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Newburgh v. Arrrigo
Retroactive College Contribution
By Sandra C. Fava on October 13, 2009
Many couples in the midst of a divorce have very young children. As a result, the issue of funding their children's college education is typically reserved until the child is…
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Who Pays for What? Santions and the Obligation to Contribute to College
By Sandra C. Fava on August 14, 2009
Previously I have blogged on both the issue of sanctions assessed by a court against one party in a divorce or post divorce matter and also the obligation to contribute to the costs of a college education for a child and to what extent.
These issues are often addressed to the Appellate Court of New Jersey as in many family law matters they are topics hot for debate. Most recently, the Appellate Division in the unpublished decision of Hikes v. Hikes, Decided August 13, 2009, Docket No. A-6642-06T2 addressed both the issue of sanctions and the payment of college for a child.
Sanctions may be requested by a party or granted by a court on its own in a situation where one party acts in extreme bad faith or is non-compliant. Sanctions can be viewed as a sort of punishment for that extreme bad faith or non-compliance. This is especially so when the other party acts in good faith and is complaint.…
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To Emancipate or Not To Emancipate – That Is the Question
By Sandra C. Fava on June 29, 2009
Despite what people often think are iron-clad agreements, foolproof from any misinterpretation, despite best efforts, that may not always be the case. One area that has been given significant recognition…
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From Emancipation To College Expenses – What Is A Parent's Financial Obligation?
By Fox Rothschild LLP on June 7, 2009
Recently, I addressed the question as to when a child is emancipated under the eyes of New Jersey law. As I indicated there, the New Jersey Supreme Court defines emancipation as "the act by which a parent relinquishes the right to custody and is relieved of the duty to support a child." Newburgh v. Arrigo, 88 N.J. 529 (1982). A related question also addressed by the Court in Newburgh is a parent's obligation to contribute towards a child's postgraduate education expenses.
The Supreme Court in Newburgh set forth a non-exhaustive list of factors for a court to consider in determining a parent's obligation to contribute to such educational expenses. These factors were subsequently codified by statute at N.J.S.A. 2A:34-23(a) as follows:
1. Whether the parent, if still living with the child, would have contributed toward the costs of the requested higher education.
2. The effect of the background, values, and goals of the parent on the reasonableness of the expectation of the child for higher education.
3. The amount of the contribution sought by the child for the cost of higher education.
4. The ability of the parent to pay that cost.
5. The relationship of the requested contribution to the kind of school or course of study sought by the child.
6. The financial resources of both parties.
7. The commitment to and aptitude of the child for the requested education.
8. The financial resources of the child, including assets owned individually or held in custodianship or trust.
9. The ability of the child to earn income during the school year or vacation.
10. The availability of financial aid in the form of college grants and loans.
11. The child's relationship to the paying parent, including mutual affection and shared goals as well as responsiveness to parental advice and guidance.
12. The relationship of the education requested to any prior training and to the overall long-range goals of the child.…
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When Is A Child Emancipated Under New Jersey Law?
By Fox Rothschild LLP on May 23, 2009
A question faced by all parents is, when is a child emancipated in the eyes of the law? As set forth by the New Jersey Supreme Court, "emancipation is the act by which a parent relinquishes the right to custody and is relieved of the duty to support a child." Newburgh v. Arrigo, 88 N.J. 529 (1982). The question and answer therefore have far reaching financial implications. However, emancipation does not occur at a fixed age. Rather, the inquiry is fact-specific.
This issue was recently taken on by the Appellate Division in the matter of Brandes v. Rigney, an unpublished opinion finding that the trial court applied improper legal principles in concluding that a child was emancipated. The parties at issue had three children before they were divorced in 1997. In 2004, the father, Brandes, sought to have the parties' sons emancipated. The parties' oldest son, Raymond, was born in 1982, while the other son, Eric, was born in 1985. The trial court denied Brandes' motion at that time.…
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Emancipated or Not?
By Sandra C. Fava on January 17, 2009
In many divorce matters, attorneys, clients and judges alike must determine how to deal with the issue of support for children, oftentimes which includes the divvying up responsibility for payment…
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Home » News & Press Coverage » IYA2009 Updates » IYA2009 photographer Babak Amini Tafreshi wins the 2009 Lennart Nilsson Award
IYA2009 photographer Babak Amini Tafreshi wins the 2009 Lennart Nilsson Award
Iranian photographer, journalist, and staunch IYA2009 supporter Babak Tafreshi has been declared joint-winner of the 2009 Lennart Nilsson Award, sharing the honour with NASA's Cassini Imaging Director Carolyn Porco.
The award is given for work in scientific and medical photography. The event's panel citation reads: "Babak A. Tafreshi's photographs reclaim a night sky that most modern people have lost. He takes us to remote places where the stars still look like they did at the dawn of mankind. His work calls to mind the beauty of the universe and human life on our planet."
Babak is the leader and founder of IYA2009 Special project The World At Night. This program creates and exhibits stunning collections of photographs and time-lapse videos from the world's most beautiful and historic sites against a night-time backdrop of stars, planets and celestial events. The eternally peaceful sky looks the same above all the landmarks and symbols of different nations and regions, attesting to the truly unified nature of Earth as a planet rather than an amalgam of human-designated territories.
The entire IYA2009 community congratulates Babak on this deserved award.
See the story, as reported by the Tehran Times: http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=204090
Visit The World At Night's official website: http://www.twanight.org/
Read more about Babak here: http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photographers_about.asp?photographer=Babak%20A.%20Tafreshi

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Llebeig Apartments are located in Cala Santandria (Ciutadella), in the west coast of the island of Menorca, only 2km from the town centre of Ciutadella.
Santandria beach is located at the bottom of a small bay where the water is crystal clear and the sand golden. It is well equipped with car parking, toilet facilities, and wheelchair access. It has also been awarded a blue flag for cleanliness.
Commercial Area (with bars and restaurants).
Nearby beaches: Santandria, Sa Caleta and Cala Blanca.


Two main distinctions can be made in modular buildings, there are portable ones and permanent ones. Either have obvious beneficial features for different types of situations. Both can be suited in many, but to make the right choice early in the process is off course crucial. Deep understanding from decades of developing within this field, has brought the manufacturers to unpaired levels of service and quality of their products. Turn-key project may now be up and running within weeks from the initial offer. Hearing this the first time one may think this is impossible and yes, it used to be impossible. Today we can quite easily manage through the new techniques and materials that have become economically viable and available to the public. With huge environmental benefits, local legislators might allow for fast approvals. Unique materials make for fast processing and smart solutions cut costs and delivery times. With great availability of finishes for both exterior and interior, all you needs and wishes can be met to ultimate satisfaction.
Offering decreased lead times by thirty to fifty percent, the modular building style is the fastest to date. New techniques are being invented every year, and no other type of building is gaining in popularity as much as the modular unit method. Manufacturers of modular buildings are continuously improving their products, upping their game every year. Competition is getting fiercer and fiercer, and so the offers are getting broader and more interesting too. With many years of experience, one may expect a highly professional and efficient collaboration with the company of choice. The complete process can be taken care of by a sole company, taking full responsibility for every step along the way. This alleviates the workload by significant amounts on the client's side. It would be theft of one's own wallet to choose for any other method these days.
Another exceptional benefit is the reusability of nearly all components used for prefabricated modular office buildings. This makes the environmental impact significantly lower, reduces waste and material costs and even saves time. Repurposing a structure has never been easier, as the building blocks allow for quick and accurate arrangement and rearrangement. By simply repairing the finishing layers inside and outside after the rearrangement, and the building is ready for use once again. Possibly even in a completely new shape, design or purpose. This has never been seen before and will remain a huge perk over traditional building types. When it comes to offices, the layout of the interior is most likely subject to change and may be designed to be as flexible so that it can transform in a matter of minutes. Several office units can be transformed into a larger community space with flexible movable walls and doors. Serving your needs optimally is key here.


"Strangers are running in my veins" questions the fragile frontier between autobiography and fiction, and creates a space where each voice re-composes a genealogy. Identity is in search of itself, lost and found again, deconstructed.
"Who is that, here, is that me?"
«If you believe I know who I am ..."
«I might have found it rich and generous, this blood which was running in my veins..."
"Who was my father then, and Fanny and Leonardo my grand-parents, and before them, and before them..."? «It's me, the first stranger, I am different from what I am, I am not appropriate, And it is starting from this stranger that we are going to conceive the strangers who are flowing within my veins."
«My father came when he was sixteen, from Tizi Ouzou... He had first stopped in Algiers, he had done plenty of odd jobs, it was a question of survival." I am Fatima, Fatima Negrous, I am the great-grandmother, and my heart is itching for you, my sons."
«Who knows what there is between the stars, the chromosomes of time?
"In Tunis the bad girls listened to Habiba Msika, but me, they married me to Nessim "
The piece explores the mirror images between personal and collective history between the universe, the individual and the cell.
Maha Ben Abdeladhim, Myriam Ben Arie, Novella Bonelli Bassano, Alexandrine Kirmser, Nicolas Losson, Pascale Ourbih, Nicolo Terrasi, Fahima and Samia Zaidi, Selma Zghidi .
Special thanks to all participants ( contributors) and to Jean-Pierre Krouchi for the family archives.


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Pentagon Play
Main Art Gallery, curated by Mike McGee, Cal State Fullerton Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana, California
Last summer I was the artist in residence in LA Cal Fullerton University working on my solo exhibition for the main art gallery. I was investigating the geopolitical power situation. Since I like to relate to where I am at any given moment, I wanted to relate to what I experienced in California where everything is big, open and vast. The windmills in the desert near Palm Springs are numerous and occupy a huge span of open space. I was very interested in that open space and it's relationship to the human body. So I put a group of people in neon coloured shirts in front of the windmills, had them rotate their arms like the blades of the windmills, and video taped them.
I was interested in how the windmill is emblematic of the relationship between people and nature. And I liked the idea that this particular emblem says something specific about California and how people relate to space and to the environment. For me, the idea of human beings imitating the interaction of nature with a manmade device is incredibly playful and interesting.
The number of times the windmill turns is directly controlled by the wind speed. The speed at which the blades rotate relates to the amount of energy produced. The windmill is an expression of the rigid control of time.
The high flying American lives according to a rigidly controlled time schedule. He yearns for freedom from the restrictions that surround him, freedom from the need to obey a multitude of rules in a rule-bound society. I was interested in the commercialisation of freedom, which is now sold in discreet sections of time: weekend breaks, etc. The students moving their arms like windmills in the wind farms combine the freedom aspect of the wide open space of the desert with the rigid discipline of the rhythm of the windmills.
Pentagon Play is about America. My point of departure was the "Jungle Gym" an American type of playground. The very name 'Jungle Gym' already expresses the concept that the playground is not a place for unplanned play, free expression and the development of creativity. The 'Jungle Gym' is designed by adults, as a place where children can learn to understand the rules, practice how to relate to and how to be accepted within the system.
I saw sophisticated Jungle Gyms in rich areas like New Port, almost empty of children, with carefully constructed boats, bridges and even pentagon shaped towers - shaped like the ministry of defence - a subliminal message to the children. This shocked me. The real Pentagon is perhaps the most significant symbol of power in the world today. It symbolises a specific decision making process based on a military system of analysis and strategies. Children unavoidably react to a predetermined environment that reflects the culture and interests of the adults who created it.
I noticed that the parks in poor areas in Orange County were always full of children. Play-grounds in the poor areas were painted in ugly military green colours, built out of the wrong materials, with broken equipment, and dangerous. The children who play in these playgrounds fight for domination of the space, forming gangs with gang leaders.
I created my playground installation in the gallery using the primary colours and plastic parts and components that can be found all over America. In a peculiar parallel to the spread of international corporate influence across the globe, these playgrounds which started in America have become international like Coca Cola, and MacDonald's. I added stockbrokers to this environment because the stock market is also a game, a game involving a lot of money where stockbrokers react immediately to news or rumours in the same immediate and direct way that children play. The Stock Market is the ultimate playground.
Interview with Robert Pettena. Conducted August 29, 2002 at the Cal State Fullerton Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana, CA.
Mike McGee: Pentagon Play is the most complex artwork you've ever done.
Robert Pettena: Yes. In terms of technical complexities I've done more complex things. But in terms of having so many components this is the most complex and ambitious.
MM: This installation is a departure from your previous work in a number of ways. Your previous work is more corporal; it is usually about the body and the relationship between the inside and outside the body. Previously, your personal memories played a more substantial role. And you often used your own family as subjects in your videos.
RP: Yes, I like to relate to where I am at any moment. And being in California I wanted to relate to what I experienced here.
But, I began a lot of bits and pieces of this installation in Italy. I had begun to work on the windmill, for instance, before I came here. I learned about the windmill farms in California so I decided to visit the ones in Tuscany.
MM: Are the windmills in Tuscany contemporary?
RP: Yes, they're very new; they just built them this year. They don't actually supply power for the country; they're only experimental at this point. There are only three windmills there. Many people object to them because they detract from the beauty of the countryside.
In Tuscany everything is small and neat and perfect: here it is completely different. Here everything is big and open and vast: big cars, big roads, big desert. The windmills in the desert near Palm Springs are so numerous and occupy such a huge span of open space. I am very interested in that open space and it's relationship to the human body.
MM: So you put a bunch of people in neon coloured shirts in front of the windmill, had them rotate their arms like the blades of the windmills, and video taped them?
RP: Yes. I wanted to see how it looked. I already had these images in my head. So I knew that I could do this here. But afterwards, obviously, there are so many other ideas and relationships that start to pop up.
MM: Why are you interested in the windmills?
RP: In the beginning, I was interested in how the windmill is emblematic of the relationship between people and nature. And I liked the idea that this particular emblem says something specific about California and how you relate to space and to the environment here. For me, the idea of human beings imitating the interaction of nature on a manmade device is incredibly playful and interesting. Human beings don't relate so neatly with nature. They relate more easily with the built environment, with the city. With the windmills you have these two often-opposing elements meet. It is a dialectic between the human and nature.
MM: What is the significance of the title Pentagon Play?
RP: Obviously, it's about America. The pentagon shape is found in a lot of playgrounds today, but the reference to the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. is unavoidable. The Pentagon is where all the important decisions are made. It is the symbol of power; perhaps, the most significant power in the world today. The Pentagon symbolises a way of making decision: specifically, a military system of analysis and strategies.
MM: Then play is kind of the opposite of what happens at the Pentagon, another dialectic?
RP: Yes and no. During the Cold War, for instance, there was a lot of play between Russia and America. It was a big play going on. It was all about "I have a bigger ego. I've got a bigger submarine. I've got a bigger missile." It was a game in many ways. And much of what goes on in the Pentagon today is a form of play.
MM: But there was and is specific structure to it. Whereas, children's play in generally has less structured or involves less predefined structure.
RP: Yes. So a child starts playing with structures in his or her environment, but adults always create the environments children play in. So a child unavoidably is reacting to things that are predetermined and reflect the interests of adults and what's going on in their culture.
It was interesting for me to discover that there are very few green, grassy areas in parks in Orange County. And it was also interesting to discover that the parks in poor areas are always full of children playing, while the parks in the more affluent areas were almost always empty.
It is also interesting and a bit bizarre that this woman Sandra Christensen put razorblades and other sharp objects in playground shortly after I began to work on this idea about playgrounds. I went to some of the playgrounds were she had done this. Even in these playgrounds in the poor neighbourhoods had lots of children playing about.
MM: The playground equipment in the installation with the primary colours and plastic parts and compartments can be found all over American. Is this kind of playground equipment in Italy too?
RP: Yes. In the past five to seven years this type of playgrounds are popping up all over the world. It is a peculiar parallel to the spread of international corporate influence across the globe.
MM: So these playgrounds have become international?
RP: Yes, like most of the global corporate influence they started here in American, and they are becoming common all over the world.
MM: So at the same time you find Coca Cola and Levi's in every country around the world and Kentucky Fried Chicken and MacDonald's in town and city these playgrounds are becoming the generic environment for children all over the world to play in.
RP: Exactly.
MM: And to this environment you've added stockbrokers?
RP: Yes. The stock market too is a game, a form of play.
MM: Albeit, a complex game involving a lot of money.
RP: Yes, involving a lot of money. And in the stock market people react immediately to news or rumours. It's not like legislation, for instance, where the process of making laws and policy can take a long time. It is immediate and direct the way children play.
MM: There are stock markets in other countries, but America has the big stock market, and the majority of international corporations that have most impacted the world are represented there. So, it's the big game.
RP: It's the world's biggest game: the ultimate playground.
MM: Tucked away in the back of the gallery is the hallway that ends with a projection of six people dressed in Victorian costume being served a meal they cannot eat because they are wearing plastic "Elizabethan" dog collars. How does this relate to the rest of the installation?
RP: The Victorian Age represents a seminal era in globalisation. It was the first time big companies influences truly became, not just international, but global. It is also the height of British world power, and it is the time when the transition from British to American world domination began.
The Victorian part of the installation is physically located in the back of the gallery, and it references the historical background that informs the rest of the installation. Without the Victorian era you wouldn't have the same systems of play that are found in the front portion of the installation.
Food, of course, is a symbol and metaphor for wealth and power, but in the Victorian era much of the play that took place was based on manners and ways of behaving. Food had a lot to do with this play and way of behaving: not so much the consuming or eating of food, but the way food was dealt with. In the Victorian era there were very strict rule of conduct regarding the consumption of food.
MM: It was a game?
RP: Yes, and your facility to following the rules of the game communicated your membership in a specific sector of society. That's why I had the actors wear the collars. The meal they are served has nothing to do with hunger. It has nothing to do with needing the food. It has to do with how you act according to the ethos and rules of the game.
I also like fact that these collars that are relatively new, they have been in use for maybe ten or fifteen years, yet they have this very old-referenced name—Elizabethan collars. And they're for animals. The collars obscure your view of the actors faces so you only have scant visual clues as to what they're thinking. You just have to guess. It's like looking at an animal's faces because you have enough information to develop some indications yet you can't figure out exactly what they're thinking. This kind of mystery about what's really going on is, of course, very Victorian.
MM: The house behind the actors is Victorian, but it's American Victorian.
RP: Yes. The presence of the American Victorian house in the background is a reminder of the relationship between Britain and America, and how Victorian influences were spread and interpreted throughout the world.
MM: Why did you want to cast in wax the heads of the actors for the Victorian video?
RP: Casting them in wax made their image completely loses any sense of being in this time. Casting is an old tradition, and it could have been done one hundred or two hundred years ago or now—there is no difference. And they also begin to relate to the tradition of casting faces of relatives, a tradition that goes all the way back to the Romans: this allusion is intensified by the way they are arranged on shelves in the hallway. The Russians used images like this to represent power. To put someone's image in a situation like this denotes a sense that they belong to some specific history: perhaps a family or a powerful social order. Paintings and sculpture make histories and stories concrete.
MM: Is Pentagon Play an indictment of Western Culture?
RP: No. It's not about judging people. It's about observing things as they are and looking at the parts relative to the whole in ways that hopefully give the viewer opportunities to see things in a new ways. It is not my intention to moralise or make judgments about what people do. I don't like the idea of judging people. I like the idea of giving sensibility to people. After all I'm part of this society. If I don't like Western culture I should leave and go live somewhere else. In this installation I'm mostly interested in the mechanisms of play and the necessity of playing. Everyone needs to play—even world leaders. When Ronald Regan was President he would go off to his ranch in Santa Barbara and ride his horses. George Bush takes a lot of vacations. We all need to play.
Victorian Scene
The Victorian part of the installation was physically located in the back of the gallery, and it referenced the historical background that informed the rest of the installation. Without the Victorian era the systems of play in the front portion of the installation would never have come into existence.
I was interested in the behaviour of Victorian aristocrats and the relationship between power and art. Works of art certificate a person's social status and future generations recreate the origins of their family tree through the works of art that they have inherited.
I created a projection of six people dressed in Victorian costume being served a meal they could not eat because they were wearing plastic "Elizabethan" dog collars. The Victorian Age represents a seminal era in globalisation. It was the first time the influence of big companies truly became, not just international, but global. It was also the height of British world power, and it was the time when the transition from British to American world domination began.
Food, of course, is a symbol and metaphor for wealth and power, but in the Victorian era there were very strict rules of conduct regarding the consumption of food. It was a game and the ease with which someone followed the rules of the game communicated their membership of a specific sector of society. That's why I had the actors wear the collars. The meal they were served had nothing to do with hunger but everything to do with behaving according to the ethos and rules of the game.
I also liked fact that these collars, which are relatively new, having been in use for maybe ten or fifteen years, have a name that refers to Elizabethan times, for they are called Elizabethan collars and they are for animals. The collars obscured the public's view of the actors' faces so that there were only scant visual clues as to what they were thinking. It was like looking at an animal's face because there was enough information to get some idea yet it wasn't possible to know exactly what they were thinking. This kind of mystery is, of course, very Victorian.
I placed the scene in front of an American Victorian house, as a reminder of the relationship between Britain and America, and how Victorian influences were spread and interpreted throughout the world.
I cast heads of the actors for the Victorian video in wax to give their image a timeless quality. These heads could have been created yesterday or a hundred years ago and there would have been no visible difference, for casting is an ancient tradition, much favoured by the Victorians.


The love of painting began for me around the age of four, from then on "Art" has been my life.
Growing up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, I continued to always focus myself around my love of art. I went from drawing and coloring as a young child, to stepping into painting with acrylic and oils as a teenager. I always had the great support of my family behind me. My parents put me in different classes of art growing up, building my education with every new experience. I went to college at the University of Southwest Louisiana to study commercial art. After three semesters there, a local artist and teacher encouraged me to come home to be a fine art painter. He introduced me to watercolors, I loved this type of painting and never went back to anything else.
I feel I have a great gift of being able to create and put my creations to paper, for this I am thankful everyday.


Plans have been approved for a £50m combined training facility for Liverpool FC's first team and Academy.
The plans will bring academy football training facilities together on one site. The proposal includes the construction of a new combined training centre, the redevelopment of the existing facilities at the Academy and designs to convert the main pitch into an indoor pitch.
The plans also include improvements to the community playing fields at Simonswood Lane.
Peter Moore, LFC's chief executive officer, said: "Today's approval by KMBC is another step on the journey in achieving our vision to bring our first-team players and young players together on one site.
"We have received positive feedback from local residents and businesses on our proposals during the public consultation earlier this year and we thank them for their continued support.
Knowsley Council's cabinet member for regeneration and economic development, Councillor Graham Morgan, said: "The council and LFC have worked closely with the local community throughout the planning process and we are pleased the plans have received such an overwhelmingly positive response.
"I'm also delighted that the local community and sports clubs in Kirkby will benefit from the scheme with much-improved football pitches and sports facilities at Simonswood Lane.


The Sunday roast, a proud part of Britain's culinary tradition, is still the number one meal for people dining out in pubs, according to research commissioned by Unilever Food Solutions.
And it should be served with carrots, peas and thick gravy poured over the whole plate. Beef is the meat of choice among a third of respondents, and carrots top the poll with 7 out of 10 consumers choosing them as their favourite veg. When it comes to what's served on the plate, however, traditions are changing. Gone are the days of having Yorkshire pudding only with roast beef – 8 out of 10 consumers said they like to eat them whatever the meat.


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Osaka Bay Area
Universal Studios Japan ユニバーサル・スタジオ・ジャパン
2-1-33 Sakurajima, Konohana-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka-fu
For interactive, immersive thrills and characters cool, horrifying and lovable, it's Universal
Travel to Jurassic Park or the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, enjoy thrilling rides, eye-popping special effects and high-octane blockbuster entertainment at Universal Studios Japan.
International crowd-pleasers from Spider-Man to Sesame Street plus popular Japanese manga-themed attractions in eight fantasy worlds covering 140 acres will captivate visitors of all ages in the Japanese incarnation of the top U.S. theme park.
Hollywood Dream: Plunge into the unknown on this exhilarating rollercoaster ride. Then travel backward, if you dare, on Hollywood Dream—The Back Drop
The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man: spin across New York City with the nimble superhero on a 4K3D immersive virtual reality ride
Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey: A must for muggles! Quidditch, dementor attacks and magical adventure high above Hogwarts Castle
The Flying Dinosaur: Fly through the air gripped in the talons of pteranodon
Universal Studios Japan is easily reached from downtown Osaka and surrounding transport hubs.
From Osaka Station , take the JR Osaka Loop Line to Nishikujo Station. Then transfer to the Sakurajima Line and ride two stops to Universal City Station.
Navigating the park
With over 10 million visitors annually, the place can feel full to bursting at times, particularly on weekends and holidays. Try to arrive early, avoid weekends, and plan your itinerary in advance. There is English signage in the park, but ride commentaries are in Japanese.
Make way for muggles
Most visitors head straight for the Wizarding World of Harry Potter (for which a separate timed ticket is required). Explore the crowded streets of Hogsmeade, call in at Ollivanders Wand Shop and join the (long) queue for the star attraction, Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey.
Hello Kitty Fashion Avenue
For a total immersion in kawaii visit the pink-tinted world of Japan's cutest cat. On Hello Kitty Fashion Avenue (Wonderland) you'll find a host of kitty-themed attractions for big and little fans (think spinning cupcake rides and Hello Kitty sweet treats in abundance). Meet-and-greet experiences, photo ops, and shopping opportunities abound.
Sesame Street friends
Elsewhere in Wonderland, meet old friends from Sesame Street, and Snoopy and his pals.
Watch out, it's JAWS!
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, it turns out the cult movie shark still lies in wait. Prepare to be scared out of your wits on the world's only remaining full-length Jaws ride. Like the movie, it's a classic.
Tricks, treats, and zombies
Besides year-round dazzling high-tech light shows and night parades, the park marks the seasons with special events. Watch out for zombies on the loose at Halloween and spectacular Christmas celebrations and decorations.
For fans of anime and Japanese gaming, Universal Cool Japan has a changing program of events and attractions featuring popular characters from Attack on Titan, Detective Conan, Monster Hunter, and Sailor Moon.
Shopping at Universal City Walk Osaka
If you don't want to eat up your time in the park waiting in line for food, Universal City Walk Osaka just outside the gates is lined with restaurants, shops, and souvenir stalls.
Time for takoyaki
The Osaka Takoyaki Museum, dedicated to the city's famous street food snack, griddled octopus balls in batter, makes an excellent pit stop. Exhibits explain the history of takoyaki alongside souvenir stalls and even takoyaki-themed games. Waste no time getting down to the serious business of finding your favorite octopus bite served up by five of Osaka's most famous takoyaki vendors.
Allow a full day to visit the park and the surrounding City Walk area. Be prepared for large crowds and long lines, particularly at weekends and during holiday periods. To get the most from your visit arrive early and consider purchasing an Express Pass to reduce queuing times for the most popular attractions. A limited number of Express Passes are available for purchase each day.
Consider staying at one of the on-site hotels for easy access. The Osaka Bay Area is also home to the Osaka Kaiyukan Aquarium , which makes for a great half-day or full-day trip.
Near Universal Studios Japan
Universal Studios Japan Osaka-shi, Osaka-fu
Mt. Tenpo Osaka-shi, Osaka-fu
Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan Osaka-shi, Osaka-fu
Asia Pacific Trade Center Osaka-shi, Osaka-fu
Summer Sonic (Osaka) Osaka-shi, Osaka-fu
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Rihga Royal Hotel Osaka


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I really hope DJ Khaled is not this petty, according to reports he is planning to drop a major lawsuit against Billboard Charts over his album 'Father of Asahd.
From Page Six
We're told Billboard had agreed it would count downloads from Khaled's energy drink package, which sources in the artist's camp say amounted to more than 100,000. Billboard later backtracked, disqualifying Khaled's entire sales from the promotion, arguing there were "anomalies" in his figures. Page Six has exclusively learned that lawyers for Khaled have fired off a legal letter to Silvio Pietroluongo, SVP charts and data development at Billboard.
A DJ Khaled source said, "When Khaled's team tried to appeal, Billboard refused to budge." The source said the situation was all the more unjust because Tyler, the Creator's bundle deal figures were included in his total sales. On May 30, Billboard announced Tyler debuted at No. 1 with 165,000 albums sold, with Khaled at No. 2 at 137,000. Not fair, argues Khaled's team.
Page Six exclusively reported a few days ago that Khaled had a tense meeting with Sylvia Rhone, chairman and CEO of his label Epic over the matter. The source explained, "Khaled was frustrated his label didn't fight harder for his bundle sales to be included."
A Billboard source disputed that 100,000 DJ Khaled sales were disqualified but admitted an undisclosed number of his sales were ruled out because "there were strange anomalies in the data," adding the decision was based on chart rules following talks with Khaled's management, Sony Records and Nielsen. Billboard announced it has reviewed its rules allowing artists to bundle albums with merch and will outline a new policy for 2020.
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How to hack-proof your company's social media
By Victoria Turk
This article was taken from the January 2014 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing online. "When hacks happen it becomes a major PR catastrophe," says Ryan Holmes, who founded social-media management system HootSuite. Here's his advice on keeping your reputation intact.
Set up securely
Your intern might not be the best person to launch the social-media accounts you hope will reach thousands. It's safer for a senior staff member to set them up, with the help of an IT administrator who knows how to choose a bombproof password. Holmes recommends LastPass: "It creates a hash algorithm which nobody's going to guess."
Centralise your access
Hacks don't always come from the outside -- HMV's Twitter feed was hijacked by rogue employees who live-tweeted as they were made redundant. You can minimise this risk by centralising your accounts using services such as HootSuite or MediaFunnel. With this, you can limit employees' access to the combined dashboard, so they never have the logins.
Audit your accounts
If your company has multiple departments, it's likely to have many profiles across Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and so on -- and you might not know them all. "Each of these will gain followers if it's coming from a brand," says Holmes. Conduct a regular audit to monitor who's making accounts where. You need to know who's listed as administrator on each account.
Plan for the worst
Practise your response to a social-media hack. If the hacker has locked you out, have contact details at the ready for the relevant support services. "If you don't have a centralised management system, you need to reach out to Twitter or wherever," says Holmes.
If you can access the profile, he recommends asking followers to disregard it until further notice.
This article was first published in the January 2014 issue of WIRED magazine
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Kanye West Says His Music Catalog Was Put Up For Sale Without His Approval
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Kanye West is calling fake news once again. Contrary to popular belief his music catalog is not up for sale.
As per Page Six the Chicago, Illinois native says that is denying recent announcements that his musical works are up for grabs. On Monday, Sept. 19 Billboard Magazine published an article stating that his camp had "been quietly and intermittently shopping his publishing catalog."
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While their undisclosed sources did not detail the alleged price tag on the deal the industry periodical said West is "seeking an eye-popping valuation: as much as 35 times net publisher's share, or gross profit". Additionally, to pique interest from potential suitors the lucky buyer(s) "would also get the opportunity to sign a go-forward publishing deal with the multi-platinum artist."
Naturally this news quickly went viral and landed on Ye's radar to which he simply said no. In a since expired Instagram Story post he wrote "Just like Taylor Swift… my publishing is being put up for my sale without my knowledge. Not for sale". The caption is a nod to when executive Scooter Braun sold his ex-client's publishing which captured material she released from 2006 up until 2017.
To say that Swift was disappointed by the move would be a glaring understatement. "Scooter has stripped me of my life's work, that I wasn't given an opportunity to buy," Swift wrote in a lengthy Tumblr post. "Essentially, my musical legacy is about to lie in the hands of someone who tried to dismantle it.
Billboard Magazine has yet to respond to West.
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Because properties in Charles Street appear to have been renumbered at least twice, it is not easy to trace, with certainty, the history of number 62. However, the building probably dates from the middle of the 19th century. A comparison of census and directory details suggests that, between about 1880 and the early 1900s, it was number 52, and might also have been named Llancarvan House.
The house, as originally built, was probably plainer in its external appearance, since it was only in 1884 that building approval was sought to add the bay windows and porch. That application was submitted by Thomas Windsor Jacobs, an Alderman of Cardiff, who went on to serve as Mayor in 1887-88. Records show that he still lived at 52 Charles Street well into the 1890s.
Following Alderman Jacobs' departure, the property was acquired by the Cardiff Board of Guardians who, until their demise in 1930, housed the Poor Law Union Dispensary there, and also the Superintendent Registrar's office. Subsequent occupants have included wholesalers of various products, solicitors, and a charity.
Wesleyan Methodist Central Hall stood at the corner of Charles Street and Bridge Street, Cardiff. The foundation stone was laid on 16 July 1849 by Alderman David Lewis, Mayor of Cardiff, who was also a church member. Designed by James Wilson of Bath, its Gothic style was, at the time, unusual for a nonconformist building in Wales. The chapel opened on 25 September 1850.
On 12 April 1895, the building was destroyed by a fire which broke out shortly after the end of that day's Good Friday devotions. Just over three months later, on 24 July, building plans were approved for a new church designed by Jones, Richards and Budgen of Cardiff, and reconstruction went ahead, largely on the same footprint as the original building.
The chapel continued to serve Cardiff's Methodists during the first four decades of the twentieth century. The last marriage to be registered there was on 5 June 1937 and it seems likely that the chapel closed shortly afterwards. Local directories suggest that the building was used, in the late 1940s, by the Ministry of Labour and National Service (Women's Department). During the 1950s, it housed the Supplies Department of the Welsh Regional Hospital Board and also a Clothing Depot for the Women's Voluntary Service. By the 1960s, though, it appears to have been unoccupied. Later, it was used for a time by Welsh National Opera before demolition in the mid-1980s.
The site is now occupied by a modern building which serves as the Cardiff Jobcentre.


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Pa. monthly revenues again below projections
Katie Meyer
Pennsylvania's state government is on the receiving end of more bad financial news.
After some moderate growth in October, the commonwealth's November income took nearly a 4 percent hit, with general revenues coming in $79.5 million lower than expected.
The weak revenues weren't that unexpected, said Matthew Knittel, director of the state independent fiscal office director.
"The November report largely confirmed what we'd had been seeing for the other four months of the fiscal year," he said. "That is, general weakness across most of the revenue sources."
In October, revenue was 1.6 percent above estimates.
Knittel said the state had been hoping that growth would continue.
"I would characterize November as slightly disappointing," he said. "Based on October, we were hoping for a little more of a pickup. But we really have to see another month here to see whether the trend is reversing itself or if it's just an outlier."
Knittel said a particular weakness was in the state's sales and use tax, which was more than $50 million below estimate.
The poor showing comes on top of Pennsylvania's significant structural deficit, which is estimated at nearly $2 billion in the next year.
One potential bright spot is that reports have shown fairly strong sales at the start of holiday shopping season.
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