This FAQ provides information on the changes that have been made to North Tyneside Council's Lettings Policy.
What are the new changes to the Lettings Policy?
The changes are being introduced to ensure the Council is making the best use of existing stock for those that have a housing need in the Borough.
Only some applicants who are currently registered will be affected by the changes and they will be written to advising of how the changes affect them.
Once the policy is introduced, all applicants will be assessed against the new Lettings Policy.
How will this be communicated to residents?
An article alongside a FAQ will be published on both the North Tyneside Council website and the Tyne and Wear Home's website.
Existing applicants affected by any of the changes will be notified in writing before the policy goes live.
How will the changes be communicated to staff?
Training will be delivered to all relevant staff prior to the policy going live. This will ensure they understand how to implement the policy and update ICT accordingly.
Why did the existing Lettings Policy need revising?
All North Tyneside Council's policies are reviewed on a regular basis to ensure they are up-to-date with Government legislation/policy and that they are effectively meeting the needs of service users.
How are the Bands changing?
The previous Lettings Policy had 4 Bands. We have introduced 2 additional Bands to the new policy, Bands 5 and 6. Each Band reflects the level of housing need an applicant has and whether they have a local connection to the Borough. Applicants who have a local connection to the Borough will be given a higher priority than those who do not.
Existing applicants may find that their Band has changed as a result of the new Lettings Policy. If this occurs, we will notify them in writing to inform them of the change prior to the new policy going live on 25 July 2017.
Have family associations with others living in the Borough and these family members have lived in the area for at least 2 years.
What is the purpose of introducing this clause to the policy?
By prioritising those applicants with links to the Borough, the Council will ensure their housing needs are met before responding to those from out of Borough that could have their needs met elsewhere.
How will this affect the Housing Register?
Priority will be given to applicants that can demonstrate a local connection. Existing applicants on the waiting list may find that their banding changes. Affected applicants will receive written notice of any changes. There will be no right to request a review of these changes.
How will the policy impact upon homeless individuals that are ineligible to join the Housing Register?
If an individual has been accepted as homeless and in priority need but is not eligible to join the Housing Register, they will not be able to bid for any homes. They will be made one direct offer of a home. The Council will aim to make this offer within 4 weeks of the individual being accepted as homeless.
Can someone classed as statutory homeless refuse a housing offer?
If an individual classed as statutory homeless refuses a reasonable offer of accommodation, North Tyneside Council will discharge its duty to find them accommodation.
What is this the purpose of this amendment?
Those that own their own home or have recently sold/transferred their property in the last 3 years will generally be deemed to have the financial resources to meet their own housing need i.e. buy / rent another property. By restricting access to those in the most urgent housing need North Tyneside Council will be able to make best use of stock for these individuals.
How will the average value of a property be calculated?
North Tyneside Councils' Housing Strategy team will produce an annual property values spreadsheet that lists properties sold within the Borough over the previous year. The average value for each type i.e. detached, terrace, etc. will then be used to determine an applicant's eligibility, along with the applicant's individual circumstances, i.e. household size.
Why is this not by ward?
Whilst we know property values differ between wards, a decision has been made to use the Borough average for each type to simplify the process.
Will this apply to applicants that have sold their home recently?
Yes, if an applicant has sold or transferred their home within the last 3 years they will need to provide evidence regarding the level of equity they received.
How will this policy affect those wanting to move into older people's accommodation?
Applicant's wanting to move into older people's accommodation will be eligible to join the Housing Register where their equity is less than the average price of a similar type of accommodation in the Borough. However, these applicants will not be eligible for any other type of accommodation.
How will you define an exceptional circumstance?
An example of an exceptional circumstance will be where there are serious health and safety concerns with the property and the applicant has no other housing options. It will be the responsibility of a Manager/Team Leader to make the final decision.
North Tyneside Council tenants that live in a flat / maisonette above ground floor level where the property isn't lift serviced with a child aged 5 or under, that have accessibility issues due to the stairs, may be awarded a higher priority for re-housing. The change will result in those applicants with a local connection being awarded a Band 3 (medium housing need).
Why is North Tyneside assessing affordability?
A key objective of the new Policy is achieving sustainable tenancies and stable and balanced communities, so it is important that customers are able to pay their rent.
In order to achieve this, financial checks are carried out prior to the offer of a tenancy and if it is deemed that the prospective customer is unable to afford rent payments, in the context of their other weekly outgoings, including the repayments of existing debts, their application may be refused.
Can an applicant's family or friend sponsor them as part of the affordability assessment?
No. The affordability assessment will only take into account the income and expenditure of the applicant and the other people that will be living in the property. This ensures that when North Tyneside Council makes an offer, the applicant will be able to afford and therefore sustain the tenancy.
Will an applicant's existing arrears impact on their eligibility?
Yes, if an applicant has any outstanding household debt this will be taken into consideration when deciding whether to proceed with the housing offer.
This change will ensure that housing offers are made to those that are in housing need and reduce the time applicants spend on the waiting list.
What is a reasonable refusal?
There was an error in the adverts details.
If an applicant is restricted from bidding, how do they re-join the housing register?
Affected applicants will need to request for their application to be reinstated in writing within 3 months of the suspension period ending.
The new policy can be accessed here.


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Gay is the Old Black
The Red, White & Blues
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notes from a chair
by notesfromachair
The Trump and Judy Show
Let's talk about legends and the people who inhabit them. The common dictionary definition:
Legend: An extremely famous or notorious person, especially in a particular field.
Of course, that's only part of the story.
Renee Zellweger gives an astonishing performance as the legendary Judy Garland in the self-titled new film, Judy. It's not so much that Ms. Zellweger exactly recreates her singing voice or her entire autobiography during the last few years of her life. It's that somehow, and in so many ways, she captures the essence of Judy's legend.
Make room on your shelf, Renee!
Or at least what we believe was, or could have been, her essence.
It's there in her tremulous voice, her humor, her raw vulnerability, her fight, the nuances of her mannerisms and her underfed yet somehow still powerful physicality.
Not only is a tour de force of determination in her every and many close-up(s), it's a channeling of duality. She shows us the core of what we publicly saw of Judy in her many stage, screen and TV appearances AND she gives us a peak into the charming and yet not always admirable part of her humanity that we never knew and might not have ever imagined.
It wasn't just the makeup, wigs, fake teeth and on-the-nose recreations of Garland's wardrobe that helped Renée Zellweger truly embody Judy Garland, it was also Zellweger's personal understanding of what public scrutiny can do to a woman https://t.co/XiAOzBFAUw pic.twitter.com/IRiA07IZAB
— Variety (@Variety) September 28, 2019
None of us are ever one thing all the time. We are a mix of light and dark, good and bad, strong and vulnerable and, trite as it may sound, love and hate.
This is amplified ten times over with those we've crowned as our legends.
No doubt Donald J. Trump will go down as an extremely different type of legend in our history, but a legend nevertheless. Most American presidents in history occupy legendary status during their era and for many the legend manages to sustain through generations and even centuries. (Note: See above definition).
Sigh… I really need to stop looking at pictures like this #coolobama #sighagain
The breadth of career, the various distinctive looks, the marriages, the overly insistent publicity, the rise and fall and rise again – these are among the many things Trump and Judy share. It may be a sobering thought but it doesn't make it any less true.
What is also true is that ultimately those are artificial markers we, as society, have constructed for ourselves in order to understand how one human rises into the public consciousness and manages to stay there for years, decades and very often even beyond that.
Roughly as long as the shelf life of a Twinkie #thatsalongtime
Trump and Judy might both be modern day legends but in so many other, more important ways, they couldn't be more different.
Trump from the beginning used his role as a renowned entertainer to divide people. The phrase that cemented his stardom in the mass media zeitgeist was, YOU'RE FIRED! He ran for the presidency on a platform of Make America Great Again but never before in American history has the country been this divided. While Trump certainly did unite a significant subset of the country he polarized us a whole and continues to do so as he and his presidency amble towards impeachment.
Haven't we been crawling there all along? #itstime
A deeper dive into specifics allows us to see this is not where it ends. Trump's talent is self-promotion, grievance and sheer rage/anger. It can be amusing in cynical, seemingly too politically correct times but it doesn't cause true pleasure like the lilt of a spectacular musical note. Nor does it allow us to relax and let down our guard when we watch a scene in a film or on TV where a performer is bold enough to expose publicly the kind of vulnerabilities we keep secret for fear of risking our own personal shame.
With Trump weakness is BAD, not a given. It is an aspect of our ourselves so impossible to admit that it must be put through his own personal, branded wood chipper and spew out as aggressive disdain and a call for destruction of whomever we deem as the other.
What my brain will do to 2016 – 2020
Rather than cleanse ourselves through a good cry or the spontaneous live energy of a song delivered by a legendary vocalist, we cloak ourselves in an adrenalin rush of negative performance art that blocks out everything else. We are assured that no matter what our problems are it's the outside world that is responsible for them.
The system that's failed the collective us has made us believe that what we deem as our many rights have only been made wrong by weak leaders in today's age.
The Trump worldview harkens back to his late eighties mantra that it's you against the world and that greed and gold and gilt for you and your family are what's good.
Gee thanks, Gordy #UGH
If you don't have those it's the fault of the Mexicans, the drug lords, the non-white invaders, the too privileged leaders who are a disgrace for selling out the real Americans, those people whose bodies they used and willingly stepped on and over to get them where they are today.
What made Trump legendary from the beginning was his lack of shame and ability to vomit out his authentic self no matter what the elite thought of his antics. He was a crude, trash-talking, show-off with seemingly endless cash, with an amusing glint in his eye and an ability to crack an off-color double entendre or blatantly dirty jokes in public the way we and our families all did in private behind closed doors.
Trying to think about Trump as a legend #imtrying
Whatever we say about Trump he evokes for many what publicly passes as an authentic self. Many would argue Judy did the same, from her Wizard of Oz days on through the territory covered in this latest film of her life.
Certainly, the public persona of any legend is not truly authentic. No persona, light or dark, good or bad, can ever be all things any human being is in any given moment or in total.
Except Julie Andrews… she is EVERYTHING
What is most important when we speak of our legends is considering not who they are or were but what they truly do for us and why. In whose company do we want to live in through our eternities? Which of these legends, despite their humanness, gave us something positive to consider, and which others of them brought us down as a collective whole?
Renee Zellweger – "Over the Rainbow" (From Judy Soundtrack)
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Chair-side Grammys
Sometimes you just have to unwind, listen to some music, just BE. This week, the Chair is doing just that (and after you finish reading this, consider joining him).
Thankfully for the Chair (and us), during the whirlwind that is awards season, there is an anecdote. An over-the-top, overproduced, glitzy, rockstar affair — stuffed to the brim with so many production numbers, you almost forget awards are being given out (they still do that right?). Love it or hate it, it's a glamorous distraction and who among us couldn't use that right now?
The Chair has hand picked some of his favorite Grammy-nominated tunes — a truly eclectic mix of bops and classics (Spotify link here and below!). Here's why he thinks you should tune in tonight and take a much needed break from our less glamorous reality:
Cardi B – "I Like It"
She makes me laugh. Hysterical, uncensored, smart, hard working and great rhymer. Check out her Carpool Karaoke with James Corden. It's hilarious.
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – "Shallow" (from A Star is Born soundtrack)
Because, well… seriously?
Also don't sleep on her last album's title song, "Joanne" — heartbreaking and beautiful. Gaga just nails it.
I don't find this annoying. Am I alone?
Janelle Monae – album: Dirty Computer
She embraces the raw, sweatiness of desire and gayness. Also, it's just a great album.
YES JANELLE YES #pynk
Greta Van Fleet – "When the Curtain Falls"
Yes, I saw them on SNL. Kind of like if Robert Plant were a bit more Emo and from the midwest.. and I mean that in a good way
Led Zeppelin realness
Bettye Lavette – "Don't Fall Apart On Me Tonight"
This is a wonderful rendition of an old Bob Dylan song. And the Obamas LOVE her… and that's good enough for me #COMEBACK44
Remember when our President appreciated music.. and art… and enjoyed any aspect of life? REMEMBER? #OKImSpiraling #refocus
Joan Baez – "Whistle down the Wind"
The song is a cover of an old Tom Waits tune – and yes, she still does it for me. It's her nine millionth album at age 77. I did a report on her in high school and my teacher accused me of being in love with her. Still am 40 years later.
Sufjan Stevens – "Visions of Gideon" (from Call Me By Your Name soundtrack)
That final credit sequence! Elio! Oliver! Elio! Yep, still crying.
#ChalametwasRobbed
And here's the Chair's first official Spotify playlist. Listen along and tune in/tune out (your choice!)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Houston, TX – West Houston Lacrosse Association and Nation United Foundation are hosting the WHLA Summer Camp to promote diversity in lacrosse this July 29-August 1 in Houston.
Lacrosse is the fastest-growing sport in the US. African-Americans currently represent 14.5% of the US population, yet represent only 3.5% of college lacrosse players. Nation United Foundation strives to close this gap such that minority participation in lacrosse proportionately represents the population.
The WHLA Summer Camp, through grants and donations, will provide 60 sets of equipment for boys and girls 4th-12th to try the sport and enjoy a fun summer camp experience.
In addition to lacrosse skill and team instruction, the WHLA Summer Camp will feature presentations, coaches, and speakers on leadership, nutrition, training, and the NCAA scholarship process. Speakers and coaches will include Sterlyn Ardrey (Hofstra University '22, Nation United Ambassador), Eli Ensor (Ohio State '23, Nation United Ambassador), Jenny Collins-Vela (Nation United Women's Coach and Mentoring Program Director), Chloe Hunter (Nation United Ambassador, Adrenaline All-American, Senior UA All-American, University of Pennsylvania '23), Haylie Sims (Nation United Ambassador, Kinkaid School '20), and camp director Mike Song (Korean National Team, World Games '02, Westside HS Head Coach and '19 THSLL Coach of the Year, University of Houston Asst. Coach), just to name a few.
"Like any sport, lacrosse offers leadership development and college scholarships, and members of all communities should have equal exposure to such opportunities," says camp director Mike Song. "Our initiatives with Nation United Foundation seek to ensure those opportunities are proactively provided and available to our minority youth. I'm excited for this camp, which will be a fun, wholesome lacrosse experience for all!"
"We are excited to work with WHLA to continue the Nation United's efforts to promote diversity in lacrosse and encourage standards of diversity in lacrosse and sport overall," comments Jeremy Ardrey, director of Programs & Outreach for Nation United Lacrosse Club and president of Nation United Foundation. "Nation United Ambassadors are great role models who serve as change agents in their communities, schools and the sports they play. We are excited to have them also serve as a source of inspiration for the youth of Houston's growing lacrosse community."
The WHLA Summer Camp will be held Monday through Thursday July 29 – August 1, 2019 at West Briar Middle School for boys 4th-12th grades. The camp includes morning and evening sessions each day, 9:00am-11:00am and 5:00pm-7:30pm. For more information and to register, go to www.westhoustonlax.com , facebook.com/westhoustonlax, or email westhoustonlax@gmail.com.
West Houston Lacrosse Association is the dedicated youth lacrosse organization for West Houston, Texas. The organization provides teams, training, tournaments, and community outreach to support Westside High School, West Briar Middle School, and Paul Revere Middle School, as well as surrounding HISD schools and student-athletes. WHLA is a non-profit, and all proceeds go to providing scholarships and equipment for underprivileged youth.
About Nation United Foundation
Nation United Foundation is a non-profit organization promoting health and wellness by actively supporting greater participation in the sport of lacrosse across ethnic, socioeconomic and geographic boundaries. Additionally, Nation United Foundation exists to help parents and student-athletes develop the knowledge, skills and relationships necessary to successfully navigate educational and career related opportunities. United We Win.
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Q: Jquery multiple file upload without choose file In am looking for JQuery script that will allow me to put multiple audio file to my server without choose file option.
I have three audio file on some path. Now I need to upload this three audio file to my server with different parameters like audio1, audio2, audio3 in single submit button using JQuery script.
Thanks in Advance.

A: The answer is You can't
You can only make the user click the input button and then make him choose the files.
Even if you find a workaround for doing it from code(Which is quite impossible for me),
The browsers will never allow you to bypass their security measures.
Even if it is supported today, most browsers are intelligent and learning day by day.
They sure will unsupport it in the very near future
So there's no chance of achieving what you want.
Why ?
Let's assume that you have some personal photos in some folders. If the browsers allow the files to be uploaded, then any one can have access to your personal files, which are meant to be personal.So browsers will not allow that. This is the reason why you can't do what you are trying to do.

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The great advantage of the guesthouse Barytka is its default location in the vicinity of tourist routes leading towards the Sněžka and the peaks of the giant mountains. In winter, guests will appreciate the ski bus stop located 200 m from the guesthouse.
Mountain B&B SEIDL *** is situated in a beautiful setting of the most popular mountain center Spindleruv Mlyn in Krkonose.
U NOVOTNÝCH is situated in calmer part of Špindlerův Mlýn (2,5km from the centre of the town). We are located 800m above the sea level. Tourist trails, mountain bike and cross-country ski trails are at the reach of one´s hand.
Pension Restaurant Karolína is situated in a silent part of Špindlerův Mlýn, not far from the chair lift Medvěín.
KRAUSOVY BOUDY boarding-house is located in a beautiful scenery of the Giant Mountains (Krkonoše) close to a reservoir on the Elbe (Labe) river, 760 m above sea level.
The Alba Pension, which was built in November 2001, is a modern building of the *** category.
The mountain hotel Martinova bouda** is located in the very heart of the Giants Mountains in 1288m above the sea level in one of the main tourist crossings.
Horalka Pension is situated in Špindlerův Mlýn in an altitude of 850 m above sea level, next to ski slopes Hromovka.
Pension POPELKA is a family pension, located in Krkonoše mountains - the highest mountains (also called "Giant mountains") in the Czech Republic.


Vacuum A vacuum is a space that has no pressure and no molecules inside. It is truly and empty space. Although space has a very low pressure (almost a vacuum), there are still particles out there.
Valence Valence is a measure of how much an atom wants to form compounds with other elements. You may read of valence mechanism and valence number.
Valence Mechanism This mechanism is the way an atom bonds to other atoms to create stable (full) electron orbitals.
Valence Number The valence is the number of electrons that can form compounds with other atoms. The valence number for the same element can be different. Sulfur has the valence numbers 2, 4, and 6 depending on the type of compound it forms.
Vanadate Mineral A mineral that is made up of compounds with a vanadium oxide group or vanadium atom bonded to a metal. Vanadinite is a good example of a vanadate mineral.
Vanadium Symbol:"V" Atomic Number:"23" Atomic Mass: 50.94amu. Vanadium is one of the transition elements. Vanadium can be found in some meteorites, crude oil, and many minerals.
Vapor A vapor is closely related to a gas. Scientists define a vapor as "a compound in a gaseous state when its temperature is below the critical temperature." Steam is considered to be a vapor because it is in a gas state but the temperature is still below the critical temperature. Steam is liquid water suspended in a gas state. Helium gas is a true gas at room temperature. You may also see the spelling "vapour."
Vapor Pressure A property that is unique to each liquid. When the surrounding pressure of a system is below the vapor pressure, the liquid is able to evaporate.
Vitreous Solid A vitreous solid has no specific organization of molecules. Steel is an example of a vitreous solid. Because of its combination of atoms, it does not have a specific melting point. It may become a liquid over a range of temperatures.
Volatile A volatile compound has a lower boiling point than surrounding compounds. Volatility is a comparison. Alcohol is more volatile than water because it evaporates at a lower temperature.


It is great pleasure for us to inform you that the "The Rise of Open Source" will be held in Ainshams University - School of Engineering on May 7, 2010.
The organizing committee of the event asked anyone expert enough can give an insight into the most recent knowledge about Open Solaris & Virtual Box .
It's an on-campus community or club that introduces and educates students about the importance of Free and Open Source Software FOSS, and the latest Open Source technologies and communities supported by Sun.
Our main objective is to spread the awareness of using and developing open source products in our university.
The term "Open Source" isn't only for software developers, any computer user will benefit from using open source software, so get to know your software alternatives (Open Solaris, Open Office, Virtual Box and Netbeans for developers). Learn how to use them through live demos and tutorials.


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MOVIES: "NOAH"
UPDATE! What I--and many others in favor of this film--did was a Judaeo-Christian read of "Noah." And it almost totally works. I can explain (by doing a Judaeo-Christian read) many elements that people say are Gnosticism or Kabbalah. However, some pieces didn't seem to fit. Especially the snakeskin (a concrete relic of the Garden--so that they will always remember they are sinful beings and from what they have fallen, just like the angels fell? Creation started off not fallen?)
In addition to my review, PLEASE also read this review by a theologian because I think what he's saying could be convincing on some levels.
http://drbrianmattson.com/journal/2014/3/31/sympathy-for-the-devil …
Chattaway's response to Mattson's accusation of Gnosticism (also includes more explanations by Aronofsky): http://www.patheos.com/blogs/filmchat/2014/04/no-noah-is-not-gnostic-say-that-ten-times-fast.html
I still think there is much good to be gained from doing a Judaeo-Christian viewing/contemplating/discussing of this film, a biblical film like no other, served up in a way that people will take seriously for its cinematic quality. Fr. Robert Barron agrees: https://wordonfire.org/Written-Word/articles-commentaries/April-2014/Noah--A-Post-Modern-Midrash.aspx
Only Aronofsky knows what he actually intended throughout this movie (where he drew inspiration from at various moments). There are actually several different ways to read this (see "Comments" section below). On the "Colbert Report," he sounds like he's trying to be utterly faithful to the Jewish Bible (with added artistic license, of course). Perhaps even more explanation by Aronofsky will surface?
Sr. Helena recommends carefully reading the whole Noah story in the Bible before (or at least after seeing the film). It will clarify a lot!
Months ago, when I first heard that "Noah" was coming out, I, like the biblical Sarah, laughed to myself. "It'll be this big, ugly, off-the-mark extravaganza, just trying to make money off believers, and it'll flop." Like Sarah, I had to eat crow. Not literally! (Noah is a vegetarian in the film.)
"Noah," written and directed by atheist(?) Darren Aronofsky, is coming from a very good place. Aronofsky is Jewish, and his favorite Bible figure since he was little was Noah. He particularly set out to explore this momentous, but unplumbed Bible passage (Genesis 6:5-6) where God is sorry He made mankind (because of our wickedness) and decides to wipe mankind out. What is completely blowing my mind is that Aronofsky puts himself squarely in the place of a believer and enters so deeply into the psyche of Noah and those around him (as well as attempting to understand why a GOOD Creator would "feel" this way, and come to this conclusion).
Aronofsky lets God be God. God permeates the film. And He is not an ogre or a caricature. He is personal but ineffable. He is mercy and justice. "We are made in His image" is repeated over and over. I never really gave Noah much thought at all till now. Wow. Everything refers back to the Garden of Eden. Aronofsky is careful that we don't just start in the middle--he wants to hold the whole story together.
"Noah" is the best Bible movie ever made. Yes, I just said that. It marries what was orthodox and more verbatim from the Scriptures in older films like "The Ten Commandments" with Charlton Heston--and combines it with today's sensibilities and filmmaking genius (in all ways). But when I say "today's sensibilities" I don't mean politically correct and anachronistic. In "Noah," men are men, women are women, fertility is everything. Family is everything. Fidelity to God is everything. The tension between fatherlove and motherlove is palpable, and we see why we desperately need both to be in balance! Oh, and women kind of save the day as well--in their womanly way. That's all I'm going to say.
A little study of WOMEN IN "NOAH" (and in other of Aronofsky's films, and perhaps life) would be very interesting!
The only thing that smacks of any kind of agenda might be the heavy stress on treating Creation well, especially animals (which I have absolutely no problem with and cheer heartily). The script even goes so far as to say (at one point) that the reason God is wiping out mankind is for the way we treated Creation. If this was ALL the script offered as explanation, I would have to give "Noah" big, big demerits. But in several other places, it tells/shows that we were corrupt in every way, in our dealings with each other (and treatment of women!), killings, wars, etc.
I applaud ANY film that tell us that, no, it's not OK to trash God's Creation. Dominion is not domination. Creation is sacred and it's God's and we are called to be good stewards and treat it with integrity.
Animal lovers (of which I am one) gonna looooove "Noah."
I think this means ALL the animals were CGI which I actually wouldn't have guessed.
I thought a few were real at least.
"Noah" is how you make a Bible movie. "Noah" is how you take the Word of God and seriously and humbly explore it in all its depth, complexity, nuance, raw human and divine drama without preconceived judgments on it, employing the best actors, composers, visual effects. This film breathes and sends you into deep contemplation/meditation. I didn't think it was possible to do that with the Bible in film.
ARTISTIC LICENSE
What of the "artistic license" taken? Filmmakers had better take artistic license or they are not making films. Even if it's the Bible. Aronofsky uses "moral imagination" to the utmost. He is 95% faithful to the Bible in all that is essential, the heart of the story, and 5% is fanciful, but still informed by the text itself. For example, the most outrageous liberty taken is "The Watchers," giant stone creatures way-too-similar to Transformers who try to help blundering mankind. But these creatures are inspired by the enigmatic Genesis 6:5-6.
The editing is superb, superb, superb. The story never, ever lags. Nothing is drawn out, belabored and taxing as in most Bible and other epic films. Totally engrossing. I don't want to spoil here, so I won't, but Noah struggles with what God is asking of him, even in the clarity of it. Aronofsky imagines: what if Noah misunderstood a key piece of his mission--at first?
The nature of good and evil is dissected at length. Tubalcain represents how evil reasons, an alternative way to see oneself "in the image of God." Tubalcain believes that simply "taking" what one wants, harshly dominating the earth, and killing is what makes us like God. In contrast to Tubalcain, God's providence explicitly overarches Noah and his family's life. They trust in God, they wait on God. They imitate God's compassion and gentleness.
LOST IN THE SHUFFLE?
Probably my biggest criticism of this film is that God seems to get lost at the very end. It seemed to all shift to Noah (I didn't even see the rainbow that is there), and I don't remember any mention of the covenant. Noah seems to be the one in charge now: "I tell you go forth and multiply, etc." Perhaps, as throughout the rest of the movie, WE don't see or hear God, and so we are meant to understand that Noah is acting on God's word to him here. But it's REAL weak.
LECTIO DIVINA / CINEMA DIVINA
"Noah" shows how much is really up to us. We are to choose either darkness or light. We are to choose to love and obey God or not. There are real consequences, outcomes, repercussions and costs to our choices. Lectio divina,the centuries-old practice of prayerfully reading and contemplating a small portion of God's Word, alone or with others can also be transferred to the screen as "cinema divina." "Noah" is the ultimate example of "cinema divina" in my book.
--One of the many amazing features of "Noah" is that when Noah has to make his Abrahamic /Solomonic choice, it is NOT even solved "Deus ex machina" as it would have every right to in THIS movie if any! It is solved by a human choice. Then confirmed by God. Perfect.
--Sadly, it seems Catholics don't know their Bible well enough to critique this film. Other Christians only want word-for-word, super-simplistic, one-dimensional, literal portrayals. :(
--How desperately we need good men to lead.
--For those who are saying "Noah" is a "mockery" or doesn't mention God, they either:
a) didn't see "Noah"
b) didn't see the "Noah" I did
c) had 3D glasses on (it's not 3D) and earplugs in during film
--I could go on and on about this film. After reading a few reviews, I knew it would be good, but I didn't know HOW good. I literally could write for days....
--It always makes me sad when Jews are atheists. It just seems so wrong. As the Christian Liturgy prays during Holy Week: the Jews, God's Chosen People, were "the first to hear the Word of God." But Jews have also always wrangled/wrestled/negotiated with God and His Word. Perhaps "Noah" is a new way of doing this. The "Via Negativa." http://americamagazine.org/issue/suspicious-minds
--Aronofsky's Noah poem at age 13): http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/31/darren-aronofsky-noah-poem-the-dove-_n_5064480.html?&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000055
--Russell Crowe is back (after some lackluster performances of late).
--Noah wanted to shield his kids from seeing evil and violence.
--Darren Aronofsky has rescued Noah from Fisher-Price arks & nursery murals! Yay!
--A note on vegetarianism. We are allowed to eat animals (after the Flood) (Genesis 9:3), but they must have a good life, be treated humanely and with integrity, and be dispatched the same way. I have tried twice to go veggie for health and ethical reasons, but (even though I really don't enjoy meat), it's not good for my health. I have a B12 defiency and my body needs just a little bit of animal protein several times a week. I am always aware when I eat meat that an animal gave its life for me, and it's not the same thing as eating a donut.
--@DecentFilms calls "Noah" a "rare gift"! Right on, righteous reviewer! Here's Steven D. Greydanus' 60 sec take: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xJgpMq1r7o …
--Can an Atheist Make a Good Bible Movie? http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/?p=44792 …
--Why Noah Is the Biblical Epic Christians Deserve http://variety.com/2014/film/news/noah-is-the-biblical-epic-that-christians-deserve-1201150333/
--The Ark featurette (see disclaimer at end about how filmmakers really want film to reflect Bible account, even WITH the "artistic license") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InxsexEeIkc
--Colbert Report: Writer/Director of "Noah": Darren Aronofsky http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/77oyfl/darren-aronofsky?utm=playershare_twitter …
--Excellent Review from Toronto Star that made me want to see "Noah" (I agree that it's about free will, but not predestination): http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2014/03/27/noah_floods_the_screen_and_mind_review.html
--Noah fun facts: http://www.catholicregister.org/arts/movie-news/item/17824-noah-sparks-debate-over-one-of-the-world%E2%80%99s-oldest-and-most-beloved-stories
--Here's the great Noah debate on Relevant Radio: http://relevantradio.streamguys.us/ACL/ACL20140407.mp3 … me, Jason Jones, Elizabeth Scalia, Brian Godawa. What I didn't get to finish saying is that it's not that God left everything completely up to Noah, but that God wants human beings cooperating with Him to carry out His plans (He COULD just do it all Himself), and it's not easy for those humans! I'm sure the patriarchs, prophets and saints struggled mightily to "get it right"! Also, it's not just Kabbalah--most likely--that Aronofsky drew from, but also Jewish rabbinical writings and stories.
"The notion that the human will, when united with the divine will, can play a part in Christ's work of redeeming all mankind is overpowering. The wonder of God's grace transforming worthless human actions into efficient means for spreading the kingdom of God here on earth astounds the mind and humbles it to the utmost, yet brings a peace and joy unknown to whose who have never experienced it, unexplainable to those who will not believe."
~Fr. Walter Ciszek, "He Leadeth Me," pg. 117 (Ignatius Press)
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MOVIES: "MUPPETS MOST WANTED"
The Muppets are at it again. The clever new caper takes us to a gulag in Siberia, Russia, and several other international cities, as "The Muppet Show" reunites for a world tour. But all is not as it seems. All is not well. Constantine--the World's Most Dangerous Frog--who looks exactly like Kermit, except with a dark mole above his lip and a thick Russian accent, has Kermit kidnapped so that he can take his place and steal England's crown jewels during the Muppets traveling show. Kermit winds up in Constantine's place at the gulag.
Ricky Gervais plays "Mr. Badguy" a conniving talent agent (in cahoots with Constantine) who makes the Muppets think they are selling out every venue (he's actually giving tickets away free) just so they can eventually wind up in London in a venue next to the Tower of London which houses the gems.
As always in a Muppets flick, there are cameos after cameos by all kinds of big name stars--too many to name, sometimes just appearing for a few seconds on screen. For example, when an usher is needed, Usher shows up. But the show stopper is Tina Fey as a tough Russian guard at the gulag who takes a shining to Kermit, and therefore never wants to let him go. Her accent and facial expressions are deliciously funny as she generously embraces the role and lets herself go. Russia seems to be Hollywood's favorite go-to "evil nemesis" nation as evidenced by "Despicable Me" and other live action films.
Another hilarious pairing is Sam Eagle (playing a CIA agent) with a French Interpol agent "Jean" (Ty Burrell) whom Sam Eagle keeps calling "Sean." Besides being in constant competition, the French agent is always taking exceedingly long lunches, ending his workday early and just always being terribly French. Russian and French accents never get old for laughs.
The delightful signature Muppet show tunes (almost vaudevillian) are spot on, starting with two introductory songs about making this sequel: "They've Ordered a Sequel" and "We're Doing a Sequel."
(Welcome to) "The Big House" (the gulag) is a fantastic true blue disco number, and "Working in the Coal Mine" (the actual R & B hit) is amusingly sung/danced by the gulag inmates. You gotta hand it to them: the Muppets really handle musicals well.
As the plot thickens, Constantine proposes to Miss Piggy (who thinks he's Kermit). Will the wedding of the millennium finally take place?! If so, will the groom be Constantine or Kermit?!
As much fun as this movie is--especially all the gulag scenes--the repetitive Muppet formula of "How do we stay together as one big happy Muppet family forever?" feels hackneyed and predictable.
The poignant message of "Muppets Most Wanted" is a question that will naturally spring up in the mind of the audience: How could the Muppets not know that Constantine was NOT Kermit (despite the green makeup covering his mole and accounting for his strange accent by saying he had a cold)? Is Kermit so easily replaceable? Even Miss Piggy is fooled, although she feels that something is not right. Before Kermit knows that he has been replaced by Constantine he simply thinks his friends have forgotten about him.
Another message is that wolves can come in sugar daddy clothing. Mr. Badguy let the Muppets do whatever they wanted and promised them the moon, while Kermit was a realistic, loving disciplinarian.
Many of the jokes and messages are slow and spelled all the way out (obviously for the kids in the audience), but it isn't terribly distracting for adults.
--"Muppets Most Wanted" is truly PG. Nothing questionable or objectionable. And all in good taste.
--I smiled a lot. With stifled laughter every time "Jean" said "Meuppettes."
--Miss Piggy's outfits were amazing as always. I loved her Marlene Dietrich look for Berlin.
--It's always disconcerting to see Kermit's legs. He did some soft-shoe dancing, or rather soft-webbed-feet dancing.
--"It's not easy being mean." --Constantine
--Overall, a good time was had by all.
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25 YEAR OLD ITALIAN NUN ON "THE VOICE"!
Click on "CC" at bottom of video for good translation of the dialogue she has with judges afterward.
When asked why she went on "The Voice" Sr. Cristina says that she has a gift that she is giving away: shouldn't it be like this? She adds that God doesn't take anything away from us, He only gives us more.
WOWZAAAAAAAAAA.
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HOW TO BE SINGLE & HAPPY!
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MOVIES: "GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL"
"Grand Budapest Hotel" is the latest quirky caper by director Wes Anderson ("Moonrise Kingdom," "Fantastic Mr. Fox," "The Royal Tenenbaums"). Everything about GBH looked fun, fantastical, and perhaps even profound: It seemed to be about a pre-World War II, spit-and-polish, top-of-his-game, uber-devoted hotel concierge (a smashingly comedic Ralph Fiennes) from a made-up Eastern European country who is a tribute to a more gracious bygone era that will never return. But, alas, GBH does not make this case.
With more stars than a red carpet on Oscars' night, GBH tells a story within a story amidst Anderson's signature highly-stylized sets that are toy-like and perfect without being meticulous (Anderson has too much of a sense of humor to take himself that seriously). The story of said concierge, "Monsieur Gustave," is recounted to a writer (Jude Law) by his faithful young protégé, now an old man, played by the why-don't-we-see-more-of-this-fine-thespian F. Murray Abraham.
The tone of the film is deadpan, tongue-in-cheek with quick banter, and chock-full with jokes and gags just for the sheer fun of it. Fiennes is often talking so fast, and with the varied accents and camera sometimes off the faces of the speaker, it's hard to catch all the good stuff. I'm flattered that the director thinks we're sharp cookies, but he really did need to make all of the jokes (spoken and otherwise) "catchable."
There is plenty of lewd humor, often flipped off furtively at the end of a scene, much like what would come from the mind of a sex-obsessed teenage boy-man. The fleeting nudity is all female. All. The pinnacle of which is a disturbing and rather grotesque Toulouse-Lautrec-ian painting of lesbian sex that gets quite a bit of screen time. Sex is all farce. But then, so is life. All the protocols and rules and codes that Monsieur Gustave clings to and insists upon and instills in his underlings are absurd in the end. (Many nihilistic statements are made to this effect.) But, it's all he has, so...carry on. And the Nazi-like army that takes over the Grand Budapest Hotel are just as efficiently absurd.
Wes Anderson's soft spot? He really does honor pure and true male-female love in his films--at the core of everything--and treats it with great tenderness. Oh, and poetry. Poetry is very worthwhile. People bust out in beautiful recitations, only to be cut short by some immediate, life-threatening exigency.
Monsieur Gustave is gay, but he seems to swing both ways, so much so that the lobby boy keeps warning him not to flirt with his girlfriend-then-wife. Gustave's good taste serves him well everywhere he goes, even in prison where we witness a delightful sequence of him going from cell to cell to serve prison slop as if it were caviar. He gains and commands respect with his "civilized" ways, attentiveness to hotel patrons and details, and his deploring of "barbarity," but a good prison scrap is not below him either, in order to protect himself.
Monsieur Gustave's job is spoken of as a "vocation," but in the end, whom is he "helping," but "rich, blonde, vain, insecure, needy old people," "like himself" (the movie even states as much).
I have to say that, as much as I wanted to and tried, I did not "enjoy" this movie. It wasn't tedious, it was just so incredibly unreal (think "The Perils of Pauline") that there was nothing, nothing to sink one's teeth into: much like the Dr. Seuss-like pastry confections served at the GBH.
I didn't feel so much like I wasted my money (artists are worth their due) on this film as my time (which is way more precious than money). I'm basically trying to erase it from my head because I keep racing around the story over and over in my mind, and I really can't find much of lasting value in it. Sadly. But maybe I'm treating a Keystone Cops comedy like a Tolstoy tale? Ugh. I guess I just always want a takeaway and there is none. Silly, frilly, frivolous froth.
I also didn't do my homework in the raunch department--I was in a massive hurry to review this film on time--or I would have skipped GBH all together. As I watch its various trailers on YouTube, some of the worst stuff is there (but I also watch never watch full screen, so I still might have missed stuff).
--I applaud the inclusion of the knitting nun and helpful monks. Anderson matter-of-factly weaves in religion as a part of everyday life as it was in those days.
--Cannot Ed Norton do an accent?
--Tony Revolori, who plays the lobby boy, is unflinchingly magnificent. Terrifyingly--for those of us born earlier in the 20th century--this kid was born in 1996.
--I actually expected the concierge-to-beat-all-concierges to be a bit more noble. Not so cavalier, foul-mouthed and fatalistic. But he truly knows and loves propriety, elegance, beauty and the "finer things in life."
--A bit of a screwball comedy, but the pace is moderate enough.
--The scattered violence is insensitive and gory.
--F. Murray Abraham's character declares that the grandeur of the old hotel was "too decadent for today's tastes." I beg to differ. Victorian sensibilities embraced a rich, humanistic ideal and design--starkly contrasted in the film with the 1968 uglification of squat vinyl chairs, barren wood paneling and bleak, unadorned spaces where everyone is silent and isolated (compared to the ebullient bustle and chatter of yesteryear). But perhaps the emptiness of the sham is just made manifest in latter years?
--The secret society of concierges made me wonder: What is MY tribe? Who has MY back? It's the 'vent! (as one of our postulants calls the convent). The worldwide Sisterhood.
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TV: "PRETTY LITTLE LIARS"
I need to do a blog post SOON about everything that's RIGHT with "Pretty Little Liars" (I've watched every episode of the first three seasons.) BONUS: The girls are always cute, stylish, but never overexposed!
The show is on ABC Family Channel, but they air all kinds of non-family friendly stuff and always have. I would say this show might be OK for 13+.
MY REVIEW OF THE OSCARS -- 2014
Ellen's Epic Selfie That Temporarily Broke Twitter
So, why watch the Oscars? Do they matter? Is it just Hollywood patting itself on the back? The Oscars matter because the stories we all partake of matter. Stories are the very form Jesus used to teach us eternal truths. The Oscars (although judged by Hollywood peers from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) reveal which stories get privileged and are seen as most important and well executed in our media culture.
Films are one of our last shared cultural "carriers" because so few movies are made each year that get wide distribution (only a handful of movies are in the cinemas at any given time), and we have so many ways to view or "catch up" with our movie-watching today: cinemas, VOD, Netflix, Hulu, streaming, DVDs, "On Demand," movies on airplanes, even illegally uploaded movies on YouTube. Young and old all watch the same stories. People talk about stories when they get together: "Seen any good movies lately?"
The 86th Academy Awards (or Oscars) on March 2 were hosted by Ellen DeGeneres who brought humor and a homey, folksy feel to the proceedings. She conducted a good portion of the show from the audience by taking star-studded group "selfies" on her phone (posting them immediately to Twitter) and ordering in pizza for the nominees. The celebrities cooperated grandly, ad-libbing and really having fun--tuxedos, shimmering gowns and all.
The four most prestigious awards are always reserved for the end. These were scooped up by: Best Director, Alfonso Cuarón for "Gravity"; Best Actress, Cate Blanchett for "Blue Jasmine"; Best Actor, Matthew McConaughey for "Dallas Buyers Club"; Best Picture, "12 Years a Slave." In my estimation, these were excellent and diverse choices. "Gravity" was a heart-pounding, nail-biting feat of technical genius. "Blue Jasmine" was a lighthearted tragicomedy with a standout female performance. "Dallas Buyers Club" was a difficult story of a man dying of AIDS, and "Twelve Years a Slave" was another difficult-to-watch story of the triumph of the human spirit in the face of egregious injustice and cruelty.
The highlights of the evening were undoubtedly some truly wonderful and inspiring acceptance speeches. It's marvelous how many thank parents, wives, husbands and children first. This is also when the actors and filmmakers speak unscripted and we get to hear what they're thinking and see who they really are.
Jared Leto (Best Actor in a Supporting Role) set the tone for the evening with a serious speech thanking his mom and brother and mentioning Ukraine and Venezuela.
Lupita Nyong'o (Best Actress in a Supporting Role) won her Oscar for "12 Years a Slave," her very first film role! Her elegant speech was aimed at children, telling them that "no matter where you're from, your dreams are valid."
Darlene Love (Best Documentary) burst out full-throatedly in a famous Black Gospel hymn for her "speech" and got a standing ovation.
Cate Blanchett (Best Actress in a Leading Role) thanked her "glorious" three boys, "legendary" husband, "goddess" agent and "sublime" co-star while playfully dissing two other nominees. To the great joy of women everywhere, she added that her winning role in "Blue Jasmine" proves to "those of us in the industry still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films with women at the center" are not "niche experiences." "Audiences want to see them and, in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people." Multi-winning "Gravity" was also practically a one-woman show, with Sandra Bullock.
Matthew McConaughey gave a protracted shout-out to God, and Steve McQueen (Best Picture) thanked his "hard-headed" mother twice, and reminded us that many humans are still enslaved today.
"Gravity" mopped up with a whopping seven Oscars (it deserved to win in all technical award categories--even though that meant Smaug got left out), but I would rather have seen the Best Original Score go to "Philomena" or "Her," notwithstanding the gem of a brief speech by first-time Oscar winner, Stephen Price, who thanked his parents for putting up with all the noise he made growing up. ("Gravity's" music was run-of-the-mill, overwrought, and mawkish.) The best live performance of the night was Pink's fresh rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" in her contemporary, husky, easy-on-the-ears voice.
Three films that were completely shutout (although nominated in multiple categories) were "American Hustle" (fun, but not even Oscar material, IMHO), "Philomena" and "The Wolf of Wall Street."


Mannarasala Sree Nagaraja Temple a very ancient and internationally known centre of pilgrimage for the devotees of serpent gods (Nagaraja). The famous Nagaraja temple "Mannarasala" is nestled in a forest glade, like most snake temples. The Mannarasala Temple has over 30,000 images of snakes along the paths and among the trees, and is the largest such temple in Kerala. Women seeking fertility come to worship here, and upon the birth of their child come to hold thanksgiving ceremonies here, often bringing new snake images as offerings.A special turmeric paste which is available at the temple is credited with curative powers.


Here's a wonderful video of Glen Keane drawing with VR goggles. I've been watching and listening to Glen explain animation for a long time, on bonus videos going back to my small collection of Disney feature LaserDiscs. It's great to see him still in the spotlight after leaving Disney, and the great work he did on last year's Duet.
Speaking of the Disney company, I really enjoyed last night's American Experience on Walt. Part 2 airs tonight on PBS.
Update: Shortly after posting this, a new film from Glen Keane showed up in my newsreader. It's a good month for animation.
This entry was posted in Animation and tagged drawing, glenkeane, pbs, vr, waltdisney on 2015/09/15 by manton.
Before I had kids, I visited the park in the late 1990s and spent some time watching the animators. I asked the park employee if I could hang out after the tour had continued on, just standing there looking through the glass as an animator shot a pencil test for some rough or cleanup animation for a scene from Tarzan. I'm not sure how long I stayed there; it could have been 15 minutes or it could have been an hour. But I remembered every detail from that animated scene when finally seeing Tarzan in the theater, and for years after until today.
By the time we could take our kids there, Disney had already closed down their animation studio in Florida, turning the ride into an empty shell of what it used to be. I wish my kids could've seen it as it was meant to be.
This entry was posted in Animation and tagged animation, disneyworld, florida, tarzan on 2015/07/01 by manton.


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Crusaders march into Class LL semifinals
Mike Suppe
The second-seeded Lauralton Hall basketball team defeated visiting Danbury High, 59-53, in the Class LL state quarterfinals on Thursday night in Milford.
Olivia Levey led the Crusaders (23-1) with 18 points, while Emma McCarthy added 16. Maggie Salandra scored nine points off the bench for Lauralton Hall, with will face No. 3 seed Trumbull High (22-3) on March 11 in the semifinals at a site to be determined.
Rebecca Gartner led the seventh-seeded Hatters with 16 points, while twin sister Rachel had 12. Senior guard Uniqua Tucker scored 11 points for Danbury, which wrapped up its season at 22-4.
For the full game story, check out next week's Mirror.


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Announcing AFI FEST 2017's World Cinema, Midnight and Youth & Family Programming Lineups
American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the films that will be featured in the World Cinema, Midnight and Youth and Family sections at AFI FEST 2017 presented by Audi. The World Cinema section showcases the most celebrated international films of the year and features 30 films from 39 countries. The section includes 13 official Best…


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Red Wings Rumors: Detroit Out Of Running For Shane Doan?
By Sean Yuille Jul 26, 2012, 8:24pm EDT
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It looks like the Detroit Red Wings may have to move on to "Plan D" in their quest to add another forward. First, they struck out with Zach Parise, and then they were unable to pull off a trade for Rick Nash despite submitting a pretty big offer. Now, the Red Wings appear to be out of the running for Shane Doan, according to Aaron Ward.
All indications Detroit #RedWings out of Shane Doan sweepstakes.Asking price too high. #NHL #TSN
— Aaron Ward (@aaronward_nhl) July 26, 2012
I don't fault the Red Wings for not wanting to overpay players. However, it's becoming clearer and clearer that in today's NHL, that is sometimes necessary if you want to upgrade your roster. The Red Wings can't just sell players on wearing the winged wheel nowadays, and they can't afford to keep whiffing on targets because of a high asking price.
With Alexander Semin off the market, it's not clear who would even be the Red Wings' "Plan D" at this point. I'm sure they would love to look at a trade for Bobby Ryan, but as they learned with the Nash situation, making a deal for a high-profile player is easier said than done.
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Syrian Expert Condemns Trump For 200 Kurdish Deaths
Gloria Christie
Americans sat glued to their televisions in horror after Donald Trump picked up the phone and talked to the Turkish authoritarian dictator Recep Erdogan. Then, the Turkish leader invaded Syria's Kurds. The ferocious Kurdish warriors, women and men, fought alongside Americans to beat down ISIS. They lost 11,000 of their best soldiers but finally had their own country. It got worse.
Earlier, Trump ordered our military to have the Kurds to take down their military resources at the border between Syria and Turkey and tell them that they did not need them any longer. Then, the Syrians swooped in with their tanks and surface-to-surface missiles and committed genocide.
The Syrians despised the Kurds and intended to annihilate them, to wipe them out. Immediately, the president pulled our military out of the region, only to redirect them to protect Syria's old fields and 3,000 more to protect the Saudis.
Diplomat William Roebuck released an unclassified\ memo condemning Donald Trump over his horrendous Syria-Kurd-Russian fiasco. He wrote 3,200 words, laying it all out.
'It's a tough call, and the answer is probably not. But we won't know because we didn't try. [It] is a catastrophic sideshow and it is to a significant degree of our making.'
The 27-year diplomat and former U.S. ambassador to Bahrain has been working in northern Syria with the Syrian Kurdish and Arab military and civil officials. He sent his memo to about four dozen State Department, White House, and Pentagon officials directly involved in Syria.
State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus would not comment on the memo:
'That said, we have made clear that we strongly disagreed with President Erdogan's decision to enter Syria and that we did everything short of a military confrontation to prevent it,'
Ortagus continued:
'No one can deny that the situation in Syria is very complicated and there are no easy solutions and no easy choices. There will always be a variety of opinions on how this complex situation should be managed. This administration's job is to do what is best for U.S. national security and the American people. That is what we have done in Syria and what we will continue to do.'
Erdogan used vicious Arab fighters to take oot the Kurds. Human rights groups condemned the Arabs' atrocities against Kurds. Roebuck wrote:
'Turkey's military operation in northern Syria, spearheaded by armed Islamist groups on its payroll, represents an intentioned-laced effort at ethnic cleansing. [The atrocitie] can only be described as war crimes and ethnic cleansing.'
'One day when the diplomatic history is written. people will wonder what happened here and why officials didn't do more to stop it or at least speak out more forcefully to blame Turkey for its behavior: an unprovoked military operation that has killed some 200 civilians, left well over 100,000 people (and counting) newly displaced and homeless because of its military operation.'
As all the atrocities were being committed, Russia's President Vladimir Putin rolled in, as if on cue. There was no upside for the U.S. We set up and abandoned America's best allies in the region. We lost credibility around the world. The Russians took over our military bases. The Kurds were manning the prisons for the worst ISIS prisoners, and at least 100 escaped. They have their hatred of the U.S. and their passports.
Who benefitted? The Syrians and the Russians. Who suffered the most, the Kurds undoubtedly. Roebuck continued:
'To protect our interests, we need to speak out more forcefully, publicly and privately, to reduce the blame placed on the U.S. and to highlight the Turkish responsibilities for civilian well-being.'
He wrote:
'[Right now] we have a chance to minimize the damage for us and hopefully correct some of the impact of Turkey's current policies, as we seek to implement the president's guidance for our presence in northeastern Syria.'
Then, Roebuck added:
'The decision to stay is a good one, even if the 'protection of the oil' rationale plays into toxic Middle Eastern conspiracy theories that will need to be lanced with careful, sustained messaging reinforcing the truism that Syria's oil is Syria's and for the benefit of the Syrian people.'
Roebuck suggested some ideas about how to improve the situation. He recommended keeping communications open with Turkey. Tell its leader Turkey will have to pay for the military operation. He wrote that the U.S. should use the little time we have left to help stabilize the Kurds population.
The Syrian Democratic Forces were back helping secure the Kurds' oil fields and that income. Roebuck said:
'President Trump has been clear and consistent about wanting to get our forces out of Syria. The residual presence to protect the oil and fight ISIS buys us some time.'
He ended with:
'Our diplomacy will also need to recognize we — with our local partners — have lost significant leverage and inherited a shrunken, less stable platform to support both our CT efforts and the mission of finding a comprehensive political solution for Syria. But the United States will pay a price.'
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I've worked in restaurants on and off for ten years. I know. It's too long.
When I moved to the city, I swore up and down that I would never work in a restaurant again. Then I worked in a couple of offices and did not love the inflexibility of the hours and the return on investment. Your hourly wage didn't change week to week, and I guess there's something to that. Working for tips is a bigger risk, but when it's good, it's really good. And so I went back.
At the time, I was auditioning for shows and the amount of time commitment required for a solid payday was too much to resist. Plus, if I worked dinner, I could go to auditions in the morning before work.
My friend Marley got me in at this Indian place she worked down in SoHo.
Let me tell you a little about Marley. She and I met back in North Carolina. She was a freshman at the high school where I was a Young Life leader. In case you aren't familiar with the organization, Young Life is a Christian outreach organization for high schoolers. Leaders (usually college students, but not always) go to a local high school and meet students, build relationships, and then take them to a weekly event where they get to hear about Jesus. Marley was one of these high schoolers I hung out with.
It's not as sketchy as it sounds.
But the whole point of Young Life is to build the relationship and foster the relationship whether the high schooler ever has any interest in Jesus or not. When I started leading, Marley was brand-new to the school, and she was basically the only girl in our little group of friends who did not attend church. She was very open about it. Even if she weren't, you could tell by the questions she asked.
Because Marley didn't grow up in church, she asked different questions and had different answers from the other girls. She thought about Jesus differently.
She wanted to talk about Jesus and spirituality, but she never committed to Jesus. But Marley is a deep and thoughtful person, and we have remained friends. Now that we're both here in the city, the dynamic is different. We got to work together; we are both singers and songwriters. And now we can drink together, so that's a fun thing.
I don't work at that Indian restaurant anymore, but I'm still friends with most of the people I worked with. In fact, one of them is doing sound for my podcast.
I think us churchy people get a little up tight about non-churchy people. The Pharisees were always ragging on Jesus for hanging out with the "wrong sorts of people." There is obviously merit in surrounding yourself with people who also love Jesus. But non-churchy people have a lot to offer. I think Jesus was onto something by hanging out with people who aren't so caught up with the self-righteousness and legalism of the Pharisees.
Maybe it's just me, but I've never had the antagonistic "you're a Christian, that's dumb" sort of conversation that evangelicalism warned me about. In fact, all of my friends who aren't jazzed about Jesus have been very respectful when we've had spiritual conversations. They ask great questions about what I believe, not to trip me up, but because they care about me and they know my faith is important to me.
Christians don't have a monopoly on caring about our fellow human beings.
Pretty much all the people who I still keep in touch with from the restaurant read this blog and frequently send me encouraging texts. They are interested in what I am doing, not because they think there's some sort of eternal pay off for them, but because they are genuinely interested in me. And that has been a gift.
It is a constant challenge and a constant joy.


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Q: RequestBody does not map the object correct that has list of objects Class:
    class Person
    {
        private String name;
        private List<Address> addr;
    }
    class Address
    {
        private String street;
        private String city;
    }

I was able to directly map the person object using @RequestBody attribute however the addr value seem to be null. Is it possible to map this person object directly without instantiating it.
JSON
{
    "person" : {
    "name": "Bob",
    "addr": [
        {
        "street": "ABC",
        "city": "XYZ"
        }
        ]
    }
}

A: I solved it by changing the json a bit.
 {
 "name": "Bob",
 "addr": [
    {
    "street": "ABC",
    "city": "XYZ"
    }
    ]
 }


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Accidental Deaths in the US 1973–1978
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Description
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A time series giving the monthly totals of accidental deaths in the USA.
The values for the first six months of 1979 are 7798 7406 8363 8460 9217
9316.

Usage
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    USAccDeaths

Source
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P. J. Brockwell and R. A. Davis (1991) *Time Series: Theory and
Methods.* Springer, New York.


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Q: How can I remove class dynamically before adding same kind of class in JavaScript I am working on this simple app that shows the current battery status of your device.
The problem that I am facing is that I want to change the colour of the progress bar dynamically. So I made this function:
function changeBatteryColor(value) {
  let className, oldClassName;
  if (value >= 75 && value <= 100) className = "bg-success";
  else if (value >= 50 && value <= 75) className = "bg-info";
  else if (value >= 25 && value <= 50) className = "bg-warning";
  else if (value >= 0 && value <= 25) className = "bg-danger";
  return className;
}

I am calling this function: progressBar.classList.add(changeBatteryColor(battery.level * 100));
So the class gets added to the progress bar. But the older class is not removed. Is there a way I can remove the older class?
I will add the screenshot soon

A: I believe, this solves your problem.
let oldClassName;

function changeBatteryColor(value) {
  if(oldClassName) {
      progressBar.classList.remove(oldClassName) // removing the prev classname
  }
  let className ;
  if (value >= 75 && value <= 100) className = "bg-success";
  else if (value >= 50 && value <= 75) className = "bg-info";
  else if (value >= 25 && value <= 50) className = "bg-warning";
  else if (value >= 0 && value <= 25) className = "bg-danger";
  oldClassName = className; // asigning the current classname to remove this classname next fun call
  return className;
}


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    <title>CAAT Tutorial 2 - Actors</title>

    <link href="sh/shCore.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
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    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style/demo.css">

CAAT.Actor

CAAT.Actor is the simplest object instance CAAT manages. Every on-screen element is an Actor instance.
        An Actor has entity, it has a size, position and can have input sent to it. Everything that has a
        visual representation is an Actor, including Director and Scene objects.

This object has functionality for:

Set location and size on screen. Actors are always rectangular shapes, but not needed to be AABB.

Set affine transforms (rotation, scale and translation).

Define life cycle.

Manage alpha transparency.

Manage and keep track of applied Behaviors. Behaviors apply transformations via key-framing.

Compose transformations. A container Actor will transform its children before they apply their own transformation.

Clipping capabilities. Either rectangular or arbitrary shapes.

The API is developed to allow method chaining when possible.

Handle input (either mouse events, touch, multitouch, keys and accelerometer).

Show an image.

Show some image animations.

etc.

This class is the superclass for other Actors, so it must be specialized to
        perform new behaviors. There some out-of-the-box Actors already available in CAAT:

Label. Shows multiline text with embedded font styles.

Dock. A container which behaves like OSX's dock.

TextActor. Show single line text with a font or Sprite font.

ShapeActor. Shows rectangles or circles.

StarActor. Shows an star where you can customize number of vertex, radius, etc..

InterpolatorActor. Shows curves for CAAT.Behavior.Interpolator objects.

PathActor. Shows and handles a CAAT.PathUtil.Path object.

...

but as you'll see, developing a new breed of Actors will be just a few lines of code.

Take a look at Sumon sourcecode: https://github.com/hyperandroid/Sumon which defines lots of new Actors.

        One important fact about Actors is the coordinate system. An Actor will always report local coordinates
        despite the transformation applied to it. In example, an Actor can be scaled twice widely, and rotated
        45 degrees, and on mouseMove the received event will report local Actor coordinates as if the actor itself
        weren't transformed.

        Additionally, each actor defines anchors por position, rotation and scale independently. See methods
        setPositionAnchor( ax, ay ); setRotateAnchor( ax, ay ); and
        setScaleAnchor( ax, ay );. Anchors are defined in relative coordinates, so if for example,
        a rotation anchor by an actor's center is to be set, you must call setRotateAnchor(.5,.5);

More info on CAAT.Actor class

        Events

        Lifecycle

        Transformations

        Behaviors

        Background Image

        Paint method

        Caching


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'Vontrol' may cause hallucinations, disorientation, or confusion. For this reason, its use is limited to patients who are hospitalized or under comparable, continuous, close, professional supervision. Even then, the physician should carefully weigh the benefits against the possible risks and give due consideration to alternate therapeutic measures.
Each round, orange 'Vontrol' tablet is debossed SKF and 25 and contains diphenidol hydrochloride equivalent to diphenidol, 25 mg. Inactive ingredients consist of acacia, calcium sulfate, cellulose, FD&C Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), FD&C Yellow No. 6, magnesium stearate and starch.
'Vontrol' (diphenidol, SK&F) apparently exerts a specific antivertigo effect on the vestibular apparatus to control vertigo and inhibits the chemoreceptor trigger zone to control nausea and vomiting.
VERTIGO—'Vontrol' is indicated in peripheral (labyrinthine) vertigo and associated nausea and vomiting, as seen in such conditions as: Meniere's disease, middle- and inner-ear surgery (labyrinthitis).
NAUSEA AND VOMITING—'Vontrol' is indicated in the control of nausea and vomiting, as seen in such conditions as: postoperative states, malignant neoplasms and labyrinthine disturbances.
'Vontrol' (diphenidol, SK&F) may cause hallucinations, disorientation or confusion. For this reason, its use is limited to patients who are hospitalized or under comparable, continuous, close, professional supervision. Even then, the physician should carefully weigh the benefits against the possible risks and give due consideration to alternate therapeutic measures.
The incidence of auditory and visual hallucinations, disorientation and confusion appears to be less than ½% or approximately one in 350 patients. The reaction has usually occurred within three days of starting the drug in recommended dosage and has subsided spontaneously usually within three days after discontinuation of the drug. Patients on 'Vontrol' should be observed closely and in the event of such a reaction the drug should be stopped.
Use of any drug in pregnancy, lactation or in women of childbearing age requires that the potential benefits of the drug be weighed against its possible hazards to the mother and child.
In animal teratogenesis and reproduction studies of 'Vontrol' (diphenidol, SK&F), there were no significant differences between drug-treated groups and untreated control groups, except as noted under animal Reproduction Studies (see "Pharmacology [animal]," column 4).
In 936 patients who received 'Vontrol' during pregnancy, the incidences of normal and abnormal birth were comparable to those reported in the literature for the average population of pregnant patients. And in no instance was there any evidence that 'Vontrol' played a part in birth abnormality (see "In Pregnancy," column 5).
'Vontrol' is not indicated for use in nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, since the therapeutic value and safety in this indication have not yet been determined.
The antiemetic action of 'Vontrol' (diphenidol, SK&F) may mask signs of overdose of drugs (e.g., digitalis) or may obscure diagnosis of conditions such as intestinal obstruction and brain tumor.
Although there have been no reports of blood dyscrasias with 'Vontrol', patients should be observed regularly for any idiosyncratic reactions.
'Vontrol' has a weak peripheral anticholinergic effect and should be used with care in patients with glaucoma, obstructive lesions of the gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts, such as stenosing peptic ulcer, prostatic hypertrophy, pyloric and duodenal obstruction, and organic cardiospasm.
'Vontrol' Tablets contain FD&C Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) which may cause allergic-type reactions (including bronchial asthma) in certain susceptible individuals. Although the overall incidence of FD&C Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) sensitivity in the general population is low, it is frequently seen in patients who also have aspirin hypersensitivity.
Auditory and visual hallucinations, disorientation and confusion have been reported. Drowsiness, overstimulation, depression, sleep disturbance, dry mouth, g.i. irritation (nausea and indigestion), or blurred vision may occur.
Rarely, slight dizziness, skin rash, malaise, headache, or heartburn may occur. Mild jaundice of questionable relationship to the use of 'Vontrol' (diphenidol, SK&F) has been reported. Slight, transient lowering of blood pressure has been reported in a few patients.
The usual dose is one tablet (25 mg) every four hours as needed. Some patients may require two tablets (50 mg).
These recommendations are for nausea and vomiting only. There has been no experience with 'Vontrol' in vertigo in children.
Unit doses in children are best calculated by body weight: usually 0.4 mg./lb.
Children's doses usually should not be given more often than every four hours. However, if symptoms persist after the first dose, administration may be repeated after one hour. Thereafter, doses may be given every four hours as needed.
The total dose in 24 hours should not exceed 2.5 mg./lb.
NOTE: The drug is not recommended for use in children under 50 pounds. The dosage for children 50 to 100 pounds is one tablet (25 mg.).
In the event of overdosage, the patient should be managed according to his symptoms. Treatment is essentially supportive, with maintenance of blood pressure and respiration, plus careful observation. Early gastric lavage may be indicated depending on the amount of overdose and nature of symptoms.
Tablets containing 25 mg. diphenidol, as the hydrochloride, in bottles of 100.
'Vontrol' (diphenidol, SK&F) exerts its antiemetic effect primarily by inhibiting the chemoreceptor trigger zone, as evidenced by its activity in blocking emesis induced by apomorphine in dogs. In this regard 'Vontrol', as the hydrochloride salt, has a potency equal to the potent phenothiazine antiemetic, chlorpromazine hydrochloride. In animals 'Vontrol' has only weak parasympatholytic activity and no significant sedative, tranquilizing or antihistaminic action or effects on blood pressure, heart rate, respiration or the electrocardiogram.
Subacute and chronic toxicity studies in rats and dogs, in which large doses of 'Vontrol', as the hydrochloride salt, were administered orally and intramuscularly for periods up to one year, revealed no significant effects on hematology, liver function, kidney function or blood glucose determinations. Histological examination of the animals' tissues did not reveal any significant lesions attributable to administration of 'Vontrol'.
Teratogenesis and reproduction studies were carried out in rats and rabbits. In rats, 'Vontrol' (diphenidol, SK&F), as the hydrochloride salt, was fed daily to male and female animals in doses of 20 mg./kg. and 40 mg./kg. (approximately three and six times the maximum recommended daily dose in adult humans) for 60 days before mating, and during mating, gestation and lactation for each of two litters. There were no significant differences between drug-treated and untreated control groups with regard to conception rate, litter size, live birth or viability in either of the two litters. There was no congenital anomaly among the offspring. In rabbits, 'Vontrol', as the hydrochloride salt, was fed in the diets in doses of 5 mg./kg. or 75 mg./kg. (approximately equal to, and 12 times as much as, the maximum recommended daily dose in adult humans) from the first day of gestation through the 26th or 27th day of gestation, when the young were delivered by Cesarean section. There were no significant differences between drug-treated and control groups with regard to number and weight of fetuses, numbers of resorption sites or viable fetuses. There was also no statistically significant difference between drug-treated and control groups with regard to the total percentage of underdeveloped fetuses. However, when data were calculated on the basis of a ratio between underdeveloped fetuses and number of pregnant does, an adverse dose-related effect was observed in the high-dose test group.
Three double-blind controlled studies comparing 'Vontrol' (diphenidol, SK&F) to placebo were carried out: one in 32 male volunteers over a four-week period; one in 45 volunteers of whom 15 were studied for 12 weeks and 17 for 24 weeks; and one in 48 volunteers of whom 36 were studied for 12 weeks.
In the first study 'Vontrol', as the hydrochloride salt, was given orally in daily doses that were started at 75 mg. during the first week and graduated up to 200 mg. by the fourth week. In the second study, one group received 'Vontrol' orally, as the hydrochloride salt, titrated up to 500 mg. daily, then down to 200 mg. daily; another group received a maximum of 200 mg. daily. In the third study, patients received oral doses of 200 mg. to 300 mg. of 'Vontrol' daily, as the hydrochloride or pamoate salts.
The studies included these laboratory determinations: complete blood counts (including hemoglobin and hematocrit determinations), urinalyses (including microscopic examination), serum alkaline phosphatase, serum bilirubin, and bromsulphalein retention. The studies also included records of weight and blood pressure and, in one, electrocardiograms.
In two of these studies, clinical laboratory changes were seen among volunteers in both treated and control groups. The changes included: extrasystoles, white cells in the urine, increase in prothrombin time, rise in hematocrit, rise in leucocytes, rise in eosinophils, and rise or reduction in neutrophils. At no time in any study did changes in the treated group differ significantly from those in the control group.
'Vontrol', as the hydrochloride salt, was given orally to 17 children (aged five to 15). Total daily doses ranged from 90 to 240 mg. Complete blood counts and, in some patients, urinalyses were done before treatment and after approximately four days of treatment. There was no significant difference between pre- and post-treatment laboratory determinations in any child. No side effects were seen.
Following oral administration of 'Vontrol' (diphenidol, SK&F) to dogs, as the hydrochloride or pamoate salts, and to humans, as the hydrochloride salt, peak blood concentration of the drug generally occurs in one and a half to three hours. In dogs and rats, virtually all of an oral dose of C14-labeled 'Vontrol' is excreted in the urine and feces within three to four days, as determined by radioactivity counts. Approximately the same percentage of an administered dose appeared in the urine of dogs following either oral administration of the hydrochloride salt or rectal administration of the free base.
Investigators kept follow-up records on 936 patients who had received 'Vontrol' (diphenidol, SK&F) at some time during pregnancy, primarily during the first trimester.
Of the 936 women, 864 (92%) had normal births of normal infants.
Seventy-two (8%) of the women experienced some birth abnormality. Of the 72, six patients had premature but otherwise normal infants, 40 patients aborted, 10 had stillbirths, and 16 had infants with miscellaneous defects. These included hernias, congenital heart defects, hydrocephalus, internal strabismus, anencephalus, enlarged thyroid, and hypospadia.
These incidences of abnormal birth are lower than those generally reported in the literature for the average population of pregnant patients. And in no instance was there any evidence that the administration of 'Vontrol' played a part in birth abnormality.


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Former Armenia international Marcos Pizzelli retires from football
Former Armenia international Marcos Pizzelli has announced he is retiring from football at age 35.
Injured by personal training in Brazil, Marcos underwent additional medical examination in Armenia, FC Ararat Armenia said in a statement.
The player refused from needed surgery and decided to end his career, the club said.
"I am 35 years old and do not want to get injured again in the future," the player said in a video message.
"I would like to thank everyone. I am very sad. I would like to help Ararat-Armenia, but this is life. I would like to wish Ararat-Armenia good luck and I hope that they will play in the Europa League this year," Marcos said.
Մարկոս Պիզելլին ֆուտբոլիստի կարիերան ավարտելու մասին
Մարկոս Պիզելլին ֆուտբոլիստի կարիերան ավարտելու մասին⬇#ԱրարատԱրմենիա #ՀայկականՖուտբոլ #AraratArmenia
Gepostet von FC Ararat-Armenia am Samstag, 11. Januar 2020
Born in Brazil, Marcos Pizzelli had been playing for the Armenian national team since 2008, but retired from international football last year.


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The Anderson School was started as the grades K-5 Anderson Program in 1987 by a group of visionary and tenacious parents who saw the need to accommodate young students with high academic potential. Anderson was designed to provide highly gifted children from diverse backgrounds with a curriculum that is accelerated as well as enriched. From its opening as a program with four classes and some eighty students within PS 9, on W. 84th St. at Columbus Avenue, Anderson has now grown into a mature school of nine grades and over 500 students. In its multicultural public school setting, the school has brought together a truly remarkable community; a team of imaginative, caring teachers; an innovative administration and committed, involved families who sustain Anderson through their very active participation.
In July 2005, Anderson was granted school status by the Department of Education. As a school (rather than a program) we have our own administration, budget, PTA and School Leadership Team. This momentous change followed the significant milestone of the launch of our middle school grades in September 2003.
We are proud that the vast majority of our 8th graders have consistently received offers from their top choice high schools. Many have received acceptances to specialized public high schools (Stuyvesant, Bronx Science, Brooklyn Tech, LaGuardia Arts, American Studies at Lehman College, MSE at City College and Brooklyn Latin) and desirable, high performing local schools including Beacon, Bard Early College HS, Eleanor Roosevelt, Millennium, Nest + M, Townsend Harris, Upper Lab. In addition, students have been accepted at private schools such as Brearley, Chapin, Dalton, Deerfield, Fieldston, Friends, Horace Mann, Loyola, Nightengale, Regis, Spence and Trinity.
In July 2009, the Department of Education moved Anderson to larger quarters on the corner of W. 77th St. and Columbus Avenue - right down the street from PS 9, our home of 22 years. We share our building, the William J. O'Shea Campus, with the popular District 3 middle school, The Computer School and the growing District 3 elementary school, PS 452.


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