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Beginner Computer Classes
Learn basic usages of a computer: How to plug in., open, turn on, Get into the internet and start your online application using your unique username and password assigned to your personal online site. This session will prepare you to search and work online.
Cesar Chavez Library: Friday, Saturday 10:00 -12:00 pm
John Steinbeck Library: Wednesday and Friday 3:00 -5:00 pm
allU.S Credit Union: Tuesday and Thursday 6:00-8:00 pm
Intermediate Classes (using Chromebook)
Learn Google Docs: How to create files and folder, how to share them and use all Google Apps.
Learn Google Sheets: How to create, storage, organize, and analyze information.
John Steinbeck Library: Tuesday and Thursday 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Practice Lab for Active Students
Microsoft Tutorial: the basics of using Microsoft Word to create documents, formatting Excel spreadsheets, creating a Microsoft presentation and invitations, flyers and banners with Microsoft Publisher.
Cesar Chavez Library: Monday 10:00-12:00 pm
John Steinbeck Library: Monday 1:00 - 4:00 pm
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English Learner Classes
Conversation Group
Conversation Group. Let's Talk! Gain confidence and improve your skills: Listening, Taking turns, Natural expressions, Vocabulary, Pronunciation and Intonation.
Cesar Chavez Library: Monday and Wednesday 4:00 - 5:30 pm
John Steinbeck Library: Monday 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Leamos Sessions
This Spanish literacy program will help you to read and write in Spanish. This is a one year, easy to use, computer based program that will move you from a non-reader to a Spanish reader and writer.
Cesar Chavez Library: Tuesday and Thursday 6:00 -8:00 pm
Other Literacy Classes
Citizenship Sessions
Citizenship preparation for civics questions, writing and mock interview with the use of lecture, cards, questions, sentence writing and online test.
Cesar Chavez Library: Tuesday and Thursday 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Poetry Writing Sessions
Poetry group support with writing, editing and publishing your poetry work. (Three books published)
John Steinbeck Library: Friday 1:00 - 3:00 pm
HSE High School Equivalency Sessions
High School Equivalency small groups preparations for all subjects: Writing, Reading, Social Studies, Science and Math.
John Steinbeck Library: Monday and Wednesday 1:00 - 3:00 pm
HSE - High School Equivalency Drop-In
Drop-in sessions: This is the time for consultation, so students can speed up to their learning and get their certificate fast.
John Steinbeck Library: Tuesday and Thursday 12:00 - 3:00 pm
Adult Learning & Literacy News
Basic and Intermediate Computer Classes Begin
Adults need basic digital skills now more than ever. Finding a job, helping a child with school homework, or making an appointment with a healthcare provider-- chances are these activities will require basic computer skills and going online.
On January 8th, the Salinas Public Library launched its Winter Computer Literacy cycle, a ten-week program to teach basic and intermediate computer literacy skills. The Literacy Program team held two orientations on Zoom which were attended...
Families for Literacy Celebration
"Be Safe, Be Healthy and Be Thankful" was the theme for the Salinas Public Library's Literacy Program celebration last Tuesday, November 24th. Families who participated in the Families For Literacy virtual programming over the past several months were rewarded for their commitment and participation in a drive-thru celebration where they received books, activities, and healthy snacks to help them celebrate the holidays safely at home. Most participants drove, some arrived on foot, and one adult...
Empowering adults to reach their goals!
Becoming a US citizen is a dream for many Salinas residents, and the Literacy Center at the Salinas Public Library is here to help during the current COVID-19 crisis, and beyond. Three participants in the Citizenship Preparation Program recently passed their Citizenship exams, and several others are waiting for their upcoming interviews. The Literacy Center meets weekly with adults on the path to becoming citizens and provides practice tests and worksheets, conducts...
If you have questions about Adult Learning, or would like to speak with a staff member, please use our Contact form.
Literacy Center Calendar
Download the calendar for current sessions here.
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Adult Learning & Literacy Upcoming Events
Virtual Citizenship class
Jan 28 2021 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Need help with citizenship preparation? Join us every Thursday at 6 p.m. for our weekly check-in via Zoom.
Self-Directed Computer Class Winter 2021
Self-Directed Class Winter 2021
Take your digital skills to the next level as you learn from...
Virtual Beyond Basics Computer Class
Feb 1 2021 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Digital Skills are necessary today! Gain valuable, transferable skills as you increase your confidence in safely navigating the digital world....
Adult Maker Kit: Cookie Decorating
Spread the love this Valentine's Season with handmade decorated cookies using our new Adult Maker Kit! You bring the sugar...


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1 Student, Driver Hospitalized After Van Collides With School Bus In New BrightonEmergency crews rescued a driver in the Twin Cities on Friday afternoon following a head-on crash between a van and a school bus.
2 Teenagers Accused In Over A Dozen Metro Area CarjackingsTwo St. Paul teenagers have been arrested and charged in connection to a spree of carjackings around the Twin Cities in early January, including an attempt outside of an Edina daycare last week.
Derek Chauvin Sentencing: Legal Expert Thinks Ex-Cop Will Get At Least 25 Years
Joe Tamburino Breaks Down What To Expect At SentencingBy Esme Murphy June 24, 2021 at 2:15 pm
Filed Under:Derek Chauvin, Esme Murphy, George Floyd, Hennepin County District Court, Local TV, Minneapolis News, Sentencing
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, could face more than 30 years in prison when he is sentenced Friday. Before that happens, the defense is expected to ask the judge for a new trial.
According to Hennepin County court records, the sentencing hearing for 45-year-old Chauvin is slated for 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Hennepin County Government Center. The hearing will be live-streamed.
READ MORE: 1 Student, Driver Hospitalized After Van Collides With School Bus In New Brighton
HOW TO WATCH & FOLLOW: Special live coverage of court proceedings, including Chauvin's 1:30 p.m. sentencing, will be on-air and streamed on CBSN Minnesota. You can also check for updates on WCCO.com and by following our social media channels, including Facebook and Twitter.
Defense attorney Joe Tamburino, who is not affiliated with the case, broke down what to expect during the sentencing Friday.
Essentially, Tamburino says there are two parts to sentencing court proceedings: post-verdict motions and the actual sentencing. During post-verdict motions, the defense will be requesting a new trial.
Statements From Community, Victims (And Will Chauvin Give A Statement?)
In an unusual move, the Minnesota attorney general is asking the public to submit impact statements ahead of Chauvin's sentencing. Tamburino expects many of those statements to be read prior to the sentencing.
"Only because they've spent so much time on it. It's very unusual," Tamburino said. "Obviously a community can have some type of impact in the sentencing … but never before has it been on a website soliciting statements from the entire state and nation."
It's not clear if Chauvin will make a statement at sentencing. Chauvin did not testify on his own behalf during his trial, instead invoking his Fifth Amendment privilege.
"We should look at whether or not Chauvin will make a statement on his own behalf at the time of sentencing. He's allowed to do so," Tamburino said. "I think the odds are that he will, but it will be very brief. He will probably, if he decides to speak, he will say something like he is very sorry and he never meant to kill or harm Mr. Floyd."
Several members of George Floyd's family are expected to make victim impact statements.
"Usually what happens in these kinds of cases is that a family member, or a friend of the family, will appear in court and address the judge and tell the judge how the crime has affected them," Tamburino said. "And they might read from something that has been prepared, or they simply might talk extemporaneously before the court."
Those family testimonials could have some impact on the sentence, Tamburino says.
"Judges still don't make the final determination about what the final sentence should be until they have heard the full sentencing hearing," he said.
Sentencing Expectations
In April, Chauvin was convicted of second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd's death. It took the jury roughly 10 hours of deliberation to reach their verdict.
Chauvin watches as the verdict is read. (credit: CBS)
Judge Peter Cahill will be sentencing Chauvin. Earlier, Cahill ruled Chauvin may face a longer prison sentence because prosecutors proved certain aggravated factors "beyond a reasonable doubt," including the former officer's cruelty in his treatment of Floyd, and that his deadly restraint of the victim was carried out in front of children.
Sentencing guidelines call for Chauvin, who has no prior criminal history, to face a minimum of 150 months, or 12.5 years, in prison on the most serious charge of second-degree murder, but aggravated factors have the potential of increasing his sentence to up to 40 years.
Prosecutors are requesting a 30-year sentence, while the defense is asking for a new trial, probation or a lesser sentence.
READ MORE: 2 Teenagers Accused In Over A Dozen Metro Area Carjackings
"Basically, the issue's going to be how much greater than 150 months will the judge issue the sentence," Tamburino said.
Tamburino expects the judge to hand down a sentence of 25 to 30 years.
Also, the final word at sentencing will likely be a memorable message from Cahill, who could finally deliver a piece of his mind to the convicted party.
"I would imagine Judge Cahill will have something prepared that he wishes to say to Mr. Chauvin and the community at large," Tamburino said.
Whatever Chauvin is sentenced to, he could be released for good behavior after serving two-thirds of that time.
Click on the image to check out an infographic of Derek Chauvin's sentencing.
More Analysis On Post-Verdict Motions
The post-verdict motions, which will be handled before sentencing, will be "very interesting", according to Tamburino.
"What the defense is arguing is that the court made a number of mistakes throughout the trial, such as not sequestering the jury. And because of those mistakes, we want a new trial, that's what they're basically saying" Tamburino said.
The defense is also asking for a Schwartz hearing, which is a hearing on jury misconduct. The defense has specifically honed in on juror No. 52, Brandon Mitchell, due to his participation in a march in Washington, D.C.
Tamburino believes the judge will deny those motions from the defense, but if they were approved, it would delay the sentencing.
"If the court was seriously considering a Schwartz hearing, that would be held on a separate date. You simply wouldn't have everything on one afternoon," Tamburino said.
Tamburino will be giving analysis during Friday afternoon's coverage of the sentencing, which will stream on CBSN Minnesota.
Security Ramping Up, But Not To Trial Levels
Security precautions are being ramped up ahead of Friday's sentencing at the Hennepin County Government Center, though the security will not be as obvious as it was during Chauvin's trial.
There are no barricades around the Government Center, which will continue to be the case on Friday. WCCO was told that, at this time, no street closures are planned for streets near the Government Center either.
Gov. Tim Walz said Thursday there "has not been a request for added state support" ahead of Chauvin's sentencing.
Floyd, who was 46 years old, died on May 25, 2020, after Chauvin, who is white, pinned him to the ground with a knee on his neck as the Black man repeatedly said he couldn't breathe. A video of Floyd's murder went viral online and sparked mass protests and rioting in Minnesota and worldwide. It also prompted a national conversation on systemic racism and police brutality.
A state trial for three other former officers involved in Floyd's arrest is scheduled for March 7, 2022.
MORE NEWS: Access Again An Issue At Federal Trial In George Floyd's Killing

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Δ The Dears' Murray Lightburn has re~emerged under his own name with his second solo release, the heart~on~sleeve meets classic songwriter record Hear Me Out. It is a deeply compelling listen, crafted of live takes that traverse genres, its arrangements creating warm, full~bodied recordings. Lightburn is unabashed in his expressions of love and commitment to his family on the record, yet touches on themes of redemption and the need to better oneself as well.
Δ Single "To the Top" is urgent and has an undeniable groove to it, as Lightburn sings ominously: "I know the secrets of your heart, although you haven't spoken." Strings and tubular bells intensify the track's drama, which is tempered by the conviction in Lightburn's vocals.
Δ The record possesses the ability to transport as much as it provokes reflection. The Ariel Engle~assisted "I Give Up" is a glimmering moment of harmony and romance; "If I'm to tumble into love, well I suppose I'll just give up," Lightburn sings, accompanied by gentle keys and a subtle rhythm section. "Belleville Blues" is deceptively upbeat in its verses before Lightburn drops all pretence, with the line, "There's something so sad about my woefully stupid mistakes." Mournful flute and shaker accompany "Changed My Ways," an admission of guilt that transforms into a reassertion of one's ability to move forward.
Δ Murray Lightburn could have made Hear Me Out, his second solo record, truly solo. He knew the songs he'd written weren't for The Dears. He had fully fleshed~out demos. And he'd made his debut effort, 2013's limited~edition Mass:Light, utterly alone.
Δ If such an analogy is unexpected, well…so is Hear Me Out. It's a lush, romantic strings~and~soul record, unabashedly inspired by '50s crooners, '60s girl groups, Muscle Shoals, and Motown. From the shimmering "Belleville Blues" to the gospel slow jam "I Give Up" to the Shindig!~worthy burner "To The Top," Hear Me Out is made up of ten fragile, unforgettably gorgeous pop songs about family, adult relationships and what you might call non~toxic masculinity.
Δ "Guys that look like me, sensitive love songs isn't something I see a lot of these days," says Murray. Hear Me Out is as striking and ambitious as anything Lightburn has ever written for The Dears, but also nothing like the Dears.
Δ Lightburn originally composed the album in a creative rush during what he calls a "turbulent summer of 2016." That period, in between the release of The Dears' Times Infinity Volume 1 and Times Infinity Volume 2, was a bit of a crossroads for Lightburn and Natalia Yanchak, both as bandmates and life partners.
Δ "I've got your back, and you've got me," he sings on the title track.
Δ Initially, Lightburn intended to continue in the experimental, electro~leaning vein of Mass:Light, a futuristic "pop opera" that has only ever been released on limited edition vinyl. But as he began to write what became the last song on the record, "When They See Me," just on a guitar, embracing the music of his childhood — Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Ray Charles — seemed right, especially since it's also the music that he still loves best today.
Δ He wrote and demoed the whole thing immediately, sketching out the vibe and sound and instrumental elements…but then it was time to rejoin Yanchak and the Dears on tour in 2017. Along the way, he was also "bringing home the bacon" with other work, including production for Hawksley Workman, the World Provider and Stars, as well as music for the video game We Happy Few.
Δ Hear Me Out also reunites Lightburn with the four~piece string section from the two Times Infinity records (François Pilon, Madeleine Messier, Ligia Paquin and Sheila Hannigan), as well as flautist Brigitte Mayes, a key player on No Cities Left, among other Dears records, and singers Catherine McCandless (Young Galaxy) and Ariel Engle (La Force/Broken Social Scene).


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Cases of adult Korean heritage language learners (pilot study)
Reclaiming Heritage:
Siwon Lee, Educational Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania ([email protected])
Background of the Study
Korean community is one of the most salient ethnic groups in the
United States in terms of collective effort to maintain their
language and culture. There are approximately 1,200 Korean
community language schools in the U.S., most of which are
operated by Korean Christian churches in the form of weekend
schools (Zhou & Kim, 2006). Despite the active community
involvement, these schools have shown low success rates due to
the lack of trained teachers, outdated teaching materials, and
unmotivated students (Lee & Shin, 2008). Even though the ideal
way of maintaining the language is to bring it into the regular
school curriculum, there are currently only five Korean-English
two-way immersion schools in the U.S. (Center for Applied
Linguistics, n.d.). Thus, many Korean immigrants choose to
relearn their mother tongue as adults. The current research is a
multiple case study about two adult 2nd generation Korean
Americans who lost their mother tongue through the course of their
lives but chose to redevelop Korean.
<Student enrollment at Korean community language schools in US>
Childhood: Unexplored Ethnicity
Angela is a 33-year-old, 2nd generation Korean
American living in Philadelphia. After she
graduated from university, she started working as
a freelance interior designer and got married. She
has been learning Korean at a non-profit
institution in Philadelphia for almost two years.
Peter is a 30-year-old, 2nd generation Korean
American living in a small Korea town in
Pennsylvania. After graduating from college, he
started working for his family real-estate
business in the town. He has been learning
Korean at the same institution for about three
Theoretical Framework
(1) Ethnic identity as a part of social identity:
"Part of an individual's self-concept which derives from his
knowledge of his membership of a social group (or groups)
together with the value and emotional significance attached to that
membership" (Tajfel, 1981, p. 255)
K1-5
By following each participant's path of learning Korean throughout
their lives, the current research aims to address the following
(1) What factors have affected these Korean Americans' language
shift toward English?
(2) Why do they strive to relearn Korean as adults?
(3) How does their language use and motivation relate to their
ethnic identity?
The current multiple case study defines a case, or the unit of
analysis, as each individual situated in different learning settings,
and the differences and similarities across cases will shed light on
the overarching theme of the relationship between heritage
language and ethnic identities of Korean Americans.
The study adopted a range of qualitative research methods
including semi-structured interviews and research journals.
Besides informal interaction with the researcher, the participants
were interviewed twice during the two months of data collection
period. The first round of interviews followed the chronological
order of participants' experiences of learning or using Korean
language throughout their lifetime, and the second interviews were
the follow-ups of the first interviews.
RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATION DESIGN © 2012
www.PosterPresentations.com
(2) Ethnic identity development models
Marcia Identity
(1980) diffusion
Phinney Unexamined ethnic
(1989) identity*
teacher actually said to them he have to speak more English in the house,
because he couldn't keep up. So then, they took it (.) very literally, and
then just stopped using Korean. . . My family is a little bit of a rare case of
we just never learned it
Peter: My parents are very educated, and they learned English quickly,
so they um: (.) spoke to us [in English]. . . Actually, I guess it was out of
habit they spoke (.) Korean. >I mean they spoke English.<
Adolescence to Young Adulthood: Identity Conflict
Angela: I didn't wanna know [Korean language] (.) at that time because
I (1.2) when you are in junior high, you don't care about that, or you are
too busy doing something else.
(About her visit to South Korea after graduating from high school) If they
[older Koreans] saw me, and I couldn't speak, and knew that I came from
America, they got really upset. like (.) why don't you know your own,
your own native language. . . And so for a most, a long, a long time, my
life felt like that, if I was (.) around older Koreans, and I tried to speak
Korean, or I didn't understand, there was a lot of negative emotions with
Peter: Dichotomies. It's like I didn't, why are they speaking in Korean. I
didn't really understand them, and I distanced myself from them, and then
(.) but then I wanted to fit in with them because (1.0) um: I am Korean. I
am also Korean, I am not only American.
Angela: When my oldest brother was a baby, he spoke Korean. . . he has
Involvement in
Clear sense of
exploring meaning
own ethnicity
of ethnicity**
*One's identity is either diffuse, which means that he/she has not
given much thought about issues of own ethnicity; or foreclosed,
which means that he/she shows commitment to either one's own
ethnic group or the dominant group under the influence of parents,
community members, and peers.
**Before the exploring stage, identity crisis stage may be added
when one may become aware of the issues of one's own ethnicity
due to significant experience but still rejects to explore his/her own
ethnicity (Cross, 1978).
(3) Ethnic identity and language choice
The current study will be based on this postmodernist
understanding of ethnic identity and language (Gilroy, 2000; Hall
1992). Postmodernist epistemologists assert that social identities
are hybrid, dynamic, and complex and that language is a
contingent—not the only essential—feature of one's ethnicity.
Here, contingency does not mean insignificance. While language
may not be a determining factor of one's identity, a number of
communities form strong solidarity around their ethnicity and
language regardless of the perceived status of language within the
society, which may account for language maintenance as well as
language shift of minority language speakers.
Adulthood: Exploring Stage
Angela's Changing Point: I remember feeling regretful after she [my
grandmother] passed away that I didn't I understood generally what she
was saying [during my last visit to her house]. I could tell that she was
saying you know like oh you know good things, but I couldn't, I didn't
know what exactly she was saying. So I regretted (.) not understanding,
and not being able to communicate with her.
Peter's Changing Point: (About his ten-month stay in South Korea)
Studying [Korean] with all Yonsei students [in Korea], I felt the love for (.)
the country and love for um: you know, just being able to communicate
(.) with native Koreans. And um, it was just: um, yeah, being in that
environment with people from every country. And like (.) it just made
me think of my roots as a Korean American.
Angela's Motivation and Goals: Definitely learning Korean helps me
understand the culture, and sort of (1.0) like subtleties of culture that
otherwise you wouldn't learn, just from looking at it maybe? Um: (.) but I
think that helps me to identify to also with me and how I think
differently↑. Because (1.0) I think, especially being in a marriage with
somebody that is not of Korean background↑, you see the differences
much more and especially when you start thinking about a family, or even
interacting with each other's families?
. . . I want to at least be able to understand when somebody is talking to
me, even if I can't say back.
Peter's Motivation and Goals: My goals (.) are to be, to be fluent in
Korean . . .um: to be a translator for (.) the Korean people so that (.)
they can understand, and other Americans can understand what a Korean
person's saying, and: and to, to be a like a Korean teacher. I want to uh
teach Korean (.) so that they ["other Americans"] can (.) learn how to
communicate.
Ethnic Identity as a Developmental and Social Concept
Ethnic identity is largely influenced by one's changing
positionality of self within different social contexts , which, in both
cases, ranged from family and school to the macro contexts of
United States and South Korea.
Ethnic Identity in Relation to Language
Language is closely related to how one identifies with his or her
ethnic group.
Angela: Personal level
Angela relates learning Korean
to the process of learning about
Korean culture, i.e. how
Koreans think or how she thinks,
which is also learned through
her personal relationship with
Peter: Community level
Peter relates learning Korean as
a means to learn about Korean
pop culture and to contribute to
the Korean community. He takes
pride in his ethnicity, seeing
many foreigners learning
Korean language.
Acknowledgements and Works Cited
Special thanks to: Professor Sharon Ravitch, Professor Nancy
Hornberger, Professor Yuko Butler, and my great students.
Center for Applied Linguistics. (n.d.). Directory of Two-Way Bilingual
Immersion Programs in the U.S. Retrieved from
http://www.cal.org/jsp/TWI/SchoolListings.jsp
Cross, W (1978). The Thomas and Cross models of psychological
nigrescence: A literature review. Journal of Black Psychology, 4, 13-31.
Gilroy, P. (2000). Between camps. London, UK: Penguin.
Hall, S. (1992). The questions of cultural identity. In S. Hall, D. Held, &
T. McGrew (Eds.), Modernity and its futures (pp. 274-325). Cambridge,
UK: Polity Press.
Lee, J. S., & Shin, S. (2008). Korean heritage language education in the
United States: The current state, opportunities and possibilities.
Heritage Language Journal, 6(2), 1-20.
Marcia, J. (1980). Identity in adolescence. In J. Adelson (Ed.), Handbook
of adolescent psychology (pp. 159-187). New York: Wiley.
Phinney, J. (1989). Stages of ethnic identity in minority group adolescents.
Journal of Early Adolescence, 9, 34-49
Tajfel, H. (1981). Human groups and social categories. Cambridge,
UK: Cambridge University Press.
Zhou, M., & Kim. S. S. (2006). Community forces, social capital, and
educational achievement: The case of supplementary education in the
Chinese and Korean immigrant communities. Harvard Educational
Review, 76(1), 1-29.
I am a doctoral student studying Educational Linguistics at
University of Pennsylvania. My research interest is in bilingual
education in the United States as well as in East Asia, the identity
formation of 2nd generation Asian Americans, and curriculum
development for Korean heritage language learners. Currently, I
am teaching Korean at the Society of Young Korean Americans in
Philadelphia. I am also involved in Asia-Pacific Education,
Language Minorities, and Migration (ELMM) network at Penn.
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Former Chinese official Yuan Mu – who said 'not one person died on Tiananmen' – dies at 90
by Kris Cheng 13:43, 17 December 2018 22:37, 31 March 2020
Yuan Mu, a controversial former spokesperson of the Chinese State Council, died in Beijing last Thursday at 90 years old.
Yuan garnered international notoriety for saying that there had been no deaths inside Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989.
Yuan Mu. File
He said that only 300 people, including 23 Beijing university students, had died during the Tiananmen Square Massacre, speaking at a press conference on June 6, 1989.
He later went on to say via a Chinese official government translator that "not one person died on Tiananmen Square."
This comment was made in an interview with American journalist Tom Brokaw on June 17 that year.
"The military vehicles and armoured vehicles didn't crush any single person," Yuan said in the interview with Brokaw, who was reporting for the NBC.
"I didn't say that no casualties resulted from our efforts to put down the counter-revolutionary rebellion. I only said that no-one died when the [People's Liberation Army] cleared the Tiananmen Square," Yuan said.
"As for the entire process of putting down the counter-revolutionary rebellion… some thugs died and some onlookers were also killed or wounded… and also the PLA suffered huge casualties."
The Tiananmen massacre ended months of student-led demonstrations in China as the People's Liberation Army was deployed to crack down on protesters in Beijing.
Estimates on the death toll vary, although a member of the Chinese State Council said that at least 10,000 civilians had been killed.
This estimate appeared in UK Foreign Office files that were declassified last year.
Many of the casualties occurred near Muxidi, when the army was approaching Tiananmen Square.
Yuan's remarks were famously satirised by Hong Kong Director Wong Jing's 1991 film Tricky Brains, in which actor Stephen Chow said "Yuan Mu is very honest, Li Peng is our greatest leader on earth." Li Peng was the Chinese premier in 1989.
Born in January 1928, Yuan was a former journalist of the Xinhua news agency. He was director of the research office, as well as spokesperson, for the Chinese State Council from 1988.
He became a member of the standing committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in 1993. He retired in 2000.
Actor Stephen Chow saying "Yuan Mu is very honest, Li Peng is our greatest leader on earth" in 1991 film Tricky Brains. Photo: Screenshot.
Yuan's death was first reported by Shanghai media The Paper, which was cited by numerous Chinese media outlets. But The Paper has since removed its original news piece.
According to an official notice, a memorial service will be held for Yuan on December 23 at the Babaoshan Funeral Parlour, where many Chinese top officials are laid to rest until they are moved to the nearby cemetery.
Albert Ho, chair of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, told HKFP that it was not meaningful to comment on Yuan's death.
Official notice of Yuan Mu's death. Photo" Screenshot.
"Despite his sinister appearance, he was only a spokesperson, a low-level official," Ho said.
"He was representing the country, the regime, the government that ordered the killings. It was the regime who was shameful by instructing him to lie."
Tagged: 1989 Tiananmen Massacre, Albert Ho, Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, Li Peng, Stephen Chow, Tiananmen Square, Wong Jing, Yuan Mu
Kris Cheng
Kris Cheng is a Hong Kong journalist with an interest in local politics. His work has been featured in Washington Post, Public Radio International, Hong Kong Economic Times and others. He has a BSSc in Sociology from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Kris is HKFP's Editorial Director.
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KLRN is excited to be participating in Valero Texas Open's Birdies for Charity fundraising event.
Birdies for Charity is like a walk-a-thon, but instead of donating per mile, participants make a pledge for every birdie made at the Valero Texas Open.
Every dollar and penny counts –and each donation will assist KLRN in continuing to bring new and exciting content to our community.
For every $0.01 pledged, Valero will match 7%.
Donors also have the option to make a one-time donation and flexibility to pay in advance or be billed after the tournament.
Donations are 100% tax deductible, and 100% of donations go directly to KLRN.
In golf, a birdie is a score of one stroke under par (the expected score) for any hole on the course.
In 2017, there were 1,975 birdies made at the Valero Texas Open. This means that a pledge of $.01 to Birdies for Charity yielded a donation of $19.75.
Birdies will be counted at Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday pro-ams and Thursday through Sunday of the competition.
Every donor to Birdies for Charity is invited to participate in the Guess the Birdies Contest. Guess the number of birdies you think will be made during the Texas Valero Open for your chance to win a Stay-and-Play Gift Package, compliments of TPC San Antonio and The JW Marriot San Antonio Hill Country Resort and Spa.
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Mari Okada (岡田 麿里, Okada Mari) is a Japanese screenwriter, director and manga artist. She is one of the most prolific writers currently working in the anime industry. She won the 16th Animation Kobe Award for her work.[1]
1976[citation needed]
Chichibu, Japan
3.3 Original video animation
3.4 Anime films
3.5 Live-action films
Personal lifeEdit
Born in Chichibu, Okada had a difficult early childhood. She was often bullied at primary school and skipped days to avoid her tormentors and deal with social anxiety.[2] Okada stopped attending middle school and spend most of her time confined in her bedroom, reading books and playing video games. In spite of this, her proficiency at writing helped to get her into high school, although her social anxiety remained a problem. Nobody had high hopes for her, and as she was nearing graduation, she was constantly told that she "wouldn't survive in the real world."[3] After graduating, Okada enrolled at the Amusement Media School to study about games.
CareerEdit
Through her game scenario studies, Okada developed a passion for screenwriting, but found it difficult to find screenwriting jobs due to her anxieties. Her earliest screenwriting jobs included creating scenarios for direct-to-video pornography and transcribing interviews for a magazine. It was through this latter job that she met Tetsurō Amino, who asked her to contribute some of her ideas for the plot of DT Eightron. She went on to write the script for five episodes, and the connection made with Amino helped in kickstarting her career. At age twenty-two, she pitched an idea for her first original anime which was based off her own experiences as a child. The screenplay was never published, but several elements of it would be used in some of her later works. After several years, her reputation within the anime industry had grown considerably, with the screenplay for numerous successful series. Okada wrote the script for her directorial anime film Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms.[4]
WorksEdit
MangaEdit
O Maidens in Your Savage Season (2016; writer)
TelevisionEdit
DT Eightron (1998; script)
Angel Tales (2001; screenplay)
Crush Gear Nitro (2003; screenplay)
Popolocrois (2003; screenplay)
Diamond Daydreams (2004; screenplay)
Rozen Maiden (2004; screenplay)
Basilisk (2005; screenplay)
Canvas 2: Niji Iro no Sketch (2005; scenario)
Animal Yokochō (2005; scenario)
Rozen Maiden: Träumend (2005; screenplay)
Aria – The Natural (2006; screenplay)
Simoun (2006; screenplay)
Sasami: Magical Girls Club (2006; series composition)
Sasami: Magical Girls Club Season 2 (2006; series composition)
Red Garden (2006; screenplay)
Venus to Mamoru (2006; series composition)
Sketchbook ~full color'S~ (2007; series composition)
Kodomo no Jikan (2007; series composition)
True Tears (2008; series composition)
Vampire Knight (2008; series composition)
Vampire Knight Guilty (2008; series composition)
Toradora! (2008; series composition)
Black Butler (2008; series composition)
CANAAN (2009; series composition)
The Book of Bantorra (2009; series composition)
Darker Than Black: Gemini of the Meteor (2009; series composition)
Black Butler II (2010; series composition)
Otome Yōkai Zakuro (2010; series composition)
Gosick (2011; series composition)
Fractale (2011; series composition)
Wandering Son (2011; series composition)
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (2011; series composition)
Hanasaku Iroha (2011; series composition)
Aquarion Evol (2012; series composition)
Black Rock Shooter (2012; series composition)
Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (2012; series composition)
AKB0048 (2012; series composition)
Blast of Tempest (2012; series composition)
The Pet Girl of Sakurasou (2012; series composition)
AKB0048 next stage (2013; series composition)
Nagi no Asukara (2013; series composition)
Selector Infected WIXOSS (2014; series composition)
M3: Sono Kuroki Hagane (2014; series composition)
Selector Spread WIXOSS (2014; series composition)
Gourmet Girl Graffiti (2015; series composition)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (2015; series composition)
Kiznaiver (2016; series composition)
The Lost Village (2016; script supervisor)[5]
Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan (2018; series composition)
O Maidens in Your Savage Season (2019; series composition, original creator)
Original video animationEdit
Dead Girls (2007; screenplay)
Kodomo no Jikan Nigakki (2009; series composition)
Kodomo no Jikan: Kodomo no Natsu Jikan (2011; series composition)
Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc (2011; series composition)
Winter Oath, Summer Festival, Takeo Ōkusu (2016; screenplay)[6]
Cup's Promise, First Love of Arita (2016; screenplay)[7]
Anime filmsEdit
Cinnamon the Movie (2007; screenplay)
The Anthem of the Heart (2015; screenplay)[8]
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018; director, writer)[9]
Her Blue Sky (2019; screenplay)
Kimi dake ni Motetainda (2019; screenplay)[10]
Live-action filmsEdit
My Teacher (2017; screenplay)
Ankoku Joshi (2017; screenplay)
The Flowers of Evil (2019; screenplay)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2013. CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Retrieved 13 January 2013
^ "Mari Okada: from teenage recluse to anime superstar". The Irish Times. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
^ "How Mari Okada Went From Shut-In to Anime Director". Anime News Network. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
^ "Interview: Mari Okada on Maquia - When the Promised Flower Blooms". Anime News Network. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
^ "Girls & Panzer's Mizushima, Anohana's Okada Make Mayoiga TV Anime".
^ "VIDEO: Junji Nishimura and Mari Okada Team Up On Saga Prefecture Anime".
^ "ポニーキャニオンが「佐賀県を巡るアニメーション」を制作。監督に西村純二、脚本協力として岡田麿里も参加 - 記事詳細|Anime Recorder|アニメレコーダー".
^ "anohana Team Airs Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterun Da Film's Ad". Anime News Network. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
^ "REVIEW: Maquia - When the Promised Flower Blooms". Anime News Network. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
^ "Kimi dake ni Motetainda Anime's Teaser Reveals Cast, October Debut in Theaters". Anime News Network. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
Mari Okada at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Mari Okada on IMDb
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mari_Okada&oldid=933501084"


While the majority of people think about the laundry room as a dark and ugly spot on the look of their homes, you should know that there are many different ways for you to improve its appearance. The best thing about these makeovers is that they don't necessarily have to break the bank.
One of the things that you could do is to turn the laundry room into a fun place. For this you should use bright colors, laundry baskets, and even adding mirrors to the wall. You also have to make sure that you have enough light so that you won't consider the room a dungeon anymore.
You can change the appearance of the laundry room even if you are on a tight budget. Sometimes it is enough to change or paint the cabinets. For instance if you have primed cabinet doors, you should paint them white to add more light to the room and to make it seem brighter.
One of the biggest problems that the majority of people have with laundry rooms is storage. In order to make sure that you have enough storage space, you should add cabinets, shelves, hooks and bins. In order for the room to have a flow, you should make sure to use the same color scheme all over.
These are two additions that could do wonders for your laundry room. You can use the laundry basket as an accessory besides it being functional. If you think that cabinets aren't a necessity, you may want to go for a garment rack and hangers.
One of the aspects that homeowners have to think about besides storage is the problem of space. In the majority of the cases the laundry rooms are relatively small which makes the room have a crowded feeling. If this is your case you should be looking for smart options for storage, such as a floor to ceiling cabinet.
Although in the majority of the cases white isn't the first choice of color when it comes to the laundry room, you should really give this color a thought. It makes small spaces look larger and it also add a clean feeling to the room.
You should change those things in the laundry room that make you feel crowded or that give a feeling of darkness.


March 28, 2017 Posted by Dissent Business, Featured News, Laws, Online, U.S.
House Republicans voted overwhelmingly Tuesday, by a margin of 215-205, to repeal a set of landmark privacy protections for Web users, issuing a sweeping rebuke of Internet policies enacted under the Obama administration. It also marks a sharp, partisan pivot toward letting Internet providers collect and sell their customers' Web browsing history, location information, health data and other personal details.
The measure, which was approved by a 50-48 margin in the Senate last week, now heads to the White House, where President Trump is expected to sign it.
You can see how your Representative voted here. If you never checked on how your Senator voted, you can find that roll call here. Not happy with how the folks you elected voted? Start working for those who will run against them the next time they're up for re-election.
Is it really possible that every Republican (except 15) in the U.S. House of Representatives truly believes that the company that sees ALL of your internet communications should be treated like each individual company that you decide to communicate with? That your phone company be able to use the content of your phone calls in exactly the same way as the companies that you call?? And every Democrat understands how ridiculous that is?
I don't think so. I think our representatives are so caught up in their partisan warfare that they no longer care about the effects of their decisions on the country.
The Federal COMMUNICATIONS Commission has correctly concluded that the internet is a two way COMMUNICATIONS service and that communications providers have a duty to provide private, unfiltered communications to their PAYING CUSTOMERS. That's why the developed the common carrier concept. They understood (before regime change) that private communications are the lifeblood of democracies.
I can only hope that our populist president will realize that for every cable company shareholder who loves the idea of increased profits, there are a million internet users who hate this blatant power grab by these greedy, monopolistic companies.
Facial recognition database used by FBI is out of control, House committee hears Feel like being a tad oppositional? Me, too.


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Il Nastro d'argento alla migliore attrice protagonista è un riconoscimento cinematografico italiano assegnato annualmente dal Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani a partire dal 1946.

Le attrici che hanno ricevuto questo premio il maggior numero di volte sono Margherita Buy e Mariangela Melato, con 5 vincite.

Albo d'oro
Le vincitrici sono indicate in grassetto, a seguire le altre candidate.

Anni 1946-1949

1946: Clara Calamai - L'adultera
1947: Alida Valli - Eugenia Grandet
1948: Anna Magnani - L'onorevole Angelina
1949: Anna Magnani - L'amore

Anni 1950-1959
1950: non assegnato
1951: Anna Maria Pierangeli - Domani è troppo tardi
1952: Anna Magnani - Bellissima
1953: Ingrid Bergman - Europa '51
1954: Gina Lollobrigida - Pane, amore e fantasia
1955: Silvana Mangano - L'oro di Napoli
1956: non assegnato
1957: Anna Magnani - Suor Letizia - Il più grande amore
Gabriella Pallotta - Il tetto
1958: Giulietta Masina - Le notti di Cabiria
Silvana Mangano - Uomini e lupi
Silvana Mangano - La diga sul Pacifico
1959: non assegnato
Carla Gravina - Amore e chiacchiere
Giulietta Masina - Fortunella

Anni 1960-1969
1960: Eleonora Rossi Drago - Estate violenta
Anna Magnani - Nella città l'inferno
Carla Gravina - Esterina
1961: Sophia Loren - La ciociara
Anna Maria Ferrero - Il gobbo
Monica Vitti - L'avventura
1962: non assegnato
Lea Massari - Una vita difficile
Loredana Detto - Il posto
1963: Gina Lollobrigida - Venere imperiale
Franca Valeri - Parigi o cara
Monica Vitti - L'eclisse
1964: Silvana Mangano - Il processo di Verona
Sophia Loren - Ieri, oggi, domani
1965: Claudia Cardinale - La ragazza di Bube
Adriana Asti - Prima della rivoluzione
Sophia Loren - Matrimonio all'italiana
Sandra Milo - La visita
1966: Giovanna Ralli - La fuga
Giulietta Masina - Giulietta degli spiriti
Rosanna Schiaffino - La Mandragola
1967: Lisa Gastoni - Svegliati e uccidi
Rosanna Schiaffino - La strega in amore
1968:  non assegnato
Sophia Loren - C'era una volta
Monica Vitti - Ti ho sposato per allegria
1969: Monica Vitti - La ragazza con la pistola
Virna Lisi - Tenderly
Isabella Rei - La bambolona

Anni 1970-1979
1970: Paola Pitagora - Senza sapere niente di lei
Anna Maria Guarnieri - Come l'amore
1971: Ottavia Piccolo - Metello
Monica Vitti - Ninì Tirabusciò, la donna che inventò la mossa
Monica Vitti - Dramma della gelosia (tutti i particolari in cronaca)
1972: Mariangela Melato - La classe operaia va in paradiso
Giovanna Ralli - Una prostituta al servizio del pubblico e in regola con le leggi dello stato
Rosanna Schiaffino - La Betìa ovvero in amore, per ogni gaudenza, ci vuole sofferenza
1973: Mariangela Melato - Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore
1974: Laura Antonelli - Malizia
Monica Vitti - Teresa la ladra
1975: Lisa Gastoni - Amore amaro
Silvana Mangano - Gruppo di famiglia in un interno
Lea Massari - Allonsanfàn
1976: Monica Vitti - L'anatra all'arancia
Agostina Belli - Telefoni bianchi
Lisa Gastoni - Scandalo
Giovanna Ralli - Colpita da improvviso benessere
1977: Mariangela Melato - Caro Michele
Ornella Muti - L'ultima donna
Monica Vitti - L'altra metà del cielo
1978: Sophia Loren - Una giornata particolare
1979: Mariangela Melato - Dimenticare Venezia

Anni 1980-1989
1980: Ida Di Benedetto - Immacolata e Concetta - L'altra gelosia
1981: Mariangela Melato - Aiutami a sognare
1982: Eleonora Giorgi - Borotalco
1983: Giuliana De Sio - Io, Chiara e lo Scuro
Mariangela Melato - Il buon soldato
Giuliana De Sio - Sciopèn
1984: Lina Sastri - Mi manda Picone
Barbara De Rossi - Son contento
Giuliana De Sio - Cento giorni a Palermo
Monica Vitti - Flirt
1985: Claudia Cardinale - Claretta
1986: Giulietta Masina - Ginger e Fred
Ida Di Benedetto - La ballata di Eva
Valeria Golino - Piccoli fuochi
Marisa Laurito - Il tenente dei carabinieri
1987: Valeria Golino - Storia d'amore
Stefania Sandrelli - La famiglia
Ida Di Benedetto - Regina
1988: Ornella Muti - Io e mia sorella
Stefania Sandrelli - Secondo Ponzio Pilato
Valeria Golino - Paura e amore
1989: Ornella Muti - Codice privato
Piera Degli Esposti - L'appassionata
Giuliana De Sio - Se lo scopre Gargiulo

Anni 1990-1999
1990: Virna Lisi - Buon Natale... buon anno
Giusi Cataldo - Corsa di primavera
Amanda Sandrelli - Amori in corso
Isabella Ferrari - Willy Signori e vengo da lontano
Ornella Muti - Le ragioni del cuore
1991: Margherita Buy - La stazione
Carla Benedetti - Matilda
Pamela Villoresi - Pummarò
Stefania Sandrelli - Evelina e i suoi figli
Elena Sofia Ricci - Ne parliamo lunedì
1992: Francesca Neri - Pensavo fosse amore... invece era un calesse
Ida Di Benedetto - Ferdinando, uomo d'amore
Angela Finocchiaro - Volere volare
Claudia Cardinale - Atto di dolore
Giuliana De Sio - Cattiva
1993: Antonella Ponziani - Verso sud
Anna Bonaiuto - Fratelli e sorelle
Asia Argento - Le amiche del cuore
Stefania Sandrelli - Prosciutto prosciutto
Francesca Neri - Al lupo al lupo
1994: Chiara Caselli - Dove siete? Io sono qui
Galatea Ranzi - Fiorile
Nancy Brilli - Tutti gli uomini di Sara
Iaia Forte - Libera
Alessia Fugardi - Il grande cocomero
1995: Sabrina Ferilli - La bella vita
Asia Argento - Perdiamoci di vista
Anna Galiena - Senza pelle
Sabina Guzzanti - Troppo sole
Eva Robin's - Belle al Bar
1996: Anna Bonaiuto - L'amore molesto
Angela Finocchiaro - Bidoni
Anna Galiena - La scuola
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi - La seconda volta
Francesca Neri - Ivo il tardivo
1997: Iaia Forte - Luna e l'altra ex aequo Virna Lisi - Va' dove ti porta il cuore
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi - Le persone normali non hanno niente di eccezionale (Les gens normaux n'ont rien d'exceptionnel)
Asia Argento - Compagna di viaggio
Sabrina Ferilli - Ferie d'agosto
1998: Francesca Neri - Carne trémula
Antonella Ponziani - La medaglia
Silvia Cohen - Consigli per gli acquisti
Giovanna Mezzogiorno - Il viaggio della sposa
Clelia Rondinella - I vesuviani
1999: Giovanna Mezzogiorno - Del perduto amore
Stefania Rocca - Viol@
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi - La parola amore esiste
Valeria Golino - L'albero delle pere
Francesca Neri - Matrimoni

Anni 2000-2009
2000: Licia Maglietta - Pane e tulipani
Margherita Buy - Fuori dal mondo
Valentina Cervi - La via degli angeli
Francesca Neri - Il dolce rumore della vita
Teresa Saponangelo - In principio erano le mutande
2001: Margherita Buy - Le fate ignoranti
Lorenza Indovina - Almost Blue
Giovanna Mezzogiorno - L'ultimo bacio
Laura Morante - La stanza del figlio
Lucia Poli - Gostanza da Libbiano
2002: Valeria Golino - Respiro
Sonia Bergamasco - L'amore probabilmente
Carolina Felline - Biuti Quin Olivia
Licia Maglietta - Luna rossa
Stefania Rocca - Casomai
2003: Giovanna Mezzogiorno - La finestra di fronte e Ilaria Alpi - Il più crudele dei giorni
Ida Di Benedetto - Rosa Funzeca
Donatella Finocchiaro - Angela
Laura Morante - Ricordati di me e Un viaggio chiamato amore
Valentina Cervi e Violante Placido - L'anima gemella
2004: Jasmine Trinca, Adriana Asti, Sonia Bergamasco e Maya Sansa - La meglio gioventù
Adriana Asti e Franca Valeri - Tosca e le altre due
Valeria Golino - Prendimi e portami via
Violante Placido - Ora o mai più
Maya Sansa - Buongiorno, notte
2005: Laura Morante - L'amore è eterno finché dura
Nicoletta Braschi - Mi piace lavorare (Mobbing)
Margherita Buy - Il siero della vanità
Michela Cescon - Primo amore
Francesca Inaudi - Dopo mezzanotte
2006: Katia Ricciarelli - La seconda notte di nozze
Asia Argento - Ingannevole è il cuore più di ogni cosa (The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things)
Margherita Buy - I giorni dell'abbandono
Valeria Golino - Texas
Giovanna Mezzogiorno - La bestia nel cuore
2007: Margherita Buy - Il caimano e Saturno contro
Laura Chiatti - L'amico di famiglia
Donatella Finocchiaro - Il regista di matrimoni
Valeria Golino - La guerra di Mario
Giovanna Mezzogiorno - Lezioni di volo
Laura Morante - Cuori (Coeurs)
2008: Margherita Buy - Giorni e nuvole
 Cristiana Capotondi - Come tu mi vuoi
 Carolina Crescentini - I demoni di San Pietroburgo e Cemento armato
 Isabella Ragonese - Tutta la vita davanti
 Alba Rohrwacher - Riprendimi
2009: Giovanna Mezzogiorno - Vincere
Isabella Ferrari - Un giorno perfetto
Donatella Finocchiaro - Galantuomini
Valeria Golino - Giulia non esce la sera
Alba Rohrwacher - Il papà di Giovanna

Anni 2010-2019
2010: Micaela Ramazzotti e Stefania Sandrelli - La prima cosa bella
Margherita Buy - Lo spazio bianco e Matrimoni e altri disastri
Valeria Golino - L'uomo nero
Alba Rohrwacher - Cosa voglio di più
Valeria Solarino - Viola di mare
2011: Alba Rohrwacher - La solitudine dei numeri primi
Paola Cortellesi - Nessuno mi può giudicare e Maschi contro femmine
Angela Finocchiaro - La banda dei Babbi Natale e Benvenuti al Sud
Donatella Finocchiaro - Manuale d'amore 3 e Sorelle Mai
Isabella Ragonese - Il primo incarico
2012: Micaela Ramazzotti - Posti in piedi in paradiso e Il cuore grande delle ragazze
 Carolina Crescentini - L'industriale
 Donatella Finocchiaro - Terraferma
 Claudia Gerini - Il mio domani e Com'è bello far l'amore
 Valeria Golino - La kryptonite nella borsa
2013: Jasmine Trinca - Miele e Un giorno devi andare
 Margherita Buy - Viaggio sola
 Laura Chiatti - Il volto di un'altra
 Laura Morante - Appartamento ad Atene
 Kasia Smutniak - Benvenuto Presidente! e Tutti contro tutti
2014: Kasia Smutniak - Allacciate le cinture
 Valeria Bruni Tedeschi - Il capitale umano
 Celeste Casciaro - In grazia di Dio
 Paola Cortellesi - Sotto una buona stella
 Valeria Golino - Come il vento
2015: Margherita Buy - Mia madre
 Ambra Angiolini - La scelta
 Paola Cortellesi - Scusate se esisto!
 Alba Rohrwacher - Hungry Hearts e Vergine giurata
 Jasmine Trinca - Nessuno si salva da solo
2016: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi e Micaela Ramazzotti - La pazza gioia
 Paola Cortellesi - Gli ultimi saranno ultimi
 Sabrina Ferilli - Io e lei
 Valeria Golino - Per amor vostro
 Monica Guerritore - La bella gente
2017: Jasmine Trinca - Fortunata
Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Micaela Ramazzotti - La tenerezza
Isabella Ragonese - Sole cuore amore e Il padre d'Italia
Sara Serraiocco - Non è un paese per giovani e La ragazza del mondo
Greta Scarano - La verità sta in cielo e Smetto quando voglio - Masterclass
2018: Elena Sofia Ricci - Loro
Valeria Golino, Alba Rohrwacher - Figlia mia
Lucia Mascino - Amori che non sanno stare al mondo
Giovanna Mezzogiorno  - Napoli velata
Luisa Ranieri - Veleno
2019: Anna Foglietta - Un giorno all'improvviso
 Marianna Fontana - Capri-Revolution
 Micaela Ramazzotti - Una storia senza nome
 Thony - Momenti di trascurabile felicità
 Pina Turco - Il vizio della speranza

Anni 2020-2029
2020: Jasmine Trinca – La dea fortuna
Giovanna Mezzogiorno – Tornare
Micaela Ramazzotti – Gli anni più belli
Lunetta Savino – Rosa
Lucia Sardo – Picciridda
2021: Teresa Saponangelo - Il buco in testa
 Valeria Bruni Tedeschi - Gli indifferenti
 Valeria Golino - Fortuna e Lasciami andare
 Alba Rohrwacher - Lacci
 Daphne Scoccia - Palazzo di giustizia
 2022: Teresa Saponangelo – È stata la mano di Dio
 Claudia Gerini – Mancino naturale
 Aurora Giovinazzo – Freaks Out
 Miriam Leone – Diabolik
 Benedetta Porcaroli – La scuola cattolica e L'ombra del giorno
 Kasia Smutniak – 3/19

Attrici pluripremiate

Note

Voci correlate
David di Donatello per la migliore attrice protagonista
Globo d'oro alla miglior attrice

Collegamenti esterni

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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -- Sophomore left fielder Tanner Piechnick (Canonsburg, Pa.) hit two home runs, but the Ohio baseball team (11-9, 0-1 MAC) fell to Bowling Green (5-16, 1-0 MAC), 6-4, in its 2018 Mid-American Conference opener on Friday (March 23) at Steller Field.
The Bobcats overcame an early 3-0 deficit to even the score but the Falcons plated three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to secure the victory in game one of the three-game weekend set.
Piechnick, who drove in three of Ohio's four runs, recorded the first multi-homer game of his career and his fourth multi-hit game of the season. Senior third baseman Tony Giannini (Carmel, Ind.) tallied his sixth multi-hit effort of the year, going 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Bowling Green jumped out to a quick lead with three runs in the bottom of the first. Redshirt junior right fielder recorded the first hit of the contest with a one-out double to right. After junior designated hitter Brad Croy followed by coaxing a walk, senior first baseman Randy Righter drove in the game's first run with a double to left that brought home Scott. Croy scored the Falcons' second run on an RBI ground out by senior second baseman Derek Drewes, then junior third baseman Cam Daugherty gave Bowling Green a 3-0 lead when he sent a single to center to score Righter.
The Bobcats wasted little time cutting into Bowling Green's advantage thanks to one swing of the bat by Piechnick. Giannini set the table with a one-out single through the left side, and Piechnick followed with a two-run dinger to left to make it a one-run game.
Ohio evened the score in the top of the fourth. Junior first baseman Rudy Rott (Holmen, Wis.) hit a leadoff double, then scored one out later when Giannini lifted a sacrifice fly to right.
Unfortunately for the Bobcats, Bowling Green took advantage of some two-out lightning in the sixth to take a 6-3 lead. Daugherty led off the frame by drawing a walk, and sophomore center fielder Jake Wilson followed with a single to center. Two outs later, the bases were full of Falcons after junior shortstop Neil Lambert drew a walk. Scott cashed in on the opportunity with a two-RBI single to center that drove in Daugherty and Wilson. After Croy drew another walk to reload the bases for Bowling Green, Lambert scampered home on a wild pitch to make it a three-run advantage for the Falcons.
Ohio made it a two-run game again when Piechnick hit a two-out solo shot to left in the top of the ninth, but that's as close as the Bobcats got.
Scott led Bowling Green's bats with a 2-for-3 effort that included two RBIs and a run scored. Righter doubled, singled, drove in a run and scored another. Daugherty finished 2-for-3 with a walk, an RBI and a run scored. Wilson also put together a multi-hit day for the Falcons, collecting two singles.
Redshirt senior southpaw starting pitcher Gerry Salisbury (Brunswick, Ohio) struck out five in 5.2 innings of work on the mound for Ohio but surrendered six earned runs on eight hits and three walks. He was tagged with the pitching defeat, falling to 2-4 on the year. Freshman righty Eddie Kutt (Westlake, Calif.) tossed 1.1 scoreless innings of relief, giving up two hits and a walk. Redshirt junior right-hander Nick Kamrada (Grand Ledge, Mich.) threw one scoreless frame.
Senior right-handed starting pitcher Zac Carey earned the win on the mound for Bowling Green, improving to 2-2 on the season. He struck out five over seven frames while giving up three earned runs on five hits. Senior lefty Kody Brown notched his first save of the year, striking out one while permitting one earned run on one hit over two innings of relief.
Ohio will look to even the series on Saturday (March 24) when it takes on Bowling Green in a 1:05 p.m. ET contest at Steller Field. 'Voice of the Bobcats' Russ Eisenstein and Max McDulin will have the call of the action on WOUB 1340 AM and online on OhioBobcats.com via Stretch Internet. Redshirt senior right-hander Michael Klein (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) is scheduled to get the start on the hill for the Bobcats and oppose freshman left-hander David Stopp of the Falcons.


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Piri Reis – A 500 Year Old Map
Human history is quite an enigma. We know so little, and much of what we think we know seems to be highly questionable in the wake of new evidence, as well as pre-existing information that challenges our current understanding of the world.
Our world is no stranger to unexplained mystery, and there are numerous examples of verified phenomenon, ancient monuments, books, teachings, understandings and more that lack any explanation and counter what we've already been taught. We are like a race with amnesia, able to put together small bits and pieces of our history yet unable to provide any sort of verified explanation. There are still many missing pieces to the puzzle.
One great example is the Piri Reis map, a genuine document that was re-made (copied from older documents) at Constantinople in AD 1513, and discovered in 1929. It focuses on the western coast of Africa, the eastern coast of South America, and the northern coast of Antarctica. It was drawn by the military intelligence of Admiral Piri Reis of the Ottoman era. He is a well-known historical figure whose identity is well established. The Admiral made a copy of it, and the original was drawn based on documents that date back to at least the fourth century BC, and on information obtained by multiple explorers.
Why The Map Is So Compelling
Right off the bat, one of the most compelling facts about the map is that it includes a continent that our history books tell us was not discovered until 1818.
Secondly, the map depicts what is known as "Queen Maud Land," a 2.7 million-square-kilometer (1 million sq mi) region of Antarctica as it looked millions of years ago. This region and other regions shown on the map are thought to have been covered completely in ice, but the map tells a different story. It shows this area as ice free, which suggests that these areas passed through a long ice-free period which might not have come to an end until approximately six thousand years ago, which again, totally goes against what is taught and currently believed. Today, geological evidence has confirmed that this area could not have been ice-free until about 4000 BC.
Official science has been saying all along that the ice-cap which covers the Antarctic is millions of years old. The Piri Reis map shows that the northern part of that continent has been mapped before the ice did cover it. This means that it was mapped a million years ago, but that's impossible, since mankind did not exist at that time. Quite the conundrum isn't it?
Professor Charles Hapgood, who was a university history professor, wrote to the United States Air Force Reconnaissance Technical Squadron (SAC) and they also confirmed that"this indicates the coastline had been mapped before it was covered by the ice-cap." (1) They also went on to state that "we have no idea how the data on this map can be reconciled with the supposed state of geographical knowledge in 1513." (1) (The reply was from Harold Z. Ohlmeyer, a Lt Colonel, USAF)
Here's what Professor Charles Hapgood had to say about it:
"It appears that accurate information has been passed down from people to people. It appears that the charts must have originated with a people unknown and they were passed on, perhaps by the Minoans and the Phoenicians, who were, for a thousand years and more, the greatest sailors of the ancient world. We have evidence that they were collected and studied in the great library of Alexandria (Egypt) and that compilations of them were made by the geographers that worked there." (1)
Furthermore, the map is very detailed and includes mountain ranges in the Antarctic. which were not even discovered until 1952.
"His idea is original, of great simplicity, and – if it continues to prove itself – of great importance to everything that is related to the history of the Earth's surface." – Einstein on Hapgood's interpretations of the map (1)(2) (From a forward Einstein wrote for Hapgood in one of his books)
Hapgood and mathematician Richard W. Strachan have also provided more mind-boggling information. For example, a comparison with modern day photographs that are taken from satellite images shows remarkable similarities; the originals of Piri Reis' maps might well have been aerial photographs taken from a very high height. (2) I'll let you think about that for a second. How is that possible for a map that was made millions of years ago?
"A spaceship hovers high above Cairo and points its camera straight downward. When the film is developed, the following picture would emerge: everything that is in a radius of about 5,000 miles of Cairo is reproduced correctly, because it lies directly below the lens. But the countries and continents become increasingly distorted the farther we move our eyes from the center of the picture. Why is this? Owing to the spherical shape of the earth, the continents away from the center "sink downward." South America, for example, appears strangely distorted length-ways, exactly as it does on the Piri Reis maps! And exactly as it does on the photographs taken from the American lunar probes." – (Erich Von Daniken 92)
Changing Our View of The Past
The fact that this ancient map could have been made with some sort of arial technology is quite a thought, isn't it? Even if this isn't an option, who had the technology to undertake such an accurate geographical survey in Antarctica a couple million years ago? How would they have known to detail the map as if it were taken from above, with knowledge about the earth's shape?
It remains a mystery how the Sumerians, Mayans, and others were aware of bodies in space that are impossible to detect without modern technology, and were able to make calculations based on that awareness. This map is another example of just such a mystery, and suggests that the existence of some sort of ancient advanced civilization, with all the tools (or possibly more) of modern day civilization, is indeed plausible.
For more detailed information regarding this truly fascinating map, I suggest you check out source # 1 for starters.
I'd also like to mention that this map is part of a very large body of evidence suggesting that extremely intelligent, very advanced ancient civilizations once roamed the Earth.
by Arjun Walia
If you like this post, then you should know about a new research shows that the Chinese were present in North America 70 years before Columbus. Learn more, here.
(1) Hancock, Graham. Fingerprints of the Gods: Canada: Anchor Canada, 2005
(2) Daniken, Erich. Chariots of The Gods. New York: Berkley Books, 1970
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Runner Sees Opponent About To Collapse And Stops To Help Him Cross The Finish Line.
Corinne Sanders
True sportsmanship isn't about being the best athlete or even winning. It's the sense of fellowship forged between teammates and competitors by their shared love of the sport.
The world saw a beautiful example of just that on the opening day of the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, this September. Guinea-Bissau runner Braima Suncar Dabo was in the final lap of the men's 5,000-meter heats when he saw his opponent, Jonathan Busby of Aruba, about to collapse.
The temperature on the track was 99 degrees but felt closer to 122. And the track's air conditioning vents were switched off as to not affect runners' performances. Without a second thought, Braima stopped to wrap his arm around Jonathan and help him finish.
Everyone in the stands rose to their feet, touched by the gesture of friendship. Their cheers grew deafening as the pair got closer and closer to the finish line. When they crossed it together, the crowd went wild.
The next day, Jonathan got the chance to thank his new friend.
"You're the biggest man with the biggest heart," he told Braima before the two shared a heartfelt embrace.
But to Braima, the choice to stop and help was an easy one.
"I had my goals to represent my country as well as possible," Braima told reporters. "We were the only ones on the track and I thought it was better to help him than to get past him. I think anyone in that situation would do the same."
Braima may not have beaten his personal record that day, but he definitely became a hero. And helping others is always a win in our book.
Check out more footage of Braima's selfless act below, and be sure to share this sweet example of sportsmanship.
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Mahmud of Ghazna
(971–1030). The Central Asian kingdom of Ghazna included what is now Afghanistan and part of northern Iran. Under the leadership of Sultan Mahmud in the 11th century, it expanded to incorporate northwestern India and most of Iran. Mahmud was the first warrior to carry the flag of Islam into India; yet he did not impose his religion on his subjects. His expeditions served to introduce Islamic culture into India.
Mahmud was born in 971, the son of a Turkish slave who became king of Ghazna in 977. When Mahmud came to the throne in 998, he determined to expand the kingdom. Altogether he carried out 17 military expeditions in India. By 1008 he had taken over the Punjab region and was able to advance farther southward. His last invasion was in 1024. The last years of his reign were spent fighting the Central Asian tribes threatening Ghazna. At the same time, Mahmud became a patron of the arts. He rebuilt his capital and encouraged scholars and artists to live at his court. He died on about April 30, 1030.


One-pot dishes aren't just for the colder autumn and winter months, this recipe for white beans and spring greens is light and packed full of fresh, spring flavours.
Add the onion and fry for 3 minutes until soft, then add the crushed garlic and fry for another 30 seconds.
Tip in the chopped tomatoes and stock. Bring to a simmer and cook for 20 minutes until thick.
Add the cannellini beans and rosemary, and season.
Cook for 5 minutes, then add the spring greens and cook until tender, adding a splash more stock if it needs it.
Rub the sourdough toasts with the garlic clove half, sprinkle with a little more chopped rosemary and serve with the stew.


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I first worked in a wine shop in 1970, helping out at Christmas time. As an impressionable young man, I found it fascinating enough to inspire a life-long interest. One of the things I remember was the different bottle sizes, something that would be inconceivable in today's standardised world. I was reminded of this when I picked up Alex Lichine's Encyclopaedia of Wines and Spirits, 1967 vintage, sorry, edition. I thought the appendix on bottle sizes it would interest our reader, as it did me.
I list all the sizes designated as bottles below.
German 70cl; Alsace 72cl; Anjou 75cl; Beaujolais 75cl; Bordeaux 75cl; Burgundy 75cl; USA 75.72cl; Port 75.75cl; Sherry 75.75cl; Champagne 80cl.
The last three were also called Quarts which meant that, for Champagne, a half bottle was 40cl, also called a Pint (Two pints making one quart, remember?). Didn't Pol Roger make a pint of Champagne – and are thinking of doing so again.
Why was 75cl (mostly French regions) decided upon as the standard? How did all the 0.072 and 0.075 sizes come about (local glass blowing, perhaps?). Why was the three-quarter litre size adopted instead of the half and full litre?
Other interesting names were a Pot of Beaujolais (50cl), a Fillette of Bordeaux (37.5 cl), a Marie-Jeanne of Bordeaux (250cl), a Split of Champagne (20cl), the wonderfully named Tappit Hen of Port (227 cl). The US called their half bottles Tenths and their bottles Fifths.
Dear reader – if you're still awake – think how the supermarkets would love this array of sizes on their shelves.
More gems from the old book later.
[Richard: when I started drinking wine in Nottingham Rioja could be bought in 210cl bottles. And one peculiarity still exists – Chateau-Chalon (and certain other wines from the Jura) which uses 62cl bottles called clavelins. Not, as you might uncharitably assume, to rip off the consumer but because, apparently, that is what 100cl of wine evaporates to in 6 and a quarter years, which is the minimum ageing period for the appellation. Sold by the Wine Society, but I've never tried it. However the grape used – savignan – is also used to make vin jaune, also sold in 62cl bottles, a rather sherry like wine which I recall we tasted once, without blogging.
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The American term 'Indian giver' describes someone who presents a gift and asks for its return. I bought Richard this wine a few years back and, last Sunday, he presented it for us both to taste; it had been decanted 30 minutes, I tasted it blind. The wine was an '06 La Reserve Leoville Barton, the 'baby brother' of a well-known St Julien 2nd growth Chateau Leoville Barton and, therefore, has some pedigree.
Intense red in colour, it had a very slightly brown rim. The aromas were dominated by vanilla and dark fruits, particularly damsons and plums rather than blackcurrant. There was an appealing freshness and slight spice to the nose but it was difficult to pick as Cabernet Sauvignon. Information about the blend is difficult to find. The palate was pleasantly tannic – expected of a claret – but without any particular characteristics. 'Too young?' is what I noted but I don't think it will develop and change greatly. I would describe it as pleasant, but no more.
With it's distinctive white pepper aroma Syrah is an easily identifiable grape. This wine was so peppery – in the taste as well – that I thought it must be French. However, had I pondered a bit longer I might have identified a rather bright character, with no heaviness, which would point away from the Rhone with its high temperatures towards, say New Zealand. And so it proved (Quarter Acre 2011, Hawke's Bay, from M&S). A very nice wine with an easy to drink, tempting, spicy taste, if a little short. Recommended.
[Geoff: this wine scored well in the recent Decanter awards, hence my purchase (£15). I liked its bold peppery smells and taste – as R. points out. Can see it being a 'crowd pleaser' and good value. Very enjoyable.
One family have managed and owned this vineyard since two years before the French Revolution which, considering the French laws of inheritance, is a feat in itself. Situated in the heart of the Coteaux du Layon, south of the Loire below Angers, this is a wine well-known for its sweetness and, surprisingly Richard liked it!
The Chenin Blanc grapes are harvested early (20%) for acidity, the balance being picked when the grapes have developed sweetness and it this superb balance of the sugars and acids which makes the wine so attractive. The wine is kept – in bottle – for 10 years before release thereby maintaining freshness as it slowly matures over the long period. The result – a beautifully balanced wine of 14% ABV which is a delight to drink.
Colour? Think Lucozade, deep orange, but bright as a button and with minimal viscosity.
Aromas? Slightly oxidised, slightly toffee, not particularly complex.
Taste? Sweet honey, long, acidity for freshness, light weight and relatively simple, beautifully made.
Absolutely superb with the salty andsweet Dolcellate which brings out its richness. Not so good with salty Roquefort as it makes the cheese appear acidic.
Great experience. A dessert island wine.
Quinta do Vale Meao is sited in the Upper Douro region of Portugal, a region that is inhospitable to most life forms apart from the growing of vines. Minimal soil, 60 degree slopes of unstable schist, 100 F. heat and malaria are all to be found in this region. Those elements plus a sparse infrastructure (until recently) have kept this area relatively poor. If the Bordeaux chateaux is one end of the vineyard spectrum these Portuguese farms are at the other. But, times they are a changin'.
We gathered round two glasses of the 2009 vintage Q. do Vale Meao last Sunday. We saw intense colours of blood red – 'brooding' seemed apposite – with considerable viscosity (14.5%) and smelt aromatic black fruits, lifted by acidity lending the wine some freshness. The palate was certainly weighty, tannic and dry with a medium length but still attractively fruity. This was a big wine in every sense yet not overly rustic. Certainly one to enjoy with strong flavoured foods but I liked its definite character; it proclaimed its region well.
Grapes? A blend of Touriga Nacional 57%, Touriga Franca 35%, Tinta Barroca 5%, Tinta Roriz 3%.
The WS blend is 45% Chardonnay, 35% Pinot Meunier with Pinot Noir making the balance thereby producing a surprisingly gentle drink. The mousse was very fine in the pale straw coloured wine and had no hint of green, which suggested older rather than younger wines. This was confirmed by the distinctly rich caramel nose redolent of a vintage champagne. The palate was definitely dry, however, with an almost salty quality and of medium length. Although uncomplicated, with slightly bruised apple flavours, this was a lovely champagne and gentleness was its abiding characteristic. Many cheap champagnes – and some expensive ones for that matter – can be very aggressive in terms of bubbles and acidity but Jean de Foigny can definitely be excluded from that dubious category. Definitely recommended.
Some wines, like Chateau Musar or Vina Tondonia are generally easy to spot from the aroma. Another is (most) white burgundy. And so it was that I confidently pronounced this wine (Saint-Aubin Champs Tirant, 2014) as such, despite it being opened twenty-four hours and double decanted. As it turned out I've got a bottle, as yet undrunk, Geoff having picked up a few marked down in Waitrose. A classic supple, spicy nose, with a hint of struck match, rich smooth mouth-feel followed by a complex lemony taste. A bargain at the reduced price of £16.99.


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Q: Why does my Minecraft say "Bad login" When I try to log into Minecraft it connects online and my skin is there in single player but when I try to go onto a server it says bad login (If I try to login on Minecraft.net it lets me)

A: The Mojang Minecraft servers are down or having instability issues right now. It affects everyone.
For private servers owners can (temporary) set online-mode to false in the server properties file. That will then skip the check, but it will also open up for trouble: Hacked clients and users can login under other users names.
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I've been sampling a couple of recent Serge Lutens releases and I thought it would make sense to group them together for a write-up. So here we are!
Notes: artemisia, bergamot, pepper, fruity notes, Egyptian balsam, resins, caramel, cumin, leather, and patchouli.
This one opens green and bitter from the artemisia. It almost smells like celery to my nose. It's green and vegetal. It's an odd opening, even by Serge Lutens standards, and yet I keep applying it just to smell that strange, bitter artemisia.
The composition quickly settles into a more typical Lutens dried fruit note and a beautiful resin note. I've never smelled this particular Egyptian balsam before, but it's very smooth and a little bit aromatic. It blends with the vegetal artemisia, creating a harmonious green, balsamic scent.
This scent is named after my least favorite tense to conjugate in French and it seems that Christopher Sheldrake and Serge Lutens purposely composed this one to recall some older Lutens releases. Perfume aficionados will know that Uncle Serge has had some, shall we say, eccentric releases in recent times. (I couldn't get on with Dent de Lait at all.) Le Participe Passé is more similar to some older Lutens orientals, like Ambre Sultan. But there is the unique artemisia opening here, making Le Participe Passé its own scent and not just a copy of previous classics.
Notes: gingerbread, powdery notes, tangerine, castoreum, osmanthus, woody notes.
This one is right in the Serge Lutens wheelhouse of warm, wintery, festive scents that just call out to be worn around the holidays. It has some similarities to two of my Serge Lutens staples: Five O'Clock au Gingembre and Fille en Aiguilles.
Baptême du Feu opens with a zingy orange citrus note and a warm gingerbread note that draws you in. The osmanthus functions as an undercurrent holding everything up until the castoreum comes in. And we must talk about the castoreum here because it is of course, an animalic, and it's not subtle. To me, castoreum smells like a rich, black leather with a dank and oily undercurrent, which is really where the animalic nature comes out. If you don't like animalic notes, steer clear of Baptême du Feu. The castoreum heart lasts for a good three hours on me before fading to a more approachable woody base note.
Baptême du Feu is rich with a lot of depth. It has foody gourmand notes sprinkled throughout the composition without ever turning into a gourmand like Jeux de Peau. It's very grown-up and contemplative, but also some sensuality. I think this is the type of scent that a lot of people are looking for from Serge Lutens.
Both Baptême du Feu and Le Participe Passé are available from Serge Lutens. I got my samples from Luckyscent.
The info on notes is from Fragrantica.
These both sound interesting but I am so behind on testing even the older Serge Lutens…still haven't tried 5 O'clock!
Serge Lutens was one of the brands I really clicked with when I first got into perfume so I sampled quite a lot early on. There are other brands I'm way behind on!
I think I smelled Baptême du Feu on paper but I'm not 100% sure. I'm not a huge SL fan (though I have enough perfumes from this house in my collection that I love and enjoy wearing), so I'm not in a hurry to get to try anything new, especially with their new sizes. But I'll get to them eventually.
Baptême du Feu in particular is worth testing! But, I agree, I'm not a fan of the new bottles or the pricing. I'm glad to have sampled these two but I'm in no rush to make any new SL purchases.
definitely worth testing…and I think some of the older bottles are quite inexpensive on the discount sites.
Yes — and someone said old SL bottles have even been popping up at TK Maxx in the U.K. I haven't spotted one yet at TJ Maxx here but that would be amazing!


Over the years i've used a lot of technology. As of recent, the most commonly used and most cherished is my phone. Recently I have upgraded from a Palm Pixi (which was awesome when it first showed its face) to a Samsung Epic 4G w/ Android. I must tell you this. This is by far the best phone I had ever used. The only downfall to the phone is the slide out keyboard. Sometimes i'll hit keys and the letters don't show up. I've been using swype for the most part regardless.
The real purpose for this post is for the lone fact of the operating system found on the phone. The phone is built with an operating system built by Google known as Android. It's a fantastic os, and I really don't think they could have done much better regarding all of the features. Some of the built in software is annoying to use (e-mail is buggy), so you just get something from the android marketplace or amazon appstore (K-9 Mail replaced the e-mail app) at a low or no cost.
I can't rave enough about this thing, and i'm really glad I made the upgrade. I just wish the keyboard was a little better.


We didn't forget your favorite part of the show, just make sure to check out Part 1 for the details on the Drink of the Day.
The Ural motorcycle has the "feeling of a motorcycle with the storage of a station wagon." It handles the elements well and even has a reverse. You can have a chance to ride one on Saturday, September 8 as part of International Ural Ride Day!
Make sure you obey all traffic laws and check out this video on how to ride with passengers.
Ren's dream car: a 1989 or 1990 Jeep Grand Wagoneer Woody. He did have one at one point.
Ren ended up selling his Jeep, and upgraded to this baby: 1984 Chrysler Lebaron Wagon.
Maybe 'upgrade' isn't quite the right word, but Cam saw this car during his recent trip to Disneyland and thought Ren might like it.
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Myosin VIIA and Rab interacting protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYRIP gene.

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The golden light awakens you.
Nightmares fade, fizzling away, back into your brain's nether regions, dying alongside discarded ideas and forgotten memories. Warm drool runs down the side of your mouth but you are unable to move. Your face feels numb, due to your cheek pressed against the cold glass. The tinnitus in your ears stops, replaced by the sound of reality. The hum of Volvo's engine, the friction of road and air, enters your awareness. You open your eyes wide enough to squint, focusing on the countryside sweeping by outside.
For a moment, reality is a blur.
You attempt to move your head and are relieved it moves with little pain. Your arm is cramped and your neck feels broken, but you know this is temporary. The breaking dawn illuminates the single lane road, winding around a chain of hills. A clump of trees obscures the misty valley beyond, sending intermittent shafts of copper light onto your face. Once the trees have gone by, you marvel at the spectacle, at the amber clouds cruising along the horizon, at the Auburn fields, smothered with whispers of mist, rolling up and down between chestnut forests.
Tears form in the corners of your eyes, but the chill dries them before they could sully your reputation. You look ahead, out to where the road straightens out into the broadening valley, cutting through open farmland. Aside from the old Volvo, no other traffic traversed the road.
"Check out the valley of God," says a voice.
Without moving your head too much, you look at the driver. With the angle of the sun low, the windscreen is saturated with sunlight.
You remain quiet, nothing he says antagonises you anymore.
"No, I'm not," You shut your eyes and try to sleep, feeling you still have some sleep left in you.
"I get a little overzealous sometimes," says Trevor.
You refuse to react to his words, hoping to avert a discussion.
you think as you try again to ignore him.
You don't respond, praying to the same dumbass God for some respite.
You spend a moment contemplating the gravity of his words and attitude. Pulling out the folded country map, the one you had ripped out from the dog-eared copy of the 55th Edition Gregory's, you flip it around until you find the road you are traversing. "Pull over at the next truck stop."
"From memory, I think it's less than an hour."
Trevor suddenly appears agitated. "Just five minutes, man." He slows and steers the Volvo onto the gravel. You say nothing, sitting in the Volvo 850's worn faux leather seat, allowing him to stop, climb out, get his camera bag, and begin setting up. By the time Trevor is ready to adjust the focal length of his lens, the layers of mist have dissipated and the sun's light has lost its golden lustre.


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MSG: More than just a food additive
By Yella Hewings-Martin, Ph.D. on July 28, 2017
If you find yourself wondering what the source of the delicious savory taste in your takeout food is, look no further than "umami," or the fifth taste. Often achieved by the addition of monosodium glutamate, controversy has surrounded this food additive for decades.
Monosodium glutamate is commonly used as a flavor enhancer in food, but it also has crucial functions in the brain and the gut.
Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, a nonessential amino acid. High levels of MSG are naturally found in a range of food sources, including seaweed, soy sauce, parmesan cheese, tomatoes, and breast milk.
The uniquely savory flavor associated with these foods is called "umami," which is now widely accepted as the fifth taste.
Interestingly, glutamic acid itself does not have umami flavoring, but MSG in food activates glutamate receptors in the taste buds. These transmit signals to distinct regions of the brain, causing the characteristic taste.
But does MSG have a role beyond creating taste sensations? And why is there ongoing controversy over using MSG as a food additive?
Glutamate in the body
Your stomach and gut lining are rich in glutamate receptors. MSG and other forms of glutamate are absorbed through interaction with these receptors. Once in the gut, glutamate is either broken down to act as fuel, or incorporated into other molecules.
Glutamate is also an essential neurotransmitter in the brain. However, dietary glutamate is believed to be unable to cross the blood-brain barrier, suggesting that all brain glutamate is created there.
But there is evidence from studies in mice that the blood-brain barrier in newborns is immature, and that some glutamate can pass into the brain. High levels of glutamate injected into newborn mice caused significant brain damage.
A recent study showed that high levels of MSG also caused severe effects in fruit flies, leading to premature death in a significant number of them.
While the levels used in these studies far exceed normal daily consumption reported among humans, it is important to point out that restaurants and food manufacturers are not required to declare the levels of MSG added to food.
So is it safe for us to consume MSG?
'Generally recognized as safe'
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have classified MSG as "generally recognized as safe."
In 1907, scientist Kikunae Ikeda, a professor at the University of Tokyo in Japan, was the first to extract MSG from seaweed. Nowadays, MSG is produced by fermentation of carbohydrates, in a process likened to making yogurt and wine by the FDA.
The FDA require food manufacturers to list MSG as a component. But ingredients such as hydrolyzed vegetable protein, autolyzed yeast, soy extract, and protein isolate also contain naturally occurring MSG.
The MSG controversy
But what about MSG symptom complex? The controversy surrounding the use of MSG in food – mostly in processed and pre-packaged food – is ongoing.
Consumption of MSG has been linked to itching, hyperactivity, headache, and swelling of the tongue and throat, in what is known as MSG symptom complex.
Most studies fail to establish an association between MSG consumption and any physiological symptoms. However, some clinical reports do show a link.
Therefore, the question of whether MSG is at the root of adverse food reactions or whether there is another culprit, especially in today's highly processed foods, remains to be answered.
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