350,000 for two short speeches in Asia Tony Blair had just romped through a feelgood lecture to 3,000 would-be millionaires in a vast convention centre near Kuala Lumpur (sample sound-bite: 'Power is shifting east! You guys are at the cutting edge of things here in Malaysia!'). More than 7,000 parents hit by truancy convictions as courts punish soaring levels of school absenteeism More than 7,000 parents a year are being convicted over their children’s truancy, figures show. Future Police: Meet the UK's Armed Robot Drones Police forces all over the UK will soon be able to draw on unmanned aircraft from a national fleet, according to Home Office plans. Last month it was revealed that modified military aircraft drones will carry out surveillance on everyone from protesters and antisocial motorists to fly-tippers, and will be in place in time for the 2012 Olympics. Surveillance is only the start, however. Military drones quickly moved from reconnaissance to strike, and if the British police follow suit, their drones could be armed – but with non-lethal weapons rather than Hellfire missiles. FURY OVER 1M ILLEGAL MIGRANTS MORE than a million people have breached Britain’s chaotic border controls and are living here illegally, according to a shocking study. Iran slams silence on US nuke threat Iranian Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani has condemned international human rights groups for remaining tight-lipped on the recent nuclear threat made by the US against the Islamic Republic of Iran ‘LABOUR IS PLANNING TO HIT FAMILY HOMES WITH BIN TAX LABOUR is planning to hit families with a pay-as-you-throw “bin tax” while cutting refuse collections to just one a month, Government documents reveal. Millions of householders already suffer fortnightly collections as half the councils in England have cut their services. They also face fines of up to £70 for leaving sacks beside bins, putting out refuse too early or in the wrong place, or leaving bin lids open a fraction Vatican threatens to axe Pope's visit to Britain Fury at SNP leader Alex Salmond's Lockerbie 'gaffe' in TV debate How 'viral tricks' can fool the body's immune system and trigger cancer Glasgow in new 'jobs for boys' row Clothing deal sparks new call for probe into quango Labels: Scotland SNP raises funds for TV debate challenge against B... Eco-terrorists 'plot to blow up IBM headquarters' ... Get Ready: Here's Everything You Need To Know Abou... 1.1 Million Illegal Immigrants Have Invaded Britai... Health trusts plan thousands of job cuts by stealt... Europe human rights body calls on Britain to intro... Toddler flu vaccine death to be investigated The Q... Failed German Bond Auction: An Evil Portent? WHAT... Vatican threatens to axe Pope's visit to Britain F...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3587
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__label__cc	0.679595	0.320405	Improved conditions for performers? Here comes another initiative ... A press release issued by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) today sounds mildly encouraging for those unrecognised labourers who strut and fret their hour upon the stage and who were formerly heard no more, till mechanical reproduction and cinematography were invented, that is: actors and musicians. The press release goes as follows: "WIPO Partners with Actors and Musicians to Boost Performers’ Rights The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) signed on September 23 an agreement with the International Federation of Musicians (FIM) and the International Federation of Actors (FIA) [if it's FIM and FIA, not IFM and IFA, you can be sure the civil lawyers of continental Europe have been busy ...] to support efforts to improve recognition of the significant contributions [The Department of Ambiguity asks whether 'significant' limits the totality of contributions, or suggests that they are significant by virtue of the fact they are contributions] made by actors and musicians around the world [and not elsewhere?]. The agreement, signed by WIPO Director General Francis Gurry, FIA President Agnete G. Haaland and FIM President John Smith, seeks, in particular, to help improve the status of performers in developing countries. The agreement highlights the connection between IP and labor ["IP is a legal weapon with a worker at both ends of it"] and the special concerns of cultural workers from the viewpoint of development and cultural diversity [does this mean anything to anyone other than the person who wrote it?]. It provides for the organization of joint activities to strengthen performers’ networks and improve their economic and legal status [well, that can't be bad], as well as for raising awareness of the need to support performers. Actors and musicians are an essential element in the development of the creative potential of all economies, particularly in developing countries [Cf doctors, accountants, lawyers, night-club bouncers, career politicians and diplomats? Depends what you mean by 'essential']. It is further anticipated that the agreement will help to galvanize support for the protection of performers at international level [galvanize, initially, is to provide a superficial external surface to cover the substance that lies beneath ...]. Treaty negotiations on the protection of audiovisual performances were deadlocked in December 2000 because of a lack of agreement on the issue of transfer of rights from the performer to the producer [Some would churlishly argue that it is the producer who is "an essential element in the development of the creative potential of all economies", but this is not the place to raise this issue]. Since that time, WIPO has undertaken extensive international consultations to develop information materials on outstanding differences and to improve the flow of information and understanding of the situation of performers [It's good that information materials are being gathered: it's a tedious task but, in the long run, decisions based on fact are likely to be sound than those based on fashionable sentiment, political preference or economic dogma]. Recent consultations among Member States, held in Geneva, allowed for an open debate on this issue, which remains under consideration of the WIPO General Assembly. FIA and FIM gather, respectively, unions of musicians and actors from all regions in the world. Together they represent hundreds of thousands of professional performers working both in the sound and audiovisual industry [They do indeed, and their task is hard. As much as they toil to better the plight of their members, technology persists in evolving in ways that make it easy to lose any gains they achieve in policy or legal terms]". Labels: Actors and musicians, Performers, WIPO 11 Outlawed Victoria's new station in life Latest Copyright World GBS: c'est la guerre File-sharing: it's the economy, stupid. Improved conditions for performers? Here comes ano... Watching sports is "socially important", rules jud... Project Canvas: everything but the movies USA pulls punches in Google Book statement Hadopi Part II - the return of three strikes ... Veoh victory a blow to Viacom action? What does (non)commercial mean? Some practical dat... Animals as performers and composers: time for a ne... MyFreeCopyright Google – what does the writing on the wall say? VPL lose key Copyright Tribunal case Shooting the Guardian? The Talent Breaks Ranks and Fights for the Audienc... PRS and You Tube Kiss and Make Up Jürgen Schadeberg: Apartheid negatives ACS launch multiple claims against file-sharers When the rabbis dance ... Monday in Brussels : The Pirate Party and Google c... Google Book Settlement extended objections/amicus ... Korea: copyright against censorship	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3596
__label__cc	0.590014	0.409986	She's lucky she's not in jail. She has no business in a classroom. TAMPA - A former dance teacher who fled an accident that killed two children and injured two others is giving up her fight to continue teaching in Florida. Jennifer Porter is relinquishing her state certification voluntarily. Her attorney says she wants to focus on her private dance studio, instead of going through with a hearing next week in Tampa before the state's Education Practices Commission.Porter resigned from her job as a dance teacher at a Tampa elementary school after the March 2004 accident. She sped away from the scene and did not come forward for several days. The fact that Porter, who is white, avoided jail time for a hit-and-run accident that killed two black boys triggered cries of racial injustice. The site of this accident is less than a mile from where I live. The community center and its basketball courts are on one side of 22nd street and these kids were crossing the street when they were hit. This wench hit these kids (background here) then took off and it wasn't until someone noticed damage to her car a few days later that she was busted. She hired Barry Cohen, a defense attorney who owns the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office like Tim Wakefield owns the Rays. Back to the classroom? She should be thanking Jesus she's not in the Graybar Hotel. Poor Spider. He has to live in the same area code as the mighty Trop - land of the skill-free and home of the Rays. Sports Guy has the scoop. filed under: baseball O Queen, blog forever! Sad to say, your hosts are somewhat backwards when it comes to the tech end of blogging. It's probably why we use a free service such as Blogger, with its very simple tools for layout and editing. (Just added - a new video upload feature to embed clips.) Contrast with James Lileks, whose site is (appropriately) a smorgasbord of multimedia content: scans, stills, video, sound clips - pretty much all of it the work of his two hands. It's clear we're still in the stalls while others are whipping merrily around the track. That's why I had no idea that it was relatively simple to blog for pay. SarahK has been doing it for a few months now, and had she never chosen to mention it, who could tell? There's an occasional link at the bottom of certain of her posts, that's all - an opportunity for her to earn a little walking-around money while the folks on the other end of that link get a steady stream of visitors, making it an attractive site for advertising and services. (Seriously - I'm a dolt. They were calling it the "information superhighway" for so long I forgot how simple it would be to stick billboards everywhere.) Sarah does, however, make it clear that she does some of her blogging for pay. I think it rules. I'm glad this squabble died down by the time I saw it (since I lurk at CTG from time to time and hate to see any of my invisible friends at odds). I vote that the Queen of the Infidels continues to cook up that yummy Internet goodness. (Gluten free, of course.) If other people subsidize the fun, so much the better. (BTW - see the comments on the original post. Bless you all, I'd forgotten what it looked like to see people resolve differences maturely. No joke - my heart is smiling.) filed under: blogworld Michael Vick & Chuck Colson... ...have something in common. While this process has unfolded, Vick has found religion. "... through this situation I found Jesus," Vick said, "and asked him for forgiveness and turned my life over to God." Carpenter, a former safety who played with Vick at Virginia Tech and with the Falcons, confirmed he has accepted religion. "God speaks to us in a lot of different ways," Carpenter said. "Like I told him, this situation is not about dogs with you. It's about cleaning your house up. "He's had to clean his house up. God is telling [Vick] to get some folk from around you. Clean your mess up and come to him. As we go to God, we have to be broken. "Michael Vick is broken right now, and he's able to receive the message that God has given him right now." This may all be Bravo Sierra for the judge, but it would not be the first time that someone, as the country singer George Strait would say, found Jesus on the jailhouse floor. Thirty five years ago, when the Watergate special prosecutor was closing in on him, Nixon's White House counsel Chuck Colson saw himself losing everything. And like some in the press today may think of Vick, there was the opinion that Chuck's new faith was a stunt to try and get a favor from the judge who sent him up the river. For some of us, to get our attention Jesus has to take away everything you have until all that's left is Him. Don't get me wrong. Vick has pled guilty to some serious crimes and needs to go to the Graybar Hotel. But if Vick has really embraced Christ, then his life, even one in prison, is not ruined. That's why it's called the Good News. Another Log Cabin Republican or Brokeback Bathroom: U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, an Idaho Republican, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in Minnesota this month after being arrested by a plainclothes police officer investigating complaints of lewd conduct in a men's restroom at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. File this under too much information: Craig was arrested at the airport on June 11, according to Roll Call, a Capitol Hill newspaper. According to police reports, Craig kept watching the undercover police officer through a crack in the bathroom stall, Roll Call reported. Craig then entered the next-door stall and placed his luggage against the opening under the stall door. "My experience has shown that individuals engaging in lewd conduct use their bags to block the view from the front of their stall," said the officer, Sgt. Dave Karsnia. The report continued: "At 1216 hours, Craig tapped his right foot. I recognized this as a signal used by persons wishing to engage in lewd conduct. Craig tapped his toes several times and moves his foot closer to my foot. ... The presence of others did not seem to deter Craig as he moved his right foot so that it touched the side of my left foot which was within my stall area." The report said that Craig swiped his hand beneath the stall divider several times and that Karsnia showed his police identification under the stall. Memo to self: while listening to headphones in the stall don't tap my foot to the beat. Also, can you imagine being the police officer assigned to this beat? What do you tell the wife when she asks, "So honey, how was your day?" I love the Drudge Report! Busy bug Just cleared: 627 loads of laundry On the docket: wedding album photo selection Labor Day festivities at one of the groomsmen's home pre-Labor Day festivities at the in-laws some dog-sitting shocks and brakes on the Discount Chariot 627 thank-you notes Regular business (not in this order): My actual job Getting the apartment in order "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt" by Edmund Morris (which is slated to become a film starring Leo DiCaprio as TR - I think I threw up in my mouth a little) "The Everlasting Man" by GK Chesteron losing hockey games Two cheers for regular life - even though it means the occasional dry spell in posting. In order to deal with it, I'm actually writing more elsewhere - resuming a diary (which never goes well for me, but it's the right thing to do right now), and hammering at the wretched MOUS. I'm also still reading most everyone. Like Gandalf, expect me when you see me; only without all the wizardry and "You Shall Not Pass!" and stuff. (NOTE - The TR book is 920 pages including the end notes. This has shoved "The Jesus I Never Knew" back to the back burner; sorry Tracey. I promise I'll get to Disco Stu's book!) CPO Randy CPO RULES A Chief Petty Officer shall not drink, BUT if a Chief Petty Officer should drink, he shall not get drunk. BUT If he should get drunk, he should not stagger. BUT If he should stagger, he should not fall down. BUT If he should fall down, he should fall on his left side. WHY? To hide his rating badge so people will think he is an officer. I got a call from my baby brother Randy yesterday and he gave me the good news that he had made Chief Petty Officer in the US Navy Reserves. This is a big deal in the Navy; When Big Brother Henry made Chief he went through an initiation not unlike rushing a frat, and the pinning ceremony is quite an event. (Soon to be) Chief Randy served in Iraq most of 2005 as a SeaBee. His son, my nephew served in Iraq this year in the Regular Army until he drove over an IED (Randy tells me that he had an accident and I'm saying an accident is when you hit a car in the Wal-Mart parking lot). The kid is doing fine - got his bell rung pretty badly but will fully recover. 20 years in the Air Force and New Jersey and Florida Air National Guard and all I did was drink beer on three continents. Teh "teh" Tracey needs to know... why "teh"? Why not just "the"? Why is "the" teh suq? Well now, there are probably a few explanations, all with varying amounts of truth in them. My thought was always that it was a faux-cool thing to do; the kind of thing you type on the Interwebs to show that you were a with-it, happening sort. (i.e. - "Interwebs" instead of "web" or "internet.") And this can get you into deep waters, mentally. For example, is it showing off? Is it because it's genuinely fun? Is it to gain acceptance with the much cooler kids who started it - who hung out on their own, intentionally becoming unpopular to be noticed (and thus popular again); the kids who only wore black and all piled into the oldest junior's land yacht to eat lunch at Roy Rogers and who said "coin of the realm" whenever they needed to pay for anything; the kids who watched Captain Kangaroo for no other reason than to publicly discuss it in post-ironic tones of dismissal. (Naturally, they would change expressions to re-isolate themselves the moment a certain number of outsiders picked up their trend-setting lingo.) And on top of that are the personal expressions that others may adopt as their own version of "teh." My own pet expressions include such things as - frolic through the catnip nitwittery we're golden There are others I use all the time that I don't even notice unless the Ladybug says something. (There are a couple of more that the Ladybug uses that I have fallen into using as well.) So, to kind of answer Tracey's question... "teh" is, for me, a fun intentional misspelling meant to give me the flimsy veneer of hip I require as a blogger of today. One-third or so of that means intentionally mocking myself by using it. And maybe 2% of it is, in my case, a reminder of a kid I knew. This kid's name started with T. He was a beginner chessplayer, and we were mean little gits towards him. Whenever he did something outrageously bad in a game, one of us would dock him a letter, as if his name were a Scrabble rack. Soon, he was just T-. And then he was gone. Now, I can mock the intentionally uncool kids all I like, but they at least have this excuse - they are usually defending themselves from jackasses like me, embracing their isolation rather than having it imposed on them. In this case, I joined in when I was old enough to know better - having started out quite like T-, like the other uncool kids: mocked for nerdish chess bookism, for loud high-pitched sci-fi enthusiasms, for being to the youngest and smallest kid in my grade (put in a freshman gym class my sophomore year because everyone was terrified I'd get hurt). I dodged the one trap, but got older and forgot all about it - and fell headlong into the other trap. T- is pronounced "tuh." "Teh" is pronounced like "eh" with a "tuh" at the front. In other words, we demoted that poor kid lower than a stupid Internet joke, erased his name, chewed him up and spat him out every damn Thursday. Deep waters, indeed. I hope he was pulled to shore by someone much kinder than we were. filed under: blogworld, culture, writing Bill Clinton won't be moving to Iran soon Neither will Rudy G or Newt. His face covered by a balaclava, an official brandishing a cane repeatedly lashes the back of a man found guilty of breaking Iran's morality laws. Two police officers hold the legs of 25-year-old Saeed Ghanbari and another his arms to ensure there is no escape from the punishment of 80 lashes handed down by a religious court. Traffic was brought to a halt in Qazvin, 90 miles west of the capital Tehran, as more than 1,000 men gathered behind barricades to watch the public flogging. Check out the pix. It appears that the writer is speculating on the specific offense, but usually it's adultery (in this country your wife gives you the 80 lashes) or consuming adult beverages (isn't a hangover enough punishment?). Saves: Officially Useless Hey, a save is a fine thing in hockey - although even there the save percentage is more important in the aggregate, and the goals-against average trumps all. In baseball? Officially worthless. I wrote this part yesterday: Last night the Yankees were smacked around by the Angels. Garrett Anderson (of all people) had 10 runs batted in, outdoing the Bombers single-battedly. But the worst part of the game was in the small text afterward: the pitching line at the very bottom of the boxscore: Gwyn (S, 1) ... 3 IP, 4 runs on 4 hits and 3 walks, one K This man entered the game with a fourteen run lead. He only finished the game because it was considered out of reach - the absolute opposite of a "saving" situation. After the game, he was sent back to triple-A. The Save is pathetic. So what happens last night? I hold the post for who-knows-why; probably a bit of research that was so obscure I forget now what I even wanted to find out. And I wake up this morning to see that the Texas Rangers hung thirty runs on Baltimore in one game... and heaven help all of us, there it is at the bottom of the boxscore AGAIN: Littleton (S, 1) ... 3 IP, 0 runs, 2 hits and 1 walk, one K This man entered the game with only an eleven run lead - and the Rangers scored ten times in the top of the eighth as a thank-you for his hard work. They then added six more runs in the ninth. He got a save? The Spider and I could have gotten the last nine outs without giving up that lead. Enough with the save, already. I'm sure Wes Littleton is a fine fellow, but he should donate that save to science, so they can figure out what the hell use it is. (The rest of that boxscore, by the way, is astounding. Two guys scored five times each, two guys drove in seven runs each. As a team, Texas hit .509 and raised their season's average five points. The Orioles allowed the first seven hitters in the eighth to reach base. Their relievers came into a 5-3 game with one man on base and allowed him to score, along with 24 friends, in four short innings - an ERA of 54.00. Baltimore required 252 pitches to finish the game - two more than the Cardinals and Marlins combined for their 6-4 game in St. Louis.) filed under: baseball, nitwittery 59 degree high in NYC Tuesday! Are you kidding! I spent all day on the roof of the Red Cross in Tampa on Tues helping to put in an A/C system. Add about 40 degrees to the NYC high. Normally I'm the office guy but on big jobs I'm out doing the jobs Americans just won't do. 97 degrees. 8 million percent humidity. By 6pm I was seeing visions and speaking in tongues. Book tagged (update and bump, 8-21-07 - great add-on questions by CalTechGirl, written in green and answered at the bottom of the post... tip to Mr. Summers) ...by the book lass herself, Sheila O'Malley. (Before I start, I want to say one thing - somehow, it's reassuring to vanish for ten days, get married and go on a honeymoon, and then, upon my return, see that Sheila is still obsessing about Dean Stockwell. In an ever-changing world, some things are timeless!) What are you reading right now? I am finally beginning a book recommended by Tracey many moons ago: "The Jesus I Never Knew" by Philip Yancey. Do you have any idea what you’ll read when you’re done with that? I also have "The Bad Catholic's Guide to Wine, Whiskey, and Song," which I browsed at the bookstore while everyone else was waiting for the Harry Potter. I regaled my extremely patient wife (then fiancee) and our friends with select passages. Hilarious and full of information. I'm looking forward to it. What magazines do you have in your bathroom right now? Right now, we have no subscriptions, having just moved and not bringing anything with. In the meantime, I have a collection of small featurettes from ESPN the Magazine that I've just finished tearing through, called the Answer Guy. What’s the worst thing you were ever forced to read? I kind of snoozed my way through most of a Toni Morrison book in college, so I can't say "forced to read." I didn't miss much considering how well I did on the paper having read nearly nothing. But I usually put "Moo" by Jane Smiley at the front of this list. It wasn't poorly written but it was deadly dull, full of nobody I would ever care about and would dread meeting in real life. It's hard to get into a book with no character at all to identify with. In those cases I at least try to get into the story as a character myself, and sort of fill in between chapters and episodes by interacting with the characters; in this case my avatar wound up in jail for slapping a bunch of people. The last 200 pages were thus torture. (And this wasn't a class assignment at all! Why did I do this to myself?) What’s the one book you always recommend to just about everyone? Oddly, I don't make too many book recommendations, unless someone mentions a book first. Then, if I've read and enjoyed it, I will say so. The most recent book in this category would be Chesterton's "Everlasting Man." Admit it, the librarians at your library know you on a first name basis, don’t they? Maybe during the great Computer Gap of a few years ago, when I was pestering them for Internet time, but I've moved since. I also usually buy books. Is there a book you absolutely love, but for some reason, people never think it sounds interesting, or maybe they read it and don’t like it at all? This happens more often with movies, since I have a taste for oddball stuff like "UHF" and MST3K. But in books, this happens most often with the Bible. People know I read it (though not as much as I ought), but usually have reasons why they don't: 1. they start from Genesis, bog down in the "begats" and "thou shalts", and never get past the Battle of Jericho. 2. they think they know it already - but won't reread it even if they say they liked it. 3. they think it boils down to Jesus simpering around telling kids to be nice to each other. 4. they think it boils down to God smiting this, condemning that, and generally being a cosmic hard-ass. Funny thing is that I don't pry about it - I'm not into launching conversations about Christ out of the blue - but if it comes up, people launch into the explanation as if they owed it to me, when I really try to avoid that impression. (Maybe it's my looks. The other day a woman in the supermarket apologized to me when her daughter and her friends nearly ran into me; I smiled and reassured her there was no harm done, and she felt compelled to volunteer that "They're not all my kids, thank God." Huh?!?) Do you read books while you eat? All the time, at least while alone. While you bathe? And risk getting them WET? (Though, see above - gravy and beer are somehow an exception! I'm stoopit.) While you watch movies or TV? If the show is that bad, I'll turn it off entirely in favor of the book. While you listen to music? Yes. While you’re on the computer? Depends. If I need to look stuff up, yes. While you’re having sex? My wife deserves better than that, wouldn't you say? While you’re driving? No. I try not to risk imminent death for myself and others while driving. When you were little, did other children tease you about your reading habits? Yes, a lot. If it was just books I don't think they would have minded, but I would read anything I could lay hands on - food labels, newspapers, the Pennysaver, circulars and fliers, instruction booklets... plus I played chess. What’s the last thing you stayed up half the night reading because it was so good you couldn’t put it down? Hm. The pedant in me says, "Define good." The book lover in me answers, "Good as in 'I stayed up half the night because I had to know what happened next.' So there." I stayed up half the night reading "The Deathly Hallows," and it was good as well as compelling, as in "I need to find out so I can actually follow half the conversations on the Web this week" and "Next week there will be no time because of the wedding so I have to finish NOW." Before that it was a book about the 1975 baseball season called "The Long Ball." (Recommended for any baseball fan, by the way, especially Red Sox Nation. Lots of Freddie Lynn and Spaceman Lee.) What book have you stayed up all night NOT reading (because it disturbed you in some way)? Has a book ever entered your dreams? Plenty of books have entered my dreams, but even the most disturbing ones haven't ever kept me up at night after I put them down. I loves me my sleep too much. What book/ series would you like to write an ending too? Or rewrite? I'm not strictly talking about fanfic, just this: given the opportunity, which stories would you like to work on? Another one in my wheelhouse. I tinker with EVERYTHING mentally. If I can't understand something or if it frustrated me, I will actually start typing. I wrote a couple dozen pages of Episodes 1-3 from the point of view of an entirely new character in order to untwist some of the cockamamity. I've written Sherlock Holmes into stories. I'm working on a Cowboy Bebop sequel. Sort of makes you wonder how I actually got married, don't it? Best book to movie transition? Haven't finished the book yet but the Green Mile has been doing well for me. Jaws is up there, but would have been higher if Spielberg had just killed off Richard Dreyfuss. (Robert Shaw's monologue about spending four days in the Pacific with sharks picking off the survivors is worth the whole price of admission plus three tubs of popcorn.) Willy Wonka in some ways bettered the book, though Roald Dahl hated it and would never watch it afterward. Personally, I want to be in charge of two book-to-film projects: "A Canticle for Liebowitz" by Walter Miller Jr, and "Pudd'nhead Wilson" by Mark Twain. And as a corollary, what books should NEVER be a movie? In general, books that work through the wonder and imagination of the reader suffer most in the translation. If I can already see it in my head, I don't want to see what you see with my eyes. It probably won't be half as good. I am not loving the Harry Potter films as a result, to say nothing of the metric tons of material they have to cut each time. Do you prefer one-off novels or character-driven series books? What's your favorite book series? I don't really have a favorite, though I was raised on series like Tom Swift, Danny Dunn, and Narnia. Lord of the Rings is the best of them, I think. I also loved the Hitchhiker books - see below - but then see below that. Which book character do you see yourself as most like? How about when you were a kid? I always identified with the kindly, put-upon sorts, like Arthur Dent; or else rogues with good hearts, like Han Solo. Only later, as an acquired taste, did I begin to identify with the heroes of the story - but again, not usually the main character. I could never be Gandalf or Aragorn; I would have loved to be Faramir, however. (And not the movie one, but the real one in the book.) Ever NOT want to finish a book because you were desperately afraid that the author was going to take it somewhere you didn't like? Ever fling a book at the wall because that happened? Not exactly - but the last Hitchhiker book was, indeed, flung at the wall. Douglas Adams was a fine writer, but he should have just left it with his heroes staring at God's Final Message to Creation. There was no use whatsoever in his deciding, hell with it - I'm going to tack on a fifth book and destroy all these characters everyone loved in a nihilistic hissy fit. Pretty much it was a huge middle finger over the shoulder as he went out the door. This book NEVER HAPPENED. That's the official ruling. No tags. But I know there are book lovers out there who will want to participate! Comments are yours - or you can just link back, I want to see your answers! filed under: meme, personal Your source for news Good column today by Mr. Jason Whitlock... but just remember, the Spider was there first! Then again, Whitlock has been writing professionally for over fifteen years, has ESPN and other national credits to his name (print, broadcast, online), and gives you bonus scoop about Ronny Thompson's ill-advised lawsuit against Ball State (Whitlock's alma mater). I guess he can afford to wait two days to let us blurb while he writes a strong article. filed under: sportswriting Lame 1, sportswriting 0 Courtesy of Jay Mohr: The second half of a preseason football game is like watching an episode of MAD TV; a collection of names that no one will remember. In other words, Alex Borstein and Phil Lamarr got dissed on the internet by the guy most recently seen doing the Brown n’ Bubbly ads for Pepsi. This is the funniest thing to happen in all of 2007. Maybe if people didn’t always get Mohr mixed up with the “Goat Boy” guy he wouldn’t be writing his lame column. (Tip to Fremulon's Finest, Mr. Ken Tremendous of FJM.) filed under: blogworld, nitwittery Genius is fleeting; stupidity abides Can't this guy just go away, already? Loser of pants, $54 million lawsuit files appeal Dry cleaner withdrew demand for legal fees but customer still not satisfied Personally, I think this headline is as true as it gets about Roy Pearson. He is a loser. His loserosity exceedeth even that of the Born Loser, the Lonesome Loser, and the entire city of Cleveland combined. WASHINGTON - A judge who lost a $54 million lawsuit against a dry cleaner over a missing pair of pants continues to press his suit. Heh, "press his suit." Even MSNBC is getting into the act. Jin Nam Chung and Soo Chung, the owners of Custom Cleaners, had hoped Pearson would back off the case after withdrawing their demand Monday that he pay their legal fees, their attorney said. Said legal fees are running them approximately $83,000. This makes them saints, or extremely fed-up people just hoping to placate the baby at any cost. Not really surprising, but Pearson remains britchy. I may rename the "nitwittery" category in honor of Judge Pearson. I think "pearsonity" has a ring to it. But the guy is so mean, I may reserve it for real jackasses on patrol. Thoughts? filed under: news, nitwittery Hard Day for Jose I guess the frustration for this former All-Star trying to get back to the majors was too much. Former major league All-Star Jose Offerman was charged with two counts of second-degree assault after hitting an opposing team's pitcher and catcher with his bat during an independent minor league game. Offerman posted $10,000 bond and was due in Bridgeport Superior Court on Aug. 23, court officials said Wednesday. Offerman, playing for the Long Island Ducks in the Atlantic League, homered in the first inning Tuesday night. The next inning, he was hit by a pitch from Bridgeport Bluefish starter Matt Beech and charged the mound with his bat. Catcher John Nathans was hit in the head and sustained a concussion. He tried to keep playing, but left the game with nausea and collapsed in the dugout, team spokesman Nick Razzette said. Beech, a left-hander, sustained a broken middle finger on his right hand. Both players were treated at a hospital and released. Bluefish chief executive officer Mary-Jane Foster said she asked the Atlantic League to suspend Offerman from the league for life. My theory is that there would be fewer batters hit by pitchers if the DH were done away with and pitchers actually had to face the music themselves. filed under: baseball, crime time Sgt. Ron Harrison Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.. ..was killed early this morning. Harrison, a Brandon resident and father of four, was shot just before 1 a.m. as he was driving north from the intersection of Kings Avenue and Lumsden Road. Friday would have been his 21st anniversary with the sheriff's office. Sheriff's officials gave this account of the incident: Harrison was headed east on Lumsden, turning north onto Kings beside at least one other car, when a series of shots rang out, the driver of the other car told investigators. Harrison's unmarked patrol car clipped the witness' vehicle and went out of control, Gee said. The deputy activated his emergency lights, crossed the median and crashed into a tree about a half-mile away. "We believe he was trying to get himself to a hospital," [Hillsborough County Sheriff David] Gee said. "It was the kind of severe wounds that would have [made him] quickly incapacitated." Harrison was taken to Brandon Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The killer's girlfriend called police later this morning when her boyfriend told her he killed a deputy. The sheriff's guys circled the house. A neighbor says in this story that the killer had a death wish. And to make a long story short, the sheriff made his wish come true. Your 15 minutes are over This is a mistake. A big one. A member of the Rutgers women's basketball team sued Don Imus and CBS on Tuesday, claiming the radio personality's sexist and racist comments about the team damaged her reputation. Kia Vaughn filed the lawsuit alleging slander and defamation of character in state Supreme Court in the Bronx the same day Imus settled with CBS Radio in a deal that pre-empts his threatened $120 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against CBS. The settlement allows him to make a comeback bid at a new station. Vaughn's lawsuit, believed to be the first by a player in the case, says Imus and his former co-host Bernard McGuirk, along with CBS Corp. and CBS Radio, are legally responsible for damage done to her character and reputation. There is no dollar amount listed in the suit. Vaughn was humiliated, embarrassed and publicly mocked for the comments, the lawsuit claims. Her attorney, Richard Ancowitz, said: "The full effect of the damage remains to be seen." If I were Imus' lawyer, during discovery I'm asking for her Ipod, her CDs, evidence of concerts she's attended because I'll bet there's not a lot of Sonny and Cher in that collection. The argument being that if Imus humiliated her then what of all this rap Pferdkaese she (allegedly) listens to? Adventures in honeymooning Ah.... New Jersey. Believe it or not - it's good to be back; even though it's back to actual, factual work tomorrow morning... That's not to say that it was a poor week away. Quite the contrary, it was a splendid week in magnificent surroundings: Atlantis, on the aptly-named Paradise Island, Bahamas. Of course, we nearly didn't get there. Our outbound flight was at 8:20 am on Tuesday, which gave us a day to recover from actually getting married, treat our out-of-towners to a Monday morning going-away breakfast, pack like madmen, and take care of dozens of niggling details before winging away. The catch was getting up at oh-dark-thirty (as the Spider would call it) to catch the plane. We got up at more like oh-dark-fifty or so, scrambled to make sure everything was in the trunk (including passports and such), and got to the airport about 75 minutes before the flight was due to depart. We managed - mostly by sprinting everywhere as if chased. We didn't even bother to put our shoes back on at the security checkpoint. I simply dumped all the stuff from the little bucket into an open carry-on and took off after my Ladybug like a Kenyan miler. On the way, the captain came on over the PA for an announcement. Half of our fellow passengers were on their way to a different resort for a destination wedding on Friday. (Hopefully they stayed there for the honeymoon rather than flying off to Nebraska or something.) Once we got there, things went smoothly every step of the way. The first thing you do when arriving at Lyndon Pindling International Airport is march down a long, hot hallway to a T-intersection, and turn right, towards the baggage claim. (The left turn, as we found out, feeds outgoing passengers into the long hot hallway.) Then you wait in a large room with hundreds of other tourists for the customs and immigration folks to check you out. Stand behind the yellow line, wait for the next agent to call, and step up to get your visa stamp and hand in the small, two-sided form. They keep the original and hand you back a carbonless copy, instructing you to take no gainful employment while visiting the Islands and to fill out and hand in the reverse when you depart - and have a fine stay! Returning residents and citizens have a separate line off to the right, and presumably a different procedure, but everyone gets dumped into the same area afterward: baggage claim. The first thing you see in baggage claim is not, however, the carousels, but a guy at a bar stand handing out small samples of the drink of the day. No charge, except for whatever tip you wish to part with. Thus fortified, you swagger into a madhouse of fellow travelers, surrounding four carousels with no hint whatsoever to which of them will spit out your bags. Someone tagged Ladybug on the shoulder and pointed out the nearest of the four. It seemed that every arriving flight was sending its luggage here. Bags slid from the chute and landed on the previous layer, threatening to spill over the side. Nobody seemed to be upset at this. We found our stuff, wormed our way past the throng, and made our way outside. As part of the honeymoon package, there was a car waiting. Thus we were safely on our way across New Providence Island, into Nassau proper, and then over the bridge to Paradise Island. I will post pictures after they're developed. That's right, the one item we left behind in our haste was the digital camera. Remembered the camcorder, however. Hopefully I can figure out a way to get the clips onto the PC and then find a suitable way to host them. (YouTube is out of the question for something like this. Last thing we need are 12-year-old idiots mocking my narrating skills. I'll let you guys do that in comments.) Many thanks again to our guests, and to the Barking Spider for keeping things going here in my absence - but much more, of course, for being in the wedding party. And thank you to the many people patiently following along as this turns into Wedding Month on the blog. I promise more variety, especially as we get into the travelogue bits. filed under: o how happy The Disco Limo I first saw the disco limo when it drove up to the church carrying the bride and her entourage. It looked like a 20 passenger tour bus. That is until I joined the rest of the wedding party after the wedding to be transported to the site where pictures were taken. It had no conventional seats - padded seating went along the walls. There were coolers built into the walls (The one next to me had Diet Coke -the Lord provides) and the back was extra comfy for the guests of honor, the just nuptualized Nightfly and Ladybug. They also had access to the CD player which was playing that disco music you kids listen to nowadays. All this vehicle needed was a mirrored ball hanging from the ceiling. The walls and ceiling had lights and reflective materials. And a sound system that is the envy of any which has blown my ears out while waiting at a red light in an intersection. (It's always the one type of "music" I hear at intersections. No "Hillbilly Deluxe" from Brooks & Dunn. No Nazareth's "Hair of the Dog".) We took the disco limo to the mansion used in the filming of the movie "Annie". (Yes, I sang a bit of the song - couldn't resist.) The pro photogs took some great pictures. I liked the "Cinderella" series of the Ladybug running down the stairs losing the glass slipper - and our Prince - the Fly finding it and her. I know this is a little out of sequence storytelling-wise, but I had to describe the disco limo. Gay Bishops for Obama Our should I say openly gay bishops. The Episcopal Church's first openly gay bishop (let's not forget all those gay bishops still in the closet-Spider) endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for president on Thursday, even though they don't share the same views on issues critical to gays and lesbians. ''Frankly, I don't think there's any major candidate that is where we in the gay community would hope they would be on our issues,'' V. Gene Robinson said in a conference call with reporters. ''That being said, I would say the senator has been enormously supportive of our issues. We appreciate his support for civil unions.'' I know that many of you out there give a lot of weight to political endorsements made by gay bishops, so I thought I’d put that out there. V. Gene Robinson (the V stands for Vicky Imogene, and should not be confused with Vickie Sue Robinson ) had parents who wanted a girl, hence the name. And in a sense, they got one. The Big Day Part 1 (Something That We Do) I remember well the day we wed I can see that picture in my head I still believe the words we said Forever will ring true Love is certain, love is kind Love is yours and love is mine But it isn't something that we find It's something that we do It's holding tight, lettin' go It's flying high and laying low Let your strongest feelings show And your weakness, too It's a little and a lot to ask An endless and a welcome task Love isn't something that we have -Clint Black It’s days like today for which God provides country music. Frank, one of my fellow groomsmen, was gracious enough to board me during my stay in NJ, and since his pad was closest to the church, the groom, the best man and the groomsmen converged there around 11 am for coffee, bagels and to put on our super hero costumes. Studs and cufflinks. I have never accessorized so much in my life. The Air Force dress blues doesn’t have this much bling. We arrived at the church about an hour before liftoff. My task was to look out for the arrival of the Ladybug and her entourage, and to tell the best man so he can hide the groom in a secure, undisclosed location. Cuteness alert: The bridesmaid which I was escorting is a wonderful married lady with four children (three boys, one girl) under the age of seven. The little girl was the flower girl and the three boys were the ring bearers and Bible bearer. The little boys were all tuxed up and getting restless (so was I) but they were able to maintain their military bearing. The disco limo arrived with the bridesmaids, the mother of the bride and mother of the groom and the Ladybug in adorned in a beautiful wedding dress. (I have already described the bridesmaids as Stunning, Beautiful, Radiant, and Gorgeous. Find an adjective higher than that and apply it to the Ladybug in her matrimonial glory.) I shouted to the best man and the groom, “Gentlemen, the balloon is up!” The Fly was then whisked away. My next duty was to escort the mother of the groom to her seat. I first met the Fly’s mom seventeen years ago on the first day of school at good old RU. The young Fly was a new freshman (And when I say “young”, I mean it. It was the day before his seventeenth birthday) and I was the preceptor AKA resident advisor AKA dorm daddy. As a 31-year-old junior, I was probably closer to his mom’s age than to his. The Fly’s mom gave me a solemn charge that day to watch over the young man. More details of this story are here. To be continued…I need to actually do some work. Day 4 (Sat Aug 4) No activity on the wedding front today. I went to Asbury Park. Saw the Stone Pony. Did not see Springsteen. Tomorrow's the big day. Merv Grffin is dead. Big band singer, owner of the casino where my sister worked for 25 years. Create of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! Buddy of Nancy and Ronaldus Magnus. I remember his TV show as a kid. I was facinated with his interview with Muhammed Ali. Merv was practically gushing. I guess this raised suspicion that he was a Log Cabin Republican. Day 3 (Fri Aug 3) Picked up my tux along with the Fly, the Best Man (Fly's brother), the father of the bride and the other groomsmen. It was black with a silver vest and tie. I do not look hidieous in it. I saw the church for the first time tonight. It was built in 1972 (That '70's Church) and looks very modern, no banks of candles of statues of the BVM and other saints, no pews but rows of comfy chairs. No hymnals - paper booklets with the music are given to the worshippers as they come in. Also, no confessional booths. The Fly told me that you and the priest just find a quiet corner and have a conversation. UPDATE (from NF) - I learned later that this was my error, as I've usually had confession in the priest's office (or, yes, in a quiet corner after everyone else had gone). But there IS a traditional confessional booth set up in a room off of the Chapel of Adoration. The Fly also pulled this Biblethumper's leg a little. He showed me a room, and warning me to brace myself, told me that Catholics study the Bible in this room on Tuesday nights. We groomsmen practiced escorting the bridesmaids (I think their names were Beautiful, Radiant, Gorgeous, Stunning) down the aisle. There was no music, so it was hard to find a good pace. I starting singing just loud enough for my bridesmaid (was her name Stunning? Or Gorgeous?) to hear the song "Surrey With a Fringe on Top" from Oklahoma. That got the intended laughs. The rehearsal dinner was at a fine Italian restaurant where the wine and Diet Coke flowed freely. I had a wonderful conversation with the father of the bride (who was celebrating his 40th wedding anniversary to the Ladybug's mom). The bride and groom gave out swag bags to the wedding party. I left full of pasta and Diet Coke. The wedding is Sunday. For a guy who is not getting married (at least not this weekend) I'm having a blast. Day 2 (Thurs Aug 2) There's gotta be a record of you someplace You gotta be on somebody's books The lowdown - a picture of your face Your injured looks The sacred and profane The pleasure and the pain Somewhere your fingerprints remain concrete And it's your face I'm looking for on every street -Dire Straits I took the train to NYC. From Penn Station I took the E line downtown to the WTC. There was nothing special about it; by all appearances from the subway you would assume that the WTC was still there. I got off the subway at the same place I did back in December 2001. Then there was grey dust all over, wooden barricades guarded by New York's Finest, some who were trying to cheer up the clearly shocked and saddened folks who were there. The crater looked like the terrain of a foreign planet covered in a dirty snow. There were many people, many flowers, and the dust. Today, if I didn't know where to go, I would have never found the site. There was much contruction work, but it is still just a hole surrounded by a chainlink fence with only a sign at the gate identifying the site. And the guys selling trinkets along the streets. I felt a little like Jesus at the temple with the moneychangers. New Yorkers were walking by as if it were nothing. There was no place for (is that what I am?) a tourist to take pictures. I took some poor pictures. I was walking the streets of downtown Manhattan wearing a Tampa Bay Devils Rays hat. I got stares. There are millions of you folks. And I only saw five people smoking. In Florida we smoke like freight trains. Then again cigarettes aren't $300 a pack in Tampa. I left my Rays hat on the train back. Tomorrow the groomsmen pick up our tuxes and we have rehearsal @ the church followed by rehearsal dinner. Day 1 (Wed Aug 1) I flew into Newark and took the train to New Brunswick, where I was picked up by the Fly. With less than five days till zero hour the Fly was working overtime, rushing to get a gift for his lovely Ladybug while on the cell with said Ladybug as well as his mother and brother (the best man) who were still in Florida. I'm not clear on the details, but the hotel accommodations for the Fly's family were unacceptable. Someone from the Ladybug's side of the family was checking this place out and witnessed out in the parking lot the oldest form of commerce. The Fly knew that it would not be good for his baby sister and his mother and his grandmother to see whorism this upclose and personal. The manager of this establishment was shocked, SHOCKED! to hear that this kind of activity was going on. (I mean, it wasn't Nebraska Ave in Tampa FL.) Thankfully, the Fly was able to get the deposit back and acquire more family-friendly lodging for his kin. The Fly was a rock as 10 months of stress was starting to take its toll on his soon-to-be bride. As I guy I don't fully understand, but for the bride the wedding is the Super Bowl, the Daytona 500, the World Series and the coronation of a head of state all rolled into one. And that description probably sells it short. Maybe the wedding plans are God's way of testing the couple. If they can make it to the ceremony without strangling each other, then they can do better at toughing it out as married folks. But what do I know? Day 2 tomorrow. There and Back Again Last night I got back from New Jersey, where I saw the marriage of the Fly and the Ladybug. I'll have much more later, but a few notes here. I was one of the groomsmen, and from my vantage point it was a wonderful experience. I wore a tux for the first time in 25 years (The last one was lime green with a ruffled shirt), I danced with stunningly beautiful bridesmaids, I almost lost my kneecaps (more on that later). I also had the great pleasure of meeting Mr. Bingley of the Swilling and the Prussian Tiger . It was the first time I had met folks in their corporeal state that I had interaction with on the web. I even got to practice a little of my poor German with the Tiger. And like Mr. Bingley mentioned - it's difficult to remember real names. While the happy couple are in honeymoonal bliss I am going to valiantly soldier on with posting the blog. I am not done telling tales of the wedding week. It's a shame I don't know how to post pictures. The Fly has chosen wisely; the Ladybug is a wonderful young lady. It's 1:00 am. In 14 hours, I will be a married man. Beforehand, there are certain preparations a guy has to make. My Ladybug is a wonderful lass but it wouldn't be fair to ask her to take me AND my playoff beard. First things first. A man has to have the proper tools for any task. As I went along, I had to consider the proper stopping point. After all, maybe a few whiskers would convey a sense of mystery and dignity. Then I figured that girls really dig the bad boys. However, bad boys don't normally have such lopsided fu manchus. Guess it's better to make a clean break of it. Now, The Stubbly looks fine from a distance, but is less agreeable when dancing, taking 8x10 wedding portraits, etc. At this stage you could use my chin to sand the bannister. I'm going to have to make a second pass. Great, my sideburns are as crooked as that fu manchu. Nobody tells me anything. Well, there you have it. One thing I didn't anticipate was that my nose would stand out so obviously afterward. Maybe it's because I overdid the flash on this last picture, and I've been drained of color. That's OK. You'll have noticed the date in the corner of the pix; I've had time since them to stop bleeding from that scrape on my jawline. This post sat for a while, and since I won't have time for anything else for the next week or so, I pulled it up and changed some of the text. (What else is there to do at 1:00 am the morning of my wedding? I'm too jazzed to sleep right now.) The Spider (not pictured) will be back sooner, however, after having seen me safely hitched and returning home. Until then, thanks for sticking with me for nearly three years; for all the good comments and conversation, and most of all for all of you who've stopped by here or in email (or even posts!) with best wishes for the wedding. It means a lot to both of us. filed under: photos, teh funny There is a good discussion developing in the comments here at Ken and Emily's joint regarding the slow death of adult civility in the face of the cult of self-esteem at any price. Nobody is saying that esteem is a bad thing, but of course it is traditionally defined as giving someone else their due respect, in admiration for their accomplishments or character. It was in every sense something that was earned, and not simply stumbled into. The concept of self-esteem, therefore, seems to me to be intrinsically flawed: even at its best it sets one up as the ultimate judge of one's own worth, and encourages ego about one's own accomplishments. It would take a saint to be able to make such a judgment justly, without pride, and without inflating those accomplishments. At its worst, it sets one up as the only judge - and not just of oneself, but of anyone who would beg to differ with those judgments. As a result we have bullies who feel entitled to think themselves superior, and are perfectly willing to act on those feelings, with force. We have boors who think they're artists simply because they offend people; often they don't bother with the actual effort of being clever when they do it. We have drivers who act as if theirs are the only cars that matter, and slack-jawed insolence in customer service, and a chorus of jabbering, jeering nitwits whose feel that their every scrawling or mal mot should be tacked up for adulation, as if they were still in kindergarten and the world was their parents' refrigerator. Not only does this make the world very unpleasant, it also fails to do what it intends. The price paid for self-esteem at any cost is esteem itself. The mature, healthy alternative is dignity. My church talks a lot about the dignity of the human person, but not because every human person is a fantastic fellow who anyone should be proud to have even glimpsed in passing... Quite the reverse. The dignity of the human person consists in being a human person, fallen like all others, with flaws and struggles and annoying habits that nonetheless do not diminish that dignity. As a result, we are to treat each other with respect, rather than emphasising that others start treating us that way. Since we are not innately wonderful (and may well turn out to be dreadful), we are meant to keep guard over ourselves, and to work on managing and improving our behavior, not to simply give it free rein as a good in itself. We are strongly exhorted - do nothing that would diminish our own dignity. (It is not what goes into a man that makes him unclean, but what comes out.) This is all the opposite of the "esteem yourself" theory, and it leads to a lot more genuine esteem. As Emily points out (I think it's comment #12), the alternative is that slackers are never encouraged to be anything else, and achievers are actually encouraged to be slackers, since it would make the slackers feel bad if the achievers were praised in their hearing. (I've read stories of kids in t-ball told to stop at second after hitting a home run, because it makes the opposing team feel bad. Uhm - HOW? It's not like the kid hit a hanging slider, the ball's just on a tee. How exactly is it preferable to raise an entire generation of kids who can't deal with setbacks or mistakes, or celebrate their accomplishments in a healthy manner?) This is a huge missed opportunity for society at large to become more self-controlled, better-behaved, and more understanding of other people. Simply demanding the understanding first is like putting a cherry in an empty bowl and calling it a sundae. This brings me all the way round to a recent experience in a local mega-mart. Ladybug and I were picking up some small sundries for the upcoming big trip, and we were stuck behind some unpleasant tweeners - I'd say they were 18-21, three girls and a guy. The guy was an obnoxious stooge, no questions asked. He was loud, treated his "friends" like guttersnipes, and seemed to enjoy every instant of the attention. So, sitting there with my arms full of sundries, I had to witness this overgrown gradeschooler, a man in appearance only, perform for the check-out area - biting insults passed off as jokes, crudity for its own sake... he knocked small items off the shelves and kicked them aside, crumpled magazines into balls and stuffed them back into the racks, and vandalized a display rack, while the three giggly ladies enabled him by pretending to be shocked, shocked at his behavior while offering no actual consequence or resistance. "Somebody call security, this man is disruptive!" he shouted. Security was already there, of course - but it was two women, a retiree, and one 5-foot-5 guy eyeing him with contempt. There was little else to be done unless actual police arrived, unless it was someone on line - perhaps someone with a armful of sundries and a mortified fiancee. Well, I wimped the hell out, my friends. And no doubt there were excellent reasons to wimp out, not least of which was the ability to stand at the altar this Sunday with all my ribs intact. But that's just the thing - it wasn't a matter of hauling off and slobberknocking this pathetic creature, even if I were willing and capable. It was a matter of doing what those girls were unable to, and disapproving of his conduct. He would have taken it poorly: in fact, he was spoiling for the chance. But it was all the service he would accept at the time, and it should have been offered, out of kindness if nothing else. It may not have helped him, at least not right away. But as we went to the car with our sundries and watched them peel out in a hideous ghetto-orange Scion (one of the girls was driving), I wasn't really thinking of that jackass. I was thinking of the four mid-teens who were behind us in line. They had been laughing the whole time. It may have meant nothing to the jackass, but it could have mean everything for them to see an adult stand up to an idiot, to see dignity defend itself. Sgt. Ron Harrison Hillsborough County Sheriff's Of...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3600
__label__wiki	0.827654	0.827654	Person Page - 75 Amy Kitty Wentworth Bell1 F, #741, b. 1991 Amy Kitty Wentworth Bell was born in 1991.1 She is the daughter of Michael L. W. Bell and Georgina Patricia Lillingston.1 [S8] BP1999 volume 1, page 12. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S8] Karl III Wilhelm Markgraf von Baden-Durlach1 M, #742, b. 17 January 1679, d. 12 May 1738 Karl III Wilhelm Markgraf von Baden-Durlach was born on 17 January 1679 at Durlach, GermanyG.2 He was the son of Friedrich VII Magnus Markgraf von Baden-Durlach and Auguste Marie Prinzessin von Holstein-Gottorp.1 He married Magdalena Wilhelmina von Württemberg, daughter of Wilhelm Ludwig Herzog von Württemberg and Magdalene Sibylle Landgravine von Hessen-Darmstadt, on 27 June 1697.2 He and Magdalena Wilhelmina von Württemberg were separated in 1715.2 He died on 12 May 1738 at age 59 at Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemburg, Germany.1,2 He succeeded as the Markgraf von Baden-Durlach in 1709.1 Children of Karl III Wilhelm Markgraf von Baden-Durlach and Magdalena Wilhelmina von Württemberg Karl Magnus Erbprinz von Baden-Durlach2 b. 21 Jan 1701, d. 12 Jan 1712 Friedrich Magnus Erbprinz von Baden-Durlach+ b. 7 Oct 1703, d. 26 Mar 1732 Auguste Magdalene von Baden-Durlach2 b. 13 Nov 1706, d. 25 Aug 1709 [S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 143. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World. George Mark Somerset Clowes1 M, #743 George Mark Somerset Clowes is the son of Archibald Somerset Clowes and Cherry Henderson-Scott.1,2 He married Lady Rose Nevill, daughter of Lt.-Col. Sir John Henry Guy Nevill, 5th Marquess of Abergavenny and Mary Patricia Harrison, on 8 March 1990.1 Children of George Mark Somerset Clowes and Lady Rose Nevill Toby Harry Somerset Clowes1 b. 24 Nov 1990 Lucy Elizabeth Clowes1 b. 23 May 1992 [S466] Notices, The Telegraph, London, UK. Hereinafter cited as The Telegraph. Archibald Somerset Clowes1 M, #744, b. circa 1923, d. 31 May 2011 Archibald Somerset Clowes was born circa 1923.2 He married Cherry Henderson-Scott.2 He died on 31 May 2011.2 He lived at Ashlands, Billesdon, Leicestershire, EnglandG.1 He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)2 Children of Archibald Somerset Clowes and Cherry Henderson-Scott George Mark Somerset Clowes+1 Richard Clowes2 Toby Harry Somerset Clowes1 M, #745, b. 24 November 1990 Toby Harry Somerset Clowes was born on 24 November 1990.1 He is the son of George Mark Somerset Clowes and Lady Rose Nevill.1 Dorothea Charlotte Prinzessin von Brandenburg-Ansbach1 F, #746, b. 18 November 1661, d. 15 November 1705 Dorothea Charlotte Prinzessin von Brandenburg-Ansbach was born on 18 November 1661.2 She was the daughter of Albrecht II Markgraf von Brandenburg-Ansbach and Sophie Margaret von Oettingen.1 She married Ernst Ludwig Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt, son of Ludwig VI Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt and Elisabeth Dorothea Prinzessin von Sachsen-Gotha, on 1 December 1687.2 She died on 15 November 1705 at age 43.2 She gained the title of Prinzessin von Brandenburg-Ansbach in 1662. Children of Dorothea Charlotte Prinzessin von Brandenburg-Ansbach and Ernst Ludwig Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt Friederike Charlotte Prinzessin von Hessen-Darmstadt+ Ludwig VIII Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt+1 b. 5 Apr 1691, d. 17 Oct 1768 [S213] Unknown author, "unknown article title," European Royal History Journal: issue XLV, pages 33-37. Lucy Elizabeth Clowes1 F, #747, b. 23 May 1992 Lucy Elizabeth Clowes was born on 23 May 1992.1 She is the daughter of George Mark Somerset Clowes and Lady Rose Nevill.1 Charlotte Christiana Magdalena Johanna Gräfin zu Hanau-Lichtenberg1,2 F, #748, b. 2 May 1700, d. 1 July 1726 Charlotte Christiana Magdalena Johanna Gräfin zu Hanau-Lichtenberg was born on 2 May 1700 at BuchsweilerG. She was the daughter of Johann Reinhard III Fürst zu Hanau-Lichtenberg and Dorothea Friederike Prinzessin von Brandenburg-Ansbach.1 She married Ludwig VIII Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt, son of Ernst Ludwig Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt and Dorothea Charlotte Prinzessin von Brandenburg-Ansbach, on 5 April 1717 at Philippsruhe, GermanyG.2 She died on 1 July 1726 at age 26. Children of Charlotte Christiana Magdalena Johanna Gräfin zu Hanau-Lichtenberg and Ludwig VIII Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt Ludwig IX Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt+2 b. 15 Dec 1719, d. 6 Apr 1790 Georg Wilhelm Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt+2 b. 11 Jul 1722, d. 21 Jun 1782 Carolina Luise von Hessen-Darmstadt+2 b. 11 Jul 1723, d. 8 Apr 1783 Robert II de Stuteville1 Last Edited=9 Apr 2003 Robert II de Stuteville held the office of Sheriff of Northumberland.1 Child of Robert II de Stuteville John de Stuteville+1 Gilbert (II) de Neville1 M, #750, d. before 1169 Gilbert (II) de Neville was the son of Geoffrey (I) de Neville.1 He died before 1169.1 Between 1156 and 1166 he was co-founder (along with his brother, Alan) of Tupholme Abbey or Prior, Lincolnshire.2 Children of Gilbert (II) de Neville Walter de Neville1 d. b 1169 Geoffrey (VI) de Neville+1 b. b 1145, d. b 1193 William de Neville1 b. b 1168 [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume IX, page 492. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3601
__label__wiki	0.718252	0.718252	Presented by Miami-Dade County Department of Transportation & Public Works FROM THE CREATORS OF MIAMI MOTEL STORIES WYNWOOD STORIES Written by Juan C. Sanchez Directed by: Tai Thompson An immersive real-time Theatre experience telling the history of one of Miami’s most iconic neighborhoods From APRIL 16th through MAY 4th The Wynwood Yard 56 NW 29th St. About Wynwood Stories An immersive real-time Theatre experience telling the history of one of Miami’s most iconic neighborhoods Immerse yourself in to the personal stories of the people who lived, worked, and made significant contributions to Wynwood – and her ever-changing landscape. “During our time in Wynwood, we have been fascinated by the rich history and unique characters who impacted the trajectory of this special neighborhood's evolution. Now, during this moment of rapid change, it's the perfect time to reveal, illuminate, and celebrate the pivotal moments that conspired to make Wynwood such an inspiring and complex phenomenon. And who better to tell this story than the most brilliant storytellers in our city Juggerknot Theatre Company. When I first had the honor of experiencing Miami Motel Stories in Little Havana, I was blown away by use of hyper-local immersive theater as a compelling and groundbreaking lens into Miami's vibrant history. Though our time in Wynwood was borrowed, this neighborhood has become deeply beloved by our whole team, and we couldn't be more honored to host this notable cultural experience at The Yard.” Della Heiman Founder of The Wynwood Yard From April16 through May 4th At The Wynwood Yard 56 NW 29th St. Miami, FL Juan C. Sanchez Wynwood Through Time An Immersive theatre experience written by local playwright Juan C. Sanchez and Directed by NYC based immersive theatre director Tai Thompson. Wynwood Stories will uncover several layers and changes of the neighborhood touching upon her many transitions. From 1917 when the neighborhood was first called Wyndwood Park, home to middle-class families who worked at many of the neighborhood’s commercial businesses including Coca-Cola and Merita Bread; to becoming the third largest garment district in the country, home to both retailers and manufacturers. In mid-1950’s, “Little San Juan”, and the arrival of artist-run spaces such as The Bakehouse. The Graffiti and Street art culture, the impact of The Miami riots, to what Wynwood is today… a destination location and home to a diverse mix of bars, restaurants, clubs, retail, art galleries, artist work spaces, performance spaces, and walls of street art. Choose your Wynwood Stories route you can select bus route 2 or 32. Complimentary cocktails provided by Coconut Cartel and Drakes Handcrafted Organic Vodka Unique Stories We are the storytellers Experience the stories behind Wynwood's vibrant history Immerse yourself in the experience Copyright © 2019 Juggerknot Theatre Company.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3604
__label__cc	0.708022	0.291978	<!- text-align zentriert in IE -> <!- margin:auto zentriert in Firefox -> <!- Page Head ###################################-> Reviews and Quotes <!- END Page Head -> <!- Top Navigation ###############################-> Home \| Rates & Bookings \| Contact \| Directions \| Reviews \| FAQ \| Downloads \| Offers <!- END OF Top Navigation -> <!- Stroke under Top Navigation ###################################-> <!- END of Stroke under Top Navigation -> <!- Logo Top Left ###############################-> <!- END of Logo Top Left -> <!- Left Column Navigation ###############################-> Suite 1 - Cinnamon Villa Suite 4 - Cardamon Villa Suite 6 - Safron Villa <!- END of Left Column Navigation -> <!- Full Size PICs (top to down) ##############-> <!- Full Size PIC (Main Picture) ##############-> APA VILLA THALPE FEATURED IN VARIOUS BOOKS Above: 'Living in SriLanka' Photos by James Fennel, text by Turtle Bunbury THAMES & HUDSON, 2006 ISBN 13-978-0-500-51287-6 ISBN 10-0-500-51287-6 www.thamesandhudson.com (Apa Villas on pages 106-111 and 174-181) Above: 'Inside Asia' Photos by Reto Guntli, text by Sunil Sethi Taschen GmbH, 2004 www.taschen.com (Apa Villas on pages 140 to 151) Above: 'Sri Lanka Style' Photos by Dominic Sansoni, text by Channa Daswatte ISBN 13-978-0-79460060-0 ISBN 10-0-7946-0060-3 PERIPLUS EDITIONS, 2006 www.periplus.com COMMENTS FROM OUR GUESTBOOK “Thank you for making our stay so special. We felt like royalty on our early honeymoon: invigorated by the sea, relaxed by the pool and charmed with the yummy food.” 21 November 2005. Sall & Jeff “What an amazing place – calm, tranquil and a complete oasis of relaxation. Delighted to be the first guests to stay her after the Tsunami and grateful for the feeling of welcome that you and your staff gave to us. Our best wishes for the future.” 9 October 2005 Evans “Thank you for so much for everything you have done to make our honeymoon a wonderful experience we will always hold close. Your attention to detail and sense of style. Here’s an abridged list of our favourite moments of the past three days: - Fireflies in the mosquito netting of our bed - - Swimming in your glorious pool at night under the stars - World class dinners – the ginger lemongrass soup is one of the best dishes I have ever had - Cinnamon shampoo an experience in itself - Pond House swing overlooking the lotus garden - Dining with Galle’s high society – an extraordinary case of characters - Countless thoughts of tossing it all and staying permanently - - this is truly a magical place. Thanks again.” 23 September 2005 John & Victoria Stubbs “Quite simple, Apa Villa is a slice of heaven beside the Indian Ocean! Thank you for a perfect stay.” Heley & Guy, London UK. COMMENTS FROM THE INTERNET “Can't say enough about how wonderful APA Villa is! We were planning on only staying for four nights, but had such a wonderful time that we extended our stay for another four. The staff is extremely helpful and kind. The rooms are beautifully furnished and well maintained. The food is the best I've had on vacation anywhere. Don't miss the fresh lobster, crab and jumbo prawns! If you need a place to completely relax - this is it. ...Now we just have to figure out when we can make it back” March 20, 2006 A TripAdvisor Member, London, UK “Arrived at the Apa Villas, Thalpe on 27th October after 6 months of 7 day weeks, completely exhausted and depleted. We left 5 days later renewed, restored and refreshed. Just six suites in a garden facing the ocean . Total peace and harmony. Comfortable and stylish, without being pretentious. Looked after and pampered in every single way possible. Didn't even need to choose the food at night - they find out what you don't like and then come up with a wonderful meal every night with no effort whatsoever. Nicky sees to it that everything is running smoothly and the staff are so sweet and discreet. Being a monsoon sea we didn't dare go in but the pool is outside your terrace and plenty big enough to build up some lengths over a few days. If this is what you need to set you up for doing some sight-seeing on this paradise island, or even help with some re-building down there - Apa Villas is the place for you. Apparently there are times when there are lots of children and times when there are no children, so find out whichever suits you first. Some of the time we had the whole place to ourselves and other times there was very interesting company. Sri Lanka is wonderful and the sooner we all go back the sooner these devastated people will feel that life can be normal again. If you want to donate to re-building, Wherever The Need, a charity in Bath England is getting some great work done and putting people back in houses again down in Matara. I couldn't find a posting on the site for Apa Villas in Thalpe, that's why I've put it on the Illuketia site - perhaps you can set their own site up for them. 20 November 2005, A TripAdvisor Member, Cornwall, England “We stayed in the Appa Villa in Sep 2004 and we cant think of anything bad to say about this place. Its in a great quiet location. The rooms were really nice. Thinking about it of the 4 days we spent in Galle 2 of the days we didn’t leave the hotel at all. There is no TV in the room but there is a library and beach on your doorstep. The food was great, the chef usually came to see us at lunch to ask what we wanted for dinner and we often opted for the fresh seafood. I don’t know about Club Villa but the Appa villa is really nice.” 27 September 2005 Ilan, London. Tripadvisor.com Forum FROM THE WORLDWIDE PRESS “Surrounded by slender coconut palms, Apa Villa Thalpe, 8km from the UNESCO-protected fort city of Galle, on the southwest coast several hours by car from Colombo, features three bungalows – evocatively named Cardamom, Cinnamon and Saffron – and a 12m pool overlooking the sea. That pool is so beautifully sited that it made the cover of high-circulation US-based Conde Nast Traveler magazine in July 2004. Also near Galle, Apa Villa Illuketiya is a plantation-style house with four suites (plus the additional Jasmin and Ginger suites in the petite and lotus-surrounded Pond House) on a vast garden estate planted in the 1880s. The area suffered some damage during the Boxing Day tsunami and owner of the Apa properties, Hans Hoefer, founder of Insight guidebooks, says, "For a week, Illuketiya was turned into a refuge for our guests and 50 more island visitors." Bungalow chic THE BOUTIQUE HOTEL TEST Converted colonial accommodation in Sri Lanka is full of atmosphere and priced to please, writes Susan Kurosawa 03 September 2005, The Australian “Since I have a long way to go, I break journey at Unawatuna to have a quick lunch at Apa Villas, the beach property owned by Hans Hoefer, who till recently, was publisher of Insight Guides. Apa Villas is perfectly placed for those who want to escape the city and yet be close enough to experience the sights of a part of this magical island. Hoefer seems to have got his formula right. The airy beach property looked after by a British couple, is as friendly as a large home can get. The rooms are remniscent of the British era with all comforts, built in a style befitting the tropical life of monsoon rains and incredible sunsets. Fully modernised, each villa is designed to take full advantage of spectacular views across the Indian Ocean that pounds onto the beach.” The Hindu Sunday Magazine, 2003. “The best thing about the villa, however, is its surroundings. Cicadas, birds and silver-haired monkeys have made the adjacent tropical gardens their playground while further afield, spice and rice fields disappear into the distance” - The Independent UK. Quotes from our guestbooks “Thank you all for a wonderful, however, short break at this fantastic villa. The hospitality and delicious food was appreciated. Good luck to you all and keep “blackie” in the comfort he is used to!” -Vivien and Eric Carter Mcrecambe, United Kingdom “Illuketia is an ideal place for artistic inspiration. Thank you Management for a more then perfect weekend.” -Indra, David, Tom and Maya “We had a wonderful time, enjoying the views, the gardens, the food, and the incredibly friendly and helpful staff. And of course the Management’s ever-present helpfulness.” - Jeff Lunitead and Debbie Shaipe Lunstead “I came to chill out and did, that goodness you can’t get toddy in London otherwise life would be one long siesta. I’d recommend this place for anyone of a weird disposition” - Mark Graborski “Paradise: idyllic escape… Illuketia and Apa Villa were both intimate and an out of this world experience. Being a part of nature within a beautiful home is special it feels very personal which is the magic behind the place. From the hearty smiles of the staff, to exquisite cooking, my soul feels rested and refreshed. Thank you Management.” - Hana “We arrived to the sounds of a Farinelli playing, entered a courtyard that takes one’s breath away and spent the next two days taking in every variation of green in the paddy fields and trees around us. The staff spoiled up silly – the food was fantastic. There are many visions of paradise – this marvelous home is the best one.” - Rahul Jacob “We are sad to be leaving this oasis of relaxation after 2 weeks touring Sri Lanka. We Will take home many enriched memories of Apa Villa: the rolling surf of the ocean, the delightful setting and not least the discrete yet excellent service offered by all the staff. Thank you all with every good wish for 2007” - Janet and Derek Boult “To the management and staff of the delightful Apa Villa’s! We couldn’t have asked or dreamt of a more perfect location and atmosphere for our beautiful wedding and following honeymoon! The whole experience was a dream in paradise, with every wish catered for. We now have the most sparkling memories to begin our married life with, and the best excuse in the world to return to Sri Lanka and Apa Villa for future anniversaries! Thank you so much for everything” - Kim and mark Norton (Newly-weds!) “Please can I come again? This time for much longer, to relax in the space, the shade, the lovely people… and the sound of waves at night. Heaven…” - Lisa Geiger “What a fantastic way to finish our Sri Lanka tour. Only shame is that we only had 2 days – next time we will be back for much longer” - Meg, Mimi and Claire “There are not enough stars to do the justice in the name of Apa Villa. This is our paradise on earth and the happy memories will last forever.” - Jemma and Steve Wylie “Many hotels and villas accept children but my little tribe of 4 have been welcomed with such open arms and wide smiles it has made Apa Villa a wonderful family destination” - Paul and Lizzie Hudson “To everyone at Apa Villas, thank you all so much. We have enjoyed our stay here enormously. It is the most wonderful setting, a dream holiday. The staff have been exceptionally attentive, pampering to our every wish, which with eight children in our party is one mean treat!” - David, Dlu, Henrietta, Hugo and Rory Church “Watching the fishermen at the sunset over the sea – a memorable experience.” - Annie and Nick Dosh “To everyone at Apa Villa, Please don’t change anything - it is perfect, a beautiful setting, wonderful food, charming and friendly staff we have been treated like royalty.” - Natasha and Toby Greig We have adored every second of our time in paradise - Anne and Charlie Spear “…A slice of heaven on earth…” - Brad Former “We are very surprised to find such a ‘home’ so far away from home! We didn’t need any excursion of trip to make: everything we need was here, beautiful nature (birds, monkeys, flowers, butterflies, fireflies). Excellent service nice people and very good food!” - Henk and Jacqueline Bosman “This is an unbelievably beautiful place. Enjoying the cooling pool and sea breeze, great for children as well. Thank you so much.” - Rog, Rie and Ryan “Thank you is not enough. We have had the perfect holiday. The beach, food, and nature: a true paradise.” - Ken and Chris <!- END of Full Size PICs -> <!- Text under Thumbnails) ##############->	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3605
__label__cc	0.612016	0.387984	Vintage Aeroplane Writer Random writing mostly related to the history and interpretation of the history of aviation. Sometimes extra to published articles, sometimes responses to other sources. The Measure of the Man - Gary Austin Gary Austin at the Flight Engineer's position on the CAF's B-29 'Fifi'. His good friend, Brad Pilgrim, has since taken these throttles on. 'cusrey'. Yesterday was the second anniversary of the untimely death of Gary Austin. He was a remarkable man who became well known internationally in the warbird world via the WIX forum when he was working for the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) as an engineer. He was, of course, already well known to the many who'd come across him in the US in real life. But those two statements are the least of someone who was clearly a remarkable personality, an inspiration and a gentleman in his dealings on the web. As Taylor Stevenson said on WIX when recording Gary's demise we lost "a true artist in the Warbird Community". Some details are available via this obituary: Gary Austin, 39, of Midland passed away on October 26, 2009 at his home. ...Gary was a well-known, loved and respected war bird aircraft mechanic, pilot and humorous storyteller. He was always ready to be of service to anyone at any time sharing his loved and extensive knowledge and experience in promoting the safety, repair and preservation of all war birds. Gary's war bird career began with his work at Peeler Aviation DeWitt Spain Airport in Memphis, TN. He moved to Breckenridge, TX to work with Nelson Ezell doing war bird restorations at Ezell Aviation in Breckenridge, TX. For the past several years he has worked for the CAF as a aircraft mechanic and B29 FiFi Flight Engineer/Crew Chief with extensive restoration of the B24 Ol' 927 (Diamond Lil). He was known all over the world for his skills in aircraft maintenance and repair. And Gary tells his own story on the EAA's Timeless Voices interview videos here, (obviously made before he passed away). Gary was responsible for one of the most remarkable stories in warbird preservation, when he responded to a question on WIX "What's The Plan For Diamond Lil?" 'Lil' was the CAF's LB-30 / B-24A Liberator, which Gary was in the process of converting back from her freight-hauling configuration to something more appropriate to this rare and historic aircraft. This discussion became one of the longest running threads on WIX, and provided a remarkable insight (available in no other format I'm aware of) into the reality of warbird restoration and operation - and was communicated in a remarkably accessible, positive and friendly way. The net result was that many were able to understand what went into a restoration, and as a direct result of Gary's approach, many were inspired to do everything from making small donations to changing their life's course to take on some of these kind of jobs. Somewhere in between was the inspiration for the donation of the new nose art (by Chad Hill, 'Django' and team) that took 'Diamond Lil' to becoming 'Ol 927' and took a lot of the aircraft's fans along with her in understanding the need and detail of this change; and the fact that this transport Liberator was equipped with a set of guns with funds raised by WIX and other friends. Gary in the middle - in action, in conversation. Walking and taking are as vital for warbird organisations as wrenching - and Gary did all three. via Ryan Short, from the 'Gary Austin in Pictures' thread here. I could write all day about that, and the many other stories that Gary shared on WIX, (posting as 'Retro Aviation - watch out for the 'In Memoriam stickers around) and that went out into the wider warbird community and other, more formal publications, my own among them. But more important to note is that Gary's old time courtesy, good manners and positive attitude made up a remarkable personality that got Gary - among may other things regular credits as 'the best ambassador for the CAF' and, not incidentally, the warbird world. Just as important is the image I have in mind of another piece of bent metal heading to the bin after some tinbashing went awry. One of the best things Gary shared was that even for the best of us, the plan doesn't always go by the recipe, and overcoming the mistakes and hiccups we all face is part of being an achiever, rather than just a talker. Much has been written by others about Gary, and the closest account is by his long-term friend Brad Pilgrim - one of Brad's tributes is here. I never knew Gary, although I corresponded with him, and we shared a couple of online jokes on WIX. However, despite the length of time he has gone, we are still finding evidence of his works and inspiration are out there. Certainly he's not forgotten here. The Writing Wrench What hasn't been said about Gary often enough, I think, is that he was (as well as remarkable warbird mechanic and inspirational role model in that job) a remarkable writer. I get to sub-edit and work on a huge number of aviation articles and books, and it's axiomatic that those aircraft engineers with the best stories to tell are impossible to get those stories out of - and if you can, those stories are a nightmare to knock into shape. But Gary was a complete exception to this. His posts on WIX were remarkably clean and polished, and like many other great artists, you don't notice the real skill was making the very hard look easy. His writing was remarkably clear, grammatically correct and well spelled, and his style, while deliberately not formal in most cases, managed to convey sometimes difficult or emotive concepts in a accessible way that treated his reader as a peer. Frankly, I'd be proud to communicate as well as Gary at times. Sadly, thanks to Photobucket, we have lost most of Gary's images he used to illustrate his stories and posts, but I think that it is a remarkable measure of the man that so many of his stories stand well even without that apparently crucial element. If you want to read some writing that in the warbird environment is, I think, the equal to that of those recognised as 'great writers' (whatever that may be) I commend grabbing a cup of tea, cocktail or preferred light brew, and sitting down to one of the following: Rookie school in a Cassutt. 2007 Reno Air Races...A Rookie's Adventure Flying a Tiger Moth The WIX Light Bulb answer Not essays in the same mould, the massive 'Ol 927' thread is here. Not all Gary's own work by any means even a short read of a few pages gives and insight into his approach and the effect that has on the warbird environment. Gary's endless fund of stories were visual as well as verbal. Here's he's being chased by the Sea Fury, thankfully not 'lost' due to being in Jack Cook's collection. Gary Austin, via Jack Cook. While Gary was the kind of guy who would 'give you the shirt off his back' tragically there was one person he ultimately short-changed; himself. He faced the terrible demon of depression, and in the end it got the better of him. His loss and the manner of it is part of his story (the tribute thread from two years ago is here) but what I hope will be better remembered is his huge contribution to the warbird world, and it is clear that for many, even now (as seen in this thread) his inspiration lives on. Gary in Cassutt 'Maybee's Baby'. Gary Austin, via 'N3Njeff'. The heading is a reference to a comment by 'Locobuster' on WIX here "I have heard it said the measure of a man's greatness is best witnessed in the good influence he had on those around him". I certainly agree. His legacy is one that most of us would be proud to be within acres of. Attempting to write this tribute, something I've been trying to do for two years, shows just how hard it is to try and encompass such a remarkable life - it may be a poor effort I've made, but it is, I think worth the try. Thanks too, to those who candidly shared their thoughts on Gary and kept and shared the pictures seen here and in the linked threads. Gary Austin's view. Thank you Gary, and blue skies. Posted by Vintage Aero Writer at 10:27 PM 3 comments: Links to this post Aviation Journalist Insight You may have wondered what it is like to be an aviation journalist, and interview a well known or respected aircraft engineer or restorer. This video, from Franklin Poole of the Fort Worth Vintage Flying Museum is exactly like the interview experience. He is outlining how they have come up with some rather significant improvements, using a rare but important 1940s invention, for the Wright-Cyclone R1820-97 on their B-17G. Improvements to the R-1820 Wright Cyclone engine (Turbo Encabulator) from Franklin Poole on Vimeo. Having viewed the video, all you need do is write up your understanding of this magnificent achievement in no more than 500 words and by next Tuesday, and be prepared for any corrections sent in by the well-informed readers. And the not well informed ones too. Should you find the material difficult to summarise accurately, further research will lead you to this video, and this web-page. Whatever else you note, remember that side fumbling must be effectively prevented. Posted by Vintage Aero Writer at 6:56 PM No comments: Links to this post Shturmovik! A news item (in Russian) about the return to the air of one of W.W.II's most important aircraft, as well as the most produced - the Ilyushin Il-2: Add another to the 'rare & unique fliers' list. Posted by Vintage Aero Writer at 11:04 AM No comments: Links to this post Battle of Britain film books This is a selection of the main books that relate to the 1969 Battle of Britain film and related cinema and television depictions of the battle. 'Academic': The Battle of Britain on Screen. 'The Few' in British Film and Television Drama. S P Mackenzie. Edinburgh University Press. 2007. 9780748623907. Seven 'essays' one on the film. The Burning Blue. A New History of the Battle of Britain. Ed Paul Addison & Jeremy A Craig. Pimlico. 0712664750. 2000. Five parts, one on film & media, one essay in that on the film. From the Wright Brothers to Top Gun. Aviation, nationalism and popular cinema. Michael Paris.Manchester University Press. 0719040744. 1995. Passing refs and an entry. The contemporary 'making of': Battle of Britain The combined story of Harry Saltzman's production 'Battle of Britain' and the supremely dramatic events of 1940. With 16 pages of full-colour photographs. Leonard Mosley. Pan Books. 330023578. 1969 The modern 'making of': Battle of Britain The Movie. Robert J Rudhall. Ramrod Publications. 0951983296. 2000. (Note I understand there has been a subsequent edition with changes not made by the late Robert Rudhall, and some of these have added errors. However that is secondhand information.) Battle of Britain Film The Photo Album. Robert J Rudhall. Ramrod Publications. 0953853934. 2001. The books by my friend the late Robert Rudhall are particularly treasured; one being signed and dedicated to me, the other with a letter regarding the (very little) help and encouragement I gave Robert when he was writing the books. Vintage Aero Writer James Kightly ('JDK') is a professional writer and journalist covering vintage aviation. For James' professional and contact details see James' home page. For James' aviation writing blog, see Vintage Aeroplane Writer. To contact James by e-mail see Contact! Aeroplane magazine 'Aircrew' References Aircrew follow-up articles MMP Books Aeroplane magazine Flightpath magazine The Warbird Information Exchange (WIX) PlaneTalk forum Warbirdz forum Wings over Cambridge (NZ) Key Publishing Historic Aviation Links, Refs, Fellow Blogs Brian's Duxford Photo Gallery 'The Locator', Aerial Visuals RAF Museum Conservation Blog Travel For Aircraft Warbird Directory XPLANES	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3606
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__label__cc	0.561599	0.438401	Pristina Municipality under investigation The Pristina Municipality officials that were arrested some days ago were not sent in front of the court even this Tuesday. The prosecution warns of having a big file against the Municipality officials suspected of power abuse. The investigations will scrutinize the works on the Prishtevka River, in the Kalabria neighborhood of the Kosovo capital. The police suspects that 900 thousand Euros were transferred at the account of a company that was not contracted for works on this project. Tom Gashi, one of the defense lawyers, says that everything will be clarified this Thursday, when a group of experts will tell if the Municipality has had legal rights to pay the abovementioned company for its works. “As far as I am informed, there are no proofs that indicate a corruption affair. They have paid another company for these works, because there have been suspicions of abuse. This will be verified with the next expertise that will show if this contract has been unique, or if there has been another contract that enables the amendments. If there has been another contract for the amendments, and if this process has been legal, then there is no kind of abuse”, Gashi declares. The six arrested persons will appear in front of the Court this Thursday. Gashi notified that the arrested officials will be out on parole or under any other softer measure. Some days ago, the head of the Pristine Municipality, Isa Mustafa, accused the Kosovo Police of making political blackmails through their Informative Service agents, by sending police forces all the time, with the pretext of looking for economic crimes.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3613
__label__wiki	0.601423	0.601423	Strike in France: Is the problem a miscommunication from the government? Journalist at Le Temps, Richard Werly tries to explain why people who support the French pension reform also do not trust the government to implement it. Subscribe to France 24 now: https://f24.my/YouTubeEN FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24/7 https://f24.my/YTliveEN Visit our website: https://www.france24.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24.English Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/France24_en In the US, the impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump are s Pakistan’s pop culture has seen better days. The combined effects of ‘1917’: Sam Mendes’s breathless WWI film takes us to the trenches Its technical prowess and its haunting tension has seen “1917”� A recent report has found that hacktivist attacks have virtually been elimi Art, counterculture and science fiction inspire men’s fashion for winter 2020 Paris Fashion Week has surpassed its own personal best this season, with so Stop Brexit Rally in London \| LIVE Discussing solutions to take Uber safely after release of scandalous security report	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3616
__label__cc	0.704396	0.295604	Wednesday's Heroes Bru-Hed! Bru’s Reviews Our Commission Policy David Hitchcock Craig Johnson II Brian Level Tony DeZuniga, Artist,/Creator/Nice Guy and the Dark Shadows of Michelangelo Posted byMike Pascale May 14, 2012 November 27, 2013 2 Comments on Tony DeZuniga, Artist,/Creator/Nice Guy and the Dark Shadows of Michelangelo All contents ©2012 Mike Pascale. Visual content ©2012 and trademarked their respective owner(s). Regrettably, “Avengers month” here on “A Picture’s Worth” will have to wait a week so we can pay tribute to yet another artistic great who recently joined his creative brethren in Heaven’s bullpen. I’m talking about the massively skilled, talented and underrated Tony DeZuniga. Tony and his wonderful wife Tina had recently moved back to their home in the Philippines to enjoy semi-retirement. (I say “semi-retirement” because I’ve yet to see an artist stop drawing period just because they stop drawing a paycheck.) This is after moving to southern California in the late aughts to further Tony’s amazing portrait work. Tony and Tina–two great parts of our industry, our hobby and our inspiration. That’s right, portraiture! If you were one of the many fortunate folk who saw Mr. DeZuniga at Comic-Con: San Diego or other shows and took a few minutes to peruse his impressive portfolio, you would have seen some amazing likenesses of real people you’d never seen. After more or less retiring from comics in the late 90s, Tony drew and painted private portraits for some very lucky and well-heeled folks. It’s very hard to find examples of these online, unfortunately, but a few are there for those dedicated enough to search. One of Tony’s graphite portraits. His painted ones are even more impressive. To be honest, I’m not sorry for Tony, who had sadly suffered a stroke and was not the same; we should all have such a full career and bountiful life, full of love and admiration of many, and be at peace when our time comes. My heart and prayers go out to his wonderful family and friends, and fans like me who will no longer be able to enjoy the man’s company or stories or watch him create magic with a pencil, pen or brush. He, like so many of late, has left a massive hole in the fabric of imagination and aesthetics. A typically atypical DeZuniga take on an icon. For more great examples, visit here: http://cosasdenacho.siguealconejoblanco.com/galeria/tony-dezuniga/ Everyone knows Tony was the co-creator of DC’s supernatural Western hero, Jonah Hex. Many know he was the first Penoy (Filipino) artist to work in major US comics, being hired by Joe Orlando in 1971, and paved the way for fellow Filipino fantasists like Nestor Redondo, Alfredo Alcala, Alex Nino and others. But how many know how? He noticed DC was publishing a lot of reprints to save money. The comics biz was going through one of its many down cycles they just didn’t have as much dough to hire professionals to make new comics. So Tony, always proud of his homeland and wanting to help his countrymen, suggested that hiring other Penoy pencillers and inkers would cost the same yet yield wonderful new work. And due to the common work ethic there, they’d be good AND fast. Tony’s most famous creation, Jonah Hex (from the gallery of Jason Sacks); Tony and Tina and unknown gentleman at his character’s movie premier. Every Marvel reader of my generation knows that Mr. DeZ was also one of the top few Conan artists for Marvel, with his unique, realistic take on the classic Robert E. Howard character. That in addition to drawing or inking most of Marvel’s major heroes and books (along with working with some of the legends like Gene Colan, Carmine Infantino and John Buscema). Some remember that he also co-created the Black Orchid, an obscure but visually arresting DC female costumed hero of the 70s. Others know he was the first inker on Marvel’s Spider-Woman, including the version used on a recent US Postal stamp. Top: One of Tony DeZuniga’s amazing Conans. Bottom: A bee-youtiful Black Orchid. (The Michael in the inscription is Mr. Bair, another extraordinary embellisher.) A few know he was originally from Manilla, where he began as a letterer for a popular weekly magazine. Fewer know he finished the Commercial Arts program at the University of Santo Tomas and then studied Industrial Design at the prestigious New York School of Design the year I was born. Upon returning to the Philippines, Tony went into commercial art and advertising (including doing storyboards for BBDO—the same ad agency where I began my ad career out of college and later freelanced as a storyboardist, albeit at an office a few thousand miles away from Tony’s.) But fewer know he went back to New York to study sales motivation before meeting DC editor Joe Orlando, who hired Mr. DeZuniga on the spot after pouring through his portfolio. (So, major thanks to Mr. Orlando, with whom Tony is reunited.) (For more on Tony, check out this nice, recent interview with the man: http://www.optimumwound.com/a-quick-talk-with-comics-legend-tony-dezuniga.htm And of course, his friends and family know how wonderful a person he was, devoted, passionate and generous to a fault. I was fortunate enough to meet Tony more than once and thank him in person for all his wonderful work and imaginative inspiration at a formative time in my life. Though I couldn’t afford an original piece at the time, I’m grateful to have at least walked away with a couple signed comics from that precious childhood era. The man and his work. A double-play of greatness. One last thing that very few may have realized: Tony died on the same day that Michelangelo began work on the ceiling frescoes of the Sistine Chapel, one of the greatest artistic achievements in history. Coincidence? We won’t know till we meet up with both of them. But it makes sense to me. Tony DeZuniga will live forever, not only online and in print through his incredible legacy of published comics, illustration and fantasy creations, but also in the homes and hearts of everyone who owns a piece of his art—and creative soul—and enjoys that personal connection every time they see it. Thanks, Tony. And please give my best to Gene and Adrienne when you see them. Posted byMike Pascale May 14, 2012 November 27, 2013 Posted inA Picture's Worth, Blog, Featured Columns Published by Mike Pascale Mike is a freelance storyboardist, artist, writer, comic book/web comic creator, graphic designer, award-winning senior art director/copywriter, Kubert School alumnus, Spectrum Fantasy Art award-winner, guitarist/songwriter, future novelist and full-time, life-long comics fan, pop culture collector, and book hoarder. His creations include Bru-Hed™ (America’s favorite Blockhead™), The Game Buzz!™ weekly webcomic, Nasti: Monster Hunter™, Mikey Moo-Moo™ and more “™s” waiting to be unleashed from his crazy cranium. View more posts BEER ABBY #37: “Facebook IPO, The Avengers & Monkeying With The Monkees ” BEER ABBY #38: “AVENGERS box-office, Facebook IPO, Goober, Sendak and Onions ” Hello, I am Tony’s granddaughter. I absolutely love what you have wrote about him. Mike Pascale says: Thank you so much, Madison! That means the world to me. 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__label__cc	0.607619	0.392381	A Collection of Odd. A Day Without Footwear I've been too busy wallowing in my own self pity of getting older lately that I haven't noticed other socially needed events. Namely the Day Without Shoes cause on April 5th. Millions of children grow up without shoes and at risk of infection and disease. One Day Without Shoes is the day we take off our shoes to raise awareness of the impact a pair of shoes can have on a child's life. Visit http://www.onedaywithoutshoes.com/ for more info. 54,148 Attending Well then, I'm glad that went the way it went. We can cross a problem off the list. That problem.... is solved! NEXT! I'm pretty sure that for the vast majority of people a day without their Nike's would not be something they would like. No sir, I don't think so. Besides, with the unemployment numbers in the high digits that they are, I'm pretty sure that a lot of people are surviving going bare footed trampling on the face of capitalism as it is. You want to know what a cool thing to do is? Try walking around barefooted on a really cold day. It's really cool. Get it? But seriously, want to raise awareness of the impact of a pair of shoes can have? How about getting kicked in your ass some time. That will tell you how important a pair of shoes is. I do have to wonder if this whole barefoot thing is a suppose to be some sort of health claim/concern. Or is it just an act of relatively harmless counterculture subversion? Oh no, those poor African kids don't have an Iphone?!! How would you like to live a day without your social media outlets and internet access in your finger tips!?!? Posted by Booster Gold / Javier J. at 6:36 PM Whatever Happened To The American Of Tomorrow? Superman Defects So in a rather silly short story in the back of a superman issue, the man of steal has renounced his American citizenship and all the news outlets are running with the story After recently undertaking a journey to walk -- not fly -- across the United States in the "Grounded" storyline and reconnect with the country and everyday Americans, Superman appears to be taking another step that could have major implications for his national identity: in Action Comics #900... ...Superman announces that he is going to give up his U.S. citizenship. Despite very literally being an alien immigrant, Superman has long been seen as a patriotic symbol of "truth, justice, and the American way," from his embrace of traditional American ideals to the iconic red and blue of his costume. What it means to stand for the "American way" is an increasingly complicated thing, however, both in the real world and in superhero comics, whose storylines have increasingly seemed to mirror current events and deal with moral and political complexities rather than simple black and white morality. The key scene takes place in "The Incident," a short story in Action Comics #900 written by David S. Goyer with art by Miguel Sepulveda. In it, Superman consults with the President's national security advisor, who is incensed that Superman appeared in Tehran to non-violently support the protesters demonstrating against the Iranian regime, no doubt an analogue for the recent real-life protests in the Middle East. However, since Superman is viewed as an American icon in the DC Universe as well as our own, the Iranian government has construed his actions as the will of the American President, and indeed, an act of war. Superman replies that it was foolish to think that his actions would not reflect politically on the American government, and that he therefore plans to renounce his American citizenship at the United Nations the next day -- and to continue working as a superhero from a more global than national perspective. From a "realistic" standpoint it makes sense; it would indeed be impossible for a nigh-omnipotent being ideologically aligned with America to intercede against injustice beyond American borders without creating enormous political fallout for the U.S. government. While this wouldn't be this first time a profoundly American comic book icon disassociated himself from his national identity -- remember when Captain America became Nomad? -- this could be a very significant turning point for Superman if its implications carry over into other storylines. Indeed, simply saying that "truth, justice and the American way [is] not enough anymore" is a pretty startling statement from the one man who has always represented those values the most. It doesn't seem that he's abandoning those values, however, only trying to implement them on a larger scale and divorce himself from the political complexities of nationalism. Superman also says that he believes he has been thinking "too small," that the world is "too connected" for him to limit himself with a purely national identity. As an alien born on another planet, after all, he "can't help but see the bigger picture." Do you think the shift to a more global role makes sense for Superman? If he really is going to renounce his U.S. citizenship in order to function as a more international figure, how do you think it will affect the character? Even though I'm a comic reader, I'm self aware in realizing that all superhero comics are basically right-wing wet dreams come true in which they promote the notion that "Crime" can be solved by beating up on poor people and leaving them tied up for the police. I mean, what sort of jury would convict someone off the word of a vigilante? Talk about getting screwed over by the American penal system. So.. um. yeah. I don't really know where I was going with this rant... But this has been a long time coming. If we can get on Obama for being president without proof of his citizenship, how has it taken 70 years for us to question Superman and ask him where his birth certificate is. Where's the birth certificate, man of steel? HUH?! Is superman naturalized? His documents got blown up on Krypton and I don't think that the Kent's ever got him any certs of live birth in Kansas. Have you ever thought about that? It's a bit weird when you consider it. How would he have a social security or anything? Does Superman and Clark Kent have different socials? They couldn't possibly share the same one. And what's with the sudden crisis of conscience? The dude has been a news reporter his whole adult life and yet he has had no qualms in being the news he's reporting on or being the center of attention when it comes to the pieces he would write about. It's all so confusing. What's his deal with taking the fight on a more global level? I mean, just look at any monthly comic book he is in and you'll see him fly into space and instead of answering the call to all the screams and cries of the global south, he'll fly back to Metropolis to stop some black purse snatcher before going into a phone book to change for his date with Lois. Why the fuck is superman meeting the national security adviser in a foggy forest? Shouldn't that be a conversation that should be held in a conference room or at least some place without a creepy vibe to it? On the flip side, Marvel is doing a suicide prevention book using Captain America. Just a reminder, Alien humanoids from a different solar system might have such different biology that our sun gives them super powers, but they will still be white and male. If superman had been raised in anywhere but the US, he would have probably annihilated the United States for its dangerous threats to the survival of the species in the name of imperial domination. And I'm not even going to go into Superman: Red Son. Because while that was a great story, it still has the flaw that socialist utopia is brought down with a simple note with "Why don't you put the whole world in a bottle." Such a terrible flaw to an otherwise good story. But hey, that's just how I roll. When kids fight about if Superman or Batman could win in a fight, I usually bust out the other, bigger and better debate. That is if Green Arrow's socialism is better than the Question's objectivity. Now that's a real tough one. I'm happy that I don't have super powers. If I had x-ray vision I'm pretty sure I would just give up on being a good person and just go crazy invading everyone's privacy. Much like Obama. But the biggest problem with this short story turned into major slow-news-day/alternative to royal wedding news piece is that it's not really sound. Superman, for all intent and purpose, isn't a U.S. citizen. For all the world knows about the man of steal is that he is always superman and has no secret identity. He doesn't live in the U.S. He calls home his Fortress of Solitude in the frozen north. He just seems to hang out in Metropolis a lot because he has the hots for Lois Lane. If DC was going to do a full story on this arc, that would be it. It's not like Clark Kent would be renouncing his citizenship. For the sake of the U.N's concern, Superman would default to the silver age idea that superman is a citizen of ever nation in the U.N. This works because it actually goes along with Superman being a hero to one and all. Posted by Booster Gold / Javier J. at 9:38 AM Yesterday's Supreme Court Ruling Was Brought to You By The Kind Folks At AT&T, Sony, Walmart And The Letters F U While this story may have been buried over the countless headlines on Barry's birth certificates as well as Donald Trump's smug reaction to it. Oh yeah, and if that wasn't enough the stupid Royal Wedding that has no effect on local issues. But yeah, yesterday the supreme court basically bent your consumer rights over and fucked them hard. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court gave corporations a major win Wednesday, ruling in a 5-4 decision that companies can block their disgruntled customers from joining together in a class-action lawsuit. The ruling arose from a California lawsuit involving cellphones, but it will have a nationwide impact. In the past, consumers who bought a product or a service had been free to join a class-action lawsuit if they were dissatisfied or felt they had been cheated. By combining these small claims, they could bring a major lawsuit against a corporation. But in Wednesday's decision, the high court said that under the Federal Arbitration Act companies can force these disgruntled customers to arbitrate their complaints individually, not as part of a group. Consumer-rights advocates said this rule would spell the end for small claims involving products or services. In the case before the court, a Southern California couple complained about a $30 charge involving their purchase of cellphone service from AT&T Mobility. The California courts said they were entitled to join with others in bringing a class-action claim against the cellphone company. But the Supreme Court reversed that decision Wednesday in AT&T Mobility vs. Concepcion. Justice Antonin Scalia said companies may require buyers to sign arbitration agreements, and those agreements may preclude class-action claims. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justices Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. formed the majority. Scalia said companies like arbitration because it is efficient and less costly. "Arbitration is poorly suited to the higher stakes of class litigation," he said. But the dissenters said a practical ban on class action would be unfair to cheated consumers. Justice Stephen G. Breyer said the California courts had insisted on permitting class-action claims, despite arbitration clauses that forbade them. Otherwise, he said, it would allow a company to "insulate" itself "from liability for its own frauds by deliberately cheating large numbers of consumers out of individually small sums of money." Breyer added that a ban on class actions would prevent lawyers from representing clients for small claims. "What rational lawyer would have signed on to represent the Concepcions in litigation for the possibility of fees stemming from a $30.22 claim?" he wrote. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan joined his dissent. The court itself divided along partisan lines. All five Republican appointes formed the majority, and four Democratic appointees dissented. Still pending before the court is a major dispute over class-action suits involving job discrimination. Lawyers for Wal-Mart have asked the justices to throw out a sex-discrimination claim brought on behalf of 1.5 million current and past female employees. I will never lose faith in American innovation in the field of finding a new and exciting way to be truly awful in every possible way imaginable. All I have to say is GOOD! Now the only method of recourse for customers is to unleash countless amounts of violence upon these corporations. What the fuck happened to this once great country? Or has it always carried this smell of awful corruption and I just didn't notice it? I guess it was that. I didn't really realize it with the whole "All men are created equal.... except for you darkies over there. " It's pretty clear that we will never break the corporate stranglehold and when it does break itself, it will break all of us with it. At this point it's not even worth fixing. Let's just run this shit into the mother fucking ground. There's no point complaining that the car is going too fast. We can't simply decelerate a little to catch our breath. No no, we're so close, no time for pussy footing around the issue. We need to slam our foot down on the gas pedal and just keep accelerating this mother fucker till we hit that break wall in all its glory. Take a moment and notice how the picture accompanying the article prominently depicts the "Equal Justice Under Law" slogan on the supreme court building, as a sort of way to just rub it in. So what can you expect to come out of this ruling? Well, you can expect to see yourself screwed over in very small amounts by every company you interact with. Oh, you want to recoup that bogus $4 fee? Guess you'll have to hire an attorney for that.. HA! What the fuck was the supreme court thinking? Gee, I wonder what does the companies like? Let's give that to them then. Case closed! Did Scalia say anything else besides "Companies like arbitration, soooo...." like it explains everything about this situation. Is there any requirement that he pretend anymore? Just wait till you're signing that otherwise vague contract when you're buying a car. Only to later have that gas tank explode on you or your children die because of defective seat belts. Better hope your attorney general brings up criminal charges because otherwise nothing is going to happen cause hey, you signed the contract already. But hey, it's a good thing that product recalls are at an all time low now, right! right? RIGHT?! Fuuc... But hey, maybe this means that corporations will pass on their savings from class-action lawsuits to me, the consumer.... double fuck! I mean, what's the point of a class-action lawsuits if not for precisely these reasons. But nope, gotta do what's best for the companies. Fuck the public. I mean, I guess consumer protection is a fucking joke as it is to begin with, so this isn't like we have much to lose here on the grand scheme of things, but class action lawsuits were one of our last layers of defense against big corporations from completely fucking us over. I do wonder if this includes cases where people are irrevocably harmed by a companies product or practices. Like if the events of PG&E vs Erin Brockovich happened today, would have they just told her to fuck off? Each person now has to hire a lawyer and prove their damages individually. Essentially making it impossible to get anything done. Especially if it goes to aberration, which typically favors the corporations 90% of the time. And if you think they could just all hire the same lawyer and have him argue each case, it's still court fees for each application filed. So hey, it's a win-win for the courts! Though this wont work for the nickle and dime type of class action suits because it makes little sense to pay a lawyer for 15 minutes of work for your $30 claim. I can't wait for them to claim that people can't sue corporations. That you would need to sue individual people on an individual basis. Only you can't because they're a corporation! So the only way to sue a company will be to incorporate yourself. Which brings me to my next point... Who wants to join me and incorporate ourselves? Now companies have no reason NOT to nickle and dime the public. Well, maybe except in the instances where they face public relations consequences. I mean, you could try and look at your bills real closely now, but then again, you probably won't have to check it closely at all. Now when they charge you an extra dollar for some stupid fee, there's nothing you can do about it. So you shouldn't bother checking and just assume it's already happening. You're never going to get any of that money back. So I just suggest you just don't look so you can have some bliss in the ignorance that they're stealing from you. Thanks again, Scotus! Then there's the sad reminder that the most liberal politician America can manage to elect is Dennis Kucinich and he makes Eisenhower look like angels. The worse thing is that it hasn't even been a full day and already you see this rulings handy work in action. Just check out the Uverse from AT&T where the changes are in red. NOTE: YOUR CONTINUED USE OF YOUR U-VERSE SERVICES AFTER 5/1/11 CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF ALL CHANGES IN THE UPDATED TERMS. Ha ha ha ha, oh man, if I didn't laugh, I would probably be crying because of all this. They didn't even waste a second to get on with the ass raping of your wallet. PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY TO ENSURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND EACH PROVISION. THIS AGREEMENT REQUIRES THE USE OF ARBITRATION ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS TO RESOLVE DISPUTES, RATHER THAN JURY TRIALS OR CLASS ACTIONS, AND ALSO LIMITS THE REMEDIES AVAILABLE TO YOU IN THE EVENT OF A DISPUTE. You would think that they'd wait a week to be a little less transparent about it. Or hey, to at least not be complete dicks about it. The irony of all this is that there was an episode of South Park last night where the premise was about people not reading the fine print to what they agree with in those tiny worded user fine print agreements. The sad thing is that this decision really was overlooked because of the Obama birth certificate thing. Though I'm sure Jon Stewart will make a funny face about it, but that's pretty much where the general public's concern for it will end. I'm pretty sure that in 100 years some CIA file will be declassified proving that the supreme court judges were in the service of the chamber of commerce or something. It's the only way any of this could possibly make any sense to anyone. This really does make me want to look into having duo citizenship. Because leaving America sounds like a pretty sweet deal right about now. For what it's worth, when people say "get out while you still can" what they mean is to commit suicide while you can still legally buy a gun. Because for as much as those NRA members huff and puff about gun ownership rights, you know that's not going to last. Well, I guess it looks like I'm taking all my class action cases against big business to Judge Judy. She's tough, but unlike the scotus, she'll be fair. BP Fucks You Once Again Hey, April's coming to a close, but I thought it would be nice to tell you that even though you just paid for your taxes not more than a few weeks ago, BP also filed for their taxes.. Only BP Got Thirteen Billion (With A B) Dollars In Tax Breaks For Losses Under U.S. corporate law, companies can take credits on up to 35 percent of their losses. In this case, that means U.S. taxpayers are indirectly subsidizing at least part of cost for the cleanup and the $20 billion fund BP created to compensate people, fisherman and businesses along the Gulf Coast hurt by the spill. Yup. BP just did that. So you're pretty much paying for that oil spill that a year ago still has lasting effects on the environment. Maybe it's just that I'm jealous that my respective industry doesn't make the laws. But this makes you wonder what is BP's limits? I wonder if they would shoot a man in Reno just to watch him die. Though they basically did this with eleven more on an oil rig. Then they dumped a ton of oil into the Gulf Coast poisoning a few hundred to see what would happen. The answer - They get a 13 billion dollar tax rebate. Shove that in your plugged up oil filled dolphin hole, I say! Cause hey, this is all legal. Yes, you live in the America that this is all entirely legal, and not only that, you will take it. Fuck this world. Posted by Booster Gold / Javier J. at 11:05 AM Porn Creates A Burning Sensation I guess you should be thankful that the internet is around and you can jack off in the comfort of your own home. At least that way you don't run the risk of bursting into flames in a porn shop... Man bursts into flames in San Francisco porn shop A MAN caught fire Wednesday evening inside a San Francisco porn store and was fighting for his life in the hospital after suffering third-degree burns, KCBS-TV reported. Arson experts said it was not clear what ignited the fire but police said the man had been watching videos in a private booth when the blaze erupted. The man ran out the front door of the adult arcade "engulfed in flames" and was spotted by police standing across the street, a police spokesman told KCBS. "He came out of the building already on fire," Lt. Kevin McNaughton said. Firefighters, who luckily were only about a block away on an unrelated call, raced to the scene and doused the flames. I know my mother always told me I would go blind if I kept doing that, but I never expected someone to become a flamer by doing it. I guess that's what happens when you rub it too hard. Personally, I can't wait till This American Life covers this. Ira talking in a monotone manner about some S.F. dude jerking it till he catches on fire... it would be pure comedy. Then again, porn addiction is no laughing matter. I'm sure the sick ones among us are asking if there was any footage of the event? Why yes, there was. Though it comes in the form of an old Spike Jones music video.. Maybe it was just another unexplainable case of spontaneous combustion. Or maybe it was god sending a message. Maybe lighting himself on fire as he reached orgasm was just his thing. Who are you to judge? Then again, it was probably a simple matter of maybe you shouldn't smoke a crack pipe in a porn shop. I could add something new to the list of things you should never do in a porn shop... freebase. I mean, freebasing at a porn shop has got to be the point in your life when you've hit rock bottom. Though I'm pretty sure that jerking off for hours on end after smoking meth has got to be some sort of new experience that I will never know the pure joys of. Ted Haggard said: I bought the drugs to enhance masturbation. Because what crystal meth does--Mike taught me this--crystal meth makes it so you don't ejaculate soon. So you can watch porn and masturbate for a long time. Maybe this drug addict and the flamer at the porn store have some knowledge to share with all of us. Drusg may be the best way for a male to achieve something like a full-body orgasm. The kind that you really can't stop yourself from making a lot of noise when you're having. For what its worth, I'm partially wondering if that's what a female orgasm is like every time they have one. And if so, I have to admit that I'm pretty fucking jealous of it. And while we're on the subject of that sort of thing, I realized that it's a bit sad and unfair the way men are vilified for employing a fleshlight or a sort of real doll for use in masturbation when the sex experts laud and encourage such behavior in females. In many cases I'm pretty sure that said porn shop that the human torch ran out of probably had a shit ton of 12 inch black rubber dildos for just that very reason. In any event, you probably shouldn't jerk off to the point that you're literally on fire. Your iPhone Has Become Skynet In the film the Terminators the online computer system Skynet became self-aware on April 19th, 2011. It then started a war with humans on April 21st starting the war of the machines. Seems like pure science fiction, right? Well just look at what your iPhone is doing without you even knowing it. While Apple Inc. has yet to comment on a new study that found its iPhones store data on users' locations, the company has previously revealed to lawmakers that it does collect such information. Apple automatically transmits to itself location information about users of its smartphones, according to a letter the company sent to U.S. Reps. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Joe Barton (R-Texas) last year. The letter, which is publicly available on Rep. Markey's website, became newsworthy this week in light of findings from two researchers who uncovered a file on iPhones that keeps a record of where the phone has been and when it was there. The file is unencrypted and stored by default The discovery of this location file touched off a furor among iPhone owners who could see for the first time a trove of location data about themselves stored on their phones. The researchers, Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden, said they had no evidence that the file was being transmitted to Apple. Kind of makes me glad I'm not an iPhone user. Wait, no. That's not true. I actually want to be one of those pretentious assholes who has a smart phone. You know the type, the ones that destroy any ability and skill that bar trivia once had. But I can't. Well, I guess it's more that I don't want to. At least not right now that Verizon is still stuck on the 4G version. I'm waiting for that 5G to come out. Then I don't care who knows what boring activity or location I'm sitting in. I mean, I really don't give a shit about it. Oh no! Some survey place knows I'm at some restaurant. Bringing Jobs Back To America And they said that jobs wouldn't come back to America. It's pretty clear that it's no longer a problem considering the L.A. times take on this. Nathaniel Popper's doozy of a story in the Sunday Los Angeles Times detailing labor strife at Ikea's first American factory is getting a lot of attention in the blogosophere, and for good reason: It's chock full of globalization irony. Ikea seems to be treating its American workers at a furniture plant in Danville, Virginia a good deal worse than it does its Swedish workers back at home. The workers are trying to unionize; in response Ikea has hired the famous union-busting-specializing law firm Jackson-Lewis. Nothing particularly out of the ordinary for American labor relations in the 21st century, but in Sweden, eyebrows are being raised. The dust-up has garnered little attention in the U.S. But it's front-page news in Sweden, where much of the labor force is unionized and Ikea is a cherished institution. Per-Olaf Sjoo, the head of the Swedish union in Swedwood factories, said he was baffled by the friction in Danville. Ikea's code of conduct, known as IWAY, guarantees workers the right to organize and stipulates that all overtime be voluntary... Laborers in Swedwood plants in Sweden produce bookcases and tables similar to those manufactured in Danville. The big difference is that the Europeans enjoy a minimum wage of about $19 an hour and a government-mandated five weeks of paid vacation. Full-time employees in Danville start at $8 an hour with 12 vacation days -- eight of them on dates determined by the company. What's more, as many as one-third of the workers at the Danville plant have been drawn from local temporary-staffing agencies. These workers receive even lower wages and no benefits, employees said. Swedwood's Steen said the company is reducing the number of temps, but she acknowledged the pay gap between factories in Europe and the U.S. "That is related to the standard of living and general conditions in the different countries," Steen said. Of course that's exactly the same line you hear when American outsourcers are justifying the low wages paid to employees on the assembly line in China or Mexico or Vietnam. Turns out, the United States isn't "exceptional" at all. To keep up with the challenge of foreign competition, our plan is to crack down on our own working class until our sweatshops are just as oppressive as any other developing nation's. Somehow, Sweden -- and other Northern European countries -- has managed to avoid heading down this same road. Must have something to do with the different "general conditions" that prevail there. Yup, that's right. America welcomes becoming Europe's sweatshop. This is exactly what capitalists mean when they talk about "making American workers competitive on the global marketplace". Danville is one of the poorest little shit holes in all of VA. They currently have the highest unemployment rate, so it may actually be pretty generous of Ikea to come in and lower the unemployment rate and maybe we should all stop complaining about it. I have to admit that the L.A. times media published an actual good story here that could wake up at least some people to the reality of the nation we are living in. It'll give them some credit for actually coering the misery of low-wage labor in the U.S., the NYT would rather focus on the trails and travails of the upper middle class. It's one of those things that you just know, but seeing it confirmed is just a bit strange. Though I guess they should just welcome such shitty hours and being told when to take vacation days, I mean, Ikea is like the biggest furniture store in town and you can even eat there for really cheap. And with their salary and lack of benefits, they'll be taking advantage of that. How The CIA Went Green For Earth Day With Earth Day happening yesterday, you're probably wondering what other people have done or have pushed for in a desperate attempt to save this doomed planet we're standing on. Well, you should rest easy knowing that the CIA really wants to believe that it is Earth friendly. CIA Highlights Sustainability and Conservation Initiatives on Earth Day The Central Intelligence Agency’s practice of shredding and burning classified papers—often referred to in movies and books as “burn after reading”—is one of several ways the CIA conserves energy, reduces its impact on the environment, and lowers costs through its sustainability efforts. Exhaust from the Agency’s on-site incinerator generates steam to heat water at CIA Headquarters. In addition to saving fuel, that process reduces the amount of waste—which would otherwise be destined for landfills—by nearly 1,000 tons per year. The CIA increases its recycling efforts each year, annually collecting over three tons of plastic, glass, cardboard, aluminum, construction debris, and other waste. “As our nation marks Earth Day, Americans must find even more ways to promote energy conservation and preserve the environment. This is a moral responsibility,” said CIA Director Leon E. Panetta. “The Agency’s sustainability efforts also save taxpayer dollars.” The CIA is proud that our most recently built facilities have received a Gold LEED rating from the U.S. Green Building Council and consume over 20 percent less energy and approximately 40 percent less water than typical buildings of the same size and use. Energy-efficient lighting in interior spaces and the parking lot at CIA Headquarters reduces consumption and heat output from traditional lighting fixtures. The Agency is placing meters in many of its buildings to identify where future sustainability projects might drive greater cost savings. The CIA is dedicated to doing even more. “We are committed to environmentally-responsible practices across the Agency, and are developing innovative programs to demonstrate our commitment while carrying out the CIA’s vital intelligence mission,” said Director for Support John Pereira. The CIA’s conservation and sustainability initiatives are led by the Directorate of Support through its Green Council, which was created in 2009 to consolidate Agency existing sustainability efforts, advance energy and environmental initiatives, and to meet federal government sustainability goals set by President Obama in Executive Order 13514. I need to remind you... THIS IS REAL. I didn't edit the article. I didn't alter it. This is what they actually believe. This is how they sleep at night. It's at times like this that I want to have no shame and be able to say anything with a straight face, it honestly seems like the best skill to have. Because if they're able to send this press release out with such a straight face, I wonder how they are able to walk with bowling balls between their legs. This has to be what you would get when you ask someone to write a paper on how they are being ecologically friendly and they just can't think of anything they actually do. I'm sure they mean well... okay, it's the CIA, I'm pretty certain they mean the worse. It really gets me that they actually said the phrase "This is a moral responsibility". How exactly can CIA director Leon E. Panetta say that? He does realize he's a CIA employee. I don't even understand the argument presented here. How is burning things environmentally conscious? I just don't get it. I guess opposed to putting it in a landfill, burning the biodegradable product is better than recycling because [REDACTED] I wonder if I burn documents in light of a pending indictment, as long as I reclaim the heat, I can get a gold rating from the U.S. Green building council. I'm sure that can help me out in the eyes of the court. Maybe I'm not looking at this in the right light. This is just the first of many Green actions done by the CIA and our armed forces. You see, by reducing Iraq to a pile of ruble that could be mistaken for something straight out of the stone age, we have basically cut all their emissions from there by almost 100% Though I guess their per capita emissions have stayed almost the same. There's just fewer capitas tho. But what other activities could possibly be other attempts by the CIA to go green? Maybe those cocaine shipments help target the most destructive enemies of the environment - The Black American Families. It's just all really sad. I mean, just think about how much of a lack of transparency our country has that we have 1,000 of tons of shredded documents a year. 1,000 of tons of state secrets that we will never see. The ugly dirty secrets. We've barely declassified some 1800's disappearing ink hidden message decoding. I wonder how long after I'm dead will the truth of all the shit the CIA has done during my life time alone will be uncovered. Labels: Bat shit insane, cia, earth day Is It Hot In Here Or Is It Just The Earth Surface Warming Up? A while back at the Monterey Bay Aquarium people were asked to submit ideas about what they could do to stop global warming. This was a submission. FUCK! Woah. I mean, seriously? There's someone who thinks like this out there in the world? You might as well kill your children, then yourself. Fuck my kids, I didn't get mine! Judging by the handwriting, it also looks like he made his kid write it. So toss that into adding insult to injury. Yeah, don't worry about the spelling for now. Just work on not gripping the pen in your first like you're stabbing the paper and hold it properly. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck. Bucking The Stars In honor of Earth Day Starbucks is doing a free coffee promotion. You basically bring in your mug and they'll fill you up with a cup of Joe. Wait, that didn't sound right. But you get what I'm saying. They'll fill you cup. Which got me thinking, what is it about Starbucks that I don't like? I mean, it's a pretty bad store to begin with, even with the promise of free coffee. I can't be the only one to think so. For some reason like my own, Starbucks drove leftists to smash their windows during the anti-globalization protest. So could it be the well-dressed shoppers who conspicuously consume their expensive products? How about something about the way they treat their coffee growers? Or is it because they are legally permitted to sell addictive substances, to children no less, while other dealers of other such substances are behind bars? It's as if they are selling ideology with a nice little head of foam. They basically sell what amounts to adult soft drinks for $5 a pop while swirling a nice faux-culture around the whole practice. To me their coffee tastes too burnt. I mean, free trade? Yeah. I guess that's one of the reasons why you could dislike them. The way they treat their coffee growers and misrepresent themselves as being fair trade when 90% of their beans are not. Starbucks is one of the major buyers of coffee beans, one of the worst commodities from a human rights standpoint, and has the market power to dictate fairer or more humane trade practices but chooses to be complicit to human rights abuse despite their healthy profits makes them a target for activist. Not to mention that they're also pretty big on union busting and run down smaller coffee shops. But perhaps the most ironic thing is this embrace of Earth Day with free coffee when their hybrid oxymoron marketed consumerism-green living unique 'culture' is universally annoying regardless on how much you love their coffee. It's much easier and cheaper to buy caffeine via a 40oz 7-11 Big Gulp than it is to get it through coffee. It really is a bit scary to think that there's people who drink Starbucks every day who end up spending something like $2,000 a year. If not in fact more because they toss in a tip for some unknown reason to subsidize the store owner's inability to pay a fair living wage and all the snack and other pastry bullshit they sell there. Or perhaps you could try living life without a crippling addiction to a narcotic that constantly supports the oppression of the third world by capital. And don't give me that bull about free trade coffee. As much as we try to sugar coat it, there's not much point. And while I realize that just about everything supports the oppression of the third world by capital, it doesn't justify the fact that you're pushing for the sale of more beans. Maybe I just prefer my oppression old-style and that's why I drink tea more than coffee. But if you are so inclined to get that dark addiction every day, you can just grind your own fair trade coffee every morning and then brew it in your french press. You'll be saving a good $2000 a year. There's plenty of really good local roasters everywhere and they are almost always better than Starbucks trash coffee. If you're already enjoying bourgie lifestyle shit such as coffee as a recreational activity, you might as well get a real cup of good coffee in a cool place that actually serves good coffee. What kind of moron thinks that Starbucks coffee is premium? I hate to sound like a snob, but the coffee Americans drink is all just basically melted ice cream anyway since their permanent child palates can't handle plain black coffee. Or maybe just a little bit of sugar and creme. I'll gladly admit that I have been guilty of this very same action. Upon realizing that all I'm doing is just pouring mounds and mounds of sugar and milk into my coffee I realized that it was pointless to continue to drink coffee like that and for a long time just stopped. Even over in the retail stores you're getting fucked on this one. Those Starbucks instant coffee things are around 7 bucks for 6 packets of it. So 6 cups of instant coffee for 7 dollars.. WHAT A BARGAIN! And then you get the real bonus of instant coffee. You know that it taste like battery acid. Then there's those flavored instant coffees. They're good as masking the awful taste, but the chemicals used to make it taste like Pumpkin or some other strange flavor will eventually kill you. Instant iced coffee has to be the laziest possible way to enjoy coffee as a beverage. You simply mix powder with room temperature water. Or you put ice cubes into some coffee. Though I guess I can't talk shit about that because I grew up drinking the room temperature coffee that my dad left sitting on the counter all day. You can say that Starbucks is a strong representative of the combination of the act of consumption and absolution for that selfish act in one product that is so hot in the liberals democratic landscape. But hey, I love me some generic individualist liberal paradise, awwwww It's also a little funny to listen to whatever Corinne Baliey Ray sounding shit they're promoting every month as if they're still in any way relevant. You're not cool anymore Starbucks. Get over it. But hey, if you're some bourgeois 20 something looking for a coffee shop to hang out with some comfy couches and some sort of music with tattooed Baristas and some books that go on the honor system, you could do a lot better than to choose Starbucks. I'm still confused on how coffee is perfectly legal for kids to purchase when alcohol needs an age of 21 to buy over the counter. Sure, you can't get shit faced with coffee, but have you ever tried staying up with the use of coffee for a mid-term paper? The few times that I had, I could have sworn that my handwriting looked like nonsense scribbles. I seriously could have written better drunk. And in case you were wondering, it takes 7-10 days to get rid of caffeine withdrawal symptoms if you are addicted. But then again, I'm sure many of you are wondering why you would want to withdraw from caffeine, you need that to get up and go. Even though you'll get as much, if not more energy from getting one more hour of sleep. Or you could just go the complete opposite with it and hit up your local dealer for some cocaine. It does provide a much cleaner high than caffeine, even if you're paying like five times as much. But I guess you can't get drugs at your local corner store with full sanction of private enterprise and the State. No need to have to go to anyone's house and interact without the benefit of a defined and safe interaction script to follow. Many of you value this over the quality of the high any day. To you I have this one simple suggestion in how to make your coffee super fucking strong: How to make coffee super fucking strong 1. Brew a pot of coffee 2. Take the coffee and put it in the water reservoir of the coffee maker 3. Run it through again 4. Success. You have double the dose of coffee power Instead of water you could use 5 hour energy to brew the first batch of coffee Sprinkle some cocaine into it instead of sugar. Oh yeah, the point of all this? I guess you could go to Starbucks and get some free cup of coffee today. Go forth and rape their insanely huge profit margins.. or the third world Labels: Coffee, Drugs, Free shit, Starbucks Forget The Weed, Let's Light Up A Cigar! Yes, it's 4/20 and thus, on 4:20 on this day you probably will be inclined to light up a joint and smoke in honor to obituary time/days. To you I say.. how about a stoogie? Come on, it's worth celebrating and lighting one up for Cuba's leader Fidel Castro just yesterday stepped down from his row after 50 years and countless assassination attempts. Fidel Castro, 84, announced his resignation from leadership of the Cuba Communist Party today in an article published on Cubadebate.cu. Along with the changing face of the Communist Party comes the easing of Cuba's property laws. The BBC reports that for the first time since the 1959 Communist Revolution, Cubans will now be allowed to buy and sell private property. For more than 50 years, Cubans' have been restricted to passing their homes on to their children, or engaging in a corrupt system of swapping. In a speech Monday, President Raul Castro said "the party leadership was in need of renewal and should subject itself to severe self-criticism." President Castro also said that top political positions will be limited to two five-year terms. Though, I'm pretty sure that the CIA is still going to try to kill him. And you might as well not worry about Cuba. As it can't revert from something it wasn't originally. I can't wait to become a poverty tourist in Cuba! But hey, whatever makes it easier to buy Cohibas can't be a bad thing, right? So now Raul Castro is taking on the reigns and imposing term limits. I guess to be fair, Raul is right when he basically points out that Cuba is bankrupt and can't afford building socialism on the basis of a narrow monoculture economy any more without the support of some help from the USSR. So this doesn't put communism to an end, it's just putting it on hold for a little while. As for Castro, I wonder if he's going to move to Florida now that he is retired. Isn't that what all the elderly are doing? The House Finally Lost First it was Pokerstars.com, what's next Obama? Sol.exe? It's a slippery slope, I guess this just goes to show you that you need to know when to hold'em, know when to fold'em. Feds Go 'All In' Against Online Poker Sites In a dramatic move sure to send shockwaves through the surging Internet poker world, U.S. officials shut down and seized the domain names for the three largest U.S. online poker companies on Friday. Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, unsealed an indictment Friday afternoon charging 11 defendants, including the founders of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker, with bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling offenses. At the same time, the U.S. seized five Internet domain names used to host the poker games and filed a civil money laundering and a civil complaint against the companies, their assets and the assets of several of their payment processors. Restraining orders were also issued against more than 75 bank accounts used by the poker companies and their payment processes. “These defendants concocted an elaborate criminal fraud scheme, alternately tricking some U.S. banks and effectively bribing others to assure the continued flow of billions in illegal gambling profits,” Bharara said in a statement. “Foreign firms that choose to operate in the United States are not free to flout the laws they don’t like simply because they can’t bear to be parted from their profits." The indictment lists five founders of the poker companies: Isai Scheinberg and Paul Tate of PokerStars, Raymond Bitar and Nelson Burtnick of Full Tilt Poker and Scott Tom and Brent Beckley of Absolute Poker. “These defendants, knowing full well that their business with U.S. customers and U.S. banks was illegal, tried to stack the deck,” said Janice Fedarcyk, assistant director-in-charge at the FBI. “The defendants bet the house that they could continue their scheme, and they lost." According to the indictment, these individuals obtained accounts at U.S. banks for the poker companies by lying about the nature of the transactions and covering up those lies by creating phone corporations and Web sites. Why, I'm shocked. Who would have known that the gambling industry had a dark and seedy side? I would have never guessed it. The most comical aspect of all this is that it's the N.Y. Southern district court that pushed for this is the same one who has jurisdiction over Wall Street. And yet they focus on all this while Wall Street unfairly gets off with a slap on the wrist. While it's completely unfair, it's still very funny watching people gambling knowing they're circumventing the law and bitch about getting caught. And while Wall Street should be prosecuted too, that doesn't mean we can't laugh at poker retards who have suddenly found their gambling earnings placed on hold. When you think about it, Poker is a very adequate method for stealing money from exceedingly stupid rich people. And as funny as this story is, I just can't really get excited about this The funny thing is that Wachovia laundered hundreds of billions in Mexican cartel drug money and got off with a deferred prosecution by paying a simply $160 million. It does make you wonder why the government had such a hard-on for online gambling? They've been pretty consistent in trying to shut it down from as long as I could remember. Hell, they've been going after it since the Clinton days and it seems to be a pretty static unwavering priority. What presumably financial industry interest do these stupid little sites threaten and how? I guess it would be pretty obvious that it's the Las Vegas casinos and owners who are lining those lobbyist pockets. Who else would have some passion to keep away the over saturation of gambling in becoming some sort of regular ol' past time and not something you have to travel to the desert to do legally? People flock to Sin city, Atlantic city and boat rides outside of U.S. law to gamble. If they made it legal to do it online, what would be the point of Vegas? The buffets? Please. It's also an easy way to throw a bone to the christian right. They like the crackdown because gambling is a sinful practice and even though a ton of Americans do gamble online, none of the gamblers care enough about it to change their voting habits over a few indictments. I also hear that the NFL lobbies hard against online gambling because they don't like sports betting. I'm not really sure why they would care, but they do. So it's really just a major push by those who own casinos and pay a lot in taxes to keep such moral gray zones to be legal in just the back corners of society. And it's not like they wouldn't want a piece of it, in fact, that's the major reason why they don't want it legalized... yet. Because they don't like competition and they want time to get into the market and set up their own sites. Harrash knows they could make tons of money off an official world series of poker gambling site. The only problem is that Pokerstars and Full Tilt are way ahead of them in the software and customer service department. So it really comes down to gambling being illegal because the mega casino companies got beat to the punch and their only way to compete is to lobby to keep it illegal for the time being. But hey, it does make the fact that all these poker players just did a collective What the fuck when they realized their money they had in their account is held indefinitely. Like I said, I really can't feel sorry for anyone who loses money engaging in an illegal activity. I guess the answer to all that is they probably should have had more lobbyist. It also does make you wonder how the US can actually enforce something when they clearly have no jurisdiction over the land that the website is hosted in. Not sure how every bank in every country can just buckle over at the sign of trouble. Typically a court in each jurisdiction needs to issue their own restraining order. But hey, oh well. Gambling is bad, duh. Which begs the question on the aspect of who really gets fucked when the US Government does a successful civil forfeiture on a payment processor or a poker site with US bank accounts. The answer, of course, is the poker players since it's their money. Even if it's done in an illegal manner. But the most money that is fucked here and is being essentially seized by the government is from the people. Then you factor in that Lotto tickets are how a lot of states make their budgets work. Michigan just added a new Powerball game and California has countless numbers of ways to tax the poor and stupid out of their dollar with promises of a non-shitty future. They advertise what the pot is for the Powerball and Megamillions on highway signs left and right. But hey, all casinos are money makers and nothing more, right? Just ask future presidential nominee Donald Trump. Donald Trump owned a casino once.. Oddly enough he ran it so well that he bankrupted the entire casino chain. Now I know you're wondering how one actually even does that. I mean, Casinos, as any Indian would tell you, are perfect methods to print money. But hey, the Donald knows how to bankrupt something. Essentially, I don't care about this much since I'm not much of a poker player and never have been. but I do feel for the people... even if they really shouldn't have been gambling in such a fashion. Super Cool To The Homeless... On any given night there's about 444,000 people experiencing homelessness... well acording to a study done in 1996. Which brings up a good question - Apparently 1996 was the last time anyone actually cared enough to count America's homeless.. So given this info about the homeless problem it makes you wonder, how many homes are currently empty due to the finical disaster. Surprisingly enough, 13% of all U.S. homes are currently vacant. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- High residential vacancies are killing many housing markets, as foreclosed homes sit on the market and depress sale prices and property values. And it's only getting worse: The national vacancy rate crept up to just over 13% according to last week's decennial census report. That's up from 12.1% in 2007. "More vacant homes equal more downward pressure on home prices," said Brad Hunter, chief economist for Metrostudy, a real estate information provider. Maine had the highest proportion of empty housing stock, at 22.8%. Other states with gluts of empty houses included Vermont (20.5%), Florida (17.5%), Arizona (16.3%) and Alaska (15.9%). And it makes you wonder, why aren't they being put to good use? I mean.. we have a homeless problem that hasn't been checked since 1996, and we have a lot of people-less homes that need filling... You picking up what I'm putting down? I mean, the banks are basically holding onto the houses to keep the write downs off the balance sheets and to keep prices artificially inflated, cause lord knows there's no one out there that can actually afford to buy these in the secondary market... Well, there is. But the rich already have summer, spring and fall homes. No need to pick up another one or two in the suburbs. Wouldn't want to slum it up now. It really has got to be a real boon for squatters though. The banks can't possibly check up on all those houses. Especially when you get out to the boonies. No way are they going to bother with that. Then again, I could be wrong I mean, Rochester's sending swat teams to evict a family with seven kids. also arrested the neighbor in her pajamas for complaining about police overkill The banks should just pour bleach in the A/C duct and glue all the windows shut. Because you know they're trying to calculate a profitable way to effectively lease their houses to private prison corporations. Just imagine them handing out memos with the word synergy in the title with the clipart of little smiley guys rattling a can against their lush two car port track home cell bars. On the bright side, those squatters who don't have swat teams with guns in their face can just tear the place apart for the copper. Think of all the scrap metal just laying around. I'm pretty sure someday people will marvel how 19th century ghost towns are still standing while 21st century Americans were content to live in stucco-painted drywall and Spackle hovels functionally incapable of standing upright without constant heavy maintenance. A future archeologist will be awed as she steps through the ashen remains of what must have been a stately prince's adobe, poking at the frames of its many windows, not two of which match -- a testament to its regal splendor. "See here this digital reconstruction of what life must have been like for this early 21st century suburban-type house based on evidence excavated from subsratum A15. Notice how the windows here [points] and here [points] are quite different in style, as are the balustrade and lighting device seen at top. Though little is known as to their exact origin, we can conclude that the occupants must have scavenged them from the remains of other houses that had fallen into disrepair or, I believe the term was, foreclosure." I looked out my window the other night and saw a half completed strip mall, beggers on the street, a cop car ticketing a car off the highway, smog, no stars, drug dealers, busted street lamps and all around nastiness. "Glory... Glory," I thought to myself. This is truly the American dream. Cause I'm The Late Taxman Oh shit, it's the 17th, did you forget to do your taxes on the 15th?! Well, worry no more, my friend. For you didn't have to turn in your tax return by the 15th anyway. At least not this year. You see, because it fell on a Friday, the I.R.S. decided that they wanted that mother fucking weapon off and just bumped the tax deadline to the 18th. Though I also believe it has something to do with Atlas Shrugged coming out on the 15th and they just wanted to fuck with them on that regard. WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today opened the 2011 tax filing season by announcing that taxpayers have until April 18 to file their tax returns. The IRS reminded taxpayers impacted by recent tax law changes that using e-file is the best way to ensure accurate tax returns and get faster refunds. Taxpayers will have until Monday, April 18 to file their 2010 tax returns and pay any tax due because Emancipation Day, a holiday observed in the District of Columbia, falls this year on Friday, April 15. By law, District of Columbia holidays impact tax deadlines in the same way that federal holidays do; therefore, all taxpayers will have three extra days to file this year. Taxpayers requesting an extension will have until Oct. 17 to file their 2010 tax returns. The IRS expects to receive more than 140 million individual tax returns this year, with most of those being filed by the April 18 deadline so if you're like me and very very lazy. Oh wait, that's not me. I already did my taxes. What I meant to say was if you're like my father. God damn, that guy would ALWAYS rush on the 14th to do an extension. Though I guess it's not really that great to be in a rush to get payment to the government when you're dealing with so many kids. In any event, do you know how important it is to pay your taxes? Let this Disney cartoon tell you why! So even if it's cool that we can find more and more ways of extracting money from poor people paying taxes does go to social programs that effect.... okay, well they don't really effect you for shit. In fact half of your taxes goes to supporting the Military Industrial Complex. Obama was so kind in showing us all how much of your money goes to bombing brown people with your tax receipt. I mean, it's pretty sad that 59% of our budget goes to violence, aggression and military oppression. I guess there's no easy way to get around it. Some people just write passive aggressive notes on their taxes. I guess I envy you folks who don't have a job and thus don't have to pay taxes.. you know, cause of unemployment and what not. Well, unless plasma donation profits have somehow become taxable lately. I'm sure that some of you are selling your blood to the vampires of capital as your only means of a job that you can support yourself with in this shitty economy. But hey, remember to max out those IRA deductions! Don't Tase Me, Brah Don't Taser Grenade Me, Bro Yes, that's right.. a grenade that is a taser. What will they come up with next? I can only have nightmares about... Just look at that thing. It's not even a grenade. It's more of a big non-grenade projectile. Whats even worse is they didn't even shot it at him. What the flying fuck? What a fucking cop out. He's not man enough to take a hit from a Taser Grenade, but I'm sure there is some bed ridden 90 year old woman or some peaceful protester just asking to get one right between the eyes. You have to laugh about the fact that he yells "Taser taser taser" before pressing the button. Really? That much warning for a less than lethal weapon? On the more obvious side, I guess it makes sense that the Taser HQ is in Arizona. It also makes sense to storm the Taser headquarters and burn alive everyone inside. "Oh, this is just terrible. Why would anyone want to murder my wife or husband who is one of the chief architects of the Taser Grenade?!?!" I could picture the news article now. When they found the body in the sub basement of Taser international headquarters, he had been repeatedly shocked to death by his own taster. Who would do such a thing? The guy got into the taser design business to help people... I wouldn't be surprised one bit. It's not even like the other tasers are even remotely better. Wouldn't that wall of tasers still hit people who are on the ground? Hee, who cares about them. Shouldn't have done the crime if you can't do the time, right? This all also screams of free fucking product placement. We are here today to intimidate the populace and show off this new toy which your police department can get its hands on by dialing this toll free number! When you think about it, this is so much cheaper than having to make your own ads. Thanks capitalism! Your fair and balanced news source really came through in the long run on this one! Call within the next ten minutes and we'll throw in a free month long trail of the new less-than-lethal 'Death Blossom; Civilian management system. We got Taser Swords! Taser Spears! Taser Grenades! Moving targets giving you trouble? Let's see them run from the patent pending Taser Sniper Rifle! We got Taster Monster trucks and Taser Fishing rods. We got little 100 volt Tasers for the childre! TASER TASTER TASTER! Be sure to ask your operator about the literal pain ray that is a thing that actually exist and is approved for us against civilians.. Yes, that's right. A literal pain ray. Wait, you didn't know about the Active Denial System? Really? Oh, do I have some surprises for you. Take a look at this description of what it does. "For the first millisecond, it just felt like the skin was warming up. Then it got warmer and warmer and you felt like it was on fire.... As soon as you're away from that beam your skin returns to normal and there is no pain." So what's in the box? Pain.. and lots of it. Just look at this pain ray demonstration video done by marines... I mean, do I have to point out the obvious in that video where they practice using it by having a group of soldiers pretend to be peaceful protesters? I mean.. that has to make you laugh. Alright boys, the opposing force is on its way. Aim for the world peace sign! It sure looks like the masses are trying to revolt.. we better fire up the ADS! I can only imagine that in about a year or two we'll be seeing men strapped to chairs with pain rays igniting every nerve on their skin with red hot pain for hours at a time with the supreme court ruling that it's all good as long as it doesn't leave any visible marks. Sure, it may take another 3 years before the visible tumors start popping up, but by then the court ruling would have already gone through four or five denied appeals. Or hell, maybe ADS causes instant cancer. It is working off the same shit your microwave does. When it comes down to it, I'd rather get my ass beat with a fucking club than get shot with a ray that makes you feel like you're on fire. How do you even fight back against that? The answer is you don't. Tasers, on the other hand, are marketed as "non-lethal solutions to firearms", the original intent being that instead of using a gun you'd use this to minimize shootouts and stuff. However pigs interpret this as "use when you're in a bad mood and using a gun would get you fired/sent to jail" and tasering people for the most random shit. Also, it's sold as "non lethal" when there are many documented cases of it killing people and not being not-so-not-lethal. Also, it's a good excuse for shooting a handcuffed man in the back "Whoops! I thought that it was my taser, My bad, dude!" What else are you going to do? Pepper spray the fucker? Much like in the situation when a kid gets out of fucking line at school... LAKEWOOD, Colo. (WXYZ) - A second grader was so disruptive in class one day police say they were forced to use pepper spray on him. Police in Lakewood, Colorado say 8-year-old Aidan Elliot threw a violent temper tantrum in his classroom. Officers say he ripped wood trim off the walls and threatened teachers and students with a sharp piece of wood held like a knife. Police were called to the school, where they told him to stop, but they say he wouldn't. Aidan's mother admits her son has a history of behavioral problems. She says the school called police three times on him but adds this time police used excessive force. She plans on filing a complaint. Ha! Good luck with that complaint! Obviously your 60lb son is an absolute angel dust fused menace to society that has to be stopped before he harms police officers or others. Let's see this roid raged child: Yup.. though, haven't they tasered 2nd graders before? Or maybe I just lost track of how much insane amount of force has been used towards those who clearly show no threat? Most of all, what kind of limp-wristed coward needs pepper spray to put down an 8 year old? Grow some balls, officer. You should check out the video where he tells the police "I'm gonna kill you motherfuckers" when they show up. I mean, if I was that officer I would be laughing.. at least a little bit. For me second grade kind of sucked. So some part of me wishes I had the balls to do this at that age. So what did Fox News have to say about this? Oh, that's always fun to find out... What does Fox News host Gretchen Carlson think of police potentially using pepper spray against a young child? “In my book, that’s called discipline,” she said during Tuesday’s broadcast of “Fox and Friends.” Which leads us perfectly to the final frontier.. well, not really the final one, I'm sure we can get lower. But in the latest wave of Tru TV truly awful shows, I bring you the latest that just glorify this bullshit. I present POLICE POV I just have to stop and think that this is what video games were suppose to desensitize me to. Because really, it's like Call of Duty.. only you're in the POV of the cop and the flag you're trying to catch is some black man. I mean, seriously... seriously? How can anyone with a straight face look at this and not think it's some sort of parody alternate future where shit is just upside down. Especially when you hear cops saying shit like "I WILL LIGHT YOU UP" and "LET'S SEE SOME HANDS HERE MOTHeRFUCKER" I mean, seriously? That's what you're trying to present as the just hand of the law? New Technology Puts Viewers in the Middle of the Action In truTV’s Exciting New Series POLICE POV, Premiering Sunday, April 17 truTV is taking the next bold step in first-person action with POLICE POV, a stunning new series that will allow viewers to experience the intensity of using excessive force through the officers’ own point of view. Incorporating one of the most innovative camera technologies ever used by law enforcement, POLICE POV will provide viewers with thrilling, up-close access to all the drama, suspense and action of shooting unarmed African-Americans, destroying lower-class families, and tazing peaceful protesters that police officers across the nation get to revel in daily. The series is slated to premiere on truTV Sunday, April 17, at 10 p.m. (ET/PT). "I HAVE RIGHTS!" YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT... Well played officer, you sure got that guy when he wasn't expecting it. I can't wait till we de-evolve to the state were we just watch live murder on television without even flinching. Logan's run used to seem like some sort of future that would never even possibly happen. How I'm proven wrong. April 15th Just Got Worse Today is the day that you would normally pay your taxes. Well, not this year. Though it doesn't mean that it's the only thing awful that happens today. Something else shitty happens... Atlas Shrugged also comes out today. That shit took some effort to sit through without having to shoot my brains out. I love how it lost all of their A-list talent along the way of its production. Presumably Part 2 will be that long droning speech that comprises the entire second half of the book. It'll be exactly like the first part of the last Harry Potter film. You know, at one point Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were supposed to star in this. Now it looks like something you'd probably see on SyFy. Well, that is if they loosen up their standards for what they consider horror. Though Atlas Shrugged should always be considered a scary thing. But really, this thing has gone through production hell. They fired and replaced the director 9 days before shooting started. The no name director also cast himself as John Galt. Ha! Now that's comedy. All the actors are people who've played, at most, secondary roles in insignificant TV series before and the screenplay writer has never done anything before according to IMDB. Then again, I choose not to be part of IMDB, so maybe the director is like me and is completely embarrassed by the work he has done in this industry. Did anyone not mention to the makers that watching a movie about running a railroad company is inherently boring? Did they not stop and think for a second that setting the movie in the 21st century makes their characters look like complete idiots in pinning all of their hopes and dreams on the financial success of a transcontinental passenger train line. The transcontinental line is already complete 2 or 3 generations before the story begins. The new line is just a spur. Yeah, I get that railroads admittedly are not as interesting politically as they used to be and they're not completely irrelevant to the economy. And I could understand if this was a vital freight line or something. But a passenger line? Really? REALLY? I guess it would be pretty ironic if, after watching this film, all the dumb right wing shits suddenly take an interest in rail transport and leads to an expansion and modernization of Amtrak. That wont actually happen, but man it would be pretty ironic if it did. Especially since if it was government owned, it would technically be considered a socialist train. It's funny and sad that they scheduled it for April 15th because it's tax day. Only they didn't know that the IRS changed tax day to April 18th this year. HA! Talk about throwing a wrench on their train track. But seriously, this trailer used just about every Hollywood trailer cliche in the book, but they just can't succeed in making 'Running a railroad company' any more interesting a subject no matter how hard they try. Ah yes, trains. Steel mills, heavy industry... the movie is truly set in 21st century America. “There are two novels that can transform a bookish 14-year-kld’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish daydream that can lead to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood in which large chunks of the day are spent inventing ways to make real life more like a fantasy novel. The other is a book about orcs.” – “The Value of Nothing” by Raj Patel It really makes you wonder what the fuck this story is even about. The only thing I could remotely compare it to is, do you remember in the movie 2012 where all the rich people built their own super yacht to live on after the world ended? This movie is kind of like that... This ends up being a cast of video game voice actors and TV extras picked up a few hours before filming started and a crew paid 25% of their normal wages working with a script written by a guy that's done nothing and a fitness equipment CEO, all directed by a guy who's done a few episodes of some random sitcom. Why yes.. I can see this movie going places. What's even funnier is that one of the actors was in the Che biopic. I have to wonder if that got awkward around the set. I guess I just can't stress this enough. Atlas Shrugged is a really really bad book. Not just because of the characters, or the writing style, or even the monologue, or the cracked up philosophy espoused. But because the entire plot is based on the existence of technology from the 1960's fantastic four comics. Every, and I mean EVERY major plot point of Atlas Shrugged involves one of the following: - adamantium - a sonic weapon capable of destroying a 100-mile radius - illusion-force fields - a free energy machine - a signal jacker that can control all radios on the planet And I guess I'm leaving you with the final question to this piece. Who exactly is John Galt? I mean, I shouldn't leave you hanging here... but I am.. Abortions For All? Abortions For None. I have to find it both funny and sad that planned parenthood is being defunded. I mean, yeah this sounds like it's just an issue that women have to worry about. But you don't realize that it also affects you a lot. What are you going to do now that the access to a plentiful amount of free condoms and STD testing gets defunded? I mean, only 7% of Planned Parenthood services were for abortions, so this was one of those scare tactics that you really saw coming a mile away and still it succeeded sadly. I guess the more depressing aspect of all this is that so many women are not only okay with having their ovaries regulated but actually support it. Just look at it that way, some old white men are controlling the reproductive rights of young poor minority females. It was bad enough that Planned Parenthood took about a third of their annual budget from the federal government and ran at a terrific loss because they gave away basically anything for people who needed it in order to be responsible sexually active people.... And I guess that was the problem to most of these right wing religious nuts. It really was a situation where the House Speaker John Boehner was saying that women are not to be trusted. Don't believe me? Under a GOP-backed bill expected to sail through the House of Representatives, the Internal Revenue Service would be forced to police how Americans have paid for their abortions. To ensure that taxpayers complied with the law, IRS agents would have to investigate whether certain terminated pregnancies were the result of rape or incest. And one tax expert says that the measure could even lead to questions on tax forms: Have you had an abortion? Did you keep your receipt? In testimony to a House taxation subcommittee on Wednesday, Thomas Barthold, the chief of staff of the nonpartisan Joint Tax Committee, confirmed that one consequence of the Republicans' "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act" would be to turn IRS agents into abortion cops—that is, during an audit, they'd have to detemine, from evidence provided by the taxpayer, whether any tax benefit had been inappropriately used to pay for an abortion. The proposed law, also known as H.R. 3, extends the reach of the Hyde Amendment—which bans federal funding for abortion except in cases of rape, incest, or when the life of the mother is at stake—into many parts of the federal tax code. In some cases, the law would forbid using tax benefits—like credits or deductions—to pay for abortions or health insurance that covers abortion. If an American who used such a benefit were to be audited, Barthold said, the burden of proof would lie with the taxpayer to provide documentation, for example, that her abortion fell under the rape/incest/life-of-the-mother exception, or that the health insurance she had purchased did not cover abortions. "Were this to become law, people could end up in an audit, the subject of which could be abortion, rape, and incest," says Christopher Bergin, the head of Tax Analysts, a nonpartisan, not-for-profit tax policy group. "If you pass the law like this, the IRS would be required to enforce it." The proposal, which House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has declared a top priority of the new Republican Congress, has 221 cosponsors and is expected to pass the House easily. The bill caused controversy and sparked a national protest campaign in January after Mother Jones reported that it would limit the Hyde Amendment's rape exception to cases of "forcible rape." cont'd It really is a fucked up situation. I mean, now they're forbidding the use of tax benefits like credits and/or deductions to pay for abortions or health insurance that covers abortion. They're basically criminalizing and pricing abortions out of the range of people who can't afford to have children from the beginning. Though I don't get how any tax credit or deduction can be used to pay for anything. Unless you actually sign over your refund check directly to your abortion doctor. Otherwise how could they tell? But in that I guess they're saying that you can't use one of those tax exempt health savings accounts to buy health insurance that covers abortion. Sure seems like an intrusion into the health care choices of everyone. Not to mention tax deductions and credits are not actually government expenditures. But over all this is a great combination. It's symbolically shitting on women and making the IRS agents' jobs more miserable. Even more so because at the same exact time that all this is happening, funding for the IRS is being cut. It's like painting "Fuck France!" on the side of a missile before you launch that fucker into some Pakistani wedding. But just picture that, you're there with your tax guy going over this year's paper work and you just have to break the news to your wife/girlfriend/mistress that your tax guy said that you need to cut back on abortions this year. By this point you just are better off assuming that eventually abortion will become illegal again. I just wonder how I can learn how to perform back-alley abortions without a clothing hanger. I could really use the extra cash right now in this economy. California Budget Discussion.... This is seriously the topic that you just don't want to talk about. Like asking a nun about sex advice. It's just that awkward. Though, more awkward is that California is completely and utterly fucked beyond any recognition. Then again, that's just another day in this paradise... Reporting from Sacramento -- Gov. Jerry Brown has abandoned his effort to negotiate a bipartisan budget, charging that Republicans were unwilling to support his plan unless he yielded to "an ever-changing list of collateral demands." The governor's announcement that he is walking away from the negotiating table, made in a late-afternoon news release Tuesday, further roils the state's finances and marks the biggest setback yet for the 72-year-old Brown. He returned to Sacramento this year for his third term as governor promising that he had the political skills and policy expertise to resolve the state's chronic financial mess. Earlier in the day, key GOP lawmakers who had been negotiating with the governor declared the talks fruitless. "We gave it our best. We're very disappointed. It's done," said Sen. Bill Emmerson (R-Hemet). Budget cuts that lawmakers approved earlier this month closed only $11.2 billion of the estimated $26-billion deficit. Brown wanted to address most of the rest of the gap with a special election in June, when he hoped that voters would agree to continue paying temporary increases in taxes on income, sales and vehicles. All will have expired by July 1; higher income taxes already have stopped. The governor needed at least four GOP votes to get a tax measure on a June ballot. On Tuesday, he said he was giving up his quest for those votes. "Each and every Republican legislator I've spoken to believes that voters should not have this right to vote unless I agree to an ever-changing list of collateral demands," his statement said. Administration officials and legislative leaders declined to say how they intend to proceed. Among the options they could pursue to raise revenue are gathering signatures for a citizens' initiative on the tax plan, or attempting to use an untested legal loophole to put the measure on the ballot with a simple majority of the Legislature, which Democrats command. But time is running short. The deadline for balancing the budget is in June, and legislative leaders acknowledged Tuesday that they would be unable to place a measure before voters by then. California's treasurer has warned that the state would face a serious cash crunch if resolution of the budget problem was pushed into the fall, possibly forcing officials once again to issue IOUs. Brown lashed out at GOP lawmakers Tuesday for blocking a June election, the linchpin of his budget plan. He cited a demand that he keep rather than jettison, as his budget proposed, a tax break given to California companies that move jobs out of state. "Republicans demand that out-of-state corporations that keep jobs out of California be given a billion-dollar tax break that will come from our schoolchildren, public safety and our universities. This I am not willing to do," he said in his statement. The tax break was one of dozens of demands that Republicans delivered to Brown on Friday in a seven-page document that outlined their price for supporting his plan. It was one of several major points of disagreement that Emmerson said could not be overcome. Another was how to cap state spending. A third was how long voters would be asked to renew the billions of dollars in taxes. Brown wanted five years of extended taxes; Republicans wanted no more than three. Emmerson called Brown a "very honorable adversary" in negotiations but said the divide between them could not be bridged, even though much progress had been made on changes to state regulations and public pensions. Decisions decisions. Should the democrats tell the republicans to fuck off and just use this "loophole" to raise taxes? Or should they just slash an additional $26 billion from the budget? Man, what a tough choice. Even more so because Brown's budget already cut $800 million from community colleges. Ah, do you recall last year when people thought that we'd have all this money coming in from the legalization of weed and single payer health care in Ca. after Brown was elected? Hee. Oh for shame. I guess the only thing that I could really be surprised about is that Brown shows far more backbone than I expected him to show. This just shows that California is beyond fucked. Ayn Rand - How I Hate You And really, how could you not? Let's listen to her view on the Israel situation.. She also hated the idea of a female president. Oh yeah, did I mention that Any Rand's character model of a "real man" was a child killing sociopath Apparently William Hickman was based on the hero guy in Atlas Shrugged too. She said this about him: "The best and strongest expression of a real man's psychology I have heard." Though part of my favorite reason to hate her is her stance that contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong. If there's anything you need to know about her it's that it was pretty clear that her childhood was filled with moments like this. NO I DON'T WANT TO SHARE MUMMY YOU CAN'T MAKE ME - Ayn Rand age 40 Oh wait, yeah. That was just last week. Fuck this bitch. The 4-1-1 On Me Booster Gold / Javier J. Once was a writer, tho, you see words to your left, so I guess I'm still that to some degree. 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__label__cc	0.696488	0.303512	Interview: Thomas Wynn Opens Up About New Album and Working with Vance Powell Published on May 24, 2017 in Interviews by Kevin Ewoldt If Southern Rock and the Blues are your cup of tea, then Thomas Wynn and the Believers are the steaming pot on the stove. The melodic range of this Orlando-based six piece from blues to folk to heavy guitar riffs, backed by flowing keys and a burning harmonica, is everything live music is meant to… The Charleston Pour House has been on a tear these last couple months with incredible bands rolling through and that Life Lessons Learned After Seeing 50 Straight Days of Live Music At the ripe age of 40, I feel like I have a pretty good handle on what I choose to Shaky Knees Festival Validates Rock N’ Roll is Alive and Punching Published on May 20, 2017 in Concerts by Kevin Ewoldt On my whiteboard at home I keep a highly prioritized list of top five bands I have yet to see. AC/DC and Van Halen have been at the top for me for awhile, which is evident with the faded marker ink. Sadly, I had to scratch off Motorhead at the #1 spot when Lemmy passed two… Slightly Stoopid, Moon Taxi, The London Souls and More Share Best & Worst Gig Stories Dierks Bentley had one of the most humbling and hilarious tweets earlier this year: i use to play for just Rock Legends Tweet Condolences and Shock on Death of Soundgarden frontman, Chris Cornell Published on May 18, 2017 in The Latest by Kevin Ewoldt Another great one gone with early reports pointing to suicide. Here’s a link to a video of his last performance and below are some tweets from the who’s who of Rock N Roll. Shocked and saddened by the sudden death of @chriscornell. A great singer, songwriter and the loveliest man. pic.twitter.com/Hwdgst8kmg — Elton John (@eltonofficial) May… Josh Radnor’s Folk Band Performs on Facebook Live, Gives Band Updates For anyone that’s a huge How I Met Your Mother fan like myself, you’re always excited to hear about new projects the cast is taking on. Josh Radnor, aka Ted Mosby, has surfaced over the last couple months playing live gigs for his two man folk band, Radnor and Lee, with long time friend and Australian…	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3636
__label__wiki	0.853848	0.853848	(→‎Mission Updates) ===Mission Updates=== * [http://h2a.mhi.co.jp/mission/results/f17countdown_en.html Countdown Report] - X-60 minute countdown began 4:44pm EST May 17. All systems go. * [http://h2a.mhi.co.jp/mission/results/f17countdown_en.html Countdown Report] - X-60 minute countdown began 4:44pm EST May 17. All systems go. --[[User:Ben\|Ben]] 21:06, 17 May 2010 (UTC) * [http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f17/live/index_e.html Live coverage has begun] --[[User:Ben\|Ben]] 21:17, 17 May 2010 (UTC) See the News Archive for older news items. See Help:News for information on adding news items. Use the "RSS" and "Atom" links in the "Toolbox" on the left side to subscribe to this new feed. 1 AKATSUKI and IKAROS ready for launch 1.1 More coverage 1.2 Mission Updates 2 JAXA releases detailed video overview of the IKAROS mission 3 UK firm plans sails to clean up space 3.1 Other coverage 4 AKATSUKI and IKAROS open to the media 5 Launch date of the Venus Climate Orbiter "AKATSUKI", carrying the IKAROS solar sail, set for May 18, 2010 6 The Second International Symposium on Solar Sailing (ISSS 2010) will be held July 20-22, 2010, at the New York City College of Technology of the City University of New York 7 The Planetary Society: Solar Sailing Messages from Earth 8 NASA Marshall Space Flight Center: NASA and Contractor Team Develop One Fast Satellite 9 Spaceflight Now: Two solar sailing trials readied for launch next year 10 Planetary Society planning 3-mission solar sail project 11 IKAROS papers presented at the 27th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science 12 Space Politics: A call for reviving NIAC 13 Crunch Gear: They now use solar technology to propel satellites 14 The Times Online: 'Sailing' spacecraft could keep watch on Earth's polar regions 15 StarTalk Radio Show: What's Exploration Worth? 16 Discover: The Elegant Way to Save Earth From Asteroid Destruction 17 MIT Technology Review: the physics arXiv blog: Relativistic Navigation Needed for Solar Sails 18 Space.com: First Solar Sail Might Soon Fly 19 Space.com: Ann Druyan: How to Sail Beyond the Moon Landings 20 Space.com: Promising New Space Engines are Opening the Solar System 21 The Atlantic: Across the Universe 22 Solar Sail Update: New Opportunities 23 Review of Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel 24 MESSENGER to flyby Mercury 2nd time October 6th 25 MESSENGER Sails on Sun's Fire for Second Flyby of Mercury AKATSUKI and IKAROS ready for launch JAXA is preparing to launch AKATSUKI (Venus Climate Orbiter) and IKAROS on May 17, 2010, at 21:44:14 UTC (May 18 6:44:14am Japan Standard Time, May 17 5:44:14pm Eastern Standard Time). A live broadcast will begin 30 minutes prior to launch. Live Broadcast - starting 5:15pm EST (May 18 6:15am JST, May 17 21:15 UTC) Space.com: Japanese Solar Sail Headed for Venus and Beyond --Ben 05:17, 17 May 2010 (UTC) Countdown Report - X-60 minute countdown began 4:44pm EST May 17. All systems go. --Ben 21:06, 17 May 2010 (UTC) Live coverage has begun --Ben 21:17, 17 May 2010 (UTC) JAXA releases detailed video overview of the IKAROS mission JAXA has released a detailed video describing all aspects of the IKAROS mission and spacecraft on YouTube. The video is in Japanese, but should be easy to follow for non-Japanese speakers. --Ben 15:50, 9 April 2010 (UTC) UK firm plans sails to clean up space Researchers at the Surrey Space Center and EADS Astrium are working on a 5x5 meter solar sail nanosatellite called Cubesail, planned for launch in 2011, to demonstrate removal of debris from Earth orbit. Popular Science: When Its Mission Ends, CubeSail Satellite Commits Ritualistic Suicide --Ben 18:35, 26 March 2010 (UTC) AKATSUKI and IKAROS open to the media The media was invited to view the AKATSUKI and IKAROS spacecraft. IT Media has several pictures of the two spacecraft. Aviation Week: JAXA Reveals Akatsuki Venus Explorer MSNBC Cosmic Log: Solar sails take shape Spaceflight Now: Venus orbiter arrives at Japanese launch site Launch date of the Venus Climate Orbiter "AKATSUKI", carrying the IKAROS solar sail, set for May 18, 2010 The Venus Climate Orbiter "AKATSUKI" (Planet-C), carrying the IKAROS solar power sail demonstrator, is scheduled to launch on an H-IIA launch vehicle on May 18, 2010, at 6:44:14 AM from Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Tanegashima Space Center. --Ben 19:53, 5 March 2010 (UTC) The Second International Symposium on Solar Sailing (ISSS 2010) will be held July 20-22, 2010, at the New York City College of Technology of the City University of New York --Ben 22:39, 7 January 2010 (UTC) The Planetary Society: Solar Sailing Messages from Earth Submit your name and a message to fly on LightSail or IKAROS --Ben 17:02, 31 December 2009 (UTC) NASA Marshall Space Flight Center: NASA and Contractor Team Develop One Fast Satellite FASTSAT-HSV01 (Fast, Affordable Science and Technology Satellite) is the first of a series of small satellite platforms intended to carry multiple small instruments and experiments at low cost on a variety of launch vehicles. NanoSail-D, previously attempted on a Falcon-1 test flight, is one of the initial experiments of this new satellite platform. --Ben 16:55, 10 December 2009 (UTC) Spaceflight Now: Two solar sailing trials readied for launch next year Article about the IKAROS and LightSail 1 missions planned for launch in 2010. --Ben 15:55, 12 November 2009 (UTC) ABC News picked this item up. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Space/sailing-space-reality/story?id=9077536 Planetary Society planning 3-mission solar sail project The Planetary Society announced the project LightSail to fly three solar sails of increasing size and complexity over the next several years. An anonymous donor provided funding for the missions, which will begin with LightSail-1, a 3-meter square sail deployed from a 10x10x30cm Cubesat. This is similar to NASA's NanoSail-D. LightSail-2 will be larger and have increased sailing ability out of Earth orbit. LightSail-3 is intended to sail to the sun-Earth L1 Lagrange point to demonstrate solar wind monitoring for geomagnetic storm forecasting. The Planetary Society previously attempted to test fly a solar sail in the Cosmos 1 mission. The Planetary Society LightSail project page New York Times: Setting Sail Into Space, Propelled by Sunshine MSNBC.com: After letdown, solar-sail project rises again Planetary Radio: Celebrating Carl Sagan and a New Solar Sail With Ann Druyan The Planetary Society Blog: A million dollars says the Planetary Society can make a solar sail fly --Ben 15:15, 10 November 2009 (UTC) Christian Science Monitor: Dream of solar sailing in space lives on in new project Metal Miner: Aluminum the Key to Travel Between the Stars The Space Review: Solar sailing gets its second wind --Chris 11:55, 18 December 2009 (UTC) IKAROS papers presented at the 27th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science Several papers on the IKAROS solar sail mission and Japan's solar sail research in general were presented at the 27th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science and made available. Links to these papers are available on the IKAROS page. --Ben 15:11, 14 October 2009 (UTC) Space Politics: A call for reviving NIAC Space Politics story on a report by the National Research Council on the effectiveness of the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC). The report recommends resinstatment of the program. NIAC, closed in 2007, funded revolutionary aeronautics and space concepts, including solar sails and related technologies. --Ben 19:59, 2 October 2009 (UTC) Crunch Gear: They now use solar technology to propel satellites Crunch Gear story on JAXA's IKAROS solar sail project. Also see JAXA's Japanese language summary of the project: --Ben 20:02, 11 September 2009 (UTC) The Times Online: 'Sailing' spacecraft could keep watch on Earth's polar regions A Times Online story about polar observation and space weather applications of solar sails in artificial Lagrange orbits from a talk by Prof. Colin R. McInnes at the British Science Festival in Guildford. --Ben 14:30, 11 September 2009 (UTC) StarTalk Radio Show: What's Exploration Worth? StarTalk page. Louis Friedman, director of the Planetary Society, joins Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Bill Nye to discuss the value of space exploration. Solar sails are discussed at about the 46 minute mark. --Ben 17:55, 9 September 2009 (UTC) Discover: The Elegant Way to Save Earth From Asteroid Destruction Discover blog. Discussion about using gravity tractors to deflect asteroids, including Prof. Bong Wie's proposal to use solar sails as the tractors. --Ben 15:35, 8 September 2009 (UTC) MIT Technology Review: the physics arXiv blog: Relativistic Navigation Needed for Solar Sails MIT Technology Review blog page. Discussion about the challenges of navigating a solar sail on a high speed escape from the solar system due to relativistic effects. --Ben 14:13, 8 September 2009 (UTC) Space.com: First Solar Sail Might Soon Fly Space.com article. Story about the possible flight of NASA's spare NanoSail-D sail as a Planetary Society project. --Ben 14:31, 12 August 2009 (UTC) Space.com: Ann Druyan: How to Sail Beyond the Moon Landings Space.com article. Ann Druyan discusses the future of space exploration, including solar sailing. --Ben 19:36, 13 July 2009 (UTC) Space.com: Promising New Space Engines are Opening the Solar System ESA video on advanced propulsion: "Electric ion engines; plasma drives, slingshot-style gravitational-assist maneuvers; ultra-light super-strong solar sails and other innovations are driving exploration forward beyond reliance on chemical rockets." --Ben 12:00, 27 May 2009 (UTC) The Atlantic: Across the Universe An article about The Planetary Society's efforts to fly another solar sail demonstration mission - Cosmos 2. Their previous attempt, Cosmos 1, suffered a launch vehicle failure. --Ben 12:00, 5 May 2009 (UTC) Solar Sail Update: New Opportunities Update on The Planetary Society's solar sail activities. From Space Travel. Also see: The Planetary Society --Ben 12:00, 3 April 2009 (UTC) Review of Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel Review of the book posted on The Space Review. SolarSailWiki article: Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel --Ben 12:00, 6 October 2008 (UTC) MESSENGER to flyby Mercury 2nd time October 6th MESSENGER Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab page. MESSENGER used solar pressure to correct the trajectory without using propellant. The multimedia page shows how solar sailing reduced the flyby target size. --Ben 12:00, 1 October 2008 (UTC) MESSENGER Sails on Sun's Fire for Second Flyby of Mercury Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab press release. --Ben 12:00, 5 September 2008 (UTC)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3640
__label__wiki	0.63813	0.63813	ASHLEY DYER UK Editions The Cutting Room UK Splinter in the Blood UK Splinter in the Blood Excerpt US Editions The Cutting Room USA Splinter in the Blood USA Astillas en la sangre Ristat i hud Splinter i blodet Forensic insights AmazonUK THE CUTTING ROOM (UK) Detectives Ruth Lake and Greg Carver, introduced in the electrifying Splinter in the Blood, must stop a serial killer whose victims are the centerpiece of his macabre works of art. While Britain is obsessed with the newest hit true-crime television show, Fact, or Fable? detectives Ruth Lake and Greg Carver are tormented by a fiendish flesh-and-blood killer. Lured to a “crime scene” by a mysterious digital invitation, Ruth Lake is horrified to find a bizarre and gruesome tableau surrounded by a crowd of gawkers. The deadly work is the latest “art installation” designed by a diabolical criminal dubbed the Ferryman. Not only is this criminal cold-blooded; he’s a narcissistic exhibitionist desperate for an audience. He’s also clever at promoting his deadly handiwork. Exploiting England’s current true-crime craze, he uses social media to titillate and terrorize the public. Ruth is joined in the investigation by her partner Greg Carver, who is slowly regaining his strength after a run-in with another sadistic criminal. Greg can’t seem to shake the bewildering effects of the head wound that nearly ended him. Are the strange auras blurring his vision an annoying side effect of his injury, or could they be something more . . . a tool to help him see a person’s true nature? In this utterly engrossing and thrilling tale of suspense, a pair of seasoned detectives face off against a wickedly smart and inventive psychopath in a tense, bloody game that leads to a shocking end. “A riveting investigation…Dyer provides a grimly authentic narrative and deeply defined characters, although the ending may make readers wonder if they really know Ruth at all.” ~Booklist “Addictive sequel to 2018’s Splinter in the Blood. Fans of British police procedurals will be well satisfied.” ~Publishers Weekly “Disturbing and wickedly entertaining.”~ People Magazine “A well-written, complex, and harrowing tale that will keep you on the edge of your seat trying to identify a narcissistic serial killer… There’s enough of Edgar Allen Poe, Peter James, and Michael Connelly in “The Cutting Room” to make every mystery reader’s heart beat faster. Highly recommended.” ~Joseph Badal, Amazon #1 Best-Selling Author, for Suspense Magazine “I hope this is a series that will run and run. It deserves to be hugely successful. It’s smart, pacy and intelligently written. This is what the British crime fiction scene has been crying out for.” ~Michael Wood, for Crimesquad “The Cutting Room is well-written and full of suspense. The authors combine their knowledge and skill into one seamlessly written novel that I couldn’t put down. Carver and Lake are well drawn, interesting characters whose demons I enjoyed exploring. The killer’s work is complex and horrifying, and I was on the edge of my seat as I read.” ~Mystery Playground “Perfect for fans of Thomas Harris (The Silence of the Lambs), Leslie Glass (Burning Time), and James Patterson (Target: Alex Cross), The Cutting Room excels where many suspense thrillers fail. It starts out with a bang and maintains its taut story line until the very end, only to cinch the noose a bit tighter at the very last page.” ~Jathan & Heather “A very engaging book . . . I highly recommend reading The Cutting Room—it’s a great pick for any mystery lover.” ~Girly Book Club “THE CUTTING ROOM is the second book in the Carver and Lake series, and it is so freaking good. These authors came to play with this story. For those who read the first novel, expect this one to have heightened suspense, more twists, more turns, and a deeper bond forming between Ruth and Greg.” Victoria Colotta reviews “This time last year, I was telling anyone who would listen about Splinter In The Blood, book one of the Lake and Carver series. What I praised most was Dyer’s ability to create an original serial killer thriller. Although The Cutting Room is a more traditional serial killer thriller, the endearing characters, a truly horrifying crime, and the forensic details makes The Cutting Room a stand out in the crowded serial killer thriller genre.” Murder and Moore “The beauty of THE CUTTING ROOM is Dyer’s easy writing style. [A] highly effective crime novel filled with extremely complex, real characters who keep the pace at high-stepping speed from start to finish. Jump on in with Lake and Carver, and make sure you have several hours blocked out in your schedule. You’re going to need them once you’re absorbed inside this well-constructed thriller.” The Book Reporter “The Ashley Dyer team delivers a ‘skin crawling’ realistic British crime drama in this latest work.” Iron Mountain Daily News “This is an excellent police procedural/ thriller that is completely engrossing. The quality of the writing is outstanding. Dyer creates a complex plot, an intricate investigation, and well developed characters. There are twists and false leads. The forensics details are fascinating. The killer’s focus on social media followers is a timely, subtle social commentary.” She Treads Softly (Lori L) “Readers who enjoy shows such as Criminal Minds will enjoy the look into this engrossing procedural. Highly recommended.” AuntieMWrites “A chilling mystery which features a topical and clever storyline. Carver and Lake are formidable investigators.” Book Reviews and More by Kathy Copyright © 2020 ASHLEY DYER. All Rights Reserved. Proudly powered by Visual Composer and WordPress Keep up to date with the latest news, offers, events and giveaways from Ashley Dyer.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3647
__label__cc	0.696489	0.303511	Siddiqa, Ayesha ‘Military Inc.’ There is a profound misunderstanding of the role and legacy of the Pakistani military, and its deeply entrenched economic interests in the country. This institution is consistently represented as a purely military arm of the State, when in fact it Jalal, Ayesha ‘Democracy And Authoritarianism in South Asia’ Ayesha Jalal’s early work Democracy & Authoritarianism in South Asia: A Comparative and historical perspective provides an important look at the structural reasons for the emergence of (largely) democratic structures in India, and (largely) authoritarian structures in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Bibliography, Journalism, Pakistan Justice Project Essays, Photography Toor, Saadia ‘State Of Islam: Culture And Cold War Politics In Pakistan’ Our despair is a result of our lack of a sense of history. You have to understand that we have arrived where we are as a nation as a result of specific historical choices, and understanding the reasons for those June 11, 2013 / Comments Off on Toor, Saadia ‘State Of Islam: Culture And Cold War Politics In Pakistan’ Breman, Jan ‘Outcast Labour In Asia: Circulation and Informalization of the Workforce at the Bottom of the Economy Oxford University Press, 2010 Where do the come from, and why? This question has troubled me since I started working with the families of those killed in the Ali Enterprises garment factory fire some three months ago. In Karachi’s slums Bose, Sugata ‘A Hundred Horizons’ The tens of thousands of desperate, displaced and unskilled workers shuffling around in the slums of Karachi, and selling their services to the hundreds of garment factories in the city has had me thinking about labor as a commodity. I Green, Linda ‘Fear As A Way Of Life: Mayan Widows In Rural Guatemala’ Columbia University Press, 1999 This is an anthropology of structural violence. As Linda Green explains in her introduction, it began as a conventional study of rural communities in Guatemala. But along she realized that to understand the ways, choices and Nelson, Mathew ‘In The Shadow of Shari’ah: Islam, Islamic Law & Democracy In Pakistan’ Columbia University Press, 2011 This is a dense study of the relationship of land ownership, the need to protect ‘agnatic’ estates, and the nature of law and democracy in Pakistan. I think that Nelson himself describes the work best when Young, Iris Marion ‘Responsibility For Justice’ Oxford University Press, Feb 3, 2011 – 224 pages There are many books on structural violence and injustice that inform and guide this project. Iris Marion Young’s work is a crucial part of my explorations of this issue, and my	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3648
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__label__wiki	0.736477	0.736477	Jon Voight× > Legislative× Jon Voight (1) Shaukat Aziz (1) Billy Bob Thornton (1) Ethan Hawke (1) Beauty and fashion (1) Environment and nature (1) International incidents (1) Accidents and disasters (1) 9edb74aa61b85270e1729c11924d0b91 Angelina Jolie Clipreel Will Smith , Barbara Walters , Billy Bob Thornton , Neil Young , Shaukat Aziz , George Bush , Dianne Feinstein , Brad Pitt , Jon Voight , Barbara Walters , Angelina Jolie , Ethan Hawke ANGELINA JOLIE - Keyword-clipreel ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: ENT5- ANGELINA JOLIE 1. b-roll of angelina jolie ENTERTAINMENT DAILY: ENT2 - GONE IN 60 SECONDS Los Angeles 5 May, 2000 1. B roll Angelina Jolie & Billy Bob Thornton 2. Sot Angelina Jolie & Billy Bob Thornton ENTERTAINMENT DAILY: ENT5- GONE IN 60 SECONDS Los Angeles 9 June 2000 1. Sot Jolie ENTERTAINMENT DAILY: ENT2- UPCOMING FILMS 1. SOT ANGELINA JOLIE Entertainment Daily: Angelina Jolie & Tomb Raider Premiere Los Angeles, June 11th 2001 1. CU of Angelina's tattoo of Billy Bob 2. CU of Billy Bob's tattoo of Angelina, SOT Billy Bob - on organising schedule to see more of Angelina - "We made a deal that after we finish what we are doing now which is around June 18th." SOT Interviewer - "She has Tomb Raider coming." SOT Billy Bob Thornton - "She's got that coming out and then I start another movie on Wednesday but it's a short schedule that I finish on June 18th. After that we are going to take off all summer and then we are going to trade, like she will go with me on my next movie and I will go with her on her next movie and we will do it that way." 3. SOT Angelina - on ex-husband being proud of her in her role playing Lara Croft - "I'm actually hoping to do good by England, that is the thing that I am most worried about, the thing that I am going to be most proud of and make my ex-husband proud I think." 4. MS Jonny Lee Miller 5. SOT John Voight - "She and I are alike in that we love the performers, so many performers, we fall in love with their work, we just say this is great and that person is great." 6. SOT Angelina Jolie - on working with father - "It was really fun to be able to do a film and show him the set and to be with the same family in the movie, so it's Croft Manor and the desk I sat at is her father's desk and so it was great to show each other those things and just to do the scene was a very personal scene and we get to say some things that a lot of people would like to say to their parents or hear from their parents. To hear that their parents are proud of them or support them and also we have all lost people where we wish we could get time back. It's a theme that we could all identify with." 7. MS Angelina at Golden Globes 8. SOT Question - "Does it ever trip you out that you get so much attention for your beauty?" SOT Angelina - "Oh yeah, I'm a big dork, to be honest and people that really know me, find it just as funny." 9. SOT Angelina - on wanting to be more like her character - "I think to be honest when I see myself in Cambodia so tanned and healthy standing on the edge of that waterfall I wish I could be that side of myself and In that moment all the time because you see yourself happy." 10. Sot Angelina Jolie - "I loved the bungee, any time I did the bungee or when I jumped off the balcony, I think it's something that we all want to do. You stand on the ledge and think I could just, so it was great to jump off and .... it's just such a fraying thing to do. In Cambodia when we were canoeing and standing on the edge of a waterfall, I got to do things in life that I didn't think I had the ability to do, it was so freeing." London, 3 July 2001 11. Ext Empire Leicester Square 12. Tracking shot fans 13. Tilt poster to arrivals inside 14. B-roll Billy Bob Thornton 15. B-roll Angelina Jolie hugs Jon Voight 16. SOT JON VOIGHT (on being proud father) - "When your children are applauded you are always happy. The most important thing of course is her health and her happiness and that's the primary thing. Not so concerned about all the adulation, just that she's doing good with it and happy with it." 17. B-roll Angelina Jolie 18. SOT ANGELINA JOLIE (on playing a strong woman) - "It's fun to be a woman and do this sort of stuff, but I've seen women for years being very strong. Sometimes it's a mother, but it is no surprise that a woman can be tough. That was not my intention, doing this to prove a woman can do it, it was actually... I just never thought we couldn't." 19. SOT JON VOIGHT (on Anglina looking intimidating) - "She is quite intimidating isn't she. I have a little of that stuff in me too, I like that stuff. She's really quite expert." 20. SOT BILLY BOB THORNTON (joking that Angelina's tough) - "Even now and then she kicks my ass." SOT Question - "How hard did she kick it?" SOT BILLY BOB - "Pretty hard." Entertainment Daily: Original Sin Los Angeles 3 Aug 2001 1. SOT Angelina Jolie - "I think it says a lot about life and love and what we want and what are secrets and desires and I think also beyond that it is a sexy film. It's also a mystery and a thriller and so it's fun to watch but beneath all of that it is about something. It's about different things for different people." 2.SOT Angelina Jolie - "We knew it would be beautifully shot and tastefully done and we felt safe to be ... to do it and be free. There was nothing really personal going on." Entertainment Daily: Bandits Premiere Angelina Jolie stars in steamy potboiler Westwood, California USA 3rd October 2001 1. Various of Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton 2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Billy Bob Thornton "I did enjoy it. I loved doing comedy and hopefully I can do some more of it." 3. Cutaway Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton 4. SOUNDBITE: ( English) Angelina Jolie "I don't really have phobias. I think that we discovered a symptom that you have where you deny you ever have any symptoms?so whatever you have ?I'm in denial about ever having anything mentally wrong with me?I think I'm sane. " (does Billy look sexy as Neil Young) He looks sexy anytime but I like him first thing in the morning. " Entertainment Europe: Jolie adopts baby APTN footage - Los Angeles, USA Jan 2002 1. Angelina Jolie & Billy Bob Thornton arrival at Golden Globes UNTV - Geneva, Switzerland. August, 2001 2. Angelina Jolie inducted into UNHCR by Ruud Lubber's, UNHCR representative UNTV - Pakistan. August, 2001 3. VS Angelina Jolie in Pakistan with refugee children. Entertainment Europe: Life or Something like It, Angelina Jolie stars in romantic comedy New York, 25 Apr 2002 1. SOT Angelina Jolie: "I like the essence of the story and I like what it says at the end of the day. Part of it was probably because she offends me and I just find her so horrible and she's everything that I can't stand in a person, who she is in the majority of the film. She's so lost that she's, so she's horrible to me and sad and kind of funny and it was something I'd just never done before and never tried and I didn't think I could do it and that's always a good reason to try something." 2. SOT Angelina Jolie: "I was very nervous, I'm still very nervous. I'll be happy when people go to see it and are OK with it, then I'll be happy when someone comes up to me on the street and says they liked it but yeah I'll be nervous because it's weird. I saw part of it and just thought 'aghh, what am I doing?' - the singing, I just saw part of that and said' Can't you just cut it? No-one wants to see that, just cut that much shorter.'" 3. SOT Angelina Jolie: "I do live kind of that way all the time and I always have, or as far as I can remember always have so no, I might do a little bit more of everything but I do the same." Entertainment Europe: Angelina Jolie, Hollywood actress visits refugee camp in Thailand Thailand, 19 May 2002 1. WS Tham Hin camp 2. WS Thai guards 3. VS Angelina Jolie in camp 4. MS children 5. WS dancers in school building 6. WS dancers 7. CU Angelina Jolie smiling while watching dancers 8. Rear of her head, dancers in background 9. MS dancers 10. Angelina Jolie applauds dancers 11. CU child 12. SOT Angelina Jolie: "I've been to camps that are better and camps that are worse. So I think every camp is very different. And I'm always surprised by the people, because you ask them and you see them in these different situations and I think none of us could be comfortable in, and they don't complain. They want things for their children, they want to make sure their children have a future." 13. WS ext.school building; people looking in 14. Angelina hands over gifts 15. WS refugees in school building 16. Angelina puts on traditional ethnic Karen dress 17. WS children 18. SOT Angelina Jolie: "The film is secondary to these people. And I think if anything, having been to these camps, having met these real people, I've never been so nervous wanting to make sure a film does justice to the topics, and the people it represents. So I'm very very nervous they get it right, and I think they have and they've taken a lot of care but it's more you know, my heart's more for here than for the film and the film business." 19. CU Angelina hands as untie footballs 20. WS Angelina gives balls to crowd of children 22. SOT Angelina Jolie: "The children are beautiful. They're very shy. In every country they're different. In Africa they come up to you and hold, you know, they're very sweet. Am I gonna adopt ? I'd love to adopt. Yeah I would, another child. I think wherever there's a need, I don't know, it's a natural thing that I think happens. I go to a country, and I think my husband gets very nervous every time I go to a country." 23. WS Angelina leaves school building 25. Angelina smiles and shows off dress 26. MS children 27 Angelina with children, who push each other 28. WS Angelina gets in car to leave Entertainment Europe/Americas: Angelina Jolie UN New York, June 19 2002 1.WS press UN conference 2.SOT Angelina Jolie -"We've been asked to question the UN and to try to understand it better and to address our problems and our questions with the different programs going on, with the different things they're attempting. It's a wonderful thing, it's a work in progress, trying to improve ourselves all the time. Trying to improve the different projects that we are working on and we are trying to ask all the people that we meet in the field, the people that we meet in different projects, what they need and try and be a voice for them. I think a big part of it is to be a voice for these people, all the voiceless people in the world." Entertainment: Angelina Jolie visits Kenyan refugee camp Kakuma Camp, Kenya 13 October 2002 1. VS Angelina Jolie on aircraft 2. View out of window 3. VS Angelina Jolie being shown map 4. Angelina Jolie gets off plane, greets UN people 5. Dancers 6. Angelina Jolie given necklaces 8. Angelina with dancers 9. Angelina hands over books 10. Refugee women 11. Angelina Jolie thanks them for their welcome pan to women cheering 12. Landmine victims play wheelchair basketball 13. Angelina Jolie cheers them on 14. Women building house 15. VS Angelina Jolie building house 16. Pan Kakuma refugee camp 17. Angelina talks to refugees 18. GV people in camp 19. Angelina Jolie hands over bag of food 20. Child leads singing 21. Angelina Jolie claps with singers, waves to kid 22. track across people singing 23. Angelina Jolie unveils plaque 24. Young girl thanks Angelina Jolie for coming 25. SOT Angelina Jolie: 26. Angelina Jolie plants tree Entertainment: Angelina Jolie conceals 'Billy Bob' tattoo London. Feburary 23, 2003 1. Shot of Angelina Jolie tattoo US Jolie on plight of child immigrants Washington DC - 19 June 2003 1. Actress Angelina Jolie walking into room 2. Audience listening 3. Close-up of Jolie 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California "The point is this, the children aren't represented. There isn't a guardian to help them. There are no standards to the conditions they are treated." 6. Jolie walking to podium 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Actress Angelina Jolie "They are beautiful, amazing young children. And they have gone through so much death, and so much loss. And they are alone in the world. And by some miracle they have found their way inside the border of a country, a democracy, to a government that will be fair." 8. Pictures of refugee children "It's just so much, so beyond this room, the worst things in the world that these kids go through. And what we're talking about today is the occasional cases where kids from these countries make it through. And usually the ones that make it through are the worst case, and when they get here, they don't speak the language, and they are traumatised. So these kids are going to be sent back to nothing, and sent back to die, many of them." 10. Audience listening 11. Close-up of Jolie clapping 12. Jolie walking to podium with audience laughing US Jolie as Goodwill ambassador launches World Refugee Day 1. SOUNDBITE: (English) Angelina Jolie, Actor & UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador: "How we relax in safety and security of our own homes knowing that people are out there somewhere forced to leave theirs. That somewhere right now they are sleeping in the dirt with their children unable to find food and shelter. So this day should be the beginning of all of us deciding we should do more to help others everyday. So thank you for being here and thank you for letting me be here and happy World Refugee Day." "Refugees are families, they are individuals just like us. But they don't have the freedoms we have. They have lost their basic human rights. Before I met these families I did not realize how much I took for granted. I didn't know what it feels like to be hungry. I don't know what it is like not to have food for my child, or to watch my mother or brother beaten to death. I can't imagine. I don't know what that feels like, but I know we have to do what we can to help those people who have no choice." 3. Cutaway audience 4. Mid view ribbon being cut 5. Wide view audience applauding Entertainment: Tomb Raider -The Cradle Of Life Junket. New York - 14 Jul 2003 1. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Jolie: "Going into the second one we changed her, I think if people see the second film they'll see that she's grown up in some way and sexier in a different way, and she's more of a woman, so I like her better now, and I feel more comfortable as her. I think the first one I was still slightly uncomfortable, it felt like putting on a character, and now it feels natural, which is weird." "I found that when I'm her for nine months I tend to get on the phone for people, and my mum often said 'You do realise you have a British accent, don't you?' so I consciously make sure I lose it when I leave the film but I do start to talk a bit funny." "I think it was much possible because for one this character, I think you have to back it - if you're gonna play her you should be able to do as much as you can but I also like to do them and I love to be challenged, and I like a bit of danger." "I thought it was important that we introduced what she loved and what she cared about and I think it was important to force her to make strong decisions in this one and see what she's really made of, I love that things have returned to the tribal people's of the world because I think there's a beautiful statement in that." Entertainment LA Angelina Jolie at the premiere for the Lara Croft sequel Los Angeles, USA. 21st July 2003 1.Pan of poster at Graumans Chinese Theater 2.Angelina Jolie posing for photographers 3.Fans cheering on Hollywood Boulevard 4.Jolie signing autographs 5.Camera cutaway 6.Tilt up of Jolie in black dress 7.SOT - ANGELINA JOLIE - "My son is first and my work with the UN is very important to me and gives me a sense of purpose as a human being, and makes me feel useful and centered. Everything else is fun and wonderful and I love making movies but I don't take it so seriously" (It's unusual for a woman to be an action hero in a traditionally male dominated role isn't it ??) "I've never underestimated women, I see women as strong, I always have, so it felt just natural for a woman to do something like this. I don't think she is an extraordinary woman. I think SHE IS woman" 8.Wide shot of Jolie on red carpet 10.SOT - ANGELINA JOLIE - "Well in the first Tomb Raider we went to Cambodia, it was the first time I understood certain things about the world and the history of that country and obviously it changed my life and my son is now Cambodian, we live in Cambodia, so its affected me in a huge way. Travelling the world I think is the most important thing a person can do to understand other countries and cultures. More than anything, I think people need to do more of that" 11.Angelina Jolie on the red carpet Entertainment: Jolie: Hollywood star talks candidly about love, life and charity London, UK - 18 Aug 2003 1. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Jolie - on similarities between her and Lara Croft: "We both love to travel. I think she has a crazy sense of adventure and she loves other countries and other cultures and she's a bit fearless and wild and nuts and I think I have a bit of that. And she'd fight to the death for something she believed in or someone she cared about and I would too." 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Jolie - on how she got into her charity work via the first Tomb Raider film: "Going to a country that is riddled with landmines and has been through war and you start to...when you become aware of the world you become aware of how much needs to be done or how much people are going through so you naturally do then start to want to do something to help." 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Jolie - on whether she has the same taste in men as Lara Croft: "Me personally? I'm not dating. Period." (Q: "Would it be a character, do you like the rough and ready?") "I think I like the adventure of, I like a man of action and a man of adventure and fight, but I probably would have the same problems with that type of man that she does, with where he stands and what he actually believes in." Entertainment: Angelina Jolie pt 2 London, 18 August 2003 1. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Jolie - on how sequel differs from first film: "I think the first one was more of a fantasy and to be honest with you, we were establishing so much and we didn't have as good of a grasp on what exactly these films are and I think we've really figured her out more on this one and it's a really solid action adventure that has a plot and themes and solid characters and she doesn't always win easy and yeah, I just think that it's a better film." 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Jolie - on new Tomb Raider game: "No I haven't seen the new game. I think the game is wonderful - I just don't play them. I don't play computer games. I'm not good at them. I'm fortunate that I get to jump inside them and mess around and get dirty." 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Jolie - on her stunts: "It's a pretty great job when you get all these teachers from around the world and these rigs and things, it's like joining the circus and you get to do these amazing things you'd never get to do in life. So I'm taking full advantage of that. (Q: Where there any accidents?) I did have a few accidents, yeah. I'm missing a piece of my right elbow (laughs) which I'm sure, I'll be sixty years old and annoyed about the Tomb Raider set of films (laughs). (Q: So how did that happen? What happened?) I'm not allowed to say because then I can't do that stunt any more for insurance, so I'm keeping that quiet." Entertainment: Teen Choice Awards: Jon Voight vox on his daughter Jolie L.A., 04 August 2003 1. John Voight walking and talking on the red carpet 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jon Voight - on daughter Angelina Jolie: "The estrangement continues and I am always thinking about my daughter when ever I am talking about anything else I'm always thinking about my daughter, it's on my mind continuously. I always send my love to her and I pray for her health and her healing." (Q: "Did you go and see Tomb Raider at all?") SOUNDBITE (English) Jon Voight: "You know I haven't gotten to it and I really want to and I hear she is really great in it and I hear the picture is quite a good picture. I'm happy for her." Entertainment: UK Tomb Raider: Premiere of latest adventures of Lara Croft starring Angelina Jolie London. August 19, 2003 1. Exterior GVS 2. Pan across crowd 3. CU poster 4. Arrival Angelina Jolie 5. Tilt Angelina Jolie 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Angeline Jolie: "It is really important to bring her here because she's English. So it's alot of pressure here because I believe she belongs to them. And me trying to be an English Lady, so I think the pressures on a little more here." 7. CU tattoo on arm of Angelina Jolie, tilt up to her face Reporter: "Are you dating anyone at the moment?" Angelina Jolie: "I'm not, no. I'm rumored to be dating everybody. But, no, I'm not at the moment." Reporter: "Is there anything in particular that you'd really like to do at the bottom of your heart that you'd like to achieve, because you've done so much up til now." Angelina Jolie: "I'd love to have more children and I'd love to learn how to fly a plane. That's something I've promised myself I'll do this year." 10. Angelina Jolie walking up steps 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Jolie: "I have a very patient son who doesn't mind travelling, I'm very lucky. I travel alot, my son comes with me alot. We have a very hectic life, but I love what I do. Especially with spending time with Maddox (her son) or working for the UN. I feel when you love what you're doing in your life you tend to have that much more energy for it." 12. Set up Angelina Jolie Angeline Jolie: "Everybody focused on her love life. She was the Czarina of Russia and everybody focused on her love life. But they tend to do that in the press." Reporter: "Are you looking forward to doing that, the Catherine the Great film?" Angeline Jolie: "First I'm doing 'Alexander the Great'" Reporter: "And how do you feel about being Colin Farrel's mother. He's the same age as you I think." Angeline Jolie: "It's going to be funny. The character's 7 when you first meet me. But I'm sure that Colin and I will have some awkward moments about it and laugh about it and we'll get on and it will be alright." Entertainment: Angelina Jolie in Russia at work for the UN. Moscow August 23 2003 1. Wide shot exterior of the Moscow Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 2. Closeup shot of the UN flag with a black ribbon (in mourning for the Iraq blast) 3. Wide shot start of a press conference by the UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Ms.Angelina Jolie 4. Wide shot pan from press to Jolie 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Jolie: " Here the stongest difference is the instability, not knowing on a daily basis whether things will close or change, or if there will even be attacks where they are, I met with one Chetchen girl, she is twelf years old and she asked me if I tjough she was a terrorist." 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Jolie:" To hear it is ver sad because the radical few have made, and this is in the entirte world now, there seems to be , there is so much hate for entire peoples because of certain things that have happened and we forget the civilians and the families." 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Jolie:" If Bella camp is closed and they don't give an option of housing, an alternative housing, then I would consider it force, that is not voluntary repatriation. Voluntary repatriation is only if you have given people an option of housing and safety, you don't take away their food or shelter." 8. Wide shot press conference 9. Cutaway microphones 10. Closeup Jolie zoom out to journalists Entertainment: NYC Beyond Borders: Angelina Jolie unveils love story movie about life of an aid worker New York. October 20, 2003 1. Wide street red carpet 2. Push in film poster 3. Various Angelina Jolie on red carpet 4. Wide pull Angelina Jolie on red carpet "I read the script for this film five years ago and I was very moved by the story and very curious about what it was about and the film didn't go, it was postponed and cancelled for the time and during that time I decided that if I could do this film then I could personally learn and travel and go to Africa and understand these things. So I took a similar journey in my life, never anticipating that the film was going to go and never expect to join the UN but I did it's completely changed my life." 6. cutaway Angelina with Barbara Walters and Sherry Lansing 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Jolie, Actress - on reports that she gives 30% of her salary to aid organizations: "I could do more and some years I do more, depending on projects but I say to myself that I can at least do that. It makes me feel o.k. about having any money. I wouldn't feel right about it. People who are very fortunate would discover that it feels very good, it feels right not to buy ten cars but to have one and help build ten schools. It just makes you feel happier and better about your life and you see the result of it in a huge way." Entertainment: NYC Tearful Angelina Jolie receives award for her work with the UN NYC 22/10/03 1. Angelina Jolie receives award "I am very emotional and I'm probably going to cry right now, so I apologize ahead of time. I wanted to just learn a few years ago and I had learned so much about the UN and I had read so many amazing things that some of the people in this room, the things that you write, and I felt unintelligent and not a part of that world, and I wanted so much to be allowed to learn. And when... I read a lot, and when I eventually called you in UNHCR because I couldn't believe that that many people could be displaced, and I wanted to know what that meant and how that could happen, they, even though it was a crazy strange actress they kind of said alright we will let you see. I didn't want to get in the way and I met these amazing people and I was suddenly in an environment where journalists, and war photographers, and field officers are all working together to help other people. I had never seen that before in my life. And I was really just so inspired and so humbled that they let me just be there. That's how I feel tonight, so I'm really just happy. I'm so emotional. I'm just so happy to be part of the UN and to be a part of this family that are doing good to just help other people. That is what their focus is at the end of the day. And this award, being named after Sergio who I never got the chance to meet but people, kept telling me a few years ago 'oh you have to meet this guy', he is the most, you're going to love him, he is the most amazing person, everybody just can't say enough good things about him. I was so excited to meet him and I never will but every time I look at this I'm going to be reminded of him. If in some tiny way I have the honour of being connected and associated to such a great man I am really happy. I wish he was standing here and not me, but I am very happy to be here and thank you very much." 3. Wide shot Angelina Jolie leaving the stage. Entertainment: US Taking Lives: Angelina Jolie speaks about tense thriller New York, 17 March 2004 1. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Jolie - researching role: "Well I met with different profilers because that is what she does. I met with a lot of the different women that do this for a living, they are observers and very sensitive people and they are very cool. I think it's a very interesting thing to do for a living. It's not something that you can just volunteer to do but it is something that you have to prove that your sixth sense is correct over a certain amount of times to work with the FBI." 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ethan Hawke: "I like verbal people, I like playing verbal people, people that are good with how they speak, it amuses me and it's an element that I bring to a lot of different parts that I play. This movie was fun because it's been a while since I have done any.. whilst this is a dark romance, there is a romance to this movie and I really enjoy acting with women." Entertainment Shark Tale: Angelina Jolie, etc promote new animation Cannes. May 14, 2004 1. Photocall Will Smith, Angelina Jolie, and Jack Black 2. B-roll Angelina Jolie "Mad (Jolie's son Maddox) tends to - every time he watches an animated movie - he picks somebody out as Maddox and somebody out as Mama, anyway. So usually I am...in 'The Lion King', I'm Mufasa, which is good...in 'The Jungle Book', I'm Shere Khan, which is a little frightening because I don't know. So clearly, all the loud scary father-like figures - that's me (laughs). Isn't that strange? I don't know what psychology...but it says something but yeah, it'd be interesting to watch him see something that actually has Mummy's voice. He'll probably say I'm the De Niro character." (Q: And how much fun is it to do this whole thing?) "Oh , it's so much fun. For just anybody. To see somebody draw you as a shark or as a fish...it was just hysterical to see anyway. But then to do it and to be with everybody and get into this world of the whole fish world and talking to the other actors, it's just great to play because God, in this business, we tend to take ourselves so seriously. We do all these films and there's always reviews of this or that or 'What did it mean?' and this, it's just got a lovely message, it's just fun." Entertainment Italy Concert: Star-studded concert to benefit kids in war zones Rome, 16 May 2004 1. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Jolie on starting with kids, and educating kids: "I think travelling is a big part of it. I also think how we raise our children. I mean I'm having difficulty now, my son's Cambodian and I have to find a place to send him to school where they're going to teach him what really happened in Vietnam, what really happened in Cambodia and who Pol-pot was and I don't know if there's a school that I can find that's going to share with him his proper culture. So I think we have to start with our children first and make sure that we're raising really responsible children and to become responsible adults." Entertainment ITA: World premiere of this movie on St Marks Square Venice, Italy 10 September 2004 1.. B Roll Inflatable screen in St. Mark's square 2. B Roll Angelina Jolie 3. MS Girls in audience 4. SOT Angelina Jolie on making a film her son can come to see: " This is the first he is backstage, the first one he is gonna see, the first premiere he is coming to..... yeah he is so World Of Tomorrow, mum's got an eye patch, his Mum is just, he doesn't care, I think he will like this one. " Entertainment US Sky Captain L.A., 14th September 2004 1. SOUNDBITE: Angelina Jolie (English) (talking about her costumes): "Well, I have my eye patch at home. I took my gun home from 'Tomb Raider' and my eye patch from this one. I've god a weird little outfit in my bed room." (question: advice for new mom Paltrow?) "Enjoy every minute of it which I'm sure she knows." Los Angeles. 17 Sept 2004 "Because I like to fly, for Maddox, I'm a sucker for a leather outfit and an eye patch, and all those three things together made this the perfect film for me." "I mean I think because you're all stuck together in this one thing where it's just you guys together, so it is fun, we laughed a lot and you're also pretending, it's like you're in a room and you're not just talking, it's bing very big and everything is, look over there, we laughed a lot and found it very silly but we knew we were part of something, we had to trust the director and we had to just commit to it and trust that it would turn out good and I think it's nice to do that every once in a while, not to just do films that you know are going to be what they are and they'll be popular and safer. This one we had no idea, we had to try something, which is so important to do I think." Entertainment US Alexander Los Angeles. November 9, 2004 "The guys had to shave their legs for their skirts. It's a sexy thing. It's nice to be the woman who doesn't have to worry about that because you're a mother and you wear long dresses and you get wrinkles. You can just be and the boys are getting their legs perfect and shaving. It was like, oh good. That's your problem. I'm going to go be old and sit in a corner." "We do have, that's very nice of him. I think Colin and I are very similar so it's less of about a mother and a child, it became more abut the soul or the connection or the spirit. Whatever it is, you feel like I identify with you. I know you. I know you're better than that. It's almost like your talking to yourself in a room." Los Angeles - 16 November 2004 1. Wide shot of Angelina Jolie speaking with reporter 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Jolie - on playing Farrell's mother, even though she's only one-year older: "I think that you meet her when Alexander's young, so you grow with her a bit. But I think, also, we're both actors and we took it really seriously, and I focused on everything about me that's seen death and feels old and is mom and feels drained and disappointed by life. And he focused on everything that's hopeful and young about him. And somehow we met in the middle." Entertainment US Alexander Pt 2 Los Angeles. 9th November 2004 1. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Jolie - on Colin Farrell: "We do have a bond, I think Colin and I are very similar and so it became less about a mother and a child, it became more about the soul or connection or spirit, or whatever it is you feel like, look I identify with you, I know you, I know you're better than that. It's almost like you're talking to yourself in a room, so you have a certain kind of connection. And I think Colin and I are similar kind of people." 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Colin Farrell - on Angelina Jolie: "I say this I feel like I've known her a lot longer than I do, and a lot more than I should, considering the amount of time that I spent with her. And on that note yeah it was cool, a piece of cake, a walk in the park to play her son, we're also very close age-wise and it was fine. I mean she's such an incredible fking actor that she really just sold it, she was brilliant." Entertainment US Hotel Rwanda L.A.,2nd December 2004, 1. Angelina Jolie talking to press 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Jolie saying: "I've been studying refugees and different things for the U.N. for about four years and if you mention Rwanda in any office and they put their heads down, ashamed and determined to never let that happen again. It was a dark, dark, hour and a horrible time and yet, we have Darfur today and we're going into our 21st month, so this isn't over and we're right in the middle of one that could end up being worse and more numbers, and it's horrible." 3. Wide shot of red carpet and stills photographers 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Jolie (Talking about Paul Rusesabagina): "I wish some man like him could be President, we need men like him, he's just a remarkable person. I don't know how many of us would have done the same thing if in that situation, and he's so sweet, you meet him and he's so humble, he's so sweet. you couldn't ask for a better person to be representing these situations in the world, and his country." Entertainment Alexander Presser APTN, London, UK 5 January 2005 1.Q: Journalist - about a sexual frisson between Colin Farrell and Angelina Jolie 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Jolie : "I do think she cared for him and wanted him to be strong and therefore I don't think she would mess with him in a way that might confuse him. That was always my...I also as a mother can imagine that. I think it would break the child in my opinion. So therefore I thought no. But there is something unusual and maybe even more powerful that she had some kind of hold on him and affected him in a different way." "There has been a wonderful response by people. I've been living in England, so the response of the English people overnight was extraordinary and I think that people have pushed their governments to do even more which is wonderful. What I'm really concerned about and I'm going to be watching and speaking to people about is the coming months, I think right now it's really in the news and money keeps coming in and I'm hoping that it's distributed properly and I'm hoping that everyone on the ground is...because the chaos over there. I think that in the months to come I'll be looking into different people who will be starting to do programmes of building back the communities. What are we going to do with the housing, what are we going to do with the schools for the kids? Because we have to spend the next few years rebuilding these places and investing and stay focused." Entertainment UK Alexander Premiere London. 5th January 2005 8. SOUNDBITE (English) (English) Angelina Jolie - on mothering Colin Farrell: " Fun...( Q Did you feel like a mother ? ) Well I did actually.. There is more to that answer... But yes I did feel like a mother." 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Jolie - on the Asian Tsunami: " No not really in general. I'm very aware of situations going on generally and clearly what has recently happened 10 days ago is such an extraordinarily huge situation that is overwhelming and you know just horrifying. At the same time I am aware that there are so many people displaced daily and so many civil wars going on daily and so many people starving daily, and so it is not new for there to be people in need in the world. So I am always thinking about that so I it is not suddenly something I am thinking about." Entertainment Davos: Angelina Jolie talks to press at WEF Davos, Switzerland 29 January 2005 2. Soundbite ( English ) Angelina Jolie: "and certainly the first time I when I met a six year old girl who carried her baby sister across a border and had her parents killed in front of her and you know was just rocking and staring at something and then hearing months later that she was doing better, and wanting to go to school and thinking how is she even focussing on anything, it was the most amazing thing I have ever heard. " 3. Caw Press " If celebrities or personalities can help to educate, not influence them, just tell them the truth about what is happening and let them form their own opinion, that will strike them and they will push their politicians and it is true that this the - when they talk about Bono and everything - this is the-somebody made a great point, this is the first generation that has the ability with the science and technology to end poverty. " 5. Caw Journalist 7. Soundbite ( English ) Angelina Jolie- about movies -hard back to work: " I have never intentionally done any films that send a horrible message, I have done wild things or fun things but not completely socially irresponsible things. But no I think if anything it is harder for me to go back to work there, I have had a few months of and I am having trouble to go back to work because I am finding that my time at home with my son and me taking him around travelling to UN HCR programmes or other parts of the world is just more forfilling and more interesting to me and I know is more important. At the same time I know that doing a film and making money and remaining in the public eye I am able to fund more programmes and I am able to bring more attention so I know I have to do both but it is hard to go back to work. " 8.Caw press Entertainment Pakistan Jolie meets Pakistan's prime minister Pakistan, 4th May 2005 1. MS Angelina Jolie and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz shaking hands 2. Gvs meeting. 3. SOUNDBITE Angelina Jolie: "I'm going to be here for a few days so I'm going to speak more after I've travelled and after I've seen more." (Q: "Could you tell us a little bit about the meeting with the Prime Minister?") "Just that I think he's a wonderful man and he's working towards many solutions for his people and for Afghanistan people. I know he's worked very hard to find solutions and there's so much to be done and Pakistan has been hosting, working with UNHCR and speaking on behalf of UNHCR, hosting Afghan refugees for many years and UNHCR has greatly appreciated it. There's still much that needs to be done and it's wonderful that these families from Afghanistan still have people looking after them, because they still have many needs. So we talked about that." Pakistan Jolie: Presser by UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie Islamabad - 7 May 2005 1. Exterior of hotel where presser is held 2. Various of Jolie walking down stairs and through hotel lobby 3. Wide shot of news conference 5. Journalists 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Jolie, actress and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador: "Everyone is in agreement, mostly, of what needs to be done and that is very encouraging as that is not often the case. Everyone spoke of the need for there to be development in Afghanistan as quickly as possible, faster if possible and especially in the rural areas which are not getting as much attention as they should be. Another thing that was discussed was that everybody feels that forced repatriation is not humane and not something that should be done." 7. Wide of news conference "Well, I spent a lot of time crying yesterday. I don't have a lot of answers, you know. I wish I did. I wish I could solve it for them. I know many people in this room wish they could find the solution. It is very, very difficult. I think it is, you know, it's like asking how to end poverty. It's an enormous question. I think we need to balance resources in this world and there is much to be done. I think the first thing that needs to happen is that we all need to focus, in a global way, on education, on healthcare and on children's rights." 9. Jolie standing and exiting Entertainment US Mr and Mrs Smith Los Angeles, 6th June 2005 INTERVIEW WITH ANGELINA JOLIE MUST ONLY BE USED WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF A STORY ON THE FILM 'MR AND MRS SMITH' NOTE TO CLIENTS: To gain interview access, Associated Press Television News was required to sign agreements with representatives of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie stating that no personal questions would be asked of the actors.** (Q: The paparazzi were all over the making of this movie - was it distracting?) "Only because of my son, only like making sure that he was safely getting to set to hang out or safety getting to school or you know things like that are the bigger concern, or could I take him to the nearby park or was it a bad day for press and paparazzi or things like that. That's the only time it bothers you because you're you know but other than that no, you just, you know (shrugs)." 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Jolie - with a different take on the origins of the film: "I think what happened, strangely enough, is that we read the script and it had some action in it and really it was a relationship comedy and then I think Brad and I, being two people that love action and the stunt coordinator knowing him from 'Troy' and me from 'Tomb Raider' , the action scenes suddenly went from three days to three weeks and everything got more competitive and bigger and bigger and bigger, so it turned more into an action movie." 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Jolie - on training for the dance sequence with Pitt: "There was a few days rehearsal and it was just funny because you know, we can do stunt practice or gun training for days but brought to a dance class was kind of like 'Oh God, it's that day. It's dance class'. But it ended up being very fun and especially because of all the weapons and the story in between it but yeah it was funny." 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Jolie - on doing her own stunt work in the film's so-called "leap" sequence: "It's not scary actually. I think I'm afraid of certain things, well I'm not really afraid of but I don't like being under water, I love heights. I love heights, so it was kind of a dream come true for me. I loved doing that stunt." "Um, I think (laughs) no. During the film, there was always the joke about the sequel and it was always like, 'We'll be back for the sequel!' but I can't imagine what that would be." Entertainment US Mr and Mrs Smith: World premiere of Pitt and Jolie's new movie Los Angeles, 7 June 2005 1. Wide Westwood Village theatre, with pan down and over to the Bruin theatre 2. Close-up poster, with pull out 3. Wide of fans, with pan across street to more fans 4. Medium Angelina Jolie signs autographs, with pull out 5. Angelina Jolie speaks to reporter 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Angelina Jolie/Actor, on how "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" is a genre-buster: "I think it is. It's one of those films, it's what a lot of films...it's what we try to make in this business, something that is entertaining and has a little bit of a message but really you just go with anybody and you can laugh and it's thrilling, it has all those elements that you hope to put in a movie." 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Jolie, on working with Brad Pitt: "He's actually, he's a great actor and I think I underestimated. He's a really great actor and he's very focused and dedicated and works hard on the script and (crowd cheering) causes a crowd but he's great, he's amazing." 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Jolie, on why she feels America should to more to combat world hunger: "so there is the money to give and it's only 0.7 of our GGP, you know what I mean? We can afford to do it. We can afford to do a lot more than we're doing and every other country, you know all of Europe has come up to the 0.7, some are going to 0.9 and we're at 0.15. We may give the most cash as America but when it comes to percentage of what we have, we give the absolute least and that is embarrassing as a wealthy country. So we should absolutely step up." 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Jolie, on what she'd say to George W. Bush: "I would tell him a lot of things. But I mean really, at the end of the day, I would ask him to really think hard about his children's future and the kind of life he's leaving for his grandchildren one day and to separate himself from all the other stuff that he's done and to start to think about himself as the legacy he's going to leave and that he could be a part of ending poverty and we really can do it and we can afford tot do it now and it's a shame and it's a disgrace if we don't and I don't think anybody should want to leave that legacy to their children. Forget your presidency, just that." Entertainment US Peace One Day: Actress/activist Angelina Jolie backs peace campaign New York. 20 September, 2005 1. Wide shot of theatre 2. Close-up theatre sign 3. Wide shot fans 4. Wide shot Angelina Jolie and entourage 6. Medium shot Angelina Jolie signing autographs 7. Wide shot Angelina Jolie on red carpet with Jeremy Gilley 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Angelina Jolie: "And also the idea of what a possible ceasefire could mean. That could mean aid to people, that could mean accessing people who at the moment it's impossible in getting them food, in getting them medicine, and getting them vaccinated, and saving childrens' lives and a day for all of us to stop this and really reach out- if at least for the children. So it's an important thing." "Certainly to educate we should all, anybody should just educate themselves further. I had really the good fortune of having a friend who brought this to my attention and I think I took the time to watch it and that's all it took. So I don't think it takes much effort. I think the more people are aware, the more things people would do and I think there are a lot of good people ready to take that first step, maybe they haven't yet, but they will." 10. Wide shot Angelina Jolie on red carpet 11. Tilt up Angelina Jolie 12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Angelina Jolie - on media obsession with her personal life: "It's only frustrating that that's what people seem to want to feed the conscience of society, that they want to focus on that. I think that's our media, that's the choice we make, that's the choice you make when you do this interview. Unfortunately that's just the way it is, but hopefully I don't think about it much. I just move on and do the things I think are good things and live as good a life as I can and hope that comes through." 13. Wide shot and pan of press, reverse of Angelina Jolie, Jeremy Gilley, and Jonny Lee Miller 14. Wide shot Jonny Lee Miller, Jeremy Gilley, and Angelina Jolie Entertainment US Angelina Jolie heads up AIDS/HIV awarness event Washington, 28th September, 2005 1.Various Angelina Jolie 2. Virgin United boss Richard Branson pan to Jolie 3. Various Angelina Jolie Entertainment NY Angelina Jolie takes time out from filming to receive UN award New York, 11th October 2005 1. Wide shot Angelina Jolie "I find it a strange thing to get an award for this kind of work. I was a bit shy about it coming out, but then I realised it was a great organisation so I just wanted to enjoy the evening, but I still find it a bit strange." 4. Mid shot Angelina Jolie "With all of the things that happen on the news we get so focused on the big things that are happening, but as they happen there are so many things that happen like Uganda and the Congo there are so many things we must keep remembering and keep fresh in our minds because they are certainly not solved." 6. Wide shot Angelina Jolie tilt up "I'm a mom first and then they keep me balanced." 8. Mid shot photographers pan to Angelina Jolie 9. Wide shot chandelier tilt down to ballroom 10. Wide shot Angelina Jolie with zoom in 11. Mid shot Angelina Jolie and John Negroponte 13. Wide shot John Whitehead, UPSOUND: "Angelina will you please step forward, it will be a big great to me to present you with this award." 14. Mid shot Angelina Jolie, UPSOUND: "To receive and award for something that has been the greatest privilege in my life is quite a strange thing but it means a lot to me. Second to my children, spending time with refugees and other persons of persons of need around the world has been the greatest gift. It's been the greatest life lesson I could ever receive. After my first trip to a refugee camp, I made a promise that I would try to help others to understand everything that I was fortunate enough to witness. So I stand here today makes me feel that in some way I am living up to that promise. So I thank you very much." 15. Wide shot Angelina Jolie, UPSOUND: "I've had the great honour of working along side the UN Refugee Agency for the last four years. In any UN agency or office in any corner of the globe you will find an amazing mix of very hard working and often very tired people. What is beautiful to me is that the men and the women are always a mix of nationalities: Guatemalan, Japanese, Scottish, American, English, African. They have all come together with one common goal: to help other people. That's the UN at its best and it's amazing." 16. Mid shot audience 17.Angelina Jolie walking to table US Angelina Jolie meets Senator Lugar over UN Millennium Develt Goals Washington, D.C. - 17 Nov 2005 1. Mid shot of Jolie and Lugar entering presser (MUTE) 2. SOUNDBITE (English): Angelina Jolie, Hollywood actress and activist: "I've been following the millennium goals for a while now, like everybody, and I do think they are the most important...this is what we want to try to accomplish in our generation, we want for our children and for our grandchildren. These are the big things to try for and as you said they are big goals and huge tasks, but we have a framework and a lot of people behind it now that the president has announced that the US is committed, which was so important and so wonderful to hear and now there is this bill that I will certainly give you my full support to do anything I can to help push it through because it is so important for our country and other countries. Thank you very much." 3. 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__label__cc	0.732579	0.267421	Apptix Outlook 2007 Web Access Outlook 2010 Web App Hosted Business Voice Hosted Fax File Sync & Share Dedicated SharePoint Lync™ Web Conferencing Compliance & Security Mobile Device Manager Anti-Spam / Anti-Virus Servers On Demand Virtual Desktop as a Service (DaaS) Desktop Backup Workstation Management Email Professional Services SharePoint Professional Services Apptix Control Panel Email Compliance and Security Secure IM and Web Conferencing Home > About Us > News > Press Releases > Sprint Expands Global Wholesale & Emerging Solutions Portfolio with Apptix Cloud Services Delivered Contact Sales 1-866-428-0130 Why Apptix? Organizations of all sizes around the world choose Apptix for their hosted communication, collaboration, and infrastructure needs. Apptix delivers Reliable, Easy-to-Manage services backed by 24/7 Customer Service – for Reduced TCO and Unbeatable Value. Sprint Expands Global Wholesale & Emerging Solutions Portfolio with Apptix Cloud Services Delivered across Parallels Automation Platform 11/7/2012 Download PDF Herndon, VA – November 7, 2012 – Apptix® (OSE: APP), the premier provider of Microsoft® hosted business communication, collaboration, and IT solutions announced the addition of Sprint Global Wholesale & Emerging Solutions to its blue chip channel program. Parallels Automation, the leading hosting and cloud services enablement platform, is powering Sprint’s cloud services aggregation and delivery platform. This alliance will expand Sprint’s portfolio of cloud telecommunications and IT services, allowing Sprint to more effectively serve wholesale customers catering to small & medium-sized businesses, and key industries such as healthcare, government, and education. Apptix hosted business solutions, provided through Sprint, enhance employee productivity, keep users connected from virtually any location, and reduce IT service costs. Optional archiving, encryption, and compliance features give businesses the tools they need to help you meet stringent regulatory requirements such as HIPAA, PCI, FRCP, and SOX. The new offerings, delivered via the Parallels Automation platform, include: Hosted Microsoft Exchange – corporate-class email and shared calendaring, task, and contact capabilities Mobile Email Synchronization – seamless integration with a variety of mobile devices including iPad®, iPhone®, Windows Mobile®, Android® and BlackBerry® Mailbox Continuity – rapid failover of email service to ensure little-to-no lost data in the event of an outage Hosted Microsoft SharePoint® – enterprise-class, customizable collaboration and content management platform Desktop Backup –backup solution to protect important data Archiving & Compliance – email archiving to assist with your financial and legal compliance requirements Email Encryption – Policy Based Encryption for more secure communications The expansion of its solutions portfolio is just the latest enhancement of the Sprint Wholesale Cloud Services program, an innovative approach to guide Sprint resellers’ entry and success in the rapidly growing cloud services market. Sprint empowers its partners to enter the market faster by eliminating multiple party contracts and preselecting and aggregating in-demand application and service offerings. “Apptix is providing Sprint best-in-class flexible solutions designed to meet the unique needs of businesses of any size,” said David Ehrhardt, president and CEO of Apptix. “We believe Sprint now has a competitive advantage within the growing Cloud market space.” “Resellers need only to connect to a single cloud services platform hosted within Sprint’s data center network and built upon Parallels Automation software,” said John Zanni, Vice President of Service Provider Marketing and Alliances at Parallels. “Sprint’s cloud solutions are integrated and delivered under the reseller’s brand across this platform, with a single sign-on and a single bill for all services. As a result of using Parallels Automation, Sprint is dramatically minimizing the initial capital expenditure required and making it much easier to enter the cloud services marketplace.” “Sprint Global Wholesale & Emerging Solutions makes it easy for our wholesale customers to deliver a robust Cloud solution more quickly and cost effectively than if they were to create it themselves,” said Ben Vos, vice president, Wholesale Business Operations, Sprint. “By offering advanced cloud services, such as those provided by Apptix, across a single interface, we complement the other wireless and wireline services in our wholesale portfolio, and help grow and support our customers’ SMB solutions revenue.” Welcome to the cloud - the future is now The market for cloud services is growing rapidly. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) revenue for North America alone is projected to reach more than $23 billion by 2017, according to industry analyst firm Frost & Sullivan. Fueling much of this growth is small and mid-size businesses turning to cloud-based applications and services to lower costs and enhance business performance. “As cloud usage escalates in the next 5 years, the market will belong to providers that can assure users of secure, high-performance, easy-to-use access to applications at a reasonable cost,” said Lynda Stadtmueller, Cloud Program director for Frost & Sullivan, Sprint’s selection of aggregated cloud applications and expansion of its SaaS portfolio provide a wide range of business software functionality that can be accessed nearly any time, from virtually any location, via a web-based portal. Not only is that more convenient for end-users, but it also eliminates the expense and hassle of dealing with multiple software vendors. Businesses of all sizes can confidently embrace a variety of hosted services to improve productivity and cost structures. Sprint Wholesale Cloud Services Program Sprint Wholesale Cloud Services enables partners to deliver, under their own brand, on-demand access to computing services and storage resources to SMBs. Customers are looking to procure services, not assets, with the freedom to pay only for what they use. Sprint delivers services when and where customers need them most. This new offering can help resellers and their SMB customers to improve sales and compete more effectively with bundled solutions available anytime. Customers with an existing Cloud portfolio can select core services to help complete their current Cloud offering. For more information about Sprint Wholesale Cloud Services, visit http://wholesale.sprint.com/. About Apptix Apptix (OSE: APP) is the premier provider of hosted business communication, collaboration, and IT solutions to business of all sizes – from SOHO to Fortune 500 – with particular expertise supporting legal, financial, healthcare, and telecom firms. A pioneer in the hosted services space, Apptix currently serves over 350,000 users around the world. Apptix’s comprehensive portfolio of Cloud solutions includes Microsoft Exchange email, VoIPwww.facebook.com/ParallelsCloudwww.facebook.com/ParallelsCloud, SharePoint, Web Conferencing, and Secure IM with Presence. Services are delivered over a highly reliable network leveraging best-in-class technology, housed in SSAE 16/SAS 70-compliant data centers, and backed by U.S.-based 24/7 support. For more information, visit www.apptix.com. About Parallels Parallels is a worldwide leader in hosting and cloud service enablement and desktop virtualization. Founded in 1999, Parallels is a fast-growing company with more than 900 employees in North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, please visit http://www.parallels.com/spp, follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/ParallelsCloud, and Like Us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ParallelsCloud. 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__label__wiki	0.564959	0.564959	home / news / PREVIEW: We look ahead to this weekend's games ROUND-UP: Another hugely successful Dublin Masters tournament You are here : Home / News / ROUND-UP: Another hugely successful Dublin Masters tournament The sixth Dublin Masters international basketball tournament was a hugely competitive and successful event this past weekend. Action tipped off on Friday night with extremely close games from some of the main contenders in the Over 40s. Portland Oregon overcame defending champions St Declan’s by one point, followed by Domzale Retro from USA beating Checkmate Knights also by one point, with former NBA player Anthony Bonner among their starters, while Team BNAF beat new master’s outfit 78ers by three points. In the Ladies Over 40’s, Oblate Dynamos almost caused a big upset having led tournament favourites Wild Rovers going into the final quarter, but the extra bench strength on the Rovers’ team and tiredness for Oblates got Wild Rovers over the line in their bid to win their 5th title in a row. There was a big upset in the other semi-final with Mustangs, led by the superb Siobhan Kilkenny, beating a very talented Edinburgh side by 4 points. However, the energy used in that win took its toll in the final and eventually Wild Rovers built a lead and secured their 5th Joe Kavanagh Cup in a row. The Over 40 men’s semi-finals saw Portland v St Vincent’s and BNAF v Domzale Retro. In a close game, Portland overcame Vincent’s, while BNAF accounted for a talented Domzale team. The final was a tight affair with neither team able to establish any sort of lead. Every point was hard earned and every play on defence hard fought. With the game tied going into the last few seconds, a foul put Portland on the line. One of the two free throws were made with three seconds on the clock and it was good enough to give Portland the Tom McLoughlin Cup on their first trip to the Dublin Masters. In the Men’s Over 50s, newly-formed team DM Ballers took on Inchicore in the final with DM Ballers coming out winners on the back of a super team performance to win by 9 points and put their name on The Mick Brew Cup. Overall it was a hugely enjoyable weekend and there’s no doubt that the standard of Masters Competition is improving every year.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3662
__label__cc	0.700609	0.299391	BENEO's PR team BENEO download searchIf you are looking for press releases, images, etc. to download, please use our download search BENEO site search Follow us on: LinkedIn Twitter YouTube Research Underlines Popularity of Naturally Functional Fibre April 2015 - New research results, commissioned by leading functional ingredients manufacturer, BENEO, show that consumers intrinsically link fibre with digestive health and prefer fibre that has been derived from a natural source, such as chicory root. The representative research was carried out amongst 7,000 consumers in the UK, Germany, Spain, Poland and France.[i] All things natural When asked to prioritise different statements in order of importance, 70% of respondents from the five countries surveyed replied that ‘natural products are better’; with 65% of UK respondents[ii] preferring ‘all things natural’. This preference for natural ingredients was also reflected in terms of ingredients’ names: ‘chicory root extract’ outperformed other fibre names, such as maltodextrin and polydextrose with respondents, in terms of sounding healthier, safer and recognisable. Limiting and adding to achieve balance Respondents watched what they ate by limiting certain things in their diet (e.g. fat, sugar and calories) and consuming ‘extras’, such as fibre. Almost two thirds (61%) of those surveyed tried to limit or avoid fat (UK - 57%[iii]) and 60% tried to limit or avoid sugar (UK - 56%)[iv]. More than half of those surveyed (51%) tried to get as much fibre as possible, or a certain amount in their diets. The UK respondents were among the highest consumers of fibre (59%)[v]. One of the main drivers to increased fibre intake across all countries was related to the beneficial effects of fibres on digestive health (84%), with 88% of UK respondents[vi] eating fibre to improve their bowel movements. Fibre focus The attraction of fibre enrichment was high for products naturally associated with fibre; with more than two thirds of respondents (67%) in Europe seeing the benefit of fibre enrichment linked to breakfast cereals and bread, whilst 61% liked the idea of fibre enrichment linked to cereal bars. In addition, more than half of those surveyed found the idea of fibre enrichment in both pasta (54%) and yoghurt (53%) products appealing or very appealing. Myriam Snaet, Manager Market Intelligence & Consumer Insights at BENEO: “These study results clearly underline what has been stated by Julian Mellentin in his key trends for 2015: Natural functionality is the biggest trend in the industry and has proven to be a powerful driver of many successful food innovations. With inulin and oligofructose, BENEO offers functional ingredients from nature with nutritional, technical and health benefits that meet consumer requirements for healthy ingredients. At the same time they help to boost fibre levels in a wide range of products – naturally.” BENEO’s Orafti® Inulin and Oligofructose are prebiotic fibres naturally derived from chicory roots that have a natural, mild sweetness. They help to reduce the sugar and fat content in products and enrich products with fibre at the same time, whilst maintaining texture and taste. In January 2015 BENEO’s inulin received a positive 13.5 EFSA health claim evaluation for its beneficial effects on bowel regularity (digestive health), based on proprietary and confidential data that was submitted. Thus the digestive health benefits of BENEO’s prebiotics have been once again scientifically proven. They are among the most researched prebiotic fibre ingredients worldwide. Myriam Snaet concludes: “With our prebiotic fibres, manufacturers can respond to growing consumer demand in terms of sugar reduction and weight management and the desire for good carbs and digestive wellness.” [i] BENEO commissioned consumer research in five European countries (UK, Spain, Germany, France and Poland) on the perception of fibre. The survey was conducted in 2012/13 by Insites, a consumer research agency with offices in Belgium, the Netherlands, UK and the United States. [ii] The highest percentage of respondents to prefer ‘all things natural’ was from Poland (80%), followed by France (76%), Spain (68%), Germany (67%) and the UK (65%). [iii] Almost two thirds (61%) of those surveyed tried to limit or avoid fat (with France showing the strongest avoidance at 73%, followed by Germany (59%), the UK (57%), Poland (56%) and then Spain (48%)). [iv] 60% tried to limit or avoid sugar (with France again leading the way at 68%, followed by Germany at 64%, Poland at 59%, the UK at 56% and Spain at 42%). [v] Polish respondents consumed the most fibre (68%), followed by the British (59%), French (57%), Spanish (50%) and Germans (31%). [vi] Digestive health was linked to fibre intake for 89% in Spain, 88% in the UK, closely followed by Poland at 83% and France at 82% as well as Germany with 81%. You can download the press release as .doc (DOC, 78 KB) or .pdf (PDF, 170.29 KB) Please download graphic 1 here (JPEG, 395.18 KB) and graphic 2 here (JPEG, 780.34 KB) . 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__label__cc	0.730955	0.269045	Blogger News Network High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. BNN Radio US Grant and the Railroad Login & Write! Fired U.S. attorney warned the Justice Department Posted on April 27th, 2007 by Jason Easley in All News, Congressional News, Government News, Presidential News, US Government News, US News One of the eight fired U.S. attorneys, Bud Cummins of Arkansas, tried to warn the Justice Department that their plan to replace him could lead to political problems down the road. In an email to Mike Battle, the person who oversaw the U.S. attorneys for the Justice Department, Cummins wrote, “The White House recently called our sole Republican congressman (Boozman) and pretty much told him what they are doing with this appointment and how they are going about it.” In a phone interview with the AP, Boozman confirmed Cummins description of events. “They said, ‘We’re going to replace Bud Cummins with Tim Griffin. Do you see any problem with that?’ My reply was that that would cause problems because Bud was very well respected and has served the president well,” Rep. Boozman said. In the same email to Battle, Cummins said that he had received word that some members of the Arkansas congressional delegation were upset about how the firing was handled. “I was contacted for confirmation that I was being ousted to make room for another appointee. I politely refused to get into it with them … but strongly urged them to not raise hell about anything on my account,â€ Cummins wrote. He was also clear that he was writing the email as protection against future political backlash. “I just wanted to let you know that a) there may be some stink about this down the road; and b) I absolutely did not instigate or provoke it. Whatever else happens is entirely their doing.” Â It seems that this White House is so arrogant that they thought that they could away with manipulating the Justice Department for political reasons. Gonzalesâ€™ performance based reasoning for the firings looks like an even bigger joke now. It is also becoming clear why Monica Goodling wanted immunity before she would even consider testifying. This whole affair never passed the smell test with me, and now evidence is starting to pile up that Alberto Gonzales put his loyalty to the president ahead of his duties as the attorney for all the people of the United States. To me the question that remains unanswered isnâ€™t does the White House have the power to replace U.S. attorneys? They do. The more appropriate question is did the executive branch abuse this power in the case of the eight U.S. attorneys? That is a much trickier query, and one that I believe merits more investigation. All quotes came from this AP article. Jason Easley is the editor of the politics zone at 411mania.com. Â His news column The Political Universe appears on Tuesdays and Fridays at www.411mania.com/politics Jason can also be heard every Sunday afternoon at 1:30 pm (ET) as the host of The Political Universe Radio Show at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thepoliticaluniverse Click Below To Rate This Post: No user commented in " Fired U.S. attorney warned the Justice Department " Follow-up comment rss or Leave a Trackback Email Address (private) Website (optional) BloggerNews On The Air We are pleased to announce our latest endeavor, Blogger News is now sponsoring some radio shows on Blog Talk Radio. You can check our full schedule, and listen to previous broadcasts here, and we hope that you will join us on the air in this new venture. Listen to internet radio with Simon Barrett on BlogTalkRadio Most Recent Articles: 4 Cool Ways to Get More People to Shop at the Mall 6 Practices You Can Adapt to Make Your Business Eco-Friendly Review: Purgatory Bay by Bryan Gruley Review: At Their Own Game: A SpoCompton Crime Novel by Frank Zafiro Review: Robert B. Parker’s Angel Eyes: A Spenser Novel by Ace Atkins Blogger News Network is © 2008 Local Info Company	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3669
__label__wiki	0.781865	0.781865	BMW Concept X7 iPerformance. Please login to view contact details. Hector Arellano-Belloc A new dimension in spaciousness. Munich, Germany - September 8, 2017... With the unveiling of the BMW Concept X7 iPerformance at the IAA Cars 2017 show in Frankfurt, the BMW Group is not only pulling back the covers on a new model concept for the luxury segment, it is also introducing a whole new take on luxury for the BMW brand. The Concept X7 iPerformance embodies this understanding of luxury in the form of a striking exterior composed of intently focused lines, and combines it with a generously-sized, six-person interior pared down to the essentials: elementary forms, high-class materials and a state-of-the-art infotainment system brimming with connectivity. The Concept’s iPerformance badge denotes the presence of groundbreaking BMW eDrive technology allied with a BMW TwinPower Turbo petrol engine to create an exceptionally efficient and dynamic plug-in hybrid powertrain that excels in all driving situations – including running with zero local emissions. A taster of the production version. This study car offers a look ahead to the future production model set to make its debut in 2018. The forthcoming BMW X7 forms part of the largest model offensive in the company’s history. As part of its NUMBER ONE > NEXT strategy, the BMW Group is seeking to substantially increase its sales and revenues in the luxury class. The BMW X7 has a key role to play here, as Ian Robertson, Member of the BMW AG Management Board responsible for Sales and Brand BMW explains: “Since BMW founded the Sports Activity Vehicle segment with the first X5 back in 1999, every subsequent X vehicle has broken new ground. The BMW X7 continues this tradition: the X family’s new top model extends BMW’s offering in the luxury class and redefines the concept of luxury for the BMW brand and beyond. It also embodies one of the most important elements of our corporate strategy NUMBER ONE > NEXT, to grow our presence in the luxury class. Furthermore, the BMW Concept X7 demonstrates it’s perfectly possible to combine a large sports activity vehicle with an electrified drivetrain.” A case study in modernity, luxury and presence. The status of the BMW Concept X7 iPerformance as a luxury-class BMW SAV is instantly apparent. The spectacular exterior, imposing dimensions and skilfully judged proportions endow it with an extraordinary sense of presence and an ultra-modern aesthetic fused with innate dynamism. “The Concept introduces the BMW Sports Activity Vehicle DNA into the luxury segment. The new BMW design language employs just a few, extremely precise lines and subtle surface-work to raise the bar in terms of presence and prestige,” explains Adrian van Hooydonk, Senior Vice President BMW Group Design. “The BMW Concept X7 iPerformance has a luxurious and sophisticated feel to it, thanks to its understated use of forms and incredibly precise details.” The luxurious character of the BMW Concept X7 iPerformance is brought alive by its cabin, in particular. The vehicle’s sheer size forms the basis for an interior experience unmatched by any BMW past or present. As a result of the interplay between precise, pared-down forms and an open sense of space, the driver and passengers find themselves immersed in a very modern setting with an equally exclusive feel. The wealth of possibilities offered by personalised, digital connectivity allows the vehicle’s interior to be turned, as desired, into a personalised place of either retreat or productivity. A contemporary feeling of lightness in the interior. Inside the roomy cabin of the BMW Concept X7 iPerformance, clear forms, warm colours and select materials combine to create a highly exclusive, sophisticated ambience. In addition, the large panoramic roof provides a remarkable amount of room above the occupants’ heads while also giving the interior a light and airy, open-to-the-sky feel. The six amply proportioned seats are arranged in three rows, and four of them have an exclusive individual design. Secured to the vehicle floor by nothing more than a slender seat base, the individual seats allow those sitting directly behind to enjoy generous legroom. The dark, olive-bronze leather – with discreet gold pigmentation – covering the seat bolsters carries the air of exclusivity through to the finer details and the Smoke White leather adorning the remainder of the seats provides an intriguing contrast. The shell-like backs of the individual seats are likewise trimmed in leather and serve to enhance the high-class, contemporary ambience. A perfect ensemble of materials and colour. The dark shoulder line running underneath the windows traces a continuous horizon throughout the cabin that brings fresh calmness to the bright interior. Decorative materials are deployed sparingly. Having said that, the selective use of open-pore ash in a dark-stained, matt finish sets the seal on the natural material experience. Matt and polished aluminium elements have likewise been carefully incorporated to add further classy touches. And the luxurious sense of spaciousness enjoyed from all seats is reinforced to subtle effect by strands of laser light in the roof and the dynamic ambient and contour lighting. Minimalist forms in the driver’s cabin. Amid the modern and pared-back design of the interior is the driver focus familiar to BMW customers. The forms and surfacing of the instrument panel, centre console and doors allow them to “wrap around” the driver. And the raised seating position provides unbeatable all-round visibility and an exceptional view over the road. The new BMW design language, featuring amply-sized surfaces and clear edges, gives the instrument panel a “reduced to the essentials”, modern aesthetic. The 12.3-inch instrument cluster screen and central touchscreen information display are sited at close quarters to one another. The effect is of one unbroken – and smartly sophisticated – display. A new operating concept allows interactive use of the two displays. Below them, in the centre stack and centre console, the grouping of functions within the clean and tautly chiselled surfaces underscores the minimalist approach. Partially backlit crystal glass in the dark Silver Night shade lends sophisticated flourishes to control elements like the selector lever, iDrive Controller and multifunction buttons on the steering wheel. Personalised infotainment through the seamless integration of the owner’s digital world into the car. The two individual seats in the second row offer all the benefits of the front pair. The first sign of an attachment between the panoramic roof and body comes comfortably to the rear of the second row of seats in the form of a Y structure, which means the passengers in the centre row experience the same sensation of freedom and lightness as those in the front. Second-row passengers also enjoy personalised infotainment comfort courtesy of the rear-seat entertainment system’s touchscreen monitors. Here, the BMW Concept X7 iPerformance showcases the BMW Group’s vision of seamless integrating the customer’s digital world into the car via BMW Connected. For example, passengers here have access to highly personalised, digital services such as their choice of infotainment / office content, with which they can make their journey more comfortable, more entertaining or more productive. And content can even be shared with others on board. For instance, they can send a track to the car’s music system by touch gesture, forward an interesting article to the next-door display for the person sitting alongside them to read or transfer an address from their email directly to the car’s navigation system. Interactive LED choreography via the doors and instrument panel traces the communication flow between the rear screens and the display at the front of the cabin. Impressive size and presence – the exterior. The expansive exterior of the BMW Concept X7 iPerformance projects the exclusive experience available inside the car confidently to the outside world. Clear, vertical proportions with significant ground clearance identify the Concept as an X model without the need to look twice. At the same time, the Concept speaks its own, unmistakeable design language – a new one for BMW – through an array of details and design features which set it apart clearly from previous models. Viewed from any angle, the interplay between a small number of precise lines and artfully sculpted surfaces sends out a charismatic statement of modernity, presence and exclusivity. A new face in the BMW X family. The front end of the BMW Concept X7 iPerformance is one of its most eye-catching angles, the vehicle’s height alone ensuring it rises prominently over the road. In an all-new interpretation of classical BMW elements, the front-end design groups together the various facets of the vehicle into a powerful visual statement. The large, vertical kidney grille at the heart of the upright front-end silhouette hogs the attention. The grille frame and bars are single-piece and solid in design, as if hewn from a single piece. Look at it again, though, and fascinating contrasts emerge between gleaming edges and matt surfaces, all of which breathes extra vibrancy and class into the frontal impression. The upper sections of the slim, elongated twin headlights with BMW laser light link to the large kidney grille. A blue X signature in BMW laser light provides a confident pointer to the Concept’s membership of the SAV family from BMW. The headlights and kidney grille combine to create an exciting contrast of horizontal dynamism and vertical solidity, bringing traditional BMW front-end design cues into the future. Large, tautly sculpted surfaces surround the familiar BMW design icons, underlining the car’s cohesive and muscular front-end aesthetic. A prominent bar extends across the full width of the front apron in its lower section, before rising vertically to frame the outer air intakes at their upper edge. This lends the front end additional stature. Quasi-vertical aero lips further accentuate the car’s powerfully assured stance on the road. Customary X features like the trapezoidal bumpers and underguard, meanwhile, are merely hinted at, their understated design serving the cause of clear and exclusive surfacing. Impressive proportions. From the side, the BMW Concept X7 iPerformance cuts a sumptuous figure, complete with the characteristic ground clearance of X vehicles. The nigh-on vertical front end, striking and almost vertical rear and steeply rising angle from the rear wheels to the tailgate give the muscular proportions a modern flourish. The high-set lines of the flanks bring an expressive confidence to the car’s silhouette. And the long shoulderline stretches the car and injects an athletic tension to the flanks. It also separates the car’s body into the light and airy glasshouse (which offers a preview of the large interior) and the muscular metal forms. For the first time in an X vehicle, the wheel arches feature a circular cut and emphasize the exclusivity and elegance of the flanks. Smart and precise surfacing absorbs the powerful wheel arches in an aesthetic movement. The surfaces gain in volume and strength as they head towards the rear end, further underscoring the subtle dynamism of the car when viewed from the side. Bold accents in the flanks. A conspicuous chrome strip in the door sills provides an exclusive counterpoint to the car’s long, stretched shoulderline and sophisticated surfaces below. As with the trim element at the front end, the chrome strip in the car’s flanks frames the Air Breathers in a vertical accent, before continuing in a straight line to the rear end. These surrounds for the front, side and rear air apertures create a geometrically precise impression and lend the car a sense of robust solidity. The exclusive exterior colour shade Manhattan metallic immerses the car’s surfaces and forms in a dark olive-bronze that highlights the confident styling of the flanks with sophisticated flair. With their bold multi-spoke design, the 23-inch light-alloy wheels combine the muscularity for which BMW’s X models are renowned with the exclusivity of a luxury BMW sedan, while aerodynamically optimised inlays between the spokes reduce drag. Added to which, conspicuous aero lips at the front and rear also ensure improved airflow around those areas of the car and send out a powerful visual message of the plug-in hybrid drive concept’s efficiency. A bird’s-eye view of the BMW Concept X7 iPerformance reveals a particular highlight. Like the side window surrounds, the panoramic roof is framed by an eye-catching chrome strip, which extends from one A-pillar to the rear end – and back around the other side. In between, the roof’s transparent, Y-shaped supporting structure adds a modern flourish. Power, presence and exclusivity at the rear. The rear of the BMW Concept X7 iPerformance sends out an impressive statement of powerful authority and exclusive elegance. The imposing size of the vehicle’s body – the key to its huge swathes of interior space – is particularly clear when viewed from the rear. Vertical aero lips mark out the rear of the car clearly from the flanks. Within the upright rear silhouette, the slim rear lights break up the body volumes and a classy chrome bar connects the two lighting elements. The boldly designed lights create a three-dimensional L shape and bring a technical, high-quality flavour to the rear. As at the front of the car, the surfaces frame the lights like jewels. Between the wheel arches, the rear apron with practical tailgate opening provides a strong platform for the rear structure. The absence of tailpipe embellishers in the rear apron is an indicator of the vehicle’s plug-in hybrid drive concept. And the subtle, body-coloured underguard ensures the rear concludes its progress towards the road in stylish fashion. Distinctive brand presence for BMW’s luxury-segment cars. As part of its forthcoming model offensive, BMW has developed a new presence for its luxury cars that sees the profile and positioning of the most exclusive members of its range refined into a distinct product category. The new BMW 8 Series, new BMW X7, BMW i8 and new BMW i8 Roadster will join the BMW 7 Series in the brand’s significantly expanded luxury segment line-up. The identity and attitude shared by BMW’s elite models are echoed in a newly designed logo which combines a black-and-white version of the manufacturer’s roundel first used 100 years ago with the company name “Bayerische Motoren Werke” written out in full. With its classical, understated aesthetic and the company’s original name spelt out, the logo highlights BMW’s inimitable history. The boldness to explore standalone solutions and concepts, and the ability to take on challenges and emerge from them stronger, are deeply-rooted elements of BMW heritage. This approach – encompassing everything from the first altitude-world-record-breaking aero engine to the launch of the BMW i brand – has proven to be a recipe for success, as well as showcasing the company’s passion, confidence and gift for bringing the future into the present day. The new presence for the brand’s luxury-segment models will be unveiled for the first time at the IAA Cars 2017 show in Frankfurt on 14 – 24 September 2017. In the event of enquiries please contact: Sophie Seidenath, BMW Group Design Communications Tel: +49-89-382-27473, Fax: +49-89-382-28567 Internet: www.press.bmw.de E-mail: presse@bmw.de Cypselus von Frankenberg, Head of BMW Group Innovation and Design Communications BMW Group Innovation and Design Communications The BMW Group With its four brands BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce and BMW Motorrad, the BMW Group is the world’s leading premium manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles and also provides premium financial and mobility services. As a global company, the BMW Group operates 31 production and assembly facilities in 14 countries and has a global sales network in more than 140 countries. In 2016, the BMW Group sold approximately 2.367 million cars and 145,000 motorcycles worldwide. The profit before tax was approximately € 9.67 billion on revenues amounting to € 94.16 billion. As of 31 December 2016, the BMW Group had a workforce of 124,729 employees. The success of the BMW Group has always been based on long-term thinking and responsible action. The company has therefore established ecological and social sustainability throughout the value chain, comprehensive product responsibility and a clear commitment to conserving resources as an integral part of its strategy. www.bmwgroup.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BMWGroup Twitter: http://twitter.com/BMWGroup YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/BMWGroupview Google+: http://googleplus.bmwgroup.com BMW Concept X7 iPerformance BMW Concept X7 iPerformance.pdf	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3671
__label__wiki	0.562828	0.562828	Adafruit launches Raspberry Pi Educational Linux Distro, hastens our hacking Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/03/adafruit-launches-raspberry-pi-educational-linux-distro/ The Raspberry Pi is already considered a hacker's paradise. However, that assumes that owners have all the software they need to start in the first place. Adafruit wants to give the process a little nudge through its Raspberry Pi Educational Linux Distro. The software includes a customized distribution of Raspbian, Occidentalis, that either turns on or optimizes SSHD access, Bonjour networking, WiFi adapter support and other hack-friendly tools. The build further rolls in Hexxeh's firmware and a big, pre-built 4GB SD card image. Before you start frantically clicking the download link, be aware that the "educational" title doesn't refer to a neophyte's playground -- Adafruit still assumes you know enough about Linux and Raspberry Pi units to be productive (or dangerous). Anyone who was already intrigued by the Raspberry Pi by itself, though, might appreciate what happens when it's tossed into a fruit salad. Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Software Adafruit launches Raspberry Pi Educational Linux Di! stro, ha stens our hacking originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink \| Adafruit \| Email this \| Comments SLIPS liquid repeller is inspired by carnivorous plants, enemy to insects and graffiti artists alike Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/03/slips-liquid-repeller-is-inspired-by-carnivorous-plants-enemy-t/ When a team of Harvard researchers wanted to create the ultimate liquid- and solid-repelling surface, they looked toward the Nepenthes pitcher plant, where curious insects check in and never check out, thanks to slippery walls that lead to their tiny, horrific fate. The tropical plant inspired the creation of SLIPS (Self-healing, Slippery Liquid-Infused Porous Surface), a synthetic material that utilizes nano/ microstructured substrates, capable of repelling just about anything you can throw at it. During a visit to the hallowed Crimson halls, the team was kindly enough to show off the material through a series of messy, messy demos, dropping water, motor oil, liquid asphalt and newly-mixed concrete on aluminum and glass. The team even went crazy with a can of black spray paint, comparing the results to a Teflon surface. The outcome was the same in all case -- an amazingly repellent material. The team has published a number of papers on the stuff, including ones that demonstrate its ice- and bacteria-repelling properties. Oh, and like its natural inspiration, SLIPS does a great jobs keeping bugs off its surface. You can check out our demos and one unhappy ant filmed by the SLIPS team. No insects were harmed in the making of our video, at least -- and the lab assures us that ant had a good life before learning the hard way why it shouldn't mess with Harvard scientists. Continue reading SLIPS liquid repelle! r is ins pired by carnivorous plants, enemy to insects and graffiti artists alike SLIPS liquid repeller is inspired by carnivorous plants, enemy to insects and graffiti artists alike originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Aug 2012 20:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink \| SLIPS \| Email this \| Comments Rumored HTC One X+ with 1.7GHz Tegra 3 revealed in NenaMark report? Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/03/rumored-htc-one-x-with-1-7ghz-tegra-3-revealed-in-nenamark-repo/ We've heard murmurings of it before, but they've been just that. Now we've got the first shred of hard evidence that the fabled HTC One X+ is actually real. Rumored to be heading to T-Mobile (or AT&T, depending on who you ask), this 1.7GHz super phone popped up over at NenaMark's site, bearing the model number PM63100. Sadly, that internal moniker doesn't really reveal much, but between that and the fact that it's running Jelly Bean 4.1.1 we're confident this isn't something already on the market. And the reported resolution of 1280 x 720 combined with its high-speed Tegra 3 innards puts this squarely in flagship territory. What else do we know? Not a whole heck of a lot. But, as always, the truth will be revealed in time. Filed under: Cellphones Rumored HTC One X+ with 1.7GHz Tegra 3 revealed in NenaMark report? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink Android and Me, Land of Droid \| NenaMark \| Email this \| Comments Motorola RAZR V goes on sale at Bell, gives Canadians a thin slice of Ice Cream Sandwich Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/03/motorola-razr-v-goes-on-sale-at-bell/ Bell's version of the Motorola RAZR V might not be the media darling that is the Atrix HD, but that shouldn't dampen the interest for Canadians that can at last buy what's potentially a slick deal for an Android 4.0 phone. For $30 on a 3-year contract, or $400 contract-free, the carrier is offering an arguably improved version of the late 2011 RAZR (Droid RAZR for Yankees). Although it bulks up slightly to a third of an inch thick, it's still a skinny, Kevlar-clad wedge. The primary upgrade outside of the OS is a swap-out of that frankly mediocre Super AMOLED screen of the original RAZR smartphone for a much nicer ColorBoost LCD -- sorry, ColourBoost. Otherwise, you're getting the familiar 1.2GHz processor, 14.4Mbps HSPA+ data and 8-megapixel rear camera, although Motorola has shaved the built-in storage to 4GB to keep the costs down. We'd still be tempted to snag the Galaxy Nexus across the aisle to get us a taste of Jelly Bean for the same money, but Canucks with a penchant for Smart Actions now have an option outside of Rogers to get their fix. Motorola RAZR V goes on sale at Bell, gives Canadians a thin slice of Ice Cream Sandwich originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink MobileSyrup \| Bell Mobility \| Email this \| Comments Seagate completes purchase of LaCie in quest to become king of the hard drive hill Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/03/seagate-completes-purchase-lacie/ The final price may end up being more than the initially proposed $186 million, but Seagate has successfully acquired a controlling share of LaCie stocks. The provisional price of €4.05 per share could increase to €4.17 if Seagate manages to accumulate 95 percent of the company's stocks in the next six months. As of now, however, it hold just shy of 65 percent, enough to take control of the French manufacturer. With LaCie and its valuable consumer business under its belt and Samsung's SSD expertise, the move to reject a Western Digital take over is looking better and better. After all, consumer choice is the engine of capitalism and now Seagate has more than enough ammunition to take on WD and its Hitachi properties. Check out the PR after the break. Continue reading Seagate completes purchase of LaCie in quest to become king of the hard drive hill Filed under: Storage Seagate completes purchase of LaCie in quest to become king of the hard drive hill originally appeared on Engadget on F! ri, 03 A ug 2012 23:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink \| \| Email this \| Comments Verizon-branded Galaxy S III wireless charging kit starts showing up at retail stores Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/04/verizon-samsung-galaxy-s3-wireless-charging-kit/ Back when we met the Galaxy S III for the very first time, Samsung promised a wireless charging solution would be coming soon to its sleek and potent slab. Unfortunately, Sammy's power-boosting companion's been hit by hapless delays that have prevented it from seeing the light of day. Now, thanks to a few recent shots from Phone Arena, it looks like at least some S3 owners could see a bundle in the near future, albeit not the official one from the Korean outfit. According to the site's kind tipster, Verizon's allegedly pricing the charging station at $50, while the rear case is expected to be around $40 -- making it nearly $90 for the entire kit. Naturally, this could change at any given moment, but hey, at least we know it's out there. Filed under: Cellphones, Peripherals, Wireless Verizon-branded Galaxy S III wireless charging kit starts showing up at retail stores originally appeared on Enga! dget on Sat, 04 Aug 2012 00:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink \| Phone Arena \| Email this \| Comments IBM pushing System z, Power7+ chips as high as 5.5GHz, mainframes get mightier Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/04/ibm-pushing-system-z-power7-chips-as-high-as-5-5ghz/ Ten-core, 2.4GHz Xeons? Pshaw. IBM is used to the kind of clock speeds and brute force power that lead to Europe-dominating supercomputers. Big Blue has no intentions of letting its guard down when it unveils its next generation processors at the upcoming Hot Chips conference: the company is teasing that the "zNext" chip at the heart of a future System z mainframe will ramp up to 5.5GHz -- that's faster than the still-speedy 5.2GHz z196 that has led IBM's pack since 2010. For those who don't need quite that big a sledgehammer, the technology veteran is hinting that its upcoming Power7+ processors will be up to 20 percent faster than the long-serving Power7, whose current 4.14GHz peak clock rate may seem quaint. We'll know just how much those extra cycles mean when IBM takes to the conference podium on August 29th, but it's safe to say that our databases and large-scale simulations won't know what hit them. Filed under: Desktops IBM pushing System z, Power7+ chips as high as 5.5GHz, mainfra! mes get mightier originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 04 Aug 2012 02:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink \| Wall Street Journal, Hot Chips \| Email this \| Comments A Wi-Fi NEX Camera Would Be Fine and All But Sony Needs to Chill Out [Rumors] Source: http://gizmodo.com/5931550/a--wi+fi-nex-camera-would-be-fine-and-all-but-sony-needs-to-chill-out A purported leak reported by Sony Alpha Rumors has outed the latest incarnation of its Sony's mid-range mirroless, interchangeable-lens camera beast, the NEX-5N. Well, it's two cameras really; the Sony NEX-5R and Sony NEX-6 will supposedly be announced in September. The cameras were discovered on the product listing of an Indonesian company. According to Sony Alpha Rumor's reports, the cameras will be Wi-Fi enabled much like Samsung's latest of mirrorless cameras. The NEX-5R will supposedly have the same vanity-friendly 180-degree tilting screen that's good for taking self-portraits. The NEX-6 looks to be a new addition to the line. It will supposedly be a cheaper version of the $1300 NEX-7 with a lower-resolution electronic viewfinder. We're fond of Sony's NEX camers. At $600 with a lens, the fantastic NEX-F3 (pictured above) is one of the best camera deals out there—just like the NEX-C3 a year before and the NEX-3 a year before that. Yup, Sony has been upgrading its mirrorless line-up every single year. And now it's apparently adding a fourth camera? After a while these little iterations and different version almost start to feel like product spam. Why not save the bitsy upgrades for a monster refresh? Do we need so many concurrent versions of basically the same thing? As we've seen with companies like Nikon and Canon, sometimes spacing upgrades out gives consumers new products that actually have appreciable differences from their predecessors. But, hey, as long as Sony's cameras keep kicking butt, we've got no right to complain. [Postel.go via The Verge via Sony Alpha Rumors] Verizon survey reveals FiOS Companion Android tablet, aka the Motorola Corvair Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/03/verizon-fios-companion-tablet-motorola-corvair/ While it hasn't actually started to roll out yet, one of our readers sent in pics of a Verizon FiOS survey gauging reactions to a new device that "may be available in the future" as the FiOS Companion tablet. As described in the survey, it's a WiFi-connected Android slate that not only runs the usual apps, but also works as universal remote control and streams "select" TV channels (probably the same ones as the Xbox 360 app) directly to its screen. The sole picture included confirms we're looking at the Motorola Corvair 6-inch Android 2.3 tablet that surfaced late last year with all of those features, home automation tie-ins and a 4000mAh battery. The survey questions don't reveal much else about its capabilities or potential pricing other than asking users if they would be interested in customizing their own home screen, and how. We'd hope the software has seen some updates since its original leak, but knowing this market that seems unlikely. All we can do now is help Verizon / Motorola with that customer research they were hoping to perform so let them know -- is this something you'd be interested in? [Thanks, anonymous] Filed under: Home Entertainment, Tablet PCs Verizon survey reveals FiOS Companion Android tablet, aka the Motorola Corvair originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. BLU Products intros Vivo 4.3, says it's 'world's first' dual-SIM smartphone with Super AMOLED Plus Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/03/blu-products-vivo-4-3-smartphone/ It feels like it was only yesterday that BLU was keeping us slightly occupied with its Studio 5.3 and TouchBook 7.3 devices, which, as you may or may not know, left us with somewhat of a bittersweet taste in our mouths. Still, the past is the past, and now the company's back for more with the recent revelation of its Vivo 4.3 handset; one the company's loudly dubbing as the "world's first dual-SIM smartphone with Super AMOLED Plus." Regardless of any global, self-induced titles, the 4.3-inch Vivo appears to offer some interesting features of its own, including that aforementioned Super AMOLED Plus screen, a 1GHz, dual-core Cortex A9 CPU, dual-SIM capabilities and a tweaked flavor of Android 4.0. What's best, however, is BLU plans on selling the Vivo 4.3 unlocked in the US next month for $250, while additional availability is "soon to follow" through Latin America and some parts of Asia. Continue reading BLU Products intros Vivo 4.3, says it's 'world's first' dual-SIM smartphone with Super AMOLED Plus BLU Products intros Vivo 4.3, says it's 'world's first' dual-SIM smartphone with Super AMOLED Plus! ori ginally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink \| BLU Products \| Email this \| Comments This $200 Camera Turns Your TV Into a Skype Center [Skype] Source: http://gizmodo.com/5931526/this-200-camera-turns-your-tv-into-a-skype-center Using Skype on your TV is kinda neat: it opens the conversation right up and makes group chats more fun. Now Skype and Logitech have announced a new TV-mounted camera that lets you do that conveniently—for a price. The TV Cam HD is compatible with any HDMI-equipped TV, and can use either Wi-Fi or ethernet to hook up to the internet. The device is pre-loaded with Skype—running on what we're not quite sure—so you can just use it to log in to your existing account and make video calls, or proper phone calls using credit. The thing rings when your TV is on or off—which is either a curse or a blessing, depending on your view—and has a zoom feature which may be useful if you're sat on the sofa by yourself. It also claims to work well in low-light conditions, but some real-life experience is probably needed before that claim is believed. If you feel like you've seen something like this before, then that's because you probably have. The TelyHD offers a very similar concept, but retails at $250. By comparison, the Logitech TV Cam HD is set to cost $200. But while that is $50 cheaper, it's still astronomical for what amounts to a webcam with some processing power and pre-installed software. What you're paying for, of course, is convenience—it's just up to you to decide whether it's worth it. [Logitech] Dropped calls, slow download speeds rank among top gripes of mobile users Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/03/pew-research-dropped-calls-complaints/ Everyone has an opinion, and if they all stink, then Pew must have one hell of a tolerance for foul odors. The research group recently surveyed a number of mobile phone owners to determine their primary complaints, and while it's not much of a surprise, slow network performance stole the show. In all, 77 percent aired at least some dissatisfaction with download speeds, and nearly half of all respondents cited frequent frustration. The story is similar for dropped calls, as 72 percent of those surveyed claim to experience the annoyance at least occasionally. While less widespread, the distribution of those who receive unwanted marketing attempts via either telephone calls or text messages is roughly equal -- it seems reasonable to assume that many respondents are harassed by both means. For more surveys, just text #eng-123 to 9999. Outrageous fees will apply. Continue reading Dropped calls, slow download speeds rank among top gripes of mobile users Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless Dropped calls, slow download speeds rank among top gripes of mobile users originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Aug 2012 03:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink TechCrunch \| Pew Research Center \| Email this \| Comments ASRock Vision 3D 252B reviewed: a quiet, top-shelf HTPC worthy of the premium price Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/03/asrock-vision-3d-252b-reviewed/ Sure, we know there's great temptation to go the DIY route when considering your next HTPC, but if you're looking for a small form factor solution, there are legitimate advantages inherent to prebuilt systems. HotHardware just put the ASRock Vision 3D 252B through a rigorous review, and while it isn't the newest rig on the block, it's said to be worthy of your consideration just the same. At the system's heart, you'll find a Core i5 2520M -- which is from the Sandy Bridge era -- but the diminutive computer is said to provide flawless playback of all media types. Other high points include the system's quiet operation and low power consumption, and in summation, "The component choices, connectivity options, and form factor all hit the sweet spot." While the roughly $900 price may deter some, HotHardware recommends the Vision 3D 252B as a worthwhile HTPC that provides better connectivity options and a smaller size than the DIY alternative. ASRock Vision 3D 252B reviewed: a quiet, top-shelf HTPC worthy of the premium price originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Aug 2012 02:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink \| HotHardware \| Email this \| Comments Logitech launches TV Cam HD for living room video chats: built-in Skype, 720p, $200 Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/03/logitech-skype-tv-cam-hd/ If Cisco's ill-fated Umi video conferencing system had been more like this, would it have survived? Logitech is about to find out, one way or the other, once its TV Cam HD -- recently spotted at the FCC -- arrives in the US this month. The $199.99 device hooks up to your TV and contains all the processing power needed to run Skype and transmit wide-angle, 720p footage of your couch over WiFi or Ethernet. Unlike the previous TV Cam, there's no need for a Viera Connect HDTV -- anything with HDMI-in will do. The company is banking on the notion that families will forgo the use of their existing mobile devices and laptops in favour of an always-on dedicated system with incoming call alerts, four noise-cancelling mics and a Carl Zeiss lens that "gets the whole family in the video call, so everyone from grandparents to grandchildren can move around naturally." If you're tempted, the publicity video after the break gives a decent overview of the product in action. Continue reading Logitech launches TV Cam HD for living room video chats: built-in Skype, 720p, $200 Filed under: Home Entertainment, Peripherals, Networking Logitech launches TV Cam HD for living room video chats: built-in Skype, 720p, $200 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Aug 2012 04:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Perfectly Clear for Android: Instant Edits to Your Smartphone Snaps [App Of The Day] Source: http://gizmodo.com/5931350/perfectly-clear-for-android-instant-edits-to-your-smartphone-snaps Smartphone cameras have gotten so good that many people are ditching their point-and-shoots. Because of that, you can share your shots instantly, and if they're not to your liking you can make them even better right on your device with Perfectly Clear for Android Lets you effortlessly edit photos on your phone using simple swipes and taps. Why do we like it? These days, everyone is a photographer, thanks to smartphones. But most people are pretty crappy photographers, although Perfectly Clear will help them fool the critics. You can make 10 detailed corrections like smoothing out skin, whitening teeth, and enhancing the eyes. When you're taking a snapshot there's always room for user error, but this app will fix those flubs with minimal effort. Perfectly Clear Download this app for: Android, $0.99 The Best: Lots of edits The Worst: Interface is ugly PSA: Verizon Galaxy Nexus owners now have direct access to Google Wallet Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/02/psa-verizon-galaxy-nexus-owners-now-have-direct-access-to-googl/ Nobody puts Google Wallet in the corner for long, not even Big Red. Though the carrier courted controversy late last year by withholding support for the burgeoning NFC-based platform amidst security concerns, it appears to have finally changed tack. Owners of that LTE Galaxy Nexus variant are now reporting the ability to access the app from the Play store, no workarounds necessary. Though we weren't able to verify the success of that particular method -- no results surfaced during a quick store search -- we did have success downloading the application to our stock, unrooted device using a direct market link. We've since reached out to Verizon for official comment on the matter, but have yet to hear back. In the meantime, if you've been itching to give Mountain View's brand of mobile payment a go, hit up the source link below and let us know how you fare in the comments. [Thanks, Keith] PSA: Verizon Galaxy Nexus owners now have direct access to Google Wallet originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:29:00 EDT. Please see! our terms for use of feeds. Permalink \| Google Play \| Email this \| Comments Ting becomes first US MVNO to hop the Galaxy S III bandwagon, outlines its device roadmap Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/02/ting-becomes-first-us-mvno-to-hop-the-galaxy-s-iii-bandwagon/ Ting has drawn a lot of attention among MVNOs for its unique mix-and-match approach to contract-free plans, but it's had to contend with some rather middling phones inherited from its network partner Sprint. That gap in high-end phones will narrow before the summer's up: Ting plans to carry the Galaxy S III within three to six weeks, becoming the first virtual carrier in the US to tout Samsung's flagship. Its version is identical to the Sprint model and will even cost $20 less when you skip Sprint's two-year term, at $529 for a 16GB edition and $579 for its 32GB cousin. If that doesn't satisfy the appetite, Ting is also giving a peek at its menu for the months ahead. Along with adopting LTE this year to make that Galaxy S III hum, the carrier expects to bring in a more moderately-priced LTE phone, a hotspot, an accessible phone and a budget slider. We wouldn't base any carrier switches around an iPhone or Windows Phone option, though. There's only "some progress" coaxing a deal out of Apple, and a Windows Phone is most likely to wait until the first quarter of 2013. Ting becomes first US MVNO to hop the Galaxy S III bandwagon, outlines its device roadmap originally! appeare d on Engadget on Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink Ting Blog \| Ting \| Email this \| Comments HOUSE OF THE DAY: Now You Can Own A Beautiful Bronx Mansion That Was Originally Designed For Jesus Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/a-home-designed-for-jesus-in-the-bronx-hits-the-market-2012-8 The Chapel Hill Mansion in Riverdale, N.Y. has hit the market for $13.588 million. The home, built in 1928, has seven bedrooms and eight bathrooms. The head of the New York Theological Society commissioned the house for the preparation of the "second coming of Jesus Christ," according to The Real Deal. The home would house "the Christian savior once he returned to earth to judge the living and the dead," listing broker Sean McPeak of Prudential Douglas Elliman, told The Real Deal. The 15,000-square-foot house sits on 2.3 acres of land. Manhattan College previously owned the property, and had planned to use it as dormitories or a seminary, but is now in the hands of a private owner who is an attorney, The Real Deal reported. Welcome to West 253rd Street. The home features marble floors imported from the Vatican and chandeliers from the Plaza Hotel. In the foyer and bar area, gold and silver leaf adorn the ceilings. See the rest of the story at Business Insider Please follow The Life on Twitter and Facebook. Dying a Single Shirt With CO2 Saves 25 Liters of Water [Video] Source: http://gizmodo.com/5931326/dying-a-single-shirt-with-co2-saves-25-liters-of-water The simple act of turning a shirt from white to blue—or any color—requires 25 liters of water and enough harmful chemicals that every clothing manufacturer should be looking for safer methods. Like this fantastic CO2-based DryDye technology that Adidas has started using which doesn't require a single drop of H2O. But it's not like the color dyes are blasted at the shirts with a pressurized CO2 canister—although that would be pretty awesome. In reality, the fabrics and chemical dyes are placed in a large sealed chamber, and CO2 is pumped in to a pressure of about 74 bar. The tank is also heated to 88 degrees fahrenheit at which point the CO2 behaves like a gas and a liquid, allowing the colored dyes to thoroughly permeate the fabrics without the use of excessive chemicals. The DryDye process actually uses about half the chemicals as traditional water-based dying methods, and requires about half the energy too, so it seems like an all-around better way to go about tinting clothing. Which is probably why Adidas has already made 50,000 shirts using this safer process this summer, and is banging the drum so everyone knows how awesome they are for doing so. [Adidas via Gizmag] Software Glitch Costs Trading Firm $440 Million In 45 Minutes [Wtf] Source: http://gizmodo.com/5931284/software-glitch-costs-trading-firm-440-million-in-45-minutes Knight Capital lost $440 million in a flash on Wednesday when newly installed trading software went haywire. That's nearly double the company's second quarter revenue, and could be enough to sink Knight for good. You know all the concerns about automated high-speed trading on the stock market? This. So how does a screw up this colossally epic happen? According to The New York Times, the company "accidentally sold all of the stocks it bought Wednesday morning." Seriously: The problem on Wednesday led the firm's computers to rapidly buy and sell millions of shares in over a hundred stocks for about 45 minutes after the markets opened. Those trades pushed the value of many stocks up, and the company's losses appear to have occurred when it had to sell the overvalued shares back into the market at a lower price. Oopsies! What? How the hell does that happen by accident? This isn't the first time a computer error has caused massive losses on the stock market—in fact Knight took it on the chin during the NASDAQ Facebook IPO fiasco as well—and it's just going to keep happening if the industry isn't better regulated. Financial institutions hate regulation, but as this case plainly proves rules aren't just there to protect us plebs. They can save billionaire asses as well. [New York Times] Image via Mark Lennihan / AP ARM claims new GPU has desktop-class brains, requests OpenCL certificate to prove it Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/02/arm-mali-opencl/ It's been a while since ARM announced its next generation of Mali GPUs, the T604 and T658, but in the semiconductor business silence should never be confused with inactivity. Behind the scenes, the chip designers have been working with Khronos -- that great keeper of open standards -- to ensure the new graphics processors are fully compliant with OpenCL and are therefore able to use their silicon for general compute tasks (AR, photo manipulation, video rendering etc.) as well as for producing pretty visuals. Importantly, ARM isn't settling for the Embedded Profile version of OpenCL that has been "relaxed" for mobile devices, but is instead aiming for the same Full Profile OpenCL 1.1 found in compliant laptop and desktop GPUs. A tall order for a low-power processor, perhaps, but we have a strong feeling that Khronos's certification is just a formality at this point, and that today's news is a harbinger of real, commercial T6xx-powered devices coming before the end of the year. Even the souped-up Mali 400 in the European Galaxy S III can only reign for so long. Continue reading ARM claims new GPU has desktop-class brains, requests OpenCL certificate to prove it! Filed under: Cellphones, Tablet PCs ARM claims new GPU has desktop-class brains, requests OpenCL certificate to prove it originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Samsung's New Superfast Chips Could Fuel Your Future iPhone [Guts] Source: http://gizmodo.com/5931281/samsungs-new-superfast-chips-could-fuel-your-future-iphone Samsung has just announced some superfast new chips and they might one day power an iPhone. The company claims the Pro Class 1500 line is the Usain Bolt of flash memory cards—four times speedier than predecessors, and possibly the fastest chips around. They can read data at 140 MB per second and write it at 50 MB per second and process at 1,500 IOPS (inputs/outputs per second) for writing and 3,500 for reading. They come in 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB configurations. Despite their very public squabbling, Samsung still provides Apple with some very important components, including flash memory. And the latest chips could be the innards that supercharge not your next iPhone, but your next next iPhone. [Samsung Tomorrow via Engadget] Image credit: Samsung Tomorrow Compact Hydroponics Cube Turns an Extra Parking Spot Into a Vegetable Farm [Video] Source: http://gizmodo.com/5931253/compact-hydroponics-cube-turns-an-extra-parking-spot-into-a-vegetable-farm Tired of paying the exorbitant markup for fresh produce at your grocery store? For a mere $70,000—and the cost of finding someplace else to park your car—this compact hydroponics container lets you grow a farm's worth of vegetables on a minimal chunk of land. In fact, the creators of the aqua-cube claim it can successfully grow up to 23 different varieties of leafy vegetables, or smaller root plants like radishes and turnips, at the same time. And while $70,000 is certainly a steep investment, its yield is promised to be upwards of 10,000 heads of lettuce per year. More than the average family can consume, but perfect for a restaurant with a free parking spot near the kitchen. Just make sure you spring for the rooftop solar panel option to help cut down on the aqua-cube's $4,500 yearly power bill. [DigInfo TV] Sharp: we're making displays for new iPhone and shipping them this month Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/02/sharp-new-iphone/ In an effort to end today's dismal earnings report on a high, Sharp's president Takashi Okuda has purposefully let slip that his company is among those contracted to manufacture displays for a new iPhone. We already have numerous reasons to suspect the iPhone 5 will be announced around September 12th, and Okuda has now corroborated that by saying that "shipments will start in August." If earlier rumors and component leaks are to be trusted, the screen will be significantly larger (likely around 4-inches) and slightly less rotund than that on the iPhone 4S. Sharp: we're making displays for new iPhone and shipping them this month originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Aug 2012 06:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Pe! rmalink< /a> \| Reuters \| Email this \| Comments Nixeus shows off 27-inch IPS Vue monitor with 2560 x 1440 resolution, $430 price Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/02/nixeus-27-inch-IPS-Vue-2560-1440/ Greenhorn Nixeus, perhaps better known for media streamers, has jumped headfirst into the display market with the 27-inch IPS Vue model boasting a 2,560 x 1,440 pixel WQHD resolution and priced at $430 -- around half what you'll pay for similar panels. The new model, which the company says will be released on August 21st, seems to be nicely specced with an LG S-IPS panel, true 8-bit color, 6ms refresh, DVI / DisplayPort / HDMI 1.4 connection options and full-portrait tilting. If you've been coveting more screen space and pixels, but don't want to be reduced to bread and water, it'll go up for pre-order soon. Filed under: Displays Nixeus shows off 27-inch IPS Vue monitor with 2560 x 1440 resolution, $430 price originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink \| Ana ndTech \| Email this \| Comments This Guy Stomps Out 3G Hotspots at the Olympics [Olympics] Source: http://gizmodo.com/5931156/this-guy-stomps-out-3g-hotspots-at-the-olympics Portable Wi-Fi hotspots, powered by 3G, are banned at all the Olympic venues in London. But while that might sound like a hollow threat, this man makes sure it isn't, by sniffing out rogue Wi-Fi networks and shutting them down. There is, of course, good reason to want to keep portable Wi-Fi hotspots out of the games. At events that increasingly rely on wireless communication —for everything from referee mics through timing devices to wireless cameras—interference could easily get in the way of the smooth running of things. As the saying goes, better to be safe than sorry. There is, however, something rather amusing about seeing a man wander around with an antenna to stop people sharing their internet. [Reddit] Image by Aschebescher Aperion Audio Intimus 4T Summit touts uncompressed surround sound without the cords Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/01/aperion-audio-intimus-4t-summit-touts-uncompressed-surround-sound/ See that little box next to those huge speakers? That's Aperion Audio's ticket to what's reportedly a no-compromise approach to wireless home theater. The Intimus 4T Summit Wireless is billed as the only system of its kind to transmit uncompressed 24-bit, 96KHz audio to its 5.1- or 7.1-channel speaker array without having to string wires across the living room. There's no interference and no more than 5ms of lag, even when that wunderkind box is processing Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD Master Audio. Aperion is still touting an easy setup that can create a sweet spot in awkward spaces. If you like the idea, the only real catches are the $2,999 and $3,499 prices for the respective 5.1- and 7.1-channel systems -- although the outlay may be worthwhile to cut the clutter without sacrificing the finer details of Blu-ray movie soundtracks. Filed under: Home Entertainment Aperion Audio Intimus 4T Summit touts uncompressed surround sound without the cords originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink \| Aperion Audio \| Email this \| Comments Facebook releases its 2011 energy usage report, details your carbon footprint Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/01/facebook-2011-energy-statistics/ More Facebook news, but this time we're back to the numbers instead of reporting on a new feature, improvement or integration. As part of its mission to swap the familiar blue for something of a greener tinge, Facebook released today its carbon footprint and overall energy usage figures for 2011. Turning bio-babble into easy visualizations, the company points out that for the whole year, an active user occupied roughly the same carbon footprint as one medium latte. Or, if you're a fan of the tipple, a couple of glasses of wine. Impressively, 23 percent of the social giant's energy usage came from clean and renewable sources, which puts it well on the way to its 2015 target of 25 percent or more. If you'd like more info and a complete breakdown of the stats, the full report is available at the source link below. Facebook releases its 2011 energy usage report, details your carbon footprint originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink \| Facebook \| Email this \| Comments Adafruit launches Raspberry Pi Educational Linux D... SLIPS liquid repeller is inspired by carnivorous p... Rumored HTC One X+ with 1.7GHz Tegra 3 revealed in... Motorola RAZR V goes on sale at Bell, gives Canadi... 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__label__wiki	0.633203	0.633203	Chinese Hackers Have Been Caught Hijacking a Decoy US Water Plant Source: http://gizmodo.com/chinese-hackers-just-got-caught-hijacking-a-decoy-water-1012520726 Chinese hackers have been harassing the US in a seriesof cyberattacks, but we've started trying to talk it out and cool this all down. But in the meantime, a security researcher has just revealed that he caught a team of Chinese hackers hijacking a fake water plant he set up. And aside from spotting the fake, they knew exactly what they were doing. Disposable Spy Computers Are Disturbingly Easy and Cheap to Make Source: http://gizmodo.com/disposable-spy-computers-are-disturbingly-easy-and-chea-1014343556 Be honest, how often do you use unsecured Wi-Fi for something you shouldn't? You know, just a quick Facebook login at Starbucks. If you've done it even once, that's too much, because making a secret spy computer that can steal all that data is dumb easy. And cheap to boot. ASUS' 31.5-inch PQ321 4K monitor gets reviewed: pricey, but luscious Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/02/asus-pq321-4k-monitor-gets-reviewed/ Let's be honest: almost no one expected one of the world's first 4K monitors to be ho hum. After all, it has eleventy gazillion pixels. Er, a native 3,840 x 2,160 resolution, but close enough. The gurus over at HotHardware were able to take the 31.5-inch PQ321 for a spin, and predictably, they loved what they saw. Outside of being duly impressed with how the panel handled everything from Photoshop work to gaming, they were also taken aback by the monitor's svelte frame. In fact, they found it a little tough to look back on a 1080p screen after a couple of weeks with this thing -- it's like the SD-to-HD revolution all over again. That said, they did confess that the product feels a bit ahead of its time, and the monstrous $3,500 price tag is certainly indicative of that. Feel free to hit the source link for the full spiel, but the long and short of it is this: if you're in the one percent, buy it. Filed under: Displays, ASUS Source: HotHardware Download Free, Open-source Textbooks from OpenStax College Source: http://lifehacker.com/download-free-open-source-textbooks-from-openstax-coll-993587743 Textbooks are incredibly expensive (not to mention cumbersome and heavy in dead tree format). Smart students can pick up free digital textbooks from severalsources, including one we haven't mentioned before: Rice University's OpenStax College. Yahoo adds Rockmelt to its stable of acquisitions Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/02/yahoo-adds-rockmelt-to-its-stable-of-acquisitions/ The Yahoo acquisition train just keeps on rolling! Rockmelt, the social browser news portal social content discovery service will be joining a growing cadre of properties that Marissa Mayer has snatched up. The platform, which seems to straddle the line between Pinterest and StumbleUpon, focuses on personalization and social networking as a way to highlight and serve up content it believes you'll want to read or watch. Yahoo, especially through its homepage portal, has always been about servin! g up con tent, and the expectation is that Rockmelt will help the company better hone its understanding of you and what you love. The announcement post makes it clear that Yahoo plans to actually integrate Rockmelt's technology with its existing platform, though, we're gonna have to wait a bit longer to see exactly what that marriage may look like. Rockmelt will shut down its existing apps and services on August 31st this year. Source: Yahoo, Rockmelt Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/02/samsung-galaxy-tab-3-8-0-review/ For all intents and purposes, eight inches is the new sweet spot for tablets. We've so far seen a few hits with this form factor, the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 perhaps foremost among them. It makes sense, after all; 10.1 inches can be unwieldy for travelers, and 7 inches scrimps a bit on screen real estate. Samsung's leveraged this trend to add another 8-incher to its lineup: the $300 Galaxy Tab 3 8.0. With 16GB of built-in storage, a dual-core processor and WiFi -- but not LTE -- support, it's hardly revolutionary apart from those novel dimensions. Still, we've found plenty to like with Galaxy Tabs in the past, so is this yet another strong contender? Meet us past the break to find out. Gallery: Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 review Filed under: Tablets, Samsung Google intros Android Device Manager to help you find that missing handset Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/02/android-device-manager/ Frequently lose your phone? Yeah, join the club. Don't worry, Google's got a fix. Android Device Manager will be available later this month for phones with 2.2 or later, letting you ring your phone at maximum volume when you can't find it, even if the handset has been silenced. Should that fail, you can also locate the thing on a Google Map in real-time -- and there's also a plan C. When you're all out of other options, you can securely erase all of your data from afar, so your Angry Birds scores don't wind up in the wrong hands. Source: Official Android Blog LG's OLED display production plant is taking shape, will fire up second half 2014 Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/02/lg-oled-plant-2h-2014/ To us, installing some factory equipment doesn't seem like much cause for celebration. To LG, however, it's the first piece of tangible progress made towards getting its new OLED manufacturing line up and running. At a shindig held to welcome the equipment to LG's plant, the company said it expects to begin mass production of panels for 50-inch plus HDTVs in the second half of next year -- a little later than the original plan of first half 2014. Hopefully there won't be any more delays, as we'd quite like to see the production line flowing and the mammoth prices of those gorgeous curved sets come down a little. Filed under: Displays, Home Entertainment, HD, LG Via: OLED-Info Source: The Korea Times OmniVision details 10.5-megapixel Clear Pixel sensor inside Moto X Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/01/omnivision-details-10-megapixel-clear-pixel-sensor-inside-moto-x/ Motorola has been hyping up the 10.5-megapixel Clear Pixel camera inside the Moto X, but it's been shy on the sensor's technical details and origins. We now have both: it's the OmniVision OV10820, a 1/2.6-inch sensor with a video-friendly 16:9 aspect ratio and large 1.4-micron pixels. Its strong low-light performance comes through a two-chip approach. The sensor captures RAW images using a sensitive RGBC (red / green / blue / clear) color filter, and a companion chip automatically converts the resulting shots into the Bayer format that most imaging processors expect. The result is a high-performance camera that slots inside the Moto X without requiring any special effort. Whether or not we see the OV10820 used outside of Motorola is another matter. OmniVision can't comment on the sensor's exclusivity, but it does note that RGBC is an "extremely viable option" for the future. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Filed under: Cellphones, Cameras, Mobile, Google Source: OmniVision Moto X coming to Canada as a Rogers exclusive priced at $190 on a two-year contract Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/01/moto-x-canada-rogers-exclusive/ Motorola just made headlines here in the US with the official unveiling of the Moto X, and now it's making waves with similar news in the Great White North. That's right folks, the Moto X is coming to Canada, but will be exclusively available to customers of Rogers. The handset arrives in August for as low as $189.99 when attached to a two-year contract, and existing Rogers customers can reserve one for their very own right now. Unfortunately, the X will only be available in black or white (initially, at least), but hopefully additional colors and perhaps even the wood veneer versions will come later -- we're thinking maple's a good way to go. Filed under: Mobile, Google Android 4.3 update causing problems with Nexus 4 handsets, rendering some unusable Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/01/android-4-3-update-nexus-4-netflix-problem/ While Android 4.3 is a relatively minor upgrade in the grand scheme of things -- bringing restricted profiles and some added graphical grunt to the platform -- it seems that the new OS version is wreaking havoc on some Nexus 4 devices. On Google's Product Forums, most people having problems report that after the update is downloaded and installed, their handsets either freeze on the 'X' splash screen or get stuck in a never-ending boot loop. For now, folks report that the only fix is to factory reset their handsets or flash to an older version of Android, and lose all of their saved data in the process. While there are no shortage of people apparently stuck in update purgatory, it's unclear exactly how widespread the problem is; our own in-house Nexus 4 received 4.3 without issue. Additionally, the new Android version isn't playing nice with Netflix on Nexus 4's, either. After upgrading, launching the Netflix app is causing some handsets to freeze up -- and only resetting the phone with a long press of the power button will get the phone working again. Android engineer Dan Morrill has said that Google is aware of the Netflix issue, however, and that its working on a fix. Regardless, Nexus 4 owners might want to think twice before upgrading. We've reached out to Google for an official comment on these problems, and will update this post should we receive one. Filed under: Cellphones, Software, Mobile, Google Via: Phones Review Source: Google Product Forums TI intros single-chip DockPort technology destined for laptops and tablets Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/31/ti-intros-single-chip-dockport-technology/ The DockPort standard is only just getting off the ground with support in AMD's Elite Performance processors. TI could soon make the technology fly, however: its new (if awkwardly named) HD3SS2521 controller handles all the tasks of DockPort on a single chip. The hardware is both simpler and cheaper than past multi-chip designs, and makes it easier for laptops and tablets to deliver DisplayPort video, USB 3.0 and power through a single cable. Whether or not we see more DockPort-equipped mobile gadgets is another matter. While the TI chip is available today, device builders still have to choose DockPort over a more established standard like Intel's Thunderbolt. Filed under: Laptops, Tablets Source: Texas Instruments WSJ: Apple to use Samsung retina displays on next iPad mini Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/01/wsj-apple-to-use-samsung-retina-displays-on-next-ipad-mini/ Earlier this month, there was a rumor that Apple was facing possible delays with its next-gen iPad mini due to supplier issues with an (also rumored) next generation Retina display. Now WSJ is reporting that Apple may have gotten around the problem thanks to, of all companies, Samsung. The ubiquitous "people familiar with the matter" told the journal that Cupertino originally wanted to be supplied solely by LG Display and Sharp for the high res screens (likely to be the same 7.9 inches as the current model). However, to ensure enough supply, Apple has reportedly been forced to resort to Samsung's display division for the next iPad mini, too. It bears noting that such supplier leaks are often unreliable, and as we've mentioned before, Apple frequently tests components before deciding on a final design. If true, though, it would show that despite its best efforts, Apple can't make a clean break from its frequent sparring partner. Filed under: Tablets, Apple Source: WSJ Panasonic unveils 16MP Lumix GX7 Micro Four Thirds camera, 45mm f/1.2 Leica Nocticron lens Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/01/panasonic-lumix-gx7/ There's not much to reveal about Panasonic's Lumix DMC-GX7 since it leaked (nearly) in full just days ago, but now it's official. This 16-megapixel Live MOS shooter is Panny's latest Micro Four Thirds offering aimed squarely at prosumers. This retro-styled camera is a much svelter option than the video-focused GH-3 ($1,500) thanks to its magnesium alloy casing. Along with in-body image stabilization and a swift shutter that tops out at 1/8000th of a second, the ISO tops out at 25,600. If video is your concern, it'll capture 1080p footage at 60 fps (24 Mbps) in AVCHD. While the GX7 will burst shoot with autofocus tracking at 4.3 fps, its electronic shutter lets it hit 40 fps if pure speed is what you're after -- while we're on it, the shutter will also operate in a silent mode. Notably, a vertically-tiltable 16:9 Live View Finder is onboard, packing a resolution of 2.76 million dots and the ability to fire off the autofocus once it detects an eye. Two control dials aid in manual settings along with a rear-facing LCD touchscreen, which tilts up to 80-degrees. If all that wasn't enough, built-in WiFi and NFC allow for the likes of remote viewfinder apps and sharing media. Gallery: Panasonic Lumix GX7 press images The GX7 will hit the US this November in a silver and black colorway priced at $1,100 with a 14-42mm kit lens, and $1,000 for just the body itself. A sleathier all-black variant will also be available, though only in Japan. Aside from the camera, a new Lumix lens with Leica tech will also hit shelves, offering a 45mm focal length with a speedy f/1.2 aperture -- the fastest in the lineup to date. Hit the press releases after the break for more details. Filed under: Cameras New Michael Lewis Story Makes Goldman Sachs Look Absolutely Ruthless Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/michael-lewis-vanity-fair-goldman-story-2013-7 Financial author Michael Lewis has a sprawling new piece in Vanity Fair about former Goldman Sachs programmer Sergey Aleynikov, who was tried, convicted, and then later acquitted of stealing high-frequency trading proprietary code from Goldman's servers. Lewis' "Goldman's Geek Tragedy" paints a more nuanced picture of Aleynikov, a soft-spoken Russian computer genius who was picked up by the FBI for "stealing" Goldman code and trotting it off to use at another firm. Aleynikov, once Goldman's star programmer earning $400,000 a year, felt the full brunt of Goldman's wrath. "Goldman Sachs’s role in the trial was to make genuine understanding even more difficult. Its lawyers coached witnesses; its employees, on the witness stand, behaved more like salesmen for the prosecution than citizens of the state," Lewis writes. In Lewis' telling, that "secret sauce" code was anything but. Mostly open-source information that wouldn't even help Aleynikov at his new firm. One of Lewis' sources uses the example of a spiral notebook you keep by your desk to jot down thoughts and ideas. If you left your job for another one, you'd take the notebook with you. It's not that the pages would necessarily give you an advantage in the future, it's that they are your notes. Goldman disagreed. They alerted the FBI and sought to make an example of Aleynikov, who comes off as a brilliant, misunderstood patsy in the story. Goldman comes off as ruthless. Here's why. From Vanity Fair: As one [market insider] put it, “Every manager of a Wall Street tech group likes to have people believe that his guys are geniuses. Their whole persona among their peers is that w! hat they and their team do can’t be replicated. When people find out that 95 percent of their code is open-source, it kills that perception. So when the security people come to them and tell them about the downloads, they can’t say, ‘No big deal.’ And they can’t say, ‘I don’t know what he took.’” To put it another way: the process that ended with Serge Aleynikov sitting inside a federal prison may have started with some Goldman Sachs employees concerned about their bonuses. A source at Goldman viewed the piece as pretty one-sided. Lewis certainly makes his views known, but breaks down a complicated financial story in a way that only he can. The full story, on newsstands today, is definitely worth a read. SEE ALSO: Goldman Sachs Threw Cold Water On Michael Lewis' New Vanity Fair Expose Before It Even Came Out The UPS Store to offer 3D printing service in select San Diego locations (video) Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/31/ups-to-offer-3d-printing-service-in-select-san-diego-stores-vid/ Today, The UPS Store announced its plan to bring 3D printing services to the masses. The shipping company will soon roll out Stratasys Uprint SE Plus printers to 60 locations in San Diego to test out the new service; it'll be aimed at small businesses, start-ups and retail customers in need of a professional grade model to produce things like prototypes and artistic renderings. At $20,900 a pop, Stratasys printers aren't exactly the kind of gadget you'd purchase for home use, so their availability at UPS stores is a pretty major step towards making high quality 3D printing an accessible option for the common man. Though the company is starting small, it hopes to expand the service nationwide, provided that the San Diego experiment proves successful. For more info, check out the video after the break. Filed under: Misc, Peripherals Via: GigaOM Source: UPS Canon's 1080p Legria mini camcorder makes it easy to film... yourself Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/31/canons-1080p-legria-mini-camcorder/ Though we got tired of the word "selfie" in about 1/8000th of a second, it's true that snapping yourself can be tricky, especially on video. Canon wants to aid and abet such vanity with the Legria mini, a 1080p camcorder with an ultra-wide angle lens, flipscreen and built-in stand. To make sure that we, er, you look as good as possible, Canon's equipped it with a 1/2.3-inch CMOS sensor, DIGIC DV 4 processor, 12.8-megapixel still shooter, stereo audio and 160 degree wide lens (170 degrees for stills). You'll also get built-in WiFi, an iOS app, DLNA support, time-lapse, slow motion and mirror image recording and playback. There's even a decidedly HTC Zoe-like feature which takes a four second video when you snap a photo, and assembles them together when you're ready. All of that should help keep your Vine, Video on Instagram and other filmic pipelines full. Check the PR and video after the break for more. Filed under: Cameras, Canon Pwnie Express' Pwn Plug R2 lets you hackproof networks over 4G Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/31/pwnie-express-pwn-plug-r2/ Pwnie Express has a knack for stuffing powerful security testing tools into innocuous housings, and this time their flexing that unique talent with the Pwnie Plug R2. Ars Technica's gotten ahold of the contraption ahead of its debut at the Black Hat conference, and it's boasting a healthy number of upgrades, including 4G service through AT&T and T-Mobile. Security hawks keen on testing network safety will be greeted with a fresh UI, one-click penetration tests and a new OS dubbed Pwnix, which is a custom version of the Debian-based Linux distro Kali. When it comes to hardware, the box packs a 1.2GHz Armada-370 ARM CPU, 1GB of RAM, a 32GB microSDHC card, a pair of gigabit Ethernet ports, a high-gain industrial Bluetooth adapter, two USB slots and a microUSB port. Naturally, the package supports WiFi 801.11 b/g/n and carries a SIM slot for those cases where you need to SSH in from halfway 'round the globe. If the $895 asking price doesn't make you flinch -- or you dig daydreaming about hacking for good or evil -- venture to the source for a breakdown of the gear's abilities. Source: Ars Technica Quip: a word processor built for the mobile generation Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/31/quip-mobile-word-processorn/ The humble word processor is a pillar of continuity, in a maddening world of change. Or rather it was. Quip is a the latest app that hopes to drag the old-boy of DTP kicking and screaming into the mobile generation. If that sounds like potential hot-talk, then know that the project is a collaboration between former Facebook CTO Bret Taylor and founder of Google App Engine, Kevin Gibbs. What happens when these two re-write the writing tool? You get docs that adapt to the screen you're working on, a slew of collaboration tools (in app messaging, change notifications, image sharing and more,) plus all the usual cloud feature an app of the present day demands -- such as work offline, sync when connected. If anything, perhaps it's a little too modern, with one big lack: no support for Word docs in either direction. Quip can only export PDFs, but will preserve formatting, letting you cut-and-past your way around that minor bump in the road. How much for the word processing revolution? Free for personal use, or $12 per month if you're in business. It's iOS and desktop only at the minute, but the ink is just about to dry on an Android version any time now. Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets, Mobile Via: TechCrunch Source: Quip blog Samsung's 14-megapixel WB250 point-and-shoot now posts directly to Evernote Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/31/samsungs-wb250-evernote/ The WB250 Smart camera, Samsung's $179 WiFi-enabled point-and-shoot, just scored a major sharing boost. The pocketable cam can now boot images directly to Evernote. After downloading a software update, WB250 owners will be able to sync their images with the service seamlessly -- shots can then appear on connected smartphones, computers and tablets simultaneously. Users will also be able to tap into a 3-month Evernote Premium trial, bringing a 1GB monthly upload allowance and additional sharing options. Update your software to get started. Filed under: Cameras, Samsung Source: Samsung (download link) iPhone Users Gravitate To Facebook, Share Parenting And Family Content Most Often Source: https://intelligence.businessinsider.com/welcome Social media users are three times more likely to share content via their iPhone versus their desktop computer, and 1.5-times more likely to share on their iPhone versus all other mobile devices, according to a ShareThis study published July 22. Facebook is the leading social platform among the iPhone user base, accounting for 66% of total sharing on iPhones, according to the study, by ShareThis Chief Scientist Dr. Yan Qu. Qu analyzed 1.2 billion signals on the mobile Web, across 2.4 million sites wordlwide in the ShareThis network. Twitter represents 15.8% of all content shared by iPhone users, followed by Pinterest with 14.2%. What type of content is shared most on Facebook by iPhone users? ShareThis created a classification scheme to gauge what themes were most popular. For example, a post containing baby pictures would fall under the "Family & Parenting" category. It just so happens, the Family & Parenting category accounts for 20% of all content shared, the most of any category, followed by Arts & Entertainment (13%). Other categories represented less than 10% of all content shared: Health, Technology, Government, Fitness, Food & Drink, Fashion & Beauty, and Home & Garden. Download the charts and data in Excel. Canon's New Tiny Video Camera Is For Filming Yourself Doing...Whatever Source: http://gizmodo.com/canons-new-tiny-video-camera-is-for-filming-yourself-d-972995919 Canon's new Vixia Mini is a Wi-Fi enabled camcorder designed to help you document your everyday life in more detail than ordinary folk ever thought possible. No other people required. Phone to Chromecast app streams pics and video, but can't be released yet Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/31/phone-to-chromecast-video-pictures/ Google's $35 Chromecast fared well in our review, but something that could make it even more useful is the ability to stream pictures and video from mobile devices. Users have been able to work around that on PCs by entering info for locally stored files into the Chrome address bar, and now ClockworkMod developer Koushik Dutta is showing off a solution for mobile that closes the gap with AirPlay. Demonstrated in the video after the break, his Phone to Chromecast app can fling pictures or videos stored on the phone directly to the dongle -- apparently thanks to web server software he'd already created for Android. There's no specific word on the codecs or resolutions tested, but he reports videos work at full framerate "like magic." The only bad news? The preview SDK terms mean he can't distribute the APK without written permission from Google, so this demo is as close as we're getting for now. Filed under: Home Entertainment, HD, Mobile, Google Source: Koushik Dutta (Google+) (1), (2), YouTube Marvell flaunts its Armada 1500-mini CPU powering Chromecast, lists codecs Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/31/marvell-flaunts-its-aramada-1500-mini-cpu-powering-chromecast/ Ever since Google TV made the move from Intel to ARM processors, Marvell has been there with its Armada 1500 CPU, providing decoding, power management and wireless support. As recent FCC documents showed, that arrangement hasn't changed, and Marvell has just formally introduced its Armada 1500-mini processor at the heart of Chromecast. The scaled-down chip provides it (and other USB-powered devices) with 1080p decoding along with features like DRM support and access to TV-centric applications like YouTube and Netflix. 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__label__wiki	0.544826	0.544826	Take a look at HP's luxury smartwatch Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/01/HP-gilt-smartwatch-michael-bastian/ Despite their utility, smartwatches remain a geeky niche item thanks to a certain lack of je ne sais quoi. However, HP is partnering with a retailer called Gilt to build an Android and iOS compatible smartwatch that may finally tick the style box, thanks to US designer Michael Bastian. He'll take care of the design, which will feature a circular, 44mm stainless steel case and three swappable bands: black rubber, brown leather, olive green nylon and a limited edition black. Bastian says the design cues came from luxury automobiles, namely interior features like the dashboard and trim. Meanwhile, HP will will add the watch's smart features, which will include notifications like email, text and calls, along with user controls for music and other apps. HP will also supply the software, meaning the watch may be platform agnostic and not tied to Android Wear, for instance. It'll reportedly arrive this fall, but there are no other details like the type of display, memory or pricing -- but we imagine it will be in the "if you have to ask" category. Filed under: Wearables, HP Via: Hypebeast, Fashionista Source: Gilt New malware can live inside any USB device undetected Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/31/badUSB-malware/ It turns out that the stalwart USB thumbstick, or any universal serial bus device, isn't as trustworthy as once thought. A pair of security researchers has found we need to worry about more than just malware-infected files that are stored portable drives, and now need to guard against hacks built into our geek-stick's firmware according to Wired. The proof-of-concept malware Karsten Nohl and Jakob Lell have created is invisible and installable on a USB device and can do everything from taking over a user's PC to hijacking the DNS settings for your browser. Or, if it's installed on a mobile device it can spy on your communications and send them to a remote location, similar to the NSA's Cottonmouth gadgets. If those don't worry you, perhaps that the "BadUSB" malware can infect any USB device -- including keyboards -- and wreak havoc, will. What's more, a simple reformat isn't enough to disinfect either, and the solution that Lell and Nohl suggest goes against the core of what many of us are used to doing. The duo says that the only way around BadUSB is to more or less treat devices like hypodermic needles; trusting only those that have been used within our personal ecosystem and throwing away any that've come in contact with other computers. Hopefully you don't have a ton of untrustworthy Porsche sticks laying around. [Image credit: Getty Images] Filed under: Internet, Software Via: Gizmodo Australia 10 Malware Removal Apps Tested, Malwarebytes Comes out on Top Source: http://lifehacker.com/10-malware-removal-apps-tested-malwarebytes-comes-out-1614046598 A recent test done by the independent antivirus research group AV-TEST—whose tests we've mentioned in the past—took a look at the performance of today's most popular malware removal applications. Most of the applications showed excellent performance, but only Malwarebytes—a free download—managed a perfect score. AV-TEST sought to answer an important question: can anti-malware software completely clean up and repair a Windows system after an attack? It's a worst-case scenario many users have experienced: Malware defeats the security barriers of their system and becomes embedded there. Is it even possible, in the aftermath of such an attack, to restore the Windows system to its previous condition? It ought to work with the help of antivirus software or clean-up tools. But how effectively do these first responders do their job? The good news is that overall each application was very effective at providing cleanup and repair to Windows machines, which is important if you think someone has broken into your machine or downloaded some suspicious plugins. Each application was put through a rigorous endurance test that lasted a total of 10 months. During this time several different malware families were tested repeatedly and the malware even underwent constant evolution along the way. All of the samples used were already known to the removal applications, so the primary purpose of the test was efficiency in detection, complete removal, and restoration. Tests were also conducted on antivirus software, but keep in mind there's a difference between antivirus and anti-malware. In the end, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Free scored a cool 100% in total system repair. The paid apps Bitdefender Internet Security 2014 came close in second with a score of 99.4%, and F-Secure Internet Security 2014 tied with Kaspersky Internet Security 2014 at 97.8%. The next best scores for free applications came from AVG AntiVirus Free 2014 and Avast! Free Antivirus 9.0. Remember, it's important to keep in mind that these were tested for malware removal and not for virus protection. We can show you what we think are the best desktop antivirus applications, and if you're curious to see how antivirus apps ranked at AV-TEST, click the link below to read more. 17 software packages in a repair performance test after malware attacks \| AV-TEST The World's Fastest Network Lets You Download a Movie In .2 Milliseconds Source: http://gizmodo.com/the-worlds-fastest-network-lets-you-download-a-movie-in-1614039292 Danish researchers just created the Usain Bolt of networks. A team from the Technical University of Denmark used a single multi-core optical fiber to transfer 43 terabits per second, making it the world's fastest fiber network . I'd say it makes Google Fiber look like 1996 AOL dial-up from a decrepit rural phone line, but that comparison is too kind to Google Fiber. LG's first big 4K OLED TV may have a non-ridiculous price tag Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/31/lg-65-inch-4k-oled-tv/ If you're set on an OLED Ultra HDTV instead of LCD, you can now put a price and date on your idealism: LG's 65-inch 65EC9700 4K model will reportedly ship in September with a sticker price of $8,999. Apart from those deep OLED blacks, the model also features passive 3D, Miracast/MHL and nearly invisible bezels. The first 4K OLED models, including that one, arrived earlier this year at CES, but so far none have hit stores. We also haven't seen any pricing, other than for a few exotic models like LG's $30,000 curved 77-inch UHDTV. Though the 65-inch model is far more reasonable, according to HD Guru, the lowest possible price (UPP) set by LG is $6,999 -- still more than double LG's 4K LCD model. Filed under: Home Entertainment, HD, LG Source: HD Guru Nanobots get tiny propellers for targeted drug delivery Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/31/nanobots-propellers/ Nanobots need the proper propulsion system if they're going to be used to deliver drugs to targeted areas. Take for example this teeny-tiny corkscrew-shaped propeller made out of silica and nickel that's developed by a group of German and Israeli scientists. The team says it's around 100 times smaller than the diameter of a red blood cell at 70 nanometers in width and 400 nanometers in length, so it can swim through blood and other fluids without getting caught in protein chains and the like. In order to make a nanopropeller this small, its creators had to forego giving it a motor of its own -- it needs to be controlled externally by a weak rotating magnetic field. The lack of an internal motor doesn't seem to affect its performance, though: it successfully swam through hyaluronan gel, a material found throughout the human body, during a lab test. Since the propeller is incredibly small, it can be used to target not just extracellular locations, but also materials inside cells, giving it huge potential in medicine. Its creators believe, for instance, that it can be used to deliver tiny doses of radiation, even to sensitive areas of the body such as the retina. It'll take a looong time for that to happen, though, so head over to ACS Nano where you can read the team's study on this minuscule propeller. Filed under: Science Via: Gizmag Source: American Technion Society, ACS Nano With Qi wireless charging, you'll soon be able to charge your device from a short distance Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/31/qi-wireless-resonance-charging/ It's becoming more and more common to find mobile devices with wireless charging capability, either as a built-in feature or integrated into third-party cases. Progress has been somewhat hampered, however, by the fact that no universally adopted standard is available. Of the three major groups trying to corner the market, Qi -- a standard created by the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) -- has arguably been the most successful at courting manufacturers and carriers (over 200 have signed up so far). The problem is, its abilities have been limited because it only uses a method called inductive charging; in other words, you can power up your smartphone as long as it's sitting on a charging pad. Wireless, sure, but it's still only marginally more convenient than simply plugging the handset in. Fortunately, Qi's adding some crucial functionality later this year that will allow you to charge your device from nearly two inches away. With version 1.2, the WPC is adding resonance charging to Qi's features. This makes it so the receiver (the device that needs to be charged) and the transmitter (the charging pad or surface that's pushing the power to the device) won't need to physically touch each other anymore; now they can be up to 45mm (1.77 inches) apart. The new standard is backwards-compatible, so if you already have a smartphone or tablet with Qi built-in, you'll be able to charge them up from as much as 35mm away. The standard also allows multiple devices to charge up at the same time, provided they're both within range, and it will be capable of pushing as much as 2,000 watts to larger products like kitchen appliances. Qi's newfound ability to charge your gadgets from a distance is much more convenient for end users than what its current products offer. Using this technology, you might be able to place charging pucks under tables so your phone starts charging whenever you're close by; you could put several devices in a Qi-compatible bucket, which would be very handy placed in between the two front seats in your car; and you won't have to worry about placing your device on a precise spot to get it to charge. Two competing wireless charging standards, Rezence and the Power Matters Alliance, already have adopted resonance charging, but the WPC claims that Qi is more power efficient and has a larger group of partners and products. Representatives couldn't give specific stats on power efficiency yet, since the earliest products are still in development and results will vary from one device to another; that said, their initial estimates were somewhere between 70-80 percent. (Qi's inductive chargers average about 85.) We should expect to see the first v1.2 products arrive sometime later this year, although kitchen appliances using the standard likely won't hit the market until 2015. Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets, Wireless, Mobile How to Create a Custom Google Now Command for Anything on Android Source: http://lifehacker.com/how-to-create-custom-voice-commands-with-tasker-and-aut-1282209195 Google Now already has a ton of useful voice commands built in. Thanks to a recent update to Tasker plugin AutoVoice, though, you can now create your own commands that plug directly into Google Now to accomplish anything that Tasker can do with nothing but your voice. For this guide, we're going to be using Tasker and AutoVoice primarily, focusing on the new UI. If you don't already have either of these apps, they're certainly worth paying the few bucks for. Not that you needed to be told that. You guys love Tasker. So, let's get started. (Optional) Step 0: Get Ok, Google (If You Haven't Already) One of the coolest features Google has introduced lately is the ability to launch voice commands without minimal non-voice input. If you're using a phone like the Moto X, you can already say "Ok, Google Now" to launch voice commands. If you're not, here are some of the ways you can get it: Use the Google Now launcher (on certain devices): One of the headlining features of the Nexus 5 when it came out was that you could say "Ok, Google" from the lock screen. This has since been expanded to several other devices, though it's unclear how many are supported. To make matters more complex, Google has added an "Ok, Google" everywhere option that lets you launch voice commands even when you're not at the home screen. This is also only supported on a limited number of devices and it's unclear how (or if) the rollout is happening. Still, if you're one of the lucky ones that this works for, it's a great option. Use an alternative launcher like Apex: Not content to wait for Google's rollout, some developers like Apex have added their own "Ok, Google" hotword detection. This allows you to launch voice commands from the home screen, even if you're not using Google's software. Use a third-party always-listening app like Open Mic+: If you really want the full range of Moto X-style control, Open Mic+ can help. This app keeps your microphone open listening for "Ok, Google" no matter where you are in the app. The downside to this is that it can drain your battery, but the benefits may outweigh the costs for some people. Obviously, none of these are a perfect solution for all devices. We're still a ways off from being able to launch all voice commands entirely hands-free in all situations on all devices. However, there are at least a couple options for most people. This step is also entirely optional. Most devices have a voice button in the default Google search bar, and you can tap that and speak to send a voice command. Even if you can't trigger voice search without touching your device, it's one tap on most home screens to get started. Step 1: Allow AutoVoice to Listen for Google Now Commands AutoVoice "integrates" with Google Now by listening for specific searches. Just like with Google's built-in commands, if a particular search matches a Tasker profile you've set up, AutoVoice will intercept the search and run your custom command instead. If neither AutoVoice nor Google recognize it as an instruction, it will conduct a regular search. Before you can do this, however, you need to enable the AutoVoice accessibility service. To do that, first install Tasker and AutoVoice (if you haven't already) and do the following: Open your phone's Settings app. Tap "Accessibility." Tap "AutoVoice Google Now Integration." Tap the toggle at the top of the screen. In the dialog that pops up, tap "OK." This service may be in a different place in the Settings app, depending on your device. Once the listening service is enabled, you can start creating your own custom voice commands. Step 2: Create a Custom Google Now Voice Trigger With the new Google Now integration, creating a custom AutoVoice command is a drastically simpler process. AutoVoice recognizes commands separately and passes them to Tasker with the AutoVoice Recognized event. You can then attach any action to that Event. To create a custom voice command follow these steps: Open Tasker. Tap the plus sign at the bottom of the screen. Select Event. Under "Plugin," choose "AutoVoice Recognized." Tap the edit button next to "Configuration." Either tap "Command filter" to type in the voice command you want to trigger the event, or tap "Speak filter" to say it aloud. The latter helps make sure Google will recognize it correctly, so we recommend that first. Tap the check mark at the top of the screen. Tap the left caret at the top left of the screen to save the Event. This will create a custom voice Event that will be recognized when you say it aloud within Google Now. The next step will be to create a Task that will be activated when Google Now/AutoVoice recognize your command. At this point, the sky's the limit. Step 3: Tie Your Commands to the Immense Power of Tasker From here, you'll be prompted either to create a new task or choose from an existing one. A world of possibilities is open to you at this point, and it would be outside the scope of this article (or an entire site) to fully explore. However, here are some examples to get you started. Send a canned text message to a contact. Create a new task under Tasks. Give your task a name (i.e. Text NAME) Tap plus sign to add a new action. Tap "Phone." Select "Send SMS." Enter a phone number and a pre-set message. Optional: Check "Store in messaging app" if you'd like to keep a record of sent messages. Tap the back button at the top left. Change multiple settings in a single set. Name it (i.e. Home Settings) Tap "Net" and select WiFi. Choose "On" under "Set." Tap "Net" and select "Bluetooth." Choose "Off" under "Set." Tap "Misc" and select "GPS." Under the AutoVoice profile settings detailed in the, make sure "Event Behavior" is unchecked as mentioned above. These are extremely basic examples, but part of the beauty of Tasker is that it can be extended to a huge number of tasks. As previously mentioned, you've already shared many of your Tasker actions, and if you have a home automation system, Tasker and AutoVoice can be used to create an impressive set of voice commands to control your entire home entertainment system with a little work. Tasker can be daunting, but this should at least help you get started with voice commands. Photo mixed from Vivaporius. Turn Your iPhone Charger Into a Portable Backup Battery Source: http://gizmodo.com/turn-your-iphone-charger-into-a-portable-backup-battery-1613449223/+whitsongordon Even carrying your iPhone's charger everywhere you go doesn't guarantee you'll be able to keep your phone running all day. Sometimes outlets can be hard to find, and for those times the NomadPlus is here to help—transforming your iPhone's standard charger into a portable 1,500 mAh battery for back power on-the-go. Shipping in late November for just $39, the NomadPlus simply requires you to insert the compact AC adapter that came with your recent-generation iPhone, immediately giving you a portable charging solution with enough power to bring a dead smartphone about 70 percent of the way back to life. When plugged into a wall it charges a connected device first, and then itself. So come morning your smartphone is ready to tackle the day, and then the evening on top of that, even if you can't get access to an outlet. [Nomad] This Clever Transforming House Has Three Rotating Rooms Source: http://gizmodo.com/this-clever-transforming-house-has-three-rotating-rooms-1613527291 Sometimes you want a room with a view. Sometimes you want a bunker that's walled-off to the world. Why not have both? The Sharifi-ha House can shape-shift based on the amount of sun or level of privacy that its residents need at that particular moment. Movidius wants to change the way your smartphone sees the world Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/30/movidius-myriad-2-processor/ Despite the promise of Google's Movidius-equipped Project Tango, there are still no depth-sensing, SLR-stomping smartphones on the market. But Movidius thinks that could change soon, thanks to its brand new chip: the Myriad 2 vision processor unit (VPU). "The Myriad 2 is going to provide more than 20x the power efficiency of the Myriad 1, and enable camera features that were not possible before in mobile devices," CEO Remi El-Ouazzane tells me. If you'll recall, Tango's original tech brought faster focus, improved depth of field, near-optical zooming and higher light sensitivity to smartphone cameras (and now, tablets). It also let researchers scan a room in 3D to provide interior navigation, among other cool tricks. However, processing a Teraflop of image data a per second burned a lot of power with the project's original Myriad 1 chip. The Myriad 2 consumes 500mW of power while processing up 2 Teraflops per second of data -- a twentyfold gain in processing efficiency. (For reference, the Snapdragon 805 reportedly uses 3-4 watts.) With 12 "lanes," it also supports 6 HD cameras at once and can process 600-megapixels per second. With significantly more horsepower and much less battery draw, that means the new VPU could be installed in most smartphones, not just purpose-built devices like the Tango smartphone or tablet. Movidius says that the Myriad 2 could function as a standalone processor in certain devices, or act as a co-processor to a mobile CPU. As far as Google's Project Tango goes, there's no word yet if it will switch from the Myriad 1 to the new chip. But Google has already announced a partnership with LG for a consumer Tango device next year, and will likely want the improved technology. Though El-Ouazzane wouldn't confirm the new processor for Tango, he pointed out that Movidius had a "very strong relationship with the Project Tango team." Depth sensors, lenses and a vision chip will improve picture taking without making smartphones huge, but the benefits don't stop there. Wearable and panorama cameras like the Centr camera (another Movidius partner) are other potential product categories. The Myriad 2 excels in stitching 360 degree images from multiple lenses, and the extra battery efficiency would be particularly useful in small wearable devices. Consumer versions of Tango-like devices would also open up a lot of far-out applications. On top of the scary realistic Matterport scanner (above), Movidius also pointed to the zSpace 3D display, a device that uses high speed gesture recognition to let you manipulate virtual objects in 3D (below). Your smartphone could also become as adept as a Kinect at motion and gesture sensing, opening up richer and deeper gaming and virtual reality applications. El-Ouazzane brought up Amazon's Fire Phone with Firefly as another example of the type of consumer-leaning object recognition apps we could see with the Myriad 2 (though he added that Movidius is not working with Amazon). To enable such apps, the company created a new SDK that makes it much easier for developers to access the Myriad 2's bag of tricks. For now, it's just a hunk of silicon until devices start to arrive. But El-Ouazzane is confident with the Myriad 2 and how it will change smartphone cameras and vision processing. "A lot of money was invested to get to this point. It's going to be a dramatic departure from where we are today." But we've heard that before: Nokia's camera-centric phones didn't set the world on fire, 3D camera phones never flew, and the multi-sensored Fire phone remains a huge question mark. But of course we'd all like to take much better photos and even scan our cat -- smartphone tech is getting a bit dull. Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Google Source: Movidius HealthTap Prime lets you video call a Doctor whatever the hour Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/30/healthtap-prime-lets-you-video-call-a-doctor-whatever-the-hour/ Unless you're rich, run a hospital or have medical professionals in the family, it's not likely that you have instant access to a doctor whenever you need. That's why HealthTap is joining the growing field of telemedicine apps that, for a monthly fee, will let you video chat with specialists as and when you require. HealthTap Prime will cost you $100 per month for the first person, with each additional person in the family requiring a $10 monthly surcharge. There doesn't appear to be any limits on how many times you can contact a doctor with the service, but if you didn't stop calling to ask if something looked infected, then expect to land on some sort of blacklist. Source: HealthTap Amazon Prime members get a $1 video credit for choosing slower shipping Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/30/amazon-prime-shipping/ One of the most attractive benefits of subscribing to Amazon Prime is the free two-day shipping or an overnight option available for a small fee, depending on the item and destination. But in many cases, you might not need your stuff until the following week, making the e-tailer's new "no-rush shipping" option appealing. If you opt for Amazon's slowest delivery speed, you'll also be rewarded with a $1 Amazon Instant Video credit. Credits do expire, and certain content is excluded, such as HBO titles. It's a "limited time offer," according to the site's terms and conditions, but considering the cost savings for Amazon, it wouldn't be unreasonable to expect the incentive to remain. Filed under: Home Entertainment, Household, Amazon Via: CNET Source: Amazon Google Apps Customers No Longer Need A Google+ Account To Use Hangouts Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/new-google-hangouts-and-chromebox-updates-2014-7 Google just updated its Hangouts and Chromebox for Meetings features to make business videoconferences a lot easier. Effective today, all Google Apps customers will be able to access Hangouts, even if you don’t have a Google+ account. This opens up the service to more than 5 million businesses that currently use Google Apps for Business. Google Hangouts will also enjoy the same Terms of Service as Google Apps for Business products, such as Gmail, Doc, and Drive. This gives Hangouts users the same business-level support, like 24-7 phone service, as other Google Apps for Business users enjoy. Other updates include allowing up to 15 participants in the same video conference call, and partnerships with Blue Jeans and InterCall that will let their users join Hangout calls any time. Also, Chromebox for Meetings, the videoconference device that makes it easier to use Hangouts, will be available in UK and Japan in the coming weeks. Starting today, you can link two Chromebox for Meetings screens to a single device, so you could have your presentation slides on one screen and the conference call on the other. Chromebox for Meetings will also be produced by Dell starting this September, joining Asus and Samsung as its main manufacturer. “The goal of this launch is to make it easier for employees and businesses to communicate by video. Our customers recognize the value of connecting face-to-face and are driving this demand,” a Google spokesperson told Business Insider. This New Design For Airplane Seating Will Make Flights Much More Enjoyable Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/embraer-e2-cabin-2014-7 With this new airplane cabin design, flying will be more comfortable than ever. Priestmangoode, the design firm responsible for rebranding Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, has created a new cabin design — called "E2" — for Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer, according to Fast Company. Airlines such as JetBlue, US Airways, and Virgin Australia use Embraer jets for some of their flights. With E2, Priestmangoode aims to take an industry benchmark cabin and make it even better, by improving issues with seating space, carry-on storage, bathrooms, and more, according to a video about the project. The E2 is expected to hit the airways in 2018, reports Fast Company. The Embraer E2 cabin will have spacious seats that are also slimmer, which will make the plane lighter and allow for more free space inside the aircraft. The seats in first class will be staggered, allowing the E2 to use the same seat track as the economy class without losing any luxuries. You won't have to worry about leaning over another passenger to put on your seat light: the new individual Personal Energy Supply Units (PSUs) allow you to control your air and light while remaining in your own space. New carry-on storage integrates with the cabin ceiling, giving it a much cleaner look. Priestmangoode even managed to increase storage capacity by 40%, without sacrificing cabin space. Even the bathrooms received an upgrade, with acoustic curtains for privacy, handrails on internal walls, and an integrated diaper changing table. SEE ALSO: 22 Brilliant Insights From Richard Branson DON'T FORGET: Follow Business Insider on Twitter! LG Heart Rate Monitor Earphone review: good fitness gadget, poor earphones Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/29/lg-heart-rate-monitor-earphone-review/ Heart rate monitors are no longer the exclusive domain of fitness gadgets. The last 12 months have seen sensors make their way into smartphones and wearables, replacing for many of us the need for a standalone pulse monitor. The problem is a lot of these options have been unable to deliver accurate heart rate mesurements, partly because those sensors have to maintain contact with your skin; if they slip, then the readout skips. Maybe LG has the answer, then: Put heart rate monitoring technology into a pair of Bluetooth headphones. If you're like me and are constantly wired for sound during workouts, what could possibly be better? LG's Heart Rate Monitor earphones link to an iOS/Android app, with absolutely nothing burdening your wrists. LG's fitness app can even add your exercise sessions to a step counter, so long as you buy LG's optional Lifeband Touch fitness band. What's more, the app also integrates with other fitness apps like RunKeeper. It all sounds great on paper, but there's a problem: the headphones don't actually sound good. Let me explain. LG's new headphones look like run-of-the-mill sports headphones, but at $180, they're pricier. They're in-ear buds supported by rubberized tubing around the wire, which help keep them inside your ears. There's even an extra flexible wing to support the fit, ensuring they stay snug during your morning run or squat superset -- that's important here because the heart rate sensor needs to be against your skin to measure blood flow and give that all-important readout. The headphone wires draw together at a lanyard clip which also houses play, pause and volume controls. The clip is sturdy, and it's at the perfect point to tether to your t-shirt, making the wires less likely to get in the way -- at least while you're wearing it. The earphones then plug into a Bluetooth module which provides the power and has its own clip; this one's waist-level. The module is small and light, with a backlit power switch that offers up a color-coded guide to your heart rate at a button press. (There's also audio guidance for battery levels and your activity, but I'll come back to that.) Despite their Bluetooth connectivity, that means there's just as much cabling as other wired earbuds. It would have been better if all the hardware was housed inside the headphones. Because the earphones connect through micro-USB to the Bluetooth module, it means you won't be able to use these with a typical headphone socket, which also means having to keep the set well charged. I found they lasted roughly four hours -- about four gym sessions of constantly monitoring my pulse. But you can expect them to last much longer if you're just listening to music. The heart rate module itself is lodged inside the right earbud, and there's a subtle design difference between the two buds, suggesting that the sensor points to your outer lobe rather than shining (infrared shines, right?) into your earhole. The results are accurate, especially compared to the erratic results we've seen from other heart rate sensors. During training sessions -- it only measures your pulse when you start a session from the app -- I also strapped myself into a blood pressure monitor at my local gym to get a second reading. Measurements from both were within one or two beats per minute of each other. What's nice, too, is that the earphones' heart rate reading doesn't fluctuate as much as wrist-worn monitors I've tried, probably because these stay more firmly in place. If you're curious about such things, you can view your readout in the app anytime. Alas, while the headphones make a pretty excellent heart rate monitor, the sound quality is distinctly trebly. Maybe my tastes tend toward Beats-style bass sound profiles, but compared to other in-ear buds, wired or wireless, these don't pack the same audio punch. My guess is something had to be sacrificed to make space for the heart rate sensors. Worse, at substantial volume there's a moderate degree of noise leakage. Gyms and outdoor running can often require the top volume, but move into a quieter area with other people and they'll soon twig to your shameless workout soundtrack -- the one you wouldn't ever make public. It's a shame, but sound quality appears to be a secondary concern here. To use the headphones you'll need LG's Fitness app, which does a lot of things right. There are both Android and iOS versions, meaning you can use it with nearly every modern smartphone capable of connecting to Bluetooth Smart. That might not seem like a big deal, but remember Nike's FuelBand was iOS-exclusive until very recently, and Samsung's Gear Fit will only work with Samsung phones. Four tabs guide you through a summary page for the day, week and month; an activity tab for calorie-based scrutiny; as well as a heart rate tab, workout tab and the (practically hidden) "more" tab, where you'll find most of the settings. This final tab is where you connect with third-party apps and compatible hardware. Cleverly, LG has offered cross-compatibility with MyFitnessPal, RunKeeper and MapMyFitness, apps that you might actually use. LG also supports a few third-party heart rate monitors, including devices from Polar and Zephyr. Alongside your daily activity and step counts (the app will keep a running total of your top "scores"), LG's Fitness app comes into its own with sessions: dedicated training segments you "set off" from the workout tab. There are no pretensions to sleep monitoring thankfully, or even diet guidance -- it sticks to movement. So I started moving. One swipe of the switch within the fourth tab starts things off. After that, you have the chance to toggle several mid-workout features. The GPS option monitors your running or cycling routes. As you move, your smartphone will track your route while color-coding your course depending on your heart rate (warmup, endurance, aerobic, anaerobic and high intensity). This same color-coded system, from hardly trying blue to gonna collapse red, is also replicated on the companion heart rate monitor's clip: one button press on the Bluetooth transmitter will show a color-coded notification illustrating how hard you're working. You can also get the app to narrate how many calories burned, distance traveled, current heart rate and more. The voice guide will specify your current beats per minute, but try not to laugh when the voice says "bits per minute." And if you can't help chuckling, you can fortunately turn the commentary off. Which I did. Optional: The Lifeband LG's Lifeband Touch is yet another fitness band -- and it's a hard sell. Announced at CES alongside the headphones, it's proof consumer tech never stands still, especially in nascent categories like wearables. Half a year later, we've seen products attempting to straddle the divide between fitness gadgets and smartwatches, with the best example so far being the imperfect Gear Fit from Samsung -- a fitness wearable paired with a beautiful screen and a heart rate monitor, albeit with a fuzzy interface and temperamental pulse readings. LG's band is friendlier but dumber. There's no OLED screen, but it works with both Android and iOS devices. No heart rate monitor, but then, that's the earphones' job. The Lifeband Touch is a solid, slightly flexible rubbery band with no clasp. Instead, there's a break in the band to slip your arm in -- it's a bangle, basically. It bends a little at the end, while the scrolling monochrome display and single button are both at the more solid end. The device feels heavier than the FuelBand, which is probably its closest competitor. LG had the foresight to add a degree of motion detection, so if you raise your wrist, the device can either show the time or the option screen you saw last. I tried the Lifeband for a few weeks, but our review sample abruptly stopped charging; LG says we received a lemon. Even after a short testing period, I'm not desperate to use it again. Its biggest drawback is the dot-pixel screen, which is nigh-on unreadable in direct sunlight. While I haven't torn down the device to investigate, I think it's because the display appears to be pretty deep inside, meaning there's a lot of space (and glass) between the surface and what you're trying to read -- ideal for sunlight to refract and bounce around, making viewing your vitals trickier. Gesture controls be damned, you'll be cupping the Lifeband with your other hand in an attempt to read the time, your pulse or your step count. When you can finally make out the display, you'll notice three menu sections: one for battery, time and date; another for fitness stuff (calories, distances, steps, session tracking), and the last for controlling music playback. The interface and features are richer than the FuelBand, but Samsung's Gear Fit simply looks nicer, and with a color OLED touchscreen, is more technically accomplished even if the software is a muddled mess. Swiping through the Lifeband's touchscreen is a nice way to navigate the readouts, especially compared to the FuelBand's laborious button presses. That said, the Lifeband Touch already looks dated. It seems odd that it's appeared alongside the company's new headphones, which are pretty exciting. Well, as far as headphones go, anyway. I've never used a wrist-based heart rate monitor for an extended period because I find it uncomfortable having something attached tightly to my arm, so heart rate monitor headphones sounded like the perfect solution. LG's earphones aren't quite perfect, though. I found the wiring between the earbuds themselves and the Bluetooth unit a bit unwieldy -- the cords were prone to tangling every time I took them off. For headphones, they're not cheap either: $180 at Best Buy. There's really no other device like it, however. Intel's smart ears are just a concept for now, while other options are either gestating in crowdfunding or outright hoaxes. LG's headphones, which you can buy today, give surprisingly accurate heart rate readings. Particularly thanks to the capable app, I can recommend them to fitness types who can't do without music -- just be prepared for some underwhelming audio. Filed under: Portable Audio/Video, Wearables, Mobile, LG Airbnb launches dedicated portal for business travelers Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/28/airbnb-for-business-travelers/ It's not that business travelers have chosen to shun Airbnb -- in fact they make up a decent chunk of the short-term subletting business. But now the startup is making a concerted effort to lure those customers in with Business Travel on Airbnb. It's dedicated portal with tools specifically designed not just for travelers, but for companies to manage employee travel. The company has even partnered with Concur, which builds travel and expense systems like Triplink, which is used by a vast majority of Fortune 100 companies. Not every listing will be displayed through the new portal. Odd ball listings like tree houses will be filtered out, as will any shared rentals -- such as a room in a larger apartment. Courting business customers is going to be essential for Airbnb to continue to grow. And considering how much money investors have pumped into the it, growth is certainly high on its list of priorities. Source: Airbnb âNVIDIA found a way to quadruple display performance in low-res LCDs Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/28/nvidia-LCDs/ Face it, the tech industry is obsessed with resolution; we want every display to be high definition, regardless of size. We also want our devices to be affordable, leaving device manufactures with an interesting problem: how do they manufacture low-cost products with high-resolution screens? NVIDIA researchers have one solution -- stack two low-resolution panels on top of each other to increase pixel density on the cheap. The solution is so simple it sounds ridiculous, but apparently, it works. Researchers disassembled two 1,280 x 800 LCD panels and rebuilt them into a single display with slightly offset pixels, a filter to weed out polarization conflicts and a bit of customized software to force the display components to work in tandem. NVIDIA calls the resulting prototype a "cascaded display," and in tests it has quadrupled the spatial resolution of the original panels (thanks, in part, to how the pixel offset crams an additional four pixels behind every one of the first panel's visible pixel). The images produced by the cascaded display aren't quite as good as the full resolution target image, but it's leaps and bounds ahead of the capabilities of the original 1,280 x 800 panels. It's also a comparatively inexpensive way to build higher resolutions screens for head mounted displays like the Oculus Rift. These hobbled together panels aren't perfect, of course -- the cascaded display is less bright than a typical screen and apparently has poor viewing angles -- but the research could lead to a better way to build affordable, high definition electronics. Check out the video below to see the technology in action. Filed under: Displays, NVIDIA Via: ExtremeTech Source: NVIDIA Amazon Just Opened A 3D Printed Products Store To Bring You Countless Customization Options Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-opens-3d-printed-products-store-2014-7 Dying to customize some cufflinks? Amazon just launched a new store for 3D printed products, which has over 200 listings that can be customized by material, color, style, text, or size. The marketplace includes jewelry, toys, iPhone cases, home-goods, personalized bobble heads, and, yes, cufflinks, among other things. Amazon isn't actually printing anything itself, but merely connecting consumers with companies that specialize in 3D printing, like Mixee Labs, Sculpteo, and 3DLT. Price-wise, there's quite a range: You can get a small, metal T-Rex head for nearly $200, but a 3D bobble-head designed to look like you will only set you back $30. "The online customer shopping experience will be redefined through 3D printing," Clément Moreau, CEO and co-founder of Sculpteo, said in Amazon's press release. "With 3D printing, a customer’s wants are no longer limited to what is in stock but instead by what they can imagine." Amazon's new store closely follows eBay's efforts at breaking into the 3D printed space. The company launched the eBay Exact app in early July, but it only offered roughly 20 products to customize. SEE ALSO: 9 Easy Tips For Finding Exactly What You Want On Google Build Your Own Voice Controlled TV Unit with an Android Phone Source: http://lifehacker.com/build-your-own-voice-controlled-tv-unit-with-an-android-1611103727 Taking a little time to be a couch potato is sometimes just what the doctor ordered. If you want to maximize your laziness, this DIY setup from Jayvis Vineet Gonsalves lets you control your TV with your beautiful voice. Gonsalves calls his project "Aergia," which is the name of the Greek goddes of laziness and sloth—fitting. With Aergia, you can control your TV, set top box, stereo, or any other device that uses an IR remote. All you need is an Arduino Uno, a Bluetooth module, some IR receivers, and a few other electronic parts. If you have an Android device, it only costs you $20 to build, requires minimal electronics knowledge, and just a little skill with a soldering iron. Using your Android touch screen device you can power the TV on and off, change the channel, navigate menu settings, turn the volume up or down, and it has 12 additional buttons you can program for whatever you like. The best button of all, though: the speech recognition button. Tap that button and you can control the whole setup with your voice. For a list of parts, thorough instructions, and more information regarding voice commands, check the link below. Happy channel surfing! Aergia: Android controlled TV Remote (with Speech Recognition) \| Instructables Next-generation lithium cells will double your phone's battery life Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/27/lithium-anode-battery/ The lithium ion batteries in your mobile devices are inherently limited by the "ion" part of their name; they can safely use lithium only in the part of the cell that supplies ions, wasting a lot of potential energy. It's good news, then, that researchers at Stanford have developed a new lithium battery that could last for much, much longer. The technique allows for denser, more efficient lithium in the battery's anode (which discharges electrons) by using a nanoscopic carbon shield that keeps the unstable chemical in check -- uncontrolled, it can quickly shorten the device's lifespan. The result is a power pack that lasts considerably longer on charge, won't decay quickly and remains relatively safe. Stanford's Steven Chu (the former US Secretary of Energy) reckons that a cellphone equipped with these advanced lithium cells could have two to three times the battery life, and automakers could build cheap electric cars that still offer a healthy driving range. There's more engineering work required before you see any shipping products, but it's entirely possible that future portable gadgets will run for more than a day on a charge without resorting to giant battery packs. Filed under: Cellphones, Laptops, Tablets, Science Via: Phys.org Source: Nature This floating 3D video shows 'Star Wars' holograms are closer than we think Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/28/floating-3d-video-art-exhibition/ Thanks to Princess Leia's famous Star Wars plea, true holograms rank just behind flying cars as tech we want, nay deserve to have in our lifetimes -- and Tupac-style flimflam won't cut it. Now, an exhibition from artists Chris Helson and Sarah Jackets whimsically called "Help Me Obi" projects objects as large as 30cm (12-inches) in space. Visible from any angle in the room, the subjects include a newborn baby and NASA's Voyager 1 space probe. The creators are quick to point out that the machine doesn't create a true hologram, but rather a "360-degree video object." We take that to mean that it's more like a floating 3D movie that looks the same from any angle, rather than a true holographic object you can study from all sides. Since they're seeking a patent, Helson and Jackets are coy about exactly how it works, but say that there's nothing else quite like it (that they know of). If you're in the Edinburgh, Scotland area between July 31st and August 30th, you can judge for yourself at the Alt-W exhibition. Filed under: Home Entertainment, Science, Alt Source: Helson and Jackets UV-Powered Blood Test Could Make Universal Cancer Detection Possible Source: http://gizmodo.com/uv-powered-blood-test-could-make-universal-cancer-detec-1611341681 Early detection is the best tool to fight cancer, but biopsies can be painful and inconclusive. New research shows a simple blood test can detect cancers by blasting white blood cells with UV and seeing how they respond. Painless, universal cancer detection could be a drop of blood away. New malware can live inside any USB device undetec... 10 Malware Removal Apps Tested, Malwarebytes Comes... The World's Fastest Network Lets You Download a Mo... 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__label__wiki	0.807599	0.807599	Claudia Pellegrini Violin & Vocals CLAUDIA PELLEGRINI POP NEW SONG IS UP! "CLOSE TO OKAY" is an original Christmas Song I've written on the subjects of struggling, depression, resilience, positivity and suicide prevention. Click below to WATCH THE VIDEO: The Song Of The Year competition 2019 awarded Claudia Pellegrini Semi Finalist Placement as a Songwriter for the Song "STUPID BALLAD" A short, nostalgic, romantic three-song album mixing the Latin touches of a Spanish guitar with the voice, violin and piano playing of Claudia. Evocative, poetic lyrics. LANDING IN PEACE Claudia Pellegrini composed, recorded and produced "Landing In Peace" as a donation to "The Flight, Inc", a nonprofit organization focused on the concept of healing through music. As an avid supporter and researcher of the relationship between music and wellness, Claudia created a full length album of relaxing, inspirational tunes of different styles. 9000 Witches (HALLOWEEN SONG) Featuring rapper Shorty Strong and Gershon Bradley. Claudia Pellegrini originally wrote this song as a child, in her hometown of Madrid (Spain). A new version was created when she moved to the United States. English, Spanish and extended versions included. PHILADELPHIA SHORT AND SWEET In 2010, Claudia's song "Philadelphia Short and Sweet" was included in the compilation Album USA 1 CITY LOVE, along with other 15 original songs by other fellow artists paying tribute to different American cities	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line3680

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