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The Mfecane 1816-28
The rise of the Zulu empire under its warlike king Shaka (r.1816 -28) sent shock waves throughout southern Africa, triggering mass migrations of refugee peoples. Known as the Mfecane (`to be weak from hunger'), these upheavals completely rearranged the pattern of settlement in southern Africa and left vast areas depopulated. The Zulu belong to the Nguni, the most southerly branch of the Bantu-speaking peoples. As a result of the Mfecane the Nguni are now widespread throughout southern Africa, inhabiting Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia, Tanzania and South Africa.
Place to visit: Blenheim Palace
Blenheim Palace: a magnificent rival to Versailles. Blenheim is only a few miles out of Oxford at the edge of the little town of Woodstock. It was built on land given to John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough, by Queen Anne to celebrate his victory over the French at Blenheim in 1704. His success prevented Louis XIV from dominating Continental Europe and, as his descendant Winston Churchill wrote, 'changed the political axis of the world'. Vanbrugh was commissioned to design a palace suitable for the hero, and £240,000 was voted for it by Parliament.
The end of the gladiators
In AD 350 the gladiatorial games were as popular, magnificent and widespread as they had ever been. An unbroken history of development and adaptation stretching back some 600 years lay behind the combats. A century later not a single gladiator, lanista or munus was to be found anywhere. For an institution that had survived for so long and been so popular to disappear so completely was dramatic indeed.
Hawara mummies
Hawara mummies created a sensation when they were discovered, and in 1997 visitors to the British Museum found the first major exhibition of the mummy portraits from the Fayum very disquieting. Some burst into tears, some had to leave, unable to bear the clear bright gaze of the living dead.
The ascent of the Medieval Serbia
The main stages in the development and expansion of the Serbian States were also stages in its relationship with the Byzantine Empire, and each one represented a struggle: for independence under the Nemanja, for the heart of the Macedonian Balkans since the time of Milutin, and for hegemony over the Balkan peninsula in Dušan's time. During each of these periods, Serbia's progress was conditioned by the contrasting and gradual decline of Byzantium.

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Illinois General Assembly: SB651 actions on Aug. 27
The following actions were taken on Aug. 27 in the Senate on Senate bill SB651 ("alternative elec/gas suppliers"): "Public Act . . . . . . . . .", "Effective Date January" and "Governor Approved".
Illinois General Assembly: HB921 actions on July 12
The following actions were taken on July 12 in the House on House bill HB921 ("sch cd-ed support personnel"): "Public Act . . . . . . . . ." and "Governor Approved".
The following actions were taken on July 12 in the House on House bill HB331 ("expressway safety act-cameras"): "Public Act . . . . . . . . ." and "Governor Approved".
Illinois General Assembly: SB39 actions on July 12
The following actions were taken on July 12 in the Senate on Senate bill SB39 ("prop tx-police and fire"): "Public Act . . . . . . . . ." and "Governor Approved".
The following actions were taken on May 28 in the House on Senate bill SB456 ("sch cd-employment-offenders"): "Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Grant Wehrli", "Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Nathan D. Reitz", "Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lawrence Walsh, Jr.", "Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Monica Bristow", "Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason", "Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michae
The following actions were taken on May 28 in the House on Senate bill SB651 ("alternative elec/gas suppliers"): "Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate", "Second Reading - Short Debate", "Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate", "Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Public Utilities Committee", "House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Public Utilities Committee(by Voice Vo
The following actions were taken on May 16 in the House on House bill HB921 ("sch cd-ed support personnel"): "Passed Both Houses", "Third Reading - Passed" and "Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.".
Illinois General Assembly: SB1813 actions on May 29
The following actions were taken on May 29 in the House on Senate bill SB1813 ("credit union act-various"): "Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate", "Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Financial Institutions Committee" and "House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Financial Institutions Committee(by Voice Vote".
The following actions were taken on May 22 in the House on House bill HB3113 ("no copay-dermatology exam"): "Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s", "Arrived in House", "Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a", "Third Reading - Passed", "Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading", "Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted(Fine", "Recalled to Second Reading" a
The following actions were taken on May 22 in the House on House bill HB3097 ("dhs-medicaid-prescriber ed"): "Passed Both Houses" and "Third Reading - Passed".
The following actions were taken on May 17 in the House on House bill HB3468 ("health care-closed captioning"): "Passed Both Houses" and "Third Reading - Passed".
The following actions were taken on May 16 in the House on House bill HB2847 ("organ donor protections"): "Passed Both Houses" and "Third Reading - Passed".
The following actions were taken on May 23 in the House on House bill HB2152 ("mental health action on campus"): "Passed Both Houses", "Third Reading - Passed" and "Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Omar Aquino".
The following actions were taken on May 17 in the House on House bill HB2643 ("cancel contract seniors 15 day"): "Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachelle Crowe", "Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s" and "Arrived in House".
The following actions were taken on May 16 in the House on House bill HB1581 ("creditcard marketing taskforce"): "Passed Both Houses", "Third Reading - Passed", "Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins" and "Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.".
The following actions were taken on May 29 in the House on Senate bill SB456 ("sch cd-employment-offenders"): "House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments", "House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Iris Y. Martinez", "House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments", "House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed wit


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USA offers a high reward of up to $10M for info on DarkSide leading members
The US government offers up to a $10,000,000 reward for information leading to the identification or arrest of DarkSide gang members.
The US government wants to dismantle the DarkSide ransomware operation and its rebrands and it is offering up to a $10,000,000 reward for information leading to the identification or arrest of members of the gang in key leadership positions.
"The U.S. Department of State announces a reward offer of up to $10,000,000 for information leading to the identification or location of any individual(s) who hold(s) a key leadership position in the DarkSide ransomware variant transnational organized crime group." reads the official announcement published by the US Department of Statement. "In addition, the Department is also offering a reward offer of up to $5,000,000 for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction in any country of any individual conspiring to participate in or attempting to participate in a DarkSide variant ransomware incident."
The US Department of Statement also offers a $5,000,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of individuals who attempt to participate in a Darkside attack or an attack that is launched by one of its rebranded operations, such as BlackMatter.
DarkSide rebranded as BlackMater due to the pressure of international law enforcement after the attack that hit the Colonial Pipeline facility in May.
Yesterday, BleepingComputer reported that BlackMatter also shut down their operation after feeling "pressure from the authorities" and gang members going missing.
This week, the BlackMatter ransomware group has announced it is shutting down its operation due to pressure from local authorities. The announcement was published on the Ransomware-as-a-Service portal operated by the group used by the network of affiliates of the gang.
Cyber security group vx-underground published an image of the message and its translated version in English which states:
"Due to certain unsolvable circumstances associated with pressure from the authorities (part of the team is no longer available, after the latest news) – the project is closed. After 48 hours, the entire infrastructure will be turned off, it is allowed to:
-Issue mail to companies for further communication.-Get decryptors, for this write "give a decryptor" inside the company chat where they are needed.
We wish you all success, we were glad to work. "
The BlackMatter group launched its operations the end of July, the gang claims to be the successor of Darkside and REvil groups. Like other ransomware operations, BlackMatter also set up its leak site where it publishes data exfiltrated from the victims before encrypting their system.
The US government offers the reward as part of the Department of State's Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program (TOCRP).
"The Department manages the TOCRP in close coordination with our federal law enforcement partners as part of a whole of government effort to disrupt and dismantle transnational organized crime globally, including cybercrime. More than 75 transnational criminals and major narcotics traffickers have been brought to justice under the TOCRP and the Narcotics Rewards Program (NRP) since 1986. The Department has paid more than $135 million in rewards to date." concludes the announcement.
(Hackademicus – hacking, DarkSide)
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Studio 74 at the Exeter Phoenix was packed to its indie rafters for the event. And there were queues outside to try to catch the programme during another pulsating Two Short Nights film festival in the city.
The local talent screening had also managed to entice the filmmakers themselves to say a few words after their films.
Temperature seemed a common theme in their filmmaking travails. There were tales of cold times spent in various locations: the seaside, up a hill, and a bus stops. One of the filmmakers told of how they skulked in bushes trying to nab their editor. And the audience heard how difficult it is to get a second-hand coffin.
Not surprisingly, it was this screening that produced the Two Short Nights audience award winning film in the shape of Cut From Cloth.
Luckily, D&CFilm had managed to nab some of the filmmakers for few words. Here's a run down of the screening for the local talent and emerging filmmakers from across the South West.
Directed by Rebecca Gosnell, Gloria stars a Eileen Davies as the frail and resilient main character. It's 'a shocking portrait of one woman's fight against prejudice, grief, and loneliness'.
Resilience is stretched in Serpentine, Grace Fox's film about a Cornish fisherman coming to terms with a great loss. We spoke to Grace about Serpentine, covering issues of love, loss and grief.
Family relationships are under stress in Cut From Cloth directed by Tommy Gillard. This film picked up the audience award for the whole Two Short Nights 2018. We caught up with producer Simeon Costello to talk life and death issues.
A Somerset town doesn't seem a likely candidate for a new Area 51, but that doesn't stop brother and sister Cybil and Hammond in their search for aliens in Paddy Earle's Intelligent Life. We caught up with Paddy to talk about hope and dealing with scepticism.
Chris Jones, Guy Natanel and Benjie Croce share directing credit on This Is Phonic, the first film from their Preston Street Films production house. It's a fascinating look behind the scenes of Exeter's community radio Phonic FM, full of enthusiasm, passion and personalities. We chatted with Chris about the film and the wealth of human experience he found.
Resolutions sees two very different women find common ground at the end of New Year's Eve celebrations. Director Heidi Jones told us about the inspiration she finds through working with such talented people, and it certainly shows in the film.
A crisis situation is bad enough. Add to that a fatal accident, a talkative constable and an unwelcome guest and you've Sump, Mike Wozniak's comedy.
The Two Short Nights Local Talent encore screening is at the Exeter Phoenix on Sunday, December 16 at 1pm. Get your tickets on the Exeter Phoenix site.


Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, the current UK Chief of the Defence Staff, issued the stinging rebuke before taking on a key role in the alliance.
BRITAIN'S top military officer warned EU leaders plotting a new European Army not to "duplicate" NATO.
This month he won an election to become the next chairman of the military committee – NATO's top military post.
In his first interview since sealing the position, he said: "NATO is a collective security organisation.
"It has divisions, it has corps, it has aircraft, it has ships, it has submarines, it has a command and control structure.
"It has a proper sense of direction and leadership.
It comes after EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker this summer demanded EU nations step up military cooperation.
But Sir Stuart guaranteed British troops would get involved in EU missions in the future despite Brexit.
Sir Stuart also conceded there would be no new money for defence despite admitting the "security landscape has darkened", with new threats emerging from Russia and North Korea.
A review of defence is currently being conducted by Government amid fears the MoD has lost control of its budget.
Sir Stuart also conceded pay and conditions for troops must be improved to boost ailing recruitment.
The Royal Navy and the RAF were running at around 10 per cent short of their annual recruitment target, while the Army shortfall was over 30 per cent, according to a report commissioned by No 10.
Sir Stuart said: "I'd be wrong to say I'm not concerned, of course I am concerned.
He hinted some Royal Navy, Army and RAF units could be merged into joint forces to save money.


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A Tibetan butter lamps set is an iconic Buddhist symbol that has a ubiquitous presence in Tibetan Monasteries. The artisans of Patan, Nepal have supplied the monasteries with all their Tibetan ritual items for many centuries. As a result, when you purchase this Tibetan butter lamps set you can rest assured of it's quality. Traditionally, the Tibetan butter lamps were filled with clarified yak butter. However, in modern times this is often substituted with vanaspati ghee or vegetable oil. The purpose of the lamps is to illuminate darkness (ignorance) with light (wisdom).


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Born 1980; married. Education: Yale University, B.A., 2002.
Home—Los Angeles, CA.
Writer, novelist, and activist. Worked for the African Rainforest Conservancy.
AWARDS, HONORS:
Willets Prize and Meeker Prize, both from Yale University.
WRITINGS:
The Tourists (novel), Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2007.
SIDELIGHTS:
Author and Yale graduate Jeff Hobbs is an award-winning writer and conservation activist. For three years he worked with the African Rainforest Conservancy, a group dedicated to saving and preserving the ancient rainforests among the nine mountain ranges of southern Kenya and eastern Tanzania. While working with the group, Hobbs spent time at both the conservancy's New York headquarters and in Tanzania.
As a writer, Hobbs is also a protégé of noted Generation X writer Bret Easton Ellis, who provides a two-page foreword to his debut novel, The Tourists. The foreword allowed Ellis to 'lavish praise on the novel while also highlighting its flaws and taking credit for improving the dialogue, characters, and plot,' noted reviewer Charlotte Abbott in the Advocate.
Hobbs's experiences as a student at Yale help shape the background of The Tourists. The novel is a 'post-college tragedy,' a book 'about the growing population of well-educated young men and women for whom life after graduation is a tragedy,' commented reviewer Jon Baskin on the Small Spiral Notebook Web site. The unnamed twenty-nine-year-old narrator is a struggling writer in New York's East Village. In the face of the unrelenting necessity to survive, his college days at Yale seem like a lost Nirvana, glory days that he cannot reclaim but that he yearns for almost pathologically. The narrator's unrequited desires also include Samona Ashley, a beautiful biracial woman he knew in college. Samona is now married to stockbroker David Taylor, who was the narrator's teammate on the Yale track team. Though the narrator and Samona shared only a single kiss during a drunken fraternity party, that one moment, and the possibilities it represented, have haunted him for years. Similarly, the narrator's brief fling with bisexual designer Ethan Hoevel has also continued to occupy his mind, particularly since the brilliant Ethan also seduced both Samona and David.
"Like Ellis, Hobbs has a knack for conveying his characters' loneliness and quiet desperation,' Abbott observed. Though they have not yet reached the age of thirty, they look back on their college days and their perceived lost youth with a mournful nostalgia. In this context, Baskin observed that 'what alone rescues The Tourists as a worthwhile and compelling read is Hobbs's skillful enshrinement in his characters of the powerful nostalgia most evident in the narrator, and characteristic of a generation trained to view growing up as the ultimate horror.' The characters hope that they will escape their fate, or at least be able to cope with it, by maintaining themselves as the titular 'tourists,' forever on the move and unwilling to stop long enough to think about their situation. 'That growing up involves a foreshortening of options and requires commitment and hard work are verities they are reluctant, even terrified, to accept,' Baskin remarked.
BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:
Advocate, April 24, 2007, Charlotte Abbott, 'Nuances of a Love Quartet,' review of The Tourists, p. 58.
Kirkus Reviews, January 15, 2007, review of The Tourists, p. 43.
Africa Rainforest Conservancy Web site,http://www.africanrainforest.org/ (November 21, 2007).
Bookslut,http://www.bookslut.com/ (June, 2007), Elizabeth Bachner, review of The Tourists.
Simon & Schuster Web site,http://www.simonsays.com/ (November 21, 2007), biography of Jeff Hobbs.
Small Spiral Notebook, http://www.smallspiralnotebook.com/ (February 5, 2007), Jon Baskin, review of The Tourists.
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This guide is only relevant to those who have RCON.
To setup the server, you will want to rcon in like usual and then issue custom commands to set stuff up.
rcon startgame; run this when everyone is ready to play; will restart the map without disconnecting anyone.
In all cases for a war, you should setup a unique password using sv_password. Default ones are assigned, but use remote rcon to make it so that noone will disturb you.
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Check out PicMonkey's New Seattle HQ
by Mariah Joyce
Photo by Sarah Flotard.
A small startup in Seattle made a big change last summer.
In May of 2015, PicMonkey and its 32 employees moved from their traditional office to an open space with natural light, dry-erase writable walls, and views of the city in three directions. And so far? They seem to be loving it.
PicMonkey also wanted the news space to embody the company ethos of fun, energy, and creativity. To that end, they commissioned a central sculpture of a barrel of monkeys climbing the ceiling by artist Troy Gua, got conference tables that could be converted to ping pong tables, and made sure employees had a space set aside for quiet meditation.
Photo by Anthony Procissi.
What is the address of the project?
600 Stewart St., 19th floor, Seattle, WA 98101, on the top floor of the Plaza 600 building in downtown Seattle.
Who was the building architect?
Skanska Construction
Who was the interior architect/designer?
Eric Cobb
When was the project completed?
What is the total square footage?
Approximately 5,000 square feet.
What is the square footage per person?
Approximately 155 sf/person.
How many total employees are there and what's the daily population?
32 total employees.
What is the location's proximity to public transportation and other amenities?
Our office is located near the heart of Downtown Seattle's public transportation hub, by the Seattle Monorail, the Link Light Rail, the South Lake Union Streetcar and many King/Pierce County Transit bus lines.
A Pronto! Cycle Share station (for rental bikes) is also located in front of our building.
Which furniture brands/dealers were used? Please touch upon any notable products, how they were used, and if they solved a specific problem.
Office chairs: Knoll
Office tables: Door panels that have been repurposed
Furniture: Purchased from Inform Interiors in Seattle
Computer stands: Ergotron
Is there a mobile work or work-from-home policy or are most of the employees there all day every day?
Our employees work on-site for the most part, but since we are a startup, there is some flexibility to work from home.
What percentage of the space is unassigned?
PicMonkey is such a dynamic company that no space goes unused, but we certainly still have room to grow.
How is the company's brand reflected in the space?
The office features custom artwork from Troy Gua, including a barrel of monkeys climbing up to the ceiling. The office also has unique rooms like a "time travel pod" where employees can sleep or meditate.
Conference tables throughout the space can be converted to table tennis and half of the walls are dry erase writable; PicMonkey's new office ties back to the company's values of fun, energy and creativity.
What is the most unique feature about the new space?
The space has several unique features: 50 percent of our wall space is dry erase writable, the office offers incredible views of Downtown Seattle in three directions, including the Space Needle on the north side, and the space has a newly built Nabisco Graham Cracker Box-inspired privacy room.
What was the hardest aspect of change for people in moving from the former space?
The change of routine (i.e. changing the route of your morning commute, finding your new favorite spots), and adjusting to new rhythm of the space. For example: teams are now more spread out, instead of everyone sitting together.
Please talk about any other notable aspects of the project that make it unique.
PicMonkey's office faces south, west, and north with tall glass windows for some of Seattle's most of iconic views, including the Space Needle. A vintage NYC phone booth with a working 1940s phone can be seen in the main room, and a family room gives visitors a place to wait or stay in the office.
Mariah Joyce
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Rosh Hashana – Praying Like the Poor
Praying Like the Poor
by Rabbi Shaul Robinson
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Rabbi Shaul Robinson has served as the Senior Rabbi of Lincoln Square Synagogue since 2005. He received rabbinic ordination from Ohr Torah Stone's Joseph & Gwendolyn Straus Rabbinical Seminary.
We approach the Yemei HaDin and Yamim Noraim in a manner that would have been completely unthinkable last year. Around Purim time the world as we know it came screeching to a halt and has in no way returned to normal. Erev Rosh Hashana 5781 the world is divided into two spheres – places where the virus has returned, and places that live in fear of the virus returning.
The statement of chazal תכלה שנה וקללותיה seems particularly appropriate this year. In the Tochacha of Parshat Ki Tavo we read that terrible suffering come to the Jewish people
תַּ֗חַת אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹא־עָבַ֙דְתָּ֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ בְּשִׂמְחָ֖ה וּבְט֣וּב לֵבָ֑ב מֵרֹ֖ב כֹּֽל׃
What does Moshe Rabenu mean, particularly with the two seemingly extraneous words – 'mirov kol'? Although there are hundreds of answers to this question, I believe that this year we have all learned what the pshuoto shel mikra is. Because we had everything – every imaginable kind of blessing – precisely because we had so many blessings, we did not see them as blessings at all. We took them for granted, and never stopped to be grateful for them.
Psychologists speak about 'baseline happiness'. The idea that even people blessed with tremendous fortune soon begin to take everything for granted. A person may feel that if, for example, they win the lottery, they will be happy, and that happiness will last for the rest of their lives. But countless studies show that, in a matter of months a new 'baseline' begins to assert itself. The new found fortune is taken for granted -and no longer contributes to a general sense of happiness in the winner's life.
We were, at least until a few months ago – a world of 'mirov kol'. When was the last time you felt intense wonder, gratitude, for being able to get on a plane? To hug your parents or grandchildren? To be able to go to an office, or to be able to go to school? For millions of Jews in Chutz L'aaretz unable – for the first time in our lives – to be able to set foot in Eretz Yisrael, it is humbling, almost shaming to think how we took some of the greatest miracles in Jewish history for granted.
Health, wealth – even the social fabric of the Western World, have shown themselves to be flimsy, tenuous concepts.
Yet when I think of last Rosh Hashanah , of the countless hours I spent in Shul davening, I realise that I did not take a moment either to express gratitude for these things, and certainly not to be able to enjoy them in the coming year.
It did not occur to any of us to be able to pray that we should be able to go to a store without worrying about being infected, able to see family or friends, able to pray with a minyan or millions of things that together made us the most blessed generation in human history, but failed to make us even in the slightest bit grateful or full of joy.
But that perhaps can be the source of tremendous strength and hope as we enter into a New Year. The Gemara in Rosh Hashana (16b) tells us that
וא"ר יצחק כל שנה שרשה בתחלתה מתעשרת בסופה
Any year that is 'poor' at the beginning will be 'rich' at the end. Rashi explains
שישראל עושין עצמן רשין בר"ה לדבר תחנונים ותפלה כענין שנאמר תחנונים ידבר רש
This Rosh Hashanah we go before Hashem as 'rashin' poor people. Not in the sense that we do not have enough for our daily needs. But a poor person knows how much money – down to the penny – he has in his pocket. He knows how much food remains in the pantry, and how much he needs to get through the month. A poor person doesn't overlook or take for granted what he does have.
And that is what Chazal mean – if we enter Rosh Hashanah, as we did every year, incredibly blessed, but oblivious – and therefore ungrateful – for what the Almighty does for us – then we make ourselves vulnerable. There may be painful, unwelcome, but very important lessons for us in the coming year. We have experienced such a year.
But this year – we enter Rosh Hashana as rashin – as people acutely aware of our needs, of our vulnerabilities, and of our blessings. Will there be a Jew anywhere in the world who recites the 'shekheyanu' blessing on Rosh Hashana without tears in their eyes this year? Of gratitude for simply being here – for having lived, in the midst of a pandemic, to see another year? Will any of us take for granted the roof over our heads and the food on our plates? And if we are blessed to have another person present to say 'Amen' – there should be no end to our gratitude.
There is no question that we enter Rosh Hashanah this year as 'rashin'. Let us use this seering, humbling, scary year to find ways to pray to Hashem with sincerity, express longing, gratitude, heartfelt supplications for a year of health, love, closeness, restoration, redemption and return to Eretz Yisrael. And may he Answer us with abundant rachamim!
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My oldest son, girlfriend and her son came in from St. Louis over Christmas. They stopped at Ogleby Park in West Virginia on Saturday night for the Festival of Lights. Then they split their two days between our family and his dad's. One of their gifts for the children was making slime.
The other gift was some controllers to go with the XBOX that my youngest son and I went in on for the kids.
I am happy to just use the girl's photos from their Facebook posts. I never brought out the camera once…though I had a cold and how can you take photos when your nose is running 24/7 requiring a blow every ten seconds? Well, you cannot :) Nor did I want to spread my germs and stayed away for most of the celebration. It's just not worth it to make everyone sick along with you.
My youngest son's dog Koopa had sympathy and cuddles for me…if I am watching something from Netflix on the computer, he jumps behind me and cuddles up. I started watching "The Last Kingdom" after finishing up "The Crown". I loved the second season of the Crown as much as the first. "The Last Kingdom" is riveting…I just turn my head away a lot during the battle scenes!
I finished up the motifs on an Elizabeth's Pride block ( left ) and then started the prep and applique on another one ( right) a week or so ago. I finished it up the day after Christmas.
I think that I have just one more small block to applique prior to tackling the center one. It's something that I work on here and there….no hurry.
I've been doing more reading than quilting over the last few weeks but I have made progress on the last Botanical block. I finished hand quilting the one set of parallel lines and am now on to the second to create the cross hatch.
With Valentines Day coming up, Kanga and I thought that we'd share a local love story and it is also the epitome of " The American Dream" in regards to business success. The founder was the son of Greek immigrants.
AROUND HERE, CANDY MEANS SARRIS CHOCOLATE. It's a local gourmet chocolate factory. You can pick candy up there or in any local store. Many local groups sell the candy bars for their fundraisers. The chocolate factory and store also has an ice cream parlor.
There is quite a variety of selection but some favorites are the chocolate covered pretzels and chocolate covered popcorn.
Their success all started with a beautiful love story. I have copied this from their website.
You might say it all started when Frank Sarris found a sweetheart. As a young man trying to win the affections of the lovely Athena, Frank presented her with a gift as sweet as she was, a box of chocolates. Athena's face lit up as she lifted the lid and Frank knew he was in love. He also knew he could make better chocolate.
Working as a forklift operator by day and candy maker by night, the son of Greek immigrants realized that one or the other, his candy enterprise or his career, had to end. Thankfully for the thousands of "sweet-tooths" that enjoy Sarris chocolate, Frank Sarris quit his job and started stirring batches full time.
Over the years, Frank never forgot the quaint soda fountains of his youth, which sold ice cream and penny candy. In 1982, with the help of his son Bill, he created his very own old-fashioned ice cream parlour complete with period-style, red and brass booths and shimmering crystal chandeliers. Each year, thousands of people come from miles around to sample sundaes and other cool treats made with Sarris' homemade ice cream and toppings.


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Teens might be asking if they can see this one. The star power is there with Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie! But can they? What is the true age rating of Babylon? Can your kids watch this one? We're covering the 7 big things parents need to know about the age rating for Babylon in this parents guide.
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From Damien Chazelle, Babylon is an original epic set in 1920s Los Angeles led by Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Diego Calva, with an ensemble cast including Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li and Jean Smart.
A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.
Watch the Babylon trailer here.
Can your kids watch this one? What is the age rating of Babylon?
It's big, its glam, and its hot! But it's also definitely not for kids.
We'll run down all the pertinent info as usual, but we'll also be upfront: unless you are completely permissive, this movie is for an adult crowd. Full stop.
This parent's guide will help you decide if your family can handle the seven big issues with movies and shows: mature topics, gore, violence, language, sex, romance, and nudity. We'll also give the Babylon age rating and age-appropriate recommendations.
If you think of a swear word or dirty word or phrase, it's likely said at least once in Babylon.
Your kids will hear:
Multiple uses of the F-Bomb in all its forms
J@sus Chr!st
c@nt
c@ck
p@ssy
b@stard
wh@re
etc etc etc… it's a lot when it comes to language.
And it's also a lot when it comes to sex.
While there are some attempts at romantic involvement, mostly the characters are all about sex.
There is a lot of nudity in Babylon, full frontal for both males and females throughout the movie.
Weird sexual acts are performed throughout the movie as well.
Homosexual, as well as heterosexual relationships, are explored.
There is at least one jump scare in the movie.
There are also various violent deaths and blood shown in Babylon.
An elephant poops all over a man and a woman pukes all over a party. It's disgusting to be honest.
While it's not incredibly scary, there is enough violence and gore to caution against younger children seeing this one.
Sex, power plays, elitism, racism, antisemitism, and drug use run rampant throughout the movie.
Cocaine and slurs are flowing in Hollywood in the 40s and 50s.
There are multiple instances of death by suicide in Babylon.
Babylon is rated R for Graphic Nudity, Drug Use, Bloody Violence, Pervasive Language, Strong & Crude Sexual Content.
As always, you know your kids best.
When it comes to teens watching rated R movies, most parents seem to have their own "full stop" levels.
Maybe it's nudity or sex, maybe it's graphic violence.
Those tend to be the two areas that parents decide not to let their kids watch a rated-R movie over.
Babylon is crossing lines in both areas. It's sexual and violent.
We'd suggest keeping most (ok, all) kids under 17 at home for this one.
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Once-young activists
Laura Pople
Laura Pople at 2013 Pride Network Awards
In the glow of youthful activism generated by the Parkland students and the movement they have unleashed, I find myself contemplating the once-young activists I have known (myself included). I ponder their current whereabouts. Are they still involved in changing the world? Do they realize how much of a difference they have made? Are they entertaining, as many should (Christian — are you reading this?), the idea of running for office?
Asbury Park Jersey Pride festival overview in 2012
Young activists carry movements forward. They build new ones. They fight for their future unapologetically. They carry on when those of us who are no longer young activists cannot.
The Parkland students are changing the gun debate. Moving it beyond the stasis it has been mired in. The Parkland students are driving a national march in solidarity of their movement. As they do so, the Parkland students can — and should — draw on the progressive activism infrastructure that exists. In some cases, that infrastructure is also comparatively new: the Women's march in 2017, and again in 2018, harnessed the energy of hundreds of thousands of Americans around the country, and around the world, in support of women's issues. Pride, also, offers an existing infrastructure on which to build progressive action; an infrastructure that is well defined and decades old.
Young activists and LGBT history
Since 1969, when the Stonewall Riots served as a watershed moment for transgendered people, gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and our allies, the LGBT community has been organizing and demanding our rights. Year in, and year out, Pride events around the country and around the world have brought together disparate elements within our community. Younger political "rabble-rousers" march behind the community's elders, who proudly join other community organizations as parades weave through city centers and rural districts.
Pride is not the only organizing force within the LGBT community — not by any means. In NJ we are blessed with LGBT community centers, LGBT employee resource groups, LGBT welcoming congregations, and scores of other affinity groups. When LGBT individuals are out to their families, their places of work, their schools, and their communities, they push the equality envelope.
LGBT Pride events complement these individual and organizational efforts. The show of strength at a Pride event reminds our elected officials just how large, and diverse, and adamant, our community is. Pride is a constant, a presence, a partner within society. Pride events offer the opportunity for everyone to get involved, be accepted, and join the movement. For some, it is an annual ritual; for others, participating in pride may be that individual's first step in their development as a young activist — a right of passage as it were.
Jersey Pride in Asbury Park, NJ is now in its 27th year. Sadly, some of our original young activists are no longer with us; their passion remained, but their bodies were no longer able. Some of our young activists are now not-so-young activists. Still fighting the fight. And each year, the next generation of once-young activists joins us. Ready to change the world.
Please join them, and all of us, in Asbury Park on Sunday, June 3, 2018 and help us make a lasting, resounding difference.
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A Nude Earth: Jiji George Draws it
Artist Jiji George
'Strange Sounds from above the Skies' is one exhibition that I would have regretted had I missed it. This ensemble of paintings, drawings and sculptures shows the relentless spirit of a forty two year old Jiji George and his ability to listen to the voices not only from above but also from below, behind, inside and outside. An artist hailing from the sylvan Wayanad district in North Kerala, as the poet would put it, Jiji carries a forest in his heart and mind even if life has been taking him from cities to cities in India ever since he obtained a post diploma in painting from Mavelikkara fine arts college in 1999. Currently the artist works with Infosys establishment in Trivandrum.
Done mostly in black and white, the paintings and drawings of Jiji resonate the ecological anxieties that most of us understand but refuse to recognise as a 'live' concern of our lives. A severed branch of a tree or a felled wood perhaps gives us the idea of a clearing which would soon be turned into a site for some high rise building. The ongoing constructions around us reassure us with safe zones of habitats not even once intimating us with the pains of expulsions and exclusions. In the concrete jungles that the modern men dwell one wouldn't hear the heart rending cries of the expelled that include both human beings, forest and the animal lives. True to the poetic tradition of the world, Jiji listens to these 'silenced' wailings and that silence would haunt us forever once we come face to face with his works.
The mighty ones who construct, the rich ones who inhabit and poor ones who are expelled and all are alike absent in Jiji's works. The silent noises that one hears from above and everywhere are the result of this absence. In Jiji's works what dominates are the images of confined spaces. Each confined space is a defined space by the human beings where the natural movements are refashioned according to the rules of an establishment that is led by avarice. These spaces are seen either from above or from a tilted or tiered angle so that the viewer could see them in their entirety. But sooner than later we understand that the definition of these spaces is done by milling constructed structures. And the next step is recognising the spaces where the constructions are not made. Ironically, the spaces that are left without constructions appear before our eyes as ruptures or wounds giving us this uncanny feeling that leaving some area unconstructed could be something quite unnatural!
Jiji envisions the earth as plots; measured, divided and partitioned pieces of lands. There is a sense of impossibility that manifests in these divisions making the plots almost surreal. In such a scenario Jiji makes some quirky visual proposals by stacking up plots complete with boundary walls, unevenly and calling it 'plots for sale'. The cynicism of the artist gives way to poignancy when he paints the image of an elephant inside a defined plot and titles it 'unknown terrain'. Each work has a poetic edge, a surprise that is commonplace and commonplace visions that masquerade as surprises leaving the viewer in a terrain of ambivalence, mostly about his own relationship with the spaces/plot around him. It's an unexpected reminder of our own living conditions as well; but the artist does it subtly, with minimum arrogance.
I could say more about his paintings but I resist that urge for each work for in its silence contains something that we are instrumental in erasing from the face of the earth. Each work is our handiwork for we divide earth and auction the woods; we tame animals and colonise their lands and resources. We become such hypocrites that we show our concerns off by wearing it on our sleeves and make pageant out of it. Jiji with all his innocence becomes an apostle of nature in a land where such messengers are lampooned and their churches are burnt. Still he writes the requiem for the dying earth; hails it with his heart. Each boundary wall, with that horror of realisation, the artist says, creates the shapes of death and fascism. In 'unusual turn' and 'fragmented reality 2' we witness it.
Jiji's papier mache sculptures are a visual treat. Each work in its sheer whiteness is a stark presence with a foreboding silence. I am so impressed by a sculpture titled 'speaker'; amidst a wood of a leafless trees there is lone chair occupied by a haunting absence. The sculpture titled 'bird's eye view' is a simple topographical spread on the floor but with its vehemence of truth: the division of earth into plots. In 'see-saw' we see a frozen moment where the globe is sawed by a see-saw device with silence and time seated vacantly on each chair. Jiji almost shows his interest to retreat into the innards of nature when he sculpts the work titled 'cave'. This exhibition is currently on at the Vailoppilly Cultural Centre, Trivandrum. A must visit show.
The Total Chaos Called 59th National Exhibition
(above eye level display of Bose Krishnamachari's works)
59th National Exhibition conducted by the Central National Lalit Kala Academy is, to put it in the mildest of terms, depressing. You may wonder why myself being one of the preliminary juries say this when the exhibition has the works selected by the same jury. As I have held it always, any art competition in the world does not bring up the best, but what maximum it could do is to bring up the best out of the available entries. The case could also be further explained that with such a national competition that has lost its credibility over a period of mismanagement and nepotism today gets very limited entries from all over India. I do not intend to discount those artists who have applied and also who have been selected. But I want to reiterate the fact that in the case of the National Exhibition it is easy to reject the worst than to select the best. You wouldn't believe that this time, during the preliminary selection round I came across such entries which had the images of Gods, goddesses and even Mr.Narendra Modi doing yoga exercise. I can understand how artists gauge the political climate of the country and do propaganda art in order to get noticed, if not selected and awarded.
(an awarded work in the darkness)
What makes the 59th edition of the National Exhibition a depressing affair is primarily the award selection. While I could see a number of works that really deserve and command an award in their respective mediums, the awarded ones look really of low quality. When I say this I am sure the Academy administration would turn hostile to me and chances are rampant that I wouldn't be involved in its future activities. Risking my career forwarding opportunities, I dare to say this because for me art is more important than who get what out of the art administration and other policy compulsions behind it. The awards are obviously not given for the quality of the works (except a few) but for external considerations such as region, medium and age. While age could be one of the criteria, region and medium shouldn't be strictly the criteria for awarding art. The award winning works do not tell the viewers that they do really deserve an award, especially when they are seen along with better works that are not awarded by the jury members.
(Manu Parekh's work among the selected artists works)
The second problem with the National Exhibition this time, perhaps all the times, is the absence of a curator. As you know, despite all the updating efforts, the Lalit Kala Academy exhibition facilities always remain substandard. There are walls, floors, hanging threads and lights. The Academy has to recognise that these basic infrastructures just do not fulfil the requirements for exhibiting contemporary works of art effectively. This time again, the exhibits are hung from the walls with no rhyme or rhythm. There are not divisions based on mediums or themes. There is no special section for the awarded works. The works are badly lit. One of the awarded paintings with an image of a copulating canine couple is literally pushed into a rectangular niche with no light so that despite the award none would see this embarrassing image. Embarrassing image for who? I am sure, the image is embarrassing for the cultural minister who had inaugurated the exhibition. I am sure that must be the reason why the painting is displayed with no light or one minimum light which is incapable of lighting it up, especially a painting with sombre ferric brown as the predominant colour. If you cannot flaunt your awarded work then why exactly you give an award to it?
(a work that got award)
(a work that has not got an award)
The absence of a curator screams out to the viewer when you see the works of Manu Parekh, Bose Krishnamachari, Jyoti Bhatt, K.S.Radhakrishnan and N.Pushpamala kept along with the selectees of the National Exhibition. It looks like they too had applied for the National Exhibition and somehow they got selected! In fact these artists are featured in this exhibition only because this time the Academy has decided to re-introduce the 'Invited Section'. The above mentioned artists are 'invited' for the 'Invited Section' but there is no section carved out for them. I find it as a great disservice to these artists especially to such senior artists. Had there been a curator, the works of Bose Krishnamachari wouldn't have been displayed at such heights! Now to look at the image you need a ladder to climb on. One would get the shock for his life when he sees the works of Manu Parekh and Jyoti Bhatt displayed inconspicuously. It is not right, the Academy should know. K.S.Radhakrishnan's sculptures are pushed into a gloomy little corner with no sufficient light. Pushpamala's 'Arrival of Vasco da Gama' captures the attention of the viewers only because of the magnetic power of the image itself.
(a work that got an award)
Why and how does it happen? I understand that the present administration headed by Shri.Krishna Setty is well meaning and wants to do things in the right way. But it looks Academy has an inherent way of doing things wrongly. As an art historian, curator and critic, my first demand to the academy is this that it should invite a curator to handle their exhibitions. Here is no self-promotion; I say, the Academy should invite any curator other than JohnyML (I cannot make my stance more clear than this) to put up their shows. Secondly, ad hocism should end. Academy should not treat the National Exhibition as some 'annual exhibition'; it should treat it as India's most prestigious national exhibition. The present exhibition does not give out any such impressions. If there is an invited section, it should be planned well ahead of time and there should be a separate area to exhibit those works. The works of the established senior artists should come as a blessing and a context for the youngsters who have been selected for the National Exhibition. Similarly, the India Art Fair is one of the biggest art events in India. The National Academy should have something to flaunt at that time too. This again, should be well curated. But I am told that the present National Exhibition will be taken off of the walls exactly a day before the opening of the India Art Fair and exactly on the day of the beginning of many a collateral show in town. What's happening to our National Academy? I am also told that there would be a Kala Mela duing the India Art Fair time. But no such intimations have been given out to the art scene so that it could expect something out of it.
( a work that got an award)
( a work that has not got an award)
As an art historian and curator of these contemporary times I would like to suggest one thing in order to increase the quality of the National Exhibition. The major hurdle that the Academy faces today is that a few good artists apply for the National Exhibition. This situation could be reversed and we could make a lot of good young artists apply for the National Exhibition if the Academy takes a decentralised approach to the project. Each state Lalit Kala Academy should become the nodal point for applying for the National Exhibition. And it should be the responsibility of the state academies to get more applications from the state. If there is no state lalit kala academy, the Central Academy could ask the Regional Centres to become the nodal points. For the preliminary selection process, the Central Academy could employ one or two of its jury members handpicked from the same region along with a central observer for the process. Such filtered works should be brought to the centre and there could be another preliminary selection committee. With this process the bad ones will be filtered out in the regional level itself and what one gets in the centre will be of good quality. Regarding the preliminary jury of the centre, there should be contemporary art practitioners and historians in the panel than getting very old artists who are not really 'familiar' with the contemporary practices. Also in the award jury, there should be two members from the preliminary jury included in it. Otherwise total mess like this year would be the result. I would say, with due respect to the award committee members, they have screwed up the selection. All these things could be reversed provided there is a decentralised approach.
A Painful Art Viewing Experience at the Palette Art Gallery
(Rajesh Ram with designer Rohit Bal, at the former's show opening at the Palette Gallery, New Delhi)
'I Wonder' why I went to Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi today. I shouldn't have gone there. I was enticed by a small video in the Facebook by Rajesh Ram, the artist who is currently exhibiting there. I thought the show looked good but had my own reservations about the works seen in the video therefore decided to pay a visit. Rajesh Ram, Krishna Murari, Rambali Chauhan and Saptarshi Narkar- somehow the names of these four artists come to my mind together and the reason must be their arrival in the art scene almost at the same time during those good old boom years (do you know by September this year the Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers would celebrate its tenth anniversary making us remember painfully the collapse of our art market, which projected a brave face for three more years?), exploring art in their respective mediums and styles. Had the market been a bit kinder to them, they would have created better works during these ten years. I did say 'better' works because the works that I see in the Palette Gallery do not encourage me to say only good things about the artist and his creative bend. But that a little later. Before that I need to say something else.
(Rajesh Ram's works today in Palette Art Gallery)
I shouldn't have gone to Palette Art Gallery today. If they had said that the visit was only by appointment I could have avoided the embarrassment. I reached the gallery during the lunch break thinking that I could have my lonely dialogue with the works but I was mistaken. The gallery was filled with people and for a moment I thought I was in the wrong building. A group of fashion world people absolutely unaware of my presence were talking to each other, biting into sandwiches, a couple of them smoking there at the sunny terrace, a couple of lanky and sleepy models lounging in sofas kept against the wall, in fact against Rajesh Ram's watercolours and some of them checking out a wardrobe full of designer clothes. I could easily figure out the scenario; it was a fashion discussion in progress and rightfully in the right place as the gallery owners are well known fashion designers. But what put me off completely was the way Rajesh Ram's works were shoved aside as piles of discarded objects. It was so unfortunate to see how works of art are treated in a gallery, especially those from a show which had opened just four nights back. 'I Wonder' is the title of the show. I still wonder why I was there to witness that complete indignity meted out to the works of art of a contemporary artist.
(Another view from Palette)
It is my boon or curse to be at the right place at the wrong time. Or do I reach in the wrong places at the right time? Or do I witness things in the wrong places in the wrong times? In whatever be the case, I am sure I am making another set of enemies for writing this. I do not have any problem in the gallery owners using their private premises for any purpose they think good. But they should have announced that the gallery is closed for the day or a particular number of hours. I check the gallery websites before I venture out to see a show. Palette website had not given me such a clue. I have this indelible feeling in my mind and also in my memory that I have witnessed something very very bad; almost a crime, a rape or a murder, which I was not able to stop or alter the course of events. The fact was that nobody even cared and they treated me as non-existent. I could click some photographs and none of them was even offended by my act. Forget all those. What worries me is the attitude of the art promoters towards art. If the gallerists had any respect for the artist and his works, this wouldn't have happened. They would have either closed the gallery for a few hours or could have declared the gallery closed for the day. I am afraid they would now file a case against me for encroaching into their private property. But they are sweet people and I am sure they wouldn't do that to an art critic.
(Display from the opening day)
Now coming to Rajesh Ram's works in the show; the first response of mine is as simple as this, 'Rajesh Ram could do better works'. The visual language that he uses in his watercolours is a done to death thing by most of the Orissa born artists, after the considerable success of Jagannath Panda in the art market. Even the theme seems to be something discarded by most of the artists who got success during the boom years: The theme of social displacement of people. Rajesh Ram repeatedly paints the crumbling buildings and the new ones coming up. The only work that engaged me in painterly terms is titled 'Crocodile Tears' and as it is natural to good works, is quickly taken by someone. I do not want to write out an artist like Rajesh Ram because he has got talent but the works are not done in the right earnest. The artist seems to be terribly lacking in visual thinking. The works stand between the stale photorealism and yet to be consolidated Indian version of neo-expressionism. I wonder why an artist like Rajesh Ram just couldn't look beyond the issue of displacement and dispossession. Holding Walter Benjamin by ears the curator makes the show to be read as an ensemble of storytelling. In that case which image doesn't have a story behind it? Should it be a story always? Can't an image exist without a story? When the image has a story to tell without any external persuasion, the viewer should be able to read a story out of it. In Rajesh Ram's case I am not able to read any story at all. May be I am a failed art critic, an anachronism therefore with highly negligible opinion, so forget me if not you forgive me.
(Crocodile Tears from Rajesh Ram)
Formally speaking, Rajesh Ram's sculptures are good to look at but they are not fresh enough to be excited about. 'Predominate' is a work with bad taste. I do not know whether the artist has done it as a political critique for it has a human body, an elephant head with its trunk turning into a snake. Is it about the remover of hurdles becoming the hurdle of social progress itself? There is no clue in the curator's note about it. But the sculpture does not look like having a subtle taste. I would have embraced it had other sculptures been with such coarseness for I like the raw visual expressions. But the other sculptures are that of a small boy in different acts. A few of them are realistic (Discipline, Hands Up, Messenger, Man in Action), some of them are imaginative (Hiding Yourself, Heart on Tree- it should have been trees on heart) and some are highly exaggerated. Thematically and formally one could see the required consistency an artist needs but it is also visible that they are done in one go; not in a process taking a long period. They seem to be subsidised versions of early Jitish Kallat sculptures like 'Eruda' and the smart alec baby series by Chintan Upadhyaya. I do not want to be negative about Rajesh Ram's artistic efforts. He has done his best but what he needs to come out of is his desire to be in the big league. He has used the big leaguers' visual language which they have toiled to get for themselves. Rajesh Ram should work on his language; this is not a demand for 'originality' but a desire for something closer to heart. Krishna Murari had slipped into a Bharti Kher mode at some point and it took him a long time to get out of it. Rajesh Ram seems to be sceptical about his own abilities. He should let himself loose completely; here he is holding himself back to fit in (the gang of the successful). Rajesh Ram should look at his reality and create his art. He has shown the potential in a few works like Discipline, Hiding Yourself and Man in Action. But the unity of thought is lacking in there. Dear artist, realise your existence and reality and speak in an unapologetic language; you will be alright. Your art will not be shoved aside to make room for a fashion trial.
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Dr. Hamed Bin Mohamed Khalifa Al Suwaidi is an internationl entrepreneur and philanthropist born to an eminent Emirati family. Dr Al Suwaidi holds a BSc in International Business & Finance from Regents University, London, a PgD in Finance and Banking, MSc in Strategic Business and a PhD in Economic and Finance from University of Portsmouth, UK. Dr Al Suwaidi is a renowned banker whom after 15 years of banking experience chose to move into the entrepreneurship world and established several ventures in Arts and culture, real estate and consulting.
Dr. Hamed Bin Mohamed Khalifa Al Suwaidi was raised in a traditional and very educated Emirati family. He was always surrounded by a strong cultural influence and various types of arts, especially poetry. Several senior members of the family are renowned poets or historians who have left a mark in the industry, in the United Arab Emirates and the world. As a result, the passion for arts and culture was always part of his world and despite choosing a different career path, he was keen to always be involved in various avenues to promote and support bridging cultures through arts.
In 2015, Dr. Al Suwaidi became a Patron of the National Portrait Gallery in London and have since gained a fellowship in the Royal Society of Arts among many others. He has supported various art departments in leading schools and became the Patron of Arts in the British School of Al. Khubairat in Abu Dhabi.
In 2016, Dr. Al Suwaidi developed the first Emirati Tartan. The Emirati tartan represents a cultural blend of the two nations where it is made from the UAE flag colors and sown in the traditional Scottish pattern. In 2017, Dr. Al Suwaidi guided a leading tailor house in the United Kingdome to develop the Emirati Tie, pin and cufflinks. Even though are not part of the Emirati dress for men or women but the icons developed by British Taylors honor of the relationship between the two countries and are used by several Emirati leaders during their international official missions as a piece of their beloved UAE.
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HART is ,the first of its kind, an Emirati born initiative that combines an online community of Artists, Organizations, Individuals and the Youth to engage in the Exchange to buy or/and sell pieces of Artworks, Collectibles, Photographs and Books. HART places a greater emphasis on cultural and global engagement in the face of Fintech and Innovation. Democratizing access to Art & Collectibles for anyone to buy, sell, and trade in fractional ownership. The members on this platform can potentially avail the use blockchain technology to digitally tokenize artworks and collectibles and ensure authenticity, price history and provenance, by our partners globally.
HART's vision is to revolutionize the art industry and support the artistic community, protect and strengthen digital identity and foster new International Investments
Dr. Al Suwaidi strongly believes that art always creates unity and diversity between cultures around the globe. It is an unspoken universal language. One need not be of a certain culture, religion or background to produce or to appreciate a piece of art. It is this belief and understanding that contributed to the development of the communities created. They are geared towards support and development of those who wish to grow in the field and those who wish to be instrumental in contributing to it.
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Q: Why is my recursive function in racket giving me a 0 for every parameter I pass in (define (getmyLastt 1st)
  (if (null? 1st)
      "empty list"
      (getmyLastt (cdr 1st))))

I want the output to be the last element in a list but for some reason it only outputs a 0. Why is that?

A: It is not giving you 0, but "empty list" for every parameter you pass. the reason is simple:
(getmylastt '()) ; ==> "empty list"

And
(getmylastt '(1)) ; ==> (getmylastt (cdr '(1)))

So it iterates the whole list until you are at the empty list in which the result of the recursion is "empty list". The functions just follows the orders.
For a last implementation you usually have an extra case where you check if the cdr is not pair? and if so you are at the last pair. eg.
(getmylastt '(1 3)) ; ==>
(getmylastt '(3))   ; ==>
'(3)

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Oh, Tim Robbins is gonna be one of the first ones up against the wall when the revolution comes, there's no doubt about that. In Cradle Will Rock, which he wrote and directed, he has had the audacity to create a spirited and surprisingly funny film that aims well-deserved slaps to both big business and unions, to the U.S. government, and to those with big wallets and small minds. And even worse — or so it will seem in the eyes of the cultural dictatorship looming on the horizon — Cradle Will Rock celebrates the vital role that independent, iconoclastic artists play in our society.
Through a handful of interwoven narratives — only loosely connected but with a potent impact upon one another — Cradle Will Rock tells "a (mostly) true story" about censorship and Red-baiting in the Federal Theater Project during the Depression, and, on a larger scale, about the competition between profit and morals that is the bane of struggling artists.
It is Fall 1936. Steel strikes and labor riots are in the news, and actors are lining up for WPA jobs, just like everyone else. Olive Stanton (Emily Watson), who has been singing songs on the streets for a nickel apiece and washing up at open fire hydrants, gets a lucky break in the Federal Theater Project: a job as a stagehand for what looks to be (we don't see much more than part of a rehearsal) a fantastical and frightening version of Faustus, directed by Orson Welles (Angus MacFadyen: Braveheart). Songwriter and playwright Marc Blitzstein (Hank Azaria: Mystery, Alaska; Mystery Men) is writing the musical that will be this federal theater group's next production: Cradle Will Rock, in which angry workers bring about the downfall of an industrial magnate. "It will piss off all the right people," Orson says with glee.
Olive got her break thanks to Hazel Huffman (Joan Cusack: Toy Story 2, Arlington Road), a clerk at the jobs office who took pity on her. Hazel has some beefs with the Federal Theater Project, though. Aghast at what she see as snobbery and elitism in the project, she has organized a protest group, through which she meets Tommy Crickshaw (Bill Murray: Rushmore), a vaudevillian ventriloquist who can't see that he is a relic of a bygone age. Hazel ends up testifying at Congressional hearings into the project, though that body is more worried that federal theater is full of communists. Hallie Flanagan (Cherry Jones), the head of the project, finds herself defending a children's play the project produced: Is Revolt of the Beavers teaching kids Marxism and trying to incite class warfare? Congress wants to know.
Marc's hallucinatory muses (he hasn't slept in a while) prompt him to remember, as he's writing a song for a prostitute at the heart of Cradle Will Rock, who the real whores are — police, industrialists, artists, anyone who takes money in exchange for his soul. Meanwhile, steel tycoon Gray Mathers (Philip Baker Hall: The Insider, Magnolia) is taking advantage of the conflict in Europe by selling to his company's wares to Italy. Mathers and Nelson Rockefeller (John Cusack: Being John Malkovich, This Is My Father) hang out with Mussolini's "cultural emissary," Margherita Sarfatti (Susan Sarandon: Stepmom) — she helps them buy up some of Italy's greatest works of art, so they can hoard it for themselves. And Rockefeller is contracting with the painter Diego Rivera (Rubén Blades: The Devil's Own) to create a mural for his new project, Rockefeller Center, but only if Diego makes a pleasant, colorful picture. Diego, however, believes that "nothing in art is inappropriate," which will cause some problems with his patron.
Cradle Will Rock, the play, asks the question, Where do we draw the line between the need to safeguard our integrity and the need to feed and clothe ourselves? And this question is something Cradle Will Rock, the film, keeps coming back to. If there's a local villain in this federal theater group, it is the actor John Adair (Jamey Sheridan: The Ice Storm), with his insistence on sticking to union work rules, even when it means calling for a break in the middle of an important moment during a rehearsal. John inspires a mesmerizing rant from Orson Welles, his director, about theater "atheists" who are not artists but mere "workers." John proves himself a theater atheist again later, not the least evidence of which is when he forces Olive to decide where to draw the line for herself. Another actor, Aldo Silvano (John Turturro), also must decide how high a moral price he's willing to pay to keep a roof over the heads of his wife and young children. And the entire federal theater group will have to choose what's important to them when Congress shuts down their production of Cradle Will Rock.
Long takes in which characters from the parallel stories cross paths shift us from one plotline to another, and Robbins juggles all his people and places with aplomb. As enjoyable and provocative as the story is, though, what really makes Cradle Will Rock worth catching is the fabulous ensemble cast. There are no big star turns — instead, every single member of the large and impressive cast seems to take his or her relatively small role and run with it, like they were all hungry and desperate Federal Theater Project actors. Cradle Will Rock positively bubbles over with enthusiasm, as if Robbins and a bunch of his really talented friends all got together and said, "Gosh darn it, let's make a movie!" Particularly impressive are the usually sleek Cary Elwes (Liar Liar), who looks as if he put on 50 pounds for his spot-on impersonation of federal theater producer John Houseman, and Vanessa Redgrave (Deep Impact, Wilde) as the Countess LaGrange (and Gray Mathers's wife), goofily delirious theater hanger-on and patron.
Defiant and powerful, Cradle Will Rock is not just a historical piece but a cautionary tale for the next century. We're swinging back into a more restrictive era: the rise of ratings systems for everything from video games to TV shows is only the beginning. Cradle Will Rock reminds us of the necessary function that artists serve: As our fools and court jesters, they not only entertain but can (and should) comment on the action in the throne room. Artists need the freedom to bop the king on the head, figuratively speaking, when he needs it. The final shot of Cradle Will Rock serves as a haunting condemnation of theater today and as a warning that that freedom is slipping away.