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Murder of a Cat
December 30, 2014 Unger the Radar	Leave a comment
Murder mysteries have sort have disappeared from movie theaters in recent times. Gone are the days of pulpy film noirs with shadowy characters and anti-heroes tempted by sexy and morally-ambiguous femme fatales. The new oddball comedy Murder of a Cat attempts to travel back to the era of film noir, using a feline as the murder victim and a slacker man-child as the private dick investigating the crime. It is a film that tries to be cute and succeeds here and there but it ultimately falls flat and offers nothing new or special. The film's saving grace would simply have to be the performances, which while funny, can't save this picture from mediocrity.
Clinton Moisey (Fran Kranz) is your quintessential slacker. He is about 30 years of age and he lives in his mother's (Blythe Danner) basement, is attached to a bathrobe, and spends his mornings watching reruns of Who's the Boss. He also has makes custom action figures in his spare time and holds regular yard sales consisting of junk nobody wants. One day, he finds his beloved cat Mouser dead in the street, with an arrow sticking out of its body. With his beloved pet and friend murdered, Clinton then goes on a mission to find Mouser's killer, at all costs. Along the way, he crosses paths with some interesting characters and falls into some rather strange situations.
In his quest for justice/revenge, Clinton encounters Greta (Nikki Reed), an attractive young woman who also loved Mouser. She knew him as Horatio, however and Clinton had no idea that they both "shared" the cat. J.K. Simmons plays the straight man Sheriff Hoyle and goes along with Clinton but doesn't really believe that it was murder. A wacky Greg Kinnear plays Ford, the owner of local Walmart-like superstore. Somehow, all of these people become involved in the intrigue surrounding Mouser's demise and the results are weird, funny, but sadly rather average.
Fran Kranz (Dollhouse, The Cabin in the Woods, Much Ado About Nothing) is the true star of Murder of a Cat. He plays Clinton as a lovable loser, a serious individual with an unflinching desire to expose the truth. Clinton doesn't realize how ridiculous he's being and that lack of awareness is really funny to watch. This film is his show through and through and he is just hysterical. The terrific J.K. Simmons is also quite strong here as the local law enforcement official who gets roped into the twisted scenario. Greg Kinnear also brings the laughs in an otherwise, hopeless film.
Murder of a Cat is a cute little indie that features a very silly plot and some very off-the-wall but amusing characters. Produced by Sam Raimi and directed by his wife (Gillian Greene), this is a movie perfect for a random late night pick that will generate a few chuckles. Hopefully, Kranz will get a more high profile gig soon because he has definitely demonstrated a strong competence on the film screen. He is a big talent and a consummate funnyman. With echoes of the Coen bros., Murder of a Cat is a watered down dark comedy with some clever moments and funny performances but sadly, not enough to sustain a feature-length film.
Blythe DannerFran KranzGillian GreeneGreg KinnearJ.K. SimmonsMurder of a CatNikki ReedSam Raimi
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Coronavirus is not necessarily 'the big one' rather a 'wake-up call': WHO
Covid-19: What will it take to vaccinate the world?
Decision on schools today
Govt to increase OMS as Covid situation worsens
2 divisional, 5 deputy commissioners test Covid positive
Chief of the WHO's emergencies programme Dr Mike Ryan said on Tuesday that the pandemic was a "wake-up call"
A logo is pictured at the World Health Organization (WHO) building in Geneva, Switzerland, February 2, 2020. Picture taken February 2, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
The World Health Organization has warned that the coronavirus pandemic is "not necessarily the big one" and that a more deadly virus could yet sweep the globe.
Chief of the WHO's emergencies programme Dr Mike Ryan said on Tuesday that the pandemic was a "wake-up call", reports the Daily Mail.
"This pandemic has been very severe… it has affected every corner of this planet. But this is not necessarily the big one," he told a media briefing.
The coronavirus has so far killed 1,799, 337 people world wide and the most recent SAGE estimates put its infection fatality rate at 0.5%, meaning it kills one of every 200 people infected.
Spanish Flu was the last major global pandemic and killed in excess of 50million people between 1918 and 1919. It was much more deadly to younger people and there was a high mortality rate among those aged 20-40 years old. It's infection fatality rate was 2.5%, and it is feared that a similarly deadly global pandemic today would shut down global civilisation, potentially disrupting food supplies as workers in global supply chains stay home over fears for them and their families.
Food shortages could spark global unrest much bigger than the riots that were provoked by outrage over the death of George Floyd in the middle of the pandemic this year.
Stability of governments across the globe could be threatened by such widespread unrest.
The Black Death is believed to be the world's deadliest pandemic and killed between 75million and 200million people across Africa, Europe and Asia between 1347 and 1351.
Ryan added: "This [coronavirus] is a wake-up call. We are learning, now, how to do things better: science, logistics, training and governance, how to communicate better. But the planet is fragile."
"We live in an increasingly complex global society. These threats will continue. If there is one thing we need to take from this pandemic, with all of the tragedy and loss, is we need to get our act together. We need to honour those we've lost by getting better at what we do every day."
World Health Organization (WHO) / COVID-19 / pandemic
Vaccinate whole world to end pandemic, UN chief tells Davos
India logs 238,018 fresh Covid-19 cases, daily active count drops below 1 lakh mark
Covid-19: Is it time to upgrade from cloth and surgical masks to respirators?

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Divination is an effective tool for tackling the crisis of the human psyche in modern time. Divination clarifies the meaning of the soul's quest and shed light to the obstacles to overcome on the way to successful living. In other word, divination does not just tell you what is going on in your life; it tells you what you need to do in order to flow into your gifts and fulfill your purpose. Divination provide a positive spin on human challenges by emphasizing gifts and purpose.
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Hailing from Dublin, Silverbacks are a thrilling prospect, delivering their own louche take on NYC-indebted rock: slack enough for the tastemakers while also mining a particularly poppy vein, catching the ears of those with a taste for a good hook. Now a full-fledged five piece after graduating from the bedroom project of songwriting brothers Kilian and Daniel O'Kelly, they ply their trade with as much emphasis on the dry humour running through Daniel's lyrics as the propulsive, triple guitar-led onslaught in their music.
Last year's Sink The Fat Moon EP had the band lighting up their homeland's media outlets, with nods from BBC's Across The Line, The Irish Times, The Thin Air and Nialler9 amongst others. They followed up with riotous single Just for a Better View before the end of the year, drawing more accolades and leading to a coveted radio session for Today FM's Paul McLoone.
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Sélection d'expositions personnelles / Selected Solo Exhibitions
Une Nation en Exil (A Nation in Exil), City of Montauban, Montauban, France
Path of Roses (Tariq al-Ward), Abu Dhabi Festival, Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Rachid Koraïchi: Ecstatic Flow, October Gallery, London, UK
Ancestors Linked to the Stars (Les Ancêtres Liés aux Etoiles), Chapelle Saint Martin, Le Méjan, Arles, France
Path of Roses (Chemin des Roses), Citadel of Algiers, Algiers, Algeria
Homage to Mahmoud Darwish, Islamic Cultural Institute, Paris, France
The Seven Sleepers, Seven Books in Homage to Seven Monks of Tibhirine (Les Sept Dormants), Church of Seillac, France
20 Years: 12 Poets: Ceramics by Rachid Koraïchi, Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
A Nation In Exile (Une Nation en Exil), Gallery 23, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Homage to Love and Memory, The George W. South Memorial, Church of the Advocate, Philadelphia, USA
Ancestral Memories, October Gallery, London, UK
Aleppo, Voyage en Soi(e) (Silken Voyage Inside Oneself) of Rachid Koraïchi, Gallery Esma, Riadh el Feth, Algiers, Algeria
Rachid Koraïchi: 7 Indigo Variations (7 Variations Indigo), Museum of Marseille, France
Path of Roses (Chemin des Roses)/ Beirut's Poem (Poème de Beirut)/ A Nation In Exile (Une Nation en Exil), The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
A Nation In Exile (Une Nation en Exil), United Nations, Beirut, Lebanon
Beirut's Poem (Poème de Beirut) and Path of Roses (Chemin des Roses), National Gallery of Fine Art, Amman, Jordan; Institut Français, Casablanca; Institut Français, Marrakesh, Morocco
Homage to Ibn 'Arabi, Church of Mérignac, Mérignac, France; Darat al-Funun, Amman, Jordan
Rencontre à Casablanca (Meeting in Casablanca), joint exhibition with Farid Belkahia, Gallery Al Manar, Casablanca, Morocco
Anthology of Arab Poems, National Library, Limoges, France
Interfaces, The Bachelard Amphitheatre, Paris, France
The path of roses, Homage to Rûmî, Residency at the Institut Français, Anatolia in association with the Gallery Janos, Paris, France
Rachid Koraïchi: Clay, Silk, Paper & Steel, Leighton House Museum, London, UK
Letters of Clay (Lettres d'argile): Homage to Ibn 'Arabi (1998-1999), Espace Gard, Nîmes, France, touring to Institut Français, Darat al-Funun, Amman, Jordan; Institut Français, Damascus, Syria; Al-Mustansirya Madrasah, Baghdad, Iraq; Institut Français, Ribat de Sousse, Tunis, Tunisia; National Francophone Multimedia Library of Limoges, Limoges, France; Gallery Isma, Algiers, Algeria; Museum of Contemporary Art, Caracas, Venezuela; Embassy of France, Algiers, Algeria; Gallery Gorgi; Institut Français, Tunis, Tunisia
Anthology of Arab Poems, Elsa Triolet and Jules Verne Library, Pantin, France
Silk and Clay, Darat al-Funun, The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Amman, Jordan, in cooperation with AFAA and the Institut Français, Amman, Jordan
L'Enfant-jazz (1997-2000), Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France; Studio Franck Bordas, Paris, France; County Centre for Educational Documentation, Avignon, France; College des Hautes Vallées, Guillestre, France; Sakakini Foundation, Ramallah, Palestine; Passage de l' art, Marseille, France
Steel Sculpture, Homage to Okba, University of Kairouan, Tunis, Tunisia
Homage to René Char, Michel Butor, Mohamed Dib, Monumental Tapestry, National Francophone Multimedia Library of Limoges, Limoges, France
A Nation In Exile (Une Nation en Exil), Darat al-Funun, The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Amman, Jordan
Ceramic Wall, with students of the Robert Desnos School, Tunis, Tunisia
Objects and Installation for Queen Dido (La Reine Didon), Antique Theatre of Carthage, Festival of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia
Installation, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Talisman (Fountain Mural), Palm Beach, Tozeur, Tunis, Tunisia
Engraved Hymns (Hymnes Gravés), Institut Français, Barcelona, Spain
Exhibition at Gallery Schauer, Paris, France
Nights of Incense (Nuits d'Encens), Homage to Algiers, Antique Theatre of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia
The Seven Gates of Heaven (Les Septs Portes du Ciel), Artibule, Institut Français, Casablanca, Morocco; Tour de Constance, Aigues-Mortes, France
Carpets and Tapestries, Gallery Gorgi, Tunis, Tunisia
Exhibition at Cherif Fine Art, Sidi Bou Saïd, Tunis, Tunisia
Exhibition at Gallery Ipso, Bruxelles, Belgium
Salome, Tabacco Factory, Ajaccio, Corsica; Artibule, Institut Français, Casablanca, Morocco
Exhibition at Gallery Jaqueline Moussion, Paris, France
Salome (joint exhibition with Michel Butor) Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
Exhibition at Gallery of National Council for Culture, Kuwait
Exhibition at Gallery Editart, Geneve, Switzerland
Exhibition at Gallery Sultan, Kuwait
Exhibition at Gallery Isma, Algiers, Algeria
Exhibition at Sultan Art Gallery, Kuwait
Exhibition at Gallery D. Blanco, Geneva, Switzerland
S…à l'aplomb du mur, Ceramic wall installation, Siège GAT, Tunis, Tunisia
Exhibition at Gallery Irtissem, Tunis, Tunisia
Exhibition, Castle de la Hercerie, La Croix-en-Touraine, France


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30 Seconds to Mars es el álbum debut de la banda de rock alternativo, 30 Seconds to Mars, el álbum fue lanzado el 27 de agosto de 2002 con el sello discográfico de Virgin Records. Es descrito generalmente como un álbum conceptual. Tras su lanzamiento, el álbum recibió críticas generalmente positivas y alcanzó la posición número 107 en el Billboard 200 y la número uno en el Top Heatseekers. Del álbum se extrajeron dos sencillos, «Capricorn (A Brand New Name)» y «Edge of the Earth» que ambos llegaron a los conteos, con una posición máxima de #31 en el conteo de U.S. Mainstream Rock.

Tema
El tema central del álbum es la lucha humana. «Revolution», una canción grabada para el álbum, no fue incluida porque su letra no coincidía con el resto del álbum temáticamente hablando, y porque su letra podía ser malentendida. Además, la banda no quiso incluir la canción luego de haber pasado poco tiempo de los atentados de septiembre de 2001 a las Torres Gemelas. Otras dos canciones fueron grabadas para el álbum: «Phase 1: Fortification» y «Anarchy in Tokyo»; la primera fue incluida en un sencillo promocional para «Capricorn (A Brand New Name)» lanzada en el Reino Unido, y la última fue incluida como bonus track en la edición japonesa del álbum.

Información del contenido
La letra del track oculto, «The Struggle», fueron tomados de El arte de la guerra de Sun Tzu. Muchas canciones de 30 Seconds to Mars tienen elementos de synth rock. Por esto, Elijah Blue Allman y Renn Hawkey contribuyeron en las canciones «Welcome to the Universe» y «Capricorn (A Brand New Name)», respectivamente.

La canción «Echelon» fue tocada durante los créditos de The Core, que fue lanzada en 2003. La frase «Welcome to the universe» se repite en el álbum en las canciones «Welcome to the Universe», «93 Million Miles», y «The Struggle». Adicionalmente, «division» y «unity» son repetidas en las letras de las canciones «Oblivion», «Echelon», «End of the Beginning», y «The Struggle». El nombre original de álbum iba a ser «Welcome to the Universe». 93 millones de millas, por la canción «93 Million Miles», es la distancia promedio de la tierra al sol.

Impacto
Jason D. Taylor, de Allmusic consideró el lanzamiento de 30 Seconds to Mars como "un nuevo paso audaz en la evolución musical " y señaló que su impacto dejó "amplios pasillos de sonido abiertos para que el oyente navegue bajo su voluntad". Comentó que los miembros de 30 Seconds to Mars lograron grabar un álbum que "da vida" a la "cáscara vacía en lo que la corporación del Rock se había convertido", y consideró que en "reanimar una vía de expresión musical que durante muchos años ha estado en su lecho de muerte" , la banda ofreció posiblemente la mejor experiencia de rock del 2002. La revista en línea "Kludge" citó a 30 Seconds to Mars como uno de los mejores 100 álbumes del 2002. Melodic lo incluyó en su lista de los "50 mejores discos del año" y lo consideró como "uno de los álbumes más singulares cuando se trata de un estilo propio". El crítico musical Megan O'Toole sintió a 30 Seconds to Mars como que logró "labrarse un lugar único en el ámbito del Rock"

Un editor de MuchMusic llamó al álbum como un "trabajo que está creado para durar", notando que la banda produjo "algo único" con "profundidad y sustancia" El sitio web Artistdirect acordó y explicó que 30 Seconds to Mars se estableció como grupo "fresco y con nuevas fuerzas", revelando una "imagen multi-facética que floreció en la exploración y el escape creativo. Jon O'Brien, escritor de AllMusic, calificó el álbum como "uno de los esfuerzos más convincentes, para un actor convertido en estrella de rock". En una visión retrospectiva del 2012, Ian Winwood de Kerrang!, consideró al registro como "punto de partida épico" para la música que siguió y declaró que explaya el "vasto y cinematográfico estilo de escritura" de Jared Leto. A su juicio, su música es "indudablemente lo más agresivo que han creado" y estimó al sencillo principal "Capricorn (A Brand New Name)", como el "momento más consistente" de la banda.

Rendimiento comercial
En los Estados Unidos, 30 Seconds to Mars entró en el Billboard 200 en el número 107 a la fecha del 14 de septiembre de 2002. También debutó en el número uno en el Top Heatseekers. Después de nueve semanas, cayó al número 40, con unas ventas estimadas en más de 40.000 unidades. En agosto de 2006, Nielsen SoundScan estima las ventas reales del álbum en más de 120.000 en los Estados Unidos. Su primer sencillo, "Capricorn (A Brand New Name)", entró en el Mainstream Rock Tracks en el número 40 y, finalmente, alcanzó la posición máxima del número 31. En el Reino Unido, 30 Seconds to Mars debutó en el número 136 en UK Albums Chart. [24] Obtuvo una certificación de Plata por la Industria Fonográfica Británica (BPI) en julio de 2013, indicando los envíos de más de 60.000 unidades.

En Francia, 30 Seconds to Mars debutó en el número 142 de su lista nacional de álbumes el 5 de octubre de 2002. Después de su lanzamiento al mercado australiano, el álbum entró en las listas ARIA en el número 95 en la edición del álbum del 11 de junio de 2007. Alcanzó el número 89 a la semana siguiente. En Grecia, entró en la lista nacional de álbumes en junio de 2011, en vista de concierto de una banda que tuvo lugar en Atenas en julio, alcanzando el puesto 41. 30 Seconds to Mars  fue un éxito de ventas lentas y eventualmente terminarían vendiendo más de dos millones de copias en todo el mundo hasta la fecha de marzo del 2011.

Listado de canciones
(Todas las canciones están compuestas por Jared Leto)
 «Capricorn (A Brand New Name)» – 3:53
 «Edge of the Earth» – 4:37
 «Fallen» – 4:59
 «Oblivion» – 3:29
 «Buddha for Mary» – 5:45
 «Echelon» – 5:49
 «Welcome to the Universe» – 2:40
 «The Mission» – 4:05
 «End of the Beginning» – 4:44
 «93 Million Miles» – 4:50
 «Year Zero» – 7:35
 «Anarchy in Tokyo» (Bonus Track de la versión Japonesa) – 4:10
 «The Struggle» (también llamado «Hidden to Label») (Bonus Track de la versión Japonesa) – 1:50

Extras
 «Capricorn (A Brand New Name)» (Video) – 3:33
 Behind the Scenes Footage (Video) – 5:52

Créditos

30 Seconds to Mars
 Jared Leto — Voz, Guitarra Rítmica y Principal, Bajo, Teclado, Sintetizador, Programación
 Shannon Leto — Batería, Percusión, Guitarra (track 12)
 Solon Bixler — Guitarra Rítmica y Principal, Sintetizador

Personal adicional
 Bob Ezrin - Piano (track 8)
 Brian Virtue - Sintetizador (track 6)
 Dr. Nner - Sintetizador (track 1)
 Joe Bishara - Programación (track 4)
 Phillips Exeter Blue I - Bajo (track 7)
 Jeffery Jaeger - Guitarra Rítmica (track 9)

Producción
 Producido por Bob Ezrin, Brian Virtue y Jared Leto
 Phillips Exeter Blue I y Dr. Nner aparecen como cortesía de Dreamworks Records
 Fotografía: Shannon Leto
 Fotografía adicional: Ken Schles
 Dirección creativa: Mary Fagot
 Diseño: Eric Roinestad
 Dirección artística, concepto e iconografía: 30 Seconds to Mars
 Asuntos legales: Eric Greenspan
 Gerencia: Arthur Spivak (Spivak/Sobol Entertainment)
 Gerencia de negocios: Dian Vaughn y Mark Walker Assante
 Reserva U.S.: John Marks, John Branigan y William Morris
 Reserva UK: Mike Dewdney (ITB)

Referencias

Álbumes debut de 2002
30 Seconds to Mars
Álbumes de Virgin Records
Álbumes conceptuales
Álbumes de metal alternativo
Álbumes de metal progresivo
Álbumes de post-grunge
Álbumes producidos por Bob Ezrin
Álbumes en inglés
Álbumes de rock
Álbumes epónimos

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What is your favorite Korean Drama Plot?
Whether it is Boy Meets Girl, the story of the Underdog or about Revenge, there are many classic Korean drama plots that are recycled every year. One of the most popular these days seems to be the one about the girl who becomes beautiful!
The Ugly Duckling Plot has created many top dramas, so we thought we could list our top 5 favorites!
Have you watched them all? Which is your favorite?
Kang Jo Eun (Sun Min Ah) used to be known as the Daejeon Venus because she was so beautiful, but after becoming an attorny she let herself go and became overweight! This drama is a funny and inspiring story about how she meets Kim Yeong Ho (So Ji Sub) and with him manages to regain her figure!
Check out more information on Viki!
She was Pretty is based in the fashion industry and is about Ji Sung Joon (Park Seo Joon) who has overly romanticized his memory of the prettiest girl in school, Kim Hye Jin (Hwang Jung Eum). But what happens when they meet in the future, and she isn't the prettiest girl in school?? Embarrassed by her unglamorous appearance, Hye Jin passes off her best friend as herself- but what happens when she ends up working as an intern in Sung Joon's department??
Check out more information on this drama on our BnBHero Blog!
Birth of a beauty is about a desperate woman Sa Geum Ran (Han Ye Seul) who enlists the help of a heir to a large company Han Tae Hee (Joo Sang Wook) to undergo plastic surgery and become a mysterious beauty named "Sara".
Main heroine Bok Jae has a complete physical transformation to become a stunning beauty when she falls in love with Lee Cha Don! What is really funny is that the same plastic surgeon from 200 pound beauty makes a cameo appearance, and also sings a little bit of the hit song from the 2006 movie!
A movie released in 2006, it is about a 200 pound beauty with an amazing voice and her transformation into becoming a beauty to pursue the man of her dreams! It was a very famous movie, so we found an excerpt of Korean actress Kim Ah Joon singing Maria to share with our readers!
That was quite amazing to read, however I assume I have checked out a little something very much the same on some other website. Good stuff however, liked to look at it!


Tiny little flying creatures can make my day over and over again. I'm talking about butterflies. Today I saw all these butterflies and also several of them.
I live in paradise on earth and try the best I can to make our so called nature protection authorities to realize that. They don't listen at all sadly enough, but I hope they someday will open their eyes and live up to the nature protection responsibility they actually have.
Until then I give thanks for everyday I still can experience this nature magic and still have hope for a better future for nature than the future the today nonprotection authorities have in mind.
We need nature and nature is our soul healing. How can we even think something else than saving and protecting our nature?
This is quick sketches of today's butterflies.
HELLO SISTERS! HAVE YOU TRIED TO DESIGN YOUR OWN FABRICS?
I am so inspired by summer! Click here to browse my summer fabrics in my Spoonflower shop.
If you decide to make something with one of these fabrics – I'd love to see! Click here to see some recent sewing projects.
At the beach or the pool, I find endless inspiration for new paintings, sketches and designs. View my seascape paintings here.


I donated this quilt to the County of Ventura, Children & Family Services, via the Children's Services Auxiliary of Ventura County, in September 2014.
Quilts seem to mimic life: you have a general plan of where things will go, and sometimes it doesn't quite go that exact way. But, it is beautiful nonetheless. I had planned to carry the Irish Chain pattern all the way to the edge, but the fabric scraps I had chosen were just not going to stretch that far. So, back to the sketch pad, and I came up with the idea to use the animal fabric as a border. In the end, it turned out great!
The orange fabric was given to Jamie from her friend Jan, who likes the idea of my Love Hugs project. She gave Jamie a huge bag of all sorts of fabrics! The animal fabric was new, while the blue was some from Granny's stuff, and the plaid was from the craigslist fabric I acquired last year.
As a big thank you for the fabric donation, I have named this in honor of Jan and her doggie Twizzler.
I donated this quilt to the County of Ventura, Children & Family Services, via the Children's Services Auxiliary of Ventura County, in August 2014.


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CACI's Jack London Honored with Naval Academy Distinguished Graduate Award
By Amanda Ziadeh	 March 25, 2019 No Comments
Jack London, CACI
Jack London, executive chairman and chairman of the board of CACI International Inc, has received a U.S. Naval Academy 2019 Distinguished Graduate Award.
London is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy class of 1959 and the Naval Postgraduate School of 1967, and was recognized with four additional receipts at a March 22 ceremony.
The graduate award, given by the Naval Academy Alumni Association, recognizes graduates demonstrating a lifetime commitment to service, personal character and distinguishable contributions to the country.
London has more than 46 years of leadership experience at CACI, including serving as president and CEO from 1984-2007 and overseeing the company's growth from a small services firm to an IT partner to the federal government. He's been chairman of the board since 1990, and currently guides CACI's major strategic initiatives and transactions, and is referred to as the "founder of the modern-day CACI," according to his bio. As executive chairman, London established CACI's Culture, Character, Integrity, and Ethics Committee in 2015.
"The Academy instilled in me the importance of good character," London said. "It inspired me to champion the values of ethics and integrity, both personally and professionally, throughout my career. At CACI, our enduring success in behalf of our shareholders is built on our dedication to ethical character, national service, and patriotism that the Academy so powerfully represents, and so aptly imparts to every graduate."
Prior to this recognition, London was inducted into the Naval Postgraduate School Hall of Fame in 2011 and received The George Washington University's Alumni Achievement Award in 1996 — where he earned his doctorate in business administration in 1971. He was also awarded an Alumni of the Year from the university's School of Government and Business Administration in 1987, and CEO of the Year from the university's executive MBA program in 2003.
London's extensive Navy career includes 12 years of active duty with during the Cold War, where he served as officer, naval aviator and carrier helicopter pilot. He also served during the Cuban Missile Crisis and holds 33 at-sea deployments.
During the Vietnam War, London was an as aide and administrative assistant to the vice chief of the Naval Material Command. And as part of the U.S. Navy Reserve, he served as an aeronautical engineering duty officer and commanding officer of reserve units in the Naval Air Systems Command, ultimately retiring as a naval captain.
London is CACI's third member of its board of directors to receive a Distinguished Graduate Award. Gen. William Scott Wallace was honored with the U.S. Military Academy's Distinguished Graduate award in 2018, and the late Adm. Thomas H. Moorer received the U.S. Naval Academy's first Distinguished Graduate Award in 1999.
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Jay-Z has dethroned Diddy as the world's richest hip-hop act.
Combs has held Forbes' top spot for years, thanks in part to his vodka line Ciroc.
But Jay-Z has hit No. 1 with an estimated worth of $900 million, thanks to his booze brands Armand de Brignac and D'Ussé, as well as investments in streaming service Tidal and his Roc Nation label.
Meanwhile, Jay-Z's wife, Beyoncé, holds the title of highest-paid woman in music. But don't feel too bad for Diddy, who came in with a mere $825 million. After Diddy on the list came Dr. Dre and Drake.
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Disney Magical World 2: Enchanted Edition Review
BY Taylor Bauer December 17, 2021December 16, 2021
The 3DS saw the release of two Disney Magical World games. Designed to be life simulators within the world of Disney, you can imagine who the game is for. You can also imagine who the game is not for. That said, Disney fans love immersing themselves in just about any way they can. While the new packaging for the game series' second release comes with plenty to explore and do. The question is whether or not there's enough here to keep you enchanted or not. With that in mind, let's explore all the magic there is to find in our Disney Magical World 2: Enchanted Edition review.
It's Like a Trip to Disneyland, but with Chores
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The point of Disney Magical World 2: Enchanted Edition is essentially to live out a dream where you're living among your favorite characters. The life sim status publisher Bandai Namco touts isn't wrong, but this isn't quite Animal Crossing New Horizons. More in line with games like Fantasy Life or My Time at Portia, these are guided life sims where you complete tasks to unlock new spaces to explore and things to do. There's nothing wrong with that, and I quite liked my time with Magical World 2. It's just important to know what you're getting into.
I'm a big Disney fan, especially the Parks. Overall, Disney Magical World 2: Enchanted Edition isn't a park simulator so much as it reinvents a reality where you live in the magic of Disney. Completing fetch quests or clearing fairly simple dungeons might sound sort of boring. Really, the driving force here is meeting new characters and exploring worlds. If that's not something that drives you enough to overlook fairly standard, unassuming gameplay, then this might not be for you. This game is very much for Disney fans, and that does include younger gamers. You won't find complicated gameplay here. Rather, it's a great excuse to explore Disney's IP, kill some time, and relax.
Disney Magical World 2: Enchanted Edition Review Score
I review games on a scale of 1-10, and Disney Magical World 2: Enchanted Edition is a 7 for me. This is not a hard or complicated game. Some portions in the beginning even feel tedious. That said, this is for Disney fans who just want a new way to interact with characters they love. There's crafting for things like outfits, furniture for your home, and other elements of customizing your avatar. That allows you to have some freedom in what you do throughout the game. A lot of it, however, does hold your hand through the motions.
Overall, I think Disney fans who just love everything the many franchises offer in terms of nostalgia and simple pleasures will love this. Like the 3DS games, Disney Magical World 2: Enchanted Edition is certainly skewed for younger players, but don't worry Disney Adults, you'll like this too. That said, Animal Crossing fans hoping for that game's experience with a Disney re-skin won't find what they're looking for. With the right expectations, Disney Magical World 2: Enchanted Edition can be a magical addition to your Nintendo Switch library.
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You can buy Disney Magical World 2: Enchanted Edition now exclusively for the Nintendo Switch. If you end up liking the game, then let us know your thoughts down below! Thanks for reading Comic Years for all things gaming, comics, and pop culture.
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Taylor loves to play video games in his spare time. He has two degrees in Political Communication and wrote his thesis on Marxism and the exploitation of college athletes. In his spare time, he loves spending time with his wife and two Toy Australian Shepherds. He's always got headphones in, and he's a diehard Cubs fan.
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Sisodia releases list of 250 Delhi govt schools, challenges Punjab education minister to release similar list
Punjab Education Minister Pargat Singh had thrown a challenge to his Delhi counterpart seeking a comparison in the condition of 250 government schools in the two provinces.
By: Express News Service | Chandigarh |
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia (file photo)
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday released a list of 250 Delhi government schools and sought a similar list from the Punjab government. On Friday, Punjab Education Minister Pargat Singh had thrown a challenge to his Delhi counterpart seeking a comparison in the condition of 250 government schools in the two provinces.
While releasing the list, Sisodia said that "it was a matter of great happiness" that education was becoming an issue in the country's politics, especially in electoral politics. "In the last five years, the amount of work done in government schools in Delhi has forced other parties to talk about it," Sisodia said. He added that the Congress government in Punjab was claiming that a lot of effort has gone into improving the education sector in the state only after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal made several poll promises for the teachers in Punjab and in respect to the education field.
"We (AAP) challenged them (Congress) for an open debate on the work being done in Punjab and in Delhi in the last five years. However, Punjab education minister said that he would like to review 250 schools and not 10-12 schools. For this, we have released a list of 250 Delhi government schools," Sisodia added.
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Further, Sisodia said that students from government schools in Delhi have even made it to the IITs. "There are more than a thousand schools that have achieved excellent results. But as Punjab Education Minister Pargat Singh asked for 250 schools, I have given a list of 250 such schools which have undergone a lot of improvement in the last five years. All these schools are higher secondary schools. The teachers have received training within the country and also abroad and the students are competing at the international level.
"This year also, around 500 children who were studying in government schools in Delhi have cracked NEET and JEE (Mains) exams. Around 70 children have cleared JEE (Advanced), which means they are getting direct admission into the IITs. For the last four years, government schools in Delhi have outperformed private schools in results," Sisodia said.
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Requesting Singh to release the list of government schools in Punjab, Sisodia said, "I would like to request Pargat Singh that as I have released the list of 250 schools on his request, he should also release a list of 250 schools up to Class XII in Punjab."
"We will go to these schools, whether in Punjab or Delhi, and discuss what reforms have been brought in education quality, what has improved in the new curriculum and results, in teachers' training and infrastructure, among others," he added.
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Simple Chiral Derivatization Protocols for 1H NMR and 19F NMR Spectroscopic Analysis of the Enantiopurity of Chiral Diols (Journal of Organic Chemistry (2009) 741:1 (427-430) DOI: 10.1021/jo8019187)
Sonia Lozano Yeste, Magdalena E. Powell, Steven D. Bull, Tony D. James
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We recently noticed that a number of the ChemDraw structures in our original paper were drawn incorrectly as their meta fluoro to boron isomers, rather than their correct para fluoro to boron isomers. The graphical abstract and scheme on page 427 were affected. The corrected version is given below. (Figure Presented).
Journal of Organic Chemistry
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.9b01735
Lozano Yeste, S., Powell, M. E., Bull, S. D., & James, T. D. (2019). Correction: Simple Chiral Derivatization Protocols for 1H NMR and 19F NMR Spectroscopic Analysis of the Enantiopurity of Chiral Diols (Journal of Organic Chemistry (2009) 741:1 (427-430) DOI: 10.1021/jo8019187). Journal of Organic Chemistry, 84(14), 9395-9396. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.9b01735
Correction : Simple Chiral Derivatization Protocols for 1H NMR and 19F NMR Spectroscopic Analysis of the Enantiopurity of Chiral Diols (Journal of Organic Chemistry (2009) 741:1 (427-430) DOI: 10.1021/jo8019187). / Lozano Yeste, Sonia; Powell, Magdalena E.; Bull, Steven D.; James, Tony D.
In: Journal of Organic Chemistry, Vol. 84, No. 14, 19.07.2019, p. 9395-9396.
Lozano Yeste, S, Powell, ME, Bull, SD & James, TD 2019, 'Correction: Simple Chiral Derivatization Protocols for 1H NMR and 19F NMR Spectroscopic Analysis of the Enantiopurity of Chiral Diols (Journal of Organic Chemistry (2009) 741:1 (427-430) DOI: 10.1021/jo8019187)', Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 84, no. 14, pp. 9395-9396. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.9b01735
Lozano Yeste S, Powell ME, Bull SD, James TD. Correction: Simple Chiral Derivatization Protocols for 1H NMR and 19F NMR Spectroscopic Analysis of the Enantiopurity of Chiral Diols (Journal of Organic Chemistry (2009) 741:1 (427-430) DOI: 10.1021/jo8019187). Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2019 Jul 19;84(14):9395-9396. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.9b01735
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Man impersonating African presidents on phone to defraud victims charged
By VOA For Citizen Digital Published on: May 12, 2021 03:13 (EAT)
Cameroonian convict Jacques Calvin Eyafa has been bound to a wheelchair at the Yaoundé maximum security prison for the past two years.
But authorities say that hasn't stopped him from continuing to steal money from people over the phone.
Police in Cameroon say they have charged Eyafa with impersonating African presidents over the phone to defraud victims, including the government of Niger.
Judicial police officer Vincent De Paul Meva says Eyafa is accused of using a smuggled mobile phone to impersonate officials, including Cameroon's President Paul Biya.
Meva said Eyafa's skills are so good, he managed to con Niger's embassy in Cameroon last year out of an undisclosed sum of money before he was caught.
Meva said in March 2020, the office of the president of the republic of Cameroon reported that someone was impersonating Biya and his cabinet director, Mvondo Ayollo. He said the impostor called Niger's then-President Mahamadou Issoufou on the phone several times. He said Issoufou alerted Biya of the suspicious calls and Biya asked the police to open investigations and track the calls.
Meva said the search led to the prison and Eyafa, who is serving a three-year sentence for running a fake employment agency that promised jobs for a fee.
Police say Eyafa mimicked Biya's voice in calls where he vowed to rally Nigeriens in Cameroon to vote for Issoufou in December's election – for a price.
Niger's embassy in Yaoundé confirmed that people they believed were Biya and other state officials called them and made some inquiries but declined to go into detail.
Meva said Eyafa got the embassy to give him the personal telephone number of Niger's President Issoufou.
He said Eyafa is suspected of cheating or attempting to cheat several French-speaking African leaders, international aid groups, and private companies.
Meva would not disclose the amount of money Eyafa allegedly received by mobile money transfer from Niger or name any other victims.
Catherine Penda, who owns a road construction company called Construct Cameroon, said Eyafa duped her out of what she called a "huge amount of money."
She said she never for a second suspected that Eyafa was an impostor. Penda said she doesn't want to disclose the amount of money Eyafa extorted after promising to give her contracts to build roads in Cameroon. But she said Eyafa did not act alone and pleads with Cameroon's and Niger's police to track his network, which according to her is well organized.
Cameroon police say they are investigating a network of impostors, allegedly led by Eyafa, who impersonate and cheat high-ranking state officials and investors in central African states.
Germain Ntono Tsimi, a lecturer of law at the University of Yaounde, said Eyafa could get up to 40 more years in prison if found guilty.


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The most number of cases ever reported in a single day throughout the pandemic was on April 16 when there were 4,812 new cases amid the third wave when the province was under a strict lockdown that included a stay-at-home order and when a large portion of the population was still unvaccinated.
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However, as infections soar, patients with COVID in ICUs (intensive care units) have remained relatively stable but are overall on a slow rise. Experts have said it could take up to two weeks or more following a surge in new cases to see a sharper rise in hospitalizations/ICUs.
Of the 3,784 new cases recorded, the data showed 746 were unvaccinated people, 119 were partially vaccinated people, 2,781 were fully vaccinated people and for 138 people the vaccination status was unknown.
According to Monday's report, 1,056 cases were recorded in Toronto, 381 in Peel Region, 310 for York Region, 273 in Ottawa, 240 in Halton and 181 in Hamilton. All other local public health units reported fewer than 150 new cases in the provincial report.
Deaths, vaccinations, recoveries, testing, 7-day average in Ontario
The death toll in the province has remained at 10,113 as no new deaths were reported.
As of 8 p.m. on Sunday, there are more than 11.3 million people fully immunized with two doses, which is 87.8 per cent of the aged 12 and older population. First dose coverage stands at 90.5 per cent. There are more than 1.9 million Ontarians who have received a booster shot.
For young children aged five to 11, first dose coverage stands at 37.4 per cent — 403,153 doses out of just over 1 million eligible children.
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Meanwhile, 620,023 Ontario residents were reported to have recovered from COVID-19, which is 96 per cent of known cases. Resolved cases increased by 1,040 from the previous day.
Active cases in Ontario now stand at 23,591 — up from the previous day when it was at 20,847, and is up from Dec. 13 when it was at 11,538. At the peak of the second wave coronavirus surge in January, active cases hit just above 30,000. In the third wave in April, active cases topped 43,000.
The seven-day average has now reached 2,863, a months-long high since late May as Ontario emerged from a devastating third wave. This is up from the week prior when it was 1,328. A month ago, the seven-day average was around 600.
The government said 44,123 tests were processed in the previous 24 hours. There are 40,962 tests currently under investigation.
Test positivity hit 9.7 per cent — the highest seen since early May. Last week, test positivity was at 5.5 per cent.
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Ontario reported 284 people in general hospital wards with COVID-19 (up by one from the previous day) with 164 patients in intensive care units (up by 5) and 152 patients in intensive care units on a ventilator (up by 6).
Ontario Health officials have recently said intensive care occupancy can hit between 250 or 300 patients with COVID before the health care system would be impacted and require ramping down some non-urgent surgeries and procedures.
In the third wave peak, which was the worst wave for hospitalizations, the province saw as many as 900 patients in ICUs with COVID and almost 2,400 in general hospital wards.
Due to the weekend, the latest data come from Saturday. For those in general hospital wards with COVID, 121 were unvaccinated, 9 were partially vaccinated and 88 were fully vaccinated. For those in ICUs, 75 were unvaccinated while 5 were partially vaccinated and 33 were fully vaccinated.
Provincial officials noted this new dataset with vaccination status for hospitalizations will grow and improve over time as more information is collected. There may also be a discrepancy due to how and when the information for both is collected.
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GoBeyond.SG team recently chatted with Yasmine Khater, a marketing  and lifestyle coach. She founded Transpiral, a business helping women launch their own businesses. Yasmine is only 28 years old but she has travelled to more than 40 countries and has even said her piece at TEDxWomen - an offshoot the famous TED series. We find out more from her about the insights she has gleaned from travelling and tips she has for the wanderlusters out there.
Yasmine, tell us, what inspired you to travel?
I've discovered that learning is always part of traveling. Like when I was in Estonia, I was on an internship with 15 people from 13 different countries. We had breakfast together in the morning, and I'm like, "You do WHAT for breakfast?" Everybody had their breakfasts differently, looked at their day differently and worked differently.
Traveling is also such a humbling experience. You are exposed to such rich cultures and meet so many different people everywhere.
The more you travel, the more the idea of traveling changes. Now, every trip for me has been a challenge. For example, I went to Borneo and climbed Mount Kinabalu. I went to Kenya and climbed Mount Kenya. Before that, my travels were all about visiting and going for weddings.
You apply in life what you learn in your travels. It's about trying to get to know your real self. Traveling helps you find the thing that makes you, you.
Were you fearful about traveling to such far off and developing countries?
I was very keen on traveling, so fear was not an issue.
A lot of times it's about convincing your parents that you are not going to die, so it's more of allaying your parent's fears rather than your own.
I only started to feel scared when I got on the plane. I never did any research and Africa was a huge question mark to me! But I really learnt so much. Turns out, Africans are super uber friendly, like to a crazy extent.
I've been to over 40 countries. It's my goal to visit every country in the world. I believe that if I want to see every country in the world, I can.
And it's not crazy. I saw 10 countries last year! I spent about between 10 days to 2-3 weeks at each location. A lot of people think traveling is very expensive. But if you put aside 100-200 dollars aside every month, you could probably go on a trip every four months! Saving for travel is really not that hard if you put in the effort. The best thing about Singapore is that our currency is strong, so the cost can be (relatively) cheap.
You have travelled to and lived in many places, which country do you call home?
I am a Singaporean. Traveling is something that I have to do, but now it's Singapore that I call home. My mum's Singaporean and Dad's Egyptian. I lived in Egypt before this and just came back after living in Spain for 3 years. I got back about a week and a half ago and will be staying here indefinitely. I'm looking to build my business and buy a flat over the next few years. When you travel, you become so patriotic of your culture and country.
Tell us about your bucket list.
I have a crazy bucket list.
Some of the things I've put on my list, I've accomplished. I wanted to speak at a TEDx conference – I did that last year. I wanted to run my own business. I am doing it right now. I want to travel to three countries in one day, I did that in Europe this year.
When you travel, you will realise that everybody has their own dreams. For me it is about an adventure.
How do you find places to go to, to eat, etc?
It's really easy! You have to know that there are tons of information and websites online. For example, there is couch surfing, which is amazing, also Meetup.com. You have people meeting up for coffee and then showing you around. They also have events and I will be like, can I join you guys?
Use Dropbox! I put in scanned copies of my passport, IDs, visas, insurance, numbers to call, all my documents. So no matter what happens, I can still access them anywhere!
Bring some common sense: Before you go, find out tourist scams and things you have to be cautious of. I've never been robbed – it's just about being alert. It's not like in Singapore where it's overly safe, like I can leave my bag at Starbucks and it can be okay. Don't walk down dark streets at night. Ask the locals which neighbourhoods are dangerous and avoid them; don't be afraid to ask people. They also have things to share and learn from you.
It was in Kenya, in a safari where I saw so many wild animals, and they were free. It was amazing because my whole life I only saw animals in cages. At the safari, we were the one in the cage! Because the animals are supposed to be free. To me that was really important. Like how you see things. It's never 1 +1=2, or black and white. Perspective can be shifted depending on where you are.
What is your most important advice for GoBeyond.SG's readers?
The most important thing is to dream. Dream, and be very clear about where you want to travel to and what you want to do or who do you want to be.
Jasmine continues her dream of going beyond the conventional, if you felt inspired (like we did), her blog is listed here. and her business, Transpiral, is listed here.


A new small diorama is on my workbench, Skoll the Protector. It's a resin model ordered from Cadwallon miniature online shop. They have very well detailed and beautiful designs.
For this diorama I wanted a waterfall setting with a lot of humidity. Once again I wanted to explore water effects so here I go again with references and all.
Note: the moss at this stage is just for the texture as first layer...more layers will be added later.
After that I worked on the water stream. As a base material I used curved plastic from a bottle.


Millions of people have read the books and seen the Swedish movies and/or the US flicks, and soon there will be a new way to experience The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo: As a graphic novel.
If the graphic novel is going to sell, it seems like a good bet that it will have a large audience of women, and if it goes on to smash sales records the way that Twilight did, then it will be a very large audience of women. Which makes this a perfect opportunity to reach out to female readers that might discover a love of comics.
Choos[e] smart A-list creative teams, including artists that can draw beautifully without collapsing constantly into male gaze, and writers that are experienced with creating complicated and layered female characters.
Good advice for anybody trying to create female-friendly fare, whether it be a graphic novel, a sitcom, or a movie.


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1951-1954 Muntz Jet
Marketing the 1951-1954 Muntz Jet
Ever unpredictable, Earl "Madman" Muntz changed his mind shortly after his takeover of the former Kurtis car design seemed complete. After just 28 of the Cadillac-powered Jets had been built at the former Kurtis plant in Glendale, California, he moved the operation to Evanston, Illinois, and made another round of substantial design changes.
The aluminum body -- "It would dent if you leaned against it," he recalls -- was replaced by a steel shell, and wheelbase was stretched again, this time to 116 inches. Curiously, the modern Cadillac powerplant was replaced by the older Lincoln flathead V-8, modified with solid valve lifters (substituting for hydraulics) borrowed from the big Ford truck engine.
The Muntz Jet's fully boxed perimeter chassis was strong but very heavy. Body was welded to it.
Hydra-Matic transmission, procured from General Motors, was standard, although Borg-Warner overdrive was optionally available. The investment was minimal. "We tooled that car for $75,000," Muntz remembers. But the killer was the handwork. Panels had to be carefully fitted and then leaded-in, detailing was meticulous, and labor costs came to $2,000 per car.
"Today the labor in that s.o.b. would run 20 grand!" Muntz notes, but the actual costs were bad enough. "I lost $400,000 on that project before we closed it down in 1954," he says.
As he was doing with his television sets at the time, Muntz marketed the Muntz Jet directly to the consumer. There were no distributors and no dealers, but there were his usual abundant advertisements, only now they appeared in more prestigious publications like The Wall Street Journal.
Muntz points with pride to the number of celebrities who bought his cars. Among them were Clara Bow, the legendary "It" girl of the silent screen, along with singer Vic Damone, bandleader Freddie Martin, and actor Ed Gardner of "Duffy's Tavern" fame, to name a few. Lana Turner's husband, Stephen Crane, drove a Jet for many years.
All Muntz Jet dashboards carried the usual instrumentation, plus tach and vacuum and fuel pressure gauges -- and they were padded for safety.
Surprisingly enough, Muntz stressed safety by offering seatbelts and a padded dash as standard equipment. It's not that safety per se was salable in those days. It wasn't, as Ford would discover a few years later. But by fitting these devices, Muntz was able to suggest in a none-too-subtle manner that his car was fast enough to be potentially dangerous.
And the car would go. Admittedly, the flathead Lincoln mill was no match for the ohv Cadillac V-8 in performance, although Muntz swears it was more durable. Together with the steel bodyshell and heavier frame, it made the Evanston-built Jets at least 400 pounds heavier than the Glendale cars.
Nevertheless, a contemporary test by Road & Track magazine showed a respectable top speed of just over 108 miles per hour, and Sam Hanks recorded an honest 128 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats with a Jet that was completely stock except for an undercarriage apron. As Muntz recalls, "The belly pan gave us a little lift."
"The thing was built like a tank," proclaims Muntz. "Had we continued, I think we'd have lightened it. If you ever had one in a demolition derby, it'd ruin everything."
Even the removable, padded hardtop is heavy, and it's no easy job to work the transformation from snug coupe to classy convertible. No folding soft top was provided. Nor, we are compelled to add, was there any provision for carrying the steel top. You had to leave it at home and pray it didn't rain before you returned.
Although the Muntz Jet's life was relatively short, it has left a vibrant legacy. Continue to the next page to learn more.
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May 19, 2018 -- Prince Harry marries American former actress Meghan Markle at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
The service will begin at 12:00 and be conducted by the Dean of Windsor, The Rt Revd. David Conner. The Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Revd. and Rt Hon. Justin Welby, will officiate as the couple make their marriage vows. The Archbishop is the most senior bishop of the Anglican Church, and baptised Meghan into the Church of England in March.
Their plain gold wedding rings will be created from pure Welsh gold from the Clogau St. David Gold Mine in Dolgellau, Wales, a royal tradition that began 95 years ago when Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the future Queen Mother, married the then Duke of York on April 26, 1923.
St George's Chapel has been a venue for Royal weddings since the future King Edward VII married Princess Alexandra of Denmark in 1863. Harry's father, Prince Charles celebrated his marriage to the former Camilla Parker-Bowles there in 2005. Other recent royal weddings at the chapel include Harry's uncle Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones in 1999, and the Queen's eldest grandson, Peter Phillips, and Canadian Autumn Kelly in 2008. Harry and Meghan's wedding is the first of two royal weddings taking place in the Chapel this year, with his cousin Princess Eugenie marrying Jack Brooksbank there in October.
St George's Chapel is located inside the walls of Windsor Castle. The castle was built by William the Conqueror at a strategic location on the River Thames following the Norman invasion of England in the 11th century.
The chapel is a "Royal Peculiar" meaning it is under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch (rather than a diocese or archdiocese), and is considered to be one of the finest examples of Gothic architecture in England. The Gothic style flourished in Europe during the High and Late Middle Ages, from the 12th to the 16th centuries. The magnificent fan vaulted ceiling was completed in 1528, during the reign of Henry VIII.


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My mother once asked me how I could feel comfortable raising my children in a language other than my native language. Being unprepared for this inquiry, my response was defensive.
Instead of using my mother's question as a spring-board for deeper discussion, I attacked her as being unable to understand the importance of creating a home where my children would consistently hear my husband's native language spoken. I assumed that she was unable to comprehend the value and beauty of providing her grandchildren the richness of a second language.
Ironically, at the time of my mother's inquiry, I only had a vague image of what, exactly, my husband and I were trying to provide for our children. It was driven by a deep sense inside of me that what I was doing was necessary, both for my children and for myself.
My mother's question has stuck with me over the years and I have tried repeatedly to answer it for myself.
I am different when I speak German. I am not a different person. Instead, it is as if I put on different set of clothing: instead of my jeans, I slip on my slacks, and my loafers are replaced by pumps.
Neither is better or worse. They are just different.
This transformation which takes place in me doesn't specifically come from the language itself. It comes from my associations embedded within and surrounding the language. It connects me to another, very important, part of who I have become.
I can still remember clearly my first days in Kiel, Germany. It was the Fall of 1993 and there was a thick, sweet smell in the air from damp leaves covering the ground.
I couldn't speak more than a few words of my future husband's language and I knew nothing of his culture. We had met in Ireland the year before – a sort of "common ground" where he and I were both visitors in a foreign land, swirling in the expanse of a foreign culture.
I figured that after having learned to live in Ireland for a year, living in Germany couldn't possibly be so different. Right?
Wrong! Nothing prepared me for what was to come.
Nothing prepared me for the four hours a day, five days a week of German-language immersion class, where I'd hear sounds and words and sentences that were absolutely meaningless to me. I was a child learning her first utterances, learning how to speak all over again as others around me in class tested their own burgeoning language skills.
For the first time in my life, I was forced to use one word commands to get my needs met, "milk", "drink", "want", on a daily basis.
I prepared and repeated basic sentences that I'd need as I planned my daily activities outside our little apartment. I was always hoping no one would ask me any questions and if they did, maybe, just maybe, this one time they'd instinctively know I was American and just ask me in English.
At night, out of sheer exhaustion from what most would consider far less than a normal day's activities, I'd sleep for more than 12 hours… and then I'd start over again the next day. Learning German was a battle and it took no prisoners.
But as the year progressed, things slowly evolved. I started to fit in. I began to understand more and more of what was being said to and around me. Before I knew it, my conversations were switching from English to German and I was able to converse as a more mature member of society.
I was delighted with my accomplishments: having started from scratch, I was really, honestly learning a new language and was coming to truly understand another culture.
Soon I was comfortably meshing with my every day meanderings. I felt confident and secure and was even looking forward (most of the time) to opportunities where I could share my own personal insights in this new language.
Along with my growing language confidence, I realized how much I had come to appreciate the German culture, with its clear-cut delineations for how and where everything fits into place. I was feeling the warmth that comes when a new culture begins to feel like home.
Yet, together with this new found confidence and sense of belonging, I began to pine for the country where my native language was spoken. I wanted to return home, just for a while. It felt as if the pull of my new language and culture needed to be balanced with that which was old and familiar.
I was missing something, even though I wasn't quite sure exactly what it was. I knew that Germany had won me over and that we were very good friends but I had a longing to set foot on California soil: to visit my childhood home in the Sierra Nevada mountains, to smell the salty air of my college town.
A little less than a year after I had arrived in Germany, I returned to the US to finish the last year of my Bachelor's degree in Ancient History at the University of California, Santa Cruz. I was delighted to once again be able to speak sentences that came naturally and comfortably, to see places that were deeply familiar, to hug family and friends that I had known since childhood.
During the first few weeks, I felt enveloped in safety and comfort and familiarity. Yet, I also started to realize just how much I had changed during my years abroad.
A year in Ireland followed by a year in Germany had left their imprints on me. I had tasted the richness of belonging to different cultures, of speaking a new language and I couldn't go back to being who I had been before.
There were words and sentence structures, ways of being and socializing and foods that had come to define me. I knew then that I would never, ever, ever be fully content with any one language and limited by only one culture. It was extremely unnerving at first, to say the least, and still hasn't complete dissipated.
To answer my mother's question as to why I speak German with my children is still difficult for me to describe with words. There are too many layers to the answer and to strip away each to get to the bottom of it would do no good. It is the interconnected whole which creates the beauty.
Ultimately, to speak German in America with my children is a necessity for me. It is my way of keeping my full self completely alive; of balancing the rich and robust elements of who I have become.
To not speak German with my children, to not celebrate German culture while in the U.S. would be to deny an important part of myself; to relegate myself to a single dimension.
And I don't believe any of us want to be defined by a single attribute as a complete statement of fact: she is "rich", "poor", "depressed", "joyful". We search for a fuller existence riddled with ridges and valleys. This is what makes us fully human.
Will my children ever hear the words, "I love you"? Will they ever associate this sentence with the depth and meaning with which I associate it?
Yes, they will hear these words from me and they will hear these words from their grandmother and uncle and friends. But they will also hear the sentence, "Ich habe dich lieb" and hopefully have an equal association with it.
They will be offered broad, intertwining resources for expression and meaning. I will speak German with my children and we will raise them as Germans as much as possible.
But at the same time I will also be raising my children as Americans. Along the way they will hear me speak English with them and learn to fit into the American culture where they live. We are a bilingual family, a place where two languages are spoken, where two cultures intertwine.
Children who grow up in a monolingual society with more than one language are offered something extremely valuable.
Experts agree that a child who has at his or her disposal words and concepts in two different languages will be more accustomed to understanding and accepting the innate complexities that exist in this world. They will more easily grasp the concept that just as there is more than one word for items and concepts, there is also more than one way to solve a problem, more than one way to view an issue, and more than one way to define themselves and others.
Who can deny that a three year old child who can make herself known in two languages while retaining the full cultural meaning in each, without losing nuances, without simply translating words, will have been given a priceless gift?
We owe it to our children to offer them this gift, bit by bit as they grow.
But beyond the abilities these children will gain, they will have been given something so much more valuable: They will have been given the opportunity to live in two cultures and to make them both their own.
For our bilingual children, bridging the gap between their two different worlds will come naturally and comfortably. They will come to love Oma in Germany and Grammy in the US, Onkel in one language and Uncle in the other.
Their perception of the world, their concept of diversity, their understanding of identities will, by default, far exceed my own.
And when Grammy says, "I love you" to each of my children, they will be filled with that special warmth only matched by their Oma saying, "Ich habe dich lieb" to each in turn.
My mother passed away three years after I wrote this post for Multilingual Living Magazine in 2005. "I love you" are three words that I use more often these days with my children to help keep her legacy alive in us all.
Do you raise your children in a language that you learned later in life? Does anyone in your family find this strange? What makes you take on this amazing task of raising your children in a non-native language? Please share your thoughts with us!
"A battle that took no prisoners" – THIS. Good grief, this. And intensive language classes every day until grammar patterns and vocabulary burst out the top of your head.
Melissa, thank you so much for your comment! It is so wonderful to know that others out there understand what it feels like to have others that we love question us on things like this which we feel so strongly about (yet which seems so illogical on some level). So wonderful to be able to share this journey with you – thank you for your blog and everything you share with us!!
"There were words and sentence structures, ways of being and socializing, and foods that had come to define me. I knew then that I would never, ever, ever be fully content with any one language and limited by only one culture. " – Yes! I think this expresses perfectly the way I feel about being bilingual and why it's so important to me, even though I grew up in a monolingual family and culture and have no (visible) ties to Latin America. I feel nostalgic for foods and cultures I've experienced abroad and really make an effort to include them in my life here in America. My husband accused me, "You really think you're Hispanic, don't you?" No, I know I'm not, but, as you said, I am not content or limited with one culture!
What a fabulous comment, Karolena! It is amazing how something can become a part of us even though we didn't grow up with it. If we think about it… it is like our spouse or our children – we weren't born with them in our lives yet our love for them is deeper than anything. I think it is fabulous that you continue with your love affair with Latin America! It makes life so much more magical and magic is what it is all about, isn't it!? Plus, it is this magic which inspires our children to want to share in our love of language and culture!
I love this post. I was an exchange student in Portugal after graduating high school in the US, and now I'm back in the US with an American boyfriend and I'm still missing Portugal every day. I'm so proud of the command I now have for the Portuguese language. It's not perfect, but it would be such a waste to not share it. I consider my host family to be family, and I want my son to be able to communicate with them as well.
Thank you for your comment, Chelsea! Yes, it does feel lonely sometimes, doesn't it? Of course, I have my German husband so I have a good "excuse" to use German. But on the other hand, people wonder why I speak German when my husband is around to do it. They fail to understand what it feels like to have made the effort and fallen in love with another language. It is truly a love affair of its own texture and substance. It is a delight to be in contact with others who understand this and appreciate it. Thank you for sharing!
Corey, I adore this post and how well you captured the admittedly vague but undeniably strong IDENTITY-related reasons that some of us raised in just one culture and one language can have for wanting — even needing — to have multilingual, multicultural lives later on. I grew up in rural Arkansas, for crying out loud(!), but my experiences in Japan and China and my marriage to a Peruvian have most definitely changed my core identity, and I wouldn't want it any other way!
Yes, it is so much about identity… something really deep down that we wouldn't ever be able to truly untangle from who we are. That makes it so beautiful, yet also kind of frightening (at least I find). It makes me feel a little helpless – like it has a hold of me in a way that I can't control. But as you said, I wouldn't want it any other way. I can't even imagine what it would be like without it. Thank you so much for your comment – I am so delighted to be connected to others who feel the same!
Wow! That was spooky. Reading this article, I felt like I was reading about myself. You encapsulated so completely my own feelings about my and my children's language acquisition. My own identity is completely wrapped up in my ability to speak Japanese well and often, in a way that my monolingual family and friends really don't appreciate. The part about raising our children bilingually being a precious gift also spoke volumes to me. That has always been the way I have seen it. Maybe my children don't yet see it that way, but I am so hoping that they will when they are older.
I have only just found this website. We have been on this bilingualism journey for ten years now and I never before realised the wealth of knowledge and experience that is out there. I look forward to exploring the site in more detail.
I am so glad you found Multilingual Living, Clare! Mainly out of selfish reasons: one more person for ME to connect with! 🙂 This community of multilinguals is just so fantastic!
I know what you mean about our children not necessarily appreciating this precious gift that we can pass onto them. Of course, maybe the fact that they simply take it for granted is the indication that we ARE doing something right? I wonder if they will ever have the same appreciation for their multilingualism as we do for ours – they are growing up with it, they don't have a need to fight for it as we do.
I just loved reading this post. It really made me stop and thing about WHY I am speaking German with my son. I'm not a native speaker either, but the language and culture have become a part of me, too. How could I not share that with my son? It would be like not sharing my love of music or books – unthinkable!
I have been fortunate enough to have complete support of my family, on both sides. It boggles my mind that anyone would think it a bad idea to speak more than one language with your child!
Now, if only I could make my husband understand how amazing it is to share a language with our son. He's from the Netherlands but does not speak Dutch with our son. He actually feels more comfortable in English than his native language (I know that will never happen to me in German!). He claims that once our son begins to speak more, he'll feel more comfortable conversing with him in Dutch. I hope he's right!
". I will speak German with my children and we will raise them as Germans as much as possible." Great! I'm a Brazilian Dad talking French to my dear 1 year old daugther and, yes, when I say "je t'aime" it's just like when I say "eu te amo" to my Mother.
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