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In one way or another, Covid-19 has impacted all of our lives. But living through the pandemic with a disability has been an even bigger struggle for many. It's not all negative though – in many ways, the pandemic has molded the world into a more inclusive place.
In the article below, Disability Horizons' writer and editor Raya talks about the important things that Covid-19 has taught us and the positive aspects that have encouraged society to be more understanding and accessible. Read this and many more excellent articles on the Disability Horizons' website.
Whatever your outlook on life, very few can deny that life is a mixture of ups and downs.
I realise that in our current climate, not many of us can identify the positive aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is natural – the majority of us are fed up with this year-long rollercoaster that has turned all our lives upside down.
In a difficult situation, we often don't recognise the good aspects until it has passed. Although the pandemic is far from over, with each advancement we make, we are coming to see the life-affirming things we have learnt from it.
After speaking to people about their own take of the pandemic and gathering my own thoughts on the matter, I have put together eight things it has taught us.
1. Work can be inclusive for disabled people
The pandemic has been a "leveller" and has taught businesses that people can work from home and that face-to-face meetings are not essential.
This is an important step for inclusion in employment and could pave the way for more disabled people being able to work from home in the future and inevitably closing the employment gap.
Going forward, there should be no excuse for managers to be inflexible. They should accommodate all of your needs and understand that adjustments don't mean you're able to work less.
However, isolation isn't for everyone, so more coworking options should be considered too.
2. We should all slow down sometimes
Pre-Covid, we were all in a 'hurry', with a million and one things to do, never having the opportunity to take time out.
It was almost as though we were all competing with each other – who would get to see this gig or try that new restaurant first, and more than that, who had the best job or the biggest house.
But with the lockdowns and many of us shielding, it has reminded us of how important it is to slow down, take things in and not feel we have to constantly be on a hamster wheel trying to achieve.
In many ways, because we have all been in a similar position, we are less distracted by what others are doing and less likely to constantly compare ourselves.
We are instead taking time to step back and think about what we really want and need.
3. We must cherish the important things
The pandemic has taught us that the most important things are not 'things'. They are health, love, family, having a job, all of which many of us have never fully appreciated.
How often did we moan about our family, complained about going to work or abused our health? They say you never know what you have until it is gone, and for many, that has sadly been all too true in the last year.
As our world became smaller, we have also acknowledged the simple pleasures in life, such as nature, doing mindful activities and supporting local and small businesses on our doorstep.
Let's hope that as the world opens back up, we still take time to enjoy the small things and appreciate what we have.
4. We need to be open about our mental health
One of the most positive effects of Covid, in my view, is that everyone now appreciates and understands the many facets of mental health. It's no longer a taboo topic or an individual struggle.
Everyone has found this new world hard to come to terms with. This has forced many people to open up for the first time, possibly ever, and that has paved the way for more people to speak up.
We have also recognised that it's okay to be finding things hard and, more importantly, to ask for help. None of us is alone – we've all been impacted by this pandemic.
We have realised that we can all cope better emotionally than we initially thought. So don't give yourself a hard time, but instead show yourself loving-kindness for getting through what has been an extraordinary year.
5. The importance of friendship and the right friends
Friends have always existed in our lives, but Covid-19 has shaped and developed some and diminished others.
Many of us are guilty of adding hundreds of 'friends' into our sphere, and while each one serves a purpose in our life, there are often only a few that we can turn to for support and understanding.
I found that the pandemic reintroduced me to some of my friends and distanced me from others.
We have all become recluse in some ways, and at times less keen to engage with others. Ultimately, this has impacted our relationship dynamics.
The friends that were closest to me before the pandemic have remained so, but we have also spoken more and discovered things that I didn't fully explore before.
On the other hand, some have drifted away, which is often a sign that some friends only exist during the 'good times'.
6. We should grab opportunities and not take things for granted
We all had lots of plans prior to March 2020, and we all had to postpone things to a later date. Covid has reinforced the idea that you must grab every opportunity and every chance, and never delay what you can do today to tomorrow.
Don't delay replying to a message, returning a call, responding to an email or postponing see someone as you never know if that will be your last chance to connect with them.
When the things we love suddenly become under threat, we begin to fear their loss and so should seize them as tight as we can in our attempt to hold on to them.
7. The world can be more accessible for disabled people
Covid might have brought fear, loneliness and a feeling of injustice, but it also brought us more equality as many disabled people have no longer feel 'different' to the rest of the nation.
For the first time in our lives, we haven't felt left behind. We haven't had that constant struggle between wanting to keep up with our friends versus what our health and physical ability allows us to do.
The world became virtual and, consequentially, accessible and inclusive for all. Suddenly the entire world was just a click away – from musicals and plays to exploring world landmarks and countries across the globe, and 'walking' around museums, zoos and art galleries.
Every aspect of life became an easier option, from working to virtually seeing health professionals. What was once denied to us was suddenly offered on a silver plate.
As millions across the world started to experience a tiny segment of life with limitations and restrictions, we no longer felt alone in our existence.
More than that, others who had never known a life where you can't go somewhere or can't do something needed our support. It has opened people's eyes, and I hope that had lasting effects.
8. We all need support and help and that's not a bad thing
There has always been a belief that disabled people rely on others for almost every aspect of life and serve no purpose.
Thanks to Covid, I do believe perceptions might have changed. Overnight, many more people had to start relying on others to keep the virus at bay.
People had to rely on food parcels or supermarket staff and factory workers so that we could all eat. Postmen and women and bin collectors had to keep our postal service running and the streets clean. Nurses and doctors were relied upon for treatment and cure.
We all needed each other not just to survive, but for our own mental health support, and that's not a bad thing.
We have all seen so important it is to help, empower and uplift others because, after all, we are not alone on this earth and for us to progress as a society we need each other.
I also believe that Covid has reminded disabled people how resilient and strong we are. Although this year has been one of the hardest for everyone, our experiences have well-equipped us to deal with change, the unknown and the need to adapt.
By Raya Al-Jadir
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Exodus 32:34 (NCV) So now, go. Lead the people where I have told you, and my angel will lead you.
As a leader, there are certain principles to remember.
You are called to serve God by serving others. This is true of leaders even more so. Christ led by serving. We are to do the same.
Leaders have a vision and communicate it.
Habakkuk 2:2 Write the vision, and make it plain upon the tables, that he may run that reads it.
Leaders have team under them who help them plan ministry. But the vision comes from the person God has called to lead. You, as a children's pastor, are responsible for receiving a vision from God for the children's ministry that fit with your senior pastor's vision for the church. Once you receive that vision, communicate it with your leaders, so you can all be on the same page.
Leaders are examples to follow.
As a leader, you have a responsibility to be an example of integrity and character. Be an example others can follow.
Ephesians 4:1 (NKJV) I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called.
John Maxwell says "If you think your leading and nobody's following, you're not leading. You're taking a walk." Develop a team under you. As your ministry grows, your team should grow. Plan with your team, equip your team for ministry, give them the resources they need, then release them.
Leaders plan, set goals, and organize their time.
Luke 14:28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sits not down first, and counts the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
There are no shortcuts to this. A leader has to learn time management and the art of setting manageable goals. If you don't do this, you'll only be able to grow to a certain level. Here's a link to help you develop a planning system. Jim Wideman also has a lot of great resources on how to do this at this link.
If you are a leader, you will have struggles. Teachers will cancel at the last minute. There will never be enough workers, resources, or money to do the things you want to do. You'll be misunderstood. Some people will lie about you or will try to turn others against you. Many times you'll feel all alone. Welcome to Leadership 101. Expect it so it won't capture you unaware. But when this happens, remember you're not alone. God will go through the struggles with you. Lean on His strength.
Guard against the attitude that you know how to do this, that you've got it together. Unfortunately this type of attitude is what has caused children's ministries to be stuck in the past. Most children's ministries are an average of twenty years behind the times.
Leaders never stop growing. Read books, go to conferences, check out other leaders' ministry blogs, and find out what children today are into. Also never be afraid of change. Allow yourself to consider new possibilities and methods of doing things. Do this, and your ministry to children will stay relevant.
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We live our whole lives believing certain things are unavailable to us, beyond our reach, off limits. These are limiting beliefs – untruths we tell ourselves over and over again, until they become our perceived reality. I've recently been working hard at squelching one of mine entirely, this negative mantra I've repeated silently to myself and out loud to others, by reflex and habit, "I don't have enough time." This is not true. The obvious truth is, I have enough time for what is important to me. My problem then, is with priorities, not time. I may have a problem using the word, "no", but I have enough time. I have the same 24 hours every day that everyone else has.
It seemed more than coincidence, that the morning I was searching for inspiration in writing this post about turning away from the limitations of our fears and beliefs, I had the lyrics to Indigo Girls' "Closer to Fine" running in a loop through my mind.
Isn't it true that our limiting beliefs are closely tied to our fears? If you can silence one, then you make giant leaps in silencing the other. The Indigo Girls describe this struggle pretty accurately in their lyrics – we find the comfort of familiarity in our fears and limiting beliefs, somehow they make us feel safe. Stepping outside their comfort zone takes conscious effort, fighting the voices that lie to us and hold us back. However, doing so can allow us to do something that makes us think, "If I can do that, I can do anything." Those moments of brilliance, come at the cost of ignoring the fears and limiting beliefs of our mind. This weekend, I had one of those moments, a hard fought accomplishment at the expense of ignoring the fears and limitations of my mind. It was by no means a quick or easy battle.
About five years ago, my husband began marathon training to improve his winter mountaineering skills. Out of a desire to lose some baby weight, after having our youngest daughter about 8 months earlier, and friendly competition, I decided to join him. I had some success at running short distances on a treadmill (2-4 miles) in the past, so I was pretty sure I'd work up to that in running outside and just maintain there. However, after my husband went out for his first run, he came back with a report of over a 6 mile run. I got ready to set out, following in his tracks, with him waiting by his phone for a call to come get me when I couldn't go any further. By the time I reached the edge of town, I was about 2.5 miles in, with a couple of thoughts playing through my head.
I didn't always think I was bad at sports, but some unsuccessful attempts at team sports, coupled with judgment of high school coaches and peers, left me with some limiting beliefs – "I'm not coordinated." and "I'm not good at sports." Once I thought it, it became true. When I went out for that long run, and things started to get hard, those were the first thoughts to begin circling my mind. Though on this day, for some reason, I let another thought creep in, "If he can do it, so can I." I chose to listen to that voice, at the expense of the others. Before I knew it, I had run his exact route and enjoyed it. Good bye limiting belief!
Through many unexpected twists and turns, that one run has led to me swimming in a few triathlons and running in a few very challenging races, as part of relay teams. There are so many limiting beliefs that had to be ignored to participate in any of those. I shared just a couple above, but the biggest ones came several months after that first long run. Several doctors and days and days worth of tests, put me face to face with my current rhuematologist and pulmonologist telling me I had, "tracheobronchomalacia with 85-95% collapse", "relapsing polychondritis", "mixed connective tissue disease", "lupus"…Those conversations and google searches added to my limited beliefs. I could have used them as an excuse to "wrap my fear around me like a blanket", and there were days that I did. Then one night, in a fearful conversation with my husband, I showed him some googled images of autoimmune diseases I'd heard thrown around as diagnosis. He promptly googled, "scary lettuce face img." (Are you googling it? If you need a laugh you should.) That search gave us some pretty scary pictures to look at too. How blessed was I that I didn't have that disease (and so many of other real ones)! The realization sank in, fear is always out there, waiting to take hold. It doesn't matter what or why.
I know now that there is a reason I'm able to run mile after mile and swim lap upon lap in the pool, in spite of an advanced lung condition. There's a reason I can depend on my lungs to work hard for me, when others with my condition require stents or more just for clear breathing. I don't have a complete understanding of the reason yet, but I know that my lungs will do what ever I ask of them. So I ignore the fears and limiting beliefs of my mind. They are lies that would waste the gifts I've been given. Ignoring them allowed me to spend time with humble, inspiring people, doing inspiring things, winning the battle with their minds and pushing their bodies beyond what they thought were their limits. This last weekend, spent running a relay with a team, up the side of a mountain, in the black of night and the heat of mid day, nearly 15 miles in total, left me saying, "If I can do that, I can do anything." That doesn't sound limiting at all. That is the gift of saying goodbye to fears and limiting beliefs. The most beautiful part about it is not to be left without limiting beliefs, there's still plenty of those to go around. The beautiful part is to be left with inspiration and momentum to meet the next limiting belief head on.
I'm doing that right now with each peck at the keys, using the momentum to fight that voice in my head that's saying, "You're not good enough…No one will like this/you…They'll think you're stupid if…" Limiting beliefs can sound like so many things, often playing on our worst fears and insecurities. That's what makes them so hard to silence and overcome. All limiting beliefs have one thing in common, as the name implies, they hold us back. Of course this is what makes it so worth the work to move past them, opening up entire new worlds that our minds would have us believe are unavailable. If you're struggling with limiting beliefs, let me give you an honest phrase to replace them, "If she can do it, so can I!" It's so true.
Transparency requires that I share that it has taken me over a month to push the publish button on this piece. I'm sticking my fingers in my ears to quiet the lies my insecurities tell me. I'm pushing the button.


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Q: Using Pycurl in Pycharm I'm trying to run a script that begins:
from pycurl import *

However, this throws the error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/adamg/PycharmProjects/untitled/UrlToText.py", line 1, in <module>
    from pycurl import *
ImportError: dlopen(/Users/adamg/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pycurl.so, 2): Library not loaded: libcurl.4.dylib
  Referenced from: /Users/adamg/anaconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pycurl.so
  Reason: Incompatible library version: pycurl.so requires version 8.0.0 or later, but libcurl.4.dylib provides version 7.0.0

I'm trying to understand this error, and exactly what needs to be done to correct it. I'm using PyCharm v 3.1.

A: It looks like you need to install an updated version of curl. Based on your /Users/... path it looks like you're on a mac (but you should probably include that explicitly in the question). Macs ship with old versions of curl.
I just tried installing pycurl on Mac OS X 10.9.2, then opening a python shell and
>>> from pycurl import *

And this worked. I have a fresh install, not an upgrade, of Mavericks. If you upgraded to Mavericks, this might be why you have an old version of libcurl. If this doesn't work in the python shell, chances are you have an old version of libcurl.4.dylib and very likely this has nothing to do with pycharm.
To get an updated version run
$ brew install curl

The next part is a bit of a hack and not the "right" way to do it, but I have a feeling it will work, and this is the simplest way to try to get something working.
Just copy libcurl.4.dylib that brew has grabbed and put it in /usr/lib after making a copy of it so you can put it back if this doesn't work:
$ sudo cp /usr/lib/libcurl.4.dylib /usr/lib/libcurl.4.dylib.bk
$ sudo cp /usr/local/opt/curl/lib/libcurl.4.dylib /usr/lib/libcurl.4.dylib

Try running curl from the command line, something dumb like curl www.google.com. If it still works, then curl still works, and we're good.
Now try to run your script again. Hopefully it finds this updated libcurl.4.dylib and imports successfully. If it still doesn't work, try uninstalling and re-installing pycurl.

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Movie Quote of the Day: In a Lonely Place (1950)
Film November 22, 2012
"I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me."
Bogie and the amazing Gloria Grahame
In A Lonely Place, Nicholas Ray's gripping drama, is one of my all-time favorite noirs and perhaps my favorite Humphrey Bogart film. In her essay "Humphrey and Bogey," Louise Brooks comments that the actor's performance as Dixon Steele, a deeply conflicted Hollywood screenwriter accused of murder, is the role that came closest to capturing the Bogart she knew. Indeed, there is something unique about his work here. The edge and menace are there, as always, but in a constant battle with his vulnerability. Unlike many of Bogarts iconic screen performances, Dixon Steele seems to inhabit the same world we still live in, and the result is still powerful to contemporary audiences.
Most lists and polls consistently place Bogart in the top-10 all-time movie stars—even five decades after his death. In A Lonely Place exemplifies the complex combination of qualities that has made Bogart such an enduring presence.
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One of the hardest positions to escape from in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is back control. Unless you're really proficient at positioning and defensive grip fighting, you're highly likely to get finished from there. Now imagine that even this ability to grip fight is taken away from you. that is exactly what the Crucifix position does. It is by far the one and only worse BJJ position to get stuck in. Conversely, it is the one position you need to be looking to master in order to become a nuisance against people of all belt levels. The best resource for people that are interested in taking up the Crucifix as their main position is the Thomas Lisboa DVD Instructional "Cruci-Fixing".
The crucifix is one of those positions that seem to get left behind. When Marcelo Garcia used it to destroy people during his prime, everyone tried to copy him. The moment he dropped off the radar, the crucifix went with him. It is a pity that nobody really paid much attention to a position that's more effective than back control and mount put together. Or so we thought. It turns out Thomas Lisboa, a Fabio Gurgel black belt never really gave up on the position. After years of perfecting it, all his crazy details and submissions are now available for anyone. The "Cruci-fixing" Thomas Lisboa DVD is the crucifix instructional everyone wanted during the Marcelo Garcia days, but nobody managed to find.
"Jabuta" means a small type of turtle, commonly found in Brazil. Thomas' godfather in regard to his nickname is his longtime training partner Bruno Malfacine. It was down to his laid back nature, and the fact that he was moving slowly after some time out, that Malfacine started calling him "Jabuta'. The name stuck though and is now a part of Thomas' identity and his BJJ game.
31-year-old Thomas Lisboa was born in Taubaté, Brazil. he discovered Jiu-Jitsu at 16, after playing around with Judo for a couple of years. He started training at Alliance, which is the banner he's fighting under to this day. After becoming a World Champion at purple and brown belt, he got his black belt in 2012. Since then, Thomas won a few further IBJJF championships, coming just short of the World title at the black belt on a couple of occasions. His career is still thriving though, and a World Championship is certain to come his way sooner rather than later.
The light featherweight is one of the best smaller-framed grapplers in the world. given his size, it is understandable how the Crucifix became his favorite position. The Crucifix choke is one of his main weapons, accounting for 30 % of his victories. "Cruci-fixing" is actually the very first Thomas Lisboa DVD instructional. Given how successful Thomas is as a grappler, and how great this DVD is, we sure hope for a lot more instructions in the future!
What makes this Thomas Lisboa DVD so different from others? Well, there's the subject matter, to start with. Not many other BJJ instructionals really explore the crucifix to such a depth as this one. Moreover, this instructional offers a lot of positional details on top of plenty of submissions. Precise and in-depth information on entering and maintaining the crucifix is scarce at best. or at least it was, until this Thomas Lisboa DVD.
Furthermore, the instructional contains two volumes, each numbering well in excess of a dozen information-packed chapters. It is by far the most comprehensive crucifix system in existence. Thomas takes us through everything crucifix related, including submissions, and more importantly, transitions to and from other high-percentage positions. All in all, this instructional has everything you need to become the nastiest submission artist in your Academy.
PRoduction-wise, the instructional is flawless. Sound and video are on point, and Thomas has an extremely laid-back teaching style. He is easy to listen to, addresses important points and answers questions even before you get to ask them.
The complete first volume is all about what the crucifix is. here, "Jabuta" goes over how to get the crucifix, stay in it, what grips you should use etc. It is a volume that's full of essential "Cruci-fixing" information and one you must not skip when watching this Thomas Lisboa DVD.
First few chapters take care of the introduction to the position. here, Thomas goes over how to capture the arm with your legs, which is a common crucifix sticking point. Expect to learn a lot of tips on positioning your legs and further exposing the arm. A really cool chapter is the one explaining Lisboa's "traps" philosophy, shedding light on his success with the crucifix.
When attacks start, Thomas begins with collar choke variations. Apart from your "garden-variety" collar choke from the top and the crucifix, you also get a brand new "climber choke". Not far behind are some crucial arm-locking details involving some crazy armbar variations. The first volume ends with a bunch of submission drills to help you understand the crucifix and get comfortable. Moreover, Lisboa also demonstrates a few maintenance drills that really changed how I approach the crucifix. I have to admit that after watching this DVD I immediately reintroduced the crucifix to my game.
Volume two is where all the fun is. It begins with a slick crucifix entry from a headlock. "Jabuta" then follows up with some of his trademark trap variations. This paves the way for the craziness that follows – getting to the crucifix from every position!
Thomas' first setup is a side control kimura to crucifix path. Given how close the Kimura is to the crucifix, Lisboa also explores so further transitioning options involving Kimuras. Of course, there's always the opposite direction as well, offering a Kimura from the Crucifix. Further chapters take us into the crucifix from the deep half, over-under position. A cool Oomoplata finish from the crucifix is really going to make your day.
Wrapping up Lisboa teaches several ways to get the crucifix against common guards. The butterfly guard gets a lot of attention, but there's also a crucifix vs. the De la Riva guard. The penultimate track is the upside-down crucifix, which will have you running to the mats to try it. Finally, a conclusion by "Jabuta" brings this amazing Thomas Lisboa DVD to an end.


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"Bulgarian honey will be included in the School Fruit and School Milk schemes," said Minister of Agriculture and Food Desislava Taneva during the meeting-discussion on " Challenges and perspectives before apiculture " in Burgas. She stressed that the Ministry of Agriculture and Food gave priority on a regional basis to Bulgarian producers to deliver food in kindergartens and schools. "I hope to educate children's taste in traditional Bulgarian products with these measures," said Minister Taneva.
During the discussion, she reminded that for the first time this year, beekeepers may apply for support under the compensation scheme for material damage of the dead livestock and beehives destroyed by natural disasters. "A total of BGN 185 667 have already been paid to compensate for losses of 933 beehives destroyed as a result of natural disasters in 2014. Additional support of BGN 82 400 has been paid under the de minimis to beekeepers with beehives destroyed by fallen heavy snow in mart 2015. "said Minister of Agriculture and Food.
Desislava Taneva added that the funds provided to the apiculture sector in 2015, amounted to BGN 3.5 million, are state aids under de minimis to support beekeepers to deal with the consequences of weather conditions,. lev, which is twice more than allocated in 2014.


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4th EDITION OF THE TRANSBOUNDARY EVENT "WALKING FOR PEACE"
The transboundary event "In Cammino per la Pace", held Saturday, October 8th, 2016, has amply fulfilled all the expectations placed in this fourth edition. The event dedicated to the culture of peace and solidarity, had the extraordinary participation of nearly 200 people at the walk and at the "maccheronata". It proved the perfect opportunity to convey the values of peace through every step, from Agno to Ponte Tresa, with at the end the "maccheronata of solidarity" great moment of conviviality and entertainment.
The event, organized by the Culture Ticino Network Association, and sponsored by Swiss and Italian municipalities, including Ponte Tresa, Agno, Magliaso, Caslano, Bioggio, Lavena Ponte Tresa, Luino, Cadegliano, Maccagno, Dumenza, and the Province of Varese , it was once again characterized by great moments of solidarity, conviviality and entertainment, a signal of how this event is consolidating as a small-great tradition for the territories of the Varese and Malcantone.
At 9:00 AM was held the meeting where all the participants were greeted by a welcome coffee offered by the town of Agno, with the presence of municipal Patrizia Cavagna and Enrico Merlini. Before leaving the Jaguars Cheerleaders entertained people with magnificent performances! After the official part, the Culture Ticino Network Association, led by the president Margherita Maffeis, started the walk at 9:30 AM, where even Thierry Morotti mayor of Agno, Nicola Zappa municipal Bioggio, took part.
The first stop was made at 10:00 AM in Magliaso: the municipal Luca Paltenghi welcomed the participants with a welcome greeting, the group could drink beverages at the buvette organized by the "Gruppo Genitori" of Magliaso, and were heard beautiful poems about peace read by children living in Magliaso.
Later, the group stopped again at 11:00 AM in Caslano, where the dancers of the dance school Ashkenazy Ballet Center entertained the participants with breakdance! The deputy mayor Iris Brugnetti took the floor and, after the rest with the buvette stand organized by the Caslano Scout, joined the walk for the last part of the path.
Just walked in Ponte Tresa, the group had a nice surprise: the Bandella di Bedano has welcomed them with its upbeat music! The same Bandella accompanied the participants to the important moment, the symbolic "union of people", which took place at about 12:00 PM on the bridge of Ponte Tresa, which separates Switzerland from Italy. The two groups, coming from both sides, have come together at this point, thus creating a single group, a way to emphasize the sense of unity, brotherhood and solidarity between people of different countries. The group then headed in the square adjacent to the bridge, where Don Luciano has blessed two olive trees, and there was an official speech by President Margaret Maffeis, along with Daniel Buser mayor of Ponte Tresa and Massimo Mastromarino mayor of Lavena Ponte Tresa. Olive trees have been sponsored by the Association Reatium and will respectively planted near the church of Ponte Tresa and close to elementary schools in Lavena Ponte Tresa.
The group then headed for the municipal hall of Ponte Tresa, where there was the usual "maccheronata of solidarity". The lunch and the rest of the afternoon were cheered by numerous exhibitions, including those of the dance school "Ashkenazy Ballet Center" and the Bandella di Bedano. In addition there was a significant skype connection with Father David of the Magnificat Institute Jerusalem!
The president of the Culture Ticino Network Association, Margherita Maffeis, explained how in such a delicate moment, where war and terrorism are on the agenda, the message of peace must be constantly reinforced as a sign of hope for the future, especially for the younger generation. In addition, it underlined the importance of peace education as a preventive tool against violence and discrimination.
Among the different institutional figures present: Daniel Buser, Massimo Mastromarino, Iris Brugnetti and Municipal Councillor of Luino Enrica Nogara. Also contributed to the success of the volunteers of GastroSos Ticino, the Jaguars Cheerleaders, the "Gruppo Genitori" of Magliaso, the "Gruppo Genitori" and the Caslano Scout, the photographer Bomb Sargenti, border guards Reg. IV and many others! Among the many participants, moreover, some members of the Association A Piede Libero, Gruppo Samaritani Caslano, Unitas Malcantone, the Frecce Gialle Malcantone and CAI Luino.
An event full of fun, but do not forget the social commitment: the funds that were collected during the event will go towards the project "Renovation of the orphanage Bethany House Sto. Niño "in the Philippines, and the cultural project" Petals of Peace ", for children in the elementary schools in Ticino.
At the important 5th edition, the Culture Ticino Network Association will get in the coming weeks to work with the collaboration of municipalities and various associations, to grow the event involving more people. In the coming months, the Association will assess the feasibility of carrying out other activities on both territories.
"In the Way for Peace" it fits within the framework of the Association's events led by the 6th World Forum for Peace, to which you are all invited to participate! This year the theme of the World Forum will be the "Social Justice", and will be held from 12 to 14 November 2016, at the Villa Sassa Hotel Residence, where Saturday, November 12th from 3:30 PM there will be the official opening, the Cinema Lux Massagno and the Palazzo dei Congressi in Lugano.
To visualize the flyer of the 4th of Walking for Peace, click on the image below
Press release of "Walking for Peace"


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Ritu Karidhal and M Vanitha ISRO
Meet The Feminine Force That Fuels Chandrayaan-2
National July 13, 2019, 4:22 pm
Chennai: A good measure of women's power is powering India's Rs 978 Crore second moon mission, the Chandrayaan-2, with the Project Director and the Mission Director also being women.
"Nearly 30 per cent of the members working on the Chandrayaan-2 mission will be women," K. Sivan, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had told the media earlier.
The Project Director is M Vanitha, an electronics systems engineer, shouldering the entire responsibility of the Chandrayaan-2. Initially Vanitha, who was responsible for data handling systems for India's remote sensing satellites, was reluctant to accept the historical responsibility. However, at the persuasion of M. Annadurai, then Director, ISRO Satellite Centre, she agreed.
On the other hand, Mission Director Ritu Karidhal, a Master's degree holder in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, was the Deputy Operations Director for the Mars mission. Several attempts to reach out to them went in vain. "We are not authorised to speak to the media. Sorry," Karidhal politely told. Vanitha and Ritu, both in their 40s, have been with ISRO for over 20 years.
Project Director Muthayya Vanitha
M Vanitha's name will go down in Indian history as the first woman project director in ISRO, that too, for a landmark mission to the moon that is Chandrayaan-2. Known to have excellent problem-solving skills and team management capabilities have brought her on board for this crucial project.She was among the top 10 scientists to watch out for this year by Nature, an international journal of science.
Mission Director Ritu Karidhal
Ritu is hailed as one of the 'rocket women' of India who she started her career as an aerospace engineer at ISRO in 1997.A graduate in Physics from the University of Lucknow,she earned her Masters in Aerospace Engineering from Indian Institute of Science (IISc). She worked in many ISRO projects, with the biggest one being the Mangalyaan or the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), which launched on November 5, 2013. As the Deputy Operations Director of MOM, Ritu conceptualised and ensured the execution of the spacecraft's onward autonomy system, an onboard system-level capability to make mission-relevant decisions without ground support. (With inputs from IANS and TNM)
Also Read: Bahubali Chandrayaan 2 Historic Flight To Moon On July 15
Also Read: ISRO Scripts History Again! Launches Satellite To Enhance India's Surveillance Capabilities
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Combilift Straddle Carrier for Ferguson Modular
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A Combilift Straddle Carrier has recently been put into operation at Ferguson Modular, the first to be implemented in North East Scotland. The Combi-SC will improve the safety and efficiency of loading and unloading the company's accommodation modules, a procedure which previously involved a combination of standard forklifts and mobile cranes.
Part of the Ferguson Group, Ferguson Modular is a specialist provider of workspace and accommodation modules to the offshore energy industry around the world. Based in Kintore, Aberdeenshire it has operations in all major global oil and gas locations. The acquisition of the Combi-SC was part of a major programme of investment to equip its base with state-of-the art plant equipment to ease daily operations.
Until the Combi-SC was in place the handling of modules was a complex logistical exercise which entailed the hiring of cranes, the completion of lifting plans and the deployment of four banksmen to ensure safe operations. The forklift/crane combination was also time consuming, taking over an hour to complete one single lift. The procedure could also be delayed in the event of high winds or bad weather which affected delivery schedules and therefore impacted on clients.
The machine has a 35t capacity and offers complete independence for the transportation of containers and similarly oversized loads. It benefits from a much lower axle weight than reach stackers or container handling forklifts and is therefore ideally suited for operation on lightweight surfaces with no ensuing damage to yards.
Installed with assistance from Aberdeen based Gray Forklift Services, the straddle carrier allows Ferguson Modular's loading/unloading process to be easily managed by just one operative in a matter of minutes. The straddle carrier's versatility has also eliminated the costs associated with crane hire and bad weather is no longer an impediment to operations.
Mr. Martin McVicar, Managing Director of Combilift said: "Combilift's business model offers customers material handling solutions which allow them to handle their products more safely and efficiently. Ferguson Modular is an excellent example of this put into practice as the management worked very closely with our engineering team during the design and manufacturing process so that we could meet their bespoke requirements."
Graeme Bisset, Modular Hire Manager said: "Having such a specialised piece of equipment will prove invaluable to Ferguson Modular. We now have a system in place which streamlines the movement of expensive accommodation and workspace modules around the site and onto delivery lorries safely, quickly and cost effectively."
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Massive productivity boost with the Combi-SC
Structural steelwork fabricator Frank H. Dale's Combi-SC has speeded uploading and unloading procedures and has reduced the number of forklift movements by thousands a year for safer working practices.
Combi-SC for Caledonian Modular
One of Combilift's largest capacity models to date – a 28t capacity Straddle Carrier (Combi-SC) – is now in operation at Caledonian Modular's site in Newark near Nottingham, ensuring much more efficient and safe transportation of finished modules from the manufacturing facilities to the storage yards.


You hear it all the time: the best way to stay on track with your weight loss goals is to meal prep. We've given you the tools and the plans to prep once and eat clean all week long so all you have to do is reheat the meal and you'll be ready to eat! The only problem, though, is how do you reheat those meals without sacrificing their quality and flavor? No one wants to eat a soggy sandwich or an uninspired piece of casserole, so is there a best way to reheat your leftovers? If so, what's the secret?
As a professional chef, I know a lot about reheating food. Almost all the food you eat in a restaurant is prepped ahead of time and finished to order. You'd never know it, though, because restaurant chefs take great care to reheat food with quality in mind. So how can you use meal prepping as a tool to stay on track with your weight loss plan while still eating meals that taste fresh? Follow this one simple principle.
Reheat your food the same way you cooked it. This is the golden rule for reheating leftovers! If you initially baked it in the oven, don't use a microwave to reheat it: use the oven (or, a toaster oven) instead. Choose a pot on the stove to simmer soups and stews, and the stovetop to reheat stir-fries and skillet meals.
If you don't have a full kitchen at your disposal, use a toaster oven for reheating anything breaded, baked, or fried, and the microwave for anything steamed, simmered, sautéed, or boiled.
What if I Can Only Reheat My Food in a Microwave?
You might not always have the original appliance at your fingertips, and that's okay. Although it's nearly impossible for your food to retain its original crispy texture after heating in a microwave, follow these tips to get things as close as possible.
Don't heat everything all at once. Some foods (like chicken breasts) take longer to heat than others (like vegetable side dishes). It's tempting to save time and toss it all in on one plate, but cooking the chicken breast before the side dish will ensure everything stays as high-quality as possible.
Cover foods you don't want to get soft with a paper towel. Never use aluminum foil in a microwave – that can start a fire! – but covering your food with a damp paper towel will prevent steam from making things soggy.
Add a splash of water to foods that are already juicy. If you're reheating something that's already soft, you don't have to worry about it getting soggy, but you may worry about it drying out! Add a splash of water to your microwave-safe dish and cover it with a lid while you're heating it up.
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Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire turned out to be a mighty fine RPG - so much, in fact, that it's hard to return to the marvellous original. Right after its release, Obsidian promised three additional DLC releases, perfect for those who just can't get enough of Eora and the power struggle between its deities. The first, Beast of Winter, lets the player sail south, and do some arm-wrestling with the god of entropy himself, as well as his, slightly agitated, pet dragon.
Deadfire's main "thing" was the ability to man a ship, and have some naval fun when feeling kind of tired from all the dungeon crawling. Beast of Winter keeps things simple by not really caring about all that. Taking place on a weird-looking iceberg south of the archipelago, the Watcher will only have to travel once, as the rest can be done by putting one foot in front of the other. Also, bear in mind that this doesn't continue after the base game's conclusion, and is, basically, another side-quest that can be started after reaching level 10 or so.
Dealing with Rymrgand, the god of death who is less polite than the other god of death, Berath, this four-or-so-hour deviation from the hunt of Eothas follows the protagonist in a realm where everything is frozen and on the verge of dying, with the added faction being a bunch of lunat... err, religious folk who embrace death from the hand of their god as the best thing ever, making them the weirdest folk in the Deadfire archipelago.
This remains fun and all, but it's also depressingly short, and with not much replayability within it. As for the gear that can be found while braving the realm of the White Void, there are indeed some interesting pieces, especially when it comes to the trinkets that can be equipped in the Grimoire slot where wizards place their nice little magic books, but few will make you leave your favourite tools of the trade aside. It should be mentioned once more, though: Beast of Winter is not bad - it's just that its current price would taste a bit better if it included another handful of hours in it.
While this feels a bit lacking in terms of pure gameplay, however, it's actually great when it comes to the whole world-building and handling of lore. Those who are in love with the history of Eora, and how the gods fit in it, are in for a brief, yet very enjoyable treat that expands on the Pillars of Eternity mythos. In order to avoid spoiling things, just know that the plot bits are very good, making it easy to forgive this title's few flaws.
Generally, there's no dip in quality when it comes to the "feel" of the game. Beast of Winter retains Obsidian's excellent writing quality; its frozen and otherworldly vistas look beautiful despite their lack in variety; and, finally, the developer has made sure to add personality to this small corner of the world, whether that's through the Nordic, yet, at the same time, unique flare of the new faction, or simply the design of its, sadly, small amount of locales.
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire's first DLC is mainly focused on dungeon crawling, rather than the things that made the core game so awesome, and yet Beast of Winter is far from a boring addition, especially for those who see themselves as scholars of Eora's lore.


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Josh Jackson - Reporter
Josh Jackson is a Mississippi Gulf Coast native and gained a love for broadcasting at Orange Lake Elementary when he was first introduced to journalism. He later graduated from Moss Point High School and attended Belhaven University on a football scholarship. Jackson played defensive back for the Blazers' football team and served on the student life team in various capacities. He is the 2018 recipient of Belhaven University's Young Alumnus of the Year Award for his broadcasting accomplishments and work in the community.
Josh started off at WAPT as a senior in college, beginning as a news photojournalist and eventually became Sports Director. He's won a regional Emmy Award as well as several AP Awards in the category of "best sportscast" for his work producing and hosting the #1 high school football show (Blitz 16) in Mississippi during his tenure and other college football specials.
Some of his most memorable stories include covering First Lady Michelle Obama's visit to Mississippi, Kim Kardashian and her fragrance debut, Super Bowl XLVII and UConn's 111-game winning streak snapped by the Mississippi State women's basketball team in the (2017) Final Four.
Where were you born? Pascagoula, Mississippi
Where did you grow up? I grew up on the Gulf Coast in Mississippi and Alabama.
What was your favorite TV show then? Martin
What was the first thing you ever wanted to be? I grew up wanting to be a coach or a teacher, if not both.
How might someone have described you in high school? Most people would describe me as a reserved, charismatic person. I know, it seems like an oxymoron. To explain – I am an introvert so I do like my alone time and thoroughly enjoy recharging when I'm by myself but I love being around people when I am in public and thrive in those situations as well.
Were you involved in any high school sports? In high school I played basketball, football and ran track up until 10th grade. I played football only after that.
What was your first journalism job? My first journalism job was at WAPT TV-16. I was hired during my senior of college as a photojournalist.
What do you like about your job? I enjoy getting to tell other people's stories and the research that comes with my job every day. I feel like I know a little bit about everything because the topics I've covered during my time as a journalist have run the gamut.
What don't you like about your job? I don't like dealing with the elements at times but that's not too big of a deal.
If not working, what could someone find you doing on a weekend on your time off? You can usually find me at home watching sports or reading unless one of my co-workers have invited me out somewhere, which happens a lot because they do an excellent job of making me feel included. I love them!
What might people be surprised to know about you? People might be surprised to know that I am a former Sports Director/Anchor and that this is my first official job in news.
What would be a perfect day for you? A perfect day for me would be sunny and 72 on the beach with seafood for dinner with a slice of sweet potato pie.
What advice would you give to someone who wants to be a Meteorologist? To watch McCall, Kirstie, Dontae, Jesse and Molly. They are all great!
Favorite book: The Bible – it is my roadmap for life.
Favorite CBS show: The Late Show w/ Stephen Colbert
Favorite food: Anything seafood related. I love snow crabs and Alaskan cod.
Favorite hobby: Reading & watching documentaries
Favorite movie: "Love Don't Cost a Thing" ….I had my "struggle years" just like Alvin Johnson before I became comfortable being myself and gained much needed self-confidence. Another reason I like the movie so much is because I grew up having a mad crush on Christina Milian. The Lion King is a close #2 for "favorite movie."
Favorite music: Christian/Gospel is what keeps me uplifted; R&B/Blues gets me going.
Favorite travel destination: Los Angeles
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Suburban Housing Strategies
Maximizing resources in the face of the foreclosure crisis and the suburbanization of poverty
MPC is supporting a group of municipalities in Chicago's south suburbs as they work together to combat neighborhood decline and blight, by piloting cross-border strategies that build municipal capacity and maintain the quality of investor-owned properties.
Up to Code details how Chicago's southland is collaborating to deal with distressed housing.
With suburban poverty rates at an all-time high, the region is experiencing significant community development challenges—including mounting home foreclosures, vacant properties and economic and traffic gridlock. Meanwhile, resources are in short supply at every level of government. Even if all communities had the staff capacity, political will and expertise to individually develop, implement and monitor sound strategies and policies, many issues—including housing, commercial development and infrastructure—do not adhere to municipal borders. Yet federal funding formulas and local policies tend to deal with these matters on a town-by-town basis, far too often leading to missed opportunities to leverage adjacent public and private investment, squandered resources and isolated neighborhoods that continue to struggle. In metropolitan Chicago's 280-plus communities, there is a critical need to lower costs, increase capacity and improve the results of local planning and development efforts.
In partnership with the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus (MMC) and Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), MPC is helping several clusters of Chicago suburbs pilot an innovative approach to housing and community development. By forging public-private partnerships, these municipal leaders are advancing more efficient and effective housing and community development strategies. Up to Code features a number of case studies that show how these strategies work.
It is not new for municipalities to cooperate to achieve efficiencies; for instance, neighboring communities often contract with the same water provider or garbage collector to secure a lower cost. However, interjurisdictional collaboration for housing and community development is relatively untested—and metropolitan Chicago has become a national proving ground for this approach. Since 2009, 23 suburbs in South Cook County and five communities in West Cook County have been working together to advance jointly adopted redevelopment strategies, while a newer cluster of five northwest suburbs formalized their partnership in 2011.
Philanthropic funding has enabled each collaborative to hire a housing coordinator, who advances shared housing and community development strategies, builds the capacity of local municipalities and assists participating communities in securing public and private funding to tackle critical neighborhood stabilization issues. The collaboratives have moved from planning to implementing new investment and economic development strategies and tools.
A single point of entry makes it easier for developers, banks, employers and funders to work with municipalities. Coordination signals that the area is a smart place to invest: Since 2009, the communities of the south and west collaboratives have attracted more than $40 million in capital. This represents a more than a 38:1 return on the philanthropic investment of hiring expert housing coordinators.
This funding, a mix of private and public dollars, supports foreclosure response strategies including the planned redevelopment of more than 200 properties and demolition of 40 blighted properties in targeted areas. Highly competitive Sustainable Communities Challenge Grants from the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development have seeded two transit-oriented development funds—for housing and retail developments near rapid transit—and a land bank to return vacant land to productive use. These new tools allow the collaboratives to align investments seamlessly with the private sector.
Home Grown provides case studies for municipalities trying to create comprehensive housing plans.
CMAP has developed a Housing Investment Tool that helps towns strategically prioritize developments, advancing regional objectives in a noncompetitive manner. In addition, the groundbreaking Homes for a Changing Region planning process provides collaboratives with a long-term roadmap for addressing current and future residents' housing needs.
The collaboratives' unique role connecting municipalities, government, and nonprofit partners allows for the early identification of social and economic trends. MPC, along with its partners in the Regional Housing Partnership, created a guide to Managing Single-Family Rental Homes in response to a growing market in the south suburbs. As investors purchase single-family homes to rent, municipalities are struggling to manage these homes and ensure they are beneficial to the community, not burdensome. Following the publication of the guide, MPC, MMC and other partners secured funding from the Illinois Attorney General's National Foreclosure Settlement to pilot a range of code enforcement and landlord tracking strategies within the south collaborative. This two-year pilot will assess the impact of the cross-border implementation and present lessons learned for the benefit of the rest of the region.
When would-do meets can't-do: Why community capacity matters
By Josh Ellis, Feb 28, 2018
What helps voucher holders move to low-poverty neighborhoods?
By Marisa Novara and Robin Snyderman, Principal, BRicK Partners, LLC, Oct 13, 2016
What can Chicago learn from the booming growth of Minneapolis?
By Skyler Larrimore, Jul 22, 2016
Can Chicagoland Grow by Filling In? What we learned last week
By Breann Gala and and MPC Research Assistant Elizabeth O'Brien, Oct 12, 2015
Eighty is the new sixty: We're living longer but our policies don't show it
By Yonina Gray, Sep 9, 2015
Poverty has moved, but will the services follow?
By Breann Gala, Aug 24, 2015
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Up to Code: Chicago's Southland tackles distressed housing together
Supporting and Sustaining Interjurisdictional Collaboration for Housing and Community Development, December 2012
Managing Single-Family Rental Homes, January 2013
Homes for a Changing Region: Phase Three, Year Five: Bellwood, Berwyn, Forest Park, Maywood, and Oak Park, April 2012
Homes for a Changing Region: Phase Three, Year Four: Hazel Crest, Lansing, Olympia Fields and Park Forest, January 2012


The Alexander Technique teaches us to get out of the way of what our bodies do quite naturally without our interference.
We've all seen the ease with which a child moves through the physical world before they start to gain the first of a lifetime of bad habits. We all have those habits. THrough one on one instruction, Alexander Technique teaches you to let them go.
It is a technique that has been applied by athletes, musicians, actors, dancers, business people who speak in public, people in physical rehabilitation, and others who just want to trade unnecessary stress in their lives for well-being.


At MONTAGNE, we sell cool and edgy women's apparel, accessories and footwear curated to reflect the MONTAGNE lifestyle; ageless, creative and forward thinking.
In addition to our own label, MONTAGNE and brands from Montréal and around the world, MONTAGNE offers fine jewelry and accessories interwoven with the collections.
Reinforcing our point of view, MONTAGNE will host a regular series of events that surprise, inform, entertain and celebrate the talented emerging and established talents that make up our one of a kind edit.


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Actors: Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Yves Afonso, Yves Beneyton
Jean-Luc Godard and Luis Buñuel enjoyed an ardent misanthropic duel in the '60s and '70s, but who won is anyone's call. Godard's Weekend lays down the trump in a harrowing and darkly funny allegory in which social mores f... more »ray along political lines. Played out in a metafilm in which characters question their own reality, a morally bankrupt Parisian couple tries to leave the city on a much-loathed country holiday with the wife's parents. Along the way, endless traffic jams, sudden violence, and vistas of gory car crashes underscore their corrupted values. Their lethal encounter with the in-laws and kidnap by an anarchic band of radical cannibals finds the couple--and presumably "decent" society with them--reverting to a nasty primitivism. The idea is of course that the bored, apathetic heart of the bourgeoisie is never far from acting out its most homicidal fantasies. --Alan E. Rapp « less
Creators: Raoul Coutard, Jean-Luc Godard, Agnès Guillemot
Sub-Genres: Indie & Art House, Comedy, Drama
Studio: New Yorker Video
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Une Femme Mariee
My favorite Godard film
Oliver Sheppard | US | 07/26/2005
"WARNING: SPOILERS BELOW
I've not seen all of Jean-Luc Godard's films, but of those I have seen this is my favorite. The narrative concerns a conventional, middle class, married couple who conspire to take a weekend trip to kill the wife's parents for money.
The car trip taken by the couple is comprised of a series of disastrous, improbable, and perplexing events. Art terrorists, thieves, rapists, and Marxist revolutionaries assail the couple at all turns. France is being overrun by weirdos! Bloody, flaming car (and plane!) crashes are everywhere. Violent demise is at every turn.
In the movie is a famous traffic jam scene that employed what was, up until the time of this movie's making, the longest dolly ever made. The scene is absurd, comical, and one of the delights of the movie. Likewise, Godard was becoming interested in socialist politics at this time in his career, in light of the Vietnam war and anti-colonial struggles that were happening globally, so a lot of "revolutionary" ideas are expressed by characters in the film. Unfortunately Godard most often has people simply read manifestos to the camera. Godard's political interests are thus conveyed in an awkward, cumbersome way. You do not have to agree with they're saying in order to enjoy the film.
Having said that, the movie is still one hell of a ride -- no pun intended. The bourgeois couple at the heart of the story don't care about the flaming chaos around them. They just want their money. At one point the husband even sits idly by as a stranger rapes his wife.
As a journey narrative of two people, WEEKEND (or is it WEEK END?)is reminiscent of Alejandro Jodorwosky's 1968 FANDO & LIS. (There was something in the water in the late 60s.) Like Fando & Lis, Weekend is mainly a series of segments or vignettes strung together over the course of two protagonists' quest. In Fando & Lis's case the couple's uest is for the fabled City of Tar; in Weekend's case it's for an ample inheritance.
The last 30 minutes are the best in the film, as well as the most graphic. Comparisons to Pasolini's SALO or even John Waters's PINK FLAMINGOS may come to mind. In short, the bourgeois couple are kidnapped by mod-ish looking radical militants who look as if they've all come from an MC5 concert. One disturbing scene shows the actors actually slaughtering a duck and a pig on camera. The ducks headless neck suirts blood as its body twitches and its wings flap. The pig struggles as its throat is slit in front of the camera. Of course, people kill pigs and fowl everyday -- it's how a lot of folks are supplied with their favorite meals. What could possibly be wrong with showing it, Godard almost seems to ask?
But the radicals also, it turns out, like to literally eat the rich, too. One uncomfortable scene portrays a victim stripping naked, being killed, and then being prepared for a meal as a cook cracks two eggs over her lifeless body and then thrusts a fish into her vagina (not shown on camera). Finally, the bourgeois husband is killed and is served up with the pig meat. The wife, who seems to have accepted the militants' way of life at this point, dines on her husband's and the pig's flesh as the movie ends.
Not for everyone, but some sort of remarkable milestone in cinema. Chaotic, dangerous, transgressive, and never boring.
The version of WEEK END I saw was the PAL version, which featured a great transfer, nice lucid colors, and special features that included an interview with Godard cinematographer Raoul Coutard, who is actually quite humorous and likeable as he sheds light on the circumstances surrounding the making of the movie. ("Godard was in a bad mood most of the time he was making the film, hence all the car crashes," "Godard wanted to piss off the producer with this scene," etc., to paraphrase.)"
An Outstanding Film--But Not for Everyone...
johnewark | 07/24/2000
"The review on this page which claims that Weekend is one of the worst films ever missed the point and was not apparently, given the reviewer's qualms with the movie, the intended audience for the film. Weekend marks Godard's nearly-formal break with "bourgeois film-making," i.e., film-making which has as its sole criteria to "entertain" (as in escapism), to engage in linear story-telling, and to reinforce film cliches, formulas, and all the trappings of popular western (and especially American) film-making. In the movie, the audience witnesses the collapse of the narrative, the disintegration of formal film technique, and--more literally--the degeneration of western civilization. A ten-minute-long traffic jam, the barbarism of pig slaughters and corpses littering the countryside, and the unsympathetic characterizations of the bourgeois couple on whom the film centers (if it does indeed have a center) have not been filmed to entertain, to comfort, or to lull the audience, but to provoke thought, to engage actively, and--quite possibly--to enrage actively as well. Arriving at a conclusion, being "pretty" or emotional, or arranging details tidily would defeat the purpose of Weekend, which is to illustrate incoherence, savagery, and decline. And, in this regard, perhaps no film has better tampered with the status quo of film-making than Godard's Weekend has. Also, it must be remembered that Weekend is a reflection, to a great deal, of the turbulence of the sixties, and in particular the student protests in Paris in 1968. Marxism may seem to its modern audience to be passe and irrelevant, but at the time, it was still a viable "direction" for many countries--which does not of course imply Soviet communism or the communism of Mao, but a more orthodox marxism of Marx himself. In short--and of course this review has been anything but short--Weekend is a powerful, decadent, and innovative piece of work which seeks (or sought) to elevate film itself to the level of progressiveness that other artistic media such as painting, music, and literature have pursued in the twentieth century under the banners of modernism and postmodernism. It has largely succeeded, but unfortunately, as evidenced by the glut of action films, bathroom-humor wallows, and awkward love stories increasingly popular today, he has inspired only a relative few film-makers to follow in his footsteps..."
Godard's best
"An utterly brilliant pastiche from Godard. JLG gives us a nightmarish vision of contemporary bourgeois society in which the apocalypse takes on the form of a series of bloody car wrecks and cannibalistic revolutionaries running wild. Even the scenes that don't work, like the bizarre encounter with Emily Bronte and Louis Carroll and the 18th-century French revolutionary reading a political tract, are forgiveable simply because they only add to the anarchic nature of the film. How many other movies have you seen that feature a woman screaming before a horrific car accident because she left her handbag inside, or a speech on Hitlerism and African slavery intercut with clips of traffic jams?"
The dangers of French Bank Holidays!
johnewark | Hull, East Yorkshire, England | 04/17/2002
"With influences ranging from Freud to Marx, De Sade and Eisenstein having walk-on roles and the Parisian weekend transformed into an allegorical bourgeois hell,
Week-End is one of the defining films of the 20th Century. Born out of the nouvelle vague cinema (French New Wave), this is the terrible birth that is brought to light from J.L.Godard's obsession with prophesising the destruction and decline of the West. Even after taking into account his overt political messages, Weekend still exist as one of the most technically revolutionary pieces of cinema to emerge from his studios into a blinding glare of publicity and hostility. Not content with depicting the destruction of western commercial values, Godard disrupts the visual narrative by interspersing film titles, book titles and music onto a background of patriotic red, white and blue colours. From a personal perspective, one of the most impressive sequences is an eight minute long tracking-shot of the Parisian highway which progresses from straightforward traffic jams to car-wrecks and the inevitable symbol of multinational Capitalism, a Shell oil truck. Essentially Week-End marks the 'Maoist period' of Godard's film-making career, during which he declared that 'the only way to be a revolutionary intellectual is to give up being an intellectual.' Starring Mireille Darc and Jean Yanne, Week-End's fabular narrative is a weekend journey from Paris to Normandy which slowly becomes an apocalyptic struggle against the French peasant revolutionaries who continually intervene to prevent the couple meeting Darc's mother in order to find out whether they have successfully poisoned her father. This emblematic quest for the Capitalist Grail is hindered by a philosophising character from Dumas, two rebels (African and Algerian) masquerading as refuse collectors and Saint-Juste, before the couple are captured on their return to Paris by the Seine-et-Loise Liberation Front, a group of cannibalistic freedom fighters. Godard's continued affinity with politics can be witnessed in his other Maoist films, Les Chinoise (1967), Le Gai Savoir and Tout Va Bien (1972). Despite accusations of pretension, he still remains one of the most provocative and influential film makers of his and future generations, whilst his immense cinematic output can be regarded as a Marxist biography of the previous century. What was an initially ground-breaking piece of cinema has evolved into an essential European film. Heralded by Pauline Kael in the New Yorker as 'Godard's Vision of Hell, and it ranks with the visions of the greatest' and 'somewhere between Swift and Samuel Beckett, alternatively violent and tender, humorous and cruel' (Jan Dawson, Sight and Sound) Week-end is a film that must be seen to be believed and to miss this is to miss out on one of the spectacles of 20th Century cinema."
Darc, the spaced cowboy
Oliver Sheppard | 12/12/1998
"a brilliant intellect's look at hell on earth -- a gorgeous, daft, two-timing blonde frenchwoman and her cheating bourgeoise husband spend the weekend dodging traffic jams, cannibals, car crashes and left-wing politicos -- a beautiful, bored french miasma. fender-benders and violence shot with typical, hilarious godard cynicism -- a must-see for godard fans -- won't make sense to others. won't make sense either way, but great fun for true believing new wavers."


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Wiemar on the Volga
May 30th, 2007 • Related • Filed Under
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Tags: Litvinenko • Lugovoi • Politkovskaya • Putin
Historian Niall Ferguson, author of the fascinating books Colossus: the Rise and Fall of the American Empire and Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order, among many others, had an essential article in the Sunday Telegraph this week. Excerpts follow:
Putin is heading for a worrying future
Seven years ago, the economist Brigitte Granville and I published an article in the Journal of Economic History entitled "Weimar on the Volga", in which we argued that the experience of Nineties Russia bore many resemblances to the experience of Twenties Germany. In particular, we focused on the impact of very high inflation, suggesting that it had similar causes and consequences in each case. . . .
The rule of law is the keystone of both liberal democracy and international order. Yet last week the Russian government showed its contempt for the rule of law by flatly refusing to extradite the man who is the prime suspect in the case of Alexander Litvinenko, poisoned in London last November. The Crown Prosecution Service says it has sufficient evidence to warrant a prosecution of Andrei Lugovoi. But the Russians maintain that it would be unconstitutional to hand him over.
It might also be embarrassing. The world might finally hear how up to 10 micrograms of the lethal radioactive isotope polonium-210 found their way from a Russian nuclear installation to a teacup in the Pines Bar of the Millennium Hotel in London, where Litvinenko most likely ingested them. There are only two possibilities. Either the Russian government ordered Litvinenko's assassination. Or – not much better – the Russian government has no control over the lethal substances produced in its nuclear reactors. . . .
Foreign investors have also felt the backlash. Having successfully reduced Shell's stake in the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas field, Moscow now seems intent on doing the same to BP, which has a substantial interest in the Kovykta gas field. As before, the tactic is to accuse the foreign company of violating the terms of its licence. All that remains to be decided is how much of its stake in Kovykta BP will have to yield up to Gazprom.
Russia under Putin has remained outwardly a democracy. Yet there is no mistaking the erosion of democracy's foundations under his presidency. In the name of "sovereign democracy", the direct election of regional governors and presidents was replaced with a system of presidential nomination. Opposition groups can no longer operate freely. Earlier this month, the chess maestro and Putin critic Garry Kasparov and other anti-government activists were prevented from boarding a plane to Samara, where Russian and EU leaders were meeting.
On Putin's watch there has also been a discernible reduction in the freedom of the press. The three major television networks (Channel One, Rossiya and NTV) are under direct or indirect government control, while reporters who antagonise the authorities can no longer feel safe. Only eight months ago, the investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya was shot dead outside her home, one of 14 Russian journalists who have been murdered since Mr Putin came to power.
To repeat, there is no such thing as the future; only futures. One conceivable future is that after (if?) Mr Putin steps down next year, Russia will become more liberal in its politics. But that is not the future on which I would put my money. A more plausible future is that, having more or less stifled internal dissent, Russia is now ready to play a more aggressive role on the international stage. Remember: it was Mr Putin who restored the old Soviet national anthem within a year of becoming president of the Russian Federation. And it was he who described the collapse of the Soviet Union as a "national tragedy on an enormous scale".
It would be a bigger tragedy if he or his successor tried somehow to restore that evil empire. Unfortunately, that is precisely what the Weimar analogy predicts will happen next.


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AFGHANISTAN has finally taken a bold step and banned eight foreign private security firms, including the former Blackwater now known as Xe and White Eagle Security Services. Both Xe and White Eagle were providing security for the Afghan government, the US military and NGOs and Blackwater had charges of murder of Afghans pending against it. There are around 52 private security contractors in Afghanistan and the Afghan government plans to have them all out by January 2011. They have been accused of running all manner of mafia activities and regarding themselves above the law.
This move should be an eye opener for Pakistan which is also seeing a host of security companies from Xe to Dynacorps running amok in the land – obeying no national laws and riding roughshod over the citizens. Their activities are covert and clearly much of the US intelligence and security work has been outsourced to them. Their disruption of the lives of Pakistanis and their questionable activities have been issues of concern in Pakistan for some time now. It is ironic that Afghanistan, which is under US/NATO occupation, has managed to deal firmly with such companies while the Pakistani state seems unable to act firmly against any of these companies despite overwhelming evidence of their wrongdoings.
It is time Pakistan moved to send these companies packing just as it needs to move and delink itself from the growing military attacks against Pakistani territory and people from NATO and US drones. NATO has apologised for the attack on the FC post but has not offered any apology for the intrusions into Pakistani territory that killed Pakistani civilians. Nor has it ensured that it will not intrude again for the same hostile purpose. Such a selective apology should be totally unacceptable to the Pakistani government and the supply route should remain closed – while the second one which has remained open should also be shut permanently. For Pakistan the costs of this route are far greater than any minor benefit that may possibly be ensuing. NATO is already under fire in Afghanistan for increasingly killing civilians. It has no business being in this region to begin with and it should be made to exit. In any case, it has absolutely no mandate to intrude into Pakistan and Pakistan is under no obligation to allow it any access at all through its territory. On what basis is our envoy in Washington assuring NATO of the reopening of the supply line "relatively quickly" when the general mood in the country is not to do so at all. In fact, the Senate has passed a resolution demanding the Pakistan military bring down the next NATO helicopter that intrudes into Pakistani territory – Nation
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Official Title: Effect of Strict Glycemic Control on Improvement of Exercise Capacities (VO2 Peak, Peak Workload After Cardiac Rehabilitation, in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus With Coronary Artery Disease.
number of patients, in each group of treatment, having improved from at least 20% their peak VO2, after cardiac rehabilitation.
study of the influence of improvement of glycemic control on the results of cardiac rehabilitation on exercise capacities (peak of VO2, peak workload , ventilatory threshold).
In a recent study, we showed that the benefit of cardiac rehabilitation on the improvement of exercise capacities (VO2 peak, peak workload, ventilatory threshold), after an acute coronary event, was significantly reduced in patients with type 2 diabetes. Moreover ,we showed, in multivariate analysis, that the worse improvement of the capacities to the effort after cardiac rehabilitation, was mainly related to hyperglycemia.
Because the improvement of exercise capacities after cardiac rehabilitation (in particular VO2 peak) has been shown to be an essential factor to reduce short- term and long-term morbidity and mortality, we may think that such benefit on reduction of morbidity and mortality may be significantly less in patients with diabetes.
Thus, we propose to carry out a multicentric intervention study, entitled DARE which goal is to see whether a strict glycemic control, during cardiac rehabilitation following an acute Myocardial Infarction (MI), is likely to improve, the results of cardiac rehabilitation on exercise capacities in patients with type 2 diabetes.
After arrival in cardiac rehabilitation, patients with diabetes, will be randomized into 2 groups: an "intensive treatment" group, in which the patients will treated by insulin under a basal-bolus regimen with strict glycemic control and a "conventional treatment" group, in which the previous anti-diabetic treatment will be continued.


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'It All Takes a Toll': Eric Garner's Family Suffers Indignities of Trial Process
Written by Oliver Laughland, Guardian UK
Laughland writes: "Five years on, after protests around the country and millions of dollars paid to the family, no one has been held liable for Garner's death."
Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner, during a news conference outside of police headquarters in Manhattan to protest the disciplinary hearing for officer Daniel Pantaleo on 21 May. (photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
By Oliver Laughland, Guardian UK
Five years on, after protests around the country and millions of dollars paid to the family, no one has been held liable for Garner's death
wen Carr bowed her head and turned away from the screen as her son's last words rang out across the trial room.
To her left, a few feet away, sat the NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo, who almost five years ago had placed her son, Eric Garner, in an alleged chokehold that led to his death. He too stared at the ground as his actions on that humid day on Staten Island in 2014 were broadcast to the packed trial room.
Three rows behind her, sat Garner's widow, Esaw Snipes, whose sobs could be heard almost as loudly as the videotaped evidence. As the video rolled and Garner cried "I can't breathe" for the first of 11 times, Snipes, overcome, had to be escorted from the room.
The video had already been played countless times over the past two weeks at Pantaleo's disciplinary hearing on the fourth floor of NYPD headquarters. It has been broadcast in all corners of the world, described as crystal-clear evidence of the sort of fatal police misconduct that disproportionately affects black men.
And yet, for all the years that have elapsed, the protests around the country, the millions of dollars paid to the Garner family in compensation, and the tragedy that has beset them in the aftermath, no one has been held liable for Eric Garner's death.
Although a federal criminal investigation remains open, it seems likely this administrative hearing, set to conclude next week, could be the only time Pantaleo, who remains an NYPD officer earning in excess of $100,000 a year, will face charges. The highest penalty he faces is losing his job. A punishment that hinges on the ability of prosecutors from New York's Criminal Complaints Review Board (CCRB) to prove the officer used a banned chokehold as he restrained Garner at the neck.
"There is no justice at all for Eric," Carr told the Guardian one recent day as she sat outside police headquarters in the dappled shade.
"The harshest punishment is firing. They murdered him and if there was going to be justice, it would have been at the point when he said 'I can't breathe'. "
'We have to deal with that they give us'
The trial represents one of the most significant episodes in recent NYPD history, but the process itself is shrouded in secrecy and inaccessibility that has angered the Garner family and civil rights groups around the city.
None of the evidence presented during the hearing will be placed in the public record. Transcripts of the proceedings will not see the light of day. The judge's recommendation, forwarded to the NYPD commissioner, James O'Neill, will not be seen. O'Neill, who will make the final decision on Pantaleo's fate, is under no obligation to announce what he decides.
For Gwen Carr, the daily routine of queueing outside the institution responsible for her son's death is a mixture of sadness and frustration. It is coupled with the fact the trial room holds only enough space for a few dozen people, meaning many attendees and some media organizations (including the Guardian), have been turned away from viewing the proceedings inside on certain days.
"It's very emotional to have to come here and then have such a small courtroom so everybody can't get in," Carr said. "I know it is what it is. We have to deal with that they give us, and I'm just thankful, at this point, that we did get a hearing and we did get a trial."
The NYPD did not respond to specific questions about the process, but spokeswoman Detective Sophia Mason issued a statement saying: "NYPD administrative trials are held at One Police Plaza and are open to the public. Seating is limited. Rules governing administrative trials are the Rules of the City of New York, Title 38, Chapter 15."
But those familiar with NYPD trials argue it was entirely within the power of the department to make this process more accessible.
"They had a lot of leeway," said Christopher Dunn, the legal director of the New York Civil Liberties Union. "It's quite common for courts to arrange for backup spaces so that people can watch from another room. The department could have and should have predicted that was what was going to happen here. It's particularly important when there's not a transcript available."
A fatal encounter
There is little doubt that what has been heard so far, before administrative judge Rosemarie Maldonado, has shed important light on the circumstances of Garner's death, starting with the relative mundanity that led up to his fatal encounter with police, and ending with the perceived callous behavior of NYPD officers in the aftermath.
The 43 year-old was arrested under suspicion of selling untaxed cigarettes in July 2014. He had been known to police before, arrested at least twice for this misdemeanor offense that carries no prison time punishment.
The entire saga was initiated, the court heard, by a senior NYPD officer, Lieutenant Christopher Bannon. Bannon told the trial he "made an observation" as he drove to a meeting in Staten Island that a group of "approximately six males", including Garner, were involved in suspicious activity. Bannon told the trial that although he "didn't see the exchange of cigarettes or the exchange of currency", he instructed an NYPD sergeant overseeing "quality-of-life" issues to "collar the cigarette guy [Garner]".
Pantaleo and his partner Justin Damico were dispatched to surveil the group of men. Although they observed them from 328ft away, using only their own eyesight, Damico told the trial he was able to observe Garner selling cigarettes. And so the officers swooped in to arrest him.
Much of what happened next has been viewed millions of times on the video capturing Garner's arrest and death. But Damico told the hearing that even as he uttered his infamous last words, he suspected Garner of "playing possum" to get out of the arrest.
The officer also revealed that he processed Garner's arrest back at the precinct, even after knowing that Garner was dead. He initially charged him with an inflated felony that suggested Garner had sold 10,000 untaxed cigarettes even though he was found with just two packets of Newports in his pocket.
Upon learning of Garner's death Lieutenant Bannon texted his sergeant: "Not a big deal. We were effecting a lawful arrest."
'I think [Mayor Bill de Blasio] is afraid of the police'
The trial has also heard how Pantaleo's restraint has long been viewed by the NYPD's internal investigators as a breach of protocol. In 2015 investigators recommended Pantaleo face internal charges, which never manifested.
The revelations sparked instant criticism for New York City's mayor, Bill de Blasio, who, days later, announced his run for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020. De Blasio has long maintained that any internal discipline for Pantaleo would have to wait until federal investigators had concluded their own investigation.
It is an assertion that looks increasingly preposterous now, according to onlookers.
"The police department could have prosecuted this case in August of 2014, one month after Eric Garner was killed," said Dunn of the NYCLU. "It was reasonable to wait a little bit of time to see if there would be a criminal prosecution, but after a year or two the city should have moved forward, there is absolutely no excuse for them having waited five years."
De Blasio too, has stalled in his promises to push for revisions to restrictive state laws, which means Pantatelo's disciplinary records cannot be entered as evidence during the trial.
"He has said a lot publicly about how this should change, but from the people we've spoken to in Albany [the state capital], he's made no such efforts to actually change the law," said Cynthia Conti-Cook a staff attorney for the Legal Aid Society. "I think he's afraid of the police."
Hearing adjourned
Pantaleo's administrative hearing has been adjourned since 21 May, after his defense lawyers told the trial room they were unable to bring their next witness, a medical examiner in St Louis, until 5 June.
Those familiar with proceedings have suggested there could be just two days left of the trial, unless Pantaleo himself testifies.
But the continued delays drew the ire of Garner's family who see it as yet another example of Pantaleo postponing any form of consequence for his actions.
Despite the international significance of this case, past precedent suggests there is an extremely high bar to yield any sort of disciplinary action. According to the CCRB, just 182 complaints made to the board have resulted in a trial that has led to disciplinary action since April 2013. None of these resulted in an officer losing their job. In that timespan the CCRB received 1,135 complaints related to alleged use of chokeholds by an NYPD officer. Only 10 resulted in any disciplinary action.
As the trial wrapped for the day back in May, Pantaleo could be seen, among a mass of broad-shouldered police union officials and defence attorneys, flicking a brief smile to his attorney, the veteran police defense lawyer Stuart London.
Those in the public gallery were led out of the trial room, row by row, and made to stand single file by a wall next to the fourth-floor elevator, watched by a phalanx of uniformed NYPD officers. They were then escorted from the building.
"It all takes a toll," Carr said. "It keeps reminding me of everything I've gone through, of what I'm going through and what I will still have to go through."