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Beautiful, Dirty, Rich est une chanson de l'artiste américaine Lady Gaga, issue de son premier album studio, The Fame. Elle sort en tant que single promotionnel de l'album le 16 septembre 2008. Elle se range dans un tempo dance-pop rapide, contient plusieurs notes de synthétiseurs et lyriquement traite des expériences que Gaga a vécues lors d'une époque difficile de sa vie dans le Lower East Side. Gaga écrit ce titre alors qu'elle, comme elle le dit, « consommait beaucoup de drogues » et « tentait d'oublier de mauvaises choses ».

Le morceau reçoit des avis positifs de la part des critiques, ceux-ci complimentant les paroles et la nature amusante de la piste. Elle bénéficie d'un léger succès commercial, se classant au  du UK Singles Chart. Deux vidéoclips sont diffusés pour accompagner la chanson - le premier, qui a pour but de promouvoir une télésérie diffusée sur ABC, Dirty Sexy Money, est intercoupé par des scènes de cette dernière émission tandis que le second est le vidéoclip original. Les deux versions montrent Gaga dansant dans diverses pièces d'une maison et brûlant de l'argent.

Gaga interprète le titre de nombreuses fois en direct, notamment dans sa première tournée internationale, The Fame Ball Tour, où elle revêt un buste futuriste accessoirisé d'un panneau argenté de forme triangulaire. La performance est saluée par les critiques qui apprécient le ton « puissant » de Gaga et son énergie en plus du fait que l'interprétation offre un bon début de spectacle.

Développement
Gaga déclare qu'elle a écrit la chanson pour « tenter d'oublier de mauvaises choses », puis affirme plus tard qu'au moment où elle composait la piste, elle « consommait beaucoup de drogues ». Elle atteste que le morceau est à propos de la célébrité en disant, « peu importe qui vous êtes et où vous vivez – vous pouvez auto-proclamer votre célébrité innée créée à partir de votre mode de vie, vos opinions  sur l'art et le monde, tout en étant conscient du bénéfice que cela vous apporte ». Elle ajoute que le titre parle également des expériences qu'elle a vécues lors de sa carrière en tant qu'artiste autonome dans le Lower East Side. Selon Gaga, la ligne « Daddy, I'm so sorry, I'm so s-s-sorry, yeah »  qui se traduit par « Papa, je suis trop désolée, je suis trop d-d-désolée, yeah, » est inspirée par les « enfants de riches » de son milieu qui appellent leurs parents pour leur demander de l'argent et ainsi secrètement acheter de la drogue. Elle soutient qu' « ultimement, ce que je veux que les gens retiennent est le 'Bang-bang'. Peu importe qui vous êtes et d'où vous venez, vous pouvez vous sentir beau, coquin et riche ».

Composition
Beautiful, Dirty, Rich est une chanson avec un tempo rapide de style dance-pop mais qui comparé aux autres pistes de The Fame, qui elles sont électroniques, semble synth-heavy. Selon la fiche musicale publiée sur Musicnotes par Sony/ATV Music Publishing, la chanson possède un rythme modéré electro-dance-pop et est composée dans la clef de Si mineur avec un tempo de 120 battements par minute. La piste se positionne dans une signature rythmique moyenne, tandis que la voix de Gaga oscille de la note La3 à Ré5. Lors des versets, le titre suit une progression d'accords de Sim-Ré5-La♭-Sim-Ré5-La♭. Lors de l'enregistrement du morceau, Gaga était réticente par rapport au fait de ré-orienter la piste pour la rendre plus dance, et insiste pour la laisser dans sa version rock. Toutefois, son producteur, Rob Fusari, la convainc, affirmant qu'ajouter des notes de batterie ne met pas en péril son intégrité et que Queen, qui est une des inspirations musicales de Gaga, a utilisé ce genre de percussion dans leurs chansons. Fusari commente ce dernier événement plus tard, « Je pense que la création de ce morceau est ce qui a poussé Gaga à travailler encore plus fort, […] Nous avons terminé Beautiful, Dirty, Rich récemment. C'est une des pistes de son premier album ».

Réception
Beautiful, Dirty, Rich reçoit des avis positifs de la part des critiques. Matthew Chisling d'AllMusic cite la chanson et Paparazzi en tant que meilleurs titres de The Fame, les décrivant en disant qu'elles sont « le sel et le poivre de l'album, avec une légère touche de malice, de sentiment pro-club, de joie et de convivialité qui rendent le tout excellent, notamment grâce à une bonne production dont tout l'album devrait bénéficier ». Genevieve Koski du The A.V Club affirme que LoveGame et la piste représentent d' « entraînants hymnes pour les clubs », ajoutant que « note par note, avec leur instrumentation synth et leurs percussions à la batterie, une douceur sonore incarnant parfaitement ce qu'est le genre de musique que les clubs désirent surgit dans la musicalité de LoveGame et Beautiful, Dirty, Rich ». Sal Cinquemani du Slant Magazine déclare que Gaga « nous entraîne avec succès dans son univers » avec ce morceau.

Au niveau commercial, Christmas Tree est plus ou moins bien reçue. Lors de la semaine du 21 février 2009, la chanson fait son entrée dans le UK Singles Chart, le classement du Royaume-Uni, au , dû à de forts téléchargements numériques. La semaine suivante, la piste touche le  du palmarès puis le 11 mars 2009 dégringole à la  pour finalement être exclue du hit-parade la semaine qui suit. Selon Nielsen Soundscan, le titre s'est écoulé à plus de  exemplaires numériques aux États-Unis.

Vidéoclip
Un vidéoclip est filmé pour accompagner Beautiful, Dirty, Rich, celui-ci est réalisé par Melina Matsoukas. Il y a deux versions de la vidéo – une première intercoupée par des segments d'une émission diffusée sur ABC, Dirty Sexy Money, et créée pour promouvoir le programme, ainsi qu'une seconde, qui est la version officielle. Le clip se déroule dans une maison, et débute avec un plan sur Gaga, qui marche machinalement dans l'entrée du manoir alors que des gens la suivent en brandissant au-dessus d'elle un parapluie tout en exécutant une chorégraphie et en jetant des billets de dollars autour d'elle. À la suite de cette scène ont lieu plusieurs autres parties du clip mettant en vedette Gaga et ses danseurs dans différentes pièces de la maison. Dans ces scènes, plusieurs plans la montre entre autres couchée sur une table couverte d'argent, assise sur un grand piano noir - y rampant et y jouant des notes avec ses pieds –, debout devant une statue qu'elle contourne en dansant et se trémoussant dans un ascenseur – faisant une danse en s'agrippant au poteau du compartiment. Il y a également plusieurs plans montrant Gaga brûlant de l'argent puis le mettant dans sa bouche. Tout au long de la vidéo, elle change de costumes et en enfile de nouveaux. Le chanteur et compositeur Space Cowboy est également montré dans le vidéoclip, il fait des caméos dans la plupart des scènes.

Interprétations en direct

Gaga interprète pour la première fois Beautiful, Dirty, Rich en direct lors de l'AOL Sessions, où elle chante aussi Just Dance, une version acoustique de Poker Face, Paparazzi et LoveGame. Elle joue aussi la piste lors de la MTV UK Live Sessions, où encore une fois elle exécute des interprétations de Just Dance, LoveGame et Poker Face. En concert, elle interprète le titre lors de sa première tournée internationale, The Fame Ball Tour. Lors des nombreuses représentations, la performance est précédée par celle de Paparazzi ainsi que par celle du medley de Starstruck et de LoveGame. L'interprétation de Beautiful, Dirty, Rich met en scène Gaga et ses danseurs exécutant une chorégraphie, celle-ci portant une « austère » perruque blonde ainsi qu'un sculptural bustier accessoirisé de panneaux futuristes en forme triangulaire et recouvert de péplum. Ce dernier costume est le même que celui utilisé dans d'autres performances lors des spectacles de cette tournée. L'interprétation est la dernière de la première des quatre parties de la tournée, et est suivie par une courte vidéo, The Brain, qui montre Gaga et son alter ego, Candy Warhol, lui brossant les cheveux.

La performance du morceau ainsi que celles du reste du premier quart de la tournée sont saluées par Jim Harrington du Mercury News, affirmant que la représentation commence en force, et que la voix de Gaga est fantastique. Mikael Wood du Rolling Stone est plus sévère dans sa critique de l'interprétation ; Wood déclare que tout est trop précipité, mais admire tout de même Gaga pour son énergie. Whitney Pastorek du Entertainment Weekly atteste que le tempérament vocal de Gaga est « fort », ajoutant que « Cette fille, peut, et en profite, chanter ».

De plus, Gaga interprète Beautiful, Dirty, Rich lors de la totalité des spectacles de sa seconde tournée internationale, The Monster Ball Tour. Lors des performances, elle porte un justaucorps de cuir violet avec de motifs léopardés ainsi qu'une coiffe, elle aussi violette, en forme d'éclair. Vers le milieu de l'interprétation, elle et ses danseurs escaladent des poteaux dressés sur la scène et y dansent. La performance fait partie du premier acte de la représentation nommé « City », qui se traduit par « Ville », et est précédée par celle de Just Dance et suivie par celle de Vanity ou The Fame, tout dépendant des dates.

Crédits

 Lady Gaga - Écriture, Instrumentation
 Rob Fusari - Écriture, Production
 Robert Orton - Mixage

 Tom Kafafian - Instrumentation
 Calvin « Sci-Fidelty » Gaines - Instrumentation, Programmation
 Dave Murga - Instrumentation
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Classements

Le single promotionnel (qui ne pouvait pas être diffusé à la radio, ni le clip à la télé car ce n'est qu'un single promotionnel pour le web) réalise de très bons scores auxquels le label de Lady Gaga ne s'attendant pas pour un simple single promotionnel ayant pour but de promouvoir son premier album The Fame !

Certifications

Historique des sorties

Le single n'est sorti qu'aux États-Unis.

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Liens externes

Chanson interprétée par Lady Gaga
Chanson de 2008
Chanson écrite par Lady Gaga


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Tucker Carlson Is Doing Something Extraordinary
He is offering a glimpse into what Fox News would look like as an intellectually interesting network.
By Peter Beinart
Tucker Carlson, host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight," poses for photos in a Fox News Channel studio in New York City on March 2, 2017. (Richard Drew / AP)
Over the last two nights, something fascinating has broken out on the Tucker Carlson show: A genuine, and exceedingly bitter, debate between conservatives on foreign policy. On Tuesday, Carlson told retired Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Peters he thought the U.S. should team up with Russia to defeat ISIS. Peters responded that, "You sound like Charles Lindbergh in 1938." Carlson called that comment "grotesque" and "insane."
Then, on Wednesday night, Carlson told the Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow, and former Mitt Romney adviser, Max Boot, that he opposed overthrowing Syria's Bashar al-Assad and didn't see Russia as a serious threat. Boot responded by accusing him of being a "cheerleader" for Moscow and Tehran. Carlson called that comment "grotesque" too. And declared, "This is why nobody takes you seriously."
In his vicious and ad hominem way, Carlson is doing something extraordinary: He's challenging the Republican Party's hawkish orthodoxy in ways anti-war progressives have been begging cable hosts to do for years. For more than a decade, liberals have rightly grumbled that hawks can go on television espousing new wars without being held to account for the last ones. Not on Carlson's show. When Peters called him an apologist for Vladimir Putin, Carlson replied, "I would hate to go back and read your columns assuring America that taking out Saddam Hussein will make the region calmer, more peaceful, and America safer." When Boot did the same, Carlson responded that Boot had been so "consistently wrong in the most flagrant and flamboyant way for over a decade" in his support for wars in the Middle East that "maybe you should choose another profession, selling insurance, house painting, something you're good at."
On Iran, Carlson made an argument that was considered too dovish for even mainstream Democrats to raise during the debate over the nuclear deal: He questioned whether Tehran actually endangers the United States. He told Peters that "[w]e actually don't face any domestic threat from Iran." And he asked Boot to "tell me how many Americans in the United States have been murdered by terrorists backed by Iran since 9/11?"
Most importantly, Carlson is saying something pundits, especially conservative ones, rarely say on television: that America must prioritize. Since the George W. Bush years, conservative politicians and pundits have demanded that the United States become more aggressive everywhere. They've insisted that America confront China, Russia, Iran, Syria, North Korea, the Taliban, ISIS, and al-Qaeda, all at the same time. Strategically, that's absurd. Because America's power is limited, its goals must be too. Foreign policy involves tradeoffs. Carlson acknowledges that. "How many wars can we fight at once?" he asked Peters. "How many people can we be in opposition to at once?" He told Boot that, "In a world full of threats, you create a hierarchy of them. You decide which is the worst and you go down the list."
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His nastiness notwithstanding, Carlson is offering a glimpse into what Fox News would look like as an intellectually interesting network. He's moderating a debate between the two strands of thinking that have dominated conservative foreign policy for roughly a century. On foreign policy, what has long united conservatives is their emphasis on sovereignty—their contempt for Woodrow Wilson's vision of international law and global community. But some conservatives oppose restraints on American sovereignty primarily because they want the U.S. to impose its will on other countries. (Think Dick Cheney.) Other conservatives oppose those restraints primarily because they want to prevent other countries from imposing their will on the United States. (Think Ron Paul.)
For over a century, conservative interventionists and conservative anti-interventionists have taken turns at the helm of the American right. In the 1920s, after Wilson failed to bring America into the League of Nations, Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge—perhaps the two most conservative presidents of the 20th century—steadfastly avoided military entanglements in Europe. But after World War II, William F. Buckley, Barry Goldwater, and others argued that anti-communism now required confronting the USSR around the world. While conservatives in the 1930s had generally attacked Franklin Roosevelt as too interventionist, conservatives from the 1950s through the 1980s generally attacked Democrats as not interventionist enough.
When the Cold War ended, the pendulum swung again. Pat Buchanan led a revival of conservative anti-interventionism. The biggest foreign policy complaint of Republican politicians during the 1990s was that Bill Clinton's humanitarian interventions were threatening American sovereignty by too deeply entangling the United States with the UN.
Then came September 11, which like Pearl Harbor and the onset of the Cold War, led the right to embrace foreign wars. Now Donald Trump, exploiting grassroots conservative disillusionment with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, has revived the anti-interventionist tradition of Coolidge, Harding, and Buchanan. And Carlson is championing it on television.
There's only one problem. In addition to being a critic of GOP hawkishness, Carlson is also an apologist for Donald Trump on the Russia scandal. On Tuesday, before his showdown with Ralph Peters, he called the furor over Donald Trump Jr.'s willingness to accept anti-Clinton information from the Russian government a "new level of hysteria." Trump Jr., he insisted, had merely been "gossiping with foreigners." If that "now qualifies as treason … you ought to think about that before you allow an exchange student to live in your house."
Carlson's attempts to dismiss the Trump-Russia scandal aren't just absurd. (Helping a foreign government subvert an American election isn't merely "gossiping with foreigners.") They also undermine his perspective on foreign policy. In his interview with Peters, Carlson said it's "hard to see why" Putin is "a threat to us." He told Boot that "the idea that Russia is in the top five" threats to America "is absurd." A couple of years ago, when America's primary skirmishes with Moscow were over Ukraine, Syria, and missile defense in Eastern Europe, Carlson might have had a point. Back then, it was plausible to see Russia as a declining power, eager to restore a sliver of its former glory but too weak to seriously threaten America's NATO allies in Eastern Europe, let alone Western Europe or the American homeland. Back then, China and jihadist terrorism looked like the greater threats.
But 2016 changed all that, because Putin actually did threaten the American homeland. He did it through political subversion, not military attack, but the consequences were almost as grave. By orchestrating a campaign to help Trump through fake news and email leaks, Putin undermined Americans' right to choose their own leaders. He contributed to the election of a man who is morally and intellectually unfit to be president, and is seriously weakening America's position in the world. And there's no reason to believe that Russia will stop. In 2016, it appears, it tried to tamper with voter registration systems. Imagine if, in 2018 or 2020, Russia succeeds, and profoundly undermines the legitimacy of America's electoral system? That constitutes a far greater threat to the United States than anything ISIS appears able to do.
When it comes to Russia, America's overriding interest lies in ensuring that Putin doesn't threaten our democracy. By comparison, Syria is an afterthought. Carlson's argument about the need for priorities is important. But his defense of Trump wildly distorts his understanding of what those priorities should be. The number one goal in American foreign policy today should be to deter Russia from attacking America's next election. It's worth sacrificing cooperation on everything else to achieve that goal. If that undermines the fight against ISIS, so be it. If it undermines efforts to limit North Korea's nuclear weapons program, so be it. Walter Lippmann famously called foreign policy "the shield of the republic." And today, the greatest foreign threat to the American republic—to America's system of government—is Russia's election attacks. It's not close.
Tucker Carlson can be a provocative, necessary voice on foreign policy. Or he can be an apologist for Donald Trump. He can't be both.

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The federal Government through the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has provided relief Assistance to the recent affected victims of attack unleashed by armed bandits to communities in Gandi, Rabah Local Government Area of Sokoto state.
The relief materials which consists of food, other household items, Assorted Drugs and other medical related materials was distributed at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp by Officials of NEMA, SEMA and other delegated authorities in the state.
Director General of NEMA, Alh. Mustapha Yunusa Maihaja who was represented during the distribution by Head of Account Unit, NEMA Sokoto Operations Office, Alhaji Abubakar Yusuf stated that the attack resulted to lost of lives, destruction of properties and displacement of large numbers residents in the communities.
The relief materials donated to the affected victims taking solace at the Gandi Primary School IDPs camp are 150 bags each of Rice (50kg), beans, Maize and Millet (100Kg), 400 Pieces each of Mattresses, Blankets, Treated Mosquito Nets and Nylon Mats; others are 200 pieces of Guinea Brocade and 370 pieces of Wax Print.
Also the Drugs and other assorted medical related items provided to victims consists of Analgesic/Pain relievers, Antibiotics, Dressing materials, Anti-Inflammatory, Anti-malaria, Anti-virus, Anti-emetics, Anti-diarrheal, Anti-acids, Anti-intravenous infusion of different made, tincture iodine, disposable gloves, bandages, syringes/needles and other medical consumables.
However, the Director Relief and Rehablitation, SEMA Sokoto, Mallam Mustapha Umar who on behalf of the state government commended the prompt amd timely response of NEMA to alleviate the plight of the affected victims. He also promised the relief items will be shared among affected victims according to every household needs.


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Russian Hackers May Now Be Mucking With European Elections
France, Germany, and the Netherlands could be vulnerable.
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When the US intelligence community released a report in early January laying out the evidence for Russian meddling in the US election, US officials warned that this wasn't a one-off attack, and that Russia could soon set its hacker corps loose to disrupt elections in other countries. "Moscow will apply lessons learned from its Putin-ordered campaign aimed at the US presidential election to future efforts worldwide," the report said, "including against US allies and their election processes."
Putin didn't wait long to fulfill that prediction. On February 22, the Moscow Times reported that the Russian government had "created a new military unit to conduct 'information operations' against Russia's foes." Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said, when announcing the unit, that "propaganda should be smart, competent and effective." There's no concrete evidence yet, but it appears that Russia may be now attempting to weaken NATO and to divide Europe by destabilizing elections in France and Germany, two of the EU's strongest members.
"This form of interference in French democratic life is unacceptable and I denounce it," Jean-Marc Ayrault, France's minister of foreign affairs, said on February 19 in an interview with Le Journal du Dimanche, a French newspaper. "The French will not accept that their choices are dictated to them," he said while discussing Russian actions in Europe and attempts to weaken non pro-Russian candidates ahead of the country's presidential election in May.
Ayrault was responding to reports that the Russian government may have been targeting the campaign of Emmanuel Macron, a centrist "pro-liberal and pro-Europe" candidate who has a chance of defeating Marine Le Pen, a right-wing nationalist, in the hotly contested French presidential elections this May. Le Pen has promised to pull France out of the European Union, and, much like Donald Trump, has advocated a better relationship with the Russian government. Macron's campaign has said its computer systems have been attacked, and that "fake news"—that include allegations of a homosexual affair and attempts to connect Macron with American financial interests and Hillary Clinton—has been spread throughout France by Russian-owned media, such as Sputnik and RT.
Daniel Treisman, a professor of political science at UCLA and an expert on Russian politics, says "it certainly seems plausible" that the Russian government would attempt to interfere in the European elections, as it's alleged to have done in the US.
"[Putin] is quite skeptical about the possibility of building strong friendships or cooperation in the future with the elites of western Europe," Treisman tells Mother Jones. "He feels that they've taken a very anti-Russian line, so he's reaching out to other forces who are also opposed to the European elites." Among those so-called Western European elites, are German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte, and Macron in France. Part of Putin's plan could be to keep the west distracted "with its own problems" so it is "less able to cohesively oppose what he's done in Ukraine," Treisman says.
The French government's top figures reportedly had internal discussions about cyber threats to its presidential election, and earlier this year the official in charge of security for the nation's ruling party told Politico that the country's leading politicians and political campaigns "have received no awareness training at all about espionage and hacking," and that "we are not at all up to the level of the potential threat." The Russian government has denied that it is working to meddle in the French elections, just as it denied meddling in the 2016 US presidential election.
"We didn't have, and do not have, any intention of interfering in the internal affairs of other countries," Kremlin spokesman Dmirtry Peskov told reporters on February 14. "That there is a hysterical anti-[President Vladimir] Putin campaign in certain countries abroad is an obvious fact."
Worries aren't limited to the French elections, which will be held in April and May. The head of the German foreign intelligence service said in November that its next election cycle could be buffeted with the same sort of misinformation and cyber-attacks that plagued the US elections. "We have evidence that cyber-attacks are taking place that have no purpose other than to elicit political uncertainty," said Bruno Kahl, the president of the Bundesnachrichtendienst (the German foreign intelligence service), according to the Guardian. Angela Merkel said at the time that "such cyber-attacks, or hybrid conflicts as they are known in Russian doctrine, are now part of daily life and we must learn to cope with them." Merkel's hard line against Putin in the wake of the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 and strong support of the European Union are among the reasons that she could be targeted by Russia before her reelection vote in September.
And in the Netherlands, Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders told Politico on January 12 that he didn't have "concrete evidence" interference had taken place, but he wasn't "naive" to the fact that it could happen at some point ahead of that country's March 15 election, wherein Rutte is being challenged by Geert Wilders. Earlier this month, the New York Times reported that the Russian government, among other countries, had "tried hundreds of times in recent months to penetrate the computers of Dutch government agencies and businesses."
Far-right MP Wilders—a vehement opponent of Islam and a strong contender to be the Netherlands next prime minister—has also called for leaving the EU, but he may not be as pro-Putin as Le Pen and Trump. Nevertheless, Dutch officials have said they will count all election ballots by hand due to worries about manipulation of electronic vote counting machines.
Treisman says what happens next in terms of Russia and the European elections is "all up in the air, in part because we don't know what the US administration is going to end up doing" with regard to its policy toward Russia.
Trump has repeatedly said that he's hoping for a good working relationship with Putin, but offered mixed and confusing signals during the campaign about what he thought about Putin's actions in the Ukraine and his annexing of Crimea in 2014. During her first full day on the job, UN Ambassador Nikki Haley condemned Russian violence in eastern Ukraine and called for "an immediate end to the Russian occupation of Crimea." Trump has rattled European allies by praising Brexit and calling NATO "obsolete," but members of his cabinet have reaffirmed the US commitment to a strong NATO, which is one of Putin's main points of contention with the west.
While it makes sense to watch all of this and try to discern a pattern in Putin's strategy, Treisman says, "I don't think he has this clear over-arching agenda, that he's out to expand Russia's borders or achieve anything very concrete. I think he's just looking for ways to resist pressures he sees coming from the west and increase his influence, and his options, and his friends worldwide."
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Bengaluru FC kick-started their pre-season program with a light training session at the Bangalore Football Stadium today. After a two-month break from a successful season Ashley Westwood's boys began shedding turf rust as the gaffer said his team would look to slip into the routine.
"It's nice to see some fresh faces with the boys coming back in. We have done a lot of traveling to be back here so it's just a case of familiarizing ourselves with the routine again," said Westwood, speaking to the press after the session.
New signing and team's Asian player Kim Seong-Yong will land in the city in another three days owing to delay in visa formalities.
When asked whether the Blues would be adding to the armory with new signings, Westwood said he is keeping his options open. "We've left ourselves maybe three or four slots to fill. We are talking to somebody who'll come in tomorrow or on Wednesday. That will be another starting XI contender. We're in a bit of a different situation compared to some other sides, we're looking at players who can come in and affect an AFC Cup game."
On being asked if the Bengaluru FC players' participation in the upcoming Indian Super League would take a toll on the club's I-League preparations, Westwood thought otherwise. "We've had two years to prepare for the ISL. The elite players in the country are prepared to withstand a 40-50 game season. They're modeled on European players which is what our training techniques require. We played over 35 competitive games last year. We had a few friendlies as well, which makes it a 40 game season last season and we had almost no injuries. There are only 14 games in the ISL and 20 games in the I-League which leaves you on 34 games so they'll be well prepared and it won't affect us."
The pre-season program that lasts a little less than a month could see BFC play a few friendlies. "We are in talks with an Indian academy side about playing a couple of friendlies in August. We've just got to make sure that any game we play will be a worthwhile experience," said the gaffer.
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Q: jQuery - UI - Datepicker - Multi day selection I'm using jQuery UI part of my CMS.
Specifically, the Datepicker pluggin to use Online calendar for selecting dates.
This pluggin has always worked well for me, and gives me no problems.
My drawback is when I need to select multiple days on the calendar, and that jQuery.datepicker can not do.
I have seen that there is a modification of it called "multiplesDatesPicker" (https://github.com/dubrox/Multiple-D...-for-jQuery-UI)
I've linked to my CMS and I've started.
Works fine, I can select multiple dates, but:

*

*1) Clicking on days, loaded into the text box selected dates, and this produces a constant flickering of the calendar.

*2) days Selecting another month than the current (day of different months to October) the date written on the box, and reload the calendar month in which you were lost.
How can we solve RELOAD calendar to write in the text box?
You can see it here, e field is DATE
http://jsfiddle.net/cza76nrx/1/
    jQuery(document).ready(function() {
    jQuery(".datepiker").each(function () {
        jQuery.datepicker.setDefaults(jQuery.datepicker.regional['es']);
        var actualVal = jQuery(this).val();
        jQuery(this).datepicker();
        jQuery(this).multiDatesPicker();
        jQuery(this).datepicker("option", "dateFormat", "dd/mm/yy");
        jQuery(this).datepicker("option", "changeYear", true);
        jQuery(this).val(actualVal);
    });
});

Flashes to update the contents of the box (the calendar will disappear, but as the focus is on the box reappears, losing month have progressed or regressed).

A: Firstly I  have enver used the MultiplesDatesPicker and going though the forums it seems the issue is related to parent Date Picker it uses.
And I found out the a bug reported for the same issue in Git: Can we avoid the calendar from flickering / being redrawn after every selection?.
So, I came up with the solution stated in the Bug report, that is used for avoiding the orginal DatePicker being closed on select event.
$(this).multiDatesPicker({
    onSelect: function()
      {
      $(this).data('datepicker').inline = true;
      }
});

And i think it solves your both issue.
Here is the JsFiddle demo
I hope this is what you have wanted.

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wow- 12 hour days and you still do as much as you do? do you ever sleep? Thanks for all the great ideas you share and never a need to apologize.
I would like to thank you for your time looking for inspiration and post them.
I have done many of projects that you have posted.
Kim, I don't know where you find the time to post these projects! After working 12 hour days you should be resting or spending time with your family! I know I would not be upset if you didn't post projects everyday and I'm sure others wouldn't be either. I wish I had half your energy!!!! Have a great weekend and a Happy Thanksgiving for next week. Hope you take some "me" time for rest and relaxation. All that said - THANKS for the post today! Big Hugs!!


Chances are if you are considering earning a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree with an operations specialization, you are already working in operations in some capacity. You probably already have an undergraduate degree in operations, engineering or manufacturing, which means that you may have found a pretty good job earning a nice paycheck. But if you are interested in a career in upper management, you might be considering earning an MBA in operations management.
This can be a daunting prospect. Twenty years ago, if you wanted to earn your MBA degree you often had to quit any position you held and spend two years working to earn that degree. This made the cost of an MBA in operations prohibitive, because not only did you have to calculate the tuition into the overall cost of the MBA, but you also had to take into account your lost wages as well. So it is clear that an MBA would be expensive.
Some business schools have made it possible to earn your operations MBA on a part-time basis, with classes meeting in the evenings or on the weekends. But what if you do not live near a great business school or one that has a great reputation for operations? To attend the school you prefer, you would have to find a new position and possibly relocate.
Luckily, in the last ten years that has all changed. Today, thanks to the amazing power of the Internet, you can earn your online operations management degree from the business school of your choice with just a great Internet connection and a good computer. Online MBA programs have sprung up everywhere, and even the most popular and reputable of business schools offer some online courses, and many even offer a full online operations MBA.
This means that you can earn your degree at your pace. Whether you want to finish your MBA in just eighteen months or stretch is out over three years, the online operations management degree makes it convenient to earn your degree in the comfort of your own home. Costs can even sometimes be lower for online operations management degrees as well.
You are worth it! Take that next step in your career. Get started earning your online MBA in operations today.


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CLAIRE PURSLEY
Claire Pursley is an American artist who explores themes of identity through her paintings.
Her work has been featured in Georgia-based galleries such as the dK Gallery and the Zuckerman Museum Fine Arts Gallery, where her work has represented a continuation of traditional art practices, while also maintaining a contemporary spirit of self-expression and exploration.
"Art after all is but an extension of language to the expression of sensations too subtle for words."


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One of the best tips we can offer is one that should be simple. A key to keeping the colors of your clothing from looking at faded and no longer bright is to actually wash your items as little as possible. This will mean that you take proper care of your items as they are worn. When you do launder them do so in as gentle a way as possible. Some clothing items will do better by being hand washed and not dried in a dryer. We also realize that some of these tips seem impractical. Most of us do not have the time it takes to hand wash and line dry. We can learn how to adjust and keep our close looking as broad as possible at the Raleigh laundromat.
When preparing your clothing for laundering take the time to turn your clothes inside and out. This will help prevent the washing machine and dryer from producing wear and tear on your clothing while it is being laundered. If you decide to learn dryer outside this will become really important as the sun can actually remove color from your clothing.
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Throughout the week, Papanui Baptist Church and Freedom Trust host a number of programs and groups in the church building. We are a highly invitational church Monday through to Friday. What would it look like to be as invitational on a Sunday? But also, what could it also look like for us to have spaces in our local community, where instead of being the host we are the guests? Jesus' disciples Peter and Andrew invited Jesus over to their place. Jesus was in their home and noticed that their mother was unwell. He prayed for her, and she was healed. We can often expect people to come to us, but often the people God calls us to don't want to venture out, or are not able to. How do we become their guest?


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Long, long before today's natural beauty trend, Clarins was pioneering the use of fabulous aromatics and botanicals in skincare…
Their roots are on Rue Tronchet in Paris, where Jacques Courtin-Clarins developed a massage oil for his spa, blending essential oils with slimming properties, to increase the effectiveness of the firming massages which body-conscious Parisiennes flocked there for. As a medical student, Jacques began treating circulatory problems with massage, noticing improvements in patients' skin. He decided to focus his research on improving the way patients felt and looked, opening that Institut de Beauté.
Fast-forward to the 21st Century and not only is Clarins one of the best-known beauty names in the entire world but at its heart – alongside the famous creams and oils – is an innovative fragrance which has been uplifting spirits and re-energising women (and men!) for more than 25 years. The legendary Clarins Eau Dynamisante was the first eau de toilette to combine a perfume with the principles of aromatherapy and phytotherapy (plant therapy), hydrating and toning the skin while it refreshes.
t's something of a legend in fragrance terms, oft-cited as the go-to scent for appropriately dynamic women. Blogger Memory of Scent describes the opening as 'like the effect of a burst of cool water from the shower. It is enough to wake you up. The rest of the development is equally fast and soon a mellow, herbal vetiver surfaces to give feet to this flying, sparkling creature. But after all is settled and done, you end up with a smile on your face and a very subtle breath of a "grand parfum…" A beautiful composition that feels more gender-bending than genderless.' (It's certainly loved by men and women alike…)
To celebrate 25 years of success, a couple of years ago, Clarins teamed up with 25 artists to illustrate a bottle of the fragrance – including designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac and pastry genius Pierre Hermé (above) – which were showcased in the window of Paris's Colette, the fashionistas' favourite department store.
Clarins has become quite some dynasty. The daughters of Christian and Olivier Courtin-Clarins (who took over running Clarins from their father Jacques) – Jenna, Prisca, Virginie and Claire – have now joined the group's board, bringing a forward-looking spirit to the group. (Which also, FYI, has fragrances by Thierry Mugler and Azzaro, under its umbrella.)
Says Virginie: 'I'm very involved with the ethical and technological side of the brand. I try to give a young eye because we are a 100% family-owned company. My father and uncle are from a different generation – we have to explain blogs and Facebook to them. My sister and cousins try to make sure we're opening Clarins to a young generation.'
In line with the world's new, more sustainable way of thinking, the distinctive red Clarins Eau Dynamisante bottle is now refillable. But it's a fragrance which has actually, from an ethical point of view, been 'giving back', for many years, in line with the family's philosophy. The Clarins Dynamisante Woman of the Year Award takes place each year in countries around the world, including South Africa, Korea, Switzerland, France, Denmark, Mexico, Portugal, Russia, Germany, the US and the UK.
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Local Leaders Highlight Grave Concerns for Small Businesses and Downtown's Inability to Combat Climate Change
By Zohd Khan
DAVIS — Speakers at Tuesday's Davis Economic Development Webinar highlighted the dire circumstances facing small businesses during the COVID-19 crisis, as well as the underwhelming economic development in Davis due to obsolete infrastructure and the inability of Davis' downtown to combat climate change.
The meeting began with Greater Sacramento Economic Council Leader Barry Broome outlining a brief summary of the economic standings for Davis. Broome reported that, among our region, the Sacramento MSA has ranked 84th in "Inclusion," 71st in "Prosperity" and 67th in "Growth."
In addition, Broome addressed the troubles among social minorities within our region, detailing how about 47 percent of African Americans and 42 percent of Latinos are struggling financially. Broome indicated that these concerning statistics were the ramifications of "the curse of the anti-growth/slow growth mindset that we've suffered under."
Broome continued by reassuring that the economy is not an obstacle exclusive to Davis, as he attributed the nationwide social unrest to the "50 percent [of Americans] living paycheck to paycheck" and the fact that "we've eradicated the middle class."
In contrast to the disappointing data Broome shared, he also highlighted the nine percent unemployment rate in the region, which is below the state unemployment rate of 11.5 percent. Broome further explained how our region's unemployment rate in 2012 of 12 percent served as another positive takeaway, as we have dropped substantially since that year.
Broome also acknowledged "the new moonshot" of our nation during climate change, referring to its plausible solution as a "technology strategy." For example, Broome praised Governor Gavin Newsom's new order for banning all new combustible engines by 2035 as a step in the right direction. Broome mentioned that this order helps create new economic opportunities through the increased reliance on electric vehicles.
In an effort to echo policies similar to Newsom's order, Broome introduced the concept of "Davis 2050," an idea that UC Davis' technologies are the key to fostering a positive environmental impact as we strive to increase food production by 70 percent.
This idea coincided with the aspiration that Aggie Square will eventually become a "world-renown[ed]" sensation, rivaling the prominence of the "Golden Gate Bridge" and "Seattle Space Needle." Additionally, Broome emphasized the need for action in the private sector, with public-private partnerships serving as the "standard practice to solve these problems."
One specific implementation to help decrease the town's carbon footprint will be the addition of a 50,000 square feet lab in Davis, which will be provided by DISC (Davis Innovation Sustainability Campus, if the voters approve it in November), which will serve as an effective means in developing the technologies to address climate change, solar energy, and electric vehicles.
Broome concluded his presentation by covering the traffic problems in our region. He explained how 30 percent of all our jobs are in a handful of communities, which creates a traffic dilemma where many people are forced to drive around our region, thereby increasing the carbon footprint.
Broome then proposed that if we build more real estate within our communities, more workers can travel by foot, which will not only improve the environment, but also generate more jobs in Davis and improve tax income in the city.
The next speaker in the webinar was Joe Dinunzio of the Davis Chamber, who emphasized the struggle among local businesses to adapt to the burdensome effects of the pandemic.
Dinunzio began by pointing out how the absence of many of UC Davis' staff and students has had a detrimental impact on the businesses' income. He reported that 70 percent of businesses have noted reduced income, with two-thirds of that being significant. Among the worst hits in this regard have been nonprofits.
Furthermore, over one-third of local businesses have either temporarily or permanently laid off staff. As a result of these shortcomings, 75 percent of these businesses have applied for some sort of federal/state aid, although any of those successful in receiving such funds are witnessing their own aid diminish now.
Dinunzio also mentioned new local business grants of 236,000 dollars being open for applications.
Dinunzio commended city officials for finding methods to enable outdoor dining and modifying rules to allow owners to adapt to the environment. Nevertheless, some businesses cannot afford to adapt due to the nature of their operations and procedures.
Another speaker, Jim Gray of Commercial Real Estate, passionately described the incompatibility of Davis' downtown infrastructure, as he tried to "bring a moment's worth of reality to the myth that we're going to have lots of opportunities in Downtown."
Gray explained how many of the buildings don't comply with the Title 24 California requirement to reduce the carbon footprint, and that those buildings are far too small to attract startup companies. This includes biotech companies who could work to address climate change in our area.
Gray then pleaded that "we need to think about modern office facilities that serve the workforce that can be dynamic and serve the community."
Dinunzio added to Gray's concerns, stating that "our downtown just wasn't built for that" and proceeded to compare Davis to Madison, Wisconsin, where the research area is surrounded by serviceable roads, internet, and even water. However, Dinunzio maintained a positive mindset, stating that we can improve infrastructure if we prioritize the issue and work together to redevelop downtown.
The meeting concluded with the participants agreeing that they should not allow political differences or emotions to obstruct their economic goals, and that methods must be data-centric, with the ultimate goal to be "guiding future successes" rather than "picking winners and losers."
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36th Venice Biennale
Costas Averkiou, Stelios Votsis, Nikos Kouroussis, Angelos Makrides, Mikis Phinikarides
Tony Spiteris
Artists & Works:
Costas Averkiou (1917-1981)
Wood Construction I, II and III
Stelios Votsis (b. 1929)
Presence I, 5-A1 και 5-A2
Nikos Kouroussis (b. 1937)
Blue-Red-Yellow B, Red-Blue-Yellow A, Image E
Angelos Makrides (b. 1942)
Dead, Dead, Dead
Mikis Phinikarides (1940-2005)
Composition B1, B2 and B3
Permanent participation in the Venice Biennale has not always been taken for granted, especially when it came to countries outside the main art 'circuits'. Consequently Cyprus was absent from the 1970 edition of the Biennale. The year 1972 marked the last appearance of Cypriot artists in Venice before a long pause, due to the events of 1974. This appearance, by Stelios Votsis Costas Averkiou, Angelos Makrides, Nikos Kouroussis, and Mikis Finikarides, was not a national representation per se, but instead a contribution to a particular section of the biennial devoted to Graphic Arts, staged in Ca' Pesaro, the Museum of the City of Venice. The works had been again selected by Tony Spiteris, following a public call for proposals by the Ministry. Out of a total of fifteen works, it has only been possible to retrieve a limited number for this exhibition.
Nikos Kouroussis
Nikos Kouroussis (b.1937, Mitsero) lives and works in Nicosia. He studied in London at St. Marin's School of Art (1960-1961) and at Hornsey College of Art (1961-1964). He later attended a course on stage design in England in 1977 (on a scholarship from the British Council) and made research and gave lectures in U.S.A. (on a Fulbright scholarship) in 1986. He gave a series of lectures on art at Pratt University in New York in 1976 and 1988 as guest artist, as well as at South Dacota State University. Kouroussis represented Cyprus at the 44th Venice Biennale of Art, as well as the 36th Venice Biennale of Art together with four other Cypriot artists.
Costas Averkiou
Costas Averkiou (1917-1981, Psimolofou) lived and worked in Nicosia. He is a self-taught engraver and painter. He worked with his father as a carpenter and thus acquired the necessary knowledge of woodcarving, which later proved to be useful in his artistic career. He dealt occasionally with plagues, advertising posters and the graphic arts in general. At the same time, he was devoted to his art and more specifically to the art of painting. Averkiou represented Cyprus at the 36th Venice Biennale of Art together with four other Cypriot artists.
Mikis Phinikarides
Mikis Phinikarides (1940-2005, Nicosia) lived and worked in Nicosia. He studied painting at the Higher School of Fine Arts and the Free Institute of Fine Art in Athens. During the years 1965 – 1972, he taught art in Secondary Schools in Cyprus, while in parallel, worked on stage design and graphics for Cypriot television. In 1973, he studied on a scholarship, graphic arts and stage design for television at the Thomson Foundation T.V. College in Glasgow. Phinikarides represented Cyprus at the 36th Venice Biennale of Art together with four other Cypriot artists.
Angelos Makrides
Angelos Makrides (b.1942, Yialousa) lives and works in Nicosia since 1986. He studied sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Art (1961-1967) with Thanasis Apartis. He worked in Paris (1967-1969), in Nicosia (1969-1974) and in Athens (1974-1986). Makrides represented Cyprus at the 43rd Venice Biennale of Art, as well as the 36th Venice Biennale of Art together with four other Cypriot artists.
Stelios Votsis
Stelios Votsis (1929-2012, Larnaka) lived and worked in Nicosia. He studied at St. Martin's School of Fine Arts, Sir John Cass College and the Royal Academy of Arts in London. His early work of portraits, landscapes and still life, he forms a personal journey that leaves the mid '60s to devote himself to geometric comporsitions with constructivist elements, integrating his work into modern artistic tendencies. The geometric elements, after the events of 1974, experiment with the human form, adding layers to his painting subjects concerned with existentialism. Votsis represented Cyprus at the 36th Venice Biennale of Art together with four other Cypriot artists.
Tony Spiteris was a Greek art critic based in Venice. During that period he was acting as General Secretary of AICA (International Association of Art Critics). From the mid-'60s, he collaborated with the Cyprus Government as advisor on cultural matters, and in this capacity he curated the first national participation of Cyprus in the Venice Biennale.
Ca' Pesaro (Museum of the City of Venice)


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package org.apache.atlas.typesystem.types;

import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableCollection;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
import org.apache.atlas.AtlasException;
import scala.math.BigInt;

import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.security.MessageDigest;

public class EnumType extends AbstractDataType<EnumValue> {

    public final TypeSystem typeSystem;
    public final ImmutableMap<String, EnumValue> valueMap;
    public final ImmutableMap<Integer, EnumValue> ordinalMap;

    protected EnumType(TypeSystem typeSystem, String name, EnumValue... values) {
       this(typeSystem, name, null, values);
    }

    protected EnumType(TypeSystem typeSystem, String name, String description, EnumValue... values) {
        super(name, description);
        this.typeSystem = typeSystem;
        ImmutableMap.Builder<String, EnumValue> b1 = new ImmutableMap.Builder();
        ImmutableMap.Builder<Integer, EnumValue> b2 = new ImmutableMap.Builder();
        for (EnumValue v : values) {
            b1.put(v.value, v);
            b2.put(v.ordinal, v);
        }
        valueMap = b1.build();
        ordinalMap = b2.build();
    }

    @Override
    public EnumValue convert(Object val, Multiplicity m) throws AtlasException {
        if (val != null) {
            EnumValue e = null;
            if (val instanceof EnumValue) {
                e = valueMap.get(((EnumValue) val).value);
            } else if (val instanceof Integer || val instanceof BigInt) {
                e = ordinalMap.get(val);
            } else if (val instanceof String) {
                e = valueMap.get(val);
            } else if (val instanceof Number) {
                e = ordinalMap.get(((Number) val).intValue());
            }

            if (e == null) {
                throw new ValueConversionException(this, val);
            }
            return e;
        }
        return convertNull(m);
    }

    @Override
    public DataTypes.TypeCategory getTypeCategory() {
        return DataTypes.TypeCategory.ENUM;
    }

    @Override
    public void validateUpdate(IDataType newType) throws TypeUpdateException {
        super.validateUpdate(newType);

        EnumType enumType = (EnumType) newType;
        for (EnumValue enumValue : values()) {
            //The old enum value should be part of new enum definition as well
            if (!enumType.valueMap.containsKey(enumValue.value)) {
                throw new TypeUpdateException("Value " + enumValue.value + " is missing in new type");
            }

            //The ordinal for old enum value can't change
            EnumValue newEnumValue = enumType.valueMap.get(enumValue.value);
            if (enumValue.ordinal != newEnumValue.ordinal) {
                throw new TypeUpdateException(String.format("Ordinal mismatch %s(%s) != %s(%s)", enumValue.value,
                        enumValue.ordinal, newEnumValue.value, newEnumValue.ordinal));
            }
        }
    }

    public void updateSignatureHash(MessageDigest digester, Object val) throws AtlasException {
        if (val != null) {
            digester.update(fromValue((String) val).toString().getBytes(Charset.forName("UTF-8")));
        }
    }

    public EnumValue fromOrdinal(int o) {
        return ordinalMap.get(o);
    }

    public EnumValue fromValue(String val) {
        return valueMap.get(val.trim());
    }

    public ImmutableCollection<EnumValue> values() {
        return valueMap.values();
    }
}

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The gala opening
A view of the crowd at the cocktail reception at MovieTowne for the opening of the trinidad+tobago film festival/09
The months of preparation are at an end, and the moment we've been anticipating is finally here. Last evening, the fourth annual trinidad+tobago film festival kicked off with a cocktail reception, the opening films and an after party.
The reception and screening of the opening films took place at MovieTowne in Port of Spain, the home of the Film Festival since its inception. Filmmakers, artists, members of the media, state officials, members of the diplomatic service and others turned out in their hundreds for the gala event. After drinks and hors d'oeuvres, the guests made their way into the theatre where Bruce Paddington, Festival Director, Rhea Yawching of presenting sponsors Flow, Ralph Maraj of the Trinidad and Tobago Film Company (and the star of Trinidad and Tobago's greatest feature film), Mariano Browne, Minister of Trade and Industry, and Derek Chin, owner of MovieTowne, all made speeches. (Minister Brown also presented flowers to directors Maria Govan and Thomas Jemmerson.)
Once the speeches were at an end it was time for the films. Maria Govan's feature, Rain, out of the Bahamas, made its T&T; premiere, followed by local filmmaker (and student at the UWI Film Programme) Thomas Jemmerson's short Queen of the Brands. (The screenings weren't actually meant to be in that order–one unfortunate consequence of which was that many people left the theatre before the short was shown).
Watching Rain, Maria Govan's debut film, a second time, and for the first time on the big screen, I must admit to seeing more of its shortcomings than I did the first time around. But its faults aside–and Govan spoke to some of these faults herself in the Q&A; I did with her—Rain remains a fine achievement, a powerful realist Caribbean drama, with some outstanding performances from its main actors. And I really liked Thomas Jemmerson's style in Queen of the Brands. Here is a young Trini filmmaker bursting with talent and ideas; a name to look out for.
Once the films were over, we all trooped out of MovieTowne and made our way across to Zen nightclub where we drank and ate some more, and limed and danced till the wee hours. (Well, not all of us. Some of us had to cut short our evening to get a decent night's rest to be up early to write about last night's events.)
So we've opened with a shebang, and can now get on to the real business of the Film Festival–watching films. And there are a lot of them to watch, so there's not a moment to lose….
Bruce Paddington being interviewed by Mairoon Ali of Gayelle TV
Peter Ray Blood, Features Editor of the Trinidad Guardian, and Judy Raymond, Editor of Caribbean Beat magazine
Musician Isaac Blackman, whose hit song "To the Ceiling" is featured on the soundtrack of Rain
Mariano Browne
Ralph Maraj
The fabulous Emilie Upczak, the T&T; Film Festival's Creative Director
Date: Tue 15 Sep, 2009
Category: ttff news and features


A close proximity to Greenwich Village in the 1960s fueled Waterman's growing interest in folk music and led to an unlikely trip that resulted in the rediscovery of Delta blues artist Son House in 1964. Waterman began efforts to revive House's music career and soon became his manager. He subsequently founded Avalon Productions, the first management agency focused on representing black blues musicians. In addition to booking and managing, he worked tirelessly to protect his clients from exploitation, demanded competitive compensation, and fought for royalties due them.
TAMMY L. TURNER holds a doctoral degree in music history from the University of Mississippi. She teaches a variety of university courses in music history. Her area of interest is twentieth-century music including blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll, and classical music.


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The Pic of the Day: Cleanup crews try to recover F-22s in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael
by SOFREP Nov 10, 2018
Although Tyndall Air Force Base is rebuilding after Hurricane Michael, it seems unlikely that F-22s will ever again call the base home.
Per the Defense Department:
The Air Force announced the return of several key Tyndall Air Force Base missions, as the base begins its long-term recovery following Hurricane Michael.
"We will rebuild Tyndall Air Force Base," said Vice President Mike Pence while at the north Florida base Oct. 25.
A number of important missions will resume at Tyndall AFB in the next few months and others will shift to other locations for the time being. All but approximately 500 Airmen will return to the Florida panhandle within 1 to 3 months.
"We are focused on taking care of our Airmen and their families and ensuring the resumption of operations. These decisions were important first steps to provide stability and certainty," said Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson. "We're working hard to return their lives to normalcy as quickly as possible."
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When Andrew Ingram spoke with his Great Britain and Ireland players about their troubles on the first day of the 46th Walker Cup, the captain could have pointed to one key area: the back nine. It changed the complexion of Saturday's matches from a dogfight to a pillow fight as the U.S. took an 8-4 lead at Los Angeles Country Club's North Course.
After halving the morning foursomes, a format in which the Americans historically have struggled, the hosts looked to the eight singles matches as their salvation.
In an era of extraordinary length in golf, finding a 78-yard par 3 at an international competition would seem to be preposterous. Yet, for the 46th Walker Cup at Los Angeles Country Club's North Course, the U.S. Golf Association set up the normally 133-yard par-3 15th hole at 78 yards for Saturday's afternoon singles session.
It was the shortest par 3 in the USGA's recorded history.
The move proved to be brilliant. Each shot taken by the 14 players who reached the 15th hole excited the fans who encircled the tee and green.
Number of strokes by which Scott Hend led the Omega European Masters before third-round play was suspended Saturday because of darkness. Although Hend, of Australia, birdied the par-3 13th hole at Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club in Crans Montana, Switzerland, as play was halted, he was only 2 over for the day but 11 under for the tournament. England's Matthew Fitzpatrick, Paraguay's Fabrizio Zanotti and South Africa's Darren Fichardt were tied for second at 9 under. Earlier, fog in the Swiss Alps had halted play for nearly 2½ hours (scores: http://bit.ly/2wMJrQF).
This is not to detract from the astounding skills that the PGA Tour pros exhibit every week, but equipment evolution and training regimens aren't the only reasons why we see such extraordinary things. Two areas that deserve mention in the realm of low scores are the contour maps provided for greens and the condition and consistency of the bunkers.
With putting making up about 50 percent of the strokes on the card, it is an incontrovertibly huge advantage to know how the ball will break, in particular on long putts. Arguably, a 15-handicapper would be an 11 with a book of contour maps being available in pro shops of every course we play.