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Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill 2020; In Committee
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Rex Patrick (SA, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
by leave—I move Independent amendments (1) and (2) on sheet 1044 together:
(1) Clause 2, page 2 (at the end of the table), add:
(2) Page 116 (after line 7), at the end of the Bill, add:
Schedule 3—Amendments relating to oversight of intelligence agencies
Intelligence Services Act 2001
1 Paragraph 29(1 ) ( a)
After "to review the", insert "activities,".
2 Subsections 29(3) and (4)
Repeal the subsections, substitute:
(3) The functions of the Committee do not include:
(a) reviewing information provided by, or by an agency of, a foreign government where that government does not consent to the disclosure of the information; or
(b) conducting inquiries into individual complaints about the activities of ASIO, ASIS, AGO, DIO, ASD, ONI, AFP or the Immigration and Border Protection Department.
29A Ceasing or suspending review of agency activities
(1) If:
(a) the Committee undertakes a review under section 29 of an activity by ASIO, ASIS, AGO, DIO, ASD or ONI; and
(b) the relevant responsible Minister is of the opinion that:
(i) the activity is an ongoing operation; and
(ii) the review would interfere with the proper performance by the relevant body of its functions or otherwise prejudice Australia's national security or the conduct of Australia's foreign relations;
the Minister may give to the Committee a certificate in relation to the matter stating the Minister's opinion and the reasons for it.
(2) A decision of the Minister under subsection (1) must not be questioned in any court or tribunal.
(3) Where the Minister gives a certificate under subsection (1) in relation to a review, the Committee must cease or suspend the review.
(4) If the Minister:
(a) becomes aware that the activity is no longer ongoing; or
(b) is no longer of the opinion that the review would interfere with the proper performance by the relevant body of its functions or otherwise prejudice Australia's national security or the conduct of Australia's foreign relations;
the Minister must, within 28 days after becoming aware of the fact or forming the view:
(c) revoke the certificate; and
(d) inform the Committee in writing.
(5) If the Minister revokes a certificate in accordance with subsection (4), the Committee may proceed with the review, or commence a new review into the activity.
With this bill we are dealing with yet another instalment of counterterrorism legislation, part of the steady drumbeat of national security measures presented to this parliament over the last couple of decades. In due course we will be dealing with more national security legislation that will flow from the government's response to the review undertaken by former ASIO director-general Mr Dennis Richardson. This process of constant review and consequent expansion of intelligence and security powers appears to have no end. Over two decades, our intelligence community has grown greatly in size, employing many thousands of staff and spending billions of dollars annually on highly secret operations. The parliament has repeatedly extended the responsibilities and powers of those agencies. They have a vastly expanded mandate to protect the Australian people and to gather information and make decisions that may profoundly affect individual citizens.
In the case of this legislation, which deals with detention powers, the advice of our intelligence agencies may indeed result in persons being deprived of their liberty and fundamental rights. These are very significant powers that must always be exercised with caution, restraint and only on the basis of highly accurate and verified information. I must say, our intelligence agencies are highly professional. But they are not infallible. They do make mistakes. The case of Dr Mohamed Haneef is just one case in which our intelligence agencies got things horribly wrong.
Intelligence is often an opaque and ambiguous business. Consequently, as I have observed previously, I have long been of the view that the parliament's preparedness to increase the powers and authorities of our intelligence agencies and the powers and authorities of the ministers who exercise control over those agencies must be matched with an equal preparedness to improve scrutiny of the intelligence community by the parliament. In this regard, there is a major deficiency unique to Australia among the so-called Five Eyes countries that our Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security is explicitly excluded from being able to review the operational activities of the intelligence communities.
Just so everyone is clear about this, our Constitution grants this parliament the ability to pretty much have a scrutiny role over every action, every operation and every bit of expenditure by the federal government, and those powers, as we know, extend beyond that. There is a restriction on the PJCIS asking questions on operational matters, but that's because the parliament decided to do that. That may have been an appropriate decision back when the Intelligence Services Act was given royal assent and when the PJCIS was established. However, as it currently stands, we have a major deficiency in democratic accountability, and I have on several occasions introduced amendments to the Intelligence Services Act to extend the mandate of the PJCIS to cover operational matters. There should be nothing controversial about such a measure. My amendments are closely modelled on the provisions governing the role of the Canadian parliament's intelligence oversight committee.
So far, both the coalition government and the Labor opposition have declined to support these measures. Although Labor have expressed in-principle support, they haven't been able to bring themselves to vote for them, and I'm hoping that they may do that today. The government will stand up and say that Mr Richardson's review has recommended against an expansion of the PJCIS's oversight to cover intelligence agency operations. But that's to be entirely expected. After all, Mr Richardson, a very long-serving national security bureaucrat, had no interest in enhancing parliamentary scrutiny. That's one of the reasons the government chose him, and not some eminent legal figure, to carry out the review. The fix was in from the very beginning. The Richardson review could have provided an opportunity to bring Australian parliamentary scrutiny of intelligence into line with our allies and up to an appropriate standard of democratic accountability. But that was an opportunity the government was determined to miss. So today I once again am moving amendments to legislation to propose that the parliament expand the mandate of the PJCIS to include review of intelligence agency operations and not be limited to scrutiny of just administrative and financial matters.
The argument for this measure is very clear. Intelligence operations can have highly significant diplomatic, military and human rights aspects. Within the bounds of appropriate security and secrecy, the parliament should be able to scrutinise intelligence operations, the success or failure of which may be of vital importance to our nation. Proper parliamentary scrutiny should not stop at the edge of the intelligence community. On the contrary, the special and highly secretive nature of those agencies demands proper democratic accountability, and that accountability cannot be achieved without non-executive members of this parliament being fully admitted into that secret world. The measure I propose is not radical. Again, it is very closely modelled on the mandate of Canada's National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians. However, I do not expect the government to support this change.
Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
I understand there are only a few seconds left for this debate, unfortunately, until we hit the hard marker at 1 pm today. Senator Patrick, you are correct in your summation of the government's decision on these particular amendments. The government will not be supporting these amendments. Our longstanding position is that operational oversight of Australia's intelligence, security and law enforcement agencies is appropriately conducted by independent statutory bodies.
David Fawcett (SA, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
The time allotted for debate on the bill has expired. In accordance with the resolution agreed to earlier today, I will now put the question on the remaining stages of the bill and then put the question on the remaining stages of the other bills listed in that resolution. The question is that the amendments on sheet 1044, moved by Senator Patrick, be agreed to.
As the opposition amendments were circulated after 11 am, leave will be required for them to be considered. Is leave granted?
The TEMPORARY CHAIR: Leave is not granted. Pursuant to order, I shall report the bill.

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01/30/2019 06:39 am ET Updated Mar 01, 2019
A group of House Democratic lawmakers is urging women from both parties to declare "we will not go back on our hard-earned rights."
By Amy Russo
A group of Democratic women in the House are urging women lawmakers from both parties to wear white in support of women's rights for President Donald Trump's State of the Union address, now set for Feb. 5.
The House Democratic Women's Working Group made the request to evoke the women's suffrage movement and to repeat its message, CNN reported Tuesday.
"Wearing suffragette white is a respectful message of solidarity with women across the country, and a declaration that we will not go back on our hard-earned rights," Rep. Lois Frankel (D-Fla.) told CNN.
Freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) donned an all-white pantsuit this month when she was sworn into Congress. She noted on Twitter that she selected her attire "to honor the women who paved the path before me, and for all the women yet to come."
I wore all-white today to honor the women who paved the path before me, and for all the women yet to come.
From suffragettes to Shirley Chisholm, I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for the mothers of the movement. ⬇ https://t.co/GBfSSYxbek
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 4, 2019
Hillary Clinton dressed in white for her acceptance of the Democratic nomination for president in 2016.
So did Geraldine Ferraro, when she became the first female to accept the vice presidential nomination during the 1984 Democratic convention, following the lead of Shirley Chisholm, who in 1969 wore white for her swearing-in ceremony as the first black woman in Congress.
Last year, State of the Union attendees were encouraged to wear black in solidarity with the Times Up and Me Too movements against sexual assault and harassment in industries big and small, including government, media and entertainment.
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The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact has passed the Nevada Assembly 23-17. The bill will now go to the Nevada Senate.
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Between 2001-15 she was a Member of Parliament in the UK Parliament and served on the Education and Skills Select Committee, and the Procedure Committee. She was a Minister in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2007-08, and Minister for Women and Equality 2005-07. She then chaired the Westminster Foundation for Democracy 2008-10 and became Vice Chair 2010-12.
She is currently Deputy Chair of the Board of Governors of Sheffield Hallam University, Independent Chair of the Church of England National Safeguarding Panel, a non-executive director of the Phone-paid Services Authority and Chair of the British Council's Society Advisory Group. Before being elected to parliament Meg worked for twenty years in the social work profession, her last role was Assistant Director of Children's Services.
A Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, Meg holds a MA, BA (Hons), and a Diploma in Management Studies. She speaks fluent French, German, conversational Italian and Spanish and is learning basic Arabic.


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International Mathematical Olympiad Volume 1
Reclaiming Nature
Constitution of Shelley's Poetry
The Argument of Language in Prometheus Unbound
By Edward T. Duffy
'The Constitution of Shelley's Poetry' is a close philosophical reading of 'Prometheus Unbound' from the perspective of the argument or drama of language played out in its pages.
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Title:Constitution of Shelley's Poetry
'The Constitution of Shelley's Poetry' is a close philosophical reading of 'Prometheus Unbound' from the perspective of the argument or drama of language played out in its pages. At its heart a four-chapter reading of 'Prometheus Unbound', the book is punctuated with readings of other Shelley works and prefaced with two earlier chapters: one on 'Mont Blanc' and 'Hymn to Intellectual Beauty', the companion poems inaugurating Shelley's poetic maturity; the other on 'Ode to the West Wind' originally published with 'Prometheus Unbound' and here represented as 'signature' Shelley. The book's one most distinguishing feature, from which several others derive, is its bringing the power and pertinence of Stanley Cavell's thought to Shelley's poetry and to his explicitly articulated philosophical interest in language.
The book urges and practises close reading, but it provides philosophical grounds for this ostensibly old-fashioned approach, and it implicitly proposes an understanding of language very different from those now most generally assumed in literary studies. The book's bringing of Cavell's thought to Shelley's poetry would make two related but distinguishable contributions. There is, first of all, the reading of Shelley's poetry, which is new and persuasive both in many of its local moments and in its overall thrust. Second, there is the practical demonstration of the relevance and yield of Cavell's thought for literary studies.
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(What's Left of) Our Economy: Revisions Take U.S. Manufacturing's Solid Pandemic-Era Performance Down a Notch
28 Tuesday Jun 2022
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Sharp-eyed RealityChek readers have no doubt noticed my habit of noting that "final" versions of official U.S. economic data are typically final only "for now." That's because Washington's statistics gathering agencies, to their credit, look back regularly on several years' worth of figures to see where updates are needed because new information has come in, and this morning, the Federal Reserve released its own such "benchmark" revision of its manufacturing production data.
The results don't contain any earthshaking changes, but they do alter the picture of domestic industry's inflation-adjusted growth during the pandemic period, as well as of the performance of specific sectors, in non-trivial ways.
The main bottom lines: First, the Fed previously estimated that U.S.-based manufacturers had increased their constant dollar production from February, 2020 (the month before the CCP Virus' arrival in force began roiling the entire American economy) through last month, by 4.94 percent. Today, the Fed told us that the advance was just 4.12 percent.
Second, as a result, domestic industry has further to go in real terms to recover its all-time high than the central bank had judged. As of the last regular monthly industrial production increase, U.S.-based manufacturing was 2.41 percent smaller after inflation than in December, 2007 – still its peak. But the new figures show that these manufacturers are still three percent behind the after-inflation output eight-ball.
Third, and especially interesting given the recent, significant U.S. growth slowdown and distinct possibility of a recession before too long, the revisions add (though just slightly) to the evidence that the overall economy's woes this year are indeed beginning to affect manufacturing. Before the revision, the Fed judged that real manufacturing output had expanded by 2.68 percent between last December and this May, and slipped by 0.07 percent between April and May. The new figures: 2.46 percent and -0.22 percent, respectively.
The virus-era downward revisions affected durable goods and nondurable goods industries alike. The previous price-adjusted growth figure for the former during the pandemic period was 6.31 percent. Now it's pegged at 5.18 percent. For the latter, the downgrade was from 3.42 percent to 2.99 percent.
Before the revisions, of the twenty broadest sub-sectors of manufacturing tracked by the Fed, only five suffered inflation-adjusted production declines from immediate pre-pandemic-y February, 2020 through this May, and all were found in the nondurables super-category. They were miscellaneous non-durable goods (down 11.43 percent), textiles (down 3.80 percent), paper (2.33 percent), printing and related activities (1.89 percent), and petroleum and coal products (1.21 percent).
The new data show that the number of growth losers has expanded to eight;. Four sectors were added: fabricated metals products (down 1.30 percent), nonmetallic mineral products (1.06 percent), apparel and leather goods (off by 0.59 percent), and furniture and related products (0.17 percent). And petroleum and coal products' contant dollar production was upgraded from a 1.21 percent decrease during the pandemic period to a 2.96 percent gain.
The names on the list of top five pandemic period growers remained the same, with after-inflation production actually improving in aerospace and miscellaneous transportation (from 18.99 percent to 19.69 percent), miscellaneous durable goods (from 11.41 percent to 12.43 percent), and machinery (from 6.29 percent to 6.52 percent). But real production gains were revised down in computer and electronics products (from 10.42 percent to 7.38 percent), and chemicals (from 8.48 percent to 7.55 percent).
In absolute tems, the biggest price-adjusted output upgrades were registered in miscellaneous nondurable goods (from an 11.43 pecent nosedive to a smaller drop of 7.56 percent), electrical equipment, appliances and components (from a 2.19 percent rise to one of 4.95 percent), the aforementioned petroleum and coal products sector, wood products (from a 5.24 percent increase to 6.45 percent), and plastics and rubber products (from 1.78 percent growth to 2.76 percent).
The biggest real production downgrades came in the printing sector (all the way from a 1.89 percent inflation-adjusted output shrinkage to one of 9.52 percent), apparel and leather goods (from a 4.59 percent real production rise to a 0.59 percent dip), nonmetallic mineral products (from 2.58 percent price-adjusted growth to a 1.06 percent decline), and the aforementioned computer and electronics product sector.
RealityChek has been following with special interest narrower sectors that have attracted unusual attention since the CCP Virus arrived, and the new industrial production revision shows that constant dollar output climbed by more than previously estimated in aircraft and parts (24.89 percent versus 19.08 percent) and medical equipment and supplies (14.48 percent versus 11.51 percent), and by less in semiconductors and other electronic components (22.48 percent versus 23.82 percent) and in pharmaceuticals and medicine (12.79 percent versus 14.78 percent).
These Fed revisions are hardly a reason to push the panic button about U.S. manufacturing. But because domestic industry's fortunes during the pandemic era have been so closely tied to blazing hot demand for its products, it's hardly great news to learn that with signs abounding of a slumping American economy, manufacturing is approaching this apparent downturn in less robust shape than thought as late as yesterday.


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MINOR REGRETS AT THE END OF A BLOG
When this blog was just beginning, my friend, Tim Stafford, told me he didn't think the blog go last very long. "After all," he asked, "how many movies are there about churches and pastors?"
It's seven years later, and we've looked at a different film every week. There were a few weeks we ran a repeat, but there were quite a few weeks when we discussed more than one movie. That means we've looked at more than 350 films, and we still haven't run out of films to review. I have a list with nearly 300 potential films, and assuming churches keep showing up in new movies -- I think I already have enough to write about for another seven years. But I'm tired and ready to move on to other projects.
You have to pull the plug sometime, but nonetheless, I regret not having a chance to review some great films that had interesting things to say about faith. Some of the films on this list are pretty awful, but still have interesting things to write about.
Some of the movies on this list are ones I haven't seen, but they might have interesting things to say.
There are also films that deal with topics that we rarely touched on.
So these are twelve of the films I most regret not getting around to writing about.
12) Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
I've seen this film more than once, and I like it very much. We've looked at musicals (Sound of Music, Cabin in the Sky, Sister Act) but Fiddler would have been the first musical featuring Eastern Orthodox clergy. There haven't been many films featuring Orthodox clergy -- the only one I can think of is the Mel Brooks comedy, The Twelve Chairs. I could also have written about Andrei Rublev, a painter of icons used for Orthodox worship, or Beyond the Hills about a Romanian Orthodox Covent, but really, I just wish I'd taken the opportunity to drag the priests in Fiddler over the coals for the way they treated Tevye.
11) The Quick and the Dead (1995)
I really enjoyed this Sam Rami western, and I would have liked to write about Russell Crowe's haunted pastor with a history as a desperado. I would have been happy to have an excuse to watch this again. Most of the westerns I've written about haven't been good westerns (we did get to watch the classic High Noon, but most have been along the lines of The Deadly Companions and God's Gun). It might have also been fun to get to Charleton Heston's Will Penny in which Donald Pleasence plays a very creepy, evil preacher.
10) The Exorcist 2: The Heretic (1977)
It really is a shame I couldn't write about this film, since we reviewed the clergy in the original Exorcist. I have read about this film for a long time, starting with Michael Medved's Golden Turkey Awards (a salute to bad films), but I've never seen it. It really is a shame I couldn't get to Exorcist 2, since we did review the original Exorcist as well as the second sequel. The Heretic stars Richard Burton in a performance legendary for hamminess. Instead, I've settled for the hammy Burton performances in The Sandpiper and The Robe.(FWIW, another bad film I didn't write about was God's Not Dead Part IV: We the People. I watched it in the theater, but never got around to writing about it, though we featured the first three God's Not Dead movies.)
9) Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955) - Please don't assume it is prurient interests that drew me to curiosity about this film (which I've never seen). In all the pictures of Maureen O'Hara as the historical streaker, she seems to be surrounded by nuns. All right. I am curious how the filmmakers handled the nudity in studio days with the Hays Code in full effect. (The Song of Bernadette is another faith-centered story from the golden age of Hollywood. It was quite acclaimed. I've never seen it, but it looks rather stodgy, and that's kept me from watching it.)
8) The Devils (1971)
In the blog, we've tried not to shy away from films that are critical of churches and clergy or even the Christian faith. As a result, we've looked at films by famous critics of religion like Michael Tolkin and Luis Buñuel. This notorious "historical" work by writer/director Ken Russell (from a story by Aldous Huxley) is one I never got around to watching. It's difficult to find an unedited version of this X-rated film in which Oliver Reed played a priest with unorthodox views on faith and sex whose followers included licentious nuns. But it was not to be.
7) Ganja & Hess (1973)
Arguably, this blog didn't cover enough vampire blaxsploitation films, and this movie would have helped remedy that oversight. Sadly, this film was also difficult to find in its original form. (Fun fact: Duane Jones's only other starring performance is in Night of the Living Dead.) The Church seems to play an important part in the battle against dark forces, so I do need to get around to watching this sometime even if I don't have anywhere to write about it.
6) The Miracle Woman (1931)
This is yet another tough film to track down, with one of my favorite directors (Frank Capra), and starring one of my favorite actresses (Barbara Stanwyck). I'm baffled to realize that we haven't featured any films by Capra or Stanwyck. Though I haven't seen this film, in it, Barbara becomes disillusioned with the Church and takes up a career as a fraudulent evangelist. Pre-Hays Code films like this one had much more freedom to be critical of the Church. I will manage to write about this one someday, even without this blog as a vehicle.
5) Dogma (1999)
I have seen this Kevin Smith satire of the Roman Catholic Church and angels and demons that was condemned by the Church even before it was released. While I have grave reservations about the theology in the film, at times it's quite funny and would have been interesting to write about.
4) Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
Robert Bresson was one of France's greatest directors, and I was able to review his classic, Diary of a Country Priest. This film contains just a little about church and clergy. Others of his work, such as Angels of Sin (about a convent that rehabilitates convicts) or The Trial of Joan of Arc. Au Hasard Balthazar is Bresson's only film (and perhaps the only film of any kind) that features the baptism of a donkey.
3) Les Miserables (1935, 1952, 1998, 2012, or any of the other versions)
There are many adaptations of this Victor Hugo film, but I didn't get to any of them. This is too bad, because Bishop Myriel, who cares for Jean Valjean, is one of the best portrayals of clergy in literature and cinema.
2) The Name of the Rose (1986)
I've read Umberto Eco's novel, but I've never seen this adaptation of the book, and it's hard to track down. It's a retelling of a Sherlock Holmes story using Franciscan monks in a medieval abbey. It stars Sean Connery as a friar, William of Baskerville. It also stars Christian Slater and we at Movie Churches do love Christian Slater films (the good and the awful.)
1) Amazing Grace (2006)
I saw this film and like it very much. Directed by Michael Apted, it tells the true story of William Wilberforce and his campaign against England's slave trade. Wilberforce's pastor was John Newton, the former slave trader and author of the hymn "Amazing Grace." He definitely would have received our highest Movie Churches rating of Four Steeples.
If only I could have gotten to these dozen films. And maybe, St. Benny the Dip. And…
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Deer crashes through window of a courthouse in Arkansas
November 27 | 2018
An Arkansas tax collector's office is typically known for receiving dough from citizens, but after a deer slammed into a window on the premises, they had to deal with a very different kind of doe.

The incident happened at the Cross County Courthouse in Wynne, Arkansas.

"It was a very scary time for us that were still here in the courthouse," Debbie Davis, who works in the office, told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. "It broke through the real thick glass in front of my office and it made the horrible sound when it broke."

Authorities and wildlife experts were called to come address the disruption.

"They actually let him loose through the the jail's sallyport unharmed," Davis said. "They just opened the door because that is where they had it trapped and guided it out. The doe did cut itself breaking through the glass, but I assume it wasn't too bad or they wouldn't have let it go."

We certainly hope whatever emergency the deer was trying to solve was merely a misunderstanding, and that no more members of the nearby deer population will attempt to burst their way into the municipal building.


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The Equalizer (Blu-Ray Review)
26/01/2015 Michael Dickinson film, Film Review Leave a comment
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Denzel Washington continues his quest to reap righteous vengeance on the bad folk in The Equalizer.
Languishing in development hell for several years, going through several director and leading men changes, the cinematic re-make of Edward Woodward's TV series has finally arrived. Denzel plays Robert McCall, a quiet, unassuming man who works in a hardware superstore. He spends his days timing his every regimented movement to precision. One night in his regular diner, Teri (Chloe Grace Moretz), a young woman he talks with is whisked away by unsavoury looking men and ends up beaten in hospital. So begins Robert's quest to Equalize the hell out of the men responsible. Equalize = kill.
After messing with the Russian criminals they send enforcer Teddy (Marton Csokas – who bares an uncanny resemblance to Dougray Scott) to track him and "take care of him". Thus begins a war of back and forth as Robert has to keep ahead of the bad guys and hopefully equalize them all.
Director Antoine Fuqua has a track record for making high concept action films that have all felt ultimately dull. Olympus Has Fallen, Tears of the Sun and Shooter all fell into the trap of being over-long, somewhat silly and taking themselves entirely too seriously. The Equalizer once again falls into this category. Whilst Fuqua knows how to do shots that look lovely – a slow-mo water filled sequence does look impressive – the handling of the action lacks any real punch. There's also no reason that this film should last over two hours. Denzel portrays McCall as a quiet man who does what's right when needed and obviously has a dark past which is never discussed. He can smash bad guys faces in and equalize the shit out of them but he's so skilled that everything seems to be a walk in the park for him.
Creasy in Man on Fire – still his finest action role – was a husk of a man finding purpose in his vengeance. McCall just seems to do because he can and he's very good at it. Any sense of jeopardy is sucked dry cause you're never given any reason to think that he won't come out on top. Again, part of Man on Fire's appeal was seeing the increasingly ingenuous methods of his revenge, The Equalizer just has him dispatch one bad guy, then another, then another, then another. That's pretty much as exciting as it gets. Look at the photo of Denzel at the top of the page that's his performance throughout, solemn.
Elsewhere Melissa Leo and Bill Pullman, who with a simple week looks almost unrecognisable turn up, in a sequence which slows the film down to snails pace. Chloe Grace Moretz is given little to do in her little screen time and the rest of the cast is filled out with disposable Russian gangsters. A lovely looking film but little more. It feels like a poor man's Man on Fire, which I like more than some but it's hard to deny the film was bombastic. It feels a shame that after all these years in development that this is the best they could come up with.
The Equalizer is out now on DVD and Blu-Ray via Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
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The RealReal was established in 2011 by Julie Wainwright. The store's main concept is to sell gently used, quality, luxury items at a fraction of the cost. The RealReal is not your average resale store. All the items are carefully scrutinized before they become part of the store's product line. Wainwright's main interest is quality and honesty. She believes that if the customer trust your authenticity, they will believe and buy your product. With it's success as an e-commerce store, the RealReal has now opened an actual brick and mortar store in New York.
Currently, with the opening of the new store in New York, customers can shop via online or by simply stopping into the actual store in New York. One of the main interest of customers is the thrill of the hunt or the finding of a great buy. Now they no longer have to wonder about the quality of the material or have to wonder if an item is too worn to purchase. Customers can simply drop into the store and feel, try, and physically handle items of interest. Although shopping online is convenient for some customers, it is nice to actually visually see the item in person versus guess work from a picture online.
Another nice feature of The RealReal is the way the inventory works. If a shopper is in-store and finds an item of interest, they can give it to the sales rep to scan for pricing. When an item is scanned for pricing it is no longer available online until the customer decides not to purchase and returns it back to the shelf. This is a nice feature because customers feel an urgency to get to the item either online or in-store before the item is handled or purchased by another customer.
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Q: Spring Security: 404 on logout When I try to access the logout URL of my spring application, I get a 404 error and No mapping found for HTTP Request with URI [/logout] in DispatcherServlet with name 'mvc-dispatcher' in my server log.
I have already tried Call to j_spring_security_logout not working, Issue with Spring security's logout and pretty much all of the related results on SO.
I'm including the complete configuration files as the Spring xml structure isn't quite clear to me yet.
My security configuration:
<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/security"
    xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.2.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/security
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/security/spring-security.xsd">

    <http pattern="/resources/**" security="none" />

    <http auto-config="true">
        <intercept-url pattern="/login*" access="IS_AUTHENTICATED_ANONYMOUSLY" />
        <intercept-url pattern="/**" access="ROLE_USER" />
        <form-login login-page="/login" default-target-url="/"/>
        <logout logout-url="/logout" />
        <csrf />
    </http>

    <global-method-security secured-annotations="enabled" />

    <authentication-manager>
        <authentication-provider user-service-ref="userDetailsService" />
    </authentication-manager>

</beans:beans>

My web.xml is this:
<web-app version="2.5" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd">

    <display-name>XYZ</display-name>

    <context-param>
        <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
        <param-value>/WEB-INF/spring/*-config.xml</param-value>
    </context-param>

    <listener>
        <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
    </listener>

    <filter>
        <filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name>
        <filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy</filter-class>
    </filter>

    <filter-mapping>
        <filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name>
        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
    </filter-mapping>

    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>mvc-dispatcher</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
    </servlet>

    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>mvc-dispatcher</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
</web-app>

How do I make the logout page work?

A: Try this, logout with HTTP.GET
WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter
// In HttpSecurity configure
...
.logout()
...
.logoutRequestMatcher(new AntPathRequestMatcher("/logout", "GET"))
...
...

HTML
Logout

A: If you are using logout with CSRF you must perform a POST. See http://docs.spring.io/spring-security/site/docs/current/reference/htmlsingle/#csrf-logout

A: In order to solve this, it's usually required to convert a logout link into a POST form button with hidden CSRF token, which can be achieved by:
 Logout

<form id="logout-form" action="<c:url value="/logout"/>" method="post">
    <input type="hidden" name="${_csrf.parameterName}" value="${_csrf.token}"/>
</form>

A: I had the same problem after migrating from Spring 3.2 to 4 but I wanted to logout using a link on the view.
The Spring doco (http://docs.spring.io/spring-security/site/docs/current/reference/htmlsingle/#csrf-include-csrf-token-form) explains how to do it in the view.
I used this snippet in the JSP to do the logout:
<%@ taglib prefix="form" uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags/form" %>
<form:form action="${pageContext.request.contextPath}/logout" method="POST">
    <input type="submit" value="Logout" />
</form:form>

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Q: Current way of generating MD5 hash (Java 8/9) Working on an old java project that generates MD5 hash strings got me wondering about the current state of things.
Is there a good way to create such hash using current technologies?  Maybe some new libraries for Java 8/9?
The way I generated MD5 hash before was:
 import java.security.*;
 import java.math.*;

 public class MD5 {
    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception{
       String s="This is a test";
       MessageDigest m=MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
       m.update(s.getBytes(),0,s.length());
       System.out.println("MD5: "+new BigInteger(1,m.digest()).toString(16));
   }
}

Thanks.

A: I recently build my Malware Analysis project in which I generate MD5 hash for all files in directory and sub directory.
I used Apache Commons Codec.
Here is the related part of code:
for (File file : fList) {
    if (file.isFile()) {
        try {
                fin = new FileInputStream(file);
                String digest = DigestUtils.md5Hex(fin); //used to get MD5
                String path = file.getAbsolutePath(); //return full path
                hash.put(path, digest); //put path and MD5 in map
                fin.close();
            } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
    } else if (file.isDirectory()) {
        listFiles(file.getAbsolutePath()); // recursivily call
    }
}

Hope this helps you.


I played the best pool game of my life that night. The guy we met at the bar didn't stand a chance against my world class playing. The black 8 ball was just left and I was going to end the game in style, hit it hard, faster than a bullet. I pointed out where I was going to hit it, nothing could stop me. And her version of Drive makes me fall in love again. Again and again. Nothing's wrong. Can't go wrong. I swiped my face with my shirt, looked at Ulrika and Mike, my best friends, and I looked at the guy we met. He was in awe, couldn't believe how good I was. I was good. I hit it hard. The perfect shot, a clean shot, but the 8 ball ended up in the wrong corner and I lost the game of my life.
"I wanna thank my awesome band", she says, "who needs no introduction". No I guess they don't, it's a pretty awesome band, and you are too Britta. Falling In Love. Britta is singing beautifully, ocean waves sounds in the background, that's what I hear, the combination of pre-recorded tracks and live instruments works well. Just like many others I normally prefer no pre-recorded tracks, but Britta wants to do it her way, sound different from Luna, and that's good. Her voice is so strong and her appearance is so captivating that seeing her fumbling with a laptop is frustrating when you just want to lose yourself in her eyes and her voice and her appearance. Her music. But that's what she wants. That can't be wrong. I followed her from Stockholm to Californ'.
We went to Brasserie Saint-James just like we always did, each night, Carly, Peter and Kelly came too, to say hello, Carly with her big beautiful sparkling eyes, I was was lost in her eyes, something in her eyes, didn't I know it, and her big smile, and Peter is the nicest, he said we had met before and I hope so. Caught with a drink in my hand. Dean is up there again, tongue tied in the corner, no he's not, really. It's them again, this band that we're following, travelling around the world to see. Tonight, they are playing the Bewitched album in San Francisco, from start to finish, and Friendly Advice is up next, I'm there with my friends, Frank and Marjorie, Mike, Giselle and Ulrika. And Lee is up there, hitting those cymbals, it crashes, like a storm, ocean waves crashing, and there's nothing else to do, just be thankful, so thankful that they're doing it again.
Kelly went to Brasserie Saint-James too before the show, just for a short while, wearing a green and gold sparkling dress, like a mermaid, maybe a bit more makeup than I've seen before, and she had a secretive but sparkling look in her eyes. She said she was going to be with the band before the show. I wondered why. And there she is again, on stage. With the trumpet. A sound like that, it doesn't balance on the edge, it falls, you're falling, you lose it, but suddenly someone picks you up, you can fly, you're safe again, and the sun shines brighter than it ever has, and that's what it sounds like, her playing, like a cross between Eddie the Eagle and Miles Davis. I was nine years old and I thought I was going to watch someone die, but Eddie the Eagle didn't die in the Olympics, he survived, he landed safely, ending up last in the tournament, but he's the one I remember, the one that made my heart beat harder, I lived through him. That's what Bewitched sounds like with Kelly on trumpet.
We went from bar to bar, in Mission. I knew a lot of places I wanted to visit. Mike, me and Ulrika. The Monk's Kettle, The Sycamore, Bender's Bar and Grill, Shotwell's. We had fun that night and we felt fine when we headed home, of course we did, and when we were back on Haight Street Ulrika suddenly just fell on the bumpy street, there were blood all over the street. It was scary, a deep cut on her chin, could see the white tissue deep down. Ttried to stop the blood. A homeless guy came up to us and said "you've got to get that stitched up". He seemed to know what he was talking about. I called 911 for the first time in my life, I wanted to talk to someone. But I couldn't really answer them properly, the helpful homeless guy took over. After a while a big firetruck came up and parked next to us. One of those really big firetrucks you see on TV, and suddenly Ulrika was surrounded by five or six firemen. They examined her while she sat on the street, leaning against the wall. It was both a bit amusing and scary, I didn't want it to be bad. The firemen said she was going to be fine, and put all sorts of plaster on her, I said thanks and told them to go and save some lives instead, they where nice and I didn't know if they were going to charge us. Can I pay with a credit card, do I have to give tips, how much do I tip firemen? I don't know. But they said goodbye and drove away. The morning after the bed was a mess, big blood stains, didn't look nice, but Ulrika seemed to be fine. The concerts was going to happen!
Dean picks up the guitar acoustic guitar, well he's actually handed it, I'm glad he has a guitar technician on these tours unlike the European dates when he and Sean do everything by themselves, it's fun watching them do it, and to say hello before the show starts, but it's more rock and roll to not do it yourself, and just show up when it's time to play. They're playing This Time Around. I want to sing along. It's a pop song. Where the birds whistle. You hope for happiness. I'm standing in the crowd, just enjoying these songs, taking pictures, I take a lot of pictures are some turn out nice.
We arranged to meet that morning, after the accident, Mike, Marjorie, Frank, Ulrika and me, on one of the piers, to go to Alcatraz, but Mike overslept. Frank gave him the name Vanilla Mike because Mike drinks Vanilla Coke for breakfast. Always does. He woke up and made his way to Alcatraz soon enough. And all of us had a great time, the weather was both beautiful and dramatic, it was much more than just a tourist trap, it was a great tour with audio guides spoken by former guards and inmates. I loved strolling around the island, watching all the agave cactuses on the slopes, see the beautiful light that hits the old prison walls, the scary cells that actually look a bit cosy, some decorated with posters, instruments, magazines, you've got your own private space. But freedom is definitely better.
They are handing out the Bewitched buttons and start playing Great Jones Street, the song they've never played before. They play it very carefully. It's soft and warm, the disco ball light rays its stars on the crowd, in The Chapel, and we're all home. All is forgiven, I love you still. This is a fun show. One of the finest Luna shows. It's the first night, everyone is relaxed, there will be more, it doesn't matter what happens tonight, it doesn't have to be the best, because there's so much more to come, it's relaxed, and it is very good.
We got to Lands Ends and watched the surfers. Ocean Beach and the dogs, the beach volley ball, the seaweed, and the waves. The surfers went to Santa Cruz but it was fine, we walked the trail along the coast of Lands End, such beautiful scenery, green, lush, and far in the distance is Golden Gate Bridge. And we walked back east. Continued through Richmond, the second Chinatown, rumoured to have even better restaurants. Got hungry again. But we had planned something else. It got dark and we got a taxi. The driver asked about Sweden, the only thing he knew was Swiss Army knifes he said.
Into the Fold. Never heard this one played live before. I like those songs that you hardly even remember from an album. You know it when you hear it of course, but it's just not one the "greatest hits" and that's fine, that's good, it's like having a new little Luna song and that can't be bad. It's a good song. "Well you know I ain't no mystic, but I'm wrapped up in your life. And I won't ask silly questions, 'cause I can't stand the lies." Sometimes it's better not to know. It's really annoying when people try to come up with an answer that obviously isn't the honest truth, it's just a coverup. Maybe to protect me from bad stuff, but it's probably better to hear the truth, in the long run. Yes it probably is. I hope so.
I had a Swiss Army knife when I was a kid. It had a tooth pick made of plastic built in. My favourite tool was the tweezers. I could tweeze things.
Other than Swiss Army knifes, Sweden is known for some other things. I asked the driver if he knew about the Nobel Prize, and he did, and he told us the story of when Alfred Nobel wanted to award people that had invented something good, in contrast to the bad things the dynamite he invited himself can do. I also mentioned the cars, Volvo and Saab. Seinfeld drives a Saab convertible in the series. Björn Borg is probably the most famous athlete, winning five Wimbledons in a row among many other titles. I liked watching Peter Forsberg. Zlatan Ibrahimovic is our new most famous sportsman. He is fun. Abba had many hits during their ten years, and sold about 150 million records or more. Our most successful musician when it comes to making hit songs is someone else though. Max Martin has written and produced almost 60 Billboard top ten hits, 22 number ones. Only Lennon and McCartney beats him. The inventors of Spotify are Swedish too. I had a Swiss Army knife when I was a kid. It had a tooth pick made of plastic built in. My favourite tool was the tweezers. I could tweeze things.
We had the chance to see some other concerts in San Francisco before Luna arrived. Small venues and small bands can be very fun. Especially in the States. The quality is often one or two steps above anything else. Like going to New Orleans and hearing the musicians on the streets or in the cheap bars. It's world class music. And there are some good indie bands from San Francisco. I loved The Total Bettys. A charming band that really shines through live. Mike taped them of course. I took a lot of photos and talked to them afterwards. Just a little bit. I don't think I made a fool out of myself like I do constantly do with Luna.
Sleeping Pill is the last song from the album. The most psychedelic song. The projecting colours is a perfect match. It's slow. Britta is starting it with the spooky bass line. It's a song to close your eyes to. Mysterious guitar sounds. It's just so good to hear Sean and Dean together like this, it's not a sleeping pill at all.
Dean mentions Allison's Iphone case during the show, it has Mads Mikkelsen on it. The Danish actor. Allison is standing in the front row, next to Giselle and Ulrika. "It's almost as cool as your tattoo", Dean says, referring to Allisons huge Dean tattoo on her arm. His face. It's pretty cool I have to admit, even if I wouldn't want it myself. And they are starting to play the second set. Slide, Pup Tent, Tracy I Love You.
I am actually trying to finish this text while I'm sitting on a sun bed, or half lying, surrounded by tropical trees, in a Sheraton hotel in Bangkok. I ordered a bottle of Evian water, it's probably more expensive than a cocktail. The swimming pool is clear blue, and the sun is reflecting and sparkles in the water. Big leaves, I love big green leaves. Nice girls with barely any clothes are walking around. Things could be worse, I am aware, but sometimes it's incredibly lonely to travel alone. And I am alone. Sometimes some of us are weak human beings, some are weaker than others, it's embarrassing because we have no right to be really. Especially not me, not now. It's my fourth try now. To write and finish this text. I am hearing the show again in my headphones. And they start to play Malibu Love Nest in the encore. Hearing Malibu Love Nest brings me to tears. It's like having a friend next to you. And I feel much better, happy again.
They come back and play Fuzzy Wuzzy. Britta starts with the monotonous bass, and Lee kicks in, then some guitars. And more guitars. It was one of the best weeks. Those days in San Francisco in early 2017. Good music, good food, many friends, some freedom. That's all you need. Thank you Luna for making it possible. And see you all soon.


A story about sad people live in a planet...which called "sad planet". Only words they can say is "come"(来呀).
inspirited by the pitcher plant.
CHASING is a silence comic book based on Jack Ketchum's Bram Stoker Award-winning short story "Gone". The narrative presents a short story about a sad woman, Helen, who lost her child.
The silence comic is about a little girl is missing in the darkness and chasing by different monster.The inspiration comes from the real report-" We missing 20,000 children every year".
The exhibition at the School of Visual Arts Gramercy Gallery as part of a collective show on February 6th – March 10th..
Here you can see a selection of the artwork.
All of works are created by brushpen and watercolor.


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South Africa - Richard Smith of DWR Distribution, an L-Acoustics authorised training centre, recently headed up L-Acoustics certified training for a group of technicians at the company's offices in Johannesburg.
The two-day training course provides technicians with both the technical and practical skills and certification needed to operate a range of L-Acoustics professional sound systems.
Under the guidance of Richard Smith, who has served as a brand ambassador for L-Acoustics in Africa for over a decade, attendees are taught all that they need to know to operate L-Acoustics' Kara, Kiva II and K2 professional audio system. Smith is a passionate and committed teacher and trainer and takes enormous pleasure in passing on his years of knowledge and experience to a new generation of L-Acoustics Certified Technicians.
"I have always loved teaching and try to take advantage of any opportunity presented to share my knowledge and experience with others in the audio field," says Smith. "There is nothing more rewarding than watching those special light-bulb moments when a trainee suddenly grasps a new concept or skill.
"In the past, L-Acoustics took a highly structured, standardised approach to its training programmes. However, in recent years, they have adopted a more modular 'a la carte' approach. Participants start out with Level 1 training, which consists of two modules. Once they have completed the compulsory System Fundamentals module, covered on the first day of training, they are able to stipulate which system they would like to specialise in for the focused 'K-Day', which is delivered on the second day. Once a trainee has completed the K-Day course in a specific system, such as the Kara, they are able to return to learn about other systems, such as the Kiva II or K2, without having to repeat the first day of training. This provides operators and engineers with the opportunity to become certified in a range of L-Acoustics systems."
DWR hosts several L-Acoustics training courses through-out the year, including L-Acoustics fundamentals, K-Day training on the Kara, Kiva and K2 systems, as well as L-ISA training.
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Who Is Jenn Im Husband? Details On Her Married Life & Bio
Jenn Im is an American based Korean YouTuber and fashion designer. She is best known for her beauty-related video, tutorials, fashion tips & tricks, lifestyle advice, product reviews, shopping vlogs, and contrasting contents. Also, she is an entrepreneur- she founded a clothing line called Eggie in August 2017.
Jenn Im is a US-based Korean YouTuber and fashion designer. She is best known for her beauty-related videos, tutorials, fashion tips & tricks, lifestyle advice, product reviews, shopping vlogs, and contrasting contents.
Additionally, Jenn is also an entrepreneur; she founded a clothing line called Eggie in August 2017.
Jenn Im's Bio And Nationality
Originally from South Korea, Jenn was born on 22 September 1990 in Los Angeles, California. Her father works in a clothing manufacturing company, and her mother is a bank teller. She also has an elder brother named James in her family.
Growing up, Jenn attended a community college before joining the University of California, Davis. There, she earned a bachelor's degree in communications.
Career Journey
Jenn started her career at the age of fifteen, working at Baskin Robbins. Later, she launched a YouTube channel called ClothesEncounters alongside her friend, Sarah Chu, in February 2010. Their first video was Summer Fashion Haul 2010- which quickly gained media attention. Soon, they came up with more fashion videos, lookbooks, hauls, and vlogs.
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However, at the end of 2011, Sarah decided to abandon the channel, and Jenn took over all the responsibilities on her shoulder.
Jenn eventually launched her makeup collection called Jenn Ne Sais Quoi in collaboration with renowned brand ColourPop in 2016.
Married Life With Husband
Jenn has been married to a drummer named Ben Jolliffe since 18 August 2018.
Jenn Im and husband Ben Jolliffe at their wedding on 18 August 2018 (Photo: Ben Jolliffe's Instagram)
The husband-wife duo was previously engaged on 29 December 2016- Ben had set a surprise proposal at the Terranea Resort for Jenn.
First Meeting; Dating Initiation
Jenn and her husband first met on 13 March 2014 in San Francisco with the help of their mutual friend. Ben's band guitarist John was a good friend of Jenn's best friend, Steph, and they had planned to meet one night. Ben and John also joined them for the meeting and eventually started dating.
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Their first date was in a park near Alexandra Palace- where they enjoyed a small picnic and sandwiches.
Husband Ben Jolliffe's Bio
Jenn's husband Ben is from London, England, and he was born on 13 October 1986.
He is a drummer and a band member of the rock band, Young Guns. He joined the group in 2007, replacing the previous drummers: Alex Greenhill and Pete Little.
Quick Facts About Jenn Im
Jenn's band's debut album is All Our Kings Are Dead and their single Bones reached #1 on the Billboard Active Rock charts in May 2013.
Jenn stands at a height extending 1.54 meters (5 ft 1 in).]
Jenn was titled as one of the "Top Influencers" by Fashion bu Forbes.
She has worked with several acclaimed beauty and fashion brands like Macy's, Clinique, Calvin Klein and Levi's.
Jenn's self -titled YouTube channel has 2.56 million subscribers as of February 2020.


Part 4 of my commission piece and we are done! The last things to do were some light urban camo n the weapons, touching up the bases, couple of thin coats of varnish and basing scrub. It all came together rather quickly. So that is the first 10 of the twenty Special Ops troopers to do.
Now they may not be up to other peoples standards and there are better commission painters out there, but I am pretty bloody happy with how these turned out.
The full 10 man squad: Cadian Special Ops when you don't want to send anyone else!
For part 1 of this go right over here: getting the bits together.
For part 2 of this jump right over here: assembling the troops.
For part 3 of this wander right over here: lots of paint.
Cadian Special Ops: the old boys.
Ultimately this was my first go at commission painting and I am not sure it is something I would set up a dedicated service to do but I would like to take on some more work like this in future. After all I otherwise would have never have gotten to play with so many third party pieces or Imperial Guard without it. Still I have the other ten to do and I doubt people want to be bored with me going through the process a second time, so I might just drop one post of those when they are finished in the end. Time will tell.
Cadian Special Ops: grenade launchers.
Cadian Spec Ops: rifles ready!
Cadian Spec Ops: rifles ready! The camo pattern is fairly subtle.
The urban camo patterns I found for the rifles were either digital patterns or random blobbing, well one of those suited my skill level a whole lot more than the other. So as such I went with a random selection of brighter and darker greys across weapon surfaces and shading parts of them back to blend things in.


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Tree Hopper Match Sticks - This is an adorable matching game made out of wooden discs! Citrus Lane actually let us customize our box before it arrived and I got to choose which set I wanted! I choose numbers because I thought it would be helpful as a math manipulative down the road, but I was really tempted by the transportation set!
John Deere Tractor - This is an awesome tractor! We already have two of these (but not this exact one) and they are some of my son's favorite toys!
Plum Organics Mash Ups - This item felt a little younger for my almost 3 year old, but then again, he really loves applesauce pouches, so this isn't really any different.
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Driver's Seat: Listening and Learning
Listening and Learning
by Mel Lewis
If you're interested in becoming a competent big band drummer, it's very important you do some research. When I say research, I don't mean back ten years or so. You've got to dig back further than that, preferably before the bop era. It's essential to go back and listen to what happened before to develop a better understanding of what we're doing today.There were numerous great big band drummers during the swing era, and it is important for you to familiarize yourself with the styles and contributions of each of them. It's essential to go back and listen to what it was that made them such unique, great players.
For example, listen to Gene Krupa in the 30's with the Benny Goodman band. Then listen to Krupa in the 40's with his own big band to hear where he went and how his style evolved. If you're listening carefully, you'll hear a distinct difference between the Goodman years and the years that Gene fronted his own band.
Listen to Buddy Rich with Tommy Dorsey in the early 40's and compare it with Buddy today. Of course, you'll still hear Buddy, but you'll also hear a much improved player who evolved after 40 years of big band experience with varied bands and hundreds of different players.
When you listen, develop an analytical ear. Take special note of how the great big band drummers each had the ability to lend something quite unique to the band. Listen carefully and you'll hear how the same band could be made to sound totally different with different drummers in the driver's seat. You can hear how each drummer altered the entire feeling of the band. Listen particularly to the Benny Goodman band over the years with Dave Tough, then with Sid Catlett and later Morey Feld. Listen to the Duke Ellington band with Sonny Greer, then Lou Bellson, and later with Sam Woodyard. Note how the band itself changed. Each drummer literally turned the band into their band.
Listen to the Stan Kenton band with Shelly Manne, with Stan Levey, with Mel Lewis and later with Jon VonOhlen and Peter Erskine. You'll hear how the character of the Kenton band was altered with each new drummer. This should give you some idea of the tremendous influence a drummer can have on a big band.
Perhaps the only exception would be the Basie band, simply because that band has been so great for so long, that actually no one drummer could truly change the character of the band that much over the years. Each drummer did, however, lend something unique to every Basie band. Listen to the band over the years with Jo Jones, Shadow Wilson, Gus Johnson, Sonny Payne and Harold Jones. Listen and learn.
LEARNING FROM OTHER MUSICIANS
A great many young drummers come to me and complain about being treated unfairly by other musicians in the band, particularly lead trumpet players, piano players and often times, leaders. Surely, we all have experienced this kind of thing as young players, myself included. In retrospect, I've learned that, in almost every instance, any musician who criticized some element of my playing, ultimately opened by eyes to something new. I soon discovered that that person was actually helping me to become a better player. A drummer can often learn more in this manner than he could from all the drum lessons in the world. Drummers must learn to avoid getting angered and annoyed at the lead trumpet player or leader who criticizes constructively. If someone says, "I think it would help if you do so and so at this point," don't get angry, try it! You might just find that he's right and it works! You could possibly pick up something from a player who may have worked with a lot of very good drummers. Maybe what he's trying to tell you are little things that the good players did. He could be laying a little lesson on you in terms of something he carefully observed. Taken in the right frame of mind, you stand to learn from it. He's helping you, or at least trying to help you.
Of course, if a leader or lead player is harping on you unjustly, or is essentially wrong in what he's suggesting, then you have all the right in the world to speak up. If someone is unfairly accusing you of dragging when in fact, he is rushing, there is no need to sit back and take it. Be ready to explain how you view the situation. If he's any kind of a musician, he'll see the truth of the matter and an adjustment can be made, or at least a compromise of some sort. If he's not a good musician then you don't want to be working with him anyway.
Remember, you are in the driver's seat; a position from which you can control the band and the situation. You can also learn a great deal if you'll just remember to keep your eyes and ears open at all times.
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How a man who thought he had lost his way ended up finding his true North.
Sometimes the most difficult moments can lead to the most personal growth. That's what happened to Jeff Nagle after he ended an unhealthy relationship with a person who was very influential in his life.
"I didn't have any leadership in my life. I had a lot of good people around me to support me but I didn't have that leader in my life I once had, even though that leader wasn't good for me," says Jeff. Without their influence, he found himself feeling like he had lost part of his identity. He was struggling but he kept going on autopilot as anxiety began to creep into his life more and more.
Jeff realized his story needed a rewrite, but he faced a nearly impossible situation: he needed self-confidence to cope with his increasing anxiety, but his anxiety held him back from trying new things which he needed to gain more self-confidence.
Jeff slipped into a period of deep unhappiness. He started blaming various external things in his life for his depression and tried to fix things. He started by changing jobs. This helped since he found himself surrounded with new, positive people who were inspiring examples of positive leadership. But despite having made a step in the right direction, Jeff found learning a new role only increased his anxiety. He couldn't bear the idea of failing, yet it was the only way to learn. He would sometimes freeze in a state of panic when he faced challenging situations.
Fortunately, Jeff had an excellent support system that urged him to seek professional help. "My wife was a major supporter. She helped me a lot. She was my rock. She enabled me to do what I needed to do to become a better person." Another inspiration was Jeff's seven-year-old son. "Seeing how he dealt with struggles, just a young little boy learning life, I was able to observe him and see how he was able to learn new things and gain confidence." Jeff came to the realization that to be truly happy again, he would have to learn to become his own leader and teacher.
So he got to work. He looked at the people around him at work, at their healthy habits, and tried them on for size. Through trial and error, he figured out which ones worked for him and which didn't. He learned it was okay to fail sometimes because it helped him to get to know himself better. The changes that helped him most were getting up earlier, eating better, walking and reading.
Jeff now gets up at 5 a.m. so he can ease into his day. He's able to read and plan, no longer starting his day in an anxious rush. This early wake-up time also means going to bed earlier and sleeping better. He also goes for a walk for at least half an hour after work. The exercise relieves stress and anxiety and is almost like a form of meditation for him.
These changes were implemented incrementally because Jeff realized making big, drastic changes only increased his anxiety. So now he starts slowly and lets the changes snowball from there.
As his confidence grew, Jeff wanted to share his story with others, so he started a blog to talk about his day-to-day struggles: The Roaming Mind. What surprised him was the response it received! People related to his experience and thanked him for sharing his story. Jeff feeds off the energy from the blog and sees lots of potential to help other people, something he's really interested in pursuing. He wants to help others focus on personal growth and find ways to motivate themselves to become even happier and healthier while overcoming anxiety.
The biggest change has been in Jeff himself.
He's living in the now and is less anxious. He dug deep and found his own inner strength. Now when he gets anxious, instead of freezing, he faces challenges head on, which makes him feel empowered. People are drawn to him because he radiates positive energy. He knows that working on himself will be a continual process and will require support but he's looking forward to the journey and to sharing it with others.
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The 16th arrives. edition of the Latin American Film Festival of La Plata
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It is that, in addition to being able to attend the screenings in the room, you can access and enjoy a large part of the show's programming through the October TV Platform, while in the channel YouTube Fesaalp will hold conferences and talks with the filmmakers.
This year, the cycle includes the Official Latin American Feature Film and Short Film Competition, the Argentine Feature Film Competition, La Plata Films Feature Films, La Plata Films Short Films and Howls.
In addition, the Retrospective to Tomás Lipgot, the exhibition of Memories of the Film School, and the parallel sections Cinema x Mostras and Cinema and Human Rights stand out.
"Making a Film Festival in times of pandemic and streaming is a double challenge. In the first place, because we want the public to return to theaters and feel safe. Watching a movie on the big screen, and being able to chat with the filmmakers and share moments it is the heart of our events ", Ambrosis pointed out.
The organizer assured that, on the other hand, it seeks to "spread independent cinema, that the public have access to local stories" since "it is very difficult to see independent Latin cinema in commercial theaters or platforms" and that is why Fesaalp has programmed "130 films, between long and short, all with free access".
"This edition is dedicated to the history of La Plata cinema, where we will be able to see short films by women filmmakers from the old film school, who were invisible for a long time," he said later.
Ambrosis added that "from a work of recovery and restoration of the MAP – Movimiento Audiovisual Platense, they will enjoy six short films and a talk with one of the filmmakers."
"The city's film career was the first public career in Latin America and the last civic-military dictatorship declared it extinct and closed it, due to its militant and committed cinema," he stated.
The reunion with their testimonies, memories and memories aims to recompose a fragment of history so that new generations have their views in mind.
The short films will be screened: "Bienamémonos" (1971) by Silvia Verga; "La Ratonera" (1971), by Alfredo Oroz; "TP Rag doll" (1967) and "Inés" (1968), by Susana de Cristófano.
The Official Latin American Feature Film Competition is made up of 14 films: "1991" (Guatemala), "La bitácora del sur" (Chile), "Matar a Pinochet" (Chile), "Carmen Vidal, detective woman" (Uruguay), " La mami "(Mexico / Spain)," Nidal "(Chile), and" The film justifies the media "(Colombia).
Also for "The death of a dog" (Uruguay), "O Love Inside da Câmera" (Brazil), "Rebel Objects" (Costa Rica / Colombia), "Like the sky after it rains" (Colombia / Argentina), " Ski "(Argentina / Brazil)," Ballad for dead children "(Colombia) and" Guiexhuba "(Mexico).
Meanwhile, the Official Latin American Short Film Competition will feature 50 productions with six different categories: fiction, documentary, animation, fantasy genre, video clip and video minute.
At the same time, the Official Argentine Feature Film Competition is made up of 11 films: "Los visionadores", by Néstor Frenkel; "Under the bark", by Martín Heredia Troncoso; "Bandido" by Luciano Juncos; "Como el viento", by Raquel Ruiz; "The alcaucil ritual", by Ximena González; "That weekend", by Mara Pescio; "(In) voluntary retreats", by Sandra Gugliotta; "The attachment", by Valentín Javier Diment; "Las motitos", by Inés María Barrionuevo and María Gabriela Vidal; "Intra", by Pablo Rabe and Gabriel Drah; and "The House of Rabbits", by Valeria Selinger.
With a great variety of productions and a section divided into short and feature films, La Plata has established itself as a great pole of independent film production. In feature films there are nine competing films and in the short category there are 18 works in the fiction, documentary, animation, video essay and video clip categories.
In addition to the Howls section, for fantasy and horror genre films from the continent, there will also be a retrospective dedicated to director Tomás Lipgot consisting of his "Trilogy of Freedom" of documentaries: "Fortalezas" (2010), "Moacir" (2011 ), "Moacir III" (2017).
Also presented is "Moacir and I" (2021), the latest film about the figure of the Brazilian musician Moacir Dos Santos and people in confinement institutions.
Finally, Cine x Mostras will be presented with films that have in common the construction of voices and images that enable the creation of other possible worlds beyond the restrictions imposed by cisheteronorma, whiteness and social class. Three films make up the section: "Umbral" (Brazil), "Gordo Puto, Amen" (Argentina) and "El laberinto de las mounas" (Argentina).
In the necessary and traditional section of the Film and Human Rights festival, you will be able to see: "The long journey of Alejandro Bordón", (Argentina) and "Operation Camanducaia" (Brazil).
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