pred_label
stringclasses 2
values | pred_label_prob
float64 0.5
1
| wiki_prob
float64 0.25
1
| text
stringlengths 9
1.03M
| source
stringlengths 37
43
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
__label__cc
| 0.562393
| 0.437607
|
Difference between revisions of "Ocean Lam"
Latest revision as of 22:37, 9 September 2014 (view source)
Znb (talk | contribs)
(Created page with "Twisting her listeners through deep techno sounds to warm house tracks, as dub techno chords, pumping basslines and delicate vocals drift together, Ocean’s music is simple b...")
Latest revision as of 22:37, 9 September 2014
Twisting her listeners through deep techno sounds to warm house tracks, as dub techno chords, pumping basslines and delicate vocals drift together, Ocean’s music is simple but moody, favoring human feelings over machine-like clicks and pops.
In only a few short years since her 2008 debut, Ocean Lam has positioned herself as one of the leaders in Hong Kong’s electronic music scene. A former resident at Yumla, she has moved on to start two successful and distinctly different monthly nights at the famed Bassment Bar: FoxTrot, an all-female DJ night grounded in fun vibes; and Humdrum Hong Kong House and Techno, hosting international stalwarts including Ryan Elliott, Deetron, Dirt Crew, Dave DK, Glitterbug, I-Robots, and Spieltape, to name but a few.
Outside of her own Hong Kong events, Ocean has been the go-to choice to support other international names like Jimpster, Efdemin, Namito, Luke Hess, Till von Sein, Technasia and Marko Fürstenberg. She has had headlining slots at Hong Kong’s biggest music festival, Clockenflap, for three years running, and has been booked for corporate events for global brands such as Chanel and Dolce & Gabbana. Her performances abroad in places like Renate (Berlin), Sweden, Beijing and Thailand as well as her recent releases on Beatport have given the world a reason to keep an ear towards Hong Kong’s blossoming electronic underground.
Since 2010 she’s released two singles on Yumla Records, “Weirdos” and “Is All She Wants”, as well as 2013’s “Loosen Up”, released on Typhoon 8 Records. 2014 will see Ocean move on from the Humdrum collective to launch her solo event “Hypnotic”, complementing her semi-regular podcast of the same name.
Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/ocean-1 Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/hypnotic.hongkong Humdrum: http://humdrumhk.wordpress.com/ Facebook Humdrum: https://www.facebook.com/humdrumhongkong RA: http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/oceanlam
Video: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=238455909672891&set=vb.214617925390023&type=2&theater
Mixsets: Live DJ set @Oma HK: http://soundcloud.com/ocean-1/ocean-oma-hong-kong-22-2-2014 Hypnotic podcast set: http://soundcloud.com/ocean-1/sets/hypnotic-podcast/ Live DJ set @Paloma Bar (Berlin): https://soundcloud.com/ocean-1/ocean-lam-sad-paloma-bar
Track released: https://soundcloud.com/typhoon8records/loosen-up-ocean-lam
Retrieved from "http://2015.brucon.org/index.php?title=Ocean_Lam&oldid=4735"
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line0
|
__label__cc
| 0.544209
| 0.455791
|
The Future of Classical Music Is … Instagram?
Elizabeth Nonemaker · January 2018
We classical musicians have changed a lot about our concerts. More and more, we’re playing in nontraditional venues, we’re relaxing show etiquette, we’re developing programs that interact with audience members or respond to their needs.
Classical Revolution Baltimore recently announced a show entitled “Classical Music For People With Short Attention Spans,” meant to accommodate, rather than correct, wayward listeners by presenting highlights of favorite pieces in under five minutes each. The most recent Lowlands Festival in the Netherlands featured the premiere of the Smartphone Orchestra, in which cell phones were neither silenced nor tucked into the darkness, but rather incorporated into the fabric of the performance.
Can we go further? As a composer, I’m of the opinion that classical music’s longevity depends on our community embracing new music, and not just new presentation formats, as its lifeblood. But what if the traditional ways of creating music are themselves outdated?
I’ve been thinking about content as the engine behind transforming listening experiences ever since I came across Ray Lustig’s composagram project. These are typically 15-second musical moments set to video and published on Instagram. Lustig developed the project as a “low-stakes creative exercise,” but what sets this project apart is both its integration with technology and the cumulative effect of the pieces.
Lustig started out as a microbiologist, and when I met with him, he told me that what he’s carried over from the sciences is a love of systems. He particularly enjoys writing canons for their built-in set of limitations. So, in the spirit of this approach, Lustig established his own set of rules when developing the composagrams project. Briefly:
Each composagram can last no longer than 15 seconds. (Initially, this rule was dictated by Instagram’s video time limit, but Lustig has stuck with the parameter even after the app’s cutoff extended to one minute – more on that later.)
No recorded improvisations, in that this seems “both too easy and too hard.”
At the same time, Lustig likes the idea of “not having a fixed score.” Instead, the audio can come from disparate sources, like a “collage … of fixed fragments.”
However: no fake instruments.
Electronic music is to be used sparingly. And, of course:
Each composagram must have a moving visual element. Lustig eschews depicting faces, opting rather for abstract images or landscapes.
From there, he was off. Since his first post in August 2015, he has produced dozens of these vignettes. It’s astonishing how distinct many of them are from one another. In one, a short phrase played by harp and a struck singing bowl fades into a discordant train whistle. Visually, we see much of the same: an image that looks like a bell overlaid by a black-and-white scene shot from behind the window of a moving train. In another, a passage of Renaissance-sounding music – with choir drone, harpsichord, and imitative strings – plays over an animation of geometric shapes that feel as if they’re cycling through oblique religious symbols.
A post shared by Ray Lustig (@raylustig) on Sep 16, 2016 at 1:42pm PDT
On the surface, Lustig’s composagrams are fun exercises that nod to several modern concerns in composing. Timelessly, they’re a great way to combat writer’s block, while stockpiling material that could be used in later pieces. They incorporate video, which audiences have increasingly come to expect from newly released music. The online platform allows composers all over the world to connect with each other; many other creators, whether they know Lustig or not, have taken up the #composagram challenge. Relatedly, the exercise can act to uninitiated artists as a primer on self-promotion and online PR work.
A post shared by Ray Lustig (@raylustig) on Jul 20, 2016 at 8:41am PDT
All of these elements combine to form the groundwork for what you could call a movement, something that Lustig has embraced when assigning the exercise to his students at Juilliard School’s evening division. In his words, they’re “trying to create the sense that this is a collective of artists working together on one project.” But what I find to be the most compelling force behind that movement is its emphasis on brevity. And it’s when you combine that brevity with all of the other social and technological aspects of the project that it seems that Lustig has developed an entirely new to way to listen – or maybe, more accurately – to process music.
Most other creators under the #composagram hashtag have embraced Instagram’s one-minute cutoff, but there’s a reason why Lustig chose to keep his own to 15 seconds. In his words, that’s more than enough time “to make a beautiful, single affect.” At the same time, it forces good quality: urging creators to finesse one idea, or one transition from some kind of music into another. In teaching his students, Lustig reflects that “people got the notion that you can have a really boring 15 seconds of music, that 11 seconds into it you’re waiting for it to end.”
And of course people understand that these days. Composagrams perfectly accommodate the rate at which we process information online – which is, in a word, fast – and the expectation to have our interest piqued immediately. While many content producers try to attract difficult-to-please consumers by making their creations incredibly arresting – thereby luring audiences in further – composagrams are not interested in holding your attention. By the time you’ve decided whether or not you’re interested in them, they’re already done.
When you stack all of these 15-second-long composagrams on top of each other – when you make the act of listening to them such a low-stakes activity – you essentially trick yourself into becoming a highly attentive audience member.
So here’s where the fun part comes in. Composagrams turn the dreaded “scroll” through social media into something substantive. When you stack all of these 15-second-long composagrams on top of each other – when you make the act of listening to them such a low-stakes activity – you essentially trick yourself into becoming a highly attentive audience member. Now, I can only authoritatively speak to my own experience (so I would invite readers to spend some time browsing through #composagrams, particularly the shorter ones, and share their impressions), but I notice a peculiar feeling after listening to each one: It doesn’t feel like enough. So I let it replay, and replay and replay. Each time, I try to pick up on elements that I hadn’t noticed before. Regarding the previously mentioned examples: how the train whistle is actually playing from the very beginning of the excerpt; whether those imitative strings are actually landing a semitone apart, or if they’re just in very close canon. When I feel as if I’ve worked through the puzzle of one vignette, I move onto another. The first time I did this, 20 minutes passed without my noticing. Maybe I should be ashamed to confess this, but I can’t remember the last time I did nothing but sit and listen to a recorded piece of music for 20 minutes, with absolutely no other distractions, for pure recreation.
I don’t think that purists should start wailing about classical music going the way of the tweet – that we’ve lost our capacity for extended listening, that long-form pieces are a thing of the past. If anything, composagrams suggest that we are primed for a deeper, more involved kind of listening experience than ever before. Maybe it’s because they force you to listen down, rather than across; maybe it’s because they encourage (or at least create the illusion of) your own agency. Whatever the reason, I think we could all take a leaf from Björk’s book, embracing the evolution of both our art and our world as something we should not be afraid of, even if that means changing the very way we think – and not just about music, but anything. Isn’t that, after all, the whole point of art?
Elizabeth Nonemaker
Elizabeth Nonemaker is a composer, writer and managing editor for 21CM.org. She writes about classical music for The Baltimore Sun and has worked for Children’s Radio Foundation and KPCC’s “The Frame.” As a composer, …more
Next story Founders
Previous story A Conversation with SYBARITE5
Who’s Leading the Leaders? – Part One
The Fierce Young Women of Jazz
What is a 21st-Century Musician?
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line1
|
__label__wiki
| 0.824262
| 0.824262
|
Entries in Richard Cordray (5)
Cordray Lays Out Vision for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Office of Attorney General of Ohio(WASHINGTON) -- Richard Cordray made his first public appearance as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Thursday, saying he was honored to serve as the bureau’s first director.
“Consumer financial products can make our lives better and create opportunities to make something of ourselves, but these same financial products can also make life harder,” Cordray said as he laid out his vision for the agency and his immediate priorities as director during a speech at the Brookings Institution.
Although Cordray has been working with the bureau since its inception last year, and was officially nominated as director last summer, his appointment became official only on Wednesday. President Obama used his executive authority to appoint Cordray while the Senate was in recess, bypassing Senate Republicans who had delayed Cordray’s appointment while demanding structural changes to the CFPB.
Opponents called Obama's appointment -- and his appointment of three new picks to head the National Labor Relations board -- an unprecedented "power grab." Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said of the maneuvering, "President Obama, in an unprecedented move, has arrogantly circumvented the American people.”
But Cordray now has full authority, and plans to make “it clear that there are real consequences for breaking the law,” he said.
“Consumers deserve to have someone who will stand on their side, who will protect them against fraud, and who will ensure that they are treated fairly in the financial marketplace,” he said. “The new consumer bureau was created to make sure these things are achieved for all Americans.”
Cordray emphasized why the CPFB should matter to people across the country; that losing a job or an unexpected injury can happen to anyone, “our mothers and fathers, our sisters and brothers, our sons and daughters.”
Referring to his time working as Ohio’s treasurer at both the state and local level, Cordray said he “saw good people with good intentions drowning in debts they could not afford” and that “consumer finance had become more complicated and more risky in recent years.
“Consumers need better information about the costs and risks of borrowing, and they need to be able to comparison shop for a good deal,” he said. “Consumers also need the peace of mind that comes from knowing the deal they were promised is the deal they are actually getting, not just tomorrow, but next month and next year as well.”
In the past six months, Cordray said that the CPFB had received thousands of calls and emails from people across the country, who recounted their own stories and experiences.
“They do not expect any special favors, they just want a fair shake,” Cordray said.
Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 3:29PM by jc Permalink
tagged CFPB, Richard Cordray in Business General, Economy, Politics
Obama Appoints Cordray to Serve as Top Consumer Watchdog
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images(SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio) -- In a defiant start to the election year, President Obama used his executive authority Wednesday to bypass Senate Republicans and appoint Richard Cordray to serve as the nation’s top consumer watchdog -- a move his opponents are calling an, unconstitutional "power grab."
“Without a director in place, the consumer watchdog agency that we’ve set up doesn’t have all the tools it needs to protect consumers against dishonest mortgage brokers or payday lenders and debt collectors who are taking advantage of consumers. And that’s inexcusable. It’s wrong,” Obama said in Ohio with Cordray at his side.
Obama nominated Cordray for the position last summer, but Senate Republicans have held up his appointment to force structural changes to the agency. On Wednesday the president said he refused to take “no” for an answer and appointed Cordray to serve as the first director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) while the Senate is in brief recess.
“The only reason Republicans in the Senate have blocked Richard is because they don’t agree with the law setting up the consumer watchdog. They want to weaken it. Well that makes no sense at all. Does anyone think the reason we got in such a financial mess was because of too much oversight? Of course not,” Obama said.
The president cast his move to install Cordray as yet another step he is taking to protect the interests of the middle class. “When Congress refuses to act and as a result hurts our economy and puts people at risk, I have an obligation as President to do what I can without them,” Obama said. “I will not stand by while a minority in the Senate puts party ideology ahead of the people they were elected to serve. Not when so much is at stake. Not at this make-or-break moment for the middle class.”
To prevent Obama from making the appointment, the Senate has been in “pro forma” sessions -- gaveling in and out a few seconds later -- every few days in order to claim they are not in recess. Calling the move a “gimmick,” the White House determined the president had the legal authority to install Cordray because the Senate has effectively been in recess for weeks. The move infuriated Republicans who called it “unprecedented” and “arrogant.”
Before delivering his remarks at Shaker Heights High School, Obama visited the home of Endia and William Eason in Cleveland to illustrate why Americans need, “someone who will stand up for them” like Cordray.
The Easons almost lost their home and were left $80,000 in debt after falling victim to predatory lending by a mortgage broker. “It’s a good example of the kinds of trickery and abuse in the non-bank financial sector that we’re going to have to do something about,” Obama said as he sat around their dining room table. “And we’re so glad that we've got somebody like Rich Cordray who’s willing to take this on.”
Earlier in the day, Cordray told reporters that his first order of business will be to “begin working to expand our program to non-banks, which is an area we haven't been able to touch up until now.”
Obama's photo op notwithstanding, the Republican opposition to the CFPB is that it is a massive entity with virtually unchecked power -- which would all be in the hands of Cordray, who was personally appointed by the president. Opponents called Obama's appointment -- and his appointment of three new picks to head the National Labor Relations board -- an unprecedented "power grab." Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said of the maneuvering, "President Obama, in an unprecedented move, has arrogantly circumvented the American people.”
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 3:43PM by jc Permalink
tagged Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, President Obama, Richard Cordray in Business General, Economy, Politics
Obama to Install New Consumer Watchdog Without Congressional Approval
Office of Attorney General of Ohio(WASHINGTON) -- President Obama will attempt to grant a recess appointment to Richard Cordray, his choice to run the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ABC News has learned, using powers ordinarily only available when the Senate is in recess, which it is not.
Forty-four senators object to the appointment, not over Cordray’s credentials, but over what they consider exceptional powers given to the new agency.
The president on Wednesday is headed to Shaker Heights, Ohio, outside of Cleveland, for a speech on the economy. Cordray, who is from Ohio, will travel to Ohio with President Obama.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 3:24AM by jc Permalink
tagged President Obama, Richard Cordray in Business General, Economy, Politics
Barney Frank Chastises GOP for Blocking CFPB Director Confirmation
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Rep. Barney Frank is more than miffed about Senate Republicans blocking the confirmation of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Board.
In a Friday Op-Ed the Massachusetts Democrat accused Republicans of “blatantly distorting the Constitution” because they have vowed to block any CFPB director nominee from being confirmed, regardless of the nominee’s merits.
“We’re going to see an extraordinarily qualified administrator of an important consumer protection agency be trashed by the Senate Republican minority because their primary goal is to ensure that financial institutions are not troubled by what they may see as an excessive concern for consumer fairness,” Frank wrote in the Washington Post op-ed.
“It is the legislative equivalent to an arsonist having set a fire and objecting to a building’s inhabitants using the fire exit,” he added.
The CFPB was created in response to the sub-prime mortgage crisis as a way to prevent unsound lending practices and avert another financial crisis. Frank was one of the authors of Dodd-Frank financial reform bill which created the CFPB.
Before the president named his nominee to lead the CFPB, 44 Senate Republicans sent a letter to Obama saying they will not confirm any nominee until the board’s structure is revamped.
Republicans have been staunchly opposed to the board and to many of the Dodd-Frank provisions. In the letter, they specified that they want to scrap the board’s director position altogether and instead diffuse power through a panel of directors. They also want any CFPB regulations to be approved by bank regulators before taking effect.
But the president has said he will veto any changes to Dodd-Frank or restructuring of the CFPB.
Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., who signed the letter, told ABC News in July that Senate Republicans are “not going to budge and we shouldn’t.”
“We fought it last year. We’re going to continue to fight it,” Shelby said.
Frank wrote that the Republicans were waging a “war on financial regulation” and that Cordray’s confirmation was “collateral damage.”
“Senate Republicans are not entitled to use the confirmation power as a bludgeon to get their way when they cannot do so through the normal legislative process,” Frank wrote.
Friday, September 2, 2011 at 4:03PM by Carmen Cox Permalink
tagged Barney Frank, Consumer Financial Protection Board, GOP, Republicans, Richard Cordray, Senate in Business General, Politics
Obama Sidesteps Elizabeth Warren, Picks Cordray to Lead CFPB
Atty General's Office, State of Ohio(WASHINGTON) -- After a year of planning and defending the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Elizabeth Warren has been tossed out of the running to lead it. President Obama officially announced Monday that Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray will instead be his pick to run the agency, which begins operations this Thursday.
In a Sunday news release, Obama thanked Warren for her "extraordinary work" in standing up the agency that he said was her idea.
Now that she no longer has a shot to lead the CFPB, Warren may heed the cries for her to run for the U.S. Senate. Liberals have been pushing for Warren for months to run against Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown in a bid for the seat Ted Kennedy once held.
Warren, who served as interim director of the CFPB for the past year, has taken considerable heat for the bureau, which is designed to prevent another financial crisis by policing the predatory lending practices that led to the housing bubble and widespread foreclosures.
She weathered two fierce Senate Oversight Committee hearings where she and committee members sparred about everything from the bureau’s authority to ban financial products to when she could leave the hearing.
But it was unlikely that Warren could have drawn enough support to get beyond a filibuster for her nomination in the U.S. Senate.
“Professor Warren has done an outstanding job at standing up this agency and has been a tremendous asset to us all during the bureau’s first year,” Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said in a statement.
In 2010, just after passage of the Dodd-Frank financial regulation act, which officially created the CFPB, Obama named Warren as a special assistant to both the president and the Treasury Department. This type of appointment allowed Warren to bypass a Senate confirmation.
Soon after her appointment as interim director, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., a member of the Senate Banking Committee, spoke out against the president’s choice.
“The individual who heads this bureau will be able to make rules, with ultimately no checks and balances, that could have broad reaching implications for the U.S. economy as it relates to accessing credit, social justice and the safety and soundness of the U.S. banking system,” Corker wrote in a letter to the president. “The job is disproportionately reliant on the decisions of one individual with access to large sums of taxpayer monies to carry out the agency agenda."
In May, 44 of the 47 GOP senators expressed similar concerns. The group sent a letter to the president saying the Senate would not confirm any nominee unless the director position was replaced by a board, in order to diffuse power to more Senate-confirmed positions.
The 44 senators could now effectively prevent Cordray’s appointment, which they have vowed to do, because Democrats would not be able to overcome a filibuster.
"I remain hopeful that those who want to cripple this consumer bureau will think again and remember that the financial crisis -- and the recession and job losses that it sparked -- began one lousy mortgage at a time,” Warren said Sunday in a statement after the president’s announcement to appoint Cordray.
Warren said Cordray, whom she chose as the CFPB’s chief of enforcement in 2009, “will make a stellar director."
Cordray, 52, “has spent his career advocating for middle class families” and “looking out for ordinary people in our financial system,” Obama said in his Sunday statement.
Cordray earned his master’s degree from Oxford University and his law degree from University of Chicago Law School, where he was the editor of the law review. He has argued seven cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Monday, July 18, 2011 at 2:51PM by jc Permalink
tagged Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Elizabeth Warren, Richard Cordray in Business General, Economy, Jobs
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line3
|
__label__wiki
| 0.829163
| 0.829163
|
How Nations Get Ahead
THE SOURCE: “Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 BC?” by Diego Comin, William Easterly, and Erick Gong, in American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, July 2010.
2m 6sec
Why are some areas of the world so poor and others so wealthy? Economists generally look for answers in contemporary conditions, such as the soundness of economic policies or the presence of political instability. When they do look to history, they tend to point to the Industrial Revolution or the colonial period as parting points, when some countries hopped on the train to modernity and others stayed at the station. But economists Diego Comin of Harvard University, William Easterly of New York University, and Erick Gong of the University of California, Berkeley, contend that inklings of future development patterns can be discerned as far back as the time of King David.
Comin and colleagues assembled “snapshots” of development for the predecessors of 100 modern nations at three points in history. For 1000 bc and “AD 0,” they looked at whether a society had technologies such as writing, pottery, and bronze or iron weapons, and whether it had begun to use pack or draft animals for transportation. For 1500, the relevant advances included firearms, ships capable of crossing oceans, magnetic compasses, movable-block printing, steel, and plows. The authors found that the level of technology adoption in 1000 BC explained differences in technological prowess 2,500 years later—in 1500, just before colonization—and that the technological differences in 1500 strongly predicted wealth variations today.
To put a number on it, with the data adjusted to account for migrations (thus counting America today as primarily European, not Native American), the countries that were the most technologically advanced in 1500 have populations earning 26 times more per capita than those that live in countries that were behind 500 years ago.
The major trends reinforce the authors’ belief that “technology adoption dynamics”—the inverse relationship between the cost of adopting new technology and a country’s level of development—play a major role in determining the wealth of nations today. Well-known historical puzzles, such as China’s failure to capitalize on its ancient technological achievements and the stagnation in the countries of the Islamic empire after their early progress, are not numerous enough to overturn the worldwide correlations.
The authors say that although their results help explain historical patterns, they do not predict the future. Today, technology is developed and spreads much more rapidly than in the past. It’s not a sure thing that the dynamics that shaped the last 3,000 years of development will persist in the centuries to come.
Photo credit: George Boyce via flickr
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line8
|
__label__cc
| 0.56081
| 0.43919
|
Domain Investments
Cuentas INC: “Successful Israeli Entrepreneur Arik Filstein as New Executive Advisor to the Board”
by | Aug 14, 2018 | News, Press | 0 comments
Mr. Filstein is a successful Israeli entrepreneur and a well-known executive in the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange whose latest endeavor, which he personally led has reached a market cap of about US$150 million becoming one of the most popular public companies in Tel-aviv. Arik left the role of CEO of the company on May this year after acquiring Globus Pharma, a medical cannabis company.
Arik Filstein is a serial entrepreneur and an early stage investor who is passionate in creating new technologies, starting companies and scaling them up. On his website, Arik writes: “Years ago I started building technology businesses, and never stopped. My experience has given me a fascinating education in the nuts and bolts of entrepreneurship and strategy. And it also proved that a great venture is built on an instinct for finding the right people and looking far into the future.”
Mr. Dan Haloutz, former Chief of General Staff, Israeli Army stated that “Arik is a true leader, a talented person, knowledgeable and highly motivated. He deals well with macro and micro issues. Arik is a well-known entrepreneur; he enjoys natural leadership and management skills. His analytic way of thinking and ability to get a clear perspective on what truly counts, alongside his strategic, tactic, and resources management abilities, when combined with his leadership qualities, enables him to handle complex projects and situations, and execute. Following Arik closely during the last years, I have no doubt of his high potential contribution to any organization.” Mr. Haloutz was the chairman of Filstein’s company.
“We are very pleased that Arik Filstein has agreed to become an Advisor to the Board of Cuentas, Inc. as his experience, skills and a very deep knowledge on the capital market should help us reach the next levels of success”, stated Arik Maimon, CEO & Founder of CUENTAS. “We look forward to working with him and his special set of skills,” added Maimon.
“Now that Cuentas Inc. has defined its future path and goals, we are eager to study the potential benefits of Arik’s ideas and strategies as we apply them to mainstream commerce, banking and communications,” stated Michael De Prado, President & Founder of CUENTAS. “Cuentas continues to take important steps forward to reach our goals and advance the company towards success,” added De Prado.
About Cuentas, Inc.
Cuentas is a corporation headquartered in Miami, Florida, which, through its operating subsidiaries, engages in the business of using proprietary technology and certain licensed technology to provide innovative mobile banking, mobility, and telecommunications solutions, including wireless MVNO, to underserved, unbanked, and emerging markets. For more information, visit http://www.cuentas.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Statements contained herein that are not based upon current or historical fact are forward-looking in nature and constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements reflect the Company’s expectations about its future operating results, performance and opportunities that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. The potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, that the reverse stock split may not have the intended benefits, that the Company may not meet applicable NASDAQ Capital Market requirements necessary for listing and/or NASDAQ may not approve the Company’s listing application; and any capital raises. These statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of the Company’s management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including those detailed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results, performance, prospects, and opportunities to may differ materially from those set forth in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements.
Source:Yahoo Finance
פילסטיין: הקנאביס- מהדורה שנייה להיי טק
?איך אריק פילסטיין הפך שלד בורסאי לביצת זהב
BanXIT, a Tel-Aviv Fintech Company, Partners With Entrepreneur Arik Filstein to Begin International Operations
Argentina Requests Arik Filstein as an Executive Jury Member 2017
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line10
|
__label__wiki
| 0.772049
| 0.772049
|
(Redirected from E. M. Cioran)
"Between the demand to be clear, and the temptation to be obscure, impossible to decide which deserves more respect" --Emil Cioran, [...]
"When we are young we look for heroes. I have had mine: Kleist, Karoline von Gunderode, Nerval, Otto Weininger. . . . Intoxicated by their suicides, I was certain that they alone had gone to the end, that they drew, in death, the right conclusion from their thwarted or fulfilled loves, from their broken minds or philosophic pain. That a man should survive his passion was enough to make him contemptible or abject in my eyes: which is to say that humanity was superfluous." --"My Heroes", collected in Précis de décomposition
Emile Cioran (8 April 1911 – 20 June 1995) was a Romanian philosopher and essayist. In his early books written in Romanian, Cioran proposed a philosophy of despair, showing a morbid obsession with death, but expressed in a deeply lyrical manner. He wrote mostly on nihilist themes of Schopenhauerian and Nietzschean provenance, with some contemporary influences like Giovanni Papini and Nicolai Berdiaev.
1 Major themes and style
2 Legacy
3 Major works
3.1 Romanian
3.2 French
Major themes and style
Professing a lack of interest in conventional philosophy in his early youth, Cioran dismissed abstract speculation in favor of personal reflection and passionate lyricism. "I’ve invented nothing; I’ve simply been the secretary of my sensations", he later said.
Pessimism characterizes all of his works, which many critics trace back to events of his childhood (in 1935 his mother is reputed to have told him that if she had known he was going to be so unhappy she would have aborted him). However, Cioran's pessimism (in fact, his skepticism, even nihilism) remains both inexhaustible and, in its own particular manner, joyful; it is not the sort of pessimism which can be traced back to simple origins, single origins themselves being questionable. When Cioran's mother spoke to him of abortion, he confessed that it did not disturb him, but made an extraordinary impression which led to an insight about the nature of existence ("I'm simply an accident. Why take it all so seriously?" is what he later said in reference to the incident).
His works often depict an atmosphere of torment, a state that Cioran himself experienced, and came to be dominated by lyricism and, often, the expression of intense and even violent feeling. The books he wrote in Romanian especially display this latter characteristic. Preoccupied with the problems of death and suffering, he was attracted to the idea of suicide, believing it to be an idea that could help one go on living, an idea which he fully explored in On the Heights of Despair. He revisits suicide in depth in The New Gods, which contains a section of aphorisms devoted to the subject. The theme of human alienation, the most prominent existentialist theme, presented by Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, is thus formulated, in 1932, by young Cioran: "Is it possible that existence is our exile and nothingness our home?" in Tears and Saints.
Cioran’s works encompass many other themes as well: original sin, the tragic sense of history, the end of civilization, the refusal of consolation through faith, the obsession with the absolute, life as an expression of man's metaphysical exile, etc. He was a thinker passionate about history; widely reading the writers that were associated with the period of "decadent". One of these writers was Oswald Spengler who influenced Cioran's political philosophy in that he offered Gnostic reflections on the destiny of man and civilization. According to Cioran, as long as man has kept in touch with his origins and hasn't cut himself off from himself, he has resisted decadence. Today, he is on his way to his own destruction through self-objectification, impeccable production and reproduction, excess of self-analysis and transparency, and artificial triumph.
Regarding God, Cioran has noted that "without Bach, God would be a complete second rate figure" and that "Bach's music is the only argument proving the creation of the Universe cannot be regarded a complete failure".
William H. Gass called Cioran's work "a philosophical romance on the modern themes of alienation, absurdity, boredom, futility, decay, the tyranny of history, the vulgarities of change, awareness as agony, reason as disease".
Cioran became most famous while writing not in Romanian but French, a language with which he had struggled since his youth. During Cioran's lifetime, Saint-John Perse called him “the greatest French writer to honor our language since the death of Paul Valéry.” Cioran's tone and usage in his adopted language were seldom as harsh as in Romanian (though his use of Romanian is said to be more original).
After the death of Cioran's long-term companion, Simone Boué, a collection of Cioran's manuscripts (over 30 notebooks) were found in the couple's apartment by a manager who tried, in 2005, to auction them.
However, a decision made by the Court of Appeal of Paris stopped the commercial sale of the collection; the trial is still taking place in France. Amid the manuscripts, which were mainly drafts of works that had already been published, an unedited journal was found which encompassed his life after 1972 (the year in which his Notebooks end). This document is probably Cioran’s last unpublished work.
An aged Cioran is the main character in a play by Romanian dramatist-actor Matei Vișniec, Mansardă la Paris cu vedere spre moarte ("A Paris Loft with a View on Death"). The play, depicting an imaginary meeting between Vișniec and Emil Cioran, was first brought to the stage in 2007, under the direction of Radu Afrim and with a cast of Romanian and Luxembourgian actors; Cioran was played by Constantin Cojocaru. Stagings were organized in the Romanian city of Sibiu and in the Luxembourg, at Esch-sur-Alzette (both Sibiu and Luxembourg City were the year's European Capital of Culture).
Pe culmile disperării (literally On the Summits of Despair; translated "On the Heights of Despair"), Editura "Fundația pentru Literatură și Artă", Bucharest 1934
Cartea amăgirilor ("The Book of Delusions”), Bucharest 1936
Schimbarea la față a României ("The Transfiguration of Romania”), Bucharest 1936
Lacrimi și Sfinți ("Tears and Saints"), "Editura autorului" 1937
Îndreptar pătimaș ("The Passionate Handbook”), Humanitas, Bucharest 1991
Mon pays/Țara mea ("My country”, written in French, the book was first published in Romania in a bilingual volume), Humanitas, Bucharest, 1996
Précis de décomposition ("A Short History of Decay"), Gallimard 1949
Syllogismes de l'amertume (tr. "All Gall Is Divided"), Gallimard 1952
La tentation d'exister ("The Temptation to Exist"), Gallimard 1956 | English edition: ISBN 978-0-226-10675-5
Histoire et utopie ("History and Utopia"), Gallimard 1960
La chute dans le temps ("The Fall into Time"), Gallimard 1964
Le mauvais démiurge (literally The Evil Demiurge; tr. "The New Gods"), Gallimard 1969
De l'inconvénient d'être né ("The Trouble With Being Born"), Gallimard 1973
Écartèlement (tr. "Drawn and Quartered"), Gallimard 1979
Exercices d'admiration 1986, and Aveux et anathèmes 1987 (tr. and grouped as "Anathemas and Admirations")
Cahiers ("Notebooks"), Gallimard 1997
Œuvres (Collected works), Gallimard-Quatro 1995
Des larmes et des saints , L'Herne | English edition: ISBN 978-0-226-10672-4
Sur les cimes du désespoir, L'Herne, | English edition: ISBN 978-0-226-10670-0
Le crépuscule des pensées, L'Herne,
Jadis et naguère, L'Herne
Valéry face à ses idoles, L'Herne, 1970, 2006
De la France, L’Herne, 2009
Transfiguration de la Roumanie, L’Herne, 2009
Cahier Cioran, L’Herne, 2009 (Several unpublished documents, letters and photographies).
Between the demand to be clear, and the temptation to be obscure, impossible to decide which deserves more respect
Diogenes of Sinope
Misotheism
Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "Emil Cioran" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on original research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.
Retrieved from "http://artandpopularculture.com/Emil_Cioran"
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line11
|
__label__wiki
| 0.743699
| 0.743699
|
Only top-level descriptions Engels
"King Taufa"
AU PMB MS 1029
The Reverend Collocott (1886-1970) served as a Methodist missionary in Tonga from 1911 until 1924, initially at Ha'apai and from 1915 as Principal of Tupou College. He wrote numerous papers on Tongan myths, legends, history, language, custom...
Collocott Rev. Dr E.E.V.
'Notes ... sur sa vie'
AU PMB MS 654
Bishop Navarre (1836-1912) was ordained in 1872. He began a mission on New Britain in 1882. In 1884, he arrived at Thursday Island to establish headquarters and prepare for the expansion of the Catholic Mission to the mainland of New Guinea. In...
Navarre Bishop Louis-Andre
'Notes sur la mission' by Father Jean-Marie Bazin
The Catholic mission was established on Wallis Island by members of the Society of Mary in 1837. Father Bazin was superior of the mission from 1874 to 1896. He then returned to France where he died in 1947.A notebook of 136 pages, with table of ...
Catholic Mission, Wallis Island
A Days March Nearer Home, Vols. 5, 6 & 12: Presbyterian Teachers Training Institute (Tti), Tangoa, Vanuatu, 1947-1973.
Dr Graham Miller and his wife Flora were missionaries in Vanuatu for the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. They were based on the island of Tongoa (Shepherd Group) from 1941-1947. Dr Miller was principal of the Tangoa Training Institute (TTI) fr...
Miller Rev. Dr J. Graham (1913-2008)
A History in diary form of Civil Aviation in Papua and New Guinea
AU PMB MS 7
Mr Ian Grabowsky, born in Finland in 1899, was actively associated with New Guinea aviation from 1931 to 1937 as a pilot and manager for Guinea Airways Ltd. Between 1962 and 1967, he compiled a history of civil aviation in New Guinea to the year ...
Grabowsky Ian
A History of Henderson and Macfarlane Ltd
Henderson and Macfarlane Ltd., one of New Zealand's best-known firms, was founded in Wellington (then called Port Nicholson) in 1840 by two Scottish immigrants, Thomas Henderson and John Macfarlane. The company exported timber, mainly kauri,...
Hallett L.
A History of Samoa
Completed in c.1935 - 1937
Brother Henry, a teacher at Leone Boys School, Tutuila, American Samoa, spent 25 years in Samoa.This history, a typescript of 127 pages, was apparently intended for the use of schools in Samoa. A statement on page 127 reads: '... as this out...
Henry Bro. Fred
A History of the Church in its Rotuman setting - an introductory outline
This document was a thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Pacific Theological College, Suva, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Divinity, October 1971.<I>A History of the Church in its Rotuman Setting - ...
Langi Jioni
A Rarotongan-English dictionary
Compiled 1918
Eastman (1881-1974) left England to go to Rarotonga as a missionary of the London Missionary Society in 1913. In 1918 he was transferred to the Gilbert Islands and was stationed at Beru. He was evacuated after the Japanese invasion in 1942 but r...
Eastman Rev. George Herbert
A Rarotongan—English dictionary
A note in the D.S. Marshall’s, Polynesian Journal 1951-1953, (p.183) states that Marshall borrowed the Dictionary from Rev. Murphy in May 1952. (PMB 1335)There is a Ms. note on the title page of the Dictionary as follows:“Note:– This MSS. is the p...
Resultaten 1 tot 10 van 1978
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line13
|
__label__wiki
| 0.687088
| 0.687088
|
Buried Dreams
Gloom & Doom
The Pyramid & The Book
In 1920 Harvey announced plans to build a 130-foot-tall concrete and stone obelisk he called the “Pyramid.” Convinced that the fall of civilization was close at hand, he planned to leave a message for future generations in the structure.
The Book, authored by Harvey, would tell people of the future how to avoid the collapse that he feared was near. Harvey also planned to put in his Pyramid “numerous small articles - from the size of a needle and safety pin up to a Victrola.” View the entire Pyramid Booklet (PDF).
The Foyer
Around the obelisk he planned a large amphitheater that he called the “foyer” for the Pyramid. Work began on the amphitheater in 1925. One local resident described the project as unhurried and somewhat haphazard; Harvey had no plans or blueprints, and he worked out the design as he went.
Harvey was never able to raise enough money to build the Pyramid. But he did complete the amphitheater, and over the years local people came to call it “the Pyramids.” Read a report on the dedication of the amphitheater (PDF).
Amphitheater Dedication
While the amphitheater was under construction, Harvey built a high board fence around the area and charged visitors 25 cents to enter, see the progress, and hear him lecture on monetary theories. After the 1,000-seat amphitheater was dedicated in 1928, Harvey continued to charge admission to raise funds for the Pyramid. Over the years thousands of people visited the site, recording their names in a guestbook that was to be preserved in the Pyramid.
Missouri & Oklahoma Rows
During the early 1920s the resort reportedly was busy, but not busy enough to make the hotels successful. In 1927 Missouri and Oklahoma Rows were sold at auction in a foreclosure sale. At the time they were owned by a group of about 400 stockholders, of which Harvey was the chairman.
Hotel Frances
Within a year the new owner sold the property to the Ozark Industrial College and School of Theology, which operated until 1932. The old Hotel Monte Ne continued to be operated as a hotel under the name Hotel Frances.
Divorce & Remarriage
Harvey continued to write and raise funds toward the Pyramid project. He had often written against divorce, but in 1929 his failed marriage came to an end. He divorced his long-absent wife Anna and married his long-time secretary, May Leake. Their neighbors at Monte Ne chivaried the couple on their return from Bentonville.
Adventures Out West
The Free Silver Crusade
Retreat to Monte Ne
Monte Ne Heyday
The Ozark Trails Association
A Run for the Presidency
Monte Ne Today
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line16
|
__label__cc
| 0.633024
| 0.366976
|
Preview A Book
Huntzman Publishing
Cop Authors
Goodbye to the Old, Hello to the New (Final Post)
I think it is only fitting that as 2017 draws to a close that we are shaking things up here.
When I first started blogging, a decade ago, I could never have imagined that I would be sitting here today releasing my ninth book. Even as I write this it still feels so unreal; as if I am writing about someone else. Yet, in a mere few hours, the third Alex Taylor novel, Brooklyn Bounce, will launch.
In addition, as we go forward into 2018, my presence on the world-wide-web will have an entirely new look. Today I am proud to announce that I have a new, dedicated website that will keep you up-to-date on all the latest information: www.andrewgnelson.org
This new website will allow you to connect with me through a variety of social media platforms, such as Facebook & Twitter, as well as signing up for a monthly newsletter which will keep you in the know regarding new releases and other information.
I will also continue to BLOG, but the website will act as the new platform for these posts.
There is also a new market place on the site which will allow you to purchase SIGNED EDITIONS of my books. We are also working on several other items that will debut later in 2018, so I really encourage you to sign-up for the NEWSLETTER.
I am very excited for the new direction that we are heading and I certainly hope that you will join me in this journey - AGN
Labels: Alex Taylor, Andrew G. Nelson, Author, Brooklyn Bounce, NYPD, Penobscot, Police
Book Update: December 2017
It is amazing how the days seems to pass by so quickly at this time of the year. In the blink of an eye the dog days of summer are gone and replaced by the chill in the air of fall, but that doesn't mean things have slowed down on the writing front. I am happy to announce that work has nearly been completed on my latest book: Brooklyn Bounce, and it is my intention, and the good Lord willing, to have it available in time for Christmas.
I had originally intended to release the book last month, but there were some real world issues that needed to be taken care of and these prevented timely editing, along with a chapter re-write. Now that is has been completed, it is over to my lovely editor for the final review and then publication.
While this final edit is being done I am working on the cover artwork. This is an interesting aspect of the process that I am sure most folks don’t even think about, but the reality is that there is a fine line when you are creating artwork. Most readers don’t consider the time and effort that goes into designing a cover. Large format artwork, which looks good on the shelves at the local book store, must also be capable of being shrunk down to a thumbnail sized format for an e-mail version on Amazon. This is more of a balancing act than you might believe. There is nothing more frustrating than coming up with a nice print version cover graphic only to see the title or author name disappear when it shrunk to e-book scale. Once you figure out that dilemma, then you need to come up with a graphic that will entice the potential reader, offering a clue as to what is to come, but at the same time you don’t want to give too much away.
Most of the time I can come up with an idea of what I want, but sometimes, this being one of them, I was stymied for a bit. In this example, the title, Brooklyn Bounce, refers to an action, not a particular place. This being an Alex Taylor novel, all the traditional images, which are associated with Brooklyn, had no actual bearing on the book’s content. In the end, I think that I have come up with a cover concept that covers things nicely; that is to say it is both visually appealing while still keeping things a surprise.
So please stay tuned, as I’m working out the final details and hope to have it done for a cover reveal sometime this week.
Labels: Alex Taylor, Andrew G. Nelson, Author, Brooklyn Bounce, Christmas, Huntzman Publishing
Barnes & Noble Book Signing (Springfield, Illinois)
Hey folks, I'm going to be appearing at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore in Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, September 9th, 2017 from 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
I will be signing copies of my first two books: Perfect Pawn and Queen's Gambit. If you are going to be in the area, why not stop by. Also, if you know of any avid readers, especially in the mystery genre, please share this post with them.
Thanks for your support and looking forward to meeting with all of you.
http://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780061883365-0
Labels: Andrew G. Nelson, Author, Barnes & Noble, Book, Illinois, Perfect Pawn, Queen's Gambit, Signed, Springfield
Perfect Pawn – Signed Edition Giveaway
To celebrate the updated release of my debut novel, Perfect Pawn, I am announcing a giveaway for an autographed copy.
To qualify, all you need to do is leave a review for any of my books at Amazon or Barnes and Noble between August 18th and September 5th.
To enter, simply go to this Facebook page and locate the ‘Giveaway’ post. Then add the name of the book you reviewed along with a screenshot of the review, in the comment section or you can copy and paste the text of your review. If you leave multiple reviews, on different books, you will have multiple chances to win.
On September 6th, I will be drawing a name at random and will post the winner here on Facebook.
NOTE: This giveaway applies to addresses in the United States only. You can still enter if you live outside the U.S. but will need to have a U.S. address to mail the book to.
Want to stay up to date on all the latest news? Then don't forget to follow me on FACEBOOK and TWITTER
Labels: Andrew G. Nelson, Author, Contest, Giveaway, Perfect Pawn, Reviews, Signed
Today I Learned I was a Fascist.
Maybe only the 'Secret Police' are okay....
There is a sign currently being circulated by Antifa that depicts the Thin Blue Line as being a symbol of white supremacy. I think that little fact will come as a really big surprise to my brothers and sisters back in the NYPD and law enforcement in general. While I am no longer active in law enforcement, my novels tend to be very pro-cop, so I wonder if that makes me a Fascist Emeritus?
I’m not of course, but facts are a tad bit subjective these days. In fact, a lot of things seem to be very subjective and to be honest with you it is more than a little bit frightening. It seems as if we are hurtling headlong into George Orwell's 1984 and we are too busy fighting with one another to even notice it.
Case in point: Charlottesville, Virginia
Now, to be perfectly honest, prior to August 13th, I had no idea where this city was located, but I do now and for all the wrong reasons. Charlottesville is a city in Virginia. It is home to the University of Virginia, whose core campus was designed by Thomas Jefferson. On the outskirts, Jefferson’s mountain-top plantation, Monticello, includes a mansion and rebuilt slave quarters. It is also the gateway to Shenandoah National Park, along a section of the Blue Ridge Mountains. In other words it is probably a really nice place to visit, unless of course you happen to be the type of person whose travel bag contains batons, shields, face masks, or other similar items.
The origins of the post you are reading originated in a reply to a friend’s Facebook post, but have morphed beyond that, as I contemplated all that has unfolded recently.
Robert E. Lee Memorial in Charlottesville, Va
At the heart of the Charlottesville incident is the statue of General Robert E. Lee, which has been on display in the park since 1924. What is unusual about this situation is that the statue is actually one of four in Charlottesville commissioned by philanthropist Paul Goodloe McIntire. The other statues being: George Rogers Clarke, General Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson and Meriwether Lewis, William Clark & Sacagawea. In fact, the statues sit in parks that were purchased by McIntire and then donated to the city, one of which is named Washington Park, after Booker T. Washington. All four statues are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
What occurred in Charlottesville was certainly abhorrent, but we also need to be intellectually honest when we look at it. Whatever your feelings, the ‘Unite the Right’ protest was legal. The organizers had secured the proper permits and had every right to be there. Now, that does not mean I agree with them, but I can accept that they had a legitimate right to assemble and protest what they believed, which was simply the city of Charlottesville’s decision to remove the Lee statue, as well as the Jackson statue, and dispose of it as they chose. That’s a serious point here. Several groups, including descendants of the original donor, questioned the city’s authority to dispose of the donated statues. In May, a court injunction was secured, barring the removal for six months, pending a legal decision.
Now some have tried to paint this as a clash between the right and left, but that seems lazy to me, because at its heart the issue, in this case the Civil War, is extremely complex. Whether you agree with President Trump or not, he was actually right. He said that there were really bad people there, as well as some good people, on both sides. The simple truth was that not everyone there protesting was a white supremacist; nor where they a member of Antifa. Some were just ordinary folks who were either for or against removing a statue. They didn’t come with batons, shields or facemasks, like the radical folks on both sides did; they just came to lend their voice and then things got out of hand, quickly.
As someone who spent over two decades in law enforcement, I have been on the front lines of some of these clashes. They are never pretty, but often they are very predictable. Both sides showed up intent on doing to each other exactly what happened and the good people, those who had an honest reason for being there, get lumped in to their respective sides. Tragically, many were injured as a result and three people, one protester and two state troopers, died.
Was it worth it? Obviously the answer is a resounding NO.
There should be no place in our society for racism or bigotry, but sadly that will never change.
Throughout the history of humanity it has always existed and I fear that it always will. I know there are folks who honestly believe that we can all peacefully co-exist, yet they are unable to point to any example of this ever happening. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t strive for it, but let us also be honest in our assessment of the situation. The truth of the matter is that people of every color can be racist.
It's not shocking to me that this is such a hot button topic, but it seems that we are inching ever closer to opening Pandora's Box. In terms of statues, my personal belief is that they shouldn't be removed. They are memorials. Now some folks will say that these statues represent oppression to some, and I can understand that, but my question to them is when does it all end?
Do we create a blue-ribbon commission on statues and designate the position of Federal Statue Monitor? What statues should be up for consideration? Only confederate statues? What about statues of Jesus or Mahatma Gandhi? Should military personnel or even former U.S. Presidents be considered for the chopping block? What about statues honoring Native Americans? How about Martin Luther King, Jr. and, dare I even say it, what about Walt Disney?
Think this is me being ridiculous? Well, I can actually provide you with examples of all of the above being deemed offensive by some and calls for their removal.
What about the ‘questionable’ statues in Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol? Speaking of the Capitol, should we rename the Russell Office building? He was pro segregation. When will the West Virginia Capitol be asked to remove their statue of Senator Robert Byrd; who held the title of Exalted Cyclops in his local KKK chapter. I recently heard someone defend him, saying that he had apologized. Robert E. Lee called slavery a ‘moral and political evil,’ but no one seems to be cutting him any slack.
What about street names? Highways? How about military installations?
For a moment let us be intellectually honest here and admit that somewhere, someone will be offended by something.
The (former) Durham, NC Civil War Memorial
Coming on the heels of the Charlottesville clash, a statue was torn down in Durham, North Carolina, by a bunch of insufferable little pricks and prickettes. That might sound harsh to some of you, but I have zero fucks to give for anyone who defaces a war memorial. The statue was not of Jefferson Davis, or Robert E. Lee, or any other notable figure of the Civil War. It was a common soldier and the inscription simply read: In Memory of the Boys Who Wore the Gray.
This was a memorial to those who fought and died. There was no justification in destroying that.
What’s next, should we advocate for desecrating graveyards?
Before you pop up and say that’ll never happen, guess what, it’s already been done.
Some have argued that there should be no statues that recognize bad regimes, such as Nazi Germany, but I can attest to the fact that there are WWII war memorials in Germany and they shouldn't be removed either. We can have an honest discussion as to memorials which honor heroes of the south such as General Lee, and where they should be placed, but where does it end?
Who gets to determine which group’s opinion trumps the others?
Welcome to Washington, Comrade Vlad, care
for a decadent cup of Starbuck's Coffee?
Honestly, we are quickly approaching Orwellian territory here with our revisionist history.
We have folks losing their minds over a statue honoring a general, who was not only revered in the south, but also highly respected in the north, yet we have a statue in Washington State for Communist revolutionary leader, Vladimir Lenin.
Let that sink in for a moment.
What about the bust of Lenin in L.A., or how about the depiction of Lenin on top of the Red Square apartment building in NYC?
Lenin's Russian Revolution resulted in the deaths of millions of people. Okay, so you say that on the grand scale of bad things Lenin wasn’t that horrible. What about Josef Stalin? Because we also have a statue of him in the United States. It’s in that hot bed of political correctness known as Virginia.
Will Antifa be marching the ninety miles to Bedford, Va. to demand that it also be torn down? Seeing as how they lean decidedly toward the ‘social’ end of the spectrum I think not.
When the Stalin statue was put up veterans were offended and called for its removal, but no one cared for their opinion. I guess they aren’t the right class of offended people.
The truth is that slavery was wrong and reprehensible, but let us also acknowledge the fact that it was also legal then. I’m not justifying it, but I am making a point.
Lately I have heard talk equating General Lee with being a terrorist. If we look at things through that type of revisionist lens, then so were the Founding Fathers. I’m pretty sure we can find a few folks in England who might be offended by their statues, but then again the English would probably offend the Native American’s who could easily claim that they were terrorists as well. That would be all well and good, but what about when folks from Asia say they are offended by Indian statues because it was really their ancestors who came to North America first?
The point is how far back in history do we go with all of this? Who becomes the arbiter of what is to be deemed offensive?
Benedict Arnold, where have I heard that name before ?
I have been hearing the argument played out that these statues should be removed because the men they honor were traitors. My problem with this statement is that I find it intellectually dishonest and we still have memorials to traitors in this country.
Politicians and pundits are trying to shrink something as immensely complex as the totality of the Civil War into a simple sound bite. Right vs. Wrong; Good vs. Evil.
Here's a newsflash: Robert E. Lee was not a traitor.
Want to know why? Because the southern states had formally seceded from the Union.
For the record I am not a confederate war apologist, I simply acknowledge the fact that there was a myriad of issues, political as well as societal, that ultimately led to secession and the ensuing war. We have had 150 years to argue the legalities and intricacies of what happened, but at the time it was all virgin political territory. It was argued in the south that each state had the right to secede at any time because the Constitution was a compact, or agreement, among the states. These states even resigned their representative seats in Congress.
The first state, South Carolina, had seceded in December 1980. Six others states, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas, soon followed suit. Eventually, eleven states, nearly 1/3 of the Union, would secede.
At the time, President James Buchanan believed that there was no constitutional authority for a state to secede, yet he could find no constitutional authority for him to act to prevent it, thus creating a political quandary. As a result, his administration allowed for military commanders to surrender control of forts in the affected states.
In President Lincoln’s March 1861 inaugural speech he claimed that the secession was improper. He believed that state’s rights were subservient because the term ‘In order to form a more Perfect Union,’ contained in the preamble to the Constitution, amounted to a binding contract. Yet, in reading his inaugural speech, which I highly recommend you do, he seemed to accede a great many things to the south. It begs the question, if he wasn’t directly legitimizing the divide was he indirectly acknowledging that the states had a right to act on their own discretion, outside the law of the nation?
When President Lincoln took office he he instructed the last remaining commanders in the affected areas, including at Fort Sumter, to hold until fired upon. It created the necessary environment that would lead to the ensuing Civil War.
When Ft. Sumter was fired upon, Lincoln used it as a call to arms. He directed all the states to send troops which would be used to recapture the fort and other federal properties. This action prompted four others states, including Virginia, where Lee was from, to side with the other southern states and secede. Interestingly enough, Virginia had repeatedly rejected calls for secession, but also refused to take up arms against their neighbor states. Lee, who at the time was a decorated colonel in the United States Army and had been offered a senior command position in the Union Army, resigned his commission. While he was personally against secession he felt that he had a moral obligation to defend his home state.
Whichever way contemporary pundits want to paint him, the truth is that Robert E. Lee was a very complex man who was highly regarded on both sides. One interesting fact is that throughout the Civil War he wore only the rank of colonel, the last rank he held in the United States Army. When asked why he didn’t wear a general’s rank he was quoted as saying: "I do not care for display. The rank of Colonel is about as high as I ought ever have gotten." In fact, the only time he wore his prescribed rank, General in Chief of the Confederate Army, was the day he surrendered to General U.S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House.
Now, had those southern states tried to forcibly take over the U.S. government the allegation of treason might have some basis in truth, but this did not occur. While Confederate President Jefferson Davis was charged with it, he was subsequently released with no action taken. The reason why? The government attorneys agreed that if the case went to trial it would likely be lost because there was simply no evidence of treason. In fact, many at that time believed that if the case against Davis went forward that the constitutionality of secession might be affirmed.
Interestingly enough, it was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Salmon Chase, who gave Davis' legal team an argument for dropping the treason charge. Chase questioned if a person could be prosecuted for treason against the U.S. if he were not a U.S. citizen. The answer to which was no. Then Chase asked if there was a reference to the concept of a U.S. citizen in the Constitution. Again, there was not. A person could only be a citizen of his state. Therefore, by proving that the U.S. had no citizens, Davis could not be tried for treason. The issue was rendered moot when then President Andrew Johnson issued a pardon to all those involved.
Should we now retroactively charge and convict people for past non-crimes?
Secession is currently being considered in California. Should we go in and lock up those behind this idea?
Guess what folks, in five years, when all the statues are gone there will still be racism and hate in the United States, just like there is in every country in the world. Want to know why? Because you can't legislate morality!
Yep, pretty sure this one has to go !!
So when the statues are all gone, what will be next? Books? Art? Music? Buildings?
Trust me, once you start, there will always be more things to be corrected. When we have corrected the physical record, will we then begin to question the latent 'truth' of others hearts? Who will survive the test?
Who becomes the arbiter of what is to be deemed offensive? Will this be a rigid system of assessment or will it be a sliding scale, acquiescing to the societal whims of the day?
Think that's crazy thinking? I hope you're right. Then again, when I was growing up, I never thought we would be debating the 'political correctness' of sports teams either. Be careful for what you wish for, because it has been my experience that these things are like a pendulum. It might seem wonderful when it swings to your side, but the view is a lot more frightening when it careens back the other way. Like Pandora's Box, once opened it can never be closed.
Labels: Andrew G. Nelson, Antifa, Author, Charlottesville, Civil War, Confederacy, Diversity, KKK, Memorial, Robert E. Lee, Statue, Supremacy, Virginia, War, White Nationalists
Who Did You Have in Mind When You Wrote That Character For Your Book ?
As an author, it’s a question I get asked a lot regarding the characters in my books and I am always hesitant to answer, even though I think it is a really good question.
The primary reason is that as readers we all create mental images in our head of the characters in books and sometimes they don’t translate well to real life. It’s something I wrestled with when the movie version of Frank Herbert's seminal work, DUNE, came out. None, and I mean NONE, of the characters fit the image that was in my head, as I read the books.
Now, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. I mean the casting of Jürgen Prochnow as Duke Leto Atreides was genius, and I could even get behind Francesa Annis as Lady Jessica, but Kyle MacLachlen as Paul Atreides…………. Seriously?
Paul was 15 in the book!! Whoever came up with that casting decision should be shot! Twice!!
And don’t even get me started on Baron Harkonnen and Feyd-Rabban!! But, I digress.
There is even a school of thought among some authors that says don’t write a description of your characters, but rather let the reader fill in their own vision. That would work fine until Hollywood get's over their love affair with remakes and make my books into a movie or TV series (Hint, Hint Hollywood). Then people would be freaking out that the characters looked nothing like they imagined. So I opted to describe the main players and in doing so I came up with some current actors who I thought fit the roles.
So if you are not interested in knowing who I had in mind, X this page out now………..
Seriously, leave now,………
Okay, that was your last chance.
For those of you who remained, here is my vision on who I believe best fits the description of the characters.
James Maguire:
The closest person to fit the bill of Maguire is Henry Cavill. I’ve seen him in a bunch of roles, from The Count of Monte Cristo to Superman, and I think he could truly pull it off. He also has that devilish smile which seems to resonate with just about any woman.
Cavill has the look and physicality of Maguire, which is important given Maguire’s military service as a Navy SEAL, and, while he is a bit younger, I think he can pull off the age group as well.
Melody Anderson:
What’s not to love about Tricia Helfer for this role? Honestly, she brings everything to the table. I first saw her in the role of Six on Battlestar Galactica. She has the acting chops and is stunningly beautiful. It was also import to find someone who could play that strong, athletic woman, and at 5’10” she easily fits Melody’s height.
The fact that she can also portray someone as tough as nails is important as well, given the fact that this might be important going forward in the role. Was that a hint? Plus she gets extra credit for liking cats.
Keith Banning:
Probably the EASIEST one for me to envision playing this role was Matthew McConaughey. There are just some roles written for a person and I have to admit that Keith Banning is his (so feel free to give me a call, Matt).
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed McConaughey in a number of roles, but his portrayal as Detective Rust Cohle, in the original True Detective series, reinforced my choice. He has that rare acting ability to go back and forth fluidly within a character, something that is extremely important for the character of Banning.
Plus there is an inherent darkness in the role that I think makes him a natural.
Alex Taylor:
Probably the HARDEST one for me and yet, when it was all said and done, the most natural choice. Katee Sackhoff, another Battlestar Galactica alumni, was born for this role. Her portrayal as Lt. Kara Thrace was like a casting call audition for Alex Taylor, the highly troubled, yet incredibly talented professional. To the rest of the world it seems as if Alex doesn’t wrestle with her demons, as much as she opens a bottle of whiskey and parties with them, but behind closed doors it is a battle-royale. It’s a role that I think Katee pulled off so well in BG. Alex might not be the most professional cop around, but she does know how to get the job done. Plus, Katee does that chip-on-her-shoulder attitude better than anyone I know and she also has the cop experience from doing Longmire.
Ironically, both Sackhoff and Helfer are friends off screen, which I think would provide an interesting element, especially when it comes to a little competition.
Genevieve Gordon:
Writing Gen, I envisioned someone who was an anti-Melody, both in looks and attitude. Ashley Greene, of Twilight fame, was the perfect fit. There was something smart-ass about her that seemed right at home with the character of Gen. The auburn hair and smaller stature also provided the perfect contrast between the two women.
She’s the perfect actress to play the other-half to the successful financial duo. I also think that she would be quite capable of delivering Gen’s barbs with the right level of humor and sarcasm.
So there you have it. The folks I think would do the best at bringing the characters in the books to life on the big screen or even a television show.
Feel free to let me know what you think of my choices or who you’d like to know the actor I envisioned for any other characters in the series.
Labels: Alex Taylor, Andrew G. Nelson, Author, Indie Authors, James Maguire, Murder, Mystery, Navy, New York City, NYPD, Series
Attention Hollywood: Enough with the Remakes
I like being entertained, it's probably one of the reasons I enjoy being an author. There is something very rewarding about being able to craft new worlds in your books for a reader to immerse themselves in.
For the time it takes to watch a movie, catch a television show or read a book, you are able to suspend belief and transport yourself far away from the trials and tribulations of the real world. That being said, you really do need to have a new world to go, but for some odd reason, Hollywood has apparently run out of new ideas.
Now, I will be the first to admit that I loved Ronald Moore's re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series. Having grown up watching the original TV show I was not at all upset when they brought it back with a more mature theme. They kept true to the original premise, but managed to add a darkness and complexity that I don't think would have worked nearly as well back in the 70's.
But, it seems that this is one of the true exceptions these days.
Hollywood seems hell bent and determined to remake everything and I just don't understand why. There is an abundance of new material out there to draw ideas from. Take my books as a prime example. Yes, I know it's a shameless plug, but that doesn't make it untrue.
One book reviewer opined that James Maguire was the new Jack Reacher. I'll confess that I think Maguire is a helluva lot more bad-ass, but I'm biased. And, as good as Maguire is, he also has a very complimentary cast of fellow characters, including a number of strong female ones, that provide something for everyone.
My motivation in writing riveting story-lines stems from the fact that I grew up as a voracious reader. I whiled away the hours journeying to far away places, traveling side by side with some amazing heroes and heroines. It didn't matter if it was Paul Artreides (Dune), Jack Ryan (Patriot Games) or Han Solo (Star Wars). The one thing these characters had was the ability to suspend my belief, but in a very plausible way. It is one of the things I strive for in my books.
I write characters that the reader gets invested in, whether they are the protagonist or the antagonist. The biggest reward for me is when a reader says: "You know, I hated so-and-so, but I read that chapter and couldn't help but feel bad for them." There is no greater reward, and no greater curse, then when you finish a book and the next thing you are getting are emails from your readers asking when they next book is coming out.
Today, Hollywood has simply gotten lazy. Rather than take the time to invest in new stories, they seem determined to prove that they can capture lightening once again. Often with dismal results.
Case in Point: CHiPs (The Movie)
To put it mildly this was a debacle. First, it was a slap in the face to the original series. Say what you will, but CHiPs was a positive television show that cast law enforcement in a good light. The movie, not so much. The $25 million dollar production managed to bring in an amazing $25.5 million dollar box office haul. That's right, for their effort they eeked out half a million in profit and garnered a dismal 16% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Sadly, this level of movie buffoonery seems to be all the rage these days.
Whether they are remaking Carrie, Planet of the Apes, Starsky & Hutch, The Magnificent Seven, Rollerball, The Bad News Bears, Arthur, Baywatch, The Goodbye Girl, Total Recall, Conan, Ghostbusters (shudder), or even the 27th incarnation of SPIDERMAN, the bottom line is more often than not they fall flat on their face. I mean really, what's next in the queue? Dirty Harriett?
To a certain extent I can understand the appeal. You have a vehicle that had a following and you figure you can re-capture that for a new generation. Unfortunately, very few take the approach of Ron Moore and up their cinematic game. I think it is also one of the reasons why Netflix and Amazon Studios are enjoying such success.
There comes a point when you have hit rock-bottom and begin to re-evaluate things. Unfortunately, Hollywood seems intent to keep digging or, at the very least, beating the proverbial dead horse.
So if you folks in Tinseltown have reached the end of your rope, and want to secure a lucrative book franchise, have your people contact my people and we'll do lunch.
Labels: Alex Taylor, Andrew G. Nelson, Author, Book, Hollywood, Indie Authors, Interview, James Maguire, Movies, New York City, NYPD, Perfect Pawn, Remakes
Andrew G. Nelson
David Gaughran
How To Find Your Comp Authors
New Punctuation?
ThrillWriting
Creeper's Gonna Creep; Is Your Heroine Paying Attention?
Headfirst Into the Deep End
Me, Myself, and My MC
NeedleCity
Just when I Thought That Mark Mallen was Dead and Gone…
Just Thrash Talk
Review: Heart Goes Last
The Final Chapter
Caverns and Creatures
The 27th Infantry Division in World War II by Edmund G. Love
The Order of the Death's Head by Heinz Zollin Höhne
The SS, alibi of a nation, 1922-1945 / Gerald Reitlinger ;... by
The views expressed here are my own. All printed material copyright Andrew G. Nelson. If you wish to use any material please contact me. Persons and or situations depicted are fictional and do not represent any persons, living or dead.
© 2013 Andrew G. Nelson - All Rights Reserved. Picture Window theme. Powered by Blogger.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line22
|
__label__wiki
| 0.537567
| 0.537567
|
Northrop Grumman successfully tests new SYERS-2 sensor on RQ-4 Global Hawk UAS
Posted On Friday, 26 February 2016 09:14
World Defense & Security Industry News - Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman successfully flew a SYERS-2 intelligence gathering sensor on an RQ-4 Global Hawk high altitude long endurance unmanned aircraft system (UAS), marking the first time the legacy U.S. Air Force sensor has been demonstrated on a high altitude unmanned aircraft, the company announced yesterday, Feb. 25, 2016.
A USAF RQ-4 Block 10 Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial System
(Credit: Northrop Grumman)
With the success of the SYERS-2 flight, Northrop Grumman plans to fly an Optical Bar Camera (OBC) sensor and an MS-177 multi-spectral sensor later in the year. Payload integration is not new to Global Hawk. NASA has successfully integrated and flown over 30 different information-gathering payloads on Global Hawk.
Existing models of the U.S Air Force Global Hawk are capable of carrying an Enhanced Integrated Sensor Suite (EISS), Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload (ASIP) and Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP). The addition of legacy and future sensors is made possible by Northrop Grumman's innovative Universal Payload Adapter (UPA), a bracket that mounts to an existing Global Hawk airframe, allowing it to support a wide variety of payloads.
"This SYERS-2 flight is only the beginning. We firmly believe that with the addition of the UPA, Global Hawk is capable of flying any mission the U.S. Air Force requires," said Mick Jaggers, vice president and program manager, Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system programs, Northrop Grumman. "Northrop Grumman is funding this study in order to prove that the system can affordably carry the same sensors as any other intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance [ISR] aircraft. We look forward to continuing to work with our Air Force partners on this groundbreaking solution."
Flight tests are taking place at Northrop Grumman's Palmdale, Calif. facility in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force. Northrop Grumman and the Air Force reached a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) last year that allows the company to test previously unavailable sensors on the Global Hawk.
Northrop Grumman's high altitude long endurance UAS series have exceeded more than 160,000 total flight hours. The system's cost per flight hour has fallen to half that of the manned competitor.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line27
|
__label__cc
| 0.658621
| 0.341379
|
Blog | Tuesday, March 15, 2016
On beyond Zika
Like everyone else who has heard the news about it, I find the rapid spread of the Zika virus extremely alarming. The newly recognized capacity of this virus, which historically has caused mild, self-limited infections in adults, to induce microcephaly, a terrible birth defect, is nothing less than devastating. To date, Brazil has borne the brunt of this development, with thousands of newborns affected. But the virus has now been identified in at least 20 countries in the Americas. As I write this, the World Health Organization is scrambling to catch up with the global proliferation of this emerging infectious disease, and poised to declare a public health emergency.
As inevitably occurs when a new health threat emerges, this one is generating lots of media attention, with coverage in both the scientific literature and popular press. Predictably, much of that attention is specific to the Zika virus itself, with relatively less addressing the general circumstances that foster our vulnerability to such crises. Both topics matter.
This particular virus was originally identified in Uganda some 70 years ago, first in monkeys, then in people. That likely makes it a zoonosis at the start, a disease transmitted to our species from another. The vector shuttling between the two was the Aedes mosquito, the bite of which transmits the virus. The first human who got Zika, in other words, was likely stung by a mosquito that had drawn blood from an infected monkey not long prior. For the past half century, Zika has generally been limited to Uganda and Tanzania, with isolated outbreaks seen occasionally in other parts of the world.
That there is no specific treatment for Zika, named after the forest in Uganda where it was first identified, and no vaccine, is because until now the virus has not inspired much global concern, partly because it was not all that serious, and partly no doubt because it was “over there.”
Exactly why this infection, in the same family with the viruses that cause yellow fever and dengue fever, is suddenly implicated in an epidemic of birth defects is a work in progress. One likely explanation, for which there is evidence, is an evolutionary change in the virus itself. That may be compounded by exposure of new human populations, with perhaps different genetic vulnerabilities; transmission at a new scale; or other factors yet to be determined. We are currently on the steep part of the learning curve, racing to catch up with current events.
That's a familiar race. We ran it for Ebola, too; and SARS, and MERS. Whatever the next outbreak is, we will likely need to run it again. We keep getting left behind.
For now, practical advice about Zika is limited, and mostly of the “easier said than done” variety. Countries mired in the outbreak are advising against pregnancy. We are all encouraged to avoid mosquito bites. Travel advisories are being issued.
As we confront Zika, but mostly fail to think beyond it, I am tempted to compare this predicament to its analogy in the space I work in all the time, nutrition. For decades, we have shifted from 1nutrient fixation to the next. Fat, carbohydrate, sugar, gluten, and generally been left behind by the big picture. The result has been a flurry of misguided, mono-nutrient activity, and no meaningful improvement in our prevailing vulnerability to the marketing of junk food. We just keep encouraging the invention of new varieties of junk food, and reaping what we sow. At present, we have sown a bumper crop of gluten-free junk.
The situation with emerging infections is much the same. We react to each as if the particular bug is the entire problem, while paying far less attention to fundamentals of public health practice and preparedness that account for vulnerability not just to the last outbreak and the current one, but the next. That same tendency—the neglect of public health until we have cause to think about panic, outrage, or both—is on display in Flint, Michigan as well.
The implications of the Zika crisis are not confined to this particular pathogen, for there will be a next, and a next. I am reasonably confident that an acute concentration of resources and ingenuity on Zika will result in a vaccine. Welcome though that will be, perhaps even by some prone to misguided railing against vaccination, it will do nothing to resolve our basic vulnerability.
As the climate changes, and we are past the point of debating the fact of it, the distribution of pathogens is changing too. We have seen this many times already, and are thus forewarned: we will be seeing it again. Whether or not we are forearmed depends on how we react, and allocate resources.
There is, thankfully, ever more attention to how the more than 7 billion of us Homo sapiens are roughing up the planet's remaining pristine places. There is less, however, to the ramifications of it. For one thing, more people in more places inevitably means more encounters with bugs formerly unencountered. For another, the disruptions of ecosystems often circle back to bite us.
Another issue, relevant to almost every major peril our species now faces, is the very fact that there are more than 7 billion of us, and rising fast. There aren't just humans in ever more places, there are ever more humans in ever greater concentrations everywhere. Whatever else we may be, we are just one, vast Petri dish to our pathogens. Plagues are a product of dense populations and unprecedented population densities will predictably mean new plagues.
And then finally, there is our proclivity to disperse into our competing factions: nations, religions, political parties, and so on. The distinctions between “us” and “them” may matter enormously to us, and them, but to the Zika virus, we are all the same, accommodating species. From the bug's eye view, there is no “over there.” In a world of increasing global travel, the bug is right.
In our fantasies, we acknowledge that. The usual scenario is a science fiction adventure in which humanity is attacked by a scourge from without by an extraterrestrial menace, and that common threat provides common cause, and unifies us. We overcome our differences to defend our home, and our shared humanity.
From what we know about the universe, the probability of extraterrestrial visitation, hostile or otherwise, seems vanishingly remote- for reasons entirely unrelated to the probability of life on other planets. If interested in the mind-boggling barriers to such inter-stellar concourse, I recommend Lawrence Krauss' book, A Universe from Nothing, as a good place to start.
But the threats to us all, threats blind to the borders of nations, and deaf to the distinctions of ideology, are already here. They have no need to traverse the distance between stars.
The faults we must overcome for our own security lie not with exotic perils from distant stars, but with dangers evolving right here at home. The faults lie most particularly with ourselves. Ironically, Zika is named after a forest, and one of our great liabilities is the recurrent failure to see the forest through the trees. We react to each new pathogen, while doing little to anticipate the next.
We often fail as well to perceive and prioritize our common humanity. We rally to the defense of it when fighting the threats of science fiction fantasy, but miss the opportunity to do so in the face of real, clear, present, and inevitably recurrent danger.
Labels: David Katz , epidemiology , guest post , infectious disease , Nutrition , Zika
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line34
|
__label__cc
| 0.574602
| 0.425398
|
The World’s Greatest Tribute Bands AXS TV Britain’s Finest – Tribute to The Beatles CLUB NOKIA
admin Press April 30, 2015 May 21, 2017 0 Comment
You’ve heard Katie Daryl say “One more song!” many times throughout the performances on AXS TV’s The World’s Greatest Tribute Bands. The third season of The World’s Greatest Tribute Bands season was technically set to end on April 21. In what essentially became the sixteenth installment of the season, Katie Daryl surprised viewers and provided a special episode “encore” with a brand new live performance of the show’s inaugural tribute band, Britain’s Finest – a tribute to the Beatles,
This particular show didn’t take place on on a Monday, nor did it air at the usual start time. It wasn’t even on the Sunset Strip…. and it turned out to be a fantastic affair that made for a very memorable part of the show’s history.
Hosted at the spacious and elegant Club Nokia in Downtown LA, the event served to honor past performers on the show (current band included) and as a celebration of the show’s recently announced renewal for an upcoming fourth season, which will see its return sometime in the Fall.
Other attendees of the live audience for this special event included invited guests and VIPs from The Cable Show – a television network conference that took place at the neighboring LA Convention Center. The past tribute all-star performers of the program mingled with the rest of the crowd both on the red carpet and inside during the show. A great party with an excellent band on live TV on weeknight broadcast from a deluxe state of the art venue? It doesn’t get much better than that!
The live telecast began in grand fashion at 10PM Pacific time for a 90 minute performance that spanned the career of The Beatles.
The first segment was presented in black and white to viewers at home. Very cool idea.
Britain’s Finest played an extended set list with several songs that weren’t regularly performed live by The Beatles. The song variety added even more to the overall experience of being there. The crowd on hand really enjoyed the concert and being treated to a great evening of music and fun. Given the incredible impact The Beatles had on television 50 years ago, along with all the gifted musicians in attendance, this was a very fitting crowd to witness this show. Britain’s Finest Finest took many of the cable executives and everyone else there on a blast to the past.
The positive energy of the band gave off a really happy vibe at the show. You could tell they really were enjoying putting on their performance, which, on top of everything else, made it all that much more entertaining.
They had about 3 minutes between each set to switch out their wardrobes when Katie Daryl took the audience through the commercial breaks to resume with their chronologically updated attire. They managed to pull everything off flawlessly to a delighted crowd.
The evening was the perfect way to end out the season on a great note. Hopefully, this is an indication of the good things to come for the upcoming season. There is a big family feeling between all the members of the various acts that make this show happen and it was a fitting way to part ways until next time.
Since its inception early last year, this show has not only done a great job of legitimizing the hard work of these great tribute bands; it also keeps the audience guessing– in a really good way. It takes the best tribute bands like these to make the audience feel like they are being transported to a different time witnessing a historic concert taking place. That’s what it’s all about.
SET LIST:
Eight Days A Week
We Can Work It Out
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Rocky Raccoon
Get Back Medley
Don’t Let Me Down
The World’s Greatest Cheering Section:
HUNDREDS OF PICTURES OF THE EVENT
Cheers to Season 4!!!
http://beatlestributeband.net/
https://twitter.com/1BeatlesTribute
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Britains-Finest/170476559717549
← Audio Post Format
A Complete Beatles Experience Rocks the Nampa Civic Center →
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line38
|
__label__cc
| 0.67647
| 0.32353
|
Article Title: Maurício Mendonça Godoy’s Unique Entrepreneurial Skills
BFarmerJune 27, 2019Business, Company
Maurício Mendonça Godoy has become a business icon and an interesting feat into the entrepreneurial world. The go-getter man who has been in business for only two decades has had it all. It is not a wonder that Mr. Godoy is a co-owner of a company that he worked for before. This is proof of his much-needed skills and expertise in any company that he sets his foot into.
The Mackenzie Presbyterian University graduate runs one of the world’s largest firms and runs other 5 businesses. His resilience and outgoing nature have helped him a great way in career. Maurício Mendonça Godoy ensures that he tries his best to help those who run to him for help and advice. This has enabled Mendonça to win the trust of many, including his clients.
His skills and vast knowledge has made Estaleiros do Brasil Ltd. To stand firm and, no company can equal it in terms of services, clients turnover, and products as well. Just like any other ordinary person, Maurício Mendonça Godoy started his long journey by being employed right after his university education. It is in the many companies that he worked for that he honed his skills and grew interested in becoming an entrepreneur.
His expertise has made him head other prestigious firms like Toyo Setal ltd. His top leadership skills have seen Toyo Setal grow tremendously not only in New York City but around the world as well. His ability to manage any contract given to the companies that he runs has enabled him to be on the spotlight and be the most sought after entrepreneur today.
Godoy has moved further and incorporated a very highly skilled team of professionals in his companies. This, he says, is to ensure that the clients get first class services that will always make them come for more. Mr. Mendonça Godoy always encourages employees to work as a team and to be very proactive so as to bring out the best in them. Maurício Mendonça Godoy believes that his legacy will be carried on long after his retirement and hopes that the generation that follows will carry on with his good works.
Visit More : www.catho.com.br/buscar/curriculos/curriculo/15419940/
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line39
|
__label__cc
| 0.722847
| 0.277153
|
Guilherme Paulus Journey in Business World and His Approach to Changes
BFarmerFebruary 10, 2019Business, Businessman, Company, Entrepreneur
According to the World Bank, growth in the service industry is one of the strong indicators of a healthy industry. Brazil industry is a perfect example of this statement because, for the last four decades, the economy has performed exceptionally well, thanks to the hospitality industry. One of the major contributors to this important industry is the legendary Guilherme Paulus. Apart from being a passionate commentator and mentor in this economy, he has invested his time and resources to the growth of the service industry. According to him, consistency in the investment world is vital and understanding the value of working with other professionals and entities is the key in succeeding in this fast-growing market.
Guilherme Paulus, in one of his early 2016 interviews pointed out that his journey in the service industry started shortly completing his education. He pointed out that during this time, he did not have any experience to run a company, and on top of that, he did not have funds. This was the period where he understood the importance of working together with other professionals and Carlos Vicente Cerchiari was his first ever partner. Working with Carlos Vicente Cerchiari gave his first company (CVC) the needed structures and more importantly the operational funds.
Check out ideamensch.com to read full interview of Guilherme Paulus.
Although Carlos Vicente Cerchiari later left the company to concentrate on his bureaucracy career, his contribution to CVC remain unmatched. From the 1970s, Guilherme Paulus has been on a journey to change the business environment of this country and more importantly the service industry. He points out that although the service industry did not have the needed structures, he was successful because of his view on work and his understanding of the business environment in Brazil. Through this company, Paulus was able to make Brazil a viable tourist destination in South America. According to him, this is one of his most treasured achievements in his life and an investor.
In the last five decades Guilherme Paulus has been in business, he points out that technology has changed significantly. In all these changes, however, he is always keen on exploiting the available technology. For example, internet according to him has changed the global approach to business. Thanks to the internet, it is possible to get the client’s feedback. Guilherme Paulus uses these feedbacks to improve his business and if needed to redesign his business model. In addition to utilizing technology, he is a firm believer of teamwork and more importantly working with other entities.
Learn more: https://www.sympla.com.br/palestra-guilherme-paulus__404412
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line40
|
__label__wiki
| 0.723627
| 0.723627
|
Helen Sedgwick
Books, News
Brooklyn Bugle Book Review: “The Comet Seekers” a novel by Helen Sedgwick
by Alexandra Bowie
Some people stay home and find the world; others must travel the world to find their way home. Roisin and Francois, two of the central characters in Helen Sedgwick’s eerie and satisfying novel “The Comet Seekers” meet far from home at a research camp in the Antarctic; she’s an astronomer and he’s a chef.
Roisin, who’s Irish, has spent her life studying the sky; as a child and adolescent she taught her cousin Liam to watch and map the sky whenever a comet appeared, so they could see its movement. Liam, whose mother died long ago, is tied to his isolated Irish farm by his promise to his father to help keep it going. Roisin pursues her studies in Hawaii, New York, and various places in Europe. But Liam draws Roisin back periodically, and at one point she gives up a fellowship in Bayeux, returns to Ireland and stays for a year. We know before she does that Roisin is one of the travellers. We watch her come to understand that truth about herself in a sensitive and beautifully written, very brief, scene: Roisin’s mother asks a question whose answer shows Roisin which love she’s willing to sacrifice.
Francois is from Bayeux; as Sedgwick puts it, from two channels away from Roisin’s village in southern Ireland. He’s a few years younger than Roisin, and was brought up by his mother, Severine. Even as a child Francois encouraged his mother to travel – one year they went to Edinburgh, where they ventured out to see a comet and met up with a group of astronomers bent on the same errand. But that’s the only trip they ever take, because Severine is held to Bayeux by her family – an extended family of ghosts who keep her company – who cannot find her if she travels far from home.
It’s a measure of the power of Sedgwick’s concept and writing that the reader believes entirely in the existence of these ghosts. Each family member may choose whether to introduce the ghosts to the next generation or not, and, for Severine, it’s an agonizing choice. The ghosts range from Severine’s mother and grandmother, to more ancient family members. There are Brigitte, a near-contemporary of Joan of Arc, whose skin and dress flicker like flames, and Aelfgyva, who appears in the Bayeux tapestry (as does, yes, Halley’s comet). Severine both wants Francois to believe her and to see the world. Francois worries that she’s succumbing to early-onset dementia. The ghosts appear for reasons of their own.
“The Comet Seekers” is broad geographically and temporally, with each era marked by the appearance of a comet and its earth-bound viewers. Sedgwick handles her themes of travel, home, enduring love, and family with a delicate sensibility that keeps the reader on edge and provides an ending that is both satisfying and, for Roisin and Francois, delicately ambiguous.
Have a book you want me to know about? Email me at asbowie@gmail.com. Follow me on Twitter at @abowie917.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line41
|
__label__cc
| 0.623878
| 0.376122
|
CARRALES SHOWBAND FACTS
Q: Who are the members of the Carrales Showband and what do they play?
A: The Carrales Showband has a wide variety of instruments, including some that are not usually played together. The musical arranger and bass player of the group is Joe Ely Carrales. He puts together the musical arrangements and sets the direction for the band. The lead singer and stage director of the band is Joe Ely Carrales, III know as "El Mariachi Loco." In addition to singing, he also plays the violin, trombone and banjo. The lead trumpet player is Anthony Carrales. Called the "Genius of Brass," Anthony plays the fluglehorn, cornet, trombone, valve trombone and mellophone. Ruben Hernandez is a reknowned trumpet player from Asherton, Texas. A.k.a."Superman," Ruben is an acomplished singer and guitar player. On Mellophone is the talented Felix Adan of Premont, Texas. Felix is also the heart of the Percussion section. Lead guitar is the wizzardry of Mike Barela. Mike is well versed in guitar and is Mr, "Majic Goldfingers."
Q: What kind of music does the Carrales Showband play?
A: Most of the songs are requests made by people that attend Carrales Showband concerts. Fan fill out a small slip of paper at the start of the gig and a "to learn" list is made. From this list, the song that is judged to be the "most easy" is selected and worked on for the next performance.
Q: Where can I hear the Carrales Showband?
A: The best way to hear the group is to book the band. Call (361) 348-2692 for details. The Carrales Showband also plays monthly at the Main Street Cafe in Premont, Texas. Call the Main Street Cafe at (361) 348-3226.
Q: What songs are on the Carrales Showband playlist?
A: To list all the songs here at this time would take more time and space than is available, but that list includes "Tijuana Taxi," "Tu, Tu y Solo Tu," "Solamente Una Vez," "Folsom Prison Blues," "16 Candles" and "Cumbia Del Sol." A more complete list will be posted here very soon.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line46
|
__label__cc
| 0.581824
| 0.418176
|
January 3, 2019 / Landscape Architecture / 0 comment / By Andrea Perez
Born in Nicaragua and raised in Miami, FL, Séfora Chavarria’s natural surroundings throughout her life consisted of tropical jungles and lush landscapes. She knew a career in landscape architecture would allow her to work with nature and create places where people can connect with the land through design.
This was the exact path she’d take earning her master’s degree from FIU’s Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental + Urban Design in 2011.
During her time at FIU, she learned to master the art of visualizing complex natural systems in relation to the built environment and making the intangible understandable. The curriculum encouraged her to explore new ideas and challenge existing norms.
“FIU’s Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design program provided me with the tools I would need to succeed not just as a landscape architect, but as an individual as well,” said Séfora.
“My leadership skills grew as I collaborated with my peers across disciplines and learned to take on a leading role coordinating design teams. Most importantly I was mentored to think worlds ahead.”
After graduating, Sefora traveled to Southeast Asia to work with renowned landscape architect and author, Made Wijaya. During her time in Bali, Indonesia, she worked on the iconic and award-winning the Naples Botanical Garden in Naples, FL, and contributed towards Wijaya’s last published book, Modern Tropical Garden Design.
Returning from her travels, Séfora took on a role at EDSA, Inc., an international landscape architecture and urban design firm with over 50 years of expertise. While working there, she was able to gain experience in over 30 projects spanning across 15 different countries around the world. One of her leading projects was designing the lush tropical gardens at 1 Hotel & Homes in Miami Beach where she was responsible for overseeing the project.
Sefora then decided to be her own boss and open her own landscape design studio, Tropical Alchemy in late 2017.
“My studio was born out of inspiration to raise the collective consciousness through the design of public spaces that serve as catalysts for social change and equality.”
Since its one-year anniversary, Tropical Alchemy has worked on some exciting projects including what will soon be El Jardín de Little Havana in the heart of Calle Ocho, a new urban master plan for the Ocean Terrace Neighborhood in the City of North Miami Beach, meditation gardens and many other projects.
She is also currently working on creating a butterfly and hummingbird garden at the prehistoric Well of Ancient Mysteries in Brickell and publishing a notebook for designers and completing her license requirements as a landscape architect. Aside from her projects, she is an avid member of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), Urban Land Institute, Tropical Audubon Society, and the Florida Native Plant Society.
Through Sefora’s professional experiences, apprenticeships and most recently her newest venture, Tropical Alchemy, her true passion shines through blending the natural world with built environments.
To find out more Séfora’s design firm, visit her website.
Follow the Department of Landscape Architecture on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line47
|
__label__wiki
| 0.844329
| 0.844329
|
A Look Back at the History of Social Media
By charlisays June 27, 2019 Social Media
I’m a social media butterfly, fluttering between all the coolest platforms from Instagram and Twitter to Facebook and Medium. I follow the big wigs of finance, keep up with the latest news and create social strategies for clients too. I’m also a 90’s girl so I’m old enough to remember when there was no social media, through to it’s inception and takeover. So, with Social Media Day set to be celebrated on June 30, I thought it both timely and appropriate to look back at an outlet that’s impacted business and my own personal life considerably. Here’s a look back at the history of social media.
The age of curiosity
Once upon a time, people wrote their private thoughts in diaries. They called friends using a landline phone and prioritised verbal conversation over messaging services, which were (quite frankly) poor at best during the mid to late nineties. But as the internet became more accessible and capabilities improved, a revolution took hold that changed the world considerably.
Even during the days of alien landing-style dial ups, the world was dying to connect. Abbreviations such as ‘asl’ (age, sex, location) were thrown around dodgy chat rooms by individuals riddled with curiosity as the idea of having an online profile and presence became a tangible reality. And as fascination grew, so did business opportunities and the chance to develop your very own personal network.
The very first social sites
Think back. Way back to 1997. Titanic hit the big screens, Harry Potter was published, Hanson released their smash hit “mmmbop” and Six Degrees started to make headway as a social site which is now credited as being the very first of its kind. Named after the idea that people are six or fewer social connections apart, Six Degrees made it easy to create profiles and add connections. Its users peaked at 3.5 million before doors finally closed in 2001 due to a lack of people connected to the internet.
Still get that famous Rembrandts theme song stuck in your head? I hear you. Well, Friendster was another early social network that managed to engage the mainstream. I know right! You’ve probably never even heard of it or it’s such a distant memory that you hadn’t remembered until now! Launched in 2002, Friendster introduced the idea of talking to strangers and opened up a potential new way to meet love interests. It was one of the first online dating avenues if you wish, setting the path for the likes of OKCupid, Tinder, Plenty of Fish and so on… sigh!
So why aren’t we raving about it today? Well, unfortunately Friendster couldn’t keep up with demand and experienced many technical hiccups causing frustrated users to quickly turn to MySpace which reared its head in 2003!
Are we in more comfortable territory yet? Most older millennials have heard of this platform which by 2006 had 61+ million registered users with 21+ million unique visitors. The site attracted 220,000 new registrants daily and provided the perfect way for teenagers and young adults (the demographic being between 16 and 34) to share personal information and view that of others. It was fresh, exciting and if you didn’t have it, you simply weren’t cool. When YouTube was founded in 2005, MySpace even gave people the option to embed video and share music they liked.
Interesting fact! MySpace’s popularity soared when Tila Tequila, one of the first online celeb influencers, moved to the platform after being kicked off Friendster for inappropriate behaviour. At one point, Tequila had around 1.5 million MySpace friends which was pretty impressive at the time – although not comparable to Kim Kardashian’s 141 million Instagram followers in 2019. MySpace became the most popular website in 2006 and was valued at $12 billion in 2007.
The Facebook Takeover
MySpace was purchased by News Corporation, a powerhouse media company. It was given professional managers to help guide its future as well as all the resources it ever wanted to support its growth. This governance, however, has been dubbed as one of the reasons the Facebook takeover was allowed to occur. While MySpace was using professional management to decide the platform’s future, the bunch of college grads running Facebook let the marketplace decide.
With no cement plans, no rules and seemingly no limit regarding technical prowess as the time, Facebook continued to impress while MySpace stagnated. Users drove advances such as Farmville and were constantly listened to. On the subject of Farmville… how did I find the time to sow crops and water trees every single day? Anyway, Facebook did not have first-move advantage, yet somehow it managed to take the world by storm trumping unique worldwide MySpace visitors in 2008. Timing is everything. And with rising broadband availability, Facebook was in the spotlight at the right moment attracting a wider demographic than previous social sites – whole families in fact, across numerous generations.
Facebook also learnt from failed sites before it, taking into account the importance of steady and controlled growth to avoid burning out like Friendster and co. What initially started as a Harvard-only site gradually expanded to other universities, high schools and then corporate users where a specific email address was needed. Only in September 2006 did it open its doors to anyone aged 13 and over.
Facebook today has 2.38 billion monthly active users!
The Rise of Twitter
Twitter launched in 2006 at a time when Facebook was expanding at a rapid rate. Social media was very much in the spotlight and people were welcoming change. But Twitter had a lot to live up to. Thankfully, approaching social from a different angle gave users something else to be interested in with the micro blogging idea and instant access to breaking news making Twitter a great place to get the gossip. The idea you could follow who you want without them following you back was also of instant appeal and helped Twitter get to where it is, today enjoying over 320 million active monthly users. 500 million tweets are sent every 24-hours with 100 million people taking to the platform daily. Incidentally, Twitter was and still is my favourite social media platform. You can follow me @Charli_Says
Let’s not forget Instagram
Instagram has been bubbling away since 2010, but its recent surge in popularity can’t be ignored. After Facebook purchased Insta for $1 billion in 2012, monthly users soared to 80 million and by the start of 2014, there were 150 million users. The option to tag photos and add links breathed fresh air into the platform which continued to grow thanks to constant updates such as filters and Insta stories with go live functionality which have attracted everyone from celebs to corporate businesses.
Today, Instagram has over 500 million daily users.
It’s vital to make connections and grow in your area of expertise and this is exactly what LinkedIn has focused on since its 2003 conception. What began as a platform to post CVs online quickly became a professional networking site adding new features such as hiring solutions for employees. Today, LinkedIn has 500 million active members with 260 million logging in each month.
Social media continues to grow and evolve. It has been surging forward since the nineties and promises to keep delivering surprise after surprise. So, happy #SocialMediaDay to all my followers and social media connections- I’m grateful for all of you. For strategy and social media management please send me a message.
2019 Pride Marketing Campaigns Wrap Up
Bright Boats
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line52
|
__label__cc
| 0.650739
| 0.349261
|
Reopening the Doors of Perception
In a time of endless war and triumphant cynicism, I found myself the other day unexpectedly walking through the doors of perception. Yeah, those doors.
“You know the day destroys the night/Night divides the day/Tried to run/Tried to hide/ Break on through to the other side . . .”
The words, the music — the Doors, the voice of Jim Morrison — ignite not just the Summer of Love but a crazy something I don’t dare call hope, because those days of cultural and political revolution overdosed and imploded, didn’t they? War won. The Vietnam War dragged on, millions died (or thousands, if the only death toll that matters to you is that of U.S. soldiers), MLK and RFK were assassinated, the Cold War quietly morphed into the War on Terror and eventually the 911 attacks gave the military-industrialists the “new Pearl Harbor” they needed. Today’s military budget is securely bloated.
Knowing this, I was blindsided by the impact a remarkable exhibition I recently attended with my daughter had on me. And the star of the show was born in 1757.
The show, running through next March at Northwestern University’s Block Museum of Art, is called William Blake and the Age of Aquarius. Curated by art history professor Stephen Eisenman, it draws a link between the poetry, art and philosophy of Blake — an anti-authoritarian proponent of free thought and free love, a believer that every human being has a direct relationship with God — and many of the activists and artists of the ’60s, from Allen Ginsberg to Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix.
Blake spoke a complex truth. He embraced a far-flung, wildly loving philosophy of life: “If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up till he sees all things thro’ narrow chinks of his cavern.”
These words, from Blake’s poem “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell” (the title itself shows the convergence of forces he revered), gave Aldous Huxley the title of his book The Doors of Perception, about his experiences with mescaline. Then they gave Morrison the name of his rock band. And eventually they gave millions of young people, coming of age as a pointless war simmered and raged and Jim Crow stood its ground at the schoolhouse door, a glimpse at a world beyond the cruel and small-minded order that ruled the day.
This was not a simple world that flickered momentarily. This was not a tranquil, easy peace: “We chased our pleasures here/Dug our treasures there/But can you still recall/The time we cried/ Break on through to the other side . . .”
The cultural breakthrough was only partial. The political breakthrough still, often, feels to me like a complete dud. The Vietnam War went on for eight years beyond the 1967 Summer of Love; it finally became unfightable and ended in retreat and 16 years of proxy wars and “Vietnam Syndrome.” The American public was sick of war and the pointless sacrifice of young men and women. Then the powers that be ended the draft; and they saw in Saddam Hussein the perfect face of evil. In 2001, the towers went down.
And once again an extraordinary door of opportunity opened. But the country’s leaders had no wisdom beyond their own agenda of global hegemony.
Stephen Glain quotes Richard Clarke, counter-terrorism adviser for Bush 43, in his book State vs. Defense: The Battle to Define America’s Empire, recalling a cabinet meeting on Sept. 12, 2001, in which Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said: “You know, we’ve got to do Iraq. There just aren’t enough targets in Afghanistan. . . . We need to bomb something else to prove that we’re, you know, big and strong and not going to be pushed around by these kind of attacks.”
As it turns out, I had come across that quote, in an excellent essay by Danny Sjursen, the day before I went to the William Blake/Age of Aquarius exhibit, and it had become seriously lodged in my consciousness — not as a surprise or a shock, just as a banal “of course.” The world was trembling, international compassion flowed, and the leaders of the world’s most powerful nation were plotting in utter ignorance a war that would make them look big and strong.
As the president soon put it, America’s mission was to “rid the world of evil.” They concocted what might as well be called the War To Promote Terror.
And the ’60s — the Summer of Love, the peace movement — is sandbagged by history’s cynicism, or so it has seemed until I saw the exhibit at Northwestern. Suddenly I felt the raw hope of those days come back to life: the outrage and the music and the possibility. The doors of perception reopened. And there was William Blake.
O for a voice like thunder, and a tongue
To drown the throat of war!
When the senses
Are shaken, and the soul is driven to madness,
Who can stand?
Many people were standing. Politicians, even at the national level, dared to run on peace platforms and hippies stuck flowers in the barrels of guns. Oh, the cliché of that. Indeed, one of the pieces in the exhibit was a 1967 photo by Marc Riboud, taken during the march on the Pentagon that year, of a young woman confronting a soldier’s bayonet in her face with a flower. In the context of the exhibit, this wasn’t a cliché. It was courage.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line56
|
__label__cc
| 0.522496
| 0.477504
|
Fresh lead in Madeleine McCann case
Madeleine McCann disappeared in May 2007 in Portugal sparking one of the most high-profile missing child cases in history.
Now British police have identified a new person of interest.
Tanned, with dark hair, unshaven and smelling of tobacco and aftershave, the new suspect is thought to have committed a string of break-ins and sexual assaults not far from where Madeleine disappeared
Though this man assaulted five British girls, all aged 10 or less between 2004 and 2006, he has never been found.
He's not the only person still being searched for by the police. With Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood of the London Metropolitan Police emphasizing that "it's very important for us to understand and identify who this offender is," there are six other individuals that police want to speak to in connection to the case.
Becky asked criminologist and child protection expert Mark Williams-Thomas how he felt about this new development. He said that although it's wide, "if anyone did know this person they'd be able to come forward." He also emphasized that the issues with solving the case go further than just eliminating suspects. "The problem is the relationship between the Portuguese and the British police is one that is at best difficult, because there is not a communication level that is really open." And, he adds, "The only people that will solve this will be the people in Portugal."
On what this means for the McCann's, Williams-Thomas said that any move forward was positive for them. "Gerry and Kate live to the hope that one day they will find out. They will never give up."
Text: Madeleine McCann: Hunt for missing girl goes on
Filed under: Becky's Interviews • Breaking News • Europe • United Kingdom
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line57
|
__label__wiki
| 0.842143
| 0.842143
|
The Flash Movie Loses Its Director!
Movies News DC Universe
A recent rumor suggested that The Flash movie is moving ahead with its casting process. But unfortunately, it seems like the progress is about to slow down for a while! The March 16, 2018 release has lost its director. Seth Grahame-Smith, who was hired to helm The Flash movie last October, has now left. The Hollywood Reporter confirms his exit.
Why did he leave? According to the report, Grahame-Smith pulled out of the Scarlet Speedster's standalone movie due to "creative differences" with Warner Bros. Well, that is almost a regular event in Hollywood these days. Michelle MacLaren was initially signed to helm the Wonder Woman movie, but she eventually left the project for the same reason.
And with more than twenty-two months remaining before The Flash movie hits the theaters, the studio has ample time to hire another director. That’s what they did when MacLaren left Diana Prince's standalone movie. They hired Patty Jenkins, and there have been no further disturbances. So we don’t need to be too worried about Seth Grahame-Smith’s departure from the project.
The Flash movie would have been Seth Grahame-Smith's first movie as a director! (Photo Credit - Flickr)
The Flash movie was actually going to be the directorial debut of Grahame-Smith, who is best known for his best-selling novels Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. He worked on the scripts of 2012's Dark Shadows and the upcoming The Lego Batman Movie. Since The Flash movie was his first project as a director, it was unlikely that the studio would give him enough freedom in the creative process.
However, the project will still retain the script Grahame-Smith wrote, working from a treatment by The Lego Movie writers/directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. The duo was reportedly the first choice for directing The Flash movie in its initial stages. But after they signed to direct the untitled Han Solo movie for the Star Wars franchise, it was no longer possible for them to take on the DC Extended Universe flick.
How do you see Seth Grahame-Smith’s withdrawal from The Flash movie? Share via comments!
The Flash warner bros the flash movie Seth Grahame-Smith
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line65
|
__label__cc
| 0.57002
| 0.42998
|
People who love to SING
with Village Voices in Emsworth
Village Voices came into being in September 2012 and meets in The Methodist Church in Emsworth every Wednesday evening. We are now entering our eighth year, and still loving every moment.
Recent Concert Recordings
O Fortuna
http://emsworthvillagevoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/01-O-Fortuna.mp3
http://emsworthvillagevoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/17-Perhaps-Love.mp3
West Side Story Medley
http://emsworthvillagevoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/11-West-Side-Story-Medley.mp3
http://emsworthvillagevoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20-You-Raise-Me-Up.mp3
Village Voices 2018
Photograph by Martin Stewart
EBA Lobster Pot Christmas Carols 2017
Our aim is to learn, rehearse and sing music in four part harmony from across all genres; folk to show music, standard classical through to popular music of our era.
With the help and guidance of our Musical Director, Denise Baugh, and supported by our Accompanist, Brian Budden, we are encouraged, with humour and a sense of fun, to improve our standard of performance and to broaden our repertoire with a wide range of music.
Village Voices is made up of a friendly, sociable group of people and if you come to our concerts, you will be welcomed and entertained. See the Forthcoming Events page for more information.
© 2019 Village Voices
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line76
|
__label__wiki
| 0.989009
| 0.989009
|
Egypt’s Former President Mohamed Morsi Dies in Court
News - World - Egypt
Egypt's former President Mohamed Morsi has passed away during a trial court session in the capital Cairo, state television says.
It said 67-year-old Morsi fainted during a court session on Monday and died afterwards. "He was speaking before the judge for 20 minutes then became very animated and fainted. He was quickly rushed to the hospital where he later died," a judicial source said.
Morsi, a senior figure in the Muslim Brotherhood organization, was Egypt’s first democratically-elected president after the 2011 revolution, but he was deposed following a military coup led by Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in July 2013.
He had been serving a 20-year prison term on charges of ordering the arrest and torture of protesters, a 25-year jail term on charges of passing intelligence to Qatar and a three-year term for insulting the judiciary.
In November 2016, the Court of Cassation scrapped the life imprisonment sentence for Morsi and 21 other defendants, including some who had received the death penalty, in the same case and ordered a retrial.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan became the first world leader to pay tribute to Morsi, calling him a martyr. "May Allah rest our brother Morsi, our martyr's soul in peace," said Erdogan, who had forged close ties with the late former president.
Egypt's public prosecutor said the former president was pronounced dead at 4:50 p.m. local time (02:50 GMT) at the hospital, and that a medical report showed no apparent recent injuries on his body. Morsi suffered from medical neglect during his imprisonment as well as poor conditions in jail.
Human Rights Watch described the news of his death as "terrible" but "entirely predictable", citing the Egyptian government's "failure to allow him adequate medical care. Last year, a report by a panel of UK legislators and attorneys warned that the lack of medical treatment could result in Morsi's "premature death.”
"Our conclusions are stark," Crispin Blunt, the Detention Review Panel's chairman, said at the time. "The denial of basic medical treatment to which he is entitled could lead to his premature death." They panel said that Morsi was being kept in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day, which under the UN guidelines, would classify as torture. The Egyptian Interior Ministry declared a state of alert on Monday, notably in Mursi's home province of Sharqiya in the Nile Delta, where the body was expected to be taken for burial.
Source: Press TV
#Egypts-Former #MohamedMorsi #Dies_in_Court
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line78
|
__label__cc
| 0.666076
| 0.333924
|
Home » Keynote Speakers
WATCH THESE PRESENTATIONS FOR FREE!
D4D will be broadcasting these sessions from the 5th Annual Conference. Check out these excellent sessions via the links below during the presentation times:
Monday, March 4th, 9:30am Central Time
OPENING KEYNOTE with Brad Frost: Let’s Work Together!
Tuesday, March 5th, 1:20pm Central Time
TUESDAY INVITED SPEAKER S. Craig Watkins: The Digital Edge: What Educators Should Know about the Digital Lives of Multi-Cultural Youth
Wednesday, March 6th, 10:30am Central Time
CLOSING KEYNOTE with Chris LaRoche: How Did We Get Here? A historical journey of user experience
OPENING KEYNOTE | BRAD FROST
Monday, March 4th 9:30am Central Time
Nobody works alone in a vacuum, and successful work hinges on how well a team communicates and collaborates with each other. This talk will explore many methods, tools, and techniques teams use to produce great web experiences. How do team members all stay aligned and working towards common goals? How do designers ensure colors, typography, and other design elements are used correctly? What deliverables should be created in an effective web design process? How are decisions communicated with the team, stakeholders, and the broader organization? There are no “right” answers to these questions, but this talk will cover some important principles and helpful tactics to help your team make great work together.
Brad Frost is a web designer, speaker, trainer, consultant, writer, and musician located in Pittsburgh, PA. He recently published Atomic Design, a book that introduces a methodology for thinking of our UIs as thoughtful hierarchies, discusses the qualities of effective pattern libraries, and showcases techniques to transform team’s design and development workflow.
CLOSING KEYNOTE | CHRISTOPHER LAROCHE
Wednesday, March 6th 11:30am Central Time
How Did We Get Here? A historical journey of user experience
With the expansiveness of the concept and idea of user experience everywhere in our digital and physical lives today, the question remains: how did we get here and how did this topic become so pervasive in such a short time?
The discussion will describe how the field has evolved, matured, adapted, and continued to expand: from humble beginnings, as human factors and usability, to becoming an all-encompassing term user experience that includes so many professions and areas. To answer this question, this talk focuses on the evolution of the journey of the UX field from its incubation in World War II and post war, through the evolution of the consumer society in the 1950s/1960s, through the software explosion of the 1980s/1990s, and the Web explosion of the 1990s/2000s. We will then discuss specifically how this professional solidified and became so important within the last decade.
Finally, a wrap up will include where the idea and concept of user experience is headed in the immediate future, with a call to action to understand the risks and benefits on the field’s horizon.
Christopher S. LaRoche works as a user experience consultant at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His works focuses on researching and evaluating the accessibility & usability of Web sites and software. His interest also includes promoting inclusive design. Christopher S. LaRoche works as a user experience consultant at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His works focuses on researching and evaluating the accessibility & usability of Web sites and software. His interest also includes promoting inclusive design.
He has worked as a technical writer, information designer, user researcher, and consultant in his career. Chris has worked at Autodesk, Sun Microsystems, Genuity/BBN, Domain Pharma, Fidelity Investments, Paragon Imaging, HR Block, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Additionally, Chris is a Senior Lecturer at the College of Professional Studies (CPS) at Northeastern University, where he has taught for several decades. He teaches a wide range of graduate courses in user experience. He has taught at Harvard University, University of Wisconsin, Bentley University, and Emerson College. Chris also teaches undergraduate courses in modern Irish history.
Chris has been a long-term member of the User Experience Professionals’ Association (UXPA), including previously serving on Board of Directors of the Boston and International Chapter(s). He presents regularly at professional conferences. Chris has an MA in Irish history from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut and an MS in Human Factors from Bentley University.
INVITED SPEAKER | S. CRAIG WATKINS
Tuesday, March 5th 1:20pm Central Time
The Digital Edge: How Black and Latino Youth Navigate Digital Inequality
Craig’s recently published book The Digital Edge: How Black and Latino Youth Navigate Digital Inequality examines how the digital and social-media lives of low-income youth, especially youth of color, have evolved amidst rapid social and technological change. Relying on nearly three hundred in-depth interviews with students, teachers, and parents, and hundreds of hours of observation in technology classes and after school programs, The Digital Edge carefully documents some of the emergent challenges for creating a more equitable digital and educational future. Focusing on the complex interactions between race, class, gender, geography and social inequality, the book explores the educational perils and possibilities of the expansion of digital media into the lives and learning environments of low-income youth. Ultimately, the book addresses how schools can support the ability of students to develop the social, technological, and educational skills required to navigate twenty-first century life.
S. Craig Watkins studies young people’s social and digital media behaviors. He is a Professor at the University of Texas, Austin, in the department of Radio-Television-Film. Craig is also a Faculty Fellow for the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his PhD from the University of Michigan.S. Craig Watkins studies young people’s social and digital media behaviors. He is a Professor at the University of Texas, Austin, in the department of Radio-Television-Film. Craig is also a Faculty Fellow for the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his PhD from the University of Michigan.
Previous post 2019 Workshops
Next post UX Events
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line81
|
__label__cc
| 0.649177
| 0.350823
|
Is the War over the Organic Mission Betraying a Small State Mentality ?
That Sikkim is divided over the ban on most of the inorganically grown vegetables is common knowledge. The four main groups are- (a) hostile- opposing the ban, (b) happy- supporting the ban, (c) neither hostile nor happy - observing the ban and (d) blissfully unaware-ignoring the ban. The hostile group says that the ban has created a crisis like situation and a civil war is about to erupt. The happy group says that everything is fine and we must bear with some initial inconveniences hoping that it will finally do good to our farmers and the state. The third group is neutral, or at least not vocal and it is to be hoped that they are observing the process and outcome carefully. The fourth group mostly consists of children who have no time and maturity to think about it. They are probably the happiest group at this time.
The division between hostile and happy is, for the most part, a reflection of a political divide. It is, therefore, in essence, a battle between the ruling and opposition parties. This is not to deny that, there are non-political people on either side of the divide. However, most of the comments about the ban on inorganically grown vegetables are coming from supporters of the government and the comments against the ban are coming from opposition parties.
It is not, by any means, unhealthy to have a counter-perspective to every perspective. Easy acceptance of every government policy will definitely weaken the ideological backbone of society. One of the major roles of oppositional political forces and media is to question the government. However, the questioning must be driven by a deep sense of responsibility and one of the goals of the questioner must be to challenge the responders to a sensible debate based on solidly robust rationale. One should never ask a question only to create confusion in the masses and stir up public frustration. A civilized society must engage in debate in a most sensible way possible. Trying to create chaos in the name of questioning is dishonesty. In other words, the genuineness of the question determines the quality of the debate and the fruitfulness of the outcome. But the trouble arises when the questioner either doesn’t do his homework well or is hopelessly driven by his or her biased agenda. The dialectical conflict at present between the pro-organic farming group and the forces criticizing it has been devoid of adequate intellectual investigation and thorough reasoning. It is, for the most part, a mere venting of frustration and spreading of annoyance. Such questioning strikes me with underwhelming force.
The Sikkim Organic Mission has been arguably the most fiercely questioned government policy. Questions were asked, doubts were cast, counter-arguments were put forward and failure was prophesied. Nothing seems to convince the questioners and nothing seems to discourage the government. Even the Central Government (i.e., the BJP, which is an opposition party in Sikkim) approving Sikkim’s Organic Mission and some renowned global organizations giving awards to the Sikkim Chief Minister do not seem to have made any difference to those who oppose the mission. One and a half decades later, the battle continues. The opposition has not ceased to call it ‘fake’ and the government has not ceased to move on.
Now the battle is about whether or not the State government should have banned inorganically grown vegetables. If the branding of organic Sikkim has to benefit people at the grassroots, Sikkim needs to move forward in a big way in the use of organic products. The use of organically grown vegetables (henceforth OGV) is obviously the starting point. Given the abundance of inorganically grown vegetables from Siliguri marketed through the dominant business establishments of vendors, our OGV stands no chance without government intervention. It needs a serious push into the market if there is going to be any success whatsoever.
Jiwan Rai
To read the further article please get your copy of Eastern Panorama March issue @http://www.magzter.com/IN/Hill-Publications/Eastern-Panorama/News/ or mail to contact @easternpanorama.in
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line86
|
__label__cc
| 0.69498
| 0.30502
|
Ah, Rome, a peaceful city full of life. A far cry from years back when it was war-torn and depressed. The Empress recalled the days when many legions and her elite 13 were needed just to protect it, and sometimes, that wasn't even enough.
The Empress walked slowly amongst her people in Rome, she was most definitely the peoples' Empress. All knew of her and all knew that she would have time for them when they needed her advice.
The day of the current threat was no exception, she had been in the market place talking with the citizens and her generals when a runner appeared looking half dead. She had the citizens take the runner back to the Royal Palace, she would follow and hear the message he carried soon after.
The runner advised her of an uprising in a settlement south of Rome, where a mighty leader had managed to turn some people against the ways of Rome and against the ways of the Empress. This man and his followers now drew close to Rome and would be here within the day, he was coming to take control of Rome and all of its people.
The Empress called upon her remaining Generals to send out runners from Rome to call back the rest of her 13 and also to revive the legions, as they would be needed once again.
The Empress now only needed one last piece of information from the runner, she needed the name of this man who sought to wrestle control of Rome. Her face dropped as he uttered only one word......Caesar!!
The runners left Rome that very day to recall the rest of the 13 as quickly as possible, other runners were dispatched to local villages to spread the word that new legions were needed in Rome. It took many days for the 13 to return to Rome, and by this time Caesar had taken Rome and his army was now in place.
It was now up to the Empress and the 13 to guide the Legions in the coming battle. Many would fight and many would die but in the end they had to bring about...... The Fall Of Caesar!
Still having issues with registering or logging in, send mail to here
Email: Current Game Time: 04:37:12 PM EDT 07/17/2019
Password: Game Version: 2.7
Logins are current disabled
while we do game maintenance.
© 2007 - 2019 Schaaf Enterprises, Inc.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line91
|
__label__wiki
| 0.935584
| 0.935584
|
Contact | advertise | i saw u | Newsletters |
A + E
Folio Picks
Liberty Picks
Latin Picks
Wellness Picks
Best Of Jax
Best Of Saint Augustine
Best Of The Beaches
Best Of Clay County
FREE & FUN
FOLIO COMMUNITY
HEREDITY & HERMENEUTICS
The issue of an expanded HRO is creating rifts between faith leaders with close familial ties
Pastor R.L. Gundy, seen here in his Mount Sinai Baptist Church office, has become an outspoken advocate for LGBT rights.
photo by Chloe Herring
Posted Wednesday, December 23, 2015 12:00 pm
FOLIO NEWS
by CHLOE HERRING
It was a little more than an hour into the second of Mayor Lenny Curry’s community conversations — this one, called “Religious Freedoms, Thoughts and Beliefs,” was held on Dec. 3 at Edward Waters College — when Pastor Ronnie Edwards of Blessed Hope Missionary Baptist Church expressed his disdain for the direction of the discourse.
“[We’re] beating a dead horse. We keep going back to love as if we don’t love,” he said. “My God doesn’t change.”
Audience members, sitting on bleachers in Adams-Jenkins Sports & Music Complex, responded with a synchronized “Amen.”
The “Amens,” just short of the familiar call-and-response (along with the fan-waving) gave the room an ecclesial feel. But, in a gymnasium and with an audience made up of both white and black people, it was certainly a far cry from the church proceedings that would carry on as usual a few days later.
The issue of expanding Jacksonville’s Human Rights Ordinance to include protections for LGBT individuals has brought people together. But it has also created some rifts, locally, both between and among faith leaders and the churches they represent.
When the community discussion was over for the evening, people flooded onto the hardwood floors of the basketball court.
Edwards, who inspired a loud outcry after asserting “homosexuality is a choice,” was met with hugs and hearty handshakes. People of all races approached him with smiles, thanking him for his service and for speaking on their behalf.
The response to one of his comments, in particular, stood out. When asked how he felt about LGBT people being discriminated against just as blacks had been during the Jim Crow era, Edwards shot back, saying the “plight of black people is not in the same universe as the plight of LGBT.”
Many of the people sitting on the bleachers applauded enthusiastically.
Edwards’ insistence that local laws need not include protections for LGBT people, however, is not representative of every black pastor in Jacksonville.
In November, Pastor R.L. Gundy, of Mount Sinai Baptist Church, caused a media frenzy when he became an outspoken advocate for LGBT rights.
Edwards and Gundy were on the same page when changes to the HRO were proposed back in 2012. Since then, ideas about love and marriage have largely shifted, culminating in June when the Supreme Court granted same-sex couples the right to marry.
With the landmark decision, Gundy abandoned efforts to ban same-sex marriage.
Gundy said when LGBT people feel disparaged by the church, it creates a climate that is not conducive to his work as a pastor. Despite claims otherwise, Gundy said he considers any resistance to grant a marginalized community protection from discrimination to be hate.
“If I can’t minister to the people in church and they’re running away because they feel like the church is condemning them, I’m not doing ministry. I’m doing hate,” Gundy said.
FAMILIAL DIFFERENCES
Edwards is one of Jacksonville’s many religious leaders who argue that faith-based communities that do not support an inclusive HRO do, in fact, love LGBT people. It was one of his most recited talking points as a panel member during the community conversation.
Edwards declined to comment about Pastor Gundy’s change of heart, however, and was open only to saying he disagreed with Gundy, but wanted to keep his personal opinions private.
Gundy and Edwards are related by marriage, their families intertwined by law, their church membership at Mount Sinai and a deep involvement in the ministry.
Gundy, however, wasn’t sworn to silence.
“Ronnie Edwards is out of this church,” Gundy told Folio Weekly.
“Unfortunately, when he was at the meeting, and I walked in and I saw him, I didn’t know he was going to be there doing that,” Gundy said. “I said, ‘Well, it looks like he didn’t want to call a brother and talk to me because I’m his father in the ministry.’ So I said, ‘He [is] out of his league’ and he was.”
By changing his stance on the HRO, though, it may be Pastor R.L. Gundy who is out of his league, according to some members of black churches who attended the community meeting.
“I would probably be looking for another church,” said one woman in the audience who’d been asked what she’d do if her pastor supported an inclusive HRO. “He’s entitled to change his mind but his parishioners don’t have to stay.”
Earlier this month, a group of 19 African-American pastors called for a public referendum on the issue of an expanded HRO.
FOLLOWING HIS LEAD
On Sunday morning at Mt. Sinai, the parking lot was full. Inside the sanctuary, red and green Christmas ribbons adorned wooden pillars as light shined through windows that reached to the ceiling.
Gundy’s parishioners did not seem phased by his stance on the HRO. One woman, a member of Mount Sinai for more than 70 years, said Gundy opened discussions about it during a Bible study.
“We should not discriminate. If that was the case, we wouldn’t be where we are,” she said.
The woman joined others, like Percy Clarett, in full support of Gundy’s leadership and ideology.
“One thing he really wants is equal opportunity for people to live where they want to live. I think that’s really good. I think no matter who you are, you should be able to live where you want to live,” Clarett said. “He encourages us to love everybody.”
In fact, no one expressed opposition. Robert Lewis, a church deacon, said he has the utmost respect for Gundy.
“He ’bout treating humans like they supposed to be treated. He has an inner love. He’s very protective of people. I just got a lot of respect for him,” Lewis said. “I can’t speak for what other churches do, but when it comes to him, he shows compassion to everybody.”
Today, Gundy and Edwards still agree on at least one thing: The LGBT community’s struggle for civil protections is not the Civil Rights movement.
“It’s different. My ancestors came here as slaves,” said Gundy.
Though he is adamant that they are two different battles, Gundy, who calls himself a “social justice preacher,” said the fight for LGBT rights is not so far apart from the Civil Rights Movement that there is no common ground.
“There is similarities when it comes to discrimination,” he says.
Gundy says he instructs his congregation from the Bible, based on his personal convictions of how Christians are called to live.
“I trained them on the Biblical principles of love, non-discrimination and the fact that some people who are gay are born that way,” Gundy said.
He says he still has a huge issue with the church, which he said “is yet to repent from the sin of segregation, discrimination, disenfranchisement.”
“I can’t blame the church or evangelicals for having a Biblical stance because I have mine. But I can blame them when they don’t show the love imperative, which is the moral-ethical piece,” Gundy said. “We can’t continue to carry the name of Christianity and not carry the moral imperative of love. We can’t do that.”
human rights ordinance, christian pastor, lgbt faith, jacksonville, florida
No comments on this story | Add your comment
The Eye More Photos | Submit a photo
The PRIDE of San Marco Square
Prince Party at The Surf
Native Sun Bite Club
Taverna Yamas
Calendar More events | Submit an event
© Copyright 2019 Folio Weekly | Privacy Policy | Our e-edition and back issues | find your folio | Powered by: Creative Circle Media Solutions
6ab2d5a81f739d85480cfe4dadf83060
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line94
|
__label__wiki
| 0.616639
| 0.616639
|
Posts tagged: qualifiers
Beyond The Hand Of God
Diego Maradona, Manager of Argentina
I have to say, I like this Argentina team. I’ve never been a particular supporter or proponent of the Argentineans before, but something about this team merits my attention and admiration. Perhaps it’s due to the fact that I happened to be in a bar full of football supporters, from all different countries, when Argentina had their do or die qualifying match against Peru back in October of 2009. The energy was electric and the game was incredible to watch. Astonishingly, Argentina had not done well in qualifying up to this point. They left it late into the rounds before finally securing their, some might say “rightful place” in the World Cup. The game was played under heavy rain and Argentina remained at 1-1 into the dying minutes. Commentators were practically writing obituaries of Argentina manager Diego Maradona as they scrutinized the last few moments of the match. As the rain poured down in injury time, 36 year-old Martin Palermo of Boca Juniors sprang into action and scored the winning goal. While it was not the match that completely clinched qualification, it was a match they could not afford to drop points in and the rest is history.
Nine months later, Argentina arrived in South Africa ready to be taken very seriously. But before they even had a chance to kick a ball in anger, pundits were writing them off. ‘Do so at your peril,’ I thought. The obvious choices of Spain, Brazil, and Germany were on the lips of journalists as favorites to win, but I believed that there was something special brewing in this Argentina side. Despite their somewhat wobbly qualification, they endured and most likely cemented an incredible team spirit through their trials en route to South Africa. And while no one ever completely writes off Argentina, there was less confidence in this team than in previous years.
Many saw Diego Maradona as a liability rather than an asset. Not Argentinean supporters of course, who believe the man is God incarnate, but rather the objective football fan. Understandably, Argentina sees Maradona with rose-colored glasses, but even they can admit the man has not had the most illustrious past. Despite his football acumen, his struggles with drugs and weight have hit the headlines more in the past 15 years than his playing prowess. But all credit to him; in the last few years he cleaned himself up, had an operation to help with his weight gain issues, and re-emerged in Argentina as a respected football pundit. He was handed the illustrious reigns of managing his country in 2008, and no one in Argentina would think to argue the choice.
The man knows glory, and lucky for him, he has a squad brimming with talent. To say, “the next Maradona” is now studying under him wouldn’t be much of a stretch. Lionel Messi, at the young age of 22 (he turns 23 tomorrow) is perhaps the most prolific player in the world since El Diego. His touch is mesmerizing and after a season where he scored 34 goals for Barcelona, no one would dare disagree with his standing as best in the world. And yet, Argentina still has an embarrassment of riches to call on other than the pint sized forward. You could start with the man Maradona famously used when describing his team, “My team is Mascherano and ten others.” The combative midfielder doesn’t posses the grace and skill of some his compatriots, but what he lacks in style, he makes up for in pure aggression. Add to that Gonzalo Higuain, Carlos Tevez, Sergio Aguero, Maxi Rodriguez, and Martin Dimichelis, and you’ve got one good looking squad. Maradona was so blessed he was even able to leave behind veterans Zanetti and Cambiasso and take instead Juan Veron and Martin Palermo.
Now we come back full circle to Palermo. Some were shocked at the player’s inclusion, even after his extraordinary goal in qualifying. As one of only six players playing their club football in Argentina, Palermo was a man Maradona was not leaving behind. And yesterday, against Greece in their final group match of the World Cup, Maradona was proved right. Rather than sure things up at the back with a 1-0 lead in tact, Maradona put Palermo in at the end of the game to go out and score another. He did just that. Palermo poached a goal and in the celebrations after, his entire team came running over to him. Maradona jumped into the arms of one of his staff on the sidelines, unable to contain his excitement.
This moment epitomized Argentina so far in this World Cup. They are a unit, banded together and there for each other on the pitch. Maradona’s wild enthusiasm and the love he shows for his players go beyond the typical relationship of a manager and his squad. Maradona didn’t pick players based solely on reputation and name, he picked the players he believed in with the conviction that they will return the favor with performances. And not necessarily performances that are only sensational blowouts, but performances with heart. This is the first team in South Africa to look as if they are truly enjoying themselves. And a lot of the credit must be given to Maradona, the man many believed to be the team’s major liability. Before the tournament, I believed Argentina would win the World Cup, or at the very least go far, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on why. Now I know. It’s not just the talent, but the spirit Maradona and his 23 men have that will see this team reach great heights, in this World Cup and beyond.
Football, Soccer, World Cup 2010 | argentina, diego maradona, group stage, hand of god, qualifiers, world cup
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line96
|
__label__wiki
| 0.751708
| 0.751708
|
Innocent Man Accused of Stealing His Own Pickup Shot by Police in Mesquite
MESQUITE, Texas – Police in Mesquite said Tuesday that a man suspected of breaking into a pickup truck, and was then shot by an officer after a confrontation last Wednesday, is actually the owner of the vehicle.
Lyndo Jones was still charged with one count of evading arrest, said Lt. Brian Parrish with the Mesquite Police Department, but those charges were dropped Tuesday evening. The lawyer for Jones stated that the Dallas County District Attorney’s office rejected the charge.
“He was detained because we had received information that there was a burglary in progress and, regardless of who owns the vehicle, regardless of what the actual situation is, if an officer receives a call that there is a burglary in process and arrives at the scene and finds what he deems to be a suspect, it is just simply a prudent matter to take that person into custody and further investigate and find out if the person is up to no good, and if they are, then we move forward with an investigation,” said Parrish.
Jones addressed the media Tuesday night outside of the hospital where he is being treated. He would not address specifics of what transpired last Wednesday. “I don’t why somebody would do that,” said Jones. “Why? I didn’t do nothing to you or did anything. Why? That’s what I want to know.”
Jones added that his doctors and nurses have taken good care of him in the hospital. “I’m feeling good, thankful that I am alive, living and breathing, and get to go home and see my little girls.”
The incident started at about 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 8, when police were called to the 1300 block of South Town East Boulevard for somebody setting off a car alarm.
When an officer arrived at the scene, he located Jones sitting inside of a pickup truck as the vehicle’s security alarm was sounding. The officer confronted the suspect and things then escalated quickly. That scuffle led to the officer firing his weapon and striking the man.
However, officials said that Jones continued to fight with officers even after he was wounded and placed into handcuffs. Police said that he demonstrated such physical strength that it took three officers just to hold him down until paramedics could arrive at the scene to assess his injuries.
“The situation was that Mr. Jones didn’t give the officer ample opportunity to start an investigation,” said Parrish.
Jones underwent surgery for his gunshot wound and has been released from Baylor Medical Center, but is still recovering. He was not armed at the time of the incident. The officer who shot Jones has been identified as Derick L. Wiley, a 10-year veteran of the Mesquite Police Department. Wiley is now on administrative leave.
Unarmed Man Shot by Laredo Police Mother says Authorities are Lying
Mentally Ill Woman Hospitalized After Cop Shoots Her Four Times
WATCH: Video Captures University of Chicago Police Officer Shooting Student Near Campus
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line98
|
__label__wiki
| 0.721007
| 0.721007
|
2010 / newscast
Robert Byrd, the Senate’s longest-serving member, dies at 92
Supreme Court confirmation hearings begin for Elena Kagan
Supreme Court effectively overturns Chicago’s handgun ban
G8 and G20 meetings wrap up in Canada
Street Beat: Hands Across the Sand
FDA calls medically unnecessary antibiotics in meat a “serious public health threat”
The Food and Drug Administration called on meat producers today to cut back on antibiotics given to animals destined for the dinner table. In today’s Federal Register, the FDA said that antibiotics given to animals create a “serious public health threat.” Such drug use fosters anti-biotic resistant bacteria that, when ingested, can infect humans. The FDA draft guidelines published today suggest antibiotics be administered only when medically necessary and under the supervision of a veterinarian.
US and EU agree on terms for swapping banking info in alleged terrorism investigations
The US and the European Union signed off on an agreement today to share financial information when investigating potential terrorism cases. The deal was struck after US authorities agreed to EU demands to provide more privacy protection. Before the US can access financial information from European banks, officials will have to explain the reasons they suspect terrorist activities. The EU also required that the US provide a plan to correct or delete inaccurate data, as well as ensure that individuals can sue the government if their financial information is misused. Last year – the EU refused to continue a temporary data sharing agreement saying civil liberties were not adequately protected.
More deaths in ongoing protests in Indian administered Kashmir
In Indian administered Kashmir today, police and security forces killed two more protesters, including a 9 year old boy, triggering more unrest across the region. Five demonstrators have been killed in the past four days. Shanawaz Khan has more from Srinigar.
Elections in Somaliland free and fair despite attacks on border polls
Election officials in the breakaway republic of Somaliland are tallying votes after more than 1 million Somalis cast ballots in a Presidential contest – Abdulkarim Jemale reports.
Guinea and Burundi elections
Election officials are counting votes today in two other African nations as well. In the first free elections in more than a half a century – voters in Guinea cast ballots yesterday – observers say polling went smoothly. But in Burundi, very few voters turned out today after ten grenade attacks in the 24 hours prior to polling. And they only had one option — the only candidate on the ballot was incumbent Pierre Nkurunziza. Six opposition candidates withdrew early this month claiming intimidation. Results in that election are expected quite quickly.
Kygyz voters approve new constitution
And in Kyrgyzstan, voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution that weakens presidential powers and establishes a parliamentary system. Elections to fill Parliamentary posts are due in October.
Iceland’s Prime Minster first world leader to marry same sex partner
The Prime Minster of Iceland is now officially the world’s first government leader married to a same-sex partner. Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir and her partner have been united in a registered partnership for years – but their union was converted to a marriage yesterday, when Iceland’s recently enacted law legalizing same-sex marriage took effect. The law affords gay couples in Iceland all the benefits of marriage – including the right to adopt children.
Honduras coup: June 28th, 2009
And today marks one year since the coup in Honduras. Ousted President Manuel Zelaya remains in exile in the Dominican Republic.
The longest serving member of Congress, West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd, died early Monday morning at the age of 92. Byrd was elected to the US House in 1953, then to the Senate in 1959, where he served for 51 years. As Chair of the Appropriations Committee, he brought billions of federal dollars to West Virginia, a state that’s faced high poverty for decades. Byrd had immense influence on Capitol Hill and held more leadership positions than any other Senator in US history.
In his youth, Senator Byrd was a member of the Klu Klux Klan and as an elected official, he voted against the Civil Rights Act and the nominations of Supreme Court Justices Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas, amongst other black political nominees. But in the decades following, he renounced some of these actions and said joining the KKK was the “greatest mistake” of his life.
“And so we who, like myself, we born in a Southern environment, grew up with Southern people, knew their feelings, knew about the Civil War and all these things, I thought ‘my goodness, we ought to get ahead of the curve really’, not have the law force us to do it. We ought to take down those signs. Well, that is what made me come to the conclusion that if I had to do it over again, I’d vote against that law.”
Byrd later won favor from the left for his outspoken opposition to the war in Iraq.
“The American public was sold on this war. Yes it was, yes it was sold on this war with methaphors about mushroom clouds. I heard all those and fanciful visions of our troops being greeted as liberators. I heard that and I saw that, yes! The fear tactics and half truths continue as the president suggests that terrorists would follow us here. Have you heard that before? If we withdraw from Iraq and the administration grasps at every straw to demonstrate progress on the ground.”
He led an unsuccessful filibuster against the resolution that gave sweeping war powers to former president, George w. Bush. On the day of the US-led military invasion of Iraq, Byrd said, “Today I weep for my country.”
The loss of a Democrat in the Senate has called into question the passage of the Financial Reform bill before the July 4th recess. West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin will appoint Byrd’s successor.
The Senate Judiciary Committee began the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Elena Kagan. If confirmed, the current US solicitor general would replace Justice John Paul Stephens, who is retiring. Kagan served in the Clinton administration and was formerly dean of the Harvard Law School. FSRN’s Matt Pearson reports.
The Supreme Court wrapped up its 2010 session today. Justices agreed to allow a sex abuse scandal case against the Vatican to move forward. They have also agreed to hear a challenge brought against an Arizona immigration law that punishes employers for hiring undocumented workers. Although it’s not the controversial sweeping immigration law passed earlier this year, this may indicate the high court could eventually hear challenges to SB 1070.
The court also issued its final four rulings of the session today. A 5-4 decision upheld a University of California law school policy that prevented the Christian Law Society from receiving official school recognition and funding over the group’s refusal to accept members with ideological differences or because of sexual orientation.
Another important case was McDonald vs. Chicago, which questioned if an individual’s 2nd ammendment right to bear arms superceded the sections of the 14th ammendment allowing state and local governments to make their own laws. At the heart of the case was Chicago’s handgun ban. The court ruled that Chicago and the nearby community of Oak Park cannot ban handguns outright, but local governments can regulate firearms sales.
Today’s ruling mirrored the same split down ideological lines that overturned Washington DC’s handgun ban.
For a look at how this ruling may impact on-the-ground violence prevention efforts in Chicago, Shannon Young spoke with by Michael Rodriguez, Executive Director of Enlace Chicago, an organization that works to improve the quality of life for residents of the city’s Little Village community.
The G8 and G20 summits wrapped up in Huntsville and Toronto over the weekend, amidst big spending promises from the leaders and the arrests of over 600 protesters. FSRN’s Aaron Lakoff was in the streets of Toronto, and files this report.
On Saturday, thousands of people from 37 countries and all 50 states gathered to say no to offshore oil drilling and yes to clean energy. From WMNF Community Radio in Tampa, Seán Kinane brings us these voices from a Hands Across The Sand event on a beach in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Next story June 29, 2010
Previous story June 25, 2010
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line101
|
__label__cc
| 0.648249
| 0.351751
|
Four Rivers
Aniishinabemowin
The Four Rivers team consists of a very passionate and dedicated group of professionals from a diverse set of backgrounds.
Sarah Cockerton,
Manager of Environmental Programs
scockerton@matawa.on.ca
Sarah has been with Matawa First Nations Management for over ten years and currently oversees operations of all divisions of Four Rivers. Raised in a multi-generational entrepreneurial family in southern Ontario, Sarah moved to Thunder Bay in 2000. She then pursued an Honours degree in Science at Lakehead University, graduating from the Water Resource Science Program. Her undergraduate work included an intensive Honours thesis, studying geochemical rock-water interactions at the former open-pit mines at Steep Rock, near Atikokan, Ontario. Sarah also holds an associates certificate in Project Management. Sarah is well versed in scientific concepts, tools and techniques related to field collection, laboratory analysis, the organization of data and GIS. Since serving at Matawa First Nations Management, she has worked very closely with multiple First Nations on planning and developing community lands and resource offices and support systems. She has been responsible for the development of regional environmental programs and services throughout the Matawa member First Nations homelands in northern Ontario, which included the development of the Four Rivers department in 2011, and Four Rivers Inc. in 2017.
Kimberly Jorgenson, M.Sc.
Environmental Services Coordinator
kjorgenson@fourrivers.group
With over fifteen years of experience in the environmental sector, Kim applies her diverse skill set to a variety of projects at Four Rivers Group. Since 2011, Kim’s role has included the oversight and coordination of environmental projects, from environmental site investigations and assessments to community-based Cultural Impact Assessments. She regularly coordinates and facilitates large gatherings (from community open house events to large-scale conferences) to communicate complex environmental processes and issues such as climate change and environmental monitoring. Kim is fluent in the fields of biology, environmental legislation, research science and geographic information systems. As a skilled field researcher in aquatic environments, including the collection, analysis and interpretation of scientific data and its synthesis, Kim develops a variety of technical reports and presentations on technical topics. Kim holds a Bachelor of Environmental Science degree from the University of Manitoba, and a Master of Science degree in Biology from Lakehead University. Kim was previously employed in the environmental consulting sector, where environmental baseline data collection and contaminated site compliance monitoring were part of her regular duties.
Peter Moses,
Mineral Development & Information Support Officer
pmoses@matawa.on.ca
Peter is a member of Pic River First Nation. Peter attended Confederation College and graduated with a Technical High School Diploma and continued his education at George Brown College graduating in Instrumentation Technology. After a brief retirement from the Pulp and Paper Industry as an Instrumentation Technician and Instrumentation Supervisor in 2003, he joined the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines as the First Nation Minerals Information Officer. His role was to provide education, information, advice, and expertise regarding geology, mineral exploration and mining to First Nation Communities throughout Ontario. Peter retired from MNDM in February 2014, and joined Matawa First Nations Management as the Mineral Development Information Support Officer within Four Rivers Environmental Services Group. In 2017, Peter received the prestigious Skookum Jim Award from PDAC recognizing his significant contribution to Canada's mineral exploration and mining industry through his work with companies, government, and Aboriginal communities.
Jennifer Duncan,
Geomatics/ Project Manager
jduncan@fourrivers.group
With over 6 years of experience in the environmental and mineral sector, Jennifer applies her geomatics knowledge to a variety of projects at Four Rivers Group. Over the past 4 years, Jennifer’s role at Four Rivers has included capacity building, training, community engagement and project coordination of several initiatives, all with a geomatics component. Jennifer is fluent in the field of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and is a talented cartographer, having created hundreds of custom maps along with two ESRI Canada award-winning maps (published nationally in their annual calendar). As a skilled Geomatics Professional, Jennifer has worked on a variety of different mapping projects including, but not limited to: mineral exploration and tenure mapping; traditional knowledge data collection and mapping; interactive online mapping applications; and, field data collection using GPS and UAV technology. Jennifer has an Honours Bachelors of Arts degree in Geography from Lakehead University and completed her undergraduate thesis research on Traditional Knowledge with a remote Eastern Arctic Inuit community. Jennifer was previously employed in the mineral exploration consulting sector for over 3 years, where GIS, research and report writing were part of her regular duties.
Laura Prior,
CURRENTLY ON PARENTAL LEAVE
Communications & Design Specialist
lprior@fourrivers.group
Laura Prior started work with Matawa First Nations Management in 2013 in the Communications Department. By 2014 she transitioned to the Environmental Services Group, Four Rivers as the Environmental Coordination Officer, to focus on outreach and capacity building initiatives. Her experience and expertise in the communications field pairs well with many environmental projects in the department. She can provide assistance in various communication areas, from creative design projects to information sessions to youth engagement. Laura graduated from Lakehead University with her HBA degree in Sociology. Her previous work experience includes marketing and customer service. Both her schooling and past employment bring valuable knowledge to Four Rivers, strengthening the department’s scope.
Jasmine Baxter,
Geomatics Intern
jbaxter@fourrivers.group
Jasmine Baxter is the Office Administrator with Four Rivers, responsible for coordinating project logistics and financial management. Jasmine has a background in social work, having graduated from Confederation College’s Native Child & Family Services program. She is the main point of contact in the Four Rivers office, and is skilled in coordinating the travel and venue logistics of large-scale events, and is responsible for purchases, service procurement and invoicing. As a proud member of Marten Falls First Nation and a mother of five children, Jasmine brings her superior multi-tasking and organizational skills to the Four Rivers team. Jasmine is passionate about watershed stewardship initiatives and Indigenous language preservation.
Kevin Wabasse,
Linguistics Officer
kwabasse@fourrivers.group
Kevin is the Linguistics Officer at Four Rivers Group., and is a member of Nibinamik First Nation (Summer Beaver) in northern Ontario. Kevin provides both oral and written Ojibway and Oji-Cree translation and interpretation of documents. He also provides communications and public relations support for various Four Rivers projects. He is bi-lingual and is able to speak in Oji-Cree and English fluently. He is capable of reading and writing in syllabics in the eastern Oji-Cree dialect. He has the ability to provide translation of documents into syllabics and provide interpretation for staff that aren’t able to communicate effectively with Elders from the Matawa member First Nation communities who only speak in Oji-Cree, Cree, or Ojibway. Kevin has over 7 years of experience in Administrative Support Services for multiple of First Nations organizations and communities.
Four Rivers Environmental Services Group of Matawa Kick-off New Water Stewardship Research Project
Living with Us… Woodland Caribou (Atik)
Matawa Environment Gathering 2018
233 Court Street South, Thunder Bay, ON P7B2X9
info@fourrivers.group
Weekdays: 8:30am-4:30pm
Æ© 2019 Four Rivers. Magone Theme by Sneeit.com
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line102
|
__label__cc
| 0.656999
| 0.343001
|
all SCOTUS cases and links
State Opinions and Some U.S.D.C. Opinions
Most Recent SCOTUS Cases
← S.D.N.Y. concludes there is a somewhat limited common law right of access to the SW materials in the Michael Cohen case
WA: State attenuation is more narrow than the 4A’s, and here it wasn’t satisfied →
W.D.N.Y.: No IAC for trial strategy def had nothing to do with house, which denies him standing to contest search
Posted on February 10, 2019 by Hall
Defendant disavowed any connection at trial to a particular house as a trial strategy. Thus, it was not ineffective assistance of counsel for not moving to suppress the search of a house he thus lacked standing in–defendant would not have prevailed on a motion to suppress if one had been filed on the merits, either. United States v. Pierce, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19353 (W.D. N.Y. Feb. 7, 2019).*
Defendant’s oversearching claim for searching his camper is rejected because the search warrant permitted it. People v. Madigan, 2019 NY Slip Op 00999, 2019 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 998 (4th Dept. Feb. 9, 2019).*
In an alleged sex offense, there was probable cause shown to seize bedding and clothing for DNA. State v. Shannon, 2019-Ohio-421, 2019 Ohio App. LEXIS 438 (11th Dist. Feb. 8, 2019).*
This entry was posted in Ineffective assistance, Standing. Bookmark the permalink.
Archives Select Month July 2019 (91) June 2019 (175) May 2019 (177) April 2019 (169) March 2019 (178) February 2019 (135) January 2019 (110) December 2018 (128) November 2018 (125) October 2018 (132) September 2018 (163) August 2018 (171) July 2018 (156) June 2018 (144) May 2018 (140) April 2018 (159) March 2018 (175) February 2018 (159) January 2018 (192) December 2017 (227) November 2017 (186) October 2017 (162) September 2017 (169) August 2017 (183) July 2017 (187) June 2017 (181) May 2017 (148) April 2017 (181) March 2017 (189) February 2017 (175) January 2017 (151) December 2016 (174) November 2016 (134) October 2016 (119) September 2016 (139) August 2016 (146) July 2016 (140) June 2016 (147) May 2016 (179) April 2016 (171) March 2016 (167) February 2016 (176) January 2016 (151) December 2015 (172) November 2015 (137) October 2015 (135) September 2015 (148) August 2015 (171) July 2015 (150) June 2015 (143) May 2015 (173) April 2015 (172) March 2015 (153) February 2015 (181) January 2015 (164) December 2014 (182) November 2014 (177) October 2014 (183) September 2014 (128) August 2014 (117) July 2014 (157) June 2014 (185) May 2014 (155) April 2014 (206) March 2014 (259) February 2014 (216) January 2014 (230) December 2013 (268) November 2013 (189) October 2013 (193) September 2013 (177) August 2013 (202) July 2013 (186) June 2013 (168) May 2013 (132) April 2013 (152) March 2013 (135) February 2013 (135) January 2013 (148) December 2012 (121) November 2012 (114) October 2012 (177) September 2012 (95) August 2012 (142) July 2012 (157) June 2012 (142) May 2012 (216) April 2012 (136) March 2012 (143) February 2012 (194) January 2012 (83) December 2011 (306) November 2011 (76) October 2011 (78) September 2011 (63) August 2011 (66) July 2011 (140) June 2011 (79) May 2011 (130) April 2011 (90) March 2011 (134) February 2011 (94) January 2011 (315) December 2010 (122) November 2010 (53) October 2010 (62) September 2010 (104) August 2010 (23) July 2010 (84) June 2010 (101) May 2010 (172) April 2010 (42) March 2010 (249) February 2010 (43) January 2010 (47) December 2009 (191) November 2009 (30) October 2009 (22) September 2009 (20) August 2009 (25) July 2009 (65) June 2009 (48) May 2009 (56) April 2009 (75) March 2009 (73) February 2009 (87) January 2009 (92) December 2008 (237) November 2008 (15) October 2008 (33) September 2008 (59) August 2008 (94) July 2008 (123) June 2008 (79) May 2008 (90) April 2008 (99) March 2008 (46) February 2008 (104) January 2008 (103) December 2007 (73) November 2007 (116) October 2007 (67) September 2007 (49) August 2007 (77) July 2007 (87) June 2007 (80) May 2007 (33) April 2007 (51) March 2007 (46) February 2007 (43) January 2007 (75) December 2006 (39) November 2006 (60) October 2006 (48) September 2006 (40) August 2006 (5)
Immigration Blog: When May ICE Agents Enter Residences or Private Premises to Make Arrests?
CA7 declines to reinstate a 4A jail strip search claim after 8A claim went to trial; SCOTUS needs to decide
N.D.Ill.: The exclusionary rule does not apply in a § 1983 suit against police officers
TX14: The exclusionary rule does not apply to drug testing in a termination of parental rights case
IN: When AE applies, the fact def walked away from the car doesn’t prevent search
ABA Journal Web 100, Best Law Blogs (2017); ABA Journal Blawg 100 (2015-16)
by John Wesley Hall
Criminal Defense Lawyer and
Search and seizure law consultant
Contact: forhall @ aol.com / The Book
www.johnwesleyhall.com
© 2003-19,
online since Feb. 24, 2003
WebPage Visits: real non-robot hits since 2010; approx. 25k posts since 2003
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Fourth Amendment cases,
citations, and links
Latest Slip Opinions:
U.S. Supreme Court (Home)
Federal Appellate Courts Opinions
First Circuit
Third Circuit
Fifth Circuit
Sixth Circuit
Tenth Circuit
Eleventh Circuit
D.C. Circuit
Foreign Intell.Surv.Ct.
FDsys, many district courts, other federal courts
Military Courts: C.A.A.F., Army, AF, N-M, CG, SF
State courts (and some USDC opinions)
Advanced Google Scholar
LexisWeb
LII State Appellate Courts
LexisONE free caselaw
Findlaw Free Opinions
To search Search and Seizure on Lexis.com $
Research Links:
Supreme Court:
S. Ct. Docket
Solicitor General's site
SCOTUSreport
Briefs online (but no amicus briefs)
Oyez Project (NWU)
"On the Docket"–Medill
S.Ct. Monitor: Law.com
S.Ct. Com't'ry: Law.com
General (many free):
Google Scholar | Google
LexisOne Legal Website Directory
Crimelynx
Lexis.com $
Lexis.com (criminal law/ 4th Amd) $
Findlaw.com
Findlaw.com (4th Amd)
Westlaw.com $
F.R.Crim.P. 41
www.fd.org
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Resources
FBI Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide (2008) (pdf)
DEA Agents Manual (2002) (download)
DOJ Computer Search Manual (2009) (pdf)
Stringrays (ACLU No. Cal.) (pdf)
Congressional Research Service:
--Electronic Communications Privacy Act (2012)
--Overview of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (2012)
--Outline of Federal Statutes Governing Wiretapping and Electronic Eavesdropping (2012)
--Federal Statutes Governing Wiretapping and Electronic Eavesdropping (2012)
--Federal Laws Relating to Cybersecurity: Discussion of Proposed Revisions (2012)
ACLU on privacy
Privacy Foundation
NACDL’s Domestic Drone Information Center
Electronic Privacy Information Center
Criminal Appeal (post-conviction) (9th Cir.)
Section 1983 Blog
"If it was easy, everybody would be doing it. It isn't, and they don't."
“I am still learning.”
—Domenico Giuntalodi (but misattributed to Michelangelo Buonarroti (common phrase throughout 1500's)).
"Love work; hate mastery over others; and avoid intimacy with the government."
—Shemaya, in the Thalmud
"A system of law that not only makes certain conduct criminal, but also lays down rules for the conduct of the authorities, often becomes complex in its application to individual cases, and will from time to time produce imperfect results, especially if one's attention is confined to the particular case at bar. Some criminals do go free because of the necessity of keeping government and its servants in their place. That is one of the costs of having and enforcing a Bill of Rights. This country is built on the assumption that the cost is worth paying, and that in the long run we are all both freer and safer if the Constitution is strictly enforced."
—Williams v. Nix, 700 F. 2d 1164, 1173 (8th Cir. 1983) (Richard Sheppard Arnold, J.), rev'd Nix v. Williams, 467 US. 431 (1984).
"The criminal goes free, if he must, but it is the law that sets him free. Nothing can destroy a government more quickly than its failure to observe its own laws, or worse, its disregard of the charter of its own existence."
—Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643, 659 (1961).
"Any costs the exclusionary rule are costs imposed directly by the Fourth Amendment."
—Yale Kamisar, 86 Mich.L.Rev. 1, 36 n. 151 (1987).
"There have been powerful hydraulic pressures throughout our history that bear heavily on the Court to water down constitutional guarantees and give the police the upper hand. That hydraulic pressure has probably never been greater than it is today."
— Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 39 (1968) (Douglas, J., dissenting).
"The great end, for which men entered into society, was to secure their property."
—Entick v. Carrington, 19 How.St.Tr. 1029, 1066, 95 Eng. Rep. 807 (C.P. 1765)
"It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have frequently been forged in controversies involving not very nice people. And so, while we are concerned here with a shabby defrauder, we must deal with his case in the context of what are really the great themes expressed by the Fourth Amendment."
—United States v. Rabinowitz, 339 U.S. 56, 69 (1950) (Frankfurter, J., dissenting)
"The course of true law pertaining to searches and seizures, as enunciated here, has not–to put it mildly–run smooth."
—Chapman v. United States, 365 U.S. 610, 618 (1961) (Frankfurter, J., concurring).
"A search is a search, even if it happens to disclose nothing but the bottom of a turntable."
—Arizona v. Hicks, 480 U.S. 321, 325 (1987)
"For the Fourth Amendment protects people, not places. What a person knowingly exposes to the public, even in his own home or office, is not a subject of Fourth Amendment protection. ... But what he seeks to preserve as private, even in an area accessible to the public, may be constitutionally protected."
—Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347, 351 (1967)
“Experience should teach us to be most on guard to protect liberty when the Government’s purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.”
—United States v. Olmstead, 277 U.S. 438, 479 (1925) (Brandeis, J., dissenting)
“Liberty—the freedom from unwarranted intrusion by government—is as easily lost through insistent nibbles by government officials who seek to do their jobs too well as by those whose purpose it is to oppress; the piranha can be as deadly as the shark.”
—United States v. $124,570, 873 F.2d 1240, 1246 (9th Cir. 1989)
"You can't always get what you want / But if you try sometimes / You just might find / You get what you need."
—Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
"In Germany, they first came for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Catholic. Then they came for me–and by that time there was nobody left to speak up."
—Martin Niemöller (1945) [he served seven years in a concentration camp]
“You know, most men would get discouraged by now. Fortunately for you, I am not most men!”
---Pepé Le Pew
"The point of the Fourth Amendment, which often is not grasped by zealous officers, is not that it denies law enforcement the support of the usual inferences which reasonable men draw from evidence. Its protection consists in requiring that those inferences be drawn by a neutral and detached magistrate instead of being judged by the officer engaged in the often competitive enterprise of ferreting out crime."
—Johnson v. United States, 333 U.S. 10, 13-14 (1948)
Website design by Wally Waller, Little Rock
2017 ABA Journal Web 100
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line103
|
__label__wiki
| 0.728974
| 0.728974
|
Huddersfield Motorcycle Action Group
23-11-2017 MAG opposes ‘disproportionate’ pillion passenger ban
24th November 2017 admin Leave a comment
MAG has expressed concerns about the prospect of a ban on pillion passengers in London – a proposal which has been raised to combat the scooter crime epidemic currently gripping the city.
The idea has been put forward by Green Greater London Authority member, Sian Berry who said ‘A very small number of people are causing large amounts of fear on our streets… A local safer-neighbourhood panel Chair pointed out a tactic used in some other countries: to temporarily ban the carrying of pillion passengers across whole cities.’
of us recognise the need to find solutions to the scooter mugger problem, the honest law-abiding, hard-working Londoner who takes his partner to work to cut costs and commuting time will be badly affected by this. It’s not as if the criminals will obey this law amongst all the others they are breaking. The Police will be hard-pushed with current staffing levels to enforce it and that will undermine the effectiveness of all laws.’
Tim adds ‘In 2011, Honduras banned motorcycle passengers after a series of drive-by killings. In addition, a ban was imposed in Medellin, Colombia, at the height of drugs cartel violence. Are we really saying London is comparable to Honduras and Columbia? I don’t think so. While it may be legitimate to impose a passenger ban on convicted criminals, doing so on a blanket basis is a disproportionate response to the challenge we’re trying to address.’
MAG will make these points in December 2017 at the Home Office forum which has been set up to address the moped mugger problem.
Contact MAG at 01926 844 064 or central-office@mag-uk.org
07-11-2017 New low with London acid attacks and Merseyside killing
21st November 2017 admin Leave a comment
MAG has described the most recent acid attack as a ‘new low in bike crime’ and expressed its frustration at the shocking assault on a rider, potentially leaving him with a visual impairment.
MAG has offered its sincere sympathy to the victim of the attack, a delivery moped rider named Muhammed Nawshad Kamal, who was assaulted by thugs attempting to steal his moped in the Walthamstow area of London.
MAG’s London Regional Representative Tim Fawthrop said ‘there’s not much to say which helps in this situation, except that a shudder went through the riding community when news of this attack became known. We’re already working with local authorities and the police to reduce bike crime, but our efforts have come too late for Mr Kamal and that grieves me as a rider and us as a movement.’
MAG’s National Chair, Selina Lavender, adds ‘after the relative success of preventing mass lawbreaking at Halloween, this incident dampens the mood and leaves me feeling exasperated that such criminal, lawless behaviour still exposes riders to continual danger. We’re drawing up a plan of action which we intend to share with relevant groups later in November, and with the next Home Office anti-bike crime meeting shortly after that. If ever there was a dreadful example of the constant peril bikers have to put up with, the attack on Mr Kamal is it.’
MAG understands that the police have arrested two teenagers for this attack and that acid was thrown at the victim more than once. While there are options regarding the penalty, it is worth noting that there have been calls for involving the parents or guardians. It has also been pointed out that compensation is a factor, given the potentially permanent effect this attack will have on the rest of the victim’s life.
There is provision in law to hold people for very long periods if their crimes are serious enough and courts can commit people of any age to detention at Her Majesty’s pleasure, potentially indefinitely.
In separate incidents, a man in Merseyside was fatally stabbed by a number of criminals who used scrambler bikes for the assault, and reports are coming in regarding yet another acid attack. These appalling crimes underline the national nature of this epidemic. MAG is investigating the situation and has previously engaged with police on these matters.
03-11-2017 MAG praises ‘no repeat’ of 2016 Halloween hooligan chaos
MAG has praised the law enforcement agencies and local authorities for a concerted effort which prevented a repeat of last year’s ugly scenes around the country, when lawless yobs invaded the streets of a number of towns and cities in a deliberate attempt to cause disorder.
Selina Lavender, the Chair of MAG, has expressed her satisfaction at the progress: ‘we were determined to prevent a second round of thuggery on two wheels this year, after the mayhem which was so widely reported in 2016. I’m glad to say that the collective effort, including the police, local authorities and other groups such as We Ride London, the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Community, a very active Facebook group in Birmingham and, of course, MAG, have provided intelligence and collective will to the momentum against these criminals. There was a bit of trouble in Romford at the weekend; however, apart from that, the main activities were children trick-or-treating with their parents and others just having a good time.’
Selina attributes the success to planning and communication. ‘There were a number of arrests before Halloween, with many more potentially being charged. No doubt this had a positive effect, stopping these yobs from thinking they can do what they want in our streets. MAG has communicated with police forces and Councils in all the areas that were most affected in 2016. The law enforcement agencies are the ones that have done the real work on the ground and should be praised for this. I think we’ve learned a lot about what works and it’s also been a good relationship-building process. I want to thank our activists for being so proactive and working with the authorities so effectively. Theft and bike-jackings continue to be a major worry for riders. As far as Halloween goes, the fact that there was no repeat of the anarchy we saw last year is less a matter for celebration than relief.’
Those charged with offences will be tried in due course. MAG believes these prosecutions will be a salutary warning to others that their antics will be repaid with penalties through the courts.
01-11-2016 MAG slams Leeds louts as ‘the worst example of behaviour in recent years’
1st November 2016 admin Leave a comment
MAG has slammed the ‘irresponsible and dangerous behaviour’ of 200 antisocial hooligans in Leeds as ‘the worst example of behaviour in recent years
One of MAG’s Representatives, Richard Manton, has distanced the organisation from any association whatsoever with the antics of the louts: ‘MAG has been promoting responsible and considerate riding for over 40 years. An overwhelming majority of riders respect and uphold the principles of good roadcraft along with skillful and thoughtful use of our highways. From time to time any activity can attract a hooligan element that reflects very badly on the individuals themselves.
‘These people are not riders in the proper sense, but irresponsible people on two wheels, just as some choose to act irresponsibly on four wheels – or on foot. MAG would like to reiterate that those tearing through the streets on motorcycles with complete disregard for others are not a true representation of the majority of riders in the UK, and deserve to be prosecuted for breaches of the laws currently in place in the interests of public safety.’
The Chair of MAG, Selina Lavender, says the organisation is contacting the police and the local authorities to discuss how best to address these issues in the longer term. ‘The laws already exist to prosecute these immature and irresponsible people. We’re exploring whether there is a way MAG can assist with educating people to understand the idiocy of this behaviour and thereby use social pressure as a powerful tool to prevent a recurrence of such incidents in future.’
27-05-2019 Yorkshire MAG Products
22-05-2019 MAG meets Secretary of State for Transport
14-02-2019 MAG holds talks with United Nations on environment
18-01-2019 Help us catch a potential road killer
17-01-2019 MAG to work with the United Nations on transport policy
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line104
|
__label__cc
| 0.74836
| 0.25164
|
Artificial DNA Used to Give Life for First Time
0 comments, 11/06/2010, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com, in Factoid, program, Technology
Like something straight out of a science fiction movie, scientists have created a completely human-made DNA sequence, and used it to give life to an organism.
According to Discovery.com, scientists from the J. Craig Venter Institute placed an artificial genome into a host cell that lacked DNA. The cell sprang to life, as it began to grow and reproduce.
“This is the first synthetic cell that’s been made,” Venter told Discovery. “We call it synthetic because the cell is totally derived from a synthetic chromosome, made with four bottles of chemicals on a chemical synthesizer, starting with information in a computer.”
Synthetic biology makes this all possible. This field of science focuses on reprogramming the DNA of entire organisms like bacteria and viruses.
Venter and his team synthesized an entire Mycoplasma genome, and then injected the DNA sequence into a Mycoplasma bacterium that had its own DNA removed. They added hundreds of thousands of additional base pairs, making the sequence more than 1 million base pairs long. Base pairs are what genomes are usually measured by. In comparison, a human genome has more than 3 billion base pairs.
The bacteria grew and reproduced thanks to the artificial DNA, but this, as it stands, isn’t useful to humans. However, in years to come scientists could write DNA sequences that can lead to cheaper drugs, vaccines and biofuel.
Frances Arnold, a synthetic biologist at the California Institute of Technology, told Discovery that this accomplishment is a testament to scientists’s ability to manipulate long sections of DNA. But before any application for biofuel and the like can happen, scientists need to find the specific genetic code.
“We can write anything we want,” Arnold told Discovery. “The problem is that we don’t know what to write.”
« The Infant Indoctrination Series Parts 1 – 4 (Full)
Warning Signs Of Full Spectrum Collapse Are Everywhere »
Only 50% Of U.S. Mobile Phone Owners Now Have Smartphones
The Mystery of the Giant Planet Hidden In Our Solar System
The Collision Over Traffic Cameras
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line107
|
__label__wiki
| 0.790196
| 0.790196
|
Jackson Rockingster
Mr. Jackson Rockingster is President and CEO of HABNET CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Mr. Rockingster has a proven track record of creating and implementing entrepreneurial programs and developing community partnerships. He holds such Professional Designations as NASD Series 7 and 63 Registered Representative, and New York State School Administrator and Supervisor (SAS) and School District Administrator (SDA). Mr. Rockingster attained a B.B.A. in Finance and Investments and a B.A. in History from Baruch College; M.A. degrees in History & Social Science Education, as well as Educational Administration from New York University. Mr. Rockingster is a co-founder of HABNET and HAAPA-PAC. He serves as Vice-Chair of the Flatbush Nostrand Junction Business Improvement District, serves on the board of the Flatbush YMCA and serves as advisor to the International Humanitarian Outreach Ministries (IHOM). Mr. Rockingster is also a County Committee Member with the 42nd Assembly District and is an Adjunct Professor at Metropolitan College of New York.
Mr. Pierre Michel is a senior Public Health Advisor for the NYCDOHM Tuberculosis program. Mr. Michel is a cofounder and served on the Executive Board of HAAPA (2004 -2006). For ten years he served as President of ADAEF, the Alumni Association of Ste. Enfance that was established to help support children in Croix-des-Bouquets, his original hometown in Haiti.
Claudy Dorestant
Mr. Claudy Dorestant is a founding member of HAAPA and HABNET. He is currently the owner of Dorestant Tax Services offering assistance with tax preparation, and planning for individuals. He is a Certified Teacher of Mathematics and holds a Master of Science Degree in Economics from Brooklyn College.
Yvans Morisseau
Mr. Yvans Morisseau is Interim Acting Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Haitian American Business Network Chamber of Commerce (HABNET) and is in charge of HABNET outreach in Miami, Florida. He co-founded the Haitian American Business Network, a division of HAAPA, Inc, dedicated to promoting higher business standards and better business methods as well as fostering trade and commerce in the community. Mr. Morisseau is also the Vice-Chairman of the Haitian American Relief Committee.
Sophia Lubin-Loncke
Dr. Sophia Lubin-Loncke was vigorously involved in the inception of the organization called HAAPA, which has led to the creation of HABNET. She currently serves as the interim vice president of The Alliance Relief Mission for Haiti, an organization devoted to aiding the town of Archaie in Haiti. She has committed at least ten years to helping Haiti on all fronts and remains a very active part of the African Diaspora.
Louis Loncke
Mr. Louis Loncke is the Principal of LogiTech IT Solutions Inc., where he oversees a wide array of tech services for the company’s corporate, non-profit and small business clientele. Honored with a Citation by Council Member Jumaane D. Williams and recognized as one of the founders of HAAPA and HABNET, Mr. Loncke has made an impact in the IT solutions field as well as among the Haitian and Caribbean community.
Karl Lherrisson
Mr. Karl Lherrisson is a graduate of Brooklyn He is also a founder and served as one of two Technology Officers of HAAPA. A Senior Network Administrator / Manager at Sakonnet Technology, LLC, and the Principal of Lherrisson Technology Solutions. He is effective at team building, vendor negotiations and maximizing the benefits of applicable infrastructure.
Samille V. Jean-Pierre
Ms. Samille V. Jean-Pierre is a Hofstra University class of 2004 Alumni with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and Biology. She is one of the founding members of HAAPA and HABNET in New York and has flourished as a public relations expert and journalist. She is also the founder and CEO of JP Relations LLC, a full service public relations and marketing firm within the Haitian arts and culture community.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line111
|
__label__wiki
| 0.850841
| 0.850841
|
Enjoy 3 New All-American Rejects Songs & “Send Her To Heaven” Video
Natasha Bedingfield Announces Lead Single “Roller Skate” Out On Friday
See Avril Lavigne’s Gorgeous “I Fell In Love With The Devil” Music Video
BANKS Shares Hazy New ‘III’ Song, “Contaminated”
Is Green Day Releasing A New Single Next Week?!?
Hidden Jams
The backstage pass to your favorite music
About Hidden Jams
About Song Registration
Song Previews
Making the Album
Editors – Greatest Hits Album
Ellie Goulding – 4th Studio Album
Evanescence – 4th Studio Album
Garbage – 7th Studio Album
Green Day – 13th Studio Album
Hilary Duff – 5th Studio Album
Kelly Clarkson – 8th Studio Album
Lana Del Rey – Norman Fucking Rockwell
Natasha Bedingfield – 4th Album
Simple Plan – 6th Studio Album
Smith & Burrows – 2nd Studio Album
Vanessa Carlton – Love Is An Art
Tentative Track Lists
Natasha Bedingfield – 4th Studio Album
Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness – Upside Down Flowers
Avril Lavigne – Head Above Water
Editors – Violence
Ghost – Prequelle
Hoobastank – Push Pull
Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computer
Muse – Simulation Theory
The Longshot – Love Is For Losers
Evanescence – Synthesis
Kelly Clarkson – Meaning Of Life
Music Matchup Monday
TunesDay
Welcome To… Wednesdays
Sara Bareilles – What’s Inside: Songs From Waitress
Sara Bareilles released her 4th studio album, The Blessed Unrest, in July 2013. It was led by the hugely popular single “Brave,” and was bookended by two successful tours. But even after the album cycle came to an end after the single “I Choose You” in spring 2014, Sara kept busy. She’d already revealed that she was working on two big projects: A book and a musical.
We got plenty of news about the musical, Waitress, throughout 2014. Sara was writing the music for it, and debuted one of the show’s songs live during her own tour in June. She also made progress on her book, and finished it early in 2015.
The surprise came when Sara suddenly revealed she was working on a new album already. And as quickly as it started, it finished. She completed her album in only a month, and is now getting ready to release all three of her projects in the second half of 2015. Waitress started its run on August 1st, and Sara’s book Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) In Song was to be released on October 6th. Meanwhile, Sara’s 5th studio album, What’s Inside: Songs From Waitress, is set for release on November 6th. The first single, “She Used To Be Mine,” is out now.
It Starts With a Musical Called Waitress
Just when Sara was getter ready to release her fourth studio album, The Blessed Unrest, news broke that she would be working on another project: A musical.
Waitress is an adaptation of the 2007 film of the same name. In June 2013, it was announced that Sara would score the musical – a first for the pop singer. Sara will pen the music and lyrics along with Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel’s book. Barry and Fran Weissler will produce the musical, and Diane Paulus will serve as the director. Waitress was set to be ready for the 2015-2016 Broadway season.
Waitress is about Jenna, a pregnant waitress trapped in an abusive marriage. She longs for a better life, and may find one when a nice doctor comes into town.
“She Used To Be Mine” Performed Live
On July 22, 2014, Sara was playing a show in Raleigh, NC as part of her Little Black Dress tour. She decided to treat fans to a new song from her musical, Waitress. “She Used To Be Mine” is a heart-wrenching ballad that is introspective and sad, yet also empowering.
As Sara describes, “She Used To Be Mine” is written from Jenna’s perspective:
She is this amazing pie genius and she works at this tiny little southern diner, and she’s married to a man she doesn’t love, and she just got pregnant with a baby she doesn’t want. And she is going through a mid-life crisis, and I found myself really connecting with this character and wanting to tell her story, and so I’m gonna sing to you the ballad she sings sort of at the pinnacle of her realizing that she’s not the person that she thought she was.
Watch Sara Bareilles perform “She Used To Be Mine” in Raleigh, NC below:
It doesn’t capture the end of the song, but you can hear Sara’s introductory description of the song at the beginning of this video:
Waitress Gets a Theater Debut Date
On December 11, 2014, Variety confirmed that the musical Waitress will debut on August 1, 2015 in the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Finishing the Book
Back in 2012, book publishers Simon & Schuster announced that they would publishing a book by Sara Bareilles. You can see their press release below:
New York, N.Y., October 25, 2012 – Simon & Schuster has acquired an intimate collection of essays by platinum selling singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles. The book will explore Sara’s life as a performer and a songwriter, giving fans a behind-the-scenes perspective of her dramatic rise to fame, and the challenges and triumphs of the creative process.
Bareilles achieved mainstream success in 2007 with the hit single “Love Song,”which reached #1 in 22 countries around the world. She has sold over 1 million records and over 4 million singles in the United States alone, and has been nominated for a Grammy Award three times.
“Sara Bareilles never fails to give us wit, vulnerability and unflinching honesty in her songs,” said Karyn Marcus, Senior Editor of Simon & Schuster who acquired world rights from Laura Nolan at Paradigm. “It is precisely those qualities which will make this book an intimate compelling portrait of an artist in action.”
The book will be beautifully designed, including excerpts from Sara’s journals, replicas of original lyrics and a wealth of personal photos making it a must-have for Bareilles’ fans. The publication date is tentatively scheduled for 2014.
Sara kept fairly quiet about it for the first two years, but finally, in March 2015, her book was complete:
MY BOOK MY BOOK MY BOOK MY BOOK!!!!! #imgettingthereAlans!
A post shared by Sara Bareilles (@sarabareilles) on Mar 20, 2015 at 3:06pm PDT
Sara Enters the Studio
Surprise! Admits news of her musical Waitress and her upcoming book, Sara suddenly revealed she had entered the studio to begin recording her next album. It was certainly unexpected, but of course fans were excited. Sara shared plenty of studio pictures during the recording process. Aaron Sterling and Jared Scharff – whom she was working with – also posted some behind-the-scenes instagram shots.
Good stuff happens when this one's around. 😏💛✨💚💙❤️
A post shared by Sara Bareilles (@sarabareilles) on Apr 12, 2015 at 6:27pm PDT
This ones just for fun @jackantonoff
This is happening. #waitress #me #mynextrecord #manythings
Queen Nadia.
#mewsick
A post shared by Sara Bareilles (@sarabareilles) on Apr 16, 2015 at 9:25am PDT
Spending the week in NYC makings record with the wonderful @sarabareilles
A post shared by Aaron Sterling (@sterloid) on Apr 16, 2015 at 11:56am PDT
Mister Neil Avron talking through some changes w/ @sterloid. Extremely talented dudes.
A post shared by Jared Scharff/Pearl Lion (@scharffishere) on Apr 16, 2015 at 1:47pm PDT
Lights…Camera…Scharff. Filming today at electric lady for Sara Bareilles.
Mister @sterloid laying down loops for a super rad and quirky @sarabareilles tune today. I used a crazy synth sound on the guitar to go with this beat. #NYC #ElectricLadyStudios #gearporn
A post shared by Jared Scharff/Pearl Lion (@scharffishere) on Apr 17, 2015 at 12:02pm PDT
Making really tough decisions. #newrecord photo:@bmir
Current overdub madness w/ @sarabareilles #GoneGrammin'#NYC #gearporn #SNL #guitarsofinstagram #guitar #guitarist #music
There goes @sarabareilles laying down some keys #NYC #guitarist #guitar #guitarsofinstagram #ElectricLadyStudios
A post shared by Jared Scharff/Pearl Lion (@scharffishere) on Apr 18, 2015 at 9:41am PDT
Last day w/ @sarabareilles. Been an incredible week working on amazing music with amazing people.
A post shared by Jared Scharff/Pearl Lion (@scharffishere) on Apr 19, 2015 at 11:56am PDT
Every session MUST have a clap track! @sarabareilles @sterloid @jack_daley_bass Neil Avron. #ElectricLadyStudios #NYC #guitar #guitarist #guitarsofinstagram #music #SaraBareilles
My home last week at Electric Lady Studios recording amazing music from @sarabareilles. The band was me, @sterloid and @jack_daley_bass. And that's Neil Avron, Eric, Scott and Phil. Incredible week with incredible people. We laughed and worked our asses off 🙂 #NYC #guitar #guitarist #guitarsofinstagram #music #ElectricLadyStudios #Jimi #StudioLife
Range-y, fast, hard, no breathing. #waitress
It's been a really good week. A huge thanks to the folks standing next to me here. I can't remember any of their names but they seemed really nice.
Kidding. That's Jack Daley, @sterloid, me, Neal Avron, and @scharffishere. #iknowallthenames
In late April, Sara started tagging her recording photos with #waitress – which is the name of her musical. Is there some overlap in the names here?
#waitress @blend_studios @bmir
Trying some cool new vocal approaches. #waitress
More from the front lines of the vocal booth. I'm worried about myself. #waitress
What's inside. #waitress #vocals #backinthebooth
A post shared by Sara Bareilles (@sarabareilles) on May 17, 2015 at 4:32pm PDT
Me and my sisters. The DiGiallonardo ones. #waitress
My darling sweet ones making string make music. @thecatapult and #yairevnine
And just like that, after only a month in the studio, Sara announced that she was done recording her album. Already!
😂🙏🏼✨🎹🌺#done #itsbeenabigweek #waitress
Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) In Song
In spring 2015, Sara confirmed the title of her long awaited book: Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song. It was set to hit shelves on October 6, 2015. On June 3rd, EW debuted the cover art for the book:
Sara spoke about the differences between writing music and writing a book:
It feels infinitely more vulnerable to speak about my life without the metaphor and mask of music or my singing voice. I tried to be candid. I tried to remember things in an unbiased way. I tried to be at least a little funny…. Sounds Like Me is a collection of stories about my own self-discovery. Each essay is anchored by a song that helped me build a deeped understanding of who I am as an artist and person.
Sara Tells All in Google Hangout: Waitress Album Due in November
On June 10th, Sara treated lucky fans to a Google Hangout. She talked about her new musical, Waitress, her new book, Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) In Song…. and her new album. Between April and May, Sara quickly recorded her next album, the followup to 2013’s The Blessed Unrest. Sara finished the record in only a month, and now we have some more information about it.
At 32:20 in the Google Hangout, Sara mentioned some important details about her next album:
I went into the studio with Neal Avron, who produced ‘Kaleidoscope Heart’ with me, and I decided that my next record couldn’t be anything other than what I’ve been spending the last two years of my life working on, you know, so closely. So before this show is up and out in the world with a cast album, I wanted to take selections of the material from ‘Waitress,’ and sort of interpret them as Sara Bareilles songs, since that’s what they are. But I’m singing about fish and pies, stuff like that. (Laughs.) It was super fun, it was like, all bets were off in terms of how this record came to life. We had so much fun in the studio.
The songs are little vignettes of moments of the story and moments of what the show is going to be about. And my hope for the record is that people get familiar with the music, and then come to see the show, and feel like they’re at a Sara concert in a small way. Because they’ll sort of know the music and be familiar.
So, it’s coming out in November. And I may or may not be wearing a waitress uniform. (Laughs.) But I had so much fun making it, we did it in like a month, it was quick and dirty, it was awesome. I hope that fans love it. It’s sonically very similar to where we were living with ‘Kaleidoscope Heart,’ which feels like a really, just a soulful place for me. I had so much fun with Neal.
We’ll be releasing little album teasers and behind-the-scenes stuff too. So you guys will get lots of info on that.
In addition to describing the new album, Sara also talked at length about her new musical Waitress, which would opening that August in Boston. She’d been working on the musical for over two years, and the album will be linked with the songs that appear in the show.
Sara also described her new book, Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) In Song. The chapters in the book are connected to different songs from her catalog, including “Gravity,” “Love Song,” and “Beautiful Girl.” Fans will get a more intimate, confessional, honest look at Sara and the stories behind her songs and life so far. Sara will also do a two week book tour in support of Sounds Like Me this October. She will hit Philadelphia, New York City, New Jersey, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, and Chicago. More details will be announced soon.
During the Google Hangout, Sara also mentioned some other fun things, such as her aspirations to act and what kinds of things she likes to do in her free time. Watch the whole video above to hear everything.
Sara Performs New Waitress Song, “Take It From An Old Man”
On June 27th, Sara appeared on “A Prairie Home Companion” to talk about her upcoming musical, Waitress. Sara Bareilles and Nadia DiGiallonardo (with Rich Dworsky and The Berkshire Boys) performed some new Waitress songs. In addition to the previously debuted “She Used To Be Mine,” Sara also introduced a new song called “Take It From An Old Man.” Listen below:
More About Waitress, a Photo Shoot, & New Song Titles
On July 8th, Playbill published a new interview with Sara Bareilles. Sara talked about how “She Used To Be Mine” moved her to tears:
I have never had an experience before where I have written a song and now when I hear the song it makes me cry. It’s been a really interesting experience of channeling these characters’ stories but also finding myself as a listener. I feel more like an audience member than a composer. It’s a new role for me.
Sara also noted how different it is for her to write songs for a musical rather than for herself:
If I have ever been cracked open and felt exposed and raw, it’s through this process. I think [it’s] in large part due to the fact that I’m a first-time theatre composer. I’m very aware that I’m stepping into some sacred ground here and wanting to do right by the legacy that’s been set before me. It’s a genre I love and have respect for, but I also want to feel like I can tip my hat to what has come before but also make the storytelling my own.
She continued:
It’s been an inspired and exciting journey to be on. We’ve maintained that collaborative spirit that I was so intrigued by initially. Our creative team is small. The production team as well as our creative team feels like a chamber piece. Nothing’s gotten too big. It’s all stayed really intimate. That’s been hugely satisfying for me creatively. I didn’t know how deeply I was going to fall in love with this. And two-and-a-half years in it’s by far my favorite thing I’ve ever done.
Sara also talked about how she first started writing music with her older sister and struggling to be heard in a man’s world. Read the rest of the interview at Playbill for more.
In early July, Sara did a Waitress photo shoot, though it is unclear is this is for the musical or for her new album. She also revealed a new song titled “Earl’s Guitar.”
Somebody did a photo shoot!! (I did. With a tall Persian prince named @shervinfoto)
A post shared by Sara Bareilles (@sarabareilles) on Jul 6, 2015 at 4:01pm PDT
Some of my best work. #waitress
A post shared by Sara Bareilles (@sarabareilles) on Jul 21, 2015 at 7:04pm PDT
“She Used To Be Mine” & What’s Inside: Songs From Waitress
On September 25th, “She Used To Be Mine” was released as the lead single from Sara’s fifth album, What’s Inside: Songs From Waitress. Many of Sara’s fans had known “She Used To Be Mine” for a while already. Sara debuted the song live in July 2014, and continued to play it during concerts that year. It appears in the new musical called Waitress, for which Sara wrote all of the songs. Waitress began showing in Cambridge, Massachusetts in August; it will go to Broadway next spring.
You can see the lyric video for “She Used To Be Mine” below. It features footage of Sara Bareilles in the studio and performing the song live, as well as scenes from the musical, Waitress. You can buy “She Used To Be Mine” on iTunes or stream it on Spotify now.
Meanwhile, Sara’s new album has an official release date. What’s Inside: Songs From Waitress is set for release on November 6th, a full month after her book hits stores. The album features songs from the musical, and after Waitress debuts on Broadway in spring 2016, the cast will also release an album of the musical’s songs.
During a Reddit chat on September 25th, Sara confirmed that a song called “Like A Table” from Waitress will not appear on her album.
Currently, there’s a lot going on for Sara. Her new musical, Waitress, will was a success in Cambridge and will go to Broadway in 2016, and her personal new book, Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) In Song, will be in bookstores on October 6th. Meanwhile, Sara’s new album, What’s Inside: Songs From Waitress, will be out on November 6th. It features the lead single, “She Used To Be Mine.” 2015 is a big year for Sara fans!
One thought on “Sara Bareilles – What’s Inside: Songs From Waitress”
Props to you for this great article. So well-written and packed with info!
Sound Off! Cancel reply
The All-American Rejects Announce "Send Her To Heaven" EP & Video
Natasha Bedingfield Announces Lead Single "Roller Skate" Out On Friday
See Hot New Video For "Summer Days" By Patrick Stump, Macklemore, & Martin Garrix
Upcoming Albums in 2019
* BANKS – III – July 12, 2019
* Tove Lo – Sunshine Kitty – September 2019
* Lana Del Rey – Norman Fucking Rockwell – Summer/Fall 2019
* Vanessa Carlton – Love Is An Art – Fall 2019
* Editors – Greatest Hits Album – Late 2019
Get Hidden Jams in Your Inbox
Select list(s): Monthly Newsletter Weekly Newsletter
Hidden Jams on Twitter
Hidden Jams on Avril Lavigne – Head Above Water
Dawn on Avril Lavigne – Head Above Water
ADG on Avril Lavigne Teases 3 New Songs: “Souvenir,” “Crush,” & “Goddess”
Hidden Jams on Two Hilary Duff Songs Leak: Hear “Wild Night Out” & “If I Fall”
Rafael Nunes on Two Hilary Duff Songs Leak: Hear “Wild Night Out” & “If I Fall”
Love our site? Please donate to help us keep it going!
Hidden Jams Store
Hidden Jams is a music blog for super fans. We provide fans with music news and secrets you can’t get anywhere else. Find insider details on new music for upcoming albums, unreleased tracks hidden in the back catalog, and the stories behind the songs you love. Hidden Jams is your backstage pass into your favorite artist’s music.
Categories Select Category Artists (966) Adele (3) Alicia Keys (4) Aloe Blacc (1) Amy Lee (20) Andrew McMahon (5) Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness (43) Avril Lavigne (77) BANKS (15) Billie Joe Armstrong (2) Bruno Mars (5) CHVRCHES (4) Coldplay (1) Crossfade (3) Dreamcar (2) Ed Sheeran (8) Ed Sloan (3) Editors (16) Ellie Goulding (19) Evanescence (32) Fall Out Boy (36) Florence + The Machine (7) Foster The People (2) Garbage (39) Gavin DeGraw (12) Ghost (22) Green Day (48) Gwen Stefani (41) Hayley Williams (2) Hilary Duff (52) Hoobastank (23) Jack’s Mannequin (1) Janelle Monáe (7) K’naan (1) Katy Perry (2) Kelly Clarkson (92) Lana Del Rey (36) Lindsey Stirling (1) Lorde (1) Matthew Bellamy (1) Metallica (2) Michelle Branch (6) Muse (38) Natasha Bedingfield (50) Neon Trees (1) No Doubt (15) OK Go (10) Opeth (1) Panic! At The Disco (5) Paramore (25) Patrick Stump (2) Pink (15) Sara Bareilles (39) Shakira (7) Simple Plan (18) Smith & Burrows (2) The All-American Rejects (23) The Longshot (5) The Weeknd (17) Tom Smith (2) Tove Lo (2) Vanessa Carlton (36) Behind The Music (6) Blogs (96) Album Of The Week (8) Blog (32) Music Matchup Monday (2) Picks Of The Month (10) Throwback Thursday (3) TunesDay: Tuesday Tunes (36) Welcome To… Wednesdays (6) Concert Review (1) Discover New Music (3) In The Studio (247) Music (599) Listen (425) Demos (20) Free Downloads (3) Live Recordings (28) New Tracks (24) Promo Singles (20) Singles (237) Song Previews (56) Watch (380) Behind The Scenes Videos (22) Fan Videos (1) Live Performances (55) Lyric Videos (74) Music Videos (221) Teaser Videos & Trailers (15) New Albums (35) New Businesses (2) New EPs (7) New Releases (204) Album Announcements (95) Interview (57) New Film (8) Reviews (40) News (893) Personal Life (9) Rumors (2) Songs Lists (3) Unreleased Songs (3) Website Update (2)
Archives Select Month July 2019 (7) June 2019 (20) May 2019 (17) April 2019 (27) March 2019 (15) February 2019 (23) January 2019 (10) December 2018 (14) November 2018 (16) October 2018 (27) September 2018 (12) August 2018 (10) July 2018 (11) June 2018 (12) May 2018 (14) April 2018 (20) March 2018 (14) February 2018 (17) January 2018 (10) December 2017 (1) November 2017 (15) October 2017 (16) September 2017 (27) August 2017 (16) July 2017 (6) June 2017 (21) May 2017 (38) April 2017 (27) March 2017 (33) February 2017 (22) January 2017 (20) December 2016 (9) November 2016 (15) October 2016 (19) September 2016 (20) August 2016 (13) July 2016 (8) June 2016 (9) May 2016 (9) April 2016 (10) March 2016 (9) February 2016 (14) January 2016 (14) December 2015 (9) November 2015 (9) October 2015 (19) September 2015 (21) August 2015 (13) July 2015 (5) June 2015 (16) May 2015 (12) April 2015 (10) March 2015 (10) February 2015 (16) January 2015 (21) December 2014 (27) November 2014 (14) October 2014 (20) September 2014 (17) August 2014 (31) July 2014 (29) June 2014 (23) May 2014 (27) April 2014 (3) March 2014 (1)
Copyright © 2019 Hidden Jams. All rights reserved.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line115
|
__label__wiki
| 0.965875
| 0.965875
|
Journalist and author Marcus Thompson II. Photo credit: Jordan Jimenez of JSquared Visuals
Marcus Thompson, a columnist for The Athletic, says that writing KD: Kevin Durant’s Relentless Pursuit to Be the Greatest was the toughest thing he’s ever attempted. The project would not have happened without support from his wife and daughter.
“As a matter of fact, it almost didn’t happen. Somehow they allowed me to keep going. It was total neglect,” Thompson says without a heavy-hearted laugh, during his May 23 visit to Bookshop Santa Cruz to discuss his new book about Durant, the Golden State Warriors’ reigning Finals MVP.
While working on the biography, Thompson used to start writing at 9 p.m., write until 4:30 a.m., and then wake up at 7:30 to take his daughter to school.
The KD book was much more difficult to write than Thompson’s previous biography Golden: The Miraculous Rise of Steph Curry. Before he began work on that project, he had already spent seven years getting to know Curry. By contrast, Thompson only had one year to get to know Durant, a notoriously mysterious figure. Now, the columnist says that he’s that done writing books—likely forever.
“I probably won’t do it again. I’m saying that because I don’t have any offers right now,” he explains, drawing laughter from the crowd. “But the way I’m feeling right now, I probably wouldn’t do it again.”
Thompson took questions from the audience. Here are a dozen things we learned about Durant and the Warriors from Thompson’s talk:
HURT FEELINGS Now that Durant has been sidelined with a strained calf, Thompson says Durant is probably having a hard time watching Golden State easily mow over its competition without him on the floor. Some fans have even started to ask if the team really needs him. “I think it bothers him,” Thompson says. “He’s one of those guys who needs to be appreciated for how good he is. He feels like he put in all this work to be this good, and you’d better recognize. It’s clearly bothering him, because he’s going on social media, going after people. With KD, his life has been so unstable that I just think all those little things matter.”
TALL TALE Thompson believes Durant’s desire to be appreciated was the reason he’s always listed himself as 6 foot 9 nine inches, even when many analysts have said that the small forward is about three inches taller. “I think that’s why he never said he was seven feet,” Thompson says. “He was like, ‘Man, if you think I’m seven feet, you think someone gave this to me. You think I won the genetic lottery.’ Like, ‘Nah, I earned this. So I’m six-nine.’ I really think that’s how he thinks.”
STAY OR GO Thompson has been going back and forth on whether Durant will leave Golden State this summer in free agency. “Nobody knows, and he’s quick to tell us that—‘You don’t know what I’m thinking. You don’t know what makes me happy!’” Thompson says. For most of the season, Thompson figured that the 30-year-old would leave for another team, like the New York Knicks. But just two weeks ago, analysts were lauding Durant for being the best player in the world, and teammates were praising him for his outstanding performances, so Thompson began to think that Durant might stay. When Durant got hurt, everything seemed to change. He stresses that anything could happen. “Whoever sits down in front of KD is gonna have to do better than Steph, Klay, Draymond, Steve Kerr, Joe Lacob, Chase Center, Silicon Valley and a crowd that chants ‘MVP’ for him. Top that! I don’t know if the Knicks can do it,” Thompson says.
BURNING PASSION Thompson doesn’t know how many fake Twitter accounts—often called “burner accounts”—Durant had, but he believes that the 7-foot small forward is officially done using that tactic to argue with critics. Lately, Durant’s been calling them out and not hiding behind anything. “I think he’s just willing to put his name on it,” Thompson says. He adds that Durant’s a kind, sensitive guy, and that’s why he takes criticisms to heart. Durant thinks of himself as a normal dude, so he doesn’t believe he should always have to rise above the fray when he’s getting slammed. Thompson admires Durant for speaking his mind.
MAMA, THERE GOES THAT MAN Thompson loves Curry’s down-to-earth personality, especially the way the point guard loves his wife, which he says is not always easy to do in the NBA. “It’s hard to make her preeminent in that environment,” he says. Thompson is about to celebrate his 18-year anniversary with his wife Dawn.
SUPPORT GROUP Durant’s business partner Rich Kleiman is Durant’s best friend, and Thompson isn’t sure that setup is in Durant’s best interests, especially when the Warrior player has had a rough day. “The people who really care about Kevin Durant want him to get a wife and a kid because he needs that anchor,” Thompson says. “I don’t think he has it.”
DRAWING A LINE One audience member asked Thompson how he manages friendships with players versus his journalistic responsibilities. “Easy. We’re not friends,” Thompson says. “Very easy. As a matter of fact, me and KD had it out a little bit, and that was my question to him. He was like, ‘Aw man, ‘I thought we was friends.’ What is my wife’s name? They’re not my friends. I don’t hang out with them. We don’t go to dinner together. I’m doing a job. We have a great professional working relationship. I’ve had this problem before, where they automatically assume that, because I was young, because I was black, that I was on their side. But I have a child that needs to eat, and here’s the story. And I’ve been working on this journalism thing since I was in the 10th grade. I’m not sacrificing it for a millionaire.”
SURPRISE REACTION Thompson says Durant’s former teammate Russell Westbrook, of the Oklahoma City Thunder, took Durant’s 2016 departure from Oklahoma personally because he had believed that his close friend was staying. “A lot of this stuff was his manager [Kleinman] playing both sides—saying ‘We’re staying, we’re staying,’ and then telling someone else, ‘We’re going, we’re going.’ They’re doing the same thing now. None of this Knicks stuff is coming out of nowhere. We’re not making this up. People behind the scenes are talking, and they’re talking to people close to KD.” Part of why Durant left, however, was reflected in how Westbrook handled that situation, Thompson explains. The guard, he says, has long had a domineering personality, although he believes Westbrook has grown into a better teammate.
SILENT TREATMENT Guard Patrick McCaw mysteriously walked away from a lot of money this season in deciding to leave Golden State. There may have been personality clashes. “To be honest, I think he just got tired of Steve Kerr. But it’s weird because Steve Kerr’s one of those guys where if you’ve got a problem, he will talk to you about it, and he will probably work on it with you. Nobody cares about the end of the bench more than Kerr,” Thompson says. McCaw was coming off a hot rookie season, after which the team signed Nick Young, who played McCaw’s same position and competed with him for minutes. “He thought it was his spot. So you definitely have to have a certain level of discipline and patience and professionalism with Steve Kerr, because he will ghost you. You will be gone for a while, and he expects you to be ready,” Thompson says. He adds that McCaw, who’s had a quiet season and is now playing for the Toronto Raptors, never spoke up to the Warriors about his concerns, even when teammates reached out. “You don’t not call Draymond back,” Thompson says. “That’s your greatest ally. Draymond was like, ‘I called him twice. That’s it. Bye.’ Crazy, too. He’d be playing 20 minutes right now. It was just a weird situation.” McCaw did not play any minutes in the Toronto Raptors’ game six win last night in the Eastern Conference Finals.
SPEAKING OF THE BENCH Thompson says the Warriors lost the 2016 NBA finals because they played Festus Ezeli and Anderson Varejao too many minutes. “Literally, that’s why they lost,” he says.
NO AUTHORIZATION NEEDED Durant didn’t want to be an authorized partner in the book about him—a route that, if he had chosen it, could have given the player more leverage over what Thompson did and didn’t write. He also offered Durant an early manuscript. “I did give him a chance to read it when it was done: ‘If you want to hash a few things out, we can do that.’ But he passed on the opportunity,” Thompson says. “He’s probably reading it now.” He thinks that Durant and his crew may have their own book coming out. Thompson adds that Curry didn’t want to be an authorized partner in his book about him, either.
HARD ROAD Thompson stresses that Durant had a difficult childhood. “It really made sense to me why, when people call him soft, it bothers him. It’s like, ‘There’s nothing soft about this. I should be dead!’” Thompson says, adding that Durant made good choices as a kid. “The part that I liked about him was that he always ended up doing the right thing.”
Jacob Pierce
News Editor at Good Times | Blog
Jacob, the news editor for Good Times, is an award-winning journalist, whose news interests include housing, water, transportation, and county politics. A onetime connoisseur of dive bars and taquerias, he has evolved into an aspiring health food nut. Favorite yoga pose: shavasana.
Will Santa Cruz ‘Get Hooked’ on Seafood Restaurant Week?
Santa Cruz Beekeeper Fights for Rule Changes
Downtown Forward Promotes Vision for New Library and Garage
Will Santa Cruz Get Its Fair Share of Homeless Money?
Points of Contention for Needle Exchange
An Olive Oil to Combat Chronic Allergies
How Santa Cruz Swung Two Elections in El Salvador
Don Viru
Please explain how story 5 is about KD.
Clickbait garbage.
Are you an earthling? Prove it with logic: *
Related Items:Bookshop Santa Cruz, lead, sports
Santa Cruz on High Alert After Threat of ICE Raids
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line119
|
__label__wiki
| 0.558008
| 0.558008
|
ENTER UNKNOWN TERRITORIES: A FESTIVAL OF NEW MEDIA ART, CAMBRIDGE, UK
A major new festival of new technology, digital and new media art is taking place in and around Cambridge from 25 to 29 April. Enter_ Unknown Territories will present interactive installations, workshops and talks on new technology art, as well as interactive and playful public art events, live performances, a conference and club nights. The festival hopes to find new audiences for the challenging and exciting things that happen when art and new technologies meet.
Among new works commissioned specially are several works of public art which will give visitors a unique and interactive experience of new technology art.
James Coupe, Digital Warfare Network
James Coupe, an artist who works with installation, electronics and digital media, addresses and questions the proliferation of surveillance in the UK in his new work (re)collector. Every day during the festival, CCTV footage will be gathered, and scenes of generic behaviour (e.g. greeting and saying goodbye) will be collected and grouped by an intelligent software system (i.e. software that builds up a profile of the images based on the way people and things behave in those images). Scenes will be randomly generated from the footage to build a storyline for computer-generated feature films which will be screened in the temporary structure on Parker’s Piece during the festival and in the foyer of the Junction.
Coupe is currently an artist and Research Associate at the University of Washington’s Centre for Digital Art and Experimental Media. His previous projects include I, Robot and Digital Warfare Network, which was selected for the highly prestigious New Contemporaries exhibition in 2001. Both explored the relationship between the individual body and digital system, and featured installations that allowed people to remotely control physical, robotic devices connected to a computer network.
>> Link to original site
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line125
|
__label__wiki
| 0.715864
| 0.715864
|
Home > Churches > St John the Baptist, Knaresborough > History
“A large and rewarding church built of Magnesiun limestone, set in a spacious tree-lined churchyard.” (Pevsner)
There are plenty of signs of the Norman origins of the church, which was re-consecrated in 1343, the town having been burnt by the Scots in 1318. Its dedication was to St Mary, until being changed in the Reformation period. The largely perpendicular building was extensively restored in the 1880s.
Of particular note are:
The font cover (c1700)
Stained glass by Morris & Co (1870s/80s)
Nave altar rails (C17th)
Slingsby Chapel and Memorials (1600 onwards)
Paintings of Moses and Aaron (C18th)
The church is open every day during daylight hours.
Read the information on the listed building here and its many interesting features here.
"The Queen's Church - The Story of Knaresborough Parish Church" by Arnold Kellett, first published in 1978 by the Friends of Knaresborough Parish Church.
It is believed that a place of worship has existed on the site currently occupied by St.John's Church, for over a thousand years but the first mention of Knaresborough Parish Church appears in the records of Nostell Priory near Wakefield. This states that in the year 1114 King Henry I granted the "Church at Cnaresburgh" to the canons at Nostell. The church was originally dedicated to St.Mary and held that name until the Protestant reforms of the 16th century when it became the Church of St John the Baptist.
Following the Scottish raid in 1318, the church fell into a dilapidated state and in 1328 the then king, Edward III honey-mooning with his young bride Philippa in Knaresborough, promised her that he would arrange the reconstruction of the church. Queen Philippa took a considerable interest in the restoration work and in particular, in the re-designing of the St.Edmund's Chapel, then St.Edmund's Chantry. It is not known exactly when the restoration work began and ended but throughout this period and during the Black Death in 1349, the townsfolk had the support of Queen Philippa who was often in residence in the castle. Philippa died in 1369 and her devotion to the town of Knaresborough and the church, was long remembered by the people and the church became known as the Queen's Church.
The bells were first hung in 1774 and the present clock was installed in 1884. The face carries St.Paul's phrase, "redeeming the time" and the exterior view from the north side shows the gargoyles and turret stair-way up the tower which is mainly late 12th century. The churchyard was landscaped in 1973 and many of the gravestones can be seen around the immediate area of St.John's.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line133
|
__label__wiki
| 0.732983
| 0.732983
|
Tag: New England Biolabs
Shades of green – 2
war / 12 November 2018 9 November 2018 / Trade marks
Last week’s post looked at the substantive reasons for the rejection of Frucor’s attempt to register a shade of green as a trade mark for energy drinks. There were also a couple of points about grounds of opposition and amendment of applications on appeal worth noting.
You will remember that Frucor’s application included a green swatch, copied from its New Zealand trade mark application, which was for a different colour than the colour identified by the written description under reg. 4.3(7), Pantone 367c.
What’s a ground of rejection (for opposition purposes)
In addition to the grounds of opposition provided by sections 58 to 62A, as you will know s 57 provides that an application may be opposed on any of the grounds on which the application could have been rejected during examination.
Coca-Cola argued that the inconsistency between the graphic representation of the mark and the written description was itself a ground of rejection.
The basis for this argument was that s 33 required the Registrar to reject an application where the application had not been made in accordance with the Act. It argued the Registrar should have rejected the application because the inconsistency meant that Frucor’s application had not been made in accordance with the Regulations as required by s 27(2)(a).
Yates J rejected this argument at [136]ff. The grounds of rejection contemplated by s 57 were, relevantly, those provided by s 39 – s 44. (They even appear under a heading “Grounds for rejecting an application”.)
The power to amend
Frucor had not sought to amend its application to substitute a swatch of the correct colour before the Registrar during the examination process. It did apply to amend, however, during the appeal to the Federal Court.
Yates J, citing the approach taken by Heerey J under the Patents Act in Genetics Institute,[1] held that the Court had power to consider the amendment application under s 197 even though there had not been an application to amend before the Registrar. At [195], his Honour explained:[2]
…. I do not see how an appeal to this Court from a decision of the Registrar in opposition to registration proceedings under the Trade Marks Act differs materially from an appeal to this Court from a decision of the Commissioner in opposition to grant proceedings under the Patents Act. Whilst I acknowledge that, in the present case, an application under s 63 of the Trade Marks Act was not before the Registrar, the registrability of the mark the subject of the application was in contest. In the proceedings below, the Registrar had the power to permit the application to be amended subject to the constraints placed upon the exercise of that power by the Act. Given the nature of the “appeal” to this Court, the Court’s power to quell the controversy as to the registrability of the mark—the subject matter of the appeal—cannot be more limited than the Registrar’s power. Further, it cannot matter that the Registrar was not asked to exercise the power of amendment, just as it cannot matter that an opponent might seek to raise additional or new grounds of opposition, or that the parties might seek to adduce different evidence to the evidence that was before the Registrar or raise new or different arguments. The opposition proceeds afresh before the Court on the subject matter that was before the Registrar and is adjudicated upon accordingly.
This practical approach is, with respect, to be welcomed in the interests of efficiency and, if followed, would obviate the need to introduce into the Trade Marks Act a counterpart to s 105(1A) of the Patents Act which, in turn, arose because Courts applying NEB had ruled a Court hearing an appeal from an opposition before the Commissioner had no power to deal with an amendment application.
Even though the power existed, Yates J at [206] denied Frucor’s application to amend. The substitution of “a markedly different green-coloured swatch” for the existing swatch would substantially affect the identity of the trade mark and so was prohibited by s 65(2).
Frucor also made a very late application to the Court to amend the application on the basis of s 65A.
The very late stage of the application and the lack of any utility (as the application would fail the distinctiveness requirement in any event) were fatal.
In contrast to his Honour’s practical approach to allowing consideration of an amendment under s 65 through s 197, however, Yates J considered allowing a party to bring an application under s 65A for the first time in the Court would subvert the statutory process for the consideration of such amendments by the Registrar prescribed by s 65A. Section 65A contemplated publication of the amendment application in the Official Journal and opposition proceedings before the Registrar.
In further contrast to Yates J’s views about s 65A, it may be noted that Courts dealing with amendment applications under s 105(1A) have directed the amendment applicant to publish the application in the Official Journal so that the Commissioner and any potential opponents may intervene.[3] The difference is of course that the Patents Act through s105(1A) expressly tells the Court to deal with the request to amend because of the inefficiencies and delays which had resulted.
As previously noted, it does not appear that Frucor has appealed.
Frucor Beverages Limited v The Coca-Cola Company [2018] FCA 993
Which Yates J noted was apparently endorsed by the Full Court in New England Biolabs at [50]. ?
See also at [200] – [201] and [204]. ?
A recent example is Electronic Tax-Free Shopping Ltd v Fexco Merchant Services (No 3) [2017] FCA 569 at [2] – [3]. ?
Leave a Comment on Shades of green – 2/ amendment,application,Australia,court's powers,grounds for opposition,grounds for rejection,New England Biolabs,power to amend,s 197,Trade marks
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line137
|
__label__cc
| 0.643197
| 0.356803
|
Download the Meeting Mobile App
Call for Exhibitors/Exhibits Information
Complete Descriptions of Sessions
Invited Speakers - Videotapes
Navigate JMM 2018
Meeting Daily Newsletter
JointMeetingNews - Meeting Daily Newsletter
Post Meeting Survey
Post Meeting Survey - Your Opinion Counts!
Child Care Grants - Deadline November 7
Local Information/City Guide
Video of Joint Prize Session
Undergraduate Student Travel Grants - Deadline October 6
Graduate Student Travel Grants - Deadline September 28
JMM Blog
Joint Mathematics Meetings Timetable
Program · Deadlines · Inquiries: meet@ams.org
San Diego Convention Center and Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, San Diego, CA
Georgia Benkart, AMS benkart@math.wisc.edu
Gerard A Venema, MAA venema@calvin.edu
Please note room assignments are subject to change right up until the meeting occurs.
Monday January 8, 2018
Tuesday January 9, 2018
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. AMS Short Course on Discrete Differential Geometry, Part I
Room 5A, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. NSF-EHR Grant Proposal Writing Workshop
Coronado Room, 4th Floor, South Tower, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. AMS Short Course Reception
Room 5B, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. AMS Short Course on Discrete Differential Geometry, Part II
8:00 a.m.-6:30 p.m. AMS Department Chairs Workshop
Marina Ballroom E, 3rd Floor, South Tower, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. MAA Congress
Marina Ballroom D, 3rd Floor, South Tower, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
1:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m. AMS Council
Marina Ballroom F, 3rd Floor, South Tower, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
3:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Joint Meetings Registration
Advanced registration will remain open until 7:30 pm
Exhibit Hall B1, Ground Level, San Diego Convention Center
7:00 a.m.-8:45 a.m. MAA Minority Chairs Meeting
Cardiff/Carlsbad Room, 3rd Floor, South Tower, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
7:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Joint Meetings Registration
7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Email Center
7:45 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Networks and Data
Room 29D, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Advances in Applications of Differential Equations to Disease Modeling, I
Room 29C, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Applied and Computational Combinatorics, I
Room 9, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Arithmetic Dynamics, I
Room 16A, Mezzanine Level, San Diego Convention Center
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Discrete Dynamical Systems and Applications, I
Room 31A, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Financial Mathematics, Actuarial Sciences, and Related Fields, I
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Geometric Analysis and Geometric Flows, I
Room 30B, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
8:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m. AMS Special Session on History of Mathematics, I
Room 10, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematical Analysis and Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, I
Room 30E, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematical Fluid Mechanics: Analysis and Applications, I
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematical Information in the Digital Age of Science, I
Room 6E, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematics of Gravitational Wave Science, I
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Modeling in Differential Equations - High School, Two-Year College, Four-Year Institution, I
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Network Science, I
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Nilpotent and Solvable Geometry, I
Room 16B, Mezzanine Level, San Diego Convention Center
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Operators on Function Spaces in One and Several Variables, I
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates and Students in Post-Baccalaureate Programs, I
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS-ASL Special Session on Set Theory, Logic and Ramsey Theory, I
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Special Functions and Combinatorics (in honor of Dennis Stanton's 65th birthday), I
8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m. AMS Special Session on Structure and Representations of Hopf Algebras: a Session in Honor of Susan Montgomery, I
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Topological Graph Theory: Structure and Symmetry, I
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. MAA Invited Paper Session on Trends in Mathematical and Computational Biology
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Session on Arts and Mathematics: The Interface, I
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Imaging and Inverse Problems
Room 19, Mezzanine Level, San Diego Convention Center
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Algebra, I
8:00 a.m.-10:10 a.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Assessment
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Number Theory, I
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Session on The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Collegiate Mathematics, I
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. SIAM Minisymposium on Data Science in the Mathematics Curriculum
8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Project NExT Workshop
Room 6F, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
8:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m. MAA Panel
How do we use assessment? What do we learn from it and how does it help us make related changes?
8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Employment Center
Exhibit Hall A, Ground Level, San Diego Convention Center
8:15 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Algebraic Topology
8:15 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Applied Mathematics, I
8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Research by Postdocs of the Alliance for Diversity in Mathematics, I
9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. MAA Minicourse #1: Part A
Introduction to Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) in Mathematics Courses
Teaching Introductory Statistics Using the Guidelines from the American Statistical Association
9:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Difference, Dynamic, and Integral Equations
9:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Session on Discrete Mathematics in the Undergraduate Curriculum -- Ideas and Innovations in Teaching, I
9:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Session on Mathematics and Sports, I
9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m. MAA-SIAM-AMS Hrabowski-Gates-Tapia-McBay Session: Lecture
9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. AMS Directors of Undergraduate Studies
Rancho Santa Fe Rm 2, Lobby Level, North Twr, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
9:35 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Workshop
Creating Interdisciplinary Activities for Mathematical Sciences Classrooms
9:35 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Panel
Mathematicians' Work in Creating Open Education Resources for K-12
What Every Student Should Know about the JMM
9:45 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Project NExT Panel
Creating Meaningful Classroom Activities to Deepen Student Learning
9:50 a.m.-10:30 a.m. MAA-SIAM-AMS Hrabowski-Gates-Tapia-McBay Panel
Access to Quality Mathematics by All.
10:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Session on Innovative Curricular Strategies for Increasing Mathematics Majors
10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Invited Address
Edriss S. Titi
The Navier-Stokes, Euler and related equations.
Room 6AB, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
10:15 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Algebra, II
10:15 a.m.-10:40 a.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Outreach, I
11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m. AMS-MAA Invited Address
Gunnar Carlsson
Topological Modeling of Complex Data.
12:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Exhibits and Book Sales
Come to the Grand Opening at 12:15 p.m.!
1:00 p.m.-1:50 p.m. AMS Colloquium Lectures: Lecture I
Avi Wigderson
Alternate Minimization and Scaling algorithms: theory, applications and connections across mathematics and computer science.
2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. AMS Committee on Meetings and Conferences Panel Discussion
Collaborative Research Communities in Mathematics
2:15 p.m.-3:05 p.m. MAA Invited Address
Alissa Crans
Quintessential quandle queries.
2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m. AMS Special Session on A Showcase of Number Theory at Liberal Arts Colleges, I
2:15 p.m.-6:35 p.m. AMS Special Session on Algebraic, Analytic, and Geometric Aspects of Integrable Systems, Painlevé Equations, and Random Matrices, I
2:15 p.m.-6:35 p.m. AMS Special Session on Analysis of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations and Applications, I
2:15 p.m.-6:35 p.m. AMS Special Session on Applied and Computational Combinatorics, II
2:15 p.m.-5:35 p.m. AMS Special Session on Combinatorial Commutative Algebra and Polytopes, I
2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m. AMS Special Session on Differential Geometry, I
2:15 p.m.-6:35 p.m. AMS Special Session on Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems--to Celebrate the Work of Jane Hawkins, I
2:15 p.m.-6:35 p.m. AMS Special Session on Financial Mathematics, Actuarial Sciences, and Related Fields, II
2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m. MAA Minicourse #3: Part A
Flipping your Mathematics Course using Open Educational Resources
2:15 p.m.-5:35 p.m. AMS Special Session on Geometric Analysis and Geometric Flows, II
2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m. AMS Special Session on History of Mathematics, II
How to Run Successful Math Circles for Students and Teachers
2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of Infectious Diseases, I
2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m. AMS Special Session on Modeling in Differential Equations - High School, Two-Year College, Four-Year Institution, II
2:15 p.m.-6:35 p.m. AMS Special Session on Nilpotent and Solvable Geometry, II
2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m. AMS Special Session on Operators on Function Spaces in One and Several Variables, II
2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m. AMS Special Session on Orthogonal Polynomials and Applications
2:15 p.m.-6:00 p.m. AMS Special Session on Quaternions, I
Reach the World: Writing Math Op-Eds for a Post-Truth Culture
2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m. AMS Special Session on Structure and Representations of Hopf Algebras: a Session in Honor of Susan Montgomery, II
2:15 p.m.-6:00 p.m. MAA Invited Paper Session on Teaching for Equity and Broader Participation in the Mathematical Sciences
2:15 p.m.-6:05 p.m. AMS Special Session on Topological Data Analysis, I
2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m. MAA Session on Arts and Mathematics: The Interface, II
2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m. MAA Session on Discrete Mathematics in the Undergraduate Curriculum -- Ideas and Innovations in Teaching, II
2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m. MAA Session on Flipped Classes: Implementation and Evaluation, I
2:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Graphs and Computational Combinatorics
2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Groups
2:15 p.m.-5:50 p.m. MAA Session on Implementing Recommendations from the Curriculum Foundations Project
2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m. MAA Session on Integrating Research into the Undergraduate Classroom
2:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Knots and Diagram Categories
2:15 p.m.-5:40 p.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Lie Theory and Related Topics
2:15 p.m.-3:40 p.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Logic and Set Theory
2:15 p.m.-6:10 p.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Applied Mathematics, II
2:15 p.m.-4:40 p.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Modeling and Applications, I
2:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Number Theory, I
2:15 p.m.-5:10 p.m. MAA Session on Mathematics and Sports, II
2:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Research in Combinatorics, Matrix Theory, and Number Theory by Undergraduate and Post-Baccalaureate Students
2:15 p.m.-5:50 p.m. MAA Session on The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Collegiate Mathematics, II
2:15 p.m.-4:50 p.m. MAA Session on Trends in Undergraduate Mathematical Biology Education
2:15 p.m.-5:40 p.m. SIAM Minisymposium on Numerical Linear Algebra
2:15 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Radical Dash Kickoff Meeting
A daily scavenger hunt filled with math challenges and creativity for teams of undergraduates. Individuals are welcome and encouraged to participate;they will be formed into teams.
Room 6D, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m. MAA Workshop
Championing Master's Programs in Mathematics: A forum for advocacy, networking, and innovation
2:15 p.m.-3:35 p.m. MAA Panel
Ethics, Morality and Politics in the Quantitative Literacy Classroom
NSF Funding Opportunities to Improve Learning and Teaching in the Mathematical
2:15 p.m.-3:40 p.m. Association for Women in Mathematics Panel Discussion
Using Mathematics in Activism.
2:30 p.m.-5:55 p.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Number Theory, II
2:45 p.m.-6:00 p.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematical Fluid Mechanics: Analysis and Applications, II
Lázló Babai
Groups, graphs, algorithms: The Graph Isomorphism problem.
3:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m. AWM Business Meeting
A Mathematician Teaches Statistics: The Road Less Traveled
4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. MAA Section Officers
4:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Lattices and Geometries
4:15 p.m.-5:35 p.m. MAA-JCW-AWM-NAM Panel
Implicit Bias and Its Effects in Mathematics
4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. AMS Committee on the Profession Panel Discussion
Paths to Collaboration with Scientists
4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Town Hall Meeting
Current Questions and Opportunities in Undergraduate Education
4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Reception for Undergraduate Students
Santa Rosa Room, South Tower, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
4:45 p.m.-6:10 p.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Linear Algebra
5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Reception for Graduate Students and First-Time Participants
Marina Ballroom FG, 3rd Floor, South Tower, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
5:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Mathematical Institutes Open House
San Diego Ballroom B, Lobby Level, NorthTower, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. SIGMAA on the History of Mathematics (HOM SIGMAA) Reception and Business Meeting
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. London Mathematical Society Meeting
6:15 p.m.-8:00 p.m. NEW: SIGMAA Arts Reception and Business Meeting
6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. AMS Education and Diversity Department Panel
Strategies for Diversifying Graduate Mathematics Programs
7:00 p.m.-7:45 p.m. SIGMAA on the History of Mathematics (HOM SIGMAA) Guest Lecture
7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. {MathILy, MathILy-Er} Yearly Gather
Come one, come all, and play a recently created mathematical game or solve a new puzzle!
Malibu Room, 4th Floor, South Tower, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
8:30 p.m.-9:20 p.m. AMS Josiah Willard Gibbs Lecture
Cynthia Dwork
Privacy in the land of plenty.
9:30 p.m.-11:00 p.m. Association for Women in Mathematics Reception and Awards Presentation
7:30 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Analysis of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations and Applications, II
7:30 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Commutative Algebra in All Characteristics, I
7:45 a.m.-11:55 a.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Graph Theory, I
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on A Showcase of Number Theory at Liberal Arts Colleges, II
8:00 a.m.-11:40 a.m. AMS Special Session on Accelerated Advances in Mathematical Fractional Programming
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Advances in Operator Theory, Operator Algebras, and Operator Semigroups, I
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Algebraic, Discrete, Topological and Stochastic Approaches to Modeling in Mathematical Biology, I
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Beyond Planarity: Crossing Numbers of Graphs (a Mathematics Research Communities Session), I
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Boundaries for Groups and Spaces, I
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Combinatorics and Geometry, I
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Discrete Dynamical Systems and Applications, II
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Dynamical Systems: Smooth, Symbolic, and Measurable (a Mathematics Research Communities Session), I
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Homotopy Type Theory (a Mathematics Research Communities Session), I
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. MAA Invited Paper Session on MAA Instructional Practices Guide
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematical Analysis and Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, II
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematics of Quantum Computing and Topological Phases of Matter, I
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Open and Accessible Problems for Undergraduate Research, I
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS-ASL Special Session on Set Theory, Logic and Ramsey Theory, II
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Special Functions and Combinatorics (in honor of Dennis Stanton's 65th birthday), II
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Stochastic Processes, Stochastic Optimization and Control, Numerics and Applications, I
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. MAA Session on 20th Anniversary-The EDGE (Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education) Program: Pure and Applied Talks by Women, I
8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Differential and Metric Geometry and Geometric Analysis
8:00 a.m.-9:35 a.m. MAA Session on Environmental Modeling in the Classroom
8:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m. MAA Session on Humanistic Mathematics, I
8:00 a.m.-11:35 a.m. MAA Session on Innovative and Effective Ways to Teach Linear Algebra, I
8:00 a.m.-10:10 a.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on History or Philosophy of Mathematics
8:00 a.m.-10:10 a.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Interdisciplinary Topics in Mathematics
8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m. MAA Session on Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching Grades 6-12 Mathematics, I
8:00 a.m.-11:35 a.m. MAA Session on Mathematical Themes in a First-Year Seminar, I
8:00 a.m.-11:25 a.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Mathematics Education
8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Noncommutative Algebra and Hopf Algebras
8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Research in Geometry, Groups, and Representations by Undergraduate and Post-Baccalaureate Students
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Session on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (RUME), I
8:00 a.m.-11:35 a.m. MAA Session on Using Mathematics to Study Problems from the Social Sciences, I
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. SIAM Minisymposium on Advances in Imaging Science
8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. PME Council Meeting
Miramar Room, 3rd Floor, South Tower, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
8:20 a.m.-11:35 a.m. MAA Session on Flipped Classes: Implementation and Evaluation, II
8:30 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Novel Methods of Enhancing Success in Mathematics Classes
8:30 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Research by Postdocs of the Alliance for Diversity in Mathematics, II
9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m. MAA Invited Address
William Cook
Information, computation, optimization: connecting the dots in the traveling salesman problem.
Directing Undergraduate Research
9:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Multi-scale Modeling with PDEs in Computational Science and Engineering:Algorithms, Simulations, Analysis, and Applications, I
Starter Kit for Teaching Modeling-First Differential Equations Course
Teaching Statistics using R and R Studio
9:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m. MAA Session on Math Circle Topics with Visual or Kinesthetic Components, I
9:00 a.m.-11:40 a.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Research in Mathematical Biology, Modeling, and Neural Networks by Undergraduate and Post-Baccalaureate Students
9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m. PANEL CANCELLED: MAA Panel
Communicating Mathematics to a Wider Audience
MAA Session for Chairs: Bridging the Gap
Get to Know the National Science Foundation
9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Exhibits and Book Sales
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. MAA Poster Session
Mathematical Outreach Programs
10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AWM-AMS Noether Lecture
Jill Pipher
Nonsmooth boundary value problems.
10:15 a.m.-11:55 a.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Outreach, II
10:15 a.m.-11:55 a.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Teaching and Learning Developmental Mathematics
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. SIGMAA Officers Meeting
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. AWM Committee on Education Panel
Supporting, Evaluating and Rewarding Work in Mathematics Education in Mathematical Sciences Departments
10:35 a.m.-11:55 a.m. MAA Workshop
Hungarian Approach to Teaching Proof-writing Pósa's Discovery-Based Pedagogy
10:35 a.m.-11:55 a.m. Town Hall Meeting
Revising MAA Guidelines on the Work of Faculty and Departments: Supporting Student Success
11:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. Project NExT Lecture on Teaching and Learning
Room 6C, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. AMS Informational Session
Report on the findings of the 2015 CBMS survey of undergraduate mathematical and statistical sciences in the U.S.
11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m. SIAM Invited Address
Tamara G. Kolda
Tensor Decomposition: A Mathematical Tool for Data Analysis.
1:00 p.m.-1:50 p.m. AMS Colloquium Lectures: Lecture II
Proving algebraic identities.
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Advances in Operator Theory, Operator Algebras, and Operator Semigroups, II
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Algebraic, Analytic, and Geometric Aspects of Integrable Systems, Painlevé Equations, and Random Matrices, II
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Analysis of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations and Applications, III
1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. MAA Minicourse #11: Part A
Authoring Integrated Online Textbooks with MathBook XML
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Beyond Planarity: Crossing Numbers of Graphs (a Mathematics Research Communities Session), II
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Commutative Algebra in All Characteristics, II
1:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m. AMS Special Session on Discrete Neural Networking and Applications, I
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Dynamical Systems: Smooth, Symbolic, and Measurable (a Mathematics Research Communities Session), II
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on History of Mathematics, III
1:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m. AMS Special Session on Homotopy Type Theory (a Mathematics Research Communities Session), II
Incorporating Mathematical and Statistical Forensics Activities into the Undergraduate Mathematics Classroom
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Interactions of Inverse Problems, Signal Processing, and Imaging, I
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematical Information in the Digital Age of Science, II
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of Infectious Diseases, II
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematical Modeling, Analysis and Applications in Population Biology, I
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Metric Geometry and Topology, I
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on New Trends in Celestial Mechanics, I
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Open and Accessible Problems for Undergraduate Research, II
1:00 p.m.-5:10 p.m. MAA Invited Paper Session on Quandle Questions
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Quaternions, II
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Recent Trends in Analysis of Numerical Methods of Partial Differential Equations, I
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates and Students in Post-Baccalaureate Programs, II
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS-ASL Special Session on Set Theory, Logic and Ramsey Theory, III
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Spectral Theory, Disorder and Quantum Physics, I
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Structure and Representations of Hopf Algebras: a Session in Honor of Susan Montgomery, III
Teaching Undergraduate Mathematics via Primary Source Projects
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Theory, Practice, and Applications of Graph Clustering, I
1:00 p.m.-4:25 p.m. MAA Session on 20th Anniversary-The EDGE (Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education) Program: Pure and Applied Talks by Women, II
1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Algebraic Geometry
1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Combinatorics
1:00 p.m.-2:35 p.m. MAA Session on Humanistic Mathematics, II
1:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m. MAA Session on Innovative Mathematical Outreach in Alternative Settings
1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m. MAA Session on Innovative Teaching Practices in Number Theory, I
1:00 p.m.-2:55 p.m. MAA Session on Innovative and Effective Ways to Teach Linear Algebra, II
1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Geometry
1:00 p.m.-3:40 p.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Modeling and Applications, II
1:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m. MAA Session on Math Circle Topics with Visual or Kinesthetic Components, II
1:00 p.m.-2:55 p.m. MAA Session on Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching Grades 6-12 Mathematics, II
1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m. MAA Session on Mathematics and Sports, III
1:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m. MAA Session on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (RUME), II
1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Statistical Analysis and Risk Management
1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m. MAA Session on Using Mathematics to Study Problems from the Social Sciences, II
1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m. SIAM Minisymposium on Tensors! Mathematical Challenges and Opportunities
Effectively Chairing a Mathematical Sciences Department
Out in Mathematics: Professional Issues Facing LGBTQ Mathematicians
1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. AMS Committee on Education Panel Discussion
Preparing mathematics students for non-academic careers
Using Problem Solving and Discussions in Mathematics Courses for Prospective Elementary Teachers
1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Summer Program for Women in Mathematics (SPWM) Reunion
Del Mar Room, 3rd Floor, South Tower, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
1:50 p.m.-3:05 p.m. Project NExT Panel
Incorporating Coding Into All Levels of the College Math Curriculum
2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. MAA Poster Session: Projects Supported by the NSF Division of Undergraduate Education
2:15 p.m.-3:05 p.m. AMS Invited Address
Federico Ardila
Algebraic structures on polytopes.
2:30 p.m.-4:15 p.m. Estimathon!
A mindbending mixture of math and trivia.
2:30 p.m.-3:55 p.m. AMS-MAA Joint Committee on TAs and Part-Time Instructors Panel
Teaching-Focused Faculty at Research Institutions
The Dolciani Award: Mathematicians in K-16 Education
What is a "Math Center" and What Can it do For Your Department?
Writing Pedagogical and Expository Papers
2:35 p.m.-3:55 p.m. SIAM-MAA-AMS Panel
Multiple Paths to Mathematics Careers in Business, Industry and Government (BIG)
Assessing and Addressing Diverse Mathematical Backgrounds in the Classroom
Ruth Charney
Searching for hyperbolicity.
3:25 p.m.-4:10 p.m. SIGMAA on Math Circles for Students and Teachers Business Meeting
3:45 p.m.-4:10 p.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Logic and Foundations
4:25 p.m.-5:25 p.m. Joint Prize Session
5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences Reception and Lecture
5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Budapest Semesters in Mathematics Alumni Reunion
Cardiff Room, 3rd Floor, South Tower, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Joint Prize Session Reception
Lobby outside Room 6AB, Upper Level, San Diego Convention Center
5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. MAA Two-Year College Reception
Point Loma/Solana Room, 1st Floor, South Twr, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Penn State Mathematics Department Reception
Newport Beach Room, 4th Floor, South Tower, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
5:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. SIGMAA on the Philosophy of Mathematics (POM SIGMAA) Reception
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. SIGMAA on Mathematical and Computational Biology Reception and Business Meeting
6:00 p.m.-6:15 p.m. SIGMAA on the Philosophy of Mathematics (POM SIGMAA) Business Meeting
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Annual Spectra Reception for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Mathematicians
Catalina Room, 4th Floor, South Tower, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. North Carolina State University, Reception for Alumni and Friends of the Department of Mathematics
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. NSA's Women in Mathematics Society Networking Session
Rancho Santa Fe Rm 2&3, Lobby Level, N Tower, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. University of Chicago Mathematics Alumni Reception
6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. University of California, San Diego Reception
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. University of Kansas Reception
6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. University of Wisconsin-Madison Mathematics Department Alumni Reception
Balboa Room, 3rd Floor, South Tower, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. University of Waterloo Faculty of Mathematics Alumni & Friends Reception
La Costa Room, 4th Floor, South Tower, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
6:15 p.m.-7:00 p.m. SIGMAA on the Philosophy of Mathematics (POM SIGMAA) Guest Lecture
6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. MSRI Reception for Current and Future Donors
Presidio Room, Lobby Level, North Tower, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
7:00 p.m.-7:45 p.m. SIGMAA on Mathematical and Computational Biology Guest Lecture
7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. AMS Panel, sponsored by the U.S. National Committee for Mathematics
ICM 2018 in Rio de Janeiro - The First International Congress of Mathematicians in the Southern Hemisphere
7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. PROMYS and Ross Gathering for Alumni and Friends
Laguna Room, 1st Floor, South Tower, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
8:15 p.m.-9:45 p.m. Knitting Circle
Knitting Circle: Bring a project (knitting/crochet/tatting/beading/etc.) and chat with other mathematical crafters
7:30 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Applied Mathematics, I
7:34 a.m.-8:00 a.m. YP17 HCSSiM Reunion Breakfast
7:40 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Session on Mathematical Experiences and Projects in Business, Industry, and Government (BIG)
7:45 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Commutative Algebra
7:45 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Operator Algebras and Function Spaces
7:45 a.m.-10:55 a.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Topology and Geometry
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Advances in Applications of Differential Equations to Disease Modeling, II
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Algebraic, Discrete, Topological and Stochastic Approaches to Modeling in Mathematical Biology, II
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Boundaries for Groups and Spaces, II
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Combinatorics and Geometry, II
8:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m. AMS Special Session on Discrete Neural Networking and Applications, II
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Dynamical Algebraic Combinatorics, I
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems--to Celebrate the Work of Jane Hawkins, II
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Free Convexity and Free Analysis, I
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on History of Mathematics, IV
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on If You Build It They Will Come: Presentations by Scholars in the National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences, I
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematical Information in the Digital Age of Science, III
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematical Modeling of Natural Resources, I
8:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematical Relativity and Geometric Analysis, I
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Noncommutative Algebras and Noncommutative Invariant Theory, I
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Nonlinear Evolution Equations of Quantum Physics and Their Topological Solutions, I
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Quantum Link Invariants, Khovanov Homology, and Low-dimensional Manifolds, I
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Recent Trends in Analysis of Numerical Methods of Partial Differential Equations, II
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. MAA Invited Paper Session on Research in Improving Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences Education: Examples Supported by the National Science Foundation's IUSE: EHR Program
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Stochastic Processes, Stochastic Optimization and Control, Numerics and Applications, II
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Topological Data Analysis, II
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Visualization in Mathematics: Perspectives of Mathematicians and Mathematics Educators, I
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS-AWM Special Session on Women in Symplectic and Contact Geometry and Topology, I
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Session on Arts and Mathematics: The Interface, III
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Session on Inquiry-Based Teaching and Learning, I
8:00 a.m.-9:40 a.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Mentoring
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Teaching and Learning Introductory Mathematics, I
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. MAA Session on Philosophy of Mathematics as Actually Practiced
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Session on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (RUME), III
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Session on The Advancement of Open Educational Resources, I
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Session on The Teaching and Learning of Undergraduate Ordinary Differential Equations, I
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. SIAM Minisymposium on Advances in Finite Element Approximation
Teaching Mathematics Content to Prospective Elementary Teachers: Strategies and Opportunities
8:20 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Session on Innovative Teaching Practices in Number Theory, II
8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. AMS-MAA Grad School Fair
Undergrads! Take this opportunity to meet representatives from mathematical science graduate programs.
Tadashi Tokieda
Toy models.
9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m. ASL Invited Address
Cameron Donnay Hill
0,1-Laws and pseudofiniteness of $\aleph_0$-categorical theories.
9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. MAA Minicourse #1: Part B
9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. AMS Panel
Historical Chief Editors of the Notices
The New AP Calculus Curriculum - The First Round of Testing
9:45 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Applied Mathematics, III
You Can Lead a Horse to Water... : Nurturing Motivation in the Classroom
10:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. ASL Invited Address
Sebastien Vasey
Non-elementary classification theory.
Dana Randall
Emergent phenomena in random structures and algorithms.
10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Radical Dash Prize Session
André Neves
Wow, so many minimal surfaces!
12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Budapest Semesters in Mathematics Education Informational Session
1:00 p.m.-1:50 p.m. AMS Colloquium Lectures: Lecture III
Proving analytic inequalities.
1:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m. Current Events Bulletin
1:00 p.m.-1:50 p.m. MAA Lecture for Students
James Tanton
HOW MANY DEGREES ARE IN A MARTIAN CIRCLE? And other human (and non-human) questions one should ask about everyday mathematics.
1:00 p.m.-6:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Advances in Operator Algebras, I
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Arithmetic Dynamics, II
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Combinatorial Commutative Algebra and Polytopes, II
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Diophantine Approximation and Analytic Number Theory in Honor of Jeffrey Vaaler, I
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Emergent Phenomena in Discrete Models
1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. MAA Minicourse #3: Part B
1:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m. AMS Special Session on Geometric Analysis, I
1:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m. AMS Special Session on If You Build It They Will Come: Presentations by Scholars in the National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences, II
1:00 p.m.-6:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Markov Chains, Markov Processes and Applications
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematical Modeling of Natural Resources, II
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematical Relativity and Geometric Analysis, II
1:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematics of Gravitational Wave Science, II
1:00 p.m.-6:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Network Science, II
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Noncommutative Algebras and Noncommutative Invariant Theory, II
1:00 p.m.-6:20 p.m. AMS Special Session on Nonlinear Evolution Equations of Quantum Physics and Their Topological Solutions, II
1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. MAA Invited Paper Session on Polyhedra, Commemorating Magnus J. Wenninger
1:00 p.m.-6:20 p.m. AMS Special Session on Research from the Rocky Mountain-Great Plains Graduate Research Workshop in Combinatorics, I
1:00 p.m.-6:45 p.m. AMS Special Session on Strengthening Infrastructures to Increase Capacity Around K-20 Mathematics
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Topological Graph Theory: Structure and Symmetry, II
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS-AWM Special Session on Women in Symplectic and Contact Geometry and Topology, II
1:00 p.m.-6:25 p.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Applied Mathematics, II
1:00 p.m.-6:10 p.m. AMS General Session
1:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m. MAA Session on Good Math from Bad: Crackpots, Cranks, and Progress
1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m. MAA Session on Innovative and Effective Online Teaching Techniques
1:00 p.m.-5:55 p.m. MAA Session on Inquiry-Based Teaching and Learning, II
1:00 p.m.-5:40 p.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Applied Mathematics, IV
1:00 p.m.-5:10 p.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Teaching and Learning Calculus, I
1:00 p.m.-2:40 p.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Teaching and Learning Introductory Mathematics, II
1:00 p.m.-6:10 p.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Mathematical Biology and Modeling Disease
1:00 p.m.-4:35 p.m. MAA Session on Mathematical Themes in a First-Year Seminar, II
1:00 p.m.-5:40 p.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Matrices and Matroids
1:00 p.m.-6:25 p.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Orthogonal Polynomials and Function Theory
1:00 p.m.-6:10 p.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Partitions, Paths, and Permutations
1:00 p.m.-4:55 p.m. MAA Session on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (RUME), IV
1:00 p.m.-5:55 p.m. MAA Session on Technology and Apps for Teaching Mathematics and Statistics, I
1:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m. MAA Session on The Advancement of Open Educational Resources, II
1:00 p.m.-4:35 p.m. MAA Session on The Teaching and Learning of Undergraduate Ordinary Differential Equations, II
1:00 p.m.-3:35 p.m. NAM Granville-Brown-Haynes Session of Presentations by Recent Doctoral Recipients in the Mathematical Sciences
1:00 p.m.-5:55 p.m. SIAM Minisymposium on Mimetic Multiphase Subsurface and Oceanic Transport
Pathways Through High School Mathematics: Building Focus and Coherence
1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. AMS-MAA Joint Committee on TAs and Part-Time Instructors Panel: Panel on The Experiences of Foreign Graduate Students as GTAs
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. EVENT CANCELLED: NSF Town Hall Meeting with Joan Ferrini-Mundy
Creating Engaging, Meaningful Experiences for Teachers and Future Teachers
1:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Topology
2:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m. ASL Invited Address
Emily Riehl
A synthetic theory of $\infty$-categories in homotopy type theory..
2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. AMS Directors of Graduate Studies
2:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Rocky Mountain Mathematics Consortium Board of Directors Meeting
Torrey Pines Room 1, Lobby Level, North Tower, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
2:30 p.m.-3:20 p.m. Presentations by MAA Teaching Award Recipients
2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. AMS Committee on Science Policy Panel Discussion
Funding at federal agencies & advocacy for grassroots support
Career Trajectories Involving Administrative Roles: What You May Want to Consider
2:45 p.m.-5:55 p.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Other Topics, I
Antonina Kolokolova
Power of reasoning over richer domains.
Incorporating Social Justice Projects into the College Mathematics Curriculum
4:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. ASL Contributed Paper Session, I
4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. National Science Foundation: Update from the Division of Mathematical Sciences (NSF-DMS)
4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. MAA Student Poster Session
4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. AMS Congressional Fellowship Session
The Evolving Career Outlook in Risk Management
5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Meeting of potential members of SIGMAA on Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching (SIGMAA-MKT)
5:30 p.m.-6:15 p.m. SIGMAA on Business, Industry, and Government (BIG SIGMAA) Guest Lecture
5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Texas A & M University Mathematics Department Alumni, Student, and Faculty Reception
5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Mathematics Alumni Reception
5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. University of Michigan Alumni and Friends Reception
5:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. SIGMAA on Mathematics Instruction Using the WEB (WEB SIGMAA) Reception
6:00 p.m.-7:15 p.m. AWM Workshop: Poster Presentations by Women Graduate Students and Reception
6:00 p.m.-6:45 p.m. SIGMAA on Mathematics Instruction Using the WEB (WEB SIGMAA) Guest Lecture
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Mathematically Bent Theater
Performed by Colin Adams and the Mobiusbandaid Players.
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. AMS {\bit Mathematical Reviews} Reception
6:00 p.m.-8:40 p.m. NAM Reception and Banquet
6:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m. SIGMAA on Statistics Education Reception
6:15 p.m.-7:00 p.m. NEW: SIGMAA on Inquiry Based Learning Business Meeting
6:30 p.m.-7:15 p.m. SIGMAA on Statistics Education Business Meeting
6:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. SIGMAA on Business, Industry, and Government (BIG SIGMAA) Reception
7:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. SIGMAA on Business, Industry, and Government (BIG SIGMAA) Business Meeting
7:20 p.m.-8:10 p.m. SIGMAA On Statistics Education Guest Lecture
7:45 p.m.-8:35 p.m. NAM Cox-Talbot Address
Hidden in Plain Sight: Mathematics Teaching and Learning Through a Storytelling Lens.
8:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Project NExT Reception
All Project NExT Fellows, consultants, and other friends of Project NExT are invited.
8:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Backgammon!
Learn to play backgammon from expert players.
7:45 a.m.-11:55 a.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Applied Mathematics, III
7:45 a.m.-9:10 a.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Number Theory, III
7:45 a.m.-11:55 a.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Metrics and Optimization
7:45 a.m.-11:55 a.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Partial Differential Equations
7:45 a.m.-11:55 a.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Stochastic and Random Processes
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Advances in Operator Algebras, II
8:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m. AMS Special Session on Alternative Proofs in Mathematical Practice
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Analysis of Fractional, Stochastic, and Hybrid Dynamic Systems
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Bifurcations of Difference Equations and Discrete Dynamical Systems
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Boundaries for Groups and Spaces, III
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Differential Geometry, II
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Diophantine Approximation and Analytic Number Theory in Honor of Jeffrey Vaaler, II
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Emerging Topics in Graphs and Matrices, I
8:00 a.m.-11:20 a.m. AMS Special Session on Fractional Difference Operators and Their Application
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematics Research from the SMALL Undergraduate Research Program, I
8:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematics of Quantum Computing and Topological Phases of Matter, II
8:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m. AMS Special Session on Multi-scale Modeling with PDEs in Computational Science and Engineering:Algorithms, Simulations, Analysis, and Applications, II
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates and Students in Post-Baccalaureate Programs, III
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Set-theoretic Topology (Dedicated to Jack Porter in Honor of 50 Years of Dedicated Research), I
8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Topological Data Analysis, III
8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Visualization in Mathematics: Perspectives of Mathematicians and Mathematics Educators, II
8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m. MAA Session on Attracting, Involving, and Retaining Women and Underrepresented Groups in Mathematics --Righting the Balance
8:00 a.m.-11:40 a.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Differential Equations
8:00 a.m.-11:40 a.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Graphs and Their Applications
8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m. MAA Session on Inquiry-Based Teaching and Learning, III
8:00 a.m.-10:25 a.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Analysis, I
8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Probability and Statistics, I
8:00 a.m.-9:40 a.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Teaching and Learning Introductory Mathematics, III
8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Modeling Disease and Biological Processes
8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Numerical Methods and Their Applications
8:00 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Session on Quantitative Literacy Across the Curriculum
8:00 a.m.-11:35 a.m. MAA Session on Teaching Abstract Algebra: Topics and Techniques
8:00 a.m.-11:55 a.m. SIAM Minisymposium on Recent advances in modeling, analysis, and control in epidemiology, spatial ecology and evolution
8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m. MAA Invited Paper Session on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education: Highlights from the Annual SIGMAA on RUME Conference
8:30 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Special Functions and Combinatorics (in honor of Dennis Stanton's 65th birthday), III
8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. AWM Workshop: Special Session on Noncommutative Algebra and Representation Theory, I
8:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m. Project NExT Panel
Technological Perspectives: Re-evaluating Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Exhibits and Book Sales
9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m. AMS Retiring Presidential Address
The concept of Holonomy---its history and recent developments.
Simon Thomas
The isomorphism and bi-embeddability relations for countable torsion abelian groups.
9:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. MAA Invited Paper Session on Accessible Problems in Modern Number Theory
9:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematical Modeling, Analysis and Applications in Population Biology, II
9:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m. MAA Session on Revitalizing Complex Analysis
9:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m. MAA Session on Technology and Apps for Teaching Mathematics and Statistics, II
Student Perspectives and Feedback on REUs
9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m. NAM Panel Discussion
Advising Our Students on the Transition to the 1st (or 0th) Year of Graduate School
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Employment Center
9:15 a.m.-11:10 a.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Probability and Statistics, II
Aristotelis Panagiotopoulos
Games orbits play.
10:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. MAA Interactive Lecture for Students and Teachers
Mathematics to the rescue - how to fold a tie.
10:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. NAM Business Meeting
10:05 a.m.-10:55 a.m. MAA Invited Address
Maria Klawe
Transforming learning: building confidence and community to engage students with rigor.
10:30 a.m.-11:55 a.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Mathematics and Technology
10:35 a.m.-11:55 a.m. MAA Panel
Tips and Tricks to Securing Funding for Undergraduate Research
10:40 a.m.-11:35 a.m. MAA Session on Technology and Apps for Teaching Mathematics and Statistics, III
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Mathemati-Con Presents: Showtime!
Enjoy highly entertaining mathematics presentations from Vi Hart and Matt Parker.
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. SIGMAA on Math Circles for Students and Teachers
Math Wrangle.
11:10 a.m.-11:40 a.m. MAA Business Meeting
11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. AMS Business Meeting
Keita Yokoyama
Ramsey's theorem in arithmetic.
1:00 p.m.-1:50 p.m. NAM Claytor-Woodard Lecture
Ronald Mickens
Nonstandard Finite Difference Schemes: Impact, Importance, and Dynamical Consistency
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Advances in Difference, Differential, and Dynamic Equations with Applications
1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. MAA Minicourse #11: Part B
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Computational Combinatorics and Number Theory
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Connections in Discrete Mathematics: Graphs, Hypergraphs, and Designs
1:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m. MAA Invited Paper Session on Differential Equations and Their Applications to Neuroscience
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Dynamical Algebraic Combinatorics, II
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Dynamical Systems with Applications to Mathematical Biology
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Emerging Topics in Graphs and Matrices, II
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Extremal Problems in Approximations and Geometric Function Theory
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Free Convexity and Free Analysis, II
1:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m. AMS Special Session on Geometric Analysis, II
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Interactions of Inverse Problems, Signal Processing, and Imaging, II
1:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematical Problems in Ocean Wave Modeling and Fluid Mechanics
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Mathematics Research from the SMALL Undergraduate Research Program, II
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Metric Geometry and Topology, II
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on New Trends in Celestial Mechanics, II
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Orthogonal Polynomials, Quantum Probability, and Stochastic Analysis
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Quantum Link Invariants, Khovanov Homology, and Low-dimensional Manifolds, II
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Research in Mathematics by Early Career Graduate Students
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session on Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates and Students in Post-Baccalaureate Programs, IV
1:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m. AMS Special Session on Set-theoretic Topology (Dedicated to Jack Porter in Honor of 50 Years of Dedicated Research), II
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Spectral Theory, Disorder and Quantum Physics, II
1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m. AMS Special Session on Theory, Practice, and Applications of Graph Clustering, II
1:00 p.m.-6:15 p.m. MAA Session on Arts and Mathematics: The Interface, IV
1:00 p.m.-4:35 p.m. MAA Session on Inquiry-Based Teaching and Learning, IV
1:00 p.m.-4:40 p.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Graph Theory, II
1:00 p.m.-4:40 p.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Other Topics, II
1:00 p.m.-4:10 p.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Teaching and Learning Advanced Mathematics
1:00 p.m.-2:40 p.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Teaching and Learning Calculus, II
1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m. MAA Session on Meaningful Modeling in the First Two Years of College
1:00 p.m.-4:40 p.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Operator Algebras
1:00 p.m.-5:25 p.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Partial Differential Equations and Applications
1:00 p.m.-2:55 p.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Quantum Computing and Mathematical Physics
1:00 p.m.-6:10 p.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Research in Applied Mathematics by Undergraduate and Post-Baccalaureate Students
1:00 p.m.-3:55 p.m. MAA Session on Scholarship on Teaching and Learning in Statistics Education
1:00 p.m.-5:25 p.m. SIAM Minisymposium on Problems in Quasilinear Despersive PDE
The Impact of Software on Learning in Upper Division Mathematics Courses
1:00 p.m.-2:45 p.m. AMS Special Presentation
Who Wants to Be a Mathematician---Championship Contest.
1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. SIGMAA on Math Circles for Students and Teachers (SIGMAA MCST) Special Presentation
Math Circle Demonstration
1:15 p.m.-5:55 p.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Probability and Statistics, III
1:30 p.m.-5:40 p.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on Number Theory, II
2:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m. ASL Contributed Paper Session, II
2:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m. AWM Workshop: Special Session on Noncommutative Algebra and Representation Theory, II
2:45 p.m.-5:55 p.m. MAA General Contributed Paper Session on Analysis, II
3:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. MAA-AMS-SIAM Gerald and Judith Porter Public Lecture
Moon Duchin
Political Geometry: Voting districts,"compactness," and ideas about fairness.
3:30 p.m.-5:40 p.m. AMS Contributed Paper Session on History of Math
6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. AMS Dinner Reception
Marina Ballroom Prefunction Area, 3rd Floor, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m. AMS Dinner Celebration
Marina Ballroom, 3rd Floor, South Tower, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
MAA Sectional Meetings · AMS Sectional Meetings · MAA National Meetings · AMS National Meetings · meet@ams.org
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line143
|
__label__wiki
| 0.964273
| 0.964273
|
Barry Manilow – Copacabana
June 22, 2014 idin
Spice Girls – Viva Forever
September 17, 2013 idin
Playlist: Chris de Burgh
Watch this playlist on YouTube
August 1, 2013 idin
Wet Wet Wet – Love Is All Around
"Love Is All Around" is a song composed by Reg Presley and originally performed by Presley's band, The Troggs, in D-major in 1967. Purportedly inspired by a television transmission of the Joy Strings Salvation Army band's "Love That's All Around", the song was first released as a single in the UK in October 1967. More →
July 11, 2013 idin
Babyface & Stevie Wonder – How Come, How Long
July 2, 2013 idin
Playlist: Roxette
Roxette is a Swedish Pop/Rock duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson (vocals) and Per Gessle (vocals and guitar). Formed in 1986, the duo became an international act in the late 1980s, when they released their breakthrough album Look Sharp!. Their third album Joyride, which was released in 1991, became just as successful as its predecessor. Roxette went on to achieve nineteen UK Top 40 hits and several US Hot 100 hits, including four US number-ones with "The Look", "Listen to Your Heart", "It Must Have Been Love", and "Joyride". [Wikipedia]
Playlist: Ace of Base
Ace of Base is a Swedish Pop group, originally consisting of Ulf "Buddha" Ekberg and three siblings, Jonas "Joker" Berggren, Malin "Linn" Berggren and Jenny Berggren. They released four studio albums between 1993 and 2002, which sold over 30 million copies worldwide. This makes them the third-most successful band from Sweden of all time, after ABBA and Roxette. [Wikipedia]
Madonna – Frozen
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line144
|
__label__cc
| 0.558899
| 0.441101
|
“SOIREE AU LOUVRE” BENEFIT & VIDEO ART INSTALLATION AT THE FRENCH EMBASSY CULTURAL CENTER
For the 3rd annual American Friends of the Louvre “Soiree au Louvre” Benefit at the French Embassy Cultural Center in New York, XXXX Magazine, “The Untitled Magazine” screened 25 original video productions produced for the publication in an installation of video art and fashion films.
The installation featured 2 large scale projections simultaneously playing different movies on the 2 main walls of the ballroom. The overall effect was visually very dynamic, creating a visual universe fusing fashion and art. The issue, produced by founder Indira Cesarine, who acted as Creative Director, featured original productions by Patrik Andersson, Phanstasmic TV, Jordan Doner, Michael Daks, Kevin Ryan, Edward Symes, Bo Sul Kim, Menelaou & Rueberg, Monika Elkev, David Bower, John Paul Zuviate, Pato Guillamon, Jesus, Sophia Deininger as well several by Cesarine.
Productions screened at the fundraiser by Indira Cesarine included: Violet Aphrodite, Live Art Vol 1, 2 & 3, Ambient Energy, Punk, Pop, The Spell, Psycho Barbie, Kaleidoscopic, Monochomatic Kaleidoscopic, and Four Walls.
The “Soiree au Louvre” event was held at the former home of Payne Whitney Mansion, known as one of architect Stanford White’s most imposing accomplishments. The modern-day home of the French Embassy denotes the classicism and grandeur of the Louvre in Paris. Attendees made their way into the second-floor ballroom, overlooking Central Park. The benefit will help support the American Friends of the Louvre’s $4 million fundraising campaign for the restoration of the Musée du Louvre’s 18th-century decorative arts wing, a voluminous repository for pieces donated by the likes of Salomon de Rothschild, Arconati Visconti, and Stavros Niarchos.
The American Friends of the Louvre (AFL) was founded by the Musée du Louvre in 2002 to strengthen ties between the Louvre and its American public, and to formalize the long-standing generosity of American patrons. Over one million Americans visit the Louvre each year, making it the most visited museum by Americans after the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Through special fundraising events and activities, the Young Patrons Circle (YPC) supports AFL’s mission to raise awareness for the Louvre’s collections and museum expertise and help make the Louvre’s exhibitions and permanent collections more accessible to English-speaking visitors across the globe.
Also see New York ART BEAT’s article on the installation:
For Soiree Au Louvre: XXXX Magazine’s Video Installation at the French Embassy
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line147
|
__label__cc
| 0.547979
| 0.452021
|
Sniff and sneak through my archives
‘(6/24/1996 9:44pm, Personal)”
Will she (either of them) share the love of pornography? Or at least, art? I shall present myself to both of them as a geniality self-flagellat%n machine. Just one bottle tonight, ok?
I shall invite them on to my journey of change, showing the way ahead. Immortality.
I will let them to sniff and sneak through my archives.
KURATOR working with dOCUMENTA (13) commissioned Constant to develop a prototype online archive project in collaboration with the Central Art Archive of the Finnish National Gallery. The project relates to the work of Erkki Kurenniemi, pioneering electro acoustic musician and inventor of early synthesizers, who has obsessively documented his life.
Erkki Kurenniemi has documented his life but not archived it in any traditional sense, and didn’t develop a systematic model for what he calls a template for all human life (reference needed). In his profound techno-enthusiasm, he relies on future quantum computers to make sense of it all. By 2048, Erkki states that the technology will be ready for the advent of this new artificial form of intelligence. The quantum computer will sort by itself the documents he has been recording, capturing, filming, photographing, drawing, and talking about.1
We have no quantum computers to make sense of it all today yet a series of circumstances have given the project of archiving Kurenniemi’s work some urgency. On the one hand, different important institutions of the art world have recently shown a growing interest in his career (Documenta, Kunsthal Aarhus, Kiasma, etc). On the other, the health condition of Erkki who suffered from a stroke a few years ago and that severely affected his ability to speak is a concern. According to his own wishes, the entire collection of documents he was keeping in his apartment has been transferred to the Central Art Archive of the Finnish National Gallery in Helsinki.
An archive is about to begin.
Usually when invited to work on an archive, the material has been already processed, ordered, and a classification scheme is more or less decided. Our role as “active archivists” is often to negotiate between the classifying scheme already in place and the resistance of the data to comply with it. In this case, however, it is left to us to investigate the material and try to understand its specific character and qualities.
Therefore this text will not describe an archive but a speculation on the nature of the material that constitute it, as well as a series of reflections and experiments on how to approach it.
Continue reading: Different orders coexist
1. It is hard to tell if it is a genuine belief or a ruse to avoid the issue of the treatment of the accumulated material. This is maybe a sign that his interest was genuine in making an archive, but more in the way of life a self-archival project would allow him to adopt.
One Response to Sniff and sneak through my archives
Jorma Honkanen says:
If you need help on preserving Apple II 5.25″ floppies to modern disk images (140Kb, .dsk) please contact me. I have hardware and tools to preserve floppies (saved on USB-key).
Jorma
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line148
|
__label__wiki
| 0.854744
| 0.854744
|
Coldplay Adds New Dates To 'A Head Full Of Dreams' Tour
By: LATF Staff | April 7, 2016, 2:38 p.m.
Photo Credits: https://www.facebook.com/coldplay
Coldplay revealed even more dates for their massive A Head Full Of Dreams Tour. The tour will now visit an additional 12 cities around the country with shows in Las Vegas, Phoenix, St. Louis, Denver and more. A full list of stadium and arena dates is below. The hugely successful A Head Full Of Dreams tour, produced by Live Nation, kicks off on Saturday, July 16, 2016 at New York City's MetLife Stadium with recently announced second stadium dates in several cities. Acclaimed singer/songwriter, Alessia Cara, will join the tour as a special guest on all dates while Foxes will open all shows from July 16 through August 6. Tickets for the new arena dates go on sale starting Friday, April 15 at www.livenation.com.
Citi is the official credit card of the A Head Full of Dreams North American Tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets for the newly announced shows beginning Monday, April 11 at 10:00 a.m. local time through Citi's Private Pass Program. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com.
COLDPLAY - A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS TOUR
All dates, cities and venues below subject to change.
* New date
Wednesday, July 20, 2016*
Thursday, July 21, 2016*
Scottrade Center
KFC Yum! Center
Nationwide Arena
Monday, August 1, 2016*
First Niagara Center
Wednesday, August 3, 2016*
The Palace of Auburn Hills (on sale April 16)
Thursday, August 4, 2016*
Tuesday, August 23, 2016*
Gila River Arena
Thursday, August 25, 2016*
BOK Center
Monday, August 29, 2016*
Pepsi Center
Wednesday, August 31, 2016*
Vivant Smart Home Arena
Thursday, September 1, 2016*
The A Head Full Of Dreams Tour began at the end of last month in Latin America, where the band's sold out stadiums shows have been greeted with wild acclaim from fans and media alike. The tour - which has already sold well in excess of two million tickets worldwide - will then continue to Europe before arriving in the U.S. in July.
A Head Full Of Dreams is Coldplay's seventh album and the follow-up to 2014's GRAMMY®-nominated Ghost Stories. Since its December 2015 release, A Head Full Of Dreamshas reached Number One on iTunes in more than 90 countries and sold over three million copies. It has also helped Coldplay to their current position as Spotify's most-streamed band in the world.
www.livenationentertainment.com.
Demi Lovato & Nick Jonas To Headline 15th Anniversary Honda Civic Tour
#Coachella 411: Where The Party At?
Microsoft Theater 2016 Concert Dates
Kenny Rogers To Embark On Final World Tour
Tribeca Film Fest: Jessica Alba, Steve Aoki, Liev Schreiber Join 2016 Jury
Dave Matthews Band Celebrate 25 Years With Hometown Benefit Concert
Staples Center 2016 Concert Dates
L. A. Glam
Step Inside The 2016 Makeup Show Los Angeles
Sugar Ray, Everclear & Lit Hit The Road For Summerland Tour
Phillip Philips & Matt Nathanson To Embark On Summer Tour
2016 Nickelodeon's Kid's Choice Awards: Let There Be Slime!
New Music Countdown: Enrique Iglesias To Release Single With Wisin
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line149
|
__label__cc
| 0.526771
| 0.473229
|
The plantation collections include diaries, correspondence, record and account books, maps, photographs and other materials that document the history of both planters, sharecroppers and enslaved persons in Mississippi and elsewhere in the South.
Abbott (Liberty C.) family papers
MSS. 1. 1883-1926 (Bulk Dates: 1859-1930). 5.75 cubic feet.
The collection includes the papers of Liberty C. Abbott (1836-1894), an official and plantation owner of Howard, Mississippi, his wife Maria Abbott (1830-1912), his daughter Birdie Jones Gearhart (1869-1946), and his brother F. Marion Abbott (1844-1908), Mississippi state senator and railroad president. The papers contain correspondence, ledgers and account books, legal documents, diaries, newspaper clippings, photographs, and miscellany.
Finding Aid (.pdf) Finding Aid (.html)
Barnes (Harris) papers
MSS. 639. 1897, 1930s-2006. circa 85 cubic feet.
Papers of MSU alumnus and agricultural journalist and photographer Harris Barnes (1918-2006), who grew up on his father's small farm in Coahoma County, Mississippi, graduated from Clarksdale High School and MSU in 1941. Barnes worked as farm manager for several plantations in Coahoma County from 1946-1969, including Baugh Plantation, Lea Plantation and King and Anderson/Oakhurst Plantation. As a journalist, he did freelance work for Progressive Farmer and also worked for Farm Quarterly, Delta Farm Press, Southeast Farm Press. As a freelance journalist, he was owner of Harris Barnes Rural Services from 1988-2006. Barnes served in key roles for the American Soybean Association, the Soybean Council of America and the Mississippi Soybean Association. His publications include The Pick of the Crop: A Collection of Recipes (Drew, Miss.: North Sunflower PTA, 1978 - Cover by Barnes); Between the Levees: A Collection of Mississippi Delta Recipes (Cleveland, Miss.: Delta Rice Promotions, 1994 - Photographs by Barnes); Cotton: A 50-Year Pictorial History (Brandon, Miss: True Exposures Pub., 2002); The Beauty of Southern Agriculture (Brandon, Miss.: True Exposures Pub., 2004); and The Good Ol' Days on the Cotton Farm (2006). Collection bulks with 201,699 images in a variety of formats, including transparencies, negatives, prints, and slides of various sizes. Other materials included are correspondence, scripts, financial materials, and clippings and publications documenting the work of Harris Barnes with publishers and individuals, his business interests, his family and Mississippi State University. Collection is unprocessed; box inventories are available. Contact Special Collections for assistance.
Brigance (Louise) collection
Brochures, catalogs, magazines, maps, music, photographs and many miscellaneous items collected by J. D. French and Louise Brigance, including materials documenting ships, ship modeling and Mississippi history. Contains broadside: "Farms for One Dollar: Chances for All, Rich and Poor.–The Best Plantations in the South, Subdivided, " published by the Southern Asylum Land Company, Hernando, Mississippi, 1867.
Buena Vista album
MSS. 633. circa 1990's-2005. 0.08 cubic feet.
Album of photographs of Buena Vista Plantation house, Vicksburg, Mississippi, taken before and after renovation. Photocopies and digital images. Loaned for copying by Rogers family.
Burkitt (Frank) papers
Clippings and articles from Okolona, Mississippi, newspapers including the Chickasaw Messenger concerning Frank Burkitt, editor and Populist Party candidate.
Butts (Alfred Benjamin) papers
Agreement with freedmen, Sept. 14, 1865, concerning work on the Caldwell Plantation, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi; 2 bonds issued by Oktibbeha County "in payment of stock of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company," 1 note concerning interest paid, 1892; and 1 typescript of A.B. Butts' work, "Civil Service in American Cities".
Finding Aid (.html) Digitized Items
Cammack (Abner) collection
Records of the C.D. Benton & Company plantation store at Burnett, Louisiana include letter book, 1883-1886, with copies of correspondence relating to supplies and cotton sales; ledger of accounts, 1882-1883 and 11 loose items documenting supplies purchased, cotton stored and other transactions with share croppers and other customers in the Burch's Bend area.
Cobb (Joseph B.) estate papers
Photocopies from the Lowndes County Courthouse of the estate papers of Joseph B. Cobb, humorist and author of Mississippi Scenes. Among the topics are a rebellion on one of Cobb's plantations and the hiring of dogs to catch run-away Cobb slaves. Cobb was a Unionist and a Whig.
Delta and Pine Land Company records
MSS. 101. 1886-1982. 104.33 cubic feet and 53 volumes.
Correspondence, annual reports, minutes, financial records, maps, oral history interviews, publications and other records documenting the history of the Delta and Pine Land Company. While headquartered in Scott, Mississippi, the company was owned by a British firm throughout most of its history, and at various times it had offices in Arizona, California, and Texas. Advertised during one period as the world's largest cotton plantation, Delta and Pine Land Company grew a variety of crops and became famous for its research and development of cotton varieties. Among the major subjects in the collection are agriculture, cotton seed research, the tenant farming system, the National Cotton Council, the New Deal, the Mississippi River flood of 1927, the Mississippi Delta, and various agricultural organizations. Correspondence, annual reports, minutes, financial records, maps, oral history interviews, and other records documenting the history of the Delta and Pine Land Company. Includes records about African-American tenant farmers.
Dockery (William Alfred) family papers
MSS. 507. 1881-1980 (Bulk Dates: 1887-1906). 1 cubic foot.
The papers comprise primarily correspondence of the family of William A. Dockery (1865-1936), owner of the Dockery plantation in Mississippi.
Drane papers
Letters of Lowndes County, Mississippi, pioneer Stephen A. Brown and his father-in-law, Richardson Owen, from Alabama and Arkansas, 1851, 1853; two undated letters to "Dear Lucy from Father"; "Ramblings", a 1955 reminiscence by Mrs. Effie Robinson Drane of Choctaw County, Mississippi, concerns the Alexander Samuel Robinson family plantation at Bywy, Choctaw County, Mississippi. "Cemetery Record, Mayhew, Mississippi", compiled by Ellen Drane Mauldin. Typed copies.
Glass negative collection
MSS. 399. 1915-1927 and undated. circa 11 cubic feet.
Collection of images in glass and film negative format, produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (U.S.D.A.) at its branch laboratory at Tallulah, Louisiana, under the direction of entomologist B.R. Coad. The images document the U.S.D.A.'s boll weevil eradication experiments using first lead arsenate, and then calcium arsenate. "Methods of applying calcium arsenate by air and by airplane and by ground machines were worked out at Tallulah. Many investigations were carried on there in the effort to find other means of combating the boll weevil". The bulk of the images document investigations carried out at Tallulah, including those done at Shirley, Algodon and other plantations, and at other Louisiana locations. Some 52 images depict experiments which were done in Mississippi at: the Delta and Pine Land cotton plantation at Scott; Warren Plantation at Rosedale: Scotland Plantation at Beulah: Virginia Plantation at Lobdell; Dunleith Plantation at Dunleith. Other places included are: Panther Burn Plantation at Luna Landing, Arkansas; farms at Roosevelt, Hearn, Ozona, Victoria, Texas and Mexico. Many images were not identified by place. The images show many different types of agricultural machinery, especially cotton industry machinery. Also included are air photographs relating to airplane dusting operations, which depict cotton fields, individual residences, scenes around Louisiana and Mississippi places, and plate tests on clouds. Some miscellaneous images include views of research plots, plant toxicity studies, the Tri-Parish Fair at Tallulah, a convention of entomologists, the Delta and Talullah laboratories; a Louisiana picnic given by the Levee Board for African-American levee workers after the levee held back the waters during the 1922 flood. Collection comprises 1018 glass negatives and 502 film negatives.
Knox (James) diary
The diary of James Knox (1786-1864), which begins in March 1848 and ends in February 1851, records the weather and the daily operations of his plantation in Pickens County, Alabama, including sowing, plowing, harvesting, and selling. He refers to several slaves by name, most often Patrick and Alvin. Knox's regular attendance at church and presbytery meetings is recorded in the diary, along with information about the pastors and their sermon texts. Ministers James Somerville, J. L. Kirkpatrick, Thomas Morrow, and A. P. Silliman are often mentioned. The diary also includes notes about social visits and family travels to Mississippi, Tuscaloosa, and elsewhere. Prior to its transcription in 2012, the diary was attributed to William M. Stone of Meridian, Mississippi and was known as the William M. Stone diary.
Lenoir Family Plantation Records
MSS. 585. 1792-2001 (Bulk Dates: 1850-1930). 8.5 cubic feet.
Plantation records and family papers (1792, 1820-1963), of the extended family of William T. Lenoir (1811-1960) and Mary E. Blanchard Lenoir (1810-1894), of Prairie (Muldon), Monroe County, Mississippi. Includes a letter about Amanda, a slave accused of trying to poison the milk with strychnine (1856). Letters include much discussion of slaves, particularly "Mom Nancy."
Love (Drennan) Collection
MSS. 543. 1763-2006. 57 cubic feet.
Collection of Lowndes County plantation owner Drennan C. Love and family includes a 900 page manuscript reminiscence of his son, William Alexander Love, written in 1925. Love was a planter, writer, historian and amateur archaeologist. The William Alexander Love reminiscence includes references to African-Americans' membership in Bethel Church (Lowndes County, Miss.), slavery and slaves, an African-American wedding, and customs and behavior in general. Other topics mentioned include the Freedman's Bureau and Uncle Remus. The reminiscence has been transcribed and indexed.
Mabry (Malcolm H.) collection
Exhibit and published materials created and collected by Mabry and documenting the mechanical cotton picker as used in the Mississippi Delta, including Hopson Plantation.
Mary Holmes College sharecropper oral histories collection
MSS. 669. 1969-1972. 11.4 cubic feet.
Collection of 340+ oral histories conducted with African-American men and women from 1969-1972 by the staff of Mary Holmes College, West Point, Mississippi. Participants were living at various locations within the state, with a strong concentration on Clay and Monroe Counties. Questions focus on slavery and family background, plantation and farming origins and sharecropping in the 20th century. A few civil rights questions were asked. Principal interviewers were Clarence M. Simmons, Alvin Thomas and Willie Wade Pulliam. A few interviews were conducted by librarians and students. Included are reel-to-reel tapes and transcripts. The collection was donated in 2006, after Mary Holmes College closed. Restrictions apply; collection must be used in the library and may only be cited with permission of interviewee.
Pickens collection
MSS. 245. 1864-1908, 1961 and undated. 0.33 cubic feet.
Materials collected and donated by Sue (Fannie Sue) Waller (1880-1968) include scattered documentation of the activities of her uncle, J.O. (John Oliver) Pickens (1814-1886), owner of sugar plantations in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Materials documenting Pickens include two Civil War receipts for money and coupons, accounts concerning assets in Texas (1867, 1885), New Orleans Sanitary and Fertilizing Company stock certificate (1872), patent for a cotton bale tie invented by John G. Angell of New Orleans and transfer of the patent to Pickens (1874, 1878), receipts and checks (1882-1883 and undated). The remaining materials document the New Orleans and Magnolia, Louisiana, purchases and the Supreme Lodge Knights of Honor membership of William C. Waller (1852-1930), father of Sue Waller. Also donated were six issues of Pike County newspapers (1893-1908) and an 1865 clipping from The Southern Sentinel (Alexandria, Louisiana) which was used to wrap Confederate money inherited and sold by Sue Waller.
Preston (Zenas) diary
Plantation on Lake St. Peter across river from Natchez, Mississippi. Refers to plantation life of the period: slaves, crops, levees and floods, diseases, prescriptions, taxes, road work, weather.
Rice (Nannie Herndon) family papers
MSS. 24. 1824-2003. circa 35 cubic feet.
Family papers of Nannie Herndon Rice, librarian at Mississippi State University. Correspondence, diaries, genealogical data, deeds, ledgers, claims, estate papers, bills of sale for slaves, rent and labor contracts, school reports (1866-71), photographs and other papers of Miss Rice and members of her family. Papers of Miss Rice describe Meadow Woods, the Rice plantation in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, her student days at Mississippi State College for Women, Columbia University, Vassar College Training Camp for Nurses, and the University of Illinois, and associations as a librarian at Mississippi State University. Other papers include those of Miss Rice's grandparents, John W. Rice and Augusta (Hopkins) Rice, her father, Arthur H. Rice, physician and planter of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, her great-uncle and aunt, John James Walker and Maria (Hopkins) Walker, her paternal great-grandfather, Arthur Francis Hopkins, of Alabama, and others, relating to the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Mississippi Legislature, travel in Europe, and other subjects. Correspondents include Braxton Bragg, H.L. Mencken, Pauline V. Orr, LeRoy Percy, LeRoy Pope Walker, Percy Walker, Richard Henry Wilde, and John Sharp Williams. Unpublished guide in the library. Information on literary rights available in the library. Additions: In process.
Shaw (Thompson B.) - McKell collection
MSS. 12. 1818-1901. 0.33 cubic feet.
Papers of Thompson B. Shaw (1796-1854), plantation owner of Jefferson County, collected by the McKell family. Includes personal and family correspondence (1828-1898); business papers relating to the plantation, statements of accounts and receipts (1818-1860), and items (1824-1866) dealing with cotton factors. Deposited by C.V. McKell, Starkville, Mississippi, 1959.
Smith-Oakes plantation papers
MSS. 272. 1860-1885. 0.33 cubic feet and 1 reel microfilm.
Records of Lowndes County, Mississippi, plantation owned by John McLaughlin Smith. Ledger, 1860-1883; plantation journal (photocopy), 1879-1885. Contents: Horse records, 1863-1877; list of slaves; accounts, 1860. Journal primarily contains weather notes, but also contains a few references to lynching, Negroes, and the Kansas exodus (1879).
Thomas (James Talbert, III) collection
Plantation records of Egypt Plantation near Kruger, Holmes County, Mississippi, which has been successively owned by James Talbert Thomas II, James Talbert Thomas III and other family members. Includes deeds, abstracts of title and other land records, ledgers and other business records, wills and legal records. Originals and some photocopies. See also Howard Langfitt collection for script and photos of farm.
Waverley Mansion collection
Papers and photographs concerning the antebellum plantation Waverley, which was built in Clay County, Mississippi, in the 1850s by George Hampton Young.
Waverley Miscellaneous Collection
Documents found at Waverley Plantation in 1936 include a list of recipes for medicine on which is found an entry entitled "Negro Whipping" with a list of names and places.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line150
|
__label__wiki
| 0.836684
| 0.836684
|
Continuation of the national emergency with respect to Zimbabwe : message from the President of the United States transmitting notification that the national emergency with respect to the actions and policies of certain members of the government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions is to continue in effect beyond March 6, 2011, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)
The work Continuation of the national emergency with respect to Zimbabwe : message from the President of the United States transmitting notification that the national emergency with respect to the actions and policies of certain members of the government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions is to continue in effect beyond March 6, 2011, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1622(d) represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
The Resource Continuation of the national emergency with respect to Zimbabwe : message from the President of the United States transmitting notification that the national emergency with respect to the actions and policies of certain members of the government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions is to continue in effect beyond March 6, 2011, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)
message from the President of the United States transmitting notification that the national emergency with respect to the actions and policies of certain members of the government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions is to continue in effect beyond March 6, 2011, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)
United States, President 2009-2017 : Obama
United States, Congress | House | Committee on Foreign Affairs
Obama, Barack
Zimbabwe -- Foreign relations -- United States
Democracy -- Zimbabwe
United States -- Foreign relations -- Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe -- Politics and government -- 1980-
Economic sanctions, American -- Zimbabwe
House document (United States. Congress. House), 112-12
House document (United States. Congress. House) ;, 112-12
United States congressional serial set ;, serial no. 15399 H.doc.112-12
ProQuest U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection, II, Part E (2011)
United States congressional serial set, serial no. 15399 H.doc.112-12
.U5 112th Congress, 1st session no.15399 H.doc.112-12 ONLINE
House document / 112th Congress, 1st session
Context of Continuation of the national emergency with respect to Zimbabwe : message from the President of the United States transmitting notification that the national emergency with respect to the actions and policies of certain members of the government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions is to continue in effect beyond March 6, 2011, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.sandiego.edu/resource/a1ygjPbQHRA/" typeof="CreativeWork http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Work"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.sandiego.edu/resource/a1ygjPbQHRA/">Continuation of the national emergency with respect to Zimbabwe : message from the President of the United States transmitting notification that the national emergency with respect to the actions and policies of certain members of the government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions is to continue in effect beyond March 6, 2011, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.sandiego.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.sandiego.edu/">University of San Diego Libraries</a></span></span></span></span></div>
Data Citation of the Work Continuation of the national emergency with respect to Zimbabwe : message from the President of the United States transmitting notification that the national emergency with respect to the actions and policies of certain members of the government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions is to continue in effect beyond March 6, 2011, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)
http://link.sandiego.edu/resource/a1ygjPbQHRA/
http://library.link/resource/a1ygjPbQHRA/
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line151
|
__label__cc
| 0.59013
| 0.40987
|
2 Chronicles 31 WEB
1 Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and broke down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities. 2 Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of Yahweh. 3 He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the Sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of Yahweh. 4 Moreover he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the law of Yahweh. 5 As soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel gave in abundance the first fruits of grain, new wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly. 6 The children of Israel and Judah, who lived in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of cattle and sheep, and the tithe of dedicated things which were consecrated to Yahweh their God, and laid them by heaps. 7 In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. 8 When Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed Yahweh, and his people Israel. 9 Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps. 10 Azariah the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, "Since people began to bring the offerings into the house of Yahweh, we have eaten and had enough, and have left plenty: for Yahweh has blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store." 11 Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare rooms in the house of Yahweh; and they prepared them. 12 They brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: and over them Conaniah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was second. 13 Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God. 14 Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter at the east gate, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the offerings of Yahweh, and the most holy things. 15 Under him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their office of trust, to give to their brothers by divisions, as well to the great as to the small: 16 besides those who were reckoned by genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even everyone who entered into the house of Yahweh, as the duty of every day required, for their service in their offices according to their divisions; 17 and those who were reckoned by genealogy of the priests by their fathers' houses, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their offices by their divisions; 18 and those who were reckoned by genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their office of trust they sanctified themselves in holiness. 19 Also for the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every city, there were men who were mentioned by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all who were reckoned by genealogy among the Levites. 20 Hezekiah did so throughout all Judah; and he worked that which was good and right and faithful before Yahweh his God. 21 In every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line152
|
__label__cc
| 0.745809
| 0.254191
|
5254-S2 AMS FAIN S2534.1
2SSB 5254 - S AMD 190
By Senator Fain
PULLED 04/05/2017
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"Sec. 1. RCW 36.70A.115 and 2009 c 121 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Counties and cities that are required or choose to plan under RCW 36.70A.040 shall ensure that, taken collectively, adoption of and amendments to their comprehensive plans and/or development regulations provide sufficient capacity of land suitable for development within their jurisdictions to accommodate their allocated housing and employment growth, including the accommodation of, as appropriate, the medical, governmental, educational, institutional, commercial, and industrial facilities related to such growth, as adopted in the applicable countywide planning policies and consistent with the twenty-year population forecast from the office of financial management.
(2) This analysis shall include the reasonable measures findings developed under RCW 36.70A.215, if applicable to such counties and cities.
Sec. 2. RCW 36.70A.215 and 2011 c 353 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Subject to the limitations in subsection (((7))) (5) of this section, a county shall adopt, in consultation with its cities, countywide planning policies to establish a review and evaluation program. This program shall be in addition to the requirements of RCW 36.70A.110, 36.70A.130, and 36.70A.210. In developing and implementing the review and evaluation program required by this section, the county and its cities shall consider information from other appropriate jurisdictions and sources. The purpose of the review and evaluation program shall be to:
(a) Determine whether a county and its cities are achieving urban densities within urban growth areas by comparing growth and development assumptions, targets, and objectives contained in the countywide planning policies and the county and city comprehensive plans with actual growth and development that has occurred in the county and its cities; and
(b) Identify reasonable measures, other than adjusting urban growth areas, that will be taken to comply with the requirements of this chapter. Reasonable measures are those actions necessary to reduce the differences between growth and development assumptions and targets contained in the countywide planning policies and the county and city comprehensive plans with actual development patterns. The reasonable measures process in subsection (3) of this section shall be used as part of the next comprehensive plan update to reconcile inconsistencies.
(2) The review and evaluation program shall:
(a) Encompass land uses and activities both within and outside of urban growth areas and provide for annual collection of data on urban and rural land uses, development, zoning and development standards, environmental regulations including but not limited to critical areas, stormwater, shoreline, and tree retention requirements; and capital facilities ((to the extent necessary)) to determine the quantity and type of land suitable for development, both for residential and employment-based activities;
(b) Provide for evaluation of the data collected under (a) of this subsection as provided in subsection (3) of this section. The evaluation shall be completed no later than ((one)) three years prior to the deadline for review and, if necessary, update of comprehensive plans and development regulations as required by RCW 36.70A.130. For comprehensive plans required to be updated before 2024, the evaluation as provided in subsection (3) of this section shall be completed no more than two years prior to the deadline for review and, if necessary, update of comprehensive plans. The county and its cities may establish in the countywide planning policies indicators, benchmarks, and other similar criteria to use in conducting the evaluation;
(c) Provide for methods to resolve disputes among jurisdictions relating to the countywide planning policies required by this section and procedures to resolve inconsistencies in collection and analysis of data; and
(d) ((Provide for the amendment of the countywide policies and county and city comprehensive plans as needed to remedy an inconsistency identified through the evaluation required by this section, or to bring these policies into compliance with the requirements of this chapter.)) Develop reasonable measures to use in reducing the differences between growth and development assumptions and targets contained in the countywide planning policies and county and city comprehensive plans, with the actual development patterns. The reasonable measures shall be adopted, if necessary, into the countywide planning policies and the county or city comprehensive plans and development regulations during the next scheduled update of the plans.
(3) At a minimum, the evaluation component of the program required by subsection (1) of this section shall:
(a) Determine whether there is sufficient suitable land to accommodate the countywide population projection established for the county pursuant to RCW 43.62.035 and the subsequent population allocations within the county and between the county and its cities and the requirements of RCW 36.70A.110((;
(b))). The zoned capacity of land alone is not a sufficient standard to deem land suitable for development or redevelopment within the twenty-year planning period;
(b) An evaluation and identification of land suitable for development or redevelopment shall include:
(i) A review and evaluation of the land use designation and zoning/development regulations; environmental regulations (such as tree retention, stormwater, or critical area regulations) impacting development; and other regulations that could prevent assigned densities from being achieved; infrastructure gaps (including but not limited to transportation, water, sewer, and stormwater); and
(ii) Use of a reasonable land market supply factor when evaluating land suitable to accommodate new development or redevelopment of land for residential development and employment activities. The reasonable market supply factor identifies reductions in the amount of land suitable for development and redevelopment. The methodology for conducting a reasonable land market factor shall be determined through the guidance developed in section 3 of this act;
(c) Provide an analysis of county and/or city development assumptions, targets, and objectives contained in the countywide planning policies and the county and city comprehensive plans when growth targets and assumptions are not being achieved. It is not appropriate to make a finding that assumed growth contained in the countywide planning policies and the county or city comprehensive plan will occur at the end of the current comprehensive planning twenty-year planning cycle without rationale;
(d) Determine the actual density of housing that has been constructed and the actual amount of land developed for commercial and industrial uses within the urban growth area since the adoption of a comprehensive plan under this chapter or since the last periodic evaluation as required by subsection (1) of this section; and
(((c))) (e) Based on the actual density of development as determined under (b) of this subsection, review commercial, industrial, and housing needs by type and density range to determine the amount of land needed for commercial, industrial, and housing for the remaining portion of the twenty-year planning period used in the most recently adopted comprehensive plan.
(4) ((If the evaluation required by subsection (3) of this section demonstrates an inconsistency between what has occurred since the adoption of the countywide planning policies and the county and city comprehensive plans and development regulations and what was envisioned in those policies and plans and the planning goals and the requirements of this chapter, as the inconsistency relates to the evaluation factors specified in subsection (3) of this section, the county and its cities shall adopt and implement measures that are reasonably likely to increase consistency during the subsequent five-year period. If necessary, a county, in consultation with its cities as required by RCW 36.70A.210, shall adopt amendments to countywide planning policies to increase consistency. The county and its cities shall annually monitor the measures adopted under this subsection to determine their effect and may revise or rescind them as appropriate.
(5)(a) Not later than July 1, 1998, the department shall prepare a list of methods used by counties and cities in carrying out the types of activities required by this section. The department shall provide this information and appropriate technical assistance to counties and cities required to or choosing to comply with the provisions of this section.
(b) By December 31, 2007, the department shall submit to the appropriate committees of the legislature a report analyzing the effectiveness of the activities described in this section in achieving the goals envisioned by the countywide planning policies and the comprehensive plans and development regulations of the counties and cities.
(6))) From funds appropriated by the legislature for this purpose, the department shall provide grants to counties, cities, and regional planning organizations required under subsection (((7))) (5) of this section to conduct the review and perform the evaluation required by this section.
(((7))) (5) The provisions of this section shall apply to counties, and the cities within those counties, that were greater than one hundred fifty thousand in population in ((1995)) 1996 as determined by office of financial management population estimates and that are located west of the crest of the Cascade mountain range. Any other county planning under RCW 36.70A.040 may carry out the review, evaluation, and amendment programs and procedures as provided in this section.
(6) The requirements of this section are subject to the availability of funds appropriated for this specific purpose. If funds are not appropriated consistent with the timelines in subsection (2)(b) of this section, counties and cities shall be subject to the review and evaluation program as it existed prior to the effective date of this section.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 36.70A RCW to read as follows:
(1) The department of commerce, through a contract with a land use and economics entity, shall develop guidance for local governments on the review and evaluation program in RCW 36.70A.215. The contract shall be with an entity experienced in serving private and public sector clients which can assist developers and policy makers to understand near-term market realities and long-term planning considerations, and with experience facilitating successful conversations between multiple local governments and stakeholders on complex land use issues. The department of commerce shall enable appropriate public participation by affected stakeholders in the development of the guidance for the appropriate market factor analysis and review and update of the overall buildable lands program. This guidance regarding the market factor methodology and buildable lands program shall be completed by December 1, 2018. The buildable lands guidance shall analyze and provide recommendations on:
(a) The review and evaluation program in RCW 36.70A.215 and changes to the required information to be analyzed within the program to increase the accuracy of the report when updating countywide planning policies and the county and city comprehensive plans;
(b) Whether a more effective schedule could be developed for countywide planning policies and the county and city comprehensive plan updates to better align with implementing reasonable measures identified through the review and evaluation program, and population projections and census data while maintaining appropriate and timely consideration of planning needs best done through a comprehensive planning process;
(c) A determination on how reasonable measures, based on the review and evaluation program, should be implemented into updates for countywide planning policies and the county and city comprehensive plans;
(d) Infrastructure costs, including but not limited to transportation, water, sewer, stormwater, and the cost to provide new or upgraded infrastructure if required to serve development; cost of development; timelines to permit and develop land; market availability of land; the nexus between proposed densities, economic conditions needed to achieve those densities, and the impact to housing affordability for home ownership and rental housing; and, market demand when evaluating if land is suitable for development or redevelopment. These all have an impact on whether development occurs or if planned for densities will differ from achieved densities;
(e) Identifying the measures to increase housing availability and affordability for all economic segments of the community and the factors contributing to the high cost of housing including zoning/development/environmental regulations, permit processing timelines, housing production trends by housing type and rents and prices, national and regional economic and demographic trends affecting housing affordability and production by rents and prices, housing unit size by housing type, and how well growth targets align with market conditions including the assumptions on where people desire to live;
(f) Evaluating how existing zoning and land use regulations are promoting or hindering attainment of the goal for affordable housing in RCW 36.70A.020(4). Barriers to meeting this goal shall be identified and considered as possible reasonable measures for each county and city, and as part of the next countywide planning policies and county and city comprehensive plan update;
(g) Identifying opportunities and strategies to encourage growth within urban growth areas;
(h) Identifying strategies to increase local government capacity to invest in the infrastructure necessary to accommodate growth and provide opportunities for affordable housing across all economic segments of the community and housing types; and
(i) Other topics identified by stakeholders and the department.
(2) The requirements of this section are subject to the availability of funds appropriated for this specific purpose.
The comprehensive plan of a county or city that is required or chooses to plan under RCW 36.70A.040 shall consist of a map or maps, and descriptive text covering objectives, principles, and standards used to develop the comprehensive plan. The plan shall be an internally consistent document and all elements shall be consistent with the future land use map. A comprehensive plan shall be adopted and amended with public participation as provided in RCW 36.70A.140. Each comprehensive plan shall include a plan, scheme, or design for each of the following:
(1) A land use element designating the proposed general distribution and general location and extent of the uses of land, where appropriate, for agriculture, timber production, housing, commerce, industry, recreation, open spaces, general aviation airports, public utilities, public facilities, and other land uses. The land use element shall include population densities, building intensities, and estimates of future population growth. The land use element shall provide for protection of the quality and quantity of groundwater used for public water supplies. Wherever possible, the land use element should consider utilizing urban planning approaches that promote physical activity. Where applicable, the land use element shall review drainage, flooding, and storm water run-off in the area and nearby jurisdictions and provide guidance for corrective actions to mitigate or cleanse those discharges that pollute waters of the state, including Puget Sound or waters entering Puget Sound.
(2) A housing element ensuring the vitality and character of established residential neighborhoods that: (a) Includes an inventory and analysis of existing and projected housing needs that identifies the number of housing units necessary to manage projected growth; (b) includes a statement of goals, policies, objectives, and mandatory provisions for the preservation, improvement, and development of housing, including single-family residences; (c) identifies sufficient land for housing, including, but not limited to, government-assisted housing, housing for low-income families, manufactured housing, multifamily housing, and group homes and foster care facilities; and (d) makes adequate provisions for existing and projected needs of all economic segments of the community. In counties and cities subject to the review and evaluation requirements of RCW 36.70A.215, any revision to the housing element shall include consideration of prior review and evaluation reports and any reasonable measures identified.
(3) A capital facilities plan element consisting of: (a) An inventory of existing capital facilities owned by public entities, showing the locations and capacities of the capital facilities; (b) a forecast of the future needs for such capital facilities; (c) the proposed locations and capacities of expanded or new capital facilities; (d) at least a six-year plan that will finance such capital facilities within projected funding capacities and clearly identifies sources of public money for such purposes; and (e) a requirement to reassess the land use element if probable funding falls short of meeting existing needs and to ensure that the land use element, capital facilities plan element, and financing plan within the capital facilities plan element are coordinated and consistent. Park and recreation facilities shall be included in the capital facilities plan element.
(4) A utilities element consisting of the general location, proposed location, and capacity of all existing and proposed utilities, including, but not limited to, electrical lines, telecommunication lines, and natural gas lines.
(5) Rural element. Counties shall include a rural element including lands that are not designated for urban growth, agriculture, forest, or mineral resources. The following provisions shall apply to the rural element:
(a) Growth management act goals and local circumstances. Because circumstances vary from county to county, in establishing patterns of rural densities and uses, a county may consider local circumstances, but shall develop a written record explaining how the rural element harmonizes the planning goals in RCW 36.70A.020 and meets the requirements of this chapter.
(b) Rural development. The rural element shall permit rural development, forestry, and agriculture in rural areas. The rural element shall provide for a variety of rural densities, uses, essential public facilities, and rural governmental services needed to serve the permitted densities and uses. To achieve a variety of rural densities and uses, counties may provide for clustering, density transfer, design guidelines, conservation easements, and other innovative techniques that will accommodate appropriate rural densities and uses that are not characterized by urban growth and that are consistent with rural character.
(c) Measures governing rural development. The rural element shall include measures that apply to rural development and protect the rural character of the area, as established by the county, by:
(i) Containing or otherwise controlling rural development;
(ii) Assuring visual compatibility of rural development with the surrounding rural area;
(iii) Reducing the inappropriate conversion of undeveloped land into sprawling, low-density development in the rural area;
(iv) Protecting critical areas, as provided in RCW 36.70A.060, and surface water and groundwater resources; and
(v) Protecting against conflicts with the use of agricultural, forest, and mineral resource lands designated under RCW 36.70A.170.
(d) Limited areas of more intensive rural development. Subject to the requirements of this subsection and except as otherwise specifically provided in this subsection (5)(d), the rural element may allow for limited areas of more intensive rural development, including necessary public facilities and public services to serve the limited area as follows:
(i) Rural development consisting of the infill, development, or redevelopment of existing commercial, industrial, residential, or mixed-use areas, whether characterized as shoreline development, villages, hamlets, rural activity centers, or crossroads developments.
(A) A commercial, industrial, residential, shoreline, or mixed-use area are subject to the requirements of (d)(iv) of this subsection, but are not subject to the requirements of (c)(ii) and (iii) of this subsection.
(B) Any development or redevelopment other than an industrial area or an industrial use within a mixed-use area or an industrial area under this subsection (5)(d)(i) must be principally designed to serve the existing and projected rural population.
(C) Any development or redevelopment in terms of building size, scale, use, or intensity shall be consistent with the character of the existing areas. Development and redevelopment may include changes in use from vacant land or a previously existing use so long as the new use conforms to the requirements of this subsection (5);
(ii) The intensification of development on lots containing, or new development of, small-scale recreational or tourist uses, including commercial facilities to serve those recreational or tourist uses, that rely on a rural location and setting, but that do not include new residential development. A small-scale recreation or tourist use is not required to be principally designed to serve the existing and projected rural population. Public services and public facilities shall be limited to those necessary to serve the recreation or tourist use and shall be provided in a manner that does not permit low-density sprawl;
(iii) The intensification of development on lots containing isolated nonresidential uses or new development of isolated cottage industries and isolated small-scale businesses that are not principally designed to serve the existing and projected rural population and nonresidential uses, but do provide job opportunities for rural residents. Rural counties may allow the expansion of small-scale businesses as long as those small-scale businesses conform with the rural character of the area as defined by the local government according to RCW 36.70A.030(15). Rural counties may also allow new small-scale businesses to utilize a site previously occupied by an existing business as long as the new small-scale business conforms to the rural character of the area as defined by the local government according to RCW 36.70A.030(15). Public services and public facilities shall be limited to those necessary to serve the isolated nonresidential use and shall be provided in a manner that does not permit low-density sprawl;
(iv) A county shall adopt measures to minimize and contain the existing areas or uses of more intensive rural development, as appropriate, authorized under this subsection. Lands included in such existing areas or uses shall not extend beyond the logical outer boundary of the existing area or use, thereby allowing a new pattern of low-density sprawl. Existing areas are those that are clearly identifiable and contained and where there is a logical boundary delineated predominately by the built environment, but that may also include undeveloped lands if limited as provided in this subsection. The county shall establish the logical outer boundary of an area of more intensive rural development. In establishing the logical outer boundary, the county shall address (A) the need to preserve the character of existing natural neighborhoods and communities, (B) physical boundaries, such as bodies of water, streets and highways, and land forms and contours, (C) the prevention of abnormally irregular boundaries, and (D) the ability to provide public facilities and public services in a manner that does not permit low-density sprawl;
(v) For purposes of (d) of this subsection, an existing area or existing use is one that was in existence:
(A) On July 1, 1990, in a county that was initially required to plan under all of the provisions of this chapter;
(B) On the date the county adopted a resolution under RCW 36.70A.040(2), in a county that is planning under all of the provisions of this chapter under RCW 36.70A.040(2); or
(C) On the date the office of financial management certifies the county's population as provided in RCW 36.70A.040(5), in a county that is planning under all of the provisions of this chapter pursuant to RCW 36.70A.040(5).
(e) Exception. This subsection shall not be interpreted to permit in the rural area a major industrial development or a master planned resort unless otherwise specifically permitted under RCW 36.70A.360 and 36.70A.365.
(6) A transportation element that implements, and is consistent with, the land use element.
(a) The transportation element shall include the following subelements:
(i) Land use assumptions used in estimating travel;
(ii) Estimated traffic impacts to state-owned transportation facilities resulting from land use assumptions to assist the department of transportation in monitoring the performance of state facilities, to plan improvements for the facilities, and to assess the impact of land-use decisions on state-owned transportation facilities;
(iii) Facilities and services needs, including:
(A) An inventory of air, water, and ground transportation facilities and services, including transit alignments and general aviation airport facilities, to define existing capital facilities and travel levels as a basis for future planning. This inventory must include state-owned transportation facilities within the city or county's jurisdictional boundaries;
(B) Level of service standards for all locally owned arterials and transit routes to serve as a gauge to judge performance of the system. These standards should be regionally coordinated;
(C) For state-owned transportation facilities, level of service standards for highways, as prescribed in chapters 47.06 and 47.80 RCW, to gauge the performance of the system. The purposes of reflecting level of service standards for state highways in the local comprehensive plan are to monitor the performance of the system, to evaluate improvement strategies, and to facilitate coordination between the county's or city's six-year street, road, or transit program and the office of financial management's ten-year investment program. The concurrency requirements of (b) of this subsection do not apply to transportation facilities and services of statewide significance except for counties consisting of islands whose only connection to the mainland are state highways or ferry routes. In these island counties, state highways and ferry route capacity must be a factor in meeting the concurrency requirements in (b) of this subsection;
(D) Specific actions and requirements for bringing into compliance locally owned transportation facilities or services that are below an established level of service standard;
(E) Forecasts of traffic for at least ten years based on the adopted land use plan to provide information on the location, timing, and capacity needs of future growth;
(F) Identification of state and local system needs to meet current and future demands. Identified needs on state-owned transportation facilities must be consistent with the statewide multimodal transportation plan required under chapter 47.06 RCW;
(iv) Finance, including:
(A) An analysis of funding capability to judge needs against probable funding resources;
(B) A multiyear financing plan based on the needs identified in the comprehensive plan, the appropriate parts of which shall serve as the basis for the six-year street, road, or transit program required by RCW 35.77.010 for cities, RCW 36.81.121 for counties, and RCW 35.58.2795 for public transportation systems. The multiyear financing plan should be coordinated with the ten-year investment program developed by the office of financial management as required by RCW 47.05.030;
(C) If probable funding falls short of meeting identified needs, a discussion of how additional funding will be raised, or how land use assumptions will be reassessed to ensure that level of service standards will be met;
(v) Intergovernmental coordination efforts, including an assessment of the impacts of the transportation plan and land use assumptions on the transportation systems of adjacent jurisdictions;
(vi) Demand-management strategies;
(vii) Pedestrian and bicycle component to include collaborative efforts to identify and designate planned improvements for pedestrian and bicycle facilities and corridors that address and encourage enhanced community access and promote healthy lifestyles.
(b) After adoption of the comprehensive plan by jurisdictions required to plan or who choose to plan under RCW 36.70A.040, local jurisdictions must adopt and enforce ordinances which prohibit development approval if the development causes the level of service on a locally owned transportation facility to decline below the standards adopted in the transportation element of the comprehensive plan, unless transportation improvements or strategies to accommodate the impacts of development are made concurrent with the development. These strategies may include increased public transportation service, ride-sharing programs, demand management, and other transportation systems management strategies. For the purposes of this subsection (6), "concurrent with the development" means that improvements or strategies are in place at the time of development, or that a financial commitment is in place to complete the improvements or strategies within six years. If the collection of impact fees is delayed under RCW 82.02.050(3), the six-year period required by this subsection (6)(b) must begin after full payment of all impact fees is due to the county or city.
(c) The transportation element described in this subsection (6), the six-year plans required by RCW 35.77.010 for cities, RCW 36.81.121 for counties, and RCW 35.58.2795 for public transportation systems, and the ten-year investment program required by RCW 47.05.030 for the state, must be consistent.
(7) An economic development element establishing local goals, policies, objectives, and provisions for economic growth and vitality and a high quality of life. The element shall include: (a) A summary of the local economy such as population, employment, payroll, sectors, businesses, sales, and other information as appropriate; (b) a summary of the strengths and weaknesses of the local economy defined as the commercial and industrial sectors and supporting factors such as land use, transportation, utilities, education, workforce, housing, and natural/cultural resources; and (c) an identification of policies, programs, and projects to foster economic growth and development and to address future needs. A city that has chosen to be a residential community is exempt from the economic development element requirement of this subsection.
(8) A park and recreation element that implements, and is consistent with, the capital facilities plan element as it relates to park and recreation facilities. The element shall include: (a) Estimates of park and recreation demand for at least a ten-year period; (b) an evaluation of facilities and service needs; and (c) an evaluation of intergovernmental coordination opportunities to provide regional approaches for meeting park and recreational demand.
(9) It is the intent that new or amended elements required after January 1, 2002, be adopted concurrent with the scheduled update provided in RCW 36.70A.130. Requirements to incorporate any such new or amended elements shall be null and void until funds sufficient to cover applicable local government costs are appropriated and distributed by the state at least two years before local government must update comprehensive plans as required in RCW 36.70A.130.
Sec. 5. RCW 47.80.023 and 2009 c 515 s 15 are each amended to read as follows:
Each regional transportation planning organization shall have the following duties:
(1) Prepare and periodically update a transportation strategy for the region. The strategy shall address alternative transportation modes and transportation demand management measures in regional corridors and shall recommend preferred transportation policies to implement adopted growth strategies. The strategy shall serve as a guide in preparation of the regional transportation plan. However, no transportation or growth strategy may include or adopt a maximum population, household, employment and/or job growth target applicable to a regional transportation planning organization's member county, city, or town comprehensive plan adopted pursuant to chapter 36.70A RCW. Such a maximum target, whether adopted prior or subsequent to the effective date of this section, is unenforceable.
(2) Prepare a regional transportation plan as set forth in RCW 47.80.030 that is consistent with countywide planning policies if such have been adopted pursuant to chapter 36.70A RCW, with county, city, and town comprehensive plans, and state transportation plans.
(3) Certify by December 31, 1996, that the transportation elements of comprehensive plans adopted by counties, cities, and towns within the region reflect the guidelines and principles developed pursuant to RCW 47.80.026, are consistent with the adopted regional transportation plan, and, where appropriate, conform with the requirements of RCW 36.70A.070. In the exercise of its duties, a regional transportation planning organization has no authority to reject, disapprove, or condition or otherwise limit its approval of a local government growth management comprehensive plan or element thereof based on the local government's planning for population, household, job and/or employment growth levels within a designated urban growth area in excess of the population, household, job and/or employment targets allocated to the local government pursuant to chapter 36.70A RCW. Such a rejection, disapproval, or conditional approval, whether adopted prior or subsequent to the effective date of this section, is unenforceable.
(4) Where appropriate, certify that countywide planning policies adopted under RCW 36.70A.210 and the adopted regional transportation plan are consistent.
(5) Develop, in cooperation with the department of transportation, operators of public transportation services and local governments within the region, a six-year regional transportation improvement program which proposes regionally significant transportation projects and programs and transportation demand management measures. The regional transportation improvement program shall be based on the programs, projects, and transportation demand management measures of regional significance as identified by transit agencies, cities, and counties pursuant to RCW 35.58.2795, 35.77.010, and 36.81.121, respectively, and any recommended programs or projects identified by the agency council on coordinated transportation, as provided in chapter 47.06B RCW, that advance special needs coordinated transportation as defined in RCW 47.06B.012. The program shall include a priority list of projects and programs, project segments and programs, transportation demand management measures, and a specific financial plan that demonstrates how the transportation improvement program can be funded. The program shall be updated at least every two years for the ensuing six-year period.
(6) Include specific opportunities and projects to advance special needs coordinated transportation, as defined in RCW 47.06B.012, in the coordinated transit-human services transportation plan, after providing opportunity for public comment.
(7) Designate a lead planning agency to coordinate preparation of the regional transportation plan and carry out the other responsibilities of the organization. The lead planning agency may be a regional organization, a component county, city, or town agency, or the appropriate Washington state department of transportation district office.
(8) Review level of service methodologies used by cities and counties planning under chapter 36.70A RCW to promote a consistent regional evaluation of transportation facilities and corridors.
(9) Work with cities, counties, transit agencies, the department of transportation, and others to develop level of service standards or alternative transportation performance measures.
(10) Submit to the agency council on coordinated transportation((, as provided in chapter 47.06B RCW,)) beginning on July 1, 2007, and every four years thereafter, an updated plan that includes the elements identified by the council. Each regional transportation planning organization must submit to the council every two years a prioritized regional human service and transportation project list.
(11) In the exercise of its duties and/or in the adoption of any plan, guideline, principle, or strategy under the authority of this chapter, a regional transportation planning organization has no authority to adopt or determine maximum population, household, employment and/or job growth targets applicable to the regional transportation planning organization's member counties', cities', or towns' comprehensive plans adopted pursuant to chapter 36.70A RCW. Such a maximum target, whether adopted prior or subsequent to the effective date of this section, is unenforceable.
(1) The legislature recognizes that counties are regional governments within their boundaries, and cities are primary providers of urban governmental services within urban growth areas. For the purposes of this section, a "countywide planning policy" is a written policy statement or statements used solely for establishing a countywide framework from which county and city comprehensive plans are developed and adopted pursuant to this chapter. This framework shall ensure that city and county comprehensive plans are consistent as required in RCW 36.70A.100. Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter the land-use powers of cities.
(2) The legislative authority of a county that plans under RCW 36.70A.040 shall adopt a countywide planning policy in cooperation with the cities located in whole or in part within the county as follows:
(a) No later than sixty calendar days from July 16, 1991, the legislative authority of each county that as of June 1, 1991, was required or chose to plan under RCW 36.70A.040 shall convene a meeting with representatives of each city located within the county for the purpose of establishing a collaborative process that will provide a framework for the adoption of a countywide planning policy. In other counties that are required or choose to plan under RCW 36.70A.040, this meeting shall be convened no later than sixty days after the date the county adopts its resolution of intention or was certified by the office of financial management.
(b) The process and framework for adoption of a countywide planning policy specified in (a) of this subsection shall determine the manner in which the county and the cities agree to all procedures and provisions including but not limited to desired planning policies, deadlines, ratification of final agreements and demonstration thereof, and financing, if any, of all activities associated therewith.
(c) If a county fails for any reason to convene a meeting with representatives of cities as required in (a) of this subsection, the governor may immediately impose any appropriate sanction or sanctions on the county from those specified under RCW 36.70A.340.
(d) If there is no agreement by October 1, 1991, in a county that was required or chose to plan under RCW 36.70A.040 as of June 1, 1991, or if there is no agreement within one hundred twenty days of the date the county adopted its resolution of intention or was certified by the office of financial management in any other county that is required or chooses to plan under RCW 36.70A.040, the governor shall first inquire of the jurisdictions as to the reason or reasons for failure to reach an agreement. If the governor deems it appropriate, the governor may immediately request the assistance of the department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce to mediate any disputes that preclude agreement. If mediation is unsuccessful in resolving all disputes that will lead to agreement, the governor may impose appropriate sanctions from those specified under RCW 36.70A.340 on the county, city, or cities for failure to reach an agreement as provided in this section. The governor shall specify the reason or reasons for the imposition of any sanction.
(e) No later than July 1, 1992, the legislative authority of each county that was required or chose to plan under RCW 36.70A.040 as of June 1, 1991, or no later than fourteen months after the date the county adopted its resolution of intention or was certified by the office of financial management the county legislative authority of any other county that is required or chooses to plan under RCW 36.70A.040, shall adopt a countywide planning policy according to the process provided under this section and that is consistent with the agreement pursuant to (b) of this subsection, and after holding a public hearing or hearings on the proposed countywide planning policy.
(3) A countywide planning policy shall at a minimum, address the following:
(a) Policies to implement RCW 36.70A.110;
(b) Policies for promotion of contiguous and orderly development and provision of urban services to such development;
(c) Policies for siting public capital facilities of a countywide or statewide nature, including transportation facilities of statewide significance as defined in RCW 47.06.140;
(d) Policies for countywide transportation facilities and strategies;
(e) Policies that consider the need for affordable housing, such as housing for all economic segments of the population and parameters for its distribution;
(f) Policies for joint county and city planning within urban growth areas;
(g) Policies for countywide economic development and employment, which must include consideration of the future development of commercial and industrial facilities; ((and))
(h) An analysis of the fiscal impact; and
(i) A process and schedule providing for consideration no more frequently than once every year of updates, amendments, or revisions of the countywide planning policy proposed by the county or any city or town within the county.
(4) Federal agencies and Indian tribes may participate in and cooperate with the countywide planning policy adoption process. Adopted countywide planning policies shall be adhered to by state agencies.
(5) Failure to adopt a countywide planning policy that meets the requirements of this section may result in the imposition of a sanction or sanctions on a county or city within the county, as specified in RCW 36.70A.340. In imposing a sanction or sanctions, the governor shall specify the reasons for failure to adopt a countywide planning policy in order that any imposed sanction or sanctions are fairly and equitably related to the failure to adopt a countywide planning policy.
(6) Cities and the governor may appeal an adopted countywide planning policy to the growth management hearings board within sixty days of the adoption of the countywide planning policy.
(7) Multicounty planning policies shall be adopted by two or more counties, each with a population of four hundred fifty thousand or more, with contiguous urban areas and may be adopted by other counties, according to the process established under this section or other processes agreed to among the counties and cities within the affected counties throughout the multicounty region.
(8) No countywide or multicounty planning policy may adopt or include maximum population, household, job, or employment targets applicable to city or town growth management comprehensive plans, or otherwise prevent cities or towns from planning for population, household, job, and/or employment growth levels within a designated urban growth area in excess of the growth targets allocated to the local government pursuant to this chapter. Such a maximum target, whether adopted prior or subsequent to the effective date of this section, is unenforceable.
(1) The office of financial management shall determine the population of each county of the state annually as of April 1st of each year and on or before July 1st of each year shall file a certificate with the secretary of state showing its determination of the population for each county. The office of financial management also shall determine the percentage increase in population for each county over the preceding ten-year period, as of April 1st, and shall file a certificate with the secretary of state by July 1st showing its determination. At least once every five years or upon the availability of decennial census data, whichever is later, the office of financial management shall prepare twenty-year growth management planning population projections required by RCW 36.70A.110 for each county that adopts a comprehensive plan under RCW 36.70A.040 and shall review these projections with such counties and the cities in those counties before final adoption. The county and its cities may provide to the office such information as they deem relevant to the office's projection, and the office shall consider and comment on such information before adoption.
(2) Each projection shall be expressed as a reasonable range developed within the standard state high and low projection. The middle range shall represent the office's estimate of the most likely population projection for the county. If any city or county believes that a projection will not accurately reflect actual population growth in a county, it may petition the office to revise the projection accordingly. The office shall complete the first set of ranges for every county by December 31, 1995.
(3) A comprehensive plan adopted or amended before December 31, 1995, shall not be considered to be in noncompliance with the twenty-year growth management planning population projection if the projection used in the comprehensive plan is in compliance with the range later adopted under this section.
(4) In its annual population trends report, the office of financial management shall include information for each county relating to: (a) The actual population growth within each county; (b) a comparison of job growth and housing growth; (c) whether the population growth is more or less than the population estimate used by the county in its most recent comprehensive plan; (d) data on housing supply, including new single-family and multifamily construction, and permitted but not yet constructed housing units; (e) the housing affordability index for that county; and (f) the residential housing inventory for that county, expressed in months of inventory. The office of financial management shall use information from the Runstad center for real estate studies at the University of Washington, or a comparable data source. Information on individual cities need not be included, but may be included if such information is readily available.
Sec. 8. RCW 36.22.179 and 2014 c 200 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) In addition to the surcharge authorized in RCW 36.22.178, and except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, an additional surcharge of ten dollars shall be charged by the county auditor for each document recorded, which will be in addition to any other charge allowed by law. From September 1, 2012, through June 30, ((2019)) 2029, the surcharge shall be forty dollars. The funds collected pursuant to this section are to be distributed and used as follows:
(a) The auditor shall retain two percent for collection of the fee, and of the remainder shall remit sixty percent to the county to be deposited into a fund that must be used by the county and its cities and towns to accomplish the purposes of chapter 484, Laws of 2005, six percent of which may be used by the county for the collection and local distribution of these funds and administrative costs related to its homeless housing plan, and the remainder for programs which directly accomplish the goals of the county's local homeless housing plan, except that for each city in the county which elects as authorized in RCW 43.185C.080 to operate its own local homeless housing program, a percentage of the surcharge assessed under this section equal to the percentage of the city's local portion of the real estate excise tax collected by the county shall be transmitted at least quarterly to the city treasurer, without any deduction for county administrative costs, for use by the city for program costs which directly contribute to the goals of the city's local homeless housing plan; of the funds received by the city, it may use six percent for administrative costs for its homeless housing program.
(b) The auditor shall remit the remaining funds to the state treasurer for deposit in the home security fund account. The department may use twelve and one-half percent of this amount for administration of the program established in RCW 43.185C.020, including the costs of creating the statewide homeless housing strategic plan, measuring performance, providing technical assistance to local governments, and managing the homeless housing grant program. Of the remaining eighty-seven and one-half percent, at least forty-five percent must be set aside for the use of private rental housing payments, and the remainder is to be used by the department to:
(i) Provide housing and shelter for homeless people including, but not limited to: Grants to operate, repair, and staff shelters; grants to operate transitional housing; partial payments for rental assistance; consolidated emergency assistance; overnight youth shelters; grants and vouchers designated for victims of human trafficking and their families; and emergency shelter assistance; and
(ii) Fund the homeless housing grant program.
(2) The surcharge imposed in this section does not apply to (a) assignments or substitutions of previously recorded deeds of trust, (b) documents recording a birth, marriage, divorce, or death, (c) any recorded documents otherwise exempted from a recording fee or additional surcharges under state law, (d) marriage licenses issued by the county auditor, ((or)) (e) documents recording a state, county, or city lien or satisfaction of lien, or (f) documents recording a water-sewer district lien or satisfaction of a lien for delinquent utility payments.
(1) A city or county that meets the requirements of subsection (2) of this section may use the greater of one hundred thousand dollars or twenty-five percent of available funds, but not to exceed one million dollars per year, from revenues collected under RCW 82.46.035 for:
(a) The maintenance of capital projects, as defined in RCW 82.46.035(5); ((or))
(b) From July 1, 2017, until June 30, 2019, the acquisition, construction, improvement, or rehabilitation of facilities to provide housing for the homeless; or
(c) The planning, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, repair, replacement, rehabilitation, improvement, or maintenance of capital projects as defined in RCW 82.46.010(6)(b) that are not also included within the definition of capital projects in RCW 82.46.035(5).
(2) A city or county may use revenues pursuant to subsection (1) of this section if:
(a) The city or county prepares a written report demonstrating that it has or will have adequate funding from all sources of public funding to pay for all capital projects, as defined in RCW 82.46.035(5), identified in its capital facilities plan for the succeeding two-year period; and
(b)(i) The city or county has not enacted, after June 9, 2016, any requirement on the listing or sale of real property; or any requirement on landlords, at the time of executing a lease, to perform or provide physical improvements or modifications to real property or fixtures, except if necessary to address an immediate threat to health or safety; ((or))
(ii) Any local requirement adopted by the city or county under (b)(i) of this subsection is: Specifically authorized by RCW 35.80.030, 35A.11.020, chapter 7.48 RCW, or chapter 19.27 RCW; specifically authorized by other state or federal law; or a seller or landlord disclosure requirement pursuant to RCW 64.06.080; or
(iii) For a city or county using funds under subsection (1)(b) of this section, the requirements of this subsection apply, except that the date for such enactment under (b)(i) of this subsection is ninety days after the effective date of this section.
(3) The report prepared under subsection (2)(a) of this section must: (a) Include information necessary to determine compliance with the requirements of subsection (2)(a) of this section; (b) identify how revenues collected under RCW 82.46.035 were used by the city or county during the prior two-year period; (c) identify how funds authorized under subsection (1) of this section will be used during the succeeding two-year period; and (d) identify what percentage of funding for capital projects within the city or county is attributable to revenues under RCW 82.46.035 compared to all other sources of capital project funding. The city or county must prepare and adopt the report as part of its regular, public budget process.
(4) ((The authority to use funds as authorized in this section is in addition to the authority to use funds pursuant to RCW 82.46.035(7), which remains in effect through December 31, 2016.
(5))) For purposes of this section, "maintenance" means the use of funds for labor and materials that will preserve, prevent the decline of, or extend the useful life of a capital project. "Maintenance" does not include labor or material costs for routine operations of a capital project.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 10. In 2005, the state created the goal of reducing homelessness in Washington state by fifty percent within ten years. The legislature also recognized that the provision of housing and housing-related services to the homeless should be administered at the local level to meet the diverse needs across the state. The state's responsibility was to coordinate, support, finance, and monitor efforts to address homelessness issues.
During the past decade, the state has experienced an overall decline in homelessness with some counties meeting or exceeding its reduction goal. However, some counties have not only failed to achieve reductions, but have experienced an increase in the number of homeless families and individuals. Additionally, the number of unsheltered and chronic homeless has increased in areas of the state despite significant federal, state, and local financial resources that have been invested in homelessness assistance. The dichotomy between the resources expended and the results achieved warrants a more frequent review of state and local homelessness strategies and more transparent reporting of expenditures, performance, and outcomes at the local level. Therefore, the legislature intends to review state and local homelessness prevention, assistance, and housing efforts on a more frequent basis to improve the development of cost-effective programs and identification of best practices to expand housing security across the state.
Sec. 11. RCW 43.185C.030 and 2013 c 200 s 25 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The department shall annually conduct a Washington homeless census or count consistent with the requirements of RCW 43.185C.180. The census shall make every effort to count all homeless individuals living outdoors, in shelters, and in transitional housing, coordinated, when reasonably feasible, with already existing homeless census projects including those funded in part by the United States department of housing and urban development under the McKinney-Vento homeless assistance program. The department shall determine, in consultation with local governments, the data to be collected. Data on subpopulations and other characteristics of the homeless must, at a minimum, be consistent with United States department of housing and urban development requirements and include the following:
(a) Chronically homeless individuals;
(b) Chronically homeless families;
(c) Unaccompanied homeless youth;
(d) Male veterans;
(e) Female veterans;
(f) Adults with severe mental illness;
(g) Adults with chronic substance abuse issues;
(h) Adults with HIV/AIDS;
(i) Senior citizens; and
(j) Victims of domestic violence.
(2) All personal information collected in the census is confidential, and the department and each local government shall take all necessary steps to protect the identity and confidentiality of each person counted.
(3) The department and each local government are prohibited from disclosing any personally identifying information about any homeless individual when there is reason to believe or evidence indicating that the homeless individual is an adult or minor victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking or is the parent or guardian of a child victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; or revealing other confidential information regarding HIV/AIDS status, as found in RCW 70.02.220. The department and each local government shall not ask any homeless housing provider to disclose personally identifying information about any homeless individuals when the providers implementing those programs have reason to believe or evidence indicating that those clients are adult or minor victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking or are the parents or guardians of child victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Summary data for the provider's facility or program may be substituted.
(4) The Washington homeless census shall be conducted annually on a schedule created by the department. The department shall make summary data by county available to the public each year. This data, and its analysis, shall be included in the department's annual updated homeless housing program strategic plan.
(5) Based on the annual census and provider information from the local government plans, the department shall, by the end of year four, implement an online information and referral system to enable local governments and providers to identify available housing for a homeless person. The department shall work with local governments and their providers to develop a capacity for continuous case management to assist homeless persons.
(6) By the end of year four, the department shall implement an organizational quality management system.
(7) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the department, in collaboration with the Washington state institute for public policy, must conduct a statewide homeless study every ten years to better understand the causes and characteristics of the homeless in Washington state and help decision makers promote efforts toward housing stability. The purpose of the study is to: Supplement the current point-in-time census and homeless client management information system by conducting face-to-face interviews with people who are homeless or have recently received homelessness assistance to gather an in-depth assessment of why the individual is among the chronically homeless, unaccompanied homeless youth, and unsheltered populations; review the efficacy of current programs and services; and provide recommendations on the type and timing of health and human service interventions needed for these populations to gain housing stability. The department and the Washington state institute for public policy must develop a study proposal defining the study scope, methodology, and costs for the legislature to review by January 1, 2019.
Sec. 12. RCW 43.185C.040 and 2015 c 69 s 25 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Six months after the first Washington homeless census, the department shall, in consultation with the interagency council on homelessness and the affordable housing advisory board, prepare and publish a ten-year homeless housing strategic plan which shall outline statewide goals and performance measures and shall be coordinated with the plan for homeless families with children required under RCW 43.63A.650. To guide local governments in preparation of their first local homeless housing plans due December 31, 2005, the department shall issue by October 15, 2005, temporary guidelines consistent with this chapter and including the best available data on each community's homeless population. Local governments' ten-year homeless housing plans shall not be substantially inconsistent with the goals and program recommendations of the temporary guidelines and, when amended after 2005, the state strategic plan.
(2) Program outcomes and performance measures and goals shall be created by the department and reflected in the department's homeless housing strategic plan as well as interim goals against which state and local governments' performance may be measured, including:
(a) By the end of year one, completion of the first census as described in RCW 43.185C.030;
(b) By the end of each subsequent year, goals common to all local programs which are measurable and the achievement of which would move that community toward housing its homeless population; and
(c) By July 1, 2015, reduction of the homeless population statewide and in each county by fifty percent.
(3)(a) The department shall work in consultation with the interagency council on homelessness, the affordable housing advisory board, and the state advisory council on homelessness to develop performance measures that address the limitations of the annual point-in-time count on measuring the effectiveness of the document recording fee surcharge funds in supporting homeless programs. The department must report its findings and recommendations regarding the new performance measures to the appropriate committees of the legislature by December 1, 2017.
(b) The department must implement at least three performance metrics, in addition to the point-in-time measurement, that measure the impact of surcharge funding on reducing homelessness by July 1, 2018.
(c) The joint legislative audit and review committee must review how the surcharge fees are expended to address homelessness, including a review of the related program performance measures and targets. The joint legislative audit and review committee must report its review findings by December 1, 2022, and update the review every five years thereafter.
(4) The department shall develop a consistent statewide data gathering instrument to monitor the performance of cities and counties receiving grants in order to determine compliance with the terms and conditions set forth in the grant application or required by the department.
The department shall, in consultation with the interagency council on homelessness and the affordable housing advisory board, report biennially to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature an assessment of the state's performance in furthering the goals of the state ten-year homeless housing strategic plan and the performance of each participating local government in creating and executing a local homeless housing plan which meets the requirements of this chapter. To increase the effectiveness of the report, the department must develop a process to ensure consistent presentation, analysis, and explanation in the report, including year-to-year comparisons, highlights of program successes and challenges, and information that supports recommended strategy or operational changes. The annual report may include performance measures such as:
(a) The reduction in the number of homeless individuals and families from the initial count of homeless persons;
(b) The reduction in the number of unaccompanied homeless youth. "Unaccompanied homeless youth" has the same meaning as in RCW 43.330.702;
(c) The number of new units available and affordable for homeless families by housing type;
(d) The number of homeless individuals identified who are not offered suitable housing within thirty days of their request or identification as homeless;
(e) The number of households at risk of losing housing who maintain it due to a preventive intervention;
(f) The transition time from homelessness to permanent housing;
(g) The cost per person housed at each level of the housing continuum;
(h) The ability to successfully collect data and report performance;
(i) The extent of collaboration and coordination among public bodies, as well as community stakeholders, and the level of community support and participation;
(j) The quality and safety of housing provided; and
(k) The effectiveness of outreach to homeless persons, and their satisfaction with the program.
(((4))) (5) Based on the performance of local homeless housing programs in meeting their interim goals, on general population changes and on changes in the homeless population recorded in the annual census, the department may revise the performance measures and goals of the state homeless housing strategic plan, set goals for years following the initial ten-year period, and recommend changes in local governments' plans.
Sec. 13. RCW 43.185C.160 and 2005 c 485 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Each county shall create a homeless housing task force to develop a ((ten-year)) five-year homeless housing plan addressing short-term and long-term housing for homeless persons. The plan is due to the department on December 1, 2018, and must be updated every five years thereafter. The plan must include a local homelessness reduction goal for the county and an implementation plan to achieve the goal over the five-year plan period. The plan must also have a specific and more aggressive goal and implementation plan to reduce youth homelessness in the county that is consistent with state reduction strategies developed by the office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs.
Membership on the task force may include representatives of the counties, cities, towns, housing authorities, civic and faith organizations, schools, community networks, human services providers, law enforcement personnel, criminal justice personnel, including prosecutors, probation officers, and jail administrators, substance abuse treatment providers, mental health care providers, emergency health care providers, businesses, at large representatives of the community, and a homeless or formerly homeless individual.
In lieu of creating a new task force, a local government may designate an existing governmental or nonprofit body which substantially conforms to this section and which includes at least one homeless or formerly homeless individual to serve as its homeless representative. As an alternative to a separate plan, two or more local governments may work in concert to develop and execute a joint homeless housing plan, or to contract with another entity to do so according to the requirements of this chapter. While a local government has the authority to subcontract with other entities, the local government continues to maintain the ultimate responsibility for the homeless housing program within its borders.
A county may decline to participate in the program authorized in this chapter by forwarding to the department a resolution adopted by the county legislative authority stating the intention not to participate. A copy of the resolution shall also be transmitted to the county auditor and treasurer. If a county declines to participate, the department shall create and execute a local homeless housing plan for the county meeting the requirements of this chapter.
(2) In addition to developing a ((ten-year)) five-year homeless housing plan, each task force shall establish guidelines consistent with the statewide homeless housing strategic plan, as needed, for the following:
(a) Emergency shelters;
(b) Short-term housing needs;
(c) Temporary encampments;
(d) Supportive housing for chronically homeless persons; and
(e) Long-term housing.
Guidelines must include, when appropriate, standards for health and safety and notifying the public of proposed facilities to house the homeless.
(3) Each county, including counties exempted from creating a new task force under subsection (1) of this section, shall report to the department ((of community, trade, and economic development)) such information as may be needed to ensure compliance with this chapter, including the annual report required in section 14 of this act.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 14. A new section is added to chapter 43.185C RCW to read as follows:
(1) By February 1st of each year, the department must provide an update on the state's homeless housing strategic plan and its activities for the prior fiscal year. The report must include, but not be limited to, the following information:
(a) An assessment of the current condition of homelessness in Washington state and the state's performance in meeting the goals in the state homeless housing strategic plan;
(b) A report on the results of the annual homeless point-in-time census conducted statewide under RCW 43.185C.030;
(c) The amount of federal, state, local, and private funds spent on homelessness assistance, categorized by funding source and the following major assistance types:
(i) Emergency shelter;
(ii) Homelessness prevention and rapid rehousing;
(iii) Permanent housing;
(iv) Permanent supportive housing;
(v) Transitional housing;
(vi) Services only; and
(vii) Any other activity in which more than five hundred thousand dollars of category funds were expended;
(d) A report on the expenditures, performance, and outcomes of state funds distributed through the consolidated homeless grant program, including the grant recipient, award amount expended, use of the funds, counties served, and households served;
(e) A report on state and local homelessness document recording fee expenditure by county, including the total amount of fee spending, percentage of total spending from fees, number of people served by major assistance type, and amount of expenditures for private rental payments required in RCW 36.22.179;
(f) A report on the expenditures, performance, and outcomes of the essential needs and housing support program meeting the requirements of RCW 43.185C.220; and
(g) A report on the expenditures, performance, and outcomes of the independent youth housing program meeting the requirements of RCW 43.63A.311.
(2) The report required in subsection (1) of this section must be posted to the department's web site and may include links to updated or revised information contained in the report.
(3) By February 1st of each year, any local government receiving state funds for homelessness assistance or state or local homelessness document recording fees under RCW 36.22.178, 36.22.179, or 36.22.1791 must provide an annual report on the current condition of homelessness in its jurisdiction, its performance in meeting the goals in its local homeless housing plan, and any significant changes made to the plan. The annual report must be posted on the department's web site. Along with each local government annual report, the department must produce and post information on the local government's homelessness spending from all sources by project during the prior state fiscal year in a format similar to the department's report under subsection (1)(c) of this section. If a local government fails to report or provides an inadequate or incomplete report, the department must take corrective action, which may include withholding state funding for homelessness assistance to the local government to enable the department to use such funds to contract with other public or nonprofit entities to provide homelessness assistance within the jurisdiction.
Sec. 15. RCW 36.22.1791 and 2011 c 110 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) In addition to the surcharges authorized in RCW 36.22.178 and 36.22.179, and except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the county auditor shall charge an additional surcharge of eight dollars for each document recorded, which is in addition to any other charge allowed by law. The funds collected under this section are to be distributed and used as follows:
(a) The auditor shall remit ninety percent to the county to be deposited into a fund six percent of which may be used by the county for the collection and local distribution of these funds and administrative costs related to its homeless housing plan, and the remainder for programs that directly accomplish the goals of the county's local homeless housing plan, except that for each city in the county that elects, as authorized in RCW 43.185C.080, to operate its own local homeless housing program, a percentage of the surcharge assessed under this section equal to the percentage of the city's local portion of the real estate excise tax collected by the county must be transmitted at least quarterly to the city treasurer for use by the city for program costs that directly contribute to the goals of the city's local homeless housing plan.
(b) The auditor shall remit the remaining funds to the state treasurer for deposit in the home security fund account. The department may use the funds for administering the program established in RCW 43.185C.020, including the costs of creating and updating the statewide homeless housing strategic plan, measuring performance, providing technical assistance to local governments, and managing the homeless housing grant program. Remaining funds may also be used to:
(2) The surcharge imposed in this section does not apply to assignments or substitutions of previously recorded deeds of trust.
(1) As a means of efficiently and cost-effectively providing housing assistance to very-low income and homeless households:
(a) Any local government that has the authority to issue housing vouchers, directly or through a contractor, using document recording surcharge funds collected pursuant to RCW 36.22.178, 36.22.179, or 36.22.1791 must:
(i)(A) Maintain an interested landlord list, which at a minimum, includes information on rental properties in buildings with fewer than fifty units;
(B) Update the list at least once per quarter;
(C) Distribute the list to agencies providing services to individuals and households receiving housing vouchers;
(D) Ensure that a copy of the list or information for accessing the list online is provided with voucher paperwork; and
(E) Communicate and interact with landlord and tenant associations located within its jurisdiction to facilitate development, maintenance, and distribution of the list to private rental housing landlords. The department must make reasonable efforts to ensure that local providers conduct outreach to private rental housing landlords each calendar quarter regarding opportunities to provide rental housing to the homeless and the availability of funds;
(ii) Using cost-effective methods of communication, convene, on a semiannual or more frequent basis, landlords represented on the interested landlord list and agencies providing services to individuals and households receiving housing vouchers to identify successes, barriers, and process improvements. The local government is not required to reimburse any participants for expenses related to attendance;
(iii) Produce data, limited to document recording fee uses and expenditures, on a ((calendar)) fiscal year basis in consultation with landlords represented on the interested landlord list and agencies providing services to individuals and households receiving housing vouchers, that include the following: Total amount expended from document recording fees; amount expended on, number of households that received, and number of housing vouchers issued in each of the private, public, and nonprofit markets; amount expended on, number of households that received, and number of housing placement payments provided in each of the private, public, and nonprofit markets; amount expended on and number of eviction prevention services provided in the private market; amount expended on and number of other tenant-based rent assistance services provided in the private market; and amount expended on and number of services provided to unaccompanied homeless youth. If these data elements are not readily available, the reporting government may request the department to use the sampling methodology established pursuant to (c)(iii) of this subsection to obtain the data; and
(iv) Annually submit the ((calendar)) fiscal year data to the department ((by October 1st, with preliminary data submitted by October 1, 2012, and full calendar year data submitted beginning October 1, 2013)).
(b) Any local government receiving more than three million five hundred thousand dollars during the previous ((calendar)) fiscal year from document recording surcharge funds collected pursuant to RCW 36.22.178, 36.22.179, and 36.22.1791, must apply to the Washington state quality award program, or similar Baldrige assessment organization, for an independent assessment of its quality management, accountability, and performance system. The first assessment may be a lite assessment. After submitting an application, a local government is required to reapply at least every two years.
(c) The department must:
(i) Require contractors that provide housing vouchers to distribute the interested landlord list created by the appropriate local government to individuals and households receiving the housing vouchers;
(ii) Convene a stakeholder group by March 1, 2017, consisting of landlords, homeless housing advocates, real estate industry representatives, cities, counties, and the department to meet to discuss long-term funding strategies for homeless housing programs that do not include a surcharge on document recording fees. The stakeholder group must provide a report of its findings to the legislature by December 1, 2017;
(iii) Develop a sampling methodology to obtain data required under this section when a local government or contractor does not have such information readily available. The process for developing the sampling methodology must include providing notification to and the opportunity for public comment by local governments issuing housing vouchers, landlord association representatives, and agencies providing services to individuals and households receiving housing vouchers;
(iv) Develop a report, limited to document recording fee uses and expenditures, on a ((calendar)) fiscal year basis that may include consultation with local governments, landlord association representatives, and agencies providing services to individuals and households receiving housing vouchers, that includes the following: Total amount expended from document recording fees; amount expended on, number of households that received, and number of housing vouchers issued in each of the private, public, and nonprofit markets; amount expended on, number of households that received, and number of housing placement payments provided in each of the private, public, and nonprofit markets; amount expended on and number of eviction prevention services provided in the private market; the total amount of funds set aside for private rental housing payments as required in RCW 36.22.179(1)(b); and amount expended on and number of other tenant-based rent assistance services provided in the private market. The information in the report must include data submitted by local governments and data on all additional document recording fee activities for which the department contracted that were not otherwise reported. The data, samples, and sampling methodology used to develop the report must be made available upon request and for the audits required in this section;
(v) Annually submit the ((calendar)) fiscal year report to the legislature by ((December 15th, with a preliminary report submitted by December 15, 2012, and full calendar year reports submitted beginning December 15, 2013)) February 1st of each year; and
(vi) Work with the Washington state quality award program, local governments, and any other organizations to ensure the appropriate scheduling of assessments for all local governments meeting the criteria described in ((subsection (1)))(b) of this ((section)) subsection.
(d) The office of financial management must secure an independent audit of the department's data and expenditures of state funds received under RCW 36.22.179(1)(b) on an annual basis. The independent audit must review a random sample of local governments, contractors, and housing providers that is geographically and demographically diverse. The independent auditor must meet with the department and a landlord representative to review the preliminary audit and provide the department and the landlord representative with the opportunity to include written comments regarding the findings that must be included with the audit. The first audit of the department's data and expenditures will be for calendar year 2014 and is due July 1, 2015. Each audit thereafter will be due July 1st following the department's submission of the report to the legislature. If the independent audit finds that the department has failed to set aside at least forty-five percent of the funds received under RCW 36.22.179(1)(b) after June 12, 2014, for private rental housing payments, the independent auditor must notify the department and the office of financial management of its finding. In addition, the independent auditor must make recommendations to the office of financial management and the legislature on alternative means of distributing the funds to meet the requirements of RCW 36.22.179(1)(b).
(e) The office of financial management must contract with an independent auditor to conduct a performance audit of the programs funded by document recording surcharge funds collected pursuant to RCW 36.22.178, 36.22.179, and 36.22.1791. The audit must provide findings to determine if the funds are being used effectively, efficiently, and for their intended purpose. The audit must review the department's performance in meeting all statutory requirements related to document recording surcharge funds including, but not limited to, the data the department collects, the timeliness and quality of required reports, and whether the data and required reports provide adequate information and accountability for the use of the document recording surcharge funds. The audit must include recommendations for policy and operational improvements to the use of document recording surcharges by counties and the department. The performance audit must be submitted to the legislature by December 1, 2016.
(2) For purposes of this section:
(a) "Housing placement payments" means one-time payments, such as first and last month's rent and move-in costs, funded by document recording surcharges collected pursuant to RCW 36.22.178, 36.22.179, or 36.22.1791 that are made to secure a unit on behalf of a tenant.
(b) "Housing vouchers" means payments, including private rental housing payments, funded by document recording surcharges collected pursuant to RCW 36.22.178, 36.22.179, or 36.22.1791 that are made by a local government or contractor to secure: (i) A rental unit on behalf of an individual tenant; or (ii) a block of units on behalf of multiple tenants.
(c) "Interested landlord list" means a list of landlords who have indicated to a local government or contractor interest in renting to individuals or households receiving a housing voucher funded by document recording surcharges.
(d) "Private rental housing" means housing owned by a private landlord and does not include housing owned by a nonprofit housing entity or government entity.
(3) This section expires June 30, 2019.
Sec. 17. RCW 82.14.530 and 2015 3rd sp.s. c 24 s 701 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)(a) A county legislative authority may submit an authorizing proposition to the county voters at a special or general election and, if the proposition is approved by a majority of persons voting, impose a sales and use tax in accordance with the terms of this chapter. The title of each ballot measure must clearly state the purposes for which the proposed sales and use tax will be used. The rate of tax under this section may not exceed one-tenth of one percent of the selling price in the case of a sales tax, or value of the article used, in the case of a use tax.
(b)(((i) If a county with a population of one million five hundred thousand or less)) If a county has not imposed the full tax rate authorized under (a) of this subsection within two years of October 9, 2015, any city legislative authority located in that county may submit an authorizing proposition to the city voters at a special or general election and, if the proposition is approved by a majority of persons voting, impose the whole or remainder of the sales and use tax rate in accordance with the terms of this chapter. The title of each ballot measure must clearly state the purposes for which the proposed sales and use tax will be used. The rate of tax under this section may not exceed one-tenth of one percent of the selling price in the case of a sales tax, or value of the article used, in the case of a use tax.
(((ii) If a county with a population of greater than one million five hundred thousand has not imposed the full tax authorized under (a) of this subsection within three years of October 9, 2015, any city legislative authority located in that county may submit an authorizing proposition to the city voters at a special or general election and, if the proposition is approved by a majority of persons voting, impose the whole or remainder of the sales and use tax rate in accordance with the terms of this chapter. The title of each ballot measure must clearly state the purposes for which the proposed sales and use tax will be used. The rate of tax under this section may not exceed one-tenth of one percent of the selling price in the case of a sales tax, or value of the article used, in the case of a use tax.))
(c) If a county imposes a tax authorized under (a) of this subsection after a city located in that county has imposed the tax authorized under (b) of this subsection, the county must provide a credit against its tax for the full amount of tax imposed by a city.
(d) The taxes authorized in this subsection are in addition to any other taxes authorized by law and must be collected from persons who are taxable by the state under chapters 82.08 and 82.12 RCW upon the occurrence of any taxable event within the county for a county's tax and within a city for a city's tax.
(2)(a) Notwithstanding subsection (4) of this section, a minimum of sixty percent of the moneys collected under this section must be used for the following purposes:
(i) Constructing affordable housing, which may include new units of affordable housing within an existing structure, and facilities providing housing-related services; or
(ii) Constructing mental and behavioral health-related facilities; or
(iii) Funding the operations and maintenance costs of new units of affordable housing and facilities where housing-related programs are provided, or newly constructed evaluation and treatment centers.
(b) The affordable housing and facilities providing housing-related programs in (a)(i) of this subsection may only be provided to persons within any of the following population groups whose income is at or below sixty percent of the median income of the county imposing the tax:
(i) Persons with mental illness;
(ii) Veterans;
(iii) Senior citizens;
(iv) Homeless, or at-risk of being homeless, families with children;
(v) Unaccompanied homeless youth or young adults;
(vi) Persons with disabilities; or
(vii) Domestic violence survivors.
(c) The remainder of the moneys collected under this section must be used for the operation, delivery, or evaluation of mental and behavioral health treatment programs and services or housing-related services.
(3) A county that imposes the tax under this section must consult with a city before the county may construct any of the facilities authorized under subsection (2)(a) of this section within the city limits.
(4) A county that has not imposed the tax authorized under RCW 82.14.460 prior to October 9, 2015, but imposes the tax authorized under this section after a city in that county has imposed the tax authorized under RCW 82.14.460 prior to October 9, 2015, must enter into an interlocal agreement with that city to determine how the services and provisions described in subsection (2) of this section will be allocated and funded in the city.
(5) To carry out the purposes of subsection (2)(a) and (b) of this section, the legislative authority of the county or city imposing the tax has the authority to issue general obligation or revenue bonds within the limitations now or hereafter prescribed by the laws of this state, and may use, and is authorized to pledge, up to fifty percent of the moneys collected under this section for repayment of such bonds, in order to finance the provision or construction of affordable housing, facilities where housing-related programs are provided, or evaluation and treatment centers described in subsection (2)(a)(iii) of this section.
(6)(a) Moneys collected under this section may be used to offset reductions in state or federal funds for the purposes described in subsection (2) of this section.
(b) No more than ten percent of the moneys collected under this section may be used to supplant existing local funds.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 18. Section 2 of this act expires January 1, 2030."
On page 1, line 3 of the title, after "programs;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "amending RCW 36.70A.115, 36.70A.215, 36.70A.070, 47.80.023, 36.70A.210, 43.62.035, 36.22.179, 82.46.037, 43.185C.030, 43.185C.040, 43.185C.160, 36.22.1791, 43.185C.240, and 82.14.530; adding a new section to chapter 36.70A RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.185C RCW; creating a new section; and providing an expiration date."
EFFECT: (1) Removes a new provision requiring an evaluation of how existing zoning and land use regulations are promoting or hindering affordable housing goals.
(2) Expires the amendments to the buildable lands program in the bill in 2029.
(3) Adds that the buildable lands program guidance developed by Commerce must evaluate how existing zoning and land use regulations are promoting or hindering affordable housing goals.
(4) Removes a new provision allowing cities and the governor to appeal the denial of a proposed update, revision, or amendment of a countywide planning policy to the growth management hearings board.
(5) Removes sections creating a new property tax exemption program to preserve affordable housing.
(6) Removes sections amending the state environmental policy act with respect to infill development and environmental impact statements.
(7) Removes an amendment to the affordable housing for all surcharge that would have allowed up to six percent of funds to be used by counties for local distribution to its homeless housing plan.
--- END ---
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line154
|
__label__wiki
| 0.518463
| 0.518463
|
Necrotising sarcoid granulomatosis. A rare granulomatous disease
Martina Doubkova
Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis, Masaryk University Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
Jitka Hausnerová
Institute of Pathological Anatomy, University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
Ondřej Výška
Department of Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Practical Medicine, University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
Svatopluk Richter
Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Masaryk University Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
Zdeněk Merta
Introduction: Necrotizing sarcoid granulomatosis (NSG) is a very rare disease of unknown etiology characterized by sarcoid-like granulomas, vasculitis and necrosis in pulmonary and extrapulmonary localizations. Case report: We describe a case of a 34-year-old Caucasian male with fever, pleural pain, and nodular pulmonary opacities on chest radiograph. Histological examination of the lung tissue confirmed NSG. Diagnostically, infectious causes, vasculitis, and malignancy were excluded. A tendency to partial regression was observed, without the need for corticosteroid treatment. Conclusion: NSG is a rare disease which must be distinguished from other systemic diseases including vasculitides. The key to diagnosis, emphasized in our paper, is the histopathological finding. The course of NSG is similar to sarcoidosis. Corticosteroids are considered the treatment of choice, but the disease exhibits a tendency towards spontaneous regression.
Doubkova M, Hausnerová J, Výška O, Richter S, Merta Z. Necrotising sarcoid granulomatosis. A rare granulomatous disease. Sarcoidosis vasculitis and diffuse lung disease [Internet]. 2018Nov.28 [cited 2019Jul.17];35(4):395-8. Available from: http://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/sarcoidosis/article/view/7047
Martina Doubkova, Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis, Masaryk University Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
Jitka Hausnerová, Institute of Pathological Anatomy, University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
Ondřej Výška, Department of Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Practical Medicine, University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
Svatopluk Richter, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Masaryk University Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
Zdeněk Merta, Department of Pulmonary Diseases and Tuberculosis, Masaryk University Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
Vol 36 No 2, 2019
R. P. Baughman, A. Caminati, C. Ravaglia, L. Richeldi, P. Rottoli, S. Tomassetti, C. Vancheri
ISSN: 1124-0490 eISSN: 2532-179X
Sarcoidosis is indexed in: Current Contents/ Clinical Medicine, Scopus
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line165
|
__label__wiki
| 0.764733
| 0.764733
|
Recording: Revolvers
Artist: Revolvers
Song: unknown*
Recorded at Rancho Relaxo, June 18, 2010. (NXNE 2010)
Revolvers - unknown
My notes for this set can be found here.
* Does anyone know the title to this one? Please leave a comment!
Posted by Mechanical Forest Sound at 9:01 AM 0 comments
Labels: 2010, nxne, recording, revolvers
NXNE 2010: Friday (Part 2)
NXNE — North by Northeast Festival, Toronto, 2010.
Friday, June 18, 2010. Featuring: The Soft Pack, Revolvers, The Schomberg Fair
Midnight: The Soft Pack @ The Garrison
Walked up to the The Garrison from Queen, and got there just a couple minutes past midnight. I'd been vaguely worried about capacity/lineup problems — this was another buzz-y band — but although the room was pretty full (and quite sauna-like), I still managed to get in and work my away up the far edge of the room to get a decent vantage point.
I'd been hearing good things about The Soft Pack, out of San Diego, for a couple years now, stretching back to when they were known as The Muslims, but in the band overload environment we're in, I'd never really investigated them. As I settled in, they were just starting up with opener "Pull Out", stand-up drummer Brian Hill's straightahead Mo Tucker beats driving things along. Added to those crazy rhythms were the Feelies-like textures of "More or Less", which was pressing all the right buttons for me. I'm a total sucker for anything third-handedly Velvetish — and, hell, this might even be genuinely second-handedly Velvetish. The band quickly settled into some propulsive, guitar-driven garage rock, more concerned with rhythmic interaction than flash or noise. One is tempted to call Matt Lamkin's vocal delivery a bit pedestrian, but I think that would miss the point, as the pleasure of the band's music is textural in a I-can-dance-to-this-some kinda way. Which also excuses a sound that some might find a bit too consistent.
There were, however, a few songs that mixed up the formula enough to keep things from getting too same-y, like the mid-tempo "Mexico", with slide guitar and a melodic bassline from David Lantzman, which felt like a ballad after the rollicking songs before it. And the highly satisfying "Bright Side" (from one of their early singles) had a big singalong hook, bringing to the fore an overt poppish side that is pushed aside in some of the other tunes. Otherwise, there was a lot from their self-titled debut album.1 With one song left, the band made the best of it, stretching out for a nine-minutes rave-up run through new single "Gagdad" (with a catchy refrain of "I Can Tell") that sent them out in style.2 Not a flashy band, but very worthy for those who like that steady rhythm sound and a beat you can dance to.
Listen to a track from this set here.
circa 1:25 a.m.: Revolvers @ Rancho Relaxo
And that took care of my list of "must sees" on the night. With no particular rush to get anywhere, walked up towards the College/Spadina nexus, figuring I'd make up my mind on the fly once I was closer to some options. Walked past the El Mo, where Golden Dogs were playing, and looking in from the street, it looked like a big crowd having a sweaty fun time, but I didn't feel like trying to squeeze in up front to catch the end of it. I kept moving and ended up at Rancho, where things must have been running a bit behind schedule, as I ended catching about twenty minutes from Revolvers. Unplanned, but a good result — I hadn't caught them since last summer when they were celebrating the release of Apocalypse Surfin', their promising debut album.3
As I came up the stairs to the venue, the band were playing "Break it Loose", the album's opening track and and possibly their best — a proper little Nugget of garage-psych goodness. Which might make them sound like just another band in a pretty crowded field, although Revolvers do have their own distinct niche. They play with a controlled restraint that some similar bands plow right past — even though their live attack is a bit rawer than the presentation on the album, these guys aren't kicking over microphone stands or bathing their songs in random feedback bursts. Plus, their rawk attack contains no small does of the blues. It works well when they get the balance right, such as on an extended ramble through "Cadillac 21", which fuses the Velvets' "Run Run Run" with something like a Chess sound. There were also a couple songs that aren't on the album, so it sounds like the band is still working on new twists to their sound.
2:10 a.m.: The Schomberg Fair @ Rancho Relaxo
Stuck around to catch another local act, one that I've been meaning to check out for awhile but had never crossed paths with. The Schomberg Fair, with a couple albums under their belts, are well-loved in some corners of this town and have a rep for a blistering live show. They're not the first to attack traditional song-forms (and traditional songs) with energy and velocity, but they do so with such zeal that the tag "speed gospel" has stuck with them. The songs operated like a cart careening down a steep hill — a giddy ride that feels dangerously fast at times.
Vocalist Matt Bahen (switching off between banjo and guitar) was backed by the bullfrog roar of bassist Nathan Sidon (his croak is one of the band's more distinctive elements, and might be a bit of a deal-breaker for some), with drummer Pete Garthside holding it all together. The switching off of lead instruments gave the songs different characters — "Poor Me" had some roaring guitar power. "Take Me to The Water" had a menacing throb that didn't offer any of the redemption promised in Nina Simone's song of the same name, but the the theme was continued with the following song, the traditional "Wade in the Water". Mixed in with their original tunes (including a new one called "Orphan Bones"), the band kept mixing in covers like Blind Willie Johnson's "Trouble Will Soon Be Over".
Sometimes the fast stuff was a bit too much of a clattering rush for my taste — I liked it better when they slowed down on "Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down" (familiar to some from Uncle Tupelo's version), with stomping gospel intensity and howls of feedback. But the uptempo stuff was well-received by the heaving, sweaty crowd in front of the stage. Entertaining, but for a band that's so concerned with redemption (or its opposite), I felt somewhat agnostic — though not unwilling to wade back into the river on another occasion.
1 I subsequently picked this up on the strength of this set and have been enjoying it quite a lot. Recommended.
2 This one is available as a free download over at RCRD LBL.
3 Word on the street is that the album will soon be getting a vinyl re-up on Optical Sounds.
Labels: 2010, concert review, garrison, nxne, rancho, revolvers, schomberg fair, soft pack
Album: The Space Between Things / self-titled
Artist: The Space Between Things
Album: self-titled
It's been — yikes — over a year since I ran an album review, which hasn't been out of a lack of interest or material. Obviously I can't even keep close to staying up-to-date on the live write-ups, so there's just no time on top of that for more. And, anyways, album reviews are plentiful and easy to find, and there's just not as much of a opinion void to fill there.
A quick exception, then, for this release, passed along by friend-of-MFS Chris Hobson, who I first encountered on stage last year. This rigourously solo project has a different feel to it, but it's good stuff. Opener "Solitary Man" hints at Guided by Voices (without the free-association lyrical drift) and may be the jauntiest thing here. "Ginger Snap" brings Sebadoh to mind while "Don't Care That Much" has hints of Yo La Tengo — which is pretty good company to aspire to. Those names should provide a sense of the sonic terrain here — a low-slung, slightly spare sound with fuzzy bass and whispery guitar, recorded in appealing mid-fi — a classic bedroom four-track sound, intimate like a demo but with plenty of intriguing sonic details around the edges. It's not a masterpiece ("New Years Ever" gets a little yelpy for me, and the drum machine is a bit harshly tinny in some spots) and it's not one for every day and every mood, but recommended for those times when you feel a withdrawn solipsism descend upon you.
If I were going to paint a word picture of the emotions that this album suggests to me, it'd be something like this: imagine a winter morning. You have to get up early and go to work and it's still dark outside. Yesterday's coffee is still on the table, creamcongealed into an unpleasant browngrey smear. A silent house where even your own breath seems absent and you don't want to think about the past and you don't want to think about regret and you don't want to step out into the cold. The space between things takes up a good chunk of most anyone's life. We'd like to imagine there isn't so much of it, but at the quantum level, that's what most of everything is, right? Some days you go to lean on a table and just hope that it's going to be solid by the time your arm hits it.
Chris Hobson has spent some time thinking about how to share his music in these times, and has decided, for the time being, to give this album away as a free download, which you can grab here. It's more than worth it.
Track Picks: "Solitary Man", "Ginger Snap", "Twins"
Posted by Mechanical Forest Sound at 3:34 PM 0 comments
Labels: 2010, album, space between things
Recording: Secretary City
Artist: Secretary City
Song: Rock the Shitty
Recorded at Wavelength 507, The Garrison, September 24, 2010.
Secretary City - Rock the Shitty
Posted by Mechanical Forest Sound at 12:15 PM 0 comments
Labels: 2010, recording, secretary city, wavelength
Recording: John Doe and Exene Cervenka
Artist: John Doe and Exene Cervenka
Song: Poor Old Heartsick Me (Carter Family cover)
Recorded at The Great Hall, June 18, 2010. (NXNE 2010)
John Doe and Exene Cervenka - Poor Old Heartsick Me
Labels: 2010, exene cervenka, john doe, nxne, recording
Recording: Trust
Artist: Trust
Song: F.T.F.*
Recorded at Wrongbar, June 18, 2010. (NXNE 2010)
Trust - F.T.F.
* Thanks to a commenter for passing along the title to this one.
Labels: 2010, nxne, recording, trust
Recording: A.A. Bondy
Artist: A.A. Bondy
Song: When The Devil's Loose
A.A. Bondy - When The Devil's Loose
Labels: 2010, aa bondy, nxne, recording
Friday, June 18, 2010. Featuring: Mathemagic, Trust, A.A. Bondy, John Doe and Exene Cervenka
8 P.M.: Mathemagic @ The Gladstone Hotel Ballroom
Mostly out of geographic considerations — my plans for the first part of the night had me jutting back and worth on the Queen West axis — the Gladstone seemed like the best of the slim pickings in this timeslot. So, into a pretty empty room to check out local-via-Guelph crew Mathemagic, who had parlayed a decent amount of online hype into a deal with local indie Paper Bag. For what would later be a busy night, the room was disquietingly empty as things got started, a mere handful of people lining the walls as the band took the stage.
Originating as something of a bedroom pop project for Evan and Dylan Euteneier, the band had only recently become a live performance unit, which, um, sort of showed here.1
People toss the term "shoegaze" around a lot these days — including for this band — but to me what I was hearing reminded me of wispy 4AD-styled pop, all echo and fluffy clouds. Pleasant, swirled-up pop, in other words. Musically, this was fine. As a "live rock experience", it was a bit of a failure, with awkward stretches of dead silence between songs, and not a lot of energy in the presentation. The band spent a lot of the set watching their computer screens, as if they were, like, doing karaoke to songs that they themselves hadn't written. "This is hard to watch," commented a friend.
With the bright evening daylight pouring through the windows, the environment wasn't exactly, y'know, chillwave. Which is what I'm informed in the current term for this kind of stuff. The focus was on two laptops on stage, augmented by a midi keyb plus electric and acoustic guitars. There were no amps on stage, and the DI'ed guitars sounded rather trebly and bloodless.2 The mix was also a bit off, too, with the live guitars up too much and overwhelming the rest of the music. To the good, the band was sporting new member Karen Jacobs on vox and a bit of guitar — a very good move by the group. Having her vocals layered into the songs did add to the atmospheric sounds.
The trio played seven songs, the bulk of which were from their self-titled EP, although there were a couple were newer numbers. The last one had the descriptive tentative title "Reggae". For me, given the genre of music they're playing, it's simply tough to make this into an exciting live experience. Add the learning-on-the-job inexperience and we can feel some sympathy for Mathemagic, even while we write this off as a rather lacklustre set.3
9:15 P.M.: Trust @ Wrongbar
It would be a minor kind of festival hell to to hit only places that were just getting going for the night, seeing sets with the thinnest of crowds on hand, waiting while musicians hang around, chatting, waiting for people to show up. Inside Parkdale's Wrongbar, there was pretty much nuthin' going down just after the hour, things looking like they weren't about to get going right away. There was even a stepladder still standing in front of the stage, and, fairly incongruously in a venue that was host to a night of electronic-based music, Mermaid Avenue was playing over the house system as the lights dimmed and the band stepped on stage to soundcheck.
Actually, there would turn out to be a not-bad crowd for locals Trust once things got going. For a relatively new project, this looks to have a built-in fanbase, perhaps of folks familiar with drummer Maya Postepski's solo work on her Princess Century project, or overlap with folks coming in to see Katie Stelmanis (who was up in the next timeslot, and whose band includes Postepski). Self-described as "gothic" on their myspace page4, the collaboration between Postepski and vocalist/keyboardist Robert Alfons specializes in doom-y synthpunk, Suicide-in-a-black-leather-jacket style.5
Alfons handled most of the vocals, and Postepski spent most of the set behind the drum kit. Like the band I'd just come from, these guys are playing to backing tracks, too, but it's funny how much more rock'n'roll it is just by having no laptop in sight. Plus, even if it's minimalist brooding on a dark stage, this band is performing. Oh, and of course, the presence of Postepski's live drumming makes a giant difference. Enough to make this an enjoyable set that felt "live". It helps that you can also get distracted by dancing to it. The band weren't banterers, but that kinda fits the vibe. Most of the music came with a steady, pulsing beat, but a slowed-down one near the end of their seven-song set was quite effective, too. A band to watch.
10:00 P.M.: A.A. Bondy @ The Great Hall
Leaving The Gladstone to check out Trust turned out to be well-worth it, but the decision came with a cost. My first pick for this timeslot was Timber Timbre, back in the same Gladstone Ballroom I'd left an hour previously. But what had been a near-empty room when I left was now crammed beyond capacity, with a significant line outside. I'd more-or-less expected this, and given my strict never-stand-in-line NXNE policy, I had a backup, which happened to be not only just down the street, but also on the same venue I'd want to be at an hour later for my night's most anticipated set. And thus by default, I was checking out Birmingham, Alabama roots singer/songwriter A.A. Bondy. With a bandaged hand and rolled-up sleeves on his white t-shirt, he looked perfectly cast as the sensitive bad-boy delinquent/poet type — all he was lacking was a pack of smokes tucked up his sleeve.
Opener "I Can See The Pines Are Dancing" featured some some nice pedal steel from the drummer. The band would basically have two configurations — the quieter songs featured pedal steel while the bassist added keyb parts when some atmosphere required it. The set opened and closed with the quiet stuff, and then kicked up its heels in the middle. "When The Devil's Loose" had a nice pulse to it6, while "Mightiest Of Guns" showed off the quieter side effectively.
This was enjoyable, though I did find Bondy's look to be a little contrived, in a I-live-my-miserable-lyrics sort of way. Holding up a tangled guitar cord between songs, he commented, "this is my life, right here."7. He was a good enough songwriter, but as is often the case, unless his words latch themselves onto you in some specific way, the overall effect is kind of generic. It left me with the sense that this was fungible stuff that is done as well by, say, a handful of our own local rootsy bands. Of course, I could be wrong in this, as I saw several members of one of those bands clustered right up front, taking this in like they were picking up tips.
11:00 P.M.: John Doe and Exene Cervenka @ The Great Hall
After that set, the place cleared out pretty thoroughly, which was surprising to me, as we were coming up to something that I was genuinely anticipating. But in a festival filled with the buzz of the next big thing, perhaps legends take second place. Or, maybe, some that would have been interested in John Doe and Exene Cervenka had already seen them the night before when they played on the free stage at Yonge-Dundas Square with their seminal Los Angeles band X.
X were never punk purists or reductivists — from the rockabilly leanings at their outset to the rootsy folk and country sounds they'd later move towards, it's not in the least an affectation for the band's main songwriters to strip down to two voices and an acoustic guitar. Thus, the selections from the X catalogue, like opener "Burning House Of Love" felt just right. Some needed more re-arrangement than others — "This is a punk song", Doe said, launching into "Because I Do" from 1982's classic Under the Big Black Sun. But here it was slowed down, the original's breakneck fury replaced by regret, as if positing that country music equals punk plus time. Some, like "Skin Deep Town" (which the pair still seem to have a lot of fun playing) didn't require much re-arrangement at all.
But of course, in one sense, this is all old hat to the pair. Rather than a career deathbed conversion to Unplugged-style stripped-down re-arrangements8, these guys have been doing this for a quarter century, and several of the selections in their set were songs they'd played in their country alter-ego band The Knitters. Covers and traditionals were the theme for these, including "Give Me Flowers While I'm Living" (a Flatt And Scruggs cover)9, "Little Margaret" (a variation of the Child Ballad "Fair Margaret and Sweet William") and the old Carter Family chestnut "Poor Old Heartsick Me" ("Take it, Dave!" Doe shouted as it headed into the solo, a call out to absent guitarist Dave Alvin).
Playing acoustically, the stripped-down songs were coming quickly, including more covers like "Rank Strangers" (performed by many, perhaps most famously by the Stanley Brothers) and "Something To Brag About" (a great duet piece for the pair penned by Charlie Louvin, with Cervenka taking Melba Montgomery's part). Cervenka just sang for the first couple songs of the set, but then picked up her guitar to play on "Lonesome War" (from Sev7en, her 2006 album with the Original Sinners). Doe responded with "The Losing Kind" from one of his own solo albums. The pair, who were married and divorced during X's early 80's heyday, still bicker fondly with each other on stage like an old couple, and were pretty charming throughout the set, which stretched to about forty-five minutes.
The early peak might have come with the title track from 1987's See How We Are, which, topically, sounds like it could have been written last week, its earnest sadness befitting the restrained and dignified-looking elders, its recession-ready laments of "this bottom rung ain't no fun at all" feeling resignedly earned. Similarly, closer "The New World", an anthem to America's lost industrial heartland ("it was better before they voted for what's-his-name") still has a ripped-from-the-headlines feeling. A worthy retrospective on a pair of rich and unfinished careers, I'm glad to have had a chance to give them their flowers while they're living, as it were.
Listen to the pair tackle an X song here, and something older than that here.
1 "Are you having fun tonight?" asked Evan (or possibly Dylan) Euteneier after one song, before pausing to sort of wince at himself. "What a cheesy thing to say at a concert. Sorry — we're new at this."
2 "Bloodless" might describe the band's look as well. They didn't present as a bunch that you'd be afraid of if you came across them in a dark alley late at night.
3 Afterthought: I should note that this is all to be taken very much as a snapshot of the band as they were at this show, and not necessarily prescriptive of a band that's playing more gigs and learning more about being a live band. I've already seen them play again, and some of the roughest of these rough edges are already being smoothed out, of which I shall say more anon.
4 Which is here, and might be difficult to find if you just google "Trust".
5 Since then, the pair has been supplemented on stage by Susan Gale, adding more percussion and generally creating more space for the other musicians. I've subsequently seen them again and they have expanded their scope a good bit, making a good thing better.
6 It also had a guitar tone that might go some way to justifying Bondy's presence on a bill with The Walkmen, whom he will be opening for when they hit town October 9th at The Phoenix.
7 Further courting pathos, he would also offhandedly comment, "I'd like to take this time to tell everybody here that I'm going deaf."
8 Which the band poked some fun at with their own stripped-down album Unclogged.
John Doe: "Here's a song about death."
audience: "Woo!"
John Doe: "No! No death!"
Exene Cervenka: "Actually, it's a song about bein' here now..."
John Doe: "... it's about life, that's right."
Labels: 2010, aa bondy, concert review, exene cervenka, gladstone, great hall, john doe, mathemagic, nxne, trust, wrongbar
Artist: Not The Wind, Not the Flag
Song: We Acknowledge The Moon [Part I]*
Recorded at Korova Milk Bar, September 23, 2010.
Not The Wind, Not the Flag - We Acknowledge The Moon [Part I]
* This is not a formal title, but it follows from some of the band's banter.
Labels: 2010, brandon valdivia, colin fisher, ntwntf, recording
Recording: Fanshaw
Artist: Fanshaw
Song: Paperboy
Recorded at Criminal Records, June 18, 2010.
Fanshaw - Paperboy
Labels: 2010, fanshaw, recording
In-store: Fanshaw
Fanshaw
Criminal Records. Friday, June 18, 2010.
In-store performances at Criminal Records seem to go to extremes of attendance: the ones I've been to have either been tightly packed or rather thinly attended.1 This early evening with Fanshaw — an early-evening solo spot before a full NXNE set with her backing group later that night — was one of the latter. Olivia Fetherstonhaugh, who formed the band to deliver her voice and words, was alone on the stage at the back of the store, her snazzy red Jaguar plugged right into the board, playing her songs to a crowd in the single digits. Though sporting a lovely voice and some well-crafted songs that had gained Dark Eyes, her debut album, a release from Mint Records2, Fetherstonhaugh was still a bit tentative and self-deprecating on stage, leading off by commenting, "I'm going to play an easy one first — I guess they're all easy."
The songs might be melodically straightforward, but Fetherstonhaugh had some well-hewn lyrics, including a penchant for daydreamy observations, such as on "O Sailor". And even moreso on lucid dream-ramble "Paperboy", which did a nice job of sliding in and out of different realities. I was enjoying it all, but that one sold me on the whole enterprise. The set, six quick songs, ended with one non-album selection — a precursor to "Strong Hips" that was raw and quite directly introspective, examining her self-doubts — "I'm not even a real musician / Well, I play guitar, but it's my drummer who tunes it / Did I drop out for this?" It was emotionally affecting but less sharply-crafted than the newer stuff from her album — a sign of how far she has advanced.
There were only a handful of people listening, but if you believe in the old saw about making fans one-at-a-time, it was a success.3 I left with a copy of her album — and more notably, at the end of the set a trio of teenaged girls came up to talk to her, moved by it despite having come across the performance by chance while they were browsing in the store.
1 Either way, the folks at Criminal deserve big praise for hosting these events on a regular basis. Especially during NXNE, when its nice to have extra chances to catch bands in the overloaded crush of stuff going on.
2 Fetherstonhaugh is also a member of Vancouver's The Choir Practice, which has also released an album on Mint.
3 You're also welcome, I suppose, to view that as untenably romantic, considering the economic realities involved in having a band come out from Vancouver. Hopefully they made some more fans at their formal NXNE set, too.
Labels: 2010, concert review, criminal records, fanshaw, in-store
Recording: CoCoComa
Artist: CoCoComa
Song: Water Into Wine
CoCoComa - Water Into Wine
Labels: 2010, cococoma, nxne, recording
NXNE 2010: Thursday (Part 2)
Thursday, June 17, 2010. Featuring: Best Coast, CoCoComa, Thee Oh Sees
11 P.M.: Best Coast @ The Great Hall
Heading out of the Mod Club, caught a ridiculously stinky bus crawling down Ossington behind the garbage truck picking up everyone's green bins and made my way down to The Great Hall. It's a nice-looking room to be in for a gig, but a bit of a cavernous space that had never featured top-notch live sound. Apparently chasing live bookings after a couple years' hiatus, word was that there was a new sound system and lighting rig. The latter was immediately in evidence, a large metal railing running high over the stage from the venue's u-shaped balcony. The sound, it turned out, was better than I remember, too, but I'd still suggest a closer up spot up front for anyone concerned about audio quality, otherwise it can get a little echo-y.
Coming in to a half-filled room, I managed to catch the end of the set from Calgary's Women, who seemed more agreeable than when I'd last saw 'em a couple years ago. Reverb-y two-guit yelpy pop. Possibly bumped back to "re-investigate" status, so a nice bonus from a band I wasn't planning on catching.
I was actually there to catch the buzz, as it were, and check out one of the more hyped out-of-town acts at the fest, who took the stage right at the top of the hour. "Hello, we're Best Coast, we're from L.A. — does anyone know the score of the Lakers/Celtics game?" Game seven of the NBA finals would end up being a central concern of the band's founder, singer/guitarist Bethany Cosentino, during the set.1 Launching into "This is Real" (the b-side to the "When I'm With You" 7"), the set was split between tracks from the band's pile of singles and EP's and the then-forthcoming Crazy for You album. The band's sound is uncomplicated, relying on classic pop chord changes with a bit of sloppy feedback thrown in — an evergreen combination that's been a go-to for bands for the past few decades.
Before "Each and Everyday", Cosentino, who was sporting a slight sore-throat rasp, commented, "there's a lot of words I have to sing, and obviously, you can tell I sound like Lindsay Lohan right now." I don't really know who that is2 but what her voice, along with the song's galloping surf-y rhythms, actually put in my mind was a more sugary version of "Tipp City" by Kim Deal's side-project The Amps.3 The slightly-slower "Our Deal" had a sweet note of sadness to it, but most of the songs were upbeat essays about simple sentiments (love, not-love, getting high) lasting a couple minutes. Between-song banter involved a lot of shouting back and forth with Cosentino trying to hear people in the crowd yelling basketball updates, and eventually giving up: "you guys don't care about the Lakers!"
I came to this having sampled a couple tracks, but not knowing much about the band, but I instantly found myself enjoying it. The band's sound isn't particularly innovative by any means — but a controlled guitar roar and instantly catchy tunes go a long way with me. As long as you're not going to get too caught up in the lazy/crazy rudimentary lyrics, there are ample charms here.
11:50 P.M.: CoCoComa @ The Great Hall
Chicago's CoCoComa must have been eager to get to the rock'n'roll, as what I thought was still some soundchecking at ten minutes before the hour abruptly became the start of their set. I was basically sticking around for this set because I was at the venue for the band before and the band after, but it turned out that this was another band doing the sort of thing I'm generically in favour of, namely rip-roaring Nuggets-y garage rock.
Bill Roe provided a sense of urgency both with his vocals and drumming. To accommodate a singing drummer, the riser the kit was set up on was dragged up quite close to the front of the stage, putting him right up amongst his three band mates, including Anthony Cozzi, whose slightly scuzzy organ added the right vibe. The band didn't cover a lot of ground musically, but they never let a catchy pop sense escape their grasp, even with the frenzy they were kicking up. To the band's delight, a small group right in front of the stage spent most of the set dancing away. A good sign that while the band might not be breaking any new ground, it was fun stuff.
12:45 A.M.: Thee Oh Sees @ The Great Hall
The crowd had waned visibly after Best Coast's set, but the place was soon filling up again in anticipation of Thee Oh Sees — a San Francisco-based band with a steadily-evolving name and possibly the world's shortest guitar straps. That something different was at hand was made evident by the fact that while the band finished setting up, people were getting audibly excited. By which I mean one guy seemed to be inhabited by the spirit of a howler monkey, spending a couple minutes just shouting "whoooooooooooooooah! whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooa! Whuh-wuh-wuh-wuh-wuh! Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" I'm glad I was on the opposite side of the room from that one.
Once the setup was done, singer/guitarist John Dwyer said a few words which, like everything on stage, was cloaked in an fuzzy haze of echo. I managed to catch, "We'reverygladtobehere," as the band hit it. The music was a noisy thrum of crude rhythms, saturated with distortion. The crowd was immediately jostling and leaping about, the floor bouncing beneath my feet. After a couple songs, I had to move back to a slightly calmer zone.
The band's vibe was somehow... evil, like Swell Maps possessed with some Charlie Manson swagger. Some of the songs were just a couple minutes long, though they stretched out more as the set went on, leading to some of the best moments of one-chord grooves careening along. The music engendered bad hoodoo, tension and feelings of paranoia — if you replayed this set to the ending of Apocalypse Now I suspect it would correspond in some sort of eerie way. And though I'm generically against evil and paranoia, it has to be pointed out that they can make for some pretty great rock'n'roll — and indeed, this set was some pretty great stuff. Although this is, looked at objectively as music, kinda nothing special, it's the sort of thing that really casts a spell when experienced live — a somehow-compelling bad trip vibe that I would totally go to see again. What do you get if you combine "ominous" and "awesome" into one word?
1 She was backed by Fleetwood Mac t-shirt wearing guitarist Bobb Bruno (who handled some of the lower-end parts in the absence of a bassist) and what I'm guessing was the last of a series of revolving-door drummers prior to the ex-Vivian Girl Ali Koehler's ascension to the kit.
2 She was in that Altman film, right?
3 "I Want To" also had a particularly Deal-ish vibe to it.
Labels: 2010, best coast, cococoma, concert review, gig, great hall, nxne, thee oh sees
Recording: Planet Creature
Artist: Planet Creature
Song: Ramona
Recorded at The Piston, September 17, 2010.
Planet Creature - Ramona
Review to follow My notes for this set can be found here. — but I think I'm willing to assert that Planet Creature have stepped it up a notch.
Labels: 2010, planet creature, recording
Recording: Young Galaxy
Artist: Young Galaxy
Song: Queen Drum
Recorded at The Mod Club, June 17, 2010. (NXNE 2010)
Young Galaxy - Queen Drum
Labels: 2010, nxne, recording, Young Galaxy
Recording: Imaginary Cities
Artist: Imaginary Cities
Song: Temporary Resident
Imaginary Cities - Temporary Resident
Labels: 2010, imaginary cities, nxne, recording
Thursday, June 17, 2010. Featuring: Imaginary Cities, Young Galaxy, The Besnard Lakes
7 P.M.: Imaginary Cities @ The Mod Club
Into the Mod Club just a tick before seven o'clock. Pretty quiet inside for the early show.1 I wasn't here to see Imaginary Cities so much as because there weren't a lot of other options at this hour. And anyways, this was where I wanted to be later on.
Imaginary Cities, taking the stage at seven sharp, turned out to have a familiar face in Rusty Matyas (of Winnipeg rockers The Waking Eyes, and recently passing through town as a touring member of The Weakerthans), who had formed the band in partnership with singer Marti Sarbit. Some supplemental reading informs that the band came together after the pair bonded over some classic soul covers, and that influence comes out strongly in Sarbit's vocals. But the band isn't merely some sort of Motown revival vehicle — the sound was generally soulful, but without resorting to over-the-top signifiers. Maybe call it "trucker hat soul", after the most popular headgear on stage. They did take from their R&B influences a likable penchant for quick, punchy songs — the band packed eight in their half-hour set — but there were also a lot of other things in the mix. "Calm Before the Storm", for example, simmered nicely in almost a trip-hop way, featuring Matyas' agreeable trumpet at the end.
Sarbit was more than a capable vocalist, animating the songs without overdoing it. And the band — still a fairly new unit — were competent, growing towards the end of the set towards more of a big guitar rock sound.2 Given the vox and musical performance, it felt like the material was the weakest link, as the songs didn't really stick with me. There's a solid base here, so let's propose that there's still room for growth. And in the meantime, they were fun enough to listen to.3
Listen to a song from this set here.
8 P.M.: Young Galaxy @ The Mod Club
Things were now filling in pretty well for what would be an extraordinarily loud set from Young Galaxy.4
Besides the volume, the band also had some Electric Company-ish animated projections behind them. All of which is suitable, as this is a band whose musical vision implies some spectacle. Singer/keyb player Catherine McCandless certainly knows this, and brought a sequin-y dress and some dramatic, back-lit gestures to accompany her vocals, which have arguably become the best thing about the Montréal-based band.
The set started off with "Invisible Republic" which segued into "Sister", one of the highlights from last year's top-notch Invisible Republic.5 "Come and See" was dedicated to The Besnard Lakes6 — that and set-closer "The Alchemy Between Us" would be the only selections in the set from the band's self-titled debut. "Long Live the Fallen World" ended with a lively raveup while the band also debuted a new song, "We Have Everything", a mid-tempo number with lead vox from McCandless that would fall more towards the "pop" end of the band's spectrum. An interesting number, but it felt like it was building towards a chorus that wasn't there.
A solid set, which might sound like faint praise, save for the fact that I was underwhelmed the last time I saw 'em and was glad to see a stronger spark here. Once again I kinda had that sense that there wasn't that same on-stage excellence that had first won me over to the band. On the other hand, if Young Galaxy have reached the point where they're more impressive in the studio than on the stage, I'd take that, given the high level that they're at there. Word is the band is striking while the iron is hot, with their third album slated for release early next year, and I am looking forward to that.
9 P.M.: The Besnard Lakes @ The Mod Club
After that chest-shaking set, I was wondering how loud The Besnard Lakes — a band known to like their volume — was going to be. The band, just by virtue of their milieu, tend to get labelled "indie rock", but sonically they're pure stadium-sized classic rock, more suited to an FM station playing full album sides than to a playlist. Singer/guitarist Jace Lasek certainly courts these kinds of associations, rocking a look that falls somewhere between Ian Hunter in 1973 and Chicago pitcher Steve Trout.7 There's also a certain Devil's Boogaloo Ball vibe that the band likes to invoke, including the use of a rather large amount of dry ice, which filled the stage to the intoning voice of Carl Sagan's Cosmos as the band took the stage. They started with an unrushed Floyd-ian intro to "Like The Ocean, Like The Innocent" (the leadoff track to this year's ... Are the Roaring Night) which segued into "Devastation", with Olga Goreas — who had emerged onto the stage wearing devil horns — on lead vocals.
The set was pretty focused on the new album, only reaching back for "Disaster" and the tasty "And You Lied To Me" (from 2007's breakthrough ...Are the Dark Horse) nearly an hour into the set. In fact, we might not have even gotten those, save for the fact that the headliners weren't getting the regular showcase half-hour-ish NXNE set. This seemed to surprise Lasek as much as anyone else, as he asked between songs "we don't have to stop at 9:40?" Told they could keep going, Lasek promptly promised a three-hour set, and the band celebrated by playing "Chicago Train", which wasn't in their setlist. Lush and downtempo over its first half, one could see why this might not make it into the compact set, but it was a nice change of pace here. The best one-two punch came with single "Albatross" followed up by "And This Is What We Call Progress", which had a pleasingly evil undertow to its groove. All told, the band actually played seventy minutes, and that included a one-song encore of "Land of Living Skies".
A satisfying set, and a nice reminder. It had been quite awhile since I'd paid any attention to the band, their new one slipping past me for one reason or another, so there was a sense of rediscovery. It didn't make me fall in love with them or anything — I'm still more of a casual admirer than a fan. I can dig the powerful volume and the bombast, but that's not something I'm looking for all the time. Jace Lasek's falsetto even less so. But still, the band do what they do exceedingly well, and deserve all the success that they're finding.
1 Although as the opening band, Imaginary Cities didn't get as much of an audience to impress, the uncrowded area in front of the stage and the venue's bazillion-watt lighting rig meant that it was open season for photographers, who were out in force for this set. So if nothing else, this should be a particularly well-documented show for the band.
2 Although the keybs could have been notched up higher in the mix.
3 For those who would like to check 'em out for themselves, the band has a couple local dates coming up: October 5 at The Dakota (with Peter Elkas) and October 7 at The Horseshoe.
4 Seriously — when the The Mod Club start getting so loud? There comes a point of diminishing returns for so much volume — and, frankly, something of a public health risk, even for patrons wearing ear plugs, which, fortunately at this show, I noticed many were.
5 The would-be title track, it should be noted, is not from the album, but rather from the follow-up digital No Art EP.
6 The two bands are frequent touring partners, and Besnard Lakes frontman Jace Lasek has done production work on both of Young Galaxy's albums.
7 Not, however, that the band aren't any sort of devout recreationists of past sounds. Lasek also had a laptop close at hand to run some sound manipulations, to give one example.
Labels: 2010, besnard lakes, concert review, gig, imaginary cities, mod club, nxne, Young Galaxy
Recording: Tune-Yards
Artist: Tune-Yards
Song: Gangsta
Recorded at The Horseshoe, June 13, 2010.
Tune-Yards - Gangsta
Labels: 2010, recording, tune-yards
Recording: Katie Stelmanis
Artist: Katie Stelmanis
Song: The Villian*
Katie Stelmanis - The Villian
Labels: 2010, austra, katie stelmanis, recording
Recording: Bonjay
Artist: Bonjay
Song: Gimmee Gimmee
Bonjay - Gimmee Gimmee
Labels: 2010, bonjay, recording
Gig: Tune-Yards
Tune-Yards (Katie Stelmanis / Bonjay)
The Horseshoe Tavern. Sunday, June 13, 2010.
On arriving at The 'Shoe a little bit past the 8:30 start time, I headed downstairs to hit the bathroom before the show started. Walking past me were Bonjay, vocalist Alanna Stuart commenting to beat provider/laptop guy Pho, "I think this is the earliest we've ever played." Onstage, though, she made lemonade of that, incorporating a series of observations about the difference between early and late crowds.1 There wasn't much of any sort of crowd on hand at the get go, though people were consistently trickling in.
The band's rep is as a beat-intensive, high-energy party act, so one could see why Stewart might worry how the tunes would translate to a Sunday night, early-in-the-bar type crowd. But the setlist was well-designed to deal with this, with material like "Creepin'", a new song with more of a slow-burning groove, seemingly more designed for this kind of environment than the dancefloor. Also working in the their favour is that Stuart is a pretty magnetic performer2 with a strong voice. She's got smarts on display, too — giving some astute self-descriptions on stage, she almost obviates the need for third-party analysis, commenting at one point, "we're moving away from the dancehall electro into some more nuanced music." (This is probably more correct and concise than anything I could have come up with.)
Besides a lot of material from their forthcoming EP Broughtupsy3 that explored their more tuneful direction, there was also a live mashup/remix/cover of a pair of Feist songs ("Honey Honey" and "How My Heart Behaves"), those two songs melding into one another, as did most of the rest of the set thanks to some seamless transitions.
Being a party-humpin', laptop-powered unit brought a few of the usual limitations — like a lot of canned backing vocals and so forth, but for a dance-inducing sort of band, Bonjay has no shortage of well-written songs to go with the electric delivery and this never felt like a just-press-play dance mix. Having built up the energy level, the last couple songs gave a taste of their more straightup electro-dancehall side. Stewart even coaxed some hand-waving from the crowd, who were getting into it. Closing out with "Gimmee Gimmee", the band left a most favourable impression. They've been tipped for awhile as ones to watch, and live, they gave a hint as to why.
Though there had been a steady building trickle of a crowd, the place was suddenly filled up as Katie Stelmanis hit the stage — there was obviously a contingent who had come to this show to see her. No surprise as she's been building a local audience for a while now with her mix of arresting vocals and synth-y dirgepop. She dared to start on the slower side, with a lumbering iceberg of a number (a new one I think — it began "on the morning I was born again") before picking up the pulse, with a booming beat from Maya Postepski and icy (or, perhaps, "Walking on Thin Ice"-y) guitar licks from Carmen Elle, who also added superb backing vocals. Bassist Dorian Wolf rounded out the band.4 So although Stelmanis' synth work and operatic vox are at the centre of the picture, this is very much a group sound.5
The songs are ornate and orchestral, and they get by more on their atmosphere than on a lot of overt hooks. This is a mode that is less immediately satisfying to me, so should I report that a couple of songs didn't really work, consider the source. Even still, I can readily acknowledge that these are all tightly-crafted, generally concise tunes, and live, this mostly worked, thanks to the strength of the band.
The stuff that didn't work for me might grow with repetition as well, seeing as the band was playing mostly new material from, we can assume, both a promised 12" on One Big Silence as well as the pending full-length follow-up to 2007's Join Us. Stelmanis seemed eager to focus on the new material, though she did close with crowd-pleaser single "Believe Me". I've seen Stelmanis play with a couple different set-ups supporting that album and I can say that this highly-talented band is definitely the most compelling live formation I've her with yet.6
Such a solid undercard for the show meant I was going to have a good time no matter how things went with the headliner. Which is good because, truth be told, I went in not really sure how much I liked Tune-Yards. On record, Tune-Yards is a solo project for Oakland's Merrill Garbus, who received top-mark accolades in some quarters last year for her BiRd-BrAiNs album, which I found admirable for its DIY spirit, but also tinny and cheap-sounding as hell — and ultimately, more a chore than a pleasure to listen to. There were good moments there, but also nearly as many over-mannered annoying bits, but I wanted to see her play live to see where I really stand on this.
Taking the stage alone, Garbus was greeted with cheers as she played a drum into a looping pedal, creating the percussive bed to launch into the first of several songs not from the album. As the song proceeded, she was joined by her three-piece backing band adding guitar and bass and percussion all around.7 Following that was another new one, which asked the musical question "What's a boy to do if he'll never be a gangsta?". The song was sprightly and catchy as all heck, but also featured a spastic breakdown in the middle. So again, there's a mix of the easily compelling with a more fractured sensibility.
Looking over the audience, she declared it a wonderful turnout, adding, "may I also complement you on your wonderful energy", because, yeah, the crowd was really into this. She then turned to her album, running through "Real Live Flesh", "Sunlight" and "Fiya". The latter would be an example of a song that particularly came to life in a live setting. Filled with a buzz from the crowd, Garbus played another new song, this one going in a different, quieter direction — in fact, it was a lullaby, complete with "go to sleep, little baby" lyrics and all. When the song hit a rough spot in the middle, the crowd's encouragement patched things over and Garbus kept going, the song stretching out for more than five lulling minutes before the band kicked things back awake with "Hatari" — perhaps her signature tune. The song includes wordless wordless singing in a pay-attention-to-the-scarequotes "African" mode — though a cynic might also attempt to place it in an appropriative lineage coming down from "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". Regardless, it is a song that demands attention.
The main set ended with another new one — possibly called "Don't Take My Life Away", which got as much applause as any off the tracks that the audience already knew. the band encored with more non-album tracks, starting with "You Yes You" (from a limited-edition 4AD Record Store Day 12") which won approval for having a part of the song dedicated especially to jumping up and down. That was followed up by the rocking "Party Can", with Garbus asking the crowd "Do you want to live?" (Answer: "yeah!").
That would have been the end, but the sustained applause brought her back out again, somewhat to her surprise, as she walked out on stage and asked the crowd, "Really?" as if she hadn't anticipated such approval. After canvassing the crowd for suggestions, she closed out the night with "Jumping Jack".
If nothing else, hearing her live gives an argument for Garbus as a singer of notable merit, with range, powerful lungs, and a willingness to garble things up a bit when she feels a need to. And as I'd surmised, hearing the songs in higher fidelity than the album offers gave a chance to really consider their virtues. I wouldn't say the show converted me to an avid fan, but it did enough to make me want to keep paying attention to where Garbus goes with this next.
1 "Another good thing about 8:30 shows is that we can actually say, 'we have CD's for sale' and you guys aren't too drunk to remember."
2 Which I noted when I saw her with her other band.
3 Which will be getting sent out into the world with a release party at The Garrison on Thursday, October 7, 2010.
4 For those tracking who-does-what outside this band: Maya Postepski is also in the intriguing new Trust, Carmen Elle plays with Donlands & Mortimer plus her own fine solo work and Dorian Wolf is ex-Spiral Beach.
5 A plan to acknowledge this by switching to a band moniker was put on hold when Stelmanis' first choice, Private Life, turned out to be already spoken for. A new band name is still pending.
6 Afterthought: In light of What We Know Now, I wanted to revisit this set, as I was curious to see just how close this "proto-Austra" phase was to the finished product.
"The Beast" might be the fulcrum between Stelmanis' past "solo" work and Austra, both as a piano-driven piece, and something that relies on guitar textures instead of synths. At this show, "The Villian" sounded closer to something by much-missed mope-rockers The Organ, and included little death-disco guitar stabs from Carmen Elle. This one epecially hints at another direction that Stelmanis might have chosen to push these songs.
Overall, with just Stelmanis on the keybs (and less of a willingness to work with backing tracks at this point) the sound is understandably thinner — "Darken Her Horse" sounds particularly anemic here compared to the ultimate album version, and at this point "Beat and the Pulse" doesn't have nearly as much of either of those things. Not fully evolved, then, but with eight of nine tracks at this show coming from what would become Feel It Break it's striking to note how much of the framework was in place. Added 2011-07-21
7 I'm not sure if this is her normal touring arrangement, as Garbus would later comment, "it's not every day we play with so many people on stage, and it makes me feel like very song is an encore."
Labels: 2010, austra, bonjay, concert review, gig, horseshoe, katie stelmanis, tune-yards
Recording: Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba
Artist: Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
Song: Ngoni Fola
Recorded at Luminato (Queen's Park), June 12, 2010.
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Ngoni Fola
Labels: 2010, bassekou kouyate, luminato, recording
Recording: Béla Fleck
Artist: Béla Fleck
Song: unknown [solo banjo]*
Béla Fleck - unknown
Labels: 2010, béla fleck, luminato, recording
Recording: Tony Allen
Artist: Tony Allen
Tony Allen - unknown
Labels: 2010, luminato, recording, tony allen
Festival: An African Prom
An African Prom (feat. Béla Fleck and The Africa Project featuring Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba / Tony Allen)
Queen's Park (Luminato Festival). Saturday, June 12, 2010.
The time gap between the afternoon and evening programmes was theoretically shrunk by the rain-induced late starting time for the afternoon acts. Doing what they could to keep things on schedule, the organizers scotched an appearance by local afrobeat-funksters Mr. Something Something. There were still behind-the-scenes problems a-plenty, though, as the soundcheck for the later acts stretched out to marathon lengths. That delay, added to incomprehensibly cold unseasonable weather on an entirely grey evening, meant for a bit of a dead zone between things. Luckily, though, I was joined by H., who wanted to see something both dance-worthy and not-indie-rock-ish. So the company filled in the time nicely, the disheartening cold tempered by promises of the banjo yet to come.
Once we eventually made our way over to the stage, there was still a lot of distressed sound-checking and gear-wrangling going on as the crowd began to get a bit eager for things to get going. As with the afternoon, the weather presumably cut into what would have been a more robust turnout, but the net effect was a pleasantly full-but-uncrowded area in front of the stage with a little bit of elbow room intact. After a "support the arts" talking-to from a city councillor, the music finally got underway with a wah-wah guitar, that beat, a fanfare of horns and then a mess of rhythm guitars. Ah.
Tony Allen had an eight-piece band behind him. Or beside him, as the case would be — he was perched over stage right. Not up front like most "name" performers, but not stashed at the back like most drummers, either. Just like his drumming, the seventy-year-old Nigerian master (most famed for his pioneering work with Fela's Africa 70) was a presence, but an unforced one. Allen's expression was semi-inscrutable throughout — he looked mildly grumpy at the late start time and compressed set length, but never griped. Didn't say much, either, besides noting that with so little time, he wasn't going to spend much of it talking.
The set led off with "Elewon po", the closer from his recent Secret Agent album. With Fela-esque political lyrics ("Too many prisoners / Too many prisoners / Too many, far too many") this had the feel of classic afrobeat and a helluva funky groove. Allen sang some deadpan lead vocals, but ceded most of the singing to the rest of his ensemble. He was certainly something to watch, in a "how does he do it?" sense. His drumming style is so economical, relaxed and unhurried and his gestures completely unforced. So much so that you might not pick up on how good it is.
Despite the delays, the band was never happy with the sound on stage during the set. Fortunately, they were in top form regardless and it all sounded pretty good in the crowd, and it was, more or less, nonstop dancing fun. There was a delicate mix of a full pot not quite simmering over, where suddenly keyboards would bubble up to the forefront, then the horns, boosting the whole thing up but without upsetting the unified groove. I couldn't pick out too many of the songs, but that seems a bit besides the point. I did dig the punchy "Ijo", with lead vox by Orobiyi Adunni, who wrote the lyrics as well.
All told, with the stage manager signalling for the band to wrap things up we got just under fifty minutes of music, but there wasn't a second wasted. More would have been welcome, but it might also have been exhausting — suffice it to say after this set I was not feeling cold any more. This was apparently Allen's first time in T.O. as a leader and a return trip would certainly be welcomed.
There was a quicker turnover after that, but by now it was past ten, and I was feeling antsy as Béla Fleck took the stage, worried about that eleven o'clock curfew that tends to stop T.O. outdoor events dead in their tracks. Fleck, widely considered to be one of the world's most proficient banjo players and known for his work with his group The Flecktones, started off playing solo. Seated on a stool, he unspooled a simple tune that quickly got dexterously complicated.
Everything he played in his solo set was sheer virtuoso stuff, including one track that sped up to a dizzyingly unimaginable pace, like a clockwork toy amped up nearly to the point of breaking a spring, but knowing what was yet to come I must admit after the first couple songs I was looking at my watch and worrying about how everything was going to get fit in before the curfew. Perhaps most interesting was when Fleck blew past the inherent bluegrassiness of his métier to play a song that he learned on one of his trips to Africa, where he'd ventured to learn about the origins of his instrument, as documented in the film Throw Down Your Heart.
Listen to one of Fleck's solo selections here.
After four tunes, Fleck gave way to Malian master Bassekou Kouyate — as much of a virtuoso of the ngoni as Fleck is of the banjo — who took the stage playing solo, as if returning tribute to Fleck. Meanwhile the members of his band Ngoni Ba took the stage and quickly kicked into a full-fledged groove. There were some sound problems at the outset, and once again, the bandmembers weren't entirely happy with the monitors, but this was another fabulous set.
The band was powered by four ngonis (including a large ngoni bass) plus percussion and the vocals of his wife, Ami Sacko. The music was powered by the interweaving ngoni lines, with runs of notes whirling out at blinding speed. While introducing "Ngoni Fola", Kouyate — who radiated a sort of serene beneficence throughout — was delighted to learn he could get away with speaking to the crowd in French1. The song turned out to be an eleven-minute tour de force, about the same length as the following barnburner, which included a chance for each of the players to step forward and solo as well as for some showy co-ordinated dance moves. And, in case it hadn't been mentioned, it was all as groovy as heck.
Béla Fleck then returned, adding one more set of strings to the interlocking lines weaving around each other on stage. The American banjo meshed well with its older cousins, Fleck watching the ngonis carefully and generally playing as another part of the ensemble until called upon to solo. Cue another storming number before the band brought it down for an ancient griot number, the mournful song giving everyone a chance to catch their breath. At first, the slower pace felt like a bit of a deflation after the previous cookers, but it turned out to be as engaging as the rest of the set with Sacko's showstopping vocals over the stately ngoni line. After introducing the band, the set then closed out with "Musow (For Our Women)", wrapping up at 11:30, well past curfew, but so very worth it. Rather a fabulous show, weather notwithstanding, so kudos to Luminato for putting a world-class concert like this for free.
1 Besides the large contingent of French speakers from Mali and neighbouring countries in attendance, Torontonians tend to play along with a sort of noblesse oblige when visitors act as if this is truly a bilingual country.
Labels: 2010, bassekou kouyate, béla fleck, concert review, gig, luminato, queen's park, rachid taha, tony allen
Recording: Rachid Taha
Festival: Rock the Casbah
Recording: Deloro
Recording: Tropics
Gig: Deloro
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line167
|
__label__cc
| 0.679236
| 0.320764
|
After a lot of thought and a long development process, I’ve decided to put a pin in the “Patient” project. It wasn’t really making me happy chipping away at it, and whilst it was a good excuse to learn Moho, I couldn’t really pull it together as a project - something just wasn’t right about it. Maybe there’s a time and a place for a project, and this still isn’t it.
However, sometimes the end of something inadvertently causes the beginning of something else. Thinking about that project, and getting into a funk about it, actually got me thinking about other stuff that makes me unhappy, which led me to the start of a new project.
MAN SHAPES
I’ve always had issues with the shape of my body - body image issues, I suppose. At Pictoplasma a couple of months ago I saw one of Anna Ginsburg’s recent works What is Beauty and it got me thinking about the big push for body positivity in the last couple of years. But it also got me thinking about my own lack of positivity about my body, and wondering where that comes from.
Long story short, I’m embarking on a new project, working title MAN SHAPES. I don’t yet know whether it’s a documentary, a fiction or even a flipping podcast at this stage. What I do know is that I want to try and understand what it is that would make me happy about my body.
That’s carefully worded. What I don’t want is a big conversation about how the media teaches us what beauty is, diet culture is bad etc. What I’m interested in is a much more personal look at male body image - what is it about my experiences that have made me so self conscious about it? Where does that come from for me, and do other people feel that way too?
It’s early days yet, and I’m quite busy at the moment, but I’m excited, genuinely excited about this project.
Posted by Dan Castro
Haven’t have much of a chance to work on Patient since Picto, but yesterday I took the opportunity to learn a little more about MOHO and ways of speeding up workflow. Speaking to Will Anderson about it while we were in Berlin, he was taking a lot about how he uses “actions” - pre-set bits of animation he’s made so he only needs to make them once, and then insert them into the timeline. What this means is that he can focus on the secondary animation and tweaking the presets so they fit a specific situation - but doesn’t have to spend time repeatedly making the same basic animation over and over again.
I like the idea of speeding up storytelling (when you get to that stage) by having pre-made a bunch of assets. There’s something about that that connects to the “minimal animation necessary” kind of thought that Flebus and a lot of UPA shorts were made with. With that in mind, I made a bunch of actions for my grandad rig, that means that I don’t have to keep re-animating eye direction unless it’s necessary.
Some of the actions and the layer layout of the Grandad rig
I also did the same for the mouth shapes. These are a bit trickier, as the character’s designed in a way that means for his mouth to open it intersects his whole body. I’m sure there are easier ways of doing it, but the way I’ve done it sort of makes sense for the time being. Also, I set myself the restriction of not accurately lip syncing - it’s not about every individual phoneme, just some key ones.
Change of character
Following Picto, where I sat down and thought about the character of the Grandad a lot more. I played around with making bigger feet like my original drawings, but it was a lot more effort for minimal payoff, which isn’t in the spirit of what I want to capture - a slow film that’s quick to animate. I made the hands bigger, which I’m sure will come back to bite me as I made them smaller for a reason I can’t remember…!
What I realised over the last couple of days is that doing the technical, figuring out how things work, rigging, animating actions, is all really satisfying, and actually takes my mind off the “filmmaking” side of things, but helps me understand what I want from the character a lot more. I find myself going “no, because his hands wouldn’t move like that because he’s nervous” - aspects of the character design and animation that reflect the character.
Pictoplasma
Being at Pictoplasma and seeing how much amazing stuff there is and how hard people are working sort of out the fear into me a little bit. I definitely need to up my game, and hopefully it’ll light a bit of a fire under me to actually start taking this film a bit more seriously. Not that it needs to be serious - that’s something else I’ve been thinking about.
Listening to some of the talks also reminded me about the benefits of working very quick a rough in the early stages - kind of feeling your way through a thing until it feels right. Doing that by diving straight into Moho has bee really advantageous for learning some of the basics of the program, but it means I’ve skipped a bit of a stage, and it’s a stage I kept getting tripped up by the first time around - really understanding the characters, and what the film is ACTUALLY about. Because it doesn’t feel like it’s just about the grandad in hospital any more - it’s how a family comes with this situation. It’s about getting old, and it’s about family.
Anyway I went back to the place I’m staying, picked up the fattest, dirtiest carbon stick I had and just started roughing some stuff out real quick, and I think even in the first five minutes it’s helping me get more in touch with the character, and the feel of the piece.
The other inspiring thing from a lot of the speakers, particularly the folks from MINIT and Laurie Rowan was the importance of restrictions. There are some restrictions I put in naturally, but it’s probably worth formalising them and writing them down - making kind of a manifesto for the film. I need to figure out what that is, but I think once I have the rules a bit tighter - which I think will come from drawing more, understanding what I’m trying to say more - I’ll get what I had with some elements of Herman - tighter rules f rocking more creativity.
Today, having spent ages thinking about starting the film, I officially animated something. I’m animating quick and dirty, like with Herman Brown, so I can make things really quickly and let the animation develop as I go. I like working instinctively, but within a rough structure. I’m going to keep going along this vein and see what happens.
One thing that’s different to Herman is that I’m animating the characters in one program and compositing in another, meaning I don’t have background elements in. I haven’t figured out how that’s going to work yet - but then, I haven’t decided how it’s going to look yet.
i’m not entirely sure the “attack” - which looks more like a heart attack than a stroke, but a stroke is difficult to animate as it’s kind of just someone falling over. I think at the moment it's not really long enough; the timing’s off or something. Something to be working on, anyway.
tags: patient
categories: WIP
More digital concept art
I was playing around, learning Moho, and started mocking up some more digital concept art that suited my basic understanding of Moho’s rigging/puppeting tools. I really like these, and they animate well, but they lack the kind of style that I associate - rightly or wrongly - with my grandad. I went back and found some older tests and, if I can make these work with Moho, are much closer to how I see the film.
In the spirit of starting the blog, I've decided to keep a production diary of the progress on my new film, Patient. It’s mainly to keep me honest, and to keep me focussed.
This is a project I wrote the initial draft for while I was at the Royal College of Art, about an old man dealing with being stuck in hospital. It was based on real like, on the hospital experience I was having regularly visiting my abuelo in hospital after his diabetes-related stroke. Originally, it was actually almost exclusively one shot, entirely focussed on feeling like visiting hours at the hospital - things changed when you weren’t there, and you were never sure what state you were going to find him in when you arrived. I didn’t make the film at the time as it felt a little too close to home, living it and trying to deal with it and making a film about it at the same time just wasn’t working for me.
After my abuelo died, the story (in real life) had an ending. Time passed, and with a bit of distance it’s the right time for me to revisit the project.
Early concept art
I’m also using this film as an excuse to step away from using After Effects, and learn Moho. It’s new, and a bit of a challenge, but I can see it being an interesting way of animating this and compositing it afterwards. I’m hoping I can make it work for a pared-back, UPA-style animation, mainly because the designs don’t involve splitting the head and body like the did for Herman Brown.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line170
|
__label__wiki
| 0.858728
| 0.858728
|
Moto2 rider Luis Salom dies after crashing during practice
Jun 16, 2016 by Staffin Ask a Lawyer
FILE, In this Saturday June 29 2013 file photo, Luis Salom of Spain celebrates his victory during the podium ceremony of the Moto3 race of the Dutch Grand Prix in Assen, northern Netherlands. MotoGP officials say Moto2 rider Luis Salom has died after crashing during practice for the Catalunya Grand Prix on Friday. He was 24. The death was announced at a news conference at the Barcelona circuit. (AP Photo/Vincent Jannink, File)
Moto2 rider Luis Salom died after crashing during practice for the Catalunya Grand Prix on Friday. He was 24.
The death of the Spanish rider was announced at a news conference a few hours after the incident in Barcelona.
“He underwent surgery but despite the best efforts of the trauma team, he passed away,” said Giancarlo Di Filippo, a medical director for the International Motorcycling Federation.
The crash happened at Turn 12, a fast right-hander near the end of the track. The turn is not used in Formula One, where cars have to go through a chicane to slow down before entering the front straight.
The official race broadcast did not appear to catch images of the accident, but a security camera at the track showed Salom was not able to make the turn. His bike slid straight across the track and the rider followed behind, crashing into the safety barrier. It wasn’t clear if Salom also collided with his bike before hitting the barrier.
“We have to see if something broke on his bike,” veteran MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi said. “It appeared he went straight.”
Salom stayed on the ground virtually motionless as track stewards rushed to him. Two medical cars and two ambulances quickly arrived and doctors spent several minutes treating him.
A helicopter also landed on the track, but “due to the severity of his condition” he was taken to the hospital in an ambulance so doctors could continue working on him.
It was not immediately clear what type of surgery doctors performed on him.
The session was red-flagged with about 25 minutes left before being eventually canceled.
Salom had been in Moto2 since 2014 and had three podium finishes in 41 races, including a second place in this season’s opener in Qatar. He was 10th in the point standings.
He had nine wins in Moto3 and finished second in the championship in 2012 and third in 2013.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2016/06/03/moto2-rider-luis-salom-dies-after-crashing-during-practice/
Tagged with: Barcelona, doctors performed, Formula One, Grand Prix, qatar, season's opener, Valentino, Valentino Rossi
More in Ask a Lawyer
The cost of workplace injury
Workplace injuries represent a serious drain on the American economy, not mention the impacts on working families: Via: Long Island...
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line172
|
__label__wiki
| 0.851686
| 0.851686
|
Ohio Flags of Honor
Willard community 'worked tirelessly' to host Ohio Flags of Honor
Cary Ashby • Jun 19, 2019 at 7:00 PM
[email protected]or.com
WILLARD — The city of Willard has stepped up to the plate to host the Ohio Flags of Honor.
The traveling memorial honors the men and women of Ohio who have given their lives in service to their country during the War on Terror. The opening ceremony will be at 7 p.m. June 28 at the Willard City Park, 542 S. Main St. In all, nearly 900 flags will be posted and open for viewing 24 hours a day until the Ohio Flags of Honor closes with a ceremony at 2 p.m. June 30.
“The city of Willard and its community have worked tirelessly for approximately one year to host and present the Ohio Flags of Honor memorial. Its committee is comprised of city and community volunteers who have recognized the need to honor our fallen veterans and to help educate what the value of freedom really is,” said Robert Ward, Huron County veteran officer.
Rockie Lynne will perform at 8 p.m. June 29 at the Willard City Park near the pool.
“He isn’t just a Nashville recording artist; Rockie is a veteran with the 82nd Airborne (of the) United States Army. There will be fireworks after his concert,” Ward said.
The Ohio Flags of Honor will have an escort to Willard from Galion. It starts at 7:30 a.m. June 28 at 220 N. Portland Way, Galion, in the escort staging area in the parking lot behind McDonald’s. Ward said once the memorial arrives in Willard, volunteers will post about 600 “support flags,” which have been purchased by individuals, businesses, cities and organizations throughout Ohio.
“I am truly impressed by the countless hours and hard work that they have put into this event,” Ward said, referring to the Willard committee. “Many individuals on this committee are not veterans, yet their sincerity comes through as though they had all served. It has been a privilege to work with them and I am excited to see it all come together.”
Locally, the Ohio Flags of Honor is sponsored by Willard Moose No. 2153, Donald M. Graham & Associates, Secor Funeral Home and Willard Elks Lodge No. 1370.
During the opening ceremony, volunteers will post 301 flags to honor the Ohio military members who were killed during the War on Terror.
Several area “gold star members” (family members of the deceased) will post flags in tribute to their relative.
Scott and Lisa Sparks, of Monroeville, will represent their son, Army Pfc. Jason L. Sparks, who was killed Sept. 8, 2004.
Other local deceased military members who will be represented in the 301 flags are: Army Sgt. Jon L. Martin, of Bellevue, who was killed Nov. 22, 2007 and Army Sgt. Patrick R. Carroll, of New London, who was killed Feb. 7, 2011.
Charles Adkins will represent his son, Army Sgt. 1st Class Charles L. Adkins, of Sandusky, who died April 6, 2011. Chuck and Carole Hoffman, of the Columbus area, will represent their son, Sgt. Justin F. Hoffman, of the U.S. Marine Corps, who was killed Aug. 3, 2005. Warren County resident Tammy Rogers-Fairchild will represent her brother, Army Sgt. 1st Class Gregory S. Rogers, who was killed April 9, 2006. Duane and Sherry Shock will represent their son, Marine Lance Cpl. Jeremy S. Shock, who was killed Nov. 19, 2006.
Gino Zimmer, Ohio Flags of Honor president, and his wife Lisa will be at the opening ceremony.
“They got the phone call May 30, of 2004 that their son Nick was killed. He was an Army specialist,” Ward said.
There are about 16 similar Ohio Flags of Honor memorials each year.
“It goes all over the state,” Ward said. “Right now, the Ohio Flags of Honor is scheduled out to 2021.”
The Willard event isn’t the first time the memorial has been in Huron County. Bellevue hosted it in 2015 and again in 2018. Norwalk was an Ohio Flags of Honor site in 2016.
“Huron County is very supportive of its veterans. Both communities (Bellevue and Norwalk) have stepped up in a big way to pay tribute to those veterans who paid the ultimate price,” Ward said.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line173
|
__label__wiki
| 0.549423
| 0.549423
|
GBI Inspector Completes Police Leadership Training in Israel
Cynthia Adkins (Photo: GBI)
GBI Inspector Cynthia Adkins has returned after an intensive two weeks of public safety leadership training with Israel’s top police executives. She trained in Israel with 13 Georgia police chiefs and command staff, two sheriffs and executives from the Georgia State Patrol, Stone Mountain Park and the Georgia Command College.
She was in a 21-member delegation of senior law enforcement officials from Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina participating in the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange’s (GILEE) 27th annual peer-to-peer training program in partnership with Israel. While there, the delegates were shown best practices and the latest technologies in policing and public safety.
Community policing, “a policy and a strategy aimed at achieving more effective and efficient crime control, reduced fear of crime, improved quality of life, improved police services and police legitimacy, through a proactive reliance on community resources that seeks to change crime-causing conditions,” was the focus again this year.
Community policing assumes a need for greater accountability of police, a greater public share in decision-making and a greater concern for civil rights and liberties, according to Robbie Friedmann, who formulated the definition. A professor emeritus at Georgia State University and GILEE’s founding director, he led this year’s delegation.
More than 770 public safety officials—most from Georgia—have participated in the program in Israel. Nearly 35,000 have attended additional GILEE trainings, briefings, seminars and workshops in Georgia and around the world.
“Our GILEE delegates return with new ways of developing, collaborating on and using strategies to minimize the production of crime and terrorism,” said GILEE executive director Steve Heaton. “In GILEE’s 27 years, many of these graduates have gone on to serve in key leadership roles in Georgia and beyond.”
GILEE is a research unit within Georgia State’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. It enhances public safety by nurturing existing and new partnerships within and across public agencies and the private sector. It has received multiple awards and honors, including the Special Service Award from the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police and the Georgia Governor’s Public Safety Award.
“I believe GILEE offers one of the best leadership development training programs globally,” said Donald De Lucca, a three-time police chief and past president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), in a recent letter to GILEE. “The inside look and hands-on learning provide executives with a broader view of some of the best practices available to the police profession.”
In fact, several U.S. and international professional policing associations and academic institutions have written this year in support of the many contributions GILEE has made to the field’s professional development. Learn more about the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange at gilee.gsu.edu.
Upon her return from Israel, Inspector Adkins stated that the training she received was relevant to addressing the challenges that law enforcement faces in the State of Georgia. “Although there is great distance between our two countries, we have similar obstacles that we deal with while ensuring public safety. I have learned valuable tools during my time in Israel that will help the GBI to continue to improve the public service that we provide every day.”
Previous article07/11/2019 Booking Report for Bulloch County
Next articleSwiss Manufacturer to Open Facility, Create 100 Jobs in Bryan Co.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line178
|
__label__wiki
| 0.575468
| 0.575468
|
Home > Festivals > Arena Mexico with comments by director Anne Lise Michoud and lecturer (...)
Arena Mexico with comments by director Anne Lise Michoud and lecturer Domingo Garcia
Sunday 17 October 2010, by Abla Kandalaft
This screening was part of the Jeudis du Festival that take place once a month at the Nouveau Latina in Paris. It was followed by a Q and A with the director and Domingo Garcia, a lecturer and researcher on informal economy at the University of Lille III.
Arena Mexico’s focus is on the workers of the country’s informal economy. Director Anne Lise Michoud has selected a number of them to present us with a well rounded panorama of their daily lives, among them a dog walker, a shaman, a CD vendor and a doctor, all offering goods and services of varying levels of usefulness. One sells bubble guns whilst another examines members of the public’s blood pressure.
This is a beautifully shot film. Although very few words are spoken and it may at first look like a random look at street vendors with no obvious montage, the sequences are actually carefully selected to reveal, albeit subtly, the comedic, tragic and ironic moments of these people’s lives. There are about three vocal interventions by the director. She is very largely absent and the first words to the camera are uttered halfway through the film. For the most part we are left watching as passive spectators clandestine workers scraping together a living.
The film did draw occasional laughs from the audience and avoids any pathos, but it remains overall a sad situation to witness. Although some of the interviewees did seem fairly upbeat, they live day-to-day lives, on the constant lookout for the police, for clients, for food. They cannot afford the luxury of planning ahead or formulating plans for the future they could have hoped for. One of them is a former doctor and her age and personal circumstances drove her to the street, she wasn’t there by choice. Conversely, another worker, a peculiarly ageless woman selling CDs, sees this as an rather empowering opportunity to assert her independence from her family and her former partner. The climactic moment of the film is an incongruous piece of footage of the workers in their off time, watching Lucha Libre at the Arena Mexico, which gave its name to the title.
Although they do not share that much, the basic outlines of their life stories and the rants and comments reveal a lot about them, the impact of the economy, the changes in the job market and Mexico in general. There are no voice-overs or analyses into the geo-political reasons behind the flourishing of this activity. Nor are potential solutions offered to remedy this situation, to reintegrate the marginal population back into the official, government-approved job market.
However, as Anne-Lise explains after the screening, this wasn’t the intention of the film. Rather her aim was to show the scale of the informal economy, which, according to her, “employs” about half of the country’s population. The sheer scale of it was one of the reasons she gave when someone asked her why she picked Mexico in particular when this type of activity is also growing in France. Michoud aimed to show the diversity, the sheer ingenuity and skills displayed by many of the ‘workers’. They are actual entrepreneurs, and as lecturer Domingo Garcia pointed out, whose activity sits astride capitalism and traditional economy. A few of them are self-confessed showmen, incessantly conjuring tricks and ways of creating demand for whatever tat or service they are providing. The most memorable character so to speak is a self-proclaimed “native” shaman holding passionate speeches on the spoilage of his ancestors’ culture by the Spanish settlers, whilst offering blessings and cleansings to the assembled crowd. Although he clearly feels strongly about his subject and his dressed appropriately in leaves and twigs, it turns out he was actually an orphan who grew up on the streets of Mexico, did not know his parents and fabricated the heritage and the persona to attract an audience and ultimately make a living.
Another member of the audience asked her how she picked her interviewees. She answered that, due to the diversity of their activities and personalities, together they represented a sort of microcosm of this economy and the resourcefulness, motivation and dedication that this type of work requires. According to her, there was sometimes a sort of status quo or tacit understanding with the police, so she did not experience many problems filming the bustle.
Overall, the film might be lacking in analytical depth for those seeking to shed more light on the population but it is very rich on a human level, giving these overlooked workers some space to exist on camera.
fifdh
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line181
|
__label__wiki
| 0.651286
| 0.651286
|
Dr. Robert Gates Named BSA's 35th President
by Daniel Hanson on Thursday, May 29, 2014
Watch Dr. Gates remarks from the National Meeting by following the link below:
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) National Council today elected Dr. Robert M. Gates, former secretary of defense and former director of central intelligence, as the organization’s national president. In this volunteer role, Dr. Gates will lead the National Executive Board, which guides the Boy Scouts of America as it serves 2.5 million youth members, for two one-year terms. He is the 35th president of the BSA, following telecom pioneer and co-owner of the Seattle Mariners Wayne Perry.
“The Boy Scouts of America had a profound influence on my childhood and helped form the foundation of my career in public service. I’ve had tremendous opportunities in my life, but I can say without hesitation that my memories of Scouting are every bit as vivid and meaningful as what came later. I believe every boy deserves an opportunity to experience what Scouting offers,” said Dr. Gates. “Scouting teaches youth how to set and achieve goals, develops a deep commitment to serve others, and creates leaders for tomorrow who are not only prepared to serve their communities, but also prepared for life and leadership. Just as it did for me.”
Dr. Gates has a long history of participation and service in the BSA. He is a past member of the National Executive Board; a past president of the National Eagle Scout Association; a distinguished Eagle Scout; a recipient of the Silver Buffalo Award, the highest commendation given by the BSA for extraordinary service to youth; and a Vigil Honor member of the Order of the Arrow, the highest mark of distinction and recognition for those with exceptional service and unselfish interests.
“On behalf of the Boy Scouts of America’s millions of youth members and adult leaders, I am honored to welcome Dr. Gates into the role of national president,” said Wayne Brock, Chief Scout Executive. “As one of our nation’s most respected public servants and a proven leader of the highest caliber, Dr. Gates is a shining example of how our organization positions individuals for success and he will be a great ambassador for sharing the Scouting story throughout the country.”
During his notable career, Dr. Gates has served eight U.S. presidents of both political parties. He is the only secretary of defense to be asked to remain in that office by a newly elected president. Prior to his post at the Department of Defense, Dr. Gates was the president of Texas A&M University, the nation’s seventh-largest university. Dr. Gates also served as director of central intelligence and is the only career officer in the CIA’s history to rise from entry-level employee to director.
Dr. Gates has been awarded the National Security Medal and the Presidential Citizens Medal, has twice received the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal, and has three times received the CIA’s highest award, the Distinguished Intelligence Medal. On his last day in office as secretary of defense, Dr. Gates was awarded the nation’s highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, by President Obama.
In addition to Scouting, Dr. Gates is the chancellor of the College of William & Mary and has served on the board of directors and executive committee of the American Council on Education and the board of directors of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges.
A native of Kansas, Dr. Gates received his bachelor’s degree from the College of William & Mary, his master’s degree in history from Indiana University, and his doctorate in Russian and Soviet history from Georgetown University. He is the author of Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War, which was released in January 2014. His memoir, From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider’s Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold War, was published in 1996. He and his wife, Becky, have two grown children.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line182
|
__label__cc
| 0.569976
| 0.430024
|
Bucky Larson Born to Be a Star 2009 Movie Script Hollywood Porn Star Film
Title: Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star. Working Title: Born to Be a Star. Written By: Adam Sandler, Allen Covert & Nick Swardson. Script Dated: April 17, 2009. This is an Original Movie Script from the 2011 Comedy movie titled, Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star.
" It has the original working title on the cover page which is, "Born to Be a Star. This Original script has all blue colored pages throughout. The cover page has a grease stain but there's no stains inside on the pages of the actual script, only on the front cover page.
Please view the pictures above carefully. Living in small town Iowa, Bucky Larson is a simple minded, uneducated, beaver toothed young man still living with his protective parents, Jeremiah and Debbie Larson. Initially saddened when he is fired from his job as a bagger at a supermarket, he eventually sees it as a sign that he is destined for greatness in some other field. Based on some information he learns, Bucky believes that destiny is to become a porn star, despite he being a virgin and only having recently learned what masturbation is. With his parents' blessing, Bucky hops on a bus to Los Angeles to make it big there as a porn star. He is taken under the wings of a few people in LA. On the professional side, he meets the reigning king of porn, Dick Shadow, who only sees in Bucky a laughing stock. But washed up porn director Miles Deep stumbles across what he sees as an untapped niche market for Bucky's limited talents.
Miles has the challenge of trying to convince investors who only see in Bucky the antithesis of porn. POSTER IS NOT INCLUDED, IT IS JUST BEING USED AS A VISUAL REFERENCE. Specializes in rare and collectible movie scripts. Our scripts are genuine, authentic and screen used.
We also carry movie props from no genre in particular. Furthermore, all of our items that are not props or scripts can be found in our Other Memorabilia category.
We do not sell reproductions or fakes. We have one of the largest collections of original movie screenplays in the world. We also carry scripts used in Television, Broadway, Radio and other forms of entertainment. Every script that we own was hand-picked one at a time over the many years of which we have been collecting. A lot of people, new to collecting, are confused about the word Original.
" In terms of movie scripts, the term "Original means that it was used by the production company in the early stages of production or that it was issued out to the cast and crew members during filming, and used at the time of production. Any scripts printed or used in any fashion after filming has completed are known as either a reproduction or a post-production script. These two types of scripts are much less valuable and desirable. All of our scripts are Original. An original movie script has a lot of character in the item itself and every one of them is different in some way or another.
There is usually only one script given to each crew member during production, however, sometimes they do get more than one. This makes original movie scripts very desirable because of how scarce they are.
Any changes made to the screenplay during production are known as revisions and these revision pages are inserted into that one script that was issued out to them. For example, if we are talking about a low-budget film with a small cast and only a few crew members, there are actually only a small number of scripts in existence around the world for that film. This aspect of collecting makes it fun but also difficult because there may be a certain writer or director that you love to collect and there may only be a handful of movie scripts that still exist from that specific film that you are looking for. We have some of the rarest movie scripts in the world. Each film project has a different total number of scripts that are issued.
The older a film is you also have to figure in the fact that a lot of the original movie scripts have been thrown out or destroyed over time. We do our best to provide the widest selection of original movie scripts in the world.
Whatever actor, producer, director, writer or specific film department you are looking for, we probably have a movie script related to the person you are looking for in some form or fashion. I know that there are a lot of items to search through, but there is definitely something for you. Once you check off this little box it will allow you to search for a specific word that is contained in any of our listings' actual description. Here all of the original movie scripts will be categorized by decade, which will help you to narrow down what you are looking for by the year it was made.
The item "Bucky Larson Born to Be a Star 2009 Movie Script Hollywood Porn Star Film" is in sale since Wednesday, March 27, 2019. This item is in the category "Entertainment Memorabilia\Movie Memorabilia\Scripts\Originals\Unsigned".
The seller is "themoviewizard" and is located in Van Nuys, California. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Dominican republic, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, El salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Viet nam, Uruguay, Russian federation.
filmsfilmfirstoriginalraredraftjamesscreenwilliamsignedgeorgebradfordkingscreenplaykurosawawaynemovieactorakirahorrorstarunproduceddillman'ssuzukiscriptmichaelseijunomenbookrobertjohncultcopystanleyshooting
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line188
|
__label__cc
| 0.72342
| 0.27658
|
Orthodox Praxis
Deacon George Bithos' weblog
The Hidden Angel
The Great Church in Captivity
“A Turkish official says restoration workers have uncovered the never-before-seen mosaic face of an angel at Istanbul’s Haghia Sophia – a former Byzantine cathedral.”
This was a headline on the Fox News website. This really disturbed me, as it should all Orthodox Christians. “Never before seen,” what about those countless Christians who worshipped in the Church of the Holy Wisdom from the time of Justinian, until the fall of Constantinople. Don’t they count? This is revisionist history at it finest! The angel was not seen since the Ottomans plastered them over to hide the Truth. So, those Orthodox Christians who prayed in the Cathedral, who placed the mosaic are not to be heard. How sad! Where are the voices telling the world how false these assertions are? Who speaks for the Church in captivity, forced to keep it mouth shut to endure? Where is St. Maximos, St. Mark of Ephesus, the voice of the Church? We are a Church in captivity, a Church muzzled for the sake of political expediency. But, where are the voices in the West? Cannot we speak with a loud voice? The sad thing is the only time we scream with our voices is to criticise the Church and her leaders. The Patriarch did this, the Archbishop didn’t do this, our Metropolitan said the wrong thing. How very sad. Why can’t we speak with a loud voice to decry injustice and to say, this is not a dead Church. It was, is and always will be, at its heart a Church built to the Glory of God. That angel’s image should reminds us of the Seraphim that surrounds the throne God. “Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of Hosts; the whole earth is full of Your Glory!”
St. Mary Magdalene, Apostle to the Apostles
July 22 is the Feast Day of St. Mary Magdalene. I believe that Mary is one of the most interesting of our saints. She is a woman of great theological significance, but she is not well documented in history. The Tradition of the Church, gives us a good bit to think of concerning this special person. She carries several “titles” in the Church usage. She is known most of all as Mary Magdalene. With this, we know she came from a town named Magdala. This city was located on Lake Gennesaret (“a garden of riches”), which is another name for the Sea of Galilee or Lake Tiberias. Geographically the town would be located presently north-west of Haifa, Israel near the Golan Heights. This places her town north of Nazareth. Mary also carries the titles of “Apostle to the Apostles, Equal to the Apostles and of course Myrrh-bearer” There is mistaken idea that Mary was a prostitute before she met Jesus. This is not true! There is a tradition that Mary Magdalene led such a chaste life that the devil thought she might be the one who was to bear Christ into the world, and for that reason he sent seven demons to torment her. The first time Mary is mentioned in the Gospels is St. Luke 8,1-3; Christ freed her from these demons and she followed him thereafter. She is considered one of the Galilean disciples. We see her prominently in the Passion narratives. She followed Jesus to Jerusalem and was steadfast at the foot of the Cross with The Virgin Mary standing by Jesus in His darkest moments. She figured importantly in the post-resurrectional accounts. She is the first person to see the Risen Lord, whom she saw twice, she spoke to Him near the tomb, She was the first to announce the Resurrection. The privilege of being the “first” witness of the resurrection that was granted to Mary by the Lord is something that twentieth century sensibilities need to absorb. In the time of Christ, women were not considered creditable witnesses. They were not allowed to give testimony, only men were considered believable. Yet to Jesus this didn’t matter. He trusted these disciples, these women disciples to deliver the greatest news in the history of the world. She had seen Jesus die on the Cross, seen Him buried, seen the great stone set at the door, seen the guard posted at the door of the tomb, her tears were shed for her teacher, she saw a stranger in the Garden, until she heard a familiar voice call her name. She then saw Him resurrected and glorified. Joy overcame sorrow! As Jesus instructed her, Mary Magdalene found the other disciples. She was a member of the inner circle; she was trusted by them and when she delivered the message, “I have seen the Lord” (John 20,18) they did not believed her. Jesus had to appear to them and upbraid them before, even her friends, would believe such news. The other appearances of Jesus are well documented in the Gospels.
After the Ascension and Pentecost, Mary travelled from Jerusalem to Rome where she announced the resurrection. One tradition concerning Mary Magdalene says that she used her position to gain an invitation to a banquet given by Emperor Tiberius. When she met him, she held a plain egg in her hand and exclaimed “Christ is risen!” Caesar laughed, and said that Christ rising from the dead was as likely as the egg in her hand turning red while she held it. Before he finished speaking, the egg in her hand turned a bright red (for more details, see Wikipedia). Each time we answer, “Truly, He is Risen!” we should think of Mary. After many years evangelising across the Mediterranean area, she travelled to Ephesus where she joined St. John the Evangelist and her friend, the Virgin Mary, the Theotokos. There she died peacefully. During the second Patriarchate of St. Photios the Great, he had her relics transferred to the Queen City (Constantinople).
Can We Rejoice?
The Holy Theological School of Halki
In the last few weeks, we have heard from various sources that the secular government in Turkey is planning to allow the historic Holy Theological School of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, located on the island of Halki, to open, again. The Monastery of the Holy Trinity on Halki was founded during Byzantine period. The establishment of the monastery can be traced back to St. Photios the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople, (858–861 and 878–886). The Halki seminary was founded by Patriarch Germanos IV in 1844 at the monastery. It was intended to supply priests for the Ottoman Empire’s Greek minority, it expanded and grew in size and facilities. Set amid cool pines and palm trees, the seminary has the high ceilings, wide halls and well-worn wooden desks of schools built before computers and air conditioning; but this celebrated school has trained generations of scholars, priests and its graduates became bishops and future patriarchs. As a reaction to the Cypriot/Turkish/Greek crisis, the School was closed by the Turkish officials in 1971. For over thirty-five years, this violation of international law has caused great distress and generated calls for the reopening of the School by government, religious, academic and civic leaders across the world. In a past Reuters’ article, this comment was made on the closure: “We have not lost hope, despite the broken promises, because a person only lives as long as he has hope. Even on his deathbed, he resists the end,” His Eminence Metropolitan Apostolos (Daniilidis) of Moschonissia, Halki’s abbot, said from his office atop the “Hill of Hope” on Heybeliada (Halki). Perhaps, the moment we have hoped for has arrived! Hope for the historic step was generated by statements from Turkish officials. “The Halki seminary on the island of Heybeliada is to be reopened,” Culture Minister Ertuğrul Günay said, and adding that they are searching for a formula to integrate the Orthodox theological school into Turkey’s university system. “Although we have not finalized a decision in the Cabinet, my personal impression is that we are going to open the seminary,” said Günay, speaking on Kanal 24 television over [last] the weekend. This was not the first time a statement with the same tenor has been made by Turkish officials in the last few weeks.
The Holy Trinity Chapel and the School
The need for Halki is beyond question. Yes, there are good Orthodox Theological schools elsewhere in the world. Students will attend these schools and get a good education to serve their local churches. In my opinion, the need for Halki centres on two loci. One, the Patriarchate needs trained clergy and scholars. These men and women, (yes, I believe Halki should train women theologians) should be prepared and educated, at the very highest level, with an international vision, which focuses on the needs of an international Orthodoxy for the future. In this world of mass media, global communications, and instantaneous change; the Phanar needs to train its own “specialists” in an academic environment that it designs and controls. This prerequisite makes the design of the curriculum critical. Yes, students should receive the treasury (parakatatheki) of Tradition, but this must be transmitted with the tools of the twenty-first century. Additionally, the perspective of the “needs” of the Patriarchate are not the focus of any institution; Halki would provide this frame of reference. The School would also be a fount of post graduate and exchange student training. These students would come to Turkey from all over the world. Furthermore, the requirements of Turkish law make the training of clergy in Turkey imperative. Without this source of clergy and future hierarchy, the Patriarchate is slowly strangled, it withers and dies.
Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Redone needs to be encouraged and thanked for his courageous stance. We pray that this step occurs quickly. The world community would, no doubt, look favourably on a government which corrects the errors of the past and looks to the future.
I take all your comments seriously. Unfortunately, many are pure spam, and are treated as such. I will spam all comments not in English, Greek or French! Please comment properly and I will answer. Dn. George
Posted on July 7, 2009 January 8, 2017
Abba Sisoes the Great
On July 6th, the Holy Church commemorates Abba Sisoes the Great. We are so far removed from the desert fathers and mothers, the abbas and ammas, perhaps we should speak a little about these desert dwellers and their lives. Why did they flee from society and what was the call of these wilderness places? Names like Anthony, Arsenios, Pambo, Syncletica, and Macarios evoke a life of self denial and hardship. Places like Nitria, Rhaithou, Scetis and Eleutheropoulos as well as other isolated locales sound strange and distant. Nonetheless, they are part of our Orthodox identity and Tradition. These men and women sought to “follow Christ” and renounced a life in the world. They had as their model St. John the Forerunner and took to heart the call to Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand! They sought to be like angels, to confront evil face to face and to constantly praise and glorify God. Most were lay persons and many were uneducated simple peasants. They saw themselves as sinners, tried to know themselves and to treat all with love and humility. Many came to listen to their counsel even though they sought solitude. Their short sayings have come down to us as beacons of spiritual light. These short sayings are available in books like The Philokalia, The Apophthegmata Patrum, The Sayings of the Desert Fathers and other works. Modern scholars like Fr. John Chryssavgis, Benedicta Ward and Dermas Chitty and many more have made their words accessible. Today, we can sit at their feet for a few minutes as did the pilgrims who travelled to deserted places. We too can benefit from their wisdom. In our age of cult celebrity and “me first” attitudes; don’t the words of spiritual guides such as Sisoes the Great echo in our hearts. In the early fifth century on Anthony’s Mountain, a monk asked Sisoes: “How can I attain humility?” The saint replied: “When a person learns to see themselves as inferior to all creatures, with that he attains humility.” (Ward, Benedicta, ed. 1984. The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection. Revised ed. Kalamazoo MI: Cistercian Publications, p. 214.) The Venerable Sisoes the Great fell asleep in the Lord in 429 AD.
Apolytikion of the Venerable Sisoes the Great
“You proved to be a citizen of the desert, an angel in the flesh, and a wonder-worker, O Sisoes, our God-bearing Father. By fasting, vigil, and prayer obtained heavenly gifts, and you healed the sick and the souls of them that have recourse to thee with faith. Glory to Him that has given you strength. Glory to him that has crowned you. Glory to Him that works healings for all through you.”
Holy Abba Sisoes: Pray for us sinners.
What a Great Day for Orthodox America!
Saints of July 2
St. John the Wonder-Worker
St. Juvenaly
DO WE SPEAK OUT ENOUGH?
A New Year’s Challenge
Driving me Crazy – (10 Jan 2011)
Silent Voices (04 January 2011)
True Love – 30 December 2010
Contemporary Orthodox Thought
Orthodoxy in the New World
Personal Comment
The Church in the Twentieth Century
The Ecumenical Patriarchate
The Family and the Church
Triodion
Twenty-First Century Orthodoxy
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line191
|
__label__cc
| 0.604567
| 0.395433
|
Blog, Tessa Morrison
Everything You Wanted To Know About Gothic Architecture But Were Afraid To Ask
Other Worlds Austin presents the World Premiere of THE PERFECT HOST: A SOUTHERN GOTHIC TALE. at Flix Brewhouse (8/22) and will conclude with a Q&A from director/co-writer Derrick Sims.
Tagged: THE PERFECT HOST: A SOUTHERN GOTHIC TALE, The Perfect Host, Derrick Sims, Other Worlds Austin, OWA, Other Worlds, OtherWorlds2018, Orbiter, Other worlds orbiter, Flix, flix brewhouse, sci-fi, SciFi, Horror, gothic, Southern Gothic, Classical Gothic, Gothic Architecture, Cathedral or Notre Dame, Gothic Revival, American Gothic, Carpenter's Gothic, Rural Gothic, Addams' Family, Amityville House, Timberline Lodge, THE SHINING, Colonial Revival, World Premiere
Blog, Courtney Hazlett, Staff Picks
OWA Netflix SciFi & Horror Recommendations: August 2016
With a massive heat wave looming across the country, August is going to be one of the rougher months to endure. Not to mention the fact that, for many, school starts back up again at the end of the month. This means that soon there will be busier schedules and less lazy days. However, Netflix is treating us this month to some great SciFi and Horror to help us take full advantage of these last bits of summer.
Tagged: Netflix, heat wave, school, Final Destination, Final Destination 3, tanning bed scene, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003, Jessica Biel, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman, Jonathan Tucker, Sleepy Hollow, Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Ichabod Crane, headless horseman, gothic, Star Trek: Nemesis, USS Enterprise-E, Captain Picard, Shinzon, Tom Hardy, Star Trek: The Next Generation, 13 Cameras, Patrick Stewart, creepy landlord, The Road, Cormac McCarthy, Pulitzer Prize, post-apocalyptic, wasteland, father and son, VIggo Mortensen, Courtney Hazlett
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line192
|
__label__wiki
| 0.534227
| 0.534227
|
Age of Adaline, The
US, 2015, 110 minutes, Colour.
Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Harrison Ford, Ellen Burstyn, Kathy Baker, and, narrator: Hugh Ross.
Directed by Lee Toland Krieger.
It would have been more cumbersome, but The Agelessness of Adaline would have been a more accurate title.
There is always something intriguing about people who have the gift of longevity, agelessnessness, never changing, life for years and years – it is intriguing with vampires, but more attractive in a romantic setting.
The film opens on New Year’s Eve, 2014, and a young woman called Jenny is celebrating the eve of her birthday, the film goes into flashback, to the early part of the 20th century in San Francisco, where Adaline’s parents lived. Jenny is in fact Adaline who has spent decades assuming new identities, escaping before she is found out, and coping with remaining at the age of 29 forever.
Adaline has a job with the library which is digitising old film. She readily agrees to process the film and takes the advantage of looking at it, San Francisco at the time of the earthquake, her mother and father marrying in the Cathedral, her being born in 1908 and growing up, falling in love, her husband intrigued by astronomy, but dying suddenly in an accident on the Golden Gate Bridge.
The voice-over gives an attempt at a scientific, physiological explanation of why Adaline becomes ageless, after a car accident, and it is be fixed in a state of never-changing physically. It may or may not hold water, but the film’s emphasis on science, love for astronomy and other sciences, benefit by having a scientific-sounding explanation.
Then Ellen Burstyn appears, the actress herself being over 80 when she did this role, as Adaline’s daughter, an ageing woman, needing medical help, but devoted to her mother – sometimes a touch disconcerting when the older actress speaks of the younger actress and calls her Mama. Blake Lively is charming and a very attractive Adaline.
At the New Year’s party, a young man (Michiel Huisman) puts his hand in the elevator door to stop it and talks with Adaline, attracted by her, tracking her down in her job. His wealthy and offers his books to the library. Can there be any future? Adaline has avoided this kind of a relationship for decades and refuses him only for him to persist and for her to succumb. In the second part of the film, she goes to visit the young man’s parents, played by Harrison Ford and Kathy Baker.
Harrison Ford offers a winning performance, more akin to his age a character with a marriage of 40 years rather than an action adventurer. The plot becomes complicated when Harrison Ford recognises Adaline and, once again, she has to face the consequences – with some flashbacks to encountering him when he was a young student in England.
Audience curiosity has been aroused as to how the film well finally work out, perhaps Adaline and the young man marrying, his knowing the truth or not. Another explanation is offered with the voice-over returning to his deadpan narration of science and physiology.
One of the features of the film is to highlight how much of a single grey hair can mean an extraordinary amount in the drama.
1. A romantic film, the different eras?
2. Plausibility and implausibility of the plot, the change in Adaline? The screenplay’s scientific explanation? The first accident and the ageless situation? The second accident and the possibility of change, growing old, death? The details of the science background, for physiology and growth? The interest in science, astronomy, the stars? So many stars and their being seen as a companion for every human being? The film as a scientific? The voiceover, the tone, information, the commentary?
3. The initial period, San Francisco, Adaline’s family, San Francisco earthquake, the family wedding? The transition to 2014, New Year’s Eve, the focus on Jenny? Her age, appearance, and name, the comment about her going to change her name? Getting ready for the party, the blind friend and the piano, the presence at the party, the painter approaching, and her recognition that he was a painter? Ellis, his hand in the elevator, the comment about hands in the right place? Jenny disappearing?
4. The library, the job, the colleagues, digitising film, Jenny watching the film about San Francisco, the quake, society, the wedding, the birth, Fleming growing up?
5. Adaline marrying, love for her husband, his love of the stars, Golden Gate collapse and his death? The birth of Fleming?
6. Adaline driving, the accident, the visuals, the explanation?
7. The 21st century, the flashbacks, the policeman pulling her up, aged 45 and his disbelief? The continually escaping, secrecy, changing her name? The time in England, in Paris? The time with William, the breakdown, the battery, her driving, falling in love, the decision to leave, seeing him sitting with the ring?
8. William, his story and memories, the photo? Recognising Adaline?
9. Fleming, her age, the older actress and the younger actress for daughter and mother? Fleming’s age, in the home, her hips, wanting to move, Arizona? Adaline not wanting her to go? The lunch on New Year’s Day, happy birthday, phone calls?
10. Ellis, donating the books, arguing with Jenny, her not wanting any photos taken, the meal, her secrecy? Her decision to leave, her abrupt comments, the effect on him? Talking with Fleming, Fleming’s urging, the decision to apologise? Her taking him to the drive-in theatre and the explanations, the roof and the stars?
11. Allowing herself to love, going to his home, the sexual encounter, the relationship?
12. Ellis, his character, wealth, charity, his relationship with his parents?
13. The drive, picking up his sister, the picture of Ellis’s parents, the forty-year marriage, getting ready to receive the guests? William and his recognising Adaline, getting caught up in his memories of her? Kathy being hurt? The trivial pursuit game and her winning? The spirit of the house?
14. William seeing the injury on her arm, memories of his sewing it up, searching out the photo, confronting her? The truth? Her leaving, Ellis upset?
15. Her running away, the note, Ellis following her, the crash and the hit-run driver? The explanation of what happened to her physically, the defibrillator, the recovery?
16. Telling Ellis the truth? Fleming arriving, pretending to be the grandmother? The happy ending?
17. One year later, Fleming with the dog, staying home, going out with Ellis – and discovering her grey hair?
18. An attractive cast, and attractive story – but for Romantics?
Created by: malone last modification: Friday 01 of May, 2015 [10:10:34 UTC] by malone
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line193
|
__label__wiki
| 0.980534
| 0.980534
|
Home » Film »
Victoria film fest preps 150-project lineup for 25th anniversary
The Vancouver Island festival will feature 156 films from across Canada and the world, in addition to a curated multimedia section to mark its quarter-century milestone.
By Lauren Malyk
The Victoria Film Festival (VFF) has lifted the lid on its 25th anniversary edition, expanding its slate to include more than 150 domestic and international films.
All told, VFF 2019 will feature 156 film projects, a curated multimedia section (called State of Play) dedicated to its quarter-century milestone and an “In Conversation” event focusing on the Canada/U.S. coventure Smoke Signals (1998).
Starting on Feb. 1, Vancouver Island’s largest and longest-running film festival will kick off with Gilles Lellouche’s French comedy Sink or Swim (“Le grand bain”).
Telefilm’s foreign-language Oscar pick, Family First (“Chien de Garde,” pictured) from writer/director Sophie Dupuis will screen as VFF’s opening Canadian film as part of its French Canadian Wave category with Quebec Cinema.
Vancouver filmmaker John Bolton’s NFB doc That Higher Level, which follows 100 musicians who try to make their mark on the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, will also make its world premiere at the festival. That Higher Level is produced by the NFB in association with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada and is exec produced by the NFB’s Shirley Vercuysse. The doc is one of 11 NFB projects at the festival.
Other films set to screen in the Canadian Wave category include Miranda de Pencier’s The Grizzlies, Don McKellar’s Through Black Spruce, Laura Marie Wayne’s Love, Scott, Patricia Rozema’s Mouthpiece, Kim Nguyen’s The Hummingbird Project, Jazmin Mozaffari’s Firecrackers, Emilie B. Guerette’s The Other Rio (“L’autre Rio”), Thom Fitzgerald’s Splinters and more.
In addition, Corey Stanton’s debut feature, Robbery, which won the award for best Canadian feature at the 2018 Toronto After Dark Film Festival, is set to make its Western Canadian premiere at VFF. Written and directed by Stanton, the feature follows a down-on-his-luck man who tries to pay off his gambling debt with the help of his criminal father, who has just been diagnosed with dementia. Toronto’s Indiecan Entertainment recently acquired the North American distribution rights to the film.
In the festival’s Indigenous Perspective section, Christina King and Elizabeth Castle’s Warrior Women and Michelle Derosier and Marie-Helene Cousineau’s Angelique’s Isle will both make their B.C. premieres.
VFF’s State of Play exhibition will be split into three installations: Peering Back, Landscapes From The Archives and Box Heads. Curated by Gina Luke, the anniversary project aims to encourage viewers to discover film in a new way and is comprised of hybrid shorts that mix dance, theatre, digital media, video games, poetry and more. Finally, the fest will offer an In Conversation with Smoke Signals director Chris Eyre and stars Tantoo Cardinal and Evan Adams about the film, which had its Canadian premiere at VFF.
VFF runs from Feb. 1 to 10, 2019.
Smoke Signals. State of Play, VFF, Victoria Film Festival
Menteur crosses $1M in opening week
Denis Cote’s Wilcox to world premiere at Locarno
Incendo builds Glass Houses in Montreal
Bell Media, Melbar team for David Foster: Off The Record
Hot Sheet: Top 10 films July 5 to 11, 2019
2019 WIFTV Spotlight Awards Gala - Amy Fox walked away with the YVR Screen Scene Innovation Award from the Spotlight Awards Gala.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line197
|
__label__cc
| 0.684611
| 0.315389
|
Interview on Radio 2HD, Newcastle
Howard, John
More information about Howard, John on The National Archive website.
Release Type: Interview
Subjects: Newcastle trip; fund raising for cancer treatment; John Fahey; election timing
E&OE................................
GRANT:
Good morning Prime Minister.
Good morning, how are you?
We're all well thanks. How are you today?
Pretty good and looking forward to my visit to the Hunter later in the day.
BENNETT:
That sounds great. Good morning Prime Minister, it's Carina.
Carina, how are you?
Good. I am just wondering. Have you had your walk this morning?
I was meant to talk to you a quarter of an hour ago, but I was a bit late getting back from the walk. I have had my walk and it's a beautiful late autumn morning here in Canberra. Absolutely stunning.
We had a gorgeous sunrise too up here in Newcastle.
I wouldn't be able to kick the day off without a regular walk. It just makes an enormous amount of difference, allowing you to think very clearly about what you want to do and say during the day. Always handy for somebody in my position, indeed for everybody.
HARRAGON:
That's for sure. Now Mr Howard Paul Harragon here. You're coming to Newcastle, which is wonderful, you're going to help raise money for the John Hunter Children's Hospital.
That's indeed one of the major things on the agenda. We're having a huge dinner in Newcastle tonight and the purpose of that is to raise money for the John Hunter Hospital. It's one of those non-party political occasions where everybody in the community comes together and it's under the theme of 'Help Us Help Our Kids'. And the fundraising function is going to be used to purchase a blood irradiator and MR machines, equipment required in the treatment of paediatric oncology for cancer for children. And I know it's something that touches everybody's heart very much, whether you're affected by it or not. And it's going to get a great deal of support from the local community, the Lord Mayor, the local newspapers and a lot of very prominent businessmen and women have really got behind this occasion.
[inaudible] good for you to come up because I know that you've got Budget night coming up soon and all the rest of it. But the question is do you, apart from going for walks, how do you relax? How do you get a balance in life because you are so busy, you're our national leader. How do you, is that kind of .
Well regular exercise, I watch television, I watch football and all sorts of other things on television when I've got a moment. But I do find that having exercise every day on a regular basis no matter where I am, that makes an enormous difference. And if I can't for reasons of rain or some dawn commitment, can't do it, then I do notice a difference. I think regular exercise, sensible and appropriate for the age of the person involved, for me that's a very fast walk, I think all of that does make an enormous difference and it helps to keep your equilibrium. Otherwise I don't think I'd be able to get through the day as effectively as I do.
Luke and I are up very early in the morning Prime Minister and we do a brisk walk, but it's generally just for the coffee machine and back again.
I don't know what she's talking about.
Yes. Well you've probably got sort of plenty of years on your side too so that perhaps makes a difference.
You just mentioned football. I mean obviously as we know you're patron of the Dragons, [inaudible] obviously we're huge Knights supporters up here and .
You surprise me.
Oh yes well with the Chief in the studio you understand I wouldn't go for any other team other than the Knights..
.but I was just wondering, do you get much of a chance to talk to the players one-on-one? Do they have your ear as such?
Oh occasionally I mean you might have seen on The Footy Show I had that time with Trent Barrett and Wayne Pearce and it was great, that was a very relaxed encounter. We went out walking and then saw a bit of each other during the day. When I do go and watch a match and I'm afraid I can't get there every Saturday, I am usually getting around the country, but I do have the opportunity to do that and of course I also have an interest in, although I've grown up in nominally rugby league and rugby union, I follow the AFL and had great fun at the Centenary Match between Collingwood and Carlton the week before last, at the beginning of all the celebrations in Melbourne. And one of the good things that's happened about football in Australia over the last, I think ten years, is that it's become a bit more Australia-wide. I mean people in other states, other than New South Wales and Queensland now with a bit more interest now in rugby league and of course in New South Wales and Queensland AFL has got strong support. I think that's a good thing. I think some of the old sort of, parochial rivalries in relation to the type of football you play have disappeared.
HARRIGAN:
That's right. You mentioned New South Wales and Queensland, did you get a chance to have a look at the State of Origin?
Well I certainly had an opportunity of looking at it on television. I couldn't get to the game, I hope to get to one of the other matches in the series. Yes, well it was quite an overwhelming result and they played extremely well.
Now hang on Prime Minister, we're not going to leave you to Queensland here, but as a Blues' supporter I am sure you are.
No I am not. I'm .
No I am not a . I've got to tell you when it comes to State of Origin I don't take sides. I don't. I take sides in relation to my club.
A very passionate thing and of course I madly barrack for Australia whenever they're playing, as the Kangaroos or as the Wallabies. But State of Origin's a bit more . I'm a little equivocal on State of Origin.
Okay. There's a couple of other things in the news. First off, we all remember images of John Fahey when he jumped for joy when we won the Olympic Games, or the right to host them. And of course yesterday he announced he's about to retire following doctor's advice. Many of us will remember him for jumping for joy, but how do you remember John Fahey?
Well I certainly remember him for being a very good mate and a very good colleague. But I still see him as that, I mean we all hope he's got years of vigorous life in him. He's had a tough fight, he's had cancer, he's had a lung removed. I mean that is a shattering experience for anybody and he's taken the decision to retire at the next election. We all understand that. We'll be sorry that he's gone. He has been and continues to be a very good Finance Minister. Probably his most famous picture is jumping for joy. It's one of the great political pictures of the last twenty years and it was a great achievement, he led the government that got the games to Sydney and of course those games turned out to be an absolute triumph not only for the city of Sydney but most importantly for the whole of Australia. He'll leave politics when the election is held later this year. He'll leave politics with the good wishes of all of his colleagues and we do hope that he has good health and happiness with his family and whatever else he decides to do in the years ahead. He'll of course continue to follow rugby league which he's a great passionate follower of, the Bulldogs I think, very much so, they're a very great interest and he of course was no mean player in his own time of the game.
Now I've heard that [inaudible] asking the question, but it's front page of the Telegraph today - an election in early July?
No. I don't know where that came from. There's been no change, my position is that I would want the election at the end of the three years that the Government has been in office. That's my current thinking and nothing has happened since I was last asked that question.
Prime Minister I think the tough question of the day, you spent time with Trent Barrett and he did a day in the life of the prime minister - I was wondering what would you do if you had to do a day in the life of someone, that you weren't the pm, where would you go?
Oh I'd probably find some sporting thing to do.
Yes, probably a day in the life of someone, perhaps a Steve Waugh or a footballer or you know, that's the sort of thing..
Prime Minister, we do appreciate your time. We look forward to seeing you here in Newcastle later today. Have an enjoyable trip and tonight we understand it will be the, if things go as planned, the biggest amount of money raised in one occasion for charity ever in the Hunter, ever. So we hope they can .
Well that is fantastic and I am so pleased that the whole community will get together on it and that's what Australians are best at doing.
[inaudible] your attendance, so thanks very much.
And we'll see you tonight. Thank you.
Bye bye.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line198
|
__label__cc
| 0.71536
| 0.28464
|
Turnbull and Hodgman Governments committed to Cradle Mountain tourism infrastructure
Release Type: Media Release
The Turnbull and Hodgman Governments will generate jobs and tourism in Tasmania by providing $60 million for the Cradle Mountain cable-way.
This is a significant and game-changing investment in Tasmania’s future.
The cable-way will ensure a world-class visitor experience at Cradle Mountain by providing hundreds of thousands of visitors with all-year, all-weather transport between the Gateway Precinct and Dove Lake.
It will cement the Cradle Mountain–Lake St Clair National Park as a national natural treasure, in the same category as the Great Barrier Reef and Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.
Critically, the project will help to protect the area for generations to come and discounted tickets will be offered for the benefit of local residents.
Last year, more than 1.26 million people visited Tasmania, spending a total of $2.33 billion on accommodation, attractions, tours, transport and other goods and services, at an average of $1,844 per visitor.
In total, tourism directly and indirectly contributes more than $3 billion a year to the Tasmanian economy.
The cable-way will further strengthen the industry and is expected to help attract an additional 60,000 visitors a year to this important regional area.
It will also help to create more jobs in the tourism industry which already directly and indirectly supports around 38,000 jobs in the state through approximately 2000 businesses.
The Turnbull Government's $30 million investment in the cable-way follows a $30 million commitment from the Hodgman Government as part of its $35 million Cradle Mountain Experience policy at this year’s state election.
The joint investment will mean that more than $86 million will be invested by the Turnbull and Hodgman Government's into the Cradle Mountain Master Plan.
It is yet another demonstration of the commitment from both governments to improve the Tasmanian economy and create more jobs, with 17,000 more jobs having been created throughout the state since September 2013.
The Turnbull Government’s commitment to the Cradle Mountain Master Plan is the result of strong advocacy from independent Tasmanian Senator Steve Martin, who has lobbied passionately for additional tourism infrastructure in the region, as well as the Liberal Tasmanian Senate team.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line199
|
__label__wiki
| 0.888248
| 0.888248
|
Some readers said Newt Gingrich can't relate to poor people, while others supported the candidate's views on work ethic.
Overheard on CNN.com: Readers debate Gingrich's comments about poor
Editor's note: This post is part of the Overheard on CNN.com series, a regular feature that examines interesting comments and thought-provoking conversations posted by the community.
In tough economic times, economic disparity and self-sufficiency are on the minds of many. CNN contributor LZ Granderson asserts that presidential candidate Newt Gingrich's comments about poverty, work ethic and child labor laws are unfair to those struggling to make ends meet. We saw a spirited discussion in the comments section displaying many perspectives and a variety of personal stories about rising up to find a better life.
LZ: Gingrich wrong about the poor
Several readers, like in the following example, thanked Granderson for telling his story:
208576: "LZ, thanks for the very honest commentary containing many important messages about our core values. I imagine at the end of my life it isn't going to matter how much money I made. I do imagine I will measure my life by how I treated other people. I aspire to leave every person I encounter daily feeling better for our interaction. I've learned to avoid putting myself in situations where I could make another human being feeling unfairly judged or worse off for interacting with me. Being rich has nothing to do with money to me. It has to do with how at peace one is with themselves, life actions, and relationships."
One commenter noted that in a changing economy, one must adjust to survive.
Overeducated: "Work ethic is good but not enough to get ahead. For young people it must be translated into school attendance and homework. The decent paying jobs for under-educated people have just about all gone overseas."
Several readers disagreed with Granderson and said Gingrich made valid points. FULL POST
Post by: CNN's Nicole Saidi
Filed under: Economy • Newt Gingrich • Overheard on CNN.com • Politics
House passes GOP plan for payroll tax cut extension
The U.S. House on Tuesday evening a bill that would extend a Social Security payroll tax cut and speed the process for government approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
The bill passed 234-193. It still would need Senate approval, which is unlikely given strong opposition from Democratic leaders because of certain provisions, including those dealing with the pipeline and how to pay for the tax cut.
Congressional Democrats are pushing for the payroll tax cut extension, but they are at loggerheads with Republicans over how to pay for it.
The payroll tax break, which was enacted last year, cut workers’ Social Security payroll tax rate to 4.2% on the first $106,800 in wages this year, instead of the normal 6.2%. With that cut, people making $50,000 this year will take home an additional $1,000.
Unless the break is extended, it will expire after December 31.
The GOP bill would extend the break and renew aid for the unemployed, while cutting back the maximum length of federal jobless benefits from the current 99 weeks to 59. The bill would also avoid a scheduled cut in pay for Medicare physicians for two years, a provision known as the "doc fix."
To pay for the bill, GOP leaders use a series of spending cuts, including freezing pay for federal employees and members of Congress, eliminating a child tax credit for those in the United States illegally, and increasing Medicare premiums for those who earn more than $80,000 annually.
Filed under: Economy • Politics
Gas utility says it will compensate victims of 2010 San Bruno blast
Pacific Gas & Electric Company said Tuesday that it is liable for the San Bruno, California, pipeline explosion that killed eight people and destroyed dozens of homes in September 2010, and will compensate the victims.
Filed under: California • Gas pipeline
Students take a break from harmonizing Tuesday at Snyder Hall at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Need a holiday pick-me-up? Dial-A-Carol students voice support
College students are lending their voices this week to spread holiday cheer - and you can hear them in your ear.
Students at Snyder Hall at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are completing a marathon phone-in, called the Dial-A-Carol, in which they take calls 24 hours a day from all over the world and play or sing a requested holiday tune for listeners.
The ritual, conducted annually during finals week, will last until 11:59 p.m. Wednesday.
Collegians shuffle in and out to take part in the student-run program, which is in its 51st year. For students like sophomore Kurt Hanson of Lake Zurich, Illinois, it’s a labor of love.
“I’ve been here since 9 a.m.,” Hanson said. “We all got here after our 8 a.m. finals, and we’ve been singing.”
The group then broke into a gleeful rendition of “Feliz Navidad,” complete with several of them making drum sounds and the like.
Phone lines were “blowing up,” Hanson said, after the Dial-A-Carol phone number was posted on social networking sites Twitter and Reddit.
The Dial-A-Carol number is 217-332-1882. The students will sing to every fifth caller.
Post by: Journalist Craig Johnson
Filed under: Illinois • U.S.
A new plan would launch a high-speed rail service between Boston to Washington.
Lawmaker's high-speed rail plan: Will it fly?
How fast can high-speed trains come to the Northeast corridor? Not fast enough for Republican Rep. John Mica of Florida.
The chairman of the House Transportation Committee recently came out with a proposal to create a high-speed rail line – trains that can travel more than 200 mph – between Boston and D.C. in 10 to 15 years. Can it be done in half the time Amtrak said it would take?
“It absolutely can be done,” said Andy Kunz, president of the U.S. High Speed Rail Association, an independent trade group. “No one said it’s going to be easy. The Northeast corridor … will be probably the most complicated rail line in America to upgrade.”
Listen to the CNN Radio Reports Podcast here:
http://podcasts.cnn.net/cnn/services/podcasting/audio/cnnradioreports/cnnradioreportsa12-13-2011.mp3
More than 700,000 passengers ride the rails of the Northeast corridor every day. The trains would have to keep rolling while construction takes place, not just Amtrak trains but commuter lines that run through several major cities.
“You’re talking about eight or nine states that have to cooperate,” Kunz said. “The federal government, Amtrak and several transit agencies all have to cooperate. That’s what’s going to be the bottleneck.”
A lengthy and complicated environmental impact statement must first be performed for the entire line from Boston to Washington. That could take three or four years.
“Then, after that, the normal procedure is that you would produce specific environmental impact statements on each segment of the corridor,” said Petra Todorovich, director of the America 2050 Project at the Regional Plan Association, an urban planning think tank in New York. “So that’s a whole process that could drag on for five, six, seven, eight years, possibly.”
Todorovich studied the nation’s transportation needs moving forward as the U.S. population is projected to grow by 130 million people over the next four decades.
“I’m glad that Chairman Mica is pushing us here, because frankly, the 30-year timetable is too long,” Todorovich said. But she has her doubts. “Honestly, I’m not sure if we can complete it in 10 to 15 years.”
Mica thinks a public-private partnership can succeed with a shorter timetable.
“Congress can set the parameters for how this is done. Congress can speed up the project. We just have to have a commitment to get it done,” he said.
You can also listen to the CNN Radio Reports podcast on or to the podcast here.
Post by: CNN National Radio Correspondent Steve Kastenbaum
Filed under: Florida • Politics • U.S.
Postal Service to delay closure plan
The U.S. Postal Service has agreed to hold off on closing any more post offices or mail facilities until May 15, 2012, to allow Congress time to work on a plan to save the service.
The service agreed to voluntarily enact a moratorium on closures, after a series of talks with senators. Sen. Richard Durbin said the postal service agreed to the deal, and he called it a challenge to Congress to "put up or shut up."
The news of the moratorium comes just a week after the service announced a plan that would slow down first-class mail, as the agency closes some 250 mail processing plants nationwide, which would eliminate 28,000 jobs.
Post by: CNNMoney
Filed under: U.S. Postal Service
The new NTSB recommendation would outlaw non-emergency phone calls and texting by operators of every vehicle.
Overheard on CNN.com: Can distracted drivers be stopped?
"I have never seen CNN comments in such agreement. This must be a good idea."
–mightyfudge
Driver behavior never fails to get people talking, especially when it involves mobile devices. One of the most popular CNN iReport stories ever was a comedic exploration of "hands-free" driving. (Watch it, it's good.) Now, a serious comment discussion is taking place because the National Transportation Safety Board has called for a nationwide ban on the use of cell phones and text messaging devices while driving.
NTSB recommends full ban on use of cell phones while driving
Readers were largely in support of this measure. But some commenters said such bans are hard to enforce, while others were concerned that personal freedoms were being impinged upon. Some of the most compelling anecdotes were stories of accidents caused by distracted drivers.
2graddegrees: "It is needed as people do not seem to use common sense for their own safety and the safety of others. Nothing is that necessary by the majority to send or receive. One mistake costs lives or the life one had hoped for. Having lived through a highway speed head on wreck as a passenger, nothing is worth the pain, continuing disability, loss of ability to work in profession studied for, lack of independence and self sufficiency. Common tasks such as driving, reading, walking, writing we're taken from me through no fault of my own (passenger) due to another driver's lack of common sense and consideration for himself and others."
Filed under: Overheard on CNN.com • Transportation
Jerry Sandusky arrives at court Tuesday in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, before waiving his preliminary hearing.
Why would Sandusky waive preliminary hearing?
Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky on Tuesday waived his right to have a preliminary court hearing on allegations that he sexually abused boys, giving up an opportunity for his defense team to test any weaknesses in the prosecution’s case before trial.
Instead, Sandusky pleaded not guilty to all charges and requested a jury trial. He remains free on bail pending that trial.
The preliminary hearing, which was supposed to determine whether prosecutors have enough evidence to take the case to trial, was to offer the first glimpse of what the accusers have to say beyond what was contained in a grand jury's initial 28-page presentment. Prosecutors were prepared to put 11 witnesses on the stand Tuesday.
Because defense attorneys often use the hearings to probe for inconsistencies in witness testimony or other weaknesses in the case, a natural question emerges: Why would he waive the hearing?
CNN legal analyst Paul Callan speculated on one reason Tuesday: Press coverage of graphic testimony could have been more bad publicity for Sandusky, making any future plea deal, should the defense decide to pursue one, impossible. But he and CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin disagreed on whether the decision was smart.
Sandusky’s attorney gave his own reasons for the move. The following is the attorney’s explanation, followed by Callan’s and Toobin’s reactions:
REASONS SANDUSKY’S ATTORNEY GAVE FOR THE MOVE
- No ability to challenge witnesses’ credibility: Sandusky attorney Joe Amendola said that in pre-hearing discussions he had with the prosecution Monday, prosecutors indicated that they would object to any attempt by Amendola to question witnesses’ credibility. And because the prosecutors could correctly do that during this hearing, Amendola decided the hearing would be nearly useless for the defense, he said.
Filed under: College football • Crime • Football • Jerry Sandusky • Penn State • Pennsylvania
Police: Body of New Jersey woman believed to be found
The body of a New Jersey woman whose disappearance last year triggered an expansive search that led authorities to the discovery of 10 sets of human remains, is believed to have been found, police said Tuesday.
What are believed to be the skeletal remains of Shannan Gilbert were found on Long Island's Oak Beach, less than a week after authorities announced that they had uncovered her belongings in the area, said Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer.
A medical examiner will confirm whether the remains belong to Gilbert.
Read the complete story on CNN.com
Santa feeds his reindeer.
Gotta Watch: Santa like you’ve never seen him before
We’ve all know Santa makes his list and checks it twice. But that’s not all he does. We’ve got an insider’s look at what Kris Kringle does to prepare for his big day. It may not all be what you expect.
Reindeer games – Santa’s reindeer need year-round care for their epic 24-hour journey on Christmas Eve. Now, you can check in on Dasher, Dancer and the rest 24 hours a day, seven days a week via webcam. Each day at 5 p.m. ET, Santa comes out to feed his reindeer and check his mailbox for letters from kids around the globe.
[cnn-video url="http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2011/12/13/bts-christmas-reindeer-cam.wxmi"%5D
Post by: CNN's Diana Holden
Filed under: Animals • Gotta Watch • Holidays • Military • Veterans
Yemenis capture six al Qaeda operatives
Six al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula operatives - including one high-value target - were captured by Yemeni security forces, the country's embassy in the United States said Tuesday.
Musaed Al-Barbari, an AQAP leader who authorities say attacked the Sanaa International Airport in 2009, was among those captured, the embassy said.
"The terrorism suspects have been carrying out surveillance, and planning missions aimed at targeting government and high ranking security officials," the embassy said. "Furthermore, the cell was planning on orchestrating attacks on foreign missions and critical state installations."
Filed under: Al Qaeda • Terrorism • Yemen
4 dead in grenade, gun attack in Belgium
[Updated at 11:08 a.m. ET] Two teenagers and a woman died in a gun and grenade attack in the Belgian city of Liege in which the attacker also died, police said in a news conference Tuesday.
The attacker had been asked to come into the police station for an interview on charges related to drug trafficking and arms possession, the police spokeswoman said.
[Updated at 9:33 a.m. ET] A grenade attack in the eastern Belgian city of Liege left at least two people dead and 64 injured Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the governor of Liege province said.
Police are searching for at least one suspect, spokeswoman Katrin Delcourt said.
A source close to the government, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak to the media, told CNN that a man had thrown explosives in a city center square, Place Saint Lambert.
Filed under: Belgium
Panetta optimistic about Afghanistan
This year "will mark a turning point" in Afghanistan and other regions, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday.
In Afghanistan, "our troops have been able to obviously reduce the levels of violence there. We've seen the lowest levels of violence there in almost five years there now. They are successful in securing some of the key areas in Afghanistan," Panetta told reporters during a flight on his overseas trip.
He's visiting Djibouti, Iraq, Turkey and Libya, as well as Afghanistan, where war still rages. He'll meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker, and Gen. John Allen, commander of NATO's International Security Assistance Force.
"Obviously, there is greater success in the Afghan military and police. The Afghan military is engaging in operations," Panetta said.
Filed under: Afghanistan • Iraq • Leon Panetta • Libya • Politics • Turkey • U.S.
James Murdoch warned over phone hacking, e-mail shows
The editor of the News of the World tabloid e-mailed proprietor James Murdoch in 2008 about a phone-hacking case, saying, "Unfortunately it is as bad as we feared," according to a copy of the correspondence published by Parliament Tuesday.
Murdoch concedes in a letter to lawmakers that he replied to the e-mail but does not admit having read it.
Murdoch is at the center of a scandal over illegal eavesdropping by the newspaper, which he shut down in July in the face of public fury at phone hacking.
Post by: CNN's Richard Allen Greene
Sandusky waives right to preliminary hearing
[Updated at 8:51 a.m. ET] Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky, who is accused of sexually abusing young boys, surprised a packed Pennsylvania courtroom Tuesday by waiving his right to a preliminary hearing.
After Magistrate Judge Robert Scott asked Sandusky if he understood he was waiving certain rights, the former coach said yes, and the courtroom erupted in conversation and laughter. The judge admonished the crowd, and Sandusky and his attorney, Joe Amendola, left shortly afterward.
His arraignment is set for January 11.
Sandusky faces more than 50 counts involving the sexual molestation of 10 boys he met through a youth charity he founded, The Second Mile. He has denied the allegations, and is free on $250,000 bail.
Tuesday's preliminary hearing was to offer the first glimpse of what the accusers have to say beyond what was contained in a grand jury's initial 28-page presentment. Preliminary hearings are held to determine whether prosecutors have enough evidence to take a case to trial.
Defense attorneys often use the hearings as fact-finding missions, probing for botched police work or inconsistencies in the testimony of the prosecution witnesses.
Post by: CNN's Ann O'Neill, The CNN Wire
Filed under: College football • Crime • Football • Jerry Sandusky • Penn State • Pennsylvania • Sports
We're more than 10 months away from the 2012 presidential election, but that doesn't mean CNN.com Live is resting on its laurels. We are your home for all the latest news from the campaign trail.
10:00 am ET - MF Global bankruptcy hearing - Former New Jersey governor Jon Corzine returns to Capitol Hill to testify about the collapse of brokerage firm MF Global, where he served as CEO.
Filed under: Dollars & Sense • Politics
Report: Iran says it can control the drone
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday his country can "control" the U.S. drone aircraft that Iran claims it recently brought down, Venezuelan state TV reported.
"There are people here who can control this spy plane, surely we can analyze this plane too," Ahmadinejad told VTV. "The systems of Iran are as advanced as this system."
President Barack Obama said Monday that the United States has asked Iran to return the drone aircraft that Iran claims it recently brought down in Iranian territory.
"We've asked for it back. We'll see how the Iranians respond," Obama said.
Ahmadinejad comments to VTV seemed to suggest that Iran did not have plans to return the aircraft.
Filed under: Politics • World
4 killed in military helicopter crash
Four Army aviators were killed in an accident involving two Army helicopters at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state Monday night, military officials said.
The crash, which involved two OH-58 Kiowa observation helicopters, occurred inside a training area at the base at about 8 p.m P.T., military officials said in a statement.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family, friends and loved ones of the soldiers involved in this tragic accident," said Maj. Gen. Lloyd Miles, acting senior Army commander at the base. "We will conduct a thorough investigation into this incident
Filed under: U.S.
Occupy protesters try to disrupt ports, arrests made
(CNN) - Occupy protesters succeeded in shutting down overnight operations at California's port of Oakland on Monday night after a day of similar protests in several other U.S. cities.
The protests in Oakland have "disrupted workers trying to get to work and impaired the port's ability to operate," port spokesman Issac Kos-Read told CNN. Craig Merrilees, a spokesman for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, said the port has told its members not to report for work for the overnight shift because of the mass of protesters at the port.
Earlier Monday, the port authority said in a statement there were "some delays of truck traffic" but said the port remained operational.
"Today's disruptions have been costly to port workers and their families in terms of lost wages and shifts," said Port of Oakland Executive Director Omar Benjamin, who suggested the movement should focus on "real solutions to the problems plaguing our economy."
On a normal night, several hundred people would be working the graveyard shift, Kos-Read said. Day shifts involve several thousand, he said. He said the protests have cost workers their wages, cost the city and region some revenue and could cause shipping firms to divert vessels to other ports.
"What has this accomplished?" he asked. "This is disrupting the 99%"
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan concurred, saying the Occupy movement isn't thinking of the consequences of its actions and who it is actually hurting.
"They are saying ... they have to get the attention of the ruling class. I think the ruling class is probably laughing and people in this city will be crying this Christmas," Quan said. "It's really got to stop."
Filed under: Crime • Politics • U.S.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line203
|
__label__wiki
| 0.744364
| 0.744364
|
Illinois Students Send Flood Relief to Louisiana Peers
Article by: Laura Inlow, linlow@lc.edu
Students from four science classes at Galvez Primary, Lake Elementary and St. Amant Primary, located just south of Baton Rouge, were surprised with backpacks from schools in Metro East St. Louis filled with water conservation items and personalized letters of support from peers who know a thing or two about flooding.
The Ascension Public School students, displaced from their schools by summer flooding, are currently attending classes on the former campus of River Parishes Community College.
“Our students were thrilled to receive these special backpacks from the Swarovski Waterschool program,” said St. Amant Primary Principal Paisley Morgan. “They were especially touched by the personalized letters written by other students expressing their love and support during this challenging time.”
The initiative was aimed at empowering local students to make a positive impact on the lives of fellow students downriver, provide support for flood victims in Louisiana, and create a dialogue between the two based on mutual experiences and understanding. It was made possible in partnership with the newly-established Swarovski Waterschool USA Mississippi River, headquartered at Lewis and Clark Community College's National Great Rivers Research and Education Center.
In October, fifth grade students at North Elementary School in Alton, Illini Middle School in Jerseyville, Lincoln Middle School in East St. Louis and Lovejoy Middle School in Brooklyn wrote letters and stuffed each backpack with care items such as soap, reusable paper towels, books, notebooks, pencils, small toys and reusable sport bottles, each correlating with one of the Swarovski Waterschool's three pillars – access to safe water, water education and sanitation, hygiene and health. At the end of the month, Natalie Marioni, NGRREC Director of Environmental Education and Citizen Science, delivered the backpacks in person with L&C Horticulture Manager Ethan Braasch.
“While in Louisiana, we had conversations with a number of local people still displaced from their homes,” Marioni said. “They were living in hotels because they were unable to return to their flooded homes or had not yet received assistance for alternate housing due to the flooding. When they learned what we were doing, they said the impact from the project would not only affect the students, but would send a ripple effect of support into the community.”
“My students were so excited to see the letters that were written to them,” said Galvez Primary Principal Toni Hardy. “Those letters made this donation so meaningful. Someone really cared about what they were going through.”
Participating teachers at both ends of the project received the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' One Mississippi curriculum guide, which contains lessons in science, history and culture pertaining to the Mississippi River, to help bring the project into perspective for the students.
“It is overwhelming how people have reached out to all of the flood victims in Louisiana,” said Lake Elementary Principal Jay Benoit. “This is a very meaningful way to show support and create a dialogue among students and teachers.”
The newest Swarovski Waterschool at NGRREC is the first and only one of its kind in North America and the only one located on the Mississippi River, at the confluence of the Illinois, Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. The Swarovski Waterschool program, which has footholds situated along many great rivers of the world – the Danube (Austria), Ganges (India), Yangtze (China), Nile (Uganda), Amazon (Brazil) and now the Mississippi (United States) –educates children ages 8-15 and their communities about the ecological, economic, social and cultural issues that affect water use on a local and global level, and provides clean drinking water and sanitation in schools and communities across the globe.
Multiple partners up and down the Mississippi River sponsored the backpack project through fiscal assistance, donated items and logistical support, including Swarovski, Lewis and Clark Community College, the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center, Associated Professional Educators of Louisiana, Ascension Public Schools, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville STEM Center, Illinois American Water, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Cherry Lake Publishing.
To learn more about The Swarovski Waterschool, visit www.swarovskigroup.com/S/aboutus/Swarovski_Waterschool.en.html.
Learn more about NGRREC at www.ngrrec.org and Ascension Public Schools at www.apsb.org.
For more photos from this project, visit www.flickr.com.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line205
|
__label__wiki
| 0.882793
| 0.882793
|
The Ponderosa Stomp: A treasure trove of sound, and stories: L.A. Times
by Ann Powers
“It’s a small town story, and probably a typical American story,” said Ian Dunlop, telling the writer Holly George-Warren how he came to play bass in the International Submarine Band with the late Gram Parsons in the mid-1960s. Dunlop was already taking liberties with his narrative: Cambridge, Mass., where he and Parsons met, is hardly a backwater, and Dunlop is English by birth. “Typical” wasn’t quite accurate, either; few knockabout rockers wind up running across genius, as Dunlop did when he met Parsons, whom many credit with inventing country rock.
By putting that axiomatic frame around his musical biography, Dunlop reminded the small crowd gathered in a back room at the historic Cabildo in New Orleans on Friday that everything we think of as classic or commonplace began as a series of specific experiences. Myths, rock and roll or otherwise, do not spring whole from some god’s forehead. They’re made over time from the dust piles of rumor and reminiscence that accrue around the cultural artifacts we love most.
One purpose of the Ponderosa Stomp, the Crescent City festival toasting “the unsung heroes of American Music,” is to give both the fans and the creators of American roots music a chance to run their fingers through that rubble and uncover its gems. This takes place at the concerts that define the Stomp, featuring dozens of artists such as Dunlop: one-hit wonders, crucial footnotes and regional superstars.
This weekend, enthusiasts gathered at the House of Blues in the French Quarter to revel in the presence of not-to-be-forgotten types such as the Bay Area’s 74-year-old red hot mama Sugar Pie DeSanto; the ax-wielding “King of Twang” Duane Eddy; the trumpet-blowing Dave Bartholomew; the barrel-voiced Cajun patriarch D.L. Menard; the suave Minneapolis surfers the Trashmen; and East L.A.’s own beloved party band Thee Midnighters. Fans howled when Roy Loney and Cyril Jordan of the Flamin’ Groovies briefly took the stage Saturday (they played a longer club set for stragglers Sunday night) and whipped out their phones to capture images of Crystals singer La La Brooks rocking her Afro while belting out “Da Doo Ron Ron.”
The shows were a blast — a chance for some artists long out of the spotlight to revel in adulation, and for subcultural music devotees to worship together. Yet this pop generalist was as intrigued by what happened during the day, when the Stomp’s official conference paired some of its notable participants with interviewers, to reflect upon colorful memories that were also often powerfully enlightening.
I was one of those interviewers, talking with Gloria Jones, known to Northern soul buffs as the originator of “Tainted Love,” the song that became a smash for synth-pop duo Soft Cell in the 1980s, and as the companion of glam-rock guru Marc Bolan, with whom she had a son. Jones, it turns out, had much more to discuss than her best-known hit and her time with Bolan, which ended tragically when he died in a car crash that also seriously injured her in 1977.
She was a songwriter and producer in the Motown stable, cowriting such hits as Gladys Knight and the Pips’ Grammy-nominated “If I Were Your Woman,” and spending time in the studio with everyone from Marvin Gaye to Michael Jackson. She starred in one of the first productions of “Hair” — as did Brooks, who shared memories of costars Diane Keaton and Keith Carradine during a panel discussion with the guitarist and singer Barbara Lynn. While at Motown, Jones made a great, eclectic album — “Share My Love” — that prefigured the genre-erasing music of Lauryn Hill and Janelle Monae. She presented herself as living proof that the categories we devise to contain music and social history are deeply inadequate: Artists break them down as a matter of course.
Not that the wall-scaling didn’t take effort. Texas wild man Roy Head was the only white singer on Peacock Records in the 1960s; speaking with journalist Andy Schwartz*, he recalled going onstage at the Apollo Theater in Harlem shortly after his single “Treat Her Right” had been released. “It was applause applause applause, and then Gasp!” he said. “I just jumped on the floor and acted like I was having an epileptic fit, they started the melody and it was fine after that.”
Throughout two days of sessions, the conference offered myriad examples of how music, and especially the pleasurable, strenuous work of creating it, pushed history forward. Tommy Brown, a grand old man of Southern R&B, recalled collaborating with Buddy Holly and the Crickets at the beginning of their career. “They didn’t know black people when they first came into the studio,” he said. “They were racist. But in two weeks, they got over it. They were wonderful people.”
These intimate discussions also allowed artists to demonstrate their innovations without the din of a bar crowd around them. Eddy brought his guitar and an amp and showed how he came up with his trademark twang, using the whammy bar. Girl group empress Ronnie Spector, who packed the room late one afternoon, recalled her kindred-soul friendship with Joey Ramone, and then sang a bit of his song “She Talks to Rainbows,” which she recorded in 1999. Jimi Espinoza of Thee Midnighters quoted mariachi songs to demonstrate how the Mexican style influenced his band’s Chicano sound.
I could go on — so many great tales, tall and short, were offered, along with seemingly infinite wisdom. The mentions of Sonny Bono alone could fill a book. (He was Phil Spector’s “footstool,” to quote Brooks, but he soon emerged triumphant with the producer’s regular backup singer Cher in tow.) The sessions were videotaped, and selections were streamed on the website of Stomp co-sponsor and conference host the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; they’re archived in the libraries of both the Rock Hall and the Stomp. The Rock Hall, in fact, will continue some of the conversations of last weekend when it honors Stomp regular Bartholomew along with his longtime partner Fats Domino in Cleveland in November, at its 15th annual American Masters fete.
It may seem awfully bookish to highlight discussion, instead of a music fest’s usual business of dancing and shouting and turning the volume up to 11. But especially now, when so many founders of American music are entering their golden-to-platinum years, it’s crucial to welcome their words as well as their music. The Stomp, alongside other institutions such as the Rock Hall, the Grammy Museum and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, do more than simply entertain when they shed light on the memories of music elders. They serve the only form of authenticity that’s truly meaningful: what happened between real people as they created those songs, those stories, those dreams of sweet sound.
Source: Los Angeles Times – Sept. 27, 2010
The Ponderosa Stomp Foundation
Without the generosity of some amazing photographers, we would be unable to make our site come alive! As such, we want to thank Joseph A. Rosen, Neil Ladner, Edgar Mata, Aubrey Edwards, Paul Natkin, and Sydney Byrd for their time and ongoing support! Please click on any of their names to learn more about their unique work.
Twitter Facebook YouTube Blog feed Instagram
©2019 Ponderosa Stomp Foundation - All Rights Reserved | PonderosStomp.com
All donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. The Ponderosa Stomp Foundation is a
501(c)(3) organization. Tax ID number 20-3846140. All musicians and press can contact us
to learn more about the Foundation and how to get involved.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line210
|
__label__wiki
| 0.627266
| 0.627266
|
Was Trump-China summit at Mar-a-Lago a bust?
By George Bennett
| Filed in: Donald Trump, George Bennett, ivanka trump, Mar-a-Lago, melania trump, Trump Administration, Winter White House
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago in April. (Doug Mills/New York Times)
When President Donald Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago in April, Trump tweeted that “tremendous goodwill and friendship was formed” between the two leaders .
Aside from the high-level talks, the Palm Beach summit featured a visit to Bak Middle School of the Arts by First Lady Melania Trump and Xi’s wife, Peng Liyuan, and a serenading of the Chinese president by the children of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner that Chinese state-run media called “a touching moment.”
Trump has said he hopes better relations with Xi will persuade China to rein in the nuclear ambitions of its neighbor, North Korea.
But after North Korea test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the continental U.S., Trump took to Twitter on Saturday to show his disappointment in China.
I am very disappointed in China. Our foolish past leaders have allowed them to make hundreds of billions of dollars a year in trade, yet…
…they do NOTHING for us with North Korea, just talk. We will no longer allow this to continue. China could easily solve this problem!
“I am very disappointed in China. Our foolish past leaders have allowed them to make hundreds of billions of dollars a year in trade, yet they do NOTHING for us with North Korea, just talk. We will no longer allow this to continue. China could easily solve this problem!” Trump said in a pair of tweets late Saturday.
Trump in Palm Beach: Coast Guard spent $6.6 million, shark research altered
Adam Putnam bracing for GOP challenger(s)
Categories: Donald Trump, George Bennett, ivanka trump, Mar-a-Lago, melania trump, Trump Administration, Winter White House
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line214
|
__label__cc
| 0.72949
| 0.27051
|
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017
Amendment of Bail Act 1997
50. The Schedule to the Bail Act 1997 is amended by—
(a) the insertion of the following subparagraph after subparagraph (a) of paragraph 12A:
“(aa) section 4A (organising etc. child prostitution or production of child pornography);”,
(b) the insertion of the following subparagraph after subparagraph (b) of paragraph 12A:
“(ba) section 5A (participation of child in pornographic performance);”,
(c) the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph 12B:
“12C. An offence under the following provisions of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017:
(a) section 3 (obtaining, providing etc. a child for purpose of sexual exploitation);
(b) section 4 (invitation etc. to sexual touching);
(c) section 5 (sexual activity in presence of child);
(d) section 6 (causing child to watch sexual activity);
(e) section 7 (meeting child for purpose of sexual exploitation);
(f) section 8 (use of information and communication technology to facilitate sexual exploitation of child);
(g) section 21 (sexual act with protected person);
(h) section 22 (offence against relevant person by person in authority).”.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line219
|
__label__wiki
| 0.658616
| 0.658616
|
TV On-Air “Divas”
Author: R2Redshaw March 3, 2016
TV Review: PBS toasts African-Americans in opera
By Rebecca Redshaw
The attitudes are missing. Also absent are the entourages, the tantrums and the outrageous demands of which diva legends are made. Instead, “Aida’s Brothers and Sisters: Black Voices in Opera,” the “Great Performances” special airing on PBS tonight, features superbly talented, intelligent, thoughtful artists sharing their experiences as African-Americans in the world of opera.
Many of the divas’ performances (and in this special, “divas” refers to men as well as women) have been preserved for posterity on film or tape, and the documentary is filled with wonderful remembrances. Although it’s not possible to hear Anne Brown as Bess in the world premiere of “Porgy and Bess,” her retelling of her audition with George Gershwin is priceless.
In fact, “Porgy and Bess,” thought of by many in the white community as a great black opera, is viewed with mixed emotions by the African-American soloists who fear being stereotyped.
Rather than putting Gershwin down, however, Bobby McFerrin, son of former Metropolitan opera star Robert McFerrin, commends the composer for going to black churches and studying Negro spirituals in his attempt to pay homage to the black community.
But the world of serious music in regards to the role of African-Americans changed forever with one event — the refusal of the Daughters of the American Revolution to allow Marian Anderson to sing in Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. Eleanor Roosevelt led the campaign for an outdoor concert, and more than 75,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial to hear Anderson sing. News footage from the 1939 event is included in its entirety in this special. It was more than 15 years later that Rudolf Bing, the new general manager of the Metropolitan Opera Company, offered Anderson a contract.
Contralto Betty Allen calls Anderson “the mother of all black singers. She opened all the doors.” Allen, like many of her contemporaries, experienced prejudice on and off the stage. “I’m an American, but I’m obviously black. You see, I can’t wash this off, so what you have, you have with you forever.”
Simon Estes, whose soft speaking voice belies the power he commands on stage, recalls swimming in the public pool as a child but only on Saturday mornings and only until 11 a.m., “because the attendants had to have time to add more disinfectant before the white children were allowed to swim in the same pool.”
Interspersed between the memories of struggle and determination are wonderful performances. Barbara Hendricks, Reri Grist, Paul Robeson, Grace Bumbry, George Shirley and Leontyne Price are but a few divas immortalized in film clips. Intercut between interviews are provocative musical teasers from Opera Ebony.
Rosalyn M. Story, the author of “And So I Sing,” a history of African-American opera performers, adds an interesting historical perspective throughout the program.
The only drawback to this program is the editing. A fear of some documentary filmmakers is the stagnant camera on their subject, sometimes known as the “talking head” syndrome. Continually splitting the screen between the interviewees and moving images of city locations or traffic scenes was annoying rather than interesting. In this case, the divas, all intelligent communicators, would have been better served given the camera’s undivided attention.
Rebecca Redshaw is a free-lance classical music critic for the Post-Gazette.
Keyboardist displays
Ax enthralls
Rich Little
Luft Sings Mother’s
Pops Shows 40’s
Stage Review: Prime Stage
Mendelssohn Choir
Maazel’s Talents
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line223
|
__label__cc
| 0.70768
| 0.29232
|
Three Quotes
The team did the best that we've ever done with a schedule that was more intense. This is the first time we've brought home three awards.
Jeff Butler
We've been able to win at home, and that's been a key for us. Now we go on a tough three-game road stretch that will really test our basketball team. We still have a long way to go. There's really small room for error on this basketball team.
Travis Ford
We are looking for 110 yen in three months, and we could well hit 100 yen later this year.
Jens Nordvig
When I was in college, a professor said there are three causes of accidents -- the car, the roadway or the nut behind the wheel.
Don Galloway
They will make a showing and stay for two maybe three ceremonies. They usually have other engagements that day.
The big thing was three quick scores early and we weren't healthy. We didn't come to play the first quarter.
Brent Wilcoxon
When was the last time we won two or three in a row? ... That's what we were talking about before the game, and nobody could remember. Isn't that amazing?
Joe Bryant
Higher interest rates are beginning to take a toll on how people view their finances. Mortgage rates are nearly as high as they have been over the past three years, and the slowdown in the housing market is becoming more apparent. The jobs picture is encouraging, though, and higher incomes should help offset the negatives as we move into the spring and summer.
Vincent Boberski
All three teams were neck and neck. And whoever was going to win, we all would be happy for them.
Reggie Torres
I don?t think there are any words to say how good they?re going to be the next three years. They work harder than anyone I know. They have really good attitudes, and coach Boyle is doing an amazing job. So you can definitely look for us to be competitive contenders the next three years.
Renee Wright
I can't imagine us being able to nominate three stronger candidates. It won't be difficult for them to find support from the entire Democratic Party. I did promise we'd contest every race, but that will be our goal for next time.
Ken Brenner
You should start seeing little heads at about three weeks, little gray heads and then they turn white. You'll probably hear them before you'll see them, because they're very squawky.
Marge Gibson
We are doing well in all three directions; let us recommit ourselves, in 2006 as we did in 2004, to those same three matters . . . .
Sir Roy Trotman
Most men find it difficult to remain true to a single woman, but relatively easy to be true to three or four at the same time.
Georges Courteline
It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.
It has been extraordinary, wonderful, I've been three feet off the ground since I made that first record.
All three games have been great games. I think we finished real strong. After we cut it to one in the second, we really took over the game. There was a lot of intensity on the bench, and everyone was working hard. I was concerned when we went down 2-0, but we didn't get down, we stayed with it.
Dean Berardo
I'm hoping to see them in close proximity. I don't pay as much attention to their times because it changes every course. I look at their body language. Three miles is a long way. They have to be patient.
We put a tie on Sam for the party. He took off that night. He came back three days later wearing a T-shirt. That's how we knew he was going somewhere else and hanging out. We found out he was staying with another group of college kids around the corner.
Coady Haga
We've actually had two or three of these and out of the funds we've raised, we've helped 283 kids go to camp that financially wouldn't have been able to go. It's been pretty beneficial for us. All of the money raised helps send Scouts to camp.
Marcal Young
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line226
|
__label__cc
| 0.569136
| 0.430864
|
On May 15, Senators John Thune (R-SD) and Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced the Charities Helping Americans Regularly Throughout the Year (CHARITY) Act. The bill expands giving options for IRA charitable rollovers and addresses other charitable provisions.
The CHARITY Act includes four major provisions. If it is passed by the House and Senate and signed by the President, it would generally permit donors over age 70½ to transfer up to $100,000 per year directly from an IRA to a donor advised fund. Second, the act would simplify the excise tax paid by private foundations on investment income.
Volunteers who drive their vehicles on qualified charitable trips can currently deduct $0.14 per mile. That charitable mileage amount would be increased to the same rate as is currently permitted for medical and moving expenses. The medical and moving expense rate for 2019 is $0.20 per mile.
Finally, the CHARITY Act requires nonprofits to file their annual tax returns electronically. While nonprofits are exempt and ordinarily do not pay tax, they must file an information return each year.
Editor's Note: While the CHARITY Act has not yet passed, it is encouraging to see Congressional support for philanthropy and, especially, the existing IRA rollover. Americans over age 70½ should consider making an IRA rollover gift in 2019. The IRA charitable rollover is a great planning option for eligible IRA owners who are among the 90% of Americans who do not itemize. Because the IRA rollover qualifies for part or all of an IRA owner's required minimum distribution (RMD), IRA owners can make gifts from their IRAs, reduce their tax bill from their RMDs and still take the full standard deduction. For all donors, the IRA rollover is a convenient way to make gifts in 2019.
Bipartisan Senate Support for RESA
On May 14, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on the Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2019 (RESA). This bill was introduced by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR).
RESA's key improvement for retirement planning is enabling multiple employers to join together to offer Sec. 401(k) retirement plans. Sen. Grassley explained this concept at a May 14 Washington conference. He noted, "The centerpiece of the bill is a concept called 'Open Multiple Employer Plans' or 'Open MEPs.' The bill would expand the existing multiple employer plan to create Open MEP plans, which will allow unrelated employers to join together to sponsor a group retirement plan for their workers."
The Open MEP concept eliminates the current requirement that limits multiple employer retirement plans. Under the current rules, only businesses that share a significant common purpose may join together to create qualified retirement plans. RESA also reduces the disqualification risk if one employer in a joint plan is not compliant.
Grassley continued, "RESA also eliminates the so called 'One Bad Apple' rule. Under this rule, if one employer within a multiple employer plan fails to meet any one of the rules covering these plans, then the entire MEP can be disqualified. This is true even if the other employers are fully compliant."
Sen. Wyden also supports the plan. He explained that over 100 million Americans do not have retirement plans. Social Security is intended to be only a partial supplement for retirement, so Congress must act to facilitate creation of qualified plans for these employees.
Wyden stated, "First, this committee worked on a bipartisan basis to put together the Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act. Our bill is all about making it easier for employers – particularly small businesses – to offer retirement plans to their employees. Giving those small businesses an opportunity to ban together and offer a common retirement plan is a simpler and more cost-effective way of helping more people save."
Editor's Note: There is bipartisan support in both the House and Senate for improving retirement plans. As a result, there is a good chance that a major retirement bill may be passed in 2019.
IRS Revenue Agents Use Data Analytics
Data analytics are omnipresent in our society. In the era of "big data," analytics are an essential tool to find and make use of information.
With over 100 million tax returns filed each year, the IRS faces a classic "big data" challenge. In recognition of this need, the IRS has been steadily moving forward with its acquisition of analytical tools. The IRS is planning to use the data analytics tools and artificial intelligence to meet its big data challenge.
At a May 16 conference at Quinnipiac University School of Law in North Haven, CT, IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) Special Agent Kristina O'Connell (Boston Office) explained the IRS's analytics efforts. IRS CI has hired several hundred new revenue agents and ten data scientists. The data scientists work closely with the revenue agents to select the most potentially productive audits. O'Connell stated, "We have never had that before and those investigative analysts can review the data in their area and farm out cases to the agents that are staffed in the area."
Data scientists review the "big data" from years of tax filings and also include public data information in their models. The public databases could include information on criminal history, motor vehicle records and real estate records.
Some conference attendees expressed concern about potential privacy violations with the new data analytics methods. O'Connell responded, "We only run the data analytics on areas of noncompliance, so I would say that your name would only be reviewed if you are noncompliant."
Editor's Note: With the proliferation of data analytics by thousands of U.S. companies, it is understandable that the IRS is also using sophisticated methods to find noncompliant taxpayers. However, these analytics and artificial intelligence tools can be very intrusive and could potentially reduce the privacy of Americans. There will continue to be a need for Congressional oversight to protect privacy rights as the IRS moves forward with implementation of more sophisticated data analytics tools.
Last-Minute Tax Filing Help
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line236
|
__label__wiki
| 0.78005
| 0.78005
|
Ebola: Let us dial down the hysteria
The first reported victim of the deadly virus was a 2-year old Guinean who died on 6th December 2013.
By late March, according to the Huffington Post and Bloomberg, Ebola had killed 66 people, and by April, it had crossed the border into Liberia.
In early July, the death toll had reached 600 and climbing. Despite the rapid spread of the virus, the world community didn't start paying serious attention to the problem until a couple of months ago.
While the virus was picking up speed, the World Health Organization (WHO) was predicting on May 8th that it was in its last days. International response was undoubtedly slow. Medical officials and governments had been equally slow in their respective responses.
The Guinean president left the crisis behind, even though Guinea is considered the epicenter, to attend the US-Africa Summit, while his counterparts in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Cote d'Ivoire stayed home to manage the outbreak.
The rapid spread of the virus to Sierra Leone, then to parts of Nigeria, and now a single case in Senegal, has has finally driven the message home, that the Ebola is not on its last days. In fact, the WHO is now estimating that there could be 12,000 cases already. It is being reported that half of all those infected have died, and in a worst case scenario 10,000 people would have died when everything is said and done, based on WHO's estimate that 20,000 people will be infected in West Africa.
The slow response in tackling the virus is as undesirable and a hysterical approach to it, as we are beginning to notice, especially in social media. Understanding the nature of the virus, how it spreads, preventative measures, role of local health authorities and interior ministries responsible for border control go a long way in mitigating.
We need to dial down the hysteria, especially at a time when local authorities in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea are beginning to get a handle of the problem. To do otherwise is to distract from the real problem of containing the virus from spreading from the epicenter to front line countries like Senegal, Guinea, Mali and The Gambia.
Politicization of the diedliest Ebola in human history is unacceptable and should be discouraged. Apart from the human toll the virus is likely to claim, the economic and financial costs, we will come to realize, are going to be astronomical when all is told.
The affected countries have already started seeing cancellations of charter tourist flights which threaten the 2014/15 tourist season. In The Gambia, a tour operator has already announced cancellations of scheduled flights for now which is subject to review in December. It will not come as a surprise if other operators to not follow suit. For countries that depend heavily on tourism like The Gambia specifically and other countries in the region, the impact of their respective budgets could be devastating.
Tourism contributes 10% to Gambia's GDP, down from 12% in 2011 - a sector that was on the path to recovery but will be slowed in the coming year even if all (but one) the other tour operators decide to start the season as scheduled. Many hotels are staring closure in face which threatens the jobs of many hotel workers in an economy that is under-performing.
The potential devastation of the virus cannot be underestimated, and neither are we trying to trivialize or minimizing the horrendous misery of contracting Ebola, but we must also put the virus in proper perspective. If it helps, HIV/AIDS is considered to be a super-disease because of the complex nature of the virus. It is more complex and because of it, it took over 15 years and millions of lives before antiretroviral therapy came into the picture. Although the therapy is still unavailable to millions of Africans, it has more to do with politics and costs than technical constraints. Malaria, on the other hand, kills millions more each year.
We must be mindful of these facts in dealing with the Ebola outbreak. Yes, the potential of it turning into a pandemic is real, but we must also cast it in realistic terms. We cannot, however, do so if, we, the social media activists, do not fully understand the problem that allows us to put it in its proper perspective so that we can positively and meaningfully contribute to the sensitization campaign.
Brikama clubs deny nominating Lamin Kaba Bajo
The report by the Daily Observer that Lamin Kaba Bajo, former Minister and latterly Ambassador to Morocco, has been nominated by all seven regional Football Associations (except Lower River) to head the Gambia Football Association (GFF) has been denied by Brikama United and Bombada FC.
Kebbeh and Star Janneh
Buba Star Janneh, president of the Bombada FC is quoted denying that his club ever nominated the former Minister who is generally known as a political hack and an AFRC member and apologist. All his professional life revolved around the dictatorship, moving intermittently from one ministerial post to another in perpetual servitude.
Mr. Janneh also denied that Lamin Kaba Bajo was ever, neither is he currently, Vice President of the Brikama-based Bombada FC.
Alhagie S. Darboe, Secretary General of Brikama United also denied that his club nominated Kaba Bajo. In denying the nomination, an observation was attributed to Mr. Darboe who said that Mr. Bajo was seen at a recent football activity where he looked odd because he is not a football enthusiast. He knows nothing about football.
The Daily Observer's apparent false claims which were attributable to "sources close to Kaba Bajo" and being denied by both Star Janneh of Bombada FC's Star Janneh and Brikama United's Darboe should be investigated by the Normalization Committee.
Lamin Kaba Bajo
Kaba Bajo has never played nor officiated league football. He is not an ardent fan of the game and thus is ignorant of the rules of the game.
Mr. Bajo is being brought into the game simply to politicize it for the benefit of the dictatorship that increasingly see the game as a vehicle through which the regime can control and influence the Gambian youth.
To this regime, winning championships abroad is the surest way of scoring propaganda points at home, even if it means cheating as we have seen in the U-17 World Championships.
Nine extrajudicial executions by Yaya Jammeh and two years later, still no answers
Thursday 23rd August 2012 will live in infamy in the history of The Gambia. It marked the day, a mad man portraying himself as President of the Republic of The Gambia and goes by the name His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr. Yahya Abdulaziz Jamus Jungkung Jammeh Nasuru Deen Babilli Mansa, when in the dead of night, he sent in his executioners to collect nine death row inmates from their cells at the notorious Mile II Prisons.
That is all we know for certain, including the fact that they were executed extrajudicially because we know that all of the victims' rights of appeal have not been exhausted. We also know, through an eyewitness account for a former Minister of Communication who was also on death row, that one of the prisoners, while being carried away, shouted out loud in the local vernacular to the minister that he, the prisoner, was being carried away to be executed. At great risk to the former minister, he managed to get the word out to the outside world of what was going on inside the Mile II Prisons.
When questions about the executions were posed to the regime, it was denied instantaneously on state television. The regime's rapid response teams were deployed by the regime to counter the increasing international outcry of the barbarism of an evil government.
When the regime realized that their lies were not being bought and that there was the imminent possibility of being confronted with proof, Jammeh blinked and admitted that the executions did take place, but they didn't take place on Thursday 23rd August as claimed by his accusers but on Sunday 26th August, as if it mattered.
He went further by threatening Gambians and the international community that more executions will take place in the following few weeks. No known execution has taken place since the threat from the Gambian dictator.
It has been two years, and still no answers are forthcoming as to how these death row prisoners were murdered. Among the executed was an inmate whose death penalty was commuted to life imprisonment and, thus, should not have been on death row. Yet he was murdered.
The nine included two Senegalese nationals, one of whom was a woman. It was also reported that a mentally-challenged inmate who belonged in a psychiatric ward than in prison was among the murdered. Most, if not all, shared one thing in common, they were executed extrajudicially by a very violent regime that continues to promote violence among and within a society already held to ransom by a corrupt and inept regime.
Two years have past without answers as to what has happened to the bodies of the nine murdered inmates. Even if all the legal remedies have been exhausted, and that the executions were legal, the executions should have been announced officially in the Government Gazette, the families of the inmates notified of the execution dates and be given the option to be present. After the executions, the bodies were to have been handed the bodies of their loved ones for appropriate burial rites to be performed before being final burial. That is what civilized governments do.
Until we get answers to these and similar related questions specific to individual inmates, the families of the nine inmates will not rest, the international community will not rest, the dissidents abroad will not rest, and neither shall we at sidisanneh.blogspot.com
May the souls of all the victims of the hideous regime of Yaya Jammeh rest in eternal and perfect peace. Amen.
Proposed Food Security Corporation is a bad idea
Gambian women in their rice fields in Kaur
Dr. Nwenze, IFAD President
The Gambia is the smallest country in Africa with a total arable land of about 558,000 ha of which 320,000 ha or 57% of that is cropped annually. The country's economy is agriculture based with the sector contributing approximately 30% of GDP in 2009 and employing over 70% of Gambians.
With these figures steering Yaya Jammeh straight in the eye, and in spite of his regime's mantra of 'eat what you grow and grow what you eat', he has been investing less than 3% of the budget on the sector since he seized power. As a signatory to the Maputo Declaration that recommends African countries commit 10% of their budget to agriculture, Jammeh has woefully failed in his commitment to the sector. Admittedly, the trend has improved from 2.75 to 8% but not before he was literally shamed by the dismal numbers such as spending less on agricultural R&D than any other country in Africa.
Gambia is one of the least food secure countries in Africa, in part because of the lack of coherent and consistent policy measures, a problem cited by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) President during Day 1 or a two-day visit to Banjul. The IFAD President also expressed a degree of angst, predicated by a plea to ensure "that project implementation frameworks are respected in order to ensure that partnerships, particularly in decision making, is highly participatory."
By Day 2, The IFAD President's tone changed to sound like someone cuddling a dictator who stands to threaten the rural economic policy infrastructure through his proposed Food Security Corporation (FSC), using the IFAD-funded $65 million NEMA Project. As we have said in an early post, and outlined in our open letter to the IFAD President, no national honors and medals conferred on Jammeh's guest can conceal the fact that transferring "all excess agricultural land" to the FSC, as announced by Jammeh is a very bad idea.
To put it bluntly, it is a dangerous idea and should be opposed at every turn. And to hear the IFAD President say that while attaining self-sufficiency in rice in 18 months is ambitious but achievable is disappointing coming from the head of one of the most respected UN Agencies. The idea is not a serious one and thus should not have been dignified with an endorsement from IFAD.
It should, therefore, be opposed by all those who continue to have trust in the rural economy, sustained in no small measure, by the hard-working rural women of The Gambia, and men too The traditional land system which has served the rural population well, is the cornerstone of the rural economy that is being threatened by an inept and corrupt regime.
No excess agricultural land should be deeded to a Corporation thus denying villagers access. Any fundamental structural change to the traditional tenure system will inevitable reverberate throughout the rural economy, threatening livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of rural women, men and children. IFAD should not be seen to be condoning such an irresponsible policy by an equally irresponsible and idiosyncratic dictator.
As we write, there are 10 highly trained agriculturalists in jail. They have been arrested and in custody on flimsy charges. In July, 17 rural women, all from one village, were arrested in their rice farms and charged for planting beyond what the perimeters demarcated by the local District Tribunal.
The Project Director of NEMA, Momodou Gassama, was dismissed from his job in June only to be quietly reinstated a fortnight ago, in time for Dr. Nwenze's visit. As soon as he departs, Yaya Jammeh will continue to meddle, not only in project implementation but in what the IFAD President referred to as the "decision making" process.
FREE THE 17 MBAYEN WOMEN FARMERS
President of IFAD
As the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) starts his two-day official visit to The Gambia, it is only appropriate to bring to the notice of Dr. Kanayo Nwanze and the other development partners the plight of 17 women arrested on 21st July in their fields while cultivating rice in Mbayen, Niamina East in the Central Region of the country.
According to the police commissioner of the jurisdiction, the women were arrested for breaching the order of the district tribunal by planting beyond the boundary demarcated by the tribunal.
The 17 women farmers arrested were : Haddy Mbaye, Fatou Mbaye, Fanta Mbye, Jarra Mbye, Rouhiatou Mbye, Ramaata Mbye, Awa Ceesay, Jay Mbye, Jainaba Jeng, Huja Mbye, Ada Ceesay, Guma Mbye, Sohna Mbye, Yassin Boye, Aramatta Mbye, Chibu Mbye and Jay Ceesay.
These arrests took place during the holy month of Ramadan, and for this reason 5 of the 17 women were released to allow them to go prepare Iftar for the husbands. However, there was a catch, the husbands had to trade place with their wives behind bars. The treatment of these women is both demeaning and medieval, only in Yaya Jammeh's Gambia.that such a ridiculous abuse of power can take place.
IFAD's main mission is focused on small holder agriculture, with women and youth as the main target groups., the very groups that are the victims of the Gambian dictatorships. Their labor is regularly exploited by using it in Jammeh-owned farms across the country.
We hope the plights of these 17 hard working women farmers are brought to the attention of Yaya Jammeh by the IFAD Mission to The Gambia in addition to the Agriculture 10 who were dismissed and charged under the most suspicious of circumstances.
Gambia : Corruption under Jammeh (Babilli Mansa, Nasurul Deen)
Babilli Mansa, Nasurul Deen Jammeh
Official corruption in full display
Transparency International is nonpartisan nongovernmental organization that started publishing the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) of countries in 1995, a year after Jammeh and his gang seized power in Banjul.
The first CPI contained only 41 countries, a figure that grew over time to 180 countries.
Gambia was not part of the exercise until 2004 when it was perceived as the 90th most corrupt country out of 145 countries surveyed. The Jammeh regime was ranked higher than countries like Benin, Mali and Senegal and thus more corrupt but ranked lower and thus less corrupt than Tanzania, Mozambique and Malawi.
In 2005, Gambia slid to 103rd position out of 153 countries even though more countries were added to the list but still less corrupt than Eritrea, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Still Senegal, together with Algeria, Malawi and Mozambique, were deemed to be less corrupt.
From 2006 to 2008, The Gambia saw its ranking plummet from 121 to 143 to 158 while countries like Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone and Liberia and Benin that were more corrupt had improved to position up the scale to become less corrupt than The Gambia.
Something strange and unusual happened in 2009. The Gambia actually improved its CPI by being ranked 106th out of 180 countries. That year, The Gambia shared the 106 position with Argentina, Benin and Gabon, ahead of Algeria, Djibouti and Egypt but behind Senegal, Zambia and Madagascar.
In 2010, further improvement in Gambia’s position took place with a ranking of 91 out of 178 countries. In 2011 there was further improvement to 77 place in the scale.
But in 2012, the level of corruption spiked, relegating The Gambia to 105 position out of 180 countries ahead of Mali, Ethiopia and Niger but behind Senegal, Tanzania and Algeria.
In 2013, Gambia’s position deteriorated further to 127 out of 175 countries, making it less corrupt than Lebanon, Mali, Madagascar and Cote d’Ivoire but more so than Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Gabon.
We will allow folks to have the CPI stare you in the face before you decide whether the “soldiers with a difference”, as they called themselves back in 1994, have fulfilled their promise to, at least, reduce the scourge of corruption.
Even in the absence of CPI during the 30-year administration of Sir Dawda Jawara, it is safe to say that the regime of His Excellency Sheikh Professor Dr. Yahya AJJ Jammeh Nasirul Deen Babilli Mansa.
FREE THE AGRICULTURE 10
Fafanding Fatajo
The regime's hammer came down hard on ten highly trained and experienced agriculturists whose expertise are needed in an agriculture-based economy.
In July this year, Fafanding Fatajo the Project Manager of FASDEP, Lamin Fatajo Project Coordinator of Rural Finance, Foday Jadama, Regional Director and seven other officers were arrested, dismissed from their jobs and placed in cells for a variety of unsubstantiated allegations.
It is now over 35 days since they have been arrested without charge or bail. What is so extraordinary about these officials is that some of them are seconded officials from government to United Nations agencies operating in The Gambia.
Kutuba Sanyang, Project Coordinator of the Cowpea project, Dr. Saikou Sanyang, the Regional Director of the North Bank were also among the ten arrested.
The Gambia is currently faced with serious problems and the agriculture sector is no exception. The 2014 season is off to a bad start and the agriculture is no exception. Food deficits have become a permanent fixture because of poor agricultural policies, although inadequate rains has also contributed to the problem.
These officials must be released or charged and taken to court. Their freedom cannot be denied because it is wish of the dictatorship.
A message from Gunjur
British Ambassador to The Gambia - H.E. Colin Crorkin
Banjul's Standard newspaper reported Thursday on the British Ambassador's visit to the village of Gunjur, in a town hall set-up, to discuss development issues and challenges facing the village and surroundings.
There, for all intents and purposes, he warned about the impending financial fallout that may result as a result of the continued stonewalling by the regime regarding the demands by the European Union, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and others to meet specific demands relating to the regime's record. A lot is hanging in the balance that impacts directly communities like Gunjur from across the country.
Ambassador Colin Crorkin told Gunjurians that they, together with the rest of the country, stand to lose € 150 million in development assistance because of the regime's refusal to come clean on several fronts, ranging from human rights abuses that includes extrajudicial killings to how it manages aid already disbursed.
What is also striking about the Ambassador's visit was how direct and personal the Ambassador got with the people of Gunjur when he said " I see it my job to establish a closer relationship with the president, the vice president and the foreign minister...and to take forward the relationship so that EDF money, which will be important in helping to create more jobs, is released into the communities for various projects.
The Ambassador said, in what he hopes will be a 4-year tour of duty in a country that has a history of sending diplomats packing for the most asinine of reasons, Article 8 discussions in April went well and he hopes the November rounds of discussions will produce further progress.
It is very revealing that The Daily Observer did not report on the Ambassador's visit nor on a very important speech, events which might have added to foreign minister Senghore's woes that led to his swift remove. He's just coming from the US-Africa Summit where the dictator was holed up for almost a full day by Gambian protesters, causing him to miss important events. Their visit culminated in several altercations between protesters and members of Jammeh's security detail leading to some being invited by the Secret Service and the Washington DC Police for questioning.
To add to an already chaotic foreign policy situation, the two United Nations missions by the Rapporteurs on Torture and Extrajudicial Killings were abruptly halted by the regime thus breaking a promise Jammeh made to the UN Secretary General last year. As always, the blame goes to everyone but Jammeh. As we go to press, Dr. Senghore's replacement has not been named officially which is understandable. Finding Gambians to serve has become a huge challenge for an increasingly unpopular regime. It is also a high risk endeavor, with a possible jail time on trumped up charges. Therefore, trained and experienced Gambians will not risk their careers, especially young professionals, to serve in a disreputable regime like the one in Banjul.
A "Struggle" of mixed messages
"The Struggle", as the dissident opposition groupings
abroad are collective known, specializes in sending mixed messages to the dictatorship in Banjul as well as to diaspora activists.
After some fits and starts resulting from opposition activities that saw a mixture of successes and failures in efforts towards a unified leadership, the recent Washington Hay Adams Hotel provided the needed push in that direction.
The Gambian dictator was successfully holed up in his hotel for an entire day that saw him miss the most important events ( necessarily from Jammeh's point of view) of the US - Africa Summit which were the Business Forum and the Round Table of Heads of State that discussed the way Forward for Africa.
The dissidents scored additional, and very critical political points, by causing the security details of the dictatorship to assault some protesters at the Hay Adams Hotel that drew national and international coverage. This was a significant breakthrough because up to that point The Struggle can only claim occasional reference to its fight against Jammeh in the Senegalese press.
Instead of riding the wave created by the Washington protests, manufactured incidence of infiltration of "The Struggle" by spies immediately became a source of distraction. Although the effort was squashed but not before some of the luster was taken off the victory at Hay Adams. Some amount of finger pointing took place that was unnecessary and should have been avoided because most of the claims about spy infiltration turned out to be false.
Discussions of late has been around the Gambia's 1997 Constitution. An inordinate time has already been spent, and a valuable online radio airtime committed, on a document that has been, and continues to be, abrogated by Yaya Jammeh and his regime to a point where Jammeh is the Constitution and the Constitution is Jammeh. It should, therefore, be clear to all and sundry by now that to engage in this type of discussion is a futile exercise. A more useful exercise would be to discuss what should constitution a successor Constitution. That is a debate worth having, in our view.
We now hear that there is another proposal that would send a delegation to Banjul to open a dialogue with Jammeh which would require him to step down - a demand that is a non-starter. It is, of course, perfectly within the rights of every person to say or do anything - even the ridiculous. But it is also our right to say if we are to be taken seriously, we must put forward serious and well thought out proposals for the world to take us seriously. No proposal of the serious nature expected of us will be tabled in the absence of the emergence of the face of The Struggle.
Using the background of the Washington Summit, the leaders of the various dissident groupings used their common desire to see the back of Jammeh, set their differences aside to work together. It is hoped that a foundation has been laid upon which their efforts will bear the fruits of a United Front against the dictatorship. Anything less will only prolong the agony of Gambians in the face of an increasingly repressive dictatorship.
US Embassy in Banjul to Jammeh : Stop manipulating images of President and First Lady Obama, retrieve T-shirts
We have seen them being worn by supporters of Yaya Jammeh when he arrived at the Banjul International Airport. Those T-shirts.
T-shirts with imprints of the now famous photo of the President of the United States and First Lady with Yaya Jammeh and wife were distributed to supporters before Jammeh disembarked from the plane for purely personally political purposes.
How many of these T-shirts were printed in the United States prior to Jammeh's departure last Saturday is unknown but, according to a source, "hundreds were printed with thousands more on order for future delivery".
The U.S government, through its Embassy in Banjul, has instructed the regime of Yaya Jammeh in a "cease and desist" letter demanding that the T-shirts be collected and not to be circulated any more. They are manipulative designed to suggest approval or endorsement of President Obama, Michelle Obama or the White House.
We will recall the US government issued a statement immediately following the end of the US - Africa Summit. reminding the African Heads of State that the photographic images are for their personal use only, and not they should not be manipulated in any way. The images, the warning continues, "may not be used for political or commercial materials...products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Lady or the White House."
As we write, the APRC Party militants are busy collecting the T-shirts from the Green Boys and Green Girls, including those shown here. The official mouthpiece of the regime, The Daily Observer, has been busy pulling down all images plastered across its pages when they covered the 'tumultuous reception of the dictator at the airport.
Finally, Jammeh's behavior of exploiting the only occasion he had, throughout the Summit to come in direct personal contact with the American President, has left a poor taste in the mouth of White House. They feel duped by Jammeh, and he may not be the only one.
Other tyrants who made it to the White House may have similar ideas of manipulating the White House photos for their own political ends. We hope the White House has also learned its lesson so that future invitations are much more selective and restrictive. Dictators of flawed character like Jammeh are not worth being invited.
We welcome IFAD President's visit to The Gambia
Last May, we wrote an open letter to Dr. Nwanze, President of IFAD, International Fund for Agricultural
Development to express concern about the sudden push to establish a Food Security Corporation (FSC) by Yaya Jammeh as part of his food security strategy. Next week, the IFAD President will be in Banjul for a two-day mission which will include an audience with Jammeh.
Find letter here: http://sidisanneh.blogspot.com/2014/05/an-open-letter-to-ifad-president-kanayo.html#comments:
The FSC, according to Jammeh, is a component of a larger scheme known as "Rice/Food Self-Sufficiency, otherwise known as Vision 2016".
Prior to the day of the announcement, which was made during his first day of Jammeh's "Dialogue with the people's tour", no one in The Gambia ever heard of the scheme, including his Minister of Agriculture. At the time of the announcement, and as we have outlined in our letter to the IFAD President, we observed that even the farmers were surprised at the suggestion that the newly proposed Food Security Corporation.
We expressed concern about the far-reaching powers that will be vested in the FSC. Under the scheme, " a comprehensive review of land use will be conducted and all excess land will be freed for agricultural production. The FSC will act as a land bank.
We feel that the FSC threatens the traditional land tenure system that has served the rural farming community well. It threatens the social and cultural cohesion that has glued the rural communities through the traditional system. We said then, and we maintain now, that FSC is a dangerous idea and should never be established.
As we suggested to the International Fund for Agricultural Development, we would like them to study Vision 2016 within the context of the IFAD-financed US$65 million national Agricultural Land and Water Management Development Project (NEMA). The Appraisal Report for NEMA has confirmed that it is viable proposition, both from the financial and technical standpoint, and should therefore remain as a free-standing project, unaltered. To change it would require a fresh look at the entire project.
We welcome President Nwanze's two-day mission to The Gambia where, we hope, all issues of concern will be discussed with both Jammeh, his Agriculture Minister and the Project Manager of NEMA who was arrested and dismissed from his job. It was only a couple of weeks ago that he was quietly reinstated. Now we know why.
NEMA's resources should never be part of any of this ill-conceived, undocumented and haphazardly-prepared scheme called Vision 2016 which is driven more by politics than economics. What is at stake is more than the US$65 million. The social and cultural fabric that glued the rural communities for decades is equally at stake and IFAD should not stand by and watch a bad idea threatens the fine work of IFAD.
Our editorial independence is paramount
As the blog clocks its first anniversary, we want to refresh our commitment to our growing readership to a free and unfettered access to the news and our views of the news. In doing so, we want to reassure everyone of our editorial independence.
We have tried in the first twelve months of our existence to fill a void by providing content and perspective that is based on facts. We will endeavor to maintain the standards we have set for ourselves, and to continue to improve on them.
You, the readers, deserve better, especially the young unemployed and under-employed Gambians who brave the odds to again access to a computer to read us.
We find it necessary to restate our editorial position because of recent developments following the just concluded US-Africa Summit in Washington DC where Gambian dissident protesters succeeded, once more, in preventing Yaya Jammeh from fully taking part.
We join others in acknowledging this significant development and continue to urge the leadership of "The Struggle" to stay the course and ready to resist the ensuing distractions that might emanate from the agents of the regime or those sympathetic to or in the pay of Yaya Jammeh.
The success of the Gambian dissidents against the dictatorship immediately came under attack by nitpicking and spurious allegation about the sourcing of our reporting of the events in Washington - reporting we are proud of, and for which we have received positive reaction from you, the readers.
We are proud of, and continue to have full confidence in, our sources who constantly provide us with reliable and quality information from the epicenter of where news is being made, and at great risk.
Our blog does not belong to, or affiliated with, any political party, dissident groupings in America or elsewhere. We will remain unaffiliated in the interest of our readership that has doubled in the second quarter of this year, with the Gambia responsible for approximately 50% of that growth.
The number of our Facebook friends have shown similar growth patterns, thus providing us with the youthful participation in the lively debate that takes place in our page at www.facebook.com/sidi.sanneh.1 on topics of interest.
Like the blog, the editorial content of our Facebook page is also a 'no go' area for those who'd like to influence the content of the page. Facebook policy rules in this instance, and not some obscure caller to an online radio show.
Finally, we encourage the readership to continue reading us, and making copies for parents, friends and colleagues, especially those in the rural areas, and to provide us with your feed-back through our Facebook page.
The Empire Strikes Back: Jammeh retaliates; withdraws invitations for UN Rapporteurs on human rights to visit Gambia
" The political fall-out has already begun" says Dr. Amadou Scattred Janneh, political activist and former Information Minister, following the news that the Government of the Gambia has withdrawn both invitations for the United Nations rapporteurs to visit The Gambia which should have been on Monday.
The timing of the withdrawals appear to suggest that Jammeh issued the directives for the government to withdraw the invitations in retaliation to the humiliating treatment he received at the hands of the Gambian dissidents in Washington DC during the past several days.
Reasons for the withdrawals were not given. Whether the visits will be rescheduled is not evident either.
The invitation to the Special Rapporteur on torture and other inhumane degrading treatment, and a similar invitation to the other Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions were extended by the government of the Gambia to visit the country.
The visits were to take place from 11-18 August 2014, including possibly a two-day visit to Dakar.
The regime's invitations to the Rapporteurs were more of a surprise because of its poor human rights record with numerous documented extrajudicial killings and executions than their withdrawal because of Yaya Jammeh's predictable trait of lashing out at his "enemies", real and perceived. He withdrew the country's membership in the Commonwealth and he broke off diplomatic relations with Taiwan after suffering similar humiliating treatment at the hands of the same group of dissidents during last year's UN general Assembly.
This is the opening salvo of what is going to be a series of retaliatory measures against poor defenseless Gambians and innocent civil servants who will be blamed for what has taken place at the Hay Adams Hotel in Washington DC. That is his way of exerting revenge. That's just who Yaya Jammeh is. The sooner the international community is aware of this monster's makeup, the better.
A thoroughly disgraced Jammeh returns home today
"No greeters at the airport" was Jammeh's last instructions to his hosts as he prepares to return to Banjul from Andrews Air Force Base located outside of Washington DC in the next few hours.
After a highly eventful US - Africa Summit trip full of embarrassing moments. it must be good riddance for the Secret Service and the District Police for having spent a disproportionate amount of their time tending to the security needs of a tyrant from tiny Gambia.
Even before his departure this evening, Jammeh is not hesitating to display his displeasure, at least within US laws, by directing that he doesn't want to see any of his Washington DC Embassy staff to see him off, including the Deputy Head of Mission, Omar Faye. No Washington DC Embassy staff member will be at AAFB this evening. One can only imagine what awaits the members of the security forces, President's Office and Foerign Ministry staff once the dictator sets foot at Banjul International Airport.
Unlike the former Foreign Minister Tangara, who was at the center of the controversy during last year's New York anti-Jammeh protests by the same protesters to the point of engaging in physical altercations, DHM Faye has proven to be the opposite of Momodou Tangara which he has displayed in his short stay in Washington when he has tried to engage Jammeh's opponents and his attitude can only be described as accommodating.
For example, Mr. Faye has received dissidents members of the exile community in his office to discuss their differences with the hope, perhaps, of 'softening' their stance against Jammeh, an impossible fete under any circumstances. Although outnumbered by the dissident protesters, a handful of APRC (Gambia's ruling party) supporters did show up at the Hay Adams Hotel where Jammeh was holed up which, we are told, was organized by Mr. Faye. Unfortunately, his good faith measures did not seem to have impressed his boss who believes in confrontational politics, and the use of force against "the enemy". Force, to Jammeh, is the only means of achieving his goals. Anything short of that is a sign of weakness.
The Embassy staff, including the Deputy Chief of Mission, ignored by Jammeh throughout his stay must be in a state of despondency. As a normal diplomatic practice and time permitting, Heads of State usually visit their Embassy to thank staff for their work. Jammeh has refused to extend similar courtesies to his own Embassy staff.
The violence that was unleashed on a group of protesters at Jammeh hotel a few days ago led to a female journalist, Fatou Camara, being sent a female journalist to the hospital, and an Embassy staff, Pierre Minteh, being called in for questioning by the Washington DC police.
The fact that the assaults against unarmed protesters took place at all was disgraceful enough. When considered against the background that there were 50 other delegations in Washington (with only one other known similar incident involving the DRC delegation), criminal assaults of the nature committed by some members of Jammeh's entourage, further degrades the Office of the President and Jammeh's own image, especially among his counterparts. There were a great deal of sneering and snickering within some delegations, and among the diplomatic community.
Before coming to Washington, Jammeh left behind a political minefield of missteps of his own making, the consequences of which will haunt him for the rest of his stay at State House. He took into custody a highly respected 80-year old Imam for three days because, the regime alleges, he defied a Jammeh-issued Fatwa that banned Eid prayers outside of the officially recognized date. The frail cleric was shuttled between several police station before finally being released on Day 3 of his ordeal on bail.
During the same period i.e. the end of Ramadan, Jammeh managed to stir more trouble for himself by speaking disparagingly about the politically powerful and Senegal-based Mouride sect whose followers have provided free labor to Jammeh's farms during harvest time. Their labor may be withheld this and future seasons as a result. More political fallout is expected upon Jammeh's return to Banjul later today.
Where's Yaya Jammeh?
Speculation is rife as to the whereabouts of Yaya Jammeh is presently following his three days of humiliation at the hands of Gambia protesters which, everyone agrees, is worse than the one he experienced at the hands of the same protesters last year in New York.
Immediately upon arrival, Jammeh requested that his departure be changed from Thursday, 7th August at 9:30 PM to Saturday the 9th (tomorrow).
Obviously, Jammeh had every intention of moving to his $3.5 million mansion in Potomac, MD for relaxation with his wife and kids after the U.S. - Africa Leader Summit. Of course what he was oblivious of at the time he made the request was the potential danger lurking around the Hay Adams Hotel, not to his person but to his reputation as a person, and as someone who claims to be a Head of State. He's not the only one here in Washington. There are almost fifty of his counterparts here but it is only Yaya Jammeh who has generated so much bad publicity for The Gambia and the Gambian people.
Faced with a ferocious crowd of protesters around his hotel and at the State Department which culminated in the assault of Gambians journalists and protesters which led to Pierre Minteh taken in for questioning, Jammeh suddenly realizes that he was receiving more than he bargained for.
Pierre Minteh is the first confirmable victim of the protests when the US government ask him to leave the country. When this will take effect is what is uncertain at this point in time. It is still possible that he will join Jammeh plane tomorrow, if the plane is going to be used by Jammeh on the outward journey.
Caught in the mess he finds himself, Jammeh decided to float the false information that he's was leaving on his initially designated departure date of Thursday (yesterday), designed to ease the pressure on the hotel exerted by an animated group of protesters so that he can make his getaway with the help of the Secret Service and the District Police Department.
Our suspicion is that he made his clean getaway to his Potomac mansion with his wife where they will join the rest of his family. It is also very possible that Jammeh is still in the hotel. Either way, he's still in the Washington area. Let us emphasis that this is just our suspicion based on all the information we have.
Given Jammeh propensity to do unpresidential things, other theories have emerged which cannot be dispelled as outside the realm of possibilities. One of those possibilities is that Jammeh might have taken a special flight or has hitched a ride ( more likely) with his Mauritanian friend and Head of State to Nouakchott where his (Jammeh) plane will pick him up for his journey to Banjul.
With this scenario, his plane will maintain its initial departure slot of tomorrow with the Chief of Protocol, GRTS's Kebba Dibba, Ebou Njie Tarru and the rest of his security detail who were into implicated in the assault of Fatou Camara and others. They will join their boss in Nouakchott for the final leg of the journey to Banjul.
Our call is that Jammeh is in the Washington area and that includes his Potomac address, ready to depart from AAFB tomorrow, Saturday 9th August. Those wishing to receive the escapee from Hay Adams Hotel should be at the Banjul International Airport one hour before arrival. No ceremonial displays, be they military or cultural because Jammeh will be in no mood for that after Washington DC experience.
Jammeh still in the Washington DC area - Updated version
Despite earlier reports that Jammeh is on his way to Banjul, our sources maintain their claim that Jammeh is in the Washington DC area.
As far as we can verify, Jammeh is either still cooped up at the Hay Adams Hotel or has managed to escape to his $3.5 million mansion in Potomac, Maryland.
Attempts by Jammeh to play hide-and-seek with Gambian protesters who are armed with only their voices is further indication that his regime has failed to live up to expectations.
The protesters that forced him to stay in his hotel room for the second time in less than a year, though larger in numbers, are ordinary Gambians demanding accountability, transparency and probity.
In addition to the solid sources we have, another telltale sign that Jammeh is still in town is that GRTS staff, specifically Kebba Dibba and State House photographer Ebou Njie Tarru, have been spotted in town late afternoon looking for something to eat.
Obviously, they have been abandoned (or probably forgotten) by Jammeh as a result of the protests that denied him the photo op moments at meetings that would have served as perfect backdrop for photos and a couple of propaganda clips and interviewed by Kebba Dibba for GRTS. These poor folks may have been on stand-by since Tuesday, and in Jammeh's Gambia once on stand-by, you are not expected to move even if it means for a whole day without food.
Regarding the case of Pierre Minteh, we stand by our stories and sources, especially as police investigations are still in full throttle. To be declared a persona non grata doesn't necessarily mean he has to leave in 24, 48, or 72 hours. He could be around for a while long before he departs US shores.
We will continue, meanwhile, to monitor the situation. "One thing is certain" a diplomat of a foreign country told me over the phone, "this man will never return to the United States if he has any shame." There are many diplomats in this town who hold similar views.
Note: The last we checked at 8:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on Thursday 7th, Jammeh's flight is still slotted to take off from Andrews Air Force Base on Saturday at 9:30 PM.
UPDATE : Pierre Minteh declared persona non grata, Jammeh's hotel still treated as crime scene
As we post this blog, Hay Adams Hotel, one of the most prestigious addresses in the world, is still treated as a crime scene, closed to the public with barricades all around the magnificent building. And you think that's good for the image and the business of the hotel?
These pictures were taken Thursday August 7th at 2:00 PM Eastern Standard US time, and somewhere inside that massive hotel building situated across the White House is Yaya Jammeh, prevented from going out because of a group of protesters.
The richest and the most powerful individuals around the world use the Hay Adams as their Washington DC address. Most of the current occupants have chosen to leave for other hotels because of Yaya Jammeh and his group of bandits who have created an atmosphere of chaos and lawlessness that promises to be a permanent blemish on the image of The Gambia.
One such lawless individual is Pierre Minteh who was called in for questioning yesterday. Today he's been declared person non grata by the U.S. government. He will probably board Yaya Jammeh's plane on Saturday, August 9th for Banjul - good riddance. In America, the rule of law prevails over any living human being.
The rest of the NIA agents still cooped up in the hotel in the company of Yaya Jammeh will be dealt with as soon as the police investigations are have been completed. Those who are suspected of assaulting Fatou Camara, Sam Phatey, Pa Samba Jow and Ousainou Mbenga will be appropriately charged and tried.
Yaya Jammeh is immune from prosecution which saved him from prosecution because, according to reports, eye witnesses who where in the hotel lobby over-heard Jammeh instructing his security men to go after Fatou Camara and others. He was the instigator of the violent spree that took place around the Hay Adams Hotel that will never accept Jammeh or members of his regime as guests.
What has transpired in Washington DC over the last several days is nothing short of a national disgrace. Yaya Jammeh should be ashamed of himself for bringing more shame and disrepute to a Gambia that was once the bastion of African democracy and the rule of law - a country that Jammeh has transformed into one of the least respected regimes in the world, along the rank of North Korea.
Update : It is now being reported that Jammeh has left and he's on his way to Banjul. As we have reported yesterday, his initial date of departure was scheduled for today. On Tuesday, the indicated to authorities that they will leave Saturday 9th August. It is now evident that the change in departure date was a ploy to throw protesters off or Jammeh was advised to depart as scheduled to avoid further chaos.
As we speak, we have learn that Pierre Minteh is in his office. What we have is a regime that governs by secrecy, the most opaque regime on earth. This is obviously a developing story.
Statement on the assault of Fatou Camara, Ousainou Mbenga, Sam Phatey and Coach Pa-Samba Jow
The assault on Fatou Camara, Ousainou Mbenga, Sam Phatey and Coach Pa-Samba Jow by some members of Jammeh's security detail must be roundly condemned by freedom-loving Gambians and non-Gambians alike.
All of those assaulted where engaged in a two-day protest against what is generally agreed to be a dictatorship in The Gambia that must be replaced.
Unlike the Gambia under Yaya Jammeh, the United States Constitution guarantees the fundamental rights of humans to associate and assemble, and provides several means for THE PEOPLE to express their views in a peaceful and orderly manner.
After 20 years of brutal and corrupt dictatorship, we asked all like-minded people everywhere join DUGA, CORDEG, GDAG, CCG, GGC and all other Gambian groups in their fight against the regime in Banjul so as to re-establish the democratic credentials of The Gambia of twenty years ago.
Meanwhile, join us, sidisanneh.blogspot.com, in our immediate and urgent efforts to ensure that those responsible for the assault on the protesters are brought to justice.
Jammeh's hotel becomes a crime scene - PHOTOS
Fatou Camara after being assaulted by Jammeh's NIA
Washington DC police in crime scene
More District police after the assault of Fatou Camara
Jammeh's hotel barricaded
Photos: courtesy of Fatu Camara Facebook page
Jammeh plans to prolong stay in the United States
We have been reliably informed that Yaya Jammeh will prolong his stay in the United States.
The authorities concerned were informed yesterday morning that Jammeh intends to depart Washington on Saturday the 9th instead of Thursday 7th (today).
The two-day extension of Jammeh's visits came prior to the ensuing crescendo that led to assault of Fatou Camara, the journalist and former Press Director-turned tormentor of Yaya Jammeh.
Developing story
The true character of Jammeh's regime exposed
The thuggery displayed in Washington DC over the past couple of days by the official delegation of Yaya Jammeh to the U.S - Africa Leaders Summit marks the end of the international community's continued pretension that ignoring the Gambian problem will go away.
Unconfirmed reports have it that Jammeh was heard in his hotel lobby giving instructions to his security details to attack Gambian dissident protesters who have successfully barred him from attending most of the events of this very important Summit of Africa's heads of State - a first in U.S history. If confirmed, Jammeh's person is protected by his own immunity. Those without immunity, which includes Jammeh's entire security detail who are nothing but a group of illerate thugs, US law may delay their departure from the United States.
The assault on Fatou Camara, a Gambian journalist who, until a few months ago, was Yaya Jammeh's Press Director is the second in two days. She was chased by the same thugs who pose as security of the Gambian dictator. She escaped narrowly yesterday only to be attacked today by the same group of thugs from the Jammeh security entourage. The assault resulted in the journalist being taken to the hospital with wounds to unspecified parts of her body. The gravity of the infliction is also unknown at this point but serious enough to warrant an ambulance that transported her to a local hospital. It is reported that Pierre Minter, former Youth Mobilizer of Jammeh's APRC has been taking in by the District police for questioning.
Pierre Minteh taken in for questioning
The run-in with Jammeh has been brewing since Fatou Camara and a group of dissident protesters arrived in Washington DC on Tuesday to express their opposition of a very brutal and highly corrupt regime. Reminiscent of a similar but smaller protests which took place at last year's United Nations General Assembly which prevented Jammeh from attending his sides meetings because the entrance of his hotel was blocked by a handful of dissidents, the protests that have been taking place in Washington are larger, more organized and highly vocal. The protests have already taken their toll on the image of the Gambia by successfully preventing Jammeh from attending the Business Forum, the Heads of States Round Table and many of events organized around The Summit.
A FatuRadio presenter and Security Specialist, Sam Phatey has reported that a Washington DC policeman has been another victim of the Jammeh thugs. It is alleged that the DC officer assaulted by members of the Jammeh security elements which can only add to an already precarious criminal liability of the entire security detail that accompanied Jammeh.
Security and police presence in and around Jammeh's hotel as we write is further tarnishment of a regime that has relied on brute force for all these years. of and Jammeh has been going on this morning when the Gambian dictator personally requested that the journalist be thrown out of the conference. According to reports, Jammeh felt threatened by the presence of Fatou which precipitated his demand to the Security Service to eject the journalist from the conference hall.
This is a developing story that has serious political implications. Stay tuned.
The triumph of Sheikh Muheideen Hydara over evil
Sheikh Muheideen Hydara
The octogenarian Muslim cleric, Sheikh Muheideen Hydara, Khaliph General of Dasilami Sanajorr, has been released from police custody after defying the Fatwa issued by the Gambian dictator banning the Khaliph and other Imams from Eid prayers signalling the end of Ramadan.
The 80 year plus retired religious leader was arrested because he led his followers in prayers on a day the Gambian dictator has prohibited anyone from praying.
Since his arrest on Tuesday, he was being shuttled from one police station to another - a time honored tactic utilized by the regime - to intimidate the frail Muslim cleric into submission. When he refused to apologize neither to the dictator nor to the Islamic Council, he was transferred to another police station in appears to be a final attempt to "break the frail old man" as described by an eyewitness.
Sheikh Muheideen Hydara's hands-off relations with the Jammeh regime is legendary. He has refused to bow to the temptingly corrupting modus operandi of a regime that offers huge sums of bribe money to Supreme Islamic Council and Muslim Elders in exchange for their support, religious freedoms and independence. This was Jammeh's last chance to rein in the fiercely independent cleric who strongly believes in the principle of the separation of religion from the affairs of State, and he (Jammeh) failed miserably.
It is being reported that the Minister of Interior personally drove to the Yundum police to issue the lame excuse that the Gambian dictator was unaware of the cleric's traumatic predicament of the previous several days. In attempting to excuse the dictator who issued the Fatwa in the first instance, the Interior Minister is clearly attempting to distance themselves from a potentially explosive internal crisis that threatens the regime on the eve of the dictator's visit to Washington to attend the US - African Leaders Summit.
The Khalif was finally released on bail and released to the custody of his loved ones. The revered cleric is to report to the authorities next week after being in the hands of the regime three days.
The significance of the triumph of an 80-year old frail cleric over a vicious dictatorship is real and it sends a clear message to the rest of the country that it is time to openly and steadfastly defy an illegitimate, repressive, corrupt and morally bankrupt regime. It looks like it will take the religious community and not the political opposition to grab the bull by the horn and say enough is enough.
Jammeh denies Gambia is a sex trade heaven
The U.S. State Department's Trafficking in Person's (TIP) Report for 2014 that was released in June downgrading Malaysia, Thailand, Venezuela and The Gambia from Tier 2 to Tier 3, the lowest grading possible, has finally drawn a defiantly-worded reaction from the regime of Yaya Jammeh.
The 2014 TIP Report described The Gambia as " a source and destination country for women and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking", the majority of whom are sexually exploited by European sex tourists. A German travel blog, Brothel Sex, has cited two night spots, "Wow", Binnis" and "Totties" in the tourism area where hookers frequent. "It is possible to book a girl for several days or during your whole stay" according to the German website.
It is believed that organizing sex trafficking networks collude with European and Gambian travel agencies to promote child sex tourism. It is also widely believed locally that Jammeh's immediate family members, some of whom hold diplomatic posts abroad, including the Gulf, are immensely involved in the trade.
The "Lebanon Connection" has been identified and Gambian girls who pleaded with authorities for help to be extricated from the servitude they find themselves have gone unanswered. The police in Banjul claimed they cannot intervene in the case because the parents of the girls in Lebanon refuse to cooperate with authorities because they want to protect the identity of the victims - a lame excuse of inaction because influential Gambians, especially Jammeh's cronies, are key elements of the sex trade network. network.
Gambian boys, the State Department reports, attend Kuranic schools where some corrupt and unscrupulous teachers forces these kids into the streets to beg for money. Gambian children have been identified, according to the report, as victims of forced labor in neighboring countries of Senegal and Ghana.
In downgrading the Gambia to Tier 3, the State Department concluded that The Gambia did not meet the minimum standard for the elimination of trafficking and the regime is not making any "significant effort to do so." The regime did not provide comprehensive enforcement data resulting in trafficking offenses, something being disputed by the regime. The regime's prevention efforts have been described as modest during the reporting period which is consistent with the fact during the "Lebanon Connection" cases were in the news involving those closely associated with Jammeh.
Vigorous investigations and prosecution of trafficking offenses, among other measures, must be taken by the Jammeh regime if the downgrade is to be reversed.
Nine extrajudicial executions by Yaya Jammeh and t...
Gambia : Corruption under Jammeh (Babilli Mansa, N...
US Embassy in Banjul to Jammeh : Stop manipulating...
The Empire Strikes Back: Jammeh retaliates; withdr...
Jammeh still in the Washington DC area - Updated v...
UPDATE : Pierre Minteh declared persona non grata,...
Statement on the assault of Fatou Camara, Ousainou...
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line242
|
__label__wiki
| 0.974636
| 0.974636
|
Home » Campaign, Telecommunications »
Bell broadens the Let’s Talk conversation
The company forges ahead with its mission to reach more Canadians through its annual mental health initiative.
This year, Bell has once again broadened the scope of its annual campaign in support of Bell Let’s Talk Day, aimed at reducing stigma around mental illness, by expanding its roster of cause ambassadors and putting more focus on people’s personal stories.
The awareness campaign supporting the Jan. 31 event, now in its eighth year, launched on Jan. 5 and was developed in partnership with agency Lg2. Media Experts is handling media buy.
The TV spots, which began airing on TSN and the French-language RDS on Friday, are intended to show what the faces of people impacted by mental health issues look like. The point? They look “like all of us.”
Other spots take the testimonial approach from previous years, featuring the stories of everyday Canadians who have struggled or continue to deal with issues of mental health. Campaign assets will be appearing on TV, social and other online platforms, radio, print, OOH and in movie theatres through a partnership with Cineplex, Cinémas Guzzo and the Hot Docs documentary film festival.
The company has brought on three new ambassadors this year: comedian and actress Jessica Holmes, musician and author Florence K and actress Véronique Bannon. On top of that, many former ambassadors and spokespeople have returned, including Olympic cyclist, speed skater and founding spokesperson Clara Hughes, as well as comedian and actor Howie Mandel, actress Marie-Soleil Dion, singer Serena Ryder, Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock and professional golfer Andrew Jensen.
Mary Deacon, chair of the Bell Let’s Talk initiative, says that while there has been significant progress has been made around how mental illness is discussed and perceived in Canada, the stigma has not been completely eradicated.
A Bell Let’s Talk awareness survey conducted by Nielsen in October found that four in five Canadians are more aware of mental health issues than they were five years ago and that 70% think attitudes about mental health have changed for the better. More than half of respondents said they believe stigma around mental illness has been reduced.
Deacon says the company wanted to continue pushing the conversation forward by involving a broader swatch of the Canadian population in the initiative, including farmers, Indigenous people, students and recent immigrants. The company has been measuring the success of its campaigns not only through the number of people engaged, but also through the impact of the content being produced. “Success for us is when [the campaign] takes on a life of its own,” Deacon says.
Last year, the company again faced accusations from former employees who suggested Bell was not doing enough to support the mental health of its own workers, while using Let’s Talk Day to promote a different message. However, according to Deacon, Bell remains a leader in workplace best practices and continues to work at providing its employees with the support they need.
Bell Canada, Bell Let's Talk, lg2, Mary Deacon, media Experts
Serta thinks outside the box
M.A.C. Cosmetics celebrates its home-grown roots
Delissio serves up humour for its stuffed-crust pizza line
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line246
|
__label__cc
| 0.717327
| 0.282673
|
Summertimes Voyages
We are committed to making a valuable contribution to our country’s development
SummerTimes is committed to making a valuable contribution to our country’s development and welfare, in line with our organisation’s beliefs and values. We are involved in the protection and conservation of the environment, to help preserve the unique and precious wildlife that makes our island so beautiful and rich. As part of our initiatives, we support the Mauritius Wildlife Foundation (MWF) in its Ile aux Aigrettes programme, by offering a donation for every participant joining our excursion to this island. The programme fights against the degradation of the Ile aux Aigrettes nature reserve, precious refuge for a wide variety of endangered species. In addition, SummerTimes provides funds to the Friends of the Environment association for the restoration and conservation of the Martello Tower, a landmark national and cultural heritage site on the west coast of Mauritius, vestige of the British Empire’s occupation of the island. We also support investment in social development and endeavour to help the neighbourhood of Quatre Bornes, where our firm is located. In this spirit, SummerTimes provides support the orphanage ‘Crèche Coeur Immaculée de Marie’ and to Caritas for “Abri de Nuit de St Jean” for the homeless – both in Quatre Bornes. Our CSR program also cares for ‘Junior Achievement Mascareignes’ and ‘Link to Life’.
About Mauritius
5, Bernardin de St Pierre Avenue
Quatre-Bornes, 72350, Mauritius
t : +(230) 427 1111
f : +(230) 427 1010
e : summer@summer-times.com
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line249
|
__label__wiki
| 0.600271
| 0.600271
|
Tag Archives: Barbara Jones
Craft – Garden in a Book Shadowbox
Posted on September 6, 2016 by barbara
Recently I was Inspired by the beautiful shadowboxes I had seen on the internet and decided to create a special craft project. I had a hinged book box that I purchased on several months ago that I thought would be perfect to use for my Garden in a Book Shadowbox. Most of the other supplies were from my craft closet – paper, a miniature tree, a miniature metal gate and fence set, small flowers and moss. Once I had all my supplies gathered together, this was the creative part of the craft project. My advice is to have fun arranging the various items you have collected to make a pleasant arrangement. In general, I like my scenes to be symmetrical but maybe I would suggest trying to set the focal point (maybe a tree or a garden table and chairs set) off to one side. This idea would definitely add more room for embellishments and currently the craft stores are expanding their miniatures collections so the selection is definitely larger!
Garden in a Book Shadowbox – supplies
Hinged Book Box
Durable paper to cover the box (I used a remnant from a wallpaper sample book)
Scrapbook paper for the background
Blue paint, paint brush (optional)
Miniature set of a metal garden gate and fence
Small flowers Moss
Hot glue gun and glue sticks
Black Sharpie (optional)
Garden in a Book Shadowbox – instructions
The first step is to cover the hinged book box with the durable paper. To begin, place the paper on one corner of the box. Then, smooth the paper while working across to the other side and glue into position, trim any access paper. Craft Tip: To cover any slight caps between the paper and the edge of the box I used a black Sharpie marker.
Cut a piece of scrapbook paper to fit the inside of the box, this will be the background. (I used a textured pale blue piece of paper and then painted it will a medium blue paint, this way I achieved the exact color I wanted to represented the blue sky background!)
Using the metal garden gate and fence pieces, I attached the small flowers by intertwining them throughout the railings. Craft Tip: Before attaching the flowers, determine the position inside the box behind the miniature tree. This is recommended to assure that the pieces will fit because any adjustments needed afterwards would be more difficult with the flowers attached.
Hot glue the floral gate and fence pieces to the back of the box. (I positioned the pieces about an inch from the bottom to allow space for the moss and with the side fencing at an angle to add some depth instead of all the pieces flat against the back of the box)
Hot glue the miniature tree to the bottom of the box. (I positioned the tree in the center because I always like a symmetrical arrangement, but it can also be set to one side to allow more room for embellishments) Craft Note: As you may notice, the tree in the supply photo and the finished photo look very different. I choose to add small leaves to the tree to create a more “realistic” appearance.
Add moss to the bottom portion of the box to complete the craft project.
Shown below are to different version of the Garden in a Book Shadowbox. The photo on the right is the first version as explained in the instructions. The photo on the left is the second version with fluffy cotton ball clouds added to the background (which should be positioned prior to gluing the miniature tree) To make the clouds I used two cotton ball which I pulled and stretched apart until I create the perfect fluffy cloud!
Posted in Craft | Tagged Barbara Jones, Craft, Craft idea to create a garden in a shadowbox, Enchanted Manor, garden in a book shadowbox, Garden in a Book Shadowbox insturctions, Garden in a Book Shadowbox supplies, How to make a miniature garden display in a shadowbox, The Enchanted Manor | Leave a reply
British Royal Family Orders
Posted on August 26, 2016 by barbara
While being interested in the British Royal Family over many years I always wondered about the ribbon “badges” worn with miniature portraits pinned to the evening gowns of the female members of the Royal Family. So, I set about researching the history and tradition of the British Royal Family Orders.
The Royal Family Orders are customarily given by the British sovereign to the female members of the Royal Family and are considered a personal item rather than the state commemorative medals worn by the male members of the Royal Family. The Order is decorated with a miniature portrait of the sovereign which is suspended from a ribbon bow and on the reverse side of the portrait frame there is an engraving of the sovereign’s monogram. Throughout the years the color of the ribbon has been changed with each sovereign selecting their own distinctive color.
The Order is customarily worn on the left side of the lady’s evening gown but there has been the occasional exception to this rule. If the lady has received more than one of the Royal Family Orders from various sovereigns the Orders are worn layered with the most recent one on the top. In the photo below on the left shows the Queen Mother wearing the Order of her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, on the top and the Order of her husband, King George VI, on bottom. The photo on the right shows Queen Elizabeth wearing the Order of her father, King George VI, on the top and the Order of her grandfather, King George V, on the bottom. (Special Note: A female sovereign, such as Queen Elizabeth, does not wear their own Royal Family Order)
Historical Note: It seems that Queen Mary was one of the most honored women of the Royal Family having receiving five Royal Family Orders. The Orders were given by Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, King George V, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II. The last Order she received was to her given in December 1952 which was after her grand-daughter, Queen Elizabeth’s accession but before her coronation. Sadly, Queen Mary did not live to see the coronation and died a few months before in March 1953. In the photo below, Queen Mary is seeing wearing two of her Royal Family Orders.
A History of the Royal Family Orders
Listed below are the Royal Family Orders starting with King George IV to the current Queen Elizabeth II. There will be a brief description of each Royal Family Order issued by the sovereign and a partial list of recipients during their reign. (Special Note: There was no Royal Family Order issued for King Edward VIII who abdicated in 1936 less than a year after his accession to the throne and prior to his coronation)
Royal Family Order of King George IV
During Prince George’s regency as the result of the madness of his father King George III, the Prince is noted to on special occasions give his personal badge of honor as a memento to the gentlemen and ladies of the court. After the death of his farther and his accession to the throne as King George IV he reserved the honor of the first official Royal Family Order to be given exclusively to female members of the Royal Family. Attached to a white silk bow was a miniature portrait set in a gold and silver frame decorated with diamond oak leaves and acorns with a diamond embellished crown at the top of the frame (as shown in the photo below, the right photo shows the reverse side of the portrait frame). Some of the recipients of the Royal Family Order of King George IV included his sister Queen Charlotte of Wurttemberg, his sister-in-law Princess Augusta the Duchess of Cambridge and his niece Princess Victoria of Kent who was later to become Queen Victoria.
King William IV
During the reign of King William IV he did not create a formal Royal Family Order but instead issued a set of square jeweled buckles featuring the crowned monograms of King William and Queen Adelaide, as shown in the photo below.
During Queen Victoria reign, her Royal Badge was initially given as her personal honor to her eldest daughter Princess Victoria on the solemn occasion of her confirmation marking her religious commitment and most notably her status as a young adult. In the following years Queen Victoria bestowed the badges on her other daughters also at the time of their confirmations.
Then after the death of her beloved husband Prince Albert, the Queen decided to formally create the Order of Victoria & Albert as another one of her numerous ways of honoring the Prince. Unlike the other Royal Family Orders, the Order of Victoria & Albert was divided into four classes, the first being given her daughters and later her daughters-in-law and grand-daughters with subsequent classes issued to other members of the Royal Family and the Royal Household including honored servants and couriers.
The Order of Victoria & Albert was established in 1862 and features an ivory colored cameo of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert set in brown onyx with a silver gilt frame accented with diamonds, rubies and emeralds with a diamond embellished crown at the top of the frame which was attached to a white silk bow , as shown in the photo below on the left. Lesser class badges were decorated with pearls instead of diamonds. (Special Note: The second and the third photos below show Queen Victoria’s personal badge with the profiles set in reverse order with Prince Albert in the front and the Queen behind)
Historical Note: Both Princess Alexandra, Queen Victoria’s daughter-in-law (later to become Queen Alexandra in 1863) and Princess May of Teck (later to become Queen Mary in 1893) wore their Order of Victoria & Albert badges on their wedding days to the future Kings of England.
The Royal Family Order of King Edward VII was established in 1901 and features a diamond surrounded miniature portrait of King Edward painted on enamel with a diamond embellished crown at the top of the frame, this would set a precedence for future orders which would be created in this style with a single portrait of the sovereign painted on enamel. The King Edward portrait frame is attached to a bow in blue, yellow and red stripes which were coincidentally used as King Edward’s horse racing colors, the order is shown in the photo below. The King’s wife Queen Alexandra, his sisters, daughters and daughter-in-law were recipients of King Edward’s Royal Family Orders.
King George V
The Royal Family Order of King George V was established in 1910 and features a miniature portrait of the King painted on enamel surrounded by diamonds with a diamond embellished crown at the top of the frame which is attached to white silk bow. The recipients of the Order include the King’s wife Queen Mary, his daughter-in-law Princess Alice the Duchess of Gloucester and his two grand-daughters, Princess Elizabeth (later to become Queen Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret.
King George VI
The Royal Family Order of King George VI was established in 1936 and features a miniature enameled portrait of the King surrounded by diamonds with a diamond embellished crown at the top of the frame which is attached to a rose pink bow. The recipients of the Order include the King’s wife Queen Elizabeth (later known as the Queen Mother) and their eldest daughter Princess Elizabeth (later to become Queen Elizabeth II) and their youngest daughter Princess Margaret (later known as the Countess of Snowdon).
The Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II was established in 1952 features a miniature enameled portrait of the young queen surrounded by diamonds with a diamond embellished crown at the top of the frame which is attached to a chartreuse yellow bow. The reverse side of the Order has the Queen Royal cipher and St. Edward’s Crown in gold and enamel.
(Special Note: The portrait of Queen Elizabeth used for the Royal Family Order is the 1952 painting by Dorothy Wilding)
The Queen Elizabeth’s Royal Family Order recipients is the longest list and includes Queen Mary (her grandmother), Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret (her sister) and Princess Diana (her daughter-in-law) who are all deceased. Shown in the photos below are Princess Margaret on the left wearing three of the Royal Family Orders (King George VI, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) and Princess Diana on the right wearing the Queen’s Order.
Current recipients include Princess Anne (her daughter) and her daughters-in-law Sophie the Duchess of Wessex and Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall. Three Royals are shown wearing the Order in the photos below.
To end this post, there has been long term speculation as to when Katherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, would receive Queen Elizabeth II Royal Family Order. In past years most brides marrying into the Royal Family have received the Order within five years after the wedding, these times are all hearsay since the Order is a personal honor bestowed by the sovereign and there is no official press announcement. The first indication is when the recipient wears the Order at a public function, such as a State Banquet. So far this has not happened for the Duchess of Cambridge and we will continue to wait in anticipation.
UPDATE: The Duchess of Cambridge was reported to have received the Royal Family Order in December 2017 and wore it for the first time at a Diplomatic Corps Reception that year. Shown below is a photo of the Duchess wearing the Royal Family Order in September 2018 at the State Banquet for King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands. It is also interesting to note that the Duchess requested that her Royal Family Order be made of glass instead of ivory because her husband, Prince William, has is a Royal Patron of Tusk which is dedicated to the survival of African endangered wildlife.
Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged a history of the British Royal Family Orders, Barbara Jones, British Royal Family Orders, Enchanted Manor, Jeweled buckles of King William IV, Miscellaneous post, Order of Victoria & Albert, Queen Victoria royal badge, Royal Family Order of Queen Elizabeth II, Royal Family Orders, Royal Family Orders of King Edward VII, Royal Family Orders of King George IV, Royal Family Orders of King George V, Royal Family Orders of King George VI, The Enchanted Manor, the tradition of the British Royal Family Orders | 2 Replies
Craft – Altered Clock
Altered or repurposed artwork is very popular right now ranging from repurposed jewelry made into decorative frames and bridal bouquets to utensils made into jewelry to altered books and clocks made into decorative items. An altered item by definition is a form of mixed media artwork that changes an item from its original form giving it a new and decorative appearance.
Whenever I am looking for inspiration for craft projects I always search the internet and Pinterest is a great source for looking for inspiration on a variety of items. In this post I will focus on one of the most popular repurposed items – the altered clock. For this craft project I will take a simple table clock (which I purchased on sale at my local craft store) and make it into a lovely decorative item for my office bookshelf by using some inexpensive materials that I already had in my craft closet.
Altered Clock – supplies
Sturdy cardboard
Scrapbook paper for background
Small flowers, ferns and other floral items
Decorative item (I used an artificial butterfly)
Altered Clock – instructions
Disassemble the table clock, separate the clock from the frame but leave the glass in place.
Since a new frame backing was needed after the removal of the clock, I used the clock as a template and I cut a new backing using a sturdy piece of cardboard.
Next, I cut a piece of scrapbook paper again using the clock backing as a template; I glued this to the cardboard piece.
Then, cutting the fern to fit the clock frame, I arrange three pieces and glued them to the scrapbook paper.
I continued layering the small flowers and floral sprays, also gluing them to the scrapbook paper.
To finish the arrangement, I glued a small butterfly in the center (as shown in the photo above)
Next, before setting the floral arrangement and cardboard piece back into the clock frame, I added a small amount of Spanish moss to the bottom portion of the interior of the clock frame (as shown in the photo below)
(Special Note: The clock that I used had a foam piece in the back which created a space between the glass and backing that allowed room for the floral arrangement which is an important point to keep in mind when selecting a clock for the craft project)
Shown below is a photo of the altered clock before the alterations
and after as it sits on the bookshelf in my home office.
Posted in Craft | Tagged Altered Clock, Altered Clock instructions, Altered Clock supplies, Barbara Jones, craft post, Enchanted Manor, how to make an Altered Clock, instructions to make an Altered Clock, supplies needed to make an Altered Clock, The Enchanted Manor | 2 Replies
Coco Chanel (Part Two)
Last year in honor of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel (born: August 19, 1883 died: January 10, 1971) I posted an article that discussed her personal and professional life. Chanel was a French fashion designer that has effected what women have been wearing for a century. Chanel started designing fashionable hats this lead to her starting her own fashion line which proved to be an enormous success. Her understated and elegant designs set many of the fashion trends that women are still wearing today. Chanel eventually expanded her fashion line to include accessories, such as jewelry, handbags and fragrance Chanel No. 5 which still remains one of the bestselling perfumes of all times. In Part Two, I will discuss some of Chanel’s iconic contributions to the world of fashion.
The Chanel Suit
In 1921 Coco Chanel designed a women’s suit that would become a classic fashion item, it was the first suit made specifically for women. The Chanel Suit was a collarless, buttoned wool jacket and a straight A-line skirt; the suit would sometimes be decorated with braid trim or metallic buttons. The Chanel Suit was usually made in tweed material cut on the straight grain and the jacket was lined with jersey or silk crepe. The jacket was designed without shoulder pads and there were no darts at the bust line, the neckline lacked a collar for comfort and useful pockets. As most clothes that Chanel designed it came from her personal need to have something comfortable but yet fashionable with a sophisticated look. As the Chanel Suit emerged as a fashion choice, the timing was after World War I and women were starting to enter into business.
The first Chanel designed little black dress appeared in the 1926 Vogue magazine in the United States, it was predicted the dress would “become a uniform for all women of taste”. The simply-cut dress was initially available in silk crêpe de chine and had a straight neckline, long sleeves and calf-length skirt. The “neutral” color of the dress was intended to be both versatile, affordable and meant to transcend several seasons, perhaps years and could be accessorized for daytime and evening. Chanel later made the dress in wool or chenille for the day and silk, satin or velvet for the evening.
The Chanel Bag
The Chanel Bag was designed in 1929 and the original version was made in leather. The bag’s exterior featured a hand-stitched quilted design and the interior was lined in a burgundy color (which was said to be used by Chanel and was reminiscent of the color of the uniforms at the Aubazine Abbey, the convent and orphanage in central France were she lived for six years). The back of the bag has an outside compartment for storing money and on the inside of the front flap there is a zippered compartment, Chanel was known to keep her personal love letters there in her own purse. At the front of the original bag there was a front lock, which was known as the “Mademoiselle Lock” referring to Chanel’s unmarried status. Chanel also designed the original bag with double chain shoulder straps to allow women the freedom of not holding onto their bag which would free their hands for other activities. The chains featured leather straps laced through them; this was a feature reminiscent of the chains that the nuns would have used at the Aubazine orphanage from Chanel’s childhood.
Throughout the years the basic Chanel Bag has been updated and restyled. The “2.55” bag was designed in February 1955, hence the name of this version. The bag was made in a variety of leather and fabric color combinations and featured the Mademoiselle Lock or a special order lock shaped in the classic double CC Chanel logo.
The Pearl Necklace
The history of pearls dates back several centuries to the time of the ancient Greeks when women wore them in their hair for weddings to symbolize purity and to ensure marital happiness. During the Renaissance women would intertwine pearls into their hair also embellished their clothing with pearls. Noble women (such as Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia, Queen Alexandria and Queen Mary of Britain) and women of the upper class often wore several layers of necklaces made of natural pearls. In 1893, Kokichi Mickimoto perfected the process for creating beautiful and lustrous cultured pearls and a new jewelry industry was born which made pearl necklaces available for the women of the middle class.
In the early 1920s, Coco Chanel set the fashion trend of wearing cultured pearls during the daytime; she would also combine the pearls with other pieces of fine jewelry and by doing this she made it acceptable for women to mix inexpensive and expensive jewelry to be worn at the same time.
Chanel No. 5 perfume
Throughout the years, Chanel was constantly looking for ways to expand her business. In 1922 she was introduced to Pierre Wertheimer, the director of the Bourgeois Perfume and Cosmetics Company, and she worked with Ernest Beaux, a Russian-French perfumer, to create the chemical formula for a special fragrance. Women of the upper class would wear traditional perfumes made from the pure essence of a single flower while ladies of the lower class wore more sensual perfumes made from animal musk. Chanel No. 5, which was originally only sold exclusively in the Chanel stores, was a combination of the two different scents perfectly blended for the new modern women of the 1920s.
After entering into the agreement with Wertheimer and Bader, a separate company was created called Parfums Chanel. The arrangement was that Wertheimer would receive seventy percent, Bader would receive twenty percent and Chanel would have the remaining ten percent but she would have no involvement in the actual running of the business. Years later, Chanel realized her error in being “tricked” into such a low percent of the company when the profits of the sale of the perfume reached nine million dollars annually. She was also concerned that the original formula for Chanel No. 5 had been altered and was being produced inexpensively with inferior ingredients to meet the high consumer demands. It would take twenty years of legal battles to finally reach a settlement and a new arrangement was agreed upon paying Chanel retroactive outstanding profits not paid to her and also increasing her percentage of the future profits, her earnings from Chanel No. 5 sales would be almost twenty-five million dollars annually.
There are several reasons for the selection of the name of Chanel No. 5, Chanel considered the number five to be her special number. Chanel associated the number five with her childhood at the Aubazine convent and orphanage for several reasons, such as the five-petal roses which grew naturally on the hillsides surrounding the Abbey or the circular pattern repeated five times during daily prayers at the Abbey’s church. Another reason could be traced back the fact that the scent that Chanel choose was the fifth sample. (Chanel always showed her annual fashion collection on May fifth, the fifth month and fifth day of the year)
Chanel was involved in all aspects of the selection and design process of the Chanel No. 5 perfume. In regards to the perfume bottle’s design, she thought the Lalique and Baccarat crystal bottles used for the other women fragrances were too elaborate. She wanted a simple bottle and it was thought that it inspired by the Charvet rectangular bottles in the traveling case used by her companion, Arthur “Boy” Capel or possibly the squared shape of his whiskey decanters.
Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Barbara Jones, Chanel iconic fashions, Chanel No. 5 perfume, Chanel Suit description, Coco Chanel, Coco Chanel (Part Two), Enchanted Manor, Gabrielle Chanel, The Chanel Bag, The Chanel Suit, The Enchanted Manor, The Little Black Dress, The Pearl Necklace | Leave a reply
Decor – Nautical-themed Decorations
Posted on August 9, 2016 by barbara
This month I wrote a Travel Post about the Royal Yacht Britannia. The Britannia, which launched in 1953, has served the Queen as an official Royal residence for state visits and official receptions when traveling aboard. The Britannia was also used for Royal family holidays and the honeymoons of several Royal couples throughout the years. The Britannia was decommissioned in 1997 and is now a tourist attraction in Edinburg, Scotland. Please click on the link for more detailed information about the history of the Royal Yacht Britannia.
So, inspired by the Britannia I decided to create two Nautical-themed Decorations which were easy craft projects, using just a few inexpensive and relatively easy to purchase items that could be made in just a short time. The Nautical-themed Decorations would look wonderful in a beach or coastal home but could be used in any style of home.
The first Nautical-themed Decoration used a wooden hook in the shape of an anchor, a black framed shadowbox and red, white and blue stripped scrapbook paper. To start the craft project, I disassembled the shadowbox and set aside the backing and glass. Using the backing as a guide to size, I cut the scrapbook paper to fit the interior of the shadowbox and then glued it to a piece of cardboard cut to the same dimensions. This provided a hard, sturdy surface to hold the weight of the anchor hook. I centered the anchor into place and then glued it to the scrapbook paper/cardboard. Next, I replaced the glass and backing of the shadowbox and that completed the craft project. (Décor Note: I choose to detach the metal hook from the wooden anchor but it could remain as a serviceable item for hanging)
The second Nautical-themed Decoration took a little bit of research but was made in under an hour using a few inexpensive items. The supplies included a simple wooden frame with a white mat, a burlap covered backing, several colors of scrapbook paper, cardboard letters painted black and small amount of jute rope. To start the craft project, I used my home computer to find the nautical flag alphabet and with this information I used scrapbook paper to create the flags that would spell out our last name. After making the small flags I attached these to a small length of jute rope which I strung from one side of the frame to the other. With the painted black cardboard letter I spelled out “welcome” and glued these directly to the burlap backing. (Décor Note: For this project I choose not to use the glass from the frame because of the thickness of the rope and paper flags. By eliminating the glass it also omitted any glare to distract from the display)
With these custom-made Nautical-themed Decorations I was able to create the perfect items for our home.
Posted in Decor | Tagged Barbara Jones, Britannia, Decor post, decorating with nautical-themed items, decorations inspired by the Royal Yacht Britannia, Enchanted Manor, Nautical-themed decorations, Royal Yacht Britania, The Enchanted Manor | Leave a reply
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line252
|
__label__cc
| 0.704796
| 0.295204
|
Unicorn Heads is a music production studio providing thematic, stock, library, and background music for film, commercials, online video, podcasts, and television.
Modern composition is mood music - evocative, stirring, emotional. Unicorn Heads provides original music to enhance the listener’s mood and the aural environment.
Connor O’Sullivan is an accomplished music producer with over a decade of experience in the audio post production industry, drawing from a diverse musical background producing Americana, rock, indie-rock, country, folk, dance, electronic, post-rock, IDM, ambient and orchestral music.
Connor is also a professional bass player for the San Francisco-based band Midnight North, and produces eclectic electronic music under the moniker Croonn. Aside from playing and producing music Connor runs the boutique record label, Trazmick Recordings.
Connor graduated from Indiana University, where he studied science and music. Before entering the music industry full-time, he worked in marketing as a web developer for Apple and Charles Schwab in San Francisco, CA.
Sound Design & Synthesis
Ableton Live 10 Suite
YouTube Audio Library
Automation Resources Group
Lean Startup Co.
PentaVision Communications
Midnight North
© 2016-2019 UnicornHeads.com
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line258
|
__label__cc
| 0.741623
| 0.258377
|
The Tragic and True Story of My Daughter Kelly Hyman (AVARICIOUS, ADULTERESS, BLACKMAILER AND LIAR) &
Former Chief Judge "Pre-Nup" Paul My Bald Son-in-Law
by Alex Daoud Author of "Sins of South Beach"
Articles April 23, 2018 posted by Alex Daoud
THE TRUTH ABOUT MY DAUGHTER KELLY (NOT CREDIBLE) HYMAN
Alex Daoud, Author “Sins of Southbeach” April 21, 2018
THE TRUTH ABOUT MY DAUGHTER KELLY (NOT CREDIBLE) HYMAN AND FORMER CHIEF JUDGE PRE-NUP PAUL MY BALD SON IN LAW
NOTE: ALEX DAOUD IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE
KELLY (DAOUD) HYMAN
This website is dedicated to exposing the truth about my son in law Former Chief Federal Judge Paul G. Hyman Jr. and to expose the harsh reality about my daughter Kelly Daoud Hyman. My daughter was a member of the high-priced law firm of Searcy Denney in Palm Beach, Florida. She proudly listed on her web page that “Ms. Hyman worked as an actress, appearing in numerous television shows and commercials.” She chose as her motto Justice John Holmes quote
“There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” Nothing could be farther from the truth. She is no longer a member of this law firm and presently practices law at the McDivitt Law Firm in Denver Colorado.
Ex-Federal Judge, Paul G. Hyman
I will never forget the first time I met Paul G. Hyman Jr. It was at my home in Miami Beach on January 15, 2011. My daughter Kelly introduced him as her date for the evening. I knew that she had been secretly sneaking around with him prior to our initial meeting. Nevertheless, my daughter always liked to keep things hidden; discreetly dating without openly admitting what she really was doing. We shook hands as he introduced himself to me.
“I’m Paul Hyman Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.” He announced his name in such a pompous and pestilent manner that it seemed I was being given the great honor of meeting the President of the United States, the Pope and the Queen of England all in the same, solitary social event.
From the first moment we met, I tried hard to like Paul Hyman, but he is one of those arrogant, obnoxious, opinionated types of people that are very easy to dislike. Moreover, his appearance matched his demeanor. He had a raggedy gray goatee with a matching unkempt mustache, which contrasted sharply with the cheap orange dyed color tint of the few remaining surviving hairs on his bulbous balding head. Hyman had an unusually large forehead, with deeply sunk, thin eyebrows and snakelike dark eyes.
The combined combination of his arrogant attitude and aloof manner was discourteous. I tried to be polite, respectful but that desire quickly dissipated when he began to lecture me about how powerful it was to be the chief federal judge and how important his job was. I responded by smiling and listening to him pontificate on what a powerful person he was.
Five months later my daughter Kelly informed me that she was moving in with Paul Hyman at his Palm Beach waterfront mansion and that they were going to get married. I was very happy that my daughter had finally found someone to marry and to build a life with. She was forty-one years old and had lived with me off-and- on for the last fourteen years. During that time, she had earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree, her master’s degree and her law degree. I had encouraged her and assisted her in getting her education. Our relationship had started out very good and I loved her very much. However, what changed our relationship as it does with many parents was one solitary scandalous incident that transpired that exposed Kelly’s vicious nature.
Kelly (Daoud) Hyman – The Tragic Mess
In 1997, Kelly was living in New York with her mother. She met my best friend who was a successful businessman and very married with children. I warned her that he was charming, charismatic and listed in the prestigious Forbes magazine as being extremely wealthy, but he was married with children. He was a womanizer and a real player who was openly obsequious to his wife and secretly nefarious. I truly liked him but realized his weaknesses. He was one of the very few people that had stood by me during my criminal trial, held me up at my mother’s funeral and visited me when I went to prison. Unfortunately, he truly loved women and his marriage never restricted him from romancing them. I warned my daughter she should not become romantically involved with him or accept any gifts he might give her or travel with him on overnight trips. Of course, Kelly disregarded my concerns. At first, he bought her jewelry from Tiffany’s, then she began to “BORROW” money from him and finally the forbidden first-class flights to “VACATION” in the Caribbean. They spent weekends in penthouse suites at the Plaza, attended Broadway plays and relished romantic buggy rides through Central Park. In the beginning, everything seemed perfect. Kelly told me he was going to get a divorce and he confirmed it. At first, I believed him. Then she began to take more than just ordinary gifts. He bought her an SUV, paid her school tuition and her vacations to Europe, California and wherever else she wanted to travel. Kelly needed more money. He began by giving her small amounts of cash, but the amounts got larger and larger as she demanded more and more.
Of course, the day of reckoning arrived as it does in almost all adulterous avaricious affairs. Eventually, he had enough. He told Kelly that their affair was over. He never wanted to see her again. I can still remember Kelly’s reaction when she first told me. Her face contorted with abhorrence, anger and a vicious animosity that was frightening. Kelly countenance resembled that of the accomplished actress Glenn Close in the iconic movie “Fatal Attraction.” The long-quoted phrase by the English Poet William Congreve “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned” seared into my soul. I was not happy with what he had done. It was despicable. But what transpired with Kelly was even worse. She completely ignored his request to end their relationship. Instead, she began to make veiled threats that she would go public about their adulterous affair. She even threatened to visit his home and tell his wife and family. She told her paramour that she no longer wanted to live with her brother and me rent free and she needed a home of her own. Kelly demanded that he buy her a condominium close to Barry University where she was getting her master’s Degree. He had gotten her into the master’s program in communications at Barry. At first, he adamantly refused but Kelly persisted, assuring him that this would be the last time; he would have to buy her anything. Of course, he surrendered to Kelly’s demands as most successful, wealthy, married men do when threatened by their mistress. It was much easier for him to buy off his former sexual partner than to struggle with her. He grudgingly cosigned on her mortgage at his bank Wells Fargo, gave her money to buy the condominium and Kelly became the unscrupulous owner of unit 306 at the Capri Garden Condominiums 11925 N.E. 2nd. Ave. North Miami, Florida 33161. Of course, the most shocking thing about buying the condominium for Kelly was that she only lived there for a very short time. She rented it out pocketing the money and moved back to live with me and her brother while refusing to help with any of our expenses.
Unfortunately, moral weakness as it always does when threatened by an avarice adulteress only fuels the fires of greed. Kelly laughed at her ex lover’s stupidity in believing that she was finished with him financially. Instead of ending their relationship, she responded by demanding another car, a newer one. Once again, he caved in without a fight and helped her buy a second SUV all the while paying Kelly more and more money. By now, he had lost any desire to fight her and figured it was easier to just keep paying her. He no longer desired to see or speak to Kelly. He was a beaten man too afraid to confess to his wife and too scared to stand up to his larcenous mistress Kelly. Obsequiously he just began to hand me the cash and I would give it to Kelly. She never said thank you, never showed any signs of appreciation instead she told me how much she despised him and what a weak man he was for not leaving his wife even though he hated her. By now, I had become totally indifferent to both of them. He had certainly been stupid and selfish but now she was really going to make him suffer for his senselessness. Her ex-lover continued to pay Kelly off with fresh, bank bills with the amount of $10,000. written on the wrapper. The payments always consisted of neatly packaged hundred-dollar bills. Kelly spent the cash on her law school tuition, to pay for her travelling expenses, for massages, facials, acupuncture treatments, Botox shots along with everything else, she desired.
Each time he gave me, the cash to give her, his anger grew. “Tell her to stop calling me, to stop threatening me; otherwise the money is going to stop. She’s stolen enough from me.” I tried not to respond whenever he complained because I no longer believed anything either of them said. By now, I was very sorry that somehow, I had become so intensely involved in their infidelities. At this point in their relationship, they both deserved each other. I still wanted to protect my daughter, but it was becoming more and more difficult with each payment she demanded. What truly scared me was that Kelly was labeling all of this illicit money from her paramour as “GIFTS” and never paid taxes on them. I took my daughter to an accountant and watched the accountant’s face contort in disbelief as Kelly explained that everything she received from her ex-lover were “GIFTS”. Both the accountant and I tried to explain to my daughter that she could be in serious income tax trouble if the I. R. S. investigated her. She laughed replying, “It’s his problem not mine.” By the end of 2001, after four years of dealing with my daughter and her threats, he finally had enough. He hired a lawyer to prosecute her. He told his wife the truth and informed me that if Kelly ever contacted him again his lawyer was going to the State Attorney and file charges against her for “BLACKMAIL.” Immediately I begged him not to do anything stupid. For the first time I sincerely believed what he was saying. It wasn’t so much his words as the expression on his face. Gone was the nice guy façade that he always presented publicly. It had evaporated, replaced by a deep-seated countenance of hatred that he had never shown before. I convinced him that it would be better for him and his family if he just had Kelly sign a “General Release” agreeing to never contact him or any members of his family.
Kelly was furious when she learned that her meal ticket for the last four years was about to end. At first, she refused to sign anything unless she received another $25,000. Eventually she settled for $7,000. He warned me to be very careful of my daughter. He advised me that she loved money more than anything and that she was an accomplish actress and master manipulator. It was true that Kelly was a professional actress. She played Loretta in the very popular daytime soap opera “The Young and the Restless”. Kelly starred in television shows, movies, off-Broadway plays and over 100 commercials. She was an accomplished actress. her stellar performance as a disgruntled mistress came naturally to her.
“Alex once Kelly is stopped from further blackmailing me she will eventually turn on you and even Alexander, her own brother. When I started to break up with her, we met for lunch and Kelly told me she had cancer and was dying. Of course, I believed her, so I kept helping her. But when I wanted Kelly to go to a world-famous cancer specialist who is a friend of mine she never went. I asked Kelly to send copies of her medical records to the specialist. But of course, she never did. Finally, Kelly admitted to me that she was lying. That she didn’t have cancer. She was acting to get more money from me. That is how despicable a person she is. Kelly hates you and your son.”
His lawyer Richard Zaretsky faxed me a copy of the “GENERAL RELEASE“. A GENERAL RELEASE is a legal document that discharges all claims against a person for consideration. Which in this case was of course money. The document consisted of two pages and initially did not appear to be very onerous. When I first read it, the second paragraph shocked me, surging from the page. It had my name in it and the name of a corporation that my mother had given me Titan Signs.
GENERAL RELEASE
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT: THAT KELLY DAOUD, first party, for and in consideration of the sum of ($7,000.00) and other valuable considerations, received from or on behalf of Titan Signs, Inc. Alex Daoud and her ex-lover, jointly and individually as second parties, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged…..” the first paragraph continued in the usual legal language of a lawyer written release. Then I read the second paragraph where the power of the words changed.
The first party (KELLY DAOUD) further covenants and agrees to neither harass, contact, nor communicate, directly or indirectly with her ex-lover inclusive of any member of his family (WHICH SHALL BE DEFINED AS HIS CHILDREN, WIFE, BROTHERS, SISTERS, PARENTS, AUNTS, UNCLES AND COUSINS) FROM THIS TIME FORWARD, WITHOUT EXCEPTION.”
These words carried the harsh truth and the disgusting reality of what she had done. The sentences conveyed the cold stone emotions and the ruthless reality of just how immoral Kelly had acted. She coerced him to buy her two cars, a condominium, jewelry, vacations and over a $100,000.00 in cash for having committed adultery. The shocking fact of the release was that the lawyer was trying to protect his client by including my name in it. After all, if his lawyer had to sue Kelly to enforce the general release he had me locked in as a witness to her actions. Of course, I would never testify against my own daughter or be part of a lawsuit to hurt her. If the lawyer had just researched my history, he would have known that I went to trial against the federal government when they indicted me on forty-one counts. I did it to protect my family and my friends. Unfortunately, the reality of life, is that there is a paucity of people that stand up when they have to put substantial skin in the game. Especially if you lose, you go to prison. My friend had made an awful mistake, inexcusable and my daughter Kelly had certainly made him pay for it to the tune of over one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. On January 5, 2002, Kelly signed the notarized “GENERAL RELEASE”. I loved my daughter and I was going to make sure that everything ended peacefully and that no one else would get hurt. How naive I was.
(ENJOY KELLY’S VIDEO AS SHE TRIES TO AVOID TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT THE RELEASE)
Watch Kelly Hyman squirm during her testimony about blackmail money paid
In May 2003, my daughter graduated from law school and moved in with her teenage brother and me. She obtained the prestigious position of clerking for a federal bankruptcy judge. Of course, she never moved back to her ill-gotten apartment that she had coerced her adulterous lover to buy her. She continued to rent her apartment, pocketing the money while living with me and not paying any rent, food expenses or any other costs of living. I paid it all. At first, the three of us lived in a small two-bedroom apartment, and then we moved to a larger three bedroom. I desperately wanted to buy a home for all of us to live. The problem was that I needed to purchase a home near the apartment building that my mother and I had built. I had another concern that was far more serious. I was writing a tell all book “Sins of South Beach the True Story of Corruption, Violence, Murder and the Making of Miami Beach.” My publisher had withdrawn from the project because I was exposing real crimes, with real people with their real names. There had been numerous threats made against me about lawsuits, legal injunctions and even physical harm if I published “SINS OF SOUTH BEACH.” I wasn’t worried about anyone hurting me; I was worried about the lawsuits for libel and the harsh reality of the legal expenses it could cost to defend. I knew I would eventually prevail in a lawsuit for defamation about my book. Truth is a complete defense to a defamation lawsuit. When you write a defamatory statement, it is called libel or slander when you speak the words. I began to make myself judgment proof by placing what little I owned into the trust I established for my son in 1993 before reporting to prison. I had established this trust when my son was just 3-year-old. I formed the trust when I began helping the prosecutors put the corrupt power brokers who had bribed me in prison. I even wore a wire for the U.S. attorney in a very dangerous meeting with Abel Holtz the C.E.O. of Capital Bank. The F.B.I. learned there was a contract to kill me. The Feds stashed me in a secret location after I testified at the public trial against the former C.E.O. of the defunct Centrust Bank David Paul. After my testimony, the jury convicted him on 68 of 69 charges. Federal Judge Donald Graham sentenced the corrupt banker to 11 years in prison. I wanted to protect my infant son in the event they killed me. I established an irrevocable trust for him before going to prison and placed every asset that I owned into the trust. Judge James Lawrence King sentenced me to Sixty-Three months in prison. I honestly believed that would be the last 5 years and 3 months of my life. I went to prison knowing that my infant son had financial protection. Eighteen months later the Judge released me. Immediately I began writing my tell all book “Sins of South Beach”. I was determined to expose the truth surrounding the rebirth of Miami Beach and the price paid for the city’s resurrection.
It was with this background and eminent release of my self-published book that I attempted to purchase a home next to the apartment building that was in my son’s trust. Another problem with purchasing my home was the fact that there were no houses for sale in my neighborhood. I wanted to buy my home on the same street where I had lived my entire life, on Michigan Ave. and 17TH. Street in South Beach. There was an elderly neighbor who I was friendly with Jordan Schwartz who spoke to me about selling his home. My attorney Jerrold Engelman prepared the contract to buy my home. On April 19, 2005, my attorney and I formed a corporation to purchase my residence. We did this to further hide my ownership. Unfortunately, we misspelled the name of my new corporation. Instead of spelling the correct name for the plant Bougainvillea, we misspelled it Bougainvilla. After forming the corporation, I went to dinner with the owner of the home. We had a wonderful meal and he signed the contract. My daughter wasn’t at the dinner and she had nothing to do with purchasing my new home. Unfortunately, the very next day the owner of the home had seller’s remorse. Jordan had several tenants living on his property that were crack addicts. One of them was a lawyer. She convinced him not to sell his home. My attorney, Jerry Engelman contacted Jordan’s attorney to try and negotiate a settlement. Jordan’s attorney responded by going to the Miami Police department claiming that Jordan was drunk when he signed the contract. The police refused to investigate declaring it was a civil matter. On June 6, 2005, my attorney filed a lawsuit on behalf of my corporation Bouganvilla, for Specific Performance or to make Jordan sell his home. My daughter was an attorney, but she was not capable of filing the lawsuit. So, we both began to help Jerry. Unfortunately, a short time after filing the lawsuit publicity began to build around my home. Kelly went crazy. She blamed me for being a convict, blamed our attorney Jerry for not being aggressive and blamed the Miami Herald for writing a story about my home. She kept screaming, “I want no part of you, your house or your son. You are a convicted felon and a disgrace.” Eventually, she came to her senses realizing we were involved in a lawsuit and a tough fight. Kelly insisted we hire a lawyer with more trial experience than Jerry. She believed that our case would end up with a trial and not a settlement. My friend Larry Silverman recommended a former associate of his, an attorney by the name of Bernardo Burstein. From the first moment we met, I liked Bernardo. He was Cuban-American, Jewish and very intelligent. He had a high fore head, wore thick glasses and looked like a nerd. Because we were hiding my ownership interest in my corporation, my daughter Kelly would be the figurehead plaintiff. On July 8, 2005, Bernardo Burstein became attorney for my corporation. At first, I gave the money to my daughter to pay his legal fees to hide my ownership of Bouganvilla. Within a short time, we abandoned that form of payment and I wrote checks for Bernardo’s legal fees directly from my son’s trust account. In total, my son’s trust paid Bernardo Burstein over $35,000.00 in legal fees.
Throughout the lawsuit and all of these payments to Bernardo, we developed a friendship. A defendant has to trust his lawyer especially when the plaintiff ‘s attorney had threatened me with filing criminal proceeding for getting Schwartz to sign the sales contract. I began to trust Bernardo and to like him. He was very competent, and extremely supportive but also controlling and obdurate. He never liked any ideas unless he was the one that thought of them. Eventually almost all civil lawsuits are resolved with money. I ended up by paying Jordan Schwartz an additional $112,500.00 above the original contract price of $525, 00.00. I went to my bank and the loan officer, a wonderful religious woman Aleida Aroix who I first met in 2005 lent my corporation the money to purchase my dream home. To obtain the bank loan I had to pay $146,481.21 from my son’s trust paid directly to the bank along with all other closing expenses. (Please see Declaration of Aleida Aroix). My son’s trust also paid the following expenses for my home. KELLY (NOT CREDIBLE) HYMAN DID NOT PAY ONE PENNY FOR ANY OF THE EXPENSES OR LEGAL FEES TO PURCHASE MY HOME OR TO MAINTAIN IT. SHE JUST LIVED THERE GRATUITOUSLY.
“Sins of South Beach” my tell all book was about to be released. I had divested myself of all of my personal assets by placing them in my son’s irrevocable trust. Without any personal assets to list as collateral to borrow money from my bank Aleida Aroix the loan officers in the bank recommended that my daughter sign the loan documents for me to obtain the mortgage. Kelly was more than willing to assist in helping me purchase a home. After all, my son’s trust would promptly pay all the mortgage payments and it would help Kelly improve her credit score. She would also have a large home to live in for free with me and her brother instead of a small apartment. I purchased my dream home and everything in my life was wonderful. It was located on the same street where I was born, had grown up and lived my entire life. I was planning to live the rest of my life in that home with my daughter and my son. From the first moment I purchased my home, it turned into the classical “Money Pit.” All of the money to repair my new home came from my son’s trust account. Unfortunately, that was only the beginning. My new home was in such terrible disrepair that the initial inspection reports indicated that the entire electrical wiring, plumbing, air conditioning, windows, doors and roof needed replacement. The cost of repair was astronomical. There was no way that I had that much money to spend. So, a slow, stressful, overwhelming process began, the project of transforming my old dilapidated house into a habitable home for my son and daughter to live there as a family. It took over six months of full time renovation before we could even move in. But the work continued and the expenses for the repairs mounted. Throughout it all, my daughter never contributed anything. She lived with me and my son while enjoying the benefits of not paying any of the bills. In 2006, she moved to Utah to clerk for a federal judge. Kelly then decided to return to California. She no longer wanted to live in Florida and wanted to practice entertainment law in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, she failed the California bar exam four times. Kelly went back to her old ways of mooching and once again lived rent-free in an apartment owned by a friend of mine. Of course, she refused to pay any rent for over eighteen months. Eventually the landlord threatened to sue her for past due rent. She asked my advice and I explained that the only defense she could offer was to contact the city of Los Angeles building department and have a city building inspector find something wrong with her apartment. She could then use that ruse to justify not paying any rent. The landlord filed a lawsuit to evict her and due to my advice, the inspectors report won the lawsuit for my daughter. She even obtained a judgment against the landlord. While she was living in Los Angeles, my friendship with Attorney Bernardo Burstein grew. He was an accomplished musician. His son was several years younger than my son. Bernardo would invite Alexander, to join them at guitar concerts. I reciprocated by inviting him and his son on numerous occasions to have lunch with Alexander and me. We would meet at my home and walk to fabulous Lincoln Road, in the heart of SoBe. Our friendship flourished, and we would often discuss my experiences in politics and writing a book and his life practicing law. Bernardo would invite me and my son to his annual office parties with his other clients. These yearly events were in upscale restaurants and were very enjoyable evenings. I would always sit next to Bernardo and throughout dinner, we would laugh and recall the events that transpired during my lawsuit. Unfortunately, my daughter Kelly was enduring a far worse experience. Failing the California Bar Exam four times drove her into a deep state of depression, defeat and despair. I continued to support her and help her throughout her distress. She returned to South Beach and moved back to live in my home with her brother. Kelly once again refused to pay any bills. She got a job in Miami with the law firm of Gray Robinson and slowly her confidence began to return. Unfortunately, there were allegations that her legal abilities were lacking, and the law firm terminated her employment on October 12, 2010. In an extreme move, the lawyers in her law firm were so upset with Kelly that they even required her to sign a very unusual private severance agreement entitled
“CONFIDENTIAL SEPARATION, SEVERANCE, WAIVER AND RELEASE AGREEMENT.” Incredibly, she received $16,200.00 from the law firm of GRAY ROBINSON WHEN THEY SEVERED HER.
GRAY ROBINSON
Mary Ellen Noris-Adams, PHR Human Resources Director
MENADAMS@GRAY-ROBINSON.COM October 12, 2010
Via email: kellydaoud@yahoo.com
and U.S. Mail
Personal and Confidential
Kelly Daoud, Esq.
Miami Beach, FL. 33139
Re: Confidential Separation, Severance, Waiver and Release Agreement (the “Agreement”)
Dear Kelly:
As you discussed with Frank Terzo, Gary Carman and me on September 30, 2010, Gray Robinson, P.A. (“the Firm”) has made a business decision, based on the needs of the Firm and existing work load, to terminate your employment as an At-Will, Contract Attorney, effective October 8, 201 O (the “Separation Date”).
To assist you with your transition from the Firm, and subject to the terms set out in this Agreement, the Firm will provide the following consideration:
1. Severance Pay. The Firm will provide six (6) weeks of severance pay in the gross amount of Sixteen Thousand Two Hundred and 00/100 Dollars ($16,200.00), less applicable taxes (FICA, Medicare and federal tax withholding).
One Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($1,000.00) of the Severance Pay is allocated as consideration for your waiver of any and all claims that you may have regarding the ADEA (defined below).
2. Unemployment Compensation. The Firm will not object to or challenge a claim you may make for unemployment compensation benefits.
3. Letter Confirming Employment. Firm Shareholders Frank Terzo and Gary
Carman will provide a letter confirming your dates of employment and a brief
Kelly than began to surreptitiously date Chief Judge Pre-Nup Paul My Future Bald Son in Law. Six Months after they secretly started seeing each other she told me that she was going to move in with him and live in his WATERFRONT MANSION IN PALM BEACH. Old baldy came to my home to pick up Kelly’s belongings. My son Alexander had applied to medical school at FAU. and was going to be interviewed by the Dean of Admissions Dr. Robert Hinckley. Since the school was located near OLD BALDY’S home, I asked if he knew anyone at the school. He told me no that he didn’t. Incredibly, three weeks later he sent this text message to my son accusing me and my son of lying.
Zander:
I am tired of Kelly catching the brunt of your father’s abuse. Just so you are clear, let me summarize what happened. I was in Miami and came by to pick up Kelly’s stuff. You and your Dad asked me if I knew anyone who had any pull at FAU. I said no because, at the time that is what I thought. I asked you what was going on and you said you were meeting with someone in the administration on Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon ( I am unclear which day). I asked you to come over to my house for dinner and you said great. I told Kelly this and she was thrilled. Saturday, Kelly and I went to dinner with an old friend of mine to introduce him and his wife to Kelly. During the dinner conversation, Kelly, in bragging about you, told him you were on the wait list at FAU med school. He then informed us that he was on the Board of the Med school. I knew he was involved with the business school, but this is the first time I learned of his involvement with the med school. I asked him what was the average scores of admittees and he said the average GPA was 3.75 and the average board scores were 33. He asked about your grades and scores and we said your first year grades were lower than that due to you working as an EMT, but the last couple years you had done very very well. He said based on that, he would call the administrative offices on Monday to see if he could help you.
Sunday, I took steaks out of the freezer and marinated them so I could cook them when you came up.
I texted your Dad to tell him about my friend and told him about the average grades and scores. My friend then called me Monday and told me you had no appointments. I covered for you and told him I must have misunderstood you. He said he would try to push you up the wait list, but he was not overly optimistic due to your GPA.. I texted your Dad telling him I did not appreciate the misrepresentation about the meeting because it had embarrassed me.
Since then, you Dad has been a complete jerk to your sister who has nothing to do with this. Kelly is completely innocent in this situation. All she did was brad about you. At the most, you and your Dad either exaggerated or misspoke, or I misunderstood your boasting. If your father has a beef, it is with me, not Kelly. Yet he hasn’t been man enough to call me about it. I have not told my friend about the way your Dad has acted toward Kelly and do not intend to out of Kelly’s loyalty to you. However, if you Dad says one more nasty thing to Kelly, I will tell my friend to pull his support. Talk about no good deed goes unpunished and making a mountain out of a mole hill. This is it!
When I first read OLD BALDY’S text I WAS FURIOUS, SEETHING WITH ANGER. This pompous jackass had called me a liar to my son and even had the audacity to call my son a liar. How could THE sitting CHIEF JUDGE for the UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA USE HIS POWER, INFLUENCE AND POSITION TO THREATEN MY 23-YEAR-OLD SON WITH THE FOLLOWING WORDS. “However, if you Dad says one more nasty thing to Kelly, I will tell my friend to pull his support.”
I wanted to confront the Chief Judge Old Baldy, face-to-face, man-to-man for these ignorant, mendacious, malicious threats. I knew if there was a confrontation it would only cause more problems for my daughter. Instead, I sent him a text explaining who we met and what time we met and where the office was. Instead of admitting his mistake, OLD BALDY just kept repeating his accusations. As if he could convince me that he was right. I let it slide and tried to forget it but within my very being, my rage was boiling like molten lava about to erupt. I became determined to avoid my daughter and the pompous jackass she was living with. Everything went smoothly for almost a year until my daughter called me up. She was furious. She informed me that the Chief Judge had finally agreed to marry her but he wanted her to sign a pre-nuptial agreement. I informed Kelly that she needed to find a very good marital attorney and seek their advice. She informed me that she had already done that and that the attorney informed her it was the worst prenuptial agreement he had ever seen. Her attorney advised her not to sign it. My daughter was furious with OLD BALDY. Kelly kept calling me, repeating that he had placed all of his assets in trust for his children and his dead wife had also established a trust for their children. Kelly was not going to get anything if she married him. She kept saying, “HE IS 17 YEARS OLDER THAN I ‘AM. HE WILL BE 77 WHEN I’M 60. I DON’T WANT TO BE A CAREGIVER TO MY HUSBAND WHEN HE’S IN A NURSING HOME.” My daughter’s voice quivered from anger. I tried to calm her down. But she was beyond reconciliation. Kelly needed someone to talk too, to vent her anger. Instead of speaking, I devoted my full attention to every word she spoke, never interrupting, never questioning only listening. Finally, her wrath subsided giving away to disgust and disappointment. There were several moments of silence as we both tried to alleviate her suffering. Years of relating to people’s problems gave me the insight to let my daughter make her own decision.
“I want to come home. I can’t be with a man that wants to place all of these requirements on me before we even get married.” Kelly answered her problem the way I would have suggested. Gratification for my daughter’s courage swelled within me.
“If that’s what you want, I agree it’s a great decision. Do you need any help moving home?”
“No, it’s better if I do it myself. I’ll move next week. But thank you so much, and I truly love you and Alexander for being there for me.”
The week past and she never returned home. I telephoned her several times but she never answered or even bothered to return my calls. Several weeks later, I learned that she had given in and signed Paul Hyman unconscionable pre-nuptial contract against her attorney’s advice. Several weeks passed and I received an e-mail stating that she was going to sell the condominium she had coerced her adulterous lover into helping her buy. Of course, I immediately agreed to take it out of my corporation Bouganvilla Investments. The condominium at Capri Gardens was not mine and I wanted nothing to do with it. (PLEASE SEE KELLY’S E-MAIL MAY 30, 2011.) Pre-Nup Paul came to my home picked up the executed quitclaim deed and the few remaining belongings that Kelly had left and then everything seemed finally resolved. I spoke with Kelly and she had finally come to accept her relationship with Pre-Nup Paul. I avoided speaking about him and even mentioning his name. There was no need for me to discuss him because my dislike for this arrogant, pompous, jackass had grown to complete disgust. An e-mail arrived inviting me and my son to attend my daughter’s wedding. I was excited for Kelly and immediately accepted. Unfortunately, the euphoria was short lived. The invitation was followed with an angry e-mail that sounded more like a demand letter from a lawyer than a request from a daughter. It was entitled “What is a Father?” Lies and misstatements permeated her e-mail.
“Does a father lie to his offspring? You told me that we are going to own the house together and when you die, I was going to have the house, so I would have a place to live. Is that not true? Then you take my name off the corporation and don’t even tell me? Why? You told me that you would hold my 1/2 stock in the house and I appreciate that, but I would like my stock interest in the house.”
I read and re-read the e-mail, in a state of mind-boggling shock. She had used the same ruse of “so I would have a place to live” when she conned her adulterous lover into buying her the condominium at Capri Gardens. The next thing in her e-mail that infuriated me was “and when you die,” couldn’t my daughter even wait for me to die before stealing my home. I have learned in life never to react with anger when it comes to family relations. I spent the remainder of the day contemplating how to respond to this flagrant attack of lies eventually realizing that it had to be in writing.
ALEX DAOUD <daoud008@gmail.com>
Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 1:04 PM
To: kelly daoud <kellydaoud@yahoo.com>
Its great to hear from you. How are you? I hope all is well? I hear that you are traveling throughout the world so I hope that you are enjoying life. It is very sad that you chose to communicate with me in such an impersonal manner by writing me instead of meeting face to face. So, I will respond to you in the manner you selected. The truth is that when you love someone you don’t have to “SHOW” it the way you suggest. That is the sad part of our relationship; you solely base love on material things or money not the intangible elements that is true caring and real love. So, let me show you how much I love you and how much I risked for you.
When you had an affair with my best friend when I told you NOT to make love to him but you did, do you remember what happened? He was the only one that stood by me during my trial, held me up when I buried my mother and visited me in Prison, what did you do? YOU DEMANDED CARS, MONEY, AND A CONDO FROM HIM. I stood by you and protected you when he wanted to go to the police and stopped him from filing charges against you for blackmail. Of course, I lost my relationship and friendship with him and we rarely communicate anymore.
Do you remember when you came to live with me when I was on probation and your mother tried to put me back in jail? She kept bothering me calling me and threatening me, and your paramour wanted to send you back to her in California and you didn’t want to go. I got on the phone and told your mother and him to leave you alone. That you were going to live with me no matter how much she threatened me with going back to prison. I STOOD BY YOU.
Do you remember the law suit over the house when you started fighting with me and you called me a convict? I gave a sworn deposition and we won that lawsuit. I STOOD BY YOU.
Then what happened with my friend Mike? You go to California live in his apartment for over a year don’t pay any rent, constantly call me for money that I paid so you could stay in a hotel before you moved into Mike’s apartment building. He then filed a formal complaint with the Florida Bar. I spoke to your attorney and greatly assisted you by signing a sworn affidavit for your defense so that you wouldn’t lose your license to practice law. Thank G-d the complaint was dismissed and no more action was taken against you. Your lawyer told me that my affidavit was very important in resolving your bar complaint. Also when he was trying to evict you I told you to call the city inspectors so that you would be protected if he ever sued you which he did and you won.
You are now engaged to a man that doesn’t like me and openly disparages me in e-mails to Alexander. Do you think I would ever associate with anyone that disliked you or spoke badly about you? The answer is a resounding NO. But I respect your decision and have avoided any conflicts with him.
I called you to warn you when Pattie went to your paramour’s home and threatened him about you. I asked you to call me back. How did you respond by calling me, NO, you text me back and never even bothered to speak to me.
It’s very interesting that you have not once asked me “How are you? How is your health?” Instead once again all you care about is material things.
I would love to have a relationship with you that is not based on material things or money. As far as money for school you took plenty from my friend and used a lot of it for school. But you chose to buy a condominium and two different cars. You could have sold your condominium and paid your school with that money. In the fourteen years that you lived with me on and off you never once paid any of your living expenses but I did. Even your medical expenses at Dr. Dayton, Dr. Liang and for your Botox. I paid them even when you were making a six-figure salary practicing law. But I guess you forgot this.
I would love to see you and speak with you face to face. So please let me know when we can meet for lunch or dinner.
Look forward to hearing from you,
www.sinsofsouthbeach.com
www.sobegardens.com
Unfortunately, nothing was resolved. Kelly responded with another e-mail sounding more like a lawyer than a loving daughter does. Incredibly, she even defended PreNup Paul the man that had forced her to sign the unconscionable marital agreement. Here is the portion of the e-mail defending PreNup.
“As to Paul, it saddened me that you do not like him. He has been very good to me and tried to help Zander with school. He has treated me better than any man in my life. I truly love him with all of my heart and would do anything for him and I know he would do the same for me.”
It suddenly became crystal clear that CHIEF JUDGE PRENUP PAUL WAS DRIVING HER E-MAILS AND PUSHING MY DAUGHTER TO STEAL MY HOME. I was now going to take off the gloves and give him a dose of reality with my next e-mail.
Kel,
Once again I never said “I DISLIKED PAUL” YOU TOLD ME HE DISLIKED ME BECAUSE I WAS A CONVICT AND WAS NOT NICE TO YOU. Paul probably doesn’t know the whole story of what has happened or he would never have said that.
Don’t you remember when you called me and you were so upset that he insisted you sign a pre-nuptial contract before he would marry you? You told me he was being very selfish towards you and not being fair because he had put most of his property in trust for his children and didn’t make that much money. You even mentioned that your lawyer told you that it was the most unfair pre-nuptial agreement he had ever seen in all the years he practiced law. YOU WERE THE ONE BAD MOUTHING PAUL TO ME NOT ME BAD MOUTHING PAUL TO YOU.
Kelly it may have saddened you to read what I wrote in my e-mail but it’s all true. Imagine how I feel about my lifetime friendship with your paramour that is completely ended. Or the fact that your finance wrote an e-mail accusing me of being a Liar about having an appointment with Dean ROBERT HINKLEY at FAU. I HAVE STOOD BY YOU FOR THE LAST FIFTEEN YEARS EVEN WHEN YOU WERE WRONG AND YOU ALSO WANTED TO LEAVE PAUL BECAUSE OF THE PRE-NUP HE INSISTED YOU SIGN. I have put skin in the game for you whenever you gotten into a jackpot even when it threatened my well-being.
As far as the house is concerned that is not correct what you have stated. You have never paid a mortgage payment, light payment, tax bill, insurance payment, repair bill or any other bill associate with my house. All you have done is enjoyed the benefits of living with me and paying nothing. Even when you were making six figures practicing law. As far as giving me your car, your car was practically worth nothing due to the accident you had, the age and physical condition. You even told me it was unsafe. After you gave me your car I spent over $2,000.00 fixing it so it could be driven.
Kelly your definition of love is very jaded. It’s not just based on money but on intangibles such as knowing that within the last fifteen years I have always been there for you even when you were wrong. I love you very much and think about you often.
Please call me so that we can meet. I have called you and left messages for you to call me back and all I get is text messages. You sound like a lawyer trying to build a case against me not a daughter who loves me. If you don’t call me I will call you so that we can see each other.
I called my daughter several times hoping we could resolve this matter. In reality I was planning on giving her half of my home in my will along with other valuables. Kelly never called me back. She responded by sending me a cold, nasty e-mail uninviting me from attending her wedding. She added a very interesting Post Script at the end of the e-mail.
P.S. Zander- I will always love you and will always be there for you. I would love for you to come. Just let me know if you are coming. It is your choice. If I don’t hear from you by Friday, I will assume that you are not coming.
Of course, my son would not go to the wedding without me and it was probably much better because there was a hatred burning within me against the egotistical jackass, Paul Hyman. He had insulted me to my son, publicly called me a liar and was now turning my daughter against me. I could not believe that things could get worse but unfortunately, I was wrong.
On November 20, 2012, a process server showed up at my home with a lawsuit. As I read it, my body burst with anger. I felt completely betrayed, deceived and abused. Incredibly, my daughter was suing me. All of her loving e-mails had been lies, a setup, posturing, to enhance her legal position. Astoundingly, her attorney was none other than my good friend and former lawyer BERNARDO BURSTEIN. He was the same lawyer that I had paid over $35,000.00 to represent my company in obtaining my home when the seller tried to renege. He was also the same hypocrite that had invited me to his Christmas Parties, gone out to eat with me at restaurants and even invited my son to go to concerts with his son. From the moment the lawsuit commenced I knew it was going to get nasty, very nasty and the damage done would be irreparable. Kelly knew everything about me but I also knew EVERYTHING ABOUT HER. The difference between us was that I had written a book about my misdeeds and Kelly had lived her life like a book of lies built of cards. Trust is a very sacred sentiment and my daughter had destroyed those hallowed feelings for us forever.
From the moment of the first hearing in front of the Honorable John W. Thornton, our judge it became painfully obvious that the true mover behind the lawsuit, the true plaintiff was not my daughter, but her husband, Chief Judge Pre-Nup Paul my bald son in law. The litigation lingered getting more vicious as times passed. Kelly began by just suing me, then she showed up with Pre-Nup Paul and tried to serve me papers to evict me. The final straw she then sued her younger brother, my son while he was attending medical school. When she did this, I vowed to expose the truth about Kelly Hyman as a Blackmailer, a Liar and an Adulteress. During the litigation we went to five court ordered mediations. Pre-Nup attended each one with my adulteress daughter Then finally on November 20, 2014 exactly 2 years after the lawsuit started Judge Thornton handed down his Final Order on Plaintiffs’ Fourth Amended Complaint. The Judge ruled by dividing the ownership in the home equally. I received the benefit of having a life estate. I thought the litigation was finally over. How wrong I was. My adulterous daughter filed three appeals, she lost all of them. This website was built to expose the truth and to educate anyone that may possibly have business with Kelly (Not Credible Hyman) and Pre-Nup Paul my bald son in law.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and to learn the truth.
Alex Daoud
Author Sins of South Beach
Kelly HymanMiami BeachPaul HymanSouth Beach
© 2014 Alex Daoud is solely responsible for the content of this website
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line262
|
__label__cc
| 0.545844
| 0.454156
|
Home Politics Foreign Policy Poll: Majority Of Americans Don’t Want Congress To Interfere With Iran Nuclear...
Poll: Majority Of Americans Don’t Want Congress To Interfere With Iran Nuclear Deal
A recent poll found that 61 percent of Americans approve of the framework of President Obama’s agreement with Iran regarding its nuclear program, while 34 percent oppose it, and that 65 percent of Americans do not want Congress to interfere with the agreement, while only 30 percent want Congress to block it before it is implemented.
The poll, which was conducted by Hart Research at the request of the group Americans United for Change, surveyed 806 registered voters in the United States, using both landline and cell phones, from April 6 to April 8.
The results indicated that 34 percent of the Americans surveyed oppose, and 61 percent favor the framework of the deal surrounding Iran’s nuclear program that was reached on April 2, between the US, Iran, and five other major powers: China, France, Germany, Russia and the United Kingdom. Out of the Americans who said they favored the deal, 28 percent strongly favor it, and 33 percent somewhat favor it.
The participants were asked to respond to a statement that summed up the framework of the deal, which said that over the next 10 to 25 years, it would “prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon,” place limits on “the level to which Iran can enrich uranium to far below what is necessary to make a nuclear weapon,” and it would significantly reduce Iran’s “uranium and plutonium production capabilities.” The deal would result in Iran submitting to “intrusive, short-notice inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency,” and in exchange, Iran would receive “gradual relief from US and international economic sanctions, as long as it complies with the terms of the agreement.”
81 percent of Democrats, 58 percent of Independents and 41 percent of Republicans favored the statement above. In contrast, 16 percent of Democrats, 35 percent of Independents and 52 percent of Republicans opposed the statement.
The survey found that according to voters, the most important parts of the deal are the provisions on inspection and verification. 69 percent of respondents favored the provision of the agreement that “allows for intrusive, short-notice inspections and monitoring of Iran’s compliance with the agreement by the International Atomic Energy Agency, and would result in expanded access to Iranian sites by international inspectors,” and 74 percent of respondents favored the provision that states that if Iran violates the agreement, “inspectors will find out, and decisive action against Iran – including strong international economic sanctions – can be taken quickly.”
65 percent of voters said that they do not want Congress to interfere with the agreement, and they would rather Congress “allow the agreement to go forward and closely monitor its implementation,” while 30 percent of voters said they wanted Congress to block the agreement now, before it is implemented.
82 percent of Democrats, 64 percent of Independents, and 47 percent of Republicans want Congress to let the deal go through, while 15 percent of Democrats, 27 percent of Independents and 48 percent of Republicans want Congress to step in and block the deal.
The results of the poll noted that voters continued to support the agreement, even after “hearing what opponents and supporters say about it,” which demonstrated an “important degree of durability and depth to the support measured in earlier questions.”
Previous articleIt’s Official: Hillary’s Running For President
Next articleTX Rep. Jason Villalba Scraps Bill That Would Limit Filming Of Police
Rachel Blevins is a journalist who aspires to break the left/right paradigm in media and politics by pursuing truth and questioning existing narratives.
Pompeo’s “Unrealistic” Iran Demands Set Stage For Regime Change
Reality Check: EU Replacing U.S. as Global Leader After Trump Leaves Iran Deal?
Reality Check: Why Did Trump Abandon the Iran Nuclear Deal?
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line264
|
__label__wiki
| 0.960975
| 0.960975
|
Taylor Swift headlines Prime Day Concert: All you need to know about Amazon Music’s live stream show - from how to watch to the full line-up
Dua Lipa, SZA, and Becky G are also performing at the concert presented by Amazon Music, streaming for Prime Video customers now.
Last updated: 12 July 2019 - 10.17am
Prime Video customers have the best seat in the house for the Prime Day Concert 2019.
Headlined by Taylor Swift, and presented by Amazon Music, the US superstar will be performing a set that includes her brand-new chart-topping singles from her soon-to-be-released album, Lover.
The Prime Day Concert is hosted by actress Jane Lynch (Glee, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), and features additional performances by Dua Lipa, SZA and Becky G.
Here's everything we know so far about the concert - a first-of-its-kind event that celebrates the best in Amazon entertainment.
BT TV customers can access the Prime Video app, allowing them to sign-up and watch thousands of TV episodes and movies.
> How to watch Prime Video on your BT TV box
When is the Prime Video Concert?
Amazon Music’s Prime Day Concert streams worldwide in over 200 countries on the evening of Wednesday, July 10th. This means Prime Video customers in the UK can stream the show live from 2am BST on Thursday, July 11.
If you’re not a night owl, or have work the next day, the Prime Day Concert will be available to Prime members to stream on-demand after the live show for a limited time on Prime Video and will include select songs from each performance.
For more details on the show, and to add it to your watch list, head to the Prime Day Concert page on Amazon UK.
Where’s it being filmed?
The Prime Day Concert headlined by Taylor Swift is being filmed at an undisclosed location in New York.
Who’s in the Prime Day Concert line-up?
Music fans can watch a lineup of chart-topping artists during the Prime Day Concert - namely Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, SZA and Becky G.
Taylor Swift will bring Prime members the best seat in the house with a set that includes her brand-new chart-topping singles You Need To Calm Down and ME!, from the soon-to-be-released album Lover.
A singer, songwriter, musician and producer, Taylor is the only artist in history to have four consecutive albums sell over one million copies in their week of release (2010's Speak Now, 2012's RED, 2014's 1989 and 2017’s reputation).
She is the youngest person in history to win the music industry's highest honour, the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, and is the first female solo artist to win this prestigious award twice.
Swift is also a Brit and Emmy award winner and Billboard's youngest-ever Woman of the Year and the only artist to have been awarded this honour twice.
With the release of her self-titled debut album, London-born, Kosovo-raised Dua Lipa has won over the hearts of fans and press alike.
Her critically acclaimed debut album made everyone’s 'best of' list for 2017, from Rolling Stone to Time Magazine.
Her power anthem New Rules reached No.1 on the Top 40 chart, and broke the longstanding record for consecutive weeks on the Billboard Pop Songs Chart.
The video for the song went viral and made her the youngest female solo artist to reach 1 billion views on YouTube.
New Rules is in Amazon Music's all-time top 10 playlist. Dua Lipa sold over 3 million copies of the album and more than 40 million singles.
Multi-award-winning artist SZA will take the stage to perform hits such as Love Galore, The Weekend, Broken Clocks and more.
Her major label debut album Ctrl hit No.1 on Billboard’s R&B Albums chart, and has won various awards since its release.
In 2019, she won NAACP Image Awards’ Outstanding Duo or Group for All The Stars with Kendrick Lamar, and Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation for the Black Panther Soundtrack. SZA also received Billboard’s 2018 Women in Music Rule Breaker award.
Global superstar Becky G will take the stage in NYC, after returning from her Latin American and European tour. Becky G is the recipient of two 2018 Latin American Music Awards, for Favorite Female Artist and Favorite Urban Song (for Mayores).
She was also honoured by the Latin Recording Academy as one of the Leading Ladies in entertainment, with achievements including two number one hits on the Billboard Latin Airplay Charts (Mayores & Sin Pijama).
How can I watch the Prime Day Concert on BT TV?
The Prime Video app works on the latest BT TV boxes which most customers have. If your TV box supports Amazon Prime Video, the app will be waiting for you in the Players & Apps menu.
Press the blue Home or Y button on your remote and scroll right until Players & Apps appears. Select this and select the Prime Video app.
Next, choose your Amazon Prime Video subscription. If you already have an Amazon Prime subscription, you can skip to Step 3 and start watching on the big screen with the extra features of BT TV.
If you don’t, you can still open the app to see what’s on, but you’ll need to subscribe to watch.
There are two options: the full Amazon Prime with free one-day delivery and Prime Music, or Amazon Prime Video on its own. In both cases, the first 30 days are free to new Amazon Prime customers, and you won’t be charged if you cancel before this trial period runs out.
You’ll pay for your Amazon Prime Video subscription through Amazon, not through your BT account.
Lastly, sign in or sign up for Amazon Prime Video. If you have an Amazon Prime or Prime Video account, select Sign in and start watching, and enter your email address and password.
If you don’t have an Amazon account, you can open the app to see what’s on by selecting No thanks, start browsing. If you like what you see, select Sign in in the top left corner, then select Register on the Amazon website.
This will give you a code to enter when you’ve created an account online at amazon.co.uk/mytv. Your BT TV box will pair with your new account so you don’t have to enter your email address and password.
Search for Prime Day Concert in Amazon to live stream or watch after the event.
Prime Video customers in the UK can stream the concert now.
You can also ask "Alexa, play the Prime Day Concert playlist" on Amazon Music and listen to hits from the artists featured across the lineup.
> Got BT TV? Explore the BT Player
Images: Amazon Prime Video Twitter / Rex Features
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line265
|
__label__wiki
| 0.956
| 0.956
|
“A Christmas Carol” starring Jason Woods @ Theatre Jacksonville
From jasonwoodsactor.com
Acclaimed actor Jason Woods brings his solo stage performance of “A Christmas Carol” to Theatre Jacksonville for two shows (one day) only. The show, in its fifth year continues to captivate, enchant and build audiences each holiday season.
Categories: Holiday Theater/Drama/Musical
“The Last Night of Ballyhoo” @ Theatre Jacksonville
From Theatre Jacksonville:
THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO takes place in Atlanta, Georgia, in December of 1939. Gone with the Wind is having its world premiere, and Hitler is invading Poland, but Atlanta’s elitist German Jews are much more concerned with who is going to Ballyhoo, the social event of the season. Especially concerned is the Freitag family: bachelor Adolph, his widowed sister, Beulah (Boo) Levy, and their also widowed sister-in-law, Reba. Boo is determined to have her dreamy, unpopular daughter, Lala, attend Ballyhoo, believing it will be Lala’s last chance to find a socially acceptable husband. Adolph brings his new assistant, Joe Farkas, home for dinner. Joe is Brooklyn born and bred, and furthermore is of Eastern European heritage—several social rungs below the Freitags, in Beulah’s opinion. Lala, however, is charmed by Joe and she hints broadly about being taken to Ballyhoo, but he turns her down. This enrages Boo, and matters get worse when Joe falls for Lala’s cousin, Reba’s daughter, Sunny, home from Wellesley for Christmas vacation. Will Boo succeed in snaring Peachy Weil, a member of one of the finest Jewish families in the South? Will Sunny and Joe avoid the land mines of prejudice that stand in their way? Will Lala ever get to Ballyhoo? The family gets pulled apart and then mended together with plenty of comedy, romance and revelations along the way. Events take several unexpected turns as the characters face where they come from and are forced to deal with who they really are.
Winner of the 1997 Tony Award for Best Play.
Categories: Theater/Drama/Musical
Cirque Zuma Zuma Ultimate African Circus @ Ritz Theatre and Museum
America’s Got Talent finalist Cirque Zuma Zuma is known as the “ultimate African circus,” this show is filled with non-stop action and African culture, including dance, acrobatics, tumbling, and music. Cirque Zuma Zuma features disciplined performers who are trained in Kenya and Tanzania. Many describe it as an African‐style Cirque du Soleil; such is the standard of the performers and the quality of the show. The performance showcases an array of never before seen talents mixed with some of the best skills associated with African variety arts.
Nature Reconstructed – Art Opening for Lana Shuttleworth @ The Beaches History Museum and Park
Feb 9 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Please join me for the opening reception for my new show!
The Beaches Museum & History Park is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibit “Nature Reconstructed” by artist Lana Shuttleworth. Her highly original art uses common plastic castoff materials, particularly traffic safety cones, to create lavish landscapes and sculptural figures that challenge the viewer’s comprehension. The Los Angeles Times said that in her work “you find yourself looking at these everyday plastic objects in a whole new way.”
Lana has exhibited throughout the West coast and the East coast, with reviews in the Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, ArtScene, Florida Times-Union and nationwide Associated Press articles. Her artwork was also featured on the quiz show, Jeopardy. She was recently the cover artist for the prestigious art and literary journal, Cincinnati Review, which featured an eight-page spread of her work. The Beaches Museum is proud to showcase the thought-provoking work of this astonishing and talented artist.”
The exhibit will be on display February 9 – June 3. For more information please call 904-241-5657 or visit www.beachesmuseum.org.
Aida Musical @ Swisher Theater
Feb 15 @ 7:30 pm
Warring nations come together and forbidden love faces its ultimate challenge in Elton John and Tim Rice’s “Aida,” the Tony and Grammy award-winning musical that comes to JU’s Swisher Theater Feb. 15-25.
The tale of a bond between an Egyptian prince and a slave transcends borders and has become known since its 2000 Broadway debut for its soaring ballads, rousing rock and choral numbers, and exuberant dancing. True devotion transcends cultural differences in this story of loyalty and betrayal in a love triangle involving Aida, an enslaved Nubian princess stolen from her country; Amneris, an Egyptian princess; and Radames, the soldier they both love.
“Aida is a modern crowd pleaser that embraces multicultural casting and exuberant dancing, staging and singing for a large cast. It even involves some time travel from the present back to 1100 BC,” said Director and acclaimed soprano Kimberly Beasley, Associate Professor of Voice in the College of Fine Arts’ Music Division.
Beasley has double-cast the show, with one cast of mostly seniors and the other made up of “very talented juniors.” All levels of students are cast in secondary roles and in the ensemble. Meanwhile, the orchestra pit features 13 musicians led by Music Director Ben Beck, a staff accompanist at JU, and choreography is by Victoria Miller ‘17.
“This is a dance- and music-heavy show, so it has lots of show-stopping numbers,” Beasley said. “The music is a balance of upbeat rock numbers as well as some beautiful, lyrical pieces. Our singers belt and sing legit in this show.”
The production has been entered for a review by the Kennedy Center American Theatre Festival, a national theater program involving thousands of students from more than 700 colleges and universities whose aim is to boost the quality of college theater in the United States.
Aida has music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice. It won four Tony Awards, including Best Original Score and Best Performance by a Leading Actress. The Original Broadway Cast Recording won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. The song “Written in the Stars.” recorded by Elton John and LeAnn Rimes, reached No. 2 on the Billboard U.S. adult contemporary music charts,
“The story is captivating, and we have spent most of January delving into the dramatic elements. The students do extensive dramaturgy to prepare their roles,” Beasley said.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line266
|
__label__cc
| 0.647939
| 0.352061
|
Humor is the most engaging cowardice.
Nothing like a little judicious levity.
I love a man with a great sense of humor and who is intelligent - a man who has a great smile. He has to make me laugh. I like a man who is very ambitious and driven and who has a good heart and makes me feel safe. I like a man who is very strong and independent and confident - that is very sexy - but at the same time, he's very kind to people.
The Good Humor man can only be pushed so far.
Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
Dad needs to show an incredible amount of respect and humor and friendship toward his mate so the kids understand their parents are sexy, they're fun, they do things together, they're best friends. Kids learn by example. If I respect Mom, they're going to respect Mom.
Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.
Agnes Repplier
Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, that's beautiful.
Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?
It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal.
Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.
I was a product of a divorced family and I used humor as a weapon to combat sadness. I used comedy to make my mother laugh in light of the darkness that she faced, and to me it became a very powerful tool at a very young age, at six. I saw how therapeutic it could be.
Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.
A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way.
Allen Klein
Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.
Grenville Kleiser
I was always respectful of people who were deeply religious because I always felt that if they gave themselves to it, then it had to be important to them. But if you can go through life without it, that's OK, too. It's whatever suits you.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line269
|
__label__wiki
| 0.92012
| 0.92012
|
Home > News Room > News
Families of people missing in Sri Lanka's civil war march in silence
Human rights activists and families of missing people rallied in Sri Lanka on Tuesday (August 30) in support of an office recently set up to independently investigate the cases of thousands of people who vanished during the government's long conflict with Tamil Tiger rebels. The march marks International Day Against Forced Disappearances and comes a day ahead of U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's three-day visit.
Tamil Fest Draws Record Crowd with over 150,000 Attendees, Becomes largest event ever hosted in Scarborough
Tamil Fest broke records in its second year, drawing over 150,000 visitors from across North America and becoming the largest event to be hosted in Scarborough. Hosted by the Canadian Tamil Congress, the annual festival took place from August 26 to 28 and is now also the largest Tamil event hosted outside of South Asia. “Tamil Fest is about celebrating the spectacular diversity of Canada, and of showcasing the best of Tamil arts, culture, cuisine, and entertainment,” said David Poopalapillai, National Spokesperson for the Canadian Tamil Congress.
Giving “Accountable Amnesty” to abductors is doing injustice to victims’ families, says HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that the recommendation of the Sri Lankan Commission to Investigate Complaints Regarding Missing Persons that perpetrators of abductions be given “accountable amnesty” is tantamount to rendering injustice to the families of the victims. The concept of “accountable amnesty” is “outdated and falls short of international standards”, says James Ross, HRW’s Legal and Policy Director. He points out that the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister, Mangala Samaraweera, has recognized it as being inadequate.
Latest measures to address disappearances in Sri Lanka
By the time the new Parliament was elected in August 2015, families of the disappeared had emerged as strong civil movements in Sri Lanka. Their courage and persistence have helped bring about significant developments in relation to addressing disappearances.
UN sponsored Peace-Building-Fund for Sri Lanka
The Government will discuss the setting up of a Multi-Million Dollar ‘Peace Building Fund’ (PBF) for Sri Lanka, sponsored by the UN, during the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s three-day visit to Sri Lanka, a senior Foreign Affairs Ministry source said yesterday. Deputy Foreign Minister Harsha De Silva has said that the objective of the PBF was to ensure fast and flexible funding in support of various peace-building and reconciliation efforts in Sri Lanka
BrahMos Missile Sale to Vietnam will Boost India’s role in Fight against China
India is poised to leverage Vietnam's upcoming purchase of its BrahMos supersonic cruise missile -- the fastest in the world -- into a strategic advantage that will make it a major player in the maritime crisis pitting China against practically all of Asia. American sources say Vietnam might soon announce its approval of a deal to purchase an undetermined number of anti-ship BrahMos missile systems to be mounted on warships of the Vietnam People's Navy (VPN). China is strongly opposed to the deal.
Why has KP not been charged?: Opposition Leader
Opposition Leader R. Sampanthan in Parliament on Tuesday questioned why Kumaran Pathmanathan (KP) has not been charged. He raised this question from the government when he was moving an adjournment motion on the prisoners detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
Tamils continue to face racial discrimination in Sri lanka, says UN Committee post review
Tamils continue to face discrimination in Sri Lanka, a UN committee stated recently, and questioned the island-country if Indian Tamils were allowed to get back to their homeland – while reviewing a report on the anti-discrimination efforts undertaken by the country. No cases of sexual violence – during the horrific civil war in Sri Lanka – had been submitted, even though this had affected thousands of women, said Jose Francisco Cali Tzay, committee member and country rapporteur for Sri Lanka, during a review of Sri Lanka in the 90th session of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD).
UN chief Ban Ki-moon to visit Sri Lanka
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will arrive in Sri Lanka on August 31, 2016 on a three-day official visit, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday. Mr. Ban will hold discussions with President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, among others.
Five Tamil youth died off Chamber Sands in Essex
got into difficulty off Camber Sands. Kenigan Nathan, 19, and Inthushan Sriskantharasa, 23, became trapped in quicksand under the water and the other three swam over to try and rescue them, the brother of one of the victims revealed.
TID Postpones Questioning Jeyakumari
The Terrorist Investigation Division (TID), which was to question activist Balendran Jeyakumary on Friday, had postponed it for a later date. Jeyakumary had been summoned for a second time following an interrogation by authorities earlier as well. Jeyakumary, who campaigned since the end of the armed conflict against enforced disappearances, was arrested and detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act in 2015.
Hopeful for a better future
65th SLFP convention is to be held on 4th September and party leader Maithree has decided to clean the fascistic rebels, before that. In this column, we have pressed to defend this party of populist liberals, from fascistic intruders. SWRD who started the SLFP entered politics as a liberal politician proposing a federal solution to the nationality problem in 1926. However after forming the SLFP, on the sensitive issue of language, the party originally espoused the use of both Sinhala and Tamil as national languages, but in the mid-1950s it adopted a "Sinhala only" policy. Nevertheless the Bandaranaike–Chelvanayakam Pact was an agreement signed between the Prime Minister and the leader of the main Tamil political party in Lanka S. J. V. Chelvanayakam on July 26, 1957.
64th UNASL Public Lecture by Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne PC, MP
A Public Lecture by Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne PC, MP, on “Constitutional Reforms in Sri Lanka; Problems and Prospects” was conducted by the United Nations Association of Sri Lanka on 18th August, 2016 at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations & Strategic Studies in Colombo.
UN voices concern over Sri Lanka's crumbling cave temple
The U.N.'s cultural agency expressed concern Wednesday over the poor maintenance of a centuries-old cave temple in Sri Lanka, which risks being struck off the list of world heritage sites. UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova said she raised the maintenance issue at the Golden Temple of Dambulla with local authorities during her visit to the island.
Editorial Beginning of international war crimes probe?
Editorial The Northern Provincial Council (NPC) is making the most of the increasing impotency of the state to run a parallel government of sorts in the northern parts of the country; it is also working overtime to annex the Eastern Province to the North. Chief Minister C. V. Wigneswaran and others of his ilk are all out to gain legitimacy for their political project with the help of foreign powers. Hardly a day passes without a foreign dignitary visiting the North and entertaining appeals from the NPC members and doing a Dixit.
Political prisoner chained to hospital bed in Jaffna
A political prisoner, an inmate of Anuradhapura Prison, Rasiah Anantharajah was rushed to the Jaffna Teaching Hospital after his health condition was found to be 'unstable'. He was handcuffed to the bed at Ward 19, yesterday. Anantharajah has been involved on a hunger strike at the prison on several occasions. When Ceylon Today contacted Minister of Rehabilitation and Resettlement D.M. Swaminathan, who had intervened and transferred the prisoner to Jaffna from Anuradhapura, he said he was informed by a Tamil politician about Anantharajah's health condition. The prison officials had told him that the inmate was 'mentally deranged'.
TID interrogates Jeyakumari again
Balendran Jeyakumari, who was released on bail Match last year without any charges was called again for questioning by the Sri Lankan counter terrorism agency TID on Tuesday by Sri Lanka’s counter terrorism police at its Colombo headquarters. Kilinochchi police visiting her home in Kilinochchi told her to appear before the Terrorism Investigation Department (TID) Tuesday morning.
Foreign aid to country's female education
In today's fast growing world, most of the nations are fighting to leave a mark of their existence. While some countries like the United States and the United Kingdom have been the front runners for as long as the history books allow us to count on, other countries like Germany and Japan have surprised the world by becoming some of the largest economies in spite of being nearly demolished during the Second World War. The fact of the matter remains, however, that none of these developed countries achieved the status or the right to be called "developed" overnight.
Reunion planned in Newfoundland for Tamil ‘boat people’
Thirty years ago, fisherman Gus Dalton spotted the 155 Tamils in two crammed lifeboats and helped bring them to Canada. Shanmuga Paul and Baskaran Nadarajah, Tamils who came to Canada as boat people 30 years ago, are expecting memories to come flooding back Thursday when they’re reunited with the ship that helped rescue them off the south shore of Newfoundland.
Does Vatican disapprove of Cardinal's nod to give Buddhism 'foremost place' in Sri Lanka?
The Vatican appears to disapprove of Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith’s statement of July 25, that it is right to give to Buddhism the “foremost place” in the Sri Lankan constitution and that it is not right to declare Sri Lanka a secular state. The Vatican Radio’s website carries a story from Colombo dated August 4, in which a group of Sri Lankan Catholics are quoted as saying that the new Sri Lankan constitution should be a secular one and that giving a special constitutional status to Buddhism is a violation of human rights.
Challenging Ratnawalli’s Imperial Sinhala Position
In a recent article I took issue with Robert S. Perinpanayagam for his short sharp comment on one of my essays on the Elephant Pass debacle of the year 2000. Embittered Tamilness has appeared in Colombo Telegraph as well as Thuppahi. Darshanie Ratnawalli recently entered a long comment in CT in ways that seem to support my work. However, her reading confuses the concept of “nation” with “nation state,” while also providing a distilled historical interpretation that overweights the past record in ways that suggest a measure of Sinhala exclusivism that leans towards the chauvinist camp. My presentation of this set of criticisms here is intended to supersede the hurried memo I placed in CT in opposition to her claims.
Many in diaspora approve Liberal push for reconciliation in scarred Sri Lanka
The message of tolerance at the heart of the Trudeau government's international outlook is now being put to the test in one the world's most ethnically scarred postwar countries -- Sri Lanka. The ultimate success of Canada's re-engagement with Sri Lanka, which was formalized last month when Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion visited the south Asian country, will have domestic political implications for the Liberals government in the years ahead.
Tamil politicians investigating mysterious deaths of ex-LTTE cadres
Sri Lanka’s Northern Provincial Council (NPC) and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) are investigating reports of former Tamil Tiger cadres dying mysteriously, The New Indian Express reports. According to the Tamil media, 105 former members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have so far died mysteriously, allegedly after being injected with a drug when they were undergoing post-war ‘rehabilitation’ in Sri Lankan army-run camps.
Sri Lanka’s missing people Refusing to give up hope
SEVEN years ago, at a busy crossroads in Colombo, Sri Lanka’s largest city, armed men in an unmarked white van abducted Stephen Sundararaj. He was going home, his three children snuggled up against him, after idling for weeks in a police cell. Mr Sundararaj, then a 39-year-old project manager at a local human-rights group, had been detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, a draconian law permitting arrests without warrant for “unlawful activities”. He challenged the move in court and would have pursued the case, had he not been hauled away mere hours after his release. He was never charged with a crime. He has never been found.
Forum to address psychosocial needs of missing persons’ kin in Sri Lanka
A psychosocial support task force, which will introduce a range of services to families of missing persons and others in Sri Lanka who suffer from the post-conflict trauma, has been set up. Formed by the Office for National Unity & Reconciliation (ONUR), the task force will take care of psychosocial needs of the families which will be part of the healing process.
76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line271
|
__label__wiki
| 0.856036
| 0.856036
|
Richmond mourns the death of Asama Ayyad – Article
After he was shot while driving his car on the evening of June 25, 20-year-old Asama Ayyad drove back to the mosque in Richmond where he had been praying and volunteering just before the assault. Almost unconscious, he crashed into two electric poles at Cutting Boulevard.
“There is no God but God and Mohamed is his prophet. To God we belong and to Him is our return,” he prayed in Arabic. Those were his last words.
Ayyad had been shot in the upper right side of his torso, and by the time the police arrived he was unconscious. He was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead there. A 15-year-old friend who had been riding in the passenger seat survived being shot in the leg.
The fatal bullet had come from a white van carrying four teenagers and a 20-year-old man; the van had followed Ayyad’s vehicle after he and his friend left a ceremony at the mosque that night. Nineteen-year-old Nickie Donald of Richmond has been charged with Ayyad’s murder; according to law enforcement he had mistaken Ayyad’s car for someone else’s and opened fire.
A memorial for Asama Ayyad at Cutting Boulevard on the post he hit when trying to get back to the mosque after being shot. Photo by Veronica Moscoso.
Although the number of homicides in Richmond has dropped — according to the Richmond Police Department there have been 12 this year, nearly 50 percent fewer than at this time last year — violence remains an enduring problem for the city. In the two weeks since Ayyad’s murder, there have been two other shooting deaths involving young men in Richmond, those of 20-year-old Alan Torres and 18-year-old Emani Stephens.
Ayyad’s friends and family remember him as a peaceful spirit who was respectful to his elders, helpful with the young, and who tried to avoid violence. “He had such a pure heart. He was like an angel,” said his mother Faisa Ayyad with tears in her eyes as she spoke about her son at an interview at the family’s home a few days ago.
Last Tuesday, about 60 of Ayyad’s friends and family members showed up at the Richmond City Council meeting to express their sadness over the young man’s death and their disgust with violence. Most of them were wearing T-shirts bearing his picture.
“His death has left a hole in the heart of many people in Richmond and El Cerrito,” his mother said sorrowfully.
Ayadd’s family moved to the United States from Palestine more than three decades ago because they wanted to live in a safer place. Naim Ayyad, his father, emigrated 35 years ago; his mother joined her husband five years later. A hard-working couple, they opened a halal market selling Middle Eastern food and meat in Berkeley and raised their five children, three boys and two girls. Asama Ayyad was their fourth child. Although the family currently lives in El Cerrito, he attended Kennedy High School in Richmond and regularly attended Masjid Al-rahman, a mosque in Richmond.
Faisa Ayyad, Asama Ayyad’s mother, mourns the death of her child. Photo by Veronica Moscoso.
After some recent hardships, including Naim Ayyad having a heart attack a few years ago, the family sold the market and Asama Ayyad dropped out of school to help the family. Currently their family business is a Middle Eastern restaurant in Albany called Zaki Kabob House opened by the eldest son, 27-year-old Ramsy Ayyad.
But despite the family’s hardships, Ayyad’s relatives say that the young man was looking forward to the future. In November he was planning to visit Jerusalem, where his parents are from originally. He wanted to get married and dreamed of having his own business one day. He also hoped to work for the California Highway Patrol. In order to make that possible, he wanted to get his high school diploma and was planning on taking classes soon to get his GED.
On the evening of his death, Ayyad had left his part-time job at Whelan’s Cigar Store in Berkeley and gone to Masjid Noor, a Richmond mosque at 13th Street and Cutting Boulevard that was hosting a reunion for about 1,000 Muslims from California and other states. They were getting together for an annual Ijtimah, a gathering to pray, help each other, and remember Islamic values. Ayyad enjoyed helping and especially wanted to give a hand to his uncle, who was the cook for this large crowd.
After dinner, some people stayed to sleep at the mosque, and others went home. After helping his uncle, Ayyad decided to leave, too. He was afraid for his beloved car, which was parked outside. The white 1999 Lexus that his father had given him as a present had become Ayyad’s project. The car was bought for cheap but Ayyad had spent time and all his savings fixing it and adding new features, like 24-inch rims, new paint and speakers. “The car was like his little baby,” said his cousin Noor Ayyad.
Family members say that Asama Ayyad was aware of violence and gangs in Richmond, but wanted nothing to do with them. Just a week before, his 22-year-old best friend Samir Ayesh had been shot and killed in Hayward when he asked graffiti painters not to tag the walls of his house. So far the police have not caught the perpetrators, and his family members say that Ayyad had been very depressed about it. When his uncle asked him to stay longer at the mosque, Ayyad said, “I don’t feel comfortable being in this area and I don’t feel safe at all.”
Ayyad left with his friend, a teenage neighbor who wanted a ride in the shiny white Lexus. The plan was to go for a ride and then go home, said his family. But at the traffic light on 22nd Street and Bissell Avenue, gunfire erupted from a white van that was following them, hitting the Lexus several times. Mortally wounded, Ayyad’s first instinct was to go back to the mosque, a safe haven of spirituality, family and community.
The police have stated that the shooting was a case of mistaken identity, but Ayyad’s family thinks that the youngsters in the van were trying to steal the car. “I wish they had asked for the car,” said Kammal Ayyad, one of Asama’s uncles. “Asama would had given it to them right away.”
Described by friends and family as a person who was always there for the others, Asama Ayyad had many friends. They remember how peaceful he was and that his laughter was unmistakable. “He was pure,” said Zee Handoush a family friend and Ayyad’s employer at the cigar shop, who knew him for about ten years.
“He was the sweetest of all the cousins. He was a good boy, very family oriented,” said Maya Ismaiel, a cousin.
The family is planning to plant a tree and build a fountain on Ayyad’s grave, so that passersby can have shelter and water. “It would be like Asama is continuing to do good deeds on Earth,” said his mother.
People remember Asama Ayyad as peaceful human being. Photo courtesy of the Ayyad family.
The Ayyad siblings and cousins have made a memorial page for him on Facebook and printed out pictures and fliers that they carried to the City Council meeting and posted at the place where his Lexus veered into the telephone poles. One of the fliers reminds viewers of the things Ayyad loved: it has pictures of his car, sweet tea, Middle Eastern food, a hookah and sunflower seeds. The picture his friends use the most is one in which Ayyad is smiling and making the peace sign with his fingers.
At home, Ayyad’s mother has put together an altar with flowers and photos of her son. “In our culture men are not supposed to cry, but my son’s death made many men cry,” she said.
The East Bay’s Palestinian and Muslim communities have been moved by the death of this young man, but his mother says it has been especially hard on Amir, his 7-year-old little brother who grew up sharing a bedroom with him. “Where is Asama? When is Asama coming home?” he keeps asking, even though his family has explained his brother’s death to him.
“The United States spends so much money abroad when there is so much violence here inside the country,” said Ayyad’s mother. She hopes that others can learn from the tragedy of her son’s death. “We want to stop the violence,” she said.
By: Veronica Moscoso | July 15, 2010
Story originally published at Richmond Confidential
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line273
|
__label__cc
| 0.538459
| 0.461541
|
Home › Listings › Diversified Industries
This sector includes a wide-variety of issuers. Included in this group are companies involved in Financial Services, Real Estate, Media, Consumer and Industrial Products.
Diversified industries companies listed on CSE
1933 Industries Inc.
1933 Industries Inc. is a vertically integrated cannabis company with operations in the United States and Canada. Operating through three subsidiary companies, 1933 Industries owns licensed medical and adult-use cannabis cultivation and production assets, proprietary hemp-based, CBD infused products, CBD extraction services and a specialized cannabis advisory firm supporting clients in security, intelligence and due diligence. The Company owns 91% of Alternative Medicine Association, LC (AMA), a licensed medical and adult-use cannabis cultivation and production facility that produces its own line of unique cannabis-based products and manufactures other third-party brands. Infused MFG, also a 91% owned subsidiary, produces hemp-based, CBD products, thoughtfully crafted of high quality organic botanical ingredients. The Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Spire Global Strategy is a high-level advisory firm that provides services to enable businesses to stay secure, compliant and competitive.
TGIF.DB
1933 Industries Inc. - 10% Senior Unsecured Convertible Debentures
TGIF.WT
1933 Industries Inc. - Warrants
3 Sixty Risk Solutions Ltd.
About 3 Sixty Risk Solutions Ltd. (CSE: SAFE) (OTCQB: SAYFF) (FSE: 62P2)
3 Sixty Risk Solutions Ltd., operating through its wholly owned subsidiary, 3 Sixty Secure Corp., is Canada’s leading security service provider to the cannabis sector, transporting millions of dollars of product every month. 3 Sixty now provides enhanced cash management, cannabis security consulting, guarding and secure transport security services to more than 600 customers and more than 86 licensed cannabis holders, including some of the world’s largest, such as License Holders owned by Canopy Growth Corporation. 3 Sixty employs over 600 staff, operates a fleet of over 150 vehicles and is one of the largest cash management service providers in Canada.
Advantex Marketing International Inc.
Advantex is a leader in the merchant cash advance and marketing services industry. As part of its merchant cash advance program the company provides merchants with working capital by the pre-purchase of their future sales/receivables. Marketing services is managing rewards accelerator programs for affinity groups through which their members earn bonus rewards on purchases at participating merchants.
Ansar Financial and Development Corporation
AG.UN
Arctic Glacier Income Fund
Arctic Glacier Income Fund, through its operating company, Arctic Glacier Inc., is a leading producer, marketer and distributor of high-quality packaged ice in North America, primarily under the brand name of Arctic Glacier Premium Ice. Arctic Glacier operates 39 production plants and 48 distribution facilities across Canada the northeast, central and western United States servicing more than 75,000 retail locations.
AREV
AREV Brands International Ltd.
AREV Brands International Ltd. (“AREV”) produces and delivers functional ingredients from its world-class extraction systems. AREV is revolutionizing the current delivery method of coconut oil, whey protein and nutrients through emulsification. These premium ingredients and products are targeted for the natural health, medical, functional food, nutraceutical, sport nutrition and bioceutical markets. AREV is also working with Pharmacy and Dispensary operators with an innovative emulsified base formula to disperse Cannabis oil extracts from specific selected genetic Cannabis strains that address 5 areas of health including Anxiety, Pain Management, Insomnia, Central Nervous System Disorders & Libido.
Armada Mercantile Ltd.
Armada Mercantile Ltd. has been a publicly-traded company in Canada since 1987. Armada is a advisory services, trade finance and relational FINRA broker dealer company. Armada Mercantile Ltd. provides specialized merchant banking, venture lending, factoring and corporate finance services internationally, as well as advising clients on corporate strategy, public markets entry, mergers and acquisitions, buy and sell side mandates and raising capital.
Australis Capital Inc.
Australis Capital identifies and invests in the cannabis industry predominately in the United States, a highly regulated, fragmented, rapidly expanding and evolving industry. Investments may include and are not limited to equity, debt or other securities of both public and private companies, financings in exchange for royalties or other distribution streams, and control stake acquisitions. Australis Capital adheres to stringent investment criteria and will focus on significant near and mid-term high-quality opportunities with strong return potentials while maintaining a steadfast commitment to governance and community. Australis Capital's Board and Management have material experience with, and knowledge of, the cannabis space in the U.S., extensive backgrounds in highly regulated industries, adherence to stringent regulatory compliance, public company and operational expertise.
Contact the CSE team to find out more.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line274
|
__label__cc
| 0.534296
| 0.465704
|
LAY OF THE LAND NEWSLETTER > Fall / Winter 1997
The Unique Unnatural Attractions of Soda Springs, Idaho
Industrial Lava Flows and Geyser-on-a-Timer
Monsanto Slag Pour: "Soda Spring's Man-Made Lava Flow." CLUI photo
THE SMALL TOWN OF SODA Springs, in southeastern Idaho, is home to two unique incidental phenomena, which, though unnaturally formed, resemble their natural counterparts to a remarkable degree.
Several times an hour, the Monsanto Chemical Company dumps red-hot, molten rock down the edge of a dump mound, on its property north of downtown Soda Springs. This attraction is a rare example of man-made molten mountain building. The black hill of cooled slag has formed in the ten years since Monsanto developed this method of slag disposal.
Twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, specialized trucks back up to the edge of the hill, and tip a 600 cubic foot pot of molten slag overboard. The glowing, thousand degree centigrade liquid slides easily down the slope, throwing heat that can be felt hundreds of yards distant. As the liquid cools and solidifies, a crackling, rock-building sound can be heard.
Monsanto's phosphate plant. CLUI photo
The slag is composed of calcium silicate, and is a byproduct of phosphate production at the vast Monsanto phosphate plant. The plant, which consumes roughly as much electricity as Kansas City, produces phosphates which are used in products as varied as soft drinks, insecticides, fireworks, and truck bombs.
Captive geyser viewing platform (upper left) and sign. When winds blow the arrow westward, the geyser is not activated, as it tends to douse the parking lot area. CLUI photo
Three miles south of the slag pour, in downtown Soda Springs, "the world's only captive geyser" spews jets of water 100 feet in the air every hour, or every half hour during the tourist season. The geyser was created in 1937 when a drilling operation accidentally hit a deposit of pressurized gas and water, 300 feet underground. After a few months of uncontrolled spewing, when the town was close to being flooded, the well was finally capped by installing a valve on the casing pipe.
View of geyser portal. The pipe in this photograph actually contains the motor-driven shaft which opens the valve to turn on the geyser. The geyser "blow-hole" is a six-inch diameter pipe which emerges from the underground next to the end of this pipe. CLUI photoIt was decades before the timer was installed to automatically open and close the valve. Up to that point, the geyser had to be turned on manually by special request, a task usually performed by someone from the police department. In the early 1990's, the town decided to develop the site as tourist attraction, and built walkways and a viewing platform over the strange yellow soda deposits next to the geyser pipe.
Similar to the famed Old Faithful and other geysers, the Soda Springs geyser erupts due to pressure created by the combination of carbon dioxide gas mixing with water in an underground chamber. In most geysers, occasional venting through natural fissures in the overlying rock releases the pressure. In the case of the captive geyser, this release is controlled by an electric motor, activated by a timer, which opens and closes the valve at the top of the pipe.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line275
|
__label__cc
| 0.59856
| 0.40144
|
A truck driver had been driving quite a few hours straight, and was tired and hungry, so he pulled into a truck stop and went into the restaurant to eat. While he was eating, a group of local Hell's Angels motorcyclists came into the restaurant to eat. While waiting for their food to be prepared, the Hell's Angels got bored. They began to harass the truck driver just for entertainment. They called him names, yelled at him, and so on. Then they started throwing rolled-up napkins at him. He just sat and ate quietly and totally ignored them. This upset them – they just couldn't get a rise out of him. So, finally, one of them walked over and dumped a plate of food over the truck driver's head. He still didn't react, other than to take some napkins and clean himself up as well as possible – while the Hell's Angels laughed at him. He paid his bill and quietly left to go back to his truck. The thugs joked around with the waitress after he left, saying, "You know, that fella sure was a wimp. He wasn't much of a man!" The waitress, looking out the window at the parking lot, said, "You know, he's not much of a truck driver, either. He just ran over a bunch of motorcycles on his way out of the parking lot!"
(from Our Daily Bread, February 28, 1990)
We chuckle at how the trucker handled the situation and probably can't help but admire him some, but.... that is not Jesus' way to handle enemies! How did our Lord say to respond to situations where enemies confront us? In His Sermon on the Mount, Christ told us, "Love your enemies." It's natural for us to seek revenge, like the truck driver did – but "natural" isn't always good! As Christians we are called to a higher way of life. The Lord Himself told us about this. As He said in Luke 6: 32–35:
"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and selfish."
A very radical idea! Loving friends? That's usually not too hard. But to love our enemies? Very unusual, very difficult. And that's what Christ wants us to do.
As always, Jesus Christ practiced what He preached. Jesus just didn't say, "Love your enemies"; He really did it! When He was put on the cross, did He curse out those who did it to Him? Did He call down lightning or angry angels to "take out" those killing Him? He certainly could have done that. But He didn't. Instead, He loved them and prayed for them – "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do."
And the Lord is still forgiving His enemies today. For every time we sin, we make ourselves enemies of Christ. And what does He do? He forgives us and keeps on loving us.
As followers of Jesus Christ, we should be like Him. We should do the same: love our enemies, and forgive those who have hurt us. And if we really do that, it will be the case that, from our side anyway, we won't have enemies. They may still see us as enemies, but we won't see them as enemies. If, as Christ commands, we love and forgive our enemies, they really won't be our enemies anymore. St. Ephraim of Syria wrote about this sixteen hundred years ago: "Do not have any enemies except for Satan himself" ("On Admonition and Repentance", Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, 2nd Series, Vol. 13, Eerdmans, p. 333).
There are different ways of achieving this goal of not having enemies. Years ago, a mafia boss on the island of Sicily was on his death bed. He called for the local priest to come see him and hear his confession. He had decided he wanted to get right with God before he died. The priest came and, before he began to administer the sacraments, said, "Part of getting ready to die is that you need to forgive all your enemies." The mafia boss said, "Father, I don't have any enemies." The priest was surprised and said, "That's amazing! After all the years of your violent and criminal life, you must have enemies!" The mafia replied, "No, Father, I really don't have any enemies. I killed them all" (Michael Ignatieff, Isaiah Berlin, Metropolitan Books, 1998, p. 228).
That's not the right way to end up with no enemies! We do need to take action, however, to stop having enemies, even drastic action if necessary. St. John of Alexandria was the Patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt, many centuries ago. One day he was serving the Divine Liturgy, and as he was lifting up the bread and wine at the altar to God, he remembered something: he had had a falling out with a priest in a nearby parish that week. St. John felt that he himself was at least partly to blame for their argument. He realized, too, that he hadn't fixed the problem. So he put the holy gifts down on the altar, bowed to the people saying, "I will return soon" and walked right out of the church. He left and found the priest and talked with him and apologized to him. They were reconciled and all was well between them. Then St. John returned to his own church and finished the liturgy (Father Bill Olnhausen, Monthly Newsletter for January 2013, St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church in Cedarburg, Wisconsin). Whatever it takes – do it. Love your enemies enough so that you won't think of them as your enemies anymore.
The following are some ways to work on this.
Pray for your enemies
Back in the 600's A.D. there were definitely some people who considered St. Maximus the Confessor as their enemy. They hated him because he stuck to the truth about Jesus Christ and wouldn't give in to the latest heresy. They cut out his tongue and cut off his hands. St. Maximus' response was to say this about enemies: "Pray for him sincerely to God" (St. Maximus, Selected Writings, Paulist Press, 1985, p. 73). Do you pray for other people? I hope so.
That person who is hard to get along with, who irritates you, who has hurt you, who you perhaps even think of as an enemy? Put that person at the top of your prayer list and pray for him more than for anyone else.
Thank God for something good about your enemy
It may not be easy to think of something good about some people if they've done bad things to us or said bad things about us. But you can always think of at least one good thing about that person. Focus on that one good thing.
Shift your anger
Is there someone who has angered you? St. Ambrose of Milan, back about 400 A.D., said that you should shift that anger at other people to anger at yourself. Instead of being angry at someone else, be angry at yourself that you are so spiritually weak that something about that other person caused you to fall into the sin of anger. Being angry at yourself will help your anger at others to fade away (St. Ambrose, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, 2nd Series, Vol. X, Eerdmans, p. 17).
Treat them kindly
St. Barsanuphius lived in the deserts of the Gaza area of Palestine about fourteen hundred years ago. A very holy and wise man, he received many letters seeking spiritual advice and he wrote many letters giving spiritual advice. We still have some of them today and they are a good read. One writer explained to the saint about an enemy he had, and sought advice on how to deal with the hateful person. St. Barsanuphius' advise was simple and brief: "Do good to him" (Barsanuphius and John, Letters From the Desert, St. Vladimir Seminary Press, 2003, p. 178). Even if someone has hurt you badly and you don't feel kindly towards them, you can still act kindly towards them, even if it's just a matter of smiling and saying, "Hi, how are you?" As St. Barsanuphius said, "Do good to him." Act kindly, and who knows? Maybe they'll start to change a bit and act a little more kindly to you. If you both keep that up, pretty soon you won't be enemies anymore!
I doubt many of you were doing a lot of reading back in the 1920s. But if you were, you might have read the world's best-seller for a while back then, All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque. In this novel, Remarque tells the story of a common German soldier fighting in the trenches in northern France in World War I. One day, in the midst of an artillery bombardment, he jumped into a shell hole to try and stay safe. He was surprised to see also hiding in that shell hole a French soldier. Immediately, he thought to himself, "Ah, a Frenchman – one of my hated enemies! I must kill him quickly." He drew his knife and was about to kill his enemy when he noticed how badly wounded the fellow was. He hesitated and then thought to himself, "He certainly is too badly injured to hurt me, so why should I hurt him?" And so he put the knife away and went peacefully over to the man. It was quickly obvious he was badly injured and would soon die. Neither spoke the other's language but they could still communicate a little with their hand gestures and eyes. The dying Frenchman motioned to his mouth and the German quickly figured out he was horribly thirsty due to losing so much blood. He took out his canteen and gave the man all the water he could drink. But it didn't slow down his death, which was obviously imminent. The dying soldier nodded a thank-you, and then pointed to his pocket. The German went into the pocket and found his wallet, which had in it a picture of the dying soldier's wife and children. The French soldier pointed to the picture and then to his eyes. The German got the message. The dying man wished to die while looking at the picture of his beloved ones. So the German took the photo, held it closely to the man's face, and the Frenchman looked at it. He soon died looking at the photo with a smile on his face. As the French soldier died, the German realized they were no longer enemies, but friends, even brothers (All Quiet On The Western Front, Fawcett Crest, 1958, pp. 189–195).
The enemies were turned into friends. Why? Because of simple acts of kindness.
Do the same. Remember the words we looked at earlier by St. Ephraim: "Do not have any enemies except for Satan himself." Jesus Christ, in the Sermon on the Mount, instructed us, "Love your enemies."
It's all hard, very hard. We are Christians, however, and so are called by our Lord to do as He did, even when it is hard. The Lord said in Luke 6 that He will reward us if we obey Him in this regard. He tells us in verse 35 that if we love our enemies, "Your reward will be great and you will be children of the Most High." What a wonderful reward! To be children of the Most High God! That's what He promises us.
Father Andrew Harmon, Pastor
St. Matthew Antiochian Orthodox Church, North Royalton, Ohio
fr andrew harmon
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line276
|
__label__wiki
| 0.546889
| 0.546889
|
IUCr 1996 Triennial Executive Committee Report - Acknowledgements
On behalf of the IUCr, the Executive Committee wishes to express its deep gratitude to the US National Committee for Crystallography, in collaboration with the American Crystallographic Association, and the National Academy of Sciences of the United States for the invitation to hold the Seventeenth General Assembly and International Congress of Crystallography in Seattle. It particularly wishes to thank the Chairman of the Programme Committee, Dr W. L. Duax, and the Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Professor R. F. Bryan.
The continuing support shown by UNESCO in the form of its annual subvention received by the IUCr through ICSU, and the support of ICSU itself, is gratefully acknowledged.
Finally, the Executive Committee wishes to thank all crystallographers who have assisted in the work of the IUCr in so many ways. This cooperation between crystallographers of different nationalities constitutes a most valuable aspect of the IUCr's activities.
[Next section] [Previous section] [Index] in IUCr 1996 Triennial Report
[1993] [1999] IUCr Triennial Executive Committee Report: Acknowledgements
Updated 7th October 1997
Copyright © 1997 International Union of Crystallography
IUCr Webmaster
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line277
|
__label__cc
| 0.715654
| 0.284346
|
ABP Works
Barn Wood Trays Getting Ready for the TeamMates Gala
Barn Wood Tray Center Piece
Barn Wood Trays with Championship Turf & Autographed Football
We were contracted to build 165 trays to be used as table center pieces for the TeamMates Gala in Omaha. This AstroTurf that is in the trays helped lead the Huskers to three NCAA National Championships and beyond. Astroturf-8 was installed on the field at Memorial Stadium in 1992. Astroturf-8 was the playing surface during the years the Huskers won three National Championships – 1994, 1995 and 1997. It is the winningest turf in college football history.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line280
|
__label__wiki
| 0.796813
| 0.796813
|
Back to Employment News
NCIL Policy on Employment and Economic Equity: Overview
Congress: Amend the Current Law for Baby Boomers with Jobs!
NCIL maintains its strong requests to Congress to eliminate the age 65 limit for Medicaid Buy-In eligibility for workers as currently found in the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act (PL 106-170). We know many workers with a disability need to retain Medicaid to pay for personal assistance services, for example, which in turn help pay for their continued independence, integration, and economic and community contributions.
This idea, with the help of partners in DC, has been put into proper legislative language and is ready to move forward! NCIL requests Congress to align this law with the same Medicaid Buy-In language in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, allowing for continued Medicaid Buy-In eligibility for workers with a disability age 65 and older. The two laws need to read as one on this matter to support all workers with disabilities. The House Energy and Commerce Committee, which holds jurisdiction, has agreed to listen to and consider this proposal.
Congress: Create An Equal Playing Field and Remove Barriers to Employment for Older Workers!
NCIL also asks Congress to change Social Security rules and regulations (POMS) to eliminate earnings limitations for CDB / childhood disability beneficiaries (who draw benefits attributable to another’s account) upon reaching full Social Security retirement age (currently 66) to equate with rules of SSDI beneficiaries who have established their own account. This would eliminate such work disincentives as Substantial Gainful Employment (SGA) requirements for this group, encouraging all aging workers to continue to work if they so choose. Like its partner policy idea listed above, this has been put into proper legislative language and is also ready to move forward given the opportunity! At the time of writing, the chief Social Security actuary agreed to cull and analyze data needed to re-approach House Social Security subcommittee of Ways and Means for further consideration.
The ABLE Act: The Same Barriers Block Our Way Forward!
In 2018, the ABLE Act still continues to be an important policy priority for NCIL. Over 45 states have opted to enable ABLE legislation with many (33 at last count) actively launching programs. Other states are having ABLE legislation heard in their own statehouses in 2018.
In previous years, it was NCIL’s preference that the three policy enhancements listed below should be considered a “package” and it was NCIL’s desire to see all three passed together. However, this idea has been largely ignored by elected officials. At the date of this drafting, a version of the ABLE-to-Work Act and the Financial Planning Act have been included in and passed with the Tax Cuts and Jobs bill, becoming law (PL 115-97) in December 2017. Also included in Public Law 115-97 was a provision to allow contributions to ABLE Act accounts to qualify for the Federal Retirement Tax Credit. The Age Adjustment Act was NOT included due to cost.
The ABLE Age Adjustment Act (H.R. 1874 and S. 817) would raise the age limit for eligibility for ABLE accounts to individuals disabled before age 46 (current legislation limit is age 26.) Introduced April 4, 2017 by Representative Tony Cardenas (D-CA) it was referred first to House Ways and Means and then to the Committee on Finance. It has 28 co-sponsors but has experienced the same reticence from elected officials as in years past. Thus, NCIL’s advocacy efforts in this regard continue to be substantial in order to see it to fruition.
The ABLE to Work Act (H.R. 1896 and S. 818) builds on the success of the ABLE Act by making it possible for individuals with disabilities to increase their ABLE accounts in various ways. This will encourage individuals to work without impacting their Federal benefits or current ABLE accounts. Introduced by Representative Cathy McMorris-Rodgers (R-WA) on April 4, 2017, this legislation would allow individuals and families to save more money in an ABLE account if the beneficiary works and earns income. With 47 co-sponsors, it was first referred to the House Ways and Means Committee, then to the Committee on Finance, and was placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders, Calendar No. 269 in November 2017. Incorporated into the tax bill, it became Public Law 115-97 in December 2017, though it included language which was opposed by some disability groups, including NCIL, as confusing and likely to discourage employment rather than encourage it.
The ABLE Financial Planning Act (H.R. 1897 and S. 1) will allow families to rollover savings from a Section 529 college savings plan, penalty-free, to an ABLE account. H.R. 1897 was introduced April 4, 2017 by Representative Cathy McMorris-Rodgers (R-WA) and first referred to the House Ways and Means Committee, then to the Committee on Finance, and placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders, Calendar No. 269 in November 2017. Incorporated into the tax bill, it became Public Law 115-97 in December 2017.
Eliminating Subminimum Wages: The TIME Act
In 2018, the Transitioning to Integrated and Meaningful Employment (TIME) Act still commands considerable interest by NCIL, Congress, DOL, and a myriad of advocacy groups across the nation.
H.R. 1377 was introduced by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS) on March 7, 2017 and referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Since then little has been done in its regard.
As in 2017, what 2018 will bring for TIME remains to be seen, though NCIL and the 17 co-sponsors of the Act continue to direct Congress and the Secretary of Labor to discontinue issuing to any new profit, non-profit, or governmental entity special wage certificates (which permit individuals with disabilities, including individuals employed in agriculture, to be paid at lower than minimum wages). This bill requires a three-year phase-out of all certificates.
The CareerACCESS Policy Initiative
NCIL continues to strongly support CareerACCESS pilot projects in at least two states. CareerACCESS remains a ready model for assisting young adults on SSI to make the successful transition from benefits to building careers. To focus more on the program elements of the CareerACCESS initiative, the project has expanded within a broader effort called WID E3 (wid.org/wid-e3), an employment and economic empowerment strategy. The shift was in part due to funding challenges in launching the pilot projects. Vermont continues to be the lead state in such a potential collaboration, which would not necessarily rely upon federal funding. NCIL, its members, and the Americans we work with and for can move closer to the middle class and true economic integration with these economic policies and laws in place!
Visit www.ourcareeraccess.org for more information.
Updated: March 5, 2018.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line282
|
__label__cc
| 0.561531
| 0.438469
|
Welsh Icons News > Cymrupedia > Beaches and Bays > Langland Bay
Sunset over Langland Bay. Photograph © Simonswansea66
Langland Bay is a popular coastal holiday resort near Mumbles, Swansea.
Langland Bay, together with Caswell Bay, Rotherslade, Limeslade Bay, Bracelet Bay and Port Eynon, is managed by Swansea City Council. Because of its relative proximity to Swansea as well as to the Valleys, Langland and Caswell Bays in particular were extremely popular in the 1950s and 60s with coach day trippers as well as being serviced by the South Wales Transport bus route 85 which operated in the summer months. At other times of the year a walk was necessary from Langland Corner, at the top of Langland Bay Road.
Langland, and the adjacent Rotherslade, or ‘Little Langland’ as it is sometimes known, were once the location for three hotels, the Langland Bay Hotel, the Ael-y-Don and the Osborne Hotel. Three further hotels, the Brynfield Hotel, the Langland Court and the Wittemberg were located in the immediate hinterland. All, bar one, have closed over the past fourty years and have either been demolished and replaced with luxury apartments (Langland Bay & Osborne), converted to a Nursing Home (Brynfield), converted to flats (Ael-y-Don), closed and been subjected to arson attacks (Langland Court and, previously, the Osborne) or partially demolished and re-opened in its original Victorian core as the Little Langland Hotel (Wittemberg).
By far the most dominant building, built in the mid-ninteenth century and backing on to the Newton Cliffs, was originally known as Llan-y-Llan. Built in the Scottish Baronial style by the Crawshay family, the Merthyr Tydfil Ironmasters, it was used as their summer residence. In the first part of the twentieth century it later became part of the Langland Bay Hotel, and later again the Club Union Convalescent Home for miners. After a period of closure it has been renamed Langland Bay Manor and is in the process of being converted into 27 luxury apartments.
As well as the beach huts that still exist, Langland Bay was famous for its ‘community’ of green canvas beach tents. These were erected annually, usually between April and early September, on the stoney storm beach in front of the promenade. A popular local spectacle was the early September ‘spring tide watch’ when rough seas would occasionally cause the loss of one or two. Somewhat safer and more sheltered on the higher ground of the Langland Bay Golf Club, a further two rows of tents were permitted. All finally succumbed to increasing levels of vandalism in the 1970s.
Langland Bay has always been the site of sports innovation. Every year in the early 1960s saw local teenagers becoming amongst the first in the country to take up American innovations such as skateboarding, surfing and fibreglass canoes, which followed on from their parent’s use of canvas sea-going canoes earlier in the century.
Access and Facilities
A coastal path links Caswell Bay to the west and Rotherslade and Bracelet Bays to the east. The bay is accessible by road and is serviced by public transport for a short period during the school summer holidays; there are also two large Pay and Display car-parks. Hot and cold snacks are currently available from two small shops, though these tend to operate limited opening times during the winter and focus on ice-creams and gifts for children. Public showers are available near the beach and a St John Ambulance Hut and Information Office operate at peak times.
Swansea City Council operate a Surf Lifeguard service at the beach from the end of May to the beginning of September.
The beach hosts approximately 100 Council-owned holiday beach huts, the newest 12 of which at the western end of the Bay were built in the early 1960s. Over the years some have been refurbished, but numbers 40 -72 are gradually falling in to a sorry state of repair.
At the eastern end of the Bay are a number of privately owned beach huts within their own grounds and gated car park. A new bar/cafe development is underway at the western end of the beach promenade which should be complete in time for the 2007 summer season.
Sports in Langland
Langland Bay features six tennis courts that can be hired by the public. These have been the location in recent years for the extremely popular Swansea Junior Tennis Championships supported by Swansea City Council. In the 1960s the courts hosted a similar tournament but covered a wider age range. It was the origin of a number of Wimbledon hopefuls.
Langland Bay Golf Club overlooks the bay from the west. The 18 hole course is relatively short with a standard scratch score of 69, however the exposed headland can be subject to unpredictable winds that can often affect the game.
Langland is the popular with the local surfing community due to its convenient location near residential Mumbles and the variety of different waves that can be ridden at different tide levels. At low tide Crab Island provides what is arguably one of the best shaped and most powerful right hand waves in the country, however, many are put off by the fact that the wave breaks onto the exposed reef, so it is considered far too dangerous for novice surfers. Langland Point and the Sand Bar offer a more gentle wave on days when the swell is large. At mid-tide the reef (which is more secluded from the main swell) provides a smaller but often crowded wave. At very high tide the shore-break deposits unwary surfers directly onto stones. Several local surfers have entered the world professional circuit, most notably Carwyn Williams, whose parents ran a small hotel in the resort. Carwyn Williams once beat Australian Damien Hardman the World champion at the time in Hossegor, France.
Fishing is not commonly practised in Langland these days, either from the beach or from the rocky shore. A strikingly marked large rock on the western side of the bay called Cross Rock used to be a popular spot to fish at high tide in the summer months with float and soft crab. Catches included bass, black bream and dogfish. Langland Point held similar promise, but the use of spinners or feathers here sometimes delivered mackerel as well as bass. Occasional dab and plaice were caught with lugworm or ragworm fom the beach, although the worm population of the beach has always been small.
Rotherslade Llantwit Major Beach Swansea Bay Rhossili Bay Newgale Horton Bay Mewslade Bay Mumbles Beach
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line289
|
__label__cc
| 0.709901
| 0.290099
|
Historic Centre of Sighişoara
Factors affecting the property in 2010*
Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation
Management systems/ management plan
Other Threats:
Deterioration of monuments in general and the fortifications in particular;
Factors* affecting the property identified in previous reports
a) Dracula Park project;
b) Deterioration of monuments in general and the fortifications in particular;
c) Lack of protection and maintenance measures, local responsibility and funding strategies.
International Assistance: requests for the property until 2010
Requests approved: 1 (from 2004-2004)
Total amount approved : 20,000 USD
2004 Revitalisation du Centre Historique de Sighisoara (Approved) 20,000 USD
Missions to the property until 2010**
2002 : World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS mission
Conservation issues presented to the World Heritage Committee in 2010
The State Party report, received on 1 February 2010, provides information regarding the actions implemented by the National Institute for Historic Monuments of Romania and the Municipality of the town of Sighisoara since the 32nd session of the World Heritage Committee (Quebec, 2008), namely:
a) Monitoring of the state of conservation
The National Institute for Historic Monuments has developed a « Study on Interventions affecting the constructions of the urban ensemble of Sighisoara for the period 1990-2006 ». This study indicates examples of interventions on the buildings such as volume modifications, irregular interventions on facades, use of inadequate materials, replacement of traditional woodwork, changes in the function of buildings, development of interior courtyards and terrasses. In its report, the State Party recognizes that these types of intervention transform the urban aspect of the ensemble and could threaten the historic urban fabric. The study recommends the adoption of solutions aimed to avert major interventions and irreversible loss. In October 2008, the Mayor of Sighisoara founded a World Heritage Bureau to improve the management and monitoring of the state of conservation of the property.
b) Protection and management of the site
Since 2008, the town of Sighisoara is part of the thematic network HerO (Heritage as Opportunity) of the URBACT II Programme of the European Commission. Under this programme, and based on the results of the Framework Programme for the protection and management of the Historic Centre of Sighisoara finalised in 2007, the authorities expect to complete the management plan and the local action plan for this property before end-2010.
With the report, the State Party transmitted summaries of the following documents:
- Economic-social development strategy for the town of Sighisoara 2008-2013, approved by the Municipality of the town;
- The Zonal and Regulatory Urban Plan for the Protected Area of the property, approved by the National Commission for Town Planning;
- The Feasibility Study for the rehabilitation of the Historic Centre of Sighisoara as a part of the Documentation for Notice of Intervention Work;
- Study concerning the presentation of the Historic Centre of Sighisoara;
- Traffic Control Regulations in the Citadel;
- Regulations for street commerce;
- « Lighting Designers for Historic Urban Landscape » Project under the « Culture 2007 – 2013 » Programme;
- Funding Conventions for two road construction projects.
c) Rehabilitation, restoration, construction
With the report, the State Party also transmitted information concerning the following projects :
- Rehabilitation of systems for waste water and drinking water supplies
- Rehabilitation of the gas network
- Optical surveillance
- Architectural illumination
- Rehabilitation of street pavements in the Citadel and access roads
- Best practice guides
- Restoration and development of the Tailors’ Tower in partnership between the Municipality of Sighisoara and the « Cele sapte Cetati » Association.
d) Promotional activities
The State Party transmitted with the report information concerning several promotional activities organized at Sighisoara, notably:
- Feasibility Study for the establishment of a National Centre for Tourist Information
- 25 cultural events organized in 2009 by the Town authorities, NGOs and the History Museum of Sighisoara
- Establishment of a partnership between the Municipality of Sighisoara and the « Mihai Eminescu Trust » Foundation, under the patronage of HRH Prince Charles of Great Britain.
The World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies note that the report prepared by the national authorities contains very detailed information concerning the actions taken by the State Party to ensure the monitoring of the state of conservation of the property, as well as its protection and management. However, information concerning the state of conservation presented in the Study on Interventions affecting the Constructions of the Urban ensemble of Sighisoara is only for the period 1990 to 2006. The World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies thank the State Party for its Study that clearly highlights the potential impacts of the interventions on the value and integrity of the property, and shares the concerns expressed in this document. Consequently, the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies consider that, in accordance with paragraph 172 of the Operational Guidelines, the State Party should be encouraged to transmit for evaluation and comment detailed documents concerning the recent interventions, the detailed monitoring of the state of conservation of the property and in particular the general state of the monuments and fortifications. The description of any intent to undertake or authorize restoration, rehabilitation, conservation or construction projects, likely to affect the Outstanding Universal Value of the Historic Centre of Sighisoara should also be transmitted for evaluation.
Decisions adopted by the Committee in 2010
Draft Decision
34 COM 7B.93
Historic Centre of Sighisoara (Romania) (C 902)
1. Having examined Document WHC-10/34.COM/7B,
2. Recalling Decision 32 COM 7B.103, adopted at its 32nd session (Quebec City, 2008),
3. Takes note of the actions taken by the State Party to ensure the monitoring of the state of conservation of the property, as well as its protection and management, and encourages it to pursue all the requisite steps to closely monitor the state of conservation of the property;
4. Urges the State Party to provide three printed examples and an electronic version of the approved Protection and Management Plan for examination by the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies;
5. Requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, in accordance with Paragraph 172 of the Operational Guidelines, the description of any intent to undertake or to authorize restoration or construction projects, as well as impact studies of all projects likely to affect the Outstanding Universal Value of the World Heritage property, before granting any authorization that would be difficult to reverse;
6. Also requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 February 2012, an updated and detailed report on the state of conservation of all the components of this property and on the progress accomplished in the implementation of the above recommendations, for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its 36th session in 2012.
Draft Decision: 34 COM 7B.93
2. Recalling Decision 32 COM 7B.103, adopted at its 32nd session (Quebec, 2008),
3. Takes note of the actions taken by the State Party to ensure the monitoring of the state of conservation of the property, as well as its protection and management, and encourages it to pursue all the requisite steps to closely monitor the state of conservation of the Historic Centre of Sighisoara;
Next 2012 Previous 2008
Date of Inscription: 1999
Nomination records (Year): 1998
Category: Cultural
Criteria: (iii)(v)
Other information on site
Documents examined by the Committee in 2010
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line290
|
__label__cc
| 0.557328
| 0.442672
|
Book Review: Puerto Rican volunteers in Spain
By Chris Brooks
José Alejandro Ortiz Carrión with Teresita Torres Rivera, Voluntarios de da Libertad. Puertorriqueños en defensa de la República Española 1936-1939 [Freedom Volunteers: Puerto Ricans in defense of the Spanish Republic 1936-1939] (San Juan: Ediciones Callejón, 2015).
In 1999, José Alejandro Ortiz Carrión contacted ALBA requesting information on Puerto Rican volunteers in the Spanish Civil War. His letter and the response, which included a list of the known Puerto Rican volunteers from the ALBA database, were published in the Spring 2000 edition of The Volunteer. In the ensuing years, Ortiz Carrión continued his research, broadening his definition of volunteer which resulted in the identification of numerous additional Puerto Ricans involved in the Spanish Civil War. In his most recent work Voluntarios de la Libertad, Puertorriqueños en defense de la República Española 1936-1939 Ortiz Carrión identifies 73 Puerto Ricans participants in the Spanish Civil War.
Ortiz Carrión defines Puerto Rican participants primarily as individuals who were born in Puerto Rico; born in New York of Puerto Rican descent; and select individuals who had lived in Puerto Rico at some point prior to going to Spain. Most participants served in a military capacity in the militia, the Republican Army, the International Brigades or medical services. Others served as civilian volunteers, government employees or civilian exiles.
Most of the 73 Puerto Ricans served in the militia, the Republican Army, the International Brigades, or the medical services.
Voluntarios de la Libertad is divided into five parts, or themes, including the reaction to the war in Puerto Rico and New York; early volunteers on the Madrid Front; Puerto Rican volunteers from New York in the International Brigades; POWs and other prisoners; and Puerto Rican participants in postwar concentration camps and exiles. Within these subgroups each participant’s biographical information is presented along with supporting documentation. Numerous photographs of volunteers and primary source documents reproduced within the text. An extensive notes section ends each part, providing additional supporting information.
Back matter includes a chronological table comparing events within the Second Spanish Republic with parallel events worldwide. An appendix lists the 73 Puerto Rican volunteers and presents key information including date and place of birth, education, battalion, repatriation and times and places of death, and a comments field.
Although Voluntarios de la Libertad is written in Spanish, much of the primary source material is in English. ALBA will update its biographical database to include additions and corrections presented in the book.
Christopher Brooks is director of ALBA’s biographical research project and database, which can be consulted online at www.alba-valb.org/volunteers.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line291
|
__label__cc
| 0.560807
| 0.439193
|
Изјава Министра С.Лаврова на Конференцији о разоружавању
Statement by H.E. Mr. Sergey Lavrov,
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
at the Plenary Session of the Conference on Disarmament,
Geneva, March 20, 2019
Unofficial translation
Distinguished Mr. President,
Distinguished Mr. Secretary-General
Colleagues,
A year has passed since I last addressed this audience. By historical standards, this is a miniscule amount of time. Yet the events that have taken place over the year have brought us to the edge of a new era in arms control.
A year ago, you and us still hoped that, by means of constructive dialogue, we altogether could overcome differences, find compromise solutions and give new impetus to the joint effort aimed at strengthening peace and maintaining global stability.
But today we face aggressive foreign-policy egocentrism fueled by claims for an exclusive right to determine the "rules" of world order and the destinies of nations, countries and entire regions. We are witnessing more and more attempts to destroy fundamental agreements and reshape the whole multilateral arms control architecture according to own narrow opportunistic interests. In pursuit of dominance the instruments that for decades have been preserving the stability and predictability of international relations are being carelessly taken down.
Most recent example is a deliberate destruction of the INF Treaty by the US coupled with their categorical rejection of our persistent proposals to jointly and professionally analyze real problems accumulated in the context of this Treaty. Washington never made secret of the reason for its withdrawal from the INF Treaty: the US prefer to have their hands free in order to build up unrestricted missile capabilities in the regions where the US intend to push through their own interests.
This pushes us 30 years back in nuclear and missile disarmament but that is not the most pressing issue.
The US withdrawal from the ABM Treaty first, and then from the INF Treaty paves a way to a large-scale arms race with unpredictable consequences. Unlike the 1950s-1970s of the past century, when strategic arsenals of the two superpowers were involved, the new arms race would be provoked by perceptions of many other States that are left with no other choice but to have nuclear and missile capability as the only effective means to guarantee their national security. Dozens of countries have science, technology and industry advanced enough to do so.
We have been particularly concerned about the pattern of behavior by almost all Western States under the current circumstances and the extent of the indifference and irresponsibility they demonstrated to the Treaty's future including collective vote at the UN against Russian-sponsored resolution in support of the INF Treaty. NATO members openly supported its dismantling, thus giving "green light*' to the US nuclear missile ambitions. Groundless farfetched claims by the US on alleged violation of the INF Treaty prohibitions by Russia's 9M729 missile were readily accepted. However, after we had demonstrated the system, independent exerts began to point out to obvious inconsistencies in the US position. Notably, the US representatives in Moscow did not only ignore our invitation to attend the 9M729 missile presentation themselves but forced most of their allies to follow suit. Thus, Washington showed its unwillingness to pursue a constructive dialogue. This once again proved the lack of any argument in support of the US allegations.
The fact that we have already announced a moratorium on deployment of land-based intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles in those regions where no similar American systems will be placed is being deliberately ignored. As President Vladimir Putin stated, we will be forced to respond with "mirror actions" and only as reaction to the US steps. We will act in a way that would exclude our engagement in a costly arms race.
We are disappointed with the position of the European countries which in the INF context have de-facto given up their independent role in ensuring their own and European security.
We do not want the New START Treaty with its ten-year term set to expire on February 5, 2021, to repeat the fate of the INF Treaty. Russia stands for the Treaty's extension for five years. This would allow us to prevent further degradation of strategic stability and buy us some extra time to consider possible approaches towards new weapons emerging now throughout the world and possible ways to subjugate them to arms control measures, since not all such armaments fall under the START Treaty. Contrary to what has been recently articulated in this Chamber Russia is ready for such a dialogue.
But first we have to solve the problem related to US unilateral removal from accountability under the New START Treaty of their strategic offensive arms that have allegedly been converted though we cannot certify it as provided for by the Treaty. This complicated issue can be resolved if appropriate Treaty provisions are applied. We have discussed possible solutions with the US. It is a question of political will in Washington.
Russia has been a responsible party to the existing agreements. As we fully comply with our obligations, we share the responsibility for preserving peace and strengthening global security with other States. Yet our efforts go beyond. Russia has put forward and promoted a number of new important initiatives. Regrettably, our Western counterparts do not come up with any meaningful initiatives of their own, they either remain deaf to our proposals or deliberately seek to discredit them.
We are not trying to impose anything on anyone. However, we believe that our proposals could serve as a basis for negotiations. We have repeatedly urged all the States concerned about the future of humankind to work together to build common ground, address problems at hand and seek compromises.
As President Vladimir Putin pointed out all our proposals are well-known to counterparts, all our proposals remain on the table, and when the West is ready we are open for responsible and professional interaction. Meanwhile, instead of constructive response we hear speculations about resumption of nuclear testing, placement of strike combat systems in outer space, and even about feasibility of a limited nuclear conflict. Such developments would be unacceptable for Russia, and, I hope, for most States represented here. But it may become a reality if we fail to find together a reasonable alternative to the trend leading to further destabilization of international environment, exacerbation of contradictions between States, undermining of the established system of international arms control agreements.
Responsible consistent collective efforts are essential in order to ensure international security and stability. The crisis around the INF Treaty clearly shows that progress in the nuclear arms reductions can no longer be sustained in the bilateral Russia-US format. It is time that we seriously reflect on how to launch a multilateral process on nuclear arms control based on the principle of common and indivisible security. There is no point in approaching nuclear disarmament in isolation from a combination of factors that negatively impact strategic stability.
We consider it of utmost importance to take all necessary measures to both maintain the viability and ensure the effectiveness of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Regrettably, here as well, we face mounting difficulties. Disagreements between nuclear and non-nuclear weapon States are growing. Another destabilizing factor is the US decision not to ratify the CTBT and to start preparing its national test site for resuming nuclear tests. The situation with the implementation of the 1995 resolution on establishing a WMD-free zone (WMDFZ) in the Middle East remains uncertain. Being one of the three со-sponsors of the resolution and fully aware of its responsibility for the NPT future, Russia supported the UNGA decision to convene a conference on the WMDFZ this November. We intend to contribute to its success taking into account the interests of all the States in the region.
A few remarks with regard to the UN disarmament machinery and its three components. Clearly, it is impossible to make the work of the Conference on Disarmament, the UNGA First Committee and the UNDC completely immune from politicization. However, certain States have persisted in using these fora to raise issues that help them settle scores with States they dislike. Over-politicization is becoming one of the major factors that obstruct the activities of the UN disarmament triad. Reasonable and meaningful proposals aimed at ensuring equal and indivisible security for all by launching substantive, constructive and professional dialogue are rejected.
As a result, the work of the Conference on Disarmament is being blocked, the decisions of the UNGA First Committee are being devalued, and the UN Disarmament Commission is losing its credibility. The ongoing difficulties, however, do not mean that the mechanism set up by our predecessors back in 1978 is intrinsically flawed and, therefore, should be dismantled as proposed by a number of radically minded delegations. Russia stands against it.
The state of the UN disarmament machinery is indicative of the overall deterioration of international environment, refusal by the collective West to engage in a dialogue on improving the current and elaborating new arms control instruments acceptable to all. The examples are plentiful. Let us take the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention negotiated here at the CD. Instead of a legally binding efficient verification mechanism of this Convention that is blocked by Washington, Western countries now propose so-called "peer review missions". By doing so, they intend to allegedly "prove" that activities and research carried out at the biological facilities are in compliance with the provisions of the Convention.
Another example is refusal to negotiate the prevention of placement of weapons in outer space. There is a relevant Russian-Chinese draft treaty with no other document on the table in this regard. However, the CD Member States are still unable to reach consensus to at least launch negotiations. For the second decade already, we have been hearing just excuses that the elaboration of an agreement would be a "time-consuming exercise", and that it is premature to begin talks before a real threat of space weaponization emerges. So it allegedly makes no sense at all to introduce a comprehensive ban in this respect.
In the meantime, the US has allocated funds for developing a missile defense (MD) space segment and deployment of strike capabilities in the Earth orbit. This MD segment would be capable of striking among others space-based objects. Thus, an operational combat structure would be built which would be ready to "cleanse" outer space from orbital property of the countries Washington dislikes. It opens the "Pandora box" for many States intensively participate in outer space activities and not so few of them are either already developing combat systems to be placed in outer space, or have the necessary capabilities to do that. So, the issue is becoming increasingly relevant. We expect that the UN GGE on PAROS established by the UNGA resolution which is at the moment in its final session could give additional impetus to the work of the CD.
Once again, I would like to draw your attention to the Russian initiative to elaborate an international convention for the suppression of acts of chemical and biological terrorism (ICCBT) that I had the honour to present here in March 2016. One of the key provisions of this draft convention is the criminalization of the use of chemical substances and biological agents for terrorist purposes. This issue is extremely topical. After all, according to various estimates, in Syria alone, there has been between 300 and 400 terrorist attacks in which chemical agents were used.
We believe that the restraint towards our ICCBT initiative and the willingness to ignore multiple cases of chemical terrorism in Syria go hand in hand. Despite their stated concerns about the increasing threat of WMD terrorism, our opponents make the case against strengthening international legal framework to counter this evil.
Instead of working collectively, the Western countries have exerted all their efforts to establish and use an attribution mechanism within the OPCW, also by manipulating the Organization's Technical Secretariat as a tool for political pressure on the States they dislike. Such a brazen intrusion into the UNSC competence has already deeply divided the OPCW and will undoubtedly affect the CWC future.
Dear colleagues, I have to disagree with those who highlighting the continued stalemate at the Geneva Conference on Disarmament call for its eventual dissolution. Given that certain countries and groups of countries refuse to substantially discuss the matters that are critical, including to their own security, and make propagandists noise around them, it is extremely important to preserve the Conference as a single forum for negotiations on a wide range of the most pressing issues of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation. There is no other format that indeed offers prospects for launching real multilateral negotiations. And it would be impossible to set up a truly inclusive one under the current circumstances.
We consider the discussions held in 2018 within the subsidiary bodies of the CD quite useful. We were ready to join the consensus on the UK's draft decision on their re-establishment based on all the agenda items. We regret that the draft did not enjoy necessary support. We are particularly frustrated with the unwillingness of the US delegation discuss this proposal in a substantive manner.
I am confident that we all have enough wisdom and strength to overcome this crisis, to preserve and consolidate the existing system of international instruments of arms control and non-proliferation, and to complement it with new arrangements. Regrettably, the statement made by the US representative yesterday so far proved the opposite. I do believe that our Western colleagues will be in a position to adequately assess the situation, set their priorities in a responsible way and rejoin our collective efforts to maintain peace and security including arms control architecture.
Thank you for your attention. I wish you to succeed.
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line295
|
__label__cc
| 0.716577
| 0.283423
|
I2C Analyzers - What are they, and why do I need one?
If you're new to the I2C bus (or SMBus or TWI), you're probably here because you're looking for resources to get you up to speed quickly. The Web is a great place to look, because you can find not only overviews and tutorials, but resources about the trickier parts and how to avoid or solve problems.
One of the challenges with any new learning experience is how to phrase a question when you don't know all the terminology. Where do you start? Forums are ok, but you're often left 'waiting for the phone to ring' and hoping an expert comes along soon.
That's where Protocol Analyzers can help.
What is a Protocol Analyzer?
A protocol analyzer is a tool, usually consisting of both hardware and software elements, that acts as an 'expert' to figure out not just what is right, but more importantly what is wrong with the communications that are happening in the specific protocol being examined.
For example, if you have a system that incorporates several I2C devices, and the system is having intermittent problems, how do you isolate the source? Many engineers have wasted days staring at oscilloscope traces without getting to the root of the problem.
Alternately, imagine you are programming a system that uses I2C-connected memories. Once in a while, you observe an error in the system; maybe a configuration has changed slightly. Is the problem in the I2C memory device, or is it in your code? You need an independent observer to help you see exactly what's coming in from the bus, compared to how you are
using (or possibly modifying) that information. On more than one occasion, I believed the data in a serial E2 device was getting corrupted, but it turned out that it was my software clobbering the data in RAM. Validating what happens on the bus is a much faster way to identify or rule out possible trouble sources.
An I2C protocol analyzer will not only help you identify bad data, but other implementation errors as well. For example, under certain circustances, is your code forgetting to send a STOP? Are you implementing a Repeated START correctly? What is the right way to interpret a particular bus error that you're seeing, so you can recover properly? All of these questions can be answered with the help of your personal 'expert', the Protocol Analyzer.
Sounds great, but expensive...
They usually are, but newer technology allows advancement even in the capabilities of low-cost tools, such as for I2C. As an example, the EasyI2C(TM) protocol analyzer (www.easyi2c.com) is only $99 US, but detects and reports all possible I2C bus error conditions. Since it embodies expert knowledge of the protocol, its reporting of bus events enables you to rapidly acquire a deep understanding of both normal and abnormal bus conditions and sequences. Other vendors of analyzers offer slightly different capabilities (waveform display, for example), but come at a significantly higher price for those features. In reality, waveform displays are of little use to most engineers, since they are mainly interested in the bus states themselves, and not in the precise signaling patterns that represent those states.
How is it different from a Bus Monitor?
While the term 'bus monitor' is sometimes used interchangeably with 'protocol analyzer', the two are intended to be different. A Bus Monitor is usually designed to observe the 'normal' activity on a communication bus, but is not capable of providing an in-depth analysis detailing precisely what error is occurring; it generally just reports that 'something is wrong.'
A true protocol analyzer will assist the engineer by validating the correctness of an implementation, as well as isolate the exact source of any problems. With tools like the $99 EasyI2C(TM) unit available, it's now easy to be sure.
(Site contents Copyright (c) 2011 R. Fries, all rights reserved)
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line297
|
__label__cc
| 0.585447
| 0.414553
|
Two Years On From the Grenfell Tower Fire, A Growing Anger at the Way Those in Social Housing Continue to be Treated as Disposable
A photo of Grenfell Tower, lit up with a green light, and bearing the message ‘Forever in our hearts’, on the eve of the 2nd anniversary of the fire that killed 72 people on June 14, 2017, for which no one has yet been held accountable (Photo: Tim Downie on Twitter).
Two years ago, I switched on my TV and watched in horror as flames engulfed Grenfell Tower, a 24-storey tower block on the Lancaster West Estate in North Kensington, in west London, leading to the loss of 72 lives.
To anyone with even the most cursory knowledge of the safety systems built into concrete tower blocks, it was clear that this was a disaster that should never have happened. Compartmentalisation — involving a requirement that any fire that breaks out in any individual flat should be able to be contained for an hour, allowing the emergency services time to arrive and deal with it — had failed, as had the general ability of the block to prevent the easy spread of fire throughout the building. Instead, Grenfell Tower went up in flames as though it had had petrol poured on it.
It took very little research to establish that what had happened was an entire system failure, caused by long-term neglect and a failure to provide adequate safety measures (in particular, the tower had no sprinkler system fitted), and, more recently, through a refurbishment process that had turned a previously safe tower into a potential inferno.
Battle for Britain: Fighting the Tory Government's Vile Ideology, UK housing crisis, UK politics
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line299
|
__label__wiki
| 0.788569
| 0.788569
|
Home & Family › Hobbies › The Early Days of Stamp Collecting (and The First Stamp Album!)
The Early Days of Stamp Collecting (and The First Stamp Album!)
From the early 1850s, there was enough interest in stamps to cause various dealers in antiquities, curios or coins to see an opportunity in making a living from catering for these new collectors. Among the earliest stamp dealers were: the Brussel's antiquities dealer J.B. Moens, who became a dealer in 1852; William S. Lincoln of London, who became a schoolboy collector/dealer in 1853; and Stanley Gibbons of Plymouth, who in 1856 took a portion of his father's pharmacy, to become a dealer at the ripe old age of sixteen.
The first stamp list was created in 1861 by Berger-Levrault of Strasberg. Other price lists followed in 1861, but the stamp-collecting world had to wait until the following year, for its first stamp album. Amongst the earliest of the pioneer Stamp Dealers stands Justin Lallier (1823-1873), a Parisian dealer, noted French archaeologist and creator of one of the most important early albums in 1862. First published in French in August 1862, with spaces for 1,200 stamps, and later that same year was published in English, as the first English language album.
In the drab world of the 1840s and 1850s, stamps stood out for their colour. The coal-tar aniline dyes that gave richness to the colours of the 'gilded age' were discovered only in 1856. They did not affect the public until a decade or more later. Lithographs became popular in the late 1830s, but did not move into mass production hand colouring until the 1860s.
At the same time, stamps also represented romance and adventure. The Californian gold rush of the late 1840s, was followed by another - a world away in distant Australia. Explorers and Missionaries began to fill in the blanks, on continent after continent. Now collectors could fill in blanks for themselves!
Few collections exist in these early albums, but those that do almost always have the stamps glued to the page. Hinges had not been invented, or the actual requirement for them! Such collections often contain what are now elusive and valuable stamps, but in those early days came to buyers much more readily.
Philately, in those early days, with its focus on 'one of each' collecting, did not closely resemble the modern day hobby. Despite a growth in specialised literature, Philatelic Societies and exhibitions over the following decades, a great leap was to take place in the world of technical collecting. We can lay much of the plaudits for this at the door of Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford, who was by all accounts a charming polymath. His boyhood interest in stamp collecting had vanished, and having built his own observatory and led astronomical expeditions to Spain and Mauritius, he was elected to the Royal Society at the age of thirty.
Attending a Sotheby's sale in 1899, he chanced upon a fat stamp album, which he immediately decided to purchase (the album had belonged to Col. John Chard VC, hero of the Zulu attacks on Rorke's Drift). He turned his fine mind to stamp collecting, and only eleven years later became the President of the Philatelic Society in London.
His technical approach to collecting differed from the prevailing trends, as he put together everything connected with the production of a stamp; from the earliest drawings, essays, proofs, trials, as well as the changes in printing methods, papers, perforations and inks, amongst much else. When such a distinguished bibliophile and Fellow of the Royal Society (as well as the current Prince of Wales), took such a keen interest in stamp collecting, philately could no longer be disregarded and sniffed-at as a childish pastime!
If you are a fan of Stamp Collecting and want to improve your collection of stamps then take a look at Sandafayre a leading Stamp Auction site.
Article By: Adam Nicolson
email: adamnicolson20@gmail.com
Related Articles - Hobbies
The Penny Black-The first ever stamp issued in Britain
Collect every kind of bird, on a stamp
Karate lessons Chatham
What Is Entertainment and How You Entertain Yourself
Pitch up at the finest golfing Accommodation Mpumalanga has to offer
Most Popular Articles in the Hobbies Category
The Australian Kangaroo and Map – One of The Greatest Stamp Designs?
Choosing a Companion for Your Trip
How to Avoid Straining Your Muscles When you Work Out
Can You Climb a Mountain?
Learn Tacking Up a Horse
Comments On The Early Days of Stamp Collecting (and The First Stamp Album!)0
Yoga guru heads to Peterborough
BB guns can be great fun to play with
Bird watching binoculars can come in handy on Mull
Avert hairy salon situations by enlisting HR payroll help
lallier stamp album 1862
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line302
|
__label__wiki
| 0.65497
| 0.65497
|
Paris Auction Roundup: Picture of a Lively Market
ARTnewsletter Archive
By Laurie Hurwitz Originally Published 04/04/12
The Artcurial | Briest - Poulain - F. Tajan auction house in Paris held several sales in March with solid results.
PARIS—The Artcurial | Briest – Poulain – F. Tajan auction house in Paris held several sales in March with solid results. The top sellers in its Impressionist and modern art auction, on March 22, included French artist André Lhote’s La Chaumière Indienne, an oil painting, which fetched €112,963 ($150,525) on an estimate of €60,000/80,000; and two works by the Swiss-American Surrealist Kurt Seligman—The Vanity of the Ancestor, 1940, estimated at €60,000/80,000, which sold for €80,744 ($107,600) and Noctambulation, 1942, estimated at €40,000/60,000, which brought €57,199 ($76,220).
Russian artist Philip Maliavin’s oil painting of three figures in a winter landscape sold for €91,897 ($122,455), against an estimate of €80,000/120,000. Estimated at €30,000/40,000, Eugène Boudin’s landscape oil painting of a farmer’s house, La maison du fermier environs de Dunkerque, 1889, sold for its high estimate at €41,090 ($54,750).
Gustave Loiseau’s oil painting of flowering trees, Arbres en fleurs a Eragny, 1914, sold for €67,113 ($89,400) on an estimate of €30,000/40,000. Two marine oil paintings by Maurice de Vlaminck sold well—one, of a ship in a storm, Marine par gros temps, sold for €63,395 ($89,430) on an estimate of €30,000/50,000, the other, estimated at €28,000/35,000, fetched €59,678 ($79,522).
A landscape by Hans Hofmann, a 1935 painting on panel, sold for €48,525 ($64,660), within its estimate of €40,000/ 60,000. Jacques Villon’s Reflexion, 1951, surpassed its estimate of €35,000/45,000, selling for €55,960 ($74,570). Several paintings by French artist Bernard Buffet also sold well.
Part of the sale featured works on paper by such artists as André Derain, André Masson, Jean Fautrier, Camille Pissarro, Aristide Maillol and Albert Marquet.
Two works by Pablo Picasso were sold: Tête de jeune femme- Minotaur, a recto-verso pencil drawing with a young woman’s head and a minotaur, ca. 1906, brought €32,176 ($42,875), against an estimate of €25,000/35,000; and a study of Dora Maar, 1941, an ink drawing estimated at €32,000/45,000, sold for €55,960 ($74,570). Georges Rouault’s Faubourg, a 1930 gouache, pastel and ink, sold for €30,889 ($41,200), against an estimate of €25,000/35,000, and Lhote’s Sous Bois, 1914, a watercolor and gouache, sold for €8,366 ($11,150), against an estimate of €6,000/8,000.
Cubist Landscape by Natalia Goncharova, a 1912 watercolor, estimated at €4,000/6,000, sold for €12,227 ($16,300).
An auction of School of Paris paintings at Artcurial on March 21 saw healthy results for Moïse Kisling, whose oil portrait of a woman, Myriam, 1950, fetched €191,269 ($252,930), against an estimate of €80,000/120,000. Another of Kisling’s works, La Romaine, 1921, sold for €70,830 ($93,664), within its estimate of €60,000/80,000.
Jules Pascin’s nude, Carmen, Paris, ca. 1909, an oil on board estimated at €35,000/45,000, fetched €44,807 ($59,250).
Artcurial’s abstract art sale, held on March 20, also boasted a few noteworthy sales: Turkish artist Nejad Devrim’s 1957, abstract composition in oil, fetched €62,156 ($82,200), against an estimate of €30,000/40,000; an untitled oil painting from 1958, by Turkish artist Mubin Orhon, sold for €108,006 ($142,825) on a €60,000/80,000 estimate; and Ed Paschke’s oil Bombalia, 1978, fetched €69,591 ($92, 025), against an estimate of €12,000/15,000.
A drawing in charcoal and pastel by Nicolas de Staël, Ronde de Nuit, 1944, sold for €18,019 ($24,000), against an estimate of €8,000/10,000, and Oscar Gauthier’s homage to Francis Picabia, an oil painting, sold for €38,611 ($51,050) on a €15,000/20,000 estimate.
On March 2 at Drouot Richelieu, Brissonneau auction house sold the former collection of French poet and writer Guillaume Apollinaire and his wife Jacqueline at the Hôtel Drouot, including a comprehensive set of books, autographed letters, illustrations and photographs.
The top lot was an oil painting on board by Léopold Survage, a painter of Russian origin who settled in Paris in 1910. His Architectures à la double silhouette de Guillaume Apollinaire, a colorful painting of building façades with the poet’s silhouette, was sold for €247,840 ($330,270), compared with an estimate of €30,000/40,000.
Other sales included Maison au bord de l’eau, 1913, by Alexandre Altmann, a Ukrainian painter from the School of Paris. The oil painting of a house by the water, estimated at €6,000/8,000, sold for €25,000 ($33,300). Portrait photographique à la tête bandée, a 1916 photographic portrait of the poet in the hospital with his head bandaged after being wounded in World War I, fetched €6,500 ($8,660), just above the high end of the €4,000/6,000 estimate, while an ink and pencil self-portrait with a cat by Marie Laurencin, Autoportrait au chat, also met its high estimate of €4,000/6,000 to sell for €6,200 ($8,260).
A more unusual lot was a set of three candlesticks depicting nude women in acrobatic positions titled Réunion de trois sculptures en argent: femmes nues bougeoirs dans diverses position. The set, by Apollinaire and Auguste Martin, cast by the Barbedienne foundry, sold for €1,500 ($2,000) against a €2,000/3,000 estimate.
Auction Roundup: Mood Is Upbeat at Major German Houses
South Asian Modern Sales Show Mixed Market
Private Collections Enliven 19th-Century European Sales
Bugatti Sculpture Stars at Christie’s Design Sale
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line303
|
__label__cc
| 0.745914
| 0.254086
|
Four-Stroke And Two-Stroke Internal Combustion Engines.
4 Stroke Engine
AutoGearhead: There are two types that an internal combustion engine to transform combustion into motive power. The two-stroke cycle and the four-stroke cycle engine. Two stroke engine produces power every crankshaft revolution, while a four stroke engine produces power once every two revolutions. Older designs of small two stroke engines produced more pollution than four-stroke engines. However, modern two stroke designs, like the Vespa ET2 Injection utilise fuel-injection and are as clean as four strokes.
Large diesel two-stroke engines, as used in ships and locomotives, have always used fuel-injection and produce low emissions. One of the biggest internal combustion engines in the world, the Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C is a two-stroke; it is bigger than most two-storey houses, has pistons nearly 1 metre in diameter and is one of the most efficient mobile engines in existence.
The Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C
In theory, a four-stroke engine has to be larger than a two-stroke engine to produce an equivalent amount of power. Two-stroke engines are becoming less common in developed countries these days, mainly due to manufacturer reluctance to invest in reducing two-stroke emissions. Traditionally, two-stroke engines were reputed to need more maintenance (despite exceptions like the Ricardo Dolphin engine, and the Twingle engines of the Trojan car and the Puch 250 motorcycle). Even though the simplest two-stroke engines have fewer moving parts, they could wear out faster than four-stroke engines. However fuel-injected two-strokes achieve better engine lubrication, also cooling and reliability should improve considerably.
Tags : History Technical Knowledge
Teresa Hamilton
Thank you for sharing! This is what I want to find.
instagram search
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line308
|
__label__cc
| 0.717409
| 0.282591
|
The Flaming Mojos
The Flaming Mojos are an exciting covers band that specialise in 50's, 60's, 70's rock pop and soul music and are available for pubs, clubs, weddings, birthdays, corporate functions and any other social events.
Guaranteed to get you on your feet dancing and singing along to classic songs from such artists as the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Kinks, Monkees, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, T.
Rex, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Elvis Presley and many many more.
http://www.facebook.com/theflamingmojos
http://www.reverbnation.com/theflamingmojos
Demo track
50's, 60's, 70's rock pop and soul - Live covers band (5 members)
Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15
|
cc/2019-30/en_head_0042.json.gz/line309
|
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.