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__label__wiki	0.515274	0.515274	Walking on Egg Shells & Boyhood A review of Boyhood only touches on what you could call the film's elephant in the room, that of growing up in an alcoholic or dysfunctional family. The accurate translation of walking on egg shells, however, is really "don't trust, don't talk, don't feel." If you are an adult child of an alcoholic or a dysfunctional family, find out more about our recovery in the Big Red Book. Walking on eggshells means that hyper-vigilance becomes our default. We do not say or think or feel anything that we have learned the drunk cannot handle, which is everything. It does no good to "stand up for each other," as the review queries. The healthiest possibility is to learn to care for ourselves. Boyhood was truthful in depicting the violence and trauma of trying to live safely or "survive" with the insanity of family alcoholism or dysfunction. But survival is a complete misnomer- in reality, it means sacrificing- not nurturing- our true selves. By telling ourselves the lie that we can assuage or fix the alcoholic, we create a false self, one that is empty at its core, because it's all about people pleasing, and not being present to our true self. Yes, the movie well- portrayed family roles in an alcoholic and para-alcoholic family. The non-drinking parent continued to be needed through workaholism and taking care of the alcoholics she chose to marry. The last scene showed the once young boy, now young man in college, numbing out chemically- a very predictable course for an adult child. I only wish there was a hint of hope, that recovery is possible at any age. And that applies to the review as well. 'Hate Sin, Love Sinner' not about love Judging the Judge A Peaceful Night and a Perfect End	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7162
__label__cc	0.721514	0.278486	Da Hawwa Lur envisions a world where women/transgender rights are equally respected as Human Rights, they have control over their own lives and have equal access to Education, Employment, Governance, Justice, Legal Support, Financial Resources, Recreation, Health specifically Sexual and Reproductive Health and Social Services. Da Hawwa Lur aims to empower women and transgender, advocate for their equal rights, and to strengthen their capacity enabling them to act as agents of empowerment and Social Change. · To focus on protection of women and transgender against sexual harassment, domestic violence, gender based violence. · To provide opportunity for women to take part in trade unions. · To enhance women and transgender leadership and power of decision making. · To ensure dignified work places to women and transgenders through implementation and awareness of Prevention against Harassment of Women at Workplace Act 2010 and PPC Section 509 for abolishing harassment at public place. · To build the capacity of local communities through training, workshops, seminars and exposure visits for strengthening their knowledge on human rights and existing laws. · To ensure implementation of the pro women and transgender laws to empower them socially, politically and economically. · To provide free legal and psychological support to the victims of gender based violence. · To facilitate Home Based Worker and aware them about their rights and give them labor rights, introduce them into market. · To bring women and youth in the process of peace building, conflict transformation and elimination of violent extremism. · To advocate for the harm reduction and drug polices in Pakistan. . To ensure access to comprehensive reproductive health and rights. Da Hawwa Lur Da Hawwa Lur is a non-profit organization which is working to improve the socio-economic and cultural conditions for women and transgender in target areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan, to bring qualitative and long-lasting changes in their lives and communities. It aims at strengthening the political, social and economic rights of women/trans at the grass root level. Da Hawwa Lur advocates against all forms of gender discrimination and segregation – and any other barriers to women’s development and empowerment. Celebration of International Home Based Workers Day International Home-based Workers Day was celebrated on 20th October at Da Hawwa… Waging Peace through Dialogue In response to the current global context in which people around the… Awareness sessions on Drug Harm Reduction by Young Leaders Awareness sessions were done by the young leaders that were trained under… Legislative and policy reforms for women home based workers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Project Objectives: • To spread awareness among masses on policies, laws, issues… Policy and legislative reforms of home based workers Training program for the civil society representatives of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in order… Body set up for welfare of KP women A women welfare body has been formed to resolve problems facing them… Equal opportunity: New union to fight for the rights of working women Non-profit organisation Da Hawa Lur’s CEO Khurshid Bano is all set to… Awareness Raising regarding Gender Based Violence for the Students of Universities Collaborative Partner: Impact 1st January 2015 – 27th February, 2015 Project Objectives:… Underage, under 18: Advocates demand passage of child marriage bill The Madadgaar National Helpline held a conference at Peshawar Press Club on… start one of our programm today and help people in need Khurshid Bano Shawana Shah Zaneera Ejaz Da Hawwa Lur is a non-profit organization which is working to improve the socio-economic and cultural conditions for women in target areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan, to bring qualitative and long-lasting change in their lives, especially children – both girls and boys.We encourage women to take part in trade unions and we raise awareness of women’s rights. Office # TF 329 , Third Floor, Deans Trade Center,Peshawar info@dahawwalur.org khurshidbano22@gmail.com Copyright 2017 by Da Hawwa Lur \| All rights reserved. Maintained & Developed at Techease Solution	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7176
__label__cc	0.525882	0.474118	TRUST NOT IN HORSES Sonia Wagner SGS TO SPEAK A WORD OF HOPE Richard Lennan IS THE CHURCH PAST ITS USE-BY DATE? Bronwyn Dekker, Julie McCoy, Duke Badger, Cathie Stone, Damien Murtagh SPIRITUAL JOURNEYS IN YOUNG ADULTHOOD Ruth Connelly Graham Neist FMS BEING A YONG ADULT TODAY: FRUSTRATION OR OPPORTUNITY? Terence Kennedy CSsR THE SYNOD FOR OCEANIA Gerard Moore SM ECCLESIA IN OCEANIA: LITURGICAL PERSPECTIVES Michael Trainor MATTHEW'S PASSION NARRATIVE: THE ABUSE OF JESUS The Synod for Oceania was an important event for our part of the world. Terry Kennedy offers background information, reflection and analysis to assist our understanding of its significance and the principal themes that emerged through the synodal process and in the post-synodal document of Pope John Paul II. The 1998 special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Oceania has some unique features. It is this part of the world’s first appearance centre stage in Catholic affairs. Of the five continental Synods it was the only case where all an area’s active bishops participated. Their eight-minute speeches in the Synod Hall left a thrilling racy impression as one issue flowed into another. The speeches were more concrete and even earthy than usual and gave a sense of grassroots contact. The same vital, highly practical approach enlivened the group discussions to formulate propositions to present to the Pope. The final document Ecclesia in Oceania ends the Synod’s formal work. Future-oriented from the introduction, it projects a positive uplifting vision of what the Church can be among the challenges confronting it. Convocation of the continental Synods to prepare the whole Church for the Holy Year was the Pope’s personal initiative. Their overarching topic was evangelisation so as to guarantee the fruitfulness of the post-Vatican II renewal. These Synods were therefore encounters of continental Churches with the Church universal. Bishops from other continents, the Roman curia and Oceania’s four Episcopal Conferences were participants in the 1998 Synod. Oceania is defined ecclesiastically as embracing Australia, New Zealand, PNG and the Solomons, and most Pacific islands. Contrary to the Australian usage, at least, it is often described by the European imagination as ‘a continent of water.’ The missionary Churches in PNG and the Pacific attracted intense interest as the last section of the globe reached by the Gospel. Ecclesia in Oceania is outward looking. It is not written as a problem-solving exercise primarily preoccupied with a Church’s internal difficulties as in The Summary of Conclusions issued for Australia at the time of the Synod. It is addressed by the Pope to the whole Church as an act of his ordinary magisterium. It is the fruit of the Bishop’s collegial collaboration with the Pope on matters concerning Oceania. It makes the Churches of Oceania better known worldwide by highlighting their unique status and identity within the universal Church. Thus many bishops came to realise the deep inroads modern secularity has made in Australia and New Zealand. The importance of Ecclesia in Oceania may well be that others will use it as the point of reference to find the Church of Oceania on the map of the global ecclesia. This apostolic exhortation is the end result of a six-year process whose phases are often silently present as contexts that lend it multiple depth dimensions. The theme ‘Jesus Christ and the People of Oceania: Walking his Way, Telling his Truth, Living his Life’ was worked out by the Pre-Synod Commission in consultation with the local bishops (no. 8). By emphasising the action words ‘walking, telling, living’ they manifested their desire for a narrative, story-telling approach to John 14: 6. They had in mind audiences from both oral cultures and the highly educated. They start by meditating on Christ as ‘Shepherd, Prophet and Priest’ (no. 5) as their guide through the whole process. Here is the theological key to their reflections, the framework for their ideas. It appears in all the official Synod documents but only comes completely into clear focus at the end. The Lineamenta studied the faith’s condition in Oceania today. The Instrumentum lavoris summarised the responses to the above and served as a basis for the Bishops’ interventions in aula. The relatio at the start of the Synod’s proceedings, and the relatio post disceptionem that summarise the Bishops’ intervention are crucial for understanding the Synod’s unfolding. What makes this Synod unique is the way the Bishops put into words their awareness of Christ as shepherd, priest and prophet. The Biblical icon heading each chapter expresses this reality symbolically: Christ meeting the people of Oceania on the shores of the islands and lands of the Pacific. It shows how the Synod was experienced as a spiritual event that should lead the people of God to sanctity, genuine love for God and neighbour. Like most post-Synodal documents it too is a variation on the Vatican II theme: the Church’s mission conceived in terms of Christ’s functions as priest, king and prophet. These documents are but different prisms for perceiving Christ’s presence to the world’s peoples in their history. To interpret Ecclesia in Oceania as it should be it is necessary to take into account its background, namely the celebration of the Synod’s great events as well as the documents that record its progressive unfolding. Under the title ‘Mission and Culture’ (no. 7) we see a dynamic of inculturation at work in the whole region. In each nation the Gospel has to answer to the claims of an indigenous population on one hand, and the demands of modernity on the other. Both concerns were explicitly adverted to with the Synod listing problems they raise ad intra and ad extra for the Church. Chapter II seems directed more to the missionary Churches: chapter III emphasises how secular society impacts faith particularly in more developed countries. It is not possible to analyse the Synod’s stances on many delicate problems in detail. What is said on migration, refugees, ecology, the economy, peace and war, the rights of minorities, small nations and nation building, the family, medical technology, etc. etc, certainly touch burning questions. Its statements do not try to settle disputes but are rather acts of discernment, responses to the Spirit’s suggestions. A good example is what the document has to say about teachers in Catholic education. Of all to be said on that topic the Bishops speak a saving truth, as if by intuition: teachers who really are not practicing their faith won’t be Christ’s authentic witnesses nor agents of evangelisation in the school system (cf. no. 33). In a world vastly changed since 1998 Ecclesia in Oceania lays down criteria for achieving its objectives by hopefully pointing to goals that should be realistic possibilities for the future. It will help Bishops continue a tradition, of which they are rightly proud, of proclaiming and of implementing peace and justice in the region. There are two general theological questions underlying the Synod’s concerns that it could not think of exploiting or expounding systematically. The first regards indigenous cultures. The Holy Father’s invitation to examine ‘The question, among others of original peoples, who in a unique way evoke aspects of human prehistory…the encounter of Christianity with the most ancient forms of religion, profoundly marked by a monotheistic orientation’ (Tertio Millennio Adveniente no. 38) was not pursued vigorously. The significance of ancestors is fundamental to a proper comprehension of traditional cultures and their religions. The second is secularity. The influence of media, globalisation, and the Church’s declining influence on law, custom and culture is well described. Loss of a sense of the sacred and the subsequent spirituality void underline the fact that evangelising of modernity/postmodernity is now an immense task for the Church. A vivid sense of God’s presence that comes through a lived relationship with Christ is being pushed to the outer periphery of social awareness. The Synod focused on the fact that this type of secularity corrodes faith rather than on its causes. Scientific research both into ancestors and secularity goes well beyond the Synod’s mandate and leaves specialists in these fields with work to complete. Ecclesia in Oceania issues a clarion call for a new evangelisation that will revive a sense of mission in Oceania. This is its great strength. It inspires fresh courage and boldness, what the Pope calls with reference to the primitive Church ‘a parrhesia of faith’(no. 19) in the evangelisers. The whole Church community animated by the Holy Spirit thus becomes both agent and subject of evangelisation. The ministries of bishops, priests, deacons, catechists, the laity, the married, etc. find their proper place and function within this communio. At the same time this felt communion of the Church is at the service of the world and its salvation. Community-building is treated prominently because it arises so spontaneous in traditional cultures and its absence is so marked in developed societies. What the Bishops intended was not just a natural grouping but A Church of Participation (no. 36) where the Holy Spirit ensures mutual enrichment to all the members of Christ’s Body. The Bishops selected one thread to run through the document from beginning to end, weaving it into one garment. It is the conception of communio. By that they meant achieving union with the Trinity, with one another in Christ, and with the whole of humanity through the action of the Spirit. This is what they wanted to see realised in local Churches. They yearned to celebrate God’s love in the sacraments, communicate it in preaching and catechesis, and radiate it in service to the world. Just as the African Synod took the idea of family as its model, the Synod for Oceania looked to communio for its inspiration. The last chapter then proposes communio as the Church’s way of life in Oceania for the new millennium. Terence Kennedy is an Australian Redemptorist priest who lectures in Moral Theology at the Academia Alfonsiana in Rome. It would indeed be wrong to think of the church in passage as a concession to the post-modern age, a sacrifice on the altar of generalised relativity and of the evolution of Western culture. For the threat of social change on a planetary scale is not the reason that the church, too, has to change…The church needs to change simply because it is itself movement, taking to the road, journey. Founded in the midst of the Passover, a time of movement, the church is a ‘place of passage’. -Isabelle Graesslé, ‘From Impasse to Passage: Reflections on the Church’, The Ecumenical Review 53 (2001): 26.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7179
__label__wiki	0.988752	0.988752	COURAGE IN AMERICA Judy Chaffee This site is the inspiration of a former reporter/photographer for one of New England's largest daily newspapers and for various magazines. The intent is to direct readers to interesting political articles, and we urge you to visit the source sites. Any comments may be noted on site or directed to KarisChaf at gmail. GOP Reps press DHS on the agency’s release of criminal aliens -- By Caroline May, The Daily Caller Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee are pushing the Department of Homeland Security for more information about the thousands of criminal aliens that the agency has captured and released back into the United States. The members’ request come on the heels of a report, based on internal data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, that found that ICE charged only 195,000, or 25 percent, out of 722,000 potentially deportable aliens they encountered. Further, the report, from the conservative Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), revealed that ICE released convicted criminal aliens 68,000 times in 2013. Texas Republican Lamar Smith had requested some of the information laid out in the CIS report after DHS Sec. Jeh Johnson testified before the committee in late February. DHS, however, failed to respond. In a follow up letter Friday, House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, Smith, and House Judiciary Republicans called on DHS Sec. Jeh Johnson to provide the committee with the information Smith initially requested and more detail. “[T]he committee is understandably concerned when ICE releases criminal immigrants onto the streets,” they wrote. “It is crucial for the committee to know what crimes the aliens released by ICE were convicted of given that they were released back into our communities.” Their request also sought more information on how many criminal aliens have been released due to the 2001 case, Zadvydas v. Davis, in which the Supreme Court found that immigrants ordered to be removed could not be detained for more than six months. 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__label__wiki	0.841047	0.841047	27 August 6, 2010 August 6, 2010 Life Is Beautiful confirmed for an extension Weekend drama Life Is Beautiful, written by one of Korea’s top drama writers, Kim Soo-hyun, has been confirmed for a 13-episode extension. That brings it from its planned 50 episodes to 63. The family drama, which is filmed on Jeju Island, has been performing well in the ratings (from upper teens to about 20%) since its March 20 premiere. It has also drawn notice for its positive portrayal of a gay relationship between two male characters, played by Song Chang-eui and Lee Sang-woo. This means that the drama that was scheduled to follow, Jang Hyuk and Ha Ji-won‘s upcoming fantasy-drama Secret Garden, will also be pushed back accordingly. It now premieres on November 13. Via Asia Economy Song Chang-eui plays gay character in weekend drama Family photo of Life Is Beautiful cast Nam Sang-mi joins Life Is Beautiful Song Chang-eui cast in new drama Tags: Life Is Beautiful 1 faan Aww, that sucks. I'm really looking forward to Secret Garden. 2 mumuchan Well, for me that's good news, because I simply love this series. the cast is amazing, the scenery beautiful and the plot very interesting and captivating^^ naughtybookjunkie I agree. So far the drama has done a great job to keep me interested and the actors/actresses are really good. 3 alyssia i like "life is beautiful" but it's so draggy at times. Gosh isn't 50 enough. Must they ruin it.!!!!!!!! Funny enough the gay story isn't so amusing to me. Probably because i seen too many movies about it already.I wish there were more scenes with Ho sub's couple and the uncle. BULLSHIT!! The only reason they consider this a "positive portrayal of a gay relationship". Is because they hardly do anything a REAL gay couple would do. DO THEY EVEN KISS WITH THERE MOUTHS MOVING CUDDLE ANYTHING? If they are trying to open Korean's mind to try and accept homosexuality, do you really think that showing them kissing and intimate scenes will help? They do cuddle and i think for a first openly gay drama it's enough. No need to push it down anybody's throat. jenpinkpumpkin Yeah, I agree with you. It's not even a movie. It's a drama that even kids could see everyday. Putting gay kissing scenes in it is unsuitable. They are portraying wholesome, modest true love here. That's enough. 5 orangy911 Ugh really? Why.....it's so..........boring right now as it is. It's so slow already. I guess it doesn't help that half of the characters in the show are really annoying (like the older sister and her husband)....and yet the other cast members interest me enough to keep watching. Dang it. The extension makes me more apprehensive to finish the series. @4 more What?!? 0_o When I started watching LiB, I was completely floored. I think it's a huge step forward if a same-sex couple is portrayed like that (in a healthy relationship!) in a family drama. Sure, there are no explicit scenes between Kyung-soo and Tae-sub but the drama more than makes up for it with emotional touching scenes (side note there was one of the best offscreen kisses evah! alskdjalsd Loved it). Anyway, what I meant is, yes, it would be great if these two got more "action" going on, but I think it's a heck of a lot more important to talk about things like oh idk, tolerance and homophobia, which, if you ask me, LiB did very well when we got to see how Kyung-soo and Tae-sub's families reacted to their respective coming out. Spin it however you want, but homophobia is still a big problem there as it is in many others (thinks of her country) and it's great that such storyline is portrayed in such a way (touching, realistic in many ways) in a family weekend drama that soooo many people see. It's cool. That said, the extension? Meh. 8 Jane I don't even watch this drama but where can I find this hot offscreen kiss @Sere? Thanks. 9 danna urgh....i really like this series...but to perfectly honest nothing ever really HAPPENS here at least not in the first 26 eps...i mean there are a lot of issues that are dealt with pretty deftly and then i just feel like the rest of the time is used to show the characters daily lives, while this is amusibg to watch it can get draggy at times especially when you've seen it before in previous episodes...i dont think there is anything new they decide to bring to the plate with an additional 13 episodes....that being said i do love the way they portrayed the gay relationship though sometimes it can get a bit too angsty 10 Bashful82 I love this drama - it's so different to the typical kdrama. And I love all the characters. I like watching a drama once in a while that doesn't involve the typical cliches - I love all the couples particularly Big Uncle and Crazy Laughing Lady. This is def on my list as one of my favourite dramas of 2010. 11 Jenju Really? Why? It's not like it's not a good drama or anything but... why? 12 Om I don't get it, the shows been draggy already. I only watch because of Song Chang-eui and Lee Sang-woo tho. 13 Auntiemame Even though it's a good drama, it's not that good, to warrant a 13 episode extension. Extensions, especially long ones, are mainly full of fillers anyway. I've always wondered what criteria is used to determine the number of episodes for an extension. Why 13? Why not 5? 8? 10? Happy weekend-ing to everyone! I think it is a good drama. I think it's well acted and I love the characters and the plot. I don't need secret births, long-planned revenge all the time. It's certainly more enjoyable that current dramas like "Bad Guy" or "Road Number 1". Horses for courses. You are entitled to your opinion and I am entitled to mine. I like it - simple as. 15 Sere @jane someone uploaded all the Kyung-soo/Tae-sub bits from ep 1 to 27 here http://www.youtube.com/user/KRNOlleh#g/u The kiss is at the end of this clip http://www.youtube.com/user/KRNOlleh#p/u/35/WFJ3Es1NV4k at around 5:00. I'm afraid it doesn't pack a punch when you're not familiar with the storyline and the characters. I mean, the charm of the storyline stems from how emotional it is, imho. I actually squeed and grinned like an idiot when it finally happened. It's not the same thing if you haven't suffered with them for them, if you know what I mean? ;) nods head Totally. I have cried and laughed with these characters so for me scenes like these were really worth it. me too, me too. I've just watched ep 29 and OMG the preview the preview!! ahhhhh! Ahem. Their story is so touching and so very well done it makes me smile like an idiot or cry...with them...for them. Anyway, I totally agree with what you said in your previous comment. Considering what kind of drama this is, it's as explicit as it can get. I mean, dude, TPTB have explicitly shown that Kyung-soo and Tae-sub sleep together!!!! When the first of those scenes came on screen, my jaw hit the floor. It's totally a huuuge step forward for Korean tv, imho. 16 Jane Thanks, Sere. I was hoping to see some action but it looks like it was left to the audience's imagination which now that I think of it makes sense since you said it was an off screen kiss. Somehow in my head, that meant a behind the scenes kiss. Thanks again for the clip. You're welcome. You might have more luck with the movie Just friends http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Just_Friends_i_.php which I haven't had the opportunity to watch yet (but it looks so cute, omg!) or No regret with Kim Nam-gil. Have fun! 18 zero2303 I don't think the extension was due to overwhelming demand for the series, but more to accommodate the lead actress HJW for the next upcoming drama, and as reported, she is only available for filming late Autumn and the PD of Secret Garden is date set to have her as female lead. 19 azzza88 download the soundtrack at : 20 starletbang im not surprised i personally don't watch it but my mom LOVES IT shes constantly laughing crying etc etc ive seen some stuff between song chang eui and lee sang woo and i really think this is their acting peak they're FANTASTIC! wow that's good. I'm going to watch more about Song Chang-eui & Lee Sang Woo couple hehe...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7193
__label__wiki	0.553091	0.553091	Just on Time … Bandar’s Promised Terror Attacks? December 30, 2013 /15 Comments/in Terrorism /by emptywheel Back in July, Bandar bin Sultan met with Vladimir Putin. As part of an effort to buy off Putin’s support of Bashar al-Assad, Bandar allegedly promised to be able to prevent terrorist attacks tied to the Sochi Olympics. As an example, I can give you a guarantee to protect the Winter Olympics in the city of Sochi on the Black Sea next year. The Chechen groups that threaten the security of the games are controlled by us, and they will not move in the Syrian territory’s direction without coordinating with us. These groups do not scare us. We use them in the face of the Syrian regime but they will have no role or influence in Syria’s political future.” [my emphasis] Admittedly, this version of the threat was Putin’s version of it, and admittedly Putin has his own history of allowing attacks to happen. But Bandar has made such threats before, with more reliable countries. And Bandar’s surrogates have been issuing implicit threats since his July “warning.” So as we follow the aftermath of the two attacks in Volgograd in two days, and as we get closer to the February start date for the Olympics, it’s worth remembering that Bandar boasted of controlling the Islamic terrorists in Russia. Tags: Bandar bin Sultan, Vladimir Putin, Volgograd attacks https://www.emptywheel.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Logo-Web.png 0 0 emptywheel https://www.emptywheel.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Logo-Web.png emptywheel2013-12-30 08:47:232013-12-30 09:38:07Just on Time ... Bandar's Promised Terror Attacks? Oh Bandar Bandar Bandar. Bandar is the Director of Saudi Secret Police. And Bandar Bush owns the very compliant Barack Obama and US Intelligence Community. That is because the US Intelligence Community takes their orders from the International Fossil Fuel Cartel, which needs Saudi Oil. But Putin is no wimpy Obama. You mess with Vladmir Putin, and your life expectancy diminishes rapidly. The Bush Crime Family may lose one of their most powerful allies. I can hardly wait. emptywheel says: @Frank33: There was actually a rumor that the Chechen mob had been contracted to take out Bandar and two Qataris earlier this year. bloodypitchfork says: @emptywheel:quote “There was actually a rumor..”unquote Really? Where do you hear rumors like this? Holy whispers..you must run with a dangerous crowd.:) Don Bacon says: As Frank33 suggests, Bandar is only a part of it. I suspect it’s not Bandar owning the USA or vice versa but a conspiracy between the two. It’s not over oil, the US doesn’t need Saudi oil, but over the sustainment of terrorism as necessary for the US security state to continue. The US has a long history of supporting terrorism, from Afghanistan to Libya to Syria and elsewhere. Neither President or Mrs. Obama nor Vice President or Dr. Biden will be a part of the U.S. delegation to the Sochi Olympics. Instead, Janet Napolitano, the president of the University of California and former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, will lead the delegation to the opening ceremony. It’s bigger than Bandar, I suggest, with Russia/Iran/Syria as the enemy and terrorism as the means. @bloodypitchfork: Actually it was reported via an unreliable ME newspaper. Phoenix Woman says: By the way, nobody in Iran, the country that Bandar really wants us to hate, has made similar threats against Russian or Western targets. @Don Bacon: I very much agree. The False Flag Terror Theatre makes everything else possible for the One Percent. And of course Prince Bandar did his banking at the Riggs Bank and financed 9/11 hijackers. General Hayden was very helpful with the money management for the SanDiego Al Qaeda affiliate. But the owners of the world’s Fossil Fuel, have a dwindling resource. They must maximize profits which is why they need “Prince Bandar”. If, or when the Dirty Oil is depleted, we can expect economies to collapse and mass starvation. The upside for the owners of Oil, Coal and Uranium is their poisonous chemicals, fracking and pipelines contribute to the goal of “soft genocide”. Or as they describe it, elimination of useless feeders. @Phoenix Woman: There are a lot of people who are conditioned to believe anything bad said about Iran. That Iran is actually not doing any of those things doesn’t register at all. Give the media credit, that is a neat story they are consistently and unanimously peddling these days about the concocted USA/Saudi divorce, despite–> RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov 4, 2013 – The United States and Saudi Arabia promised each other and the region Monday that they would continue to work together, with Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal saying “our two friendly countries” are busy dealing jointly with troublesome issues like Syria, Iran and the Mideast peace process. “There is no room for emotion and anger here, but rather for policies of commonsense and level-headedness,” Faisal said at a joint news conference with Kerry. They’re “dealing jointly with troublesome issues like Syria, Iran” and also I/P, but forget that. I wonder if that was the visit when they decided to do Russia. George Galloway, British Member of Parliament, also suggests that you do not want to have Vlad, as an enemy. Saudi sponsored terrorism now a menace to the wholeworld. It's time for international action against them. They picked wrong enemy in Putin.— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) December 30, 2013 McLean’s First Mega-Mansion Builder, Bandar, knows whereof he speaks. “Volgograd” doesn’t ring a bell with me, but of course it’s Old Stalingrad — best to hit Vlad where his heart is, eh? And you can’t catch a Moscow train bound for Sochi without going through the very Stalingrad trainstation they hit. So there’s that. Some other tidbits…. http://www.policybear.com/does-bandar-still-fund-and-control-the-chechnyen-terrorists-or-not/ Also, there was a car bombing on the 27th in Pyatigorsk, much closer to Sochi: http://rt.com/news/car-blast-pyatigorsk-russia-879/ The blast in the city of Pyatigorsk took place next to the Road Traffic Safety Department, a road police source told RIA Novosti. The powerful explosion reportedly shattered the windows of nearby houses. The local Interior Ministry department said that the car was parked near a police station. @Teddy: And most people would travel by train. Everything is really come to a head with Bandar as of recent. We now have this somewhat passive-aggressive ultimatum to Putin (an offer he can and will refuse?), and of course we have the recent NYP article which, as I’m sure you are aware, stated the following: “The Saudis deny any role in 9/11, but the CIA in one memo reportedly found “incontrovertible evidence” that Saudi government officials — not just wealthy Saudi hardliners, but high-level diplomats and intelligence officers employed by the kingdom — helped the hijackers both financially and logistically. The intelligence files cited in the report directly implicate the Saudi embassy in Washington and consulate in Los Angeles in the attacks, making 9/11 not just an act of terrorism, but an act of war.” So Bandar is ripping a page out of American hegemony: He’s knee deep in the business of regime change, and will even go so far as to rile up his buddy, Uncle Sam; or at least give the wanting-to-be-riled-Uncle Sam a reason to roll up his ol’ sleeves. Or, due to old age and Vietnam, at least contract out to Blackwater. Mitch Neher on As Accused Co-Conpirators, Donald Trump and Lev Parnas Should Be Treated with Same Skepticism Crunch Time Trash Talk Wait. Where Are These “Gains” NIE Says We Might Lose in Afghani...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7197
__label__cc	0.651879	0.348121	Grant Aerona‎³ R32 13kW and 17kW air source heat pumps receive Quiet Mark recognition With more than four decades of innovation, quality and high performance at the core of brand, leading manufacturer of heating technologies Grant has received the esteemed Quiet Mark encourages companies to prioritise noise reduction within the design of their products and is only awarded to products which meet the programme’s criteria and are identified as being among the quietest models within their given category. With more than four decades of innovation, quality and high performance at the core of brand, leading manufacturer of heating technologies Grant has received the esteemed Quiet Mark award for its Aerona³ R32 13kW and 17kW air source heat pumps. High-performance technologies Associated with the UK Noise Abatement Society charitable foundation, Quiet Mark is the international award programme which validates and awards low-noise, high-performance technologies which help to deliver solutions to overcome noise pollution throughout the world. Following acoustic testing and assessment associated with this accolade, the 13kW and 17kW models within Grant’s new A+++ Aerona³ R32 air source heat pump (ASHP) range were recognised for their quiet operation, an important feature for many end users. These models are expected to build on the success of Grant’s existing Aerona³ inverter driven ASHP range which is already a firm favourite due to the heat pumps’ quiet and environmentally friendly operation. 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__label__wiki	0.564359	0.564359	Net Economy IT BYTES BACK T-Systems opens Common Criteria Evaluation Lab in Singapore EITN Malaysia on Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 6:09:04 am T-Systems is supporting Singapore’s Common Criteria (CC) Certificate Authorising Nation status with the launch of a new Common Criteria Evaluation Lab in Singapore. Managing Director of T-Systems in Asia South, Arkadiusz Czopor said, “We foresee a high demand in CC Certification requirements driven by CSA initiatives in Singapore and around the region.” He chats further with Enterprise IT News about his organisation’s work with the Cyber Security Agency (CSA). EITN: How does T-Systems figure in CSA’s new Cybersecurity Strategy? Czopor: As part of Singapore’s Cybersecurity Strategy, CSA has taken a security-by-design approach by evaluating devices and systems against an international standard, the Common Criteria. Singapore has been Consuming Participant under the Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement (CCRA) since 2005, however, it was until mid-2016 when CSA commenced on the process to achieve the status of CC Certificate Authorising Nation. T-Systems has been a consulting partner with CSA in this process to acquire this status by drawing on its experience with this standard as part of the work it does in Germany with its Common Criteria Evaluation Lab there for over 20 years. EITN: In anticipation of the launch, what are the comments that you would have for this upcoming announcement by CSA? What is the scope involved? Czopor: In combination with CSA’s new capabilities, this lab provides Singapore and the region with the ability to test devices against the international standard and certify it for an appropriate Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL). As part of its efforts to support the local talent market, T-Systems has been involved in the hiring and training of fresh Singaporean graduates for the Singapore Common Criteria Evaluation Lab. These graduates are trained in the latest tools and techniques, and as part of T-Systems’ investment in their careers and local talent market. T-Systems has established an overseas skills development course for them at their Germany offices. This provides our Singapore talent with intensive hands-on learning and coaching, as well as allows for the transfer of skills and knowledge. With CSA and T-Systems working together, Singapore will be equipped with the competencies and infrastructure to offer solution providers a cost competitive, efficient and reliable mean to obtain Common Criteria evaluation and certification. This also further cements Singapore in the region as an international hub and will build upon the nation’s reputation of implementing advanced technology that is safe and secure. EITN: Being a non-local organisation, offering assistance in designing this framework, how does T-Systems cope? Czopor: T-Systems has been offering its technical expertise and assistance to Singapore and CSA since Common Criteria was deemed a national focus. T-Systems’ 500-700 square foot evaluation lab has purpose-built rooms for electrical, mechanical, and software testing. These will be used to evaluate devices and systems according to the seven Common Criteria EALs that describe the level at which they have satisfied functional security requirements. At its opening, it will be able to evaluate and provide assurance up to EAL4, in excess of the internationally recognised level of EAL2. For more extreme cases, T-Systems’ Germany evaluation labs will provide assurance to the maximum EAL7 category. EITN: Can you share some observations about regulatory challenges that this may pose to operations and strategy of your organisation? Czopor: Singapore’s new CC Certificate Authorising Nation status provides it with an improved ability to input into decisions around how Common Criteria is enacted throughout the Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement. By drawing on T-Systems’ experience in Germany, Singapore can ensure that with sound counsel and advice it can best represent its national issues in any dialog around Common Criteria changes, and how those may affect local regulations. EMERGENCE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO DISRUPT AND REMAKE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY TIBCO and Singapore Polytechnic Enrich Collaboration to Advance Analytics and IoT Skills https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph85J0urtJE https://youtu.be/41_g3W4H3F0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=oayjmQGpmCY IBM Malaysia’s Main Area Focuses for 2020 Malaysia’s first 5G connected ambulance in Langkawi A scary spear-phishing attack Paessler: Ten Steps to Prepare Your Network for IoT We Are At The AI Frontier India Restricts Malaysia’s Microprocessor and Telecoms Imports Citrix Launches Next-Gen Performance Analytics Service Copyright © 2019 Enterprise IT News \| All Rights Reserved.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7199
__label__wiki	0.567091	0.567091	Tag Archives: Detroit Fire Department Detroit Firefighters Sue to Block Bodily Fluid Clean Up Policy Detroit Firefighters Association IAFF Local 344 has filed suit against the city in an effort to block implementation of a policy requiring firefighters to wash down blood and bodily fluids at accident and medical scenes. The lawsuit filed in Wayne County Circuit Court seeks to block implementation of the “Bodily Fluid Aftermath Cleanup" policy. Detroit Fire Terminates EMS Personnel Over Neglect Of Care Allegation The Detroit Fire Department has terminated two EMS personnel based on allegations they failed to perform CPR on a 30-year-old man in January. Patrick Clemons was suffering from a heart attack and according to his family, EMS personnel made him walk to the stretcher then then failed to administer aid to him during the transport. Family Suing Detroit Fire Over Fire Death The family of a man who died in a house fire last March has filed suit against the Detroit Fire Department. Kevin McGriff, 26, died in the fire, but firefighters apparently missed locating his body. Five days later his body was located by his father who had stopped by the building to search for insurance papers. Detroit Firefighter Loses Reverse Discrimination Appeal The Michigan Court of Appeals has rejected the appeal of a Detroit firefighter who claims he failed his probationary period as a lieutenant on account of his race and disability discrimination. Toby O’Brien claims his demotion in 2014 was attributable to his dyslexia and because he is white. Detroit EMT Convicted of Wilful Neglect Former Detroit Fire Department EMT Ann Marie Thomas was convicted of willful neglect charges for failing to respond to an incident in 2015 that led to the death of an eight-month-old girl. Thomas was reportedly less than a mile from the scene and took six minutes to drive there. She then parked her unit on a street corner away from the residence while waiting for other units to arrive. Detroit Firefighter Fired Over Watermelon Gift Suing For Discrimination The Detroit firefighter who was fired last October because he brought a watermelon as a gift to African American firefighters at his new firehouse, has filed suit alleging reverse discrimination. Robert Pattison filed suit yesterday naming Fire Commissioner Eric Jones, Deputy Commissioner Charles Simms, and Chief of Training Alfie Green. Detroit Captain Reinstated by Arbitrator A Detroit Fire Department captain who was terminated last summer after a series of racist posts, has been reinstated by an arbitrator. Captain Tim Goodman was suspended and later terminated over Facebook posts that were characterized as “xenophobic and racist” by the Council on American-Islamic Relations of Michigan. EMT Claims Detroit Fire Failed To Address Harassment A former Detroit EMT who claims that a colleague’s intimidation forced her to resign has filed suit against the city. Kimberly Asaro claims the fire department failed to address harassment and stalking behavior from an employee, Willie Bragg. Drinking, Sex, Sexual Orientation and Race Discrimination Top Fire Law Headlines Last week was a very busy week Fire Law-wise. Besides the five headline stories I covered, there were a seemingly endless stream of additional cases that broke. Let’s take a quick look at several of the more important cases that otherwise would have slipped through the cracks. Detroit Terminates Firefighter Who Brought Watermelon to Station At first I thought this had to be a fake story, but it appears to be true. A probationary firefighter in Detroit was let go because he brought a watermelon with a pink ribbon on it to his new firehouse as a welcome gift. Detroit EMT Charged Criminally With Neglect of Duty The Detroit Fire Department EMT who refused to respond to the scene of a baby having trouble breathing in 2015, today was charged criminally with willful neglect of duty. Ann Marie Thomas was fired June 24, 2015 for her role in the May 30, 2015 incident that led to the death of I'Nayah Wright-Trussel. Wrongful Death Suit filed in Detroit Failure To Act Case The refusal of a Detroit EMT to respond to a home where an infant was not breathing has led to a wrongful death suit by the infant's mother. On May 30, 2015 EMT Ann Marie Thomas parked her unit on a street corner away from the scene while waiting for other units to arrive, an act her supervisors referred to as “depraved indifference”. Detroit EMT’s Failure to Respond Showed Depraved Indifference A Detroit Fire Department EMT has been terminated for refusing to respond into the scene of an infant in cardiac arrest in what her supervisors have called an act of “depraved indifference”. The incident occurred May 30, 2015 and the child later died. Detroit Firefighters Press City in Court Headline says “Detroit fire union sues city for negligence”, but it’s not a new suit	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7204
__label__cc	0.66287	0.33713	The Vendetta Defense Lisa Scottoline Jan 20, 2020 - 12:04 PM 483 Title: The Vendetta Defense Author: Lisa Scottoline The Vendetta Defense Lawyer Judy Carrier takes the case of her career when an elderly pigeon racer named Anthony Lucia is arrested for the murder of his lifelong enemy Angelo Coluzzi Pigeon Tony as he s known to all his Lawyer Judy Carrier takes the case of her career when an elderly pigeon racer named Anthony Lucia is arrested for the murder of his lifelong enemy, Angelo Coluzzi Pigeon Tony, as he s known to all his South Philly neighbors, confesses he killed Coluzzi because of a vendetta begun than fifty years ago, a blood feud that has brought great tragedy to Pigeon Tony s lifLawyer Judy Carrier takes the case of her career when an elderly pigeon racer named Anthony Lucia is arrested for the murder of his lifelong enemy, Angelo Coluzzi Pigeon Tony, as he s known to all his South Philly neighbors, confesses he killed Coluzzi because of a vendetta begun than fifty years ago, a blood feud that has brought great tragedy to Pigeon Tony s life.Her client s guilt, however, is only the beginning of Judy s problems The Coluzzi family wants revenge, and they are determined to finish off Pigeon Tony and Judy before the case can go to trial And if that isn t enough, Judy s got to contend with Tony s magnetic grandson, Frank, a man who makes her think about everything but the law, and her boss, the no nonsense Bennie Rosato.In a case steeped in blood and memory, it will take a stroke of brilliance to save Pigeon Tony But if anyone just might see justice done, it s this gutsy young attorney who ll risk everything to win including her life. [PDF] Download ☆ The Vendetta Defense \| by ↠ Lisa Scottoline Lisa Scottoline 246 Lisa Scottoline Title: [PDF] Download ☆ The Vendetta Defense \| by ↠ Lisa Scottoline Posted by:Lisa Scottoline About Lisa Scottoline Lisa Scottoline is The New York Times bestselling author and Edgar award winning author of 30 novels, including her upcoming, AFTER ANNA She also writes a weekly column with her daughter Francesca Serritella for the Philadelphia Inquirer titled Chick Wit which is a witty and fun take on life from a woman s perspective These stories, along with many other never before published stories, have been collected in a New York Times bestselling series of humorous memoirs including their most recent, I Need A Lifeguard Everywhere But The Pool Lisa reviews popular fiction and non fiction, and her reviews have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Philadelphia Inquirer Lisa has served as President of Mystery Writers of America Lisa graduated magna cum laude in three years from the University of Pennsylvania, with a B.A degree in English, and her concentration was Contemporary American Fiction, taught by Philip Roth and others She graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School where she taught a course she developed, Justice and Fiction Lisa is a regular and much sought after speaker at library and corporate events Lisa has over 30 million copies of her books in print and is published in over 35 countries She lives in the Philadelphia area with an array of disobedient pets, and she wouldn t have it any other way. Saleh MoonWalker Onvan : The Vendetta Defense (Rosato & Associates, #6) - Nevisande : Lisa Scottoline - ISBN : 61031429 - ISBN13 : 9780061031427 - Dar 528 Safhe - Saal e Chap : 2001 This is a funny book with an interesting take on the ethical relationship between defense attorneys and guilty clients, but somehow it never really caught hold of my attention. Just to be clear: I attribute this to a taste/mood issue and not to any fault in the writing. When I am sitting down reading the book I enjoy it, I just don't have any drive to pick it up again once I've stopped. My first Scottline and I'm hooked! I was glued to the book all week and hated to put it down. The story had some great mystery, action, and love aspects which really made it a lot better then a lot of books I have read that are similar in style. I'm looking forward to reading others in the series and hoping that I get to see more of the great Frank and Pigeon Tony :) A very interesting premise. What makes a person guilty of murder? Does the act of killing someone automatically make one a murder? Does the motive and reasoning behind the act make a difference? And should it? Ms Scottoline poses these questions in a very entertaining story. BEWARE. I DON'T FLAG SPOILERS. BUT I DON'T PUT MY REVIEWS OUT ON ANY FEED, EITHER.Disclaimer - my "reviews" are not truly that. Rather than a critical analysis, each "review" is mostly my quick summary of the plot -- so I can refresh my unreliable memory. Also, I find that once I journal a book, it's easier for me to give it away. That's important, as our house is getting "overgrown" with books.---One of my favorite Scottoline titles. It delves into atty. Judy at the Rosato all-female law firm. [...] This was my first Scottoline novel and it will certainly be my last. I don’t entirely understand why someone with such modest writing skills has become so popular, and I definitely don’t understand why the Italian-American Anti-Defamation League isn’t picketing her publisher. In this novel, Scottoline takes evident pride in depicting the Italian-American community she grew up near (if not exactly in), employing a sort of “you can’t be mad at me, I’m Italian” approach to trotting ou [...] I had believed that this author wrote legal-themed crime fiction, but I'm coming to the conclusion that her stories are really Young Adult Romance fiction in a legal/crime/courtroom setting. It is clear that she emphasizes the romantic involvements of the members of an all-female law firm in Philadelphia with their clients, and their relationships with their families, more than she does the legal issues, or the crimes that are involved. It is disappointing. This novel is even sappier than the on [...] JBradford I gather, without having been told, that Lisa Scottoline is going to write a different novel about each of the lawyers in the all-women Philadelphia firm of lawyers headed by the ever-feisty Bennie Rosato. This one is about Judy Carrier, who was a minor character in Courting Trouble (whose protagonist, Ann Murphy, is a minor character in this novel), and who is asked to take on a case by Mary DiNunzio, her good friend and another of the firm's lawyers, who currently is staying at home because sh [...] Well my first foray into this author's books left me curious as it had very little legal scenes despite being written by a former attorney. This one had more legal scenesbut they actually made it less appealing. The lawyer missed fantastic objections and made dumb ones. Threw huge chunks of legalese at the reader that even I didn't understand (antitrust cases are a bitch even for seasoned attorneys i'm told) then explained simple concepts in a manner almost condescending to reader. The main char [...] Lisa Scottoline’s novels present interesting legal dilemmas.In Scottoline’s THE VENDETTA DEFENSE, an old Italian man, “Pigeon Tony,” who lived in prewar Italy under Mussolini and the Black Shirts and fled to America with his young son, is now accused of murdering another Italian-American, Angelo Coluzzi. Coluzzi is a rich man who is corrupt and has ties to the Mafia.During flashbacks in the book, we see why their ages-old feud, back to their lives in Italy, where Coluzzi was one of the B [...] #6 in the Rosato & Associates series.Rosato & Associates series - The star here is the somewhat manic Judy Carrier, who has played supporting roles in the past. The story, however, revolves around Anthony "Pigeon Tony" Lucia, a lovable septuagenarian who killed his longtime rival, Angelo Coluzzi, who murdered Lucia's wife in their native Italy 60 years ago. Coluzzi, the wealthy, mob-connected owner of a big construction firm, always seems to get the upper hand until Pigeon Tony breaks hi [...] Mahlet I have read and loved Scottoline's work in the past, but this story was just too unbelievable for me. I couldn't imagine a judge allowing some of the tesimony put forth by the defense, so I did a lot of wincing and eye-rolling during this one. Pigeon Tony admits to killing Angelo Coluzzi, but he says it's payback for Coluzzi murdering Pigeon Tony's wife nearly 60 years ago, and his son & daughter-in-law in a more recent "staged" car crash. Since the prosecution makes brief mention of these e [...] THE VENDETTA DEFENSE – VGLisa Scottoline – Stand alone(?)Attorney Judy Carrier, member of the Rosato law firm, is asked by her best friend's father to defend his friend, Anthony Lucia, known throughout their South Philadelphia neighborhood as 'Pigeon Tony,' who is on trial for the murder of Angelo Coluzzi. However, Judy isn't prepared for a confession that Tony did, in fact, commit the crime—the result of a generations-old family feud that has spanned two continents. Judy need to find a wa [...] Tabitha Quire The sixth book featuring Bennie Rosato's law firm, this time with Judy Carrier, one of Bennie's attorneys, defending Pigeon Tony, who admits that he killed Angelo Coluzzi, but insists it wasn't murder but justice. The basis of this was very intriguing. I mean what really does make a person guilty of murder? I really liked this one as well. Another hit for Scottoline! thank you grandma! this kind of had it all: 1930s facist italy subplot, lots of south phila local color, girl lawyers with inappropriate outfits and professional demeanors, and a love interest who's a hot italian traditional stonemason. a lot can be forgiven for that, i guess. Teri Pre Even though the narrator leaved a lot to be desired, this was an awesome book!! If you haven't read this series, you should!! This is my favorite book so far in this series. I enjoyed the narrator and the storyline was sad but very good. I wanted to meet and give Pigeon Tony a hug. For some reason, Lisa Scottoline did not appeal to me. I believe this is the only book I've read of hers. I liked the writing. I HATED the actual legal defense - The Vendetta Defense. I understood it intellectually, but kept thinking this would be horrible if a jury bought it. This is my first book by Lisa Scottoline. The writing in Lisa's novel has similarities to her writing in her weekly column in the Philadelphia Inquirer; which I typically enjoy reading. The story and characters are written is a "folksy" style, like Lisa's weekly Inquirer column. Also, I couldn't help but feel that Lisa projects her own opinions into the main character, which is a turn-off if done too much. I read the first 50 pages of the book wondering if I was going to finish. Her writing styl [...] I wish this book had more of the mystery element. Attorney Judy Carrier takes on a defendant who says he killed a man as part of a long-standing vendetta that goes back to the Mussolini era in Italy.The story plays with the idea "what is murder" and the notion of jury nullification. But the story didn't have the "who dun it?" aspect that Scottoline's other novels have. The defendant's history is explained in too much detail, and I thought it took away from the mystery aspect. As a reader, I felt [...] Barbara Schultz I am a [Author: Lisa Scottoline] fan. This is my 18th book. Although I have read the more recent “Rosato & DiNunzio’ novels, I missed this earlier one ~ actually it was back when the series was called “Rosato & Associates”. I also like Barbara Rosenblat. Her performance of “Pigeon Tony” is GREAT!!! My Dad is Italian and from South Philly so I am sure we have relatives in common. Love “Pigeon Tony” “Tony ~ Two Feet” and, of course, Tony from Down the Street” Although [...] In this book, we are going along the path with Judy. Much like the previous books in the series, you will be captivated from page 1. Your heart strings will definitely be plucked by the main character of this story. You will find yourself, Not only rooting for this wonderful little old man, but you will also find yourself craving just a little bit of Italian. Judy, also finds a new love interest. I found myself rooting for her as well. This series is so good, I will be rolling right into the nex [...] Lisa Scottoline has done it again. I love the way the characters in the Rosato law firm take their cases. It is a walk through "who done it" with Italian culture on display. This novel is wonderfully entwined with the time of old world Italy of World War II and the new Italian Philly neighborhood of today. It is a cultural marinade!The story unfolds as we try to figure out how these female lawyers will solve the puzzle.I really love the witty and informative details. I really enjoyed this book, the second I've read in this series. I love the character of attorney Judy Carrier, who is so sympathetic to a tiny old Italian man accused of murder that she takes on his case pro bono. I learned something about how the law works and a lot about the Italian community in Philadelphia. Great sense of place. Cathy Biggers A true age-old love story legal thriller with many traditional Scottoline twists and turns. She truly always amazes me with her fresh writing and different stories in the field of law. Lisa hasn't disappointed me yet and I look forward to reading the rest of her books which haven't been tackled by me yet. Thanks for being such an amazing author, Ms. Scottoline! A rather easy read. Pigeon Tony is arrested for killing a lifetime enemy, and Judy Carrier must defend him, and try to save his life in the process. Was Tony getting revenge on his enemy for wrongs against him? This book deals mainly with Judy with only a token appearance by Mary and a little help from Benny. She is called in to help defend a friend of Mary’s father who is accused of killing a man who he has had bad blood in since they were young men in Italy years before. Good read. I wanted to like this book so much more than I did because I really like Judy Carrier. But too much Italian Vendetta stuff, too much about pigeons and not enough Mary DiNuzio. I do enjoy this series and can't wait to keep reading but this one was difficult to get through. Very interesting on the vendetta. Moses: The True Story of an Elephant Baby The Culture of Big Data Sacramento's Gold Rush Saloons: El Dorado in a Sho... Het Janussyndroom Hexomancy A Late Thaw Love Is Not a Romance Novel Forgetting to Be Afraid: A Memoir Sting Of Pleasure Melt My Heart Copyright © 2020 The Vendetta Defense. Powered by WordPress and Envince.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7212
__label__cc	0.681709	0.318291	The ROI Trap: The Dangers of Neglecting Untrackable Engagements by EyesOnSales Try to Impress Your Prospect,… The Best Kept Secret of the… Value Creation - the New… By Sharon Gillenwater We live in a data-driven world, increasingly enabled by technologies that allow us to measure nearly everything. This is a joy for those who like to live by the numbers, but a burden for marketers who are expected to answer to management’s requests for metrics and ROI reports on every activity. There is no question that measurement is important and that proving success--or failure--of an activity has become just as important as the end goal of the activity. But as Albert Einstein famously stated, “Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” A concerning trend is emerging however, that of eliminating any activity that cannot be measured in hard numbers--or measured easily. Because of the pressure to measure, companies are defaulting to activities that are easily measurable at the expense of other intangibles that are not. As John Hayes, chief marketing officer at American Express said, “We tend to overvalue the things we can measure and undervalue the things we cannot.” Relationships and trust for example, are impossible to quantify, yet time and time again they lead to landmark deals and significant revenue. The problem is, that stuff never makes it into your CRM. Case in point: CXO engagement. Sales leaders who make key account marketing and CXO engagement a part of their strategy say it helps their companies close bigger deals faster. But when you question them about how they measure CXO engagement, you typically don’t get an answer. One customer recently told us, “I can’t prove CXO engagement works. But I know it is a critical piece of the overall puzzle.” We know of at least one company that figured out how to measure these activities, and the results spoke for themselves. For more than five years Sprint ran a program called “Customer Discovery,” the objective of which was to grow share of wallet in its key accounts. The program involved a twelve-week intensive discovery process by which account managers dove deep into a customer’s industry, company strategy, and CXO initiatives. The end game was to come up with customer-specific business cases and get a meeting with the customer CIO to present the concepts. Sprint tracked revenue lift on the accounts that were put through the Customer Discovery program compared to other accounts that did not receive this intensive treatment. The results, according Greg Litrell, with whom we spoke back in 2012 were as follows: Customer Discovery accounts showed an 18% lift in wireless revenue and 35% lift in wireline revenue. 100% of the time they gained an audience with customer CXOs, even if the initial engagement started lower. Customers perceived Sprint as a strategic, thought leader and true business partner. Under the current mindset, where proving ROI on every activity is a must, this case is a success story because Sprint was able to separate, track and measure revenue lift for the accounts within the program--something that many companies are unable to figure out. According to Littrell, figuring out the measurement piece was critical--had they not been able to prove ROI on the program, the program likely would have been cut early on. Of course, revamping your measurement strategy can take a while. So in the meantime, here are four reasons why building relationships with CXOs is invaluable, even if you can’t necessarily track it on a report. 1. Covert Referrals We often speak with customers who want to know the exact ROI from engaging C-level executives in a business conversation. The reality is that there is no way to capture and measure human interaction. Let’s say you meet with a CXO who decides not to immediately purchase your product or service. The ROI of that conversation is $0--or is it? We can only track whether or not the deal was won at the time, but what we can’t track is any conversations that CXO has with colleagues, peers, and other businesses that might send more business your way. Even passing conversations can result in another interested party seeking out more information about your company. 2. Overt Referrals One of the greatest opportunities that come from CXO engagements is an introduction to another individual or company that could benefit from your product or service. Sometimes this comes in the form of a casual recommendation, while other times it results in a direct introduction to another party. It is possible that a meeting with a CXO that does not result in a sale can actually be your most valuable business meeting of the year. 3. Uncovering New Opportunities That You Did Not Know About Remember the old saying, “You don’t know what you don’t know.” Often, during a conversation with a CXO, you will find out about business opportunities that you did not even know existed. The information gleaned from this conversation can be invaluable in terms of putting you on to a new, previously unknown, opportunity, yet this typically does not get tracked in any CRM. 4. Ongoing Relationships If you strike the right chord with a CXO, you can spark a symbiotic relationship that will last for the entirety of your career, even if it does not win you an immediate deal. At the end of the day, CXOs are just people with wants, needs, struggles and desires of their own who are looking to connect and build relationships with other smart people. Every meeting is an opportunity to build a relationship with no expiration date. There is absolutely no way to capture the value of these relationships in any CRM because they are intangible, and often, invaluable, not just from a personal perspective but from a business perspective. Human relationships can be the most difficult--and the most valuable--elements of the sales process, yet they typically get no credit because they can’t be measured. Companies that focus on quantifiable activities alone--while devaluing intangibles like relationship building--do so at their own peril and will likely never know what they are missing. Sharon Gillenwater is the founder and editor-in-chief of Boardroom Insiders, which maintains an extensive database of the most in-depth executive profiles on the market, from Fortune 500 companies to independent non-profits, to help sales and marketing professionals build deeper relationships and close more deals with clients. Gillenwater is a long-time marketing consultant with expertise in marketing strategy, account-based marketing, and CXO engagement programs. www.boardroominsiders.com relationships. sales About EyesOnSales EyesOnSales is a passionate community of the industry's best sales experts and professionals. Founded in 2003, EyesOnSales is committed to advancing best practices in the sales and online marketing industry. 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__label__cc	0.711547	0.288453	Horizon Science Academy Toledo Charter School (K-12) by Concept School > College Guidance News 15-16 Selected to Congress of Future Medical Leader Anastasia Harris and Keniya Brooks, a sophomore at Horizon Science Academy Toledo have been selected as a delegate for the Congress of Future Medical Leaders, which will take place in Lowell, Massachusetts, from June 25 to 27. The Congress is an honors-only program for high school students who want to become physicians or go into medical research fields. The purpose of this event is to honor, inspire, motivate and direct the top students in the country who aspire to be physicians or medical scientists, to stay true to their dream and, after the event, to provide a path, plan and resources to help them reach their goal. During the three-day Congress, Anastasia and Keniya will join students from across the country and hear Nobel Laureates and National Medal of Science Winners talk about leading medical research; be given advice from Ivy League and top medical school deans on what to expect in medical school; witness stories told by patients who are living medical miracles; be inspired by fellow teen medical science prodigies; and learned about cutting-edge advances and the future in medicine and medical technology. Congratulations Anastasia, Keniya and her awesome teachers for making this possible! My name is Anastasia Harris. I am raising money for a trip to Boston that will give me an experience that only comes once in a lifetime. I was nominated for the National Academy of Future Physicians And Medical Scientists Award of Excellence. The money will be used to pay for my tuition. I need the money by the 28th of January 2016. This means so much to me because I want to become a Bio medical Engineer, and this way I can hear from other delegates, mentors and important scientists while there. I will so thankful and it’s a once in a lifetime chance. ‘I am Keniya Brooks. I am a sophomore at Horizon Science Academy Toledo. I am raising money for the tuition and trip to Massachusetts for the national Congress of Future Medical Leaders Program. The money is due in two weeks! The money will be used to pay the tuition of the trip. This is a huge opportunity for me. I am one of the lucky students who have been selected to attend this program. I never would have thought that it would be me to be selected. I would be so grateful, words cannot explain how thankful and happy I would be if I could attended this honorary program. Please Help me get to Massachusetts !’ College acceptance The Ohio State University We are proudly to announce our great acceptance HSAT Class of 2K16 Keith Skinner got accepted to Ohio State University, Ohio. Ohio State is one of the most prestige University in the Nation which is ranked 52 by US News World Report. Keith is going to pay very small amount to OSU. Upon his acceptance he said:I was ecstatic to be accepted into OSU. Knowing all of the new opportunities available for me is great. This could not be accomplished without the help of others. Such as Mr.Akif and mom for pushing me as well as Mrs.Koc who is the real MVP for getting all my stuff submitted. Congratulations to him and his Pawesome teachers!!! We are proudly to announce our great acceptance HSAT Class of 2K16Harvey Munguia got accepted to Ohio State University, Ohio. Ohio State is one of the most prestige University in the Nation which is ranked 52 by US News World Report. Harvey is going to pay very small amount to OSU. Upon his acceptance he said: ”I am so glad that I got accepted to OSU. At first when I joined the Young Scholar Program in 6th grade I did not know what was going on, but now I am more grateful than everyone. I would like to thank my mom, Mr.Robinson (my YSP coordinator) and my school horizon for their support. College Acceptance Xavier University We are proudly to announce our great acceptance HSAT Class of 2K16 Paul Ellis got accepted to Xavier University,Ohio. Xavier is one of the most prestige University in the Midwest which is ranked 6 by US News World Report.Paul is going to pay very small amount to XU. Upon his acceptance he said: ”I am excited that I have been accepted into Xavier University. I knew that I could be accepted into a great school,but have not thought it actually would. I’d love to thank Mrs.Koc for convincing me to apply for a higher-up school,along with all my friends who keep me from quitting when this application process get tough. Thank all of you guys! The First Acceptance to the College We are pleased to announce that Sarah Keregkyarto HSAT Class of 2K16 got accepted to Bowling Green State University, Ohio.Upon her acceptance she said; “I am so excited to be accepted to BGSU. I want to thank my teachers at Horizon for inspiring me to follow my dreams”.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7227
__label__wiki	0.876688	0.876688	Spencer Sweeney was born in 1973 in Philadelphia. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and now lives and works in New York City. Musician, DJ and club owner, Spencer Sweeney became known as an artist for his oil paintings where bright swatches of colours are applied on the canvas in bold brushstrokes evoking the disordered nightlife of New York where Sweeney made his name. Influenced by street art and the punk movement of the 80's, his paintings become an integral part of his multi-facetted cultural contribution. Spencer Sweeney was exhibited widely including at MoMA PS1, the Whitney Biennale, Gavin Brown's Enterprise New York, the Modern Institute Glasgow, High Museum of Art Atlanta and Contemporary Fine Arts Berlin. Untitled - oil on canvas - 35.6x28.6cm - 2015 Spencer Sweeney_New York by Night - oil on canvas - 139 x 118 cm - 2018 Graduated from Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Born in Philadelphia Viva Las Vegas, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin The Grey Leg, Cahiers D'Art, Paris KARMA, New York TRAMPS, London Wake Up and Make Love, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, 291 Grand Street, New York SHE, C L E A R I N G, Brussels Monads and Party Paintings, The Modern Institute, 14-20 Osborne Street, Glasgow Berlin Paintings, VeneKlasen Werner, Berlin Twig Gallery, Brussels The Pharaoh's Lounge - Party Paintings and Sauna, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York Nudes, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee Egyptian Diving Board Part II, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York Teatr Laboratorium, Veneklasen Werner Gallery, Berlin Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York Our Gang, The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco AMT Gallery, Como The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd, Glasgow Works on paper’, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York Lawing gallery, Houston IOWA, Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Paris Outside (curated by Matthew Higgs), Karma, Amagansett, New York Goulding the Lolly (curated by Brian Belott), Gavin Brown's Enterprise, 291 Grand Street, New York The Great Figure, The Journal Gallery, New York Lost For Words, Murray Guy, New York Painter's Painters: Gifts from Alex Katz, High Museum of Art, Atlanta Do Your Thing, White Columns, New York Portrait of a Generation, The Hole, New York PIZZA TIME!, Marlborough Broom Street, New York To NY with Love, Don't Projects, Paris Paintings From England and America, Crisp Gallery, London The Living and the Dead, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York Frenz, Fleisher/Ollman, Philadelphia, PA From NY with Love, Galeria Candela, San Juan, Puerto Rico (cur. by Glorimarta Linares) Le souci de soi, Don't Projects, Paris That Was Then... This is Now, P.S.1 Center for Contemporary Art, Long Island City Day for Night: Whitney Biennial 20, Whitney Biennal 2006, Museum of American Art, New York Red White Blue, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York Looking at Words: The Formal Presence of Text in Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York Drunk vs. Stoned 2, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York The Early Show, White Columns, New York Subway Series, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York Kareoke Death Machine, Daniel Reich, New York Today's Man, John Connelly Presents, New York My People Were Fair and Had Cum in their Hair (but now they're content to spray stars from your boughs), Team Gallery, New York 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York Paintings: Steve DiBenedetto, Spencer Sweeney, and Joe Zucker, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York American Fine Arts, New York Hysteric Glamour, Tokyo Legal Paper Work, Beyond Baroque, Venice, California 21st century group show, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York XXX-Mas show, American Fine Arts, New York (Curator Colin Deland) Paradise 8, Exit Art, New York (Installation and performance), (curated by Kenny Schacter) Preview Party for Gary Gross, American Fine arts gallery Preview Party for John Waters opening, American Fine Arts Gallery CrissCross: Some Young New Yorkers 3, PS 1 Contemporary Arts Center, New York (installation and series performance) Free Coke - Contemporary Drawing, Greene Naftali, New York Beyond the Matter of Space, Beyond Baroque, Venice, California Gift land, Printed Matter, New York	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7230
__label__cc	0.669061	0.330939	Dozens killed in attack on military academy in Libya's Tripoli Turkey's president has announced that Turkish soldiers are being deployed to Libya to help in the fight against renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar. That comes as Libya's UN-recognised government declares three days of mourning for the victims of Saturday's air attack on a military academy in Tripoli - carried out by forces loyal to Haftar. At least 30 students were killed and dozens more wounded. Al Jazeera's Mahmoud Abdelwahed reports from Tripoli. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #LibyCrisis #Tripoli #TripoliMilitaryAcademyAttack libya, military academy, tripoli, attack Dozens Of People Killed By Boko Haram Attack In Nigeria's Northeast Military Claims Dozens Of Civilians Rescued From Boko Haram KDF Attack: AL-Shabaab Militants Claim They've Killed Dozens Of Kenyan Troops Dozens Of Migrants Rescued Off The Coast Of Libya Three Americans killed in Al-Shabaab attack on US military base in Kenya by HeadlinesAfrica 1 week ago Niger Delta Attack: 6 Officers Killed During Attack In Wari Over 50 Malian soldiers killed in attack on military post Dozens Killed, Scores Kidnapped In Gambella UN Condemns Suicide Attack That Killed Dozens In Gaos, Mali The Annual Tripoli Date Festival Underway In Libya Turkey's president has announced that Turkish soldiers are being deployed to Libya to help in the fight against renegade military commander Khalifa Ha...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7231
__label__wiki	0.977531	0.977531	Former Ivory Coast rebel leader 'Wattao' dies in New York Former Ivory Coast rebel leader and zone commander, Colonel Issiaka Ouattara, known under the alias Wattao, died on Sunday in New York at age 53.* The former war chief was one of the major players in the politico-military crisis in the country, from 2002 to 2011. Africanews correspondent Ebrin Brou is in Abidjan to gives us the reactions to Wattao's passing. READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2020/01/07/former-ivory-coast-rebel-leader-wattao-dies-in-new-york-morning-call Africanews on YouTube brings you a daily dose of news, produced and realised in Africa, by and for Africans. Africanews is the first pan-African multilingual media outlet, unique in its concept and vision. Subscribe on our Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/africanews and receive all the latest news from the continent. Africanews is available in English and French. Website : www.africanews.com Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews Issiaka Ouattara, cote d'ivoire, ivory coast, rebel, leader, dies Ivory Coast’s Guillaume Soro to run for 2020 Presidential race Ivory Coast cement price still high despite surge in production by HeadlinesAfrica 2 weeks ago Developing tourism in Ivory Coast by HeadlinesAfrica 1 month ago Ivory Coast Gambling Laws Heavy Rains Trigger Floods in Ivory Coast Ivory Coast: Macron on reforming the franc CFA, G5 tensions and terrorism Ivory Coast seeks UN support for 2020 electioneering Ivory Coast Rubber Plantations Ivory Coast Cocoa Farmers Encroaching Into National Parks Ivory Coast's Ble Goude sentenced to 20 years Former Ivory Coast rebel leader and zone commander, Colonel Issiaka Ouattara, known under the alias Wattao, died on Sunday in New York at age 53.* The...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7232
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__label__cc	0.70757	0.29243	Upcoming Book Clubs Join the Book Club Review: The Madwoman Upstairs Thien-Kim March 10, 20162016-03-10T13:45:46+00:002016-03-11T10:19:40+00:00 Literary Fiction, Reviews 1 Comment The Madwoman Upstairs by Catherine Lowell knocks it out of the ballpark. The debut novel hit all my sweet spots: old books, history of said books, Oxford, and deep, dark secrets. The old books in question are four books from the Brontë sisters: Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Agnes Grey, and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Before I continue my review, I have a confession. I’ve never read any of the Brontë sisters’ books. Not even Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights. I think I tried back in high school, but they didn’t appeal to me. That being said, as someone who is not familiar with the history of the Brontës and their books, I was captivated by The Madwoman Upstairs. I never felt lost because I was unfamiliar with their books. Our heroine Emily Whipple is the last living descendant of the Brontë family. She is also lost. Figuratively, that is. Her eccentric father, who died when she was 15, shaped all of her experiences. He raised alone and homeschooled her in an unorthodox manner–which included immersing her into the Brontës’ books. The novel opens with Emily starting first time at Oxford’s Old College. At twenty years old, she is a late bloomer compared to other first years. Oddly, she is given an old tower on campus as her residence. Emily attempts to escape her father’s ghosts and hides from the public–who believes she is the heir to a trove of Brontë diaries, paintings, letters and early drafts. Mysteriously, old books from Emily’s past begin appearing in her room. The books were her father’s personal copies of the Brontës’ novels. Each book is heavily highlighted and filled with her father’s mostly illegible notes. She’s convince that her father is sending messages and throws herself into a literary scavenger hunt. She soon learns more about herself and her father’s past than she ever expected. This novel is funny. I know my synopsis sounds serious, but Emily made me laugh out loud. She’s a smartass and doesn’t like authority figures. My type of woman! The way she describes things around her is unusual, but as soon as I read it, the words fit perfectly. For example, this description of fish and chips: The waiter named Hugh returned and dumped two plates in front of us. On each one was a fish that looked like it had died tragically by drowning in its own fat. The scent was something savage–salty and prehistoric, wrought from an age in which people still ate each other. There’s quite a few twists in the novel, with some predictable parts. Don’t let the predictable parts deter you as it’s how Lowell unveils the events that are captivating. The Madwoman Upstairs is a fun read that is perfect for Brontë fans and newbies alike. Are you a fan of the Brontë sisters? This post contains affiliate links. I received a review copy of the book. Thien-Kim Thien-Kim is Editor of From Left to Write. She sneaks in her reading time late at night after her family is sound asleep. She also writes at I'm Not the Nanny. BooksMetro Sounds interesting. I’m rereading The Tenant of Wildfell Hall now. It’s one of my faves!! Subscribe to our mailing list and get interesting stuff and never miss a post. What to Know Before Reading Les Misérables by Victor Hugo How Neil Gaiman Got Hooked by Handwriting Book Club Day: Signs of Life by Natalie Taylor Author Q&A: Natalie Taylor of Signs of Life Book Club Discussion: Little Paris Bookshop Find a book recommendation? 3 Ways to Keep Reading When Life Gets In the Way Review: The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin October 3, 2016 • No Comment N.K. Jemisin’s New Book Is Here! September 2, 2016 • One Comment I finally finished City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin August 30, 2016 • 3 Comments From Left to Write takes the traditional book club and turns it up a notch. With online discussions and a thriving community, we run on nerd. Find a Book Recommendation From Left to Write Copyright © 2020. Designed by GeekHer Labs. Back to Top	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7238
__label__cc	0.552934	0.447066	Diagnostic Long-Term Plan for the DII-D Present Diagnostic Capabilities The DIII-D plasma diagnostic set is made up of more than 50 instruments built and operated by the DIII-D national program. This ensemble of instruments is the most complete of any tokamak in the world and routinely produces the high quality data required to fuel the DIII-D scientific research program. The DIII-D diagnostics set includes extensive divertor and edge measurement capability, plasma core profile measurements of density, temperature and plasma current and a large suite of fluctuation diagnostics. Many of the diagnostic systems on DIII-D have been installed and are routinely operated by collaborators. A complete list of the diagnostic systems and descriptions can be found on the DIII-D Diagnostic Web page. Diagnostic System Initiatives There are additions and upgrades to the diagnostics that will have a large pay-back in terms of the scientific output of the DIII-D research program. These additions are motivated by new areas of research requiring either new measurement capability or changes in the DIII-D machine hardware or, in some limited number of cases such as the core Thomson scattering diagnostic, to fill in gaps in our existing measurement capability. In addition to the diagnostic improvements described in this section, we expect to implement other unforeseen diagnostics or improvements during the five-year span of this plan. Radiative Divertor Diagnostics Plasma Control Diagnostics Electron Transport Diagnostics 3-D Equilibrium Reconstruction Diagnostics Current Profile Diagnostics at High Density Laser Enhanced BES Diagnostic Neutral Beam To fully take advantage of the science that can be learned as a result of the installation of the lower Radiative Divertor Project (RDP) (Phase lB), the systems to diagnose conditions in this divertor will be upgraded by re-aiming or refurbishing existing diagnostics and the addition of some entirely new ones. The anticipated improvements to our present capabilities are summarized in Table 1. This list represents a conscious decision to concentrate enhancements in one divertor, the lower divertor, so that a complete set of measured plasma parameters will exist against which sophisticated models can be compared. The new configuration does not lend itself to the use of Thomson scattering electron temperature measurements. Thus, the present divertor Thomson system will be used to benchmark a variety of spectroscopic techniques for diagnosing local plasma parameters; these techniques include: (1) determination of ne from Stark broadening transitions arising from high n levels, (2) determination of Te from line ratios, and (3) discrimination of ionizing plasmas from recombining by means of Balmer series line ratios in deuterium. Maturation of these techniques is essential for reliable diagnosis of plasma parameters in the slot divertor. The spectroscopic techniques listed above the same ones on which ITER will most likely rely as a consequence of the difficulties its high on flux imposes on line-of-sight diagnostics. RF reflectometry or interferometry and a new insertion path for the fast reciprocating probe are additional measures under consideration for help in replacing the loss of the Thomson scattering data in the divertor. An essential part of the plan will be a software effort to automate the analysis of data from the spectroscopic diagnostics above so that processed information will be available to the whole scientific staff for a large number of discharges discharge times as is the case with DIII-D's sophisticated Thomson scattering systems. The development of a reliable spectroscopic determination of critical plasma parameters in the divertor will be a major program element. Table 1: Phase 1B Divertor Diagnostics Diagnostic Institution Divertor Comment Lower Upper Power loss measurements Vertical IR TVs LLNL X X Re-aim Foil bolometers GA X New Under-baffle, 4-ch bolo arrays LLNL, GA X New Filtered line monitors (Da, etc.) ORNL X X Re-aim Fast pressure gauges (inner and outer plenums, private flux) ORNL X X 3 new (out of 5 total) Magnetic probes on baffles GA X X New in lower Fixed Langmuir probes SNL X X Rebuild probe tips, upper and lower Tangential TV imaging, visible LLNL X Relocate Tangential TV imaging, ultraviolet Hampton U. X New Vertical TV camera, visible GA X Re-aim EUV SPRED (10-160 nm) LLNL, PPPL X Re-aim Visible survey spectrometer ORNL, GA X X New fibers, upper High resolution, visible spectrometer ORNL, GA Vertical viewchords X X New fibers, upper Toroidal viewchords (for flow velocity) X Relocate RF reflectometers (3 ch) UCLA X New Multilayer mirror spec. JHU X New Further improvements to divertor diagnostics will be undertaken during the vent for modification of the RDP hardware (Phase 2B) late in the DIII-D Five-Year Plan. A list of these diagnostic additions is given in Table 2. The advanced tokamak program relies to a large extent on the ability to control the pressure, current and Er profiles. The diagnostics required to generate control signals for this task largely exist on DIII-D, however, there are improvements to those diagnostics that are needed to fully implement the plasma control program. The temperature and density profiles generated from the Thomson scattering diagnostic can be used for real-time plasma control with some changes to the Thomson scattering data acquisition system. The biggest improvement in the diagnostic systems in the area of plasma control is an upgrade to the motional Stark effect (MSE) diagnostic to generate real-time Er profiles. When viewing a co- and counter-injected neutral beam simultaneously with two separate MSE systems the radial electric field Er can be determined with good spatial and temporal resolution. The Er field can easily be extracted from the raw MSE pitch angle data and could be used as a real-time feedback signal for control of Er . Real-time image processing for IR TVs LLNL X X New data acquisition hardware Under-baffle, 4-ch bolo arrays LLNL X Copy lower Under-baffle Da monitors ORNL X New, in-vessel fibers Under-baffle spectroscopy ORNL X New, in-vessel fibers X-point reciprocating probe UCSD, SNL X Port move and rebuild Reflectometer or interferometer UCLA X New or copy of lower Thomson scattering LLNL X New diagnostic Partial pressure in all plenums with fast pressure gauges ORNL/GA X X New diagnostic Laser fluorescence of Da X New diagnostic Normal incidence spectrometers ORNL/GA X X New, divertor and core Using simultaneous view of co- and counter-injected beamlines provides the maximum sensitivity of the MSE measurement to Er. This viewing geometry also provides the best spatial resolution across the entire plasma radius. The direct measurement of Er is demonstrated in Fig. 1 for a recent discharge using the new MSE system which features a tangential and radial view of a single beam line. In Fig. 1(c), the effective vertical field (assuming Er = 0) is plotted for a tangential chord (solid line) and a radial chord (dashed line) at a radius of R~2 m. If Er were zero, then these two curves would track one another. The separation of the two curves during the ELM-free period from 2 to 2.25 s is an indication of the buildup of radial electric field. Er is calculated directly from the MSE measurements as shown in Fig. 1(d). The temporal evolution of Er follows closely the time evolution of the plasma toroidal rotation in Fig. 1(e) obtained from charge-exchange measurements of carbon impurities. The maximum time response of the MSE Er measurement is 1 ms with an RMS noise resolution of ~7 kV/m. The curve in Fig. 1(c) was generated using a 5 ms sliding boxcar average giving somewhat better resolution. Possible systematic errors in Er due to spatial averaging in the radial chords and calibration are a factor of 2-3 larger than uncertainties due to noise. Figure 1. Example of direct measurement of the readial electric field on DIII-D using the MSE diagnostic The use of MSE for measuring the radial electric field has been demonstrated; using this technique for a real-time feedback measurement of Er could be accomplished by adding the new MSE channels to the plasma control system (PCS) data acquisition system. The addition of the counter neutral beam and the MSE channels to view the counter neutral beam will substantially improve the spatial resolution of the Er measurement. The remaining challenge in understanding core turbulence and transport in fusion plasmas is determining what mechanisms are responsible for anomalous electron transport and how can electron transport be controlled? In order to address this electron transport issue, new diagnostic measurement capabilities are required. At present, only relatively low wavenumber (long wavelength) density turbulence is measured in the core of DIII-D, using FIR scattering, beam emission spectroscopy (BES) and reflectometer systems. However, several other mechanisms such as short wavelength turbulence, or magnetic turbulence may be responsible for the anomalous electron transport. To further understand these possible transport mechanisms, we will expand the turbulence diagnostic coverage as follows: Search for and measure electron mode turbulence using a scattering system specifically modified for the purpose. Theoretically predicted electron mode turbulence (such as e modes) have wavelength 20-60 times shorter than that responsible for ion transport. Measure core magnetic turbulence using a cross-polarization scattering system, as on Tore Supra, or using enhanced scattering at the upper hybrid layer as proposed by Russian and Dutch groups. Improve the central density fluctuations measurements by upgrading the phase contrast imaging (PCI) diagnostic by adding a central viewing set of sightlines. It should be noted that in addition to their role in the search for electron transport mechanisms, these diagnostics will also generally enhance our physics measurement capability. For example, a magnetic turbulence diagnostic will allow us to address the long unresolved issue of the relative importance of electrostatic and magnetic turbulence in core transport. More detailed descriptions of the three diagnostics follow. Study of Small-Scale Turbulence Via Scattering Turbulent structures with wavelengths approaching the ion gyroradius can be measured using coherent scattering, but are far too small for core turbulence measurement techniques based on multiple point correlation analysis. Therefore, we propose to reconfigure the current FIR scattering system (which currently probes larger structure turbulence at small scattering angles) to allow short wavelength density fluctuations to be detected. A number of technical issues such as the specific scattering geometry optimum for use in DIII-D, effects of E infty B convection and Doppler shifts, and wavenumber resolution must be solved in a developmental effort. The availability of an existing collective scattering system on DIII-D offers a cost effective opportunity to resolve this issue. Magnetic Field Fluctuation Measurements Recent work on Tore Supra using mode conversion scattering has suggested that such fluctuations may prove important in explaining the anomalous electron channel. However, many concerns continue to exist related to the diagnostic technique of cross polarization scattering in a fusion plasma and the specifics of the Tore Supra work. It is anticipated that these will be resolved during the proposed plan period and that installation of a magnetic field fluctuation diagnostic on DIII-D will take place in around three years. Such a system will require an inside launch and an outside receive capability, a combination which does not currently exist on DIII-D. The major developmental issue will, therefore, initially focus on establishing such a launch/receive arrangement and determining the details of antenna design and associated plasma facing components. The feasibility of applying a second magnetic scattering technique utilizing enhanced scattering from the upper hybrid layer will also be evaluated. Measurement of Turbulent Temperature Fluctuations Electron temperature fluctuations can be measured using correlation ECE radiometer systems. However, the field of view of the current ECE system utilized for electron temperature measurements is not suitable for fluctuation studies as the wavenumber sensitivity is too limited. Consequently, for fluctuation measurements a new optimized antenna system is required so as to obtain the desired wavenumber sensitivity. Installation of a new optimized system on DIII-D should be complete within the year, as well as development of the required data acquisition and software analysis routines. It is anticipated that diagnostic development aspects of this work will be supported through the UCLA Advanced Diagnostic Development Program, in addition to DIII-D program support. Central Thomson Scattering The multipoint, multilaser Thomson scattering system that currently operates on DIII-D has been a critical diagnostic for the research program on DIII-D. The detailed temperature and density profiles routinely produced by the Thomson scattering diagnostic are essential to the scientific progress of the research program on DIII-D. The Thomson scattering diagnostic uses a vertical laser beam path. Due to vertical port locations, the laser beam does not pass through the center of most discharges and typically provides data from about 0.25 of the minor radius outward. The Central Thomson Upgrade will allow Thomson scattering measurements to be extended from R = 194 cm to the magnetic axis at R = 165 cm covering the center of essentially all of the discharges made in DIII-D. This extension is critical for such diverse areas as: (1) core transport analysis and stability in pressure peaked discharges, (2) modeling of current profile evolution and q0 control algorithms, (3) modeling of high performance discharges, and (4) high density experiments. 3-D Equilibrium Reconstructions MHD instabilities play a major role in limiting plasma performance and in catastrophic disruptions. Both theory and simulations suggest that the degradation of the plasma performance and plasma disruptions are due to the growth of magnetic islands driven by these MHD instabilities. The development of a systematic technique and tools to experimentally reconstruct the magnetic island structures is crucial to improve the understanding and subsequent control of these instabilities. 2-D equilibrium reconstructions have been extremely useful in the studies of instabilities, however, many of the catastrophic instabilities driven by static error fields, mode locking, or a resistive wall are nonrotating or rotate slowly and do not lend themselves to 2-D analysis. This task is to extend the 2-D reconstruction to 3-D reconstructions by modeling the distortions of the magnetic surfaces and growth of magnetic islands in three dimensions using an extended set of toroidally displaced diagnostic measurements. The task consists of two main elements; construction of the extended set of diagnostics and the code development required to produce the 3-D reconstructions. The code development is an extension of the EFIT 2-D reconstruction currently used on DIII-D. The diagnostic requirements center around making measurements of poloidal and toroidal distortion of the magnetic surfaces both at the surface of the plasma and internal to the plasma. Many instabilities of interest have low toroidal mode numbers (2/1,3/2) and this allows us to reduce the requirements on the toroidal resolution of the diagnostics. There are at least four diagnostics that can play an important role in providing this information - they are magnetics, ECE, x-ray arrays, and MSE. A limited number of additional poloidal arrays at new toroidal locations of each of these diagnostics can be used to reconstruct the 2/1,3/2 and possible higher distortions in the plasma. Other diagnostics that will be considered are a tangential viewing x-ray system for improved resolution of high m,n modes and improved spatial resolution BES. The magnetic diagnostics can play by far the most important role due to the relative ease of installing large numbers of sensors. The addition of four poloidal arrays of 24 measurements (12 B and 12 Br) each separated by 90 deg poloidally would allow the reconstruction of modes up to n=3 and m=7. The ECE and x-ray arrays would provide internal measurements of Te and x-ray emission (x-ray emission is a function of impurity concentrations, electron density and temperature). If we assume that these parameters are constant on flux surfaces, then the measurements can be used to determine the internal magnetic structure. An additional toroidally displaced ECE system will be installed and the existing toroidal array of x-ray detectors could be upgraded with additional detectors. Finally, assuming the addition of the counter neutral beam injector, a new MSE diagnostic could be installed giving information on distortions in the current profile. Current Profile Measurements at High Densities The MSE system is a very effective tool for current profile measurements at moderate densities. However, in DIII-D at densities approaching 1.5 infty 1014cm - 3, strong attenuation of the diagnostic neutral beam makes measurement of current profile in the inner half of the plasma impractical. In ITER, because of the larger size of the device, this problem can be even more severe unless high intensity neutral beams with energies >500 keV are developed. We propose to develop a new current profile diagnostic system that uses a submillimeter laser instead of a neutral beam for probing the plasma. The new concept is based on the well known Fizeau effect and uses a new interferometer concept which is the key for making this measurement possible. The system measures the line integral of current density, in contrast to the MSE which measures the poloidal component of the magnetic field. This system is, therefore, most sensitive near the magnetic axis of the plasmas. For the DIII-D applications, the proposed system would be complementary to the existing MSE system, whereas for future devices conceivably a complete profile system, based on this concept, could be installed. We propose a two-phase development plan for the system. In the first phase, we would design and install a single channel system. Once the behavior of the system is well documented, we proceed to the second phase where we would install an array of four to five channels to unfold the current profile in the inner half of the plasma. The Fizeau effect is a well-known phenomenon causing a small phase shift of an electromagnetic wave traveling through a moving a dielectric medium. This phase shift is of the order of VD / c of the normal phase for a stationary medium, where VD is the drift speed of the medium and c is the velocity of light in vacuum. A practical problem with the measurement of the current density-dependent term is its small value compared to the phase shift for a stationary medium, since small changes in geometry or plasma density result in far more phase shift than that due to plasma motion. As a result in tokamaks with standard interferometers, measurement of the first order term is impractical. This difficulty is overcome with the interferometer arrangement shown in Fig. 2. In the arrangement shown, the reciprocity theorem guarantees perfect cancellation of the zero order term while the contribution due to the motion of the medium is doubled. Laser Pumping to Improve Beam Emission Spectroscopy Diagnostics Two key diagnostics on DIII-D would be significantly improved by using laser pumping to affect the population of the n=3 level in the neutrals injected by the neutral beam injectors. The BES diagnostic could achieve an improvement in signal to noise by about a factor of 6 through this technique, shortening the minimum time resolution by the same factor. Data analysis for the charge exchange recombination (CER) system could be greatly eased by using the same laser pumping to modulate the charge exchange signal. These improvements in the diagnostics would be beneficial in the study of plasma transport processes. The basic idea of using laser pumping to improve the BES signal was invented by Fonck at the University of Wisconsin. The fundamental concept uses a laser tuned to the 656.3 nm transition between the n=2 and n=3 levels of deuterium to illuminate the region being examined and thus increase the population of the n=3 state. The signal that the BES system detects is due to spontaneous emission from n=3 to n=2. At readily achievable laser intensities, it is possible to saturate the transition, making the population of the n=3 and n=2 states equal. Since the n=2 state population in the absence of the laser is significantly larger than the n=3 state population, this results in an appreciable enhancement of the BES signal. A proof-of-principle test of this technique is being pursued as part of the work the Wisconsin group is doing at DIII-D. If it is successful, further development would be required to apply this technique to all the BES channels. BES is a key diagnostic for measuring density fluctuations in the plasma. The time resolution of this measurement, at present, is typically hundreds of milliseconds owing to insufficient signal. Even so, significant changes in plasma turbulence have been measured. However, other diagnostics, for example FIR scattering, suggest that the turbulence can change even faster. (FIR scattering has excellent time resolution but poor spatial resolution.) If this laser pumping scheme is successful, the minimum time resolution for the BES system could be decreased by about a factor of six, which would be quite significant. The CER system is used for a number of measurements on DIII-D ion temperature, poloidal and toroidal rotation, impurity density, and radial electric field. Analysis of the data is difficult owing to the complexity of the spectra. One way to greatly simplify the analysis is to modulate the charge exchange signal and subtract the spectra taken with the modulation off from the spectra taken with the modulation on. Such modulation of the signal has been done, for example, by modulating the neutral beams. However, owing to equipment limitations, such modulation tends to be slow (50 to, at best, 100 Hz) and it is frequently the case that the plasma changes during this time. This makes time slice subtraction ineffective, since the interfering lines in the spectra have also changed. In cases where the subtraction is successful, analysis of the resulting CER spectrum is trivial, because it consists of a single Gaussian peak. Laser pumping would allow much more rapid modulation, decreasing the plasma changes occurring between the CER measurement and the background measurement thus improving the effectiveness of the background subtraction. By using laser pumping of the population of the higher n levels of the deuterium in the neutral beam, the charge exchange signal can also be modulated, since the cross sections increase rapidly with n level. In the case of the CER measurement, either resonant pumping of the n=2 to n=3 transition or photo ionization of the levels with n=2 and greater could be used to effect the modulation. In one case, the charge exchange signal would increase, in the second it would decrease. Since the photo ionization technique affects more levels, it would probably have the larger amplitude; however, it may require significantly greater laser power. We intend to assess both techniques, and develop the best. There are three diagnostics which could be significantly improved by a diagnostic neutral beam. The MSE diagnostic measures the field line pitch angle from which the plasma current profile is calculated and the radial electric field Er in the plasma. A diagnostic neutral beam directed counter to the plasma current would significantly improve the real time Er measurement and the plasma current profile measurement. The CER system is used to measure ion temperature, poloidal and toroidal rotation, impurity density, and Er. A diagnostic beam, capable of being operated at a higher beam modulation rate and higher beam power density with a smaller diameter beam, would increase the CER signal and improve spatial resolution. The improvement in signal-to-noise ratio is of particular importance at the core of the plasma where beam attenuation now limits the accuracy of the measurement. The BES diagnostic would benefit from a diagnostic beam with higher power density to improve time resolution, and its measurement might, based on theoretical estimates, be improved by use of a helium diagnostic neutral beam. Home > Energy > Energy [ARCHIVED] > Nuclear Energy [ARCHIVED] > Magnetic Fusion Energy [ARCHIVED] > Diagnostic Long-Term Plan	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7241
__label__cc	0.690702	0.309298	I’m From Venus, You’re From Mars’ June 19, 2018 by Ian Martyn ‘I’m From Venus, You’re From Mars © music & lyrics by Ian Martyn http://www.ianmartyn.co.uk/wp-content/uploads//2018/06/Im-fromVenus-Youre-from-Mars-copyright-music-lyrics-by-Ian-Martyn-IanMartynmusic@gmail.com_.wav.wav I read it in the stars we’re not from this constellation. You’re from Venus, I’m from Mars, it’s causing quite a complication. So if you’re feeling real confused ‘cos you’ve been reading all this news, we’ve got to try to understand it it’s just the way the planets planned it. That’s why you’ve come from Venus and I have come from Mars The sun shines in Uranus and the moon shines in my stars, You’ve got to say what you’re meaning and mean just what you’re saying You’ve got to feel what you’re thinking and think just what you’re feeling. You’ve got to show that you know it and know you got to show it You got to hold it in your heart And then you’re starting to believe it You got to look me in the eyes, why is it taking you so long To tell me that you love me and sing this little love song If you like this song please buy it to support me as an artist, so I may record more music for you. £0.69 – Add to cart Checkout Added to cart £0.69 – Buy this song Checkout Added to cart Filed Under: Home Middle Content, Placeholder Content	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7247
__label__wiki	0.837266	0.837266	STETHS on course for ISSA Rural Area junior football double SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — Former champions St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) stayed on course for the Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Rural Area junior football double after advancing to the semi-finals of the Under-14 and Under-16 competitions, as the quarter-finals ended on Friday. STETHS knocked out defending champions Garvey Maceo in the Under-14 with a 2-0 win to top Zone One on goal difference over Cornwall College, as both finished on six points. They just got into the Under-16 semi-finals on goal difference over Petersfield High, despite losing 0-1 to Clarendon College in their game played at St Elizabeth Technical Sports Complex. Clarendon College, who won all three games in the quarter-finals, Denbigh High, and Rusea's High are the other semi-finalists in the Under-16, while Vere Technical and Belair High join STETHS and Cornwall College in the Under-14 semis. On Tuesday, Clarendon College will face Rusea's High in one semi-final in the Under-16 and STETHS take on Denbigh High in the other. Vere Technical and Cornwall College will meet in one Under-14 semi-final with STETHS and Belair High meeting in the other semi-final. The final in both competitions will be played on Friday 13. Last Friday, Cornwall College rebounded from their loss to Garvey Maceo on Wednesday to beat Happy Grove 1-0 in Montego Bay. STETHS's 2-0 win over Garvey Maceo, who had travelled two times in three days, saw them improve to a plus-three goal difference, ahead of Cornwall College's plus-one. Vere Technical beat Belair 2-0 in their Zone Two game to top the zone, but both schools had already qualified for the semi-finals after winning their first two games over Irwin High and Seaforth High. Despite their big 5-0 win over Ocho Rios High, Petersfield High came up just short in the Under-16, while Denbigh High beat Munro College 2-0 to book their spot, and the point for Rusea's High from their 0-0 draw against Titchfield High was enough to see them through. — Paul Reid	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7248
__label__wiki	0.787633	0.787633	Historic Jewelry District Jewelry District Assoc. JDA in Action History of the District 195 demolition Weeds of 195 Whatever Happened to the Portraits from Leo's Providence Animal Rescue League History Restoring the Infrastructure Food Fun & Entertainment Events & Topics PROJECTS Progress Hope Point Tower Five Proposals JDA Holds City-Council Candidates' Forum On Tuesday June 12, 2018, the Jewelry District Association devoted its monthly meeting to a forum featuring 11 candidates for seats on the Providence City Council. Open to the public, the meeting filled a conference chamber at South Street Landing in the Jewelry District. While a council member represents the voters in his/her own ward, the decisions made by the City Council affect all parts of the city. So the JDA feels it is important for Council members get to know what issues matter to voters from all around Providence. JDA President Sharon Steele welcomed the audience and explained that all registered City Council candidates had been invited to participate. After thanking the 11 candidates who had accepted and were present, she explained that each candidate would have five minutes to present his/her credentials. Then they would be asked for a yes-or-no answer to three questions: 1. Should we sell our water supply to fund pensions? 2. Should we allow the Fane Group to build a 600 foot tower on Parcel 42? 3. Do we currently have an affordable and work-force housing shortage/crisis in Providence? Following their personal presentations and the “vote”, the candidates participated in a Q & A session with the audience. For those who missed the session, the JDA is pleased that the entire evening was captured on video by UPRISE RI. The individual presentations appear in videos. The Q & A session also can be seen separately. See it all at: upriseri.com/news/elections/elections-2018/2018-06-12-jda-pvd-city-council/ Special thanks to UPRISE RI, the new Rhode Island news site started by reporter Steve Ahlquist. “We will cover issues of social justice, human rights, progressive politics and climate change. We are donation and advertiser based.” Contact Steve at atomicsteve@gmail.com Here are the tallies for the Candidates' responses: Fane plan fails to pass muster at Planning Commission. We like to think that it was all our doing. So many JDA members and District residents campaigned against the idea of a 600-foot spire standing alone in the middle of our neighborhood! But the credit has to be shared with residents from all over town, neighborhood associations, business interests, all the people who wrote statements or spoke out against the plan to the Commission; who sent letters to the press; who sat patiently through the longest zoning hearings in memory. It was a great outpouring of public caring about the sense of place that captivates visitors to Providence and makes it a great place to live and work. For the moment, a terrific victory. Next step: making sure that the City Council hears and understands why a structure of that height and mass is such a bad idea for that specific site. Write your Council representative, or get on the phone. Convince your friends to do the same. The Council can still allow the tower to go ahead... unless you and we prove that putting that huge monolith in that specific location is the worst thing to happen to Providence since, oh, well, maybe... the closing of the Superman Building. Many people have no objection to the design, per se. It's just the idea of a lone building (or, heaven forbid, a trio of towers) soaring isolated and domineering 500 feet above every other building in that area. The sheer idea of a thing so colossally out of scale to its surroundings, its neighboring buildings and a public park is a perversion of the much bandied about word "icon". As Planning Commission Chair Christine West (quoted in the Providence Journal) said, the proposal “takes public park land and turns its back on the park,” using the public land “for the private use of residents of this tower.” Let Mr. Fane build a tower at 44 Westminster Street where a parking lot blights the Financial District. Or have him take a look at the parking lot at Empire and Washington where Police Headquarters used to be. Shovel-ready sites that have been crying out for just this sort of development for years. For the article in the Providence Journal, May 15, 2018, kindly CLICK HERE. For coverage from Go Local Prov and video of the hearing, please CLICK HERE. Good News Bad News Pedestrian Bridge There it is, resplendent, if incomplete, stretching from shore to shore of the Providence River, our very own, long awaited, now delayed Pedestrian Bridge. "Wait!" you say? "Delayed" you ask? "Yup," says RIDoT. Apparently some sort of snafu cropped up in the original plans which meant that unlike your Christmas Erector® Set, the pieces didn't fit together. Don't ask us how that happened. We left if to the professionals to design a simple pedestrian bridge across a river where the footings were already in place and it should have been easy. The new sign at the east end of the bridge updating the project says it's delayed for ten months and is on budget. What's the story? You can read the Projo version by clicking HERE. Photo: GrCPVD.org What's the Fane Group up to? About 600 Feet. Providence, 25 April 2018. The City Planning Commission took public comment on a request from developer Fane Group for a variance from the zoning code limit of 100 to 600 feet maximum height on Parcel 42 in the reclaimed 195 land. The height waver was the sole purpose of the hearing; design issues will be dealt with by the Downtown Design Review Committee at a later date. The discussion was lively, informative and remarkably civilized. For more than three hours, speakers from both sides presented their arguments in detail, with passion and occasionally vivid language. It was stated at the outset that no decision would be made by the CPC on the variance at this meeting. The Fane Group would present their request (in coordination with the 195 Commission, the owner of the land) for consideration. The public could comment. The CPC would then consider the request for waiver and, at their next meeting, vote to send a recommendation for, against or no opinion to the City Council to make the decision to approve or reject the request. The pro camp was heavily represented by union officials and union members encouraging the advancement of the project as a major job creator. A Fain Group spokesman said that the project would be union and asserted that it would provide "135 person years" of work and put more than $273 million into the state's economy. Speaking for Fane, Atty. Landry stated that the project preserves "all six view corridors" in the Providence comprehensive plan and respects the stated aspiration that any new building in the 195 land will respect the historic fabric of the District. The site, he said, is "More than a thousand feet from any registered National Historic Building") Architect Gianni Ria of the IBI Group in Toronto, designer of the new concept, asserted that this would be an "iconic structure" one that would "put Providence on the map." Finally, on the subject of spot zoning, Atty. Landry said "differences are acceptable if they are in tune with the aspirations of the Comprehensive Plan." The opposition mustered a variety of speakers from Building Bridges, the JDA and other organizations, as well as private citizens, including residents of the District and other parts of the City. Objections raised included the scale of a building of that height in that location, the massive 6-story parking garage with its 465-foot frontage of Dyer St. effectively walling the park off from the public, the solitary tower bearing no relationship to the historic fabric of the neighborhood (references were made to the isolated CitiBank tower in Queens and much-reviled Tour Montparnasse in Paris). A repeated mantra was "wrong building, wrong place". Also raised were objections to subsidies for luxury housing when affordable housing is desperately needed in the city, objections from District residences living within 300 yards from the site that it in no way respects the historic fabric or the area, and the fact, they asserted, that this is a perfect example of the problem of spot zoning: it benefits a few with no regard for the needs and desires of the general public. Remarkable to one onlooker were speakers who objected to the tower, but took time to say they had grown up in union families and understood the need for jobs to provide for workers' families. Several speakers also pointed out that Providence was already firmly placed on the map in 1636 by Roger Williams and needed no further assistance on the matter. It was also mentioned that iconic structures achieve iconicism from history, not because a builder declares them to be "icons", and that overwhelming size is no criterion for an icon. The Pantheon was cited as an example of an iconic structure of rather small size, but enormous architectural status. In the icon discussion, the Eiffel Tower was used as an example by both sides of the discussion — despised at the time of its building, now a global treasure. CPC Chair Christine West deftly kept the proceedings moving along, setting an 8 pm deadline for comments. She noted that as this was an informational meeting, no decision would be made, and further public comment would be received, as well, at the commission's next hearing, in May. Volunteer Effort Plants 26 New Trees in District April 14th was a great, sunny day and a happy one in the District. Upwards of 30 volunteers arrived between Elm and South on Chestnut for the 2018 Spring planting as part of our Greening the Jewelry District program. By the time the dust settled, the teams (all A Teams) had planted 26 new trees around the neighborhood. Volunteers included a number of residents, JWU students, a large contingent from PayMe the innovate financial services company in Davol Square and other people interested in greening things. The trees came to us free through the Providence Neighborhood Planting Program. PNPP is the street-tree planting partnership between the Mary Elizabeth Sharpe Providence Neighborhood Planting Program Fund, the City of Providence, and the residents of Providence. City Forester Doug Still coordinated the logistics — ordering new or expanded tree cuts in the sidewalks, replacing the soil in the cuts and, on Saturday afternoon, delivering wood chip mulch and the new saplings to their locations. Under the guidance of Cassie Tharinger, PNPP Executive Director (and the watchful eye of Doug Still), volunteers were briefed on proper tree planting procedures and turned loose. Breaking into teams, the volunteers headed out along Chestnut, Ship, Bassett, Dyer, South and Elbow Street armed with shovels, rakes, brooms and great spirit. And the "forest" they planted included a wide variety, including: Redmond American linden, Canada red choke cherry, Armstrong red maple, Jefferson American Elm, red split pear, greenspire little leaf elm, shingle oak, Village Green Japanese zelkovia, Cleveland select pear, red sunset red maple and last, but not least, sawtooth oak. Once the trees were in the ground, the teams set about digging post holes to hold bollards to protect the new, fragile trees from the vicissitudes of urban life. Time ran out before all the new trees could be fully bollarded. There's still work to be done there. (The Children's Museum is working with their kids to paint designs on some bollards — as soon as they're decorated, they'll be put in the ground.) Organizers for the JDA were Olin Thompson, Allyson Paschke, Mark Hengen and Lew Dana. Help our young trees flourish by contributing to the watering fund! The JDA has arranged for watering our new trees, but that costs money. Our trees are a real asset in our urban setting and increasing its attraction as a place to live and work. So, if you can see your way to a contribution to the watering fund, you'll be making a sound investment in your neighborhood. ADOPT A TREE. Click HERE..... Please! What Do People Think about Latest 195 Proposals? We decided to feel the pulse of public opinion about current Level I concept proposals for the 195 parcels at the east end of the pedestrian bridge. At the JDA monthly meeting on Tuesday April 10th, two developers previewed new ideas ahead of their presentation to the 195 Commission. At an earlier meeting, we had seen the Carpianato Group's proposal. (Level I are massing studies; view any design as highly preliminary.) • Click for the Spencer Project. • Click for Post Road Residential. • Click for The Row at College Hill Note that the three proposals are quite different in scale: Post Road is just for Parcel 5. The Spencer proposal is for Parcels 2 and 5. And the Carpianato Group proposes developing Parcels 2, 5 and 8. At the conclusion of the presentations a form was handed out on which the attendees — JDA members and the general public — could rate the proposals. The results are shown in the chart below. Zoning height, design and other issues solved by Fane Group with new proposal on the Providence River. In a stunning announcement today, the Fane Group showed off a new design for their embattled Hope Point apartment complex on the former I-195 land. With the renewed impetus generated by the recent land sale approval from the I-195 Commission, the Fane Group promised a new design aimed at pleasing everyone from David Brussat to the curmudgeons at the JDA. And please everyone it will. The rendering below shows how the developers have solved all the problems that have plagued the concept from day one. Height issue: the maximum permissible height on the riverfront site is just 160 feet. The Fane lawyers found a precedent that permits heights far exceeding the zoning "as long as it matches that of an existing building in the city". The new proposal exactly matches the height of the beloved and iconic Industrial Trust Building overlooking Kennedy Plaza. Design issue: the original proposal for a trio of modernistic towers was roundly opposed. So much so that the developer went back to the drawing board and emerged with a proposal for a single tower on the site. Opposition to the modernistic single tower was equally vociferous and came from many directions. Returning to the drawing board (actually a CAD work station), the architects came up with this new proposal of a refined multi-building complex based on a proven design scheme, that of the aforementioned Industrial Trust Bank building. The design came with a note from the Fane Organization that read, "Over to you, Providence." NY Times took a look at major developments in the District back in November. Where were we in November when the NY Times came to town for a look at the nursing school and Brown's new digs in South Street Landing? Asleep at the switch, we assume, because we missed the article completely. As a public service, and to wipe the egg off our face, we are proud to provide a link to the article so you can see what's been going on here. For the Times article, CLICK HERE. While you're at it, you can also check out progress on all the other ongoing projects in the DIstrict by clicking HERE. The Shack Opens, Stages First Night Event Friday the 13th would seem an inauspicious day for a grand opening, but The Shack kicked off its first day in business with a party on the Eddy St. cul-de-sac. It was a pleasantly cool, clear October evening. The What Cheer? Brigade was set to kick things off with a customary, raucously happy serenade. Then DJs and live perfomances would continue until the evening wrapped up at 9 pm. Sabrina Chaudhary, one of the founding partners of Stay Silent PVD, organizers of the event, told this correspondent while the What Cheer? Brigade warmed up in the background, "We're really excited about having a new place to bring people in the District together for music and fun and food. And we're happy to see it all come together tonight." The lights were on, kids played on the grassy mounds in The Shack enclosure and the crowd was building to what the Stay Silent website indicated was capacity for the small area. As the website (http://staysilentpvd.com/) explains: For years, Providence has been known as the creative capital and truly becoming a home for many diverse groups of people. With all of these ingredients, we need more spaces where people can come together as a community. To help launch Providence's Innovation & Design District, we'll be hosting a series of events and activations in the area within the next few months, and also be programming The Shack, a new pop-up seafood restaurant/park for the next 2 years. While we couldn't stay to watch the festivities unfold, these pictures offer a twilight glimpse of the scene: Good News: Family Will Keep CAV in Business. Sylvia Moubayad's many fans will be delighted to hear that her family plans to continue operating CAV, the classic and unique District restaurant.. In a statement released to the Press, her son Shereen Moubayad said: “CAV is a reflection of our mother’s spirit, creativity and vision. We are fortunate to have talented and loyal employees who are equally committed to keeping this CAV family together. We understand that each person is a key contributor and an essential ingredient in our mother’s recipe of making CAV a warm, inviting place that customers treasure.” Providence Journal Food Editor Gail Ciampa's article appears HERE. Baseball Park DIstrict Attractions Jewelry District Park & Pedestrian Bridge RIPTA South Street Landing For the details and our full website, click: HOME.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7253
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__label__wiki	0.757516	0.757516	View in the JustOut app English தமிழ் For the best experience use JustOut app on your smartphone Amitabh Bachchan starrer 'Jhund' first look poster out 06:33:02 on 20 Jan 2020,Mon After getting the fans all excited with the on-set pictures, the makers of Amitabh Bachchan starrer ‘Jhund’ have now unveiled the first official first look poster and it is sure to leave you all intrigued. Manjule’s ‘Jhund’ is reportedly based on the life of Vijay Barse, the founder of Slum Soccer. 06:33:02 on 20 Jan Read more at Times Of India IAF inducts BrahMos-armed Sukhoi-30MKI fighter squadron at Thanjavur Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat and Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria on Monday inducted the first Sukhoi-30MKI fighter aircraft squadron at the Thanjavur airbase in Tamil Nadu. IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria said that the decision to deploy the Su-30 MKI at Thanjavur was taken due to its strategic location. Read more at India Today Two men make 'Earth sandwich', 20,000km apart Two men in New Zealand and Spain have created an "Earth Sandwich" - by placing slices of bread on precise points, either side of the planet. The first "Earth sandwich" is credited to the American artist Ze Frank, who organised two slices of baguette to be placed in New Zealand and Spain in 2006. Read more at BBC News SC dismisses Nirbhaya convict's plea claiming he was a minor in 2012 The Supreme Court today rejected the claim of one of the four Nirbhaya case convicts that he was underage at the time of the incident. The court said an age claim rejected earlier, cannot be raised again. "We don't find any ground to entertain this petition. Once the issue of juvenile is examined and rejected by courts it can't be raised again," the Supreme Court said. Delayed by roadshow, Arvind Kejriwal fails to file his nomination Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, on Monday, failed to file his nomination after being delayed by a roadshow. Kejriwal was going to file his nomination Monday afternoon, a day ahead of the final date for filing of nominations, but was not able to reach the office of the sub-divisional magistrate as he was stuck in the roadshow. Read more at The Free Press Journal ED arrests Robert Vadra's close aide in foreign assets case In more troubles for Robert Vadra, who is being probed for laundering money in overseas' assets case by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the central probe agency has arrested NRI businessman C.C. Thampi, officials said on Monday. An ED official told: "Thampi was arrested from New Delhi on Friday evening in connection with its probe involving overseas' assets of Vadra." Read more at Economic Times Allahabad to Prayagraj: SC issues notice to UP govt on name change The SC on Monday issued a notice to the UP govt seeking its response to a petition challenging the decision to change the name of Allahabad city to Prayagraj. The PIL, filed by Allahabad Heritage Society. Allahabad was renamed Prayagraj in October 2018, after the state Cabinet passed a resolution. The city was known as Prayag before 16th-century. Read more at Scroll A Delhi court Monday convicted Brajesh Thakur and 18 others for sexual and physical assault on several girls in a Muzaffarpur shelter home. Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Kulshreshtha convicted Thakur for aggravated sexual assault under POCSO Act and gang rape. The shelter home was run by Thakur, former MLA of Bihar People's Party (BPP). Read more at Outlook BJP working president Jagat Prakash Nadda has taken over as party president, a responsibility he shared with Home Minister Amit Shah for nearly a year. Top leaders from across the country gathered this morning at the BJP office, where his name was formally proposed for the new chief. Mr Nadda, the number three of sorts in the ruling party, has been elected unopposed. Read more at NDTV South Korea confirms first case of new coronavirus A mysterious SARS-like virus has killed a third person, spread around China and reached a third Asian country, authorities said Monday. South Korea on Monday reported its first case -- a 35-year-old woman who flew in from Wuhan. The new coronavirus strain first discovered in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Read more at Standard Media Accompanied by Wife, Kejriwal Meets Supporters Before Filing Nomination Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal will file his nomination today for the New Delhi assembly seat. The process will be preceded by a roadshow after seeking the blessings of Bhagwan Valmiki at the historic Valmiki Mandir. Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal is with him on the jeep as she accompanies him for the first time on a roadshow. Read more at News 18 Kerala government not to implement NPR The Kerala Cabinet on Monday decided not to implement the NPR. While the government said it will cooperate with the Census, it will exclude two questions from the questionnaire, one regarding the date of birth and the other about details of parents. The govt will inform the Central Census Commissioner and the State Census Director about its stand on NPR and the Census. Read more at Deccan Chronicle We are too small to retaliate: Malaysian PM on palm oil curbs Malaysia will not take retaliatory trade action against India over its boycott of palm oil purchases amid a political row between the two countries, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday. The 94-year-old premier of Muslim-majority Malaysia has criticised Delhi's new religion-based citizenship law and also accused India of invading the disputed region of Kashmir. Read more at Livemint All Afghans Are Persecuted, Says Hamid Karzai on Citizenship Amendment Act After Bangladesh PM Hasina’s remarks questioning the CAA comes another adverse comment from a top leader of a stakeholder country – Afghanistan. Speaking up against India’s decision to grant citizenship to Sikhs, Hindus and other non-Muslims from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said India should treat all Afghans equally. Read more at The Wire PM Modi encourages students to have a 'gadget-free' hour each day Pariksha Pe Charcha: Encouraging the students PM Modi said, 'Technological trends are changing quickly. It is essential to stay updated with these trends. Fear of technology is not good. There are a few things that you should do each day. Have a technology-free hour. Dedicate some time away from the gadgets. Encourage your parents also to do the same. ' Read more at Indian Express Amaravati stripped off Andhra Pradesh capital status The latest development on Andhra Pradesh's capital issue puts Amravati out of the race. YS Jaganmohan Reddy's cabinet has decided to repeal the AP Capital Region Development Authority Act 2014, which effectively strips the Amaravati region from the Andhra Pradesh capital status. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Reddy on Monday morning. Read more at Deccan Herald 24-Year-Old Allegedly Gang-Raped In Tamil Nadu, Boyfriend Thrashed A 24-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by three men at knifepoint in Tamil Nadu's Vellore on Saturday. The incident took place at around 7 pm in a park next to the 16th century, Vellore Fort, in the heart of Vellore, around 140 km from capital Chennai. According to the police, the men also assaulted the woman's boyfriend and robbed them of their belongings. JP Nadda likely to replace Amit Shah as BJP chief Just ahead of Delhi election and as the "ekadashi" sets in, the "world's largest political party" - BJP will have a new President on today by 2:30 pm, bringing an end of Amit Shah era. BJP working president JP Nadda is all set to formally replace as the new chief of the party when the saffron party will initiate the process of electing a new party boss. Read more at India TV PM Modi To Hold Pariksha Pe Charcha With 2,000 Students Today P Modi will interact with students, teachers, and parents during his 'Pariksha Pe Charcha 2020' programme today. This will be the third edition of Prime Minister's interaction programme with school students where he will answer the questions and interact with selected students about how they can beat examination stress. Read more at ABP News Do Dreams Really Reveal Our Deepest Secrets? Humans have long sought meaning in dreams. Depending on which dream interpretation dictionary you consult, you might find that your dream reveals anxiety or perhaps even a deeply repressed inner exhibitionist. Given all these possibilities, is it true that dreams can reveal our deepest secrets? Read more at Live Science Beating diabetes: an expert’s rapid weight-loss eating plan There are many approaches to losing weight. However, several high-quality studies have shown that going on an intensive rapid weight-loss diet is not only effective for most people but extraordinarily motivating. A rapid weight-loss phase followed by a stepped return to normal eating is very different. Read more at The Times In recent years, functional foods have gained popularity within health and wellness circles. Also known as nutraceuticals, functional foods are highly nutritious and associated with a number of powerful health benefits. Read more to know the definition, benefits, and potential uses of functional foods. Read more at EcoWatch How long you should wait to exercise after eating You've probably heard the old adage that warns against jumping into the pool right after eating. Though it's probably alright to swim after a meal, you may want to wait at least 30 minutes to avoid muscle cramps. Here's when dietitians recommend eating before swimming, running, or weight-lifting and which foods are best for fuel. Read more at Insider Roasting your partner actually 'makes your relationship stronger' 11:03:02 on 19 Jan 2020,Sun It's official - regularly roasting your partner can actually make your relationship stronger. According to research carried out by Appalachian State University, couples 'who roast each other daily' are likely to enjoy a happy and long-lasting romance. So there's a good chance that childish sarcasm and teasing can do wonders for your relationship. Read more at Mirror Is It Suddenly Cool to Tag Your Bae in Your Instagram Bio? “When people are in a relationship, they tend to experience a burst of many positive emotions. And when people feel happy, they want to share about it,” says psychotherapist Jaime Gleicher, LMSW. It’s just a thing we do naturally when we want to show concrete proof that yes, we are, in fact, in a relationship. Read more at Cosmopolitan Rohit Sharma's century, Virat Kohli's 89 help India claim series Opener Rohit Sharma hit a confident century while skipper Virat Kohli made 89 as India humbled Australia by seven wickets in the series-deciding third ODI to claim the series 2-1, here on Sunday. Chasing 287 to win, India overhauled the target with 15 balls to spare at M Chinnaswamy stadium. Read more at Ahmedabad Mirror The Funniest Account On Indian Father-Daughter Adventures How many times have you thought to yourself, 'I could write a book about my family!' Well, this Instagram artist decided to took her advice and created a comic strip about her adventures with her Indian dad called Uncle Subbu Comics. From some hilarious moments to some heart-warming ones, her posts will sure strike a cord with every Indian daughter. Read more to find out. Read more at ScoopWhoop Bad weather forced Elon Musk’s SpaceX to delay until Sunday a test in which it will destroy one of its own rockets in a trial of a crucial emergency abort system on an unmanned astronaut capsule. The test is crucial to qualify SpaceX’s astronaut capsule to fly humans to the International Space Station. Read more at Reuters Her Stories: How Meghan Markle Exposed Britain's Race Problem When Meghan and Britain’s Prince Harry announced their engagement, liberal classes rejoiced. For many, the union was a sign of hope against a bleak backdrop of heightened racial tensions sparked by the U.K.’s political instability. It was a break away from the establishment’s history of white supremacy and elitism. Read more at Huffington Post KTR, Kavitha have confined KCR to farmhouse: BJP MP Amid the anti-CAA row, BJP MP from Nizamabad D Arvind lambasted TRS working president KT Rama Rao by calling him "a political illiterate". Arvind further said that Rao has "no status" to level allegations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Arvind's response comes after KTR alleged that there was no need to bring the Citizenship law. China reported 17 new cases of the mysterious SARS-like virus, including three in a severe condition, heightening fears ahead of China's Lunar New Year holiday when hundreds of millions of people move around the country. The new coronavirus is similar to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, which killed nearly 650 people across mainland China and Hong Kong in 2002-03. UPSC in mind: JEE Main 2020 topper Parth Dwivedi “I will work for the nation’s development, maybe as a civil servant or as a researcher”. Unlike most of his peers, JEE Main 2020 topper from Rajasthan Parth Dwivedi is keen on pursuing higher education in India and not abroad. Parth topped the JEE Main from Rajasthan along with nine others, who scored perfect 100 percentile this year. Read more at The Indian Express Bhagwat: RSS believes in Constitution, not any other 'power center' "By saying that all are Hindus, we do not want to change anyone's religion, language or caste. We do not want any power centre other than the Constitution because we believe in it." RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said while speaking at a function in Bareilly on Sunday. His remarks come on the backdrop of protests against the CAA. 300% Less Pollution, 24-Hour Drinking Water: AAP's Promises For Delhi Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday announced a set of promises – including free electricity, 24-hour supply of drinking water and a world-class education for every child – for voters ahead of next month’s Assembly elections. Kejriwal said the Aam Aadmi Party’s 10-point guarantee card will be implemented if voters return the party to power. India’s new citizenship law unnecessary: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has termed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) “internal matters” of India, but at the same time said the Act was “not necessary”. Her comments came weeks after Bangladesh Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen said that the CAA and the NRC are India’s “internal issues”, Read more at The Tribune 4 fishermen rescued by Lankan Navy after their boat capsizes Four fishermen from TN were rescued by Sri Lankan naval personnel after their boat capsised in strong winds off the island nation's waters, fisheries department officials said. They were fishing off Nedunthivu, 32 nautical miles off Sri Lanka when their vessel capsized. A Sri Lankan naval patrol vessel spotted the crew struggling and rescued them, the officials said. Read more at DT Next Yogendra Yadav: PM sees only white cap, not tricolour Criticising the Centre over the CAA, Swaraj India president Yogendra Yadav said it is unfortunate that Prime Minister Narendra Modi can only see the "white cap" and "hijab" (worn by Muslims) but not the national flag in the hands of lakhs of people. The politician-activist was addressing a rally to oppose CAA. Harry and Meghan drop royal duties and HRH titles Prince Harry and Meghan will no longer use their HRH titles and will not receive public funds for royal duties, Buckingham Palace has announced. The couple will also no longer formally represent the Queen. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex intend to repay £2.4m of taxpayer money for the refurbishment of Frogmore Cottage, which will remain their UK family home. Read more at BBC "Brazen, Unlawful": Trump Lawyers Slam "Dangerous" Impeachment Trial “This is a brazen and unlawful attempt to overturn the results of the 2016 election and interfere with the 2020 election — now just months away,” Trump’s lawyers argued in a six-page response filed with the Senate just days before the president’s trial begins in earnest. Trump launched his first formal attack on the House’s effort to remove him from office on Saturday. Read more at Politico Congress leader Hardik Patel arrested for evading sedition case trial Congress leader Hardik Patel was on Saturday produced at the local magistrate's residence, who ordered that he be sent to judicial custody till January 24. Patel was arrested earlier in the evening from Viramgam taluka in Ahmedabad district for failing to appear before a trial court here in a 2015 sedition case, hours after a warrant was issued against him. Horoscope today: January 19, 2020 There are days when we stress a lot without any reason whereas, on other days, we take things lightly with a broad smile on the face. Wondering why? Well, there are possibilities that some astrological reasons can be behind all this. In case you want to know how your day will unfold, read more and find out about your zodiac sign. Read more at Vogue UP Police Snatch Blankets of Anti-CAA Protesters at Lucknow Cracking down on protesters in an unusual manner, the UP police officials reportedly snatched the blankets, utensils and food items of residents demonstrating against the amended CAA near the Clock Tower in Lucknow's old quarters. Miffed by the action, several took to Twitter to post videos and photos of the incident on Saturday. State governments can't deny implementing CAA: Kapil Sibal Amid nationwide outrage and polarisation of views over the Citizenship act, Congress' senior leader Kapil Sibal on Saturday stated that no state can deny implementing Citizenship Amendment Act after it was passed in parliament and got signed by the president of India. Adding to that, Sibal said that denying the implementation by states would be unconstitutional. Bar Council Notice To Nirbhaya Convict's Lawyer Over "Forged" Documents The Bar Council of Delhi has issued a notice to advocate AP Singh, appearing for Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case convict Pawan Kumar Gupta, after the Delhi High Court last month directed it to take action against the lawyer for filing “forged” documents and not appearing for the hearing. The bar council has sought Singh’s reply within two weeks. Read more at The Statesman Ravi Kumar Clinches Gold Medal In Rome Ranking Series Ace India grapplers Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya have won gold at the Rome Ranking Series. Bajrang beat American Jordan Oliver 4-3 in the final, while, Dahiya, fighting in 61 kg instead of his usual 57 kg category, also bagged the yellow metal after beating Kazakhstan’s Nurbolat Abdualiyev 6-0. Read more at Orissa Post Congress Releases First List of 54 Candidates for Delhi Assembly Polls Congress on Saturday released its first list of 54 candidates for the upcoming Delhi Assembly election 2020, polling for which scheduled for February 8. The party has also fielded Adarsh Shastri, former AAP MLA, from the Dwarka Assembly constituency. The Congress has not decided its candidate against Delhi Chief Minister from the New Delhi seat. WHO Names Top 13 Global Health Challenges With a new year and new decade here, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released a list of 13 urgent global health challenges. The list was curated by world health experts, and according to WHO “reflects a deep concern that leaders are failing to invest enough resources in core health priorities and systems.” Read more to know the 13 challenges. Read more at DocWire You Might Get the Flu Twice This Year — Here’s Why A double-barreled flu season occurs when two flu outbreaks overlap one another, a pattern which is very unusual, according to flu experts. This means you can get sick twice from different flu strains. While the flu vaccine isn’t a perfect match, it’s the best defence against the flu. Read more at Healthline Soybean oil linked to genetic changes in brain, claims study Consuming soybean oil may not only lead to obesity and diabetes, but also "affect neurological conditions like autism, and Alzheimer's disease," claims a study in mice by researchers, including one of Indian origin. In the latest study, the researchers, including study first author Poonamjot Deol from UCR, found pronounced effects of the oil on the hypothalamus. Read more at The Week 4 exercises that you should perform for a healthy brain If for some reason you are not a huge fan of these puzzles then there is another way to power up your brain, which is comparatively easier- EXERCISING! Exercising regularly is not only necessary for a fit body, but it is also good for your brain and prevents diseases like Alzheimer’s and ageing. Here are three 4 exercises that are considered excellent for brain health. Celeb couples who made their relationships official on the red carpet. 11:03:01 on 18 Jan 2020,Sat Jeff Bezos made his relationship with girlfriend Lauren Sanchez red carpet-official on Thursday. The Amazon CEO and Sanchez walked into an Amazon Prime event in Mumbai, India hand-in-hand and smiled for photographers. Read more to know about 15 celebrity couples who made their relationships official on the red carpet. Find out what’s in store for your love life this week! Planning date night? Swiping right (or, ugh, left)? Ignoring your ex’s DMs? Whatever is going down in your love life this week, we gotchu. Read more to check out your sexoscope for the week of January 17th to January 23rd. Genetic tests of sperm may forecast odds of autism in children Some men who have an autistic child carry mutations linked to the condition only in their sperm, according to a new study1. In these men, genetic tests of sperm, rather than of blood, may help estimate their chances of passing the mutations. Gleeson and his colleagues detected the mutations in a small proportion of sperm from 4 fathers out of the 20 families, taken for the EXP. Read more at Spectrum Morrisons is selling a plant Nasa says can stop your partner's snoring If your partner's snoring regularly stops you from catching those all-important hours of sleep, this £10 plant from Morrisons could be your saving grace. For this weekend only Morrisons is selling a pineapple plant. Nasa scientists have said that putting one of these beside your bed, helps to improve air quality, produces oxygen and in turn stops those noisy sleepers. ‘Sex Education’ Season 2 review: Teen life lessons in the fast lane Sex Education season 2: The excellent writing from season 1 continues this time around with arcs staying true to the character, and not going off on random tangents just for ratings or to push the story along. For instance, no one but Lily could have designed and staged that psychedelic sexy version of Romeo & Juliet. Read more at The Hindu On her first tournament back after a two-year break, Sania Mirza lifted the WTA Hobart International trophy with Ukranian partner Nadiia Kichenok after edging out Shaui Peng and Shuai Zhang in the final, here on Saturday. It is Sania's 42nd WTA doubles title and the first since the Brisbane International in 2007. Read more at ESPN	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7264
__label__cc	0.557624	0.442376	Limerick Jazz Promoting jazz in the Midwest for over 30 years Gigs/News What is Jazz Education? Jazz Education Resources Limerick Jazz Workshop Teachers Si at Shannon Rowing Club February 25, 2010 Speakeasy Jazz Limerick is delighted to have the very beautiful Sí gracing the Shannon Rowing Club at 9.30pm this Thursday. The Rowing Club will prove the perfect venue for this bewitching songstress. Sí is a singer, songwriter, harpist and pianist originally from Dublin but now living in Limerick. Her songs are sad little things about life, love, heartbreak and all those kinds of things. Sí has been gigging around the place for a while now and is currently recording her debut album with Fergal Lawlor from The Cranberries, due to be released in early summer. Sí’s guests on the night will be Laura Sheehan and Vertigo Smyth. Laura Sheeran is a 22 year old solo artist based in Dublin. Her musical path began at the age of 15 when asked by friend Clodagh Simonds (Mellow Candle, current 93) to do some singing for a then embryonic project later to be known as Fovea Hex. Since then she has continued to sing with Fovea Hex in the studio and also for live performances (where she plays accordion and bowed saw also) along-side Cora Venus lunny (ICC ensemble, Yurodny) Kate Ellis (Crash ensemble) and Michael Begg (Human Greed). Other contributors to this project include the likes of Roger Doyle, Brian Eno, Roger Eno, Robert Fripp, Percy Jones, Donal Lunny, Andrew Mckenzie, Matmos and Steven Wilson. Laura’s solo music is highly atmospheric, lending itself well for use in theater and other visual media like film. Over the past few months Laura has been putting the finishing touches to her debut record which has developed into a double album. in making this record Laura explored various musical places, deciding early on that she would abandon the idea of writing with piano or guitar she has been experimenting with many instruments she would never before have written for, for example the harp, flute and accordion. She also had a lot of fun writing for strings and of course did a lot of vocal experimentation. Entitled ‘lust of pig and the fresh blood’ the album is due for release this year. Straight out of Ennis, comes Vertigo Smyth. This is normally a paragraph where you find out about Vertigo Smyth. However, it has proven quite difficult to get any useful biographical data out of the man. We know for certain he is from Co. Clare and is an Aries. There is strong anecdotal evidence to suggest that he now resides in Limerick, or perhaps Clare, or even Galway. Not much is known about his musical background but it is understood that he came quite late to music and music making. In the past few years he has supported such acts as Mick Flannery, Cathy Davey, Gemma Hayes and Juana Molina. On his recorded material he is credited with guitar, banjo, ukulele and keys but has been keen to stress that; “There is a difference between owning a multitude of instruments and being a multi-instrumentalist”. He writes all his own material but finds ironing his own shirts quite a struggle. Later in the night when the live music has been all played away, Ms.Skull will be waiting to take off, in her own particular fashion on the decks. Ms.Skull has a very broad repertoire of music and is eminently skilled at getting the room moving in time with the tunes! This entry was posted in Event Archive by admin. Bookmark the permalink. Copyright © 2012 Limerick Jazz Society \|Contact Us\| \|Limerick Jazz Festival\| \|Web Design	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7271
__label__cc	0.726796	0.273204	Pregnancy & abortion School sex education Resource Library: Pregnancy & abortion Pregnancy advice centres These centres offer advice and counselling to those facing unplanned pregnancy or struggling after having an abortion. Some centres also offer free ultra sounds. There are many centres around the uk, a list of some of these centres can be found at pregnancychoicesdirectory.com or search the internet to find a centre near you. www.lifecharity.org.uk Life are a non-religious, prolife charity who support anyone facing an unexpected pregnancy, pregnancy loss or after abortion. They offer a national helpline for those struggling with any issues related to pregnancy. Unplanned pregnancy - talking with teenagers Jonathan Jeffes, Lean Press Ltd What would you do if your teenager faced an unplanned pregnancy? This booklet encourages parents to consider their response in advance and gives practical advice on how to think the issue through and then discuss it with their teenager. Mom, Dad... I'm pregnant Jayne E Schooler, NavPress This book shares the real-life story of one family's journey through their daughter’s teenage pregnancy and motherhood. By sharing her own story and those of other parents, as well as the expertise of a broad range of professionals this book offers insight and hope to those in a similar situation. What happens after an abortion? For twenty years Jonathan led a post abortion healing course in Central London. In this book, Jonathan reveals the view of abortion through the experience of those who attended the courses. What do they say about abortion? What do they wish they had known before they made their life-changing decisions? The morning after pill The Christian Institute This booklet addresses issues surrounding the morning after pill in detail. It explains how the morning after pill works and discusses its wider social effects. When does human life begin? This booklet uses biblical truth, the historical Christian perspective and evidence from modern science to argue that human life begins at conception. Teenage parenthood: what's the problem? Simon Duncan, Rosalind Edwards & Claire Alexander, Tufnell Press An accessible academic review of research confronting the popular perception that parenthood ruins young people’s lives and those of their children, as well as threatening wider social and moral breakdown. It contains informative interviews with teenage mothers, teenage fathers and their parents. www.babyadoptionasist.co.uk Adoption Support in Society Toady aim to inform people about baby adoption so that they are aware of it as an acceptable choice and a successful alternative for a mother and her baby. They also run a helpline for those considering adoption. CoramBAAF Adoption & Fostering Academy www.corambaaf.org.uk CoramBAAF Adoption & Fostering Academy works to improve outcomes for young people in care. Their website provides information to those who are pregnant and considering adoption.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7273
__label__wiki	0.506806	0.506806	one tam there is only one tam To unite resources and expertise, coordinate plans, and care for the mountain in a more holistic manner, the four public agencies responsible for managing the lands of Mt. Tam (California State Parks, Marin County Parks, Marin Municipal Water District, and the National Park Service) teamed with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy to form the Tamalpais Lands Collaborative (TLC). One Tam, the main initiative of the TLC, is a campaign to raise awareness and community support in helping restore and protect the mountain. With the increasing number of visitors and other environmental pressures on the ecosystem of the Mt. Tam watershed, One Tam’s mission is to help engage every visitor to become stewards of Mt. Tam and its treasured resources. L Studio worked with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy to create the campaign name and identity, as well as design a complete set of print and digital materials to launch the campaign and continue to build grassroots support. Development of the One Tam campaign name, identity and style guide that provides specifications for brand applications for in house design and production as well as for outside designers and vendors to create materials that maintain the graphic integrity of the One Tam brand. A responsive website with beautiful photos of Mt. Tam allows visitors to learn more about the campaign and how to get involved. A targeted email campaign encourages members of the community to lend their name as a Mt. Tam supporter. onetam.org A comprehensive map of the Mt. Tam lands also provides information on the mountain’s history and ways to participate in the One Tam campaign. local outreach campaign Posters, postcards and stickers were designed to engage local businesses to support the One Tam campaign and help further raise community awareness and participation. conservation lands foundation cuesa See select projects from our archive. 2300 Bridgeway Marianna@newagencyca.com © L Studio strategy. storytelling. sustainability.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7274
__label__wiki	0.834839	0.834839	England, Scotland and Cook Islands Win Oct 19, 2009 League Freak International Rugby League News 0 A few Internationals games have been played over night and we saw some big scorelines and one major upset. England got off to a very slow start against Wales but eventually won 48-12. I didn’t get to see the match but I’m told it was not a good quality game and Paul Sykes has a shocker. Considering the Welsh side was mostly made up of part timers, this is a pretty bad sign for England. Samoa was shocked by the Cook Islands 22-20 in a big upset. I’ve repeatedly said that Samoa is better than England so I guess so too are the Cook Islands. The Cook Islands seem to really impress every few years. Some good players come from there. Scotland played a game against Italy and wound up winning my a scoreline of 104-0. To be fair, it was close early on!!! I recently had a debate with a bunch of over enthusiastic types you find in a lot of international forums about the state of the game in Italy. After years off seeing bullshit press releases and web sites for International organisations that are actually made in Sydney by teenagers, I have zero tollerance for people crapping on about the game where it doesn’t actually exist. My feeling is, unless a country has stand alone Rugby League clubs, they do not play Rugby League there and have no place playing International games. Considering where Scotland stands, I think its fair to say, they don’t play Rugby League in Italy. Ireland beat Serbia 82-0 on Sunday. It will be interesting to see how Ireland and Scotland go against Wales. Keep in mind Wales didn’t manage to qualify for last years World Cup, and Ireland and Scotland scored better than a point a minute against their two opponents this weekend. Cook Islands, England, Ireland, Italy, Samoa, Scotland, Serbia, Wales League Freaks Four Nations Predictions - Week One Noble Takes Over The Crusaders, A Good Move? A well known Rugby League writer, League Freak has established a reputation among supporters of the game for his fearless commentary and unmatched insight. With a reach that spans both sides of the globe, League Freak has produced an independent network that allows him to distribute content to his many thousands of followers. He is the owner and main author of LeagueFreak.com RLIF Release “World... Podcast: Fergo And The Freak –... Australia Vs England Ashes Schedule...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7280
__label__wiki	0.892675	0.892675	METAL IMPERIUM Página inicialInterview with The Dark Element Interview with The Dark Element The Dark Element is the new music project led by former Nightwish singer Anette Olzon, along with Finnish guitarist and composer Jani Liimatainen, former Sonata Arctica. In 2016, Frontiers Records offered Jani Liimatainen a new album deal, reporting at the time that Anette Olzon would be the lead singer. The first self-titled album was released on 10th November 2017, recorded with bassist Jonas Kuhlberg and drummer Jani Hurula. The new album “Songs The Night Sings” has recently seen the light of the day and it was a great reason for Metal Imperium to have an interesting conversation with Anette Olzon. M.I - How did The Dark Element come together? It was Frontiers Records who asked Jani to make an album with his songs and they wanted a singer to sing on the project. They asked me and I was a bit hesitant since I didn’t know Jani or his music and I also hadn’t done any new music for a long time. I decided to take a chance and that’s where we are today. M.I - What’s the major difference between The Dark Element and the bands you were previously involved in? This is not a band but a project so it’s easier in many ways but also harder in some. When we started this there were no talks about playing live, only recording an album and for me that was good since I didn’t want to tour that way having a regular job career outside music nowadays. So only being in the studio worked for me and still does. Now after two albums that have been quite popular, the request from the label and fans to play live has risen more. But both Jani and I are quite busy and, for me, touring isn’t something I am so interested in doing due to my regular job. The positive side from being in this is that I am very free to sing as I want, Jani and I are in quite good control of what we want to put on the album and that’s not how it’s been in my former bands. M.I - Do you think that the project attracted many listeners due to the fact that Anette and Jani have played in huge bands such as Nightwish and Sonata Arctica before? Do you feel that somehow this adds extra pressure and responsibility? I guess the fans who have appreciated our work in our former bands have had an interest in our new stuff but I don’t think that’s all there is to it. The music attracts too many different listeners since it’s catchy, melodic and has that Abba vibe that I believe many find interesting. When it comes to the last part of your question, I don’t see why our former bands or careers and any responsibility would have anything to do with what I do now or in the future. Both Jani and I have done music our whole lives and before those bands so they are not all in our lives or careers or what defines us as musicians. M.I - What enables you to creatively reflect pain without further hurting yourself? To sing about something painful is actually a good thing and may heal you so it’s opposite to hurting yourself more. M.I - When did you think it was time to prepare a new album? Because this one was released exactly (2-day difference) 2 years after the first one! Was it thought out to be like that? Jani and I didn’t plan to release it exactly 2 years later. We were done with the album already last spring but then it’s always up to the label when they want to release it so maybe they planned it like this. M.I - “The Dark Element” included 11 songs in a total time of 51:55 and “Songs the Night Sings” includes 11 songs in a total time of 55:55. I guess this wasn’t just a coincidence! What’s the meaning of all this? This is something Jani has to answer, not me (smile). M.I - Both albums have been released by Frontiers Records. Such a huge project must have received tons of record deal offers… why have you opted to sign to Frontiers after all? As I said earlier, this is a project formed by Frontiers so that’s why we are signed to that label. If it would had been me and Jani starting this and then sending demos to different labels it might have been another label we’d work with, who knows? Today it’s also possible for bands to release their music all by themselves, I’ve done that with some of my own solo songs and that is a good way to own your own music. Of course, if you have a good label that promotes your music correctly and doesn’t steer you in everything a label can be good to have. M.I - Tell us about the new album! Is the second album a sequel to the first but boldest? What can fans expect of it? It’s for me a good sequel following up the first one. We’ve done it a bit bigger, heavier and bolder and that’s what Jani and I opted for going in to it. I like this album a lot more mainly since it’s heavier and has new elements to it. If the fans feel the same I don’t know but I hope they’ll like it. M.I - Which of the songs translate what you are as a band? M.I - How would you characterize the album style/sound? Melodic metal with an Abba feel to it (smile). M.I - You stated that the album is very heavy, but still hyper melodic, can you explain? It is heavier but the same catchy melodic choruses and vibe to it and that’s what we want it to be. M.I - “Silence Between the Words” is a beautiful song. Was this inspired by your experiences? Since Jani has written the song I can’t say what meanings or feelings he was writing about. M.I - How’s the reaction to the album been so far? It’s been good as far as I have read by the fans in our social media. M.I - Is there a difference in terms of sound from the first album to the new one? More symphonic elements and heavier otherwise it’s in the same vein as the first. M.I - Do you think that Symphonic Power Metal is gaining prominence in the music world? I actually believe it’s been less popular in the last years, so no. The fans who appreciate the bands playing this will listen and buy the albums but others are probably not so in to it anymore. Any genre always has their following and so does symphonic metal. M.I - Are there any plans to tour in order to promote the album? No, not any plans for this at the moment. M.I - Please share a message with your Portuguese fans and readers of Metal Imperium Webzine. I hope the readers that liked the first album will like this one too and I wish you all a merry Xmas and a happy new year! For Portuguese version, click here Questions by Susana Galveia Black Passage - The Veil Kringa - Feast Upon The Gleam Bölzer - Lese Majesty Blosse - Nocturne Novembers Doom - Nephelim Grove Abigail Williams - Walk Beyond The Dark Vanden Plas - The Ghost Xperiment Awakening Avalanche - Sent From Hell Midnight Prey - Uncertain Times Ereb Altor - Järtecken Artigos mais lidos da semana Moonspell cancelam dois concertos na Grécia Disponível trailer de documentário sobre Ozzy Osbourne Primeira banda de Chester Bennington lança single com a voz do falecido artista 12:53 da manhã Supergrupo com membros e ex-membros dos Pentagram, Stooges, New Order, Testors e Dawnrider estreia-se em Lisboa 10:00 da tarde VOA Heavy Rock Festival anuncia novas confirmações Slipknot - Mistério revelado: "Pollution"! Anathema - Revelados nomes que asseguram a 1ª parte do concerto em Portugal Revelada banda de suporte do concerto de Aerosmith W.O.A. 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__label__wiki	0.537357	0.537357	DIY Novel Kit Download Marienbad My Love CUTTING UP TWO BURROUGHS Cutting Up Two Burroughs by Mark Leach fulfills a fantasy imagined by Darren Wershler in Tapeworm Foundry:“andor proceed as though edgar rice burroughs not william s burroughs is the author of naked lunch.” Leach has applied the “cut-up” technique (used by William S. Burroughs) in order to interfuse the stories of jungles (featuring the character of Tarzan) with the stories of junkies (featuring the character of Benway), thereby producing a hybrid result, whose lysergic rambling almost implies that poetry itself represents a kind of robotic writing, generated from an “ape-man” on drugs. – excerpt from “More Otherness from Conceptual Literature” by Christian Bök http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2012/04/more-otherness-from-conceptual-literature/ MARIENBAD MY LOVE Neighborsgo.com (2 March 2008) Texas Pages (3 March 2008) Dallas Morning News (8 March 2008) The Coyote Insight Blog (12 March 2008) linkfilter.net (11 April 2008) colborne2016.com (16 May 2008) News Release (6 July 2008) io9.com (8 July 2008) FilmStew.com (8 July 2008) absolutewrite.com (8 July 2008) The Stranger, Seattle's only Newspaper (8 July 2008) Justin "Web Site'" Paszul (8 July 2008) waldoathome.blogspot.com (9 July 2008) Film In Focus (15 July 2008) smijey.livejournal.com (27 July 2008) Justin "Web Site' Paszul Marienbad My LoveOh my. A 12.6 million word novel (ten times longer than Proust!). Sounds pretty great (there’s also time travel and alternate Nazi histories and insect aliens and a 4.4-million-letter word that means “god within” and who the hell knows what else): Exiled on a deserted island, a Christ-haunted journalist-turned-filmmaker attempts to persuade a married woman from his past to help him produce a science fiction-themed pastiche to the 1960s French New Wave classic, Last Year at Marienbad. Through this act of artistic creation, he expects to carry out the will of God by prophesizing the death of time and the birth of a new religion. If only he can make the woman remember http://solidgoldpants.tumblr.com/post/41522819/marienbad-my-love That's One Long Book, My Love Written by the late French novelist Alain Robbe-Grillet, director Alain Resnais' Last Year at Marienbad is one of the iconic films of the French New Wave, an often obscure and elliptical movie that has continued to intrigue and entrance viewers since it was released in 1961. Each person who watches it will likely view Resnais' masterpiece in a slightly different way, however none have reacted quite as strongly or enthusiastically as Mark Leach. The Texan writer began Marienbad My Love in the 1980s, creating what is probably the only piece of Nouvelle Vague fan fiction on record. (And yes, film geeks, you do get extra points for spotting the reference to Resnais' other great film of the era, Hiroshima Mon Amour…) The book, available online as a download through Leach's site, is about a man stuck on a desert island who believes he must bring about the end of the world by directing a sci-fi remake of Marienbad. If that doesn't sound loopy enough, the book is a whopping 12.5 million words in length, as Leach's initial crack at the book only further inspired him. "When I released the first edition of Marienbad My Love, 2.5 million words seemed plenty long for a 21st century Apocalypse," the author admits. "But the ideas kept coming, and the story kept growing. Now I feel like I'm just getting warmed up." According to an article on the book, Leach's magnum opus also contains a "4,400,000-letter noun and a three million-word sentence." http://www.filminfocus.com/week-in-film/week-in-film-31.php Smiley (smijey) wrote, Marienbad, My Love So, I've discovered a delightful 'little' novel named Marienbad, My Love for short (the full title is 61 pages long). It's supposed to clock in at over 10 million words, making it the longest novel ever written. I'm already on page 15 of the first part, and I think I'm going to try and read the whole thing. It can't be any worse than A Study In Scarlet, anyway. http://marienbadmylove.com http://smijey.livejournal.com/71016.html Neighborsgo.com Coppell writer publishes world’s longest novel Mark Leach doesn’t claim his 2.5 million-word novel is the world’s greatest, only the longest. The Coppell, Texas, writer is making a run at the record books with “Marienbad My Love,” the story of a Christ-haunted filmmaker who believes he is called on by God to bring about the end of the world by producing a science fiction-themed pastiche of the 1961 French New Wave classic, “Last Year at Marienbad.” “If you’re going to destroy the world, you really ought to do it big,” Leach said. “Two and half million words seems about right.” “Marienbad My Love” is a massive work by almost any measure. It dwarfs Marcel Proust’s “In Search of Lost Time,” a 1.5-million-word opus that currently holds the “Guinness Book of Records” title as the longest novel in English. “Marienbad My Love" is more than twice as long as L. Ron Hubbard’s “Mission Earth,” which is widely regarded as the world’s longest science-fiction novel at 1.2 million words, and Madison Cooper’s 1.1-million-word “Sironia, Texas,” which made news in 1952 when TIME Magazine wrote that it was “apparently the longest novel by an American writer ever to be published.” “I’ve always been rather enamored with the story of Madison Cooper,” Leach said. “He was a millionaire bachelor in Waco, where my mother was raised. I grew up hearing stories about how he spent 11 years writing his book in secret. He supposedly kept his notes on a paper window shade in the room where he did his writing. If someone unexpectedly entered the room, he’d quickly raise the shade to hide his work.” Leach began working on “Marienbad My Love” about 20 years ago, when he and his wife moved to Coppell. In fact, the fictional town of Strangers Rest is largely based on circa 1988 Coppell. "Back then Coppell was much smaller than it is today, but the development had already begun,” he said. “We’d drive past a new housing subdivision, then go to the post office and see somebody in boots and spurs. One afternoon we actually had somebody ride up in our front yard on horseback." By no means does Leach believe his record will stand unchallenged. Some list makers insist the world’s longest novel in English is actually Henry Darger's “In the Realms of the Unreal,” an unpublished, 15,000-page fantasy manuscript that is believed to have a word count in the millions. In 2007, Richard Grossman announced plans to publish “Breeze Avenue,” a multi-author, 3 million-page novel with an estimated word count of more than 1 billion. But Leach is untroubled by the competition. He is hedging his bet by also challenging the records for longest sentence with a 510,000-word creation and longest book title, a rambling, 6,700-word entry that begins “Marienbad My Love in the Ruins of the dreams and memories…” Those records are currently claimed by writer Nigel Tomm, whose book "The Blah Story, Volume 4" consists of one sentence containing 469,375 words, and a college principal in India who wrote a book on the actor Daniel Radcliffe with a title of 1,022 words. A free ebook download of "Marienbad My Love" is available at marienbadmylove.com. Oscar Martinez Date Posted: Mar 3, 2008 at 9:12 PM Don't know about the world's longest novel, but I seem to recall "Last Year at Marienbad" being one of the longest movies ever - the long shots of the empty ballrooms, the constant references to the balustrade ... ah, it all comes flooding back in vivid art-film black and white ... waldoathome.blogspot.com/ Taking the long view, to a fault ....Here's news of the longest novel in history (free; downloadable if you dare. And it has Nazis and aliens): Texas writer Mark Leach has published an expanded edition of "Marienbad My Love," the world's longest published novel in English, that tops 12.6 million words and also sets new records for the world's longest word, sentence and book title. Leach has been making a run at the record books with his still-growing story of a Christ-haunted filmmaker who believes he is called on by God to bring about the end of the world by producing a science fiction-themed pastiche of the 1961 French New Wave classic, “Last Year at Marienbad.” “If you’re going to destroy the world, you really ought to do it big,” Leach said. “When I released the first edition of "Marienbad My Love" in March, the original length of 2.5 million words seemed plenty long for a 21st century Apocalypse. But the ideas kept coming, and the story kept growing. Now I feel like I'm just getting warmed up.” “Marienbad My Love” is a massive work by almost any measure. It dwarfs Marcel Proust’s “In Search of Lost Time,” a 1.5-million-word opus that currently holds the “Guinness Book of Records” title as the longest novel in English. “Marienbad My Love" is almost ten times as long as L. Ron Hubbard’s “Mission Earth,” which is widely regarded as the world’s longest science-fiction novel at 1.2 million words, and Madison Cooper’s 1.1-million-word “Sironia, Texas,” which made news in 1952 when TIME Magazine wrote that it was “apparently the longest novel by an American writer ever to be published.” Leach also claims that "Marienbad My Love" * the world's longest word. Also called "the holy Jah," the 4.4-million-letter noun is a coinage of words from the world's faiths. It means "god within." * the world's longest sentence (3 million words). the world's longest book title (6,700 words). "Marienbad My Love" "Marienbad My Love" by Mark Leach is a love story for the end of the world. The novel features a protagonist who attempts to film a science-fiction-themed pastiche to "Last Year at Marienbad." A free ebook download of "Marienbad My Love" is available at marienbadmylove.com. http://waldoathome.blogspot.com/2008/07/taking-long-view-to-fault.html Making a Mess of Marienbad The French New Wave film classic Last Year at Marienbad has spawned a book that will take the average reader at least that long to get through it. Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 1:40 PM By FilmStew Staff It’s unclear whether the late French novelist and screenwriter Alain Robbe-Grillet, who passed away in February at the age of 85, would have been flattered or insulted by the homage being currently paid to him by would-be Texas writer Mark Leach. But in just a few months since the latter first unveiled his tome Marienbad My Love in March, it has grown four-fold from its voluminous starting length to an astonishing 12.6 million words. Leach’s book, begun in the late 1980’s, tells the story of a whacked out desert island filmmaker who is convinced that he must bring about the end of the world by producing a new sci-fi film version of the 1961 French New Wave classic Last Year at Marienbad. The movie earned Robbe-Grillet an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. “If you’re going to destroy the world, you really ought to do it big,” suggests Leach, who is making his opus available via the Internet as a free (and massive) download. “When I released the first edition of Marienbad My Love, 2.5 million words seemed plenty long for a 21st century Apocalypse. But the ideas kept coming, and the story kept growing. Now I feel like I'm just getting warmed up.” Given the fact that the Guinness Book of World Records lists the 1.5 million-word Marcel Proust work In Search of Lost Time as the longest English-language novel, one would assume that unless Leach fails to meet certain criteria as an author, he will soon be usurping another Frenchman. If not, he can perhaps still take comfort in the fact that his tale contains two other hard-to-beat milestones: a 4,400,000-letter noun and a three million-word sentence. http://www.filmstew.com/showArticle.aspx?ContentID=17399 Thrill-Crazed Space Bugs Swarm Through World's Longest some spare time? The world's longest novel is available as a free download! Coppell, TX writer Mark Leach has just published an expanded 12.6 million word edition of his apocalyptic novel Marienbad, My Love. It's nearly ten times longer than the official record-holding longest novel, Proust's In Search Of Lost Time, not to mention the previously longest science fiction novel, L. Ron Hubbard's Mission Earth. And Leach says he's just getting warmed up. How does he fill so much space? Marienbad, My Love is the story of a film-maker who believes he's God, or that Jesus is talking to him, and he decides to make a science fiction movie that pays tribute to one of the world's worst films, Last Year At Marienbad, in order to end the world. The novel is peppered with David Lynch references as well as sections from a faux novel in the style of later Kurt Vonnegut. And "thrill-crazed space-bugs," the Cicadians (pictured above) show up, probably to assist in the metafictional destruction of the universe. Plus there's a giant UFO hanging over Earth, Nazi/alien collaborators, mind control, alien abductions, and a mad scientist who's adding a substance called Fluoride9 to the water to create the world's first privately owned deity. Here's a quote from Leach's press release: “If you’re going to destroy the world, you really ought to do it big,” Leach said. “When I released the first edition of "Marienbad My Love" in March, the original length of 2.5 million words seemed plenty long for a 21st century Apocalypse. But the ideas kept coming, and the story kept growing. Now I feel like I'm just getting warmed up.” Besides being crammed with weird ideas, Leach says Marienbad, My Love includes: the world's longest word. Also called "the holy Jah," the 4.4-million-letter noun is a coinage of words from the world's faiths. It means "god within." the world's longest sentence (3 million words). Who wants to be the first to read the whole thing and report back to us? 12:40 PM on Tue Jul 8 2008 By Charlie Jane Anders CPU at 12:57 PM on 07/08/08 Reply by Email * I'll wait for the "uncut" 13.6 million word version. rhorsman at 12:57 PM on 07/08/08 Reply by Email * awful movie Last Year At Marienbad You misspelled "awesome." Plague at 01:02 PM on 07/08/08 Reply by Email * Connectedness Index: 54 @rhorsman: I read that and said "what the hell?" tollwaytroll at 01:08 PM on 07/08/08 Reply by There's a sentence that is 3 million words long? Being a sentence that takes up one fourth of the narrative? Think I'll pass. crashedpc at 01:13 PM on 07/08/08 Reply by Email * [marienbadmylove.com] I was hoping for a little light reading to occupy me for the rest of the year. But now I have no idea who's going to read this. Seriously, part 17A-F is the longest sentence ever, but it's mostly rambling and hard to focus on after, oh, say, page 300. Part 19A-D is the part where the name of the Supreme Deity is written... literally like 500 pages of just the same text being repeated again and again. I'm not sure if that's considered cheating when it comes to word count. Wait, not word count, character count. It's just one word, after all. I'm probably not sophisticated enough to understand his work. Jason1749 at 01:17 PM on 07/08/08 Reply by Email * You know, when I was in college and had the late-shift at the campus radio station, the janitor would spend time in the recording booth after he was done working and record "his" version of the bible, word-for-word. I wonder if the author of this book and that guy are related? They seem to be operating on the same wave-length of Garrison Dean, Mr.... at 01:17 PM on 07/08/08 Reply by Email * Connectedness Index: 140 Creating a 4 million letter long sentence to make a book longer is cheating, out and out. It's like, you know, when in school which was a really really really really boring place and your teacher made you write very very very very stupid assignments and she said that they had to be at least 100 words so you had to be super hyper big time full of baloney to try to craaaaaaam it full of enough words and words and words and numerous short cuts in order to reach the 100 word mark on something that you knew absolutely positively truly nothing about because you did a very very tiny tiny amount of research on it because you wanted to watch TV. And then I woke up. DSTRYA at 01:25 PM on 07/08/08 Reply by Email * @Plague: @rhorsman: WORD UP. anybody who describes Marienbad as such and mashes Hiroshima, mon amour into the title to be snarky gets a big FAIL. Dunny0 at 01:30 PM on 07/08/08 Reply by Email * @Garrison Dean, King Awesome: 128 words? I think you can do better - see me after class. icelight at 01:33 PM on 07/08/08 Reply by Email * @tollwaytroll: Not only that, but a 4.4 million character word sounds like someone fell asleep with their face on the keyboard (or left their cat on it for a few days) and didn't feel like deleting any of it. Honestly, not really that attractive of a proposition. Tim Faulkner at 01:33 PM on 07/08/08 Reply by Email * @Garrison Dean, King Awesome: "Creating a 4 million letter long sentence to make a book longer is cheating, out and out." Cheating himself actually. That's one word when it could have been a few hundred thousand words easily. Of course, there have been many a sufferer of graphomania more prolific than Proust, but putting out a press release doesn't make the product of that mania cogent enough to unseat In Search of Lost Time in any sane man's lazyeight at 01:43 PM on 07/08/08 Reply by Email * @rhorsman: @Plague: I feel like I'm losing my mind. I reread & reread the post and the closest I could come to the quote was 'world's worst films, Last Year at Marienbad'. "Things come and go so quickly around here" - Alice russdanger at 01:47 PM on 07/08/08 Reply by Free download, huh? I'm waiting for a better deal...If it were a real book I could use it to heat my home this coming Did someone actually count the words in the three million word sentence, or was this an estimate based on acreage? DrJimmy at 01:48 PM on 07/08/08 Reply by Email * Leach and his heirs can scream as loud as they want, I'm not gonna pay royalties by the word. Faulkner at 01:48 PM on 07/08/08 Reply by Email * @rhorsman: @Plague: @lazyeight: Have no fear. Much of this post is cut and pasted from the nutbag himself, not Charlie's own views (I hope): "Panned as one of the worst movies of all time, "Next Year at Marienbad" would seem to offer little of interest to the serious cinemaphile. It is informally plain and barely viewable. The linear time is scrambled in a world where people appear trapped in a shadowy place beyond the outer marker of reality." thankfully, he's saved us the trouble and self-diagnosed himself as suffering from post modern prophet disorder. willentrekin at 01:56 PM on 07/08/08 Reply by Email * "Longest" being no actual signifier toward quality. Any of the words actually any good? Because it doesn't sound that way. Smeagol92055 at 01:57 PM on 07/08/08 Reply by Email * Oh, fuck it. I can stop reading Battlefield Earth and read this instead for you guys if you'll all pitch in a buck for the expense, time, and brain cells. Tim Faulkner at 02:01 PM on @Tim Faulkner: Funny how Leach deems Harry Medved a more "serious cinemaphile" than the Motion Picture Academy or Venice Film Festival. [en.wikipedia.org] Smeagol92055 at 02:13 PM on 07/08/08 OK, well I'm appointing myself official book reviewer for this one, having found the link and downloaded the files. want to race me? Good God, what have I committed myself to? If I don't make it out alive, I just want you all to know I secretly loved Spiderman 3. There. I said it. crashedpc at 02:15 PM on 07/08/08 @Smeagol92055: I didn't make it past the TITLE. I salute your tenaciousness, and I'll make sure that your love for Spiderman 3 memorialized forever on your tombstone. Dunny0 at 02:18 PM on @Smeagol92055: Godspeed you crazy bastard! Smeagol92055 at 02:30 PM on 07/08/08 Reply by Email * @Dunny0: straps on goggles I don't need luck... I've got PATRIOTISM! HOOOOOO!!!! [io9.com] Charlie Jane Anders at 02:36 PM on 07/08/08 Reply by Email * Connectedness Index: 235 @Tim Faulkner: Yeah, I have never seen Last Night At Marienbad and have only vaguely read about it... but Leach is very emphatic that it's a terrible movie. @crashedpc: IS memorialized. Two comments to my name... not off to a good start. @Charlie Jane Anders: If you've read Robbe-Grillet's The Erasers (or any of his novels for that matter) and liked them... if you can appreciate some French cinema under some circumstances, Marienbad is at least a hundred times better than Alphaville (ducks) and certainly no worse than many a highly-lauded French Charlie Jane Anders at 02:48 PM on 07/08/08 Reply by Email * Connectedness Index: 235 @Smeagol92055: Thanks for your dedication to the cause of literature. Definitely email me when you've read and reviewed it! But remember, no skimming! Jay042 at 02:48 PM on 07/08/08 Reply by @Smeagol92055: I'm tempted to read it too. But I think I'll wait on your appraisal first Tim Faulkner at 02:56 PM on 07/08/08 Reply by @Charlie Jane Anders: @Charlie Jane Anders: "...but Leach is very emphatic that it's a terrible movie." He also thinks linking to word docs on the Internet makes him published. I Think We're Property at I'm glad that there are always people ready and willing to once again demonstrate for the world that just because something is obtuse, pretentious, and unpopular, does not necessarily mean that it is art. @Tim Faulkner: He also thinks linking to word docs on the Internet makes him published. I noticed that too. You'd think he'd at least make it html or a PDF file... Evil Tortie's Mom at 03:14 PM on 07/08/08 @Smeagol92055: Smeagol: He reads shit so we don't have I both pity and admire you. @Charlie Jane Anders: Oh, no skimming whatsoever. Well, maybe except for that 4-million letter word. Honestly. Who makes a 4-million letter word? It's so insane, I'm tempted to actually read it and figure out how to phonetically prounounce it. And then put it on a T-shirt! RemusShepherd at 03:14 PM on 07/08/08 Reply by Hey, @Smeagol92055, while you're reading it, mind recording me an audio version? ;) Cacafuego at 03:16 PM on 07/08/08 Reply by @I Think We're Property: I was working in a Waldenbooks in the 1980s when this confused looking fellow came up to me with a copy of DIANETICS and asked me if he was missing something. He'd read it and it just didn't make any sense to him. I said, no, you're okay, the book isn't. Since the district manager at the time was a $cientologist (they infilitrated the heirachy of Waldenbooks pretty badly back then, fyi), I was taking something of a risk telling the poor fellow that he wasn't too stupid to understand the book--he wasn't stupid Smeagol92055 at 03:17 PM on 07/08/08 Reply @Evil Tortie's Mom: On second thought, I'm putting that on a T-shirt. @RemusShepherd: As soon as I figure out how to pronounce that "god within" part. :p Smeagol92055 at 04:19 PM on 07/08/08 Reply by My God... I just finished reading the synopsis over at the website. My eyes hurt with the awfulness that is this thing's plot. @Smeagol92055: Too late, you've committed. See you in a few months... or years. kosure at I've got to point to Henry Darger's manuscript for "The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion". I don't know how many words it's got, but at 15,145 pages long, it's got to be a contender for the title. Tim Faulkner at 06:41 PM @kosure: It's mostly illustrations. Evil Tortie's Mom at 07:42 PM on 07/08/08 Reply by Email * @Smeagol92055: It would fit a lot better. But can it be a true classic if the hero never says "Mrifk!"? Pegritz at 09:56 PM on Uhhhhh, yeah. Quantity != Quality. Even the synopsis alone is complete shit. Welcome to the world's largest Complete Waste of Time. At least _Finnegans Wake_ has finally been dethroned. Tannhauser23 at 10:01 PM on 07/08/08 Reply by Email * put the god's name into Microsoft Sam! daydalus at 08:01 AM on I'm willing to bet he generated the text with some sort of Markov chain. I read about a half page of part 16 and you can see where the grammer doesn't match up (switching tenses, mismatched subject/object, etc) - classic output of a Markov generated text. Definitly cheating in my book. Check it out: [www.beetleinabox.com] "Oh holy one of subways, all house flesh, old Strangers Rest stretches the lamps, insects and nocturnal and clear, throwing off carnivorous aquatic insects swimming down to the underworld to crumbling failure somewhere near feral cat stalks its shadow, in the east, a funeral urns and metal shipping name of the holy being, who the screams and the you still use the same holy one, and I couldn't you write any better the kings of the containers, glowing glass transistors a ruined wall marked filled his celestial robot from the by a winged demon, transforming from the forbidden fruit, cables and flesh-coated wheels and ominous rumblings escape and that dark was it's me, my reflection caught silently above the marshes and heart pulsing in the ghost units, wreckage of first giant tongue in the sky went and they did not repent and sun shone fuller and fuller the president of Uruguay, a radio torn from the leave, go down to the giant tongue in the sky filled his celestial robot from places" Smeagol92055 at 08:31 AM on 07/09/08 Reply by Email * @daydalus: Yeah. Did you read the title? It was like 60 pages of that. looking for a better book in fewer pages, btw, is welcome to check out mine: http://stores.lulu.com/willentrekin And it's http://io9.com/5023076/thrill+crazed-space-bugs-swarm-through-worlds-longest-novel absolutewrite.com The World's Longest Book this Mark Leach guy has written a book which he is claiming is the longest novel ever published, Marienbad My Love. 12.6 million words. I think it's ebook published only. I hope so for the trees' sake. He's also claiming world's longest word. Also called "the holy Jah," the 4.4-million-letter noun is a coinage of words from the world's faiths. It means "god within." world's longest sentence (3 million words). -the world's longest book title (6,700 words). Books homepage: http://marienbadmylove.com/default.aspx http://www.prlog.org/10086581-worlds...ng-longer.html I'll quote you the opening paragraph for funsies: Again I advance across the tragic beaches of this deserted island, footsteps upon sand so profound, so deep, that one perceives no step. Mute beaches, where footsteps are lost. Mute, deserted – footsteps upon sand over which I advance once again. To find you. What's your take? Brilliant outsider art? Throwing common sense to the wind? Spectacle to break a world record? Mental health Medievalist Cultus Gopherus MacAllister Date: Feb 2005 Originally Posted by Kitty Pryde I'll quote you the opening paragraph for funsies: What's your take? Brilliant outsider art? Throwing common sense to the wind? Spectacle to break a world record? Mental health concerns? Again I advance across the tragic beaches of this deserted island, footsteps upon sand so profound, so deep, that one perceives no step. Mute beaches, where footsteps are lost. Mute, deserted – footsteps upon sand over which I advance once again. To find you. Dude opens with "I" then in the same sentence has "that one perceives no step." Lit fic wannabe with a tin ear. Now reading--and blogging Pet Sematary Absolute Write Book Store featuring Stephen King My Celtic blog My geek blog Lisa L. Spangenberg \| Digital My opinions are my own. \| Who else would want them? Send a private message to Visit Medievalist's homepage! Find More Posts by ColoradoGuy worse. The City Different This suggests computers are not entirely "Think this through with me, let me know your mind. . . . what I want to know is, are you kind?" My books, website, and blog Send a private message to ColoradoGuy Visit ColoradoGuy's homepage! Posts by ColoradoGuy TerzaRima Location: Little town on the What's your take? Brilliant outsider art? Throwing common sense to the wind? Spectacle to break a world record? Mental health concerns? Hypomania, lots of time on hands, doesn't get out very much, needs more lithium and less bandwidth. /online quack "And it is that word 'hummy,' my darlings, that marks the first place in The House at Pooh Corner at which Tonstant Weader fwowed up." View Public Send a private message to TerzaRima Find More Posts by TerzaRima CaroGirl I peekee at Location: In wicker Just a novelty. Not even as satisfying as my novel tea, which I shall take with a crumpet this very afternoon. Find More Posts by CaroGirl Shadow_Ferret Stripes are Slimming Join Date: Apr Location: Land of Beer and Brats. And I'm hungry! What's your take? Brilliant outsider art? Throwing common sense to the wind? Spectacle to break a world record? Mental health concerns? A lame attempt to attract attention and nothing more. That opening paragraph. Holy... and just think, there's only 12,599,957 more words to Ferret's Ferret's Blog If the best I can write is trash, so be it. It'll be the best damned trash I'm capable of writing. Visit Shadow_Ferret's homepage! benbradley 8arned http://youtube.com/watch?v=A36FibSJKQ0 The real question: Is it good enough for trunknovels.com? http://ben-bradley.blogspot.com/ private message to benbradley Find More Posts by benbradley For stuff like this, we need a thread called something like Literary Onanism: Spilling Our Synonyms on the Buddikins What's the plot?? It'd wanna be bloody brilliant.. And please dont tell me it's all like that^^ Poor bloke.. although he could also claim world's most unreadable novel? Maybe that'd be a Except for being a little mentally ill, she's pretty http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2533825 The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper I’ll Wait Until the Trilogy is Done posted by Paul Constant at 3:45 PM io9 reports on the new, free downloadable version of the world’s longest novel, Marienbad, My Love, by Mark Leach. It’s 12.6 million words long. The press release has all kinds of interesting information about the book’s record-breakingness, including: * the world’s longest word. Also called “the holy Jah,” the 4.4-million-letter noun is a coinage of words from the world’s faiths. It means “god within.” * the world’s longest sentence (3 million words). * the world’s longest book title (6,700 The website also has the Top Ten reasons to read Marienbad, My Love: 1. A giant orbiting UFO 2. Nazi/alien collaborations 3. Alien abductions 4. Human/alien hybrids 5. Mind control 6. Religious insects from outer space 7. A mad scientist 8. An evil CEO 9. A time-traveling, green-skinned monster of the unconscious 10. The end of You know, I’ve been trying to find another book to revive Book Club of the Damned here on Slog, but I think I’d rather choose a book that I can successfully read in my lifetime. Still and all, it’s totally free! Go! Download! Enjoy! And don’t say I never gave you Permalink \| Post Comments (11) Comments on I'll Wait Until the Trilogy is Done It can't possibly be any good if its main selling points are its length and a long word. Posted by Jason Josephes \| July 8, 2008 3:51 PM This is equivalent to the worlds largest hamburger; a feat that means nothing because the substance of it isn't consumable. Bellevue Ave \| July 8, 2008 3:52 PM Hmm. I remember reading a German SF series that had many hundreds of books ... if those were compiled together, it might be longer. Remember, never fear the Decalogy ... by Will in Seattle \| July 8, 2008 3:56 PM Vomit. Fnarf \| July 8, 2008 4:00 PM Someone read too much Faulkner in school... Posted by Jubilation T. Cornball \| July 8, 2008 4:12 PM The downloads are .doc files! Absurd! Posted by Chris \| July 8, 2008 on the upside, one word is 1/3 of the book. a mad scientist and an evil CEO?! that's tempting reading. Posted by chops \| July 8, 2008 4:23 PM Isn't this a job for a new public intern? Posted by vooodooo84 \| July 8, 2008 4:31 PM whose only claim to fame is some stupid record-breaking is sci-fi/fantasy? I'm shocked. Posted by Emily \| July 8, 2008 4:44 PM Wow, they really are distributing .doc files. Any bets at least one of them contains a macro virus? Posted by lostboy \| July 8, 2008 4:51 PM No, no, no. This is not a book. This is a stupid gimmick dressed up to look like a book. Inside a .doc file that probably has a few macro viruses. by Greg \| July 9, 2008 9:35 AM http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:FDqFWhWa9_wJ:www.thestranger.com/seattle/Books%3Fsn+%22marienbad+my+love%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=29&gl=us How many books do you read… Published by David Colborne at 9:51 pm under Uncategorized With a 60 page long title? The answer, of course, is probably zero… and, if you know what’s good for you, you’ll go nowhere near the latest addition to my “F—ing Weird” category, Marienbad My Love. It’s only the longest English language novel in existence. Oh, and it’s over 3000 pages long. Yes, it’s a free download. No, I don’t recommend it. It’s apparently about a religious man who wants to remake a science fiction movie to create a new religion, but somehow involves some woman that doesn’t remember him… it only gets less coherent from there. With that, I am done. http://www.colborne2016.com/2008/05/16/how-many-books-do-you-read/ World's Longest Novel Keeps Getting Longer New edition of Mark Leach's "Marienbad My Love" tops 12.6 million words; also sets records for longest word, sentence and book title Issued By: Mark Leach Jul 06, 2008 19:14:02 PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 06, 2008 – Coppell, TX - Texas writer Mark Leach has published an expanded edition of "Marienbad My Love," the world's longest published novel in English, that tops 12.6 million words and also sets new records for the world's longest word, sentence and book Leach has been making a run at the record books with his still-growing story of a Christ-haunted filmmaker who believes he is called on by God to bring about the end of the world by producing a science fiction-themed pastiche of the 1961 French New Wave classic, “Last Year at Marienbad.” “If you’re going to destroy the world, you really ought to do it big,” Leach said. “When I released the first edition of "Marienbad My Love" in March, the original length of 2.5 million words seemed plenty long for a 21st century Apocalypse. But the ideas kept coming, and the story kept growing. Now I feel like I'm just getting warmed up.” “Marienbad My Love” is a massive work by almost any measure. It dwarfs Marcel Proust’s “In Search of Lost Time,” a 1.5-million-word opus that currently holds the “Guinness Book of Records” title as the longest novel in English. “Marienbad My Love" is almost ten times as long as L. Ron Hubbard’s “Mission Earth,” which is widely regarded as the world’s longest science-fiction novel at 1.2 million words, and Madison Cooper’s 1.1-million-word “Sironia, Texas,” which made news in 1952 when TIME Magazine wrote that it was “apparently the longest novel by an American writer ever to be published.” Leach also claims that "Marienbad My Love" includes: * the world's longest word. Also called "the holy Jah," the 4.4-million-letter noun is a coinage of words from the world's faiths. It means "god within." * the world's longest sentence * the world's longest book title (6,700 words). About "Marienbad My Love" "Marienbad My Love" by Mark Leach is a love story for the end of the world. The novel features a protagonist who attempts to film a science-fiction-themed pastiche to "Last Year at Marienbad." ================================================================= The post goes on forever, the novel never ends 10:14 AM Mon, Mar 03, 2008 Michael Merschel Here is a very 21st century moment. Neighborsgo.com has story about a Coppell man who says he has set a record for the world's longest published novel. The author himself "doesn't claim his 2.5 million-word novel is the world's greatest, only the longest." And thus begins another week in modern arts commentary: A self-published novel, notable only for its size, becomes a self-reported news article, which becomes a blog post for a bleary-eyed editor on a Monday morning. It can only get better from here, right? http://neighborsgo.beloblog.com/archives/2008/03/coppell_writer_publishes_world.html http://booksblog.guidelive.com/archives/2008/03/the-infinite-loop-goes-on-fore.html The following "chatter" was posted on linkfilter.net on April 11, 2008 regarding marienbadmylove.com !! groinflower is around. Serisan> Sup yo? !! shigpit is around. !! clu is around. Ss> nada !! Ss just posted Marienbad My Love. !! puptentacle is around. Serisan> I find it funny that the "Top Ten Reasons to read Marienbad, My Love" were actually my top ten reasons NOT to read it. Ss> Pious giant cicadas don't draw you in, eh? !! Mac just posted Aerobic fitness could delay aging by up to 12 years. Serisan> That was the most interesting of the things listed. Mad scientists with mind altering, water-based chemicals working for a corporate sponsor? Not so much :-p Ss> It's probably awesome. You should read it. What are you doing in the next four months or so? Serisan> Anything else... Serisan> I've actually been pondering the notion of hanging out with people and discussing things germaine to my degree. That would be far more entertaining, IMO. Ss> germaine to your degree? What could be germaine? The Coyote Insight Blog Accidental Obfuscation Language is at once lengthy detail of what we need/want to communicate as well as much shorthand when brevity is required, with a lot of space between the two extremes. And I mean a lot of space. For example while there are many claims to the world’s longest English sentence some of the more interesting come from literature including one 13,955 word contender in Jonathan Coe’s novel, The Rotters’ Club. Or a 510,000 word monster representing 20% of the 2.5 million word longest novel published in English (Marienbad My Love) written by Mark Leach. .... Read the rest of the story at http://coyoteinsight.blogspot.com/ ====================================================================================================================================== The following story appeared in the March 8, 2008, edition of the Neighborsgo section of The Dallas Morning Local man pens longest novel Mark Leach doesn’t claim his 2.5 million-word novel is the world’s greatest -- only the longest. The Coppell writer is making a run at the record books with Marienbad My Love, the story of a Christ-haunted filmmaker who believes he is called on by God to bring about the end of the world by producing a science fiction-themed pastiche of the 1961 French New Wave classic, Last Year at Marienbad. “If you’re going to destroy the world, you really ought to do it big,” Leach said. “Two and half million words Marienbad My Love dwarfs Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, a 1.5-million-word opus that currently holds the Guinness Book of Records title as the longest novel in English. Marienbad My Love is more than twice as long as Madison Cooper’s 1.1-million-word Sironia, Texas, which made news in 1952 when Time Magazine wrote that it was “apparently the longest novel by an American writer ever to be published.” “I’ve always been rather enamored with the story of Madison Cooper,” Leach said. “He was a millionaire bachelor in Waco, where my mother was raised. I grew up hearing stories about how he spent 11 years writing his book in secret. He supposedly kept his notes on a paper window shade in the room where he did his writing. If someone unexpectedly entered the room, he’d quickly raise the shade to hide his Leach began working on Marienbad My Love about 20 years ago, when he and his wife moved to Coppell. In fact, the fictional town of Strangers Rest is largely based on circa 1988 Coppell. By no means does Leach believe his record will stand unchallenged. Some list makers insist the world’s longest novel in English is actually Henry Darger's In the Realms of the Unreal, an unpublished, 15,000-page fantasy manuscript that is believed to have a word count in the millions. In 2007, Richard Grossman announced plans to publish Breeze Avenue, a multi-author, 3 million-page novel with an estimated word count of more than 1 billion. currently claimed by writer Nigel Tomm, whose book The Blah Story, Volume 4 consists of one sentence containing 469,375 words, and a college principal in India who wrote a book on the actor Daniel Radcliffe with a title of 1,022 words. A free e-book download of Marienbad My Love is available at A modified version of this article appears at http://www.prlog.org/10060756-texas-writer-pens-world-longest-novel.html	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7290
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Brown, Jr. "A really good fast flowing read. Lots of adventure, descriptive characters, Pirates and more.” (My Other Car is a Spaceship) — Evelyn Crow “The characters seem alive and three-dimensional from the very beginning…The author doesn't disappoint when it comes to the science, either…a thrilling adventure into the not-so-distant future…easy to read…will keep the reader enthralled to the very end.” (The Mars Imperative) — Michael Southard, editor of Tower of Light fantasy magazine "[The author’s] easy writing style makes [the] characters come alive. … I highly recommend." (The Mars Imperative) — Chris Bartholomew, editor of Static Movement magazine "I REALLY liked this one...I loved his characters! If you want to lose yourself for a couple of days, I recommend you take this trip!" (The Tesserene Imperative)" — David Ridgway “I enjoyed this book very much...it has believable characters, smokin' hot technology ideas and some very interesting 1st contact scenarios. I would highly recommend this book to any hard sci fi fan.” (The Tesserene Imperative) — Hard Sci-Fi Guy “I really enjoyed this book. A very different, unique twist on the zombie genre...did NOT see the ending coming...total surprise. Good pacing, likeable characters...a true desire...to read it as quickly as I could to see what happened next. I honestly can't give a book higher praise than that.” (Aliens Versus Zombies) — Susan “The book was an incredibly entertaining and well-written tale of sci-fi action and suspense. I…was pleasantly surprised...a rather unique take on the 'Zombie' virus that...lends a wonderful foundation of scientific believability to an otherwise 'out there' story.” (Aliens Versus Zombies) — C.M.W. Hawkins, Amazon Canada "This book is a must for writers, students who need to write for class, and students like mine, who are just becoming comfortable with the English language. (Frequently Misused/Misspelled Words and Phrases) — D. Hoffman "[It] ... isn't like a boring class on grammar, but more of a casual and fun chat." (Frequently Misused/Misspelled Words and Phrases) — Digsblues For more reviews, go to the REVIEWS page. Aliens Versus Zombies Fourteen months into the zompocalypse, aliens invade Earth. They thought itt would be easy to conquer the planet. Boy were they wrong. My Other Car is a Spaceship Military Sci-fi about a retired Air Force fighter pilot who is recruited to fight space pirates. Sunrise Destiny-EPIC Award 2010 A private detective is working a hot case when he's abducted by aliens. Soon, he has to save two worlds from disaster.. The Mars Imperative Hard Sci-fi, with space elevators, space trains, and other cool high-tech stuff. Hard sci-fi about five men trying to survive in a crippled spaceship, with only 3 days of air, a dead starflight drive, and no way to call for help. The Imperative Chronicles A duology containing both of the Imperative novels, at a lower price than buying them separately. Frequently Misspelled-Misused Words and Phrases-Cover6-240x397 Rate UsPretty badNot so goodGoodVery goodAwesomeRate Us	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7291
__label__cc	0.668211	0.331789	Difference between revisions of "About-bout-bout" <div class="lede">So, what-what-what's it all about, Maxie? This...</div> {{MaxClockRight}} <div style="float:right;margin:10px 0 10px 20px;>{{MaxClock}}</div> ==Website: The Max Headroom Chronicles== This site represents the third evolution of a project that was begun in 2006. The development of this site began as a replacement for an earlier fan site by a prior owner and was developed in HTML and CSS. So, what-what-what's it all about, Maxie? This... 1 Website: The Max Headroom Chronicles 1.1 The Original Site 2 Project: The Max Headroom, er... Project 2.1 The MaxRchives Website: The Max Headroom Chronicles When it became clear that the structured links of the proto-wiki site design were becoming too difficult to manage, the project was moved to a very powerful wiki platform. After substantial development, it proved that the chosen platform was a tremendous resource hog and was going to max out server space and boost user bandwidth usage. So the replacement site was pulled down and the slightly dusty HTML site put back up in its stead. With the 30th anniversary of Max's debut on us, the project was started anew using this wiki platform. (I find it amusing to imagine Max saying "Wiki. W-w-wiki. Rhymes with... iki, right? R-r-r-right?") The power and flexibility of the MediaWiki platform have been a technological blessing, and have advanced the project more in the last year than in the first six months, never mind the following seven or eight years. The Original Site You might find the original HTML site worth a quick look. I am very proud of the retro/era look, which I hope to replicate - mostly - some day on this more modern platform. PLEASE NOTE: If you've been redirected to this page from an outside or search link, be aware that nearly all the material you might be looking for can be found here on the new site, in both updated and easier-to-access form. (The interim site that was hosted on another wiki platform and included forums is no longer extant. Sorry. It's for the best, really.) Project: The Max Headroom, er... Project I had always wondered if this Ron Cobb cartoon from the early 1970s (a favorite of mine since I first saw it) was an influence on any of the Max Headroom creative team. Cobb worked on the art teams of many Hollywood sf and fantasy productions from 1981 to 2000 or so, so it's not an impossibility... and recently I got word from George Stone that a framed print hung over his desk well before and into the Max era. This website, the Max Headroom Chronicles, is the public face of a larger effort known as the Max Headroom Project. The Project has been going on for well over a decade as my interests in Max as a cultural icon and influence have pursued the subject into a variety of nooks and crannies. Much of what I've discovered and acquired in this pursuit will one day appear here on the site. That which doesn't... well, I believe there are some important things to be said about Max's impact on our world, as brief as his reign was. Those things remain to be said, by me or someone I hope to work with or influence. The site - the Chronicles - are the primary focus. As for the rest... stay tu-tuned. The MaxRchives Readers browsing the site will find a number of references to "the MaxRchives" and it was brought to my attention a little while back that the corresponding explanation hadn't yet found its way here. The Max Headroom Archives - MaxRchives - are the holdings of physical, digital and intellectual property by the Max Headroom Project, and are available only by direct query and our ability to answer questions and provide excerpts within research and "fair use" guidelines. The material we can post here without annoying owners and rights holders is already posted, or will be, and we again thank those various parties for tolerating our use of this material and understanding our intent to remain "fair use" in practice while sometimes stretching that barrier to adequately document the material. However, other rights owners are far more strict about even 30-35 year old publications and productions, and we thus have to hold that material back for individual use. If an item mentions it's in the MaxRchives, that notice serves two purposes. First, it means we really do have the item, have seen it, and the entry you're reading is based on first-hand evaluation and not a blog-of-a-blog-of-a-blog-of-a-fanzine "interpretation" of it. Second, it means you're free to make inquiries about the item, and we'll help as much as we can in answering questions, providing research material and guiding you to your own copy of that magazine, film, or other item. Retrieved from "http://www.maxheadroom.com/index.php?title=About-bout-bout&oldid=4498"	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7294
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__label__cc	0.746159	0.253841	info@nfcechs.com Society Map & Location Map Phase - I Map Phase - II Payment Schedule Transfer Fee/Procedure Alerts: The date for deposit of shares money extended upto 28.02.2020. The balloting of plots in NFC-ECHS Phase-II which was to be held at 3:00 P.M on 05.12.2019 at NFC-ECHS Phase-II has been postponed due to orders dated 22.11.2019 of the Secretary Cooperative Government of Punjab. New date of balloting will be announced after the decision of Secretary Cooperative Government of Punjab. Inconveinance caused to the applicants is sincerely regretted. Managing Committee NFC-ECHS. ISSUING OF SHARES TO MEMBERS AS PER BYE-LAWS No. NFC-ECHS/ Subject: ISSUING OF SHARES TO MEMBERS AS PER BYE-LAWS NO. 17, 18, 19, 20 AND 20 A OF THE SOCIETY AND AS PER ORDER OF REGISTRAR COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES, GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB, LAHORE Dear Member, As per order of the Registrar Cooperatives Societies, Government of Punjab Lahore issued vide letter No.3866-DRL/H dated 10.12.2018. The matter for the issuance of shares under the provisions of Bye-Laws No. 17, 18, 19, 20 and 20 A was put up in 22nd AGM for consideration and approval. The proposal for issuance of shares as per Bye-Laws of the society was approved in the said 22nd AGM. You are requested to deposit share money at the rate of Rs. 1,000/- per share for the total shares to be purchased by you under the Bye-Laws according to the size of residential/commercial plot owned by you in the society. The provisions of Bye-Laws No. 17, 18, 19, 20 and 20 A are reproduced hereunder for the information of members: 17. Every member will have to purchase at least one full share amounting to Rs. 1,000/- which; will be paid in lump sum at the time of admission. 18. Members desiring to have residential plots will have to purchase shares at the following rates:- Size of Plot Shares to be purchased 1. Upto 5 Marla One share 2. 6 to 10 Marlas Two shares 3. 11 Marlas to one Kanal Four Shares 4. More than one Kanal but Eight shares less than two Kanals 5. Two Kanals or more Ten shares (These measures will be as per local revenue scales) 19. Members desirous to having commercial plots will have to purchase shares at the following rates:- 1. Upto 3 Marlas Two shares 2. Above 3 Marla to 5 Marlas Three shares 3. More than 5 Marlas Five Shares 20. No individual member shall hold shares, the value of which exceeds Rs. 20,000/- or 1/5th of the total share capital of the society, whichever is less. If an individual member, by inheritance or otherwise, comes in possession of more than the maximum holding permitted by this rule, the Managing Committee shall have the power to sell the excess number or purchase them for the society. 20A. The Managing Committee may waive the condition of the holding of maximum shares in case of such commercial plots which have to be of bigger size for the construction of such public utilities such as Cinema Houses, Petrol Pumps, Workshops, Restaurants and any other commercial activity, Subject to concurrence of the Chairman. You are requested to kindly deposit the amount of shares money calculated at the rates mentioned above on the basis of plot held by you in the society’s bank account by or before 31.12.2019. Failing which your membership may be cancelled. The member holding more than one plot can purchase maximum 20 shares. Therefore the members who are holding more than one plot in the society may deposit the share amount depending on the size of residential and commercial plot but the total share amount for all the plots owned by single owner should not exceed Rs. 20,000/-. MUMTAZ HUSSAIN BALOUCH Near Village Satto Kattla, Lahore. © Copyrights 2018 NFCECHS. All Rights Reserved.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7305
__label__wiki	0.709029	0.709029	Home » Latest News in Nigeria » Kogi election might be bloody -CDD warns Kogi election might be bloody -CDD warns 5:44 PM Motunrayo Ogundipe 0 Latest News in Nigeria The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) says the incidents of violence can affect voters turnout during the governorship election in Kogi state. In a statement jointly signed by Adele Jinadu, CDD chairman, and Idayat Hassan, the director, the organisation said the language being used by politicians in the state can affect voter confidence and the credibility of the process. The CDD urged security agencies to protect the lives of the electoral officials and ensure that violence is curbed during the election. “Less than 48 hours to November 16, 2019, Kogi State Governorship election, political actors have failed to de-escalate the tension, which had been building up in the State. Unfortunately, this has set the stage for what could be a very bloody electoral process, if urgent action is not taken to address the situation,” the organisation said. “It is disheartening that political gladiators across the partisan divide have shown no apparent signs of refraining from using vitriolic rhetoric capable of inflaming passions, which could result in dire consequences for voter confidence and turnout and the credibility of the entire process. “At the CDD Elections Analysis Centre, we believe the credibility of an election does not rest exclusively with happenings on the polls or outcome of the elections. To us, equally crucial is the nature of the environment heading into the polls, and mainly how it contributes to the unfettered participation of all stakeholders, especially political contestants in the process. “Our findings from the observation of the pre-election environment point to a very volatile political environment, characterised by fierce rhetoric, threats of violence and actual incidents of violence. “At the last count also, the threats of violence and actual incidents of violent disturbances, including the condemnable arson on the party secretariat of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) could have the effect of making voters stay away from the polls.”	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7308
__label__cc	0.749387	0.250613	Accueil de l'OCDE EmploiDéveloppement économique et création locale d’emplois (LEED)SEMINAR: Fostering business attractiveness of Trentino (Italy) SEMINAR: Fostering business attractiveness of Trentino (Italy) 5 December 2017 Trento, Italy Seminar on business support and territorial marketing The OECD LEED Trento Centre for Local Development supported the Autonomous Province of Trento by co-organising this event and bringing its international vision and expertise Event rationale The business attractiveness of a territory is an open challenge. Territories, both in Europe and internationally, struggle to establish framework conditions enabling the local companies to flourish and attracting international companies and investors. The overall attractiveness is the resulting mix of a number of factors ranging from specific subsidy measures and favourable legislative framework - overcoming the normative and bureaucratic burdens - to wider context conditions, as social security, international and competitive scholar system, availability of skilled human resources and dynamic labour market, friendly institutions and good living standards for people. Trentino undertook a comprehensive action in order to structurally improve the general conditions for enhancing its attractiveness and its business climate. More specifically the Province government adopted a specific Act to deal with the matter (l.p. 10/2012) and in 2016 established the interdepartmental working group for business controls simplification under the coordination of the Department of Institutional and Legislative Affairs. This working group delivered a plan to simplify business controls which also comprises a relevant set of actions to support the competitiveness of the Trentino territory. This seminar focused on the main challenges concerning the necessary actions to overcome existing burdens – administrative firstly but also financial and concerning business service available at local level - and to ease the start-up of new and innovative business as well as attract FDI and international business. The objective was to offer a sound blend of collective remarks on the current trend and measures on territorial business attractiveness at national and international level, facilitating policy reflections on the state of the art in Trentino and presenting stimulating case studies to trigger the discussion among participants. The participants were representatives of institutional stakeholders and organisations involved in the theme of attractiveness and territorial competitiveness policies. The event also addresseed the Trentino Province civil servants participating to the working tables on governance set up as part of the capacity building programme for the simplification of business control measures. Materials & Information Agenda (Italian version) Italian/German (simultaneous interpretation will be provided) Autonomous Province of Trento \| Sala Belli \| Piazza Dante, 15 \| Trento, Italy UMSE - Autonomous Province of Trento P. +39 0461 493209 \| F. +39 0461 404607 Paolo.Rosso@oecd.org OECD LEED Trento Centre: entrepreneurship and SMEs	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7309
__label__cc	0.549189	0.450811	Sigma Introduces Its First Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera And L-Mount Lenses Featured, News, Photography \| 0 \| At Photokina 2018 last fall, Sigma, Leica and Panasonic announced the L-Mount Alliance, a joint venture between the companies to develop full-frame mirrorless cameras and lenses based on a new L-mount. Today, Sigma has introduced its first camera and three lenses for the system. The Sigma fp is positioned as “the world’s smallest and lightest ‘pocketable full-frame’” camera, and it is indeed compact and light at 0.82 pounds and approximately 4.4×2.8 x1.8-inches. It will feature a back-illuminated 24.6 megapixel full-frame sensor, and can capture up to 18 fps with its electronic shutter (there’s no mechanical shutter). Several accessories will be offered, including a Sigma Mount Converter MC-21 allowing the use of Sigma’s SA mount and Sigma Canon EF mount lenses. Pricing and availability of the Sigma fp and accessories will be announced “this fall.” Along with the fp, Sigma is announcing three L-mount lenses, which will also be offered in E-mount versions for use with Sony full-frame cameras: Sigma 14-24mm F2.8 DG DN \| Art; available in “late August” for $1,399 Sigma 35mm F1.2 DG DN \| Art; available in “late July” for $1,499 Sigma 45mm F2.8 DG DN \| Contemporary; available in “late July” for $549. For more information, see this page at the Sigma America website: https://www.sigmaphoto.com/article/sigma-fp-press-release A “concept movie” of the camera’s development can be seen on the Sigma Global site: https://www.sigma-global.com/en/cameras/fp-series/ Check out the slideshow below for additional images of the Sigma fp. [See image gallery at www.outdoorphotographer.com] The post Sigma Introduces Its First Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera And L-Mount Lenses appeared first on Outdoor Photographer. PreviousICAST 2019 Presents “Best of Show” Award Goes To Garmin Next200-pound grouper GoPro Hunt Robert Glenn Ketchum Featured In “Terra Firma” Exhibition Nikon Introduces D850 Tons of Tips For DIY Public Lands Hunting	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7310
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__label__cc	0.524943	0.475057	What New York Data Privacy and Security Protection Means for Employers by cjleclaire Stephen Hans Blog Nov 20, 2019 \| 9017 views \| 0 \| 321 \| \| \| permalink Employers Must Comply with New SHIELD Law In July of 2019, the New York legislature passed the “Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security” (SHIELD) act. The new law provides greater protection for private information and broadens requirements for security breach notification. Which NY Employers Must Comply with the Law? The SHIELD law applies to all NY employers because private information includes individual names and Social Security numbers. Businesses that do not reside in New York but that do business with New York residents are also subject to the law’s security requirements. What Does Private Information Include? Private information includes: Social Security Number (SSN) Credit or debit card number Financial account number Biometric information Username or email address and password to online account What Is Necessary for Compliance? To be in compliance with SHIELD, employers must implement a data security program that keeps private information secure and adheres to the act. How extensive the program must be depends on the size of the company and its business activities and the sensitivity of the personal information it gathers. If the business is already in compliance with the following laws, they are also in compliance with SHIELD: Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act HIPPA Security Rule New York Site Department of Financial Services’ Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies What Are the New Breach Notification Requirements? The new law expands the definition of breach of the security system. Breach now includes unauthorized access of computerized data that compromises: Integrity of private information Breach also now extends to New York residents and not only New York businesses. A company may be exempt from breach notification if the breach was unintended and will probably not result in misuse, financial harm or emotional harm to the affected persons. Companies must be in compliance with the breach notification amendments by October 23, 2019. The new data security requirements must be in effect by March 21, 2020. (References: The National Law Review) Stephen Hans & Associates assists employers in complying with employment laws and represents them in employment litigation.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7336
__label__cc	0.65528	0.34472	Because they're worth it. Click the images to enlarge. Really, do it. The otherworldly bar on the edge of the world in Marcel Carne's Port of Shadows. Monica Vitti at the edge of a cliff and all the meanings of the title L'Avventura Watch this section of Last Year at Marienbad closely - the mystery begins to unravel. Stanley Kubrick embarks on what will be a lifelong obsession - the camera gliding through a contained area. Preferably in full frame. Posted by Scott Nye at 6:34 PM Welcome to The Rail of Tomorrow Scott Nye loved movies so much, he spent four years at Emerson College earning a career-free degree in Media Studies. Now living in Los Angeles, he's trying to put that to some sort of use. railoftomorrow@gmail.com Read Me At... Battleship Pretension Shadowlocked Yidio I'm on Twitter! Big Media Vandalism Blogdanovich Hollywood Elsewhere (Jeff Wells) Little Worlds Only the Cinema Some Came Running (Glenn Kenny) The Cooler (Jason Bellamy) The Film Doctor The Fine Cut (Steven Santos) The Kind of Face You Hate Films I Saw in 2010 The Vitality of Cinema Restoring the Awe in the Summer Blockbuster - Supe... New AVATAR Trailer Tells You What You're in For It's Not What You Say, It's How You Say It Onward and Downward Buy The Third Man! James Cameron's Best Defense Yet And Now, The Reason I Will Never See Astro Boy A Movie a Day: Eraserhead (David Lynch; 1977) A Movie a Day: Pinocchio (Hamilton Luske, Ben Shar... A Movie a Day: Big Deal on Madonna Street (Mario M... A Movie a Day: Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965) REVIEW and a quick DEFENSE: Where the Wild Things ... January Criterions A Movie a Day: Zabriskie Point (Michelangelo Anton... A Movie a Day: One From the Heart (Francis Ford Co... EXPENDABLES TRAILER A Movie a Day: Young Mr. Lincoln (John Ford, 1939)... REVIEW: A Serious Man A Movie a Day: 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (Jea... A Movie a Day: Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Joe D... On the Continuing Path to Idiocracy "I think, really, The Jolly Roger is the appropria... A Movie a Day: All the Real Girls (David Gordon Gr... A Movies a Day: Two by Alain Resnais Tanning Projection Booth Imaginarium Trailer, and Everybody Loves The New W... Tilted symmetry Quick Update - Best of the Decade? A Movie a Day: Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce... A Movie a Day: Made in U.S.A (Jean-Luc Godard, 196... Mini-Reviews: The Invention of Lying, Zombieland REVIEW: Whip It A Movie a Day: The Wrong Man (Alfred Hitchcock, 19...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7339
__label__wiki	0.949982	0.949982	Maryslim A Perfect Mess Written by: PP on 12/04/2007 14:16:27 Sweden's Maryslim could be a hell of a lot bigger by now had they chosen a different name for their band. To me, a name like Maryslim is fitting for an obscure grind/death metal band that was lucky getting signed in the first place, which is presumably why this band hasn't blown up to the proportions one would expect based on the radio-friendly rock anthems on their third album "A Perfect Mess". Far from being metal at all, Maryslim mixes together pseudo-heavy riffs reminiscent of Foo Fighters and undeniably catchy radio rock choruses that will circulate in your mind for the immediate future after listening to them only once or twice. It's all clean vocals and easily recognizable choruses supported by what is mostly three chord riffage and drumming that's mostly on the background and used as merely a supplement to the melodies. But nevertheless the songs are enjoyable alternative rock, varying from one end of the genre to another. "In Too Deep" emits an almost pop punkish vibe through its bright three chord melodies and uplifting choruses much like "Part Of Me", whereas "High Wings" has more hard rock traits than anything else due to its 80s vibe and a rowdy chorus. "A Perfect Mess" balances itself between these two styles with one common denominator: infectious choruses. It requires no effort getting into, making it perhaps the most ideal candidate for MTV Europe's next band to blow up into galactic proportions. That's not to say they don't deserve it, because even though you have bands like Backyard Babies at the tip of your tongue, you can't quite place Maryslim to sound precisely like someone else though their influences aren't exactly hidden in their sound. They've mastered the art of writing catchy songs, and sometimes that's all that matters - well fitting for the early summer! Download: It All Comes Down, A Perfect Mess, In Too Deep For the fans of: Backyard Babies, The 69 Eyes, Foo Fighters Listen: Myspace Release date 26.03.2007 Provided by Target ApS Related Items \| How we score?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7347
__label__wiki	0.940131	0.940131	Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator Derek Heemsbergen Fantastic writing, legitimately great humor, diverse cast, inclusive character customization options. Romance takes a backseat to friendship, queer context is entirely absent, occasional graphical glitches, wildly varying audio quality. Dream Daddy is a sharp and humorous visual novel that unfortunately erases the notion of queerness from male-male relationships. About Our Grading Scale PC, Mac stars in my eyes And you know what they say about dogs who know too much... Robert pls ROBERT WHAT DID I JUST SAY "Dream Daddy is a gay dating simulator for straight people." In an era where we can go on virtual dates with horses and pigeons, a game centered around dating human dads somehow remains one of the most surprising things to come out of 2017. Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator is a visual novel from an unlikely source: Game Grumps, the YouTube phenomenon that launched in 2012 and quickly grew into one of the most prolific Let's Play channels on the net. Billed as a "dad dating simulator," Dream Daddy is truthfully more of a conduit for delivering the maximum number of dad jokes in the minimum amount of time. To that end, it is entirely successful. It's a cute, relentlessly wholesome story, with razor-sharp writing that accurately emulates how human beings speak in this age and culture. It is also the touching story of a widowed father and his snarky daughter, a raucous tag team whose relationship overflows with love, sincerity, and earnest humanity. Dream Daddy's writers demonstrate intimate knowledge of everyday phenomena like the unavoidable awkwardness of initiating a hangout with a new acquaintance, the understandable frustration of teenagers whose parents don't understand them, and whatever dark force compels dads to wield puns as deadly weapons. Sweet manchego, the puns in this game are on another level. But Dream Daddy is a gay dating simulator for straight people. Does that make it bad? No. In aiming to capture a wider audience, however, it erases the notion of queerness from its DNA. The matter of LGBTQ representation in media is a battlefield I frequently dance upon. Having access to diverse characters in my games increases the likelihood that I will find a reflection of myself in the stories I consume, and even if I don't, I'm at least exposed to perspectives that differ from my own. The trouble with Dream Daddy — a game that puts a gay or bi (and/or trans, as that's up to you) man in the leading role — is that it is wildly inauthentic in the way it represents LGBTQ people. Its angle seems to be that queerness should be 100% normalized, to the degree that nobody should ever have to worry about disclosing their sexuality or gender identity, no matter where on the spectrum they may fall. Okay, that's great. But that's not the world we live in. I can't tell you how many times I've been told some variant of "it doesn't matter if you're gay; I still care about you" or "I just see you as a normal guy." Which are fantastic sentiments, borne of the best intentions, but dammit, I am gay. That's a part of who I am — not the only part, but an essential part. There's a whole host of factors at play that have shaped me into the person I am today, not the least of which include the navigation of my sexuality as an adolescent, my exposure to queer culture, my experience in coming out, and, crucially, the fear of rejection or even violence that permeated so many of my attempts to make romantic connections with other men in the formative years of my life. Dream Daddy erases all of that context. You can date dads, but nobody so much as utters the word "gay." It's escapism, sure. It doesn't have to reflect reality. But for me, the excision of queer context makes Dream Daddy feel hollow, even false. Compare the tone of Dream Daddy to the works of developer Robert Yang; Yang's games are frequently erotic, yes, but unapologetically gay. Their themes are informed by gay history and culture. Dream Daddy, meanwhile, says "nope, not going there." It rarely depicts its queer characters in anything resembling romantic or sexual situations. (Except for in Robert's route, maybe. He's a firecracker.) I'm not calling for Dream Daddy to present explicit erotic content, but it's more than a little unusual that most "dates" in the game feel like two buds hanging out — until the end of each story route, where they're suddenly kissing, for some reason. It's too safe, and it doesn't feel real to me. By sanitizing the romantic aspects inherent to queer dating, Dream Daddy succeeds in being a feel-good story but not a feel-good story, if you catch my drift. It is, at the very least, wonderfully inclusive, with avatar customization options that allow for significant flexibility in defining your dad's identity. The entirely hunky cast of supporting dads is also quite diverse, though some of their sound bites are unusually low-quality and compressed. Maybe that's something the developers can address down the line. As it stands, Dream Daddy is still a worthwhile endeavor thanks to the quality of its moment-to-moment writing. It's just a shame the romance feels so sterile. This review is based on a free review copy provided to RPGFan by the developer. This relationship in no way influenced the reviewer's opinion of the game or its final score. © 2017 Game Grumps. All rights reserved.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7349
__label__wiki	0.716499	0.716499	You are here: Home › News › Space › Mysterious “hypervelocity stars” observed fleeing the galaxy Mysterious “hypervelocity stars” observed fleeing the galaxy By Will Parker on January 11, 2014 in News, Space Astronomers have discovered dozens of solitary stars that are moving fast enough to escape the gravitational grasp of the Milky Way galaxy. These cryptic hypervelocity stars appear to be traveling at speeds in excess of a million miles-per-hour, but scientists aren’t sure what force could have given them such a kick. An article describing these mysterious stellar speedsters appears in theAstrophysical Journal. “These new hypervelocity stars are very different from the ones that have been discovered previously,” said Vanderbilt University’s Lauren Palladino, lead author on the study. “The original hypervelocity stars are large blue stars and appear to have originated from the galactic center. Our new stars are relatively small – about the size of the Sun – and the surprising part is that none of them appear to come from the galactic core.” Palladino made the discovery by calculating the orbits of Sun-like stars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, a massive census of the stars and galaxies in a region covering nearly one quarter of the sky. “It’s very hard to kick a star out of the galaxy,” said co-researcher Kelly Holley-Bockelmann, also from Vanderbilt. “The most commonly accepted mechanism for doing so involves interacting with the supermassive black hole at the galactic core. That means when you trace the star back to its birthplace, it comes from the center of our galaxy. None of these hypervelocity stars come from the center, which implies that there is an unexpected new class of hypervelocity star, one with a different ejection mechanism.” Astrophysicists calculate that a star must get a million-plus mile-per-hour kick relative to the motion of the galaxy to reach escape velocity. They also estimate that the Milky Way’s central black hole has a mass equivalent to four million suns, large enough to produce a gravitational force strong enough to accelerate stars to hypervelocities. The typical scenario involves a binary pair of stars that get caught in the black hole’s grip. As one of the stars spirals in toward the black hole, its companion is flung outward at a tremendous velocity. So far, 18 giant blue hypervelocity stars have been found that could have been produced by such a mechanism. Now, Palladino and her colleagues have discovered an additional 20 sun-sized stars that they characterize as possible hypervelocity stars. “One caveat concerns the known errors in measuring stellar motions,” she cautioned. “To get the speed of a star, you have to measure the position really accurately over decades. If the position is measured badly a few times over that long time interval, it can seem to move a lot faster than it really does. We did several statistical tests to increase the accuracy of our estimates. So we think that, although some of our candidates may be flukes, the majority are real.” The new rogues appear to have the same composition as normal disk stars, so the astronomers do not think that their birthplace was in the galaxy’s central bulge, the halo that surrounds it, or in some other exotic place outside the galaxy. “The big question is: what boosted these stars up to such extreme velocities? We are working on that now,” said Holley-Bockelmann. Dark matter not so dark; may be peppered with rogue stars Nomad planets seeding life throughout the universe? Nomad planet spotted? Source: Vanderbilt University Search of 100,000 galaxies for advanced civilizations yields no obvious candidates Entire star cluster flung from distant galaxy Wobbly planets could be best place for finding life, say astrobiologists First exoplanet images from Gemini New blow to dark matter theory Milky Way has “billions” of habitable planets Dark matter, Galaxy, Milky Way, Star Rhubarb battery could finally free solar households from the electricity grid Ultrasound used to enhance senses HotWheels Star Wars Rogue One Starship Funko Pop Star Wars Rogue One #157 Darth Vader Gamestop Exclusive Star Wars Catalyst HC A Rogue One Novel #1-1ST NM 2016 Stock Image Orson Krennic Star Wars Rogue One Galactic Republic Symbol Disney Pin 2016 Topps Star Wars Rogue One Character Icon 11 card insert set. Series 1	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7356
__label__wiki	0.953598	0.953598	New productions The Child Behind the Eyes The Overcoat The Power of Darkness Our Secrets Two Kosovirs on a Flying Spoon Professionals, sole proprietor The Misantrophe Alarms! Rasmus and the Tramp Men’s Daycare Bakersfield Mist The Bereaved Family A Doll’s House A Heavenly Detachment The Learned Ladies after the motifs of The Learned Ladies by Molière Mishmash Bakery Sexy Laundry A Nostalgic Comedy The Hothouse Rose Bernd Kaspar & The Sea of Houses Workshopping Molière Poet, do you know what you owe? Lost Loves How You Talk the Game Shocking Shopping Leading Ladies The Playboy of the Western World Mr Puntila and His Man Matti My Romantic History Annaluise and Anton The Flies A Behanding in Spokane When I Was Dead The Mayor's Daughter I Love Thee The Pitmen Painters Matjaž Zupančič American playwright, novelist and short-story writer Thornton Wilder (1897–1975) was born into a diplomatic family that frequently moved house and travelled around the world. Wilder began writing plays while at Thacher School in Ojai, California, where he did not fit in and was teased by classmates as overly intellectual. According to a classmate, "we left him alone. And he would retire at the library, his hideaway, learning to distance himself from humiliation and indifference." Earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in literature at Yale University in 1920, he continued his studies at Princeton University and obtained a Master of Arts degree in French in 1926. While still a student he wrote his first play, The Russian Princess (1912–13), which was produced at Thacher School, and is believed to be his earliest play. After graduating, Wilder studied in Rome, Italy, and then taught French at the Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. In 1926 his first novel, The Cabala, was published. In 1927, The Bridge of San Luis Rey brought him commercial success and his first Pulitzer Prize in 1928. This allowed him to resign from the Lawrenceville School in 1928. He became a literary star and befriended Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Gertrude Stein. He was awarded his second Pulitzer Prize for the play Our Town in 1938, and the third one for The Skin of Our Teeth in 1943. He was very successful in other fields related to his work as well. He worked as a lecturer, translator from French, opera librettist, actor, and screenwriter. His screenplay for Hitchcock’s Shadow of the Doubt is considered to be a masterpiece. One of his passions was writing letters, which became a very important part of his creative writing. He wrote more than seven thousand letters that were published in several volumes. Wilder’s three-act play Our Town was first performed at McCarter Theater in Princeton, New Jersey on January 22, 1938. It later went on to success in Broadway at Henry Miller’s Theatre where it opened on February 4, 1938. In the Broadway production Wilder appeared in the role of Stage Manager for two weeks. Set in the fictional American small town of Grover's Corners, Our Town tells the story of an average town's residents in the early 20th century through their everyday lives and deaths. The main plot revolves around the members of two families, the Doc Gibbs’, and the family of a newspaper editor and publisher Mr Webb. Many minor characters appear in the play to create a colourful atmosphere of a small American town. The play opens with the Stage Manager’s appearance. He acts as a narrator, commentator, master of ceremony and some sort of a guide to Grover’s Corners. Occasionally he gets involved in the action of the play too. In Act One, Daily Life, set in 1901, the Stage Manager introduces the audience to the small town of Grover's Corners and its residents as a morning begins. People are going to work, housewives are putting the laundry out to dry, boys are delivering newspapers and milk … Doc Gibbs’ son, George, and editor Webb’s daughter, Emily, are still at school. Act Two, Love and Marriage, is set three years later on a graduation day at a local high school. George and Emily prepare to wed. People lament how George's sporting career will be wasted because of his marriage. The Stage Manager interrupts the scene and takes the audience back a year, when George and Emily agreed that George would not to go to college, but would stay in home town, so they could start a family. Act Three, Death and Eternity, is set in 1913. Much has changed in the meantime. The residents have started locking their houses at night for fear of burglars. The Stage Manager takes us to a cemetery and tells us who has died since the ending of Act Two. Emily Webb died giving birth to her second child and now finds herself in the world of the dead where she meets her relatives and friends. She wants to return to Earth to re-live just one day in the world of the living. The dead warn her against it. Emily is determined, so her mother-in-law suggests she chooses a very ordinary day. Emily returns to her 12th birthday. She recognizes people from her youth and gets her presents. Finally she finds it too painful, and realizes just how much life should be valued, "every, every minute." She then returns to her grave, watching impassively as her husband George kneels weeping at her graveside. Our Town remains of the most frequently produced 20th century American plays. It has been adapted numerous times for radio, television, film and even for the opera. Translator Tina Mahkota Director Matjaž Zupančič Dramaturg Tatjana Doma Set Designer Alen Ožbolt Costume Designer Bjanka Adžić Ursulov Composer and Music Arranger Jani Kovačič Actor Movement Consultant Branko Završan Lighting Designer Andrej Hajdinjak Vocal Coach Simon Dvoršak Language Consultant Jože Volk Sign Language Instructor Gabriela Jurkošek Stage Manager Branko Završan Dr. Gibbs Renato Jenček Joe Cromwell Aljoša Koltak Howie Newsome David Čeh Mrs. Gibbs Lučka Počkaj Mrs. Webb Jagoda George Gibbs Blaž Setnikar Emily Webb Liza Marija Grašič Professor Willard Igor Žužek Mr. Webb Bojan Umek Woman Tanja Potočnik Belligerent Man Igor Sancin Lady, One of the Dead Barbara Medvešček Simon Stimson Mario Šelih Mrs. Soames Manca Ogorevc Constable Warren Tarek Rashid Wedding Guests, The Dead Zvone Agrež, Rastko Krošl, Damjan M. Trbovc, Tanja Potočnik, Barbara Medvešček Sam Craig Vojko Belšak Joe Stoddard Igor Sancin Opening 21 February 2014 Performance duration: 2 hours and 10 minutes. 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__label__wiki	0.604329	0.604329	About SIVECO Business-to-Business Solutions Business-to-Public Solutions in 27 countries on 4 continents Over 200 awards About SIVECO Romania Home \| About SIVECO Romania \| Press \| Press Releases \| The newest educational products increase students' interest to learn The newest educational products increase students' interest to learn Raising the standards adopted in compulsory education and increase the role of IT in the area of teaching materials were the main themes addressed at WorldDidac Fair, which took place recently in the city of Basel, Switzerland. 423 exhibitors from 31 countries have submitted bids to a number of educational 20,000 visitors from 76 countries. Participant in the event, Stefan Morcov, Deputy Vice-President Commercial E-Learning, has had the opportunity to compare solutions for e-learning products SIVECO Romania to offer global momentum, and the level of assimilation of education assisted by computers in Romania with that of other countries. Exhibitors from around the world have come to deal with the new offer services and products for all levels of education and training. Table digital interactive books that you learn to sing, with the support of the CD, courses of English business stories in which children learn math more easily, laboratory data, figures and tables condensed into a device equipped with 7 cm touch screen - are just some of the products that have attracted the attention of visitors. "Experience SIVECO Romania in the field of educational materials is one that is up to European standards. We are proud that we have advanced products that can be used anywhere in the world. Information technology play an increasingly represented in the area of education", said Stefan Morcov. WorldDidac is dedicated to international projects. Therefore, the fair is visited by officials from education, but also for buyers and dealers. Visitors of different ages were interested in demonstrations made at various booths, the organizers managed to put in contact suppliers of educational services and representatives of the public who addressed them. SIVECO ROMANIA on facebook SIVECO ROMANIA on LinkedIn SIVECO ROMANIA on Google+ SIVECO ROMANIA on Twitter SIVECO ROMANIA on YouTube PALAEMON – A holistic passenger ship evacuation and rescue ecosystem EnergyShield, Cybersecurity for the Electrical Power and Energy System operators in Europe Copyright © 2003 - 2017 SIVECO Romania \| Last update: 23.03.2017	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7370
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__label__cc	0.631753	0.368247	US 'Spied on Future Pope Francis During Vatican Conclave' NSA spied on the future Pope Francis before and during the Vatican conclave at which he was chosen to succeed Benedict XVI Pope Francis delivering a speech during a meeting of the world's cardinals Photo: AFP The National Security Agency spied on the future Pope Francis before and during the Vatican conclave at which he was chosen to succeed Benedict XVI, it was claimed on Wednesday. The American spy agency monitored telephone calls made to and from the residence in Rome where the then Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio stayed during the conclave, the secret election at which cardinals chose him as pontiff on March 13. Read more at The Telegraph >>	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7373
__label__wiki	0.978389	0.978389	West Metro 37618839 Builders settle lawsuit over Rogers tornado death January 14, 2009 — 10:55pm The family of Jaymi Wendt, the 10-year-old who was killed two years ago when a tornado ripped through Rogers, settled its wrongful-death suit Wednesday against two home builders. "While the family still mourns Jaymi's death, they're pleased to close this chapter and move forward," attorney Patrick Sauter said after the suit was resolved in Hennepin County Court. The Wendt family will receive an undisclosed sum from Monarch Homes and Brook Builders Inc. The family settled Tuesday with another builder, Consolidated Concrete and Masonry Inc. For two years, Jaymi's death had been blamed on the tornado that ripped through Rogers, carving a 6-mile path of destruction. But her attorneys said that it was poor construction of the house she was in, and not the tornado, that caused her death. Six people were treated for injuries and 340 houses were damaged in the Sept. 16, 2006, storm that moved so swiftly that weather officials did not have time to sound sirens. But Jaymi's death, which occurred at a neighbor's house built by Monarch Homes in 1998, might have been prevented had the house's foundation been more sound, said Sauter, of the Minneapolis law firm Brassford Remele. Jaymi had accompanied her brother Jake, then 19, who was asked by neighbors Beth and Jeff Heibel to babysit their young children. Then the storm hit. Wednesday's settlement came after Beth Heibel and a firefighter had testified before a jury, Sauter said. 19-year-old falls from cliff in state park north of Twin Cities, is found unresponsive "Deputies were able to navigate the extreme terrain and locate the victim at the base of an approximately 30-foot-tall cliff," read a statement from the Sheriff's Office. 911 service restored in several southeastern Minnesota counties Emergency 911 service has been restored Monday across several southeastern Minnesota counties where an outage was reported Sunday night.Service was restored in Winona County about… Police: Man fatally shot in Madison apparently targeted The man who was fatally shot at a Madison apartment over the weekend was apparently targeted by the person who killed him, according to investigators. The sea cadet's body was found a day after collision. Man whose body found day later died from accident injuries The man whose body was found in a highway median a day after a car crash in Shakopee last week died of injuries suffered in that accident, officials said. Snowmobiler from Chaska dies after being hit by truck in northern Minnesota • West Metro Charges: Woman lured Mpls. Realtor to home before New Year's Eve kidnapping, murder • West Metro Metro Transit to upgrade security cameras on light-rail trains • West Metro Domestic violence advocates left short of funds by stalled bills • West Metro West metro area has a special place in natural history – and in winter hearts • West Metro	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7379
__label__wiki	0.994264	0.994264	Tweets by SkyFootball Unofficial Football Club Championship English Club Records Scottish Club Records How long since? British grounds used for matches Watney Cup Debenhams Cup English League Football How would the tables have looked if.... Latest English League Tables Latest Scottish League Tables Road to Wembley 2018-19 English Unofficial Football Club Championship ~ The Result List 1950 - 1980 Date Contenders Score Contenders Venue 641 19/8/1961 Newcastle United 0-0 Leyton Orient St James's Park, Newcastle 642 23/8/1961 Newcastle United 1-0 Walsall St James's Park, Newcastle 643 26/8/1961 Preston North End 0-1 Newcastle United Deepdale, Preston 644 29/8/1961 Walsall 1-0 Newcastle United Fellows Park, Walsall 645 2/9/1961 Walsall 1-5 Leyton Orient Fellows Park, Walsall 646 9/9/1961 Leyton Orient 2-0 Derby County Brisbane Road, London 647 16/9/1961 Bristol Rovers 2-1 Leyton Orient Eastville, Bristol 648 18/9/1961 Bristol Rovers 2-1 Scunthorpe United Eastville, Bristol 649 23/9/1961 Bristol Rovers 4-0 Leeds United Eastville, Bristol 650 30/9/1961 Norwich City 2-2 Bristol Rovers Carrow Road, Norwich 651 7/10/1961 Preston North End 1-0 Bristol Rovers Deepdale, Preston 652 14/10/1961 Stoke City 1-1 Preston North End Victoria Ground, Stoke 653 18/10/1961 Southampton 0-0 Preston North End The Dell, Southampton 654 21/10/1961 Preston North End 0-1 Sunderland Deepdale, Preston 655 28/10/1961 Sunderland 5-0 Plymouth Argyle Roker Park, Sunderland 656 4/11/1961 Huddersfield Town 0-0 Sunderland Leeds Road, Huddersfield 657 11/11/1961 Sunderland 2-1 Middlesbrough Roker Park, Sunderland 658 18/11/1961 Southampton 2-0 Sunderland The Dell, Southampton 659 25/11/1961 Rotherham United 4-2 Southampton Millmoor, Rotherham 660 2/12/1961 Luton Town 4-3 Rotherham United Kenilworth Road, Luton 661 9/12/1961 Bristol Rovers 1-0 Luton Town Eastville, Bristol 662 16/12/1961 Liverpool 2-0 Bristol Rovers Anfield, Liverpool 663 23/12/1961 Leeds United 1-0 Liverpool Elland Road, Leeds 664 26/12/1961 Leeds United 1-4 Scunthorpe United Elland Road, Leeds 665 13/1/1962 Charlton Athletic 3-3 Scunthorpe United The Valley, London 666 20/1/1962 Scunthorpe United 1-1 Liverpool The Old Show Ground, Scunthorpe 667 2/2/1962 Rotherham United 0-2 Scunthorpe United Millmoor, Rotherham 668 10/2/1962 Scunthorpe United 3-1 Sunderland The Old Show Ground, Scunthorpe 669 17/2/1962 Stoke City 1-0 Scunthorpe United Victoria Ground, Stoke 670 24/2/1962 Stoke City 0-1 Leyton Orient Victoria Ground, Stoke 671 3/3/1962 Leyton Orient 1-1 Sunderland Brisbane Road, London 672 9/3/1962 Rotherham United 2-1 Leyton Orient Millmoor, Rotherham 673 17/3/1962 Preston North End 2-0 Rotherham United Deepdale, Preston 674 21/3/1962 Sunderland 0-0 Preston North End Roker Park, Sunderland 675 24/3/1962 Liverpool 4-1 Preston North End Anfield, Liverpool 676 28/3/1962 Liverpool 4-1 Rotherham United Anfield, Liverpool 677 31/3/1962 Luton Town 1-0 Liverpool Kenilworth Road, Luton 678 7/4/1962 Stoke City 2-1 Luton Town Victoria Ground, Stoke 679 11/4/1962 Stoke City 1-3 Bury Victoria Ground, Stoke 680 14/4/1962 Plymouth Argyle 1-2 Bury Home Park, Plymouth 681 20/4/1962 Bury 1-1 Leeds United Gigg Lane, Bury 682 21/4/1962 Bury 1-2 Huddersfield Town Gigg Lane, Bury 683 23/4/1962 Huddersfield Town 1-2 Scunthorpe United Leeds Road, Huddersfield 684 24/4/1962 Scunthorpe United 1-3 Huddersfield Town The Old Show Ground, Scunthorpe 685 28/4/1962 Huddersfield Town 0-3 Rotherham United Leeds Road, Huddersfield 686 18/8/1962 Rotherham United 0-1 Chelsea Millmoor, Rotherham 687 22/8/1962 Chelsea 3-0 Scunthorpe United Stamford Bridge, London 688 25/8/1962 Chelsea 5-0 Charlton Athletic Stamford Bridge, London 689 28/8/1962 Scunthorpe United 3-0 Chelsea The Old Show Ground, Scunthorpe 690 1/9/1962 Bury 0-2 Scunthorpe United Gigg Lane, Bury 691 4/9/1962 Scunthorpe United 2-1 Newcastle United The Old Show Ground, Scunthorpe 682 8/9/1962 Scunthorpe United 1-0 Rotherham United The Old Show Ground, Scunthorpe 683 11/9/1962 Scunthorpe United 1-0 Swansea Town The Old Show Ground, Scunthorpe 685 18/9/1962 Charlton Athletic 0-3 Stoke City The Valley, London 686 22/9/1962 Scunthorpe United 0-0 Stoke City The Old Show Ground, Scunthorpe 688 6/10/1962 Stoke City 3-1 Newcastle United Victoria Ground, Stoke 689 13/10/1962 Walsall 0-0 Stoke City Fellows Park, Walsall 690 20/10/1962 Stoke City 3-0 Norwich City Victoria Ground, Stoke 691 27/10/1962 Grimsby Town 1-1 Stoke City Blundell Park, Cleethorpes 692 3/11/1962 Stoke City 2-2 Plymouth Argyle Victoria Ground, Stoke 693 10/11/1962 Preston North End 1-1 Stoke City Deepdale, Preston 694 17/11/1962 Stoke City 3-1 Portsmouth Victoria Ground, Stoke 695 24/11/1962 Cardiff City 1-1 Stoke City Ninian Park, Cardiff 696 1/12/1962 Stoke City 2-1 Huddersfield Town Victoria Ground, Stoke 697 8/12/1962 Middlesbrough 2-2 Stoke City Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough 698 15/12/1962 Leeds United 3-1 Stoke City Elland Road, Leeds 699 22/12/1962 Sunderland 2-1 Leeds United Roker Park, Sunderland 700 26/12/1962 Sunderland 0-1 Bury Roker Park, Sunderland 701 29/12/1962 Bury 3-0 Sunderland Gigg Lane, Bury 702 19/1/1963 Bury 0-3 Norwich City Gigg Lane, Bury 703 23/2/1963 Norwich City 4-2 Rotherham United Carrow Road, Norwich 704 2/3/1963 Charlton Athletic 0-2 Norwich City The Valley, London 705 9/3/1963 Norwich City 6-0 Stoke City Carrow Road, Norwich 706 20/3/1963 Sunderland 7-1 Norwich City Roker Park, Sunderland 707 23/3/1963 Grimsby Town 1-2 Sunderland Blundell Park, Cleethorpes 708 30/3/1963 Sunderland 1-1 Plymouth Argyle Roker Park, Sunderland 709 6/4/1963 Preston North End 1-1 Sunderland Deepdale, Preston 710 12/4/1963 Sunderland 0-0 Stoke City Roker Park, Sunderland 711 13/4/1963 Sunderland 1-0 Portsmouth Roker Park, Sunderland 712 15/4/1963 Stoke City 2-1 Sunderland Victoria Ground, Stoke 713 20/4/1963 Huddersfield Town 3-3 Stoke City Leeds Road, Huddersfield 714 27/4/1963 Stoke City 0-1 Middlesbrough Victoria Ground, Stoke 715 29/4/1963 Huddersfield Town 0-0 Middlesbrough Leeds Road, Huddersfield 716 6/5/1963 Middlesbrough 2-1 Leeds United Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough 717 11/5/1963 Middlesbrough 3-2 Cardiff City Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough 718 15/5/1963 Middlesbrough 2-0 Preston North End Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough 719 18/5/1963 Portsmouth 1-1 Middlesbrough Fratton Park, Portsmouth 720 21/5/1963 Middlesbrough 6-2 Norwich City Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough 721 24/8/1963 Middlesbrough 5-0 Plymouth Argyle Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough 722 26/8/1963 Middlesbrough 3-0 Newcastle United Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough 723 31/8/1963 Charlton Athletic 2-4 Middlesbrough The Valley, London 724 4/9/1963 Newcastle United 2-0 Middlesbrough St James's Park, Newcastle 725 7/9/1963 Newcastle United 5-0 Charlton Athletic St James's Park, Newcastle 726 11/9/1963 Newcastle United 2-2 Southampton St James's Park, Newcastle 727 14/9/1963 Grimsby Town 2-1 Newcastle United Blundell Park, Cleethorpes 728 17/9/1963 Charlton Athletic 2-1 Grimsby Town The Valley, London 729 21/9/1963 Derby County 1-1 Charlton Athletic Baseball Ground, Derby 730 28/9/1963 Charlton Athletic 1-0 Plymouth Argyle The Valley, London 731 1/10/1963 Swindon Town 2-2 Charlton Athetic County Ground, Swindon 732 5/10/1963 Manchester City 1-3 Charlton Athletic Maine Road, Manchester 733 12/10/1963 Charlton Athletic 3-0 Bury The Valley, London 734 19/10/1963 Northampton Town 1-2 Charlton Athletic County Ground, Northampton 735 26/10/1963 Charlton Athletic 5-2 Cardiff City The Valley, London 736 2/11/1963 Leeds United 1-1 Charlton Athletic Elland Road, Leeds 737 9/11/1963 Charlton Athletic 4-3 Rotherham United The Valley, London 738 16/11/1963 Portsmouth 4-1 Charlton Athletic Fratton Park, Portsmouth 739 23/11/1963 Grimsby Town 0-3 Portsmouth Blundell Park, Cleethorpes 740 30/11/1963 Portsmouth 1-2 Preston North End Fratton Park, Portsmouth 741 7/12/1963 Preston North End 3-0 Bury Deepdale, Preston 742 14/12/1963 Preston North End 0-0 Leyton Orient Deepdale, Preston 743 20/12/1963 Swansea Town 5-1 Preston North End Vetch Field, Swansea 744 26/12/1963 Swansea Town 1-2 Charlton Athletic Vetch Field, Swansea 745 28/12/1963 Charlton Athletic 3-1 Swansea Town The Valley, London 746 11/1/1964 Charlton Athletic 1-2 Newcastle United The Valley, London 747 18/1/1964 Newcastle United 4-0 Grimsby Town St James's Park, Newcastle 748 1/2/1964 Preston North End 3-0 Newcastle United Deepdale, Preston 749 8/2/1964 Huddersfield Town 2-2 Preston North End Leeds Road, Huddersfield 750 17/2/1964 Preston North End 0-2 Derby County Deepdale, Preston 751 22/2/1964 Sunderland 3-0 Derby County Roker Park, Sunderland 752 7/3/1964 Sunderland 0-0 Middlesbrough Roker Park, Sunderland 753 14/3/1964 Newcastle United 1-0 Sunderland St James's Park, Newcastle 754 17/3/1964 Swansea Town 0-1 Newcastle United Vetch Field, Swansea 755 20/3/1964 Cardiff City 2-2 Newcastle United Ninian Park, Cardiff 756 27/3/1964 Newcastle United 0-1 Leeds United St James's Park, Newcastle 757 28/3/1964 Derby County 1-1 Leeds United Baseball Ground, Derby 758 30/3/1964 Leeds United 2-1 Newcastle United Elland Road, Leeds 759 4/4/1964 Leeds United 2-1 Leyton Orient Elland Road, Leeds 760 11/4/1964 Swansea Town 0-3 Leeds United Vetch Field, 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__label__cc	0.591511	0.408489	St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church The church that feeds people 722 N. 145th St. \| Shoreline, WA 98133 From the Rector Rector’s Weekly Message Weekly Worship Schedule Extended Serving Assignments Feeding Ministries Tent Encampments HomePostsAnnouncementsA Gift for Yourself and Your… A Gift for Yourself and Your Loved Ones Dear Parish Members, I am deeply grateful for having the opportunity to screen our film, Speaking of Dying at your parish and to have Father Marshall’s interest and enthusiasm for the Heartwork model of end-of-life planning. As you may know, death is an important mystery in all our lives. The fear of death or the trauma of a loved one’s death can affect one’s whole life in many ways. That’s why we made this film. In collaboration with chaplain Trudy James, the producer, I directed and was the videographer for the project. Speaking of Dying premiered on April 16, 2015. Since then it has been shown over 300 times in the Seattle area. It has helped many people think about end of life options and how to begin talking about them. In conjunction with the film, Heartwork offers workshops on this important subject. The film and workshops are part of a growing nationwide shift in awareness and attitudes about end-of-life choices and options. We’re excited to grow the conversation, and I invite you to join us for our screening at St. Dunstan’s. The date is set for Wednesday, Jan. 31, at 7p.m. We’ll meet in the Parish Hall. I will lead a presentation and have a Q&A discussion afterward. Heartwork Workshops Our four-session framework for the Heartwork Workshops gives participants time to recognize the challenges in today’s medical environment, to face their fears, to learn about the resources available to them, to make choices that reflect their own deepest values, and to document those choices. They often report that doing this work makes their lives better—along with creating the possibility of a more peaceful ending. Planning for a good death is an act of loving kindness—for ourselves, and for others. Heartwork facilitators create meaningful, confidential end-of-life planning groups. Consisting of four sessions lasting 1-½ hours, participants find the group conversations “helpful, lively, honest, rich, stimulating, and comforting.” Participants receive an Advanced Healthcare Directive and a binder with current resources and handouts. The standard fee is $125 per person, and a sliding scale is available for those in need. Dates: Weds. eves. Feb. 28, Mar.7, 14 and 21. Time: 7:00-8:30pm. With gratitude, Jennifer Jennifer Jones, Heartwork facilitator jwjwjones@gmail.com or 425 220-4091 www.speakingofdying.com Faces of Our Ministries:… Speaking of Dying 722 N 145th St. \| Shoreline, WA 98133 Sundays at 8:00 and 10:00 am and Wednesdays at 10:00 office@sdchp.org Our Mission: Inspired by our worship together we grow in Christ through welcoming the stranger, feeding hungry bodies and spirits, giving of ourselves, and inviting others to join us in this journey of faith. © 2020 St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7385
__label__wiki	0.796409	0.796409	Also Noted SecurityNext Home » Commercial and Systems Integrators Pro-Tec has new owners, goes ESOP Eva Mach named Pro-Tec president and CEO Martha Entwistle MINNEAPOLIS—Tom Hagen, long-time president and owner of independent integration firm Pro-Tec Design, is the latest security executive to choose ESOP (employee stock ownership plan) as an exit strategy. As of Feb. 1, the company is now 100-percent employee-owned, Tim Ferrian, VP of sales and marketing and former SSN “20 under 40” award winner, told Security Systems News. “Day-to-day operations of the company don’t change. We all still do what we did in January when the company was owned by Tom. The only difference is that we all now work for ourselves,” Ferrian said. Pro-Tec joins Tech Systems, another independent integrator, in becoming employee-owned. Both companies are PSA Security owners. While he was approached multiple times to sell Pro-Tec, Tom Hagen said the ESOP option “emerged as the pathway for me to achieve my goals … of a good future for my family, for Pro-Tec’s employees and for our customers and suppliers.” The current management team has been working on the ESOP transition for more than a year. That team includes Ferrian; Eva Mach, former CFO who is now president and CEO of Pro-Tec; and Paul Dykema, VP of operations. Hagen explained that because an ESOP is a tax-free entity, “the money we pay each year in federal and state taxes became available to help finance the transaction. The agreement was structured as a stock sale rather than an asset sale, which would normally be the case, creating meaningful tax savings for me as the seller.” For the employees, the ESOP “creates energy, excitement and opportunity to make a difference and reimagine what the potential of this company can be," Hagen said. Ferrian said that in the three weeks since the deal closed, he’s seen evidence that employees feel more ownership in the company. He said he’s excited to see “how the change in our company structure impacts peoples’ view of their role and how that reflection changes the way they interact with our clients.” Ferrien predicts that “our idea of customer service will change dramatically for the better.” Based here, Pro-Tec has 45 employees and 400 clients, which include Ashley Furniture, Best Buy Company, Boston Scientific, 3M, Target, State of Minnesota, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Hagen will continue with Pro-Tec as a consultant and as chairman of the board of directors. He will also continue to serve on the PSA Security Network board of directors. Tom Hagen, Tim Ferrian, Pro-Tec Design, ESOP, Eva Mach, Paul Dykema Bill Bozeman, Jim Henry to receive Security Legend Award Anixter accepts $4.5 billion buyout offer from WESCO Intrusion trends stem from smart home, home automation capabilities Monitoring companies called to action at NFPA meeting Mission 500 exceeds 2018 goals with higher expectations for 2019 SSN Newsletters © 2019 United Publications ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7388
__label__cc	0.678988	0.321012	SethEvangelho.com My Ministries It's been way too long since my last post. Here's a link to a video introducing the new family-based faith program that's been keeping me so busy (LOVE IT!): https://www.facebook.com/standrebessette/videos/820471898074014/ And the (self-published) book we've created to go along with our year one sessions: http://smile.amazon.com/Sacred-Scripture-G-I-F-T-Parent-Review/dp/1515214877/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1455734616&sr=8-2&keywords=seth+evangelho And, if you're really interested, here's a link to our (almost completed) year-one take-home materials and monthly session guides: http://www.standrebessette.org/year-1-materials.html This is part of a longterm vision to empower and encourage parents as the primary educators in the faith of their children, and we're already seeing such a tremendous response from so many of the families at our parish. Please pray for this project to produce abundant fruits of grace in the lives of these families! How Do I Know It's Working? It's difficult for me to believe sometimes. In my head I get it, but in my heart I just don't trust enough. Most days I find myself praying that hidden gem in the Gospel: "Lord, I believe, help my unbelief" (Mark 9:24). What is it I really believe? It's remarkable, unthinkable really! Not only is the idea of glorification in Christ the most lofty, to-good-to-be-true idea conceivable, but the way in which this glorification takes place in the here and now continually baffles my imagination, not to mention my immediate experience. It's said that we have been made "partakers of the divine nature" (2 Peter 1:4). That's really the end goal of the Incarnation - the whole point of Christianity - is it not? Often we lose sight of the end goal and focus exclusively on redemption and forgiveness; but by uniting with Jesus' sacred humanity in baptism, our own humanity is healed (set free from sin), perfected, and elevated. We are taken up into the divine life. Do I really internalize this aspect of salvation? How often do I really experience it? And how does that even work, right? That's the unthinkable part. Divine life was lived out perfectly in human history. 2000 years ago, God walked the earth as a man. Everything Jesus did, therefore, he did not just as a man but as an eternal being - as God. Every one of his (human) actions are eternal. They're outside of time. They're... accessible now. And that's not even the unthinkable part. The most baffling claim of all is what happens when we access that life. It's not some abstract transformation or healing force, it's an encounter with a living person, specifically the resurrected and glorified Jesus. And it's not just an encounter either. It's a possession of sorts! The unthinkable claim is that the life Jesus lived 2000 years ago - because it's eternal, transcending space and time, and therefore accessible to me in this very moment - he now begins to live in me through the grace of baptism. Let me say that again. The life Jesus lived 2000 years ago is at present being lived out in my own life. That's what it means to put on Christ. That's the result of redemption and forgiveness, and that's the climactic appeal of the "Good News" Christianity professes. Do you see the unthinkable in this claim? I'm not even sure I can count the ways my mind begins to spin off into overload. And it's here that my faith is really being tested lately. I thought I understood the salvation thing. How amazing it is that I've been forgiven for my sins! How unbelievable it is that we have a God who loves us no matter what we've done, or ever will do! We have a Father in heaven who loves us with a love more intense and more perfect than the purest human love. But glorification? This idea of being "in Christ"? This idea of Christ being in me? Now I'm struggling to keep up. Is this a future event, or am I somehow living it now? Saint Paul, in just a few short letters, says the phrase "in Christ" 165 times! I think he was trying to get me to understand something. Jesus is in me. Right now! And he wants to reign in me. He wants to live his life in me. That life he lived 2000 years ago, he lived for me. Jesus gives me that life, and the more I allow him to live through, with, and in me, the more fully I discover my own life. I was made for him. I was created to live that life. But how do I know it's working! I want so badly to say with Saint Paul, "It is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God" (Galatians 2:20). Instead, however, I'm usually stuck echoing his lamentation: "I do the things I do not want to do, and the things I want to do I do not do" (Romans 7:19). How do I know this "life of grace" thing is working? Every day I struggle to love. I struggle to give myself to my wife and my three beautiful children. I struggle to care about the needs of my neighbor over my own selfish desires. But sometimes I succeed and it's beautiful. There's peace. My relationships are whole. And my hope is that through those moments my heart is being given over more and more to his. I don't always know that it's working. Often my experience suggests otherwise. My feelings betray my faith. But that's when I say the simplest, and most sincere prayer I have in my arsenal: "Jesus, I trust in you." I think it's the theological virtue of hope. That's how I know it's working. I trust more and more now that my elevation into the divine life is not the gift I receive once my heart has been healed and perfected. Not at all! Rather, my participation in the divine life (the life of Jesus) is the means by which my heart is being healed and perfected. Even when I fall, I keep saying yes to his love and my trust grows. I'm staying close to the Sacraments, and I'm beginning to realize his Real Presence in me. My hope grows. And I do notice real change in my heart. "Christ in you, the hope of glory" (Colossians 1:27). Humorous but so true. I wasn't exactly Abner, but I've had my share of blunders. Totus Tuus (Ministry Tip of the Week #52!!) 51 weeks ago, on the Blessed Mother's birthday, I made her a promise. I said I would commit to a weekly ministry tip for a year: 52 ways to lead people closer to Jesus. This is #52! I thought it fitting, therefore, to end with not only a Marian tip but, arguably the most powerful way to draw closer to Jesus: Consecration to Mary. The following is a list of the twelve words Fr. Michael Gaitley uses to capture the heart of Marian Consecration. This is a quick summary and, if you haven't already, I highly recommend getting a copy of his book, "33 Days to Morning Glory." "To Jesus through Mary." Prayerful reflection upon twelve words helps us to draw deeper into this mystery. In 33 Days, Fr. Michael Gailtley recommends substituting these twelve words and praying a decade of the rosary as we meditate on each one: Passion: The saints were warriors. They 'fought' with zeal for the love of God. Nothing could stop them and they wanted nothing but to draw closer to Jesus in every moment, and to help others do the same. "All for the Glory of God," said St. Ignatius. Do I have this kind of passion for the things of heaven? Baptism: Our ability to live fully for Jesus comes from the life-giving waters of baptism. Its in this mysterious sacrament that we enter into his life, death, and resurrection. We can do all things in Christ who strengthens us because, through baptism, he literally dwells in us. We become temples of the Holy Spirit, and share in the mission of redemption. Do I see baptism as a responsibility, as a mission? Do I realize that my strength to live for God comes from Christ in the gift of baptism? Gift: In baptism we receive all that is Christ's. That includes his mother. This is a gift from the Lord to us, and the Consecration is an invitation not only to receive that gift but to offer ourselves as a gift in return. Am I willing to give myself to Mary, to let her truly be my spiritual mother and to allow myself to truly become her spiritual child? Mystery: The gift of Mary's spiritual motherhood is a mystery that goes far beyond our earthly experience. This was part of God's plan from all eternity. Mary is the vessel of grace for the world, the physical channel through which the love of her Son is poured forth into the created world. Her relationship with the Holy Spirit is spousal - but even more intimate than spousal! In some mysterious way, Mary is a finite reflection of the purity and fruitfulness that is the uncreated Immaculate Conception, the eternal Immaculate Conception, the Third Person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit. She is "full of grace," and he (the Holy Spirit) moves in her with perfect freedom, so perfectly that she conceives and bears Christ. She has become the vessel through which the Holy Spirit pours the love of Christ into the world. She has become the New Eve, the "mother of the living," for all grace flows through her and into the Body of her Son, the Church. (might want to read that one a few times) Militia: Consecration is personal but its not a private affair. The Holy Spirit is raising up an army of 'soldiers', a Church united in the arms of a mother, and ready to defeat the wiles of the devil, our spiritual enemy. Scripture tells us that God has put enmity (a "spiritual chasm") between the devil and the woman, and the Consecration unites us perfectly to her. The Holy Spirit is raising up an army that the devil can't touch, the Militia Immaculata, as St. Maximillian Kolbe calls it. Love: The spiritual life is always a free choice. Its the freedom required for love. In order to unite perfectly to Mary and live fully as her spiritual children, we have to really love her. Have I experienced the tender love of Mary? Am I growing in a tenderness toward her? How can I love her more fully? Thirst: No one shares in the suffering of Jesus more fully than his mother. She was there; she witnessed his agony. She experienced not just the physical thirst of his bruised and broken body but the deeper, spiritual thirst of his heart. He longs to be our savior and so few allow his merciful love in. Mary knows the thirst of her Son and she longs to quench it. Her mission is to bring us to him, to teach us the depths of his love, and to help us open our hearts fully to receive him as savior, that his thirst and our own may be quenched. Heart: In order to do this perfectly, we must be perfect, immaculate. It's impossible... for us. But Mary is immaculate and she loves Jesus with perfect openness to his merciful love. With her heart, we can love Jesus perfectly and, one with her heart, she makes our offerings perfect. Do I live in the heart of Mary? Do I ask her, as Mother Teresa did everyday, to "lend me your heart"? Covenant: The exchange of hearts is nothing less than a covenant. Consecration to Mary is a covenant exchange. It's the making of a family. She becomes our mother, and we become her sons and daughters. In exchange for you, Blessed Mother, I give you me. That's a covenant. Jesus offers this to the Father on the cross and he offers it to us in the Eucharist. He's drawing us into his relationship with the Father, and his relationship with Mary will help open our hearts to receive this divine reality. Mother: Through this exchange of hearts, this covenant, she really becomes a mother to us. In Scripture, it says that the Beloved Disciple "took her into his home." If we want to let Mary be our mother we must do the same. She must be taken in and made a part of our lives. She must be present in our homes, in our prayers, and even in the love we pour into our relationships. Do I love with Mary's love? Do I pray in and with the heart of Mary? How can I increase this devotion in my life? Entrustment: The true consecration is the self-consecration of Jesus to the Father. The Consecration to Mary is meant to help us enter more perfectly into Jesus' self-consecration. We entrust ourselves to Mary because not only do we love her as a mother but we know that her entire mission is to lead us deeper into the heart of her Son. Just as the apostles prayed with Mary in the Upper Room as they awaited Pentecost, so too do we pause - throughout each day - at the feet of Mary, and pray for our own rebirth. Trust, and the Spirit will come. Mercy: Of course, we sin. We fall. We doubt. We give up. When Jesus was betrayed in the garden, all the disciples left him. But John ran to Mary, and she brought him right back to her Son. More specifically, she brought him to the fountain of mercy on Calvary, to the source and summit of his forgiveness and redemption. She wants to do the same for us. Mercy is love when it confronts sin. The merciful savior awaits our coming home with open arms. His mercy endures forever and nothing we do could ever diminish his willingness to save us. Mary, Full of Grace, trusted perfectly. So too can we. Absolute trust in the mercy of God, the fruit of Marian Consecration. May our efforts to lead people closer to Jesus be truly Marian. May our trustful surrender to his will become abundant channels of grace, and may we too become bearers of Christ to the world. "52 Ways to Lead People Closer to Jesus" - REVISIT PREVIOUS WEEKS: 1 - Share Yourself 2 - Know the Kerygma 3 - Pray. Especially When You Don't Have Time. 4 - Collaborate 5 - Invite. Invite. Invite. 6 - Be Cheerful 7 - Do the Task at Hand 8 - Don't Forget Recess 9 - It Begins with a Smile 10 - The Topic is Always Jesus 11 - The WIIFM Principle 12 - Recapture the Enchantment 13 - Learn to Use Youtube 14 - The Art of Accompaniment 15 - The Art of Listening 16 - Eat Food. It's Part of Evangelization 17 - Everything Leads to Liturgy 18 - Self-love Can Still Be Other-centered 19 - It Will Never Be Perfect, Don't Stress 20 - The "Student" is the Whole Family 21 - Catechesis is a MEANS of Evangelization 22 - The 5 Means of Evangelization 23 - The Christian Life is Service 24 - Doctrine is for Prayer. 25 - From Evangelization to Immanuelization 26 - Humility, Love, and 'Eucharistic' Anticipation 27 - People Change People 28 - Salvation History is Our Story 29 - Mutual Forgiveness 30 - Fraternal Correction 31 - Build-Up Families 32 - Affirmative Orthodoxy 33 - Emphasize the Mission 34 - Talk about Tithing 35 - Recognize Bondage 36 - Encourage Ignatian Discernment 37 - Be Patient. It's a Process. 38 - The Thresholds of Conversion 39 - What... or, better yet, Who is the Parish? 40 - There's no place like a Home 41 - The Etymology of Respect 42 - Connect People 43 - To Receive is to Give 44 - Be Intentional. 45 - Three Birds, One Stone 46 - The Ecclesial Method 47 - The Liturgy of the Hours 48 - The Papal Take on the Preferential Option 49 - The Real Meaning of Apology 50 - Follow the Leaders 51 - Renew the Imagination Renew the Imagination A digitized world has its advantages, but the drawbacks are dangerous. The constant bombardment of images and slogans, ad campaigns, tweets, blog posts, video games and Facebook 'likes' threatens to dull (or even replace) our deeply human sense of wonder, reflection, and imaginative thought. Why research something when Google has already done the work for you, right? Again, tapping into the universal consciousness we call Google has its advantages but, if we're going to avoid the dumbing down of our own personal consciousness, we had better be proactive; for the modern loss of the imaginative faculty is paralyzing our ability to exercise the gift of faith. In order to understand this a little better, let's be clear on what the imagination is. First of all, imagination is NOT reducible to our ability to pretend. To use your imagination does not primarily mean to fantasize or to make things up. The Imagination is a faculty of the human soul and a fundamental means by which God communicates to us the divine realities of faith. When we use this God-given, human faculty we bring to mind images of a reality that isn't immediately present to our senses. It's a faculty of memory, but also of hope and vision for the future. Most important of all maybe, the imagination is a power of the soul that allows us to perceive present realities hidden from physical sensation. The Practice of the Presence of God Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection wrote a timeless book based upon his spiritual habits of contemplative prayer: "The Practice of the Presence of God." Ultimately, he tells us that contemplative prayer takes practice and it's a question of continually recalling that we are in fact surrounded by the presence of Love Eternal. "As often as I could," says Brother Lawrence, "I placed myself as a worshipper before him, fixing my mind upon his holy presence, recalling it when I found it wandering from him. This proved to be an exercise frequently painful, yet I persisted through all difficulties." The imagination it turns out is a kind of spiritual muscle that, when exercised, creates in us a capacity to commune with the divine in our daily activities (Brother Lawrence was in charge of pots and pans in his monastery). Without the imagination, faith can easily become a mundane list of facts and rote prayers. As "new evangelists" in the modern world, our job is to renew the imaginations of old and young alike. May this renewal begin first in our own souls; may the ease of modern technology be for us a tool and not an addiction; may we struggle and persist through all difficulties to keep alive the presence of God and a living faith in all that we do; and may we teach others to do the same. "There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful, than that of a continual conversation with God; those only can comprehend it who practice and experience it" (Brother Lawrence). 20 - The "Student" is the Whole Family 21 - Catechesis is a MEANS of Evangelization 22 - The 5 Means of Evangelization 23 - The Christian Life is Service 24 - Doctrine is for Prayer. 25 - From Evangelization to Immanuelization 26 - Humility, Love, and 'Eucharistic' Anticipation 27 - People Change People 28 - Salvation History is Our Story 29 - Mutual Forgiveness 30 - Fraternal Correction 31 - Build-Up Families 32 - Affirmative Orthodoxy 33 - Emphasize the Mission 34 - Talk about Tithing 35 - Recognize Bondage 36 - Encourage Ignatian Discernment 37 - Be Patient. It's a Process. 38 - The Thresholds of Conversion 39 - What... or, better yet, Who is the Parish? 40 - There's no place like a Home 41 - The Etymology of Respect 42 - Connect People 43 - To Receive is to Give 44 - Be Intentional. 45 - Three Birds, One Stone 46 - The Ecclesial Method 47 - The Liturgy of the Hours 48 - The Papal Take on the Preferential Option 49 - The Real Meaning of Apology 50 - Follow the Leaders This blog is dedicated to strategy, vision and encouragement for all lay ministers in the Church: to catechists, youth ministers, volunteers, and anyone seeking to respond to the Church's call for a "New Evangelization." SUPPORT MONKS! BUY COFFEE! Powerful Catholic Speakers! The Process Of Evangelization	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7390
__label__wiki	0.763662	0.763662	Rethink Modern Tesla Model 3- Its Here July 30, 2017 adminModern Technology and Gadgets, News and ArticlesCars, TeslaComments Off on Tesla Model 3- Its Here As Tesla delivered the first few Model 3 production units today, I had the chance to drive one around the Fremont factory. This is one part of a series of posts from the Model 3 unveiling. You can read the other parts here: Tesla Model 3 production specs revealed A look at all Tesla Model 3 production colors Model 3 delivery event: live updates Here’s a quick report on my short time with the highly anticipated electric car. The first few vehicles produced by Tesla are being delivered to executives and employees and a few of them were nice enough to allow reporters to drive them around the Fremont factory earlier today. Unfortunately, we were not allow to take pictures or film the test drive. Nonetheless, I got to drive a brand new Midnight Silver Model 3 with 19″ ‘Sport’ wheels (the non-aero ones). The first thing that comes to mind when seeing the vehicle in person is that it is indeed a Tesla. It might be half the price of the Model S, but it does look and feel like a ~20% smaller Model S with a design refresh. Of course, that’s just how it looks, but it also features several updated systems, including a new architecture. A walk around shows nothing new that we haven’t seen in the countless recent sightings, but the glass roof is definitely a standout feature – it looks great in person, especially from the back: Now you have to actually get in the car. Tesla is parting ways with its concept of using a key fob that looks like the car and instead, it will rely primarily on the owner’s phone. Tesla’s app will take an increasingly more important role and the Model 3 will be Bluetooth connected to your phone in order to automatically unlock the doors as you approach. If your phone is dead or you don’t have it on you for whatever reason, Tesla provides a keycard with a NFC chip. You just have to swipe on the B pillar and it will unlock the doors: Now once you are inside, you can admire the minimalist interior of the Model 3. While the center 15″ touchscreen almost jumps in your face, the long straight dash almost steals the show: I didn’t have a lot of time to play with the user interface of the screen, but it almost looks exactly like each of Tesla’s current apps but in different formats to fit on the horizontal display: The left side is definitely more animated when in drive. The renders of the Model 3 and surrounding vehicles appear on the screen like they do on the instrument cluster of current Model S and Model X vehicles with Autopilot. The area which shows charging information above changes when the car is in drive to display gears and speed of the car. There’s also a very small animation of the power consumption. I wasn’t comfortable with looking at it too much while driving, but I have to assume that drivers could get used to it after an extended period. The car was so new that it was still calibrating its Autopilot sensors when I drove it, which means that I couldn’t activate Autopilot. Tesla Model 3 Dashboard But I was assured that it was the latest version currently available in the new Model S and Model X vehicles. The biggest difference is the way the driver activates it since it is now on the gear selector, as we recently reported. You need to tap down twice in order to activate the features where it is available. As for the driving experience itself, it felt a lot like a Model S 60 with a 0-60 acceleration of 5.1 seconds. Despite being about 1,000 pounds lighter than the Model S, it felt very solid with sharp handling, especially in “sport” steering mode. It benefits from the same architecture as its predecessors with the battery pack laying flat close to the ground between the axles. I honestly didn’t have enough time with the car to form a valuable opinion on the driving experience, but my first impression is that it feels solid for a vehicle of its size and again, very comparable to the base Model S in term of driving. I did notice that the regenerative braking is significantly weaker than I anticipated, but I am now used to the regen of my Model S P85, which is quite strong. It is possible that regen strength could get stronger on future dual-motor versions of the Model 3, or a performance version if it ever comes. This one part of a series of posts from the Model 3 unveiling. You can read the other parts here: Source: https://electrek.co/2017/07/29/tesla-model-3-first-drive-experience/ Tesla Solar Roof- Powerwall 2 October 29, 2016 adminHome Design Ideas, Modern Technology and Gadgets, News and ArticlesSolar, TeslaComments Off on Tesla Solar Roof- Powerwall 2 Tesla Just unveiled a game changer in the Solar world. Tesla Solar Roof is an integrated Solar panel into a roofing material. This product is both functional and beautiful Musk said the secret to the Tesla solar roof appearance is a special coating that becomes more or less see-through depending on your viewing angle. He described it as a series of micro louvers that work like a privacy screen on a laptop, and said the company is working with 3M on the tech. The effect is dramatic in person. From shallow angles, the tiles appear nontransparent. But as your viewing angle approaches 90 degrees, the underlying solar cell becomes more and more visible. The result is a tile that permits the passage of sunlight from overhead, but still looks opaque to anyone at ground level. For those concerned about the strength of the Tesla solar roof made of glass tiles, Musk showed the audience footage of a drop test to demonstrate that the glass was tougher than materials like clay and slate. “It’s never going to wear out, it’s made of quartz, it has a quasi-infinite lifetime,” Musk said. “We need to make solar panels as appealing as electric cars have become,” Musk said. He wants to make every roof solar, by making it irresistible. “It needs to be beautiful, affordable, and seamlessly integrated. If all of those things are true, why would you go any other direction?” Why, indeed. Musk makes a strong case, but it’s one he only partially supported this evening; Tesla’s panels certainly look good, but Musk provided no details on pricing, availability, or the installation process. A Better Battery The solar roofs are designed to be used with the Tesla Powerwall. Version 2.0, which Musk also unveiled today, is a bright white rectangle, and flatter than the first version, which Tesla released in April 2015. It will cost $5,500 for 14kWh of storage and 7kWh peak power draw. That’s enough to power a four bedroom house for a day. The new roof and battery are both part of Musk’s master plan to save the world through sustainable energy. Yes, you could go out and buy a solar system now, but the large, purple-black sheets of glass don’t exactly blend in on a period house—or most other properties, for that matter. Beyond a certain grudging respect for your green credentials (and lower utility bills), they don’t make the neighbors jealous in the way a Tesla Model S in the driveway does. Tesla Releases Full Self Driving Hardware in All Cars October 20, 2016 adminModern Technology and Gadgets, News and ArticlesLevel 5, Self Driving, TeslaComments Off on Tesla Releases Full Self Driving Hardware in All Cars Tesla has released Tesla Full Sell Driving Hardware into all of its cars, including the model 3. Self-driving vehicles will play a crucial role in improving transportation safety and accelerating the world’s transition to a sustainable future. Full autonomy will enable a Tesla to be substantially safer than a human driver, lower the financial cost of transportation for those who own a car and provide low-cost on-demand mobility for those who do not. We are excited to announce that, as of today, all Tesla vehicles produced in our factory – including Model 3 – will have the hardware needed for full self-driving capability at a safety level substantially greater than that of a human driver. Eight surround cameras provide 360 degree visibility around the car at up to 250 meters of range. Twelve updated ultrasonic sensors complement this vision, allowing for detection of both hard and soft objects at nearly twice the distance of the prior system. A forward-facing radar with enhanced processing provides additional data about the world on a redundant wavelength, capable of seeing through heavy rain, fog, dust and even the car ahead. To make sense of all of this data, a new onboard computer with more than 40 times the computing power of the previous generation runs the new Tesla-developed neural net for vision, sonar and radar processing software. Together, this system provides a view of the world that a driver alone cannot access, seeing in every direction simultaneously and on wavelengths that go far beyond the human senses. Before activating the features enabled by the new hardware, we will further calibrate the system using millions of miles of real-world driving to ensure significant improvements to safety and convenience. While this is occurring, Teslas with new hardware will temporarily lack certain features currently available on Teslas with first-generation Autopilot hardware, including some standard safety features such as automatic emergency braking, collision warning, lane holding and active cruise control. As these features are robustly validated we will enable them over the air, together with a rapidly expanding set of entirely new features. As always, our over-the-air software updates will keep customers at the forefront of technology and continue to make every Tesla, including those equipped with first-generation Autopilot and earlier cars, more capable over time. <iframe src=”https://player.vimeo.com/video/188105076″ width=”640″ height=”360″ frameborder=”0″ webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7403
__label__wiki	0.579101	0.579101	Euro 2016: Italy-Spain clash comes early Bob Lenarduzzi (The Province) Updated: June 26, 2016 10:49 PM The Province > Sports > International Soccer 061716-APTOPIX_Soccer_Euro_2016_Spain_Turkey-228231658-APTOPIX_Soccer_Euro_2016_Spain_Turkey-W.jpgPhoto by Claude Paris The Euro 2016 Round of 16 concludes Monday with its last two games. Play then resumes on Thursday with the quarter-finals. Monday’s morning game is a classic, as Italy faces Spain. The noon contest then has Cinderella side Iceland looking to pull off their biggest upset yet when they play England. As I discussed in Sunday’s article, all the upsets that we’ve seen have resulted in this unusually lopsided draw, with the big five teams all one side of the playoff bracket. As a result, some teams have actually been punished for doing well, as they find themselves on the wrong side of the draw facing tough opposition. Monday’s contests are examples of this. Italy got their tournament off to a fantastic start with a 2-0 win over Belgium. As a result they ended up clinching top spot, and their “reward” for that is to face Spain this morning. If they win today’s game, then they are up against Germany in the next round, and most likely France after that. Belgium meanwhile, the team that Italy beat and finished ahead of, gets Hungary, Wales and then either Portugal or Poland as their path to the final. That’s quite a difference. Iceland meanwhile scored a dramatic late winner against Austria, sending the tiny nation into delirium. If you haven’t heard the excited call on the goal by the Icelandic commentator, you should look it up on YouTube. The guy goes absolutely nuts. It’s wonderful. It was a great moment that clinched their passage to the knockout stage and gave them a historic victory. Full credit to them. But in terms of where it put them in the draw, it didn’t do them any favours. Had they not scored, and the game ended 1-1, they would still have advanced and landed in the easier playoff bracket, where they would have been paired against Croatia. Instead they get England, and if they somehow win this game, then they face France. As for the big game between Italy and Spain, there is a lot of history and bad blood here. These two teams met in the Euro 2012 final, with Spain proving too much for their bitter rivals, with a comprehensive 4-0 win. Both teams have seen a lot of changes since then, particularly Italy. The Italians will look to frustrate Spain’s possession game and take advantage of their mistakes. It may not always be pretty but it can be effective. I’m really looking forward to this game. It’s just unfortunate that one of these teams has to be eliminated so early. Bob Lenarduzzi is president of Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Tickets: visit whitecapsfc.com/tickets Mike Smyth: Andrew Weaver explains why he left the Green party caucus In his first interview since leaving the Green Party caucus, Andrew Weaver explains his decision, his... Mike Smyth: As Weaver leaves Green caucus, party leadership race looms As the Green leader steps aside to deal with a family health crisis, the party's leadership race is ... Mike Smyth: Coastal GasLink pipeline fight looms large for Horgan Opinion: At Premier John Horgan's first 2020 news conference, he doubled down on his support for the...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7408
__label__wiki	0.748666	0.748666	The Royal Forums > Reigning Houses > British Royals > Current Events Archive Princess Eugenie of York News and Pictures 1: December 2002-March 2006 Page 6 of 11 « First < 4 5 6 7 8 > Last » Location: Hildesheim, Germany New pics at the "Aviator" premiere, December 19 pics from various photo agencies * There is a silence into which the world cannot intrude. There is an ancient peace you carry in your heart and have not lost* New pictures at the "Aviator" premiere, December 19 Bubbette I Hope those dresses looked better in person. . . Britters Location: Kailua, United States I liked Eugenie's dress...but I think it would have been better looking if it had been worn with a lighter pair of nylon/stockings. I think it fit her age as well as her body type... Have you ever wished on a star? It's a magic everyone should experience. Be a good person. Location: glasgow, United Kingdom I agree with Bubbette. Eugenie's dress is "hellish" to use an old Scottish word. But then her sister dosn't look much better which would be in keeping with their mother's sense of style. The dresses look like summer dresses. And they don't fit well: a little too tight; exposing their upper arms which are not in good shape. Beatrice usually does better. HMQueenElizabethII Location: Ryde, Australia Happy birthday Princess Eugenie with lots happiness.Today her 15th birthday.:) "God save our Gracious Queen, Long live our Noble Queen, God save The Queen" God save Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II They ALL need to lighten up on the makeup! http://www.hellomagazine.com/magazin.../29/0861cover/ Location: North Little Rock, United States Originally Posted by Bubbette i look that cover this morning its her big day with her sister and mum and no dad! Sara Boyce I don't think they are wearing to much make-up, it's a photoshoot, i would wear make up too:) If anyone wants to see the pics from this week's hello! just go to my website http://eb.teamhighgrove.com I'll add the pics here soon too but i'll first have to resize them Originally Posted by Martine We're not saying NO makeup, just a more natural look. a well i guess it's a personal thing, i really don't think it is to much, but hey that's my (I do think Sarah doesn't look natural though) machievelli Location: Belfast, Ireland Martine I went to your site to view the pix. They look great. Eugenie and Beatrice are going to be beauties as they get older. Ava Elizabeth Location: , Oman Does anyone know how tall Eugenie and Beatrice is? =) Eugenie is 5ft 7 inches tall, Beatrice is 5ft 6 inches (it was mentioned in the new hello! article) Location: Casablanca, Morocco Princess Eugenie attend the final of the Queen's Cup at Guards Polo Club, Windsor Great Park on June 12, 2005 in Berkshire, England. According to an article in the Daily Telegraph, Eugenie does attend Marlborough. It talked about a fire in one of the houses, and mentioned that she is a pupil there. Kelly D Here's an article about the fire at Marlborough http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4667563 Boys Taken to Hospital after Blaze at Princess's School By Simon Evans, PA Five junior boys were taken to hospital today after a fire at a top boarding school attended by the Duke of York’s 15-year-old daughter Princess Eugenie. The five were among sixty boys, some of who had exams today, evacuated from Barton Hill boarding house at £22,000-a-year Marlborough College, Wiltshire, following a blaze in its main building in the early hours. Seventy-five firefighters attended the scene in 10 engines, after receiving a call from one of the boarding house staff at 2.05am. The fire started in the roof and moved into one of the dormitories, setting off alarms, Wiltshire Fire Service said. Although the initial blaze took 90 minutes to contain, hot spots in the roof were still being dealt with by fire crews at 10am. About 30% of the original building’s roof was destroyed, the fire service said. John Aldridge, the fire officer in charge at the scene today, said: “The fire started in the roof. It did not start in the room.” He said builders had been doing work on a flat section of roof at the boarding house yesterday. “Building work was going on but it is too early to say whether that was the cause. It may just be a coincidence,” Mr Aldridge said. He added: “I think the school is keen to keep the press out because Princess Eugenie goes here.” An investigation into the cause of the blaze was under way, the fire service said. Nicholas Sampson, headmaster of Marlborough College, said in a statement: “A full scale evacuation was successfully completed and no one suffered serious injury. “Five Shell first year/13-14 year olds] pupils were taken to the Great Western Hospital in Swindon for a check-up to ensure any smoke inhalation had not caused long-term problems. “They have all now been discharged.” He added: “I’m very impressed by the way the boys have coped with this. Their parents can have every confidence in the college and we will work to ensure that confidence.” After being led to safety, all the boys’ names were checked off in a roll call outside the boarding house. They were then taken to other boarding houses for the rest of the night. Dr Mike Ponsford, Barton Hill’s housemaster, said: “This is unfortunate timing because some of the boys had exams (GCSE and A-level) today.” Marlborough College, established in 1843, has 800 pupils. some more Eugenie pics from Trooping the Colour, June 11 2005 from globephotos and getty « Prince Harry Current Events 10: January-March 2006 \| Kate Middleton Current Events 6: March-April 2006 » Princess Eugenie of York Current Events 4: June-October 2008 Warren Current Events Archive 241 10-30-2008 01:21 AM Princess Eugenie of York Current Events 3: March 2007-June 2008 Avalon Current Events Archive 221 06-18-2008 10:11 AM Princess Eugenie of York News and Pictures 2: March 2006-March 2007 Elspeth Current Events Archive 198 03-10-2007 05:32 AM Prince Andrew, Duke of York Current Events 2: May 2006-March 2007 Warren Current Events Archive 198 03-10-2007 05:13 AM Princess Märtha Louise and Ari Behn News and Pictures: November 2002 - September 2003 Jacqueline Current Events Archive 88 06-14-2004 12:17 PM	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7410
__label__wiki	0.74603	0.74603	Live blogging the NDP Leadership Convention Welcome to ThreeHundredEight.com's live-blog of the NDP Leadership Convention. During the course of the day, I'll be updating the site with ballot-by-ballot results, changes to the endorsement rankings as candidates drop off, and estimates of where the votes are going from one ballot to the next. You can refresh the site (updates will be made to this post) or you can follow me on Twitter, where I will be tweeting when new updates are posted. With seven candidates and five with a real chance of winning, this could be a long day as candidates drop off one-by-one. It should also be a very interesting day. 21:52 - Thomas Mulcair wins with 57.2% of the vote (final update) After the fourth and final ballot, and as expected, Thomas Mulcair has emerged as the winner of the NDP leadership convention, taking 57.2% of the vote. Final turnout, not aided by trouble with the voting that may have been the result of denial-of-service attacks, was around 45% of the 131,000 members eligible, after hitting a high of just under 50% on the first ballot. Brian Topp finished with a respectable 42.8% of the vote, performing pretty well on the final ballot. Topp doubled his share from the first round, while Mulcair increased his by a little less than that. But it was a steady increase for Mulcair, from 30.3% to 38.3% to 43.8% and finally to 57.2%. What happened on that final ballot? Though there was undoubtedly some cross-pollination between the Mulcair and Topp camps, Thomas Mulcair won by taking 53.7% of the new votes cast in the final round. His total increased by 6,393 votes. Topp took the remaining 46.3%, a surprisingly close division of Nathan Cullen's supporters, increasing his total by 5,507 votes. It seems that Cullen's positioning towards co-operation with the Liberals (which plays to Mulcair's place on the spectrum) and his geography as a British Columbian (which played to Topp's strength) divided the vote between the two candidates. It made the ending a lot closer than it might have otherwise been. And that ends what has been an unexpectedly long day! In the end, the delays and seeming inevitability of Mulcair's victory starting after the second ballot took a bit of the buzz out of the convention. But when all the votes were counted, Mulcair received a very respectable share of the vote on the final ballot, more than Jack Layton managed in 2003 (though against many more candidates) and only a few ticks below Ed Broadbent's share in 1975. What does this mean going forward? In the short term, the polls indicate that the New Democrats will not be hurt whatsoever outside of Quebec with Mulcair at the helm, and in Quebec the party should be expected to move back into first place ahead of the Bloc Québécois. After that? Who knows, 2015 is a long way away. Thanks to everyone who checked in today! 20:10 - Caucus falls behind Mulcair Seeing the writing on the wall, the NDP caucus has overwhelmingly now fallen in line behind Thomas Mulcair. Since the third ballot, he picked up the support of Brian Masse, Megan Leslie, Denise Savoie, Dennis Bevington, Elaine Michaud, Bruce Hyer, and Fin Donnelly. Alexa McDonough, who originally endorsed Peggy Nash before aligning with Nathan Cullen, has also gone over to the Mulcair camp. Something like four out of every five aligned MPs have now endorsed Mulcair. The remainder are either former candidates or have remained neutral. The result is that Mulcair's share of the endorsement points has now ballooned to 65.1% of the total. Will Mulcair actually get that much? I'd say that is unlikely. Something more along the lines of 55% to 60% is most probable. But it does give an indication of how the caucus, in addition to other party luminaries, has gone over to Thomas Mulcair. 19:15 - Lack of enthusiasm for final options? Thomas Mulcair faces off against Brian Topp in the final round, but neither appears to be entering the final ballot with a great deal of enthusiastic support. Mulcair's growth has been steady and significant, but rather slow for someone who has been perceived as the frontrunner for quite some time. Topp, despite receiving enthusiastic support from the party establishment, has been unable to really put together a large block of support from the membership. His growth was anemic on the second ballot and not nearly large enough on the third to give him any chance of winning. Cullen landed some big names between ballots, but he still managed to out-perform the expectations of the endorsement system, registering almost 25% support. Topp is finally fulfilling some of his potential, while for the first time Mulcair scored beneath his share of the endorsement points. But I can't help but feel that had it been Cullen on the final ballot, a wave of enthusiasm could have swept his way. His campaign had the most momentum going into today, and it was maintained throughout the voting. It just wasn't enough in the end. And in the end, despite all of the talk about grassroots campaigning and the like, the two best options from the perspective of the party establishment are going to end up on the final ballot. In that sense, I think the endorsement rankings have acted as a good baseline for comparison. Mulcair is already announcing endorsements from MPs, including at least one that had remained neutral throughout the campaign, so it looks like the system will end up picking the right winner. But Brian Topp's failure to attract new supporters today is a telling sign of why he isn't closer to Thomas Mulcair going into the final ballot. That is not to say that between-ballot endorsements would have swung the balance towards Topp, but rather the lack of any interest to give him that support indicated a lack of faith in his ability to pull this one off. 18:53 - Mulcair insurmountable? Though Mulcair did not take enough of Nash's votes to put this away on the third ballot, Topp did not take enough of it to put the outcome in doubt, either. Thomas Mulcair captured 43.8% of the vote on the third ballot, picking up 3,586 votes in the process. He came up 3,880 votes short of winning a majority. Brian Topp took 31.6% of the vote, making the largest leap in support and picking up 4,198 votes. He is 11,546 short of a majority, showing just how much more he needs to gain in order to win. Put more simply, Brian Topp needs to take 75% of Nathan Cullen's votes in order to win. Such a huge swing is simply not going to happen. Nathan Cullen ended up with 24.6% of the vote, a very good score considering where his campaign began. He captured 2,977 new votes on this last ballot. Mulcair's ballot by ballot growth has been solid, as he has managed to pick up between 1/3rd and 2/5ths of votes on the table each time. It hasn't been enough to really put this away definitively, and with the votes not going any which way in any large degree so far, we can probably expect Cullen's supporters to split more evenly than what Topp would need to win. But if Mulcair takes about 60% of Cullen's supporters, which seems plausible, he will end up with about 59% support overall, a good score on a final ballot. But even if it splits 50/50, Mulcair is still likely to walk away with 56% - a clear mandate going forward. 18:21 - Topp takes largest share of Nash votes, but not enough The third ballot results are finally in, and Brian Topp has taken the largest share of Peggy Nash's support. But he did not take enough to have a shot at over-taking Thomas Mulcair on the fourth ballot, who seems sure to win. Brian Topp took about 39% of the new votes cast in this third ballot, far greater than the second choice support he received on the second ballot. But it was not nearly the 60% or more that he needed to have any hope of over-taking Mulcair, who is likely to get the bulk of Nathan Cullen's voters. Mulcair took 33.3% of the new votes, enough to ensure that he will be able to win on the fourth ballot. Nash was widely seen as the labour candidate, and to receive one-third support from that wing of the party is a pretty good sign that Thomas Mulcair is not the candidate of only one part of the NDP spectrum. Nathan Cullen still did very well, taking over a quarter of Nash's votes. But it wasn't enough, though it was very unlikely that Cullen could survive to the final ballot. 17:40 - Mulcair gets support of majority of caucus and former Ontario leader With the support of Raymond Côté, who had supported Peggy Nash, Thomas Mulcair now has the support of 52 MPs, a clear majority of the party's 102 MPs (though, of course, that 102 number includes Mulcair). He also has the support of former Ontario NDP leader Mike Cassidy. Combined, this increases Thomas Mulcair's share of the endorsement points to 49.5%, just short of the majority needed to win. Brian Topp has 33.6% of the endorsement points, while Nathan Cullen is in third with 16.9%. Will Mulcair get that close to 50%? I don't think so - I think Brian Topp will get a good deal of Nash's support and so will probably be around the 34% mark. Nathan Cullen won't lose voters, so he will, by necessity, be above the 20% mark. That means that Mulcair is more likely to end up somewhere around 45% on the third ballot. 17:08 - The candidates' paths to victory Brian Topp and Nathan Cullen do have a path to victory, but it would require a huge shift of support in their favour. A third ballot victory by Thomas Mulcair is possible, but it would require a big boost from Peggy Nash's supporters. Assuming everyone holds on to all of his live voters, Mulcair needs 70% of Peggy Nash's supporters in order to win on the third ballot. That seems unlikely, considering he took 42.5% of the votes made available by Paul Dewar, Niki Ashton, and Martin Singh. But it is possible, whereas neither Topp nor Cullen can reach 50% without taking votes away from Mulcair. On the fourth ballot, any of the candidates could potentially win. But Thomas Mulcair has the easiest job of it. If Cullen drops off after the third ballot, Mulcair would need only 32% of the votes that would be available from the Nash and Cullen camps. If Topp drops off, Mulcair would only need 28% of the available votes from the Nash and Topp camps. For a fourth ballot Topp victory, he needs to take 68% of the vote made available from Nash and Cullen. This is difficult to envision, and would probably require massive support from Nash's voters, but it isn't impossible. Nathan Cullen, on the other hand, would need 72% of votes from Topp and Nash's supporters, should Cullen and Mulcair face-off on the final ballot. Again, it is hard to see how Cullen would take so much of their votes against Mulcair. Each candidate can conceivably come out on top, but it is looking very unlikely that either Brian Topp or Nathan Cullen can manage it. Topp's chances are, perhaps, the longest since he needs support from Cullen. It is, perhaps, easier to imagine Topp's supporters lining up behind Cullen instead of Mulcair than it is to see Cullen's supporters plumping for Topp. A Mulcair victory is looking inevitable, especially if the final ballot is one between him and Topp. 16:13 - Mulcair approaching 50% After a few major endorsements to both Nathan Cullen and Thomas Mulcair, the Outremont MP is now approaching 50% of endorsement points. Mulcair has received the endorsements of MP Dany Morin, Ontario MPP Cheri DiNovo, and CUPE National. All three of these endorsements come from Peggy Nash, and that last one is huge in value, at least according to the ranking system. Cullen picked up the support of MPs Denise Savoie and Irene Mathyseen and former leader Alexa McDonough. For Cullen, too, that last one is hugely valuable. And it is the first indication that the establishment is, to some extent, comfortable with him as leader. Savoie and McDonough came from Peggy Nash, while Mathyssen originally endorsed Paul Dewar before throwing her support behind Peggy Nash. What this means in the endorsement rankings is that Thomas Mulcair now has 48.4% of the endorsement points, just short of the 50% needed to win. The endorsement point share has followed Mulcair's total rather closely through the first and second ballots, so perhaps Mulcair is closer to 50% than we think. That he, rather than Topp, could get the support of a labour leader like Paul Moist indicates that Nash's supporters may not be so monolithic as one might think. Will Mulcair pick up enough of Nash's votes to hit 50%+1? Topp now sits at 34.4% of all endorsement points, but he has tended to under-perform this indicator. Nathan Cullen, who has over-performed his endorsement point share, sits at 17.3%. If what has happened on past ballots happens here on the third, we can expect Mulcair to be somewhere north of 48%, with Topp in the high-20s and Cullen in the low-20s. One wonders, however, whether a fourth ballot will actually occur. If Mulcair does come out of the third ballot with 48% or so, will Topp concede? This convention is already dragging on way past schedule, and if Topp forces a fourth ballot the announcement of who will become the next leader could be pushed to 10 PM. But if Mulcair does not pick up a lot of new supporters, and instead sits at 42% or so, with Cullen up to about 22% and Topp at 36%, perhaps Topp would be surrendering the opportunity to win. 14:55 - Second ballot over- and under-achievers Thomas Mulcair's second ballot results continue to hug relatively close to the endorsement rankings, indicating that his establishment support mirrors his membership support - and better than any other candidate. Mulcair had 36% of the endorsement points after the first ballot and all of the between-ballot endorsements were announced, and he took 38.3% of the vote. He once again over-achieved his endorsement share by a small amount, enough, again, to indicate that he is generally meeting expectations within the party establishment. Brian Topp took 25% of the vote after having 29.3% of the endorsement points. He gained no new endorsements between the first and second ballots, and he also took the smallest share of new votes on the second ballot. It might be a coincidence, but it might also be a sign that he simply does not have strong second-ballot support. But Nash took a lot of that new vote, and that is a strong indication that she was the second choice of many Dewar and Ashton supporters. The question now becomes - who was their third choice? This is what makes this race unpredictable. Past the first and second choice, what motivates a decision might be very different between one person and the next. In any case, Topp continues to under-achieve, compared to his establishment support. But not as much as Peggy Nash, who despite gaining new endorsers between ballots, still only took 16.8% of the vote after having 27.6% of the endorsement points. Whether or not the ranking system has anything to it, it is absolutely certain that Nash has under-achieved expectations by a very significant degree. Nathan Cullen, of course, continues to be the over-achiever. He did gain an endorsement between the ballots but he didn't grow as much as he needs to in order to have a shot. He won't go from being just below 20% to over 50% between now and the fourth ballot. But he has done better than a lot of people expected. A fourth place finish was envisioned, but being in the final three? That was, perhaps, well beyond what most people realistically thought would happen. 14:25 - Mulcair likely to win on fourth ballot Thomas Mulcair widened his lead on the second ballot, making it all the more likely that he will emerge as the eventual victor. But will it take one or two more ballots? After the second ballot, Thomas Mulcair now stands at 38.3% support, more than 13 points ahead of Brian Topp, who has only grown a little to 25%. Nathan Cullen grew to 19.9% while Peggy Nash made the largest leap among the second-tier candidates, reaching 16.8%. But it wasn't enough, and Nash has been dropped off the ballot. Mulcair is in a good position, but it does not appear like he can win on the next ballot as he would need about 2/3rds of Nash's support in order to reach the 50% mark. That seems very unlikely, considering how far apart the two are on the NDP's spectrum. More likely is that Topp gets that share of Nash's supporters, which could boost him up to about 36% support. That would still put him behind Mulcair. Is there a plausible route for a Topp victory? Cullen's supporters are a little tricky - with Cullen's plan to have joint nominations, one would expect them to support Mulcair as beating the Conservatives seems to be their priority. But, Cullen has a lot of support in British Columbia, a province in which Topp also has a lot of support. For argument's sake, let's give Topp all of Nash's supporters. That increases his score to 41.8% of the vote, putting him ahead of Mulcair, who will remain at 38.3%. But where do Cullen's supporters go? At that point, Topp would need to win more than 41% of Cullen's votes. That seems like a stretch, particularly when the vast majority of ballots have already been locked in. If Topp instead gets 66% of Nash's vote and Mulcair gets the remaining 33%, Topp would need 70% of Cullen's voters. That just doesn't seem likely. Anything could still happen, but it is difficult to envision anyone but Thomas Mulcair winning this. 13:59 - Mulcair takes 42.5% of new votes on second ballot Thomas Mulcair picked up 42.5% of the new votes cast in order to reach 38.3% and place first on the second ballot, well ahead of Brian Topp and Nathan Cullen. Peggy Nash did take more of the new votes on the second ballot than either Cullen or Topp, taking 22% to Cullen's 18.1% and Topp's 17.4%, but it wasn't enough to survive. Mulcair's second ballot support was pretty significant, but it would appear that he did not take a huge amount of votes from either Paul Dewar or Niki Ashton, if we assume that the vast majority of Martin Singh's voters went to him (which we can't know). Dangerous for Brian Topp, however, is that he did not have strong second ballot support. Cullen gained more of the newly available votes, though we can probably assume that a lot of Peggy Nash's supporters will now go to Brian Topp on the third ballot. 13:24 - Who over-achieved, who under-achieved If the endorsement rankings provide a baseline of how to look at the first ballot results compared to support within the establishment of the party, we can take a look at who over- and under-achieved expectations. Looking at it from this perspective, we can say that Thomas Mulcair and Niki Ashton did about as well as expected. Mulcair had wide support within the party establishment going into the convention, but while that support was broad it was not very deep. The support of people like Charlie Angus, Claude Gravelle, Linda Duncan, and Carol Hughes helps on that score going into the second ballot. Ashton handled herself well and received good support for such a young candidate, making her a rising star within the party. Anything more was never very likely. The under-achievers are Brian Topp, Peggy Nash, and Paul Dewar. Topp had big supporters but wasn't able to deliver on that support, at least entirely. But the perception that Topp had fallen to the back of the frontrunners means that, to a large degree, Topp has over-achieved expectations. Most seemed to expect him to place third, fourth, or even fifth. As I mentioned in my first post this morning, I always thought Topp was going to do better, and the endorsement rankings demonstrated why. Nash and Dewar both seriously under-achieved. Both had good caucus support, good labour support, good provincial support, and good support from past and current NDP leaders throughout the country. Yet they each scored a little bit better than half of what was expected. That they under-performed so poorly is the big news of the first ballot. Then we get to the over-achievers: Martin Singh and Nathan Cullen. Singh proved that he did indeed sign up a good number of supporters, managing to place ahead of Ashton. Cullen, again as I mentioned in this morning's first post, over-achieved as expected. He has good support from the membership, particular member-rich British Columbia, but hasn't lined up the establishment support. However, Christy Clark and Alison Redford, to name but two recent examples, won their leadership races without wide caucus or party support. I'd also say, however, that Cullen over-achieved the expectations of his over-achievement. Though his 16.4% isn't too much of a surprise, that he was able to place third ahead of Peggy Nash is significant. That makes Nathan Cullen and Brian Topp the first ballot's moral winners. Cullen proved that his idea has support and Topp proved that he deserves to be one of the top frontrunners. But, of course, Thomas Mulcair is the real winner of the first ballot. Though it was perhaps unrealistic to think he needed to have 35%+ on the first ballot in order to win, particularly with seven names on that ballot, he could have done better. But the lead over Topp is wide and important, and I think Lorne Nystrom had it right when he told Rosemary Barton (I think it was) that they were hoping to win about 30% but, more importantly, have an 8 to 10 point lead. Nystrom was quite on the ball on that one, at least in judging likely first ballot support. 12:42 - Mathyssen to Nash To further hit the point home, Irene Mathyssen, who had also endorsed Paul Dewar, has now moved her support to Peggy Nash. That drops Mulcair's share of the endorsement points to 36.2% to 29.2% for Topp, 27.4% for Nash, and 7.2% for Cullen. Nash will need to get a lot of that Dewar support in order to survive, and at least Dewar's caucus supporters are moving to Nash (and Mulcair) instead of Topp, despite having placed well ahead of Nash. 12:30 - Nash and Mulcair pick up two MPs Peggy Nash has received the endorsement of Christine Moore, who had originally endorsed Paul Dewar, and Thomas Mulcair has the support of Hélène Laverdière, who had originally endorsed Dewar as well and has a notch for Gilles Duceppe on her club. This keeps Thomas Mulcair at 36.5% of the endorsement point share, while Brian Topp is down to 29.5% and Peggy Nash is up to 26.7%. Why isn't Brian Topp getting any new caucus support? This may be an indication of how second ballot support from Dewar and Ashton may go to Peggy Nash. 12:01 - Who drops off next? Peggy Nash has picked up the support of Rathika Sitsabaiesan, an MP who had not supported one candidate or another before today's convention. This has bumped her up a little. But the question now becomes - who will drop off next? Obviously, Peggy Nash has the most ground to make up but the supporters of the candidates who have dropped off (Martin Singh, Niki Ashton, and Paul Dewar) are more likely to move to Nash or another candidate rather than Nathan Cullen. Might Cullen have hit a plateau? Nash needs 2,319 of the almost 13,000 votes that are now newly available in order to surpass Cullen. Of course, Cullen will pick up some new votes so Nash needs to gain at least 2,319 more votes than Cullen does on the second ballot. In a delegated convention this might have been impossible as Dewar's supporters would have likely gone to Brian Topp as he has become the frontrunner from the left of the party. But since 85% of the ballots are already locked-in, and Peggy Nash was generally seen as ahead of Brian Topp, a lot of those Dewar ballots may go to Nash, while Topp might pick up most of the new ballots being cast today. This gives Nash a chance to move ahead of Cullen on the second ballot, which may be very important. If the third ballot includes Mulcair, Topp, and Nash, Mulcair is likely to benefit from Cullen's supporters. But if the third ballot is made up of Mulcair, Topp, and Cullen, Topp is likely to benefit most from Nash's supporters. At that point, and if one of the candidates isn't over the 50% mark, the ballots on the convention floor could become very important. There is still a lot to play out, and with the camps generally aligning between Mulcair/Cullen and Topp/Nash, at least in terms of voting blocks, how things go on this second ballot could be very important. 11:16 - Mulcair picks up more endorsements So far, Thomas Mulcair has picked up the lion's share of new endorsements, getting the support of MPs Claude Gravelle, Linda Duncan, and Charlie Angus from Paul Dewar's camp and François Choquette and Carole Hughes from Niki Ashton's camp. Mulcair also got the endorsement of the IAMAW. Nathan Cullen got the support of MP Dennis Bevington, who had originally endorsed Paul Dewar. The end result is that Mulcair's share of the endorsement points (which was actually quite close to his first ballot results the first go around) has increased to 36.6%, while Brian Topp stands at 29.8% and Peggy Nash at 26.3%. Nathan Cullen is up to 7.3%, so his establishment support is still well below his support within the membership. I don't imagine that Peggy Nash will be able to increase her support to 26.3%, but there is a good chance that many of Paul Dewar's 4,900 votes will go to her, as well as a chunk of Niki Ashton's 3,700 votes. 10:44 - How the votes have moved since February In mid-February, the Paul Dewar and Thomas Mulcair camps released internal polls of NDP members. You can see the details here. Assuming the average of the two polls were accurate, what has happened since then? Thomas Mulcair had an average of 28.3% in those polls, so his support has slightly increased to 30.3%. But that is close enough to say that he has held steady in support. Brian Topp, however, had an average of only 13.8% in the polls. he picked up a big chunk of support, increasing his vote share by half. Did Ed Broadbent's comments move support into the Topp camp? Nathan Cullen averaged 13.5%, and has bumped his support up slightly to 16.4%. This would seem to jive with the perceived "momentum" he has had over the last two months. But Peggy Nash - her support dropped from 17.2% on the first ballot in the poll to only 12.8%. It is difficult to discern why that might have happened. Was her support never as strong as supposed? Did Brian Topp emerge as the better anti-Mulcair candidate? What happened to the Nash campaign? Paul Dewar averaged 14.5% in those polls, but he dropped to only 7.5% on the first ballot. His lack of French skills might have done him in, as he had no other major weakness against the other non-Mulcair options. In total, Mulcair, Topp, and Cullen gained 12.5 points over the February polls while Dewar and Nash shed 11.4 points. It would appear, then, that Dewar's and Nash's support moved over to the other three candidates over the past two months, and that Brian Topp was the biggest beneficiary. If the polls had it right in pegging the situation in February, Topp took roughly 2/3rds of the support lost by Paul Dewar and Peggy Nash since then. 10:22 - Turnout below 50% By my count, the turnout for the first ballot was only 49.8%. That has to be pretty disappointing, considering that the party membership ballooned to 131,000. If 55,000 locked in their ballots, and there are (IIRC) 4,600 members in Toronto, that means about 5,500 NDP members voted from home. That puts the share of locked-in votes at around 85%, with only 15% votes liable to move about over the course of the day. That is, if the number doesn't increase. Many members did not vote in the first ballot but they are eligible to vote in the second. If that number doesn't go up by a lot, we're talking about roughly 10,000 of the 65,000 votes at play today. 10:14 - Shocking results for Paul Dewar and Peggy Nash The first ballot results are out and they are quite surprising. Niki Ashton will drop off automatically, and Martin Singh and Paul Dewar have voluntarily dropped off. Thomas Mulcair's result is on the low side and will make things difficult for him moving forward, while Brian Topp's is quite good and puts him in second - the candidate many placed in fourth or fifth. Nathan Cullen has taken about what was expected, the polls of party members had indicated he had good support. But only 12.8% for Peggy Nash? She was supposed to be one of the major frontrunners. This has to be incredibly disappointing for her, as she was seen as someone who could be the anti-Mulcair, consensus choice. The 7.5% for Paul Dewar is rather shocking. Many thought he could do much better. He likely has a lot of second and third ballot support, but he would have needed Brian Topp or Peggy Nash to drop off in order to get those ballots. 09:49 - Mulcair lands Nova Scotia endorsements, increases lead There was only one set of new endorsements that were revealed since my last NDP endorsement update on Wednesday morning. Thomas Mulcair received the support of six Nova Scotia MLAs, including ministers in Darrell Dexter's cabinet: Bill Estabrooks, Sterling Beliveau, and John MacDonnell. Clarrie MacKinnon, Jim Boudreau, and Gary Ramey also endorsed Mulcair. These six MLAs give Mulcair an extra three endorsement points, bumping him up to 28.9% of the total. Brian Topp has dropped to 26.4% of the share while Peggy Nash is down to 23.3%. The other candidates have not budged: Paul Dewar 12.8%, Nathan Cullen 5.6%, and Niki Ashton 3.0%. How are the first ballot results likely to differ from the endorsement rankings? Thomas Mulcair will need to be well over 30% to have a good chance of taking the leadership, and word is that he should be over that mark. The polls, few and far between as they are, have indicated that Brian Topp could have as little as half of the support among the membership that he has among the establishment, but I have an inkling that he will perform somewhat above expectations. Peggy Nash is likely to get something around the 23% of the endorsement points she has, while Paul Dewar could do a little better. I expect Nathan Cullen to do much better, as he is the epitome of a "membership candidate", while Niki Ashton will probably be pretty close and Martin Singh will, undoubtedly, catch more votes than zero. What will I be watching for when the first ballots come in, some time between 10:00 AM and 10:30 AM? The most important is the number that Thomas Mulcair will put up. Anything below 35% will make things difficult for him, while every point above 35% makes his eventual victory all the more likely. The other thing I will be watching is the order of the candidates. Because of how the preferential voting works, who drops off first makes an enormous difference - the supporters of Nathan Cullen will likely have a very different second choice than the supporters of Brian Topp, for instance. And the person who looks like the top anti-Mulcair candidate may get a lot of second ballot support within the convention and across the country among the members watching the leadership convention from home. The last thing I will be looking for is a turnout. About 55,000 NDP members have already locked their votes in, and there are over 4,000 NDP members in Toronto. At the very least, then, we can expect turnout to be around 46%. How many people will be voting from home? If that numbers turns out to be low, the way the day plays out will be mostly independent from what actually happens on the convention floor. If that number turns out to be high, say 20,000 or more, then this convention will be very important. Posted by Éric at 9:49:00 AM Labels: 2012 NDP leadership race chimurenga 24 March, 2012 11:26 "I don't imagine that Peggy Nash will be able to increase her support to 26.3%, but there is a good chance that many of Paul Dewar's 4,900 votes will go to her, as well as a chunk of Niki Ashton's 3,700 votes." But it looks like Nash is doomed (regardless of her previous alleged potential for second vote support), so many of the Dewar and Ashton (to say nothing of Singh, whom you don't mention) supporters may well go elsewhere. Tim Roll-Pickering 24 March, 2012 12:44 Don't forget a lot of the votes were cast before the voters knew that Nash would do this badly. not forgetting that, but as a second choice option, she has to survive long enough until either Topp or Mulcair is gone... BC Voice of Reason 24 March, 2012 12:04 Eric.... I know that you have quite enough of my suggestions to make your seat prediction model better and how to use the incredibly weak bad polling we have in Canada. This NDP convention shows what the pollsters are up against..... over 50% of the dedicated card holding NDP members are not motivated to vote in this once in a life-time opportunity to choose an NDP official opposition leader. There are obvious near-illegal activity in purchasing memeberships for non-involved "names" but how in the world can you trust a an answer to what is basically a reply to a robo-call that the pollsters get. I know that it wouldn't be acccurate but it would seem that at least 50% of people who say they would vote NDP really will not be voting. Anonymous 24 March, 2012 12:40 RT @M_Vastel: Hélène Laverdière a décidé: elle appuie maintenant Thomas Mulcair #npdldr "...second ballot support from Dewar and Ashton may go to Peggy Nash," or, as Charlie Angus did, go to Mulcair. Don't care picked up another 2,614 non-votes on the second ballot. I am amazed.... That will be the lasting story from this Leadership Campaign and vote. How very sad and pathetic. Nobody saw the overwhelming NDP voter apathy. The first question on any poll should be is there a chance in H3ll that you will vote in the next election. snooze.... Liberal and Conservative/Reform Party conventions use delegates to militate against the possibility that members will actually decide who is best fit to lead the party. AS 24 March, 2012 14:53 Wow, you're quite a piece of work "Reason" ... I'd love to see the statistics on voter turnout for other parties' leadership conventions. I would readily bet that their numbers aren't any better than this convention. And most of the time you can't tell, because they're delegated to boot. And what, by the way, are you doing in the face of such "sad and pathetic apathy"? Why, you're agitating for further apathy! Go troll somewhere else. Harper beat Stronach with 67,143 delegate votes to Stronach's 22,268 delegate votes with a total delegates of 97,373 in 2004.... before facebook and the internet voting option. When you have so many grassroots supporters one vote per member becomes significantly harder to manage. Alison Redfern defeated Gary Mar 37,101 to 35,491. the Preimer of Alberta will have had more people voting for her than the Leader of the opposition. This was way down.... mbership to wild rose.... from the 144,000 people that elected Stelmach over Dinning in 2006. Conservatives tend to take democractic responsibility a significantly more serious than the socialists. I provided an example of other leadership races prior to reading your post. Encouraging apathy by calling it out? I hope that you as an NDP supporter try to shut me up by going out and organizing people that hold your point of view, work on policies that make Canada better and get your buddies off their duffs and get out and vote. People turning there back on democracy and their political responsibility is just so bad on so many levels. I far prefer a strong socialist or even communist friend who have a point of view that they feel will make the county better than slackers who can't be bothered. Socialists and Communists and right wing idealogues come up with the ideas that when presented, argued and refined make us all better. The NDP leaders and policies are so incredibly weak and unrealistic,,, as a partisan I constantly point out,,, that they can't even get NDP partisan's to take 5 minutes to vote for them. Canada really needs a government in waiting if Harper loses his direction or the party loses focus and ideas.... (Alberta Conservatives). You're comparing apples and oranges here. With the Alberta PCs, they've dominated the province for decades. Of course tons of people are going to join in -- they're perennial winners and voters want a piece of that. With the federal Conservatives, they had just inherited the PC Party, which had tons of members and a lengthy track record of success (well, until Mulroney came along). Their partisan membership was built up over more than a century. Conversely, with the federal NDP, you have a party that, until 2011, was consistently written off and beaten down as if by reflex. No one but the hardcore few wanted to take part in that until suddenly they found themselves in Opposition. Growing pains are inevitable. And your assertion at the end is just blatant spin. If the NDP didn't take their democratic responsibility seriously, they (1) wouldn't have made it one-member-one-vote instead of delegated, (2) wouldn't have allowed a ranked ballot, and (3) wouldn't have ditched the union carve-out. A Conservative cheerleader is hardly a "voice of reason" at the best of times. Please explain how 65,000 NDP members did not vote. Why be a NDP member if you are not goingt to vote? VoR -- you want me to read the minds of 65,000 people? Don't hold your breath. As the saying goes: you can lead a person to water but you cannot make them drink. There's so many possible reasons and situations that I don't even know where to begin. If you're going to indict a party just because they can't pull off 100% turnout, then you're just being unreasonable. I see no way to satisfy you. I'm sure the CPC doesn't get 100% turnout at their leadership elections. Should I mock them for that? Or just understand the difficulties in herding cats and move on? Éric 24 March, 2012 16:32 Worth noting that provincial NDP members are also federal NDP members. So, though the party had 131,000 eligible members, the number who were interested in the federal party in particular may have been much lower. The party signed up some 50,000+ new members, so at the very least it would appear that a high proportion of THOSE members have taken part. It would be interesting to know how many NDP members are only members of the federal party (or only ever signed up with the federal party). Maybe that would give a better idea of turnout. furthermore, there is no provincial Quebec NDP... Carl 26 March, 2012 08:56 "Liberal and Conservative/Reform Party conventions use delegates to militate against the possibility that members will actually decide who is best fit to lead the party." Umm, Chimurenga, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but the Tories use a one member/one vote system (albeit with votes weighted by riding), and did when the NDP was still reserving 25% of votes at their conventions for organized labour. Michel 24 March, 2012 14:40 It gets even more complicated in a fourth round. E.g. I picked Cullen, with Nash second, and nothing below. Should Cullen be removed in the third round, neither Topp (boorrring) nor Mulcair (ugghh) will get my vote. I am probably not alone in listing only 2 (or 1) choice on my ballot. To put it in prespective for you if the CPC had the one member one vote federal leadership vote... Harper would have had over 100,000 votes just from Alberta. If the Alberta Cons wanted to mess with the NDP they could have signed up en masse and had Pat Martin elected NDP leader on the first ballot, by a landslide. That is a reason that the Liberal idea that any Canadian could vote for their next leader is so absolutely ludicrous. That would be like inviting the CPC to wreck the Liberal party with on their invitation. This will also help explain the fund raising differences in the parties. "if the CPC had the one member one vote federal leadership vote.." This is the whole point... the Conservatives are not interested in democracy. After that, I have no idea what you meant to say... Chimurenga - I am saying that the CPC grass roots dwarfs the NDP grassroots. The Preston Manning Reform party brought in the concept of letting the grassroots have a say in policy and internal election. The CPC are very much better and more practiced at this form of democracy as they have been doing it for years and this is the NDPs first try. I hope they don't give up after this massive failure. Barcs 25 March, 2012 01:19 I know I know the evil right and all that. Harper won in a delegate system,yes, in 2004. Going back to the delegate system was one of the things the conservative party of canada pushed for in the merger. The Canadian alliance and the reform party before both used the 1 member 1 vote.... You are 25 years late in trumpeting the NDP as the first bastion of democracy. I didn't find Manning's leadership numbers. But Day won the leadership of the Canadian alliance on the second ballot in 2000 with 72,000 out of 114,000 votes. In 2002, Harper won on the first ballot with 48,500 votes out of 88,000. And again in 04 won on the first ballot with 56% of the PR delegates,... but 67,000 out of 97,000 votes. Muclair by comparison was elected leader on the 4th ballot with 33,881 out of ~59,000 votes; in other words... the only Conservative leadership campaign (1987,2000,2002,2004 where the winner didn't get more votes than were cast in the current NDP leadership was in 2002, where the second place finisher got the same approximate vote that Muclair won with. But the CPC do not support one member one vote, so your assertion is meaningless... Well it looks like Mulcair will win, the Liberal turned NDP MP running the orange party, the NDP Premier turned Liberal (Rae) probably going to run the red party next time, at first glance it looks kind of good for the Conservatives but they will likely bear a lot of blame, whether just or unjust, for the coming economic problems and probable recession (based on external factors to some degree) coming in the next few years leaving the 2015 election wide open, maybe the Greens will surge to make it a four-way race who knows? If Mulcair wins, as I expect, the resultant political scene will get very interesting ?? I am sure there will be much more ranting and raving.... and much less of the civility that Layton preached. But other than that I expect the status quo where the Tories have free reign, and the opposition run around hands waving in the air about the latest "hard right turn" or made up scandal... Thanks Eric for all your work, all the time! When deconstructing the per ballot results, keep in mind that a lot of Nash and Cullen votes, going to either of the two front runners, were not first or second ballot choices for these candidates, so to say this/that percentage of Nash/Cullen supporters went this/that way is not accurate. That would be too simplistic. Ashton, Singh, and Dewar supporters first/second/third/forth choices are part of the mix and I don't think anyone has the breakdown....maybe the hackers. metrichead 25 March, 2012 01:03 Eric, you did an outstanding job covering the convention vote. Even though I can't vote in Canadian elections, it's still interesting to watch from south of the border. Mulcair is the NDP version of Stockwell Day. Day was far far more successful as a provincial politican doing more for Alberta as Klein's Finance Minister than any provincial politican has ever been for Quebec, never mind provincial bit player Mulcair. Day took over from iconic Preston Manning and fractured the Reform Party (with Chretien's keeping the heat on) Harper stepped in and built the CPC to the natural governing party from the legacy of Manning and the ashes of Day. The NDP have to start looking for their Harper to build on the foundation provided by Layton and soon to be destroyed by Mulcair. The next leader has to be taking a break from politics right now so as not to get dirtied in the Mulcair era. That is how Harper avoided the Day mess.... Gary Doer is not political active right now but is 63 years old Calivancouver 25 March, 2012 19:55 I wonder if it would be possible to get a regional or riding breakdowns of the first ballot. That would be interesting I can only describe the NDP leadership race as a dull tedious grind mired in mediocrity. Eric, for future ndp leadership races you should dramatically decrease the value of labour endorsements (unless there is a carve out as ontario still allows). Labour clearly deliver few votes in a one person one vote scenario. Nash's endorsement support (and to a lesser extent Topp's) was inflated by these labour numbers. Labour can no longer by law give any $$$ to the ndp, further lessening their influence. You are probably right, it will be something to take into consideration for the next NDP leadership race (be it federal or provincial) if I'm still around to undertake this exercise again. I think, though, that in highlighting Mulcair and Topp as the two frontrunners (while Topp was considered a likely fourth or fifth finisher in some circles) and in choosing Mulcair as the eventual winner on the fourth ballot, the endorsement ranking was a useful exercise. And just running the numbers, if I had taken out the labour points entirely, the result would have been: Mulcair 33.4% Topp 30.7% Nash 13.2% Dewar 11.7% Cullen 7.2% Ashton 3.9% It would have helped in getting Nash and Dewar's score closer, but Topp would have still been over-estimated. Yes, I agree. The endorsement exercise was valuable. One other thing - it is not correct to say that 54% of Cullen's votes went Mulcair and 46% Topp. Remember, Cullen's vote at that point included transfered vote from other candidates such as Nash. Many of those folk voted preferentially in advance of the convention for Topp over Mulcair.(e.g. voters listed Nash then Cullen then Topp) I suspect 70% of Cullen's original vote went Mulcair. The convention was over at 10 am. If the party had counted out the preferential ballots everyone could have had a fun afternoon in Toronto. But the 'suspense' did give the NDP a free day of media coverage. People just don't understand advance preferential voting yet. Did anyone really believe thousands of people who had not voted by mail or by computer for two weeks would all of a sudden jump in after the first ballot? The total votes went down 10% from ballot one to ballot 4 just as they did in every preferential ballot convention held to date. I disagree that it is "not correct", as on the third ballot those votes were Cullen's, no mater who they voted for beforehand. 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__label__cc	0.54008	0.45992	Jon Stewart’s 2015 Emmy Awards Speech Has Us Concerned Life without craft service is hard, we know. by Christopher Rosa 9/20/2015 Jon Stewart won big at 2015 Emmy Awards tonight, taking home the nod for Outstanding Variety Talk Series (The Daily Show). His speech was funny as hell. However, it made us a little concerned for him, tbh. Life after television seems to be treating Jon, erm, strangely. Everything okay, J? We’re just checking in. “I’ve been off of television for six or seven weeks, this is the first applause I’ve heard,” he said during the speech. He also gave the Emmys audience some sound advice: “To everybody on television, I just want to tell you…cling to it as long as you can! Like death.” All the Jon Stewart GIFs You Need to Cope with His Departure from The Daily Show And why should they, do you ask? The free food, known as craft service. “Out in the world, there are tables with food, but you can’t take it. It costs money,” he said. Tragic. We understand that struggle, J. But take pride in knowing you will never be replaced or forgotten on television! We do think you should pick up a hobby, though. There are other better things out there besides television. (Like, um…radio?!) Christopher Rosa @chrisrosa92 Tags: Jon Stewart	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7414
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__label__cc	0.742149	0.257851	The Four-Lane Motor Parkway and an Aerial View of Queens in 1924 For the second VanderbiltCupRaces.com post of 2009, I have improved the format of my December 31st post and added a rare 1924 aerial view. The post includes amazing images from the Queens Borough President's Collection that shows two Long Island Motor Parkway bridges over Winchester Boulevard in Queens. Yes, in November 1932, there were two bridges at this location and the Motor Parkway looked like a four-lane parkway. Alas, it was just a temporary illusion. Here's the story (click on the images for enlarged views): As seen on page 71 of our book The Long Island Motor Parkway, the first bridge over Winchester Boulevard was built in 1912 and used railroad-type trestle construction as required by New York City. In 1930, New York City decided to widen Union Turnpike to make it a major east-west road through Queens. However, the Motor Parkway in the area of Winchester Boulevard was in the path of the expansion. By an agreement among the city, the owners of the Motor Parkway and nearby Creedmoor State Hospital, New York City moved a section of the Motor Parkway further north of the original location. This agreement was described in a New York Times article on June 22, 1930. This photo shows pre-expansion Union Turnpike looking east on March 3, 1932. The buildings and chimney stacks of Creedmoor State Hospital are straight ahead and the Long Island Motor Parkway is to the left with the two bridges over Winchester Boulevard further east. In a close-up of the two Long Island Motor Parkway bridges, you can see that the new concrete bridge used the same design as three Queens bridges over 73rd Avenue, Hollis Hills Terrace and Springfield Boulevard (all still proudly standing!). This is the March 3, 1932 view from atop the old Motor Parkway bridge over Winchester Boulevard. An even closer look shows the ever-present line of concrete posts bordering the Motor Parkway. The newly-built section of the road is to the left. Finally, as noted in the New York Times article , a pedestrian bridge to Creedmoor State Hospital was also built over the Parkway further east of Winchester Boulevard. Click on the image and you will see the sign on the bridge reads: "STAY TO YOUR RIGHT". As shown in this 1924 Queens aerial, the pedestrian bridge replaced a farmway bridge connecting the many farms north and south of the Motor Parkway. From left to right, four bridges can be seen in this 84-year old aerial; Winchester Boulevard Bridge, the farmway bridge (which went over the parkway), Commonwealth Boulevard Bridge, and Little Neck Parkway Bridge. A Happy and Healthy New Year!!! Images and Photo Galleries Long Island Motor Parkway winchester boulevard union turnpike queens bridges queens aerials Jan 02 2009 bob valentine 1:50 PM north of bridge 4 on arieal photo little neck parkway, would that be what today is the Queens County Farmhouse Museum? You are exactly right! Jan 04 2009 Mike Leahy 3:44 PM Hi Howard, You have a great web site and I appreciate all of the work you have put into it for my enjoyment. The photos on your web site are of great value, but are almost impossible to view with any clarity since you have place a large watermark and ‘X’ on each photo. Many of the photos are public domain or look like they were obtained from governmental agencies. If so, is there a need to make the photo’s unviewable for your readers? All of the photos on the Eastman Kodak archives web site are available to all viewers without watermarks. I do not think that anyone will be taking your photos and developing a web site using them. Mike Leahy, Cincinnati, Ohio p.s. A few years ago, I attended a family event and stayed in a motel on a street that was once part of the track. I could almost hear the cars go by if I closed my eyes. Jan 04 2009 Howard Kroplick 8:23 PM Thanks for the positive comment and suggestion. Several of the images were given to me with the requirement that they could only be placed on the website with a watermark. When possible in future posts, I will try to obtain the rights to use images without watermarks. Jan 05 2009 Mitch Kaften 1:04 PM The article says that the new road was diverted 1,800 feet north of the old road. Yet the picture of the overpasses shows them next to each other. I guess the 1,800-foot distance was not at the point of Winchester Blvd. Is there any way to know exactly where the old and the new roads lay? Mitch Kaften Jan 07 2009 DanaK 10:16 PM Hi Mitch, You are correct. The two bridges appear less than 50 feet apart at Winchester Boulevard. The “two” Motor Parkways diverge farther apart as they approach Creedmor State Hospital. Next week, I will post several 19020s and 1930s aerials of this section.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7418
__label__wiki	0.552908	0.552908	Feminists in religion: doing justice, creating change WATERtalks WATERrituals WATERmeditations WATERcast WATERcounseling Women Crossing Worlds Feminist Liberation Theologians’ Network LGBTQIA Solidarity Women-Church Convergence Theological Writings by Mary E. Hunt Feminist Ritual Resources by Diann L. Neu WATERwheel Newsletter Introducing Feminist Theology Carol Murdock Scinto Library of Feminist Theology Video of Programs Resources to Purchase Join Our Alliance Intern with WATER Become a Visiting Scholar/Minister Volunteer at WATER 1,500 Attend Center for Womanist Leadership Inaugural Gathering \| Union Presbyterian Seminary June 28, 2018 /in Blog, Featured, Writings by Mary Hunt /by waterstaff by Mary E. Hunt Originally published by Union Presbyterian Seminary, here. The Inaugural Gathering of the Center for Womanist Leadership held in Richmond, Virginia, April 5-7, 2018, exuded strong, savvy, spiritual power. From the opening address by world-renowned author Alice Walker to the closing ritual when participants rendered homage to the elders and received their blessing, the gathering marked a signal contribution to women’s work in religion. The conference, “Bearing Witness to Womanism: What Was, What Is, What Shall Be,” began with a free event that demonstrated a wide-open welcome to the local community. About 1,500 people turned out to hear writer and poet Alice Walker speak at Saint Paul’s Baptist Church where white-gloved ushers welcomed each person to the sanctuary as if we were family. That kind of broad audience appeal in a megachurch whose self-description is “A Church for People on the Grow!” set the tone — womanist work is from the community for the community. Alice Walker intoned many of the facets of that have come to characterize womanism: “We go nowhere without our people.” “Those who love us never leave us alone in our grief.” “Poetry is good for you.” Stellar music and a beautifully set stage added the clear sign that womanism has a complex and rich aesthetic. The next day, when 250 participants (numbers were capped by space at the sold-out event) convened, the responsibility to speak from and to a broader audience was already the norm. So, too, were many forms of artistic expression that leavened the weekend. I was one of a handful of participants not of African descent who were fortunate enough to be present. When the Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon sends a personal ‘Save the date’ –“Hope nothing will prevent you from being among the cloud of witnesses…” there is only one response — clear your calendar. Dr. Cannon, Annie Scales Rogers Professor of Christian Ethics at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, is the center’s driving force. Her vision for a place, both virtual and real, where womanist scholars, ministers, and activists (many are all three) can focus their energies is now realized with big plans ahead. Her work is emblematic of womanism, especially her books, like “Katie’s Canon: Womanism and the Soul of the Black Community and Black Womanist Ethics.” All participants received her wonderfully synthetic summary of womanist thought, “Remembering What We Never Knew: An Epistemology of Womanist Theology” that is now the center’s first official publication. She is held in the highest esteem by colleagues worldwide, her inimitable leadership key to the center’s success to date. The meeting opened with a panel of womanist academics including the Rev. Cecelia Armstrong, Rev. Dr. Emilie M. Townes, Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, Rev. Dr. Gay Byron, and Rev. Dr. Eboni Marshall Turman. They embodied womanist scholarship done with attention to society, church, and academy. Such an all-star team (and I might add, there are many more such womanist scholars who could have been assembled) proves the breadth and depth of the scholarly work. Dr. Cannon pioneered it as a brave and bright graduate student at Union Theological Seminary of New York where Dr. Delores S. Williams, whose presence was felt throughout the weekend though she could not attend, blazed the trail. From left, Cecelia Armstrong, Emilie Townes, Gaynell Sherrod, Eboni Marshall Turman, Gay Byron, Kelly Brown Douglas. By my count, womanist minsters made up the majority of participants. Their stories, told at tables and in casual conversation, revealed a brilliant quilt of lives dedicated to the service of the community via churches whether Baptist, Pentecostal, African Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, or others. They sang every verse of most hymns with nary a hymnal in sight, strong voices soaring in praise. For a white Catholic, it was a sharp contrast to what I am used to — we are lucky to squeak out a verse or two, eyes glued to the pages. One minister at my table juggles two small children and the pastorate of a large church. Another aspiring pastor is in the business world but feels the pull to ministry so strongly that she can no longer ignore it; she will start seminary soon. Another sister is a pioneer in her denomination, the first woman pastor in a southern congregation that has had a long succession — many decades — of men in leadership. Womanist worship was suffused throughout the weekend. From the opening libations to the closing prayer, Dr. Melva Sampson kept a finger on the pulse of the group and offered worship accordingly. Dancers graced the center of the room, embodying prayer in myriad ways. Symbols and ritual actions made all of us feel included, responsible for the sacred space in which we found ourselves, and ready to take action following in the footsteps of those who went before us. Melva Sampson at the ritual table. Self-care was a common theme. The demands of ministry are real, but triple them at least for women of African descent in a racist world. Women shared what keeps them going and recharges them — running, meditation, music, supportive conversations between friends, for example. The arts were much in evidence in a bustling marketplace of paintings, jewelry, books, even health advice to keep us all in the struggle longer and better. An evening event that included music solos and poetry was a highlight. Table discussions over lunch allowed participants to choose a focus: preaching, fundraising, public policy, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, preventing burn out, children, and health, among a range of themes. I was part of a queer and queer-supportive group that looked at “Black LGBTQ Love Leading Us to Liberation.” The challenges of being ‘out’ in the church were shared. Mothers of lesbian daughters spoke movingly of supporting their daughters as best they could even if their daughters did not realize it. Carrying a word of liberation to the larger churches in which mothers are deeply respected is a womanist ministry. Gender non-conforming persons spoke candidly about their lives in the context of traditional black churches. As a white lesbian, I felt an abundance of respect for the truly difficult paths my siblings have to walk and a renewed resolve to be part of the anti-racist work needed everywhere to help smooth the rocky way. This was a multi-generational meeting. Young women heard the stories of their foresisters whose seminary scholarships supported not just them at school but their families at home. At the end, we all processed by and greeted Katie Cannon and Mercy Amba Oduyoye (with an empty chair left for Delores S. Williams), and received a blessing from them. There was a distinct sense that this work is in good hands. Katie Geneva Cannon and Mercy Oduyoye I went home not just inspired but committed. There was no romanticizing of difference or glossing over of the raw, bitter legacy of racism. While racism has never left us, it feels newly emboldened by the current administration. Womanists have their work cut out for them. As they lead, others of us pledge to collaborate for justice. All strength to them and all power to the Center for Womanist Leadership! Top photo, from right: Union Presbyterian Seminary President Brian K. Blount, Alice Walker, Katie Geneva Cannon, and Sharon Parham Blount. Mary E. Hunt is a feminist theologian who is co-founder and co-director of the Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual (WATER) in Silver Spring, Maryland. 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__label__wiki	0.666036	0.666036	Polpo Brighton Review: “If this is the future of chain restaurant dining, it’s looking good.” Published On December 10, 2015 \| By Kathleen Steeden \| Food & Drink Features, Food & Drink Reviews Having already firmly established itself as a hip London brand, Venetian eatery Polpo has taken another step in its quest to dominate the ‘small plates’ market, opening its first restaurant outside the capital on Brighton’s New Road. With five successful London branches already under their belt, the Polpo team have had their sights set on Brighton for a while, explains Russell Norman, Polpo founder and a man who clearly knows how to tell people what they want to hear. This is the ideal city for the “Polpo vision”, he says. Brighton is unique, bohemian; people here like things to have a sense of individuality. It smacks of marketing patter, but he’s not wrong. The restaurant had its soft launch a few weeks ago and the atmosphere tonight is certainly lively. First impressions are… familiar. Casually dressed staff, distressed antique fittings, tapas-style dining with Mediterranean flavours – Market may have already beaten Polpo to it by a matter of months. Judging by the number of customers enthusiastically sharing plates tonight, however, this town is big enough for the both of them. butternut squash and ricotta bruschetta For the indecisive or easily bored, the concept of sharing many smaller plates is a godsend. Here, the dishes are called cicchetti, the Venetian term for bite-sized savoury snacks served alongside booze. They’re priced between £3 and £10, so depending on your level of indecisiveness, you could easily rack up quite a bill. The fact that the dishes arrive sporadically to the table (or the bar if you choose) prevents things from feeling too much like a formal dinner, which would certainly not be the Polpo way. First, we try potato and parmesan croquettes, which are a beautiful mouthful in textural terms; crunchy parmesan crust gives way to a creamy mash, but sadly, they are also pretty bland. More impressive is the butternut squash and ricotta bruschetta, although it’s not bruschetta as we know it. The beautifully light focaccia bread hasn’t been toasted but merely flashed in a griddle pan. Its topping, however, is spot-on: thick slices of butternut squash, cooked so that it still retains some bite, scattered with creamy ricotta and crunchy almonds, all liberally drizzled with virgin olive oil. Meatballs and pizzette Meatballs are a Polpo speciality, with an entire section of the menu dedicated to different flavour combinations perched on top of spaghetti or served alla vedova (rolled in polenta and fried). The pork and fennel ones we opt for are dense but moist and beautifully spiced, served in a tasty, if fairly generic, tomato sauce. Another Polpo trademark is the pizzette, a mini pizza with fresh, quality ingredients sitting sparingly atop a super thin base. Ours has a classic, simple combination of mozzarella, tomato and fresh-torn basil leaves adorning it, allowing the quality of the base to shine through. Huge prawns in their shells, marinated with garlic and chilli, provide an excuse to get our fingers dirty and are as fleshy and fresh as those found at some of Brighton’s more upmarket seafood restaurants. Impressively, the salads and vegetables section of the menu has also been given some real thought, and our dish of wafer-thin raw courgettes with rocket and liberal amounts of finely grated parmesan, is surprisingly savoury. affogatto al café Desserts are small and perhaps not so suitable for sharing, but they offer classic Italian flavours, like velvety, rich tiramisu, or affogatto al café (with a shot of Grappa if you’re feeling very Italian). Polpo is clearly on a mission to extend its reaches beyond Zone 1 and Brighton’s a fairly safe bet for a laidback eatery that’s already made a name for itself in London. I can’t help feeling that as the Polpo empire grows, things are becoming a little formulaic, but diners are assured a lively atmosphere and crowd-pleasing food. If this is the future of chain restaurant dining, it’s looking good. polpo.co.uk @Polpo ItalianMediterraneanNew RoadpolporestaurantVenetian Kathleen Steeden is a Brighton-based writer, editor and bibliophile. She writes mainly about food culture, sustainability and travel (sometimes all at the same time) although her only real criterion for taking on work is that it must be interesting. She has recently decided to put all the time she spends daydreaming about food to good use, and as well as writing about the local dining scene for We Love Brighton she regularly compiles features for Sussex Food and Drink Guide and the British Curry Club’s Chaat! magazine. 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__label__wiki	0.917518	0.917518	Home » TIMag.com news » Squash » Kemp Crowned Atlanta Open Champion Kemp Crowned Atlanta Open Champion RESULTS: Atlanta Open Squash Championship, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Final: [1] Jonathan Kemp (ENG) bt [2] Eric Galvez (MEX) 11-4, 11-5, 13-15, 11-3 (50m) England’s Jonathan Kemp celebrated his fourth successive PSA World Tour final appearance in North America in grand style when he defeated defending champion Eric Galvez in four games to claim the Atlanta Open crown at the Concourse Athletic Club in Atlanta, USA. The in-form left-hander from Halifax in Yorkshire reached the final of the $10,000 squash event in its tenth year without dropping a game. Kemp, currently ranked 31 in the world, was in full control in the first two games and soon reached match-ball at 10-8 in the third. But second seed Galvez, who became the first Mexican to win the title last year, came back with some big winners to take the game 15-13. But the top-seeded Englishman got off to a good start in the fourth and Galvez, still feeling the effects of the previous game, was unable to keep the momentum going. Kemp conceded just three further points before claiming the match 11-4, 11-5, 13-15, 11-3 after 50 minutes to become the third Englishman (after Nick Matthew in 2001 and Bradley Ball the following year) win the Atlanta Open title. The win marks Kemp’s second successive PSA title triumph in the USA, his third of the year and the eighth of his career. Follow the action from the PSA World Tour live on WWW.PSALIVE.TV - the Professional Squash Association’s official webstreaming service. Enjoy live action, replays, download archive matches and enjoy exclusive Live & Uncut DVDs	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7433
__label__wiki	0.660527	0.660527	Hayla R. Izzy Stevenson Jana Ruth Sky Destrian Travis Craig Film Spotlight Ultimate Movie Marathon Adam Young Scores The Fangirl Experience The Fangirl Mixtape The League of Literary Gentlemen Luminous Beings MBTI Diaries INTJ Diaries Meet Cute So Not Over It 'Til the End of the Line Like This? Try That So You're New to... Life on a Larger Scale: Why I'm Grateful for Marvel Superheroes Wednesday, May 04, 2016 / Amanda / No comments I have a confession to make: I didn't grow up with superheroes. It wasn't until I was 13 or 14 that I grew out of my hazy understanding of what a superhero actually was. When I did understand (and started to learn more about the heroes), it turned out that they make for some of the best story material that I had ever heard in my life. Superheroes -- but more specifically Marvel -- have added so much to my life over the course of these few short years. Not only have I felt an enormous sense of community with other people who love superheroes, but I have also learned so much about what works in a story and why we make the reactions to stories the way we do. Marvel has opened up a world to me that I never understood existed. This is a world of fighting for right and saving people and hard choices and (in the case of the Civil War storyline) fuzzy lines between choices. It has renewed a sense of wonder in me, a sense that so much more is possible than I ever dreamed of. Marvel has reminded me that there is pain in life, and even the people with the most amazing abilities feel that pain. Their friends die, they can't find the peace they so desire. This is us. Inside, we aren't any different, and that's why we love superheroes. This is why I love them, because I can relate. I relate to Bruce Banner, with his introversion. I relate to Peter Parker, with his incurable dreaminess. These are people who would have been more or less normal (if a small bit eccentric), except for one fact: they have powers. Marvel has introduced me to some of the most vivid characters that I have ever had the privilege getting to know. They have personalities that range all over the map (which makes it oh so interesting to see them try to work together), but not only are they different, but their differences are believable. The team dynamics are accurate, and so much like what I expect to see in a group like this. Marvel has given me stories that are grounded in the emotional truth of what we all face. Why am I so heartbroken about Civil War? Because, at its core, it's about friends fighting. Fighting with people we love? That's what breaks us, and we see that in this story. Marvel has given me stories of determination and strength but also vulnerability and tenderness and love. I see every side of human emotion in these stories, and that's real. Marvel has shown me that there can be laughter even in the most absurdly hopeless and dangerous situations. From shawarma after a battle to bags of blueberries in a lab, Marvel has made me laugh, which is something so special to me. Laughter brings relief to these characters throughout their stories. People may not always understand my serious love of superheroes. I may not always be taken seriously. But that does nothing to diminish my fierce love for these stories that remind me of who I am and what I can do. Marvel has given me so many good times and good stories, and I won't ever forget that. Marvel reflects life on a larger scale, and that's something that I am immensely grateful for. Amanda Horn, Captain America: Civil War, Civil War, Civil War Week, Marvel, Marvel: Civil War, superheroes, The Avengers Amanda is 17 and she likes editing, acting, reading and music. And potatoes. Mostly potatoes. Hamilton: Myers-Briggs Personality Types Parks and Recreation: Myers-Briggs Personality Types Which Merlin Character Are You? (According to Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) 'Stranger Things': Myers-Briggs Personality Types In Defense of Reylo: Part I Blog Archive April (2) March (3) February (3) January (4) December (2) May (3) April (4) March (9) February (7) January (7) December (4) November (12) October (15) September (16) August (32) July (32) June (31) May (32) April (30) March (33) February (29) January (31) December (33) November (31) October (37) September (32) August (32) July (33) June (35) May (40) April (38) March (47) February (41) January (40) December (46) November (43) October (44) September (39) August (32) July (33) June (33) May (34) April (43) March (34) February (33) January (37) December (31) November (8) Copyright © The Fangirl Initiative \| Powered by Blogger	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7444
__label__cc	0.690986	0.309014	realm of enchantment Constantly on the move, Stefan Rappo‘s work schedule sees him travelling far and wide. Classic and timeless in his aesthetics, the Paris-based photographer creates ambient cinematic images, seeking to capture emotion with storytelling. From portraits to conceptual images and to nudes, let’s read the Swiss artist’s thoughts. Interview by Demetrios Drystellas Describe Stefan in three words. I’ve asked my girlfriend Claudia 😉 So here are her three words: (sorry Wanda I’m copying you ☺ ). Rigorous, Passionate, Altruist. What attracted you to photography and when did you realise that it will be your occupation? I was always attracted to images. I love that one single shot can tell so many different stories and communicate so much emotion. In essence, something that happened in the past is forever “trapped” in a picture. When I started, I never thought that one day it would become my main occupation. I was getting deeper and deeper into photography when I realised that I left everything else behind me just for it. I comprehended that photography is really my thing. How did your style develop? Did you attend school or are self-taught? I guess mostly by working and shooting a lot. By doing big mistakes and taking really bad pictures. By questioning myself about my work and trying to make it better next time. If not, I would say I’m half self-taught, and half I’ve got it from school. I attended a photography school in Toulouse for 2 years, and then I started assisting in Paris. I really believe there is no rule and that’s the cool thing about. There are so many different ways to become a photographer today, but I guess assisting is a fast way and can be really fun if you work with the right people. What bores you to see in images, whether they are portraits, fashion or nudes? I always try to offer constructive criticism. And you never know under which circumstances a picture was taken. I mean I consider 90% of the pictures I did in the beginning, to be really boring. But I had to go through this phase, in order to get to where I am now. Though yes, when I see over and over the same pictures without any creativity, that bores me a bit. What do you seek when making a picture? Emotion; to capture a unique moment and if possible something that’s hard to reproduce, yet at the same time aesthetic, in essence telling a story. What is more, I always ask myself the question “do I really want to have this picture in my book?” This pushes me further during the shoot. I also strive to create a little story, and not only one single good picture. You have worked some quite detailed and cinematic projects, such as Mutterliebe or Modern Family. Would you like to speak about the creative process and the challenges of realising such demanding stories? At the beginning of those stories, there is always just a little idea, a location or maybe just a model. Around this, I start to develop more and more, to build characters and scenes, to make lists for props and work on a preliminary storyboard. It’s really fun, but it demands long amounts of time. The cool thing is since it’s a personal project, I can imagine and create whatever I want, there is no story behind and no client to tell me what I have to do (or not). For Mutterliebe, as an example, I had the story in my mind for a long time, but I was always twisting things around. Once I had the feeling that I was ready, the shoot itself was organised in about 3 weeks, and the pictures shot in 2 days. For me, something like this is a lot more of a production problem than any technical challenge. You can learn technical things and since to find technical solutions is my main occupation I do not struggle so much with this. But organising a shoot like this was much harder for me and a real challenge. There is always something that doesn’t develop in the way you would like to, so you have to come up with solutions quickly, while at the same time staying focused on the main thing, shooting the pictures. What do you think lies behind the desire of a woman to be portrayed in a picture? I guess there is a multitude of reasons. One possibly being that women are maybe afraid of getting old, so they want to have their picture done while they still feel beautiful. I really think that every person can be beautiful at any age, beauty is also a question of character and aura for me, not only how you physically look. Your thoughts on Instagram and social media? It is really cool that social media make it so easy to show works of any kind and attempt to do so to a large audience. I use it myself, and for now, my preferred medium is Instagram. On the other side, I think that most of the people upload too many things and thus, the “pollution” with bad images is really big today. And as people go blindly through all this, they feed themselves with low-quality standards. I’m also sad to see something really stupid coming up and then thousands upon thousands of people following blindly. I mean for how much longer do we have to see people with dog noses and ears? What would you do if you knew you could not fail? To climb Mount Everest. One little-known fact about you, which would perhaps come as a surprise to people who think they know you well? I know how to knit, and use Nunchakus How different are the European markets compared to the American ones? Europe and the US are getting closer and closer I guess, considering the photography markets. When you shoot pictures today, most of the time they are for worldwide use, with some exceptions of the middle east. No skin allowed. Europe is way more open as far as nude photography is concerned. It is quite hard to find models in the US, especially in LA. But I love to work and to shoot in the US. There is something a lot more inspiring than in Europe for me. Colours, cars, buildings… I just love it. I live for 12 years in Paris now, and I have to say I like it, it’s really pretty. But I can’t find any major inspiration for my projects there. What do you love the most about taking pictures? The challenge of getting really good pictures out of a shoot and spend a cool day with cool people at a cool location ☺. How would you define beauty? I don’t think there is a general definition for this. Beauty is different to every person. For me, it’s a visual attraction that can appear in many different things, ways and people. What do you seek when taking a person’s portrait? It can be so different, it depends on the case. A guilty pleasure? “The Voice”, talent shows. Years ago when you started, film was the main way to go. Whether it was 35mm or bulky large format cameras. How did you experience the transition to digital, commercially and artistically? I have to say I’m really happy not to shoot on film anymore. I did everything from 35mm to polaroids up to 8×10. It was a cool experience, but again, I’m very happy with digital. I really found it easy to switch from one to the other, and I have the feeling that most of the photographers experienced the same. For me, the problem is that today people want to have the pictures immediately. It’s not because it’s digital, we don’t need the process of taking time and choosing the images anymore to build a story. What is more, I don’t think it’s a bad thing to never have experienced shooting on film. For me, there are so many other more important things that make a good photographer or director. How do you select the models you collaborate with? Do you first decide on an image and then cast the model or do you follow a different route? It depends on the kind of shooting. For my cinematographic set, I try to find the right person for a role in my story. But sometimes, it also happens that I find an amazing model / actor and then I add a role to my story to have this person in. For nudes, it’s a bit different, since most of the time the choice is quite limited compared to other projects. Usually, I’m looking for models first, and then I’m working on ideas and locations, but with substantially less preparation than my cinematographic stories. I guess being a photographer also means to be able to deal with different characters etc. But yes, I just like cool people in general. I don’t need much time to adapt myself to other people. Models need sometimes more time, and the main thing at the beginning of a shoot is to win the model’ s trust. Most of the time they think too much of what is happening or how the pictures will look like when they do this and that. I love when the models are able to forget about all this, and just let themselves go; for me this is the best way to get emotional pictures. Do you collect cameras? Not really. I mean I kept some “old” ones like a Hasselblad or Mamiya 7, but I hate to have too much stuff. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? To be able to travel with fewer bags ☺ What is your view towards nudity and its different aspects? How do you approach the subject? For me, nudity is something completely normal. It makes me laugh when I read sometimes in the press that they’ve found nude pictures of a celebrity and project it as a big scandal. I don’t understand, what’s the problem ? What is bad about that ? Most of the time the approach is really easy, by now my models know that I do mostly nudes and sometimes we don’t even talk about this anymore before the shoot. Sometimes, it happens when I turn around after preparing my equipment that the model is already naked. What do you do on your free time? Any particular interests? I don’t have a lot of free time, unfortunately, since I mostly work. But I love nature and sports. So in my holidays you can find me in the Swiss mountains on my bike, hiking or jumping in a lake. If not, a pub with cool rock music and a couple of beers is perfect too. Name three people you really want to work with? Pope Francis, even though I’m not religious at all, but I think he is a fantastic person. Anthony Hopkins and Bono. You are assisting one of the most influential visual artists of our times, who has really shaped popular culture with the rise of the supermodels. How is this relationship with Peter Lindbergh? I guess that as far as photography is concerned, it was really the best thing that happened to me. I have been assisting him for over 5 years now and we are having a great time together. Always on the road, a lot of cool places and lots of fun. We really trust each other and that’s a nice feeling. Where do you draw inspiration from? Are there favourite artists or works of art, books, films, music, that you hold dear? For nudes, I have more or less a clear image of what I’m looking for. The biggest inspiration is the actual locations themselves, and that’s something I want to develop more in the future. When cinematography is involved, I love the Cohen brothers. If I go through my little library, it’s more or less the classics, a lot of Peter’s books, Herb Ritts, Avedon, Roversi, Newton, Michael Kenna, Saul Leiter, Gregory Crewdson, Parke Harrison, Garry Winogrand… How spontaneous is photography for you? Do you do spend time pre-planning, storyboarding etc or do you rather let creativity flow during the session? Since I assist Peter Lindbergh, I don’t have so much time anymore to prepare my shoots, and sometimes it is also not so easy to find dates. So right now, I’m shooting mostly nudes, with a very small crew, and almost no preparation. It’s actually fun and offers me a lot of liberty. I love the challenge, to just have a girl, a location and nothing else. No extra light, no assistants. When I’m shooting my cinematic stories the preparation is quite lengthy and meticulous. Is there something else you would like to try in photography? I guess I’ve found my direction. So it’s more about making my projects “bigger and better”. What advice do you have for somebody who wants to pursue photography in this time? Photography is something wonderful, and really cool. The thing is that today everybody can do more or less nice pictures. I guess it’s important to really do pictures that you like and to develop your own style. And yes, to work very hard. What would you do if you were invisible for a day? Walk naked around 😉 Which talent or superpower would you like to have? To be able to sleep well, whenever and wherever. What fulfils you? A cool shooting with cool people, a nice and simple evening with my girlfriend and friends / family, hang out in a pub with good friends, beer and good old rock music, travel to LA for shootings, a nice mountain bike tour, hiking in the mountains, a barbeque on an open fire… Where do you see yourself in 5 years? What should we expect to see in the future? Always hard to predict the future, but one day I would like to make enough money to be able to make bigger personal projects and travel to amazing places with crews for my own shootings. Have a little studio to work, with a nice fridge and a baby foot. I hope some wonderful and surprising stories ☺. 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__label__wiki	0.524397	0.524397	More info on Alessandro Matri Alessandro Matri: Wikis Categories: Living people > 1984 births > People from the Province of Lodi > Association football forwards > Serie B footballers Alessandro Matri 19 August 1984 (1984-08-19) (age 25) Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Italy 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Playing position Youth career Fanfulla[1] A.C. Milan 1 (0) → Prato (loan) 32 (5) → Lumezzane (loan) 32 (13) → Rimini (loan) 28 (4) Cagliari 93 (24) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 March 2010. Alessandro Matri (born 19 August 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays for Cagliari at Serie A. 1.1 AC Milan 1.2 Cagliari Born in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Lombardy, Matri started his career at A.C. Milan (30km away from Sant'Angelo Lodigiano) and played his first Serie A match as starter on 24 May 2003, the 3rd last match of the season before the 2003 UEFA Champions League Final and 2003 Coppa Italia Final. The match Piacenza Calcio won Milan 4-2, as Milan rested almost all the regular starter. Matri scored nil that match, partnered with Michele Piccolo and replaced by Roberto Bortolotto in the 71st minute.[2] In the next season, he played all the time at Primavera (U20) Team and not played in the first team. In 2004-05 and 2005-06 season, he left on loan to Prato (along with Piccolo) and Lumezzane, played 64 Serie C1 matches. In 2005-06 season, he left for Rimini along with Digão. Where they reached the 1st in the winter and finished 5th. In June 2007, as part of David Suazo's deal to Milan, he left for Cagliari in co-ownership deal (Suazo eventually joined city rival Internazionale). He partnered with Robert Acquafresca, which Internazionale sent him to the Sardinia as part of Suazo's deal. The young strikers scored 16 goals for the team, ahead midfielder Pasquale Foggia and Daniele Conti (both 5 goals). Their replacement, Jeda and Larrivey, scored 3 goals in half season and 1 goal in full season respectively. In the next season, Matri became the 3rd choice, as Jeda and Acquafresca netted more goals. But he also scored 6 goals in 31 matches, but only 11 of them as starter. After the exit of Acquafresca, Marti became the starting pair along with Jeda, with new signing Nenê, the 2008–09 Portuguese Liga top-scorer, played as substitute. He is the team top-scorer, having scored 12 league goals, ahead Nenê (7 goals)and Jeda (6 goals). ^ "Seconda Squadra 2003/2004" (in Italian). AC Milan. Archived from the original on 2003-10-09. http://web.archive.org/web/20031009220401/www.acmilan.com/MostraInfo.asp?id_info=18938. ^ "Milan youngsters tested". forzamilan.com. 2003-05-24. http://www.forzamilan.com/may2003.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-24. Profile at La Gazzetta dello Sport (Italian) Profile at Cagliari (Italian) Profile at Football.it (Italian) Cagliari Calcio – current squad 1 Vigorito · 2 Carta · 3 Ariaudo · 4 Dessena · 5 Conti · 6 Lopéz · 7 Cossu · 8 Biondini · 9 Nenê · 10 Lazzari · 12 Ruzittu · 13 Astori · 14 Pisano · 15 Marzoratti · 18 Parola · 19 Brkljača · 20 Barone · 21 Canini · 22 Marchetti · 23 Larrivey · 24 Lupatelli · 25 Agazzi · 26 Nainggolan · 27 Jeda · 29 Gallon · 30 Ragatzu · 31 Agostini · 32 Matri · 33 Di Laura · – Acosta · Coach: Allegri NAME Matri, Alessandro ALTERNATIVE NAMES Matri, Alessandro SHORT DESCRIPTION Italian footballer DATE OF BIRTH 1984-8-19 PLACE OF BIRTH Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Italy Categories: Italian footballers \| A.C. Milan players \| A.C. Prato players \| Rimini Calcio F.C. players \| Cagliari Calcio players \| Serie A footballers \| Serie B footballers \| Association football forwards \| People from the Province of Lodi \| 1984 births \| Living people Hidden categories: BLP articles lacking sources \| Articles lacking reliable references from January 2010 \| All articles lacking sources	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7447
__label__wiki	0.5476	0.5476	Board index » Breaking News & Earth Changes » General Outbreak Watch » H1N1 & H5N1 Outbreak Watch » H1N1 Rumors Everything is fine squareyard There is NOT massive outbreaks of H1N1, just like there wasnt Bird Flu, SARS, etc. Matter of fact, in some meetings its not even talked about and local county EMA and state health officials make jokes of it. This should give you a hint. Grant money is the first thing talked about and swine flu the very last. In fact, counties are holding free vaccination clinics and noone is showing up. One county I wish to remain nameless, had 5,000 vaccinations and 200 people showed up. So, the alternative, is ramp up the fear. Just watch. rutsuyasun Re: Everything is fine Thanks, SQ, for the info. What are your thoughts on these questions? Are there individual cases which are very serious, attacking the lungs, as we are reading? and is H1N1 more serious for pregnant women? or are these cases being picked out and showcased? What do you think about this winter? Will the flu actually spread and become worse (either on its own or with assistance) so that more people will take the vaccine? or will the media blitz simply go into overdrive? Appreciate your input, TIA "A time comes when silence is betrayal." - Martin Luther King "The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything." ~ Albert Einstein Location: Friendswood, TX I firmly believe we are seeing 1918 allllll over again. Also, anyone know about genetic susceptibility to flu? I want to research the genetics of folks in the Ukraine. Are they a homogenous population similar to Great Britain? Is this why it is so mild (for now) in the US and Mexico - because we have a more diverse gene pool? Hmmmmmmmm The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. - FDR NawtyBits I call bullshit on this one. You may not see it in your neck of the woods yet, but make no mistake, hundreds of people are dying every week form this shit. I agree with BB. We could be looking at a 1918 and ANY complacency will be met with severe consequences. Nawty - I think squareyard was being sarcastic! I'm still working on the Ukraine genetics thing. Will post more later. BB GT Truther i think there's alot envolved in the virulence of any disease. nutrition being one of them. are ppl in ukraine well nurished, or do they suffer from nutritional defientcies? i'm not so sure about genetics. perhaps there is some factor that predisposes...or protects. but i also think that normally certain groups of ppl are less or more exposed to certain virii than others. so, i would call that geographical...not necessarily genetics. ....and then there's man made elements to this. like baxter. they've either sloppy safety control issues or out-right criminal intent. and dont' they have facilities there in ukraine? but what really should be remembered is that most of those who have died from h1n1...have other health issues. heart conditions. asthma. cancers. uncontolled disease like diabetes. etc. if i'm not mistaken, in the beginning every pregnant women who died from it had other health problems that contributed. most of them were reported as asthma or heart ailments. they would mention it in those early reports...but just when the flu vax was to appear on the horizen....they then conviently began to omit that piece of the puzzle. first it was "other contributing factors are not known at this time". then they just quit mentioning it all together. get ppl to think we all are just as suseptable to dying from it as those who did.....and more ppl will want the vax. nutrition and corporate finance. as far as ppl here in the US getting it. well...yeah. kids at DD school had just tested postive for h1n1 when we started it in our house. very mild. very. no gastro. low fever. DD was never so 'mildly' sick before. and here comes the genetic part.... just to remind, she is 1/4 native. i am half, and had nearly no symptoms. i checked in daily with the office for about 2 weeks and found that 1. at the worst, only maybe 4 kids in each class was out with it at one time. and 2. everyone had very mild symptoms like ours. except the kids with asthma. one was hospitalized for a couple days, but recovered fast after that. so. here's what i think. that this virus, wether intentionally designed to or not, is quite fatal to the 'sick' population. those with chronic conditions. (and perhaps the poor who are sufficiently malnurished) and that tptb, pharma particularly, are exploiting the situation to make a buck. on a vax that most likely does very little good. ..... but does have the toxic ingredients to ensure we have more sick ppl in the future. Yep, Genesis, the genetic research fizzled. Seems a lot of folks took a look at 1918 and tried to determine state-by-state in US if there were reasons for the high mortality in states like Colorado and Wyoming vs. low mortality states like Oregon. Nope! Researchers also looked at the difference between white and native populations - uh not so much either. So basically that road was a dead end. So I re-read some of the research on the 1918 pandemic and the swine reservoir jumped out at me! So I did a simple Google search for Ukraine swine and guess what? Ukrainian pig sector learns husbandry technologies From 7 to 11 September EUNITE, the Federatie Agrotechniek and Nedap organised a road show through Ukraine for suppliers to the pig sector. The Road show was focused on the regions Kiev and Dnepropetrovsk, which accommodate over 12% of the Ukraine pig population. In both regions seminars, mini-shows and match-making, were organised to enable the Ukrainian pig sector to gather knowledge on modern pig husbandry technologies. The information shared covered feed, housing equipment, genetics, logistics and knowledge transfer. Ukraine has a long tradition in pig production, once in an exporting position. After the changes in the 1990’s it is fighting to return to self-sufficiency. With many conditions in favour, like a large local grain production and pig production buildings available, it is looking for knowledge and technology to make full use of these exceptional recourses. The road show was clearly fulfilling a demand, since many people used the opportunity to visit the seminars and took their time to look at the displayed materials at the mini-show. Their serious interest was even clearer during the matchmaking organized in conjunction. Many useful contacts were made and are the start of an ongoing process of knowledge transfer. During field trips, examples where shown of successful implementation of latest technology in Ukrainian pig farms. http://www.pigprogress.net/news/ukrainian-pig-sector-learns-husbandry-technologies-id3554.html So - did we have another occurrence like the Turkey Farms in Britain? Folks went to farms where the swine population had either asymptomatic or symptomatic swine flu and then tramped the virus all over the place? Did the pigs in the Ukraine serve as a reservoir for a mutation of the relatively mild swine flu seen in the US? So then I remembered the Crimea had an outbreak of avian influenza several years ago. See below article from January 2008: Ukraine finds H5N1 bird flu in Crimea KIEV (Reuters) - A new outbreak of the strain of bird flu that is deadly to humans has struck Ukraine after being kept under control for two years, veterinarians said on Friday. Ukraine's Veterinary Inspectorate said the outbreak was detected this week in the village of Rovnoye in the Crimean peninsula, the same region hit in late 2005. A total of 153 birds died suddenly at a private firm where more than 25,000 poultry were kept. "Yesterday, tests were concluded and DNA of the H5N1 virus was found," a veterinary inspectorate spokesman, Anatoly Osadchi, told Reuters. "The village has been sealed off, guards have been posted at entry points and a quarantine is in place. All the birds are being incinerated." The inspectorate said the first six deaths were noted on Tuesday, followed by dozens more over the next two days. The first outbreak of bird flu was detected in Ukraine in late 2005, in northern Crimea -- a major stopping point on migratory bird routes. About 30 villages were affected at that time and tens of thousands of birds were destroyed. http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSL1854096520080118 Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm excellant work blue. some good fodder to chew on there. Mikulus Perhaps what I said about the swine flue in Mexico applies to the Ukraine. How the swine flue came to be. I love the Constitution. My bad. Mea culpa. GT Admin NawtyBits wrote: We know your bad, hence your name Please Obey the Golden Rule at ALL Times For ALL Board related issues please PM or Email L2L at GTAdmin@thegoldenthread.info BB, now that's good research, well-done. Using creative thinking. Personally, I believe that SQ meant exactly what he said, and that's not the only place I've heard the idea that the pandemic is being hyped to sell vaccine, and to increase fear to the point where "we" will welcome any efforts by the gov't to help contain this terrible scourge. (she says sarcastically). I know Ron Paul has voiced this view in words that are making people call him a "conspiratist" (is that a word). But he isn't the only one. If I run across more examples I'll post them. We are still in the year when nothing is as it seems. Pandemic - another tool in the hands of the puppet masters. True, there are some very tragic cases, but the CFR is very low, and of course there is no way of knowing just how many have died from the flu, and how many from other causes. This fact can be used by those who fear the flu is becoming more widespread and more lethal to warn us of the dangers and urge us to take the vaccine (in an honest effort, by many who truly believe this). It can also be used by TPTB who want us to think that more have died from the flu than has actually occurred. Take your pick. I tend to "follow the money". In this case there are BIG bucks at stake, for big pharma. Who owns big pharmaceutical companies? Rockefeller, Romney, off the top of my head. If I have time I'll Muckety the biggest companies to see what ties I can come up with, but right now I have to concentrate on being ready for them - it doesn't really matter WHO is getting the money - what matters is how I can protect myself and my family from THEM. My doctor all but confirmed the fact that it's media hype just this week, he told me that the number of actual cases are no better than a little over any normal flu season. He says people come in with a sore foot and think they need the shot Actually not being sarcastic. I thought the Spanish flu was bird flu? Didnt I hear this same stuff when H1N5 B4 you sunk my battleship was going on to? Or was that SARS? No wait maybe it was West Nile. And when all the bird stuff was going around I said dont worry about it. Because noone else is. Here is where I will be misconstrued. I said, be aware of mutating viruses naturally not what we want to be told. I love Nawty but isnt it pretty much a cut and paste his thoughts when the bird flu was going around? 90 percent of the hospitals in the states dont even test for it. You got the flu so its influenza A, which could be H1N1 because its in that catagory. And the CDC went from 96 deaths to 4,000 in one day due to "complications" to swine flu. Does that include the overweight people they consider as a risk or maybe just being overweight that creates negative health factors? Its sort of like, yeah you got a spider bite so it must of been a brown recluse without knowing what spider it was. You cant create a virus unless you create the data. Its all the factors. Kind of curious that most the vaccinations was given to children in the southern latitude. They are searching. They know stuff is mutating, they just want to know why and how. But they will never get the how, as knowleadge is only instilled in those that know. That is where the common sense comes from. You go with how you feel, common sense. You get that we know something is happening but why? So they dig in and create situations to find that out, but yet, we know. Good points, squareyard - but it doesn't explain what happened in Ukraine, IMHO. Yes, I will give points to the fact that it might very well be hyped there as well - simply for the political benefit of TPTB in Ukraine. But look at India - they are having a fairly high CFR there as well. Not nearly as high as Ukraine but it is definitely higher than the northern latitudes. Cases, too. I still remain unsure about just exactly what is circulating presently. It reminds me a lot of the beginning of SARS and the Qinghai (was that it?) reservoir mess several years ago. I'm also confused about the reaction in the Spring versus the ho hum reaction now. Makes no sense, does it? Not to mention WHO going to pandemic so fast after all these years. But that's just me - I'm very sensitive to the flu situation and readily admit that. I'm really gonna be pi$$ed off if this is all just a tempest in a teapot! This not hype here in BC!! I can't remember when I was this sick before. I finished the Tamiflu 3 days ago and this afternoon the fever is back, chest is tight, lots of congestion. I've had two asthma attacks this morning, one on top of the other. Yes squarepants, the 1918 Pandemic was H1N1. What do you think is killing our children? Besides why on earth would they be spending all this money on the vaccine?? What on earth is happening in Ukraine? Something very serious. I hope your right and this is all hype, but........ Something is going to happen, but what? siam....i do hope you get over this soon. you sound like you're having a very bad time of it. sending ya all the good mental vibes i can muster. ....and interesting to note that once again...it's someone with asthma who's hit hardest. Also am Diabetic, oops squareyard, didn't mean to misname you. but it is too funny. You want to know the truth? I didnt say anything that I didnt say before. The mutations and such, but I posted this in the H1N1. Do you hear yourselves? I could cut and paste what was said with bird flu! Its the rope a dope. While the economy goes to hell, you need to watch a false sickness. It didnt work with SARS, bird flu, btw my turkey tasted good, thanks SIAM for making my point, its about money. You watch. Nawty, sorry,buddy your misguided. If you are wanting to get a needle stuck in you our everytime there is something deemed a threat, then you have that right. I chose to explore the reason for that and why it needs to be a priority. Nawty, thank you for you bullshit call. I like to go all in sometimes too The False Pandemic - Drug Firms Cash In http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...lth-chief.html The 'false' pandemic: Drug firms cashed in on scare over swine flu, claims Euro health chief By Fiona Macrae Last updated at 12:15 AM on 11th January 2010 The swine flu outbreak was a 'false pandemic' driven by drug companies that stood to make billions of pounds from a worldwide scare, a leading health expert has claimed. Wolfgang Wodarg, head of health at the Council of Europe, accused the makers of flu drugs and vaccines of influencing the World Health Organisation's decision to declare a pandemic. This led to the pharmaceutical firms ensuring 'enormous gains', while countries, including the UK, 'squandered' their meagre health budgets, with millions being vaccinated against a relatively mild disease. A resolution proposed by Dr Wodarg calling for an investigation into the role of drug firms has been passed by the Council of Europe, the Strasbourg-based 'senate' responsible for the European Court of Human Rights. An emergency debate on the issue will be held later this month. Dr Wodarg's claims come as it emerged the British government is desperately trying to offload up to £1billion of swine flu vaccine, ordered at the height of the scare. The Department of Health warned of 65,000 deaths, set up a special advice line and website, suspended normal rules so anti-flu drugs could be given out without prescription and told health and local authorities to prepare for a major pandemic. Planners were told to get morgues ready for the sheer scale of deaths and there were warnings that the Army could be called in to prevent riots as people fought to obtain drugs. But with fewer than 5,000 in England catching the disease last week and just 251 deaths overall, Dr Wodarg has branded the H1N1 outbreak as 'one of the greatest medical scandals of the century'. He said: 'We have had a mild flu - and a false pandemic.' He added the seeds of the scare were sown five years ago, when it was feared the much more lethal bird flu virus would mutate into a human form. The 'atmosphere of panic' led to governments stockpiling the anti-flu drug Tamiflu and putting in place 'sleeping contracts' for millions of doses of vaccine Dr Wodarg said: 'The governments have sealed contracts with vaccine producers where they secure orders in advance and take upon themselves almost all the responsibility. 'In this way the producers of vaccines are sure of enormous gains without having any financial risks. 'So they just wait, until WHO says "pandemic" and activate the contracts.' He also claims that to further push their interests, leading drug companies placed 'their people' in the 'cogs' of the WHO and other influential organisations. He added that their influence could have led the WHO to soften its definition of a pandemic - leading to the declaration of a worldwide outbreak last June. Dr Wodarg said: 'In order to promote their patented drugs and vaccines against flu, pharmaceutical companies have influenced scientists and official agencies, responsible for public health standards, to alarm governments worldwide. 'They have made them squander tight healthcare resources for inefficient vaccine strategies and needlessly exposed millions of healthy people to the risk of unknown side-effects of insufficiently tested vaccines.' He does not name any Britons with conflicts of interest. But last year, the Daily Mail revealed that Sir Roy Anderson, a scientist who advises the Government on swine flu, also holds a £116,000-a-year post on the board of GlaxoSmithKline. GSK makes anti-flu drugs and vaccines and is predicted to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the pandemic. The Department of Health says that although the disease appears to be on the wane, it cannot rule out a third surge and urges all those entitled to the jab to have it. Professor David Salisbury, the Government's head of immunisation said there were 'no grounds whatsoever' for Dr Wodarg's claims, saying people with conflicts of interest were kept out of the decision-making process. A GSK spokesman said: 'Allegations of undue influence are misguided and unfounded. The WHO declared that H1N1 swine flu met the criteria for a pandemic. 'As WHO have stated, legal regulations and numerous safeguards are in place to manage possible conflicts of interest.' The company, which still employs Sir Roy, said he had declared his commercial interests and had not attended any meetings related to the purchase of drugs or vaccine for either the Government or GSK. deleted. 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__label__cc	0.53931	0.46069	Sevvy + 5 Home Runs = Easy Win… Credit: Frank Franklin II-Associated Press Yankees 16, Orioles 3… Like Michael Pineda the day before, Luis Severino’s even better start was lost among the sea of Yankees hits and homers. Last year, Severino was a failed 5th starter (0-8 when he started games with an 8.50 ERA). This year, he’s playing like the ace (which is more pronounced since the so-called “ace” is now performing like a failed 5th starter). Credit Severino for keeping his focus this game. It would have been so easy to let up on the accelerator in a game that was 9-0 before many people had even found their seats. He had a one-hitter going until Chris Davis tagged him for a homer in the 7th. Sevvy (5-2) finished seven innings strong with two hits, one run, two walks, and eight strikeouts. He lowered his team-leading ERA (for starting pitchers) to 2.75. Severino continues to come up big for the Yankees and he is as responsible as anyone for the team’s placement atop the AL East. Now let’s set the pitching aside. This was a monster game by the Yankee bats. Aaron Judge owns the Statcast Leaderboard, and his first inning home run off Baltimore Orioles’ starter Chris Tillman topped his previous efforts in exit velocity at 121.1 mph. The hit also ranked as a Statcast-era record. The homer was Judge’s league-leading 19th of the season. I sure hope that Judge didn’t have any plans for the All-Star Game break because travel plans are already underway for his trip to Miami. Tillman had retired the first two Yankees to start the game, but after Judge’s homer, Matt Holliday doubled. Starlin Castro followed with a double, Holliday to third. Gary Sanchez then singled both Holliday and Castro home. Didi Gregorius stepped up and hit the second home run of the night to put the Yankees up 5-0. They weren’t quite finished yet. The useless Chase Headley walked. A wild pitch by Tillman moved Headley into scoring position, and Chris Carter promptly singled to score Headley. 6-0, Yankees. In an interesting note, Brett Gardner represented the first and third outs of the first inning. I was fearful that the long inning would adversely impact Severino but those fears were unfounded. Three up, three down, and it was time for the Yankees fireworks again. After Aaron Hicks grounded out, both Aaron Judge and Matt Holliday walked. Starlin Castro didn’t waste the opportunity, as he blasted a three-run homer to left center to increase the lead to 9-0, finishing loser Chris Tillman’s night. If you have Chris Tillman on your fantasy team, please accept my condolences. Credit: Jim McIsaac-Getty Images In the 4th inning, Aaron Hicks walked and Aaron Judge singled to put runners at the corners. That brought Bald Brother Matt Holliday to the plate. Trailing fellow Bald Brother Brett Gardner by one home run, Holliday tied the count at 13 homers with a shot to left-center. 12-0, Yankees. Aaron Judge picked up two more RBI’s in the fifth with a double to left. 14-0, Yankees. The Orioles scored their first run in the 7th with Chris Davis’ homer off Sevvy, and then added another in the 8th with a solo home run by Joey Rickard off reliever Giovanny Gallegos. Leading 14-2, Ronald Torreyes was hit by a pitch from O’s reliever Mike Wright to open the bottom of the 8th. Gary Sanchez then connected with the fifth home run of the night to cap the Yankees’ scoring at 16. The O’s added a final meaningless run in the 9th before Trey Mancini grounded out to end the game. By a score of 16-3, the Yankees captured the series with the O’s as they’ve won two heading into the third and final game of the series today. I always have concerns when the Yankees score more than 15 runs. I do not have the stats to back up this statement, but it always feels like the Yankees struggle scoring runs the day after a huge blow-out. Hopefully that’s not the case today as the Yankees prepare to embark on a California road trip following the conclusion of the game. The Yankees (36-23) maintained their three game lead over the Boston Red Sox. The Sox had an offensive show of their own, with an 11-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Of course, it didn’t help that they had Chris Sale on the mound. The O’s slipped to 5 1/2 games back. If the Tampa Bay Rays would have won (they didn’t), the O’s could have fallen into fourth place in the division. This was probably not one of Buck Showalter’s better experiences at Yankee Stadium. As expected, Chad Green will start today against the Orioles. Green will be the first time the Yankees have gone outside the original 5-man rotation that started the year. However, in a more surprising move, the Yankees designated former LOOGY Tommy Layne for assignment and called up promising rookie Domingo German. German, a starter for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, will provide long relief for Green should he encounter any bumps in the road. Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports I knew Layne’s days were numbered as he always seemed to be giving up runs with any appearances. He has not been the same pitcher for the Yankees as he was last year following his release by the Boston Red Sox. I have no problem with Chasen Shreve as the key lefty, but I’d be surprised if the Yankees weren’t looking for another lefty. Greg Bird was 2-for-5 yesterday in the RailRiders’ 11-4 victory over the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. He had two doubles and a RBI. Nice to see that he’s getting that extra base stroke back again. There is still no timetable for when Bird will rejoin the Yankees. The current plan for Aroldis Chapman is to pitch on Tuesday for High-A Tampa and on Friday for AA-Trenton. If all goes well, we’ll see Chapman next Saturday in Oakland. Rajai Davis, look out, Chapman’s got your number. Have a great Sunday! I am hoping for a sweep to wisk the Yankees away to Southern California… Posted by Scott Fiedler at 8:21 AM Labels: Aaron Judge, Aroldis Chapman, Baltimore, Brett Gardner, Didi Gregorius, Domingo German, Gary Sanchez, Greg Bird, Luis Severino, Matt Holliday, MLB, Orioles, Starlin Castro, Statcast, Tommy Layne, Yankees Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :) This Day in New York Yankees History 6/11: Andy Pe...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7450
__label__wiki	0.792171	0.792171	Welcome to WriteYou. Join our social network for news & opinion today Follow @WriteYouMedia Britain's Social Newspaper - the social network for news Politics & news Tory Cuts Are Directly to Blame for the NHS Crisis – Fix It Now Ken Livingstone on 31 January 2018 Like us on Facebook to get all the latest. With the NHS facing the biggest financial squeeze in its history — and as a result staff vacancies reaching 100,000 — we are all facing the consequences of the Tories’ failure when it comes to the NHS, making a major demonstration this Saturday for #OurNHS all the more important. Theresa May recently boasted that the NHS was the best prepared it’s ever been – but as the winter crisis continues, staff and users alike know that this is yet another shocking example of Tory neglect and complacency. As with so many other issues, from police cuts to their failed welfare “reforms,” the Tories are refusing to accept that cuts have consequences. Recent NHS England stats revealed the true and shocking scale of the NHS winter crisis, which has its route in persistent Tory cuts and privatisation. These Tory cuts have left our beloved health service more vulnerable than ever before and the figures are astonishing. Hospitals are at full capacity, ambulances backed up, cancelled operations have left thousands in pain and anguish, and we have again seen patients waiting for hours on trolleys. Specifically, over 75,000 patients have been left languishing in the back of ambulances this winter, sometimes waiting well in excess of 12 hours in packed hospital corridors. Research from Labour has also recently revealed that half of children’s intensive care units were dangerously full, showing that in the period between December 18 and 24 over one-third of England’s children’s care units were 100 per cent full without a single spare bed. It was also recently revealed that the number of people spending the Christmas period stuck in hospital due to “delayed transfer of care” nearly doubled between 2010 and 2016. To put this figure in context, experts argue that to run a children’s care unit above 85 per cent occupancy places patient safety at significant risk. After what the Red Cross called a “humanitarian crisis” in the NHS last winter, the extent of this winter’s crisis has not come as a surprise to many who work in healthcare, and trade unions representing health workers will be amongst those at the forefront of this Saturday’s NHS in Crisis: Fix it Now protest (see details here.) Despite some Tory spin, the reality is that the NHS is now approaching the eighth year of desperate underfunding caused by the cuts from the Con-Dem and then the Tory governments. The results of Tory austerity in the NHS have been very real. There have been thousands of beds cut from the NHS since 2010 and the numbers of days lost to delayed discharge are up by 50 per cent since 2010. The latter problem of delayed transfers of care is directly attributable to the cuts imposed by the Tories, including in terms of social care where there is an ever-deepening crisis accompanying the one in the NHS. The cuts to local authorities since 2010 will have seen reductions in social care budgets of £6.3 billion by March 2018, alongside a 26 per cent drop (some 400,000 people) in the numbers of older people receiving publicly funded care. In total, one in 10 people over 50 not having their care needs met. In contrast to the Tories, Labour has pledged to give the NHS the funding it requires and to join up services in a holistic approach with a properly integrated health and social care service. Despite what some Tories say a proper funding of healthcare is possible — Germany, for example, spends £23bn more than Britain on its health service every year. Tory MP Sarah Wollaston rightly recently said that the government needs to get a grip of the NHS crisis. To do this they will need to properly fund the public services — if not, they should make way for a Labour government that will secure the future of our NHS. The NHS IN CRISIS - FIX IT NOW March and demonstration is called by the People’s Assembly against Austerity and the NHS Together Campaigns and takes place on Saturday 3 February, assembling at 12pm, Gower Street, London WC1. Full details can be seen at http://www.thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/nhs_fix_it You can follow Ken at kenlivingstone.net, www.twitter.com/Ken4London and www.facebook.com/KenLivingstoneOfficial Argue the issues with like minded people by leaving a comment below or joining the discussion here © 2016 WriteYou	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7460
__label__wiki	0.540585	0.540585	Pakistan is the real answer to the question: why is the United States in Afghanistan, fighting a war it knows it is going to lose? Every one of these questions has two parts, the American Empire part - i. e., the way the Jews spin the issue to entice the American Military Industrial Complex to bite on something that is against the interests of Americans - and the real reason, the goals of World Jewry. Afghanistan has two sets of reasons, the original reasons, and the long-term current reasons. The original reason prepared by the traitor-Jews in the White House to fool the American Empire was that taking over Afghanistan would allow the building of a gas pipeline (not to mention it provided a kind of revenge for September 11, and the idea that the Americans were doing something about it). The original real reason was that the attack on Afghanistan - under the guise of finding bin Laden! - was the first War For The Jews, a relatively palatable way of leading the United States into fighting the wars required by World Jewry to clean an area for Greater Israel. Under the flag of Bibi's 'War on Terror', it was supposed to, and did, lead directly to the attack on Iraq. It was the training-wheels war, preparing American popular opinion for wars of choice. The current reason for the war in Afghanistan, from the point of view of the American Military Industrial Complex, is to take up the slack in arms requirements after the United States leaves Iraq. It is a corporate welfare program for arms makers. The current reason for the war from the point of view of World Jewry, i. e., the real reason for the war, is the destabilization of Pakistan. Pakistan has a huge population. Due to its feudal economy, all the brightest minds end up in the military, and Pakistan has one of the most formidable armies in the world. It also has the bomb and a way to deliver it. Finally, it is fervently anti-Zionist. It is little wonder that one of the main goals of World Jewry is weakening or destroying Pakistan. The plan is to destabilize or even eliminate Pakistan by roiling up the border areas, areas under very tenuous control of the central governments. The numerous direct American attacks on Pakistan are just a part of the destabilization process. The big Zionist plan is to have the Indians help in this, ideally through war, but the Indians are too smart, realizing that the break-up of Pakistan will lead to huge pressures in India towards the break-up of India. It is curious that this kind of tension is also thwarting Zionist goals to break up Iraq. C'mon, Xymph, not a single mention of Turkey, drugs and the American deep-state connections with the AIPAC traitors? Drugs are a US$ 80 billion trade, and much of it comes from Afghanistan via Turkey and Kosovo. This excellent documentary and Phil Giraldi's text help in understanding the chemical broters US, Israel, UK and Turkey. http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22071.htm Yawn Xenophile, All this shit they went through because they want people to get high? This is more stupid than claiming liberating Afghan women from abusive men. No anonymous, they do not want to get people high, only the proceedings thereof. Illicit and unseen channels accross borders and within governments have this uncanny capacity to be used for many purposes simultaneously. Foreign policy is a multi-level, multi-loyalty game, your yawn and staw man notwithstanding. Xymphora: Thanks for your recent posts during this time of Post Hollowco$tian renaissance of reason....let me take this time to say how much I enjoy your fearless blog. 1:52 PM, February 26, 2009 Someone is thinking. How can the denial laws stand if Geert Wilders has his way? Have you ever heard the joke about the rabbi's dilemma at a pork sale? oink Rowan Berkeley said... The only person I can think of who has a coherent perspective on the question of black ops and drug money is Peter Dale Scott: http://www.peterdalescott.net/ Reckon said... zymph, Brilliant. Man From Atlan said... I am reminded of how Turkey eventually came to be called the sick man of Europe; many now call Pakistan the sick man of Asia.. Except the Pakistani officer corps won't let that happen. When I see the tremendous achievement of its nuclear bomb and delivery systems, much improved upon from the original designs, I can see why India's just a little bit scared to try anything right now. That's why we have this unique beast called the Pakistani Taliban, trained by the U.S. and infiltrated from Afghanistan, the limp resurgence of the Balochistan National Front, (its leader promptly killed by the army) and lots of noise from India, but not much else. Pakistan is just part of the end game in the War against Islam, and seems, that this is where America will lose. IMO, the ultimate prize is Pakistan. The one country that makes Israel nervous, since it has nukes. That doesn't set well with the Terror Masters of Tel Aviv, who like to beat off while watching the IOF Storm Troopers machine gun Palestinian women and kids. All the booga booga about Iran could be a feint to get into Pakistan. Another shell game from those Masters of Deception. And yes, part of the invasion of Afghanistan was the heroin trade, which had almost disappeared from that country, due to the Taliban's "Just Saying NO" to poppies. There is no reason to assume that 'the Taliban' (and this is an extremely elastic term) ever really stamped downon poppy production. It's more a matter of not selling it to the world market via CIA intermediaries, which is what the USA prefers since obviously that way it controls the trade and gets the lion's share of the profits. There was a useful article about Afghan opium and heroin on Global Research a day or two ago, which I have copied to Niqnaq. United Nations figures show in fact cultivation did drop down dramatically in 2001: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Afghanistan_opium_poppy_cultivation_1994-2007b.PNG Fine but destabilizing Pakistan doesn't necessarily work in favor of Israeli hegemony. One argument is that it strengthens those fundamentalist forces in both countries - some are even predicting a Taliban victory in the long run.... stevieb To understand what happens in the world, you need to know that Bush, Blair, Obama, Putin, Merkel, Sarkozy, Harper, Howard, Rudd and most other leaders are (covert) Jews. What about Pakistani leaders? Both civil and military. One would expect these to be Jew/Mason. See for yourself (PHOTOS): http://linux.50webs.org/jews/JewLeaders.htm And while you are looking,... try this 2.2 MB mega-photo of Rabbis and politicians: http://linux.50webs.org/jews/images/small/index.html Although not included in the photos,... Obama is also a Jew. Here is a picture of Obama's Jew Momma: http://cleveland.indymedia.org/uploads/2008/12/obamasjewmomma.jpg Here is a picture of Obama's wife's cousin. The rabbi Capers C. Funnye: http://cleveland.indymedia.org/uploads/2008/12/obamaswifescousinisrabbi.jpg And here is a photo of Obama himself wearing a skullcap. http://cleveland.indymedia.org/uploads/2009/01/obamajew.jpg Even Germany and Austria have Jew presidents/Prime Ministers: It is hardly necessary to hide away ones Jew roots at all. For example, the Austrian President didn't even bother to change his Jewish name, Heinz-Fischer: http://cleveland.indymedia.org/uploads/2008/12/austrianpresidentthejewheinzfischer.jpg At least the German Prime Minister changed her Jewish name Angela Kasner, to Angela Merkel. It is usual for Jews to own every horse in the electoral race, i.e., every candidate is a (covert) Jew. Examples, are the 2000, 2004, 2008 American elections. "And yes, part of the invasion of Afghanistan was the heroin trade..." Yes, it was one of the main reasons. Jew drug dealers were losing out on Billions. So the Taliban had to go. The Jew liars claimed it was about some pipeline, or some similar crap. Yes, Xymph is right. The point is to destablize Pakistan and remove the Muslm bomb for Israel's sake and for the sake of the permanent war crowd. If Obama continues, how long will it be before we understand that this is the Rahm Emanuel administration? This is an very well written post. Israel fear Pakistan's nuclear capability. There are now around 50000 "israelis" in the coastal cities India claiming its a great vacation spot(yeah right, Mumbai ring a bell?). While drugs are certainly a part of their involvement in Afghanistan, its also their fear prophecies that an army will rise from the ancient land of Khorosan(of whom Pakistan and Afghanistan is a part of) to wipe out Israel. piet says: 'scuse, lightly off topic itemwise ... xymphilites from july07 and breakthrough bits ... well, prolly just post keyboard punchup euphoria .. .you know the feeling latest activity here and here and here (fresh, at thenewagriculture, an americaliban among the savages in Venezuela which is just like the US 'cept worse he says, corruption has standing, growing none). United Nations figures show in fact cultivation did drop down dramatically in 2001. "UN figures" are "fact", then? Speaking of Pakistan: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090227.wcoessay0228/BNStory/specialComment/home The US will not attend the coming UN conference on racism: http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE51Q4W720090227 It seems the celebrated "Black Bush" brand of Irish whiskey is now being referred to affectionately as "Obama". The more you look, the less you see in Swat sharia deal After consulting with our Islamabad bureau, reading other news organisations’ reports and scouring the web, I have the feeling — familiar to anyone who has reported from that part of the world — that the more you look at this deal, the less you see besides the fact of the deal itself. The devil isn’t hiding in the details because there aren’t many there. He’s playing a bigger political game. First, look at the deal that made all the headlines. On February 16, the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) government agreed with the local Swat Islamist leader Maulana Sufi Mohammad what was essentially a sharia-for-peace swap. The short text was all of two paragraphs in the original, as reported in the Urdu daily Roznama Express (Daily Express, below). The MEMRI Blog has the Urdu original (click here) and a translation that says they agreed that: http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2009/02/26/the-more-you-look-the-less-you-see-in-swat-sharia-deal/ sorta related to post. pakistanis are murdered daily by jews or jew controlled fools. saturday the bloody sabbath the day of the jackals sat bloody sabbath is our day for rest killing is not work killing is not pleasure we are required murder is our commandment our god is savage we are our god can jews say israel has no right(s) to exist jews have no right(s)to palestine truth is difficult Vatican says Holocaust-denying bishop's apology not enough for entry as prelate into church By NICOLE WINFIELD February 27, 2009 VATICAN CITY - An apology from a bishop who denied the Holocaust wasn't good enough, the Vatican said Friday, adding that he must repudiate his views if he wants to be a Roman Catholic clergyman. The statement by Bishop Richard Williamson "doesn't appear to respect the conditions" the Vatican set out for him, said the Rev. Federico Lombardi, a spokesman for the pope. In an interview broadcast last month on Swedish state TV and in previous letters and speeches, Williamson denied 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, saying about 200,000 or 300,000 were murdered. He said none was gassed. Williamson apologized for his remarks on Thursday upon his arrival in his native Britain after being ordered to leave Argentina. He said he would never have made them if he had known "the full harm and hurt to which they would give rise." But he didn't say he had been wrong or that he no longer believed what he had said. On Friday, German Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries said Germany could issue a European-wide arrest warrant on hate crimes charges for Williamson since the Swedish TV interview was conducted in Germany. State prosecutors in Regensburg, Germany, have opened a preliminary investigation into whether Williamson broke German laws against Holocaust denial. http://www.startribune.com/world/40417742.html?elr=KArks:DCiUBcy7hUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU Go ahead and make a martyr out of the Bish, this whole sordid affair will blow up in their faces. Is Bishop Richard Williamson more Jew false opposition? Sure looks like this is the case. Both Irving and Zundel are false opposition. David Irving and Ernst Zundel are both (covert) Jews. As you may know, Zündel, Sundel, Zendel, Zengel, Stundel, Sindell etc are all Polish Jew names. Zündel was a publisher, a profession that the Jews have a strangle-hold on. Zündel's cause is pimped by well known operatives of the Jew false opposition. Zundel, managed to be charged for publishing a book, "Did Six Million Really Die?," that he never wrote. Publishers are not held responsible for what others write. If he really wanted to escape the charge, he could have. However, he didn't want to escape the charge. The court cases were just games that Jews play to influence opinion. Also, owning both sides of the case, ensures the "correct" outcome. Irving is a Jew name. But more importantly, Irving's actions (like going to Austria to get arrested when he had no real reason to go) and the articles on his web site are clear evidence that the dude is Jew false opposition. In fact, Irving's mother's maiden name is Dolman, a Jewish name. Apparently, Irving has admitted being of Jew descent to various people. In any case, Irving's actions and writings show him to be false opposition. Irving was probably paid a reasonable sum for the months he spent in prison. Talking of Geert Wilders and Islam,.... The Jews sacred books are clearly hate literature. The Torah (Old Testament) is clearly hate literature. The Talmud is even worse. The Torah, was in large part simply copied from ancient Egyptian, Canaanite, Babylonian and other "heathen", texts. As an example, the "Words of the Wise" found in the book of Proverbs 22:17-24:22, was lifted from an ancient Egyptian book called the "Instruction of Amenemope." Large sections of Proverbs, Job, Psalms, Genesis, etc, can be found in older heathen texts. This has been known since the 1850's but Jew liars have been able to hide this unpleasant (to mad Jews) fact away, in the much the same way that they have hidden the truth about WW2, 9/11, etc. This same group of liars is about to lie to you about "The War on the Jews," with (the Jew) Barack Obama, leading the charge against Israel. from They Hate Our Freedoms department: French Professor Sacked Over 9/11 Conspiracy Theory Aymeric Chauprade lost his job allegedly over the introduction to his latest book about political crises around the world, and more specifically, that the 9/11 attacks in New York City and Washington D.C. were an orchestrated "American-Israeli conspiracy". I see yet more of this space-wasting shit about prominent supposed 'anti-Semites' being secret Jews every time I visit. It's an insult to my intelligence. It's also fairly obviously an attempt to smear the whole blog. There are a large number of crappy US fora where they can post this stuff. Xymph, I say again, is a coward for not moderating it. "more of this space-wasting shit" IS THE POPE CATHOLIC? Most people get this question wrong. In fact, the Pope is NOT a Catholic, he is a (covert) Jew. Ever wonder why Popes wear a Jewish skullcap? Ever wondered why the Pope would so forcefully push the HolyCo$t myth, which is so obviously a lie? Ever wondered why the Pope would sack a Bishop for believing a different version of history? Ever wondered why the Pope would say that attacking Jews and Judaism was the same as an attack on the Church? Ever wondered why the Pope would listen to the Jew Angela Merkel (German prime minister). The fact is that many Popes have been (secret) Jews, as is Benedict XVI, as was John Paul II. Rule Number 9: Infiltrate ALL leadership positions, especially those of your enemy. Don't know about that, but a bear does shit in the woods. Think this plan has been updated? Mid-September 2001: Israel and US Plan Contingency to Steal Nuclear Weapons from Pakistan According to Seymour Hersh of The New Yorker, a few days after 9/11 members of the elite Israeli counterterrorism unit Sayeret Matkal arrive in the US and begin training with US Special Forces in a secret location. The two groups are developing contingency plans to attack Pakistan’s military bases and remove its nuclear weapons if the Pakistani government or the nuclear weapons fall into the wrong hands. [NEW YORKER, 10/29/2001] There may have been threats to enact this plan on September 13, 2001. The Japan Times later notes that this “threat to divest Pakistan of its ‘crown jewels’ was cleverly used by the US, first to force [Pakistani President] Musharraf to support its military campaign in Afghanistan, and then to warn would-be coup plotters against Musharraf.” [JAPAN TIMES, 11/10/2001] http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=sayeret_matkal Looks like Pakistan has been the target all along, but bullies don't like picking on someone who can fight back. Better to go into Afghanistan and teach those ingrates the lessons of Imperial Power, then use Afghanistan as a base to destabilize the region. These 'secret plans' that show up in the front pages of the New Yorker are usually Jewish Psyop pieces for domestic audiences, Greg. I know people on the general staff and also the 'Islamist' cadres in the Army and they've made it clear the one thing they'd never allow is let the bombs get taken over, and at the first attempt to attack the facilities, they'd launch. In the meantime, there's all that American weaponry that's being given to them as a bribe... Xymphora touched on something I have thought about Pakistan: its feudal nature. Pakistanis are still conditioned to support the landholders in a society created well before the Muslim invaders; small wonder the best and brightest just leave. The best actually used to go into the civil service, which was efficient and fairly corruption free until the 70's, and the Pakistani Foreign Service was well respected too, but these positions are now filled by land holding Pakistani oligarchs, not too bright thugs with no sense of responsibility to Pakistan beyond their own aggrandisement. Pakistan's scientific community was galvanised by Nobel Prize (in Physics)winner Prof. Abdus Salam (he just missed getting a second one) and there were so many physicists who were well above the grandstanding AQ Khan in ability that helped develop the Pakistani N Bomb. There is a dichotomy in Pakistani society with the financial and intellectual elites doing their best to keep themselves (and the country) afloat and the feudalists (who often use the Islamists to hold on to power) using the country as their own personal piggy bank. The Bhuttos, Zardaris, and Sharifs, the civilian politicians who can always count on the support of their peasant sharecroppers, are the rats in the woodpile. Pakistan is very like Turkey, with whom it has close ties. The Armed Forces will probably take over the country again if the civilians get too out of hand. But there is one reason above all, why Pakistan was the end game. Pakistan, with all its dysfunction, is the natural leader of the Muslim world. Not Saudi, not Iran. It was the defender of the Arab countries against the creation of Palestine at the United Nations in 1948; it now has the Islamic Bomb, and that is what scares Zionists, Americanists and even, Muslim Quislingists. there is a potential and objective way of moderating a blog, namely, if an ip address is source of egregious self plagiarism. there can be a kind of multivariate function with a binary outcome, e.g., a post is reposted 3 or more times, entire paragraphs/sentences lifted out of previous posts and pasted into new ones say, 4 or more times and the ip is blocked from further input. someone with knowledge of perl or php could code this w/o too much sweat, i would think. I think MfA's story is probably worth a bit more because it comes via Hersh rather than, just to pick a random example out of the air, Wayne Madsen... "IS THE POPE CATHOLIC? Don't know about that, but a bear does shit in the woods." NOT TRUE. Polar bears don't shit in the woods. i am not sure about hersh either, rowan, zog covers the bases with sleeper gatekeepers too, i certainly would if i was zog. woodward used to be one of them, impeccable credentials until he shot his wad. how come hersh gets such wide exposure and unobstructed access? probably he leaves out of his explanations of politics the ones that have been filling their pockets and his purse? only naming minor actors as usual, but I haven't followed his stories, being disappointed by that circus of politics anyhow. You can't really trust anyone. You have to use your common sense and instincts. Even a basically good person can be given bad information and taken in. Hersh couldn't have gotten where he's gotten without being useful to someone. In order to keep his credibility though, a lot of what he says by definition has to be true. He may not present all the facts (he may self censor) or the conclusions he points to may be skewed. And sometimes he may be spot on. Rense and Madsen types are pure entertainment. Pakistani Military Torpedoes Pro-U.S. Govt.'s Case On Mumbai Two public officials - the Navy chief and a deputy attorney general - together have destroyed Rehman Malik's case of 'admission of guilt' in Mumbai attacks. The government has fired the deputy attorney general for taking a stand, but no one in the Pakistani media noticed since it is busy in the latest Pakistani political circus. But it is this story that could unravel this staunchly pro-U.S. setup. By AHMED QURAISHI Saturday, 28 February 2009. WWW.AHMEDQURAISHI.COM ISLAMABAD, Pakistan-Two developments in Pakistan have thwarted the deliberate effort of Pakistan's pro-U.S. government to take the Mumbai investigations on a path that leads to placing the blame on the Pakistani military and intelligence. Figure 1: Mr. Malik, with a broad smile, triumphantly declaring Pakistan's responsibility in Mumbai attacks. The two developments, one by a public prosecutor and the other by the Pakistani military, confirms that the Zardari government, and especially his confidant and interior adviser Rehman Malik, deliberately led Pakistan into acquiescence to American and Indian demands by accepting partial responsibility for Mumbai attacks without verifiable evidence. It also raises questions about the motives of this government. The first development took place on Feb. 18, when Zardari government's special public prosecutor in the Mumbai attacks Sardar Mohammad Ghazi issued a statement saying Islamabad is formally requesting India to extradite Ajmal Kassab, the alleged lone survivor of the Mumbai attacks. This was a surprising statement considering how the Zardari government unilaterally accepted - on behalf of Pakistan - every single piece of questionable Indian and American 'evidence' linking the attacks to elements with past links to Pakistani intelligence. Sardar's statement shook the Indians and the Americans, who lobbied hard to ensure Pakistan accepted some responsibility for the attacks as a prelude to implicating Pakistan's ISI. Pakistani investigators have yet to independently confirm that Kassab is indeed a Pakistani citizen, or that the person in Indian custody is indeed Ajmal Kassab. Taking advantage of the political turmoil inside the country, President Zardari on Friday, Feb. 27, quietly fired Sardar from his job as the Deputy Attorney General. Zardari's move was shrewd. No one in the Pakistani media paid attention. Sardar created a hole in the investigations led by Rehman Malik, the de facto interior minister. But the Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Noman Bashir, bulldozed Malik's case in its entirety, coming out on the same day when the special prosecutor was fired to say that he has seen no evidence that shows Kassab went to Indian from Pakistan in a boat, as India says and as the Zardari government says. Rehman Keeps ISI Out Malik had ensured that the ISI stayed away from the investigations. He assigned a civilian department, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), to conduct the probe. On Jan. 16, an excited Malik came to a press conference and with broad smiles flashed a photograph of a boat he said that Kassab and his colleagues used to travel from Karachi to Mumbai. This was supposed to be the smoking gun that confirmed that Pakistanis did use Pakistani soil to attack India. The indirect message was supposed to be this: that the country's military or intelligence is involved, since Pakistan has been supporting anti-India groups in Kashmir. Malik's revelations were stunning because he couldn't show any progress in 12 months in resolving the murder mystery of Benazir Bhutto but here he was 'successfully' resolving in a few days a complex case that transcends borders. Adm. Bashir's salvo came on the same day that President Zardari quietly fired the public prosecutor who challenged his government's admission of guilt on Mumbai. Adm. Bashir said he has seen no evidence that Kassab traveled by boat from Karachi to India. He said there was no way anyone could escape Pakistani naval intelligence. And even if it happened, he added, where was the Indian navy that claims to be preparing itself for a global role? The Navy chief's statement basically confirmed that, unlike Mr. Malik's admission of guilt and acceptance of Indian 'evidence' without challenge, Pakistani investigators want to confirm how Kassab reached Indian soil by sea penetrating the security parameters of the Indian navy. This breach is ironic considering how the Indian navy never ceases to boast that its readiness matches its 'mission' to police the entire Indian Ocean along with U.S., Britain and Australia. Pakistani suspicions are also legitimate because India's own investigations leave many important questions unanswered, especially regarding the inside help that Mumbai terrorists received to achieve their objective. Pakistanis have reason to believe that India's intelligence services posing as diplomats in countries surrounding India have been reported to have kidnapped unassuming Pakistani citizens to use them to stage terrorist acts and blame them on Pakistan. Why Elected Govt. Keen To Capitulate? This brings us to the question: Why is the Zardari government so keen on seeing Pakistan take responsibility for Mumbai attacks? The Zardari government is an elected government. But its election and the arrangement to bring it to power were manipulated by Washington, which weakened the previous military government through terrorism from Afghanistan and through direct secret contacts with Pakistani politicians, forcing a beleaguered Pervez Musharraf to cut a deal brokered by U.S. State Department to ease Benazir Bhutto, ANP and MQM into power. Zardari's corruption cases and those of other politicians in power were withdrawn thanks to this U.S.-brokered deal. Not to mention that the personal wealth and assets of President Zardari, Mr. Rehman Malik, Ambassador Haqqani and other stalwarts of his government, are based in either the United States or Britain. They have no interest in antagonizing Washington or London. But why is Washington so keen to see Islamabad accept responsibility for Mumbai attacks? Why U.S. Wants To Target Pak Military? At a time when U.S. is in trouble in Afghanistan and wants to put more pressure on Pakistan, the Mumbai attacks are a blessing. The attacks allow Washington to exert pressure on Pakistani military, and especially blackmail ISI. If Pakistan accepts that Kashmiri groups were behind the attacks, it would mean that Pakistani military bears some responsibility and its case of supporting Kashmiri freedom groups in Indian occupied Kashmir is discredited. Overall, Mumbai attacks provide a perfect opportunity to threaten the Pakistani military and intelligence from Pakistan's eastern borders even as U.S. keep the pressure from the west, through U.S.-inspired insurgencies emanating from Afghanistan. Washington wants an emasculated Pakistani military, capable of holding Pakistan together but without the ability to defend Pakistani national security interests. How Pakistan Benefits From Adm. Bashir's Statement? A fickle and shortsighted Pakistani media was busy in the local political circus to take note of the internal revolt against Zardari government's Mumbai investigations. This is the time to highlight these discrepancies and discredit the positions of the Zardari and the Indian governments. The firing of the deputy attorney general by President Zardari must be highlighted in the media. And both Mr. Zardari and his interior minister Mr. Malik must not be allowed to get away with their soft position on India's failure so far to answer the list of 30 questions that Pakistani investigators posed to Indian authorities regarding Mumbai attacks. New Delhi is procrastinating on this request. Mr. Zardari and Mr. Malik must not be allowed to provide India a safe exit. The opening salvos by the Pakistani naval chief and the ex-public prosecutor are a good start." From the Foreign Policy blog: http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2008/02/14/pakistan_offers_drunken_americans_advice_on_nuke_security "The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists reports on a press conference in Islamabad from a few days back: Pakistani Brig.Gen. Atta M. Iqhman expressed concern about U.S. procedures for handling nuclear weapons.Iqhman's deputy, Colonel Bom Zhalot added this twist: We also worry that the U.S. commander-in-chief has confessed to having been an alcoholic. Here in Pakistan, alcohol is 'haram,' so this isn't a problem for us. Studies have also found that one-fifth of U.S. military personnel are heavy drinkers. How many of those have responsibility for nuclear weapons?" Update: Looks like I was taken by those pranksters at The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. The article turns out to be a satire, and a brilliant one at that. In retrospect, the MSNBC reporter named "Jay Keuse" probably should have tipped me off. 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All of these Chinese posts are by Jews who want the comments to be censored. I have seen this ploy many times. It occurs when Jews want information about Israel censored, or information about any of the many other Jew lies, censored. Web Designing Pakistan said... Indeed, an eye opening article thanks for such a informative discussion. Sea bathing, soonish No waltzing A psychosexual history of the Wars For The Jews Why is CanWest over? Technophobia II Old School 2 Getting the story straight Assassination news Parts of the propaganda war bibi4ever "International law progresses through violations" The blood pours from their fangs JIZ logic	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7466
__label__cc	0.562445	0.437555	As you may know, an Alberta election is underway. Will godless socialists form government and/or opposition? Will Jim Prentice be the PC leader who finally breaks that hallowed "PCs look in trouble at the time of the election call and then handily win a majority" streak? Will voters remember their distaste of Danielle Smith/Alison Redford/Raj Sherman in the ballot box? And is Wildrose trying to lose? That's the topic that a few of us were discussing around beers over the weekend, and it's a fair enough question. Wildrose is at or near the top of the polls, the PCs are floundering and there's a real chance that Wildrose can lure in potential PC voters who realize the party is headed off a cliff and that the goddamned Notley socialists could slip in and ruin the province. So all they need is a strong, competant but not flashy, optimistic and issue-driven campaign. So where is it? Quick, name a couple of Wildrose policies. Okay, the no tax hikes is one (and it's a huge one), but is there anything else? Oh something about ending school fees. Okay, good, good. Anything else? Anything? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? Wildrose's website is fairly good at covering the issues, including the Wildrose 5 Priorities (don't feel too ashamed if you can't name them all†) and they have a fairly extensive 20-page policy plan. That's great, and for the wired crowd it's a good document to see that Wildrose is serious about being a sensible and responsible government. † Those priorities, all under the umbrella phrase of "Standing Up", are: Balanced Budgets and a Savings Plan Patient-Centred Health Care and Seniors Care Democracy and Accountability in Alberta Rural Alberta Of course, the wired (and non-wired) crowd have to find the damned thing first, and Wildrose certainly hasn't been pushing people to read it. Mentioning it in the Leaders Debate was good, that's important. But first, give people an idea what's in it so they aren't starting out cold. Details about the plan? Yes, that's a 20 page document that people can download and read at their leisure. But first Wildrose needs to push into the conversation what they believe, what they will do, and why people should want them to do it. That just hasn't been happening in the Wildrose campaign to date. There should be a series of radio and TV ads that express what Wildrose will do. Ideally, these should allude to but not mention the other parties, and highlight how these will make Alberta better. Brian Jean isn't the most energetic speaker, but he's surely capable of acting interested enough for quick soundbytes like Hi, I'm Brian Jean, and a Wildrose government will roll back the pay increase for your elected representatives, publicly disclose the travel expenses for government officials, and make it easier for watchdogs and the press to obtain Freedom of Information requests that will hold us accountable to you, the people. Ending the Entitlement Culture and improving accountability in our government will happen with your vote on May 5th for a Wildrose government. I timed that out and it hovers around the 26-27 second mark, long enough for a 30 second TV spot that gives an example not at all related to taxes which tells the public what Wildrose will do, hints at the famous scandals, and gives people an optimistic reason to think Wildrose is different. That's one spot. Brian Jean could do most or all of them, or introduce other members of the Wildrose team. Mark Smith (Drayton Valley-Devon) could talk about the Wildrose education priorities. Linda Carlson (Calgary-Acadia) could speak to the healthcare plan, and one of the young photogenic candidates like Megan Brown (Calgary-Elbow), Joe Byram (Edmonton-Centre, or Jae Shim (Calgary-Hawkwood) could be given the chance to speak about Wildrose plans like a budget that transparently and easily lays out what the government is collecting and spending every year, cap severance agreements for publicly funded executives, set hard targets for reducing regulatory compliance costs for small business, implement MLA recall legislation, reform all-party committees, and an open tender process so government contracts go to the best recipient rather than friends of the governing party. Such campaigns can be pushed into the digital world too: YouTube, Google ads, etc. There can be a lot more variety in the radio versions, but if Wildrose has 5 priorities then there should be five different TV ads, even if they "cheat" by not focusing entirely on the rural priorities but combining it with property rights and construction of infrastructure. Wildrose has pro-parent policies in schools, pro-patient policies in healthcare, and pro-citizen policies in administration. So talk about these! Make sure that when the casual low-info voter thinks about Wildrose that you've put a variety of ideas in your head. Even if they may not necessarily agree with the policies they will at least know about them. How many of these potential NDP voters who have genericly decided to support the party could name or, if pressed, admit to agreeing with them? Not a lot, I'd wager. Meanwhile, Wildrose is practically escaping their memory. Wildrose is still blessed with a pretty substantial war chest, it's time to actually spend it. It's possible, I suppose, that Wildrose is sitting on the money hoping for a late-campaign blitz of the airwaves. All the emails I'm getting asking for donations to "get the message out" would tend to support that. However, if you fall too far behind you then have to fight to play catchup. Surely putting Wildrose in voters heads now right now! has more value than saving up the war chest for a late-campaign push when you may be too far behind already. Wildrose supporters are making their own hashtags to warn why Wildrose is better than the NDP. They have to, it seems the party itself is slow to make it. Which leads me to where we came in: is Wildrose trying to lose? Okay, I don't mean it that way, I'll rephrase it the way somebody asked it to me: is Wildrose scared of winning? I don't see why they should be: yes they had to cobble the election together on short notice and maybe don't have candidates as strong to form the next government as they would wish. But one of the ideal advantages of being a small-government conservative is that once you accept that government is an evil of questionable necessity then the important thing is for those governing you to accept this. A competent or even skilled administrator who is expert at doing a whole bunch of destructive things is far less desirable than a competent or even unskilled administrator who is generically okay at doing a small number of things designed to be destructive. Not meaning to look at Notley's campaign too enviously, but she has shitty candidates too but manages to soldier on. And she's going to need uber-competent savants who can oversee the biggest government takeover of the economy in Alberta Government history. Which segues right back to the top of the pile: early in the campaign we asked if Brian Jean was the right Wildrose leader, and it's fair to revisit that. His tendency to stick to the "no taxes" mantra along with his lack of personal charisma certainly makes it a tough one. But he is the leader Wildrose is stuck with [it could be worse, Wildrose could be stuck with a bland doctor who likes to lie about medicine! -ed] and he'll be the one that has to lead what's left of this election charge. Nobody's necessarily expecting him to go full on Churchill all of a sudden (though he did get credit for a great radio interview yesterday morning), but please know the difference between staying-on-message and staying-on-tunnel-vision-message. Wildrose has a lot more to offer than just holding the line on taxes, and while it's definitely the big wedge to drive between Wildrose and every other party, property rights are another one. Frame it the way it's meant to be framed: a human rights issue. No, in fact, it's the human rights issue. Wildrose thinks that your house and your car and your paycheque all belong to you, and Prentice and Notley (this may, if necessary, be the exception where Wildrose can attack the other two primary contenders) think it belongs to them and they have decided that you cannot be permitted to keep even what little you were keeping before. Wildrose doesn't believe RCMP should be allowed to become the Provincial Government's gun control arm, Wildrose doesn't believe that landowners should be an afterthought in major infrastructure projects (this is, don't forget, an issue for city dwellers looking at LRT-hungry governments in their path), and Wildrose doesn't believe in government managing shared water rights on behalf of the loudest and most well-off lobbyist. Wildrose believes schools and hospitals need to remain as accountable to the people as the Legislature. Unfortunately, due the lack of an ad campaign, the Dancing With the Stars watching potential voter doesn't really know much about Wildrose outside of what they pick of via osmosis by an extremely biased and hostile liberal media. To combat this, Wildrose needs to be visible, they need to be positive, they need to stop talking about what others have done or will do and instead focus on what they will do. Allude to the scandals, even mention the other leaders when you need to differentiate...but differentiate. Put Wildrose policies out there and dare the public to be on your side. If late in the campaign you feel the need to lure in PC voters by suggesting that they should abandon Prentice due to the NDP's rise, you first need to build a strong base of support. The debate over the merits of that move are better discussed on May 3rd. For now, the media blitz needs to start hitting the casual non-voter, and it needs to talk policy. That's how Wildrose can win. The only question will be if that's what they're after.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7469
__label__wiki	0.803367	0.803367	Juice WRLD Reportedly Swallowed ‘Several Percocet Pills’ Shortly Before His Death Katrina Nattress Dave Kotinsky, Getty Images On Sunday (December 8), Juice WRLD tragically and unexpectedly died after suffering from a fatal seizure at Midway Airport in his hometown of Chicago. Though his official cause of death has yet to be revealed, we may know what contributed to his passing. As TMZ reports, the rapper was seen swallowing a bunch of painkillers shortly before his death in an attempt to hide them from the feds. The pilot flying his private jet from Los Angeles to Chicago notified authorities that he and his entourage had guns onboard, and when they landed the FBI and FAA were waiting for them. A source told the outlet that at some point between the plane landing and the feds' search of the aircraft the "Lucid Dreams" singer swallowed "several Percocet pills," which may have led to his death. An autopsy was done on Monday (December 9), but the coroner has to run additional tests including toxicology, cardiac pathology and neuropathology before determining an official cause of death. Medics spent 40 minutes tending to the young rising star. He was transported to a local hospital at 2:55am, and upon his arrival at 3:06am doctors pronounced him dead. He was just 21 years old. Aside from three firearms, authorities also seized 70 pounds of marijuana, which was allegedly found vacuum-sealed in several pieces of luggage on the plane. After news of his death broke, celebrities paid tribute to Juice WRLD via social media. Check out their reactions here. Stars We Lost in 2019 Source: Juice WRLD Reportedly Swallowed ‘Several Percocet Pills’ Shortly Before His Death Filed Under: juice wrld	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7472
__label__wiki	0.810143	0.810143	TUNE Cousin Kula - Stacked r-b psych-pop Bristol based 6 piece COUSIN KULA release groove-laden new single 'Stacked' “A swirling beast...very exciting” – DIY “A blitzkrieg of fun and impish U-turns that leaves you restless for more.” – The Line Of Best Fit "A sun-soaked nugget of gold” – COLORS Berlin "Low-key stunner” – EARMILK “Sometimes you can tell from the first listen that there’s a spark behind a band. Cousin Kula provide something dreamy and leftfield…” – NME "Psych-pop newcomers Cousin Kula have a deft, refreshing sound, matching lysergic colours to wisps of fragrant melody." – CLASH Bristol based outfit Cousin Kula are today sharing new single 'Stacked' - the second track to be lifted from their forthcoming second EP, due for release later this year. Melding psych pop, jazz, and electronic pop to brilliant effect, 'Stacked' was lyrically inspired by singer Elliot's Mum going through a divorce. His band mate, Douglas said: "Although it's a song to his mum post divorce, I hear its message as being quite positive and hopeful, like: 'you've got it all stacked up against you, but I back you to come through it all on top.'" Opening amidst a canvas of atmospheric electronics, reverb-touched synths, and stunning guitar motifs – 'Stacked' kicks into groove, with Elliot sending a message of encouragement: "It'll be alright / You'll find solutions / Yeah you got it stacked / But it's you you're choosing". Walking into the Cousin Kula household you’re met by bundles of bicycles in the hallway, friends’ artwork on the walls and instruments everywhere. In the garden a self-made pizza oven and an array of home grown vegetables demonstrate their ambition for self-sufficiency. Cousin Kula are a band with an energy not just about the way they make music, but about their day to day life, which translates to the stage with vigour – turning audiences, into fans, up and down the country. The 6-piece's undulating, refreshing brand of psych-pop was originally born out of Bristol’s progressive jazz music scene. Bonding over their shared love for an eclectic range of music from pop and psych through to prog, disco & afrobeat; the six members soon found themselves living together and with a rehearsal room in their basement became one of the tightest and most impressive bands on the Bristol circuit, blending these genres into something both modern and refreshing. Following on from their debut EP OODLES (released via Chiverin in 2017), new single 'Stacked' is lifted from the bands forthcoming second EP, due for release later this year. Both 'Stacked', and previous single 'Brain Abroad' are out now via Chiverin. 3 London, Bush Hall w/ Physics House Band 5 Liverpool, Sound City @ District 9 Plymouth, The Underground 10 Brighton, The Great Escape @ Hope & Ruin 24 Manchester, Dot to Dot Festival 25 Bristol, Dot to Dot Festival 26 Nottingham, Dot to Dot Festival 27 Bruton, Farm Festival 17 Hay On Wye, TRUE Fest	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7480
__label__wiki	0.503398	0.503398	The Bush Introduced animal pests Kōrero: Introduced animal pests Impact of animals on the bush Stoats and cats Deer, goats, pigs and wasps Whārangi 6. Hononga, rauemi nō waho Ētahi atu tūhononga, pae tukutuku hoki The Department of Conservation’s web pages on animal pests. MPI Biosecurity The Ministry for Primary Industries’ site describes their work in protecting the environment, biosecurity, and controlling pests and diseases coming into New Zealand. To report suspected exotic land pests, call 0800 80 99 66. Social wasps in New Zealand Landcare Research’s web pages on four species of wasps describe their life history, identification, distribution, impact and control. Ētahi whakaaro puaki, takenga Brockie, Bob. A living New Zealand forest. Auckland: David Bateman, 1992. King, Carolyn, ed. The handbook of New Zealand mammals. 2nd ed. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2005. McDowall, R. M. Gamekeepers for the nation: the story of New Zealand’s acclimatisation societies, 1861–1990. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 1994. Montague, T. L., ed. The brushtail possum: biology, impact and management of an introduced marsupial. Christchurch: Manaaki Whenua, 2000. Thompson, G. M. The naturalisation of animals and plants in New Zealand. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1922. Worthy, T. H., and R. N. Holdaway. The lost world of the moa: prehistoric life in New Zealand. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 2002. Bob Brockie, 'Hononga, rauemi nō waho', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/introduced-animal-pests/sources (accessed 21 January 2020) He kōrero nā Bob Brockie, i tāngia i te 24 Sep 2007, updated 1 Jul 2015 Kaitiakitanga	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7481
__label__cc	0.634641	0.365359	Category Archives: Human Interest Gender, Human Interest Senator Risa Hontiveros Files POGIE Bill September 11, 2019 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Sensing that her Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Expression (SOGIE) bill is headed for failure, Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros filed a new proposal she is calling ‘POGIE.’ POGIE stands for Pet Orientation and Gender Identity Expression. Hontiveros’ new bill, which is aimed at protecting the rights of animals, will prohibit veterinarians from indicating the gender of newly-born pets in their birth certificates. The proposal prescribes for a waiting period of 3 years (that’s 21 in dog years) before a pet owner can have his or her animal’s gender indicated on the birth certificate. In batting for the new bill, Hontiveros said the 3-year waiting period will allow pet owners to observe the sexual behaviour of their animal companions. It will ensure that their pets will not be wrongfully assigned a gender at birth. The Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), a volunteer-based, non-government organization whose aim is to prevent animal cruelty, has thrown its 100% support for Hontiveros’ proposal. Government, Human Interest, Politics A Tale Of Two Presidents: Duterte And PNoy February 18, 2019 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment DAVAO CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Davao Bureau) – President Rodrigo Duterte donated his house in Margarita Village along J.P. Laurel Avenue, Davao City to the House of Hope, a charity group providing temporary shelter to children with cancer. House of Hope Foundation vice president Fatima-Inderah Disomimba said during Kapihan sa PIA Friday, February 15, that the property was transferred to them last January based on a deed of donation signed by the President. In the past years, Duterte allowed the use of his three-bedroom house at Margarita Village for the House of Hope but at that time, the title to the property was still under his name. The Davao Children’s Cancer Fund, Inc. (DCCFI), or the House of Hope (aka Kids of Hope), mainly operates using donations. Meanwhile, former President NoyNoy Aquino set up a barricade in the perimeter of the Aquino family home on 25 Times Street in Quezon City. Human Interest, International, Language, Politics Animal Rights Group: Saying ‘Bring Home The Bacon’ Is Offensive To Pigs December 8, 2018 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – Watch your language. This is the gist of an animal rights group’s advice to people. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) now says that the phrase, ‘bring home the bacon’ is quite offensive to pigs. But it’s not only pigs that get hurt from human expressions. Worms, horses, birds and bulls as well. So, PETA has come up with suggestions on how humans can tone down their offensive rhetoric agains animals (see chart). Meanwhile, The Adobo Chronicles also came up with suggested language that can be substituted when talking about human beings — men, women, children, homosexuals and persons with disabilities:	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7484
__label__cc	0.618915	0.381085	You are here: Home → Forum Home → Gaming → Adventure → Thread Blacksad: Under The Skin - Story Trailer & Release Date - 26 April 2019 12:01 AM PlanetX Regular Still looking good so far, hoping to get some gameplay footage soon. 26 April 2019 02:06 AM #1 McCoy97 Sr. Member Looks great! Really looking forward to this one. Love almost all Pendulo games but this could potentially be their best game yet tomimt Sr. Adventurer I’ve read some of the comics and they are great. Let’s hope the game is good as well. Phlebas Sr. Adventurer tomimt - 26 April 2019 04:46 AM 26 April 2019 01:07 PM #4 Jdawg445 Sr. Member Is there a link to an actual preview what type of game is it. is it an action adventure or is it like a Telltale Game. I mean does it have real puzzles or has none of that information been released yet Ahenobarbus Sr. Member I think I saw a small glimpse of gameplay somewhere and I got an impression that it`s going to be pretty traditional, but can`t find the link now.. They also announced that there is going to be a Collector`s Edition box with an exclusive figurine and art book. https://twitter.com/pendulostudios/status/1121452332552790017?fbclid=IwAR0zipOGS-q9nE_dZp7tJwpsjsRtqYq66lvfD3gOsw7TtkFDYWlFeWwOurw Playing: 1) Man of Medan 2) Gibbous 3) Batman: The Enemy Within Jdawg445 - 26 April 2019 01:07 PM From the AdventureGamers Gamescom 2018 roundup: The gameplay contains elements of both classic and modern adventure games. As a detective, players collect evidence and information, which can then be combined in inventory to draw conclusions, kind of like Ace Attorney. It is possible to interact with lots of different things in the environment, but not everything will be helpful. As far as we can tell from the gamescom demo, the non-linear gameplay very much revolves around the story. Besides the typical detective work, it also features Quick Time Events and multiple choice dialogues. Previous decisions can affect the narrative in multiple ways: if you use the fire exit instead of going through the main door, your quest continues in a different way. From Microids’ Blacksad web page: -An official and all-new story for BLACKSAD, set in the comic book series’ unique world, perfectly recreated for gamers. -An investigative narrative game with gameplay combining investigations, puzzles, quick time events (QTE) and multiple-choice dialog. -Choices that directly influence the development of the character and the story’s ending. -More than 30 characters, including new faces and old favorites, each with their own story. -An immersive world with a jazz soundtrack to rival the very best of Hollywood’s film noir. -Fans of adventure games will love its gameplay and narration while fans of the comic book series will be thrilled to rediscover the characters and graphic style of this unique world. -A dark world of anthropomorphic animals Developed by: Pendulo Studios Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Mac Type of game: Puzzle, Adventure Languages: French, English, Italian, German, Spanish Number of player: 1 That’s pretty much all the info I’ve seen so far. Gabe Adventurer Due to source material this one have to be action-adventure like LA Noire, Telltale style gameplay just limits potential. “The universe is a dream dreamed by a single dreamer where all the dream characters dream too.” eddyc Regular Looking forward to this and pleasantly surprised that they got Liam Neeson as voice of John Blacksad. TimovieMan Administrator eddyc - 28 April 2019 02:24 AM That’s because Blacksad has a very particular set of skills. Skills he has acquired over a very long career. Skills that make him a nightmare for people like the bad guys in the game. If they let the missing person go now that’ll be the end of it. He will not look for them, he will not pursue them, but if they don’t, he will look for them, he will find them and he will kill them… Now playing: Blade Runner (post-CPT) \| The Witcher: Enhance Edition (on hold) \| Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (on hold) \| Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy (3DS) Recently finished: Whispers of a Machine (CPT) - 4/5 \| Beneath a Steel Sky (CPT) - 3/5 \| 3 in Three - 3.5/5 \| Puzzle Gallery: At the Carnival - 2.5/5 \| The Fool’s Errand (replay) - 3.5/5 \| The Dig (replay) - 4.5/5 \| Return of the Obra Dinn (CPT) - 4/5 \| Beavis and Butt-Head in Virtual Stupidity - 3.5/5 \| League of Light: The Game (CCPT) - 3/5 \| realMyst: Masterpiece Edition - 2.5/5 \| Contradiction - 3/5 \| Tex Murphy: Mean Streets - 2/5 \| The Last Express - 3.5/5 \| South Park: The Fractured But Whole - 4/5 \| Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (replay, CPT) - 5/5 28 April 2019 10:18 AM #10 TimovieMan - 28 April 2019 05:28 AM I guess it wouldn’t be a good idea then to wish him good luck! 05 November 2019 06:55 PM #11 Advie Sr. Adventurer The PlayStation version has been ‘accidentally released’ and Microids urging players to wait for the release date, 14th of this month. i really dont care much of it after i read previews of how it is inspired by ttg gameplaying style, but that is just me. https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2019/11/blacksad_under_the_skin_accidentally_releases_early_publisher_advises_not_playing?fbclid=IwAR0SQ5E5XBCXhFODfhG9rhd9mNDoZ0RRDruFfF-Qh2Nn5nVC4yCqPpkc7-Q http://www.reverbnation.com/advie 11 November 2019 11:31 AM #12 “In terms of true adaptation, Blacksad: Under the Skin is quite successful. The story is gripping and well written, with colorful characters, especially thanks to the voice-over and jazzy soundtrack. But in terms of gaming, the gameplay is heavy, the setting is sad, the glitches unbearable and the investigation mechanics too linear, making us want to watch what seems to be a better feature film than a good game experience. This adventure, although full of choices, treats you like a spectator.” First review from millenium That’s sad. Honestly that quote makes me think I’ll enjoy it. The writing and mystery were the main things I was worried about. I’m totally down for a well written TTG style choice heavy adventure with some deduction puzzles thrown in. I highly doubt I’ll feel more like a “spectator” than in The Walking Dead: TFS and I liked that game a lot. rtrooney Sr. Adventurer Released today on GOG. For whom the games toll, they toll for thee. Casual Game Developer List https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AohuMgk8BGFTdExjM2s4eGdJRGZmcWJxMUNoUTlMZVE#gid=0 Veovis Regular I’m a couple of hours into the game. Feels a bit unpolished and the interface/controls/camera is pretty bad. Switched to a controller after failing to even understand how to work the menu/options via the keyboard/mouse. Just terrible. The game itself Feels like a low budget game trying hard to pose as an AAA title, similar to Syberia 3. But in this case the bad stuff can’t quite kill the enjoyment. I actually really like it. The story, characters and voice acting are good so far. The gameplay indeed feels similar to a TTG game. No real puzzles, only choices and interaction. Point-and-click adventure games set in Japan? Track down a serial killer in ancient China as Detective Di on May 1st	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7486
__label__cc	0.522534	0.477466	Pedro Lasch Research Professor of Art, Art History and Visual Studies B.F.A., Cooper Union 1999 I see my work as a consecutive set of acts and ideas that complement and interrupt the flow of the everyday. It’s a chain of routine-breaking routines. My role as an artist, researcher, educator, activist, cultural organizer, and producer can be understood as a cohesive whole, which develops within specific social situations and exists within and outside of conventional art settings. Presentations in museums, galleries, and academic contexts represent only a part of my overall production. A preoccupation with the theory and practice of a socially engaged art, which is rooted in daily exchanges, has led me to the formulation of an aesthetics based on public interventions, social interactions, games, and temporal rearrangements. The range of my projects encompasses anti-monuments, language games, artist's books, radio works, lunch events, experimental workshops, events, and activities, as well as more conventional work in the form of installations, video, photography, painting, printmaking, and drawing. Regular participation in the organization and production of cultural and social networks, such as art collectives like 16Beaver Group (NY) and various immigrant grassroots organizations is also a very significant part of my work. The circulation of my work in international circuits is a direct result of an ongoing engagement with the culture of cross-class cosmpolitanism. Drawing, installation art, experimental pedagogy, new media, participatory art, art theory, latin american visual culture Smith Arts Warehouse, Room 220, Durham, NC 27708 Box 90766, Smith Arts Warehouse, Durham, NC 27708-0766 pedro.lasch@duke.edu http://www.pedrolasch.com/ Black Mirror/Espejo Negro The provocative three-part project Black Mirror/Espejo Negro by the artist Pedro Lasch encompasses a museum installation, photographs of the installation, and this bilingual... read more » Lasch, P. “University, Narcochingadazo, and Hemispheric Non-Cooperation.” E Misférica, edited by Jill Lane and Marcial Godoy-Anativia, vol. 6, New York University: Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, 2010. Lasch, P., and P. 16Beaver. “C.A.R.T.E.L..” Art Work: A National Conversation About Art, Labor, and Economics, edited by Temporary Services, 2009. Lasch, P. “What Are We Before We Are Naturalized? A Journal of Non-Linear Activity.” Idea: Arts & Society, no. 33–34, 2009, pp. 7–27. Lasch, P. “A Proposal for the 11th Istanbul Biennial, 2009.” Idea: Arts & Society, 2009, pp. 146–48. Lasch, P., and P. 16Beaver Group. “Iraq Questionnaire Answers.” October Magazine, MIT Press, 2008, pp. 149–60. Lasch, P. “Tianguis Transnacional: Drifting and Indigenous Migrancy.” What Keeps Mankind Alive? And Continental Drift, edited by Brian Holmes et al., 2008, pp. 20–21. Lasch, P. “El color de la razón: racismo epistemológico y razón imperial.” El Desprendimiento: Pensamiento Crítico Y Opción Descolonial, edited by Walter Mignolo et al., Argentina: Editorial Signo and GlobalArgentina: Editorial Signo & Durham: Globalization and the Humanities Project, Duke University, 2008, p. cover&p2-. Lasch, P., and P. others. “Genero y Descolonialidad.” El Desprendimiento: Pensamiento Crítico Y Opción Descolonial, edited by Walter Mignolo et al., 2008, p. cover&p2-. Ramírez, Molina, et al. “Ser mixteco o purépecha ya no puede entenderse con una lógica territorial.” La Jornada (México), Oct. 2007. Lasch P, V. “Abren muestra fotográfica sobre vida de mexicanos en Nueva York.” Milenio (Guadalajara), Apr. 2006. Naturalizations & Black Mirror. November 22, 2010 Amateurism & Naturalizations. November 21, 2010 Independencia, Revolución y Narcochingadazo!. November 12, 2010 Black Mirror / Espejo Negro: Proyecto de Libro. November 12, 2010 Naturalizations: Keynote Address for 'Allergic Bodies Conference'. May 27, 2010 Neighbourhoods Study Day. May 1, 2010 A History of Failures and (Im)Modest Proposals. March 18, 2010 Stronger are the powers of the people’: politics, poetics and popular education in Brazilian cinema, 1962-1979. December 5, 2009 The Common and the Forms of the Commune Symposium. Panel: Michael Hardt, Gigi Roggero, Pedro Lasch. April 9, 2009 Tianguis Transnacional: Indigenous Migrancy & Migrant Indigeneity (Slide talk & Naturalizations workshop) for What Keeps Mankind Alive? and Continental Drift Seminar. November 30, 2008 Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2012 - 2013 \| Zone of Contention: The U.S./Mexico Border at Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC. (2013) Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2011 \| (solo) Pedro Lasch's Phantom Limbs & Twin Towers Go Global at Stephan Stoyanov Gallery, New York, NY.. (2011) Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2011 \| Immigrant Movement International & United Nations Day of Actions at Queens Museum of Art & Creative Time, New York. (2011) Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2011 \| Pedro Lasch and Twin Towers Go Global (TTGG) / Three Anniversary Reports (Part 3 to follow in 2012) at AND AND AND Platform, Documenta 13. Kassel, Germany & worldwide. (2011) Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2011 \| International Day Without English at Super G: Experiential Residency Program, Greensboro, NC & worldwide via web ( http://www.experimentalcommunities.net/international-day-without-english/ ). (2011) Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2011 \| Decolonial Aesthetics at Fred Jameson Gallery, Durham, NC.. (2011) Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2010 \| Caras Vemos, Corazones No Sabemos (Faces We See, Hearts We Do Not Know): The Human Landscape of Mexican Migration to the United States at The Alameda Museum, San Antonio, Texas. (2010) Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2010 \| An Atlas at San Francisco State University, San Francisco. (2010) Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2010 \| Ghetto Biennale: A Salon des RefusÃ©s for the 21st Century at Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. (2010) Pedro Lasch: Exhibitions, 2010 \| "GeneologÃas Transnacionales" y "Memorias Dis[locales]", Bienal Arte Nuevo InteractivA 2009 at Merida, Mexico. 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__label__cc	0.57201	0.42799	Atom Smashing There was a time when the smallest possible particle was dust, from which we were raised and to which we would return. Dust that could be kneaded and moulded to make man, briefly, but in the end worms and disintegration would win. Dust to dust. Then we learned of the atom, but the order of the world was not disturbed, for what was an atom but a smaller, harder, more perfect grain? A finer mill, a more persistent miller, patient and relentless, but we knew it was just grist. We understood what it was to be atomistic. Alone, unaffected, hard surfaces that could collide, but never crack. How then should we measure the cracking of the atom on the scale of human suffering? The point at which the freedom of armour was replaced by the imprisoning fear that it could be breached. The terror of collision that could bind two atoms together in such an explosive incident that something new would be created, another atom, more dense, solid, permanent, and yet discarding energy like sweat from a bailaora. And more devastating still: the knowledge they could be ripped apart with the fury of Armageddon. What God has united let no man tear asunder, and yet we could. If all that would be left behind was devastation, a horror of wind and winter as a new dust, thick and toxic choked the life out of the earth, what did it matter? We had the power to bring about the end of all things. The days of dust, of marbles that bounce off one another and roll away unmarked, are gone. We have learned of binding and breaking; it cannot be unlearned. Deadly decisions as simple as a coin flip, but no one has taught us how to choose, or if we have to make a choice at all My book available here and here among others. Buy it, review it, tell me what you think. January 28, 2014 Ali atom, bailaora, destruction, divorce, fission, flamenco, fusion, marriage, nuclear, separation	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7504
__label__wiki	0.658335	0.658335	LEADERSHIP SUPPORT The Climate Museum sheds light on the climate crisis through art September 16, 2019 \| Britt Stigler POSTED IN Visual, Words As cultural hubs, museums hold a unique ability to push conversations — and the Climate Museum is doing just that. Founded by Miranda Massie in 2015, the institution holds the designation as the first museum dedicated to climate change in the United States. The programming is mission-driven, with a focus on utilizing “the sciences, art and design to inspire dialogue and innovation that address the challenges of climate change, moving solutions to the center of our shared public life and catalyzing broad community engagement.” Miranda Massie discussing the work of Peggy Weil with a visitor at the Climate Museum’s exhibition “In Human Time” in the the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center Galleries at Parsons School of Design/The New School. Photo by Sari Goodfriend. In 2019, the organization launched “Climate Speaks,” a citywide program that brings students together to address climate issues through spoken word poetry. The inaugural project stretched from March to June and comprised three stages: a workshop for students to explore the intersection of climate change, social justice and the arts; coaching with poets and performers; and a performance at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. The program is featured in the first episode of the new ALL ARTS digital series “Climate Artists,” presented in partnership with Peril and Promise. We spoke with Massie about bringing the climate crisis conversation into a museum space, what she learned from working with young poets and what’s next for the Climate Museum. Why did you feel it was so important to have a museum dedicated to the climate crisis? First, museums are incredibly popular — there are more museum visits per year in the U.S. than major league sporting event attendance, top-20 amusement park attendance and National Park visits, combined. And museums and other cultural institutions are deeply trusted. Finally, museums are public spaces where a broad sense of community is felt. Taking those three things together, museums are popular, trusted community institutions with immense power to transform civic culture. And we need such a shift in civic culture to confront the climate crisis effectively. It’s critical to have dedicated museums — we don’t want to be the only one! — to mobilize that transformational capacity. (By the way, we think non-climate-dedicated museums also have a critical role to play by offering climate programming, as they increasingly are doing.) “Climate Speaks,” a spoken word program from New York City youth about the climate crisis, presented by the Climate Museum in partnership with the NYC Department of Education’s Office of Sustainability and performed at the Apollo Theater. Photo by Sari Goodfriend. Why spoken word poetry as a platform? We want to elevate youth voices on climate in general, and we want to explore the arts as one pathway for young people to express their truth and their demands. Within that, we started with spoken word organically. Many of the young people at our first youth program — which was at our first exhibition about a year and a half ago — spontaneously chose spoken word in a competition to design climate advocacy for their peers. Everyone in the room, high school students and adult mentors alike, was galvanized by what they saw and heard. So we dug into spoken word first as a genre. What have you learned from listening to this generation? Was there anything that surprised you? This generation is extraordinarily kind, wise and socially minded. We created some space for the “Climate Speaks” participants and provided them with some mentoring and support — and their leadership and creativity exploded. It was extraordinarily inspiring. I expected to be awestruck, but my expectations were absolutely exceeded. What role do you think youth will have in the climate crisis fight going forward? Youth have and will have the protagonist’s role in the climate crisis fight going forward. Their voices and activism are providing the impetus for climate progress. This impetus is the single most important success factor for humanity at this time. This doesn’t let the rest of us off the hook. Everyone should be focusing all the resources they can — time, talent, money, attention, civic action — on the climate crisis. This includes elected leaders and others with policy-making authority, who must step up in unprecedented ways as well. 2. “Climate Signals,” a public art project by Justin Brice Guariglia, in collaboration with the Climate Museum and the Mayor’s Office on Climate Change. Photo by Justin Brice Guariglia. Do you have plans to expand the project? And are there any Climate Museum exhibitions that you are excited for in the year ahead? Yes, we are expanding the project this year — please keep an eye out for “Climate Speaks 2020.” And we have at least two exhibitions/installations upcoming in 2020 that we’re very excited about, though it’s too early to talk about them. One will launch for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day in April, and the other will open for the season at Governors Island, where our current show “Taking Action” is located. Broadly speaking, what role do you feel art plays in climate change? Art is a critical pathway into climate engagement. For many people, art is more inviting than science and policy. It is fundamentally tactile and emotional — and we are first physical, then emotional animals, [and] only then intellectual ones. Art is also profoundly communal — we started making it back in the caves because, through expression, it allows us to connect with other human beings. We need that communal sensibility to feel we can confront the climate crisis; otherwise, we are completely out-scaled. Finally, even art that is pessimistic or dark in its content is the product of human creativity, and seeing that creativity in action reminds us subliminally of what we can do. Our ambition and creativity got us into this mess — and they can get us out. Top Image: 1. "Climate Signals," a public art project by Justin Brice Guariglia, in collaboration with the Climate Museum and the Mayor's Office on Climate Change. Photo by Lisa Goulet. TAGSClimate Artists Climate Museum Climate Speaks Miranda Massie Britt Stigler \| @bestigler Britt Stigler is a digital content editor at ALL ARTS. She can be reached at StiglerB@thirteen.org. "Waitress" actress Charity Angél Dawson takes you behind the scenes of the Broadway hit American Masters Podcast highlights stories of R.O. Kwon, Ethan Hawke, Lynn Nottage and more 4,000 signs from the 2017 Women’s March have been donated to a museum, thanks to librarians What do Philip Glass and Franz Schubert have in common? More than you might think… In “Mac Beth,” director Erica Schmidt harnesses the ferocious power of teenage girls ABOUT ALL ARTS ©2020 WLIW LLC. All Rights Reserved. ALL ARTS NEWSLETTER Get inspired by established and emerging artists working in visual art, music, theater, dance, film, literature and more.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7506
__label__wiki	0.840466	0.840466	surreal news offbeat entertainment trending culture BBC's Dracula adaption and many other new shows headline the best stuff to stream this winter. From vampire kings to hilarious hospital hijinks, here are some great new and returning shows for you to check out this chilly winter season By Joe Haribo Well, the holidays are gone, the menorahs and Christmas ornaments are back in their boxes, the New Years Eve hangovers are (mostly) gone. What's left. Winter. Months and months of cold, with an interruption for Valentines Day, which everyone kind of hates. Well screw that. Call in sick, wrap yourself up in your comfiest blankets, and binge watch something new! Here are some recommendations that we TOTALLY didn't steal from the nypost. Secrets and lies! High drama! Oh man, and Reese Witherspoon and Karry Washington! You know one of them is gonna get slapped by someone wearing a cocktail dress. Visible: Out on Television A documentary series on Apple+ that will explore LGBTQ+ representation on television, with appearances by Janet Mock, Neil Patrick Harris, Lena Waithe, Anderson Cooper, Ellen DeGeneres and more. Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet Another Apple+ exclusive, this one was created by stars Always Sunny in Philadelphia's Rob McElhenney as a video game designer at the head of a department of misfits. I like Alwas Sunny and I also worked in the video game industry, so I'm interested in this one. Shrill season 2 Saturday Night Live's Aidy Bryant returns to her show about the joys and struggled of life as an overweight woman. The first season was one of the big surprises of 2019 and fans are ready to return to Bryant's world. Another surprise hit of 20whatever, this show is about an awkward teenage boy (Asa Butterfield) who inadvertantly becomes a sex educator to his classmates after repeating the advice his sex educator mother (Gillian Anderson) passed down to her. It's a cute coming-of-age story and we can't wait for season two. This Apple+ show by Big Sick creator and husband-and-wife team of Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon is an anthology story about immigrants in America. The legendary 1995 novel by Nick Hornsby, which had been adapted in 2000 by John Cusack, is getting a gender-swapped television show starring Zoë Kravitz as a record store owner in Brooklyn who tries to find the reason for her failed relationships. It's coming just in time for Valentine's Day on Hulu. Wyatt Russell stars as misfit former surfer who winds up a member of a wacky fraternal order. A cult favorite that unfortunately lasted only two seasons, it will be coming to Hulu in January. A spinoff from the incredibly weird Adult Swim show Childrens Hospital, this show follows two American doctors (Erinn Hayes and Rob Huebel) who discover a world-threatening virus while stationed at a pediatric hospital in Brazil. As a renowned vampire apologist, I'll watch anything Dracula and this BBC three-episode miniseries is right up my alley. Danish actor Claes Bang stars as the titular vampire and it looks like a big fancy scare-athon. America’s National Parks For those of you who like to "relax" while watching beautiful footage of nature (any some of you know what I mean by that) then Disney+ has made a show featuring beautiful footage of America's natural splendor. The Simpsons Hank Azaria stars in this irreverent IFC show as Jim Brockmire, an alcoholic sports broadcaster fired for an on-air tirade against his unfaithful wife. The show follows him a decade later as he rebuilds his life in a small town. `)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7507
__label__wiki	0.872816	0.872816	Dee Nickerson The Lost Words - Jackie Morris & Robert Macfarlane Dan Crisp Sally Anne Fitter Mani Parkes Becky Blair Carolyn Pavey Anna Pugh Vanessa Cooper Mia Tarney Jane Ray Angela Smyth Dylan Lloyd Ron Bolt Mary Fedden Mary Sumner Paul Hedley Jeremy Barlow Malcolm Ashman Kirsty Wither Douglas Gray Sir Quentin Blake Anita Jeram - A Dog's Life Roald Dahl & Quentin Blake Barbara Firth - You and Me Little Bear Anita Jeram - Guess How Much I Love You Helen Oxenbury - We're Going on a Bear Hunt Helen Oxenbury - Alice's Adventures Dick Bruna - Miffy Helen Craig - Angelina Ballerina A Brush With The Coast - Sasha Harding Fletcher Sibthorp. The Story of Quiet Space Dahl and Blake. An Iconic Collaboration Beautiful Words by Angela Smyth Shirley Hughes 90th Birthday The Lost Words Premium Editions William Blake. The Largest Show in a Generation Helene Schjerfbeck at the RA Leonardo da Vinci exhibition Chromatopia: An Illustrated History of Colour Elizabethan Treasure The Lost Words Spell Songs LIVE Mary Fedden Colour and Simplicity 100 Figures. The Unseen Art of Quentin Blake Whistler and Nature Jackie Morris wins Hay Festival Medal 2018 Sir Quentin Blake signing Roald Dahl birthday prints Jane Ray Enchanted Worlds Miffy creator Dick Bruna dies aged 89 Lauren Child 10th Children's Laureate A Visit to Shirley Hughes Ravilious & Co: The Pattern of Friendship Charles I: King and Collector Splendours of the Subcontinent Quentin Blake was born in the suburbs of London in 1932 and has drawn ever since he can remember. He went to Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School, followed by National Service. Then he studied English at Downing College, Cambridge, going on to do a postgraduate teaching diploma at the University of London, followed by life-classes at Chelsea Art School. He has always made his living as an illustrator, as well as teaching for over twenty years at the Royal College of Art, where he was head of the Illustration department from 1978 to 1986. His first drawings were published in Punch while he was 16 and still at school. He continued to draw for Punch, The Spectator and other magazines over many years, while at the same time entering the world of children's books with A Drink of Water by John Yeoman in 1960. He is known for his collaboration with writers such as Russell Hoban, Joan Aiken, Michael Rosen, John Yeoman and, most famously, Roald Dahl. He has also illustrated classic books, including A Christmas Carol and Candide and created much-loved characters of his own, including Mister Magnolia and Mrs Armitage. Since the 1990s Quentin Blake has had an additional career as exhibition curator, curating shows in, among other places, the National Gallery, the British Library and the Musée du Petit Palais in Paris. In the last few years he has begun to make larger-scale work for hospitals and healthcare settings in the UK and France where his work can be seen in wards and public spaces. Most recently he has completed a scheme for the whole of a new maternity hospital in Angers. His books have won numerous prizes and awards, including the Whitbread Award, the Kate Greenaway Medal, the Emil/Kurt Maschler Award and the international Bologna Ragazzi Prize. He won the 2002 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration, the highest international recognition given to creators of children's books. In 2004 Quentin Blake was awarded the 'Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres' by the French Government for services to literature and in 2007 he was made Officier in the same order. In 2014 he was admitted to the Legion d'Honneur, an honour accorded to few people who are not French nationals. In 1999 he was appointed the first ever Children's Laureate, a post designed to raise the profile of children's literature. His book Laureate's Progress (2002) recorded many of his activities and the illustrations he produced during his two-year tenure. Quentin Blake was created CBE in 2005, is an RDI and has numerous honorary degrees from universities throughout the UK. He received a knighthood for 'services to illustration' in the New Year's Honours for 2013, and became an Honorary Freeman of the City of London in 2015. 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__label__wiki	0.981033	0.981033	Arquivo diário: junho 2, 2017 Police seek worker at Krung Thep Bridge after taxi driver injured By Supachai Phetchthewee Police are still waiting to interview the man who controlled the barrier at Krung Thep Bridge in Bangkok after a taxi driver was seriously injured on Tuesday when he crashed into the barrier. Bang Kho Laem superintendant Pol Colonel Anek Praisri said on Thursday that an arrest warrant would be issued for Department of Rural Roads (DRR) temporary employee Amapan Cheykul, 59, if he failed to respond to a summons. He said the case could result in a charge of recklessness causing injury to another person, which is punishable by three-years imprisonment. Forensic officers and engineers were to re-inspect the scene on Friday to determine if the crash could have stemmed from a mechanical malfunction, which caused the metal beam to spring out and hit the taxi. Taxi driver Phromma Khankwa, 67, was still in a hospital’s intensive care unit due to serious head injuries. Anek said Phromma has lost his left eye due to the injury and his right eye may be saved. The Justice Ministry will cover his medical bills as his condition did not stem from his recklessness, Anek said. During a rain storm at 9am on Tuesday, Phromma’s taxi, heading from Rama III road towards the bridge to Thon Buri side of city, crashed into the barrier and a four-metre-long metal beam pierced the car’s windshield. The bridge was about to be raised to let a large ship pass through. Source : nationmultimedia.com Padrão \| Postado em notícias internacionais \| Com a tag Thailand \| 0 Comentários Submarine deal shows Thailand’s growing reliance on China By Wasamon Audjarint The Royal Thai Navy’s purchase on a Chinese submarine contributes to Thailand’s increasing dependency on the eastern country as well as the military’s growing budget trend, a security expert said on Wednesday. Paul Chamber, a security analyst and lecturer on international affairs at Naraesuan University, said the Thai military would see parades of Chinese military hardware as well as the three Bt36-billion Yuan Class S26T submarines the Navy set to obtain within the next 11 years. The first Bt13.5-billion submarine’s procurement was approved by the junta government in late April for the Navy to open a seven-year-binding agreement with a Chinese state-owned company a few weeks later. Among the coming hardware are 10 Chinese VT-4 tanks, to which the Army is processing procurement proposals, Chamber said. He said the multi-billion baht purchase would mark the start of China’s role as a new principal source of military hardware to Thailand. “China and Thailand would have personnel exchanges for training on the submarines. The two countries have also increased joint military exercises since the 2014 coup,” he said. They will also set up a joint military production facility in Thailand to manufacture and repair arms and weapons parts, he added. This could also have a potentially political element, considering China’s One Belt One Road policy which has attracted the Thai junta, considering that its 99-year land lease policy would benefit the Eastern Economic Corridor, he said. “By getting close to China, the junta has potentially increased Thai dependency on Beijing, while being perceived as China’s ally by Asean states vying for claims over the territories in the South China Sea,” he said. Chamber spoke at a panel discussion on the submarines held by the Foreign Correspondent’s Club of Thailand on Wednesday. Chamber also said that the country’s defence expenditure ranks fourth among all government spending. Thailand has also followed a pattern of year-by-year defence budget increases since the 2006 coup, he added. Statistically, Thai military expenditures grew 44.3 per cent since the 2006 coup. After the 2014 coup, the number climbed up 5 per cent in 2015 and 6 per cent in 2016. The 2017 defence budget is Bt210.7 billion, or 7 per cent of total government expenditure, he said. While the Navy and Air Force generally receive less than half in budgeting than the Army receives, the tied-over military budgeting together with the junta-drafted 20-year strategic plan could oblige future governments to support more money for the military, Chamber said. The Navy also claimed that the submarines would help protect security and resources in the 320,000 square kms of Thai sea area in the Andaman Sea and Gulf of Thailand, maintaining military capabilities and keeping up with neighbouring countries, given that Thailand did not own any submarines for over six decades. The claims were made despite criticisms that the Thai economy is not healthy enough for such extensive military spending, Thailand’s geographical inappropriateness for the submarine operation, as well as alleged “connections” between the Navy and the junta government, Chamber said. PMUs liberate village, evacuate 300 families, south of Baaj Baaj (IraqiNews.com) The paramilitary troops have cleared another village from Islamic State in south of Baaj city, within the troops advance to liberate the region, located west of Mosul. In statements on Thursday, the media service of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units) said troops liberated al-Khubra village, south of Baaj. Moreover, “The troops besieged Ghelfas village, in west of Baaj,” the media service said. “The 17th brigade foiled Islamic State militants’ attempt to infiltrate toward Harrada region, west of Mosul,” according to the statements. “One militant was killed, while the others ran away.” In related news, “the troops evacuated 300 families from IS-held villages in south of Baaj.” Close to the Iraqi-Iranian borders, Baaj is considered an important IS stronghold. While major offensives take place in Mosul by Iraqi troops, backed by U.S.-led coalition, other offensives are launched by the paramilitary troops of al-Hashd al-Shaabi to liberate neighboring regions in Nineveh province. Last week, the paramilitary troops launched a second phase of operations launched earlier this month to complete the liberation of villages in the vicinity of Qairawan, freed on Tuesday, ahead of advancing toward Baaj, west of Mosul city. An offensive was launched by PMUs on May 12, which resulted in clearing of Qairawan region, a main Islamic State bastion in west of Mosul which links between Tal Afar town and the Syrian borders, from IS militants earlier this week. Source : Iraqi News Padrão \| Postado em notícias internacionais \| Com a tag Iraq \| 0 Comentários Updated: sources: 5 civilians, including child, sniped by IS while fleeing Mosul enclave (IraqiNews.com/Reuters) Five Iraqi civilians died Thursday by gunshots from Islamic State snipers while fleeing a district held by the group, security sources told Shafaaq News website. The civilians were escaping Zanjili, where, the source said, Iraqi government forces regained control over 40 percent of areas on their way to invade the Old City. The source added that troops evacuated more than 150 families from the area. About a dozen civilians were wounded on Thursday by Islamic State mortar shells as they tried to escape from the Zanjili district held by the militants in Mosul, Iraqi police said, according to Reuters. Zanjili is part of the enclave that remains in the hands of Islamic State in the northern Iraqi city, alongside the Old City center and the Medical City hospitals complex. U.S.-backed government forces began operations on May 27 to capture the enclave, regularly dropping leaflets telling families to flee. The casualties from Zanjili were taken to a field clinic, said a police officer. They were part of the first group of civilians who have managed to escape. Several dozen other civilians managed to reach government-held lines unhurt, using the same exit route, a police officer told Reuters. The militants ordered dozens of families living in Zanjili district to move into the Old City to prevent them escaping toward the Iraqi forces, a resident told Reuters on Wednesday. The Mosul offensive, now in its eighth month, has taken much longer than expected, with Iraqi government advances slowed by the need to avoid civilian casualties. The fall of the city would, in effect, mark the end of the Iraqi half of the ”caliphate” declared in 2014 over parts of Iraq and Syria by Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in speech from a historic mosque in Mosul’s old city. In Syria, Kurdish forces backed by U.S.-air strikes are besieging Islamic State forces in the city of Raqqa, the militants’ de facto capital in that country. Have you met Dubai Police’s new Robocop? Padrão \| Postado em notícias internacionais, Vídeos do You Tube \| Com a tag United Arab Emirates \| 0 Comentários Free English classes for blue-collared workers in Dubai Vegemite makes Qantas’s even spread of shortlisted True Blue 787 names Qantas has included the nation’s most famous (or infamous according to some overseas visitors) breakfast spread Vegemite in its shortlist of potential names for its Boeing 787-9 fleet that also features a grab bag of prominent Australians, some “Great” landmarks and a smattering of local wildlife. The 20-strong shortlist, based on input from the travelling public, was released on Thursday, with the final eight to be named on Wednesday, June 7. Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce said the airline received about 40,000 responses from the travelling public since it called for nominations in mid-May. “There were so many great entries that truly reflected the spirit of Australia and we’re thrilled with the response,” Joyce said in a statement. “It was obvious that people really put some thought into different themes we could use to name our fleet of eight new Dreamliners including famous explorers to some of their favourite Aussie sayings. “And it’s fair to say there were a few suggestions which we found very funny but probably not suitable for an aircraft that will be flying around the globe.” There were four shortlisted nominations of people – cricketer Don Bradman, Doctor Fred Hollows, opera singer Joan Sutherland and tennis champion Evonne Goolagong. Three Australian greats also made the cut, namely the Great Barrier Reef, Great Ocean Road and Great Southern Land. Australian Aviation is unsure whether the latter refers to the 1980s hit from Icehouse or a reference to the continent of Australia. Similarly, True Blue is both the name of John Williamson’s folk song and a local slang term to emphasise patriotism. (As an aside, it is also the name of US carrier jetBlue’s frequent flyer program.) And Jillaroo could be a reference to the nation’s women’s rugby league team or the female equivalent of a jackaroo or employee on an outback farm. Vegemite was the only brand name that made the cut to be in the running to be adorned on one of the airline’s Dreamliners that will, initially, operate on the Melbourne-Los Angeles route before being deployed on the Perth-London Heathrow nonstop flight from March 2018. Help spread the spirit of 🇦🇺 around the 🌏 by naming one of the @Qantas ✈️'s – #VEGEMITE Head to: https://t.co/zARxol9G0O #VegemiteDreamliner pic.twitter.com/5m3IiIsAkQ — Vegemite (@Vegemite) May 22, 2017 One suggestion, put forward by Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus on Twitter, did not make the list. C'mon @Qantas, you know you want to https://t.co/K1ijrTiWqV — Aer Lingus (@AerLingus) May 24, 2017 Qantas has eight 787-9 Dreamliners on order, with options for a further 35. The first of the next generation Boeing twins is due to arrive in October. The airline has a long-standing tradition of naming its aircraft, mostly after Australian cities, towns and places. Exceptions in the current fleet include the Airbus A380s, which are named after prominent Australian aviation pioneers, the original Retro Roo 737-800 which is named after former airline CEO James Strong, and the New Zealand-based, Jetconnect-operated 737-800 subfleet, which is named after New Zealand pioneers. The final 20 Evonne Goolagong Fred Hollows Great Southern Land Jillaroo Joan Sutherland Vegemite Source : Australian Aviation Padrão \| Postado em Australia News, notícias internacionais \| Com a tag Austrália \| 0 Comentários	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7509
__label__cc	0.589873	0.410127	Best of San Francisco Sports & Recreation Best School on Four Wheels S.F. Skate Club Skate Camp Summer camp doesn't need to be in the Sierra foothills — in fact, lifelong companions and a longer-lasting obsession can be found anywhere there's a friendly stretch of San Francisco pavement. Best Source of Snacks You've Never Tried (And May Not Know What They Are) If you like cooking Asian food at home, you've surely heard of 99 Ranch, the Taiwanese-American supermarket chain. Environment / Government / Local News / Politics / SF Oddities / WTF? Sweet Job of the Week: LAFCo Seeks Diligent Hall Monitor at $100,000 Salary Posted By Peter Jamison on Fri, May 22, 2009 at 3:34 PM Like Michael Myers, LAFCo can't be stopped As we've noted in these pages before, San Francisco's Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) -- a panel of leftist supervisors and their hand-picked enviro allies that influences city energy policy -- is the sort of organization whose existence is only made possible by the topsy-turvy logic of government bureacracy. LAFCo doesn't exist to do what its name implies -- form agencies -- but to grind the axe for the far left on environmental issues. The obscure laws governing its existence prevent it from suffering budget cuts even as social-work offices and psych wards close down under fiscal duress. This is all the more incomprehensible since everything LAFCo claims to do is already done by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (PUC), which has its own office to deal with local energy issues. Now, as janitors, firefighters, and cops jockey to avoid layoffs amid the worst budget crisis in San Francisco history, LAFCo is again behaving as if it inhabits a parallel universe. The agency has posted an ad online for a new position with a salary of at least $83,000 and up to $101,000, including 13 sick days, 10 days of vacation, and 11 holidays. The job description for this "Senior Community Development Specialist"? According to the advertisement on LAFCo's Web site, he or she will be "charged with monitoring the implentation of Clean Power SF." CleanPowerSF, as we reported in a cover story earlier this year, is a program that will enable the city to force higher-priced, renewable energy upon residents who may or may not want it. The PUC is supposed to be in charge of the program. But since the supervisors who run LAFCo are suspicious of the PUC's enthusiasm for CleanPowerSF, they've decided to hire their own staff employee to look over the shoulder of the agency, which has already hired its own director for the program. In the sickly jargon of government, our lucky applicant won't even be "implementing," but "monitoring the implementation." Lest you frown at this instance of seemingly duplicative labor, try to remember that close to 300 city employees are losing their jobs today in layoffs caused by the budget crisis. No matter how serious San Francisco's problems get, it's nice to know that the illogical logic of LAFCo remains consistent. Tags: CleanPowerSF, community choice aggregation, Local Agency Formation Commission, Image Peter Jamison	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7510
__label__cc	0.67994	0.32006	Entomology College of Agriculture Vision/Mission/Core Values Entomology Intranet Current and Prospective Undergraduate Students Current and Prospective Graduate Students Major & Minors Student Clubs/Opportunities Capstone Information Capstone Summaries Bug Bytes Archive ENTM Student Handbook Signature Areas/Research Emphases Arthropod Molecular Biology and Genomics Host Plant Insect/Nematode Interactions Environmental and Evolutionary Entomology Insect Science Education International Development & Cooperation Center for Environmental & Regulatory Information Systems Center for Urban and Industrial Pest Management Graduate Research Opportunities AG Research Opportunities Entomology Extension Presentations and Special Programs Extension Newsletter ENTM News Clifford S Sadof Professor / Ornamental / Pest Management / Coordinator of Extension csadof@purdue.edu (2014) Developing and Testing a Conceptual Framework for Assessing Risks of Pesticides to Beneficial Arthropods. Fulbright Scholar Program CIEE. (2004) Entomological Foundation Recognition Award in Urban Entomology. Entomological Socieity of America. (2004) Eric G. Sharvelle Distinguished Extension Specialist Award. Purdue University Cooperative Extension Specialist Association. (2002) 2002 Senior Award. PUCESA. Griffin, J. J., Jacobi, W. R., MacPherson, E. G., Sadof, C. S., Mckenna, J. R., Mark, G. L., . . . Newby, A. F. (2017). Ten-Year Perfomance of the United States National Elm Trial. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry, 43(3). Richmond, D. S., & Sadof, C. S. (2016). Protecting Pollinators in Home Lawns and Landscapes. Purdue Extension POL-1. Sadof, C. S. (in press). Residual toxicity of insecticides to Chrysoperla rufilabris and Rhyzobius lophanthae predators as biocontrol agents of pine needle scale. Crop Protection. Sadof, C. S. (2019). Field evaluation of insecticides and application timing on natural enemies of selected armored and soft scales. Biological Control, 133, 81-90. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2019.03.013 Sadof, C. S., Hughes, G. P., Witte, A. R., Peterson, D. L., & Ginzel, M. D. (2017). Tools for Staging and Managing Emerald Ash Borer in the Urban Forest. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry, (43). Retrieved from Department of Entomology, Purdue University Peterson, D. L., Duan, J. J., Yaninek, J. S., Ginzel, M. D., & Sadof, C. S. (2015). Development of Larval Agrilus planipennisi (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) and Fitness of Tetrastichus planipennisi (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in Blue Ash (Fraxinus quadrangulata) and Green Ash (F. pennsylvanica) Environmental Entomology. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvv122 Quesada, C., Witte, A., & Sadof, C. S. (2018). Factors Influencing Insecticide Efficacy against Armored and Soft Scales. HortTechnology, 28(3), 237-265. Retrieved from Department of Entomology, Purdue University Quesada, C. R., & Sadof, C. S. (in press). Efficacy of Horticultural Oil and Insecticidal Soap against Selected Armored and Soft Scales. HortTechnology. Prado, J., Witte, A. R., Frank, S. D., & Sadof, C. S. (2015). Do leaf domatia mediate intraguild predation and host plant resistance to Oligonychus aceris (Shimer) on Red Sunset Maple (Acer rubrum)? Biological Control, 90, 187-192. Prado, J., Mickelbart, M. V., Quesada, C., & Sadof, C. S. (2015). Effects of fertilization on potato leafhopper and maple spider mite on nursery grown maple. Journal of Economic Entomology, 108, 1221-1227. Department of Entomology, 901 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA, (765) 494-4554	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7513
__label__wiki	0.532132	0.532132	IMS internships open for applications Institute for Medieval Studies news Thursday 22 August 2019 The Institute for Medieval Studies (IMS) offers a programme of paid internships for IMS PGR students; six positions are available, and the application deadline is 25 September 2019. The IMS and International Medieval Bibliography (IMB) internships represent a valuable opportunity to work within the IMS while gaining related work experience. The internships are designed to be flexible and fit around student studies and other commitments. To view the full specifications for each role and the application form, please contact Joanna Phillips. These part-time, one-year fixed term internships can be held by a UK, EU, or international postgraduate student who is beginning or continuing a full-time or part-time MA or PhD in the IMS. Applicants should submit the application form and a CV to Joanna Phillips by 25 September 2019. IMS Internships Three IMS internships are available: IMS External Communications Internship. The intern will undertake practical work experience in updating the IMS website in conjuction with the Faculty Marketing team, with a particular remit for Medieval Studies Online. Tasks will include maintaining the Institute’s calendar of forthcoming events and a select list of internet resources; generating copy for the news items for the IMS website for all IMS events in conjuction with Faculty Marketing; and more. IMS Promotions and Communications Internship. The intern will undertake practical work experience in promoting the internal events of the Institute to the public and disseminating incoming communication to the faculty and students of the IMS. Tasks will include generating new content for the IMS Facebook page including creating events and postings, editing the twice-yearly IMS newsletter, and more. IMS Lectures and IMC Support Internship. This intern will work within the team that organises the International Medieval Congress (IMC). They will undertake practical work experience by assisting with the practical running of the IMS Lecture series and promoting the activities of the Institute. Tasks will include setting up the lecture space, designing and producing posters for the lecture series for the following academic year, and more. IMB Internships Three IMB internships are available: IMB Editoral Assistant: Brotherton Library Journals. The intern will identify and catalogue articles on all aspects of Medieval Studies in journals received by the Brotherton Library. This involves creating a record in the IMB database, which includes accurately identifying and entering basic bibliographical data using the IMB’s standard formats; assigning appropriate classifications for discipline, geographical area and chronology; and more. IMB Editorial Assistant: Online Journals. The intern will identify and catalogue articles on all aspects of Medieval Studies in electronic journals. These periodicals are a mix of Open Access publications, journals subscribed to by the Brotherton Library, and journals that have granted access to the IMB for the purposes of cataloguing. Tasks will include keeping an accurate record of journals checked, keeping the spreadsheet up to date, and more. IMB Editorial Assistant: Monograph Records. The intern will identify and catalogue books (monographs) on all aspects of Medieval Studies acquired by the Brotherton Library. For each relevant book, the intern will create a record in the IMB database. Books to be catalogued will not only be drawn from the (medieval) History holdings, but also Archaeology, Architecture, Art, Theology, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese or Linguistics. For more information, contact Joanna Phillips. See all Institute for Medieval Studies news Behind-the-Scenes of the Royal Armouries’ Make: Believe Collection with Robert Woosnam-Savage Institute for Medieval Studies - Thursday 28 November 2019 Une Danse Macabre: LUU Medieval Society’s First Halloween Hootenanny Institute for Medieval Studies - Thursday 7 November 2019 Leeds Doctoral College Research Night: a foray into fight books Institute for Medieval Studies - Tuesday 29 October 2019	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7515
__label__cc	0.619586	0.380414	Aisle Say – Twin Cities The best of Twin Cities theatre. Aisle Say Magazine Jacob Froelich / September 30, 2019 BY JACOB FROELICH Widely considered a great American classic The Glass Menagerie, onstage now at The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, comes to life in a simple yet intensely captivating production. The entire cast consists of just four actors, yet the moments and feelings they create and portray are deeply felt by the audience. The Glass Menagerie kicks off the 2019-2020 Guthrie season. Stated by the theater itself, the entire season will encompass themes of “romance, survival, hubris and identity.” The Glass Menagerie encompasses all of these themes in vivid detail. Grayson DeJesus (Jim O’Connor) and Carey Cox (Laura Wingfield) in the Guthrie Theater’s production of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams and directed by Joseph Haj. Scenic design by Mikiko Suzuki MacAdams, costume design by Raquel Barreto, lighting design by Christopher Akerlind, sound design by Darron L West and original music by Jack Herrick. September 14 – October 27, 2019 on the Wurtele Thrust Stage at the Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis. Photo by T Charles Erickson. I take great pleasure in applauding the entire cast of this production. Each character is carefully crafted and brought to life with such truth it becomes easy to relate to these characters. Remy Auberjonois as oldest child Tom Wingfield opens the show and while there isn’t any fanfare to speak of, he captured my interest from the first moment, retelling a painful memory of his past.Glimpses of the life of Tennessee Williams’ own life are brought to light in the intimate and tense moments between Tom’s mother (Jennifer Van Dyck) and sister (Carey Cox). Van Dyck, as Amanda Wingfield, gives a moving performance as a woman struggling to hold onto her past. She is extremely strong willed and yet she struggles with how to justify and explain how the sum of her life choices has added up to their current circumstances. Amidst her brother’s identity crisis and against her mother’s strong hubris, Laura Wingfield struggles to keep peace, perhaps even survive, and maintain the status quo in her life. Laura’s delicate temperament is a beautiful contrast next to her family’s disfunction and chaos. Unlike the rest of her family, she appears content and happy with the life she has created. It isn’t until gentleman caller Jim O’Connor (Grayson DeJesus) disrupts her world that we see her world start to unravel. Charming, romantic and bright, DeJesus shines as a beacon of hope for the Wingfield family, if only for a short time. Together these four present hard to swallow truths in a tragedy for the ages. The Glass Menagerie will run September 14 – October 27, 2019, on the Wurtele Thrust Stage. Single tickets start at $15 for preview performances (September 14–19), and regular ticket prices start at $25. Tickets are on sale now through the Box Office at 612.377.2224, 1.877.44.STAGE (toll-free) or online at guthrietheater.org. Post-play discussions and access services (ASL-interpreted, audio-described and open-captioned performances) are available on select dates and by request. Visit guthrietheater.org for more information. 818 S 2nd St, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA September 30, 2019 in drama, Play, Post-Run Reflections, Reviews. ← Big, Little Monster Mean Girls → Follow Aisle Say Twin Cities via Email The Band’s Visit aislesaytwincities.com/2019/12/11/the… https://t.co/xa6Ec6p55G 1 month ago It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that a "Christmas at Pemberley" play performed at the Jungle Theater, must… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 month ago The Phantom of the Opera aislesaytwincities.com/2019/11/23/the… https://t.co/HVztI5TX7g 1 month ago	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7519
__label__wiki	0.554826	0.554826	Your guide to navigating the larger-than-life inflatable balloon park, Rainbow City Tiana Kennell \| Shreveport Times Rainbow City in Caddo Common Park Update: The Friday night Rainbow City concert series has been canceled, effective Nov. 19. On Saturday, Rainbow City — a grandiose, vibrantly colored inflatable park — will open for a six-week series of art, music, entertainment, and dining experiences in the Shreveport Common neighborhood. Rainbow City was designed by the international artist collective FriendsWithYou founders, Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III. The Los Angeles-based duo will debut the curated assortment of 40 towering air-filled signature balloon characters on Saturday, Nov. 2. Rainbow City is sponsored by Ochsner Health System/LSU Health, Red Ball Oxygen, the City of Shreveport, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Shreveport Regional Arts Council is the host of FriendsWithYou and the programmers of Rainbow City. In its six-week run, Rainbow City will be the epicenter for free and ticketed community-oriented activities, including art markets, live music, dance parties, dining experiences, fitness sessions, outdoor movie viewing, and more. Rainbow City is not only for kids but for the young at heart. Rainbow City will be open to the public from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily from Nov. 2 through Dec. 8 at the Caddo Common Park. The urban greenspace — which officially opened on Monday — is located at 869 Texas Ave. in downtown’s Shreveport Common neighborhood, across the street from the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium. Related: FriendsWithYou retrospective exhibition opens at artspace Rainbow City is a part of FriendsWithYou's mission to instill “magic, luck, and friendship” in communities around the world. FriendsWithYou characters have appeared in cities including Miami, Toronto, Hong Kong, and New York, including the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. SRAC invited the FriendsWithYou artists to bring their positive message and talents to Shreveport and further promote unity in Shreveport Common. Become a resident and a neighbor to the friendly, animated inflatable "friends" of Rainbow City. Here's what's planned for the six-week festival of fun, beginning with a parade to remember. Rainbow City will open with pomp and circumstance with a community-wide parade zigging and zagging through the streets of Shreveport Common. The parade will commence at 1 p.m. Saturday, beginning at Artspace, located at 708 Texas St. in downtown Shreveport. It will end at Rainbow City in Caddo Common Park. The community-at-large is invited to participate in the parade, as well. Related: Vacant lot-turned-sprawling urban greenspace opens in downtown Shreveport At 10 a.m., stop into Artspace for free “parade make & take” activities. Guests may create something to wear or carry in the parade. The parade lineup begins at 12:30 p.m. Leading the parade will be the FriendsWithYou duo, Borkson and Sandoval, and the Academy Award-winning animation artist and hometown hero, William Joyce. The latest inflatable friend to join the Rainbow City family will make its debut. Welcome, “GumBall” — a character created by local student Isaiah Roberts. Roberts submitted his original, illustrated design in a contest during ArtBreak Student Art Festival and it was selected to be fabricated by Sandoval and Borkson and inducted into the Rainbow City family. Look out for Roberts, GumBall, and FriendsWithYou's the Rainbow King, plus other inflatable friends as they dance their way through the streets of Shreveport. Also, see the works of northwest Louisiana artists Martha Bills, Jerry Davenport, Kirsi Hardy, and Maggie Molisee who have worked with Shreveport Common’s social service organizations to prepare special art pieces to debut in the procession. The social service organizations included Mercy Center, VOA LightHouse, VOA McAdoo Center, Providence House, and VOA Visions of Hope. Local Mardi Gras krewes worked alongside artists Mitch Landry, Brenda Beard, Will Baten, and Sir Kevin and Janet Wolf to assemble decorative accompaniments. The spirited march will conclude with the official opening ceremony of Rainbow City, followed by an afternoon and evening of entertainment until 6 o'clock. The events are free and for community members of all ages. By the way, be sure to stop into Artspace for the FriendsWithYou Retrospective Exhibition, which features photos, sculptures, and inflatables reflecting the 17-year partnership of founders Sandoval and Borkson. The exhibition is free and open during Artspace's gallery hours through Dec. 21. More: State Fair of Louisiana: Everything you need to know to plan your visit Kid City The colorful spectacle of inflatables is sure to amaze children big and small top off the experience with a slew of things to do. Inflatable bounce houses will be open daily. Young artists may let their creativity loose in free hands-on activities from Noon to 4 p.m. every Saturday between Nov. 9 through Dec. 8. On Nov. 24, hang out with the children’s author and illustrator, William Joyce. Put on pajamas, bring a blanket, and eat pizza while lounging in front of the outdoor big screen watching movies by Joyce and the FriendsWithYou artists. The films will play from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The event is $15 per person. Save up an appetite for Whimsical Waffles — a kid-friendly brunch — at 10 a.m. to Noon on Saturday, Dec. 7. The event is $15 per person. Special guest: Santa — also known as Nicholas St. North — from William Joyce’s “Guardians” series. Also, each week, SRAC will host area students in third, fourth, and fifth grades who will visit Rainbow City with their schools for Arts in Education STEAM Learning Tours. The experience will demonstrate how science, technology, engineering, arts, and math work together to create things in our everyday lives. The newly opened Caddo Common Park was designed to have a permanent food truck area, equipped with electrical outlets – so long, noisy generators! Food trucks will be parked and ready to take orders every weekend from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 8 through Dec. 8. Operation hours will coincide with the weekend art market, as well. Many other events will incorporate food trucks, so keep an eye out for individual event details and updates on the Shreveport Regional Arts Council's social media page, facebook.com/Shrevearts/. For enhanced dining experiences, reserve a seat at any of the curated brunches. Area gourmet chefs serve sweet and savory dishes on three scheduled “Sunday Funday” brunches. On Nov. 3, Southern Fork Catering collaborates with local event organizer Sylvester Marshall for a “Brunch & Brass on the Avenue.” Listen to a live brass band play on Texas Avenue and get a true taste of Louisiana flavor prepared by restaurateur Jason Brady’s catering company. On Nov. 17, the nonprofit organization PACE — People Acting for Change and Equality — will partner with Kristi Tift of Retro Downtown Café for a Rainbow Brunch. On Dec. 8, Gabriel Balderas, chef and owner of El Cabo Verde, will present farm-to-table cuisine using local, sustainable ingredients. The brunches are ticketed events with ranging prices. Purchase at friendswithyoushreveport.com. Fit City Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport is partnering with SRAC to present a series of health-forward activities every Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday through Dec. 8. Walking Wednesdays will be 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Nov. 6 through Dec. 4. Participants are invited to order healthy lunch from the food trucks then take a one-mile jaunt around Caddo Common Park. The Saturday Workouts will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 9 through Dec. 7. The style of workouts will rotate on the hour. Ease your way down to Rainbow City for an afternoon of peace, balance, and harmony. Sunday Yoga will begin at 3 p.m. Nov. 10 through Dec. 8. Don’t forget to bring your yoga mat to the lawn. Sportspectrum is getting in on the action with its annual Thanksgiving Day run. The Turkey Trot will be 8 a.m. to Noon on Nov. 28, beginning at Caddo Common Park. Registration for the 5k is $20 if purchased by Nov. 1. Registration for the 1/2-mile fun run — for ages 10 and under — is $12 until it closes on at 2 p.m. on Nov. 27. To register for the 5k or the 1/2 mile fun run, visit sportspectrumusa.com. Rainbow City will close at Noon on the holiday following the Turkey Trot but will reopen for regular hours on Nov. 29. Dance City Dancing is yet another way to exercise while having fun and Rainbow City is the place to break out your best moves. Electric slide your way into the Friday night dance parties scheduled Nov. 8 through Dec. 6, sponsored by White Claw Hard Seltzer and RedBull Energy Drink. All dance nights are scheduled from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. and cost $10 per person. Cash bars will be available. On Nov. 8, the Common Groove weekend will star the dynamic, soul-rific singers and musicians of Tipsey the Band will kick off the Friday night series. On Nov. 15, mix it up with the spin master, The Girl DJ. The event is presented by PACE. On Nov. 22, The Interns will turn back the clock to the 1990s and 2000s with hit cover songs to soothe your emo, boy band, and grunge cravings. On Nov. 29, it’s a Disco 3000 night with DJ Lomax and friends. On Dec. 6, Friends Fest themed party will feature live electronic music provided by Space Kadet, of Atlanta, and Ryan Visor. Music will play throughout the weekends with various pop-up performers, but the Friday night dance parties are special ticketed events. For more chances to let the rhythm take over you, join musician Ron Hardy from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. every Thursday for an all-ages drum circle. Drums will be provided, or feel free to bring your own. There is plenty to do and explore on the Rainbow City calendar. Go beyond by booking a custom party for you and/or your child. Rainbow City is available for private party rentals for all ages, including birthday parties and holiday gatherings. A FriendsWithYou kid’s party at Artspace with provided digital invitations, cupcakes and punch, balloons, arts cards, bounce houses, and hands-on activities. For adults, Rainbow City and Artspace party options include a decked out private soiree for small groups or your closest 150 to 250 friends. Let the organizers take care of the details of heating, lighting, decorated tents, tables, chairs, and décor. Or book a Southern Fork-catered seated dinner with open bars, or a standing cocktail gathering with hors d'oeuvres. Prices vary for each event. To book a party at Rainbow City or in the FriendsWithYou Artspace experience, call (318) 673-6535 or (318) 673-6500 or visit friendswithyoushreveport.com. What: Rainbow City, presented by FriendsWithYou Info: friendswithyoushreveport.com	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7521
__label__cc	0.598495	0.401505	Andy Betts Music Aside from being a musician, I also build my own effects pedals. The reason for this was simple….. All the vintage pedals I wanted were expensive, really expensive and I couldn’t afford to buy them. The decision initially was to research a couple of pedals that I wanted to see if it was possible to make them for myself. The end result of that research was the Colorsound Power Boost clone. I copied an original PCB, etched it myself then sourced NOS components. After about 4 weeks I was ready to build it. Once I finished it, I tested it and was blown away by it. It was loud, very very loud and I could then understand why Gilmour used one in the 70’s. I then decided to build a Big Muff, but not any Big Muff….. I wanted a clone of David Gilmours. After I researched some more I found the excellent The Big Muff Pi Page by Kit Rae. He spent years researching all the different iterations of Big Muff, and concluded that he’d found the circuit that sounds the closest to David Gilmours. I copied this circuit, built it and tested it. It was as close as I think it would ever be. The rest is history, since then I have had commissions from the USA, and I’ve also made a Big Muff for Chris Oliver the guitarist in The Chameleons Vox, bass player Barry Fratteli from the scottish rock band The Fratellis, and also an 18v Power Boost for Steve Mac of The Australian Pink Floyd Show Currently in my rig I use clones of the original Rams Head Big Muff, the silicon Fuzz Face and the Colorsound Power Boost. All PCB’s are printed and etched by me, with the exception of the Big Muff which was sourced from Pigeon FX. Pigeon FX recreate the PCB’s exactly as they were in the original pedals, so if you order a Rams Head big Muff off me it’ll be built with an exact clone of an original EHX board. They are quite simply the best reproduction boards on the market, and the first choice for me when building pedals to original manufacturers specifications. if you’re interested in commissioning me to build you a custom pedal reach out to me via the contact page for a quote. All prices are on application, as they are built bespoke for you, hand soldered and in most cases the PCB’s are hand etched too. All enclosures are Hammond and are custom designed and can include your own artwork if you supply it to make it even more personal to you. If you use your own artwork, the proof will be sent for your approval before I commit it to the enclosure. All payments must be made via PayPal with an initial deposit of 50% to confirm the order, following your payment landing in my in box I’ll liaise with you via email during the build. I’ll even send you photos of it as i’m building it. In general as they are all made to order expect around a 6 week lead time for delivery. This is due to the fact that I use a lot of NOS components, and these have to be sourced for each pedal individually. Once the pedal is finished I’ll send you an email with the invoice for the remaining 50%. Once that’s been received the pedal will be shipped. Currently, the pedals I build are the following: “Rams Head” Big Muff (David Gilmour Circuit) This circuit is derived from the one on Kit Rae’s excellent website The Big Muff Pi Page The circuit is based on the Big Muff that was used by David Gilmour from the mid 70’s to the 80’s. Used on Animals and The Wall, the Big Muff is responsible for some of the most famous solos in music history, famously Comfortably Numb from the wall album. This pedal is built as true to the original as possible which includes 4 Vintage 2N5133 Transistors with Gold plated Leads, Mullard tropical fish capacitors and NOS carbon composition resistors. There are new “non-tone altering” improvements such as true bypass, a status LED and off board mounted pots. All housed in a custom designed Hammond Enclosure. This pedal uses a pre-fabricated PCB, and as many NOS components I can source to keep it authentic. “Black Russian” Big Muff I made one of these for a client who used to have an original Black Russian Muff but sold it. I made this for him, and the end result was fantastic. The sound is spot on for a Black Russian, plenty of growl, dark and endless sustain. This pedal is made with all new components and original Russian transistors. Probably better suited to more contemporary music rather than classic, but still a Muff through and through. This pedal uses a pre-fabricated PCB. “Green Russian” Big Muff This Big Muff is a clone of the version 7C Green Russian Big Muff. This version has 2 1nf feedback/filter capacitors in series for the first 3 tone stages. This was changed on later models. Favoured by bass players and guitarists alike, this pedal has the same basic schematic as the famous civil War Big Muff, but with a couple of refinements. dark and fuzzy with a growl to rattle windows. this pedal is suited to guitarists and bass players who are after a more modern contemporary feel. This pedal uses a pre-fabricated PCB, and as many NOS components I can source to keep it authentic including original NOS Russian transistors. Power Boost. This is an exact clone of the 18v Colorsound Power Boost famously used by Marc Bolan and David Gilmour, and contrary to popular belief is nothing like the Colorsound Overdriver that was used by Jeff Beck which was only a 9v pedal and went into overdrive much earlier than the power boost. This pedal is a treble and bass boost so is more akin to an equaliser and volume boost. Talking of volume boost….. If used incorrectly this pedal will break windows, it will boost your output by upto 75%. Even when the “volume” knob is on minimum it gives you a 10% boost, therefore there are 2 options with this pedal. You can have it as standard like the originals, or I can install a master volume to “tame the beast” and allow you to roll the volume down but increase the gain into overdrive. This was famously used on all the Animals album, and with a Big Muff on the solo to Comfortably Numb from The Wall. This pedal uses a hand etched PCB, and as many NOS components I can source to keep it authentic. This is a simple pedal, which is basically a clone of the late 60’s silicon Fuzz Face. Used by Gilmour from the late 60’s upto around 1975 and the Wish You Were Here album and tour, it also featured on Darkside of The Moon and Meddle. Want to play the solos to Money, Time, Echoes?…. You need this pedal. It can also be made with germanium transistors for a more smoother less aggressive fuzz. The germanium was used by Gilmour on the earlier material from around 1968 up until around 1970/71. This pedal uses a hand etched PCB, and as many NOS components I can source to keep it authentic. Clean Boost This pedal is as simple as it gets. If you want a clean boost for solos, or maybe you just want to even out the levels between two guitars with different output pickups this is the pedal for you. Based on the MXR® Micro-Amp this is a simple 1 knob affair that does what it says on the tin. A transparent clean volume boost. Personally I use this boost in my rack system placed after the Electric Mistress. The issue with the Mistress is that when you engage the effect you get a 15% drop in volume, so i placed this little pedal after the Mistress in the same audio loop… Now when i engage the Mistress there isn’t a volume drop as I’ve set the volume to unity via the boost pedal. Simple but effective. This pedal uses a hand etched PCB. Brian May Treble Boost Another simple circuit that is a clone of the famous treble boost used by Brian May. Based on the Guild® Brian May Treble Booster, this is a floor version of the booster that Brian uses strapped to his guitar strap. This pedal uses a hand etched PCB. All pedals come with a 3 year warranty. If anything goes wrong send it back and it’ll be repaired free of charge…. All you pay for is the postage. There are more pedals being worked on now, and will be added as soon as they’ve been tested. If you’re interested in ordering any of these pedals please contact me for a quote. The prices vary dependant on what you want as all pedals are custom for each customer. Copyright © 2020 · All Rights Reserved · Andy Betts Music	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7523
__label__wiki	0.67421	0.67421	ANDY MAGRO FOUNDATION Andy Magro Foundation was founded in 2018 by Andy Magro. He started to think about how he could give something back to the world and it all started with music. So Andy started to write his first four original songs and singing them also. He released them in digital stores and donated half of the earnings from his music sales to multiple charity organizations. But this was not enough for Andy. He wanted to do more and finally his own foundation was born. For more information please visit the website under the link below. Thank you so much for your visit, help and support. Visit the website » SAVE TIGERS NOW You, only you can save the tiger species from extinction, please protect these wonderful animals. Leonardo di Caprio and I already do that, because we believe in this project and we want to save as much and as many tigers as possible! But we can´t do this alone! With your unique help we will definitely save them all!!! You want to but you dont know how? It's simple! For example with a little donation. We can save them all! Then lets do it or do you want that they get the same tragic fate as the dinosaurs??? Don't trade illegaly with tigers! A hundred years ago there were 100, 000 tigers in the wild. Today there are as few as 3,200. We will not only help this wonderful and unique species, but we can all save so much more. Learn more at (Andy Magro). Start \| Legal Disclosure \| Contact \| Privacy Policy \| Seite weiterempfehlen Letzte Änderung: 14.03.2019 © Andy Magro 2019	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7524
__label__cc	0.646388	0.353612	Sansula The Sansula belongs to the family of the Kalimba and can be played just as easily by Hokema Kalimbas The Sansula belongs to the family of the Kalimba and can be played just as easily. The instrument, with its patented suspended mounting of the resonating block, is an innovation entirely of our own design. Music Lifestyle Since its launching in 2001, the Sansula has quickly become a bestseller and found thousands of friends at home and abroad. The special feature of the Sansula is its unbelievable sound. The oval frame of laminated beechwood is fitted with a membrane which, together with the resonating block, gives an easily-produced and prolonged, soft tone. ---- Now at last a realistic simulation for the iPad is available This enables the user to try out new tunings. For every scale there are many different options to arrange the position of the relevant tones on the instrument. With the APP the tones can thus be arranged in such a way that smooth playing with both thumbs is facilitated. Similar Apps to Sansula Kalimba Real Son Truong Ngoc MyMusica Musica Viva Australia Pitch•Lab Jeff Menter Walking Down the Aisle Songs Padmavathy N	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7541
__label__wiki	0.668502	0.668502	Apple's new macOS Catalina is now available By William Gallagher Monday, October 07, 2019, 10:04 am PT (01:04 pm ET) The new macOS 10.15 Catalina has now been released by Apple. It brings security improvements, new features and the break up of iTunes into Music, Podcast and TV apps. Sidecar in macOS Catalina Following months of beta testing, Apple's new macOS Catalina has been publicly released. It is now the current macOS and will be installed as standard on all new Macs sold. Plus you will be prompted to upgrade to it by Software Update on your existing Mac —if it's compatible. The Mac mini and regular iMac will run macOS Catalina so long as they're from 2012 or later. Similarly, the MacBook Pro or MacBook Air have to be from then, while a MacBook has to date from 2015 or later. The 2013 Mac Pro is fine, as is the iMac Pro, and the forthcoming 2019 Mac Pro too. You can read a complete list of compatible Macs on Apple's support site. This new Catalina release contains significant changes, improvements and additions, but it is still the familiar macOS and even the most significant new improvements appear subtle at first. If you buy a Mac with it on, you will see the new Catalina wallpaper. And where with Mojave we used to have to pick between Dark and Light Mode, we now get a third option, called Auto. That will change between dark and light through the day. Otherwise, you might be hard-pressed to visually tell the difference between it and its predecessor, macOS Mojave. However, give it a couple of weeks and then trying going back to Mojave. Last year's macOS will feel dated and you will be surprised how many Mac features you then take for granted were introduced with Catalina. Before you upgrade to Catalina, though, make sure all of your apps will work with it. Despite Apple having given developers years to move their apps to 64-bit as Catalina now requires, not all have done it. There are even surprising holdouts like Strata, which makes a 64-bit version of its modelling app Design 3D CX8, but not a Mac one. They recommend you buy their Windows app, and presumably a Windows licence, plus either partition your drive for Boot Camp, or spend yet more money on Parallels. We say stick with Mojave until Strata brings out a Mac version. Or until you've found an alternative, anyway. Hold down the Option key as you click on the Apple menu. Then choose System Information... to get this pane So before you move to Catalina, check what apps you have that won't work. Better experience There is one app that you may well be very familiar with, and even reliant on, which won't be in macOS Catalina. The old iTunes app is gone, but it is replaced by three new ones which take up most of its functions. The new Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and Apple TV apps break out the most common uses of iTunes into separate apps. The Music one is more geared towards the service Apple Music than iTunes was, but you can still store and buy music as you ever could. Music also adds the new synced lyrics feature from iOS, meaning you can read a song's lyrics as they're being sung. The old iTunes has gone, replaced by separate apps for Music, Podcasts and TV Similarly, the new Apple TV app for Mac brings over everything video that you used to do in iTunes, from renting TV shows to buying movies. It's also going to be where you'll watch the forthcoming Apple TV+ and Apple TV Channels services. The one function of iTunes that has not gone to a new app is the way you used to be able to use it to backup your iPhone. Instead, that's gone to the Finder. Plug in your iOS device and it will appear in the side bar just as any other external drive will. Apple's apps Catalina was unveiled at WWDC in June, and then it was released as a beta, so that developers could make use of its new features in their own apps. The first such developer you're going to see exploiting Catalina is Apple itself, with its own apps. That includes both long-existing apps and ones that first came to the Mac last year via project Catalyst. Of the existing ones, Notes gets a particularly useful set of improvements. If you like using check boxes in a note, you can now have it so that a ticked box will automatically move to the bottom of your list, for instance. Perhaps most significantly, Notes now lets you share entire folders with other people, instead of limiting you to a single note at a time. If Notes has needed that functionality from the start, so has iCloud Drive. We've complained before about how you couldn't share folders in iCloud and about how for many people, that rules out using it to replace Dropbox. Now iCloud Drive can share folders at last. Notes now has a Gallery view that lets you spot notes visually Then search within Notes has been updated so that it auto-completes your search terms, and you can also find notes by switching to a new gallery view that shows them as thumbnails. Speaking of thumbnails, Apple has also revamped Photos again. Chief among the improvements are how images in a Days view will now be displayed intelligently. Photos will automatically choose what appears to be the best shot when, for instance, you have a dozen or more similar images together. All of the shots remain available, you just see this main one and can click through to see the rest. Also, if you like Live Photos, you will especially enjoy how they now get displayed as moving images in this Days view. Photos has new automatic organization Reminders has also had a visual overhaul, but it's added some very welcome new features, too. Previously, Reminders was a very basic To Do app —although it introduced the location reminders feature that every major competitor now uses —and with Catalina, it takes a step up. It's still not in the class of apps such as OmniFocus or Things 3, but it's added sub- or child tasks. Now you can collapse, say, a packing list into one single task called "Pack." You can group all of your September holiday jobs into one heading and only open it when you need. Reminders has new functionality but keeps its clean, minimalist look Reminders is now much better at organizing items, and it lets you click to see ones that you've flagged, which are due today, and other criteria. In comparison to Reminders, Safari has had only a few additions, but they are significant. It's now easy to move videos out of their tab, for instance, and into a separate, floating picture-in-picture window. Possibly oddly, you start by looking for the address bar of tab that has an icon of a speaker. Where you could previously click to immediately mute the sound, or bring up a menu with some sound options, now you get Picture in Picture too. While you're clicking in a tab's address bar, you can now start typing a website URL, and Safari will tell you if you've already got that open in another tab. It will then let you quickly skip to that tab, too. When you're juggling lots of windows, you also get new option for how you can see them all at once. Under Safari's Window menu, you get two new options. You can Tile Window to Left of Screen or Tile Window to Right of Screen. There's now a similar option for every app on the Mac, including the Finder. Hover your mouse over the green button at the top left of any window and you'll get options to tile that window to the left or right of the screen. Sidecar and Screen Time There are two major new features in macOS Catalina which will either become your favorites or stay as a curiosity that you never use. One of them is Sidecar, which lets you extend your Mac's desktop onto an iPad. And the other is Screen Time, which can stop you extending the time you spend on social media. Sidecar being demonstrated at WWDC 2019 With Sidecar, Apple has Sherlocked tools by third-party developers and brought its own screen-extending technology to the Mac. Now, if you have a compatible Mac and iPad, Sidecar lets use that iPad as a second screen for your computer, both connected by a cable, or wirelessly up to 10m, around a dozen yards, from each other. If you have an iPad, Sidecar will let you, for instance, draw on it with Apple Pencil, or sign PDFs, and then have that appear on your Mac. As promised by Tim Cook, Screen Time brings the iOS app's functionality to the Mac. It can limit what time of day you can use certain apps, and it can limit you to some specific number of minutes you can work with them. Miscellaneous improvements We're calling these miscellaneous because they're dotted around macOS Catalina and they are quick to describe. In every other way, though, they are major improvements. Such as how Catalina itself is installed on a separate, read-only partition on your Mac to prevent any malicious code being added to it. Or how, speaking of security, you will now have to explicitly grant permission for more uses of your Mac than you used to. You'll now have to expressly say that TextExpander, for instance, can intercept your typing because you have to grant Input Monitoring permission. And whenever you need to do something on your Mac that needs confirmation of your identity, such as when you're buying from the Mac App Store, you'll be able to authenticate yourself using your Apple Watch. Catalina is a big change If your Mac can run macOS Catalina, you should definitely upgrade to it —but perhaps not immediately. You may not be able to instantly update anyway, as Apple's servers will be extremely busy in the first few days. Take that time to make a backup of your current system, just in case. You should be doing this anyway, but do it again now as even though Apple makes it look easy, upgrading your entire operating system is a big job. Keep up with AppleInsider by downloading the AppleInsider app for iOS, and follow us on YouTube, Twitter @appleinsider and Facebook for live, late-breaking coverage. You can also check out our official Instagram account for exclusive photos. Mojave, Review: macOS Catalina 10.15 is what Apple promised the Mac could be, and is a crucial upgrade Final Cut Pro X update paves the way for the Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7542
__label__wiki	0.623945	0.623945	Aziz Ansari Raps, Speaks Six Languages, And Offers Fashion Advice In 'Vogue's' '73 Questions' We love his idea for protest sweatpants. Jill O'Rourke Can you say "I'm hungry" in six different languages? Aziz Ansari can. It's just one of 73 things we learned about the comedian in a new installment of Vogue magazine's "73 Questions" series, which has previously featured stars such as Selena Gomez, Neil Patrick Harris, and Simone Biles. The magazine caught up with Ansari in Los Angeles before he was due east for this week's Met Gala, and the topics of conversation ranged from comedy to fashion to music. He even made the interviewer a smoothie, but don't call him a "foodie" — he hates that word. After revealing that Marcello Mastroianni is his style icon, Ansari suggests a trend that should come back in style: "Sweatpants with the words on the butt, but you integrate it into protest culture." Hey, this could be a genius way to save poster board. Ansari goes on to demonstrate his most used emoji, reveal his childhood crush, rank Kanye West's albums, and rap his favorite DMX verse. And for fans of the Master of None star's parents, have no fear — he also reveals the best lesson they ever taught him: "Be nice to people and work really hard." Check it out in the video below: VIDEOS YOU'LL LOVE Tags: advice, aziz ansari, voguing, vogue magazine, vogue 73 questions, 73 questions Culture Carson Blackwelder This College Student's Graduation Photo Shoot Paid Tribute To The Music That Inspired Him “I felt like these artists and their music were a strong part in keeping me motivated to graduate." Wellness Heather Cichowski This 25 Pound Blanket Helps Relieve Stress And Anxiety While You Sleep "Our mission here is to make something where anyone can feel comfortable looking for help." Lifestyle Claire Peltier 15 Comics That Perfectly Sum Up 'Adulting' Struggles, From Nights At Home To Exercising "My best friend just bought a house and I'm eating a Pop-Tart for dinner."	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7556
__label__wiki	0.571103	0.571103	AI & Big Data Expo North America AI & Big Data Expo Global AI & Big Data Expo Europe TechForge CloudTech MarketingTech Enterprise CIO AI Crash Course book extract: Exploring the principles of reinforcement learning By Hadelin De Ponteves Hadelin de Ponteves is the co-founder and director of technology at BlueLife AI, which leverages the power of cutting-edge Artificial... (c)iStock.com/sesame Editor’s note: This is an edited extract from AI Crash Course, by Hadelin de Ponteves, published by Packt. Find out more and buy a copy of the book by visiting here. When people refer to AI today, some of them think of Machine Learning, while others think of Reinforcement Learning. I fall into the second category. I always saw Machine Learning as statistical models that have the ability to learn some correlations, from which they make predictions without being explicitly programmed. While this is, in some way, a form of AI, Machine Learning does not include the process of taking actions and interacting with an environment like we humans do. Indeed, as intelligent human beings, what we constantly keep doing is the following: We observe some input, whether it’s what we see with our eyes, what we hear with our ears, or what we remember in our memory These inputs are then processed in our brain Eventually, we make decisions and take actions. This process of interacting with an environment is what we are trying to reproduce in terms of Artificial Intelligence. And to that extent, the branch of AI that works on this is Reinforcement Learning. This is the closest match to the way we think; the most advanced form of Artificial Intelligence, if we see AI as the science that tries to mimic (or surpass) human intelligence This process of interacting with an environment is what we are trying to reproduce in terms of Artificial Intelligence. And to that extent, the branch of AI that works on this is Reinforcement Learning. This is the closest match to the way we think; the most advanced form of Artificial Intelligence, if we see AI as the science that tries to mimic (or surpass) human intelligence. Reinforcement Learning also has the most impressive results in business applications of AI. For example, Alibaba leveraged Reinforcement Learning to increase its ROI in online advertising by 240% without increasing their advertising budget (see https://arxiv.org/pdf/1802.09756.pdf, page 9, Table 1 last row (DCMAB)). The five principles of reinforcement learning Let’s begin building the first pillars of your intuition into how Reinforcement Learning works. These are the fundamental principles of Reinforcement Learning, which will get you started with the right, solid basics in AI. Here are the five principles: Principle #1: The input and output system Principle #2: The reward Principle #3: The AI environment Principle #4: The Markov decision process Principle #5: Training and inference Principle #1 – The input and output system The first step is to understand that today, all AI models are based on the common principle of inputs and outputs. Every single form of Artificial Intelligence, including Machine Learning models, ChatBots, recommender systems, robots, and of course Reinforcement Learning models, will take something as input, and will return another thing as output. In Reinforcement Learning, these inputs and outputs have a specific name: the input is called the state, or input state. The output is the action performed by the AI. And in the middle, we have nothing other than a function that takes a state as input and returns an action as output. That function is called a policy. Remember the name, “policy,” because you will often see it in AI literature. As an example, consider a self-driving car. Try to imagine what the input and output would be in that case. The input would be what the embedded computer vision system sees, and the output would be the next move of the car: accelerate, slow down, turn left, turn right, or brake. Note that the output at any time (t) could very well be several actions performed at the same time. For instance, the self-driving car can accelerate while at the same time turning left. In the same way, the input at each time (t) can be composed of several elements: mainly the image observed by the computer vision system, but also some parameters of the car such as the current speed, the amount of gas remaining in the tank, and so on. That’s the very first important principle in Artificial Intelligence: it is an intelligent system (a policy) that takes some elements as input, does its magic in the middle, and returns some actions to perform as output. Remember that the inputs are also called the states. The next important principle is the reward. Principle #2 – The reward Every AI has its performance measured by a reward system. There’s nothing confusing about this; the reward is simply a metric that will tell the AI how well it does over time. The simplest example is a binary reward: 0 or 1. Imagine an AI that has to guess an outcome. If the guess is right, the reward will be 1, and if the guess is wrong, the reward will be 0. This could very well be the reward system defined for an AI; it really can be as simple as that! A reward doesn’t have to be binary, however. It can be continuous. Consider the famous game of Breakout: Imagine an AI playing this game. Try to work out what the reward would be in that case. It could simply be the score; more precisely, the score would be the accumulated reward over time in one game, and the rewards could be defined as the derivative of that score. This is one of the many ways we could define a reward system for that game. Different AIs will have different reward structures; we will build five rewards systems for five different real-world applications in this book. With that in mind, remember this as well: the ultimate goal of the AI will always be to maximize the accumulated reward over time. Those are the first two basic, but fundamental, principles of Artificial Intelligence as it exists today; the input and output system, and the reward. The next thing to consider is the AI environment. Principle #3 – The AI environment The third principle is what we call an “AI environment.” It is a very simple framework where you define three things at each time (t): The input (the state) The output (the action) The reward (the performance metric) For each and every single AI based on Reinforcement Learning that is built today, we always define an environment composed of the preceding elements. It is, however, important to understand that there are more than these three elements in a given AI environment. For example, if you are building an AI to beat a car racing game, the environment will also contain the map and the gameplay of that game. Or, in the example of a self-driving car, the environment will also contain all the roads along which the AI is driving and the objects that surround those roads. But what you will always find in common when building any AI, are the three elements of state, action, and reward. The next principle, the Markov decision process, covers how they work in practice. Principle #4 – The Markov decision process The Markov decision process, or MDP, is simply a process that models how the AI interacts with the environment over time. The process starts at t = 0, and then, at each next iteration, meaning at t = 1, t = 2, … t = n units of time (where the unit can be anything, for example, 1 second), the AI follows the same format of transition: The AI observes the current state, sᵣ The AI performs the action, aᵣ The AI receives the reward, rᚁ = R(Sᚁ, aᚁ) The AI enters the following state, Sᚁ +1 The goal of the AI is always the same in Reinforcement Learning: it is to maximize the accumulated rewards over time, that is, the sum of all the rᚁ = R (Sᚁ, aᚁ) received at each transition. The following graphic will help you visualize and remember an MDP better, the basis of Reinforcement Learning models: Now four essential pillars are already shaping your intuition of AI. Adding a last important one completes the foundation of your understanding of AI. The last principle is training and inference; in training, the AI learns, and in inference, it predicts. Editor’s note: Find out about the last principle of Reinforcement Learning and much more by ordering a copy of AI Crash Course, available here.About the author: Hadelin de Ponteves is the co-founder and director of technology at BlueLife AI, which leverages the power of cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence to empower businesses to make massive profits by optimizing processes, maximizing efficiency, and increasing profitability. Hadelin is also an online entrepreneur who has created 50+ top-rated educational e-courses on topics such as machine learning, deep learning, artificial intelligence, and blockchain, which have reached over 700,000 subscribers in 204 countries. Interested in hearing industry leaders discuss subjects like this? Attend the co-located 5G Expo, IoT Tech Expo, Blockchain Expo, AI & Big Data Expo, and Cyber Security & Cloud Expo World Series with upcoming events in Silicon Valley, London, and Amsterdam. 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__label__wiki	0.673121	0.673121	Archive for the ‘Nizar Rayan’ Category Dead Hamas Paraded Through Gaza The bodies of a senior Hamas leader’s small children were today ghoulishly paraded through the streets of Gaza as the group pledged to avenge their deaths. Nizar Rayan, his four wives and 10 of his children were all killed by in an Israeli air strike on his home after he ignored warnings they should go into hiding. In grisly scenes, mourners held up the bloodied bodies of the children to the cameras in a clear attempt to blacken Israel’s name and highlight its brutality. Graphic images showed the young children’s uncovered faces as the victims were carried by thousands of angry Hamas supporters during the funeral procession. The Daily Mail (UK) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews /article-1104296/Bodies-Hamas-leaders-child ren-paraded-group-promises-painful-reve nge-deaths.html Posted in bodies, children, dead, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Israeli, news, Nizar Rayan, politics \| Leave a Comment » Killed, Beheaded In Air Attack, Hamas Leader Who Boasted of Victory Over Israel, Family, Killed Ever wonder where all the big shot and loudly boasing leaders of Hamas, Hezbollah the Taliban and al-Qaeda are going? Well, many are dead or too scared to talk. Hamas top man, believed to be one of five men at the very top of Hamas, died suddenly in his home in Gaza on January 1, 2009. The cause of death was blunt force trauma all over his body plus beheading by weapons from an Israeli F-16. Two of his wives and several of his children also died in the sudden epidemic. Similar death have occurred in the tribal areas of Pakistan at the hands of U.S. Preditor drones. And terror leaders have been dropping like flies due to sudden blunt force trauma in other areas too… Gaza, Day 7, January 2, “Brutal Even By Middle East Standards” From AFP The day before a powerful blast sent his headless body flying out of his Gaza home on Thursday, senior Hamas leader Nizar Rayan predicted that the Islamist movement would defeat Israel. “God willing, Hamas will win,” Rayan said in a vitriol-laden speech that the movement’s television broadcast just after he, his four wives and 10 of his children were killed in the Israeli blitz of the Gaza Strip on Thursday. Rayan, 51, was among the top ranked leaders in Hamas and was its most senior figure to have been killed since Israel unleashed a massive bombardment on Saturday in response to persistent rocket fire from the enclave. Israeli F-16 jets fired two missiles at Rayan’s five-storey house in the Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza. The powerful explosion hurled his decapitated body out into the street, according to witnesses. “It was like an earthquake,” a neighbour said of the massive blast. A dozen neighbouring houses were destroyed or damaged in the blast which also killed 17 neighbours and brought to 420 the death toll since “Operation Cast Lead” started. The Israeli air force said the secondary blasts demonstrated the house was used for weapons storage, and claimed it was also a communication centre. “In addition, a tunnel was located under the house and was used for the escape of terror operatives,” it said. In the minutes following the strike, dozens of people rushed to the scene, pulling bodies from the rubble including those of the two girls, aged seven and 10. A neighbour, Mohammed Al-Madhun, 75 watched flames emerging from his building but refused to leave. “I want to die like Sheikh Nizar,” he said, using the bearded Hamas commander’s honorary title. Rayan was a hardliner within the Islamist movement. A few months after Hamas seized control of Gaza in June 2007, Rayan vowed at a Gaza City rally that the Islamists would also seize control in the Israeli-occupied West Bank which is administered by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas. A skilled orator, he was known for his vitriolic attacks against both Israel and the Western-backed Abbas he claimed colluded with the “Zionist enemy.” In his latest speech delivered on the eve of his death and broadcast by Al-Aqsa TV on Thursday, Rayan insisted Hamas would never cave in. With tanks massed just outside Gaza and Israel threatening a ground offensive, he defiantly declared: “We will know how to kill and capture soldiers and how to rout them.” Posted in Ahmed Aboul Gheit, al-Qaeda, cease-fire, drones, Egypt, Gaza, Hamas, Hezbollah, humanitarian, Israel, Jabaliya, news, Nizar Rayan, Nizar Rayyan, politics, Preditor, Rockets, Sheikh Nizar, Taliban, Tzipi Livni, U.S., Zionist \| 2 Comments » You are currently browsing the archives for the Nizar Rayan category.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7559
__label__wiki	0.592619	0.592619	ALIMONY. The maintenance or support which a husband is bound to give to his wife upon separation from her; or the support which either father or mother is bound to give to his or her children, though this is more usually called maintenance. 2. The causes for granting alimony to the wife are, 1, desertion, (q. v.) or cruelty of the husband; (q. v.) 4 Desaus. R. 79,; 1 M'Cord's Ch. R. 205; 4 Rand. R. 662; 2 J. J; Marsh. R. 324.; 1 Edw. R. 62; and 2, divorce. 4 Litt. R. 252; 1 Edw. R. 382; 2 Paige, R. 62; 2 Binn. R. 202; 3 Yeates, R. 50; S.& R. 248; 9 S.& R. 191; 3 John. Ch. R. 519; 6 John. Ch. 91. 3. In Louisiana by alimony is meant the nourishment, lodging and support of the person who claims it. It includes education when the person to whom alimoiay is due is a minor. Civil Code of L. 246. 4. Alimony is granted in proporion to the wants of the person requiring it, and the circumstances of those who are to pay it. By the common law, parents and children owe each other alimony. 1 Bl. Com. 447; 2 Com. Dig. 498;. 3 Ves. 358; 4 Vin. Ab. 175; Ayl. Parerg. 58; Dane's Ab. Index. h.t.; Dig. 34, 1. 6. 5. Alimony is allowed to the wife, pendente lite, almost as a matter of course whether she be plaintiff or defendant, for the obvious reason that she has generally no other means of living. 1 Clarke's R. 151. But there are special cases where it will not be allowed, as when the wife, pending the progress of the suit, went to her father's, who agreed with the husband to support her for services. 1 Clarke's R. 460. See Shelf. on Mar. and Div. 586; 2 Toull. n. 612. A, All, Family Law	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7564
__label__cc	0.74338	0.25662	Discover Two Sides Of Japan In Hokkaido And Kansai By Stephanie Coombes 20 February 2019 Brought to you by Japan National Tourism Organization Go on a journey of endless discovery in Japan. Even if you haven’t been to Japan, many of the country’s most famous locations might already feel familiar. After all, more and more Australians are visiting the country every year, with over 550,000 making the journey in 2018, and they’re happily posting their holiday photos online, with Tokyo’s bright lights, Kyoto’s historic beauty, and powdery white ski resorts competing for likes on Instagram. But if you want to get under the skin of Japan, it pays to take a step off that conveyer belt and explore the areas rarely reached by the tourist hordes. For an authentic travel experience, consider adding the Kansai Region and Hokkaido Prefecture into your itinerary – a perfect partnership of culture, food, history and nature. A post shared by Osaka City Guide (@osakacityguide) on Feb 17, 2019 at 3:26am PST If talk of regions confuses you a little, here’s a quick explainer: Japan is officially divided into eight regions, based on geography and history. They’re similar to the concept of Australian states, but without separate governing bodies. However, Japanese regions have distinct cultural identities, almost like countries within a country. Kansai, on the main island of Honshu, is known by many as the cultural heartland of Japan. Inside this vast, vibrant region is the busy city of Osaka (the third-largest in Japan) and tranquil Kyoto, famous for breathtaking temples, gardens and scenery. While both of these cities appear on many Australian itineraries, few people travel beyond them. It’s a shame, because Kansai has so much more to offer. For lovers of animals and history alike, Nara – Japan’s first permanent capital city – is 45 minutes from Kyoto and just under an hour from Osaka. It’s easy to spend a day just exploring the sprawling Nara Park and communing with the thousand-or-so relatively tame deer that call the area home. These handsome animals have the lofty title of being “national treasures”, but will still deign to nibble biscuits purchased from vendors around the park out of your hand. Some of the deer will politely reciprocate with a bow before being fed. Others will cheekily grab food, pamphlets, and maps from distracted tourists. Guides Japan's Cutest Day Trip Is Just Outside Osaka Also in the Nara Park area is the must-see Todaiji Temple. This immense wooden structure houses the famous Great Buddha – a profoundly impressive 15m-tall bronze statue. Most visitors will leave after gazing up in awe at the serene face of Buddha, but look behind the statue before you depart. At the base of an enormous wooden support pillar is a human-sized 50cm hole. It’s said that if you crawl through this claustrophobic tunnel, you’ll attain enlightenment. Who knows what happens if you get stuck? A post shared by Fabio Caruso (@fabcar77) on Apr 26, 2017 at 5:26am PDT If merely looking at temples doesn’t quite satisfy your need for cultural immersion, why not stay in one? Head south of Osaka to Koyasan, situated on a small plain 800m up Mount Koya. This town has 117 temples, 52 of which offer lodgings for tourists. Spend your day exploring the scenic streets and then arrive at your accommodation for a unique vegetarian meal, which is also enjoyed by the monks. Guests have the option to partake in meditations and early-morning services, fully immersing themselves in the daily life of the temple. Once you’ve been sufficiently charmed by fascinating Kansai, you might want to change gear. Hokkaido, the northernmost prefecture of Japan and also a separate island (most easily reached by an easy two-hour flight from Osaka) is the perfect location for such explorations. This island challenges a lot of people’s understanding of Japan. It’s wild, sparsely populated in relation to the rest of the country and rarely visited by tourists who aren’t in the market for a skiing holiday. But there are plenty of ways to enjoy Hokkaido without hitting the powder. In particular, Sounkyo – located in the centre of the prefecture – is known for the spectacular natural scenery it boasts all year round. Waterfalls, mountains and dramatic valleys form a part of Japan’s untouched wilderness, of which many tourists are unaware. Photographers are kept joyfully busy in this idyllic region. For the more active traveller, snowshoe tours almost anywhere promise a “world of the silver shining all things glittering… where you can go on snowflakes with snow shoes,” by one operator. In real terms, that means a mildly taxing walk through Hokkaido’s famous powder and into the pristine surrounding forest. A post shared by MnK Niseko (@mnk.niseko) on Oct 13, 2018 at 12:09am PDT And there’s nothing like cool temperatures to work up an appetite – luckily there are plenty of hearty, specialised Hokkaido dishes suited to the weather. Ramen, a hearty meal, characterised by its wavy noodles and tasty soup base, is popular across Japan, is perfected – and done a little differently – in this region. Hokkaido locals add corn and butter for a richer flavour, with each city boasting distinct flavour profiles. Sapporo, for example, is the birthplace of miso ramen, while Asahikawa is known for its shoyu (soy sauce) ramen, and the local dish in Hakodate is shio (salt) ramen. If you’re a true fan, you might even venture into Asahikawa Ramen Village on the outskirts of town – it even has its own dedicated shrine and gift shop. A post shared by Joey Ng (@joeyaahhh) on Nov 30, 2016 at 9:15pm PST Stray a little from the tourist pack and away from the frenetic speed of Japan’s biggest cities and you’ll find yourself rewarded. Unusual sights and experiences await those who crave a cultural journey, not just a trip. Kansai and Hokkaido are reachable regions that should be on the itinerary of any soulful traveller looking for more than a box to tick. (Lead image: Adriana Prudencio via Unsplash) Japan is a must-visit land of endless discovery. in this story:Sightseeing Things to do Undiscovered	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7566
__label__cc	0.682425	0.317575	We tell you all about your house that arrived within the Mail Meet Russian Women / The Sears & Roebuck Mail purchase Catalog had been nearly omnipresent in very early twentieth century US life. By 1908, one fifth of Americans had been customers. Anybody any place in the national nation could purchase a duplicate for free, look over it, and then have such a thing their heart desired delivered straight to their home. At its top, the Sears catalog offered over 100,000 products on 1,400 pages. It weighed four pounds. Today, those 1,400 pages offer us by having a snapshot of US life in the 1st ten years for the twentieth century, from sheep-shearing machines and cream separators to phones and china cabinets. The Sears catalog informs the story of a globa world — itemized. And starting in 1908, the organization that offered America every thing started providing exactly what may just be its most product that is audacious ever: homes. From 1908 to 1940, the Sears contemporary Homes Program offered mail-order that is complete to your would-be homeowner — exactly just exactly what would turned out to be called “kit homes.” Clients could choose from a large number of different types in Sears Modern Homes Catalog, purchase blueprints, submit a check, and some months later on every thing they required would get to a train automobile, its home secured by having a tiny red wax seal (just as the seal from the straight straight back of a page). This seal was to be broken on arrival because of the brand brand new owner, who does start their boxcar up to find over 10,000 bits of framing lumber, 20,000 cedar shakes and almost anything else had a need to build the house — most of the doorways, perhaps the doorknobs. The lumber arrived precut, similar to A ikea that is giant set along side an instruction booklet. Sears promised that, working without having a carpenter and only skills that are rudimentary a person could complete their Sears mail purchase home in under ninety days. Sears would carry on to deliver away some 75,000 houses around the world. In that way, they assisted usher out of the era associated with the customized site-built house, replacing it using the vow that houses might be standardised and affordable. Well before the advent of housing developments plus the contemporary suburb it absolutely was the Sears kit home that offered People in the us their first flavor of twentieth century domestic life. Nonetheless it’s additionally a chapter of housing history which was very nearly lost. Mailed to purchase Sears had not been the company that is first provide kit domiciles or perhaps a mail purchase catalog, however it stumbled on take over the mail-order market to some extent because its creator, Richard Sears, ended up being that style of expert that a lot of people would claim become over the course of the twentieth century but hardly any russian brides club actually had been: he had been an advertising genius. A little shorter and narrower than the Montgomery Ward one on the theory that it would naturally get stacked on top for example, according to lore, he intentionally made the Sears Roebuck catalog. By 1907, Sears and Roebuck had been attempting to sell the then exact carbon copy of $1.3 billion of merchandise to United states families each year. Plus it’s for this time that Richard Sears saw a method to sell much more. Many American families at enough time remained located in multi-generational housing. The reigning paradigm for the class that is middle the Victorian house or apartment with each one of these various small rooms for various nearest and dearest. Sears looked over this scene that is idyllic of located in harmony and saw … a wasted possibility. Why should newlyweds transfer to old domiciles full of old things if they could move into brand new houses and fill all of them with brand new things from Sears? The Sears that is resulting Modern Program ended up being a winner, especially following the end of World War I, the influx of coming back veterans caused a need for more housing. Sears prefabricated the vast majority of these houses in giant mills situated around the world. Positioned in Cairo Illinois, the greatest of the mills covered almost 40 acres, therefore the variety that is sheer of it shipped down was staggering. Their very first Modern Homes catalog already had over 40 models to select from, but Sears would carry on to provide 447 various designs. Every home into the catalog possessed a title befitting its aspirations that are architectural. Therefore in the event that you constantly wanted surviving in a Ca objective design home, but couldn’t really proceed to Ca, you may think about buying Sears’ Alhambra model. Other designs included the Vallonia, the Martha Washington as well as the Crescent. They ranged from modest and cabins that are cozy expansive mansions. Sears also offered a schoolhouse that is six-classroom that includes an auditorium and collection. Needless to say, we were holding houses that are just empty they certainly were built, willing to be filled up with stuff — ideally, material from Sears. The business could offer you anything you required: your house, the furniture, and all sorts of the things to put up the furniture — an entire life that is new all from Sears. Sears offered the vow of convenience at every degree. It also had an advertisement right in front associated with catalog showing two Rodessa models — one of Sears many houses that are popular being built hand and hand. One ended up being built from scratch, basically, making use of ordinary building materials and uncut “stick” lumber. The other used lumber that is precut. The message had been clear: it will be a lot easier to construct from Sears’ precut parts. These were their first homes with things like insulation and central heating for many families. A Sears kit home might be the only house on a block with electricity in some neighborhoods. Then, in 1911, Sears started mortgages that are offering their clients. Like the rest, they made these— that is easy too simple. The Sears home loan system started off as you of these secrets to success. In decreasing the barrier to entry, it had permitted Sears to offer much more kit domiciles far faster than just about any of the rivals. However when the Great Depression hit, things got unsightly fast. The business ended up foreclosing on tens and thousands of its extremely very own clients. It had been a pr catastrophe. After several years of decreasing sales, Sears would close its Modern finally Homes division in 1940. Several other kit home manufactures — ones which hadn’t sold mortgages — survived, however the Sears kit house boom had been over. Then arrived World War II, and along with it, the second modern housing growth, featuring the rise regarding the suburbs as well as the prefab home — the sorts of houses we realize today. Sears catalog household in Hopewell, Virginia, image by Liz western (CC with 2.0) Meanwhile, many existing Sears houses wound up for sale to owners that are new didn’t know very well what they’d bought, or didn’t care to understand. Regardless of the top quality associated with materials, throughout the years, since the business became related to convenience in addition to quality, no one wished to acknowledge which they lived in a home that originated in the Sears catalog. It had been embarrassing. Therefore a complete great deal of them finished up being renovated beyond recognition. Numerous were torn down. Others had been merely abandoned. Together with documents for people who stayed had been damaged, rendering it hard to find Sears domiciles today. Kit House Searching Just a little over 20 years ago, on a winter that is cold in Elgin, Illinois (a bit outside of Chicago), Rebecca Hunter found a vintage Sears catalog and took it on a stroll across the neighbor hood, wondering if she will dsicover a real-life house matching your house designs when you look at the guide. She wasn’t an architecture specialist, or even a Sears specialist. She ended up being simply interested. Elgin wasn’t understood for its Sears homes — whenever Hunter relocated into the certain area, it wasn’t really on her behalf radar, or anyone else’s. She recalls she “wasn’t looking to find any. whenever she sought out on the trek,” it had been only for enjoyable, she claims, but, “ a goal was had by me. A mission was had by me and I also forgot concerning the cold.” Yet within a few minutes, she spotted her first Sears house: a craftsman-style Avalon that matched her catalog. She found more and more examples as she took more and more walks. Hunter began using records about designs and areas, but she additionally desired to validate her finds. So she started reaching off to residents, delivering down mailers asking owners to examine their houses for unique beams bearing component figures from Sears. Some additionally discovered delivery labels in the relative backs of baseboards, or initial Sears blueprints. Thus far, she along with her kit that is fellow house are finding over 200 in Elgin. Remarkably, too, a lot of the Sears houses Hunter discovered appeared as if they certainly were right out from the catalog. They’d hardly been modified because the 1920s. She managed to find numerous perhaps maybe maybe not because Elgin had probably the most Sears domiciles but as the domiciles could nevertheless be recognized, because of a storm that is perfect of conditions.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line7571
__label__wiki	0.951735	0.951735	1942 births, Living people, African-American players of American football, All-American college football players American football defensive linemen College Football Hall of Fame inductees Minnesota Golden Gophers football players Minnesota Vikings players National Conference Pro Bowl players National Football League announcers People from Winston-Salem, North Carolina Players of American football from North Carolina Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees Seattle Seahawks players Western Conference Pro Bowl players Carl Eller Not to be confused with Karl Eller. Date of birth: (1942-01-25) January 25, 1942 (age 77) Place of birth: Winston-Salem, North Carolina College: Minnesota NFL Draft: 1964 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6 Debuted in 1964 for the Minnesota Vikings Last played in 1979 for the Seattle Seahawks Minnesota Vikings (1964-1978) Seattle Seahawks (1979) Career highlights and awards First-team All-American (1963) 4× NFC Champion (1969, 1973, 1974, 1976) 6× Pro Bowl selection (1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974) 5× First-team All-Pro (1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973) 2× Second-team All-Pro (1967, 1972) 7× First-team All-conference (1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975) 2× Second-team All-conference (1967, 1974) 1971 NEA NFL Defensive Player of the Year Minnesota Vikings 25th Anniversary Team Minnesota Vikings Ring of Honor 50 Greatest Vikings NFL 1970s All-Decade Team 133½ Stats at NFL.com Carl Eller (born January 25, 1942) is a former professional American football player in the National Football League who played from 1964 through 1979. He was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and attended the University of Minnesota. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2004. College career Edit At the University of Minnesota Eller joined Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, via the Mu Chapter while at the University of Minnesota.[1] As a sophomore, Eller helped lead the Gophers to a Rose Bowl victory. While Eller shared the starting position as a sophomore he became a full-time, two-way player as a junior and senior and was voted All-America both years. During his time in college the Gophers were National Champions as well as Big Ten champions. As a senior (1963) Eller was the runner-up for the Outland Trophy. Following each football season, the Carl Eller Award is given to the University of Minnesota's Defensive Player of the Year. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006.[2] NFL career Edit In 1964 Eller was drafted in the first round of the NFL draft by the Minnesota Vikings and also drafted in the first round of the American Football League Draft by the Buffalo Bills, who could not sign him. As the left defensive end in the Vikings front four, he was a major factor in the unit known as the "Purple People Eaters". Starting in 1968, Eller's fifth campaign, Minnesota won 10 Central Division titles in the next 11 seasons. The Vikings won the 1969 NFL championship and NFC crowns in 1973, 1974, and 1976 and Eller was one of 10 Vikings to play in all four of their Super Bowls, all losses. He was selected to play in six Pro Bowls (1968–1971, 1973, and 1974). After being traded with an eighth round pick to Seattle Seahawks for defensive tackle Steve Niehaus, Eller played his final season in 1979 with the Seattle Seahawks, where he ran his career total to 225 games. In his career, "Moose" only missed three games and started 209 out of the 225 he played. Eller is credited as the Vikings all-time sack leader with 130½.[3] He also had 3 sacks with Seahawks in 1979 for a career total of 133½. He set career-high 15 sacks in 1969 and then matched that total in 1977, also to his credit 7 seasons with 10 or more sacks.[4] Eller was First-team All-NFL from 1968–71, and again in 1973. He was also Second-team All-Pro in 1967 and 1972 and was All-NFC by AP and The Sporting News in 1975. Matched with his Pro Bowls, Eller had a nine-year consecutive streak with some sort of post-season honor which began in 1967 with his Second-team All-pro selection and ended in 1975 with his All-NFC honors. He was voted the George S. Halas Trophy in 1971 as the NFL's Defensive Player of the Year as awarded by the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA).[5] Honors in retirement Edit In 2004, Eller was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.[6] In 2000, Eller was named to the Vikings' 40th Anniversary Team and in 2010 he was named to the Vikings 50th Anniversary team. Life after football Edit In 1980, Eller worked for NFC television as an NFL color analyst, teaming mainly with Merle Harmon. As a licensed drug and alcohol counselor, Eller founded a group of substance-abuse clinics in the Twin Cities called Triumph Life Centers in 1986. He obtained a college degree in Human Services from Metropolitan State University in 1994 and went on to work for the Minnesota Department of Human Services, addressing issues of health disparities between white people and people of color.[7] From 1997 to 2001 Eller collaborated with Craig M. Rosenblum on Carl Eller's Viking News, on the frontier of online sports journalism by and for fans in Minnesota. Eller has previously acknowledged personal problems with substance abuse, and he has spoken openly and publicly to groups about the problems of chemical dependency. Eller continues to be very active in retirement, pursuing a wide range of activities and interests. He is the President and Founder of the NFL Retired Players Association (NFL RPA) NFL Retired Players Association a non-profit organization dedicated to providing powerful national advocacy and collegial support for retired professional football players, their families and the community at large.[8] Eller was actively involved in the most recent collective bargaining agreement negotiations, successfully representing the retired players. He works on numerous charitable fundraising events with the NFL RPA, Minnesota Vikings and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Eller has developed a college-level course for NFL Player Engagement called called "Game Plan II," which assists professional athletes making the transition to a life after football.[9] Additionally, Eller invented and patented a new casino-style card game, called Moose 81 which is being marketed to the public. Moose 81. He also pursues his creative side at his ceramics studio, Carl Eller Studios Carl Eller Studios and has been a featured artist at several local art fairs. Eller remains an active and vibrant member of his North Minneapolis community. Films and television Edit Busting (1974) as a huge black man The Black Six (1974) as Jr. Bro Williams The Fall Guy pilot (1981) as Tony Taggert ↑ Greeks in Football ↑ http://www.footballfoundation.org/Programs/CollegeFootballHallofFame/SearchDetail.aspx?id=90111 ↑ Vikings.com Ring of Honor ↑ VIkings.com ↑ Pro Football Hall of Fame website ↑ ibid ↑ Carl Eller Takes a Stand, University of Minnesota Alumni Association, July–August 2005 ↑ [1] Canton Rep, August 2010 ↑ http://www.profootballhof.com/multimedia/famers/2012/6/26/eller-offers-advice-to-rookies/ Carl Eller at Pro-Football-Reference.com Carl Eller at the Pro Football Hall of Fame v · d · eMinnesota Vikings first-round draft picks Mason • Dunaway • Eller • Snow • Shay • Jones • G. Washington • Page • Yary • Ward • Hayden • Siemon • Foreman • McNeill • Riley • Mullaney • White • Kramer • Holloway • Brown • Martin • Nelson • Browner • Millard • Doleman • Robinson • Dozier • McDaniel • Smith • D. 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__label__wiki	0.778596	0.778596	Minor Parties Oppose US Free Trade Agreement The Australian Democrats and the Australian Greens have each expressed opposition to a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. The proposed agreement has been the subject of discussion between the Prime Minister, John Howard, and the US President, George W. Bush, over the weekend. Bush has said he wants to reach agreement on a FTA this year and send it to Congress for approval next year. International treaties have to be approved by the United States Senate. No such constitutional requirement exists in Australia. An executive government decision here is sufficient for Australia to become a signatory to a free trade agreement. Text of media release from Senator Aden Ridgeway, Australian Democrats spokesperson for Trade and Overseas Development. Fast tracked Free Trade Agreement Not In Australia’s Interest The Australian Democrats today warned that President Bush’s timetable for a fast tracked free trade agreement is not in the interests of Australia. Trade Spokesperson, Senator Aden Ridgeway, said the timetable President Bush is suggesting is almost unrealistic given the complexity and breadth of issues to be negotiated. “The more pressure there is to have this agreement fit President Bush’s timetable, the less likely we are to have the leverage to negotiate over the issues Australian people have flagged as important to them – such as Australian cultural content, health and telecommunications,” said Senator Ridgeway. “We need to be sure that we have a good and fair agreement – not just a fast one. “Once again, Australians are finding out details about the USFTA through a third party and not from our own Government. “Last week we heard that Trade Minister Mark Vaile was lobbying in the US about the FTA rather than informing Australians. “We call on the Government to remember who they actually represent and to be as up front with the Australian people as they appear to be with the US Government and lobby groups about the details and timetable of these negotiations,” said Senator Ridgeway. The Democrats had asked the Government for detail on trade talks twice previously before initiating the current Senate Inquiry into issues involved in the negotiations of both a US free trade agreement and GATS. The first public hearings of the Senate Inquiry into GATS and the USFTA will begin this Thursday. “Australians are rightly concerned at the possible effects such an agreement may have on our economy and do not want to hear about it via satellite from the US, but directly from our own Government,” concluded Senator Ridgeway. Text of media release by Senator Kerry Nettle, Australian Greens Senator from New South Wales. Greens May Day message: Australia is not for sale Australian Greens Senator Kerry Nettle joined unions and community groups today in a May Day march and called for ongoing struggle against the threats of war and corporate globalisation. “The May Day celebration of people power has never been more relevant than today, where mass movements around the world continue to struggle to represent the public good against private power and greed,” Senator Nettle said. “The Prime Minister has ignored the people’s wishes over the illegal, immoral and expensive war, and now is poised to sell out the people of Australia through a U.S/Australia. Free Trade Agreement. “The US President has promised to reward Howard for his obedience by getting the trade deal done by the end of the year, a trade deal that looks set to undermine public services and threaten Australian jobs and culture. “This trade deal comes at a time when the Treasurer is about to deliver a budget that further degrades the public health and public education systems of this country, whilst hitting up taxpayers for a war they never supported. “The Budget, to be announced next week, looks set to be yet another kick in the guts for ordinary Australians who will be forced to pay for John Howard’s warmongering. “The Greens are here to tell John Howard and his Ministers that Australia is not for sale. Workers rights and conditions aren’t for sale, Medicare isn’t for sale and our universities aren’t for sale,” said Senator Nettle. 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__label__cc	0.608552	0.391448	Bearers of Bronze – Part 2: Messenger Threats By Hope Ann February 23, 2018 March 3, 2018 fantasy, Fidelyon, serial story Two weeks ago you were introduced to Ethaniel, Keros, Drexin, and their world of messenger lines, prejudice, and medellions. If you’ve not read it yet, then go do so. And now, what you are really here for… Keros awoke to full daylight streaming through the crack between the two shutters. He blinked. Rafters crisscrossed above his head, the thick wood covered in carved names. Where…? He shivered. He was thirsty, hungry, and feeling better than he had in weeks. Keros shoved himself up on one elbow. The bed opposite him was deserted, but a cloaked figure lay across the threshold, his back against the door. Dark hair brushed tanned skin. The messenger’s head rested in the crook of one arm. The other crossed his chest, holding a long staff. He breathed softly, his lips parted. Keros rubbed a fist across his eyes and pushed himself into a sitting position. Loose clothing fell across his shoulders. He frowned, examining the new tunic. When he glanced back up, sharp eyes watched him. “Sorry they don’t fit as well as your own.” The other messenger shoved himself to his knees and yawned. “Drexin’s broader than you. But they’re clean, at least.” The material slipped from Keros’s fingers as he watched the other push to his feet. The messenger couldn’t be much older than himself. “Who… what have you done?” “Me?” He raised an eyebrow. “The name is Ethaniel, and I think I helped tend you from a poisoned sickness.” Keros frowned and wrapped one arm around his midsection. “Poison?” The smile slipped from Ethaniel’s lips and his gaze dropped to Keros’s chest. Keros’s hand flew up, clasping his medallion. It was safely hidden away, but the messenger must know. Keros flushed and stumbled to his feet. “How long… do I run next? I ought—” Ethaniel gripped his shoulder, steadying him. “You’re not going anywhere for at least another day.” He eyed him. “You’re still exhausted.” “So?” Keros dragged an arm across his eyes. “I can run as well as the next messenger. I can—” “Oh, shut up.” Ethaniel pushed him back on the bed and strode to the other side of the room. He poured a cup of water. “There are few who’d have made it to an Outpost with the amount of blood-fennel you had in your veins. But if you’d like to recover fully and run at full strength, you’ll rest.” Keros eyed the young man as he turned back. “As if you care.” “And I’d have tended you if I didn’t?” Ethaniel demanded. “Well… I would have, I suppose. It’s what we do.” He shrugged, then hesitated. “I wear bronze too, you know.” Keros blinked. “Yathome.” Ethaniel touched his chest. He sighed and stepped forward. “Doesn’t matter. You’re resting.” “No.” Keros pushed back to his feet. “You understand, then. What we have to do, to show them. To…” He squeezed his eyes shut, gripping the end of the bed to steady himself. “Indeed.” A wooden cup was pressed into Keros’s hand. “Drink, at least. Then we’ll see.” That he could do. Keros tilted his head back, draining the cup in three gulps. It tasted strange; almost cinnamony. He coughed and swiped his sleeve across his mouth. “Well?” Ethaniel just watched him. Keros blinked as the room seemed to wobble slightly. “I need my sword and the rest. I ought to get ready, even if… if…” the words thickened and one knee buckled. Hands gripped his shoulders, keeping him from pitching forward. The cup slipped from his fingers and clattered to the floor. He’d rested a whole day. He ought… he needed… “Are my own clothes clean?” Keros mumbled. He was sitting again, somehow. “They will be by the time you wake.” Green eyes danced inches from his own. The faintest smile played over the lips of the spear-shattered healer. Keros’s head drooped forward. “You… you put something…” “Dreamroot?” An arm supported him, pulling him back down. Down into the web of shadows and the starless night. “I knew you’d not rest. You’re too much like me, and that’s not a compliment.” Keros tried to twist away, but a hand held him firm. “You’re a stubborn idiot and you’re going to sleep before you wear yourself down and are sick for weeks.” The voice wavered in and out of focus. “It’s no fun, trust me.” “You have no right…” Keros’s words slurred, but his eyes were already slipping shut. The voice chuckled. “I have more right than anyone else ever will.” The hand slipped away. “Rest, Keros. You’ll thank me eventually.” Keros tried to protest, but the words faded before they were spoken and waves of sleep swept him away in an irresistible tide. Ethaniel shook his head with a quiet snort as Keros’s eyes closed. He’d have to be careful with the Dreamroot next time; the messenger reacted too strongly for a concentrated dose. Ethaniel rubbed his eyes and turned away. There’d be a run soon, and it would be his turn. But there’d be little enough Rance could do while Keros was sleeping so soundly. Bells rattled from the outer chamber. Ethaniel drew a soft breath, then straightened his shoulders and stepped into the next room. Drexin leaned against the door frame, head tilted back, panting. He grinned, then pulled off his messenger pouch and tossed it to Ethaniel. “I’m not taking this one, I’m afraid. How is he?” “Resting.” Ethaniel sprang across the table and slipped the pouch over his own shoulder. “Dreamroot. Shouldn’t wake until evening. You can give him more if you need to. He’ll be ready by tomorrow, most likely.” Drexin’s eyes narrowed as he studied Ethaniel. “Please tell me you rested last night.” Ethaniel glanced deliberately away and took a deep drink of water. Drexin groaned. “Ethaniel, you can’t…” Ethaniel smirked and slapped his friend. “I’m fine. Just keep an eye on Keros will you.” He lifted two fingers to his temple. “I’ll be back.” He sprang out the door before Drexin could reply. The day was warm, the wind filled with rumoring whispers. Ethaniel shoved through the door of Outpost Eight several hours later. He ought to be back; ought to tend to Keros. Ethaniel bit his lip as he sank on the step of the Outpost after the next messenger started off for the palace. He could make it back by dusk. Ethaniel’s head fell back against the stone, his eyes half-closed. Except Ard would kill him and Drexin too most likely. The Captain wouldn’t let him leave his post in any case. Best wait for the next message… Gold flickered across green in mesmerizing patterns as grasses rippled in a gentle wind. Keros would be sleeping in any case. Would be sleeping… Shadows seemed to thicken around Ethaniel. There was no need to sleep, not this early in the day, but maybe… maybe— The jangle of bells jolted Ethaniel awake. He jerked up, blinking. He’d tumbled off the step somehow and was wedged against the side of the Outpost itself. Long shadows stretched over the plain. The door still trembled behind him. Ethaniel stumbled to his feet and shoved through even as Eimhin handed off the message to another messenger. Eimhin raised one eyebrow and heat pricked behind Ethaniel’s ears. He shrugged, picking at bits of grass in his hair and striding to the opposite side of the room where the Captain was serving out dinner. The Captain paid him little heed, crossing to question Eimhin instead. Something about the Messenger General making a round of the Outposts soon; possibly being ahead of schedule. Ethaniel grimaced. The General was Drexin’s father. Of course he was ahead of schedule. Nothing like finding time to walk with your son and tell him of all he ought to be doing. The man barely looked at Ethaniel, for all the talk of equal opportunity to Yathome. He barely looked at his own son, for that matter. Ethaniel ought to check his supply of dreamroot when he got back. Perhaps it would do the General some good. He almost smirked as he finished eating, then left the others to their conversation and collapsed in a bed. There’d be time enough for dreamroot and Generals on the morrow. Dawn broke with Ethaniel pounding along the path to Outpost Seven. The familiar building hove into view and he shoved open the door, then staggered back as a shoulder slammed against his chest. “Ethaniel!” Rance swept a low bow, shifting to block his way. “And here we were, wondering when you’d get back.” Ethaniel sighed. “You’re hindering a king’s messenger” Rance gave a small gasp. “Oh, a king’s messenger. That changes things, doesn’t it?” He advanced a step, his eyes narrowing as they glittered inches away. “I suppose you consider the half-blood a king’s messenger too. Pity he’s going to give up so soon.” Ethaniel froze. “He…” Rance smirked, then shoved past and loped down the path. By Erathrane’s shadows… Ethaniel pushed into the Outpost. A pale lad straightened quickly from fastening his boot. Black hair rumpled in various rakish angles and his pale blue eyes stared at Ethaniel for a long moment. “You’re back.” Ethaniel raised an eyebrow. “Of course. And you’re looking better.” “No thanks to you trying to keep me asleep.” Keros strode forward and held out a hand. “My run.” So much for the messenger quitting. Ethaniel chuckled. “You’re heading to Six, not back to the other way.” He ducked away and tossed the messenger bag to a young man from Eight who reclined against the table. “And yes, it is thanks to me.” He spun back toward the half-blood with a grin. “You do know that.” The young man scowled, but his lip twitched. “You still should give me a choice.” Ethaniel forced his face into an unsmiling mask. “Of course.” He gave Keros a quick shove, tumbling the younger man back on a bench. “That’s why I decided to keep you alive; so you can insult my choices. What do you say about payment… trade medallions and watch the confusion of every other messenger on the force?” Keros blinked slowly, then a faint spark flickered in his eyes. He leaned both elbows back against the table, a lopsided smile forming as he tilted his head back. “You were up all night, weren’t you, that first evening?” Ethaniel’s lips parted, then closed again. “You… I had to…” Keros laughed, the sound like muted bronze bells as he shoved back to his feet. “Stop trying to pretend you don’t care.” “I haven’t!” “He’s too modest is all,” another voice spoke from the narrow corridor between messenger rooms. Drexin stepped into the main chamber as the Outpost door shut behind the leaving messenger. “He even cares about Rance and Bryce, if you’d imagine that.” Keros’s eyes locked on Ethaniel for a moment, the gaze sifting, searching. Slowly Keros relaxed, then held out one arm. “I suppose I should thank you.” Ethaniel gripped his hand. “You should.” A grin worked its way back to his lips. “You gave me trouble enough.” Keros shrugged. “I merely wanted to test your skills was all.” He pulled away, glancing toward Drexin. “He’s bronze too?” “No,” Ethaniel said. “Son of a General, but he’s as good as us, never fear.” Drexin nodded. “Nearly, at least, despite my father’s efforts.” He clasped his hands behind his head and leaned back against the wall. “Speaking of which, he’ll be dropping by soon I’ve heard. He forbade the use of Eldur powder after last time so we’ll have to go subtle this round.” He smirked. “Any ideas?” Ard was clearing away the noon meal when Bryce burst into the cabin from Six. The Captain nodded to Keros. “Better fortune on this run than your last, I hope.” A quick smile flitted across Keros’s lips. “One would be hard pressed to run in worse conditions than that.” “You’ll not have blood-fennel to deal with this time, at the least.” Ethaniel tossed him a waterskin. Keros snatched it from the air with a quick salute, took the message from Bryce, and sprang from the door. Bryce watched him leave with a frown. “A place on the messenger force used to be an honor.” “It still is,” Drexin said. He threw one leg over the bench. “I’m here.” “The son of a general.” Bryce rolled his eyes. “Like we don’t know he’ll pull you out as soon as he finds a better host to hand you glory.” Ethaniel stiffened with a hiss and Drexin flushed. Bryce blinked, then a faint pink edged his ears. “Sorry…” He glanced away. “I didn’t… It’s not you, but the General—” “You honestly thinks he gives Drexin more advantage?” Ethaniel demanded. Bryce glared at him. “He holds him back like one of you Yathomes. Numbers satisfy him with the others. You’d think he’d grant his own son the same consideration.” He stalked to the opposite side of the Outpost. Drexin snorted and shook his head. “You talk too much, Bryce.” The messenger glared at him, but Drexin swung to his feet and strode easily across the room. “You ought to be happy, otherwise you’d not have a chance here. Now he’ll have to promote you if he can’t stand Ethaniel or me.” He grinned and held out a sealed parchment. “Rance left it for you.” “Rance.” Bryce almost growled the word as he snatched it. “He’ll get a promotion merely because he’s the son of a lord, mark my words.” “Is that it?” Ethaniel asked. He smothered a yawn. “I thought it was just his skill at insults; nearly as good as his father at it, though he’ll be insufferable if you tell him I said that.” Bryce scowled as he broke the seal. “You’ve not seen insufferable until you’ve met his older brother.” He turned away and unfolded the parchment. Ethaniel exhaled softly, leaning his elbow against the rough planking of the table. “Erathrane’s shadows,” Bryce muttered. Ethaniel jerked up as the messenger crumpled the parchment and hurled it toward the fire. It bounced off the corner of the hearth and rolled back across the floor. “What is it?” “An idiot.” Bryce kicked the paper into a corner, his jaw tight. He shook his head as Drexin shoved a plate of bread and stew across the table to him. “I’ll eat later. I need… I need to rest.” He shoved through the door to one of the inner rooms. Ethaniel raised an eyebrow. “Rance insulting those who wear silver now?” Drexin snorted. “Insulting? More like patronizing would be my guess.” A faint smile edged Ethaniel’s lips as he rose to help Drexin clear away the remains of the meal. “My dearest Bryce. I heard you have a silver medallion, so you must be fit to speak to. Also you have legs to run and eyes in your head. Would you be interested in the honor of carrying a message for me this next afternoon so I can find an outfit suitable to wear when the general comes by?” “Shut up.” Drexin choked on a laugh. Ethaniel grinned, ducking his head as Ard raised an eyebrow. “What?” Ethaniel protested. “He would!” “Debatable. What is not debatable is that General Zevlin will be by within the next few days,” Ard said. “Perhaps even with one or two of the lords.” He slung a knapsack over his shoulder. “I’m heading east to the village. I believe you both know what to do here.” Ethaniel’s smile faded. Drexin muffled a groan. “It’s clean.” “It’s dusty,” Ard said. “Sweeping won’t take you long, I’m sure.” He swept a long cloak over his shoulders and touched his fingers to his forehead. “Carry on. I’ll be back.” Drexin scowled and sank back on the bench as the door shut behind Ard. “Just when we had a free afternoon too.” “What a pity.” Ethaniel clasped his hands behind his back and surveyed the room. Blocks of light spilled in through the open shutters, teasing specks of floating dust. “It hardly even needs a proper sweeping, so long as people don’t toss their messages about.” He swept up Bryce’s crumpled parchment, then hesitated. Drexin raised an eyebrow. “Ethaniel…” Ethaniel glanced toward the shut door. “He’s the one who left it. It can’t be that important.” He cocked one foot against the wall and flattened it on his knee. “I just want to see if Rance took the time to draw out Lord Kavon’s crest again…” his voice trailed off he skimmed the brief lines. “Ethaniel?” Drexin straightened quickly. “Erathrane’s shadows,” Ethaniel whispered. “What is he doing?” “Ethaniel!” Drexin strode over pulled the paper from his fingers. Ethaniel’s fist clenched. He could see the brief lines in his head even without the words before him. No need to worry about the half-blood’s lodging. The next time you see him, he’ll be leaving. “Leaving?” Drexin’s brow furrowed. “But Keros—” “Bryce!” Ethaniel snatched the parchment away and stalked toward the closed door. “Bryce, come out right—” The door thudded open and the broad messenger leaned against the doorframe, his head tilted against the wood, his eyes lined in shadows. “I have nothing to do with it.” His glare snapped at Ethaniel. “Leave it be. The Captains will sort it out.” “The Captains?” Ethaniel demanded. “They’ll be too late to do anything if Rance acts at once!” “He… it will be for the best, perhaps.” Bryce’s jaw clenched and he turned away. Ethaniel gripped his shoulder, spinning him back around. “What will be for the best?” the parchment crumpled in his fingers, his breath quickening. “Bryce… what is Rance doing?” Bryce jerked away. “He… I don’t…” “Bryce!” “I didn’t think he was serious!” the messenger burst out. “I told him I’d not help. But one can’t actually let a half-blood carry secret messages.” His gaze shifted from Ethaniel to Drexin, then back again. “Yathome is quite enough, but at least your parents were both Elentisaren.” Heat singed Ethaniel’s ears. “And Keros?” Bryce muffled a groan and retreated a step. “He… he’ll probably not run again. He’ll be fairly recompensed. And Rance will be dismissed. The line will be better because of it.” “Better…” Ethaniel almost choked. “You…. You—” He spun away and snatched up his staff. “Ethaniel!” Drexin seized his arm. “What?” Ethaniel stared into his friend’s wide eyes. “I’ll not leave Keros out there to whatever ambushment Rance will lay.” “We can’t just leave,” Drexin protested. “What if a messenger comes or—” “You’ll be flogged,” Bryce intoned. Ethaniel glared at him. “You could have told Ard while he was still here and dismissed the need for any of this.” He almost hurled the crumpled parchment at the messenger. “Keep the Outpost, if you please. I’ll not stand by while a fellow messenger is hurt.” Bryce gritted his teeth. “What do you expect to do? Run all the way to Six? They’ll catch you, Ethaniel. You’ll not get away with this. You can’t abandon an Outpost!” “You’re here,” Ethaniel said. His fingers tightened around his staff. “And Drexin. The Outpost will be fine.” He sprang for the door. An arm blocked his way as Drexin twisted in front of him. “You’ll not leave without me.” Ethaniel blinked. “Why in all of Erathrane would you come with me?” Drexin pivoted, snatching up his staff and sweeping Rance’s missive from the ground. “Father would make an example out of you if he discovered it. But he’s fair. He’ll not punish you more than I if we both go.” “Drexin!” Ethaniel grabbed the other’s arm. “Don’t you dare. He’d punish you too; to the limit the law allowed, if only because you are his son.” A light flickered in his friend’s eyes and his lips curled. “Yes, and the law allows precious little besides humiliation and a score of blows. If it were just a Yathome on the other hand…” his lifted one eyebrow. “You’d be lucky to escape with public disgrace before the king, a whipping, and maybe a few years without sunlight.” He pushed open the door. “Coming?” Ethaniel hesitated, locking his gaze with Drexin. The messenger didn’t flinch. “Fine.” Ethaniel sprung through the door. “You’ll have to keep up.” Half an hour… Keros would be halfway to Eight before they caught up. “Ethaniel!” Bryce’s shout followed them. Ethaniel glanced over his shoulder to see the tall figure waver just within the shadows of the Outpost. “What do you even think you can do? Don’t be a fool.” “Too late.” Ethaniel slung the staff over his shoulder, a leather strap holding it in place across his back. “The Outpost is in good hands. Ard or Zevlin can deal out what they please when I return.” He sprang down the path, ignoring the messenger’s voice. An hour. Two… Keros was still weary. They’d catch up before he reached Eight. And then? Ethaniel grimaced. They could warn the half-blood, at least. Ard would vouch for him. If Bryce dared to speak, they might move Rance elsewhere. Might. « Is Royalty Really Fashionable? Between Two Ways » Wow. I never realized the level of hatred Ethaniel and Keros got. Yep. 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