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BLUE MACALLISTER
SOUTHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI
My favorite violin and piano duet plays as I attempt to work. It's becoming more difficult to be productive without an office. Trying to do freelance investigation from my bedroom within our rental house? Challenging.
The song "Time Forgotten" plays. It's a reminder that neither time nor Sinclair Breckenridge has been forgotten. Three months and more than four thousand miles separate us. It isn't enough. I think of him all the time. And it's a fucking problem.
I push the thoughts of Sin from my head and scroll through the photos from my latest PI job—a clear case of a bitter wife looking to nail her cheating husband's ass to the wall. My aging computer's trackpad sticks and races through my collection of incriminating photographs.
"Dammit!"
Images of my client's husband and his lover flutter before me, each picture flashing like a scene from a stop-motion movie I don't wish to watch for a second time. I tap furiously against the trackpad in an effort to make it cease.
"Stop. Stop. Stop, you son of a bitch."
My laptop finally obeys after a bit of physical abuse, but not before coming to a standstill on the one and only image I have of Sinclair Breckenridge and me together.
Wow … talk about coincidence. I have thousands of pictures on this computer. What are the odds it would land on this one?
It's karma. Or bad juju. I don't know. Maybe the universe wants to torture me.
The photo in front of me is a shot of us dancing during my initiation ceremony at Thane and Isobel's country estate. We're surrounded by the soft glow of candlelight and Sin is cradling my face with his hands. I remember everything about that moment. He told me I was special and then leaned in to kiss my forehead. He had not told me he loved me but I think he was wrestling with saying those three words. I recognized the look in his eyes because I'd been seeing it in my own reflection for some time.
I avoid this picture. Looking at it breaks my stupid heart all over again. I should drag it to the trash and delete it for good. I want to but I can't bring myself to pull the trigger. That seems to be a common problem with me these days.
I was on the plane home when I discovered the picture on my phone. I wish I hadn't seen it until I was back on the ground again. The image of us together sent me into a full-blown panic attack midflight. I was forced into the tiny lavatory to talk myself down. I was lucky. The episode wasn't one of the bad ones but an enclosed area lacking proper ventilation couldn't be worse when you feel like you're smothering to death.
I took thousands of photographs while I was in Edinburgh. I must have at least five hundred of Sin—most of which are candid since he was usually unaware. Those are my favorites. I was always behind the camera—and never in front of it—so none of my pictures are of us together. That's why I treasure this one. Many thanks to whoever used my phone to capture this moment.
I touch the screen. I stroke my finger down his face but it feels nothing like the real thing. I close my eyes so I can imagine the way his scruff felt against my skin.
He rarely grew what I would call a beard. He always kept his facial hair short and scruffy. And I loved it, especially when he would drag his face down the center of my body just to hear me squeal. But the best was when he'd push the crotch of my panties aside and rub his chin up and down between my legs.
"Holy shit, Bleu. That's him, isn't it?" I jerk when I hear Ellison's voice over my shoulder. "That's the man you were with in Scotland."
I'm so stupid. I can't believe I've allowed her to sneak up and catch me looking at this photograph. I was preoccupied. That's my only excuse.
Ellison has interrogated me nonstop about my relationship with Sin. I've been vague. She's on a need-to-know-only basis. That means I haven't told her shit. But I want to. I need someone to tell me this excruciating pain in my heart is going to ease.
"Yes." That's my Breck. My admission feels like a ton of bricks lifted from my shoulders.
"Damn. That is one hottie Scottie."
"I know." I sigh as I prop my chin in my hand. I look at the handsome face of the only man in this world besides my father who has been willing to take me the way I am.
Two men. Both know the darkness I carry inside. But they love me anyway.
I've lost one. I'm losing the other. And it's killing me.
"My God, Bleu. Look at the way he's holding you … like you're his everything. I don't know how you walked away from him."
You'd be surprised by the things you can do when you're staring death in the face.
"My job was over."
"You haven't told me anything about it. Or him. Was it good?"
I recall the words he used to describe what being together was like for him. "The best ever."
"You don't think you'll see him again?"
"No." I won't if I want to continue to live.
I feel Ellison's supportive hand on my shoulder. "That's too bad, sis."
"Tell me something I don't know."
Ellison plops down on my bed. "At least now I understand why you've been brooding for the last three months. I would mourn the loss of that hottie too. But it's time to get out and move on. You can't sit in this house and never socialize again."
Has she lost touch with reality? "Do I need to remind you that I've never socialized? This isn't new for me."
"But you didn't know what you were missing before. You've had a taste of great sex. There's no turning back."
"I don't want to have sex with anyone else." No one will ever make me feel the way Sin did. I'm certain it would only be a disappointment so there's no point trying.
"I get it. You don't have to go out and find your next lay tonight but you do have to go out."
Says who? "No, I don't."
"Please, Bleu. I'm going to Memphis with some work friends tonight. We're going to Beale Street."
Beale is Memphis's version of Bourbon Street. I was assigned to patrol it when I was on the force. Nothing but trouble.
"We're meeting at Coyote Ugly in a couple hours. You'll have fun. I promise it'll help take your mind off your Scottish hottie."
I have some serious doubts about that but Ellison has dated a lot. She probably knows the remedy for this pain better than I do.
"Who's going?" I don't really handle people well, specifically silly females. I have no patience for them.
"Clancy and April." She's counting people off on her fingers as she says their names. "Bree, Ashley, and Callie for sure. Maybe more. I never really know until I get there."
I don't like to make small talk with people I'm not acquainted with. I wasn't blessed with the gift of gab.
Besides, I have a date. I'm spending the evening with my camera. I have shots to get for a photo contest I plan to enter.
Ellison must see my hesitation. "I know you don't love crowds but they're all cool. Swear."
My sister doesn't understand how painfully awkward going out is for me. "I'd rather have toothpicks driven into my eyeballs."
"That can be arranged if you say you won't go."
I guess I can drink whisky until I drown out the lady chitchat. "I'll go for the Johnnie Walker."
"Yes!" Ellison gives the air a fist pump. "Be ready to leave at seven."
I'm not sure what I was thinking when I agreed to this. I'm southern but not country. There are too many cowboy hats and boots in this place for me.
I'm not a fan of drunken people dancing on the bar or letting strangers take shots from their bared abdomens. I swear I will beat Ellison's ass if she tries either.
Ellison's new work friends aren't my kind of people. In their defense, I suppose not many are. At least they're better than the ones she had at her old job in Memphis.
I hold up my empty glass when our server comes around and she returns with my third Johnnie Walker of the night. It's going to take quite a few more of these to achieve an acceptable level of amnesia where Sinclair Breckenridge is concerned.
"You go, sista." Ellison holds up her drink. "Here's to getting wasted and forgetting about …" She shrugs and giggles. "See? I've already forgotten what I'm supposed to be forgetting."
Her poison for the night is Long Island iced tea so she's already drunk. I know this by her annoying horselaugh. Classic Ellison.
Is she referring to the doctor who asked for the threesome with another man? I should go kick his ass for hurting my sister. "Who are you drinking to forget?"
She shakes her head and purses her lips. "Not going there, Bleu. We're here for one reason and one reason only—to have a fucking fantastic time so I refuse to talk about that douche rocket."
I've been so wrapped up in myself lately that I've failed to consider the problems my sister has been having. She had a humiliating incident with the ER doctor she was dating, which was really unfortunate since she was already choosing baby names for the four children she planned to have with him. She left her nursing job of more than two years because she was passed over for a promotion, which by all accounts should've been hers. She took care of Harry by herself the entire time I was gone. And although I'm back, she's the nurse. I'm not sure I've been all that much help since returning.
She has a lot resting on her shoulders. I've been selfish, too focused on my own hurt to be mindful of Ellison's troubles.
"You're right. I want you to have a good time. But I want to talk about the things going on when you're ready."
Oh God. She has her "I'm gonna clobber you with a drunk hug" look. And she does, nearly sending me off my barstool onto the floor. "I love you, Bleu."
Ellison's an affectionate drunk. She loves everyone. I guess a friendly drunk is always better than a fighting one. I've seen my fair share of those while working undercover and it never ends well.
"O … kay, Elli. Maybe you should slow down with the Long Islands."
"Come on, Bleu. This is only my third one."
Her speech is slowed but not yet slurred. I'd prefer it didn't come to that. I'm not in the mood to babysit a drunken Ellison.
"It's your third in an hour and a half."
"That's a mighty fine high horse you sit upon. I wonder if you'd give me a ride some time."
I'm straightening in my seat and helping my sister do the same when my eyes catch those of a man I haven't seen in ages.
"Bleu MacAllister."
I push Ellison upright. "Cody Wilson."
He grins and those dimples I remember from years ago make an appearance. "Wow. It's been years."
"At least seven or eight."
God, I once adored Cody. We met when I was seven, after I came to live with my new family. He was my neighbor, eight houses down the street. We were best buddies until junior high. He was my only friend in the world—until he kissed me. I kicked him in the balls and that was the end of our friendship. I've always felt badly about doing that to him.
I didn't dislike being kissed by Cody. In fact, I liked it very much after I had some time to think about it, but I was caught off guard in the moment. Harry had been training me for several months and I guess I had a snap reaction. It's unfortunate his balls were the ones to pay.
What is he doing back in Memphis? "The last I heard from Dad, you were in the Air Force stationed somewhere on the other side of the world."
"I was but I got out a few years ago and moved back. My mom's health hasn't been great for a while now."
That's right. Mrs. Wilson is in the early stages of Alzheimer's. She didn't have a clue who I was the last time I saw her.
"I'm a pilot for Delta now."
Weird. Knowing he flies planes just made him a little more attractive. "Nice."
"I was a police officer for a couple of years and then a special agent. I left the Bureau to go freelance." Not the whole truth.
"What does freelance involve?"
More naked asses than I'd like. "I get hired to obtain the proof of cheating husbands and wives. My clients are mostly people in the midst of nasty divorces."
He lifts a brow. "Sounds interesting."
Interesting is not how I'd describe it. "More like disturbing. I feel like I'm mostly shooting really bad porn with middle-aged people during their midlife crises."
He laughs.
"Sorry," I say. "I shouldn't put such unsavory images in your head."
"You don't sound fulfilled by catching cheaters in action. Have you considered going back to police work or the FBI?"
If only I could.
"I was following in Dad's footsteps but it turns out it wasn't for me." Lie.
I was awesome at being an officer and an agent. I think it's a job that could've made me happy for a long time but I ruined my career when I chose to pursue Thane. I'd be screwed if the FBI investigated me and discovered my connection to The Fellowship.
"I've considered opening a professional photography studio." I'd prefer babies and brides over naked, cheating asses any day.
"You always had a camera around your neck. Or a violin in your hands. Do you still play?"
"Every day." It's the only thing that brings me comfort, as though it bridges the gap between Sin and me. I sometimes imagine he's with me and we're playing Canon in D Major together.
I know. Totally nuts.
"I play bass with a band. It's just for fun but we have a gig here tonight. We go on in forty minutes. I'd love for you to stick around."
"Oh, that's right. You play guitar." I can't believe I forgot that. I always thought he looked hot strumming that thing.
"Our fiddler had to cancel on us at the last minute."
"That's unfortunate."
"Very, and even more so considering we're in Coyote Ugly. This crowd always expects to hear 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia.'"
"Yeah, that's a super one."
"And not possible without a fiddler."
"Definitely not," I agree.
A grin spreads across Cody's face. "You still know it?"
"Hell, yeah." It's the only country song I know.
"What a coincidence." He shrugs and points toward the door. "I happen to have Digby's violin in my truck."
"Oh God, no." I've never performed publicly except for recitals as a kid, and those were involuntary.
"I don't play for other people." I use my violin as private therapy.
"You'd be surprised by how much fun it is."
He's crazy if he thinks I'd go on stage without practicing. "We'd need to rehearse."
"We have forty minutes."
"Really? You expect me to practice with you for less than an hour and then join your band on stage to perform in front of all these people?"
"Why not? You're a fantastic fiddler. You have the song memorized forward and back."
"You're out of your mind."
"Probably. Have a few more whiskies and you'll forget your nerves."
I've played my violin a lot since returning from Edinburgh so I'm in tiptop playing shape, probably the best ever.
I'm desperate to feel anything other than the misery of living without Breck. Although I'm certain this isn't a good substitute, it's a start.
I hold up my JW and toss it back. There's no way I'd agree to this if I weren't buzzing a little. The whisky has clouded my judgment. "Okay. But you're buying."
I have three more Johnnie Walkers for good measure as I do a run-through with Cody and his band in the back room.
"Damn, Wilson. This girl is good. We might need to use her to replace Digby on a permanent basis," the drummer says.
"Ohhh, no. I'm not a performer. I'm only doing this because I owe Cody one."
He looks puzzled for a moment before bursting into laughter. "You talking about busting my nuts?"
I'm laughing hard, and it feels good. Nice to laugh in place of crying for a change.
"Playing one song with us won't begin to make up for that. Mmm," he groans as he shifts his hips. "I'm still feeling that one."
"I never apologized. I'm really sorry."
I feel I owe an explanation for my reason but what do I say? Sorry, Cody. I was being trained to become a killer so I was a little overly responsive to being pounced upon.
"It's okay. You got your message through loud and clear." It's been twelve years and I still hate that I did that to him.
The lead guitarist comes into the back room, interrupting our conversation. "Showtime."
I skulk onto the stage with the four band members, violin in hand. Each guy takes an instrument while Mark, the lead singer and guitarist, goes to the mic. He introduces every member and lastly comes to me. "Digby couldn't be with us tonight so Miss Bleu MacAllister has graciously volunteered to step into his shoes on a number we couldn't possibly do without a fiddler."
He plays a few chords to liven up the crowd. "'The Devil Went Down to Georgia.'" I drag my bow over the strings since it seems like a cue. "This is the way it sounds when you put a Tennessee girl on a fiddle."
We jump straight into the song, which is good. It means this will be over quicker.
The crescendo of the song approaches and Mark motions for me to take center stage. Shit. I don't want to be seen. It's bad enough being heard. It becomes clear he isn't going to give up so I concede and move forward until I'm front and center. Not my forte.
I shouldn't have had those whiskies.
I'm thrilled when the song ends. Without a word, I quickly sneak away from the stage and back to my table.
Ellison gives me another drunk clobber hug. "Bleu! I haven't heard you play like that in years."
She turns to her friends. "My sister is a total badass, am I right?"
Five drunken voices agree and shout comments about my playing.
Cody is back at our table as soon as his band finishes. "You did a great job. Thanks for being a good sport."
"You can thank Johnnie Walker. I wouldn't have agreed otherwise."
"Why not? You're amazing. It's a shame to keep that kind of talent to yourself."
Has Cody forgotten me entirely? "Have we met?"
Cody laughs. "I see not much has changed with the MacAllister sisters in twelve years. You still prefer to hang in the background."
"I'm content with not being seen or heard."
Ellison and her friends squeal loudly over some sort of nonsense. "There was only room for one attention whore in our family. She was there before me so I never had a chance."
Ellison leans in between us. "Heeeey, Bleu. We're tired of this place. We want to go hear the dueling pianos at Silky O'Sullivan's."
Oh God. I shouldn't have agreed to come. I am not up for pub crawling. But I'm stuck.
I look at Cody and shrug. "You heard the boss."
"I guess they're in the mood for piano music," Cody says.
Ellison's not really a fan of the country scene either. I'm guessing her friends are the ones who chose this bar. "I think they're more in the mood to troll for guys. The ones here aren't Ellison's type."
I hug Cody. "It was really great seeing you again."
"You too. Thanks again for bailing us out. It was really nice of you."
"Then I can consider us even?"
"Yeah." Cody laughs and his dimples reappear. "We're even."
I follow Ellison and her band of nitwits down Beale Street to Silky's. We luck out and find a recently abandoned table. They order two divers, the bar's specialty drink—a secret blend of libations served in a gallon bucket with no fewer than a dozen foot-long straws.
Oh lordy. As if any of these airheads need to suck on anything containing a gallon of alcohol.
I realize an hour into our excursion that our DD has been partaking in the divers and is wasted. What the hell? That means we have no sober driver to get us home. "Ellison. Ashley is hammered."
"Yeah?" She's completely oblivious to what that means.
"She's supposed to be our ride home."
"It's cool, Bleu. She's a nurse. She isn't going to drive drunk and risk losing her license. We'll just get a couple of rooms."
Get rooms, my ass. There's no way I'm sleeping with any of their drunken asses and waking up with crusty puke in my hair.
"I did not sign on for a drunken slumber party."
"Chill, Bleu."
Fuck this. "You know what? I'm not feeling great. I think I'll head home."
"It's that damn medicine you take. Your doctor shouldn't have increased your dosage. She's dumber than snake mittens."
Oh goody. The drunken buffoonery begins. "Stay. Have a great time with your friends. I'll see you in the morning. And please be safe."
I leave the bar and walk to the spot where taxis are lined and waiting for drunks in need of a lift.
"Hey, Bleu." It's Cody's voice I hear in the distance.
He jogs up to me right before I get into the cab. "You're leaving?"
"Yeah. Bar hopping is not really my scene."
"I know what you mean. I only came out because we were playing. I rarely come to Beale anymore. I sort of got my fill of all this in the Air Force."
It's impossible to enjoy this type of atmosphere after you've experienced whisky bars in Scotland. It puts this place to shame.
"Yeah, but I'm going to take a taxi."
"No way. Let me drive you."
He must not know we no longer live in Memphis. "Thanks for the offer but I live in Southaven now."
"That's not too far."
"It's over twenty miles to my house." I don't want to put him out.
He shuts the door on the cab. "A taxi will cost a fortune. I'm taking you home."
I can see this isn't an argument where I'll be the victor.
"Okay. As long as you don't try to talk me into joining your band. 'Cause I'm never stepping foot on a stage again." Shit. That was brutal.
"I make no promises."
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Twitter: Olympics opening ceremony saw 9.66 million mentions
From retweeting Tim Berners-Lee to criticizing NBC's decision to delay its broadcast of the ceremony, users around the world took to Twitter to share their opinions on the Games.
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Talk of the London 2012 Olympic Games was expected to take over Twitter, and its community of 140 million active users worldwide didn't disappoint.
On Friday, Twitter saw more tweets in a single day than it saw during the whole duration of the Beijing 2008 Olympics, according to a blog post by the microblogging service.
In 2008, the average number of tweets stood at around 300,000 per day. That number has grown dramatically ever since, and on Friday 9.66 million mentions of the opening ceremony made on Twitter between 8.00 p.m. U.K. time through to the end of the delayed U.S. broadcast, which started more than three hours later.
Many of the tweets discussed NBC's decision to delay broadcasting the ceremony in order to fit in with its prime-time coverage. While NBC itself took to Twitter to live-tweet the opening of the Games as it happened, many individuals used the service to post criticism of the U.S. broadcaster, while others tweeted links to unauthorised live streams of the ceremony.
Twitter didn't reveal any details of which element of the extravaganza provoked its highest traffic spike, but did note that a tweet by Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee was retweeted more than 10,000 times.
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Meanwhile, an official London 2012 tweet of the Queen seemingly jumping out of a helicopter following a scene involving Daniel Craig as James Bond only attracted 2,721 retweets.
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The Authenticity Factor"The Chi" Shows That Violence Isn't Chicago's Only Story
by Veronica Hilbring
Published on February 13, 2018 at 9:58am
"Let me get a grape pop."
From the moment those words were uttered by Coogie Johnson (Jahking Guillory), the charming and precocious kid who's killed in the first episode of The Chi, I knew I was in store for an accurate look at the South Side of Chicago. America is largely split into two groups: People who say soda and those who know better and call it pop. That minor, yet important, detail is one of the reasons The Chi is one of the most authentic onscreen depictions of Chicago. Dialect is important when telling the story of a city or neighborhood because it shows the amount of research that's gone into the depiction and shows the level of care the creator has for the story.
One slipup can call the authenticity of an entire television show into question because language is an expression of group identity, according to Dennis Baron, an English and linguistics professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "Language expresses solidarity or group identity," he wrote in an article for PBS. "Language can separate insiders from outsiders, those in the know from those who didn't get the memo, the cool from the pathetically unhip, and, in the case of the Biblical shibboleth, friend from foe."
The Chi also achieves this authenticity through the way that it shows Chicago's landscape. Unlike the traditional scenic openings of most movies and television shows set in Chicago, like The Break-Up or Dick Wolf's franchises (Chicago Med, Chicago P.D., and Chicago Fire), The Chi doesn't showcase the beauty of Chicago's skyline. Instead, the opening credits highlight the heart of Chicago where there are just neighborhoods, not corporate offices and high rises. The South Side's grittiness and character is conveyed through panning shots of corner stores, the elevated L platform, store owners sweeping trash off the concrete, and a swarm of police cars—a nod to the over-policing of the South Side. From the moment Barack Obama announced his decision to run for president in February 2007, Chicago has been under a microscope because of government corruption, a mass closing of schools, and a high crime rate.
But violence and tragedy is not all the South Side is, and The Chi shows those dimensions of the neighborhood and its people.
From left to right: Jason Mitchell as Brandon Johnson and Alex R. Hibbert as Kevin Williams in The Chi (Photo credit: Showtime)
At the beginning of the first episode, a murder sets off a chain of events that change the lives of various cast members. After Jason is murdered, Coogie—the teenager who discovered his body—is killed largely because of neighborhood gossip. But the power of The Chi resides in the authenticity of main characters Brandon (Jason Mitchell), Kevin (Alex Hibbert), and Emmett (Jacob Latimore), who are working to provide for their families. They're all fully rounded Black boys and men who aren't emotionless or obsessed with violence. We see them cry. We see them make both good and bad decisions. We also see them love—their families, their friends, and their community.
It's a departure from how Black men in Chicago are typical portrayed on television shows, like Chicago P.D., where they're depicted as demonic gang members wreaking havoc on the city. There are some elements of The Chi that seemed out-of-touch: For example, most children aren't walking or riding a bike down 79th Street while rocking yellow Vans and Beats by Dre headphones. Young Black men simply aren't able to be that carefree. Yet, The Chi is important because outside of seminal Black films, like Soul Food and Love Jones, most of the pop-culture depictions of Chicago have been filtered through white people's lenses. While crime has gone down in Chicago since the early '90s, the city's supposed violence remains a talking point for many American pundits and politicians, from conservatives on Fox News to President Trump.
What's rarely discussed, though, is how the communities of the South and West Sides unite in the wake of a violent crime. Organizations like Mothers Against Senseless Killings emerged from communities rallying together to put an end to crime in their neighborhoods. Chicagoans are more than talking points on cable news, and showrunner Lena Waithe, who's a native of the South Side, understood the need for nuance. "My mission is to show these young Black men are not born with a gun in their hand," Waithe told the New York Times. "These are kids who come out with all the promise and hope that any other kid does. I wanted to humanize them and show that their lives are valid. But I don't paint us in a perfect light at all. My hope is that I can show us in an honest way. That's it. Not bad. Not perfect. Just accurate."
Yolonda Ross as Jada Washington and Jacob Latimore as Emmett Washington in The Chi (Photo credit: Showtime)
Thanks to Waithe's vision, The Chi focuses on the humanity of Black Chicagoans. At the heart of The Chi are two grieving mothers who are both coping with their loss in different, but equally-as-destructive ways. Coogie's mother Laverne (Sonja Sohn) leans on her boyfriend and alcohol for comfort. In a moment of grief, Laverne tries to sell the home where she and Coogie lived, but her eldest son, Brandon, helps her through the trauma of losing a child. Jason's mother Tracy (Tai Davis), however, wants revenge and turns to her former flame, Ronnie (Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine), to find her son's killer. As the show proceeds, Ronnie comes to regret the crime he commits to avenge Jason's murder.
Instead of remaining focused on the intricacies and nuances of the South Side, The Chi quickly pivots to actual storylines, like Brandon discovering the identity of his brother's killer and figuring out how to respond, and Ronnie seeking redemption after committing a crime. Waithe's use of grief as the show's driving force separates The Chi from other shows about Black Chicago: The neighborhoods of the South (and West) Sides are more than just crime statistics. It's a collective of communities living and working together to survive. The construction of the city, its characters, and its violence shows how close The Chi is to Waithe's heart.
She's telling the stories of her community and the people who she grew up alongside (and reaching 3 million weekly viewers in the process). Waithe is not an outsider looking in on Chicago (i.e Spike Lee with Chiraq); she's created a story for Chicagoans from a Chicagoan. The Chi doesn't paint Chicago's people as a threat to themselves. It's a complete picture of a community dealing with complicated issues, including the impact of crime, unemployment, gentrification, and school and mental health facility closings. The Chi isn't a mirror image of Black Chicago, but it's, by far, the best portrait of Black life on the South Side.
Veronica Hilbring is a Black feminist writer from Chicago. When she's not writing, she enjoys traveling, really good television and those summer nights.
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Cory Bernardi Already Accusing Cory Bernardi Party Of Not Being Conservative Enough
Just hours after the launch of the Cory Bernardi Party, one of its highest profile members – Cory Bernardi – has accused the party of straying towards the left.
Mr Bernardi said he never liked to criticise his own party, but stressed he literally didn't know what else to do. "I've never done anything else. So unfortunately I'm stuck here on fucking loop saying that my party is not right wing enough," the South Australian senator explained.
He said the party was losing touch with its base. "When we started four hours ago, we had a clear set of principles; we had a clear vision. But it seems we've lost touch with mainstream Australia.
"Someone has to take a stand. It's no point just sitting back and watching while the party lurches further and further towards the left," he said.


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Matt and I love shrimp. And cooked pineapple. And salads. And Rocky Mountain Sriracha! So on a weeknight when we had the ingredients on hand, we created this shrimp bowl that was too fun to not write down.
We started with lettuce from the garden. This was part of 'salad week' where every night we had a big salad topped with something fun in an effort to use up the greens flourishing in the garden beds.
Hi Mr. Pineapple! So juicy sweeeeeeet.
The method for the shrimp and pineapple were simple: sear, dump in some sauce, remove from pan, repeat. The pineapple soaked up the sauce so that every bite was sweet/savory delight.
The stars of this bowl are shrimp and pineapple - both cooked and dressed in a bright sesame sauce.
1.5 cups fresh pineapple can be canned if you want but fresh is best!
Prepare sauce by shaking together ingredients in a jar. This will be your glaze, dressing and finishing sauce.
If needed, set a pot of water to boil for the rice noodles and cook as directed.
Meanwhile, heat a large pan to medium high and add sesame oil. Add shrimp and cook for a few minutes per side, until they brown and turn pink. Resist the urge to crowd the pan!
When shrimp are almost done, add 1 tablespoon of your sauce, toss to coat the shrimp and remove them from the pan.
Add pineapple cubes to the pan and toss them in the brown bits that remain in your pan. Cook pineapple until it begins to brown and soften and then add another tablespoon of the sauce. Remove from pan.
Toss lettuce in 2 tablespoons of sauce/dressing and toss noodles separately in another 2 tablespoons.
Fill bowls with sections of lettuce, shrimp, pineapple and noodles.
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Garnish with chopped mint, fresh lime juice and more sriracha.
Eggs and prawns are the two things I miss most since going vegan! This looks delicious!
I know Emily! I have contemplated going vegan so many times….but I would miss eggs (& cheese) so much I just can't do it. I do make meatless meals and eat a mainly veggie diet…..to my husbands dismay! HA!
Definitely making this! I'm yet to cook shrimp and I'm so afraid of over cooking them! How long total did those size ones take to cook?
I'm obsessed with sriracha, I'll have to check out the Rocky Mountain Sriracha. Do you have Asian markets in your area? I've found that the sesame oil in those grocery stores are a million times better than anything you can get in a regular grocery store. This looks delish.
That salad look delicious!! I love the idea of shrimp and pineapple together, so summery and light!
I actually made this over the weekend thanks to it showing up in my Feedly early for some reason! It was a little too sweet for me, but I just added a little more soy and sriracha to cut the sugary-sweetness of it and it was good!!
This looks so delicious! I have most of the ingredients but will pick up the rest tomorrow for our dinner.
Even though there's not a great vegan/vegetarian substitute for seafood, I think these flavors would work beautifully with tofu so I'm definitely going to try it!
Mmmm, this is right up my alley! I love grilled pineapple.
I made this recipe tonight and we loved loved loved it. Such a great combination of flavors. Thanks so much.


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World News - Church Says Women Shouldn't Teach Sunday School Classes To Men, Cites Bible
The minister of a church that dismissed a female Sunday School teacher after adopting what it called a literal interpretation of the Bible says a woman can perform any job — outside of the church. The First Baptist Church dismissed Mary Lambert on Aug. 9 with a letter explaining that the church had adopted an interpretation that prohibits women from teaching men. She had taught there for 54 years.The letter quoted the first epistle to Timothy: "I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent."The Rev. Timothy LaBouf, who also serves on the Watertown City Council, issued a statement saying his stance against women teaching men in Sunday school would not affect his decisions as a city leader in Watertown, where all five members of the council are men but the city manager who runs the city's day-to-day operations is a woman....
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Wal-Mart Cashiers Ask Judge to Bar Threats to Workers (Update1)
Cashiers at Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, asked a federal judge to order the company to stop threatening to fire Texas employees who join a lawsuit claiming unpaid wages. Workers' lawyers sent out notices Aug. 4 to more than 100,000 current & former Wal-Mart & Sam's Club cashiers in Texas, inviting them to join the litigation. Wal-Mart managers asked employees to turn over the notices & sign statements that they never worked off the clock as the suit claims, according to court papers. The cashiers asked US District Judge Samuel Kent to order Wal-Mart to stop ``improper communications'' with workers. A hearing on the request is set for Aug. 23. Wal-Mart's conduct ``borderlines on criminal witness intimidation,'' the cashiers said in an Aug. 15 request to Kent. It's illegal under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act ``for Wal-Mart to threaten its current & former associates with adverse consequences for filing claims under this lawsuit,'' workers said in the suit...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a_Nj4JQ7qvGg&refer=worldwide_news
Court throws out Padilla charge
A US judge has thrown out one of three charges against Jose Padilla, the US citizen who was held for more than three years as an "enemy combatant". Judge Marcia Cooke said the charge of "conspiring to murder, kidnap and maim persons in a foreign country" referred to the same actions as other charges. As such, it violated a US ban on trying people for the same offence twice. The US government originally indicated it suspected him of plotting to set off a radioactive "dirty bomb" in a US city, but he has never been charged over that alleged plot. After protracted legal battles his case was moved to a civilian court in November 2005. His case was then added to that of two other men already charged with three terror-related offences. But on Monday, Judge Cooke said one was redundant, and that "the government has charged a single conspiracy multiple times, in separate counts, when in law and in fact, only one [alleged] crime has been committed", ...
NEO-NAZI MONOPOLY The Spread of Right-Wing Extortion
A small town in Germany is currently trying to prevent neo-Nazis from buying a hotel in the town center. But is it just a ploy? The right-wingers stand accused of threatening to buy property only to profit from the resulting furor. The police presence providing security for the city-council meeting was intense. Outside, the neo-Nazis were waiting -- but so too were many of their enraged opponents. The small town of Kirchheim an der Weinstrasse, not far from the Rhine River in western Germany, had to decide earlier this summer whether it was going to cough up the dough necessary to buy a small, failing bar at the edge of town. Some 800 signatures from concerned citizens -- almost half the population -- had signed a petition urging it to do so. And it wasn't because the good citizens of Kirchheim an der Weinstrasse thought the town should go into the business of selling cocktails and beer. Rather, a group of neo-Nazis had offered to buy the down-at-the-heels establishment for ...
http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,432716,00.html
Alaska Floods Recede, But Rain Coming Highway Between Anchorage And Fairbanks Cut Off; At least 150 Evacuated
High water that closed the main corridor between the state's two largest cities dropped steadily Sunday, though weary emergency officials kept a close watch on forecasts calling for more rain. "We have reports all over the valley of the rivers and streams subsiding," said Clint Vardeman, a deputy director of emergency services. Roads and bridges were still under water, he said. The Parks Highway and the Alaska Railroad were closed between Anchorage and Fairbanks most of the day because of bridge damage and mud slides. The railroad reopened late Sunday and service was expected to return to normal by midnight, spokesman Tim Thompson said. High water forced at least 150 residents from their homes Saturday and sent campers and fishermen scurrying for high ground, officials said. ...
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/21/national/main1914771.shtml?source=RSS&attr=U.S._1914771
Unexploded cluster bombs prompt fear and fury in returning refugees Four dead as mine-clearing teams fear death toll from Israeli weapons could soar
When the guns went silent in Aitta Shaab, a war-ravaged village close to the Israeli border, three children skipped through the rubble looking for a little fun.Hurdling over lumps of crushed concrete and dodging spikes of twisted metal, Sukna, Hassan and Merwa, aged 10 to 12, paused before a curious object. Sukna picked it up. The terrifying blast flung her to the ground, thrusting metal shards into her liver. Hassan's abdomen was cut open. Merwa was hit in the leg and arm. "We thought it was just a little ball," said Hassan with a hoarse whisper in the intensive care ward at Tyre's Jabal Amel hospital. In the next bed Sukna, a ventilator cupped to her mouth and a tangle of tubes from her arms, said even less.Her mother watched anxiously. "The Israelis wanted to defeat Hizbullah," said Najah Saleh, 40. "But what did these children ever do to them?"...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1854625,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12


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Netherlands bids to host 2022 UEFA Futsal EUROs
4th June 2019 by Futsal Focus
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The Royal Netherlands Football Association has put forward a bid to host the 2022 UEFA Futsal EURO Championship. Whether the Dutch bid will be successful will be clear by the end of September, when the UEFA Executive Committee meets to select the country to host the tournament. Apart from the Netherlands, five other countries have joined the bidding process.
UEFA Futsal Euro 2022 will be the largest futsal European Championship ever. For the first time, sixteen countries (previously twelve) will be competing in the European final tournament. This means that 32 matches will be played.
If the Netherlands wins the bid, twenty games will be played at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam and the other twelve at MartiniPlaza in Groningen. The Netherlands has organised a major futsal tournament once before: the 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship was held at Ahoy Rotterdam. It was won by Brazil, who beat the Netherlands in the final.
Great boost Futsal international Mohamed Attaibi, who plays a leading role in the Netherlands campaign video, is extremely enthusiastic about the Dutch bid.
Great boost Futsal international Mohamed Attaibi, who plays a leading role in the Netherlands campaign video, is extremely enthusiastic about the Dutch bid. "It can give futsal a great boost," he says. "Just look at the Women's European Championship hosted in this country [in 2017] and what that has done for women's football. I see a similar development happening when it comes to futsal. Wouldn't it be nice if we could reach youngsters who don't care much about field football in this way?" The futsal international knows what he is talking about. In his early childhood, he was scouted for Ajax Amsterdam. Once he had joined the club's youth academy, it turned out that he performed better on a small pitch rather than a large one. "My dream was in tatters," he recalls. "When I was older, I was invited for a training session with the Netherlands junior futsal squad. Only then did I realise that this offered me another way to pursue my ambition to reach the very top in sports."
Soon after the first test training, Attaibi joined the Netherlands senior futsal squad. He now has 86 caps to his name. "Futsal has given me the chance to showcase my talent in a way that would have been impossible in field football. The team consisted of boys from different backgrounds, just like I was used to when playing street football. I immediately felt at home and that I still feel that way. It would be great to be able to play at home before a capacity crowd at the Ziggo Dome or MartiniPlaza during 2022 European Championship finals. That would really be a unique experience."
Netherlands bid for the 2022 UEFA Futsal EURO Championships in Amsterdam
KNVB Secretary General Gijs de Jong fully agrees. "It would be fantastic for the Netherlands to organise such a great sporting event. When it comes to futsal, we in Northwestern Europe have some catching up to do with the countries of Southern and Eastern Europe. With the Ziggo Dome and MartiniPlaza, we have two attractive venues equipped to take European futsal to a higher level. "
Fast, attractive and accessible
In De Jong's view, hosting the 2022 UEFA Futsal Euro Championships will be a great opportunity to reach out to urban youth. "We have to admit that we're still not quite successful in reaching that target group. On the other hand, Futsal fits in well with their what they're looking for. It's fast, attractive, spectacular and accessible. Having the European Championship in their own country, therefore, offers a great chance to get this target group more involved in the game."
In addition, De Jong believes that Futsal can meet the growing demand for flexibility, also from other target groups. "We see that not everyone wants to train twice a week and play a match on Saturday or Sunday. In that respect, futsal is a very accessible way to join the game of football or keep playing it. This type of football has a much lower threshold.
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Star Wars, Jurassic World propel global box office to record-breaking $38 billion
By Devan Coggan
Updated January 04, 2016 at 04:48 PM EST
Credit: Chuck Zlotnick
2015 was officially the biggest year at the box office in movie history. According to Rentrak, the global box office hit a record height of more than $38 billion.
Thanks to the success of blockbusters like Jurassic, World, Furious 7, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Minions, this was a banner year for movies, both domestically and internationally. There was also this movie called Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which broke just about every box office record on the books. All five of those films made more than $1 billion worldwide this year, and they make up five of the top 11 highest-grossing films of all time.
Jurassic World currently sits as the biggest global movie of 2015 and the third-biggest movie of all time, raking in $1.67 billion worldwide this year. Furious 7 is in fifth place alltime with $1.52 billion, but The Force Awakens — which finished 2015 with approximately $1.33 billion — should soon surpass it, having just crossed $1.51 billion after only 19 days in global release. The Force Awakens has opened worldwide except in China, where it will debut on Jan. 9.
"This global record proves that going to the movies is a beloved pastime that is enjoyed throughout the world, with moviegoers from a wide array of backgrounds and cultures all coming together for the shared in-theater experience," said Rentrak's senior media analyst, Paul Dergarabedian.
Final global numbers are still coming in, so the total for 2015 could actually end up considerably higher than $38 billion. Regardless, it's a new record, besting last year's $36.7 billion total.
The domestic box office also had a record year, crossing the $11 billion mark for the first time ever. That was 7.4 percent higher than 2014 and 1.8 percent more than the record set in 2013. China's movie industry continued to boom; box office receipts rose almost 50 percent to a reported $6.8 billion — almost 50 percent over last year. In February, the China movie market surpassed the U.S. box office for the first time in history, and it's expected that China will become the world's biggest movie market as soon as 2017.


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Smashing Times held a day-long event Echoes of 1916, consisting of an Artist's Vision for Ireland national symposium with key note speakers including Deirdre Kinahan, playwright, Mary Moynihan, Theatre and Film Maker and Dr Eric Weitz, Associate Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies, Trinity College Dublin, and a live performance of The Woman is Present: Women's Stories of 1916 by writers Pom Boyd, Mary Moynihan and Peter Sheridan, both events taking place at Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, main space, on Thursday 21 April 2016. The events were presented as part of a project called Women, War and Peace co-funded by the Europe for Citizens programme of the European Union and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Reconciliation Fund.
Poets, dreamers, visionaries and women were amongst those who advocated or fought for Irish freedom in the Easter Rising of 1916. Today women are still campaigning for full equal rights. In the context of the Decade of Commemorations and the recent 'Waking the Feminists' debate, the Artist's Vision for Ireland National Symposium asked what would an artist's vision for Ireland today look like, one that is based on a genuine need for social justice, gender equality and human rights and is sustainable, ethical and inclusive, enabling 'creativity to flow'. Or is the vision of a nation state redundant and rather than looking at a state of place are we seeking a state of rights? The aim of the symposium was to bring artists and all those interested in the arts together to imaginatively explore what vision and possibility we would like to see for Ireland today and what role an artist can play to bring that vision into existence.
'Night is falling on the world. So what are we to do? Remain silent? I have sincere respect for those artists who dedicate their lives exclusively to their art – it is their right or their condition but I prefer those who dedicate their art to life . . . Our taking of a theoretical position and our concrete actions should arise not because we are artists but because we are human beings'.
Prior to the symposium the company conducted a Vox Pop collecting a broad range of comments from young people and adults, gathered in writing and on camera and uploaded, asking what does 1916 means to you? Contributions were gathered from the general public and from artists such as Ger Ryan, Peter Sheridan and Margaret Toomey. A selection of quotes were be put up on the Smashing Times website prior to the symposium and displayed on a screen at the actual symposium for participants to view to as they came in. After the panel discussions at the symposium, the audiences were allowed to record their own responses to 1916.
What vision, change, wish and possibility do artists hope to see for Ireland now and into the future?
How can the arts promote equality?
What role can or should an artist play to bring that vision into existence?
Ways forward for An Artist's Vision for Ireland?
Each group presented their images on the Smock Alley stage to the full gathering of the symposium. Again, people commented on what they saw. The audience were able to see and feel and experience our artistic vision for Ireland.
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Practical Life helps a child to comprehend the sequences of activity and to begin to see the relationship between cause and effect.
A lot of effort is placed on clear and efficient movement in order to demonstrate its importance.
By practicing these exercises over and over again children build their overall coordination of movement and self-composed behaviour. Also it enables them to care for themselves and their environment. For example by practising simple pouring and buttoning our approach interconnects with all the other Montessori areas.
Whilst they seem very simple exercises, they are very important for later academic success. Practical Life gives children a very strong foundation for writing and mathematical concepts.
Consequently they absorb the idea of sequencing, comparing and matching.
Like Practical Life, it improves coordination and concentration and with this different abilities emerge. As they progress, children become fascinated with words and are then introduced to names and concepts like rhombus, ovoid, flat etc which are all parts of different exercises that work together in a huge puzzle.


Nelson's personal quest starts as a small kernel of wonder while researching the men who built the railroads. He looks up from his computer screen and a clue pops out at him. From there, Nelson is off to find out if there was a real John Henry.
Ain't Nothing But A Man describes the journey, dead ends and all, Nelson had to mount in order to get proof, one way or another. That journey, in another's hands, might have been made of stereotypical stuffy old textbooks and kids nodding off to sleep; but Nelson wrote it in first person, sort of like a detective novel. That choice, along with a step-by-step narrative and a storyteller's sensibility, makes me speculate that a few kids might answer my opening question with "historian" after reading this book.
Oh! And was there a real John Henry? I'll not tell you the conclusion, it's just too much fun to spoil, I'll just recommend you go pick up Ain't Nothing But A Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry for both your classroom or library. You won't be able to put it down.
Genre: Nonfiction. Grades: 4th through secondary. Pages: 64.
Publisher: National Geographic Children's. Date: December 2007.
Note: Ain't Nothing But A Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry also features old photographs, song lyrics, and various historical artifacts as well as appendices, a blurb on the birth of Rock & Roll as related to railroad men, a map, a note about research sources, an index of topics, suggestions for further reading and links where readers can find versions of the songs. It also includes the essay "How to be a Historian" by writer Marc Aronson. He also writes Nonfiction Matters for School Library Journal.
Pre-reading activity: Read or listen to the original song before reading the book to provide background knowledge on the subject. The New York Times has a review with a picture slideshow from the book which would also work well as a story starter activity. You can also listen to a recording of the song from the Smithsonian (left side) there.
Vocabulary (with page found): research 7, locomotive 7, trawling 9, scavenger 11, ammunition 13, impulse 13, jostles 15, archive 16, evidence 19, steam drill 23, nitroglycerine 24, wagered 26, anvil 31, penitentiary 35, contractor 37, archeologist 37, gully 38, theory 38, archivist 39, scholars 39, census 39, convicted 41, embankments 43, siege 43, midst 44, improvised 44, gnashing 44, barbaric 47, trove 52.
Remind students of the Civil War and the freeing of slaves. Let students discuss how uneasy the country must have been with distrust, prejudice and fear motivating the legal system.
Did Mr. Nelson find his original answer? Do you believe him?
Art: Research the painter Palmer C. Hayden p.8.
Wikipedia lists two other possible theories, both by historians, as to the origins of John Henry. Do a compare and contrast Venn diagram of the theories.
Research folksongs: Mr Nelson tells us that one way historians trace history is to listen to the songs of a specific time period for clues (p.16). He mentions three songs: The Big Rock Candy Mountain, Ring around the Rosy & Bingo. Research the origins, dates and relevant information of these songs.
A study of folklore: Compare to books/stories on folk legends like Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed, Pecos Bill, Mike Fink, etc… Here are a couple good websites to help: American Folklore and The American Folklife Center.
This is the US postage stamp honoring John Henry. Have students make stamps honoring other book or folklore characters that have inspired them to learn more.
Or what about the Steven Kellogg series?
Scott Reynolds Nelson is a professor of history at the College of William and Mary. He was recently awarded a Newberry Library fellowship to research the history of financial crashes. Ain't Nothing but a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry grew out of his adult research book on the same topic, Steel Drivin' Man: John Henry, the Untold Story of an American Legend. You can read a bit more about him on his website or read an interview transcript on Sound Authors.


Are we really going to eat that? Monchacha, before (on right) and after.
We age our hard cheeses in the cellar, in a screened cabinet that Karl made to keep out nibbling critters. The house has a stone foundation, and though one side opens onto a hill, most of the cellar is underground and stays pretty consistently cool and damp. It's not a steady 55 degrees with a relative humidity between 65 and 85 percent (the ideal conditions for aging a hard cheese), but usually it'll do.
This spring, however, it's been unseasonably warm, with enough rain to leave standing pools in some corners of the basement. We have an abundance of milk, but I haven't made a lot of hard cheeses because the conditions just haven't been right for aging them. We did make a couple of Monchachas at May's cheese workshop, though, and this morning I went down to check on them. The heat and humidity had combined to give them each a luxurious coating of blue fur.
According to Ricki Carroll, whose book, Home Cheese Making, I consult for all things cheese-related, unwanted mold can be removed by rubbing the cheese rind with lightly salted water, so I made some brine and got to work. Some of the mold was so stubborn that it needed to be scrubbed off with a vegetable brush, but once they were cleaned, the cheeses didn't look half bad.
We had a similar problem late last summer, when it was a bit too wet and warm, and we did a couple rounds of scrubbings to all the cheeses in a full cabinet. When we were finally brave enough to crack one open, beneath the rind was a fine tasting cheese. (Though I wouldn't recommend eating the rind.) Perhaps one of these days, we'll build a proper temperature-and-humidity-controlled cave, but until then we can live with a little mold. To some it may be fur, to others it's terroir.


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Giuliani Says Assange Should Not Be Prosecuted
Donald Trump's lawyer said on Monday that WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange should not be prosecuted and he compared WikiLeaks publications to the Pentagon Papers.
By Joe Lauria and cross-posted from Consortium News
Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, said Monday that WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange had done "nothing wrong" and should not go to jail for disseminating stolen information just as major media does.
"Let's take the Pentagon Papers," Giuliani told Fox News. "The Pentagon Papers were stolen property, weren't they? It was in The New York Times and The Washington Post. Nobody went to jail at The New York Times and The Washington Post."
Giuliani said there were "revelations during the Bush administration" such as Abu Ghraib. "All of that is stolen property taken from the government, it's against the law. But once it gets to a media publication, they can publish it," Giuliani said, "for the purpose of informing people."
"You can't put Assange in a different position," he said. "He was a guy who communicated."
Giuliani said, "We may not like what [Assange] communicates, but he was a media facility. He was putting that information out," he said. "Every newspaper and station grabbed it, and published it."
The U.S. government has admitted that it has indicted Assange for publishing classified information, but it is battling in court to keep the details of the indictment secret. As a lawyer and close advisor to Trump, Giuliani could have influence on the president's and the Justice Department's thinking on Assange…
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CMR's Parambi finishes fourth as State AA tennis meet wraps up
CMR's Gail Parambi finished fourth at the State AA Tennis Tournament Friday at Meadow Lark Country Club.
CMR's Parambi finishes fourth as State AA tennis meet wraps up CMR's Gail Parambi finished fourth at the State AA Tennis Tournament Friday at Meadow Lark Country Club. Check out this story on greatfallstribune.com: https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/sports/2019/05/17/cmrs-parambi-finishes-fourth-state-aa-tennis-meet-wraps-up-17-may-2019/3712420002/
Lee Vernoy, Great Falls Tribune Published 5:14 p.m. MT May 17, 2019 | Updated 8:31 p.m. MT May 17, 2019
Gail Parambi, CMR tennis (Photo: LEE VERNOY/GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE)
For the second consecutive year, C.M. Russell's Gail Parambi and Kalispell Glacier's Maria Frampton met to determine third and fourth place at the Class AA State Tennis Tournament.
And, for the second time in as many years, Frampton prevailed, this time with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over the talented lefthander as this year's tourney wrapped up at Meadow Lark's indoor tennis center.
"I'm grateful," a gracious Parambi said. "I think it was a great match, and to lose to a player like Maria ... it was still an honor.
"She was really on her game today. She had great strokes and she played the ball so well, it was just hard for me to keep up at times."
Parambi, a junior, said fatigue wasn't really a factor. They were both tired.
"At the end of the day, she was just the better player, and I'm glad she got to finish third."
The two had met last spring when the tournament was at Kalispell's Flathead Valley Community College, with Frampton providing a 6-2, 6-0 win. The Rustler girls took third last year under then-head coach Anne Bulger.
This year, under Byron Boyd and Val Scheevel, the CMR girls came in sixth as Bozeman ran away with the title.
For Parambi, this marks her third year reaching the big dance. Two years ago, the then-freshman fell just short of the consolation final when she lost in two sets to former teammate Mackenzie George, and it was George who knocked Parambi into the loser's bracket last year with a 6-2, 6-1 win.
But Parambi just seems to continue growing with the game, and getting better.
"When you have as good a team as I have, and the good coaches we've had, it just comes down to the people who are around you," she added. "It's how they enable you, like, 'What's going on with your game?'
"I've been very lucky with the people you have supported me, both on and off the court."
Scheevel, who coaches the Rustlers girls, is a big Gail Parambi fan.
"We're very proud of her; she had a very good showing here at state," Scheevel said. "She played very well and very hard.
"She kept battling. She did not quit, she kept working on the thing that we'd talk about during the changeovers. She came up against a very good opponent today, and she fought to the end."
Bozeman took the girls' team title with 30 points, well ahead of Missoula Hellgate and Billings Senior, who tied for second with 17 points each. Helena High, Glacier and CMR came in fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively.
Missoula Sentinel, with 27 points, was far and away the top team for the boys. Bozeman came in second, Glacier was third, and Hellgate fourth.
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Safety concerns have prompted the Fayette village council to change the flow of traffic to one-way in a portion of an alley.
A public hearing is scheduled at 7 p.m. July 6 to collect comments on the proposal.
Police chief Jason Simon worked with council's Safety Committee to request a zoning amendment to change traffic from west to east in the alley behind the south side of the business district. The change would affect only one block of the alley.
One-way traffic would begin at S. Fayette Street behind Keifer's Korner Video and proceed east to property located behind 106 E. Main St.
Traffic in the alley from the east is subject to limited visibility of pedestrians when entering S. Fayette Street.
Written comments will be accepted until 5 p.m. July 6. The zoning board will conduct the hearing at 7 p.m. in council chambers.


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The Collectables is a free stamp album and activity book created by Jersey Post, delivered to Year 4 pupils across Jersey, designed to introduce schoolchildren to the traditional hobby of stamp collecting. Stamps provide a fascinating insight in the country from which they're issued and the book is a great learning tool designed to get children talking about stamps, and sharing and swapping.
Working with children's book illustrator Nanette Regan, we created a bright, visual album with commissioned illustrations about 13 specific stamp issues; Jersey Manor Houses, musical instruments, William Shakespeare, Remembrance, D-Day, Jersey Summer, the Red Arrows, The Great War at home, Jersey's Roman connections, New Jersey, Oyster fishing, pirates, and, the story of Father Christmas.
You can purchase the Collectables album from Jersey Post stores. If you want to see more of Nanette's work click here.


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A different kind of Yuvraj-Dhoni partnership!
By B Dixit - Aug 4, 2017 6:54 am
Indian veterans, Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, have been involved in numerous batting partnerships over the years. Much to the delight of Indian fans, these partnerships have given India the most desired results. Be it finishing the first innings of a match or chasing a total during the second innings of a match, both of them have been handy for India for several years now.
These two stalwarts of Indian cricket have not only dominated the opposition with the bat but with their fielding skills as well. Along with Mohammad Kaif, Yuvraj predominantly changed the face of the fielding standards in India during his earlier days. Being a wicket-keeper batsman, Dhoni is not far behind when it comes to the fielding skills. As far as stumping chances are concerned, no one in the world dislodges the bails as quick as the 36-year old Dhoni does.
During his 17-year old career, Yuvraj has taken 137 catches across formats at the highest level. On the other hand, Dhoni has been part of a whopping 735 dismissals (including both catches and stumpings) across formats in his career.
Here is a video of both the players been involved in some dismissals on the cricket field:
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Perfect Opposites
Director: Matt Cooper
Some people get a drastic haircut after the end of a bad relationship, some fall quickly into rebound relationships with the wrong people and others—well-- others such as Matt Cooper keep their Dear John letters and write a play.
Ten years after "A Piece of My Heart," debuted at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles, Cooper and the director of the stage production, Stewart J. Zully collaborated on adapting the work into an independent film.
Although the story of young love and a man who can't commit is nothing new and Perfect Opposites was re-rated from its original R rating in the United States and released on DVD as a PG13 film-- a sure sign it never really found its footing and the production company was content to let it find its way into the lives of others by stocking it in Blockbuster and other stores—it's still a worthwhile and entertaining date movie.
Best suited for the twenty-something set looking for appropriate fare for an evening in and one that could lead to interesting relationship discussion afterwards (be forewarned!), the movie stars Martin Henderson and Piper Perabo.
After a whirlwind courtship during their final year of college (his in law school and hers in her undergraduate program), the young couple packs up and moves out to Los Angeles where Henderson's Drew Curtis has a job waiting for him in Joe Pantoliano's entertainment law firm, thanks to his coworker sister Kathleen Wilhoite's connections.
While Drew struggles to study for the bar and accept his new position, trying to deal with the ego of his boss and suck up to a famous actor he meets while running a work related errand, Perabo's Julia never really finds her footing, existing in that post-grad funk of trying to discover her own needs and what she wants in life as she tries to find a job.
Julia and Drew become fast friends with Elyse and Lenny Steinberg (Jennifer Tilly and Artie Lange) a slightly older, married couple who live nearby and help provide moral and friendly support in getting Julia a job and being a shoulder to cry on as the two young lovebirds realize that they have different priorities to which (while being gender stereotyped as Julia nests and Drew's eye wanders) many young couples can relate.
Unfortunately, even the wonderful supporting cast of the scene-stealing Tilly and Wilhoite, along with lovely leading lady Perabo can't help make us forget the fact that Drew's character is immensely unlikable and we wonder why Julia is even bothering to continue the relationship only thirty minutes into the film.
However, it does get bonus points for not tacking on a protracted happy ending and instead having a finale that (while admittedly cutesy) seems to fit the characters and situations a bit more logically than the typical "run down the block" or "chase to the airport" scenes we're confronted with again and again in typical Hollywood romantic fare.
Entertaining but overall, nothing we haven't seen before— Perfect Opposites is worth it for fans of the actors or serious lovers of romantic dramedies.
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A quaint but spacious cottage that is perfect for 6x adults and 6x children. The property is set on a 80 hectare block where the kids can play on the lush green grass whilst the parents relax on the veranada watching over them, enjoying a wine picked up from one of the surrounding wineries. The Lake House has the world renowned Leeuwin Estate as its neighbour providing easy access to Leeuwins cellar door and restaurant.
Preparing dinner for family & friends will be nothing less than enjoyable with the views from the kitchen window and enough space to cook up a feast with the large oven & double fridge. Sit down at the dining room table, lounge or outside in the alfresco area to discuss the days events. Any area you choose you will still have the beautiful vista of the surrounding gardens to admire. Sit back and watch a movie in the separate TV room or during the winter months, snuggle up by the log fire with your favourite noval relaxing on the lounge.
The Lake House has a total of 4 x bedrooms and 2x bathrooms. The master room has a king bed and en-suite, moving onto the second and third bedroom which both house queens. Finally, the fourth bedroom has an array of bunk beds and 1x single sleeping a total of 7.


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Kontynuacja Jerzego (Georgius Continuatus) – anonimowa kronika bizantyńska z X wieku, stanowiąca kontynuację Zwięzłej kroniki Jerzego Mnicha.

Kontynuacja Jerzego stanowi uzupełnienie Zwięzłej kroniki Jerzego Mnicha. Zaczyna się od roku 842, a kończy się w zależności od tradycji rękopiśmiennej, w redakcji A (15 rękopisów i 2 wspólne z redakcją B) na śmierci cesarza Romana Lekapena (948), a w redakcji B (3 rękopisy i 2 wspólne z redakcją A) do śmierci Nicefora Fokasa (969), z tym że pewne zapiski sięgają roku 1071, 1081, a nawet 1143.

Część rękopisów nazywa anonimowego autora Logotetą, co skłania niektórych historyków do łączenia jej autorstwa z Symeonem Magistrem i Logotetą. Jest rzeczą charakterystyczną, że Kontynuacja Jerzego znajduje się w rękopisach Jerzego Mnicha (8 rękopisów w redakcji A), Symeona Logotety (4 rękopisy w redakcji A), Leona Gramatyka (2 rękopisy w redakcji A) i Teodozjusza Melitena (1 rękopis w redakcji A). Nasuwa to wniosek, że Kontynuacja Jerzego mogła zostać przypadkowo złączona z kroniką Jerzego Mnicha.

Kontynuacja Jerzego podaje materiał w sposób kronikarski, z roku na rok, poświęcając główną uwagę wydarzeniom politycznym i stosunkom panującym w rodzinie cesarskiej. Autor redakcji A jest wrogo nastawiony do Konstantyna VII Porfirogenety, życzliwie traktując jego przeciwnika Romana Lekapena, z którym prawdopodobnie przebywał na wygnaniu w klasztorze na wyspie Prote. Dzieło przynosi ważne informacje o Węgrach, Bułgarach i Pieczyngach. Zostało napisane językiem ludowym.

Źródła, na których oparł się autor nie są znane. W redakcji B Kontynuacja została wzbogacona o fragmenty Historii cesarzy Józefa Genesiosa. Z wersji tej korzystali później Teophanes Continuatus, Pseudo-Symeon, Jan Zonaras i Teodor Skutariota.

Kontynuacja Jerzego doczekała się tłumaczenia na język starosłowiański. Dla redakcji A istnieje przekład zachowany w tak zwanym Letowniku z XIV wieku i drugi z XIV/XV wieku wspólny z Kroniką powszechną Symeona Magistra i Logotety. Przekład redakcji B, zwany Wremimennikiem pochodzi z X/XI stulecia. Zachowała się też parafraza skróconej wersji Kontynuacji w języku ludowym.

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The library is once again very humbled by the thoughtful generosity of Harley Davidson's family for suggesting donations to the library, to honor his life and memory.
Harley and Fjola were among the very first residents of Pinawa, moving to town in 1963, and among the very first visitors to the library. The Davidson family has always been surrounded by books – a quiet, comforting constant in an ever changing world.
Harley was a speed reader and often would finish a book in a day. Fjola would arrive home with a weekly armful of books in the hope that there was one in the pile he hadn't read! Harley read for knowledge, for entertainment and most importantly, because it brought him joy. Their love for reading was a gift passed down to Andrew and Susie who were allowed to take home as many books as they could carry. The wonderful humans they are today is testament to their upbringing and there is no better legacy for a parent.
Not many libraries can say that they have had loyal patrons from opening day, through decades, and through generations. To say that we are thankful and proud to be a part of this wonderful family's daily lives for so long is a true understatement.
Our sincerest gratitude to everyone who donated to the library in Harley's memory.


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Q: Strapi Default Database Url (credentials) I'm following this tutorial : User Authentication in Next.js with Strapi
They are using postgresql database and I'm using sqlite (default).
somewhere in the tutorial they needed the database url so that NextAuth can connect to the database directly.

Now I'm looking for the url of my database. and This is my "./config/database.js" file
const path = require('path');
const { database } = require('pg/lib/defaults');

module.exports = ({ env }) => ({
  connection: {
    client: 'sqlite',
    connection: {
      filename: path.join(__dirname, '..', env('DATABASE_FILENAME', '.tmp/data.db')),
    },
    useNullAsDefault: true,
  },
});

So how can I get the url of my database?

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Just like any other field of work, the music industry in Ghana has had a number of artistes polishing their craft with the help of other artistes who are more experienced.
The protégé concept in the Ghana Music Industry is not new.
Clear examples such as Samini-Stonebwoy, Samini-Kaakie, D-Black-DeeMoney, Sarkodie-Donzy, Samini-Kofi Kinaata are a few of the many protégé relationships that have produced great talents.
However, it has become seemingly difficult to determine what degree of help an established artiste must render an up and coming artiste to lay claim to the bragging right.
Dancehall artiste Jupiter has subtly refuted claims that he was mentored by 2013 VGMA artiste of the year, Shatta Wale.
In a Facebook Live video, Shatta Wale bragged that Stonebwouy and Jupiter, 'passed through' him before attaining stardom.
But speaking in an interview with KMJ on Hitz Fm, the 'Enemies' hit maker indicated that he has not been a mentee of the SM Boss .
Rather, Jupiter suggested that Shatta Wale may have been referring to their cordial relationship when he made that claim.
'What Shatta Wale said, I think he was trying to mean we are very close'.