In 2009, the first two classes of Melrose Leadership Academy dual immersion kindergarten students started school. Last month, the first two classes of 8th grade MLA dual immersion students finished middle school. I photographed the June 7, 2018 promotion ceremony and a celebration dinner the day earlier.
When we started at the school, we could only imagine the first 8th graduation class. Now, these students are part of the school's legacy. I have included photos from the first kindergarten graduation as well as photo galleries from the Promotion Ceremony and 8th Grade Party.


After 25 years in the housewares industry I still feel passionate about my job. As a business, we've grown considerably over recent years but each store is allowed to maintain its own personality, allowing me to react to the local needs of our customers.
We are proud to introduce the new Garden Trading pop-up shop within our Horsham store. Garden Trading are famous for designing and producing functional products for the home and garden, without compromising on style. From a bread bin to an exterior light – they are passionate about making products that will last for years, and earn you plenty of compliments from your friends too!
Taking a stand against a throw-away society they make everyday useful items that are made to a high quality that will stand the test of time. You will not find any plastic at Garden Trading – they always strive to make our products using responsibly sourced materials, within the EU wherever possible and from ethically-responsible manufacturers.
So whether you are looking for accessories & lighting for your kitchen, garden, potting shed or laundry room – Garden Trading have a lovely range of original products that we hope will fit the bill.
The illustrious history of our Horsham store dates back to 1925, when Messrs. Scott & Sargeant opened their premises at 26 East Street. Selling all manner of ironmongery and housewares, from pans to lawnmowers, cookers to tools, business flourished and grew and allowed the shop to take over the adjoining property.
In 2004, nearly 80 years later, Scott & Sargeant became a Steamer Trading shop when the owners decided to retire. Having been patched together over the years (it had started life as a covered outdoor yard), we felt the building deserved an anniversary present - and commenced on a year-long renovation.
When we'd finished the shop had grown into no.28, next door, and acquired wonderful new spaces for displaying fabulous kitchenware – and even a café.
Today, our Horsham store is a real emporium, with a fantastic selection of everything for the kitchen and table spread out over 7,000 sq.ft. (that's a lot of pots, plates and potato peelers!). We've got great displays of knives (we'll show you how to sharpen them); lots of wonderful espresso makers (plugged in and ready to try out); and a working cooker to try out pans.
East Street is now the foodie centre of the lovely town of Horsham, so why not wander along our pedestrianised street, pop into Steamer Trading for some retail therapy and enjoy a reviving lunch at one of the many local restaurants afterwards.
We're on East Street, one of Horsham's main streets, off the Carfax. By car, East Street (part pedestrianised) heads out towards Park Way and the Brighton Road (A281).
Nearby parking is available in Denne Road (right behind our shop) or Pirie's Place.
The train station is a five minute walk and Horsham is well served by public transport.
All parts of the shop are accessible. There are easy-going stairs and a lift to the upper and lower mezzanine floors. If you'd like any assistance, please let our staff know – they'd be delighted to help in any way possible.


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Salkeld est un patronyme et toponyme pouvant désigner:

Patronyme
 (1917-1967), joueur américain de baseball
 (1880-1959), poète et acteur irlandais
John Louis Salkeld (1858-1941), homme politique canadien en Saskatchewan
 (1475-1560), homme d'église anglais
 (1830-1857), officier anglais
 (né en 1971), joueur américain de baseball
, joueur australien de rugby
 (1671-1715), écrivain légal anglais

Toponyme

, village de la Cumbria
, village de la Cumbria

Homonymie de patronyme
Homonymie de toponyme

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We're feeling a little fall with today's shoot: it's part equestrian, part glam. Coco Chanel goes to the country, perhaps. The dark moody colors are PERFECT for a fall or winter wedding. Fly Away Bride and House of Hannah are responsible for creating all this loveliness and we adore how Brosnan Photographic captured the country chic vibe!
Nice setting and country style wedding shoot. Nice pictorials too. Lovely decors and flower arrangement.
Oh wow! So wonderful to see our Coco Shoot on Grey Likes Weddings! Thanks so much for the feature, we are thrilled to bits and can't thank the amazing team we had involved enough times! They were just a dream to work with!


The act of attaching, uniting, or joining together in a physical sense; consolidating.
The term is generally used to signify the connection of a smaller or subordinate unit to a larger or principal unit. For example, a smaller piece of land may be annexed to a larger one. Similarly, a smaller document may be annexed to a larger one, such as a codicil to a will.
Although physical joining is implied, actual contact is not always necessary. For example, an annexation occurs when a country acquires new territory even though the new territory is not immediately adjacent to the existing country.
In the law of real property, annexation is used to describe the manner in which a chattel is joined to property.
ANNEXATION, property. The union of one thing to another.
2. In the law relating to fixtures, (q.v.) annexation is actual or constructive. By actual annexation is understood every movement by which a chattel can be joined or united to the freehold. By constructive annexation is understood the union of such things as have been holden parcel of the realty, but which are not actually annexed, fixed, or fastened to the freehold; for example, deeds, or chattels, which relate to the title of the inheritance. Shep. Touch. 469. Vide Anios & Fer. on Fixtures, 2.
3. This term has been applied to the union of one country, to another; as Texas was annexed to the United States by the joint resolution of Congress of larch 1, 1845., See Texas.
Caye Hauser said they also have livestock and fear annexation could force urban codes on a rural setting.
Fillon has vowed to lift the European sanctions imposed on Moscow following the annexation.
Typically, the city requires annexation before businesses can build in unincorporated areas within the urban growth boundary and before they can hook up to public water and sewer lines.
The annexation process usually takes up to 120 days, said Fairborn City manager Deborah McDonnell.
Paul Brotzman, Santa Clarita's director of community development, told council members annexation would take time.
This sub-sample is labeled "Cordova 1990 Annexation Area"; but one area was annexed in 1977, while another area was annexed in 1990.
Occasionally there is some fear expressed that Canada will become Americanized, and that the influence of the vast swarm of Americans into this western country will eventually result in an annexation sentiment.
The main part of the book covers the one and a half years between Austria's annexation to Germany and the beginning of the war.
But I am rather disturbed that as a city we do not look closely at capital improvement costs associated with annexation.
For Ross, this anecdote would be one more small piece of the long story of annexation.
While Texas annexation law allows MUDs to request negotiations for a SPA, no MUD or municipality has ever invoked arbitration since the SPA law was passed in 1999.


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This is the statement made by the Prime Minister of New Zealand following the atrocity in Christchurch.
Our thoughts and our prayers are with those who have been impacted today. Christchurch was the home of these victims.
For many this may not have been the place they were born, in fact for many New Zealand was their choice, the place they actively came to and committed themselves to, the place they were raising their families, where they were part of communities that they loved and who loved them, it was a place that many came to for its safety, a place where they were free to practise their culture and their religion.
For those of you who are watching at home tonight and questioning how this could have happened here, we, New Zealand, we were not a target because we are a safe harbour for those who hate.
We were not chosen for this act of violence because we condone racism, because we're an enclave for extremism, we were chosen for the very fact that we are none of these things, because we represent diversity, kindness, compassion, a home for those that share our values, a refuge for those who need it.
And those values, I can assure you, will not and cannot be shaken by this attack.
We are a proud nation of more than 200 ethnicities, 160 languages, and amongst that diversity we share common values.
And the one that we place currency on right now is our compassion and the support for the community of those directly affected by this tragedy and secondly, the strongest possible condemnation of the ideology of the people that did this.
And the way New Zealand have responded of which they should be justifiably proud.
A small nation with a great heart.


Neotradicional Ii Is A Collection Of Neo-Traditional Flash By A Series Of Various Artists.
Neotradicional Ii Is A Collection Of Flash Reference By A Series Of Various Artists. Featuring Neo-Traditional Style Of Japanese Designs, Animals, Faces And Other Classic Art. This Book Is A Soft Cover, 9X12, 144 Page Book Printed On Heavy Card Stock.


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WTC 9/11 / Mallet Quartet / Dance Patterns
Submitted by nonesuch on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 13:49
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 04:00
WTC 9/11, Reich's reflection on the 2001 World Trade Center attacks, is scored for three string quartets, performed by Kronos Quartet, and pre-recorded voices, including NORAD air traffic controllers, first responders, and women who kept vigil over the dead. The New Yorker says the piece is "indicative of the undiminished powers of a great American artist." The album also includes Reich's Mallet Quartet, performed by Sō Percussion, and Dance Patterns, featuring members of Steve Reich and Musicians, plus a DVD with a live performance of Mallet Quartet.
Nonesuch releases Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Steve Reich's WTC 9/11 on September 20, 2011. The album marks the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, which is the subject of Reich's piece. Commissioned for and recorded by Kronos Quartet, WTC 9/11 is scored for three string quartets and pre-recorded voices. The album also includes Reich's Mallet Quartet, performed by Sō Percussion, and Dance Patterns, featuring members of Steve Reich and Musicians, as well as a DVD with a live performance of Mallet Quartet by Sō Percussion.
WTC 9/11 (2010) reflects on the World Trade Center attacks of September 11, 2001, when Reich and his family lived only four blocks away from the site of the tragedy. "On 9/11 we were in Vermont, but our son, granddaughter, and daughter-in-law were all in our apartment. Our phone connection stayed open for six hours and our next-door neighbors were finally able to drive north out of the city with their family and ours. For us, 9/11 was not a media event," the composer says.
The piece is scored for three string quartets; Kronos recorded all three parts for the album. WTC 9/11 also uses pre-recorded voices, the speakers' final vowels and consonants elongated in a stop-motion sound technique that Reich says is the "means of connecting one person to another—harmonically." Those voices and their texts belong to NORAD air traffic controllers, as they raised the alert that the airplanes were off course; FDNY workers on the scene; friends and former neighbors of the Reichs, recalling that day; and women who kept vigil, or Shmira, over the dead in a tent outside the Medical Examiner's office, reading Psalms or Biblical passages. The relationship between Steve Reich and Kronos Quartet spans more than 20 years. This is the third quartet the composer has written for Kronos; all three have been recorded by Nonesuch.
Mallet Quartet (2009), co-commissioned and performed by Sō Percussion, is scored for two vibraphones and two five-octave marimbas. The New York Times said of a recent Carnegie Hall performance: "Sō Percussion's energetic account…pointed up one of Mr. Reich's current modes of propulsion: a two-tiered approach in which the rhythmically repetitive backdrop that listeners hear as Minimalist (and as the music's distinctively Reichian signature) is offset by restless, melodically adventurous top lines. There were other contrasts here: the repeating figures, for marimbas, were dark and subdued, with a warm, wooden tone; the themes, played on vibraphones, were cool, bright and lively."
Dance Patterns (2002) is Reich's contribution to Thierry de Mey's film Counterphrases of Anne Terese de Keersmaeker's Choreography, for which several composers wrote short pieces. While the film was shown, the music was performed live by the Ictus Ensemble, which commissioned all the music. Scored for vibraphones, xylophones, and pianos, Dance Patterns features members of Steve Reich and Musicians on the Nonesuch recording.
Produced by Judith Sherman
WTC 9/11
Recorded February 21-24, 2011, at Studio Trilogy, San Francisco, CA
Engineered by John Kilgore
Assistant Engineers: Justin Lieberman, Willie Samuels
Mixed by John Kilgore, Judith Sherman, and Steve Reich at John Kilgore Sound, New York, NY
Commissioned by the Kronos Quartet. World Premiere: March 19, 2011, by Kronos Quartet, at Duke University, Durham, NC.
Mallet Quartet
Recorded March 22, 2011, in Studio C of Avatar Studios, New York, NY
Assistant Engineers: Charlie Kramsky, Wesley Hovanec
Editing Assistant: Jeanne Velonis
Mixed by John Kilgore at John Kilgore Sound
Co-commissioned by the Amadinda Quartet in Budapest, on the occasion of its 25th Anniversary, by Nexus in Toronto, Sō Percussion in New York, and Synergy Percussion in Australia. The world premiere was given by the Amadinda Quartet in Bela Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest, on December 6, 2009. The American premiere was given by Sō Percussion at Stanford University Lively Arts on January 9, 2010.
Dance Patterns
Recorded December 13, 2004, in Studio A of Avatar Studios
Mixed by John Kilgore, Judith Sherman, and Steve Reich at John Kilgore Sound
Commissioned by the Ictus Ensemble to accompany Counterphrases of de Keersmaeker's Choreography, a film by Thierry de Mey about the work of choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker.
Mastered by Robert C. Ludwig at Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland, ME
WTC 9/11, Mallet Quartet, and Dance Patterns are published by Boosey & Hawkes.
Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz
Design by Barbara deWilde
Number of Discs in Set
2discs
WTC 9/11 (2010)
David Harrington, violin
John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola
Jeffrey Zeigler, cello
Mallet Quartet (2009)
Eric Beach, Jason Treuting, vibraphone
Josh Quillen, Adam Sliwinski, marimba
Dance Patterns (2002)
James Preiss, Thad Wheeler, vibraphone
Frank Cassara, Garry Kvistad, xylophone
Edmund Niemann, Nurit Tilles, piano
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Steve Reich + Kronos Quartet + Sō Percussion
WTC 9/11: I. 9/11
WTC 9/11: II. 2010
WTC 9/11: III. WTC
Mallet Quartet: I. Fast
Mallet Quartet: II. Slow
Mallet Quartet: III. Fast
DVD: Mallet Quartet
Steve Reich's 'Runner,' 'Music for Ensemble and Orchestra,' Recorded by Los Angeles Philharmonic Led by Susanna Mälkki, Now on Vinyl
The first recording of Steve Reich's Runner and Music for Ensemble and Orchestra, performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and conducted by Susanna Mälkki, released on CD and digitally on Nonesuch Records in September, is now available on vinyl. The New York Times calls Runner "a calmly luminous orchestral piece with the pulsating, propulsive rhythms that animate much of Mr. Reich's music." The San Francisco Chronicle says that Music for Ensemble and Orchestra "is a beautiful and dramatically charged masterpiece, but its impact goes even further than that."
Listen: Steve Reich's 'Different Trains' Subject of BBC Radio 3's 'The Listening Service'
Steve Reich's 1988 piece Different Trains is the subject of this week's episode of BBC Radio 3's The Listening Service. Host Tom Service shares music from Kronos Quartet's 1988 Nonesuch recording of the piece, which won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Composition, and talks with author/journalist Jonathan Freedland about creating such art that addresses the Holocaust. You can hear the episode here.
More From Steve Reich, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Steve Reich, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Runner / Music for Ensemble and Orchestra
Reich/Richter
Caroline Shaw, Sō Percussion
Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part
Caroline Shaw, Sō Percussion, Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish
Clint Mansell, Kronos Quartet
Requiem for a Dream [Soundtrack] [2LP]
Terry Riley, Kronos Quartet
Sun Rings
Laurie Anderson, Kronos Quartet
Pulse / Quartet
Pieces of Africa [2LP]
Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector: Music of Terry Riley
One Earth, One People, One Love: Kronos Plays Terry Riley (5-CD Set)
Radio Rewrite
Kronos Explorer Series
A Thousand Thoughts
Music of Vladimir Martynov
Steve Reich, Kronos Quartet, Sō Percussion
2x5 Remixed
Double Sextet / 2x5
Daniel Variations
The Cusp of Magic
Plays Sigur Rós (MP3s)
Henryk Górecki, Kronos Quartet
Górecki: String Quartet No. 3 ("... songs are sung")
The Fountain [Soundtrack]
Reich: Remixed (2006)
Phases (5-CD Set)
You Are (Variations)
You've Stolen My Heart (with Asha Bhosle)
Mugam Sayagi: Music of Franghiz Ali-Zadeh
Kronos Quartet, Dawn Upshaw
Berg: Lyric Suite
Three Tales (with Beryl Korot)
Vasks: Fourth String Quartet
Partch: US Highball
Steve Reich, Kronos Quartet
Triple Quartet
Requiem for Adam
Requiem for a Dream [Soundtrack]
New York Counterpoint / Eight Lines / Four Organs
Reich (Remixed)
Schnittke: Complete String Quartets
Music for 18 Musicians
Works: 1965–1995 (A 10-CD Retrospective)
Tan Dun: Ghost Opera
Golijov: The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac The Blind
City Life / Proverb / Nagoya Marimbas
Howl, U.S.A.
The Cave (with Beryl Korot)
Released 1985-1995
Kronos Quartet, Philip Glass
Kronos Quartet Performs Philip Glass
Tehillim / Three Movements
Night Prayers
Ostertag: All the Rage
Feldman: Piano & String Quartet
At the Grave of Richard Wagner
Górecki: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
Pieces of Africa
Górecki: String Quartet No. 1 / Lerchenmusik
Kronos Quartet, Astor Piazzolla
Five Tango Sensations
Volans: Hunting Gathering
The Four Sections / Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices, and Organ
Salome Dances for Peace
Steve Reich, Kronos Quartet, Pat Metheny
Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint
Winter Was Hard
White Man Sleeps
Sextet / Six Marimbas
The Desert Music
Philip Glass, Kronos Quartet
Mishima [Soundtrack]

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Home » All » Elizabeth Banks will voice Pebbles in the Flintstones sequel series
Elizabeth Banks will voice Pebbles in the Flintstones sequel series
Posted by Phil on Apr 28, 2021 in All, animated, comedy, News, TV | 0 comments
FOX Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation and Elizabeth Banks have joined forces to develop Bedrock, a primetime animated adult comedy series continuing the story of everyone's favorite modern Stone Age family, the Flintstones. The pilot script will be written by Lindsay Kerns ("Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous," "DC Super Hero Girls," "Trolls: The Beat Goes On!"), with Banks voicing the character of "Pebbles Flintstone," in addition to her role as a producer.
BEDROCK catches up with the Flintstone family two decades after the original, with Fred on the brink of retirement and 20-something Pebbles embarking on her own career. As the Stone Age gives way to a shiny and enlightened new Bronze Age, the residents of Bedrock will find this evolution harder than a swing from Bamm-Bamm's club.
"Long before the Simpsons and Springfield, the Griffins and Quahog or even when the Belchers started serving burgers on Ocean Avenue, there were the Flintstones and Bedrock," said Michael Thorn, President, Entertainment, FOX Entertainment. "Their imprint on the animation universe is undeniable and the idea of adapting it for today's audience is a challenge we here at FOX are very much looking forward to taking on with Warner Bros., Elizabeth and Lindsay. No pressure whatsoever, really."
"The Flintstones are the first family of primetime animation," said Peter Girardi, Executive Vice President, Alternative Programming at Warner Bros. Animation. "Elizabeth and Lindsay have a brilliant take on these characters, and FOX and Brownstone are the perfect partners to bring them back to primetime. This is going to rock (sorry)."
In addition, FOX Entertainment's free streaming platform Tubi has acquired the AVOD rights to all six seasons of the iconic series "The Flintstones," including all 166 episodes, which will begin streaming on Tubi on May 1.
Produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, "The Flintstones" was television's first primetime animated series — airing for six seasons, spanning 166 episodes – and was also the first animated program nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. This past fall, the franchise celebrated its 60th anniversary.
If picked up to series, BEDROCK will be co-produced by Warner Bros. Animation and FOX Entertainment. Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman will executive-produce through Brownstone Productions ("Pitch Perfect" franchise, "Charlie's Angels," "Shrill"). Brownstone's Dannah Shinder, and Lindsay Kerns ("Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous," "DC Super Hero Girls," "Trolls: The Beat Goes On!") will serve as co-executive producers.


Amen. And again. I too want to thank the RCMP for proactively closing the road. Sometimes we all need to do a reality check and decide what's really worth risking lives for... and awards, or hockey tournaments, or one day's pay, probably don't make the cut.


A 45-minute meeting, in person or on the phone, to discuss marketing and publicity strategies for your book, whether you're planning to self-publish, submit to a press, or already have a book under contract. Marketing and publicity campaigns are essential for driving media attention and sales for your book. A marketing strategy seeks to identify and target ideal consumers and build brand recognition for your book. Publicity is the press coverage your book receives (reviews, best-of lists, interviews, etc.). We'll discuss timelines, expectations, how and whom to query, social media, blurbs, touring, and more.
If you're self-publishing, we'll discuss how to position your book for sale (where it fits in the contemporary literary landscape, how it stands out in the field, who the intended audience is) as well as how to bring public visibility and media coverage to your work.
If you're preparing to send your book out on submission, we'll talk about how to draft an effective query letter and which potential publishers may be a good fit for your manuscript.
If you've sold your book to a publisher, you may already have an in-house publicity team. It's important to keep in mind that in-house publicists are often juggling numerous book campaigns simultaneously, and tend not to be particularly transparent with authors about which campaigns they're prioritizing at any given moment. I'll offer guidance about how to communicate effectively with your publicist, including when and how often to contact them, which questions are most helpful to ask, what you can expect at different stages of the publishing process, and what you can do on your own to help your team promote your book.
After our meeting or call, I'll follow up with a letter outlining what we've discussed, for your continued reference.


In the latest in ADHD news, a new study, published this month in The Lancet, adds to the growing body of evidence that ADHD in children is the result of delayed brain maturation.
Researchers from an ADHD Working Group within an international consortium of scientists associated with the University of Southern California's ENIGMA Network, conducted the largest study of brain imaging of people with and without ADHD, across nine countries with participants' ages spanning six decades. They found structural differences in five areas of the brain — and the greatest disparities in volume were seen in children.
The findings of this ADHD research reinforced previous research had already pointed to less development of the caudate (involved in motor control, procedural and associative learning, and inhibition of actions) and putamen (also involved in movement and learning) regions.
But the study revealed for the first time disparities in the maturity of the accumbens (important for functions like motivation and reward), the amygdala (which deals with memory, decision-making, and emotional reactions) and the hippocampus (which, among other things, converts short-term memory to long term).
The results, say researchers, thoroughly dispel the stigma of naughtiness attached to too many children with ADHD.
Read more about ADHD on The Swaddle.
What this means in terms of diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in children is unclear; the study's conclusion stopped short of offering suggestions. But the findings regarding the disparity in the size of the amygdala, the brain's emotional center, is particularly notable, as emotional problems often accompany ADHD but are not currently classified as symptoms. If that changes, it may make it easier for doctors to diagnose accurately, but could muddy the waters for laypeople on the front lines of diagnosis — parents and teachers.
The study's findings supports the prevailing theory among experts that the smaller brains of children with ADHD may, as they grow into adulthood, match in volume the brains of children without ADHD. So while there may not be any long-term structural differences between children with ADHD and without, as The Swaddle reported last year, if ADHD in children is not treated early enough, a child may always face an educational lag — even if his brain does catch up.


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#15 in a series of background briefs
"Before" vs. "After"
It is one of the most radical adjustments for photographers to make when they learn about TCQ:
"The end of the recording process marks an important transition point in the making of a TCQ photograph."
1. TCQ reinforces the line between "before" and "after"
TCQ repeatedly draws a clear distinction between
• showing the effects of things that happen before exposures end
• showing the effects of changes made to the photograph after exposures end.
Note that not all "pre-shutter" effects are allowed by TCQ
The line itself between "before" and "after" is as clear as ever.
Each visual effect in a photograph is caused by something that happened either before the recording is completed or after the recording is completed. Nothing is "on the fence" between the two.
But in recent years the public's awareness of the line has gotten fuzzy.
2. Digital cameras have blurred the line
Over the first two decades of the digital era, the line between "pre-shutter" and "post-exposure" became blurred in the public mind, largely because of one simple development:
Image processing that in the film era had almost always been done after the photo was removed from the camera could now be quickly performed inside the camera.
Granted, no popular devices or cameras internally doctor images "by default," at least not on their away-facing camera.
But it is easier than ever to program devices and cameras so that they will doctor photographs instantly after the exposure is recorded, before they appear on the device's screen.
Examples of this instant post-exposure doctoring include blurring out undesirable areas in the recorded photograph or reshaping everything in the recorded photo to achieve "perspective correction."
Both of those actions disqualify an image from Q2 when they are performed after the exposure(s).
Note that pre-shutter implementation of "focus blur" and "perspective correction" do not disqualify photos from TCQ if those effects are optically produced; see #7 and #8 here.
3. The effect of in-camera manipulations on the photographer
The more automatic an action becomes, the less likely the photographer is to manually undo it.
A. Smartphone users are led to believe they are changing lenses' optical settings (to affect "what the camera sees")—
—	when in fact they are merely changing the software settings (so that the photo is instantly doctored to reflect what the photographer "wishes the camera had seen").
B. When the pre-shutter "preview" picture on a device's screen shows what the photo will look like after it is doctored, the photographer is already getting comfortable with the "wished-for" image rather than what the camera actually sees.
(It is easy to imagine a device's screen image feeling more "real" to the photographer than does the "real-world" scene in front of the camera.)
C. When — after taking the picture — the first thing the photographer sees on the device's screen is an already-doctored image (never seeing the undoctored version), the photographer is less likely to dig up the image of the scene as the camera actually saw it.
Not surprisingly, with sophisticated in-camera processing it can be difficult for the photographer to distinguish between "what the camera saw" vs. how the camera instantly doctored the recording to depict "what the photographer wishes the camera had seen."
4. What didn't matter before will matter in the future
Most non-photographers will never hear, let alone think about, the distinctions described in #1 above.
But behind the scenes, those distinctions will always be a key to understanding which photographs people trust.
One of the biggest effects of "digital" technology is the capability to make things appear to be something they are not.
That may not have seemed important in the era when "The appearance of the photograph is all that matters" (the first two decades of the 21st century).
Few people in that era gave much thought to how easy it suddenly was to doctor a photograph — after it was recorded — so that it convincingly simulated effects that looked like they occurred before it was recorded (see def|pen).
But what didn't matter in the recent past will matter in the coming era of "Trustworthiness matters too."
Anyone who puts images before the public and wants to win viewers' trust will be employing the "before vs. after" distinction whether they know about it or not.
See also #5: Leveling the playing field


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A few months back, we mentioned a documentary in the works that explores the Garbage Pail Kids phenomenon of the 1980s. Today, we're getting news that 30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story has been completed and will receive a limited theatrical release later this month. The theatrical release will be followed by a VOD & Blu-ray/DVD release in September. Check out the trailer below.
Official Synopsis: In the 1980′s some eclectic underground cartoonists parodied a popular doll craze (whose name cannot be spoken…). The resulting pop culture commercial trading cards/stickers tapped into an international zeitgeist that was brewing in a young generation who felt that this product spoke to the revulsion they had for the corporate junk that was being fed to them. Learn the truth behind the myth of The Garbage Pail Kids, the lawsuit that ensued and the resulting iconic status!
30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story hits theatres this summer in select cities. Indican Pictures will launch this title in several theatres, starting August 18th and continuing throughout the month of August and September. On 9/20/17, 30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story will show in front of an even larger audience as the film is launched nationwide, throughout the United States.
Related Article: "Pennywise: The Story of IT" Documentary Facebook Page is Now Live!


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Just got the news … Hillside Laundry is burning.
The Red Door brightens Duluth's East Hillside
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Paul Lundgren
Apparently the flames were suppressed as of 5 p.m. and everyone is safe.
Duluth News Tribune: "Residents evacuated from Hillside Laundry building in Duluth"
Barrett Chase
More info from the DNT: Central Hillside fire displaces 5
Tony D.
That's the Union Block, isn't it? Same building that houses Da Houze o' Flavor?
Correct, Tony D.
TopOfTheHillMan
Yes Tony D., Da House is da boarded up now. Was glad to hear the residents of the building were safe.  Always imagine the worst thing would be to watch your home on fire.
Actually, Da House is not boarded up; it is in the adjacent building and appears unburnt. Meanwhile, the DNT article about the residents who were displaced quotes one of them saying he is eager to move out of the Hillside because he does not feel safe here. For instance, he fears that if he is, say, locked out of his apartment sometime and is outside on the street he would "get plugged."
Now, I know we've all had the debate about the safety of the Hillside, and I hesitate to start in about how I live in it, walk in it, (even in the dark!) and would raise children in it, but I was really compelled to post because I am  wondering how responsible it is of the DNT to fuel the fear of this neighborhood in such a flippant manner.
The article was about the fire and the loss of homes, not about the perceived safety of the neighborhood. I am disappointed. I can just see all the people in the outer-rings of Duluth opening their papers (or their browsers) and having their fears validated.
I lived in the Cascade building, which is near the laundry, and never had any problems. It's a great area. I'm actually moving back to First Avenue West and Superior Street. Mind your own business and you won't have problems.
There is nothing flippant about it.
The DNT interviewed someone who was affected by the fire, and this is what he said. That's how journalism works.
If they interviewed the man, and when he responded the way he did, they said, "Well, we're not going to publish that because it doesn't line up with the image we'd like to portray of that neighborhood," that would be shamefully irresponsible journalism, if you could even call it that.
It is a shame that that neighborhood has an unfair image. But the DNT should not be altering its content in an attempt to change (or encourage) that image.
Allen Richardson
I think the real story is that building hadn't been inspected by the Fire Marshal's office since 2004. City of Duluth, get it together.
hbh1
Look, a man was shot basically on their front doorstop, and the perp isn't even sentenced yet for the crime. If that didn't make you think, oh I don't know, perhaps negatively about your personal safety, I don't know what would.
The Hillside might be a relatively safe place, but I wouldn't fault anyone living in that immediate neighborhood for feeling a little worried about gun violence.
The Friendly Old Knifey
Perhaps the journalist used a leading question to guide the conversation towards the safety of the Hillside. Hypothetically, is that alright?
Spend the money and/or seek grants to train more Fire dept. personnel. More inspection hours and you could farm them out to surrounding communities whilst improving the knowledge-base of your citizenry.
Barrett's right -- seems like the guy's comment was totally appropriate to the story. I don't fault the reporter for including it -- even if it does perpetuate stereotypes.
There is another way that jouranlism works, as well:
There is a position in journalism called "editor". His/her job is to "edit" a story to ensure it stays on point.
I'm not sure the inclusion of the "fear of living in Hillside" part of the interviewed person's response  - or the article - was warranted, given the subject of the story; the fire, and the lack of inspections.
There may be a relation between the location of the building and the lack of inspection. But, certainly there was no connection between the fire and the subject's fear of getting shot.
From today's DNT article: "Two years ago, a man was fatally shot in the doorway of the Hillside Laundry, and they don't feel safe in the area."
Two years ago a mother and son were tied up in their home on the East side of Duluth. Does that make Congdon unsafe?
Last year, a guy in Lakeside broke into his neighbor's house and threatened her? Is Lakeside unsafe?
I re-read the story, it's totally in context of explaining what the couple is going to do now that they've been left homeless by this fire. Their statement was followed by a fact referring to an act of violence that happened on their doorstep. The other resident interviewed said he felt perfectly safe in the neighborhood. I'm sure if there was something that happened in the same Congdon neighborhood the mother and son were tied up, or in the same Lakeside neighborhood where the woman was threatened in her home, and a resident told the media they felt unsafe staying there, the reporter would try to set the remark in its proper context by referring to previous incidents that would occasion the remark.
How's about a supplemental volunteer fire department that could be trained to conduct inspections since the regular FD is too busy?  I know.  Crazy, right?
Thank you, Claire.
I'm not suggesting that the DNT alter its content. If I were suggesting that, I would have been upset that the paper did not report the  tenant as saying that he felt so safe here he would have slept overnight on the sidewalk.
I'm suggesting that as a voice of the Duluth community, the DNT has a duty to be mindful (for lack of a better word) of what it prints and in what context. I'm suggesting that the neighborhood holds its image in part *because* of DNT reporting. The reputation is more than a shame, it's a product of irresponsible journalism.
There is a difference between printing the police blotter (unbiased fact) and quoting a resident about his perceived safety from crime in a story about a fire.
I am suggesting (gasp!) that the DNT chose what to print so as to sell more papers. I'm not a journalist, nor have I ever been, and I understand that the journalistic credo dictates an open, honest and unbiased dissemination of knowledge for the public good, but really, don't you think there's a bit more at work here? More than gathering the interviewee's reply for printing? Wouldn't you agree that journalistic opinion seeps into every news medium?
I don't think it's unrealistic to assume that DNT publishers were glad to tack this quote onto the end of the story so as to put a bit more zing into the story. Don't you think the reporter and editor had this in mind when interviewing the tenant then running the story? Sure, it's totally logical to ask a displaced tenant where he is going to move, but the DNT did not fulfill its journalistic purpose by running the quote about "getting plugged."
Vicarious is right: there may be a correlation between the neighborhood and the lack of fire inspections, but there certainly is no link between the fire, where one will live next, past crime, and one's fears of getting shot.
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'Cause you can stay at home and watch Wallows as they return to the stage with a virtual world tour, featuring four unique performances that have been pre-recorded at LA's famed The Roxy Theatre–also the location of Wallows' first-ever headline show in 2017.
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When thoughts are put into motion by one of the world's most dominant professional bass anglers, you know you have reached the APEX of fishing. It's the culmination of big bass battles, raw competition, and gritty challenges of environmental conditions. It's the collection of fish behavior, and lure articulation. APEX is the thoughts and actions of the world's most consistent angler combined with the creativity and refinement of one of Japan's highly regarded lure designers. Together they give rise to a line of lures for the competitive and discriminating spirits with a desire to use the right tool when pursuing their quarry.
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The show's first episode focuses on Tim Burton's 1989 Batman film! Fans can check it out now on iHeartRadio and everywhere else podcasts are available.
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Rear view by Inder Malhotra: Preamble to a 2015 debate
How 'secular' and 'socialist' came to be in the Constitution, and why they remain part of it.
Written by Inder Malhotra | Updated: November 30, 2015 2:45:49 pm
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inauguration of an exhibition on making of the Constitution by the Constituent Assembly, at Parliament Library in New Delhi on Thursday. (Source: PTI)
Not long ago, there was a fierce tussle between judges and politicians over who should make appointments to the higher judiciary. Last week, a potentially more hurtful fight began over secularism that is unlikely to end any time soon. Ironically, this happened on Constitution Day, coinciding with the 125th birth anniversary of Babasaheb Ambedkar, who headed the drafting committee of the Constituent Assembly and is the greatest icon of the Dalits today. Every political party is trying to usurp his legacy. Sadly, what should have been a day of celebration turned into a day of unseemly conflict between the BJP-led government and the Congress. Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that secular was the "most misused" word in India today; and Congress president Sonia Gandhi retorted, in chaste Hindi, that "whatever we have seen for the past few months, it is against the values enshrined in the Constitution. The principles and ideals that have inspired us for decades are being deliberately attacked". The treasury benches made it clear that they were unhappy about the introduction in the preamble of the Constitution of two words — socialist and secular — by Indira Gandhi during the Emergency, even though Ambedkar had never found it necessary to put these in the original preamble he wrote. Whereupon the Congress's leader in the Lok Sabha warned that any attempt to "review the Constitution" would have "grave consequences". That is how the story that began during the Emergency has developed so far. Let it be told from the beginning.
Of Indira Gandhi's many amendments to the Constitution, the 42nd was the most vile and comprehensive. Its purpose was to shed or amend all provisions that restricted, to whatever extent, the powers of Parliament, the government and especially the prime minister. For this purpose, the amending law also laid down that any judgment by a large bench of the Supreme Court affecting the executive's powers would be valid only if it was pronounced by a two-thirds majority. In Gandhi's own words, at one time the divine right to rule was that of the kings; in the democratic era, the divine right was Parliament's, which represented the "will of the people". The same amendment added the two disputed words to the Constitution's preamble.
As surprisingly as she had imposed the Emergency on June 25, 1975, on January, 18, 1977, she announced fresh elections. These she lost humiliatingly. Not only was her party routed, but she and her younger son, Sanjay, who had already been groomed as her successor and enjoyed great power under mama's umbrella, also lost their own seats. To the best of my knowledge and belief, Indira never mentioned her decision to go the polls to Sanjay. As the PM's secretary, P.N. Dhar, first confided to friends and later recorded in his book, Indira Gandhi, the 'Emergency', and Indian Democracy, she was "alarmed" when she learnt that Bansi Lal, then India's defence minister and some others, had sold to Sanjay the idea of changing over to a presidential system, despite the Supreme Court's 1973 judgment that though Parliament could amend all parts of the Constitution, it could not change its "basic structure". Consequently, several Congress state units started passing resolutions for forming a new constituent assembly to write a new constitution for the second republic. Indira cried a halt to it. To circumscribe democracy, she had gone as far as she wanted, but refused to go any farther.
The Janata government, headed by Morarji Desai, was committed to repealing the entire 42nd Amendment, and several of the Janata leaders suggested that there should be a one-line bill to do this. But Desai wisely decided not to do so for two reasons. One, he wanted to seek the cooperation of all opposition parties, including the Congress(I), and he did get it after holding a series of discussions with them. Indeed, after being elected to the Lok Sabha in November 1977 from Chikmagalur and before being expelled from the House, Indira and Desai voted together on several issues. Second, there were some provisions in the 42nd Amendment that the Janata government was keen to retain, usually with some variations. A pertinent example is the clause in Indira's amendment that made the "aid and advice" of the council of ministers, headed by the PM, binding on the president. Desai changed it slightly. He gave the president the right to return the cabinet's advice for reconsideration only once. If reaffirmed by the council of ministers, the president had no option but to sign.
As famous American scholar Granville Austin said in his magisterial work on the Indian experience of working a democratic Constitution, "the 42nd Amendment, with all the evils described here, did not abolish the Supreme Court, did not end the legislatures… and did not abolish fundamental rights". He acknowledged that a few of its provisions merited retention. A one-line repeal of the 42nd Amendment would have expunged the words "socialist" and "secular" from the preamble also. But they survived because, at the time of voting clause by clause on the Janata's 44th Amendment, enough Congress MPs abstained and denied the relevant clause the necessary two-thirds majority. To muster a two-thirds majority in the Rajya Sabha at present would be a pipedream for the Modi sarkar.
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A Concordia study will help universities identify and assist young people at risk
By Patrick Lejtenyi
The link between young adults — in particular, university students — and high levels of depression and depressive symptoms is well documented.
But when exactly are they at their highest? Are stress levels and risks of depressive episodes as elevated on campus in September as they are in, say, April?
No, says a just-published paper in the Journal of Youth & Adolescence. Erin Barker, associate professor of psychology in Concordia's Faculty of Arts and Science and the paper's lead author, says depressive symptoms among university students peaks in December, just as end-of-term papers become due and final exams loom.
"Peaks in depressive symptoms correlate with peaks in perceived academic stress," she says.
"When students feel more pressure and they have more to do, their depressive symptoms rise with those feelings. It really does correspond with the academic cycle."
Barker and her colleagues examined patterns of change in depressive symptoms in two groups: first-year students at the University of Alberta and a mix of first-, second- and third-year students at Concordia.
They asked the two groups about their feelings of stress and depression over the course of an academic year. The students filled out questionnaires three or four times — in September, in December, in January and in April.
"As everybody knows, there is a natural stress cycle that oscillates across the academic year," she says.
"It builds across the semester and culminates with final exams. Because we had measured depressive systems multiple times across the academic year, we were able to look to see if depressive symptoms do follow that expected pattern—and they do."
Stress and depression did not appear more common in one year than another. Third-year students could display depressive symptoms as much as first-years. Both feeling stressed and actual workload were associated with symptoms.
"Students who had more work to do, on average, across the semester did not have higher levels of depressive symptoms," Barker says.
"It was only when they had more to do than they were used to — when they had an overload — that their symptom levels rose. This could happen, for instance, if their deadlines for their academic assignments lined up in such a way that they were all due at once. Then they might feel overwhelmed. But they might not have that feeling the following semester if their deadlines were more spread out."
Helping earlier and better
Barker says depression in students has been extensively studied, but notes the existing literature rarely, if ever, addresses the time of year when students are most at risk.
By being able to predict when symptoms are highest during the academic year, universities will be able to better help those who are most in danger of falling into depressive episodes.
"It would be helpful to identify at-risk students earlier on in the semester," she says.
"If a student starts the semester off in September or January already feeling stressed, they might be the ones who need more support throughout the academic year. And, then it would be helpful to have crisis support readily available that can be accessed at any point across the semester if a student is feeling overwhelmed."
As for parents who are concerned that their student children may be at risk of depression or stress, Barker suggests they monitor their behaviour and be aware of possible symptoms, or of feelings of being overwhelmed.
"Parents should be aware of changes in eating and sleeping patterns, and take note of whether their child recovers after the expected stressful period," she says.
"We should expect some stress — it's a stressful time — but when it is done, the symptoms should abate to some degree. If they do not, then parents will want to be watchful and intervene in ways they feel that they can, like connecting their students to the support they need."
Read the cited study, "The Rise and Fall of Depressive Symptoms and Academic Stress in Two Samples of University Students".
Patrick Lejtenyi
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All Mixed Up
Eamonn Holmes
Team captains including:
Adrian Logan
Julian Simmons
Lynda Byrans
Pamela Ballantine
Wild Rover for UTV (regional), 1998 to 2002
Word game involving three teams made up of members of the public and UTV personalities as such, matching some mixed-up answers.
There were three rounds in all - the first being a category round and the second to do with a local pop culture list of some sort (£10 per correct answer). The winner got the chance to win up to £5,000 by matching up nine pictures to words that Mr. Holmes calls out.
Something tells us this contestant's name is Sean. Are we good or what?
The second series (as this point, relegated from prime time) saw round 2 become round 1 with the exception being that contestants needed to find 3 top answers instead of all 6. Round 2 (previously Round 1) involved 6 items to match as opposed to the original 9. Another round (on the buzzers) was inserted in which six probable answers to all the questions were shown on the game board. The final round done away with the £5,000 jackpot prize (indeed, the pounds were replaced by points in the other three rounds) and was replaced by electrical goods.
...and we really wanna see those, er, thumbs
As the late Charles Wheeler would have said of the changes, this is pure Monty Python.
The show was broadcast in many a timeslot, such as during primetime at 7:30pm, teatime at 5:30pm or even in a late night slot of 10:30pm!
Noel Henry, developed by the Chatterbox Partnership
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If you're looking for lower back pain relief, apart from taking a pill to mask the pain, the cheapest and most effective treatment is to do the strength and flexibility exercises that will get your body back in better alignment.
For most people low back pain is a personally-generated dysfunction. In the sedentary society, gradually over the weeks, months, years and decades tight and weak muscles allow bones to move out of alignment.
Ligaments, tendons and muscles in your lower back are stretched beyond their pain threshold. Bones start rubbing on each other causing bone inflammation arthritis.
Discs herniate and when you sneeze and cough it feels like someone is ramming a red hot poker into your back.
Rubbing, crunching, heating and vibrating at the spot where it hurts doesn't treat the cause of the problem which is usually tight muscles attached to the pelvis - front, back and sides.
These tight muscles move the pelvis out of alignment. When that happens the vertebrae immediately above it are drawn out of alignment as well.
The treatment to get the pelvis and the bones above it back in better alignment is to weaken the tight muscles and strengthen the whole musculo-skeletal ecosystem.
In the meantime stay tuned, highly tuned and spend a couple of hours on the floor each evening while you watch TV, doing the exercises to get your body back in better alignment and lower back pain relief.
Every day thousands upon thousands of people visit a doctor, chemist, chiropractor or physiotherapist for neck and shoulder pain relief. Thousand upon thousands search the internet for the magic elixir that will remove their pain.
If you've got neck or shoulder pain, likely as not you've got a vertical stacking problem.
Vertical stacking simply means how your joints relate to each other.
Here's an example of vertical stacking.
Stand with your back to a wall, calves, bottom and shoulders touching the wall. When you are looking straight out at the wall in front of you, is your head touching the wall?
If there is a gap between your head and the wall then your body is vertically out of alignment.
Tight calves, hamstring and buttock muscles have tilted your pelvis back causing your head and shoulders to move forward.
Standing in the same position, put your arms back against the wall in the surrender position. Can you get the backs of your forearms and fingers against the wall?
If you can't, those tight calf, hamstring and buttock muscles have tilted your pelvis back, with the shoulders (and head) going forward to compensate.
Chances are that the muscles around your shoulders are also tight. Most people don't have a shoulder strength and flexibility training program. In fact they hardly use their shoulders at all from one week to the next.
Think about it, how often do you raise your hands above your head? The only time most people do is when they hang out the washing, and if you live in a unit you probably don't even do that, you just throw the washing into the dryer. Putting food into your mouth and a phone to your ear are about the only reasons for lifting your hands about your shoulders.
If you've got sore shoulders and you don't have a good shoulder strength and flexibility training program you're suffering from motion starvation.
But as well as the work to be done on the muscles around your shoulders, when it's all boiled down you've ended up with a sore neck and shoulders because you aren't vertically stacked in the way nature intended.
It's ironic that most therapists will work on your neck and shoulders, forgetting that the cause of the pain lies further down the body.
You can save yourself a lot of time, effort and money by doing a set of exercises to loosen off tight calves, hamstrings and buttock muscles and get your body back into better vertical alignment. Head and shoulders will go back to where they should be. Problem solved. Pain gone. Simple. Cheap. Effective.
But it's not just your neck and shoulders that are put under pressure it's also your lower back. When the pelvis is tilted back, the 'S" shape in your spine turns into a 'C' shape. What you've got is a personally-generated musculo-skeletal dysfunction.
It's personally generated by sitting down for long periods of time in the 'slump dog' position. To avoid getting into that position you need to be sitting up straight at your desk, back of the chair upright and pushing in up under your shoulder blades and abdomen pressing into the desk.
It's critical that your abdomen is pushing into the desk. Look around any office and you'll see very few people with their abdomen touching the desk. They're setting themselves up for back, shoulder and neck pain. Next thing you know they'll have sore wrists as well.
The good news is that being personally generated you can personally ungenerate these dysfunctions.
To relieve back pain, neck and shoulder pain, spend an hour or two each evening on the floor in front of the TV loosening off those tight calf, hamstring and buttock muscles with a simple set of exercises. You don't have to do anything, just spend the time allowing muscles to gradually loosen off them selves.
You'll also need to do some specific strength and flexibility exercises for your neck and shoulders.
In the meantime stay tuned, highly tuned and remember, it's a big ask expecting to obtain back, neck and shoulder pain relief having someone do something to you; sooner or later you have to do something to yourself.
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The cause of back pain in the workplace is frequently mis-diagnosed. The incident gets the blame and the underlying cause of the problem fails to be address. Without a regular and systematic strength and flexibility training program you're just waiting for an incident to happen.
People without a strength and flexibility training program, who are 20Kg or more over weight, who can't touch their toes or do a fair swag of press-ups and sit-ups; who can't sit up straight with their legs crossed, or sit in close to a wall with their legs outstretched - are setting themselves up for some sort of musculo-skeletal dysfunction.


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Darin Sand
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As Vice President of Development, Darin Sand leads multiple development efforts, government relations, strategic partnerships, community relations, entitlement processes, sustainable innovation and financial incentives. He is also recognized by the United States Green Building Council as an Accredited Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Building Design and Construction (LEED BD + C) professional.
Following his passion for sustainable redevelopment, Mr. Sand played a pivotal role in the renovation of Hotel Andaluz, a historical national and New Mexican landmark. His responsibilities included oversight of LEED certification, historic preservation, environmental remediation, cultural development and financial incentives. Mr. Sand's current projects include overseeing various development aspects of the Winrock Town Center project, including the $136 million Winrock Town Center tax increment development district efforts with the City of Albuquerque, Bernalillo County and State of New Mexico. He also directs the real estate development for Innovate ABQ, an entrepreneurial and innovation hub in downtown Albuquerque that has the goal of strengthening the economic base within the city and throughout New Mexico.
Mr. Sand believes in the company's goal to improve the community by adding value and encouraging creative and responsible real estate development. Mr. Sand also serves as a board member of the local NAIOP chapter and of the Uptown Progress Team. His work has led him to receive a number of awards, including 2010 New Mexico Recycling Coalition's "Most Innovative Recycling Project of the Year" for his part in the renewal and renovation of Hotel Andaluz, Heritage Preservation award for Hotel Andaluz, Earth-Minded Award from American Society of Interior Designers and Hospitality Design Magazine for sustainable innovations at Hotel Andaluz. He also leads the solar, water and waste water initiatives at the Winrock Town Center development.
Mr. Sand received his Bachelor of Science in management from Park University, Parkville Missouri. When he is not working, you can find Mr. Sand in the world of cycling, where he is an avid and competitive, podiumed cyclist with both road and mountain bikes. He is also an enthusiastic downhill skier and fitness lover. In another life, Mr. Sand played drums and percussion professionally, a skill that remains a hobby.
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The Need To Understand The Constitutional, Political And Policy Contexts Of Executive Powers
Man's increasing thirst
for power since the dawn of time is the premise for which Separation of Powers
and a system of Checks and Balances is ingrained in the roots of democratic
governance. If power corrupts, then absolute power corrupts absolutely. According
to Charles de Montesquieu, "when the legislative and executive powers are
united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no
liberty". The essence of Democracy, the Rule of Law and the security of
Human rights is to give man a good life and liberty against arbitrary or
unrestrained exercise of power. If powers are not definitely shared, the path
to tyranny is not far-off.
The concept of
separation of powers stands frontward in the interaction of the three branches
of government; the executive, the legislature, and the judiciary. The Nigerian
constitution captures the doctrine of separation of powers to prevent one arm
of government, specifically the executive, from becoming excessively powerful,
enough to destroy the system. Under the 1999 Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, federal legislative power is vested in the National
Assembly, while executive power is vested in the President and the judiciary with
the power to interpret laws, by virtue of Sections 4, 5 and 6 respectively.
In performing his
executive functions, the President may issue orders to agents and agencies of
the executive branch in respect of a project or programme. These orders may set
out government policies, issue directives or command action relating to
functions of the executive arm. An order issued by the President becomes rather
controversial when it purports to make law (1). There is no express
mention of executive orders in the constitution, howbeit, executive orders are
an offspring of constitutional development, especially, in the history of the
development of presidential power in the United States (2). It is usually
following the presidential instinct to 'execute and maintain' the provisions of
the constitution (3).
The President's power
to issue executive orders raises the problem of lack of clarity in separation
of powers. If executive orders have the force of law, it goes without saying
that Presidents have the power to make laws by issuing executive orders.
However, there is a counterbalance considering that this power is also
controlled and checked by the Judiciary. Executive orders are advantageous
because they are required to fill in the gaps in legislations creating
executive agencies. A good instance of such
executive order would be Executive Order 5, issued by the President relating
chiefly to promotion of Nigerian content in public procurement of goods and
services. The use of executive orders is also necessary in occasions of
regulatory contradiction and uncertainty in Nigeria (4).
Like legislative
statutes, executive orders are subject to judicial review and may be overturned
if the order lacks support by statute or the Constitution, if the order demands
an action that will be illegal, or if the order contravenes one or more doctrines
of democracy. A critical case on Presidential executive orders is Attorney General
of Abia State & ORS V. Attorney General of the Federation [2003] 4 NWLR (PT
809)124. In this case, the Supreme Court considered the validity of the
promulgation of the Revenue Allocation (Federal Account, Etc) (Modification)
Order (Statutory Instrument No. 9 of 2002). Belgore, JSC held that the promulgation
order was indeed constitutional and valid seeing as the then President of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, acted pursuant to Section
315 of the 1999 Constitution. Courts, however, do not readily invalidate
executive orders and the legislature cannot impose a general prohibition on the
use of executive orders, as noted by the Supreme Court in Attorney General of
the Federation v Abubakar [2007] 10 NWLR (Pt 1041)1 (1).
Like drugs, the
authority granted to the President to make an executive order can be misused. Truly,
an executive order issued by the president, with a goal to 'execute and
maintain' the terms of the constitution, can engender the adherence to
democratic principles, consequently advancing the practice of democracy. Nonetheless,
if misused, an executive order can set a nation on the path to tyranny.
Since the return to
democracy in 1999, each successive government in Nigeria has signed a number of
executive orders, President Muhammadu Buhari's government inclusive. Commonly,
the news of the signing of a new executive order is greeted with either public
outcry at worst or with mass apathy at best (5). Some of the orders
issued by President Muhammadu Buhari's government include:
Executive Order No.1,
on the Promotion of Transparency and Efficiency in the Business Environment. The
mischief of this order is to facilitate the ease of doing business in Nigeria
through the promotion of transparency and efficiency in the business
environment (6).
on the Promotion of local content in public procurement by the Federal Government.
This order's mischief is to grant preference to local manufacturers of goods
and service providers in their procurement of goods and services.
for the Timely Submission of annual budgetary estimates by all statutory and
non-statutory agencies, including companies owned by the Federal Government. This
order addresses the delay in the passage and assent of National Budget
occasioned by the late preparation and transmission of budget estimates by Ministries,
Agencies and Departments (MDAs), with the 2016 and 2017 budgets as befitting
reference points.
on the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS), to increase the
level of Tax awareness and compliance, widen the tax net, and reduce incidence
of tax evasion in the country. Also, to offer amnesty until March 31, 2018 (later
extended to 30 June, 2018) to tax payers (individuals and corporate bodies) who
have defaulted in their obligations in the past.
to improve local content in public procurement with Science, Engineering and Technology
components. The executive order is expected to promote the application of
science, technology and innovation towards achieving the nation's development
goals across all sectors of the economy (7).
on the Preservation of Suspicious Assets connected with corruption and other
relevant offences. This order sought to fight corruption by curtailing certain
liberties and fundamental rights of Nigerians (8).
The order prevents persons guilty of corruption from continuously holding and
controlling asset acquired from proceeds of corruption.
Executive Order No.10,
which merely affirms the financial autonomy already donated to State
Legislature, Judiciary, and by the Constitution, strengthens them as
institutions, and makes them truly independent from the suffocating grip of
State Governors. This ensures transparency, accountability and responsibility
in government; broadens and deepens the democratic space; and signposts the
much-desired restructuring and power devolution (8)
These executive
orders do not escape criticisms. Particularly, President Buhari's Executive
Order No.6 raised controversies as to its constitutionality and validity seeing
as it invalidates the rights to property guaranteed in Sections 43 and 44 of
the 1999 Nigerian Constitution. According to the President, the order aims to
"restrict dealings in suspicious assets subject to investigation or inquiry
bordering on corruption in order to preserve such assets from dissipation and
to deprive alleged criminals of the proceeds of their illicit activities which
can otherwise be employed to allure, pervert and/or intimidate the
investigative and judicial processes" (9).
Indeed, democracy
cannot flourish in the dearth of clear and precise separation of powers and an
operative system of checks and balances (10).
This is a challenge for the legal profession and the Judiciary to understand
the constitutional, political and policy contexts of the exercise of executive
power in order to prevent the executive arm from exceeding its power limits,
safeguard human rights and liberties, and save the democratic society that is
Nigeria.
Adeniran
Oluwabukunmi.
1. Okebukola and Kana. Executive Orders in Nigeria as
Valid Legislative Instruments and Administrative Tools.
Historical Development of Separation of Powers. LawTeacher. 2019.
Sam, Amadi. Executive order 10 of 2020 is dangerous to constitutional democracy.
—. Executive Order and presidential power in the Nigerian constitutional
democracy. TheGuardian. 2018.
Jonathan, Ekpo. A Critique Of The Companies Income Tax (Road Infrastructure
Development And Refurbishment Investment Tax Credit Scheme) Order 2018.
Ladan, M.T. Presidential Executive Orders 1-6 Of May 2017 to July 2018 as
Enforceable Legislative Instruments In Nigeria [As At July 6, 2018]. 2018.
Law, Bloomfield. Nigeria: President Muhammadu Buhari Signs Executive Order To
Improve Local Contents In Science, Engineering & Technology Procurement.
Nigeria: Is President Buhari's Executive Order 10 Constitutional? AllAfrica.
Dayo, Adu and Ridwan, Oloyede. President of Nigeria Signs Executive Order 6
of 2018 on the Preservation of Assets Connected With Serious Corruption and
Other Relevant Offences. 2018.
Simon, Rogo. Nigeria: Executive Order 10 Will Deepen Democracy. 2020.
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spoke to my teacher about it, and yup he's heard of it but never used it before, he believes the best way is to create points and two-line poly 'em, knife it to pieces the whole shabang. I understand it would help me appreciate my work more and so on but I JUST WANT TO BLOW SOMETHING UP like right NOW !!! (ever get that feeling ?), read the tute over and over it just seems SO FUN !!! he, he... silly of me huh ?
-Well I'll ask for your opinions if I may, is the older slower way the best way, or the "crack-it" plug in is still worth hunting around for.
You could also search for C4 (http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~goetsch/C4/). Seems as if users are liking it.
Thanks very much for your link, I appreciate that a bunch! gonna got lite the fuse, run, and watch the show from a safe distance !!!
still gonna blow it up though!!! YEE-HAAAAWW!
ACLOBO... sound advice I'll try that too ! but I'm more of a Resident Evil nut, you know runnig from zombies after you shoot 'em up an set 'em on fire !WOO-HOO !


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