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PostmodernJukebox Keeps Swinging on YouTube
Sep 30, 2021 | Client News, DPA Microphones
Brand Calls on DPA Mics to Provide Dynamic Sound for Live, Recorded Performances
NEW YORK ― Pianist Scott Bradlee started PostmodernJukebox (PMJ) as a creative side project in the early days of YouTube and viral videos. Mixing modern pop hits with styles of the past, Bradlee and his musically inclined friends created a new phenomenon. A decade later, PMJ has grown to more than five million YouTube subscribers, which has earned them appearances on national television, along with a live audience following for their in-person performances. To keep the musical fun going strong, and easy to hear, PMJ relies on a large collection of DPA Microphones.
"I have always loved these really old styles of music, like ragtime and swing, so I started putting together different experiments, which I posted on YouTube," Bradlee explains. "At that time, in 2011, YouTube wasn't a place for professional musicians to post content, but I was intrigued by it. At first, it was a fun way to experiment and create a business card—a destination for people to discover me."
One of the first music mixes he posted was a variety of hits from the 1980s, from iconic groups such as Bon Jovi, Rick Astley and Journey—with a twist. Instead of covering the songs as they were, he set them to ragtime-style piano playing and it went viral. "I realized then that we had something special," he recalls. "I didn't know what it is was at the time, but it was the first time I was ever able to connect with an audience and generate conversations about my work."
As the YouTube page grew in success, Bradlee recognized a growing need to have reliable audio equipment that would provide the clarity and performance necessary to ensure that PMJ's unique performances were heard as they were intended. Often, the PMJ musicians will record live, together in the same room, to help capture the authenticity of the era they are recreating.
"Musicians used to do that back in the Motown and jazz eras, but it has kind of fallen by the wayside," continues Bradlee. "Most of the time, when you go to a modern recording session, everybody's isolated in different rooms. There's more tracking and it's a more controlled environment. We do the opposite."
PMJ has been using a combination of DPA equipment since 2019, on selection by PMJ recording and mix engineer Thai Long Ly, and the group has amassed quite a collection. Ly typically selects pairs of the brand's 4099 Instrument Mics (of which PMJ has eight) and 4041 Omnidirectional Large Diaphragm Mics, as well as the 2028 and d:facto 4018VL Vocal Mics as its main staples. The team also utilizes DPA's 4011 Cardioid, 4006 Omnidirectional, 2011 Twin Diaphragm Cardioid, 4015 Wide Cardioid and 4018 Supercardioid Mics.
"I remember one of the first shoots we used DPA on, Thai came in and was so excited about the microphones," Bradlee recalls. "He said they were 'the most amazing, top-of-the-food-chain microphones.' When we listened back, it was the most crystal clear, defined sound; it really portrayed every instrument. It captured the performance, the way it actually happened, as if you were there."
Ly adds that one of the big challenges for recording PMJ's music videos, aside from just the acoustic challenges, is the visual aspect. "It's not necessarily even the cables that are the visual problem, but really more the mic stands and then the cables coming off the mic stands," he explains. "When you have a lot of performers with stand microphones for each, you eat into the visual real estate, which makes the video shoot challenging in terms of blocking some camera angles. The fact that DPA provides small-form solutions that I can tuck into places and hide behind things is amazing."
Ly adds that DPA's microphones revealed the natural acoustic sound of the instruments, something that, in his experience, most small form factor mics could not accomplish. "One of the things that I really love about DPA mics is the clean, natural low-end extension," he says. "In fact, it's probably the main thing I love about DPA. It's not boomy, boxy, tubby, fake or lifted; it's just a natural extension. They're super deep yet they provide a natural bottom end. As a bass player, I'm really sensitive to that, so that's a huge feature for me. Also, they're incredibly rugged and they always work no matter what we put them through."
Moving forward, PMJ will continue to experiment and refine its videos and live performances. As it continues its current 2021 tour, which includes dates in New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania and other locales, Bradlee, Ly and the team will rely on DPA's roster of mics to keep its performances lively and full of surprises for their audience.


Plain-spoken candor is so rare in corporate communications that it's not surprising it gets dismissed as eccentric, of a piece with Buffett's continuing to live in the modest home he bought in the Omaha, Neb., suburb of Dundee in 1958. But candor is the currency that engenders trust, both among stakeholders and within a culture. And trust is precisely what Buffett has built over decades, in part by offering annual letters that avoid jargon and boilerplate.
In 1997, Laura Rittenhouse, a former Lehman Brothers corporate finance executive, had an aha! moment when reading one of Buffett's shareholder letters. She had started an investor relations company after leaving Lehman in the early 1990s to help clients communicate more effectively with investors.
Buffett's candor inspired her. Instead of trying to sell a strategy or blame external factors for a strategy gone wrong, he used plain English to share the essentials of what he was seeing, what he was thinking, and how his judgments informed his buys. On impulse, she wrote Buffett to tell him that his letters had expanded her understanding of candor and had given her a template for helping other companies be more forthright. Buffet wrote right back to tell her she was "doing the work of angels" and inviting her to his 1998 shareholder meeting.
Realizing she had to quantify candor in order to convince CEOs of its value, Rittenhouse set about developing a system of "candor analytics." Adapting techniques used by forensic investigators and SEC analysts to determine whether someone is telling the truth, the system awards points for words, phrases, and linguistic patterns that indicate transparency. The system also deducts points for FOG, or "fact-deficient, obfuscating generalities"––clichés, jargon, incomplete explanations, euphemisms, platitudes, and contradictory statements. By 2000, Rittenhouse had compiled a 100-company list representing a range of industries and began offering the Rittenhouse Rankings, which grades CEO shareholder letters, teleconference scripts, and other forms of corporate communications.
FOG, Rittenhouse points out, can be either toxic or benign. Toxic FOG is used deliberately to disguise performance, strategy, or intent, with the lack of clarity serving to obscure results. Benign FOG results when lazy thinking shades into lazy speech. Rittenhouse notes an example of the latter that emerges with almost hilarious frequency in CEO shareholder letters of recent vintage: the constant recourse to a "climate of uncertainty" as an all-purpose explanation for timid responses, misguided decisions, or poor performance.
Rittenhouse correlates her candor scores with share performance. In 2012, for the seventh consecutive year, companies in the top quartile outperformed bottom-quartile companies, 32.4 percent to 17.1 percent. (You can find her 2012 rankings, also known as her "candor and corporate culture survey," here.) Between June 2011 and June 2012, the average returns of top-ranked companies increased 9.9 percent, while low-ranked companies experienced a 5.7 percent decline. Top-ranked candor companies included Costco, Southwest Airlines, Travelers, Ford Motor, and Home Depot, whereas the companies that ranked highest in obfuscation were Cigna, Humana, Hewlett-Packard, and Bank of America.
Numbers are notoriously poor instruments for describing culture, so Rittenhouse's insights about the power of candid speaking seem especially relevant for organizations undergoing or trying to implement culture change. Culture is embedded in words, and being aware of the quality and accuracy of the words top leadership uses is essential in reshaping a culture or making it more congruent with the company's mission. As Rittenhouse notes, analyzing the conversation in a company is the best way to understand its culture and assess its capacity to inspire trust––among investors, the public, customers, clients, and employees. Because culture change always challenges trust, using boilerplate or jargon to try to effect it will inevitably undermine the effort. Candid language offers a better path.


When your family is aware of SPD, and is supportive and understanding, it is a a big first step toward insuring a great future for a child with SPD.
That's first step, not last. Before SPD children are able to grow up in a world that is as understanding and supportive of them for their disabilities as you are, we must first 'take to the bandwagon', promoting SPD advocacy efforts throughout our community.
Here, on this page, we give you the basic resources you need to start preparing the world for your child, and start informing others about Sensory Processing Disorder, and the benefits of occupational therapy for Sensory Integration.
Offering basic information about Sensory Processing Disorder and resources for people to find the help they need, our SPD Parent SHARE Flyer is a great resource.


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The Lego Movie 2 is more exuberantly bonkers than its predecessors
by James Robins / 29 April, 2019
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Not since the days of Monty Python has such outlandish absurdity and skewed surrealness been so funny. In The Lego Movie (2014), the film-making duo of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller crafted something visually vivacious and crammed to the hilt with gags.
The charmed pattern continues with The Lego Movie 2 (with Lord and Miller as writers only), which in many ways is more exuberantly bonkers than its predecessors. We're firmly in the realm of lunacy. A major plot point, for example, is the impending marriage of a glittery-tuxedoed Batman (Will Arnett) and a clump of shapeshifting Duplo blocks (Tiffany Haddish) in a ceremony overseen by an ice-cream cone with the droll voice of Richard Ayoade. Don't ask, just go with it.
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The plot, which you might expect to conform to a basic kid-friendly ideal, ricochets backwards and forwards in time (cue cameos from Doc Brown, Bill & Ted, Tardis and Hot Tub), and swaps between the plastic playworld below and the "real" human beings above.
Lord and Miller's vision feels true to the promise of Lego itself: anything can be built, anything is possible. The only limits for the animators are coherence and the bounds of imagination, and even that gets broken in some scenes. It's so brilliant, in fact, we're almost inclined to forget that it's all just an advertisement for a Danish toy company.
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Video: Warner Bros. Pictures
This article was first published in the April 27, 2019 issue of the New Zealand Listener.

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Help! Our 'Half-Jewish' Daughter is Becoming Frum
Both my wife and I are half-Jewish, and raised our kids as mostly cultural Jews. For the record, our kids are technically Jewish because my wife's mother was Jewish. This past year while away at college, one of our daughters became increasingly drawn into the Chabad and has told us that she wants to both keep kosher and observe Shabbat this summer and plans on studying in Israel next spring.
We want to support her in wherever her heart and mind goes and are excited to learn from her. But we are also aware of the second-tier status of women in certain Orthodox sects, including the Chabad, and are worried this particular path into Judaism might get in the way of her ambitions. Seesaw, how do you suggest approaching her about this? We suspect this might be a crucial moment and want to get it right.
The Seesaw is a new kind of advice column in which a broad range of columnists will address the real life issues faced by interfaith couples and families. You can email your own questions, which will remain anonymous, to: seesaw@forward.com
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It's Time to Listen and ExploreLaurel Snyder
Help Her Rememeber Her Old Self TooElana Sztokman
Honor Her Choices — But Also Be DemandingScott Perlo
It's Time to Listen and Explore
Well, to begin with, I hear this question from plenty of in-married families too. So you should know you have lots of company in this particular moment. Because of the model Chabad uses on campus, and because college is a time of exploration and searching, this happens with plenty of students.
The single most important thing to remember is that you want to keep lines of real communication open. Your daughter is an adult now, and she gets to make these choices for herself. As an adult, she's far likelier to listen to you, and respect your questions and suggestions, if she feels like you're listening and respecting.
So do explore alongside her. Go to Shabbat dinner with her on a campus visit. Ask what she's reading. Engage in an open way. Treat her as an equal and in doing so, remind her that she wants and deserves to be treated as an equal. Suggest she take Jewish studies classes. Encourage this interest in ways you support, rather than making this a battle.
One other suggestion: maybe offer to help her get to Israel if she'll consider a more egalitarian program. Look into non-orthodox (but serious study-based) opportunities. She may only have experienced Chabad in this way, but there are plenty of non-denominational ways to learn deeply about Judaism, especially in Israel. I'd venture to guess that (or something like it) would be fulfilling for her in the same way, and more easily integrated into other aspects of her life.
Laurel Snyder is the author of books like "Bigger than a Bread Box" and "Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted To Be Kosher." Find her online at laurelsnyder.com or on Twitter @laurelsnyder.


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(1) The one offering the prayer must be in Christ--must have come into vital relationship with him by the acceptance of the merit of his atonement sacrifice, and by a consecration to his will and service; and, more than this, he must continue to abide thus in Christ as a member of his body, as a member of the New Creation, in order to have the privileges of prayer here referred to.
(2) He must also let the Lord's Word abide in him; he must partake of the Word of truth and grace if he would have the wisdom necessary to ask, in harmony with the Lord's will, things which he would be pleased to grant-- otherwise, even though in Christ a New Creature, his prayers might frequently go unanswered, because "amiss." It is only those who profess both of these qualifications who may expect to approach the throne of heavenly grace with full confidence, full assurance of faith that their petitions will be answered--in God's due time. Only such can realize fullness of joy.
As the Scriptures explain, prayer is the attempt to gain access to the presence of God, and to hold communion with him. Who then may approach the throne of the heavenly grace to "obtain mercy and find grace to help in every time of need?" (Heb. 4:16) We answer, with the Apostle, that the world in general does not have this access, does not have this privilege of prayer. True, indeed, millions of heathen people are offering prayers to Deity with varying conceptions of who and what he is; but their prayers are not acceptable to God. "He that cometh unto God must believe that he is [must recognize him as the self-existing One], and that he is the rewarder of those who diligently seek him [seek to know him, to obey him, to serve him]." (Heb. 11:6) Cornelius was one of this latter kind, who recognized the true God and reverenced him, and sought to know and do his will; and, as soon as the divine plan had reached the necessary stage of development to permit God's favor to be extended to the Gentiles, his prayers and his alms received a response. He was not, however, permitted to have communion with God in the full, proper sense; but was instructed to send for Peter, who would tell him "words" by which he might be brought from his condition of alienation and separation into a condition of harmony and sonship, in which he would have the privilege of a son--the privilege of access to the Father at the throne of heavenly grace.
It was the wisdom from above, the holy Spirit, which guided the Apostle Paul when going into a new city with the Gospel, to seek out those assembled at a place "where prayer was wont to be made." (Acts 16:13) And it is a fact, still, that both the knowledge and the love of God abound most amongst those of his people who pray one for another, that their joy may be full. However many meetings the Lord's people may have for the study of his Word, and for the building up of one another in the most holy faith, we advocate that no service be considered as properly commenced except the Lord's blessing upon the study be first invoked; and that no meeting be considered properly closed until the Lord be thanked for the privilege and blessings enjoyed, and for his blessing bestowed--that the Word of his grace may be meat indeed to the hearts of those who have heard with sincere desire to know and do his will.
The same principle will apply in the more private affairs of our daily lives. Several parents have told us, with aching hearts, of prayers answered which subsequently they could have wished never answered; they have told us of companions and children on their deathbeds for whose lives they had prayed with importunity and without either the words or the sentiment, Thy will be done, and how the Lord answered those prayers, and what terrible evils had come to them through the answers. All cases may not be alike, but the properly exercised and heart-developed children of God should expect to attain to the place where all of their prayers are answered, and answered in the best possible way, and most satisfactorily, because the Lord's Word dwells in them richly. They would not ask amiss-- would not ask anything contrary to the divine will and providences; but rather, trusting to the divine wisdom, their prayer would be, "Lord, thy will, not mine, be done."


The Team USA freestyle skiers to keep an eye on at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.
Blunck represented in Sochi at 17, finishing 7th in halfpipe. The years since have seen both injuries and wins, including a top finish at the U.S. Grand Prix in Park City in 2016. Fun fact: Blunck's grandfather started the ski school in Crested Butte.


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Home World Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta declares drought a national disaster
Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta declares drought a national disaster
Kenya's president has declared the drought, which has affected as much as half the country, a national disaster. Uhuru Kenyatta appealed for international aid and said the government would increase food handouts to the most needy communities. Kenya's Red Cross says 2.7 million people face starvation if more help is not provided. Other countries in the region have also been hit by the drought, blamed on last year's El Nino weather phenomenon. In Somalia, nearly half the population is suffering from food shortages and the UN says there is a risk of famine in several parts of the country. During the last drought on this scale in 2011, famine killed about 250,000 Somalis. In a statement, Mr Kenyatta said the government had allocated $105m (£84m) to tackle the drought which has affected people, livestock and wildlife in 23 of Kenya's 47 counties. "Support from our partners would complement government's efforts in mitigating the effects of drought," he said. Mr Kenyatta added that all purchases of food and other items would be made in a transparent way. "I will not tolerate anybody who would try to take advantage of this situation to defraud public funds," the president said. Source: BBC]]>
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Windows paths are not all the same. The different kinds of paths each have different meanings. The MAX_PATH limitation is not a limitation of the operating system nor the file system. It is a limitation of the default namespace enforced by the Win32 API for backwards compatibility.
The NT kernel however allows you ways to opt out of this path preprocessing by the Win32 APIs. This is done by explicitly using the desired namespace in the path.
Each of these turn off path processing completely by the Win32 API and the paths are passed untouched to the filesystem.
Paths with a drive letter are legacy paths. The drive letters are actually meaningless to the kernel. Just like Unix operating systems, drive letters are just a mount point. You can view your mount points by using the mountvol command.
If you want to opt out of all preprocessing just expliticly use namespaces in your paths. Due to this change, if you need to open raw devices (e.g. COM ports) you need to use the device namespace explicitly. (e.g. \\.\COM1). GHC and Haskell programs in general no longer support opening devices in the legacy format.
See the Windows documentation for more details.


NEW YORK - The war crimes case against Salim Ahmed Hamdan, Osma bin Laden's driver, went to the military jury in Guantanamo Bay, with defence lawyers urging acquittal to restore the world's faith in U.S. respect for the rule of law, according to media reports. In closing arguments, a defence attorney, Navy Lt. Commander Brian Mizer, made a surprising disclosure, suggesting that Hamdan had offered to help U.S. forces in a significant way but that "we squandered that opportunity, The Los Angeles Times reported. Mizer said he was referring to secret testimony given Thursday by Army Special Forces Col. Morgan Banks, who encountered Hamdan shortly after his Nov. 24, 2001, capture at a roadblock in Afghanistan. The military judge, Navy Captain Keith J. Allred, warned Mizer not to stray into classified territory, but the lawyer was allowed to remind jurors to "look at the information Mr. Hamdan provided to the United States when it mattered most," according to the dispatch. "You know what Mr. Hamdan had agreed to do and you know how we squandered that opportunity," Mizer told the court, stirring speculation that the defendant, who was Osama bin Laden's driver, might have offered to lead U.S. forces to an al Qaeda hide-out. At the time Hamdan was in U.S. custody at Bagram Air Base, north of Kabul, Bin Laden and the Al Qaeda hierarchy were thought to be holed up in the remote mountain area of Tora Bora on the Afghan-Pakistani border. Prosecutor John Murphy of the Justice Department urged the military jury to disregard defence claims that Hamdan's cooperation with his captors should have any bearing on their verdict. Hamdan knew he was working for a terrorist organization and stayed in Bin Laden's employ despite Al Qaeda's targeting of U.S. troops and civilians, Murphy said. The prosecutor detailed allegations that Hamdan delivered weapons to al Qaeda and Taliban forces, shuttled bin Laden and other top plotters around their bases and training camps, and was trusted with guns and radios in the al Qaeda leader's presence, suggesting he was more than a $200-a-month hired hand. "The leader of al Qaeda himself hosted a wedding feast for the accused. This shows just how close he was to the very top of this terrorist conspiracy," Murphy said. "This was textbook, classic, model behavior for material support," the prosecutor said in his hourlong closing, calling on the jury to convict on all 10 counts of conspiracy and material support to terrorism. Mizer told the jury that Hamdan didn't even know where bin Laden was to be driven most of the time, never mind any terrorism plotting. "Not one witness said he had any role in the terrorist attacks themselves," Mizer said. He noted that the government has about 270 prisoners here, including hard-core Al Qaeda warriors, who could have been called to testify against Hamdan but weren't. Joseph McMillan, a civilian lawyer representing Hamdan, asked the jury to be guided by "the values that define who we are," to demonstrate to a skeptical world that U.S. courts respect the rule of law, not concepts like guilt by association.


With all the sad news, negativity, and bullying bombarding us, it is the perfect time to add more kindness to our world. I truly believe that individuals who are happy inside won't act out in hateful ways, whether it be blaming others for their problems, bullying, or using violence to express their emotions.
How ironic is it that just a few days after our recent contentious, stressful election the world celebrates World Kindness Day? Boy do we need this day to step back and be grateful for the kindness expressed in this world, even if it is sometimes hard to find.
Science tells us that being kind to others is actually good for our health, reducing stress and boosting our mood. Acts of kindness can help counteract these negative emotions swirling around during this unstable time in history.
What can you do to celebrate World Kindness Day with your children?
Are Children Born With Compassion?
Look for family volunteer opportunities. I encourage all of you to explore volunteer opportunities in your local community that you can do as a family. To help you get started, I have provided some amazing resources. There are so many ways that you can give together. And if you don't find something that you love, create it yourself! Your children and the people you help will thank you.
Perform random acts of kindness. Sign up with Random Acts of Kindness Foundation to spread kindness in your community.
Show your children how to balance giving with receiving. Review these lessons with your children, especially as your prepare for the holiday season.
Add good deeds to family dinner time. For those of you feeling overwhelmed by your schedule and not sure how to fit in volunteer activities, start by adding an act of kindness to something you already do anyway–make the most of your family dinner experience with a few big-hearted tweaks.
Read books about giving and kindness to your children: Enjoy the following Happy Science Mom book reviews about making a difference in the world.
Teach your children lovingkindness meditation. We must love ourselves before we can offer kindness to the world around us. Prepare your family to help others by practicing lovingkindness meditation together.
Listen to music with a kindness message. The Happy Kids Songs collection contains several songs that inspire kindness in children.
Guide your children in becoming ambassadors of love and kindness, not hate. Review this post that provides steps to inspire acts of love by your children.
May we all continue to fight the good fight to bring peace and happiness throughout the world. It starts in our homes by raising happy, balanced children–the leaders of tomorrow who will inherit a world that we build today.
How will your family celebrate World Kindness Day?


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FILE - In this March 4, 2018 file photo, Jennifer Lawrence arrives at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. A Connecticut man is asking for leniency while facing sentencing for hacking into more than 250 iCloud accounts of Hollywood stars and other people. George Garofano, of North Branford, was one of four men arrested in the 2014 hacking scandal that led to private photos of Lawrence, Kirsten Dunst, Kate Upton and others being made public. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 29, in federal court in Bridgeport. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man is asking for leniency while facing sentencing for hacking into more than 250 iCloud accounts of Hollywood stars and other people.
George Garofano, of North Branford, was one of four men arrested in the 2014 hacking scandal that led to private photos of Jennifer Lawrence, Kirsten Dunst, Kate Upton and others being made public. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 29 in federal court in Bridgeport.
Garofano recently filed court documents asking for no more than five months in prison followed by five months of home confinement. That's less than the 10 to 16 months in prison he faces under his felony guilty plea in April.
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THREE and a half years ago, on my 62nd birthday, doctors discovered a mass on my pancreas. It turned out to be Stage 3 pancreatic cancer. I was told I would be dead in four to six months. Today I am in that rare coterie of people who have survived this long with the disease. But I did not foresee that after having dedicated myself for 40 years to a life of the law, including more than two decades as a New York State judge, my quest for ameliorative and palliative care would lead me to marijuana.
My survival has demanded an enormous price, including months of chemotherapy, radiation hell and brutal surgery. For about a year, my cancer disappeared, only to return. About a month ago, I started a new and even more debilitating course of treatment. Every other week, after receiving an IV booster of chemotherapy drugs that takes three hours, I wear a pump that slowly injects more of the drugs over the next 48 hours.
Nausea and pain are constant companions. One struggles to eat enough to stave off the dramatic weight loss that is part of this disease. Eating, one of the great pleasures of life, has now become a daily battle, with each forkful a small victory. Every drug prescribed to treat one problem leads to one or two more drugs to offset its side effects. Pain medication leads to loss of appetite and constipation. Anti-nausea medication raises glucose levels, a serious problem for me with my pancreas so compromised. Sleep, which might bring respite from the miseries of the day, becomes increasingly elusive.
Inhaled marijuana is the only medicine that gives me some relief from nausea, stimulates my appetite, and makes it easier to fall asleep. The oral synthetic substitute, Marinol, prescribed by my doctors, was useless. Rather than watch the agony of my suffering, friends have chosen, at some personal risk, to provide the substance. I find a few puffs of marijuana before dinner gives me ammunition in the battle to eat. A few more puffs at bedtime permits desperately needed sleep.
This is not a law-and-order issue; it is a medical and a human rights issue. Being treated at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, I am receiving the absolute gold standard of medical care. But doctors cannot be expected to do what the law prohibits, even when they know it is in the best interests of their patients. When palliative care is understood as a fundamental human and medical right, marijuana for medical use should be beyond controversy.
Sixteen states already permit the legitimate clinical use of marijuana, including our neighbor New Jersey, and Connecticut is on the cusp of becoming No. 17. The New York State Legislature is now debating a bill to recognize marijuana as an effective and legitimate medicinal substance and establish a lawful framework for its use. The Assembly has passed such bills before, but they went nowhere in the State Senate. This year I hope that the outcome will be different. Cancer is a nonpartisan disease, so ubiquitous that it's impossible to imagine that there are legislators whose families have not also been touched by this scourge. It is to help all who have been affected by cancer, and those who will come after, that I now speak.
Given my position as a sitting judge still hearing cases, well-meaning friends question the wisdom of my coming out on this issue. But I recognize that fellow cancer sufferers may be unable, for a host of reasons, to give voice to our plight. It is another heartbreaking aporia in the world of cancer that the one drug that gives relief without deleterious side effects remains classified as a narcotic with no medicinal value.
Because criminalizing an effective medical technique affects the fair administration of justice, I feel obliged to speak out as both a judge and a cancer patient suffering with a fatal disease. I implore the governor and the Legislature of New York, always considered a leader among states, to join the forward and humane thinking of 16 other states and pass the medical marijuana bill this year. Medical science has not yet found a cure, but it is barbaric to deny us access to one substance that has proved to ameliorate our suffering.
Gustin L. Reichbach is a justice of the State Supreme Court in Brooklyn.
By GUSTIN L. REICHBACH
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Chinese journalist arrested after slapping volunteer at British conference on Hong Kong freedoms and labelling participants traitors
State-run CCTV demands apology from conference organisers for violating rights of its reporter
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Updated: 4:40pm, 2 Oct, 2018
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The Real Reason Jim Parsons Didn't Discuss His Sexuality While Working On The Big Bang Theory
By Cassidy Anthony/Updated: June 11, 2021 9:14 am EST
Jim Parsons was thriving, playing the hilarious and brainy show-runner Sheldon Cooper in "The Big Bang Theory." But little did fans know that behind the scenes, Parsons was hiding a huge part of his identity.
While he didn't consider himself to be lying about this particular aspect of himself, Parsons didn't have any intention at the time to talk about his sexuality. It wasn't until 2012 — when an article in The New York Times by Patrick Healy discussed Parsons' role as Tommy Boatwright, a young gay activist in "The Normal Heart" — that the public learned the truth: Jim Parsons is gay. "'The Normal Heart' resonated with him on a few levels," the article read. "Mr. Parsons is gay and in a 10-year relationship, and working with an ensemble again onstage was like nourishment, he said."
But "The Big Bang Theory" had been on since 2007 — that was five years of Parsons starring in an award-winning show while simultaneously avoiding the question regarding his sexuality. So why did he wait?
Jim Parsons avoids conversations about his sexual orientation
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in 2020, Jim Parsons explained why he felt the need to wait to come out to the public. "I was scared that it might cause trouble, quote unquote, for our big television show," he confessed.
2007 was a different time when it came to LGBTQ+ rights. While it wasn't uncommon for people to come out, there's no doubt that there was always the risk that it could impact one's career, entertainment or otherwise. Even as of 2021, while homosexuality is perhaps more socially accepted than ever before, there is still a risk that coming out may have adverse effects in both personal and professional settings.
"So I was scared," Parsons elaborated. "I wasn't scared about losing my job. And I wasn't scared to the point of denying my sexuality. But I was scared enough to make it my mission not to talk about it," per Out. But despite his anxieties, he eventually came out to the world — but in a rather subtle way. He recalled the interview in question with Healy at The New York Times that served as his official public outing. He recalled, "I can't remember the exact question, but he asked about something to the effect of, 'Was it more meaningful to be a part of 'The Normal Heart' being gay?'" as noted by The Hollywood Reporter. "I said yes. I remember leaving there going, well, I sort of just took the back door out, as it were. I remember thinking it was kind of poetically perfect."
Jim Parsons used his relationship with Todd Spiewak as inspiration to come out to his family
By the time he had come out in 2012, Jim Parsons' family had already been made aware of his sexual orientation. But telling them was a completely different challenge altogether. Parsons explained that his friends and fellow theater mates were all aware of the news, but he felt like he was missing out by not having his family in on it. Per a conversation with the "HFPA In Conversation" Parsons explained, "I had been able to push it off because partly the age I was growing up in, the years in which I could not have cared less," he said. "I just didn't consciously see the hole in my life by not having my family in on my sexuality. All my friends knew, any coworkers knew, any employers. I never was hiding it in my daily life that I could see" (via the Golden Globes).
It's easy to imagine why he felt he was missing out. Parsons had begun dating producer Todd Spiewak in 2002, before his family had any idea of his sexual orientation. He shared that once he met Spiewak, it became obvious to him that he wanted to share his relationship with his family. "Family's very important to me, both my family I was born into and my family I've accumulated over the years in friendships and things like that," Parsons said. "To not be able to talk about my experiences with Todd with my mother [would be hard]" (via Cheatsheet).


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National Troopers Coalition Endorses Senator Sherrod Brown
Senator Sherrod Brown released the following statement today after the National Troopers Coalition announced their endorsement of his bid for re-election:
"I am humbled to have the support of Ohio's State Troopers in this campaign. These men and women put their lives on the line every day because they are dedicated to serving their communities, and I am committed to ensuring we honor their brave public service.
"That's why I fought alongside Ohio's middle class to defeat Senate Bill 5, the brutal attack on State Troopers, and other public workers. It's why I will continue fighting in Washington for laws like the National Blue Alert Act, which would offer protection and justice to our men and women injured or killed in the line of duty.
"Our State Troopers do so much for our communities every day. I will continue fighting to protect the jobs and safety of these brave men and women. It is my honor and privilege to serve them in the U.S. Senate."
The National Troopers Coalition has issued the following on their website:
The National Troopers Coalition (NTC), consisting of 42 member associations in 38 states representing more than 45,000 State Troopers and Highway Patrol Officers nationwide, is proud to announce the following endorsements.
The NTC, which assists member state police associations in achieving the best possible equipment, benefits and working conditions, believes these candidates will work to further its mission.
These candidates understand the important roles that State Troopers and Highway Patrol Officers across the country play in homeland security, and the NTC is confident these candidates will remain committed to public safety through various efforts.
In these difficult economic times, these candidates have pledged fiscal responsibility with the needs of public safety and the public in mind. These candidates understand that State Troopers and Highway Patrol Officers are also parents and taxpayers, and will focus on educational needs and keeping taxes in check.
Last month, The Ohio Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) endorsed Sen. Brown's re-election.


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Evolving Dynamics of Indo-US Relations
By Kanwal Sibal
Issue Vol. 30.1 Jan-Mar 2015 | Date : 24 Sep , 2015
The pro-US lobby in India prefers to see in Prime Minister Modi's move to invite President Obama an inclination to strategically lean towards the US, shed "strategic autonomy" and end the phase of missed opportunities with the US that marked Manmohan Singh's second term. This could be misconstruing the significance of Modi's move, which may well be to strengthen our strategic autonomy by engaging with all countries to maximum potential, opening up opportunities in all directions and separating the economic from the political as much as possible. Modi may not be thinking of taking sides but working with all sides pragmatically. At the end of the day, India and the US have to find common ground to protect their respective interests. Dealing with the US will always test our diplomacy.
Our interests have actually not been served by US policies in West Asia and towards Pakistan…
The remarkable improvement in our relations with the US has been the most significant development in India's external relations in the last decade. We have suffered from US sanctions in the nuclear, missile and high technology sectors ever since the nuclear test in 1974. US policies in our neighbourhood, in particular with regard to Pakistan, have been seriously damaging to our security. In this background, the shift towards growing mutual confidence, wide ranging political, economic and security related engagement in recent years has been unprecedented.
During his visit to India in 2010, President Obama described the India-US relationship as a defining one for the 21st century. What "defining" may actually mean is difficult to define. It could mean that the US sees India growing into a major global power in the years ahead, and believes that the relationship forged between the oldest and the largest democracy, between the world's largest and the third largest economy in time, could define how international relations will be played out in the 21st century. This sounds rather grandiloquent, but then such rhetoric comes easily to the Americans.
India has been more reticent in its rhetoric because even if the general sentiment towards the US has become more positive, there is still political reluctance to be seen drawing too close to it. India is sensitive to any perception domestically and externally about losing the independence of its foreign policy if it embraces the US too tightly. But India too has used vocabulary about relations with the US that is not justified by realities. We have said that India and the US are "natural partners", when objectively this is not the case. Democracy and pluralism has not shielded us from punitive US policies. The US has targeted us in the 1990s on human rights issues, especially relating to Kashmir, and remains censorious on issues of treatment of religious minorities and religious conversion in deference to its own Christian lobbies. It is worthwhile remembering that it denied Narendra Modi a visa for the US for nine years under an act of which he was the only victim.
The US has committed itself to support India's membership of the four technology control regimes…
A natural partnership would also imply that there is a basic convergence in policy goals. Our interests have actually not been served by US policies in West Asia and towards Pakistan, its support for jihad to fight the Soviet Union which has ended in spawning extremism and terrorism in our region, its ambivalence towards the Taliban and its handling of Afghanistan. Its views on China's policies in South Asia, especially China's relationship with Pakistan that has so seriously damaged our security, have not been congenial to our interests.
In fact, India and the US have had to overcome a difficult legacy. The US has done the greatest damage over the longest period to India's strategic interests by curbing our efforts to develop nuclear and missile technologies and denying us dual use technologies by imposing global sanctions bilaterally and internationally through export control regimes. It has politically undermined India's sovereignty over J&K by frequently intervening on Pakistan's behalf, though less so publicly in recent years. It has, in the past, armed Pakistan in full awareness of the security implications for India and continues to do so now. It has also been responsible for unleashing jihadi terrorism in our region by legitimising extremist groups and their ideology in the fight against the Soviets in Afghanistan. It has been unduly tolerant of Pakistan's use of these terrorist groups against us as an instrument of state policy. Even now, despite the shelter given to Osama bin Laden by Pakistan, the support given by it to Afghan Taliban groups targeting US/NATO troops in Afghanistan, the US has given primacy to its own concerns about an orderly, Pakistan-assisted withdrawal from Afghanistan and has treated regional and Indian concerns as secondary.
The US decision to open a dialogue with the Taliban without insisting on the red lines laid down by the international community creates potential problems for India. It continues its failed policy of offering carrots to Pakistan, including military aid, in the hope of buying its co-operation. The manner in which Pakistan Army Chief General Sharif has been feted during his lengthy visit to the US in December 2014 suggests that the US has not been able to forge a clear policy of dealing with an increasingly radicalised country whose duplicitous conduct it recognises. Secretary Kerry went to the extent of calling the Pakistan military a binding force when he met the General, which suggests that the US has little faith in Pakistani democracy and endorses the political role that the Pakistan military sees for itself in the country.
India is sensitive to any perception domestically and externally about losing the independence of its foreign policy…
Notwithstanding all these negative elements, it is necessary for India to have as friendly a relationship with the US as possible. The US cannot be ignored because of its superpower status. The 2005 India-US nuclear deal opened the doors for establishing a relationship at a much higher level than ever. With the dissipation of strategic distrust as a result of the deal, the range of bilateral engagement has expanded phenomenally. As many as 28 sectoral and subject specific dialogues have been set up with the US, covering the areas of energy, education, health, development, science and technology, trade, defence, counter-terrorism, non-proliferation, high technology, innovation and the like. With no other country do we have such wide ranging institutionalised dialogues.
The nuclear deal removed the distorting impact of the nonproliferation issue from our bilateral agenda with the US and other important members of the international community. The US has committed itself to support India's membership of the four technology control regimes: the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), the Wassenaar Arrangement and the Australia Group. This support is repeated in political declarations, as was the case when Prime Minister Modi visited Washington in September 2014, when President Obama noted that India met MTCR requirements and was ready for NSG membership, without, however, setting any time-tables. India's task will be to prod the US to implement its strategic commitment at the earliest and not use it as a bargaining lever to extract more concessions in non-proliferation areas and to obtain commercial contracts for its companies on their terms. The US is miffed that having done the heavy-lifting for India in the NSG, its companies have not procured civil nuclear projects in India because of our Nuclear Liability Act which provides for supplier's liability in certain circumstances. The US has openly lobbied for an amendment of our law, and could well link its active support for India's membership of the NSG to the amendment it seeks. During each high level visit after the nuclear deal, this issue has been raised by the US and India has been obliged to show some "progress" in implementing its commitment to acquire GE and Westinghouse nuclear reactors for producing 10,000 MWs of power in two sites reserved for these companies.
During President Obama's second term India-US ties began to lose momentum, disappointing those on both sides who had expected much more to emerge from the newly minted relationship of strategic trust. On the US side, apart from disappointment on the nuclear power front, there were strong hopes of the US obtaining a sizeable part of India's defence procurement pie. That the US has bagged almost $ 9 billion worth of defence contracts in the last five to six years, whether for C-130 and C-17 heavy lift aircraft, advanced maritime reconnaissance aircraft, attack, heavy lift and VIP helicopters, and in that period became India's top defence supplier, is not seen as sufficient strategic reward for the reversal of US nuclear policies towards India.
During President Obama's second term India-US ties began to lose momentum, disappointing those on both sides who had expected much more…
The UPA government baulked at signing the three foundational agreements with the US- the LSA, alogistics agreement, BECA for access to high defence technology and CISMOA, an interoperability agreement that would supposedly make India more eligible for transfer of advanced defence technologies. Its concern was to avoid being seen as moving too far into the US defence orbit, as that would cause an imbalance in its relationships with other powers, but this reticence has been balanced by numerous joint military exercises.
The naval exercises in the Indian Ocean area have been particularly elaborate, involving submarines and aircraft carriers, which sends an important strategic message as these waters are crucial for the trade and energy flows of China and other East Asian and Southeast Asian countries. Under the Defence Trade and Technology Initiative (DTTI), the US has offered to co-develop and co-produce some ten defence items in collaboration with Indian partners, including the Javelin anti-tank missiles. The Indian response has not been particularly enthusiastic, with the BJP government rejecting the Javelin programme for price escalation reasons and choosing an Israeli missile instead. The US is still hoping to make progress on the DTII.
US specialists, as well as some Indian ones, have also explained the diminution of White House's interest in India because of her reluctance to solidify a strategic partnership with the US and cling instead to a renewed version of nonalignment represented by the concept of strategic autonomy. While US leaders officially express understanding of India's desire to preserve its strategic autonomy and do not expect India to choose sides, at unofficial levels India has been accused of fence sitting, of being a free-loader on security provided by others, of not wanting to assume responsibility as a growing power for upholding the global system. The dialogue on global commons- air, space, sea and cyber- is intended to steer India towards burden-sharing and to ensure that, as far as possible, as India rises and seeks a change in the international rules defined by the West so far, it does so in close concert with the US so that any disruptive initiatives can be forestalled or controlled.
At unofficial levels, India has been accused of fence sitting, of being a free-loader on security provided by others…
In the maritime domain, freedom of navigation and securing the Sea Lanes of Communication are areas of particular interest in partnering India, given India's dominating position in the Indian Ocean Region and the steady expansion of its naval power. With cyber security becoming a major international concern, India's emergence as a major IT power and the vast expansion of its telecommunication network makes it a choice partner to develop new rules of the game with as much consensus as possible, including on the contentious issue of internet governance.
India has been cautious about the US pivot towards Asia as its capacity and willingness to curtail the expansion of Chinese power is doubted, not the least because of the huge financial and commercial interdependence that has been forged between the two countries. India has its own reasons to seek stable and economically productive relations with China and wants to avoid the risk of being manipulated by the US to serve the latter's China strategy that appears uncertain even to US allies in Asia. China is acutely sensitive about what it sees is a US bid to co-opt India in its policy of containing China. While this should not deter India from forging strategic ties with the US to the extent it serves its interests, there has been reluctance under the previous government to provoke China by veering too much towards the US. Under the Modi government, however, India, while opening up to China, is also less inhibited about sending strategic signals to it aimed at restraining its conduct. India has decided to "Act East", to strengthen strategic ties with Japan, Australia and Vietnam, conduct more military exercises bilaterally with the US armed forces and trilaterally with Japan in naval exercises.
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Peter Armstrong on May 1, 2016 at 1:36 pm said:
Clear and perceptive. The western legacy media doesn't touch the subjects outlined in this article, so reading well-measured thoughts on India's geopolitics is illuminating. India needs its best and brightest to engage in diplomacy with the US.
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In the November 19, 2012, online edition of the journal Genes & Development, researchers at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research report findings that may unveil the role of two human genes—MLL3 and MLL4—that are frequently mutated in certain cancers. In addition to its disease implications, the Stowers study exemplifies how the analysis of model organisms like yeast and fruit flies can illuminate human molecular biology. "We know that fundamental regulatory machineries are highly conserved from yeast to Drosophila to humans," says Stowers Investigator and the study's senior author, Ali Shilatifard, Ph.D., whose lab website describes projects in yeast, fruit flies, and mammalian species. "We use the awesome power of yeast and Drosophila genetics and biochemistry to define the molecular properties of these fundamentally important factors, and then test their function in human cells. In this study, these genes turned out to be frequently mutated in several different types of cancers." Over a decade ago, studies conducted by Shilatifard's laboratory identified an assembly of proteins known as Set1/COMPASS that biochemically modifies Histone 3 (H3) by planting methyl groups at a very precise location on the histone—namely lysine 4 (K4)—within chromosomes. H3K4 can be mono-, di-, or trimethylated by Set1/COMPASS. H3K4 trimethylation by Set1/COMPASS has now become the hallmark of actively transcribed genes from yeast to human. H3K4 can also be monomethylated, and this modification seems to be specific to enhancers, which are DNA elements that regulate gene expression in a tissue specific manner. "After we discovered yeast COMPASS, we found that human cells have the same machinery," says Shilatifard. "But rather than one COMPASS methylase, human cells bear six. The question became, why are there six COMPASS family members in human cells?" However, it has not been clear which COMPASS family member functions as monomethylase on enhancers.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-11-fruit-misregulated-mechanism-human-cancers.html#jCp


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CDMD Women's Caucus
The College Democrats of Maryland Executive Board has created our first caucus: the CDMD Women's Caucus! The College Democrats of Maryland Women's Caucus serves to inclusively promote women's advocacy and women's rights; inform citizens on local, state, and national politics; and elect Democratic female candidates to public office.
Anyone who is interested in being a general member should fill out the general membership form to get your contact information so the chair can reach out to you. If you have any questions about positions or the caucus in general you can email us at womenscaucus@mdcollegedems.org.
Chair: Rebecca Vincent
Rebecca Vincent is a junior at Loyola University Maryland. At Loyola, she is pursuing a degree in Political Science as well as two minors in Peace and Justice Studies and History. She hopes to attend law school after graduation and intends to work in constitutional or civil rights law. Rebecca is serving for a second year as President of the Loyola University Maryland Democrats. She has loved working with her Co-President and with the rest of her Executive Board to promote the ideals of the Democratic Party and increase political activism on Loyola's campus. Rebecca has been committed to women's advocacy issues since she was in high school, so she is thrilled to continue this pursuit as the Chair of the Women's Caucus this year.
Vice-Chair: Colleen Herrmann
Colleen Herrmann is a sophomore at the University of Maryland, College Park studying Public Policy and Communications Rhetoric. She is actively involved in the Student Government Association at UMD, where she serves as a residential representative on the legislature and works with various committees, including the Committee on Academic Affairs and the Health and Wellness Committee. She is passionate about student government because she finds it the best way to ensure students' safety on campus physically, mentally, and academically.
Colleen is interested in political communication and management, especially when applied to state-wide and federal campaigns. She worked on the 2018 Maryland gubernatorial primary as an intern and field organizer and is passionate about electing progressive candidates who are invested in helping their constituents. She is thrilled to get involved with the Women's Caucus of CDMD, and she hopes to advocate for women's issues and help women get elected across the state!
Secretary: Sarah Rowan
Sarah Rowan is a senior at Towson University majoring in Spanish language & literature with minors in political science and mass communication. She has lived in Maryland for 13 years, having emigrated from Ireland when she was just eight years old. Sarah became passionate about both politics and women's issues in high school, and in college, she is interested in the connections that exist between effective civic engagement and the greater international community.
Her research currently focuses on cultural competency and transnational advocacy as they relate to healthcare and education in underserved communities. She hopes to pursue a career in international development policy. Sarah is thrilled to advocate for women's issues across Maryland as a part of CDMD's first women's caucus.


It's been a while since I wrote about what's been up with my participation in Nike Toronto's community-building creative initiative FMFounders. So much has happened within this family of artists, designers, and creatives. I can't share some things just yet but I'm happy to be able to share this. Recently Nike enlisted dear friend and photographer Nilly and I to spearhead an experience for all the others based on our skills in visual media. Keep reading to see tons of pics and see more about our photo session / family reunion.


The Connecting Ottawa project is funded as an Access to Justice initiative of the Law Foundation of Ontario.
Our aim is to improve access to justice for linguistic minorities; people who are not proficient in English or French or who face communication challenges as the result of a disability or sensory impairment.
Low income and vulnerable clients who present with a legal issue often have complex cases that benefit from coordinated intervention by legal and social services. We take a holistic approach and draw upon strengths that already exist within our network of over 50 community health, legal, immigration, disability, and social services agencies. Together, we address the compounded barriers faced by linguistic minorities.


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Colors of tradition spread out everywhere, Sparkling water of Pichola, Rajasthani women and girls elegantly dressed up, and beautifully decorated idols of Gangaur glittering in the beautiful light. Such was the charm of Mewar Festival at Gangaur Ghat. Here are some Photos of the Celebration that took place @ Gangaur Ghat, Udaipur.
Really … Tremendous job …!!!!!
Great photos! Really nice to see how Gangaur is celebrated in Rajasthan. Vibrant, indeed.


In his journals, Mike told us that he enjoyed the fact that most people in the office were in their 20's and the vibe was a lot of fun. He was given many responsibilities including developing media lists for pitches, market research, and graphic design projects including logo conceptualization. He enjoyed sitting in on his mentor's media pitches and learned how to be more confident on business telephone calls.


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Watch How the BMW 3-Series Evolved Over 40 Years
Home » Models » 3 Series » Watch How the BMW 3-Series Evolved Over 40 Years
This video from Donut Media follows the evolution of the BMW 3 Series, from the E21-chassis 1975 316 and the E30 M3 to the F80-chassis 2015 M3. Over its lengthy existence, BMW 3 Series has become larger and more mature, but the overall concept has stayed the same – two or four doors, short overhangs, long hood, exceptional driving dynamics and benchmark performance. Over the past 40 years, the 3 Series has dominated the segment it may or may not have created.
During the course of more than three and a half decades, the face of the BMW 3 Series has constantly evolved. Designers have always managed to incorporate dynamics, innovation and aesthetics into a harmonious, modern and future-oriented overall concept, whilst at the same time preserving traditional values. As a result, each BMW 3 Series has retained its unmistakable brand identity and can be identified as a BMW at very first glance.
The presentation of the first BMW 3 Series in July 1975 marked the beginning of one of the most remarkable success stories in BMW model history. Although the 2-door sedan bore a strong resemblance to the BMW 5 Series introduced in 1972, the market witnessed the launch of an entirely new vehicle with compact dimensions and a sporting character.
Watch it above and get the definitive history of the landmark German automobile.
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So excited to see what happens in the next 10 years to the 3-series. It would be nice to see it go back to the roots of the E46.


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Second suspect charged in mid-March burglary
Published 5:30 pm Friday, April 2, 2021
By Mike Stoll
A second individual allegedly involved in a mid-March residential burglary made his first appearance on Wednesday in Mower County District Court.
Tramale Traymond Pitchford, 19
Tramale Traymond Pitchford, 19, of Austin has been charged with felony first-degree burglary – occupied dwelling.
According to the court complaint, an Austin police officer responded to a burglary call at about 2:26 p.m. on March 15 at a residence in the 800 block of Fifth Avenue Northeast. An adult male reported he had returned home and found a male, who he believed was Pitchford, and a female (later identified as Joanna GisselleMaldonado) in his residence. He said Maldonado was cooking at his stove and both she and Pitchford (who was wearing a mask) left when he called the police.
He reported several items stolen, including a JBL bluetooth speaker, some vehicle titles and keys, approximately $30 in loose change, and a small bottle of Tide laundry soap. He believed they entered through the front door, though the officer found no damage to the door.
The victim also pointed out a knife on the kitchen table, telling the officer Pitchford was holding the knife, though he never threatened him with it.
The officer observed two sets of shoe prints in the snow. One set was smaller than the other.
The following day, detectives showed the victim a photo array of male and female suspects. The victim positively identified Maldonado, but was unable to identify Pitchford.
The victim also reported that after the officer left, he located a screwdriver in his bedroom that did not belong there. He said he believed it was used to force open his bedroom door, which was locked at the time.
On March 23, the victim contacted police and confirmed Pitchford was the male suspect. He sent pictures that were from a Facebook account located by a friend. The account was under the name "Anthony Johnson"; however, a detective recognized Pitchford from the photographs.
The victim also reported that he had been advised that Pitchford was living in a truck parked at a residence in the 600 block of 10th Street Northeast that belonged to a relative of Maldonado. The detective drove to the residence and saw a truck in the back yard that had its windows covered by a tarp. It did not appear that anyone was inside the truck as it had been raining and there were no tracks in the grass and mud that led to the truck.
Maldonado was charged with felony first-degree burglary – occupied dwelling last week in Mower County District Court.
A review of Pitchford's criminal history shows prior convictions for violating domestic abuse no contact orders. He is currently awaiting disposition on charges of tampering with a motor vehicle, theft and fleeing a peace officer.
Pitchford will appear in court again on April 8.
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Commercial Property Course requires the completion of the Real Estate Transaction – General plus one of either The Residential Real Estate Transaction or the Commercial Real Estate Transaction. The outstanding course must be completed to meet mandatory requirements for the Articling segment.
Commercial Property course has one book and has between 15 to 25 marks math and the rest is theory.
After students get their licence for their first two years in business, they are considered in the Articling Segment. They have to pass three courses to be able to renew their licence at the end of the Articling Period.


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Home > Formula 1 > News > Real-to-reel! Documentary on F1 legend Michael Schumacher set to release this year
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Real-to-reel! Documentary on F1 legend Michael Schumacher set to release this year
by Gavin Cardoza May 16, 2019
written by Gavin Cardoza May 16, 2019
Documentary on F1 legend Michael Schumacher set to release later this year.
Some of us consider ourselves to be lucky enough to witness some of the most amazing sports icons of our time. These athletes, who have defined the word 'legend' in their own image in their respective sports, have been inspirations, heroes and even gods to the millions following them.
Earlier this week, we spoke about the release of football legend Diego Maradona's documentary next month. Joining in the wave of sports documentaries is 'SCHUMACHER', based on the life of the greatest Formula 1 driver ever, Michael Schumacher.
Michael Schumacher is considered the greatest F1 driver of all time. (Source: gq)
The official feature film is fully supported by Michael's family and is slated to release in the second half of this year. The major production will include interviews with Michael's father Rolf, his wife Corinna, children Gina and Mick and many of the drivers during the reign of the global superstar.
Currently, in post-production, award-winning German filmmakers Michael Wech and Hanns-Bruno Kammertons are leading the project. The duo has previously worked on documentaries on former tennis ace Boris Becker and musician Udo Jurgens.
Rocket Science from London is executive producing the film and will also be handling international sales. The marketing campaign is set to commence at the Cannes festival this year.
Michael has won the Formula 1 world championship 7 times. (Source: USAtoday)
Rocket Science said that the film will "explore the many facets of this complex man – the merciless Formula 1 driver, the ambitious boy with the dream, the down-to-earth mechanic, the dependable team player, and the devoted friend and father".
From Michael's management team, Sabine Kehm confirmed that Michael's family is fully supporting the team and said, "Michael's outstanding career deserves to be celebrated 25 years after he achieved his first out of seven world championship titles. We are happy this film will be in the hands of such ambitious and sensitive professionals."
Now that's not all, there is a documentary on cricket legend Shane Warne that is also reported to be in the works. Entertainment giants, Eclipse Films is teaming up with production company Gospel and documentary distributors Dogwoof for the feature on the bowling great.
The 'Spin-Master' Shane Warne. (Source: cricketaustralia)
Titled 'Shane', the film will focus on Warne's larger-than-life character, personal struggles including a drug ban, a high-profile divorce and the rise of arguably the greatest bowler in world cricket.
The feature documentary is directed by Jon Carey and Adam Darke.
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Sonali Bank puts Alpha Tobacco's assets on auction
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Sonali Bank has called an auction for 10 January 2023 to sell Alpha Tobacco Manufacturing Company's assets to recover the defaulted loan of Tk196 crore.
The state-owned lender has recently published the auction notice in newspapers.
According to bank sources, the company took a loan from the Jashore branch of Sonali Bank by mortgaging the factory and land in the district. But for a long time, the company is not able to repay the loan.
Alpha Tobacco's Chief Financial Officer Md Mofiz told The Business Standard, "We have received the notice from the bank."
Alpha Tobacco, which got listed on the capital market in 1976, was delisted from the main trading platform of the stock exchanges and placed in the over-the-counter (OTC) market in 2009 due to its failure to pay dividends for a long time.
According to sources at the company, at one time Alpha Tobacco was positioned after British American Tobacco and it was the first to export cigarettes from Bangladesh.
Even in 1990, the company paid a 100% cash dividend to its shareholders. But after the death of its main entrepreneur AM Aga Yousuf, the company began to suffer. And since 2004, it has not been able to pay dividends.
Company Secretary Nasima Khatun said the company has been out of production for a long time.
"Our directors are trying to enter into joint ventures with other companies to start production," she added.
According to the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), Alpha Tobacco's paid-up capital is Tk2.88 crore. Out of total shares, sponsors and directors hold 35.60%, general investors 52.45%, institutions 8.75% and foreign investors 3.20%.
At the end of 30 June 2022, its earnings per share were Tk2.56 negative and the net asset value per share stood at Tk348.05 negative.
Its shares were last traded on 23 August 2021 at the OTC market of the DSE. On the day, its 63,266 shares were traded at Tk60 each.
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WHAT IF!? Pop-up Museum
The spirit of 1968 - today
Pop Up Museum
1968 was an iconic year when people all over the world revolted against authorities. In an exceptional spirit of creativity, imagination and determination they banged on the doors of those in power and asked for change. Fifty years later the values people fought for then are under pressure. In a brand new pop-up museum the Iron Curtain Project connects the past to the present.
In 1968, a wave of protests swept the world. 'What if we did everything differently?' an entire generation seemed to wonder at the same time. Many people, determined and mostly young, began knocking on the doors of the authorities. They rebelled against traditional institutions such as churches, schools and the family as the cornerstone of society; they demanded participation in decision-making, equality and an end to the war in Vietnam.
The spirit of 1968 was contagious. From Amsterdam to Mexico City, from San Francisco to Berlin; it even affected authoritarian countries like Poland and Czechoslovakia. 'What if …?'. It seems such a simple question, but it can set enormous change in motion. In order to overthrow the status-quo, you first have to be able to look beyond it. Doing that requires imagination, a vision of how things could be different.
1968 became a pivotal year. In the years that followed, the west changed beyond recognition, and in Eastern Europe, the seeds were sown for later dissident movements. It is important to remember the 'spirit of 1968', now more than ever. Many of the values from that time are under pressure. Sometimes freedom seems difficult to combine with the call for safety. Censorship may have disappeared, but 'fake news' has taken its place, and equality is all too often overlooked in our liberal democracy. And what has come of the sexual freedom when #Metoo is such a big issue nowadays?
Welcome to the What if … Pop-up Museum. Fifty years after 1968, this exhibition reflects on the implications of that pivotal year and asks what has happened to the ideals of that time. The museum shows personal stories of '68ers' from Eastern and Western Europe and daring ideas from today's young thinkers. In the What If!? Photo booth you can share your visions for the future. And find out how difficult it is to be a democracy by playing the What If!? Balance game. Because, isn't that what our system is, a balance game?
> Grand opening, March 8 2018, NOWY TEATR, Warsaw, Poland
> March 8 – April 7, 2018, NOWY TEATR, Warsaw, Poland
> May 31 – June 3, 2018, Forum on European Culture, De Balie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
> June 14, 2018, Grootste Kennisfestival, Deventer, The Netherlands
> June – Augustus 11, Bio|Oko, Prague, Czech Republic
> August 25 and 26, 2018, Uitmarkt, opening of cultural season, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
> October 27, 2018, Brainwash Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
More dates and cities will follow.
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Contact us for more information and availability: info@ironcurtainproject.eu
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The Awesome Secret Hiding in Def Leppard's 'Hysteria' Singles
Cover artist wanted to make a big splash before CDs took over.
Matthew Wilkening
Phil Collen Looks Back on Def Leppard's 'Hysteria': Exclusive Video Premiere
Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen takes fans on a trip back in time to the genesis of some of the biggest hits from the group's 'Hysteria' album in a new video interview.
Jeff Giles
Def Leppard Will Reportedly Play 'Hysteria' in Its Entirety on 2018 Tour
Def Leppard's blockbuster 1987 album 'Hysteria' recently celebrated its 30th anniversary, but the band will continue the party next year.
Michael Gallucci
30th Anniversary Reissue
Def Leppard's smash hit Hysteria LP is getting bulked up for its 30th anniversary.