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JLS Join Pixie Lott For Her 21st Birthday Party In London Last Night
13 January 2012, 11:06 | Updated: 13 January 2012, 11:14
The 'She Makes Me Wanna' stars joined their fellow BRITs nominee for her celebrations.
JLS were in attendance for Pixie Lott's 21st birthday party in London last night (12th January).
The 'One Shot' stars tweeted a picture of themselves with the birthday girl following their appearance at the BRIT Awards 2012 launch party at the Savoy Hotel.
The former X Factor stars were dressed to impress as they posed alongside a beaming and glamorous looking Pixie.
Alongside the picture they band tweeted: "Us with the birthday girl! Our fellow Brit nominee! @pixiesongs happy birthday."
Both artists were announced as contenders for the Best Single category which is voted for by listeners of Capital FM and JLS admitted to Capital FM that they believed the category is the best possible one.
The ceremony for this year's BRIT Awards will take place at London's O2 Arena on 21st February.
You can view a picture of JLS with Pixie Lott at her 21st birthday party below.
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CMTO has been continuing their collaboration with the National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters' Council on the NEMBC Multimedia Training Project.
Last month, the African women's group finished their initial training with our trainer, Anita Michalski and student support Amruta Nargundkar.
One of the students, Zeinab Smin, really enjoyed the training and agreed to let CMTO celebrate her successful experience by sharing her story with us.
Zeinab says, "This course made me feel like I won something big. I learned something I didn't do before - talking on the radio. When I listen to people talk on the radio I think it's difficult. But when I listened to myself talk on the radio I feel like I can do this and more. I want to thank you because you supported us."
Trainer Anita Michalski spoke to Zeinab and shared these insights with us:
Zeinab valued the radio training program because it was an opportunity for her to spend time on her personal development - something that hasn't been possible for a long time as she's been busy raising her family in Melbourne.
She loves learning new skills, but unfortunately could not complete her primary education, as she had to leave school in South Sudan just after 5th Grade. Zeinab worked hard to put her siblings and her children through school, and is proud to see them flourishing.
However, she still faces challenges with literacy and is frustrated at her unfulfilled education goals.
This course gave her the inspiration to start learning things just for herself. She's spent most of her life caring for others' needs, but she says "it's my turn now".
Zeinab looks forward to attending further radio training sessions at Casey Radio in Cranbourne.
CMTO is pleased to have been part of Zeinab's journey in learning broadcast skills and we wish her well in her future radio endeavours.
A picture of Zeinab Smin as she does her training. She is sitting at a table in front of a laptop and microphone.


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Q: Vuejs - parent array changes but child does not see that prop change I have this in a parent:
{{ fencing }}
<FencingTable
   v-if="fencing.length > 0"
   :fencing="fencing"
   :facility="facility"
/>

get fencing() {
   return this.$store.state.fencing;
}

I have this in the child:
<template>
   <div>
   {{fencing}}
...

export default class FencingTable extends Vue {
   apiLocation = Vue.prototype.$apiLocation;
   @Prop() fencing: Fencing[] | null = null;
   @Prop() facility: Facility | null = null;
      ...
}

When I update my store and add the first item to the array, I see the parent render the item but the child shows an empty array. If i reload the page everything works and subsequent adds to the array show up everywhere correctly.
How do I make my child properly update when the first item is added to the array?

A: From the vue-property-decorator guide:

It's not supported to define each default property like @Prop() prop = 'default value'

In other words, don't specify a default value that way using = but like:
@Prop({ default: null }) fencing: Fencing[] | null;
@Prop({ default: null }) facility: Facility | null;

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I kept telling my doctor something wasn't right after they abruptly took me antidepressants but she kept saying "it's just anxiety"...it wasnt, the antidepressants were having an adverse affect on my body and as a result I literally went crazy.
While hundreds of women have their own personal stories, there's actually data to back up their claims. The Washington Post reports that a 2000 study out of Emory University found that at a hospital emergency department in Atlanta, 74 percent of white patients with bone fractures were given painkillers compared with 50 percent of Black patients.
They also highlighted a 2007 study, which found that physicians were more likely to underestimate the pain of Black patients compared with other patients.
Have you experienced a doctor or health professional who didn't believe pain you were experiencing? Let us know in the comment section below.


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The Krueger Apprenticeship Program provides on-the-job training to anyone new to machining or to individuals looking to upgrade their current skills and are already working as a machinist.
If you're looking for a long-term career and enjoy working with tools and high-tech machinery, then a profession in machining may be what you're looking for, and an apprenticeship is the way to get there.
As an apprentice, you work at a full-time job while training with a mentor and earning wages and benefits. In addition, you attend classes typically one day a week at a local community or technical college to learn the theory behind the training.
What is a Machinist?
A machinist is a skilled craftsperson who can transform a block of metal into an intricate part such as a bearing or shaft that meets precise specifications. Machinists set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce precision parts.
The trend in the last decade has been toward computerized numeric control (CNC) machines where the machinist uses computers to direct the machine's operations.
Machinists:
Read drawings to learn the details of what needs to be created
Think creatively to determine the most effective and efficient way to cut the material into the desired shape and size
Select the proper materials and tools to get the job done, such as calipers, micrometers and drills
Set up and program the high-tech cutting machines to make the part, using CAD and CNC software
Estimate and measure sizes and distances accurately and lay out work pieces
Work with numbers; have a good math background
Inspect finished product to ensure accuracy
Work independently at tasks that require concentration as well as physical effort
Apprenticeship Program Consists of:
4-year training program
7,568 hours on-the-job training
576 classroom instruction sponsored and paid by Krueger
Qualification Requirements for the Krueger Bearings Apprenticeship:
High school diploma or GED equivalent
Acceptable rating on Krueger Profile Test
Successfully pass the Accuplacer Test (administered by MATC). Must achieve minimum scores for passing in Reading, Arithmetic, Sentence Skills, and Elementary Algebra
Successfully pass pre-employment drug screen
Earn a Living Wage with Apprenticeship
The beginning salary for an apprentice is 60% the salary of a fully trained worker who has completed their on-the-job training and are skilled machinists. Apprentices receive pay increases as they learn and perform more complex tasks proficiently.
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Author`s name Alex Naumov
Failures of International Law and The Security Council's Tyranny (Part III)
Opinion » Columnists
Read also Part I and Part II
The Security Council and Power of Veto
The United Nations Security Council power of veto is frequently cited as a major probl em with the UN. Key arguments include that the five permanent members (the US, the UK, Russia, China and France) no longer represent the most stable and responsible member states in the United Nations and that their veto power slows down and even prevents important decisions being made on matters of international peace and security.
For example, the Security Council passed no resolutions on most major Cold War conflicts, including the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan, and the Vietnam War, among others. Resolutions addressing more current problems, failed also, such as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, the US invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, South Ossetia War. There has been a constant cause of friction between the General Assembly and the Security Council, as almost all of the wars was not endorsed by the UN.
Nonetheless, the current Security Council power of veto is irrelevant. With the General Assembly's adoption of the Uniting for Peace resolution 337A in 1950, it was made clear by the UN Member states that:
Resolves that if the Security Council, because of lack of unanimity of the permanent members, fails to exercise its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security in any case where there appears to be a threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression, the General Assembly shall consider the matter immediately with a view to making appropriate recommendations to Members for collective measures, including in the case of a breach of the peace or act of aggression the use of armed force when necessary, to maintain or restore international peace and security.
In fact, on the other hand, this resolution looks irrelevant, since it was not used to maintain international peace and security when Security Council failed.
The United Nations was set to be a democratic organization, to represent all nations equally, however, today, after 63 years of existence, the UN has not changed, and continues to represents the interests of the governments of the nations who form it and not the individuals within those nations.
Knownig that the five permanent members of the Security Council, who are all nuclear powers, have created an exclusive nuclear club whose powers are unchecked, the General Assembly (which has true international representation) with all its members can easily withdraw from the UN.
It is very straightforward, why should members of the General Assembly or better to say members of the UN pay annual fees of millions of Dollars to the UN when they have no rights, they are not even protected from any military aggression by another member state, as was seen in the past. It was, also, reported that the US, a permanent member of the Security Council seriously thinking to withdraw from the UN. In addition to withdrawal, there were some proposals to expel the United Nations Headquarters from the US territory and the City of New York.
The International Court of Justice
If we look at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), there is not much to say. The Court decides in accordance with international treaties and conventions in force, international custom, and the general principles of law and, as subsidiary means, judicial decisions and the teachings of the most highly qualified publicists.
Generally, the Court has been most successful resolving border delineation and the use of oceans and waterways. While the Court has, in some instances, resolved claims by one State espoused on behalf of its nationals, the Court has generally refrained from hearing contentious cases that are political in nature, due in part to its lack of enforcement mechanism and its lack of compulsory jurisdiction. The Court has generally found it did not have jurisdiction to hear cases involving the use of force.
In relation to the UN Charter XIV, Article 94 of the UN Charter, there are some obvious problems; if the judgment is against one of the five permanent members of the Security Council or its allies, any resolution on enforcement would then be vetoed. This occurred, for example, after the Nicaragua case (Case Concerning Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua vs. the US)), when Nicaragua brought the issue of the US's non-compliance with the Court's decision before the Security Council. Furthermore, if the Security Council refuses to enforce a judgment against any other state, there is no method of forcing the state to comply.
In practice, the Court's powers have been limited by the unwillingness of the losing party to abide by the Court's ruling, and by the Security Council's unwillingness to impose consequences. Simply, the ICJ does not enjoy a full separation of force, with permanent members of the Security Council being able to veto enforcement of even cases to which they consented in advance to be bound.
The International Criminal Court
Relating to the International Criminal Court (ICC), as of 2002, the Office of the Prosecutor had received around 2800 so called "communications" about alleged crimes in at least 139 countries. After initial review, however, the vast majority of these communications were dismissed as obviously outside the jurisdiction of the Court. As of August 2008, the International Criminal Court has launched investigations into just four situations: Northern Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and Darfur (Sudan). Several other situations have been subject to intensive analysis, including Afghanistan, Chad, Colombia, Cote d'Ivoire, Georgia and Kenya.
The Office of the Prosecutor had received around 240 communications in connection with the US led invasion of Iraq in 2003, which alleged that various war crimes had been committed; none of these allegations had survived.
The UK, Australia, and Poland (countries that invaded Iraq with the US) are all state parties to the Rome Statute which established the International Criminal Court (ICC) and therefore their nationals are liable to prosecution by the court for the violation of any relevant international criminal laws. Because the United States is not a state party, the US nationals cannot be prosecuted by the court (except for crimes that take place in the territory of a state that has accepted the court's jurisdiction, or situations that are referred to the court by the United Nations Security Council, where the US has a power of veto).
In July 2002, the United States threatened to use its Security Council veto to block renewal of the mandates of several United Nations peacekeeping operations, unless the Security Council agreed to permanently exempt US nationals from the Court's jurisdiction.
A resolution to exempt citizens of the United States from jurisdiction of the ICC was renewed in 2003 by the Security Council Resolution 1487. However, the Security Council refused to renew the exemption again in 2004, after pictures emerged of US troops torturing and abusing Iraqi prisoners in Abu Ghraib. Shortly, the US withdrew its demand.
As part of the US campaign to exclude its citizens and military personnel from extradition to the ICC, the President Bush administration has been approaching countries around the world seeking to conclude Bilateral Immunity Agreements, or "Article 98" agreements. So far hundred countries have ratified this agreement. Countries that have ratified the Rome Statute and signed Article 98 breached their obligations under international law.
In 2008, the US President George W. Bush signed into law an amendment to the American Service-members Protection Act (ASPA), to eliminate restrictions on Foreign Military Financing (FMF) to nations unwilling to enter into Bilateral Immunity Agreements (BIAs) shielding the US nationals from the jurisdiction of the ICC. This Act authorizes use of military force to free US nationals from the custody of the ICC.
Some of the communications received by the Prosecutor alleged that crimes had been committed on the territory of states parties to the Court, or by nationals of states parties: in such cases, the Court may automatically exercise jurisdiction. Other communications concerned conduct outside the jurisdiction of states parties: in these cases, the Court can only act if it has received a referral by the United Nations Security Council or a declaration by the relevant state allowing the Court to exercise jurisdiction.
We have not seen the Security Council referring to the court regarding genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, except in situations such as Darfur, and non-state country Cote d'Ivoire.
However, the Security Council established two ad hoc tribunals: The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
The ICTY has been established by the Security Council, acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, but, it is not clear how a tribunal could be considered a measure to maintain or restore international peace and security. Also, the ICTY budget is not entirely financed by the UN, but also by private entities; some 14% is being privately funded and the remainder is being provided by the UN. This private co-financing might prove a problem concerning the Tribunal's independence and fairness.
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) is an international court established by the United Nations Security Council in order to judge those people responsible for the Rwandan genocide and other serious violations of the international law performed in the territory of Rwanda, or by Rwandan citizens in nearby states. So far, this tribunal is proven to be the most efficient.
On the other side, we have not seen ad hoc International Tribunals for Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Chechnya, among others. This is because of the permanent five power of veto, or maybe, there are no funds available for new ones, since these two costs too much.
In this story we have seen just a fraction of the devastating situation in international law, and if this trend continues there will be no mechanism to prevent and discipline any crimes committed by anyone.
Maybe, the hope is in the General Assembly, but only if;
the General Assembly, as apparent last resort for international law, acts and establishes serious mechanism which will carry out grave verdicts against countries and individuals who had breached Charters of the UN and international law.
If necessary, these shall include actions to be taken against countries such as: the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, China, France, among others. As well as, against individuals/Heads of States, such as: the US President George W. Bush, former US President William Bill Clinton, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, former Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair, President of Eritrea Isaias Afewerki, former Prime Minister of Australia John Howard, among many others.
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package me.maxwin.view;

import me.maxwin.R;
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.text.TextUtils;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.view.Gravity;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.animation.Animation;
import android.view.animation.RotateAnimation;
import android.widget.FrameLayout;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
import android.widget.ProgressBar;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class ExpandHeaderView extends LinearLayout {
	private ProgressBar bar;
	private TextView txt_pull;
	private TextView txt_time;
	private ImageView image_pull;
	private LinearLayout content;
	private int mState = STATE_NORMAL;

	public final static int STATE_NORMAL = 0;
	public final static int STATE_READY = 1;
	public  final static int STATE_REFESHING = 2;

	private Animation mRotateUpAnim;
	private Animation mRotateDownAnim;
	private final int ROTATE_ANIM_DURATION = 180;

	public ExpandHeaderView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
		super(context, attrs);
		initView(context);
	}

	public ExpandHeaderView(Context context) {
		super(context);
		initView(context);
		// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
	}

	private void initView(Context ctx) {
		setOrientation(VERTICAL);
		FrameLayout ly = new FrameLayout(ctx);
		ly.setPadding(0, 10, 0, 0);
		content = new LinearLayout(ctx);
		content.setGravity(Gravity.BOTTOM);
		LayoutParams l_ly = new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
		l_ly.gravity = Gravity.BOTTOM;
		addView(ly,l_ly);

		FrameLayout.LayoutParams lp_content = new FrameLayout.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
				0,Gravity.BOTTOM);
		setBackgroundColor(Color.WHITE);
		content.setOrientation(HORIZONTAL);
		ly.addView(content, lp_content);
		FrameLayout left = new FrameLayout(ctx);
		//left.setPadding(10, 10, 10, 10);
		LayoutParams lp_left = new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
				LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
		lp_left.height = 100;
		lp_left.weight = 0.6f;
		content.addView(left, lp_left);
		image_pull = new ImageView(ctx);
		image_pull.setBackgroundDrawable(getResources().getDrawable(
				R.drawable.xlistview_arrow));
		FrameLayout.LayoutParams lp_image = new FrameLayout.LayoutParams(
				LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT);
		lp_image.gravity =  Gravity.CENTER;
		lp_image.topMargin = 10;
		left.addView(image_pull, lp_image);

		bar = new ProgressBar(ctx);
		bar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
		left.addView(bar, lp_image);

		LinearLayout right = new LinearLayout(ctx);
		right.setOrientation(VERTICAL);
		right.setGravity(Gravity.BOTTOM);
		LayoutParams lp = new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
				LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);
		lp.gravity = Gravity.LEFT;
		lp.weight = 0.4f;
		lp.leftMargin = 10;
		content.addView(right, lp);

		txt_pull = new TextView(ctx);
		txt_pull.setText("下拉刷新");
		right.addView(txt_pull);

		txt_time = new TextView(ctx);
		txt_time.setText("最近刷新时间:");
		right.addView(txt_time);

		mRotateUpAnim = new RotateAnimation(0.0f, -180.0f,
				Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 0.5f, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF,
				0.5f);
		mRotateUpAnim.setDuration(ROTATE_ANIM_DURATION);
		mRotateUpAnim.setFillAfter(true);

		mRotateDownAnim = new RotateAnimation(-180.0f, 0.0f,
				Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF, 0.5f, Animation.RELATIVE_TO_SELF,
				0.5f);
		mRotateDownAnim.setDuration(ROTATE_ANIM_DURATION);
		mRotateDownAnim.setFillAfter(true);

	}

	public LinearLayout getContent() {
		return content;
	}

	public void setSate(int state) {
		if (state == mState)
			return;

		if (state == STATE_REFESHING) {
			image_pull.clearAnimation();
			image_pull.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
			bar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
		} else {
			image_pull.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
			bar.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);

		}

		switch (state) {
		case STATE_NORMAL:
			if (mState == STATE_READY) {
				image_pull.startAnimation(mRotateDownAnim);
			}
			if (mState == STATE_REFESHING) {

				image_pull.clearAnimation();
			}
			txt_pull.setText("下拉刷新");
			break;

		case STATE_READY:
			if (mState != STATE_READY) {
				image_pull.clearAnimation();
				image_pull.startAnimation(mRotateUpAnim);
				txt_pull.setText("松开刷新数据");
			}
			break;

		case STATE_REFESHING:
			txt_pull.setText("正在加载..");
			break;
		default:
		}
		mState = state;
	}

	public void setVisiableHeight(int height) {
		if (height < 0)
			height = 0;
		FrameLayout.LayoutParams lp = (FrameLayout.LayoutParams) content
				.getLayoutParams();
		lp.height = height;
		System.out.println("height ==== "+height);
		content.setLayoutParams(lp);

	}

	public int getVisiableHeight() {
		return content.getLayoutParams().height;
	}

	public void updateTime(String time) {
		if (TextUtils.isEmpty(time)) {
			txt_time.setText("最近刷新时间为刚刚");
		} else {
			txt_time.setText("最近刷新时间:" + time);

		}
	}
}

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Taka Ishii Gallery
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Photography / Film, Tokyo
Photography / Film
Graciela IturbideCabrita, Juchitán, 1979Gelatin silver print
24 x 16.5 cm Taka Ishii Gallery Contact Gallery
Lucía VidalesDías y noches (Days and nights), 2019Low temperature ceramic
13 x 13 x 13 cm Taka Ishii Gallery Contact Gallery
Graciela IturbideMuchacha con vasija tonala' Oaxaca, 1974Gelatin silver print
30.6 x 21.5 cm Taka Ishii Gallery Contact Gallery
Graciela IturbidePrimera Comunión, Chalma, 1984Gelatin silver print
Graciela IturbideProcesión, Chalma, 1984Gelatin silver print
Graciela IturbideSan Pablito, Puebla, 1970sGelatin silver print
Lucía VidalesUna explicación sin rostro (Faceless explanation), 2019Low temperature ceramic
SHOP Taka Ishii Gallery is pleased to announce ¡Viva México!, a group show featuring Mexican photography, art and design, from Jul 24 - Sep 27, 2020. The exhibition will present Graciela Iturbide and Armando Salas Portugal's vintage prints executed in the 70s & 80s, Chucho Reyes' classic works on paper, Lucía Vidales' painting and ceramics, also a selection of VARON jewelry and other interior goods made in Mexico, including handcrafted rugs and the Miguelito chairs designed by modern architect Luis Barragán. Rare art books will be available for viewing and purchase too. With the variety of art and design objects travelled afar, co-presented with the music selected by contemporary conceptual artist Mario García Torres, this curatorial project serves to bring insights into the indescribably dynamic culture of Mexico.
Profoundly inspired during the photographic journeys to areas inhabited by Mexico's indigenous peoples with master photographer Manuel Álvarez Bravo in 1970-71, Graciela Iturbide's attention had remained focused on Mexico across three decades until the 1990s. Shifted from film directing to documentary photography, the artist gradually established her style under the influence of Álvarez Bravo's and Josef Koudelka's poetic style, Henri Cartier-Bresson's notion of the 'decisive moment,' and filmmaker Luis Buñuel's surrealistic style. To Iturbide, photography is a medium and tool to connect with her own culture and encounter others'. Approaching her subjects with a poetic sensibility, her documentary photography, which the artist describes as the 'photo essay', reflects her strong interest in culture, ritual, and everyday life in her motherland Mexico and beyond. The five black and white vintage prints exhibited in this show cover her constant themes, including the interplay of urban and rural life, tradition and modernity, celebration and death.
Moved by the diverse natural environs of his homeland Mexico, Armando Salas Portugal traveled throughout the nation, photographing its varied landscapes that accumulated into an unparalleled archive. Salas Portugal also documented the rapid change of cityscapes in the economic boost, where he collaborated with many architects in Mexico City, making photographic records of the rise of numerous modernist structures in the 1960s and 1970s. Among them, he worked as the exclusive photographer of the internationally renowned modernist architect Luis Barragán's for over 40 years. Barragán's unique architectural expressions combined contemporary interpretations of traditional Mexican lifestyles seen in haciendas with the landscape design sensibilities of landscape artist Ferdinand Bac and Mediterranean architecture rooted in Arabic- Andalusian culture. Determined to carry out designs based on his beliefs and not the functionalist International Style popular at the time, he advocated an 'emotional architecture' and built numerous important structures. Vintage prints from the renowned 'Casa de Luis Barragán (House of Luis Barragán)' series (c.a. 1962, 1974) will be exhibited in the group show.
Jesús Reyes Ferreira, widely known as Chucho Reyes, is a self-taught artist with one of the most authentic styles in Mexican art of the twentieth century. Although starting painting late, Reyes had shared close ties with cultural creatives circle since the 1910s as an antique dealer and art collector, opening up his home to art exchanges in hometown Guadalajara and the capital. Architect Luis Barragán considered Reyes as the teacher of colours, who used louvers and colour-play to create shifting light in interior space, and made his own pigments by traditional methods to capture colours of Mexican culture in his paintings. His lively body of work including oil canvas, drawings and sculptures executed in vivid, festive colours and bold brushstrokes also won the admiration of Pablo Picasso. As suggested by its title, Flores (n.d.) represents the classic iconographies of flowers on papel de china, tissue paper, a medium extensively used by Reyes to honour Mexican popular arts and papel picado designs. In other works, by overlaying two or more layers of brown paper, the artist experimented with tone and textured backgrounds to enhance specific themes.
By merging fiction and history through imagination, Lucía Vidales' oeuvre constructs a personal universe bringing together the living of different times. In Vidales' canvas, the multiple layers of paint display a range of densities and transparencies, which seemingly take on an organic life under the artist's dynamic brushwork. Its capability in transformations when interacting with light and space further enhances the works' expressiveness. As a signifier, the rich colors applied in Vidales' paintings testify to the timely process of human labor in painting, as an attempt to bring inner world enrichment and consolation for wounds of the past and the present. Her semi-abstract and semi-figurative painting Pésima idea (Baad idea) (2018) and the low-temperature ceramics of Días y noches (Days and nights) (2019), Una explicación sin rostro (Faceless explanation), (2019) which referenced to the unglazed practice and style of pre-Hispanic wares, represent a young voice in the exhibition to open up dialogues with masters of the twentieth century.
As an experimental retail space, SHOP continues to transcend the boundary between 'gallery' and 'shop' by introducing different designer goods and fine craft works into our exhibitions. Collaborating with VARON, a Mexico City-based jewelry brand founded by Aaron Changpo that creates avant-garde unisex pieces full of history and meaning, this exhibition will feature a special collection of Mexican amber. Geologically, Mexican amber is relatively young as it dates from between 25 and 40 million years. It is created from resin found in wood that has been isolated from the environment, hence petrifying as opposed to biodegrading and has been present in the history of humanity since its beginnings. This collection marks the first time VARON has worked with amber and has placed the petrified rocks alongside silver to showcase their timeless quality.
Mario García Torres has uniquely curated a two-hour long music playlist to be played at the group show. In addition to the artist's own retrospective sound piece entitled Silence's Wearing Thin Here (n.d.), which was composed of voices and soundtracks from previous artworks, the list also features pieces of diverse genres across decades, including the symphony of La Noche de Los Mayas (The Night of the Mayas) (1939) by composer Silvestre Revueltas, the 80s' classic pop song La chica de Humo (The Smoke Girl) by Emmanuel (1988), a country-music piece Eso y Más (This and More) by Joan Sebastian (2006), the contemporary indie-pop song Te Regalo (I Give You) by Carla Morrison (2017). Using more than 30 pieces, García Torres has poetically conveyed unexplored aspects of histories in Mexico over time.
Artist Biographies & Brand Story
Mario García Torres (b. 1975) was born in Monclova, Mexico and currently lives in Mexico City. He received his MFA from the California Institute of the Arts (2005). In his work García Torres explores the potential of a diverse range of media including photography, film, performance in order for it to serve as a tool in his own re-examination of concerns related to history and conceptual art practice in which there is always a time or location displacement. In so doing, he derives a new idea from history and reality. His recent solo exhibitions include The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2018) co-organized with WIELS, Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels (2019); the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (2015); the Pérez Art Museum Miami (2014); Project Arts Centre, Dublin (2013); the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (2010); and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (2007). He has also, participated in numerous international exhibitions including Manifesta 11 (2016); the 8th Berlin Biennale (2014); dOCUMENTA(13), Kassel (2012); São Paulo Biennial (2010); Taipei Biennial (2010); Yokohama Triennale (2008); and Venice Biennale (2007).
Graciela Iturbide (b.1942) was born in Mexico City where she currently lives and works. She enrolled at the film school Centro de Estudios Cinematográficos at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in 1969 to become a film director. However, she was soon drawn to the art of still photography as practised by the Mexican modernist master Manuel Álvarez Bravo, who was teaching at the university. From 1970-71, she worked as Álvarez Bravo's assistant, accompanying him on his various photographic journeys throughout Mexico. In the early half of the 1970s, Iturbide traveled widely across Latin America, in particular to Cuba, and several trips to Panama. In the mid-70s, Iturbide began to reveal a clear preference for the theatrical atmosphere of popular Mexican Festivals, where Catholic rites blend with indigenous tradition in a great carnivalesque celebration. Through these works, Iturbide emphasizes the irony of Mexican imagery which represents death and accentuates the surrealistic character of these social rites. Her most renowned series Juchitán de Las Mujeres (Juchitan, A Town of Women) (1979-86) is a prolonged project featuring Zapotec Indians in Juchitán, who were economically and politically independent and enjoyed sexual freedom in their community. This series won the Eugene Smith Memorial Foundation Award in 1987 and was published in book form in 1989.
Iturbide's selected solo exhibitions include Graciela Iturbide's Mexico, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C. (2020), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2019); Graciela Iturbide 1969 - 1990, Taka Ishii Gallery Photography / Film, Tokyo (2016); Graciela Iturbide Retrospective, at Tate Modern (2013); Museo Frida Kahlo, Mexico City (2012); Barbican Art Gallery, London (2012); Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City (2011); MAPFRE Foundation, Madrid (2009); Fotomuseum Winterthur (2009); Americas Society, New York (2008); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (2007); Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro (1993); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1990); Centre Pompidou, Paris (1982). Major awards include the Cornell Capa Lifetime Achievement Award (2015); the Lucie Award (2010); National Prize of Sciences and Arts, Mexico City (2009); Hasselblad Foundation Photography Award (2008); Legacy Award (2007); Hugo Erfurth Award (1989); a Guggenheim Fellowship (1988); the Eugene Smith Memorial Foundation Award (1987).
Chucho Reyes, Jesús Reyes Ferreira (1880-1977), was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco and passed away in Mexico City. Influenced by his father, Reyes developed a profound interest in antiques and art. Without receiving a formal education in arts, Reyes presented infallible aesthetic sensibility and talents highly reputable in the upper society of his hometown Guadalajara, as well as among the cultural elites in Mexico City. From arranging the window displays at the artist supply shop to church altar dressing, interior design and art curation at home, and experimental art creation, Reyes established his personal avant-garde style with expressionist mark. Reyes enjoyed friendships with David Alfaro Siqueiros, Frida Kahlo, Juan O'Gorman, Diego Rivera and Juan Soriano. His major solo exhibitions include National Tribute, Magna Retrospective Exhibition on the occasion of his 82 years at Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes (Mexico City, 1962); Chucho Reyes at Plaza San Jacinto in San Angel (Mexico City, 1972); Chucho Reyes at Galeria Pecanins (Mexico City, 1975). Later exhibitions in tribute to him include Homage to Chucho Reyes at Museo Rufino Tamayo (Mexico City, 1984); La mirada estética de Jesús Reyes Ferreira at Museo de Arte Moderno (Mexico City, 2002); Chucho Reyes at Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (Mexico City, 2012); Chucho Reyes, The Show Will Start at Inverarte Art Gallery (San Antonio, Texas, 2014) and Chucho Reyes, La fiesta del color at Museo Palacio de Bellas Artes (Mexico City, 2018).
Armando Salas Portugal (1916-1995) was born in Monterrey, Mexico. He moved to the U.S. in 1932 and he studied science at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1935 to 1938. After returning to Mexico, he traveled to various regions and acquired a camera for the first time. He documented the rich and diverse Mexican landscape from a unique perspective. Starting in 1941, these photographs were published in La Montaña, and Salas Portugal began exhibiting his photographs widely in Mexico. Among his photographs of Mexican architectures, Luis Barragán's works, of which he was the exclusive photographer for over 40 years, are particularly famous. Executed under the compositional orders of Barragán, each print demonstrates the master architect's unique aesthetics. Salas Portugal's dialogues with Barragán and his works were carried out with notable intensity and they made his works even richer and more fertile than they might otherwise have been. Salas Portugal's major solo exhibitions include Paisaje Mexicano at Palacio de Bellas Artes (Mexico City, 1944-46), Paisaje Chiapaneco at Circulo de Bellas Artes (Mexico City, 1949), and Luis Barragán, Architect at the Museum of Modern Art (New York, 1980).
Lucía Vidales (b. 1986) was born in Mexico City, Mexico. She currently lives and works in Monterrey, Mexico as a BA professor at the University of Monterrey. She received her BA from 'La Esmeralda' National School of Painting, Sculpture and Printmaking of the National Institute of Fine Arts, Mexico in 2009 and MFA from the National Autonomous University of México, Faculty of Art and Design, UNAM in 2014. Vidales recently presented solo exhibitions at the House of Deslave in Tijuana, Galería de Arte Mexicano (GAM) and Galeria Alterna in Mexico City (2019). She participated in over forty group shows in Mexico and abroad. Recent group exhibitions include Murales para un cubo blanco at Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City (2020); Prince.sse.s des villes, at Palais de Tokyo, París (2019); 100 Sculptures at Anonymous Gallery, Mexico City and Paris (2019); Naturally at Lulu, Mexico City (2018), Tiger poems and songs for Hurricanes at Galería Travesía 4, Guadalajara (2018), Montar la Bestia at USC Fisher Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Museo Nacional de ferrocarril mexicanos, Puebla, CaSa, Oaxaca (2017).
Born in Mexico City, Aaron Changpo spent his childhood in the city of Cuernavaca under the influence of his jeweler family. Jewelry is an intrinsically Mexican custom that has played a hugely important cultural role since Prehispanic Mexico and its influence is seen across popular contemporary society today. Enthralled by the energy found in precious metals and stones and how they relate to humans symbolically, Changpo found himself unintentionally following in the footsteps of his jeweler grandfather; a tradition going back four generations. He felt a profound calling to convey the energy he felt from the stones and materials that have inhabited this earth for billions of years and to contextualize them into objects of personal value. With a focus on genderless pieces Changpo took his knowledge of craftsmanship and his sensibility for the unique characteristics of each material and founded VARON. VARON was born from the energy found in materials and minerals forged here on earth for billions of years and the symbolic meaning people place on finished pieces. Throughout history and across cultures jewelry has been regarded as symbolic in relationships, self-transcendence, and gifting; concepts Changpo constantly brings into his creative process. With this in mind the pieces take on a new meaning as their purpose shifts from one person to another. They create a new biography for the pieces themselves, transcending from body adornments to personal emblems and are free of gender and full of history and meaning.
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Addicted: America's Opioid Crisis
Written by Lynkuptaxi Team	Posted on November 28, 2020 November 28, 2020 Less than 0 min read
The featured 2019 BBC documentary, "Addicted: America's Opioid Crisis," explores the depth of the nation's addiction to opioid painkillers and the role played by Purdue Pharma and other makers of the drug.
As noted in the film, opioids kill more people than any other drug on the market, and it's the only type of drug that can condemn a person to a life of addiction after a single week of use.
According to the BBC, "1 in 8 American children live with a parent who suffers from a substance abuse disorder," and "every 15 minutes, a baby in America is born suffering from opioid withdrawal." Middle school-aged children interviewed also say they have easy access to drugs, should they want them.
Many now blame the drug companies that make these drugs and have falsely promoted them as safe and nonaddictive for patients of all kinds, including children.
That includes one of the former addicts followed in the film, who says he thinks the drug companies need to be held responsible for their role in creating this epidemic, and made to help pay for the solution.
Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty and Folds
One of the most prominent drug companies involved in the creation of this opioid addiction crisis is Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin. At the end of October 2020, Purdue Pharma agreed to plead guilty to three federal criminal charges relating to its role in the opioid crisis, including violating a federal anti-kickback law, conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government and violating the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.1,2
To settle the charges, Purdue is supposed to pay $8.3 billion in fines, forfeiture of past profits and civil liability payments,3 but because it doesn't have the cash, the company will instead be dissolved and its assets used to erect a "public benefit company" that both makes opioids and pays for addiction treatment.
Legal Painkillers Now the Gateway Drug to Heroin
While marijuana was long known as the gateway drug to other illicit drug use, that distinction now belongs to prescription opioids. According to data4 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, prescription opioid use is a significant risk factor for subsequent heroin use.
1 in 3 people who misused opioids during their high school years ended up using heroin by age 35.
The incidence of heroin use is 19 times higher among those who have used opioids nonmedically than among those who have no history of opioid use, and 86% of young, urban injection drug users report using opioid pain relievers nonmedically before starting heroin. Overall, nearly 80% of heroin users now report using prescription opioids prior to heroin.
Similarly, data5 from the University of Michigan shows just under 1 in 3 people (31.8%) who misused opioids during their high school years ended up using heroin by age 35.
When it comes to children and teens, a major source of opioids are dentists, who wrote a staggering 18.1 million prescriptions for opioids in 2017.6 Opioids are frequently prescribed when extracting wisdom teeth, even though there's no evidence to support this strategy.
This is especially true if you see a biological dentist who knows what they are doing. Earlier this year I had a periapical abscess and had to have the tooth extracted. I saw one of the best dentists in Florida, Dr. Carl Litano, just south of Tampa. He used platelet rich plasma (PRP) at the extraction site and I had zero pain and no swelling without any medication. Afterward, no one could tell I had an extraction the previous day.
Children are also recklessly prescribed addictive opioids for minor surgical procedures. For example, insurance claims data from 2016 and 2017 reveal 60% of children between the ages of 1 and 18 with private insurance filled one or more opioid prescriptions after surgical tonsil removal.7,8
Meanwhile, research9 shows opioids (including morphine, Vicodin, oxycodone and fentanyl) fail to control moderate to severe pain any better than over-the-counter drugs such as acetaminophen, ibuprofen and naproxen.
An Epidemic Caused by Greed
As noted in the film, this is an epidemic caused by greed within the medical system. Purdue Pharma was exceptionally skilled at marketing its product, cleverly disguising its advertisements as educational material. (The same can clearly be said about many other drug companies and their wares today.)
There can be no doubt that false advertising played a central role in the opioid epidemic,10 and for doctors, it highlights the importance of staying on top of published research rather than relying on drug company sales reps for their education.
The fraud has its roots in a short letter to the editor11,12 published in The New England Journal of Medicine in 1980. The letter — which was simply commenting on a cursory examination of patient files in a Boston hospital — stated that narcotic addiction in patients with no history of addiction was very rare.
Purdue built its marketing of OxyContin on this letter, for years falsely claiming that opioid addiction affects less than 1% of patients treated with the drugs. According to Purdue's marketing material, featured in the film, "the most serious risk with opioids is respiratory depression."
In reality, opioids have a very high rate of addiction and have not been proven effective for long-term use.13 A number of court cases in recent years have demonstrated how Purdue systematically misled doctors about OxyContin's addictiveness to drive up sales.
As noted by David Powell, a senior economist at Rand, to produce the most lethal drug epidemic America has ever seen "you need a huge rise in opioid access, in a way that misuse is easy, but you also need demand to misuse the product."14
According to the documentary, Purdue made more than $1 billion a year from its sales of OxyContin. OxyContin's success also quickly led to other drug companies mimicking Purdue's tactics. Other companies being called to account include Allergan, Cephalon, Endo International, Egalet Corporation, Insys Therapeutics, Johnson & Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Mallinckrodt plc and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries.
In the final analysis, it's clear that unconscionably deceitful marketing tactics have resulted in the death of hundreds of thousands of Americans; 46,802 Americans died from opioid overdoses in 2018 alone.15 As of June 2017, opioids became the leading cause of death among Americans under the age of 50.16
That said, the BBC also rightfully points out that we need stronger regulations and more effective checks and balances to prevent this kind of situation from happening again in the future. Merely making drug companies pay is not enough.
Purdue Lured in, Then Abandoned Doctors
Steven May, a former Purdue sales rep, also highlights yet another scandal. The company came up with a plan to help doctors to better document their treatment of pain. Sales reps were taught how to instruct doctors to use these tools.
When those same doctors eventually got in trouble for overprescribing opioids, using Purdue's tools, the company walked away and offered no support. Many doctors lost their medical licenses. Some ended up doing jail sentences and some committed suicide. "And they were doing exactly what [Purdue] taught us to teach them to do," May says.
Adding insult to injury, when it became clear that people were dying in droves from opioid overdoses, Purdue launched an extensive damage-control operation that included the suggestion that those dying from opioids were already addicts, and that this wouldn't happen to patients who were not already addicted to drugs. It was basically just a variation on the original lie.
According to lawsuits filed against Purdue, the company knew as early as the 1990s that OxyContin was one of the most abused drugs in the country, yet they did nothing to change their marketing and sales strategies.
That the Sacklers, the owners of Purdue, had no remorse and didn't care about the societal effects that overprescription of their drug was having is illustrated in a 2001 email exchange between then-Purdue president Richard Sackler and an acquaintance.
In the documentary, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong reads this exchange, which begins with the unnamed acquaintance stating: "[Drug] abusers die, well that is the choice they made. I doubt a single one didn't know the risks," to which Sackler replied, "Abusers aren't victims; they are the victimizers."
"It's hard to stomach that someone would write that about people who are suffering, people who are in real distress and people who have died," Tong says, "and that is the kind of thing that powered this company during a period and led to deceptive, fraudulent, misleading product development and marketing … [They] made money off people's misery and I think that is what these emails show."
Unemployment and Poverty Fuel Addiction
Many of the opioid and heroin abusers featured in "Addicted" live on the streets. Desperation and despair are evident in all. Several investigations seeking to gain insight into the causes fueling the opioid epidemic have been conducted in recent years.
Among them is a 2019 study17 in the Medical Care Research Review journal, which looked at the effects of state-level economic conditions — unemployment rates, median house prices, median household income, insurance coverage and average hours of weekly work — on drug overdose deaths between 1999 and 2014. According to the authors:18
"Drug overdose deaths significantly declined with higher house prices … by nearly 0.17 deaths per 100,000 (~4%) with a $10,000 increase in median house price. House price effects were … only significant among males, non-Hispanic Whites, and individuals younger 45 years …
Our findings suggest that economic downturns that substantially reduce house prices such as the Great Recession can increase opioid-related deaths, suggesting that efforts to control access to such drugs should especially intensify during these periods."
Similarly, an investigation published in the International Journal of Drug Policy19 in 2017 connected economic recessions and unemployment with rises in illegal drug use among adults. Seventeen of the 28 studies included in the review found that the psychological distress associated with economic recessions and unemployment was a significant factor:20
"The current evidence is in line with the hypothesis that drug use increases in times of recession because unemployment increases psychological distress which increases drug use. During times of recession, psychological support for those who lost their job and are vulnerable to drug use (relapse) is likely to be important."
Another 2019 study21 published in Population Health reviewed the links between free trade and deaths from opioid use between 1999 and 2015, finding that "Job loss due to international trade is positively associated with opioid overdose mortality at the county level." Overall, for each 1,000 people who lost their jobs due to international trade — commonly due to factory shutdowns — there was a 2.7% increase in opioid-related deaths.
Trauma Raises Addiction Risk
Abuse-related trauma is also linked to unemployment and financial stress, and that too can increase your risk of drug use and addiction. As noted in The Atlantic,22 when the coal mining industry in northeastern Pennsylvania collapsed, leaving many locals without job prospects, alcohol use increased, as did child abuse.
Many of these traumatized children, in turn, sought relief from the turmoil and ended up becoming addicted to opioids. All of this is particularly pertinent today, as many parts of the U.S. have been shut down for extended periods of time over fears of COVID-19.
Not being allowed to work, being forced to stay at home for weeks or months on end, maintaining an unnatural distance even to your loved ones and not being able to see people's faces when out in public — all of these things can contribute to fear, anxiety and, ultimately, despair that fuels addiction. Indeed, reports23 warn that substance abuse is on the rise as a result of pandemic measures, as is domestic violence.24
Struggling With Opioid Addiction? Please Seek Help
It's vitally important to realize that opioids are extremely addictive drugs that are not meant for long-term use for nonfatal conditions. If you've been on an opioid for more than two months, or if you find yourself taking a higher dosage, or taking the drug more often, you may already be addicted. Resources where you can find help include the following. You can also learn more in "How to Wean Off Opioids."
Your workplace Employee Assistance Program
The Substance Abuse Mental Health Service Administration25 can be contacted 24 hours a day at 1-800-622-HELP
I also urge you to listen to my interview with Dr. Sarah Zielsdorf, which is being published in tomorrow's newsletter. In it, she explains how low-dose naltrexone (LDN), used in microdoses, can help you help combat opioid addiction and aid in your recovery.26
Using microdoses of 0.001 milligrams (1 microgram), long-term users of opioids who have developed a tolerance to the drug are able to, over time, lower their opioid dose and avoid withdrawal symptoms as the LDN makes the opioid more effective.
For opioid dependence, the typical starting dose is 1 microgram twice a day, which will allow them to lower their opioid dose by about 60%. When the opioid is taken for pain, the LDN must be taken four to six hours apart from the opioid in order to not displace the opioid's effects.
Nondrug Pain Relief
Many types of pain can be treated entirely without drugs. Recommendations by Harvard Medical School27,28 and the British National Health Service29 include the following. You can find more detailed information about most of these techniques in "13 Mind-Body Techniques That Can Help Ease Pain and Depression."
Gentle exercise
Physical therapy or occupational therapy
Distracting yourself with an enjoyable activity
Maintaining a regular sleep schedule
Mind-body techniques such as controlled breathing, meditation, guided imagery and mindfulness practice that encourage relaxation. One of my personal favorites is the Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)
Yoga and tai chi
Practicing gratitude and positive thinking
Hot or cold packs
In "Billionaire Opioid Executive Stands to Make Millions More on Patent for Addiction Treatment," I discuss several additional approaches — including helpful supplements and dietary changes — that can be used separately or in combination with the strategies listed above to control both acute and chronic pain.
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Kandhkot in Sindh with it's 88,468 inhabitants is a city in Pakistan about 442 mi (or 711 km) south-west of Islamabad, the country's capital.
Local time in Kandhkot is now 12:09 AM (Friday). The local timezone is named Asia / Karachi with an UTC offset of 5 hours. We know of 8 airports in the vicinity of Kandhkot. The closest airport in Pakistan is Sui Airport in a distance of 28 mi (or 45 km), North. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro in a distance of 90 mi (or 145 km), South-West.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Ghotki, Shikarpur, Sukkur, Jacobabad and Dera Bugti. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info. Let's start with some photos from the area.
greenbeebirds ye pani k kinare p rehte hai aur ye bird asia europ aur degar cuontry mai b paye jate hai difernce colors mai hote hai.
ye greenbee birds hai ye hamari city mai bohat ziyada rehate hai.
Sohbat Gola is a village in the balochistan province of Pakistan. It is located at 28°17'0N 69°2'10E with an altitude of 71 metres (236 feet).
Located at 28.2833, 69.0361 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Kandhkot.


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All-Star Game headed to Philly in 2026
By Todd Zolecki @ToddZolecki
PHILADELPHIA -- Nobody other than Philadelphia could have hosted the 2026 All-Star Game. David Montgomery believed that a long time ago. He was right. Major League Baseball, the Phillies and the City of Philadelphia used Independence Hall as the backdrop to make the announcement on Tuesday afternoon that in seven
PHILADELPHIA -- Nobody other than Philadelphia could have hosted the 2026 All-Star Game. David Montgomery believed that a long time ago.
Major League Baseball, the Phillies and the City of Philadelphia used Independence Hall as the backdrop to make the announcement on Tuesday afternoon that in seven years the best players in the National League and American League will play the Midsummer Classic at Citizens Bank Park. 2026 will be the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, making it a year-long celebration across the country.
Philly will be the epicenter of it.
"It was a really easy sell to baseball to host the game here in Philadelphia," Phillies managing partner John Middleton said. "It's the logical place."
It will be the fifth time the city has hosted an All-Star Game. It most recently hosted at Veterans Stadium in 1996 and 1976, which was the country's bicentennial.
• History of All-Star Games in Philadelphia
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf, Philadelphia mayor Jim Kenney, Middleton, Phillies president Andy MacPhail, general manager Matt Klentak and manager Gabe Kapler were just a few of the people who headlined the announcement. The Phillies' Bryce Harper, Andrew McCutchen, Odubel Herrera and Aaron Nola -- each a former All-Star -- attended. Former Phillies All-Stars Mike Schmidt, Jimmy Rollins, Larry Bowa, Greg Luzinski, Bob Boone, John Kruk, Charlie Manuel, Dave Cash and Ricky Bottalico also attended.
But Montgomery was at the front of everybody's minds.
Montgomery is the Phillies' chairman and former team president. He has been continuing his courageous fight against cancer, so he could not attend Tuesday's announcement. But Montgomery had been personally targeting the 2026 All-Star Game since 2004, when Citizens Bank Park opened. In fact, it had been an almost unspoken truth since then: whenever somebody asked when Philly would host another All-Star Game, they said 2026.
Historic year. Historic event. Historic city.
Philadelphia will host the 2026 MLB All-Star Game! pic.twitter.com/kGziFcozJO
— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) April 16, 2019
Montgomery then began pushing for MLB to make the announcement official as far back as two years ago.
"We'd been talking to David about it for a while," Manfred said. "I think it was something that was really important to him for the city of Philadelphia. He was passionate about it. It's not easy to do seven years out. There's a lot of logistics that need to be handled with extra lead time. Everybody worked hard to make it happen. I think a big part of that was wanting to deliver for Dave, not just me but the Phillies organization and a lot of people in New York.
"I really don't believe we would have made this announcement today without David being the driving force behind it. He has that quiet ability to persuade, and because he's such a good person, he's very difficult to say no to. It's a tribute to his devotion to the city that he took this project on."
Manfred has a great affinity for Montgomery, and he has been one of Montgomery's greatest advocates.
"For the last 30 years, one of my best friends has been David Montgomery," Manfred said. "He's been a mentor, a friend, an adviser. I can say without hesitation, I would not be standing here as Commissioner of Baseball if it were not for him.
"When Dave started asking me a few years ago if we could announce the 2026 All-Star Game in Philadelphia, he didn't do that for himself. He didn't even really do it for the Phillies. He did it for the fans here in Philadelphia."
Montgomery got the job done. He got his wish.
Todd Zolecki has covered the Phillies since 2003, and for MLB.com since 2009. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook .


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In this age of increasing distracted driving car accidents (currently the number one concern of most motorists), we can sometimes forget the important role that safety belts continue to play in keeping us all safe on America's highways.
Fortunately, organizations like the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) conduct important research that serves to remind us just how vital our vehicle restraint systems are.
In a recent study from the end of 2010, the NHTSA released its estimates of how many wrongful deaths were avoided in car accidents, thanks to the vehicle occupants being buckled up. In 2009 alone, an estimated 12,713 lives were saved – and, in the five year period from 2005 through 2009, that number reached over 72,000.
With seat belt usage averaging at around 84% for all age groups, it's clear that most Americans realize the importance of buckling up. Unfortunately, one age group uses seat belts less than the others – 16 to 24 year-olds, only 80% of who use safety restraint systems while driving.
It may be an abstract statistic to read in this article – but the reality of it hit home during the holiday season in the Trenton, New Jersey area. On December 16th, 18 year-old Nick Gazzara, a star soccer player, drove down a snowy highway, lost control of his vehicle and slid into an oncoming truck. He was not wearing a seat belt and was pronounced dead at the scene.
To combat these kinds of senseless tragedies, the Garden State's Division of Highway Traffic Safety is working together with the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey in launching a new effort this year to encourage safer teen driving, including the regular use of seat belts.
The program, entitled the "U Got Brains Champion Schools Project," will offer one thousand dollars to two schools to create their own safe driving initiative and compete against 17 other schools to win driving simulators. It's named after a state website, UGotBrains.com, which was created a few years ago to promote safe driving habits.
The site features videos and accounts of car accidents that resulted in personal injury and wrongful death, safe driving tips, and shocking statistics, such as the fact that two-thirds of teens killed in crashes weren't wearing seat belts.
"The main focus today is on texting while driving, but we can't forget about seat belts," said Bill Kolbenschlag, a communications associate with the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey.
Teen drivers' mix of inexperience and sometimes reckless behavior translates to a greater chance of them being involved in a tragic crash than other age groups. Being buckled up at least puts the odds in favor of them surviving such crashes.


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Hollywood comes to town
OXFORD WEEKLY PLANET
Hollywood comes to Yoknapatawpha County
Local merchants expect boffo business
Lots of Oxonians have reported seeing Hollywood movie stars Michael and Samantha Hawke in town in recent days. The celebrity couple known as "Sammich" is said to be in town scouting Oxford as a possible location for Michael Hawke's upcoming film, My Segregation.
According to director Wes Thomas, the film is hoping for a 2020 release date and is tentatively scheduled to begin filming in May.
"It's going to be a period piece set in the '50s," explained Thomas. "Luckily, John Grisham has offered us the use of his home while we look around."
As with most film productions, local businesses, including hotels and storage facilities, will profit from the movie's filming. Oxford Tourism marketing director, Tammy Bradman estimates a big budget film like My Segregation could inject as much as $5 million into the city economy.
Yoknapatawpha County has previously been part of a number of film productions including Leo with Joseph Fiennes, Elisabeth Shue, and Sam Shepard; the Coen Brothers film O Brother, Where Art Thou? with George Clooney; Robert Altman's Cookie's Fortune with Glenn Close and Julianne Moore; The People vs. Larry Flynt with Woody Harrelson and Edward Norton; and The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag also with Moore and Penelope Ann Miller.
Eagle-eyed residents have spotted the Hawkes at a number of potential filming locations as well as local eateries. A worker at Holli's Sweet Tooth confirmed that movie star duo stopped by the restaurant and posed for a photograph with the employees.
"They were both super nice, and they stayed for a real long time," said Sweet Tooth employee Amy Casey. "Samantha was especially mellow. She told me she was in love with our chocolate ice cream."
The Hawkes will reportedly be in town through the Oxford Film Festival.
Hawke's contract for My Segregation, a movie based on the diary of a prison guard in Parchman, Mississippi, could make him the highest paid actor in history. His package is said to include a generous percentage of the movie's ticket sales, as well as streaming and merchandise profits and foreign language rights. And if Hawke agrees to star in the film's two planned sequels, his earnings will multiply.
If Oxford's experience with past films is repeated, local businesses will stand to profit as well.
By Oxford Weekly Planet News at 3:12 PM
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You can call the Disk with Hole command from the XirusCAD menu, from the XirusCAD Toolbar or from the command line. You have to chose the number of angular and radial points, the center of the disk, the major and the minor radius.
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Shaheen Concludes Historic First Visit to Albania, Continues to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the United Kingdom
**As Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation and co-Chair of the Senate NATO Observer Group, Senator Shaheen has led bipartisan efforts to support democracy and economic development in the Balkans as well as greater Euro-Atlantic integration.**
(Washington, DC) – Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation and a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, concluded her first visit to Albania, the most senior U.S. Senator to travel to the country since former Senator John McCain in 2017.
Shaheen held meetings with the President and Prime Minister of Albania, where she discussed the country's EU accession talks and the progress Albania has made on democratic reform and Euro-Atlantic integration efforts, as well as efforts to strengthen Albania's cyber capabilities in light of recent cyber attacks. Shaheen also met with a group of Afghan refugees who are awaiting relocation to the United States after fleeing Afghanistan following the Taliban's takeover of the country last year.
"I was deeply inspired to meet with Afghan refugees, who remain hopeful and courageous about their futures. I also expressed my thanks to officials in Albania for the generosity they have showed in hosting our wartime allies and partners," said Senator Shaheen. "This visit reaffirmed my commitment to ensuring the United States live up to the promise we made: to protect our Afghan partners and stand by them as they stood by us for 20 years. I was also pleased to discuss the progress Albania has made on meeting its democratic reform goals and look forward to working with officials and the Albanian people to recognize their Euro-Atlantic aspirations. As I continue my trip, I am glad to be returning to Bosnia and Herzegovina to participate as an election observer and show U.S. support for the democratic aspirations of its citizens. I also welcome the opportunity to travel soon to the United Kingdom, a vital partner in the global response to Russian aggression, to reaffirm our alliance and continued U.S. support for NATO and Ukraine amidst Putin's war."
Shaheen will continue travel to Bosnia and Herzegovina, to serve as an OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Election Observer for the country's general election, and to the United Kingdom to discuss the transatlantic alliance, continued U.S. support for Ukraine and attention to the Balkans amidst Putin's unprovoked war. She will also speak at Chatham House to discuss the importance of unity within the transatlantic relationship in responding to national security challenges.
In August, Senator Shaheen introduced bipartisan legislation with Senator Wicker to strengthen U.S.-Balkan ties by supporting economic development in the region through initiatives on infrastructure, trade and anti-corruption, including codification of sanctions to deter destabilizing activity. Senator Shaheen, Senator Murphy and Senator Tillis co-led a bipartisan delegation in April to Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Belgium to convey continued U.S. support for allies amid Russian aggression against Ukraine and discuss the implications for European security in the Balkans. Senator Shaheen and Senator Collins introduced a bipartisan resolution to honor the leadership and impact of the late Queen Elizabeth II, which was passed unanimously by the U.S. Senate. Senators Shaheen and Tillis also led a bipartisan delegation in June to the NATO Summit in Madrid, in addition to stops in Sweden and Finland to affirm strong bipartisan Senate support for their NATO membership aspirations. Also a member of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, Senator Shaheen has led action in the Senate in support of Ukraine in response to Putin's belligerence. Last month, Shaheen released a statement ahead of the anniversary of Ukraine's independence and the six-month mark of Russia's further invasion of Ukraine. In March, the Senate passed bipartisan legislation Shaheen cosponsored that would ensure the U.S. undertakes coordinated efforts to collect and maintain evidence of war crimes and atrocities committed by Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine. In February, Shaheen led a successful bipartisan effort with Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) to pass a resolution that conveys a renewed and overwhelmingly bipartisan message from the U.S. Senate in fierce support of Ukraine. Earlier this year, Shaheen and Portman led a bipartisan delegation to Ukraine, where they met with President Zelenskyy and members of his administration. Before the Shaheen-Portman congressional delegation visit to Ukraine in January, Shaheen led a bipartisan group of lawmakers to Eastern Europe, including Ukraine, last June.


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Magic Mandolin
The Magic Mandolin
The Magic Mandolin - Project and music
In 2012 the Mülheimer Zupforchester brought together the authors of 'Die Hüter des schwarzen Goldes', Inge Meyer-Dietrich and Anja Kiel, with composers Dominik Hackner and Aris Alexander Blettenberg.
The following two years have seen a textual revision of the story and compositions made to match, which have led to an exciting musical reading (world premiere on the 21st of March 2014 in the Salzlager Hall of UNESCO world heritage site Zeche Zollverein in Essen). The accompanying music has been recorded by the orchestra in 'The magic mandolin'.
On May 30th in 2013 Blettenberg and Dominik Hackner met in Mülheim in order to musically design the work. At that time only the main theme (black dwarves) had been composed. Together, they quickly developed essential dramaturgical elements and then composed the next pieces individually in the following months. Some of them have been discarded, others deepened.
The composition of the music to 'The Magic Mandolin' is the first joint project of Dominik Hackner and Aris Alexander Blettenberg. The sheet music for plucked orchestra is published by Joachim Trekel Musikverlag, Hamburg.
In the underground world of abandoned mines, you can find the keepers of the 'black gold', the legendary dwarves. Their greatest treasure, the power stone Achazurite, keeps the world in balance, above and below ground. But this guarantor for the future has been stolen. Sophie and Luca embark on an adventurous quest, crisscrossing underground ways from the Mining Museum in Bochum to the Unesco world heritage Zollverein. On their way, they encounter other mythical creatures – a werewolf, the wise woman, the ancient mountain spirit – thereby more and more getting their lives in danger. Can the magic mandolin help them face those dangers?
The short overture of 'The Magic Mandolin' introduces the mythical and adventurous atmosphere of the story.
The main theme, gracefully treading, represents the legendary black dwarves, who live underground in their secluded own cosmos.
Luca, an adventurous boy, and the curious and clever girl Sophie are drawn into this world. The two children could not possibly differ more: he, emphatically casual (jazz elements), she, sensitive and dreamy. But their joint experiences bring them closer together.
A brilliant march characterizes the opponents of the black dwarves, the blue goblins – once united, they are now enemies. Proud and defiant, they hold their ground, although they cannot obscure the fraternity with the black dwarves now long gone – the principal theme briefly flares up.
Sophie's Gondola Song describes a boat ride on an underground lake. Above the 'waves', played by the guitars, there is a fleeting appearence of the magic motif, before the solo mandolin and solo guitar set in with the Magic Mandolin Song, finally being joined by the entire orchestra.
All the while, Faol, the dreaded werewolf, an unrestrained and haunted creature, is raging through the underworld. There is a first dramatic climax. The Secret Garden Concerto introduces the central motif of the composition. A wonderful melody, appealing to the listeners' intuition, gives strength to the children, sustaining them for the upcoming adventures and significantly influencing the outcome.
The Entr'acte marks the beginning of the second part of the story. There is a first quote of the modified 'Steigerlied', the traditional miners' song, here signature tune of the Mighty Mountain Spirit. In addition there are, as a kind of advance resume, allusions to the main theme, the gondola song, and the secret garden concerto (bass group).
Olaf's Serenade presents the werewolf who has now become human. No longer raging and shorttempered, he's now Olaf, a jovial and friendly fellow.
The Mountain Spirit Awakening, foreshadowing danger, leads to dramatic developments accentuated by sound effects and extreme dynamics in a collage ofmusical motifs.
And then the Achazurite, formed in mystical prehistory, keeping Above and Below in balance. Solemnly, and with a sparkling radiance, this part develops and passes by to vanish into Nothingness, where it began.
The Finale takes up the main themes of the work. From far away the black dwarves' main theme approaching, the GSteigerlied' sounds up, markedly distorted in a bold choral movement of mandolas and guitars, to culminate in the garden concert motif, just before the spirited end.
Born in 1994 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, with GermanGreek descent, Aris Alexander Blettenberg belongs to the outstanding talents of his hometown. He is active as pianist, conductor and composer and laureate of many prizes, inter alia 1. Federal prize winner of Jugend Musiziert (youth plays music), 1. Federal prize winner of Jugend Komponiert (youth composes). On top of that he has been awarded the important Ruhrförderpreis of his hometown Mülheim an der Ruhr. Currently he is student at the renowned university for music and theatre in Munich in the class of professor Antti Siirala. At the age of nine he started mandolin instruction, he has been a member of the Mülheimer Zupforchester since 2009.
More information: www.arisalexanderblettenberg.de
Dominik Hackner, born in 1968 in Bad Neuenahr, began mandolin instruction at the age of six, piano at the age of 12. He received important musical impulses at the Rehlingen seminars for plucked instruments. Composing since 1983, he has authored more than 60 compositions, mainly for plucked instruments. Being a multiple laureate of Jugend Musiziert (youth plays music), in 1985 he presented his op. 25 'Konietznyana' for solo mandolin. Today, his works, partly characterized by a free tonality but often also by catchy melodies, are per formed and recorded by plucking orchestras worldwide. Furthermore, Dominik Hackner is one of the most successful and requested conductors in his field.
The Mülheimer Zupforchester (MZO) was founded in 1980 and is today one of Germany's premier plucked orchestras. The MZO regularly excels in national and international festivals and competitions. Since the founding of the 'Deutscher Orchesterwettbewerb', the MZO has continuously won the first prize on the national level. Next to regular concerts within the cultureprogramme of Mülheim an der Ruhr, the MZO performs with internationally renowned artists at numerous events and concerts at home and abroad. Concerttours have led the Mülheim orchestra to Italy, France, Poland, Israel, inter alia. Through placings of commissioned compositions for plucked string orchestra we aim to promote contemporary music. Seven CDs have now been published, which represent the wide range of the orchestra.
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