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State Government backs bid for LAND 400 contract
Dr Anthony Lynham > News > State Government backs bid for LAND 400 contract
3 April, 2019 –
The State Government has launched a new campaign to support Rheinmetall’s bid for the estimated $15 billion LAND 400 Phase 3 project. Last year Queensland won the $5.2 billion LAND 400 Phase 2 defence project by securing Rheinmetall – let’s see if we can do it again!
LAND 400 Phase 3 will see the delivery of 383 infantry fighting vehicles and 17 manoeuvre support vehicles for the Australian Army.
This would mean new opportunities for our state’s advanced manufacturing businesses, such as STEYR Motors Australia here in Stafford.
The Department of Defence has stated they will shortlist in the next six months and the Palaszczuk Government’s goal is to make sure Queensland and Rheinmetall is on the shortlist.
Should Rheinmetall’s Lynx be successful in the LAND 400 Phase 3 tender, Rheinmetall will manufacture the vehicles at the Military Vehicle Centre of Excellence (MILVEHCOE) in Ipswich.
The MILVEHCOE’s workforce and the critical mass of expertise will already be in place from Phase 2, so a win in Phase 3 will guarantee a continuation of work into the long-term.
Rheinmetall expects the MILVEHCOE and its impact across Queensland’s supply chain will contribute more than $1 billion to Queensland’s economy.
Momentum is definitely increasing in Queensland’s defence industries, with more than 6,500 people currently employed and $9.55 billion in Australian defence contracts secured in 2017-18, which is more than double the value of contracts awarded in the previous year.
Meanwhile, Queensland’s defence industry capabilities are well and truly on the national and international radar, guided by our Queensland Defence Industries 10-Year Roadmap and Action Plan, which is maximising all potential opportunities for local defence expansion.
Learn more about the Palaszczuk Government’s Queensland defence industries roadmap at https://www.dsdmip.qld.gov.au/industry-development/queensland-defence-industries-roadmap.html
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CL Reviews 'Scarred But Smarter' Documentary
Drivin' n' Cryin' documentary makes hometown premiere
by Hal Horowitz for Creative Loafing
Nobody said it would be fair They warned me before I went out there
There's always a chance to get restarted To a new world, new life Scarred but smarter
It's likely that Atlanta's Drivin' n' Cryin' never imagined the opening track and title to their 1986 debut would perfectly encapsulate the band's scrappy career nearly three decades later. Still, it comes as little surprise that when director/Regular Guys radio show host Eric Von Haessler was ready to name his documentary, Scarred but Smarter: (life n times of drivin n cryin) wasn't an obvious choice. Three years in the making, and with the act experiencing a bit of a revival due to three well-received EPs released over the past 12 months (a fourth is coming soon), the film is complete and ready for its local premiere.
On the surface, it ostensibly follows the archetypal VH1-style rock-doc format, chronicling a group's highs and lows through its bumpy 28 year lifespan. That includes the usual assortment of rare clips, firsthand rock star stories (Peter Buck is featured prominently), and tales of record company and chemical abuses. Add dysfunctional inter-group relationships, frequent breakups, side projects, and nervous breakdowns that have buried so many others since even before the Beatles for a complete profile of a bunch of gifted outsiders whose current rejuvenation comes as a surprise to many.
But with frontman/founder Kevn Kinney's self-deprecating humor and tough journeyman's attitude, it's a tale of survival in an industry that has traditionally eaten up and spit out artists as talented and deserving as Drivin' n' Cryin' for lunch. Despite such clichéd rock-doc images as split-screen performances and grainy old recordings, this is obviously a labor of love. Its warts-and-all depiction of D n C through its ups and more frequent downs adds gravitas and a compelling thread to a group that, despite
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"Drivin' n' Cryin' got exactly what they had coming to them; fame and no fame, fortune and no fortune," admits Kinney in the flick's trailer. Other black-and-white talking-head interviews bring the outfit's colorful if somewhat depressing history to life with concise, articulate, and often humorous reminiscences from fans and associates who witnessed it going down.
Even casual rock fans boisterously sing along when "Straight to Hell" makes an appearance on whatever classic rock radio stations are left, and if they leave no other legacy than that, Kinney and Drivin' n' Cryin' will be acknowledged as one of the more influential Southern-bred collectives. Personalities as diverse as Cracker's David Lowery, Darius Rucker, and Collective Soul's Ed Roland attest to D n C's staying power, primarily due to consistently sweat-soaked live shows keeping them relevant for generations too young to have been around for the
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majority of its tenure. Additionally, songs like "Scarred but Smarter" become more appropriate to the band and its cult fans as both age. It's increasingly clear that this story may well need a follow-up, since it's long from over.
Scarred but Smarter (life n times of drivn n cryin) premieres at the Plaza Theatre on Friday March 22 during this year's Atlanta Film Festival.
http://clatl.com/cribnotes/archives/2013/03/18/drivin-n-cryin-documentary-makes-hometown-premier
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National Instruments LabVIEW
LabVIEW gets new wire
August 9, 2016 | 12:00
This year the LabVIEW (LV) graphical programming language celebrates its 30th anniversary. Using a number of basic components as blocks and wires to draw a program rather than typing hard-to-read code in a text based language like Python or C, LV is especially intuitive for people who are not programming experts. Although you might expect that after thirty years of evolution all the basic components of LV had been established, the latest version LV 2016 introduces a new wire.
The Channel wire, as the new wire is called, allows data flows between parallel processes to be represented in a graphical way. Everything it does can, of course, also be achieved in other ways but without making it visually explicit and very easy. Simply drawing a wire to implement inter-process communication greatly improves code understanding. Usually well informed sources told us that work is currently in progress to extend the Channel wire to FPGA-to-microcontroller communication, a rather revolutionary simplification indeed, that may (or may not) become available in LV 2017.
Development of the Channel wire was started ten years ago by National Instruments’ co-founder and LV creator Jeff Kodosky, but computer technology only started to make it practical a few years back. Actually, Jeff’s wire was already secretly available in LV 2015, but hidden in such a way that only few users knew about its existence. With LV 2016 it finally has become a new basic language object.
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Red Pitaya Spectrum Analyzer Review FPGA Logic Analyzers Oscilloscopes LCR meter STEMlab Sampling rate
by Harry Baggen
Review: The new Red Pitaya line
November 30, 2016 | 11:06
The engineers at Red Pitaya have updated and expanded their product line. All the boards are now called STEMlab, so the original Red Pitaya has been renamed STEMlab 125-14. It also has a little brother now, named STEMlab 125-10. We spent some time in the Elektor Labs playing with one of the first available prototypes of the STEMlab 125-10.
Red Pitaya has become a familiar name in the electronics world. This little red board is a powerful instrumentation platform with a built-in signal generator as well as a versatile FPGA development system, and you can develop your own apps for it. What’s more, for a relatively low price you get an instrument module with 14‑bit A/D and D/A converters and a maximum sampling rate of 125 Msample/s, which is usually reserved for very expensive instruments. If you want to know more about the Red Pitaya, you can have a look at our Red Pitaya intro article.
Now the engineers at Red Pitaya have updated and expanded their product line. First of all, the name has been changed to STEMlab (STEM is an acronym of “science, technology, engineering and mathematics” and is often used in the educational sector to designate the scientific and engineering disciplines). As a result, the original Red Pitaya is now called STEMlab 125‑14. It also has a little brother now, named STEMlab 125‑10. They differ in the resolution of the A/D and D/A converters on the board: with the junior version it is 10 bits instead of 14 bits. The STEMlab 125‑10 also has less RAM than the ‑14 version, but for many applications that is not important.
Fewer bits, but still more than enough
I spent some time playing with a prototype of the STEMlab 125‑10, and I hardly noticed that it was a junior version of the Red Pitaya. That’s because both versions work with the same apps and the measured signals look the same. The most obvious physical difference is that the ‑10 version has fewer connectors.
Although 10 bits may seem like a lot less than the 14 bits with the top-end version, you should bear in mind that most stand-alone and USB oscilloscopes have 8‑bit converters. From that perspective, 10‑bit resolution gives you four times as much detail. For oscilloscope functions, 10‑bit resolution is enough to produce very detailed signal waveforms on the screen. The main target group for 14 bit resolution is people who write their own apps and want to make very precise measurements.
A big advantage of the new STEMlab devices is that now you get a matching AC adapter and a pre-programmed microSD card together with the module. That makes it a lot easier to get started than with the original version, where you first had to download a software image file and copy it to an SD card. The most frequently used apps are also include on the memory card: oscilloscope, signal generator, logic analyzer, Bode analyzer (still in the beta stage with my prototype), and LCR meter. That means you don’t have to download them separately. By the way, the apps for the oscilloscope, signal generator and spectrum analyzer are the previous Pro versions, while the other apps have a different layout and user interface.
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UN urges independent probe in Strait of Hormuz crisis
UN chief Antonio Guterres has called on all actors in the region to "avoid a major confrontation." The US and UK have accused Iran of attacking tankers transiting through the Persian Gulf.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres late Friday called for an independent investigation into apparent attacks on tankers transiting through the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman.
"We believe it is very important to avoid, at all costs, a major confrontation in the Gulf," said Guterres in New York. "At the present moment, we don't see a mechanism of dialogue possible to be in place."
The US and UK have accused Tehran of attacking tankers transiting through the waterways that separate the Arabian Peninsula and Iran, allegations which Iranian officials have denied.
Read more: The Strait of Hormuz: The world's most important oil choke point
'Reverse course'
Earlier this week, two tankers were hit by explosions. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the apparent attacks were part of a campaign of "escalating tensions" being carried out by Iranian elements, warning that the US would protect its interests in the region.
Arab League Secretary General Aboul Gheit on Friday told his "Iranian brothers" to be "careful and reverse course because you're pushing everybody towards a confrontation that no one would be safe if it happens."
Gheit supported the UN's call for an independent probe, saying: "We believe that the truth needs to be clearly established in relation to these attacks."
Read more: Opinion: A Persian Gulf war can have no winners
Berlin calls for calm
Germany has condemned the attacks without assigning responsibility as it attempts to shore up support for the Iran nuclear deal.
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Friday the attacks represented not only a threat to trade but to peace in the region.
"We don't need further escalation," said Maas. "De-escalation is key."
Iran: no comment
Speaking at a meeting of Russian, Chinese and other Asian leaders in Tajikistan on Saturday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani made no mention of the attacks on the two tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
Rouhani said Iran would continue to scale back compliance with the commitments it made in the 2015 nuclear deal in the absence of "positive signals" from other signatories. "Obviously, Iran cannot stick to this agreement unilaterally."
Last month, Iran said it would start enriching uranium at a higher level unless world powers protected its economy from renewed US sanctions.
Read more: Could Iran really close the Strait of Hormuz?
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The Strait of Hormuz: The world's most important oil choke point
Following a number of oil tanker blasts in the Gulf of Oman, tensions between the United States and Iran are rising further. DW takes a closer look at what role the Strait of Hormuz plays for global oil supplies. (14.06.2019)
Iran's military power: What you need to know
Iran may suffer from military disadvantages, but that doesn't stop it from being a major military player in the Middle East. DW breaks down Iran's military strengths and three parts of its asymmetric defense strategy. (06.08.2018)
Could Iran really close the Strait of Hormuz?
Iran's president has warned the US that he could close the Strait of Hormuz after Washington threatened to halt Iranian oil exports. But could Tehran really block the most critical choke point for global oil trade? (23.07.2018)
Iran rejects US blame for tanker attacks in Gulf of Oman
Tehran has dismissed US accusations that the Iranian navy was behind attacks on tankers navigating the Strait of Hormuz as "baseless." Iran said its vessels had rushed to help the damaged ships and save their crews. (14.06.2019)
US blames Iran for tanker attacks in Gulf of Oman
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says US officials believe that Iran was behind Thursday's attack on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. Diplomatic tensions had already been high since attacks on four vessels last month. (13.06.2019)
Germany fights to salvage Iran nuclear deal as deadline looms
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has arrived in Iran, looking for "constructive ways" to save the 2015 nuclear deal. DW takes a look at the timing of his visit, the various actors involved and their goals. (10.06.2019)
Iran scraps 'some commitments' to nuclear deal
Iran has announced it will stop implementing some key provisions of its 2015 nuclear deal with major powers. Russia said Iran had been provoked, due to pressure from the US. (08.05.2019)
Opinion: A Persian Gulf war can have no winners
After the attacks on two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, the US is blaming Iran. How credible is the accusation, asks DW's Rainer Sollich, and could there be other powers at play? (15.06.2019)
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Opinion: Iran's calculated escalation in the Persian Gulf 14.07.2019
Iranian speedboats recently went after a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. Despite this provocation, the Iranian regime is not out for war, says Rainer Hermann of German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
UK says Iran tried to intercept British tanker 11.07.2019
Iran has tried to intercept a British oil tanker, forcing a Royal Navy warship to intervene, the UK said. Meanwhile, the captain of an Iranian tanker seized off British territory Gibraltar last week has been arrested.
'Risk of war' persists in Strait of Hormuz crisis, Germany's Maas says 19.06.2019
The German foreign minister said all parties "must do everything to make sure it does not come to this." Iran has dismissed claims it attacked two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, triggering a crisis in the waterway.
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Artexis Easyfairs appoints new management in German region
Roland Brand to lead Switzerland and Germany; Daniel Eisele new Head of North Rhine Westphalia (NRW) Unit.
Brussels, 06/06/2017: Artexis Easyfairs, the Brussels-based events organiser and venue manager, has announced the appointment of Roland Brand as its new Head of Switzerland and Germany. Brand has served as Managing Director, Artexis Easyfairs in Switzerland since early in 2017 and replaces Siegbert Hieber in Germany. The company is also creating a new leadership role, Head of the North Rhine Westphalia (NRW) Unit. This position is also being filled internally by Daniel Eisele, who has successfully built the company’s industrial technology events in Germany and beyond.
“Our vision is to become a much bigger player in the German-speaking countries,” commented Artexis Easyfairs CEO and founder Eric Everard. “To grow, we need proper resources and very competent people with the right chemistry. We also need to develop branding, cross-selling and content synergies and share best practices.”
“Roland Brand has done an excellent job since joining us from the BERNEXPO GROUPE, where he transformed BERNEXPO into the third largest venue in Switzerland and developed several new trade fairs. We strongly believe that he is ideally qualified not only to drive forward our ambitious plans for the Swiss market, but also to build a leading events organisation in Germany,” said Everard.
“As Group Event Director, Germany, Daniel Eisele has successfully developed our Solids (Schüttgut), Recycling-Technik and Maintenance brands. He will expand the current programme of events in NRW and introduce event brands that have been successfully launched and developed in other countries (Pumps & Valves, Worksafe, Empack and Transport & Logistics). He will work closely with Roland, focusing on business development in North Rhine Westphalia,” added Everard.
The company also sees exciting growth opportunities in Switzerland. “It is a medium sized country with a mature economy and many thriving SME businesses, in many ways similar to Belgium, The Netherlands and Sweden, where we are the market leaders,” commented Roland Brand. “I am looking forward to working in close partnership with Daniel. We share the objectivity, open-mindedness and optimism that will bring us further success in Switzerland and Germany.”
Everard also paid tribute to the achievements of Siegbert Hieber, who leaves Artexis Easyfairs on 9 June 2017. “Siegbert joined Artexis Easyfairs in 2010 and transformed the fortunes of Easyfairs in Germany. He was a much liked and well-respected colleague and I am sorry to see him leave. I wish him every success in his future career.”
About Artexis Easyfairs
Artexis Easyfairs enables communities to “visit the future” at must-attend events that anticipate their needs and present solutions in the ideal format.
Through Easyfairs, the Group currently organises more than 200 events in 18 countries (Algeria, Belgium, China, Denmark, Emirates, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States).
And through Artexis, it manages 11 events venues in the Benelux and Nordic regions (Ghent, Antwerp, 2 venues in Namur, Mechelen-Brussels North, Mons, Hardenberg, Gorinchem, Venray, Stockholm and Malmö). The Group employs more than 750 people and expects to generate revenues in excess of €169 million for its financial year 2016-2017.
Artexis Easyfairs strives to be the most adaptable, agile and effective player in the events industry by employing committed individuals, deploying the best marketing and technology tools, and developing strong brands. Visit the future with Artexis Easyfairs.
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10 fun and heartfelt ways for brides to honour their mums
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We always love the proud look on a dad’s face as he escorts his daughter up the aisle. But if there’s one person who often goes a little unnoticed at a wedding, it’s the mother of the bride. Which seems a little unfair when you consider how important her role was in getting to this day. With this in mind, here’s 10 spectacular ideas to help pay tribute to the most important woman in your life – and make sure she gets her moment to shine.
Feature her favourite cocktail
Many brides and grooms embrace the idea of a signature cocktail to round out the beverage menu at their reception. Sometimes it’s a guaranteed crowd pleaser, such as a martini, but sometimes it’s a recipe they particularly love, or one that has special meaning. So give this idea a tweak and get Mum in on the act, by nominating her favourite cocktail as the drink du jour. As an extra touch write up a chalkboard sign – or include a message on the reception menu – outlining its maternal origins. Alternatively, if she doesn’t drink, you could do it with dessert.
Offer a toast in tribute
There’s many tributes during the official part of proceedings, not least of all to the bridesmaids. Then there’s the father of the bride’s speech, where he usually talks on behalf of himself and his wife. But we say Mum deserves her moment in the spotlight too, via a special toast just for her. Start it out inclusive and then hone in, trying something along these lines: “I’ve been blessed to come to this moment in the care of two wonderful parents. You’ve had the chance to hear from my father, but I just wanted to take a moment to mention my mother…”
Prepare for tears
On such an important and romantic occasion, you can probably expect her to shed a few tears – happy ones of course – so have one of the ushers leave a beautiful monogrammed handkerchief on her chair at the ceremony. Tie it to a beautiful flower that reflects a powerful emotion she will understand, such as a gorgeous gardenia to showcase your joy at being able to share the day with her. You could also encourage the groom to do the same thing for his mother as a beautiful thank you for raising the man you’re about to marry.
Tap into tradition
One of the great wedding traditions is something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. Mums often play a part in this, but why not make it a special piece of superstition just between the two of you by asking her to contribute all four? It doesn’t have to be expensive – the something blue could be a piece of ribbon, the something old could be a necklace and the something borrowed could be a gorgeous jeweled handbag. As always when it comes to love, it’s about the gesture and not the cost.
Give duplication a go
Wedding trends change so much that all brides have a different vision of how theirs should unfold. But for something really unique, look back to your mum’s special day and duplicate an element of her wedding day style. You could wear her dress, have a bouquet that’s a replicate of the one she carried, wear your hair in a similar style or walk down the aisle to the same song she did. Other ideas to consider include travelling to the ceremony in the same vehicle she used or even choosing the same wedding colours she did.
Introduce her with the official party
This one isn’t strictly a solo act for your mother, but it’s beautiful and worthwhile all the same. And it also builds on something you already have planned – the official arrival of the bride and groom to the reception after being introduced by the MC. It normally stretches from the furthest attendants to the couple of the hour, but you could tweak the order and send both sets of parents in first. You could do it directly beforehand or leave a gap of say or minute or two so they are seated at their tables before the wedding party makes its entrance.
Didn’t see enough tears at the ceremony? Why not bring on some more at the reception. Simply sit down in the days and weeks before your nuptials and hand write (not type) her a beautiful note or letter reflecting on your relationship as you prepare to officially create a new family. Tell her why you feel so blessed to have her as a mother, what you’ve learned from her about life and the lessons and examples you plan to carry into your own family. It won’t be the only present you’ve ever given her, but it will certainly be one she’ll always cherish.
Use a ring-in
Liberate the rings from the best man’s pocket, or the ring boy’s pillow, and give your fiancee’s to your mother to hold. Then, when the time comes to slide it on his finger, she can join you at the altar to hand them over and play a role in this most special of moments. Make it even nicer by having the celebrant ask “Who gives these rings?” and then something like “Do you hand them over with a heart full of joy?” This allows her to give the same answer of “We do” that your father offered when he walked you up the aisle.
Plan for preparation
In the lead-up to the big day, get Mum involved in all aspects of wedding planning. Not just traditional tasks such as helping to plan the menu, but everything from wedding dress shopping and choosing a colour scheme to picking a venue, attending the hair and make-up trial and deciding among transport options. Not only will she support your vision, she’s probably also picked up a wealth of handy, time-saving and money saving tips along the way. Advice plus letting her know how important her opinion is makes for a pretty powerful combination.
It’s a shame there’s no sentimental tradition around a mother/daughter dance, but you can still find a way to share a moment in the spotlight with her when the fun part of the reception gets under way. Simply pick a favourite non-ballad song she loves to dance to, and then put in a request with the band or DJ. Announce the significance before it plays and then urge her to join you on the dancefloor – presuming she’s not already on it – along with as many other guests as are keen to join in on the action.
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MPN: BUA0196001 Release Year: 2013
Region Code: 2 Rating: U
DVD Edition Year: 2013 Brand: Walt Disney
Genre: Children|Animated Feature UPC: 8717418397043
An animated version of the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, about the mermaid Princess who sacrifices her beautiful voice for human legs when she falls in love with a Prince.
Release Year 2013
Rating U
Signal Standard PAL
Running Time 83 Minutes
Region Code 2
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Great old movie
I loooove all Disney movies and this one is just one of them . Brings old memories back, my kids never seen it before so I got it for them and they loved it kept them engaged throughout the movie. Would definitely recommend it "if you haven't seen it yet" or just something to remember from childhood days 👌🏻😍
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Disappointing quality
The dvd arrived with the disk loose in the case since the circular latch is snapped therefore the entire dvd case is not of usable quality. I know it's in used condition but I think that is really poor for the price. Maybe I got a bad one? Ah well, I just don't think it's as 'great' as advertised. There are small scratches on the dvd, possibly from sliding around in the post etc, therefore it may not play properly. The box generally arrived very scruffy with the leaflet upside down as seen in my photo.
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Her favorite cocktail was called “The Stinger,” and we’ve got the recipe.
This week Billie Holiday would have turned 100. The influential jazz singer, known for her unique vocal style and the emotional chords she struck with her audience, is buried at St. Raymond’s Cemetery in the Bronx (you won’t find Duke Ellington or Miles Davis there — they’re both at Woodlawn — but you might run across Typhoid Mary.) While Holiday had a vocal range of less than an octave and never received formal training, her emotive delivery and unique approach to rhythm and phrasing resonated with audiences. The singer’s life was fraught with hardship and ended tragically when she was just 44 but she left an indelible mark on America’s musical landscape.
Lady Day famously premiered her version of “Strange Fruit,” the haunting indictment of Southern lynchings, at Café Society. She also performed at the Apollo Theater and lived in Harlem for much of her adult life. A singer who calls herself Billie Holiday Jr still performs at the Cotton Club. While we strongly recommend you tune in to hear Cassandra Wilson sing Billie Holiday and check out this more in-depth podcast on her time in the Big Apple, we’ve rounded up a couple of Holiday-inspired eats and drinks.
Holiday made performing sound easy. Once she said, “singing songs like ‘The Man I Love” or “Porgy” is no more work than sitting down and eating Chinese roast duck, and I love roast duck.” Where could Billie have found her favorite food in Harlem today? Our writer Emma Cosgrove recommends Cecil: a James Beard Award-nominated spot that serves “global flavors through an African lens.” Their whole roast duck for two, served with black bean barbecue sauce and house made pickles, would certainly have pleased Lady Day.
Holiday’s favorite cocktail was called the Stinger; it mixes 2 ounces of Cognac with 1 of crème de menthe. She liked it so much that her manager started calling venues ahead of time to tell them to get rid of those two ingredients.
So raise a glass to celebrate the musical genius of Billie Holiday, an amazingly independent and fiery woman who probably would’ve appreciated with a toast in her memory: “You’ve got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body’s sermon on how to behave.”
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You CAN always get what you want - watching The Rolling Stones live 50 years after Hyde Park
PUBLISHED: 17:55 05 July 2019 | UPDATED: 17:55 05 July 2019
The Rolling Stones playing their first concert at the London Stadium in 2018, where Andrew Worsdale finally caught them live
Record shop owner Andrew Worsdale, who runs Holt Vinyl Vault, waited more than 40 years to finally catch the legendary Rolling Stones live - and wasn't disappointed when he finally did
The Stones returned to Hyde Park in 2013 on the 44th anniversary of their famous gig
It's only rock 'n' roll, they said. Incredibly, 50 summers have passed since the death of the irreplaceable Brian Jones, the Hyde Park wake-cum-concert and the disaster that was Altamont. Would anyone sporting a goatee beard or counter-cultural kaftan back in '69 have been able to conceive that The Stones would still be rolling, half a century later?
It would have been hard enough to dream up a US President like Donald Trump; still less to imagine that one of the band's era-defining songs would be appropriated by said Donald to soundtrack his rallies, much to the band's chagrin. It's true, then: you can't always get what you want, but Donald, he gets what he needs, to "work the base". And plumb the depths.
Personally speaking, it's a full 40 years since my first and, until last summer, closest encounter with the band, when axemen Keef Richards and Ron Wood, in their offshoot, desperadoes-for-hire guise as The New Barbarians, performed a languid afternoon set at Knebworth, where I and 150,000 others awaited what would prove to be the last UK stand of Led Zeppelin.
A much better moment than anything an under-rehearsed Zep would conjure up later in the day comes when these benignest of Barbarians perform Keef's Before They Make Me Run, taken from The Stones' Some Girls album, released the year before.
Now, older and wiser musos will tell me that The Stones' last great album is Exile On Main Street - and it does include my all-time fave Stones track Happy, also sung by Keef - but from a personal viewpoint, my fave Stones album will always be Some Girls, which is playing right now as I type this. You never forget your first love; and this was the first Stones album I properly engaged with, upon its release.
It's an album of amazing vitality and variety, infused with a hint of garage punk (When The Whip Comes Down, Shattered, Respectable), along with faux country (Faraway Eyes), a fabulous Motown cover (The Temptations' Imagination) and a truly brilliant take on disco in the shape of album opener and crowning glory, Miss You.
Rolling Stones: Mick Jagger singing to huge crowds during a pop concert at Hyde Park, London. 5th July 1969. (Photo by Sunday Mirror/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)
Since 1978 the truly great songs (Waiting On A Friend, Start Me Up, Mixed Emotions, Slipping Away) have slowed to a trickle, but of course what the band has really been about, ever since that Hyde Park freebie, is monetising that astonishing early catalogue, recorded in the band's first six years, that still forms the backbone of its live set.
As a record dealer, you could say I've benefited from that monetisation, to the extent that I owe the band plenty for their part in keeping the wolf from the door these past 15 years. When the boys were booked for that recycled Olympic Stadium at the bottom of the M11 in May of last year, just a day before our wedding anniversary, it therefore felt like a destiny calling. After all, you can't always get what you want, especially if you leave it too long.
Mrs Vault and I thus headed down to east London and rocked up in a packed bar just across from the stadium, where we drank expensive beer and watched the T-shirted fanbase assemble from every part of the globe. It would normally feel gauche beyond belief to listen to wall-to-wall hits by the very band you've come to see in the hours before the show, but this felt so lazily right. And when that astonishing Jumpin' Jack Flash riff echoed out of the jukebox, I had to pinch myself at the prospect of hearing the song performed live, by three of the surviving stalwarts who first recorded it, within a few hours.
What could dampen the mood? Well, Liam Gallagher as ever did his shouty, statuesque best, just like we saw at Glasto last weekend, glowering away motionless in front of his stage props: two signs, one brandishing the legend 'MCFC' (his way of explaining why he wouldn't play the support slot on "enemy soil" at Old Trafford, apparently), the other bearing the (presumably explanatory?) words 'Rock & Roll'. Yep, it's only rock 'n' roll, but Liam himself doesn't seem to like it much, to judge from his surly performance.
Liam is actually 30 years younger than Mick Jagger, but when ol' snake hips finally rolls onto the biggest stage you've ever seen, you'd swear it was the other way around. Nobody has perfected the art of transmitting music through his bodily moves better than Mick, and to witness this performer, in his mid-seventies, covering every inch of those massive catwalks, gyrating manically for a full two hours, is an amazing spectacle.
Some Girls, Andrew Worsdale's favourite Stones album
Also amazing are those massive screens projecting every Mick move, along with the gurns of human riff Keef, raffish 'new boy' (class of '73) and polymath Ron Wood ("the Hogarth of Hounslow", Mick calls him) and the heroic, ageless heartbeat that is sticksman Charlie. Now you understand why the band would not allow the BBC to film their set at Glastonbury in 2013, insisting that it was done by their own crew. The staging brilliantly succeeds in transforming those distant dots into giants, and you understand that on this night at least, you really are getting what want, and what you paid handsomely for. This is entertainment on a truly epic scale.
You get all those glorious early hits, including personal '60s fave Paint It, Black (such a weird comma!), a visit from Jumpin' Jack, plus - glory be - a turbo-charged Miss You, featuring some truly brilliant bass popping from another 'newboy', Bill Wyman-replacement Darryl Way. There's even a Barbarians reunion of sorts, as Mick leaves the stage to those unruly ragamuffins on guitar. Time stands still, but is soon Slipping Away, Before They Make (the headmaster) Run back for the final sprint, which climaxes with Satisfaction.
So endeth one of the greatest nights of my life. It's only rock 'n' roll, yeah. But these guys, they're lifers. Long may they roll…
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Is fracking out of gas as a hot‑button Democratic issue?
Kelsey Brugger, E&E News reporter
Energywire: Friday, April 5, 2019
Candidates for the 2020 Democratic nomination like (left to right) independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper are divided over the issue of hydraulic fracturing. Phil Roeder/Flickr (Sanders) Milken Institue/Flickr. (Hickenlooper)
As the nation's natural gas production booms, Democrats eyeing the White House may find themselves in a fracking fight.
The fossil fuel has been called a "bridge" that could wean the nation off coal and help curb climate change. But wells and pipelines can leak methane, which is much more potent then carbon dioxide, and fracking has been tied to water and health issues.
With the Green New Deal now a leading issue heading into the presidential election, Democratic contenders may face increased pressure to clarify where they stand. And the issue could split Democrats as hydraulic fracturing splits rock.
Already pushing potential White House seekers is independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Last month the Oregon Legislature advanced a bill to ban fracking for 10 years. Sanders immediately praised the move.
"Fracking pollutes water, degrades air quality and worsens climate change," he tweeted on March 19. "When we are in the White House we are going to ban fracking nationwide and rapidly move to renewable energy."
Sanders is aiming to pull his primary challengers to the left on the issue — as he did in 2016. He and his supporters forced the Democratic National Committee to debate "fracking," the politicized buzzword for hydraulic fracturing, in the party platform and on the campaign trail. Sanders ripped the Obama administration after federal agencies in June 2016 found it was unlikely that offshore fracking would damage the environment.
Several of the Democratic candidates have avoided specifying their positions in the past — with the exceptions of Sanders and John Hickenlooper, former Colorado governor and presidential candidate who supports fracking that is regulated.
Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke also has a record on the issue, but his precise position is murkier. While House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) recently lauded him as an "environmentalist," he also has close ties to the oil industry. Last fall, he told the Midland Reporter-Telegram that natural gas production in Texas is cleaner than coal-fired plants in India and China.
"I'd much rather they burn natural gas from Texas that's connected to jobs here," he said.
Several other candidates have earned high marks from the League of Conservation Voters but have stopped short of calling for a fracking ban. One fracking bill, the "FRAC Act," which would have required oil companies to disclose the chemicals used in the process, never had a congressional hearing (Energywire, Nov. 2, 2018).
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) has said she was "skeptical" of fracking, The Sacramento Bee reported in 2016. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has called for stronger environmental protections, and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) has more recently opposed fossil fuels after calling fracking safe and economical in past years (E&E Daily, March 15).
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) has generally called for making the transition to "clean energy" in her infrastructure plan (Greenwire, March 28).
Yet it remains to be seen if "fracking" will catch on as a key political issue in the primary race and where each of the Democrats would fall.
If it does emerge, Jennifer Duffy of The Cook Political Report said Democrats would push back on Republican economic arguments by addressing "the costs to the community that result from fracking and the damage it does."
A veteran energy lobbyist predicted that argument could resonate in states such as North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and West Virginia — where shale gas production surged in the last decade. Others doubted the issue would resonate beyond the affected communities. "Presidential candidates have largely moved on," said RL Miller, political director of Climate Hawks Vote.
Yet Paul Bledsoe of the Progressive Policy Institute thought the primary race could generally shape up to be "the keep-it-in-the-ground crowd versus the environmental realists."
"It could be that Sanders wants to pick this fight," Bledsoe said.
Enter the Green New Deal
The 2016 Democratic Party platform was silent on a fracking ban.
Leading up to 2016, party insiders had fiercely debated the topic. Instead of a ban, they opted to "incentivize" renewable energy over new natural gas power plants. They also called for more federal oversight of fracturing.
The issue caused conflict between Sanders and Hillary Clinton, exposing a rift in the party. Sanders prided himself as the only candidate willing to take on the fossil fuel industry (Climatewire, July 8, 2016).
But Clinton's campaign believed such an absolute ban could actually impede methane regulations and other rules. In private emails, members of her campaign criticized Sanders' fracking position as too extreme but acknowledged that in states like Colorado the issue was dicey (Energywire, Oct. 13, 2016).
Today, the politics are different. The sudden popularity of the Green New Deal has helped amplify climate change as a top-tier issue for Democrats in Congress for perhaps the first time in a decade, when Congress debated cap and trade. Around that time in 2010, the Oscar-nominated film "Gasland" was intensifying the issue of fracking for average Americans.
"This brand-new movement on climate change — the Sunrise Movement — these people grew up watching 'Gasland,'" said the film's creator and director Josh Fox. "These people come from front-line communities."
Fox said that objecting to the fossil fuel industry is key for Democrats in the 2020 elections.
"If the Democrats are not with the total ban on fracking and with taking fossil fuel money, then they are heading down the same path that lost the election for Hillary," he said.
Recent polling of likely Democratic voters shows that climate change is a leading issue, just trailing health care. Normington, Petts & Associates and Hart Research surveyed 1,765 voters in a handful of states that have early primaries.
Specifically on fracking, the most recent national polls were conducted in 2016, when Gallup found 51 percent of Americans opposed it. That's an 11 percent increase from the year prior. There appears, however, to be no definitive data on American attitudes on fracking.
Winning or 'awkward' position?
Natural gas and oil have hit record production levels in the United States and dramatically changed the country's economy. Today, most wells drilled are high-volume hydraulic fracturing with long horizontal wellbores. The process involves bending the wellbore horizontally and then blasting fluids into the rock formation to extract more oil or gas. In essence, banning fracking in the United States would largely wipe out a huge swath of oil and gas production.
Sanders has earned points in drought-ridden places like Colorado or Texas where fracking has become a flashpoint because of water issues. That sentiment has intensified as the Trump administration pushes to expand oil and gas drilling on public land.
"Fracking" has also been an economic boon in states like Pennsylvania, which sits atop the lucrative Marcellus Shale play. Matto Mildenberger, political science professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, noted there will be "so much desire to ensure that Pennsylvania returns to the Democratic column there won't be an appetite to contest this particular issue."
Fracking proponents stressed that spending on natural gas per household has decreased by more than a quarter from 2008 and 2014.
"So it's discouraging that so many lawmakers known for championing the economically disadvantaged stand opposed to domestic energy development," wrote Ohio conservative Paula Bolyard yesterday in RealClearEnergy.
In general, debate exists in environmental circles about the extent to which natural gas has reduced greenhouse gas emissions in the past decade, Mildenberger added. The rise of cheap natural gas has pushed out coal plants, which emit about 50 percent more carbon dioxide when comparing new plants, data shows. But methane leaks from increased oil and natural gas operations — which are more potent than carbon dioxide — have negated emissions benefits to an unknown degree.
Hickenlooper knows fracking well. He once famously drank frack fluid and as Colorado governor threatened to sue municipalities that enacted local bans. He later opposed a statewide fracking initiative. In a moderate fashion, he worked with the industry to strengthen methane rules.
"He made clear where he stood," said Jeremy Nichols of WildEarth Guardians. "He genuinely believes we can frack our way to a safe climate.
"The other candidates [need to] more clearly articulate where they stand on fossil fuel production," Nichols said. "It'll expose who the real leaders are."
WildEarth Guardians has emphatically called for an end to all oil and gas production. It prides itself as being like a group of street fighters and has grown considerably in recent years.
Still, many environmentalists argue that natural gas plays a role in the energy transition.
"Shale growth has been a huge economic bonanza for a lot of the country, and I think there are Democrats who are really going to begin to make that case," Bledsoe said, adding that it could be a "popular position with most of the Democratic electorate."
Frank Maisano, senior principal at the energy law firm Bracewell, added that shale production has spurred the development of renewables in the past decade. He said the Democratic candidates who target natural gas in the primary race could find themselves in an awkward position later on.
"They are not talking to the mainstream voter right now. They are talking to the more progressive, environmentally conscious voter," he said. "Will they put themselves too far out there, so they can't pull back?"
Twitter: @kelseybrugger Email: kbrugger@eenews.net
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California Bill Is a Win for Access to Scientific Research
By Elliot Harmon
In Passing A.B. 2192, California Leads the Country in Open Access
The California legislature just scored a huge win in the fight for open access to scientific research. Now it’s up to Governor Jerry Brown to sign it.
Under A.B. 2192—which passed both houses unanimously—all peer-reviewed, scientific research funded by the state of California would be made available to the public no later than one year after publication. There’s a similar law on the books in California right now, but it only applies to research funded by the Department of Public Health, and it’s set to expire in 2020. A.B. 2192 would extend it indefinitely and expand it to cover research funded by any state agency. EFF applauds the legislature for passing the bill, and especially Assemblymember Mark Stone for introducing it and championing it at every step.
A.B. 2192’s fate was much less certain a few weeks ago. Lawmakers briefly put the bill in the Suspense File, a docket of bills to be put on the back burner because of their potential impact on the California budget. Fortunately, the Senate Appropriations Committee removed A.B. 2192 from the file after EFF explained that its fiscal impact would be negligible.
We hope that the governor signs A.B. 2192 and that it becomes a model for similar bills around the country. As I said when I testified to the California Senate about the bill, the traditional system for publishing scientific papers puts researchers who can afford expensive journal subscriptions at an advantage over those who can’t. While California can’t do anything to stop that disparity for most scientific research, it can and should find ways to make sure that research funded by the state doesn’t exacerbate it.
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While we’re delighted to see A.B. 2192 pass, it’s only one step in the right direction. Science moves quickly, and a one-year embargo period is simply too long. Lawmakers should work to ensure that more grantees publish their papers in open access journals, available free of cost to the public on the date of publication.
Lawmakers in California and elsewhere should also consider requiring open licenses in future laws. Requiring that grantees publish research under a license that allows others to republish, remix, and add value ensures that the public can get the maximum benefit of state-funded science.
Finally, it’s time for Congress to pass a federal open access bill. Despite having strong support in both parties, the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR, S. 1701, H.R. 3427) has been stuck in Congressional gridlock for five years. Take a moment to celebrate the passage of A.B. 2192 by writing your members of Congress and urging them to pass FASTR.
Tell Congress: It’s time to move FASTR
Deeplinks Blog by Jeremy Gillula | July 12, 2019
Adjusting the Scope of our Security Vulnerability Disclosure Program
At EFF we put security and privacy first. That's why over three years ago we launched EFF's Security Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Disclosure Program is a set of guidelines on how security researchers can tell EFF about bugs in the software we develop, like HTTPS Everywhere or ...
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Life-Altering Copyright Lawsuits Could Come to Regular Internet Users Under a New Law Moving in the Senate
The Senate Judiciary Committee intends to vote on the CASE Act, legislation that would create a brand new quasi-court for copyright infringement claims. We have expressed numerous concerns with the legislation, and serious problems inherent with the bill have not been remedied by Congress before moving it forward. In...
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Could Regulatory Backlash Entrench Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency Libra?
Facebook’s new cryptocurrency Libra has garnered attention from lawmakers and consumer groups since it was announced last month. And it’s no wonder: with a wince-inducing history of data disclosure scandals, the Facebook brand has become synonymous with ineptitude at protecting privacy. They’re bringing that tarnished reputation to cryptocurrency...
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First Amendment Case Against Restrictive Copyright Law Can Proceed, Says Judge
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Hearing Today: EFF Staff Attorney Alex Moss Will Testify About Proposed Changes to Patent Law That Will Benefit Trolls, Foster Bad Patents
Washington D.C.—EFF Staff Attorney Alex Moss will tell U.S. lawmakers today that proposed changes to Section 101 of the U.S. Patent Act—the section that defines, and limits, what can get a patent—will upend years of case law that ensures only true inventions, not basic practices or rudimentary ideas, should...
Congress Can End the Digital Divide or Replace It with a Speed Chasm with Its Broadband Infrastructure Bill
The House Energy and Commerce Committee held its first hearing on a major infrastructure bill called the “Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrow’s (LIFT) America Act,” which authorizes $45 billion in broadband infrastructure money. Such a massive infusion of federal dollars would reshape the United States communications market and help put the...
Uniloc v. Apple
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TikTok is an app that makes it easy for people to make short lip-synching videos, which unsurprisingly makes it a goldmine of creativity and memes. TikTok recently got in hot water with the Federal Trade Commission because it failed to comply with Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). COPPA requires...
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This Could Be It: Key Polish Political Party Comes Out Against Article 13
With only days to go before the final EU debate and vote on the new Copyright Directive (we're told the debate will be at 0900h CET on Tuesday, 26 March, and the vote will happen at 1200h CET), things could not be more urgent and fraught. That's why...
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Government crisis in Belgium following dispute on the Global Compact for Migration
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The Belgian government was left with a minority administration after the largest party, the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), quit the coalition over a dispute on signing the United Nations Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.
The N-VA, a hardliner on migration, demanded that the Prime Minister refrained from signing the UN migration compact in Marrakesh. Following a majority vote in parliament, in favour of signing the compact, the Prime Minister said he would personally attend the conference to support the compact and make sure Belgium would keep its international credibility.
The Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel relaunched his government on 9 December 2018, made up of the three-party coalition of the liberal Reformist Movement (MR), the centre right Christen Democratic and Flemish (CD & V), and the Open Flemish Liberal and Democrats (Open VLD).
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EurActiv, 05.12.18: Global Migration Pact puts Belgian ruling coalition in jeopardy https://www.euractiv.com/section/elections/news/global-migration-pact-puts-belgian-ruling-coalition-in-jeopardy/
Politico, 12.12.18: The man who broke Belgium’s government https://www.politico.eu/article/theo-franckenthe-man-who-broke-belgium-government/
Politico, 10.12.18: Belgium’s identity crisis isn’t about migration https://www.politico.eu/article/belgium-government-charles-michel-identity-crisis-isnt-about-migration/
Euro|topics, December 2018: Belgium's future after collapse of coalition https://www.eurotopics.net/en/211388/belgium-s-future-after-collapse-of-coalition?zitat=211428#zitat211428
EurActiv, 10.12.18: Belgian PM relaunches government as minority after ally quits https://www.euractiv.com/section/elections/news/belgian-pm-relaunches-government-as-minority-after-ally-quits/
EurActiv, 07.12.18: Belgian PM to go to Marrakesh migration forum ‘in personal capacity https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/belgian-pm-to-go-to-marrakesh-migration-forum-in-personal-capacity/
Politico, 04.12.18: Belgium’s N-VA: We won’t quit government or back UN pact https://www.politico.eu/article/belgium-charles-michel-to-head-to-parliament-amid-political-crisis-government-un-migration/
Politico, 09.12.18: Belgium sets up minority government after migration dispute breaks coalition https://www.politico.eu/article/belgium-sets-up-minority-government-after-migration-dispute-breaks-coalition/
EUObserver, 10.12.18: Belgium left with minority government after UN migration pact row https://euobserver.com/tickers/143649
Euronews, 09.12.18: Belgian prime minister forms minority government after biggest party in coalition quit https://www.euronews.com/2018/12/09/belgian-prime-minister-forms-minority-government-after-biggest-party-in-coalition-quits
France24, 05.12.18: Belgian PM wins backing for UN migration pact https://www.france24.com/en/20181205-belgian-pm-wins-backing-un-migration-pact
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FA ready to offer Pep Guardiola £10m-a-year deal to manage England
PEP GUARDIOLA is a shock target for the England job, according to reports.
By James Dickenson James Dickenson
PUBLISHED: 08:15, Fri, Sep 25, 2015 | UPDATED: 09:59, Fri, Sep 25, 2015
Bayern Munich boss Guardiola is out of contract at the end of the season and could be set to leave the Allianz Arena.
The former Barcelona coach is a long-term target for both Manchester clubs and was on Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich's shortlist of managers before Jose Mourinho took charge.
And Arsenal have also been linked with Guardiola should Arsene Wenger ever move on from the north London club.
But according to The Sun, England chiefs are plotting a shock move to pip the Premier League's elite to land the coveted 44-year-old.
The FA want Pep Guardiola as England's next manager
It is claimed the FA are prepared to pay Guardiola a stunning £10million a year to become Roy Hodgson's successor.
Hodgson's current deal runs until Euro 2016, with England's performance at the tournament expected to have a huge impact on whether he is handed a new contract or axed.
Guardiola has been long tipped for a move to the Premier League but should he indicate any interest in the England job then the FA would make their move.
Roy Hodgson's England contract runs until Euro 2016
Manchester City made Guardiola their No 1 target to replace Manuel Pellegrini, 62, this summer but decided to stick with the Chilean.
United boss Louis van Gaal's contract runs until 2017, when the 64-year-old has suggested he will retire to spend time with his wife.
Mourinho, 52, has seen his position come under pressure already this season but there is no suggestion he will be leaving Chelsea.
Guardiola had been tipped to replace Manuel Pellegrini at Manchester City this summer
And while there are always rumours over Wenger's future at the Emirates, the 65-year-old has no plans to step down any time soon.
Despite interest across England in Guardiola, Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is confident the former midfielder will extend his stay in Germany.
"I am optimistic about Pep's renewal," Rummenigge said.
"We have a great offer on the table, which you cannot just shove aside.
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Rockets send out prayers, well wishes to Spurs’ Parker
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Tom Orsborn May 4, 2017 Updated: May 4, 2017 5:59 p.m.
1of4Houston Rockets’ Patrick Beverley (2) checks on the Spurs’ Tony Parker (9) along with Parker’s teammates (from left) Patty Mills, Pau Gasol and Danny Green and Spurs’ athletic trainer Will Sevening during the second half of Game 2 at the AT&T Center on May 3, 2017, in San Antonio. The Spurs announced on Thursday that Parker has a ruptured quadriceps tendon in his left leg.Photo: Kin Man Hui /Associated Press
2of4Houston Rockets guard James Harden sits on the floor during the second half of Game 2 against the Spurs at the AT&T Center on May 3, 2017, in San Antonio.Photo: Karen Warren /Houston Chronicle
3of4Houston Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni and guard James Harden talk to a referee during the second half of Game 2 against the Spurs at the AT&T Center on May 3, 2017, in San Antonio.Photo: Karen Warren /Houston Chronicle
4of4Houston Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni (center) and forward Ryan Anderson (right) walk off the court following the Game 2 loss to the Spurs on May 3, 2017, in San Antonio.Photo: Eric Gay /Associated Press
HOUSTON — Rockets defensive ace Patrick Beverley awoke to some bad news Thursday.
“It’s unfortunate what happened to Tony Parker,” Beverley said after learning the Spurs point guard is out for the remainder of the postseason after tearing his left quadriceps tendon in the fourth quarter of Wednesday’s 121-96 win over Houston.
“Anyone who knows me, knows I’m a huge fan of his game. He’s always been a good person to me … always gave me words of wisdom. I really enjoyed the challenge this series, with Tony really pushing me to be locked in each and every game. Definitely, prayers up for him and his family.”
Beverley wasn’t alone in bemoaning the loss of Parker. Even though the injury seemingly gives them an edge in the West semifinals, the Rockets’ outpouring of sympathy for Parker underscores how much the 16th-year pro is liked and respected by his peers.
“You never want to see a player injured, especially a guy like TP, who is closing down at the end of his career,” Houston star James Harden said. “He’s been playing well all postseason. It’s tough. We say a prayer for him.”
Said Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni: “I hate it for Tony Parker. He’s a great guy; not a good guy.”
Patty Mills will likely replace Parker in the Spurs’ starting lineup. The injury could also mean more playing time for rookie Dejounte Murray.
No matter what coach Gregg Popovich decides, the Rockets don’t think much will change with the Spurs, who were 15-4 without Parker this season.
“You know how Pop is,” Beverley said. “His team is a machine. One person falls down, next person steps up.”
Harden agreed.
“You can take anybody off that roster, and they’re (still) a great team,” he said.
Houston forward Trevor Ariza, however, broke ranks with his teammates, calling the loss of Parker a “huge hole” for the Spurs.
“What he brings to their team, I don’t know how you replace that,” Ariza said. “Not saying they don’t have good enough players to step in. But what he brought to that team, I think it’s unmatched.”
While the Spurs try to adapt to life without Parker, Harden faces a challenge of his own in attempting to shake Kawhi Leonard.
After Harden posted 20 points and 14 assists in the Rockets’ 126-99 win in Game 1, Popovich called on Leonard to defend Harden. Hounded by the two-time defending defensive player of the year, Harden scored 13 points on 3-of-17 shooting in Game 2.
“I missed a couple of shots at the rim, a couple of shots (went) in and out,” Harden said. “Nothing changes for me. Just be a little more aggressive.”
Beverley agreed: “No one can defend James. He had open shots. They just didn’t go in.”
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No End to ‘End Medicare’ Claim
By Lori Robertson
Posted on July 6, 2012 | Corrected on July 18, 2012
Democrats are still hammering an old, and since replaced, GOP proposal, claiming it would “end Medicare,” and cost seniors $6,000 more a year for their health care. The newest Republican budget, proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, keeps traditional Medicare — unlike his plan from 2011 — and the increased cost claim is no longer applicable to it.
The latest string of “end Medicare” claims comes from the liberal Patriot Majority, a 501(c)(4), a nonprofit advocacy group, that was founded by a Democratic strategist, and that does not have to disclose its donors. Its ads, which began airing June 18, support Democratic Reps. John Barrow of Georgia, Ben Chandler of Kentucky and Jim Matheson of Utah, as well as Republican Rep. David McKinley of West Virginia. Another late June ad, from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, echoes the Medicare theme, attacking Rep. Rick Berg, who is running for the Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Kent Conrad in North Dakota. The ad says Berg voted for “essentially ending Medicare.”
House members voted along party lines on the Ryan budget last year (which included the Medicare proposal), with all Democrats and only four Republicans, including McKinley, voting against it.
Battle-Tested Claims Never Die?
Democrats have jumped on Ryan’s budget proposal since he first presented it in 2011. His plan called for a massive change to Medicare — stopping the current Medicare system in 2022 for new beneficiaries and instead launching a so-called “premium-support” system, where seniors would pick from a choice of private plans on a new Medicare exchange with the help of government-provided subsidies. Claims that this would “end Medicare” — claims that were usually accompanied by images of elderly individuals — left the false impression that the Ryan plan would get rid of any kind of insurance program for seniors.
Furthermore, this plan didn’t pertain to the seniors pictured in the attack ads — they would remain on traditional Medicare, with only new beneficiaries in 2022 and beyond joining the private system. The claim made our list of the “Whoppers of 2011,” and so far, Democrats are making a good case for its inclusion in our 2012 list. A Democratic super PAC used the claim again in an Iowa congressional race in February, and now Patriot Majority and the DSCC are joining in.
The Patriot Majority ads say that “some in Washington want to end Medicare” and that the lawmaker featured in the ad “opposed those who’d increase costs on seniors by $6,000 a year.”
But the ads dig up that old claim about Ryan’s 2011 proposal. It’s true that an analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that seniors on the private plans would pay more than they would under traditional Medicare. And the CBO analysis indicated that a 65-year-old in 2022 could pay about $6,000 more than he or she would for the year under traditional Medicare. The government subsidies would increase with the rate of inflation, which critics argued was not much when dealing with health costs that, for years, have risen much faster than the general inflation rate. Ryan did say that low-income beneficiaries would get more money from the government to help cover costs, but the details on how much and who would qualify were not yet fleshed out.
But Ryan’s new plan, released this year, is more generous in terms of what it would provide for subsidies, and it keeps traditional Medicare as an option for all beneficiaries, both current and future.
Here’s a quick rundown of the latest Ryan plan:
For seniors who are now in Medicare, nothing changes. They can stay with the traditional program as it is.
Beginning in 2023, 65-year-olds would have their choice of insurance plans — private and traditional — on a new Medicare exchange. A premium-support payment, like a subsidy, would be sent to the plan of their choice.
If the chosen plan costs more than the premium-support, the senior would pay the difference.
The Medicare eligibility age would be slowly raised to 67 by 2034.
All plans on the Medicare exchange would offer a base level of benefits, and they would be regulated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The premium-support payments would be tied to the second-cheapest plan, which can’t grow more than gross domestic product plus 0.5 percentage points. If the cost does grow faster, Congress would be required to step in and take some action to keep costs down.
CBO didn’t conduct an analysis that shows what seniors might have to spend out of pocket under the latest plan. But it said that “beneficiaries might face higher costs,” adding that there was uncertainty in making such predictions. CBO said that both the Ryan plan and current law could lead to the same consequences — “reduced access to health care; diminished quality of care; increased efficiency of health care delivery; less investment in new, high-cost technologies; or some combination of those outcomes. In addition, beneficiaries might face higher costs, which could in turn reinforce some of the other effects.” And some of the effects would be greater under the Ryan plan because government spending is lower. But there was no estimate of seniors paying $6,000 more, or any other amount, under the latest GOP plan.
The ads ignore the updated Ryan plan, choosing instead to highlight an old, and misleading, claim. The ads feature images of seniors, who wouldn’t be affected by either of Ryan’s proposals — the changes to Medicare wouldn’t be put into place until 2022 or 2023, and would only affect new beneficiaries at that time.
The Patriot Majority ads also say these lawmakers “fought against raising the eligibility age for Medicare” and “prevented a new Medicare doughnut hole.” Those are both references to the Ryan plan, which raises the eligibility age and repeals the Affordable Care Act provisions that slowly closed the gap in Medicare prescription drug coverage, known as the “doughnut hole.”
‘Essentially’ Out of Context
The DSCC ad throws in the line that North Dakota Rep. Berg voted for “essentially ending Medicare.” But the line is a reference to an April 4, 2011, Wall Street Journal article, and it’s not the full quote from the newspaper.
The Journal actually said that the old Ryan plan “would essentially end Medicare, which now pays most of the health-care bills for 48 million elderly and disabled Americans, as a program that directly pays those bills” (our emphasis added). And that’s true of the old Ryan plan, which would end traditional Medicare for future beneficiaries (those who turn 65 starting in 2022). But as we explained above, the latest Ryan plan even keeps traditional Medicare as an option for future seniors.
— Lori Robertson
Correction, July 18: We mistakenly identified Rep. David McKinley as a Democrat in our original article. The error has been corrected.
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Ariane Ascaride at the photocall of "Mon Pere est Ingenieur."
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Deconstructing the responses to Adopted or Abducted with kudos to the Crittenton Foundation
Lorraine, recently in DC
The morning started out with a bang with the first clue in the New York Times crossword puzzle today was: 2007 Ellen Page movie. Answer: JUNO, the most irritating movie about adoption known to woman or beast.
Then I moved onto trying to download the Dan Rather Report: Adopted or Abducted from iTunes for $1.99 and after giving Apple my name, my birthdate, answering security questions such as what was your first car (answer for anybody who wants to know my deep secrets, Karmann Ghia); your favorite car (MG); and where I had my least favorite job (ah! at that hash house where the owner drove me home one night and wanted me to put out, and when I didn't, fired me the next day, but there wasn't room for all that), my billing address, telephone number, a user name and a password with at least 8 characters, one Capital letter and at least two numbers! and no two of the same characters in a row, and my credit card number...I had to go back and re-register and ah ha! I kept getting error messages. Kinda like what I was hearing from my daughter's father when I tried to talk about keeping our baby...but then he would have had to get off his duff and leave his wife like he said he was going to. By the time he did, it was too late. Way too late.
I didn't want a permanent lifetime account at iTunes, I just wanted one damn show! After a couple of tries, and resetting my password, and being told that someone already has the same one I tried to re-register...(that would be me) I gave up. I have not seen Adopted or Abducted and most likely won't. Anyway, the reviews I've read were that the show was somewhat disappointing. If anybody does have a DVD of the show, I will gladly accept it.
WHO NEEDS ALL THE FACTS WHEN I HAVE LIVED THEM
However, not seeing the show itself is not going to keep me from commenting on the official responses to Adopted or Abducted from agencies that apparently come in for some criticism--Catholic Charities, the Salvation Army, the National Association of Social Workers and the National Crittenton Foundation. No siree!
Catholic Charities' response is blah, saying that some of the stories of mothers from the Fifties and Sixties are heart-breaking, but adoption has changed and so have they.
Here's what Rev. Larry Snyder, President of Catholic Charities USA felt necessary to add:
“We must not lose track of the tens of thousands of adoptive parents who will be forever grateful to birth parents for the sacrifices they make to ensure that their children’s lives will be filled with the love and opportunity they may otherwise not have received.”
Excuse me, that sounds like f*&k the first mothers and the children they gave up, our main concern will continue to be "tens of thousands of adoptive parents who will be forever grateful"...that we continue to oppose adoptee rights....but let us thank those poor women...who clearly were incapable of loving their children and giving them the "opportunities" that money can buy. As one of our commentors, maybe, noted: isn't that special. Really, Father Larry, you should have quit before you added that second graf and displayed your true feelings. *
The Social Worker's statement is defensive, an itemized list (10) of all the great stuff they have done, including saving thousands of children from Nazi death camps, which seems a tad off message here, and also that a social worker was the object of the movie Oranges and Sunshine, about a woman who helped reunite families, and if that isn't swell enough, their magazine, Adoptions Today and Fostering Families magazine, just won awards from...NASW. What is the NASW? The National Association of Social Workers. Seriously, you are bragging about the awards to magazines that you yourself gave to the magazines, which you yourself publish? Incidentally, the magazine seems to be called Adoption Today, without the s, or is there another magazine we can't find on line? Really, you folks need a new press officer.
The Salvation Army is terse in its response, only talking about the homes they ran for unmarried women: These homes were operational during a time when significant social pressures were placed upon pregnant, unmarried girls, and a majority of the young girls came to the homes after being guided by their own families. Okay, not your fault, you say, but "guided"? Guided? More like friggen' forced them into the shoots like cattle on the way to the slaughter. Guided like with a gun to your head, or you'll be on the street. But okay. Your parents didn't want you at home with a bulging belly and baby on the way. The Salvation Army ran homes for poor wretches like you. That's what it was like then.
Only The Crittenton Foundation wrote a statement that even I could love: after noting they were "saddened by and regret the experience of mothers who were forced or coerced into placing their children in adoptive homes and the impact on their children many of whom continue to search for their birth parents," adding that these practices were never endorsed by the national organization...even if the troops (aka social workers) were running amuck--but hey! I wasn't there. But then we get to the best part: "...not a week goes by that we don’t hear from someone searching for a family member and we are acutely aware of the pain and damage done by the past practices....Today at the national level we do everything possible to provide information and support to family members searching for one another."
Real sympathy and reality! Thank you Jeannette Pai-Espinosa, president, who signed the response. I had no truck with a maternity home for wayward girls like myself back in the Sixties, so I can't comment about what went on there, but that statement indicates that at least the Crittenton folks of today understand what's what, and for that I salute them.--lorraine
* NOTE: In 1992, the executive directors of Maternity And Adoption Services of Catholic Charities in all five dioceses of New Jersey recommended to the NJ Catholic Conference of Bishops that adult adoptees be allowed access to their OBCs with no strings attached. The Bishops got their knickers in a twist over this insurrection (how many children are they hiding?) rejected the recommendation then, and this past June, urged Governor Chris Christie to reject the access bill (strings were attached) that had passed in both the Senate and Assembly. (Thanks to Barbara Thavis and Maryanne, who noted this in their comments.)
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In the Sixties: Was I 'forced' to give up my baby?
Shining the light on 'forced' adoption at home and elsewhere
Posted by Lorraine Dusky at 4:48 PM
Labels: Adopted and Abducted , Catholic Charities and adoption , Dan Rather Reports , National Association of Social Workers , The Crittenton Foundation , The Salvation Army
Berthe de Laon May 3, 2012 at 7:25 PM
Lorraine, to Catholic Charities, "Well, then how come you are not supporting access to original birth certificates?
That's the crux of the matter isn't it? Or should be. So many digressions.
Everyone is entitled to their own personal history.
Catholic Charities, along with much of the general public, suffer from a failure of imagination.
The trouble is people don't miss what they've got and always had. So they can't imagine.
Lorraine Dusky May 3, 2012 at 8:28 PM
Ask any ten people on the street about adoptee access to original names, and they are likely to say, didn't that happen a long time ago?
Catholic Charities...are not very charitable to adults adopted as children, are they?
Joy May 4, 2012 at 5:39 PM
Such a pleasure to read, excellent, excellent post. Outta the ball-park my dear.
maryanne May 5, 2012 at 8:20 AM
I was not in a Home either, but from what I have heard from many mothers who were, the Crittendon homes were the most humane (with of course individual exceptions) back in the day, and the religious homes of all stripes were the worst and most cruel. Makes sense, they thought they had to torture the sin out of wayward girls to save their souls, kinda like the Inquisition.
Catholic Charities Homes have a particularly bad rep in this area, but there was a miserable Jewish home on Staten Island associated with Louise Wise agency of ill repute, and a nasty Salvation Army Home in Jersey City that I have heard many first-person bad stories about.
Lo, great comment about "guided" to the Salvation Army Home by parents! "Guided" sounds so gentle and kind. More like "thrown out and incarcerated" for most moms sent there. Also thanks for mentioning Catholic Charities in NJ. Actually they are not monolithic here and some brave social workers have testified for open records. The real villains in the NJ Church are the Council of Bishops, who have the last word about CC policy and everything else. A meaner more hypocritical bunch of pompous old men would be hard to find!
I share your frustration with trying to see this show, I too give up when faced with so many barriers to any internet transaction. It does make me wonder how many people actually saw this show. Its impact may be small in the larger picture, for all the hype it got beforehand. So many shows over the years, but still we carry on trying to get adoptees their rights and the story of how many of us were used and abused out there.
Amanda May 5, 2012 at 9:35 AM
I wrote a response about the NASW but my iPad erased it before I could post it. I was not a fan of their response.
I have been in contact with them about they way they responded to this issue. I think the way they were asked to answer for it was an issue in how they replied. They take their code of ethics very seriously and will discepline individual practitioners who are reported in violation. A lot of workers in the BSE (and even now) are not considered SWers to the NASW standards. They don't want untrained people who they would not consider SWers working in the field any more than we do (and they promote bills to further strict competency standards) and won't answer on what a whole mass of workers did if they weren't all SWers and they don't know which SWers specifically were in violation. Coersion is a direct violation of their code of ethics.
Various banches of the NASW have supported and been influential in Adoptee Rights.
maybe May 5, 2012 at 12:42 PM
From the Catholic Charities response:
Well isn't that special.
Lorraine Dusky May 5, 2012 at 12:48 PM
maryanne:
My frustration in trying to download the show was obvious--too bad iTunes wants your life history, and then had some glitch. And I agree there has been a lot of pre-hype over this show--at least birth mothers get some media to tell their stories!--but the lasting impact is hard to judge since so few people really saw it. Like, how many legislators? How many priests who fathered children? How many adoptive parents who are terrified of first parents?
I'm just sorry now that iTunes has data on me!
As for the "guided" aspect, I have heard so many stories about what parents were like in the day when young women wanted to keep their babies. "Forced" is really the word for how a lot of girls ended up in the homes.
Maybe: Amen.
I wanted to keep the post short because it is still hard for me to use the computer, but that sentence caught my eye. I think I will add it to the main post today, as not everybody reads the comments.
maybe May 5, 2012 at 1:33 PM
As if adoptive parents could EVER allow themselves to be forgotten?!
The Catholic Charities response is a classic de-rail. Just like on feminist sites when the trolls hop in with the "what about the menz?" de-rail attempts, here we have to endure "what about the APz?" nonsense.
Newsflash to folks who saw the TV piece or are commenting on articles about it: the story was about MOTHERS who lost their children to adoption. If APs want to tell their stories about adoption there is surely an app for that. Or the Hallmark channel.
Thanks for adding to the article, I hope you get well soon!
Robin May 5, 2012 at 3:15 PM
I agree with what Maybe said. Of course, we must never forget about the APs. They must always come first.
Who cares how abused or misused the young women were or how much damage these practices did to their children. After all the most important thing is that the APs got the chance to be parents and provide sooo much to the children. Makes me ill.
Heather May 5, 2012 at 4:45 PM
Hmmmmm . . . ENSURE? Ensure? How exactly did my mother ensure that I was given a life of love and opportunities by giving me away to strangers?
To be clear, I'm not upset with my mother, not in the least. I am upset with the system, especially the agencies.
If C.C. wanted to ensure a better life for adoptees, there certainly would have been an extensive vetting process, right? After all, back during the BSE, on average, there were ten couples for every available baby. I hardly needed to be scooped up by the first available couple.
Well, then, why was I placed into an alcoholic family? . . . It was difficult to feel chosen or special when I was 1) given away at birth, and 2) placed into a dysfunctional family. Because of that double whammy, I felt like a throw-away child.
Do I love my adoptive parents? Yes. Was my life definitely better having been placed with them? Nope.
C.C.'s focus on adoptive parents is so unnerving. The myth of adoption is that it is all about finding the adoptee a good home. The truth is that it is all about finding adoptive parents a child.
Daria May 6, 2012 at 7:45 PM
I watched the show and was a little disappointed. The one woman's story who was featured was informative of course, but there were so many other mothers interviewed that were only featured as "blurbs" either going into or coming back from commercials.
I mean HOW can you leave a woman's story as a blurb when she's telling you that when she refused to sign the relinquishment papers, the social worker called her a "little slut" and then wrapped her own hand around yours and "signed" your name?!?!
Would have been nice to have delved deeper into stories like that. Not that the featured woman's story wasn't wrenching, it was. It would however, have been nice to hear from other women as well - in more than just "vignettes"...
Carolc May 6, 2012 at 9:46 PM
Well, if it's any consolation, I did manage to get past all the error messages on Itunes and was finally able to download it. However, when I went to view it, it stopped, got stuck about 2 minutes into it.... each time I retried, the same thing happened. Fortunately, I had seen the show at my friend's house - another mom who happened to get HDNet here in Scottsdale, AZ.
It was certainly not what I had hoped but my feeling is that at least several mothers were able to tell their stories. I was disappointed that the reunion took over the show, but apparantly doing a show on this topic was the idea of Troy Dunn the searcher who suggested it to his friend Sean the producer of Dan Rather's show. I am not a fan of Troy but he did make some excellent comments about coercion and falsified records and lying on the part of the agencies to both mothers and adoptive parents. It's a start...
Lastly, I am a Booth Salvation Army alumn and was bothered by their so called response. Yes, my parents "guided" me there, but they did nothing to support my feelings and desire to keep my son and I was their client - not my parents.
The show sounds disappointing, glad I missed it, and Troy Dunn is a creep who exploits searching people for his own gain. He has no respect among decent searchers or support group leaders.
Daria, that is the way these shows are done, film hours of stories, most of which end up on the cutting room floor, and only use the juiciest little bits in the finished product. Oh, and it is always all about individual reunions, not rights, no matter what the pre-show hype says. Emotionalism , not reason, and the personal disconnected from the political.
Lo, your friend Florence gave some good advice about interviews years ago; no matter which way the interviewer tries to steer you, stick only to what you want to get across, and be careful not to say anything that would sound bad taken out of context, because that is what they are likely to use!
These shows are all about titillation, shock, and entertainment, not really in-depth serious consideration of any issue.This one evidently was no exception, and since Dunn was behind it, I am not surprised. Too bad, and no real help to our cause.
These kinds of stories were out in the media 30 years ago and ever since, yet they vanish like smoke and we are still stuck where we have always been as far as rights and legislation go. This show was in no way the landmark breakthrough some expected, just show biz as usual.
Barbara Thavis May 8, 2012 at 1:43 PM
Lorraine I am no fan of Catholic Charities but you have an incorrect fact in your post.
In 1992, the executive directors of Catholic Charities in all five dioceses of NJ recommended to the NJ Catholic Conference of Bishops that adult adoptees be allowed access to their OBCs with no strings attached.
The Bishops rejected the recommendation then, and this past June, they urged Governor Christie to reject the access bill that had passed in both the Senate and Assembly by substantial margins.
It is the bishops, not Catholic Charities behind keeping records closed. http://www.politickernj.com/54947/catholic-bishops-thwart-civil-rights-adoptees
Barbara, will fix.
Catholic Charities has to kow-tow to the bishops. Too bad. But their response still sucked.
Barbara Thavis May 8, 2012 at 11:03 PM
Catholic Charities response was sickening! I don't give a rats patuey what I did for an infertile couple. Just sickening!
Further refinement of Catholic Charities:
It was the executive directors of Maternity And Adoption Services of Catholic Charities (who would be closest to the birth mothers) in all five dioceses of New Jersey who recommended to the NJ Catholic Conference of Bishops that adult adoptees be allowed access to their OBCs with no strings attached.
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If you’re trying to find great docos, you need to check out DocPlay
BY Liam Maguren
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Seeing all the great documentaries on offer at the 2019 New Zealand Film Festival programme reminds me of how fortunate I am to have DocPlay in my life.
Incredible docos I missed from previous fests turn up here—Cameraperson, Minding the Gap, Island of Hungry Ghosts to name just a few. Some don’t have a life outside NZIFF (if anyone can hook me up with a copy of Persistence of Vision, I’ll be eternally grateful), so it’s a blessing to have a streaming service that caters to such hidden gems.
Netflix pumps out some great documentaries, too. You’ll find them among their Originals line-up (Fyre, 13th, and Martin Scorsese’s recent Bob Dylan feature) and beyond (Senna, Jane, Abducted in Plain Sight).
Unfortunately, Netflix has also housed some very questionable (probably downright irresponsible) material in the past. Recently, and very quietly, they pulled a doco added earlier this year claiming root canals almost always caused cancer. The dental community was furious.
And don’t get me started on Amazon Prime. You have to scroll for miles past the likes of 2020 Nostradamus and 3rd Reich: Hitler’s UFOs in order to dig out something great like City of Ghosts and Hotel Coolgardie.
DocPlay isn’t reckless with its releases. I’ve explored the service for almost a year and I’ve never seen a film directly appealing to mislead crowds like anti-vaxxers or Scientologists (yes, it’s a low bar, but one that others have willingly crossed). Hell, there aren’t even docos catering to more harmless beliefs in UFOs, Bigfoot or a pancake Earth.
There’s no fat here. No filler. And I can’t understate the relief that comes with knowing that. In an age where you can spend more time searching for a film than watching it, there’s a massive comfort in being able to throw a dart at the DocPlay library and knowing that whatever it lands on will be worth an hour or two.
Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton
Of course, you may have no interest in topics like fashion or big wave surfing, but these documentaries are often more than just facts—they’re stories about people going against obstacles, adversity, and the odds. That’s why films like Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist and Take Every Wave can compel beyond their interest groups.
A sweet price tag also helps. Depending on your chosen subscription, the monthly fee is half of what you’d pay for Netflix. Put another way, it’s a much better deal for anyone who rents a new release film once a month. (DocPlay also gives you a 30-day trial, like most services.)
To top it all off, DocPlay does its part to showcase Aotearoa’s mightiest docos with Gaylene Preston’s My Year With Helen, Florian Habicht’s Spookers, Roger Donaldson’s McLaren, and a great deal more.
For anyone doco-lovers who feel overwhelmed with choice and/or underwhelmed by quality, seriously consider giving DocPlay a go. I’ve even got a list of 25 excellent films available right now to start you off.
On the Chinese artist and activist who sticks his middle finger up at the government (re: image above).
Bobby Fischer Against the World
An enthralling film about chess, a game that otherwise bores me to sleep.
A compelling compilation of a documentary cinematographer’s leftover footage from numerous projects. Includes the best title sequence of all time.
The most effective, thrilling, provoking film I saw in 2015 that sees a filmmaker on a ride-along with anti-Cartel vigilantes.
If you’re ever going to jump into the discussion of internet censorship with anyone, you need to watch this doco on the tiny group who filter out “inappropriate content” and the global impacts of their decisions.
If you saw the viral music video for Hozier’s Take Me to Church (you almost certainly have), be sure to check out the pain and triumph that inspired ballet legend Sergei Polunin’s performance.
An ownership brawl between Palaeontologists, US government, museums, Native American tribes, and other Palaeontologists over a T-Rex skeleton. From the director of upcoming NZIFF title Apollo 11.
An eye-opening look at the wars America didn’t want you to know about.
Ever the Land
Like a Māori Grand Designs, following the construction of Ngāi Tūhoe’s gorgeous and innovative ‘living building’.
Exit Through the Gift Shop
The story of street artist Banksy’s protege; it’s great if it’s actually true (and arguably better if it’s all made up).
The Ground We Won
A rural NZ rugby club let two documentarians into their lives and customs over the course of one footy season—one of the best slices of Kiwi culture captured on film.
Mind-twisting investigation thriller centred on a man who impersonated a family’s missing son.
An absolutely horrifying look at a seemingly innocent Christian camp for kids.
My heart grew three sizes watching this graceful look into the life of an autistic man and his love for Disney animated films.
The Act of Killing + The Look of Silence
Soul-striking companion docos exploring the banal evil behind Indonesia’s genocide (seriously hard watching, but seriously important).
A sort-of heist film about a crazy French man who tightwire-walked the Twin Towers.
Trauma can be hereditary, or extinguished, as illustrated by this incredible coming-of-age longitudinal documentary.
Cinematically pairs the beauty of mountains with the gorgeous sounds of the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
The Music of Strangers
Master musicians from different parts of the world combine cultures to create new music and gosh, it’s just bloody lovely.
Nas: Time is Illmatic
Music/album biopics often don’t justify a feature, but at a sleek 74 minutes, this piece on Nas’s hip-hop masterpiece is dense and illuminating.
An adaptation of the unfinished book by James Baldwin, providing an unparalleled perspective on racism in past (and modern) America.
The Salt of the Earth
If you’ve never heard of extraordinary photojournalist Sebastião Salgado, this incredible doco ensures you’ll never forget him.
The truly epic and remarkable life story of the man who changed the surf scene forever by riding waves as big as mountains.
That Sugar Film
A visually inventive, accessible and critical look at the true sugar content of so-called “healthy” foods. (If you dig this, be sure to catch the filmmaker’s NZIFF doco on climate change, 2040.)
For whatever reason, politician Anthony Weiner allowed documentarians to keep filming him during a PR nightmare when his dick-pic unintentionally goes viral—an absolute jaw-dropper of a story.
Documentaries vod
Herbs: Songs of Freedom director on his doco about local music legends
By Steve Newall
NZ Music Hall of Fame inductees Herbs are celebrated in new doco
When animals attack: the best and worst killer creature films
We gorge on creature features: the best, the worst and the completely feral.
Director of Bellbird on his feature film ode to the rural Kiwi way of life
The film in 8 words: “Loss, hope and love in rural New Zealand.”
Why can’t we be friends? The best buddy action comedies
By Travis Johnson
Stuber is the latest in a long line of buddy comedies, revolving around mismatched partners forced to overcome their differences.
A Star is Born, all seasons of The Wire and everything else on NEON this August
By Flicks
Also includes Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.
Watching Too Old to Die Young is like swimming through stylish sewerage
By Luke Buckmaster
We come to terms with one hell of a show.
The evolution of Māori Pasifika short films at NZIFF
“Each year, our job gets tougher as the quality of the films rises.”
The joys and challenges of making a film about a master Māori carver
We ask director Robin Greenberg 7 questions about her film.
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222 FLIGHT, 12 February 1960 AIR COMMERCE . . . "DIRECT SERVICE" "THE main objective of this private enterprise helicopter •*• operator," wrote a staff member in Flight of January 18,1957, after an interview with Robert Cummings of New York Airways, "is to get rid of his subsidy just as quickly as he can."In a lecture before the RAeS Rotorcraft Section last week Mr' Cummings estimated that NYA's subsidy (now about £800,000 ay^ar or 3s 5d a seat-mile) will be eliminated by 1966. NYA has just ordered ten multi-turbine (T-58), 25-passengerVertol lC7s to replace the five single piston-engined, 15-passenger Vertol 44s at present operating "direct service" origin-to-destina-tion air transportation in the New York City area. The new 135kt Vertol 107s will come in during the spring ofnext year. According to figures in an appendix, NYA's estimated subsidy will, by 1963, be down to £432,000, by 1965 it will bedown to £183,000, and by 1966 it will be eliminated. Throughout the lecture, which was short and concise, there wasevidence of the environment which has bred the type of helicopter that our own BEA—with its relatively minute background ofhelicopter experience—now wishes to buy. We quote: "Flying 24 hours a day, in varying weather conditions, has exposed NYAto many of the problems that will be encountered on a larger scale as the scope of our business is increased. It has given us essentialinformation and know-how. ... By the end of 1963 we expect to be carrying passengers at the rate of 1,000,000 a year. ... Byreducing the average transit time per stop from four minutes to three, the number of seat-miles produced per year [by five 107s]could be increased by some 2,040,000. . . ." Of the Rotodyne Mr Cummings said: "Its availability in 1964will place NYA in a position to offer the public a substantially enlarged and even more useful service on a business basis." BOAC MAY POOL WITH PANAIR ONE of the surprises resulting from the Minister of Aviation'srecent visit to South America (he returned to London on February 7) was the possibility of a pool agreement betweenBOAC and Panair do Brasil. In one respect negotiations between Duncan Sandys and Brig Correa de Melo, the Brazilian AirMinister, have been favourable: Brazilian quota restrictions on BOAC's fifth-freedom traffic rights in Brazil—which wererecently threatened with reduction to one service a week (see Shown in this sketch is the modern terminal now under construction at Ringway, the airport for Manchester. One pier is to be used for domestic traffic, the other for international services Flight February 5)—are reported to have been at least temporarilylifted. Discussions were also held, it is believed, on the possibili- ties of establishing a Brazilian subsidiary for the assembly ofBritish aircraft, possibly the Avro 748. Normally, of course, airline pool agreements are negotiated bythe operators concerned and only when agreement is reached is the sanction of the governments requested (sometimes). This is thecase with the proposed South Atlantic pool between BOAC and Aerolineas Argentinas which is still under negotiation. But thepool with Panair is different, and its consideration by the Minister of Aviation (the initiative is claimed to have come from Brazil)emphasizes the hard political bargaining which is accompanying the corporation's return to South America. Panair do Brasil is themajor carrier on the South Atlantic route and this winter is offering 274 seats per week with DC-6Cs and DC-7Cs in compari-son with the 122 seats per week being offered by BOAC's Comets. It can reasonably be assumed that BOAC would only agree toeliminate competition with its Brazilian South Atlantic rival if this were the only means by which a reasonable quota of fifth-freedom traffic could be assured; the high frequency of services offered by the Brazilian national carrier has previously beencharacterized by generally low load factors on the routes Recife - Dakar and Recife - Lisbon. The agreement proposed is a classicexample of the "entry-free" type of pool. This, then, seems to be the bargain which may be struck by theUnited Kingdom and Brazilian Governments. Mr Arthur Davies, an Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Aviation, who accom-panied the Comet's inaugural flight to South America, has stayed in Brazil to work out further details of the proposed agreement. WINGS OVER WESTMINSTER THE Bow Group—"an independent research society of youngerConservatives"—has chosen this appropriate moment to pub- lish a searching analysis* of Britain's air transport policy. TheBow Group has become widely known in political circles during the past two or three years. Its writings have been acclaimed asbeing representative of independent political research at its best. During the past year a small sub-committee within the group hasbeen working on a study of Britain's airlines. A theme that runs throughout the booklet is the need to reduceair fares. The group believes that the primary role of politicians is to secure those conditions where cheap air transport wouldbe welcomed both at home and abroad. In the field of regula- tion, two recommendations follow closely those advocated inFlight last week ("Memo to Mr Sandys"): — (a) Replacement of the ATAC by a streamlined version of theAmerican CAB which would be independent of the Minister of Aviation. (b) The conducting of hearings in public rather than in camera. The other recommendations on regulation may be summed up as follows: —(c) Abandonment of the "sterile concept of material diversion," instead providing the ATAC's successor with more general terms ofreference aimed at the orderly development of the industry as a whole rather than mere protection of the corporations.(d) Introduction of a more satisfactory system of appeal. (e) Greater control over those regular services which can at presentbe described as "non-scheduled" and which lie outside the existing machinery for regulation.(f) Introduction of a general operating licence widiout which no air services, scheduled or non-scheduled, could be operated (this function,says the group, could well be exercised by an enlarged Air Registration Board).(g) Adoption of less cumbersome procedures for considering new route applications for scheduled services and inclusive tours.(h) Compulsory powers to obtain statistics—operational, traffic and financial—from corporations and independents, and the analysis andpublication of this information. The authors recognize that the main problem facing the new licensing authority will be to find a way of allowing the corpora- tions and independents to live and grow together. This will, they say, involve taking advantage of the independents' lower costs *"Wings Over Westminster," published by the Bow Group, 22St Giles High Street, London WC2. Price 7s 6d (8s post free). and, at the same time, assisting both corporations to cut theircost levels. A whole chapter to this subject alone; this is possibly the most detailed study into the industry's post-war financialrecord that has yet been published. Four particular spheres are given as those in which die inde-pendents have the greatest scope for scheduled operations: (1) Social services, (2) The corporations' marginal routes, (3) Peakservices on highly seasonal routes, and (4) Very Low Fare services. For this last type of operation the group advocates the formationof companies in which corporations and selected independents would participate together: this device would allow independentsto work with the corporations in developing VLF services. Two chapters deal with foreign policy. After a lengthy analysisof traffic rights and bilateral agreements, the group comes out strongly in favour of a more liberal attitude. In those cases whereFifth Freedom rights are not available (or are only obtained after resort to the more labyrinthic forms of international intrigue),the authors endorse adoption of a system involving cash payment for Fifth Freedom traffic rights. There is also a spirited defenceof IATA and of pooling agreements. Both these institutions have come in for considerable criticism of late, and for this reason theauthors have gone into considerable detail to justify these bodies. In the case of IATA they suggest two radical departures frompast policy. The first is for the final sanction of air fares to be taken out of the hands of individual governments and vestedinstead in ICAO. The second is the adoption of the fare- differential—lower fares for slower services. The main argu-ment here is one that has many times in the past been advocated in Flight: such a scheme would allow airlines to escape fromthe rat-race of quality competition and provide manufacturers with a real incentive to design airliners the primary attribute ofwhich is the provision of low-cost air travel. Other chapters deal with such subjects as the development ofUK domestic services; management and morale; competition from surface transport; airline safety; airport organization; air trans-port for the armed forces; and the manufacture of civil aircraft. Each of these chapters contains interesting ideas and information,and there are numerous reminders that in air transport _ you cannot always separate politics from economics. And this, wseems, was where the Bow Group came in.
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GM to Boost Prices as Commodity Costs Jump
Published April 18, 2011 Reuters
General Motors Co Monday said it will raise prices for its cars and trucks in the U.S. market an average of $123 per vehicle starting May 2, due to rising commodity costs.
It is an increase of 0.4 percent, according to a GM spokesman.
GM said the increase was not related to last month's earthquake and tsunami in Japan and its impact on the global auto industry supply chain.
"This is in response to the continued rise in material costs, and that's mainly because of commodities," said GM spokesman Tom Henderson.
The higher commodity costs are "across-the-board" and include oil and products made from oil, as well as aluminum and other key ingredients used in building cars and trucks, he said.
(Reporting by Bernie Woodall, editing by Maureen Bavdek)
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Golden State Killer investigator reveals what stood out to him at suspect's home
By Ryan Gaydos, | Fox News
Accused 'Golden State Killer' charged with four more murders
72-year-old former police officer Joseph James DeAngelo is now accused of 12 murders.
One of the lead investigators into the Golden State Killer case revealed on a crime podcast Thursday that a towel draped over the suspect’s monitor left the biggest impression on him.
Paul Holes, an investigator with the Contra Costa County, Calif., district attorney’s office, was one of the few officials who gained access into accused serial killer Joseph DeAngelo’s home, according to SF Gate.
The Golden State Killer separated husbands and wives during his attacks and would force the woman from her bedroom to the living room, according to SF Gate. The serial killer then would turn the TV on and keep the sound off, and drape a towel over the screen to give himself a glow to see his victim.
Holes told the “My Favorite Murder” podcast that a towel he found in DeAngelo’s home April 24 “left the biggest impression on him.”
“He has a computer there, and he's got a towel over the monitor,” Holes said. “And I'm looking at that going, ‘Is that just a dust cover, or is he reminiscing?’ He wants a glow. Is he pulling out any of those souvenirs and replicating the glowing environment from back in the 1970s?”
DeAngelo, 72, was arrested last month and was charged with eight counts of murder in Sacramento, Orange and Ventura Counties. Officials said prosecutors will seek the death penalty against him. Police believe DeAngelo is the notorious Golden State Killer, who is wanted in a dozen murders and nearly 50 rapes over a period from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s.
Ryan Gaydos is an editor for Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @Gaydos_.
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Sex-offender tenant of Louisiana activist Sadie Roberts-Joseph accused of killing her, likely over late rent
Jeffrey Epstein accusers' lawyer says financier abused female visitors while on work release from jail
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March Madness: Florida State, Florida, UCF punch tickets to Big Dance
AP Mar 17, 2019 at 7:49p ET
The clock is ticking. The rest of college basketball has three weeks to figure out how to stop Duke's freshman force of nature, Zion Williamson.
Melina Myers-USA TODAY Sports
The clock is ticking. The rest of college basketball has three weeks to figure out how to stop Duke’s freshman force of nature, Zion Williamson.
Williamson and the Blue Devils got the overall top seed in the tournament, while Gonzaga and two more Atlantic Coast Conference teams — North Carolina and Virginia — also received No. 1 seeds. Three teams in one conference on the top line matches a record, and offers the selection committee’s guess as to who has the best chance to slow down Duke.
The Blue Devils opened as a 9-4 favorite to win it all.
Williamson, the 6-foot-7 man-child averaging 22 points and nine rebounds and a near-certain top pick in the upcoming NBA draft, is putting his future on the line — along with hundreds of millions in potential earnings — all in hopes of adding his own chapter to the history of America’s most dream-indulged hoops extravaganza. He’s doing it only four weeks after wrenching his knee when his Nike sneaker blew out and sent him crashing to the floor. He missed five games. He wouldn’t dare miss this.
“Everybody has their right to their own opinion, but I knew I was coming back the whole time,” Williamson said in his return last week, when he led Duke to its 21st ACC tournament title.
Speaking of shoes … the companies that make them are intrinsically, financially and, yes, toxically intertwined with the players who fill out Division I rosters. The tournament will once again be played against the backdrop of a long list of problems — most of them related to money — that plague the NCAA and college hoops.
LSU is the latest to have its name dragged through the mud, yet neither the NCAA nor the school appeared to think twice about placing the Tigers in a starring role the drama, which begins Tuesday with a pair of play-in games, then gets going in full force on Thursday.
More Florida Gators news
Former Virginia Tech F Kerry Blackshear Jr. reportedly decides to transfer to Florida
Gators star PG Andrew Nembhard to return for sophomore season
Florida coach Dan Mullen addresses team’s recent legal troubles
Florida,Texas football teams schedule home-and-home series for 2030-31
Florida, Colorado football teams schedule home-and-home series for 2028-29
The Tigers were given the No. 3 seed in the East, a mere two weeks after details emerged about their coach, on a wiretap , talking to a recruiting middleman about a “strong ass offer” he made to a high schooler. If true, coach Will Wade clearly violated NCAA rules — in fact, The NCAA Rule: Thou Shalt Not Pay Players.
But while Wade has been banished to the sideline for the time being, the Tigers will be at the party.
“That’s an institutional decision,” Stanford athletic director Bernard Muir, the chair of the selection committee, said last week.
(Muir has other issues: Stanford’s sailing coach was among those charged last week in the giant pay-for-admissions scandal involving small sports at a handful of universities.)
And yet, despite the sordid headlines and the requisite amount of pre-tournament nose-holding, the next three weeks are certain to inspire and amaze us.
Will this year’s magic come from 14th-seeded Old Dominion, whose coach, Jeff Jones, buried his face in a towel as the Monarchs were wrapping up their title in the Conference USA tournament Saturday, then revealed he’s battling prostate cancer?
Or from the UC Irvine Anteaters, the 13th seed in the South who are as good as any team in California this season and have as much pedigree: guard Max Hazzard is UCLA legend Walt Hazzard’s grandson, and guard Spencer Rivers is coach Doc Rivers’ son?
Or maybe even from Gonzaga, whose very smallness — enrollment 5,200 — seems to, in some corners, eternally mask the reality that this is a big-time program with one potential lottery pick on the roster (Rui Hachimura), another in the NBA (Zach Collins), a 21-year string of trips to the tournament and, now, its third No. 1 seeding in seven years?
More Florida State Seminoles news
Florida State’s season ends with Sweet 16 loss to Gonzaga
Florida State in Sweet 16 after taking down Ja Morant, Murray State
FSU withstands a 3-point barrage to hold off Vermont in 1st round of NCAA Tournament
FSU cracks top 10 in final Associated Press poll of the season
The confetti will fall the evening of Monday, April 8 inside U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
Then, on April 9, the focus shifts from courtside back to the courtroom, the negotiating table and, in some cases, the jail cell.
More investigations, the likes of which exposed LSU’s troubles, along with more corruption trials involving more assistant coaches and other players in the college recruiting game, will come later this spring.
The NBA and its union will try to inch closer to ending the one and done rule (A player must be at least 19 and a year removed from college before entering the NBA) that receives more than its (fair?) share of blame for the NCAA’s troubles.
Less promising are hopes for real reform out of the NCAA’s recently suggested package of fixes, or from the aftermath of a ruling in U.S. District Court that essentially told the association to continue with business as usual when it came to compensating players with pennies compared to the billions they bring in.
But forget all that for now.
One and done is what gave us Zion and his freshman teammates, RJ Barrett and Cameron Reddish, for a single, precious season at Duke.
It gave us Kentucky, a 2 seed in the Midwest, and its freshman-enabling coach, John Calipari.
It also gave us the dozens of programs that don’t, or can’t, consistently attract that kind of talent. Those teams are, in many cases, cheered as underdogs for that very reason.
Their goal this March appears straightforward, though anything but simple: Assuming his shoes hold up, someone’s got to stop Williamson before he exits stage right, never to look back, on his way to the NBA.
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4. "The Bachelorette," ABC, 5.77 million.
5. Men's Soccer: Mexico vs United States, Univision, 5.66 million.
6. "Celebrity Family Feud," ABC, 5.3 million.
7. "The $100,000 Pyramid," ABC, 4.9 million.
8. "American Ninja Warrior," NBC, 4.75 million.
9. "Big Brother" (Tuesday), CBS, 4.46 million.
10. "Big Brother" (Sunday), CBS, 4.32 million.
11. "Big Brother" (Wednesday), CBS, 4.25 million.
12. "America's Funniest Home Videos," ABC, 4.03 million.
13. "The Code," CBS, 3.99 million.
14. "Dateline NBC," NBC, 3.93 million.
15. "Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks" (Thursday, 10 p.m.), 3.88 million.
16. "Bull," CBS, 3.76 million.
17. "The Neighborhood," CBS, 3.69 million.
18. "To Tell the Truth," ABC, 3.67 million.
19. Men's Soccer: Haiti vs Mexico, Univision, 3.6 million.
20. "NCIS," CBS, 3.53 million.
Here’s what you need to know about the K-pop band BTS.
A Jurassic Park sequel Spielberg never considered
ICE says it doesn’t conduct ‘raids’ but fearful Valley immigrants remain ‘on high alert’
By CARA ANNA and CHRISTOPER TORCHIA Associated Press
Groundbreaking South African musician Johnny Clegg dies at 66 after fighting pancreatic cancer.
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The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store
The top 10 movies on the iTunes Store
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West Ham boss has sympathy for boo boys
West Ham manager Sam Allardyce has admitted that he understands the fans’ frustration after a third consecutive defeat, as reported by Goal.com
The Hammers were beaten at home by improving Crystal Palace and were booed off at full time, with chants of ‘you don’t know what you’re doing’ ringing around the ground.
The relationship between Allardyce and the Upton Park crowd has been tense all season long and many are now calling for his head after another lifeless, effortless display at home.
The former Newcastle and Bolton boss understands why the fans react the way they do though, and is hoping that decisions can go for them in future games.
“I always have sympathy [with the fans] by the fact is that I’m as frustrated as they are and I don’t want to see my team lose, particularly when we’re playing at home,” said Allardyce.
“Our finishing failed us. Perhaps the referee failed us on the Andy Carroll foul. In the end, Pablo [Armero] shouldn’t have given the penalty away, it was a silly challenge, and we paid a high price for that.”
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Big third period lifts Clippers
By DAN DOYONPortsmouth Herald
EXETER — The two-goal lead the Portsmouth High School hockey team had in Wednesday's game against Pembroke Academy evaporated due to a lackluster second period by the Clippers.
The last-place Spartans scored three goals in the second period and tied the game entering the third. Portsmouth came out of the locker room after the second intermission and swatted away Pembroke's upset bid by scoring four goals in the final period for a 7-3 Division III victory at The Rinks at Exeter.
Portsmouth improved to 6-4-1, while Pembroke is 1-9.
Junior forward T. J. Cochran scored two goals in the third and finished with a hat trick for Portsmouth, while senior defenseman Chris Kelloway had a goal and three assists.
"I was a little wary with the way they came out, my thought to them was 'we've played them before, we've beaten them before (5-2 earlier this month),' and they came out and didn't really do anything," former Boston Bruin and current Portsmouth assistant coach Rick Middleton said. "After the first period I reminded them of what they needed to do and they played even worse in the second period."
Middleton was filling in for absent head coach Al Brandano.
"I give (Pembroke credit), they came out and tied the game and it was a pretty even game," Middleton said. "I think in the third they finally realized they could lose this game and then they finally played the way I think they're capable of playing."
The Clippers were ahead 2-0 after the first when Pembroke carried the second period. Marcus Bessette scored with a little over a minute into the second and Daniel Sanders followed shortly after and tied the game at 2-2, just three minutes into the second.
Jack Williamson found Cochran on a breakaway, giving Portsmouth back the lead, but that was answered by a Sanders' back-hand flip past Portsmouth goaltender John O'Keefe (20 saves) with 6:32 left in the period.
"We did a better job of moving the puck to the open guy, and we did a better job of moving out of the corner with the puck," Pembroke coach Marty Myers said. "In the first period we weren't doing that. We talked between periods about finding the open guy and being more confident with the puck."
It took all of 26 seconds for Cochran to give the Clippers back the lead, as Kelloway was on the right side of the net and found Cochran for the goal. One minute later, Kelloway found Cochran again for a goal past Pembroke goalie Michael Berthiume, giving Portsmouth a 5-3 lead less than two minutes into the third.
"(Kelloway's) passes were really good," Cochran said. "The first and second period our passes weren't going well. He passed both of those right to my stick."
Williamson gave Portsmouth a 6-3 lead on a power-play goal after banking in a rebound of a Spenser Schwartzmiller shot. Kelloway netted the final goal of the game on an assist by Schwartzmiller with 4:42 left.
"We came out real flat and we were in the locker room and decided we needed to step it up," Cochran said. "We came out hard in the third, got a couple and set the tone."
"If we would've played the whole game like we did in the second period, it would've been a whole different game," Myers said. "It came down to whoever came out more aggressive in third would come out on top and we didn't. We came out flat. Portsmouth did a good job of recognizing that and put the pressure on when they needed."
The Clippers took a 1-0 on Cam Berube's goal with five minutes left in the first period. Jerry Witkowski found Josh Heiman a minute later for a 2-0 Portsmouth lead.
Portsmouth outshot the Spartans, 24-23, and was called for just two penalties.
"Everything came together in the third," Middleton said. "We cut down on mistakes, made some good passes and it resulted in four goals."
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Sheppard returns to Atlantis after a mission and finds the city abandoned, all systems dead -- and instead of ocean, sand dunes as far as the eye can see.
ORIGINAL AIR DATE: 03.07.08
SYNDICATION AIR DATE: 04.06.09
DVD DISC: Season 4, Disc 5
WRITTEN BY: Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie
DIRECTED BY: Martin Wood
Transcript by Callie Sullivan
M4S-587. John Sheppard returns to the planet's Stargate where Major Lorne and his team are waiting.
LORNE: So, how'd it go, sir?
SHEPPARD: The Genii contact didn't show up.
LORNE: Can't say I'm surprised.
SHEPPARD: What are you saying, Major? The Genii can't be trusted?(!)
LORNE: Well, they did try and kill you and Doctor McKay along with that little girl.
SHEPPARD: True, true – and normally that's the kind of thing I'd take personally, but Ladon claims he didn't order the hit. He's trying to get on our good side.
LORNE: You really think they know anything about where Michael took Teyla?
SHEPPARD: Well, they get solid intel. We're following up every lead, no matter how thin.
LORNE: OK. So what do you wanna do?
(John steps over to the D.H.D. and starts to dial an address.)
SHEPPARD: Well, I'm gonna go ahead. You stay behind for a few hours; tell me if he shows up.
LORNE: Will do.
(The Stargate ka-whooshes.)
SHEPPARD: We're gonna find her, Major.
LORNE: Yes, sir.
(John walks forward and steps into the Gate.)
WORMHOLE TRAVEL.
ATLANTIS. John walks through the Gate into the Gateroom. There are no lights on and the area is lit only by a reddish daylight coming through the windows. There's no sign of anyone in the Gateroom or the Control Room. John notices something else different about the place.
SHEPPARD: Somebody turn up the heat?
(He looks around.)
SHEPPARD: Hello?
(Nobody replies. Frowning, John walks towards the stairs, turning around frequently to try and spot anyone.)
SHEPPARD: If this is a surprise party, it's not my birthday.
(Biting his lip anxiously, he walks slowly up the stairs and into the dark Control Room. Frowning, he turns around and activates his headset radio.)
SHEPPARD: This is Sheppard. Anyone read?
(There's no reply.)
SHEPPARD: I repeat: this is Sheppard. Anyone on this channel?
(Still nobody answers. He walks across to the door which leads to the outside balcony. It remains closed as he approaches it. He puts his hands on it and starts to push sideways. After a few moments, he manages to slide the door open. He looks outside and stares in total amazement. Walking out onto the balcony, he gazes in disbelief at the sight. The ocean has gone and the city is surrounded by sand dunes. He goes to the edge of the balcony and looks down. The lower levels of the city are half buried in sand. As he looks around, still in shock, the camera pulls back to show a high overhead view of the city and the surrounding area. There is sand for as far as the eye can see.)
SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. John walks back into the Control Room and waves his hand over the panels of the various consoles as he talks to himself. Nothing activates.
SHEPPARD: All right. This isn't good. The most elaborate practical joke of all time, or I'm in serious trouble here.
(Just then sound begins to come over his radio. It's mixed with a lot of static and is unintelligible. John taps his headset.)
SHEPPARD: This is Sheppard. Anyone on this frequency?
(There's another burst of static, then Rodney McKay's voice comes over the radio.)
McKAY (over radio): Sheppard? Is that really you?
SHEPPARD (sighing in relief): McKay.
McKAY (over radio): I can't believe it! It actually worked!
SHEPPARD: What are you talking about? What the hell's going on here?
McKAY (over radio): I imagine you're a little confused right now. God! For you, like, what, five minutes has passed?
SHEPPARD: Rodney!
McKAY (over radio): Look, I need you to describe exactly what you're seeing. Where are you?
SHEPPARD: I'm in the Control Room. It's deserted.
McKAY (over radio): Is there any power?
SHEPPARD: No. Everything's dead – and, oh yeah, did I tell you the ocean's gone?
McKAY (over radio): Sorry, what?
SHEPPARD: The big blue thing out the window. It's gone. It's – it's – it's a desert – and it's about a hundred and twenty degrees in here.
McKAY (over radio): Oh, jeez, the planet must have undergone some serious climate changes.
SHEPPARD: If you don't start giving me some answers pretty soon here ...
McKAY (over radio): OK, look, I understand this is hard for you. Just do me a favour and go to the Hologram Room.
SHEPPARD: Why?
McKAY (over radio): Just do it. Please.
(John turns and trots down the stairs. Using the light on his P-90 to light his way, he jogs along the dark corridors. Eventually, breathing heavily, he reaches the Hologram Room and goes inside.)
SHEPPARD: All right. I'm here.
McKAY (over radio): Well, activate the hologram projector.
SHEPPARD: There's no power.
McKAY (over radio): It's connected to an independent power source. Don't worry – it will work.
(John steps over to the console and waves his hand over it. Immediately Rodney appears behind him.)
McKAY: Hey there.
(John turns, startled. He is even more startled when he sees Rodney for the first time – for this is not the Rodney McKay that we have known for the past four years. Wearing green trousers and a blue top, Rodney has his hands stuffed inside a tatty old grey cardigan ... and he looks like he is in his mid-seventies. His face is wrinkled and his hair and eyebrows are grey. He smiles at John as he stares back at him in amazement.)
McKAY (smiling): God, it's good to see you again.
SHEPPARD: You're a hologram!
McKAY (shocked): No!
(He takes his hands out of his pockets and looks at them, then laughs.)
McKAY: Of course! I tapped into the city's internal sensors, so I've got eyes and ears – so to speak. You look good.
SHEPPARD: You look, uh ...
(He reaches out to touch Rodney's chest. His fingers sink straight into it and a glow surrounds them.)
SHEPPARD: ... different.
McKAY: That's ‘cause you remember me the way I was.
SHEPPARD: What, you mean earlier today?
McKAY: Ah, it's funny, you know? I spent the last twenty five years of my life trying to figure out how to make this work, and I never once thought what I was gonna say to you when you got here.
SHEPPARD: You can start by telling me what the hell's going on here!
McKAY: Ah. Right, right. OK. Um, remember that mission report? SG-1 stepped through the Gate. Their wormhole accidentally intersected with a solar flare and they were sent back to 1969.
SHEPPARD: Uh, well, vaguely.
McKAY: Well, something similar has just happened to you.
SHEPPARD: I was sent back in time?
McKAY: Uh, no. In fact, you were sent forward into the future.
SHEPPARD: How far into the future?
McKAY: Huh, an interesting question – and one that was not easy to figure out. I had to determine the exact characteristics of the solar flare in question ...
SHEPPARD (irritated): Rodney!
McKAY: Forty eight thousand years, give or take.
(John stares.)
SHEPPARD: This is a practical joke.
McKAY: No, I'm afraid not. Freak accident. Sorry.
SHEPPARD: You're telling me I just travelled forty eight thousand years into the future in ten seconds?
McKAY: I know – it is kind of cool when you think about it, isn't it?
SHEPPARD: Surfing a thirty foot wave in Waimei is cool. Dating a supermodel is cool. (Angrily) This is not cool!
McKAY: All right, calm down.
(John opens his mouth, then pauses as he realises something else.)
SHEPPARD: If I'm in the future, that means you're, uh ...
McKAY: ... dead. Dead and buried and turned to dust a long, long time ago, along with everyone you ever knew. There's no way of knowing what the state of human civilisation is; whether it even still exists. I mean, we've obviously abandoned the city.
SHEPPARD: Obviously(!)
McKAY: There's not enough power for you to gate back to Earth, and without a M.A.L.P., going anywhere else would be far too risky. It is entirely possible that you are the last human being alive.
SHEPPARD: You're not doing a very good job of cheering me up here.
McKAY (mildly): Oh, consider yourself lucky, young man. While I was figuring out this plan, I had no way of knowing whether the city would even survive this long.
SHEPPARD: What – what plan?
McKAY: I took advantage of some progress in hologram technology to create this simulation. (He chuckles.) I'm able to move anywhere inside the city. I'm fully interactive, and I'm designed to mimic the exact response and appearance of the great Doctor Rodney McKay.
(John grimaces.)
SHEPPARD: Couldn't use anyone else, huh?
(Rodney chuckles again.)
McKAY: Funny. I'm linked to the city's main systems, but I have an independent core drive which is sealed in the foundation of one of the outer buildings – along with a Mark Twelve naqahdah generator and a couple of other key components. It's kind of like a, um, well, what do you say – like a time capsule, so to speak.
SHEPPARD: It's really nice to have company, but if what you're saying is true, what good does it do me?
McKAY: Oh, trust me, I wouldn't go to all this trouble just so we could have a chat. No, no – I'm here to bring you back.
(He turns and starts to leave the room.)
McKAY: Come on.
(Bewildered, John follows him. As they walk, the lights come on automatically in front of them. As they continue along the corridors during the following conversation, the lights go off again behind them.)
fSHEPPARD: Where are we going?
McKAY: Stasis chamber.
McKAY: To buy some time.
SHEPPARD: Well, that really explains everything(!)
McKAY: Theoretically, we can send you back exactly the way you got here, using the Gate, the right address and a solar flare. The only problem is, we're waiting for something very specific – a prominence with exactly the right shape, size, characteristics and relative position in space so that it will interact with the wormhole in exactly the right manner and send you back exactly the right amount of time.
SHEPPARD: And that doesn't happen every day.
McKAY: Exactly.
SHEPPARD: How long are we talking about?
McKAY: Oh, seven, eight hundred years. A thousand, tops.
SHEPPARD (stopping): Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. That's your plan? I'm forty eight thousand years into the future and you wanna put me on ice for another thousand?
McKAY: Tops.
(John looks shocked.)
McKAY: We need to be precise. If I don't get you back within two months of the moment you left, then ... it'll be too late.
SHEPPARD: Too late? What the hell's that supposed to mean?
(Rodney sighs, his face full of memories.)
McKAY: Things didn't exactly go well for us after your disappearance. Once I figured out what happened to you, I realised there was nothing we could do. The Air Force pronounced you K.I.A. – gave you a very nice military funeral back on Earth. Obviously the casket was empty ...
(John grimaces in distaste.)
McKAY: ... but, you know, it's the thought that counts. From there ... well, from there things went from bad to worse.
FLASHBACK. On an offworld planet, Rodney, Lorne and Ronon Dex make their way into a building.
McKAY (voiceover): We kept searching for Teyla but we just didn't have the resources to cover enough ground.
(Searching the building cautiously, they enter a room and see Teyla Emmagan lying on the floor, her eyes closed.)
McKAY (voiceover): It took us two months before we finally found her in one of Michael's hideouts.
(Checking first to make sure that there is nobody else around, Ronon goes over to Teyla, bends down to her and checks her neck for a pulse. He looks up at Rodney and Lorne in despair.)
McKAY (voiceover): But by then it was too late.
(The image of Rodney's face, full of loss, merges into the future Rodney's face, identically anguished.)
McKAY: She'd had the baby. I guess after that he didn't have any use for her any more.
(Reluctantly, he meets John's eyes.)
McKAY: So he killed her.
LATER. John and Hologram Rodney are walking through the city again.
McKAY: It's not your fault.
SHEPPARD: I should have been there.
(Rodney sighs.)
McKAY: And you will be – and knowing the address where we eventually found Teyla, you will be able to get there much quicker. You'll save Teyla, save the baby, change the fate of the galaxy.
SHEPPARD: What do you mean?
McKAY: Well, it was the turning point. It was the key to everything. Once Michael had that baby, he was able to complete his research and perfect the hybrids. After that, well, he really kicked things into gear.
FLASHBACK. In a town on an offworld planet, a makeshift hospital has been set up in a house. Atlantean medics, led by Jennifer Keller, are helping the planet's doctors tend to many sick people. Jennifer pulls a blanket over the face of the person she has been treating.
McKAY (voiceover): He stepped up his campaign of exposing human populations to the Hoffan drug. Jennifer did her best to find a way to combat the effects, with trying to lower the mortality rate ...
(Jennifer straightens up sadly from her dead patient, then watches in despair as medics bring in even more people.)
McKAY (voiceover): ... but ultimately, it was a losing battle.
FLASHBACK. In space, two Wraith hive ships are exchanging gunfire.
McKAY (voiceover): With their food supplies tainted, the infighting between the Wraith factions got worse. Michael waited until they were at each other's throats, and then he made his move.
(As the hive ships continue firing at each other, a third hive jumps out of hyperspace. On board, Michael walks onto the Bridge where one of his hybrids is flying the ship.)
MICHAEL: Status?
HYBRID: Both hives are heavily damaged. They've lost hyperdrive and are venting atmosphere.
MICHAEL: Well, then, let's finish it.
(His hive opens fire on the other two ships, and they disintegrate and explode under the onslaught.)
(Some time later, on a planet, two hybrids drag a struggling Wraith Queen into a tent.)
McKAY (voiceover): He took advantage of their weakened state and their internal divisions – and in less than a year, he had the Wraith on their knees.
(The hybrids push the Queen down onto her knees.)
McKAY (voiceover): Literally.
(Michael turns slowly to face the Queen, who glares at him. He turns away again and picks up a large knife.)
MICHAEL: You know, the irony is, I never asked for any of this.
(He turns and looks at her.)
MICHAEL: I was taken prisoner by the humans, tortured, experimented on ...
(Slowly he walks towards her.)
MICHAEL: ... and when I finally escaped and returned to my Wraith brothers, instead of being welcomed back, I was met with scorn.
HIVE QUEEN: You will pay for this.
MICHAEL: You still have your pride. (Sarcastically) Good for you.
(He glares down at her for a moment, then steps forward and savagely slashes her throat. She crumples to the floor.)
(Shortly afterwards, Michael throws back the flap of the tent and walks outside. He walks forward onto a rise outside the tent, stops and then raises up his hand which is holding the severed head of the Queen. Cheers erupt and we see that he is facing a huge crowd of hybrids and mercenaries. They continue to cheer, holding their fists in the air triumphantly as Michael gazes at his army in satisfaction.)
FUTURE ATLANTIS. John and Hologram Rodney are still making their way through the city.
McKAY: With the Wraith in disarray, Michael returned to the human populations he'd infected with the Hoffan drug. He selected the strongest and the healthiest of the survivors and converted them to hybrids. The rest he exterminated.
SHEPPARD: You think by saving Teyla, we can change all this?
McKAY: I know it. All I have to do is get you safely to a stasis chamber. I will reprogramme the sensors ...
(He trails off as the lights come on ahead of them down the corridor. Sand has broken in from outside and has blocked the route ahead of them.)
McKAY: Oh. That could be a problem.
SHEPPARD: No, no, that's not a problem. We'll just find another way around.
(Rodney's hologram flickers a few times.)
SHEPPARD: Rodney?
McKAY: There is no other way around. The sand has penetrated the lower levels.
SHEPPARD: Forty eight thousand years into the future, you've still got a knack for stating the obvious. All right, what do we do?
McKAY: I don't know.
SHEPPARD: What do you mean, you don't know?
McKAY: Well, I wasn't programmed for this variable!
SHEPPARD: You said you had twenty five years to work on this plan!
McKAY: Well, McKay did – and he brilliantly anticipated a lot of potential problems. It's just that, well, this wasn't one of them.
SHEPPARD: All right. We go up two levels, turn right, there's an outer door. It's only a quarter of a mile across the plaza.
McKAY: You can't do that.
SHEPPARD: Why not?
McKAY: Not only is it extremely hot out there, but for the last half an hour the barometric pressure has been dropping and the wind speeds have increased significantly.
SHEPPARD: A storm's coming?
McKAY: A sandstorm. Ever been in one of those?
SHEPPARD: As a matter of fact, I have.
McKAY: Oh. Oh, then, then you know what that means.
SHEPPARD: It's not like we have a lot of options here.
(He turns and trots off back the way they came. Rodney sighs and follows him. Some time later they reach a corridor on the outer edge of the building. A ferocious wind can be heard howling outside. John stops at the exit door and listens to the wind.)
SHEPPARD: Sounds pretty nasty out there.
McKAY: The winds are gusting over fifty miles an hour and increasing. Look, the visibility's basically zero. You can't go out there! You're just gonna have to wait it out.
SHEPPARD: For how long?
McKAY: Well I don't know. Maybe a couple of hours.
(John sighs, then walks wearily over to the wall and sits down on the floor.)
McKAY: Are you hungry? Do you have any food?
(John shakes his head.)
McKAY: Oh. Well, I suppose it doesn't really matter anyways. We'll just wait for the storm to blow over and have you out of here in no time at all.
(He smiles, then looks awkward.)
McKAY: Well, you'll actually be here for seven hundred years but you know what I mean.
(John grimaces, then looks up at Rodney.)
SHEPPARD: What about everyone else? I mean, you told me about Teyla, but what about the rest of ‘em? There's no way we would have rolled over and let Michael take over the whole galaxy.
McKAY: No.
SHEPPARD: Well, what happened?
McKAY: The I.O.A. and the military were reluctant to commit a lot of resources to protecting the human populations of another galaxy.
(He smiles fondly.)
McKAY: But Sam? Sam wouldn't take "no" for an answer.
FLASHBACK. Samantha Carter is walking with Rodney through the corridors of a Daedalus-class battle cruiser. Scientists are working to get it ready.
McKAY (voiceover): Finally they decided to give her a new ship – Phoenix. Barely off the assembly line; half the Asgard systems weren't finished; the other half weren't working.
(Sam and Rodney walk into a room. The place is a mess: wires are hanging from the ceiling and equipment is lying around everywhere. Despite that, Sam smiles proudly. Rodney doesn't look so happy at the amount of work that he's going to have to do.)
(Time passes. Sam is soldering a wall panel.)
McKAY (voiceover): We spent the better part of a month getting her ready for combat.
(Sam looks across the room to where Rodney, looking weary, is working on putting a console together.)
McKAY (voiceover): We worked day and night, side by side. Zelenka might have been there as well. I don't really remember.
(Radek Zelenka walks across and puts a cup of coffee onto the console for Rodney, then walks away.)
McKAY (voiceover): I do remember never feeling so drained in my entire life.
(Some time later, Rodney inserts the last crystal into a tray and it slides into its console. Sam looks at a computer tablet she's holding as it beeps, then smiles in satisfaction at Rodney. He sighs in relief and slumps on the console, exhausted.)
McKAY (voiceover): Eventually, though, we managed to get her in working order.
(Later, Sam is standing on the Bridge of her ship. Rodney walks in.)
McKAY: All right. Everything checks out. Weapons, shields, long-range sensors all in the green. She's good to go.
CARTER: Great work, Rodney. Now, I want you, Radek and your team to head back to Atlantis and take a couple of days off. When you're good and rested, get to work on the city's shields. Do anything you can to maximise efficiency. You're gonna need them.
McKAY: Well, what about you?
CARTER: I'm gonna take her out. For the time being, Major Lorne is in command of Atlantis.
McKAY: You need to take some time. You're as exhausted as we are.
CARTER: Intel suggests that Michael's about to move against several human worlds. We have to get out there now.
McKAY: So let someone else go!
(Sam looks at him. Eventually he sighs.)
McKAY: All right.
(He turns to leave.)
CARTER: Hey.
McKAY (turning back to her): Hmm?
(She raises her eyebrows at him.)
McKAY: Uh, good luck.
(Sam smiles.)
CARTER: Thanks, Rodney.
(She walks over to him and hugs him.)
CARTER: For everything.
(Rodney looks at her a little puzzled as she releases him, but smiles at her.)
McKAY: Right.
(He turns and leaves the Bridge, half-glancing back at her as he goes. Sam turns and gazes out of the windshield.)
McKAY (voiceover): They started a series of hit and run ops – real guerrilla style.
(In space, two hive ships fly side by side. Phoenix soars in and fires three Asgard beams at one of the ships and it explodes. She heads for the second hive and fires at it. On the Bridge, Sam's Weapons Officer reports.)
WEAPONS OFFICER: One of the hives has been neutralised.
CARTER: What about the other one?
WEAPONS OFFICER: Minimal damage. They're powering weapons.
CARTER: Dammit.
WEAPONS OFFICER: Should we swing around for another pass?
CARTER: Forget it. Get us out of here.
(As the hive fires at Phoenix, she races away and jumps into hyperspace.)
(Back in future Atlantis, Rodney is standing near John as he sits on the floor.)
McKAY: For a while, it really worked. They were able to inflict considerable damage, despite terrible odds. But eventually their luck ran out.
FLASHBACK. Phoenix leaps out of hyperspace just above the surface of a planet.
McKAY (voiceover): Michael deliberately leaked some intel that he was about to attack a heavily populated human world. Sam thought she could get there first, but she was wrong.
(As Phoenix soars over the planet, a hive ship above her opens fire. As it bombards the ship, consoles on the Bridge explode. Sam runs to try and fix the damage.)
WEAPONS OFFICER: We've got a hive ship – six o'clock.
CARTER: It's an ambush.
WEAPONS OFFICER: Here comes another one, dead ahead.
CARTER: Evasive manoeuvres!
(Phoenix races away from the ship above her and swings to the left to avoid the hive in front. A third hive is waiting in her path and fires an onslaught as she swings right to avoid it. As Sam runs to a console near the front of the Bridge, more consoles and panels explode.)
WEAPONS OFFICER: We're boxed in.
CARTER: Return fire!
(There's a massive explosion in the middle of the Bridge and the pilot is thrown from his seat and crashes to the floor. Alarms sound as another member of the crew runs to the pilot's station and tries to activate the controls.)
WEAPONS OFFICER: We've lost Asgard weapons.
CARTER: Switch to missiles. Fire all batteries!
(She runs to the pilot's console and pats the crewmember on the shoulder, pointing him towards the pilot lying on the floor.)
CARTER: Help him. Go.
(As he moves away, she takes the pilot's seat. Phoenix fires her missiles towards the two hives in front of her. They return fire.)
WEAPONS OFFICER: We've got an overload. It's the hyperdrive!
CARTER: Reroute the power!
WEAPONS OFFICER: No response. System is going critical.
(Sam gets up and hurries to a panel in the ceiling.)
CARTER: I'm beaming you to the planet. Head to the Gate as soon as you can.
WEAPONS OFFICER: What about you?
CARTER: I'll be right behind you!
(Unhappily, the Weapons Officer takes her hands off her console and straightens up in her seat. An Asgard transporter beam whisks her away. All around the ship, the crewmembers are beamed away until Sam is alone. She hurries back to the main consoles.)
McKAY (voiceover): After she got the crew off, she must have lost the transport system. With her engines about to go critical, I guess she figured she didn't have anything to lose.
(With her engines trailing smoke behind her, Phoenix turns and soars into the middle of the trio of hive ships surrounding her. As the Bridge continues exploding all around her, Sam stands and stares defiantly through the windshield as Phoenix races straight towards the hive in front of her and plunges into the side of the ship. It explodes and the shockwave radiates out in all directions, impacting the other two hives and destroying them as well.)
McKAY (voiceover): With her last breath, she took out three of Michael's hive ships.
(In future Atlantis, Rodney smiles ruefully down at John.)
McKAY: And we buried another empty casket.
LATER. John is standing alone at the doorway to the outside. The wind is still howling outside. There's a shimmer behind him and Rodney's hologram comes back online. John turns to face him.
SHEPPARD: Where the hell have you been?
McKAY: I was inputting our new solar flare requirements into the long-range sensors. ... And I found out what happened to the ocean.
SHEPPARD: Well, are you gonna tell me or are you gonna keep it a secret?
McKAY: The sun in this system is dying. It's running out of fuel.
SHEPPARD: Wouldn't that make it colder?
McKAY: No. As it consumes the heavier elements, it begins to expand. It's basically turning into a red giant.
SHEPPARD: OK, so mystery solved. Let's move on.
McKAY: No, no. You don't get it. This isn't some kind of cyclical climate change. This is – this is a one-way ticket. This planet is going to get hotter and hotter. Eventually the atmosphere is gonna burn off.
SHEPPARD: All right. How long before that happens?
McKAY: It is impossible to say, but my best estimate is under five hundred years.
SHEPPARD: But you said I'd be in stasis for at least seven hundred.
McKAY: Right. So the moment you step out of the stasis chamber, you'll be killed.
SHEPPARD: Rodney, you've gotta think of something!
McKAY: I am trying. It's like I said ...
SHEPPARD: ... you didn't anticipate the variable. I get it.
(He paces, thinking.)
SHEPPARD: All right: can the Mark Twelve power the shields?
McKAY: Theoretically, but there'd never be enough power left over to maintain my systems, the long-range sensors, the stasis chamber ...
SHEPPARD: The city has solar-powered generators, right?
McKAY (sarcastically): Yes, which would come in very handy if we were trying to power a couple of electric golf carts.
SHEPPARD: See, you're still thinking like the old McKay.
McKAY: I can't really help that! Look, what are you saying?
SHEPPARD: The sun's going red giant, right? Increased solar energy. The worse it gets, the more power we'll have.
McKAY: Oh my God. That could work! We use the shields to protect the atmosphere.
SHEPPARD: Exactly.
(Reaching into his vest, he pulls out a scarf.)
McKAY: We wouldn't be able to do it indefinitely, but it would buy us a hundred years or so.
SHEPPARD: That's gonna have to do for now. Open up the door.
(He folds the scarf into a triangle shape and starts to tie it around his neck.)
McKAY: What about the storm?
SHEPPARD: It's been going on for seven hours. For all we know, it could go on for days.
McKAY: It'll be dark soon.
SHEPPARD: All the more reason to get going. All I've gotta do is walk in a straight line.
McKAY: That may not be as easy as you think!
(John rolls his sleeves down to cover his arms.)
SHEPPARD: I never said I thought it would be easy. Look, I haven't eaten. I was hungry on my way back to Atlantis. The longer we wait, the weaker I get.
(He pulls the scarf up so that it covers his nose and mouth.)
McKAY: All right. Look, I can't go outside, but I can stay in contact with you over the radio.
(John takes out his sunglasses and puts them on, then walks to the door. It opens and the wind howls in, billowing sand through Rodney's hologram, which ripples under the impact. Holding his hands up in front of him to try to protect his face a little, John heads out into the storm. Rodney calls after him.)
McKAY: It's like you said: keep walking in a straight line. When you hit the building on the other side, feel your way to the door. I'll be waiting for you there!
(The door closes behind John. Totally blind, he staggers forwards. Rodney's hologram rematerialises in the building that John's trying to reach. He turns and looks at the closed door.)
McKAY: Sheppard. Sheppard, can you hear me?
SHEPPARD: Yeah, I hear you.
McKAY: How're you doing?
SHEPPARD: Never better(!)
(He stumbles and falls to his knees. Dragging himself up again, he presses on.)
McKAY: Yeah, I'm still here.
SHEPPARD: Tell me about Ronon.
McKAY: What, now?!
SHEPPARD: Yes, now. Talk to me, Rodney.
McKAY: Right. Uh, well, after what happened to you and then Teyla, I guess he didn't feel comfortable on the base any more ...
FLASHBACK. Ronon, accompanied by a couple of men, walks into a village of tents. About twenty people – both men and women – are waiting there for him.
McKAY (voiceover): He persuaded Sam to let him go offworld and recruit a strike force. By this time, the galaxy was in a panic. Word was spreading that Michael's agenda was to wipe out Wraith and human alike. Ronon didn't have much trouble finding volunteers.
(Later, several of his recruits are working in pairs in an area of ground set up as a training ring. They are practising hand-to-hand fighting techniques that Ronon has taught them. He watches them as he calls out instructions.)
DEX: One!
(Each of the pairs carries out a set move.)
DEX: Two!
(The pairs perform the next move.)
DEX: Three!
McKAY (voiceover): They were just simple villagers with no military experience but he trained them in all forms of combat.
(Later, the recruits are being handed packs of gear which have been supplied by Atlantis. Taking the packs, they go over to another area where someone has opened a crate containing blocks of C4 and is handing them out.)
McKAY (voiceover): He even convinced Sam to let him have some of our equipment: radios, explosives, P-90s. It wasn't long before he had himself a pretty effective combat force.
(Near the tent village, a recruit fires a P-90 at a stuffed mannequin hanging by its neck from a wooden frame. The bullets all impact squarely in the mannequin's chest. The man smiles in delight, proud of himself. Standing behind him, Ronon smiles, impressed.)
McKAY (voiceover): They ran a few successful ops against some of Michael's ground facilities and then, one day, they got a key piece of intel.
(On another planet stands a large Wraith facility similar to the one seen in "Reunion." Inside, a couple of hybrids are walking along a corridor.)
McKAY (voiceover): Michael had taken over a Wraith lab and was using it to create more of his hybrids.
(From around the corner, Ronon rolls a stun grenade across the floor. It explodes and knocks the hybrids off their feet. Ronon and several of his recruits run out and check the area. He makes some hand signals and four of them head off. Ronon and two other recruits go in a different direction.)
McKAY (voiceover): They decided to take it out.
(Ronon and his team make their way cautiously along the corridors.)
McKAY (voiceover): That's when they ran into someone ... unexpected.
(Ronon turns a corner and aims his blaster at a Wraith, who aims its own stunner pistol at him. A moment later, Ronon recognises who it is. It's Todd.)
DEX (still aiming his blaster at it): What the hell are you doing here?
TODD (also still aiming its stunner): I suspect the same as you. Michael is using this facility to create more of his soldiers. I intend to destroy it.
DEX: By yourself?
TODD: There's something to be said for stealth over brute force.
(A man's voice comes over the radio.)
VOICE (over radio): Ronon, come in.
(Ronon pulls a radio out of his vest and speaks into it.)
DEX: Go ahead.
VOICE (over radio): One of the guards must have got a signal off, because a cruiser just landed. We're about to be overrun.
TODD: As I was saying ...
(One of Ronon's team speaks behind him.)
MAN: We have to abort.
(Ronon never takes his eyes off Todd.)
DEX: Give me the C4.
(The man takes off his backpack and puts it into Ronon's outstretched hand.)
DEX: Take the men back, meet up with Second Squad, and then head for the Gate. Signal me when you get there.
(As the man hesitates, Ronon glances round at him.)
DEX: Go!
(As the man and his colleague head off, Ronon turns back to Todd.)
TODD: You intend to complete your mission.
DEX: You're damned right.
TODD: As do I.
(Finally, both of them lower their weapons.)
TODD: I was going to write an elaborate programme designed to slowly create a fatal error in the primary capacitor, but I doubt there'll be time for that now.
DEX: I was just gonna blow it up.
(He turns and walks away. Todd sighs and follows him.)
TODD (a little exasperated): Naturally.
(They make their way along the corridors, covering each other's backs at junctions. A hybrid run out of the darkness and takes a flying leap at Ronon, kicking his blaster from his hand. A second one similarly disarms Todd. The new allies back into a round chamber and go hand to hand with the hybrids. Ronon pulls out his sword and fights with his attacker, who has a knife, while Todd manages to get its own man down and stabs him. Ronon forces his opponent down onto his knees and, standing behind him while pulling his hair back, holds his sword across his throat and then abruptly pushes his head forward onto the blade. Swinging round immediately, he lashes out with his sword but stops it just in time to prevent him from decapitating Todd. They both freeze in position, with the edge of Ronon's sword still against Todd's throat. For a moment, Ronon looks at Todd thoughtfully, then he shrugs slightly.)
DEX: Force of habit.
TODD: Indeed.
(It glances down. Ronon follows its gaze and sees that Todd is holding the point of its own knife against Ronon's heart.)
(A little later, they make their way into the control room of the facility.)
TODD: This is it. If we detonate it here, the secondary explosions will certainly take out the entire facility.
(Ronon runs over to the main console and opens up the bag containing several blocks of C4. He takes out the activation device.)
DEX: All right. You know another way out of here?
TODD: Follow me.
(It leads him out of the door but Wraith stunner blasts fire towards them from further down the corridor.)
TODD: Fall back!
(They run back into the control room. A hybrid calls out to his colleagues.)
HYBRID: In here!
(Ronon and Todd take cover behind the consoles.)
TODD: I suggest you detonate now while we still have a chance.
DEX: We'll wait for my people to clear. Period.
TODD: Very well.
(Several hybrids try to run into the control room but Ronon and Todd gun each of them down as they come into view.)
TODD: We can't hold them off forever.
DEX: Just keep firing.
(They gun down a couple more hybrids, then a man's voice comes over the radio.)
VOICE (over radio): Ronon. We've reached the Gate.
(Ronon snatches his radio out and activates it.)
DEX: All right. I want you to head back now. No questions asked. Is that understood?
VOICE (over radio): Understood.
(While he was talking, Todd has taken out another hybrid. Dropping the radio on the floor, Ronon guns down another one. They duck down behind the consoles and Todd turns to Ronon.)
TODD: Are we done?
(They look at each other for a moment, then Ronon flicks up the safety switch on the detonator.)
DEX: Yeah.
(They smile at each other. As the sound of many approaching footsteps can be heard, Ronon grins and presses the button. The complex explodes.)
FUTURE ATLANTIS.
McKAY: I'm sorry. I wish some of these stories had happier endings.
(John doesn't reply.)
McKAY: Sheppard? Sheppard? Are you still with me?
(There's still no reply. Rodney turns to the door.)
McKAY: Sheppard?
(The door slides open and John staggers in, falling straight through Rodney's hologram, and crashes to the floor on his face. As the door closes behind him, Rodney stares down at him, his face panic stricken.)
McKAY: Your biosignature's barely registering! Sheppard!
(John doesn't move. Rodney stares in horror.)
McKAY: Oh God!
LATER. Groaning, John regains consciousness and lifts his head. Squatting beside him, Rodney sighs in relief.
McKAY: There you go. You can do it.
(Grunting with the effort, John rolls onto his back and pulls his scarf down.)
SHEPPARD: Hullo, Rodney.
McKAY: Yeah, I'm still here. Look, I'd help you up but I'm – I'm, um ...
(Painfully John pulls himself up into a sitting position against the wall.)
SHEPPARD: How long was I out?
McKAY: All night! You don't look so good. Maybe we should get you to the stasis chamber as soon as possible.
SHEPPARD (wearily): Agreed.
STASIS ROOM. John and Rodney walk in.
McKAY: I've already prepped the solar panels. You're good to go.
(He leads John across to the stasis pod and holds out his hand. A panel beside the pod opens.)
McKAY: Here. Take the first crystal. I've loaded all the intel we got on Michael after your disappearance, including the address where we found Teyla.
(John takes the crystal, then turns to Rodney.)
SHEPPARD: You know, you never told me what happened to you – I mean, in the past.
McKAY: Oh, you don't wanna hear about that.
SHEPPARD: Well, why not? Obviously you survived.
McKAY: Only ‘cause I quit.
SHEPPARD: Quit what?
McKAY: Lantis, Stargate Command – the whole thing.
SHEPPARD: That doesn't sound like you.
McKAY: Yeah, well, we were under new management ...
FLASHBACK. In the Atlantis Infirmary, medics are preparing packs and crates of medical supplies.
McKAY (voiceover): I was down in the Infirmary, having suffered a, uh, well, pretty serious injury.
(Rodney is lying on a bed while Jennifer examines his finger.)
KELLER: It's a splinter.
McKAY: Doesn't mean it doesn't hurt.
KELLER: All right. It's just kind of come at a bad time. It's a little busy in here right now.
McKAY: Yeah, I can see that.
(A familiar man's voice comes from a little distance away.)
VOICE: Doctor Keller? Doctor McKay?
(Looking to see who it is, Rodney gets off the bed and he and Jennifer look at Richard Woolsey, who is dressed in a standard Atlantis command uniform.)
McKAY: Mr Woolsey. I understand you've managed to get yourself appointed our new commander.
WOOLSEY: That's right. (He fidgets uncomfortably with the neck of his uniform.) I only wish it were under better circumstances.
(Rodney and Jennifer nod unhappily.)
WOOLSEY: May I ask what's going on here?
KELLER: We're organising some medical supplies for one of our offworld refugee camps.
WOOLSEY: I see. Well, I'm going to have to ask you to stop.
KELLER: I'm sorry?
WOOLSEY: The I.O.A. is initiating a new policy: immediate recall of all base personnel. From now on, we'll be focussing entirely on the defence of this city. (He looks at Jennifer.) Furthermore, Doctor, your department is going to be scaled back. Without the Gate Bridge, and with the need to keep at least one ship in orbit at all times for defensive purposes, re-supply is going to be difficult. We need to prioritise.
KELLER: I don't understand this. I'm already under-staffed as it is.
WOOLSEY: Only because you've over-extended yourself with all these humanitarian efforts and your continued attempts to find an antidote for the Hoffan drug. Once you have refocussed your attention back to the medical needs of this base and its personnel, I don't think you'll have a problem.
KELLER: Wait a second! People are dying out there!
(Woolsey turns back, looking at her sympathetically.)
WOOLSEY: I know, and – believe me – if I thought there was anything I could do about it, I would.
McKAY: What about Michael?
WOOLSEY: Michael knows the defensive capabilities of this base and our ships. The I.O.A. thinks it's highly unlikely he will launch an unprovoked attack.
KELLER: So, that's it, then? We're supposed to just stand back and let him take over the rest of the galaxy?
WOOLSEY: How many more of our own people have to die, Doctor? Colonel Sheppard, Colonel Carter, Ronon, Teyla – they were your friends.
McKAY: Sheppard is not dead.
WOOLSEY: Right. He's just been transported forty eight thousand years into the future. I guess that makes him one of the lucky ones.
(He turns and walks away.)
(Some time later, in her quarters, Jennifer is packing clothes into a small case.)
McKAY (voiceover): The idea of standing by and doing nothing while the rest of the galaxy was suffering was too much for Jennifer to take.
(Walking over to a table on which is a small crate for more of her belongings, Jennifer picks up a framed photograph of her father. Looking at it fondly, she sighs and puts it into the crate.)
McKAY (voiceover): The more I thought about it, the more I realised she was right.
(The doors to Jennifer's quarters open and Rodney walks in. She turns to him.)
KELLER: If you've come here to try and convince me to stay, Rodney, you're wasting your time. I've already made up my mind.
McKAY: No. I've come here to tell you I'm leaving too.
McKAY (voiceover): We had three weeks on the Daedalus with nothing else to think about but everything that had happened.
(In Daedalus' Mess, Rodney and Jennifer sit at a table talking.)
McKAY (voiceover): We went over it a thousand times, trying to imagine what we might have done differently. It was awful.
(As they continue talking, Jennifer smiles at him sympathetically, then takes his hand.)
McKAY (voiceover): At least we had each other. By the time we got back to Earth – well ...
(Daedalus has reached Earth. Standing at a large window looking down at the planet below, Rodney and Jennifer turn to each other. She runs her hand down his arm, then they lean closer and kiss.)
McKAY (voiceover) (laughing in a slightly embarrassed way): ... we weren't just colleagues any more.
FUTURE ATLANTIS. John frowns as he takes his vest off.
SHEPPARD: Wait a minute. You and Keller?
McKAY: Why do you find that so surprising?
SHEPPARD: I'm just saying, if we start monkeying around with this time line here, there's no guarantee it's gonna turn out the same for you two.
McKAY: Yeah, that's what I'm counting on.
SHEPPARD: Why's that? You survived; you got the girl. It doesn't sound so bad.
McKAY: No. (He smiles.) No, at first it was great.
FLASHBACK. Arm in arm, Rodney and Jennifer are walking along a leafy road on Earth, smiling and chatting.
McKAY (voiceover): I got a high paying job with an aerospace engineering firm. Jennifer started her own practice. Things were just starting to come together.
(Jennifer starts to cough. Covering her mouth with her fist, she coughs several times, doubling up with the effort. Rodney puts his hand on her back, concerned. When she gets the cough under control, she looks at her hand. It has blood on it.)
McKAY (voiceover): We should've known we wouldn't get off so easy.
(Later, Rodney stands in a hospital room while a doctor shows him X-rays of Jennifer's chest.)
DOCTOR: I'm sorry to say, but all her internal organs are failing.
McKAY (voiceover): Of course, no regular doctor could diagnose what was wrong with her.
DOCTOR: ... exposure to the Hoffan drug.
McKAY (voiceover): We wound up back at Stargate Command less than a year after we'd left.
(The doctor continues talking, but Rodney is barely listening, lost in grief.)
McKAY (voiceover): Complications due to repeated exposure to the Hoffan drug.
DOCTOR: I'm so sorry.
McKAY (voiceover): No cure.
(Slowly Rodney turns around and looks at Jennifer lying in a bed in the S.G.C. Infirmary. She has an oxygen mask over her face.)
(Later, Rodney stands in a corridor of S.G.C. lost in thought.)
McKAY (voiceover): I thought I was gonna lose my mind. I – I didn't know what to do. After everything we'd been through, to have this happen, it was – it was too much.
(Suddenly Rodney's eyes widen.)
McKAY (voiceover): And that's when I had my idea.
(Rodney turns and hurries away. Later, he returns to the Infirmary. Jennifer, no longer wearing an oxygen mask, smiles at him.)
KELLER: Hi.
McKAY (smiling): Hey.
KELLER: Where have you been?
McKAY (showing her a notebook): I've been working.
KELLER: Working? On what?
McKAY: The solution – to everything. You, this, all of this – I mean, Atlantis, Pegasus, Michael, everything.
KELLER: What are you talking about?
McKAY: I'm gonna change the time line. I'm gonna make it so none of this ever happened. I mean, you won't get sick, Teyla won't die, Michael won't complete his research, none of it.
(Jennifer sighs.)
KELLER: Oh, Rodney.
McKAY: OK, I've already worked out the basic plan. I mean, the details will be a bit more complicated. I'll probably have to create a whole new form of math just to do the calculations, but I know I can do it.
KELLER: What's done is done.
(Rodney stares at her, his smile fading.)
KELLER: You can't change the past.
McKAY: You can. I can – and I'm going to, even if it takes the rest of my life.
(Jennifer reaches out and takes his hand.)
KELLER: You think that's what I want?
McKAY: Well, why not?
KELLER (tearfully): The year I spent in Atlantis, I – I saw more things than people even dream about in their lifetime. I don't have any regrets.
McKAY: But I do – a whole boatload of ‘em. I wanna do something about it.
KELLER (firmly): No. Just promise me that you're not gonna waste the rest of your life chasing after something that's already gone.
McKAY (voiceover): But I couldn't let it go.
(Rodney holds her hand and looks at her in grief.)
McKAY (voiceover): She died three days later.
LATER. Some time later, Rodney is writing on a whiteboard in a small cluttered apartment.
McKAY (voiceover): I quit the research firm; took a job teaching physics at a local community college. Not much money, but it gave me the free time I needed.
(He walks from the whiteboard to a desk, sits down and continues writing on a notepad.)
(Time passes. Rodney is again working on the whiteboard.)
McKAY (voiceover): I'll admit it wasn't much of a life.
(The camera pulls back and we see that Rodney's sister, Jeanie Miller, is sitting and watching him.)
McKAY (voiceover): Jeanie came by every once in a while to check up on me.
(As he writes some calculations on the board, Jeanie stands up, takes the pen off him and wipes off the last part of the calculation.)
McKAY (voiceover): When she realised she wasn't gonna be able to convince me to stop, she decided to pitch in and help me with the calculations.
(Jeanie writes her own figures at the end of her brother's calculation.)
McKAY: Well, obviously. I did that yesterday.
JEANIE: Just ... Oh, you did not!
McKAY: Look, look, this is what I'm thinking. This is what I'm thinking.
(They continue arguing and Rodney wipes her calculation off the board with his fingers. Jeanie sighs in exasperation.)
McKAY (voiceover): But eventually even she got fed up. But I never wavered.
(Years pass. An elderly Rodney is still in the same apartment, but technology has moved on. There are still whiteboards around the room covered in calculations, but the main board has been replaced with a clear computer screen on a stand. Rodney is wearing a black glove on his right hand. He gestures at the screen and the calculations on it whisk off the screen and new figures appear.)
McKAY (voiceover): Years went by – twenty five years, to be exact.
(Rodney flicks his fingers and some of the figures on the screen change.)
McKAY (voiceover): Then suddenly I had it.
(He stares at the screen in amazement.)
McKAY (voiceover): Only one problem. I needed to get back to Atlantis.
(At Stargate Command, a technician escorts Rodney across the Briefing Room to the open door of the General's office. Rodney coughs to attract the General's attention.)
McKAY (voiceover): I didn't have a lot of friends at Stargate Command.
(Inside the office, the General turns and smiles as he sees him.)
McKAY (voiceover): But I only needed one.
LORNE: Doctor McKay. Good to see you.
(He stands up from his desk, walks over and shakes Rodney's hand.)
McKAY: General Lorne.
LORNE: Come on in. Have a seat.
(They sit down either side of the desk.)
LORNE: I read your proposal.
McKAY: You didn't tell anyone else, did you?
LORNE: I'm not quite as stupid as you might think, Doc.
(Rodney sighs in relief.)
LORNE: But I'm sorry. There's just no way I'd ever be able to get this authorised.
McKAY: Well, then, don't. You don't have to tell them what it is. Tell them it's a research project. Tell them whatever the hell you want.
LORNE: Rodney, you're talking about altering the time line here. Changing history; changing everything. Do you really think that either of us has the right to make that call?
McKAY: Just cut to the chase. You saw what happened in Pegasus; you know what's happening here. Do you really think this is the way it's supposed to be?
(Lorne thinks about it.)
McKAY: Maybe he felt sorry for me. Maybe he figured it wasn't gonna work anyway, but he let me through. The rest you know.
SHEPPARD: Yeah. I guess I've had a tough day, but you've had a tough twenty five years.
(Rodney smiles briefly.)
McKAY: OK. We're ready.
(The stasis pod hisses as the hologram "thinks" it into life and John steps inside and turns to face the front.)
McKAY: Now, if this works, I'll be waiting right here when you come out. I may not have much time to get you through the Gate, but I think we can manage it.
SHEPPARD: And if it doesn't work?
McKAY: Well, you won't feel a thing, but basically you just ... won't wake up.
SHEPPARD: Right(!)
(He grimaces. Rodney looks awkward. John looks at him.)
SHEPPARD: In the past twenty five years, d'you happen to notice who won the Superbowl?
McKAY: Oh. Uh, ‘fraid not.
SHEPPARD: Oh. Stanley Cup? World Series?
McKAY: I was never really much of a sports fan.
SHEPPARD: Right. Had to ask.
(Rodney nods, then raises his hand to him.)
McKAY: Good luck, John.
(John nods. The stasis field begins to activate and slowly envelops him. Rodney, looking very tired and alone, turns away from the pod and his hologram flickers out.)
ATLANTIS. THE PRESENT. Chuck scrambles for his console as the Stargate begins to dial in.
CHUCK: Unscheduled offworld activation!
(Sam hurries out of her office.)
CARTER: What have you got?
(The Gate kawhooshes as Rodney walks over to Chuck.)
CHUCK: Receiving an I.D.C.
(He looks up in surprise.)
CHUCK: It's Colonel Sheppard!
CARTER: Lower the shield.
(She and Rodney run for the stairs and trot down them as the shield lowers. Sam calls out as she goes.)
CARTER: Security!
(Marines hurry into the Gateroom and aim their rifles at the Gate. After several seconds John runs through the event horizon, then skids to a halt and holds his hands out as he sees all the weapons pointed at him.)
SHEPPARD: Whoa!
CARTER: John!
SHEPPARD: Colonel!
(He looks around the Gateroom.)
SHEPPARD: It worked! It worked. Rodney, you're a genius.
McKAY (uncertainly): OK.
CARTER: John, what happened?
SHEPPARD: How much time has gone by?
CARTER: You've been missing for twelve days.
SHEPPARD (to himself): Twelve days, twelve days. OK, she won't have had her baby yet. (He looks at Sam.) Look, I know this sounds kinda weird, but we're on the clock.
CARTER: John, what are you talking about?
SHEPPARD: I know where Teyla is.
LATER. John is pacing angrily around the Isolation Room. Sam is with him.
SHEPPARD: We don't have time for this.
CARTER: John, there are procedures we have to follow. You know that.
SHEPPARD: I am not a clone. Is that what you're worried about?
CARTER: No, your medical came back clean, telomeres and all, but there are other things we need to discuss. I mean, you have to admit: this is a pretty wild story, even for this place.
SHEPPARD: But that's my whole point! How could I make this up?
McKAY (over comms from the Control Room): Sam. Believe it or not, I found it. It was in the sensor log. It's a solar flare capable of interfering with the wormhole from M4S-587 at exactly the moment that Lorne says he dialled.
CARTER: Well, why didn't the Gate's failsafe prevent the wormhole from locking?
(Rodney looks uncomfortable.)
McKAY: Umm, well, we've had a number of glitches since we, uh, last updated the operating system.
SHEPPARD: Oh, that's what you call a "glitch," huh?!
McKAY: Yes, well, you should know that, uh, I'll be giving Zelenka a stern talking to.
(John turns to Sam.)
SHEPPARD: Can we go now?
LATER. The Stargate is dialling out. In the Gateroom, John, Lorne and a group of marines are making last minute checks of their gear. Rodney and Ronon come in. Rodney goes over to John and speaks to him quietly.
McKAY: Look, um, I know you've already been debriefed about the future events – all the things we were hoping to avoid – but there's just one more thing I need to know.
SHEPPARD: What?
McKAY: Did I still have hair?
(John looks away.)
SHEPPARD: No.
(He calls out to the team.)
SHEPPARD: Let's go!
OFFWORLD PLANET. The team has arrived at the building where the future Lorne, Rodney and Ronon found Teyla. Team Lorne together with Rodney has split off and gone in another direction while John and Ronon, accompanied by two marines, make their way into the building. John gestures to the marines and they head off while he and Ronon progress on. Nearby, Team Lorne and Rodney come to a door and open it.
SHEPPARD (over radio): Rodney, you got anything?
McKAY: Hold on.
(He goes inside the room, followed by the others, and walks over to a large Wraith device with a T.V. screen nearby.)
McKAY: Yeah. Yeah, I've got some kind of a data terminal. Let me see if I can power it up and hack in.
(As he gets to work, John and Ronon reach the room where Teyla's body was discovered in the future.)
SHEPPARD: This is it. This is where they found her.
DEX: How do you know?
SHEPPARD: ‘Cause he described it to me.
(Growling, Ronon races to the doorway and aims his blaster in. John joins him and they go inside. There's nobody there, but Ronon notices something on a side table.)
DEX: Hey.
(He picks up a wicked looking knife and shows it to John.)
DEX: Look at this.
(In the other room, Rodney has his hands deep in the Wraith console.)
SHEPPARD (over radio): McKay, we've got something.
McKAY: What is it?
SHEPPARD: Some twisted version of a maternity ward.
(He is looking at what looks like the Wraith equivalent of an incubator.)
SHEPPARD: I think we're too early, though, but he's gonna bring her here to have the baby.
McKAY: Hold on. I'm in.
(He pulls his hands out of the console and looks at the T.V. screen as information appears on it.)
McKAY: Woah! Jackpot!
SHEPPARD: What've you got?
McKAY: I've got everything! I've got Gate addresses, I've got sub-space communication codes. I've even got his research into the hybrids!
(He looks round and grins at Lorne.)
McKAY: He's history!
(Just then the screen blinks out. It remains blank for a moment, then a single symbol appears on it.)
McKAY: No-no. No-no-no-no-no. What happened?
(The symbol blinks out and is replaced by another one. A second later, another symbol appears. A second later, another ...)
LORNE (pointing at the screen): What's that?
McKAY: Oh no.
LORNE: Doc?
McKAY: It's a countdown!
(In the maternity ward, John and Ronon look up at the sound of an explosion. From the other room, Lorne yells into his radio.)
LORNE: Colonel, it's a booby trap!
(The building starts to shake.)
LORNE: We've gotta get out of here now!
(He runs for the door. Rodney follows him but part of the ceiling crashes down and blocks his way. In the maternity ward, a large metal support falls from the ceiling, narrowly missing John and Ronon. They race out of the room but then duck as more of the ceiling falls in. Back at the other room, Rodney, Lorne and the others cower as debris tumbles from the ceiling. We switch to an external shot of the building just as explosions go off all around its base and the entire building disintegrates. The walls fall inwards and tumble to the ground ... and every viewer and all of your humble transcriber's faithful readers scream out loud as the most hated words in the world appear on the screen ...
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Decorated War Veteran Adam Kokesh Addresses Climate Engineering And Catastrophic Methane Release
Adam Kokesh is completely dedicated to the fight for the common good. He is a former marine and a decorated war veteran. Adam has given his all to exposing the power structure and its ongoing crimes against humanity. This short interview addresses the dire issue of global climate engineering and the unfolding cataclysms geoengineering programs are fueling. So many of the unfolding global environmental cataclysms can in one way or another be directly linked to climate engineering as a causal factor. The entire climate system has been completely derailed, the ozone layer is decimated, the life support systems of the planet are breaking down. Exposing and halting climate engineering is not an option, it is an absolute necessity if life on Earth is to survive. Though this interview was done a while ago, it slipped through the cracks and never got posted at geoengineeringwatch. The information it contains is completely accurate and relevant today, this is confirmation of previous research and conclusions.
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Executive Order 13139 – Wikipedia
Executive Order 13139— entitled “Improving Health Protection of Military Personnel Participating in Particular Military Operations”, as an executive order (EO) issued by U.S. President Bill Clinton on 30 September 1999. It outlines the conditions under which Investigational New Drug (IND) and off-label pharmaceuticals can be administered to U.S. service members. An “off-label" indication is a use of a drug in a manner (or for a condition) other than that for which they were originally licensed.
EO13139 provides the US Secretary of Defense guidance regarding the provision of IND products or products unapproved for their intended use as antidotes to chemical, biological, or radiological weapons; stipulates that the U.S. government will administer products approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration only for their intended use; provides the circumstances and controls under which IND products may be used.
It also stipulates that to administer an IND product, informed consent must be obtained from individual service members. However, the President of the United States may waive informed consent (at the request of the Secretary of Defense and only the Secretary of Defense) if:
1. Informed consent is not feasible
2. Informed consent is contrary to the best interests of the service member
3. Obtaining informed consent is not in the best interests of national security.
Executive Order 13139 boils down to a license to experiment on military personnel without prior knowledge or consent, period. Join the military: Become an alpaca in a deadly lab experiment…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13139
"When will science get enough reality to understand that it exists?"
– Paul Vonharnish –
Excellent interview! People in science and technology who approve of slaughter through their own denial and silence, need to be probed with red hot public pitchforks. If they wish to create Hell on Earth, they may as well get used to it…
7/1/2015 last night in YoungsTown Ohio Went out side I never use any pest control on my flowers or anything else in my garden, looking for insect life,only a few earwigs seen when there's always many more that I hand pick out. No snal seen this is not normal. had a cupple of bad dreams of earth worms dead covering the ground.this is like a watching a horrer movie unfolding right in front of my face, this is bad,someone needs to do something. Afraid for my family.erverything Dane says is happening is happening .can't beleave my eyes. WTF!
lynne bernasky says:
The Creator told us 2000 years ago that man would destroy the earth. "And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy THOSE WHO DESTROY THE EARTH." Rev 11:18 This is today.
WAKEUP to the REALITY of GEOENGINEERING says:
Dane, you have provided the most crucial and credible data on these toxic aerosol covert GeoEngineerng programs. These programs are undeniable and are catastrophic to our children, animals, plants, food crops, trees, forestry and are a huge contributor to economic collapse. It's a definite connect-the-dots of the notorious Gov. corruption, which should be obvious to every single person. How much longer can our Planet endure the devastating effects from these Climate Engineering / Solar Radiation Management programs? We need to join together and unite as one to stop these horrific toxic programs and hold every person involved accountable including the media and the Congressional Leaders who are ignoring their Constituents. Make your Congressional Leaders "accountable". If you care about the children, animals, nature and all life on this planet, you should have no problem assisting us in making these programs stop and holding those responsible accountable!!!
Hazel Lucks says:
How can we make the public aware? Dane Wigington is brilliant. I hope he stays safe .
Do anything but nothing!
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Cryptocurrency Explained And Why It’s Here To Stay
Author: Gilly Wright
The Age of Cryptocurrency, by Wall Street journalists Paul Vigna and Michael J. Casey
If you are baffled by Bitcoin and bemused by blockchains then The Age of Cryptocurrency, by Wall Street journalists Paul Vigna and Michael J. Casey includes everything you could possibly want to know about cryptocurrencies, without the need for being either a skilled mathematician or uber-geek computer engineer.
Covering the first attempts to create a digital currency, by cypherpunks, including David Chaum’s doomed DigiCash and the Electronic Monetary System (EMS) developed by Sholom Rosen at Citibank in the 90s, which was abruptly shut as a direct result of the creation of CitiGroup: A landmark event in US banking history, the authors say would presage financial disaster a decade later and set the date for bitcoin's arrival. Oh the irony!
A fair chunk of the book is devoted to the groundbreaking work of Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, who developed the ideas of others before him and created the blockchain, built around the principle of a universal, inviolable ledger, fully public and constantly verified by high-powered computers.
Bitcoin took off when faith in the existing banking system was at an all time low and the book lists key events, such as the Cyprus bank account freeze, which resulted in a bitcoin bonanza—digital money now seen as a safe haven from potential government confiscation.
Citing tales of people in Argentina using bitcoin to hedge against inflation, empowering women in Afghanistan and assisting the unbanked in emerging markets, Vigna and Casey believe cryptocurrencies have the potential to upend cumbersome centralized payment systems to clear money.
The book covers the rise of strike-it-rich developers as cryptpcurrency entered a “Wild-West get-rich phase.” Hobbyist entrepreneurs, such as original founder of bankrupt bitcoin exchange MtGox Jed McCaleb, and developments such as the shutdown by the FBI of the bitcoin-enabled black market, Silk Road, may not have helped the image of cryptocurrencies, but Vigna and Casey say that a collaborative approach is bitcoin’s greatest strength, and challenges have so far been met by the crypto community.
They do concede that bitcoin is not watertight—citing the unlikely event that bitcoin miners could band together to take 51% of the processing power of the bitcoin network. If a consortium of miners were to briefly gain enough processing power to control the blockchain, it could allow them to indirectly take money from other users, or buy something and then rewrite history so that the purchase disappears. Trust in bitcoin relies on their being no single entity with that kind of power, but the moment there is a 51% miner/mining pool, then users must trust they won't engage in nefarious activities, which undermines the decentralized advantage of bitcoin.
The authors agree that while there is enormous potential for the unbanked, digital currencies are mostly used by a wealthy elite of bitcoin barons.
Despite many unknowns and much-needed improvements before cryptocurrencies go mainstream, Vigna and Casey believe that because of the momentum behind them and the fact that they solve big problems, which cannot be addressed within the existing payments infrastructure, digital currencies are here to stay.
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Among the biggest challenges of international dispute resolution is reformulating an efficient and less complex framework for awarding damages, particularly in commercial arbitration. Regardless of where it takes place, international arbitration cases involve highly elaborate proceedings that require specialized expertise, which results in higher costs.
For instance, a standard $10 million commercial dispute handled by a three-member tribunal at the International Chamber of Commerce would cost around $397,000, which includes the fees of arbitrators and administrative expenses. Then, there is the additional costs of gathering the testimonies of witnesses, the opinion of experts, pieces of evidence, as well as the fees of the legal team.
It is not unusual that, in the course of litigation or at the conclusion of proceedings, parties may exhaust all their financial means. Then, in some cases, companies are unwilling to direct funds from their operating expenses to fund this sort of litigation for fear of upending their bottom line.
Within this context, the International Council for Commercial Arbitration organized the Third-Party Funding Taskforce. The financing model aims to secure funding for litigation based on a non-recourse model, which means the funder is only reimbursed for its investment (legal fees and other expenses) in any specific dispute if and when there are proceeds to recover.
After assessing the merits of the case (done after due diligence is performed on both parties) and studying projected expenses, the third-party will channel its funds to its client or the law firm handling the case. The funds are, in principle, released as expenses are incurred, but oftentimes are deposited to an escrow agent.
If the claim is successful, the funder is compensated according to an agreed multiple applied upon the expenses incurred (usually, $1 for every $3 spent) or to a given share of the proceeds (usually between 10% and 30%). Variations on the multiple or the share may also depend on how long arbitration takes. On the other hand, if the claim is not successful, the funder is not entitled to recoup its investment from the funded party.
Another compensation model is the monetization court decisions where funders may anticipate the amount of the award in the court decision and agree to remuneration based on a discount of the award.
In Portugal, BCH Lawyers specializes in international dispute resolution. Among its experts in the field is Duarte G. Henriques, who is a member of ICCA QMUL Task Force on Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration and co-promoter of the “Third-Party Funding Online Observatory.”
Recognized as one of the country’s top lawyers, Henriques’ areas of practice include Litigation & Arbitration, International Arbitration & Litigation, Banking & Finance Arbitration, IT & IP Law, Copyright Law, Corporate & Commercial Law, Entertainment Law, Technology Disputes.
Supported by Joana Albuquerque, BCH Lawyers has a proven track record in securing funding for clients and monetizing international arbitral awards and foreign court decisions.
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Netherlands star Martens hopeful over final involvement despite lingering foot problem
Liam Blackburn
Last updated 4/7/19
Netherlands v Sweden
A lingering foot problem forced the forward off at half-time in her side's semi-final win over Sweden on Wednesday
Lieke Martens is counting on Netherlands' medical staff to get her fit for the Women's World Cup final after the Barcelona star lasted just 45 minutes in Wednesday's last-four win over Sweden.
The 26-year-old has been troubled by a foot injury since team-mate Jill Roord stepped on her toe when celebrating Martens' late winner in the last-16 victory against Japan.
Martens did not train prior to facing Italy in the next round and though she completed 90 minutes then, the forward was withdrawn at half-time on Wednesday due to the pain.
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Netherlands went on to win 1-0 in extra time thanks to a goal from Jackie Groenen midweek, though there will be concern over whether Martens can face the United States in Sunday's final.
"As a player you always want to play the biggest game of your career and this [final] is one of the biggest ones I'm going to hopefully play," she said.
"I'm going to do the recovery with the medical staff, I really believe in them, I'm looking forward every single day."
Martens admitted she had no problem being replaced by Roord at half-time given she had been feeling pain in her foot from the start of the game.
46. De tweede helft begint met een wissel; Jill Roord komt in het veld voor Lieke Martens.#NEDSWE pic.twitter.com/M7UEvFyYjW
— OranjeLeeuwinnen (@oranjevrouwen) July 3, 2019
"Didn't feel good," Martens replied when asked about her foot.
"For me, it's easy. If I'm not 100 per cent fit then I want another girl to come in and give 100 per cent. That's easy.
"The most important thing is the team is better when one girl is 100 per cent."
The USA have injury worries for the final as well, with two of the side’s biggest stars facing a bit of a race to be fully fit by Sunday.
Megan Rapinoe missed out on the semi-final with a hamstring injury while Rose Lavelle also picked up an injury in that match.
The pair have both said they plan to be fit in time for the match, though it remains a question if they’ll be ready to go the full 90.
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'Coutinho isn't worth €160m' - Barcelona overpaid for Liverpool star, says Carragher
The former Reds defender remains disappointed at having seen the Brazilian leave Anfield mid-season, with a cheaper summer deal making more sense
Barcelona overpaid for Philippe Coutinho, says Jamie Carragher, with the former Liverpool playmaker “not worth” €160 million.
Following a six-month chase, those at Camp Nou finally got their man during the January transfer window as they acquired a Brazil international for a club-record fee.
Liverpool were reluctant sellers, having fought hard to Coutinho at Anfield for as long as possible.
Despite putting up fierce resistance, Carragher believes the Reds were wrong to buckle mid-season, with a cut-price deal in the summer making more sense for all concerned.
The former Liverpool defender told Sky Sports: “I think if you lose your best player there’s no way you can dress it up as a positive window.
“I think every Liverpool fan, when Philippe Coutinho stayed in the summer, thought ‘okay, we know he’s leaving next season. Lets enjoy this 12 months’.
“To lose him mid-season, I don’t agree with it but for that fee… Coutinho’s not worth that. He’s not that good.
“I would have taken £20m-£30m less in the summer to know that Liverpool would have had him for the second half of the season because at that time we were still in the FA Cup, still a Champions League to play for.”
Liverpool parted with Coutinho having seen him contribute 12 goals and eight assists across all competitions this season.
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ISL 2017-18: Chennaiyin FC coach John Gregory handed three-match suspension and fine for Jamshedpur outburst
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The Chennaiyin FC tactician was penalized for his vehement protests against the match officials during his side's 1-0 win over Jamshedpur FC.....
Chennaiyin FC head coach John Gregory has been three matches and fined INR 4 Lakhs with immediate effect following his outburst in his side’s narrow win against Jamshedpur FC.
Gregory was sent to the stands for vehemently protesting against the match official during Chennaiyin’s 1-0 victory over the new entrants at the JRD Tata Sports Complex on December 28.
This suspension means that the Englishman will be banned from the touchlines during his side’s two upcoming home games against Delhi Dynamos FC and FC Pune City along with an away trip to NorthEast United FC.
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) Disciplinary Committee found the tactician guilty of breaching Article 50 for misconduct against match officials and Article 58 for offensive behavior and fair play.
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Sierra Leone's Anti-Corruption Commission to fight Isha Johansen acquittal
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The ACC will challenge the recent ruling of a High Court in Freetown to acquit Johansen on all counts of corruption
Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will fight the recent acquittal of Sierra Leone Football Association President Isha Johansen.
The initial corruption charges against Johansen and general secretary Christopher Kamara were about an alleged misappropriation of US$50,000 given to the SLFA by Caf for covering costs of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Tests on 30 players for the U17 team in 2014.
Those charges were dropped after Justice Reginal Finn ruled that the prosecution had failed to establish their case against the duo and that there was no evidence before him to hold the accused culpable.
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However, as reported by the BBC, the AAC will appeal the High Court’s decision.
“The Anti-Corruption Commission has filed ten (10) grounds Notice of Appeal in the Court of Appeals of Sierra Leone, against the judgment of the High Court of Sierra Leone,” the statement read.
"Issues have been identified with the ruling that crucially requires review by the Court of Appeals, particularly in relation to the ingredients of the offence of misappropriation and the nature of evidence required to prove and establish it."
The ACC will also let Johansen and Kamara continue in their roles as SLFA President and general secretary respectively in order to avoid a Fifa ban.
Electing to remove the pair from their posts after initial charges were filed and led to the governing body, Fifa suspending the nation due to outside interference.
"It (the ACC) confirms that having concluded the trial it will not interfere with the continuance in office of the officials of the Sierra Leone Football Association pending the conclusion of the Appeal," the statement clarified.
The suspension - which made Sierra Leone ineligible for Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers - was consequently lifted after Johansen’s acquittal.
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Normalization Committee assures Ghana of transparency
Prince Narkortu Teye
Goal Ghana
Vice chairperson of the new administrative body Lucy Quist has revealed some of their top agenda
Ghana football's Normalization Committee vice chairperson Lucy Quist says transparency is among their top priorities as they seek to bring normalcy into the country's sport.
Football activities in the West African nation grounded to a halt after an investigative documentary exposed corrupt and match-fixing activities of top officials and referees of the football association.
Ghan FA boss Kwesi Nyantakyi was forced to resign, while the association's headquarters was, until this week, declared a crime scene by local police. Suspensions on all competitive local football competitions are yet to be lifted.
"What success will look like in six months is what we are working on now," Quist told the media on Thursday.
"Some of the things we can definitely assure you of are transparency, communication and above all engagement.
“I think it's not just about four people making and taking decisions. There are some degrees of high level engagements happening so that we can come back to you [with good results].
“It’s worth to serve a country of over 30 million but it's just not possible for four people to [do the tasks], no matter how good our intention and how good we are.
"There is more work to be done than just what four people can achieve."
The new set-up is headed by Kofi Amoah, Ghana's Local Organization Committee chairman for hosting of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, with Naa Odofoley Nortey and Dua Adonten as members.
According to world football's governing body Fifa, the work of the committee includes "running the GFA’s daily affairs and cooperating with the special task force, reviewing the GFA statutes to ensure compliance with the requirements of Fifa and Caf, particularly art. 15 of the FIFA Statutes" and "organising and conducting elections of a GFA executive committee on the basis of the revised GFA statutes once the GFA statutes meet the requirements of Fifa and Caf".
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'The key is in Ozil's hands' - Emery urges Arsenal star to find way back into first-team
Arsenal v BATE
The attacking midfielder has won his manager's approval in training this week and could be back in the side to face BATE Borisov on Thursday
Arsenal head coach Unai Emery has told Mesut Ozil he must consistently be available without injury or illness if he is to have a future at the club.
Ozil, 30, is enduring a difficult season with the Gunners, having appeared in just 14 of their 26 Premier League matches.
Injuries and sicknesses have been contributing factors, though when he has been able to play, Ozil has rarely met expectations, prompting Emery to leave him out on several occasions.
But ahead of Thursday's Europa League last-32 second leg against BATE, Emery has been more impressed with Ozil in training, suggesting he could feature.
Emery is not getting carried away, however, telling Ozil – who former boss Arsene Wenger suggests is stuck in his comfort zone – that he needs to show this level consistently.
"The key is in his hands. He is working very well this week," Emery told reporters on Wednesday.
"I ask him in our conversation for consistency, to be available for us for training. When you can train consistently, you can help us with your best performance in the games.
"This week has been good for all the players. I am looking at him doing the training like we want.
"He needs to be available consistently for training, without the injuries, without the sickness."
Arsenal head into Thursday's game trailing 1-0 from the first leg, and while Emery is urging fans to head to Emirates Stadium in their droves, he is not sure whether to expect a capacity crowd due to the 17:55 GMT kick-off time.
"I don't know [if it will be a big crowd], but we want and we need our supporters," Emery said. "A big atmosphere for us is very important.
"After the first result, we must manage the 90 minutes and also know that if we need more minutes, it can be in our mind.
"It's important for us to play in our stadium with our supporters. We need support, I hope there will be a big atmosphere for us. With our supporters I know our players can play."
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Ventura promises to resign after Italy humiliation
Italy v Sweden
The Italian national team failed to qualify for the World Cup on Monday evening and the manager has now said that he will quit
Giampiero Ventura has promised to resign from his role as Italy manager after their failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.
Asked by a reporter from Italian television programme "Le Iene" if he will resign his post after the Azzurri lost 1-0 on aggregate to Sweden, Ventura replied: "Yes".
Sweden 66/1 to win World Cup
Reports from Sky Italia claim that Ventura will, in fact, have his contract mutually terminated by the Italian Football Federation.
That would leave Ventura in line for a pay-off, worth around €700,000.
"Si dimette o no? Ce lo promette?" "Sì".
Questa sera a #LeIene Gian Piero Ventura promette di dimettersi da allenatore della Nazionale Italiana. pic.twitter.com/10YLbrwyYi
— Le Iene (@redazioneiene) November 14, 2017
Italy have been ever-present at the World Cup for the past 60 years, but will now miss their first finals tournament since 1958 after a historic evening at San Siro, which finished 0-0.
Jakob Johanssen's deflected goal from the first leg was enough for Sweden to qualify for the tournament in Russia, leaving the retiring Gianluigi Buffon in tears after his final appearance for his country.
Italy's failure to qualify for the showpiece in Russia could potentially hit the nation's economy, to the tune of €1 billion, while defender Giorgio Chiellini believes the nation has hit "rock bottom".
The embattled Ventura faced criticism during Italy's game from one of his own players, with veteran midfielder Daniele De Rossi left aghast when he was asked to warm up.
The defensive midfielder, a famous enforcer, insisted that in-form striker Lorenzo Insigne, who has scored six goals for Napoli thus far this season, should be sent on, reportedly asking a coach: "Why the hell should I go on? We don't need to draw here, we need to win!"
In the immediate aftermath of the encounter, De Rossi - who appeared animated and angry during the exchange - apologised in case he had offended anyone, insisting that he has nothing personal against the manager.
"We have this tendency to warm up three at a time, then after five minutes we change and another three go," he told Rai Sport.
"I just said we were near the end and had to win, so send the strikers to warm up. I pointed to Insigne too.
"It wasn't up to me whether it was a tactical issue. I'm sorry if I offended anyone. At the time I just thought perhaps it was better that Insigne come on instead."
Football world cries with Buffon after sad interview Buffon retires from Italy duty Ventura refuses to resign after Italy failure Italy fail to reach World Cup
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Cumberwell Park opens new nine hole par three course
The new island green is visible to visitors as they enter the club
The new nine is James Edwards’ first completed design under his own name
Edwards’ design allows for the course to be played in various loops, from two holes right up to nine
By Adam Lawrence
Thu 06 Oct, 2016
Cumberwell Park Golf Club in Wiltshire, England, has opened its new nine hole par three course. The course was designed by architect James Edwards, and represents his first completed new golf course since starting his own design practice a few years ago.
The new nine was built, like much of Cumberwell’s existing 36 holes, using importation of inert landfill. Edwards told GCA that this played an important part in the design of the holes. “The design process was very organic,” he said. “At first, it was little more than stakes in the field for tees and greens, and the importation drove a lot of the shaping. We’d arrive on site to find many loads of material had been placed, and we would respond to that in terms of creating features.”
One feature which Edwards and the club were set on was an island green at the bottom of the property, next to the main entrance to the Cumberwell club. “I know island greens have been done to death, but it is a great sight for people to see as they drive into the club,” he said.
Cumberwell’s head professional requested that the course routing should permit as many short loops of holes as possible for teaching purposes, and Edwards explained that was a key part of his design. “The routing process was quite difficult – a big Wessex Water pipeline goes through the middle of the site, and we had to move greens and tees to cope with that – but the result is that it can be played in many different ways, from two holes right up to nine,” he said. “I’m really proud of what we have achieved here. It serves lots of different purposes – elite players can use it for practice and ordinary golfers will get a lot of fun from it.”
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Sam's Club Is Selling Tickets to Universal Orlando Resort and They're Buy 2 Days, Get 3 Days Free
Guess this means I have to go.
By Megan Schaltegger
Facebook / Universal Orlando Resort
Our favorite discount retailers Costco and Sam's Club are always battling it out for our affections. But it looks like the latter store has officially pulled ahead. They're selling Universal Orlando Resort tickets that are buy two days, get three days free.
Back in April, we discovered Costco's $139 three-day Universal pass. And that was great, but it's not this. You're getting way more bang for your buck here. According to a rep for Sam's Club, these offers were extended to run through July 31 and include several package options.
So let's break it down, shall we, folks? There are four five-day park pass options to choose from, which, please remember, are priced as two-day passes. There are a few variations as to what you're getting, so here are the facts:
Five-day base (three parks) promo: $270 for adults and $260 for kids. You can choose from Universal Studios Florida, Universal's Islands of Adventure, or Universal's Volcano Bay.
Five-day park-to-park (three parks) promo: $306 for adults and $296 for kids. You can go to all three parks on the same day (yay!).
Five-day base (two parks) promo: $216 for adults and $206 for kids. You get to choose between Universal Studios Florida or Universal's Islands of Adventure.
Five-day park-to-park (two parks) promo: $256 for adults and $246 for kids. You can go to both Universal Studios Florida and Universal's Islands of Adventure.
All five-day passes are valid for any seven consecutive calendar days.
Guys, this sale is major. For reference, the most expensive package, that five-day park-to-park, three parks deal, is $306 with a Sam's Club membership but is $430 regularly. You're saving over 100 bucks!!!
From: Delish
Megan Schaltegger Editorial Fellow Megan is a Delish editorial fellow and University of Missouri alum.
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Murdoch has brain snap again?
Rupert Murdoch has labelled victims of phone hacking "scumbag celebrities" after they met the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, during the Conservative party conference.
Mr Murdoch took to Twitter to criticise the talks in Birmingham between Mr Cameron and members of the Hacked Off campaign, the singer Charlotte Church, actor Hugh Grant and a former TV presenter, Jacqui Hames.
Murdoch tweeted: "Told UK's Cameron receiving scumbag celebrities pushing for even more privacy laws. Trust the toffs! Transparency under attack. Bad."
The comments sparked a storm of disapproval, with Mr Murdoch repeatedly asked to apologise for the remarks and remove the tweets.
Hames hit back at the head of News Corporation, tweeting: "Never let the facts get in the way of a good story eh Rupert. Happy to discuss our concerns with you sometime?" She added: "I've been called worse, but admittedly not by CEO of large multinational corp.
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Ricciardo: Qualifying deficit to Verstappen not down to 'bigger balls'
11:19 Thursday 11 October 2018 by
Daniel Ricciardo says Max Verstappen's dominant qualifying record over him in 2018 has nothing to do with his Red Bull team-mate having "bigger balls" on Saturday runs. Ricciardo has only topped his team-mate twice on Saturdays this year and admits he has not fulfilled his potential in qualifying.
Ricciardo has taken Red Bull's only pole position of 2018, having won Saturday honours in Monaco after Verstappen crashed out of FP3.
However, Verstappen has qualified ahead in 13 races – including all but one since the Monte Carlo race in May – and outqualified Ricciardo 13-7 last year.
Although Ricciardo says he has been left with regrets from qualifying this year – he does not believe that Verstappen has held the wood over him because he is more daring.
"Through last year I wasn't that happy with my qualifying," said Ricciardo. "I thought the start of this year we started to improve some things.
Shining bright in Suzuka ?? Bulls spiced up the #JapaneseGP ???????? #F1jp pic.twitter.com/JSk219HMps — Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) October 10, 2018
"I haven't really got everything out of it, or maybe Max is just getting a lot better, I don't know. I'm not done yet.
"Honestly, not taking anything away from Max – for sure he's fast and he's been driving well – it's not necessarily that he [had] bigger balls in that corner or whatever.
"I feel like we kind of got left a bit last year as well. Some qualifying [sessions] I'm like 'should've done that' in terms of 'should have gone up on the front wing six clicks instead of one or two'. It's kind of been stuff in hindsight.
"I'd like to be more pro-active on some tings but more set-up. I feel just a lot of the time we understand it but it's too late. I guess we're still learning. But obviously he's been getting on top of it more than I have."
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HomeStudy Guides"The Landlady" and Other Short StoriesSymbols, Allegory and Motifs
"The Landlady" and Other Short Stories Symbols, Allegory and Motifs
The guest-book (Symbol)
In "The Landlady," the guest-book symbolizes the preservation of the boys after their death. The reader knows that the landlady will likely poison Billy and taxidermy his body, but the guestbook will be a preservation of his life. Her inability to remember the names of those in the guest-book also shows how disposable their lives are to her—she simply keeps their names as a relic.
The mamba and the cow (Allegory)
In "An African Story," the relationship between the mamba and the cow is an allegory for symbiosis and coexistence. Though the mamba is a dangerous venomous snake, the cow and mamba have a peaceful relationship because the cow does not try to deter the mamba, so the mamba suckles the cow's spare milk and does not attack the cow.
Deadly Food (Motif)
Several of Dahl's stories feature fatal foods. In "The Landlady," the landlady feeds Billy ginger biscuits and likely poisoned tea, setting him up for her menacing plans. In "Lamb to the Slaughter," Mary Maloney feeds the leg of lamb she used to kill her husband to unsuspecting detectives.
Royal Air Force pilots (Motif)
This semi-autobiographical motif is present in many of Roald Dahl's short stories, including "Katina," about men in the RAF who meet a small girl, and "An African Story," which introduces a young RAF pilot. These pilots seem to represent wayward young men who, after enlisting in the RAF, are taken on journeys where they face death and destruction.
The Lamb Chop (Symbol)
The lamb chop in "Lamb to the Slaughter" symbolizes Mary Maloney, an idealistic and doting housewife, breaking free of her husband's control after he decides to leave her. The beginning of the story frames Mary as a good wife and soon-to-be mother, and her husband unsettles that by telling her that he is leaving. Mary takes the lamb chop she was going to make him for dinner, fulfilling her domestic duties, and uses this leg of lamb to murder him, leaving behind the marriage and domestic bliss that they shared. By feeding this leg of lamb to the unsuspecting detectives, she fully transitions from an unassuming housewife to a calculating, clear-headed murderer.
Green (Motif)
Green objects constantly reappear in Dahl's stories, and often indicate insidious traits. In "The Landlady," Billy Weaver peers through green curtains, as he sees a dachshund and a parrot that later turn out to be taxidermy. "Beware of the Dog" also features green curtains, as Peter looks out of the curtains to discover that he is in France and has been captured by enemy forces. In "The Visitor," Abdul Aziz has a green car that leads Oswald to most likely sleep with Abdul's leprous older daughter, and Abdul's wife and younger daughter wear green scarfs after Oswald leaves a bite on the neck of his lover, suggesting that he does not sleep with either of them.
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Federal elections: Why you should support the socialists
Following its successful state election campaign last year, Victorian Socialists is standing three candidates in the federal election: Sue Bolton in the seat of Wills, Kath Larkin in the seat of Cooper, and Jerome Small for the seat of Calwell. Green Left Weekly’s Alex Bainbridge spoke to Sue Bolton about the block the major parties pose to progressive politics and why it is important to support socialist candidates.
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The most inspiring part was the announcement of the students' next big action on May 3.
Greens discuss 'communal luxury'
The South Brisbane Greens held a forum on "Communal Luxury: how to create a future for all of us" on February 28.
Speakers included Greens' Griffith candidate Max Chandler-Mather, Natalie Osborne from Griffith University and Gabba ward Councillor Jonathan Sri.
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Protests were held in various Australian cities on February 23 as part of a global day of action against US-led aggression towards the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
Ferry workers win dispute
After 18 months of enterprise negotiations and strike action in December and February, Brisbane ferry workers have won significant improvements in pay and conditions. A new agreement was accepted in principle at a union mass meeting on February 27.
The management of the public ferry service has been in the hands of private company TransDev. For years, the company has used aggressive tactics against the workers to drive down wages and conditions.
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Around 50 protesters gathered at short notice outside a forum addressed by Adani’s Australian CEO Lucas Dow on February 19.
The meeting was for contractors interested in working with Adani on its proposed Carmichael mega coalmine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin.
Activists highlighted the dangers of working with Adani which is facing prosecution for alleged crimes, has been involved in legal disputes with former contractors who have not been paid and has a record of attracting protesters to companies that associate with it.
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Victorian Socialists pledge to live on a worker’s wage
“I will only accept an average worker’s wage.” This is the promise of all Victorian Socialists’ candidates contesting the November 24 state election.
The myth of the ‘sensible centre’
In the wake of the Wentworth byelection and the debate about its meaning a lot of commentary has focused on the desire for a return to the “sensible centre”.
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Very rare jet black seal spotted amongst thousands at Donna Nook
A mysterious newborn jet black seal has captivated thousands at Donna Nook - and experts have no idea why it's that colour
Faith Ridler
10:07, 28 NOV 2017
An extremely rare jet-black seal pup has been spotted by delighted visitors at the Donna Nook National Nature Reserve near North Somercotes.
The newborn is one of around 1,700 who have been born at the reserve during the current breeding season - but experts have no idea why this pup has been born with black fur, as both its parents are the typical grey colour.
The senior communications officer for Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust , Rachel Shaw, said: “I can confirm that the seal has been seen by me and the wardens at the park.
“They’re all the same species of seal. We are not sure why this seal is black, and is different to others - the parents of the pups were both grey seals and not of a different colour.”
The newborn seal is a favourite at Donna Nook Nature Reserve
Watch as more than 1,700 seals descend on the beaches at Donna Nook
This mysterious seal has garnered a great deal of attention since its birth, as thousands descend to watch the annual spectacle of the breeding season at Donna Nook.
Mark Bentley, 47, from Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, is a regular visitor to Donna Nook - and he was thrilled to see it there.
He said: “All attention was on the black seal, which I have heard about but had never seen, so to see one close up and manage to photograph was great.
“I would love to see if it’s still about in four weeks when we return."
Sightings of black seal pups are rare worldwide - with the oddly-coloured pups often struggling to survive.
A black seal was found on the Scilly Isles in 2014 and taken to the Cornish Seal Sanctuary - the first of its kind taken there for seven years.
The Daily Record in Scotland said that in 2013 a black seal was found struggling to survive on an Aberdeen Beach.
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But Rachel Shaw confirmed the Donna Nook pup is showing no signs of being at a disadvantage.
She said: "The colouring of the seal does not leave the seal at a disadvantage amongst the other seals."
The seal is healthy, but the reserve has yet to establish the gender or age of the pup.
Such information is often hard to obtain until the pup starts to grow.
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Multi-Family Residential Developments
Residential Property Developments
Developer plans next multifamily phase in Avalon Park Town Center
By Bob Moser
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File photo of downtown town center of Avalon Park in east Orange County, taken in May 2017. (Joe Burbank / Orlando Sentinel)
Avalon Park Group (APG) is lining up the next downtown multifamily segment of its Avalon Park Town Center, filing plans on Monday for a new five-story apartment building adjacent to an office site where construction should start this fall.
Located on the southeast corner of Avalon Park East Boulevard and Sammys Way, the new 94-unit apartment building would cover most of a 1.34-acre parcel directly across from the community's central park.
The apartments would lie adjacent to a planned four-story, 38,500-square-foot office and retail building that APG introduced plans for last August.
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Developer plans new office & retail bldg in Avalon Park Town Center
The developer is still in pre-leasing for the office and awaiting its final building permit before breaking ground this fall, for which a general contractor has not yet been selected, Vice President of Development JJ Sofarelli told GrowthSpotter.
The office and apartment buildings will share a surface parking lot to their rear. APG's data on parking needs for the block indicate shared parking will work, based on evening demand for the residents when office and retail use is at a minimum.
That part of the Avalon Park Town Center features addresses with a 63 percent WalkScore, considered above average "with some errands that can be accomplished on foot."
The new phase of town center apartments has been long-planned to accompany the office building's development, Sofarelli said here last August. APG claims a 95 percent occupancy rate in its downtown apartments.
The new apartment building won't have on-site amenities for its residents, which is the norm for APG's other multifamily developments in the town center.
Instead, it promotes access to communal amenities in and near the town center, which include multi-purpose sports courts and fields, a barbecue cabana with picnic tables, bike trails, community pool, playground, splash pad, dog park, community center, dining and retail and community events.
Construction plans are now in production for the apartment building, said Sofarelli, with an estimated start month of October and 12-month construction timeline to follow.
A general contractor has yet to be chosen, and Sofarelli declined to estimate a total project cost at this time.
Wakefield Beasley & Associates is the project architect, Klima Weeks is civil engineer, and Bonnett Design Group the landscape architect.
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Vertically-challenged man has misogynistic meltdown in bagel shop
SHORT TEMPER: Vertically-challenged man has misogynistic meltdown in bagel shop, then gets tackled
Published on: July 11, 2019 | Last Updated: July 11, 2019 10:56 AM EDT
A vertically-challenged man went on a sexist rant against women at a New York bagel shop in a video that went viral. (Twitter)
A New York man who was supposedly deprived of some loving went on a misogynistic tirade at a New York bagel shop.
In a video posted Wednesday that has gone viral, a pint-sized man lost his mind, lashing out at customers over his inability to attract a woman. He went on a rant, he said, because he can’t catch a break on dating websites because women apparently reject him because of his short stature.
“Why is it OK for women to say, ‘Oh, you’re five-feet’ on dating sites … You should be dead. That’s OK?” the unnamed man shouted at female customers at a Long Island Bagel Boss location in a 45-second clip posted on Twitter.
so in bagel boss this morning, the misogynistic douchebag seen in the video was degrading almost all of the female staff as well as other patrons. fuck this guy. pic.twitter.com/LZh1Uk4UXZ
— olivia shea 🏳️🌈 (@oliviabradley88) July 10, 2019
“Who said that to you here?” a woman patron asked the short-tempered man. “Nobody.”
“Women in general have said that on dating sites,” the vertically-challenged man retorted. “You think I’m making that s— up? Everywhere I go I get the same f—ing smirk with the biting lip.”
The angry man is then seen engaging with a much taller male customer, who asked him to calm down. In the last part of the video — which has been viewed more than 20 million times — the misogynistic loudmouth is then tackled and pummeled by his much taller (and larger) opponent.
According to the New York Post, Bagel Boss employees noted the man walked into the store at about 9 a.m. on Wednesday ranting about “dating sites and how woman hate him.”
If you're a short man. Can you relate to the guy at the Bagel Boss? Let us know why! #EbrointheMorningpic.twitter.com/K9RvkBMWns
— HOT 97 (@HOT97) July 11, 2019
The store manager, who identified herself as Patty, told the news outlet a female employee who was serving him smiled at him and that’s when he apparently went nuts.
He said, ‘Why are you smiling at me?’” said Patty. “He started saying it’s because I’m short and nobody wants me.”
Suffolk County authorities say there were no reported injuries in the bagel shop brawl, nor were any charges filed.
After the scuffle, the angered man left the shop … without paying for his order — a whole wheat bagel with egg white and Swiss cheese.
Patty praised the unnamed Good Samaritan who tackled the enraged customer.
“He is our hero,” she told the Post. “If he didn’t tackle him, it would’ve gone on and on.”
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Time not yet ripe to withdraw support from Centre: Jyoti Basu
Basu admitted that the Centre was deviating from the Common Minimum Programme and was discarding the country's independent foreign policy, reports Aloke Banerjee.
Aloke Banerjee
Time was not yet ripe to withdraw support from the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre, CPI (M) patriarch Jyoti Basu said on Monday ignoring such demands from the CPI and the RSP.
Speaking at a function organised by CPI (M)-supported government employees, Basu admitted that the Centre was deviating from the Common Minimum Programme and was discarding the country's independent foreign policy but said, "Some among us want to withdraw support. But the time is not yet ripe. We will have to hold our patience and instead mount pressure on the government," Basu said.
The CPI and the RSP have already gone on record saying that it was time to consider withdrawal of support from the Centre largely in order to dissociate the Left from the adverse fallout of the UPA government's policies.
Addressing the large gathering at Mahajati Sadan, Basu also candidly admitted that mistakes had been committed in Nandigram. "We rushed into the project even before adequately convincing the people. We could not anticipate that there will be so much resistance and reaction in Nandigram."
Obliquely critical of the manner in which the present state government handled the land acquisition issue that led to resistance first in Singur and then in Nandigram, Basu reminded that similar projects during his tenure as the chief minister of Bengal did not evoke such adverse reaction. "There was no such problem in Rajarhat or Bantala. We had formed cooperatives with people of Rajarhat who had given their land," Basu said.
The veteran CPI (M) leader, however, defended his party and the government's drive for industrialisation. "Farmers can't remain farmers forever," he observed and hoped that at least some of the intellectuals, who drifted away from the party following the Nandigram police firing, would return. "We will not touch multi-crop land. We will also increase agricultural output. We will give adequate compensation to the land-losers. I hope some of the intellectuals who left us will understand and return," he said.
The former chief minister also cautioned his party and urged it to keep vigil so that there was no corruption in handling panchayat and municipality funds. With the panchayat polls a year away, Basu said, "Fifty per cent of the budgetary allocation is spent by the panchayat and municipalities. I have asked our party to see to it that there is no corruption in utilisation of funds," he said.
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1 dead, 1 injured Saturday in Jones County wreck
One driver was killed and another injured in a Saturday morning wreck at U.S. 84 and Eastview Drive in Jones County.
1 dead, 1 injured Saturday in Jones County wreck One driver was killed and another injured in a Saturday morning wreck at U.S. 84 and Eastview Drive in Jones County. Check out this story on hattiesburgamerican.com: https://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/local/2019/01/05/1-dead-1-injured-saturday-jones-county-wreck/2492492002/
Lici Beveridge, Hattiesburg American Published 4:42 p.m. CT Jan. 5, 2019 | Updated 10:37 a.m. CT Jan. 8, 2019
Emergency crews respond to a two-vehicle wreck on Interstate 59 near Evelyn Gandy Parkway on Wednesday. Two people were injured and transported to Forrest General Hospital. Susan Broadbridge/Hattiesburg American
The driver of a Hyundai was killed in a two-vehicle wreck on U.S. 84 in Jones County on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2018.(Photo: Courtesy of Jones County Fire Council)
One person was killed and another injured in a two-vehicle wreck Saturday in Jones County.
Mississippi Highway Patrol Troop J spokesman Travis Luck said troopers responded to the crash around 11:42 a.m. Saturday on U.S. 84 at Eastview Drive.
Rustin, Sandersville, Glade and Powers volunteer fire departments also responded to the scene to render medical aid and extricate an entrapped victim, said Dana Bumgardner, Jones County Fire Council public information officer.
A preliminary investigation shows a Hyundai passenger vehicle traveling south on Eastview was crossing the westbound lanes of U.S. 84, when a Ford pickup traveling west on U.S. 84 crashed into the driver’s side of the Hyundai, Luck said.
Related: 24-year-old woman dies in New Year's Day wreck in Hattiesburg
The male driver of the Hyundai was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the pickup was transported to South Central Regional Medical Center with moderate injuries.
U.S. 84 was shut down for more than an hour, Bumgardner said.
The deceased male was identified as 41-year-old Brad Magee of Pascagoula. The pickup driver is 79-year-old Gary Staples of Laurel.
Both drivers were alone in their vehicles.
Jones County Sheriff’s Department and EmServ also assisted.
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Product Tanker Could Soon Be Used for Storage
in Hellenic Shipping News 06/05/2019
Product tankers could soon be used for floating storage units, as the market is starting to exhibit certain undeniable trends supporting the case for using ships for storage of fuel oils. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Gibson said that “much of the current market focus is on crude supply, with sanctions, outages and unplanned disruptions impacting on supply. But with IMO2020 just around the corner, fundamental changes in the products market are afoot, with the market dynamics set to drastically shift as we move closer to the end of the year. The market for middle distillates (primarily gasoil, diesel and jet fuel) could be set for a seismic shock – in stark contrast to current market fundamentals”.
According to Gibson, “at present the forward structure for ICE gasoil shows backwardation until July, with a contango setting in from August onwards. The shape of the curve can be explained by short term fundamentals. Continued refinery turnarounds are likely to constrain short term supplies, with notably lower exports from the Baltic expected for May. European refinery runs may also see some impact from crude supply issues, owing to contamination of Russian crude, whilst colder than usual weather could support prompt demand. However, the conclusion of European maintenance season will soon see supplies boosted, whilst higher inflows from the United States can also be expected, depressing forward pricing. Beyond this, the focus shifts to positioning for firmer demand emerging towards the end of the year, justifying the contango structure which emerges in the third quarter”.
Gibson added that “of course, when talking about contango, the shipping market tends to focus on the prospects for floating storage. Given that the market structure of ICE gasoil is backwardated for the new few months, floating storage is unlikely to be a feature of the market over the next quarter. However, looking further ahead, the ICE gasoil spread between July and October shows a contango of $5/tonne. Whilst forward storage rates are uncertain, and Q3 typically sees LR2 rates firm, even at a conservative estimate, such a contango is unlikely to support storage economics at this stage. Simple calculations suggest that at a daily rate of $18,000/day, a contango of at least $11/tonnes over three months would be needed to justify such a play, considerably short of where the curve currently sits. However, the current structure is unlikely to be preserved. As refineries exit maintenance over the current quarter and runs increase into Q3, the current contango in gasoil prices may steepen as increased supply depresses prompt prices, whilst increased focus on end of year demand supports the back end of the forward curve. Whether or not the futures structure becomes steep enough to justify storage remains to be seen, with freight costs also expected to firm over the same period. LR2s will always be the obvious candidate for this; however more favourable economics may emerge for newbuild crude tankers (VLCCs and Suezmaxes), where improved economies of scale may be achievable, depending on the level of demand for fuel oil storage and crude tanker fundamentals at the time”.
Gibson concluded that “outside of Europe, forward pricing in the key trading hubs of Singapore and New York Harbour show a modest contango all the way to the end of the year, although the scale is unlikely to justify significant floating storage play in the short term. However, just as in Europe, product supplies will increase post turnaround season, putting downwards pressure on prompt prices. With Singapore being the world’s largest bunkering port, demand in the region is expected to change significantly towards the end of the year, perhaps creating storage opportunities for product tankers to capitalise on, even if the window of opportunity proves to be short”.
Nikos Roussanoglou, Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
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Song Hye-kyo - Ha Ji-won, first runner ups in various competitions 'Mass release of past pictures'
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Stars who were first place runner ups in different competitions are an issue.
The SBS TV program " TV Entertainment At Night" looked at stars who were in first places in different competitions under the theme "What have you been first place in?"
Actress Shim Eun-ha made her debut with the first place in the Video Model Competition and actress Choi Kang-hee won first place in a Vitamin Model Competition. Hyun Bin's woman Song Hye-kyo and girl group T-ara's Jiyeon won first places in School Uniforms Model Competition.
These were all the earlier debt years of the stars and the program this day showed images along with their experiences.
Besides these, girl F(x)'s Sulli was first in the Pretty Girl Contest, Brown Eyed Girl's Miryo, Kim Tae-hee, Ha Ji-won and comedian Kim Kyung-jin revealed superior evaluation results in all subjects.
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Aspinwall (Occident) Hall, ca. 1890
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Aspinwall from the west. Three students sit and stand on the steps leading to the entrance.
Two male students walk down the steps between Aspinwall and Stone Row.
Hartzell Album, Page 33
Photograph albums; Portraits, group; St. Stephen's College (Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.)
The two images on this page are cut from a book, perhaps a brochure advertising St. Stephen's College. One depicts what appears to be the conclusion of the annual 'Tug of War,' with the losing team being dragged across the waist deep Sawkill...
"The Scarlet Harriers"
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In this picture, the St. Stephen's cross country team, named "The Scarlet Harriers," poses on the steps of the Memorial Gymnasium. One race that became popular in the 1920s was the 'Whaleback Run,' a three mile cross country race through the...
Costumed "Indians" at Morris Memorial
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Chatham High School Class Picture 1912
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12 students posed on the steps of the Chatham Public Library.
Chatham High School Class of 1924
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26 students posed for their graduation picture on the steps of the Chatham Public Library
Chatham High Class of 1922
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20 graduating students on the steps of the Chatham Public Library
Class photo in front of the 1906 Chester High School
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Class photograph on the front steps of the 1906 Chester High School.
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Photograph of Ione Barnes May's class photo on the front steps of the 1906 Chester High School.
1907-8 Chester High School Class photo.
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Group portrait of the 1907-8 Chester High School Class on front steps of Chester High School.
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Photograph of the newly constructed Oakland Avenue Chester High School on University Heights showing the wooden steps above Main/High Street, before the concrete steps were made.
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Big Bang Unico Judo
Categories: Partnership, News & Events, Innovation
1/5 | Alexander Wieczerzak and Ricardo Guadalupe at the Geneva Days 2019
2/5 | Alexander Wieczerzak sitting with a Kimono on a Tatami
3/5 | Alexander Wieczerzak sitting on a Tatami
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5/5 | Big Bang Unico Judo case back
A Special Edition for judo World Champion Alexander Wieczerzak
Following on from its involvement with football, golf, boxing, athletics, tennis, Formula 1 and many other sports, Hublot is now entering the world of judo. With its pioneering spirit, Hublot is renowned for its desire to constantly break new ground and conquer new worlds. The luxury watch manufacturer has now teamed up with top German judoka Alexander Wieczerzak to launch a Special Edition for the world of judo – the Big Bang Unico Judo.
Hublot has always been involved in a wide variety of sports, so a correspondingly broad range of sportspeople are part of the Hublot family. They include some of the world’s top athletes, such as Kylian Mbappé, Pelé and Maradona, José Mourinho, Usain Bolt, Dustin Johnson and Justin Rose, Floyd Mayweather, and many more. Now Hublot is delighted to welcome a new member of the family: judo World Champion, Alexander Wieczerzak.
Success, willpower, hard work, ability to push the limits and pursuing one's own path to achieve the extraordinary... all of this connects Hublot and the exceptional athletes who belong to the luxury watchmaker’s family. Alexander Wieczerzak, a member of the German national judo team since 2012, also embodies and lives these values.
Wieczerzak is a champion in his class and a true fighter who never gives up and always pushes himself to the limit. In the Olympic year 2016 he fell seriously ill with dengue fever and a broken rib destroyed his dream of competing at the Rio Olympics, but by 2017 he was back stronger than ever. He fought his way back to conquer the world of judo. Wieczerzak was the first member of the German Judo Federation to win a gold medal in 14 years. Just one year later, Wieczerzak was the only German athlete to win another World Championship medal in Baku in 2018. He now has his sights firmly set on the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
Hublot has collaborated with World Champion Alexander Wieczerzak to launch a Special Edition, the Big Bang Unico Judo. The striking 45mm case of the Big Bang Unico Judo is made of titanium and features a geometric design. Its sporty look is rounded off by a black dial and two straps – a black strap made of fine fabric with seven decorative seams, and a white calfskin strap with red decorative seams. At the heart of the Special Edition beats Hublot’s own patented movement – UNICO.
The back of the case of this 50-piece limited edition is engraved with the words Special Edition XX/50 and Wieczerzak’s logo. Each watch comes in a specially made box and includes an original autographed card and a black judo belt embroidered with HUBLOT on one side and Alexander Wieczerzak on the other.
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HUBLOT AND WBC TEAM UP FOR A LEGENDARY ‘NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS’!
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Super slimmer was inspired to lose weight after upset at family photos
Updated: Thursday, August 23, 2018 (15:05)
Nicky before her weight loss
A mum of two who lost five stone in weight after being upset by her appearance in family Christmas photographs is to help others by setting up her own slimming group.
Nicky after losing five stone
Since losing weight, Nicky Hoad, 35, from Huntingdon, has developed a passion for running and completed her first half-marathon in March.
Now Nicky is launching her own Slimming World group at the St John Ambulance Centre in Huntingdon from August 30, with sessions at 5.30pm and 7.30pm.
She joined Slimming World in January 2017 after suffering weight problems since her teens and had reached just over 16 stone.
Nicky, a fire service project manager, said: "I had no confidence. I avoided a lot of social situations due to feeling so self-conscious and I just felt so tired all the time. My health was also suffering due to my weight as I struggled with IBS and acid reflux on a regular basis."
But she decided she had to take action after hating the family Christmas photographs taken in 2016 - but was still worried about joining Slimming World: "I felt nervous and embarrassed walking in [to Slimming World] and it took everything I had not to turn around but everyone was just so friendly and supportive and I never felt judged at all," said Nicky.
She said she was still surprised at the meals she could make which suited the whole family, such as spaghetti bolognaise and steak and chips, while still losing weight.
"Before starting Slimming World I barely cooked fresh and we ate very, very little fruit and vegetables but now we all eat a lot healthier and have much more energy," Nicky said.
She said she did no exercise at all and promised herself to start running - barely making it to the next lamppost without having to stop, but she loves her sport and has made new friends through local runners Team Bex.
Now she has trained as a consultant for Slimming World, saying: "When I first joined Slimming World I never dreamed I would end up helping other people to lose weight but now I can't wait to get started.
"I am still on my journey to my target weight but I feel really lucky to be able to support others to transform their health and lives with Slimming World."
Nicky, who believes support is key, said people could either turn up on August 30 or contact her on 07860 375095.
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Which day is the CHRISTIAN SABBATH?
The PLAIN TRUTH About CHILD REARING
All TW 1972 thru 1969 1972 1971 1970 1969
A Voice Cries Out Amid Religious Confusion: Part Ten
How could the world have become so mixed up? Out of this spiritual wilderness, a voice cries out in clarity and power, with the reassuring truth of the world's only and sure hope!
Editor's Note: We are printing here, serially, the new book by Herbert W. Armstrong with the same title as the article. The book will appear later in bookstores.
Chapter 7 Part Three: WHAT AND WHY THE CHURCH?
UNTIL NOW, I have not been able to give a clear, concise explanation of precisely WHAT and WHY is the CHURCH.
And WHY NOT?
People naturally and normally think only of and about physical and material things. People do not realize it, but they have been CUT OFF from God! The human mind, unless and until it receives the Holy Spirit of GOD, cannot think spiritually — cannot know spiritual knowledge — cannot understand human problems, troubles, evils or purposes of human existence.
But the CHURCH is GOD'S Church. And the things of GOD are a mystery — not understandable to the natural carnal mind. So people may have some kind of human idea of what and why the Church is, but it is not GOD'S concept.
God has communicated to man in our day through His printed Word, the Holy Bible. But the real central meaning in the Bible is spiritual. And natural minds without God's Spirit cannot think spiritually or comprehend spiritual knowledge. To make it still more a MYSTERY, the Bible is like a jigsaw puzzle, made up of thousands of parts which, for understanding, must be put together "here a little, there a little, line upon line, precept upon precept" (Isaiah 28:9-10, 13). And it requires the addition of the Holy Spirit to the human mind to put this spiritual "jigsaw puzzle" properly together. Even then it requires time, diligence, patience. I have not been able to give this "what and why" of the Church to the reader all at once briefly. I want fully to reveal the MYSTERY!
The CHURCH is the Church of GOD! God is working out a PURPOSE here below. Even GOD could not work it out quickly, all at once! Even God has had to exercise patience and work out His supreme PURPOSE a step at a time, according to His pre-laid MASTER PLAN!
God's PURPOSE is to reproduce Himself through humans composed, first, of matter. To change material humans into Spirit-composed immortal GOD BEINGS! And WHAT and WHY IS GOD? First of all GOD is CREATOR. To CREATE describes what God DOES.
But what IS God? God is the supreme Divine FAMILY — consisting of more than one Personage, forming ONE GOD! In reproducing Himself, God is creating by begettal and birth of humans into His OWN SUPREME GOD FAMILY! And that FAMILY is GOD. And what is GOD? God is that FAMILY, all but two Personages, yet in process of being born — being created!
Yes, HOW WONDERFUL!
How beyond the most brilliant and highly educated, natural mind to grasp! So incomprehensibly MYSTERIOUS to the highly educated of this world!
The preceding two chapters have laid the groundwork.
God created man with MIND power. The human mind is physical brain with the addition of the "human" spirit, which imparts to physical brain the power of intellect. But even so, human comprehension and human thought is confined to the PHYSICAL and MATERIAL.
The addition to that "human" spirit of the HOLY Spirit of God imparts power for SPIRITUAL comprehension — receiving spiritual knowledge — understanding spiritual problems, conditions and truths.
Before the first man Adam were placed the two symbolic trees — one the tree symbolizing God's Holy Spirit and with it the gift of immortal GOD-life. But Adam had to make a CHOICE — it was necessary for him to reject Satan and Satan's WAY, in order to choose GOD'S GOVERNMENT and God's WAY OF LIFE. He was compelled to choose between God and Satan. Adam chose Satan's way by taking to himself the knowledge of good and evil. He rejected God — and thus rebelled against GOD'S Government, even as Lucifer had.
Adam was making the decision not only for himself, but for his progeny, the world. It was MAN'S decision, and God made it binding on MAN UNTIL the Government of GOD could be restored!
That meant the rejection of Satan's way — defeating Satan — which only the "Second Adam" could do!
Not only had Satan, the former cherub Lucifer, rebelled against God. Not only had the Government of God become unoperative on earth — the powerful Satan STILL SAT ON THAT THRONE!
Until Christ shall sit on that throne — restoring the Government of God — and Satan is banished from the earth, all Adam's human family must remain CUT OFF from God — EXCEPT THE MINUTE FEW GOD SHOULD SPECIALLY CALL TO OVERCOME SATAN AND SIT WITH AND UNDER CHRIST ON THAT THRONE!
Humanity continued under Satan's sway, as Satan's world.
WHAT, then, IS THE CHURCH?
It is that body God has specially called out of Satan's world — the body of humans who on being called have REJECTED and overcome Satan and his WAY OF LIFE — have surrendered to the GOVERNMENT OF GOD — have repented of sins by turning from them — have actually received what the first Adam rejected, the HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD. It is that body of repentant believers who have turned from Satan's way — TO the way of GOD'S GOVERNMENT based on HIS LAW — who are the begotten children of the living GOD!
God began providing for the FOUNDATION of His Church through the comparatively few prophets in Old Testament times. They had turned from Satan's way. They had chosen, on God's calling them, God's GOVERNMENT. They qualified by overcoming Satan. However, no one of them could qualify for all humanity — only individually, each for himself. It required Christ, the Son of God, by whom humanity was created, to qualify for all humanity.
But I repeat, God has of necessity taken a single step of His Master Plan at a time.
The CHURCH, then, is that body called out from Satan's world being prepared to restore, with and under Christ, the GOVERNMENT of God. That shall be a time when Satan shall have been REMOVED. It shall be a time when all living shall be called to repentance and salvation with eternal life through the Holy Spirit of GOD! The CHURCH, immortal, shall be RULING with Christ — replacing the present rule of Satan!
The CHURCH, then, is that body of "called-out ones" which at the resurrection shall form the FIRSTFRUITS of God's harvest. That harvest is the reaping of physical flesh-and-blood, matter-composed humans converted into divine immortal GOD BEINGS — those in whom God actually has reproduced Himself!
Church Still Carnal
WHY has God in wisdom gone slow — a step at a time? Few realize HOW GREAT is God's PURPOSE!
After all these years of sinning, human life CUT OFF from God, even with God's own Holy Spirit given to those changed by initial conversion, those in the Church are initially "babes in Christ" — still far more carnal than spiritual.
UNDERSTAND THIS!
The CHURCH, as initially called in this life, is NOT YET capable of RULING the earth — of sitting with Christ in the THRONE where God originally placed Lucifer — of administering THE GOVERNMENT OF GOD. And THAT IS WHY God has placed His GOVERNMENT in His Church. That is WHY God's Church Government is theocratic instead of democratic. That is WHY it is hierarchical in form — government from GOD at the top on down, not from the bottom up. Otherwise those at the bottom would be ruling GOD!
It is the SAME Government by which Christ shall rule all nations beginning with the Millennium!
And that is WHY Satan has subtilely influenced dissidents in God's Church to become resentful and bitter over God's Government — why some have gone out of the Church!
The churches of this world's "traditional Christianity" — DO NOT speak of the Government of GOD. They do not picture Jesus as coming world RULER. They do not preach Jesus as coming KING — but only as Savior. They overlook — reject — scriptures speaking of Christ as King and coming Ruler, and government rule in the Kingdom of God. And that is to say, they deliberately REJECT and OMIT the Gospel MESSAGE of Christ in their teaching and preaching! They teach that one is already saved on "receiving" (GETTING) Christ!
I repeat, the individual whom God calls and adds to His Church is not, at initial conversion, remotely capable of being given POWER of rule over nations!
He is called a "babe in Christ." He has, if repentant and really converted in this preliminary human state, actually received the Holy Spirit of God. Indeed in Romans 8:16 we read: "The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. We are already, though yet unborn, the begotten children of God. By direct comparison the impregnated embryo or fetus in a mother-to-be's womb is already the child of its parents, though not yet born. Therefore I remark, in passing, abortion is MURDER!
But this brings us to a most important PURPOSE and FUNCTION of the Church!
Beginning verse 22 of Galatians 4 is an allegory about the two covenants — the Old Covenant made with national Israel at Mount Sinai, and the New Covenant to be made at Christ's return. However, ministers in the Church are "able ministers of the New Testament" (II Corinthians 3:6).
The CHURCH is a part of, and preliminary to the final making of, the NEW TESTAMENT.
In this allegory of the two covenants, the Church is called "THE MOTHER OF US ALL" — that is, of those in the Church.
So notice the direct comparison. God is reproducing Himself through humans. He endowed us with power to reproduce ourselves. And human reproduction is the exact type of God's SPIRITUAL REPRODUCTION!
How Human Reproduction Pictures Spiritual Salvation
Now see and UNDERSTAND how human reproduction pictures spiritual SALVATION!
All human life comes from a tiny egg, called an ovum. It is produced inside the human mother. This ovum is about the size of a pin point. Inside it, when highly magnified, can be seen a small nucleus. But this ovum has a very limited life, of itself! Some doctors and scientists believe it has a life of some 24 hours, unless fertilized by a sperm from a male.
But human life may be imparted to it by a sperm cell, produced in the body of the human father. The sperm cell is the smallest cell in the human body — about one-fiftieth the size of the ovum. The sperm — technically named a spermatozoon (plural, spermatozoa) — on entering an ovum, finds its way to and joins with the nucleus. This imparts life — physical human life — to the ovum.
But it is not yet a born human being. Human life has merely been begotten. For the first four months it is called an embryo. After that, until birth it is called a fetus. This human life starts very small — the size of a tiny pin point — and the sperm that generates it is the smallest cell in a human body!
Once begotten, it must be fed and nourished by physical food from the ground, through the mother. From this physical nourishment it must grow, and grow and GROW until physically large enough to be born, after nine months. As it grows, the physical organs and characteristics gradually are formed. Soon a spinal column forms. A heart forms and begins to beat. Other internal organs form. Then, gradually, a body, a head, legs, arms. Finally hair begins to grow on the head, fingernails and toenails develop, facial features gradually shape up. By nine months the average normal fetus has grown to a weight of approximately six to nine pounds, and is ready to be born.
A human has to be BEGOTTEN by his human father. To be born again of the Spirit — of GOD — one must first be begotten by the SPIRITUAL FATHER — Almighty God.
The Amazing Comparison
Now see how HUMAN begettal, the period of gestation and birth is the astounding identical TYPE of spiritual salvation — being BORN of God — being given ETERNAL LIFE in the Kingdom of God — the God FAMILY into which we may be BORN!
Each adult human is, spiritually, an "egg" or "ovum." This spiritual "ovum" has a very limited life span, of itself — compared to ETERNAL LIFE — an average of some 70 years. But spiritual, divine immortal life may be imparted to it by the entrance into it of the HOLY SPIRIT, which comes from the very Person of GOD the Father. This divine Spirit of GOD imparts to us also the divine nature (II Peter 1:4). Heretofore we have had only human, fleshly or carnal nature.
As the human sperm cell is the very smallest of all human cells, even so, many newly begotten Christians start out with a very small measure of God's Holy Spirit. Many may still be, at first, about 99.44 percent carnal! Apparently those in the Church of God at Corinth were (I Corinthians 3:1-3). The apostle Paul said he still had to feed them on the spiritual milk — not yet adult spiritual "food." They certainly were not yet "BORN AGAIN."
Now, as the physical male sperm finds its way to, and unites with the nucleus in the ovum, so God's Spirit enters and combines with the human MIND! There is, as explained before, a spirit IN man. This human spirit has combined with the brain to form human MIND. God's Spirit unites with, and witnesses with our spirit that we are, now, the children of GOD (Romans 8:16). And God's Holy Spirit, now combined with our human spirit in our MIND, imparts to our mind power to comprehend SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE (I Corinthians 2:11) — which the carnal mind cannot grasp.
Now we have the presence of ETERNAL LIFE — God life — through God's Spirit, but we are not yet immortal spirit beings — not yet BORN of God — not yet inheritors, and possessors, but physical HEIRS (Romans 8:17). But IF God's Holy Spirit dwells in us, God will, at the resurrection, "quicken" to immortality our mortal bodies BY His Spirit that "dwelleth in" us (Romans 8:11; I Corinthians 15:49-53).
Now we see how the astonishing analogy continues!
As yet we are not born divine beings. We are not yet composed of spirit, but of physical matter. The divine life has merely been begotten. This divine CHARACTER starts so very small it is doubtful if much of it is in evidence — except for the glow of that ecstasy of spiritual "romance" that we may radiate in that "first love" of conversion — spiritually speaking. But so far as spiritual KNOWLEDGE and developed spiritual CHARACTER goes, there is not much, as yet.
The Spiritual Embryo
So now, once spiritually begotten, we are merely a spiritual embryo. Now we must be fed and nourished on SPIRITUAL food! Jesus said man shall not live by bread (physical food) alone, but by EVERY WORD OF GOD (spiritual food)! This we drink in from the Bible! But we drink in this spiritual knowledge and character, also, through personal, intimate, continuous contact with God through PRAYER, and through Christian fellowship with God's children in His Church. And also by the continual teaching imparted by the Church.
Now the physical embryo and fetus is fed physically through the mother. God's CHURCH is called Jerusalem above "which is the MOTHER OF US ALL" (Galatians 4:26).
Notice the exact parallel! The CHURCH is the spiritual MOTHER OF ITS MEMBERS. God has set His called and chosen ministers in His Church to FEED THE FLOCK — "for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body [CHURCH] of Christ: TILL WE all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ" (Ephesians 4:11-13).
It is the duty of Christ's TRUE ministers (and how scarce today) to PROTECT the begotten but yet unborn saints from false doctrines, from false ministers.
The HUMAN mother carries her unborn baby in that part of her body where she can best PROTECT it from physical harm; and that protection is part of her function, as well as to nourish the unborn child! Even so, the CHURCH, through Christ's ministers, instructs, teaches, counsels with, advises, and PROTECTS from spiritual harm the unborn members! What a WONDERFUL picture is human reproduction of spiritual SALVATION!
Continue further! As the physical fetus must grow physically large enough to be born, so the begotten Christian must grow in grace, and in the knowledge of Christ (II Peter 3:18) — must overcome, must develop in spiritual CHARACTER during this life, in order to be BORN into the Kingdom of GOD!
And as the physical fetus gradually, one by one, develops the physical organs, features and characteristics, even so the begotten Christian must gradually, continually, develop the SPIRITUAL character — love, faith, patience, gentleness, temperance. He (or she) must live by, and be a DOER of the Word of God. He must develop the divine CHARACTER!
Finally — Immortality!
Then in God's due time — though the person may die meanwhile — by a resurrection, or by instantaneous CHANGE to immortality at Christ's coming, he shall be BORN of God — into the KINGDOM OF GOD — because GOD is that Kingdom! He is no longer material flesh from the ground, but composed of spirit, even as God is a spirit (John 4:24).
How WONDERFUL is the TRUTH OF GOD!
Yet, by his dastardly deceptions Satan has DECEIVED THE WORLD — has blinded humanity to the fact that God IS this KINGDOM Jesus proclaimed — and that WE may be born as spiritual individuals — as part of that Divine FAMILY — as part of the GOD KINGDOM!
HOW precious is GOD'S TRUTH! God designed reproduction to picture His truth in a physical manner and to KEEP US CONSTANTLY IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WONDERFUL PLAN OF SALVATION!
A Voice Cries Out Amid Religious Confusion: Part Eleven
Plain Truth Magazine February 1981 Vol 46, No.2 ISSN 0032-0420
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Co-Worker Letters
4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse - The Black Horse - Famine
The Proof of the BIBLE
1975 In Prophecy
All WWN 1973 thru 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973
How subtly Satan used MAKEUP to start the Church off the track
How Satan began injecting liberalism into God's Church
FOR THREE YEARS the living Christ has been working to put His Church back on the track! But how did the people of the living God get off the track? How did the whole world first get off the track?
Was mother Eve, the very first woman — a direct creation of God — insincerely evil? Did she have evil motives and intentions?
No, Eve was DECEIVED! Undoubtedly she thought she was doing right. The forbidden tree, after all, "was GOOD for food" and "it was pleasant to the eyes," and, Satan had assured her, she would really not die. God knew better than that — she was an "immortal soul."
And besides, Satan had said, it would make her a god intellectually — it appealed to her intellectual VANITY. She couldn't see anything wrong with it. So "she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat."
Thus the WHOLE WORLD was started off the track. And Satan is still at it! "The Devil and Satan... deceiveth the whole world" (Revelation 12:9). The apostle Paul feared "lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve by his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted" (II Corinthians 11:3).
Do you think that same wily Satan could not deceive people in God's Church today? Of all the people on earth, WE are the very ones he wants most to deceive. He has the rest of the world deceived already. And remember a deceived person does not know he is deceived else he would not BE deceived!
Yet Satan did get to our wives today! They certainly had no evil motives, even as mother Eve had none. Had they not repented and accepted Christ, and come into the Church? There were no evil motives or intentions. They, too, saw "no harm in it." They, themselves, would "LOOK GOOD" to the world. Makeup on the face would he "pleasant to the eyes."
And it was intellectual to follow intellectual liberals in the ministry (NO LONGER) who reasoned that this little detail and that little point could be interpreted to see "no harm in it" — and after all, if we don't see any harm in it, isn't it all right to do what the world does?
It was all done so SUBTLY! That is how Satan works. Now let's understand what DID HAPPEN!
How far does God compromise with SIN? God had the POWER to wink His eye at SIN and forgive sin outright, without having to sacrifice His only begotten Son. But God did not compromise one millionth of an inch with sin. Rather than that He "gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not PERISH."
God's Church, the now imminent Bride of Christ, is not going rise to meet the returning Christ in the air with painted faces and plucked and repainted eyebrows!
How cleverly, without our suspecting it, did Satan influence leading ministers to derail the Church in many ways!
I want now to take you brethren through a history of this, seemingly minor question of female makeup as it progressed during the '50s, '60s and '70s in the Church. Brethren, CAN WE remove prejudice, vanity and self-will from our minds and OPEN OUR EYES TO GOD'S TRUTH? We are not going to face God in "THE JUDGMENT" like the world. WE ARE FACING IT NOW!
"But by this maneuver of Satan, the people of God's Church started off the track... For watering down of God's truth on healing, the Sabbath, many more vital doctrines followed in its wake."
Judgment has begun at the House of GOD! You and I are being judged NOW!
Some of us have weakened. Some of us have been caught off guard. I am human like all of you, and I was caught off guard and without at the time realizing it, ALLOWED this liberalism to creep stealthily into God's flock! I now repent of that and the living Christ leads me to do what He inspires me to do to correct it and get this holy Body of Christ BACK COMPLETELY ON THE TRACK. For we have not been fully back on the track even yet!
This may be somewhat of a minor question, yet it was used by Satan to help derail the Church! It is only one of a number of points that led us off track.
This question was raised in the Church in the mid '50s. In the July, 1955, Good News, the following under my by-line began on page 1 under the head-line, "What the Church Ruled on Makeup."
"The question of lipstick and other forms of makeup had to be settled. Some in the Church held very definitely that 'make-up is wrong; it's worldly.' There was in some cases an attitude of prejudice and accusation against those who wore it."
So, actually the question was first raised by women who felt face-changing was wrong, not by ministers. The next paragraph continued, "But others insisted, 'I can't see any harm in wearing makeup.'"
Many articles followed on the question. These articles covered many specific points and specific scriptures. There was an effort to get to every detailed point or question, even in "the gray areas."
But we need to learn that God's law is a PRINCIPLE to be applied. It has to do first of all with an ATTITUDE OF MIND.
The Church RULED AGAINST THE USE OF MAKEUP based primarily on specific "do" and "don't" scriptures, rather than of God's Law.
We did make the mistake of applying God's spiritual Law as the world applies man's laws. The average policeman today has to enforce six times as many specific laws as he is capable of remembering. I am reminded of a comic strip "There Ought to Be a Law." Every day someone thought up a reason for making a new specific law to cover some new minor infraction. It depicted the ridiculous system of man's laws.
Actually, God's spiritual Law is expressed in just one simple four-letter word — LOVE. We apply that law to given circumstances.
Jesus, for example, "magnified the Law and made it honorable." At Mt. Sinai He, as YHWH, expanded it into 10 points — the first four defining the PRINCIPLE of love toward God, the last six love toward neighbor. From there it expands in principle to cover any and every question that may arise.
But when and how did this thing of SIN begin? It all began with the super archangel, the cherub Lucifer. He was "perfect in his ways" from the day God created him. Then iniquity (lawlessness) was found in him. His heart was "lifted up" in VANITY because of his beauty (Ezekiel 28.15-17). The wisdom of his mind was lifted up in VANITY. This violated LOVE in the form of obedience and submission to God.
A spirit of competition entered his mind. He said: "I will ascend into heaven [God's throne]. I will exalt my throne above the stars [angels] of God." SELF-exaltation, vanity, jealousy, envy, rebellion against authority, competition, desire to "GET" and "TAKE" seized his perverted mind.
Sin, spiritually, is self-centeredness, self-exaltation, desire to be beautiful, vanity, coveting, desire to GET and TAKE, to exalt the self, jealousy and envy, competition, oft-resulting violence and war, resentment and rebellion against authority.
These are the PRINCIPLES of spiritual SIN. There is also the matter of physical sin — transgression of physical laws. Often physical sickness and disease result from this transgression. While Jesus paid the death penalty for our spiritual sins by His shed blood, He also paid the penalty of physical transgression of laws that operate in our bodies and minds "by His stripes." Many do not seem to understand that healing is "forgiveness of sin", this physical sin — because Jesus paid that penalty in our stead "by His stripes."
But the Church in the 1950s, still GROWING in knowledge as well as in numbers, ruled on makeup based on specific scriptural "do's and don'ts" — as we then interpreted them. Actually we came to the same right ruling. A very few women argued a bit, but I remember specifically of none who rebelled and left the Church. As near as I could observe, our women were happy to leave their faces as the Master Designer made them.
The Church was being blessed and growing — up to about 1968. For 35 years God had caused it to grow at the phenomenal and unmatched rate of 30 percent average increase per year. Then, beginning 1968, Christ the living Head of the Church, began to send me to capitals of nations all over the world. I was unable to give day-to-day management at head-quarters. Sin entered Pasadena leadership. The Church stopped its phenomenal growth. I had to deal with sins near the top in 1971 and 1972. In the spring of 1974 a ministerial rebellion, led to a considerable extent by two top-ranking ministers at Pasadena, resulted in some 30 or more ministers leaving the Church.
In early fall of 1974, my son caught me on the run as I was leaving for Tokyo and Manila, where I held a big campaign. It was a time when certain "scholars" among our leaders were engaged in "doctrinal research." I had not realized until later that most of them were actually researching to try to prove Church teachings were in error, rather than to discover truth. I admit now and repent of the fact that, not realizing the real motive, I approved this doctrinal research team.
My son said this team had found we had the wrong meaning on four such detailed specific scriptures, and the use of make-up was OK.
Those who know me best know I have a single track mind. That is, I can concentrate deeply on one subject at a time, but when my mind is on one subject, I often do not really "get" something said to me. I was handed a short statement regarding those four specific scriptures. I had especially based much of the decision on Isaiah 3:16 and contextual verses, and on the Adam Clarke commentary of it. I took the note with me. On the plane, I typed the brief statement that appeared on page 522 of the Oct. 23, 1974, Bulletin. I did not return to Pasadena for several weeks.
In my absence my brief statement appeared with my signature under it. WHAT I NEVER KNEW UNTIL NOW was that, after my signature, Wayne Cole, then director of Pastoral Administration, added a few pages giving the new liberal watered-down reasoning, changing the truth of God.
Satan masterminded this in such manner that it all APPEARED under my signature, as if I fully approved all that followed my signature — when in fact I never saw it until the day before yesterday. It was subtly handled and KEPT FROM ME.
I did not, and never would have approved of what Mr. Cole without my knowledge published under my signature.
Even now, at this late date, I learn that this "about-face" altering of a decision THE LIVING CHRIST put into His Church caused great consternation among loyal ministers and members in Britain.
"We are not going to face God in 'the judgment' like the world. We are facing it now. Judgment has begun at the House of God! You and I are being judged now."
But by this maneuver of Satan, the people of God's Church started off the track.
I say "started off." For watering down of God's truth on healing, the Sabbath, many more vital doctrines followed in its wake.
But, as Satan maneuvered to start ALL HUMANITY off the track in the garden of Eden, so in these later days, he maneuvered to use the women of God's Church to start the END-TIME Church off the track. And the whole Church was deceived!
At the time my son came to me with the report that the Adam Clarke commentary was in error on Isaiah 3:16, my mind was primarily on other things, and I made a hasty decision without fully weighing the matter. I have come to realize this. I HAVE DEEPLY REPENTED OF IT. I now correct it before the entire Church.
Brethren, let's get one thing straight at this point. Jesus Christ chose and has been using a HUMAN instrument to lead you. Will you blame Jesus Christ for that? HE is infallible. HE makes no mistakes. But WHO among you could He choose as His instrument to lead you who is already supernaturally divine and unable to make mistakes? He took me with my single-track mind, and used me in STARTING this Philadelphia era of God's Church. He has used me, in spite of a few mistakes, in BRINGING ALL YOU INTO HIS BODY, THE CHURCH. He revealed HIS TRUTH to me and through me to you! And now He is using me as His instrument in CORRECTING a mistake, and LEADING YOU BACK ON THE TRACK! Thousands of you have written me you are behind me 100 percent. ARE YOU?
Jesus Christ through me has been GETTING US ALL BACK ON THE TRACK, ready for His return to earth as the KING OF KINGS, and Lord of Lords. The Church, as His BRIDE to be spiritually MARRIED to Him, is to rise to meet Him in the air as He descends. Women of the Church, do you think Jesus Christ will say to me, "SEND A PROCLAMATION TO ALL WOMEN IN THE CHURCH TO PREPARE FOR MY COMING. TELL THEM TO GO TO THEIR DRESSING TABLES, PLUCK OUT THEIR EYEBROWS, PAINT IN NEW ONES HIGHER ON THEIR FOREHEADS, AND USE COSMETICS TO MAKE UP THEIR FACES TO MEET ME IN THE AIR"?
No, dear people, I don't think He will have me make such a proclamation. But rather: Wash the dirt off your faces! CLEAN UP your faces!"
Now JESUS CHRIST, through His chosen apostle, is going to RULE on this question once and for all!
It was through me He ruled on smoking. At the time only MEN smoked. No specific detailed scripture says: Thou shalt not smoke. But I know, in the spring of 1927 when I was converted, that GOD'S LAW is to be applied to given circumstances according to its basic PRINCIPLE. I asked myself, "WHY do I smoke?" To please God? No! Because other men in Satan's world do? Yes. To please the five senses? Yes, the sense of SMELL! Does it express LOVE TO God? No! Love to neighbor? No! To some it was offensive. For my health? No, I knew it was harmful to whatever extent. It was a worldly habit. I quit. Through me Christ caused His Church to turn from smoking.
Now apply God's LAW to makeup. WHY do women use makeup? To please and glorify God? No, God is Master DESIGNER as well as Creator. The world seems to think God did not design women's faces properly, and they try to do a better job of making up their faces than God did. Does makeup PLEASE GOD? His Spirit says to me, IT IS DISpleasing to Him! (And, like the apostle Paul, I think I have the "mind of Christ.") To EXALT God? No, rather to exalt SELF, which debases God.
IT IS PURE AND SIMPLE VANITY and God knows it is, even if some women are self-deceived and protest it isn't. It is done to glorify the SELF, not to glorify GOD! It certainly does not humble the self. One woman says it is an ornament of dress, and she doesn't feel dressed up without it. God says, "whose adorning... let it be... the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit" (I Peter 3:3-4). Let it be HUMILITY, exalting God.
Do women do it because other women in the world do? Emphatically, YES, even as I once smoked because other men did. It is done to BE LIKE THE WORLD. But of the world — even its religion, specifically the Christian religion — God says, "COME OUT OF HER, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of HER PLAGUES" (now soon to come) (Revelation 18:4). One woman says, "But since it is considered an essential part of good grooming by people in the world, it does help me feel better dressed."
Another woman thinks makeup sets "AN EXAMPLE TO THE WORLD IN THEIR APPEARANCE." Jesus said, "Ye are the light of the world... Let your light so shine before men, that they may SEE your GOOD WORKS," not the paint on your face!
A woman says, "I don't wear makeup to change my appearance," but another woman who writes the same thing wears so much that when I mentioned having received a letter from a woman saying that, a leading headquarters minister replied, "If I were a betting man I'd bet I could tell you who wrote the letter." "Who do you think?" I asked. He named her. How did he know? Because she wears so much makeup it stands out and several noticed and mentioned it!
Some women will say it is adornment, and they mention how God adorned Israel. LET'S LOOK AT THAT SCRIPTURE A MINUTE!
It's the 16th chapter of Ezekiel. It begins, "Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations." The ABOMINATIONS of Judah are the subject. Then God speaks symbolically of Israel and Judah as a newborn female child who grew up. She grew up polluted by the world, and at the time of love, God adorned her. How? God used apparel as a symbol of righteousness.
Here He used the symbol of covering her with the FINEST apparel and adornment — His LAW — WHICH IS FINEST IN SPIRITUAL CHARACTER. THE APPAREL AND JEWELRY MENTIONED ARE NOT MENTIONED TO APPROVE WORLDLY ADORNMENT, BUT INDICATE THE FINEST QUALITY IN CHARACTER, as measured by God's spiritual LAW. God mentioned only the finest in material adornment to typify the finest in spiritual adornment. But HE AVOIDED INCLUDING FACE-PAINTING!
The BEAUTY God lavished on Israel was SPIRITUAL beauty — of HIS WAY OF LIFE — the way of His LAW.
"But God did not compromise one millionth of an inch with sin. Rather than that He 'gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish.'"
This spiritual beauty went forth over the world (verse 14). Then what? "BUT THOU DIDST TRUST IN THINE OWN BEAUTY AND PLAYED THE HARLOT" — (verse 15 and on).
WHY did I smoke? I had to be honest about it and I quit, and taught the Church to quit. WHY DO WOMEN USE MAKEUP? SHALL THEY BE HONEST ABOUT IT OR SELF-DECEIVED INTO ARGUING THEIR WAY TO BE LIKE THE WORLD?
THERE ARE TWO reasons, and variations of those two reasons, and God, who knows human hearts better than we know our own, KNOWS THIS. They are: VANITY, and desire to be like the world God calls us out of, or so to appear to the world.
One woman candidly said she would rather have a good looking face than a knowledgeable and understanding mind. She would rather have facial makeup than God's righteousness. That was many years ago. She made her choice. She no longer believes there is a Creator God. Now she is coming into old age, and all the facial makeup can't help her look beautiful. She has NO hope for the future!
One of the hardest tests I had to win to be converted, in the spring of 1927, was the thought, If I accept God's TRUTH, what will all my former business acquaintances in the world think? I knew I had to GIVE UP caring about what they think, and be concerned about what GOD thinks! I had to be weaned from former ways, thoughts, beliefs and people of the world. The woman who dreads giving up makeup must give up former ways.
Now finally, let's again LOOK at these specific scriptures that some use to JUSTIFY vanity and worldliness — though they may deny any vanity or worldliness.
Isaiah 3:16: In 1955 I used an error in the Adam Clarke commentary, which implied painting the eyes. It was when my son came to me with evidence that the commentary was in error about eye paint that I wrote the short note that appeared over my signature in the October, 1974, Bulletin, which was used to change the entire Church teaching on makeup. I did not then examine the other three passages used following my signature, nor did I KNOW even that those things were printed, or that orders went out to all ministers compelling them to read every word before their congregations AS IF it had my approval. Actually It DID NOT have my approval, or even my knowledge. It was an attempt to put this liberal approach over on the Church BEHIND MY BACK and without my knowledge.
But look now at the entire context in which Isaiah 3:16 appears.
Chapter 3 is talking about these LAST DAYS of this age. The DAY OF THE LORD is approaching (verse 12 of chapter 2). Then, beginning verse 12 of chapter 3, "As for my people, children shall be their oppressors, and women shall rule over them" — certainly true TODAY.
Verse 16, "Because the daughters of Zion [meaning our people Israel or the Church today] are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks, and wanton eyes [glancing wantonly with their eyes — Revised Standard Version]..." in other words flirting and enticing men — which things do ACCOMPANY face paint.
This general theme continues into chapter 4, where we read in verse 4, "When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion..." So even if verse 16 of chapter 3 does not speak specifically of makeup, it DOES speak of the things associated with it and that accompany it. It does show graphically the attitude and spirit Satan will have injected into our women of TODAY. Primarily, IN THE WORLD of Israel as it is today, but also as it has infiltrated into too many of our dear women in God's Church!
God commands, "COME OUT FROM AMONG THEM, AND BE YE SEPARATE, saith the Lord" (II Corinthians 6:17) for "ye are the temple of the living God" (verse 16).
Ezekiel 23:40: I quote from what Mr. Cole (now disfellowshipped from the Church) appended after my signature to APPEAR to give it my approval:
"'And also you sent for men to come from abroad; a messenger was sent to them, and indeed they came. For them you bathed yourself, made up your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry. You sat on a stately couch with a prepared table before it... ' This is in the context of the adulteries of Israel and Judah as the spiritual bride of Christ. Their schemes for attracting lovers are being described."
Now that certainly DOES NOT set a GOOD EXAMPLE for the women of God's Church today! Yet this effort to introduce LIBERALISM and COMPROMISE WITH SATAN in God's Church went on to ARGUE: "Notice the things mentioned. The woman bathes. She decorates herself with jewelry." (This statement OMITTED DELIBERATELY the EYE MAKE-UP!) "SHE: SITS ON A COUCH BEFORE A SPREAD TABLE, WAITING FOR HER LOVER." THEN COMES THE SUBTLE QUESTION: "Are these things wrong in themselves? No. Not in the proper place and context — such as marriage."
Oh women of God's Church did you let that subtle TWIST mislead you?
This passage is deliberately showing something wrong in BOTH ATTITUDE, INTENTION and MEANS OF DOING IT. And here, in the Bulletin of God's CHURCH, without my knowledge or approval, was printed a subtle and MISLEADING TWIST on GOD'S SACRED AND HOLY WORD! I did not know this was being printed. BUT I APOLOGIZE BEFORE GOD FOR IT!
This passage DEFINITELY DOES SHOW EYE MAKEUP, which is one part of modern makeup, is WRONG IN GOD'S SIGHT! It shows an attitude unacceptable to God!
Jeremiah 4:30: Get the context: Jeremiah sees a vision of DESTRUCTION coming in our day as a result of our peoples' worldly SINS! It's talking about things DESPISED by GOD! Speaking to OUR PEOPLE (nations) today, God says: "And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson..." Crimson is a bright, purplish-red color, the same as scarlet. The RSV, the Moffatt and The New International Version all translate this word as "scarlet" — precisely the color of the great whore of Revelation 17:4, decked out in purple and scarlet. Purple is the color of royalty. Scarlet that of prostitution (see Webster's dictionary).
Now proceed, quoting from Jeremiah 4:30, "Though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life."
This passage shows modern Israel, before Christ's coming, in the prophesied imminent captivity of our very people, using the methods of a harlot, figuratively seeking to attract allies. The United States is doing that. The recent congressional battle over the sale of military weapons to Saudi Arabia, in order to "buy" that country's support against Russia, is an example. American wooing of Iran in the recent days of the shah was another example. And the result was precisely as this prophecy says — they SEEK OUR LIFE!
It is using the illustration of the methods of a prostitute to make ourselves attractive for our own purposes. IT DOES NOT SHOW GOD'S APPROVAL BUT THE VERY OPPOSITE!
Yet this LIBERAL misteaching said of this verse: "Is scarlet wrong?" And also, "But is it the thing which is wrong — or only the wrong use?" This scripture was illustrating THE WRONG USE, and as women use it IN A WRONG USE! If you have a cloth decoration in your home of green, or blue, or scarlet or pink, THAT IS NOT A WRONG USE!
But THE ILLUSTRATION OF JEREMIAH 4:30 IS SHOWING A WRONG USE, and this "scholarly" TWIST on God's Word USING HUMAN REASON to get around a very plain "THUS SAITH THE LORD!" It was an effort to use "scholarship" to ask the subtle question "Is it really wrong?" and to see how much you can get away with!
2 Kings 9:30: Queen Jezebel is pictured in the Bible as perhaps the most evil of women, especially in the worldly and evil-attitude sense. This passage says that "Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window." She is portrayed in God's Word as an evil-intentioned woman. "She PAINTED HER FACE." Yet this "scholarly" attempt at watering down God's teachings stated, "In any case, the question is again whether her use of makeup is any more wrong — of and by itself — than her adorning her head." IS that the question? IT IS NOT! God here shows you an evil-minded woman setting a wrong example.
Again I say to you, it is not a matter of "HOW MUCH CAN WE GET AWAY WITH?" Or "Can we use human reason to do as the world does — rather than what God SAYS?"
This effort to bring makeup back into God's Church ended by saying: "Makeup has definitely been grossly abused. But... it is the vanity which is wrong, and not necessarily the grooming." The argument here is that grooming is not vanity, but it is the EXTENT and CHARACTER of the grooming that can be wrong — and the motivation of it.
My mother and grandmothers did not wear makeup — nor did your great-grandmothers of the same era. How did it get into our mid-and-latter-20th century society? FROM PROSTITUTES!
They argue it was done anciently in the world. But that was not GOD'S world. Our women have COPIED THE PROSTITUTES!
When I was a young man, NO DECENT WOMAN, EVEN IN THE WORLD, SMOKED. But prostitutes did. Then cigarette manufacturers used subtle advertising to induce women to follow the prostitute example — for manufacturers' profits!
Look, finally, at SIN.
It all started with SATAN, when he was the cherub Lucifer.
Again, look at How SIN BEGAN — with LUCIFER. God had created him perfect, and he was in all his ways, TILL he SINNED. How? His heart was lifted up IN VANITY, because of his BEAUTY (Ezekiel 28:15-17). Being BEAUTIFUL, or desire for it, led to VANITY, SELF-glorification! His mind went to his BEAUTY, in VANITY. Of course he would have denied having vanity just as mortals today.
Satan introduced SIN into humanity through a woman, mother Eve. She was MISLED, deceived. She didn't deliberately want to do wrong — to lead her husband into the first SIN! She was deceived, as our women have been today. Go back and read the beginning paragraphs of this article. It is precisely the way Satan has been getting to our women today.
Women do not use makeup to PLEASE GOD today — for I can tell you ON HIS AUTHORITY it is NOT pleasing to HIM!
Satan used human reason and makeup and WOMEN to START the ball of LIBERALISM AWAY FROM GOD and TOWARD SIN to rolling in the Church beginning October, 1974.
Finally, I repeat, sin, spiritually, is self-centeredness, self-exaltation, desire to be beautiful, vanity, coveting, desire to GET and TAKE, to exalt the self, jealousy and envy, competition, oft-resulting violence and war, resentment and rebellion against authority. These are the PRINCIPLES of spiritual SIN. Christ is GETTING US BACK ON THE TRACK!
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Czech Republic: Petition offers president Milos Zeman as \'donation\' to Putin
May 5, 2015 14:32 BST
Some Czech people have signed a petition asking for President Miloš Zeman to be \"donated\" to Russia\'s leader Valdimir Putin Reuters
Writers and artists in the Czech Republic have signed a petition offering to donate their president Miloš Zeman as a gift to Russia's leader Vladimir Putin.
The move is seen as a protest against Zeman's position to the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists that has claimed thousands of lives.
Writer Jaroslav Rudi told Czech news agency CTK on Sunday that the petition was a sarcastic way of expressing their disagreement with Zeman, who opposed US and EU sanctions against Russia for its role in the ongoing conflict in which pro-Russia separatists have engaged in an armed conflict with government troops.
The conflict erupted in 2014, after the then president Viktor Yanukovych spurned a trade and investment deal with Europe, in favour of tighter collaborations with Putin.
Yanukovych later fled Ukraine and Russia invaded Crimea to "defend ethnic Russians" in the peninsula. The invasion led to a civil war and the insurgence of pro-Russia separatists.
Those who signed the letter said the petition was a "sign of gratitude" for the role of Russia in the "liberation of Czech Republic".
"Our gift is to reach you on the day of the anniversary at the latest. As a small nation we have nothing more valuable than our president," the Prague Daily Monitor quoted the letter as saying.
"Still we believe that you will keep this exceptional gift from the hands of the Czech nation."
Referring to the letter, Rudi told CTK: "One can fight best stupidity with humour. This is a strong Czech weapon."
He added that he would send a Russian version of the petition to the letter before Zeman is expected to meet Putin at the 2015 Moscow Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square on 9 May.
The parade commemorates the anniversary of the destruction of Nazism in 1945 and the Allied victory during the Second World War.
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Idera Introduces SQL Hekaton Memory Check
Free Tool Allows DBAs to View Real-Time Memory Usage on All SQL Server Instances that Use Hekaton
HOUSTON, TX – July 9, 2015 – Idera, a leading provider of application and server management solutions, today released SQL Hekaton Memory Check, a free tool that allows database administrators (DBAs) to see real-time memory usage on all SQL Server instances that use Hekaton, and take immediate action to avoid downtime and optimize appropriately.
Hekaton, Microsoft's in-memory database for online transaction processing in SQL Server, can increase processing speeds up to 30x using a system’s main memory for faster access time. However, there are many rigid restrictions associated with using Hekaton, including the need to keep memory at 2x the size of data. With a growing database infrastructure, lack of visibility into the memory status of these instances can cause critical business failures.
“When Microsoft announced it would ship Hekaton integrated in SQL Server 2014, we expected our customers to be excited about the technology and eager to try it with their workloads,” said Vicky Harp, senior advisory product manager at Idera. “That has proven to be true, but like any new technology, there have also been growing pains. With SQL Hekaton Memory Check, we are helping early adopter DBAs anticipate potential issues before they become real problems that impact business operations.”
To gather memory usage on all SQL Server instances that use Hekaton, DBAs could use MS SQL Server’s native software, Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, run a query against a Dynamic Management View (DMV) for each database, or write scripts to iterate across multiple servers, which are all time consuming tasks. With SQL Hekaton Memory Check, all you have to do is download the free tool and connect to your SQL Server 2014 for instant visibility.
See real-time memory usage on all instances that use Hekaton
Glean valuable information with simple clicking instead of scripting
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View relevant data needed to make important decisions like adding more memory, reallocating objects that are consuming memory resources, or adjust the way instances are set up.
For more information on Idera SQL Hekaton Memory Check, visit https://www.idera.com/productssolutions/freetools.
About Idera
Idera is a leading provider of IT performance monitoring solutions. The company's portfolio includes database, infrastructure, and application management products aimed at helping database administrators, sysadmins, application owners and network engineers improve the health, availability and performance of their systems. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Idera serves more than 13,000 customers worldwide and is a Microsoft Managed Partner, an EMC TechConnect Select Partner and a member of the SAP PartnerEdge program. Contact Idera at +1-713-523-4433 or visit www.idera.com for free trials, free tools and more.
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Upcoming Marvel Movies: Every MCU Film and TV Show We Know About After Spider-Man
This universe never stops growing.
By Jesse Schedeen, Scott Collura
Posted: 14 Jul 2019 2:03 am
If you're wondering "will there be more Avengers movies?" the good news is "yes," though there hasn't been an official Avengers
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5 announcement just yet. There are plenty of plans for our favorite Avengers to live on in a variety of forms, including the big screen and the new Disney+ streaming service.
Marvel won't announce their Phase 4 plans until next week's San Diego Comic-Con, and we can expect a better grasp on whether there will be more Avengers team up movies then. (We also have a good theory on who will be the MCU Phase 4 villain.) Fortunately, we do have a good idea of the next steps for the MCU over the next few years. Here's everything you need to be on the lookout for...
Upcoming Marvel Movies
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Every Upcoming Movie and TV Show
For more speculation on what could come next for the MCU, here's what we think the future is for Iron Man, what you need to know about Avengers: Endgame's Hulk and our theory on Loki's new Disney+ show and how it connects to Endgame. If you can't wait for more MCU movies to see your favorite heroes on the big screen, here's what's next for the Avengers cast.
Which MCU project are you most looking forward to? Let's discuss in the comments...
Jesse is a mild-mannered writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter, or Kicksplode on MyIGN.
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Kailash Mansarovar Yatra
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Mount Kailash is a mountain which stands 21,778 feet tall. Every year, people flock to the place to witness its beauty and grandeur. Mount Kailash is situated amongst the mighty Himalayan ranges in the Southwestern corner of Tibet and is considered as one of the highest points of the world. In addition to all this, it is also the source of four mighty rivers of Asia including the Brahmaputra, the Ganges, the Indus and the Sutlej. Above all this, what makes the place much visited is the spiritual significance that it holds. People belonging to different religions surely pay a visit to this spectacular pilgrimage centre.
What makes a place worth visiting? The journey indeed! One is likely to undergo a life-changing experience on this trip by unleashing their hidden selves. Self-introspection is what this trip offers more than anything else. Kailash Sacred Walks is a program which is organised by Isha Sacred Walks and gives pilgrims the opportunity to rediscover and transform themselves on their journey to Kailash Mansarovar.
Religious Significance of Mount Kailash and Mansarovar Lake
The Kailash Mountain along with the Mansarovar Lake forms the heart of spiritual Asia. Mansarovar is composed of two words- 'Manas' meaning mind and 'Sarovar' meaning lake. According to Hindu mythology, the Mansarovar Lake was first created in the mind of Lord Brahma hence justifying its name. It is believed by the Hindu religion that Mount Kailash was the place where Lord Shiva resided and is therefore considered as the demonstration of heaven.
As per the beliefs of Tibetan Buddhists, Kailash Mountain is believed to be the abode of Buddha Demchok who represents harmony. Similarly, according to Jainism, Mount Kailash also known as Mount Ashtapada is where the creator of their religion, Rishabhadeva, achieved freedom from the cycle of birth and rebirth.
Mansarovar Lake is a beautiful spot which lies at a distance of 20 kilometres from Mount Kailash at the height of 15,015 feet. It signifies purity and is said to wash off sins committed by humans in their lives. The lake is believed to change colours. It is blue near the shores which eventually turns to emerald green towards the centre.
The yatra involves doing two things- A parikrama of Mount Kailash and taking a dip in the holy Mansarovar Lake for washing away one's sins. The yatra can be completed either on foot or taking the 4500 CC land cruisers, helicopters and luxury AC buses. There is pre-booking done either through the Ministry of External Affairs or a private tour in Nepal or Tibet. It takes nearly 10 to 30 days to complete the yatra which includes the medical health check-up too that takes place in Delhi.
Kailash Mansarovar Yatra 2019 Dates
The Yatra will be carried out through the two routes between 1st May 2019 and 26th September 2019.
Kailash Mansarovar Yatra is one of the most significant and popular pilgrimage activities. People from near and far flock by to be a part of it. It is like heaven on earth and a must-visit for every traveller once in his lifetime. So, pack your bags and set out on this voyage to create a whole new level of experience and get ready to see the world with an entirely new perspective altogether.
Kailash Mansarovar Yatra Route
Route Number 1: Through Uttarakhand
This route goes through the Lipuekh Pass which lies in Uttarakhand. Trekking is involved in here which costs nearly INR 1.6 Lakh per person. The trek is completed in batches with a total of 18 batches comprising of 60 pilgrims in each batch.
Duration: The Yatra gets concluded in 24 days by 1 batch. It also includes 3 days for all the preparatory work which is done in Delhi.
Places covered on the way: The Yatra covers areas including Narayan Ashram, Chialekh Valley, Patal Bhuvaneshwar on their way. The speciality of the Chialekh Valley, also known as Om Parvat, is that the snow here is in the shape of 'Om' on the mountain.
Route Number 2: Through Sikkim
This route goes through Nathu La Pass which lies in Sikkim. This route is appropriate for the elderly who are unable to undertake trekking since it is motor able. This route costs approximately INR 2 Lakh per person. It has been decided that for this year, the pilgrims will be divided into 8 batches. Each batch will further comprise of 50 pilgrims.
Duration: It takes 21 days to complete this route which includes 3 days of preparatory work done in Delhi.
Places covered on the way: On the way, the pilgrims are likely to come across many beautiful scenic places including Hangu Lake and Tibetan Plateau.
Kailash Mansarovar Yatra Parikrama
Once the pilgrims reach Mount Kailash after going through the rigorous trek, they need to walk around the peak of the mountain in either clockwise or anti-clockwise direction. This is known as 'parikrama'. Some people who cannot perform the ritual on foot are provided with the option of either hiring a yak or a pony.
Other Major Attractions on Yatra
Apart from the Mansarovar Lake, pilgrims are also likely to come across some other very beautiful and unique places including Tirthapuri where pilgrims take a bath in spring pools after finishing their Yatra, Gauri Kund which is famously known as the lake of compassion, Yam Dwar which is the starting point of the Yatra, Asthapad which is the base of Mount Kailash and Tarboche which is the flagpole where numerous prayer flags are present. This spot holds significance regarding Tibetan spirituality.
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#OmotosoTrial: You're a good actress, defence attorney tells Cheryl Zondi
Eastern Cape / 16 October 2018, 7:32pm / Raahil Sain
Timothy Omotoso, Lusanda Sulani and Zukiswa Sitho at the Port Elizabeth High Court on Tuesday. Picture: Raahil Sain / ANA
Port Elizabeth - Defence attorney Peter Daurbermann, for Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso aired a video in the Port Elizabeth High Court on Tuesday depicting Cheryl Zondi in high and happy spirits after she rejoined the Jesus Dominion International (JDI) church in 2015.
Zondi, 22, testified that she had decided to rejoin the church to “get closure”, and said she wanted an apology from Omotoso for raping and sexually abusing her.
She earlier told the court that she was promised by other church girls that things had changed. Zondi said she was hopeful that the rape and sexual violation of her body was a thing of the past.
Zondi said that upon arriving in Port Elizabeth, she quickly realised that nothing had changed when she came into contact with Omotoso.
At Omotoso’s expense, Zondi said she had travelled to a guesthouse in Port Elizabeth before attending a church service.
Cheryl Zondi breaks down in tears when watching herself perform in the “Grace Galaxy” group for the Jesus Dominion International Church. Video: Raahil Sain/ANA
While driving to the service Zondi said that Omotoso was pressuring her, he wanted a commitment that she would agree to perform sexual acts and return to the church as a member.
“I asked him why is this necessary why do we have to do this.”
Cheryl Zondi in Port Elizabeth when she returned to JDI during May 2015. “I pray my story inspires others to never leave this place, there’s no place like home.”. Video: Raahil Sain/ANA
Zondi agreed by saying “okay” to Omotoso and expressed she knew she would be raped later. She said she could not reject Omotoso because he had threatened that if she were to leave again, the punishment would be double or even death.
In the video aired before court, Zondi is seen at the Port Elizabeth service crying and expressing her gratitude for the JDI ministry and the “man of God” referring to Omotoso.
“I am so happy to be here, so so happy. When I left there was that void and nothing could fill it, nothing what so ever. I thank God for this ministry and I thank God for this man of God,” she said in the video.
“I pray my story inspires others never to leave this place, there’s no place like home,” Zondi said in the video between sobs.
Daubermann told Zondi that she was a “good actress” and her demeanour at the service was in contrast to what she had testified in court when she called Omotoso a narcissist.
Zondi retorted that she was only saying loving and positive things out of fear and to please Omotoso.
She said that she concealed her real emotions very well while addressing the congregation.
Daubermann wanted to know, why at 19-year-old Zondi, chose not to object to Omotoso.
“You were older and wiser?” he asked.
Zondi responded saying: “He still had a hold over me and I blame myself every single day for putting myself in that same situation.”
She said when she returned to JDI she was treated like a “prisoner” and her movements were monitored.
Subsequent videos were played in court showing Zondi at the tender age of 13 at a church service in Secunda, talking about the “power of darkness”.
Another video documented the formation of her church singing group “Grace Galaxy”.
Zondi appeared happy and devoted to Omotoso. In one video she said that her personal mentorship with the televangelist was “awesome and great”.
The videos also documented travels to Israel and Nigeria where the girl group would perform.
Earlier on Tuesday, court proceedings came to a halt when Judge Mandela Makaula reprimanded Omotoso’s wife, Taiwo.
“You sitting between those two gentleman, stand up,” said Makaula.
“Please stop making comments and gestures while this witness is testifying.”
Taiwo has been seen throughout the trial laughing and smiling while Zondi gave evidence on the stand.
Omotoso faces 63 main charges and 34 alternative counts which include human trafficking, rape, sexual assault racketeering and conspiracy in aiding another person to commit sexual assault.
His two alleged henchwomen, Lusanda Sulani and Zukiswa Sitho are accused of recruiting girls from all over the country for purposes of sexual exploitation.
The 58-year-old televangelist allegedly trafficked more than 30 girls and women who were from various branches of his church to a house in Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal, where he allegedly sexually exploited them.
The trial continues on Wednesday.
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South Africa bid to host 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
Africa / 14 December 2018, 06:30am /
Caf president Ahmad Ahmad, seen here with Safa counterpart Danny Jordaan, said candidate countries will come forward to host the 2019 Afcon. Photo: Muzi Ntombela/BackpagePix
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa has formally bid to replace Cameroon as hosts of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, a senior football official told AFP Thursday.
“We have submitted our bid documents,” South African Football Association spokesman Dominic Chimhavi said in reply to emailed questions from AFP.
“(It) is now up to CAF to decide (who hosts the 2019 Cup of Nations).”
Earlier Thursday, Egypt said it was willing to stage the biennial African football showpiece after Morocco surprisingly announced it would not bid.
Morocco had been strong a media favourite to host the tournament for the first time since 1988.
Last week, Cameroon was stripped of the right to stage the tournament with African football body CAF citing behind-schedule preparations and security concerns.
The deadline for bids is 2200GMT Friday with a decision on who replaces Cameroon to be made in Senegal on January 9.
South Africa last week “expressed an interest” in staging the Cup of Nations for the second time in six years, but stopped short of formally applying to be hosts.
If South Africa is chosen, it will be third time it has replaced another country as hosts of a tournament first staged in Sudan 61 years ago.
It took over from Kenya in 1996, going on to win the tournament just four years after returning to international football from apartheid-induced isolation.
Post Moamer Kadhafi-era violence prevented Libya hosting the 2013 edition and South Africa stepped in three years after becoming the first African country to stage the World Cup.
Record seven-time champions Egypt were hosts in 1959, 1974, 1986 and 2006 and won three of those four tournaments.
The 2019 Cup of Nations will be the first to feature 24 teams, up from 16 in Gabon last year when Cameroon were surprise winners.
There will also be a change of dates with the tournament moving from January/February to June/July to avoid club-versus-country clashes.
Cameroon won in 2017 despite a number of stars, including Liverpool defender Joel Matip, opting to stay with their clubs in the middle of the season.
Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Morocco will not host 2019 Africa Cup of Nations: minister
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Caf president says South Africa ‘one of the countries’ to send letter of intention to host 2019 Afcon
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Tenth Circuit: Submitting eBay VeRO notice confers jurisdiciton in alleged infringer's home state
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In a recent decision, the Tenth Circuit reversed a district court's dismissal of a copyright case for lack of personal jurisdiction. The case arose out of the efforts by a copyright holder to have an eBay auction for allegedly infringing products removed via eBay's VeRO program. After the auction was removed, the alleged infringer filed suit, seeking a declaration that its products did not infringe. The district court had dismissed the matter for lack of personal jurisdiction, rejecting a Calder-type argument that the act of removing the auction was specifically directed to Colorado, where the alleged infringer resided. The Tenth Circuit reversed the dismissal, finding that at least at the pleadings stage, a prima facie showing of jurisdiction had been made under Calder. Specifically, the complaint sufficiently alleged that the copyright holder's actions were intentional and expressly aimed at the forum state with knowledge that the brunt of the injury would be felt in the forum state, and that the case arose out of that conduct.
More detail of Dudnikov v. Chalk & Vermillion Fine Arts, Inc. after the jump.The plaintiffs run an internet-based business out of their Colorado home selling a variety of products on eBay under the name "Tabber's Temptations." Tabber's Temptations is described by eBay as a "power seller," receiving thousands of positive feedback messages regarding the sale of its products since 1998. In October, 2005, Plaintiffs launched an auction on eBay offering fabric for sale with the image of the cartoon character Betty Boop wearing various gowns. Below are images of the fabric: Erté's works, Symphony In Black and Ebony and White, depict a tall slender woman pictured wearing a floor length form-fitting dress that trails her feet, and holding the leash of a thin, regal dog. Another work, Starstruck, has a different distinctive gown. These images are below:
Defendant Chalk & Vermilion, on behalf of SevenArts, a British corporation who owns the copyright to Erté's works, learned of Plaintiffs' fabric auctions and notified eBay under its VeRO (Verified Rights Owner) program, seeking cancellation of the auction. Upon receiving the notice, eBay made the cancellation. Plaintiffs volunteered to withdraw its disputed fabric and requested Defendants withdraw its notice of claimed infringement (NOCI) fearing a negative impact on its high satisfaction rating of its eBay business. When Defendants declined to withdraw the NOCI, Plaintiffs submitted a counter notice to eBay contesting the validity of SevenArts' copyright claim. After this, Chalk & Vermillion stated they would file suit within 10 days to prevent the auction from being reinstated. Before they could do so, Plaintiffs filed a pro se complaint in the District Court of Colorado seeking a declaratory judgment clarifying that their sale of the contested Boop fabric did not infringe Defendants' copyrights and an injunction preventing Defendants from interfering with future sales of the fabric. Defendants responded to the complaint by entering a special appearance and moved to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. A magistrate judge found that while the court lacked general jurisdiction over Defendants, specific jurisdiction did exist, and recommended the motion be denied. Defendants objected to the magistrate judge's recommendation, and the district court sustained their objection, holding that neither specific nor general jurisdiction existed and, thus, granted the motion to dismiss. Plaintiffs appealed.On appeal, Plaintiffs did not raise the issue of general jurisdiction but limited their appeal before the court to specific jurisdiction. Thus, in its analysis, the court used the tried and true "minimum contacts" test of International Shoe and the jurisdictional tenets of "purposefully directed" conduct and that the case "arise out of" the conduct of Burger King. Plaintiffs' argument centered on Calder v. Jones as the basis of its analysis and subsequent finding of personal jurisdiction. The court distilled Calder to three points necessary to find "purposeful direction" of contact to a forum: (1) an intentional action, (2) expressly aimed at the forum state, (3) with knowledge that the brunt of the injury would be felt in the forum state.The court easily found the necessary "intentional action" in the Defendants' letter to eBay invoking the VeRO procedures to halt Plaintiffs' auction.Regarding the second requirement, the court found that Defendants' actions were aimed at the forum state of Colorado. Although Defendants argued that the notice invoked under the VeRO procedures was sent to eBay in California, correspondence threatening a lawsuit from Defendants to Plaintiffs was sent to Plaintiffs in Colorado and, further, that the ultimate purpose of Defendants' actions was to cancel Plaintiffs' auction which originated in Colorado. As to the third point of Calder, the court found that the brunt or bulk of harm was suffered entirely in the forum state of Colorado, and that Defendants knew that Plaintiffs' business and auction were based in Colorado and, therefore, the effects of the NOCI would be felt there. As a result, the court found all three requirements met, and therefore found, at least at the pleading stage, that the Defendants' actions were purposefully directed at the forum, Colorado.Having determined Defendants purposefully directed their activities at the forum state, the court moved on to address whether the Plaintiffs' claims arose out of the Defendants' contacts with the forum. The court discussed the "but-for" and "proximate causation" tests to make such a determination, but picked neither test stating that "either theory . . . would support a determination that plaintiffs' cause of action arises from the defendants' contact with Colorado."Finally, having determined that Plaintiffs met their burden establishing "minimum contacts," that Defendants' conduct was "purposefully directed" at Colorado, and that the lawsuit arose out of Defendants' contacts with Colorado, the court also found that the exercise of personal jurisdiction would not "offend traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice." The court based this finding that Defendants' threat to litigate in federal court indicates a willingness to litigate in some federal court in the United States, California has virtually nothing to do with the litigation as eBay is not a party to the suit, there was no specific witness or evidence in California, and the merits of the dispute were wholly unrelated to California substantive law. Accordingly, the court reversed the dismissal of the suit.To read the full decision in Dudnikov v. Chalk & Vermillion Fine Arts, Inc., click here.Bill Patry has a post on the case on his blog here, and a discussion the case appears on the Decision of the Day blog here, who also provided the links to the fabric photos.
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U.S. President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up during a Celebration of Military Mothers event on Friday in Washington. Trump is expected to present a trophy to the winner of the Summer Basho on May 26 at Ryogoku Kokugikan. | BLOOMBERG
Donald Trump to present trophy to winner of Summer Grand Sumo Tournament
Online: May 13, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump will attend the ongoing Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan later this month and present a newly made trophy to the winner, sources at the Japan Sumo Association said Sunday.
The president is also likely to watch the final three bouts on the closing day of the meet on May 26, the sources revealed.
Trump spoke of his plans to attend the tournament and present a trophy at his meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Washington late last month.
“I’ve always found (sumo) fascinating. So, in fact, we’re having a trophy made in this country. We’re going to give the trophy to the winner of the championship,” Trump said ahead of the bilateral meeting.
The name of the new trophy has yet to be determined, with “the Trump Cup” among those being considered.
The association is making arrangements for Trump to watch the bouts from a specially situated dining table near the raised ring at the center of the hall, taking security into consideration.
During their May 25-28 trip, Trump and his wife Melania will be Japan’s first state guests since the ascent to the throne of Emperor Naruhito.
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Groundbreaking Classroom Introduced At Emma Havens School
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The older kids get to practice their balance skills on the duck walker. L to R: 5th graders Frankie Bevac, Olivia Tesi, Krista Valese, Dean Cassese. (Photo by Judy Smestad-Nunn)
BRICK – Fourth grader Sean Gilson was building a device out of everyday objects that would create kinetic energy.
“It’s called a rubber band roller, and when you put it on the floor it rolls around,” he explained.
(Photo by Judy Smestad-Nunn)
Gilson was working at the Maker Space station in a newly furbished classroom at Emma Havens Young Elementary School that was funded by a $10,000 OceanFirst Model Classroom grant.
The classroom, “Movement of the Mind” is an innovative room where students can think, learn and move at the same time, and mimics the offices at Facebook and Google.
“Whatever you think of, you can build,” Sean said. “This station allows multitasking skills and focusing skills to create kinetic energy.”
Principal Patricia Lorusso said that she and a committee of teachers met more than 100 times over the course of two years to plan the layout of the classroom and to create lesson plans that are integrated into each station.
Principal Patricia Lorusso cutting the ribbon for the classroom. (Photo by Judy Smestad-Nunn)
For example, at the Lego Education Station where the grant funded some $2,000 in Lego pieces, students could create three-dimensional architectural and engineering projects within teacher guidelines.
“There has been extensive research that shows when kids move, they perform much better,” Lorusso said after a ribbon cutting ceremony for the classroom on May 10.
Teachers would sign up to use the classroom, so every one of the 777 students who attend the K-5 school would benefit, she said.
At the Independent Station there is a U-shaped desk where the teacher could conduct a reading group while some of the students use bike pedal exercisers under their chairs.
The grant also paid for two 21” iMac Pro computers, iPad minis, balance boards, standing desks, balance discs, an elliptical trainer and much more.
Interim Superintendent Thomas Gialanella came to the ribbon cutting ceremony and watched as the students demonstrated each station.
4th grader Quinn Hensle shows a balloon car she created at the Maker Space Station. (Photo by Judy Smestad-Nunn)
“This is great – I never saw anything like this, the idea behind it is visionary,” he said. “This will motivate children. I hope it’s the classroom of the future. The physical activity will help with discipline issues because it’s calming and they can think about what they’re doing.”
That’s true, Lorusso said. “I would love each classroom to have at least the movement table for when someone gets antsy,” she said, but noted that the $2,500 price tag made it cost prohibitive.
Fourth grader Quinn Hensle created a vehicle that moved across the floor by blowing air through a straw into a balloon that was attached to the back of the car.
“This is exciting that we have this room now. It’s well thought-out and multi-purpose and it will help to get our energy out,” she said.
5th graders Frankie Bevac and Olivia Tesi sit at the double pedal desk. (Photo by Judy Smestad-Nunn)
Executive director of the OceanFirst Foundation, Kathy Durante, came to the ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Brick branch manager Patricia M. Siciliano.
The OceanFirst Foundation awarded 15 Model Classroom grants – five to elementary schools, five to middle schools, and five to high schools in Ocean and Monmouth Counties. Brick High School was also a grant recipient this year. Eighty-six schools applied for the OceanFirst Foundation Model Classroom Grant Program this year.
“The grants are awarded based on the scope of the project, the creativity, how the project engages the kids in the classroom, and we look at the involvement of the educators, and much more,” Durante said.
Lorusso said that students at Emma Havens would enjoy the classroom for years to come.
“We’re thinking about having our faculty meetings in here,” she joked.
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Al Bastakiya Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood
Al Bastakiya Al Fahidi Historical Neighborhood: Dubai’s Heritage – Al Bastakiya: All You Need to Know about Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood – Al Bastakiya: The Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood, previously known as Al Bastakiya, is one of the coolest areas to explore in Dubai – especially during Sikka Art Fair!
At the heart of Dubai’s historic charm is the Bastakiya Quarter, also known as Al Bastakiya. You can catch a glimpse of this charming village across Dubai Creek. Setting foot into this place is like being transported into a whole new (or rather, “old”) world.
The traditional style of life that was prevalent in Dubai from the mid 19th century until the 1970s is reflected at the Al-Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood, where buildings with high air towers (Barajeel).
Al Bastakiya Al Fahidi Historical Neighborhood
Built with traditional building materials such as stone, gypsum, teak, sandalwood, fronds, and palm wood are aligned side by side, separated by alleys, pathways and public squares, which give the district a natural and beautiful diversity.
This district, owing to its strategic location at Dubai Creek (Khor Dubai), played an essential role in managing Dubai and organizing its commercial relations overseas. Moreover, it is still the district adjacent to His Highness Monarch of Dubai’s div
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The structures of the region are right now utilized in hatching various shifted social and aesthetic exercises (both open and private) running from craft displays, particular exhibition halls, social and creative social orders, ateliers to social focuses, (for example, Sheik Mohammed Bin Rashid Center for Cultural Understanding).
The area additionally has various regular social and imaginative occasions, for instance, Sikka Art Fair, Artists-in-Residence Program, Heritage Week, National Day Events and religious festivals. Delightful and comfortable bistros, eateries and motels flooding with legacy are dissipated everywhere throughout the area.
A visit to Al Fahidi Historical Neighborhood is an extraordinary chance to get to know the old lifestyle, which was predominant in Dubai, with its rich qualities that can be found in the structure of the structures and how they are appropriated.
For example, one can’t neglect the network’s consideration for security that can be felt in the shortage of front windows, their limitation, and height. Likewise, the winding and bending back roads and pathways.
Just as raising the majority of the regional structures confronting southwest towards the qibla, notwithstanding various qualities and rules that will disentangle once the guest encounters Al Fahidi Neighborhood for themselves.
So That’s it in this article on Al Bastakiya Al Fahidi Historical Neighborhood, Feel free to share your views in the comment section below, Thanks for reading.
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Deforestation, Erosion, and Fire: Degradation Myths in the Environmental History of Madagascar
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Mention of the island nation of Madagascar conjures up images of exotic nature, rampant deforestation, and destructive erosion. Popular descriptions of the island frequently include phrases such as 'ecological mayhem' or 'barren landscape'. This paper compares this common wisdom and conservation rhetoric about the environmental history of Madagascar with the results of recent research by paleoecologists and others. Deforestation and erosion, while very real trends, are exaggerated due to mistaken ideas about pre-settlement forest extent and the eye-catching red soils and erosion gullies. The role of fire, principal tool of landscape change and pasture maintenance, is unnecessarily demonised. Blame is placed on the Malagasy people and problems of poverty and population growth, ignoring economic interests, historical political contexts, community politics, and the potential of the people to manage their resources positively. Finally, drawing from the recent school of thought that recognises the role of narratives, discourses, and representations in the politics of conservation, this paper concludes by illustrating the political nature of the oft-repeated story of environmental degradation in Madagascar.
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Miley Cyrus’ Red Latex Video Brings Her Mom Into The Comments, Instagram Can’t Deal
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Miley Cyrus’ recent Instagram update has turned into a bit of a family deal. The SHE IS COMING singer has been making plenty of headlines with her 2019-released “Mother’s Daughter” track. The song might have self-acceptance as its theme and “Don’t f*ck with my freedom” as the hook, but it’s got plenty of references to Miley’s mother, Leticia “Tish” Cyrus. The video also shows the 26-year-old singer and her mother in twinning Chanel outfits.
The weekend saw Miley take to Instagram for an inspirational and interactive update. The singer shared a clip of herself from the “Mother’s Daughter” music video. Miley was seen in the red latex bodysuit that forms her core video outfit. The Instagram footage showed the blonde in an empowering moment – the caption seemed to follow suit. Miley promised that she would share three “people,” “places,” or “things” that are empowering to her if her fans did the same.
Responses poured in. It looks like the platform has picked up on one in particular, though.
With over 3,100 likes, a comment from Tish Cyrus proved the most-liked.
“1. My children… They have all become such incredible people that Im so proud of. 2. Church I LOVE the feeling of renewal and strength I always feel after a service. 3. When I go through hardships and realize I am stronger and more dependent than I realize”
Comment 3 or more people/places/things that make YOU feel strong & I will share on stories! Mine = 1. My MOTHER obvi 2. Flying in the sky (because it’s always been one of my fears & I love conquering anything I’m afraid of) 3. When I have weights in my hand strengthening my body!
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Clearly, the mother-and-daughter bond is both strong and proving well-received.
“Aw that text touched me,” one fan replied.
“@tishcyrus i love you tish, i love you miley,” another wrote.
Given the number of likes, it did seem that Instagram was absolutely loving Tish’s reply.
The singer’s mother wasn’t the only celebrity face to respond, though. Also receiving many likes was a comment from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Lisa Rinna – Lisa and Miley are known for commenting on each other’s social media accounts.
“My Children they are the bomb My Husband cuz he is everything and Dancing which brings me great joy,” Lisa wrote.
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Countless other fans took to the comments section to follow Miley’s instructions. Many mentioned their family members, their faith, and various life experiences that had strengthened them. A fair few also seemed willing to list Miley herself as the person they were most empowered by.
Miley’s update also proved popular overall. It had racked up over 2.8 million views within 22 hours of going live. The same time frame brought over 7,000 fans into the comments section. Fans wishing to see more of Miley should follow her Instagram.
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INSEEGO’S ALL-NEW ROUTER WILL BRING 5G TO LIFE IN AMERICAN HOMES
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Mobile tech pioneer’s multigigabit home router technology powers Verizon 5G Home – the world’s first commercial 5G broadband internet service
Los Angeles – (September 13, 2018) – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Inseego Corp. (Nasdaq: INSG), an industry pioneer in 5G and intelligent IoT device-to-cloud solutions for enterprises, has announced that its new R1000 wireless router technology is supporting Verizon 5G Home, the world’s first 5G broadband internet service.
5G is a revolutionary technology that is set to transform industries and create exciting use cases—making what was technologically impossible in the past, possible. Starting on October 1, consumers in four U.S. cities – Los Angeles, Sacramento, Houston and Indianapolis – will be the first to experience the high speed and low latency delivered by 5G.
“The launch of the world’s first commercially available 5G home broadband service is an incredible accomplishment,” said Dan Mondor, chairman and CEO at Inseego. “Inseego is proud to partner with Verizon and other ecosystem players to make 5G real. Our multigigabit home router is a perfect example of how ecosystem partners come together to bring a new complex technology to the market.”
“Verizon has spearheaded the 5G ecosystem for three years and we’re proud to collaborate with Inseego to make these 5G broadband internet service deployments come to life,” said Chris Emmons, executive director, device and product marketing at Verizon. “Together, we’re making 5G a reality.”
The innovative Inseego R1000 Router with 4×4 MIMO empowers next generation wireless broadband inside the home. Built-in high-performance Wi-Fi features 4×4 MIMO technology for greater throughput and supports mesh nodes to expand coverage. Engineered to deliver an exceptional customer experience, the R1000 includes power-over-ethernet and user-replaceable batteries for continuous connectivity, even during a power outage. The Inseego FWA solution also includes Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE), allowing operators to increase ARPU with a unified solution for customers looking to cut the cord.
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Afghanistan: Hazardous Work for Children Widespread
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(New York) – The Afghan government is failing to protect tens of thousands of children, some as young as 5, from hazardous conditions in the workplace, in violation of Afghanistan’s labor laws.
Helal, 10, works as a brick maker at a brick kiln outside Kabul. He told Human Rights Watch that the brick mold is heavy and his hands hurt working with wet clay. Helal doesn’t go to school because he has to work.
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The 31-page report, “‘They Bear All the Pain’: Hazardous Child Labor in Afghanistan,” documents how child workers work dangerous jobs in Afghanistan’s carpet industry; as bonded labor in brick kilns; and as metal workers. They perform tasks that could result in illness, injury, or even death due to hazardous working conditions and poor enforcement of safety and health standards. Many children who work under those conditions combine the burdens of a job with school, or forego education altogether. Working compels many children in Afghanistan to leave school prematurely. Only half of children involved in child labor attend school.
“Thousands of Afghan children risk their health and safety every day to put food on the family table,” said Phelim Kine, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “The Afghan government needs to do a better job of protecting its children – and the country’s future – by enforcing the law prohibiting dangerous work for children.”
The Afghan government is failing to protect tens of thousands of children, some as young as 5, from hazardous conditions in the workplace, in violation of Afghanistan’s labor laws.
The government has failed to enforce prohibitions against child labor in hazardous industries, and has stalled in its effort to overhaul its labor law to bring it into line with international standards, Human Rights Watch said. Government institutions responsible for enforcing the law often lack the capacity to inspect workplaces, with the result that children working in prohibited jobs go unnoticed and unprotected.
In 2014, the Afghan government published a list of 19 hazardous occupations prohibited for children. These jobs include carpet weaving, metal work, and brick making. While a lack of resources is an important factor in the persistence of child labor in hazardous industries, the Afghan government has also failed to enforce its labor laws through penalties for violators and a strategy to end exploitative labor conditions.
A brick kiln manager in Kabul told Human Rights Watch: “There are children here, starting from 10 years or 8 years of age to 15 or 16… They wake up at 3 in the morning and work until about evening… They complain of pain, but what can they do? The kids are here to make a living. They bear all the pain to do all the work.”
July 14, 2016 Report
“They Bear All the Pain”
Hazardous Child Labor in Afghanistan
Extreme poverty often drives Afghan children into hazardous labor. Afghanistan remains one of the poorest countries in the world. Landlessness, illiteracy, high unemployment, and continuing armed conflict in much of the country are among the most important factors contributing to chronic poverty and, as a result, child labor.
A 13-year-old metal worker in Kabul said, “My fingers have been cut from the sharp edges of the metal and slammed by the hammer. My finger has also been caught in the trimming-beading machine. When your nail gets hit by a hammer or caught in the machine, it becomes black and eventually falls off.”
Thousands of Afghan children risk their health and safety every day to put food on the family table. The Afghan government needs to do a better job of protecting its children – and the country’s future – by enforcing the law prohibiting dangerous work for children.
Phelim Kine
Deputy Director, Asia Division
While work that is appropriate to a child’s age and under healthy and safe conditions can be beneficial to the child’s development and allow them to contribute to their family’s basic needs, work that interferes with a child’s education, or is likely to jeopardize their health or safety, is generally considered “child labor” and is prohibited under international law.
Although pilot projects extending community-based schools to reach vulnerable children have been promising, support for these schools is inadequate to the need. Eradicating child labor in Afghanistan is not feasible so long as extreme poverty continues, but the government and its donors can take steps to protect children from the risks associated with working in particularly dangerous or unhealthy conditions.
Those steps include increasing the number of labor inspectors to adequately cover the entire country; giving priority to monitoring hazardous sectors; and offering the Afghan government targeted technical assistance in devising and implementing policies, standards, and regulations against child labor. Both the government and its foreign donors should devote more resources to expanding educational support to all working children.
The government has a legal obligation under international law to take immediate action to eradicate hazardous child labor. Both Afghanistan and its foreign donors should take urgent steps to protect children from the risks associated with working in particularly dangerous or unhealthy conditions.
“When children are of legal age and work in safe conditions, they can help provide vital livelihood support for many Afghan families,” Kine said. “But the Afghan government has an obligation to enforce the laws that protect children in the workplace, and ensure that they neither have to sacrifice their education or safety as the price for supporting their families.”
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“It was definitely high intensity, high stress as we went through the new format … knowing you have three weeks to make something happen,” Harvick said. “It created some really, really, good racing, and everybody just kind of throwing caution to the wind to try to win races for your team to keep advancing through the rounds.”
The desperation to stay in the Chase caused tempers to flare more than usual at the end of races at Charlotte, where Denny Hamlin had to be restrained by his crew from going after Brad Keselowski after the race; at Martinsville, where Matt Kenseth took the blame for wrecking Harvick; and especially following races at Texas and Phoenix.
On a restart with two laps to go at Texas, Keselowski tried forcing his way through a hole that wasn’t wide enough for his car. He made contact with Jeff Gordon, who wrecked, and afterward Gordon confronted Keselowski, sparking a massive brawl.
A week later at Phoenix, Ryan Newman advanced from the final race in the Eliminator Round by running Kyle Larson into the wall on the final lap and finished 11th, one point ahead of Gordon for one of the final four spots at Homestead.
“One word, if you want to know what created all the controversy and excitement, and that word was elimination,” said Hall of Famer and three-time Sprint Cup champion Darrell Waltrip, now an analyst for Fox.
“You knew every three races that somebody was going to be eliminated. Whether you got eliminated by somebody else or you did it to yourself …knowing the big prize was the last race at Homestead.”
Though NASCAR might have created some unintended consequences with the elimination format, Gordon understands it was good for the sport.
“That’s what makes it entertaining and makes it more exciting to watch,” Gordon said. “If the drivers have their hands full, driving the car, the fans are going to see and sense that a lot more; whether it’s in our voice, the pitch of our voice, the things that we say when we get outside the car or watching. And if the competition is so fierce that it creates a lot of drama and frustration and more excitement when you do well, then I think the fans are also going to feel and sense that.
“That’s what I saw with the new points format. I know from where I was sitting, when that Chase started, it was extremely intense and every moment and every lap and every position just seemed to be so critical, and it only increased as we got closer to the end. And so, I think from a viewership and entertainment standpoint, it certainly did what it set out to do.”
Carl Edwards expects the intensity to increase this season in year two of the new Chase format.
“Guys give 100 percent, and all of them want to win these races,” Edwards said. “Knowing if you win a race … win a cutoff race, you advance to the next round, it does make you more willing to take big risks. I believe last year we were finding our way, and you might see more and more of it. NASCAR is putting all the ingredients in a pot for people to take risks and gambles … so it should be exciting to watch.”
None of the desperate measures some drivers took last season surprised 1999 champion and Hall of Fame driver Dale Jarrett.
“I’m not going to be a person who said, ‘I told you so,’” said Jarrett, an analyst for NBC Sports, “but I did say on the day the format was announced, this will bring things we’re not expecting from these drivers as they feel the pressure that mounts and builds during the chase.
“There’s always been a certain kind of elimination regardless of what the format was. As the season wound down, you either got eliminated because you couldn’t gain enough points to stay in it … but this was an official elimination. It was going to happen every three races. What happened at Charlotte and at Texas was the byproduct of pressure.”
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If you’re following me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Periscope and/or subscribe to my weekly newsletter, then you know I recently had an incredible stay in New York City at the Ritz-Carlton Central Park.
I was in New York for a couple of meetings before heading out to nearby Connecticut to see my family. I wasn’t planning on seeing them for a couple of nights until I made the 42-mile trek out to the country. But when I was upgraded to a two-bedroom suite (speaking at multiple Ritz-Carlton annual meetings has its perks!), I immediately called my dad and told him to jump on the next train into New York (an hour ride from Connecticut) and to bring an overnight bag.
When I met him in the lobby, he had a huge smile on his face, one I hadn’t seen in quite a long time. “Do you realize this is the hotel where your mother and I honeymooned 60 some years ago?” he asked me. I hadn’t known that. He told me that back then, this luxurious property, located at 50 Central Park South, on the east side of Sixth Avenue, was called the St. Moritz.
According to Wikipedia, “the Hotel St. Moritz was built on the site of the old New York Athletic Club. It was designed and built in 1930 by the Hungarian-born architect Emery Roth.” It has changed hands (including Donald Trump’s) numerous times. But in 1999, a development group bought it and partnered with the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company to gut and remodel it, turning it into a combination hotel/condominium.
The Ritz-Carlton Central Park opened in 2002. There are 33 floors; the top 12 are enormous condominiums and everything below is the hotel. They have separate entrances.
When my dad walked into my room, his eyes lit up and he said, “Boy, you have arrived!” He then sat down and immediately started texting my siblings to tell them that he was staying in the same hotel that he’d honeymooned in. After he sent the texts, he quickly walked around the room, grabbed some of the treats from my welcome amenity, then went straight to one of the windows overlooking Central Park.
He didn’t tell me but I could see in his wet, teary eyes that he was replaying the memories of his honeymoon with my beloved mother, who sadly passed away in 2000 (here’s my tribute page to her). It took a while for the view of Central Park to come into his focus but once it did, he said, “this has to be the best view from any hotel in New York City!” I concurred.
And then it happened. “Uh-oh. My hearing aid battery is about to die,” he said. To make matters worse, he’d not only forgot to bring the backup, but his charger too! It’s always terrible when this happens because my dad is usually a happy guy until he can’t hear. Then, he gets rightly frustrated and almost turns into a different person. You see, my dad has a cochlear implant and without a charged battery, he can’t hear a thing. I remember when he first received the implant and regained his hearing, he was over-the-top excited that he could hear the birds chirp in the morning again and the sound of crashing waves when he went for a stroll on the beach. Side note: Do a search for people hearing with a cochlear implant for the first time to see the emotional reactions. I’m sure you’ll cry as I did.
Surprisingly, it’s not that easy to get a backup battery or a new charger, even in New York City. Instead of taking the train back and forth to Connecticut, I called my sister to see if she would come in to the city but she couldn’t. Then I tried my brother and he said he would if he could bring his three (of six) kids and spend the night! I was thinking the Ritz-Carlton is going to kill me but they couldn’t have been any nicer. They made the pullout couch and brought in a rollaway and sent up milk and cookies (photos below).
When my brother and half his family arrived, they just couldn’t believe how big the room was or how incredible the view. Even my 16-month old niece seemed to appreciate how special it was – all she wanted to do was sit on the ledge and stare out the window! That was even after I’d taken her and my nephews to the Club Room and they’d seen all the glass jars filled with candy and homemade cookies.
As you can see from the photos below, we had a really memorable time and without a doubt, the Ritz-Carlton Central Park has the nicest view out of any hotel in New York City that I’ve ever seen.
Now I just need to figure out a way to let my niece and nephews know that this isn’t how Uncle Johnny always rolls. But it sure was nice to share it with them for a night.
Ritz-Carlton Central Park
Suite in Ritz-Carlton Central Park
Welcome tray from Ritz-Carlton Central Park
Ritz-Carlton Central Park rooms
Ritz-Carlton Central Park bathroom
I once requested Glide from a Ritz-Carlton and now I almost always get it.
Ritz-Carlton Central Park WiFi
Ritz-Carlton Central Park room speaker
My dad outside Ritz-Carlton Central Park
Me and my dad in NYC
View from Ritz-Carlton Central Park
My bro and kids in the Ritz-Carlton Central Park
Homemade cookies in Ritz-Carlton Central Park
My niece in the Ritz-Carlton Central Park
Babysitting my niece in the Ritz-Carlton Central Park
Ritz-Carlton Central Park Club Room
Ritz-Carlton Central Park Club Room cookies
Ritz-Carlton Central Park Club Room candy
The maid folds your clothes at the Ritz-Carlton Central Park
Free shoe shine in Ritz-Carlton Central Park
My family in the Ritz-Carlton Central Park
My stay at the Ritz-Carlton Central Park
Walking around My New York's Central Park
Jul 23, 2015 Johnny Jet
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This is without a doubt one of your best ‘family’ stories. your niece is so precious. I love how the party grew. keep rolling like this :-)
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DNR rescues Door County deer after she fell through ice on Green Bay near Little Harbor
A fish Creek man uses airboat his company makes to help Door County DNR wardens rescue deer that fell through the ice in Little Harbor.
DNR rescues Door County deer after she fell through ice on Green Bay near Little Harbor A fish Creek man uses airboat his company makes to help Door County DNR wardens rescue deer that fell through the ice in Little Harbor. Check out this story on jsonline.com: https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/local/door-co/news/2019/01/15/dnr-rescues-deer-after-she-falls-through-ice-door-county/2574239002/
Liz Welter, Green Bay Press-Gazette Published 4:07 p.m. CT Jan. 15, 2019 | Updated 12:12 p.m. CT Jan. 20, 2019
A DNR warden uses a catch pole to rescue a deer, which fell through a hole in the ice near Little Harbor, north of Sturgeon Bay, Door County Jan. 10, 2019. (Photo: Courtesy of Dave Harris)
STURGEON BAY - The deer's eyes were wide with fear as she struggled to escape the freezing water.
Her front hooves slipped again and again as men in the rescue boat crept closer to the hole she made more than 100 yards from the Little Harbor shoreline.
A line of cars formed as people watched the red rescue boat nudge its way through the heavy ice, eventually sliding alongside the deer.
Three Department of Natural Resources wardens were prepared with a catch pole, rope and their hands to pull the deer from the freezing water. Despite a couple of hours struggling to survive, the young doe was difficult to calm, said Dave Harris of Fish Creek, who piloted the boat to the scene that day — Jan. 10.
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"I was going to take a video with my phone, but it ended up that all of us were more concerned with avoiding her hooves to keep our teeth intact," Harris said. "Her hindquarters were pretty powerful."
DNR wardens in the rescue boat with Harris were Mike Neal, Jordan Resop and Josh Voelker.
As the boat reached the deer, it appeared she was close to succumbing to the cold and in danger of dying, Resop said.
"She seemed lethargic, but she got her second wind when we got her into the boat," Resop said. "She turned out to be quite spunky."
While two wardens held her legs, another warden covered the doe, including her head, with a blanket, which calmed the deer, Resop said.
"I can't say enough good things about these guys. They were amazing," Harris said.
Similarly, the crowd assembled applauded and cheered the rescue.
While Harris piloted the boat safely back to the Little Harbor shore, the three wardens worked to control the doe. All were relieved when the boat glided through the ice onto the shore, Resop said.
"You could tell she was exhausted and (had hypothermia), but she was a survivor," Harris said.
DNR wardens pull exhausted deer onto rescue boat in Little Harbor, Door County, Jan. 10, 2019 (Photo: Courtesy of Dave Harris)
When the boat reached the shore, the wardens quickly and carefully lifted the doe and set her on the land. She appeared uninjured and quickly scampered across Door County B toward the woods. The doe stopped to shake off the water, looked back at those assembled and gracefully leaped into the thicket, Harris said. Little Harbor is a couple of miles north of Sturgeon Bay along the Green Bay side of Door County.
"Generally, I don't like to be in contact with an animal like that," Resop said. "We let nature be nature, but when we can step in and help, we do. She wouldn't have made it without our help. To see her run off to the woods to live another day, that is a good feeling."
The condition of the ice made it impossible for the DNR to attempt a rescue, unless there was access to an airboat.
"A huge thanks to Dave Harris and 1000 Island Airboats because without his help, we wouldn't have been able to rescue the deer," Resop said.
While the 1000 Island Airboats-brand craft are specifically designed for winter water and ice rescues of humans, it's a special treasure to also be able to help out the community's wildlife, Harris said. He and some friends bought 1000 Island Airboats more than a year ago from the company's founder, a Canadian man planning to retire.
The DNR site in Door County has the same model of boat as Harris, but it was in the shop for repairs.
"They called me and I had a demo model in Egg Harbor. I took it to the Sturgeon Bay quarry launch and got there as fast as I could," Harris said.
The boats are designed to withstand churning through ice-covered water and to glide across ice sheets.
"We moved the company to Marion (near Clintonville, west of Green Bay) because we saw the value of making this boat to be used in the communities we live in," Harris said.
About 75 percent of the company's business is among law enforcement and first responders. The remainder are sold to people who have a business or hobby that requires navigating ice-covered waterways, he said.
Conceptually, the 1000 Island Airboats are similar to airboats common to the southern part of the United States — flat-bottomed vessels powered by an aircraft engine.
"The big difference is the hull — our boats are built to withstand the pounding on ice; those boats in the south would get torn apart up here," he said. The 1000 Island Airboats also are heated and can be enclosed.
Earlier in December, the Brown County Sheriff's Department rescued 14 men stranded on ice in Green Bay in a similar boat.
"The department bought one of our boats and that's how they were able to rescue those men ... Usually our boats are used to save people; this time, it was a deer's life," Harris said. "It's a great feeling and that's why we bought the company. These boats save lives."
DNR warns public
Never attempt to rescue a wild animal that has fallen through the ice.
Call 920-746-2400 to report an incident to the Door County Sheriff's Department.
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Between legendary Noosa Heads and Rainbow Beach lies the southern portion of the Great Sandy National Park, referred to as Cooloola National Park. The northern portion of the park is Fraser Island. The Cooloola National park is a few 80km lengthy and 30km wide. It has beautiful beaches and sand dunes, untouched teetree forests, and also the pristine upper reaches from the Noosa river such as the Noosa everglades. For more information Rainbow Beach Accommodation Units, visit us today!
This region is well-liked by 4WD enthusiasts, campers, fisherman and nature enthusiasts. It is fantastic for one-day outings and extended camping journeys. Going for a 4x4 between Noosa and Rainbow Beach with the Cooloola National Park is the only method you are able to truly understand why beautiful area.
You will find 3 ways that you should connect to the park:
1) by beach
2) by unsealed road
3) by sealed road.
Each provides a different experience with the park.
Typically the most popular way look around the park would be to drive across the beach from Noosa utilizing a 4WD vehicle. Go ahead and take ferry over the Noosa river at Tewantin to Noosa northern coast. You go to the beach at certainly one of 3 cuttings. Its northern border shore is renowned for its great fishing but for the number of types of migratory wild birds that visit every year. While you drive north across the beach you'll first arrived at Teewah village. You are able to go for a walk inland to Teewah point on Lake Cootharaba. While you move further north you'll arrived at high sand dunes and the stage where you have access to the Cooloola sand blow when walking track. The beach camping zone begins just north from the sand blow. Ongoing across the beach, Nobleman Bore Rd exits to the beach (no entry) and Little Freshwater creek marks the finish from the beach camping zone. The Freshwater track is the only method inland and around to Rainbow Beach. Prior to taking that track you can keep across the beach to Double Island Point. This can be a extremely popular position for divers, fisherman and surfers. Mind back and take Freshwater track inland, past inland camping grounds and Poona Lake. You'll hit the Rainbow Beach Rd, where you switch right and also have a short drive into Rainbow Beach.
Driving conditions vary with weather and tides. It is crucial that you simply drive around the beach no more than 2 . 5 hrs each side of low tide. Around the beach normal Australian road rules apply. Continue with the left and also the posted speed limit is 80kmh. It's highly suggested you lower your steering wheel pressure for driving around the sand. Remember when you are from the sand to re-inflate your tyres and wash the sand from beneath your 4WD vehicle.
The 2nd way from Noosa to Rainbow Beach is to accept Cooloola Way round the western fringe of the park. This really is accessible by 4WD and regular vehicles provided there is not an excessive amount of rain. From Noosa go ahead and take Noosa-Cooroy Rd to Cooroy. Turn right and visit Pomona after which onto Kin Kin. Carry on the Kin Kin-Gympie Rd for around 8km after which turn right to the Cooloola Way. It is really an unsealed road. An additional 10km will take you towards the switch off to Harry's Hut. This is actually the only road accessibility upper reaches from the Noosa river and Noosa Everglades. The direction to Harry's Hut is a touch rough and it is suggested for 4WDs only. You will find camping grounds and picnic facilities at Harry's hut. This is the gateway with other secluded camping areas across the river that are purely available only when walking track and canoe. Camping permits are needed to camp across the Noosa river. Ongoing across the Cooloola way will give you through various kinds of eucalypt, banksia and teetree forests, and you'll eventually mix the upper reaches from the river. Your drive continues north to Rainbow Beach Rd, where you switch right, and you've got a couple of minute drive into Rainbow Beach. The Cooloola Way is rough for normal vehicles, but acceptable for 4WDs. It's suggested you remain underneath the 80km/h posted speed limit. Some parts of the Cooloola Way are quiet rough and also you must drive in a speed that's appropriate towards the road and climate conditions.
The 3rd and fastest ended up being to access Rainbow Beach from Noosa is as simple as sealed road. This is actually the primary access road and it is frequently the return route for visitors. Go ahead and take Noosa-Cooroy Rd to Cooroy and so the Bruce Highway to Gympie. Around the southern borders of Gympie have a right turn following a signs to Rainbow Beach. This goes with the eastern a part of Gympie towards the Rainbow Beach Rd. Turn right onto Rainbow Beach Rd and you've got a 35 minute drive on good sealed route to Rainbow Beach. You'll drive across the northern border from the Cooloola National Park and find out a mixture of eucalypt and banksia forest and occasional heathlands. Before reaching Rainbow Beach you are able to switch off onto Freshwater track and go so far as Poona Lake. This of road is okay for normal vehicles, but no further. Poona lake is really a rarely visited perched lake. Allow the good thing of the hour just to walk in the vehicle park towards the lake, which will work for a go swimming.
Rainbow Beach is really a quiet holiday village, offering a variety of accommodation and eating options. It's the southern gate method to Inskip Point and delightful Fraser Island. The famous Coloured Sands can be seen from Rainbow Beach. At the moment there's inadequate sand they are driving across the beach from Rainbow Beach towards the Coloured Sands. If you prefer a close-up look you will want to put into practice boat. However, there's another small sand blow within the hillsides near Rainbow Beach that's readily available.
Look around the Cooloola National park between Noosa and Rainbow Beach you are able to bring your own 4WD or employ a 4x4 from the 4WD hire business. You will have to decide on a company that rents 4WDs particularly for beach use, which regular vehicle hire companies do not let. You may get a map from the area and access camping permits in the Queensland Government. Want to know more about the best Rainbow Beach? Visit our website for more information.
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Wilder-Fury Set For Staples Center
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Per a report from The Ring, several sources have confirmed a deal is in place for the Staples Center to be the site of the WBC world heavyweight title clash on December 1st.
The original site was intended to be the Mandalay Bay, but holds 11,000 less people than the Staples Center would be able to for boxing.
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Battlefield 1 system requirements: what you need to play on PC
by Marcos Thadani ● Last updated on Oct 18, 2016
Fans of the Battlefield series are no doubt looking forward to developer DICE’s Battlefield 1, which is no doubt one of the most eagerly awaited video games of 2016. And taking into account that the game will feature what appears to be an epic single player campaign, dynamic multiplayer modes and a spectator mode that lets players record the action in a variety of ways, it makes sense that expectations are sky-high for DICE’s game.
And those looking forward to play on PC will likely want to know what Battlefield 1’s minimum and recommended system requirements are in order to get the most out of the game, and thankfully DICE recently revealed what kind of machine PC gamers will need to enjoy Battlefield 1’s World War I action.
The game’s minimum requirements are pretty reasonable, though, with players being able to get by with an AMD FX-6350 or a Core i5 6600K processor and a Nvidia GTX 660 or HD 7850 AMD graphics card, while whose who want a better gameplay experience will need to meet the game’s steeper recommended requirements.
DICE recommends players have access to a pretty beefy PC to make the most out of the game, one equipped with a speedy Intel Core i7 or equivalent AMD processor and a healthy 16 GB of memory, plus a powerful GTX 1060 or RX 480 graphics card.
This is understandable taking into that the game will make use of the latest iteration of the Frostbite engine to deliver some pretty great looking visuals as we’ve seen in Battlefield 1’s preview videos so far. Frostbite has also been used in other EA titles like DICE’s own Star Wars Battlefront and the recently released FIFA 17, both of which undoubtedly looked great.
But despite the somewhat demanding system requirements, Battlefield 1 could prove to be one of the best action games of the year, and it would be a great thing is DICE’s highly anticipated game lived up to expectations and brought a smile to fans of the Battlefield series when it’s released later this month.
Processor (AMD): AMD FX-6350
Processor (Intel): Core i5 6600K
Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon™ HD 7850 2GB
Graphics card (NVIDIA): nVidia GeForce® GTX 660 2GB
DirectX: 11.0 Compatible video card or equivalent
OS: 64-bit Windows 10 or later
Processor (AMD): AMD FX 8350 Wraith
Memory: 16GB RAM
Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon™ RX 480 4GB
Graphics card (NVIDIA): NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 1060 3GB
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Ex-Stanley man Barlaser joins Rotherham
Ex-Accrington Stanley man Dan Barlaser joins Rotherham United
By Charlotte Coates @CharCoatesLT Sports Reporter
FORMER Accrington Stanley loanee, Dan Barlaser, has completed a loan switch to Rotherham United for the upcoming season.
The Newcastle United midfielder will join up with the Millers as they embark on their League One after being relegated from the Championship last season.
Barlaser will come up against his old side when Stanley travel to Yorkshire on Saturday, November 16.
The 22-year-old will then return to the Wham Stadium on Saturday, February 22 in the reverse fixture between the two sides.
The midfielder admits he spoke to former Stanley man Michael Ihiekwe: "Talking to him convinced me to come because he was telling me how good it is here and how good the lads and staff are."
Talking on how the move came about, Barlaser said: "There was interest from Championship and other League One clubs, me and my agent came here about two weeks ago to meet them.
"I thought the way they went about to try and get me was brilliant.
"The interest itself was massive, they really tried to get me in. The facilities and the way the gaffer wants to play was a factor in me coming here.
"The key thing for me was that they proved last season in the Championship that they give youngsters a chance and that's massive for me with me being a young player myself.
"I'm just excited to be getting going with the lads and for the season."
Barlaser made 39 appearances for John Coleman’s side in League One last season - scoring once and assisting once.
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WENDY ELLIOTT: Increasing food security nurtures community connections
Wendy Elliott
Published: Jun 03 at 12:10 p.m.
Soon, peaches will begin growing on the trees in this orchard in Greenwich. - Wendy Elliott
Buying carrots from Israel is not at the top of my shopping list any time of year, but that’s what one local farm market is selling currently. Even when root crops aren’t at their prime in the spring, buying at least Canadian carrots is a priority for me.
We all have issues and concerns around food and food security, so it’s been interesting recently to spend two sessions with a concerned group of local people drilling down on this topic.
Provincial health authority staff brought us together May 8 and again on May 28 to talk about things like gleaning vegetables, agri-tourism, ugly produce and how to advocate for better food security. We came up with all kinds of ideas.
The formation of a community food council and education for kids around cooking skills and eating local got the most votes. I learned that there’s a precedent for these discussions elsewhere in Nova Scotia.
Actually, I had heard Inverness councillor Jim Mustard speak about food security. The notion of a Cape Breton food hub, he said, took shape between 2012-14. It began with producers and grew to include public health, fisheries, farmers markets, producers and government.
Today, the Pan Cape Breton Food Hub Co-op operates as a non-profit linking local food producers to local consumers. The food hub works with about 40 producers throughout Cape Breton Island and carries out education.
Since 2013, the Halifax Food Policy Alliance has been working to build a healthy, just and sustainable food system for the Halifax Region. Last October at the Devour Food & Film Fest, the documentary film ‘Six Primrose’ about the Dartmouth North Community Food Centre provided an excellent idea of the positive impact food connections can offer.
With a large urban garden and an industrial kitchen, the food centre supports individuals to grow, cook, buy and share health food. It’s about nurturing strength and resilience.
We already have some great innovations in the Valley. The free lunch program Sharing Our Underappreciated Produce, or SOUP, is one of them. Starting slowly over a few years, SOUP has grown into a seven-day-a-week program spread between Middleton and Wolfville.
Sarah MacDonald, a community food developer with the Canadian Mental Health Association, launched the SOUP program in 2015 to fight food insecurity. Her dream is further expansion across the province.
Former Berwick restaurateur Jenny Osburn has been struggling with how to fund free school lunches. She wants to take the conversation to another level.
Starting salad bars at two schools was a terrific start, Osburn noted because vegetable and fruit consumption went way up. Hopefully other schools will foster salad bars and more local food.
I have to mention farmers like Patricia Bishop and Josh Oulton of Taproot Farm who note on Facebook when they have crops available for gleaning. Why let the spinach and cherries rot?
The Wolfville Farmers’ Market also has some super initiatives underway.
Lindsay Clowes, who manages the WFM2Go program, speaks positively about Nourishing Food Bucks. This program works with the Wolfville Area Food Bank to identify people who would benefit from support to buy healthy produce, but would also benefit from the social engagement that is part of the market environment.
The food bank selects participants, often single moms with kids, and the market provides Market Money, during the harvest season, to participants. Using Market Money means there is no stigma attached when participants access this support.
Personally, I would like to see better quality food served in hospitals. Food is an important part of healing, but you wouldn’t know that watching trays uncovered. Toronto chef Joshna Maharaj spoke here several years ago on just that topic.
Finally, I remember the wisdom of one of our elders, Peggy Hope Simpson.
“We must protect vulnerable farmland,” she said.
“It becomes clearer with every day that N.S. will need all its farmland in the future to be able to feed itself. The day is coming when it will be uneconomic to transport food from long distances, making our ‘buy local’ just the beginning.”
It makes sense to me that a food council in this region, whatever its name becomes, could bring people together, could educate and support.
The Annapolis Valley is vital to food production in this country and there are more food-related improvements we can get excited about making.
Former Advertiser and Register reporter Wendy Elliott lives in Wolfville.
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“We need to stop this because, if I lose my home, I don't have another place to go,” Sialer said.
The residents, organized by the Washington Community Action Network, marched to the property manager's office.
“The door is locked. They don't want to talk to the tenants,” said Xochitl Maykovich, of Washington CAN.
So, the residents posted a 10-day notice of their own, demanding a meeting.
Sialer said her eviction notice came with a picture of her car parked over a parking space line.
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When her son didn't move it quickly enough to suit the manager, the manager moved to evict her because her son has turned 18 and therefore is now an adult.
Sialer kept a voicemail from the manager, in which the woman talks about Sialer's son. “He cannot stay here any longer due to the fact that he's not on the lease…understand that you said he has nowhere else to go but as of right now I'm not sure what to tell you,” the manager said in the message.
Sialer told us, “He's in high school, so where's he going to be? And they say if he stays here, I'm going to lose my home.”
The management office was locked when we went there, and have not received a response to the voicemail message we left.
Washington CAN believes Rose Crest has a special obligation to help low-income residents, because the builders got state and federal subsidies to build low income housing.
‘It's been very difficult for me, I've been having many nights that I couldn't sleep when this started,” said Sialer.
Porter Close/Concerned residents have asked for a meeting with the management company and the property owner. We'll let you know what comes of that.
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Bladderpod Endangered Listing Stirs Up Questions from Farmers
By Anna King • Jul 23, 2013
White Bluffs bladderpod
Anna King
A group of farmers in southeast Washington is trying to stop the federal government from giving endangered species protection to the White Bluffs bladderpod, a rare plant that grows on a narrow ribbon of federal land and farms.
A farmer group is using genetic tests to claim that the plant is not as rare as it seems.
The farmers hired an agronomist to sample three plants found along the bluffs of southeast Washington. They also hired a scientist from the University of Idaho to genetically compare those samples to a handful of plant material gathered throughout the Columbia Basin.
The farm group says the results show this bladderpod is the same one that grows in many other areas of the West, not the narrow slice federal scientists have claimed. Stuart Turner is the agronomist who led the recent study.
“Unfortunately, (the Department of) Fish and Wildlife is wrong,” said Stuart Turner, an agronomist who led the recent study. “The indications are based on this technology that, based on this extensive testing and cross analysis against other samples from a wide area that is that we have one common species.”
Top plant experts say it’s difficult to tell by genetic testing whether the disputed bladderpod is its own species or simply looks different because of where it grows.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife manager Brad Thompson says the final decision on the White Bluffs Bladderpod will come near the end of November.
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Termites? In Kenosha?
Did you know we have termites in Kenosha?
Yes, we have them. In some locations they are or were in virtually every home. We have Subterranean Termites. These guys live underground and tunnel through the soil to their food source, which is the cellulose of wood. Unlike Carpenter Ants, they eat the wood, not simply nest in it. Their tunnels are lined with mud. This helps keep them from drying out. The workers are creamy white in color. The winged reproductives are similar to winged ants, black bodied with silvery wings more than double their body length. Ants wings are barely longer than their body and more of a brown or amber color. The inner wings are close to half the length of their outer wings, where termites are both of equal length.
How can you tell if you have termites?
The most common discovery is their damage. Typically where the wood of the house comes in contact with the soil, penetrate the foundation or where it sits on the foundation ie sill plate. The second most common discovery is their mud tubes they make on the surface of the wood or foundation. These are their "subway system". Lastly will be their reproductive swarm's. They will congregate in windows trying to find their way outdoors. Spring to early summer is the most common times.
Spectrum Pest Control can find termites through careful inspections where we use a combination of modern technology including moisture meters and fiber optic scopes. We will soon be adding Ultra sensitive Thermal Cameras to our tool box.......
I am asked where termites have been found in Kenosha. The Lincoln Park Neighborhood is the heaviest , Columbus Park area as well. Simmons Island has them as well as the neighborhood due west along 5th Avenue to just west of 7th Avenue. North to 40th St and expanding every year. Along the lake front north of Carthage College . We also have pockets north and south of 75th Street from 25th Avenue to just west of Roosevelt Rd. A new area on the North Side of Kenosha has popped up, West of 22nd Avenue around 24th St in a four block radius .
Are Termites Native to Kenosha? NO! Soil far all the DNA test have shown they are from southern Illinois. Likely imported with lumber and rail road ties used to shore up lake front sea walls, land fill and in the case of Lincoln Park, a former Lumber Mill burned down around 1920.
Should you have a Wood Destroying Organism inspection before buying a home in just these locations?
No but yes! Not just in these locations, definitely in these locations. Do not forget Carpenter Ants are still Kenosha's Number one ant complaint. Termites, Carpenter Ants and Power Post Beetles all require full disclosure one your home sale. Failure to do so, could cost you thousands of dollars or even the sale of the house. Even if the last termite or carpenter h's not been seen for decades.
Please contact us if you would like more information on termites.
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Mick Murphy – The Iron Man
Posted: December 22, 2009 · By: Donnacha Clifford · Comments: 7
Under: Featured, Irish Cycling, Kerry Cycling, News
Tralee to Fenit Cycleway and Walkway
Breaking a collarbone, escaping body-snatchers, stealing a bike, drinking cow’s blood. Mick Murphy’s story is an extraordinary one which details how after taking up racing only in 1957, he won Ireland’s premier cycle race the following year
On May 25th 2007, a barrel-chested old man got out of a car on the side of a hill called the Maum, between Castleisland and Listowel, Co. Kerry. The old man walked with difficulty on two home-made sticks. He was early. Within an hour crowds awaiting that day’s stage of the FBD Insurance Rás had begun to arrive. Soon the man began to attract attention as people moved toward him to shake his hand. The man was Mick Murphy, also known as “The Iron Man”.
His win in the 1958 Rás is one of the epics of Irish sport. People talked about him on the Maum that day. They said he trained with weights made from stone, that he made a living as a circus performer, that on one stage during that Rás – when the freewheel on his bike had broken – he stole an ordinary bicycle from a farmer and chased down the leading pack. They said that he rode for four days with a broken collarbone, that he would cycle for 40 miles having completed a gruelling stage just to cool down, that he drank cow’s blood and ate raw meat. He was indestructible.
Mick Murphy was born outside Cahirciveen in 1933. At the age of seven he began to dream of the road, of escape as a circus performer. He was already training under the guidance of a neighbour, training that included balancing a ladder on his chin.
The way Mick Murphy cycled became a philosophy of life. He had no predictable rhythm. He led from the front. “The dogs in the street knew my style . . . the more they waited for me to shatter, the stronger I got.” Told to wash so he’d look the part before a race, he tore a bit of a shirt he’d trained in and tied the rag around his neck. You could smell it a 100 yards away. It was like the reek of stale sweat at the start of a fight, or the adrenalin-charged smell of a gym: “Without those things you wouldn’t be there. Something must hype you up.”
Mick was “a convict of the road” – an arcane term, born out of the early days of the Tour de France. The time when cyclists lived on their wits, stole from the fields and slept rough. Men like Maurice Garin, “the White Bulldog”, winner of the first Tour, who was sold as a child by his father to a chimney-sweep for a bucket of cheese.
Click here for the source of this article and for a link to an audio documentary on Mick Murphy from RTÉ.
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Mick Murphy – The Iron Man: 7 Comments
mary doherty
could you tell me is this man still alive
He is. Hale and hearty. I saw him a couple of weeks ago at the press launch for the Castleisland Stage Finish of the Rás. He was in great form and still not afraid to talk!
Michael Molamphy
Have heard there is a play about the life of Mick Murphy – would love to make contact with the writer/performer if anyone has any contact info. Many thanks.
Hi Michael, I heard of an unsuccessfult attempt to write a book alright but I have not heard of a play. Keep me posted if you do.
Hi, there is a play about Mick written by John Bela Reilly & Roddy McDevitt it’s called “Attack in the Morning!” It’s fantastic and if you’d like to have it staged in your area I can give you contact details no prob
Thanks Annette, great to hear, where was that staged previously? I would love to try and get it to come to Kerry. Please send me on contact details if you can.
Stuart Watson
A true legend they dont make them like that anymore god bless you mick
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PH says exit marks ‘beginning of the end’ for ICC
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MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines said yesterday that its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) could be “the beginning of the end” for the institution, as more countries would follow suit and non-members would be discouraged from joining.
The announcement to withdraw comes five weeks after a court prosecutor said a preliminary examination had been opened into President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly war on drugs, to look into whether crimes against humanity had been committed.
But according to Mr Duterte’s spokesman, Harry Roque, that examination “violates the very fundamental basis by which we gave our consent to be bound by the ICC”.
In a statement released on Wednesday, Mr Duterte said UN special rapporteurs were trying to “paint me as a ruthless and heartless violator of human right”, and the ICC had acted prematurely and created the impression he would be charged with serious crimes.
Mr Roque said Mr Duterte believes there is a “conspiracy” among lobby groups and the UN, to which he said the ICC is perceived to be allied, and wants to indict him “in the court of public opinion”.
“No new countries will join because we are recognized as probably the number one defender of human rights and democracy in the world,” added Mr Roque.
Mr Duterte’s opponents accused him of flip-flopping, pointing out that he had repeatedly dared the ICC to indict him and said he would “rot in jail” to defend a war on drugs during which police have killed thousands of people.
Mr Roque yesterday warned of an “avalanche of other states leaving”.
“This is the beginning of the end of the court,” he said, adding that the ICC would have no jurisdiction over the Philippines, and it was unlikely Mr Duterte would ever be handed over to the court.
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Warp speed ahead
By Kenneth Turan
FILM CRITIC
Here’s a challenge: How do you implant a potentially lethal alien organism into a body that desperately needs the help but might die if things don’t go just right? No, it’s not the plot of an old “Star Trek” episode, it’s the back story of the new “Star Trek” motion picture.
It’s no secret that director J.J. Abrams and his writers of choice, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, were brought in by Paramount to reformulate the venerable space opera franchise that was viewed as requiring a jolt of energy. What was not often focused on was that the differences between what they wanted to do and what had gone before made this a perilous endeavor.
So it is pleasant to report that though it’s not perfect, the reconstituted “Star Trek” is successful enough for everyone to breathe a sigh of relief. Though it has its over-caffeinated aspects and its missteps, this “Star Trek” has in general bridged the gap between the old and the new with alacrity and purpose.
Part of the reason for the film’s success was its decision to position itself as “Star Trek: The Young Years.” Back we go to the maiden voyage of the starship Enterprise, to the first meetings of future Capt. James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and his baby-faced crew: Spock (Zachary Quinto), Uhura (Zoe Saldana), “Bones” McCoy (Karl Urban), “Scotty” (Simon Pegg), Chekov (Anton Yelchin) and Sulu (John Cho).
In addition to using capable actors who were not marquee names and working in a satisfying role for Leonard Nimoy as Spock Prime (you’ll have to see the movie if you want that explained), Abrams and company have come up with a serviceable “the Earth must be saved” plot. Involved are such science fiction staples as alternate realities and black holes as well as a tattooed Romulan evildoer named Captain Nemo (a capable Eric Bana) who looks like the frontman for a nasty rock band from the north of England.
The plot is also the frame on which numerous action sequences are hung, big ticket items that emphasize stunts, special effects and all the other goodies that all the other franchise movies have. As a known invigorator of pop culture enterprises (“Mission: Impossible III”), Abrams has not shied away from that particular mission.
The difficulty is that Abrams’ mandate to a certain extent conflicts with the “Star Trek” ethos, a clash that can’t be easily ignored. Despite all the glib talk about how moribund the franchise has become, any TV series that spawned 10 preveious motion pictures and several small-screen series has the kind of deep appeal that Hollywood ignores at its peril.
And being true to the Trekker fan base means more than a part for Nimoy, an adroit demonstration of the Vulcan nerve pinch and lines of dialogue like “our gravitational sensors are going crazy.” It means embracing a humanistic, utopian world view that never depended on elaborate special effects for its effectiveness. Given the differences between the “Star Trek” ethos created by Gene Roddenberry and the one that Abrams and company represent, what’s surprising is not that the new film sometimes misses but rather how many hits there actually are.
The place where the Vulcan mind meld between these two sensibilities is at its best is in “Star Trek’s” opening sequence, a kind of prequel set on an earlier starship, the Kelvin. It offers the first glimpse of the Narada, the enormous Romulan ship that looks like a monstrous insect, and a sequence that immediately goes for broke by combining a fierce and unexpected enemy attack, a chaotic, frenzied evacuation and a baby about to be born into peril and sadness all in the same breathless few minutes.
After that, “Star Trek” catches its breath for perhaps too long, showing us Spock and Kirk as young boys and then young men and their varying paths to the Federation fleet. Kirk’s route is the more cliched, as his hell-raising youth leads to barroom brawls and a life-changing interview with Capt. Christopher Pike (a strong Bruce Greenwood), who wonders aloud why young Kirk was “the only genius-level repeat offender in the Midwest.”
After “Star Trek” finally gets everyone on the Enterprise, it tries to make up for so much down time. Though it has to go through the pro forma introductions of all those more or less beloved characters -- something which hampered the first “X-Men” movie as well -- “Trek” then goes into high gear, throwing all kinds of action and incidents at us until undernourished threatens to become overstuffed.
What saves the film, finally, is Abrams’ playful instinct for popular entertainment, the same instinct that turns unexpected performers like Winona Ryder (as Spock’s mother) and Tyler Perry (as super-serious Starfleet Adm. Richard Barnett) into supporting players in his epic. Any director who can find room for them and the Vulcan salute in the same motion picture is operating under a pretty big tent, which is just what summer blockbusters need if they are to live long and prosper.
kenneth.turan@latimes.com
‘Star Trek’
MPAA rating: PG-13 for sci-fi action and violence, and brief sexual content
Running time: 2 hours, 6 minutes
Playing: In general release
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Liberty Dental Plan : About Liberty Dental : News & Events : New General Manager Florida
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IRVINE, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - LIBERTY Dental Plan today announced that Scot Giambruno, a health industry veteran, will join the company as General Manager in the State of Florida.
"I have been impressed with LIBERTY's creative administrative and management capabilities and I look forward to joining their successful team"
"We are pleased to welcome Scot to our team," said Amir Neshat, CEO of LIBERTY Dental Plan. "Scot brings to LIBERTY impressive health care experience, gained over many years serving in Florida, and, most importantly, a dedication to excellence."
Conducting operations out of the Jacksonville area, Giambruno will serve as the General Manager of LIBERTY Dental Plan of Florida, Inc., a Florida licensed Prepaid Limited Health Services Organization. His experience in the health and dental industries is extensive, including Network Manager, Contract Manager, and Director of Business Development for several major health plans.
"I have been impressed with LIBERTY's creative administrative and management capabilities and I look forward to joining their successful team," said Giambruno. "It is a company that provides valuable services to members and its government and managed care partners. LIBERTY serves a critical role in an ever-changing industry that requires vigorous and efficient responsiveness. LIBERTY prides itself on being fully CMS compliant, rare in the industry, as evidenced by the numerous audits LIBERTY has passed with distinction. LIBERTY provides a much higher level of service than other plans in the Florida market."
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Storrs, Emery A. (1833-1885). Closing Argument in the Ransom Case, 1882 | Illinois History and Lincoln Collections
Title: Storrs, Emery A. (1833-1885). Closing Argument in the Ransom Case, 1882
Collection identifier: 302
Extent: 1.0 volume
Storrs, Emery A
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Marshall County--Lacon (Ill.)
Storrs, Emery A. (Emery Alexander), 1833-1885
Woodford County--El Paso (Ill.)
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Legal records
Collection Material Type: Personal Papers
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Porter C. Ransom and Henry W. Bullock were leading citizens of El Paso, Woodford County, Ill. On May 2, 1881, Ransom shot and killed Bullock. Their backgrounds differed, Ransom being "a New Yorker and loyal to the Union, while Bullock was a Kentuckian of the 'Copperhead' stripe" (Chicago Daily Tribune, Feb. 6, 1882, p. 8, col. 4). In 1868, they fell out over a local political nomination, and their feud intensified when Bullock defeated Ransom's bid to be reelected mayor of El Paso. Bullock also represented Ransom's first wife in a bitter alimony suit.
The case, The People of the State of Illinois vs. Porter G. Ransom, went to trial on Jan. 19, 1882, after a change of venue to the circuit court of Marshall County, in Lacon, Ill. "An overwhelming array of legal talent [was] employed on both sides of the case" (ibid.), including Emery A. Storrs, a renown Chicago criminal lawyer. On Feb. 5, two days after the close of arguments, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
This collection contains a 119-page manuscript copy of Storrs' closing argument in defense of Ransom. The volume is morocco-bound, gilt-edged, and partly illuminated. Probably a presentation copy, it was acquired by the Library in 1940, and previously numbered Ms 308.
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The ‘Jugglers’ Mutiny’
John Zubrzycki
This story is based on an excerpt from John Zubrzycki’s forthcoming book: Jadoowallahs. Jugglers and Jinns: A Magical History of India, which will be published by Picador on 30 June.
On 7 November 1889 an unusual procession marched down the main street of Melbourne. Watched by thousands of curious onlookers, the troupe of Indian magicians wearing turbans and brightly coloured flowing robes, accompanied by a trio of 'nautch dancers' and a pair of 'monkey boys' made their way to the city's court house demanding their wages and a passage home.
The ‘jugglers' mutiny' as it became known, was perhaps the most unusual protest the colony of Victoria had ever seen. Six months earlier a man named Charles Bastard, the manager of a Calcutta skating rink, had recruited the troupe to perform in his 'Museum of Indian Curiosities’.
Cover of the book: ‘Jadoowallahs. Jugglers and Jinns: A Magical History of India’|John Zubrzycki
It was not the first time Indian magicians or ‘jugglers’ had been brought to Australia. On 21 May 1853, Rowe’s American Circus presented as part of its show in Melbourne ‘a company of five most deservedly celebrated Indian jugglers’.
‘Of all the professors of sleight of hand, legerdemain, etc, none pretend to equal, much less to excel, the Chinese and Indian jugglers,’
one newspaper reported.
‘And of all the extraordinary performers, those of this Company by far exceed anything of the kind which has ever been witnessed outside of India!. They are truly the Wonder of Wonders.’
The next large troupe to visit Australia was ‘Afghan Museum and Oriental Curiosity Bazaar,’ with its company of ‘Cabul jugglers and East Indian Magicians’ which arrived in 1880. Aside from Goolum Abdullah Ghos, who was billed as the ‘Great Cabul Juggler, Necromancer and Royal Magician to the ex-Ameer of Cabul, Mahomet Yakob Khan’, the rest of the troupe were from India.
No doubt inspired by the success of the ‘Cabul jugglers’, Charles Bastard went into partnership with an American named Henry Washburn and recruited a dozen Indian magicians and show people from around Lucknow.
Indian dancing girls were popular abroad| Nautch dancer, Priya Paul Collection
The ‘Museum of Indian Curiosities’ opened in Adelaide in June 1889. The Evening Journal reported such a large crowd attending the opening night that temporary platforms had to be erected. The curiosities included a five-legged cow, weapons, musical instruments, shoes, trays, inlaid marble work, idols, toys, ornaments, armour, and a brass model of the Golden Temple at Banaras.
The performers consisted of ‘three pretty young women, said to be Queens of the late King of Oude, who sat in a canopied apartment smoking an Indian hookah’; Hunisraj,‘a chief from Gwalior’ who had a beard ‘of extraordinary length’; the ‘monkey boys’, described as ‘novel specimens of humanity’; and a contortionist who moved like a snake.
There was also Painee Pindarrum,‘a juggler of high order’ who demonstrated the cups and balls trick, produced fire from his mouth and spat out dozens of two-inch-long nails, and Galip Sahib who executed the Basket Trick with a young girl named Giddy.
The greatest curiosity was a fifteen-year-old boy from Banaras named Murshy Samee who in addition to having a deformed body and legs, had a head more than a three feet in circumference. According to press reports, the Royal Museum enjoyed steady patronage with the ‘native queens’ and the ‘monkey boys’ being particularly popular.
Groupof Indian jugglers from Zigzag Journeys in India, 1887|Library of Congress
Within a few weeks of their arrival in Melbourne, however, police were called to investigate allegations of mistreatment. One of the jugglers allegedly bit the show’s manager, Harry Friedman, after he tried to stop his allowance of two glasses of whiskey between evening performances.
Things took a turn for the worse in late October when a juggler committed suicide. At a coroner’s inquest into his death, Bastard blamed the suicide on the man’s heavy drinking. Another member of the troupe, however, accused Bastard of threatening to imprison the juggler after a disturbance among the Indians a week earlier. The evidence was dismissed by the jury, which found alcoholism to have been the cause.
During the course of the inquest it emerged that the troupe was housed eight people to a room. One of the police inspectors recommended that instead of being exhibited, the ‘monkey boys’ should be put into an insane asylum.
The Indian jugglers were highlighted for their exotic qualities |Advertisement for the Royal Museum, Trove
Minus one of their jugglers, the troupe resumed performances at the Grand Palace of Amusement. But their return to the stage was short-lived. Bastard and Washburn were charged with embezzlement, leaving the Indians without a salary and contracts that were worthless.
On 7 November 1889, the troupe staged what the local press described as a ‘mutiny’ and marched down Melbourne Swanston Street. According to the Melbourne Herald, members of the public stood aghast at the spectacle, particularly the ‘monkey boys’ who ‘squealed and kicked and romped around like little puppy dogs’ when they were refused entry into the court.
Eventually they were allowed to appear before the presiding magistrate and demanded their return passages to India now that their contracts had expired. Although the two men who had recruited them were clearly at fault, the judge showed little sympathy for the plight of the Indians, focusing instead on the potential inconvenience they posed. He gave Bastard until the following Monday to arrange for return passages.
Indian show people were big draw cards at world fairs and even zoos|Hagenbeck’s Exposition des Indes, Circus Museum.
The passing of the deadline without a resolution brought matters to a head. Once again, the troupe marched through Melbourne, taking up position in a yard adjacent to court and refused to move. After the police arrested one of the men, the chief juggler started gesticulating wildly to the others. When the crowd grew to such an extent that the traffic was interrupted, the police locked all the Indians up on a charge of insulting behaviour.
‘They resisted violently,’
The Argus reported.
‘The idiots, known as the Monkey Boys, fighting with teeth and nails.’
At the court appearance the following day, an interpreter explained to the judge that the ‘Queens of Oude’ were in fact low caste women from Madras and the ‘monkey boys’ were the offspring of a leprous mother.
Sword Swallower, Madras,1870 |British Library
With no prospect of their contracts being honored and the conduct of the case reflecting poorly on the governance and policing of the state, the Victorian government decided to repatriate the group at the cost of £11 per person. They arrived in Madras on 31 December 1889.
This was not the first time Indian show people had been abandoned by their impresarios. On the streets of cities such as London, Brussels and Berlin, hundreds of magicians, snake charmers, sword swallowers, dancers and musicians could be found begging for their next meal.
Fuelled by the craze for exotic displays to satisfy the curiosity of millions of people visiting international exhibitions and world fairs in the late nineteenth century, there were huge profits to be made from recruiting impoverished Indian performers. It was not until the 1920s that the practice was finally stopped.
John Zubrzycki is a Sydney-based author. His forthcoming book - Jadoowallahs, Jugglers and Jinns: A Magical History of India will be published by Picador in June.
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Kirby 100: At the Mercy of Baron Strucker
Jack helps to introduce another of Marvel’s most vile villains!
1917 to 2017: 100 years of Kirby.
Join us to celebrate Jack “King” Kirby’s 100th birthday by learning about the characters and stories he created that changed comics forever. To commemorate Jack’s centennial, we’ve sat down with the modern-day creators he influenced—and the decades of work he gifted us all.
Jack Kirby maybe be best known as a super hero artist, but he loved making war comics. A military man himself, “The King” put his crown aside to serve his country during World War II as an Infrantryman and put plenty of those experiences into books like SGT. FURY AND HIS HOWLING COMMANDOS with his collaborator Stan Lee.
Though still thrilling adventure stories, these issues feature some of the hard truths that came with war, like losing members of your squad as the Howlers did when Junior Junipe got injured in issue #4. They carried that sadness and anger with them into the next mission, which introduced them and the readers to a new Nazi threat: Baron Strucker! The villain debuted dueling with another man and easily winning before receiving his latest orders from Hitler: kill Nick Fury. Thinking his prey beneath him, Strucker thought of the mission as nothing more than a game.
The Wing Commander of the Fuehrer’s Death-Head Squadron flew his plane over the Allies’ post, blasting away at Dum Dum Duggan and Izzy Cohen before throwing a tube with a note down challenging Fury to a death duel on Norsehaven in the English Channel. Enraged at Strucker’s taunts, the sergeant requested transport to the Channel from Captain Sawyer, who flatly refused. After dining with his girlfriend Lady Pamely Hawley, Fury called in a few favors and snuck his way to the meeting with Strucker.
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Neither man wasted any time getting into the spirit of the duel itself, which they fought with plywood swords as part of Strucker’s beloved tradition dictated. However, the villain also drugged Fury’s pre-fencing drink and had his lackeys ready to literally trip Nick up. The future S.H.I.E.L.D. chief did his best to fight, but inevitably collapsed. With his opponent down, the Baron called out his photographers and videographers to record the Amerikaner’s defeat. They strapped Fury in a parachute and dropped him out of a plane near the base he had been stationed at.
Upon returning, Captain Sawyer busted Fury down to a private and dismissed him. Still a part of the Howling Commandos, Nick joined his crew as they went out for another big push. The Howlers got the drop on a tank squadron, stole their vehicle and used it to destroy a rocket base before busting into an enemy base that happened to house Strucker!
The nefarious Nazi didn’t stand a chance in a fair fight with the furious Fury who knocked him unconscious after punching him through a wall! Upon returning, Sawyer saw the error of his ways in demoting Nick—mostly because a general said how lucky he was to work with the Howlers boss—and returned him to the rank of sergeant!
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