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Exclusive – The truth about Brexit and Hate Crime
By VX | October 14, 2017 - 12:38 pm | October 14, 2017 BBC bias
One of the favourite narratives of the BBC is that Brexit is somehow caused by racism and xenophobia, and is in turn a cause of racism and xenophobia. This narrative was given a lot of fuel by statistics that emerged showing that hate crime had increased following the referendum. They even quoted Superintendent Paul Giannasi, who explained that Brexit "isn't really over for most people".
But who exactly is Paul Giannasi? Well, he's the 'National Hate Crime Coordinator' and 'Cross-Government Hate Crime Programme Lead'. He's responsible for the hate crime statistics, and he runs True Vision, the online portal for reporting hate crime. He's the top dog on hate crime in the UK and he has even received an OBE for his work. I wonder…which way did he vote in the referendum…
24th June 2016 – someone started a Facebook group, 'We Love Europe'.
Not only is Paul a member of the group, but he also added members of his family. He shared a post from that group which stated, 'We are the huge number of people in UK who voted to remain' and also discussed the 'dehumanisation of foreigners'. He posted to his profile a petition for a second referendum, along with a comment stating that Brexit was 'the tyranny of democracy' which was 'caused by political arrogance, thirst for power, idiotic fears, prejudice, bigotry and incredible stupidity'. These posts were made within days of the referendum, which means he had in mind the theory that Brexit was related to racism and hate crime long before the alleged increase in hate crime in the weeks and months afterwards.
It seems Brexit really isn't over for Paul Giannasi. His impartiality is in serious doubt here, which places doubt on the validity and accuracy of the hate crime statistics. The BBC's narrative relies a great deal on those figures. Just this week they posted that 'there was a spike in race hate crimes in England and Wales.' Well was there? Because it wouldn't be the first time police statistics were unreliable or even manipulated.
He really should be careful, because you can get into a lot of trouble for posting the wrong thing on social media these days…
33 Responses to Exclusive – The truth about Brexit and Hate Crime
In my view Brexit has indeed given rise to Hate Crime and growing amounts of it too. I am a very moderate chap but I can feel my hatred growing towards those , particularly in the liberal left elite, who seem determined to neuter or even overturn the referendum result. They are undermining democracy and with it the rule of law. Do they think about what will happen if they actually do overturn the referendum result? Do they think that Leave voters will meekly accept it ? Do they realise that in future a democratic decision may well not be accepted by those who disagree with it and where will that leave us?
For these reasons I strongly suspect that the elite will contrive to cynically present the neutering of Brexit as in fact the real thing and so be able to claim that they have delivered on the democratic mandate. I suspect that the EU is fully on board with this sham of democracy and the whole negotiation is a charade devised to pull the wool over our eyes.
I think you are correct and I also think that we still have 17 months of this phoney war between our government and the EU masters in Brussels and Berlin.
DT. I hear what you say but, it seems to me that nearly all the hate is coming from the Left at the moment and goes beyond just 'Brexit'. The future you mention is already upon us, e.g. Labour 'won' the last election ; more riots, marches and demonstrations IF the Conservatives should ever win again ; Trump is 'not my President' etc.
You say you are a moderate chap but, in the near future, there will be no room for moderates…you'll have to choose sides 🙁
Country,
I agree that the time for choosing sides is close at hand or already with us. The problems that the old centreists like me, now regarded as well to the right by the likes of the BBC, have is that we are not easily organised , unlike the left who are very strong on organisation, and that we were brought up to be polite and well mannered. It goes against the grain for us to go out on the streets in protest and the use of violence to make our point is just not on. This in effect leaves the field wide open for the leftist rabble rousers . Also , for most folks, it takes until your late twenties to realise the inherent contradictions that lie at the centre of socialism. Finally we , as represented by the old Conservative party , not the modern quasi socialist one, allowed the educational establishment and the BBC to brainwash younger generations for thirty or forty years and we are now reaping a bitter harvest.
We have a mountain to climb to win back our country and prevent Islamification .
Dadad says:
I think there's likely to be a huge increase in hate crime if the remoaners do indeed succeed in denying our EU exit.
It's always about personal interest and benefit .
This is one of the many reasons this period will be looked back upon as a time of lies .
Those who benefit most from being in the EU – politicians looking for a job – homes in mainland Europe – should declare themselves before commenting . Otherwise I'd submit that their view is so distorted it carries no truth . Like Clegg .
Even if there was a case for staying in the EU views are so polarised that no one believes anyone on the otherside .
I just wish people being interviewed by al beeb would go on the offensive and challenge beeboids .
As for this so called copper – he'll be looking for the next rank , a pension and a nice job in euro something on even better money . No dirty hands for him .
Do they really think British people are going to just allow parts of their country being taken over . Sooner or later there will be a change. Please
No he wont because he is on the "correct" establishment side – He is just another dishonest cog in the "Upset Brexit" at all costs machine just like our chancellor and Prime Minister.
Other people who generally "wont have to be too careful" are hate preachers and those (such as the BBC ) who are involved in covering up extra enrichment crimes because the establishment do not want to be exposed as weak and complicit in what is happening in some of our towns.
However if you are involved in any sort of "bacon crime" or protesting about " extra enrichment (such as T Robinson) You can expect the full force of the law to be on you and depending on the severity of the "bacon crime" you may well finish your sentence in a body bag with a very "tight lipped" Home Office as to the circumstances of our death. I would recommend everyone here to read "Enemy of the State" and I would not betting that Kevin Crehan was given some of the "special treatment" which Tommy Robinson also had to enjoy on his sentence.
The death of this man certainly makes a useful little warning to keep our bacon sarnies under close control.
We really do have a lovely Home Office we have these days
I am afraid access to justice these days depends on your political viewpoint and cannot be taken as "given"and Mr Gianassi is just another sycophantic establishment patsy who cares more about his career than access to real justice.
Bacon crime? Tesco sell bacon in the freezer aisle – is that considerate? Butchers sell bacon in same shop as they sell pork – is that a crime?
So much hate. So much crime. Can't they all be HALAL? You see where this is going … an incantation into the cows ear whilst facing Mecca, a religious person may only brush the knife over the animals throat as life drains out, blood drops onto the floor, it's last noise is that of Alllah.
'sell pork' should be cottage sadiq khan chicken. One beer too many.
Dear Amber Rudd, if you read this using you new Hate Crime Hub please consider drunk internet comments and fat fingers on modern phones.
Tom_Kenny says:
Al Beeb doesn't invite such people on. Their gaff, their rules.
vesnadog says:
"One of the favourite narratives of the BBC is that Brexit"
Good grief! The other morning – about 3.AM – I woke up with a sore throat, I turn on the radio (BBC) hoping for some gentle music to ease my poor brain and throat but what is the very first comment I hear – Its Brexits fault!
I had no idea what the flippin discussion was about (probably ferret breeding) but the Anti-Brexit locals must have emailed the BBC to complain about the quality of the grass and lack of rabbits on clapham common !?
You, sounding pompous? Never James. A true European. Remember to keep cutting off Brexiteers on your radio show. https://t.co/PjT4t7tR9F
— Guy Verhoftwat (@GuyVerhoftwat) October 14, 2017
You forgot to post the quoted tweet
Thank you. I know how pompous it sounds but the only answer is a sense of duty & a selfish need to be able to look my children in the eye. https://t.co/mbWAFa8pOP
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) October 14, 2017
The true face of Fascism.
gb123 says:
JO how can you not be able to look your children in the eye? I thought being a two faced numpty means you always have someone in the view of your faces.
Look his children in the eye and say "I voted to remove your right to a democratic future".
Deborahanother says:
OBriens ratings must be in the doldrums.I never listen to him and hardly at all to LBC.No point .
But I agree the hate is coming from the left and yet they are able to label a large swathe of the population racists and bigots just for exercising their democratic rights.
OBrien says he cannot look his children in the eye if he doesn't cut off Brexiters. Well I couldn't look mine in the eye if I didnt try to get powers back to their country and leave people like him in his ivory tower.
I notice the Football Lads Association march , not covered by the BBC , was by people showing their faces to the world , unlike the Antifa and SJW thugs who wear masks .
How can this man Paul Giannasi be allowed to get away with this, he is so obviously biased, surely in his job he should be seen to be impartial?
David Vance says:
Great post VX! Welcome onboard.
Just read an interesting opinion piece in a Turkish newspaper about the sorry state of affairs in the Islamic world. Here is a wee snippet:
"Muslim countries own a significant portion of the world's natural resources including oil, gas, minerals and forestry. They have a younger population compared to Europe, Japan and the United States. But their contribution to the world's GDP is very small. Muslims make up 21 percent of the world's population (1.5 billion) but account for only 5 percent of the global GDP (a little less than $5 trillion). The average GDP per capita is around $5,000, which is three times less than the global average of around $13,000. Only a few Muslim countries have a sustainable model of development and show signs of success for alleviating poverty and for the equal distribution of wealth. Only a handful of universities in Muslim countries make it to the world's top one or five hundred list. The number of scholarly and scientific output in these universities and research institutes is negligible. Overall, this is not a good picture. And this is where we must start: we have to accept that this is not a bright scene and stop pretending that just because we believe in God we will always be successful. Faith implies intelligence and requires hard work and commitment. We have to understand that we cannot wait for others to do what is good for us. We have to claim the agency of our own actions and work harder than ever to shape our own future. Without a sense of ownership and direction, we cannot claim to be a force for good for ourselves and for others."
Now juxtapose the above with the lefts view (But in this case the bBCs) POV that muslims living in the Uk if not the world are poor due to racism, or currently…Brexit.
ThomasR says:
Continuing with the J.O'B themes, (legitimate as he is a Newsnight and now HIGNFY contributor ), only last week he was vilifying Nigel Farage ( well I am sure that's who he meant, has he doesn't ever name Nigel, just uses sneering personifications, maybe to avoid legal action) who had been commenting on last week's traffic accident at the Natural History Museum. Nigel was speaking after the BBC themselves had, uncharacteristically, declared that this incident was being treated as suspected terrorism. J.O'B was asking what one word description you should give for NF and I think the answer required (Politically correct) was c**t, my response could have been "ill-informed". James was ranting that there had been no follow up retraction, the hypocrisy was (to use J.O'B language) "palpable"
I am still to here Jame's retraction for the wholly incorrect analysis of the Harlow murder last year. The BBC and J.O'B concluded their investigation on the day after it occurred and James has never wavered, let alone retracted.
All this leads us to his "terrorism" description of the killing of Joe Cox, this awful crime was no more terrorism than the (thankfully non fatal) attack on the MP in Tower Hamlets the other year was, or, if you want the killing of John Lennon in 1980.
"We may never know……………………………….
They are all about PR not about Truth
..hence they don't care about contradictions like OB & Harlow non-apology
Imagine if Remain had won and leavers demanded another referendum. It would be haughtily dismissed with a sneering chortle from the liberal elite.
For all their progressive mania for every minority going, do they not realise that democracy and freedom of speech are the most fundamental or rights? Yet they ride roughshod over these just because people dare to disagree with them.
Synchronised says:
The lib mob are using this hate crime campaign to fight on two fronts. One being the connection with Brexit and secondly the incessant claim that Islam is the victim. Let us not be fooled that the Beeb etc give a flying f$@# about any other ethnic minority. What baffles me is that these so called superior intelligent beings cannot see that if the scenario of Islamic domination comes to pass they will not be immune to the cull. Do the luvvies think they'll be invited into the new world. Not a chance in hell. They'll all be in lined up for the ritual beheadings along with the rest of us.
Is it just me or does anyone else think that the job of anyone with the job title 'National Hate Crime Coordinator' and role of 'Cross-Government Hate Crime Programme Lead' is responsible for ensuring that there is an adequate supply of hate crime and encouraging more of it?
No you are not alone. These non productive industries serve no one but themselves. The only people who benefit are the producers of the ridiculous laminated (look at me I'm important) badges.
Yep : Age of Orwell
..that's where we live
Brexit did lead to a rise in hate crime. The BBC and the establishment's hatred of the British population has now reached a level which make a Muslim's view of a Jew appear quite liberal.
Yes but it if you are LibMob you MAGICALLY know stuff
eg The Green Party KNOW the Harlow murder was a Brexit hate crime
Simon Platt says:
Superintendent? Yes, this Paul Giannasi is a copper: http://www.internationalhatestudies.com/member/paul-giannasi/ That's quite a shock to me – and the occasion of my registering here at biasedbbc.tv. Policemen never used to be permitted to engage in such blatant partisan politics, for good reason.
DearyMe says:
Now this… "London Police Visit Mosques to Encourage 'Hate Crime' Reporting".
"The police will be working with the True Vision website, used by anti-Brexit campaigners to claim the vote to leave the European Union (EU) caused "hate crimes"
Working 'with'? True Vision IS the police!! Thanks to excellent pieces such as AX's exclusives we now know.
True Vision are full blown raging and foaming at the mouth type anti-Brexiteers. The whole Brexit 'hate crime' saga, stinks to high heaven!
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/10/16/london-police-mosques-encourage-hate-crime-reporting/
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I wasn't entirely sold when it was first announced that Chris Hemsworth would be playing the hippie looking God we all know as Thor. I didn't think it was a bad choice, but Hemsoworth still really hasn't proven himself. Sure, he was solid in both Star Trek and A Perfect Getaway, but nothing in those films says he can handle playing the hammer-wielding God.
But when Hemsworth sat down during a roundtable interview I felt a little more confident that Branagh and company made the right decision. Hemsworth is a charming guy. Physically, he has the build required for the character. But more importantly, it's obvious that he also has the likability to make Thor work.
How faithfully would you say they stuck to the language of the comic books?
Nay, we didn't (laughs). In the comic books it's much more Shakespearean the way they speak, we didn't go down that path. They're certainly well spoken and very formal, but it wasn't Shakespearean.
What's your favorite thing about Thor and the universe?
I mean, when this film came along I was knocking on every door trying to get a job. Once I got the job I think what excited me was that I love the Norse mythology aspect of it all.
When you're in that suit and in the world itself you gotta walk a fine line of not slipping into camp. How did you approach that and were you aware that you could easily go over-the-top?
What did it take to become Thor?
It was a lot protein shakes, chicken, fish, and that was exhausting. The working out wasn't the hardest part. It was the food intake.
What's your take on Thor, character wise?
Much through the journey of the film he's a brash and cocky warrior. He's got a bit of temper and his greatest strength is also his biggest danger.
How was it doing the stunts and all the action?
Oh, I love that stuff. Anytime I can get into that stuff… you're getting paid to do that and it's ridiculous (laughs).
Any idea when we'll see Red Dawn?
I don't have a date for you, but it all depends on what happens with MGM. I know they're excited about it and people are excited about it. Hopefully, early next year.
Thor hits theaters on May 6th, 2011.


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Lightning Rider by Jen Greyson ~ A Review
Lightning Rider by Jen Greyson
Published: The Writer's Coffee Shop Publishing House, 31th May 2013
Where Did I Get It? eARC received from NetGalley for review
Summary (from Goodreads):
For Evy Rivera, thunderstorms have always caused her physical pain, but she's never known why. When a record-setting storm arrives on the same night her father finds ancient ancestral documents, Evy is set aglow with mysterious tiny lightnings she can command.
Even worse, she alerts some people in the universe who've been looking for her family for a very long time.
Thrown back into ancient Spain and tasked with killing a Spanish legend, she must train alongside Constantine, a sexy yet obstinate Roman warrior. He teaches her how to wield her lightning as a weapon, through more errors than trials. With a relationship as explosive as their late-night training sessions, Evy and Constantine battle their push-pull relationship while trying to ignore the two-thousand-year difference in their birthdates.
Ilif Rotiart, her quasi-mentor, is appalled at Evy's skill. He would prefer to train her father and keep Evy on the sidelines—where women belong. Evy has a feeling Ilif is keeping something from them, but she must play nice until she uncovers the truth. And if he's lying, it will be the worst day of his four-hundred-year life.
Penya Sepadas claims she's Evy's rightful trainer, and she has the prophecy to prove it. Penya doesn't share Ilif's misogynistic attitude, but she does have her own agenda…and her own secrets.
Evy must sort through the lies and find the truth behind her family's time-traveling past before the wrong history obliterates the future. She's spent her whole life fighting for her place. Now, as the first female lightning rider, she'll dedicate her existence to fighting to save the world.
But will Evy learn to manage her lightning and find the truth before it's too late?
Opening Line:
A storm is coming.
A fantastic romp through time with a brilliant main character – I really enjoyed Lightning Rider… once I got into it.
If I had written this review after reading the first 25% of the book, I would have slated it for a multitude of reasons – the main character was irritating, the world seemed a bit flat, I didn't have the slightest clue what was going on and, quite frankly, I didn't care. Then all of a sudden it became brilliant. It was like the author suddenly found their feet and the characters, the world, the story all jumped to life and I wanted it all and I wanted it now. I couldn't put it down in contrast to the start where I had to force myself to keep reading.
Evy is a heroine you could relate to – she doesn't discover that she has crazy lightning powers and immediately be all cool with it and know how to use it as happens in so many books and films. Instead she reacts how a real person would – she tries to ignore it, she plays with it, she hopes it will go away by itself, she gets angry with it, she gets things wrong. She has to learn about her power and the responsibilities it brings and the danger it can be and in learning her character grows, changes and rounds out without ever losing sense of who she was before. She doesn't have a personality transplant, she just adapts. Her character development is cleverly handled and smooth and her Spanish temperament shines through with amusing results.
The time travel is well thought out and not confusing in a way that is a detriment to the story – it is mind-bending, obviously, but what time travel isn't? The deception and intrigue layered through the story is subtle and I didn't work everything out before the twists were revealed or, in some cases, not revealed – leaving you desperate for the next instalment to find out what happens.
There's plenty of action and danger, horses, motorbikes, swords and arrows, bloodshed and fear but also a hefty dollop of romance in the form of main love interest Constantine, the Roman warrior. At first I wasn't convinced by him as a romantic option but as his and Evy's relationship grew and their characters developed, I was sold. There were plenty of JUST KISS HER ALREADY! moments all building up to the inevtiable racy scenes but it wasn't forced and added yet another dimension to the book.
Overall I loved it and will be keeping an eye out for book two. It is a little slow to start but worth sticking with for sure.
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Rumour has it Ewan McGregor will play Kurt Cobain in a new biopic about the legendary Nirvana frontman. The rumours follow confirmation from Courtney Love that a Cobain biopic was, in deed, in development. Love said two actors were being considered to play the lead in the film, expected to be based primarily on the Charles R Cross Kurt biography 'Heavier Than Heaven'. Love said she couldn't "name names" but that "you'll all be happy" (you'll meaning Cobain's fans, presumably). But the Express quote an insider as saying McGregor is currently the number one choice.


Not surprisingly, Teen Challenge relies heavily on recruitment from the court system and directly from jails. Teens who ended up in the Teen Challenge programs did not really "volunteer." Teen Challenge gets the vast majority of its residents either directly from the jails or from courts which sentence them to a live-in program in lieu of jail. This usually happens after the judge gives the individual a choice to go to a correctional facility or Teen Challenge for year. Any student leaving Teen Challenge without completion of the 12 month program can be court ordered to a correctional facility for non-completion of the courts requirements. Teen Challenge also actively recruits right from the jails. So the combination of Teen Challenge jail recruitment strategies and extensive funding supplied by the Faith-based and Community Initiative grants along with an exemption from having to demonstrate compliance with existing standards, faith based facilities were flourishing.
The Proselytizing Report: "Teen Challenge" July 26, 1984, by Rick Ross to the Religious Advisory Committee to the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADOC) on May 10, 1984 states that prison chaplains throughout the Arizona Department of Corrections are expected to facilitate religious programming in a neutral, non-biased manner. Teen Challenge openly admitted that its' primary purpose is the promotion of a specific religious belief system through confrontational evangelism. Teen Challenge is run by the Assemblies of God. Any chaplain who engages in facilitating a program for Teen Challenge could easily be seen as assisting in proselytizing. The Teen Challenge program has often been equated to a drug rehabilitation theme however Teen Challenge does not do substance abuse treatment and does very little medical treatment at all due to a lack of medically qualified staff. However, in the organization's literature the "Teen Challenge Cure" is stated as follows: "The only cure for . . . drug abuse, is Jesus Christ." The connections between Teen Challenge and the penal system of the State of Arizona are numerous. Many full time jail and prison chaplains have dual positions as both volunteers and/or coordinators for Teen Challenge in addition to their staff position funded by the State of Arizona.
In 1998, a boy filed suit against Dallas Teen Challenge Boys Ranch and Assemblies of God, alleging that a counselor, who was a convicted drug trafficker, sexually assaulted clients at the ranch. The lawsuit also claimed that the ranch's Executive Director, the church and the ranch's board knowingly hired people with criminal histories to serve as counselors." (Austin American-Statesman, 5/13/1998) http://www.texnews.com/1998/texas/molest0513.html Dallas Teen Challenge Boys Ranch in Winnsboro was sued because a counselor and convicted drug trafficker sexually molested a young man there and two other boys, one of whom was 16 or younger. The law suit alleged that "(The counselor) sexually molested (the plaintiff) on at least six different occasions at the ranch." The lawsuit further alleged that the church, ranch Executive Director Paul Ecker and the ranch's board knowingly employed men with criminal histories as counselors despite being informed by state regulators the practice was illegal. According to the lawsuit, most of the residents were there as a condition of probation or deferred adjudication and had psychological or substance abuse problems. During the day, they performed chores, including caring for livestock, and took part in religious education. At night, they were "locked down" and monitored by alarm systems, to prevent unauthorized departures. Many of them had substance abuse problems and were admitted to the program as part of their probation. Despite the repeated citations from state regulatory authorities, The Assemblies of God entities continued to send men who had criminal records involving narcotics and physical violence to the facility. There was a mixing of these convicted criminals with young teens sent to the facility by their parents.
Teen Challenge continually boasts about their unbelievably high success rates and uses this to promote their faith-based treatment program. But the last statistically significant evaluation of Teen Challenge was done in 1975 on a sample of Pennsylvania Teen Challenge graduates from 1968. That's right – it was 39 years ago. Why is there no other study of the Teen Challenge program which boosts 200 residential treatment centers in the USA?
The results claim that 67% of the graduates (P3) are drug-free as indicated by the urinalysis test, even though 86% stated they were drug-free on the questionnaire. So, that would mean that 67% of the P3 group, or 43 people remained marijuana and heroin-free 7 years after graduating from Teen Challenge.
So, if 43 graduates remained marijuana and heroin-free 7 years after this survey, what about the other 21 graduates and the remaining 143 people who dropped out of the program? Also, the test results do not indicate whether the graduates tested positive for other drugs such as alcohol, other narcotics or nicotine!
Faith based programs proliferated in private prison systems and even in state run facilities. Texas Senate Concurrent Resolution 44 urged corrections and law enforcement entities to use more voluntary faith-based rehabilitation programs and facilities to change the lives of criminal offenders. The InnerChange faith-based prison experiment in Sugar Land resulted from this legislation. InnerChange was the nation's first-ever, 24-hours-a-day and value-based pre-release program, aimed at helping inmates achieve spiritual and moral transformation.
In 1999 the State of Louisiana enacted a law to encourage faith based prison programs. The State of Ohio in 2007 established a task force to study such correctional programs. The State of Georgia actually stated that faith-based prison programs were the most effective in dealing with prisoners and therefore created a prison chaplaincy appreciation day. But there are many who do not hold the view that these faith based prison programs are better than other programs and may even force inmates to qualify for kinder treatment during their prison life to profess a religious belief and to satisfy the evangelical Christians running the rehabilitation program that he is making acceptable spiritual progress. Iowa found that its faith-based prison wards were in violation of the establishment clause which prevents a governmental agency from "supporting a sectarian cause through the transfer of public funds." The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment is the first of several pronouncements in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, stating that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion".
a) Inmate's kids were targeted for "bait and switch" evangelism.
b) The only way to get decent housing was to join the program .
c) The only way to be eligible for parole was to join up; if one left or was kicked out, one essentially lost one's eligibility for parole.
d) Prison Fellowship InnerChange promoted "theophostic counseling" in other words through prayer, biblically based, Christ-centered ministry. This model seeks to cure prisoners by identifying sin as the root of their problems. Inmates learn how God can heal them permanently, if they turn from their sinful past, are willing to see the world through God's eyes, and surrender themselves to God's will.
InnerChange relies and directs members to God as the source of love and inner healing. Members then build on this new relationship to recast human relationships based on Biblical insights.
The Lebanon Daily News Jun 29, 2007:Jesse L. Smith, 34, of 205 Strack Drive, Myerstown, was sentenced to two years probation and fined $3,000 for three drunken-driving convictions. Smith requested placement in the Teen Challenge residential drug-and-alcohol program at Rehrersburg. The judge ordered Smith to successfully complete the program or face a probation violation and a jail sentence. Was the judge informed of the fact that Teen Challenge is not a drug and alcohol treatment center?
The Lansing State Journal July 5, 2007: David Leon Davis, 26, of Charlotte, criminal sexual conduct, fourth degree, habitual offender, fourth conviction, 365 days in jail, 173 days credit, 90 days suspended upon completion of Teen Challenge program and aftercare, $83.60 restitution, $600 supervision fee, $60 state cost, $60 to Crime Victims Rights Fund.
Criminal Court Docket (published July 13, 2007) in Cumberland County, Tennessee: Brian E. Elmore, in community corrections on a four-year sentence for burglary and theft more than $1,000, pleaded guilty to violation of probation and was ordered to serve 180 straight days with credit for 91 days already served with only release being directly into the Teen Challenge program. If he fails in the Teen Challenge program, he will be facing the remainder of the four-year sentence.
The above convictions/sentences prove that not only are the courts sentencing all kinds of convicted criminals to Teen Challenge but Teen Challenge obviously accepts a wide range of criminals into their program! These are some of the cases of prisoners paroled to a Teen Challenge facility - felonious assault, aggravated burglary, felonious larceny, larceny of a firearm, possession of stolen goods, breaking and entering a motor vehicle, breaking and entering a residence, felonious financial card theft, First degree armed robbery, delivery of .5 grams or more of cocaine, delivery of under .5 grams of cocaine, felony Burglary, and misdemeanor theft. Thus children placed there by parents for being unruly are housed with persons with felony records and sometimes with records of violence and sometimes sexual abuse.
In Minnesota Teen Challenge recruited an ex-con, Frank Vennes Jr to handle their finances. This prison convert to Christianity who was a participant in the Charis Prison Ministries was invited to serve on the Boards of Northwestern College and Minnesota Teen Challenge. As a member of the board of Teen Challenge he was responsible for finances but it turned out that he was a money launderer. It is now evident that he was criminally involved in the Thomas Petters ponzi fraud involving Sun Valley Airlines. Mr. Vennes job with the Petters Group was apparently to line up investors. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has been tied to the investigation of Tom Petters who is accused of running a ponzi scheme. One of Tom Petter's associates is born-again ex con Frank Vennes Jr.. Frank Vennes is CEO of four companies: Metro Gem, Inc. (corporate finance), Metro Gold, Inc. (precious metals, rare coin firm), Metro Capital, LLC (commercial real estate) and Resort Ventures, LLC (residential real estate). Mr. Vennes also backed the Fidelis Foundation which has directed millions of dollars of gifts and is one of the largest grant-making foundation in Minnesota and what influence he may have had over their grant giving choices has not yet been revealed. Michele Bachmann has received many thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from Vennes, his family and lawyer/lobbyist G. Craig Howse and even some campaign contributions from Vennes' wife Kimberly, who uses the same P.O. box number as Vennes. Vennes, served on the Board of Directors of the Northwestern Bible College. But now more than 100 pastors, ministers and nonprofit organizations have joined together in a federal racketeering lawsuit filed in Minneapolis against Tom Petters and some of his associates. Carolyn Glass Anderson is the attorney with the Minneapolis law firm Zimmerman Reed that filed the case.
According to a federal search warrant affidavit used to search Vennes' home, Vennes hauled in more than $28 million in commissions for his alleged role in luring five investors to pony up $1.2 billion in Petters' alleged giant Ponzi scheme. Frank Vennes Jr. had a known criminal history before he joined with Minnesota Teen Challenge, having been arrested in 1986 for suspected money laundering and later admitted that he and his co-defendants received $370,000 from the undercover agent and transferred it, minus their substantial commissions, to the Bahamas, the Isle of Man, and Switzerland without complying with federal currency transaction reporting laws. In the last transaction, Vennes personally delivered $100,000 to Switzerland, where his associates lost or stole it.
These problems with fraud and money laundering are not limited to these few instances. The true level of criminal conduct is not well documented because of lack of inspection and regulation of these facilities including lack of oversight and transparency.
Teen Challenge Global has 1060 Teen Challenge programs in 80 countries. Teen Challenge USA International has programs overseas as well. Teen Challenge therefore operates in a variety of countries including the Bahamas, Nauru, and the Philippines. Teen Challenge is run by the Assemblies of God which runs its own Credit Union which is located in Missouri. The Assemblies of God Credit Union has 13,883 members as of 2011 and assets of $93.3 million. It opened in 1951 and has 32 full time employees and 9 part-time. This is a state chartered natural person credit union. Teen Challenge is an outreach of the Assemblies of God church which has its own centers in numerous countries.


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When This Film Came Out In 1959, It Blew Us All Away (Especially One Scene In Particular)
Chris Foster
The idea behind remaking a classic film is something we understand well. Quite often we find ourselves reminiscing of The Good Old Days, longing to relive those memories and feelings. For many of us, movies played a large role in shaping our thoughts on the past, so it's easy to see why classic movies are so often remade. Sometimes, it doesn't always work out well. However, there's one upcoming remake that provides the best of both worlds: the epic story and nostalgic feeling of the classic mixed with the technological advancements in movie magic, and some of the finest actors and storytellers of this generation. Of course, we're talking about the 2016 release of Ben-Hur, and we couldn't be more excited to see it!
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For those who haven't heard the story of Ben-Hur, here are the brass tacks: In AD 26, a wealthy prince and merchant by the name of Judah Ben-Hur is betrayed by his adopted brother Messala. Forced into slavery, Judah got through quite the adventure to return home to Jerusalem, seeking his revenge. We won't give too much away, but Ben-Hur is widely considered to be one of the greatest stories ever told. And, it has the hardware to back it up: the 1959 film was nominated for 12 Academy Awards, winning an unheard-of 11; it also became the fastest-grossing and highest-grossing film of 1959. Finally, after 57 years, Ben-Hur has been remade; so we decided to compare the two versions of the film, to see how they stack up. Needless to say, we can't wait for this movie to come out!
Since the story revolves around the trials and tribulations of the titular character, it was extremely important for the casting of Judah Ben-Hur to be perfect. While the 1959 version found its leading man in Charlton Heston — who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the role — 2016's Ben-Hur will feature the up-and-coming Jack Huston.
If you're familiar with his work, than you'll agree that Huston is up to the challenge of filling Heston's sizable shoes. Huston is no stranger to playing notable characters either. You may have seen him in 2013's Kill Your Darlings, in which he shined as Jack Kerouac. You might also remember him from American Hustle, where Huston stole every scene he was in as the gangster Pete Musane.
Charlton Heston (left) and Jack Huston as Judah Ben-Hur
Heston wasn't the only star to shine bright on the 1959 big screen. Hugh Griffith gave a memorable performance as Sheik Ilderim, the man who asks Judah to drive his chariot. Griffith also won an Academy Award for his performance, so the 2016 version of Ben-Hur had to find someone worthy of the role. We think they hit it out of the park.
2016's Ben-Hur features none other than legendary actor Morgan Freeman in the role of Ilderim. Freeman has countless memorable performances under his belt, but one needs only to see his portrayal of Red in 1994's Shawshank Redemption to know that he is the perfect fit for this character.
The Production
If you're a fan of the 1959 version of the film, you probably remember how stunning the setting was. Shot in Italy, Ben-Hur had the largest set built of any movie at the time. 2016's Ben-Hur is also shot in Italy and, with a little movie magic, perfectly recreates the world we remember from the 1959 film (and dare we say, improves on it?).
One of the more memorable scenes of the film was the sea battle, and it's here where the advancements in technology give the 2016 version an edge. The 1959 version show the scene using miniatures in a huge tank on a backlot of MGM Studios. If you watched the trailer above, you can see how much more action the 2016 version contains.
The Chariot Race
Speaking of memorable scenes, nothing compares to the famous chariot race. This nine-minute masterpiece is usually the first thing that comes to mind when we think about Ben-Hur, and for good reason. The climactic sequence featured an 18-acre set, 78 horses, and 18 custom built chariots (nine of which were used for practice). Preparation for the scene took nearly a year to complete, including daily three-hour chariot driving lessons for Heston. As a result, the scene is one of the most influential in the history of movies.
We know what you're thinking: "The 2016 version of Ben-Hur can't compare to the original chariot race, could it?" We could tell you, but we'd rather show you.
If that doesn't get you excited for the movie, then we don't know what will. Ben-Hur hits theaters August 19, 2016, and you can bet we'll be ready to relive this classic story, told in grand style. To find out more, click here!
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Soldier and businessman John W. M. Appleton (April 1, 1832-October 23, 1913) was born in Boston and was educated in Boston public schools and at Harvard. In the Civil War, Appleton, who was white, sought and received a commission as 2nd lieutenant in the famous 54th Massachusetts Infantry, a black regiment formed in Boston and led by Col. Robert G. Shaw. Promoted to captain and then major, Appleton led Company A into intense combat on the sea islands of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, where the 54th was assigned to capture Confederate coastal positions. He was twice wounded before being sent home to Boston, where, at the end of the war, he served as warden of the prison holding Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens.
In 1865, Appleton moved to Kanawha County where he managed the Mill Creek Cannel Coal Company. During the next 50 years, he had a variety of business interests in West Virginia, including operating the Salt Sulphur Springs resort in Monroe County. He served in the West Virginia National Guard, rising to the rank of adjutant general. As adjutant general, Appleton's major contributions included compiling records of West Virginia's Civil War Union veterans and units and organizing the National Guard for service in the Spanish-American War. He died on his Monroe County farm after being injured by a runaway bull.
Bailey, Kenneth R. One of the Famous 54th Massachusetts: A Short Biography of General John W. M. Appleton. West Virginia History, (Apr. 1970).
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The game-winning rally began with a single by Ryan Pouwells and then a walk to Beaux Guilbeau. Layton Laird's RBI single chased the new reliever out of the game and then Matthew Hammock got a base hit to left off the new Jarvis Christian pitcher.
After a sacrifice fly by Brenden Meade scored another run to bring the Pilots within 13-11, one of the more bizarre plays happened where eventually Hammock was called out for interfering with the second baseman who was trying to make a play on the ball.
Initially the umpire ruled a double play to end the inning but after a conference with the umpiring crew they decided that just one out should have been recorded so they called Jarvis back to the field with two outs with runners at second and third for the Pilots.
Frankie Rodriguez then brought home a run with a single to bring the Pilots within one and then Caleb Lasseigne tied the game with a single. Rosario then doubled home one and the next run scored on a wild pitch to give the Pilots a two-run lead heading to the ninth.
Pat Day earned his third save of the season as he struck out three of the four batters that he faced to secure the championship.
The comeback almost looked like it would not be possible after Jarvis Christian scored four in the third inning and eight more runs in the fourth inning while the Pilots went through three different pitchers in the fourth.
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"When they put up that big inning that was self-inflicted, we answered and kept chipping away with the 'next man up mentality' and got back in the game," Lavallee said.
The Pilots' bullpen, though, stepped up the rest of the way and only allowed one more run. Hunter Cunningham (2-1) went three innings, scattering four hits and allowing just the one run with a walk and a strike out to lead way for Day to display his magic in the ninth.
"Our entire bullpen did a great job for us and I couldn't be happier," Lavallee said.
The Pilots chipped away with two runs in the bottom of the fourth and then one in the fifth inning. The Pilots answered Jarvis' seventh-inning run with two after the stretch to set themselves up to complete the comeback in the next at-bat.
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Arya Stark, played by actress Maisie Williams, has become a fan favorite in 'Game of Thrones' final episodes. (Photo: Helen Sloan / HBO)
Science explains why you'll get sad when 'Game of Thrones' goes off the air
Having withdrawal from your favorite TV show? A social psychologist explains why.
by Benyamin Cohen | Tuesday, May 14, 2019
"Game of Thrones," which debuted back in 2011, will air its final episode Sunday night – bringing to a close our long fascination with the Lannisters and the Starks. Many will be hosting epic finale parties.
With 121 million viewers, the series finale of "M*A*S*H" is still one of the most-watched television shows in American history. Since then, we've said goodbye to many beloved shows including: "Friends," "Seinfeld," "The Sopranos," "Breaking Bad." With each one, we feel like we are losing a close friend.
Fans have had a mixed reaction to the evolution of Daenerys Targaryen, played by actress Emilia Clarke. (Photo: Helen Sloan / HBO)
For fans of TV shows, seeing their favorite fictional characters walk off into the sunset can be just as hard as saying goodbye to a real-life friend. Spend enough time with a character from "Game of Thrones" or "Mad Men" in your living room, and when they leave it can actually cause you to feel sad. That is the finding of research by Professor Jonathan Cohen of the University of Haifa in Israel, who studies people's friendships with TV characters. Yes, that's a real field of study.
Our connections with any fictional character – from Harry Potter to Arya Stark – are called "para-social" relationships. "We tend to develop relationships with these characters, and they develop more over time," Cohen told From The Grapevine.
Kit Harrington's Jon Snow is one of a handful of characters that have survived the entire series – well, except for that one time he died. (Photo: Courtesy HBO)
Research in this area dates back to the 1950s – with the advent of television – when Americans began to feel a sense of connection to the people on their TV screen: Newscasters and talk show hosts, singers and sportscasters. Later, this evolved into relationships with fictional characters from TV shows.
Take, for example, one of the most popular sitcoms of recent memory. More than 52 million Americans watched the finale of "Friends" on May 6, 2004. Cohen's research found that fans of the show felt the most intense break-up with Rachel. "She was also perceived to be the most popular," explains Cohen. "And people had the strongest relationship with her."
Further research indicates that fans often give Rachel and other fictional characters they care about the benefit of the doubt, just like they would a real friend.
Research found that fans were saddest about breaking up with Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) on 'Friends' after the show went off the air. (Photo: Courtesy Warner Bros. Television)
"The most important thing to remember," explains Cohen, "is that para-social relationships are not a compensation mechanism for lack of other relationships. People who have good, strong relationships also have many para-social relationships."
That's comforting news to fans of "Game of Thrones" who will, barring reruns, no longer be able to visit with their favorite characters anymore. That is, until the much talked about "Game of Thrones" spinoff shows come to fruition.
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Hayfever sufferers across Sussex face another week of high to very high pollen count, according to the Met Office.
Today (Tuesday June 28) the pollen count is at maximum and, despite some cloud and temperatures in the mid to high teens the UV index is also very high.
Tomorrow's forecast for more cloud and some showers means the pollen count will drop to medium but for the rest of the week it will be very high again.
The forecast for the start of July is that the changeable and often unsettled weather is likely to continue across most parts through this period.
Bands of rain are expected to push eastwards across the country, these interspersed with drier and brighter periods, but also some showers, perhaps some heavy ones at times.
The south and east will see the best of any drier spells along with generally lighter winds.
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London Transport Aldenham and Chiswick bus overhaul works trade union records
Bookmark:https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb152-ltb
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
GB 152 LTB
These are mainly records of local officials of the National Union of Vehicle Builders (the Transport and General Workers' Union vehicle building and automotive group from 1972) and the Amalgamated Engineering Union and its successors. They include original minutes of the Aldenham and combined (Aldenham and Chiswick) joint trades works committees and of local union meetings, and circulated minutes and papers of meetings with London Transport management. There is some duplication in the content of the latter because copies were kept by more than one official. The records relate to the Aldenham works unless otherwise stated.
In 1952 London Transport, in order to relieve the pressure on its Chiswick bus overhaul works, began converting and extending an existing building at Aldenham near Elstree in Hertfordshire on a site originally intended for car sheds for the proposed Northern Line Bushey Heath extension. Work on engines and gearboxes, experimental work and chassis overhauls continued at Chiswick until 1955 when all overhaul work was transferred to Aldenham, which was officially opened in October 1956. The site was at its busiest during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Work carried out included body rebuilds, accident repairs, repaints, seat trimming, destination blinds, new bus preparation and tilt-testing.
London Transport's Bus Works Restructuring Programme of 1983-1984 was followed in October 1985 by the decision to discontinue the practice of completely overhauling each bus every four or five years. As a result, the Aldenham Works were closed and sold for redevelopment in November 1986 and its activities were transferred to the older and smaller maintenance depot at Chiswick.
Reference: G.J. Child, 'Aldenham Bus Works', Journal of the Watford and District Industrial History Society, no.15, pp.15-17. 1989; Transport for London Corporate Archives research guide no 33, Apr 2016 (http://content.tfl.gov.uk/research-guide-no-33-aldenham-bus-works.pdf).
This collection is available to researchers by appointment at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. See http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/using/
Link to full catalogue: http://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/LTB
These records were collected from the Aldenham joint trades works committee office and deposited in the Centre in September 1986.
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Born on Jan. 1, 1923, in Detroit, Jackson's musical beginnings were in the neighborhood gospel churches as a pianist, guitarist, violinist percussionist and singer. He took up the vibraphone in high school. He moved to New York, played with Earl Hines and in 1945, joined Dizzy Gillespie's big band rhythm section, which also included pianist John Lewis, bassist Ray Brown and drummer Kenny Clarke. He worked with Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis and in 1951 recorded with Gillespie bandmates Lewis, Clarke and Brown. Inspired by that recording, they reformed as the Modern Jazz Quartet in 1952 with Percy Heath replacing Ray Brown and Connie Kay taking the drum chair after the departure of Kenny Clarke in 1955. For the following 50 years the sound of Milton "Bags" Jackson's vibraphone would signature the Modern Jazz Quartet and inspire generations of followers. Jackson's impassioned improvisations and compositions, including "Bluesology" and "Bag's Groove," helped define the MJQ sound. Jackson recorded many splendid dates as a leader, including, The Ballad Artistry Of Milt Jackson, Ballads And Blues and Big Band Bags, and worked with many jazz immortals, including John Coltrane, Coleman Hawkins, Ray Charles and Quincy Jones. In '99 he fronted an exciting album date with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Explosive! (Qwest). He died in 1999.
Remembering Milt Jackson
Sunflower / Goodbye by Jakob Baekgaard
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Sunflower by John Kelman
Da Capo by Nic Jones
Milt Jackson: Things are Getting Better; Bags Meets Wes
Bags Meets Wes by David Rickert
Soul Route by C. Michael Bailey
Wizard of the Vibes by AAJ Staff
Sunflower by Douglas Payne
In A New Setting by Douglas Payne
Explosive! by Jim Santella
Explosive! by Douglas Payne
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Milt Jackson Tribute Band at Ortlieb's Jazzhaus on June 29 & 30, 2007
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Instrument: Vibraphone
Born: January 1, 1923
Died: October 9, 1999
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Avani Hotels & Resorts to open its first hotel in Southeast Asian country of Laos in March.
Avani Hotels & Resorts is opening its first hotel in the historic town of Luang Prabang, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern Laos, in March 2018.
The 53-room hotel is located on a narrow peninsula at the joining of the Nam Khan and Mekong Rivers.
The French neo-classical architectural design resembles the style of the grand villas found in Luang Prabang. The guest rooms offer an open-plan living experience with French-styled wooden doors that open out to a balcony overlooking either the pool or a private courtyard.
There is a spa with two single and two double treatment rooms and a communal relaxation area, and a gym offering a range of cardiovascular and strength equipment. Daily yoga classes will also be offered and there is a 25m swimming pool and pool bar serving smoothies, fresh juices and shared-platters.


We're pleased to confirm that the first Dennistoun Craft Fair was a real success in terms of public and stallholder feedback. And on the back of that, we will be holding Autumn and Christmas Fairs. Details are below and on the attached eFlyer. We've had a good amount of interest for them so it's looking likely that we will continue to hold them on a quarterly basis.
If you're interested in taking a stall, there are still a few places available. Prices stated below are for bookings made in advance with the full amount to be received before the date of the fair. Bookings can be made by contacting us at [email protected] or our secretary Lisa on 07734 264765.
* Book both the Autumn and Christmas Fairs in advance (before the Autumn Fair) for just £20!!!
Bookings are for a six foot table, unless otherwise negotiated in advance.
In the event that we have we have a large demand for stalls then we may use the bigger hall at the venue which is up a flight of stairs. If you would like any further information regarding the fairs or Dennistoun Community Together please get in touch. Based on current levels of interest, this is a (likely) scenario.
If you have any particular requirements regarding your stall (e.g. does it need to be a space next to a wall?) we will need to know this in advance.
We ask anyone who wants to display their items vertically, and have requested a wall space, to bring along their own freestanding for displaying their products as we are not allowed to attach anything or make any marks on the wall of the venue.
Feel free to pass this info on to anyone else who you think may be interested, and if you would like a copy of any promotional material we produce please let us know.
Thanks to everybody who participated in yesterdays craft fair. I think the upstairs hall worked better than downstairs. It was a decent turnout for a grim day, so we are looking forward to the Christmas one on the 29th of November. Its just really nice to have something like this is in the East End.


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Oxygen Loss from Simulated Galaxies and the Metal Flow Main Sequence: Predicting the Dependence on Mass and Environment. (arXiv:2006.15276v1 [astro-ph.GA])
Philip Taylor, Chiaki Kobayashi, Lisa J. Kewley
We predict the mass fraction of oxygen lost from galaxies in a cosmological
simulation as a function of stellar mass and environment at the present day.
The distribution with stellar mass is bimodal, separating star-forming and
quenched galaxies. The metallicity of gas and stars is self-consistently
calculated using a chemical evolution model that includes supernovae type II
and Ia, hypernovae, and asymptotic giant branch stars. The mass of oxygen lost
from each galaxy is calculated by comparing the existing oxygen in gas and
stars in the galaxy to the oxygen that should have been produced by the
present-day population of stars. More massive galaxies are able to retain a
greater fraction of their metals ($sim 100$ per cent) than low-mass galaxies
($sim 40 – 70$ per cent). As in the star formation main sequence, star-forming
galaxies follow a tight relationship also in terms of oxygen mass lost — a
metal flow main sequence, ZFMS — whereas massive quenched galaxies tend to
have lost a greater fraction of oxygen (up to 20 per cent), due to AGN-driven
winds. The amount of oxygen lost by satellite galaxies depends on the details
of their interaction history, and those in richer groups tend to have lost a
greater fraction of their oxygen. Observational estimates of metal retention in
galaxies will provide a strong constraint on models of galaxy evolution.
« Recent Progress on Particle Acceleration and Reconnection Physics during Magnetic Reconnectionin the Magnetically-dominated Relativistic Regime. (arXiv:2006.15288v1 [astro-ph.HE])
Overlapping Magnetic Activity Cycles and the Sunspot Number: Forecasting Sunspot Cycle 25 Amplitude. (arXiv:2006.15263v1 [astro-ph.SR]) »


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Filmmaking Starts at Home
Indie icon Alexandre Rockwell on making movies with his family, on his 2013 film Little Feet and his latest feature, Sweet Thing.
By Alexandre Rockwell | June 25, 2021
Alexandre Rockwell
Iconic independent film director Alexandre Rockwell rose to prominence with his 1992 film In the Soup, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. He is one of the original auteurs of the independent film movement. His other films include Somebody to Love, 13 Moons and Four Rooms, also directed by Quentin Tarantino, Allison Anders and Robert Rodriguez, and Little Feet. His newest film, Sweet Thing, a poetic, uplifting celebration of childhood starring his children Lana and Nico, is out now through Film Movement at IFC Center and other virtual cinemas.
I hit a wall a few years back. I was living in Los Angeles and had spent too many years trying to get films, going to meetings that amounted to little more than polite smiles and then rushing to get back home, where I could be myself again. I had a young family and was running out of time, because I didn't know how to feed my kids. It seemed like the worst possible time to make a film and I was forced to look at myself in the mirror and ask the inevitable question: Was I a filmmaker, or someone who was trying to make films?
Lana Rockwell and Nico Rockwell in Little Feet.
It was a do-or-die moment for me and I had to face my worst critic in myself. Ultimately, I believe we make films because we must; it's a far too difficult task to make personal independent films if you have a choice. When I came to this realization, it was liberating because I had little choice but to be pragmatic and apply my creativity within the limited resources I had available. I had an old Bolex 16 mm camera which I bought when I was 16 years old and a few cans of expired 16 mm film which had been sitting in the refrigerator for years. I had been fascinated with my children, who were three and six years old at the time, and spent hours watching them invent games and amuse themselves. I decided to make a film with them and sat down to write a script about a journey they would take to the ocean.
When you set things in motion, it creates energy. John Cassavetes taught me that years ago. He would just decide to make a film and people would show up. People couldn't resist his energy and charisma, and they got pulled into his projects. John made films with his family, and the actors and crew that worked with him became an extended family. He set the example for me.
Lana Rockwell and Alexandre Rockwell on the set of Sweet Thing.
So, that's how I started making films with my children: out of absolute necessity. Working with my kids was incredibly rewarding, although it did at times present challenges. The beauty of collaborating with family members is that you know them so well, you can move past the polite pleasantries of dealing with strangers and go right to the source of how to provoke and/or encourage a performance out of them. It's like sitting at a dinner table and instead of asking, "Can I please have the potatoes?" just saying, "Give me a potato." It's not impolite or rude, it's just direct.
I also knew the things I didn't have to say to my kids and that I could nudge and encourage and observe them in ways that are a luxury for a film director. I would often listen to them whispering to each other and take out a notepad to write down what they said. "I love you in my brains and in my heart," Nico would tell Lana. I also knew Nico loved whipped cream, so in order to get a reaction out of him, I would put shaving cream on his face and tell him it tasted like whipped cream. Sometimes the line between being a dad and being a film director got blurred, and the kind of greedy quality I have as a film director often made me push my children harder than the father in me would. It was mostly a rewarding experience for my kids, but there were times they resisted which definitely put a strain on our relationship.
Lana Rockwell as Billie in Sweet Thing.
Because my children have watched movies with me ever since they were born, they quickly developed an ability to speak in a filmic language. They understood that when you make a film as an actor, you don't project in emotion and that nothing could be more irritating than a child being precocious. They simply did what they believed and together we worked on how to engage them with actions they could accomplish without much thought.
Once I finished Little Feet, my film starring Nico and Lana, it was an hourlong feature that I'd made with people I met in restaurants and neighborhood parks. I had no ambition for it whatsoever, but strangely enough despite it being black-and-white and an awkward length, it was my most critically acclaimed film since In the Soup. I had given up on trying to impress anybody and just wanted to make a movie with the people I loved for an audience that was unknown to me at the time. I knew somehow I was on the right track, though. I had not felt so inspired since I made In the Soup, back in the early '90s, and all of the lackluster meetings faded from my memory. I made a promise to myself that from now on I would only do what I had to do to survive, even if it meant making films for pennies with my family.
Nico Rockwell in Sweet Thing.
The result of that promise is my new film, Sweet Thing, in which Nico and Lana again play the leads. It seemed logical to me to make another film with my children, but it was also a big risk. When I made Little Feet, they were so young, and making a film was such a playful and carefree activity for them. Because of that, I knew that if the film had gone nowhere or not been well-received, it wouldn't matter to them. But Sweet Thing was something quite different. I wasn't worried about Nico, who is like Marlon Brando: you just give him his lines, he says them right on the first take, and then moves on. But I was concerned about Lana, who is now a teenager, and asking her to carry a film was a scary proposition. She's had no formal training, but has a very strong compass and can smell bullshit a mile away. Neither my wife, Karyn Parsons, or I wanted her to do the film if it was too much for her to take on.
The hard part about being both Lana's director and her father is I wanted to protect her, but I also had to be as demanding of her as possible, because I knew anything short of excellence would be letting her down. Lana is a sensitive soul and her understanding and sensibilities are the foundation of the film. She set the tone and held everything together. I am amazed at what she was able to do. The risk paid off. I'm deeply proud of her and amazed at her ability to internalize the character of Billie and carry the narrative in the soul of the film to the end.
Karyn Parsons in Sweet Thing.
My wife Karyn also amazes me – the role she plays in Sweet Thing is such a stark departure from her most famous character, Hilary from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, that she's almost unrecognizable. Oddly enough, she seems like a distant relative of Hilary who took a wrong turn in life but eventually finds her way, through the tangled mess of alcohol and abuse, to become herself again. Karyn has such a strong love for her children and the film itself that she fits the character of Eve like a glove.
Alexandre Rockwell with Will Patton on the set of Sweet Thing.
Making Sweet Thing, there were wonderful moments when we would be sitting around the dinner table, filming a scene, and we would throw oatmeal in Karyn's face during a very serious moment and all of us would begin laughing and teasing each other, as only a family could. Because so many of my graduate students worked on that film, the whole crew felt like a family; everyone just fit together. I could completely be myself while directing it, with all my emotions, my joy, my stress. It's the only way I want to work now.
Featured image shows Lana Rockwell, Nico Rockwell and Jabari Watkins during the making of Sweet Thing.
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