If you've seen my Instagram and my recipe posts for the last few months or so, then you know that I am obsessed with my large flower glass bowl. I don't know if you have a favorite kitchen utensil or tool that you grew up with or just grew to use all the time, and for me, it's this. It's like using a Christmas mug all year-round because it's so cute! I use it for breakfast all the time, and most of my lunches and dinners as well if I'm feeling fancy. It is beautiful, versatile, and is large enough for me to have super big portions if I want to eat a lot of food! Since today was raining and all of the meals were home-cooked either by me or my mother, I thought, why not film a "What I Eat in a Day" video featuring the same bowl to make things kinda comfy? Even though it didn't rain the entire day, I decided that it would be called a rainy day because it was the FIRST time we Californians have ever gotten rain in a very long time, so this was quite special too. We don't tend to have seasons, if you don't know. Anyways, I am so excited to share all of these recipes with you–they can be completely vegan, gluten free, or even Paleo if you wish. I try to cook in all fields to reach out to everyone, but tailor to your preferences.
This first recipe is my favorite to make if I'm ever craving ice cream, which is quite often! During the L.A. Fit Expo that I made a video of a week ago, one of my favorite YouTubers by the name of Travis S handed me some free samples of PEScience protein powder, one of them being their cookies n' creme protein. I had to try it in a smoothie and it tasted absolutely amazing! I found that whey protein is a great way to thicken up your smoothies as well, so this was awesome. I know that PEScience may not be the healthiest protein powder out there because it has sucralose, but I got it for free and I might as well not let it go to waste. Once in a while, a treat is perfectly fine!
Opt: peanut butter, coconut, chia seeds, almond butter, fruit, or even an actual cookie!
Blend the ice, protein powder and water until there are no chunks on high.
Add in the banana slices and sweetener and blend again on high.
For my second meal, or lunch, I had this simple but super tasty stir-fry kinda soup (I used water and veggie broth to soften the spinach and mushrooms!) that has vegan-style chicken, spinach, mushrooms and of course, Sriracha, because I am so addicted to it! This recipe allows you to use any vegetables you want, but I like spinach and mushrooms because of their anti-inflammatory effects and their versatility!
As MUCH Sriracha as you want!!
Opt: water, olive oil, spices, herbs, soy sauce, etc.
Heat a nonstick pan on medium-high heat. If necessary, spray with PAM or coconut oil.
Chop up your vegetables except for your spinach.
Add the garlic and onions on a pan and stir around until fragrant.
Stir in the chopped mushrooms, hoisin sauce and vegetable broth until the mixture starts bubbling.
Add the spinach and vegan chicken and blend in all the sauces and spices.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste and turn off the heat.
Garnish with Sriracha and enjoy!
The recipes I made here are very similar to my dinner ideas in my Workout + Healthy Recipes video, so I simply linked the video above for you to find them! The only difference is that the salad I ate used butternut squash instead of Brussel sprouts! They both tasted amazing and are so light that you can have both and not feel too heavy.
Hope you enjoyed this full day of eating, cooking and recipe-making! Do let me know if you want more of these types of videos, what else you want to see and please like it, leave a comment and subscribe for support!
Amazing post, as usual! I'm curious about how you are liking the vegan chicken and why you're choosing to explore more of a plant-based diet!.
I do love eating plant-based, but I definitely crave my seafood and chicken once in a while so I eat it just when it's readily available or when I'm out and about with family and friends! It's just more difficult if I try to force myself to stop eating meat, dairy and eggs, so I'm just easing myself into it!
Oh interesting! I like your whole flexitarian attitude 🙂 Is it for the animals, the environment, or for your health? I am just curious because everyone seems to have different reasons. One of my really close friends is vegan because she's intolerant to lactose and because whole foods are better for her brother. It's interesting!


2019 BMW M8 Gran Coupe Specs, Price, Concept – Designs in BMW's 8-series have invariably been intriguing and captivated focus, so that may happen with 2019 BMW M8 Gran Coupe. The 8-series was initially proven in 1987 once the entire world around the world experienced cash and options and gas rates had been favourable to get a large number of consumers. Sadly, that tendency abruptly discontinued in the 90's, when BMW marketed only 30,000 products and carried on to reduce of offering inside the future years. It really is time to return by using these types, as well as the evidence are numerous of brand new guys in levels of competition manufacturing facility, like Mercedes and Bentley.
When Mercedes developed AMG versions, generally S-Class Coupe and Bentley Continental GT Velocity, BMW just was required to supply one thing with their devoted customers.
We got the chance to forecast anything about 2019 BMW M8 Gran Coupe at this point, due to spy images. There are many distinctions from their website in the version now launched. Front-end has a slim grille, usually split up on two, with grids and lightweight aluminium series about it. Nevertheless, large hood curved at the centre meets the sensation of aggressiveness. There is merely an area for two slim LEDs underneath the hood collection.
One of the primary variations is two-atmosphere intakes right behind the front side fender, actually in the midst of doorways.
There is several intriguing, notable and appealing issue to get talked about since the portion of the cabin in 2019 BMW M8 Gran Coupe. First of all, the producer has not yet stored funds to get merely the higher-high quality resources inside the cabin, like leather material, high-quality plastic-type, and lightweight aluminium particulars. Additionally, there is carbon dioxide fibre content involving the heart gaming system and equipment. The present-day dash panel is located correctly practically up and down, so driver and travellers are definitely not derailed in the course of offering easy directions.
In the heart of the dashboard is integrated total infotainment program, which can be not common on BMWs, but which will make it easy to use. BMW has guaranteed substantial-modern technology and best modern day products and design.
Though BMW has not yet distributed very clear specifics of 2019 BMW M8 Gran Coupe, we presume could possibly be 4.4-liter like installed in new BMW M5. It offers incredibly 600 horsepower, the larger than on new Mercedes. One more edition might be 6.6-liter V12 a single, with perhaps 650 horsepower and 590 lb-ft of torque, yet again, greater than on rivalry.
Because the final types, it might boost the pace of 60 miles per hour for 3.7 mere seconds, and there exist a lot of excellent reasons to anticipate something similar to that with this design, as well.
Whenever we examine older types with 2019 BMW M8 Gran Coupe, the price ought to be all around $170,000 for V8 engine and also $200,000. Anticipate it in the midst of 2018.


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Credit Cards»News & Advice»Debt Management»Financial education program for military families launched
Financial education program for military families launched
by Aundraya Ruse
Citi and a leading nonprofit credit counseling and education agency team up with veterans' service organizations to help solve financial issues for military families.
Military service members and their families often face particular financial problems. Citi and CredAbility — one of the leading nonprofit credit counseling and education agencies in the United States — have teamed up with several veterans' service organizations to help solve the financial issues that can burden these individuals' lives.
In collaboration with the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors and the Military Spouse Corporate Career Network, the groups have launched CredAbility ReConnect — a free, online financial education and counseling program.
Bleak statistics show the need for a program to better equip veterans with tools to combat financial hardships. In 2011, the unemployment rate for veterans who have served on active duty since September 2011 was 12.1 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This rate is significantly higher than the national unemployment rate of 8.9 percent that same year. Data from Debt.org and CredAbility show that more than 25 percent of military families who have credit card debt carry a balance of more than $10,000 and veterans ages 29 or younger have average monthly expenses that exceed their net income by $880.
"Every member of the armed forces has sacrificed a great deal in service to their country — and, in addition to the challenges of military service, many face tremendous financial pressures as well," said Suni Harford, Citi's Regional Head of Markets for North America in a statement. "These brave men and women receive extensive military training, but far too few of them receive any kind of formal financial education. CredAbility ReConnect was developed to help these deserving men and women build financial capability and achieve long-term economic security for themselves and their families."
The topics covered by CredAbility ReConnect are:
• The financial impact of deployment — Online courses that help families learn to manage money when a spouse is deployed.
• Easing the transition — Online courses designed to help ease the financial transition for those who have recently left the military or experienced the death of a service member.
• Budget and credit counseling — Easy-to-follow plans that help users better manage their money and prioritize spending.
• Debt management plans — Repayment plans designed to be affordable and tailored to the individual's needs.
• Foreclosure prevention and home buying guidance — For those who are behind on their mortgage payments or facing foreclosure, certified counselors provide assistance.
Individuals and families who are served by the collaborating organizations are able to access a free custom version of the online program. Members of the armed forces, veterans and their families not affiliated with these groups can access the program at www.CredAbility.org/recon.
This program designed for military families is new, but it is certainly not the first of its kind. Several leading credit card issuers have similar programs and benefits. For example:
• Wells Fargo has the Worldwide Military Banking program, which includes benefits such as special mortgage financing plans and Small Business Administration Patriot Express loans that help members of the military community establish or expand their small businesses. Additionally, Wells Fargo offers a free online financial literacy program called Hands on Banking.
• Bank of America and Chase provide military families with benefits and extensive information about the transitions that can occur in those families' lives.
See related: Military families under fire at home — from predatory lenders
Aundraya Ruse is a former CreditCards.com personal finance contributor.
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Save Jim the Cabin Boy from an untimely death.
Acquire one ship to launch your fleet.
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Earn the notice of El Sabio.
Capture your first target without sinking it.
Turn over your first bounty to the Crown.
Become a spy for the Crown.
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Panic in the Mailroom (2013)
Panic in the Mailroom
Panic in the Mailroom (2013) by Dave Koch
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Cartoon Characters: Mike, Ken, Gru.
Originally Released on December 10, 2013.
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The Minions Mike and Ken are busy at work in the mailroom. Ken, bored, decides to throw a box of expired PX-41 samples into its designated chute. The box explodes, which mutates Mike to some extent. The infected Minion mutates back forth between his normal body... (more)
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I grew up in Wheathampstead and attended Sir John Lawes School in Harpenden, completing A Levels in Mathematics, English Literature, History and French. In 2015 I graduated from Downing College, University of Cambridge with a 1st Class degree in Law. Last year I spent time working as the research assistant to Judge Vajda at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, worked a ski season as a chalet host in Verbier and travelled around Thailand and Vietnam. I am now completing the Bar Course (BPTC) in London and I plan to begin working as a Pupil Barrister in October 2017.
I am an**Aerospace Engineering Graduate with a years experience working alongside major aerospace manufacturers such as BAE Systems, Airbus and Rolls Royce. I am currently studying for a Research Masters in high altitude aerodynamics and then planning to begin on a PhD program in the future. My specialist areas are Maths, Physics and Design Technology.
Although St Albans is my hometown, I lived in Peterborough for a number of years where I studied English Language, Sociology and Business Studies for my A Level studies.
I moved to London in 2015 to study for a BA honours in Linguistics at University College London. An opportunity arose in tutoring, and I began teaching in locations across London preparing students to take their GCSE exams. I also started working as a Team Leader for NCS. An experience which allowed me to work closely with teenagers by guiding them through an experience full of challenges to test their strengths and weaknesses.
I have returned to St Albans, and continue to study at UCL. My career aspiration is to practice as a Speech and Language therapist. My enthusiasm for language is what I would like to share with others, to enable them to see and understand language in such a way that I do.
I started off at Maple Primary School before moving to St Albans High School for Girls. I have also been educated in New York, at an international school, for a year. I achieved 10 GCSEs at A* grade, and completed A Levels in maths, further maths, physics and chemistry, as well as an AS Level in Biology. I sat the ACT and the subject SATs for the US further education system, and once I've completed my degree in natural sciences, I hope to study for a masters degree.
My name is Saima and I'm currently in my final year of studying Biomedical Sciences at the University of Hertfordshire. At University, I am a student ambassador for the school of Life and Medical Sciences where I assist in applicant processes and promote applications to universities. After completing my degree, I aspire to work as a biomedical scientist along with studying for Masters in Research.
I am a budding physicist currently in my final year at the University of Hertfordshire. The head tutor at Bright Young Things St Albans, specialising in Maths and Sciences I have a wealth of experience tutoring for a wide range of examinations including the 11+, SATS, GCSE, A-level and Eton College entrance. I am dedicated to employing an individualised tutoring experience for each and every child, assessing strengths and weaknesses, tailoring a syllabus perfect for progression and excellence.
Sofia Carlson-Haynes grew up in Finland but moved to London to study for her undergraduate degree. She attended City University and graduated with a first class degree in Sociology with Psychology. Wanting to pursue her passion for gender equality she then went on to study for an MA in Gender, Society and Representation at UCL, graduating in 2011. From that point she started working in the education sector, managing tutor placements and home schooling arrangements in London and overseas for the Bright Young Things head office before opening her centre in St Albans a few years later.
Sofia is passionate about providing an individually tailored and focused learning experience for students attending Bright Young Things St Albans. She employs a fantastic team of tutors and managers who together work hard to ensure every child gets the best possible tutoring experience and reaches their potential.
I grew up in Harpenden and attended Roundwood Park School. After passing my A-Levels in Biology, Psychology and Economics, I attended the University of Hertfordshire where I graduated from my degree of a Bachelor of the Sciences in Psychology. I am the Assistant Director of BYT St Albans and am always making sure that we provide the best tuition for all of our wonderful students. I plan to further my education in Developmental and Nutritional Psychology, whilst being at BYT.
I have grown up in Bedfordshire and attended Cedars Upper School. I completed my A Levels in English Language, Philosophy & Ethics and Product Design. I then attended the University of Bedfordshire where I achieved a Bachelor of the Arts English Language and Linguistics Degree. Furthering my passion for language I completed a Masters Degree in Intercultural Communication, where I was the youngest person on my course and graduated top of my class, with a Distinction. I am now the Marketing Manager here at BYT St Albans, ensuring everyone hears about our wonderful tuition and running lots of great, educational events through the year, for all to enjoy.


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When we were making our last film on the Mazda MX5 in the sunshine of Umbria, both Matt and I commented that we'd be looking back to this particularly picturesque postcard perfection and remembering how lucky we were with it as a location for a shoot.
In many ways, the mighty double act of sod's law and justice were always going to get their own back, and so they did in a timely manner by delivering biblical rain to the East Midlands to coincide with our latest petrol powered project.
Filming bikes in the rain is far from ideal, and so a day of torrential downpours somewhat scuppered my plans to spend our time filming 3 modern day Indians and their respective keepers in the beautiful surroundings of the peak district. Indeed the biker town of Matlock Bath was to be our base camp, from which we'd explore some carefully chosen roads with outstanding views and general loveliness. In reality, rain very much stopped play and we were forced to spend much of the day at the home of Rick Parfitt Junior (racing driver, rockstar and Indian fanatic) looking out of the window and liberally peppering the atmosphere with frustration fuelled expletives while eating crisps and watching touring cars on the telly. However, a break in the clouds did come at which point we quickly headed out with the bikes to some soggy roads on the outskirts of Nottingham, seeing what we could get before the heavens opened again.
Our 10-wheeled convoy consisted of a Scout 60, a Chief Dark Horse, a Chieftain Limited and a white Overfinch Range Rover, in order to make sure that even the hard of hearing would know we were coming. I feel like I've moaned a lot about the weather so far, which I can't deny, but we probably had more laughs that day than on any other shoot I can remember and it was smiles per gallon as soon as we started up the bikes. That noise! Like Satan slowly belching but in a wholly good and contented way. Suddenly the moist surroundings were irrelevant and the natural upturn of mouths towards ones ears continued for the rest of the afternoon.
Indian is the oldest motorcycle company in America. A company with a rich heritage producing beautiful bikes from their inception in 1901, all the way to 1953 when things went wrong. Various people tried to revive the fortunes of this iconic brand for more than 50 years with varying degrees of failure until they were acquired by Polaris in 2011. Since then it's been a completely different story, and they are now making beautiful engineered retro-styled bikes that are growing in popularity and are showing a steady upturn in sales. There are other manufacturers making noisy American bikes, but the beauty of Indian is their legacy, their iconic brand of Americana and the fact that you don't see many of them on the road. For us to have 3 of the beasts in one place was bound to turn heads, not just because of the way they look, but also because you're aware of their presence approximately a mile and a half before they come into view. Neighbourly relationship enders they most certainly are, and you can see straight away why certain sections of the two wheeled persuasion are infatuated by them, as were we along with our band of merry men that day in Nottingham.
So the cast in order of appearance: Rick Parfitt Junior who's currently racing a Bentley Continental in the British GT3 series, when he's not touring the world with his rock band. Flynn Stronach, guitarist with the brilliant beatbox combo 'Duke' and part time mentalist, and last but not least, bike nut and PR man Steve Cain makes up the 6 wheeled threesome. The aforementioned trio like nothing more than meeting up for a ride out, which Rick describes beautifully as a grown up version of the bike rides with your mates after school that we all did as kids. There is something very simple, joyful and pleasantly uncomplicated about getting onto a bike and going off for a ride with your mates and this feeling was conveyed perfectly by the expressions on their faces as we were doing our tracking shots. Well, you could see it on the faces of two of them as Flynn had his visor down the whole time, but I can only imagine he was smiling and chuckling to himself inside.
In the same way that dogs often look like their owners, one's choice of motorcycle must surely say a lot about your character. Loud and attention seeking, these are not designed for the shy and retiring who'd rather blend into the background. They turn heads wherever they go and that's the point. They look great and sound phenomenal but genuinely have the grunt, substance, heart and technology which is why sales are steadily growing and brand awareness is on the up. Ubiquity is not the aim, but recognition and growth certainly is and you can see why when you spend some time in the world of the Indians. I'm much more aware of the deep popping growl of said machines since making this film.
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The provider was given 48 hours' notice because the location provides a domiciliary care service and the manager and other office-based staff are often out during the day, so we needed to be sure that someone would be available.
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During the inspection, we spoke with two people using the service. We spoke with the operations manager, a care consultant and care coordinator. We were in email contact with the registered manager throughout this inspection.
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Posted on 31st October 2018 by Callum Salfield
LUCU News: October 2018
In this month's newsletter:
Results of the 2018 Pay Ballot
General Meeting – change of date
Memorial service for Memiş Acar
Update on Local Negotiations (USS, Lecture Capture, Increments, PDR, Annual Leave Protection)
Proposed campus smoking ban – tell us what you think
Anti-Casualisation Campaign
Pay Ballot Results & Thanks for Voting
As many of you will already know the pay ballot has closed and the votes have been counted. At Loughborough we achieved the 8th highest turnout of any HE branch in the UK so we wanted to thank everyone for voting and congratulate our members for the turnout. Unfortunately, this was still one vote short of the 50% government-required turnout. Loughborough's results, on a turnout of 49.8%, were 55.6% for taking industrial action consisting of a strike and 68.3% for taking action short of a strike. Full results are available here.
General Meeting – Note: Change of Date and Time
All LUCU members are invited to our first General Meeting of the academic year which will now be held on Wednesday 5th December from 4pm-5pm. This meeting will be held in Room J001 in the Edward Herbert Building.
Nita Sanghera, Vice President of UCU, will be attending and speaking on the topic of "Defending Education & Academic Freedom" An agenda and a request for motions will be communicated nearer the time.
Memis Acar Memorial Service
A secular service for our colleague, and longstanding UCU committee member, Professor Memiş Acar, who passed away following a short illness in August, will be held at 1:15pm on Wednesday, 14th November at Loughborough University in room T003, Wolfson Building.
Colleagues, family and friends will pay personal tributes to Memiş and acknowledge his contribution to university and professional practice. If you would like to attend the service and stay for refreshments after the service, please click here. A book of remembrance has been placed outside the Wolfson Reception and will be available until Friday, 9th November.
Local Negotiations
We draw members' attention to a series of statements from Dr Sam Marsh and Professor Mike Otsuka, both prominent commentators on the ongoing USS dispute, about whether USS has correctly applied its own Test1, which largely drove the disastrous proposals a year ago. These begin here with further analysis of USS's responses in later posts here. Meanwhile the University has replied to the latest UUK consultation expressing support for the first report of the Joint Expert Panel. This is good news for members and we hope that other institutions will take the same sensible approach.
After much discussion about ruling out the use of lecture capture to undermine industrial action the University have committed themselves to the following: "The University agrees that it will not use ReView, or any material taken from ReView, to undermine lawful industrial action (for example, by telling students in a live dispute that they could make up for lost lectures by viewing ReView at the time)". We are pleased that the University has taken this pragmatic step which underlines the respectful nature of industrial relations here. This now needs to be integrated into the Lecture Capture policy.
Withholding of Increments
The University continues to push for a policy change allowing "automatic" increments to be withheld for those staff on a final written warning. We expect a final proposal from management soon which UCU has agreed to put to a vote at the upcoming General Meeting.
We would like to thank members who took the time to complete our PDR survey and send us their thoughts on the system. The unions and University management held a special meeting to discuss potential revisions to the PDR system. The University has decided not to make significant changes this year although there are a number of minor tweaks many of which we feel could be beneficial. The University has committed to a more thorough review next year which we are hopeful will include a full reconsideration of the usefulness of the grading system.
Protection of Annual Leave
The University have agreed that in situations where a member of staff moves down a grade, such as during a restructure, and this reduces their leave entitlement (i.e. moving below grade 6), leave will only be reduced to 25 days. Previously the leave entitlement reduced to 20 days where accrued service was less than 5 years.
We encourage members to attend the General Assembly on the 7th of November. This is an opportunity to hear from senior management about current events, future plans and, more importantly, to put your own questions to them.
Smoking on Campus
The University are considering whether a smoking ban across campus would be desirable and UCU have been asked how our members would feel about such a move. The issue is bound to be divisive. If you have strong views either way we would be interested in hearing them. Please email ucu@lboro.ac.uk with your views.
We want to alert you of changes that could significantly impact on people with children born before 6 April 2017. You are urged to read the link and consider whether you should claim, even if you are not granted an award now, as it may protect future applications.
The Loughborough UCU Anti-Casualisation Campaign is getting underway. Look out for updates from the branch and remember that all casually-employed staff (on fixed term or variable hours contracts) can join the Facebook group and can always contact the committee members involved: T.Swann@lboro.ac.uk and S.J.S.Parfitt@lboro.ac.uk
With best wishes from your LUCU Committee, 30th October 2018
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Watch Now: First Trailer For Original 'Walking Dead' Showrunner Frank Darabont's L.A. Noir TV Show 'Mob City'
By The Movie God | @ | Tuesday, August 13th, 2013 at 7:00 pm
After being credited as creator of the hit AMC series The Walking Dead and acting as showrunner for a short while, Frank Darabont was fired and moved on to a new project. This new project was set up with TNT, and was known at the time as L.A. Noir. Not L.A. Noire the video game, but based on the book L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City by John Buntin.
Since then the show has changed its name to Lost Angels, cast people like Walking Dead star Jon Bernthal, and changed the title again, this time to Mob City.
Now a first trailer has been released for the show, which is set to premiere on December 4th, and you can watch it below.
Much like the game L.A. Noire, Mob City is also set in post-war Los Angeles when mobsters run the town, including Mickey Cohen, who was also featured in the game and the recent movie Gangster Squad. But there's plenty of other familiar gangster names involved in the show, some of which fans of HBO's Boardwalk Empire who aren't so familiar with mob history will recognize.
Here's a full synopsis:
The epic battle between a determined police chief and a dangerous mobster inflames 1940s Los Angeles in TNT's eagerly anticipated television event Mob City (formerly known as Lost Angels). This powerful drama comes to TNT from Frank Darabont (The Walking Dead), who wrote and directed the pilot and serves as executive producer on the series. Based on the critically acclaimed book L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City, by John Buntin, Mob City opens in post-war Los Angeles, home to glamorous movie stars, powerful studio heads and returning war heroes. But it's also a city caught between a powerful and corrupt police force and an even more dangerous criminal network determined to make L.A. its West Coast base.
Los Angeles Police Chief William Parker (Neal McDonough — Captain America, Desperate Housewives)) has made it his mission to free the city of criminals like Ben "Bugsy" Siegel (Ed Burns — Entourage) and Mickey Cohen (Jeremy Luke — Don Jon), the ruthless king of the Los Angeles underworld. Parker also won't hesitate to go after anyone from his own police force who sells out honor and duty for the sake of a big payout. To carry out his sweep of organized crime, Parker sets up a new mob task force within the LAPD. Headed by Det. Hal Morrison (Jeffrey DeMunn — The Walking Dead, The Shawshank Redemption), the task force includes Det. Joe Teague (Jon Bernthal — The Walking Dead), an ex-Marine who holds his cards close to his chest. Mob City's exceptional ensemble cast also includes Gregory Itzin (24), Robert Knepper (Prison Break), Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes) and Alexa Davalos (Clash of the Titans, The Mist). Mob City is produced by TNT Originals, with Darabont, Michael De Luca (The Social Network) and Elliot Webb (Alpha House) serving as executive producers.
— As you'll see in the trailer, Simon Pegg, star of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World's End, and J.J. Abrams' Star Trek movies, has a role.
— Patrick Fischler, who portrayed Mickey Cohen in L.A. Noire, is said to also have a role in this series as infamous gangster Meyer Lansky.
Looks pretty great from where I'm sitting; how do you think Mob City looks?
[Source: via Collider]
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Tags: Alexa Davalos, Ed Burns, Frank Darabont, Gregory Itzin, Jeffrey DeMunn, Jon Bernthal, L.A. Noir, Lost Angels, Milo Ventimiglia, Mob City, Neal McDonough, Robert Knepper, Simon Pegg, TNT
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Sanders-Clinton Voter Database Hack: a Campaign Pro's Perspective
posted by martyb on Saturday December 26 2015, @10:22AM
from the something-there-is-that-doesn't-love-a-wall dept.
As you probably already know, Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign was involved in some recent hijinks involving improper access to campaign data from the Hillary Clinton campaign, after a buggy software patch applied by the contractor maintaining the Democratic Party's voter database, NGPVAN, inadvertently opened a data firewall. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) suspended the Sanders' campaign access to Democratic voter lists (a subscription that the campaign had paid for); Sanders responded by suing the DNC; after a brief negotiation, the DNC restored the Sanders campaign access; and Sanders apologized to Clinton for the hack in Saturday night's debate. Clinton accepted the apology, and noted that most Americans don't care anyway.
Present company (possibly) excepted. Veteran Democratic campaign consultant David Atkins, who evidently has hands on experience using the software in question, pieced together what he thinks happened; including useful background on NGPVAN's software and its use by the Democratic party.
Atkins' bottom line:
As it turns out the ethical breach by Sanders operatives was massive, but the actual data discovery was limited. So it made sense and was fairly obvious that the DNC would quickly end up giving the campaign back its NGPVAN access—particularly since failing to do so would be a death sentence for the campaign and a gigantic black eye to the party.
Atkins also had some choice words for DNC chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, agreeing with David Axelrod (Obama's former chief campaign strategist) that the DNC overreacted.
DNC CEO Amy Dacey blogged that the suspension of access to Sanders wasn't punitive:
This action was not taken to punish the Sanders campaign — it was necessary to ensure that the Sanders campaign took appropriate steps to resolve the issue and wasn't unfairly using another campaign's data.
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Yep — read the interviews with Sanders' staff (Score: 4, Informative) by Magic Oddball on Sunday December 27 2015, @06:52AM
by Magic Oddball (3847) on Sunday December 27 2015, @06:52AM (#281390) Journal
That matches what Sanders' staff has said in interviews like this one in a US Uncut article [usuncut.com] among many others:
Josh Uretsky, Sanders' national data director, viewed, searched, and even transferred some of the data on the server itself, but insists that he did not act inappropriately or export any data from the NGP VAN system. "The breach was in no way our fault. I saw it and attempted to investigate and attempted to do it in a transparent manner," he said.
"To my knowledge, we did not take anything out of the system it was in and did not gain anything out of it. We saw a security breach and we tried to assess it and understand it."
When asked about why he accessed Clinton's files, he responded, "You see something, you investigate it first. … I knew full well that I was creating a record that the administrators could see." He maintains that he was actively trying to create a record of the problem so that NGP VAN could effectively track and debug the problem, and that he made no attempt to conceal his actions.
Michael Briggs, a communications aide for the Sanders campaign, said this isn't the first time they've reported security bugs in the DNC's voter file.
"On more than one occasion, the vendor has dropped the firewall between the data of different Democratic campaigns. Our campaign months ago alerted the DNC to the fact that campaign data was being made available to other campaigns," Briggs told Buzzfeed News. "At that time our campaign did not run to the media, relying instead on assurances from the vendor."
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Sea War Museum Jutland (tidligere Søkrigsmuseet) er et krigsmuseum dedikeret til søslag, der ligger i Thyborøn, Nordjylland. Det blev grundlagt af Gert Normann Andersen og åbnede d. 15. september 2015. Det omhandler primært slaget ved Jylland, men også andre slag under første verdenskrig. Ved museet findes også Mindeparken for Jyllandsslaget, der mindes de over 8600 sømænd fra både Storbritannien og Tyskland der døde under slaget.

Museets udstilling omfatter følgende:

 Britiske og tyske ubåde
 Søslaget ved Jylland
 Slaget ved Helgoland
 Slaget ved Dogger Banke
 Luftkrigen over Nordsøen
 RMS Lusitania og U 20
 Sømineudstilling
 Torpedoudstilling
 Marinarkæologi

Referencer

Eksterne henvisninger

 Jutland Memorial Park

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Museer i Region Midtjylland

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Eine Iljuschin Il-62 der polnischen Fluggesellschaft Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT verunglückte am 14. März 1980 auf dem LOT-Flug 007 in Warschau in unmittelbarer Nähe des Hauptstadt-Flughafens in Okęcie beim Landeanflug. Alle 87 Personen an Bord starben.

Flug und Flugzeug
Flug LO 007 war ein Transatlantikflug der polnischen Fluggesellschaft LOT vom New Yorker "John F. Kennedy International Airport" (JFK/KJFK) zum Warschauer Flughafen Okęcie  (WAW/EPWA). Die  Verbindung bestand seit dem 16. April 1972.

Das Unfallflugzeug war eine vierstrahlige Iljuschin Il-62 Baujahr 1971, die erste Il-62, die die LOT für transatlantische Flüge erworben hatte. Die Maschine war "Mikołaj Kopernik" getauft worden, das Luftfahrzeugkennzeichen lautete SP-LAA, die Besatzung bestand aus 10 Personen.

Planmäßig hätte das Flugzeug den Kennedy-Flughafen am 13. März um 19:00 Uhr (lokale Zeit New York) verlassen sollen. Wegen eines starken Schneesturms konnte erst um 21:18 gestartet werden. Nach einem neunstündigen, bis dahin problemlosen Flug erreichte die Maschine um 11:13 Uhr (lokale Zeit Warschau) die polnische Hauptstadt.

Unfall
Während des Landeanflugs meldete die Crew den Ausfall der Fahrgestell-Leuchtanzeige an die Flughafen-Kontrolle. Da nicht klar war, ob das Fahrgestell zur Landung ausgefahren war, entschied die Crew sich für  Landeabbruch und Überflug, um dem Bordingenieur eine Überprüfung der Elektrik und des Status des Fahrgestells zu ermöglichen – ein in solchen Fällen übliches Verfahren. Einige Sekunden nach dieser Bekanntgabe sackte die Maschine, anstatt zu steigen, aber stark ab und etwa 30 Sekunden später streifte sie mit ihrer rechten Tragfläche Bäume eines kleinen Wäldchens nördlich des vereisten Wassergrabens des ehemaligen Warschauer Forts VI ("Okęcie"). Mit einer Geschwindigkeit von 380 km/h und einem Sinkwinkel von 20 Grad stürzte sie in den rund drei Meter tiefen Graben, der circa einen Kilometer westlich der Flughafen-Landebahn liegt.

Bei der Kollision mit Bäumen und dem Aufprall auf das Festungsfundament wurde das Flugzeug stark zerstört und versank teilweise im Schlamm des Grabens.

Opfer
Da der tiefe Schlamm das Auffinden von Wrackteilen und damit die genaue Rekonstruktion des Unfalles erschwerte, wurde das Wasser des Grabens abgelassen.

Bei dem Absturz kamen alle 77 Passagiere sowie die zehn Besatzungsmitglieder ums Leben. Unter den Verunglückten befanden sich die polnische Sängerin Anna Jantar, der US-amerikanische Musikethnologe Alan P. Merriam sowie sechs polnische Studenten, die an einer AIESEC-Konferenz in New York teilgenommen hatten. Außerdem war eine Gruppe amerikanischer Amateur-Boxer, die in zwei Boxturnieren gegen polnische und sowjetische Boxer in Krakau und Kattowitz antreten sollten, mit ihren Betreuern an Bord. Ein Mitglied des Teams war auch der US-amerikanische Meister im Halbweltergewicht, Lemuel Steeples. Zu den verunglückten Crewmitgliedern gehörten der Flugkapitän Paweł Lipowczan sowie der Erste Offizier Tadeusz Łochocki.

Unfallursache
Die Unfallstelle wurde umgehend abgesperrt und die beiden Flugrekorder (Cockpit-Gespräche, Flugdatenrekorder) schnell gefunden. Allerdings brachen die Aufzeichnungen 26 Sekunden vor dem Aufprall ab. Nach dem Zusammensetzen der Kusnezow NK-8-Turbojet-Triebwerke zeigte sich, dass Turbine Nr. 2 bereits vor dem Aufprall zerstört war. Die Turbinenscheibe dieses Triebwerks fand man – zerbrochen in Einzelteile – rund vier Kilometer entfernt vom Unglücksort. Untersuchungen dieser Bruchstücke wiesen auf eine Materialermüdung hin. Die Rekonstruktion der Cockpit-Abläufe ergab, dass die Treibstoffzufuhr der Triebwerke 2 und 3 abgestellt war, während Triebwerk 4 (rechts außen) auf vollen Schub gestellt war. Vermutlich hatten Materialfehler in Turbine 2 zu einem Zerfall dieses Triebwerkes in seine Einzelteile geführt, welche hiernach zwei weitere Triebwerke sowie die Ansteuerung von Höhenruder und Seitenruder unweit der Ansatzstelle der Schwanzflosse beschädigten. Der plötzliche Schub- wie Lenkverlust der Maschine hatte zu dem verhängnisvollen Absinken in der nur geringen Höhe geführt, das knapp eine halbe Minute nach Eintritt des Defektes zum Aufschlag führte.

Nach Angaben der polnischen Kommission zur Untersuchung des Unglücks war der Absturz auf Material-, Produktions- sowie Konstruktionsfehler zurückzuführen. Gemäß einem Artikel zum 30. Jahrestag des Unglücks in der polnischen Zeitschrift Newsweek weisen Unterlagen im Institut für Nationales Gedenken (IPN) darauf hin, dass der Druck von Behörden der Volksrepublik Polen LOT zu Kostenreduzierungen bei der Flugzeugwartung und zu Überlastungen der Triebwerke gezwungen habe. Die gefundene Turbinenscheibe habe Spuren unsachgemäßer Reparaturversuche seitens des LOT-Bodenpersonals aufgewiesen. Flugexperten meldeten Zweifel an der Korrektheit des Artikels an.

Gedenkstätten

An der Unglücksstätte (auf dem nördlichen Ufer des Festungsgrabens) wurde ein Gedenkstein aufgestellt, auf dem der polnische Primas, Kardinal Stefan Wyszyński, der Verunglückten im Gebet gedacht hat.

Ein Bronze-Denkmal, auf dem ein niedergeschlagener Boxer liegt, wurde vor dem Warschauer Sportverein SKRA an der Wawelska-Straße errichtet. Auf ihm sind die Namen der verstorbenen Amateurboxer und ihrer Betreuer aus den USA eingraviert. Ein identisches Denkmal wurde auf dem "United States Olympic Training Center" in Colorado Springs aufgestellt. Die beiden Denkmäler wurden von Thomas Kane und dem Internationalen Amateurboxverband AIBA finanziert und vom US-amerikanischen Künstler Auldwin Thomas Schonberg geschaffen.

Die Gräber des fliegenden Personals der "Kopernik" liegen auf dem Warschauer Powązki-Militärfriedhof. Anna Jantar wurde auf dem Friedhof Wawrzyszew beerdigt.

Dem Kapitän Pawel Lipowczan wurde zugeschrieben, die Maschine gezielt vor dem unbewohnten Fort abgestürzt haben zu lassen, und so ein naheliegendes Wohngebiet, die benachbarte sechsspurige Krakowska-Allee und das Jugendgefängnis verschont zu haben. Eine beim Unglücksort verlaufende kleine Straße wurde deshalb 1990 nach ihm benannt.

Galerie

Siehe auch
LOT-Flug 5055

Weblinks

 Kurz-Unfallbericht (englisch)
 Dokumentation über das Unglück (polnisch)

Fotos
 Foto der Il-62 "Mikołaj Kopernik" auf dem JFK-Flughafen im Januar 1979
 Foto der Il-62 "Mikołaj Kopernik" vom 8. August 1977
 Foto des Wracks vor den Kasematten des Forts, aus: Aircraft Crashes Record Office

Einzelnachweise

Włochy
Flugunfall in Polen
Verkehrsgeschichte (Warschau)
Flugunfall 1980
Iljuschin Il-62


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Mosman consults community on Climate Action Plan
Residents are being invited to have their say on Mosman's draft Climate Strategy and Action Plan which has been placed on public exhibition following its endorsement by Council at its December meeting.
The document provides a strategic framework to reduce CO2 emissions for both Council operations and the wider Mosman community and will work in tandem with a Climate Resilience and Adaptation Plan which is currently being developed.
"Reducing carbon and greenhouse gas emissions is vital to address the impacts of climate change and real change happens at a community level so it's important Mosman Council supports the community transition to a greener approach," Mosman Mayor Carolyn Corrigan said.
"The plan provides leadership, guidance and education on an emissions reduction pathway for Council and for the community, building on the significant efforts that are already underway.
"This week's official opening of a public electric vehicle (EV) fast charger in Mosman, which is the first fast charger installed by a metro Sydney council and the only fast charger within a 10km radius, demonstrates Council's support for electric vehicle uptake as part of its efforts to help reduce emissions."
The draft Climate Strategy and Action Plan, which establishes clear policy direction for future programs, lists seven action areas including Energy Use, Biodiversity and Trees, Water Cycle, Waste, Transport, Built Environment and Engaging and Educating the Community.
The plan has been developed with input from Council's newly formed Climate Action Community Consultative Committee and follows the declaration of a Climate Emergency by Council and adoption of a net zero emission target for Council operations by 2030 and an aspirational net zero target for the community by 2040.
To view the document and make a submission visit yourvoicemosman.com.au until the end of February 2021.
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South Milwaukee man allegedly threatens to kill live-in girlfriend, telling her she can see her dead mother
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A. A 27-year-old South Milwaukee man was arrested for disorderly conduct (domestic violence related) in the 600 block of Montana Avenue after he allegedly threatened to kill his live-in girlfriend Jan. 27. The woman shut herself in the bedroom and called the police, whispering to the dispatcher so he wouldn't hear her on the phone. The man allegedly told her he was going to kill her and that she could go see her mom (who is dead) following an argument.
B. A 16-year-old South Milwaukee boy was arrested for disorderly conduct at South Milwaukee High School, 801 15th Ave., Jan. 29. The teen was walking around the school, not listening to staff or police when asked to stop or remove his hat. Instead, the teen was swearing at both school staff and officers. Police ended up having to physically restrain him. The teen said he wasn't able to get food so he was just going to walk around the school and listen to music.
C. A 32-year-old Milwaukee woman was cited for disorderly conduct due to her involvement in a fight at Bottoms Up South, 500 Madison Ave., Jan. 27.
D. A 49-year-old South Milwaukee man was arrested for retail theft at Pick 'n Save, 2931 S. Chicago Ave., Jan. 27. He allegedly attempted to steal vodka.
E. A 24-year-old Oak Creek man was arrested for OWI at 12th Avenue and Milwaukee Avenue, Jan. 30. He had a 0.12 BAC.
F. A 31-year-old South Milwaukee woman was arrested for his third OWI at North Chicago Avenue and Cherry Street, Jan. 29. She refused a breath test.
G. A 53-year-old St. Francis man was arrested for stealing from his employer, Kmart, 6077 S. Packard Ave., Jan. 19. It was estimated he stole about $3,500 worth of merchandise over the last year of employment. He would put items in a cart, remove anti-theft devices, and store them in layaway until after his shift when he'd take the cart out to his car. Some items he said he gave to his grandchildren as gifts. Some of the stolen items include two 50-inch televisions, DVDs, and a coffee maker among other things.
H. A 50-year-old Cudahy man was arrested for his second OWI in the 2600 block of East Layton Avenue, Jan. 27. He was initially stopped for a defective muffler. "I'm over the limit. I can guarantee you that," the man said when taking a breath test, which resulted in a 0.191 BAC.
I. A 34-year-old Cudahy woman was cited for begging in the 5600 block of South Packard Avenue, Jan. 31. She was advised against panhandling the day before. She said she is unemployed and needed to get money to feed her child. She was provided resources to secure food and given a Pick 'n Save gift card to purchase groceries.
J. A 20-year-old Cudahy man was arrested for disorderly conduct and battery (both domestic violence-related) in the 3600 block of East Iona Terrace, Jan. 29. The man's sister was driving him to work and she wanted to get some coffee from McDonald's. The man allegedly complained he'd be late and the argument escalated into him punching his sister in the ribcage between four and five times.
K. An 18-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for possession of marijuana in the 3000 block of East Layton Avenue, Jan. 17.
L. A 25-year-old Racine woman was cited for drug paraphernalia in the 6000 block of South Packard Avenue, Jan. 21.
M. A 24-year-old St. Francis man was arrested after a K9 helped to find drug paraphernalia in the car he was driving during a traffic stop in the 4500 block of South Nicholson Avenue, Jan. 25.
N. A 38-year-old St. Francis man was cited for drug paraphernalia, operating without insurance, and excessive window tint in the 3000 block of East Layton Avenue, Jan. 28.
O. A 16-year-old Union Grove boy was arrested for marijuana in the 3600 block of East Armour Avenue, Jan. 28.
P. A 37-year-old Milwaukee woman was arrested during a traffic stop for possession of crack cocaine in the 3000 block of East Layton Avenue, Jan. 31. She was out on bail for an open misdemeanor prostitution case through Milwaukee County Circuit Court. The passenger, a 38-year-old Milwaukee woman, was the owner of the car and was arrested for drug paraphernalia.
Q. A 28-year-old Cudahy man was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon after a handgun was found in a bag during a traffic stop in the 3200 block of East Layton Avenue, Jan. 27. He was also issued two municipal traffic citations, one for no insurance and another for operating after suspension. The case will be reviewed by the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office.
R. A 28-year-old Cudahy man was arrested for his second OWI in the 4700 block of South Swift Avenue, Jan. 27. He was stopped for going 38 in a 25 mph zone. He admitted to drinking earlier in the day and had a 0.104 BAC.
S. A 44-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for his third OWI in the 5100 block of South Packard Avenue, Feb. 3. He was initially stopped for suspended registration, unreasonable and imprudent speed, and unsafe lane deviation. The driver admitted to having beer, but refused field sobriety and chemical testing.
T. A 27-year-old woman was arrested for disorderly conduct and battery at 42 Ale House, 3807 S. Packard Ave., Jan. 31. She was asked to leave after causing a disturbance, but she refused and became upset, allegedly throwing a bar stool and assaulting the bartender.
U. Someone may have attempted to break into an apartment in the 4000 block of South Kingan Avenue, Feb. 3. The exterior window pane of the patio door was broken but no one got in. It may have been broken due to the cold weather.
V. A 31-year-old man was allegedly knocking on a door in the 4000 block of South Packard Avenue and yelling at those inside. The man was found to be a neighbor and was knocking on the door because he believed the caller had taped a note on his door accusing him of something he said wasn't true. The man was advised to stay away from the neighbor and not have any further contact.
W. A man, approximately 6 feet tall and 200 pounds wearing a black leather jacket, grey hoodie, and dark cargo pants appeared to be attempting to steal merchandise at GNC, 4698 S. Whitnall Ave., Feb. 2. An employee said the man had stolen from other GNC stores in the metro area. The man had fled in an older model red car. It didn't appear he'd taken anything from the store.


It's National Mousse Day, in these United States.
Recent endeavor found one heading in the uncharacteristic direction of eastwards. The aperitif of my evening meal was found planning the journey from the rolling hills of Astoria via the IND R line, riding it out to the Roosevelt Avenue stop in Jackson Heights, where a transfer to the IRT Flushing Line would be enacted. The menu for the night offered but one entree, and it was called "Flushing." The filthy black raincoat was flapping about as one entered the caverns below and traveled through a Queensican tunnel within a hurtling metal box stuffed to the gills with the huddled masses. My plan worked out, a lucky break in the big City.
Often has one opined that the 7 line is the most photogenic of NYC's subway lines, and nobody has ever risen up to challenge the assertion to my face. She's a looker, old Lucky 7, and always reminds me of that feeling you get when arriving home and smell a a roast chicken dinner hitting the table just as you unlock the door. She's apple pie, the bees knees, but always remember that she's complicated. The 7 ain't no pushover, baby.
Whilst onboard the 7, assigning gender roles to subway lines and listening to an "old time radio" adaption of some Raymond Chandler style story on my headphones, one began to do what he does to pass the time whilst commuting. I set the camera to a fairly narrow aperture (f8) and fast shutter speed (1/1600th) and pointed it out the window. Focusing on a far away object, the "spray and pray" method of photographic endeavor was enacted. Wasn't looking for anything in particular, mind you, other than a different point of view than you get at ground level.
The narrow aperture – by the way – involves an optical something called "hyperfocal distance," the high shutter speed was to compensate for the movement of the train, and the ISO speed depended solely on the needs of exposure.
I'm fairly ignorant about Flushing, as has been mentioned more than once. I know the broad stroke stuff, of course. orchards, and remonstrances, and Flushing Creek, and the railroad. I'm just not "granular" about Flushing, which is where I like to be. Haven't yet found my usual collection of oddities, occultists, or riddled occlusions in the historical record of Flushing that one such as myself thrives on. There's got to be a necromancy story in Flushing history, I tell you.
Did you know that there have been several UFO sightings in Flushing Meadow Corona Park, going all the way back to the 1960's? Y'see, that's MY kind of thing.
The Flushing Creek (aka Flushing River) was the subject of three very early Newtown Pentacle posts from 2009. These postings describe what I saw while onboard a boat heading into the waterway – one, two, and three.
Arriving at the 7 line's terminal stop at Main Street in Flushing, one scuttled through the throbbing masses of the downtown area. One thing I CAN tell you about Flushing is that it is packed to the gills with people, particularly in the zone around Main Street. Herds of humans staring into little rectangles of glowing glass stalk these parts, bolting forward in blind furies as soon as the street lights change, and if one is not wary he might become trampled by an incoming wall of meat.
My pal Dr. Jack, who is more conventionally known as Official Queens Borough Historian Dr. Jack Eichenbaum, lives nearby. On more than one occasion he's pointed out how relatively narrow the sidewalks and pedestrian pathways here in Flushing are in comparison to the vehicle section of the public way. Add in a level of real estate industrial complex activity that rivals what's happening in Long Island City, and you've got throngs of people and an actual pedestrian traffic problem.
My eventual destination in Flushing was at a "Green Drinks Queens" get together at the Leaf Cafe rooftop bar.
Green Drinks Queens is being organized by my pal Erik Baard, and along a few of our mutual friends I've committed to attending and "doing" the events. Next one will be sometime in the first quarter of 2018, I think. I had to circulate amongst and probably annoy the folks who attended, acting as if I could carry a conversation with real people, and my main function was introducing people to other people. There was a pretty nice sized crowd, which was probably due to partnering up with the Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce in producing the thing. The aforementioned Dr. Jack Eichenbaum was there, as were Dragon Boaters, and the "bicycle people" as well.
I did find a couple of minutes here and there to wave the camera about during the evening, and use that new mini tripod gizmo I mentioned a couple of days ago for a few long exposure shots looking westwards towards the Shining City of Manhattan.
Incidentally, I've been to precisely two of the new rooftop bar/lounges in Flushing, and the views from both have been absolutely spectacular – but causation is neither proof nor correlation. I now feel that I've a duty to visit more of them.
It's National French Toast Day, in these United States.
I was on my way to the ferry one recent morning, but had to make a quick stop nearby Queens Plaza. Lotsa running around, me. The light bouncing around in Queens Plaza caught my eye, however.
That's the Rosenwasser Bros. factory at the right hand side of the shot, all illuminated by one of the shiny mirror box condo towers being built in Queens Plaza. It's Orchard street, by the way, corner of Jackson Avenue. The Rosenwassers were magnates in the rag trade who started out – like many Jewish garment tycoons – in the shirtwaist industry of Lower Manhattan. Running what 21st century eyes would process as a sweatshop, they accumulated enough money to set up a large industrial combine in Queens shortly after the Queensboro bridge opened in 1909, and enjoyed several military as well as civilian contracts. By 1913, they were an established and well known Queensican company run by its President, Morris Rosenwasser, which offered baseball cleats (sold under Babe Ruth branding) and scouting equipment to retailers.
At its height in 1918, the Rosenwasser Company employed some 2,500 people. During the First World War, the firm enjoyed several valuable contracts with the Federal Government. The factory in Queens Plaza turned out an average of 6,000 pairs of shoes a day, 15,000 pairs of leggings, and an undetermined number of canvas gas masks, rucksacks, and other commodities for the war department. A so called "open shop," the Rosenwassers were prime movers in a case (Rosenwasser Bros. Inc. v. Pepper et al, NYS Supreme Court October 1918) which defined the rights and limitations of organized labor during wartime for a generation.
The Welfare Island Bridge opened, officially, on May 18, 1955. We know it as the Roosevelt Island Bridge.
Like the nearby Pulaski Bridge over Newtown Creek, which was erected in the same era, Frederick H. Zurmuhlen of the Dept. of Public Works oversaw the design and construction of the Welfare Island Bridge. One of the unsung men who built the modern city, Zurmuhlen served under three mayors and one Robert Moses.
The Welfare Island Bridge, known to modernity as the Roosevelt Island Bridge, has recently undergone a refurbishment and makeover. Much was made of the cosmetic improvements to the span, but the reality of the investment was a determination that in case of a seismic event – which the City of New York is long overdue for – the Bridge would suffer catastrophic damage. A massive earthquake is one of the unspoken horrors which the City government had been quietly planning for during the twelve year tenure of Michael Bloomberg, something which that Mayor's office would be applauded for were it more widely known. A tip of the hat goes out to the municipal engineers and planners for both their discretion and the secretive work which they had been performing. Of course, that sort of thing went out the window when the Dope From Park Slope showed up.
As far as the current Mayor… he's busy trying to build "affordable" waterfront housing that starts at $3,700 for a one bedroom. A highly technical description of NYC's earthquake risk factors, as prepared and offered in 1998 by the NY State DOT, can be accessed here.
These shots were captured from the NYC Ferry's Astoria line, which is one of the few things that I consider the current Mayor as having done well in his first term. Of course, I can tell you that I'd been hearing about this expansion of the East River Ferry service in harbor circles for years, and can quietly point you at certain employees of the NYCEDC who handed the current Mayor a finished plan for him to put his name on the day he got into office, but regardless – if you haven't ridden the new ferry from Astoria yet, what are you waiting for? You paid for it, you might as well use it. The experience is pretty cool, and it's only $2.75.
dynamos of Big Allis were reduced to slag by the heat issuing from within its massive, natural gas driven turbines. Six months later, a rebuilt system managed to withstand a full hour and twenty seven minutes of these cosmic forces before it too went out of commission for a further four months. The problem was diagnosed by experts and teams of engineers being caused by a malfunctioning bearing which was producing concatenation and vibrations.
Did you know that Big Allis was originally meant to be a nuclear plant?
That's the Queensboro Bridge, pictured above, looking back along the shoreline of Queens at the border of Hunters Point and Ravenswood. The borders between these areas are always hazy, and are often the subject of debate amongst those with an appreciation for times past and things forgotten. I've coined the term "angle" to describe these blended neighborhoods; Blissville and West Maspeth, Woodside and Sunnyside, Astoria and Elmhurst etc. In the case of Blissville and Maspeth, the Koscisuzcko Bridge sits on the exact border between the two… but where does Woodside start and Sunnyside end? Even worse, where does Winfield fit into the puzzle? Angles, I tell you, angles.
At least along the East River, things are fairly simple – Astoria, Ravenswood, Hunters Point – from north to south.
You've got a lot of "sub zones" as well in those East River neighborhoods in Queens, the Astoria Ferry Line leaves from Lawrence or Astoria Point at Hallets Cove, and the "north side" ferry dock pictured in LIC above is found alongside future superfund site Anable Basin. A hundred years ago, the area where all of those shiny new residential towers pictured above sit in modernity was once the property of the Standard Oil Company and hosted a pretty large parcel of petroleum oriented equipment, chemical and paint factories, and one or two large oil canning operations.
It's always difficult to do justice to the East River.
The bridges, the history… it's a maritime corridor in which so much happened that it's often hard to believe. In many ways, it's where American capitalism "figured itself out." In the 18th and early 19th centuries, it's where the slave ships were built over on the Manhattan side. It's where the financial powers which would become "Wall Street" began issuing the credit documents and bills of laiding recognized by the European colonial powers, where the first modern steel hulled and steam powered ships were built, and where profiting from the "five black arts" were perfected and practiced.
It's Thanksgiving Day, in these United States.
It's National Cranberry Relish Day, in these United States.


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I Keep a List of What I Must.
October 9, 2012 December 17, 2012 | The 22 Magazine
by Christopher Citro
By the bed and last thing at night, first thing
in damp daylight, I consult. On rare occasion
I might add. Making love in the long grass
near the river, a vulture's shadow crept across
her face while I was in the middle of it,
and I looked away. That went near the top.
Those afternoons with everything crashing
around me, watching through café windows—
when I stepped outside, the smell of wet streets
and dripping trees. I did not inhale enough.
Years later, trying to recall it is like reading
through water. So I'll have to forgive myself
for that, for letting the domino rally lull me
asleep. I saw a woman on the street yelling
at a man who did not step back. He opened
his arms, I'm a lover not a fighter, and hugged her.
Both drunk as September. Most of October,
me forgiving myself for being surprised.
Christopher Citro's poetry appears or is forthcoming in Salamander, Cream City Review, Los Angeles Review, Southeast Review, The Minnesota Review, Poetry East, Verse Daily, and elsewhere. He is a past recipient of a Langston Hughes Creative Writing Award for poetry. Recent broadsides of his poetry are available from Architrave Press, Broadsided, and Thrush Press. Christopher is currently completing an MFA in poetry at Indiana University. Find him at christophercitro.com.
The 22 Playlist #2 (The Submarine Hotel), August 25 2012.
August 25, 2012 | The 22 Magazine
In the sea, deep, in the sea, there is a submarine hotel. Men go there, women too, to water down the world and float free. The submarine hotel is a one way trip, and the passengers are always the same. This week we're offering you the once in a lifetime opportunity to sonically explore the interior of this metallic getaway with sounds ranging the gurgle of tasty Bier from Bernd Klug and Bernhard Hammer to a lullaby at sea with CATFOX, to the expirmental fusion of Mostly Other People Do the Killing, and the playlist inspiring track from Taren McCallen-Moore, The Submarine Hotel, plus many more.
See the full line up below, or check it out here. Photo courtesy of National Archives of Norway.
The 22 Playlist: #1 (Sunburned), August 12, 2012.
August 11, 2012 August 30, 2012 | The 22 Magazine
We are so pleased to present the first incarnation of The 22 Playlist. Our first playlist speaks to love and third degree burns respectively. Ranging from the brain melting effects of Je suis le Petit Chevalier's (Felicia Atkinson), "A Guide to the Sun" to a lethargic lullaby from Bee and Flowers's most recent "Suspension," to a parched call for joy from Franz Nicolay's most recent album "Do the Struggle," this playlist travels the spectrum of blind love.
Full Playlist:
The 22 Playlist #1 (Sunburned): Painted Figures by Je Suis le Petit Chevalier
http://feliciaatkinson.be/
The 22 Playlist #1 (Sunburned): The 22 Playlist #1 (Sunburned): We don't have time for a hypothesis, science is fleeting by Lazurite
The 22 Playlist #1 (Sunburned): Mirror, Mirror by Wax Fang
http://waxfang.com/
The 22 Playlist #1 (Sunburned): Beav by Bassoon
http://popejoy.org/bassoon
The 22 Playlist #1 (Sunburned): Is it for Breaking? by Iron Dog
http://irondogmusic.com/
The 22 Playlist #1 (Sunburned): Red Giants by What Tryants
http://whattyrants.bandcamp.com/
The 22 Playlist #1 (Sunburned): I am the Sun by Taren McCallan-Moore
http://soundcloud.com/magicvan
The 22 Playlist #1 (Sunburned): Possession by Sarah Bernstein Unearthish
http://sarahbernstein.com/
http://sarahbernstein.bandcamp.com/album/unearthish
The 22 Playlist #1 (Sunburned): Lovebirds by Clara Engel
http://claraengel.bandcamp.com/
The 22 Playlist #1 (Sunburned): Joy by Franz Nicolay
http://franznicolay.com/
The 22 Playlist #1 (Sunburned): You're not the Sun by Bee and Flower
http://beeandflower.com/
What it does.
June 26, 2012 December 17, 2012 | The 22 Magazine
By Shanita Bigelow
I am not a man.
Were there a place for this kind of truth, it would rest like a hand at rest, only as heavy as
it tends/needs to be.
There are numbers and signs and bedposts and other treasures left for streetwear.
In your mouth I found a mound and in time it will uncover itself, reveal
the buried, your ancestry kept beneath, sublingual and integrating, sublingual and dissolving,
sublingual, making its way through your vessels, shining light in new space, building mounds of elbow
and knuckle, pancreas and gallbladder, your eye. It is not what it does,
not the purpose of a purpose anymore; rather, a guise—calm teeth compelled to mercy and
your eye, the one made of dried tubers and plantains, the one well versed in the forsaken,
the sacred. In your palm a repository for yes.
Yes. Yes. Yes.
There is a shaker being shaken at this very moment and could you hear, you might dance or fright,
you might swallow or listen. Shake then. The answers you seek exist not in the cumbersome
notes, the copious, not in all those hands, your eye, but in the flavor, the flavor of yes and/or
thank you. Yes, thank you.
If salmon were a gun and smoked, how would you maneuver the catch, gesture,
maneuver fork and knife through barrel and flesh—scaled is the freshness of our decrees for the
sanctity, for the answers. And life can exist in new measures, line after line after line after. Do
not forsake the smoked gun, the smoking salmon, the smoke.
What you've left of me today is more
than enough for two. Maybe, I said. Maybe. Keep in mind what you keep in isolation. There are
carts for this kind of mercy. Call it fear or something like it or not. Call it anything but sorrow
because sorrow does not exist. Not as it should. Instead
we are left to want for more and watch the bleeding, the smoking, crying out for another and
another and another, our tongues lost in a cannon, combustible and ugly, grimy like how you said
you'd be there. Watch as the pain rejects any exposure to this that does not exist.
Have we forgotten? Again and there is another line, more/mere mercy and other things
like webs or candor or a golden rhyme. Memories are stacked, steeped
in what we know of it and then.
Shanita Bigelow, originally from North Carolina, currently resides in Chicago where she works and writes. She has work published or forthcoming in the DAP Journal, NAP and African American Review.
THE WEEKEND: APRIL 13-15.
April 13, 2012 April 16, 2012 | The 22 Magazine
EDITOR'S PICKS:
NYC Anarchist Book Fair
http://anarchistbookfair.net/program
New York City, a center of anarchist life, culture, struggle, and ideas for 150 years, will host its 6th annual NYC Anarchist Book Fair, a one-day exposition of books, zines, pamphlets, art, film/video, and other cultural and very political productions of the anarchist scene worldwide, on April 14, 2012 at Judson Memorial Church in Manhattan. The Book Fair also always includes two days of panels, presentations, workshops, and skillshares on to provide further opportunities to learn more and share your own experience and creativity. The goal of the book fair is to enable people to connect with one another as well as to provide broader access to the rich and varied field of anarchist ideas and practices. Now is the perfect time to be exploring those ideas and practices and bringing them into play in our communities and the world.
THE WEEKEND: APRIL 5-8.
April 5, 2012 April 17, 2012 | The 22 Magazine
Three Experimental Operas
http://www.chashama.org/event/three_experimental_operas
8pm-
Fri. Apr. 6 Un Jour Comme Un Autre by Vinko Globokar ADDDDDDDDD by thingNY Sat. Apr. 7 ADDDDDDDDD by thingNY Jeff Young and Paul Pinto, Patriots, Run for Public Office on a Platform of Swift and Righteous Immigration Reform, Lots of Jobs, and a Healthy Environment: an opera by Paul Pinto and Jeffrey Young Sun. Apr. 8 Un Jour Comme Un Autre by Vinko Globokar Jeff Young and Paul Pinto, Patriots, Run for Public Office on a Platform of Swift and Righteous Immigration Reform, Lots of Jobs, and a Healthy Environment: an opera by Paul Pinto and Jeffrey Young
THE WEEKEND: SEPT 16-18.
September 15, 2011 October 22, 2011 | The 22 Magazine
GRAND OPENING @ROULETTE – Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed and John Zorn/GRAND OPENING – COSA BRAVA featuring Fred Frith, Carla Kihlstedt, Zeena Parkins, Matthias Bossi, Shahzad Ismaily, and the Norman Conquest
Sat Sep 17 – 8:00 PM and Sun Sep 18 – 8:00 PM
Three legends of the New York Underground combine forces for an evening of extreme improvised music. "The most important multimedia artist of our time,"(LA Times), Laurie Anderson is best known for her multimedia presentations and musical recordings that have challenged and delighted audiences around the world for more than 30 years. Tonight Anderson teams up with husband Lou Reed – arguably one of the most influential musicians in rock history whose band, the Velvet Underground, redefined the music of the late '60s. Also joining them tonight is maverick composer/performer and godfather of the Downtown New York scene, John Zorn.
THE WEEK: August 29th-Sept 2nd.
August 29, 2011 October 22, 2011 | The 22 Magazine
Odysseus at Hell Gate Performance @Socrates Sculpture Park
RESCHDEULED: AUGUST 29, FROM 6PM UNTIL DUSK.
Processional Arts Workshop joins with local volunteers to transform Socrates Sculpture Park into a kinetic installation that explores the history of New York's forgotten islands through the lense of Homeric myth. Integrating performing objects, micro-parades, and cyclical performances. Odysseus at Hell Gate pairs texts from the Odyssey with historic accounts of North Brother Island, Hart Island, Mill Rock, and other forgotten places in the city's maritime shadowlands. Park visitors will assume the role of the homeward-bound hero, using fragmentary charts and haphazard guidance to navigate the capricious currents of New York's complex island history, from potter's grounds to pleasure parks to penitentiaries. There is no order or sequence, as characters appear and disappear throughout the park, leaving lost mariners free to wander through a shifting immersive narrative. Odysseus at Hell Gate runs continuously throughout the Park, from 5 to 8 PM.


This Healing Garden Shop Pink and Black Tourmaline bracelet was created with the intention to help protect from negative energies. This variety of Pink Tourmaline originates from China and has color variations from pink to burgundy to brownish tones.
- helps to protect from geopathic smog.


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Biden says coronavirus omicron variant 'not a cause for panic'
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Monday called the coronavirus variant omicron a "cause for concern, not a cause for panic" as he urged Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Biden plans to outline Thursday a "detailed strategy" on how the administration will fight COVID-19 in the coming winter.
"Not with shutdowns or lockdowns," he said. "But with more widespread vaccinations, boosters, testing and more."
Biden's remarks came on the day travel restrictions from South Africa and seven other countries begin. Biden announced the travel rules Friday, days after the variant was first reported to the World Health Organization by South Africa.
WHO has urged countries not to impose flight bans on southern African nations.
"Travel restrictions may play a role in slightly reducing the spread of COVID-19 but place a heavy burden on lives and livelihoods," the organization said in a statement Sunday.
But Biden said the restrictions are necessary to give Americans more time to get their first vaccines or to get booster shots.
"It gives us time to take more action, to move quicker, to make sure people understand you have to get the vaccine," he said.
Though advisers do not believe yet that new vaccines will be needed to fight the variant, Biden said, the administration is working with vaccine manufacturers on contingencies.
WHO warned Monday that the omicron variant is likely to quickly spread around the globe, possibly with "severe consequences." Since South Africa's first report, the variant has been detected in multiple countries, including Canada.
"Sooner or later, we're going to see cases of this new variant here in the United States," Biden said. "Do not wait. Go get your booster, if it's time for you to do so. And if you are not vaccinated, now is the time to get vaccinated and to take your children to be vaccinated."
Biden made ending the pandemic and getting the economy and daily life back on track the top priority of his administration. At a Fourth of July celebration this year, Biden declared the nation was "closer than ever to declaring our independence from a deadly virus."
But the highly contagious delta variant has caused infections to surge.
Now Biden is dealing with a heavily mutated new variant as more people are traveling and gathering together for the holidays.
In a White House meeting with the COVID-19 response team Sunday, Dr. Anthony Fauci told Biden existing vaccines – particularly those augmented with booster shots – will provide protection against severe cases of COVID-19.
Fauci also said it will take about two more weeks to get more definitive information on how easily omicron is spread, whether it causes more severe illness and how well vaccines protect against it.
Biden's requirement that workers at larger businesses get vaccinated or be regularly tested for the coronavirus is on hold while legal challenges from conservative states and businesses proceed.
The administration announced last week that 92% of federal employees had received at least one dose of the vaccine by the Nov. 22 deadline for those workers.
Maureen Groppe has covered Washington for nearly three decades and is now a White House correspondent for USA TODAY. Follow her on Twitter @mgroppe.
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Princess Margaret Rose, the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II, had a daring lifestyle that earned her a reputation as a free spirit. She was born on August 21st 1930, six years before her father became King George VI with the abdication of his brother, Edward VIII. Since her mid 20s, she started her day with breakfast in bed, followed by two hours of reading and an hour-long bath. Just before having lunch with her mother, she enjoyed a "vodka pick-me-up" to put her back on track. However, the intimate story of her life goes through decadence and takes the shape of disillusion and a lack of actual purpose. One of the most beautiful and sought-after women in British history, Margaret was in fact a sorrowful little girl.
When her father, King George VI, received the burden of the crown, their whole family life changed. Elizabeth would be the one to follow him to the throne, while Margaret was left sideways, deprived of most of her parents' attention. In her mind, however, she was always her father's favorite child.
After King George VI's death, in 1952, Margaret's suffering was so acute that all she really wanted was to find someone to look after her and understand the difficult position she held. In this view, in her early 20s, she fell in love with her father's equerry, Group Captain Peter Townsend of the Royal Forces and a Battle of Britain hero, who was 16 years older than her. His relationship with the princess did not become public until the coronation of Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953, when Margaret, in a gesture of affection that was captured by news photographers, brushed some lint from his uniform.
In many ways, Peter Townsend might have been the ideal husband, but the fact that he was divorced raised strong objections from the very establishment the royal family represented. As queen, Margaret's sister, Elizabeth, was the supreme governor of the Church of England, which forbade divorce. Moreover, in the early 1950's, the political storm surrounding Edward VIII's abdication in December 1936 to marry a twice-divorced American, Wallis Warfield Simpson, was a not-so-distant memory.
According to biographer Theo Aronson, she once told the French poet and filmmaker Jean Cocteau, "Disobedience is my joy".
Despite her intense feelings for Peter Townsend, Princess Margaret chose not to marry him, in order to preserve the moral code and the integrity of the royal family. In May 1960 she married photographer Anthony Armstrong-Jones, a commoner, who was then given the title Earl of Snowdon. Their tempestuous marriage produced two children, but ended in divorce in 1978, an action that ended a 400-year-old taboo on divorce in the royal family. The princess did not remarry, but her friendships with men, from prominent people like the actor Peter Sellers to less exalted ones like drifter Roderic Llewellyn, hurt her reputation.
Her extravagant lifestyle often caused a storm. Her wedding cost the British government £25,000, then the equivalent of $65,000, and her six-week honeymoon on the royal yacht Britannia cost £40,000, or about $115,000. In later years, she received criticism for demanding motorcycle escorts and government helicopters to travel around Britain. She was also a frequent customer of Christian Dior, for whom "she crystalized the whole popular frantic interest in royalty, a real fairy-tale princess, delicate, graceful, exquisite". Princess Margaret was ordering multiple pieces, including the white ball gown she called her "favourite dress of all" and wore to her 21st birthday party in 1951.
Some members of the government called Princess Margaret "the shame of the monarchy", but the undeniable truth is that she opened a niche for every royal that needed to escape an unhappy marriage: Charles, the Prince of Wales, and Andrew, the Duke of York, both divorced their wives. Anne, the princess royal and the queen's only daughter, was permitted to divorce her husband and married in 1992 a royal equerry, Captain Mark Philips.