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Chris Anne
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Demo recording & spectator mode
Chris Anne replied to Schetter's topic in General Discussion
If there is no way to record a demo through the game itself, you can always use Fraps .
In-game music...
Chris Anne replied to Ultar__Terragor's topic in General Discussion
When I play a game on my PC, I usually turn the in-game music off. The reason being: A) it gives me a headache hearing the same tunes over and over again. and... B) the music distracts me. I need to hear where the enemy is. With the music playing in the background during a game, there's a good chance that the enemy may be able to sneak up on me because I didn't hear him. When Battlefront is finally released, I'll probably play it with the music on for a couple of days just to get the total game experience. Then I'm turning it off.... forever.
X-Box demo confirmed!
Chris Anne replied to VanLingo's topic in General Discussion
Maybe, when they say that the demo is 15 minutes, they really mean that its actually a "making of" documentary showing you how the "Battlefront" game was made as well as giving you a non-playable sneak peek at some of the levels. It's been done before. The first tomb raider movie had a 10 or 15 minute demo on the DVD. But it was actually a documentary about the making of "The Tomb Raider Chronicles" video game. There was no playable demo.
Chris Anne replied to Wai_TungLeung's topic in General Discussion
CoD Multiplayer is a lot of fun. But I haven't played it in a long while (I'm having some PC problems at the moment) so I don't know if the latest patch screwed the game up or not. I can say this: Sniping is (or was) extremely easy in CoD. The very first time I ever played that game online I racked up a very high kill rate while sniping. So, if the latest patch did something to make sniping harder -- then believe me it's a good thing. That means you have to really train yourself if you want to be good at it.
If You Are Going To Play Online Come Here.
Chris Anne replied to pink lightsaber's topic in General Discussion
I usually go by the name Chick With a Gun in a multiplayer game. And sometimes I use my real name Chris Anne . If you're playing the PC version of Star Wars Battlefront then you will be seeing me.
IGN/Gamespy and Lucasarts hook up
Chris Anne replied to eastcoast2895's topic in General Discussion
I hate Gamespy too. I seriously, seriously hate it. I prefer ingame browsers.
will a droid be killed with one shot?
Chris Anne replied to Evil Dark Jedi's topic in General Discussion
It's a very safe bet that both sides - Droids and Humans - will have the same HP (or whatever you want to call it). It just wouldn't be fair to the players if they're weaker than the opposing team. It would severely unbalance the game. And I'm sure the developers know this.
I love Friendly Fire servers. It makes the game more challenging and realistic. But I can understand why some people don't like it. Especially when they have to worry about idiotic TK'ers who get their fun by intentionally killing their teammates. But I haven't really had too many bad experiences with TK'ers. I've been fortunate I guess.
Single Player - NPC A.I.: Will it be Smart?
Chris Anne replied to Chris Anne's topic in General Discussion
That's exactly why I'm hoping the A.I. turns out to be decent. Online games eventually die off as newer innovated multiplayer games come out. Players will inevitably move onto the next popular game. If this game becomes a favorite of mine, I want to be able to play it years later. And its most likely that years later there will be no one playing this game online. So, if the game had a real good A.I., then I would just play alone against the bots and have fun.
Star Wars Republic Commando
Chris Anne replied to Chris Anne's topic in The Sliced TaunTaun
Yeah, it is rather odd . But you know what? We're all fans of Star Wars, so it's nice to see other Star Wars games getting a mention here. Also, I'm guessing that there's not a lot of Battlefront news at the moment. Anyway, the game looks sooooo good.
Chris Anne posted a topic in The Sliced TaunTaun
I know, I know -- you're probably asking "what does this have to do with Battlefront"? Well nothing actually. But wow after reading about it and seeing the screenshots, Star Wars Republic Commando is looking real good. And it takes place during the "Clone Wars"! That makes 2 upcoming Star Wars games that I can't wait to play.
My comments on the SWBF demo and trilogy DVD bundle rumor.
Chris Anne replied to techmedic007's topic in General Discussion
This is not the first time this has happened. Other DVDs had done things like this. As a matter of fact, when the 2-Disc Independence Day first came out on DVD a few years ago (I'm not talking about the recent re-release), they included a link to an online Multiplayer game that you could play for free for a limited time on the 2nd disc as well as a full game called "Get off my Planet". I never played 'em though. So something like this isn't new. I plan on buying the Star Wars DVDs in September. If rumors of a Battlefront demo being included turns out to be true--great. Because then I will be able to play it because my brother has an X-Box. But I really rather have a PC demo since I'm not a console player.
Chris Anne replied to wistolz's topic in General Discussion
I was thinking one Bounty Hunter (or Jedi, depending on what side your playing) would go after the Top player. Here's how it would work. If the Top player is on a killing spree (multiple kills without being killed), then the game would automatically send out a Bounty Hunter to hunt that player down "for a limted time" -- maybe 2 to 3 minutes. The bounty hunter will then disappear from the map when the player: A) is killed B) the Bounty Hunter is killed or C) the 2-3 minute timer is up.
Do the Developers Ever Post Here?
Chris Anne posted a topic in General Discussion
This is the Official Star Wars Battlefront Forum, right? Have the developers of the game ever come by to post here? I'm just curious. I've been on plenty of other gaming forums (most Star Trek games, Halo, Breed, Tribes, etc) where the developers would visit quite a bit and talk with the eager fans who hang out there. It's a good way to keep us informed. And it's a good way to get fans excited. I know some may say that the developers are too busy creating the game and have no time to come by once in awhile, but I disagree. It only takes a few minutes to read and respond to messages on the forum.
Vehicle and Infantry maps
Chris Anne replied to Mountainforest's topic in General Discussion
32 is fine. But you can count on some people (if they have a very fast server) will try to fit more players on their servers no matter what the player cap may be. But I have no problem with 16 vs 16. That's still a lot.


In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
It is indeed recorded in history that Hadrat Alis sword was called Al-Zulfiqaar; but it is absolutely incorrect that the sword was sent by Allah Subhanah for Hadrat Ali!!! Allah Subhanah sends His Guidance and His Prophets as a Mercy to mankind, not swords! Allah Subhanah never ever sent a sword from the heavens for any of His Prophets; thus to believe that He sent a sword for Hadrat Imam Ali (r.a.) is a wrong and incorrect belief, and has absolutely nothing to do with reality.
It is most likely that after Hadrat Imam Ali (r.a.), his children might have inherited his sword. Allah Subhanah Alone knows what happened to it.
There is no record that this particular sword of Hadrat Ali (r.a.) still exists. Hadrat Ali (r.a.) had many swords, and I have personally seen one of Hadrat Alis (r.a.) swords displayed at the Topkapi Museum in Istanbul, Turkey. But that sword is not the Al-Zulfiqaar, as records state that the Zulfiqaar was a double-edged sword, and the one displayed at Topkapi Museum in Istanbul is a normal single-edged sword.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allahs Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.


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So do you remember when I started this sweater? Like forever ago, right? Well I finally finished Heidi Kirrmaier's Vitamin D last week. It is a lovely sweater. I love the eyelet back. I know the color will make me happy all winter long. But right now all I can see are my mistakes. You know, those mommy brain mistakes. Like loosing count on the short rows (I think I'm four rows short on the first set). And like when I stopped knitting mid-row because nap time was over and then when I picked it up again, I started purling purls instead of knitting knits. Twice! (Does that even make sense?!) The only thing to do is un-knit to the mistake and start again. I'm sure that, like my February Lady Sweater, when I've had some time apart from it I will fall in love with it again. When I can look past the small mis-knits and wear it very happily.
In the meantime, here's a little peek at what I'm working on for Colton.


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Boston Dynamics has released a video introducing SpotMini, a smaller version of its Spot quadruped robot at large in a domestic environment. We see SpotMini loading a dishwasher, suggesting that it might be capable of being useful.
SpotMini is a very odd-looking four footed beast.
In place of a neck and head it has a robotic arm and it is this gripper that means it can manipulate objects,and fetch and carry them. Though as you can see in the video it hasn't mastered walking around and doesn't always want to part with things. Overall, it's like a human toddler crossed with an overgrown puppy, crossed with the robot maid/butler that we really want.
According to information from Boston Robotics SpotMini weighs 55 lbs, (65 lbs if you include its arm). It is all-electric (no hydraulics) and runs for about 90 minutes on a charge, depending on what it is doing. It has a variety of sensors, including depth cameras, a solid state gyro (IMU) and proprioception sensors in the limbs. These sensors help with navigation and mobile manipulation.
Boston Dynamics also states that it is one of the quietest robots we have ever built - but it is still rather clattery to judge from the video. Another telling point is:
SpotMini performs some tasks autonomously, but often uses a human for high-level guidance.
So the tussle over the can of coke in the out-take at the end of the video was a managed stunt which rather casts doubt on the degree of discrimination it showed in deciding which objects to put into the dishwasher and which to assign to the trash.
The falling over behavior doesn't inspire confidence, especially as it didn't pick up the banana skins that had caused the fall in the first place.
Boston Dynamics was acquired by Google in 2013. Earlier this year, as we previously reported, rumors emerged that Alphabet, its parent company was looking for a buyer, perhaps on the grounds that robots like Atlas were not likely to generate a revenue. Is a move to smaller robots an attempt to have a mass market product?
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Perfect to show your team spirit by adding it onto your Mingle Mingle Mama in Clear or clipping on your keys!
Whether you landed that big job, or finally cleaned out the dreaded hallway closet... it's time to TREAT yo'self!!! Remind yourself you deserve the world every time you catch a glimpse of your cutest new accessory adorning your fave KW bag or key ring. Its flirty little tassel layers may spark random celebrations and cheers of joy from all who admire it, so clip it to everything to be sure you're surrounded by the most joyous of crowds. Go ahead and treat yo'self- you earned it girl!


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Where Have You Gone, Grover Cleveland?
Reading Obama's Inaugural Address, with its depressing appeal to the most childish elements of our collective nature, sent me down history's corridors to look at some past Inaugural speeches.
Perhaps we should bring back Grover Cleveland (hard to believe he was a Democrat). His Second Inaugural, in 1893, included:
Manifestly nothing is more vital to our supremacy as a nation and to the beneficent purposes of our Government than a sound and stable currency. Its exposure to degradation should at once arouse to activity the most enlightened statesmanship, and the danger of depreciation in the purchasing power of the wages paid to toil should furnish the strongest incentive to prompt and conservative precaution.
[A]another danger confronts us not less serious. I refer to the prevalence of a popular disposition to expect from the operation of the Government especial and direct individual advantages.
The verdict of our voters which condemned the injustice of maintaining protection for protection's sake enjoins upon the people's servants the duty of exposing and destroying the brood of kindred evils which are the unwholesome progeny of paternalism. This is the bane of republican institutions and the constant peril of our government by the people. It degrades to the purposes of wily craft the plan of rule our fathers established and bequeathed to us as an object of our love and veneration. It perverts the patriotic sentiments of our countrymen and tempts them to pitiful calculation of the sordid gain to be derived from their Government's maintenance. It undermines the self-reliance of our people and substitutes in its place dependence upon governmental favoritism. It stifles the spirit of true Americanism and stupefies every ennobling trait of American citizenship.
The lessons of paternalism ought to be unlearned and the better lesson taught that while the people should patriotically and cheerfully support their Government its functions do not include the support of the people.
The acceptance of this principle leads to a refusal of bounties and subsidies, which burden the labor and thrift of a portion of our citizens to aid ill-advised or languishing enterprises in which they have no concern. It leads also to a challenge of wild and reckless pension expenditure, which overleaps the bounds of grateful recognition of patriotic service and prostitutes to vicious uses the people's prompt and generous impulse to aid those disabled in their country's defense.
The people of the United States have decreed that on this day the control of their Government in its legislative and executive branches shall be given to a political party pledged in the most positive terms to the accomplishment of tariff reform. They have thus determined in favor of a more just and equitable system of Federal taxation. . . . When we proclaim that the necessity for revenue to support the Government furnishes the only justification for taxing the people, we announce a truth so plain that its denial would seem to indicate the extent to which judgment may be influenced by familiarity with perversions of the taxing power. And when we seek to reinstate the self-confidence and business enterprise of our citizens by discrediting an abject dependence upon governmental favor, we strive to stimulate those elements of American character which support the hope of American achievement.
I shall to the best of my ability and within my sphere of duty preserve the Constitution by loyally protecting every grant of Federal power it contains, by defending all its restraints when attacked by impatience and restlessness, and by enforcing its limitations and reservations in favor of the States and the people.
Above all, I know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men and whose goodness and mercy have always followed the American people, and I know He will not turn from us now if we humbly and reverently seek His powerful aid.
If you had told Cleveland what his Democratic Party would become, he would not have been happy. He would also have repeated his warning:
While every American citizen must contemplate with the utmost pride and enthusiasm the growth and expansion of our country, the sufficiency of our institutions to stand against the rudest shocks of violence, the wonderful thrift and enterprise of our people, and the demonstrated superiority of our free government, it behooves us to constantly watch for every symptom of insidious infirmity that threatens our national vigor.
The strong man who in the confidence of sturdy health courts the sternest activities of life and rejoices in the hardihood of constant labor may still have lurking near his vitals the unheeded disease that dooms him to sudden collapse.
It can not be doubted that our stupendous achievements as a people and our country's robust strength have given rise to heedlessness of those laws governing our national health which we can no more evade than human life can escape the laws of God and nature.
Image and text from Bartleby.com, Great Books Online.
James V DeLong
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2012, Barack Obama, grover cleveland, paternalism, taxation
James V DeLong(65 Posts)
Author: "Ending 'Big SIS' (The Special Interest State) and Renewing the American Republic" (2012) [www.SpecialInterestState.org] and "Property Matters--How Property Rights Are Under Assault and Why You Should Care" (1997). Some former jobs: Assistant Director of Consumer Protection in FTC; member of the Program Analysis Staff of the US Bureau of the Budget; Research Director of the Administrative Conference of the United States; Director of IPCentral at the Progress & Freedom Foundation; VP & GC of the National Legal Center for the Public Interest. Graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, former Book Review Editor of the Harvard Law Review.
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Because I Can't Have Babies: BAM!
My day: doo-doo-doo. Just an ordinary good day.
BAM! Hello depression, its been a while. I refuse to let you over take me, but you hit me so suddenly I think you may win this time.
Off to find a project to hopefully distract me. And maybe a bowl of ice cream.
I second the ice cream!


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As many people do, I believe pets are family members. I brought my cat home for the first time eight years ago in April. She was almost four, and her name was Missy, though I think the shelter gave that to her. I called her Gretel because the swirled gray and cream colors on her tummy reminded me of the snow-capped Alps in "The Sound of Music," and I liked the name of the youngest von Trapp child. Sometimes I call my cat Miss Gretel as a hybrid of both of her names.
I have many goofy nicknames for her: Fluffers, Angel Bear, Pants--she is so furry, she looks like she is wearing MC Hammer pants.
But she was not always so fluffy.
The day I met her at the Humane Society, she was shaking and had fur piling out of her as if she were a little sheared lamb. I learned later the shedding was from stress. I had originally thought she was a short-haired cat because of the length of the fur around her face, but I could see the fur on her tail and back was very long. The long fur had just thinned out in other places, also due to stress.
She was trying so hard to be curious and sniff around despite her shaking that she completely melted me. I picked her up and put her on my lap and told the lady working there that I didn't know what to do with cats.
She said, "She'll show you."
I think of that every day when Gretel gives me her ear for a scratch, then her chin then her snowy tummy, or now and then she even uses her front paws to pull my hand to her head. Subtle. She was like that right away, even though she had other challenges to overcome.
in and I had been carrying her dish back and forth so she would keep eating.
I remember the first night that I heard a funny little snore come from her, and I knew she was happy and finally starting to relax and trust in the safety of her space. It took her about a year after that to develop a purr. It started as a small vibration I could see in her new fluffy cheeks or feel when I pressed my head to hers. Now she purrs so loudly that she sometimes sounds like a crackling campfire, keeping me warm and the room bright.
She watches movies with me, sits with me while I write, and when I get off the couch, she takes my seat. As I wrote my draft of this post on paper, she hovered over my pen, like a large, rumbling, furry pen decoration and occasionally licked the paper so that it was slightly damp. At times, when she is bathing herself, she stops to clean my hand like it is her kitten. There can be no closed doors in our apartment--when I shower, she is on the mat just outside, waiting for me to finish. As she eats or scrunches herself over her front feet so that the tufts of fur on her elbows flip out to show the cream color beneath, it looks like she has angel wings.
And each day that I start to leave the apartment for work, she goes straight to her food bowl because she knows I don't like to leave her back while she is eating.
She makes me laugh every day, softens me when I'm upset , and makes me a happier and better person. I don't know where she was before she came to me or what happened to her, but I sure am glad she's with me now. Miss Gretel. My Bear. I love her so much.
I'm not much of a cat person, generally speaking, but this post made me love your cat! And Gretel is such a sweet name- it suits her.
Thank you, Erin!! I used to think cats were very independent and very different from dogs, but definitely not always the case.
I have two cats now, but my first, Dixie, died about a year and a half ago. She was also from the shelter, and she was very skittish. I was nine when I got her, but eventually she warmed up to me. She always used to scratch her fur off in various patches leaving only bloody wounds behind, and it would marr her beautiful white fur. As it turned out, she was allergic to fish and catnip, two staples of any cat's diet.
Needless to say, I love the story of your beautiful kitty. She is such a sweet girl, and I am sure she is a wonderful companion. I love how kitties all have different personalities!
Ah, I'm sorry you lost your poor kitty, Dixie. I love their different personalities too. :) Such characters.


A Canadian teenager used star charts and Google Earth satellite images to find what could be the ruins of a lost, ancient Mayan city.
Using only a star chart and Google Earth, a Canadian teenager claims to have discovered the ruins of an ancient Mayan city in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula — and he might actually be right.
The young man, 15-year-old William Gadoury, didn't make his discovery out of the blue. He began studying the Mayan civilization in 2012, and noticed an interesting trend in where they built their cities.
"The Mayans were extremely good builders, but they often built in places that made little practical sense — far from rivers, far from fertile areas," he toldCBC News.
Gadoury's theory is that the Mayans wanted the locations of their cities to correspond to the position of the stars, so he compared 22 Mayan constellations to the regions where ruins have already been found.
Sure enough, 117 known Mayan ruins matched up with his ancient star charts.
Then he noticed that a 23rd constellation didn't have a matching city — and theorized that an undiscovered city corresponding with that constellation must have been out there.
So Gadoury took his research a step further and used Google Earth images to see if he could find any spots where the Yucatan's vegetation might be disturbed by the remains of any manmade structures.
Eventually, Gadoury found what he thinks are the outlines of pyramid platforms in a lost Mayan city.
The project made him a clear winner of his school's science fair, and as an added bonus, he earned a trip to a conference organized by the Canadian Space Agency. There, he presented his theory to Canadian Space Agency liaison officer Daniel Delisle, who probably realized the kid was on to something.
Delisle gave Gadoury access to high-definition Google Earth satellite images that would perhaps be able to corroborate his theory.
Rough outlines of possible pyramid platforms were visible in those high-definition images, giving even more weight to Gadoury's hypothesis. But looking at satellite images won't be enough to prove that this teen actually did discover a lost Mayan city, which Gadoury has named K'aak Chi, or Mouth of Fire.
Next, see the shocking transformation of the ancient Mayan pyramid known as El Castillo.


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Cast includes Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Berenice Lim Marlohe, Albert Finney, Ben Whishaw, Rory Kinnear, Ola Rapace, Helen McCrory, Nicholas Woodeson
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SKYFALL is the latest film in the James Bond series, starring Daniel Craig as agent 007. This time Bond is called into action to prevent the identities of secret agents around the world being made public.
The moderate action violence includes several fight scenes, shoot-outs and chases. There are rapid exchanges of punches and other blows, without any focus on injury, and when characters are shot there is little clear detail of blood or injury. In some scenes, there is sight of bloodied clothing and faces as a result of violence, but there is no dwelling on either the injuries inflicted or the suffering of the victims. In one scene, a man cuts into his own chest to extract fragments of a bullet and then washes his bloody hands.
There is a single use of strong language ('f**k'), alongside milder terms including 'bitch', 'bloody', 'buggered', 'shit', 'hell', 'damned', 'Christ' and 'God'.
In one scene, a man and a woman kiss passionately as they stand in a shower.
The opening title sequence includes implied nudity.
Smoking occurs shown in one scene, as a woman smokes a cigarette whilst talking to a man in a club.
There is a sequence in which a villain triggers an explosion underneath a London Underground line, which causes a tube train to derail. The carriages of the train are empty and there is no indication of any passengers, and there is no sight of what happens to the driver.
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Anthony Hill (born 1942) is an Australian author based in Canberra.

Born in Melbourne, Victoria, he attended the University of Melbourne from 1960 until 1963 and then worked as a journalist at the Melbourne Herald before joining the Parliamentary Press Gallery in 1972.  In 1977 he left the Press Gallery to run an antique shop near Yass, which he did for the next six years. From 1989 until 1999 he was a speech writer for the Australian governors-general William Hayden and Sir William Deane.  He has written twelve books, with Young Digger and Soldier Boy winning prizes.

Bibliography (partial)
 Birdsong, 1988
 The Burnt Stick, 1994
 Spindrift, 1996
 Soldier Boy, 2001
 Forbidden, 2002
 Young Digger, Penguin Books, Melbourne, 2002,
 Animal Heroes, Penguin Books, Melbourne, 2005, 234 pages,
 Lucy's Cat and the Rainbow Birds, Jane Tanner (illus), Camberwell, 2007, 32 pages,  The story of a girl Lucy, who feeds various Australian native birds (including galahs, cockatoos, rosellas, spinebills, lorikeets and parrots) in a tree in her garden and her tabby cat called Artemis who likes to chase them.  Lucy first puts one bell on Artemis to warn the birds to no avail then another until he has four bells around his neck so he cannot sneak up on the birds without warning them with the bells' ringing.  The story ends with Lucy sitting reading a book, Artemis lying beside her and the birds flying around.
 Captain Cook's Apprentice, 2009

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 Young Digger Worksheet for teachers and students
 The Papers of Anthony Hill
 Anthony Hill's Website

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Australian non-fiction writers
Australian children's writers
Writers from Canberra
Writers from Melbourne

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The Oscar best picture race could be over this weekend. Here's why
Sam Mendes won two Golden Globes for "1917." Will the movie still be a hot choice for Oscars next month?
(Universal Pictures)
By Glenn WhippEntertainment Columnist
Talk about a contracted awards season: The Oscar nominations have just arrived and the best picture race may be all but over.
Congratulations to Sam Mendes and the "1917" team. Don't forget to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. again when you accept the Oscar.
Maybe I'm getting a little ahead of myself. Maybe in my haste to wash away the sins from an awards season that roundly ignored movies made by women about women in favor of, oh, two more popes than should have been nominated, I'm anxious to roll up the red carpet, watch "Parasite" win its one measly Oscar and finally get around to binge-watching "Dickinson."
But if Monday's nominations didn't settle the Oscar best picture race, Saturday's Producers Guild Awards could squash the suspense entirely. And after winning the Golden Globe for best picture drama last weekend and over-performing at the box office this weekend ($36.5 million, thanks in part to that Globes bounce), "1917" probably will be celebrating again when the PGA reveals its final award winner.
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No, the most significant nomination was "1917" earning a spot in the original screenplay category, making Mendes a triple nominee (he produced, directed and co-wrote, with Krysty Wilson-Cairns, the script) and keeping the film safe from some daunting Oscar history.
A movie can win the best picture Oscar without earning any acting nominations. (The list includes "Slumdog Millionaire," "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" and another war film, "Braveheart.") A movie can win without a screenplay nod. (Remember when "Titanic" was king of the world?) But if it's shut out in both areas, you can forget about writing that acceptance speech. You won't need it.
So "1917" bagged that screenplay nomination. And it doesn't really need the acting noms because everyone loves George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman playing the two British soldiers on a mission to deliver a crucial warning message to comrades about to fall into a trap set by the Germans. Not enough to nominate them, no, but they arrived late to stacked acting categories that didn't even have room for Robert De Niro ("The Irishman"), Christian Bale ("Ford v Ferrari"), Taron Egerton ("Rocketman"), Eddie Murphy ("Dolemite Is My Name") and (hold on, I'm wiping away a tear) Adam Sandler's live-wire turn in "Uncut Gems."
So the acting omission isn't a problem for "1917." The film editors branch shunned the movie as well because its voters apparently respond mostly to manically cut movies ("Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for meeeeeeee!"), and "1917" was constructed to appear as if it takes place in a single shot.
Another movie that came up empty with the editors was Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood," the one film I think that could wrest the best picture Oscar from "1917," even though only 10 movies have won that top award without an editing nomination. ("Birdman," designed, like "1917," to look like it was shot in one take, was the last.)
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"Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" earned 10 nominations, just like "1917" and Martin Scorsese's "The Irishman," a mob epic that feels fated to repeat the 0-for-10 Oscar run of the filmmaker's 2002 period drama "Gangs of New York."
"Joker" led the field with 11, and though a best picture trophy would go over on social media about as well as an Arthur Fleck appearance on Murray Franklin's talk show, you can bet that Warner Bros. will go all in on a campaign.
But unlike the other 23 categories in which a popular vote determines the winners, the best picture Oscar is decided on a preferential ballot. Voters will rank the nine nominated movies and then PricewaterhouseCoopers accountants will count the votes and, if one film has more than 50% of the first-place votes, it will win best picture.
If that doesn't happen (and it probably won't), the movie with the fewest first-place votes will be eliminated, with its votes given to that ballot's second-ranked film. The process continues — lowest-ranked movie eliminated, votes redistributed to the next choice down — until one film has more than 50% of the vote.
This means that a divisive movie like "Joker," a bleak and disquieting film that a lot of academy members tell me they won't even watch ("I don't want to invite that character into my life," one tells me), can't win. The system is geared to reward not the "best" picture, but the least disliked. "Green Book," last year's winner, embodies this winner-most-people-can-live-with ethos. Who hates "Green Book" ... other than the internet?
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"Joker" and "1917" are both impeccably crafted, reflected in the nominations for production design, cinematography, makeup and hair and sound. But the former wallows in nihilism while the latter offers a moving portrait of bravery, fortitude and friendship. Which movie will be the least disliked?
Maybe neither. Maybe the Oscar will go to "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood," a wistful ode to ... Hollywood and its past. But, making these decisions, voters don't reflect on questions like: Would it be fair and right if Sam Mendes has two Oscars for directing and Quentin Tarantino has none? Voters go with their guts. Voters also like to back a winner. And with a soaring box office and honors piling up, "1917" has the look of a movie about to own the awards season.
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With the release of her second book, Bricks, Blood & Water, e nina jay discusses how poetry has saved her life
"Poetry is my language more so than who I am. If I could just do it all in poems, I would. If I could just talk to my friends and family in poems, I would."
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Activist and poet e nina jay calls her new book Bricks, Blood & Water a "walk through the valley of my thoughts and feelings."
As a survivor of rape and incest, jay is healing through poetry, and she wants her work to help other survivors—who often thank her for speaking out—to break their silence around sexual assault and to heal with her.
With a new poetry collection and an upcoming book-release party this Thursday at Mary's Attic, jay has a lot to look forward to, but the poet admits that healing and working through depression is challenging.
In our interview, which has been edited for length and clarity, she opens up about her depression, how poetry saved her life, why vulnerability is so beautiful, and how it feels to have a Black lesbian as our city's mayor.
In the foreword to Bricks, Blood & Water you write, "the world is painful to me these days, inside the skin. my voice feels small. my rage tempers and flares." What does it mean to exist as a Black lesbian today?
It's many things. It's all things, actually. Some days it's excruciatingly painful living in this Black skin because you live in a culture that tells you you're ugly. The culture is built upon that assumption. Even though we've done so much work to dispel a lot of the myths, I still have an 11-year-old Black niece who is still battling these same stereotypes and these same assumptions about herself [before] she can even make a name or presence for herself.
But also, I'm a part of a body of people who make the most amazing arts, [do] the most amazing things, sing the most amazing songs, dance the most amazing dances. So I feel powerful too. Often it's about living inside this skin, in this culture, this country, this world right now.
You speak and write openly about being a survivor of rape and incest. How has poetry helped in the process of healing?
It saved my life in many stages. I used it to survive. I would've killed myself a long time ago if I had not been able to find a way to use my voice or to use it to find a vessel for my healing. Even now when I sink down into depression, it's the only thing that will pull me out. I let myself write a poem because a lot of the times that's what the depression is about—I'm not letting myself say something that I'm not ready to deal with or don't want in my mouth or in my head. But it's still living inside my body. So until I let it out, I'm down.
How did you find your voice?
I've been writing all my life, but I didn't find my voice until probably when I was in my early 30s, working in the rape crisis centers. I just got so full, and I never learned or realized that I could use the writing to tell my secrets. I didn't think anybody wanted to hear it. I didn't think I wanted to see it on paper. And one day it just happened. I made the decision to stay around long enough to get this stuff out of my body.
Have you confronted the people who assaulted you?
One of them was confronted. When I was a child, I experienced incest from ages nine to 11. So, the first time he ever tried to touch me I didn't confront him as a nine-year-old, but I did tell, but nothing was ever done. So, the abuse continued for another two years. As I got older and was able to learn about that history in my family, I was able to confront some of the adults, but the ones who needed to be confronted were dead.
I was kidnapped at 19 and raped by a stranger, and he was caught a few weeks later, and we went through the court process. He pled guilty, so I didn't have to testify. I would say he was confronted. I didn't personally confront him, but I do it in my poetry, and that's enough for me. I don't ever want to share space with him again.
I have women in my messages telling me every day that it [rape] happened to them. Seventy years old, 15 years old, and I love that they're able to say that. It happens to so many of us and we never ever talk about it, we whisper about it. All of us are whispering the same things, which means we should be screaming.
In your poem "Unshocked," which really stood out to me, you write:
murder don't scare me no more
rape don't scare me no more
violence don't make me jump no more
if I keep letting myself grow numb
I am afraid it will kill me
You're powerful because you're able to talk about what you've been through, but is it a constant struggle to not be numb?
Yes it is. The struggle is to fight the urge to because it's a survival instinct. It's too much happening and I'm wide-open. I keep myself wide-open. But when I stay open like that, everything can get in. For instance, Maleah Davis, [a 4-year-old Houston girl whose stepfather is a suspect in her death] I've been trying and trying to find a way to read the stories to bear witness to what happened to her. I can't get through the stories because I don't want to feel it. I'm upset with myself because she's dead, and her story needs to be heard. She shouldn't have had to endure what she endured. I feel guilty for allowing myself to skip over the story and not feel the pain. And that's what I mean by that.
How do you practice self-compassion?
I get more and more women telling me their stories. In therapy, I'm trying to work on ways to create boundaries for myself so that I don't get overwhelmed because I have to listen to their stories. I recognize that my poetry opens up wounds in women. I'm trying to figure out a way to balance taking in their pain and still handling my own strengths. And not getting to a place where I'm pushing people away from me or closing myself off.
Would you say poetry is more than a creative outlet for you?
Chicago is making history with its first Black lesbian mayor. Do you remember where you were and how you felt when you found out Lori Lightfoot was our new mayor?
I was in many places because I found out many times . . . I kept checking back because I wasn't sure, and I didn't believe it. I was excited and then I was terrified and then I was apathetic, not in any particular order. Excited because, oh my God, a Black lesbian mayor. I can't believe that. I was so young, but I can still remember how it was like when Harold Washington was elected, and then when Obama was elected—seeing a Black women occupying that kind of space.
And then terrified, because this Black lesbian is now mayor and she's open, and what are they going to do to her? And how are they going to try to tear her down, because no one will really try to protect her the way they'll protect a white woman. I was terrified in that way. And apathetic, because politics bore the shit out of me. I don't believe in them. I think it's all a game. And I'm tired of playing it. No matter who's in there, my life never really looks any different.
I'm glad to see her in there. Hopeful? Not really, because politics is politics and it's a game.
What do you want people to take away from your work?
The courage to break their silences. I want them to understand that whatever has happened to them in their lives, whatever trauma or experiences, that it wasn't their fault. I want them to take away that they can say anything they want, that they're here for a limited amount of time. Don't worry about the fear, don't worry about being vulnerable, just be all of yourself as much as you can, or try to. v
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Home Business The energy sector in Mexico cannot continue to change its rules says...
The energy sector in Mexico cannot continue to change its rules says U.S. ambassador
The United States Ambassador to Mexico stressed that the issue is a cause for concern in the Government of his country.
AMLO government must respect the rules established for the energy sector once they are established because they cannot be modified when there are already private investments, said Christopher Landau, US ambassador to Mexico, on Saturday.
"When private companies come to invest, under those rules, you have to respect them, you cannot continue changing them. That has been a cause for concern for us," he said.
Landau noted that the US has been in communication with the federal administration on this issue.
The ambassador emphasized that although it is the responsibility of Mexico "as a sovereign country" to establish the rules of its energy market, the US message has always been that they must be followed, "regardless of how you have settled them or what they are."
The National Energy Control Center (Cenace) published earlier this month a series of measures suspending critical tests for new renewable energy generation projects.
This measure will delay the entry into operation of 28 wind and photovoltaic plants.
The agency decided to suspend indefinitely these tests, which are necessary for the implementation of the projects, arguing that it is necessary to provide stability to the electrical system during the health emergency derived from the coronavirus pandemic.
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A concentration in Art (Drawing, Painting, Sculpture and Photography/Graphics/New Media) consists of eleven courses; ten courses in the studio discipline and one course in art history. An Art major's specific course requirements depend on their area of concentration (See Required Courses below). Art majors have the option of taking a second art history course in place of one of their studio art electives with permission of the department. All Art majors are required to take the Senior Seminar (ARTS 499) course in the fall semester of senior year, and to exhibit a selection of their work in the Senior Majors Exhibition the following spring. The seminar enables majors to articulate the concepts in their art and to organize a strong portfolio within their areas of concentration. Participation in the Senior Majors Exhibition teaches students to present their work effectively to the Georgetown community and a wider public.
One Senior Project Seminar in the fall semester of senior year; fulfills Integrated Writing (IW) requirement, followed by participation in the Senior Art Majors Exhibition in the spring semester.
A minor in Art consists of six courses in the discipline, one of which must be ARTS 100: Design I. No more than two courses taken outside the Department of Art and Art History (for example cross-listed courses, study abroad courses, and transferred credits) may count toward the minor in Art. One of the six courses for the Art minor may be in Art History. It is possible to major in Art and minor in Art History, or vice versa.


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Once upon an unusually sunny summer week in Bristol: a tale of a memorable academic visit – Simeon Pierre Choukem
Posted on October 20, 2014 November 4, 2014 by iaswun
Simeon Pierre Choukem
I visited Bristol for the first time in December 2012, thanks to the European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes (EFSD) Albert Renold Fellowship. I was an Albert Renold Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM) for two months. I got Professor Julian Shield's contact because I was developing a research programme to tackle childhood obesity in Cameroon. We discussed the topic for a few hours, he kindly introduced me to the Bristol Biomedical Research Unit (BRU), and we eventually were ready to begin collaboration.
In the meantime, I had created the Human Health and Diseases Connections (2HDC) Research Group hosted in the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Cameroon. We successfully applied for an IAS Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professorship.
The current visit materialised the beginning of collaboration between the BRU and the 2HDC, which we hope will:
Contribute to building the autonomy of the 2HDC Research group by helping with the training of young physicians, nurses, dieticians in research methods and clinical trials
Create training and research opportunities for UK students and researchers in Cameroon
Foster long term interchange between the two institutions; for instance, develop joint research programs including multicentre clinical trials.
From June 14 to 20, I had the opportunity to collaborate with the BRU Team. I attended seminars and meetings, I gave two talks and visited the city of Bristol.
Attendance of a seminar on "How sugar changed the world" organized by the IAS. This was an international event involving guests from the US and UK.
Talk 1: Guest lecture: "Paediatrics where and as you may not imagine"
Talk 2: BRU seminar series: "Diabetes in Africans: a research journey from phenotype heterogeneity to risk factors in early life"
Discussions with the BRU team:
– Database manager, Stu Toms: how to build a database?
– Statistical team: Sam D. Leary and Chris Penfold
– Professor Julian Shield, Kathleen Gillespie and Abby Wilcox: project on childhood diabetes (Immunology and Genetics)
– Professor Andy Ness (Director BRU) and Professor Julian Shield: discussion on projects, support from the BRU and capacity building training in Cameroon in 2015, 2HDC website, and how to make the collaboration sustainable.
I also learnt a lot about Bristol as a historical British city, thanks to Professor Julian Shield's commitment to friendly tours, tales and invitations.
As a major achievement, the 2HDC Research group's data on childhood obesity is being analysed by the BRU statistics team and research papers will be published soon.
Maintain a long-term cross-fertilisation between Bristol and Cameroon
Joint research project and clinical trials
Interchange of students between UK and Cameroon for research, clinical posting and training.
Partnership to build a research institute in Cameroon.
My assistant Daniel couldn't come with me! With the diligence of Professor Julian Shield and Professor Andy Ness, the BRU also provided funds for my assistant Dr Daniel Nebongo to be part of the trip. Unfortunately he was refused the visa. I am hoping the next attempt will be successful.
If the University of Bristol had Masters and PhD programs!
One of the main difficulties we face in developing research in SSA is the lack of well trained staff. I wished the Bristol University held masters and PhD training programs. This would have been a great opportunity for capacity building in Cameroon.
My words of gratitude go to Professor Julian Hamilton-Shield, who co-founded this collaboration with me; to Professor Andy Ness and the entire BRU team who accommodated me and made the sojourn a memorable one.
Finally, I am highly indebted to the Institute for Advanced Studies who provided the funding to make all the above come true. To Dr Conny Lippert and Dr Edwina Thorn who endeavoured throughout to make the trip and the stay hitch-free.
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Clarksdale Live Music Venues – our little Mississippi Delta town features live music 365 days a year!
Where are the best places to hear live music in Clarksdale? This list will help, starting with our favorite, Red's Blues Club. During festivals more music venues open and buskers are found on many streets. This Guide highlights our regular spots during non-festival times.
Read the weekly, up-to-date Sounds Around Town in Clarksdale or visit Cat Head's Music Calendar for a listing of bands playing in our live music venues.
Starting with our favorite…….the rest are listed alphabetically!
Red's Blues Club in Clarksdale, a live music venue.
Read Sounds Around Town in Clarksdale for up-to-date information.
Expect to pay a cover charge.
Beer sold. BYO spirits and wine.
BBQ is often grilled and sold street-side.
"It's an ole juke house," says Owner Red Paden who opens his doors at varying hours. Drop by and say hello to Red and tell him Madge and Billy sent you. This is our home away from home. We treasure our times here and believe you will too.
Expect to pay a cover charge on Monday nights.
Kitchen: Monday nights homemade Italian food served. Friday-Sunday mornings breakfast served.
One of two go-to spots in Clarksdale on Monday nights. The Crivaro's have created a fun, relaxed atmosphere with numerous local musicians dancing and sitting in.
Owned by Art and Carol Crivaro.
Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, a live music venue.
Thursday nights is always a Blues Jam with a local host band. Mostly blues is on the schedule but some nights the club features Country Music or Rock Music.
Owned by Morgan Freeman, Clarksdale business man and Mayor Bill Luckett and founder of Resource Entertainment Group Howard Stovall.
Hambone Art and Music in Clarksdale, a live music venue.
Beer and Wine only. BYO Spirits.
Intimate gathering place in Downtown Clarksdale and presently our go-to spot for Tuesday nights. There is usually an eclectic mix of tourists and locals.
Owned by musician Stan Street.
Hambone Art and Gallery in Clarksdale, a live music venue.
Hopson Commissary in Clarksdale, a live music venue.
Expect to pay a cover charge on the weekends. No cover on Monday night.
Kitchen: complimentary home-cooked food on Monday nights.
This spot has been frequented by locals for many decades. The historical commissary is filled with antique and historical items which create a nostalgic atmosphere reminiscent of the deep south Delta. Excellent outdoor back stage/patio is used during high traffic times when weather permits.
Owned by James and Cathy Butler.
Live music is typically Fri and Sat @7pm during dinner but can vary throughout the week with unexpected musicians.
Across the railroad tracks at Shacksdale you can occasionally hear live music in The Bin.
Expect to pay a cover charge occasionally.
Beer only. BYO wine and spirits.
The Shack Up Inn is a must see if you visit Clarksdale. The Juke Joint Chapel at Rust Restaurant is a laid back music venue which features an assortment of music from blues to americana and much more. Large assortment of beer served from 8am – late.
Owned by Guy Malvezzi and Bill Talbot.
Juke Joint Chapel at Rust at Shack Up Inn, a live music venue.
Live music on so everyone Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays and during festivals!
Newest hot spot in town. Owned by musician Johnny Cass and wife Naomi Casaceli. Sunday afternoons have fast become the place to be for locals and visitors alike, especially when weather permits. Customers enjoy live music while mingling both inside and out with friends.
New Roxy in Clarksdale, a live music venue.
Live music varies throughout the year.
CASH ONLY. However, CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED online for special events at NR.
Open-air Main Stage plus a small, intimate (fully covered and weather-proof) stage with bar.
Coolest music, theater, art, film event venue in the Southeast. Owned by Robin Colonas, a merchant marine who is lovingly renovating this historic spot; it just keeps getting better and better.
This locally owned restaurant features live music during dinner hours on Friday nights. Hand-tossed pizzas.
Owned by Joe Weiss and Buddy Bass.
This locally owned restaurant features live music during dinner hours on Thursday nights.
WATCH this Documentary to learn more about Clarksdale and see footage taken in several of the live music venues mentioned above.


What are all the legendary pokemon?
is zorua and zoroark legendry or not?
I don't think zorua/zoroark count as legendary pokemon, because legendaries don't evolve. They will be very rare pokemon obtained through an event, which you normally only get legendaries from. I don't think their stats will be high enough to count as legendaries.
@ pokemon master "because legendaries don't evolve." Manaphy.
Missed one, and it's Rotom.
Phione doesn't evolve into Manaphy. And Rotom is not considered a Legendary.
Theres also Xernia, Yveltal, Keldeo, Kyurem, and possibly ! and ?
What are all the legendary pokemon you can find in Platinum?


The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Nairobi, one of the fastest growing cities in East Africa.
The population of Nairobi has increased significantly in the last 30 years, with rural residents flocking to the city in search of employment. The city, visible in the centre of the image, now has a population of over three million, with the vast majority spread over 200 informal settlements.
Kibera, which can be seen as a light-coloured patch at the south-western edge of the city, is considered one of the largest urban slums in Nairobi. Most residents live in small mud shacks with poor sanitation, a lack of electricity and limited access to clean water.
While migration provides economic benefits to the city, it also creates environmental challenges. Owing to its urbanisation, the city has spread into green spaces such as the nearby parks and forests. In this image, the densely populated area is contrasted with the flat plains of Nairobi National Park, directly south of the city. The 117 sq km of wide-open grass plains is coloured in light-brown. The park is home to lions, leopards, cheetahs and has a black rhino sanctuary.
The dark patches in the image are forests. The Ngong Forest, to the west of the city, includes exotic and indigenous trees, and hosts a variety of wild animals including wild pigs, porcupines, and dik-diks.
To the north of the city, the dark Karura Forest is visible. The 1000 hectare urban forest features a 15-m waterfall, and hosts a variety of animals including bush pigs, bushbucks, suni and harvey's duiker, as well as some 200 bird species.
Although Africa is responsible for less than 5% of global greenhouse-gas emissions, the majority of the continent is directly impacted by climate change. Rapid population growth and urbanisation also exposes residents to climate risks.
On 14 March 2019, the first regional edition of the One Planet Summit took place at the UN Compound, which is in the north of the city. The One Planet Summit, part of the UN Environment Assembly, focuses on protecting biodiversity, promoting renewable energies and fostering resilience and adaptation to climate change.
Data from Copernicus Sentinel-2 can help monitor changes in urban expansion and land-cover change. Copernicus Sentinel-2 is a two-satellite mission. Each satellite carries a high-resolution camera that images Earth's surface in 13 spectral bands.
This image, which was captured on 3 February 2019, is also featured on the Earth from Space video programme.
As delegates gather in Nairobi for the UN Environment Assembly, ESA is saddened by the news of the Ethiopian Airlines accident. Lives lost included those working for organisations also dedicated to achieving a better world for all and who were travelling to the assembly.
Our thoughts are with the families, colleagues and friends of those affected.


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Authorizing The Commissioner Of Finance To Accept Bids For Parcels Of County-Owned Real Property For Private Sale And Authorizing The Chairman Of The Ulster County Legislature To Convey Such Parcel – Department Of Finance
Referred to: The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gerentine and Legislators
Archer, Bartels, Lopez, Maio, James Maloney, Joseph Maloney, and Petit)
WHEREAS, this resolution has been submitted by the County Executive on
behalf of the Department of Finance; and
WHEREAS, the Commissioner of Finance has requested permission to accept
bids for parcels of county-owned real property as hereinafter described, which was
acquired by the County by reason of non-payment of taxes, and has previously been
offered at a public auction; and
WHEREAS, said parcel #63 of the 2018 Public Auction, listed as 1.00 acre,
100 feet by 460 feet, described as vacant, N Ohioville Rd., in the Town of New Paltz,
section block and lot number 87.9-1-25, has unpaid taxes in the amount of
$10,416.00 dating back to the year 2013; and
WHEREAS, the prospective purchaser of parcel #63 has bid $1,500.00 for the
property which is the upset price as determined by the Real Property Tax Service
Agency; and
WHEREAS, the prospective purchasers shall be responsible for the 2018-19
school tax and all subsequent tax levies; and
WHEREAS, these conveyances constitute Type II actions under section 4.1.5
of the County of Ulster's State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) Type II
List that was adopted in Resolution No. 118 on April 20, 2010; and
WHEREAS, as per section 3 of the County's Type II List, these actions do not
pose a significant potential environmental impact and may be progressed as Type II
actions in accordance with 6 NYCRR Part 617 of SEQRA; now therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Ulster County Commissioner of Finance is authorized
to accept payment as follows:
PREVIOUS OWNER TOWN BIDDER BID AMOUNT
Valentino, Lenore & Ralph New Paltz Scialpi, Robert $1,500.00
SBL#: 87.9-1-25 Moradel, Amanda
Parcel # 63 158 South Main Street
Unpaid Taxes: $10,416.00 Ellenville, NY 12428
and, be it further,
RESOLVED, that the Chairman of the Ulster County Legislature is authorized
and directed to make, execute and deliver to said bidder making payment, a quitclaim
deed conveying the interest of the County in said parcel, which quitclaim deed shall
contain the covenant that the said County of Ulster shall in no event be or become
liable for any defects in title conveyed for any cause whatsoever, and that no claim or
demand of any nature shall ever be made against the County of Ulster arising from
such sale, conveyance or the proceedings leading thereto,
ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
Passed Committee: Ways and Means on August 14, 2018
TOTAL UNPAID TAXES: $10,416.00
TOTAL ACCEPTED BID: $ 1,500.00
Vote to Adopt Resolution No. 347


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Climate Change and COVID-19 Impact Agriculture and Youth Mobility Across West and Central Africa
Ibrahima Sow, a Senegalese returnee, dressed up to show his work as a market gardener. IOM
Dakar – West Africa's agricultural sector represents 35 per cent of the region's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and is one of the main sources of employment for millions of people- up to 80 per cent of the population in rural areas. However, climate change and its effects, such as the unpredictability and instability of rainfall patterns, have affected this sector, threatening the livelihood of communities and forcing many to migrate in the search for complementary income or better opportunities.
In addition, health-related stressors such as COVID-19 have a high impact on the agricultural sector, by expositing the vulnerability of the food and distribution systems with the destabilization of supply chains and disruption of cross-border trade.
On World Environment Day (5/06), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in West and Central Africa reminds governments and local authorities that if preserved and managed in a sustainable way, agricultural lands can provide job opportunities for youth and migrants and it can contribute to securing food production and strengthening biodiversity.
However, agriculture is today threatened by urbanization, with new buildings taking over the exploitable lands. In Rufisque, in the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal's capital, communities and authorities join together to preserve this land that feeds them, that protects them from floods and that is also the green lung of their city. In this city, one household out of five lives thanks to agriculture and hundreds of working migrants come from neighbouring countries, Burkina Faso, Mali, and The Gambia.
In the tiny village of Medina Touat in rural Senegal's southern Casamance region, soil degradation has forced many to abandon their agricultural activities. The increase in the phenomenon drives to a high unemployment rate and more and more departures of youth seeking for greener pasture in Europe, making Casamance, the Senegalese region with the highest migrant departure rate. Of the close to 4,000 migrants IOM has assisted with voluntary return to Senegal, 1,500 are from the Kolda Region, in Casamance.
To offer them a local and sustainable solution upon return, IOM launched a pilot project in the village of Medina Touat, Mainstreaming Environmental Dimensions into Reintegration Support to Reduce the Effects of Climate Change on Migration in West Africa. Funded by France, its objective is to mitigate the impact of climate change on migration and build resilience of populations to this phenomenon by reducing the pressure on nature. Thirty-four returnees are involved in this horticultural project with other community member, and eventually, over time, 10 hectares of land will be cultivated to feed the entire local population.
"More than ever, this highlights the need for resilient and local practices in agriculture, such as agroecology*. These practices can act as a safety net in terms of food security, communities' living conditions, and overall resilience to climate change", says Hind Aissaoui, IOM's Regional Migration, Environment and Climate Change Specialist.
On the African continent, there are an estimated 18 million migrant workers, of which 80 per cent were attracted to sectors dependant on natural resources such as agriculture, mining, and fishing. In Senegal, almost 60 per cent of the seasonal workforce, young people mainly, came from neighbouring countries. Thus, agriculture plays a key role in job creation, especially among the youth and fosters inter-regional migration.
Agroecology is an agricultural model based on applying ecological concepts and principles to protect biodiversity and optimize interactions between plants, animals, humans and the environment while taking into consideration the social aspects that need to be addressed for a sustainable and fair food system (FAO). Agroecology can thus play an important role in building climate resilience and in mitigating the risk of forced environmental migration. Indeed, creating farming and other rural off-farm business opportunities can enhance livelihood resources which gives agency over migratory-decision making. IOM is currently engaged in West and Central Africa in advocating for agroecology as an opportunity to create green jobs for youth and migrants. In Morocco, IOM is also supporting the engagement of the diaspora into agroecology.
For more information, please contact Florence KIM at IOM Regional office for West and Central Africa: email: fkim@iom.int; Tel. +221786206213.


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House Democrats sponsor resolution condemning Mideast peace plan that excludes two states
It comes ahead of the Trump administration releasing the first part of its peace proposal between the Israelis and the Palestinians at an economic summit later this month in Bahrain.
U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Credit: Creative Commons.
(June 13, 2019 / JNS) More than half of the Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are sponsoring a non-binding resolution, backed by J Street, condemning any Mideast peace plan that excludes two states.
There are 235 Democrats in the lower chamber.
This comes ahead of the Trump administration releasing the first part of its peace proposal between the Israelis and the Palestinians through at economic summit later this month in Bahrain.
Introduced last month by Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.), the resolution calls for "a two-state solution that is consistent with the broadly held consensus positions for resolving the conflict's final status issues as reflected in previous United States proposals."
Mideast Peace Plan


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