Yunus faced Hasina's direct ire after she returned to power in early 2009.
Professor Muhammad Yunus attended the Girl's Day Gala night on March 28, 2019 at the Stand Speak Rise Up Summit in Luxembourg, Europe which was hosted by Her Royal Highness, The Grand Duchess of Luxembourg and the Luxembourg Government. In this summit, he was joined by many eminent dignitaries. (Image: Twitter/@Yunus_Centre)Two popular explanations have been swirling around the world as to why Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh declared war on Nobel prize winner Muhammad Yunus. First, Yunus conspired with the powerful military to exile the nation's top two politicians, while prepping himself to join politics; second, Hasina felt jealous because Yunus won the Nobel prize that she believed she deserved for her role in ending a decades-old tribal insurgency. These myths have thus far remained widely accepted at home and abroad as the reasons for the Hasina-Yunus duel.
In fact, neither one was the direct cause of Hasina's wrath against Yunus. The Awami League, the political party led by Hasina, put Yunus in the dock long before he made public his political ambitions or won the Nobel.
Abdul Jalil, general secretary of the Awami League, publicly refused to accept Yunus as non-party interim government chief to supervise parliament polls a month before he received the prize and five months before he revealed his intention to join politics.
Jalil's comments came a day after Yunus told a civil-society forum in Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital, that he would be pleased to be the chief adviser of the caretaker administration. Jalil not only dismissed the possibility, but also opposed the Grameen Bank founder's ideas to reform Bangladesh's governance.
Awami League's bellicose attitude toward Yunus partly resulted from information Hasina received from India. New Delhi and Washington were on the same page regarding Bangladesh on almost everything, except for one: India opposed giving theocratic Jamaat e-Islami political space in Bangladesh. But the United States feared that Jamaat could turn highly radical if it was pushed underground. Delhi was also worried that Washington wanted Yunus to replace Hasina, a staunch Indian ally.
Rumours were rife in Dhaka in December 2006 that America wanted neither Hasina nor former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to win the election set for 2007. Mohan Kumar, joint secretary for Bangladesh at India's foreign office, told a U.S. diplomat in New Delhi that sources continued to report that the United States was positioning the 2006 Nobel prize winner to run in the election. He said Bangladeshi elite speculated that America "fixed" the award for Yunus.
According to Kumar, people in Dhaka suspected that the United States arranged for Yunus to win the prize to enhance his political credentials. Although Kumar did not subscribe to the allegations, still he wanted Washington to know that the rumours were alive in Dhaka.
Hasina perceived Yunus to be a pro-BNP element, even though Yunus denied having any links with any political party. Her suspicion deepened in 2006 when she learned that Yunus had been nominated by the BNP to be an adviser of the interim government.
Hasina found Yunus' close connection with America problematic, too. She told a cabinet meeting that Yunus was engaged in a conspiracy to undermine her government with help from his American friend, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Yunus faced Hasina's direct ire after she returned to power in early 2009. He asked America to push the prime minister to change a law that gave her control over his position as Grameen Bank chief. The interim government had removed it, but Hasina refused to ratify. All attempts by Yunus through her cabinet members had been rebuffed by Hasina.
On 10 May 2009 , Yunus sought input from the U.S. ambassador on the best way to ask Hasina to reverse her refusal. The envoy pledged to arrange a meeting for Yunus with the prime minister and put in a good word to her for him. Hasina never agreed to meet Yunus, and ousted him from the Grameen Bank in 2011 when she won a court order, culminating a two-year political guerrilla war.
Hasina was miffed by Yunus when he said that 8.5 million Grameen Bank members who represented 40 million Bengalis, or 25 per cent of the nation's total population, according an estimate by Yunus were not only citizens but also voters. This was a veiled threat that these voters could punch a mega hole in the Awami League's ballot box.
Her ire at Yunus stemmed also from the professor's public criticism of politicians as corrupt. Soon after winning the Nobel, Yunus angered the politicos by saying, "political leaders should give up revengeful politics and spiteful activities to offer a better political environment to the nation." Yunus believed that the political system was hindering Bangladesh's progress. He offered an alternative agenda and announced his plan to launch a political party, drawing a sharp public rebuke from Hasina.
The question, however, remains if Yunus wanted both Hasina and Khaleda out of politics, why didn't the BNP leader go ballistic? Khaleda rather exhorted Washington and London to protect Yunus from Hasina's fury. This overture cemented Hasina's impression that Yunus was in bed with Khaleda, politically speaking, and doomed the professor. His hobnobbing with the military and flirting with the idea of entering the messy world of Bengali politics just broke the camel's back.


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I believe this is likely a bug with the facebook like button, however I am unable to create a bug on the developer page for an unknown reason. I do not see a "Create" button on the page.
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Network Associates UK secures PGP buy
Network Associates in the UK expects to fold in the operations of its latest acquisition, encryption firm Pretty Good Privacy (PGP). However, that's just the beginning of a complicated situation caused by the rapid clip of mergers and buyouts.
By Martin Veitch | December 3, 1997 -- 11:07 GMT (03:07 PST) | Topic: Networking
Network Associates itself is the newly named company resulting from the merger of McAfee Associates and Network General announced last month. Confusingly, in the UK the firms will remain separate until registration of the new company has been completed.
McAfee, based in Bracknell, Berkshire plans to move up the road into the offices of Windsor-based Network General. However, PGP had planned to set up a London office before the end of this year. Now, it seems likely that PGP will share the Windsor space, said a spokeswoman.
In recent years, McAfee has been one of the most active participants in M&A activity as it has grown from an anti-virus specialist to a fully-fledged network management concern.

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Donald Trump has created something of a whirling maelstrom in attempting to distract the media's attention away from one bad thing by steering focus to another bad thing. The strategy has created a tornado of awful news, and with all of the sh*t flying around, it's difficult to zero in on one issue.
To wit: I know that Trump thinks the media is biased against him, but if any other candidate had said what he had said about sexual harassment in the workplace (basically that harassed women should go find another job, or another career), that would be news for weeks. Trump, however, effectively diverted our attention away from his egregious sexism by basically destroying the Republican party.
But let's not forget that his son, Eric, also gave his two cents on what he'd think if his sister Ivanka were sexually harassed.
You know what else is "strong" and "powerful"? Defenseless elephants. Leopards. And other big game, but that didn't stop them from being shot by a man with a gun, that man being Eric Trump. That's the analogy Samantha Bee attempted to bring home here.
There was only one problem: She misidentified the dead animal that Eric Trump is holding up, and a lot of people on Twitter took Bee to task for it. Because obviously correctly identifying the dead animal is what is important here.
For those of you who completely missed the point of our joke, which animal do you feel is pictured above?
Bee and the Full Frontal team ultimately released a statement apologizing for incorrectly identifying the animal, and by "apologize," I mean: Continued to mock the hell out of Eric Trump.
Afterwards, Bee tweeted more of Eric Trump's big-game hunting exploits, and while the point about sexual harassment and Eric Trump's cluelessness is well made, the sight of these dead animals is both upsetting and infuriating, which I suppose is the point. But GOD, that elephant photo.
Uh, Eric Trump is more than a clueless idiot. He's a heartless monster.


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Hate Story 4 Song Aashiq Banaya Aapne: Urvashi Rautela Redefines Sexy With This Party Number
The song was first a part of Emraan Hashmi and Tanushree Dutta's film.
Published: January 31, 2018 2:07 PM IST
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While we were obsessing over Ranveer Singh's Khali Bhali from Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmaavat, here's a new song titled Aashiq Banaya Aapne from the film Hate Story 4. Believe us when we say that it will make you miss the 2005 Emraan Hashmi, Tanushree Dutta and Sonu Sood-starrer Aashiq Banaya Aapne's title track badly, which instantly soared on the popularity charts.
Yes, you read that right. The makers of the fourth instalment of the Hate Story franchise have reprised the Aashiq Banaya Aapne track with upgraded music. The Himesh Reshammiya composition has been recreated by Tanishk Bagchi and it's nothing but a treat to your ears and eyes as the track features sexy Urvashi Rautela grooving to the beats.
While the makers have retained the song as it is, new beats and Neha Kakkar's naturally sensuous voice will make sure you listen to it on loop. While the lyrics of the song are penned by Manoj Muntashir, apart from Kakkar, Reshammiya has lent his voice or the number. To say that this track is the party number of this season, won't be entirely wrong. Catch the video of the sizzling romantic song here. ALSO READ: Urvashi Rautela And Karan Wahi's Chemistry Makes The Hate Story 4 Trailer A Must Watch!
Helmed by Vishal Pandya, who has also made the second and third films of the franchise, Hate story stars Urvashi Rautela, Karan Wahi, Vivan Bhathena and Ihana Dhillon in pivotal roles. Speaking about the song, the composer had told Mumbai Mirror, "The original track is one of the best love songs I have heard and I'm happy I got a chance to redefine it my way. The new track is like a peppy club number. Himesh sir's vocals are intact but we have introduced a female voice as the song is picturised on Urvashi and who better than Neha Kakkar for it." Watch this space for further updates.
Published Date: January 31, 2018 2:07 PM IST
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Caching is a fantastically easy and cheap way of speeding up your WordPress website but most caching plugins are complicated and need some expert knowledge in order to set-up. Gator Cache takes one of the simplest forms of caching – page caching – and makes it very easy. With this plugin, you can make your site instantly faster with just a few clicks.
This is an intro to WordPress caching using Gator Cache.
When putting together a website, speed should be one of your main considerations. If your website is slow then you might be turning away potential visitors, clients, customers, followers – whoever it is that you want to interact with your site's content. There's a lot you can do to help speed up your site and one of those things is caching.
Caching comes in several forms but unless you pay for a premium hosting plan you won't be able to take advantage of all the different types. For most people using shared hosting plans, the only type of caching available to them will be page caching and it's this that Gator Cache makes easy to set-up, use and instantly give results in the form of a faster website.
After installing and activating Gator Cache, a new, appropriately named menu item will appear in the sidebar of the WordPress admin.
In this menu, a list of tabs across the top of the screen gives access to the various sections of the plugin settings. Following these from left to right in order will allow you to get the plugin set-up in a matter of minutes. As you go through, remember to click 'Update' to save your changes on each tab before progressing to the next one.
On initial install, clicking on the 'Gator Cache' menu item will ask you to install the cache directory and copy the plugin files. For most shared hosting environments, you'll want to click the 'Create Cache Directory In Document Root' checkbox and click the 'Install' button. A short wait later, the installation will be complete and the page will refresh, showing the plugin settings.
To set-up the plugin, you'll want to enable 'Page Caching' by ticking the checkbox in the 'General Settings' tab and setting an expiry for them. A setting of 2-4 weeks is a safe starting point although options for higher or lower durations are available too. A handy note at this point mentions that when a post, page or custom post type is updated, it will clear and regenerate the cache.
When a visitor visits a page on your website, the server at the host will request that the page to be constructed and then is sent to the visitor to view in their browser. If you have a high traffic website, your server will need to generate this page lots of times from the PHP source code – once for each visitor. Imagine then, if you only had to generate the page once and that the server would store a copying in a cache that would be served instead. That server would basically do the work just once and then serve the same file to everyone which is a lot, lot less work. This is what page caching does – it stores the generated page, post or custom post type in a page cache for faster delivery to the visitor.
Clicking 'Update' will save these options.
Clicking through to the 'Post Types' tab will allow you to specify other custom post types to the cache if they're available.
The 'Users' tab allows you to choose which user roles you'd like to cache the pages for. The default is set to 'Subscribers'. The reason for this is that you may allow your visitors to login so that they can manage their account, have access to premium content, view their orders, and so on. Caching pages for these users is just as important as other visitors as they constitute a portion of your overall site traffic. Caching the site for admins, however, could prove problematic with regards to previewing posts before they're published, amongst other things, so it's nice to see this amount of control in a simple caching plugin and allow you to choose which user roles to enable page caching for.
The 'Custom' tab allows you to specify plugins, pages, posts or anything else that should not be cached for one reason or another. In the past, I've had trouble caching dynamically updating plugins such as WP-Activity so I'd make sure that the '/wp-activity/' plugin directory is added here.
Moving along to the 'Cache Rules' tab allows you to choose when and what you'd like the plugin to cache. The default settings here are good enough for most people, however, the third 'Refresh all pages' option might be useful for some people who do have a dynamically updating/refreshing plugin that doesn't update that often or doesn't need to be excluded completely using the 'Custom' tab, mentioned above. If you run https on your website, ticking the 'Cache secure SSL https protocol pages' checkbox under 'SSL Settings' will enable page caching for those of you with a valid SSL certificate installed.
The 'Debug' tab and the associated option is probably only useful for developers wishing to diagnose problems with caching on certain pages in order to get their settings just right. For the rest of us, I'd suggest switching this off and clicking 'Update' to save the changes.
This is by far the best, most basic page caching plugin I've ever seen and used. I've previously used Lite Cache but I found this even easier to use with more clear instructions and much better support in the forums, with almost all support requests been marked as resolved. It's hard to go wrong setting-up this plugin. It's not a replacement for the power of something like W3 Total Cache but it is a great starting point if you have limited knowledge of caching and only have access to shared hosting.


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WVUM Partnership:
The University of Miami's WVUM DJs broadcast Parking and Transportation Services 'hourly Parking Lot Updates to you over the radio airwaves during fall and spring terms. To help ease your morning commute to campus and take the guesswork out of parking, tune into FM 90.5 hourly on the half hour between 8:30 A.M. and 1:30 P.M. on class days to hear our partners at WVUM announce which campus parking lots have available space.
HURRY 'CANE SHUTTLE SERVICE
Parking and Transportation Services operates the Hurry 'Cane Shuttle on the Coral Gables campus during the fall and spring semesters. The Shuttle is equipped with state of the art wheelchair accessible buses, is available free of charge to all University students, faculty, and staff, and, over its routes, serves the campus' major classroom and office buildings, parking lots, and the University Metrorail station.
Approximately 700,000 passengers took advantage of our Hurry 'Cane Shuttle service between June 2001 and May 2002, an 11% increase over the previous twelve month period. That record high ridership figure emphasizes the convenience, popularity, and acceptance of the Hurry 'Cane system, and includes a monthly ridership record of almost 110,000 passengers during October 2001.
The Hurry 'Cane Shuttle facilitates use of the University's perimeter parking lots, and provides a convenient means of traversing campus without using a personal vehicle. The Hurry 'Cane Shuttle route system and hours of operation are detailed in our Shuttle route map which is available on board the Hurry 'Cane Shuttle buses, and at the Parking and Transportation Services offices in the Ponce Garage at 5665 Ponce de Leon Boulevard. Telephone inquiries may be made to the Department at 305-284-3096, option 3, or visit our web site at www.miami.edu/parking/shuttle .
-Shuttle Service to the Shops at Sunset Place-
In its continuing partnership with Student Government, Parking and Transportation Services' Sunset Shuttle has provided convenient service from the Coral Gables campus to South Miami's Shops at Sunset Place for approximately 9,000 passengers during the past academic year. This free shuttle service operates Friday and Saturday evenings, during Fall and Spring terms, from 8 p.m. until 2 a.m., and includes a convenient stop at the Publix Supermarket on Monza Avenue near Sunset Place (the Publix stop is serviced until 10:00 p.m. when the store closes).
Originating on campus at Stanford Circle, the Sunset Shuttle makes a stop at the Parking Garage before proceeding on to Publix and Sunset Place stops. The shuttle makes a continuous loop from Stanford Circle, returning every twenty (20) to thirty (30) minutes contingent upon traffic. Resident Students, Commuter Students, Faculty, and Staff are encouraged to take advantage of this fast, convenient service.
-Ibis Ride-
Since its inception in October 2001, approximately 1,700 students have chosen the Ibis Ride as their means of transportation between the Coral Gables campus and the attractions of Coconut Grove. The free Ibis Ride operates Friday and Saturday evenings from 8:00 p.m. until 3:30 a.m. during fall and spring semesters. UM student ID is required.
-Sgt. Sebastian Shuttle-
In the evening, the Sgt. Sebastian Shuttle serves the Coral Gables campus. To accommodate the growing numbers of evening riders, four buses operate from 6:00pm until 10:00pm, with two buses in operation thereafter until midnight.
-Express Shuttle-
Express Shuttle service is provided from the Garage to both Stanford Circle and the Fountain during the busy morning and late afternoon hours. We improved the Express Shuttle service by extending the morning operational hours of both Stanford Circle and Fountain Express buses to 7:00am until 12:00pm, while the evening Express hours are from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.
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Wives, Children Of Russian-Born Islamic State Fighters Return From Iraq, Syria
Eight children and four women -- originating from Russia and Kazakhstan -- who had been left behind in areas liberated from Islamic State (IS) militants have been flown out of Iraq and Syria and have arrived in Russia, Russian news agencies report.
Russian Town Of Beslan Mourns On Anniversary Of School Attack
The southern Russian town of Beslan has begun three days of mourning to mark the 13th anniversary of a school hostage-taking attack that ended with 334 people dead after a botched rescue, including 186 children.
Beslan: Three Days Of Terror
On September 1, 2004, Chechen militants stormed an elementary school in the town of Beslan in the Russian republic of North Ossetia. They took 1,100 teachers, children, and their relatives hostage, demanding the withdrawal of federal forces from Chechnya as a condition for their release. On September 3, 2004, Russian security forces stormed the building, resulting in a battle in which more than 330 hostages died, including 186 children.
Kadyrov Ally Suspended From United Russia After Moscow Shooting Incident
Wealthy Chechen businessman Umar Dzhabrailov has been charged with hooliganism after allegedly firing into the ceiling of his luxury Moscow hotel room. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect those of RFE/RL.)
Forced Reconciliation: A Chechen Way Of Fighting Extremism
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov says that children of divorce are potential extremist militants, so he has launched a program to force parents to reconcile. (RFE/RL's North Caucasus Service and Current Time TV)
Analysis: Chechen Leader Rules Out Obvious Motives For Parliamentarian's Murder
Four days after the killing of Chechen parliamentarian Mukhmad Askhabov, the perpetrators remain at large and uncertainty still surrounds their motive. Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov has ruled out two of the most seemingly obvious motives. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect those of RFE/RL.)
Reports Say Russian Businessman Dzhabrailov Faces Charges Over Moscow Hotel Gunfire
News reports from Moscow say that Umar Dzhabrailov, a wealthy businessman and former member of the Russian parliament, could face criminal charges after allegedly firing a pistol in a luxury hotel near the Kremlin.
Russia Says Three Officers Killed In Separate Daghestan Clashes
Russian authorities say three law enforcement officers were killed in two separate incidents in the southern Daghestan region on August 28, including an attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group's propaganda agency.
Will Putin Intervene To Save Daghestan's Unique Liana Forest?
Months after the World Wildlife Fund warned that five ancient Russian forests face a real threat of destruction, President Vladimir Putin has publicly pledged to look into the situation that has arisen in one of them. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect those of RFE/RL.)
Lawmaker In Russia's Chechnya Region Shot Dead
Russian officials and politicians say a member of parliament in the North Caucasus region of Chechnya has been shot dead.
Analysis: Dissenting Chechens Win Minor Moral Victory
The Kremlin appears to be losing patience with Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov's manner of retaliation against manifestations of public dissent. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect those of RFE/RL.)
Chechnya's Kadyrov, Rosneft Again At Odds
The long-standing feud between Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov and Russian state-controlled oil company Rosneft has taken a new turn. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect those of RFE/RL.)


There has been a lot of talk surrounding Microsoft's Azure Reserved VM Instances (RIs) lately, and with good reason.
The opportunity to purchase Azure compute at lower prices than current agreements has caused many organisations to get more than a little excited. AWS has has long had EC2 reserved instances available, so the Microsoft release has attracted a lot of attention.
However, before you jump on board and enable this new feature, you need a clear picture of how RIs will affect your organisation.
Here we'll explain how RIs work, and discuss the benefits and drawbacks to help you decide if enabling them is the right move for your organisation.
When you sign up for RIs, you are reserving and purchasing virtual machines (VMs) in advance. The one or three-year terms on offer require up-front payment, and a commitment to a designated number of VMs for the duration of your term. While you can exchange reservations without a fee, cancellations will incur a fee (12%) and there are limits on how much can be cancelled each year.
For increased flexibility, you can combine RIs with pay-as-you-go prices. This helps you manage costs more effectively across predictable and variable workloads.
The key benefit being pitched by Microsoft is the chance to significantly reduce your cloud computing costs, by up to 72 percent. While there is a great opportunity to save for many organisations, there are others whose circumstances require a different approach. For example, some companies would benefit more from using higher performing servers in Azure at lower costs than they are currently paying now.
To take advantage of the potential cost savings of RIs, your organisation needs to meet certain criteria. To be sure you will benefit, it's important that you carefully assess your current situation and factor in the key considerations before you make the call to switch.
Your RIs are fully pre-paid, so you will need to include the payment of the full one or three-year commitment in your budget for the first month. Plus, if your business or system requirements change, as mentioned above there is a cancellation fee of up to 12 percent which can be a substantial amount. RIs are designed to deliver maximum savings for any VM that's running 24×7 x365, and that are unlikely to change in size in the future.
Currently, RIs are not assigned to specific VMs, which makes mapping your charge back to business units difficult. Be sure to work closely with any departments that may be affected by the implementation, so that your decision considers the entire company.
To manage RIs effectively, it's important to plan your transition carefully to deliver maximum value. Consult the business owners of systems to ensure long-term run time of projects, and confirm with budget owners and finance that pre-payment of RIs will fit in with your current models. In the cloud based consumption world, having a full 12-month or 3-year commitment paid up front may not fit the budget requirements of the business.
You will also need to update your reporting capabilities, so you can track the usage and provide visibility to the business. Plus, you will need to continue to monitor and plan for RIs on an ongoing basis to ensure they remain cost-effective moving forward.
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Girl group XOMG POP! performed at night 1 of the Children's & Family Emmy Awards at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in LA on Dec. 10, 2022. (HS Insider)
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The first annual Children's and Family Emmys celebrated the best in kid-friendly television
Among the 33 television series awarded at CAFE, several shows offer themes of inclusion, diversity and accessibility.
The first ever Children's and Family Emmys took place at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre to award the best in family-friendly television. Across 52 categories, 270 nominees were honored at the two-night gala from December 10 to 11.
The Children's and Family Emmys, or "CAFE" award show, was created to recognize outstanding children's entertainment in a ceremony after splitting from the Daytime Emmys. With about 3,000 submissions, this was the most competitive event in the history of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
"This community has been producing such a quantity of quality content over the last few years it needed its own event. It's just amazing the level of passion and energy that's surrounding this celebration of children's programs," NATAS President and CEO Adam Sharp said.
As Donna May, a nominee for her work on the movie "Muppets Haunted Mansion" said so succinctly about the importance of CAFE, "the Muppets don't win a lot of Emmys because they're usually up against taller people."
JoJo Siwa hosted night 1 of the first annual Children's & Family Emmy Awards at the Wilshire Ebell Theater in December 2022. (Jenny Graham / Children's & Family Emmys)
The Creative Arts ceremony on night 1 was hosted by JoJo Siwa, the dancer, actor and singer who rose to fame after her role in "Dance Moms." Siwa was nominated two times in the outstanding choreography category. Decked out in her signature sequins, Siwa described her experience at CAFE as "perfect."
"It's such an honor to be here tonight, surrounded by so many of my amazing peers. When I found out I was nominated, I lost my mind. When I found out they wanted me to host, I lost my mind," Siwa said.
When asked if she had any advice for high school students, Siwa said that it's okay "to stop and laugh and realize you made mistakes." She recently came out as part of the LGBTQ+ community in 2021.
"That's why humans were made with forgiveness and love," she said. "It's not easy to come out, to tell people you feel different, but it's such a beautiful thing. I'm grateful that today's world is starting to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. The hardest part is ripping the band-aid off, but once you're there it's the best thing ever."
The girl group XOMG POP!, created by Siwa and her mother Jessalynn Siwa, was the opening performance for the first night of CAFE. Dressed in bedazzled jackets and glittery high tops, they cited Siwa as one of their fashion inspirations.
"All of our different costumes we wear, we get to help design. Kimberly loves her skirts, and I love ruffles and shorts, so everybody adds their own flair to their costumes," member Leigha Sanderson said.
"As you can see though, we all love sparkles and lots of colors," added Tamara "Tinie T" Andreasyan.
Girl group XOMG POP! poses on the red carpet at the Children's & Family Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Dec. 10, 2022. (Photo by Jenny Graham)
Presenters Haley Jenkins and Frankie Cordero, also known as Donkey Hodie and Purple Panda from the show "Donkey Hodie," brought puppeteering onto the CAFE stage.
Donkey Hodie said she hoped children "come away [from the show] knowing they can do great things. If they just keep trying and trying, that's the most important thing."
"And they can have a lot of fun doing it!" Purple Panda chimed in.
Presenters Jevon Whetter and Shaylee Mansfield, known for being an American Sign Language consultant and the first ever sign-over actor on the series "Madagascar: A Little Wild," shared their experiences with their roles.
"It really gives us deaf people an opportunity to show people what the deaf world looks like. We have our own culture, grammar and syntax," Whetter said. "We had to be extremely creative to work during the pandemic, [but] it was a blast. We as deaf people live it everyday. We are natural problem solvers. We're survivors. It was great to bring our own lived experiences with the animation team."
Mansfield talked about what it meant to her to play a deaf character in the series, a little girl also named Shaylee.
"In terms of my experience growing up, I always wanted to have a role model. I watched a lot of animated programs, but they never had sign language or deaf characters. I felt like I missed out until I got involved with Dreamworks," she said. "I hope other children will watch me and feel inspired and even more eager to learn sign language."
On the red carpet, Malia Baker, a presenter and nominee for her performance as Mary Anne Spier on the series "The Baby-Sitters Club," talked about her activism outside of acting.
"Everyone has that power in themselves to make a difference," Baker said. "It's so stereotypically said to 'make a change, make a difference' but it's the little things like signing a petition, typing out an email, making sure your friends know what's going on, that are the important things."
At the end of the night, the Creative Arts ceremony awarded 33 Emmys, with one tie, in 32 categories. A full list of winners can be seen in Variety.
"Children's entertainment at its best isn't just entertaining and informative, but it's [also] a window for kids to see beyond the end of their sidewalk," Sharp said. "It gives that comfort that there's a whole universe out there where you can be you. Telling that story well is so critically important to that audience that it needs to be celebrated."


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It is very important to place kite in field just before crop is attractive to birds. Bird deterrents are usually effective for a limited time. Birds habituate (get used to) all sorts of annoying things. As they become aware that there is no real danger, they will stop responding to flashes reflective material, noise of cannons, distress calls of birds and kites. This kite has realistic movement so it should take longer for the birds to figure out that it won't harm them.
What birds are attacking your crop? A friend noticed that black birds pick the caterpillars, pest bugs and a few earthworms from his strawberry beds. They don't damage the berries and help with his pest control. But finches and meadow larks peck at the seeds on the strawberries and the fruit rots. He sees his neighbor in his strawberry field shooting blackbirds. The first rule of IPM is identify your pest.
People have used reflective ribbons, noisemakers, sprinklers with motion detectors, and model airplanes (contract with local RC club) to repel pest birds. Let us know what works for you.
Dispenser for eggs, mites, etc.
to modify your Maruyama biocontrol applicator.
Smucker no longer manufactures Bio-Sprayers, but a few are still available.
The Barn Owl (Tyto alba) is distributed world-wide, absent from only the cold Latitudes. While the barn owl is found all over the US, its numbers are particularly high in California and the Southwest. Farmers and ranchers are increasingly attracted to the barn owl's ability to control rodents better than traps, poison, or cats and at very little cost.
Barn owls in favorable habitats produce large broods once or twice a year. Each young owl as it nears maturity will eat the equivalent of a dozen mice per night if such prey is available. Adult barn owls kill and consume the equivalent of one large rat or gopher per night. The Owl Rehabilitation Research Foundation, Ontario, Canada, reports that barn owls consume twice as much food for their weight as other owls. A family of barn owls will eat about 3,000 rodents a year, with about 70% gophers. Refined wing and feather structures make it silent in flight, bringing its well- deserved nickname "the cat with wings."
Both prey base (rodents) and suitable nesting sites limit the number of barn owls in an area. Owl nest boxes can be within 30 feet of each other. In the West, barn owls nest in natural tree cavities and buildings, as well as in cavities in cliffs and cut banks, stacked hay bales, and in palm trees. Use of these sites often leads to nesting failure such as when bales are shifted or the young outgrows the nest at the base of palm fronds. They are accustomed to humans and will tolerate a moderate level of activity as long as they are not threatened.
Several nest box designs can be made from inexpensive or recycled materials. In California it is best to install nest boxes in December, but since they have several broods a year, anytime early in the year may bring an occupant. Owls seek their prey either from a perched position or on the wing. Perches in areas with high rodent populations aid the owl's search.
If you have bats in your neighborhood, with the right exposure and a suitable bat house, you can get a colony of bats to move in. A small single chamber house will attract a small group of bachelors to roost for the day. Larger multi chamber houses will attract colonies that will produce young. Nursery colonies look for open water (a pool will do), a clear zone below for swooping in and out, and a good supply of night flying insects. If you don't have the space or water for the nursery colony – go for the bachelor pad. We offer bat houses that are approved by Bat Conservation International (BCI) and the Bat House Builder's Handbook is based on BCI's research.
There are about 15 species of bats that you may attract to a bat house in the US. The little brown bat for example will eat its weight in flying insects every night, or about 600 mosquitoes an hour.
A colony of big brown bats will protect local farmers from up to 18 million rootworms in a summer. Moths that attack fruit, such as the codling moth, peach twig borer, and omnivorous leaf roller, are night flying insects that bats eat like we do popcorn.
Nearly 40% of American bat species are in severe decline or already listed as endangered. Losses are occurring at an alarming rate worldwide. Decreasing toxic pesticides, using biocontrol, and providing habitat for these amazing flying mammals will help bring them back. They in turn will help you with your pest control.


some ideas and or hints in addition to the 2.3.5b-book.
Starting with a working SuSE 6.4-installation I had to create a new partition.
file - login only by ftp-client (not with my netscape)?
file not found. Trying the same command again gave "gunzip not found".
Dunno why this happened, but after that both files were in /bin.
everything - I did not check and used the easier method :).
While configuring perl I was annoyed about answering all those questions.
It "Failed 13 test scripts out of 229, 94.32% okay."
BTW - I used the same swap as the SuSE-System..
while making... Perhaps add a note that the defaults are okay.
a little I found that I needed to call it "lilo -L" to get beyond this.
Fatal: VGA mode presetting is not supported by your kernel.
PS: Those rc-scripts need a "status"-function to be LSB-compliant, correct?


Kathryn McGill is Executive and Artistic Director of Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park. She has both a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting and directing from the University of Oklahoma and a Master of Fine Arts in acting from New York University. She co-founded Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park with the late Jack O'Meara in 1985. She has directed over 40 productions including Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Richard III, Macbeth, As You Like It, Cyrano de Bergerac and Much Ado About Nothing. She also directed The Rivals for Oklahoma City University and co-founded the Detroit Women's Shakespeare Project and played the title role in their production of Henry V. In 1990 she was a recipient of a Governor's Arts award from the State of Oklahoma.
Tyler Woods is Managing Director of Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park. An Equity and SAG/AFTRA actor, his credits include Virginia Stage Company, The Pearl Theatre Off-Broadway, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, and The American Shakespeare Center. Training includes Columbia University, The Public Theater Shakespeare Lab, and Stella Adler Studios. Mr. Woods has produced, directed, or acted in nearly 40 Shakespeare productions and is an accomplished stage combat choreographer. Woods served as Teaching Artist for The Town Hall Foundation in NYC, and is a former Education Director for Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park. He is a 2015 Governor's Arts Award recipient.
D. Lance Marsh, Associate Artistic Director, has directed The Seagull, The Merchant of Venice for Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park. He has played Claudius in Hamlet and served as text coach for numerous productions. Lance is an Associate Professor in the School of Theatre at OCU, as well as serving as the company's Artistic Director and Head of Performance. He has spent twenty years as a professional actor, primarily performing in classical plays, and is a proud member of Actor's Equity Association. He has appeared at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, the Western Stage, the California Shakespeare Festival, the Okoboji Summer Theatre, Next Act Theatre, First Stage Children's Theatre, the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, the Wisconsin Shakespeare Festival, the Milwaukee Shakespeare Company, the Texas Shakespeare Festival, Arizona Repertory Theatre and American Players Theatre. Recently he has performed with Oklahoma City Rep in productions of Our Town, Moonlight and Magnolias and Hay Fever, and at Oklahoma City Theatre Company in A Streetcar Named Desire. He has directed professionally in California, Missouri, Iowa, Arizona and Wisconsin and Oklahoma, and has run several professional theatre companies.


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Cinderford Town FC
Former Bristol Rovers defender returns to Gloucestershire club
Paddock rejoins Southern League side
Jon PalmerFootball Writer
Ryan Paddock has rejoined Cinderford Town ahead of Saturday's home match against Paulton Rovers.
The former Bristol Rovers youngster has been with North Leigh this season, but has returned for another spell at The Causeway.
"It's great to be going back to play for the club," Paddock said.
"I really enjoyed it there last time and I was disappointed I couldn't have made it longer, but work commitments hampered that.
"From speaking to Paul (Michael, manager) and where he wants to take the club is a definite positive, they've got some very good footballers in the team and I hope I can add value."
Paddock has also played for Bishop's Cleeve and Evesham United, as well as spending time on trial with Cheltenham Town in 2008.
Ryan Paddock during his trial at Cheltenham Town in 2008
He was part of the Army's Inter Services triumph over the RAF at Shrewsbury Town on Wednesday.
They claimed the trophy for a third year in a row with a 4-1 victory, following up a win over the Royal Navy at Aldershot Town.
Paddock, who has made around 35 appearances for the Army, is now a Lance Corporal in the Royal Corps of Signals, based at HQ ARRC in Gloucester.
Former Bristol Rovers defender chasing hat-trick of Inter Services triumphs with Army
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"When the other team is doing a pitch invasion for a draw, it shows how good we are" – Forest Green Rovers draw at Northampton Town in controversial fashion
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"We did enough to win four games" - Cheltenham Town manager Michael Duff after the draw with Charlton Athletic
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Masters, NHL, Soccer Resume Dates
Written by Eric Williams on April 6, 2020
Are you an NHL lover that is agonizing over the suspension of the 2019-20 NHL season just as it inched closer to its annual postseason playoff period?
Are you a golf lover and betting enthusiast that is 'in the rough' over the lack of seeing the sweet swings of stars like Brooks Koepka, Rory McIlroy and the legendary Tigers Woods?
If you answered 'yes' to either of the aforementioned questions, then you can take a little bit of satisfaction in the fact that you could potentially cash in on some value-packed odds surrounding the potential returns of both sports. Let's look at what Current Events Odds may be available to you before I offer up my expert predictions on each sports-resuming odds.
Odds on When 2020 Masters Takes Place
October or later in 2020 -140
September +500
August +750
July or earlier in 2020 +900
Does not take place in 2020 +275
It's too bad for the red-hot Rory McIlroy, but, with the PGA Tour and all its governing bodies shutting down events until at least May due to the coronavirus outbreak, the 2020 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club has been postponed until further notice.
Still though, if you're a golf lover and betting enthusiast, could potentially cash in on when the world's most coveted golf tournament will actually take place this year. Typically played in April each year, oddsmakers have installed an October or later start dates as the prohibitive favorite. A September start is third on the board while each previous month has longer odds. The odds for the PGA Tour forgoing the thrilling event altogether offers the second-best odds.
My prediction for this wager is that the PGA Tour will hold the Masters sometime in October, well after, what experts are predicting as a viable timeline for the slowing of the coronavirus pandemic. The flagship tournament is simply too big, too important and brings in too much revenue to cancel it altogether, particularly if Tiger Woods is competing.
Pick: October
When Will the Next NHL Game Be Played?
After April 17th -450
On or Before April 17th +275
The NHL was 70 games into its 82-game regular season when play was suspended, but I say there's absolutely no way the NHL – or any other professional sports league resumes play on or before April 15, so this pick is as easy as pie.
Pick: After April 17th
Will the Next NHL Game be Played June 1st or Sooner?
Yes……….+300
No……….-500
While the odds for this wager are clearly in favor of the NHL season not resuming prior to June 1, I am in complete disagreement and believe that the NHL could be back in action by that time. Commissioner Gary Bettman is a former NBA employee that has run the league almost as smoothly as his former employer runs its operations and I believe Bettman will have a solid plan in place for when and if the vast majority of coronavirus restrictions are lifted. I'm going 'against the grain' with my wager here and playing the 'Yes' selection.
Pick: Yes
Will the remaining 2019-20 NHL season be outright canceled?
No -220
Yes +170
Just this week, the NHL – which suspended play on March 12 – extended its self-quarantine period for its players through April 15. Simply put, the league and commissioner Gary Bettman are doing everything in their collective power to keep their options open for completing the 2019-20 campaign. Bettman has repeated on more than one occasion that the league is willing to extend play deep into the summer but does not want to compromise playing a full 2020-21. While things look real sketchy right now, my best prediction is that the NHL manages to salvage some form of this season.
Pick: No


Natural and sustainable economic growth is that kind of growth which leads to a rise in living standards. It comes about as a result of production, saving and investment. Savings can only accumulate if less is consumed than is produced. The higher savings are in relation to consumption, which we may refer to as the consumption/savings ratio (C/S), the more resources become available for investments. As savings and investments are both necessary for natural economic growth to take place and as there can be no investment without saving, the lower the C/S ratio, the higher the potential economic growth. Conversely, the higher the C/S ratio, the lower potential growth becomes. Less consumption and more savings hence bring about more output in the future which also means more wants can be satisfied for a greater number of people.
Inflationary economic growth on the other hand, which we may also refer to as artificial growth, is a kind of growth that is not sustainable and which ultimately leads to a decrease in living standards. The distinguishing feature of this kind of growth is that it is driven by an increase in the money supply instead of savings. This is the kind of growth that has been dominating many economies for a long time which culminated with the U.S. banking crisis in 2008. Furthermore, this is the kind of growth, unfortunately, that still dominate many economies, including the U.S.
And this time around, the inflationary growth is just as unsustainable as it has been in the past and will continue to be in the future. It will result in a correction in one way or another eventually. There are now signs inflationary growth is running out of ammunition once again in the U.S. And as many have learned by now, this will have repercussions globally as well. The QE4 bazooka is loaded, but probably will be fired too late as usual.
Thrift? Who Cares, The Show Must Go On.


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Hardwired for Success: 5 Reasons to Hire Veterans
By Jaime CostilowNovember 11, 2021
Unemployment rates remain in a state of flux each month that the pandemic continues, but one truth can be found in the rapidly changing data: veterans bring advantages to the civilian workforce.
At 3.9%, the veteran unemployment rate is lower than the national average of 4.8%, illustrating that employers recognize the competitive advantage these talented servicemen and women bring to the table. The times of seeing veteran hiring programs as a handout or a way to "check the box" have long passed. Now, more companies see hiring veterans as a value-add to their organization and are shifting their focus to attracting veteran talent away from their competitors.
Rob Cox
Navy Veteran & Recruit Rooster Key Account Executive
"It's important that companies continue shifting their thought process when hiring veterans and see it as an essential component of talent acquisition. The lower veteran unemployment rate indicates to me that companies see the dedication, drive, and work ethic veterans bring to the table and view these individuals as valuable assets to their team."
About 200,000 veterans transition to the civilian workforce each year, and veterans with specific software and technology skills are in high demand right now. While the list of reasons to hire veterans is lengthy, we have compiled the top five reasons why veterans are considered great additions to any team.
Adaptability & Trainability
This one should be no surprise because veterans are accustomed to wearing multiple hats and jumping into new roles on the fly. Some important factors include operating on short timelines, efficiency, and the ability to follow through on assignments under stressful circumstances. Throughout their service, veterans develop a wide variety of skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving, extensive computer program training, and more—making them great candidates to work in tech where the answers are not always black and white.
Enlisting in the military is open to all, meaning that veteran hiring can help diversify your workforce and instill a culture of inclusivity and tolerance. Throughout their service, veterans interact, connect, and rely upon people of various races, genders, religions, geographic regions, economic backgrounds, and more, creating a foundation for acceptance and inclusive mindsets.
Strong Work Ethic
Taking responsibility for your actions and seeing tasks through to completion is essential in the military, and those traits are highly sought after in the civilian workforce. Employers need employees who are willing to set goals and accomplish them, and veterans understand that advancement is largely based on performance and good evaluations.
Successful military operations are built on teamwork and trust, so it makes sense that veterans enter the civilian workforce with that same mentality. It is important to point out that teamwork means much more than just getting along with your coworkers. Oftentimes relying on communication and collaboration can be a matter of life and death in the military. How does that same mindset translate in the civilian workforce? It means that building trust, establishing expectations, and progressing as a team are at the foundation of their work skills.
The military has a strict chain of command. Veterans are taught how to lead and how to follow, making them an incredible asset to any organization. If a veteran serves a full term, they will undoubtedly advance into a leadership position during their service, and they know when to lead and when to support. This isn't to say all veterans should be hired for leadership positions immediately, but there is definitely an accelerated learning curve when it comes to advancement due to their experience.
Transitioning of Veterans into the Workforce
Now, where to begin in your veteran hiring journey? Start by speaking the language of veterans and showcasing yourself as a military-friendly employer. Use tools that are designed to aid in veteran hiring, like Recruit Rooster's long-standing Veteran Crosswalk, also known as a military occupation code (MOC) translator. Offered for the past 10 years and adopted by more than 200 employers, this technology gives employers a competitive edge mapping their open positions to learned military skills, and gives veterans immediate access to jobs that match their areas of expertise.
"Connecting employers and veteran talent is something Recruit Rooster has always been passionate about, which is why we've placed great emphasis on continual technology development that accomplishes just that. We listened to the market and realized that more than just skills translation tools were needed. We wanted to offer a true destination for veterans, where they have the resources and tools needed for their entire search experience, not just part," commented Heather Hoffman, COO of Recruit Rooster.
Now with the Veteran Crosswalk 2.0 services, employers and veterans are more connected than ever through career sites offering not only military skills translation tools but also:
Military Base / Job Search
Veteran Focused Talent Community
Additional Veteran Resources that aid in job search efforts
The Veterans Crosswalk 2.0 boasts a faster, more flexible platform and a fully customizable experience for both the employer and employee audiences.
As the employment landscape for veterans continues to ebb and flow, employers can count on Recruit Rooster to provide technology that supports veteran hiring as well as to improve workforce diversity and inclusion and support our nation's military heroes day in, and day out.
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Behind the Rise of Epicly Later'd :: A Conversation with Patrick O'Dell
By Leland Ware
In a time when the internet was in its infancy and social media wasn't a thing, Patrick O'Dell created a blog called Epicly Later'd. His photos showcased what was going on in the Downtown New York scene, and was eventually turned into a show on Vice in the mid 2000s.
When it debuted on Vice, Epicly Later'd was ahead of its time. Consisting of mini documentaries on up-and-coming and legendary skateboarders, it created a format that is still widely used today. Patrick's technique of mixing interviews with archival footage allows the viewer to really get the skater's perspective on their career, and his professional approach makes skateboarding appear more like high art than pop-culture fodder—which is a sharp contrast to the majority of the skate media that existed at the time. With big names like John Cardiel, Alex Olson, and Jason Dill being featured in early episodes, Epicly Later'd quickly became the most popular skate-related show on the internet.
O'Dell is also an accomplished photographer. He served as the photo editor for Vice, was on staff for Thrasher, and has shot for various brands and other publications over the years. Even though he'll tell you that he prefers his portrait work, he's taken some great skate photos as well. Part photographer, part documentarian, and part skateboard historian, The Hundreds sat down with O'Dell to talk about his history and unique line of work.
THE HUNDREDS: Where are you from, and how did you get into skateboarding?
PATRICK O'DELL: I was born in St. Louis. I lived in Cincinnati for a couple of years, but I also lived in Columbus, Ohio, for a lot of years. I think like a lot of people, I saw Back To The Future and tried to skate after seeing that. Then I tried to skitch behind a mail truck. When it stopped, I slammed into it. In Columbus, I skated Dodge Skatepark and this place called Sunspots Skatepark. Dodge is still there, but that was in high school. I lived in Columbus during high school.
How did you first get interested in photography and when did you start shooting?
I think I was interested in photography anyway. That's another thing that I was interested in besides skating. I tried to like merge it. "Poser of the Month" type photos at first, just shooting me and my friends skating. Then, I started making zines and stuff. A lot of times I would just tag along. I would look for people skating and ask if I could shoot them. I don't remember the brand of camera, but it was a regular SLR with a flash on top. There was no fisheye and no extra flash.
How did you end up in San Francisco?
I moved to San Francisco because it was a big place for skating. I was going to art school at the time as well. Like anything, you would just shoot with people that would let you shoot them. I wasn't like Gabe Morford, Tobin [Yelland], or somebody that was a really popular photographer. I remember James Kelch needed photos, so I would go shoot with James. He was involved with FIT [skateboards]. So I would shoot with some of their guys. Looking back, I remember that I didn't have a fisheye. Some of the photos were that weird, crappy 24 millimeter that distorts in the corners. It doesn't get wide enough to make anything look bigger. I shot a lot of FIT ads. I remember a lot of photos not coming out. I would go shoot a bunch of pictures, then I would develop them, and the pictures didn't come out. They were just too dark or something, or blurry, or whatever. But that was where I was trying to learn how to shoot photos.
Jason Dill in an Alien Workshop ad, shot by Patrick O'Dell.
The Gonz for Fourstar, shot by Patrick O'Dell
Do you have a favorite photo from back then?
I had a Profile ad of Karl Watson, he's doing a switch crooked grind at Black Rock or Brown Marble. That one came out really good. It's black and white. Another one was this picture of Lennie Kirk doing a backside lipslide. It was a make, and my flash goes off in the Time Code video. But he did it again for a photo, he didn't make it that time. It was a still from a sequence or something. I remember mine was a make, but I don't think anyone ever ran it. I was trying to dig it up recently, but I couldn't find it. I might not have it scanned in. My skate photos were always kind of average I guess. I always felt like I had better stuff that were portraits, or people doing things.
Did you start working with Thrasher around this time?
That was after I moved to New York.
Why did you move back East?
A girlfriend.
Is this around the time that you started working with Vice?
Yeah, I moved to New York for a girlfriend. It was really good for me. I was really happy when I moved there. I started shooting and sending stuff to Thrasher. I'd send stuff to other magazines, but Thrasher ended up working out. Burnett asked me to shoot more and more. I got to go on tours and shoot and get some better equipment. It was really through Burnett that I started shooting for Thrasher a lot. I did that for five or six years. I was on a retainer. At one point I had a crisis about it. Some of it wasn't that fun. I remember thinking that I needed to get a real job. Now, I guess you could carry shooting skate photos for a long time. I don't know why, but I thought that I should get some work experience so that I wouldn't be screwed later.
Vice had an opportunity for a photo editor, which I felt like was the type of job that I could take in more directions. I pretty much stopped shooting skate photos all together. I still to this day don't really shoot skate photos except if I'm just fucking around or something. I was actually tempted to get back into it, but not as a job. I quit right when it switched over to digital. I didn't have the money to buy a sweet-ass digital skate camera. At that point, I never upgraded to digital. But anyway, I started working at Vice as the photo editor. Then the show started out of Vice.
Epicly Later'd, Ed Templeton episode Part 1
This would have been the early 2000s, right?
Yeah, I would say like 2004.
How was that era at Vice?
While I was working at Thrasher, I interned at this magazine called Index. I broke my arm skating, so I couldn't do that. I was just an intern, but I may have shot a couple of things. But the editor of Index became the editor of Vice. There were all of these people there like Ryan McGinley, this girl Amy Kellner, who was also an editor of Vice. There was this girl Leslie Arfin who does TV shows now. All these people were kind of the people that I worked with at Vice. Most of them aren't there anymore. Pretty much all of them aren't there anymore. I was just inspired by the, you know, by Ryan McGinley—by all of these different people. It was a pretty fun time to be working there.
Ryan McGinley and Leslie Arfin have become famous.
Yeah, this girl Amy Kellner, she was there too. It's really cool, she's at the New York Times magazine. She kills it. Even Jesse Pearson, who was the editor of Vice at the time. I remember that he wanted to do all of this journalism-type stuff. I remember Vice at that time wasn't really like that. It was more like a Big Brother or High Times or something, or like National Lampoon, you know? He was like, "We need to elevate this and do some real serious stories." I remember thinking that was weird at the time. I remember thinking, "That's what you want to do?" It was more like New York youth culture at the time. It's funny that they're almost known for serious news now, but he's not there anymore. It was kind of like his kickoff, I think—making it serious journalism.
"They wanted music and I didn't want music… it annoys me when it's like, 'And then we drained the pool,' then Led Zeppelin starts playing."
Then you started Epicly Later'd, which was one of the first skate-related blogs to get big.
Yeah, I think I got in early. There weren't a lot of blogs back then, or almost any that I knew of. I just copied that same girl Amy Kellner. She had a blog. I got kind of into it because I would look at her photos and think, "Wow, this is really cool." You could just go home and update it everyday. This was obviously way before Instagram. There were some things around, like Friendster might have been around or whatever. There weren't a lot of ways to story-tell. I thought it would be cool to tell stories. It was a really cool medium. It's surprising, it was really popular. I think I could login now and see how many views it got. But it was like lots of millions. I don't know, it's surprising how popular it used to be. I just kind of fizzled out doing it.
At the time, in my 20s, I was going out every night doing stuff all of the time. But I also got into making documentaries, and I remember thinking—and this is kind of lame, but—when I was doing the blog, there weren't really other blogs. So it felt like it was something new and interesting. Then suddenly, years later, time goes by and there's tons of them. And it didn't feel fun to do. I feel like with my skate show, there wasn't other skate shows. So I got super amped. It was almost like a race against the clock. I was trying to make as many as I could.
How did Vice approach you to turn Epicly Later'd into a show?
That same guy that I mentioned before, Jesse Pearson—he was one of the people sort of launching the channel. It was called VBS at the time. They just thought, "Oh, we should do a skate show," and they had me do it. I originally didn't want to call it Epicly Later'd. But I'm kind of glad that I did now, because I didn't really like the name anyway. Jesse said I had to call it that—well I didn't have to, but unless I thought of a better name, I had to call it that. The blog was popular enough that they thought that maybe it would sort of bring an audience over. Which ended up being good, because I ended up protecting the name. They gave me a contract, and I made all of these demands and changed the contract. Basically because of the name, I didn't want the show to get sold to MTV, get some different host, and have it just drift away. So, I'm locked into it. Later, I think that probably would have happened. I would have gotten fired, and they would have just hired somebody else to run with it. So the name just became the name of my blog. We didn't really know what we were going to do.
I was picturing Skate TV, like I was going to have skits or something. I think I filmed the Billy Rohan one first, and then the Dustin Dollin one was the first to air, then it was Dill. So it was like Dill, Billy Rohan, Dustin Dollin, and a couple of others. At first I didn't take it that seriously. But as time went on, I wanted to try to make it better. I think the turning point was when I realized that companies would let me use old videos. I think I made Dill's, and I had used some stuff from the 101 video. It tripped me out. I was like, "Wow, I can't believe I can use this." That was before—I don't want to say before YouTube, but things weren't on YouTube as much, like all of these parts. I remember being like, "This is cool, I can grab a bunch of VHS tapes, show a bunch of skating that influenced me or that maybe I really like and some younger skaters haven't seen." So it was exciting, it was like an epiphany. I could use all of these old videos and sort of repackage them and explain what was happening. So yeah, it evolved. It got a little more serious. I don't want to say more serious, but I just took it more seriously.
Do you have a favorite episode?
Well, I don't know. I would say Ali [Boulala]'s, the newest one. I'm pretty happy with how that one came out—and [John] Cardiel's. I kind of like the underdog people. Because Cardiel, as known as he is—I remember noticing when it came out that he was really famous to me because I collect all of the VHS tapes. So I would find everything. But it was nice packaging everything for the younger skaters, and people that weren't finding VHS tapes. It was like putting together a bibliography of all of his skating, and his personality, of course. I remember thinking, "This is awesome." I really got to help people see how rad Cardiel is. People would have seen it anyway, but it was nice to put it all in one place.
The John Cardiel episode
PATRICK O'DELL: The same with Eric Dressen and Elissa Steamer—I feel like Dressen was a skater that was a little undervalued. People would ask me what I was working on, and I'd tell them Dressen. I think people thought that that was a weird idea. But I was like, "This guy has been an amazing skater for longer than anybody." He pre-dates Hosoi and Lance Mountain. He's never been—well, maybe in the '80s he was one of the number one skaters, but he's just always been amazing from banana board skating in the '70s to pressure flips and stuff. I thought that was really satisfying, to get his story out.
Ali Boulala, too, he was one of my favorites when he was skating. I was always such a big fan of his. When I'd see him in real life, I'd get a little starstruck. I felt like I wanted to communicate how I felt about him in a documentary. Originally, I didn't think we would be able to do it because of his moped accident or whatever. But now that he's sober—I don't know, it was really tough to tackle. The same with in the Chocolate episode in the Keenan section. It's tough to tackle—like interviewing Lee Smith about it and everything. But I just felt like I wanted to tackle some serious issues, you know? That was one thing that made me want to start the show. You'd see like X-Games or something, and everything was so lifestyle—like hip-hop or punk rock. That stuff can be funny, like talking about Muska or MuskaBeats. But at the same time, I really wanted to tackle serious stuff if I could.
"All of the last bunch of episodes, I had to really fight to get them made."
Is Epicly Later'd still something that you're regularly working on?
I'm not working on anything right now. Vice isn't very interested in keeping it going. Sometimes, they say that they are, but every hiatus from the show has been because of non-interest from Vice. I think they want me to make things that they can advertise around better or something. Maybe it's not their fault, they've said that the show needs a sponsor before—someone to pay for the episodes. But it'd be tough, it'd be tough to get like, "Nike presents the Ed Templeton Epicly Later'd."
All of the last bunch of episodes, I had to really fight to get them made. Now, I'm just like whatever. I don't know. It'd be nice. If they wanted weekly episodes, I would do them. But I think they are focused on other stuff. It's funny, there was talk of doing one one-off episode because of advertising or something. I remember thinking that if I'm going to end the show, I want to end it on Ali, and not on some crappy one. It was almost like, "I'll do seven more, or zero more. But I'm not gonna do like one weird crappy one." So I don't know, it could be on permanent hiatus. Maybe in like two years, they'll be like, "Oh shit, we should get that show back together," and I'll do some more. Maybe in like six months, I have no idea.
It's interesting that they launched the Viceland network and Epicly Later'd isn't a part of it.
They're doing the Thrasher King Of The Road, and I wasn't a part of that or anything. I feel like the show [Epicly Later'd] has been on television before, and I feel like it appeals to a niche cult audience—like skateboarding. I don't think that I could turn my show into a reality show. I feel like people flipping through the channels that ran into Ali's show wouldn't be that interested. Cardiel or Eric Dressen might not necessarily resonate. That's why I think it's better on the Internet, where it can come out and all of the skaters can get emailed or it can be posted somewhere and everyone can go watch it.
I think, through television, I don't know if it works in that format. I'd rather just have every skater watch it than have it be tune in at 7:30 on Thursday for Spanky Part 4. I'd rather just have it be on the Internet anyway. I think King Of The Road will work like that, but with my stuff, with Ali's, I almost tried to make it artsy. I went to Bam [Margera]'s house, and I thought, "That would be a good Epicly Later'd." And I went to someone else's house and thought, "This dude would be a good one." I had so many good ones, people I'd talk to and suggest doing one and they'd be like, "Yeah, totally." And I'd think, "Fuck, I wish Vice would order more shows." 'Cause I'm like, "That would be sick—do one on Muska, do one on Bam." I talked to Spike Jonze about doing one on him and his skate photography.
The Ali Boulala episode, one of Patrick O'Dell's favorites
Wasn't Spike involved in getting the show launched?
When I started making the show, I remember Vice wanted to put music in my show, which is what I was trying to avoid—those kind of lifestyle cues. Have like a rap song or a Rancid song to communicate skate culture, which I didn't like. I was like, "I don't want to sell this as some kind of lifestyle." You know when you'd watch a skateboarding contest on television, there'd be some dude with a crooked hat, and he'd be like, "We're here in the skateboard chill room with these radical dudes," and they would talk in this stupid voice about what they are doing. It was so lifestyle. Whereas, if you were watching the Olympics or baseball, nobody is in the dugout being like, "Yo, we're with these super fresh baseball players."
I wanted to elevate it and take it that seriously like we were talking about an art or a sport, or something that should be taken seriously or treated with reverence, and not like we were talking about some juvenile activity. So anyway, they wanted music and I didn't want music. I remember it was kind of a fight, and then one day they were like, "It's okay, you don't need music." It turns out that Spike had watched the show, and said that it didn't need music. I had never met him, but I was like, "Yes! Spike is so cool, and he backed me up." I don't know why, now, some of them might have music. I just didn't want to overdo it, you know?
"I wanted to elevate [skateboarding] and take it that seriously like we were talking about an art or a sport."
It makes it more focused on the story.
Yeah, it annoys me when it's like, "And then we drained the pool," and then Led Zeppelin starts playing. I'd always get annoyed by that. I don't know, I just wanted to stick to the story. So then, Spike [Jonze] came in to meet with me and Jesse Pearson, and I remember being real starstruck, not because of his movies, but because of like Rubbish Heap and Video Days. It was like, "Holy shit, this is the dude." I was really influenced by his skate photography as well. He was a really big part of Transworld in its heyday. And he always shot with the best people as well. I still think he might be the best skate photographer ever. I was so psyched to meet him and get his advice. He always gave good advice. Most of the time, he's given me advice and it's always been spot on. He really knows what he's talking about, and he knows skateboarding still. Sometimes he's sort of helped me deal with navigating my relationship with Vice as well. If I wasn't getting along with something, I could call him up.
What is your relationship with Vice at this point?
I haven't talked to them in awhile. But I don't know. I'm not trying to hate on them or anything, if they wanted to do more shows, I would be super onboard.
From New York, you moved to Los Angeles, correct?
At that point, were you still doing Epicly Later'd full-time?
At that point, I had stopped photo editing, the show was enough of a hit that I was like, "Oh, I'll just do this instead." New York obviously got really expensive, and LA was a real cheap alternative, I thought. I moved to LA because it was more affordable, and plus that's where I was getting most of my work anyway. And yeah, trying to do episodes or whatever.
Were you still doing freelance photography?
Yeah, I worked for a bunch of skateboard companies. I was working for Altamont doing all of their catalogs and ads and everything. I currently work for Vans. I've been working for Vans for a couple of years. Now we're doing this Vans Park Series, it's like a skatepark contest series, and I work for that. Which is fun because it's like travel and skateboarding. I think the thing is, I always struggled with Vice a little bit, then I realized that if I treated it like a hobby that I could be much more sane about it and wouldn't fizzle out. Mostly, I'd just do freelance photography and music videos and stuff, and freelance videos for different companies and projects besides Vice. I am also working on a project for Hulu that comes out in October probably, I don't want to jump the gun talking about it too much.
You're living in Philly now, what brought you back East?
My wife got a job out here. So I was like, "Fuck it, I'll do that. It sounds like a cool place to live." With my freelance work, I figured that I could figure it out.
How's it been being back in Philly and what projects are you working on currently?
I'm working on the Vans thing and that thing for Hulu. It's been good. I went to Australia for Vans for that first event in the contest. We're doing Brazil next, and then LA, and then Vancouver, and Malmo. So, I have a skate trip to go on like once a month, which I'm really excited about. I'm only an hour and a half form New York, but Philly's cool… Sometimes when I hear people complain about New York and the way it's changed, I'm like, "Philly's a good alternative." There's a lot going on and rent's cheap. There's things to skate everywhere and DIY stuff and weird art venues and music venues and stuff. It seems like there's a lot going on here.
Follow Patrick at patrickodell.com and on Instagram @epiclylaterd. All photos by Jeff Fribourg.
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Should You Take Pictures & Videos At Events?
DJs taking pictures and videos at events have been a hot topic on a few of the social groups I'm a part of. So I thought I'd give my take as a DJ that has made a huge effort to include media on our website and marketing materials. I'm also going to give a few tips for others that are looking to include pictures and video on their websites and how to step the fine line without invading the space of professional photographers and videographers.
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First of all, my company is not in the business of monetizing photography and videography services. I'm a firm believer that just like hiring a professional DJ, you should hire a professional photographer and videographer to capture the amazing moments of your wedding day. I have dabbled into these fields as an amateur, and at best my skills are slightly above average when it comes to obtaining footage and editing. These are not services we specialize nor charge for. Whew! Glad we got that out of the way. Now I can tell you why we take pictures and video and why you should too.
My DJ company takes pictures and videos at our events. GASP!
The sole reason for taking pics and vids of our events are for marketing purposes only. We are a part of an industry where the client doesn't get to usually 'try us out' before they purchase our services. We're not a commodity that you can test for a while, and change to something else if you don't like it. We are a one-shot service, that has to get it right the first time. The only way for me to show what we do, and give our clients a snapshot of our services, are with visual media and content on our website and across social platforms. These pictures and videos are about Cutmaster Music, not our couples. Remember, that's what they're hiring the pros for, not you.
I want visualizations of our couples and their guests having a great time. I want to show how our gear and equipment look in different settings for visual appeal and aesthetic decision making. I want to show the skills of our DJs on the microphone and in the actual mix of our events. I also want show how all of this comes together to create amazing moments and use it to sell our services. I'm using pictures and videos to win over my next client.
How Do I Get Footage Without Making The Professionals Upset?
This is actually pretty simple and can be summed up in one word: relationships. I have formed great relationships with most of the vendors we work with and here's our approach.
If I know the photographer, I might ask ahead of time if it's ok if we also take pictures. I always advise our staff to stay completely out of the way of the paid photographers. Our viewpoint will always be different than the professional's because our approach is with our marketing in mind. My goal with photography is to get about 10-20 great party pics and create a small gallery of the day. I want these posted within a few days of the event for maximum exposure. My exposure is not to take away from the photographers and I don't think it affects them and their business in any way. Most photographers don't post galleries for viewing until weeks or months later. I like to give a snapshot of how much fun people had at our event that same weekend, which is no different than guests posting pics immediately afterward on social media.
Option #2 is what we currently practice, which is to obtain pics from the pros. I have a few photog friends that actually give us free access to their albums of the event, albeit weeks afterward. I've even had photographers put our SD card in their camera and give us pics at the event to use and post right away. I always choose to use pro pics over ours. First of all, it solidifies vendor relationships by posting their pics and giving credit by linking to their website. Second, their pics will always be better than our amateur staff shots. Any time I want to post still pictures, I currently almost always use pro pics.
This area is where we currently spend most of our time. My company has moved away from photography and mostly shoots video for our marketing and website material. I have also formed great relationships with the top videographers in our market, but I only take video footage if the couple does not have a videographer. I do this for a couple of reasons. About 80% of our events don't use a professional videographer. So, it's not going to kill me to not film those 20% that do. This means I stay in the good graces of the videographers and I can take footage from those other 80%.
Getting footage from the videographers is a little more difficult than photographers. Most probably aren't going to feel comfortable giving you their raw footage, especially if you are not paying (rightfully so). And I personally would want the raw footage because I want only the footage highlighting my company. And chances are good, that there isn't going to be a ton of footage I would want or could use. That is not the professional videographers fault because it is not their focus. They should be locked in on all aspects bride and groom, not other vendors. This is why we train our team and hire 'media gurus' specifically for our shows. I want the focus on my team and how we rock events.
Before we take any footage, we always obtain permission from the couple through our contract. I want to make sure I have the couple's blessing before my team starts snapping away or rolling tape. Not all couples allow us to film, which is perfectly fine with me. If they choose not to allow us to take footage, I just omit that clause from our contract. Once again, we're not paid for any of this and I view any footage as a bonus for my company. We do so many events that allow us to film, that it makes no sense to fuss over the few that don't. Usually those couples only want professional media taken at the event, which I totally respect.
I think the way we obtain media footage is a win for all. If there is no videographer, then having a short highlight clip of your reception is really cool for the client. This is a bonus for them since we don't charge for it and the quality is decent. If they do have a videographer, we don't film. I like keeping those vendor relationships intact and always refer clients to the pros when looking for those services. Anything we can film is a bonus for us. I like to show the cool things we're doing at Cutmaster Music and my team is always going to be looking through the lens of the entertainment, which is a different focus than the hired professionals focusing on the couple. At the end of the day, if you play nice with the professionals, have respect for their work and services, and they don't have to start looking at your DJ company as photography/videography competition, they will typically be cool with you taking and posting footage. That's been my experience and we have hundreds of event footage in both picture and video galleries.


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