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Gaultier's largesse reply to skinny debate
The Paris shows kicked off with organisers saying they would not ban skinny models from the runways and Jean Paul Gaultier weighing into the debate by hiring a 132-kilogram model...
In what seemed more of a nod to front-row guest, the burlesque artiste Dita Von Teese, Gaultier sent out the plus-sized Paris-based American model and actress Velvet d'Amour, 39, in a satin corset and negligee. The rest of his collection was on a "workout" theme, an athletic wear-inspired collection of silk track pants, hooded sweat tops and dresses.
Australian Gemma Ward modelled in the same show on Tuesday, a week after industry gossip whispered that she had missed the Milan shows because she had put on weight and not because she was reading for a third new film project in Los Angeles.
"Gemma's not a fatty, let me tell you," said d'Amour afterwards, adding that society should give her more svelte runway colleagues a break.
"If you tell me somebody's too thin, if you tell me somebody's too fat, you're still being prejudiced. The point is diversity," d'Amour told the Herald.
Ward also appeared at Balenciaga which proved to date - and as usual - the most directional show of the season.
Nailing the back-to-the-future mood that first emerged in New York and continued throughout the Milan shows, Nicolas Ghesquiere sent out a breathtaking collection. It included skin-tight gunmetal grey and copper trousers and seamed and appliquéd, armour-like gold leggings topped with boxy, articulated jackets and moulded cocktail dresses in wet-look PVC, inspired, he said, by robots and androids.
Christian Dior's John Galliano also seemed in futuristic mode. His collection of sculptured day-suits with armour-like seamwork and metal-embellished, bias-cut and draped cocktail dresses in nearly-nude tones of grey, beige and flesh seemed inspired by the 1997 film Gattaca.
The only interruption to the mood were the boos from the photographers' pit when Janet Jackson arrived after the show started. Dior fans who did arrive with enough time to take their front-row seats included actress Emmy Rossumand Lenny Kravitz.
Patty Huntington in Paris
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Camps & Clubs
AquaCamps
AquaTots
Junior Biologists Club
1. Evolution in Progress
2. Before the Dinosaurs
3. microplastics HUGE problem
1. Stellar Stellers
2. Caring for Critters
3. Otterly Awesome Rescues
4. Poo-naumis
5. A-Ray-Zing Stingrays
6. World of Waste
7. Go With the Flow
8. Coastal Creatures
9. Peck-uliar Penguins
1. Journey to the Jungle
2. Ocean Odyssey
3. Arctic Expedition
4. Salty Science!
5. Plunder Down Under
6. Operation Orca
7. Mission Migration
8. Fishing To Dishing
9. Frogs Forever
1. Something's in the Water
2. Tremendous and Venomous
3. Let's Help the Kelp!
4. Coral Reef Debrief
5. The Great Invertebrate Debate
6. Down Low on the Micro
Rainforests are known for their stormy weather, humid environments, beautiful tall trees, and for being a biodiversity “hot spot”. Join our team as we explore the Amazonian rainforests, from tree tops to forest floor, to identify some of the unique animal and plant species, the diverse habitats in this ecosystem, and some of the threats that rainforests are facing today.
Photo Credit: Amazon
What's the difference between a rainforest and a regular forest?
Wonderful question! A rainforest needs to have a combination of 3 things:
#1. It needs to be a dense forest.
#2. It needs to be rich with biodiversity.
#3. It needs to receive large volumes of rain. The average amount of rainfall will depend on the type of rainforest.
What are the types of rainforests?
There are temperate rainforests, boreal rainforests, montane rainforests and tropical rainforests just to name a few.
Photo Credit: Timothy Epp/Shutterstock
*Temperate rainforest: If you live on the Pacific coast of North America you'll be very familiar with this type rainforest. A temperate rainforest receives about 55 inches of rainfall per year. This can vary on region to some receiveing 33 to 320 inches per year.
Photo Credit: TNC Canada
*Boreal rainforest: It is a biome with less rich diversity than a temperate forest and has a lower temperature than temperate rainforests as they have long periods of warmth in the summer. However, boreal rainforests receive roughly the same amount as rain as temperate rainforests.
*Montane rainforest: You'll find these regions on tropical mountainsides. They have a windy and cool environment at a higher-elevation. These areas receive approximately 79 inches of rain annually.
*Monsoon Rainforest: These rainforests you'll find along the equator and receives a whopping 100-200 inches of rain annually. They receive a dry spell for a portion of year but then make up for it with a wet season of at times torrential downpour.
Photo Credit: Salome Chelangat
*Tropical Rainforest: This rainforest is also found near the equator, however it receives about 80 inches of rainfall annually. Tropical rainforests have the most species diversity of plants and animals in the world!
Where is the Amazon Rainforest?
As tropical rainforests take 1st place in hosting the most animals its worth taking a closer look at the a tropical rainforest that's quite well known: the Amazon.
Gif Credit: Climate Central
The Amazon takes residence in 9 countries, with the majority (roughly 60%) of it resting in Brazil. The remainder portions are found in Colombia, Peru, Euador, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Bolivia and French Guiana.
Where in the Amazon rainforest do animals live?
It depends on what layer of the forest they inhabit. There are 4 layers of the rainforests that vary in environmental conditions that affect which animals are comfortable living there.
Source: Scishow Kids on Youtube
Emergent Layer : This is the first layer of the tropical rainforest are made up of super tall averaging at a height of 70-100m from the ground level. As they are at the top towering over all they tend to experience the extremes of weather, thus protecting those under its cover somewhat. They receive direct sunlight; they get hit hard with rain. Animals you could find are harpy eagles, scarlet macaws, bats, rainforest monkeys and some insects.
Canopy: This next layer underneath the emergent layer is the canopy. This layer supports the majority of the living species in the entire rainforest (roughly 60-90%). During the day, this is the hottest part of the rainforest. It has been noted that the leaves within the canopy are like mini solar panels to fuel the entire rainforest. The animals you could find here are monkeys, sloths, birds and insects.
Understory: The understory is much more humid and damp then the above two layers. The humidity is a major factor in this layer as its inhabitants rely on it greatly. It’s made up of a combination of shrubs, herbs, ferns, climbing plants and young plants; all of which are adapted to the low light environment. You may find beetles, bees, bats, monkeys, lizards, snakes and jaguars here.
Forest Floor: . It’s the absolute darkest and muggiest part of the tropical rainforest due to the 2% of sunlight it receives. It’s a landscape covered with leaves, fruit, deeds and whatever else that has fallen from the layers above. This mixture of humidity and the leftovers of the other sections of the rainforest make it a hub for decomposition. With it decomposing, bacteria and fungi of the rainforest is literally recycling itself by creating nutrients to nourishes the rainforest to continue to grow and thrive. Of course, the animals you’ll find on the forest floor are the land dwellers that are not able to fly or glide. You’d see animals like tigers, jaguars, elephants and tapirs.
What animals live in the Amazon river?
The Amazon river definitely hosts a vast amount of animals. The Amazon river stretches from the Ucayali-Apurmic river to southern Peru is about 4,000 miles. This around the same distance of New York to Rome. You can see that there's space for animals to call the Amazon river home.
Lets go through some particularly fascinating characters of the Amazon River!
Arapaima:
These beasts can live 24hrs out of water. This air breathing fish can grow to be several feet long. One giant grew to be 9 feet long and weigh up to 440 pounds. They can stay underwater for 10 to 20 min they stay near the water’s surface. They have a distinct coughing sound when they occasionally take a breath. The arapaima’s reproductive cycle has been synced to the amazon’s seasonal floods in which during low water months (Feb-April) they build nests and the females lay eggs. As the water levels rise the young begin to hatch. Adults incubate tens of thousands of eggs in their mouths, guarding them aggressively.
Red-bellied piranha:
Photo Credit: Practical Fishkeeping
They calmly swims about the river with a tooth-y reputation. A reputation well earned due to their rows of razor sharp triangular teeth. They like to eat shrimp, worms and mollusks. They swim and hunt is schools/shoals that can grow up to a hundred. Researchers believe that these fish swim in groups for protection not for major meal take downs. When these fish are do get aggravated they’ve been documented making barking-like sounds.
Black Ghost Knife Fish:
Photo Credit: LiveAquaria
They have the ability to produce and sense electric signals in the water. They conduct electrical pulses of a few hundred millivolts from a structure in their tail called an electric organ. This organ can sense forms of objects in the fish’s electric field. Like bats and dolphins that use echolocation to, electric fish use this system of electrolocation to navigate. Natives in South America believe that their departed loved ones take up residences in ghost knife fish.
Caiman:
Photo Credit: Lapatilla
These strong jawed creatures live along the edges of the river and other bodies of water. They reproduce by means of hard-shelled eggs laid in nests built and guarded by the female. Once the little ones mature they become strong swimmers to be able to feed on fish, birds, insects and other animals.
What is being done to help conserve the Amazon?
There was a major story that broke out in Colombia when a group of 25 youth sued the government for not properly protecting the Amazon. Their case was successful as Colombia's Supreme Court agreed that the government needed to strengthen the Amazon's legal rights to help conserve in the face of rising deforestation.
It is because of like minded people as this youth group that keeps the Amazon on a global radar for conservation and environmental awareness.
Photo Credit: Dejusticia by Pacific Standard
Photo of the 25 Colombian youth who won rights for the Amazon rainforest.
Read more about their story here.
What can I do to help conserve the Amazon?
The Amazon rainforest provides valuable resources for not only those in South America, but for people worldwide. For instance did you know that about 70% of medicines that have been proven to contain anti-caner properties are found in the Amazon? How about the daily treats and rituals could be connected to the Amazon. Items such as:
-Shampoo
-Coffee
-Chocolate
-Spices (Cinnamon & Pepper)
-Moisturizer
Photo Credit: Mocomi.com
The Amazon is a power house that supports and nourishes the species that call it home; just as it provides nourishing resources for those that live outside of its branches.
With these products rooted in the Amazon it means we have the power to buy responsibly and check that your products have been created sustainably.
To make helping the Amazon even simpler we can limit our use of fossil fuels to lessen the impact of climate change on the Amazon. Riding a bike, busing or carpooling are great methods to minimize our carbon footprint.
Even easier than that is to voice your concern and awareness for the well-being of the Amazon. As the Amazon is far away for most, it's important to keep in mind how our actions influence the well being of the Amazon.
Questions for your Junior Biologists:
Why do so many animals like to live in the Amazon? As animals don’t have to worry about changing seasons they are able to evolve and grow to a great number of species as they don’t need to hibernate or fear cold winter or droughts in hot summers. As there is a great constant conditions combined with a healthy ecosystem that means there is a bountiful food chain to feed from.
Why do different animals like to live in different parts of the Amazon rainforest?Differing layers of the rainforest provide different environmental conditions. Such as the emergent layer faces direct impacts from the weather like rainfall and sunshine, so the animals would need to be able to fly about the tree tops to withstand the weathering. The emergent layer versus the bottom layer of the forest floor is vastly different as it receives approx.2% sunlight. The animals there would need to be able to navigate their way through the dense and dark vegetation.
Why is it important that we conserve the Amazon?
The Amazon has been nicknamed as the “lungs” of planet Earth. As the Amazon provides about 20% of the world’s oxygen. Just with that number alone it is easy to see the significant impact the Amazon has on the Earth. Then you can pull into account that the Amazon houses roughly 50% of the Earth’s species paired with the resources that are consumed worldwide it because quickly clear that the Amazon is an irreplaceable place of value.
Do you have any questions for Club Volunteers or our Coordinator, Jordan ? Ask away on our Discussion Board!
-Explore the Amazon Basin via Google Maps.
-Follow the little green frog of the Rainforest Alliance to ensure your products from the Amazon are certified sustainable.
-Understand the different types of rainforests.
-Learn the 4 layers of a rainforests and the differing features between them.
-Acknowledge the profound impact the Amazon has upon not just animals but us as individuals and on planet Earth as a whole.
- Observe the impact we as humans have an impact on the Amazon as well. In addition, to knowing how to keep that impact as positive as possible.
Continue to 2. Ocean Odyssey »
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Why is the Amazon rainforest important? The Amazon rainforest has long been recognized as a repository of ecological services...
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Coronavirus: 8-Year-Old Girl Writes Buhari, Donates N2,350
As donations in billions come from Nigerians to battle the spread of coronavirus, an eight-year-old compatriot has donated all she has in her piggy bank. Vera Akpan, a girl from Delta state wrote President Buhari Muhammadu a letter, requesting for how to donate her saving of N2,350 to the country. She said the country’s need for the money is vital to fight the pandemic, hence the reason for her donation.
She explained in her letter that “I’m not from a rich home but God kept us going. I have a savings box, where I presently have N2350 I wanted to donate to an orphanage home in Warri, Delta state. But, the need of the country is vital to me. The money is very little, but please accept it from me as a child.”
Vera is a pupil who is sad that the lockdown has interrupted her academic, but understands that it is for a good course. “The lockdown of schools due to the corona pandemic has interrupted our academics, but it is for a good course.” She said.
Vera is among many Nigerians who have showed that humanity needs to come together to fight Covid-19 which has claimed over 42,000 lives globally.
Corporate organisation who have donated for the fight against coronavirus in Nigeria include Access Bank, Zenith Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) among others. Some individuals who have donated include, Aliko Dangote, Tony Elumelu, Femi Otedola, Abdulsamad Rabiu, Herbert Wigwe, Segun Agbaje, Tim Ovie, Atiku Abubakar, Tuface Idibia among others.
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Man Who Defied Lockdown Order Slaps Soldier For Punishing Him (Video)
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eNewYork, Enterprise Fit Radio, Entrepreneurial Fit Radio, EPN News, Health & Fitness
How Electronic Muscle Stimulation Can Create More Effective, More Efficient and Safer Gym Workouts
Posted: July 25, 2018 at 8:17 pm / by Producer Eric Dye / comments (1)
tags: Electronic Muscle Stimulation, EMS, Entrepreneurial Fit Radio, Entrepreneurs, Eric Dye, exercise services, exercise services for women, female professionals, Fitness, fitness technology facility, Health, Jackie Wilson, Manhattan, Moms, New York City, Nova Fitness Studios, Students
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Jackie Wilson, founding partner of Nova Fitness Studios in New York City, Manhattan’s first, only, and largest fitness technology facility joins Entrepreneurial Fit Radio.
Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Jackie Wilson discuss the following:
Electronic Muscle Stimulation, or EMS, has been used quite successfully for a number of years to help rehab patients recover from injuries and chronic pain. How does EMS help people who aren’t in rehab, but are looking for a new way to enhance their exercise regimens?
According to Quora.com, the average gym goer spends three to five hours per week working out. How do these conventional exercise regimens compare to the time that it takes to get a comparable workout using EMS, and how is an EMS workout safer?
Your website says that Nova Fitness Studio aims to serve the unique fitness goals, needs, and challenges of women. What is it about Nova’s approach that makes your exercise services the right fit for women?
EMS is used by elite athletes in their workouts, including professionals, Olympians, and top college athletes. Can EMS also be useful to people who aren’t top athletes, or may not have any much experience in the gym?
You began your career as a General Counsel and player agent at All Pro Sports & Entertainment in Denver, which is one of America’s top independent agencies for professional athletes. You then left All Pro to open your own fitness consultancy, where you trained professional and Division 1 football and basketball players. When in your legal career did you realize that you had a passion and a calling to become a certified fitness trainer – and now, a founding partner of a fitness technology studio in Manhattan?
Jackie Wilson is the founding partner of Nova Fitness Studios in New York City. Nova Fitness Studios is Manhattan’s first, only, and largest fitness technology facility that serves the unique exercise needs, goals, and challenges of women – including female professionals, moms, and students.
He is a former commercial litigation and professional malpractice attorney, who most recently represented professional athletes as an agent. Jackie transitioned to a full time career as a fitness professional in 2013 when he founded JackFit to provide personal and small group training throughout New York City.
Jackie earned his undergraduate degree from Duke University in 2004 (B.S. – Public Policy) and his law degree from University of Notre Dame Law School in 2007. He currently holds a variety of fitness certifications from the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM).
Website: www.novastudios.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/novafitnessstudios
Twitter: @novafitstudios
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Words & Music: Jerry Leiber/ Mike Stoller
Don't, don't, that's what you say
Each time that I hold you this way,
When I feel like this and I want to hold you,
baby, don't say don't.
Don't, don't leave my embrace
For here in my arms is your place
When the night grows cold and I want to hold you,
If you think that this is just a game
I'm playing
If you think that I don't mean
ev'ry word I'm saying
Don't, don't, don't, don't,
Don't feel that way
I'm your love and yours I will stay
This you can believe
Heave knows I won't
Baby, don't say don't
Recorded: 1957/09/06, first released on single
atomic powered poste (profile/ contact) wrote on Oct 26, 2019report abuse
A great pop tune should be easily memorable, but it shouldn't sound cheasy or give you the feeling that you've heard the same thing ca a million times before. Well this is a great pop tune, no doubt about it.
And elvis, already with a more trained voice than a few years prior, delivered the song with charm and feeling. It's a masterpiece of 50's pop. 5 stars - obviously.
A 5-star song if ever there was with "I Beg of You" on the flip side when first released back in 1958 I believe. Really different and unique for him back in the day.
Morris (profile/ contact) wrote on Jun 2, 2014report abuse
A pity Elvis didn´t realise what a great song it was when he reheased it in the seventies
JerryNodak (profile/ contact) wrote on Jun 2, 2014report abuse
Great song! It's on my personal Top Ten list of greatest Elvis singles. This is a song from the '50's that I haven't tired of. I never hit the skip button when this tune comes on. Wish he would have done this as part of his concert set list.
Natha (profile/ contact) wrote on Jun 2, 2014report abuse
The King + Leiber/Stoller means all the stars you can get. This ballad is so beautifully sung and shows how versatile the King was all the way in all directions, even at that stage in his career.
TheMemphisFan (profile/ contact) wrote on Feb 10, 2014report abuse
"Don't" was once named by Elvis (in an early interview) as one of his favorite songs that he had recorded.
dismas (profile/ contact) wrote on Feb 9, 2014report abuse
A great, if slightly mannered, vocal performance by Elvis of a near-classic Mike & Jerry ballad. Largely forgotten by the general public (non-EP fans) and mostly ignored by radio programmers even during the Golden Oldies format boom, this mildly melodramatic ballad was an across-the-board number one smash hit in its day. Also, often quoted as Don & Phil Everly's favorite Elvis track.
sugartummy (profile/ contact) wrote on Mar 2, 2013report abuse
Leiber & Stoller wrote this one for Elvis behinds Parker's back. The Colonel was not amused. Elvis should have kicked that Dutch mother...... right there out of his sight. A top ballad.
Great Dane (profile/ contact) wrote on Dec 7, 2012report abuse
Very good, but not his best.Those were made in the 70's. 4 stars.
Elvis Rimes (profile/ contact) wrote on Dec 7, 2012report abuse
Leiber and Stoller gold * * * * *
kink56 (profile/ contact) wrote on Dec 7, 2012report abuse
Don't and Love Me must be the two best 50s ballads ever.
dgirl (profile/ contact) wrote on Dec 7, 2012report abuse
A classic that is basically unknown. I mean, when was the last time you heard this on the radio or being discussed when Elvis is the topic of discussion? Its criminally ignored, and part of the blame must go to Elvis. In the Lost Perfomance video he is rehearsing this with the band. Its the best part of the video to me. Why oh why then didnt he do it in concert instead yest again turing to cover other people's songs?
Probably would have been a lot better known if he had sung it in concert a few more times. A song classic that has an intensity and deep feeling about it, showing that Mr P. could actually sing pretty well and had the vocal capability to rival the classic balladeers of those years.
ElvisSacramento (profile/ contact) wrote on Oct 27, 2012report abuse
This is such a brilliant song and Elvis easily has the very best rendition of it. It rightfully was a #1 hit for Elvis here in the United States. With that said, this song should be way better known than it actually is.
Deano1 (profile/ contact) wrote on Mar 5, 2010report abuse
Any doubts about his singing ability on ballads should have completely been put to rest with this single release in 1958. Elvis doesn't just sing it, he feels it and the listener is treated to more than just another weepy ballad, they hear a classic. A song that despite spending five weeks at number one, seems to take second place to "Can't Help Falling In Love", "Are You Lonesome Tonight" and a few other ballads. It shouldn't, this is a five star track from beginning to end.
Steve V (profile/ contact) wrote on Mar 3, 2009report abuse
My favorite Elvis ballad of all time. Its perfect in every way. Despite being a number 1 hit , it is little known by the masses and that amazes me.
1970/07/29 rehearsal on Platinum - A Life In Music
1970/29/07 rehearsal on A Touch Of Platinum, Volume 2
Find 'Don't' on CD
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Sister4Sister Empower Ourselves
WANT FOR YOUR SISTER WHAT YOU WANT FOR YOURSELF!
Such is the motto of Sister4Sister Empower Ourselves, founded by national bestselling author, Tracy Price-Thompson.
S4S is dedicated to providing public service in conjunction with artistic expression. Its literary endeavors are focused on penning stories that are both catalysts for change, and soothing balms for societal issues that plague women throughout the African Diaspora.
The debut title in Tracy Price-Thompson’s S4S Empowerment Series, OTHER PEOPLE’S SKIN, published by Atria Books/Simon & Schuster and co-edited with acclaimed author TaRessa Stovall, explores intra-racial colorism and examines the “skin/hair thang” that exists between Black women.
With stellar contributions from Price-Thompson, Stovall, Desiree Cooper, and Elizabeth Atkins, OTHER PEOPLE’S SKIN stimulates frank dialogue and introspection, and promotes healing and self-love amongst Black women of all shades.
Each of the main characters in OTHER PEOPLE’S SKIN is gifted with a unique and powerful hat that helps them acknowledge and overcome their intra-racial biases. The title story, “Other People’s Skin,” by Tracy Price-Thompson, won a prestigious Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Award for Short Fiction.
The second volume in the Sister4Sister Empowerment Series, MY BLUE SUEDE SHOES, is also a collection of novellas penned by Price-Thompson, Stovall, Cooper, and Atkins. The title goes on sale March 29, 2011, and tackles issues of domestic violence in its many forms.
The riveting stories in MY BLUE SUEDE SHOES illustrate instances of child abuse, sexual abuse, spousal abuse, and emotional abuse. Each main character comes into possession of a very special pair of blue suede shoes, the wearing of which empowers them to walk away from abusive situations.
It is the intent of the authors that their fictitious stories help inspire the masses to stop the silence on domestic violence.
MY BLUE SUEDE SHOES has been chosen as a Main Selection of the Black Expressions Book Club, and will be distributed in the March 2011 mailing.
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Molly Baumgardner
Member of the Kansas Senate
from the 37th district
Assumed office
Pat Apple
Dr. Brian Baumgardner
Louisburg, Kansas
College professor
Molly Baumgardner is a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing District 37 since April 2014. She lives in Louisburg, Kansas.
She is an adjunct professor at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park.[1]
She served 18 years as a countywide elected member of the Johnson County Community College board of trustees.
1 Elections
Elections[edit]
Baumgardner served as Miami County’s 'Brownback for Governor' Chair in 2010.[2]
The Senate District 37 seat had been held by Pat Apple from 2013 to 2014. Apple resigned in April 2014 to join the Kansas Corporation Commission, a state agency. Apple was nominated by Gov. Sam Brownback in March 2014 for the post, and confirmed by a Senate vote in April 2014.[3]
Baumgardner was elected by precinct committee leaders in northern Miami and southern Johnson counties to fill the seat vacated by Apple through the end of the 2014 legislative session.
Baumgardner defeated Charlotte O'Hara in the August 7, 2014 Republican primary and was unopposed in the 2014 general election on November 4.[4][5][6]
Baumgardner defeated Kevin King in the 2016 general election on November 4.[6]
^ Baumgardner's Kansas Senate page
^ allysha.newton@miconews.com, Allysha Newton. "Molly Baumgardner elected to Kansas Senate". The Miami County Republic. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
^ New KCC commissioner: Only agenda is to serve Kansas, Capital Journal, April 11, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
^ Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidates for the 2014 Primary (official)," retrieved October 28, 2015.
^ Kansas Secretary of State, Official 2014 Primary Results, Kansas Secretary of State. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
^ a b "Kansas Secretary of State, "2014 Kansas General Election Results,"" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-11-03.
Baumgardner's Kansas Senate page
Baumgardner's website
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President: Ty Masterson
Vice President: Rick Wilborn
Majority Leader: Gene Suellentrop
Minority Leader: Dinah Sykes
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David Haley (D)
Jeff Pittman (D)
Pat Pettey (D)
Ethan Corson (D)
Cindy Holscher (D)
Beverly Gossage (R)
Mike Thompson (R)
Kellie Warren (R)
Caryn Tyson (R)
Richard Hilderbrand (R)
Michael Fagg (R)
Virgil Peck Jr. (R)
Ty Masterson (R)
Jeff Longbine (R)
Kristen O'Shea (R)
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Brenda Dietrich (R)
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Tom Hawk (D)
Robert Olson (R)
J. R. Claeys (R)
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Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC starts investor meetings ahead of planned $3 bln bond
Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline starts a series of fixed-income investor meetings ahead of a planned $3 billion dual-tranche bond. (File photo: Reuters)
Reuters, Dubai Thursday 19 October 2017
Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline, indirectly wholly owned by Abu Dhabi’s state-owned oil company ADNOC, on Thursday starts a series of fixed-income investor meetings ahead of a planned $3 billion dual-tranche bond, a document issued by one of the lead banks showed late on Wednesday.
The company will meet investors in the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East ahead of a potential 144A/Regulation S senior secured U.S. dollar fixed-rate dual tranche offering, including an $800 million 12-year bullet tranche and around $2.2 billion of 30-year amortising notes.
First Abu Dhabi Bank, HSBC, J.P. Morgan and MUFG have been hired as joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners for the deal, while Moelis & Company is working as financial adviser to ADNOC.
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Adnoc hires banks for fuel retailer IPO - sources
Goldman, JPMorgan, HSBC vie for lead roles in listing UAE’s ADNOC unit
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Tag Archives: Nexus 4
By Enrique Manalang - November 1, 2013
These are the devices that will and won’t get Android 4.4 KitKat update
With the arrival of Android 4.4 KitKat, you’re probably wondering when and if you’ll be getting a piece of the action. A number of announcements from different companies should help answer that question. However, this...
By Enrique Manalang - September 25, 2013
Android Device Manager lets Android users remotely lock, reset, wipe, and locate lost or stolen devices
Android Device Manager launched last month with the ability to track or remotely wipe misplaced or stolen smartphones or tablets through the web. Now, Google has added the crucial functionality of being able to lock down your pho...
Nexus 4 sells out on Google Play, then the Nexus 5 conveniently gets leaked in photos and video
Today, the Nexus 4 sold out on the Google Play Store. And according to The Verge, “Google has no plans to bring it back in stock in any storage size.” This means that the device’s rain as the flagship Nexus phon...
Google Nexus 4 quad-core smartphone price is slashed to $199 unlocked (no contract)
Google has slashed the price of its Nexus 4 smartphone to $199 unlocked (no contract required) for 8GB version and $249 unlocked (no contract required) for 16GB version. Nine months ago, Google launched the Nexus 4 to much fanfar...
By Enrique Manalang - July 10, 2013
LG’s next flagship Android phone, the Optimus G2, has been revealed in leaked photos and video
It’s only been two days since LG released a teaser for what can only be an announcement of the Optimus G2, and now an anonymous tipster has revealed the Android flagship in both photos and video. The first thing you’l...
By Enrique Manalang - May 29, 2013
A new Nexus phone was just announced, but it’s probably not what you were hoping for
Google I/O 2013 came and went. No Android 4.3 surfaced and there was absolutely no mention of a new Nexus device. We did get a new Galaxy S4 that will run stock Android and come with the bootloader unlocked — and it looks l...
By Enrique Manalang - February 13, 2013
Don’t miss Google’s awesome Nexus 4 ad that aired during the Grammys [Video]
If you couldn’t care less about watching the Grammys, you might have missed one of Google’s best ads for the Nexus 4. But really, it couldn’t have just as easily been an ad for Google Now, as the service is the ...
By Ashraf - January 29, 2013
Still want a Nexus 4? The phone is back in stock with semi-reasonable “1-2 weeks” shipment estimate
Since release, Nexus 4 has been one of those “have” or “have not” type products. A combination of extremely low price, excellent specs, and low supply has turned Nexus 4 into one of the hardest smartphones...
By Ashraf - November 25, 2012
How to enable 4G LTE on Nexus 4 [Guide]
Google may not advertise 4G LTE as a feature on the Nexus 4 but, as dotTech has already shown you, Nexus 4 does indeed have a 4G LTE chip built into the phone. As it turns out, it is possible to enable/turn on/use 4G LTE on the N...
Nexus 4 has an LTE chip built-in — so why doesn’t it support LTE?
iFixit has got their hands on a Nexus 4 and took it apart. Most of what they found was expected: NFC, battery, GSM/EDGE chips, processor, etc. One thing, however, did surprise — an LTE chip. According to the iFixit teardown...
How to root Nexus 4 on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean [Guide]
Want to root your new Nexus 4? This guide shows you exactly how to do that! Disclaimer: This guide is intended as a helpful “how to”. Ashraf and dotTech are not responsible for any gain or loss (including but not limit...
Nexus 4 is sold out within minutes, Google promises more stock soon
What happens when you couple top-of-the-line hardware with promises of fast software updates and a bargain-basement price tag in a smartphone? That smartphone sells out within minutes. The Nexus 4, which went on sale yesterday (N...
How to unlock bootloader of Nexus 4 [Guide]
So you have a Nexus 4 and want to be able to root it or install custom ROMs. Before you can do any of those things, you need to unlock the bootloader, first. This guide will show you how to unlock Nexus 4 bootloader. Disclaimer: T...
By Ashraf - October 29, 2012
For $299 (no contract) you can grab the new Nexus 4 — a 4.7-inch, quad-core smartphone powered by Android 4.2 Jelly Bean
The Nexus 10 isn’t the only thing Google revealed today. In addition the the awesome 10-inch tablet, Google announced their fourth installation of a Nexus Android smartphone. This one, named the Nexus 4, may be more signifi...
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1 0 Morden, Greater London, S Lawrence, 3 U/R, 8 cwt (~410 kg). Unringable. TQ250674 Map it
2 1.3 N Merton, Greater London, S Mary (GF), 6, 7-0-26 (367 kg) in A. Mon. [website] TQ251694 Map it
3 1.4 SSE Sutton, Greater London, All Saints, Benhilton (T), 8, 13-2-6 (689 kg) in F♯. Tue. [website] TQ258652 Map it
4 1.5 ENE Mitcham, Greater London, S Peter & S Paul, 8, 14-2-20 (746 kg) in F. Mon. [website] TQ270686 Map it
5 1.6 NNE Merton, Greater London, S John Div (T), 10, 11-3-27 (609 kg) in G. TQ258698 Map it
6 2 NE Colliers Wood, Greater London, Christ Church, 6, 6-0-19 (313 kg) in B♭. Normally upstairs but GF ringing also possible. Thu. [website] TQ268701 Map it
7 2.2 SSW Cheam, Greater London, S Dunstan, 6, 9-3-21 (505 kg) in G. Thu. [website] TQ242639 Map it
8 2.5 N Wimbledon, Greater London, S Mary, 8, 10-3-16 (553 kg) in A♭. Wed. TQ244714 Map it
9 2.6 SE Carshalton, Greater London, All Saints, 8, 11-0-6 (562 kg) in F♯. Mon 20:00. [website] TQ279644 Map it
10 3.1 ESE Beddington, Greater London, S Mary (T), 10, 18-2-12 (945 kg) in E♭. Thu (see tower website). [website] TQ295652 Map it
11 3.3 SW Ewell, Surrey, S Mary V, 8, 12-2-2 (636 kg) in F♯. Tue. [website] TQ220629 Map it
12 3.4 NE Tooting Graveney, Greater London, All Saints, 8, 7-0-1 (356 kg) in B. [website] TQ282717 Map it
13 4.1 NE Streatham, Greater London, S Leonard (T), 8, 12-3-6 (650 kg) in G. Tue. [website] TQ299717 Map it
14 4.1 N Wandsworth, Greater London, Holy Trinity, West Hill, 8, 15-0-2 (763 kg) in F♯. Fri (not always: check). [website] TQ240739 Map it
15 4.4 ESE Croydon, Greater London, Minster Ch of S John Bapt, 12, 36-3-18 (1875 kg) in C♯. Also hung for ringing: extra treble and 6♭; tower notice(s) / pNBR info discrepant. Tue 20:00. [website] TQ319654 Map it
16 4.5 WNW Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, All Saints, 12, 18-3-27 (965 kg) in E♭. Wed. [website] TQ179693 Map it
17 4.6 N Wandsworth, Greater London, All Saints, 8, 15-1-24 (786 kg) in F. Only limited ringing allowed. [website] TQ254747 Map it
18 4.8 SSW Epsom, Surrey, S Martin, 10, 16-0-2 (814 kg) in F. Mon 20:00. [website] TQ213605 Map it
19 4.8 S Banstead, Surrey, All Saints (GF), 8, 21-0-27 (1079 kg) in E♭. Wed 20:00. [website] TQ254596 Map it
20 5.1 ESE Croydon, Greater London, S Peter, South Croydon, 12, 30-0-20 (1533 kg) in D. Mon (see tower website). [website] TQ326644 Map it
21 5.1 N Putney, Greater London, S Mary (T), 8, 12-3-8 (651 kg) in F♯. Mon. [website] TQ241755 Map it
22 5.3 SW Epsom, Surrey, Christ Church, Epsom Common, 8, 8-2-2 (433 kg) in A. Wed 20:00. [website] TQ195609 Map it
23 5.3 N Fulham, Greater London, All Saints (S;T), 10, 18-2-22 (950 kg) in E♭. Tue. TQ242759 Map it
24 5.5 W Thames Ditton, Surrey, S Nicholas (GF), 6, 8-0-2 (407 kg) in A♭. Mon (with exceptions). [website] TQ160672 Map it
25 5.6 NNE Clapham, Greater London, Holy Trinity (T), 6, 6-0-21 (314 kg) in B♭. Tue. [website] TQ291753 Map it
26 5.6 NNE Clapham, Greater London, Our Immaculate Lady of Victories (RC), 8, 9 cwt (~460 kg) in G. Ringing prohibited; tuned to old concert pitch (A=454Hz). [website] TQ295752 Map it
27 5.9 NNW Mortlake, Greater London, S Mary (T), 8, 14 cwt (~710 kg) in F. Wed 20:00. [website] TQ208759 Map it
28 6 NNW Barnes, Greater London, S Mary (GF;S;T), 8, 10-2-20 (542 kg) in G. Fri. [website] TQ221765 Map it
29 6 NNE Battersea, Greater London, S Mary (S), 8, 13-2-24 (697 kg) in F. Mon. [website] TQ268768 Map it
30 6.4 NW Richmond, Greater London, S Mary Magd, 8, 18½ cwt (~940 kg) in F. Tue. [website] TQ179748 Map it
31 6.4 W East Molesey, Surrey, S Mary V (GF), 8, 10-0-0 (508 kg) in G. Tue. [website] TQ146679 Map it
32 6.4 NW Twickenham, Greater London, S Mary V (GF), 8, 18-2-19 (948 kg) in E♭. Wed 20:00. TQ164733 Map it
33 6.5 NNE Chelsea, Greater London, All Saints, Old Church, 8, 10-2-12 (539 kg) in A♭. Tue (not always: check). TQ270775 Map it
34 6.6 SE Kenley, Greater London, All Saints (GF), 3, 5-1-20 (276 kg) in D♭. Tuned to old concert pitch (A=454Hz). TQ325598 Map it
35 6.7 ENE Penge, Greater London, S John Ev, 6, 9-1-21 (479 kg) in A♭. [website] TQ353704 Map it
36 6.8 NNW Chiswick, Greater London, S Nicholas (GF), 8, 13-1-15 (680 kg) in F. Mon (exc Bank Hols). TQ215777 Map it
37 6.8 SSW Ashtead, Surrey, S Giles (T), 8, 12-3-26 (660 kg) in F. Thu 20:00. [website] TQ192580 Map it
38 6.9 SSE Coulsdon, Greater London, S John, 5, 10-2-11 (538 kg) in A♭. Tue. [website] TQ312582 Map it
39 6.9 WNW Hampton, Greater London, S Mary V, 8, 12-2-4 (637 kg) in F♯. Tue (not always: check) 20:00. TQ140695 Map it
40 6.9 NNE Chelsea, Greater London, S Luke (T), 10, 23 cwt (~1170 kg) in E♭. TQ271783 Map it
41 6.9 N Hammersmith, Greater London, S Paul, 8 U/R, 15-0-18 (770 kg) in F. Derelict; unringable; tower unsafe. TQ233784 Map it
42 7.1 NW Twickenham, Greater London, All Hallows, 10, 18-2-23 (950 kg) in E. Tue. TQ158741 Map it
43 7.1 SSE Chipstead, Surrey, S Margaret of Antioch (GF;T), 5 U/R, 11 cwt (~560 kg) in A♭. Unringable; rung from chancel crossing; No stays or sliders. [website] TQ283564 Map it
44 7.2 WSW Esher, Surrey, Christ Church (T), 8, 7-1-14 (375 kg) in A♭. Wed (not always: check). [website] TQ137647 Map it
45 7.2 NNE Pimlico, Greater London, S Barnabas, 10, 19-3-7 (1007 kg) in E♭. Sat (1st) 12:00. [website] TQ284784 Map it
46 7.3 NNE Pimlico, Greater London, S Gabriel, 8, 15-3-10 (805 kg) in E. TQ290783 Map it
47 7.3 NNE Pimlico, Greater London, S Saviour (S), 8, 7-1-20 (377 kg) in G. TQ295782 Map it
48 7.4 S Kingswood, Surrey, S Andrew, 6, 17½ cwt (~890 kg) in E. Thu 20:00. [website] TQ242555 Map it
49 7.4 NW Isleworth, Greater London, All Saints, 10, 16-0-24 (824 kg) in E♭. Tue (not always: check) 20:00. TQ167760 Map it
50 7.4 N Westminster, Greater London, Queen's Tower, Imperial College London, 10, 38-1-15 (1950 kg) in D♭. [website] TQ266792 Map it
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US economy gains 245,000 jobs; unemployment rate drops to 6.7%
Seth Sandronsky Friday, December 04, 2020
U.S. employers added 245,000 nonfarm jobs in November after 638,000 new hires in October and 661,000 in September, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. November’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.7% from October’s 6.9% and September’s 7.9%. The November federal jobs report reflects an easing of COVID-19 restrictions to slow coronavirus transmission, which have been unsuccessful as local and state governments resume restraints on gatherings of businesses and public places.
November’s national nonfarm jobless rate has decreased 8.0 percentage points from an April high. However, November’s rate is 3.2 percentage points higher than February’s figure. In November, there were 10.7 million people out of work, 4.9 million more than in February, according to the BLS.
In November, the jobless rate of adult women declined to 6.1% versus 6.5% in October and September’s 7.7%. November’s unemployment rates for adult men of 6.7%, teenagers 14%, whites 5.9%, blacks 10.3%, Asians 6.7% and Hispanics 8.4% “showed little or no change,” according to the BLS.
Long-term unemployment of 27 weeks or more rose to 385,000 workers, reaching 3.9 million, or 36.9% of the unemployed total, in November. That is the highest figure since 2013, according to Andrew Stettner, senior fellow at The Century Foundation. Meanwhile, workers out of a job 15-26 weeks fell 760,000 to 1.9 million. Job seekers searching for employment five to 14 weeks and those unemployed “less than 5 weeks showed little change in November at 2.4 million and 2.5 million, respectively,” the BLS reported.
In November, the number of workers outside the labor force who now seek paid employment rose 448,000 to 7.1 million, a 2.2 million jobs deficit from February.
November’s average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose to $29.58 from October’s $29.50 and September’s $29.47. Meanwhile, the average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls in November was 34.8 hours, the same as October and up slightly from 34.8 hours in September.
In November, midsize firms of 50-499 workers led the way in job-creation, with 139,000 new hires compared with 135,000 in October, according to ADP/Moody’s monthly jobs report for nonfarm private-sector payrolls only. Small firms with 1-49 workers hired 110,000 employees in November versus 114,000 in October. Large employers of 500 workers and up had 58,000 new hires in November compared with 116,000 in October.
According to ADP/Moody’s, goods-producing firms gained 31,000 new hires in November versus October’s 17,000. Construction firms led the way, adding 22,000 new hires in November from 7,000 in October.
In the service sector, hiring slowed with employers adding 276,000 employees compared with 348,000 in October. Leisure and hospitality hiring slowed from October’s 125,000 workers to 95,000 in November. Franchise businesses added 33,700 new jobs in November after creating 49,600 in October.
“While November saw employment gains, the pace continues to slow,” said Ahu Yildirmaz, vice president and co-head of the ADP Research Institute, in a statement. The ending of federal relief measures such as enhanced unemployment insurance benefits facilitates the national hiring slowdown, according to Elise Gould, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C.
Meanwhile, President-elect Joe Biden has backed a near $1 trillion new package of pandemic aid, along with Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York. However, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell appears unwilling to budge from a $550 billion relief GOP package rejected twice previously.
Seth Sandronsky lives and works in Sacramento. He is a journalist and member of the Pacific Media Workers Guild. You can reach him by email at sethsandronsky@gmail.com.
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Joint resolution to strive for reverting to pre-August 5 position significant decision: Tarigami
by FK WEB DESK
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Srinagar, August 23: CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami on Sunday said situation in J&K is disappointing and hopelessness has engulfed the whole region because of BJP government’s wrong decisions and policies.
The joint resolution of six political parties stating they will strive for reverting to pre-August 5, 2019, position, a significant decision. It is the responsibility of the political parties to get the people out of this hopeless situation and it is a welcome step that they have initiated the process.
We expect more people from all regions and communities to join this process so that the dignity of J&K is restored. We stand by the unity and diversity of the historic state of Jammu and Kashmir. Any division of the state is unacceptable to people of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh.
Foundations of the relationship between J&K and Union of India were assaulted on 5 August 2019 and it was accompanied by repressive measures meant to silence people and coerce them into submission. However, unanimity amongst political parties that time has come to collectively struggle to get back the special status and restore the Constitutional guarantees forcibly taken away, is a welcome step.
JKPM Committed to Gupkar Declaration; Seeks Restoration of Articles 370 & 35A
Lt Governor reviews Mega Projects of Jammu Division
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After win series: BCCI announces Rs 5 crore bonus for Team India
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10 Pinoy Celebrities With Ridiculous Urban Legends
Written by FilipiKnow in Bizarre & Oddities,Hit List,TV and Movies
Behind the glamour of showbiz are controversies and nasty rumors destined to destroy one’s privacy. Half truth, half lies, these stories make watching showbiz news even more interesting.
But nothing piques our curiosity better than urban legends about famous celebrities. Although they’re mostly weaved by someone’s wild imagination, we can’t help but wonder if there’s some truth hidden somewhere.
And that’s what makes urban legends even more exciting.
Join me as we list down ten of the most ridiculous celebrity urban legends that have rocked the local Tinseltown over the last few decades.
Also Read: Creepy Pinoy Urban Legends That Never Get Old
10. Ariel Ureta and his “bisikleta” joke.
9. Nora Aunor’s fling with Don Johnson.
8. Ate Vi and her “mysterious hanky.”
7. Nova Villa had a love child by FPJ.
6. Julie Vega’s bizarre death.
5. Richard Gomez and the “light bulb” scandal.
4. Lucy Torres-Gomez is a ‘kleptomaniac.’
3. Bongbong Marcos and his clone.
2. John Lloyd, Shaina, and the “Vagina Lock” Rumor.
1. Alice Dixon and Robinson’s ‘Snake Man.’
Storyline: Over the years, some Martial Law stories have turned out to be part history and part legend. Such is the case with comedic icon Ariel Ureta and his alleged “bisikleta” joke. Rumor has it that during the height of Marcos dictatorship, Ureta mocked the New Republic’s slogan “Sa ikauunlad ng bayan, disiplina ang kailangan” by twisting it into“Sa ikauunlad ng bayan, bisikleta ang kailangan.”
Enraged with the political joke, Marcos took matters into his own hands and ordered Ureta to bike around Camp Crame grounds up to the point of exhaustion. Or so the story goes.
Moment of truth: During one his most recent interviews, Ureta–now in his early 70’s–confirmed that the myth started while he was still hosting Noontime Matinee. But contrary to popular belief, Ureta first heard the joke from a help and then later shared it to his colleague, Bong Lapira, while they were hanging out at the Channel 7 canteen.
In other words, it was just a harmless joke made even more colorful perhaps by people terrified with Martial Law. To set the records straight, the Umagang Kay Ganda segment host also revealed that he actually worked with Imee Marcos in Metro Magazine almost three months after the rumor started. This wouldn’t happen if there was ever a rift between him and the Marcoses at that time.
Storyline: The 1970 movie Lollipops and Roses was notable for two reasons: It was filmed in no less than Hollywood, California and also launched one of Ate Guy’s most memorable teenage romances. Fresh from a breakup with ‘Pip,’ the then 17-year-old Nora Aunor purportedly developed a fling with her co-star Don Johnson while doing the movie.
Johnson, along with Davy Jones (The Monkees), was one of the foreign stars hired by Premiere Productions to star with La Aunor. The relationship was short-lived, though, and Nora Aunor went back to usual business when she returned home.
Moment of truth: Nestor de Guzman, a die-hard Noranian and editor of the book, Nora Aunor Sa Mga Noranian: Mga Paggunita at Pagtatapat, dispelled the long-standing rumor once and for all. In an interview with PEP, de Guzman revealed that it was Sajid Khan—not Don Johnson—whom Nora developed a ‘mutual understanding’ with.
Khan was a Hollywood teen idol of the ’60s who met Nora when they both starred in the movie The Singing Filipina. Enamored by Nora’s simple beauty, Khan even traveled back to the Philippines in 1971 to visit the superstar.
Sadly, Khan didn’t get to meet Nora face-to-face again as the latter reunited with her original sweetheart, Tirso Cruz III. [Image source]
Storyline: For gay comedians, a handy hanky is what completes a classic Vilma Santos impersonation. But if we believe nasty rumors that have persisted for years, there’s more to this iconic handkerchief than meets the eye. In fact, legend has it that the Philippines’ “Star for All Seasons” regularly use a hanky to cover one dirty secret: a bulging varicose vein in her left hand.
Other creative storytellers, on the other hand, believe that Ate Vi is “pasmado” and she uses the hanky before shaking the hands of her supporters.
Moment of truth: Jojo Lim, president of Vilma Santos Solid International, Inc. (VSSI, Inc.), assured that Ate Vi’s hanky only exists for hygienic purposes. Since her career launch in the early 60’s up to the present, Batangas Governor Vilma Santos has made it a habit to bring her iconic hanky with her.
According to Ate Vi herself, she started to use hankies in her shows to serve as a protection against sweat, dust, and dirt . It has been a significant part of her identity that popular designers such as Chiqui Hollman and Rajo Laurel agreed to design signature hankies that match Ate Vi’s wardrobe. [Image source ]
Storyline: Veteran actress Nova Villa got her biggest break in the early ’60s when she starred in the movie Daniel Barrion with no less than Fernando Poe Jr. She seized the role unexpectedly after “Da King” chanced upon her inside the Premiere Productions canteen.
FPJ was at the prime of his years so it’s easy to assume that a 17-year-old Nova Villa would easily fall for his magnetic appeal. But the showbiz controversy went beyond just a rumored love affair. Legend has it that Nova Villa’s only child—who is now living in the States—was actually sired by FPJ and not by her real-life husband.
Moment of truth: Nova Villa silenced the age-old dirty gossip about her when she was interviewed by PEP in August 2009. Although she was a bit hesitant when asked whether or not FPJ was her first love, Villa directly dismissed the urban legend suggesting she had a kid by the late FPJ.
Truth be told, the King of Philippine Movies actually admitted having an illegitimate affair in his past . Not with Nova Villa, but with former actress Ana Marin from whom he sired a daughter named Ronian. Nova Villa, on the other hand, is still happily married with her husband of 40 years, Freddie Gallegos. [Image source ]
Storyline: Pinoys from the ’80s will forever remember the life and death of Julie Vega , one of the country’s first “teleserye” princesses. She died on May 6, 1985, at the tender age of 16 from an unexplained and some say “mysterious” disease.
For this reason, Julie’s death has long been linked to supernatural causes ranging from a Spanish female ghost to an evil curse that Julie got while filming “Lovingly Yours (The Movie)” in a remote province.
Moment of truth: Julie Vega died from complications of a debilitating disease. But because her death happened a few weeks after her terrifying portrayal of a possessed girl in “Lovingly Yours,” people were too quick to connect the dots.
Julie’s health started to decline when she complained of a numbing sensation in her legs. She was diagnosed with a form of demyelinating disease highly suspected as either multiple sclerosis or Guillain-Barré syndrome. The young and promising actress died in Lung Center of the Philippines due to a heart attack secondary to pneumonia.
Storyline: Richard Gomez allegedly had an illicit affair with no less than Jaime Zobel de Ayala during the early ’80s. Legend has it that Gomez was Ayala’s paid lover and during one of their wild encounters, the wealthy businessman forcibly pushed a light bulb right up Gomez’s rectum.
The actor was then rushed to Makati Medical Center to remove the light bulb, much to the amusement of the hospital staff who purportedly spread the embarrassing news.
Moment of truth: Due to lack of evidence, Richard’s scandal now gravitates more to fiction than fact. For one, Jaime Zobel de Ayala is wealthy enough to afford a much more expensive dildo than a cheap light bulb. That is if the incident actually happened at all. Ayala is also happily married with 7 children and very busy with his business empire to even involve himself in such a scandalous relationship. [Image source]
Storyline: Stealing has long been linked to poverty so when news broke out about a shoplifting incident involving Lucy Torres-Gomez, the entire nation was shocked. The blind item first appeared in the political section of The Manila Standard’s February 2004 issue. It then made its way to text messages directly naming Lucy Torres as the subject of the scandal.
The shocking story also revealed that Lucy was already seeking psychotherapy at St. Luke’s to treat her condition. Pieces of evidence including a “surveillance tape” were said to be in possession of some prominent ABS-CBN broadcasters.
Moment of truth: Lucy kept mum on the issue for a while, saying that she “would not dignify the rumor with an answer.” But when a local celebrity talk show explored more on the issue and even suggested the existence of a real “surveillance tape,” she decided to step forward.
Lucy denied the issue once and for all while Richard did his own investigation to disprove the nasty rumors. Rustan’s Department Store officially released a statement telling the public that there’s no truth in the alleged shoplifting incident and that Lucy is a “customer of good standing.”
On the other hand, Douglas Quijano, then Richard’s manager, said that the urban legend might be politically-motivated because Richard was planning to run as a senator at that time. [Image source]
Storyline: Between late 70’s and early 80’s, an urban legend started to spread the idea that the real Bongbong Marcos has long been dead and the one people see is already a clone. Rumor has it that the real Bongbong died after one of his Indian classmates stabbed him to death.
Other versions of the story suggest that Bongbong was probably killed either by rebels of Mindanao or by a road accident somewhere in Manila. To protect the Marcos political dynasty, it was said that Imelda convinced one of her nephews to undergo plastic surgery and pretend to be Bongbong all his life.
Moment of truth: Judging by the way he speaks and his physical attributes, it’s sufficed to say that the Bongbong we see today is the same as yesterday. Although the real intention behind the urban legend is still unknown, we can only assume that it’s political in nature. Because Bongbong was the only son of the late president, the opposition probably foresaw him as the next big threat. And soon started the public clamor about Bongbong and his alleged clone. [Image source]
Storyline: In late 2010, a malicious gossip involving then showbiz couple John Lloyd Cruz and Shaina Magadayao went out of control. But the issue was neither about abortion nor pregnancy. In fact, what the couple allegedly experienced was so rare a condition that even Grey’s Anatomy will find their case very fascinating.
Rumor has it that in the middle of their sexual intercourse, Shaina’s vaginal muscles went into a crazy period of spasm—locking John Lloyd’s private part on the spot. To make it believable, some unverified sources even claim that the story originated from the staff of St. Luke’s and they actually saw Star Magic’s Johnny Manahan rushing in and out of the hospital the night the incident took place.
Moment of truth: As expected, Star Magic came to the rescue and vehemently denied all the nasty rumors directed towards their talents. According to the management, employees of the hospital where the ‘vaginal lock’ incident allegedly happened denied seeing the couple within the premises.
In addition to that, both Shaina and John Lloyd were busy taping their respective drama projects during that time. Vaginal lock, also known as “penis captivus” occurs when “vagina clamp down on a man’s penis so firmly that they lock inseparably in sexual intercourse.”
Although one can see such case in the movies, penis captivus is “largely hearsay,” mostly mythical, and devoid of solid documentation by prestigious medical journals. [Image source ]
Storyline: Any list of Pinoy urban legends won’t be complete without Robinson Galleria’s legendary half-man, half-snake aptly named ‘Robinson.’ According to rumors, the bizarre snake with the humanoid head was the son of tycoon John Gokongwei and the twin brother of Robina Gokongwei-Pe. He secretly roams within the mall and victimizes female shoppers staying in the dressing rooms.
Legend has it that Alice Dixon once visited the mall and was almost devoured by the human snake. Fortunately, Robinson fell in love with Alice so the mall owners just let her go and even gave her a bribe so she won’t speak up.
Moment of truth: To silence the rumormongers, Robina Gokongwei-Pe has made it clear once and for all: her twin brother never existed. In 2008, while giving a speech at the University of the Philippines’ School of Economics, Robina jokingly said that the snake man is now a handbag being sold in the department store. Whether or not it was used by Robinson’s competitors to discourage their customers is still unknown.
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Miss Nellie says:
pinakamatindi pa din yung Snake Man scare kaya yung Robinsons mall nilalayuan ng mga tao nung mga 1990’s and it became part of our urban legend history. ingat ingat pa din~
nitsuj says:
Nakalimutan niyo po yung isa pang item na ang kambal na ang ama ng kambal na anak ni Carmina Villaroel ay si Aga Mulach at hindi si Zoren Legazpi. Hmm.. Urban legend lang din naman to at siguro ay walang katotohanan at pawang kasinungalingan lamang.
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A High-Risk, High-Return 10 Bagger Stock for 2020!
Carl Delfeld
Stocks mentioned in this report: Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA / FSE: TL0), Daimler (DAI:GR – XETRA / OTC US: DDAIF), Porsche (PAH3:DE – XETRA / OTC US: POAHY), BMW (BMW:GR – XETRA, OTC US: BAMXF), Volkswagen (VOW3:DE – XETRA / OTC US: VWAGY), General Motors (NYSE: GM), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG), Toyota (NYSE: TM), Bitauto Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: BITA), NIO (NYSE: NIO), Tencent (HKSE: 007 / OTC US: TCEHY), Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU), Sequia (ES: S2658), Lenovo (HKSE: 0922 / OTC US: LNVGY, Mobileye (NASDAQ: INTC).
When looking for a potential 10-bagger stock for 2020, one first has to be willing to stomach some risk and volatility.
You also have to find a company that is a bit controversial. And a company that has plenty of ardent bulls and skeptical bears covering its stock.
And you need the company to be operating in a big, blue ocean market providing a long runway for high-level growth.
I believe that electric vehicles fit that bill nicely.
The first question you have to ask about electric vehicles (EVs) is simple.
Is it for real or just hype? If you have read any of my past FNN articles, I have been an EV skeptic for a long time. But a deep dive throughout the last year has convinced me that the industry is on a growth path that is very likely to accelerate.
Why? The most important reason is staring us right in the face — China!
Electric vehicles are a winning proposition for China because they help solve two big problems. China’s air pollution problem in its severely congested cities is one.
The other is it provides China with a platform to generate tens of millions of jobs and helps the country capture the commanding heights of the global economy – the key goal of its longer-term China 2025 strategic plan.
EVs represent a huge opportunity to take advantage of economies of scale for 1.3 billion consumers, and will create a blend of employment and technology that will drive economic growth for decades to come.
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA / FSE: TL0), of course, is already selling EVs in China and is building a substantial factory there. Daimler (DAI:GR – XETRA / OTC US: DDAIF) will begin making electric cars in China in 2019.
There is a reason beyond China’s market potential for automakers like Daimler to come to China – it is the source for many of the materials that go into EV batteries and motors such as rare earths and rare metals.
Let’s look at the rapidly advancing landscape of electric vehicles and the breakthroughs making EVs more efficient, inexpensive and practical.
Electric Vehicle (EV) Market Is Approaching Takeoff Point
While almost every expert predicts China will be the dominant market for electric vehicles, the momentum is building across the world.
Israel aims for zero new gasoline, diesel-powered vehicles by 2030.
Starting in January 2020, all major manufacturers operating in China, have to meet minimum requirements there for producing new-energy vehicles.
UBS, a leader in research in EVs predicts that the global market for electric vehicle batteries in 2025 could be 10 times bigger than in 2018.
Volkswagen (VOW3:DE – XETRA / OTC US: VWAGY) is spending $50 billion by 2023 to develop electric cars and self-driving vehicles.
Porsche (PAH3:DE – XETRA / OTC US: POAHY) has developed technology that adds 62 miles (100 kms) to the Porsche Taycan’s range in just 4 minutes.
Irvine, California-based Rivian has launched an all-electric pickup truck with unbelievable specs. This revolutionary company is electrifying trucks and SUVs, because they are often the most-polluting vehicles on the road.
29 global automakers are investing at least $300 billion in electric vehicles.
China’s 1st four-seat electric aircraft RX4E makes a successful flight.
Tesla achieves a surprise profit in the third quarter of 2019 and is cleared to start manufacturing cars in China.
BMW’s (BMW:GR – XETRA) Mini Cooper SE electric car could sell below $19k after incentives in some US markets.
Volvo (VOLV-B:ST – STO / OTC US: VLVLY) launches its first ever fully electric car, the 2021 Volvo XC40 Recharge crossover.
General Motors (NYSE: GM) plans to build a new family of premium electric pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles.
And new technologies and partnerships are driving innovation at an astonishing speed.
Rivian R1T truck
The Rivian electric drive platform delivers remarkable power and torque through four independent motors – with 200 horsepower available at each wheel.
And Waymo, the self-driving car business of Google-parent Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG), has finally taken the driver out of its self-driving cars launching a service in Phoenix, Arizona.
What all this evidence points to is that we are approaching a takeoff point for sharp growth in the EV markets.
The stakes are high to be sure – the current global auto business generates $2.5 trillion of sales each year.
The world’s automakers are in the beginning stages of a massive transition to electric vehicles and, while the build up often takes more time than expected, the takeoff can oftentimes be absolutely explosive!
“Things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then they happen faster than you thought they could.”
— Economist Rudi Dornbusch
China’s Drive to Dominate Global Electric Vehicle Markets
America once dominated the world’s auto industry until a complacent Detroit underestimated the determined and now historical threat from you named it… Japan!
Today, China is by far the world’s largest car market, with 28.8 million in unit sales in 2017.
That compares to the U.S. with a smaller 17 million unit sales. These numbers place perspective on overall market size and upcoming gain.
China is determined to be the leader in electric vehicles just as improvements in technology and strict environmental regulations from governments are laying the groundwork for an explosive growth of electric cars.
Already electric vehicles (EVs) make up 5% of China’s auto market and are growing at an annual rate of a staggering 120% a year so far.
In January 2019 – EV sales doubled that of the previous year.
In the electric car industry – let this be known, China is playing for keeps.
Bloomberg has recently confirmed that $90 billion is being invested in electric vehicle development by global automakers.
This graph shows the explosive growth of China’s EV market, which is expected to reach 5.8 million sales per year by 2025.
The United States, Germany, Japan and China’s Battle to Dominate Global Hybrid and Electric Vehicle (EV) Markets
Check this out – China’s share of global electric vehicle production has gone from 1.2% in 2013 to 22.6% in 2017.
And China has a huge advantage over America that Japan never had – tremendous scale due to its population of 1.3 billion people.
Bloomberg has recently confirmed that $90 billion is being invested in electric vehicle development by global automakers and a recent McKinsey report projects that by 2020, two hundred new hybrid electric vehicle models will be launched.
Major auto groups – led by Toyota (NYSE: TM), GM (NYSE: GM) and BMW (BMW.GR – XETRA / OTC US: BAMXF) are now racing to develop a solid state battery that will reduce recharge time from hours to minutes while tripling the EV’s range.
This means that by 2022, the all-in cost of an EV is expected to be lower than a traditional combustion engine vehicle – without subsidies.
All across the globe from America to Japan to China to Germany, the race is on.
General Motors, Volkswagen, Volvo, Ford, Toyota, and BMW all know that the key to the electric vehicle (EV) story really taking off is a battery with much shorter recharging times and much longer range from one charge.
Introducing the Elon Musk of China
William Li, Founder, Chairman and CEO of NIO
Meet a New Tycoon – William Li
Mr. Li is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of NIO (NYSE: NIO).
In November 2014, Mr. Li founded NIO with the goal of redefining the car ownership experience.
Mr. Li is a serial entrepreneur. In 2000, he established Bitauto Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: BITA), where he still serves as the Chairman of the board of directors today. (Bitauto is one of the largest providers of online content and marketing services for China’s automotive industry).
He has co-founded and invested in over 40 companies in the Internet and automotive industries. And while studying at Peking University, he founded Beijing Antarctic Technology Development Co., Ltd, one of the earliest Internet companies in China.
Mr. Li was recognized by Sina Finance and People’s Daily in January 2018 as one of the “2017 Top 10 Economic Players of China.”
In 2017, Mr. Li was named GQ China magazine’s “Entrepreneur of the Year.” The China Automobile Dealers Association recognized Mr. Li in 2008 as one of the top 10 most influential and distinguished people within China’s automobile deal industry in the last three decades.
Mr. Li was born in Anhui, China and received his bachelor’s degree in from Peking University.
NIO – A Company on the Move
NIO is a pioneer in China’s premium electric vehicle market. The company designs, jointly manufactures, and sells smart and connected premium electric vehicles, driving innovations in next generation technologies in connectivity, autonomous driving and artificial intelligence.
Founded in November 2014, NIO went public on the NYSE in 2018.
NIO began deliveries of the ES8, a 7-seater high-performance premium electric SUV in China in June 2018 and officially launched the ES6, a 5-seater high-performance premium electric SUV, in December 2018.
After launch, several companies invested in NIO, including Tencent (HKSE: 007 / OTC US: TCEHY), Temasek (private), Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU), Sequia (ES: S2658), Lenovo (HKSE: 0922 / OTC US: LNVGY) and TPG Capital.
Its track car debuted the same day the brand was established.
In 2016, NIO was issued an “Autonomous Vehicle Testing Permit” by the California DMV and is beginning testing on public roads under the “Autonomous Vehicle Tester Program” guidelines as it progresses on its path to bring autonomy to market.
In May 2018, NIO opened its first battery swap station in China dubbed the “Power Swap Station.” Only ES8 cars would be available for this station.
NIO was named #5 in Fast Company magazine’s prestigious annual list of the Most Innovative Companies in China for 2019.
Nio Eve concept car
NIO RECOMMENDATION – (NYSE: NIO)
Nio is a $1.9 billion Shanghai-based electric vehicle company.
The company was founded just four years ago and pulled off a U.S. initial public offering in September 2018, three months after starting deliveries of its first electric model, the ES8 sport utility vehicle.
Currently, the ES8 is this Chinese automaker’s only mass-production automobile that Nio began delivering in June 2018.
Last December, NIO launched its second electric SUV, the ES6.
The ES6 comes with a lower price tag than the ES8, and it’s a five-seat SUV compared to the seven-seat ES8.
The company claims that the ES6 base model can deliver up to 255 miles and the high-end model can deliver 317 miles of range in a single charge.
In January, Nio also announced that its battery swap network along the G2 Expressway in China is now online so Nio vehicle owners can make the trip from Beijing to Shanghai without needing to charge their cars.
And recently, as investors take notice, the stock has come to life, suggesting it’s ready for an uptrend. But it now has a seven-passenger SUV in its lineup and a five-passenger version soon to be released.
What makes Nio interesting is its huge potential likelihood of favorable attention from the Chinese government, and its many influential investors – which means a lot in China.
The lead shareholder is William Li, the founder of Bitauto Holdings (NYSE: BITA), an Internet marketing, content and transaction company for the Chinese auto market.
Tencent (HKSE: 007 / OTC US: TCEHY) holds the second-largest stake, and the third-largest investor is the well-respected investment management firm Baille Gifford. Interestingly, by the way, both have a stake in Tesla.
Let it be known that 2019 has been a volatile and turbulent year for NIO.
But in the more macro view including the past couple of months, NIO has gained its footing and begun what I believe is an uptrend in the stock.
Specifically, NIO delivered the best monthly sales numbers in October, increasing 25.1% from the strong delivery in September. In October, NIO delivered 2,526 vehicles, including 2,220 ES6s and 306 ES8s. This marks October as the best month in 2019.
And NIO entered into a strategic partnership with Intel-owned autonomous driving company Mobileye (NASDAQ: INTC). NIO will engineer and manufacture a self-driving system designed by Mobileye. NIO will mass-produce the system for Mobileye and also integrate the technology into its electric vehicle line.
Importantly, in addition to adding considerable credibility to Nio, it increases its access to capital.
This is a massive and aggressive idea to be sure, but I really like the rapid growth, and the huge potential here. Let’s not forget the potentially strong, if not apparent, support of the Chinese government, influential shareholders, recent partnership with Mobileye and the stock’s recent, while new uptrend.
Investors should start small and I strongly suggest you put in place a 20% trailing stop loss in order to manage your risk versus reward investing profile. While this is NYSE traded, there remains great risk, but what could be really great rewards.
Carl Delfeld, Contributor
for Investors News Service
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Published December 2019
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Carl Delfeld is the Managing Director of Alquimista and Chief Emerging Markets Analyst with Cabot Wealth. He was a columnist with Forbes Asia, and has authored four books on global investing. Carl has been an international banker in London and Boston and a vice president and director of Asia-Pacific for Robert W. Baird & Company. After serving as a consultant on Asian emerging markets with the U.S. Treasury and U.S. Congress, he was appointed to be a U.S. Representative to the Asian Development Bank in Manila. He is currently publisher of Strategic Wealth.
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A Beretta for Bullseye
oif2 ConventionalShooter, RobertKolesar Robert Kolesar 3 Comments
by Robert Kolesar
Just back from Camp Perry, where I participated in the National Pistol Championships, shooting for the USAR Service Pistol Team. I had recently described some of my preparations in a previous thread (“Revolvers for Bullseye“). After an almost 10-year layoff I had some work to do in order to demonstrate some remaining competence with a pistol. Daily practice sessions coupled with weight training paid off, though, as I didn’t embarrass myself with the service pistol (M9), the bread-and-butter gun of a pistol-shooting Soldier.
Here’s my M9, built by Tony Kidd (yeah, that Tony Kidd) when he was still working as a gunsmith for the AMU. Fair warning, though…it’s ugly, but under that exterior is an incredible shooting machine, capable of 1.5" groups at 50 yds with proper ammo.
Shooting this gun I was able to post my 2nd-best score ever in the President’s 100. My goal was to just make the cut with an M9, which I’d never competed with before. I ended up doing far better than that. I also shot a great score as a USAR team member in the team match; the M9 is a superb weapon. I guess the accurized 1911 will be honorably retired from now on.
My Army-issued and accurized M9 (top), with my old LAPD 92FS for comparison. It costs about $1800.00 to get an M9, never designed as a target gun, in shape to shoot tight groups at 50 yards.
Close-ups of some of the work done. Here’s what the front of the barrel looks like; this ensures consistant lock-up from shot to shot. Barrel is a Bar-Sto. Newer guns use KKW barrels. These guns will consistently shoot under 1.5" from a machine rest at 50 yds.
Notice the steel inserts, machined into the aluminum rails. Quite a bit of work is involved fitting these inserts, which are vital to accuracy in an M9.
Close-up of the adjustable BoMar rear sight.
Ammo. M9s, while extremely accurate, are also sensitive to ammo. Part of the problem is most manufacturers don’t produce 9mm "match" ammo. USAR and USA AMU shooters use Atlanta Arms 115 grain ball, which is superbly accurate. Regular GI ball won’t cut it, accuracy-wise.
A satisfying rapid-fire group at 25 yds. Consistent shooting like this is what wins matches. Not a "clean" target, but close enough for government work.
What you get, if the weather at Perry cooperates, your zero is good and your trigger press is perfect.
Retired…my old Jim Hoag-accurized 1911. A great gun, but the Beretta is simply a better target pistol.
1911s still hold the records. (889- Emil H. – Service pistol national record – for instance).
John M. Buol Jr.
True. 1911s are still great ball guns and remain the dominant platform for wad guns.
I believe that these long standing records remain because support for shooting events like this has dwindled among military and civilians, and there are less serious marksman among gun owners in general.
Compare the number of participants at the National Matches at Camp Perry during the era when these records were set to now. We have more gun owners but less skilled marksmen.
The 889 is impressive,, that and the Service Pistol Team that was shot with 1911s also stands. The current Presidents 100 and NTI records were with the M9
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Police Officers Speak Less Respectfully To Black Residents Than To White Residents, Stanford Researchers Find
By newspaperport on June 7, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )
Professors Jennifer Eberhardt and Dan Jurafsky, along with other Stanford researchers, detected racial disparities in police officers’ speech after analyzing more than 100 hours of body camera footage from Oakland Police.
The first systematic analysis of police body camera footage shows that officers consistently use less respectful language with black community members than with white community members, according to new Stanford research.
Although they are subtle, these widespread racial disparities in officers’ language use may erode police-community relations, said the researchers who conducted the study, published June 5 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
“Our findings highlight that, on the whole, police interactions with black community members are more fraught than their interactions with white community members,” explained Jennifer Eberhardt, co-author of the study and professor of psychology at Stanford.
The racial disparities in respectful speech remained even after the researchers controlled for the race of the officer, the severity of the infraction, and the location and outcome of the stop.
Stanford researchers have developed a computational tool to analyze language extracted from police body camera footage as data for understanding law enforcement interaction with the community. (Image credit: Ryan Johnson/Flickr/Creative Commons)
To analyze the body camera footage, a multidisciplinary team from Stanford’s psychology, linguistics and computer science departments first developed a new artificial intelligence technique for measuring levels of respect in officers’ language. They then applied this technique to the transcripts from 981 traffic stops the Oakland Police Department (OPD) made in a single month.
The researchers’ novel technique demonstrated that white residents were 57 percent more likely than black residents to hear a police officer say the most respectful utterances, such as apologies and expressions of gratitude like “thank you.” Meanwhile, black community members were 61 percent more likely than white residents to hear an officer say the least respectful utterances, such as informal titles like “dude” and “bro” and commands like “hands on the wheel.”
“To be clear: There was no swearing,” said Dan Jurafsky, a study co-author and Stanford professor of linguistics and of computer science. “These were well-behaved officers. But the many small differences in how they spoke with community members added up to pervasive racial disparities.”
“The fact that we now have the technology and methods to show these patterns is a huge advance for behavioral science, computer science and the policing industry,” said Rob Voigt, a Stanford linguistics doctoral student and lead author of the study. “Police departments can use these tools not only to diagnose problems in police-community relations but also to develop solutions.”
Video footage as data, not evidence
The study is not the first time Eberhardt has collaborated with the OPD to study possible racial disparities in policing. In 2014, the City of Oakland contracted with Eberhardt and her team to assist the Oakland Police Department in complying with a federal order to collect and analyze data from traffic and pedestrian stops by race.
OPD, like many police departments nationwide, has been using body-worn cameras to monitor police-community interactions. But drawing accurate conclusions from hundreds of hours of footage is challenging, Eberhardt said. Just “cherry-picking” negative or positive episodes, for example, can lead to inaccurate impressions of police-community relations overall, she said.
“The police are already wary of footage being used against them,” Eberhardt said. “At the same time, many departments want their actions to be transparent to the public.”
To satisfy demands for both privacy and transparency, the researchers needed a way to approach the footage as data showing general patterns, rather than as evidence revealing wrongdoing in any single stop.
Yet “researchers can’t just sit and watch every single stop,” Eberhardt explained. “It would take too long. Besides, their own biases could affect their judgments of the interactions.”
New methodology for analyzing footage
Together, Eberhardt, Jurafsky and seven other colleagues examined transcripts from 183 hours of body camera footage from 981 stops, which 245 different OPD officers conducted in April 2014.
In the first phase of the study, human participants examined a subsample of the transcribed conversations between officers and community members – without knowing the race or gender of either – and rated how respectful, polite, friendly, formal and impartial the officers’ language was.
In the second phase, the researchers used these ratings to develop a computational linguistic model of how speakers show respect, including apologizing, softening commands and expressing concern for listeners’ well-being. They then created software that automatically identified these words, phrases and linguistic patterns in the transcripts of the officers’ language.
In the third phase, the researchers used this software to analyze the remaining transcripts – a total of 36,000 officer utterances with 483,966 words. Because the team had so much data, they could statistically account for the race of the officer, the severity of the offense and other factors that could affect officers’ language.
“Understanding and improving the interactions between the police and the communities they serve is incredibly important, but the interactions can be difficult to study,” Jurafsky said. “Computational linguistics offers a way to aggregate across many speakers and many interactions to detect the way that everyday language can reflect our attitudes, thoughts and emotions – which are sometimes outside of our own awareness.”
“Our findings are not proof of bias or wrongdoing on the part of individual officers,” Eberhardt cautioned. “Many factors could drive racial disparities in respectful speech.”
Footage for improvement
The research team is currently extending their work to analyze the language used by community members during the traffic stops and to study other linguistic features captured by the body cameras, including tone of voice. They also plan to explore the interplay of officers’ and community members’ speech as it unfolds over time.
“There is so much you can do with this footage,” Eberhardt said. “We are very excited about the possibilities.”
Eberhardt praised the City of Oakland and OPD for being open to having their data examined, and said she hopes that other departments across the country will invite similar collaborations.
“I’m hopeful that, with the development of computational tools like ours, more law enforcement agencies will approach their body camera footage as data for understanding, rather than as evidence for blaming or exonerating,” Eberhardt said. “Together, researchers and police departments can use these tools to improve police-community relations.”
The study’s other co-authors were Nicholas Camp, Rebecca Hetey and Camilla Griffiths of the Department of Psychology; and Vinodkumar Prabhakaran, William Hamilton and David Jurgens of the Department of Computer Science.
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“We here at Mad Monk have been fans of Adam Kriney’s many projects over the past few years and feel deeply honored to offer the vinyl debut of his long-running fucked-jazz unit Owl Xounds (formerly OWL SOUNDS). Taking their psychedelic rhyhmic core of drummer Kriney (LA OTRACINA/BLIZZARDS/RUST IONICS/CASTANETS/THE PLACES) and upright bassist Gene Janas (Screamin Jaw Hawkins/Bern Nix’s SEDITION ENSEMBLE) to any reedsman up for the challenge, the boys explode it all with Austrian sax-ist Mario Rechtern, who has been invlolved with free-music since the late 60’s playing in the REFORM ART UNIT (with Sunny Murray, Linda Sharrock, & Leena Conquest) and more recently as a guest in the Weasel Walter QUARTET/SEXTET/TRIO. Truly and honorably a post-ESP expression, it is much a post-SST expression. While the instrumentation and framework are a staple of the jazz/improvisaion tradition, the directions and velocities at which OWL XOUNDS exist are just as informed of the worlds of hardcore/punk and experimental noise. Citing the MISFITS as the most important band in his musical education, drummer/leader Kriney always felt the connection between the punk he grew up on and the free-jazz he became aware of later in life, the energy, the volume, the commitment, and most importantly the UNDENIABILITY of them both! And similarly the ostracism of the two is not to be ignored, being an outsider, the alienation from popular music, from popular culture, and from everyone around who just ‘didn’t get it’ were also of significance. It is with these considerations that this LP was named, for after all, from Albert Ayler to Thurston Moore to Glenn Danzig to Kawabata Makoto to Peter Brotzmann, ‘they’ and ‘we’ are all Teenagers From Mars, and we don’t care!”
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Watch out, homeowners. Your insurance rates are about to jump.
By Ron Hurtibise
Florida homeowners had better watch their wallets in 2020 — and ask their insurance agents to shop for cheaper deals.
The torrent of insurance price hikes predicted after Hurricane Irma barreled up Florida’s gut in September 2017 is here.
On Friday, executives of National Specialty Insurance Co., which covers nearly 50,000 policyholders in Florida (including about 20,000 in South Florida), were forced to appear before state insurance regulators in a public hearing in Tallahassee to justify the company’s requested 28.1% average statewide rate increase.
A week earlier, officials of Capitol Preferred Insurance Co., which insures a similar number statewide and in the tricounty region, also had to go to Tallahassee to explain why they need a 36.5% rate hike beginning Saturday that would cost 20,000 of its customers an extra $40 a month.
That followed a public hearing in December over Edison Insurance Co.’s bid to hike rates by an average of 21.9%, amounting to about $30 a month for its 58,000 Florida customers.
Three public hearings in two months is significant. State law requires private-market companies to participate in public hearings if they propose statewide rate increases averaging more than 15%. (Public hearings are required for state-run Citizens Property Insurance Corp. each year regardless of what it requests).
Prior to the Edison hearing, the last company to propose homeowner insurance rate hikes large enough to trigger a public hearing was Fidelity National when it sought a 28.1% average hike in May 2013.
Other pending rate requests that did not require public hearings include:
12.4% from Universal Property & Casualty, the state’s largest insurer, that would take effect May 25.
14.6% for customers of Centauri Specialty, taking effect beginning May 15.
12.1% for Avatar’s 27,614 policyholders, effective April 1.
13.4% for Florida Peninsula’s 45,000 “Preferred” policyholders, effective May 1. The company just raised rates for this program 5.4% on Aug. 1 and 4% on Nov. 1.
14.7% for Florida Peninsula’s 55,000 “Elite” policyholders, effective May. 1. Average rate hikes of 7% took effect for this program on Aug. 1 and 4.3% on Nov. 1
At their public hearings, executives of Edison, Capitol Preferred and National Specialty offered varying explanations for their rate requests.
But factoring into each were increased costs of reinsurance — which is multimillion-dollar guarantees of capital each company is required to purchase every year to ensure they have enough money to pay all claims after a hurricane or other catastrophe.
It’s also known as insurance for insurers. Prior to Hurricane Irma, the state enjoyed a decade-long break from hurricanes, during which most companies never filed for reinsurance payments. That brought reinsurance costs to record low levels and helped keep homeowner insurance rates low. But then Irma caused more than a million claims and $11 billion in losses.
Irma did not immediately trigger higher reinsurance rates because most companies were able to make favorable deals for the 2018 storm season before the cumulative cost of Irma claims came into focus. Experts said it might take a couple years before Irma’s effects on homeowner rates would be felt.
Then Hurricane Michael caused $7.4 billion in damage in the Panhandle in 2018. And Hurricane Dorian, though it generated just $19 million in damages in Florida, kept the devastating power of hurricanes fresh in reinsurance officials’ minds as it caused human and financial ruin in the Bahamas.
In 2019, reinsurers hiked rates as much as 25%. This year, reinsurance rates are likely to increase by up to 20%, insurance ratings firm A.M. Best recently projected.
Another major factor behind higher insurance rates — sharp increases in lawsuits by plaintiffs attorneys representing homeowners or repair contractors — has been a source of complaints by insurers for much of the past decade.
James Gragonella, president and CEO of Capitol Preferred, told regulators from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation at his company’s public hearing on Feb. 7 that lawsuits against his company over mostly non-weather-related water damage claims increased from 148 in 2016 to 1,077 in 2019 — a 727% increase.
Combined with three other rate increases by the company that have taken effect since June, the company’s customers face a cumulative 112% increase over the past year if the most recent request is approved.
Florida’s insurance market has eroded considerably, Gragonella said. “This was a very profitable book [of business] for several years,” he told regulators. “Basically in the last three years — two specifically — it has just gone into the tank due to losses.”
In January, the founder of the ratings agency Demotech warned that up to 18 private market companies in Florida faced ratings downgrades because of their eroded financial stability. Such downgrades from the A level required by federally backed mortgage lenders would require customers with mortgage loans to seek new A-rated insurers — which would devastate the downgraded companies.
Four companies have been downgraded and were immediately purchased by financially stronger companies. The need for additional downgrades won’t become apparent until March, Demotech’s founder said.
Recommended fixes by Demotech included increasing rates by repellent but necessary levels.
Full Story: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-bz-property-insurance-rate-hikes-grow-larger-20200215-xy4kzedflraf3cpvkvd2dbn4lq-story.html
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 30 July 1815
From John Adams
Quincy July 30th 1815
Who shall write the history of the American revolution? Who can write it? Who will ever be able to write it?
The most essential documents, the debates & deliberations in Congress from 1774 to 1783 were all in secret, and are now lost forever. Mr Dickinson printed a speech, which he said he made in Congress against the Declaration of Independence; but it appeared to me very different from that, which you, and I heard. Dr Witherspoon has published speeches which he wrote beforehand, and delivered Memoriter, as he did his Sermons. But these I believe, are the only speeches ever committed to writing. The Orators, while I was in Congress from 1774 to 1778 appeared to me very universally extemporaneous, & I have never heard of any committed to writing before or after delivery.
These questions have been suggested to me, by a Review, in the Analectic Magazine for May 1815, published in Philadelphia, page 385 of the Chevalier Botta’s “Storia della Guerra Americana.” The Reviewers inform us, that it is the best history of the revolution that ever has been written. This Italian Classick has followed the example, of the Greek and Roman Historians, by composing speeches, for his Generals and Orators. The Reviewers have translated, one of Mr R H Lee, in favour of the declaration of Independence. A splendid morcell of oratory it is; how faithful, you can judge.
I wish to know your sentiments, and opinions of this publication.1 Some future Miss Porter, may hereafter, make as shining a romance, of what passed in Congress, while in Conclave, as her Scottish Chiefs.
Your friend durante Vita2
Tr (1957 typescript taken from unlocated RC, Adams Papers Editorial Files, MHi); adjacent to signature: “His Excellency Thomas Jefferson”; with editorial note at foot of text: “Signed in JA’s hand; text of letter in hand of unidentified amenuensis”; with editorial note that TJ endorsed it as received 9 Aug. 1815. RC (DLC); address cover only; with PoC of TJ to John Graham, 17 Aug. 1815, on verso; addressed in an unidentified hand: “His Excellency Thomas Jefferson Esqre Monticello. Virginia”; franked by Adams; postmarked Quincy, 31 July. FC (Lb in MHi: Adams Papers); at foot of text: “His Excellency Govr McKean”; adjacent to signature, in Adams’s hand: “N.B. The same to Jefferson.” Recorded in SJL as received 9 Aug. 1815.
John dickinson presented his reasons for opposing independence in 1776 in a vindication that appeared in the Philadelphia Freeman’s Journal: or, the North-American Intelligencer, 1 Jan. 1783. For TJ’s contemporaneous summary of the arguments given against independence by Dickinson and others on 8 June 1776, see PTJ description begins Julian P. Boyd, Charles T. Cullen, John Catanzariti, Barbara B. Oberg, and others, eds., The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, 1950– , 37 vols. description ends , 1:309–11. Congressional speeches by John witherspoon were published in John Rodgers, ed., The Works of the Rev. John Witherspoon, 2d ed. (Philadelphia, 1802; for 1st ed. see Sowerby, description begins E. Millicent Sowerby, comp., Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 1952–59, 5 vols. description ends no. 1558), 4:317–57. The translated speech of Richard Henry Lee appears in the Analectic Magazine 5 (1815): 388–93. Jane porter wrote The Scottish Chiefs, A Romance, 5 vols. (London, 1810, and other eds.). durante vita: “during life.”
On this date Adams wrote Thomas McKean a letter that varied from the one to TJ only in spelling, punctuation, and capitalization (RC in PHi: McKean Papers; addressed in an unidentified hand: “His Excellency Thomas McKean Philadelphia”; franked; postmarked Quincy, 31 July; endorsed by McKean).
1. Tr: “publications.” FC: “publication.”
2. FC: “vitæ.”
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Fairfax, John
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1From George Washington to John Fairfax, 1 January 1789 (Washington Papers)
A View of the work at the several Plantations in the Year 1789. and general directions for the Execution of it. From the Plans of the Plantations. From the Courses of the Crops which are annexed to these Plans. And from the mode of managing them, as there prescribed—may be derived a full and comprehensive view of my designs, after the rotation is once perfectly established, in the succession...
2From George Washington to John Fairfax, 31 March 1789 (Washington Papers)
As I am now in the act of bidding an adieu to my home—for a longer time perhaps than I wish—I will inform you that it is my intention (if your exertion⟨s⟩ shall appear to deserve it) to make the wages of the year you are now engaged for Fifty pounds instead of Forty although I consider myself under no legal or honorary obligations to do so—my only motives for it being to encourage you to use...
3From George Washington to John Fairfax, 26 October 1785 (Washington Papers)
You will proceed in the Stage from Alexandria to Boston, without losing a day that can possibly be avoided; & when arrived at the latter place, deliver the Letter herewith given you to the Hone Thos Cushing, Lieut: Governor of the State of Massachusetts, who resides in the town of Boston, & whose directions you are to follow. The intention of your going thither is, to bring one—perhaps two...
4Advertisement, 23 February 1786 (Washington Papers)
ROYAL GIFT. A JACK ASS of the first race in the kingdom of Spain, will cover mares and jennies (the asses[)] at Mount-Vernon the ensuing spring.—The first for ten, the latter for fifteen pounds the season. Royal Gift is four years old, is between 14 1–2 and 15 hands high, and will grow, it is said, till he is 20 or 25 years of age. He is very bony and stout made, of a dark colour, with light...
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Erving, George W.
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1To James Madison from George W. Erving, 1 January 1803 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 1 January 1803. No. 12. Mentioned in Erving to JM, 30 Apr. 1803 . Discusses several points relating to U.S. claims cases and gives assurances of the successful progress and probable speedy termination of the business.
2To James Madison from George W. Erving, 1 January 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
1 January 1805, London. No. 47. “I have the honor to transmit to you a List [not found] of the Vessels which have entered at this Port from the 1st. of July to 31st. December 1804 with other particulars respecting the same.” RC ( DNA : RG 59, CD , London, vol. 9). 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by Erving; marked “Duplicate”; docketed by Wagner as received in Erving’s 8 Feb. 1805 dispatch (ibid.).
3To James Madison from George W. Erving, 19 March 1803 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to inclose Copy of a Letter which I yesterday received from our Consul at Lisbon. I am Sir with perfect Respect Your very Obt. St. The preceding is the full transcription of a document that was previously abstracted in The Papers of James Madison , Secretary of State series. The original abstract contains additional annotation and source information. Go to the original abstract
4To James Madison from George W. Erving, 28 December 1807 (Madison Papers)
I hasten to transmit to you copy of a Circular letter Received from our Consul General at Algiers, & dated the 16th. & 17th. Inst., which communicates the agreeable intelligence of an arrangement which he has made with that Regency. I have the honor to be, Sir, With the most perfect Respect & Consideration, Your very obt. Servant, DNA : RG 59--DD-Diplomatic Despatches, Spain.
5To James Madison from George W. Erving, 26 July 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
26 July 1803, London . Forwards the enclosed letters at the request of John M. Forbes, U.S. consul at Hamburg. RC and enclosures ( DNA : RG 59, CD , London, vol. 8). RC 1 p.; docketed by Wagner as received 26 Sept. For descriptions of the enclosed letters (7 pp.; docketed by Wagner), see Forbes to JM, 13 June 1803 , and n. 1. A full transcription of this document has been added to the digital...
6To James Madison from George W. Erving, 26 June 1803 (Madison Papers)
Lest you may not receive it by any mo re Early conveyance I lose no tim e in forwarding the inclosed Copy of a decree issued by the French government on the 20th instant & wh ich I have just received from Paris. I have the honor to be Sir with great Respect your very obt. St. The preceding is the full transcription of a document that was previously abstracted in The Papers of James Madison ,...
7To James Madison from George W. Erving, 26 July 1803 (Madison Papers)
At the Request of J. Forbes o ur Consul at Hamburgh I forward the inclosed. With perfect Respect Your very obt. St. The preceding is the full transcription of a document that was previously abstracted in The Papers of James Madison , Secretary of State series. The original abstract contains additional annotation and source information. Go to the original abstract
8To James Madison from George W. Erving, 11 November 1808 (Madison Papers)
In a postscript (dated 8th. Inst.) of my dispatch No. 54, I communicated to you copy of a note dated the 7th., at the moment received from Mr. Cevallos, and containing the protest of this government against a negotiation which it apprehends to be on foot between the french Minister at Washington and our government, relative to the Floridas. I presume this to be a report excited by those who...
9To James Madison from George W. Erving, 31 October 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
31 October 1801, American Consulate, London. No. 4. Dawson’s delayed departure and return to London a second time allow transmission of the enclosed statements. RC and enclosures ( DNA : RG 59, CD , London, vol. 8). RC 1 p.; docketed by Wagner as received 13 Jan. The enclosures include lists of awards made by the Board of Commissioners payable on 5 July 1798 and 1 May 1799 and received by...
10To James Madison from George W. Erving, 29 September 1808 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor herewith to transmit copy of a note of yesterday’s date which I have just received from the President ad interim of the Supreme Central Junta, communicating the installation of the same; also my answer of this date. With the most perfect respect & consideration, Sir, Your very obt. Servant. To the above inclosures is added a Gazette Extraordinary, giving a detail of the...
11To James Madison from George W. Erving, 31 March 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
31 March 1804, London. No. 32. “I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of January 18 . instructing me to correspond in future with the Secretary of the Treasury and to pursue his directions respecting all Monies which I have or hereafter may receive on account of the United States, & to settle my official Accounts with him.” Adds in a postscript that he encloses a copy of...
12To James Madison from George W. Erving, 21 March 1803 (Madison Papers)
Since the commencement of the present Misunderstanding between this Country & France, our Mariners have been pressed as formerly, and upon the usual application, such of them as have regular Protections, and are not married, or settled in Great Britain, have been discharged. A considerable Portion of those who have left the United States subsequent to the late Peace, are found without American...
13To James Madison from George W. Erving, 7 February 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
7 February 1803, London. No. 13. “I have to communicate to you the very disagreeable intelligence that Messrs: Bird Savage & Bird our Bankers in this City have to-day been obliged to stop payment. I had fortunately nearly balanced the ‘Spoliations’ Account with them on the 31st: December, & had divided amongst the proctors the whole of the fund destined for their payment. My Consular & Seaman...
14To James Madison from George W. Erving, 6 September 1802 (Madison Papers)
I have just received from our Consul at Cadiz, a Circular letter of which the enclosed is a Copy; since my last of 29th. July upon this subject no other authentic intelligence has been received here. I have the honor to be with perfect respect Sir, Your very Obed. Servant The preceding is the full transcription of a document that was previously abstracted in The Papers of James Madison ,...
15To James Madison from George W. Erving (Abstract), 23 April 1805 (Madison Papers)
23 April 1805, London . No. 54. “Mr. Purviance’s ill state of health having compelled him to retire for the present into the Country he has transmitted to me your letter of December 24. 1804 with directions to attend to the order for obtaining the Books therein mentioned. “By this conveyance I have sent Lee on Capture<s,> Wicheforts Ambassador and Heriots history of Canada; the cost of these...
I do not write to you at large unofficially by this conveyance, or officially further than seems to be absolutely necessary to the course of business; lest my letters should fall into the hands of the Enemy; not being myself of the persuasion which seems to be general here, and (as I learn) in England, that a co mplete& honorable satisfaction will be made for all is outrages & insults. Nor...
17To James Madison from George W. Erving, 8 June 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
8 June 1804, London. No. 35. “The Vessel Resolution, built at Norwich Register No. 5 Richard Shipley late Master owned by Alphons Dunham & Jonathan Clark of Boston Samuel Ham of Portsmouth and Benjamin Connor of Exeter in New Hampshire arrived here on the 10th. of February from the River La Plata. One of the owners (Ham) now here, has endeavoured to sell this Vessel but on account of the late...
18To James Madison from George W. Erving, 1 November 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
1 November 1801, London. Private No. 3. Hopes papers conveyed by Dawson will provide president with desired information; they show amounts received under the commission and actual government expenses, and they also provide data for an estimate of costs to prosecute remaining claims. Total expenses cannot be ascertained as many cases were handled by private agents, but Erving reckons they will...
19To James Madison from George W. Erving, 21 February 1803 (Madison Papers)
All the Consuls have not yet transmitted their Accounts for the last half-year, that of Mr. Fox for the reasons stated in a former letter cannot yet be compleated; and as we have now no Fund for settling the ballances which may be due, I have thought it best to refer them over to the next half year, and no longer to delay sending my Consular, and Seaman Agency Account up to the 31st. of...
20To James Madison from George W. Erving, 1 September 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
1 September 1804, London. No. 41. “I have the honor herewith to transmit a complete report of my transactions as Agent for the relief & protection of seamen from the 11th. of March 1803 when the impressments began here previous to the declaration of the present War between Great Britain & France, up to this date; a Period of about 18 Months. I have endeavoured to make this document as exact as...
21To James Madison from George W. Erving, 30 July 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
30 July 1804, London. No. 40. “I have the honor herewith to inclose a list of ships which have Entered at this port from the 1st of January to the 30th of June [not found]. “I duly received yours of June 26th inclosing a letter for Mr Harris our Consul at Petersburgh which was immediately forwarded via Hambro’.” RC ( DNA : RG 59, CD , London, vol. 9). 1 p.; docketed by Wagner as received 27...
22To James Madison from George W. Erving, 29 October 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
29 October 1803, London . Received from Lewis Le Coulteux “the papers respecting his Claim on this Government,” referred to in JM’s letter to the U.S. minister in London of 16 May. “I as the Agent of Mr: Le Couteulx, drew a memorial (of which I have the honor herewith to inclose a Copy) to the King in Council, & submitted it to the Minister for his approbation.” Believes this was “the most...
9 September 1802, American Consulate, London. Encloses a copy of a letter from the U.S. consul at Tangier “announcing the establishment of peace” between the U.S. and Morocco. Has forwarded “proper notice of this pleasing circumstance” to U.S. consuls in Great Britain, Holland, and Germany. RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 59, CD , London, vol. 8). RC 1 p. Enclosure (1 p.) is a copy of a circular...
24To James Madison from George W. Erving, 31 October 1801 (Madison Papers)
The disappointment of Mr. Dawson as to h is passage, & his consequent return to London a se cond time, Enables me to forward by him the en closed statements; not having expected so immediate and favorable opportunity I have been so mewhat hurried; a further & more minute ex amination may discover some small Errors or omissions. Th ere can be scarcely any such that are important. I hope these...
25To James Madison from George W. Erving (Abstract), 8 February 1805 (Madison Papers)
8 February 1805, London . No. 49. “I had the honor to receive in due course your letter of Novr. 24th. 1804 directing me to make application to the British Admiralty for the discharge of Joseph Trowbridge and inclosing regularly authenticated Documents to prove his Citizenship. “I am sorry to inform you that the ship on board of which he is detained having sailed on a foreign station, their...
I have the satisfaction of inclosing Copy of a letter just Received from our Co nsul at Tangier announcing the establishment of peace between the United Sta tes & his Highness the Emperor of Morrocco. I have forwarded a proper notice of this pleasing circumstance to our consuls in this Country Holland and Germany. I have the honor to be Sir with the most perfect respect Your Very obt. St. The...
27To James Madison from George W. Erving, 9 January 1809 (Madison Papers)
Since the date of my Last, the only authentick intelligence which we have received, is that the Emperor is concentrating his force about Madrid; the french troops which were in La Mancha & at Truxillo in Estremadura have been withdrawn; the advanced posts of Infantados Army are at Aranjuez; it is beleived that a partial action has taken place between the french & General Romañas troops, but...
28To James Madison from George W. Erving, 27 June 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
27 June 1804. “Upon the subject of the accompanying Official letter (No 38) I think it a duty to trouble you with one or two observations; I have understood that Messrs McKensie & Glennie who are merchants much connected with Baltimore have been agents for Mr Smith in what is connected with his department in this quarter; considering them in that view, one might have Expected that they woud...
29To James Madison from George W. Erving, 6 February 1804 (Madison Papers)
By the Monsoon Captn. Nickerson I send to the care of the collector of Baltimore and directed to you, one large Chest containing West Florida papers & one deal box contents unknown. These were left in my care by Mr. King with his request that they shoud be transmitted to you; No opportunity offering for Alexandria ’till we heard of Mr Monroe’s appointment to this Court, I judged it expedient...
§ From George W. Erving. 25 July 1805, London. No. 35. “Mr Monroe arrived here yesterday, & I have this day a letter from Mr Bowdoin dated Southampton at which place it appears he has just landed from St. Andero; Mr Bowdoin has not quitted Spain on account of any political circumstances, but as I learn by his letter, the ill State of his health has made it necessary for him to come hither for...
31To James Madison from George W. Erving, 7 December 1805 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor to write to you (No. 2.) on the 20th. Ulto. by way of Bordeaux, and to inclose copies of my notes to Dn. Pedro Cevallos on the case of the “Recovery, Adams,” the cargo of which vessel was condemned at Algesiras as being English property, and on that of the “Hudson, Bailey,” condemned at Cadiz for want of papers, which as it appears, were taken from her by the Commander of a...
I have the honor to inclose a very interesting memoir which Mr. Cevallos has ju st published, relating to the transactions at B ayonne; & which he has communicated to me wi th a view to its being transmitted to our Go vernment. This memoir avoids detail eve n on the most important transactions to which it refers, & leaves the curiosity wholly unsatisfied on other occurrences well deserving...
33To James Madison from George W. Erving, 1 November 1801 (Madison Papers)
I hope that the papers which I have forwarded by Mr. Dawson may furnish the kind of information wh ich the President desired to have; they shew what has been received under the commission, & the actual ances of government; & afford data upon which to Estimate the remaining costs of prosecuting the cla ims: there are no documents belonging to the ag ency from which it is possible to collect an...
11 June 1804, London. No. 36. “In the Case of Lewis Le Couteulx.” “Since I had the honor to address you last on the subject of this Case I have done every thing possible to procure a satisfactory result to my Application on Mr. Le Couteulx’s behalf. Finding that the consideration of that Gentleman’s claim was delayed, I thought proper on the 23rd. of March to address the Note to the Clerk of...
35To James Madison from George W. Erving, 13 July 1807 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor to write you last on June 20th.; since then a Mr. Hollins of Baltimore has arrived at Barcelona & writes word that he has in his charge dispatches from you; but as he is in quarantine & Mr. Cevallos has therefore refused to grant him a passport; I do not expect to receive those dispatches till five or six weeks from this time. I cannot at present add to what is said in my last...
36To James Madison from George W. Erving, 21 February 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
21 February 1803, London. No. 15. “All the Consuls have not yet transmitted their Accounts for the last half-year, that of Mr. Fox for the reasons stated in a former letter cannot yet be compleated; and as we have now no Fund for settling the ballances which may be due, I have thought it best to refer them over to the next half year, and no longer to delay sending my Consular, and Seaman...
37To James Madison from George W. Erving (Abstract), 8 June 1805 (Madison Papers)
8 June 1805, London . No. 32. “I have just recieved a letter from Mr Monroe of May 3d. It is not very particular, but I see with concern Enough in it to convince me that he is not in the way of very speedily returning to his station here. Mr Bowdoin write[s] to me (Ap. 9th) of his intentions to Embark on the 10th May, & mentions that you had not heard from Mr Monroe since he was in Holland. I...
27 April 1805, London . No. 57. “I have the honor herewith to transmit Copy of a note which I received from Lord Mulgrave on the 25th: Instant notifying the Blockade of Cadiz and St. Lucar, and of my reply to the same.” RC , two copies, and enclosures ( DNA : RG 59, CD , London, vol. 9). RC 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by Erving; marked “ Duplicate ”; docketed by Wagner, with his note:...
39To James Madison from George W. Erving, 29 November 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George W. Erving. 29 November 1805, Madrid, “At Night.” “Private No. 4.” “I have a moment before the post goes out to communicate to you the very important telegraphick news which has just been received here in private letters from Paris.” [Below Erving’s signature is a note:] “Blle Generale. au 16 & 17 devant Vienne les françois [ sic ] victorieux le 18 & 19 les franç⟨a⟩;is entrerent...
40To James Madison from George W. Erving, 27 May 1808 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Young, charged with my last dispatch, dated 14th. to 23rd. Inst., left this on the morning of the th., with an order from this Government for the discharge of a ny vessel which he might select amongst those detained at Algeciras under the "blockade" decrees. That dispatch con tained a copy of my note to the Minister of State of Ma y. 5th., (No. 6.) and I mentioned that his Highness the...
41To James Madison from George W. Erving, 25 August 1813 (Madison Papers)
All the papers of the legation have been delivered to Mr Crawford since the 30th July; Mr Barlows private correspondence, (amongst which are your letters to him,) as well as duplicates of his public correspondence, (he having kept a copy amongst his private papers,) remain in my possession; the reluctance with which as it seems the cartel was granted as well as other circumstances belonging to...
42To James Madison from George W. Erving, 21 April 1807 (Madison Papers)
By my letter of March 17 (No. 25) I had the honor to submit to you copies of certain correspondence with the Spanish Minister of State, upon some late cases of condemnation by the inferior prize courts; and upon the general conduct of these tribunals. The notes of 4th. & 13th. March therewith transmitted, produced from Mr. Cevallos one, (dated 15 of the same) in which he has attempted to...
I have had the honor to receive the Triplicate of your letter of April 27th. Respecting the Claim of George Hunter of Philadelphia for the Capture of his Vessel the Mary Ann—Kuhn Master, and in compliance with your directions immediately proceeded to enquire into the State of it and as to the Probabilities of success from a revival of the Proceedings. It appears that the Appeal was duly...
5 September 1804, London. NO. 44. “I had the honor to receive your letter of July 3d . acknowledging the receipt of mine dated Januy: 28h: containing the result of my application on behalf of Alexander Mc:Elwee; In pursuance of your direction I again made application to the Admiralty on the 10th: Augt., Copy of which and of their Lordship’s reply of Augt. 13th., and also of their further...
9 February 1803, London. No. 14. Reports that since his 7 Feb. dispatch he has received from Bird, Savage, and Bird “a minit of the balances due upon our several accounts,” which shows that he had distributed among the proctors all moneys appropriated to claims and had nearly balanced the spoliation account on 31 Dec. Since then he has paid £261 16 s . 7 d . into that account. “Upon the...
§ From George W. Erving. 25 October 1805, “Escurial.” “I have the honor to inform you that I arrived at Madrid on the 23d Instt: finding that Mr. Pinckney had left it on the 22d with an intention of returning to the United States by way of Lisbon & that he woud stop at the Escurial to take an audience of leave, I proceeded immediately to this place: Mr Pinckney had expected to meet me here on...
20 April 1805, London . No. 52. “I have the honor herewith to transmit— “1st. An Affidavit made by George Pitman late a mariner on board the vessel ‘Harry & Jane’ belonging to Joseph Young of Portland Massachusetts relating to the engagement of said vessel in the Slave carrying trade prohibited by law. “2d my certificate that the Master of said vessel has not complied with the law in...
48To James Madison from George W. Erving, 13 June 1804 (Madison Papers)
I have duly received your public letter of April 22d to the Contents of which I pay immediate attention, & shall prepare & forward the statements which you require without loss of time. Mr Monroe has informed you of all which relates to the visit of Mr Livingston to this country: His communications upon public affairs in this quarter are so frequent & full, that as there is no difference...
Various complaints as to the conduct of the Consular office at this place have from time to time within these 18 months past been transmitted to me; but as far as I have examined into these, I have not found sufficient matter to authorize my taking any such harsh measure against Mr. Yznardi, as Seems to have been Expected from me by those who have made them: nor did I think it necessary for me...
26 June 1803, London . No. 20. Loses no time in forwarding a copy of “a decree issued by the French government on the 20th instant,” which he has “just received from Paris.” RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 59, CD , London, vol. 8). RC 1 p.; docketed by Wagner as received 29 Aug. The enclosure was a copy of Napoleon’s 1 Messidor an XI (20 June 1803) decree forbidding the importation of goods into...
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Fire Force – Animation Review – Episode 1
by Josh Dunham | Apr 24, 2020 | Blog | 0 comments
The first episode of Fire Force was amazing. My jaw dropped to the floor and it stayed there. Explosion after explosion, flame after flame; I was glued to the screen. It would be really easy to keep gushing and just rant about how awesome this singular episode from a TV production is, but I thought we could take the more constructive (and equally as fun) route of asking why it was so good, and highlight the super talented team behind this remarkable work of art.
Fire Force or Enn Enn no Shobutai is a manga series written by Atsushi Ōkubo. You may already be familiar with his name as the manga-ka of Soul Eater, a property you’ve probably already heard of, given how much of a visual darling it was. I’m not sure what kind of deal Ōkubo has with the sakuga cartel, but his work is well cared for. It’s a trend that series director (and episode director in this case) Yuki Yase and his team at David Production uphold to the fullest.
The premise of Fire Force lends itself well to animation: firefighters with various forms of pyrokinesis battle fire demons (dubbed Infernals) that emerge out of spontaneous human combustion. We begin our story with the obligatory introduction of the characters and the world around them. The central protagonist, Shinra Kusakabe, joins the 8th Special Fire Force company, an ensemble cast of lovable misfits tasked with defeating the aforementioned infernals. This episode we dove into Shinra’s backstory, which had a solid pacing and an interesting plot from start to finish. It made for a great self contained experience, one that, when paired with the visuals, dazzled me into writing this series of articles. With that in mind, let’s look into some of the components that stood out.
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Storyboard, Episode Direction: Yuuki Yase
Chief Animation Director: Hideyuki Morioka, Yoshio Kozakai
Animation Direction: Hideyuki Morioka, Riki Matsuura, Yoshio Kozakai, Mayu Fujimoto, Orie Tanaka, Kazuhiro Miwa
Assistant Animation Director: Kazuhito Tominaga
Key Animation: Kazuhiro Miwa, Hiroichi Sato, Yutaka Fukaya, Shiori Tanaka, Yoshio Kozakai, Sumire Fukuzawa,Yuki Fukaya, Kazuki Baba, Norimasa Kanitani, Minori Homura, Mamoru Kurosawa, Yoshihiro Yoshioka, Mizue Ogawa, Nobuo Takahashi, Hiroyuki Ohkaji, Shinya Kameyama, Riki Matsuura, Chihiro Nishikawa, Yuki Nakajima, Yasuyuki Kai, Hisashi Tojima, Kiyomi Wada,
Director Yuki Yase
A lot of hype was generated around Fire Force when it first started. There was a mass migration of staff from studio SHAFT over to their current home at David Production. Allegedly, and I believe this to be true, it was a chain reaction of a few key members moving over, inviting their former colleagues to come with them in attempt to escape the poor planning and rampant scheduling/production conflicts studio SHAFT has been plagued with for over the last decade. Need proof? Let’s go back literally 10 years ago when their flagship series, Bakemonogatari became a runaway hit, and the best selling anime bluray of its time. Episodes were aired unfinished (episode 10 of the Nadeko Snake arc was particularly atrocious in this regard, with only the voice acting completed), or worse, pushed off to being streamed because the final three episodes were nowhere near completed enough to be aired (this is also the reason these episodes are unable to be streamed alongside the rest of the series on Crunchyroll). That’s just one case and example and I’ll leave it at that (kViN at Sakuga Blog went into much greater detail when the show first started if you want to learn more).
One of the individuals to caught up in this migration was director Yuki Yase. Being at SHAFT for so long under Akiyuki Shinbo’s wing, he was pinged as a ‘Shinbo-style director’ among others. However, seeing Fire Force episode 1 for myself, he’s come a long way. Yase has a strong personal flavor, with a taste for post-impressionism. He understands that art is a language that conveys emotion, and has no issue tweeking and changing the source material to better serve the intended feeling of a scene or event.
That being said, he did pick up a few tricks from his time with Shinbo. Yuki Yase has a gift for smooth bursts of aspect-to-aspect transitions for establishing shots. This technique was effectively employed in the opening scene, where flashes of multiple railroad crossing lights quickly built tension, warning of the danger ahead.
Another Shinbo-isim would be the use of extreme long shots. While it’s not uncommon to use long shots to allow the viewer visual distance to contemplate and bathe in the atmosphere of the story, Yase pushes subjects far into the background to create a sense of helplessness. The first shot showcases Shinra’s memory of his childhood, playing hero in the park with his deceased mother. It follows after close-up, intimate shots demonstrating how heart warming Shinra’s time with his mother was. The extreme long shot removes us from that moment distance-wise since those memories and feelings are something Shinra can never get back.
In the second shot, Company 8 has just put down the infernal wife of a factory owner whom the met only moments earlier. The success of Company 8 means her destruction, tinging the event with tragedy. Yase gives us this moment to establish just how nihilistic this moment is, and lets us ponder it. Despite Shinra becoming a hero like he promised his mother, he cannot save the victims of spontaneous combustion, tying a parallel between the haplessness of the two shots.
For the most part, Yase stays pretty close to the manga, almost duplicating certain panels down to the ‘t’.
He does rearrange small events to create a better flow of dramatic tension and embellishes at certain points to punctuate the mood, however I found this to elevate the source material rather than detract from it. The changes that are made tend to be where you might expect, such as in action sequences and other scenes where the actual movement is required to convey an event that is very plain in manga.
With a show named Fire Force you can expect a lot of, well… fire. Smoke, explosions, flames, sparks; all effects animation involving fire. While there’s nothing inherently bad about this, there is a constant danger of burn out (pardon the pun) when you have too much of a good thing; diversity is the spice of life. The glowing, light-blue rings on the 8th company’s uniforms really stand out from the sea of orange, red and black. In fact, it would be fair to say that a lot of the color variance this episode was due to lighting effects.
Of course this is not the first time Yuki Yase has played with fire. His episode of Nisekoi: featured Huru in a blazing rage, while episodes 2 and 4 of Nisemonogatari are about the fire sisters. To top it all off, episode 10 of Madoka Magicia (and the last TV aired episode of Madoka) was centered around Akemi Homura’s backstory – Akemi/暁美 meaning flame. I wouldn’t go so far as to say that fire is a ‘tell’ of Yase’s, but I found the coincidence interesting nonetheless.
Luckily for Fire Force, Yase and his team of super talented animators know how to constantly display fire effects on screen without it growing tiresome. The effects animation was amazing, with fire that felt different each time. Variance in lines, shapes, texture, even color really helped in keeping the episode fresh and visually interesting. All in all, it’s a well animated episode with a lot of labor put into it. Let’s take a quick look at some of the cuts that stood out to me. Our episode begins with a spark, then flames that whip from one end of the screen to the other, giving birth to a beautiful swirling of glowing fluorescent lines that stretch far into a flash of white light. This abstract display animated by Hiroyuki Ookaji can best be described as an opening statement for the series, almost as if saying our story will pass through fire on a brighter road into the unknown future (at least, that’s what I get out of it). But regardless of meaning, the technicality of the cut can still be appreciated for how lively the movement feels.
He was also tasked with some of the more emotional moments of episode 1. In this next cut, Ookaji show’s a masterful understanding that drawings need to have visual texture. When compared with how smooth and sharp his opening cut is, his billowing smoke saems rough, robust, and gunky. All at the same time.
For animation nerds, I would not be surprised if this was animated straight-through, given how unruly and malleable the smoke is. The burning house is animated to loop, saving on effort without sacrificing quality. Still, to consider that both of these clips came from the same animator with drastically different textures is a triumph in artistry.
Before we leave the talk of texture, we need to explore Mamoru Kurosawa‘s work this episode. If I have a favorite cut this episode, this would be the one. It just feels so incredible raw, almost as if it didn’t finish going through the color and compositing process. It’s as if the drawing were made, put in order, and displayed flipbook style.
An important concept to understand when looking at a piece of animation like this is not just the color composition (which is completely unique and really lends to the element of chaos that is being narrated over the scene) or the incredible texture of rough, unfinished, unpolished lines – it’s the principle of framerate modulation. If you pay enough attention to the fire, you’ll notice that there are short bursts where the flames go berserk, adding a layer of inconsistency to the slew of colors and line textures on screen. Since this is all intentional, it adheres well to the other ‘inconsistent’ elements surrounding it, making a strong, cohesive emotional statement.
This next cut showcases some of the changes Yuki Yase made, and it’s obvious why he chose to do so. The opening combat sequence was entrusted to Yuki Fukaya, who did a wonderful job making the opening fight feel exciting and kinetic. Doing a quick search for other credits under his name (深谷悠貴), I was unable to find other credits under him other than those on Fire Force (not saying they don’t exist, just that I was unable to find them). This strikes me as odd given that he’s not only a key animator, but an animation director in later episodes, positions that are usually reserved for seasoned staff. However, seasoned or not, Fukaya does good work!
Two major things that make this shot so captivating is the movement in and out of depth (take Maki bouncing off the train at 0:04 for example, an addition by Yuki Yase over the manga) and rapid, yet fluid, effects animation that helps the transitions between the characters. Characters move toward and away from the camera, either rushing in pairs (a very nice composition I might add), or darting through smoke to stab their target. But no matter what the movement is, the smoke and explosions accent it accordingly, balancing out the blocking while being eye candy in their own right.
A quick disclaimer, the infernal in the clip above was not animated by Fukaya. It was actually done by ace animator and animation director Kazuhiro Miwa. A major tell of his is the impact frame, or a split second ‘negative frame’ that is inserted at the exact moment of kinetic force. It’s a subtle, nearly subliminal technique that gives the whatever action it’s enforcing a bit more ‘oomph’.
When you slow these shots down, you’re really able to to appreciate the meticulous care and effort put into making just a few seconds of animation look stylish. Also not the very grainy, almost sandlike texture on the fireball.
Even looking at them isolated like this, they stand on their own. In motion, it’s even more impressive. This is part of the reason why the color palate and repeated flame effects never feel stale or played out. A few drawings on screen for mere fractions of a moment are characterizing each explosive bit of animation. It gives a unique flavor to the effects animation. Not only that, but it’s strikingly different without being, dare I say, inconsistent with the episode as a whole. Miwa’s work stands out and elevates the cuts that come both before and after. The mark of a masterful animation director.
There are a ton of amazing cuts that I could go on at length about, but I think I want to wrap up this post with one I feel was kind of overlooked. Too often do we take the lip flaps in anime for granted. Characters speak, and all we want to see is a mouth flap. It’s so common that many Western animators try to point it out as a defining aspect of anime, almost with a sense of disdain. Enter Riki Matsuura, who proves them all wrong by animating the exact dialog being spoken in this cut.
It’s realistic character acting that lends further gravitas to the spoken word in the perfect marriage of audio and visual storytelling. It’s a paragon example of how multiple media can come together to create something better than the sum of their parts. What’s tragic is that this subtlety was most likely washed away when dubbed into English, as the original lines spoken are in Japanese. But what needs to be appreciated here is not only the mouths taking the proper shape to form words, but the angle to which they do so. Matsuura nails the perspective from below, literally having the animation talk down to us. Brilliant!
Again, there are many more bits of animation that could be picked apart and analyzed frame by frame, but in all reality, the best way to take this all in is to see it for yourself. The moment I finished watching Fire Force I felt the need to write what you are read right now. If that’s not enough for you to treat yourself, then I don’t know what is!
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Launch of ITF events for age 30 plus players
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Gauteng Young Seniors are the Champs!
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Orlando Shootings a Human Tragedy, First and Foremost
By Gary Tischler • June 17, 2016 0 610
A vigil for those slain in the June 11 shootings outside Orlando City Hall.
Before the horrific mass murders in Orlando, Florida, become completely enfolded in and submerged by politics and the presidential campaigns, we ought to remember what’s most human and most important about what the tragedy.
We ought to more than anything remember the names, even as the presidential candidates get caught up in the blame game, even as the press tries to analyze the disturbing persona of the killer, even as Donald Trump becomes even more like Trump, like one of those sky-high parade balloons.
We ought to remember and continue to remember the names.
Forty-nine people were murdered it appears in a matter of minutes by a man using a semi-automatic weapon and a handgun, an American-born man of Afghan parentage who pledged his allegiance to Isis with a 911 call right before he began killing people.
We ought to remember Stanley Almodovar III. Amanda Alvear. Oscar A. Aracena-Montero. Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala. Antonio Davon Brown. Darryl Roman Burt II. Angel L. Candelario-Padro. Juan Chevez-Martinz. Luis Daniel Conde. Cory James Connell. Tevin Eugene Crosby.
Details of the massacre have already been well-documented and endlessly characterized. President Barack Obama, in a measured observation in the immediate aftermath, called it both an act of terrorism and a hate crime. The victims were all celebrating Latino night during the course of Gay Pride Week celebrations in Orlando, Florida, at the Pulse nightclub, dancing the night away, before the killer arrived and changed it all. In the end, 49 died, another 50 or more were injured and the killer was killed himself by SWAT team policemen who stormed the club clogged with bodies.
Most people in the country—those not out and about and celebrating—were still asleep when the killings happened. Most of us woke up to the news in the morning, thinking San Bernardino, thinking terror or another one of those sullen mass murderers. The news set of little time bombs of previous senseless, tragic events, in the post-9/11 world, and we stumbled about taking it all in with a certain amount of dread, fearful of what it might mean this time.
The fact that this was a specific target—the gay community of Orlando, but also the LBGT communities everywhere by someone who also appeared to embrace and may have been inspired by ISIS and who wanted their approval, made the tragedy a perfect storm, a perfect political storm which is only growing.
As the bodies of victims are being dealt with, as people mourn, and vigils pop up all across a suddenly rainbow-colored America, two things made themselves felt almost immediately: that this would have enormous political implications in the presidential race, given the contenders, and, less obviously, that a sea change was coming.
The names from the beginning, as soon as they became known resonated with ordinary Americans, families, parents, children, young people. In Orlando, there was a spontaneous rush to give blood on the part of citizens al across the city. They were making sure the names would resonate for more than the duration:
Deonka Deidra Drayton. Simon Adrian Carrillo Fernandez. Leroy Valentin Ferandez. Mercedez Marisol Flores. Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz. Juan Ramon Guerrero. Paul Terrell Henruy. Frank Hernandez. Miguel Angel Honorato. Javier Jorge-Reyes. Jason Benjamin Josaphat. Eddie Jamoldroy Justice. Anthony Luis Laureanodisla. Christopher Andrdew Leinonen. Alejandro Barrio Martinez. Brenda Lee Marquez McCool. Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez. Kimberly Morris.
Here in Washington, D.C., which held its own gay pride parade, a color-saturated celebration which draws big crowds every year, vigils and sadness and shock were the norm.
In politics, it was another story. While gay political issues from weddings to bathrooms were still playing out in the political discourse, the tragedy resulted in what appeared to be a nation-wide outbreak of compassion, love, and empathy for the gay community and for the victims. The fact that an Isis sympathizer if not activist had committed the crime sent shivers up the spines of most people, being reminiscent of Boston, San Bernardino and Paris and all the attendant fears that went with such memories.
Predictably, there was an almost resigned call for gun control, especially on automatic weapons.
Trump took this to be his defining moment, another in a long list. At the time of the killings, Trump had been embroiled and not a little damaged by his attacks on a judge handling the Trump University civil suit, in which he suggested that the judge could not be fair because he is “a Mexican.”
Now, after a perfunctory nod to the victims and their families, Trump once again invoked that he had been right and called again for a ban on Muslim immigrants, and attacked both Hillary Clinton and President Obama, going so far to suggest that because the president would not use the phrase “Islamic terror”, that he should resign. He suggested not too subtly that the president was sympathetic to terrorists and Isis.
After the political climate got so that hot that a debate erupted in Congress over gun control, complete with filibusters, Trump went for a meet with the National Rifle Association and hinted that he might be in favor of not selling weapons to people on a terrorist watch list, a no-brainer. He yelled at Republicans for not backing him on just about everything, telling them to unite and “be quiet.” He banned the Washington Post from covering his rallies.
As for the victims of this tragedy, he had very little if anything to say. He showed again—in his reaction to criticism, in his inability to strike a note of authentic sympathy and empathy—that he lacked critical components of presidential leadership and character: a sense of humor and a sense of tragedy.
More and more, the horrible murder of 49 people have become a part of the Trump show. More and more, in his behavior toward his party, his criticism of rivals, the media and the president of the United States, he is behaving like, not a presumptive presidential nominee, but like a presumptuous dictator. Be quiet, indeed.
The names remain and resonate with our common humanity:
Akyra Monet Murray. Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo. Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera. Joel Rayon Paniagua. Jean Carlos Mendez Perez. Enrique L. Rios, Jr. Jean C. Nives Rodriguez. Christopher JosephSanfeliz. Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado. Edward Sotomayor Jr. Yilmary Rodreiguez Sulivan. Shane Evan Tomlinson. Martin Benetiz Torres. Jonnathan Antonio Camuy Vega. Franky Jimmy Dejesus Valazquez. Juan P. River Velazquez. Luis S. Vielma. Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon. Jerald Arthur Wright.
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Home Troy-Somerset Gazette Business was booming: How this Troy tech shop grappled with COVID-19
Business was booming: How this Troy tech shop grappled with COVID-19
by JUSTIN COOPER
In the early days of Michigan’s COVID-19 outbreak, with 12 cases statewide and less than a week before its first death related to the pandemic, an employee of Troy tech resale shop Disc Replay covered a co-worker’s shift.
He wore gloves throughout the day, as the job requires handling second-hand video game consoles, discs, and tech accessories. A customer made fun of him for over-protecting himself against the pandemic that had yet to alter daily life for most in Michigan.
“You know, the flu is more dangerous,” the naysayer said, echoing what had for weeks been a common sentiment. He bragged about the cheap flight he’d booked for the next weekend.
Just over a week later, with Michigan nearing 300 cases, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued a stay-at-home order, and Disc Replay closed its doors “for at least three weeks.”
The 13 days Disc Replay spent between Michigan’s first COVID-19 cases and Michigan’s first stay-at-home order are a window into the challenges a small business faced as they grappled with a situation that grew more urgent and less predictable with each passing day.
All employees interviewed for this story were granted anonymity.
Nick Leja, who owns Disc Replay’s Troy location and several others in the region, sent out the company’s first guidance on COVID-19 on Friday, March 13.
Speaking through Troy manager Blake Smith in an email, Leja listed basic preventative measures like social distancing and washing your hands for 20 seconds, and told employees to stay home if they develop a dry cough.
At opening, closing and shift changes, all surfaces touched by hands were to be disinfected. Touching customers’ trade-in items should be fine, he said, as long as employees wash their hands before touching their faces or eating.
At least one employee replied to Smith with concerns to pass up the chain. He cautioned against trade-ins altogether and cited concerns about the company’s policy around calling in sick.
According to a former employee, Disc Replay workers must arrange for their shift to be covered, or else it is as good as a no-call-no-show.
Smith reassured employees that no one’s job is in jeopardy and said he would forward his email up the chain of command.
Around this time, Disc Replay’s business spiked. On Sunday, March 15, sales at the store were over double what was forecasted.
By then, Oakland County had confirmed 16 cases of COVID-19.
“There were days close to, if not Black Friday itself, that we didn’t do that much,” a former middle manager told the Gazette.
Whatever the cause – employees suggested people were either stocking up on entertainment or were forced into Disc Replay because competitors had closed – the sales floor was flush with people just as the pandemic was setting in.
Michigan reported its first death related to COVID-19 three days later in Wayne County.
“It’s wrong morally,” an employee told the Gazette that day. “Businesses small and large are closing across the street and country due to the virus. Similar businesses do what they should, and yet Replay stays open to maximize profit.”
By the end of the week, an employee had taken his workers’ safety into his own hands. With the approval of the workers on his shift, he implemented a 10-person capacity and suspended all trade-ins, measures that upper management had not approved up to that point.
GameStop, a competitor that had stayed open nationwide, closed its stores that day after having its business license revoked in Pennsylvania. Oakland County reported its 277th COVID-19 case and its second death.
An employee said he believes management took the pandemic seriously, but lacked on-the-ground perspective. The staff’s supply of Clorox wipes was dwindling by Saturday, March 21, and they had run out of gloves.
Leja said he and the district manager stocked up on cleaning supplies with “no dollar limitation” that were to be brought in the next day, and now have a surplus of protection equipment for when the store reopens.
On an emergency staff call that night that included Leja, no employees agreed to continue working. Four people volunteered to service curbside pick-up, but one soon backed out.
Leja also told them he would not immediately follow an order that day from Oakland County Executive Dave Coulter to close all malls, according to two employees who were on the call.
Disc Replay is housed in a strip mall, and the order called for the closure of “business establishments housed in a series of connected or adjacent buildings or in a single large building.”
“We decided at the staff meeting that I would look into this further and potentially reach out to Oakland County to get clarification,” Leja said. “I’m not saying the order did not apply to us, just that I wanted to look into it.”
The store did not open the following day, the last before Whitmer issued a state-wide stay-at-home order on Monday, March 23, which ordered all “non-essential” businesses to close and eliminated the perceived gray area.
“Ever since this began, our store policy has been that the employees can decide if we remain open and what days/hours we’re open (if any),” Leja said. “During times like these, I don’t think it’s right for any retail store owner to decide for their staff whether or not the store will be open.”
An employee said that while staff was never “explicitly” told to continue working, the employee handbook doesn’t say “anything like this.” Likewise, the former middle manager said Leja’s comment was the first time he had heard of any such policy.
It’s unclear where exactly the communication breakdown took place, but while employees griped in private chats, implemented personal policies to protect themselves and funneled grievances up the chain of command, Disc Replay’s staff was frozen in place.
“[Smith] wanted the store closed. He had talks with [ownership]. We remain open,” an employee said the day before Whitmer’s order. Smith did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
In a voluntary virtual meeting the week of March 29, staff discussed how to make Disc Replay “a safe workplace” when Whitmer’s stay-at-home order is lifted, Leja said. Ideas included plexiglass barriers around areas with the most customer interaction and a cash bucket on a 5- to 6-foot stick.
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Nintz King of the Britons
Seeking the Grail (UTC -8)
Imperial Parliament of Sweden, Stockholm
The clock struck 12. For exactly one full day had protests been raging. The government center of the country had been under lock-down, the aristocratic advisers to the king unable to leave for their own safety. The masses of the people had finally had enough. The autocratic elite, the king foremost among them, and ruled Sweden for a long time. Their rule had not brought anything but death, destruction, and dishonor to the people. Despite that, Sweden continued to survive. Yet thrive it did not. Where the Germans, Russians, and English built large nations, they built something to be proud of, Sweden continued to flounder. Enough was enough. Protests had erupted across the nation, with Stockholm itself bearing the worst of the problem. What did the people want? No one knew. Some called for democracy, some for communism like Russia, others still believed even a military rule would be better. The one thing they had in common? They hated the king. They want him out. Most want him dead. He's not going to just give up and surrender though.
This is going to be a long winter.
"Knowledge is power, and power corrupts. So study hard and be evil."
NinNES III - Click here if you want to help create a fantasy world that will include empire building, gods smiting, and just a healthy dash of were-unicorns.
Nintz, Nov 25, 2012
A revolution in Sweden? This sort of thing is unheard of, you know.
Lord of Elves, Nov 25, 2012
Birdjaguar Hanafubuki Retired Moderator Supporter
Most of the UU are pretty self explanatory, but what is a Warker?
"Often it is better to be approximately correct than precisely wrong."
Hafiz: “I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days.”
"The more one knows about something, the less it can surprise you."
Birdjaguar, Nov 25, 2012
Birdjaguar said: ↑
Tank/Barrel/Panzer.
GamezRule, Nov 25, 2012
What Gamez said. Nader invented them, and named them that, for some reason.
TheLizardKing, Nov 25, 2012
To: Second Spanish Empire & All Concerned Parties
Like said previously, I am willing to release Hedjaz. But not to join with the current Arabian nation and not completely free. The highest independence we will give the Arabs in Hedjaz is that of a protectorate. They will be able to govern themselves nearly completely, but we will still represent the foreign interests of the Ottoman Empire, including the would-be country of Hedjaz. Exact details on the amount of independence can be discussed after the rebels lay down their weapons. Active fighting while talking of peace is a joke in itself.
This is the proposal which was accepted as just by Spain and her allies. This is the same proposal which is contained in the Treaty of Mecca. You speak of the need to compromise to fit the wishes of Spain and the House of Saud. The agreement listed above was a compromise on the part of the Sultan, and current attempts to push him even further are a breach in civilized diplomacy. Specifics regarding the Treaty of Mecca are up for negotiation, but the entire premise of our original agreement is not.
Agent 89, Nov 25, 2012
Agent 89 said: ↑
We do not disagree with this understanding. In fact, we believe that recent equivocations by the Ottoman Empire about the degree of independence the people of Hedjaz may or may not enjoy are negotiations on the premise of the proposed agreement, which we now understand all parties to the exception (apparently) of the Ottoman Sultan agree upon. Should any treaty be drafted that follows these fundamental lines, we believe that we would be willing to apply our signature to it.
Therefore we do not understand what the existing issue is regarding the Spanish proposal, as we have understood it to be fundamentally equivalent to your own offering.
To: The Ottoman Empire, Spain, Other Powers
From: Hussein bin Ali, former Emir of Mecca, Arab Leader
We are not paying reparations to anyone, nor are we going to allow for the status quo to continue. We laid down arms with the understanding the our autonomy would be given to us by the Spanish or on our own. We will not allow ourselves to be put under the thumb of the Sultan, while he claims we are "independent". We will fight to the last, rather than let the Turks attempt to gain more footing in the Hedjaz.
To: Hussein bin Ali, former Emir of Mecca, Arab Leader
We made no such promises, as Germany's latest statement shows. We have told many times, even before the treaty was made, that we would not completely release Hedjaz from Ottoman control. It would lead to great turmoil within our empire; it simply cannot be done. I give you one last chance to discuss the treaty with us.
Lord of Elves said: ↑
Then what is wrong with our proposal if it's fundamentally the same?
Tyo, Nov 25, 2012
We have arrived at the conclusion that there has been a misunderstanding of purpose; ourselves and the other attendants of the Doha Conference have had the goal of the creation of a Hedjaz protectorate to be released at a later date as an independent state. We now understand the Ottoman position to be that of the creation of a Hedjaz protectorate, to be held as a dependency indeterminately or for all intents and purposes, in perpetuity.
We do not believe the latter option is a viable path to stability.
And we KNOW that the former will destabilize the entire Empire. This proposed course is not acceptable if the Ottoman Empire is to continue as we know it today. We will NOT undo hundreds of years of this Empire's development to please the few Arabs revolting nor the Spanish Empire.
I think they are meant to be named after the company that built them, which was named 'Warkers.'
Grandkhan, Nov 25, 2012
The Italian Embassy in Athens received the following message when they offered peace to the Greek Government.
Give me back all of my land or I shall be crowned Roman Emperor in Rome.
It was met with laughter and things of similar nature, and the embassy was promptly closed.
ZeletDude, Nov 26, 2012
Then it is time to releash the Immortals.
ooc: You will understand what I mean in the update.
christos200, Nov 26, 2012
Azale Deity
Ok, no way I can keep up with this NES, especially with starlifenes coming. Dropping, but not because of the moderatorship which has been pleasantly competent
"We have dined with the devil. But we ourselves are not the devil. We had very long forks."
Chat at #nes! Chat at #fiftychat!
Azale, Nov 26, 2012
Eltain Emperor
ROC, NY, US
I look forward to reading of your invasion of Italy, Christos.
We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent
that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.
Semper In Faecibus Sumum, Sole Profundum Variat
"I did kind of flinch with the cutting the babies out of the womb and strangling them with umbilical cords." -Lord of Elves
Eltain, Nov 26, 2012
I must surrender to you now.
Azale said: ↑
Sad to see you go, come back anytime.
Orders due in tomorrow, I'll be gone for the rest of today, and try to answer PMs when possible.
Also; I taught myself how to make paths in gimp. Tell me what you think.
I'm debating if I should include Colonial names, and what to do about the small countries.
J.K. Stockholme Right Opposition
I think you could remove the word "the" from the beginning of names. And perhaps a more retro font for the time period?
J.K. Stockholme, Nov 26, 2012
Small countries could be numbered, with a footnote in the corner of the map.
Optical, Nov 26, 2012
I think you should keep the "the". Also, you can't really see Germany or Japan well. As for the colonies, I think you should do it for the larger colonies. I also like Optical's footnote idea for the smaller countries.
DC123456789, Nov 26, 2012
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Oman says 98% of produce within pesticide limits after UAE ban
Yesterday, UAE media reported that the country had decided to ban some fruits and vegetables from the sultanate
Oman has said 98 per cent of its sampled produce has conformed with international pesticide limits following reports of a ban on exports of some fruits and vegetables to the UAE from next month.
Read: UAE to ban produce from select Middle East countries in May
Yesterday, UAE media reported that the country had decided to ban some products from Egypt, Oman , Jordan, Lebanon and Yemen due to harmful levels of pesticides beginning May 15.
In a statement, the country’s Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries said it had a previous agreement on pesticide levels with the UAE dating back more than five years.
This requires it to attach a certificate of pesticide levels for crops including eggplants, watermelons, bell peppers, pumpkins, carrots, tomatoes and melons.
The ministry went on to say that an analysis of more than 1,600 samples from commercial farms to date, found 98 per cent were compliant.
But it added that there were occasional excesses from some farmers and exporters and it followed up when informed of these incidents.
The ministry said it was communicating with UAE authorities to resolve the problem and ensure its produce is within internationally permitted pesticide limits.
Staff Writer April 25, 2017
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Long Revolution
Twenty-First Century Socialism
00) What’s New & Main Menu
10) Ideas and Ideals
10.1) More Ideas
Does the ‘Right Stuff’ exist?
Sir James Goldsmith: Rich, Loud and Ignorant
Sociocide – Liberalism’s True History
The Enlightenment’s Limited Light
The Trotskyist Origins of US Neo-Cons
Why I Call It a Global Night-Club
10.2) Further Ideas
Classes in Britain in 2011
Fukuyama on History after the Gulf War
How the Left Created Modern Ideas of ‘The Normal’.
How to prevent school massacres
Pascal, the Jesuits and Plato
Raymond Williams Remembered
The World View behind the Gulf War
Baby Boomers to Blame?
Business Success a Mix of Skill and Luck
Everyone and Anyone are Rival Simplifications of Human Nature
Khrushchev Influenced By Trotskyism
Thatcher struck at the roots of Britishness
The Left Redefined ‘The Normal’
The World as a Global Night-Club
Why ‘The Individual’ is a muddled idea
Why Trotsky’s politics achieved nothing solid
15) Science
15.1) More science
Blond Hair not Racial
Cooking Made Us Human
Gifts Close to Madness?
Letter About Memes
Rational Chimps, Hobbits and Starch-Eating Humans
The Evolution of Bees
Why Motherhood Exists
15.2) Yet More science
Fearsome dinosaur-eating mammals (deceased)
Superorganisms – Ant Nests and Human Religions
The Decline of US Science
The Large Hadron Collider in 2008
Why Only Some Children Bounce Back From Bad Childhoods
And So Say All of Me
Big fierce animals are losers
Chimp DNA Changed More Than Ours
Chimps Are Never Tame
Dark Skin, Blue Eyes – the Original Europeans
Evolution Prevented By Competition
Human Altruism and Psychopathy
Is Giftedness Tied to Cultural Values?
Mice more evolved than humans
Natural Selection as ‘Survival of the Grandkids’
Should We Fear Alien Civilisations?
The Usefulness of Group Thinking
20) History
Civilisation Alley
Crusaders, Nomads and Conquistadors
Nation States existed long before the Peace of Westphalia
Religion and Capitalism
Rival British Christianities of the 17th Century
Steven Pinker Misunderstands the Enlightenment
The ‘White Race’ does not exist
The original guerillas of Spain
The Seven Months War of 1914 – Part 1
Why The Ming Sea Voyages Led To Nothing
30) Britain
30.1) More on Britain
Ed Miliband’s anti-state legacy
How New Labour Emerged from 1970s Labour Leftism
Orwell Looking Down on British Workers
Poppy Day after the Iraq War
The Royal Bank “of Scotland”
William Hague and the 2001 General Election
Arkwright – How Money Conquered Work
Awed by the Amazing Twentieth?
Boris Johnson and the ‘Russian’ Nerve Gas Attack
British Democracy Began in 1884
Fear of Socialism by the Labour Defectors
How the British Empire Blighted Britain
Labour Party Defectors of 2019
Mary Tudor and Elizabeth – almost a beautiful story
Minterism: an English Vanity
Orwell as a British Imperialist
Slavery in the British Empire
The Brixton Riots of 1987
The Legacy of Tony Blair (2007)
The Original Conspiracy Theory (Which Didn’t Include Jews)
Why Labour needs Jeremy Corbyn
40) China (including Tibet)
40.1) More on China
China rejecting the Western political system
Communist China’s 1989 Fight for Survival
Reviewing ‘Mao: the Unknown Story’
Reviewing Martin Jacques ‘When China Rules The World’
The 1989 Tianenmen Crackdown, viewed from 2001
The Hainan Island incident of 2001
40.2) Tibet
How Tibet Emerged Within the Wider Chinese Power-Political Zone
The Strange History of the Dalai Lamas
The Tibetan Race Riots of 2008
Tibet and International Law
Why the West should not be encouraging Tibetan separatism
China’s ‘Three Bitter Years’, 1959 to 1961
Communist China’s survival after the Tiananmen Crackdown
How Mao Modernised Chinese Thinking
45) Fascism & the Two World Wars
45.1) More on Fascism & the World Wars
How Britain Planned World War One
Orwell on Spain and Britain
The British Empire’s Accidental War With Nazi Germany
Was the Brest-Litovsk Peace Unreasonable?
What Churchill really meant by ‘The Few’
Why the Left lost the Spanish Civil War
Britain’s 20th century wars
British and US Genocide
Deaths Caused by Hitler
Hitler’s English Inspirers
How Churchill was Close to Fascism
How Hitler Might Have Had a Victorious Peace
How the Tory Party aided Hitler’s Rise
Raymond Williams in World War Two
The British Empire, the USA and Hitler
Why Churchill Admired Mussolini
Woodrow Wilson’s Deceptive ’14 Points’
48) Anti-Semitism and Zionism
Britain’s Mixed Feelings About Hitler in the 1930s
Criminalising Holocaust Denial
Fewer Anti-Semites in Labour than Tories
Hitler – the 13th Chancellor
Israel as a Western Colony
Israel Taking Too Much
Jews Suffering in the Fall of the British Empire
Ken Livingstone Not Antisemitic
Market Minorities Across the World
Zionism as the Abolition of Jews
Zionism’s Suicidal Militancy
50) Globalisation
50.1) More on Globalisation
David Hutton and “The State We’re In”
Opium City – the story of Hong Kong
Rationality and World History
Thatcherite Concepts of Classlessness
The Anglosphere in 2004
The Internet as Secret Policeman’s Friend
What ‘Stakeholder’ Means
Anti-Globalisation in 2001
Are Top Salaries Really Justified?
David Miliband on Democracy
Degraded Globalisation
How Everything Changed in 1979
Money and Gun-Power – Globalisation as it is
Olympic Sports for the Top Four
Reflections on the Start of the Iraq War
Russia and the Nerve Gas attack on Sergei Skripal
The many versions of democracy
The Web Is Always Insecure
The World After 9/11
Ukraine – Kiev’s Five-Day War Machine
What Was The Minimum for Sovereign States?
Yeltsin’s Final Election and the Near-Return of the Russian Communists
55) Economics
55.1) The Human Basis of Economics
Capitalism Within Culture
Capitalist ‘Managerial Science’ is Highly Collectivist
Economics is About People, Not Money
How we are still paying for fear of Corporatism in the 1970s.
The Unnatural Nature of Commerce
55.2) Adam Smith Misled Us
Adam Smith and the New Right
Adam Smith Faked His Most Famous Claim
Anti-Capitalist, For What?
Coleridge’s Alternative for the British Economy
Corporations Are Against Individualism
How Real Economic Growth Was Not Based on Adam Smith’s Ideas
The Core Falsehood of Capitalist Economics
The Mixed Economy Won the Cold War
William Petty Describing Real Capitalism
Capitalism as a theology
Coleridge’s Alternative for British Capitalism
Ha-Joon Chang’s “23 Things They Don’t Tell You about Capitalism”
How National Economies Really Grow
How Roosevelt’s New Deal Saved the West
Market Winners Rob the Rest of Us
Replacing Capitalism by Capitalism
The errors of New Right economics
Trickle-Down Never Happened
Where new products really come from
Why Profit Needn’t Mean Wealth Creation
60) News Archive
1998 to 2009 – Newsnotes
1998 and 1999 Newsnotes
1996 and 1997 – Newsnotes
Newsnoted 1999 03
Newsnotes 1998 09
2000 – 2001 Newsnotes
2002 Newsnotes
News Blog – August 2018
News Blog – October 2018
2019 02 – Blog on Politics
2019 02 – Blog on Science
2019 02 – Blog on Science Fiction & Fantasy
65) New Right Ideas
Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged
Errors of Friedrich Hayek
Inequality and no ‘Trickle-Down’
International Law and the 1990s
Milton Friedman and his Errors
Models of Democracy
Needless Suffering in the 1840s Irish Potato Famine
New Right Ideas – Hayek and Ayn Rand
70) USA
Bewitched – Television from the 1960s USA
Bill Clinton’s Injustice Towards Iraq
Both Sides Were Racist in the US Civil War
Colin Powell and Vietnam massacres
How the USA Shifted Left after World War Two
Kennedy Assassination – Two Separate Plots?
Obama as Just Another Ineffective President
The Space Shuttle, the ‘Right Stuff’ and Chuck Yeager
73) Democracy
Democracy and one-party states
How John Stuart Mill twisted the idea of liberty
Letter on Democracy and Capitalism
75) Other Politics
1950s British War Crimes in Africa
Bias in the Nobel Peace Prize
Corporations Good, Corporatism Bad?
How Ideologies Collapsed Within the Soviet Union and Within Roman Catholicism
How Marxism Redefined Human Society
How the Vietnam War extended freedom in the West
Japan Doing OK
Starting the Iraq War (2003)
US Reactions to 9/11
US Shysterism in Iraqi in 2004
Variable Eternal Truths about Serbs and Germans
76) Problems Magazine
Agnes Smedley and China’s Red Army
Agnes Smedley in the Sino-Japanese War
Asocialism – the Core Idea of the New Right
Balfour on Cobden and Progress
Balfour Against Free Trade
Balfour Against Progress?
Balfour on Cobden
Balfour on Progress
Cobden, Corn Laws and World War One
Why does Balfour Still Matter?
China: Blue Ants and Dangerous Reds
China: Nurturing Red Stars
Freedom as Misunderstood by Liberals
How Chinese Communism Fixed a Broken Society
How Mao Greatly Strengthened China
In a Hole In a Hole Dwelt a Nothingness
Marxism and the Wrong Turning of 1987 to 1995
Post-Liberalism
Being An Aboriginal European
Chinese Politics Working Well
Why All Freedom Includes Limits
Why Liberal Solutions Are Failing
Russian Christianity and the Bolsheviks
The End of the Road for New Right Ideas
The invention of agriculture and cities
The West Fails in Five Civilisations
Traditional China Resisted Modernisation
What If the Russian Revolution Hadn’t Happened?
Why China’s ‘Blue Republic’ Achieved Nothing
Gorbachev – Ruining Your Own Country
77) Why Humans Make Religion
Celtic, Germanic, Multicultural
Edmund Burke’s Beliefs
Enoch Powell’s Odd Defence of the Gospels
Lovelock’s Gaia Hypothesis as Rehashed Religion
Mel Gibson’s ‘The Passion of the Christ’ Twists the Tale
Religions as Imperfect Human Understanding
Unexpected Things said in the Bible
What do we mean by ‘Evil’?
80) Literature
80.1) Literature, Film and Art
Bulstrode: the Complexities of English Hypocracy
Mark Twain, The Unfunny Underside
Mary Shelley’s misinterpreted Frankenstein
Gollum as Stream-of-Consciousness
85) Science Fiction & Fantasy
85.1) Tolkien
000) Lord of the Rings, Chapter by Chapter
101) Opening, and A Long-Expected Party
102) The Shadow of the Past
103) Three is Company
104) A Short Cut to Mushrooms
105) A Conspiracy Unmasked
106) The Old Forest
107) In the House of Tom Bombadil
108) Fog on the Barrow-downs
109) At the Sign of The Prancing Pony
110) Strider
111) A Knife in the Dark
112) Flight to the Ford
170) When Would Normal Gold Melt?
180) Gandalf, Rings and Ringwraiths
201) Many Meetings
202) The Council of Elrond
203) The Ring Goes South
204) A Journey in the Dark
205) The Bridge of Khazad-dûm
206) Lothlórien
207) The Mirror of Galadriel
208) Farewell to Lórien
209) The Great River
210) The Breaking of the Fellowship
270) Who Is Tom Bombadil?
301) The Departure of Boromir
302 – The Riders of Rohan
303 – The Uruk-Hai
304 – Treebeard
305 – The White Rider
306 – The King of the Golden Hall
307 – Helm’s Deep
308 – The Road to Isengard
309 – Flotsam and Jetsam
310 – The Voice of Saruman
311 – The Palantir
401 – The Taming of Smeagol
402 – The Passage of the Marshes
407 – Journey to the Cross-roads
408 – The Stairs of Cirith Ungol
409 – Shelob’s Lair
410 – The Choices of Master Samwise
800 – Tying Chapters to Dates
888 – Finding It Hard To Read?
A Letter to Private Eye Defending Tolkien
Defending Tolkien Against Michael Moorcock’s Condemnation
Filming Tolkien
Power and Politics in Tolkien’s Work
Tolkien and British History
Tolkien and Le Guin
Tolkien as understood by Peter Jackson, Brian Sibley and Ralph Bakshi
Eyes and Illusions in Tolkien and Le Guin
Home Movies of the Soul
How Did Gandalf Find the One Ring?
My Own Science Fiction
700) Very Short Stories
Becoming Dangerous Yellow
Einstein and the Official Christmas Day
Fire works, Ice Endures
Mistcrap in Flipworld
Turning the Year
Vindalf’s Gift
710) Stories under 1000 words
A close transit of a gas giant
A fight at the Temple of the Black Cloud
How a robotka was left behind on a primitive planet
Kindness, Choice and Psychopaths
One Walked To War
Several Stars Away From Home
Sociopaths and Osteopaths
The Ashes Of My Brief Existence
The Seven Months War of 1914: 1)
The Seven Months War of 1914: 2) The Marne and Tannenberg
The Seven Months War of 1914: 3) The Christmas Truce and the Bryan Plan
The Seven Months War of 1914: 4) Peace Plans and the Problem of Bosnia
The Seven Months War of 1914: 5) The Consequences of the 1915 Peace
Troy Before Homer
The Harry Potter Books (in 2000)
The Moral Void in Star Wars
Tolkien in the language of film
90) Who Am I?
90.1) My artwork
95) T-shirt Design
My t-shirt design
90.2) My Holiday Photos
90.3) My Humour
A Multiverse Excursion
Black Hawk Down Snow Dogs
Coral alarm dwarfs pact to cut gases
What to do with non-BBC Accents
998) From Labour Affairs
2000 to 2009 – Magazine
Bulstrode: the Complexities of English Hypocrisy
Genius and other mental abnormalities
How Tibet Emerged Within the Wider Chinese Power-Political Zone.
The Anglosphere in 2004 (Anticipating Brexit)
The World View behind the 2003 Gulf War
2019 05 – Magazine
2019 05 – News From France
2019 05 – Newsnotes
2019 05 – Parliamentary Notes
K) Labour Never Anti-Semitic
M) Articles By Topic
P) 1987 to 1993
My Father Raymond Williams
Articles By Topic from 1987
Magazines 001 to 012
Magazine 001 January 1987
Life of Anthony Crosland
Newsnotes 001
Racism as Anti-Racism
Reagan’s Star Wars
Magazine 002 – April 1987
Chinese Anti-Party Protests of 1987
Life of R. H. Tawney
Newsnotes 002 – April 1987
Magazine 003 – July 1987
Growing Inequality (noted in mid-1987)
Legalising Prostitution
Life of Clement Attlee
Life of Hugh Dalton
Newsnotes 003 – July 1987
Magazine 004 – October 1987
Newsnotes 004 – October 1987
Why Harold Wilson’s Government Achieved Little
Why Pornography Does Not Cause Rape
Why Socialists Should Accept the British Monarchy
Why the West Saved Saddam Hussein in 1987
Magazine 005 – January 1988
Disbelieving Gorbachev’s Reforms (Jan. 1989)
French Peasants in the 1920s (in film)
From Stalin Down To Gorbachev
Newsnotes 005 – January 1988
Socialism and Child Benefit (in 1988)
Spycatcher: Fact or Fantasy
Left-wing Fear of Corporatism (in 1988)
May 1968 in France
Afghanistan Neglected in 1988
Conflicts Between Rival Nationalisms in 1988
Newsnotes 007 – July 1988.
The 1968 Invasion of Czechoslovakia Doomed the Soviet Union
The Effects of Pornography (in 1988)
How Thatcher Encouraged Selfishness
How Vietnam Won the War But Lost the Peace
Socialism and the 1688 British Revolution
The Bevin Society: Aims and Purposes
Demanding a Written British Constitution
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Housing in Britain (in 1989)
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Should the Labour Party Accept Nuclear Weapons?
Thatcherism Failing (written March 1989)
The British Left Made Thatcher Possible
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Belfast in the French Revolution (Book Review)
Protecting Islam Within Britain (History )
Protecting Islamic Faith in Britain
The Social Origins of Islam
Thatcher’s Rise to Power
The French Revolution and Its Unstable Politics
What Tiananmen 1989 Was Really About
When Kinnock Abandoned Unilateralism
Magazine 013 – September 1989
Against the ‘Deep Greens’
Educational Reform (in 1989)
Newsnotes 013 – September 1989
The Building Industry (in 1989)
Magazine 014 – November 1989.
Ancient Welsh Lives of Ordinary People
How Pagans Celebrate Christmas
Labour 1945 – a success?
Looking Back at the Europe Stalin Made
Newsnotes 014 – November 1989.
Thatcher and Gorbachev as Soulmates
Green and Socialist Fit Naturally
Jesus of Montreal (film review)
Lessons from the 19th century German Customs Union
Socialism and Vegetarianism
British Literati and the Satanic Verses (in 1989)
British socialist should see the monarchy as useful
Ceausescu’s Fall (as seen in March 1990)
Climate Change (a warning from 1990)
East Europe in March 1990
Gender and Words
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Rail Privatisation Errors Foreseen in 1990
Thatcher Not Good for British Capialism
Turks and Others (as seen in March 1990)
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Americanizing the Labour Party (in 1990)
Does Pornography Cause Violence?
Letter on the Electricians Union in the 1950s
Misunderstanding Stalin
Newsnotes 017 – May 1990
Thatcher and the Poll Tax Riots
The Poll Tax Riots of 1990
Democracy and the Communist Manifesto
Iraq – a Crisis Before the Kuwait Invasion
Morality and Modern Christian Failure
Racism in London (in 1990)
Review of a Biography of Bertrand Russell
War Crimes Trials – Only for the Defeated
Why US Electronics Succeeded
H. G. Wells Vision of Benevolent Dictatorship
Interview with Barbara Castle
Iraq in 1990 – No Better Alternative Existed
Newsnotes 019 – September 1990.
Warning Against a Gulf War (in late 1990)
Magazine 020 – November 1990
Iraq and International Law (late 1990)
Labour Must Uphold Full Employment
Marx and Engels excluded Parliamentary Democracy from the Communist Manifesto
Newsnotes 020 – November 1990
Poverty and the Planet
Shrewd Remarks by Churchill
Star Trek – Rebooted for the 1990s
The IRA as criminals or warriors?
The Morality of a Gulf War (Nov. 1990)
The Moscow Trials of the 1930s
The Politics of Bonfire Night
The US Teamsters Union
Adam Smith Had Alien Social Values
Blasphemy for Atheists? Why Bother?
Force-Labour Camps in 1930s Britain.
How Thatcher Encouraged Welfare Dependency
How Thatcher Repeatedly Rewarded IRA Violence
Poland in 1991
Sovereignty and a Single European Currency (in 1991)
Tories Claim a Classless Society
Warning Against a Gulf War (Jan. 1991)
When John Major Succeeded Thatcher
Hunter-Gatherers in a World of Machines
Iraq Tricked Into Invading Kuwait?
Jack Jones, 1970s Trade Union Leader
Saudi Arabia Encouraged the 1991 Gulf War
The First Bad Gulf War (1991)
The USA Forced a War Over Kuwait
War Without Law (History)
Gulf War Lies & Callousness to Arabs
Interview with Eric Heffer
Sicilian Godfathers in Fact and Film
The Post-1956 Failure of Pro–Moscow Communism
The United Nations and the 1991 Gulf War
Against Bush’s New World Order
False History for Ireland
Mao’s Achievements (as seen in 1991)
Tribute to Eric Heffer
1991 Interview with Bill Morris
Green Issues and the Labour Party (in 1991)
Industrial Democracy – the Lost Chance
Labour in the Irish Republic (in 1991)
Making peace in South Africa in 1991
Neglect of the Mentally Ill (in 1991)
Serbs and Croats – who was Anti-Nazi?
Student Politics Remade the Left (1 of 3)
The 1991 Soviet Coup – viewed just afterwards
Black Sections in the Labour Party (in 1991)
Eric Heffer
Labour and Student Politics, 2 of 3
Serbs in 1991 Allowed to Crush Albanian Kosovo
The USA’s New World Order (in 1991)
What Ernest Bevin did for Trade Unionism
British Government Disrupts the European Union (in 1991)
The novel ‘How Green Was My Valley’
‘Marxism Today’ smugly winds itself up amidst the ruins of left-wing politics
How Charles Haughey Transformed Ireland
Stalin: Triumph and Tragedy.
Labour Needs a Working Class Section
Student Politics Remade the British Left (3)
The Labour Party and Trade Unions
Was Modern Industry a Mistake?
‘Bomber’ Harris in 1920s Iraq
Darwinism – a Creed Needing Correction
Football as Culture (in 1992)
Kier Hardie – Labour’s First MP
Kleptocracy in Yeltsin’s Russia
Russia past and present (in 1992)
When Marxism Was Made Fashionable (in 1992)
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Labour’s Original Clause 4 (Public Ownership)
Newsnotes From 1987
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What Is Placed, and Why
Problems Magazine – Older Issues
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British Distortions of German Motives in World War One
Encouraging Iraqi Rebels in April 1991
Gorbachev ‘s Failure, Foreseen in 1990
Gorbachev and Islam, reconsidered in 2010
How the British Establishment Planned World War One
Looking Back in 1991 at East Germany’s collapse
Many Versions of Democracy
P1 – 59 – Mary Shelley’s misinterpreted Frankenstein
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The 1991 Invasion of Iraq – not International Law
The Failed Russian Coup of 1991
The Irish State in 1990
The Soviet Collapse and the Putin Recovery
The United Nations as a 20th Century Myth
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The Vanishing of Leninist Eastern Europe (viewed from 1990)
Thoughts on Socialism And Private Property
Warning in 1991 Against a War Against Serbia
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William Cobbett’s 1831 Trial for Free Speech
999) Backup for Gwydion
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Two Black Hawks and a Chinook
Save A Soldier, Kill A Child [Cluster Bombs]
Iraq, the never-ending story
Democracy: Iraq Says No
Ghost Stories [Pro-Saddam Demonstration in Iraq]
McIslam and Normal Islam
Fragging By Proxy? [Iraq War]
Third Way Ends Sadly [Non-Muslims in Iraq]
Thieves robbed! Shock Horror in Western Eyes [Putin and Yukos]
Rational Economics [Inequality in the USA]
The New Space Race [Chinese Space Program]
Harry Plotter & the Quietly Ignorant Troll [Tory Leader Iain Duncan Smith]
To govern Iraq, you need to be tough, and you need to be seen as tough. But it’s not just fear—you need to be seen to care for Iraq as an entity in its own right, rather than as raw material for your new vision of the world.
The USA does not care and does not understand. Thanks to Rumsfeld’s bizarre decision to go for ‘Thunder-Lite’, the actual conquest was messy. The soldiers managed to snatch a military victory despite a bad plan. But they were helped by Saddam’s apparent decision to move underground rather than use up everything he had in a doomed last stand.
Since when Iraq has been used as raw material for New Right fantasies. Keynesianism was able to reshape Western Europe and much of East Asia while confronting a rival superpower, because Keynesianism worked for as long as people wanted it to. The New Right is floundering in Iraq, because New Right ideas are bloody stupid. They work only as an excuse for plundering existing wealth, as has been happening in Russia. But in Russia, people were at least fooled for a while and did elect Yeltsin and his bunch of crooks.
Plundering Iraq’s wealth has so far proved difficult. The administration of Bush Junior has been notable for ‘Pork-Barrel Libertarianism’, state power used to help the rich while the needy are ignored. Occupied Iraq was intended to be another feast for the Fat Cats. But oil in the ground is only valuable if you can avoid interference by the inconvenient people living on top of it. Elsewhere and especially in the Gulf states, the US has found compliant puppets willing to legitimise raw materials that pass out of the society while leaving it as poor as ever. But in Iraq, the process has so far failed.
At the time of writing (7th Nov) the biggest news is that a second Black Hawk has been brought down, a hat-trick of American military helicopters. More striking than the downed helicopter was the Iraqis celebrating at another ambush: Americans will no longer be able to believe the Bush line. Hit-and-run attacks would not be possible unless the USA had overstayed whatever welcome it once had. Iraqis now are quite happy for them to be attacked. Even regions that are strongly anti-Saddam seem willing to let the Resistance operate freely. And meantime suicide bombers strike unexpectedly and with drastic effect.
The bombers have been condemned for` mostly killing Iraqis, of course they are mostly killing Iraqis, it is Iraqi hearts and minds that are the key area of struggle. Under Saddam, you were safe so long as you didn’t oppose him. Or you were until the USA chose Iraq for its incoherent crusade, demonising a regime the US had supported for twenty years. But they are now finding that to run Iraq is not so easy. That Saddam’s methods evolved for definite reasons in a very fragmented and violent state, a state that was trying to build a coherent society out of three major ethnic groups plus a slew of minorities.
There is also the legacy of Vietnam. The USA resisted the idea of compromise or a Neutralist government. Then scuttled and left its allies in the lurch. Not a good example for those wondering now if they should join the new rulers.
I don’t suppose that the makers of cluster bombs will be using my slogan to sell their products. Because that’s exactly what it does. They may express it as ‘reducing battlefield losses’, but nothing is without a price.
Cluster bombs scatter dozens of tiny bomblets, which makes them militarily efficient. Rather than one big bang that may be in the wrong place, they can saturate an area with death and destruction. This cuts down the price in blood paid by the invading army.
But not all of these little bombs explode. The unexploded remnant are essentially mines. Failure rates were 5% to 10%, and are now supposedly down to 2%—which still means that most groups of 49 bomblets from a shell leaves behind one ‘mine’. How is that acceptable?
Save a soldier, kill a child. I’m sure that US policy-makers find some better way to package it. But that is just what they are doing and there is no sign that they will change.
“Rather than developing weapons of mass destruction, Saddam knew that he faced defeat and was arming a highly structured guerrilla force. It suggests that the resistance is far more orchestrated than was previously thought and could take longer to destroy…
“The Iraqi dictator formed three distinct resistance networks: The first was the mujaheddin, made up largely of Iraqis from outside his ruling Ba’ath party and Islamic volunteers who had fought in Chechnya and Afghanistan…
“The second was known as al-Ansar (the supporters), comprising Ba’ath party fighters chosen by Saddam, who kept their involvement secret from the party’s old guard… Its members were forbidden to use electronic forms of communication and kept in touch with each other by a system of messengers…”
“The third was al-Muhajiroun, distinct from but bearing the same name as the fundamentalist British-based group. It comprised some Ba’ath party officials, including doctors, engineers and military strategists, who would form the core of a new regime that Saddam hoped to build after the guerrilla war.” (Sunday Times, 21st Sept.)
Interesting that Saddam had forbidden the resistance to use electronic systems for anything secret. Idiocies like the Matrix film push the idea of electronic liberation, but hackers only flourish for as long as they do not annoy anyone powerful. Saddam clearly remembers who makes the stuff and who controls it. As much the biggest market, the USA sets standards and defines designs.
A lot of it is also ‘manna’, stuff that is paid for under a military budget by talking up foreign threats, and then passed on to the private sector. The key difference in the Cold War was ‘manna’, the US figuring it could keep control of a flow, whereas both Britain and Russia tried to stop everything. The UK’s pioneering computer work was buried, in case it shed light on some questionable decisions, and the whole show passed under US control.
In the West, it is safe enough to use the new electronic media for legal purposes, so long as you remember that there is no real security from the builders of the root systems. In Iraq, they seem to have sensibly avoided it.
Interestingly, a similar idea occurred to Lieutenant General Paul Van Riper, playing the part of Saddam in an exercise the US staged last year. “As the US fleet entered the Gulf, Van Riper gave a signal – not in a radio transmission that might have been intercepted, but in a coded message broadcast from the minarets of mosques at the call to prayer. The seemingly harmless pleasure craft and propeller planes suddenly turned deadly, ramming into Blue boats and airfields along the Gulf in scores of al-Qaida-style suicide attacks.” (Guardian, September 6, 2002)
In fact the fleet landed without difficulty and trouble emerged later on land. But it’s the same idea and the USA should have known better.
It’s clear now that there were no ‘Weapons Of Mass Destruction’, and that Bush must have known that there were not. So we must assume that the USA there in the hope of teaching Iraqis that they have no right to be any different from the USA.
Vice-President Cheney ‘Enronised’ a recent poll to make it seem that Iraqis were accepting them. A recent Guardian article showed how untrue this was:
“Twenty-three per cent of the Iraqis surveyed said that they would like to model their new government after the US; 17.5% would like their model to be Saudi Arabia; 12% said Syria, 7% said Egypt and 37% said “none of the above”. Hardly ‘winning hands down’.
“When given the choice as to whether they “would like to see US and British forces leave Iraq in six months, one year, or two years”, 31.5% of Iraqis said these forces should leave in six months; 34% say a year, and only 25% say two or more years. So while technically Cheney might say that “over 60% [actually 59%] … want the US to stay at least another year”, an equally correct observation would be that 65.5% want the US and Britain to leave in one year or less…
“When asked if “democracy can work in Iraq”, 51% said “no; it is a western way of doing things and will not work here.
“And attitudes toward the US were not positive. When asked whether, over the next five years, they felt that the “US would help or hurt Iraq”, 50% said that the US would hurt Iraq, while only 35.5% felt the US would help. On the other hand, 61% of Iraqis felt that Saudi Arabia would help Iraq in the next five years, as opposed to 7.5% who felt Saudi Arabia would hurt their country. Half felt that the UN would help Iraq, while 18.5% felt it would hurt. Iran’s rating was very close to the US’s, with 53.5% of Iraqis saying Iran would hurt them in the next five years, while only 21.5% felt Iran might help them.” (Bend It Like Cheney, October 29th, Guardian.)
Remarkably, the survey did not ask ‘did you want Saddam removed’, nor ‘has the removal of Saddam justified the war’. The Guardian may snipe at Bush’s specific policies, but the idea of ‘Liberal Imperialism’ is still cherished. Still, it is good to have some solid facts. The Bush administration has shown that right-wing rulers can get away with any number of lies and not be called liars. The truth and the lies told by Bush are normally given equal weight. This breaks down only where the lying has been too blatant, as with non-existent hidden weapons.
It’s been a general US policy to turn against allies when they stop being needed. Indirect pressure got rid of Ceaucescu in Romania, Mobutu in Zaire/Congo and Suharto in Indonesia. Indirect pressures and some European help turned Yugoslavia from a peaceful multi-ethnic state into a set of squabbling statelets dependent on the USA and the European Union.
Iraq has been the glitch, just as Vietnam was the glitch in their earlier round of interventions, when they successfully destroyed democratic and mildly left-wing governments in Lumumba’s Congo, Sukarno’s Indonesia, Iran under Mossadegh and many other places.
In Iraq, having gone in with the subtlety of a charging hippopotamus, the USA now finds it has nothing much to work with. The Kurds don’t really believe in any government beyond the tribal. The Shia tradition is also doubtful and dislikes the secular state. The Baath were the only substantial force for secular modernisation, which is why US planners hoped to keep them as local agents, only without Saddam and other Iraqis who were not subordinate enough.
The decapitation operation was not a success, and the patient died.
The Iraqi state was a precarious network of human relationships that could not easily be disentangled from the Baath Party. Encouraging looting was useful to get the appearance of liberation, but in the long run did more damage. And with Secularism withering, what is emerging is several different brands of hard-line Islam.
The invasion was organised by believers in the New Right Fairy Tale, the idea that their norm is human normality, which will spontaneously emerge when oppression is removed. You find these characters making ignorant comments on the ‘spontaneity’ of street markets in the Third World. Not seeing that street markets have their own complex social structures. Structures that would look like sheer gangsterism and criminality to an outsider, and there is indeed an overlap. Likewise they celebrate commerce without noticing the strong and almost universal association of Americanisation with drugs and commercial sex. (Prostitution a common ‘entry level profession’ for people who had previously lived a contented tribal existence.)
But as I’ve said before, Saddam was the only effective Westerniser in Iraq, and the US has smashed that particular option. There’s little doubt that the Iraqis will elect a government that I’d find thoroughly obnoxious. But it’s not my country, and anyway I personally have found most British governments pretty obnoxious, but they were the choice of the majority.
The word now is that Iraq is “not ready” for elections. Not ready to elect the USA’s chums, for certain. Probably not ever ready to produce a Western-style democracy. But then just what was the sense of overthrowing Saddam?
On the 31st October, there was a large anti-US demonstration in Baghdad in which posters of Saddam were carried. Reality like that offends even liberal critics of Bush’s war, so the matter was carefully buried in obscurity.
I was sure I’d seen a similar story in BBC Online earlier in the day, but it was nowhere to be found when I checked later, and the highly-photogenic incident was not mentioned at all on BBC One’s 6 o’clock news or Channel 4’s News at 7.
Thankfully the Washington Post site was there to confirm it: “Some protesters carried pictures of ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and chanted, “God is Greatest!” U.S. armored vehicles and Humvees moved in and sealed off the area for hours, while gunfire continued. Arab television news stations here reported that four Iraqi civilians were killed but that could not be independently verified.” (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46429-2003Oct31.html).
I also found the same story on the cable version of BBC World, on the second page of a story entitled US Soldier Killed In Iraq Bomb Attack. Elsewhere, the story seemed to vanish with remarkable speed. The various riots and deaths are mentioned, but the pro-Saddam aspect became ‘non-news’.
Even more obscure has been the continued crisis in Serbia, and a major protest and riot on the 29th. There is a report, at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3225507.stm – remarkable how things get onto the business pages which don’t get drawn to the attention of the general public. That mess that Serbia is in with Milosevic gone is not the sort of news they want to tell us, though business people who might trade in the region have to be given the true picture.
Meantime we still have the right to make our own small voices heard. I have posted up my article Iraq: The First Nine Days. [NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE]. I am hoping eventually to do a matching piece about the Last Nine Days.
There was a time when Islam seemed to be fading into history. In the 1950s and 1960s, the basic fight over the direction of the society seemed to have been settled in favour of secularism and modernisation on either the Leninist or the Western model. But Third World nations behaving as sovereign bodies was not always convenient for the USA. And Islam of a rather backward sort seemed a convenient weapon to use, especially in Afghanistan. The ‘fundamentalists’ of the US Christian tradition had never let the Bible get in the way of worship of the Golden Calf. Why should Fundamentalist Islam be any different?
But capitalist industrialisation was an outgrowth of the very Protestant-Nonconformist faith that spawned the Christian ‘fundamentalists’, and the ‘fundamentalists’ are the detritus after the thoughtful, the educated and the powerful have gone elsewhere. These ‘fundamentalists’ are fanatical about recent human origins in the Garden of Eden, but Jesus’s rejection of money and wealth is ignored. Various forms of Protestantism had tried to rule in the 17th century, and failed. Three centuries of struggle and diminishing power had left the Christian ‘fundamentalists’ quite ready to be running-dogs for Big Business—and Big Business was also visibly part of their own culture.
None of this applied in the Islamic world.
It must be understood that what gets called ‘extremism’ in the West is actually the norm, the faith as it existed before the West conquered the Islamic realms. The abnormality was a version of Islam that was willing to accept Western subversions of Islamic norms, and work along with secular nationalism. The success of this abnormal quasi-Western form of Islam depended strongly on secular nationalism ‘delivering the goods’, both prosperity and a sense of dignity. It can not succeed if Third World nations get impoverished by the international economic system. It can not succeed if small states get bullied and humiliated every time the USA finds this convenient.
The USA have been brilliant on small things and utterly stupid on larger matters. They nearly lost the Cold War by adopting a foolish strategy of ‘attrition’ in Vietnam. General Westmorland correctly decided that the US military could kill more Vietnamese than they would lose Americans. Since the USA was a much bigger and richer country, victory should have been certain. What was left out was the minor point that Vietnamese cared passionately about the future of their own nation, and so were willing to go on suffering for much longer.
The US military should have seen an analogy in their own history, the Confederacy’s prolonged resistance to much stronger Federal forces. It was their whole way of life at stake, including slavery and racism, but also a resistance to the commercialism and vulgarity that has triumphed ever since. Most Southerners of an age to fight did fight, and fought on till a large proportion of them were dead. Even Mark Twain served briefly in the Confederate cavalry, though he had the good sense to go West instead, and later write sentimental novels about the era of slavery and Southern autonomy. He was very much a ‘summer soldier, but most of the South was fighting for everything it cared about. It was the North that thought about giving up the fight, though this would have meant abandoning a huge chunk of what they saw as their country, and made further successions much more likely. In the end they stuck to it and won. But total defeat and 140 years of Northern dominance hasn’t cured the South of its liking for its own past.
In Iraq, several different types of Iraqi are fighting to impose their own model of Iraqi existence, along with the Kurds who seek their own separate existence as Kurds. Saddam and the Baath were the hard core of secular nationalism, and were the only force that combined strong local roots with a willingness to see the world in much the same way as the US saw it.
What you now have are a collection of exiles who have ‘gone metropolitan’, lost touch with their own society and adapted individually to Western values. Which makes them worse than useless for actually imposing those value in Iraq: they have the appearance of knowledge but no feel for the actual society. And then you have a mix of local forces with non-Western outlooks, most notably the ‘Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution’, who took a chance by working with a government that the US certainly intended to run as obedient puppets. For now, it is worth their while going along with it and hoping they become a real government. But the closer they get to real power, the more likely it is that a mix of rivals would remember that they are basically enemies. Each of them know that they must crush the others or go under.
The current round of Iraqi Resistance began with an impressive attack on an US headquarters at the Rashid Hotel. It killed a US Lieutenant-Colonel, and came very close to Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz.
It would be elementary security to keep secret the exact location of your top man. The US can be amazingly arrogant and careless at times, but I can’t believe they failed to do this. And yet the Resistance knew exactly where to hit. They got within yards of him, and must have had inside information from someone the US thought trustworthy.
This may explain the astonishing suggestion by a US General that the Iraqis just happened to launch a high-profile attack close to a prime target. A target who was supposedly travelling secretly. The Iraqis who targeted Wolfowitz must have known they’d need extremely good luck to actually kill him. But coming as close as they did makes a point: no one in Iraq is safe.
So who did know? I’m sure that the US military didn’t trust any of their tame Iraqis, who would? But who did know? Just how did Resistance know WHEN to fire their rockets and WHERE to aim them?
The later stages of the Vietnam war saw ‘fragging’, the blowing-up of officers who were too eager to fight. Without knowing anything about US security arrangements, I would politely suggest that looking very close to home would be a good idea.
I was also intrigued by the apparent muddle that led to fears of a revival of the Draft. It has long been out of use, but not formally abolished. And someone placed adverts asking for new recruits—possibly an accident, possibly as neat a bit of lawful and non-violent sabotage as you could think of. And I’d suspect that professional military people would have been sickened by the original enthusiasm for war from all of the people who were in no danger of having to fight it. The Vietnam War affected the middle classes, this one is currently hitting the poor and especially non-whites who found the military to be the best career open to them.
The Iraqi resistance does not have the efficiency of Communist Vietnamese, of course. But ordinary US soldiers are also not willing to trust and suffer in the way they would in the 1960s. Nor can the burden be easily passed on to foreigners. Allies find the US, about as trustworthy as a rattlesnake, and just as nice for close company. Meantime US citizens show great distrust in each other whenever things start going wrong. Always blame someone else—who knows what they’ve been up to?
In the 1950s, the USA had created an ‘ethical environment’, that fitted their ideals. They wasted it by lying on small matters where the truth would have done far less damage than the accumulated lies were to do. It wasn’t just Nixon—you could imagine an alternate history in which Kennedy got a second term and his private life became public, along with all the shady deals that won him Chicago in the 1960 election.
The USA in the 1960s could probably have stabilised on a neutral South Vietnam. But this would have got in the way of long-term plans to stamp a shoddy version of their own culture on everyone else. They pushed it to the bitter end, and then dumped their allies in a fit of pique. (The US Congress withheld funds that the US airforce needed for bombing in support of the pro-American forces, turning a retreat into a route.)
During the USA’s post-Vietnam weakness, Brezhnev and the Soviet Union seemed all-powerful and destined to take over the world. They contemplated invaded China, and invaded Afghanistan as part of a general pattern of expansion, alienating allies.
History never repeats itself exactly. But some patterns have a way of recurring.
Saddam’s Iraq was solidly secular, tolerant of the small number of surviving Middle-East Christians—people whose traditions are a direct continuation from the Apostles, without the distortions that the creed acquired after passing through Greece and Rome. And there are some even less familiar hold-outs.
“Mandaeans are a small pre-Christian sect that honours John the Baptist. They are believed to have originated in Jordan, but persecution in the first century forced them to emigrate east. There are an estimated 100,000 Mandaeans worldwide, mainly in Iraq and Iran
“The Mandaeans have survived 1400 years of Islamic persecution, which includes many massacres of Mandaeans throughout the centuries. In 1870 an entire Mandaean community was massacred at Shushtar, north of Ahwaz in southwestern Iran, close to the southern Iraqi border.
“Persecution has skyrocketed and more than 80 Mandaeans have been murdered since the fall of Baghdad in April. Now there is great concern that Iraq’s Mandaean community… may not survive post-war Iraq.” (http://www.worldevangelical.org/persec_iraq_24jul03.html).
The position of Iraq’s Christians isn’t that much better. Saddam had a place for them, but if Iraq ever gets together again, it can only be as a hard-line Islamic state.
[What has happened since is even worse. Iraq has become three states: a Kurdish state, a pro-Iranian Shia state and the self-styled “Islamic State” ruling most Sunni and extending into the fragments of Syria. These have been especially intolerant, with victims including the Yazidis, another curious ancient survival.]
Russia in 1991 thought it was selling its ideals for a better life. This wasn’t the case: they got nothing like the USA’s generous rebuilding of Western Europe and non-Communist East Asia in the 1950s. Those countries were built up thanks to trade barriers and state intervention, the very methods that the USA itself had used in the 19th century. But by the 1990s, ‘free markets’ were the rule. Both the former Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact countries saw a sharp drop in their living standards, as the ‘miracle of the market’ was tested. The ‘miracle of the market’ faired no better than King Canute’s attempts to hold back the waves.
The Warsaw Pact countries are now being incorporated into the European Union. What numerous French or German ruler tried to do has now been achieved by a functional French-German alliance. Most of the territories once ruled by the Prussians and Austro-Hungarians are now being gathered. To the west, it is almost Napoleon’s empire, with Spain and Portugal content with legal equality and even Britain half-heartedly incorporated.
Russia is left out. From Khrushchev onwards, Russia’s various attempts at improving themselves through market forces have gone badly wrong, generating corruption and damaging real wealth. But this was never worse than under Yeltsin, where Privatisation meant corrupt officials becoming legal owners of oil and other wealth than existed already.
When the US government finally moved against Enron, the main complaint was that they hadn’t acted long before. But though a general pattern of fraud and tax evasion is known to be normal in post-Soviet Russia, the arrest of Mr Khodorkovsky for fraud and tax evasion charges is treated as monstrous by all of the Western media.
What, after all, is Yukos except stolen public wealth? There was a trend under Yeltsin for Russia to slip towards Third World status, with a government that neglected its people and did nothing except give legitimacy to the export of oil and other raw materials. Only under Putin has there been some sort of a recovery.
It may be that Putin is only paying off old scores. But the oligarchs do need to be brought under control and persuaded to pay tax and obey the law. Going after the oligarch with the best political connections is a necessary first step. If Yukos was the best-connected, then a successful prosecution should pave the way for more. If it doesn’t, there would be grounds for complaint. But that’s not the line that’s been taken by the Western media (almost all of them controlled by extremely rich business people).
Putin was willing to let sleeping dogs lie, so long as the oligarchs accepted their social responsibilities and pay tax. Yukos, as far as I can see, thought it was cheaper to buy political influence. Russia has been recovering since a low point in 1998, but is still poorer than it was in 1990. And that’s the economy as a whole, and measure in cash terms. The position of ordinary Russians is even worse.
The era of ‘robber barons’ in the USA was morally odious, but saw a sharp rise in national wealth. Most of them were genuine creators or improvers of productive industry. The culture of hedonism was more human than narrow life-hating Puritanism, which was the main alternative.
It also seems that most Russians will vote either for Putin or for the Communists. It doesn’t fit the New Right vision of ‘democracy’, which mostly means people selecting candidates the New Right like and then opening themselves up for plunder by the USA. But the Russians tried it and are still badly damaged from the folly of the Yeltsin years. The western view of the Bolshevik period as a disaster is just a western view and no longer the view of the people who lived through it.
“The start of campaigning coincides with the anniversary of the 1917 Russian revolution.
“A survey conducted to mark the occasion suggested that many of today’s Russians would not try to halt the revolution.
“More than 40% of those questioned said that if the revolution happened today they would either support the Bolsheviks or co-operate with them.
“More than a quarter of those polled said they would do nothing – just wait and see.
“Only one in 10 would fight the uprising. (BBC Online, Russia election campaign kicks off, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/world/europe/3250323.stm)
In the USA, unlike Britain, the working mainstream of the society has been losing out ever since the 1980s. Thatcher was able to squeeze the poor and sell off state assets, mostly because anyone with a decent job and a little property was doing fine. It’s quite different in the USA, where a century or more of paying workers well has been reversed by ‘Reaganomics’.
Since most people know that only a small minority are gaining, how do the Republicans keep winning elections? It’s simple really—vastly more people aspire to the elite or identify with the elite than can ever hope to be in it.
19% of American taxpayers believe themselves to be in the top 1% of earners. A further 20% expected to end up in the top 1%. (Economist, September 6th 2003). With beliefs like that, America is going to get a lot more unequal before public opinion revolts.
The rhetoric of Liberty has worked for now. Roosevelt had to fight to bring in the New Deal in the face of a deep-rooted belief in classical liberalism. Without the Second World War he might have failed. Keynesianism was accepted for as long as Communism was there as an alternative, but when the pressure eased the rich were easily able to take back lost ground.
Not that it’s genuinely classical liberal economics. Some of the Reaganites started out believing they could dismantle the state, but they couldn’t. The half-forgotten economic crisis of 1987 almost lost them the Cold War at the 11th hour, and theory was jettisoned so as to keep the system alive.
What you have under Bush are Pork-barrel Libertarians. Since the reality is a vastly complex society that could not exist without the state, they adjust their ideals to suit their careers.
The USA putting men on the moon was the key victory in the space race. The initial Soviet advantage in space seemed to justify the Marxist vision of a non-capitalist future. But the program was mismanaged: part of the general deterioration of what had been a highly successful economy before Khrushchev ‘reformed’ it.
In China, Deng managed to do what Khrushchev failed to do. Perhaps because he never demoralised the society by denouncing Mao in the way Khrushchev denounced Stalin. And also because Deng allowed enterprise in controlled areas, rather than expecting solutions to magically appear thanks to market forces. The revival of the whole ‘miracle of the market’ notion began with Khrushchev, at a time when the West would have denied that it was capitalist and was actually practicing a kind of Democratic Corporatism.
Khrushchev also blundered by letting the USSR be seen as an equal to the USA, which it was not. China has so far been wiser, acting as one of several powers on the second rung of power, along with Russia, Japan, the European Union and maybe India.
A basic space program is almost an automatic offshoot of being a nuclear power. Intercontinental missiles are the safest way to be sure of hitting your enemy, or letting any potential enemy know they could be hit hard, which is more to the point. Missiles big enough for that are not hard to adapt for putting people into orbit—though France and Britain chose to avoid it and opt for a European space program with no manned flights.
China’s Long March rockets are home-grown and began under Mao. Manned flight cost much more and plans for it were dropped in the 1980s. (More than pride, October 14th, Financial Times) The program was restarted in 1992, after China had been through the Tiananmen crisis of 1989. Maybe more significantly, it was after the Gulf War showed just what sort of a future the USA was planning.
Actual human-flight aspect draws heavily on Soviet technology, which was tested and reliable in a way that the Space Shuttle is not, and which by then was going cheap. However “Shenzou is not so much a copy of the Soyuz as the next evolutionary step”. (New Scientist, 25th October 2003).
There isn’t in fact any huge need to put humans into space, nothing much for them to do for the foreseeable future. But China now has the third manned space program and the second or third overall space program (given that Russia is now dependant on the USA). This puts it well ahead of India or Japan, on a level with Europe. Which, historically, is where it normally belonged. Adam Smith in the late 18th century saw India and China as equal to Europe, China maybe richer. It was only in the 19th century that Europeans imagined that the gap was enormous and unlikely ever to be bridged.
Alas Poor Duncan (but what a fool). No one now cares about the little trouble over his wife’s job. Still, before he was voted out, the worry was he might have to go under even worse circumstances.
The issue was not whether his wife did some work. It’s whether she actually did the 25 hours a week she was being paid for. And it’s also about how a man at the top of politics could have left himself vulnerable. A striking contrast to Clerk, who openly and legitimately gets an income for promoting cancer and ill-health in the Third World on behalf of the Tobacco Barons.
I’m also not surprised to learn that IDS is also a thriller writer. A thriller is fantasy that can pass for reality, and is exactly what a politician should not be thinking.
After John Major, the Tories chose a balding leader who wasn’t taken seriously outside of the Tory Party. [William Hague] When he lost, they sensibly replaced him with a balding leader who wasn’t taken seriously outside of the Tory Party. [Iain Duncan Smith] And now with IDS fell [fallen], they rallied round a balding leader who isn’t liked or taken seriously outside of the Tory Party. [Michael Howard]
Can Howard the Dark Lord make them any more electable? I really doubt it. The Ministry for Magic Circles is long defunct. Portillo is leaving Parliament to spend more time with his vanity. The rest are more Bumblebores than Dumbledores, reflecting a party with an average membership of 65 and a dwindling existence outside of South-East England. I don’t see anyone lasting long at Defence against Dark Arts. Or even Artful Ducks.
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Regional Judge Considers Challenge to NY Casino Referendum
Judge Considers Challenge to NY Casino Referendum
Sunday, October 13, 2013 at 9:35 pm | ט' חשון תשע"ד
ALBANY (AP) -
The state Board of Elections on Friday blamed logistics and an employee who was out sick for failing to post the much-criticized rewording of New York’s casino referendum online until after the deadline to challenge it.
In court Friday, the state sought to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the unusual wording of the referendum by saying it was filed too late. The deadline was Aug. 19. The Board of Elections posted the language Aug. 23, four weeks after the board said it finalized the wording.
“I have no comment on that,” said Brooklyn lawyer Eric Snyder, who brought the suit. “I think it speaks for itself.”
The lawsuit challenges the referendum Gov. Andrew Cuomo needs to authorize his plan for seven casinos. The Nov. 5 referendum was rewritten by the Cuomo administration and legislative leaders and approved by the Board of Elections. The board added unusually rosy language that promises jobs, lower taxes and more school aid, all of which is disputed. None of the drawbacks, such as crime and addiction, were mentioned.
State law prohibits using public funds to sway voters on a referendum.
Acting Supreme Court Justice Richard Platkin could rule to dismiss or advance the case sometime this week.
A recent Siena College poll found the one-sided version moved voters to favor the referendum slightly. New Yorkers have long been split on the issue.
The New York Times offered the latest critical editorial on the issue Friday, urging Platkin to rule in Snyder’s favor because the referendum is “advocacy language, pure and simple” and because the state posted the wording publicly after the deadline to challenge it.
Snyder argued the Board of Elections overstepped its authority to advocate for the referendum in what is supposed to be a just-the-facts account so voters can decide. The referendum was rewritten from neutral wording provided by the state attorney generaloffice.
“The delay was not intentional,” said board spokesman Tom Connolly after the court appearance. “This was a logistic issue.” He said the illness of a worker in the information technology department contributed to the delay in putting the public referendum online.
“It’s bitterly ironic that I am accused of unreasonable delay when it took them 25 days to hit that button,” Snyder said.
This article appeared in print on page 4 of the October 14th, 2013 edition of Hamodia.
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Regional Briefs – September 17, 2014
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The Middle East’s Electronic duo Onili teams up for International Remix Contest with Laroz “Why Did You Go”
|In Dance, DJ's, Producers, Promo, Remixes
|By Ivan Orr
Calling all producers and beatmakers!! Here’s a unique opportunity for you to show your skills and gain international exposure. Download the accapella and good luck!
NYC- Electronic duo Onili http://www.onili.bandcamp.com announces International Remix Contest: Looking for submissions.
Deadline August 15th
The judging/listening session will be live streamed on Justin.Tv and
There will also be celebrity judges TBA.
Submission is simple- go to download link, and download the A-Capella and send your end result to iwantyou@onili.com
Winner receives a free linktone for the remix, a full PR campaign to Israeli music media and in U.S by The Bloom Effect. In addition, the winner also receives complimentary registration to attend the CMJ Music Marathon worth $495.00
The song: “Why Did you go” ft Onili and Laroz
It’s a great Summer song- Reggae infused but looking to chop it up get some different flavours.
Video clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojlekoANd44
Floating on a hazy pink cloud, the collaboration between the meteoric talent Onili & dub maestro Laroz, is an irresistible sour sweet summer anthem in the making. Blending a sweet reggae groove with a popish vocal which is both gentle & catchy, it captures the agony & irony of a lost love which faded like the passing season, culminating in the inevitable question – “Why Did You Go?”
http://www.myspace.com/onili
http://www.myspace.com/laroz
Between Paris & Tel aviv.
Onili Is the Israeli Electro Pop Queen.
Be Somebunny latest project was produced by Jonathan Levy ( Izabo )
Mixed by Simon vinestock (David Bowie, Texas, gun…)
Mastered by Chris Athens ( Sterling sound NY)
Onili plays live all around the world, recently came back from SXSW , NY , Philly &v Miami. and on her way to Europe.
With Barak Kram on the Drums and herself on Samplers FX & 2 microphones they give a KickASs Electronic/Pop Show with Hip Hop sensibilities.
Onili will be Stateside in time for CMJ Music Marathon October and a mini-tour.
Ivan Orr
Ivan Orr is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, performer, and writer. A native of Charlottesville, Virginia Ivan was involved with the forming and nascent days of The Music Resource Center as its first Program Director. A graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University’s Department of Music, Ivan currently resides in Richmond, VA where he maintains an active performance and production schedule while serving as the Music Editor for Grown Folks Music, a position he has held since 2010.
www.grownfolksmusic.com
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Cambodian PM asks $57 mn loan from India
Phnom Penh: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen asked for $57 million concessional loan from India for two development projects and urged India to consider direct flights to Cambodia.
The prime minister’s suggestion was made during a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi Wednesday while he attended the 20th anniversary of ASEAN-India dialogue partnership, Cambodian foreign minister Hor Namhong told reporters at the international airport here Friday while returning from India with the prime minister.
He said the two projects are the electricity transmission line from Kratie province to Stung Treng province with an estimated cost of $20 million, and the Sva Slab River irrigation system to cost $37 million, Xinhua reported.
He added that Hun Sen also suggested India to consider operating direct flights to Cambodia to promote ties in economics and tourism.
“In the meeting, Indian prime minister agreed to lend $57 million to Cambodia,” Hor Namhong said.
Both sides also agreed to create a mechanism to speed up the implementation of every cooperation plan between the two countries, he added.
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Himachal exit poll – Congress has edge
New Delhi: The Congress appears to have an edge over the BJP in sweepstakes to form the next government in Himachal Pradesh, according to the outcome of exit polls released yesterday.
The result of exit polls from Himachal Pradesh are expected to come as a relief for the Congress amid their predictions that Gujarat will again go the BJP way with a third consecutive win for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
According to an exit poll conducted by C-Voter, the Congress will get 30 to 38 seats in Himachal Pradesh while the ruling BJP will win 27 to 35 seats.
A party needs 35 seats to form the government in the 68-member Himachal Pradesh assembly. The elections were held in the state Nov 4. Results for both Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh will be out Dec 20.
The C-Voter exit poll said that the Congress is expected to get 44 percent votes, a five percent gain for the party from the last elections in 2007. It said the BJP is also poised to get 44 percent votes, almost the same as it got in the last elections.
The CNN-IBN-The Week post-poll survey showed the two parties locked in an intense fight with both expected to win between 29 and 35 seats each in Himachal Pradesh. Others, including independents and smaller parties, are expected to win between two to six seats. It said the Congress is set to get 41 percent votes while the BJP will get 40 percent.
The survey said price rise was the main concern of voters.
News 24-Today’s Chanakya exit poll predicted a clear victory for the Congress in the hill state. It said the party will win 40 seats (plus or minus seven) while the BJP will be reduced to 23 seats (plus or minus seven). The survey said other parties will five seats (plus or minus three seats).
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Cold War, Military & Apocalyptic Fiction
Books by Harvey Black
The Cold War Years. A Hot War in reality. Part 6.
by harveyblackauthor on 29/04/2014 15/07/2018
My ‘Cold War’ trilogy is complete. I enjoyed writing it and the empty space it has left will be filled with a new set of books, based on the outcome of a strategic nuclear exchange. An Apocalyptic trilogy, survival at its worst.
The Cold War era started very soon after the end of the second world war, when the communist east, led by the Soviet Union, and the Western world, led by the United States and its NATO allies, faced each across what became known as the ‘Iron Curtain’.
The capital of Germany, Berlin, was divided into four Sectors. The consequence being, that the three Western Allied powers now controlled territory deep within the Soviet Union Zone of Germany.
Over time, the tensions between the four Allied powers increased, eventually resulting in the Berlin blockade in 1948, when the Soviets attempted to starve West Berlin into submission and force the other three Allied powers out. This failed and the Soviets eventually relented, but an ever-increasing number of East Germans fled to the West; between 150,000 and 300,000 a year during 1951-1953. As a consequence restrictions were placed on movement between the divided country. From 1961, the border was closed and Berlin completely encircled, first by barbed wire, then bricks and finally a concrete wall, along with the infamous ‘death strip’.
Access was now restricted between Berlin and the West. A wall, 124 mile miles in length, was placed around the three sectors of West Berlin, cutting off the city from the rest of the world.
An Iconic picture of the face-off between the West and the East. The Cold War truly starts – October 1961.
Checkpoint Charlie – American Sector of West Berlin 1981
I shall cover various aspects of the two opposing forces, providing the backdrop and background information for my trilogy.
In 1984/85, the Warsaw Pact was already a significant force, the Soviet Union in particular. To counter this NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, assembled its own force of arms along the Iron Curtain. Not just as a show force against the communist ideals purported by the East, but because the likelihood of Warsaw Pact troops, led by the Soviet Union, crossing the Inner German Border was a real possibility.
Allied Forces Central Europe, AFCENT, would have to take the brunt of any attack by the Warsaw Pact forces. With responsibility for Parts of Europe stretching from Denmark to the borders of Austria, it had three subordinate commands. The two key ones, Northern Army Group, NORTHAG, and Central Army Group, CENTAG. For this and the next Post, I will concentrate on NORTHAG.
Northern Army Group Insignia. During the building of the Joint Headquarters, a Frankish battle axe was discovered and subsequently used as their emblem. They chose it because the Franks were a West-European tribe defending against attackers from the East.
For the defence of the Federal Republic of Germany, NATO used a ‘layer-cake’ principle. The country was sectioned into layers, with a designated Army Corps taking responsibility for its defence. Northag had 1 Dutch, 1 German, 1British and 1 Belgium Corps. Once Reforger was enacted, a US Corps would provide additional reinforcements along with additional troops from Britain.
Northern Army Group consisted of four Army Corps; 1 Dutch Corps in the north, beneath that 1 German Corps, 1 British Corps and 1 Belgian Corps. NORTHAG’s area of responsibility ran from the North German Plains, south of the river Elbe, to the city of Kassel. Below Kassel was the responsibility of CENTAG and north of the Elbe was the responsibility of Allied Land Forces Command. 1 British Corps, 1 BR Corps, was a key part of Northag’s defence of the northern part of Germany.
Insignia of the British Army of the Rhine.
1 (BR) Corps – 1984/85
1st Armoured Division (Federal Republic of Germany)
3 x Armoured Brigades
22nd Armoured Brigade
2 x Armoured Regiments (14/20th Kings Hussars & 2nd Royal Tank Regiment) 56 Chieftain Tanks each.
Chieftain Mark 10/11
1 x Mechanised Infantry Battalion (1st Battalion Royal Green Jackets). A battalion of around 600 Infantry, carried into battle by 71 x FV432’s.
FV432 – armoured personnel carrier. The Mark 1 had a petrol engine, Mark 2 a Rolls-Royce multi-fuel engine and the Mark 3 with a diesel engine. It had a speed of up to 30mph.
FV432. Its key role was that of a troop carrier, but there were other variants – such as a command vehicle, recovery vehicle, Wombat recoilless rifle carrier, a 81mm mortar on a turntable in the rear of the hull, a Peak Engineering turret with the L37A1 variant of the 7.62mm GPMG, a 30mm Rarden-Gun, night surveillance ZB-298 radar and a MILAN, anti-tank missile carrier.
7th Armoured Brigade
2 x Armoured Regiments (Royal Hussars & 14th/20th Hussars) 56 Challenger Tanks each.
Challenger 1. The 62 ton Main battle Tank is capable of a speed of up to 35mph. Its armour, still classified, and 120mm gun make this a formidable opponent.
1 x Mechanised Infantry Battalion (3rd Battalion, Queen’s Regiment). A battalion of around 600 Infantry carried into battle by 71 x FV432’s.
12th Armoured Brigade
1 x Armoured Regiment (5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards) 56 x Chieftain Tanks
2 x Mechanised Infantry Battalions (1st Battalion Kings Regiment & 1st Battalion Green Howards). 71 x FV432’s per battalion.
Inside an FV432 armoured personnel carrier. Usually a crew of 3, with 7 Infantry in the back. Closed down, at speed across rough country, you will soon find out if you suffer from travel sickness.
Additional Forces
1st Queen’s Dragoon Guards. 48 x FV107 Scimitar.
1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (24 x Abbot).
40th Field Regiment Royal Artillery (24 x M109).
4th Field Regiment Royal Artillery (24 x M109).
10th Air Defence Battery Royal Artillery (Blowpipe).
21 Engineer Regiment
1 Regiment Army Air Corps
FV433 Abbot, Self Propelled Gun. 105mm L109 Gun.
M109 Self Propelled Howitzer, 155mm
Blowpipe anti-aircraft missile system
2nd Infantry Division (Great Britain)
24th Infantry/Airmobile Brigade
1st Battalion Duke of Wellington’s Regiment & 1st Battalion Kings Own Royal Border Regiment.
15th (North East) Infantry Brigade
Queens Own Yeomanry (Fox and Spartan) & 5 Infantry battalions.
49th (East) Infantry Brigade
The Royal Yeomanry (Fox and Spartan) & 5 x Infantry battalions.
49th Field Regiment Royal Artillery FH-70
100th (Yeomanry) Field Regiment 24 x FH-70
101st (Northumbrian) Field Regiment Royal Artillery (V) 24 x FH-70
15 x (Territorial Army) Infantry Battalions
3rd Armoured Division (Federal Republic of Germany).
2 x Armoured Regiments (Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars & 17th/21st Lancers) 56 x Chieftain Tanks each.
1 x Mechanised Infantry Battalion (1st Battalion Irish Guards) 71 x FV432’s.
6th Airmobile Brigade
2 x Infantry battalions (1st Battalion Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters Regiment & 1st Battalion Light Infantry).
19th Infantry Brigade (Colchester)
1st Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers, 2nd Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment and 1st Battalion Staffordshire Regiment.
9th/12th Lancers 48 x FV107 Scimitar
19th Field Regiment Royal Artillery (24 x Abbot).
2nd Field Regiment Royal Artillery (24 x M109)
45th Field Regiment Royal Artillery (24 x M109)
3rd Regiment Army Air Corps
4th Armoured Division Federal Republic of Germany.
1 x Armoured Regiment (3rd Royal Tank Regiment) 56 x Chieftain
2 x Mechanised Infantry Battalions (1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers & 2nd Battalion Royal Green Jackets) 71 FV432’s each
2 x Armoured Regiments (Blues and Royals & 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards) 56 x Chieftain each.
1 x Mechanised Infantry Battalion (1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Wales) 71 x FV432.
33rd Armoured Brigade
1 x Armoured Regiment (Royal Scotts Dragoon Guards) 56 x Chieftain
2 x Mechanised Infantry Battalions (1st Battalion Royal Highland Fusiliers & 1st Battalion Black Watch) 71 x FV432 each.
15th/19th Hussars 48 x FV 107 Scimitar
3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (24 x Abbot).
27h Field Regiment Royal Artillery (24 x M109)
C Battery Royal Horse Artillery (FV438 Swingfire).
43rd Air Defence Battery Royal Artillery (Blowpipe).
35th Engineer Regiment
4th Regiment Army Air Corps
1 BR Corps – 1st Artillery Brigade
50th Missile Regiment Royal Artillery – 12 x Lance Missile Launchers
5th Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery – 24 x M110
32nd Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery – 24 x M107
39th Heavy Regiment 24 x M107
16th Air Defence Regiment Royal Artillery – Rapier
22nd Air Defence regiment Royal Artillery – Rapier
During the early 80’s, 1 Br Corps operated in ‘Battlegroup’ and ‘Combat Team’ formations.
22nd Armoured Brigade, 1st Armoured Division would be made up of three Battlegroups’ (BG).
14th/20th Hussars BG
Combat Team A – 1 Squadron Chieftain Tanks.
Combat Team B – 1 Squadron Chieftain Tanks.
Combat Team C – 1 Squadron Chieftain Tanks.
Combat Team D – 1 Squadron Chieftain Tanks.
2nd Royal Tank Regiment BG
Combat Team A – 2 troops Chieftain Tanks, 1 Mechanised Infantry Platoon
Combat Team B – 1 troops Chieftain Tanks, 2 Mechanised Infantry Platoons
Combat Team C – 2 troops Chieftain Tanks, 1 Mechanised Infantry Platoon
Combat Team D – 1 troops Chieftain Tanks, 2 Mechanised Infantry Platoons
1st Battalion Welsh Guards BG
Combat Team B – 1 troops Chieftain Tanks, 2 Mechanised Infantry Platoon
Combat Team D – 1 troops Chieftain Tanks, 2 Mechanised Infantry Platoon
The above is just a rough outline. Each battlegroup would be allocated elements of the Infantry battalions Weapons company and other anti-tank elements of the Brigade or Division, depending on their specific task.
Once NATO was warned, or had an indication, of a potential attack by the Warsaw Pact it would deploy as quickly as possible. Among other forces, a thin reconnaissance screen would be sent out seeking enemy break through points across the Inner German Border and monitoring the enemies advancing armies. One of those reconnaissance assets was the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked), CVRT series, the Scorpion and Scimitar.
FV-102, Striker. A light weight, anti-tank missile carrier. Entered service in 1976. Weighing 8.3 tons, a crew of three, it has a top speed of 50 mph. Floatation skirt is visible, used for swimming in still water. The markings are for L Battery, Royal Horse Artillery.
Powered by a Jaguar 4.2 litre engine. It employs aluminium armour and is designed to fight from cover.
Striker is armed with the Swingfire anti-tank wire-guided missile. Five are carried in the hinged launcher at he back, a further five stowed inside.
Swingfire has a maximum range of 4,000 metres and a minimum range of 150 metres. The operator has to steer the missile onto the target.
Scorpion reconnaissance tank, was the fastest tank in the world when it was introduced in 1973..
Its light-weight aluminium armour meant it was able to travel over very soft ground and could be carried by a Chinook helicopter.
It is armed with a 76mm main gun.
A top speed of 50 mph..
Twin wheels in six bogies.
The 4.2 litre Jaguar engine
FV-107, Scimitar. Another member of the CVR(T) series. This is the later model currently used by the Army. On this version, the latest protection has been added. Ceramic ballistic armour and bar armour around the hull to increase protection against RPG attacks.
It also has mine blast protection and electronic countermeasures IDED, mounted at the top of the turret and to the front of the turret. Under the CVR(T) Life Extension Program (LEP), the Jaguar engine was changed to a Cummins BTA 5.9 diesel engine.
An on-road speed of nearly 60mph.
The Scimitar is armed with a 30mm L21 Rarden cannon, firing up to 90 rounds per minute.
It can fire HEI, High Explosive Incendiary, HE, High Explosive, AP, Armoured Piercing, and APDS-T, Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot-Tracer.
My intention is not to portray a particular message, but just share some of my research and experiences with you. This is the first of my new ‘Cold War’ series, supporting the writing of my new ‘Cold War’ series of novels, covering the hypothetical invasion of West Germany by the Warsaw Pact in the 80’s.
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Best Under Seat Subwoofer Reviews
Rockville RW10CA
Rockville SS8P
Cerwin Vega VPAS10
Pioneer TS-WX130DA
Alpine Electronics PWE-S8
RMS Power Handling
20 Hz - 150 Hz
20 Hz – 150 Hz
95 dB/ 100 dB
Phase Switch
0° or 180°
Bass Boost
0 - 18 dB
12.4 x 13.4 x 2.7 inches
14.1 x 8.3 x 2.8 inches
If you wish to have more bass in your car, the best under seat subwoofer is the optimal solution. It’s also a space-wise decision, as usually the under-seat room isn’t occupied by any object or device.
Before pressing the “Purchase” button, make sure to clarify the following issues:
Active or passive. Check if your sub has the built-in preamp or requires a stand-alone one to work.
Connections. While all car subwoofers are equipped with the LFE input, some have double connections to provide for added gain or spacier headroom (high- and low- level input) and even RCA connections.
Remote control. Managing the sub via the remote is quite handy, as you can power it on and off, regulate the volume and control the gain in some models. Still, for the correctly tuned subwoofer, the need for further adjustment is usually minimal.
Fixation. Even the tight-fitting speaker might fall out of its place during the road jolts or emergency braking. To avoid that, some models are equipped with the Velcro straps or mounting brackets to fix the sub firmly under the seat.
Protection. If you have a small car and there’s a possibility of your foot or another object to bang against the sub, ensure the latter has protective grills and the solid build.
Still wonder, what is the best underseat subwoofer? Check the following reviews!
Under Seat Subwoofer Reviews
Kenwood KSC-SW11
JBL BassPro SL
Kenwood KSC-PSW8
The slim design of this sub is backed up by the solid build and high-quality components. A variety of features including automatic turn off, phase switch, low / high level switch, multiple filters, etc. adds points to this model as the best under seat subwoofer. Still, the high power handled by the sub causes it to warm up quickly, so for the prolonged use, the cooling fan might be needed.
The speaker has a 10-inch driver built in the 2.7-inch high casing. While being low-profile, it’s rather long (12.4 inches) and wide (13.4 inches) and thus, might be too tight to fit some small or cluttered under seat places. For the under seat subwoofer, it’s also quite heavy (the weight makes 14.25 lbs). Still, the sturdy body shields the high-power circuitry ensuring high-quality performance. The 200W RMS capacity and 800W peak back up the deep powerful bass with a solid base and even frequency response throughout the range. The latter makes 20Hz – 150 Hz.
The subwoofer is equipped with the low pass filter keeping the sound audible and distinct within 50Hz – 150Hz range. There’s also a bass boost from 0 dB to 18 dB at 45Hz adding more boom to the sound. The overall unit sensitivity makes 90 dB, while the volume is adjustable and can quickly fill your car with sound.
The installation is quite easy thanks to the built-in amp and high-level connections. This versatile under seat powered sub doesn’t require much fiddling with the wire; yet provides multiple comfort options.
Separate protection circuits for overload, overheat, and short circuit issues.
Automatic turning on and off at the high-level connection with the main speakers.
Wired remote for level regulation and full phase switch.
The soundstage is rather narrow, might cause fatigue.
No mounting holes on the casing.
Video Rockville RW10CA
If you’re looking for a sub that is easy to install and regulate, has good protection, and doesn’t cost much, the SS8P model might be your best underseat powered subwoofer. Though not as powerful as many other units on the list, it still delivers a dynamic and concentrated bass, which wouldn’t crush your windows but improve the beats and overall low end significantly (in comparison with the factory-installed system).
This 8-inch subwoofer handles the 400W peak power while its regular operating power makes 100W. It also has a lot of protective circuitry and is equipped with several filters to deliver clean bass. The phase switch can reverse the polarity up to 180 degrees and deliver the punchier or more flowing, mellow bass with a lot of headroom. The general sensitivity of the Rockville SS8P makes 90 dB and the bass boost knob adds another 12 dB at 45Hz frequency. The impedance equals 2 Ohms. The response is gradual and even the little interference can be heard at high volume.
The low-pass filter cuts the ultra-low frequencies adding to the transparency of the sub-low end of the sound. The subsonic filter operating at 20Hz ensures low-to-zero distortion and preservation of the original sonic character of the signal.
Another benefit of this under seat subwoofer is its compact size. The unit is 11.4 inches long, 8.3 inches wide, and 2.8 inches tall and will fit most of the passenger vehicles and trucks. Considering it has a built-in preamp, the sub is lightweight weighing 9.53 lbs.
MOSFET power scheme ensures high-quality sound non-depending on the battery state.
The RCA input lets connect to different sources (head unit, portable MP3 player, etc.).
LED light flashes green or red to show the working state of the sub.
Feels a bit underpowered on the quick beats.
Small rattling spotted when the volume and gain are winded up.
Video Rockville SS8P
This sub by Kenwood is very compact and would most likely fit even under the low-profile car seat. This car under seat subwoofer is 11 inches long, 7.5 inches wide, and 2.75 inches tall. It weighs 6.17 lbs only and makes one of the most lightweight powered subs for a car. Still, this also means the unit should be securely fixed under the seat in order not to slide away during driving or bump into the seat at the road jolts.
The unit is easy to connect to the head unit via the RCA port. There’s also a speaker level connection enabling to hook up the sub to the component audio system used in the car. The sub can be controlled via the cabled remote for the volume level, phase switch, and the low-pass filter. The sound emitted by the Kenwood KSC-SW11 is rich with harmonics. It doesn’t bring many dynamics but deepens the low end making it stand out while staying clear and distinct. The low pass crossover can vary the range of frequencies produced and cuts the distortion efficiently. The sound is transparent and full. The subwoofer provides the 75W RMS output, with the peak reaching 150W. The speaker is sensitive enough providing the neat volume control.
This underseat subwoofer can be wired directly to the car’s battery to ensure the constant voltage during the power supply. Still, this model is quite versatile and can be powered from the 12V socket as well.
Fills the space with the low end immediately, provides a solid thump.
The sturdy housing and metal connections make it a wear-proof model.
Stylish aluminum casing with the glossy frame and large grill.
Distortion is audible at the low volume level.
The maximum volume isn’t loud.
Video Kenwood KSC-SW11
The 10-inch driver design, variety of controls, and aluminum casing are the highlights of this underseat subwoofer. It delivers a palpable thump and plays quite loud. Having a standard size and weight, it can fit as a trunk subwoofer as well. A stylish matte finish and a red rim around the driver make it look different from other models.
The dimensions of this speaker are 13.6 inches long, 9.65 inches wide, and 2.8 inches high. At 13 lbs, it’s also quite heavy. Still, having all the connections and controls on the same side, it can be installed in the way that the board is well accessible.
The subwoofer is complemented with the integrated preamp and has quite a powerful output. The average RMS capacity makes 200W and the peak one can reach 550W. The impedance equals 2 Ohms. The phase switch can be turned to 180-degree position to adjust the performance and bring a sharper main line and beats or make the bass deeper and more spacious.
The connections board features both the line inputs and the high-level ones enabling different hookup schemes. The controls include the variable low pass filter (between 75Hz and 150Hz), the gain control, and the bass control adding another 12 dB to the existing level. The Cerwin Vega under seat powered subwoofer also has the automatic turn on function activating the sub once the audio signal is detected, and shutting it off when the signal is out.
Sturdy aluminum casing with reliable joints and control elements (knobs, switches, the remote).
Efficient thermal and overload protection mechanism turns the sub off in case of a threat.
The auto turn on function can be disabled with the special button.
The sound becomes too abrupt when the sub reaches ¾ level of the volume.
Mids might be excessively boomy at a high load.
Video Cerwin Vega VPAS10
The Pioneer TS-WX130DA has the slim remote control, the solid driver build, and multiple adjustment options. It also implements two preset modes varying in the frequency response and regulating the depth and dynamics of the lows.
The subwoofer has the preamp and offers a simplified connections panel. The latter consists of the power supply port, the RCA/SPK input, and the remote control connection. The panel also has an input level switch that enables the relevant connection circuitry (the low-level / high-level switch). Next to the switch, there’s the input gain control that lets optimize the output depending on the type of connection and the voltage of the source. It offers the “High” position for high voltage current supplied through the RCA connections, and the “Normal” one for regular RCA and speaker level input. This results in the high authenticity of sound and little-to-zero distortion, especially in the mid-bass range.
The maximum output produced by this Pioneer underseat subwoofer makes 160W, with the nominal wattage reaching 50. The 8-inch sub can operate in two listening modes: the Deep and Dynamic presets. The Dynamic mode is more sensitive with a 100 dB limit but offers the limited frequency range from 40Hz to 160Hz. In this mode, the sound is lively and the beats are sharp and exact. In the Deep mode, the frequency range is wider making 20Hz – 200Hz and has 95 dB sensitivity. It creates the wider soundstage and makes the bass less boomy.
The remote is diverse featuring the large gain and LPF dials, and the phase and bass mode switches.
The aluminum cone supported with the urethane filling provides precision and clarity of the sound.
Low capacity lets the sub draw the power from the fuse box / system directly, without connecting to the battery.
The connections panel is situated on the bottom making it hard to reach for the under-seat position.
The power gets attenuated a bit at the high volume level.
Video Pioneer TS-WX130DA
If you’re looking to fill the low end of your car or truck sound without the major upgrade of the factory system, the PWE-S8 under seat sub should be on your comparison list. Its simple installation and straightforward controls make it user-friendly; the latter is within a quick reach while the remote with the volume level knob is also included.
The 8-inch speaker is encased in the solid aluminum housing feeling highly durable and damage-proof. The woofer is located in the middle part of the box, and shouldn’t suffer from an occasional hit or jolt. The connections panel is located in the niche on the side providing access to the knobs and ports and securing the latter from inadvertent hits.
The subwoofer is complemented with the powerful amplifier providing the 240W maximum output. The continuous capacity makes 120W ensuring the punchy bass with a lot of dynamics. The sound has a confident base with the rich harmonics and a clear main line. Meanwhile, the beats are accurate and sharp without being obnoxious. The sub’s sensitivity lets it play the music quite loud without getting distortion or waning of the frequency range. The unit performs confidently within the 32Hz – 150Hz frequency and can be tweaked via the low-pass filter dial from 50Hz to 150Hz. There’s also the phase selector (providing 0 and 180 degrees positions) and the gain knob.
The unit has the 13.5-inch length, is 9-inch wide, and 3-inch tall. It weighs 10 lbs and makes one of the compact and powerful truck subs under the seat.
A combined high-level / ground / remote connection port lets you hook up the wire quickly and keep it neat.
The SPN / REM power mode selector provides for different power supply patterns.
The remote is wired with the 8ft cable letting place the bass knob in multiple locations.
Needs several hours of playing to “break in”.
The supplied mounting brackets are few and mightn’t be sufficient for some car / truck models.
Video Alpine Electronics PWE-S8
The design of this underseat powered subwoofer is eye-catching while being handy and simple to use. The unit is 13 9/16 inches long, 9 ⅞ inches wide, and 2 13/16 inches tall, which is a standard size for the 8-inch car sub. The weight makes 10.2 lbs. The upper panel has the leveled ornament and is performed of the stylish thick matte plastic. Typical for JBL acoustics, the woofer is located in the right part and protected with the grill. The panel also features the light indicators for power on (green) and protection (red) alerts making it easy to control the subwoofer current state.
The integrated amplifier produces the maximum 250W output and ensures the continuous RMS power of 125W. This grants the sub the solid base for the low and sub-low frequencies and the wide volume range. The 8-inch woofer produces the rich bass with a lot of attack and accurately drawn beats. While it doesn’t make the car throb with the sound, it represents the full frequency range with good clarity and no color to the initial signal.
The JBL under the seat subwoofer has the inputs for connecting RCA and speaker level wire, with the automatic turn on and shutdown function in the latter. It also provides the remote port, the volume, and gain (Bass boost up to +9dB) dials, as well as an LP crossover ranging from 50Hz to 120Hz. The overall frequency range makes 35Hz – 120Hz.
The input load switch lets choose the optimal modification for different sources.
Connections and dials are easy to reach due to the slightly protruding design.
Gold plated screw-in connections for power, ground, and remote.
The bass feels localized, the soundstage is narrow.
The remote controller isn’t supplied.
Video JBL BassPro SL
If you’re looking for a versatile sub in your car that handles good power and provides a wide range of bass frequencies, look into the KSC-PSW8 model by Kenwood. This sub can emit a palpable thump while supplying all necessary harness for plug-n-play installation and comprehensive remote design.
The unit weighs 9.9 lbs, which is slightly less than the majority of subs of this size. It’s easy to accommodate this subwoofer under the seats of your car, as it’s 13.78 inches long, 9.45 inches wide, and 2.95 inches tall and would fit in most cars’ under-the-seat space. It’s supplied with the harness making the installation simple and straightforward. The harness is equipped with the 14- and 18-gauge wire for ground / power / speaker level connection and houses the RCA input as well.
The woofer of this Kenwood underseat subwoofer has an 8-inch diameter and is powered through the onboard amp. The latter ensures 150W RMS output with the peak one of 250W. The frequency range makes 35Hz – 150Hz, with the tweakable 50Hz – 125Hz range. The phase switch lets reverse the polarity to 180 degrees.
A large volume dial on the remote is fitted with the protruding ticks to control the level easily.
Ample low end with a solid base and accurate sub-low performance.
The remote and connection harness are hooked up in the small niche on the bottom of the subwoofer securing the cables from bending.
The sensitivity of 81 dB doesn’t provide the same clarity of the sound at the high volume.
No onboard controls.
Video Kenwood KSC-PSW8
An Underseat Subwoofer is the Best for Compact Vehicles
Powered vs Passive
Power range
If you have a small car or a compact truck, or your trunk is always occupied with the tools and articles, there might be little space to install the full-size subwoofer used in the large cars. Besides, the acoustic devices get warm quickly when operating; so, the sufficient space ventilation is a must.
The solution for the compact vehicles and the one having no space left for the full-size sound system is a subwoofer that can be placed under the seat. These subwoofers usually combine the small form factor with the good power output and diverse controls. While most of them don’t cause the windows to rattle, these subs make the low end sound fuller providing the enhanced effect in comparison to the factory system. Wonder, what is the best under seat subwoofer? Check the descriptions for the models we picked!
The car subs can be powered or require an external amp. The powered type is the most frequent since these speakers already have the amplifier built-in and don’t require the additional equipment. This also entails easier installation with just a few wires to connect. The powered subs also save space significantly and make the optimal decision for small vehicles.
Meanwhile, the subwoofers with the stand-alone amp usually provide more power and clarity to the sound output. They do require some fiddling with the wire and counting the Ohms, Volts, etc. However, the external amp is usually much more powerful and offers the ability to upgrade the sound in the future
As was described before, the subwoofer that is placed under seats can be either fed by the external amps or internal preamp. They can draw the power either from the car’s battery directly or through the car acoustics / head unit connected. In the case of direct connection, the sound quality is usually higher.
The power range handled by the sub is described by RMS rating and the peak capacity, and is measured in watts. The peak rating is usually advertised by the manufacturers, but it describes the maximum power the sub can handle for a short period of time (peak) and keep the signal clean. The RMS rating is more important as it shows the general capacity of the sub and its regular power output. The higher the rating, the more sound clarity and richness you get.
The “size” can describe the physical parameters of the subwoofer box (L x W x H) or the diameter of the woofer. The subs used under the car seat are usually quite slim (up to 3 inches) but can vary in their length (10-15 inches) and width (8-13 inches). These subs usually are the powered type; so, the box also houses the amp and heat sinks. It might also include additional circuitry for thermal, overload protection.
The housing is an important part of the sub as it secures the sound clarity and determines the way it’s produced. There are three types of sub housing:
sealed box. Provides the deep rich bass, accentuates the sub-low notes, and can handle more power efficiently in comparison to other types.
ported casing. Works well for boosted bass and sharp beats.
bandpass housing. Brings a wide soundstage and accentuates the higher lows.
Sensitivity is about the volume, sound quality, and efficient power handling. This parameter shows at what decibel level the noise becomes distinct, with further aggravation as the level rises. Thus, the more sensitive the subwoofer is, the louder you can listen to it without experiencing distortion. In some double-circuit subs, the sensitivity can vary depending on the mode chosen. Usually, the sensitivity of the subs placed under the car seat varies in the range of 80dB — 110dB.
Higher sensitivity also means less power is spent to produce the louder sound. This entails less current draw from the car battery and less heating issues for the sub itself.
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Aster has the mountain inside her. At least that’s what a mysterious old shepherd woman tells her when they meet on the mountainside. Aster, however, has ...Show more Aster has the mountain inside her. At least that’s what a mysterious old shepherd woman tells her when they meet on the mountainside. Aster, however, has only just moved there from the city, and she isn’t particularly happy about the move. How could she have a connection to the mountain? Aster doesn’t know what to make of the mysterious lady and her pack of woolly dogs, but that’s just the beginning of her adventures as she explores the strange mountain and meets its unusual inhabitants. Aster is a charming heroine, and her magical mishaps highlight her resourcefulness. This will be a fun series! - Mindy R., Edina Library Show less
by Kelly, Erin Entrada
If I had one word to describe this book, it would be lush. Erin Entrada Kelly is incredibly skilled at creating stories where you just sink into them and ...Show more If I had one word to describe this book, it would be lush. Erin Entrada Kelly is incredibly skilled at creating stories where you just sink into them and have to really take some time to reacclimate yourself to the real world when you emerge several hours later. So, in this story, when she uses that skill to build a slightly magical island world that feels like it has been passed down for hundreds of years by storytellers, your reading experience really is, well, lush. That doesn't mean that the author throws overly-flowery descriptions at you; on the contrary- the writing feels very straightforward and relatable. On top of that, there are a lot of intriguing ideas presented that would make this a great book to discuss with others. For instance, there is a lot of power play in Lalani's community, but who actually has the power? Is it the adult men who simply declare themselves to be in charge, or young Lalani and her friend Veyda who actually figure out ways to make big contributions to the well-being of their island? Just like folk tales, there many layers here to dissect, and I think that this would make an interesting pairing with the fantastical retellings you find in Where the Mountain Meets the Moon and its companion novels by Grace Lin. - Nina S., Maple Grove Library Show less
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Mañanaland
by Ryan, Pam Muñoz
Pam Muñoz Ryan is a fantastic author to turn to when you really want to get swept away in a book. She is a true storyteller and uses her words beautifully...Show more Pam Muñoz Ryan is a fantastic author to turn to when you really want to get swept away in a book. She is a true storyteller and uses her words beautifully and thoughtfully to transport you into whatever world she is building. Don't worry- she doesn't burden you with an abundance of flowery adjectives, but her words are very rich and carefully chosen. In Mañanaland, our main character Max is able to dip into a story world that has been passed down from his grandfather in order to help him navigate on his difficult journey. He would much rather be focusing on his upcoming soccer tryouts, but instead he is helping transport a young refugee to safety while also searching out answers about his missing mother. The author leaves Max and us without answering all of our questions, but she does leave us with a satisfying feeling of hope. And that can be a great way to close a book. - Nina S., Maple Grove Library Show less
Scary Stories for Young Foxes
by Heidicker, Christian McKay
I picked this one up after it received a Newbery Honor, but I knew nothing about it other than that. It turns out that the title is quite precise for what...Show more I picked this one up after it received a Newbery Honor, but I knew nothing about it other than that. It turns out that the title is quite precise for what you will find inside. Seven fox siblings are getting ready for bed and ask their mother for a scary story. She offers up some options, but they are quickly rejected as not scary enough. To appease them, the mother sends them off to a storyteller who can guarantee them a frightful tale. And that they do. As the fearsome stories of young foxes Mia and Uly unfold and come together, the seven kits make their way back to the comfort of their mother, one by one. And I do not blame them. The things that happen to Mia and Uly are HARD things. These things might be too hard for a young reader to read, especially if they have experience or are currently experiencing themselves. You see facing them bullying, an abusive parent, feelings of neglect, and food shortages. The odds are stacked against them every step of the way, but luckily, our storyteller has told us that if we sit through the story until the very end, it will turn out okay. And it does. As much as anything can. I will reassure you on that. So yes, this is a tough story, but Mia and Uly have such a great friendship through it that it really is a special story to read. The author throws in an interesting segment featuring Beatrix Potter that will really change how you read Peter Rabbit the next time around, but that just adds another layer of depth to an already unique tale. Definitely a story that stand out in terms of style, so if you are looking for something really new and different, this would be a solid pick. - Nina S., Maple Grove Library Show less
Aquicorn Cove
by O'Neill, Katie (Cartoonist)
Katie O'Neill has come up with another lovely, heartwarming fantasy comic grounded in real world / human issues. Love the art; she really just keeps getti...Show more Katie O'Neill has come up with another lovely, heartwarming fantasy comic grounded in real world / human issues. Love the art; she really just keeps getting better and better. The nonfiction pages at the end about coral reefs are a nice addition. Sarah Jane A., St. Louis Park Library Show less
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
by Glaser, Karina Yan
I can't believe I let this book exist for three whole years without reading it! It is such a heartwarming and captivating story that I could not put it do...Show more I can't believe I let this book exist for three whole years without reading it! It is such a heartwarming and captivating story that I could not put it down. The Vanderbeekers are a boisterous and absolutely endearing family, but their crabby landlord Mr. Beiderman is about to evict them from their beloved brownstone home- and they have to be out right after Christmas! The five young Vanderbeekers, who include 12-year-old twins Jessie (the scientist) and Isa (the violinist), 9-year-old Oliver (the unpredictable bookworm- and only boy!), 6-year-old crafty Hyacinth, and 4-year-old loveable Laney decide that they are going to win over The Beiderman so they don't have to move. This family is such a part of their cozy Harlem neighborhood that you will wish you were there, too. But be sure to have some baked good with you before you start reading. One of their neighborhood friends runs a bakery, and it was a real struggle to get through parts of this story without a croissant in my hand! As you read, you do know that this story will end happily, but it is such a joy to read about all of the Vanderbeekers' antics that bring you there. I can see this being a good book for a family to read together, especially since it features kids of a lot of different ages and personalities. This is the first in a series, and I can't wait to join the Vanderbeekers again in Book 2: The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden. - Nina S., Maple Grove Library Show less
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Chasing Vermeer
by Balliett, Blue, 1955-
Codes, puzzles, coincidences, and clues! Have fun deciphering this mystery as Calder and Petra work to track down a stolen painting. Could someone they kn...Show more Codes, puzzles, coincidences, and clues! Have fun deciphering this mystery as Calder and Petra work to track down a stolen painting. Could someone they know be the criminal mastermind behind the theft? As the coincidences pile up, these detectives start to suspect those closest to them--even their beloved teacher! This first in a series is perfect for anyone who enjoyed The Mysterious Benedict Society or The Westing Game. Also, see if you can solve the code hidden in the illustrations! - Baileigh F., Washburn Library Show less
The Voyage to Magical North
by Fayers, Claire
This book has everything: pirates, magic, monsters of all sorts, a library island, and an orphan with a mysterious past. It's full of swashbuckling action...Show more This book has everything: pirates, magic, monsters of all sorts, a library island, and an orphan with a mysterious past. It's full of swashbuckling action, but any danger is paired with a gentle sort of humor that keeps it from getting too scary because the reader is too busy laughing (or at least smirking) to be scared. On top of all that, the story manages to explore some big topics: following rules vs. doing what's right, how stories influence our perception, and the nature of power. I can't wait to read the sequel! - Mindy R., Edina Library Show less
White Bird
A Wonder Story
I originally got this book because I was curious to see what the author of Wonder would do with a graphic novel. And my verdict? R. J. Palacio punches you...Show more I originally got this book because I was curious to see what the author of Wonder would do with a graphic novel. And my verdict? R. J. Palacio punches you in the gut with a heartwrenching, un-put-downable story of two young people forced to be brave when the world around them has turned upside down. Sara is now an old woman, and her grandson Julian (from Wonder) is interviewing her about her life during World War II. As she reflects back, you go right along with her to German-occupied France, where her once mostly carefree, happy life is upended when there is a raid on her school by Nazi soldiers rounding up Jewish students. Sara is on the list of students to be taken, but fellow student Julien helps her sneak away through the sewer system. Sara is surprised at his kindness, for she has never really talked to him, despite sitting next to him in class. In fact, Julien is typically harassed by the other kids, called "Tourteau" (which is "crab" in French) because he uses crutches to get around after having polio, and because his father works in the sewers. Julien sneaks Sara away to a barn by his house, where she must stay in hiding month after month. Her only company is Julien and his parents, who must travel miles out of their way to visit her to avoid suspicion by their nosy neighbors. The illustrations are all about facial expressions in this story, and through them you feel such empathy for these kids whose youth is taken away from them and for the parents and teachers who work so hard but often have so little power to keep their kids safe. There is a lot to take in with this story, and the author does not shy away from relating this historical tale to current events. This is definitely a great book for caregivers to read and discuss with their kids. - Nina S., Maple Grove Library Show less
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The Okay Witch
by Steinkellner, Emma
When Moth Hush gets her First Magic, she is thrilled to learn that she is a witch. Unfortunately, she lives in a town with a long and celebrated history o...Show more When Moth Hush gets her First Magic, she is thrilled to learn that she is a witch. Unfortunately, she lives in a town with a long and celebrated history of witch-hunts. Also, there's her mom, an ex-witch who wants nothing to do with her past, forbidding Moth from the magical world. The more Moth learns about her family's past, the more she questions the truth of her town's history. The Okay Witch is a compelling mother-daughter story starring women-of-color that explores important topics while being completely enchanting. - Mindy R., Edina Library Show less
The Chancellor and the Citadel
by Frantz, Maria Capelle, 1996-
I finished this graphic novel weeks ago and I am still entranced by it. This story is a short and meaningful reflection on the importance of interpersona...Show more I finished this graphic novel weeks ago and I am still entranced by it. This story is a short and meaningful reflection on the importance of interpersonal bonds and community support during times of turmoil. As an allegory, it feels both timely and timeless, especially in the often-bleak landscape of modern-day America. Olive is a gentle and empathetic lead character, and her kindness is (sometimes literally) a warm light in a cold place. The Chancellor, the second protagonist, is a more mysterious figure who believes that people have the capacity to change, to grow, and to learn how to be better stewards and protectors of their communities. There is some blood and violence, but the story and its themes are appropriate for a middle-grade audience. The rich textures and earthy colors of the illustrations are absolutely beautiful, and each panel is a work of art in its own right. I also appreciated the variety of skin tones and body types within the mainly-female cast. - Elizabeth W., Linden Hills Library Show less
All's Faire in Middle School
by Jamieson, Victoria
11-year old Imogene takes on a noble quest- leave her loving, quirky homeschooling family to enroll in public school! Navigating the spoken and un-spoken...Show more 11-year old Imogene takes on a noble quest- leave her loving, quirky homeschooling family to enroll in public school! Navigating the spoken and un-spoken rules of public school is difficult, but what may be more difficult is not losing yourself and your sense of fair-play. This book is like a middle-school version of Mean Girls, with an interesting "peek behind the curtain" view of Renaissance Faires. Very fun. - Cassandra J., St. Anthony Library Show less
An Owner's Manual
by Marko, Cyndi
A pig as the perfect pet? Kids might not need much convincing, but parents probably will. This silly version of a step-by-step guide to adopting a pig may...Show more A pig as the perfect pet? Kids might not need much convincing, but parents probably will. This silly version of a step-by-step guide to adopting a pig may or may not convince readers to add a pig to their family, but it is awfully entertaining while offering bits of pig-related facts and a mini-lesson in persuasion. Perfect for fans of Mercy Watson. - Mindy R., Edina Library Show less
Maybe A Fox
by Appelt, Kathi, 1954-
This story feels like being wrapped in a blanket of snow. After losing their mother, sisters Jules and Sylvie have been given a list of "Do Nots"...Show more This story feels like being wrapped in a blanket of snow. After losing their mother, sisters Jules and Sylvie have been given a list of "Do Nots" by their father in an effort to keep them safe. The major one is "Do Not Go Near the Slip." The Slip, as I imagine, is a place where the river sort of sidetracks, and creates an underground tunnel of water before reemerging to the surface. There are legends of those lost to the Slip. As we are brought into a new, real tale of loss and grief, we also enter a story where Jules' world becomes magically connected to the wild world of the forest by the Slip. This is not a full-fledged fantasy world with wizards or goblins, but one where a fox named Senna just knows she is connected to Jules in some way, that she is different from other foxes in her purpose. The story alternates between Jules' and Senna's thoughts and is a very absorbing and atmospheric read that will make you want to curl up with a blanket and just watch the snow. - Nina S., Maple Grove Library Show less
The Season of Styx Malone
by Magoon, Kekla
Caleb and Bobby Gene have never met anyone like Styx Malone. They've never left their small town where nothing happens, not even for school field trips. S...Show more Caleb and Bobby Gene have never met anyone like Styx Malone. They've never left their small town where nothing happens, not even for school field trips. So when Styx Malone shows up with big ideas and seeming as cool as can be, the boys are in awe of him and ready for adventure. This is a timeless story with a nostalgic feel that is as funny as it is thoughtful. - Mindy R., Edina Library Show less
Cucumber Quest
1, The Doughnut Kingdom
by Gigi D. G. (Artist)
This graphic novel is the first volume of an ongoing fantasy/adventure series starring Cucumber and Almond, a brother-sister duo who mostly manage to get ...Show more This graphic novel is the first volume of an ongoing fantasy/adventure series starring Cucumber and Almond, a brother-sister duo who mostly manage to get along. The siblings are caught up in a world-ending prophecy that has rather more fine print than they initially bargained for. The Cucumber Quest series puts gender roles, fantasy conventions, and character tropes into a blender and produces a story that is consistently as sweet, colorful, and warm as its artwork. Funny and charming, this is a series aimed at middle-grade readers but suitable for anyone with an appreciation for heartfelt storytelling and a bright sense of humor. — Elizabeth W., Minnetonka Library Show less
Amal Unbound
by Saeed, Aisha
Amal's dreams and hopes came crushing down when she insulted a wealthy Pakistani in her town. In a blink of an eye, she is taken away from her family to l...Show more Amal's dreams and hopes came crushing down when she insulted a wealthy Pakistani in her town. In a blink of an eye, she is taken away from her family to live and suffer in a house that is full of sadness (the opposite of home). Only because of one single decision she made, she lives to suffer many injustices. The book highlights Pakistan cultures and the importance of education in Pakistani families. — Honee C., Edina Library Show less
The Haunted House Next Door
by Miedoso, Andres
Moving to a new town and making new friends is hard enough, but nothing could have prepared ‘normal-boring’ young Andres for the extraordinary people and ...Show more Moving to a new town and making new friends is hard enough, but nothing could have prepared ‘normal-boring’ young Andres for the extraordinary people and things he encounters in Kersville. For example, his new neighbor, Desmond Cole, has a garage full of mysterious gadgets and immediately hands Andres his ‘Ghost Patrol’ business card (‘No Ghost Too Tricky’!). Not to mention that some very strange (and frightening!) things seem to be happening in Andres’ house. This first in the ever-so-slightly-creepy Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series is a great early chapter book for young readers. Every page includes attractive line drawing illustrations that keep the mood light and the word count down. Readers’ confidence will grow as they keep the pages turning of this impressive book. It got the stamp of approval from my summer book group of kids going into 2nd and 3rd grade! — John K., Plymouth Library Show less
by Yang, Kelly
I really loved reading this book. I couldn't put it down. I admire Mia Tang and her courage to stand up against bullies. She is really smart and would do ...Show more I really loved reading this book. I couldn't put it down. I admire Mia Tang and her courage to stand up against bullies. She is really smart and would do anything to help her family manage the hotel where they are treated badly by the owner. The book has a gentle approach. It is a fun realistic fiction book. — Honee C., Edina Library Show less
The Night Diary
by Hiranandani, Veera
When India was freed from British rule in 1947, India was divided into two nations: Pakistan and India. Nisha is 12 years old when her country splits, and...Show more When India was freed from British rule in 1947, India was divided into two nations: Pakistan and India. Nisha is 12 years old when her country splits, and she and her family are now unwelcome in their homeland because they are Hindus in the new Pakistan. Where different religions used to get along, this division of their country has pitted neighbor against neighbor, and Nisha, her twin brother Amil, their father, and their grandmother now have to make the dangerous journey into the new India. Nisha and Amil don't understand why everything has to change, or why they have to leave, especially since their deceased mother was Muslim. Doesn't that make them part-Muslim, too? This story is a very welcome addition to the world of historical fiction as it opens your eyes to a part of history that is often left out of American school books. — Nina S., Maple Grove Library Show less
Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring
by Cervantes, Angela
Spending a month in Mexico might be her mom's dream, but it sure isn't Paloma's. She'd rather hang out with her friends by the pool all summer, but instea...Show more Spending a month in Mexico might be her mom's dream, but it sure isn't Paloma's. She'd rather hang out with her friends by the pool all summer, but instead she's stuck taking Spanish classes and learning about Mexican art. Though she has to admit there is something special about Frida Kahlo's art, especially the one-of-a-kind peacock ring that has gone missing. Can Paloma find the missing ring before it falls into the wrong hands? Paloma's story just may have you dreaming about a trip to Mexico to see Casa Azul for yourself. — Mindy R., Edina Library Show less
The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora
by Cartaya, Pablo
This 2018 Pura Belpré Author Honor Book features 13 year old Arturo Zamora who works part-time at his family’s restaurant, which is the heart of his Miam...Show more This 2018 Pura Belpré Author Honor Book features 13 year old Arturo Zamora who works part-time at his family’s restaurant, which is the heart of his Miami neighborhood. This restaurant is threatened when a money-hungry land developer comes into town to plan an upscale high rise to replace the restaurant and when Abuela, the family’s charismatic matriarch who has a special talent to make every customer feel welcome falls into declining health. Can Arturo and his family and friends save the restaurant? Furthermore, can Arturo deal with the romantic feelings he has for Carmen, a family friend who has moved into Arturo’s neighborhood from Spain. The sprinkling of Spanish words and phrases throughout the book adds to the authenticity of the book’s atmosphere. Recommended for grades 5-8 and fans of Rita Williams-Garcia. — Laura M., Library Services Show less
Palace of Lies
by Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Desmia is over-joyed to be reunited with her sister-princesses, but also terrified for them. They have no experience with politics, and she doesn't know ...Show more Desmia is over-joyed to be reunited with her sister-princesses, but also terrified for them. They have no experience with politics, and she doesn't know how to warn them in a way that will make sense to them. And she is still getting over her hard-earned, instinctive distrust of everyone. When a fire burns down her palace, she has to leave the palace for the first time, she has to learn a lot of things in a short amount of time. This is the third book in a trilogy, but can easily be read as a stand-alone. Desmia is a fabulous character — a girl protagonist that gets to be a heroine and wins through cleverness and diplomacy while having actual flaws to overcome. — Cassandra J., St. Anthony Library Show less
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Olga and the Smelly Thing From Nowhere
by Gravel, Elise
Olga is a big-hearted girl who prefers the company of animals to that of humans. She LOVES animals – including the stinky, amorphous creature she discove...Show more Olga is a big-hearted girl who prefers the company of animals to that of humans. She LOVES animals – including the stinky, amorphous creature she discovers in her shed. She names it 'Meh' after the only noise it makes and with her typical enthusiasm proclaims that it has 'the coolest poop ever!' Using the scientific method, the book follows Olga's observations as she attempts to figure out exactly what kind of animal Meh is. Along the way she encounters and befriends other interesting and quirky members of her community. The clever, laugh out loud humor and Gravel's many illustrations give the book a Diary of a Wimpy Kid-type look and appeal. — John K., Plymouth Library Show less
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COVID-19 Hospitalization Rate Anticipated to Trigger Rollback of Capacity Limits Per Governor Abbott’s Executive Order
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Texas Trauma Service Area (TSA) Region O, which includes Williamson County, has experienced a steady increase in people hospitalized due to the COVID-19 virus. Per Governor Abbott’s Executive Order GA-32, certain businesses may be required to decrease their occupancy limit if the trend continues.
Governor Abbott’s Executive Order GA-32, which went into effect on October 14, 2020, states that when the TSA has a high hospitalization rate, any business establishment that was allowed to operate at 75 percent occupancy limit must rollback to a 50 percent occupancy limit. A high hospitalization rate is defined in the Order as any TSA that has had seven consecutive days in which the number of COVID-19 hospitalized patients as a percentage of the total hospital capacity exceeds 15 percent.
Region O’s hospitalization rate surpassed 15 percent on Sunday, January 3, 2021, and has increased since then. A rollback has not been mandated yet, but is anticipated due to the increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. Williamson County will further notify residents in the event that the Texas Department of State Health Services issues a determination letter stating the region has become an area of high hospitalizations. This notice could be issued as early as Sunday, January 10, based upon current hospitalization data.
In addition, GA-32 states that bars or similar establishments that are not restaurants cannot operate indoors on premises, but may offer drive-thru, pickup, or delivery options as authorized by the Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission (TABC). The occupancy limit applies only to indoor and not outdoor areas, events, or establishments, although social distancing and other safety protocols must be followed.
A rollback to occupancy limits does not affect businesses such as religious services, local government operations, child care services, youth camps, recreation sports programs for youth and adults, public or private schools, and drive-in concerts, movies or similar events, which are listed as having no occupancy limit according to the Order. Personal-care and beauty services can operate with at least six feet of social distancing between work stations. All of the exemptions and information in GA-32 can be found on Governor Abbott’s website here.
“It has never been more crucial for us as a community to reduce the spread of this virus,” said Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell.
“We all must consistently follow the personal protective measures we have been emphasizing throughout the course of this pandemic. Please wear a mask, watch your distance around people outside your household, and wash your hands frequently. This is the best way to keep ourselves and our family members safe and reduce the number of people being hospitalized daily,” added Gravell.
According to Governor Abbott’s Executive Order GA-32, businesses that have been required to roll back to a 50 percent occupancy limit may return to 75 percent occupancy when the TSA hospitalization rate for COVID-19 returns to below 15 percent for seven consecutive days.
Additional information on GA-32 and data on hospitalizations is available from the Texas Department of State Health Services here.
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The Sony Pictures Hack Was Even Worse Than Everyone Thought
Adam Clark Estes
It's time to take a moment of silence for Sony Pictures, because more startling revelations about leaked information just came out and employees are starting to panic. BuzzFeed raked through some 40 gigabytes of data and found everything from medical records to unreleased scripts. This is probably the worst corporate hack in history.
We already knew that the Sony Pictures hack was bad, but this is just absurd. BuzzFeed's discoveries include documents detailing "employee criminal background checks, salary negotiations, and doctors' letters explaining the medical rationale for leaves of absence." They also include "the script for an unreleased pilot written by Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan to the results of sales meetings with local TV executives." Better call Saul.
Meanwhile, Fusion's Kevin Roose is reporting on what exactly happened at Sony Pictures when the hack went down. The hack was evidently so extensive that even the company gym had to shut down. And once the hackers started releasing the data, people started "freaking out," one employee said. That saddest part about all of this is that the very worst is probably still to come. Hackers say they stole 100 terabytes of data in total. If only 40 gigabytes contained all of this damning information, just imagine what 100 terabytes contains. [BuzzFeed, Fusion]
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That Sony Pictures Hack Exposed Budgets, Layoffs and 3,800 SSNs
Sony Pictures suffered a pretty devastating hack last week. In fact, according to documents…
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We discuss how to properly decompose economic efficiency when the underlying technology is non-homothetic using alternative allocative and technical efficiency criteria. We first show that only under the production of one output and assuming the particular case of constant returns to scale homotheticity, we may claim that the standard radial models correctly measure pure technical efficiency. Otherwise, when non-homotheticity is assumed, we then show that these traditional estimations would measure an undetermined mix of technical and allocative efficiency. To restore a consistent measure of technical efficiency in the non-homothetic case we introduce a new methodology that takes as reference for the economic efficiency decomposition the preservation of the allocative efficiency of firms producing in the interior of the technology. This builds upon the so-called reversed approach recently introduced by Bogetoft et al. (2006) that allows estimating allocative efficiency without presuming that technical efficiency has been already accomplished. We illustrate our methodology within the Data Envelopment Analysis framework adopting the most simple non-homothetic BCC model and a numerical application. In this application we show that there are significant differences in the allocative and technical efficiency scores depending on the approach.
Aparicio, Juan & Pastor, Jesus T. & Zofio, Jose L., 2015. "How to properly decompose economic efficiency using technical and allocative criteria with non-homothetic DEA technologies," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 240(3), pages 882-891.
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Molecular Genomics
Molecular Characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae Type 4, 6B, 8, and 18C Capsular Polysaccharide Gene Clusters
Sheng-Mei Jiang, Lei Wang, Peter R. Reeves
Sheng-Mei Jiang
Department of Microbiology, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
Peter R. Reeves
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.3.1244-1255.2001
Capsular polysaccharide (CPS) is a major virulence factor inStreptococcus pneumoniae. CPS gene clusters of S. pneumoniae types 4, 6B, 8, and 18C were sequenced and compared with those of CPS types 1, 2, 14, 19F, 19A, 23F, and 33F. All have the same four genes at the 5′ end, encoding proteins thought to be involved in regulation and export. Sequences of these genes can be divided into two classes, and evidence of recombination between them was observed. Next is the gene encoding the transferase for the first step in the synthesis of CPS. The predicted amino acid sequences of these first sugar transferases have multiple transmembrane segments, a feature lacking in other transferases. Sugar pathway genes are located at the 3′ end of the gene cluster. Comparison of the four dTDP-l-rhamnose pathway genes (rml genes) of CPS types 1, 2, 6B, 18C, 19F, 19A, and 23F shows that they have the same gene order and are highly conserved. There is a gradient in the nature of the variation of rml genes, the average pairwise difference for those close to the central region being higher than that for those close to the end of the gene cluster and, again, recombination sites can be observed in these genes. This is similar to the situation we observed for rml genes of O-antigen gene clusters of Salmonella enterica. Our data indicate that the conserved first four genes at the 5′ ends and the relatively conservedrml genes at the 3′ ends of the CPS gene clusters were sites for recombination events involved in forming new forms of CPS. We have also identified wzx and wzy genes for all sequenced CPS gene clusters by use of motifs.
Streptococcus pneumoniaeis an important human pathogen causing invasive diseases such as pneumonia, bacteremia, and meningitis. Control of pneumococcal diseases is being complicated by the increasing prevalence of antibiotic-resistant strains and the suboptimal clinical efficacy of existing vaccines. The capsular polysaccharide (CPS) of S. pneumoniae is essential for virulence because it protects S. pneumoniae from the nonspecific defence system of the host organism. All fresh isolates from patients with pneumococcal infection are encapsulated, and spontaneous nonencapsulated derivatives of such strains are almost completely avirulent (7).
Ninety different CPS types have been identified so far by immunological and chemical techniques (31). Each has a structurally distinct CPS, composed of repeating oligosaccharide units joined by glycosidic linkages. CPS production requires a complex pathway, including synthesis of the activated monosaccharide nucleotide precursors, sequential transfer of each sugar to a lipid carrier to form repeating CPS units, and subsequent polymerization, export, and attachment to the cell surface. The exception to this is type 3 CPS, which has a very simple CPS structure and appears to be synthesized by a processive transferase (6). Classic genetic studies carried out by Austrian et al. (8) demonstrated that the genes encoding CPS biosynthesis are closely linked on the S. pneumoniae chromosome. The first complete CPS gene cluster sequence was published in 1995 (4, 21) and, after a recent series of publications, sequences are available for CPS types 1, 2, 3, 14, 19F, 19A, 19B, 23F, 33F, and 37. In all cases the gene cluster is between the dexB and aliA genes (28), although types 3 and 37 are special cases (see Results and Discussion). As found in some other polysaccharide antigen gene clusters (11, 27, 33, 40, 41, 45, 66, 68, 79), theS. pneumoniae capsule locus has a cassette-like organization with type-specific CPS genes being flanked by genes that are common to all or many CPS types. The cassette-like arrangement of CPS genes may allow S. pneumoniae to change CPS types since the regions of homology can mediate the recombinational exchange (9, 13-16, 55). Further characterization of other S. pneumoniaeCPS gene clusters can provide the detailed knowledge needed to expand our understanding of the origins of variation in capsular polysaccharides. Our previous work on O antigen, a polymorphic polysaccharide on the surface of most gram-negative bacteria, has suggested that interspecies gene transfer could be a general mechanism for generating polymorphism. Studies on the S. pneumoniaeCPS, which is as polymorphic as O antigen, will facilitate our understanding of the origin of the extensive polymorphism of the bacterial cell polysaccharides.
Studies on the genetic determinants of CPSs would also contribute to unravelling the CPS biosynthetic pathways, which could, for example, open up the prospect for the design of inhibitors capable of obstructing the expression of this virulence factor.
We report here the sequences of CPS gene clusters for types 4, 6B, 8, and 18C. These CPSs are all included in the 23-valent vaccine (65), and the pneumococci of CPS types 6, 4, 8, and 18 are ranked second, eighth, ninth, and tenth, respectively, among sterile-site isolates (69). We also present data on the diversity of CPS genes based on comparisons of our sequence data and also published data on other CPS types.
Bacterial strains and plasmids.Strains WCH35 (type 4), WCH18 (type 6B), WCH56 (type 8) and WCH94 (type 18C) were obtained from James C. Paton, Molecular Microbiology Unit, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, Australia. All are clinical isolates.S. pneumoniae strains were routinely grown in Todd-Hewitt broth with 0.5% yeast extract or on blood agar. Plasmids were maintained in Escherichia coli K-12 strain DH10B (10).
Construction of random DNase I bank.Chromosomal DNA used as template for PCR was prepared using the Wizard DNA preparation kits from Promega. Oligonucleotides 1430 (5′-TGTCCAATGAAGAGCAAGACTTGACAGTAG) and 1402 (5′-CAATAATGTCACGCCCGCAAGGGCAAGT) were based ondexB and aliA of type 19F S. pneumoniae and were used to PCR amplify CPS gene clusters by long-PCR using the Expand Long Template PCR System from Boehringer. PCR cycles were as follows: denaturation at 94°C for 10 s, annealing at 55 to 58°C for 30 s, and extension at 68°C for 15 min. The long-PCR products were subjected to DNase I digestion and cloned into pGEM-T to make a bank by the method described by Wang and Reeves (78).
Sequencing and analysis.DNA template for sequencing was prepared using the 96-well-format plasmid DNA miniprep kit from Advanced Genetic Technologies Corp. and the procedure developed by The Institute for Genome Research (TIGR) (73). Sequencing was carried out by Sydney University and The Prince Alfred Macromolecular Analysis Centre using an Applied Biosystem model 377A automated DNA sequencing system and The ABI Dye Terminator Cycle Sequencing Kit. Sequence data were assembled and analyzed using the Australian National Genomic Information Service (ANGIS), which incorporates several sets of programs (63). Sequence data were assembled using programs PHRAP, PHRED, and CONSED (29). Sequence databases were searched using BLAST (1). The programs BESTFIT (20) and MULTICOMP (61) were used for pairwise sequence comparison. The programs BLOCKMAKER (30) and PSI-BLAST (2) were used to detect motifs among sets of related proteins. We used the algorithm described by Eisenberg et al. (23) to identify potential transmembrane segments from the amino acid sequence of hydrophobic proteins. Phylogenetic trees were constructed by the neighbor-joining method (67) using PHYLIP (version 3.4, written by J. Felsenstein, Department of Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle). Intragenic recombination was detected by the Stephens' test (71).
Nucleotide sequence accession numbers.The DNA sequences ofS. pneumoniae CPS type 4, 6B, 8, and 18C CPS gene clusters have been deposited in GenBank under accession numbers AF316639 ,AF316640 , AF316641 , and AF316642 , respectively.
DNA sequence of gene clusters for S. pneumoniae CPS types 4, 6B, 8, and 18C. S. pneumoniae CPS gene clusters responsible for capsule biosynthesis are generally located between dexB and aliA, two genes that do not participate in capsule formation. The CPS gene clusters from S. pneumoniae strains of CPS types 4, 6B, 8, and 18C were PCR amplified and sequenced. For S. pneumoniae CPS types 4, 6B, 8, and 18C, sequences of 20,558 bp (15 genes), 17,160 bp (14 genes), 13,746 bp (12 genes), and 21,648 bp (18 genes), respectively, were obtained (Fig. 1). For each gene cluster all open reading frames (ORFs) have the same transcriptional direction from dexB to aliA.
Comparison of the CPS gene clusters of S. pneumoniae types 1, 2, 3, 4, 6B, 8, 14, 18C, 19F, 19A, 19B, 19C, 23F, and 33F. The structure for type 4, 6B, 8, and 18C gene clusters are based on our sequence data. We have named CPS genes sequenced according to the BPGN system. For previously sequenced gene, the original names are used, and in cases where they have the same functions as one of our newly sequenced genes, the new names are given in brackets. The capsule type number usually included within the gene names has been omitted as redundant here. Patterns:
, □?, □, processing genes, transferase genes, nucleotide sugar biosynthesis genes, unallotted genes, and noncoding regions, respectively. Gene names without gene boundaries in types 19B and 19C indicate regions characterized only by Southern hybridization.
During the course of this study, the type 8 CPS gene cluster has also been sequenced by another group (52) and that of type 4 can be found in the currently unannotated TIGR genome database (http://www.tigr.org. ) as part of type 4 S. pneumoniaegenome. The two sequences are very similar to ours. For the type 4 CPS gene cluster, the major difference is that the first 348 bases, part ofdexB in isolate WCH35 match no sequence in the corresponding region of contig spn_9 but match a sequence in contig spn_131 (5,394 to 5,047 bp), implying a sequence inserted between two parts in the TIGR isolate. The remaining 20,210 bp are almost identical in the two sequences with only 4 bp differences. There is at least threefold high-quality sequence coverage for each query region in our sequence, and the differences probably arise from sequence variation among isolates of type 4 S. pneumoniae. For type 8, 18 base differences were found in the 13,746-bp DNA, with 6 in the 5′ intergenic region and 12 within CPS genes. Again, there is at least threefold high-quality sequence coverage for each query region in our sequence, and the observed differences again probably represent variation among different isolates of type 8 S. pneumoniae.
Gene nomenclature.Genes were named (Fig. 1) according to the bacterial polysaccharide gene nomenclature (BPGN) system (62) (www.microbio.usyd.edu.au/BPGD/default.htm ), a system applicable to all species that distinguishes different classes of genes and provides a single name for all genes of a given function. The names also comply with the Demerec scheme (19) generally applied in bacteria, including S. pneumoniae. The BPGN system is widely used but not previously in S. pneumoniae, and to facilitate comparisons we have included BPGN names in parentheses in Fig. 1, where the genes are also present in one of the four new gene clusters, and in the text for some general comments.
General organization.The general organization of the four new clusters is similar to that of other S. pneumoniae CPS clusters except for those of types 3 and 37 (Fig. 1). They are located on the chromosome between dexB and aliA, with a cassette-like structure: type-specific genes are flanked by highly homologous genes common to all or many gene clusters. The 5′ portion contains four conserved genes thought to be involved in the regulation and export of CPS. This is followed by a central type-specific region, which encodes glycosyltransferases, a CPS polymerase and a CPS repeat unit flippase. The 3′ region encodes enzymes for the biosynthesis of activated monosaccharide precursors, some of which are common to several CPS types, e.g., those encoding dTDP–l-rhamnose and UDP-glucuronic acid synthesis. Although genes for pathway enzymes generally follow the structure and assembly genes, there are cases where this does not apply absolutely, e.g., a biosynthesis pathway gene (cps19cK) preceding a transferase gene (cps19cS) in the type 19C CPS gene cluster (Fig. 1). The type 37 CPS gene cluster is not shown in Fig. 1 since its homopolymer CPS biosynthesis is driven by a single gene (tts) located far apart from the usual location (46): its redundant cryptic “classical” CPS gene cluster is virtually identical to that of type 33F with some genes inactivated by mutations.
wzg, wzh, wzd, and wze genes are conserved in all CPS types.The first four genes of the four CPS gene clusters are very similar to those of other S. pneumoniaeCPS gene clusters. The functions of their deduced protein products are not yet established (28). The homologues of Orf3 and Orf4 have been reviewed by Paulsen et al. (57), the closest being in Streptococcus suis, Streptococcus salivarius, Streptococcus thermophilus, Streptococcus agalactiae, andStaphylococcus aureus capsule gene clusters, where the genes are adjacent and in the same order as in S. pneumoniae. The products of each pair of genes are homologues to the N- and C-terminal parts of proteins encoded by genes found in polysaccharide gene clusters of gram-negative bacteria. These larger proteins and the pairs of smaller proteins, which are seen as equivalent, are in the MPA1 class of the Paulsen et al. (57) classification and are thought to be involved in polysaccharide export. The genes for MPA1 proteins of gram-negative bacteria have been named wzc(22), and for the orf3 and orf4 we propose wzd and wze to comply with the Demerec system and the principle of consistent nomenclature for bacterial polysaccharide genes. Wzd proteins are very similar to the N-terminal part of Wzc proteins, possessing two transmembrane segments and a cytoplasmic loop, whereas Wze proteins are similar to the C-terminal part of Wzc proteins, bearing an ATP-binding motif.
All S. pneumoniae CPS gene clusters have similar genes fororf1 and likewise for orf2. The same pair of genes is also present at the 5′ end of several otherStreptococcus spp. capsule gene clusters (AF118389 , Y17218 ,Y27241 , Y17221 , AB028896 , Z98171 , AF053346 , and X94980 ), and it seems appropriate to give them a common name suitable for more general use; we propose wzg and wzh. S. pneumoniae Wzg proteins show approximately 26% identity to Bacillus subtilis LytR, which is involved in the regulation of the autolysin (lytABC) operon (42). Hence, Wzg proteins have been predicted to play a role in the regulation of CPS synthesis. The function of Wzh is unknown.
Nucleotide sugar biosynthesis genes.Nucleotide sugar biosynthesis genes are generally located in the 3′ portion of CPS gene clusters. However, genes encoding enzymes necessary for the synthesis of sugar with housekeeping functions are generally not found in CPS gene clusters but the functions are provided from other pathways. Of the sugars present in the capsules studied, Glc is generally transferred from UDP-Glc, synthesized by a housekeeping gene of which we found a copy in the partial nucleotide sequence of the genome of type 4 S. pneumoniae, being an orf (from 8,550 to 9,449 bp of contig sp_113) that encodes a protein 44% identical to GalU of E. coli, the glucosyl-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase for the synthesis of UDP-Glc. We also found anorf (from 3,900 to 5,000 bp of contig sp_66) that encodes a protein 53% identical to GalE of E. coli, the UDP–glucose-4-epimerase for the conversion of UDP-Glc to UDP-Gal, and an orf (from 902,051 to 903,055 bp of contig sp_3475) encoding a protein 56% identical to Gne (previously also named GalE) of Yersinia enterocolitica O8, now shown to be a 4-epimerase for conversion of UDP-GlcNAc to UDP-GalNAc (M. Skurnik, personal communication). It is therefore as expected that none of these genes were found in the gene clusters for CPSs contain these residues.
We have found as discussed below the genes needed for the biosynthesis of activated precursors of all other residues in the representative gene clusters for types 4, 6B, 8, and 18C CPSs.
dTDP–l-Rha biosynthesis genes.We expect genes for dTDP–l-Rha in types 6B and 18C CPS gene clusters. Four genes from type 6B (orf11–14) and type 18C (orf15–18) are identified as rmlA(glucose-1-phosphate thymidylyltransferase), rmlC(dTDP–4-keto-6-deoxyglucose-3,5 epimerase), rmlB(dTDP–glucose-4,6-dehydratase), and rmlD(dTDP-l- rhamnose synthase), respectively, by the high level of identity to other rml genes, and particularly those of S. pneumoniae 19F (identity from 90 to 99%) (51).
UDP–d-Man2NAc biosynthesis gene.We expect a gene for the biosynthesis of UDP–d-Man2NAc in type 4 CPS synthesis. orf12 shows 65.9% identity to cps19fKof type 19F S. pneumoniae CPS gene cluster, which can complement an E. coli mnaA (wecB) mutation (51). MnaA is a UDP–N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase for the conversion of UDP-GlcNAc to UDP-Man2NAc. Also, Orf12 has 57.2% identity to Cap5P and Cap8P of S. aureus, which complement the same E. coli mnaA mutation (68). All of these polysaccharides containd-Man2NAc; we therefore conclude that orf12encodes a UDP–N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase and have named it mnaA.
UDP–l-Fuc2NAc biosynthesis genes.We expect genes for UDP–l-Fuc2NAc in type 4 CPS synthesis. orf13, orf14, and orf15 of type 4 encode proteins that, along their entire lengths, are highly similar to products encoded by three clustered genes from five other polysaccharide biosynthesis loci. Orf13, Orf14, and Orf15 show, respectively, 69.0, 77.0, and 73.3% identity to CapE, CapF, and CapG of S. aureus; 62.0, 42.0, and 51.5% identity to WbjB, WbjC, and WbjD of Pseudomonas aeruginosa; 64.0, 58.3, and 78.8% identity to WcgJ, WcgK, and WcgL of B. fragilis; and 67.8, 40.5, and 49.5% identity to the corresponding gene products from E. coli. These proteins are respectively encoded by genes in the loci for the S. aureus types 5 and 8 capsules (68), P. aeruginosa O11 O antigen (18), Bacteroides fragilis polysaccharide B (17), and E. coli O26 O-antigen locus (M. D'Souza, L. Wang, and P. R. Reeves, unpublished data), all three genes being consecutive and in the same order in the five species. Five of the six polysaccharides have known structures which include l-Fuc2NAc (26, 34, 37, 48, 49) and that of B. fragilis polysaccharide B includes l-Fuc2NAc (L. Comstock, personal communication). We propose that the three genes encode enzymes for the biosynthesis of the l-Fuc2NAc precursor, thought to be UDP–l-Fuc2NAc (70).
On this basis we propose a putative four-step (three-enzyme) biosynthetic pathway for UDP–l-Fuc2NAc from UDP-GlcNAc. The proposed pathway begins with 2-epimerization of UDP-GlcNAc to UDP–d-Man2NAc by the protein products of orf13.Orf13 and Orf14, together with their homologues encoded by the other five gene clusters, have consensus NAD-binding domains (GxxGxxG) near their N termini, which is thought to be important for the activity of epimerases and dehydratases. Orf14 shares 42% similarity over the whole length with Gmd of E. coli K-12 colanic acid biosynthesis gene cluster (72). Gmd is a dehydratase catalyzing the formation of GDP–4-keto-6-deoxy-d-mannose from GDP–d-Man. Thus, we propose that Orf13 carries out the epimerization step (first step) and Orf14 carries out the dehydration step (second step) to form UDP–4-keto-6-deoxy-d-Man2NAc. The third step is to form UDP–l-Fuc2NAc from UDP–4-keto-6-deoxy-d-Man2NAc by two reactions: epimerization and oxidoreduction both by Orf15. Orf15 shares 45% similarity over the whole length with Fcl (3), an enzyme with both epimerization and oxidoreduction activities for the final two steps in formation of GDP–l-Fuc from GDP–4-keto-6-deoxy-d-mannose.
This proposal is different from the one put forward by Lee and Lee (43). In support of our proposal, we note that in both proposals the pathway starts with UDP–d-Man2NAc, synthesized by the well-documented mnaA gene. However,mnaA is not present in P. aeruginosa O11 orE. coli O26, which lack UDP-Man2NAc in the polysaccharide. Since orf13, orf14, and orf15 are the only genes common to all known gene clusters for repeats withl-Fuc2NAc, we prefer a three-enzyme pathway from UDP-GlcNAc. However, a drawback in our proposed pathway is that we assign the same function, 2-epimerization of UDP-GlcNAc to UDP–d-Man2NAc, to orf13 and mnaA in CPS4 of S. pneumoniae and the two homologous genes in CAP5 and CAP8 of S. aureus. Therefore, until there is direct confirmation of a pathway, we are not allocating final gene names but simply using ORF names for the three genes thought by both groups to be involved in synthesis of UDP–l-Fuc2NAc.
UDP-GlcA biosynthesis genes.We expect a gene for UDP-glucuronic acid synthesis in type 8 S. pneumoniae. Orf12 shares high similarity with many published UDP–glucose-6-dehydrogenases (Ugd), which convert UDP-glucose to UDP-glucuronic acid. We have named this gene ugd. The homologues in the CPS1, CPS2, and CPS3 of S. pneumoniae gene clusters have a high level of similarity (76.3, 90.6, and 61.6% identity, respectively) to the CPS8 gene, and those of CPS1 and CPS3 have been shown by experiment to encode UDP–glucose-6-dehydrogenases (5, 53). Type 1, 2, 3, and 8 CPSs all have glucuronic acid in their structures, and all have ugd in the gene clusters.
CDP-glycerol biosynthesis gene.We expect a gene for the synthesis of CDP–glycerol-1-phosphate in S. pneumoniae type 18C. orf14 shows 61.9% similarity at the amino acid level with TagD, which was described as a glycerol-3-phosphate cytidyl transferase in the biosynthesis of the major cell wall teichoic acid ofB. subtilis (56). However, it should be noted that glycerol-1-phosphate and glycerol-3-phosphate are different names for the one structure, and we are using the designation glycerol-1-phosphate and the corresponding designation for the linkages in the polysaccharides. Glycerol-1-phosphate is the side-branch residue linked to galactose of 18C CPS. We propose that orf14 is responsible for the synthesis of CDP–glycerol-1-phosphate; we have named it gct, and we suggest that the same name could be used in place of tagD.
A nonfunctional UDP-galactopyranose mutase gene (glf).Two segments from positions 20539 to 20877 and from positions 20850 to 21353 at the end of the type 18C CPS gene cluster if translated show 63.6 and 51.8% identities with the N and C termini, respectively, of Glf, a UDP-galactopyranose mutase fromE. coli, an enzyme for the conversion of UDP-galactopyranose (UDP-Galp) to UDP-galactofuranose (UDP-Galf) (54). It is likely that they are nonfunctional relics of aglf gene, which may once have been part of the CPS gene cluster of the ancestor of the type 18C strain(s).
Genes encoding the first transferases.The orf5genes of CPS types 6B, 8, and 18C encode proteins with high sequence and hydrophobicity profile similarities. They are also very similar (71 to 95% identity) to the corresponding gene of CPS type 14, shown to encode a transferase transferring glucose-1-phosphate to undecaprenol phosphate. We suggest that these genes, which we have namedwchA, have the same function as in CPS14. All are similar to WbaP, a galactosyl-1-phosphate transferase of the Salmonella enterica O-antigen gene cluster catalyzing the first step of O-antigen synthesis (33, 77). They and WbaP differ from most other transferases by having a unique hydrophobic profile, with four and one predicted transmembrane segments, respectively, in their N- and C-terminal domains.
In CPS type 4, orf5 encodes a 211-amino-acid protein, which show 35.8 and 38.4% sequence identities, respectively, to the C-terminal domains of WchA and WbaP, with a very similar hydrophobic profile containing one potential transmembrane segment. It has been shown that WbaP is a bifunctional protein, with the C-terminal half having the transferase function (77). We propose thatorf5 of CPS type 4, which we have named wciI, also encodes the first glycosyltransferase. The substrate is not clear, but we believe it is not UDP-glucose since the type 4 CPS contains no glucose. Immediately upstream of orf5 is a “orf”, which if translated gives a 44-residue polypeptide with 20% identity to the N-terminal half of WbaP. Thus, it is likely that in CPS type 4 the wciI gene was derived by deletion from a larger gene which included a functional N-terminal domain.
Genes encoding other transferases.In CPS types 4, 6B, 8, and 18C we detected four, three, three, and five additional putative transferase genes, respectively, in addition to the first transferase gene (Table 1). In CPS type 8, a pair of genes, wciQ and wciR, probably encode two proteins for one glycosyltransferase activity, with one being an enhancer, as proposed for the S. pneumoniae CPS14 andLactococcus lactis exopolysaccharide loci (39, 75, 76). The total number of transferases genes is thus consistent with our expectation based on the number of linkages (Fig.2), and the potential assignments are discussed below.
Properties of putative transferase genes in S. pneumoniae type 4, 6B, 8, and 18C CPS gene clusters
Structures of the repeat units of the CPSs of S. pneumoniae types 4 (34), 6B (74), 8 (35), and 18C (47, 58). Glc, glucose; Gal, galactose; Rha, rhamnose; GlcA, glucuronic acid; GalNAc, 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-d-galactose; ManNAc, 2-acetamido-2-deoxymanose; FucNAc, 2-acetamido-2,6-deoxygalactose; RibOH, ribitol.
WchF of CPS type 18C shares high-level identity with Orf6 (cps23fF/cps23fI) of type 23F (90.7% identity) and Orf6 (cps2T) of type 2 (82.8% identity), which are both putative rhamnosyl transferases for the addition of rhamnose to glucose. Thus, it is most likely that WchF is the expected rhamnosyl transferase. The high level of similarity of the three putative transferases suggests that all of the CPSs have the same rhamnose-glucose linkage. However, while rhamnose of types 2 and 23F CPSs was reported to be beta (32, 64), that of type 18C was reported to be alpha (47).
The assignments of the anomeric configuration of the rhamnose moieties of types 2 and 23F were strengthened by the fact that their Orf6 proteins group with other beta transferases in a retaining group of the Campbell et al. classification (12), in which glycosyltransferases can be classified according to the stereochemistry of the reaction substrates as either retaining or inverting enzymes. Therefore, on the basis of these comparisons we suspect that rhamnose of 18C CPS has a beta structure. The assignment of the anomeric configuration of the rhamnose residue in 18C CPS was by chromium oxide degradation, and we have been advised by the author of that study, H. J. Jennings (personal communication), that while that method was generally used at that time, it is now known to be unreliable, and it is possible that an incorrect assignment was made. If we assume CPS2, CPS18C, and CPS23F all have a β-rhamnose moiety linked to β-d-glucose via 1-4 linkage, given the very high level of identity among the three it seems clear that all catalyze that linkage.
Assembly genes.The pathway for assembly of bacterial polysaccharides has been best studied in gram-negative bacteria, and three pathways are known (60, 80). In the Wzy-dependent pathway, the repeat unit is synthesized on the inner face of the cytoplasmic membrane using undecaprenol pyrophosphate as the carrier and then transported across the cytoplasmic membrane by a flippase encoded by wzx before polymerization by Wzy to form O-antigen polymer. Wzx- and Wzy-like proteins were previously identified in other S. pneumoniae types based on sequence similarity and hydrophobic profiles. However, the sequence similarity even within a species is often very low for Wzx and Wzy, and distinguishing the two can be difficult because both are highly hydrophobic. In type 18C and 33F gene clusters three genes encode hydrophobic proteins with more than 10 transmembrane segments, further complicating the matter. We therefore carried out BLOCKMAKER and PSI-BLAST searches to identify Wzx and Wzy.
Each of the highly hydrophobic proteins was grouped with known or putative Wzx or Wzy proteins, and motifs were generated and used to search databases using PSI-BLAST. Only Wzx or Wzy proteins were retrieved (E values of ≤3 × 10−21 for Wzx and ≤4 × 10−26 for Wzy) after several iterations. On this basis we conclude that orf11 of type 4,orf10 of type 6B, orf9 of type 8, andorf10 of type 18C are wzx genes and thatorf9 of type 4, orf9 of type 6B, orf11of type 8, and orf11 of type 18C are wzy genes. We also identified wzx and wzy genes in all published S. pneumoniae CPS gene clusters except that for type 3 CPS, which is thought to have a similar export system to that ofS. enterica O54 (36). Most confirmed earlier assignments, but the wzy genes for types 1 and 33 CPS gene clusters were not identified previously.
Variation in wzg, wzh, wzd, and wzegenes.The genes at the 5′ and 3′ ends of the gene clusters, where they are common to many CPS types, show interesting patterns in the level of similarity between forms. Morona et al. (50) reported two classes of wzd and wze genes based on hybridization of DNA of CPS types 19A and 19F with DNA from strains of other CPS types and also on the sequence analysis of wzdgenes. We can now compare nucleotide sequences of wzg, wzh, wzd and wze genes from eleven CPS types (Fig.3 and 4). The comparison confirms that the four conserved genes are divided into two classes, but we now see an interesting pattern of recombination between them (Fig. 4). For the first 950 bp there is little variation, but from position 951 to the end of wze there are generally two forms, although CPS type 19A has a unique sequence to position 1529 in wzh. Types 1, 14, 18C, and 19F are in class I and types 2, 6B, 8, 19A, 23F, and 33F are in class II. CPS type 4 has a class II sequence to position 2463 and a class I sequence from that point onward. From position 951 in wzg to position 1747 inwzh there has been a lot of reassortment of the two sequence forms, with presumptive recombination events detected in wzgat positions 1118, 1125, 1146, 1153, 1245, and 1293 and inwzh at positions 1529, 1553, 1684, and 1747 (Fig. 4). The distinction between the two classes is most evident from position 1747 to the end of wze, with only type 4 showing a recombination event (position 2463) between class I and II forms in this segment. The Southern hybridization results obtained previously (38, 50, 51, 59) are generally consistent with the more detailed sequence comparison seen here.
Distribution of polymorphic sites within the sequences of wzg, wzh, wzd, and wze genes from positions 1 to 3550. The type 33F sequence is used for comparison, and only the differences are shown for the other sequences. Asterisks indicate informative sites. Gene boundaries are shown above polymorphic site numbers.
Two classes of wzg, wzh, wzd, wze, andwchA-like genes. Each pattern represents a class of closely related sequences. Numbers above the patterns indicate nucleotide positions: position 1 is the first nucleotide of wzg. ThewchA-like gene is downstream of wchB gene in type 1.
The pairwise difference between sequences of different classes (excluding those small segments of the same class) ranges from 25.98 to 27.62%. The average pairwise differences of strains within class I or class II (excluding those small segments of the other class) are 2.40 and 3.86%, respectively.
Variation in wchA genes.The first transferase gene, wchA, is located immediately downstream ofwze. Comparison of the nine wchA genes available revealed that they also fall into two classes, the pattern exactly following that of the preceding wze gene (Fig. 4). This is in agreement with the previous Southern hybridization data (50). wchA genes of class I average a 2.61% pairwise difference and those of class II average a 4.33% pairwise difference. Pairwise differences between genes of different classes range from 28.1 to 28.8%.
Variation in rml genes.The four rmlgenes are present in types 2, 6B, 18C, 19F, 19A, and 23F CPS gene clusters as expected and also in the type 1 CPS gene cluster, although rhamnose is not present in type 1 CPS (53). Therml genes if present are always located at the 3′ end of the CPS gene cluster and have the same gene order (rmlA, rmlC, rmlB, and rmlD). As for the first four genes in the CPS gene cluster, there is a gradient in the nature of the rmlgene variation. The average pairwise difference for an rmlgene close to the central region is higher than that for a gene close to the end of the gene cluster. This is similar to the situation we observed for rml genes of 11 S. entericaO-antigen gene clusters, where the genes are at the 5′ end of the O-antigen gene cluster in the order rmlB, rmlD, rmlA, andrmlC. In this case, the average pairwise difference increases from rmlB to rmlC (44), that is from 5′ to 3′, the opposite of the situation in S. pneumoniae. However, we consider it very significant that in both cases the most variable gene is that adjacent to the central type-specific region, and the least variable gene is that at one end of the whole gene cluster.
The neighbor-joining method was used to construct individual gene trees for the rml genes, and the variation in topology of the four trees suggests that recombination events have occurred in this region. For example, there is a segment in rmlA for which 6B and 18C are very similar and another where 6B and 23F are similar but different from 18C. The latter situation continues into rmlC but, in much of rmlD, 6B is similar to 19A, which for mostrmlA and rmlC is quite different from 6B and 18C and indeed from most other CPS types (Fig.5).
Distribution of polymorphic sites within rmlA, rmlC, rmlB, and rmlD. The type 23F sequence is used for comparison, and only differences are shown for the other sequences. Asterisks indicate informative sites.
Recombination sites and lateral transfer of CPS gene clusters.The data on variation in 5′-terminal conserved genes (wzg-wchA) and rml genes can be compared with that in housekeeping genes. Seven housekeeping genes from 295 invasive isolates of S. pneumoniae (25) were aligned, and the Stephens test (71) used to detect recombination segments in the alleles of each gene. Both the Stephens test and visual examination indicated that the recombination frequency in the terminal CPS genes, especially wzg, wzh, rmlA, and rmlC, is much higher than in the housekeeping genes.
The high level of variation in terminal CPS genes resembles that ofddl, which is adjacent to pbpB, a gene which in some forms confers penicillin resistance. A segment of ddlsequenced from 566 S. pneumoniae isolates fell into two distinct groups (A and B) on a neighbor-joining tree (24). Group A alleles were very similar and were thought to represent the sequence of S. pneumoniae. Group B included much more divergent alleles, which differed from group A at up to 10.2% of the nucleotide sites. All group B strains were penicillin resistant, and the high level of variation was ascribed to a hitchhiking effect whereby interspecies recombinational exchanges involvingpbpB, selected by penicillin resistance, often extended into, or through, the ddl gene. The high level of sequence variation in the 5′ end conserved genes (Fig. 3), and therml gene set (Fig. 5) may be driven in the same way by natural selection for the transfer of CPS genes rather than representing random genetic drift. There is a well-documented example (15) in which eight CPS type 19F variants of the major Spanish multiresistant CPS type 23F clone were found to have large recombinational replacements, including CPS genes. In two cases, one of the crossover points was within an rml gene, rmlCin one case and rmlB in the other.
The maximum pairwise difference observed within rmlA, between type 19A or type 2 and other CPS types (from 14.25 to 20.11%), is within the range for interspecies variation. For the 5′-end conserved genes, the maximum pairwise difference within wzdis 30.12%.
The wide distribution of rml genes could make them useful in studying the relationships of bacterial polysaccharide gene clusters, and this has been attempted for O-antigen gene clusters of S. enterica (44), for which it appears that the two ends of the rml gene sets have different evolutionary histories. The correlation of 5′-end sequence variation with subspecies indicates that this part was in S. enterica prior to subspeciation and diverged with the subspecies. The 3′ end sequence is O-antigen specific and may represent the O-antigen clusters as first acquired by S. enterica by lateral transfer from other species, the high level of sequence variation indicating the divergent sources for these gene clusters (44). In the case of S. pneumoniae we do not have a subspecies structure, and we cannot draw any specific conclusion on the sources of rml genes. However, on the basis of the data presented above we suggest a similar evolutionary history.
The analysis of genes at the two ends of the CPS clusters also suggests that inter- and intraspecies transfer driven by selection for antigenic variations might have contributed to the distribution of the variousS. pneumoniae CPS structures.
Concluding comments.Now that the number of CPS gene clusters sequenced has reached 14, we begin to see patterns emerging. There are enough sequences of both the wzg, wzh, wzd, andwze and the rmlACBD sets of genes to see the crossover events and to start a detailed analysis of the role of these sets of genes in facilitating transfer of CPS gene clusters withinS. pneumoniae and perhaps between Streptococcusspecies. It is probably no coincidence that the rather commonrml genes are at one end of both the S. pneumoniae capsule and the E. coli-S. entericaO-antigen gene clusters. This not only facilitates lateral transfer but also impedes disruption of a gene cluster by recombination between genes common to two clusters. However, even this role has an exception, and type 18C is the first CPS cluster to have a gene distal to therml genes.
It is clear that, as in the E. coli and S. enterica O-antigen gene clusters, wzx andwzy genes are extremely divergent such that motif searches are needed to identify them convincingly.
Allocating pathway genes is becoming easier. For rmlA-D, ugd, gct, and mnaA, it is possible to find a good level of similarities (at amino acid level) to genes of known function. As forl-Fuc2NAc, the number of sequenced gene clusters has grown to enable the gene or genes of the pathways involved to be identified with reasonable confidence, even if they cannot be allocated to specific steps until the pathway is established.
We thank James C. Paton for kindly supplying S. pneumoniae strains. We also thank Bernard Henrissat for helping us allocate the putative glycosyltransferase genes by searching their classification database.
This study was supported by the Australian Research Council.
Editor: V. J. DiRita
Received 19 April 2000.
Returned for modification 13 July 2000.
Accepted 18 September 2000.
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A new Bowie album? How delightfully unoriginal!
Posted on March 20, 2013 by ijpalmer
So there’s a Bowie studio album at number one. How very 1993/1984/1983/1980/1974/1973/1973.
Time to reminisce.
As a young and impressional youth, my first single was “Are ‘friends’ electric?” by Tubeway Army. By today’s standards, judging by the fetuses screaming for Justin Bieber, I was a later starter at 13. There had been a brief error of judgement with a David Soul single, but I discount that as due to my adoration of Starsky and Hutch (that’s the excellent original TV series, not the lame recent film). I also don’t tell anyone about that, even though I still have the 7″ single…whoops.
Tubeway Army of course led to Gary Numan, the Human League, Bauhaus, even early Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran. Around this time my brother moved back in with us for a while. He’s twenty years my senior, and so as a small child he was almost like an uncle, being at work and getting married and all that grown up stuff. But he was wise and cool. He drove an Alfa Romeo, knew all there was to know about football and had a job that took him to America. He was also a massive Bowie fan.
I can remember being so dismissive when he drew comparisons between Bowie and the stuff I was listening too. How could they not be completely original, these masters of the synth and studio?
He knew how to win me over. He played me some of the first record of the double album Stage. A highly polished ‘live’ album that is a wall of synthesisers and catchy tunes mixed with doom-laden anthems. He was so right, Bowie had done it all before. I didn’t disown my previous heroes, but I certainly looked upon them in a new light.
Then of course Scary Monsters came out. Game over. He’d out played them all, and roped Steve Strange into his video. Genius. To the record store to blow all the pennies I’d saved for the next Human League album to buy Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust, Heroes, Low…the list went on. How long had he been churning out this stuff?
Enough of his previous work and my devotion to it. What of the new album?
Well there’s not an original note on it. It’s derivative. It’s reusing old ideas and reselling them to both the new and old generations.
But it’s reusing HIS old ideas. There are hints of so many previous Bowie songs it’s hard to keep count. It’s like meeting an old friend after years apart, sharing a pint and finding that you still have the same sense of humour.
It’s a great album. He is a still a genius.
Looking forward to the next number one album in 2033.
Hey, the controller’s got a light on it! Cool!
Posted on February 21, 2013 by ijpalmer
After waiting eagerly for the PS4 announcement last night, what can I say?
No really, what can I say that won’t sound like I’m just not bothered?
Besides the disappointment of the Dual Shock 4 controller (yep, it really does look like an old controller with a touch pad and light gaffer-taped on), and the fact that we didn’t actually see the beast (my bet is it looks like a PC at the moment BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT IT IS), the demos were mind numbing. Pretty, but mind numbing.
We had ‘Knack’, which looks like Kameo on steroids. Cute, but no game changer. We had another Killzone, which looked pretty, but is just another FPS judging by what was shown, and worse that that the opening scene was SO clichéd it was beyond parody. We had Drive Club, a Gran Turismo replacement launch game to show off shiny cars.
OK, Media Molecule has some wacky sculpting and puppetry tools that looked fun, and Second Son looked like a well put together demo, but what’s new?
There was a lot of talk about ’emotion’ again (hasn’t there always been at a PS launch?), and nothing getting between the player and the game. It seems to me that Sony’s willingness to take risks and truly push gaming is long gone. The recognition that their unique console architectures are just too expensive and hard to programme and reverting to a PC-like architecture seems like an admission of defeat. And the nervous, stumbling presentations didn’t have the swagger and humour of previous launches (I still talk about the ‘rubber duck’ demo for the PS3).
The graphic power is clearly up there, with some nice character demos etc. but that’s not really enough any more is it?
The bit they started with, the ability to share video and your screen with some nice quick compression/decompression seemed to be their only attempt at a ‘USP’. And would that make be buy a new console?
This could be the first Playstation I don’t buy. Which given the happy hours that I spent the One, Two and Three I find a bit sad.
Fun. And Games.
Posted on February 6, 2013 by ijpalmer
This year I’m teaching a module again that I used to teach many moons ago: History and Conventions of Computer Games. It was actually called H&C of Video Games way back then, but that’s progress for you! It’s a first year module for the BA and BSc games students. When we first introduced games into the curriculum it was the days of the PS1, and students had to design a Doom level. Today they use UDK. Now that IS progress!
For the first session, I reintroduced something that I used to do when the module first started: a session playing games. I know what that sounds like, but this actually serves some very useful purposes. First off it’s a bit of an ice breaker, hopefully getting people to discuss the games they’re playing. Gamers tend to have strong opinions about different games and even entire genres, so it’s always good to see where people’s allegiances are. They also have to fill in a ‘review’ for every game that they play that hopefully gets them to think a bit beyond the initial knee jerk reaction. Always good when they might be playing something outside their comfort zone, and hopefully at least one game they’ve never even considered playing.
When choosing what games to include, I wanted to try and make sure that most people will play at least one game they haven’t played before. This is of course quite difficult with some of the hardcore gamers that the courses attract, but to help with this it’s useful to raid the archives. This then presents its own problems fo course.
Digging through my cupboard at home and the equipment store here, I gathered together two original Xboxes, two PS2s, two 360s, a GameCube, a Dreamcast and an N64. These together with the PS3 in the room meant plenty of variety of kit. The next problem was setting it all up.
Tech support did a great job of swapping out the existing monitors and putting some in with composite inputs. This was fine for everything except the Dreamcast and the N64, which wouldn’t drive the composite inputs (don’t ask me what the point is of putting in a composite input that only supports a minimum resolution, cost cutting I guess). After sorting this problem, the final hurdle was a failed Dreamcast drive. Luckily our very own TV star Kaye had a replacement tucked away that she could lend me. It’s good to have plenty of game geeks about!
Next, what games to choose? I wanted some that everyone had to play and a few wild cards that people could use if they wanted to. I ended up with a few compulsory games: Goldeneye (N64), Armored Core for Answer (PS3), Space Channel 5 (Dreamcast) and one of Hello Kitty Roller Rescue (Xbox) or Spice World (PS1 game running on a PS2). Scattered about we had XIII, Manhunt, The Getaway, Vib Ribbon, Pokemon Stadium, Panzer Dragoon Orta, Viewtiful Joe, Soul Calibre 2 and a few others. So a fairly elective mix.
So what did they all think?
Well it was no surprise to find that Spice World came out the lowest overall score (2.1/10). It would be kind to say that this isn’t a great game, and got poor reviews when it was released (IGN scored in 2.0 and Gamespot 2.3). A cheap attempt at a cash in on the back of the Spice Girls success would sum it up well. Worth seaking out as a bad example though if you need one.
Hello Kitty did surprisingly well (5.3, compared to IGN 6.0, Gamespot 7.0). It’s not a bad game, although it wouldn’t win any innovation awards. It does use some well established game mechanics to do a simple job well.
Dividing opinion dramatically were Goldeneye (5.6, compared with IGN‘s score of 9.7 and Gamespot‘s 9.8) and Space Channel 5 (4.2 overall compared to IGN 9.2 and Gamespot 7.0). I loved both these when they came out, but interestingly I feel that SC5 has aged better. This is probably because it doesn’t take itself too seriously and the simple cartoon graphics on the Dreamcast have aged better than the once awesome graphics of GE on the N64.
That and the controls! SC5 is basically a rhythm game and so uses the buttons sparingly, whereas the controls for GE are instantly compared (unfavourably) with modern FPSs. The N64 controller with its the innovative standard analogue stick seemed great at the time, but the combination of buttons and the stick to look/move/strafe now seems clunky to say the least, a point made by several of the students. I also found myself searching for the ‘crouch’ button several times when reliving the good old days.
A surprise was the way people took to Armored Core (5.5, 7.8 from IGN and 7.0 from Gamespot). To me, this game exhibits the worst features of a game that comes along late in a franchise. It seems to make huge assumptions about what the player will already know about controlling a mech or the game objectives, and whilst there are tutorials if you choose to do them, these are long and poorly structured. That was my opinion anyway.
But a number of students who had never played similar games took to it quickly, seemingly more forgiving of it than they were of Goldeneye. This could be because the graphics are so far advanced that people spend time looking at those rather than giving up after a few minutes and so get further than they might otherwise. There’s also the familiarity with PS3 controller which helped people find their way around the complex controls relatively quickly.
Maybe my rose-tinted view of Goldeneye and my inability to just pick up and play Amored Core means I’m getting old.
Did I say maybe?!
BBC Future Media open evening
Posted on December 14, 2012 by ijpalmer
Tuesday, after popping over to the LSx Open Cafe (the first time in 5 years of invitations, and well worth finally getting there), it was off to Media City in Salford for the BBC Future Media ‘open evening’.
It was a good chance to chat to some of the team who work on some really nice projects such as the new Tivo ‘connected Red Button‘ and the iPlayer apps for various platforms. We also saw some of the tech that’s being developed for multiscreen viewing and some ‘proper’ engineering for sync’ing HD signals over using standard ethernet connections. They’ve been doing a lot of work about using IP networks for everything, which will cut costs in terms of specialised distribution hardware. They were preparing for the first live trial of the their ‘halfRF‘ project that squeezes HD signals into a tiny bit of RF spectrum making wireless cameras much more viable. For the real geeks out there, there’s some more about halfRF here.
It was also good fun to play with the Xbox Kinect interface to the iPlayer.
This has been out for a while, but I hadn’t played with it before. It’s not quite ready to replace the remote yet in my opinion, but it’s a nice toy to impress folk if you want that Minority Report look. Of course, I’ll be mostly using the Tivo and the new Red Button to get to iPlayer, so I can’t see myself booting up the Xbox very often just to use the iPlayer. Maybe I should move the Xbox to a different room…
After the demos, there was a chance to attend some talks by some of the staff and developers there.
There were some really good sessions,and it was a shame that they overalapped and each one only ran once, which meant missing on some of them. I particularly enjoyed the Behaviour Driven Development from Jack Palfrey and Agile project management from Craig Pointon. Andy Wilson was also there talking about training at the BBC, including the MSc in Software Engineering & Internet Architecture that we’re working on with them, but due to clashes I missed that talk (sorry Andy).
All in all, half a day well spent. Looking forward to the next one!
The lost art of the mix tape
Posted on December 6, 2012 by ijpalmer
BAF 2012: pop-up books, soap carts, power stations and Chuck Jones. Not your average animation festival. – Part 1
Posted on November 23, 2012 by ijpalmer
What a festival! I guess it may just be because I managed to make it to more sessions than in recent years, but I thought this year’s BAF was one of the finest. The quality of the sessions and the variety of the subjects covered made it a fascinating week. I made it to most of BAF Game for a change, and a few of the main festival down at the Museum. So here are some of my highlights.
The festival kicked off with Stewart Gilraytalking about resurrecting the Oddworld brand. Abe’s Oddyssee was one of my all time favourites on the original Playstation. The charaterisation was superb and I had real empathy with the character, to the extent of getting very upset when there was a particularly nasty plant that kept eating Abe!
The reworking looks superb, and it was pleasing to hear that they were shying away from producing a touchscreen edition for tablets as the control system doesn’t suit. I can understand the desire to produce tablet and phone versions for a lot of classics (not least to make some money, but also as a challenge), but unless you revise some substantial parts of the interface, they just don’t work. Yes, GTA is playable on an iPad, but it’s nowhere near as easy or fun to play as on a console. It was also fun to hear that there were five games in the original vision, each of which added a new character to those of previous games, resulting in five playable in the last one. Let’s hope they all come into existance!
Either way, the re-imagining of Abe’s Oddysee, Nice ‘n’ Tasty, looks ace.
Jennifer Schneidereit and Philip Tossell from Nyamyam talked about Tengami, a beautiful Japanese-inspired game that has its game mechanic based on the ‘pop-up’ book.
This has some really original ideas in what was basically a platform/adventure cross-over, and the design tools that they demonstrated showed some creative problem solving to get this game into a playable state. Whilst the game looked great, and the playable sections they showed were great, I guess my question is longevity. How do you keep up the wonder of the the initial ‘page-turn’ with the pop-up mechanice, and how do you keep it from becoming repetitive? It’s clearly aimed at touchscreen devices, and games for these tend to be a bit more cerebral than action-based, so I’m sure it will find a market, but I’d want to play more before handing over my cash I think.
The ‘pop-up’ book metphor continued into the next talk from Joel Smith from Sony. He talked about the harry Potter Book of Spells game that uses the Sony Eye and Wonderbook to create an augmented reality game that changes the ‘Wonderbook’ into the Book of Spells from the Harry Potter stories. Players then take on the role of apprentice wizards and use the Move contollers as wands to cast spells, etc.This looked like a great deal of fun, I just need to find an excuse to get this as I’m not exactly in the target age group! It will be interesting to see how well the interface works, the children in the demo that they showed seemed to be engaged with it, but I guess they wouldn’t be shown otherwise.
Well that covers the pop-up books, but what of the soap carts, power stations and Chuck Jones. You’ll have to wait for those…
Bradford via Bournemouth, London and Salford. Quite a couple of weeks.
Posted on September 25, 2012 by ijpalmer
Busy, busy, busy. Good job Nicki’s not about to have our second child any day (oh, hang on…).
First of was a trip to Bournemouth for the Media Education Summit, which helpfully dovetailed rather nicely with the Bridging the Gap conference, rather well summarised in this video yes, I know it says Teesside University, and they did indeed organise it, but it was held in Bournemouth).
http://www.youtube.com/embed/GLL2aWSxfN4
Both events were blessed with some great speakers, from Ian Livingstone once more extolling the virtues of a good education in coding to the Guardian’s Paul Lewis giving an insight into the new connected world of journalism and how social media has radically altered the role.
We were there to present the Media Working Academy at Bridging the Gap, specifically a case study of how some of our students (with some valuable guidance and input from Darren Bristow from Quba) helped GfK try out some ideas for their e-magazine and produced a tablet version of a paper-based publication. The best thing about this project (besides the nice things that GfK’s Aoife McArdle said about the work) was that the students have gone on to work for GfK. You can’t get a better recommendation of quality than that!
Once that was fully absorbed, it was off the the BBC Trust for the Audience Council England meeting. It’s the start of a ‘new year’ for this, so it was mainly to catch up on what the pattern of work will be over the next year, but it was interesting to hear how Ben Cooper‘s decision to replace Chris Moyles with Nick Grimshaw would hopefully stop old fogies like me listening to the Breakfast Show and get that average age of the listener back where it should be! Ralph Rivera and Andy Conroy gave an insight into Future Media at the BBC, and suffice to say there’s some exciting stuff coming off the back of the excellent developments across all four screens for the Olympics. It’s one of the few parts of the BBC that has escaped relatively unscathed from DQF, and although (as Anthony Lilley said at Bridging the Gap) the iPlayer “isn’t enough”, there’ll be more things in the pipeline that will made similar step changes in the way people consume the BBC’s outputs. Watch that Red Button!
Finally it was over to Media City to kick off the Audience Council part of the Trust’s review of the BBC online provision. We again heard from Andy Conroy, this time abley supported by Laura Ellis (Head of English Regions New Media) and Saul Nasse (Controller of BBC Learning). It will be intersting to see how this goes, with such a diverse spread of content and users covered by the generic term ‘online’.
Video from the OB truck launch
Posted on July 31, 2012 by ijpalmer
OB Truck Launch from Working Academy @ Bradford Uni on Vimeo.
Some words about our OB truck launch.
http://blogs.brad.ac.uk/ian-palmer/2012/07/31/the-launch-of-the-scim-ob-truck/
So what happened to March?
Posted on April 5, 2012 by ijpalmer
It seemed to fly by and I have no idea where it went. The last time I posted it was all about struggling to pull together the proosal for the new academic calendar (that’s been to ASPC, LTC and Senate and been approved), the impending academic review (we’ve had the panel meetings and are waiting for the report) and the BCS accreditation visit (which went well and we await the written feedback). And of course the City Park opened, which whatever you think about it has transformed the city centre and it’s a joy to see so many people out there enjoying the recent good weather.
If that’s not enough for one month, we’ve had the opening of the excellent Life Online gallery and TedX Bradford at the NMeM, another BBC RAC meeting, and Spurs have gone from Champions’ League certainties to Europa League hopefuls and back again.
In the middle of all this, we’ve moved offices. As you may know, I was in a shared space with the staff support team in the basement of Horton D (hence the original title of this blog). With the reclading of the building (which has gone very smoothly and looks great), we had to find temporary accomodation for the Student Support Office. This gave us an opportunity to rethink how we use our space. The position of the recruitment office was far from ideal (up some stairs and along a corridor), especially given the amount of traffic on applicant visit days. Given where we were located, i.e. in the ‘basement’ which of course is actually at ground level (don’t ask, it’s one of the challenges of labelling floors in buildings that are built on hillsides) and so had easy access, it made sense to use this forced temporary move to use that space more effectively. Hence the Recruitment Office is now using that, both as office space and to hold receptions and recruitment events. We’ve now moved to the fifth floor. So time to rename the blog. The Student Support Office is temporarily where Recruitment were, and when they move back we’ll continue to use that space for supporting our partnership work (someting that was originally located with us in the basement).
As with all these things, the disruption is substantial, but the move seems to have gone very smoothly with all parties happy with their new space. Which is something that is often tricky to achieve. So thanks to all involved, both in terms of those moving and the tech support team that made it happen, for such a slick operation.
As well as the cladding operation, those of you who used the small entrance door facing the Richmond Building will have seen our new ‘porch’ being constructed. The ‘official’ entrance to Horton D is round the back up the curved steps facing the Chesham Building. No doubt this fitting perfectly in the architect’s vision at the time, but now that we get a lot of traffice to and from the Richmond Building, and in these days of more awareness of access for those with mobility problems, it really didn’t make sense. Now the building work is complete we need to populate that space to make it more interesting, which will hopefully happen over the next few months.
Besides hoping that the warmer weather will drive away any more snow, there’s much to look forward to in April. The Bradford International Film Festival has a superb line up this year, with a wide variety from the obscure masterpieces to classic cartoons. If you’re in Bradford while it’s on, there really is no excuse not to pop along to something. There’s another ACE meeting, which are always interesting and lively. And of course there’s the usual day-to-day expected and unexpected challenges.
I expect come May I’ll be looking back asking ‘what happened to April’?!
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So little time to blog, so many things to blog about…
It’s quite frustrating that I seem to have so much to say, and so little time to be able to say it. Of course, that’s all a matter of opinion.
What with the ongoing work on the academic calendar, the impending academic reviews, etc., etc., it’s a busy time. Then there’s the recent reviews of the Asian Network and Syndication that I chaired for the BBC Trust’s Audience Council England, and a thousand other things that I didn’t have time to write about. I think the report should say ‘must try harder’.
VR: is it any surprise that it’s all about content?
What would be your top ten VFX shots?
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Issue 124 September 5th 2018
Justin Grammens
Greetings IoT Weekly News Readers!
I have another awesome issue covering the latest news on the Internet of Things, but wanted to first point out a few articles of interest. First, is an article on how "IoT Could Be the Killer App for Blockchain". I was asked recently by the folks at Omni PCB to give my thoughts on what I see on the horizon. Blockchain and IoT were one of my top picks.
Another cool article is on "Bringing Collective Intelligence to The Industrial Internet of Things Makes Devices Compute". Industry 4.0 is an area we have been working in for years and are seeing a lot of interest in by companies of all sizes at Lab 651. The article in this issue gives a really good overview of the changes that I'm seeing around Industrial IoT and forward thinking applications.
Finally, if you are in the Twin Cities, you definitely should take part in the 5th annual IoT Hackday on Oct 27th, 2018. This is an event where we bring together more than 2 dozen team to compete and build a fun and unique IoT products. This is the only Hackday that specifically covers the Internet of Things in the upper midwest and I'm proud to say that as one of the cofounders, it's been an event that I love being a part of each and every year.
I hope you enjoy this issue and remember to follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook
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IoT Could Be the Killer App for Blockchain
As the number of sensors in vehicles, factory machinery, buildings and city infrastructure grows, companies are looking for a secure and automated way of enabling a mesh network for transactional processes. Blockchain appears to best fit that bill.
The total number of connected Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and devices is expected to leap from 21 billion this year to 50 billion by 2022, according to recent data from Juniper Research.
computerworld.com
Is The Internet of Things Growing Too Fast?
Soon, there will be seven times more data-generating devices on the planet than there are human beings. And that number just keeps growing. The latest stats out of Juniper Research put the projected number of connected IoT (Internet of Things) sensors and devices to grow to more than 50 billion by 2022, up from today’s paltry 21 billion devices — or 140% growth.
rtinsights.com
OpenAI Sets New Benchmark for Robot Dexterity
Nothing in this world — animal or robot — quite comes close to the flexibility and dexterity of the human hand. For engineers at the Elon Musk-founded nonprofit OpenAI, this presented both a challenge and an opportunity. How could their researchers use artificial intelligence to teach a robot to manipulate objects as artfully as a human?
theverge.com
Smart Home Modular IoT Wireless Control System
Developers based in Hong Kong have this week announce the creation of a new smart home intelligent modular Internet of Things wireless control system, which is “unlike other IoT or intelligent home appliances”. Watch the demonstration video below to learn more about the wireless control system launched via Kickstarter.
geeky-gadgets.com
Thermostats, Locks and Lights: Digital Tools of Domestic Abuse
“When we see new technology come out, people often think, ‘Wow, my life is going to be a lot safer,’” said Katie Ray-Jones, chief executive of the National Domestic Violence Hotline. But “we often see the opposite with survivors of domestic violence.”
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No matter fun or functional, IoTHackDay is a great place to build a product. Teams work toward three prizes - a prize for business viability, a prize for creativity, and an audience choice award. Teams will work from 8am-7pm, then the event will open to the public at the end of the night for voting. There’s also a separate, educational activity for kids and teens to learn how to program lights for costumes!
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Bringing Collective Intelligence to The Industrial Internet of Things Makes Devices Compute
Since the advent of computers, the languages have been designed to facilitate communications between people and computers. But the landscape has changed and in the age of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) that approach simply doesn’t cut it. What is now required is a software language that allows both machine to machine and machine to computer communications.
4 Truths and a Lie About Digital Transformation
To keep pace with modern business, companies must continually position themselves in the best possible stance to embrace new growth and adapt quickly to evolving market pressures. Technology, more than ever, has become integral to accelerating advancement and efficiency, and so companies have been looking to digital transformation, also known as DX, to meet future challenges.
Tesla Can Change so Much With Over-the-Air Updates That It’s Messing With Some Owners’ Heads
When Consumer Reports recently found that the braking distance on the Tesla Model 3 was worse than that of a Ford F-150, CEO Elon Musk took the criticism and found a solution. Days later, Tesla shipped an over-the-air update that, according to CR’s testing, improved the braking distance by 19 feet. It’s a wild idea: your car automatically downloads some code, and it’s instantly safer. It also wasn’t possible even a few years ago, and some have held it up as an ideal example of how futuristic technologies can make our lives better.
Analysts said it was “unheard of.” Jake Fisher, CR’s director of auto testing (and the person who originally flagged the issue), said he’d “never seen a car that could improve its track performance with an over-the-air update.”
Which Smart Appliances Work With Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and More
Within the next two years, most major appliance makers will offer extensive lineups of smart appliances, part of the ever-expanding "internet of things." That's according to Christine Edwards, a market analyst with Gap Intelligence.
"This year, LG announced that 100 percent of its home appliances portfolio will offer its smart ThinQ connectivity," Edwards says. "Samsung shared that its portfolio is approximately 90 percent currently connected, with plans to feature 100 percent connectivity by the year 2020."
Udoo Bolt Is First Ryzen V1000 Based Hacker Board
Seco has won KS funding for its open-spec, $229 “Udoo Bolt” SBC, which runs Linux or Windows on AMD’s Ryzen Embedded V1000 SoC. The SBC supports up to 4x displays, and offers SATA III, 3x M.2, 2x HDMI 2.0, and Arduino and Grove expansion.
linuxgizmos.com
You Can Crowdfund a Robot That Will Nag You to Stand up Straight
There’s a new robot on Kickstarter that’s supposed to help you obtain good posture at your standing desk. It’s an Alexa-enabled gadget named Giiro, which uses the accompanying Giiromat, a mat you place on the floor in front of your desk, to sense if you’re standing up straight and distributing your weight evenly.
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Old Bet and the Start of the American Circus
Describes the performing career of the elephant Old Bet, whose traveling exhibition under the management of Hackaliah Bailey in the early nineteenth century gave rise to the tradition of the American circus
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Mullen Warns Israel: Don’t Even Think About Another USS Liberty
Filed under: Ahmadinejad, AIPAC, airstrikes, blockade, China, CIA, Coup, Economy, False Flag, George Bush, gulf, Gulf of Tonkin, h.con.res.362, Hegelian Dialectic, Holocaust, inside job, Iran, Iran war resolution, Iraq, Israel, jewish, michael mullen, middle east, Mike Mullen, Military, military strike, mofaz, muslim, nation building, neocons, Nuke, occupation, Preemptive Strike, preemptive war, Problem Reaction Solution, Ray McGovern, Russia, Sanctions, shaul mofaz, Shock and Awe, staged provocation, State Sponsored Terrorism, Tehran, tel aviv, Troops, Uncategorized, US Economy, USS Liberty, War On Terror, White House, WW3, ww4, Zionism | Tags: Phillip Giraldi, soldiers, u.s. soldiers
Recently appointed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Adm. Mike Mullen flew to Tel Aviv to warn Israel’s military establishment how “important” it was that “history not repeat itself ”—referring to Israel’s deliberate attack on the USS Liberty in June, 1967. The Establishment media blacked out the event (in which 34 American men were killed) for decades—and still does.
Given the fact that this brazen two-hour attack upon the United States has been hushed up for 41 years, the reason for Mullen’s meeting is obvious—someone within the intelligence or military apparatus of the United States has concluded that Israel is planning a “USS Liberty Part II,” meaning an attack on a U.S. ship, most likely in the Persian Gulf, leading to a massive loss of life to be blamed on Iran.
As was intended in 1967, when Israel attacked the Liberty, angry Americans would demand the “obliteration” of the guilty party, the false identity of which the Jewish media establishment in America would provide. And while all players involved have been tight-lipped about the particulars of this meeting, Mullen’s impromptu trip to Israel and subsequent discussion was in effect a stern warning to Israel to “Not even think about it.”
Some in Washington are beginning to realize that they’ve just put their foot into something nasty with regards to Israel’s dirty wars in the Middle East that will never be finished as long as it exists. With oil and virtually all consumer products skyrocketing in price simultaneous to the U.S. economy going down the drain, some now understand that by signing on as Israel’s pit bull in the Muslim world that America will wind up paying the ultimate price for her devotion to the Jewish state, meaning the complete destruction of her economy and her position as a world power.
America’s top general officer seems to be wary of widening the present debacle to include war with Iran that may bring into the fray nuclear-armed nations such as Russia and China. He has now joined with saner voices both inside and outside the Bush administration who are trying to prevent an otherwise apocalyptic end to America.
In discussing an attack on Iran, Mullen recently stated that opening a third front would be “extremely stressful” on the U.S. military and added that it would lead to consequences “difficult to predict,” adding that “There is need for better clarity, even dialogue.”
Is this making Israel jittery to the point she would contemplate pulling off another USS Liberty?
“Respectable” people have begun to openly voice such thoughts as well. In a recent provocative article entitled “If Iran is Attacking, It Might Really Be Israel,” ex-CIA officer Phillip Giraldi wrote:
Some intel types are beginning to express concerns that the Israelis might do something completely crazy to get the U.S. involved. There are a number of possible “false flag” scenarios in which the Israelis could stage an incident that they will make to look Iranian, either by employing Iranian weapons or by leaving a communications footprint that points to Teheran’s involvement. Those who argue Israel would never do such a thing should think again. Israel is willing to behave with complete ruthlessness towards the U.S. if they feel that the stakes are high enough. Witness the attack on the USS Liberty and the bombing of the U.S. Consulate in Alexandria in the 1950s. If they now believe that Iran is a threat that must be eliminated it is not implausible to assume they will stop at nothing to get the United States to do it for them, particularly as their air force is only able to damage the Iranian nuclear program, not destroy it. . . .
Joined alongside Giraldi is former long-time CIA analyst Ray McGovern who in a recent essay entitled “Israel Planning a September/October Surprise?” writes the following with regards to the U.S. pulling out of the Middle East and what Israel might do as a result:
My guess is the Israeli leaders are apoplectic. . . . This dramatic change—or even just the specter of it—greatly increases Israel’s incentive to ensure U.S. involvement in the area that would endure for several years. The Israelis need to create “facts on the ground”—something to guarantee Washington will stand by “our ally.” The legislation drafted by AIPAC calls for a blockade of Iran. That would be one way to entangle; there are many others. The point is that the growing danger the Israelis perceive will probably prompt them to find a way to get the U.S. involved in hostilities with Iran. All Israel has to do is to arrange to be attacked. Not a problem. There are endless possibilities among which Israel can choose to catalyze such a confrontation. Viewed from Tel Aviv it appears an increasingly threatening situation, with more urgent need to “embed” (so to speak) the United States even more deeply in the region—in a confrontation involving both countries with Iran. A perfect storm is brewing. . . . In sum, Israel is likely to be preparing a September/October surprise designed to keep the U.S. bogged down in Iraq and in the wider region by provoking hostilities with Iran. And don’t be surprised if it starts as early as August. . . .
Iran Threatens To Shut Gulf Shipping Lanes
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/..ens-to-shut-Gulf-shipping-lanes.html
Israel Ready To Attack Iran Without U.S. Permission
http://english.pravda.ru/world/asia/01-08-2008/105968-israel-0
Anti-’Iran war’ rally near White House
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=65490§ionid=3510203
Mofaz on Iran: We won’t allow a second Holocaust to occur
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1007710.html
Iran to face sanctions if it does not cooperate : French diplomat
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/080804172147.64wyi9eg.html
Iran tests ’new weapon’ for use at sea
http://www.boston.com/news/wo.._at_sea_tested/?s_campaign=8315
US backs down from Iran deadline
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=65325§ionid=351020104
Bush must be stopped before starting war with Iran
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/p..PINION03/807280349/1008/OPINION01
Coup on Iran & False Flag News Archive
Christie Todd Whitman Confronted on 9/11 Air Quality
Filed under: 9/11, 9/11 commission, 9/11 commission report, 9/11 Families, 9/11 Firefighters, 9/11 Truth, 9/11 workers, al-qaeda, catastrophic event, CIA, Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, EPA, False Flag, first responders, Ground Zero, health and environment, inside job, Iraq, jeb bush, Joe Lieberman, John McCain, nation building, New York, NYPD, occupation, ohio, paul wolfowitz, pearl harbor, PNAC, Ray McGovern, smear campaign, Truth Action, We Are Change, World Trade Center
On September 11, 2001 former NJ governor Christie Todd Whitman was the Environmental Protection Agency Director. The agency issued false statements and declared the air safe to breathe. Here is the former EPA Director’s response to critical questions nearly seven years later.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMVUrk4ZWS0
John McCain questioned about PNAC, 9/11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBeU6llGDkA
London Guardian Hit Piece On 9/11 Truth
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/14/september11.usa
Christie Todd Whitman should be tried for manslaughter!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axdzkvW90Rs
Bolton: Israel Will Attack Iran After U.S. Election
Filed under: 2008 Election, Afghanistan, Ahmadinejad, AIPAC, airstrikes, Bill Kristol, CIA, Coup, Dictatorship, Economy, False Flag, Fox News, global elite, H. Con. Res 362, Iran, Iran war resolution, Iraq, Israel, John Bolton, military strike, MKO, nation building, neocons, Nuke, occupation, Oil, PNAC, Preemptive Strike, preemptive war, Propaganda, Ray McGovern, Revolutionary Guards, Saber Rattling, Sanctions, Shiite, Shock and Awe, State Sponsored Terrorism, Tehran, Troops, Turkey, UN, US Economy, War On Terror, WW3, ww4 | Tags: norman finkelstein
ACTION ALERT:
Tell your representatives to oppose Iran War Resolution H.Con.Res.362
http://capwiz.com/justforeignpolicy/issues/alert/?alertid=11518951
http://stopaipac.org/iranresolution.htm
Bolton: Israel Will Attack Iran After U.S. Election But Before Inauguration, Arab States Will Be ‘Delighted’
Bolton predicts “likely period” for Israel strike on Iran is between November 4, 2008 and January 20, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ditVZ-q47Fw
This morning on Fox News, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton continued his drumbeat for war against Iran. Adopting Bill Kristol’s argument, Bolton suggested that an attack on Iran depends on who Americans elect as the next President:
I think if they [Israel] are to do anything, the most likely period is after our elections and before the inauguration of the next President. I don’t think they will do anything before our election because they don’t want to affect it. And they’d have to make a judgment whether to go during the remainder of President Bush’s term in office or wait for his successor.
Bolton gamed out the fallout from an attack on Iran. He claimed that Iran’s options to retaliate after being attacked are actually “less broad than people think.” He suggested that Iran would not want to escalate a conflict because 1) it still needs to export oil, 2) it would worry about “an even greater response” from Israel, 3) and it would worry about the U.S.’s response.
Bolton then concluded that Arab states would be excited if the U.S. or Israel attacked Iran:
I don’t think you’d hear the Arab states say this publicly, but they would be delighted if the United States or Israel destroyed the Iranian nuclear weapons capability.
Bolton: Israel Would Be “Delighted” If U.S. Strikes Iranian Training Camps
http://youtube.com/watch?v=B3zl9m9Ia3Y
In a Fox News interview this afternoon, former UN Ambassador John Bolton discussed his desire to bomb camps inside Iran that are reportedly training and arming Shiite insurgents who fight in Iraq. Fox host Martha McCallum asked, “Can you imagine a scenario where President Bush would do that before the end of his term?” Bolton responded, “I think so, definitely.” He added later, “This is entirely responsible on our part.”
Asked by McCallum whether Israel would be supportive of the strikes given the possibility of Iranian retaliation, Bolton responded, “I think they’d be delighted.”
Fox News claims Iranian missile could ‘hit some military installations’ in the U.S.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHPyXSG62Y8
Neocon “Scholars” Target Iran’s Oil Infrastructure
The L.A. Times’ Babylon & Beyond blog reports on “a serious recommendation made by two neoconservatives in case sanctions fail to persuade Iran to abandon its enrichment of uranium, a process that can be used to make nuclear weapons or fuel for peaceful energy production.” Patrick Clawson and Michael Eisenstadt, described as two “scholars” working for the Washington Institute for Near East Studies, have suggested taking out Iran’s oil infrastructure.
Because the ultimate goal of prevention is to influence Tehran to change course, effective strikes against Iran’s nuclear infrastructure may play an important role in affecting Iran’s decision calculus. Strikes that flatten its nuclear infrastructure could have a demoralizing effect, and could influence Tehran’s assessment of the cost of rebuilding. But the most effective strikes may not necessarily be against nuclear facilities. Iran is extraordinarily vulnerable to attacks on its oil export infrastructure…. The political shock of losing the oil income could cause Iran to rethink its nuclear stance — in ways that attacks on its nuclear infrastructure might not.
Or it may move Iran’s “decision calculus” in a different direction — deadly missile salvos against U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and smoldering oil tankers clogging up passage of the Persian Gulf. If these two criminal minds have their way, you will be paying $10 a gallon or more at the pump for gasoline. No problem for the WINEP “scholars,” who write:
To be sure, in a tight world oil market, attacking Iran’s oil infrastructure carries an obvious risk of causing world oil prices to soar and hurting consumers in the United States and other oil-importing countries…. If the choice is between higher oil prices and a Middle East with several nuclear powers, higher oil prices and reduced economic growth are not clearly the greater evil.
Talk about hubris. But then neocons are more than comfortable with imposing economic hardship on you, considered a lowly commoner and easily distracted chump by the neocons and their globalist associates. It should be remembered that the neocons consider themselves “philosopher-kings,” a self-appointed elite, and advocate benevolent dictatorship – a process well underway — although it remains to be seen how benevolent it would be to freeze to death thousands of people unable to heat their homes or starve them to death because the cannot afford to drive to work.
Norman Finkelstein Talks About Israeli Military “Rehearsals” Against Iran
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWXPlcFa4Zo
Mossad director to prepare for an attack on Iran
US applauds new EU sanctions against Iran
http://rawstory.com/news/afp/US_a..tions_agains_06232008.html
Fmr Top CIA Analyst: Iran Will Be Attacked Before Election
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/061908c.html
Did the NYT Just Out Another CIA Agent to Help the NeoCons Invade Iran?
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy%20Taylor/247
Leaked Israeli drill seen as U.S. pressure on Iran
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL2147745920080622
AIPAC approves Iran sanctions
http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/109127.html
Iraq urges US to stop backing MKO
Stop the resolution for military aggression in Iran!
Coming war against Iran: Increasing Anglo-American pressure on Turkey
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=9407
Russia warns against attacking Iran
Gallup poll confirms majority of Americans favor diplomacy with Iran
Ahmadinejad Says U.S. Planned to Kidnap, Murder Him in Iraq
Congressman: Bush may bomb Iran, declare martial law, suspend elections
U.S. Says Israel Military Exercise Directed At Iran
Your last chance: Israel’s warning
Greeks help Israel prepare for Iran war?
Ex-CIA: US, Israel Planning Iran Attack Before 2008 Election
Filed under: 2008 Election, airstrike, al-qaeda, CIA, Coup, Ehud Barak, False Flag, George Bush, Iran, Israel, military strike, Mossad, NIE, Nuke, Pakistan, Propaganda, Psyops, Ray McGovern, Russia, Saber Rattling, Saudi Arabia, Shock and Awe, Syria, Tehran, White House, ww4
A former senior CIA analyst says the United States and Israel are planning war against Iran before the next presidential election.
Ray McGovern said Monday despite a recent National Intelligence Estimate conceding that Iran is not conducting a nuclear weapons program, a joint US and Israeli war on the Islamic Republic is likely to happen.
The former analyst expounded that the close American relationship with Israel, which alleges Iran is a threat to its existence and to the international community, is the driving force behind a potential strike.
McGovern called on those wishing to prevent a military conflict with Iran to voice their opposition to President Bush’s headstrong approach towards Tehran and its nuclear program.
Although the report by US intelligence services has meant another embarrassment for the White House over its accusation against Tehran, the US president seems to be indifferent to the assessment.
President Bush, who is scheduled to visit Jerusalem in January, bald-facedly continues his rhetoric against the Islamic Republic, claiming Tehran poses a threat to the international community.
Former US Intelligence official: Israel will attack Iran
Y Net News
“I came back from a trip to Israel in November convinced that Israel would attack Iran,” Bruce Riedel, a former career CIA official and senior adviser to three US presidents – including George W. Bush – on Middle East and South Asian issues, told Newsweek Thursday, citing conversations he had with Mossad and Israeli defense officials.
“And that was before the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE). This makes it even more likely. Israel is not going to allow its nuclear monopoly to be threatened,” the American magazine quoted Riedel as saying in an article titled, “What will Israel do?”.
Published in early December, the American NIE determined that Iran had shelved its nuclear weapons program in 2003.
According to Newsweek, “a rising tide of opinion in Israel’s intelligence and national-security circles believes that the NIE does signal American retreat-and, more profoundly, renewed Israeli isolation over what is deemed an existential threat out of Tehran.”
‘Israel has gotten away with it’
The magazine quoted Knesset Member Ephraim Sneh, a former deputy defense minister who has “warned for years that Israel would eventually have to confront Iran alone,” as saying that “today we are closer to this situation than we were three weeks ago … we have to be prepared to forestall this threat on our own.”
David Albright of the Institute for Science and International Security in Washington told Newsweek that Israel was likely encouraged by the non-reaction to their September air strike on a reported Syrian nuclear facility, “which may have been a test run for Iran, or at least a warning directed at Tehran”.
“Israel has gotten away with it in a sense,” Albright was quoted as saying. He suggested that any Israeli pre-emptive action might not be a “traditional strike” but could involve more “sabotage of equipment”.
Newsweek said Israel also knows that the Arab states are “terrified of an Iranian nuclear power, possibly to the point of looking the other way at another such strike”.
Barak: Israel will win the next war
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Bush ‘hell-bent’ on war with Iran?
http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_4228.shtml
Russia Deepens Military Ties With Iran
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/r….98345111754.html
‘Enemies to regret attacking Iran’
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=3…nid=351020101
Bush ‘loses patience’ with Syria
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7154473.stm
Saudi’s Biggest Group Of Al-CIAda Fighters
http://today.reuters.com/news/arti…DI-FIGHTERS.xml
Pakistan reportedly frees terror suspects
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Gov’t official: No ‘smoking gun’ on Iran
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US to blame Iran for attacks in Iraq despite decline in use of bombs linked to Iran
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Hillary & Bush Agree On Iran
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fSW-ellXzM
Bush insists Iran is ‘dangerous’
http://www.spacewar.com/2006/071211173746.5r6si5hc.html
Israel PM warns Iran can develop nuclear bomb by 2010
Sarkozy: Iran-Israel war likely
Iran N-fuel ‘cannot be used in bombs’
White House Is Confident of Broad Support on Iran
Merry Christmas, Hawaii – and Bombs Away!
Bush Demands Iran Explain Nuke Program
Gates says Iran seeks to cause chaos
Baer Suggests Saudis Could Stage Terror In America to Instigate Iran Attack
Prosor: War with Iran may be unavoidable
Gates: Israel doesn’t pose nuclear threat like Iran
Scott Ritter: Cheney’s Iran Policy Still Stands
Poll: Americans split on Iran
Report on Iran may scupper future sanctions
Hostile questions baffle US army official
Kristol: Iran Halting Nuclear Weapons Program Is ‘Another Feather In The Cap For Iraq Invasion’
Rice Fails to Convince Lavrov on Iran
White House Quietly Admits Bush Lied About When He Learned That Iran Had Suspended Its Nuclear Program
Keith Olbermann special comment on NIE
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HomeBasketball RecruitingDeMatha guard Justin Moore verbally commits to Villanova
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DeMatha junior guard Justin Moore committed to Villanova on Wednesday evening.
“It was the best decision for me,” Moore told Washington Post reporter Samantha Pell. “I connected with all the coaches, and I feel like I can come and contribute right away on the court. Their academics are great and they have a plan for me after basketball.”
Moore picked the Wildcats over Maryland, Wake Forest and Louisville. The four-star guard also held offers from Xavier, Penn State, Notre Dame, Virginia and others.
Moore returned to the court this season after tearing his ACL as a sophomore. Moore was one of the top scorers in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference as he averaged 16.6 points per game.
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Moore played a big role in DeMatha’s 40th conference championship victory and first since 2011.
Moore, who is 6-foot-4 and 187-pounds, possesses good size at the guard position. He is known for being a solid outside shooter and has the ability to drive to the rim.
Moore is currently playing for Team Takeover on the Nike EYBL circuit where he is averaging 10.6 points and 4.6 rebounds through five games.
Villanova has good familiarity with the WCAC. Kris Jenkins, who hit the game-winning shot in the Wildcats’ 2016 National Championship win, played under head coach Steve Turner at Gonzaga.
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Impressive Careers Vs. Essential Careers - Stay Employed During a Pandemic
Job Puma September 15, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused us to look at many things differently. Handshaking, parties and work to name a few. With the new realization of "essential" vs. "non-essential" jobs, many people are questioning their career choices.
We are suddenly asking ourselves, "Is my job really important? Am I essential?" Let's look at a few things you need to know to stay employed during a pandemic, or any other emergency for that matter.
Essential Is Not Always Impressive
One of the most difficult realizations many people had to make during the quarantine was to admit that their impressive career may not have been all that essential. As employees were sent home from their jobs and unemployment rates skyrocketed, many were left wondering where their job security went. While job hunting or career planning, it is often tempting to seek out employment which is both high paying and impressive. Job seekers should instead be asking themselves if their career is essential? Will they have job security even in the bleakest health or economic crisis?
Many essential jobs are not necessarily impressive. Many of them are considered blue-collar work. This creates a need to reevaluate our priorities concerning employment.
Blue Collar/Essential Does Not Equal Low Pay
Blue-collar essential jobs are often looked down upon because they are considered lower-paying jobs. Consider this, the average salary of a computer programmer in New York is $49K- $100K yearly. The average salary of an electrician in New York is $57K- $90K yearly. The income difference between a degree holding, white-collar, non-essential employee, and a well-trained, non-degree holding, blue-collar essential employee is not substantial. The job security between the two, however, is vastly different.
During these times of re-evaluation, take some time to really research occupations. Don't assume you know what a good job is or isn't. Do the research. Collect the numbers and make career choices based on reality rather than assumption.
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Solving a history mystery with lots of help
Bachelor Mountain, between Lane Valley and Elm Pass Roads, 1896 ft in height
Before the world was turned upside down by a pandemic, a kind man showed my son and me a historic site on private property near Lane Valley Road, between Center Point and Comfort. In those days one did things like that – hopped in the truck, met by a ranch gate, shook hands, and investigated a history mystery. It was so long ago: March 12, 2020. Seven weeks.
The man’s name is Tom. He and his brother own land on Cherry Creek, land their parents purchased years ago. I’d never met him, but was introduced to him by a customer at the print shop, who lived near Tom. That customer, Chad, read my column about the graves of Jack Hardee and two others which can be seen from Lane Valley Road.
Jack Hardee was captured by Comanche raiders as a young man, walking home from the mill in Center Point, and only survived because of his brave responses to their taunts. He was a former slave, previously owned by James Crispin Nowlin, the first physician in Kerr County. I was particularly interested in Jack Hardee’s story because I graduated from Tivy High School with one of his descendants, Todd Hardee.
When I learned Jack Hardee was buried near Lane Valley Road, I drove out there to find the grave. It’s on private property, but visible at a distance from the road. Not wanting to trespass, I took photographs of the tombstones from the road.
Sylvester Edmonds
received a patent on
160 acres in 1874,
Lane Valley Road starts at Highway 27 and heads roughly south, after first crossing a shallow stretch of the Guadalupe River, then disappearing into a line of hills in the distance. It’s about as beautiful a stretch of land as you can find in Kerr County, and for generations it has attracted farmers and ranchmen. Cherry Creek runs near the road, meandering this way and that, finally forking into two smaller branches.
Researching the gravesite of Jack Hardee, I learned he was buried at what is called Lane Valley Cemetery No. 1. There is also a Lane Valley Cemetery No. 2 listed in several places, but it is not shown on any map. Lane Valley Cemetery No. 2 was a mystery.
I knew it was the resting place of Jack Hardee’s in-laws, Sylvester and Martha Edmonds, the parents of Jack’s wife, Hannah Edmonds Hardee.
In my story about Jack Hardee’s grave, I mentioned that I could not find Lane Valley Cemetery No. 2. That’s when things got interesting.
The grave of
A kind reader named Aurora sent me photographs of a tombstone near Lane Valley Road she and her husband had restored and cleaned up – the marker for a toddler named Uzilla Johns who died in May, 1880. It was a homemade grave marker, a slab of limestone shaped and smoothed, with little Uzilla’s details scratched into the stone. As far as anyone could tell there were no other graves nearby. This looked like a gravesite other than Lane Valley Cemetery No. 2.
Soon after, Chad, who I knew from the print shop, said he’d ask around the neighbors out there to see if anyone knew of a cemetery on their land.
That’s when Tom called and invited me to come see the graves on his family’s land. It was Lane Valley Cemetery No. 2.
Martha Edmonds
While there is evidence of other graves at the site, from indentions in the earth and a solitary wooden plank in the earth, worn away by time and weather until whatever writing it once held are no longer visible, there are three stone markers there: one each for Sylvester Edmonds and Martha Edmonds, and the third, for Agnes Blanks.
We met Tom at his gate, and followed in our truck across the pastures. Horses met us at the first gate and ran beside our truck to the second gate. Joe 3 and I were delighted to see them frolic beside us in the bright sunshine. (We’re townies, after all.) Tom led the way to a small rise in the center of the property where an ancient live oak stood guard. The graves were in the shade of the oak tree, surrounded by fencing to keep the livestock out.
The grave of Agnes Blanks
I busily took photographs of the headstones and other features of the site, while Joe 3 and I visited with Tom. After finishing with the photographs, we three stood quiet for a moment in the shade of the old tree, enjoying the view of the farm below us. A welcome breeze comforted us.
I’ve been to cemeteries all over the world, from fancy national cemeteries to humble graveyards beside centuries-old churches. I’ve read the names on tombs in cathedrals and marveled at the statues and carvings honoring the dead.
I’ll tell you this, though: I have never visited a more peaceful resting place than that of Sylvester and Martha Edmonds, and young Agnes Blanks, the three of them buried on a little knoll overlooking the 160 acres of land the Edmonds owned and farmed themselves. You can see their fields, the fork of Cherry Creek which ran through the property, and the green-blue hills which surround and protect the property.
I’m thankful to all of those who helped solve the mystery: Aurora, Chad, and especially Tom, who was our kind guide that day. The site is on private property. Please do not visit it without permission.
Joe Herring Jr. is a Kerr County native who hopes to be able to hop in his truck again soon, meet new folks, shake their hands, and go exploring. This column originally appeared in the Kerrville Daily Times May 2, 2020.
Two Kerr County history books available, filled with historic photographs of Kerr County. Both books are available at Wolfmueller's Books, Herring Printing Company, and online by clicking HERE.
Linda Kirkpatrick May 3, 2020 at 7:55 AM
Great find and great story!
Bon vivant May 3, 2020 at 12:53 PM
Love your stories Joe. My mother schooled with a Nowlin in Kerrville c. 1950's so now wonder if the same family. A few years ago I found self in a cemetery with a stream flowing by, the one harboring the several children killed by 'natives' soon after their family resettled near Kerrville from the SE. I found self wishing to be interred there, after visiting cemeteries the world and nation over.
Chuck Del Toro May 10, 2020 at 8:23 AM
Wonderful read. You've got a phenomenal talent and happy you are sharing it.
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India records over 10,000 COVID-19 cases in single day, tally nears 3 lakh: Health Ministry
by PTI
Medical staff work at a coronavirus testing station at Incheon International Airport in South Korea, on April 1. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
New Delhi: For the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak, India recorded over 10,000 new cases in a day taking the tally to 2,97,535, while the death toll rose to 8,498 with a record single-day spike of 396 fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
The country has registered 10,956 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours till Friday 8 am.
India on Thursday went past the United Kingdom to become the fourth worst-hit nation by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Worldometer.
The number of active cases stands at 1,41,842, while 1,47,194 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said.
“Thus, around 49.47 per cent patients have recovered so far,” an official said.
The total number of confirmed cases include foreigners.
Of the 396 new deaths reported till Friday morning, 152 were in Maharashtra, 101 in Delhi, 38 in Gujarat, 24 in Uttar Pradesh, 23 in Tamil Nadu, 12 in Haryana, 10 in West Bengal, nine in Telangana, six in Rajasthan, four each in Madhya Pradesh and Punjab, three each in Bihar and Karnataka, two each in Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Puducherry and one in Jammu and Kashmir.
Out of the total 8,498 fatalities, Maharashtra tops the tally with 3,590 deaths followed by Gujarat with 1,385 deaths, Delhi with 1,085, West Bengal with 442, Madhya Pradesh with 431, Tamil Nadu with 349, Uttar Pradesh with 345, Rajasthan with 265 and Telangana with 165 deaths.
The death toll reached 80 in Andhra Pradesh, 72 in Karnataka, 64 in Haryana and 59 in Punjab.
Jammu and Kashmir has reported 52 fatalities due to the coronavirus disease, while 36 deaths have been reported from Bihar, 18 from Kerala, 15 from Uttarakhand, nine from Odisha and eight from Jharkhand.
Chhattisgarh, Assam and Himachal Pradesh have registered six COVID-19 fatalities each, Chandigarh has five, Puducherry has two, while Meghalaya, Tripura and Ladakh have reported one COVID-19 fatality each, according to ministry data.
More than 70 per cent of the deaths are due to comorbidities, the ministry’s website stated.
The highest number of confirmed cases in the country are from Maharashtra at 97,648 followed by Tamil Nadu at 38,716, Delhi at 34,687, Gujarat at 22,032, Uttar Pradesh at 12,088, Rajasthan at 11,838 and Madhya Pradesh at 10,241, according to the health ministry’s data updated in the morning.
The number of COVID-19 cases has gone up to 9,768 in West Bengal, 6,245 in Karnataka, 5,983 in Bihar and 5,968 in Haryana.
It has risen to 5,429 in Andhra Pradesh, 4,574 in Jammu and Kashmir, 4,320 in Telangana and 3,386 in Odisha.
Assam has reported 3,319 novel coronavirus cases so far while Punjab has 2,887 cases. A total of 2,244 people have been infected by the virus in Kerala and 1,643 in Uttarakhand.
Jharkhand has registered 1,599 cases, while 1,398 cases have been reported from Chhattisgarh, 913 from Tripura, 470 from Himachal Pradesh, 417 from Goa, 366 from Manipur and 332 from Chandigarh.
Puducherry has 157 COVID-19 cases, Ladakh has 135, Nagaland has 128, Mizoram has 102, Arunachal Pradesh has 61, Meghalaya 44 while Andaman and Nicobar Islands has registered 38 infections so far.
Sikkim has reported 14 cases, while Dadar and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu together have reported 30 infections.
The ministry’s website said that 8,315 cases are being reassigned to states and “our figures are being reconciled with the ICMR”.
State-wise distribution is subject to further verification and reconciliation, it said.
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On Tuesday, June 9, 2015, Pat was invited to pray the Rosary and attend Mass with the 'Rosary Makers' Rose Givvin, Bea Johnson and Eileen Guay.
Following Mass, Fr. Walt Dworak, pastor of St. Philip Church in Crafton, PA blessed the 450 World Mission Rosaries that JTDMF purchased for the ladies to assemble for distribution at upcoming school/parish presentations by JTDMF.
We are grateful for the devoted work of these lovely ladies.
Junior Legion of Mary "Our Lady of Fatima" and "Our Lady of Light" Praesidium
On Thursday, May 21, 2015, Pat, Sister Jean, and Celeste once again visited the Junior Legion of Mary "Our Lady of Fatima" and "Our Lady of Light" Praesidium at St. Gabriel School, Whitehall, Pennsylvania. Teachers, Joanne Boyle and Linda Neivens, invited JTDMF to return to explain the newly rendered statue of Mary, Ark of The New Covenant and the sacred icon oil painting by James Sulkowski, and given the "three-fold title" by Rev. Seraphim Michalenko, MIC, "Virgin Mary of Nazareth, Ark of The New Covenant, Throne of The Divine Mercy Incarnate" to their 3rd and 7th graders.
During the presentation, the students prayed the prayer to Mary, Ark of The New Covenant composed by founder, Bernadette Conkin. They learned about the Providential correlation between the Ark in the Old and New Testaments. Pat shared the information on the upcoming Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy, beginning on December 8, the Feast Day of The Immaculate Conception and ending on November 20, 2016 on the Feast Day of Christ The King. The students were in awe as they learned that God gave each person a special sign of the presence of our Blessed Mother with us by the "M" placed in the palm of everyone’s hand!
Several young boys assisted with placing Mary upon the Ark of the Covenant.
The group then proceeded to the gym to process, unfold, and pray the "World Mission Rosary" on the 225 ft. Rosary to honor Our Blessed Mother and Jesus under the title, "Mary, Ark of The New Covenant."
Junior Legion of Mary "Our Lady of Fatima" Praesidium
On April 9, 2015, Pat and Sister Jean visited the Jr. Legion of Mary "Our Lady of Fatima" Praesidium at St. Gabriel, Whitehall, PA. A presentation was made to the 3rd thru 7th graders explaining the important message of The Divine Mercy and the World Mission Rosary. The students learned to pray and sing The Divine Mercy Chaplet using reverent motions. The group extended the 225 ft. World Mission Rosary while praying the rosary to honor Our Blessed Mother and Jesus under the title; Mary, Ark of the New Covenant.
Informational packets relating to the theme were shared with the group.
Sunday, March 29, 2015 - Little Flowers and Blue Knights Practice
Sts. John and Paul Parish, Wexford, Pennsylvania:
Pat began with Divine Mercy presentation. Sr. Natalie worked with one of the Divine Mercy worksheets and Sister Jean had them learn an activity using the Alleluia and other hand motions. Praying on the 225 ft. rosary.
December 8, 2014 - A Blessed Day at Madonna Catholic Regional School
December 8, 2014, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, marked the day to assemble our 1st (of many) 225 ft. World Mission Rosaries. Sister Jean carries the materials for the World Mission Rosary into MCRS. Walt, Principal Don, and Sister Jean gather for a photo Pat and Sister Jean explain the history of Archbishop Fulton Sheen beginning the World Mission Rosary in 1951 through the Pontifical Mission Society. They discussed with the students the various continents and the colors they represent on the map and also the rosary. When we finish praying the rosary, we realize we gave the world a big hug! They asked Fulton Sheen's intercession on this program. We encountered some difficulty while assembling the beads with the wire ties and went to Plan B. The adults assembled the beads as Sister Jean led the 6-8 grade students in praying the Joyful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary. After the assembling was completed, the students formed the circular rosary around the cafeteria and then recoiled the rosary for the next practice.
Family Eucharistic Holy Hour at
Holy Trinity Church, Robinson Township, PA
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Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church
Robinson Township
Fr. Ken Keene, Pastor
Mrs. Kimberly Stevenson, Principal
Mrs. Darci Smith, Coordinator
Participating priests: Fr. Ken Sparks, Fr. Angelus Shaughnessy,
Fr. Robert Hermann, Fr. Emmanuel Abbey-Quaye
Deacons: Tim Killmeyer and Lee Miles
The Renna Family – Joe, Mary Ann, composers of Kids Sing Divine Mercy and Jesus, I Trust in You,
and daughters Theresa and Angela
Jenn Brosas Vocal
Brendan Barker on piano
Natalie Rauch - Choir Director and Holy Trinity Chorus
Debbie Catanzarite - Speaker
Savanah Abbott - Crowing Our Lady of Fatima
Knights of Columbus Color Corps
Fr. Denys Baron Assembly #0939
Blue Army's Marian Blue Guard and Joe Decker
The students, faculty, family, and friends
of Holy Trinity Parish and School
Jesus - The Divine Mercy Foundation
and Preborn Jesus Ministry
Antoni Zabierowski, Jesus – The Divine Mercy Foundation’s
Co-Founder, for prayers before the Miraculous Image of
Jesus - The Divine Mercy and tomb of
St. Faustina in Craków-Łagiewniki, Poland
Tom Dugan and Alice Steigerwald
for the beautiful photographing to capture this blessed event
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2015 Family Eucharistic Holy Hour at Holy Trinity Church, Robinson Township, Pennsylvania
On Tuesday, October 20, 2015, a Family Eucharistic Holy Hour ("FEHH") was celebrated at Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in Robinson Township, Pennsylvania with 325 students, teachers, administrators, 8 Color Corp Knights and over 100 adults in attendance.
Fr. Ken Keene, pastor and Very Rev. Fr. John Takyi from Ghana presided and solemnly processed the Blessed Sacrament throughout the church.
Surely Heaven was rejoicing as everyone prayed during the time of Adoration.
All the children processed through the K of C Color Corps as they sang the Theme Song; "Jesus, Friend of Children." The icon and statue of Mary, Ark of The New Covenant were processed to the Sanctuary.
"The Divine Mercy Chaplet" and "Jesus, I Trust in You" were prayed/sung in reverent motion. The Living World Mission Rosary was prayed using multi-colored balloons and roses to present to Jesus and Our Blessed Mother.
One of the highlights was consecrating the family to Jesus in His Eucharistic Presence while praying the prayer, "Act of Consecration of the Family to The Divine Mercy."
Local Pittsburgh Catholic Radio WAOB 106.7 FM, did an audio taping of the FEHH. Part of the program will aired on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015 at 3:00 PM.
MAY 19, 2015 Family Eucharistic Holy Hour at Holy Trinity Church, Robinson Township, Pennsylvania
Fr. Kenneth R. Keene, Pastor, leads the student body of Holy Trinity Catholic School in Eucharistic Adoration.
The students prayed The Divine Mercy Chaplet in Motion, as well as "Jesus, I Trust in You."
The students encircled the church with multicolored balloons and prayed the World Mission Rosary. Simultaneously, students processed down the aisle carrying a rose, and then placed their rose in the vase.
Divine Mercy Sunday at St. Alphonsus, McDonald, Pennsylvania
On Divine Mercy Sunday, April 12, 2015, the "Little Flowers" and "Blue Knights" from Sts. John and Paul Parish in Wexford, Pennsylvania, reverently pray The Divine Mercy Chaplet in Motion.
Newly rendered replica statue of Mary, Ark of The New Covenant and sacred artwork, Mary, Ark of The New Covenant and Jesus - The Divine Mercy, were unveiled and blessed by Father Angelus Shaughnessy, OFM, Cap. in the Gloria Chapel at Little Sisters of the Poor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, followed by the Family Eucharist Holy Hour, The Divine Mercy Chaplet in Motion and World Mission Rosary.
Sunday, February 22, 2015 at Little Sisters of The Poor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
World Mission Rosary for the Family Eucharistic Holy Hour at St. Damien of Molokai Parish in Monongahela, Pennsylvania in the fall of 2015.
ASSEMBLING THE 225' WORLD MISSION ROSARY
Pat and George prepared the remaining 225 ft. of the World Mission Rosary for JTDMF's 1st (of many) Family Eucharistic Holy Hours (FEHH).
In the fall of 2015 (to be announced), FEHH will be held at St. Damien of Molokai Parish in Monongahela, Pennsylvania, with the following participating: students (and families), staff from Madonna Catholic Regional School (MCRS), the Knights of Columbus 4th Degree Color Corps, and officers/board members of Jesus - The Divine Mercy Foundation. Parishioners and the public are invited to join us for this solemn renewed encounter with Christ.
A festive Madonna Catholic Regional School's Christmas Program was performed at St. Damien of Molokai Parish in Monongahela, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, December 17, 2014.
This group will launch a Family Eucharistic Holy Hour (FEHH) in the fall of 2015.
Pat and George prepare the 225 ft. World Mission Rosary for JTDMF's 1st Family Eucharistic Holy Hour (FEHH).
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Astronauts Arrive In Florida To Ready For SpaceX Launch To Space Station
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From left, astronaut Soichi Noguchi of Japan and NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins walk after arriving at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The four astronauts will fly on the SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station scheduled for launch on Saturday.
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Four astronauts arrived at the Kennedy Space Center on Sunday to bring the U.S. one step closer to regularly ferrying travelers to and from the International Space Station.
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The crew includes commander Michael Hopkins, pilot Victor Glover and mission specialist Shannon Walker, all Americans. Mission specialist Soichi Noguchi, the first Japanese astronaut to perform a spacewalk outside the space station, rounds out the four.
Upon docking with the ISS, the four will be welcomed by the current crew — including astronaut Kate Rubins, who recently voted from space — bringing the space station's complement to seven for the first time in its history. Over the next several months, the crew will conduct science research on such topics as botany and cancer. Their return is scheduled for the spring.
NASA has been working with the private company SpaceX to deliver cargo to and from the station for years. This summer, two NASA astronauts flew to the ISS on a SpaceX capsule, and later successfully splashed down off the coast of Pensacola. It was the first planned splashdown since 1975. After that successful test, NASA certified the SpaceX crew system as "operational" for future astronaut missions.
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"I can't tell you how great it is to welcome a crew here to go to space again," Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana told the group upon their arrival Sunday. "I envy each and everyone of you. This whole effort to commercialize low Earth orbit, this is just a gigantic step in making that happen."
Glover, the only crew member without previous spaceflight, was enthusiastic: "It's really special today, because we flew an airplane in here, but the plan is to leave on top of a rocket," he said. "So that's pretty neat."
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In this photo released by the Indonesian Presidential Palace, President Joko Widodo, center, talks to an official as he inspects an earthquake-damaged government building, in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. Widodo visited the areas where a deadly earthquake left thousands of people homeless in an effort to reassure them the government's response is reaching those struggling after the quake. (Indonesian Presidential Palace via AP)
MAMUJU, Indonesia (AP) — Relief workers struggled Tuesday to clear the rubble of collapsed buildings on an Indonesian island where a strong earthquake killed at least 90 people and left thousands homeless. The 6.2 magnitude earthquake on Friday was one of a series of recent disasters to hit...
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Motorists ride past buildings collapsed in Friday's earthquake in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. Aid was reaching the thousands of people left homeless and struggling after an earthquake that killed a number of people in the province where rescuers intensified their work Monday to find those buried in the rubble. (AP Photo/Yusuf Wahil)
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Members of police K-9 squad lead a sniffer dog during a search for victims at a hospital building collapsed in Friday's earthquake in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. Rescuers retrieved more bodies from the rubble of homes and buildings toppled by the 6.2 magnitude earthquake while military engineers managed to reopen ruptured roads to clear access for relief goods. (AP Photo/Yusuf Wahil)
Indonesian teams find more bodies, clear roads after quake
MAMUJU, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers on Sunday retrieved more bodies from the rubble of homes and buildings toppled by a strong earthquake, raising the death toll to 77, while military engineers managed to reopen ruptured roads to clear access for relief goods. More heavy equipment reached...
A bus in New York City which careened off a road in the Bronx neighborhood of New York is left dangling from an overpass Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, after a crash late Thursday that left the driver in serious condition, police said. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
NEW YORK (AP) — The driver of a New York City bus that plunged off a bridge blamed the dramatic crash on mechanical failure, saying Saturday that the tandem vehicle “just took off” as he slowed into a turn. Everton Beccan, 55, disputed the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's assertion a day...
Motorists make their way through a road affected by an earthquake-triggered landslide near Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. Damaged roads and bridges, power blackouts and lack of heavy equipment on Saturday hampered Indonesia's rescuers after a strong and shallow earthquake left a number of people dead and injured on Sulawesi island. (AP Photo/Yusuf Wahil)
Damaged roads, lack of gear hinder Indonesia quake rescue
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People react as the body of a relative is retrieved from the ruin of a building at an area affected by an earthquake in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. A strong, shallow earthquake shook Indonesia's Sulawesi island just after midnight Friday, toppling homes and buildings, triggering landslides and killing a number of people. (AP Photo/Yusuf Wahil)
At least 42 dead as Indonesia quake topples homes, buildings
MAMUJU, Indonesia (AP) — A strong, shallow earthquake shook Indonesia's Sulawesi island just after midnight Friday, toppling homes and buildings, triggering landslides and killing at least 42 people. More than 600 people were injured by the magnitude 6.2 quake, which sent people fleeing their homes...
A father and his sons transport cows from a flooded area to drier ground using a dugout canoe, in Old Fangak county, Jonglei state, South Sudan Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. Some 1 million people in the country have been displaced or isolated for months by the worst flooding in memory, with the intense rainy season a sign of climate change. (AP Photo/Maura Ajak)
'Our children die in our hands': Floods ravage South Sudan
OLD FANGAK, South Sudan (AP) — On a scrap of land surrounded by flooding in South Sudan, families drink and bathe from the waters that swept away latrines and continue to rise. Some 1 million people in the country have been displaced or isolated for months by the worst flooding in memory, with the...
Soldiers inspect the remains of a building damaged in an earthquake, in Petrinja, Croatia, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. A strong earthquake has hit central Croatia and caused major damage and at least one death in a town southeast of the capital. (AP Photo)
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes Croatia; 5 deaths reported
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A strong earthquake hit central Croatia on Tuesday, destroying buildings and sending panicked people fleeing into rubble-covered streets in a town southeast of the capital. Authorities said five people were killed and at least 20 were injured. The European Mediterranean...
In this November 2019 photo provided by the Voyageurs Wolf Project, the Shoepack Lake Pack of wolves stops in front of a remote camera set on a trail in Voyageurs National Park, Minn. Scientists studying gray wolves in the park have traced how wolves preying on beavers affect the ecosystem by impeding the ability of beavers to build and maintain new dams that create wetlands. (Tom Gable/Voyageurs Wolf Project via AP)
Wolves preying on beavers in Minnesota reshape wetlands
WASHINGTON (AP) — One spring afternoon in 2015, biologist Thomas Gable followed signals from a gray wolf’s GPS tracking collar to a small stream in Minnesota’s Voyageurs National Park. There he found a large canine paw print in the mud and tufts of wolf and beaver fur caught in low bramble. A...
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Digital ledger startup BukuKas raises USD 9 million from Sequoia India’s Surge, Credit Saison
Written by Ursula Florene Published on 18 Aug 2020
The new round brings the company’s total raised funds to USD 12 million.
BukuKas, a digital ledger app for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Indonesia, announced on Monday that it has raised USD 9 million in a pre-Series A round. Investors in this round include Sequoia Capital India’s Surge, Credit Saison, and Speedinvest.
This new round brings the company’s total raised funds to USD 12 million.
BukuKas plans to invest the money in product development and strengthening the company’s market in Indonesia.
In April, the company received an undisclosed amount of seed funding from Surge, Credit Saison, and a number of angel investors from prominent startups. BukuKas is part of the third cohort of Surge’s rapid scaling program, which provides early-stage startups from South and Southeast Asia with funding and mentorship.
Founded in December 2019 by serial entrepreneurs Krishnan Menon and Lorenzo Peracchione, the platform offers free bookkeeping service for MSMEs, giving merchants better insight about their cash flow. BukuKas claims to help small business owners reduce costs by up to 20% and claims to serve 800,000 merchants on its platform in over 700 cities and districts in Indonesia.
“The speed at which BukuKas has grown in the last eight months since launch has shown us that more than ever, Indonesian small businesses are ready to go digital. 73% of merchants are outside of tier-1 cities today–and very few products and services are built for them,” said co-founder and CEO Krishnan Menon in the announcement. “BukuKas is committed to reaching them, they are the real Indonesia, the spine of our economy. And helping them prosper is our only goal.”
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Chocolate wines - with cream or without
Michael Hastings/Winston-Salem Journal
Feb 13, 2013 Updated Apr 9, 2019
A selection of wines blended with chocolate, at the Wine Merchants Gourmet shop on Stratford Rd. in Winston-Salem.
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Wine and chocolate blends, seen at the Wine Merchants Gourmet shop in Winston-Salem.
Beth Binder, of the Wine Merchants Gourmet shop, samples chocolate-laced wines.
Visit a winery this month and chances are good that you’ll be offered a piece of chocolate to nibble on as you taste the wine.
A dessert wine or other sweet wine, such as port, would seem like the obvious pairing. But wineries often offer chocolate with a dry wine.
Not everyone loves the combination of wine and chocolate, but the pairing has enough fans that wine companies have started combining the two in the bottle.
The idea sounds disgusting to some and delicious to others.
The trend seems to have started about five years ago, and it includes a local Yadkin Valley winery.
Almost every supermarket or wine shop now offers at least one chocolate wine.
These concoctions for chocolate lovers fall into two basic types: with or without dairy.
The wines made without dairy seem more like wine. The addition of milk or cream turns the beverage into a sort of spiked chocolate milk.
Another way to describe the cream-based chocolate wines would be as Bailey’s Irish Cream knockoffs with less alcohol — and beverages you don’t have to make a special trip to the ABC store to get. Bailey’s is made with Irish whiskey, cream, sugar and herbs and has an alcohol content of 17 percent.
Chocolate wines are at least slightly sweet. Some can be served at room temperature, but the cream-based wines benefit from chilling.
Most of these sell for $10 to $15 for a regular 750-ml bottle.
Chocovine, a cream-based chocolate wine first marketed in 2009, claims to be the top-selling chocolate wine in the country, and it certainly is the easiest to find in Winston-Salem.
Chocovine is sold in such wine shops as Wine Merchants Gourmet and in many supermarkets, including Harris Teeter and Lowes Foods.
Chocovine advertises itself as a blend of red wine with Dutch chocolate and cream. Its label, though, says it’s made with “grape wine with artificial flavors, cream and artificial colors.” Note that chocolate is not mentioned.
Chocovine also comes in several flavors, such as raspberry, espresso and whipped cream.
The other leading brand is Chocolate Shop, sold at Lowes Foods. Fresh Market has it, too, though I noticed it on the closeout table the other day.
Chocolate Shop contains “red wine with natural dark chocolate flavors.” The regular flavor has no dairy, but the Crème de Cocoa flavor does. Chocolate Shop also comes in Strawberry, Mint and Sparkling flavors, though I found only the original flavor in local stores.
Total Wine carries one brand with cream, Brown Cow, and two without, Red Decadence and Koda.
Other brands sold in our area include Cocoa di Vine (at Wine Merchants) and Chocolat Rouge (at Harris Teeter.)
Koda has 18 percent alcohol, similar to many dessert wines, but all of the other wines I looked at contain normal amounts of alcohol, between 12 percent and 14 percent.
I sampled a few of these wines with Beth Binder and Allison Chrapek, two of the owners of Wine Merchants Gourmet.
Binder said that Wine Merchants started carrying chocolate wine several years ago.
“We’ve had Chocovine for several years,” Binder said. “Now every distributor has their version of it. Once people saw how well it was doing, everyone jumped on board.”
We tasted three cream-based wines. The Cocoa di Vine regular chocolate, the Cocoa di Vine Cherry and the Chocovine Espresso.
The regular Cocoa di Vine tastes much as I would expect milk, chocolate and wine to taste: like someone dumped some alcohol into my chocolate milk. Not my idea of a great beverage, but this was tolerable. I just felt like it was a waste of chocolate milk.
Things went downhill with Cocoa di Vine Chocolate Cherry. Chrapek said that it’s reminiscent of chocolate-covered cherries. But we all agreed that it also had a medicinal taste. I couldn’t help thinking of cherry cough syrup.
The Chocovine Espresso was better. It’s much thicker, and it seemed more chocolatey. More important, it went down more smoothly than Cocoa di Vine. I felt that the coffee flavor helped smooth out the alcohol. I wouldn’t go out of my way to get it, but I could drink it.
Next we tasted two non-cream wines. I liked both of them better than the cream wines.
The Chocolate Shop original flavor contains only red wine and natural chocolate flavors. It’s quite sweet, at 7 percent residual sugar, but doesn’t taste it. It’s full-bodied and dark, and plenty flavorful. I could see this as a dessert wine or after-dinner drink.
Finally, we tasted the only North Carolina chocolate wine, Shadow Springs Vineyard’s Dark Shadow, which is sold at Wine Merchants, City Beverage and Barnhill’s in Winston-Salem. Or you can get it at the winery in Hamptonville, about 45 minutes from Winston-Salem.
Dark Shadow is made with natural dark chocolate and cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc, merlot and petit verdot, said Chuck Johnson, who co-owns the winery with his wife, Jamey. “It’s the same wine that goes in our Meritage (dry red),” Johnson said.
The Johnsons had never heard of chocolate wine when they got the idea for it about five years ago.
“We were talking to our winemaker one day about doing different things. Jamey really loves dark chocolate, and we had some chocolate around and Jamey said. ‘I’d love it if we could put this in the wine.’”
They experimented with different wines and different chocolates for about a year before introducing Dark Shadow in 2008.
Now it’s their best-seller, accounting for about 500 cases of an average 3,000 cases a year.
Dark Shadow sells for $18 at the winery. It has 3.8 percent residual sugar and doesn’t taste very sweet. The alcohol level is 12.5 percent.
“We like to serve it at room temperature,” Johnson said, “because we found that when it’s chilled, it closes down the chocolate flavor a bit.
“Sometimes we lightly chill it. But at room temperature you get that big chocolate nose.”
In the glass, Dark Shadow is lighter and less sweet than Chocolate Shop — and that turned out to be a good thing.
“This may be the best one of all of them,” Chrapek said after tasting Dark Shadow.
I agreed. I liked Chocolate Shop, but after a few sips it may wear on you because it’s so heavy. In contrast, I could sip more of Dark Shadow because it’s not so sweet.
“We’ll have it with chocolate mousse, chocolate cheesecake or strawberry cheesecake,” Johnson said. “And sometimes it is the dessert.”
Another favorite way to enjoy Dark Shadow is mixed with Shadow Springs Strawberry Shortcake, a sweet strawberry wine.
Shadow Springs bottles the mixture of equal parts Dark Shadow and Strawberry Shortcake in limited editions. During Christmas, that blend is labeled Holiday Shadow. This month, for Valentine’s Day, the blend is called French Kiss.
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Below is a list of the 2730 shows we have performed over the past few years.
Mon, June 29th, 2020 - Fellowhip of Christian Athletes - Louisville, KY
Thu, April 9th, 2020 - Oostburg Christian School - Oostburg, WI
Wed, April 8th, 2020 - Tyler Elementary School - New Lenox, IL
Wed, April 8th, 2020 - Nelson Prairie School - New Lenox, IL
Tue, March 31st, 2020 - Blossom Hill Elementary School - Los Gatos, CA
Tue, March 17th, 2020 - Koontz Intermediate - Asheville, NC
Tue, March 17th, 2020 - Estes Elementary - Asheville, NC
Sun, March 15th, 2020 - Church of the Saviour - Cleveland Heights, OH
Fri, March 13th, 2020 - Immanuel Lutheran School - Danbury, CT
Sun, March 1st, 2020 - Flushing Community Church - Flushing, MI
Wed, February 19th, 2020 - Tierra Buena Elementary - Yuba City, CA
Tue, February 18th, 2020 - Butte Vista Elementary - Yuba City, CA
Fri, February 14th, 2020 - Pioneer Elementary - Pierz, MN
Tue, February 11th, 2020 - Farmingville Elementary School - Ridgefield, CT
Mon, February 10th, 2020 - Washington Elementary School - North Arlington, NJ
Mon, February 10th, 2020 - Concord Road Elementary School - Ardsley, NY
Fri, February 7th, 2020 - S. Butler Intermediate Elementary School - Saxonburg, PA
Thu, February 6th, 2020 - Montour Elementary - McKees Rocks, PA
Wed, February 5th, 2020 - Peebles Elementary - Pittsburgh, PA
Wed, February 5th, 2020 - Ingomar Elementary School - Pittsburgh, PA
Sat, February 1st, 2020 - Blue Lake United Methodist Camp - Andalusia, AL
Fri, January 31st, 2020 - Charlestown Elementary School - Charlestown, RI
Fri, January 31st, 2020 - Richmond Elementary School - Wyoming, RI
Wed, January 29th, 2020 - Redway Elementary - Redway, CA
Tue, January 28th, 2020 - Wade Thomas Elementary - San Anselmo, CA
Fri, December 20th, 2019 - The Academy at Nola Dunn - Burleson, TX
Tue, October 29th, 2019 - Immanuel Baptist Church - Pace, FL
Mon, October 28th, 2019 - Hardeman School - Marshall, MO
Fri, October 25th, 2019 - Wells Elementary - Plano, TX
Fri, October 25th, 2019 - Christie Elementary - Plano, TX
Thu, October 24th, 2019 - Wyatt Elementary - Plano, TX
Thu, October 24th, 2019 - Weatherford Elementary - Plano, TX
Wed, October 23rd, 2019 - Gulledge Elementary - Plano, TX
Wed, October 23rd, 2019 - Barron Elementary School - Plano, TX
Wed, October 23rd, 2019 - Daffron Elementary - Plano, TX
Tue, October 22nd, 2019 - Boggess Elementary - Murphy, TX
Tue, October 22nd, 2019 - Hightower Elementary - Plano, TX
Mon, October 21st, 2019 - Memorial Elementary - Plano, TX
Mon, October 21st, 2019 - Rasor Elementary - Plano, TX
Fri, October 4th, 2019 - Bardonia Elementary School - Bardonia, NY
Thu, October 3rd, 2019 - Montebello Elementary - Suffern, NY
Wed, October 2nd, 2019 - Strawtown Elementary - New City, NY
Sun, September 8th, 2019 - Brooklyn Tabernacle - Brooklyn, NY
Fri, September 6th, 2019 - Laurel Plains Elementary - New City, NY
Sat, August 24th, 2019 - Louisiana Baptist Convention - Alexandria, LA
Wed, June 19th, 2019 - New Liberty Baptist Church - Garland, TX
Tue, June 18th, 2019 - New Liberty Baptist Church - Garland, TX
Tue, June 11th, 2019 - Anne Bradstreet Early Childhood Center - North Andover, MA
Mon, June 10th, 2019 - Holy Cross School - Rumson, NJ
Wed, June 5th, 2019 - Central Baptist Church - Decatur, AL
Fri, May 24th, 2019 - Lakeview Elementary - Trophy Club, TX
Sun, May 5th, 2019 - Jacob's Well Church - Chippewa Falls, WI
Sat, May 4th, 2019 - Jacob's Well Church - Chippewa Falls, WI
Fri, May 3rd, 2019 - Jacob's Well Church - Chippewa Falls, WI
Tue, April 30th, 2019 - Troy Public Schools - Troy, MT
Sun, April 21st, 2019 - River Pointe Church - Richmond, TX
Sat, April 20th, 2019 - River Pointe Church - Richmond, TX
Fri, April 19th, 2019 - River Pointe Church - Richmond, TX
Thu, April 18th, 2019 - Shaler Area Elementary - Glenshaw, PA
Mon, April 15th, 2019 - Stinson Elementary - Richardson, TX
Sun, April 14th, 2019 - Community Christian Church - Fort Scott, KS
Fri, April 12th, 2019 - Sherman Elementary School - Warwick, RI
Fri, April 12th, 2019 - Hoxsie Elementary - Warwick, RI
Sun, April 7th, 2019 - Woodlands Community Church - Bradenton, FL
Tue, March 26th, 2019 - Grasse Elementary - Sellersville, PA
Mon, March 25th, 2019 - Union Hill Elementary - Grass Valley, CA
Mon, March 25th, 2019 - Deer Creek Elementary - Nevada City, CA
Fri, March 22nd, 2019 - Emmanuel Community Church - Fort Wayne, IN
Mon, March 18th, 2019 - General Wayne Elementary School - Malvern, PA
Mon, March 18th, 2019 - Charlestown Elementary - Malvern, PA
Sun, March 17th, 2019 - Grace Community Church - Fremont, OH
Thu, March 14th, 2019 - Norvelt Elementary - Mt Pleasant, PA
Sat, March 9th, 2019 - First Baptist Church - Bethlehem, PA
Fri, March 1st, 2019 - Oglesby Public Schools - Oglesby, IL
Fri, February 22nd, 2019 - Brinker Elementary - Plano, TX
Tue, February 19th, 2019 - Hyatt Elementary - Linden, MI
Tue, February 19th, 2019 - Linden Elementary - Linden, MI
Sun, February 17th, 2019 - Princeton Church of God - Liberty Township, OH
Fri, February 15th, 2019 - Wakelee School - Wolcott, CT
Thu, February 14th, 2019 - Frisbie Elementary - Wolcott, CT
Thu, February 14th, 2019 - Alcott School - Wolcott, CT
Wed, February 13th, 2019 - Hebron Avenue Elementary School - Glastonbury, CT
Wed, February 13th, 2019 - Naubuc Elementary - Glastonbury, CT
Tue, February 12th, 2019 - James Clark Elementary - Agawam, MA
Fri, February 8th, 2019 - East Canyon Elementary - Nampa, ID
Fri, February 8th, 2019 - West Canyon Elementary - Caldwell, ID
Thu, February 7th, 2019 - Skyway Elementary - Caldwell, ID
Fri, February 1st, 2019 - Olive Baptist Church - Pensacola, FL
Fri, December 14th, 2018 - P.S. 55 The Henry M. Boehm School - Staten Island, NY
Sat, November 10th, 2018 - Crossroads Community Church - Yorktown, VA
Sat, November 3rd, 2018 - Immanuel Baptist Church - Highland, CA
Fri, November 2nd, 2018 - Baypoint Preparatory Academy - Hemet, CA
Tue, October 30th, 2018 - Inland Lakes Elementary - Indian River, MI
Mon, October 29th, 2018 - Hillman Elementary School - Hillman, MI
Mon, October 29th, 2018 - Bellaire Elementary - Bellaire, MI
Fri, October 26th, 2018 - Thomas Elementary - Plano, TX
Fri, October 26th, 2018 - Hickey Elementary School - Plano, TX
Thu, October 25th, 2018 - Hunt Elementary - Murphy, TX
Thu, October 25th, 2018 - Schell Elementary - Richardson, TX
Wed, October 24th, 2018 - Mendenhall Elementary - Plano, TX
Tue, October 23rd, 2018 - Rose Mary Haggar Elementary - Dallas, TX
Mon, October 22nd, 2018 - Hedgcoxe Elementary - Plano, TX
Mon, October 22nd, 2018 - Miller Elementary - Richardson, TX
Fri, October 19th, 2018 - Lone Oak First Baptist - Paducah, KY
Tue, October 16th, 2018 - Glossodia Public School - Glossodia, Australia
Wed, September 12th, 2018 - New City Elementary School - New City, NY
Tue, September 11th, 2018 - Indian Rock Elementary - York, PA
Fri, August 31st, 2018 - Family Event - Beijing, China
Fri, August 24th, 2018 - Living Faith Christian Church - Farmingdale, NY
Sun, August 12th, 2018 - Brooklyn Tabernacle - Brooklyn, NY
Wed, August 8th, 2018 - First Assembly of God - Angleton, TX
Tue, August 7th, 2018 - First Assembly of God - Angleton, TX
Mon, August 6th, 2018 - First Assembly of God - Angleton, TX
Sun, August 5th, 2018 - First Assembly of God - Angleton, TX
Fri, July 20th, 2018 - FCA - Huntsville, AL
Tue, July 17th, 2018 - Stillwater Public Library - Stillwater, OK
Fri, June 29th, 2018 - Northside Baptist Church - Lexington, SC
Wed, June 27th, 2018 - First Redeemer Church - Cumming, GA
Wed, June 20th, 2018 - FCA - Huntsville, AL
Tue, June 19th, 2018 - P.S. 100 The Coney Island School - Brooklyn, NY
Mon, June 18th, 2018 - Forest Park Elementary School - Albany, NY
Thu, June 14th, 2018 - First Baptist Church - Winnfield, LA
Fri, June 8th, 2018 - Center School - Longmeadow, MA
Fri, June 1st, 2018 - Kemptown Elementary School - Monrovia, MD
Thu, May 31st, 2018 - Caln Elementary School - Thorndale, PA
Fri, May 25th, 2018 - Fort Lee School #4 - Fort Lee, NJ
Mon, May 21st, 2018 - St. Henry Middle School - St. Henry, OH
Thu, May 3rd, 2018 - East Elementary School - Sharon, MA
Fri, April 6th, 2018 - Grant Elementary School - Marshfield, WI
Thu, April 5th, 2018 - Mary S Shoemaker Elementary - Woodstown, NJ
Sun, April 1st, 2018 - River Pointe Church - Richmond, TX
Sat, March 31st, 2018 - River Pointe Church - Richmond, TX
Fri, March 30th, 2018 - River Pointe Church - Richmond, TX
Mon, March 26th, 2018 - Champion Preparatory Academy - Apopka, FL
Sat, March 24th, 2018 - Batttlefield Baptist Church - Warrenton, VA
Mon, March 19th, 2018 - First Alliance Church - Erie, PA
Mon, March 19th, 2018 - Bedford Middle School - Bedford, PA
Sun, March 18th, 2018 - Conneautville Church of Christ - Conneautville, PA
Sat, March 17th, 2018 - First Baptist Church - Waldorf, MD
Sun, March 11th, 2018 - Marion Baptist Church - Marion, KY
Sun, March 4th, 2018 - First Baptist Church - Frisco, TX
Fri, March 2nd, 2018 - Grace Place - Lamar, MO
Thu, March 1st, 2018 - Shamona Creek Elementary School - Downingtown, PA
Mon, February 26th, 2018 - First Baptist Church - Newcastle, OK
Sun, February 25th, 2018 - Mountainside Methodist Church - Cedar Crest, NM
Sat, February 24th, 2018 - First Freewill Baptist - Tarboro, NC
Sun, February 18th, 2018 - First Baptist Church - Corinth, TX
Fri, January 26th, 2018 - Conrad Weiser East Elementary - Wernersville, PA
Wed, January 24th, 2018 - Robinson Park Elementary - Agawam, MA
Wed, January 24th, 2018 - James Clark Elementary - Agawam, MA
Fri, January 12th, 2018 - Glacier Valley Elementary - Juneau, AK
Thu, January 11th, 2018 - Harborview Elementary - Juneau, AK
Wed, November 8th, 2017 - Evangelical Free Church of Chico - Chico, CA
Wed, November 8th, 2017 - Fairmeadow Elementary - Palo Alto, CA
Sat, October 28th, 2017 - Wadi Sports Camp - Beit El Wadi, Egypt
Fri, October 27th, 2017 - Wadi Sports Camp - Beit El Wadi, Egypt
Thu, October 26th, 2017 - Wadi Sports Camp - Beit El Wadi, Egypt
Mon, October 23rd, 2017 - Fowlerville United Brethren - Fowlerville, MI
Sat, October 21st, 2017 - Family Event - Mexico City, Mexico
Thu, October 19th, 2017 - Riverside High School - Ellwood City, PA
Wed, October 18th, 2017 - Perry Lower Intermediate - Ellwood City, PA
Wed, October 18th, 2017 - North Side Primary Center - Ellwood City, PA
Wed, October 18th, 2017 - Hartman Intermediate School - Ellwood City, PA
Sun, July 23rd, 2017 - Brooklyn Tabernacle - Brooklyn, NY
Thu, July 13th, 2017 - Camp Overflow - Trinity, TX
Mon, July 10th, 2017 - Camp Overflow - Trinity, TX
Sun, July 9th, 2017 - Region 10 RA Camp - Hallsville, TX
Sat, July 8th, 2017 - Region 10 RA Camp - Hallsville, TX
Fri, July 7th, 2017 - Region 10 RA Camp - Hallsville, TX
Thu, July 6th, 2017 - Spanish Youth for the Nations - Dallas, TX
Mon, June 26th, 2017 - Green Valley Lake Christian Camp - Diamond Bar, CA
Fri, June 9th, 2017 - Bay View Elementary - West Islip, NY
Wed, June 7th, 2017 - Schick Elementary - Montoursville, PA
Tue, June 6th, 2017 - Krieger Schechter Day School - Baltimore, MD
Sun, June 4th, 2017 - Powell Church - Powell, TN
Fri, June 2nd, 2017 - Oklahoma Elementary - DuBois, PA
Thu, June 1st, 2017 - Pomona Middle School - Suffern, NY
Wed, May 31st, 2017 - Covert Avenue School - Elmont, NY
Fri, May 26th, 2017 - Jeanette Hayes Elementary - Katy, TX
Mon, May 22nd, 2017 - First Baptist Church - Broken Arrow, OK
Fri, May 5th, 2017 - Jacob's Well Church - Chippewa Falls, WI
Sun, April 30th, 2017 - Cornerstone Baptist Church - Darlington, SC
Sat, April 29th, 2017 - Cornerstone Baptist Church - Darlington, SC
Fri, April 21st, 2017 - Rockland Community Church - Golden, CO
Sun, April 16th, 2017 - Biltmore Baptist Church - Arden, NC
Mon, April 10th, 2017 - Koror Elementary School - Koror, Palau
Sun, April 9th, 2017 - Community Show - Koror, Palau
Sun, April 9th, 2017 - Palau Assembly of God - Airai, Palau
Wed, March 29th, 2017 - St Mary School - Tulsa, OK
Sat, March 25th, 2017 - Festival - Hurghada, Egypt
Fri, March 24th, 2017 - Festival - Hurghada, Egypt
Thu, March 23rd, 2017 - Festival - Hurghada, Egypt
Mon, March 13th, 2017 - New Augusta Public Academy South - Indianapolis, IN
Sun, March 12th, 2017 - Crosspoint Community Church - Oconomowoc, WI
Sat, March 11th, 2017 - First UMC - Princeton, WV
Fri, March 10th, 2017 - Summit Charter Collegiate Academy/Burton School District - Porterville, CA
Tue, March 7th, 2017 - Oakland Nazarene - Cedar Rapids, IA
Sun, March 5th, 2017 - First Baptist Church - Pineville, LA
Sat, March 4th, 2017 - First Baptist Church - Pompano Beach, FL
Mon, February 27th, 2017 - Jarvis Memorial UMC - Greenville, NC
Sun, February 26th, 2017 - Shepherd Church of the Nazarene - Gahanna, OH
Fri, February 24th, 2017 - St. Patrick School - Ada, MI
Sun, February 19th, 2017 - Pleasant Garden Baptist Church - Pleasant Garden, NC
Tue, February 14th, 2017 - Asher Holmes Elementary - Morganville, NJ
Mon, February 13th, 2017 - Manoa Elementary - Havertown, PA
Sat, February 11th, 2017 - Broadmoor Baptist Church - Madison, MS
Fri, February 3rd, 2017 - P.S. 154 Windsor School - Brooklyn, NY
Wed, December 14th, 2016 - US Naval Support Activity Base - Province of Caserta, Italy
Fri, December 9th, 2016 - Le Passage Hotel - Christmas Celebration - Cairo, Egypt
Mon, December 5th, 2016 - First Assembly of God - Angleton, TX
Sun, December 4th, 2016 - First Assembly of God - Angleton, TX
Sat, December 3rd, 2016 - Festival - Minya, Egypt
Fri, December 2nd, 2016 - Festival - Minya, Egypt
Thu, December 1st, 2016 - Festival - Minya, Egypt
Sun, November 13th, 2016 - Family Event - Antakya, Turkey
Sat, November 12th, 2016 - Youth Event - Samandag, Turkey
Fri, November 11th, 2016 - Ted Hatay Koleji - Defne, Turkey
Sat, November 5th, 2016 - Festival - Beni Suef, Egypt
Fri, November 4th, 2016 - Festival - Beni Suef, Egypt
Thu, November 3rd, 2016 - Festival - Beni Suef, Egypt
Tue, November 1st, 2016 - Washington Baptist Church - Pelzer, SC
Fri, October 28th, 2016 - Morrison Elementary School - Morrison, OK
Wed, October 26th, 2016 - Ramirez Burks Elementary - Cotulla, TX
Wed, October 26th, 2016 - Encinal Elementary - Encinal, TX
Tue, October 25th, 2016 - Mary Orr Intermediate - Mansfield, TX
Tue, October 25th, 2016 - Alice Ponder Elementary - Mansfield, TX
Sun, October 23rd, 2016 - First Baptist Church - Cleveland, TN
Tue, October 4th, 2016 - Camp Copus - Denton, TX
Sat, October 1st, 2016 - Platt High School - Meriden, CT
Fri, September 30th, 2016 - Unionville Elementary - Kennett Square, PA
Fri, September 30th, 2016 - Pocopson Elementary - West Chester, PA
Thu, September 29th, 2016 - Hillendale Elementary - Chadds Ford, PA
Thu, September 29th, 2016 - Chadds Ford Elementary - Chadds Ford, PA
Wed, September 28th, 2016 - Whitemarsh Elementary - Lafayette Hill, PA
Tue, September 27th, 2016 - Edgeworth Elementary School - Sewickley, PA
Thu, September 15th, 2016 - Cape Fear Academy - Wilmington, NC
Wed, September 14th, 2016 - Antioch Baptist Church - Lumberton, NC
Wed, August 31st, 2016 - Riverside Indian School - Anadarko, OK
Wed, August 10th, 2016 - First Baptist Church - Texarkana, TX
Fri, August 5th, 2016 - Christ Community Church - Idaho Falls, ID
Thu, August 4th, 2016 - Christ Community Church - Idaho Falls, ID
Wed, August 3rd, 2016 - Christ Community Church - Idaho Falls, ID
Tue, August 2nd, 2016 - Christ Community Church - Idaho Falls, ID
Mon, August 1st, 2016 - Christ Community Church - Idaho Falls, ID
Wed, July 27th, 2016 - Crossings Community Church - Oklahoma City, OK
Sun, July 24th, 2016 - Brooklyn Tabernacle - Brooklyn, NY
Wed, July 13th, 2016 - Valley Baptist Church - Bakersfield, CA
Mon, July 11th, 2016 - West of Heaven Camp - Stillwater, OK
Thu, July 7th, 2016 - John F. Henderson Public Library - Westville, OK
Tue, July 5th, 2016 - John F. Henderson Public Library - Westville, OK
Sun, July 3rd, 2016 - Rockhill Baptist Church - Brownsboro, TX
Fri, July 1st, 2016 - Greater Joliet Area YMCA - Joliet, IL
Thu, June 30th, 2016 - Crosspoint Church - McKinney, TX
Wed, June 29th, 2016 - Catoosa Public Library - Catoosa, OK
Tue, June 28th, 2016 - Stillwater Public Library - Stillwater, OK
Mon, June 27th, 2016 - John F. Henderson Public Library - Westville, OK
Fri, June 24th, 2016 - Fellowhip of Christian Athletes - Louisville, KY
Mon, June 20th, 2016 - Pine Road Elementary - Huntingdon Valley, PA
Fri, June 17th, 2016 - First Baptist - Woodway - Waco, TX
Thu, June 16th, 2016 - First Baptist - Woodway - Waco, TX
Wed, June 15th, 2016 - First Baptist - Woodway - Waco, TX
Tue, June 14th, 2016 - First Baptist - Woodway - Waco, TX
Mon, June 13th, 2016 - First Baptist - Woodway - Waco, TX
Thu, June 9th, 2016 - Central Baptist Church - College Station, TX
Wed, June 8th, 2016 - Central Baptist Church - College Station, TX
Tue, June 7th, 2016 - Central Baptist Church - College Station, TX
Mon, June 6th, 2016 - Central Baptist Church - College Station, TX
Sun, June 5th, 2016 - Central Baptist Church - College Station, TX
Fri, June 3rd, 2016 - Dalton - Whitfield County Library - Dalton, GA
Thu, June 2nd, 2016 - Dalton - Whitfield County Library - Dalton, GA
Tue, May 31st, 2016 - West Shore Evangelical Free Church - Mechanicsburg, PA
Fri, May 27th, 2016 - Kelley Elementary School - Southington, CT
Thu, May 26th, 2016 - 51st Avenue Academy - Elmhurst, NY
Wed, May 25th, 2016 - Clearspring Elementary - Damascus, MD
Tue, May 24th, 2016 - J.C. Parks Elementary - Indian Head, MD
Mon, May 23rd, 2016 - Caln Elementary School - Thorndale, PA
Fri, May 20th, 2016 - French Creek Elementary - Pottstown, PA
Thu, May 19th, 2016 - East Coventry Elementary - Pottstown, PA
Wed, May 18th, 2016 - East Vincent Elementary - Spring City, PA
Tue, May 17th, 2016 - Glen Acres Elementary School - West Chester, PA
Mon, May 16th, 2016 - Walton Farm Elementary School - Lansdale, PA
Sun, May 15th, 2016 - Northside Baptist Church - Victoria, TX
Sat, May 14th, 2016 - Lakeside Church - Folsom, CA
Fri, May 13th, 2016 - Lakeside Church - Folsom, CA
Wed, May 11th, 2016 - First Baptist Church - Olney, TX
Tue, April 26th, 2016 - Hot Floor Academy - Cairo, Egypt
Mon, April 25th, 2016 - Hot Floor Academy - Cairo, Egypt
Sun, April 24th, 2016 - Hot Floor Academy - Cairo, Egypt
Thu, April 21st, 2016 - Festival - Sohag, Egypt
Wed, April 20th, 2016 - Festival - Sohag, Egypt
Mon, April 11th, 2016 - Coarsegold Elementary - Coarsegold, CA
Sun, April 10th, 2016 - Phoenix First Assembly - Phoenix, AZ
Sat, April 9th, 2016 - Phoenix First Assembly - Phoenix, AZ
Fri, April 8th, 2016 - Rogue River Elementary - Rogue River, OR
Mon, March 28th, 2016 - Celina Middle School - Celina, TX
Sun, March 27th, 2016 - Overlake Christian Church - Redmond, WA
Fri, March 25th, 2016 - Maple Lawn Elementary - Sumner, WA
Thu, March 24th, 2016 - Tamalpais Valley Elementary - Mill Valley, CA
Wed, March 23rd, 2016 - Wade Thomas Elementary - San Anselmo, CA
Mon, March 21st, 2016 - Perry Hill Elementary - Fort Wayne, IN
Sun, March 20th, 2016 - Gateway Church of the Nazerene - Oskaloosa, IA
Sat, March 19th, 2016 - Crossroads Church of The Nazarene - Milton, PA
Fri, March 18th, 2016 - St. John Neumann Regional Academy Elementary - Williamsport, PA
Thu, March 17th, 2016 - Leola Elementary - Leola, PA
Tue, March 15th, 2016 - Bethlehem Lutheran Church - Ridgewood, NJ
Tue, March 15th, 2016 - Greenwood Elementary - Millerstown, PA
Mon, March 14th, 2016 - Eden Christian Academy - Wexford, PA
Sun, March 13th, 2016 - Allison Park Church - Allison Park, PA
Sat, March 12th, 2016 - Allison Park Church - Allison Park, PA
Fri, March 11th, 2016 - Allison Park Church - Allison Park, PA
Thu, March 10th, 2016 - Franklin Elementary School - Sewickley, PA
Tue, March 8th, 2016 - Shady Grove Elementary School - Ambler, PA
Mon, March 7th, 2016 - American Reformed Church - Demotte, IN
Mon, March 7th, 2016 - Holly Academy - Holly, MI
Sun, March 6th, 2016 - The Chapel - Wadsworth, OH
Fri, March 4th, 2016 - Charlton Heights Elementary - Charlton, NY
Thu, March 3rd, 2016 - Pashley Elementary - Glenville, NY
Wed, March 2nd, 2016 - South Colonie School - Albany, NY
Tue, March 1st, 2016 - South Colonie School - Albany, NY
Mon, February 29th, 2016 - Calvary Baptist Church - Union City, TN
Mon, February 29th, 2016 - South Colonie School - Albany, NY
Sun, February 28th, 2016 - Sugar Creek Baptist - Sugar Land, TX
Sat, February 27th, 2016 - Sugar Land Baptist - Sugar Land, TX
Sat, February 27th, 2016 - Memorial Baptist Church - Spring, TX
Fri, February 26th, 2016 - Violet Baptist - Pickerington, OH
Thu, February 25th, 2016 - Oakland Baptist Church - Corinth, MS
Mon, February 22nd, 2016 - Twelve Oaks Baptist Church - Paducah, KY
Fri, February 19th, 2016 - Brookfield Elementary - Brookfield , WI
Fri, February 19th, 2016 - Swanson Elementary - Brookfield, WI
Thu, February 18th, 2016 - Plain Elementary - Plain, WI
Thu, February 18th, 2016 - Lone Rock Elementary - Lone Rock, WI
Tue, February 16th, 2016 - Springfield Park Elementary School - Glen Allen, VA
Fri, February 12th, 2016 - Gayton Elementary - Richmond, VA
Thu, February 11th, 2016 - Longdale Elementary - Glen Allen, VA
Thu, February 11th, 2016 - Short Pump Elementary School - Richmond, VA
Wed, February 10th, 2016 - EchoLake Elementary - Glen Allen, VA
Tue, February 9th, 2016 - Martha Reid Elementary - Arlington, TX
Sun, February 7th, 2016 - First Baptist Church - Pelham, AL
Fri, February 5th, 2016 - Ingomar Elementary School - Pittsburgh, PA
Fri, February 5th, 2016 - Jeffery Primary School - Glenshaw, PA
Thu, February 4th, 2016 - Evergreen Elementary - Monroeville, PA
Thu, February 4th, 2016 - Shaler Area Elementary - Glenshaw, PA
Wed, February 3rd, 2016 - Juniata Elementary - DuBois, PA
Mon, February 1st, 2016 - Cornerstone Assembly Of God - Rowlett, TX
Thu, January 28th, 2016 - Line Mountain Elementary - Trevorton, PA
Thu, January 28th, 2016 - Midd - West Middle School - Middleburg, PA
Thu, January 28th, 2016 - West Snyder Elementary - Beaver Springs, PA
Fri, January 22nd, 2016 - Eastbury Elementary School - Glastonbury, CT
Thu, January 21st, 2016 - Robinson Park Elementary - Agawam, MA
Thu, January 21st, 2016 - Sterling Community School - Sterling, CT
Fri, January 15th, 2016 - Golden Hill Elementary - Florida, NY
Fri, January 15th, 2016 - P.S. 100 The Coney Island School - Brooklyn, NY
Thu, January 14th, 2016 - East Ward Elementary - Downingtown, PA
Wed, January 13th, 2016 - Bear Tavern Elementary - Titusville, NJ
Tue, January 12th, 2016 - Clearview Elementary School - Brogue, PA
Tue, January 12th, 2016 - Pleasant View Elementary - Red Lion, PA
Mon, January 11th, 2016 - Upper Moreland Intermediate School - Hatboro, PA
Thu, January 7th, 2016 - Harborview Elementary - Juneau, AK
Wed, December 16th, 2015 - Kyrene de los Lagos - Phoenix , AZ
Sun, November 29th, 2015 - Central Baptist Church - College Station, TX
Mon, November 23rd, 2015 - Eden Hall Upper Elementary - Gibsonia, PA
Fri, November 20th, 2015 - Hot Floor Academy - Cairo, Egypt
Thu, November 19th, 2015 - Hot Floor Academy - Cairo, Egypt
Wed, November 18th, 2015 - Hot Floor Academy - Cairo, Egypt
Tue, November 17th, 2015 - Hot Floor Academy - Cairo, Egypt
Sun, November 8th, 2015 - Wadi Sports Camp - Beit El Wadi, Egypt
Sat, November 7th, 2015 - Wadi Sports Camp - Beit El Wadi, Egypt
Fri, November 6th, 2015 - Kasr El Dobara Evangelical Church - Cairo, Egypt
Thu, November 5th, 2015 - Durant Middle School - Durant, OK
Tue, November 3rd, 2015 - Central Baptist Church - Douglasville, GA
Fri, October 30th, 2015 - Resurrection Life Church - Wyoming, MI
Fri, October 30th, 2015 - Parkview Elementary - Wyoming, MI
Thu, October 29th, 2015 - Siple Elementary School - Davison, MI
Wed, October 28th, 2015 - Christian Life Church - Hoover, AL
Fri, October 2nd, 2015 - Dogwood Hill Elementary - Oakland, NJ
Fri, October 2nd, 2015 - Woodside Avenue Elementary - Franklin Lakes, NJ
Fri, September 25th, 2015 - Central Elementary School - Franklin, PA
Fri, September 25th, 2015 - Our Lady of Peace - Erie, PA
Thu, September 24th, 2015 - Wexford Elementary - Wexford, PA
Wed, September 23rd, 2015 - Richland Elementary - Gibsonia, PA
Fri, September 11th, 2015 - Liberty Middle School - Canton, MI
Thu, September 10th, 2015 - Parkview Elementary - Novi, MI
Sun, August 30th, 2015 - Mobberly Baptist Church - Longview, TX
Sun, August 23rd, 2015 - First Baptist Church - Humble, TX
Tue, August 18th, 2015 - Maplewood Country Day Camp - S Easton, MA
Mon, August 17th, 2015 - Maplewood Country Day Camp - S Easton, MA
Sun, August 2nd, 2015 - Church on the Rock - St. Peters, MO
Sat, August 1st, 2015 - Church on the Rock - St. Peters, MO
Fri, July 24th, 2015 - First Methodist Church - Houston, TX
Fri, June 26th, 2015 - First Methodist Church - Houston, TX
Wed, June 17th, 2015 - Grace Baptist Church - Knoxville, TN
Fri, June 12th, 2015 - Terrill Middle School - Scotch Plains, NJ
Thu, June 11th, 2015 - Downsville Central School - Downsville, NY
Thu, June 4th, 2015 - Mabel White Baptist Church - Macon, GA
Wed, June 3rd, 2015 - Aspire After School Program - North Richland Hills, TX
Tue, June 2nd, 2015 - Aspire After School Program - Hardeman - Watauga, TX
Fri, May 29th, 2015 - Conway Elementary School - Conway, PA
Thu, May 28th, 2015 - Caln Elementary School - Thorndale, PA
Thu, May 28th, 2015 - Perry Elementary - Shoemakersville, PA
Wed, May 27th, 2015 - Lionville Elementary School - Downingtown, PA
Tue, May 26th, 2015 - George Washington School - Wyckoff, NJ
Thu, May 14th, 2015 - Knight Middle School - Louisville, KY
Tue, May 12th, 2015 - Blue Lick Elementary School - Louisville, KY
Wed, May 6th, 2015 - Grace Baptist Church - Knoxville, TN
Tue, May 5th, 2015 - Syracuse Academy of Science Charter Elementary School - Syracuse, NY
Tue, May 5th, 2015 - Syracuse Academy of Science Charter Middle School - Syracuse, NY
Tue, May 5th, 2015 - Syracuse Academy of Science Charter High School - Syracuse, NY
Wed, April 15th, 2015 - Calhoun Elementary / Junior High School - Hardin, IL
Tue, April 14th, 2015 - Wyland Elementary School - St. Louis, MO
Sun, April 5th, 2015 - Biltmore Baptist Church - Arden, NC
Fri, March 20th, 2015 - Warren Woods Baptist - Warren, MI
Tue, March 17th, 2015 - Alliance Coal - Tulsa, OK
Sun, March 15th, 2015 - Highlands Community Church - Renton, WA
Fri, March 13th, 2015 - Queen of Peace Catholic School - Salem, OR
Fri, March 13th, 2015 - Englewood Elementary School - Salem, OR
Thu, March 12th, 2015 - Westside Elementary - Hood River, OR
Mon, March 9th, 2015 - Blanton Elementary - Argyle, TX
Sun, March 8th, 2015 - Bulverde Baptist Church - Bulverde, TX
Sat, March 7th, 2015 - Fin Castle Baptist Church - Fin Castle, VA
Sat, March 7th, 2015 - Rainbow Forest Baptist Church - Troutville, VA
Thu, March 5th, 2015 - North Park Church - Meridian, MS
Wed, March 4th, 2015 - First Baptist Church - Weaver, AL
Tue, March 3rd, 2015 - Quail Springs Baptist Church - Oklahoma City, OK
Mon, March 2nd, 2015 - First Baptist Church - Asheboro, NC
Sun, March 1st, 2015 - Corinth Reformed Church - Byron Center, MI
Sat, February 28th, 2015 - First Baptist Church - Big Spring, TX
Thu, February 26th, 2015 - Blairland Baptist Church - Loudon, TN
Fri, February 20th, 2015 - Dowell Elementary School - Lusby, MD
Thu, February 19th, 2015 - Saint Leo the Great Catholic School - Fairfax, VA
Tue, February 17th, 2015 - Aspire After School Program - North Richland Hills, TX
Tue, February 17th, 2015 - Clarksville Elementary School - Clarksville, MD
Mon, February 16th, 2015 - Carroll Elementary - Grapevine, TX
Thu, February 5th, 2015 - Freedom Crest Elementary - Menifee, CA
Mon, February 2nd, 2015 - Ludwig Elementary School - Lockport, IL
Fri, January 30th, 2015 - Francis L Stevens Elementary - Ballston Lake, NY
Wed, January 28th, 2015 - Skyview Upper Elementary School - Eagleville, PA
Tue, January 27th, 2015 - Queen of Angels Regional Catholic School - Willow Grove, PA
Tue, January 27th, 2015 - Goodnoe Elementary School - Newtown, PA
Sun, January 25th, 2015 - Double Dutch Services - Lagos, Nigeria
Sat, January 24th, 2015 - Double Dutch Services - Lagos, Nigeria
Fri, January 23rd, 2015 - Double Dutch Services - Lagos, Nigeria
Thu, January 22nd, 2015 - Double Dutch Services - Lagos, Nigeria
Wed, January 21st, 2015 - Double Dutch Services - Lagos, Nigeria
Tue, January 20th, 2015 - Double Dutch Services - Lagos, Nigeria
Mon, January 19th, 2015 - Double Dutch Services - Lagos, Nigeria
Fri, January 16th, 2015 - Double Dutch Services - Lagos, Nigeria
Thu, January 15th, 2015 - Double Dutch Services - Lagos, Nigeria
Wed, January 14th, 2015 - Double Dutch Services - Lagos, Nigeria
Wed, January 7th, 2015 - Lakeside Baptist Church - Granbury, TX
Tue, January 6th, 2015 - Chatham Middle School - Chatham, NJ
Mon, December 15th, 2014 - Wayne Elementary School - Corydon, ID
Sun, December 14th, 2014 - New Hope Christian Church - Marshalltown, IA
Wed, November 26th, 2014 - Hosack Elementary School - Allison Park, PA
Wed, November 26th, 2014 - Borland Manor Elementary School - Canonsburg, PA
Mon, November 24th, 2014 - Fairview Elementary - Pittsburgh, PA
Sat, November 22nd, 2014 - First Baptist Church - Aberdeen, NC
Fri, November 21st, 2014 - Caryville Elementary - Jacksboro, TN
Sun, November 16th, 2014 - Northstar Church - Pryor, OK
Fri, October 31st, 2014 - Korean Central Presbyterian Church - Centreville, VA
Thu, October 30th, 2014 - Plymouth Elementary - Plymouth Meeting, PA
Mon, October 27th, 2014 - Mary White Elementary School - Haskell, OK
Fri, October 17th, 2014 - Granger Elementary - Feeding Hills, MA
Fri, October 17th, 2014 - SOUTH SIDE SCHOOL - Bristol, CT
Thu, October 16th, 2014 - Hebron Avenue Elementary School - Glastonbury, CT
Wed, October 15th, 2014 - Webster Elementary - Webster, NH
Wed, October 15th, 2014 - Swallow Union Elementary School - Dunstable, MA
Tue, October 14th, 2014 - Naubuc Elementary - Glastonbury, CT
Sun, October 12th, 2014 - Mount Olive FPH Church - Mount Olive, NC
Mon, September 29th, 2014 - Champion Preparatory Academy - Apopka, FL
Wed, September 24th, 2014 - Princeton Junior School - Lawrenceville, NJ
Wed, September 24th, 2014 - Elkins Park School - Elkins Park, PA
Sun, September 7th, 2014 - Green Acres Baptist - Tyler, TX
Wed, August 6th, 2014 - Big Country Baptist Assembly - Lueders, TX
Fri, August 1st, 2014 - Camp Riverbend - Glen Rose, TX
Wed, July 30th, 2014 - New Life Family Church - Biloxi, MS
Fri, July 25th, 2014 - Christ Fellowship Church - Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Thu, July 24th, 2014 - Christ Fellowship Church - Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Wed, July 23rd, 2014 - Christ Fellowship Church - Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Tue, July 22nd, 2014 - Camp Copus - Denton, TX
Tue, July 15th, 2014 - Camp Copus - Denton, TX
Mon, July 14th, 2014 - South Fayette Elementary School - Pittsburgh, PA
Tue, July 8th, 2014 - Camp Copus - Denton, TX
Tue, June 24th, 2014 - The Avenue Church - Waxahachie, TX
Mon, June 23rd, 2014 - Kidstop - Brooklyn Center, MN
Fri, June 20th, 2014 - Venture Christian Church - Los Gatos, CA
Thu, June 19th, 2014 - The Salvation Army - Toronto, Canada
Tue, June 17th, 2014 - Camp Copus - Denton, TX
Tue, June 17th, 2014 - Camp Mosaic - Sugar Land, TX
Mon, June 16th, 2014 - Cokesbury UMC - Knoxville, TN
Sun, June 15th, 2014 - Cokesbury UMC - Knoxville, TN
Fri, June 13th, 2014 - Dr. Helen Baldwin Middle School - Canterbury, MA
Thu, June 12th, 2014 - Canterbury Elementary School - Canterbury, CT
Tue, June 10th, 2014 - Caln Elementary School - Thorndale, PA
Wed, June 4th, 2014 - Mirman School - Los Angeles, CA
Tue, June 3rd, 2014 - First Baptist Church - Stephenville, TX
Tue, June 3rd, 2014 - Willow Creek Elementary - Kingwood, TX
Mon, June 2nd, 2014 - First Baptist Church - Stephenville, TX
Fri, May 30th, 2014 - Connoquenessing Valley Elementary School - Zelionople, PA
Thu, May 22nd, 2014 - Boise First Nazarene Church - Boise, ID
Mon, May 19th, 2014 - Summit School of Ahwatukee - Phoenix, AZ
Sun, May 18th, 2014 - Ridgeline Church - Waddell, AZ
Fri, May 16th, 2014 - Ridgeline Church - Waddell, AZ
Fri, May 9th, 2014 - Wilson Area Intermediate School - Easton, PA
Thu, May 8th, 2014 - Florence Roche Elementary School - Groton, MA
Fri, May 2nd, 2014 - Plum Point Elementary - Huntingtown, MD
Fri, May 2nd, 2014 - Saint Leonard Elementary - St. Leonard, MD
Thu, May 1st, 2014 - Mount Harmony Elementary - OWINGS, MD
Thu, May 1st, 2014 - Dowell Elementary School - Lusby, MD
Sat, April 26th, 2014 - Rose E Schneider Family YMCA - Cranberry Township, PA
Thu, April 24th, 2014 - J W Burkett Elementary School - McKees Rocks, PA
Wed, April 23rd, 2014 - Victory Elementary School - Harrisville, PA
Tue, April 22nd, 2014 - Rowan Elementary School PTA Meeting - Cranberry Township, PA
Tue, April 22nd, 2014 - Moraine Elementary School - Prospect, PA
Sun, April 20th, 2014 - Metro Community Church - Englewood, NJ
Fri, April 11th, 2014 - Rivers Edge Elementary - Glen Allen, VA
Wed, April 9th, 2014 - Church of the Servant - Oklahoma City, OK
Sun, March 23rd, 2014 - First Baptist Church - Miamisburg, OH
Sat, March 22nd, 2014 - First Baptist Church - Miamisburg, OH
Mon, March 17th, 2014 - First Baptist Church - Fountain Run, KY
Tue, March 11th, 2014 - Victory Life Church - Stow, OH
Mon, March 10th, 2014 - Oaktree Elementary - Goodrich, MI
Mon, March 10th, 2014 - Reid Elementary - Goodrich, MI
Sun, March 9th, 2014 - Flushing Community Church - Flushing, MI
Sat, March 8th, 2014 - Northside Baptist - Newark, OH
Thu, March 6th, 2014 - First Baptist Church - Fernandina Beach, FL
Tue, March 4th, 2014 - Nettleton Baptist Church - Jonesboro, AR
Mon, March 3rd, 2014 - First Baptist Church - Fredericksburg, TX
Sun, March 2nd, 2014 - Oak Park Christian Center - Pleasant Hill, CA
Sat, March 1st, 2014 - First Baptist Church - Lincolnton, NC
Fri, February 28th, 2014 - J.D. Floyd Elementary - Springhill, FL
Mon, February 24th, 2014 - Central Baptist Church - Douglasville, GA
Sun, February 23rd, 2014 - Freedom Church Assembly of God - Billings, MT
Fri, February 21st, 2014 - Ingomar Elementary School - Pittsburgh, PA
Fri, February 21st, 2014 - Central Elementary School - Franklin, PA
Thu, February 20th, 2014 - Marshall Elementary - Wexford, PA
Wed, February 19th, 2014 - Berkely Hills, Eden Christian Academy - Pittsburgh, PA
Wed, February 19th, 2014 - Fred L. Aiken Elementary - Pittsburgh, PA
Wed, February 12th, 2014 - Robinson Park Elementary - Agawam, MA
Wed, February 12th, 2014 - Sterling Community School - Sterling, CT
Tue, February 11th, 2014 - Paterson Public School 27 - Paterson, NJ
Mon, February 10th, 2014 - Lincoln Middle School - Portland, ME
Fri, February 7th, 2014 - Latrobe Elementary School - Latrobe, PA
Fri, February 7th, 2014 - Bedford Middle School - Bedford, PA
Thu, February 6th, 2014 - Richland Elementary - Gibsonia, PA
Tue, February 4th, 2014 - Aux Sable School - Minooka, IL
Mon, February 3rd, 2014 - Biltmore Baptist Church - Arden, NC
Sun, February 2nd, 2014 - Biltmore Baptist Church - Arden, NC
Thu, January 30th, 2014 - Cadwallader Elementary School - San Jose, CA
Mon, January 27th, 2014 - First Baptist Church - Huntingdon, TN
Fri, January 17th, 2014 - Stewart Manor Elementary School - Stewart Manor, NY
Fri, January 17th, 2014 - Dutch Broadway School - Elmont, NY
Thu, January 16th, 2014 - Robbins Lane Elementary School - Syosset, NY
Wed, January 15th, 2014 - Covert Avenue School - Elmont, NY
Sun, December 15th, 2013 - Various Demos - Nairobi, Kenya
Sat, December 14th, 2013 - Various Demos - Nairobi, Kenya
Fri, December 13th, 2013 - Various Demos - Nairobi, Kenya
Thu, December 12th, 2013 - Various Demos - Nairobi, Kenya
Fri, December 6th, 2013 - Brookside Place School - Cranford, NJ
Tue, November 19th, 2013 - Gwynedd Square Elementary School - Lansdale, PA
Mon, November 18th, 2013 - Edgeworth Elementary School - Sewickley, PA
Sun, November 10th, 2013 - First Baptist Church - Port Lavaca, TX
Sat, November 9th, 2013 - First Baptist Church - Port Lavaca, TX
Fri, November 1st, 2013 - Westside Family Church - Lenexa, KS
Tue, October 29th, 2013 - Corryton Baptist Church - Corryton, TN
Tue, October 22nd, 2013 - Rancho Vista Elementary - Rolling Hills Estate, CA
Tue, October 22nd, 2013 - Olinda Elementary - Brea, CA
Mon, October 21st, 2013 - Howard Cattle Elementary - Chino, CA
Sun, October 13th, 2013 - First Missionary Church - Niles, MI
Sat, September 28th, 2013 - Scotts Hill Baptist - Wilmington, NC
Fri, September 27th, 2013 - Cape Fear Academy - Wilmington, NC
Sun, September 22nd, 2013 - Wesleyanna United Methodist Church - Etowah, TN
Sat, September 21st, 2013 - Scotts Hill Baptist - Wilmington, NC
Mon, September 2nd, 2013 - The Gow School - South Wales, NY
Wed, August 28th, 2013 - Juneau Christian Center - Juneau, AK
Fri, August 23rd, 2013 - Glacier Valley Elementary - Juneau, AK
Sun, August 18th, 2013 - Juneau Christian Center - Juneau, AK
Wed, August 14th, 2013 - Steve and Kate's Camp - Sausalito, CA
Tue, August 13th, 2013 - Steve and Kate's Camp - Sausalito, CA
Mon, August 12th, 2013 - Steve and Kate's Camp - Sausalito, CA
Tue, July 30th, 2013 - Steve and Kate's Camp - Sausalito, CA
Mon, July 29th, 2013 - Steve and Kate's Camp - Sausalito, CA
Fri, July 26th, 2013 - Steve and Kate's Camp - Sausalito, CA
Thu, July 25th, 2013 - Steve and Kate's Camp - Sausalito, CA
Wed, July 24th, 2013 - Steve and Kate's Camp - Sausalito, CA
Tue, July 23rd, 2013 - Steve and Kate's Camp - Sausalito, CA
Sun, July 21st, 2013 - Compass Christian Church - Colleyville, TX
Sun, July 7th, 2013 - Camp Overflow - Trinity, TX
Wed, July 3rd, 2013 - Steve and Kate's Camp - Sausalito, CA
Tue, July 2nd, 2013 - Steve and Kate's Camp - Sausalito, CA
Mon, July 1st, 2013 - Steve and Kate's Camp - Sausalito, CA
Sun, June 30th, 2013 - Toledo Foursquare Church - Toledo, OR
Thu, June 27th, 2013 - Sunnylane Family Church - Del City, OK
Wed, June 26th, 2013 - Sunnylane Family Church - Del City, OK
Mon, June 24th, 2013 - Calvary Chapel Bible Fellowship - Temecula, CA
Tue, June 11th, 2013 - Katharine D. Malone Elementary - Rockaway, NJ
Thu, June 6th, 2013 - First Baptist Church - Lafayette, LA
Thu, June 6th, 2013 - Parkview Elementary - North Easton, MA
Tue, June 4th, 2013 - Blue Lick Elementary School - Louisville, KY
Fri, May 31st, 2013 - Prairie to Pines Children's Fest - Meadow Lake, Canada
Wed, May 29th, 2013 - Millennium Elementary School - Tinley Park, IL
Thu, May 23rd, 2013 - Wexford Elementary - Wexford, PA
Wed, May 22nd, 2013 - Eden Christian Academy - Wexford, PA
Wed, May 22nd, 2013 - Fairview Elementary - Pittsburgh, PA
Sun, May 19th, 2013 - Fellowship Bible Church - Little Rock, AR
Sat, May 18th, 2013 - Common Ground Event Committee - Pearisburg, VA
Fri, May 17th, 2013 - Lone Oak First Baptist - Paducah, KY
Tue, May 14th, 2013 - Blendon Middle School - Westerville, OH
Wed, May 8th, 2013 - Downsville Central School - Downsville, NY
Sun, April 21st, 2013 - Living Word Nazarene Church - Houston, TX
Sat, April 20th, 2013 - Living Word Nazarene Church - Houston, TX
Fri, April 19th, 2013 - Scotch Elementary - West Bloomfield, MI
Sat, April 6th, 2013 - Pella Christian Grade School - Pella, IA
Fri, April 5th, 2013 - Pella Christian Grade School - Pella, IA
Thu, April 4th, 2013 - Hopewell Elementary School - Center Valley, PA
Thu, April 4th, 2013 - Liberty Bell Elementary School - Coopersburg, PA
Sun, March 31st, 2013 - First Baptist Church - Stockton, CA
Sat, March 30th, 2013 - Victory Life Church - Battle Creek, MI
Sun, March 24th, 2013 - Cross and Resurrection Lutheran Church - Ypsilanti, MI
Sat, March 23rd, 2013 - First Baptist Church - Milton, PA
Sun, March 17th, 2013 - Spanish River Church - Boca Raton, FL
Sat, March 16th, 2013 - Coldwater Church of the Nazarene - Coldwater, MI
Fri, March 15th, 2013 - First Baptist Church - Jonesboro, LA
Sun, March 10th, 2013 - Porterville Church of the Nazarene - Porterville, CA
Sat, March 9th, 2013 - Immanuel Church - Gurnee, IL
Fri, March 8th, 2013 - Wake Chapel Christian Church - Fuquay-Varina, NC
Thu, March 7th, 2013 - Bon Air Baptist Church - Richmond, VA
Tue, March 5th, 2013 - Lenexa Baptist Church - Lenexa, KS
Mon, March 4th, 2013 - Lenexa Baptist Church - Lenexa, KS
Sun, March 3rd, 2013 - First Baptist Church - Alabaster, AL
Sat, March 2nd, 2013 - Fairhope United Methodist Church - Fairhope, AL
Fri, March 1st, 2013 - Fairhope United Methodist Church - Fairhope, AL
Thu, February 28th, 2013 - St. Andrew's UMC - Oklahoma City, OK
Tue, February 26th, 2013 - Hunter Street Baptist Church - Hoover, AL
Mon, February 25th, 2013 - Valley Baptist Church - Searcy, AR
Sun, February 24th, 2013 - First Baptist Church - Orange Park, FL
Sat, February 23rd, 2013 - Calvary Baptist Church - Rosenberg, TX
Fri, February 22nd, 2013 - Hill Country Bible Church - Austin, TX
Wed, February 20th, 2013 - Moorhead Junior High - Conroe, TX
Tue, February 19th, 2013 - Asbury United Methodist Church - Madison, AL
Sun, February 17th, 2013 - West University Baptist Church - Houston, TX
Sat, February 16th, 2013 - Promise Land Missionary Baptist Church - Hamburg, AR
Fri, February 15th, 2013 - Linden Elementary - Linden, MI
Fri, February 15th, 2013 - Hyatt Elementary - Linden, MI
Thu, February 14th, 2013 - Central Elementary - Linden, AL
Tue, February 12th, 2013 - First Baptist Church - Brandon, MS
Mon, February 11th, 2013 - St. Mary's Elementary - Rockville, MD
Sun, February 10th, 2013 - Central Baptist Church - Portsmouth, VA
Tue, February 5th, 2013 - Third Street Baptist Church - Arkadelphia, AR
Wed, January 30th, 2013 - Valle Catholic Schools - Ste. Genevieve, MO
Wed, January 30th, 2013 - Ste. Genevieve Middle School - Ste. Genevieve, MO
Tue, January 29th, 2013 - First Baptist Church - Saraland, AL
Mon, January 28th, 2013 - First Baptist Church - Saraland, AL
Sun, January 27th, 2013 - First Baptist Church - Saraland, AL
Sun, December 30th, 2012 - Premier Festivals - New Haven, CT
Sun, December 9th, 2012 - Immanuel Lutheran Church - Crystal Lake, IL
Mon, December 3rd, 2012 - Mill Hill Elementary - Southport, CT
Fri, November 30th, 2012 - Holland Hill School - Fairfield, CT
Fri, November 30th, 2012 - Riverfield Elementary - Fairfield, CT
Thu, November 29th, 2012 - Jennings Elementary - Fairfield, CT
Thu, November 29th, 2012 - Roger Ludlowe Middle School - Fairfield, CT
Tue, November 27th, 2012 - Czechpoint / Prague Elementary - Prague, OK
Thu, November 1st, 2012 - Sully Elementary - Sterling, VA
Wed, October 31st, 2012 - Grace Covenant Church - Chantilly, VA
Sat, October 27th, 2012 - Cypress Baptist Church - Benton, LA
Fri, October 26th, 2012 - Forman Elementary - Plano, TX
Fri, October 26th, 2012 - Skaggs Elementary - Plano, TX
Thu, October 25th, 2012 - Huffman Elementary - Plano, TX
Thu, October 25th, 2012 - McCall Elementary - Plano, TX
Tue, October 23rd, 2012 - Rasor Elementary - Plano, TX
Mon, October 22nd, 2012 - First Baptist Church - Humboldt, TN
Fri, October 19th, 2012 - Springhill First Baptist Church - Longview, TX
Tue, October 16th, 2012 - Olive Baptist Church - Pensacola, FL
Mon, October 15th, 2012 - Bridle Path Elementary - Lansdale, PA
Mon, October 15th, 2012 - Inglewood Elementary - Lansdale, PA
Sun, October 14th, 2012 - Victory North Church - Kennesaw, GA
Sat, October 13th, 2012 - Victory North Church - Kennesaw, GA
Tue, October 2nd, 2012 - South Lafourche High School - Galliano, LA
Sun, September 9th, 2012 - Fellowship of the Woodlands - The Woodlands, TX
Sat, September 8th, 2012 - Fellowship of the Woodlands - The Woodlands, TX
Tue, July 17th, 2012 - Alto Frio Baptist Encampment - Leakey, TX
Sun, July 15th, 2012 - Grace Fellowship UMC - Katy, TX
Fri, July 13th, 2012 - Hillside Community Church - Alta Loma, CA
Tue, July 10th, 2012 - West of Heaven Camp - Stillwater, OK
Fri, June 29th, 2012 - The Crossing Church - Livingston, NJ
Wed, June 27th, 2012 - West Houston Church of Christ - Houston, TX
Fri, June 8th, 2012 - Brentwood Oaks Church of Christ - Austin, TX
Thu, May 31st, 2012 - Warwick Elementary - Jamison, PA
Wed, May 30th, 2012 - Montgomery Elementary - North Wales, PA
Tue, May 29th, 2012 - Second Baptist Church - Warner Robins, GA
Fri, May 25th, 2012 - Center School - Longmeadow, MA
Thu, May 24th, 2012 - Blue Lick Elementary School - Louisville, KY
Wed, May 23rd, 2012 - Springfield Plains Elementary - Clarkston, MI
Tue, May 22nd, 2012 - Alliance Community Fellowship - Fort Worth, TX
Sun, May 20th, 2012 - Third Church - Pella, IA
Fri, May 18th, 2012 - Seaside Elementary - Torrance, CA
Sat, April 21st, 2012 - Christ Church Parish - Stevensville, MD
Sat, April 21st, 2012 - Christ Church Easton - Easton, MD
Sat, April 14th, 2012 - YMCA of Elkhart County - Elkhart, IN
Sun, April 8th, 2012 - Friendswood Community Church - Friendswood, TX
Sun, March 25th, 2012 - Greece Assembly of God - Rochester, NY
Fri, March 23rd, 2012 - Knox Presbyterian Church - Harrison Twp, MI
Mon, March 19th, 2012 - Marion First Church of the Nazarene - Marion, OH
Tue, March 13th, 2012 - First Baptist Church - Wentzville, MO
Sun, March 11th, 2012 - Westview Baptist Church - Sanford, FL
Sat, March 10th, 2012 - Lake Norman Baptist Church - Huntersville, NC
Thu, March 8th, 2012 - Seminole First Baptist Church - Seminole, OK
Tue, March 6th, 2012 - First Baptist Church - Artesia, NM
Mon, March 5th, 2012 - Burlington Baptist Church - Burlington, KY
Sun, March 4th, 2012 - Glade Run Church - Valencia, PA
Sat, March 3rd, 2012 - Green Pond Bible Chapel - Rockaway Township, NJ
Thu, March 1st, 2012 - Morrisville Elementary - Morrisville, NC
Thu, March 1st, 2012 - Green Hope Elementary - Cary, NC
Tue, February 28th, 2012 - First Baptist Church - Odessa, TX
Mon, February 27th, 2012 - First Baptist Church - Odessa, TX
Sun, February 26th, 2012 - First Baptist Church - Crosby, TX
Sun, February 26th, 2012 - Second Baptist Church Baytown - Baytown, TX
Sat, February 25th, 2012 - South Parkersburg Baptist Church - Parkersburg, WV
Sun, February 19th, 2012 - The Heights Baptist Church - Richardson, TX
Fri, February 17th, 2012 - Murray Manor Elementary - La Mesa, CA
Thu, February 16th, 2012 - Santa Ynez Elementary - Santa Ynez, CA
Mon, February 13th, 2012 - Hassayampa Elementary - Wickenburg, AZ
Sat, February 11th, 2012 - Bart & Nadia Sports & Health Festival - Oklahoma City, OK
Fri, February 10th, 2012 - YWCA - Sioux Falls - Sioux Falls, SD
Fri, February 10th, 2012 - Koch Elementary - Milbank, SD
Fri, February 10th, 2012 - Central Lyon Elementary - Rock Rapids, IA
Thu, February 9th, 2012 - Hospers Elementary - Hospers, IA
Thu, February 9th, 2012 - Orange City Elementary - Orange City, IA
Thu, February 9th, 2012 - Moc-Floyd Valley Middle School - Alton, IA
Wed, February 8th, 2012 - Sunnybrook Church - Sioux City, IA
Wed, February 1st, 2012 - R.L. Stevenson Elementary - Burbank, CA
Mon, January 30th, 2012 - Norman Smith Elementary - Clarksville, TN
Sun, January 29th, 2012 - First Baptist Church - Clarksville, TN
Fri, January 6th, 2012 - First Baptist Church - Senatobia, MS
Wed, January 4th, 2012 - Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church - Englewood , CO
Sat, December 31st, 2011 - McLean Bible Church - McLean, VA
Sat, December 31st, 2011 - Grace Covenant Church - Chantilly, VA
Sun, December 11th, 2011 - Grace Bible Church - Laurel, MT
Fri, December 9th, 2011 - Makumbusho Cultural Center - Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Thu, December 8th, 2011 - Makongo Secondary School - Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Sun, December 4th, 2011 - Makongo Secondary School - Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Sat, December 3rd, 2011 - Makongo Secondary School - Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Fri, December 2nd, 2011 - Makongo Secondary School - Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Thu, December 1st, 2011 - Shekilango Primary - Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Thu, December 1st, 2011 - Mugabe Primary - Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Wed, November 30th, 2011 - Veritas School - Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Mon, November 28th, 2011 - Amani Center - Moshi, Tanzania
Sun, November 27th, 2011 - Moshi Technical Secondary School - Moshi, Tanzania
Sat, November 26th, 2011 - Moshi Technical Secondary School - Moshi, Tanzania
Fri, November 25th, 2011 - Amani Center - Moshi, Tanzania
Fri, November 25th, 2011 - Bus Stand Show - Moshi, Tanzania
Mon, November 21st, 2011 - Burlington Baptist Church - Burlington, KY
Sat, November 19th, 2011 - Bethel Church of San Jose - San Jose, CA
Fri, November 18th, 2011 - Ocean City Baptist Church - Ocean City, MD
Tue, November 15th, 2011 - New Church - Oklahoma City, OK
Wed, November 9th, 2011 - New Hope Church - Earl, NC
Wed, November 9th, 2011 - Graham Elementary - Shelby, NC
Tue, November 8th, 2011 - New Hope Church - Earl, NC
Sun, November 6th, 2011 - Washington Baptist Church - Washington, VT
Thu, November 3rd, 2011 - Sherwood Baptist Church - Albany, GA
Sat, October 29th, 2011 - First Baptist Church - Corsicana, TX
Fri, October 28th, 2011 - Spring Creek Church - Pewaukee, WI
Fri, October 28th, 2011 - Coventry Elementary - Crystal Lake, IL
Wed, October 26th, 2011 - Hillside Elementary - New Richmond, WI
Tue, October 25th, 2011 - Sunnyvale First Baptist Church - Sunnyvale, TX
Sun, October 23rd, 2011 - Crossroads Church - Jenks, OK
Wed, October 19th, 2011 - One Life of Virginia - Grundy, VA
Wed, October 19th, 2011 - J. M. Bevins Elementary - Grundy, VA
Wed, October 19th, 2011 - Russell Prater Elementary - Vansant, VA
Tue, October 18th, 2011 - One Life of Virginia - Grundy, VA
Tue, October 18th, 2011 - Riverview Elementary/Middle School - Grundy, VA
Tue, October 18th, 2011 - Council Elementary/Middle School - Honaker, VA
Mon, September 19th, 2011 - First Christian Church - Kernersville, NC
Mon, September 12th, 2011 - Peachtree City Elementary School - Peachtree City, GA
Sun, September 11th, 2011 - Ingleside Baptist Church - Macon, GA
Sun, September 4th, 2011 - Sandy Cove Ministries - North East, MD
Fri, July 29th, 2011 - Orangewood Christian School - Maitland, FL
Sat, July 23rd, 2011 - Various Demos - Siem Reap, Cambodia
Wed, July 20th, 2011 - Various Shows - Mae Sot, Thailand
Tue, July 19th, 2011 - Various Shows - Mae Sot, Thailand
Tue, July 12th, 2011 - Village Shows - Tha Wang Pha, Thailand
Tue, July 5th, 2011 - Nam Mon Middle School - Nam Mon, Vietnam
Sat, July 2nd, 2011 - Various Demos - Nam Dinh Beach, Vietnam
Thu, June 30th, 2011 - Various Demos - Nam Dinh Beach, Vietnam
Wed, June 29th, 2011 - Birla Orphanage - Hanoi, Vietnam
Sat, June 25th, 2011 - Rama Christian Center - Columbus, OH
Wed, June 22nd, 2011 - Church of Christ at The Colonies - Amarillo, TX
Sun, June 12th, 2011 - Camp Olympia - Trinity, TX
Sat, June 11th, 2011 - LaMoine Christian Service Camp - Tennessee, IL
Fri, June 10th, 2011 - Westside Church Omaha - Omaha, NE
Thu, June 9th, 2011 - Westside Church Omaha - Omaha, NE
Wed, June 8th, 2011 - Westside Church Omaha - Omaha, NE
Tue, June 7th, 2011 - Westside Church Omaha - Omaha, NE
Mon, June 6th, 2011 - Westside Church Omaha - Omaha, NE
Thu, June 2nd, 2011 - Allan Brewster Recreation Centre - Papatoetoe, New Zealand
Wed, June 1st, 2011 - Hamilton Garden - Hamilton, New Zealand
Tue, May 31st, 2011 - Rotorua Soundshell Events Centre - Rotorua, New Zealand
Mon, May 30th, 2011 - Taupo Events Centre - Taupo, New Zealand
Fri, May 27th, 2011 - East End Roller Skating Rink - New Plymouth, New Zealand
Thu, May 26th, 2011 - Arena Manawatu - Palmerston North, New Zealand
Wed, May 25th, 2011 - Wellington Basket Ball Stadium - Wellington, New Zealand
Tue, May 24th, 2011 - Porirua Stadium, Te Rauparaha Arena - Porirua City, New Zealand
Mon, May 23rd, 2011 - Walter Nash Stadium - Taita, New Zealand
Fri, May 20th, 2011 - Hastings Sports Centre - Hastings, New Zealand
Thu, May 19th, 2011 - Ilminster Intermediate School - Gisborne, New Zealand
Wed, May 18th, 2011 - Mount Action Centre - Tauranga, New Zealand
Tue, May 17th, 2011 - West Wave Recreation Centre - Henderson, New Zealand
Mon, May 16th, 2011 - Saxton Stadium - Nelson, New Zealand
Fri, May 13th, 2011 - Cowles Stadium - Christchurch, New Zealand
Thu, May 12th, 2011 - SBS Events Centre - Timaru, New Zealand
Wed, May 11th, 2011 - Oamaru Intermediate School - Oamaru, New Zealand
Tue, May 10th, 2011 - Edgar Centre - Dunedin, New Zealand
Mon, May 9th, 2011 - The Lindisfarne Methodist Community Centre - Invercargill, New Zealand
Fri, May 6th, 2011 - Massey University - Albany, New Zealand
Thu, May 5th, 2011 - Forum North - Whangarei, New Zealand
Wed, May 4th, 2011 - Kaikohe East School - Kaikohe, New Zealand
Fri, April 29th, 2011 - Seoul American Elementary School - Yongsan, S. Korea
Thu, April 28th, 2011 - Casey Elementary/Middle School - Dongducheon, S. Korea
Wed, April 27th, 2011 - Osan American Middle School - Osan, S. Korea
Wed, April 27th, 2011 - Osan American Elementary School - Osan, S. Korea
Tue, April 26th, 2011 - Humphreys American Middle School - Pyeongtaek, S. Korea
Tue, April 26th, 2011 - Humphreys American Elementary School - Pyeongtaek, S. Korea
Mon, April 25th, 2011 - Seoul American High School - Yongsan, S. Korea
Mon, April 25th, 2011 - Seoul American Middle School - Yongsan, S. Korea
Sun, April 17th, 2011 - Church on the Move - Roswell, NM
Sat, April 16th, 2011 - Hillside Christian Church - Amarillo, TX
Fri, April 8th, 2011 - Maple Grove Elementary - West Des Moines, IA
Fri, April 1st, 2011 - Kennedy Elementary - Grimshaw, Canada
Sat, March 26th, 2011 - Church of the Redeemer - Gaithersburg, MD
Fri, March 25th, 2011 - Dallastown Elementary - Dallastown, PA
Tue, March 22nd, 2011 - Bowling Green Nazarene Church - Bowling Green, OH
Sun, March 20th, 2011 - The Owl Center - Dubach, LA
Sat, March 19th, 2011 - The Owl Center - Dubach, LA
Mon, March 14th, 2011 - Adat Ari Elementary - Valley Village, CA
Fri, March 11th, 2011 - Agape Church - Little Rock, AR
Wed, March 9th, 2011 - First Baptist Church - Madill, OK
Mon, March 7th, 2011 - Wagoner First Baptist Church - Wagoner, OK
Sun, March 6th, 2011 - Cross Church - Rogers, AR
Fri, March 4th, 2011 - First Baptist Church - Coweta, OK
Tue, March 1st, 2011 - North Nixa Baptist Church - Nixa, MO
Mon, February 28th, 2011 - Huntersville Elementary - Huntersville, NC
Sun, February 27th, 2011 - Colonial Baptist Church - Cary, NC
Sat, February 26th, 2011 - Calvary Baptist Church - Winston-Salem, NC
Fri, February 25th, 2011 - Flowery Branch High School - Flowery Branch, GA
Tue, February 22nd, 2011 - First Baptist Church - Van Buren, AR
Sun, February 20th, 2011 - First Baptist - Antlers, OK
Fri, February 18th, 2011 - Lakeview Elementary - Solon, IA
Thu, February 17th, 2011 - North Bend Elementary - North Liberty, IA
Fri, February 11th, 2011 - Hawthorn Hill Elementary - Lees Summit, MO
Thu, February 10th, 2011 - Thomas Elementary - Gretna, NE
Thu, February 10th, 2011 - Gretna Elementary - Gretna, NE
Thu, February 10th, 2011 - Palisades Elementary - Omaha, NE
Tue, February 8th, 2011 - First Baptist Church - Atlanta, TX
Mon, February 7th, 2011 - Early Primary School - Early, TX
Wed, February 2nd, 2011 - North Oxford Church - Oxford, MS
Wed, January 19th, 2011 - Grace Covenant Church - Chantilly, VA
Fri, January 14th, 2011 - Simon Butler Elementary - Chalfont, PA
Thu, January 13th, 2011 - Plymouth Elementary - Plymouth Meeting, PA
Thu, January 13th, 2011 - Barclay Elementary - Warrington, PA
Fri, January 7th, 2011 - Buffalo Elementary - Sarver, PA
Wed, December 8th, 2010 - Pinecrest Elementary - Sebastopol, CA
Tue, December 7th, 2010 - Stand By Me Mentoring - Sonoma, CA
Tue, December 7th, 2010 - Scott Lane Elementary - Santa Clara, CA
Sun, December 5th, 2010 - Impact Family Worship Center - Seffner, FL
Fri, November 12th, 2010 - Jones Elementary - Tulsa, OK
Sun, October 24th, 2010 - Lincolnton Baptist Church - Lincolnton, GA
Fri, October 8th, 2010 - Rushton Elementary - Mission, KS
Fri, October 8th, 2010 - McAuliffe Elementary School - Shawnee Mission, KS
Fri, September 24th, 2010 - Ellerslie School - Ellerslie, New Zealand
Thu, September 23rd, 2010 - Invercargill Middle School - Invercargill, New Zealand
Wed, September 22nd, 2010 - Fenworth Primary School - Invercargill, New Zealand
Wed, September 22nd, 2010 - Waikaka School - Waikaka, New Zealand
Tue, September 21st, 2010 - West Gore School - Gore, New Zealand
Tue, September 21st, 2010 - St Josephs School - Balclutha, New Zealand
Mon, September 20th, 2010 - Brockville School - Dunedin, New Zealand
Fri, September 17th, 2010 - Waimate Centennial School - Waimate, New Zealand
Fri, September 17th, 2010 - Tinwald School - Ashburton, New Zealand
Thu, September 16th, 2010 - Allenton School - Ashburton, New Zealand
Thu, September 16th, 2010 - Southbridge School - Christchurch, New Zealand
Wed, September 15th, 2010 - Kaikoura Surburban School - Kaikoura, New Zealand
Tue, September 14th, 2010 - Woodbank School - Clarence, New Zealand
Mon, September 13th, 2010 - Springlands School - Blenheim, New Zealand
Fri, September 10th, 2010 - Pukeatua Primary School - Wellington, New Zealand
Fri, September 10th, 2010 - Avalon Primary - Avalon, New Zealand
Thu, September 9th, 2010 - Chilton St James School - Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Thu, September 9th, 2010 - Wilford School - Petone, New Zealand
Wed, September 8th, 2010 - Te Ara Whanui Jura Kaupapa - Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Wed, September 8th, 2010 - Hokowhitu School - Hokowhitu, New Zealand
Tue, September 7th, 2010 - Winchester School - Terrace End, New Zealand
Tue, September 7th, 2010 - Taikura Rudolf Steiner School - Hastings, New Zealand
Mon, September 6th, 2010 - TKKM O Ngati Kahungunu Ki - Hastings, New Zealand
Mon, September 6th, 2010 - Porritt School - Napier, New Zealand
Fri, September 3rd, 2010 - Mountview School - Taupo, New Zealand
Fri, September 3rd, 2010 - Westbrook School - Rotorua, New Zealand
Thu, September 2nd, 2010 - Tahatai Coast School - Papamoa, New Zealand
Thu, September 2nd, 2010 - Pillans Point School - Bureta, New Zealand
Wed, September 1st, 2010 - Silverdale Normal School - Hamilton, New Zealand
Wed, September 1st, 2010 - Deanwell School - Hamilton, New Zealand
Tue, August 31st, 2010 - Manurewa Central School - Manurewa, New Zealand
Tue, August 31st, 2010 - Yendarra School - Auckland, New Zealand
Mon, August 30th, 2010 - Diocesan School - Auckland, New Zealand
Sun, August 8th, 2010 - Brooklyn Tabernacle - Brooklyn, NY
Sat, August 7th, 2010 - Oklahoma Youth Evangelism Conference - Oklahoma City, OK
Fri, August 6th, 2010 - Oklahoma Youth Evangelism Conference - Oklahoma City, OK
Thu, August 5th, 2010 - Northwood Church - Keller, TX
Wed, August 4th, 2010 - Northwood Church - Keller, TX
Tue, August 3rd, 2010 - Northwood Church - Keller, TX
Mon, August 2nd, 2010 - Northwood Church - Keller, TX
Sun, August 1st, 2010 - Northwood Church - Keller, TX
Sun, July 25th, 2010 - Compass Christian Church - Colleyville, TX
Fri, July 9th, 2010 - Various Demos - Nairobi, Kenya
Wed, July 7th, 2010 - Various Demos - Nairobi, Kenya
Mon, July 5th, 2010 - Aga Khan Academy - Mombasa, Kenya
Sun, July 4th, 2010 - Aga Khan Academy - Mombasa, Kenya
Sat, July 3rd, 2010 - Aga Khan Academy - Mombasa, Kenya
Fri, July 2nd, 2010 - Aga Khan Academy - Mombasa, Kenya
Sun, June 20th, 2010 - Van Dyke Church - Lutz, FL
Sat, June 19th, 2010 - Muskogee First Assembly - Muskogee, OK
Fri, June 18th, 2010 - Westlink Christian Church - Wichita, KS
Sun, June 13th, 2010 - Forks of Elkhorn Baptist Church - Midway, KY
Mon, June 7th, 2010 - Sunnybrook Christian Church - Stillwater, OK
Sun, June 6th, 2010 - Lakewood Church - Houston, TX
Sat, June 5th, 2010 - Lakewood Church - Houston, TX
Fri, June 4th, 2010 - Chartiers Valley Primary School - Bridgeville, PA
Thu, June 3rd, 2010 - McIntyre Elementary School - Pittsburgh, PA
Thu, June 3rd, 2010 - Har-Mer Elementary - Harrisville, PA
Fri, May 28th, 2010 - Hamblen Elementary School - Channelview, TX
Thu, May 27th, 2010 - Glen Oaks Elementary School - McKinney, TX
Wed, May 26th, 2010 - Garfield Elementary School - Parsons, KS
Tue, May 25th, 2010 - Reagan Elementary School - Rogers, AR
Tue, May 25th, 2010 - Central Park Elementary School - Bentonville, AR
Mon, May 24th, 2010 - Prairie Elementary School - Shawnee Mission, KS
Mon, May 24th, 2010 - Renner Elementary School - Kansas City, MO
Fri, May 21st, 2010 - Madison Elementary School - Gardner, KS
Fri, May 21st, 2010 - Benninghoven Elementary School - Shawnee Mission, KS
Thu, May 20th, 2010 - Pence Elementary School - Fairfield, IA
Thu, May 20th, 2010 - Gorin Elementary School - Gorin, MO
Thu, May 20th, 2010 - James Elementary School - Ottumwa, IA
Wed, May 19th, 2010 - Cardinal Elementary School - Eldon, IA
Wed, May 19th, 2010 - Lincoln Elementary School - Fairfield, IA
Tue, May 18th, 2010 - Washington Elementary School - Fairfield, IA
Tue, May 18th, 2010 - Libertyville Elementary School - Libertyville, IA
Tue, May 18th, 2010 - Northstar Elementary School - Knoxville, IA
Mon, May 17th, 2010 - New Park Elementary School - Harlan, IA
Mon, May 17th, 2010 - Pocahontas Elementary School - Pocahontas, IA
Fri, May 14th, 2010 - Sauk Centre Elementary School - Sauk Centre, MN
Fri, May 14th, 2010 - Lincoln Elementary School - St. Cloud, MN
Thu, May 13th, 2010 - Fond Du Lac Ojibwe School - Cloquet, MN
Thu, May 13th, 2010 - Barnum Elementary School - Barnum, MN
Wed, May 12th, 2010 - Madison Elementary School - Stevens Point, WI
Tue, May 11th, 2010 - Lac Du Flambeau School - Lac Du Flambeau, WI
Tue, May 11th, 2010 - Prentice High School - Prentice, WI
Mon, May 10th, 2010 - Catholic Central Elementary - Appleton, WI
Mon, May 10th, 2010 - White Lake Elementary School - White Lake, WI
Fri, May 7th, 2010 - Concordia Lutheran School - Sturtevant, WI
Thu, May 6th, 2010 - Yorkville Elementary School - Union Grove, WI
Thu, May 6th, 2010 - Lakeland School - Elkhorn, WI
Wed, May 5th, 2010 - Abbott Middle School - Elgin, IL
Wed, May 5th, 2010 - Parkview Elementary School - Carpentersville, IL
Tue, May 4th, 2010 - Coal City Elementary School - Coal City, IL
Tue, May 4th, 2010 - Northview Elementary School - Peru, IL
Mon, May 3rd, 2010 - Our Lady Of Humility School - Beach Park, IL
Mon, May 3rd, 2010 - St. Andrew Lutheran School - Chicago, IL
Sun, May 2nd, 2010 - Brooklyn Tabernacle - Brooklyn, NY
Fri, April 30th, 2010 - Pecatonica Grade School - Pecatonica, IL
Fri, April 30th, 2010 - Dillon Elementary School - Rock Falls, IL
Fri, April 30th, 2010 - Merrill Elementary - Rock Falls, IL
Thu, April 29th, 2010 - Sunnyside Elementary School - Burlington, IA
Thu, April 29th, 2010 - Pekin Elementary School - Packwood, IA
Wed, April 28th, 2010 - General John Logan Elementary School - Murphysboro, IL
Wed, April 28th, 2010 - Lincoln Intermediate Center - Farmington, MO
Tue, April 27th, 2010 - Staunton Elementary School - Staunton, IL
Tue, April 27th, 2010 - Palmyra Elementary School - Palmyra, MO
Mon, April 26th, 2010 - Parkside Elementary School - Bethalto, IL
Mon, April 26th, 2010 - Wyland Elementary School - St. Louis, MO
Fri, April 23rd, 2010 - New Bloomfield Elementary - New Bloomfield, MO
Fri, April 23rd, 2010 - St. Joseph School - Ste. Genevieve, MO
Fri, April 23rd, 2010 - St Joseph School - Farmington, MO
Thu, April 22nd, 2010 - Perryville Middle School / 21st Century - Perryville, MO
Thu, April 22nd, 2010 - Graves Central Elementary School - Mayfield, KY
Thu, April 22nd, 2010 - Barbara Blanchard Elementary School - Cape Girardeau, MO
Wed, April 21st, 2010 - Herrick Elementary School - Herrick, IL
Wed, April 21st, 2010 - Arthur Elementary School - Arthur, IL
Tue, April 20th, 2010 - Hoosier Prairie Elementary School - Terre Haute, IN
Tue, April 20th, 2010 - Wawasee Middle School - Syracuse, IN
Fri, April 16th, 2010 - Parsons Elementary School - Gibraltar, MI
Fri, April 16th, 2010 - Coolidge Intermediate School - Ferndale, MI
Thu, April 15th, 2010 - Wick Elementary School - Romulus, MI
Thu, April 15th, 2010 - Sixth Grade Academy - Taylor, MI
Wed, April 14th, 2010 - Freeland Elementary School - Freeland, MI
Wed, April 14th, 2010 - Longacre Elementary School - Farmington, MI
Tue, April 13th, 2010 - Aboite Elementary School - Ft. Wayne, IN
Mon, April 12th, 2010 - Ball Intermediate School - Tipp City, OH
Mon, April 12th, 2010 - Madison Intermediate School - Middletown, OH
Fri, April 9th, 2010 - South Adams Middle School - Berne, IN
Fri, April 9th, 2010 - South Adams Elementary - Berne, IN
Fri, April 9th, 2010 - Shenandoah Elementary School - Middletown, IN
Thu, April 8th, 2010 - Oaklandon Elementary School - Indianapolis, IN
Wed, April 7th, 2010 - Southwestern Elementary School - Shelbyville, IN
Wed, April 7th, 2010 - Hymera Elementary School - Hymera, IN
Mon, April 5th, 2010 - Helfrich Park Middle School - Evansville, IN
Mon, April 5th, 2010 - North Junior High School - Henderson, KY
Mon, April 5th, 2010 - South Middle School - Henderson, KY
Fri, April 2nd, 2010 - Caywood Elementary School - Edgewood, KY
Thu, April 1st, 2010 - Trinity Elementary - Franklin, TN
Thu, April 1st, 2010 - Erin Elementary School - Erin, TN
Wed, March 31st, 2010 - South Side School - Reagan, TN
Wed, March 31st, 2010 - Stone Bridge Academy - Fayetteville, TN
Tue, March 30th, 2010 - Leoma School - Leoma, TN
Tue, March 30th, 2010 - Sacred Heart School - Lawrenceburg, TN
Mon, March 29th, 2010 - Camden Elementary School - Camden, MS
Mon, March 29th, 2010 - McNair Upper Elementary School - Belzoni, MS
Sun, March 28th, 2010 - Legacy Church - Albuquerque, NM
Fri, March 26th, 2010 - Peachtree City Elementary School - Peachtree City, GA
Wed, March 24th, 2010 - Pine Knot Primary School - Pine Knot, KY
Wed, March 24th, 2010 - Green Hills Elementary - Bledsoe, KY
Tue, March 23rd, 2010 - Sherman High School - Seth, WV
Mon, March 22nd, 2010 - Sacred Heart School - Charleston, WV
Mon, March 22nd, 2010 - Peterson-Central Elementary School - Weston, WV
Fri, March 19th, 2010 - Ballantyne Elementary - Charlotte, NC
Fri, March 19th, 2010 - Croft Community Elementary - Charlotte, NC
Thu, March 18th, 2010 - Lake Norman Christian Academy - Huntersville, NC
Thu, March 18th, 2010 - Northwest Middle School - Winston-Salem, NC
Wed, March 17th, 2010 - St. Mary's Catholic School - Goldsboro, NC
Wed, March 17th, 2010 - Alamance Christian School - Graham, NC
Tue, March 16th, 2010 - Kemps Landing Magnet School - Virginia Beach, VA
Tue, March 16th, 2010 - Old Donation Center - Virginia Beach, VA
Fri, March 12th, 2010 - Hickory Elementary School - Bel Air, MD
Fri, March 12th, 2010 - York Catholic High School - York, PA
Thu, March 11th, 2010 - Jouett Middle School - Charlottesville, VA
Thu, March 11th, 2010 - Short Pump Elementary School - Richmond, VA
Wed, March 10th, 2010 - House of Good Shepherd School - Baltimore, MD
Wed, March 10th, 2010 - Little Flower School - Bethesda, MD
Tue, March 9th, 2010 - Gilman School - Baltimore, MD
Mon, March 8th, 2010 - Pinehurst Elementary School - Salisbury, MD
Mon, March 8th, 2010 - St. Luke's School - McLean, VA
Fri, March 5th, 2010 - Bethel Elementary School - Bethel, PA
Thu, March 4th, 2010 - Lionville Elementary School - Downingtown, PA
Thu, March 4th, 2010 - Westtown-Thornbury Elementary School - West Chester, PA
Wed, March 3rd, 2010 - Grace Bible Church - Minooka, IL
Tue, March 2nd, 2010 - St. Aloysius Academy - Bryn Mawr, PA
Tue, March 2nd, 2010 - Isaiah Haines School - Browns Mills, NJ
Mon, March 1st, 2010 - Deibler Elementary School - Perkasie, PA
Mon, March 1st, 2010 - Linden Elementary School - Doylestown, PA
Sun, February 28th, 2010 - Community Program - Newtown, PA
Sun, February 28th, 2010 - Chabad of Camden County - Cherry Hill, NJ
Fri, February 26th, 2010 - Hurlock Elementary School - Hurlock, MD
Thu, February 25th, 2010 - Bodkin Elementary School - Pasadena, MD
Thu, February 25th, 2010 - Damascus Elementary School - Damascus, MD
Wed, February 24th, 2010 - Back Creek Valley Elementary School - Hedgesville, WV
Wed, February 24th, 2010 - Beltsville Adventist School - Beltsville, MD
Tue, February 23rd, 2010 - West Manheim Elementary School - Hanover, PA
Tue, February 23rd, 2010 - Park Hills Elementary School - Hanover, PA
Mon, February 22nd, 2010 - E. H. Markle Intermediate School - Hanover, PA
Mon, February 22nd, 2010 - Baresville Elementary School - Hanover, PA
Fri, February 19th, 2010 - Chief Shikellamy Elementary School - Sunbury, PA
Fri, February 19th, 2010 - Nether Providence Elementary School - Wallingford, PA
Thu, February 18th, 2010 - Seven Sorrows of BVM School - Middletown, PA
Thu, February 18th, 2010 - Meadowbrook Christian School - Milton, PA
Wed, February 17th, 2010 - Towamensing School - Lehighton, PA
Wed, February 17th, 2010 - Groveland Elementary School - Doylestown, PA
Tue, February 16th, 2010 - Blue Mountain West Elementary School - Friedensburg, PA
Tue, February 16th, 2010 - Upper Providence Elementary School - Royersford, PA
Fri, February 12th, 2010 - Robinson Elementary School - Hamilton, NJ
Fri, February 12th, 2010 - University Heights Elementary School - Hamilton, NJ
Thu, February 11th, 2010 - Phoenix Academy - Drug Rehab Center - Shrub Oak, NY
Tue, February 9th, 2010 - West End Elementary School - Long Branch, NJ
Tue, February 9th, 2010 - Putnam Valley Middle School - Putnam Valley, NY
Mon, February 8th, 2010 - Hazelwood Elementary School - Middlesex, NJ
Mon, February 8th, 2010 - Incarnation School - Queens Village, NY
Sun, February 7th, 2010 - North Metro First Baptist Church - Lawrenceville, GA
Fri, February 5th, 2010 - P. S. 79 M. Horan School - New York, NY
Fri, February 5th, 2010 - Rosemary Kennedy K-12 School - Wantagh, NY
Thu, February 4th, 2010 - Quaker Farms Elem School - Oxford, CT
Wed, February 3rd, 2010 - Carman Roads School - Massapequa Park, NY
Tue, February 2nd, 2010 - Chase Collegiate School - Waterbury, CT
Tue, February 2nd, 2010 - High Horizons Magnet School - Bridgeport, CT
Mon, February 1st, 2010 - Haddam Elementary School - Higganum, CT
Mon, February 1st, 2010 - Burnham School - Bridgewater, CT
Fri, January 29th, 2010 - Asbury United Methodist Church Long Branch - Long Branch, NJ
Fri, January 29th, 2010 - Audrey Clark Elementary School - Long Branch, NJ
Fri, January 29th, 2010 - Bridge Valley Elementary School - Furlong, PA
Thu, January 28th, 2010 - Oak Ridge Heights Elementary School - Colonia, NJ
Thu, January 28th, 2010 - Lafayette Mills Elementary School - Manalapan, NJ
Wed, January 27th, 2010 - Lawrence Brook Elementary School - East Brunswick, NJ
Tue, January 26th, 2010 - Allenwood Elementary School - Wall, NJ
Tue, January 26th, 2010 - Oak Street Elem School - Lakewood, NJ
Mon, January 25th, 2010 - Wolfpit Elementary School - Norwalk, CT
Mon, January 25th, 2010 - Anna Lopresti Elementary School - Seymour, CT
Fri, January 22nd, 2010 - Brookside Elementary School - Norwalk, CT
Fri, January 22nd, 2010 - Norton Elementary School - Cheshire, CT
Thu, January 21st, 2010 - Sprague Elementary School - Waterbury, CT
Thu, January 21st, 2010 - Stevens Elementary School - Wallingford, CT
Wed, January 20th, 2010 - Niantic Center School - Niantic, CT
Wed, January 20th, 2010 - St. Francis Xavier School - Hyannis, MA
Wed, January 20th, 2010 - Ashley School - New Bedford, MA
Tue, January 19th, 2010 - Allenstown Elementary School - Allenstown, NH
Tue, January 19th, 2010 - Sandwich Central Elementary School - Center Sandwich, NH
Sun, January 17th, 2010 - Northstar Church - Frisco, TX
Fri, January 15th, 2010 - Abraham Wing School - Glens Falls, NY
Fri, January 15th, 2010 - Hellman School-Parsons Center - Albany, NY
Thu, January 14th, 2010 - Leo Bernabi School - Spencerport, NY
Wed, January 13th, 2010 - McIntyre Elementary School - Pittsburgh, PA
Wed, January 13th, 2010 - Forest Grove Elementary School - Coraopolis, PA
Tue, January 12th, 2010 - St. Joseph School - Lucinda, PA
Tue, January 12th, 2010 - South St. Marys Elementary School - St. Mary's, PA
Mon, January 11th, 2010 - McClellan Elementary School - Pittsburgh, PA
Mon, January 11th, 2010 - Osborne Elementary School - Sewickley, PA
Fri, January 8th, 2010 - Logan Elementary School - Altoona, PA
Fri, January 8th, 2010 - Johnsonburg High School - Johnsonburg, PA
Tue, January 5th, 2010 - Sauder Elementary School - Massillon, OH
Tue, January 5th, 2010 - Willo-Hill Christian School - Willoughby, OH
Mon, January 4th, 2010 - Howland Glen Primary School - Warren, OH
Mon, January 4th, 2010 - Badger Elementary School - Kinsman, OH
Fri, December 18th, 2009 - Balboa Elementary School - Spokane, WA
Fri, December 18th, 2009 - Ft. Colville Middle School - Colville, WA
Thu, December 17th, 2009 - Mt. Hall Elementary School - Bonners Ferry, ID
Thu, December 17th, 2009 - Nine Mile Falls Elementary School - Nine Mile Falls, WA
Wed, December 16th, 2009 - Selah Intermediate School - Selah, WA
Tue, December 15th, 2009 - Easton School - Easton, WA
Tue, December 15th, 2009 - St. Anthony's School - Renton, WA
Mon, December 14th, 2009 - Touchstone Elementary School - Lake Oswego, OR
Mon, December 14th, 2009 - Byrom Elementary School - Tualatin, OR
Sat, December 12th, 2009 - New Life Camp - Raleigh, NC
Fri, December 11th, 2009 - Forest Ridge Elementary School - Keizer, OR
Fri, December 11th, 2009 - Delphian School - Sheridan, OR
Thu, December 10th, 2009 - Lee Elementary School - Salem, OR
Wed, December 9th, 2009 - Elmira Elementary School - Elmira, OR
Wed, December 9th, 2009 - Winston Middle School - Winston, OR
Tue, December 8th, 2009 - Tulelake Basin Elementary School - Tulelake, CA
Tue, December 8th, 2009 - Shasta Lake School - Shasta Lake, CA
Mon, December 7th, 2009 - Los Paseos Elementary School - San Jose, CA
Fri, December 4th, 2009 - Hollywood Park Elementary School - Sacramento, CA
Fri, December 4th, 2009 - Valley Oak Academy - Citrus Heights, CA
Thu, December 3rd, 2009 - Foothill Intermediate School - Marysville, CA
Thu, December 3rd, 2009 - Nevada City Elementary School - Nevada City, CA
Wed, December 2nd, 2009 - Sequoia Elementary School - Santa Rosa, CA
Wed, December 2nd, 2009 - Yountville Elementary School - Yountville, CA
Tue, December 1st, 2009 - Jean Parker School - San Francisco, CA
Tue, December 1st, 2009 - Parkview Elementary School - Ripon, CA
Mon, November 30th, 2009 - Blosser Lane Elementary - Willits, CA
Mon, November 30th, 2009 - Harmony Elementary School - Occidental, CA
Wed, November 25th, 2009 - Mark Twain Union Elementary - Angels Camp, CA
Mon, November 23rd, 2009 - Nordstrom Elementary School - Morgan Hill, CA
Fri, November 20th, 2009 - Huerta Elementary School - Stockton, CA
Fri, November 20th, 2009 - American Union Elementary School - Fresno, CA
Thu, November 19th, 2009 - West Valley Special Education Center - Van Nuys, CA
Thu, November 19th, 2009 - Canyon View Elementary School - San Dimas, CA
Wed, November 18th, 2009 - Hillside Education Center - Pasadena, CA
Tue, November 17th, 2009 - Burbank Elementary School - Artesia, CA
Tue, November 17th, 2009 - P. V. Peninsula Montessori School - Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Mon, November 16th, 2009 - Meadows Middle School - Las Vegas, NV
Mon, November 16th, 2009 - Kingman Academy of Lrng. Intrm. School - Kingman, AZ
Sun, November 15th, 2009 - Hillside Community Church - Alta Loma, CA
Fri, November 13th, 2009 - St. Therese Academy - San Diego, CA
Fri, November 13th, 2009 - Yucaipa Elementary School - Yucaipa, CA
Thu, November 12th, 2009 - Fruitvale Elementary School - Hemet, CA
Wed, November 11th, 2009 - Calexico Mission School - Calexico, CA
Tue, November 10th, 2009 - Sahuaro Elementary School - Phoenix, AZ
Tue, November 10th, 2009 - Milestones Charter School - Phoenix, AZ
Mon, November 9th, 2009 - Ignacio Elementary School - Ignacio, CO
Sun, November 8th, 2009 - Northside Baptist Church - Victoria, TX
Fri, November 6th, 2009 - Milan Elementary School - Grants, NM
Fri, November 6th, 2009 - South Valley Academy - Albuquerque, NM
Thu, November 5th, 2009 - La Union Elementary School - La Union, NM
Thu, November 5th, 2009 - Holloman Elementary School - Holloman AFB, NM
Wed, November 4th, 2009 - Jefferson Elementary School - Lovington, NM
Wed, November 4th, 2009 - Ben Alexander Elementary School - Lovington, NM
Wed, November 4th, 2009 - Lea Elementary School - Lovington, NM
Tue, November 3rd, 2009 - Yarbro Elementary School - Lovington, NM
Tue, November 3rd, 2009 - Llano Elementary School - Lovington, NM
Mon, November 2nd, 2009 - Broadmoor Elementary School - Hobbs, NM
Sat, October 31st, 2009 - Oakwood Baptist Church - New Braunfels, TX
Fri, October 30th, 2009 - Walnut Springs School - Walnut Springs, TX
Fri, October 30th, 2009 - Lorena Middle School - Lorena, TX
Fri, October 30th, 2009 - Lorena Elementary School - Lorena, TX
Thu, October 29th, 2009 - Ira School - Ira, TX
Thu, October 29th, 2009 - Winters Junior High School - Winters, TX
Thu, October 29th, 2009 - Bronte Elementary School - Bronte, TX
Wed, October 28th, 2009 - Peaster High School - Weatherford, TX
Wed, October 28th, 2009 - Glenhope Elementary School - Colleyville, TX
Tue, October 27th, 2009 - Mountainview Elementary School - Waco, TX
Tue, October 27th, 2009 - Poolville Elementary School - Poolville, TX
Mon, October 26th, 2009 - Hill Elementary School - Arlington, TX
Mon, October 26th, 2009 - Crown of Life Luth School - Colleyville, TX
Mon, October 26th, 2009 - St. Vincents Cathedral School - Bedford, TX
Sun, October 25th, 2009 - First United Methodist Church - Bixby, OK
Sat, October 24th, 2009 - First Baptist - Rogers, AR
Fri, October 23rd, 2009 - Maysville Elementary School - Maysville, OK
Fri, October 23rd, 2009 - Chickasha Middle School - Chickasha, OK
Thu, October 22nd, 2009 - Justice School - Wewoka, OK
Thu, October 22nd, 2009 - Locust Grove Elementary School - Locust Grove, OK
Wed, October 21st, 2009 - Bell School - Stilwell, OK
Wed, October 21st, 2009 - Muldrow Middle School - Muldrow, OK
Tue, October 20th, 2009 - Frontier Schools - Red Rock, OK
Tue, October 20th, 2009 - Kildare Elementary School - Ponca City, OK
Tue, October 20th, 2009 - Ward Elementary School - Shidler, OK
Mon, October 19th, 2009 - Carl Junction Primary School - Carl Junction, MO
Mon, October 19th, 2009 - Triway Elementary School - Stella, MO
Fri, October 16th, 2009 - Eudora Elementary School - Eudora, KS
Fri, October 16th, 2009 - Eudora West Early Childhood + Family - Eudora, KS
Thu, October 15th, 2009 - Hawthorn Hill Elementary - Lees Summit, MO
Thu, October 15th, 2009 - Rising Star Elementary School - Lenexa, KS
Wed, October 14th, 2009 - Oskaloosa Elementary School - Oskaloosa, KS
Wed, October 14th, 2009 - Arbor Creek Elementary School - Olathe, KS
Tue, October 13th, 2009 - Sunrise Elementary School - Richmond, MO
Tue, October 13th, 2009 - Trenton Middle School - Trenton, MO
Mon, October 12th, 2009 - Panorama Elementary School - Panora, IA
Mon, October 12th, 2009 - Basics And Beyond Altern. School - Newton, IA
Fri, October 9th, 2009 - Hayward Elementary School - Nebraska City, NE
Fri, October 9th, 2009 - Jefferson Elementary School - Omaha, NE
Thu, October 8th, 2009 - Wake Robin Elementary School - Bellevue, NE
Thu, October 8th, 2009 - Westside Elementary School - Norfolk, NE
Wed, October 7th, 2009 - Alcott Elementary School - Hastings, NE
Wed, October 7th, 2009 - Harvard Public School - Harvard, NE
Tue, October 6th, 2009 - Randolph Elementary School - Topeka, KS
Tue, October 6th, 2009 - Burrton High School - Burrton, KS
Mon, October 5th, 2009 - Central Elementary School - Lyons, KS
Thu, October 1st, 2009 - World Outreach Church - Murfreesboro, TN
Wed, September 30th, 2009 - World Outreach Church - Murfreesboro, TN
Wed, September 23rd, 2009 - Opua Primary School - Opua, New Zealand
Tue, September 22nd, 2009 - Kerikeri Primary School - Kerikeri, New Zealand
Thu, September 17th, 2009 - Harrington Park Public School - Harrington Park, Australia
Tue, September 15th, 2009 - Callala Public School - Callala Bay, Australia
Tue, September 8th, 2009 - Brunswick Heads Primary School - Brunswick Heads, Australia
Tue, August 25th, 2009 - St. Rita's College - Clayfield, Australia
Tue, August 25th, 2009 - Mount Cotton State School - Mt Cotton, Australia
Fri, August 21st, 2009 - Beenleigh School - Beenleigh, Australia
Thu, August 20th, 2009 - Birkdale South Primary - Birkdale South, Australia
Tue, August 18th, 2009 - St Raphaels Central School - Cowra, Australia
Fri, August 14th, 2009 - Lake Albert Public School - Wagga Wagga, Australia
Thu, August 13th, 2009 - St Joseph's Primary School - Wagga Wagga, Australia
Thu, August 13th, 2009 - Ashmont Public School - Wagga Wagga, Australia
Thu, August 13th, 2009 - Holy Trinity Primary - Wagga Wagga, Australia
Thu, August 13th, 2009 - Kildare College - Wagga Wagga, Australia
Wed, August 12th, 2009 - Henschke Primary School - Wagga Wagga, Australia
Mon, August 10th, 2009 - Cowra Public School - Cowra, Australia
Mon, August 10th, 2009 - Mulyan Public School - Cowra, Australia
Tue, July 7th, 2009 - Stillwater Public Library - Stillwater, OK
Fri, June 12th, 2009 - George L. Cooke School - Monticello, NY
Fri, June 5th, 2009 - George Southard Elementary School - Lockport, NY
Thu, May 28th, 2009 - Easley Elementary - Durham, NC
Wed, May 27th, 2009 - Snow Hill Primary School - Snow Hill, NC
Tue, May 26th, 2009 - Northwest Elementary School - Pikeville, NC
Fri, May 22nd, 2009 - Wells Elementary School - Chester, VA
Thu, May 21st, 2009 - Clarksville Elementary School - Clarksville, VA
Thu, May 21st, 2009 - Collinsville Primary School - Collinsville, VA
Wed, May 20th, 2009 - Woodbrook Elementary School - Charlottesville, VA
Wed, May 20th, 2009 - Springfield Park Elementary School - Glen Allen, VA
Tue, May 19th, 2009 - Father Charles Hall School - Baltimore, MD
Tue, May 19th, 2009 - Thomas Johnson Elementary/Middle School - Baltimore, MD
Mon, May 18th, 2009 - Centreville Middle School - Centreville, MD
Fri, May 15th, 2009 - Hampshire High School - Romney, WV
Thu, May 14th, 2009 - Oakcrest Elementary School - Landover, MD
Thu, May 14th, 2009 - Atholton Adventist School - Columbia, MD
Wed, May 13th, 2009 - Katherine Thomas School - Rockville, MD
Wed, May 13th, 2009 - Steuart Weller Elementary School - Ashburn, VA
Tue, May 12th, 2009 - Indian Avenue Elementary School - Bridgeton, NJ
Mon, May 11th, 2009 - Rice Elementary School - Marlton, NJ
Mon, May 11th, 2009 - Centerville Elementary School - Lancaster, PA
Fri, May 8th, 2009 - Woodland Elementary School - Eagleville, PA
Fri, May 8th, 2009 - Southwest Middle School - Reading, PA
Thu, May 7th, 2009 - St. Joseph School - York, PA
Thu, May 7th, 2009 - Marshall Street Elementary School - Norristown, PA
Wed, May 6th, 2009 - St. John The Evangelist School - Yardley, PA
Wed, May 6th, 2009 - Buckingham Friends School - Lahaska, PA
Tue, May 5th, 2009 - Central Dauphin Middle School - Harrisburg, PA
Tue, May 5th, 2009 - Our Lady Of Good Counsel School - Southampton, PA
Mon, May 4th, 2009 - Glen Acres Elementary School - West Chester, PA
Mon, May 4th, 2009 - St. Andrew School - Newtown, PA
Fri, May 1st, 2009 - Liberty Bell Elementary School - Coopersburg, PA
Fri, May 1st, 2009 - Philip Lauer Middle School - Easton, PA
Thu, April 30th, 2009 - Wilson Elementary - Hamilton, NJ
Wed, April 29th, 2009 - Kusur Elementary - Hamilton, NJ
Wed, April 29th, 2009 - Beaver Creek Elementary School - Downingtown, PA
Wed, April 29th, 2009 - Isaiah Haines School - Browns Mills, NJ
Tue, April 28th, 2009 - Greenwood Elementary - Hamilton, NJ
Tue, April 28th, 2009 - Riverside Elementary School - Reading, PA
Tue, April 28th, 2009 - Lauers Park Elementary School - Reading, PA
Mon, April 27th, 2009 - Clearview Elementary School - Brogue, PA
Mon, April 27th, 2009 - Chanceford Elementary School - Brogue, PA
Fri, April 24th, 2009 - East Brook Elementary School - Park Ridge, NJ
Fri, April 24th, 2009 - West Ridge Elementary School - Park Ridge, NJ
Thu, April 23rd, 2009 - P.S. 253 - Far Rockaway, NY
Thu, April 23rd, 2009 - Roosevelt School - Manville, NJ
Wed, April 22nd, 2009 - Frelinghuysen Twp. Elementary School - Johnsonburg, NJ
Wed, April 22nd, 2009 - Franklin Elementary School - Franklin, NJ
Tue, April 21st, 2009 - St. Stanislaus Kostka School - Brooklyn, NY
Tue, April 21st, 2009 - Stanhope School - Stanhope, NJ
Mon, April 20th, 2009 - Demarest Middle School - Hoboken, NJ
Mon, April 20th, 2009 - P. S. 047 Chris Galas School - Broad Channel, NY
Fri, April 17th, 2009 - North Coleman Road Elementary School - Centereach, NY
Fri, April 17th, 2009 - Aquebogue Elementary School - Aquebogue, NY
Thu, April 16th, 2009 - Lionville Elementary School - Downingtown, PA
Wed, April 15th, 2009 - New Monmouth Elementary School - Middletown, NJ
Wed, April 15th, 2009 - Brookhaven Learning Center - Bellport, NY
Tue, April 14th, 2009 - Grove Street Elementary School - Irvington, NJ
Mon, April 13th, 2009 - Mapleshade Elementary - East Longmeadow, MA
Mon, April 13th, 2009 - Mountain View School - East Longmeadow, MA
Fri, April 10th, 2009 - Chichester Central School - Chichester, NH
Fri, April 10th, 2009 - Holderness Central School - Holderness, NH
Thu, April 9th, 2009 - Eastford Road Elementary - Southbridge, MA
Thu, April 9th, 2009 - Charlton Middle School - Charlton, MA
Wed, April 8th, 2009 - Lincoln Elementary School - Rutherford, NJ
Wed, April 8th, 2009 - Washington Elementary School - Rutherford, NJ
Tue, April 7th, 2009 - Stillwater Township - Stillwater, NJ
Tue, April 7th, 2009 - P.S. 276 - Brooklyn, NY
Mon, April 6th, 2009 - Fogelsville Elementary School - Breinigsville, PA
Fri, April 3rd, 2009 - House Of Good Shepherd - Utica, NY
Fri, April 3rd, 2009 - Brookwood School - Cooperstown, NY
Thu, April 2nd, 2009 - Ginther Elementary School - Brockport, NY
Thu, April 2nd, 2009 - Wayne Central High School - Ontario Center, NY
Wed, April 1st, 2009 - Croman Elementary School - Troy, PA
Wed, April 1st, 2009 - Cochran Elementary School - Williamsport, PA
Tue, March 31st, 2009 - Moshannon Valley Elementary School - Houtzdale, PA
Tue, March 31st, 2009 - Philipsburg Elementary School - Philipsburg, PA
Mon, March 30th, 2009 - Highland Street Elementary School - Du Bois, PA
Mon, March 30th, 2009 - First Street Elementary School - Canonsburg, PA
Fri, March 27th, 2009 - Johnson Elementary School - Reynoldsville, PA
Thu, March 26th, 2009 - Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School - Centre Hall, PA
Thu, March 26th, 2009 - Lenape Elementary School - Ford City, PA
Wed, March 25th, 2009 - St. Gregory School - Zelienople, PA
Wed, March 25th, 2009 - T. C. L. D. Tillotson - Pittsburgh, PA
Tue, March 24th, 2009 - Ridgefield Elementary - Erie, PA
Mon, March 23rd, 2009 - Lynn Kirk Elementary School - Youngstown, OH
Mon, March 23rd, 2009 - Watson Elementary School - Youngstown, OH
Fri, March 20th, 2009 - Our Lady Of Peace School - Wheeling, WV
Fri, March 20th, 2009 - Warwood Elementary School - Wheeling, WV
Thu, March 19th, 2009 - Holden Elementary School - Kent, OH
Thu, March 19th, 2009 - Rockhill Elementary School - Alliance, OH
Wed, March 18th, 2009 - R. C. Lindsey Elementary School - Chesterland, OH
Wed, March 18th, 2009 - Carl - Louis Stokes Academy - Cleveland, OH
Tue, March 17th, 2009 - St. Joseph School - Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Tue, March 17th, 2009 - Hudson Montessori School - Hudson, OH
Mon, March 16th, 2009 - Prairie View Elementary School - Goshen, IN
Mon, March 16th, 2009 - Aboite Elementary School - Ft. Wayne, IN
Fri, March 13th, 2009 - Salt Rock Elementary School - Salt Rock, WV
Fri, March 13th, 2009 - East Chapmanville Grade School - Chapmanville, WV
Thu, March 12th, 2009 - Cox Landing Elementary School - Lesage, WV
Thu, March 12th, 2009 - Scott Teays Elementary School - Scott Depot, WV
Wed, March 11th, 2009 - Fedscreek Elementary School - Fedscreek, KY
Wed, March 11th, 2009 - Viper Elementary School - Viper, KY
Tue, March 10th, 2009 - Pine Knot Primary School - Pine Knot, KY
Tue, March 10th, 2009 - Hunter Hills Elementary School - Corbin, KY
Mon, March 9th, 2009 - West Valley Middle School - Knoxville, TN
Mon, March 9th, 2009 - Brown Intermediate School - Sweetwater, TN
Mon, March 9th, 2009 - Sweetwater Elementary - Sweetwater, TN
Sat, March 7th, 2009 - New Site Baptist Church - Monett, MO
Fri, March 6th, 2009 - Edmonton Elementary School - Edmonton, KY
Thu, March 5th, 2009 - Piner Elementary School - Morning View, KY
Thu, March 5th, 2009 - Blue Lick Elementary School - Louisville, KY
Thu, March 5th, 2009 - Pope John Elementary School - Madison, IN
Wed, March 4th, 2009 - Helfrich Park Middle School - Evansville, IN
Wed, March 4th, 2009 - Evansville Lutheran School - Evansville, IN
Tue, March 3rd, 2009 - Clay City Elementary School - Clay City, IN
Tue, March 3rd, 2009 - Taylorsville Elementary School - Taylorsville, IN
Mon, March 2nd, 2009 - Dupont Elementary - Dupont, IN
Sun, March 1st, 2009 - Liberty Church - Broken Arrow, OK
Fri, February 27th, 2009 - Oaklandon Elementary School - Indianapolis, IN
Fri, February 27th, 2009 - Christ The King School - Indianapolis, IN
Thu, February 26th, 2009 - Waveland Elementary School - Waveland, IN
Wed, February 25th, 2009 - Old Village School - Northville, MI
Tue, February 24th, 2009 - Otisville Elementary School - Otisville, MI
Mon, February 23rd, 2009 - Paul W. Ott Elementary - San Antonio, TX
Mon, February 23rd, 2009 - Murnin Elementary - San Antonio, TX
Fri, February 20th, 2009 - Randels Elementary School - Flint, MI
Fri, February 20th, 2009 - Huron Valley Lutheran High School - Westland, MI
Thu, February 19th, 2009 - Vern Van Elementary School - Burton, MI
Thu, February 19th, 2009 - Barhitte Elementary School - Burton, MI
Thu, February 19th, 2009 - Dillon Elementary School - Burton, MI
Wed, February 18th, 2009 - Highland Pines School - Caro, MI
Wed, February 18th, 2009 - Immanuel Lutheran School - Saginaw, MI
Tue, February 17th, 2009 - Baldwin Elementary School - Baldwin, MI
Mon, February 16th, 2009 - Walker Station Elementary School - Grand Rapids, MI
Sun, February 15th, 2009 - Resurrection Life Church - Grand Haven, MI
Fri, February 13th, 2009 - Gorin Elementary School - Gorin, MO
Fri, February 13th, 2009 - Schuyler Co. High School - Queen City, MO
Thu, February 12th, 2009 - Johnson Ferry Baptist Church - Marietta, GA
Thu, February 12th, 2009 - Mediapolis Middle School - Mediapolis, IA
Thu, February 12th, 2009 - Lincoln Grade School - Washington, IL
Thu, February 12th, 2009 - Washington Middle School - Washington, IL
Wed, February 11th, 2009 - Jefferson Elementary School - Princeton, IL
Tue, February 10th, 2009 - Gilberts Elementary School - Gilberts, IL
Mon, February 9th, 2009 - Gilberts Elementary School - Gilberts, IL
Mon, February 9th, 2009 - St. Raphael Catholic School - Naperville, IL
Mon, February 9th, 2009 - Eisenhower Coop. Center - Oak Lawn, IL
Fri, February 6th, 2009 - Eagle School - Madison, WI
Fri, February 6th, 2009 - Home Elementary School - Stickney, IL
Thu, February 5th, 2009 - Addison Elementary School - Hartford, WI
Thu, February 5th, 2009 - Allenton Elementary - Allenton, WI
Wed, February 4th, 2009 - Monticello Elementary School - Monticello, WI
Wed, February 4th, 2009 - Hackett Elementary School - Beloit, WI
Tue, February 3rd, 2009 - Waller Elementary School - Burlington, WI
Tue, February 3rd, 2009 - Christ Child Academy - Sheboygan, WI
Mon, February 2nd, 2009 - St Pius X Aces Campus - Appleton, WI
Mon, February 2nd, 2009 - St. Paul Lutheran School - Stevens Point, WI
Fri, January 30th, 2009 - Immanuel Lutheran School - Greenville, WI
Fri, January 30th, 2009 - St. John Lutheran School - Merrill, WI
Thu, January 29th, 2009 - Crescent Elementary School - Rhinelander, WI
Thu, January 29th, 2009 - Lac Du Flambeau School - Lac Du Flambeau, WI
Wed, January 28th, 2009 - Jefferson Elementary School - Blaine, MN
Tue, January 27th, 2009 - St. Francis Xavier - Sartell, MN
Tue, January 27th, 2009 - Lincoln Park Elementary School - Duluth, MN
Mon, January 26th, 2009 - McGregor Elementary School - McGregor, MN
Mon, January 26th, 2009 - Our Savior's Lutheran School - Hutchinson, MN
Fri, January 23rd, 2009 - Sumner Elementary School - Austin, MN
Thu, January 22nd, 2009 - Clayton Ridge Elementary School - Guttenberg, IA
Thu, January 22nd, 2009 - Tri-County Elementary School - Thornburg, IA
Wed, January 21st, 2009 - Lakewood Elementary School - Norwalk, IA
Wed, January 21st, 2009 - Panorama Elementary School - Panora, IA
Wed, January 21st, 2009 - Nevada Middle School - Nevada, IA
Tue, January 20th, 2009 - Howells Elementary School - Howells, NE
Tue, January 20th, 2009 - Trinity Lutheran School - Lincoln, NE
Mon, January 19th, 2009 - Hayward Elementary School - Nebraska City, NE
Mon, January 19th, 2009 - Meridian Elementary School - Daykin, NE
Fri, January 16th, 2009 - Whittier Elementary - Kansas City, KS
Fri, January 16th, 2009 - McAuliffe Elementary School - Shawnee Mission, KS
Fri, January 16th, 2009 - Eudora Elementary School - Eudora, KS
Thu, January 15th, 2009 - Brookwood Elementary School - Leawood, KS
Thu, January 15th, 2009 - Chanute Elementary School - Chanute, KS
Wed, January 14th, 2009 - First Baptist - Alta Vista, KS
Wed, January 14th, 2009 - Bentwood Elementary School - Overland Park, KS
Wed, January 14th, 2009 - R.J. Delano School - Kansas City, MO
Tue, January 13th, 2009 - Atchison Primary School - Atchison, KS
Tue, January 13th, 2009 - Meadow Lane Elementary - Lee's Summit, MO
Mon, January 12th, 2009 - Arbor Creek Elementary School - Olathe, KS
Mon, January 12th, 2009 - Delia Charter School - Delia, KS
Fri, January 9th, 2009 - Fremont Elementary School - Springfield, MO
Thu, January 8th, 2009 - Bethalto East Elementary School - Bethalto, IL
Thu, January 8th, 2009 - Mark Twain Elementary School - Brentwood, MO
Wed, January 7th, 2009 - Belle Valley Elementary School North - Belleville, IL
Wed, January 7th, 2009 - Maple Grove Elementary School - Dittmer, MO
Tue, January 6th, 2009 - Parkside Elementary School - Bethalto, IL
Tue, January 6th, 2009 - Prairie Du Rocher Elementary School - Prairie Du Rocher, IL
Mon, January 5th, 2009 - Bells Elementary School - Bells, TN
Mon, January 5th, 2009 - Sacred Heart School - Poplar Bluff, MO
Fri, December 19th, 2008 - Glen Oaks Elementary School - McKinney, TX
Thu, December 18th, 2008 - Otis-Spears School - Frisco, TX
Wed, December 17th, 2008 - Camey Elementary School - The Colony, TX
Mon, December 15th, 2008 - Oakridge School - Arlington, TX
Fri, December 12th, 2008 - Hutchins Elementary School - El Campo, TX
Thu, December 11th, 2008 - Adventure - Houston, TX
Thu, December 11th, 2008 - Pattison Elementary School - Katy, TX
Wed, December 10th, 2008 - Black Elementary School - Houston, TX
Wed, December 10th, 2008 - St. Anne School - Tomball, TX
Tue, December 9th, 2008 - Petronila Elementary School - Bishop, TX
Fri, December 5th, 2008 - Luna Middle School - San Antonio, TX
Fri, December 5th, 2008 - Salinas Elementary School - Universal City, TX
Wed, December 3rd, 2008 - St. Anthony Elementary School - San Antonio, TX
Tue, December 2nd, 2008 - Moss Elementary School - Big Spring, TX
Mon, December 1st, 2008 - Berrendo Elementary School - Roswell, NM
Mon, December 1st, 2008 - Sunset Elementary School - Roswell, NM
Tue, November 25th, 2008 - Kingman Academy of Lrng. Intrm. School - Kingman, AZ
Tue, November 25th, 2008 - Mohave Valley Elementary - Mohave Valley, AZ
Mon, November 24th, 2008 - Mountain View Elementary - Bullhead City, AZ
Mon, November 24th, 2008 - Desert Valley Elementary - Bullhead City, AZ
Fri, November 21st, 2008 - Montague Elementary School - Santa Clara, CA
Fri, November 21st, 2008 - Argonaut Elementary School - Saratoga, CA
Thu, November 20th, 2008 - San Ramon Valley Christian Academy - Danville, CA
Wed, November 19th, 2008 - Castro Valley Adult School - Castro Valley, CA
Wed, November 19th, 2008 - Forest Park Elementary School - Fremont, CA
Tue, November 18th, 2008 - Braly Elementary School - Sunnyvale, CA
Mon, November 17th, 2008 - Marchus School - Concord, CA
Mon, November 17th, 2008 - Grand Lake Montessori - Oakland, CA
Fri, November 14th, 2008 - Farmersville Jr. High School - Farmersville, CA
Fri, November 14th, 2008 - Granite Point Elementary - Bakersfield, CA
Thu, November 13th, 2008 - Dr. Juliette Thorner School - Bakersfield, CA
Wed, November 12th, 2008 - Oak Valley Elementary School - Tulare, CA
Mon, November 10th, 2008 - Delevan Drive Elementary School - Los Angeles, CA
Thu, November 6th, 2008 - St. Bonaventure School - Huntington Beach, CA
Wed, November 5th, 2008 - Huntington Christian School - Huntington Beach, CA
Wed, November 5th, 2008 - St. Bonaventure School - Huntington Beach, CA
Fri, October 31st, 2008 - Bouncing Bulldogs - Chapel Hill, NC
Wed, October 29th, 2008 - La Fetra Elementary - Glendora, CA
Fri, October 24th, 2008 - South West Primary Learning Center - Albuquerque, NM
Thu, October 23rd, 2008 - Edison Elementary School - Yoder, CO
Thu, October 23rd, 2008 - Harrington Elementary School - Denver, CO
Wed, October 22nd, 2008 - Bennett Elementary School - Bennett, CO
Tue, October 21st, 2008 - Colorado Springs Charter Academy - Colorado Springs, CO
Mon, October 20th, 2008 - Bethune Schools - Bethune, CO
Fri, October 17th, 2008 - Jetmore Elementary School - Jetmore, KS
Fri, October 17th, 2008 - Syracuse Elementary School - Syracuse, KS
Thu, October 16th, 2008 - St. Francis Elementary School - St. Francis, KS
Wed, October 15th, 2008 - Texhoma High School - Texhoma, OK
Tue, October 14th, 2008 - Sangre Ridge Elementary - Stillwater, OK
Mon, October 13th, 2008 - Grissom Elementary - Tulsa, OK
Fri, October 10th, 2008 - Rolla USD 217 - Rolla, KS
Thu, October 9th, 2008 - Rye Elementary School - Rye, CO
Wed, October 8th, 2008 - Dillon Valley Elementary School - Dillon, CO
Tue, October 7th, 2008 - Sharon Elementary School - Orem, UT
Tue, October 7th, 2008 - Terra Linda Elementary - West Jordan, UT
Mon, October 6th, 2008 - Marsh Valley Middle School - Arimo, ID
Fri, October 3rd, 2008 - Green Park School - Walla Walla, WA
Fri, October 3rd, 2008 - Christ the King School - Richland, WA
Thu, October 2nd, 2008 - Roy Elementary School - Roy, WA
Thu, October 2nd, 2008 - Weyerhaeuser Elementary School - Eatonville, WA
Wed, October 1st, 2008 - Wilson Elementary School - Corvallis, OR
Wed, October 1st, 2008 - River Mill Elementary School - Estacada, OR
Tue, September 30th, 2008 - Weddle Elementary School - Keizer, OR
Tue, September 30th, 2008 - Newby Elementary School - McMinnville, OR
Mon, September 29th, 2008 - Siletz Valley School - Siletz, OR
Mon, September 29th, 2008 - Brockway Elementary School - Winston, OR
Fri, September 26th, 2008 - Hayfork Elementary School - Hayfork, CA
Thu, September 25th, 2008 - Colfax High School - Colfax, CA
Thu, September 25th, 2008 - Gold Run Elementary School - Nevada City, CA
Wed, September 24th, 2008 - Crestmoor Elementary School - San Bruno, CA
Tue, September 23rd, 2008 - Caleb Greenwood School - Sacramento, CA
Tue, September 23rd, 2008 - Leroy F. Green Middle School - Sacramento, CA
Mon, September 22nd, 2008 - Sheridan Elementary - Orange Cove, CA
Mon, September 22nd, 2008 - Crestwood Elementary School - Visalia, CA
Fri, September 19th, 2008 - Ranchos Middle School - Madera, CA
Fri, September 19th, 2008 - Tranquillity Elementary School - Tranquillity, CA
Thu, September 18th, 2008 - Pine Ridge Elementary - Auberry, CA
Thu, September 18th, 2008 - Wasuma Elementary - Ahwahnee, CA
Wed, September 17th, 2008 - Evergreen Elementary - Whittier, CA
Wed, September 17th, 2008 - Mark Twain Elementary School - Lawndale, CA
Tue, September 16th, 2008 - Highland Elementary - Riverside, CA
Tue, September 16th, 2008 - Dollahan Elementary - Rialto, CA
Mon, September 15th, 2008 - St. Therese Academy - San Diego, CA
Fri, September 12th, 2008 - Carden School - Camarillo, CA
Fri, September 12th, 2008 - Horizon Elementary School - Bakersfield, CA
Thu, September 11th, 2008 - Lokrantz Elementary School - Reseda, CA
Wed, September 10th, 2008 - Valencia Park Elementary School - Fullerton, CA
Mon, September 8th, 2008 - Sunkist Elementary School - Anaheim, CA
Mon, September 8th, 2008 - West Valley Special Education Center - Van Nuys, CA
Fri, September 5th, 2008 - Scottsdale School - Scottsdale, AZ
Fri, September 5th, 2008 - Milestones Charter School - Phoenix, AZ
Thu, September 4th, 2008 - Heritage Middle School - Chino Valley, AZ
Thu, September 4th, 2008 - Ash Fork School - Ash Fork, AZ
Wed, September 3rd, 2008 - Wide Ruins Community School - Chambers, AZ
Tue, September 2nd, 2008 - Ganado Intermediate School - Ganado, AZ
Tue, September 2nd, 2008 - Lukachukai Community School - Lukachukai, AZ
Fri, August 29th, 2008 - Upper Elementary - Grove, OK
Thu, August 28th, 2008 - Lincoln Christian School - Tulsa, OK
Fri, June 6th, 2008 - P.S. 262 El Malik Shabazz School - Brooklyn, NY
Fri, June 6th, 2008 - P.S. 022 Thomas Jefferson School - Flushing, NY
Thu, June 5th, 2008 - Edward Williams Elementary School - Mt. Vernon, NY
Wed, June 4th, 2008 - Life-Skills School - Rego Park, NY
Tue, June 3rd, 2008 - Richard J. Bailey Elementary School - White Plains, NY
Mon, June 2nd, 2008 - Sequoya Middle School - Holtsville, NY
Fri, May 30th, 2008 - P.S. 081 Thaddeus Stevens School - Brooklyn, NY
Fri, May 30th, 2008 - 51st Avenue Academy - Elmhurst, NY
Thu, May 29th, 2008 - University Heights Elementary School - Hamilton, NJ
Thu, May 29th, 2008 - Oaklyn Public School - Oaklyn, NJ
Wed, May 28th, 2008 - Gov. Thomas Johnson Middle School - Frederick, MD
Tue, May 27th, 2008 - Hanover Academy - Ashland, VA
Fri, May 23rd, 2008 - The Learning Center - Murphy, NC
Thu, May 22nd, 2008 - Mayo Elementary School - Mayo, SC
Thu, May 22nd, 2008 - Saluda Elementary School - Saluda, NC
Wed, May 21st, 2008 - David Cox Road Elementary School - Charlotte, NC
Tue, May 20th, 2008 - St. Mary's Catholic School - Goldsboro, NC
Mon, May 19th, 2008 - Prices Fork Elementary School - Blacksburg, VA
Mon, May 19th, 2008 - Mountain Mission School - Grundy, VA
Fri, May 16th, 2008 - St. Leo's School - Winston Salem, NC
Fri, May 16th, 2008 - Blythe Elementary - Huntersville, NC
Thu, May 15th, 2008 - Nottaway Intermediate School - Crewe, VA
Thu, May 15th, 2008 - Oakland School - Keswick, VA
Wed, May 14th, 2008 - Rock Hall Middle School - Rock Hall, MD
Wed, May 14th, 2008 - Maple Elementary School - Cambridge, MD
Tue, May 13th, 2008 - Cascades Library - Potomac Falls, VA
Tue, May 13th, 2008 - Ashburn Library - Ashburn, VA
Tue, May 13th, 2008 - Christ Chapel Academy - Woodbridge, VA
Tue, May 13th, 2008 - Sabillasville Elementary School - Sabillasville, MD
Mon, May 12th, 2008 - Hedgesville Elementary School - Hedgesville, WV
Mon, May 12th, 2008 - Mercersburg Elementary School - Mercersburg, PA
Fri, May 9th, 2008 - Bedington Elementary School - Martinsburg, WV
Fri, May 9th, 2008 - Spring Grove Middle School - Spring Grove, PA
Thu, May 8th, 2008 - Grace S. Beck Elementary School - Sunbury, PA
Thu, May 8th, 2008 - Chief Shikellamy Elementary School - Sunbury, PA
Wed, May 7th, 2008 - Our Lady Of Perpetual Help School - Bethlehem, PA
Tue, May 6th, 2008 - Shady Grove Elementary School - Ambler, PA
Tue, May 6th, 2008 - Chestnutwold Elementary School - Ardmore, PA
Mon, May 5th, 2008 - Nativity B V M School - Media, PA
Mon, May 5th, 2008 - Lower Milford Elementary School - Coopersburg, PA
Fri, May 2nd, 2008 - Millington Elementary School - Millington, MD
Fri, May 2nd, 2008 - The Country School - Easton, MD
Thu, May 1st, 2008 - Groveland Elementary School - Doylestown, PA
Wed, April 30th, 2008 - Ellison School - Vineland, NJ
Wed, April 30th, 2008 - Bridge Valley Elementary School - Furlong, PA
Tue, April 29th, 2008 - Incarnation Of Our Lord School - Philadelphia, PA
Tue, April 29th, 2008 - Oaks Elementary School - Oaks, PA
Mon, April 28th, 2008 - Conrad Weiser West Elementary School - Womelsdorf, PA
Fri, April 25th, 2008 - VanDerveer School - Somerville, NJ
Fri, April 25th, 2008 - Bryn Athyn Church School - Bryn Athyn, PA
Thu, April 24th, 2008 - K. Rutherford School - Monticello, NY
Wed, April 23rd, 2008 - Maplebrook School - Amenia, NY
Tue, April 22nd, 2008 - West Belmar Elementary School - Wall Township, NJ
Mon, April 21st, 2008 - Pennsylvania Avenue Elementary School - Colonia, NJ
Fri, April 18th, 2008 - P.S. 256 Mercy First - Syosset, NY
Thu, April 17th, 2008 - Edith Bogert Elementary School - Upper Saddle River, NJ
Wed, April 16th, 2008 - Circleville Elementary School - Circleville, NY
Tue, April 15th, 2008 - P.S. 80 Thurgood Marshall School - Jamaica, NY
Tue, April 15th, 2008 - Casimir Pulaski School - Scarsdale, NY
Mon, April 14th, 2008 - Lincoln Elementary School - Ridgefield Park, NJ
Mon, April 14th, 2008 - P.S. 276 - Brooklyn, NY
Fri, April 11th, 2008 - Daniel Warren Elementary School - Mamaroneck, NY
Fri, April 11th, 2008 - Lincoln Elementary School - Edison, NJ
Thu, April 10th, 2008 - Southold Elementary School - Southold, NY
Wed, April 9th, 2008 - Glendaal Elementary School - Scotia, NY
Wed, April 9th, 2008 - Lake George Central School - Lake George, NY
Tue, April 8th, 2008 - Boght Hills Elementary School - Cohoes, NY
Mon, April 7th, 2008 - Owen D. Young Central - Van Hornesville, NY
Fri, April 4th, 2008 - Sugar Grove Elementary School - Sugar Grove, PA
Fri, April 4th, 2008 - Sheffield Elementary School - Sheffield, PA
Fri, April 4th, 2008 - Allegheny Valley Elementary School - Clarendon, PA
Thu, April 3rd, 2008 - St. Margaret of Scotland School - Pittsburgh, PA
Wed, April 2nd, 2008 - Oil City Middle School - Oil City, PA
Wed, April 2nd, 2008 - Butler Catholic School - Butler, PA
Tue, April 1st, 2008 - Centre Elementary School - Clearfield, PA
Mon, March 31st, 2008 - Clearfield Elementary School - Clearfield, PA
Mon, March 31st, 2008 - Juniata Gap Elementary School - Altoona, PA
Fri, March 28th, 2008 - Wylandville Elementary School - Eighty Four, PA
Fri, March 28th, 2008 - Wasson Elementary School - Du Bois, PA
Thu, March 27th, 2008 - Eisenhower Elementary School - Pittsburgh, PA
Thu, March 27th, 2008 - Dunbar Twp Elementary School - Connellsville, PA
Wed, March 26th, 2008 - Clairview School - Greensburg, PA
Wed, March 26th, 2008 - Big Beaver Elementary School - Darlington, PA
Tue, March 25th, 2008 - Rochester Elementary School - Rochester, PA
Mon, March 24th, 2008 - Nichols Elementary School - Barboursville, WV
Sun, March 23rd, 2008 - Resurrection Life Church - Wyoming, MI
Sat, March 22nd, 2008 - Victory Life Church - Battle Creek, MI
Thu, March 20th, 2008 - Brookview Elementary School - Brook Park, OH
Wed, March 19th, 2008 - Ellet High School - Akron, OH
Wed, March 19th, 2008 - Killbuck Elementary School - Killbuck, OH
Tue, March 18th, 2008 - Scott Elementary School - Flint, MI
Tue, March 18th, 2008 - Lakeville High School - Otisville, MI
Mon, March 17th, 2008 - Tawas Junior High School - Tawas City, MI
Mon, March 17th, 2008 - North Huron Elementary School - Kinde, MI
Fri, March 14th, 2008 - Lathers Elementary School - Garden City, MI
Fri, March 14th, 2008 - Masonic Heights Elementary School - St. Clair Shores, MI
Thu, March 13th, 2008 - Elm Road Elementary School - Mishawaka, IN
Thu, March 13th, 2008 - St. Paul's Lutheran School - Bremen, IN
Wed, March 12th, 2008 - St. Charles Borromea School - Peru, IN
Wed, March 12th, 2008 - Fairview Elementary School - Logansport, IN
Wed, March 12th, 2008 - Deer Meadow Primary - Greencastle, IN
Tue, March 11th, 2008 - Johnson Elementary School - Scottsburg, IN
Tue, March 11th, 2008 - North Side Elementary School - Union City, IN
Mon, March 10th, 2008 - St. Mary's School - New Albany, IN
Mon, March 10th, 2008 - Summit Academy Elementary - Louisville, KY
Thu, March 6th, 2008 - Helfrich Park Middle School - Evansville, IN
Thu, March 6th, 2008 - Lincoln Trail Elementary School - Lamar, IN
Wed, March 5th, 2008 - Immanuel Lutheran School - Seymour, IN
Tue, March 4th, 2008 - Charles Loos Elementary School - Dayton, OH
Mon, March 3rd, 2008 - Berry Intermediate School - Lebanon, OH
Mon, March 3rd, 2008 - South Elementary School - Cincinnati, OH
Fri, February 29th, 2008 - St. Catherine of Alexandria Academy - New Haven, KY
Fri, February 29th, 2008 - Lebanon Elementary School - Lebanon, KY
Tue, February 26th, 2008 - Oliver Springs Elementary School - Oliver Springs, TN
Tue, February 26th, 2008 - Westhills Elementary School - Lewisburg, TN
Tue, February 26th, 2008 - Knox Doss Middle School - Gallatin, TN
Mon, February 25th, 2008 - East Chester Elementary School - Henderson, TN
Mon, February 25th, 2008 - Dyersburg Intermediate School - Dyersburg, TN
Wed, February 20th, 2008 - Chester Elementary School - Chester, IL
Wed, February 20th, 2008 - Hillsboro Intermediate School - Hillsboro, MO
Tue, February 19th, 2008 - Worthen Elementary School - Granite City, IL
Tue, February 19th, 2008 - Staunton Elementary School - Staunton, IL
Mon, February 18th, 2008 - Southport Elementary School - Kenosha, WI
Mon, February 18th, 2008 - Curtis Strange Elementary School - Kenosha, WI
Mon, February 18th, 2008 - McKinley Elementary School - Kenosha, WI
Fri, February 15th, 2008 - St. Jacob Grade School - St. Jacob, IL
Fri, February 15th, 2008 - Meissner Junior High School - Bunker Hill, IL
Thu, February 14th, 2008 - South Central Middle School - Kinmundy, IL
Wed, February 13th, 2008 - A-C Central Elementary School - Ashland, IL
Wed, February 13th, 2008 - Olympia South Elementary School - Atlanta, IL
Tue, February 12th, 2008 - Central Grade School - Effingham, IL
Tue, February 12th, 2008 - Goodfield Elementary School - Goodfield, IL
Tue, February 12th, 2008 - Davenport Elementary School - Eureka, IL
Mon, February 11th, 2008 - St. Matthews Lutheran School - JanesvilIe, WI
Mon, February 11th, 2008 - Southwestern Elementary School - Hazel Green, WI
Fri, February 8th, 2008 - Howard-Ellis Elementary School - Niles, MI
Wed, February 6th, 2008 - South Elementary School - Hudsonville, MI
Wed, February 6th, 2008 - Park Elementary School - Hudsonville, MI
Tue, February 5th, 2008 - Forest Grove Elementary School - Hudsonville, MI
Tue, February 5th, 2008 - Jamestown Elementary School - Hudsonville, MI
Mon, February 4th, 2008 - Alward Elementary School - Hudsonville, MI
Mon, February 4th, 2008 - Georgetown Elementary School - Hudsonville, MI
Thu, January 31st, 2008 - Lakeland School - Elkhorn, WI
Thu, January 31st, 2008 - Wilson Elementary School - Sheboygan, WI
Tue, January 29th, 2008 - Redgranite Elementary School - Redgranite, WI
Mon, January 28th, 2008 - Christ King School - Wauwatosa, WI
Mon, January 28th, 2008 - Northwest Lutheran School - Milwaukee, WI
Thu, January 24th, 2008 - Trinity Lutheran School - Waukesha, WI
Thu, January 24th, 2008 - Faith Lutheran School - Fond du Lac, WI
Wed, January 23rd, 2008 - Bethlehem Lutheran SchooI - Hortonville, WI
Wed, January 23rd, 2008 - Trinity Lutheran School - Neenah, WI
Tue, January 22nd, 2008 - Loyal Elementary School - Loyal, WI
Tue, January 22nd, 2008 - Cumberland Elementary School - Cumberland, WI
Mon, January 21st, 2008 - Nett Lake Elementary School - Nett Lake, MN
Fri, January 18th, 2008 - Madelia Elementary School - Madelia, MN
Fri, January 18th, 2008 - Red Rock Central Elementary School - Jeffers, MN
Thu, January 17th, 2008 - Ackley Elementary Center - Ackley, IA
Thu, January 17th, 2008 - Agwsr Middle School - Wellsburg, IA
Wed, January 16th, 2008 - Des Moines Area Comm College - Ankeny, IA
Tue, January 15th, 2008 - Centennial Elementary School - Altoona, lA
Tue, January 15th, 2008 - East Elementary School - Knoxville, IA
Mon, January 14th, 2008 - Scotland Co. R-1 School - Memphis, MO
Mon, January 14th, 2008 - Schuyler Elementary School - Queen City, MO
Fri, January 11th, 2008 - R.J. Delano School - Kansas City, MO
Fri, January 11th, 2008 - Maple Hill Elementary - Maple Hill, KS
Thu, January 10th, 2008 - St. Elizabeth School - Kansas City, MO
Thu, January 10th, 2008 - Mill Creek Elementary - Lenexa, KS
Wed, January 9th, 2008 - Osage Upper Elementary - Lake Ozark, MO
Wed, January 9th, 2008 - Leland Mills Elementary - Lake Ozark, MO
Tue, January 8th, 2008 - Carl Junction Primary School - Carl Junction, MO
Tue, January 8th, 2008 - Hume Elementary School - Hume, MO
Mon, January 7th, 2008 - Broken Arrow School - Shawnee, KS
Mon, January 7th, 2008 - Robinson Elementary School - Kansas City, KS
Mon, January 7th, 2008 - Pawnee Elementary School - Overland Park, KS
Thu, December 20th, 2007 - Manassa Elementary School - Manassa, CO
Thu, December 20th, 2007 - Florida Mesa Elementary School - Durango, CO
Wed, December 19th, 2007 - Mesa Alta Junior High School - Bloomfield, NM
Wed, December 19th, 2007 - Vernon Elementary - Vernon, AZ
Tue, December 18th, 2007 - Joseph City Elementary School - Joseph City, AZ
Tue, December 18th, 2007 - Dr. Daniel Bright Elementary - Cottonwood, AZ
Mon, December 17th, 2007 - Anasazi Elementary School - Scottsdale, AZ
Mon, December 17th, 2007 - Benchmark Elementary School - Phoenix, AZ
Fri, December 14th, 2007 - St. Therese Academy - San Diego, CA
Fri, December 14th, 2007 - Julian Elementary School - Julian, CA
Thu, December 13th, 2007 - Wilson Elementary School - Corona, CA
Wed, December 12th, 2007 - Childs Primary School - San Diego, CA
Tue, December 11th, 2007 - St. Mark's Lutheran School - Hacienda Heights, CA
Tue, December 11th, 2007 - Elsinore Middle School - Lake Elsinore, CA
Mon, December 10th, 2007 - Rancho Encinitas Academy - Encinitas, CA
Fri, December 7th, 2007 - Mt. Charleston Elementary School - Pahrump, NV
Fri, December 7th, 2007 - Manse Elementary School - Pahrump, NV
Thu, December 6th, 2007 - Loinyo Elementary Scnool - Lone Pine, CA
Wed, December 5th, 2007 - Visalia Christian Schools - Visalia, CA
Wed, December 5th, 2007 - Sierra View Elementary - Madera, CA
Tue, December 4th, 2007 - Jefferson School - Lindsay, CA
Mon, December 3rd, 2007 - Kerman-Floyd Elementary School - Kerman, CA
Mon, December 3rd, 2007 - McCord Elementary School - Orange Cove, CA
Fri, November 30th, 2007 - Elmer Wood Elementary - Atwater, CA
Fri, November 30th, 2007 - Harvest Elementary School - Delano, CA
Thu, November 29th, 2007 - Woodland Elementary School - Mariposa, CA
Thu, November 29th, 2007 - Mariposa Elementary School - Mariposa, CA
Thu, November 29th, 2007 - El Portal Elementary School - El Portal, CA
Wed, November 28th, 2007 - Coulterville-Greeley School - Coulterville, CA
Wed, November 28th, 2007 - Lake Don Pedro Elementary School - La Grange, CA
Tue, November 27th, 2007 - Cobb Mountain Elementary School - Cobb, CA
Tue, November 27th, 2007 - Minnie Cannon Elementary School - Middletown, CA
Mon, November 26th, 2007 - Hollywood Park Elementary School - Sacramento, CA
Mon, November 26th, 2007 - Sheridan Elementary School - Sheridan, CA
Fri, November 16th, 2007 - Vitovsky Elementary - Midlothian, TX
Fri, November 16th, 2007 - Eastridge Elementary - Red Oak, TX
Thu, November 15th, 2007 - Mountain Peak Elementary - Midlothian, TX
Thu, November 15th, 2007 - Adams Elementary - Cleburne, TX
Wed, November 14th, 2007 - Tibbals Elementary - Murphy, TX
Wed, November 14th, 2007 - Advantage Academy Rowlett - Rowlett, TX
Tue, November 13th, 2007 - Bebensee Elementary - Arlington, TX
Tue, November 13th, 2007 - Thelma Jones Elementary - Arlington, TX
Mon, November 12th, 2007 - Scurry-Rosser Elementary - Scurry, TX
Mon, November 12th, 2007 - Blue Haze Elementary - Ft Worth, TX
Fri, November 9th, 2007 - Press Elementary - McKinney, TX
Fri, November 9th, 2007 - Burks Elementary - McKinney, TX
Thu, November 8th, 2007 - Caddo Grove Elementary - Joshua, TX
Thu, November 8th, 2007 - Gerard Elementary - Cleburne, TX
Wed, November 7th, 2007 - Northside Elementary - Waxahachie, TX
Wed, November 7th, 2007 - Ditto Elementary - Arlington, TX
Tue, November 6th, 2007 - Boyd Elementary - Allen, TX
Tue, November 6th, 2007 - Slaughter Elementary - McKinney, TX
Mon, November 5th, 2007 - Life School Lancaster - Lancaster, TX
Mon, November 5th, 2007 - Life School - Oak Cliff - Dallas, TX
Fri, November 2nd, 2007 - Bouncing Bulldogs - Chapel Hill, NC
Wed, October 31st, 2007 - Heritage Christian Center - Denver, CO
Wed, October 31st, 2007 - Ponder Elementary - Ponder, TX
Tue, October 30th, 2007 - Azle Elementary - Azle, TX
Tue, October 30th, 2007 - Advantage Academy - Waxahachie - Waxahachie, TX
Mon, October 29th, 2007 - Academy at Nola Dunn - Burleson, TX
Mon, October 29th, 2007 - Wedgeworth Elementary - Waxahachie, TX
Fri, October 26th, 2007 - Junipero Serra School - Carmel, CA
Fri, October 26th, 2007 - San Benancio Middle School - Salinas, CA
Thu, October 25th, 2007 - Our Savior Lutheran School - Livermore, CA
Thu, October 25th, 2007 - St. Michael's School - Livermore, CA
Wed, October 24th, 2007 - Vichy Alternative Elementary - Napa, CA
Tue, October 23rd, 2007 - Yountville Elementary School - Yountville, CA
Tue, October 23rd, 2007 - Placer Elementary School - Loomis, CA
Mon, October 22nd, 2007 - Risley Elementary - Sparks, NV
Mon, October 22nd, 2007 - Gardnerville Elementary - Gardnerville, NV
Fri, October 19th, 2007 - Blosser Lane Elementary - Willits, CA
Fri, October 19th, 2007 - Laytonville Elementary - Laytonville, CA
Thu, October 18th, 2007 - Hayfork Elementary School - Hayfork, CA
Thu, October 18th, 2007 - Happy Camp Union Elementary - Happy Camp, CA
Wed, October 17th, 2007 - Melrose Elementary School - Roseburg, OR
Wed, October 17th, 2007 - Oak Heights Elementary - Sweet Home, OR
Wed, October 17th, 2007 - Hawthorne Elementary - Sweet Home, OR
Tue, October 16th, 2007 - Perrydale Elementary School - Amity, OR
Tue, October 16th, 2007 - Siletz Valley School - Siletz, OR
Mon, October 15th, 2007 - All Saints School - Portland, OR
Mon, October 15th, 2007 - Beacon Avenue Elementary School - Montesano, WA
Thu, October 11th, 2007 - Central Elementary School - Ferndale, WA
Wed, October 10th, 2007 - Selah Intermediate School - Selah, WA
Wed, October 10th, 2007 - Harrah Elementary - Harrah, WA
Tue, October 9th, 2007 - Ft. Colville Middle School - Colville, WA
Tue, October 9th, 2007 - Broadway Elementary - Spokane Valley, WA
Mon, October 8th, 2007 - Michael Anderson Elementary School - Fairchild AFB, WA
Fri, October 5th, 2007 - Lewiston Elementary School - Lewsiton, UT
Fri, October 5th, 2007 - West Clinton Elementary - Clinton, UT
Thu, October 4th, 2007 - Roosevelt Middle School - Roosevelt, UT
Wed, October 3rd, 2007 - South Summit Elementary School - Kamas, UT
Tue, October 2nd, 2007 - Fillmore Elementary School - Fillmore, UT
Mon, October 1st, 2007 - Mont Harmon Junior High School - Price, UT
Fri, September 28th, 2007 - West Park Elementary School - Leadville, CO
Fri, September 28th, 2007 - Vineland Elementary School - Pueblo, CO
Thu, September 27th, 2007 - Prairie Crossing Elementary School - Parker, CO
Thu, September 27th, 2007 - Lincoln Academy - Arvada, CO
Wed, September 26th, 2007 - Cozad Elementary - Cozad, NE
Wed, September 26th, 2007 - Wilcox-Hildreth Elementary School - Wilcox, NE
Wed, September 26th, 2007 - Kenesaw Public Schools - Kenesaw, NE
Tue, September 25th, 2007 - Phillipsburg Elementary School - Phillipsburg, KS
Tue, September 25th, 2007 - Chase High School - Chase, KS
Sun, September 23rd, 2007 - River of Life Church - Hattiesburg, MS
Fri, September 21st, 2007 - Morris Hill Elementary - Ft. Riley, KS
Fri, September 21st, 2007 - Windom Elementary - Windom, KS
Fri, September 21st, 2007 - Eisenhower Elementary - McPherson, KS
Thu, September 20th, 2007 - Clay Center Middle School - Clay Center, KS
Thu, September 20th, 2007 - Cloud County Community College - Concordia, KS
Thu, September 20th, 2007 - Jefferson Intermediate School - Fairbury, NE
Wed, September 19th, 2007 - Bellwood Attendance Center - Bellwood, NE
Wed, September 19th, 2007 - Holy Trinity Elementary School - Hartington, NE
Tue, September 18th, 2007 - Belle Ryan Elementary School - Omaha, NE
Tue, September 18th, 2007 - Tara Heights Elementary - Papillion, NE
Mon, September 17th, 2007 - Whittier Elementary - Kansas City, KS
Mon, September 17th, 2007 - Trenton Middle School - Trenton, MO
Fri, September 14th, 2007 - Oskaloosa Elementary School - Oskaloosa, KS
Fri, September 14th, 2007 - Lecompton Elementary School - Lecompton, KS
Thu, September 13th, 2007 - Eudora Elementary School - Eudora, KS
Thu, September 13th, 2007 - Prairie Point Elementary School - Kansas City, MO
Wed, September 12th, 2007 - Chanute Elementary School - Chanute, KS
Wed, September 12th, 2007 - Fontana Elementary School - Fontana, KS
Tue, September 11th, 2007 - Pleasant Ridge Middle School - Easton, KS
Tue, September 11th, 2007 - Paxton School - Platte City, MO
Mon, September 10th, 2007 - Garnett Elementary School - Garnett, KS
Mon, September 10th, 2007 - Madison Elementary School - Madison, KS
Sat, September 8th, 2007 - Washington Pavilion - Sioux Falls, SD
Fri, September 7th, 2007 - Lincoln Memorial Elementary School - Caney, KS
Fri, September 7th, 2007 - Erie Elementary School - Erie, KS
Thu, September 6th, 2007 - R.V. Haderlein School - Girard, KS
Thu, September 6th, 2007 - Martin Luther School - Joplin, MO
Wed, September 5th, 2007 - Cabool Elementary - Cabool, MO
Wed, September 5th, 2007 - North Wood Elementary - Salem, MO
Wed, September 5th, 2007 - Green Forest R-2 Elementary School - Salem, MO
Tue, September 4th, 2007 - Wyandotte Elementary - Wyandotte, OK
Fri, August 31st, 2007 - Muldrow Middle School - Muldrow, OK
Fri, August 31st, 2007 - Liberty Elementary - Sallisaw, OK
Thu, August 30th, 2007 - Del City Elementary School - Del City, OK
Wed, August 29th, 2007 - Minco Elementary School - Minco, OK
Wed, August 29th, 2007 - Chickasha Middle School - Chickasha, OK
Tue, August 28th, 2007 - Medicine Lodge - Medicine Lodge, KS
Tue, August 28th, 2007 - Bucklin School - Bucklin, KS
Fri, August 3rd, 2007 - New Beginning Family Worship Center - Northport, AL
Sun, July 29th, 2007 - Freedom House Church - Charlotte, NC
Fri, July 13th, 2007 - Destiny Church - St. Louis, MO
Wed, July 4th, 2007 - Word of Life - Bentonville, AR
Tue, July 3rd, 2007 - Christ for the Nations - Dallas, TX
Fri, June 22nd, 2007 - World Outreach Church - Murfreesboro, TN
Fri, June 15th, 2007 - Open Bible Fellowship - Tulsa, OK
Wed, May 30th, 2007 - New Hope Baptist Church West - Duncan, OK
Wed, May 9th, 2007 - Sunnybrook Christian School - Stillwater, OK
Fri, May 4th, 2007 - Lamar Elementary - The Woodlands, TX
Fri, April 27th, 2007 - Barnard Elementary - Tulsa, OK
Tue, April 17th, 2007 - Fort Zellers Elementary - Richland, PA
Tue, April 17th, 2007 - Schaefferstown Elementary - Schaefferstown, PA
Sat, April 7th, 2007 - Victory Life Church - Battle Creek, MI
Thu, April 5th, 2007 - Boyd Elementary - Springfield, MO
Tue, March 6th, 2007 - Milwaukee Lutheran High - Milwaukee, WI
Tue, March 6th, 2007 - Sheboygan Area Lutheran High - Sheboygan, WI
Fri, March 2nd, 2007 - Broadneck Elementary - Arnold, MD
Mon, February 26th, 2007 - Grace Place - Lamar, MO
Sun, February 25th, 2007 - First Baptist - Fredericksburg, TX
Fri, February 23rd, 2007 - Van Bokklen - Severn, MD
Fri, February 23rd, 2007 - Jacobsville Elementary - Pasadena, MD
Tue, February 20th, 2007 - Harvest Church - Norfolk, NE
Fri, February 2nd, 2007 - Various Demos - Tortola, BVI
Wed, January 31st, 2007 - Springhill Elementary - Spring Hill, FL
Wed, January 31st, 2007 - Chocachatti Elementary - Brooksville, FL
Fri, January 26th, 2007 - Windy Hill Elementary - Owings, MD
Fri, January 26th, 2007 - Beach Elementary - Chesapeake Beach, MD
Thu, January 25th, 2007 - Fort Smallwood Elementary - Pasadena, MD
Thu, January 25th, 2007 - Calvert Elementary - Prince Frederick, MD
Tue, January 23rd, 2007 - Eastport Elementary - Annapolis, MD
Tue, January 23rd, 2007 - West Annapolis Elementary - Annapolis, MD
Sun, January 7th, 2007 - North Shore Christian - Haleiwa, HI
Sat, December 30th, 2006 - Lakewood Church - Houston, TX
Tue, November 7th, 2006 - Southport Elementary - Southport, NC
Mon, November 6th, 2006 - Salem Elementary - Apex, NC
Tue, October 31st, 2006 - Omega Church - San Antonio, TX
Mon, October 30th, 2006 - Murnin Elementary - San Antonio, TX
Mon, October 30th, 2006 - Fisher Elementary - San Antonio, TX
Sat, October 28th, 2006 - Lone Oak First Baptist - Paducah, KY
Sat, October 14th, 2006 - Green Pond Bible Chapel - Rockaway Township, NJ
Thu, October 5th, 2006 - First Presbyterian Church - Salinas, CA
Thu, October 5th, 2006 - Washington Middle - Salinas, CA
Thu, September 28th, 2006 - New London Presbyterian/Ground Zero Youth - New London, PA
Tue, September 26th, 2006 - Woods Academy - Bethesda, MD
Sun, September 24th, 2006 - McLean Bible Church - McLean, VA
Wed, September 20th, 2006 - First United Methodist - Mattoon, IL
Sun, September 17th, 2006 - Lenexa Christian Center - Lenexa, KS
Wed, September 6th, 2006 - Juneau Christian Center - Juneau, AK
Wed, August 30th, 2006 - Bethesda Christian Church - Sterling Heights, MI
Thu, July 27th, 2006 - Various Demos - Lima, Peru
Wed, July 26th, 2006 - Iglesia Allianza - Lima, Peru
Fri, July 21st, 2006 - Various Demos - Toronto, Canada
Sun, May 28th, 2006 - Juneau Christian Center - Juneau, AK
Fri, May 12th, 2006 - Reid Park Elementary - Charlotte, NC
Thu, May 11th, 2006 - Mitchell Elementary - Dallas, TX
Tue, May 9th, 2006 - The Woodlands UMC - The Woodlands, TX
Fri, May 5th, 2006 - South Side Elementary - Harrisburg, PA
Fri, May 5th, 2006 - North Side Elementary - Harrisburg, PA
Thu, May 4th, 2006 - Paxtonia Elementary School - Harrisburg, PA
Sun, April 9th, 2006 - Legacy Church - Albuquerque, NM
Fri, March 31st, 2006 - Cornerstone Church - Salisbury, NC
Fri, March 31st, 2006 - Weaverville Primary - Weaverville, NC
Thu, March 9th, 2006 - First Baptist - Milan, TN
Sun, March 5th, 2006 - First Baptist - Sherman, TX
Tue, February 28th, 2006 - Ooltewah Baptist - Ooltewah, TN
Wed, February 1st, 2006 - Eagle Brook Church - White Bear Lake, MN
Mon, January 23rd, 2006 - CHEER Co-op - Broken Arrow, OK
Sat, January 21st, 2006 - Millington Church of God - Millington, MI
Wed, December 14th, 2005 - Various Demos - Blayney, Australia
Tue, November 8th, 2005 - Hunter Street Baptist Church - Hoover, AL
Mon, October 31st, 2005 - Ridge Point Community Church - Holland, MI
Sat, October 29th, 2005 - Resurrection Life Church - Grand Haven, MI
Mon, October 24th, 2005 - Quapaw Elementary - Quapaw, OK
Sun, October 23rd, 2005 - Pleasant Valley Baptist - Liberty, MO
Wed, October 12th, 2005 - Charity Christian Center - Jerseyville, IL
Fri, October 7th, 2005 - Quinlan Public Schools - Quinlan, TX
Wed, September 21st, 2005 - Word of Grace Community Church - Sheboygan Falls, WI
Sat, August 27th, 2005 - Orchardville Church - Xenia, IL
Fri, August 19th, 2005 - St. Louis Dream Center - St. Louis, MO
Fri, July 29th, 2005 - Cathedral of Praise - Charleston, SC
Thu, July 14th, 2005 - Cornerstone Church - Maumee, OH
Sat, June 25th, 2005 - Sheridan Christian Center - Tulsa, OK
Thu, May 26th, 2005 - First Assembly - Ketchikan - Ketchikan, AK
Wed, May 25th, 2005 - Juneau Christian Center - Juneau, AK
Sun, May 22nd, 2005 - Marysville First Assembly - Marysville, WA
Fri, May 6th, 2005 - Blythe Elementary - Huntersville, NC
Wed, April 27th, 2005 - Emmanuel Temple - Vinita, OK
Thu, April 14th, 2005 - Tecumseh South Elementary - Tecumseh, KS
Sat, April 9th, 2005 - Williamsburg United Methodist - Williamsburg, OH
Sat, March 19th, 2005 - Life Christian Church - Troy, MI
Wed, March 16th, 2005 - Love + Faith Christian Center - Cincinnati, OH
Tue, March 15th, 2005 - Hephzibah Baptist Church - Wendell, NC
Sun, March 13th, 2005 - First Baptist - Charlotte, MI
Tue, March 8th, 2005 - First Baptist of Edna - Edna, TX
Sat, March 5th, 2005 - Jersey Baptist Church - Pataskala, OH
Fri, March 4th, 2005 - Northside Baptist - Newark, OH
Thu, March 3rd, 2005 - Violet Baptist - Pickerington, OH
Mon, February 28th, 2005 - Oak Park Christian - Mobile, AL
Fri, February 25th, 2005 - First Baptist Church - Fort Smith, AR
Fri, February 18th, 2005 - Moore Elementary - Broken Arrow, OK
Mon, February 14th, 2005 - Northwest Crossing Elementary - San Antonio, TX
Mon, February 14th, 2005 - Brauchle Elementary - San Antonio, TX
Sat, February 12th, 2005 - Prestonwood Baptist - Plano, TX
Tue, February 8th, 2005 - Cherokee Elementary - Cherokee, NC
Sat, February 5th, 2005 - Eagle Brook Church - White Bear Lake, MN
Thu, February 3rd, 2005 - Turtle Lake Elementary - Shoreview, MN
Thu, January 27th, 2005 - Chocachatti Elementary - Brooksville, FL
Wed, January 26th, 2005 - J.D. Floyd Elementary - Springhill, FL
Thu, January 13th, 2005 - Piney Orchard Elementary - Odenton, MD
Thu, January 13th, 2005 - Quarterfield Elementary - Severn, MD
Wed, January 12th, 2005 - Jessup Elementary - Jessup, MD
Wed, January 12th, 2005 - Broadneck Elementary - Arnold, MD
Tue, January 11th, 2005 - Central Elementary - Edgewater, MD
Tue, January 11th, 2005 - Park Elementary - Baltimore, MD
Mon, January 10th, 2005 - Severn Elementary - Severn, MD
Mon, January 10th, 2005 - Van Bokklen - Severn, MD
Fri, January 7th, 2005 - Peninsula Delaware Conference - Dover, DE
Sun, December 19th, 2004 - Christ United Methodist - Myrtle Beach, SC
Tue, November 23rd, 2004 - Snake River Middle - Blackfoot, ID
Fri, November 19th, 2004 - Dzantik'I Heeni Middle School - Juneau, AK
Thu, November 18th, 2004 - Harborview Elementary - Juneau, AK
Thu, November 18th, 2004 - Auke Bay Elementary - Juneau, AK
Thu, November 18th, 2004 - Floyd Dryden Middle School - Juneau, AK
Wed, November 17th, 2004 - Glacier Valley Elementary - Juneau, AK
Wed, November 17th, 2004 - Mendenhall River Community School - Juneau, AK
Tue, November 16th, 2004 - Riverbend Elementary - Juneau, AK
Mon, November 15th, 2004 - Gastineau Elementary - Juneau, AK
Sun, October 31st, 2004 - Hyde Park Baptist - Austin, TX
Wed, October 20th, 2004 - First Assembly - Camden, AR
Wed, October 20th, 2004 - Camden Fairview Intermediate School - Camden, AR
Wed, October 20th, 2004 - Harmony Grove Elementary - Camden, AR
Wed, October 20th, 2004 - Harmony Grove High School - Camden, AR
Wed, October 20th, 2004 - Camden Fairview Middle School - Camden, AR
Wed, October 13th, 2004 - Christian Tabernacle - Houston, TX
Wed, September 1st, 2004 - Church On The Move - Tulsa, OK
Wed, August 25th, 2004 - Westminster Church of God - Westminster, MD
Wed, July 28th, 2004 - Cornerstone Harvest Church - Lima, OH
Sat, July 17th, 2004 - Juneau Christian Center - Juneau, AK
Sun, July 11th, 2004 - New Life Christian Church + World Outreach - Warsaw, IN
Sat, July 10th, 2004 - Riverbluff Church - No. Charleston, SC
Sun, July 4th, 2004 - Highland Baptist Church - Laurel, MS
Thu, June 17th, 2004 - Open Bible Fellowship - Tulsa, OK
Thu, June 3rd, 2004 - Cornerstone Church - Maumee, OH
Wed, June 2nd, 2004 - New Life Worship Center - West Angola, IN
Tue, June 1st, 2004 - Cornerstone Metro - Wayne, MI
Sat, May 22nd, 2004 - Youth Horizons - Wichita, KS
Mon, May 17th, 2004 - Wilkinson Middle - Mesquite, TX
Sat, May 15th, 2004 - Prestonwood Baptist - Plano, TX
Thu, May 13th, 2004 - Corinth Elementary - Prairie Village, KS
Fri, April 30th, 2004 - Kinnan Elementary - Sarasota, FL
Thu, April 29th, 2004 - Crossover Community Church - Tampa, FL
Thu, April 29th, 2004 - Prine Elementary - Bradenton, FL
Tue, April 27th, 2004 - Blythe Elementary - Huntersville, NC
Sun, April 25th, 2004 - Cornerstone Church - Salisbury, NC
Sat, April 17th, 2004 - Cathedral of Praise - Charleston, SC
Fri, April 16th, 2004 - W B Goodwin Elementary - No. Charleston, SC
Fri, April 16th, 2004 - Cathedral Academy - Charleston, SC
Fri, April 16th, 2004 - Northwood Academy - No. Charleston, SC
Wed, April 14th, 2004 - Windsor Hill Elementary - No. Charleston, SC
Tue, April 13th, 2004 - Lord of the Harvest - No. Charleston, SC
Fri, April 9th, 2004 - The Rock Church - Oklahoma City, OK
Sun, April 4th, 2004 - Eastside Family Church - Troy, IL
Wed, March 10th, 2004 - Gore Public Schools - Gore, OK
Sun, March 7th, 2004 - First Baptist - Springdale, AR
Sat, February 28th, 2004 - Scotts Hill Baptist - Wilmington, NC
Thu, February 26th, 2004 - Salem Elementary - Apex, NC
Wed, February 25th, 2004 - North Davie Middle - Mocksville, NC
Tue, February 24th, 2004 - Colonial Baptist Church - Cary, NC
Tue, February 24th, 2004 - Southern Middle - Graham, NC
Wed, February 18th, 2004 - Emmanuel Temple - Vinita, OK
Sun, January 25th, 2004 - Ark Family Church - Conroe, TX
Sat, November 1st, 2003 - Church on the Rise - Westlake, OH
Fri, October 31st, 2003 - Resurrection Life-Richland - Richland, MI
Wed, October 29th, 2003 - First United Methodist - Mattoon, IL
Sat, October 25th, 2003 - Cathedral Christian Center - Glendale, AZ
Sun, September 28th, 2003 - Oneighty - Wichita - Maize, KS
Thu, September 25th, 2003 - Tara Elementary - Bradenton, FL
Wed, September 24th, 2003 - Riverside Church - Sebastian, FL
Tue, September 23rd, 2003 - Suncoast Cathedral - St. Petersburg, FL
Sat, September 20th, 2003 - Impact Family Worship Center - Plant City, FL
Wed, September 17th, 2003 - Ark Family Church - Conroe, TX
Sun, September 14th, 2003 - Colonial Baptist Church - Cary, NC
Fri, September 12th, 2003 - Scotts Hill Baptist - Wilmington, NC
Fri, August 29th, 2003 - Calvary Assembly - Decatur, AL
Fri, August 29th, 2003 - Frances Nungester Elementary - Decatur, AL
Fri, August 29th, 2003 - Chestnut Grove Elementary - Decatur, AL
Sun, August 24th, 2003 - Church of the Harvest - Oklahoma City, OK
Fri, August 1st, 2003 - Emmanuel Chapel - Coffeyville, OK
Sun, July 20th, 2003 - Juneau Christian Center - Juneau, AK
Wed, July 2nd, 2003 - Open Bible Fellowship - Tulsa, OK
Thu, June 19th, 2003 - Dry Gulch, U.S.A. - Adair, OK
Wed, June 4th, 2003 - Arbor Hills Junior High - Sylvania, OH
Wed, June 4th, 2003 - Timberstone Junior High - Sylvania, OH
Wed, May 28th, 2003 - Church On The Move - Tulsa, OK
Thu, May 8th, 2003 - East Terrell Hills Elementary - San Antonio, TX
Thu, May 8th, 2003 - Wilshire Elementary - San Antonio, TX
Sun, May 4th, 2003 - Omega Church - San Antonio, TX
Sat, May 3rd, 2003 - Oneighty - Boerne - Boerne, TX
Fri, May 2nd, 2003 - McKamy Elementary - Dallas, TX
Fri, May 2nd, 2003 - McWhorter Elementary - Dallas, TX
Wed, April 30th, 2003 - Oneighty - Tucson - Tucson, AZ
Wed, April 30th, 2003 - Pusch Ridge Christian Academy - Tucson, AZ
Mon, April 28th, 2003 - Townley Elementary - Irving, TX
Mon, April 28th, 2003 - Britain Elementary - Irving, TX
Sat, April 12th, 2003 - Open Bible Fellowship - Tulsa, OK
Sun, April 6th, 2003 - B'Nai Emuna - Tulsa, OK
Fri, March 14th, 2003 - Checotah Intermediate - Checotah, OK
Wed, February 5th, 2003 - Resurrection Life Church - Grand Haven, MI
Fri, January 31st, 2003 - Riverchase Middle - Birmingham, AL
Thu, January 30th, 2003 - Councill Elementary - Birmingham, AL
Thu, January 30th, 2003 - Kirby Middle - Birmingham, AL
Wed, January 29th, 2003 - Spaulding Elementary - Birmingham, AL
Wed, January 29th, 2003 - Riggins Elementary - Birmingham, AL
Tue, January 28th, 2003 - Kingwood Church - Alabaster, AL
Sun, January 26th, 2003 - New Life Assembly - Westover, AL
Fri, January 10th, 2003 - Eugene Fields Elementary - Tulsa, OK
Wed, December 18th, 2002 - Oneighty - Tulsa, OK
Sat, November 9th, 2002 - Church On The Move - Tulsa, OK
Wed, November 6th, 2002 - Pine Valley Church of God - Wilmington, NC
Wed, November 6th, 2002 - Baileywick Elementary - Raleigh, NC
Tue, November 5th, 2002 - Salem Elementary - Apex, NC
Mon, November 4th, 2002 - Reid Park Elementary - Charlotte, NC
Mon, November 4th, 2002 - Blythe Elementary - Huntersville, NC
Thu, October 31st, 2002 - Resurrection Life-Richland - Richland, MI
Thu, October 31st, 2002 - Dickinson Elementary - Grand Rapids, MI
Thu, October 31st, 2002 - Paramount Charter Academy - Kalamazoo, MI
Wed, October 30th, 2002 - Windemere View School - Lansing, MI
Tue, October 29th, 2002 - Southeast Elementary - Grand Rapids, MI
Tue, October 29th, 2002 - Alexander Elementary - Grand Rapids, MI
Mon, October 28th, 2002 - Westlake Elementary - Battle Creek, MI
Mon, October 28th, 2002 - Elmwood Elementary - Lansing, MI
Sun, October 27th, 2002 - Resurrection Life Church - Wyoming, MI
Sun, October 27th, 2002 - Resurrection Life Church - Grand Haven, MI
Fri, October 25th, 2002 - Bell Elementary - Tulsa, OK
Wed, October 23rd, 2002 - Quapaw Elementary - Quapaw, OK
Wed, October 16th, 2002 - Jarman Elementary - Tulsa, OK
Sun, September 8th, 2002 - Moffett Road Assembly of God - Mobile, AL
Fri, September 6th, 2002 - Orchard Elementary - Mobile, AL
Fri, September 6th, 2002 - Faith Academy - Mobile, AL
Fri, September 6th, 2002 - John Will Elementary - Mobile, AL
Thu, September 5th, 2002 - Orchard Road Assembly of God - Mobile, AL
Thu, September 5th, 2002 - Forest Hill Elementary - Mobile, AL
Thu, September 5th, 2002 - Semmes Elementary - Semmes, AL
Thu, September 5th, 2002 - Allentown Elementary - Semmes, AL
Sat, July 27th, 2002 - Family Victory Fellowship - Southfield, MI
Sun, June 9th, 2002 - Evangel Temple - Montgomery, AL
Wed, June 5th, 2002 - Riva Trace Baptist Church - Annapolis, MD
Thu, May 16th, 2002 - Eastbrook Elementary - Winter Park, FL
Sun, March 31st, 2002 - Cornerstone Church - Maumee, OH
Fri, March 22nd, 2002 - Winter Springs Elementary - Winter Springs, FL
Sun, January 27th, 2002 - Suncoast Cathedral - St. Petersburg, FL
Fri, January 18th, 2002 - Goldsboro Elementary - Sanford, FL
Sat, November 3rd, 2001 - Church On The Move - Tulsa, OK
Wed, October 31st, 2001 - Resurrection Life-Richland - Richland, MI
Wed, October 31st, 2001 - Dickinson Elementary - Grand Rapids, MI
Mon, October 29th, 2001 - Jefferson Elementary - Grand Rapids, MI
Mon, October 29th, 2001 - Congress Elementary - Grand Rapids, MI
Fri, October 26th, 2001 - Glenwood Elementary - Toledo, OH
Fri, October 26th, 2001 - Nathan Hale Elementary - Toledo, OH
Wed, October 24th, 2001 - Cornerstone Church - Maumee, OH
Sat, May 5th, 2001 - Church On The Move - Tulsa, OK
Sat, April 14th, 2001 - Bethel Temple - Tampa, FL
Sat, April 7th, 2001 - First Assembly of God - Clearwater, FL
Fri, November 10th, 2000 - School Demos - Kaiserslautern, Germany
Tue, October 31st, 2000 - Resurrection Life Church - Wyoming, MI
Mon, October 30th, 2000 - Dickinson Elementary - Grand Rapids, MI
Fri, October 27th, 2000 - Alexander Elementary - Grand Rapids, MI
Thu, October 26th, 2000 - Southeast Elementary - Grand Rapids, MI
Sun, October 15th, 2000 - Evangel Temple - Montgomery, AL
Tue, May 30th, 2000 - Prine Elementary - Bradenton, FL
Sat, April 22nd, 2000 - Bethel Temple - Tampa, FL
Sat, April 15th, 2000 - First Assembly of God - Clearwater, FL
Wed, March 22nd, 2000 - Collegiate School - Richmond, VA
Tue, March 21st, 2000 - New Kent Primary - New Kent, VA
Fri, February 4th, 2000 - Saint Stephens Episcopal Day School - Coconut Grove, FL
Thu, December 2nd, 1999 - Enochville Elementary - China Grove, NC
Wed, November 10th, 1999 - Cornelius Elementary - Cornelius, NC
Sun, October 31st, 1999 - Without Walls International Church - Tampa, FL
Sun, October 31st, 1999 - Tabernacle - Sarasota, FL
Sun, September 19th, 1999 - Resurrection Life Church - Wyoming, MI
Fri, July 30th, 1999 - Evangel Temple - Montgomery, AL
Fri, May 14th, 1999 - Inverness Primary - Inverness, FL
Sat, May 1st, 1999 - Church On The Move - Tulsa, OK
Sat, April 3rd, 1999 - First Assembly of God - Clearwater, FL
Thu, April 1st, 1999 - Floral City Elementary - Floral City, FL
Fri, February 19th, 1999 - Woodlands Elementary - Longwood, FL
Tue, February 16th, 1999 - Mandarin Oaks Elementary - Jacksonville, FL
Mon, December 14th, 1998 - Without Walls International Church - Tampa, FL
Thu, December 10th, 1998 - Hernando Elementary - Hernando, FL
Wed, December 9th, 1998 - J.D. Floyd Elementary - Springhill, FL
Tue, October 6th, 1998 - Wekiva Elementary - Longwood, FL
Tue, May 12th, 1998 - Pleasant Grove Elementary - Inverness, FL
Mon, May 11th, 1998 - Rock Crusher Elementary - Homosassa, FL
Tue, May 5th, 1998 - Inverness Primary - Inverness, FL
Fri, May 1st, 1998 - Prine Elementary - Bradenton, FL
Thu, April 30th, 1998 - Quail Hollow Elementary - Wesley Chapel, FL
Wed, April 29th, 1998 - Sanders Elementary - Land O'Lakes, FL
Tue, April 28th, 1998 - J.D. Floyd Elementary - Springhill, FL
Mon, April 27th, 1998 - Lake Lucina Elementary - Jacksonville, FL
Wed, April 22nd, 1998 - Mandarin Oaks Elementary - Jacksonville, FL
Mon, April 13th, 1998 - Mandarin Middle - Jacksonville, FL
Mon, March 30th, 1998 - Everglades Elementary - Miami, FL
Fri, March 27th, 1998 - Air Base Elementary - Homestead, FL
Fri, March 20th, 1998 - Sawgrass Elementary - Sunrise, FL
Thu, March 19th, 1998 - Saint Stephens Episcopal Day School - Coconut Grove, FL
Wed, March 18th, 1998 - Chapel Trail Elementary - Pembroke Pines, FL
Mon, March 16th, 1998 - Pembroke Lakes Elementary - Pembroke Pines, FL
Mon, February 9th, 1998 - Pea Ridge Elementary - Pace, FL
Fri, November 29th, 1996 - Edmonton Mall Demos - Edmonton, Canada
Mon, August 12th, 1996 - Various Demos - Corsica, France
Mon, July 15th, 1996 - Various Demos - Lyon, France
Sat, November 25th, 1995 - Various Demos - Guadalajara, Mexico
Thu, November 23rd, 1995 - Various Demos - Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Sat, August 6th, 1994 - Gymnastics Opening Ceremonies Demo - Malmo, Sweden
Thu, August 4th, 1994 - Tivoli Gardens - Copenhagen, Denmark
Tue, August 2nd, 1994 - European Rope Skipping Camp and Demo - Copenhagen, Denmark
We just had Peter demonstrating his jump rope skills and his awesome unicycling talents with the jump rope. I recommend his show to all ages, from Kindergarten all the way up through secondary school. The kids were totally engaged, they enjoyed the performance. He had some awesome jump rope tricks. The message that he sends to the kids was how to become a champion, which was really wonderful, talking about how to be positive and how to have friends around you that would have you be positive to become a champion. The entire show was motivational, entertaining, a lot of fun and I totally recommend this for all ages.
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Leonard rises to three urban challenges with the DataCity Paris programme!
Leonard has taking part in the fourth edition of DataCity, the programme developed by NUMA in partnership with the City of Paris that brings together local authorities, corporations and start-ups. Using data, they collaborate to improve existing services and develop new ones that better suit the expectations of urban populations.
This year’s 13 programme partners, of which Leonard is one, will select and guide the start-ups that are asked to come up with tangible solutions to meet the 11 challenges relating to the city of tomorrow.
Eleven challenges to improve and invent the city of tomorrow
The 11 challenges identified for this edition were announced on 28 November during the Smart City Forum at the Hotel de Ville in Paris, where the start-ups were invited to present their ideas.
Experts from across the VINCI Group, brought together by Leonard, will provide support in three of the challenges:
Mobility: Green light for environmentally friendly transport! – How to integrate the use of environmentally friendly transport in the city? This challenge seeks to give pedestrians and environmentally friendly means of transport back the space they deserve on the streets of Paris!
— Pierre Delaigue, Mobility expert at Leonard, is coordinating this challenge, which also involves the Lacroix group, Evesa and the City of Paris.
Energy: Charging professional vehicles: How to make it easier for businesses to move towards using electric vehicles? Stepping up the deployment of charging points for professional electric vehicles is a way to fully engage in the energy transition in Paris!
— An expert from Omexom, a VINCI Energies brand specialised in high and low voltage infrastructure, joins Total, Enedis, Sopra Steria and the City of Paris to take up this challenge.
Public space: How to reduce the duration of construction and road works in the city? Start-ups will be required to work on sharing site data to coordinate interventions from network operators and limit disruption.
— An expert from Eurovia, a VINCI subsidiary specialised in transport infrastructure and urban amenities, joins Evesa, Enedis, Sopra Steria and the City of Paris.
The call for candidates will be open between 28 November and 19 December 2018.
The names of the chosen start-ups will be announced on 6 February 2019. They will receive €10,000 and four months to put their prototypes to the test in Paris.
In June 2019, they will present their findings at a DemoDay at the Hotel de Ville in Paris.
Details of the challenges and the available resources can be found on the website https://www.datacity-fr.numa.co/.
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Has circular economy come full circle?
The objective is simple: to optimise the stages of the production chain in order to preserve natural ecosystems.
“Circular economy and construction” newsletter – December 2020
Discover the subjects we tackled in the December issue of our monthly newsletter.
The circular economy of the building industry (no going round in circles)
An ambitious promise on paper, but one where results still seem difficult to measure.
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The VINCI Group created Leonard to tackle the challenges posed by the transformation of regions and lifestyles. Our goal is to unite a community of key stakeholders in order to build the city of the future together.
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A copy of The River King & an afternoon fishing in ME with the author Bob Romano
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Bob Romano's latest novel, The River King, is set in the Rangeley Lakes Region of western Maine, a part of the country where landlocked salmon continue to dance upon their tails and you may find a moose fish around the next bend in the river.
The Lewiston Sun Press had this to say about Romano’s writing:
"Aside from the prose that will make a regular to the region nod when a favorite fishing hole is mentioned, Romano’s knowledge of the area paints a realistic picture for the reader who has never set foot in Maine."
In addition to an autographed copy of his book, the author will spend a day with the successful bidder fishing one of his favorite streams in the Rangeley Lakes Region of Maine.
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Rated R 101 min. 2011
Sensitive, overweight and awkward, Terri is painfully aware that his circumstances put him irredeemably outside the inner circle of high school life. Resigned to his outsider status, Terri is surprised when his tough-talking high school vice principal, Mr. Fitzgerald, takes an interest in him. Under Mr. Fitzgerald's tutelage, Terri befriends a pair of fellow misfits, Chad an edgy loner whose rebellion masks his own insecurities, and Heather, a sexually precocious girl whose beauty proves to be a trap of its own. The three teenagers, so different on the surface, but all outcasts in the rigid high school hierarchy, find an unexpected, imperfect bond that reflects the tenuousness, of the adolescent experience.
- Synopsis courtesy of CinemaSource
Official Site: terri-movie.com
Director: Azazel Jacobs
Writer: Patrick Dewitt and Patrick Dewitt
Cast: John C. Reilly, Jacob Wysocki, Creed Bratton, Diane Salinger, Bridger Zadina, Olivia Crocicchia, Tara Karsian, Jenna Gavigan and Mary Anne McGarry
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Percentage of overall US tests (bars) compared to percentage positive tests (line). Picture: Johns Hopkins University.
Chilling fear behind COVID death stat
by Benedict Brook
12th Jul 2020 6:56 AM
Whether the world is in a second wave of the pandemic, or still in the grip of the first, is up for debate. But what is for sure is something remarkable has changed with more recent COVID-19 infections: fewer people appear to be dying.
The question is why, and if it will stay that way.
In April and May, COVID-19 was claiming around 300 deaths per day in the US, as many as 8 per cent of all those know to be infected. In early July, that was down to about 5 per cent.
It's not just a trend in the US. A study in Milan found a "dramatic drop" in mortality from 24 per cent of those hospitalised in March to just 2 per cent in May. In England, the death rate of people with COVID-19 in hospital has gone from 6 per cent to 1.5 per cent.
It sounds like good news. Certainly, scores of people who would have died if they had caught coronavirus earlier in the pandemic are still alive because they became infected more recently.
But an Australian epidemiologist has backed up warnings from top health officials that we shouldn't be too dazzled by the numbers. Total deaths are almost certainly about to rise, including here in Australia, and it's even possible we could be around the corner from a surge in new victims.
RELATED: Find out all the latest coronavirus updates
An Italian study showed deaths as a proportion of hospitalisations fell from 24 per cent to just 2 per cent more recently in Milan. Picture: Taylor and Francis.
WHY FEWER PEOPLE DYING FROM COVID-19
On Thursday, the US reported its single biggest surge in new coronavirus cases with 65,000 infections. Yet, deaths are down 75 per cent since their April peak.
US President Donald Trump has ignored the soaring number of infections but revelled in the fewer number of deaths.
"99 per cent of [COVID-19 cases] are totally harmless," he wrote in a recent tweet, despite the fact the case fatality rate - the percentage of deaths to confirmed infections - in the US is currently about 6 per cent.
Nonetheless, deaths per known infections have indeed reduced. These are some of theories as to why that's happening.
One difference is clinical care. Healthcare workers have now had months to see what works best in tackling the disease.
"Before it was like we were stumbling in the dark. It feels a little better now," Dr Taison Bell, an infectious disease expert at the University of Virginia told The New York Times.
A really simple technique for severely ill patients, for instance, has been to put them in the prone position. This means laying them on their stomach which can improve lung function. In some cases, blood thinners have been of benefit while the steroid dexamethasone may help to calm out of control immune systems.
More vulnerable people are now better protected. Also, fewer people are catching COVID-19 in hospitals. As these people were ill already, they had a greater likelihood of passing away.
VIRUS IS JUST AS VIRULENT
A general dip in cases in many countries has also meant hospitals aren't overrun, so they are better able to care for those who are sick.
However, Professor Peter Collignon, an infectious diseases expert at the Australian National University Medical School, said any hope that the virus may have morphed into something less deadly was likely to be in vain.
"It looks like the death rate is falling but that's because we're doing more testing," he told news.com.au.
"It would be nice if COVID-19 was less virulent but it's just that we've missed other cases."
In the early pandemic, when test kits were in short supply, only those who were already showing symptoms, and were therefore more ill, were tested. That meant there were more positive results and the case fatality rate (CFR) looked greater.
Now, people who feel well can get swabbed which is turning up lots of asymptomatic cases that can be treated early or shaken off with more ease, lowering the CFR.
Data from the US COVID Tracking Project (below) has backed up this trend. As testing has gone up massively in the US, positive results have gone down. That's even though a greater number of people overall are becoming infected.
Percentage of overall US tests (bars) compared to percentage positive tests (line). Picture: COVID Tracking Project.
YOUNGER PEOPLE
Prof Collignon has looked at mortality rates around the world particularly in South Korea and Australia, two countries that have handled the pandemic admirably so far, where 2.4 per cent of and 1.4 per cent of patients succumbed respectively. Both CFRs are relatively low - far below the US, for instance.
But it's Singapore, where case fatality is at just 0.1 per cent according to data from Johns Hopkins University, that may provide a bigger clue.
"In Singapore, the mortality rate looks really low because it's mostly in migrant workers who are young and healthy," he said.
In Florida, the average age of someone diagnosed with COVID-19 is now just 35 compared to 65 in March. As the age has come down so has the mortality.
WHERE THE DEATH RATE WILL STABILISE
During most pandemics the actual death rate sinks over time.
"The (2009) swine flu pandemic had an original mortality rate of about 6 or 8 per cent in Mexico which is why everyone thought it was so bad," Prof Collignon said.
"Even in Australia the mortality was 3 per cent, but reality was it was more like was 0.02 per cent when you looked at all the people that got it so you have to be really careful when you judge mortality in the early part of illness."
Prof Collignon said he expected the mortality rate in Australia to settle between 0.5 and 1 per cent.
"That's still between 10 and 20 times more lethal than seasonal influenzas."
Although, unlike President Trump's claim, that doesn't mean 99 per cent of people are going to come through unscathed.
"For every 100 people infected about one person will die but 10 will need hospitalisation."
For older people, the chance of death will be far higher. But younger people couldn't be blasé, he said.
"We should do we all we can to stop it spreading because even though 20 and 30 year olds are less likely to die, if enough of them get it there will be deaths."
Top US infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci is similarly worried.
"It's a false narrative to take comfort in a lower rate of death," he said on Tuesday pointing out that if COVID-19 spreads like wildfire, even a lower mortality rate still means lots of deaths.
"There's so many other things that are very dangerous and bad about this virus. Don't get yourself into false complacency," he told TV channel CNBC.
US deaths have been falling as cases have risen. But the curve is heading back up. Picture: Johns Hopkins University.
LAG IN DEATHS
Another fear is that the CFR figures are partly down because deaths haven't caught up to the recent rise in cases.
For victims, the average time from the onset of symptoms to passing away was 14 days according to the COVID Tracking Project.
But some younger patients who are ill may take longer to pass away, meaning these deaths are yet to come. Broadway actor Nick Cordero, who was just 41, went from diagnosis to death in an agonising 95 days.
Broadway actor Nick Cordero died from COVID-19 complications a mammoth 95 day battle. Picture: Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Rock of Ages Hollywood
In addition, a large uncontrollable spike in infections could overwhelm hospitals meaning some patients are unable to get the care they need and die needlessly.
On Friday Victoria's chief health officer Brett Sutton warned there would inevitably be more deaths in Melbourne.
"We will see an increase in hospitalisations and ICU cases and in deaths in the coming days because of the spike that we have seen in recent days."
As of Friday, there were 932 active cases in Victoria which now is Australia's worst hit state. If the mortality rate is indeed 1 per cent, at least nine of these people could die. All eyes are on whether that will happen.
The more cases you have, the more overall deaths you get - that's the simple equation that isn't up for debate.
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Key Texas House leader says Capitol occupancy may be limited in upcoming legislative session
by Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune
Flickr / Ed Schipul
Texas Republicans are crying about voter fraud again, and once again, the evidence is fraught with problems.
In the most detailed public glimpse yet at how the 2021 legislative session might play out during a pandemic, the chair of the committee that handles administrative operations in the Texas House told a group of lobbyists Tuesday that masks may be required in all public parts of the Texas Capitol and that a limit could be placed on the number of people allowed inside the building.
State Rep. Charlie Geren, R-Fort Worth, listed a number of details during a presentation to the Professional Advocacy Association of Texas, a lobbyist and government affairs group. He also said that the House was looking at remote voting options for the chamber’s 150 members, which would allow lawmakers to vote on bills from elsewhere inside the building if they decide to not be present on the floor.
Geren said people entering the Capitol during the session will likely be tested, and that lawmakers might require visitors to schedule appointments before arriving. They can limit the risks, he said, but can’t expect to completely prevent COVID-19 cases.
“We’re going to plan for an outbreak in the Capitol,” he said. “I think we have to.”
The Senate, he said, is having its own chamber-specific conversations over what protocols should be in place. Spokespeople for Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Later Tuesday, Geren told the Texas Tribune that details he shared at the event are not set in stone — and emphasized that “there’s nothing in concrete yet, and there won’t be for a while.”
Geren is a member of a workgroup tapped by state Rep. Dade Phelan, the next likely House speaker, to make recommendations on legislative operations during the coronavirus pandemic. He said the ideas were being shared with a separate group Phelan recently created to solicit input on potential changes to the lower chamber’s rules.
“We won’t know until we adopt the rules,” Geren said, “and the rules are being talked about now.”
House members typically vote on the chamber’s rules, which help govern the body, at the beginning of every regular legislative session. A number of recommendations in the mix, Geren said, would only be implemented if the House’s rules were tweaked to allow for it. For example, current House rules do not allow for virtual committee hearings.
During Tuesday morning’s event, Geren also mentioned a number of steps the Legislature has already taken to help prepare for the upcoming session. Plexiglass shields in committee rooms have been installed, he said, and new mobile sanitizing machines have been purchased. New air filters for the chambers, committee rooms and offices inside the Capitol have also been ordered, he said.
A factor driving discussions, Geren said Tuesday morning, is what could be allowed under the state constitution, which he said currently requires legislative sessions to be open to the public. Geren said there are different legal interpretations of what exactly that means — and whether aspects of legislative business would even be allowed to happen virtually.
The Capitol has been closed to most everyone for months, prompting debate and questions over the kind of access the public will have to the legislative process in 2021 — a session that members are anticipating will be their toughest in years as they grapple with budget shortfalls fueled by the pandemic and navigate redrawing the state’s political maps.
Thousands descend on the Capitol every legislative session for various reasons, ranging from school tours to testifying before committees on certain proposals to sitting in either the House or Senate gallery to watch state lawmakers legislate. Committee hearing rooms are often overflowing with people and certain hallways inside the building are crowded, making precautions such as social distancing a challenge.
In the House, 150 desks are tightly arranged on the floor of the chamber. Members are often brushing past one another, sharing candy from glass jars, shaking hands or huddled into tight groups.
Sections of the House gallery, Geren said, may be reserved for members of the news media, lawmakers or the general public. Geren also said reporters may not be allowed on the floor of the House, which has typically allowed for more direct access to members.
Regardless of protocols that the House or Senate put into place, each member still has jurisdiction over office-specific guidelines. Earlier this year, state Rep. Jon Rosenthal’s office established a set of rules, such as requiring masks to enter the Houston Democrat’s Capitol office and not allowing more than six people inside at a time. According to a memo from Rosenthal’s office, the lawmaker and staff will be tested for the virus “a minimum of once per week.”
Other members said they are taking different approaches. State Rep. Briscoe Cain, a Republican from Deer Park, told the Tribune in October that his staff did not plan to mandate masks, and that his Capitol “office will be open to all just as it has been since” he was first elected to the Legislature.
Ross Ramsey contributed to this report.
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600+ Groups Warn 'Unprecedented' Wave Of Corporate Lawsuits Could Imperil Global Fight Against Covid
By: Common Dreams - Jake Johnson
Published: Thu 9 Jul 2020 04:31 PM
"A spate of cases now could result in a 'regulatory chilling' effect, in which governments water down, postpone, or withdraw actions to tackle the pandemic from the fear of such payments, which could be deadly."
by Jake Johnson, staff writerA demonstrator holding a "People Over Profit" sign at a protest in Brooklyn on June 5, 2020. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)
More than 600 civil society groups from 90 countries have published an open letter urging world governments to take action to prevent an "unprecedented" and potentially disastrous wave of lawsuits by foreign corporations seeking taxpayer compensation for profits lost to policies enacted in the fight against Covid-19.
As Common Dreams reported in May, prominent corporate law firms in the U.S., Spain, and other major nations have in recent weeks openly discussed potential opportunities for companies to sue governments over Covid-19 measures using the secretive investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system established in thousands of trade agreements across the globe.
"At a time when government resources are stretched to the limit in responding to the crisis, public money should not be diverted from saving lives, jobs, and livelihoods into paying ISDS awards or legal fees to fight a claim."
In their letter (pdf) made public Tuesday, 630 advocacy organizations applauded "some" political leaders for acting "to save lives, stem the pandemic, protect jobs, counter economic disaster, and ensure people's basic needs are met."
"But the expansive reach of the ISDS system could open such critical government actions to claims for millions in compensation from foreign investors," the groups wrote. "The numbers of such claims could also be unprecedented and impose massive financial burdens on governments struggling under the burden of devastating health and economic crises."
The ISDS system allows foreign investors to take legal action against governments in shadowy tribunals that critics have dubbed "corporate courts."
In one notable example, TransCanada—the former owner of the Keystone XL pipeline—filed a $15 billion ISDS suit against the U.S. in 2016 alleging that former President Barack Obama violated the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) by rejecting the fossil fuel infrastructure project. The company suspended its lawsuit in 2017 after President Donald Trump reversed Obama's decision with an executive order.
The coalition of civil society organizations behind Tuesday's letter includes prominent international organizations like Doctors Without Borders, Greenpeace, and Oxfam. The groups warned that as governments continue to take sweeping action to address the coronavirus pandemic and widespread economic pain, they could be slammed with a flood of lawsuits by foreign investors seeking massive payments in the middle of a recession.
The groups said countries could be targeted for policies that restrict business activity to slow the spread of Covid-19, bring down pharmaceutical costs, ensure access to clean water, and suspend rent and mortgage payments.
"At a time when government resources are stretched to the limit in responding to the crisis," the coalition wrote, "public money should not be diverted from saving lives, jobs, and livelihoods into paying ISDS awards or legal fees to fight a claim."
Governments should "immediately and urgently" take the following five steps to stave off ISDS suits, the groups said:Permanently restrict the use of ISDS in all its forms in respect of claims that the state considers to concern Covid-19 related measures;Suspend all ISDS cases on any issue against any government while it is fighting Covid-19 crises, when capacity needs to be focussed on the pandemic response;Ensure that no public money is spent paying corporations for ISDS awards during the pandemic;Stop negotiating, signing, and or ratifying any new agreements that include ISDS; andTerminate existing agreements with ISDS, ensuring that "survival clauses" do not allow cases to be brought subsequently.
"Given that the battle against Covid-19 will continue," the groups said, "a spate of cases now could result in a 'regulatory chilling' effect, in which governments water down, postpone, or withdraw actions to tackle the pandemic from the fear of such payments, which could be deadly."
Read the full letter:
To Governments:
We are writing to you today to urge you to take a lead in ensuring countries around the world do not face a wave of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) cases arising from actions taken to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing economic crisis.
Globally, some governments are taking actions to save lives, stem the pandemic, protect jobs, counter economic disaster, and ensure peoples' basic needs are met. The level of these actions has been unprecedented in modern times and the need for these actions has been clear. But the expansive reach of the ISDS system could open such critical government actions to claims for millions in compensation from foreign investors. The numbers of such claims could also be unprecedented and impose massive financial burdens on governments struggling under the burden of devastating health and economic crises.
ISDS in various forms is written into many trade and investment agreements. It allows foreign investors—and foreign investors alone—to sue governments in secretive tribunals outside of the national legal system for amounts far higher than are likely to be available to them in domestic courts.
The lawyers, who profit enormously from the ISDS system, are already fishing for corporate clients interested in using ISDS tribunals to extract large sums from governments over actions they have taken in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Law firms, trade experts, U.N. bodies, and human rights experts have already predicted an imminent wave of ISDS cases. Specialist law journals have speculated that: "the past few weeks may mark the beginning of a boom" of ISDS cases. Crisis situations in the past, such as the Argentine financial crisis or the Arab Spring, have led to many cases.
Cases could arise from actions that many governments have taken, such as those with the aim of:Restricting and closing business activities to limit the spread of the virus and protect workers;Securing resources for health systems by requisitioning use of private hospital facilities, putting private healthcare providers under public control, or requiring manufacturers to produce ventilators;Mandating relief from mortgage payments or rent for households and businesses;Preventing foreign takeovers of strategic businesses stricken by the crisis;Ensuring access to clean water for hand-washing and sanitation by freezing utility bills and suspending disconnections;Ensuring medicines, tests, and vaccines are affordable; andDebt restructuring.
The damage from a Covid-related wave of ISDS cases could be immense. From among the 1,023 known ISDS cases, thirteen have resulted in awards or settlements of more than U.S. $1 billion, including for lost future profits. By the end of 2018, states worldwide had been ordered or agreed to pay investors in publicly known ISDS cases the amount of U.S. $88 billion. Some developing countries have billions outstanding in pending ISDS claims.
At a time when government resources are stretched to the limit in responding to the crisis, public money should not be diverted from saving lives, jobs, and livelihoods into paying ISDS awards or legal fees to fight a claim. And given that the battle against Covid-19 will continue, a spate of cases now could result in a 'regulatory chilling' effect, in which governments water down, postpone or withdraw actions to tackle the pandemic from the fear of such payments, which could be deadly.
In order to prevent this, we urge governments to immediately and urgently take the following steps, before the first cases are brought:Permanently restrict the use of ISDS in all its forms in respect of claims that the state considers to concern Covid-19 related measures;Suspend all ISDS cases on any issue against any government while it is fighting Covid-19 crises, when capacity needs to be focussed on the pandemic response;Ensure that no public money is spent paying corporations for ISDS awards during the pandemic;Stop negotiating, signing, and or ratifying any new agreements that include ISDS; andTerminate existing agreements with ISDS, ensuring that 'survival clauses' do not allow cases to be brought subsequently.
In light of threats exposed by the pandemic, comprehensively review existing agreements that include ISDS to see if they are fit for purpose.
More information on how to implement these actions is available in the annex (p. 12) to this letter.
We urge you to take immediate action to ensure that the duty of governments to regulate in the public interest is safeguarded and put beyond the scope of ISDS claims.
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Oracle Weaves Fabric for MySQL Clustering
MySQL Fabric can help solve two pressing problems within the enterprise: increasing the reliability of the database service, which Oracle calls high availability, and scaling a database beyond a single server, to improve performance of the database server. For high availability, the user can elect to have one or more database servers act as a replicated backup to the main server. When the master database goes down, MySQL Fabric detects the outage and reroutes requests to the designated replicated database server, or servers. The application does not see the switch over.
FAST Leadership
It looks to answer the questions what, how, who and how far, which are related to the task, service or project that is to be delivered, or goal to be achieved. Focus is about the WHAT, what we’re doing, what is our objective, and what does success look like. Accountability is about the WHO, who is going to do the work, who will be accountable and how will we hold them accountable. Simplicity is about the HOW, what is the solution, how are we planning to deliver success. Is our solution simple or have we over complicated it. Transparency is about How Far, How Far we have come and How Far we have to go in order to be successful, it’s also about our honesty about our progress and capability.
Data-Driven Insurance Pricing: Not Gouging
The big lesson from the Great Recession is that insurers can't rely, or at least shouldn't rely, upon investment income. Today all insurers are looking to underwrite profitably. This may seem like an obvious goal, but for anyone who has lived through cash flow underwriting or worked for an insurer who looks to expand market share at any cost, underwriting profitability hasn't always been a top priority for insurers. Price optimization will be leveraged to not only anticipate what the price points are for insurers but will be leveraged to further segment markets into finer and finer slices. All of this will be leveraged to try and turn each segment into a profitable segment.
Ask Cisco, VMware if their SDN interoperates
It's important for us as administrators to consider a change in vendor messages carefully. The stakes have changed as the offered stacks from each company have become larger and affect more parts of the infrastructure. Extricating yourself from a non-optimal solution in your environment could be time-consuming and expensive. To be clear, I think both companies offer advantages depending on the network you're planning to SDN-enable. But some of the messaging now seems to be that they're both the best solution for any network and that's unlikely to be true.
How CIOs Can Lead Their Company’s Information Business
Senior IT leaders not only are well equipped to lead and shape these activities but also have a huge part to play in accelerating change across the enterprise. To lead this transformation, CIOs must reimagine their role, seeing themselves—and encouraging others to see them—as chief executives of an information business. Like any chief executive, the CIO should bring vision, direction, and organization to the company’s big data investment priorities. That means engaging internal customers on their biggest challenges while attracting the best talent and suppliers; most important, it means being accountable for execution and results. The CIO’s mission encompasses both internal demand and supply
Cloud creep: Is your business in control?
It might be tempting to think you can use technology to defend against cloud creep the way some organisations block access to social media, but it can be an uphill battle, and it will take work and money — work and money you could be putting towards more important IT needs. "You can use internet proxy policies to block certain categories of traffic, like file storage and sharing tools," says Pierre-Olivier Blu-Mocaer, Asia-Pacific head of IT for asset management firm Schroders. "Those categories and their lists of sites are managed by third-parties, and some blacklisting can be done internally. You can also implement desktop policies to prevent users from installing or using unauthorised software."
The smart insurer: embedding big data in corporate strategy
Could big data and advanced analytics be disruptive for the whole insurance industry? Insurers are looking at their data-driven business capabilities and trying to improve how they use existing and new data and analytics. Current efforts are focused on areas such as pay-as-you-go pricing, customized and individualized products (for example one-time insurance), enhanced customer insights and improved fraud detection. However a vicious cycle is slowing insurers’ efforts to innovate and grow. Based on client experience and leading-edge research, BearingPoint Institute has defined the foundation for success in terms of speed, partnerships, open data, skills and governance.
How big data supports your digital insurer strategy
Insurance organisations need to source data that enables analysis of customer behaviour, contrasting with the traditional or needs-based information that has historically been used. This behavioural information can then be used to develop propositions that fit with the consumer’s lifestyle and preferred behaviours. Insurance businesses will need to invest in mobile and interactive technologies for multimedia content creation and product distribution across multiple digital platforms. PWC research suggests that the role of the intermediary sales channel will reduce, and customers will demand a direct relationship using their own online and offline trusted network to guide their choices.
Data Stewards versus Subject Matter Experts and Data Managers
We need to understand how these three roles fit together. Either we should justify them as separate roles or recognize that they boil down to the same thing. The fact that many enterprises have only a fuzzy grasp of what these three roles involve is a major risk for the successful operationalization of data governance. This is because individuals will be assumed to have accountabilities that they have not been formally assigned, and which they are not equipped to carry out. To the extent that these accountabilities are assigned by a data governance program, it is data governance that will be blamed for lack of results.
Microsoft’s Nadella on ‘Post-Post PC’ Vision
“It’s time for us to build the next big thing,” Nadella said. “If along the way we have to buy things that’s fine, but we have to build something big.” He didn’t disclose precisely what that big thing might be. But he described a wide-ranging array of new programs and services in development at Microsoft during the hour-long interview, from new search technologies to a live translation service for Skype calls demonstrated onstage at the event. As computing moves beyond desktop computers, he said, Microsoft will work on technology that encompasses more than mobile devices–the products that caused people like Steve Jobs to talk about a “post-PC era.”
"Any experience can be transformed into something of value." -- Vash Young
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by Thomas J. Mertz | September 5, 2008 · 11:04 pm
We Are Not Alone #23 – Wisconsin Referenda Roundup, Tuesday, September 9, 2008 votes.
[Updated with more video on Montello, Sptember 7, 2008, 11:45AM]
The number of school districts seeking sufficient funding via referenda this Fall (September and November) keeps growing. My count is 20 districts committed to 23 referenda questions (12 questions in September), and this does not inlcude the Madison referendum, which will become official on Monday, September 8.
Do we really need any more evidence that the way Wisconsin funds schools doesn’t work? As Beth Sweeden exemplified so well in “I Just Want to Be A School Volunteer Again,” (her open letter to the Joint Finance Committee a year and a half ago), too many good people — educators, parents and others — are putting too much energy into trying to address the structural budget gaps the system creates, energy that could and should be spent working to help educate and improve our schools.
Today I am mostly going to write about the operating referenda not related to new capital projects to be held next Tuesday, September 9. I’ll get to the November 4 measures eventually.
The debt/building votes include two from Colby (see here and here for more); Poynette seeking $13.4 million to build and equip a new K-3 school; Rhinelander is asking for $23.575 Million for a variety of building and upgrade projects and related operational costs (in a second question); and Shawano is requesting $24.9 million to build “a new energy efficient Early Childhood through grade 2 school; [make] improvements [to] and [build] an addition to the Olga Brener elementary school to convert it to a grade 3 through 5 facility; and equipment acquisition related to said projects.” The Shawano Leader has some good stories (including “New school could be boon to economic development“).
That leaves seven operating referenda being voted on Tuesday.
Deerfield, after extensive community input and involvement, is asking for five year non-recurring authority to address structural operating revenue gaps in amounts ranging from $275,000 to $475,000 per year. I liked this from the Community Advisory Committee’s Final Report:
Ideally, some time in the next 5 years the Wisconsin State Legislature will come up with a more sane way of funding K-12 education than pitting schools against homeowners. (We can always hope…).
I was also impressed with the district referendum web page.
Another Madison neighbor, Mineral Point, has a five-year nonrecurring referendum on the ballot. The annual amounts escalate from $590,000 to $1 million. The district’s referendum documents are here. This is from the “Why a Referendum” document:
The Referendum Remedy
The revenue gap and the declining enrollment penalty are built into Wisconsin’s school funding formula. Together they ensure under funded schools. State law allows school districts to exceed the revenue limit, but only by conducting a referendum vote.
Preserving Quality Education
School quality means many things to many people and Mineral Point has high expectations for its schools.
Quality means good instruction in core academic classes and Mineral Point students out perform students statewide on nearly all measures.
Quality means providing opportunities in the fine arts, world languages, career and technical courses, health, PE, and extra and co-curricular activities.
Quality also means providing program variety so that students of varying interests and abilities can pursue a meaningful educational path.
Quality means being able to attract and retain quality staff members who are highly skilled, motivated and hard working. And that means competitive wages and benefits, ongoing training, the tools to work with and reasonable workloads.
The only path to maintaining quality education is via referenda. This has to change.
Montello will also vote on a nonrecurring operating referendum on September 9. After three failed referendums in the last year or so, they are only asking for two years at $950,000. Consolidation talks with Westfield continue and dissolution is very much on people’s minds. Administrator Jeff Holmes broached the topic back in July, now Board Member John Sheller is “scared to death” about the possibility. Here is a video report from WKOW-TV:
And another from WISC-TV.
If the referendum fails, we may have another Florence or Wausaukee to deal with.
It is nice to see the Madison media cover this story. It would be better yet if they did more with the big story of how the way all districts are funded makes it extremely difficult to maintain quality education and they should place the pending Madison referendum in this larger context.
Neillsville had a failed referendum in 2006, now they are asking for a five-year non recurring authority in the amount of $300,000 a year. According to the district fact sheet, because of declining enrollments and rising property values passing the referendum will still result in property tax mill rates going down in the district. Video from WEAU on this one:
Neillsville, like all districts, is facing rising energy costs and would like to invest in greater efficiencies for long-term savings, but are unable to under the revenue caps. The referendum would not only preserve educational quality, it would allow them to take this important step.
The small Rubicon Joint 6 district is trying for a three-year nonrecurring at $150,000 a year. In the recent past, they have eliminated World Languages and instructional aids, reduced Physical Education, Art, Music, Reading Specialists, Guidance, and Library services. They have prepared the following cut list for consideration in the event of a failed referendum:
Eliminate Cleaning (currently 50%)
Eliminate Guidance (currently 40%)
Eliminate Secretarial/Tech support (currently 80%)
Eliminate Writing tech (currently 20%)
Eliminate PE (currently 60%)
Eliminate Art (currently 25%)
Eliminate General Music (currently 25%)
Eliminate Instrumental Music (currently 25%)
Eliminate Instructional Aide (currently 50%)
Eliminate Forensics
Eliminate Student Council
Eliminate School Nurse
Eliminate Athletics
Eliminate Librarian (currently 20%)
Eliminate Library Aide (currently 80%)
Reduce Administrator 40%
No new text books
Minimal Support Staff Salary Increase
Increase student fees $20/child
Increase Athletic fee to $40 per child
Reduce tech upgrades to $1,000 per year
No additional middle school lockers (currently more students than lockers)
No new English text books
Reduce classroom supplies
Is there any doubt that these cuts would harm the education of the students?
The Salem School District voters will decide on a $1.16 million recurring referendum on Tuesday. In June a smaller four-year nonrecurring referendum failed by 34 votes out of 504 cast. Major cuts loom there too. Technical Education and Gifted and Talented may be eliminated, class sizes will increase up to 29 or 30, Chior and languages would be reduced, a total of 13 staff postions would likely be cut (see here, here and here for more details). Insanity.
Last, but not least is Weston. An April vote on a recurring referendum failed 395-364 (much more here). The new proposal is nonrecurring at $210,000 the first two years and $575,000 the last year. Like elswhere, the cuts have been going on for a long time and getting deeper each year. Republican State Senator Dale Schultz (a favorite on AMPS) was quoted on the referendum in Weston and a possible future referendum in Reedsburg:
“It’s just a dirty shame people have to put so much time and effort into another referendum,” Schultz said…
Schultz praised Weston administration and school board for doing all they could under the existing system.
“They have done an excellent job being fiscally responsible,” Schultz said. “I don’t know what more people could expect from a school district.”
Maybe he read Beth Swedeen’s letter. It sure sounds like it.
I wish all the districts well and hope they all pass. Check back after Tuesday for the results and updates on the November referenda in the weeks ahead.
Thomas J. Mertz
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John Blundell 12 January 2021
John Blundell contemplates changing the name of the city region and what it would mean for our prosperity
During lockdown, I have been thinking a great deal about the future trajectory of the city. I am ever of the opinion we need to drop the ‘Greater’ and unify the city’s governance and culture - if Manchester wants to punch into the next level of city.
If London is a city of villages, Manchester is a city of towns
Originally, Manchester had become so dependent on the cotton industry that when it became uncompetitive, the city was knocked for six. Policymakers were obsessed with trying to ‘create’ employment, given the rapid decline of the city’s industrial base, rather than trying to create a place where people wanted to stay.
Cross street looking glorious on a clear blue sky
The reason they failed to stem the decline of jobs by focusing on creating them is that 'the new cotton' isn’t actually something tangible, it is knowledge. The perfect conditions for growth are therefore to attract lots of people with - or with a thirst for - knowledge.
Manchester’s recent growth was realised because it created those conditions.
Rochdale has for decades had the aim of attracting employment but never really recovered because it never stopped the brain drain and never sought to attract anybody from the outside world. Read any book on city growth - the cities people write about are those whose populations are expanding.
Deansgate - constantly developing
There are three ways a city can grow. The first is the most obvious: population increase. When an area is undesirable and there is a lack of economic activity people leave. This is less likely to happen when an area is pleasant and well connected.
The second way of growing is to reduce the travel time it takes to reach other places. Cities bring people closer together, with jobs, residents and visitors creating a mix of activity. The greater the mix, the more exciting the place tends to be.
The perception of distance is dictated by the time it takes to get there. If you reduce the travel time between places, the area appears smaller and the whole bigger. Reducing travel times, therefore, is a means of growing a city. The Greater Manchester Transport Strategy 2040 puts us in a good place for this type of growth.
"the Manchester Borough of Rochdale"
Thirdly, willingness to travel can grow a city. The city’s population and the time it takes to travel between areas may not have changed but if the people living there are more willing to travel, or they now see an area as part of their 'neighbourhood’, the world becomes a bigger place.
Three million people may live in Greater Manchester but unless each district sees the other as somewhere viable to live and work, they may as well be a thousand miles away from each other.
It is the third type of growth that Manchester needs to focus on if it wants to grow post-pandemic. The urban form of Manchester lends itself to a major central hub surrounded by multiple strong towns.
If London is a city of villages, Manchester is a city of towns.
Manchester town hall
For Manchester to bust into the next level of city, we need to reform the culture of conurbation so there is an acceptance that the regional centre is owned by the entire population. Being Mancunian is the dominant culture but many (mainly older) people wouldn’t call Bolton or Oldham a Manchester borough. For younger citizens, this is changing. The city could boom if it could entice the population to see the centre as theirs.
In return, central Manchester needs to accept a renewed role for its neighbours and accept them as theirs, not as separate siblings but a single mass. Manchester is the only other metropolitan county to be named after the centre point other than London because of this fairly unique relationship.
I have great admiration for Leeds and Birmingham but their immediate neighbours would find it a bitter pill to swallow to be labelled as a part of their orbit. Hence their county names ‘West Yorkshire’ and ‘West Midlands’.
There is power in a name and by making the pieces feel a part of the whole, the sum of those parts will be bigger.
Manchester’s culture is already dominant in the region - and known around the world, the introduction of the Mayoral model has proved a unifying force for the city and the success of the regional centre can only be rivalled by London.
For the sake of the city’s future, we must drop the ‘Greater’, call Mr Burnham the Mayor of Manchester and my hometown needs to be known as the Manchester Borough of Rochdale.
Occasional contributor John Blundell is a Labour councillor for Smallbridge and Firgrove, and the Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Business, Skills & Employment on Rochdale Council.
John is also the chair of the Rochdale Stations’ Alliance which recently published its Rochdale Rail Corridor strategy. The strategy was devised before the pandemic but has become of interest to the wider public because of it.
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An Act protecting the health and safety of puppies and kittens in cities and towns
By Mrs. Campbell of Methuen, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1774) of Linda Dean Campbell and others relative to oversight of dogs and cats by cities and towns. Municipalities and Regional Government.
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1/22/2019 House Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
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2/5/2020 House Reporting date extended to Monday March 2, 2020, pending concurrence
2/6/2020 Senate Senate concurred
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Livingstone’s Manuscripts in South Africa (1843-1872)
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Biblical Quotation (John 6:37) (English and Setswana) and Quotation from St. Bernard 1 July 1857 Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 Hadley Green, Barnett 1 large folio autographs (manuscripts);
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(12.6 MB) Letter to [George C. Cato] 3 July 1863 Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 Cato, George C. Cataracts of the Shire 6 8vo autographs (manuscripts);
letters Cory Library for Historical Research MS. 10777 Eric Goetzsche, The Father of a City; the Life and Times of George Cato, First Mayor of Durban (Pietermaritzburg: Shuter and Shooter, 1966), 169-170. Letters, 1359 liv_001929
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The final whistle blows on former Australian Diamond Natalie Medhurst’s 17-year netball career
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Growing up in a small country community, Natalie Medhurst is the first to admit her rise to elite level sport came as a surprise.
Medhurst represented Australia as Diamond #144 on 86 occasions
She is remembered for her laid-back on-court style
Netball Australia CEO Marne Fechner has thanked Medhurst for her service to the sport
Last week, the former Diamond, Commonwealth Games gold medallist and multi-time World Cup player announced her retirement from a professional netball career spanning 17 years.
The third-most-capped national league player took to the court 235 times and scored 4,415 goals across Commonwealth Bank Trophy, ANZ Championship and Suncorp Super Netball competitions.
Medhurst, who was born in Melbourne, returned home to finish her career with the Collingwood Magpies in her native Victoria.
Grateful for family support
When the 178 centimetres goal shooter was just three, her family packed up and moved to the small south-east South Australian township of Millicent, where she became involved in local country sport.
Natalie Medhurst, left, back row, began her netball career with the Millicent Saints in South Australia. (Supplied: Millicent Football and Netball Club)
“My parents ran the Somerset Hotel in Millicent so we also lived there (at the hotel). It was awesome, we loved it as kids, it was different home compared to most and my parents were incredibly busy,” Medhurst said.
She said the family’s commitment to supporting her in local sports such as Little Athletics and basketball eventually turned to taking return road trips to Adelaide for state team trials in netball.
“Dad was heavily involved in the footy club, and footy and netball go hand in hand so that’s really where everything started and it took off from there,” she said.
“The fact the family made time to take me to the city for trials and competitions, those eight-hour trips, which they did for over two years … it was a huge effort by them, and I’m very grateful.”
Career exceeded dreams
Medhurst began her professional career in 2004 with the Adelaide Thunderbirds, before heading to the Queensland Firebirds in 2010, followed by stints with West Coast Fever and the Collingwood Magpies.
The Thunderbirds club champion and two-time winner of the Tanya Denver medal and the Adelaide Advertiser player of the year (2006 and 2007) came as highlights in the early days, but it was in 2007 when she first wore the green and gold as Diamond #144.
“I don’t really know what I dreamt of or what I wanted to achieve from netball, but it certainly exceeded anything I ever thought was possible,” she said.
Medhurst represented Australia with the Diamonds on 86 occasions and went on to win three Netball World Cup gold medals, one Commonwealth Games gold medal, one Commonwealth Games silver medal and six Constellation Cup titles.
Throughout her Diamonds career, she scored 1,166 goals for Australia and captained the Diamonds on one occasion.
Cool under pressure
Reflecting on her rise in the sport and time at the top, she said her competitive streak married well with a naturally laid-back style on court.
“Someone once told me I was so laid-back, I was horizontal.”
“I was very chilled out on court, I think some people confused that and thought I was lazy … but I’ve always loved the pressure — that’s probably why I’m a shooter.”
“Competing was the best thing; game day and those big games … are something I’m really going to miss.”
Natalie Medhurst scored 1,166 goals for Australia and captained the Diamonds on one occasion. (AAP)
She said she was most proud of seeing how far the sport had come, with a clearer pathway for young athletes looking to make it to the top.
“I think a lot of people don’t realise that to make it to this level is a lot of hard work, luck and timing, and it’s your ability to make that commitment,” Medhurst said.
” … But a thing that helped me a lot was that I played a lot of sports — I wasn’t fixated on netball at a young age.”
And for the next generation of country kids throwing the ball around an asphalt court, Medhurst has this to say: “Realise it is incredibly hard work; it takes a lot of dedication — and from parents too. So for the kids, make sure you thank your parents.”
Young players follow footsteps
Donna Denton, who is a grade coach with the Millicent Saints, said Medhurst had inspired a new generation of young players.
“When you do see some country netballers go on and move to the city and do so well, it’s always good for country girls looking to better their netball and knowing that’s a pathway [for them],” Denton said.
Natalie Medhurst, seen here with then coach Lisa Alexander, left, says she will miss competing. (AAP: Paul Miller)
She said the township of Millicent still claimed Medhurst as one of their own.
“Obviously there’s a keen interest in our town following her,” Denton said.
“There’s been a lot of us that have watched her journey … and there’s girls that look up to her to maybe one day do the same.”
Netball Australia chief executive Marne Fechner thanked Medhurst for her service to the sport.
“Nat has made an enormous contribution to Netball in Australia, both on and off the court, and we congratulate her on an incredible career,” she said.
“Her skill, athleticism and grace on the court were a privilege to watch, and her advocacy and passion as a leader of the Australian Netball Players’ Association have helped pave the way for the next generation of netballers. We thank her for her contribution to this great game.”
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As a TV & Film production company, short films started out as our bread and better.
We have been making them since 2007 and love the medium; and hope to parlay that know-how into a feature film or television show one day. However, short or long, we believe the best stories are often the most explosive and being action aficionados, excel at blowing it up for the big screen.
Our first claim to fame for kinetic, high octane action films as a film production company was the Iraq War movie Kill Joy which premiered on HBO’s Project Greenlight in 2015. Since then, we have gone on to produce short films for the U.S. Army, Los Angeles Police Department, and the American Legion, as well as several independent films such as HOLDOUT – a WWII action movie shot on Hawaii and based on the true story of the last-ever Japanese holdout, Hiro Onoda.
Outside the action genre, we also love dramas and recently produced a docu-drama short film ‘3 Day Eviction’ about an apartment manager who has to evict all his tenants and Sensor, a horror-thriller short about a veteran haunted by his past demons. We even made a short that ended up on TV – Dubbed ‘Battle H2O’ and featuring the ‘Xploderz’ water gun, it was broadcast on Nickelodeon and was televised at primetime throughout North America. Talk about an explosive debut for our newly formed production company!
Haunted by his experiences from the war, a Vietnam Veteran has had enough. Sensor was our first short thriller and horror film.
Kill Joy
On routine patrol through a small Iraqi hamlet, a convoy of US Army vehicles is suddenly ambushed. Finalist of HBO’s Project Greenlight.
Based on a true story of the last ever Japanese holdout from WW2, Lt Hiro Onoda. A period piece shot on location in Oahu, Hawaii.
A cynical, washed-out police Sergeant leaving the force is faced with a dilemma when his rookie partner is killed.
Battle: H2O
Imagine a world where water is deadly. That was the starting premise of our spec commercial that ended up getting acquired by the Maya Toy Group/Xploderz and aired as a TV commercial.
Branded Short Film
What happens when you make an action film for your gender reveal? Look of further than ‘The Delivery’, part branded commercial, part short film, part parody of life in the fast lane with Erik Valdez and starring his close friends Verne Troyer and Jonathan Lipnicki.
After successful heist on the mob, 5 robbers meet at their rendezvous location. This was one of our first ever short action films that featured real police helicopters, cars, and SWAT guys.
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Instructor:Spherical Geometry Exercises Solutions
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Spherical Geometry Exercises
Yes, every point on the sphere has exactly one antipodal point.
Although tessellations of the plane suggest infinity because they can be continued forever, Escher felt the necessity of an edge harmed the effect. Escher says that as you turn the ball, the neverending series of motifs suggests infinity. On the other hand, there are only finitely many motifs on the ball. Which is more compelling?
There are really two valid choices here: 1) A is between B and C if A is on a geodesic segment joining B and C, or 2) A is between B and C if A is on the short geodesic segment joining B and C. In both cases, St. Louis is between the poles. In case 1, the north pole is between the south pole and St. Louis, but not in case 2.
Draw the picture.
Draw the picture (it should look a lot like question 4's picture).
a. 90°; b. 1/8; c. 90°; d. 1/8; e. 36°; f. 1/20; g. 90°; h. 1/16; i. 90°; j. 180°
<math>\frac{(n+2)180^\circ}{n}</math>
Draw a geodesic segment connecting two corners of the quadrilateral. This splits the quadrilateral into two triangles. The sum of angles in the quadrilateral is the sum of the angles in the two triangles, which is larger than 180° + 180° = 360°.
The north and south edges of Colorado are not geodesics - they are made from parallels. This means Colorado is not a quadrilateral, it has curved edges.
A biangle with corner angle <math>\theta</math> covers <math>\theta/360^\circ</math> of the sphere.
a. They are close, since the diameter is 10 and circumference should be <math>10\pi</math>, about 31.4 cubits; b. On a sphere, the diameter of a circle with diameter <math>d</math> is less than <math>d\times\pi</math>, so it could possibly be built; c. A sphere of diameter about 19.1 cubits (a pretty small planet!).
No. Any three points on the sphere give a flat triangle, but it's possible to pick four points on a sphere that don't lie at the corners of a flat quadrilateral.
Build the models!
Tetrahedrons.
Octahedrons.
Draw the pictures.
The regular tessellation by squares (it's self-dual).
a. Tetrahedron; b. Octahedron; c. Cube; d. Icosahedron; e. Dodecahedron
He's relating duality of polyhedron to gender roles. In particular, he (arbitrarily) puts the "female" solids inside the "male" solids because they are subservient. He's also got to reach to include the tetrahedron, which is self-dual, and therefore a hermaphrodite (!??). Good thing Kepler lived around the turn of the 16th century, because this sort of gender stereotyping was typical then.
Five triangles at each vertex gives 360°/5 = 72° corner angles, so each triangle has angle sum 72°+72°+72° = 216° for a defect of 36°, and an area fraction of 36°/720° = 1/20.
Because there are two different corner angles for the rhombus.
Corner angles are 90°-120°-90°-120°.
Defect is 60°. Covers 1/12 of the sphere.
12 faces, 24 edges, 14 vertices. Yes, 12 - 24 + 14 = 2.
a. 45°-90°-60°; b. 15°; c. 48; d. 48 faces, 72 edges, 26 vertices.
a. 60 faces, 90 edges, 32 vertices; b. It's a soccer ball.
144 faces, 324 edges, 180 vertices. Euler characteristic is 0.
60 faces, 120 edges, 60 vertices. Euler characteristic is 0.
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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Claws Back to $36.4K While 25% of Ether Options Will Expire in March
Bitcoin is making gains, though much of the day saw the cryptocurrency in a holding pattern. Meanwhile, a quarter of ether options are expiring in March, meaning traders are making some bets on the first fiscal quarter of 2021.
Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $36,286 as of 21:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Gaining 5.5% over the previous 24 hours.
Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $32,463-$36,552 (CoinDesk 20)
BTC above the 10-hour and 50-hour moving averages on the hourly chart, a bullish signal for market technicians.
Bitcoin trading on Bitstamp since Jan. 10.
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Bitcoin was able to recover from a drop in price Wednesday. After going as low as $32,463 around 01:00 UTC (8 p.m. ET Tuesday), it was able to stay in a $34,500-$35,000 range before breaking out to $36,464 before settling at $36,286 as of press time.
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Despite the past few hours of price gains, analysts refer to a day of little price action as a “sideways” or “flat” market. It’s not clear after so much excitement for the world’s oldest cryptocurrency in the first few days of 2021 what might happen next for the price, according to Misha Alefirenko, founder of crypto market maker VelvetFormula.
“I have no clear view at the moment,” Alefirenko told CoinDesk. “Looks like big guys stepped away to wait and see. The market has to find its own balance.”
Bitcoin spot volumes were clearly taking a breather after Monday’s record-high daily zenith of $13.5 billion for the eight exchanges tracked by the CoinDesk 20. For Wednesday, the tally was at $4 billion as of press time, closer to the past month’s $3.8 billion daily spot average.
Daily BTC/USD volumes on major exchanges the past month.
(Shuai Hao/CoinDesk Research)
Source: CryptoCompare
However, Constantin Kogan, partner at crypto investment firm Wave Financial, has a bearish view of the bitcoin market. “We may go even lower to $23,000,” Kogan said. Because “buy the dip” is a strategy deployed in the crypto market if digital assets start dumping, prices may eventually find their near-term bottom. “There is a zone from which they (traders) will start to actively buy back,” Kogan added.
Read More: Ex-Ripple CTO Can’t Remember Password to Access $240M in Bitcoin
Another chart to note as bitcoin’s price has lifted over 23% so far this year is that of the dollar index (DXY), a measure of the greenback’s strength versus a basket of other fiat currencies. This time last year, the DXY index price was over 97. So far in 2021, it’s struggling to stay above 90.
The US Dollar index 4-hour chart the past year.
Wave Financial’s Kogan also noted there has been a closer, albeit opposite, relationship between United States duckets and bitcoin of late. “The decline in bitcoin Monday occurred simultaneously with the strengthening of the dollar index,” he said. “As a result, the two largest currencies – digital and traditional – once again showed an inverse correlation.”
Ether options expirations piling up in March
The second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, ether (ETH), was up Wednesday, trading around $1,110 and climbing 2.5% in 24 hours as of 21:00 UTC (4:00 p.m. ET).
The amount of open interest in ether options is heavily favoring the March 21 expiration. That is where 25% of current options open interest are to be found, according to data from aggregator Skew.
Ether options open interest by expiration date.
Source: Skew
“Mostly it’s rolling,” said Vishal Shah, founder of derivatives exchange Alpha5, referring to a strategy where traders “roll up” to a higher strike price. And while most strikes are favoring a sub-$800 spot price, the majority of the trades for Wednesday were calls (62%) versus puts (39%).
Current-day option flow orientations.
Shah told CoinDesk the March 21 expiration date pile-up correlates nicely with the end of the fiscal quarter and may explain why it’s taking the lion’s share of ether options open interest. “Quarterly expirations are typically larger than monthly, and March is now the nearest quarterly expiry,” he said.
Digital assets on the CoinDesk 20 are all green Wednesday. Notable winners as of 21:00 UTC (4:00 p.m. ET):
Read More: Multiple Tokens See Rally Amid Looming ‘Alt Season’
Oil was down 0.75%. Price per barrel of West Texas Intermediate crude: $52.86.
Gold was in the red 0.35% and at $1,848 as of press time.
The 10-year U.S. Treasury bond yield fell Wednesday dipping to 1.090 and in the red 3.3%.
The CoinDesk 20: The Assets That Matter Most to the Market
Source: https://www.coindesk.com/coindesk20
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‘Mr. Softball’ Frank Pati retiring
Posted by Lou Martin | Dec 5, 2014 | Local News, Slider, Top Stories | 2
Frank Pati. Photo by Lou Martin.
There are many individuals that helped put Mesquite on the map, but one stands out a little taller than the rest. ‘Mr. Softball’, as he is known by aficionados of the sport of softball, Frank Pati is retiring at the end of the year. It has been twenty years since Tacoma native Pati decided to hold a softball tournament in Mesquite. “I told my marketing department workmates Vicky Hughes and Debra Davidson at the former Oasis Hotel Casino of my intentions but he had no idea how to start,” said Pati. “We had twenty teams that first year, thirty the next and 40 the following. I worked the fields, concession stands and ran the tournaments.”
Pati and his late wife moved to Mesquite from Palm Springs, Ca. in June 1993 and began his journey of making Mesquite known throughout the U.S. and Canada as the ‘western capital of softball tournaments’. The tournaments growth was attributed to Pati’s marketing skills utilizing the Huntsman Senior Games as a catalyst to expand into the Can-Am Tournament. “I received a call from a team in Canada who wanted a practice location prior to the Senior Games in St. George,” added Pati. “I said why don’t I hold a tournament in Mesquite, the week prior and call it the Can-Am.” You know by the lights at the stadiums a tourney is in town. Pati was named ‘Citizen of the Year’ for the state of Nevada by Governor Brian Sandoval in 2012 for his contribution to seniors
Bob Tibbitts. Photo by Lou Martin.
Pati plans to live part of the year in Palm Springs and the rest in Mesquite. He intends to travel up the coast to Washington and spend time with his children before arriving back in Mesquite in the spring. “I will do some consulting work and help out where I can. They are starting an ‘80’ and up softball league in Palm Springs and I intend to play,” said Pati.
Pati introduced his friend of 47 years, Bob Tibbitts, who will take over as director for the tournaments. Tibbitts and Pati met well they worked for the News Tribune in Tacoma. Tibbitts moved to Mesquite in 2012 and has been working with Pati this year. The Winter Classic Tourney is Pati’s last as director.
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Rosina on November 19, 2019 at 5:44 pm
I will always remember you Frank Pati 😢
Rosina Vazquez on January 11, 2020 at 5:02 pm
I worked with him for two years and I enjoyed jokes and a good story, his music by Frank Sinatra and I enjoyed his attention to detail and very much his friendship. I will miss him and his caring for me and my family. A good friend, he was.
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Your flight will be in some of the most iconic aircraft of our time. Legendary ‘Fighters’, Spitfire, Mustang and Kittyhawk, the ‘Pilot Maker’ Harvard Trainer, or the Romance of the Tiger Moth and Boeing Stearman ‘Open’ cockpit biplanes are just some of the offerings to raise your adrenaline to new heights.
These are the famous aircraft of World War Two. Choose your flight profile, a city scenic – or chance some aerobatics!
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Airtourer Trainer – $492.00 per person. Small in size, big in heart; chose from a simple scenic flight, with fantastic views from the bubble canopy or really go for it and try the fully aerobatic option perfect for thrill-seekers – our aerobatic pilots are the best in New Zealand, sit beside a former RNZAF Skyhawk pilot, it’s better than any roller coaster ride and did we mention you sit beside some of our better-looking pilots. Availability from June 2020
De Havilland Tiger Moth– $492.00 per person. Built right here in New Zealand, this ‘Moth’ was a wartime trainer, serving with the Royal New Zealand Air Force for 13 years from 1942, before teaching numerous civilian pilots to fly. She wears her original RNZAF colours. Be inspired by the unique experience of the sights, smells, and sounds from this open cockpit bi-plane and re-imagine a bygone era. Availability from June 2020
Boeing Stearman – $615.00 per person. Designed as a WW2 pilot trainer with a 9 cylinder radial engine, our Stearman initially saw service in the Philippines with the US Army Air Force. A beautiful roomy open cockpit aircraft to enjoy a fabulous scenic and gentle aerobatic flight. Availability from June 2020
North American T-6 Harvard – $1,110.00 – Earned their name as “The Pilot Maker” due to its important role in preparing and training allied pilots for combat during World War II. Our Harvard’s served with the Royal NZ Airforce, used over 36 years to train ‘Kiwi’ pilots. Our Harvard’s form the Roaring Forties Display team you see displayed around NZ. With its large radial engine, it makes a very distinctive ‘noise’ because it propeller tips spin at over the speed of sound. Availability from June 2020
Curtis P40 Kittyhawk – $3495.00 per person – Our awesome V12 Allison engined ground attack fighter was built near New York in 1943 and sent to Australia to fly combat missions out of Papua New Guinea in the Pacific, during WW2. Recovered from the war, she was rebuilt here at Ardmore and converted to a two-seater, one of only 20 to 30 Kittyhawks still flying in the world. She is displayed by her owner all around New Zealand. Availability is now available for flights from August 2020 onwards.
American P51 Mustang – $3495.00 per person– now painted in the colours of New Zealand Territorial No 3 squadron, this iconic thoroughbred was built in the USA in 1943. Serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force before later being imported to NZ by the famous Sir Tim Wallis of Wanaka fame. Fitted with the much-admired V12 Merlin engine she can reach speeds up to 430mph and performs like an absolute dream. Taking bookings for late August 2020 onwards.
Supermarine Spitfire (MH367) – $4,808.00 per person – one of the most iconic British aircraft of World War II. This aircraft was built in 1942 and is now powered with a super-charged Packard Merlin V12. In total, she completed over 59 combat missions over occupied Europe. The last combat flight for MH367 was on the 18th of April 1945 escorting 822 Lancasters to Heligoland. Originally an Mk IX, she was converted to a two-seat TR9, and arrived in New Zealand in 2008. She is now painted in the colours and markings of Group Captain Colin Gray’s Mk IXc Spitfire, New Zealand’s highest-scoring Ace. She is currently the only 2-seat Spitfire available for flights outside of the UK – a very rare icon! Put yourself in the pilot’s seat and ‘live’ the experience of the ‘The Few’, those immortal fighter pilots of the Battle of Britain, and every European theatre of World War II thereafter.
Due to the nature of the aircraft, the max passenger weight is 100 Kg.
You must be physically capable of entering and exiting the aircraft under normal emergency situations;
You must declare all medical conditions;
Taking expressions of interest for September 2020 onwards.
Go Pro Flight Movie for Spitfire: A Go-Pro film option is provided for all flights in the Spitfire Aircraft. One Camera is placed in the cockpit facing the passenger (to prove you flew) and one is placed on the outside of the aircraft to film the flight itself. This footage is then taken away and fully edited to provide a stunning professional digital record of the entire flight. Please do feel free to check in with us about this option.
Formation Flight: If as a couple or a small group of friends you would like them to fly alongside you, in another one of our amazing aircraft, we can arrange a formation flight. One each of the fighters, Spitfire, Mustang or Kittyhawk, or we have five Harvard’s that we can provide a superb formation flight experience, in any numbers from two to five aircraft. All flight costs are the same as the individual prices shown.
Q. How long are the flights?
A. Each flight is for approximately 20-25 minutes but allow around 1 hour for the whole experience. We can of course tailor any flight, please let us know.
Q. What level of fitness is required?
A. Only a low level of fitness is required and while we provide stairs for you to get up on to the aircraft, you do have to be able to get into and exit the cockpit.
Q. Is there any age, weight or height limits?
A. There is no upper age limit and we have taken people in their 90’s, as long as you’re mobile. There is a lower age limit of 18 years and above due to safety and licencing requirements. There are upper weight AND height limits that vary per aircraft, please ask for more information.
Q. What if I don’t want to do aerobatics?
A. Don’t worry we tailor the flight completely to you, you can still experience an incredible thrill by taking a gentle scenic flight and we’re happy to do that. If you think you might like to experience one or two very gentle manoeuvres please, just let us know.
Q. What clothes should I wear?
A. Although generally it will not be cold, we ask that you wear as a minimum full length trousers and you MUST wear closed in footwear. If you are flying in the open cockpit Stearman or Tiger Moth, we suggest you bring another layer, such as a light jacket or something warmer if its winter months. We can supply a full flying suit for you to wear over your own clothes.
Q. Can I bring my own camera or smartphone
A. Yes of course, that is no problem, but you MUST have it attached to a neck or wrist strap, so that it will not fall down into the cockpit or if in an open cockpit, be lost overboard.
Q. What if the weather isn’t suitable?
A. Because it is an outdoor activity your flight might be affected by weather or aircraft serviceability; we do want you to enjoy your flight experience. We check the weather forecast each morning and if the weather is not suitable our pilot will let you know, but sometimes we may not know until just before your flight, so if we do not postpone in advance, you might be asked to come out and we’ll make a decision before your flight is due to go. All efforts will be made to proceed with the flight on the day. If we need to postpone your flight because of the weather conditions or the aircraft is not serviceable, we will happily re-book you for another date. A voucher will be issued for your chosen flight in the circumstances of unforeseen weather and adverse flying conditions that can be used at any stage during a 12 month period.
Q. How we approach the risk from Covid 19?
A. At this stage, we are currently evaluating each and every aspect of our experience and how this works for the safety of our staff and you as our valued customer. We are aware that the majority of our clients are considered to be vulnerable to Covid-19 and as such, it would be irresponsible for us to commence our adventure flights without a comprehensive risk assessment. We will also be looking at how things are over the coming months in New Zealand.
Typically, the flying season finishes in June as a result of winter with the occasional flight occurring during the offseason. It has been decided therefore to postpone our Spitfire flights till early September when the 2020 – 2021 flying season begins, and if the Covid-19 situation continues to look as positive as it does right now.
Certification: Our wonderful partner Warbirds Limited is certificated under CAA Part 115 Rules to conduct Adventure Aviation flights. To the customer, this ensures our operations are authorised by the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand to ensure your personal safety and regulatory compliance.
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Sexual harassment victim couldn’t sue employer under state gender-violence law
By Marjorie Johnson, J.D.
The court was persuaded that corporations could not be sued under the Illinois law since it allowed actions against "person[s]" who "personally commit" or "personally encourage" gender-related violence, and legal entities are not typically understood to "personally" perform actions.
A female employee who claimed that she was subjected to sexual harassment by a male coworker that escalated after she complained and he got promoted, prompting her to eventually quit to escape the abuse, plausibly alleged a claim of sex discrimination that was separate from her HWE claim, a federal district court ruled in denying in part the employer’s motion to dismiss. However, she failed to advance her claim of gender violence under the Illinois Gender Violence Act (IGVA) since the statute only allowed civil claims against natural persons (human beings) and not against corporations (Robinson v. FedEx Ground Package System, Inc., February 6, 2020, Lee, J.).
Sexual harassment by coworker. The employee began working for FedEx in the fall of 2017, where her job entailed sorting boxes, performing quality control, and assisting her peers. She claimed that much of her time was spent enduring sexual harassment by a male coworker who, among other things, called her inappropriate names, touched her waist and back without permission, and falsely told others that she was sleeping with him.
He’s promoted, abuse gets worse. After she reported his abuse to HR, the company engaged in an investigation that purportedly corroborated her claims. However, no action was taken and he instead received a promotion. His conduct then grew even more egregious after he learned about her complaint. He purportedly called her a "whore" and spread rumors about her sleeping with coworkers. His conduct also prompted others to "physically and verbally attack" her at work.
Eventually quits. Management also turned against her. First, HR began to write her up for minor infractions. Then, her supervisor assigned her to lift packages of up to 100 pounds, even though he knew she had sustained serious injuries in a car accident. After HR also stopped her from using her accrued PTO, she found herself unable to tolerate the abuse any further and quit.
Adverse acts separate from harassment. The court first rejected the employer’s contention that the employee’s discrimination claim must be dismissed since it was duplicative of her sexual harassment claim. Ruling that she alleged a plausible sex discrimination claim that was distinct from her harassment claim, the court explained that the parties had erroneously invoked the McDonnell-Douglas test, which applies at the summary judgment stage and not to motions to dismiss.
Rather, at this early stage, the employee needed only to allege that she suffered an adverse employment action on the basis of her sex, beyond the harassment underlying her HWE claim. She did so here as she identified numerous other adverse employment actions, including that the company refused to let her use her accrued PTO and burdened her with enough extra work to endanger her safety. Therefore, her discrimination claim was not wholly dependent on her allegations of sexual harassment.
Cannot sue under the IGVA. However, the court agreed with FedEx that she could not pursue her IGVA claim since the statute does not authorize suit against corporations. The statute allows a person who has been subjected to certain gender-related violence to bring a civil action against "a person or persons perpetrating that gender-related violence." And "perpetrating" is defined as "either personally committing the gender-related violence or personally encouraging or assisting the act or acts of gender-related violence."
Noting that "every court to squarely address this issue has decided that the IGVA does not apply to corporations," the court was "persuaded that corporations cannot be sued under the IGVA." In Illinois, the general rule is that "absent a statutory definition that expands the meaning of ‘person,’" that term refers to an individual and not a legal entity. Here, nothing in the text of the IGVA suggested an intent to deviate from that presumption. To the contrary, the statute referred to "person[s]" who "personally commit" or "personally encourage" gender-related violence. Because one does not typically understand legal entities to "personally" perform actions, this language reinforced the conclusion that the IGVA only governed natural persons.
The case is No. 1:19-cv-01710.
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Little League Rules Protect Pitchers' Arms
In 2007, Little League Baseball dropped its decades-old pitching rules - which limited pitchers age 12 and under to six innings per week and six innings per game, with the number of innings increasing for older age groups in favor of rules based on pitch count, with the number of allowable pitches based on the pitcher's age and with specific rest periods between pitching appearances when a pitcher reaches higher thresholds of pitches delivered in a day. Revised rules go into effect for the spring 2010 baseball season.
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Of the nearly 500,000 youth baseball injuries treated in hospitals, doctors' offices, clinics, ambulatory surgery centers and hospital emergency rooms each year, many are preventable or could be reduced in severity if simple steps are taken.
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Since 2007, Little League Baseball® and Little League Softball® have mandated the use by all leagues of bases that disengage their anchor (e.g. "safety-release bases"). If your child is playing for another baseball or softball national organization you may want to check with them, as this rule pertains only to Little League Baseball® and Little League Softball®.
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DeepOcean UK, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, has acquired a 50 per cent stake in Advanced Underwater Surveys (ADUS), a Frontier IP portfolio company.
by: moneyweek
Frontier IP is a FTSE-listed small-cap company specialising in the commercialisation of university intellectual property. It acquired its interest in ADUS through a partnership with the University of Dundee.
In return for commercialisation support, Frontier IP is entitled to receive equity in each spin-out at the point of incorporation. In its last financial year, Frontier IP received equity in three new spin-out companies during the year.
ADUS operates in the marine salvage market providing subsea 3D visualisations. It is known for high profile work- such as a survey of the wreck of the oil rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico and, more recently, the stricken cruise ship Costa Concordia in Italy.
DeepOcean Group is an integrated provider of services and technologies for the subsea industry. Following DeepOcean UK's acquisition of a stake in ADUS, it will form ADUS DeepOcean.
Bart Heijermans, DeepOcean Group Holding BV Chief Executive Officer, stated: "This acquisition enhances the quality of the services we offer to our customers in the oil and gas and renewables industries. As part of this acquisition ADUS will commit to a research and development programme to further develop the visualisation software used by ADUS."
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Yahto Kraft chats about Washed Away
Darren Meltz August 5, 2020 55 views
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After bursting onto the scene when his heartfelt debut single UGLY released earlier in April, the vibrant 19-year old Yahto Kraft has dropped his next single, WASHED AWAY.
Written especially for Yahto by Ruth Rozanne Kahts back in 2016, WASHED AWAY is a James Bond inspired introspective ballad that emphasizes moving on from your past and leaving the hurt behind. It deals with themes of loss and love in the present, as well as the past.
Yahto shared a few thoughts about his journey to releasing this achingly beautiful new single.
“The song still reminds me of friends and family who healed me out of that dark time, but it has become even more personal since then.”
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WASHED AWAY has already touched so many people in a profound way. Was this the reaction you expected?
If I’m completely honest, it wasn’t at all. I really didn’t expect this incredible overwhelming support towards the song and the message. The support for the video was completely unprecedented. The response I’ve been getting is overwhelmingly positive with people saying that they relate to this song in ways that I couldn’t imagine.
The song was written 4 years ago. What made you decide that 2020 was the most poignant time for its release?
Looking back at my catalogue of songs that I’ve written over the years, I just felt like now was the right time with everything happening in the world. People need a message of leaving your past behind and only taking what you need from that and washing away all the bad. Going into the future being completely clean. I think now is the time that people need that message. It was completely by chance that it just happened.
The song is written by Ruth Rozanne Kahts. How much input did you have in the process?
It’s crazy because I didn’t have any input. She came to me and said listen I have a song for you. She’s been following my journey since I was doing eisteddfods and singing competitions when I was small. So when she first said she had a song for me, I was terrified because I have this very specific vision about who I am as an artist and what I want to put out there. When I heard the demo it felt like she’s been part of my life and inside my brain because it’s exactly what I would have written. It’s exactly the words I would have used and the melody line. She couldn’t have known that I’ve wanted to write a James Bond song since I was small but she somehow did.
The new single is all about feelings so let’s explore that a bit. Tell us how you felt the first time you read the lyrics and the first time you sang them.
The first time I read them I bawled my eyes out. It was as if she knew my life story and what I was going through at the time and put that into the words that I couldn’t find. It was almost an aha moment of this is exactly what I’m feeling put into words. How could she have known? It was crazy and when I sang them for the first time as soon as that last chord hit and I sang that last word I just felt light, like the world has been taken off my shoulders. I can finally put into words how I’m feeling and what I’m going through.
Watching the video and listening to the lyric are both so moving. How did you feel the first time you heard the final edit and saw the finished video?
When I heard the final edit produced by the incredible Joshua Oosthuizen at Horizon it just felt the same as the lyrics. Like he’s been inside my brain, doing exactly what I needed the song to do. Putting in little beats that I didn’t even expect. The band playing in the song are some incredible artists. I’m truly lucky to have this incredible team who produced this alongside me and who produced this for me. That coupled with this visual that I’ve had in my mind since 2016 and finally having the balls to do the visual. Having the guts to do something this daring which is not an easy pill to swallow for most conservatives. So, having the guts to do it and then seeing it on screen was honestly and it sounds very woo-wooey but it’s life changing. As if the universe just decided now is the time.
WASHED AWAY is available now for streaming and downloading on digital platforms by clicking on this link: https://linktr.ee/yahtokraft
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Summer Camp Double Feature: Meatballs (1979) and Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
Ivan Reitman’s Meatballs has exactly one thing going for it, Bill Murray’s laid back “who gives a shit” cool as Tripper, head counselor at a low-rent summer camp. It was Murray’s first leading role in a movie, and it perfectly encapsulates his charisma, for my money more appealing than Dan Aykroyd’s hyperarticulate motormouth or John Belushi’s manic slob.
Reitman is a lazy, sentimental director; Meatballs has fewer laughs than you probably remember, the climactic footrace is tediously long and dull, and it doesn’t feature Murray. (The jogging fad was in full bloom in the late-1970’s, with long-sleeved red workout suits, white-striped down the arm and leg. My parents had the exact outfits Murray sports in the movie.) So: too much plot and not enough hijinx. The next Reitman/Murray collaboration, Stripes (1981), would feature an identical structure, with Murray playing essentially the same character (although it grossed four times what Meatballs did.) And then of course, they made Ghostbusters (1984).
At first glance, Michael Showalter and David Wain’s Wet Hot American Summer looks like a beat-for-beat remake of Meatballs. It’s also sentimental, but it’s sentimental about dumb sex comedies, not about its characters. The send-up is so smooth and affectionate it doesn’t immediately register as parody. (The movie confused some critics – while a few called it one of the year’s best, most dismissed it, including Roger Ebert, who gave it a 1-star “your movie sucks” review.)
I loved the opening of the movie, with dozens of kids waking up in each others’ beds and running back to their own, while counselors quarter-heartedly declaimed, “You’re not supposed to be out of your cabins.” It’s a funny beginning for any sex comedy, but I started to think something was twisted when a “trip to town” turned into a “trip in town,” a stunning bit of black humor that became funnier because it wasn’t mentioned again. I was pretty sure the filmmakers were having fun when a two-second bit about a kid tossed out of a van was repeated later as a non-sequitur. I was finally convinced it was all a put-on when the cook started humping a refrigerator, while campers cheered. Of course, the fact that it’s a sendup redeems the whole enterprise. It’s cheerfully heartless.
Netflix has revived Wet Hot American Summer as a series, which will be released on July 31. Netflix has been sponsoring incredible comedies lately – Orange is the New Black, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Arrested Development. Arrested Development was particularly brilliant, taking the joke-a-second original and turning it inside-out, upside-down and Rashomon-refracted. The Wet Hot… preview currently running on Netflix features the original cast, including Bradley Cooper, Janeane Garofalo, Molly Shannon, Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Elizabeth Banks, and David Hyde Pierce. It’s billed as a prequel – whereas the movie was all about the Last Day of Camp, the Netflix series will feature the First Day of Camp. Wonderfully, no effort has been made to make the characters look as young as they were 14 years ago. I can’t wait.
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Motor Trade Law legal services cover motorhome and Caravan Dealers who are often not well represented in the wider motor industry legal services sector, despite the size of the market and the cost of both new and second hand vehicles
While the consumer rights act 2015 includes the repair and sale of horse boxes, motorhomes and caravans by a dealer, applying the specific facts and technical issues relating to the vehicles themselves is out side the experience of the average solicitors specialising in the motor trade.
As its centre is the obvious issues of motorhomes combining not only the usual issues that second hand car and van buyers and traders face but also the technical issues surrounding the conversion, shell and interior.
Our lawyers have specialist experience and knowledge of the motorhomes and caravans themselves and the legal issues that can arise relating to sale of goods, finance and trading standards.
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Motorhome legal issue which are covered under the motorhome law plan include dealing with stolen and cloned vehicles and buying and selling vehicles with outstanding finance or HP.
Damp issues are the curse of any coach built motorhome and can be expensive to repair. This may be caused after sale by damage or poor storage but also as a result of general wear and tear around the windows, rooflights and TV aerials.
Central to motor trade law is consumer protection which is scheduled to be further enhanced with the advent of the Consumer Rights Act in October 2015 which consolidates eight existing laws into a single piece of legislation which in conjunction with legislative changes in 2014 is set to stamp out rogue traders and unfair commercial practises.
The new law will give consumers faced with substandard or faulty vehicles, products and services the following options:
1) The right to reject and receive a refund within 30 days
2) After 30 days the consumer has the right to repair or replacement
3) If the repair or replacement is unsuccessful then the consumer will be entitled
to a price reduction or final right to reject
Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations
Car Dealers must comply with the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 which prohibits Motor dealers from engaging in business practices which are considered to be unfair, which includes:
Misleading Action: This is someone giving false information or perhaps misselling whether verbally, in an advert or in writing. For example misrepresenting the vehicle service history.
Misleading Omissions: The dealer failing to give sufficient information about the motor vehicle to the buyer such as leaving out or hiding information which they otherwise would rely on for example not disclosing the vehicle having been a write off or failing to draw attention to the key elements of a used car warranty.
Aggressive Commercial Practices: Using high pressure sales tactics to sell a car or car finance..
Commercial Practices Which are in All Circumstances Considered Unfair: these are set out in the regulations which highlight specific practices that are banned including claiming to be a member of a code of conduct when the motor trader is not.
Breaching these regulations is an an offence and could result in a fine or even a prison sentence
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Junior middle blocker Emma Deegear finally delivered the knockout punch in the Lady Cougars’ Class 5A Region III semifinal victory. Get the forecast for today, tonight & tomorrow's weather for Somerville, TX. Items can be inspected with appointment only by contacting Assistant Auditor/Purchasing Sara Mitchell at 254-897-7919. It is part of the Bryan-College Station metropolitan area. Best of Somerville . When Texas A&M University student veteran Max Kutch ’21 arrived home on Veterans Day, he got quite a shock – a backyard full of Aggie gear and other prizes, a surprise orchestrated by the university and Operation Hat Trick (OHT) with the help of his wife, Liz. Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2017: 21.8% (15.7% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 28.2% for Black residents, 22.2% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 26.7% for two or more races residents) Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Somerville, TX All Somerville News … Get the forecast for today, tonight & tomorrow's weather for Somerville, TX. 420 likes. The shooting... COLLEGE STATION, Texas — As if starting your freshman year at Texas A&M during a pandemic wasn't hard enough, try balancing life as Texas FFA's community service chair too. Affordable advertising rates, for a rate sheet please email us. The Scoop. Dear Billy T and Somerville/Medford News Weekly Speakup Line, Billy …. Early voting runs Nov. 30 through Dec. 11 at the College Station Utilities Meeting & Training Facility, 1603 Graham Road in College Station. Main Street Brenham’s annual “Uptown Swirl” is set for January 16th from 3 to 7 p.m., and invites the community to sample wines and shop at 30 businesses and locations. Local News Somerville PD won't hire ex-HCSO deputy once charged with John Hernandez's murder. Russell Weller passed away in Somerville, Texas. BoatUS…. Dear Faculty, Staff, Students and Parents, We are happy to announce that Somerville Independent School District is starting to use new software called ClassLink. Local Somerville Newspapers. View Sympathy Flowers from Somerville Florists. KBTX. Somerville, TX News in 2020-06. Somervell County is having a public on-line auction for various surplus items beginning 6/5@8am and ending 6/19@2pm. The city had 1,376 residents as of 2010, according to the United States Census Bureau. Playoffs. News. Somerville, TX residents, houses, and apartments details. Local news and headlines for Somerville from Wicked Local's Journal News Independent. It is part of the Bryan-College Station metropolitan area. Get service details, leave condolence messages or send flowers in memory of a loved one in Somerville, Texas. Many visitors at Lake Somerville's Birch Creek Unit didn't realize an order closing state parks had been put in place, or that they were about to be sent home Tuesday evening. The population was 1,704 at the 2000 census. The event will include holiday activities, photos with Santa, Christmas music, a hot chocolate station and a toy drive for the Salvation Army. They say the man went missing on Lake Somerville around 9 p.m. Sunday night. Rankings . The Eagle. Truly uncensored conversation on topics in Somerville! A fairly recent phenomenon is the archiving of these Somerville obituaries, first through microfilm, and then through online databases. “Timmy has been... COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M held firm to No. The Bryan-College Station Eagle. Investigators don’t believe it was weather-related, but they had to suspend their search around midnight Monday due ... PROVIDENCE, R.I., August 11, 2020 – With the move to phase 2 of the Rhode Island Fiberglass Vessel Recycling (RIFVR) Pilot Program to address the disposal issue of recreational boats, project managers have released “Facing the Legacy: Lifecycle Solutions for Fiberglass Boats.” The short video shares the…. Like our page to stay informed about passing of a loved one in Somerville, Massachusetts on facebook. On Saturday, September 5, more than ... On Saturday, September 5, more than 150 boats are expected to participate in a parade on Lake Somerville. Scores. Get the Somerville, TX local hourly forecast including temperature, RealFeel, and chance of precipitation. Somerville is 90 miles (140 km) north of Houston. Up to 90 days of daily highs, lows, and precipitation chances. Helmets. View 58 homes for sale in Somerville, TX at a median listing price of $139,500. The current … You will no longer have to bookmark... READ MORE > Notice to … Donations sought to build bird blind at Lake Somerville State Park. Local magazine/newspaper serving Somerville, Lake Somerville and Burleson County. The body of Douglas Adelin Portillo-Funes was found by Game Wardens around 10:35 ... Burleson County officials confirm they are looking for a 27 year-old male at Welch Park. The series, which is sponsored by Capital Farm Credit, will culminate with one of the featured students receiving a $3,000 scholarship. 10/30/2020 10:00:00 PM. Reader Comments . Please select the information that is incorrect. Get service details, leave condolence messages or send flowers in memory of a loved one in Somerville, Texas. Melvin Parker III, 20 and Treyvon Scyrus, 19, both of Caldwell, have each been charged with two counts of deadly conduct. Great resource when visiting the area or staying at beautiful Lake Somerville. This software has a faculty, student, and parent portals which will allow you to have access to digital applications we use in the district all in one place. Police were called for a welfare concern to Brenham Elementary School on West Blue Bell Road, just after 11:00 a.m., Monday. SOMERVILLE, MA – On the afternoon of November 3, the Somerville Police Department responded to the intersection of College and Kidder avenues for a report of a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle. Browse the most recent Somerville, Texas obituaries and condolences. A Somerville man remained in the Brazos County Jail on Wednesday evening after he was accused of setting a woman’s home on fire, officials said. Federal officials. Somerville's only independent community newspaper. People sleeping in the rain & snow … As I just saw this morning 2 very young kids & I believe there mother under a tarp … I felt so ashamed that the mayor of Somerville has not done more for these people …. Ryan Clements, who is the director of security at Easterwood Airport, says they had about 222 people fly out of their terminals on both... Councilman actively listens to all sides before voting. News; Announcing Classlink. Know what's coming with AccuWeather's extended daily forecasts for Somerville, TX. Danford and Murski’s effort helped Bryan win the 2019 reg ... SPRINGFIELD, Va., July 22, 2020 -- While a boat’s name can be as varied as the owner at the helm, certain themes do stick out, according to Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS). It was higher than in 71.0% U.S. cities. Tickets are... KATY — The Friendswood volleyball team kept swinging, but College Station kept fighting back with blocks and one unbelievable dig after another. See reviews, photos, directions, phone numbers and more for the best Newspapers in Somerville, TX. Somerville, TX Local News, Information Articles, Stories & Announcements. Features at a Glance . She was raised and educated in Somerville graduating from Somerville High School. My daily community Covid-19 updates posted this message for the holidays: “With the holidays approaching, you may be thinking about ways to gather with loved ones to celebrate. Local features, events and information. “Of course it’s been an odd year... COLLEGE STATION, TX — Giving Tuesday is a day where many can kick off the holidays by helping others. SOMERVILLE, TX — The City of Somerville has a new police chief after going without one when the police chief retired and the remaining officers resigned. Beacon Hill Roll Call; Cable Connection; Historical Fact of the Week; Obituaries; SCAT TV Log; Villens on the Town . In-depth look at today's local, statewide and national news, as well as updates on ... We'd like to send you lake news articles, videos, and podcasts from around the web. The majority of the Somerville Libraries and Newspaper Archives are available online. John Pollock with the Burleson County Sheriffs Office said ... SOMERVILLE, Texas (KBTX) - Local authorities are gearing up for a busy Labor Day weekend, especially with a large crowd expected to make their way to Lake Somerville. Records. ”Giving Tuesday was established in 2012, it's an 8-year movement and it's all about the "global" movement of generosity on a single day throughout the world,” said Patricia Gerling, President and CEO of the community of the Brazos Valley. 7/21/2020 5:06:00 PM. The national advocacy, services, and safety group has issued its annual list of Top 10 Boat Names, which it compiles from…. Share. Everything you need to be ready to step out prepared. ANNAPOLIS, Md., August 24, 2020 – Have you ever wondered how old, discarded fishing line is recycled and reused? The Rio Brazos Audubon Society is asking the public’s help to raise money for a bird blind to be build at Lake Somerville State Park’s Birch Creek Unit. Thousands of people die in … In fact, Somerville, TX newspaper articles … Somerville, Texas. See reviews, photos, directions, phone numbers and more for the best Newspapers in Somerville, TX. This is part of a series of stories highlighting high school students from Bryan, College Station and Caldwell who are active in 4-H or FFA. Born in Somerville on June 20, 1926 the daughter of the late Peter D. and Mary C. (Razzaboni) Burlamachi. Somervell County, TX. Somerville Lake offers many opportunities for outdoor recreation, water sports, fishing, hunting, boating, or just relaxed living. Somerville, TX Breaking News provided by The Emergency Email and Wireless Network Breaking News Service A national community service since 1999 - Over 1.5 Billion Sent A Free Public Service 10.4% Since last week. Searching Somerville newspaper records can be done at no charge at your local library. They won the Houston Regional title last year on Lake Somerville as sophomores with 20.48 pounds, earning a pair of $2,500 scholarships. Ignacio Reyes Aviles, 37, was indicted on four counts of murder and one count of ... SOMERVILLE, Texas (KBTX) - A Brenham man is in custody for a fatal accident that killed four people including a child near Lake Somerville. Olivia Paige Sweeney, a College Station hair stylist drowned at Lake Somerville back in July while boating with friends. Geography. To review and/or bid on the items go to www.renebates.com.. President Donald Trump has offered sympathetic words to the longtime companion of Jeffrey ... A Bryan woman drowned over the weekend at Lake Somerville and is being remembered by her friends and coworkers. Lake Somerville (TX) Fauci to throw 1st pitch at opening MLB game. VISION “The sanctity of human life is the foundation by which the Somerville Police Department serves. Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System Institution ID 772843 Additional information online at: www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org. How a Somerville Education Device Program Brings Confidence to the Classroom and the Wider School Community 02 June 2020; by: David La Bozzetta Schools mould the minds of the future and technology is playing an increasingly prevalent role in that development. Up to bat is Abilene Christian’s Grayson Tatrow. What are the most basic things new boat owners should know about buying a boat policy? 31 homes for sale in Somerville, TX priced from $112,000 to $9,500,000. Somerville is 90 miles (140 km) northwest of Houston. Subscribe to The Somerville Times . Boat parades that show support for President Donald Trump have become a big draw this election year and there’s one planned this weekend here in the Brazos Valley. The event ... For the second consecutive week, positive samples of West Nile Virus in mosquitoes trapped in the 77802 ZIP code of Bryan have been confirmed by the Brazos County Health District Mosquito ... Franklin's junior varsity football games on Thursday against Lake Belton and Anderson-Shiro have also been canceled. A Brenham man faces charge of public intoxication after his arrest early Monday morning. At the scene, police identified 22-year old Debrandon Oneil Charles of Brenham. Somerville News - Find Somerville latest News and Headlines today along with Somerville Photos and Videos at HindustanTimes.com. Hi/Low, RealFeel®, precip, radar, & everything you need to be ready for the day, commute, and weekend! Comment. We are learning new details on the life of a Bryan mother who drowned over the weekend at Lake Somerville. Somerville, TX | Brenham Banner-Press | 06-30. At the scene, they found 45-year old Opie Osmond Graves. I've got to up and on the road by 5AM to be on the lake by 6AM for that very slim chance of putting a hybrid striper or whitebass on the fly as they chase shad to the shore in a feeding frenzy. Charles had an active... A noise complaint leads to a DWI arrest for a Brenham man. Somerville was formed in 1882 when Santa Fe Railroad established a strategic switching yard and railroad tie plant. Local accident news and more police or fire department information of Somerville, TX. Texas Football Today. "Those are two very big opportunities," Lauren Lewandowski, an A&M freshman shared. In late May, a 20-year-old Sealy man jumped off a boat into the water and never resurfaced. The College Station and Rudder girls basketball teams may not be accustomed with district opening on the first day of December, but they are very familiar with each other. Truly uncensored conversation on topics in Somerville! COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - Easterwood Airport experienced roughly the same amount of traveler traffic over the Thanksgiving weekend compared to 2019, according to airport officials. Matt Pond, Chief Financial Officer for Corrosion Resistant Alloys, said the company is looking to build a tubular processing facility on 173.1 acres of land at 4300 Highway 290 East, just outside of Brenham city limits. News Records Store Podcasts Basketball. Lake Somerville News. View listing photos, review sales history, and use our detailed real estate filters to find the perfect place. KBTX News 3 | News, Weather, and Sports | Bryan & College Station, TX After searches that night and Monday morning, the victim's body was ... A 27-year-old man drowned at Lake Somerville’s Welch Park on Sunday, officials from the Burleson County Sheriff’s Office said on Monday. 28.5% Since last week. Coaching Changes. We are learning new details on the life of a Bryan mother who drowned over the weekend at Lake Somerville. Kolkhorst opposes Lake … COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The College Station Police Department said they have found the people responsible for a shooting that left one person hurt back in November. But for any gnashing of teeth... A Brenham man is in custody after his arrest on an outstanding warrant. Texas ranch known as Pigpen Ranch hits market for $7.5 million in Somerville. Local authorities are gearing up for a busy Labor Day weekend, especially with a large crowd expected to make their way to Lake Somerville. The 7,089-square-foot home comes with themed rooms, including a saloon room. Click here to be directed to the event’s Facebook page for more information. Subscribe Now My Teams UIL100-Teams Playoffs Scores Rankings Forums more_vert. Franklin ISD said all boys athletics have been canceled until Tuesday. Newspaper in Somerville on YP.com. Somerville, TX News in 2020-03. Somerville is located at 30°20′41″N 96°31′49″W / 30.34472°N 96.53028°W / 30.34472; -96.53028 (30.344616, … . Browse the most recent Somerville, Texas obituaries and condolences. On Sunday night, the Burleson County Sheriff's Office received a call about a missing swimmer at Lake Somerville's Welch Park. Today Somerville is a major recreational resort nested between the Hill Country and Piney Woods. … Lynda Jane Welch Black, 72, of College Station, passed away Thursday September 17, 2020. Deaths 9. Along with the boat, many new owners also find themselves shopping for boat insurance for the first time. You may be surprised to learn that turning fishing line into new products is labor intensive, requiring a series of…. Live Eye Over Lake Somerville on KBTX.com . Rachel Novosad grew around... COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Texas A&M track & field program inked 13 student-athletes from the class of 2021 to National Letters of Intent, head coach Pat Henry announced Tuesday. 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MovieChat Forums > Don Peyote (2014) Discussion > Regarding the trailer
Regarding the trailer
posted 8 years ago by VIPrawn
First of all, here's the link that comes up when you google search the trailer, so if you haven't seen it, watch first:
So, a few things:
A. I find it strange that Anne Hathaway isn't linked to the movie on IMDB ... at all. That would certainly help the film's exposure, because I know I'M interested in seeing it, but Anne Hathaway's name being linked on a site like this would help to make the average person at least look into it a little bit.
B. As above, except in reference to Jay Baruchel.
C. Wallace Shawn isn't in the trailer--a little disappointing as I'd like to get an idea of what his character might be like. I see Dean Winters only briefly, but unless Wallace Shawn is capable of doing obscured voice work (not like Rex, who sounds just like him) and he's that old guy (who happens to be a psychotherapist) with a lot of make-up on (extremely doubtful, obviously), then there's not much besides the IMDB page to even say that he's in the movie. And since IMDB is misinformed already ...
D. Around 1:55, there's a boom shadow ... in the trailer. I just found that funny. Anyone else notice that on your own?
But my interest in this is definitely piqued. I'm excited to see the finished product.
Anyone else with thoughts/impressions?
[–] smt-cool156 7 years ago
I've seen a trailer on youtube. Hathaway seems to have just a guest appearance that too she filmed it long ago, at least not very recently. But yes, her name linked to this movie will help in it's publicity.
[–] Ghosthunter123424 7 years ago
The very first scene in the trailer, the bit in the nut house, I thought it looked really cheap, like old tv show cheap, then some bits looked good. So it looks a little inconsistent in quality, but its possible that post-processing isn't finished. Lots of familiar faces and kinda big names putting in an appearance.
I really like Dan Fogler and I'm betting this is his shot at getting away from being called a poor mans' Jack Black (which was always grossly unfair, he's a unique talent).
[–] koffeenkreame41-1 7 years ago
Looks like many cameos from well known actors, I think some will see it for Hathaway & Duhamel, which will help the film.
"I am the ultimate badass, you do not wanna `*beep*` wit me!"- Hudson in Aliens.
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Nathaniel Salzman
Chicago area designer, writer, maker and journalist.
Wrench log: A horse of my own. Part three.
“Are you ready for a real bike?”
Robb projected his question over the growl of The Mrs’ Honda CM400 as I pulled up to the open door at BlueCat Motors. Out front was my green Honda CB750. That was the bike in question. It’d been a few days since I’d seen the old boy. When last we’d met, I’d just finished cleaning and installing the carbs, rebuilt the front brakes and installed a brand new battery. But for all my efforts, the thing still didn’t run. I’d hit my limit, but thankfully, I wasn’t on my own. I was in good hands at BCM. My bike had been handed off to Robb and with it, my hopes to actually get some riding in this season.
Autumn in Minnesota is unpredictable. You might be able to ride into Christmas, or it might blizzard on Halloween. So I was glad to leave the CB750 in the hands of a professional. I knew I’d actually get to ride it before things got too cold and uncomfortable.
Robb had accomplished in a couple days what would have likely taken me weeks. More than that, he’d been over the bike from wheel to wheel. He’d flushed and bled the brakes. He’d inspected and adjusted my charging system. He’d re-aimed my headlight. The carbs were synced and Robb had taken the bike out himself to make sure it was running and riding like it should. “Both Rumpal and I rode it and the thing really comes alive at 4000 rpms. You’re going to have a blast.” Beyond the running, Robb had adjusted the suspension as well. “It’s got the most air it will take up front and it’s on full stiff on the rear shocks. It’s a bit harsh for both me and Rump, so it ought to be perfect for you.” He was right on both counts.
I stowed the CM400 inside (I’d be trading it back for the GL in a few days) and met Robb at the CB750. A little bit of choke, key on, and with a deliberate press of the starter button the 750 fired to life. It hummed happily and revved easily. For all their faults, there’s something special about an inline four cylinder that’s freshly synced. They’re so smooth, so howlingly eager. Robb made a couple final adjustments to the idle speed as the bike hummed and growled through its four chrome exhaust pipes. When he was satisfied, Robb gave me one final instruction. “I want you to ride the hell out of this thing. Seriously. Work it hard for a while and burn all the crud out of the cylinders. It’s been sitting for so long, some good, angry riding is exactly what it needs.”
Yes sir.
I threw a leg over the 750 and felt the machine growling under me for the first time. It seemed anxious — an iron horse spitting and whinnying — aching to gallop and shake off half a decade’s worth of boredom. I walked the bike forward off its center stand and we were ready to go. It’s a tall, top-heavy thing, just like every CB750. Clutch in, I tamped down into first gear. Giving it some throttle, I searched for the clutch engagement point to set off. Thanks to a down-geared front sprocket, this 750 took off eagerly and easily, unlike its stock siblings. I reached the end of the BCM lot and pulled onto Prior Avenue, headed toward I-94 and opening the taps for the first time on this proto-superbike, unleashing its 77 hp onto the streets of St. Paul. Within a moment, I was at the I-94 onramp and it was time to see what the 750 was capable of in its second lease on life.
Robb was absolutely right. Above 4000 rpm, the CB750 started pulling really, really hard. The down-geared sprocket meant keeping the bike in the sweet spot of its power band was effortless. What’s more, fifth gear was suitable for speeds of 50 mph and up — making this a one gear bike on the freeway. Open up the carbs and fresh gas is turned into lots of noise and speed, no downshifting required. It was a Friday afternoon, just after rush hour, so there was plenty of traffic on I-94, but it was all moving well. Robb had gotten the suspension adjustment just right for someone my size. The bike was stiff, but not uncomfortable. It was sporting, and perfectly balanced front to back. The 750 begged for aggressive riding. I obliged.
I’m not any kind of hooligan rider, and really, the CB750 isn’t a hooligan bike. More than anything, the aggressive, effective brakes together with the power and the adjustable suspension made this old CB750 a sport bike disguised as an old cruiser. The teardrop tank on this pre-Nighthawk Honda looks like it could have come off a Triumph. But give it the beans and the CB750 will outrun damn near anything trying to catch it. More importantly, it’s got the suspension and brakes under it to help keep you out of trouble at such speeds. As I shot down I-94, I was threading through traffic with no effort at all. The howl of four cylinders and four pipes made the CB750 sound more like an old Italian sports car than a modern motorcycle. It lacked the childish scream of many sport bikes. Most of all, I liked how unexpected it is. It’s a good looking motorcycle, but it’s not a bike the untrained eye would give a second look. It’s a sleeper. It doesn’t look fast, but it is. Not fast by contemporary superbike standards, but fast enough for me. Fast enough to be scary. Fast enough to be really, really fun.
More than anything though, the CB750 was forgiving. It was tight enough to be precise, but civilized enough to simply be ridden. There was no tending it — no having to stay ahead of it to make sure it didn’t reach up and bite me. I didn’t have to dodge every little bump and frost cleave on the highway. It was a bike I could simply sit on and enjoy. It was grown up. It was fast. It was confident. It was fun. Best of all, it was mine. I finally had a bike of my own. After a full season of false starts, mechanical difficulties, and stealing my wife’s motorcycle for a ride, there would finally be a bike for me in the garage. The Mrs and I could finally ride motorcycles together, something we hadn’t gotten to do all season. My rebuilding year would at least end with an autumn of good riding.
After a handful of spirited runs up and down I-94, I circled back to BlueCat Motors with a big grin on my face. I gave Robb a report on the bike’s performance and thanked him not just for his quick work, but for all his attention to detail. He’d found and sorted things with the bike I didn’t even know were wrong with it. While writing for the BCM blog, I’ve seen how Robb works on bikes. Any machine that makes its way onto his lift won’t leave the shop until it’s right — even if that means fixing something the customer didn’t bring the bike in for. He takes his responsibility as a mechanic very, very seriously. If I wasn’t going to sort this bike out myself, I’m glad it was Robb. Not only did I end up with a bike that runs, I ended up with a motorcycle I knew I could trust. That’s what made it a real bike.
I rode home, taking more of the highway than I usually do on The Mrs’ smaller CM400. There’s one particular part of I-35E South that I wanted to push the CB750 through. It’s the interchange where 35E meets 494. North of the interchange, the speed limit is 55 mph or 60 mph depending on what road you’re on. The southbound leg of 35E takes a sweeping right turn and immediately changes up to a 70 mph speed limit and widens to four lanes. What I love to do here is slingshot around the corner and put on some speed. I’d taken Robb’s advice about the 750 to heart and this was the perfect place to put it into practice. “Ride it hard,” he’d said. When that big sweeping turn came up, I opened the throttle all the way.
A quick lane change had me blasting around the sunset traffic. It’s two exits to Yankee Doodle, where I usually turn off to go home, but I kept hurtling down the highway. I left the taps open and poured on as much speed as I dared. The tires on this old machine had sat as long as the rest of the bike. While not cracked or obviously weather checked, I still didn’t trust them fully. So while I didn’t bury the speedometer completely, I made the old boy work for his hay and oats. The harder I pushed it, the smoother and sweeter the engine seemed to get. The old bike was now fully back to life, and it seemed like the old machine’s soul was grateful for another chance. The old horse was thrilled to gallop once again.
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ANG SUSUNOD NA PROGRAMA AY RATED “G”. ITO AY PUWEDE SA LAHAT NG MANONOOD.
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A “G” classification advises parents or supervising adults that the film, in the judgment of the BOARD, is suitable for all audiences. 1. THEME – The film must contain themes that are appropriate for all audiences. It should not contain violence, threat, abuse, horror, or other themes that may cause fear or disturbance to a young child’s mind. It should promote positive values. 2. LANGUAGE – The film may contain dialogue or other word representations beyond polite language, but swear words or gestures shall not be allowed. Profane, offensive, and sexually-suggestive language or gestures shall not be allowed. Language shall include both verbal and non-verbal expressions. 3. NUDITY – The film may contain occasional, as well as natural nudity; provided there is no sexual or demeaning context to it. 4. SEX – The film cannot contain and depict sexual activity, and such other scenes with a sexual context. 5. VIOLENCE – The depiction of any violence must be mild, brief, infrequent, and unlikely to cause undue anxiety or fear to young children. 6. HORROR – The depiction of horror and frightening scenes should be mild, brief, infrequent, and unlikely to cause undue anxiety or fear to young children. 7. DRUGS – There shall be no depiction of, or reference to, prohibited drugs or their use.
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Parental guidance suggested. Material for television, which, in the judgment of the BOARD, may contain some adult material that may be permissible for children to watch but only under the guidance and supervision of a parent or adult.
PARENTAL GUIDANCE ( TL )
ANG SUSUNOD NA PROGRAMA AY RATED “PG”. ITO AY NANGANGAILANGAN NANG PATNUBAY AT GABAY NG MAGULANG PARA SA MGA BATANG MANONOOD.”
The “PG” classification advises parents to exercise parental responsibility in their children’s viewing of the program.
– Viewers below thirteen (13) years old must be accompanied by a parent or supervising adult when admitted into a “PG” film.
ANG PELIKULANG ITO AY RATED “PG.” ITO AY NANGANGAILANGAN NG PATNUBAY AT GABAY NG MAGULANG PARA SA MGA BATANG MANONOOD.
A “PG” classification advises parents or supervising adults that the film may contain any of the following: themes, language, violence, nudity, sex, and horror, whose treatment is suitable for children below thirteen (13) years of age. A film classified as “PG” shall, in the judgment of the Board, meet the following criteria: 1. THEME – The film may contain themes that require parental supervision and guidance, but the treatment shall nonetheless be appropriate for children below thirteen (13) years of age. The film should not promote any dangerous, violent, discriminatory, or otherwise offensive behavior or attitude. The film should contain redeeming social values. 2. LANGUAGE – The film may contain mild and infrequent swear words and menacing language. The use of strong swear words or sexually-derived expletives, as well as the successive or frequent use of swear words and expletives shall not be allowed. Offensive, menacing, threatening language and references to sex shall always be suitable for viewers who are below thirteen (13) years of age. Sexually-suggestive language may be allowed; provided that it is neither frequent nor prolonged, and always justified by the context of the scene where such is heard. 3. NUDITY – The film may contain occasional, as well as natural nudity; provided that there is no sexual or demeaning context to it. 4. SEX – The depiction of sexual activity may be allowed, but it should be discreet, infrequent, and not prolonged; provided no graphic depiction of sexual activity shall be allowed. 5. VIOLENCE – The depiction of violence and suffering should be minimal, and without graphic detail; provided that gratuitous violence shall not be allowed in any case. 6. HORROR – The depiction of horror and frightening scenes shall be allowed; provided that they are brief and infrequent. 7. DRUGS – There shall be no depiction of, or reference to, prohibited drugs or substances and their use.
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Stronger and more vigilant parental guidance is suggested. Programs classified as “SPG” may contain more serious topic and theme, which may not be advisable for children to watch except under the very vigilant guidance and presence of a parent or an adult.
STRONG PARENTAL GUIDANCE ( TL )
STRIKTONG‟ PATNUBAY AT GABAY NG MAGULANG ANG KAILANGAN. MAY MASESELANG TEMA, EKSENANG KARAHASAN, DROGA, LENGGAWAHE, SEKSWAL AT KATATAKUTANG MAAARING HINDI ANGKOP SA MGA BATANG MANONOOD.”
The “SPG” classification warns parents to exercise greater parental responsibility in their children’s viewing of the program. The television program classified as “SPG” must still fall within the parameters of existing Parental Guidance classification rating. However, to merit the issuance of an “SPG” rating, the gravity of the material must, in the judgment of the BOARD, be leaning towards the maximum allowable for Parental Guidance rating. In determining the proper classification rating, the Board shall consider the purpose, genre, and time slot of the program as well as the treatment and depiction of attendant factors such as, but not limited to: Theme (Tema), Violence (Karahasan), Drugs (Droga), Language (Lenggwahe), Sex (Sekswal) and Horror (Katatakutan).
Min Allowed Age (Supervised): 13
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RESTRICTED -13 ( TL )
ANG PELIKULANG ITO AY RATED “R-13.” MAAARING MAY TEMA, LENGGWAHE, KARAHASAN, NUDITY, SEKSWAL, KATATAKUTAN, AT DROGA, NA HINDI ANGKOP SA MAY EDAD NA MABABA SA LABINTATLONG (13) TAONG GULANG.
An “R-13” classification advises parents or supervising adults, as well as the would-be viewers themselves, that the film may contain any of the following: themes, language, violence, nudity, sex, horror, and drugs whose treatment may not be suitable for children below thirteen (13) years of age. A film classified as “R-13” must, in the judgment of the Board, meet the following criteria: 1. THEME – The film may contain mature themes; provided that the treatment of any of these themes is suitable for teenagers above thirteen (13) years of age. The film shall not gratuitously promote or encourage any dangerous, violent, discriminatory, or otherwise offensive behavior or attitude. The film must contain social redeeming values. 2. LANGUAGE – The film may contain moderate swear words and menacing language consistent with the context of the scene in which they are employed. The use of strong swear words or sexually-derived or suggestive expletives and expressions as well as the use of swear words and expletives shall be allowed; provided that its use is infrequent and not vulgar. Offensive, menacing, threatening or other equally negative language, as well as references to sex shall be suitable for viewers who are at least thirteen (13) years of age. The use of sexually-oriented or suggestive language and other references to sex shall always be suitable for viewers who are at least thirteen (13) years of age. 3. NUDITY – The film may contain occasional, natural and sexually-oriented nudity; provided that this is brief and discreet, and its use is justified by the context, narrative, or character development; and taking into account the contemporary values and understanding of a Filipino viewer who is at least thirteen (13) years of age. 4. SEX – Sexual activity may be depicted, but it should be discreet, infrequent, brief, and without graphic detail; provided that its depiction is justified by the context, narrative, or character development; and taking into account the contemporary values and understanding of a Filipino viewer who is at least thirteen (13) years of age. 5. VIOLENCE – Violence may be allowed; provided that it is infrequent, not gratuitous, and without graphic detail, and its use is justified by the context, narrative, or character development; and taking into account the contemporary values and understanding of a Filipino viewer who is at least thirteen (13) years of age. 6. HORROR – The depiction of horror, frightening scenes, and occasional gore are allowed; provided that such depiction is justified by the context, narrative, or character development; and taking into account the contemporary values and understanding of a Filipino viewer who is at least thirteen (13) years of age. 7. DRUGS – The depiction of drugs or their use may be allowed; provided that such depiction is brief and infrequent, and the same is justified by the context, narrative, or character development; and taking into account the contemporary values and understanding of a Filipino viewer who is at least thirteen (13) years of age. The movie shall not in any case promote, condone, justify and/or encourage drug use.
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RESTRICTED–16 ( TL )
ANG PELIKULANG ITO AY RATED “R-16.” MAAARING MAY TEMA, LENGGWAHE, KARAHASAN, NUDITY, SEKSWAL, KATATAKUTAN, AT DROGA, NA HINDI ANGKOP SA MGA MAY EDAD NA MABABA SA LABING-ANIM NA (16) NA TAONG GULANG.
THEME – There are no restrictions on themes; provided that the treatment is appropriate for viewers who are at least sixteen (16) years of age. 2. LANGUAGE – The film may use any kind of language; provided that such use is justified by context, narrative, or character development; and taking into account the contemporary values and understanding of a Filipino viewer who is at least sixteen (16) years of age. 3. NUDITY – The film may contain natural and sexually-oriented nudity; provided that it is discreet and its depiction is not gratuitous and is justified by the context, narrative, or character development; and taking into account the contemporary values and understanding of a Filipino viewer who is at least sixteen (16) years of age. 4. SEX – Sexual activity may be depicted; provided any depiction does not contain graphic detail, and such depiction is not gratuitous and is justified by the context, narrative, or character development; and taking into account the contemporary values and understanding of a Filipino viewer who is at least sixteen (16) years of age. 5. VIOLENCE – Violence and gore may be allowed; provided that their depiction is not gratuitous and is justified by the context, narrative, or character development; and taking into account the contemporary values and understanding of a Filipino viewer who is at least sixteen (16) years of age. 6. HORROR – The non-gratuitous depiction of horror, frightening scenes, and gore are allowed; provided that their use is justified by the context, narrative, or character development; and taking into account the contemporary values and understanding of a Filipino viewer who is at least sixteen (16) years of age. 7. DRUGS – The non-gratuitous depiction of drugs or their use may be allowed; provided that its depiction is justified by the context, narrative, or character development; and taking into account the contemporary values and understanding of a Filipino viewer who is at least sixteen (16) years of age. The movie shall not in any case promote, condone, and encourage drug use.
HAC Ordinal: 80
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ANG PELIKULANG ITO AY RATED “R-18.” MAAARING MAY TEMA, LENGGWAHE, KARAHASAN, NUDITY, SEKSWAL, KATATAKUTAN, AT DROGA NA HINDI ANGKOP SA MAY GULANG NA MABABA SA EDAD LABINWALONG (18) TAONG GULANG.
An “R-18” classification advises viewers, parents, and supervising adults that the film may contain any of the following: themes, language, violence, nudity, sex, horror, and drugs that may not be suitable for children below eighteen (18) years of age. An “R-18” rating does not mean that the film is “obscene”, “offensive”, or “pornographic,” as these terms are defined by law. A film classified as “R-18” must, in the judgment of the Board, meet the following criteria: 1. THEME – There are no restrictions on themes and their treatment. 2. LANGUAGE – The film may use any kind of language; provided that such use is justified by the context, narrative, or character development; and taking into account the contemporary values and understanding of a Filipino viewer who is at least eighteen (18) years of age. 3. NUDITY – The film may contain sexually-oriented nudity; provided that it is non-gratuitous, and is justified by the context, narrative, or character development; and taking into account the contemporary values and understanding of a Filipino viewer who is at least eighteen (18) years of age. An “R-18” rating does not mean that the film is “obscene” or “pornographic,” as these terms are defined by law. 4. SEX – The realistic depiction of sexual activity may be allowed; provided that such depiction is not gratuitous, and is justified by the context, narrative, or character development; and taking into account the contemporary values and understanding of a Filipino viewer who is at least eighteen (18) years of age. An “R-18” rating does not mean that the film is “obscene” or “pornographic,” as these terms are defined by law. 5. VIOLENCE – There are no restrictions on the depiction of violence except that it should not be gratuitous and that it is justified by the context, narrative, or character development; and taking into account the contemporary values and understanding of a Filipino viewer who is at least eighteen (18) years of age. 6. HORROR – The depiction of horror, frightening scenes, and gore are allowed; provided that such depiction is justified by the context, narrative, or character development, and taking into account the contemporary values and understanding of a Filipino viewer who is at least eighteen (18) years of age. 7. DRUGS – The depiction of drugs or their use may be allowed; provided that such depiction is justified by the context, narrative or character development; and taking into account the contemporary values and understanding of a Filipino viewer who is at least eighteen (18) years of age. In no case, however, should the use of drugs be promoted, condoned, justified and/or encouraged.
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Into the Badlands Emmy Snub and Hollywood’s Misunderstanding of Martial Arts Action
07/12/2018 03/24/2019 ~ munibrezaie
Yes. This is another post about Into the Badlands. Here are some other things I’ve written about the show.
Let me get right to it: the Emmys announced their nominations for 2018, and Into the Badlands was snubbed completely. Forget the fact that they have some of the most amazing, beautiful, and original costume, makeup, and overall character designs you’ll see anywhere. Or the fact that they have some incredible production design, set pieces, music, and cinematography. All of those areas – and more, like, you know, acting – would have been well-deserving for Into the Badlands to at the very least have earned a nomination, much less a win. And I’m sad that such an original, diverse, and engaging show, and all the incredibly talented people in front of and behind the scenes missed out on all that recognition.
But I cannot. For the life of me. Understand how it did not even earn a nomination for Stunt Coordination! The show’s lead, Daniel Wu, seems to share the same bafflement:
Here is the #Emmy list of nominees for Outstanding Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Limited Series or Movie 2018. I started to write a long detailed post about this but decided to see what your responses are first. I understand we are a genre show but we should OWN this category!!!Why do you think this happened? Why do you think we get no love within the industry? Action Coordination is the obvious one but what about Costume Design? Set Design? Cinematography? #snubbed 😡🤬
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So I’m writing this post to try to understand. And I have a few very frustrated thoughts.
Thought #1: Hollywood Does Not Understand Action
At least, not in the same way China and Hong Kong understand action: Chinese action emphasizes the on-screen performer’s actual physical abilities. Hollywood action emphasizes plot and editing. I’ve written about this Chinese approach before; an approach fully and faithfully undertaken with Into the Badlands. The first show of its kind – as far as I’m aware – to do so on American television.
Part of this disconnect has got to be cultural. The United States simply does not share the cultural richness of a martial arts tradition like the one we see in China and Hong Kong. China has kung fu and wushu more generally; epic stories told thousands of years ago with archetypical heroes we still see today; a Chinese operatic tradition that continues to impact modern day martial arts cinema – and Hollywood – aesthetics; as well as all kinds of intersecting values and ideals (such as those that define and evolve around ideas of masculinity, for example) that are organically integrated into their culture which find their roots in martial arts-related concepts. I think the closest thing the US/Hollywood has would be something like the Western? Maybe
Regardless, the simple fact is that – at least to most viewers primarily familiar with Hollywood film and television – the priorities and conceptual framework for action and stunt coordination are wholly different from those of Into the Badlands in particular, and Chinese martial arts more generally. Most viewers simply don’t know what they don’t know about the action they’re seeing on display in Into the Badlands.
I’m trying to think of an analogy, and I keep thinking about DJs. There are some people who ask “Do you know any DJs?” and what they’re looking for are the people who say “I’m a DJ,” but all they really do is show up at a party with their iTunes plugged into some speakers and play through a possibly personally curated list of tracks. And a lot of people are fine with that. And yes, we call that person a DJ. But that’s also not at all what a DJ is/can be. That’s how I’m feeling right now! Like someone just put out a list of “Outstanding DJs,” and the only people on that list are your neighbor Kevin and your kid’s friend’s dad Gary.
Thought #2: Coordination vs Choreography
I think there’s a difference between Coordination and Choreography, and perhaps part of the frustration of the snub comes from conflating the two. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the Hong Kong Film Awards have an award titled “Best Action Choreography,” which has been given out since the 1980s. However, the category Into the Badlands would have most likely been nominated for is “Outstanding Stunt Coordination.” But the show does so much more.
Nearly every single show features stunts, as a glance through the list of nominees and winners for the award over the years clearly shows. That’s why a show like ER, House, or Malcolm in the Middle (yes, really) can get nominated for Stunt Coordination. Does a character need to fall on and break a dinner table? That’s a stunt. Does a character jump/get thrown through a window? That’s a stunt. Is there a dramatic scuffle that ends with someone tumbling down some steps? That’s a stunt. Is there an explosion of any kind? And are there any people nearby? Both stunts. And they all need to be coordinated! People with special skills and often hard-earned knowledge need to figure out a way to depict some kind of action on screen that will: keep all main performers as safe as possible from physical harm, be faithful to the script, fulfill the director and cinematographer’s demands, and ultimately look convincing/cool/entertaining/dramatic. That’s hard work, and I do not mean to in any way diminish the incredible work these men and women do! They should definitely be celebrated and receive critical acclaim.
However, if I were a betting man, I’d bet some of the greatest Hollywood stunt coordinators would have no idea how to stage, physically block, light, determine camera positions, or edit a martial arts sequence involving up to and over a dozen fighters, various actual and makeshift weapons, and/or shifting terrain. And that’s not a bad thing! It’s not their business to know that! BUT, those things do get at how I think Action/Stunt Choreography is somewhat different from Action/Stunt Coordination. There are definitely overlaps. But there are also ways in which they are uniquely different.
And what the amazing team on Into the Badlands accomplishes is nothing if not “uniquely different.” They train, they practice, they create wholly original sequences of physical movements that, among other things: can involve upwards of a dozen performers or more; has to play to the individual and unique strengths of the particular performer; creatively incorporates production design, set design, props, costumes, hair and makeup, as well as other elements of the filmmaking process into the action itself; moves the plot forward; showcases/reveals the particular qualities of the character fighting, which is related to but different from the strengths/qualitites of the performer portraying said character; and so. much. more.
Interestingly, the Emmys dohave an “Outstanding Choreography” category, but the nominees and winners are almost exclusively relegated to dance choreography. If you ask me, Into the Badlands actually belongs in this category as well, maybe even more so than Stunt Coordination. But I’m not sure that the Emmys are quite there culturally to accept that.
I wrote a paper back in my M.A. days discussing the similarities between the aesthetics of Chinese martial arts cinema and classic Hollywood musicals like Top Hat, Singin in the Rain, etc. And I think the comparison still holds true. I may need to revisit that as an upcoming blog post…
Thought #3: Insider Advantage?
Hollywood awards shows have long been criticized for their self-celebratory nature, popularity contest nature, and their tendency to give in to industry politics over a product’s quality. But in my admittedly brief research for writing this, I did notice something. Marvel’s The Punisher was nominated for Stunt Coordination, with Thom Williams credited as the Stunt Coordinator. I did love that show, and the action coordination was good. But, again, wholly different from what Into the Badlands accomplishes every single week. Thom Williams is also one of the Board of Governors Stunt Representatives for the Television Academy, which hosts the Emmys. Is that ok? Is there not a conflict of interest there? Again, his work was awesome. But what gives? OR is there a Netflix advantage/love thing going on? Because apparently Luke Cage won this award last year for the show’s first season, which, as I recall, had pretty unoriginal – but still fun and well-made – action pieces. Siiiiiiigh, what is going on?!
Thought #4: Is the show ahead of its time? Aka #EmmysSoWhite
Yeah, I’m pulling the race card. What gives? It’s 2018, and Sandra Oh just became the first Asian actress nominated for a lead role in a drama series. Yes, that’s awesome and long overdue. But Into the Badlands has got to be one of – if not THE MOST – diverse show on American television right now. And I mean that in not only the incredible ethnic/cultural diversity of its cast, but also its creators, producers, and below-the-line workers. Not to mention the diversity of its aesthetics, if we want to go there. But maybe it’s too much for some. It’s hard not to recall the terribly racist treatment Bruce Lee received in the making of the 1970s American show Kung Fu. Lee acknowledged the industry execs’ concerns with casting an Asian lead in the 70s, when instead they cast David Carradine as a Shaolin monk. I mean, a thousand thank yous to the execs who greenlit Into the Badlands. But maybe too many people are not quite ready for it in 2018 either.
Best worst-case scenario prediction? The show gets canceled much too soon, but goes on to be understood, appreciated, and written about for what it is: a groundbreaking show on so many levels that will ultimately influence future shows in ways we can’t yet see. I know I will.
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Wout Thielemans says:
Totally agree with all your points but especially the comparison to Hollywood musicals. In both genres, the audience is primarily interested in the physical performances of the stars, their unique skills and charisma which set them apart. Story is only a framework to fit these numbers in. Story & character development are far less important in these genres when considering whether a movie is ‘good’. The performance skills and the choreography are paramount.
redconverse says:
Reblogged this on red_converse and Writing and commented:
I live this show, and I’m baffled.
Michelle Finnegan says:
I feel you peeps on this but at least James Lew got an Emmy for Luke Cage. Maybe that’s a start. James Lew is a legend. I know very slow momentum, but hopefully it will change
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Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman's oldest daughter is showing an interest in movies, but not necessarily acting. Sunday Rose (age 12) is thriving behind the camera, according to her country singer father.
The "God Whispered Your Name" singer shares that Sunday likes to put together mini-movies. "And, we even had this guy come over and teach them some editing, basic editing classes," he tells Kix Brooks during a recent American Country Countdown. "And so she can put things together and cut the scene there and add it there and put some music under it. She’s having a blast."
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Kidman is an Oscar-winning actor who's transcended generations with roles on the movie screen and more recently Big Little Lies on HBO. However, Urban is no slouch when it comes to piecing together a great story, either. As a songwriter and producer, he's frequently doing similar work with parts of a song.
"I think she loves telling stories, and that’s really what her mama does," he says of his daughter. "I mean, that’s what Nic does, she tells stories. That’s what I do. I would love for her—we’d both love for her to be a director. I mean, some more female directors wouldn’t go astray.”
American Country Countdown is a weekly country music chart countdown show that airs nationwide on weekends. Brooks (one half of Brooks & Dunn) has hosted since 2006, when he took over for the late Bob Kingsley.
"God Whispered Your Name" is Urban's new song from his upcoming The Speed of Now, Part I album, expected on Sept. 18. The album comes days after the 2020 ACM Awards, which Urban will host from Nashville.
Urban and Kidman are very private with details about their children. Together they also have 9-year-old Faith Margaret. Kidman also is mother to two children whom she adopted with then-husband Tom Cruise.
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May 7, 2016 June 20, 2016 Ian Huffam Ian Huffam, Independent/Local Theatre, Musical Theatre, Uncategorized
“My Fair Zombie”: A Fun Spin on an Old Classic
By Ian Huffam
“My Fair Zombie” is certainly not a sophisticated musical in the traditional sense, but it’s clear that Brett Kelly knows how to put together a show.
If you didn’t infer it from the title, “My Fair Zombie” takes the stuffy pedigree of the iconic Broadway musical “My Fair Lady” and twists it with the decidedly less stuffy (but becoming somewhat passé?) zombie uprising trend that first made a splash with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Instead of teaching a Cockney flower girl how to pass as a member of the upper classes, professor Henry Higgins makes a bet with his new friend Colonel Pickering that he can teach a zombie girl to not only pass herself off as living, but also as a proper lady. Despite the unlikelihood of success, the zombie (whom they christen as “Eliza”) makes a spectacular transformation and now must deal with the question of where she can go once the experiment is over.
As a sort of parody of “My Fair Lady” (and “Pygmalion”, the George Bernard Shaw play on which the Broadway musical was based), elements from the originals sometimes come through and sometimes don’t, playing on audience expectations for those familiar with the material. The foppish and ineffective Freddy Eynesford-Hill still falls in love with Eliza (despite her projectile vomiting during their first meeting), “the rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain” still gets said many times, and Higgins’ servants sing about their concern with his ‘project.’ Gone though is Eliza’s father Alfred P. Doolittle (mentioned only in a curious afterthought of Eliza’s; there was apparently something to do with entrails), and any mention that might explicitly tie this show to My Fair Lady, particularly the songs. I do wonder why the programme doesn’t give any credit to Shaw, since nearly the entire first scene and most of the first act is lifted verbatim from his script, even in places where it doesn’t need to – Higgins’ delightfully sadistic explanation of how the experiment is to be carried out to Eliza (“You are going to live in this house for the next six months, learning to speak beautifully like a lady in a shop…”) is kept, but only after zombie Eliza exits so Higgins is forced to say it to Pickering instead. The passage feels like it was kept just for the sake of being able to use it – Shaw was a brilliant writer and it’s a pleasure to hear one of his darker passages being delivered with aplomb from Lawrence Evenchick, but Shaw for the sake of Shaw is a very different attitude from the one this show is selling.
The writing is admittedly the weakest part of “My Fair Zombie”; the performers are fantastic down to the mini-chorus of the undead. Most impressive is Robin Hodge as Eliza, who goes from slouching on her hands and knees and snarling “BRAINS…” at her first entrance to being able to conduct herself gracefully and articulately as a proper Edwardian lady. The transformation from guttersnipe to lady is a little abbreviated, but Hodge shows off the entire character arc of her undead character, even the moment where she looks into a mirror and first realizes that she can still recognize herself. A lot of the humour in this show derives from the juxtaposition of snooty old-fashioned manners meeting the crassness of zombies who only need to satisfy their base instincts, and Hodge plays with this admirably in the scenes where Higgins first tries to get her to recite the alphabet: “A, B, C, D.” “BRAINS!” (It’s a lot funnier when she does it.)
Lawrence Evenchick, as Henry Higgins, has the unenviable job of being the character that has to drive the plot forward amidst all the silliness, which is helped by Higgins being such a thoroughly unpleasant character that most of Higgins’ jokes are directed at him rather than the audience laughing with him. Evenchick keeps the character understated rather than trying to emphasize it, which allows our attention to stay where it should – on Hodge, whose character has actually been altered from Shaw’s original. The character of Higgins is more or less still the way Shaw wrote him, up until the final scene where Kelly’s script deviates into a surprisingly satisfying ending.
The whole company does an excellent job of keeping up energy. Most of the smaller roles (maids, ball guests, partygoers) have one or two lines if any at all, yet the performers still communicate their characters’ thoughts by means of entertaining facial expressions – Nicholas Dave Amott and Lauren Cauchy in particular excel at this, although even Hodge gets in on the facial expressions before her character actually begins to speak. Other standouts in the cast are Joel Elliot as Freddy Eynesford-Hill, whose lovely tenor voice matches the smoothness that he brings to his coasting-by-on-good-looks character, and Fiona Rothwell as housekeeper Mrs. Pearce who maintains her deadpan demeanour even while beheading a corpse to feed Eliza brains.
The songs are not numerous (there are only about 9 or 10 in the whole show) but the music is more complex than might be expected (there’s a French horn in the pit band!). The lyrics are occasionally clever, but they also sometimes delve into the raunchier side of things such as the song that opens the climactic ball, with the characters singing about… sigh… “balls.” I’m not saying silly and raunchy don’t work well together. They don’t, however, always have to be paired together, especially when the humour is already based on a rejection of snooty upper-class values – bringing in vulgarity at this point is to hit the nail on the head with a sledgehammer. Lyrical concerns aside, the performers also have excellent voices, with the opening song in particular boasting some lovely choral singing. Don’t expect anything directly parodying Lerner and Loewe, except maybe Freddy’s song “I Hope She Loves Me (For My Brains)” which recalls “On the Street Where You Live” mostly because they’re both love songs sung by Freddy in Eliza’s absence while he twirls an umbrella (not for musical reasons).
One last thing I must address is the commercial aspect of this show, which was very strong. The marketing team did an excellent job of promoting this show (I knew it was happening several months ago, even though I wouldn’t have been able to tell you what show was currently playing at the Gladstone if you asked me) through both social media and old-fashioned methods. There are feature cocktails at the Gladstone’s bar that tie into the show as per usual, but somewhat unusually for the Ottawa theatre scene there’s also merchandise for sale: DVD copies of the film on which this show is based (the musical My Fair Zombie is based on the film My Fair Zombie, which was also written and directed by Brett Kelly, which was inspired by My Fair Lady, which was in turn based on the 1938 film version of Pygmalion, which was based on the 1912 play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. Confused yet?), as well as stress-ball brains with the show’s title stamped on. Tasteless and exploitative of the local arts scene? Far from it. An effective marketing team can make the difference between a successful run and a flop, and merchandise is a way that you can promote the show after it has ended, so that even while working on a new project there’s still promotional material floating around for your work. The stress-brains are an especially nice touch – they’re something people might actually use, their connection to the show is obvious, and they belie a certain sense of humour that is absolutely part of the show. This collaboration between the artistic and the commercial sides of theatre production is a little bit lacking in this city, although there are some signs that this is changing (Ottawa Fringe’s embracing of social media and their awesome poster designs are definitely encouraging).
Is “My Fair Zombie” unoriginal and derivative? Derivative to be sure, but creatively so. All in all, this show is a fun ride that may offend the sensibilities of people who like ‘nice’ art, but if you haven’t laughed out loud at a show in Ottawa in a while, you’ll definitely want to hit this one up.
“My Fair Zombie”
A Brett Kelly Production
At the Gladstone May 4-7, 7:30 pm
Matinee Performance May 7, 2:30 pm
Approximately 2 hours with intermission
Directed by Brett Kelly
Written by Brett Kelly and Trevor Payer
Original Songs and Musical Direction by Stephen Tippet
Produced by Anne-Marie Kelly
Stage Manager: Linda Bedford
Assistant Stage Manager: Doreen McMahon
Lighting Director: Karl Wagner
Sound: Justin Ladelpha
Costume Designer: Maureen Russell
Sewing Assistance: Jackie Frigon, Sue Dacy, Alan Viau, Linda Bedford
Set Construction: Romauld Frigon
Hair: Janice Fitzsimmons
Lead Makeup: Annie Lefebvre
Makeup: Sarah C. Benfield
Publicity: Joel Elliot
Poster Art: Ronn Sutton
Photography: http://www.heLENSphotography.ca
Videography: Ron Evans
Choreography: Lauren Cauchy
Dance Advisor: Kendrick Abell
Musicians: Stephen Tippet (keyboards), Marianne Dumas (keyboards), Mary Gellner (percussion), Chris Lucas (bass), and Nicholas Schmidtke (French horn)
Eliza Doolittle: Robin Hodge
Henry Higgins: Lawrence Evenchick
Colonel Pickering: Peter Whittaker
Mrs. Pearce: Fiona Rothwell
Freddy Eynesford-Hill: Joel Elliot
Mrs. Eynesford-Hill: Joyce Landry
Mrs. Higgins: Mary-Ellen Vice
Flower Girl: Abbey Flockton
Rough Man/Father Francis/Ambassador: Nicholas Dave Amott
Little Jim/Bitey: Amelia Abell
Maid/Townsfolk: Lauren Cauchy, Taryn Waldorf, Zoe Towne
Ambassador’s Wife: Zoe Towne
Constable Shaw/Neppomuck: Andrew Galligan
The Undead: Sarah C. Benfield, Robert Mayr, Glena Chao, Morris Rothman
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Tillerson: Sanctions on Russia Will Remain ‘Until Crimea Is Returned’
Assured Ukraine Sanctions Against Russia Won't Change
Jason Ditz Posted on April 24, 2017 Categories NewsTags Crimea, Russia, Tillerson, Ukraine
Hopes that the US sanctions against Russia would be quickly rolled back when President Trump was elected in November didn’t pan out, and the latest comments from Secretary of State Rex Tillerson suggest that the administration has no intention of removing the sanctions at all.
Speaking with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko over the weekend, Tillerson reported told him that the US sanctions on Russia will remain wholly in place “until Russia returns control of the Crimean peninsula to Ukraine.” Needless to say, Russia isn’t going to do that.
Crimea was an autonomous oblast within Ukraine until 2014, when they held a referendum and seceded. After that secession, they sought and gained accession into the Russian Federation, which the US doesn’t recognize. US officials have repeatedly presented this as Russia “invading Crimea” or “taking Crimea by force,” though the peninsula’s ethnic Russian majority was able to effectively secede outright without anything nearly so dramatic happening.
Nobody seriously expects Russia to “give back” Crimea, even if there was a mechanism by which they could conceivably do so, which there isn’t. Conditioning sanctions relief on that is tantamount to announcing the sanctions as a permanent feature of US policy, a stance which will likely suit the many Russia hawks in Congress and across Western Europe quite well.
46 thoughts on “Tillerson: Sanctions on Russia Will Remain ‘Until Crimea Is Returned’”
RickR35 says:
Any particular reason why Poro wants Crimea, or for that matter why the US wants Ukraine to have it?
Ian Campbell says:
Any good reason? Nope. All about the posturing.
richardvajs says:
My guess is that Poro wants at least one part of Ukraine to be successful and the US just wants war between Ukraine and Russia – much easier than trying to pull Ukraine out of the mud.
Crimea was historically part of Russia and is inhabited by Russian-speaking Russians who voted to join Russia. It’s called self-determination! Isn’t there some UN mechanism which could at least embarrass the White House on this, if not thwart them?
ThorsteinVeblen2012 says:
Historically Crimea was the hub of the Slavic slave trade. It wasn’t until Catherine the Great invaded Crimea that the slave trade was ended
Makes you think that Crimea was named as a derivative of crime or the criminality that was going on
“Crimea was historically part of Russia. . .”
Actually, the history of Crimea is very, very complicated. There have been successive occupations and ethnic cleansing by the Cimmerians, the Romans, the Bryzantines, the Mongols, the Venetians, the Ottomans, the Tartars, the Ukranians and the Russians and a number of other ethnicities. At various times Crimea has been part of the Russian empire and that many Russians settled there where they displaced other nationalities as recently as the expulsion of the Tartars in the1950’s. I don’t see Crimea as “historically part of Russia” anymore than I see Texas or Hawaii or Puerto Rico as historically a parts of the United States. All we can say is a majority of the people there today after Stalin exiled the Tartars whose ancestors sold Slavs as slaves (hence the word “slave”) voted that they would rather be a part of contemporary Russia than live under the current regime in Ukraine. I don’t like the pro-NATO fascists who control the Ukraine today so I support the right of Crimea to secede from Ukraine. But I leave it at that.
Ho Polites says:
Crimea was part of Russia from George Washington to Dwight Eisenhower. The transfer of Crimea to Ukraine was a product of Khrushchev’s machinations, to which we are now unwitting advocates.
TellTheTruth-2 says:
Tillerson has turned into just another bully for the ZioCON/Communists who run the USA. This is the NEW US Command Structure: Netanyahu –> Kushner –> Ivanka –> Wall Street $$$ –> CIA/NSA –> Army “war monger” Generals –> Donald Trump (Now the FAKE “Zionist controlled mouth piece” President)
GStorm says:
Why not let the Crimeans vote on it…oh, wait. Too democratic a solution I guess.
JimBass56 says:
I thought they already did a couple years ago
HyperNV says:
They did vote to be annexed by Russia.
MeM says:
Not really. The election was a total farce.
SF_Expat says:
Not at all, almost all the adults voted in the referendum and many polls were taken after by polling organizations in the west and east and they all came up with the same result, almost unanimous preference to be part of Russia again. It was more far than any US election…ever.
Eileen Kuch says:
You mean, they voted to REJOIN Russia.
There, fixed it for ya.
Wayne Card says:
I’m calling for sanctions on the United States until they return Texas to Mexico!!
chris chuba says:
The irony of Americans who are on their high horse about ‘restoring Crimea’ is that Crimea declared independence in 1991 only to be annexed by Ukraine in 1995, http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2017/03/28/so-who-annexed-crimea-peninsular-then.html
The average fool in the U.S. probably thinks that the Russians rolled tanks into Crimea in 2014 like the Soviets did in Hungary or Czechoslovakia during the Cold War.
Hey, Mr. Tillerson! How can you be so stupid? Crimea declared its independence in 1991, only to be illegally annexed by Ukraine four years later. Hello?!! The only reason Crimea didn’t rejoin Russia back then had to do with Boris Yeltsin, who was a puppet of the Oligarchs who wanted Crimea to be part of Ukraine.
Crimea successfully seceded from Ukraine and rejoined Russia in 2014 in a REFERENDUM, Mr. Tillerson. Russia did NOT annex the Peninsula .. even though it had its Black Sea Fleet anchored at the port of Sevastopol for over 200 years .. it welcomed Crimea with open arms. You didn’t watch videos of ecstatic Crimea’s inhabitants celebrating their reunion with Russia with immense joy, did you? Do us a favor, stop lying about Crimea’s reunion with Russia and read the true history about that region.
Thank you, Chris, for enlightening us on this matter:-)
survivor says:
Exactly, Crimea voted in favor of autonomy in 1991 which Kiev said no but Crimea still acted autonomously until finally 2014 they successfully seceded.
ikester8 says:
It will be interesting to see how Russia routes around all of this. Sanctions don’t work in the long run. They just create more middlemen. I would suspect that this will prompt China, Russia and Iran, and their trading partners, to make good on their threats to come up with alternative financial clearinghouses.
Sanction have worked just fine in forcing other countries to stop using the dollar . Which in the end will hurt us more than them .
This belligerent a-hole is going to get us in a real war. Thanks, Donald.
dieter heymann says:
The new objective of the Trump administration is to make the Black Sea a NATO lake. How is that different from Clinton and even Sanders?
Trump and Tillerson Both look more like globalists after the election
Donald Holzman says:
Russia uses the Black Sea as a naval base. One ship sunk in the channel at Istanbul and nothing moves.
ALEXANDRU Nemoianu says:
Tillerson is really pathetic.
BWV says:
I’m still trying to figure out whether Trump is an idiot or just pretending to be an idiot in order to be unpredictable. Or maybe those, like me, who voted for him are the idiots.
MyWikiDisQus says:
Don’t beat yourself up about it. You chose the “lesser of two evils”, remember?
Until the American people have the right to select, “None of the Above” on a State or federal election ballot and be counted against the other candidates/incumbent, nothing will ever change for the better.
brad kahn says:
U.S. out of Hawaii..!
How did the GANGSTERS in WASHINGTON..
Obtain Hawaii..?
The U.S. stole it..
of course..
Sent battleships to Honolulu..
Threatening to blow it up..!
Made the Queen a deal she couldn’t refuse..
They’re Gangsters..what do you expect..?
Ask the Hawaiians how they feel about.
They’ll tell you it’s a Military Occupation..!
The beautiful paradise of Hawaii.
Pearl of the Pacific…
Turned into an Aircraft Carrier
Poised to attack Asia.
( divinity..the divinity of Nature )
to meet the needs of the NarcoTerrorists
from Washington who hold the entire world hostage.
Like most people in Hawaii..
I say the US should get the fux out of Hawaii
( give it back to it’s rightful owners)
AND END THE MILITARY OCCUPATION.
SELF DETERMINATION FOR HAWAII..!
Brad, I second the motion. Give Hawaii back its independence and end its military occupation. The USG has NO right to demand Russia to “return” Crimea to the Zionist country of Ukraine, while it still holds Hawaii against that island’s will.
Back in the latter 18th Century, the British Empire tried to do the same in the personage of Captain Cook, who had discovered the Hawaiian Islands in one of his voyages in the Pacific Ocean.
BTW..
Importantly,
Some of the Gangsters battleships sailed in from Manila..
Where just previously,
The Philippines had gotten rid of the Spanish..
Only to be conquered by the United States.
Historians estimate the US
murdered around 200,000 or 300,000
Philippinos suppressing the revolution.
Russia will voluntarily return the Crimea and the Russian citizens living in Crimea to the new Nazi Ukrainian government after the United states returns Alaska to Russia for the price they sold it to us for .and returns the Louisiana purchase to France
Which will be, of course, never, Eric. I like that statement, since it’s actually true. Russia will only return Crimea and the Russian citizens living in it to the new Zionist Ukrainian gov’t. after the USA returns Alaska to Russia for the price they sold it to us, and returns the Louisiana purchase to France.
We all know that will NEVER happen in a thousand years.
But the people of Crimea voted in favor of Russian annexation of their land. It was their wish that they wanted to be under Russian governance.
unam_sanctum says:
silly rabbit, the Empire doesn’t care what people think.
Mark Thomason says:
“a stance which will likely suit the many Russia hawks in Congress and across Western Europe quite well”
It suits the Russia Is Coming crowd, but nobody else. Europe is being hurt by sanctions much more than the US, and the US is being hurt too.
Meanwhile, Russia is developing the more diversified economy they should have been doing all along instead of exporting raw materials and importing finished goods as they were. We are forcing reforms on them that backfire on our purposes in the long run.
This takes the heat of Trump for his supposed Putin ties, but it otherwise not helpful.
The sanctions have been very helpful to Russia’s agricultural sector, and
go a long way in building up their self-sufficiency in many areas. More than a few countries’ populations would love to self-sanction themselves out of this globalist bankopoly mess.
Romanov says:
Dear Rex: You are hopelessly misinformed.
Josh Stern says:
This article does a good job explaining the absurdity of the US position on Crimea:
http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2017/03/28/so-who-annexed-crimea-peninsular-then.html
desertspeaks says:
Tillerson, you’re a world class retard! You willfully ignore that FACT that the Crimea voted “by over 90%” to leave the Ukraine and rejoin Russia!
Russia took NOTHING! STUPIDITY OF THIS MAGNATUDE SHOULD BE A CRIME
Exactly. You hear that, Tillerson? You’re a world class retard. You willfully ignored the FACT that Crimea’s electorate voted by 97% to secede from the Ukraine and rejoin Russia! Russia took absolutely nothing, but welcomed Crimea with open arms! What part of that don’t you understand, Tillerson? Why don’t you resign? Never mind your wife .. You said you didn’t want this job as SecState; so do us a big favor and resign, then.
Actually, when the people voted it was for deciding what to do with their already decided independence. There were two choices on the ballot, remain independent(as Nazis were mounting an invasion force vowing to kill all Russian speakers in the region), or to ask to rejoin Russia. The 93% who wanted to join Russia won, but the remaining 7 % were favoring independent state status with close ties and economic aid/protection from Russia. They ALL wanted to disconnect from Kiev.
That was already done by the Crimea Parliament a week and a half before the referendum. If Russia was to “give” Crimea to anyone it would be to the Crimeans who were already independent.
comrade hermit says:
You’re in for a long wait sh*t-head.
Jacques Devin says:
Tillerson is another sell out to the zionist neocon fascist cabal, Trump duped “We the People” when he campaigned on America First, it turned out zionist IsraHell first and their foreign agenda.
LOL, Russia ain’t ever returning Crimea you old goat f*ck Tillerson. The people of Crimea voted overwhelmingly to secede from Kiev to once again be a part of mother Russia. Why doesn’t Tillerson tell Poroshenko that he needs to step down and allow the former President to resume office because the U.S. doesn’t tolerate democratic govts to be overthrown, LOL.
Le Ruse says:
I do think that the hell will freezes over, before that happen ??
A US Naval Base in Sevastopol ?? Wet Hollywood dream !
incumbent says:
theory is that the rump of Mrs. Clinton’s defeated coterie have so
effectively gummed up the works of government that the Trump
Administration has to concede these things if it wishes to profiteer at
That is, there’s power still to be had in opposition,
and that power, rather than being directed toward things like Universal
Health Care, reduction of wealth inequality, or environmental
sustainability, is going to fan the flames of war in Syria, and exclude
Russia from international commerce. Were this to be true, it would not be something you could lay on Trump’s doorstep, but rather Hillary’s — meaning the DNC leadership still in her sway.
while this policy development is rightly to be feared, it may not yet
be upon us, in fact, almost certainly is not. If Trump remains true to
form, he will hedge on this, and there will be some feints before we get
a final policy.
Notice that the source is what
Tillerson reportedly said to a Ukrainian bureaucrat. Who did the telling
is not mentioned, nor any other details that would allow confirmation
or encourage credulity. One suspects Mr. Ditz if he is not living up to
his name with this one, is either chumming for clicks or honing his
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Republicans have secured 50 seats in the next U.S. Senate compared to Democrats’ 48 (including two independents who caucus with them). Control of the next Senate comes down to Georgia’s runoff elections. In The Runoff Report, we provide the latest on each race and the fight for Senate control.
Regular election updates
David Perdue was on Fox & Friends and three radio shows this morning. He discussed early voting, COVID-19 stimulus checks, election security, and more. Perdue said of Mitch McConnell introducing a bill combining stimulus checks with other provisions, “The Democrats themselves held this up for months, and so here in the last minute, they’re complaining about the normal operation of the Senate. … I can tell you the three things that Mitch McConnell is trying to do are in line with what the president has said.”
On Dec. 29, Perdue campaigned in Forsyth, Thomaston, Milner, Jackson, and McDonough.
Jon Ossoff said in a statement about Perdue’s support for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks: “The people have needed help, but for the past year, David Perdue has opposed all direct relief for working Georgians even while he cashed out personally on the pandemic by trading medical stocks. He hasn’t had a change of heart — he’s exclusively focused on his own political survival. Georgians deserve a Senator who will always look out for them, not just when it’s politically convenient.”
Ossoff also released two ads, one of which features former President Barack Obama.
This election is for a full six-year term ending January 2027. Perdue was first elected in 2014. Ossoff ran against Karen Handel (R) in the 6th Congressional District special election in 2017.
Click here for more coverage of the regular election.
Special election updates
Kelly Loeffler said on Fox & Friends on Dec. 29, “Democrats have blocked relief time and again. … We have to hold Democrats accountable on January 5th. Because that’s what’s on the ballot. Who’s going to fight for the American people? That’s what David Perdue and I have been doing since Day 1, and we’re going to continue to do that.”
Loeffler also campaigned in Cherokee, Paulding, and Coweta counties.
Raphael Warnock said in a statement about Loeffler’s support for $2,000 stimulus checks: “Kelly Loeffler made clear her priorities when she sold $3 million of her own stock while downplaying the pandemic, called unemployment relief ‘counterproductive,’ and then waited nearly nine months to take any action on additional relief while Georgians lost their jobs. Georgians learned long ago they can’t trust Kelly Loeffler to look out for anyone but herself.”
The special election will fill the remainder of the term Johnny Isakson (R) won in 2016. He resigned in Dec. 2019, and Gov. Brian Kemp (R) appointed Loeffler, co-owner of the WNBA team Atlanta Dream. Warnock is senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church. The winner will complete the term ending in January 2023.
Click here for more coverage of the special election.
Overall campaign updates
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will campaign for Ossoff and Warnock in Georgia ahead of the runoffs. Harris will be in Savannah on Jan. 3. Biden will be in Atlanta on Jan. 4.
President Donald Trump will hold a rally for Loeffler and Perdue in Dalton on Jan. 4.
Early in-person voting ends tomorrow, Dec. 31, in most Georgia counties. But in the following counties, today is the last day to cast an early vote in person: Fulton, Henry, Pickens, and Upson. January 1 is the last day voters may request absentee ballots.
Today: Part 3—General election vote shares by county
In previous editions, we highlighted vote shares for Perdue and Ossoff by county in the Nov. 3 election as well as vote shares for Loeffler, Warnock, and Doug Collins (R) in the special election by county.
Today, we present our final county vote share map, where we combine votes for all Republican candidates and all Democratic candidates in the Nov. 3 special election. Twenty candidates ran in the election, including eight Democrats and six Republicans.
Click here to view the map on our website, where you can hover over counties to see vote percentages by party.
Click here to compare the special election vote share map to the regular election map.
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I wrote Thread of Love in the early 2000?s. It was the first song I co-wrote with Doug Von Koss of the Noah Project. I had heard of Doug from a friend. Immediately, I began?driving over to the San Francisco Bay area to join in the men?s singing circle. I have come to treasure my time with the men of the Noah Project. They gather twice a month at the Finnish Hall in Berkeley. What a blessing to have the opportunity to experience so?many glorious evenings of singing and connecting with other men. It is a glorious ?perfection-free zone,? as Doug likes to call it.
The Birth of Thread of Love
One Sunday evening in the smaller social room upstairs, I experienced one of those rare times?when the magic was just right. Doug played the piano and led us in singing a song I had never heard before. It was based on a poem by William Stafford titled, “The Way It Is.”?
The melody was from an old African-American spiritual, titled There is a Balm in Gilead which has been in the public domain since earlier last century.
I was so captivated and deeply moved that the short song stuck in my mind and heart. I sang it on the long drive home that night. Within a few days, I wrote a whole new song with melody and verses and the original piece as the chorus. I have grown very fond of this song over time and have shared it with a number of people since then. I really wanted to record it to share it with even more folks. However, I let it sit on the shelf because of my concern around copyright issues with Stafford?s poem and how to deal with that.
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Earlier this year, I finally researched and discovered that William Stafford?s son, Kim Stafford, is a professor of literature at the Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Kim serves as literary executor for the Estate of William Stafford, so?I contacted him to inquire about how to receive permission to publish my Thread of Love song. It contains a few lines from one of his father?s poems. I had a short conversation with him on the phone. He was very gracious and supportive. I recall that he said something to the effect that his father ?liked to encourage folks in their creative endeavors.?
Kim told me to?contact Fred Courtright whose business, The Permissions Company, is the rights agency for Graywolf Press. After a short wait, I received the official letter that granted me permission to publish Thread of Love. I extend my heartfelt thank you to Kim and Fred for helping to make it possible for me to record this song. Finally, I’ll be able to bring the message of this song to even more folks around the world.
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I am very grateful to be recording Thread of Love in the studio this summer. It will be included on my new album, In a Circle. I will be honored to have some of William Stafford?s words in the mix, along with my own.
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Home Crime Police survey paints a grim picture of life on the beat
Police survey paints a grim picture of life on the beat
Officers say they're worn out, stressed, facing increased threats of violence and with insufficient pay.
File picture of Junior Constable Juho Mielonen, Helsinki 6th June 2019 / Credit: News Now Finland
The results of a new survey paint a grim picture of the state of policing in Finland.
The Finnish Police Federation SPJL canvased 10,000 members and received more than 3,400 responses recording their thoughts on life as a police officer.
Seven out of 10 officers say they don’t have time to do their jobs properly; many said violence is increasingly common in field work; most cops experience fatigue and lack of proper management. More than half say their job satisfaction has declined in the last two years. And while the number of police officers is set to increase in the next few years, 85% of officers who answered the questionnaire said they don’t think this will be enough to guarantee the safety of people in Finland.
“I was surprised how fed up these people are” says Jonne Rinne, Chairman of the SPJL.
“These results don’t lie, and it’s more like proof of what we’ve been telling people for several years now”
“Officers are really frustrated. They feel the amount of work and expertise needed to accomplish their jobs has risen over the years, but at the same time the salary has been kept back. The salary doesn’t match the increased work load” Rinne adds.
File picture of Jonne Rinne, Chairman of the Finnish Police Federation SPJL / Credit: SPJL
Officers facing increased violence
The new study also highlighted the increased threat of violence that officers face while doing their jobs: 69% of respondents said they experienced violence during the last two years. More than half said occupational safety has been reduced.
One officer wrote that attempts had been made to kick them, spit at them, threaten to kill their families and find out their home address.
“Our police officers, who are sworn civil servants, they are not able to to their work as efficiently as they should and feel like they are letting down the people the are serving” Jonne Rinne tells News Now Finland.
“They can’t put so much effort because there are not enough resources. They want to be doing more, and it’s frustrating for them” he adds.
Around 14% of officers who responded to the survey said they are thinking about changing their jobs to find other ways to earn a living. “I think that’s a bad result” says Rinne.
File picture of Interior Minister Maria Ohisalo (Green), Helsinki 5th November 2019 / Credit: News Now Finland
Political response to the report
The Ministry of Interior and the Police Board both received copies of the survey in advance on Monday.
Interior Minister Maria Ohisalo (Green) says “the work done by police is important to society. It is worrying that they are tired and exhausted.”
“The number of police officers in Finland in relation to the population is small compared to many other countries. The fact that Finland is a large country and distances are long is no help either. As a result, there is often too little staff and too much workload for individual police officers” Ohisalo concedes.
The minister says the government has committed to increasing the number of officers to 7,500 by 2022 and the Police Federation says doing more for police comes down to the willingness of the government to act.
“We know it is a political question, a question of money. How much will we spend on internal security, and it’s a decision our government must take” says SPJL’s Jonne Rinne.
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Garba Shehu Replies Critics Saying Buhari is Not in Charge of Nigeria
“The Presidency wishes to respond to a number of opinion articles and a stringent newspaper editorial this Sunday, which outrageously said President Muhammadu Buhari was not in control of his administration,” Shehu said.
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Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to the Muhammadu Buhari has replied critics who are saying the President is not in charge of the country.
Reacting to some columns and articles criticizing the president for not having a grip on the nation, the presidential spokesperson accused the critics of being unmindful of their words and endorsing the opposition’s fallacious position.
Speaking further, Shehu said while it is normal for Nigerians to have different opinions on issues affecting the country, some comments are an endorsement of the opposition, which according to him ruined the country during their 16 years of governance.
“What is sometimes worrisome is that several of these comments, disguised as objective criticisms are merely speaking the language of the opposition-the people who ruined the country during their 16 years of corruption on an industrial scale.
“Sometimes, we are forced to wonder whether some writers are mindful of the implication of words for the strategic and territorial interests of the nation.
“The fact that these baseless and appallingly mischievous attacks can freely be aired is itself evidence of the right to freedom of expression prevailing in the country today.
“Whether it is Ibrahim Magu, Godswill Akpabio, NDDC, NSITF and the others, Nigerians are bound to hold differing opinions, write letters, opinion columns, editorials and even stage lawful protests.
“These detractors pick up isolated issues like the ones in the EFCC, NDDC, and incidents of crime and corruption which have been with the country for years, and without any serious effort to uncover them, paint them a phenomena orchestrated and happening because President Buhari’s administration has decided to pursue cases of suspected wrongdoing in the anti-corruption agency, pension funds, NDDC and other government agencies.
“But the government was the first to point out the obvious embarrassment that potential acts of wrongdoing by the EFCC leadership would cause the administration. The question to ask is: did they expect the President to draw a curtain over these suspected scandals by not ordering audits and investigations? And for them to turn around to accuse him of a cover-up?
“To do a cover-up and not order audits and investigations as the President did would amount to a historic betrayal of the mandate and the faith placed in him by the Nigerian people.”
“President Buhari’s integrity, uprightness and probity are intact and well known. Let us remind these so-called editorial writers that ECOWAS, Africa Union and the international community at large recognized President Buhari as Champion of the Anti-Corruption fight in Africa,” he said.
“Nigerians are convinced that he is honest. They voted for him as President against the background of corruption, public policy paralysis and growing menace of terrorists threatening to take over a sizable portion of the nation’s territory. In his five years in office, there is not a single charge of corruption against his person.
“The Buhari government has done nothing to warrant these criticisms. Under our laws, you are innocent until proven guilty: Investigation, trial then conviction. Not the other way round. To carry out investigations before condemnation or conviction should not be misconstrued as a weakness or a vacuum in leadership.
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Logan Police Monitoring Criminal Activity During Restricted Period
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BRIDGEPORT – At the Logan Township Council meeting on May 19 Captain Joseph Flatley assured residents that police are still patrolling to watch for criminal activity.
“We haven’t been doing excessive proactive enforcement, but our officers have still been out collectively patrolling,” Flatley reported. He said that several arrests have been made and several summonses have been issued. “But with the Stay at Home orders starting to be receded, I think you’ll see an increase in illegal activity.”
“We’re monitoring that on a daily basis,” Flatley said. Minor questioned Flatley as to whether any of the arrests they made were related to non-compliance to restrictions. Flatley mentioned that there had been a couple of DUI arrests, but only one incident where an executive order had been violated.
“No summons was issued, but that was no fault of the officer’s, just a lack of familiarity with how to proceed with that,” Flatley clarified. “The individual involved has been put on notice, and if there should be any future incidents, that individual will be cited.”
Minor asked the lieutenant where Logan Township stood with houses of worship at this juncture. “At this point in time, the houses of worship can do parking lot services,” Flatley continued. “If they can socially distance themselves six feet from one another, they are permitted to open their windows. The religions who practice communion during their services are permitted to have them served by one of the pastors.”
Flatley said he heard several questions about ten or fewer gatherings inside a church, and no concrete answer was given as to how many were allowed.
Elsewhere, Council first introduced an ordinance that would allow the township to exceed the municipal budget appropriation limits and to establish a CAP bank. A CAP Bank of two percent is a precautionary measure requested by the state of New Jersey every year. The ordinance was introduced on its first reading and a public hearing was set on the matter for June 16.
Another ordinance was introduced that would amend the unified development ordinance of Logan Township. This amends application, review and inspection fees. A public hearing was also set for June 16.
In resolutions, Council approved a shared service agreement with Woolwich Township for solid waste collection. Logan Township is the provider through the Leap Implementation Grant Agreement. The Local Efficiency Achievement Programs were created to support excess costs associated with implementing of shared service.
Council also authorized the release of the maintenance guarantee for RAR2-395 on Pedricktown Road, affecting a parcel on the Logan Township Tax Map.
In new business, Council approved a Temporary Use Permit for TNT Fireworks at ACME Markets parking lot from June 20 through July 6. Minor asked for assurances of social distancing.
In reports, Public Works Manager Mike Riley said that over 140 residents came to the township’s successful shred event the previous Saturday. “We did over four tons of recycled paper,” he noted. Engineer Annina Hogan, who was expecting a lot of work with the road programs and concrete work over the summer, assured Mayor Minor that she would have the workers practice social distancing and not congregating.
by Robert Holt
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