You might not have heard about Noam Galai but there is a good chance that you came across one of his images. The young Israeli photographer who lives in NYC is responsible for one of the most used images in the world in recent years (without his knowledge). Between playing Ping-Pong with Duran Duran and taking pictures in The White House, we had a chance to talk to Galai about his work and the picture which changed his life.
In 2006 Noam Galai, a young photographer who only recently moved to New York, published online a series of self portraits which show him screaming. Almost immediately the pictures became viral and spread like wildfire across the web. However the viral nature of the pictures didn't stop there and soon you could find them everywhere including T-shirts and graffiti over the world – all this without Galai being credited for his work.
The story itself received extensive coverage by the world media and at the same time Galai continued to develop his photographic career working with sports professionals (NBA and others), celebrities (Jay-Z, Justin Bieber, Beyonce, Lady Gaga etc.) and public figures (Barack and Michelle Obama). During 2011 one of Galai's pictures was chosen as picture of the year for LIFE magazine.
A: I was born and raised in Jerusalem, Israel. Right after I finished school, I served as a tank driver in the IDF for 3 years.
Q: What about college or university?
A: Other than high school (where I studied nothing related to photography or art), I never went to college or university. 12 years of school were enough for me to understand studying the old fashioned way is just not for me, and that I don't want to 'waste' 3 or 4 more years of my life on sitting in the classroom. Instead, I knew I can learn from experience, and that's what I did.
I think that the fact I never went to college is some kind of an advantage for me over people who go and learn photography, because in school they teach you a lot of "rules", and limit your creativity by telling you what is right or wrong. I usually don't limit myself to those rules, and do what I feel like is the right thing to do. If it looks good to ME, that's what important. even if it's against some photography rules. It gives me a different angle and style of photography.
A: As a kid I always liked taking pictures of family events and trips. I used a plastic film camera, and many times I just used a disposable camera. I knew nothing about photography, I knew nothing about how to take pictures – I just took pictures for fun, to document life and save memories on print.
I started learning and understanding photography around age 20, when I had the opportunity to photograph few basketball games (and related events) of Maccabi Tel-Aviv, the biggest sports franchise in Israel. It gave me a push to really learn everything I needed to know about photography.
If you ask me when I started shooting professionally, i would say around age 21 or 22.
Q: What pulled you into photography? who taught you the basics?
A: Nothing specifically pulled me into doing this, but it was always important for me to document my (and my family/friends) life, to have those memories saved for ever. Same as I like going to those boxes filled with photos of my family taken 10 or 20 years ago, I'm sure the next generation of my family will enjoy seeing their pictures from their childhood one day.
When I take photos of celebrities, I try to capture their essence, the way they are today, for their fans to enjoy both today, and in the far future.
The person who taught me the basics was Yaniv Ben-Simon. I met him while shooting basketball games in Tel-Aviv, and he tried his best teaching me about film, and basic terms and features. Since then I upgraded my SLR to a DSLR, and then it was way easier for me to learn by myself, and that's what i did.
A: My first 'professional' camera was the Nikon N65 (film) that I got from my parents. After that I got the Nikon D70 (back then it was a super advanced camera), and then I got the Nikon D300. Right now im shooting with the amazing Nikon D800. Can't imagine my life without that camera.
Q: When did you move to NYC and why?
A: I moved to NYC in early 2006 right after I finished my 3-year army service. I got a job from an Israeli start-up company, and this is why I moved here. After about a year AOL acquired us, and I work for them since.
Q: Even though you were young and in a new place where you don't know anyone, you were able to get in the mix, work with the biggest publications and many celebrities – how did you do that?
A: When I moved to NYC I had no portfolio, had no real experience in the field and knew no one from the photography and media world here in the US. I just started shooting random things, even if it's just myself, or small sporting events, and uploaded the best photos to Flickr. As time passed, my portfolio grew bigger and better, and over a million people visited it. Later I built my fan base on Facebook, where I have around 10,000 followers so far, and where I post new work as it comes in, behind the scenes, tips and more. It's a big part of building my name, or "brand", and helps bringing in more jobs.
Getting to work with celebrities is something that happened slowly with time. What I learned is that its hard getting to work with known people if you don't have photos of known people in your portfolio, so it's almost like the chicken and the egg. At first you need some luck, and also push your way in – later it gets easier to get these jobs.
A: In the past year or so I got the chance to photograph both president Obama and also The First Lady Michelle Obama, in 2 different occasions. I photographed The First Lady in The White House, in a day that was really special to me, as it was the first time I got the chance to get into the white house. I was able to walk around, get in the rooms, talk to some very interesting people and have dinner with The First Lady.
I photographed the president in June at a fundraising event for his reelection campaign. Again, amazing experience.
Q: You had the opportunity to work with a long list of famous people – from Stevie Wonder all the way to Jimmy Fallon and Elton John – Is there anyone in particular you feel that working him/her was more memorable?
A: From any photo session or a person I get to shoot I have good memories, but no doubt, there are few that come to mind as cool experiences.
For example, shooting Duran Duran in the studio. Other than the fact they are music legends, they were super nice and were easy to work with in the studio. While we were shooting, they noticed the ping pong table I have in the office, and within few seconds I found myself playing ping pong with Duran Duran; Something I would never imagine that I can experience.
DMX – This is actually a photoshoot I assisted my good and talented friend Gino DePinto, and it was probably the most interesting experience I had with any musician. DMX showed up for a short session, maybe 5 or 10 minutes max, and ended up staying for about 2 hours. after shooting in the studio we decided to go to the rooftop to keep shooting. We made him late for his own concert. And to end the (crazy) day with him, he asked us to join him for his concert and hang out with him and do CD shopping with him late at night. Unexpected, and very cool experience.
Q: Many people know you because of "The Stolen Scream" story. For those who don't know about it – can you tell in few sentences about the photo and the story?
A: The story is about a self portrait photo I took of myself screaming, and uploaded to my portfolio on Flickr. About 2 years after posting the photo online, I found out that thousands of people have used that photo for many different uses, without any permission. Big companies started using the image for commercial use, such as music album covers, book covers, t-shirts and more. Other than commercial uses, the image became a symbol for uprising and revolutions around the world. For example, during the Arab Spring the image became kind of a symbol, and my face appeared on walls in Tahrir Square, or on big signs the protesters held. The image also appeared in places like Syria, Iran, Bahrain and even Gaza. More examples of places where people used my image: Spain, USA, Germany, Argentina, Honduras, Mexico and more or less any country around the world. Every day I find new uses, and for me it became almost like an anthropological research – to see where people use it, and for what cause. Today, some consider this image to be one of the most-used photo of our time.
Q: You also work with one of the biggest photography blogs on the internet – Fstoppers – how that connection was made?
A: FStoppers is a photography blog I used to read every day, since the day they went live. Few months after Fstoppers was born, I got the chance to meet one of its co-founders, Lee Morris, for lunch in NYC. After talking about different things like our photography work or just how is it to move and live far away from family and friends – I mentioned my scream story in few sentences, just as a fun story to end our meeting. Few months after that meeting he told me that he told my story to many other photographers, and they all found it very interesting, so he asked to do a mini-documentary/interview about it for FStoppers. I decided that it could be a good opportunity, and I agreed. The video became a big hit in the photography (and legal) community, and was featured on many big news outlets around the world (NBC, TIME, Gizmodo, etc).
Few months after making that interview with me, and after we all became friends on Facebook and they started following my work, they asked me if i would be interested to close a circle and start writing for them. I said yes of course. Big honor to work with such talented people for one of the best websites online.
Q: When you start a photo session – do you have the image in mind ahead of time, or do you go without any specific idea and see what happens?
A: It depends. When I do self portraits I always have a concept in mind, and I try to execute and deliver a photo as close as possible to what I had in mind. When I shoot with models, I usually give myself more freedom, and try different looks on the fly. I see what looks good, or less, and go from there.
When I work with celebrities I have to come prepared with a concept and idea for the shoot. With them you can't come unprepared – you'll look unprofessional, and you usually don't have time to play around.
Q: Do you think it's important to know the person you photograph before the photoshoot to photograph him in a better way?
A: It's very important to know your subject, especially if you're going to shoot one-on-one in the studio. Before I get a musician in the studio, I sit down and listen to his/her music for few days before the shoot. I also look at photos and listen to recent interviews, to learn more about the person and the personality. Sometimes I only get 5 or 10 minutes for the whole photoshoot, which means I don't always have the time to sit and talk to the person and know him personally before we shoot, so it's important to do the preparation ahead of time and come prepared as much as possible. When you come ready, all you have left to do is come to the photoshoot and make the subject feel like we know each other for a long time, and make them feel relaxed in front of the camera.
By the way – its not only about learning about the subject. Its also about preparing the set ahead of time. Because these people usually don't have too much time, its very very important to set up the whole set, and test it way before the subject steps in the studio. This way, you can start shooting the second they get in, and they don't have to wait for you to test the lights. It saves time, and looks more professional.
Q: Is there anyone (that you never photograph) you would like to shoot?
A: I would love to photograph people such as Taylor Swift, Michael Phelps, Ryan Seacrest or Katy Perry for example. Those are people I didn't get to shoot yet, and I really respect what they do. There are also few people I already photographed, but will be happy to photograph again – but one-on-one this time. People such as Jay-Z, Justin Bieber, Beyonce, Lady Gaga and others.
I'll be happy to photograph anyone I already photographed – I can always do better.
Q: How your schedule look these days?
A: First thing I do when I wake up is checking and answering emails, and then finish editing and uploading photos taken the night before.
On days I have studio shoots, I go to the office (where I have a studio), and set up the lights, backdrops and whatever is needed to be ready for the shoot. I also spend some time watching videos and looking at images of the artist/person i'm about to shoot. Getting ready mentally is as important as being ready physically.
At night I sometimes shoot a concert or a game, and if not – I stay home and edit the photos I took that day.
Because I work alone, I need to take care of all aspects of the business: from discussing with clients, shooting, editing, paperwork – and of course managing my social media pages like my Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Flickr and 500px pages. Sometimes it takes a lot of effort and time, but so far its working well for me.
Q: Do you prefer shooting in the studio, where you have full control over the lighting, over shooting outdoors?
A: Good question. I'm not sure about it. Both options have their pros and cons. What I like about shooting in the studio is that first of all its very intimate, and its easier to connect with the person I'm photographing this way. Also, when I have limited time for a photoshoot – I can make sure the studio is set up perfectly ahead of time, and spend no time on setting up and checking lighting and looks when the subject steps in.
I also like shooting outside, because many times its much more interesting. You can find amazing locations that will give you a totally different vibe than a plain backdrop in the studio. I usually try to get both indoor and outdoor shots with artists I shoot. When I go outside i usually take a reflector and/or on-camera flash with a stand and umbrella.
Q: Do you think there is such a thing as photogenic people, or you think a good photographer can get great pictures of anyone?
A: Some people are easy to photograph and some are less. Of course, if a good connection is being made between the photographer and the subject, it will be easier to shoot, and the results will be better. Sometimes the photographer have to work hard to get a good picture, even if the lighting is great, and the location is amazing.
When learning the subject ahead of the photoshoot, the photographer can learn what light will look better on the subject, what angle will work better for that person or if its better to shoot him smiling or serious. With the right preparation you can increase the chances to get better photographs of your subject.
Rap legend, DMX, on the rooftop for a photoshoot.
Q: What equipment do you use? what do you think of the technology race that makes photographer switch cameras every 2 or 3 years? Do you think the digital era did good to the photography industry?
A: I'm shooting with a Nikon D800 (amazing camera) and I have 3 lenses I use in most cases: 24-70mm f/2.8, 70-200mm f/2.8 and 50mm f/1.8.
The taking over of the digital photography really changed the photography world. The older generation might say it's bad, and I say it's a great thing. News photographs can get published seconds after the event happened – no need to wait 2 days for the film to develop. Its huge. Also, it makes the learning experience much easier. With digital you can experiment as much as you want, and you see immediate results. With film, the learning curve was way longer and slower.
I don't have a problem with the fact photographers need to change their cameras every few years. DSLR quality and functions are being improved by a lot from generation to generation, unlike film cameras that didn't change too much from model to model. A DSLR that was considered to be amazing 3 years ago, is now considered as a really low-quality and is not meeting the requirements and end-results people expect today. The Nikon D300 that I used until last year was considered to be one of the best in the world. Since the day i started using the D800, i cant even touch the D300 – the quality difference is huge.
With Duran Duran band members after the photoshoot in the studio.
Q: What is your dream camera? what would you like to have in it?
A: For me, right now, the D800 is my dream camera. If I could I would have added 2-3 features to make it even better – like adding the option to shoot more frames per second. Also, I wish I had a way to upload all the images directly to my FTP from my camera, or being able to send images via email through the camera. I'm sure it will be possible in the very near future.
Q: Photoshop – good, or bad?
A: Without Photoshop I can't exist as a photographer. Photographing is only 50% of the work, and then no one can avoid doing the other 50% of the work – which is editing in Photoshop. When I say Photoshop, it can be even the small simple things such as fixing levels, or fix colors. It's not about changing body sizes of models.
People need to understand that back in the film era people used to edit photos as well. Of course they didn't use Photoshop, but there are a lot of editing techniques in the dark room and its not a new invention.
Just changing few small things in the picture can make a good picture amazing.
A: Amy Lynn – For me there is no doubt she's one of the most talented photographers in the world today, and the amazing thing is she's just 23. Amy makes huge photography and videography productions for few years now, and works with a full staff of make-up artists, hair stylists and stylists. She's one of the most interesting photographers in the industry today and I'll surprised if she will not become a great success in the future.
Benjamin Von Wong – Young photographer that until last year no one knew about, and today he's one the the most known (and talented!) photographers in the market. Not only he shoots amazing concepts and projects, he also makes BTS videos of all his shoots and explain exactly what was the process to get those results. He became a big inspiration for many photographers out there and proved everyone there is no limit to what can be achieved in a photoshoot.
Q: Other than photography – what are your hobbies and interests?
A: I like basketball and soccer, music (listen to it, not sing), food and sleep as much as possible. Happy I get to combine my hobbies in my photography (except for sleep-photography, that didn't happen yet).
A: I don't have specific tips for NYC or any other location. I guess the most important thing is to shoot in your own style. If you do it, and do it well, you'll get jobs that you WANT to do. If you show work that looks good, but they're not really "you" – you might get jobs that gives you money, but you wont enjoy doing it.
Also, it's important that you find the field that interest you the most. If you like photographing food – focus on shooting food. If you like news photography – go and shoot news events. Don't shoot anything because it might bring you momentary fame or a chance to meet a celebrity. If you focus on what you really like, you'll have more chances to succeed.
Q:What is your favorite image?
A: I have a lot of pictures i like. If I need to judge based on success, I have 2 photos that succeeded more than any of my other photos: "Screaming For Help" (The Stolen Scream), and the photo of NYC I shot from a helicopter on the night of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 – that photo was later included in LIFE Magazine and Vanity Fair's Photos of the year. Those are my 2 most successful photos of all time. For now.
Make sure to follow Noam on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, 500px – and of course check out his portfolio.
Model photoshoot – Is there a thing such as photogenic people?
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Influential Brand Elements: Symbolism
This post is a part of our 10 Elements of an Influential Brand series where we cover the essentials to building a powerful brand. Follow this series to learn how to attract an audience, keep them engaged, and turn them into loyal fans.
In the information age, there is an abundance of products and services for consumers to choose from. So there's an urgency for brands to differentiate themselves and stand out.
This is also the case for musicians, whose work lives alongside millions of other artists, all competing online for the ears of beloved listeners.
One solution for standing out in such a busy, competitive world, is to establish symbols for your brand.
Historically, symbols have been used in religions, ancient civilizations, and more recently, corporations. Over the past century, businesses have used symbols to differentiate themselves from the competition, establish familiarity, signify quality, and to build trust.
Importance of Meaning
In order to develop successful symbolism for your brand, you need to instill meaning that can be communicated to your brand community.
For example, well recognized brands like McDonald's and Audi have built symbols that immediately convey history and meaning. Within seconds of seeing their symbols, consumers know what to expect.
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The McDonald's golden arches are conveniently placed alongside roads to catch people's attention. Originally they were used to attract drivers as they saw the arches in the distance. They were new and unique, piquing people's interest, drawing them to McDonald's.
Now, when people see the arches, they know that it's a place for them to grab a quick bite that will be consistent with their past experiences. The symbolism becomes personal and can trigger an emotional reaction as many people have childhood memories tied back to eating at McDonald's, receiving a toy and enjoying a burger and fries with their family. The arches tell a story without the consumer even recognizing.
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Why isn't Diego Lopez going to Brazil?
By Tom Perrin
Updated: 9 June, 2014
Of all the Spanish footballers smarting over their non-inclusion in Vicente Del Bosque's World Cup squad, nobody has more reason to complain more than 32-year old goalkeeper Diego Lopez. As La Roja prepare to defend their crown, Captain Iker Casillas must be thanking his lucky stars that Del Bosque isn't another one of his managers to bench him in favour of the Lugo-born stopper. Why? Because it's Diego Lopez who should be boarding that flight to Brazil.
Iker Casillas is the Spanish captain and has been capped 153 times, so I am not for one minute suggesting that he shouldn't be going at all, far from it. However, watching him rush out rashly in the Champion's League final only to see Diego Godin's header fly over him, I had to ask myself whether or not he is match fit. Diego Lopez, originally a Madrid youth team player, was bought back to the squad by the much maligned Jose Mourinho while Casillas was injured. The Portuguese manager saw fit to stick with Lopez, making him public enemy number one in Madrid and pretty much throughout Spain, as the nation saw their captain watching on from the bench. Casillas and Mourinho clearly didn't see eye to eye, but it's a crying shame that very few people actually recognise the quality he exuded during his time in goal for Real Madrid. You only have to look at his performance at Old Trafford in the Champion's League as an example. When Mourinho left, Casillas must have breathed a huge sigh of life, knowing that the next manager coming in would pick him ahead of Lopez.
Surely? How wrong could we have been? Incoming manager Carlo Ancelotti saw fit to stick with Lopez for the league campaign. Iker Casillas would once again watch on for most of the season but end up lifting both the Copa Del Rey final and the much coveted La Decima, Real Madrid's tenth Champion's League title. On the back of this, Casillas will now keep goal in Brazil while Lopez will watch on from Spain, most likely wondering what he has done wrong.
David De Gea has a bright future as Casillas' successor to the number one jersey for Spain, there's no doubt about that. He should be in Brazil; the experience of a major tournament will be a key player in his development. It's that simple for him.
But then why has Diego Lopez been overlooked in favour of another player who has warmed the bench for most of the season? The goalkeeper to whom I refer is Pepe Reina. Having fallen out of favour at Italian club Napoli, his inclusion in the tournament squad has to be questioned. The squad smacks of Del Bosque picking the name, rather than picking the form player, and let's not even start on the inclusion of Torres ahead of Alvaro Negredo. The three Spanish goalkeepers tasked with keeping the world's best at bay exude quality, but I remain convinced that Diego Lopez should be boarding the flight to South America and that it should be a just reward for his fine performances at Real Madrid.
Club politics and divisions aside, Diego Lopez has only represented Spain once. It's a great disappointment that he isn't featuring in what could have been his one and only major tournament appearance for Spain.
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Patreon supporters pledge a monthly donation to help get the programmes made. If I can get the numbers of supporters up to around five hundred, I can start to explore further a field and bring far more diverse shows. Have a look at the video and see what you think. And if you feel convinced that my aim is pure then pop along to the Bald Explorer Patreon page and check me out in better detail.


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Speech: Upholding public trust and confidence
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Good Afternoon and thank you very much for the invitation to come and speak to you. It is heartening to see so many people from charities who are keen to engage in the important issues of the day and want to run their charities even more efficiently.
There are over 450 registered charities in the Southampton area, ranging from scout groups to the Mayflower Theatre Trust. I am continually impressed by the sheer variety of charitable organisations. And so many start life literally around someone's kitchen table.
It is precisely because our charities are so valued that they need protecting from the minority of individuals that bring charities into disrepute. William Beveridge, who founded the welfare state, described charity as running 'like a golden thread through the living tapestry of our national story'.
Public trust and confidence in charities
We have already had a reminder from Sarah Wheadon about fraud, and why it's so important that the Commission deals effectively with these rare cases of abuse. It is damaging to all charities when one case of abuse of any kind surfaces. Good reputations are hard to win but easily lost. In an age when so many institutions have been rocked by scandal, charities cannot take public support for granted.
Public trust in charities is the oxygen that they need to succeed – the public will and desire to give, volunteer and contribute.
Public trust in charities has remained high, but the public is scrutinising charities in far greater detail. For the first time our research shows that how a charity spends its money had become the most important factor in driving public trust. This is now more important to people than whether a charity is making a positive difference to the cause they work for. This is a significant shift. It shows that transparency and accountability in charities is more important to the public than before.
So how can charities help keep public trust high? Firstly by filing their accounts with us on time. As of today 179 charities with incomes over £1 million are late sending us their accounts and annual returns. You can see who they are on our website. This is unacceptable because it stops the public knowing how a charity spends its money. Some of your fellow charities who were subject to a statutory inquiry for defaulting twice on their accounts have yet again defaulted and are going back into inquiry. This cannot continue.
Trustees can increase public trust by not falling foul of charity law. 220,000 trustees now get our quarterly newsletter to keep them abreast of any new guidance or developments. If you don't already receive it, do sign up for it on our website. It contains important updates about guidance and useful case studies that help you understand how to avoid common problems.
And charities must be ready to answer the public's questions. People want to know more about charities, and charities need to have clear answers. Where does your money go, how much is spent on fundraising and administration? What are your staff paid? How do I know my donation is going to the end cause?
Register of Charities
Many of these questions are answered on our online Register of Charities on our website. The Register is the shop window into the charity world. You can see who a charity's trustees are, and access their contact details. Our Register is increasingly well used – charity entries were viewed 6 million times last year. But we want people to use it even more. Whilst giving to charities is often a decision made with the heart, we need people to give with their heads too.
That's why we are piloting a new tool to search our register. We want people to be informed givers. Please do have a look at the new search tool and give us your feedback as we continue to develop it. We hope it makes information about charities clearer.
Well–run charities deserve an efficient and robust regulator. And that is what I want as the Commission's Chairman. It is not news that the last couple of years have been difficult for us. We have been rocked by questions about our own performance. But I hope and believe that is behind us. The National Audit Office has scrutinised our work and in January it published an encouraging report. They said we have made good progress. They acknowledge we make better use of our powers and do more investigations.
The figures speak for themselves. In 2013-14 we opened 64 new investigations. The year before we opened only 15. Last year we used our legal powers 790 times, compared to 216 the year before. We are monitoring charities more effectively where there are concerns, and using data better by exchanging information more frequently with other bodies such as HMRC.
I am very pleased that the NAO have acknowledged the effort we have put in. But I know there is much hard work ahead of us to complete the change under my Board's leadership. We are not complacent.
The Commission's support for charities
What does concern me is the impression some people have that we are deliberately being 'less helpful' to trustees. That certainly is not the case. But it is true that our limited resources prevent us from giving bespoke advice as we used to do. Five years ago we had £40 million a year and now it is £21 million. We have had to concentrate on our compliance work, but I do think the whole sector gains when bad practice is tackled. It is in every charity's interests that abuse is dealt with, which is why we have placed much emphasis on this. But we do not do that at the expense of our permissions work. Every day we help charities to merge, change their purposes, sell property or land or make other changes to achieve their aims.
For example, at the end of last year we were approached by the trustees of the Band Aid Charitable Trust. You will remember that the original song, "Do they know it's Christmas", recorded some 30 years ago, raised millions. The charity trustees thought they would have to establish a new charity in order to raise funds through a new version of the song to fight Ebola, as their charitable objects were restricted to the relief of hunger and poverty in Ethiopia. To save time, money and unnecessary administration for the charity, we made a scheme that added an additional "relief of sickness" object, while ring fencing the original property and any income arising from it for the original Ethiopian objects. This was done in three days.
And we are always looking at where red tape can be safely reduced or actions can be made simpler. I welcome the Law Commission's report published last week. They make many sensible suggestions that could help reduce red tape for charities, and we shall be looking at them all in more detail. I would encourage you to read it and respond to their consultation.
And we are doing our bit to make running a charity easier. Your accountant can now submit your accounts online to us directly. We are working to make it easier for charitable companies to submit their accounts to us and to Companies House. We are using social media to highlight our guidance. We absolutely want to support the vast majority of well-run charities on the limited resources we have by being smarter about how we use them.
I have also picked up frustrations amongst people trying to contact us by phone, or in finding what they need on our website. We are well aware of this. Of course in an ideal world we would have 24 hour helplines, but this is not possible. Instead we have introduced a call-back system for people to request phone calls back at a time of their choosing. We are also looking at how we can make guidance easier to find on the website. This is already bearing fruit. Our essential trustee guidance now receives over 20,000 views per month on Gov.uk compared to 7,000 on our old website. But we need your help. Please, fill in an online feedback form if you cannot find what you want.
Sadly there will always be a minority of people who wish to abuse charities. Charity fraud is a sad reality. Charity trustees cannot be naïve to the risks that they face, and need to do all they can to protect their charities. We provide guidance on our website to help, and we are encouraging larger charities to make use of a free tool aimed at helping them assess their resilience against fraud. This is, I regret to say, called the Self Assessment Fraud Resilience Tool. Nevertheless! It is effective and it is based on 29 questions for charities to answer. It shows how well you compare with other charities. It is anonymous, and I would encourage you to use it.
Charities face many risk, including risks to their good reputations and consequently that of all charities. We have recently seen this in the case of two charities that had in the past funded CAGE. CAGE itself is not a charity, but describes itself as an advocacy group. Its director recently made quite reprehensible public statements about individuals thought to be linked to unspeakable acts of terror. He did so in a press conference broadcast live by the BBC. You may have seen it yourself. The statements made by CAGE, and the adverse media coverage that followed, raised very serious concerns that charitable funding for the organisation risked undermining public trust in charity.
We had been engaged with the two charities in question, the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and The Roddick Foundation, since December 2013. We scrutinised each charity's relationship with CAGE during this period, including analysing whether their grants were appropriate and whether the trustees had ensured that those charitable grants were used for exclusively charitable purposes in line with their charity's objects. There were clear questions for a charity considering funding CAGE's activities as to how the trustees of such charities could comply with their legal duties.
As a result of our intervention, both charities have given us assurances that they will never fund CAGE again, and we have reminded all trustees of their duties to undertake due diligence when making grants, especially to non charitable organisations.
Some people have questioned whether it is for the Commission to decide what is in the public interest, or what might damage trust and confidence in charities. Yes it is. We exist to regulate charities on behalf of the giving and volunteering public. As I said earlier, public trust is vital to charities. If this is under threat in any way, we must act.
But I do want to be clear. This case does not mean charities cannot fund projects that are unpopular or controversial. Charities have a proud history of supporting difficult causes, such as helping asylum seekers, rehabilitating offenders or promoting little-known causes. But we expect trustees to manage the risks attached to such work. We will be updating our guidance for trustees in due course.
Charities are never far from the headlines, which is why the Commission has such an important role. Take the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, or the Exclusive Brethren as they are sometimes called. The Times newspaper has in the last week raised questions about the nature of the Church's practices, its schools and its tax affairs. The Times has also implied that the Commission was leant on by politicians to register the Preston Down Trust, a Plymouth Brethren meeting hall. They did indeed have a lot of parliamentary support. But the group had to go through a robust process for almost a year and make changes to their government document and behaviour before we would agree to register them. It resulted in the Preston Down Trust acknowledging for the first time past mistakes and agreeing to revise its governing document by entering into a Deed of Variation.
This required the trustees to set out in detail their core religious doctrines and practices in the context of Christian compassion. The Commission's decision was published in detail.
Anyone with concerns about the Brethren could have appealed our decision to the Tribunal. In fact, the Commission's approach was welcomed on both sides, including by Baroness Berridge, who had taken up the cause of critics of the Brethren.
A year on from registering the hall we are currently conducting a review into it which we will publish. If we find anything that brings the good name of charity into disrepute, we will of course act.
These cases demonstrate the enormous variety of charities, yet regardless of what charities do or how big they are, we regulate them all. We have to speak to them about a wide range of topics. So the way we speak to charities and their trustees will vary according to the message we are trying to give. Some have suggested this raises questions about the consistency of the Commission's voice. I disagree. It is still the same Commission. I understand that we must keep listening to charities. But we balance that against our role as regulator of charities on behalf of the giving public. None of us can lose sight of their central role on this.
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The tradition of showing deceased characters from children's literature in the run up to Christmas dates back to the early 1950s when Enid Blyton donated the remains of Big Ears from the Noddy series, following his tragic heroin overdose. The Ashmoleon in Oxford displayed the decaying gnome for several weeks before the smell became too much for visiting children to bear.
As perservation techniques improved, the ability to make ever more exciting exhibits became possible.
In 1974, the British Museum launched the Alice in Wonderland animatronic tea party, using the original animals stuffed and mounted on a series of wires and ropes. In the pre computer age, watching dead but beloved children's characters relive their classic moments in 10 minute repetitive loops brought tears of joy to many children, and tears of disappointment to the glassy, vacant, dead eyes of the Mad Hatter, White Rabbit and Dormouse.
Pete Entwistle of the Hunterian museum's literary corpse exhibition department admitted that the dead hunny loving bear's skull may not be to everyone's taste.
The exhibition launch will be covered by BBC television with many VIPs expected to be in attendance. The ribbon will be cut on saturday morning by the Prime Minister, when staff are under strict orders to ensure the stuffed Piglet head is kept securely locked away.


Crystalline silica is a common mineral that you can find in earth's naturally occurring minerals. Common items that contain silica include: concrete, industrial sand, stone, and mortar. Silica is used to create several other products we use each day. Glass, pottery, ceramics, bricks, concrete, and artificial stone all use crystalline silica in their manufacturing process.
When items are cut, crushed, or ground that contain silica, Respirable crystalline silica is created. These particles are at least 100 times smaller than sand you may find in your child's sandbox. When these small particles are inhaled, the people who inhale them are at an increased risk of developing several debilitating diseases. COPD, Lung Cancer, Kidney Disease, and Silicosis can all be caused by inhaling silica dust. The American Cancer Society recognizes that silica is a human carcinogen. Over 10 industries are linked to having higher rates of lung cancer.
So what does this all mean for you? The new rule was issued because the old rule was outdated. The new permissible exposure limit is roughly 20 percent of the previous permissible exposure limit. At 50 micro grams per cubic meter. The new rule requires the use of engineering controls when possible. If adequate engineering controls aren't possible, the appropriate respiratory protection should be selected. Contractors are required to limit access to high exposure areas and to have a written control plan. Any worker who has exposure over the permissible exposure limit for more than 30 days, has to be offered a medical exam. You are required to train your workers on the risks of silica and how to limit exposure to it.


This is the first time I've used this blog and sadly there is not much to say. Currently I am still in the process of editing the first book as well as sending it out to a childhood friend who wanted to read it (fun fact: they inspired one of the characters).
Aside from that, I'm taking a publishing lab at my university and we just put on a huge writing conference. Though I was working, I managed to put a flea in one of the agent's ears and received his business card. Could it lead to endless possibilities? Well maybe not. He's not a big fan of angels. Oh well. There's always more to seek out, more to ask about, more to hope will pick up your manuscript.
…or maybe I'll get working on that youtube channel I wanted to start up. Yeah. Probably that due to my procrastination tendencies.


I am trying to figure out a calculation (which I am not good at) that will tell me whether a person is over 18 or not. We collect birthdates for applications and some of my co-workers have a hard time doing the math of how old they are. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Making Sense of Breast Cancer Research and News
October 30, 2015 – Andrew J. Roth
Retired Tennis Star to Run NYC Marathon for Cancer Research
October 30, 2015 – Pamela Grossman
FDA Approves Adjuvant Yervoy in Melanoma
October 28, 2015 – Jason M. Broderick
FDA Approves Imlygic for Advanced Melanoma
The Many People on Your Breast Cancer Treatment Team
October 27, 2015 – Josette Snyder, RN, MSN, AOCN, Cleveland Clinic
FDA Approves Yondelis in Soft Tissue Sarcoma
New ACS Breast Screening Guidelines Reinforce Need for Education
FDA Approves Onivyde for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
October 22, 2015 – Silas Inman
American Cancer Society Updates Breast Screening Guideline
Lifestyle Changes Can Reduce Breast Cancer Risk
October 20, 2015 – Debra Pratt
XRAYS aims to be "a reliable resource designed to help young breast cancer survivors and high-risk women navigate through breast cancer research related news and information."
BY Andrew J. Roth
For patients, survivors and their loved ones, it can be difficult to navigate the ever-expanding arena of cancer research and news.
A new project — launched in late August by Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE) and funded by the Centers for Disease Control — is striving to bridge this gap.
The project, nicknamed XRAYS (eXamining the Relevance of Articles for Young Survivors), aims to be "a reliable resource designed to help young breast cancer survivors and high-risk women navigate through breast cancer research related news and information," according to FORCE's website.
The idea for the project, Lisa Rezende says, started with the message board. She and her colleagues were noticing more and more questions on FORCE's message board about the potential of early phase studies in animals and very small human-population trials.
Rezende says one basic science study looking at BRCA and rat brain development alarmed several people on the message board.
"Some report had 'BRCA' and 'seizures' in the same sentence because this was a brain development study," says Rezende, the Vice President of Education for FORCE. "It started making people concerned that they were at some sort of risk, when that wasn't what the study was saying at all."
This growing trend of concern — and misunderstanding — led the team at FORCE to come up with a plan.
"It was those sorts of concerns that made us see that we needed to have somebody monitoring the media, monitoring conversation on social media about media reports and writing the articles from the perspective of the patient."
Though XRAYS was first evaluated in a small study, the project is now a full-fledged operation with room to expand.
As a team, Rezende and Julie Hyunh, a FORCE research associate, identify research gaining significant attention and discussion in the mainstream media.
While mainstream media is the primary focus, Rezende says, they do monitor more specialty publications like CURE, Oncology Nursing News and Science Daily.
From there, Hyunh will examine primary scientific literature, write a summary of her findings and rate the information using a custom rubric.
The XRAYS rubric rates research articles on a 15-point scale. Five points are assigned to three areas: overall research design (which accounts for the study's control, sample size and construction), analysis of the study (which asks whether the data answers the study's question) and relevance to young breast cancer survivors.
Once the score is determined and agreed upon, Rezende and Hyunh then send their report to FORCE's advisory board, made up of active researchers and clinicians in cancer, genetics, surgery, behavioral health, policy and survivorship. According to the FORCE website, an XRAYS report will not be published without approval from one or more members of their advisory board.
The educational benefit of XRAYS is twofold, Rezende says.
"The immediate thing we wanted to do was have something set up where we can have a systematic way to respond and talk about these studies that are in the news from the patient's perspective," she says.
As time goes on, Rezende says she hopes to get their audience to a point where they can understand, dissect and verify a study or news article themselves.
There are not enough outlets looking at research and news from a patient's perspective, Rezende says. Whether it's a patient, survivor or caregiver reading, she says she hopes XRAYS will answer the question, "What does this mean for me?"
Rezende hopes XRAYS becomes a place for breast cancer survivors to turn for information. In the end, though, it comes down to the letter E in FORCE's motto and name: Empower.
"We hope that it will [allow] women to feel empowered to talk to their doctors and ask them questions and feel like they have some understanding."
To learn more about XRAYS or suggest an article for review, please email info@facingourrisk.org
Talk about this article with other patients, caregivers, and advocates in the General Discussions CURE discussion group.
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Join the Friends of b-side and take part in this wonderful community event coming to Portland.
Open your curtains and create window displays to amuse, entertain and enthral visitors & neighbours for a weekend of fun.
Taking part is completely free and guaranteed fun for all the family as well as local businesses, shop windows and schools too!
Register your window on the Window Wanderland website and get your neighbours to do so too! Click HERE to register your window.
Co-hosted by The Friends of b-side & Window Wanderland.


Yesterday, I talked about musicals I fell in love with through the music. Today, I want to talk about musicals I fell in love with initially by the movies. Movies are the easiest way to access musicals and as a result, I fell in love with more musical first by the movies more than by songs alone.
Grease is one of the musicals I fell in love with through the movie. I remember when I was younger that the song, "We Go Together", was my favorite song as a child due to its funny lyrics. I also love "Summer Nights" as well.
First up belong is the 1982 version of Annie. It was my childhood favorite musical in elementary school. I loved Annie due to her optimism and my favorite song was always "tomorrow". Later in 2014, I was finally able to see the stage show. Even today, Annie still makes me feel like a kid again.
Similar to Annie, I fell in love with Sound of Music in childhood through the movie. I always loved songs like "My Favorite Things" and "Do Re Mi" and my personal favorite "Edelweiss".
Just like Annie, I eventually saw the stage production. I saw the stage production of Sound of Music in 2015 and it still makes me feel like a kid and my love for it grew. This musical and Annie holds a special place in my heart due to loving them since childhood.
Next up is Beauty and the Beast. To be honest, I did love the animated movie in childhood. I loved the song "Beauty and the Beast" for sure. But there came a point where I did kind of forget I once loved the movie. It was the 2017 live movie that brought back my love for Beauty and the Beast. I never once forget about the song, "Beauty and the Beast", in this Disney classic. Besides "Beauty and the Beast", I also love "Be Our Guest", "Something There", "Gaston", and "Belle" among others.
Mamma Mia was a musical I fell in love with in high school through the movie. It is so happy and so fun. Complete with ABBA songs, it is a wonderful movie to watch. My favorite among the ABBA songs is Dancing Queen.
Another musical I fell in love with through the movie is Les Mis. I never would have imagined I would fallen in love with a musical like Les Mis. I was the person who believed all musicals were happy. Les Mis showed me that tragic musicals exist and that heartbreak is a musical emotion. This movie is a wonderful movie and to this day still reduces me to tears. It is a wonderful tale of hope, love, compassion, forgiveness, sacrifice, humanity, and redemption. My love for the movie eventually led to me seeing the stage show both at community college and in London. I could go on and on about the importance of Les Mis in my life.
Of all musical movies, it is one of the most meaningful. I love its songs such as "One Day More", "On My Own", "I Dreamed a Dream", and "Do You Hear the People Sing".
Singing in the Rain is another musical I fell in love with through the movie. It is so happy and fun. Its incredible dance numbers are fun to watch. I love watching Singing in the Rain and i love just how light hearted it is. I love songs such as "Singing in the Rain", "Make Em Laugh" and "Good Morning".
I fell in love with South Pacific through the movie. It was in Winter of 2014. School was cancelled for about four days due to snow and four musical movies were leant to my family to watch and South Pacific was one of them. Through numbers such as "There is Nothing Like A Dame", "Some Enchanted Evening", and "Younger Than Springtime", South Pacific is a wonderful love story.
Fiddler on the Roof was also leant to my family during the snowstorm in 2014. I love the movie of this musical. I love songs such as "Tradition" and "Matchmaker". I fell in love with the musical through the movie as well.
White Christmas is another musical I fell in love with through the movie. I loved everything the two two army people did for their general. I still don't the names of any of the songs. It is just a wonderful holiday classic to watch every Christmas.
In either Christmas break of 2015 or 2016, I finally got to watch the movie of Man of La Mancha. My dad was got me interested in Don Quixote. In summer of 2016, I read the novel. I love the tale of the tragicomic knight. My favorite song from this musical is "The Impossible Dream". Its song sound hispanic and is quite well.
I recently saw the movie musical of Oliver. It was such a well done movie. True, I first saw Oliver through the stage production, but due to not remembering seeing it, that doesn't truly count. Well, the movie was very well done. I loved the movie of Oliver. Through the fun numbers like "Consider Yourself" and the more emotional numbers like "As Long As He Needs Me", Oliver is a wonderful adaption of Dickens classic Novel.
Movie musicals are a wonderful way to access musicals. For me, I prefer seeing musicals live over watching musical movies, but what I love about musical movies is that I am able to fall in love with a new musical quicker. Tomorrow's post will focus on the musicals I fell in love with through the stage production.
What are some movies you fell in love with first by the movies? Did they eventually lead to the stage production?
Last night, there was another Pops Symphony. This time the theme was Broadway. In case anyone was wondering what a Pops Symphony was, it was an outdoor symphony in the park where people bring dinner picnic style. In this post, I will talk about the different musicals we listened to, but will talk about them in the order of which I fell in love with them, but at times they might not necessarily be in order. I sometimes might mention my favorite song and character from each if possible.
First up is "Sound of Music". This musical is one of the most meaningful and special musicals of my life. I say special due to just how long it is has been part of my life. It goes to elementary school. We listened to songs such as "Lonely Goatherd", "My Favorite Things", "Sixteen Going on Seventeen", "So Long Farewell", "Do Re Mi", "Edelweiss", "Maria", "Climb Every Mountain", and the title song, "Sound of Music". Of all these songs, "Edelweiss is my favorite mainly because it was my first recital song. It is also one of the more emotional moments in the musicals.
I honestly don't really have a favorite character in the musical. It seems to be Maria and the children in this. It is one of the very first musicals I loved. "Do Re Mi" was the first musical song I memorized all the words to. This musical touches my heart in such a special way and makes me feel like a kid again.
Grease like Sound of Music is a movie musical that I saw in elementary school. But I do not remember which one I saw first. The songs that were played last night were "Hand Jive", "Greased Lightening", "Beauty School Dropout", and "We Go Together", My favorite character is Sandy and my favorite song is "We Go Together". Grease is one of those that I nearly forgot that I loved, but I did eventually remember. I remember that "We Go Together" is my favorite song as a child due to the silly lyrics that the song has.
Now, its time to go past elementary school. Now its time to go to middle school (aged 12) and visit New York and visit Broadway. Before Broadway, I saw musicals on stage, but Broadway was special because a) its Broadway and b) because its Wicked. The songs they did are "No One Mourns the Wicked", "Wizard and I", "Dancing Through Life", "Popular", and "Defying Gravity". Elphaba is not only my favorite character from Wicked, but my favorite character in all of musicals. "Popular" is my favorite song from Wicked mainly because it was my favorite song as a 12 year old.
The meaning of Wicked is quite important. Wicked sparked my love for musicals. Wicked became my favorite musical when I saw it on Broadway. Wicked was key to me understanding the emotional side of musicals. That show was how I began to understand the more vulnerable emotions. With Wicked, the main emotions began to be excitement, love, joy, and sad.
Elphaba means so much to me and she meant so much me from middle school on up and I spent so much time getting to know her and she and I have a lot in common and the two of us have a lot of things not in common. She is smart, talkative, determined, courageous, complex, young, unique, caring, loving and believes in equality and staying true to herself.
Each time I have seen the musical, I have felt more and more vulnerable. I have seen Wicked four times and each time is better and the emotions deepened, but I always feel like a 12 year old. Wicked carries my vision of musicals. It has spectacle/dance, comic aspects, strong emotional bonds, and strong positive and negative emotions in the score.
Now skip high school and fast forward to December of 2012. One musical would enter my life and change my life forever. Les Misérables was the name of that musical. The songs that the symphony did last night was "At The End of The Day", "Master of the House", "I Dreamed a Dream", "On My Own", and "Do You Hear the People Sing" . Well, I still don't have my favorite song or my favorite character at all.
Les Mis was the musical that turned my love of musicals into a passion. Prior to Les Mis, all musicals were happy. That was all I had seen. By seeing the movie, I realized some musicals are tragic. I even realized I was 100% blind to heartbreak. I feel like Les Mis was the first musical I cried during. But while watching that movie, I did not know how to respond to Les Mis being tragic.
My second viewing of the movie musical, which was 2013, was important. That was when I calmed down and saw something special about Les Mis. I began to realize it makes you feel uplifted and over time I realized it is a story of love, hope, compassion, forgiveness, sacrifice, humanity, and redemption. Through the transformation of ex-convict Jean Valjean, the story of tragic and loving Fantine, the romantic and kind Marius, the brave and loyal Eponine, the brave and heroic Gavroche, the passionate Enjolras, the strict and obsessive Javert and the abusive and greedy Thenardiers. you have a wonderful nature of characters.
One more thing to note is that Les Mis has brilliant crafted songs. The songs are well-crafted to match the characters and storylines. "On My Own" for instance shows just how strong Eponine is as a character and how deep her love for Marius goes. "Empty Chairs at Empty Chairs" for instance shows all the trauma and grief Marius faces at the barricades. "Red and Black" and "Do You Hear the People" sing are passionate, which shows the passion and hope the students have for the rebellion. So while Wicked sparked my love for musicals, Les Mis turned my love into a passion.
Literally, I feel in love with Phantom of the Opera around the same time my journey with Les Mis began. It was in 2013 when my mom mentioned Phantom of the Opera and I went to Pandora and requested the songs. The songs the Symphony did was "All I Ask of You", "Music of the Night", and the title song, "Phantom of the Opera". Of all the songs in this musical, "Music of the Night" is my favorite of the songs. However, my favorite character happens to be Christine.
Phantom of the Opera is such a beautiful musical. It is a romantic musical as well. The entire musical is a love triangle. I am one of those Phantom fans who want Christine and Raoul together and who sees Christine as the main character. While I don't like Phantom as a character, I do feel strongly for him. I honestly don't like how he responds to his current situation, but he had a horrible past and he has to put up with unrequited love, but he doesn't respond well to either of those.
Singing in the Rain was another musical they did. The only did the title song, Singing in the Rain for this. This was fun because they had someone actually sing the number. Throughout the number, he did not just sing. He also sang. He danced in the moments in the movie where moments of dancing usually happen. I first saw this musical in 2014.
The crazy thing is I first heard some of the songs from this songs when I was still young. I had heard "Singing in the Rain" and "Moses Supposes" before, but had no idea those two songs were from a musical. I love Singing in the Rain due to just how fun and happy it is.
Music Man was an encore performance at the Symphony. They performed "Seventy Six Trombones", my favorite song from the musical. I first heard the songs from the musicals I want to say maybe in 2012 because that was when I first got Pandora. But I did not get to see anything in context or actually see the plot being played out until 2015. It is an all positive emotion show just like how Singing in the Rain is.
I am going to end with On The Town. I song called "I Can Cook" was sung. I picked it last because I had never seen the musical or even heard the songs before so it had to be last.
Just by looking at these musicals, it is a nice blend of musicals. It really shows what the musical world is. There is spectacle/dance, comic and tragic aspects, strong emotional connection and emotions of excitement, love, joy, sad, sand heartbreak. Those are the main aspects of the musicals.
Just by looking at this list, you can just see that most of these musicals are happy, which is true for the entire musical world based on my interpretation. Those just happen to be Singing in the Rain, Music Man, My Fair Lady Sound of Music, and Wicked. Those happy musicals are written in order of emotional nature and level of darkness, but they are all still happy even if some may have there darkness, seriousness or tragic moments. I think On The Town fits under these musicals, but 100% not sure.
Then Phantom of the Opera comes next: I definitely do not see it as happy and due to me seeing Christine as the protagonist, I don't see Phantom of the Opera as a tragic musical. I see it at the edge of being one, but it most certainly is not in my opinion. Then, we get up to Les Misérables, which 100% is a tragedy, but is inspirational. That is a heartbreaker. So just by looking at these musical, you can see that the emotional world is quite wide ranging.
Musical fans, what is your journey of musicals?
While I get older, the world of musicals gets quite complicated. In this post, I will talk about of the most confusing parts that exist in the world. I will even include the confusing parts that happened to me as the musical journey continued.
First thing is loving a character and having no clue why. That has happened and it would be nice to know why I love them in the first place. Fiyero is a character that has been part of my life since 2006. I have loved him for quite a while, but honestly cannot pinpoint exactly why I love him. When you first meet him, he doesn't care much for school and he appears to be quite rude. He ends up part of a love triangle in Wicked complete with Elphaba and Glinda. I cannot believe I have loved him for so long, but cannot seem to analyze him so I feel there is still a lot to discover about him since sometimes I feel like I still don't know him that well.
There have been characters where I used to not be able to pinpoint why I loved them, but eventually discovered why I loved them and one of those characters is Eponine Thenardier. The second time I saw the movie musical of Les Mis, I noticed I loved the character of Eponine and that time I could not pinpoint why I fell in love with her. But over time as I got to know her more and more, I finally understood why I love Eponine. I love her due to her complexity, bravery, loyalty, and loving nature. Too bad I still cannot pinpoint why I love Fiyero because he has been part of my life much longer than Eponine has been part of my life.
The second confusing part about the world of musicals is love triangles or anything around that nature. No matter what happens, you cannot satisfy every single character in a love triangle because one will always end up with unrequited love. Unrequited love probably is the most complicated part about a love triangle and it is complicated that two characters love the exact same person because in a love triangle it can consist of either two boys loving one girl or consisting of two girls and one boy. The ones I am referring to are the ones from "Phantom of the Opera", "Les Mis", and "Wicked".
The love triangle that is the hardest to understand is the "Phantom of the Opera" love triangle even though it isn't the most complex love triangle. The most complex love triangle belongs to "Wicked", but I grasp that one better than "The Phantom of the Opera" love triangle due to how well I personally relate and connect to Elphaba.
The "Wicked" love triangle was my first exposure to them. I always knew "I'm Not That Girl" was a sad song. I was only in middle school when I first saw Wicked and in a lot of ways, I still feel like that 12 year old whenever I see the musical. By high school, I already understood the complexity and emotional side of musicals. I knew "Wicked" was home to a love triangle. In high school, I knew that love triangles provide an interesting emotional texture.
However through the "Les Mis" love triangle", I realized I didn't fully understand love triangles. Through "On My Own", I discovered that unrequited love is heartbreaking, which changed my perspective on love triangles. I cannot believe I am confessing this, but it took at least a year until I understood that "On My Own" was heartbreaking. "On My Own" was key to understanding that "I'm Not That Girl" was not just a sad song like I once believed, but heartbreaking. I think a big reason why "On My Own" helped me understand love triangles more is because no one in Wicked's love triangle has a story that revolves around unrequited love.
But in "Les Mis", one of the character's stories revolves around unrequited love. "Les Mis" has Eponine. Eponine has to spend her entire storyline having to struggle with the fact that Marius is not going to love her back. The song, "On My Own", is much stronger and more powerful than "I'm Not That Girl". At the moment literally before "I'm Not That Girl", Elphaba just found out moments before that she loved Fiyero so there isn't room for the song to be fully heartbreaking. Love triangles are quite difficult to understand and can take quite a long time to understand. Of all love triangles, it is the "Les Mis" one that I have grasped the best, which was key to understanding the "Wicked" one even though the "Les Mis" one is less complex.
But in Eponine's case, "On My Own" is much stronger because Eponine's love for Marius is stronger than Elphaba's love for Fiyero. In Eponine's situation, Eponine loves Marius so much because he is the only person in her life who shows her kindness. But after Marius fell in love with Cosette, Eponine shows true love towards him. By the time "On My Own" happens, you already know how much Eponine loves Marius. So it took a more serious and stronger form of unrequited love to understand unrequited love from a less extreme form of unrequited love. "Wicked" would be the less extreme example of unrequited love, but the crazy thing is that the "Wicked" love triangle is even more complex thanks to a plot twist that happens.
This is a third confusing part about musicals, which happened to me in 2012. Growing up, I was the person who believed all musicals were happy because it was all I had known. I didn't realize that what I believed was not true. In 2012, my parents took my sister and I to see the movie of Les Mis in December of 2012. After the first death, it hit me that Les Mis is a tragedy and I didn't even know how to respond and I was so shocked and confused. I was thinking "wait a second, Les Mis is a tragedy" and "musicals are not supposed to be tragic". By the end, I had no idea if I liked it or not, but must have been moved by it due to just researching it over time.
So over time, I learned to see beyond the heartbreak in Les Mis. I decided to research why the ending makes me feel uplifted. I realized that the story is about hope, love, compassion, forgiveness, humanity, sacrifice and redemption. I soon learned that even though Les Mis is a tragedy, it fits nicely into the world of musicals because musicals are known to be emotional. Les Mis taught me that heartbreak is a musical emotions so it was helpful that I learned that sad was a common emotion through the happy musicals. Tragedies no longer are confusing to me in the world of musicals and seeing musical through the eyes of them made it easier to spot negative emotions in new musicals.
The fourth confusing bit about musicals belong to the emotions. The musical emotions are so complicated because there are so many layers and each musical has a different emotional nature. Even your love for a musical shapes what the emotional nature is. If you don't love a musical, it is a bit difficult to feel the emotional nature that naturally beings to a musical. There are five main musical emotions, which are excitement, love, joy, sad, and heartbreak.
The negative emotions have been going through drastic changes lately. The negative emotions are the ones that do not grow as quickly as the positive emotions and they are weaker than the positive emotions. That is due to the fact that the negative emotions are not in every single musical and there also has to be appreciation of the songs that are home to the negative emotions where they are strong enough to create an impact. It is a bit hard to fully appreciate and even invest in them if you do not like either the show you saw them in or if you have a hard time falling in love with characters or the same thing in the plot as well. Due to heartbreak being in the mix, it makes the negative emotions really hard to describe.
From musicals like "Music Man" and "Singing in the Rain" to musicals like "Les Mis", that is a wide range of emotions. "Music Man" and "Singing in the Rain" are mainly home to positive emotions because those two shows don't have enough complexity or conflict to be home to the negative emotions in the score.
But when would you say the negative emotions truly begin in musicals? I would say maybe a show like "Sound of Music". Not everyone can strongly feel its complexity or even its negative emotions either. But two years ago when I saw "Sound of Music" live, I remember during "Edelweiss" feeling sad at one point, which happened at a very odd point in the song. It happened in between the time when the Captain stopped signing and when the children began. I teared up for the rest of it. So in a way, a show like "Sound of Music" is where I would say the negative emotions begin.
So far, the strongest point of sad has been "Les Mis" and I don't think that is ever going to change. "Les Mis" is quite a powerful musical and has taught me that I didn't fully grasp the negative emotions up. All I realized growing up was that I was just beginning to understand musical emotions. At one point in my "Les Mis" journey, I was surprised that some musical songs happen while a character is dying like "A Little Fall of Rain" or "Come to Me". Of all musicals, "Les Mis" seems like it is home to the most musical emotions.
So understanding musical emotions is very complicated. Each musical has a different emotional nature. The negative emotions are home to a wonderful blend of complexity, vulnerability, and fragility. The sad and heartbreaking songs tend to be some of the most beautiful musical songs in existence like "On My Own", "This Nearly Was Mine", "I Dreamed a Dram", "Your Eyes", "Somewhere", etc are all beautiful songs and it is very easy to appreciate loving feeling the negative emotions if you fall in love with the sad songs.
So far, of all the musicals I love, "Wicked", "South Pacific", "Beauty and the Beast", "Man of La Mancha", "Sound of Music", "Newsies", "Phantom of the Opera", "Rent", and "Les Mis" are all home to positive and negative emotions when it comes to the score. What is crazy about this list is that only one of those is not home to heartbreak, but only sad it seems. In a lot of ways, the negative emotions are more complicated than the positive emotions. The positive emotions are very easy to fall in love with, but the negative emotions are much harder to fall in love with because the negative emotions hurt and there are so many levels of the negative emotions in existence.
"Les Mis" showed me that the negative emotions have a lot of potential in them. Growing up, I have never been able to notice the tiny details of negative emotions and I never spent my time analyzing them. I feel like musical emotions will keep on getting more and more complex over the years due the fact that I will continue getting older with new life experiences and new shows will continue entering my life. But I love the complexity that show up in musicals because it shows I have a bigger understanding of what a musical is capable of. I know I talked a lot about musical emotions, but in a way, musical emotions are the most confusing part about a musical.
In today's post, I will be talking about the happiest of musicals. Even though the best musicals tend to have those negative emotions in the songs, I don't want all musicals to have those emotions. Some of my favorite musicals are just a collection of positive emotions. Musicals like Singing in the Rain, Mamma Mia and Music Man fit under this category. I love all three of them due to how happy they are.
This does sound a bit misleading because other musicals I love are partly due to the fact that the positive and negative emotions do exist. But the musicals I Just listed are still incredible musicals. I love the songs of all three of those musicals and even love the plots of them as well. You need a nice balance spread throughout all musicals, which is why you need musicals like Mamma Mia, Music Man, and Singing in the Rain in the mix. Those plots just don't have the need to have those negative emotions. Just by bringing them up, it really shows in a way the wide range that musicals have when it comes to the emotions.
The negative emotions start to exist in happy musicals when the right amount of conflict and complexity enters the plot and the characters. That is when they are necessary, but all three of those musical's plots don't have enough complexity or conflict to fit the negative emotions in the plot. The only emotions that all musicals have in common are positive emotions. If the negative emotions were in every single musical, they would become too overwhelming and everything would be completely off balance.
So I can love musicals that have just positive emotions. I associate musicals with the happy musicals/comedies because most of the musicals I have seen in any sort of way or heard of fit under that category.


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Portal proponents are predicting increasing adoption of the technology as organizations seek to leverage investments in service-oriented architecture (SOA) and build closer links between IT and the business.
Daniel Tortorici, director of product marketing for San Jose-based portal vendor BEA Systems, told attendees at a recent BEA-sponsored event in Toronto that organizations are coming to see portals as a way to leverage the IT savings and efficiencies created through the adoption of SOA, and making those efficiencies real and accessible to their business users. SOA becomes the infrastructure and portals the interface.
Tortorici said portals are helping bridge the gap between the IT side of the company and the business users who IT serves.
According to a BEA survey of its portal customers, Tortorici said, most organizations are using portals to give employees access to multiple internal systems such as self-service human resources and sales support, and to facilitate project collaboration, with business-to-employee implementations accounting for 60 per cent of portal projects.
Nav Canada, which has responsibility for Canada's civil air navigation services and employs the nation's air traffic controllers, was on hand to describe how it has used portal technology to give its clients more timely and seamless access to information.
Jacques Delisle, manager of Web services information management, said Nav Canada wanted to more efficiently relay information culled from a variety of sources to its clients, which include airlines and airport operators. The information includes weather reports, traffic forecasts and data on delays and traffic restrictions.
When Nav Canada started down the portal road in 2000, Delisle said the organization wasn't making effective use of the Web, and needed a way to provide clients secure access to its internal systems while ensuring content and document management and regulatory compliance.
Using technology from BEA, including Aqualogic Web portal software, Nav Canada has built a series of portals to serve both its external clients and its own internal employees.
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Mbabazi Backs Gov't on COVID-19. says virus spread in Uganda remains unknown
April 7, 2020 Maurice MUHWEZI | Managing Editor
Kampala – Former Prime Minister, Amama Mbabazi has backed Uganda's anti- Coronavirus efforts saying the extent of the virus is unknown, RedPepper's Maurice Muhwezi reports.
Mbabazi, who lost his presidential bid in 2016, but has been largely in political hibernation, said in a statement on Monday, April 6, that the Presidential directives on the fight against the deadly coronavirus should be heeded to by every Uganda.
While praising Ministry of Health and all health workers, the Former Premier also commended President Museveni and Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng for the job well done in the fighting COVID-19 and further applauding healthcare workers on the frontline to save lives and risking their own.
"COVID-19 has challenged well-established healthcare systems in the world/places like China, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States of America, among others, where medical, scientific and societal advancement is considerable," Mbabazi said.
Mbabazi cautioned that public to adhere to the health guidelines revealing that anyone was susceptible to the deadly coronavirus regardless of economic and social status.
The Former NRM Secretary-General further compared the pandemic to the Spanish Influenza of 1918 – 1920 claiming millions of live world over.
"It affects everyone; it does not respect one's status of economic standing. It causes irreplaceable harm, even death, to human beings. We have come to know that even the young are susceptible and at risk of the severe complications," Mbabazi said.
"The only comparable pandemic, in terms of the scale of the threat against human life, is the Spanish Influenza of 1918 – 1920. The 1918 outbreak caused the deadliest flu pandemic in recorded human history, claiming lives of an estimated 50-100 million people worldwide," Mbabazi explained.
On the spread and ramification of the virus, Mbabazi castigated a section of the public that thinks the COVID-19 was not a threat
"We face a similar threat today with a new virus (COVID-19) that has the same or even greater potential. The fatality of COVID-19 appears to be low compared to that of Ebola – lower by far, than Malaria in Africa – this must not fool us into underestimating the deadliness of the disease," Mbabazi said.
The problem with the new coronavirus is that it is highly contagious and the speed with which it spreads is unprecedented – with the capability to spread quickly and efficiently between people," Mbabazi added.
President Museveni has, in several addresses, taken public health measure to curb the spread of the deadly COVID-19 virus in Uganda; closure of institutions. Learning centres, banned public gatherings, suspended public and private transport and equally restricted people movement with curfews starting 7 pm till morning.
President Museveni. (PHOTO: Courtesy)
Mbabazi challenged Ugandans to play their part in fighting COVID-19, at an individual level to control the spread that could overwhelm the country's medical capacity.
"Social distancing, Handwashing, disinfecting frequently, isolating oneself when one is sick and most importantly following all other government guidelines that have been stipulated," Mbabazi shared.
The out-spoken founding member of the NRM challenged researchers and scientists to share information on fighting the spread of COVID-19 with the public.
"It is important that our scientists disseminate as much information as they can about coronavirus, as well as its spread so that our people are equipped to protect themselves," Mbabazi asserted.
Ministry of Health, on Monday, April 6, that there were no cases registered positive from the tests done, maintaining the total at 52 and confirmed deaths.
"All 231 samples tested for COVID-19 at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) in Entebbe today Monday, April 06 have all returned negative. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases still stands at 52 in the country," read part of the statement signed off by Ministry of Health's Director of General Health Service, Dr. Henry Mwebesa.
Maurice MUHWEZI | Managing Editor
Maurice Muhwezi is a distinguished Digital Media Manager with interests in areas published platforms, website management, team-building, business process improvement and creating e-customer solutions
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