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I understand what you mean, but my point is that as long as OP is able to get the improper counter claims from this case tossed, then I think that is the point that everything might start to click in with this attorney. There is no requirement per-se, but the better you can make your case the easier it is for a settlement or an award in your favor. I always make my pleadings as close to what one would present in federal court as I possibly can, time permitting of course.
Submit the proof you have and stop worrying about it. YOU NEED TO SUBMIT THIS ON TIME AND SEE WHAT THE OTHER SIDE REPLIES WITH BEFORE YOU KNOW ANYTHING ELSE. When consumers show up to court very unaware of procedures and laws, do these attorneys cut them any slack and do judges allow that to be a defense? Seems like the same situation to me.
No, they are yanking your chain. Tell them you do not agree. Tell them you will stipulate to a dismissal with prejudice otherwise you will be filing the arbitration demand by the end of this week.
Oh, I see it now, thanks. Been one of those days. I would answer within your 20 days denying all of their allegations and listing the affirmative defense of Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction due to a private arbitration clause that you are evoking. I would follow this up, as soon as you can, by filing a Motion to Compel Arbitration. Using JAMS arbitration should make this thing go away for $0.
This^ If you want discovery, then you are using the court system to proceed with this case. If you want arbitration, you do nothing except ask for arbitration only.
1692c (c) Ceasing communication If a consumer notifies a debt collector in writing that the consumer refuses to pay a debt or that the consumer wishes the debt collector to cease further communication with the consumer, the debt collector shall not communicate further with the consumer with respect to such debt, except -- (1) to advise the consumer that the debt collector's further efforts are being terminated; (2) to notify the consumer that the debt collector or creditor may invoke specified remedies which are ordinarily invoked by such debt collector or creditor; or (3) where applicable, to notify the consumer that the debt collector or creditor intends to invoke a specified remedy. If such notice from the consumer is made by mail, notification shall be complete upon receipt. Did you send a C&D and they continued to call you? That would be an FDCPA violation, for the 9000 time. You already asserted "FDCPA violation" in your demand, so your brief should include this part of the FDCPA as what they violated. In addition I would motion to additional claims like I stated above. You MUST READ these statues and corresponding case laws. The TCPA is triggered when you said stop calling and they called your CELL PHONE. A statutory $500 PER CALL is allowed to be awarded for those violations.
Did they not accept your settlement offer of $200?


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Cuba Partners Network
We build and strengthen connections between U.S. and Cuban partners
As together we discern God's call to us, the Network provides an organized structure through which entities of the Presbyterian Church (USA) which have mission relations with the Presbyterian- Reformed Church in Cuba (IPRC) may join together to:
Seek and nurture partnership opportunities to strengthen our shared faith, peace, and reconciliation between our peoples and governments.
Collaborate and cooperate in partnership activities and seek to avoid duplication of effort.
Facilitate communication among PC(USA) partners and with partners in the IPRC.
Facilitate the participation of PC(USA) partners in the community of mission practice with the IPRC and the World Mission Division of the PC(USA).
Provide a central source of resources and information related to Cuba partnership.
Establish a Ministry of Pastoral Solidarity through which PC(USA) partners may become aware of the joys and concerns of partners in the IPRC and lift each other in prayer.
Provide information and support to PC(USA) partners to assist them in advocacy for change in U.S. policy toward Cuba and normalization of U.S. Cuba relations.
The Cuba Partners Network participates at General Assembly to continue its advocacy for doing life together with our brothers and sisters in the Cuban church, through ministry partnerships with the Presbyterian-Reformed Church in Cuba, and to encourage thoughtful consideration and reflection upon recommendations presented by the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy.
Randy Simpson and Susan Keil Smith, co-conveners
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Vagrant Island is the northern of two islands just west of Rambler Island in the Bragg Islands, lying in Crystal Sound about  north of Cape Rey, Graham Land. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1958–59). The name derives from association with Rambler Island.

See also
List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands

Islands of Graham Land
Graham Coast

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JOÃO GUILHERME DADDI
Daddi was to become a key promoter of concert life in Portugal, starting in 1863, when he organised a chamber music recital at Lisbon's Dona Maria Theatre, with a programme of works by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Weber. In 1874 he and one of his students, Eduardo Wagner, established a Society for Classical Concerts which ran a series of concerts between March and May of that year. Then, in 1875 he cofounded a Chamber Music Society, it too devoted to presenting an international repertoire, by composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn and Chopin. Daddi's own compositional output consists primarily of sacred works and music for the stage, but also includes a number of virtuosic piano pieces published by Sassetti, most of which were fantasies on themes from operas by Rossini, Donizetti and Verdi, or stylised waltzes and other dances, all of which were clearly designed as vehicles to showcase his own technical expertise as a pianist.
Piano Recital: Lourenço, Sofia - DADDI, J.G. / VIANNA DA MOTTA, J. (Portuguese Piano Music) Grand Piano
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Nintendo Announce Classic Mini-NES
David Sztypuljak
I'll never forget it, Christmas 1986 and my good pal Steven from across the road got what could only be described as the only Christmas present a young boy could want that year – The Nintendo Entertainment System or NES as it became known. Not only did he have the console but he had Duck Hunt, a game where you could shoot a plastic gun at the screen and watch the ducks fall from the sky. I was memorised and i think it's fair to say i spent as much of that Christmas as i was allowed at his house playing that game!
Paving the way for the SNES, the N64 and then a whole host of hand held devices for the company which at the time stood alone in the land of the console. 30 years on the Japanese company is not quite what it was but just this week releasing Pokemon Go, the organisation is back in the news for all the right reasons.
Yesterday Nintendo announced they will be releasing a brand new(ish) retro version of the classic console which will be known as NES Classic Edition. It will come equipped with 30 games, the list of which is set below and will hit shelves in time for Christmas. The 11th November is the day UK fans will be able to buy the mini console for around £50 – £60. Game has them to pre-order now.
The console is a near min replica of the original system with HDMI cable included and a retro remote so you can also play in HD. These are exciting times! I'm just gutted Duck Hunt didn't make the list!
Games included:
DOUBLE DRAGON II: THE REVENGE
GHOSTS'N GOBLINS
Kid Icarus
Kirby's Adventure
MEGA MAN 2
Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream
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Sewvivor 3: Hexie Challenge Results
by Rachel | Sep 15, 2014 | Sew-vivor | 4 comments
Coats and Clark can trace its roots back nearly 250 years. They are the world's largest supplier of crafting products– from cotton sewing threads, to knitting, embroidery crochet, accessories, and fabrics (including Free Spirit and Rowan).
Visit them on Facebook and Instagram.
Our Top 5 didn't hold back when it came to technique and creativity. It was really fun to see everybody's different interpretations with their hexie projects. This challenge was particularly difficult for our judges, because every single project was incredible!
The challenge was:
Congrats to these 3 contestants who will advance to the final Challenge #4: Lap Quilt. The final round will be completely anonymous, so don't anticipate seeing any sneak peaks. The projects will be revealed here next Monday!
Nicole from Snips Snippets
Amy from Sew in Love Quilting
Amanda from A Crafty Fox
And a hard, heavy goodbye to these lovely ladies, who will be so missed in this competition…
Crystal from Two Little Aussie Birds
Jade from Stitch Mischief
Here is the breakdown from the public voting and judges. The first picture shows the graph from the public vote. The Sewvivor twist included 30 extra points awarded to the third person to turn in their project. The lucky winner was Amy!
This chart reflects the popular vote plus the judge's votes. The popular vote percentages are recorded in the first two columns. This counts as 50% of the total vote. The next columns include the judges rankings, which includes the other 50% of the total. Each judges individual cans as 10% of the total vote.
And now for the Quilted Bag SewAlong winner, chosen at random (by scrolling through the hashtag on IG with my eyes closed and tapping a picture). She will win a shirt from Patchwork Threads!
Congrats: aqua_paisley
If you're participating in the sew-along, upload to the Sewvivor Sew-Along Flickr group, or post on Instagram, tagging @sewvivor and @familyeverafter and use hashtags #sewvivor and #sewvivorsewalong! A "SewPrize" will be given to a random sewalong participant, announced at each Challenge Result post. The new theme for the next two weeks is: Hexies, so feel free to jump in!
A note about one of our sponsors, Westwood Acres. I approached this amazing fabric shop to be a sponsor back in May, and I was delighted to have them onboard! Just a week after that, Amanda, the owner, asked if she was able to audition. I said yes. At the time I did not see it as a problem, seeing as her shop is separate from her creative sewing blog. But now that she has approached the top 3, I was concerned that others may see it as a conflict of interest. So she has kindly stepped down from being a sponsor. I take full responsibility for any confusion or perceived unfairness this may have caused. I do maintain that Amanda has earned her way into the top 3, separate from participating as a sponsor. Thank you all for your understanding!
Anonymous on September 16, 2014 at 1:20 am
So, the sponsor pulled out when they were in the top three?
Still pretty dodgy to have a sponsor in the competition in the first place. The notion that a company and a blog run by the same person is somehow separate is naive at best…
If the sponsor has pulled out will taht reduce the prize?
Cheri and David on September 16, 2014 at 3:29 pm
I love all of your Sewvivor challenges. I have followed all of them. I don't sew (wish I did), but it's so fun to see all these amazing and talented people and their creations!
Congrats to the top 3, you're all amazing!


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ON THIS DAY: March 13, 2019
Posted on March 13, 2019 by wordcloud9
March 13th is
Chicken Noodle Soup Day
Coconut Torte Day
Good Samaritan Day
K-9 Veterans Day *
National Earmuff Day *
Smart & Sexy Day *
Open an Umbrella Indoors Day *
MORE! La Meri, Sian Elias and Valerie Amos, click
Africa Scout Day *
Japan – Nara: Kasuga Matsui
(Shinto Monkey Festival)
Thailand – National Elephant Day
Vatican City –
Pope Francis Election Anniversary
607 – The 12th recorded passage of what will be called Halley's Comet
624 – Battle of Badr takes place in the Hejaz region (modern-day Saudi Arabia), a key battle in the infancy of Islam, a turning point in Muhammad's struggle with his opponents among the Quraish in Mecca; it is reported as the first large-scale engagement between the two forces, and a decisive victory for the Muslims against an army triple their size, fielded by one of the richest and most powerful cities in Arabia – no known contemporary descriptions exist, the first accounts date from the 9th Century
874 – The bones of Saint Nicephorus interred in the Church of the Holy Apostles, Constantinople; a rigid iconodule (supporter of religious images and their veneration), Nicephorus goes in and out of favor as Emperors change; though a layman in charge of the largest home for the destitute in the city, he is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (806-815); opposed by the Stroufdites (monks of Monastery of Stoufdios, Constantinople's most important monastery from 462 to about 1204), he is forced to retire to a cloister he founded, revered as a confessor, while writing iconoclastic literary polemics
1519 – Cortez lands in Mexico
1593 – Georges de La Tour born, French Baroque painter
Cuisine et Service de Table by Georges de La Tour
1639 – New College in Cambridge Massachusetts, is renamed Harvard College, for English clergyman John Harvard, who gives a deathbed bequest to the school, which had been founded just three years before
1660 – Virginia enacts a law on 'English' (whites) running away with negroes: "BEE itt enacted That in case any English servant shall run away in company with any negroes who are incapable of makeing satisfaction by addition of time, Bee itt enacted that the English so running away in company with them shall serve for the time of the said negroes absence as they are to do for their owne by a former act."
1697 – Nojpetén, capital of the last independent Maya kingdom, falls to Spanish conquistadors under Martín de Ursúa y Arismendi , the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala
Nojpetén – Flores Guatemala
1777 – U.S. Congress orders its European envoys to appeal to high-ranking foreign officers to send troops to reinforce the American army
1781 – German-born British astronomer and composer William Herschel discovers that Uranus is not a star, but a planet, which makes him an instant celebrity; George III appoints him as Court Astronomer, and he is elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society
1813 – Lorenzo Delmonico born, in Switzerland, joins his uncles in 1851 their NYC catering and pastry shop, then transforms the business into one of the most famous restaurants in the U.S.
Modern-Day Delmonico's Restaurant
1852 – The New York Lantern newspaper publishes the first "Uncle Sam" cartoon, drawn by Frank Henry Bellew
1855 – Percival Lowell born, American astronomer and writer, founder and director of the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff AZ
1860 – Hugo Wolf born, Austrian composer credited with bringing the 19th-century German lied, or art song, to its highest point of development
1862 – American Civil War: The U.S. federal government forbids all Union army officers from returning fugitive slaves, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation
1864 – The first Navajos finish the "Long Walk" to Fort Sumner on the Bosque Redondo Reservation, in east-central New Mexico, on this date. During their march, over 300 of the 1,430 who started the trip were kidnapped by slavers or died
Navajo internment, at Fort Sumner Issue House
1865 – Confederate President Jefferson Davis signs a bill authorizing using slaves as soldiers in the rebel army
1877 – Earmuff Day * Chester Greenwood patents the earmuff, which he invented in 1873, when he was only 15 years old
1884 – Standard time is adopted throughout the U.S.
1884 – Mahdist War, Siege of Khartoum: in the Sudan, Sudanese rebels against Egyptian rule led by the Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad, self-proclaimed redeemer of the Islamic nation, begin the first day of their 10-month siege of Khartoum. British forces under General Charles George Gordon, the former Governor-General of Sudan, had been sent to evacuate the Egyptian garrisons from Sudan, but Gordon believed the Mahdi rebellion must be put down or it would otherwise spread to Egypt, as the Egyptian army had already been defeated in several battles with the Madhists. Though he pledged himself to evacuate the Egyptian army from Sudan, when he arrived in Khartoum, he assumed administration of the city. His calls for additional troops were denied by the British government, which did not want to become embroiled in the Sudan. Gordon ordered the strengthening of fortifications around Khartoum. He refused repeated orders to leave, and sealed the fate of the city and his army. The first attempt by the British to send a relieving force ended in their massacre by the Madists. Before a second British relief expedition could reach the city in January 1885, the Madhists made a final push, and overran Khartoum. Almost all the remaining British troops within the city, weakened by hunger and disease, were slaughtered, including General Gordon, as well as many Sudanese civilians
Gordon's Last Stand at Khartoum, by George W. Joy
1888 – De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd is founded to control diamond production in South Africa
1892 – Janet Flanner born, American journalist and author, Paris correspondent for The New Yorker for 50 years, using pseudonym "Genêt" except during the Nazi occupation, was made a knight of the Legion d'Honneur (1948)
1893 – The original Waldorf Hotel opens with 450 rooms and almost 1,000 employees
1897 – Yeghishe Charents born in the Russian Empire, Armenian poet, writer and activist, regarded as Armenia's main poet in the 20th century. He was an early supporter of communism, but became disillusioned during the Stalinist terror in the 1930s, and could publish almost none of his work after 1934. In 1937, he was charged with "counterrevolutionary and nationalist activity" and sent to prison. In poor health already, he died in the prison hospital, and was buried in an unknown grave. Like many others killed during the Great Purge, Charents was 'rehabilitated' after Stalin's death. The Armenian city of Charentsavan is named after him
1898 – La Meri born R. Meriwether Hughes, one of the most notable ethnological dancers from 1924 into the 1970s; danced with Anna Pavlova; learned native dances all over the world, lectured, wrote articles, and founded the Ethnologic Dance Theatre
La Meri in Javanese costume
1900 – Giorgos 'George' Seferis born, major Greek poet; also essayist and career diplomat (Greek Ambassador to the UN 1957-1962), 1963 Nobel Laureate for Literature
1901 – Andrew Carnegie follows up on his 1889 article, "The Gospel of Wealth" by announcing his retirement from business to devote himself to giving away his fortune, an estimated $300 million, to charities, foundations and universities
1902 – In Poland, schools are shut down across the country when students refuse to sing the Russian hymn "God Protect the Czar"
1902 – Andrew Carnegie approves 40 applications from libraries for donations
1908 – Myrtle Bachelder born, American chemist and Women's Army Corps officer; worked on the WWII Manhattan Project, commanding a WAC detachment of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; she was responsible for analysis of the spectroscopy of uranium isotopes at Los Alamos, to ensure the purity of the sub-critical material in the world's first atomic bombs; in 1945, she opposed a bill in Congress which would have maintained military control over nuclear research; in 1947, the newly formed Atomic Energy Commission declassified 270 secret documents, including records of Bachelder's contributions to the success of the Manhattan Project; at the University of Chicago's Institute for the Study of Metals, she worked as a research chemist, on a wide variety of projects, from developing methods to purify the rare elements tellurium and indium, to analyzing the chemical composition of brass cannons found on sunken ships in the Aegean Sea, and analyzing for NASA the chemistry of Moon rocks brought back from the Apollo missions from 1969 to 1972; in the 1980s, she supported nuclear arms control, but said of the work at Los Alamos during WWII, "One cannot pull that activity out of that time, set it down in the 1980s, and pass judgment."
1908 – The people of Jerusalem see an automobile for the first time, owned by Charles Glidden of Boston
1911 – In Flint v. Stone Tracy, the U.S. Supreme Court rules 7-2 that the privilege of operating in corporate form is valuable and justifies imposition of a federal corporate income tax, which had been challenged by Stella P. Flint, as guardian of the property of Samuel N. Stone Jr., a Minor, arguing that it is actually an excise tax on corporations, which can be imposed by the states, but not the federal government
1911 – Dorothy M. Tangney born, Australian teacher and Labor Party politician; first woman member of the Australian Senate (1943-1968), the longest serving woman until Kathy Sullivan surpassed her record in 2001; she was an advocate for social reform, federal support for education, and establishing Australian National University, as a research university
1911 – Composer Ivan Caryll's musical, The Pink Lady, premieres on Broadway, and runs for an initial 312 performances, with book and lyrics by C.M.S. McLellan, then returns to Broadway in 1912 after a successful tour. Noted for its integration of the show's songs into the plot, advancing the story instead of halting it
1916 – Lindy Boggs born, American Democratic politician, first woman elected to the US House of Representatives from Louisiana (1973-1991); noted for her work on the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974, adding the provision banning discrimination due to sex or marital status. First woman to preside over a major party convention (1976 Democratic National Convention). U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican (1997-2001)
1918 – Women are scheduled to march in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York for the first time because of a shortage of men due to wartime
1925 – A law in Tennessee prohibits the teaching of the theory of evolution
1928 – Ellen Raskin born, American children's author-illustrator; won the 1979 Newbery Medal for The Westing Game
1930 – Announcement the planet Pluto has been discovered by scientist Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory – it will be downgraded to a dwarf planet
1933 – U.S. banks begin to re-open after FDR's imposed bank holiday stems panic
1933 – Solomon K. Sedibane, South African sculptor known for his wood carvings, is born in Sekhukhuneland, Transvaal
1935 – 3,000-year-old archives are found in Jerusalem confirming some biblical history
1941 – Adolf Hitler issues an edict calling for an invasion of the U.S.S.R.
1941 – Mahmoud Darwish born, poet and author, regarded as the Palestinian national poet; won the 2001 Lannan Foundation Prize for Cultural Freedom
1941 – Donella Meadows born, pioneering American environmental scientist, teacher and writer, lead author of The Limits to Growth and Thinking in Systems: a Primer
1942 – Julia Flikke of the Nurse Corps becomes the first woman colonel in the U.S. Army
1944 – Susan Gerbi born, American biochemist, helped devise a method to map the start site of DNA replication, researched the role of hormones in certain cancers
1946 – Premier Tito seizes wartime collaborator General Draja Mikhailovich in a Yugoslavian cave
1947 – The musical Brigadoon opens on Broadway
1947 –Lesley Collier born, English principal dancer with the Royal Ballet
1949 – Sian Elias born in London, New Zealand jurist; Chief Justice of New Zealand (1999-2019); Administrator of the Government (for short periods in 2001, 2006, 2001 and 2016), a duty of the Chief Justice in times when the Governor-General is unable to fulfill his or her duties; became a High Court judge in 1995; was one of the first two women to become Queens Counsel in New Zealand in 1988; Law Commissioner (1984-1988); she began as a barrister in 1975, and also served as a member of the Motor Spirits Licensing Appeal Authority and of the Working Party on the Environment. She is noted as a champion of legal justice for Maori people
1951 – Israel demands $1.5 billion in German reparations for the cost of caring for war refugees
1951 – The comic strip Dennis the Menace first appears in U.S. newspapers nationwide
1953 – Dame Nicola V. Davies born in Wales, became a Queen's Counsel in 1992; served as Presiding Judge of the Wales Circuit(2014-2017); judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales
1954 – Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos, born in British Guiana (now Guyana), British Labour politician; United Nations Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (2010-2015); British High Commissioner to Australia (2009-2010); Leader of the House of Lords/Lord President of the Council (2003-2007); Member of the House of Lords (1997-2010)
1954 – Robin Duke born, Canadian comedian, voice actress and comedy writer, noted for her work on SCTV (1980-1981) and Saturday Night Live (1981-1984); in 2004, she co-founded Women Fully Clothed, a sketch comedy troupe which toured in Canada, the U.S. and appeared at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland
1956 – Dana Delany, American actress, producer and activist; best known for her roles in TV series, China Beach (1988-1991), Desperate Housewives (2004-2012) and Body of Proof (2011-2013), and the films Housesitter and Tombstone. She has served on the board of the Scleroderma Research Foundation since the 1990s, and campaigned for funding to find a cure for the disease, and is a board member and former co-president of Creative Coalition, an arts advocacy group; also a supporter of Planned Parenthood, and of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
1957 – Jimmy Hoffa is arrested by the FBI on bribery charges
1957 – Cuba Revolutionary student groups attacked the Presidential Palace in an assassination attempt on Fulgencio Batista; 40 of the attackers are killed, only a few of the attackers escaped. The failed attack provoked brutal reprisals – even leaders of political opposition groups not involved in the attack are rounded up
1963 – China invited Soviet President Khrushchev to visit Peking.
1964 – Kitty Genovesse is raped and stabbed to death in New York City; neighbors hear her screams for help, but no one calls the police
1969 – The Apollo 9 astronauts return to Earth after a mission that includes the successful testing of the Lunar Module
1970 – Cambodia ordered Hanoi and Viet Cong troops to leave
1970 – Digital Equipment Corp. introduced the PDP-11 minicomputer
1970 – A legal inquiry begins into the boundaries of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota for the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara, called the Three Affiliated Tribes; much reservation land was lost in the 1950s when the Missouri river was dammed by the Garrison Dam to create a lake named after Sakakawea, the Shoshone-Hidatsa woman who helped guide the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 90% of the reservation inhabitants had to be moved to accommodate the dam project
1974 – The U.S. Senate votes 54-33 to restore the death penalty
1974 – An embargo on Arab oil-producing countries is lifted
1978 – Former South African Prime Minister and President John Vorster makes a speech in Bloemfontein, questioning P.W. Botha's policy initiatives to allow greater "self-rule" for the Bantustans (black "homelands") and more civil rights for Coloureds (mixed racial ancestry). Vorster backs the hard-line against any changes, claiming "separate development" is the salvation of South Africa
1980 – A jury in Winamac, IN, finds Ford Motor Company innocent of reckless homicide in the fiery deaths of 3 young women while riding in a Ford Pinto
1986 – Susan Butcher wins the first of three consecutive, and four total, Alaskan Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Races
Susan Butcher with her dog Granite
1990 – The U.S. lifts economic sanctions against Nicaragua
1991 – Exxon is to pay $1 billion in fines and clean-up costs for the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska – they will get tax deductions for the clean-up costs, but there are still 330 separate lawsuits pending filed by residents, fishermen and environmentalists; actual clean-up costs will exceed $7 billion
1992 – Swaziland and South Africa sign treaties to establish a joint Water Commission, and for the development and utilization of the waters of the Komati River Basin
1995 – The first United Nations World Summit on Social Development concluded in Copenhagen, Denmark
1995 – Africa Scout Day * – March 13 chosen by the OAU (now the African Union) as an annual day to recognize Scouting in Africa
2002 – The Angolan government announces a unilateral ceasefire in its 27-year war against Unita, effective the next day
2003 – The journal Nature reports that scientists have found 350,000-year-old human footprints in Italy; 56 prints made by three early, upright-walking humans that are descending the side of a volcano
2003 – Open Umbrellas Indoors Day * is invented by Thomas Knibb to encourage people to abandon silly superstitions
2004 – Luciano Pavarotti gives his final performance in an opera at NY's Metropolitan Opera, planning only to sing in concerts until October 2005
2006 – Construction of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum begins in NYC
2008 – K-9 Veterans Day * is the idea of Joseph White, retired military dog trainer, to honor the day the U.S. Army K9 Corps was formed in 1942
2008 – The first time gold prices on the NY Mercantile Exchange hit $1,000 per ounce
2012 – After 244 years of publication, Encyclopædia Britannica announces it is discontinuing its print edition
2012 – Smart and Sexy Day * is sponsored by Smart & Sexy lingerie in collaboration with The Women's Alliance, founded in 1999, which expanded and became the Alliance of Career Development Nonprofits (ACDN), to assist women in finding and maintaining employment by providing interview and work clothes, as well as offering training and support groups, for women transitioning from welfare to work, and families of military personnel serving overseas
2015 – WHO (World Health Organization) releases new figures showing over 10,000 people have died from the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. More than 24,000 people were infected, but the number of new cases declined, especially in Liberia
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Searching around Youtube for ethnological dance, I just found this hysterical clip of Filipino Tinikling:
I bet that smarts when you misstep!


In a 2015 article on adopting from foster care, Today news revered the gradual shifting in attitudes toward foster care in the country. With over 100,000 children in America currently awaiting forever homes, this observation is, indeed, one to celebrate. Even though a large number of Americans hold the misconception that those from foster care are unruly and even dangerous juvenile delinquents, Today reminds its readers that these children often come from neglect and abuse. With that said, it is important that parents avoid taking on more than they can handle -- just one child in any situation requires critical work and commitment.
All of these requirements may seem mundane, but can ultimately help agencies place children with suitable families. When a child finds the right permanent home, they can have the comfort of knowing they will receive quality care, attention, social interaction and other joys of life that help children grow to their fullest potential.


Luke Evans, Olivia Wilde, Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy and Michael Smiley have signed on to star in Free Fire, the latest from British filmmaker Ben Wheatley (Sightseers, A Field in England).
The story is set in 1978 Boston, following a woman named Justine (Olivia Wilde) who has set up a meeting between two Irishmen (Cillian Murphy and Michael Smiley) and a gang lead by Luke Evans and Armie Hammer for an arms deal. When shots are fired before the deal is made, the meeting turns into a deadly game of survival.
Here's what director Ben Wheatley had to say about Free Fire in a statement.
"The idea for Free Fire came from my love of hard-boiled crime movies; from The Asphalt Jungle, The Big Sleep, The Killing and 'The Big Combo' through The Driver, Le Samourai and The French Connection, to the modern cycle of Goodfellas, Goodfellas, Hard Boiled and Reservoir Dogs. Free Fire will take you and stick you in the middle of the action. I want the film to have the stylish, no-nonsense feel that you get in Peckinpah's The Getaway. It's a modern '70s movie. Muscular, tough and spare."
StudioCanal has acquired the U.K. distribution rights for the $10 million feature, which will be director Ben Wheatley's first film set in the U.S. Andrew Starke will produce, with shooting scheduled to begin this spring. Ben Wheatley is in post-production on High-Rise, which also stars Luke Evans.
Luke Evans currently stars in Dracula Untold and he will next be seen in The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies. Olivia Wilde is coming off performances in Third Person and The Longest Week. Armie Hammer will next be seen in The Man from U.N.C.L.E., while Cillian Murphy stars in the upcoming In the Heart of the Sea. Michael Smiley most recently starred in Ben Wheatley's A Field in England.


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In an era of mass murder, Warner Bros.' Joker will probably be too much for many
Toronto was the first proving ground for Joker, a study of a man coming unhinged, carrying out random acts of fatal violence and igniting a populist revolution
An image of Arthur Fleck forcing a smile in a trailer for the film, JokerWarner Bros. - supplied
Steven Zeitchik
This year's Toronto International Film Festival has explored many fraught issues, from immigration to criminal justice to Nazis doing slapstick. But it has also surfaced perhaps its most charged topic yet: What propels someone to pick up a gun and begin killing complete strangers?
The film is Joker, and while it comes in the form of a comic-book movie, it is the opposite of light.
"Set aside that it's the DC (Comics) universe," Cameron Bailey, artistic director of the festival, said in an interview. "Just think of it as a great character study that goes really dark."
Toronto was the first proving ground for Joker, which Warner Bros. brought to the festival hoping to launch an award-winning run for a film that has become one of Hollywood's most closely watched and potentially explosive movies in years — a study of a man coming unhinged, carrying out random acts of deadly violence and igniting a populist revolution.
Arthur Fleck spurs a social revolution. Warner Bros. - supplied
Joker, which will be released in theatres Oct. 4, has proved to be divisive, not just because of the traditional range of aesthetic opinions but because of what the movie represents and the speculation about which political group will commandeer it — the Hollywood release as political weapon.
The movie focuses on the pre-Joker Arthur Fleck, circa early 1980s Gotham — a sad-sack clown slowly unraveling under his troubles and finding solace in a gun and mask — and becoming a folk hero in the process. It stars Joaquin Phoenix and is improbably directed by Todd Phillips, the filmmaker behind the Hangover comedies.
The stakes are high for Warner Bros., whose DC Extended Universe has struggled to land phenomena at anywhere near the consistency of Disney's rival Marvel Cinematic Universe (with only one release, Aquaman, of more than $1 billion in global box office to Marvel's nine).
That Joker won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival just last week — Warner Bros. is the first major Hollywood studio in the modern era to win the prize — ups the ante. The victory leapfrogs it ahead of Disney, which earlier this year became the first studio to notch a best picture Oscar nomination for a comic-book movie (Black Panther). With a relatively modest $55 million budget and a large marketing campaign planned, Joker is an attempt to notch one for the AT&T subsidiary as it seeks to compete with the market leader.
But the talk at this festival, which more than any other gathering sets the tone for Hollywood's all-important Oscar season to follow, shows that the stakes are a lot higher than even the battle for corporate bragging rights.
Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck in Joker. Niko Tavernise / Warner Bros.
Some commentators have vigorously decried Joker's message. Time's Stephanie Zacharek wrote that Phoenix's character "could easily be adopted as the patron saint of incels," she wrote, referring to the "involuntary celibates" group of frustrated males whose beliefs have come up in several mass killings.
"In America, there's a mass shooting or attempted act of violence by a guy like Arthur practically every other week. And yet we're supposed to feel some sympathy for Arthur." The film "lionizes and glamorizes" the character, she wrote. She concluded that "there's a sick joke in there somewhere. Unfortunately, it's on us."
Zacharek and those who disagree with her view have been confronting the essential questions surrounding the movie: by peering so closely at a killer, is Phillips trying to understand his mind or glorify his thinking? Indict the mental-health system that failed him or cheer that he broke free from conventionality?
Arthur Fleck cries on a bus in the film Joker. Niko Tavernise / Warner Bros.
At the post-screening party this week, a debate broke out among journalists and industry executives over whether the movie could become part of the texts cited by potential future mass shooters, and what that would mean. Even if the causation between media violence and the real-world shootings is statistically unproven, a few asked, couldn't the movie still become part of the problematic context for them?
Warner Bros is understandably eager to play down any such talk. That's in part because the current climate has led rivals to cancel movies — Universal Pictures, most recently, scrapped The Hunt after last month's shootings in Ohio and Texas. Any future tragedies could lead to similar pressure on Warner.
But it's also because the studio is no stranger to the debate about the relationship between superhero-villain violence and the real-world kind. The company was behind the release of The Dark Knight Rises — the movie that was playing at an Aurora, Colorado, theatre when a gunman opened fire in July 2012, killing 12 people. The shooter cited the movie as an intentional choice.
The Joker puts on makeup. Niko Tavernise / Warner Bros.
Warner may have little ability to quell the speculation, though. At the Venice premiere, a moviegoer approached Phillips and said he thought Paris would burn as a result of the movie. Phillips maintains that the goal is not to make Fleck a hero as his actions become more violent. As the director has said, he has simply chosen to make a grittier movie about a villain than has been made before.
"How do you make a movie with white face and green hair and run it through as realistic (a) lens as possible?" Phillips said after the screening. "Because we don't believe you fall into a vat of acid and are turned that way," he said, referring to what the comic books say about how the Joker character was created.
Those with a long memory have also been recalling the moment 30 years ago when two reviewers warned that Spike Lee's conclusion of Do The Right Thing, in which a black character tossed a garbage can through the window of a white-owned pizzeria, sparking a violent confrontation with police, was "dynamite under every seat," as Newsweek's Jack Kroll said at the time. David Denby of New York magazine even wrote that Lee would be partly responsible "if some audiences go wild."
That moment has since become an example of cringeworthy mischaracterization of and overreaction to social violence on screen. Warner executives are eager to make the comparison.
In case none of this seems timely or charged enough, the film has the chance to plunge itself into the 2020 presidential election.
A scene from the final trailer for Joker. Warner Bros. - supplied
One theory, already advanced by liberals, is that the Joker shares commonalities with President Donald Trump, fuelled as he is by a brittle ego and love of performing and crowds (a subplot involves Fleck appearing on a popular late-night show). Phillips and co-writer Scott Silver wrote the movie in 2017, shortly after Trump took office, so the camp could make a case for the timing.
Meanwhile, the revolution Fleck's actions unintentionally set off — an eat-the-rich mob unleashes to overthrow the banking system — is fraught with unclear political symbolism. The mob could be either Republican Trump voters or Occupy Wall Street progressives. And that will probably weaponize the movie politically — both the right and the left can use it to demonstrate bad acting by the other side.
"There is something for bad people to admire here, but there is also a lot of things people can use to say what's bad about the other side," said one industry member, speaking on the condition of anonymity to avoid the appearance of weighing in on the film.
From the moment the screening ended, the debate was on over whether Phillips had made a brilliantly inscrutable work or a movie as elastic as the protagonist's face. People could agree on only one thing: Joker is coming, as unavoidable as a clown mask.
The real thrill of watching Weathering With You is in the visuals
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael captures the critic's incendiary and multi-faceted life
Clemency makes clear the trauma of those who deal in death
A little extra aging has done Bad Boys for Life no harm
As a remake of a remake, the daft Dolittle does little
Chris Knight: Let's keep Hollywood away from this charming, bittersweet Quebec film
Chris Knight: Cunningham is a bold 3D try at capturing one art form in the frame of another
Chris Knight: Luba breathes fresh air with low emotional stakes and beautiful Toronto backdrop
Les Misérables has a knack for pulling its characters back from the edge again and again
Underwater is a soggy mess
Even at a mere 82 minutes, Like a Boss feels like it could use something to hide its excess wrinkles


developing your own vehicles is tough, especially when it comes to vehicles targeted for the use of hard army service. this is also true when a country lacks the necessary manufacturing capacity to make enough vehicles for its army.
some countries have least success than others in this field, so those countries have to resort servicing and using captures vehicles, which pose many challenged.
1) you can submit any vehicle, provided it saw service under one side, captured and re-used by the other. vehicles might not have been used in that same conflict, or in any conflict, but they must have been in service. no museum pieces or display items!


Over the last decade we may have seen the rise and ultimate fall of the "American Apparel" brand. The demise of the once-great retailer began with sexual harassment scandals and terribly publicity stemming from the now dismissed CEO, Don Charney. Following that disgrace the brand began spiraling out of control, ending quarter after quarter with dismal sales figures.
Now it seems American Apparel is going all-in with a new "Strategic Turnaround Plan," outlined by the company earlier today in a press-release following an investor call.
With "Redesigned fall merchandise line" and $30 million in "cost-cutting initiatives," the outlook still doesn't look good for the retailer, which will be closing stores across the country in an effort to drive sales and cut costs.
"Historically, the fall season has not been a major focus for the Company. We are beginning the process of re-merchandising the product assortment in our retail stores to increase productivity by SKU," said Paula Schneider, recently appointed Chief Executive Officer of American Apparel. "The new styles are designed to increase revenue as we continue to evolve our product offering during this important selling season," added Ms. Schneider.
"The Company believes these cases are meritless and intends to vigorously defend such actions and, where possible, pursue remedies against Mr. Charney for his actions," the statement read.


Bricklehampton is a small chapelry and village in the parish of St. Andrew, Pershore, distant 4 miles S.E. of Pershore, 6 E. of Defford station, 4 S.W. of Evesham, and 12 S.E. of Worcester; is in the eastern division of the county, Upper Pershore hundred, Pershore union, county court district, polling district, petty sessional division and rural deanery, Worcester diocese and archdeaconry. The area of the chapelry is 856 acres; annual rateable value, £2,200; population in 1861, 187; in 1871, 181, with 41 inhabited houses, and 42 families or separate occupiers. The Dean and Chapter of Westminster are lords of the manor, and Mrs. Elger, Mrs. Bagnall, and Thomas Phipps, Esq., are the principal landowners. The land is chiefly arable; soil, loamy. The chapel is dedicated to St. Michael and All Angels, and has Norman and Early English work, stone stoup, and other relics. The late George Gwynn Elger, Esq., shortly before his death, caused plans to be prepared by Mr. Henry Woodyer, architect, of Guildford, Surrey, for the restoration and refitting of this church. The earliest register is dated 1711. Bricklehampton Hall, the property and residence of Mrs. Elger, is an elegant mansion lying adjacent to the village.
Postal Regulations. – Letters are received through Pershore. The wall letter-box is cleared at 5.20 p.m. on week-days only. Pershore is the nearest money-order and telegraph office and post town.
St. Michael's Church. – Rev. A.B. Crosse, Curate in Charge; Mr. Martin Crump, Churchwarden.
National School (boys and girls). – Miss Charlotte Jarrett, Mistress.
Moore Wm., farmer, Bricklehampton crt.


A local event has reached the ears of the national press with reports that the walls of the Jerwood Gallery on the Stade in Hastings may shortly be denuded of artworks following a dispute between the Jerwood Gallery management and the trustees of the Jerwood Foundation.
The Foundation which built the £5 million facility has been funding the gallery to the tune of £2.6 million since it opened in 2012. However, it took the step in 2016 of informing the management that it would not continue its funding beyond this current year. The dispute apparently centred around a perceived failure on the part of the gallery management to seek out and attract alternative funding from third parties, although an Arts Council grant of £100,000 had been negotiated.
According to Alan Grieve, the Foundation's chairman, a suggestion that the gallery appoint an executive director with a business background was not accepted. The Jerwood Gallery became a registered charity two years ago, apparently seeking to distance itself from the Foundation's oversight. Relations deteriorated further with the appointment of solicitors by management in an attempt to pressure the Foundation into continuing the previous level of grant.
The Foundation has reportedly issued a repossession notice in respect of some 300 art works including some by artists of the stature of Stanley Spencer, John Piper and Barbara Hepworth. The gallery will continue as tenants of the building, under management headed by its director Liz Gilmore and chairman David Pennock.
A spokesperson for the gallery, who emphasised that its trustees were committed to keeping the space open, said: "Disengagement discussions between the foundation and the gallery include the departure of the Jerwood collection from the gallery. The gallery has built a name for itself through its temporary exhibitions programme, often in partnership with national institutions such as Tate and the National Gallery.
Editor's note: On the principle of "its an ill wind etc" one wonders whether the possible loss of the Jerwood Collection in Hastings might have a beneficial knock-on effect for the Rye Art Gallery. As one of only a few major galleries in the area and with a permanent collection containing many major artists, it is likely to extend its attraction to a wider public. The current exhibition of items from the permanent collection continues until February 24.
The withdrawal of the permanent collection at the Jerwood is no bad thing. It creates a lot more space for new work which would bring in more people. Perhaps the Jerwood should consider having "selling" exhibitions in a similar way to Rye Gallery in order to raise money then perhaps they could scrap the entrance fee or at least reduce it to attract more visitors.
Liz Gilmour and her team have worked hard to make Jerwood Hastings a vibrant and dynamic arts venue for artists, the local community and beyond. It is a success story for galleries and Hastings. I am very disappointed that the Jerwood Foundation have decided to withdraw their collection and support at a time when they should be sharing in this success, increasing their funding and looking for partners to ensure the gallery's sustainability.


Description Group portrait showing the attendees of the 28th Conference of the California Chapter #4 of the National Association of Postmasters of the United States, held May 20-22, 1952 in San Jose, California.
Note Written on recto: "28th Conference - Calif. Chapter #4, National Association of Postmasters of the United States May 20-21-22 1952 San Jose Calif. Foto J.C. Gordon 395 So. 1st. St"
Dimensions 8.3 x 37.6 in.


A group of shepherds would become the first people outside of Jesus' family to know of his arrival (Luke 2:8-20). We often think in our society that to have an impact we must harness the forces of earthly power. If only Christians controlled TV! If only Christians ruled the nations! Yet God's way is often very different. The Gospel of Luke teaches us that God can take obscure and poor people and use them to transform the world.


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