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KuvA Research Days
Research Days 2022
Program Mon 11.12.2017
Program Tue 12.12.2017 at 9.30-12.00
Program Tue 12.12.2017 at 13.00-19.30
Program Wed 13.12.2017
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Bios 12.-13.12.2022 - KuvA Research Days
Rachel Armstrong is a ZAP (independent) Professor of Regenerative Architecture at the Department of Architecture | Faculty of Architecture, Campus Sint-Lucas, Brussels/Ghent, KU Leuven, Belgium. Her work explores the transition from an industrial era of architectural design to an ecological one as a fundamental change in the impacts of human development on our health, ecosystems and how we live together. Drawing together the fields of architectural design, natural and medical sciences through cultural transformation, she calls the synthesis that occurs between them "living" architecture where constructions share some of the properties of organisms. This simultaneously ecological, technological, and humanistic practice considers the implications for designing and engineering in a world thrown off balance.
Julia Chryssostalis is a legal theorist and philosopher in law, a Principal Lecturer at University of Westminster School of Law and Co-director of the Westminster Law & Theory Lab. She was the co-leader of the "Spatial Justice in the postcolony – legacies of the nomos of apartheid" project (2017–2020). Julia studied Law at the University of Thessaloniki and political theory and discourse analysis at the University of Essex, before briefly practising law in Athens. She has held visiting fellowships at the European University Institute, Princeton University, and the University of Cape Town. She has experience in the legal architectographies of Athens and on spatial understandings of law in the work of Carl Schmitt and Hannah Arendt. She is currently working on a reading of the city through the legal archive.
Monday, 12 December presenters
Tuomo Alhojärvi is a geographer specialised in postcapitalist theory and practice. His PhD thesis "For Postcapitalist Studies: Inheriting Futures of Space and Economy" (University of Oulu 2021) explored the limitations of postcapitalist discourses using critical tools from feminist economic geography and deconstructive philosophy. Now based at the University of Eastern Finland, Tuomo works as a postdoctoral researcher in the Kone Foundation funded project "Post-ownership as an interpretation and experience of economic change" (09/2022-08/2025). His current work is centred on cartographies, archives, and translations as postcapitalist sites and methods.
Erna Bodström is a Postdoctoral Researcher affiliated with The Centre for Research on Ethnic Relations and Nationalism CEREN at the Swedish School of Social Science, University of Helsinki, Finland. Her research focuses on issues of migration, especially on asylum, activism and integration. With a background in communication studies, she focuses especially on policy texts and draws on theories of borders, citizenship and discourse to examine how non-physical boundaries are constructed in the nation states. She is also a human rights activist who has both worked and volunteered with asylum seekers.
Anna Jensen is a curator, researcher, writer, artist and feminist based in Helsinki. Jensen's site-specific practice is based on collectivity, friendships, embodied experiences and deconstructing existing social structures, art and politics. Jensen's ultimate goal is global revolution, but while waiting for that to happen the aim is to create ecologically and ethically sustainable practices, and reconsider notions of local and global, curating, and canon. Jensen is part of Porin kulttuurisäätö, an artist-curator collective formed in 2013. The collective organizes exhibitions and events that question and reconstruct the structures existing both in the art world and in our society.
Aino Hirvola is an architect (M.Sc.) and a doctoral candidate in urban planning. Her doctoral thesis examines professional lobbying in urban planning and politicization as a source of democratic legitimacy of planning. Her main research interest is planning theory, within which she studies politicization, populism, emancipation, and transparency in planning. Currently she is also working in the research project "Transforming Anatomies of Democratic Planning: Combining Planning-Theoretical and Legal Perspectives on Flexible Regulation in Finnish Land-Use Law" (TRANAPLAN) funded by the Academy of Finland. She is a university teacher in the department of built environment, Aalto University. In "City As Space of Rules and Dreaming" project Aino focuses on the connection between emancipation and urban space and planning.
Maiju Loukola is an artist-researcher and a university lecturer (Doctor of Arts) at the Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki Doctoral programme. Her research practice involves site and situation related urban space interventions with focus on democratization of space, peripherality and inclusive practices. Maiju leads the Kone Foundation funded project "City as Space of Rules and Dreaming" (2021–2024) in which she studies spaces of co-existence in the polemical and indisciplinary crossings of normative and imaginary site formation practices. Maiju was one of the initiators of "The Floating Peripheries – mediating the sense of place" research project between Aalto Arts and Lapland University (2017–2021).
Zen Marie is an artist and educator working at the intersection of lens-based media, social practice and installation. Zen holds an MA in Cultural Analysis from the University of Amsterdam and is a graduate of the two-year residency program at De Ateliers in Amsterdam. Through a practice which spans film, photography, performance, drawing and writing, he investigates the relationships between power and place, and medium and meaning. His current and recent projects propose critical rereadings of the narratives that become entangled with nature via conquest and representation. He looks at landscape cinematography and video installation as sites where the personal, the political and the social can be explored and mapped. His current research takes up the concept of site specificity and considers the ways in which this concept can return to the gallery or museum as critically active gestures. Zen's studio practice is complemented by his position as a lecturer in Fine Art at the Wits School of Arts in Johannesburg, where he is also engaged in research towards a practice-led PhD.
Brigitta Stone-Johnson (Brigs) is an architect and fine artist who lives in Johannesburg. She is a lecturer and creative practice researcher at the Wits School of Architecture. Her PhD work and research explore materiality and the Anthropocene through collaborations with more than human oddkin, such as local stone, Tar, rubble and plastic.
Tanja Tiekso is a researcher, writer and musician specialising in experimental art and the history of the avantgarde. In "City as Space of Rules and Dreaming" project Tiekso studies the topographies of artistic dream practices and sound as a non-normative component in the city space. Tiekso is a PhD and adjunct professor in musicology at the University of Helsinki. Currently she conducts their research at the Department of Philosophy, History and Art / Aesthetics / University of Helsinki.
Paul Tiensuu is a doctoral candidate in law at the University of Helsinki. In "City as Space of Rules and Dreaming" project he develops the theory of norms and their materialisation and effect in the urban space. Further, he studies how urban space affects the potential of collective political action in different neighbourhoods. He specialises on 20th century French philosophy, particularly structural theory, and in this vein contributes to the general theoretic background of the project. In his thesis Tiensuu elaborates upon network and systems theoretic research to study the structural effect of the regulatory systems to the change of laws, including how the regulation can be influenced from outside. This issue he has tackled also in his recent research on lobbying.
Marloeke Van Der Vlugt is a Dutch cross-disciplinary artist-researcher with a background in performance, fine arts, and scenography. Her work has been exhibited and performed in multiple (inter)national museums, gallery shows, and theatres. In 2015 her book Performance as Interface | Interface as Performance was released in which she explores her living in a technology-driven, networked world and its impact on the body. She is a lecturer at the HKU University of the Arts Utrecht and a researcher at the Professorship Expanding Artistic Processes. In 2019 she started her artistic PhD project that inquires into artistic strategies that research our aesthetic interaction with materialities (bodies, materials, spaces) through the lens of Touch(ing).
Tuesday, 13 December presenters
Alex Arteaga is an artist researcher who combines and hybridizes aesthetic, phenomenological and enactivist research practices through an inquiry into embodiments, environments and aesthetic cognition. He studied music theory, piano, electronic music, composition and architecture in Barcelona and Berlin and received a PhD in philosophy at the Humboldt University Berlin. He is lecturer at the Berlin University of the Arts, professor at the The Film and Audiovisual School of Catalonia, and visiting researcher at the University of the Arts Helsinki. Alex Arteaga conceives and develops long-term artistic research projects such as Architecture of Embodiment (www.architecture-embodiment.org) or Contingent Agencies (www.contingentagencies.net).
Mohamed Sleiman Labat is born and raised in the Sahrawi Refugee Camps southwest Algeria. His art draws upon the past and present life of the Sahrawi people. In 2015 he created Motif Art Studio after destructive floods in Samara Camp. The studio was built from the discarded materials and broken furniture. The studio organizes different art collaborations, interactive sessions and art talks. It also includes an experimental garden to grow vegetables and plants next to the studio. The garden provides some food for Laban's family as well as an escape from the harsh desert hot environment. His art practice aims to address pressing social and environmental issues.
Pekka Niskanen is a Helsinki-based artist and researcher. In the previous research on "Family Gardens, an Emerging Discourse in the Sahrawi Community" Niskanen and Mohamed Sleiman Labat have observed the emergence of small-scale family gardens in the Saharawi community in the Hamada Desert. The research appreciates how gardens and agricultural knowledge are starting to change people's perception about food production and diet. Especially for this community where dependency on international aid has been the case since the arrival of the Saharawi to the refugee camps in Algeria in 1975. Niskanen was an artist in residence at Villa Lante at the end of summer 2022 invetigating community gardens in Rome.
PlayGroup (Jill Richards, Barend Engelbrecht, Jurgen Meekel)
Jill Richards, Johannesburg based pianist, sound artist and improviser. Coming from a classical music background, she specialises in contemporary piano music, as well as free improvisation. She works with people from various disciplines (music, visual, acting) and has sonic collaborations with artists living both in South Africa and abroad. These include Jurgen Meekel and Barend Engelbrecht, her partners in "Sonic Excavations: layers of listening in Joburg". Jill is passionate about contemporary Johannesburg and its surrounds, as well as its rich and diverse history which ranges from the Cradle of Humankind – the earliest humans – to the vibrant youthful city it is today. Jill is very excited about exploring this sonically, in both real and imagined ways. Her performing work includes concerts, recordings and chamber music.
Dr Barend Engelbrecht is a Johannesburg-based artist and researcher whose main creative and theoretical interest is in sound and its relationship to time and space, particularly within the dynamic urban environment of Johannesburg. He also currently works in collaboration with the experimental sonic arts collective "PlayGroup", with Jill Richards and Jurgen Meekel.
Jurgen Meekel works and collaborates on contemporary art installation pieces, sculptures, animation, VFX, motion graphics, sonic art, film and video work exhibiting nationally and internationally. This practice includes collaborating with PlayGroup: Jill Richards and Barend Engelbrecht, in a long term project "Sonic Excavations: layers of listening in Joburg". Currently teaches filmmaking at the Wits School of the Arts in Film & TV.
Prince Massingham, author, script writer, actor, researcher and educator born and bred in Kliptown, Soweto. Massingham trained at the Afrika Cultural Centre where he became a facilitator in Drama and Theatre, and Co-ordinated the Annual Community Theatre Festival and the Annual Children's Festival. His book of short stories and poems "Kliptown Stories" was published in 2008, illustrated with artworks by Clifford Charles. He has recently worked as an actor in a number of local productions, including "The Queen" and "Bicycle Man". Massingham developed characters and wrote the scripts of the short film "Die Matras" (2019) and the feature "The Beehive", filmed as part of the Kliptown community film initiative in 2020 and 2021, and acted as community liaison and organiser for cast, crew and locations for both productions.
Neo Monyamane is an independent filmmaker hailing from Odendaalsrus, a small mining town in the Free State. Neo graduated from the Academy of Sound Engineering with a Diploma in Television and Screen media in 2016, winning the Best Independent Film award. In 2017 he was nominated for an award at the Cambridge International Film Festival under the category of "Future Filmmaker" for his documentary "G-Face – The Documentary About Nothing" and 2018 saw him receive two more international nominations from the Dhaka International Film Festival in Bangladesh and the Nepal Human right's Film Festival. In 2019 Neo was selected as part of the NFVF youth director programme. Neo has directed and produced 5 short films, a 6 part documentary series, 2 documentary films and recently "Die Matras" and "The Beehive", in collaboration with the community film initiative in Kliptown.
Emeka Ogboh is a sound and installation artist from Lagos based in Berlin where he recently put up two site-specific sonic installations. "Ámà: The Gathering Place" transformed the atrium of a major Berlin museum, the Martin Gropius Bau, into a place to commemorate the basic sense of community. In the center of the classical building a large, sculpted tree wrapped in traditional Akwétè weavings was surrounded by seats that invited to sit down and listen to a soundscape of Igbo folk songs. The multisensory ensemble evoked the way people are coming together in the daily life of an Igbo village. "Der Kosmos – Things Fall Apart" was an installation on the roof terrace of Humboldt Forum, a Berlin institution that was central to the discussion about the restitution of art taken away from Africa. An array of twelve loudspeakers, wrapped in colorful African weavings, played Igbo chants under the open sky in the visual axis of the Berlin Dome. Emeka Ogboh's talk will revolve around the ways in which Ogboh's multisensory installations recode and transform spaces, while unfolding their inherent decolonial quest.
François Sarhan is a French composer, director and visual artist who performed in Asia, Africa, America and Europe. He is noted for creating his own music-theatre and multimedia works in which he himself often performs. He collaborated with William Kentridge on "Telegrams from the Nose", which was presented more than 30 times at major festivals and venues all over Europe. When he opened his first exhibition in Paris, he initiated a new aspect of his art, with videos, collages and artist books. Among his works are the chamber opera "King Lear", a film and music theatre work produced by LOD in Gent, called "Lachez tout!", and most recently the chamber opera "Nacht bis Acht," composed for Deutsche Oper Berlin. Sarhan taught at IRCAM between 1998 and 2002, and at the Marc Bloch University in Strasbourg since 1999. Since 2015 he teaches composition at the UdK (Berlin) and occasionally at the Musikhochschule in Dresden.
Tanja Sakota is an author, filmmaker, artistic researcher and associate professor at the Wits School of Arts, Film and Television Department. Coupled with more than 20 years of experience in academic teaching, her practice-based research focuses on memory traces as they become accessible through architecture, sites and locations in landscape and city spaces. Her upcoming monograph "Uncovering memory" proposes innovative ways to approach pedagogy using sites of tormenting memories as the backdrop for artistic research.
Stefan Winter, philosopher and author, is Honorary Professor for Artistic Research and Head of Institute for Artistic Research at Film University Babelsberg, Visiting Professor at University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, and representative of Germany at the European Forum for Advanced Practices. In his research and teaching at universities and art schools in Basel, Berlin, Braunschweig, Düsseldorf, Helsinki, Perugia and Potsdam, he traversed and connected artistic and scientific knowledge cultures. Numerous publications on all epochs in the history of knowledge and on present-day questions across the disciplines.
Mocke Jansen van Veuren is an educator, filmmaker and researcher born and working in Johannesburg. He is currently developing a PhD study focusing on community-based digital film education pedagogies. He has developed curricula, unit standards, qualifications and programmes for SAQA, University of Johannesburg, Academy of Sound Engineering and University of the Witwatersrand, and has taught film, animation, and digital multimedia from first year to MA level. His artistic work includes video, sound and dance collaborations with choreographer and performer Nelisiwe Xaba. Their work "Uncles & Angels" was awarded the FNB Art Prize in 2013. Van Veuren currently works as a lecturer and deputy Head of Department at the Wits Department of Film and Television, and consults for KZN Film Commission in the development of their post-graduate training programmes. Van Veuren supported the production and public screenings of "Die Matras", "The Beehive" and "The Great Wall of Eldorado", and secured funding in support of "The Beehive" via Arts Research Africa. He has been active in brokering partnerships and funding networks for the Kliptown and Eldos Digital Film and Arts Initiative.
Uygur Vural is Berlin-based multidisciplinary artist born in Antalya, Turkey. He is currently working as a freelance instructor, cello performer, improviser, sound artist, and composer in Berlin.
Uygur Vural majored in Music at Antalya Anatolian Fine Arts High School then studied Cello and Composition at İstanbul Bilgi University. In 2010, he received his Master of Fine Arts degree in Visual Communication Design and taught Sounds & Design at the Department of Film and Television from 2007 to 2011 at the same University. His research is mostly focused on City Soundscape, Acoustic Ecology, Sound-Architectural relations, experimental techniques in performance, and improvisation.
Christo Doherty is Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the Wits School of Arts at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He is also director of the Arts Research Africa project in the School and chair of the School's Research Committee. His own artistic practice is in the fields of video art and photography, and he produces and hosts the monthly "arts research africa" podcast. He is working across various disciplines at the University to advance engagements between Art and Science; while in his own research he explores the relationship between vision lens-based technologies and consciousness, memory, and subterfuge in Africa.


Installer now takes an optional '-p' parameter for the server port, default to 9080.
Fixed in both 0.1 branch and trunk as part of the HCAT-40 check-in.
HCatalog always starts its server on port 9083.  The value in the config file should be honored.


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How to benefit your organization from white hat hackers
Hackers are a huge threat to organizations, so ethically practiced hacking is often the best way to protect them from these attacks.
The nature of the attacks on computer security continues to evolve. Unless the systems could be also developed to counteract these threats, they will remain an easy target. While conventional security measures are necessary, it is important to keep in perspective the people or organizations that could potentially attack our systems. Different organizations have allowed a category of hackers, known as ethical hackers or white-hat hackers, to identify possible system vulnerabilities and provide suggestions for fixing them. With the express consent of the leaders of the organizations, the ethical hackers penetrate in a holistic way in the systems to implement various security measures that allow systems to continue operating normally against the threats of attacks from other hackers.
Is white hat hacking really necessary?
According to experts from the International Institute of Cyber Security, it is not really obligatory for an organization to hire the services of a hacker, but basic computer security systems have shown repeated failures in providing accurate protection against a rival who shows increasing growth and variety of resources. With the proliferation of intelligent devices connected to the network, the systems are under constant threat. In fact, currently hacking has been shown as a possibility of lucrative business, practiced at the expense of attacked organizations.
As Bruce Schneier, author of the book "Protect Your Macintosh," mentions, "it's easy to protect your hardware, just put it under lock, chain it to your desk, or buy another one. Taking care of information is more complicated. It can be in more than one place; it can be carried from one side of the world to the other just in seconds and be stolen without your knowledge". Unless you have great resources, your information technology department will be inferior to the onslaught of hackers, and valuable information can be stolen before you know it. That is why it is pertinent to add an area to the Information Technology Department of your organization, hiring white hat hackers who know how to act as malicious hackers. Otherwise, your organization will run the risk of leaving tickets to your systems.
Knowing Hacker's Methods
To prevent hacking it is important to understand how hackers think. The conventional security programs stop working as soon as the hacker makes his entry, it is obvious that hackers have all different ways of acting, so that systems are exceeded, which makes necessary the emergence of an ethical hacker who can enter the system the way a black hat hacker would do it, but trying to find security deficiencies.
Penetrating test
It is used to find the vulnerabilities of the system that could be attacked by a hacker. There are various methods to apply a penetration test that organizations use according to their needs.
Targeted tests involve people in the organization and the hacker. The staff of the Organization knows all about the attack that will take place.
External testing penetrates all externally exposed systems, such as Web servers and DNS.
Internal tests discover open vulnerabilities for internal users with access privileges.
Blind tests simulate real hacker attacks.
The testing organization receives limited information about the target, requiring them to perform a reconnaissance prior to the attack. Penetrating tests is the most common case for hiring ethical hackers.
Identify vulnerabilities
No system is completely immune to attacks. Organizations need to provide protection at different levels. Ethical hacking represents an opportunity to cover these levels. A good example is the case study of a large organization in the manufacturing sector. The organization knew its limitations in terms of information security, but could not do much for itself. Then, they hired ethical hackers to evaluate their security system and provide his findings and recommendations. The report included the following components: Recommendations for improving computer security of the system, such as the implementation of an incident response system, complete implementation of a vulnerability management program and more comprehensive strengthening guidelines.
Preparing for an attack
Attacks are inevitable no matter how strong a system is. In the end, an attacker will find vulnerability or two. This article has already established that cyber attacks are inevitable. That does not mean that organizations should stop reinforcing their security system, but quite the opposite. Cyber attacks have evolved and the only way to prevent or minimize damage is a good preparation. One way to prepare anti-attack systems is to allow ethical hackers to identify vulnerabilities in advance.
There are many examples of this and it is pertinent to look at the example of the Department of Homeland Security of the United States. DHS uses an extremely large and complex system that stores and processes large volumes of sensitive data.
Data violation is a serious threat, and like threatening national security. DHS realized that making ethical hackers enter their system before hackers did it was an intelligent way to raise the level of preparation for an attack. Therefore, the DHS Hack Act was passed, which would allow select ethical hackers to enter the DHS system.
This Act establishes in detail how the initiative would work. A group of ethical hackers would be hired to enter the DHS system and identify vulnerabilities, if any. For any new vulnerabilities identified, ethical hackers would be financially rewarded. Ethical hackers would not be subject to any legal action because of their actions, although they would have to work under certain restrictions and guidelines. The Act also made it obligatory for all the ethical hackers involved in the program to go through a background check.
Like DHS, reputable organizations have hired ethical hackers to raise the level of system security preparation for a long time.
Both ethical hacking and conventional information security must work together to protect organizations. However, companies must develop their strategy towards ethical hacking. They can probably take the example of DHS into this practice. The role and scope of ethical hackers must be clearly defined; it is important for the company to maintain checks and balances so that the hacker does not exceed the scope of the work or cause any damage to the system. The company also needs to give ethical hackers the assurance that no legal action will be taken in the case of a violation as defined in their contract.
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Tagged: ethical hacking course, ethical hacking training

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Q: build solution from command line I'm trying to build a number of solutions from a cmd file using command lines to handle the whole build
this is the line that builds the solution:
for /f %%i in (%CFG%\bld.lst) do set OUT=   %%i Release %REBUILD%& call :out & C:\"Program Files (x86)"\"Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0"\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe  %%i %REBUILD% Release >>%LOG%

the solutions are in (%CFG%\bld.lst)
if I add error catching as in:
if errorlevel 1 set OUT=   Failed to build %%i Release    &  goto :error_term at the end of the line the build crashes
if I don't then the eventviewer shows me this error:

The description for Event ID 0 from source VSTTExecution
  cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not
  installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You
  can install or repair the component on the local computer.
If the event originated on another computer, the display information
  had to be saved with the event.

The following information was included with the event:
(devenv.exe, PID 2004, Thread 1) UIContextHelper.SetUIContext: The call to IVsAggregatableProject.GetCmdUIContextCookie failed. Error code: -2147467259

the message resource is present but the message is not found in the string/message table
if I build each of the solutions from VisualStudio the solution builds correctly
I should mention some of the projects where written in VS 2010 and some in VS 2013
it's turning my hair grey. HELP!
Danieli

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Topiary. What a crazy idea if you think about it. I was never a fan but during the course of the last year I've realized that it goes way beyond elephants and giraffes on the front lawn. It's the crazy geometric shapes that confound and delight me. I just love that people go about trimming their shrubbery into these exotic shapes. Such folly!
I thought it might be a good idea to create a green perfume as an ode to topiary. After some research I've discovered that some of the shrubs used to fashion topiary are easily available in essential oils. Unfortunately boxwood is not available (but the most used plant). However laurel, myrtle and thuja are easily obtained.
The fun part is always ordering new oils to work with. I found an absolutely gorgeous white champa leaf with green as well as beautiful floral notes of champaca. Alba michelia leaf is from the common magnolia, another lovely green/floral note. Rhododendron leaf was surprise, very fresh and somewhat citrusy. I found a myrtle and thyme, both high in linalool, an alcohol found in rosewood. Erigeron, thuja, tarragon absolute, wormwood, violet leaf and vetiver are some other choices.
I've decided on genet, otherwise known as broom, for the heart - which goes brilliantly with rhododendron leaf. I'm really just fleshing out the bones of the perfume but I'm off to a terrific start with agarwood and africa stone on the bottom and white champaca leaf and petitgrain sur fleurs on top. As I work I keep trying to imagine walking through one of these topiary gardens in Europe, marveling at the intense green and the whacky, comical shapes. I really must plan a topiary tour.


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Feinstein Calls on Border Patrol to Examine Vehicle Pursuit Policies After Recent Deaths
Washington—Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) called on Customs and Border Protection to reevaluate its vehicle pursuit policies after individuals were killed in recent crashes, including innocent bystanders and a child.
"I strongly agree with the Department of Justice's recommendations that law enforcement should consider the severity of an offense and the potential for injuries and fatalities before initiating a high-speed vehicle pursuit," Senator Feinstein wrote. "However, CBP's pursuit policy does not follow the Justice Department guidelines, but instead offers insufficient protection against possible injuries and fatalities, either to bystander members of the public or occupants of a pursued vehicle. This has led to catastrophic and unwarranted results."
Full text of the letter follows:
The Honorable John Sanders
Acting Commissioner
United States Customs and Border Protection
Dear Acting Commissioner Sanders:
I write to express serious concern over the numerous fatalities caused by Border Patrol car chases, especially in California. Recent reports indicate that Border Patrol vehicle pursuits resulted in at least 250 injuries and 22 deaths from 2015 to 2018. In light of the tragic cost of these chases, I ask that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) immediately reevaluate its vehicle pursuit policies.
I strongly agree with the Department of Justice's recommendations that law enforcement should consider the severity of an offense and the potential for injuries and fatalities before initiating a high-speed vehicle pursuit. However, CBP's pursuit policy does not follow the Justice Department guidelines, but instead offers insufficient protection against possible injuries and fatalities, either to bystander members of the public or occupants of a pursued vehicle. This has led to catastrophic and unwarranted results.
Specifically, I am concerned that these inadequate guidelines may have contributed to numerous deaths during recent CBP vehicle pursuits, including the death of a Sacramento man in Chula Vista on April 25, of three individuals in eastern San Diego County in November 2018, and of three individuals, including a child, in Rancho Bernardo in August 2017. Accordingly, I urge you to re-evaluate the CBP pursuit policy in light of these deaths and Justice Department recommendations. I also ask that you provide responses to the attached questions by May 24, 2019.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me or have your staff contact my office.
United States Senator
Please provide answers to the following questions as promptly as possible:
Please provide a current copy of CBP's vehicle pursuit standards. When was that guidance last updated?
In developing its vehicle pursuit guidelines, did CBP consider the Justice Department's Issues and Practices document, entitled "Restrictive Policies for High-Speed Police Pursuits"? If so, please describe how CBP considered the DOJ document in developing its own guidelines.
Has CBP considered ways to reduce the risk of injuries and fatalities to passengers in pursued vehicles, who may be victims rather than perpetrators of smuggling offenses? If so, please describe what options have been considered to reduce risk of harm to these individuals.
What does CBP consider to be a sufficient "law enforcement benefit" to justify pursuits that carry a significant risk of serious injuries or fatalities to smuggling victims or the general public? In making this calculation, why does CBP's vehicle pursuit guidance fail to direct agents to consider whether the offense justifying the pursuit is a misdemeanor or a nonviolent felony?
In considering future updates to the CBP vehicle pursuit guidance, will you commit to evaluating best practices for vehicle pursuits, as identified by major metropolitan police departments and the police departments in jurisdictions that touch the southern border?


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About | Warren Peter Construction, Inc.
Warren Peter is a graduate of Williamsport Area Community College (renamed Pennsylvania College of Technology) where he received his degree in Building Construction Technology. Warren now serves as a member of the advisory board of the Carpentry Department of Penn College.
Warren's son Joe is associated with the company also. Joe graduated from the Indiana County Technology Center Carpentry program. After graduation from high school, Joe attended Pennsylvania College of Technology where he graduated from the Carpentry program and Architectural drafting. Joe, along with other duties, does the drawings for the new homes.
Warren serves as a director for the National Association of Home Builders. He is also a life director for the PA Builders Association. Warren served as president of the PBA in 2012. He serves on several committees at the state board level working with government officials continually trying to keep housing affordable. At the local level, Warren has served as an officer or director for most of the years that he has been involved with the industry. Since 1994, Warren Peter Construction has participated in the Indiana-Armstrong Builders Association annual home show.
Warren spent several years with a large construction company. When he moved to Indiana County in 1977, Warren wanted to do things differently. He wanted to build custom homes, (which is now over 180), so he started his own construction company in 1981 with two part-time employees. The company now employs eight full-time employees. Warren's employees have a total of 165 years of service to the building industry. "My employees also deserve credit for their quality workmanship and commitment to the company".
Warren feels that the homeowner should be involved in the construction of their home from start to finish. Warren and Joe work with you personally, offering their friendly, helpful experience through every stage of your new home development. Through designing, construction, completion, and follow-up.
Warren's motto will always be "Quality work at an affordable price".


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Lessons to be learned from victory
Manager Gary Mills hopes lessons have been learned after his York City side survived a late Nuneaton Town fightback and moved up to fifth in National League North.
The Minstermen held on for a 4-3 victory at Bootham Crescent on Saturday afternoon and have now picked up 10 points from a possible 12 since the opening day defeat against AFC Telford United.
But Mills was concerned by the way his side allowed Nuneaton to get back into the contest after leading 3-0 with just over 20 minutes to play
"I think sometimes when you get three points out of a game like we have done today, it's not a bad thing at times to learn a lesson and we have all learned a lesson," said Mills.
"It's nice to get three points and bounce back," he added. "We lost the first game and we have got 10 points from the last 12 so that's a fantastic response.
"Football isn't perfect. You don't always play superbly well and get three points. Sometimes you get points when you don't, in some people's eyes, deserve to. Sometimes you do. But we will take it. It's nice to get three points and back up the point we got on Tuesday (against Darlington).
"A game of football is never over until the final whistle goes," Mills stressed. "Sometimes in football, as in life, people think it's over - but it never is. There's a lesson learned. We learned lessons the other night - we learned a lot the other night - my team, my squad of players, have learned a lesson again today."
Michael Rankine and Simon Heslop both scored two goals for City in the 4-3 victory.
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Kortney Lockey, Lynchburg Bureau - Multimedia Journalist
Published: August 16, 2021, 10:59 PM
Tags: Family Feud, Danville, NASCAR
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Family of NASCAR's Wendell Scott wins their episode of 'Family Feud'
The Scott Family said they will use the $100,000 prize to help their nonprofit
DANVILLE, Va. – A legendary Danville family is feuding, but not with each other.
Wendell Scott became the first African American to win a NASCAR race at the sport's highest level. Now, his family is on the big stage once again.
This time, winning a Disney-themed episode of "Family Feud" Monday afternoon!
[Paving the way: How Danville native Wendell Scott blazed a trail for African Americans in NASCAR]
Not only did the family take down the reigning champs, but they also won a new car, $100,000 and will get to celebrate Walt Disney World's 50th anniversary in person.
The family gathered to watch the episode for the first time Monday afternoon.
"It was a time for our family to spend together and do something fun. We all I think have a little competitiveness in us. I watch 'Family Feud' every night at my house with my family and wife. I had no idea the reach that that program has across all demographics, across all races," Scott said.
We're told they'll use the money to help their nonprofit.
Kortney Lockey
Kortney joined the 10 News team as a Lynchburg Bureau Reporter in May 2021.


Far from being the traditional bar stool, B12 Stool is a manifestation of great craftsmanship and geometric emphasis in design. The solid ash wood stool, designed by Oscar Nuñez, bears a nearly symmetric look that is thrown off-kilter with the angles of the struts that support the rectangular seat. The beveled lip of the seat is reflected in the interior angles of the triangular forms as well as the wooden connections to the stool's lower legs. Simplicity speaks volumes in this particular piece, which features natural colors and an honest construction. Only subtly is directionality referenced, with the bend of the legs conforming to the natural fold of the knees of the seated individual.


As we age, our bodies tend to change, as does our eyesight. Many patients in their middle forties are complaining of tension headaches, difficulty seeing while driving at night, and problems reading the newspaper without holding it further away. These are considered normal age-related complaints as one turns 40 and older, but there are a few symptoms that should not be ignored and require a comprehensive eye exam to prevent vision loss and maintain healthy vision.
Glaucoma. Over 50% of an estimated 3 million people have undiagnosed glaucoma. This eye disease can lead to blindness. What is glaucoma? It is a disease of the optic nerve — the part of the eye that carries the images we see to the brain. When damage to the optic nerve fibers occurs, blind spots develop. These blind spots usually go undetected until the optic nerve is significantly damaged. If the entire nerve is destroyed, blindness results. Recommendations:Although glaucoma may arise at any age, risks begin to increase at midlife. Early detection and treatment by your ophthalmologist are the keys to preventing optic nerve damage and blindness from glaucoma. Prescription drops can be used to control glaucoma and a new technology (an iStent) used by Dr. Shofner actually reduces the pressure in the eye. Learn more about glaucoma.
Cataracts. Have difficulty driving at night? Are headlights blurry? What is a cataract? A cataract is a clouding of the normally clear lens of the eye. It can be compared to a window that is frosted or yellowed. If the cloudiness is not near the center of the lens, you may not be aware that a cataract is present. Recommendations: Cataract surgery is the only way a cataract can be removed. However, if symptoms of cataract are not bothering you very much, surgery may not be needed. Sometimes a simple change in your eyeglass prescription may be helpful. Plus, cataracts can be good news because newer surgery techniques and replacement lenses can allow you to see at all distances, in many cases without glasses or contacts. Learn more about cataracts.
Dry Eyes. Typically caused by hormonal changes or dry heated air especially during the winter, dry eyes could also be a symptom of an auto-immune disease. Women are more likely than men to experience dry eyes in their midlife, over 52% experience dry eye symptoms regularly. Recommendations: Depending on the severity, many people can obtain relief by using artificial tears, gels and ointments. Many patients also report relief from using a humidifier at night. Patients that wear contacts should use drops recommended by their doctor. Some over the counter drops may worsen the symptoms, especially those with preservatives. It is best you use preservative free drops. Another treatment includes placing a small "plug" placed into your tear ducts to keep moisture in the eye. There are also other treatments to relieve dry eyes such as "cauterization" in which the tear ducts are sealed to keep moisture in the eye.
Macular Degeneration. Commonly known as Age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Can you still thread a needle? What is Macular Degeneration? It is a deterioration or breakdown of the macula. The macula is a small area in the retina at the back of the eye that allows you to see fine details clearly and perform activities, such as reading and driving. Recommendations: Although the exact causes of macular degeneration are not fully understood, antioxidant vitamins and zinc may reduce the impact of AMD in some people. Certain types of "wet" macular degeneration can be treated with laser surgery, a brief outpatient procedure that uses a focused beam of light to slow or stop leaking blood vessels that damage the macula. Learn more about macular degeneration.
How to Maintain Healthy VisionPrevention is key to a healthy life as well as your vision. New studies report that exercise, diet, and quality rest all play a large role in our health and how we feel. Recommendations: Exercise regularly as eyes rely on good circulation. Avoid airborne irritants such as dust, allergens, smoke and flying debris. Dietary supplements or specific foods rich in Vitamin E and C have shown to promote eye health. Consult your physician before changing your diet as these vitamins may cause complications with other prescription medications. Quality sleep is also key and most importantly, be sure to have a comprehensive eye exam at 40 years (or sooner) and follow your doctor's recommendations. At any time you experience noticeable changes in your vision, contact your ophthalmologist.
Conveniently located in the heart of Nashville, Shofner Vision Center treats nearly every condition of the eye including LASIK and cataract surgery. Recommendations: Anyone that experiences any eye related issue should schedule a comprehensive eye exam to determine if eye damage is present or noticeable vision changes. No matter how old you are, it's important to maintain your eyesight and Shofner Vision Center welcomes new patients.


A social work group says Indigenous knowledge is key to better professional practices because the current system isn't working for Indigenous people.
The Mi'kmaw Wolastoqiyk Association of Social Workers is trying to inject Indigenous knowledge into social work practices. "Many of us have forgotten how our ancestors took care of one another," said Sandra Germain, executive director of the Mi'kmaq Wolastoqiyk Association of Social Workers.
Canada has a long history of removing Indigenous children from their families and communities such as residential schools, the 60s Scoop and a child welfare system that over-represents Indigenous children. Statistics Canada's 2016 Census reported Indigenous children make up seven per cent of the child population in the country, but account for 52 per cent of children in foster care.
Germain said her association is trying to change that. She explained while they are not a regulatory body they are trying to find Indigenous ways of social work. At a recent conference, talking circles were explored as a way to heal the family as a whole. A talking circle is a traditional way of speaking where everyone is given a chance to speak. They're offered other supports like smudging and other traditional medicines.
"Language and culture are the essence of who we are," said Germain, a fluent Mi'kmaq speaker.
The Mi'kmaq Maliseet (now Wolastoqiyk) Bachelor of Social Work program at St. Thomas University introduced 84 Indigenous social workers to the world. And the association was a way for them to remain rooted in the Indigenous ways of knowing. In the program, they learned to be certified social workers while Indigenous knowledge and culture played an integral role. But upon graduation and entering the workforce they went into the provinces' normal practices.
But Germain says there's a better way.
"To begin thinking about how social work may have occurred during our ancestor's time. How did we care for our children? How did we care for families? As opposed to the systemic ways that aren't working for us," said Germain.
The association is a direct partnership between the Wolastoqiyk and the Mi'kmaq. The two co-presidents come from the two nations. Germain said all nations are welcome but have to know they're visitors in this territory.
"We formed the association to be able to provide professional development from an Ilnu (First Peoples) perspective," said Germain.
"There's no spirit in the way mainstream people do social work," said Germain.
She said at times the provincial process can feel "automated" and hopes the association can help change that by educating social workers on the importance of Indigenous roots.
Indigenous people, so what we need to do is take that profession but make it ours," said Baskin, a Mi'kmaw and Celtic woman from Eel River Bar First Nation.
She said given the history in Canada with Indigenous children, Indigenous people must be at the centre of critical changes that need to be made. Baskin spoke about Indigenous people's response to trauma, blood memory and said social workers need to know about Indigenous history and the history of residential schools.
Baskin said every school of social work should include a mandatory course on Indigenous approaches to social work.
She said young people struggle with their identity, all while attempting to move out of their parents' house, but Indigenous youth have to deal with stereotypes and prejudices. Baskin said that's why it is important Indigenous youth are grounded in their language and culture.
"Our children need to be with their families, and if they can't be with their families than they need to be with their communities," said Baskin.


FROM VOICE OF OC: "It looks like Garden Grove's long relationship with Shakespeare could be coming to an end. The bard's plays have been an annual tradition at the Festival Amphitheater, an outdoor city-owned space, since its completion in 1981. For two years before that, Shakespeare was presented next door to the amphitheater at the Gem Theater, a former movie house also owned by the city....But a series of meetings involving Shakespeare/ Summerfest Orange County (SOC), Garden Grove city officials, and LFA Group LLC, the current producer of shows at the 550-seat amphitheater, have left SOC's producing artistic director, John Walcutt, with what he calls "an impossible situation" with no opportunities to stage plays or hold the company's annual Strawberry Festival fundraiser at the amphitheater." Read more in Voice of OC's article.
Arts Orange County has begun a fourth year of offering its VOICES: Veterans Storytelling Project in collaboration with Heroes Hall at OC Fair & Event Center and Goodwill OC's Tierney Center for Veterans Services. Four of its autumn participants read their stories on October 11 to an audience of 100 at Heroes Hall, including George Davis, USMC, E-5 Sgt., 1968-1972 of Rancho Santa Margarita; Michelle Evans, USAF E4, 1973-80 of Lake Forest; Carol Singleton, Army E-4, 1983-86 of Huntington Beach, and Chrystal Swope, Army E-5, 2002-10 of Costa Mesa. Stories ranged from life before and after military service in addition to their experiences while they served. We invite interested veterans to contact our teaching artist Dave Barton to learn more about this free program.
Pacific Chorale today announced the appointment of Andrew Brown as its new President and Chief Executive Officer. Brown comes to the Chorale following a 17-year tenure at Los Angeles Master Chorale, where he worked his way up from administrative assistant to Chief Operating Officer. He has an undergraduate degree in music education from Ball State in Muncie, Indiana and an MA/MBA in Arts Management from the Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University. He will begin his tenure with the Chorale on December 3, 2018. Read more here.
Americans for the Arts has released Americans Speak Out About the Arts in 2018, one of the largest national public opinion surveys of American perceptions and attitudes towards the arts and arts funding. The new research demonstrates that Americans continue to be highly engaged in the arts and believe more strongly than ever that the arts promote personal well-being, help us understand other cultures, are essential to a well-rounded education, and that government has an important role in funding the arts. More here.


Is it possible to have too much of a good thing? Is a three-hour and forty-five minute Bruce Springsteen concert just too much? Yes and no. I knew going in to last Friday's Springsteen concert at Toronto's Skydome (I refuse to call it the Rogers Centre because it sounds too much like a shopping mall) that that was what 40,000 of us were probably going to experience. But until you live through this emotional roller-coaster – the driven, full-on, balls-to-the-wall party which is a concert by Bruce Springsteen – you really don't know what to expect. For years, Springsteen has maintained that if you pay good money to see him perform, whether the concert is in New York City or Poughkeepsie, you are going to get a show of equal skill, length and passion. (And unlike other performers – I'm looking at you, Madonna – who gouge their customers to see them "live," Springsteen's tickets are kept at a very reasonable price, and he and his band actually perform and sing live.) There's no question he fulfilled that promise on Friday night.
Musical tastes change, and I basically stopped paying attention to Springsteen's output in the mid 1990s. I've heard songs here and there over the years from after that period that I've liked (especially his fine 9/11 album, The Rising, and tracks from his new CD, Wrecking Ball), but I certainly wouldn't describe myself as a fan anymore. I found myself at the concert more out of curiosity than as someone committed to his music. Our seats were of the nose-bleed variety, a scant seven rows from the top. We were also on an oblique angle to the stage. This was a problem because I don't really think they properly figured out where to put the video screens. One was on far stage left (unseen by us); the big main screen was centre stage behind the band (again out of view); and then there was the one on stage right that we could see (or could have if it hadn't been partially blocked by light scaffolding). And yet even with this huge limitation within the rotten, echoing sound of the Skydome, on this gorgeous night when the open dome made the sound even worse, this was one of the finest concerts I've ever seen.
Due to location, and an imbecile right in front of us who thought it would be a great idea to stand up right at the start when there was no need (the less said about him the better, but I did let the idea of tossing him over the edge pass through my mind), it took until the fourth song, "We Take Care of Our Own" from Wrecking Ball, before things clicked into place for me (by this time, we'd already gone through a trilogy of songs from his 1981 album The River, "Working On the Highway," "Hungry Heart," and "Sherry Darling").
Part preacher and part carny, Springsteen ripped through "the first four" without much more than a "Hello [insert city name here]." (Another great nugget from the New Yorker piece is that he always has a big sign just near the stage entrance telling him where he is because he has screwed up in the past.) Once the fans are in his pocket with the first three, he begins to reel in the non-fans with the songs after that. How does he do this? The seventh song he played was "My City of Ruins," one of the great tracks off The Rising, which finally hooked me completely. He used this song to introduce the band for the first time (there were 17 people on stage), and then he said, "Are we missing anybody tonight?" again and again. Without question, he was referring to former saxophonist and foil Clarence 'Big Man' Clemons and organist Danny Federici, much missed members of the E Street Band who passed away in 2011 and 2008, respectively. But what he was really doing was getting us all out in the dark to reflect on who we were all missing. Since my wife and I both lost our fathers in the last 20 months, we immediately called them to mind. The emotion derived from that connection and the 14-minute version of the mournful post-9/11 song that followed made the personal universal. From that second onward he had us both. It also helped that the performance of that song by the whole band was masterful. Much of the rest of the concert built on these feelings, making this huge inappropriate-for-the-true-appreciation-of-music venue remarkably intimate. Springsteen may have been a speck on stage, but he managed to make you feel you were watching him in a small club.
It wasn't all perfect. The audience-request jive was hit and miss. The second request (the frat-rock "Sherry Darling" was the first) was for a track called "Thundercrack," an old fan favourite from his early '70s shows which didn't get officially released until his 4-CD box-set omnibus Tracks came out in 1998. He performed it because he was amused by the fan's sign requesting it. It showed a line drawing of someone's derriere with a lightning bolt coming out of it and with "Springsteen" tattooed on one cheek. This is where the danger of throwing curveballs at his band can lead to ragged moments. The group had played it before on the tour, but obviously not enough. Combine a slightly unfocused performance with a song that just isn't that good and you risk weakening the night. The same was true when they did "Rosalita." Oddly, the band seemed unprepared, despite the track being a standard show-closer in the repertoire for years.
Or we may walk until the daylight, baby."
Or we may walk until it's daylight, maybe."
It was a near perfect moment in the night because it served two purposes: it was filled with true emotion; and it was a quiet song that led us out of the earlier sonic assault before we were plunged back into another with "The Rising" and "Badlands" ending the night before the encore.
There are other moments before that encore that I must mention. The lead guitar playing by Steve Van Zandt and Nils Lofgren was a wonder to behold. These are not young men, but they sure act like they are. Lofgren was whirling like a dervish as he played "Prove It All Night" with his head shaking in joyous abandon (remarkable, since he's had double-hip replacement). The drumming by Max Weinberg throughout was pretty spectacular, but especially on the percussive, hard-driving "Candy's Room" (a personal favourite). For a man who's recovered from a heart attack and prostate cancer surgery, and had two failed back operations and seven hand operations, he still played like a man possessed. Of all the players, the one who had the biggest shoes to fill (literally and figuratively) was Jake Clemons, Clarence's nephew. He was asked by Springsteen to play Clarence's role in the band for this tour. His sax playing was fine and he was well appreciated, but you can tell he's still trying to throw off some tentativeness that comes with taking on a part played for so long by his uncle. It would be daunting in the best of circumstances, but performing in front of over 40,000 people night after night it must be especially so.
I won't say much about Springsteen's habit of selecting one young person to come up and sing with him during the performance of "Waitin' On A Sunny Day." My colleague said it best. She has serious trouble with this practice because amongst the super-fans it has become a competition to get their child thrust up there to sing. By doing so, the parents end up fulfilling their own wishes through their young children and it becomes a side show. The girl selected on Friday night was given two years of singing lessons by her parents and then made to memorize the song on the off-chance she was picked. She was, but can you imagine how those who may have done as much work but were not picked must feel? Here we have an example of Springsteen's carny side.
The nine-song encore built to a climax that may have been taken one song too far. Among those songs were classics like "Born to Run," "Thunder Road," "Dancing in the Dark," "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" (Springsteen's longer tribute to Clarence during this was quite moving), "Twist and Shout/La Bamba" and finally "Glory Days." Sure, we were all on our feet, singing, clapping and having the time of our lives, but I remember thinking, as the tremendous cover of "Twist and Shout" came to an end, 'okay, I'm good. That's all I need. I'm sated.' And then he played one more, because I really think he was having too much fun to stop. Yes, his 'exhausted' act before "Tenth Avenue" was staged, but I got the feeling he didn't want this night to end. My colleague, who could see the centre screen since she was in the pit, told me the next day that when Springsteen counted the band into the song you could clearly see the look of murder on Max Weinberg's face. After all the work he'd done, he was probably in pain. So were we, but ours was of the more joyous kind.
For a taste of the concert, here's a link to Springsteen's performance of "My City of Ruins."
And here's "Incident on 57th Street."
– David Churchill is a critic and author of the novel The Empire of Death. You can read an excerpt here. Or go to www.wordplaysalon.com for more information (where you can order the book, but only in traditional form!). And yes, he's begun the long and arduous task of writing his second novel.


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Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd Series 'The Shrink Next Door' Heads to Apple
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Apple has given a straight-to-series order to The Shrink Next Door, an eight-episode limited series starring Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd, which is based on the #1 new podcast of 2019 by Wondery and Bloomberg Media. The streamer landed in competitive situation the project, from director Michael Showalter and writer Georgia Pritchett, which reunites Ferrell and Rudd after starring together in 2013's Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. MRC Television took the package out in February.
Directed by Showalter (The Big Sick, The Lovebirds) based on a script by Pritchett (Succession, Veep), The Shrink Next Door is a dark comedy inspired by true events that details the bizarre relationship between psychiatrist to the stars Dr. Isaac "Ike" Herschkopf, played by Paul Rudd, and his longtime patient Martin "Marty" Markowitz, played by Will Ferrell. Over the course of their relationship, the all-too-charming Ike slowly takes over Marty's life, even moving into Marty's Hamptons home and taking over his family business. The series explores how a seemingly normal doctor-patient dynamic morphs into an unprecedentedly exploitative relationship filled with manipulation, power grabs, and dysfunction at its finest.
The Shrink Next Door is produced by Civic Center Media in association with MRC Television, Gloria Sanchez Productions, Semi-Formal Productions, Wondery and Bloomberg Media. Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum and Brittney Segal will executive produce for Gloria Sanchez Productions. Rudd and Pritchett will also serve as executive producers. Showalter and Jordana Mollick will executive produce on behalf of Semi-Formal Productions. Marshall Lewy for Wondery and Jared Sandberg, Katie Boyce, and Francesca Levy for Bloomberg Media will serve as executive producers, with the podcast's host Joe Nocera as co-executive producer.
The Shrink Next Door will debut globally on Apple TV+. It will join the streamer's slate of upcoming projects, which includes soon-to-premiere limited series Defending Jacob, starring Chris Evans, and animated series Central Park.
Ferrell is repped by UTA, Mosaic, and Jackoway Tyerman.. Rudd is repped by Lighthouse Management & Media, UTA and Jackoway Tyerman. Showalter is repped by Artists First and Goodman Genow.


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2018's Country, Americana, Alt-Country, Bluegrass and Folk Concert Tours
Annie Zaleski
Annie Zaleski Published: November 29, 2017
Is there anything better than a really great concert? (Answer: No.) Whether you're having your heartstrings tugged by a striking ballad or feeling energized by a holler-along encore, nothing beats the experience of live music.
Thankfully, plenty of major country and Americana artists hit the road in 2018: Perennial road warriors Thomas Rhett, Luke Bryan and Miranda Lambert booked big tours, while Kenny Chesney returned to the road with a stadium tour. Relative newcomers Kelsea Ballerini and Chris Young, among others, also embarked on their own headlining tours.
Click through the photo gallery above to learn more about all the country, Americana, alt-country, bluegrass and folk concert tours that came fans' way in 2018.
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Source: 2018's Country, Americana, Alt-Country, Bluegrass and Folk Concert Tours
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22 Years Ago: Chely Wright Hits No. 1 With 'Single White Female'
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What Is Method Acting? Definition & Examples Of This Technique
Method acting is a form of acting that deliberately uses the actor's personal experiences to create a believable portrayal.
The idea behind method acting is the more authentic and truthful you are in your performance, the more convincing it will be.
Have you ever been watching a movie and wondered how the actors became so involved in their roles?
Or have you noticed that some of your favorite actors are always playing the same type of character but wonder what other types they could play if given the chance?
If this is true, then Method Acting might be for you.
Method acting is an acting technique that focuses on analyzing one's own emotions to better understand those of another person.
This form of acting isn't just about learning lines and doing your best with them, it's all about getting inside someone else's skin.
What Is Method Acting?
Method acting is a technique developed by Konstantin Stanislavski in the early 20th century.
Method acting was originally used on stage but has evolved to be a technique that we can apply to film and theater.
This method of acting is based on the idea that an actor should use their imagination, emotions, and physicality in order to become the character they are portraying.
The actor must embody what it means to be this particular person for who they are playing.
What Does Method Acting Actually Mean?
Ever wonder what Method Acting is? What it means to "get in character"?
How the process of becoming someone else can help you grow as an actor?
What does Method Acting mean and how does it work?
There is a lot to know about method acting. As one of the most popular methods for actors, it has been around for decades and still remains relevant today.
This article will provide you with the basics of what this technique entails so that you can understand how successful actors have used this to their advantage over time.
Ever heard the term Method Acting before? The term is often misconstrued as a type of acting, but it's much more than that.
In fact, most people don't even know what it really means!
Define Method Acting
The term "method acting" was coined by the great Russian actress, Stanislavski. He believed that actors should draw on their own experiences to portray characters more authentically.
Method acting is a technique of intense emotional preparation in which the actor immerses him or herself into the role. It's not just about playing pretend; it's about becoming an entirely different person and doing so for weeks at a time.
The goal is to get to know your character as intimately as possible and fully embody them during filming.
Method Acting is a form of acting that requires the actor to adopt an emotional state as he or she does their work. It's not just about feeling something, it's about living in that moment and using it to create something unique for each performance.
Method actors train themselves so they can use their personal experiences at will to fit any character they are playing.
In method acting, the actor becomes the character they are portraying in their performance.
Method acting is a technique of acting that originated from Konstantin Stanislavski's belief that "the actor should draw upon his personal experiences to get into the character and portray emotions truthfully."
It can be difficult for an actor to put himself in another person's shoes, but this method encourages actors to use their own experiences as a way to understand how the character would react.
Famous Method Actors
The list of famous method actors is pretty long and we couldn't name them all. So, we're going to tell you about one that's a bit different.
In the world of movie-making, there are many actors who have become famous for their method acting.
The most well-known example of this is Andy Kaufman, but others include Daniel Day-Lewis, Joaquin Phoenix, and Christian Bale.
It has been used by many famous actors throughout histories such as Daniel Day-Lewis and Meryl Streep.
One of the most famous method actors was Marlon Brando who would often stay in character throughout filming, wear clothing appropriate for his role, and even go as far as taking on some of their mannerisms.
His influences can be seen in today's modern-day Hollywood stars such as Joaquin Phoenix and Leonardo DiCaprio, both of who are well-known for staying true to their roles during productions.
Why Study Method Acting?
The idea of studying method acting may seem intimidating and even a little crazy. But, there are plenty of benefits to be gained from this type of study.
It's not just about reciting lines; rather it requires exploration into your own life and identity as well as research into the character you're playing.
Nowadays it is common knowledge that acting is not only a Hollywood profession but an art form in general; however, many people don't know what method acting really means or how it works.
Method acting is a technique that uses the actor's own emotions and feelings to create authentic performances.
This style of acting has been used in many popular films, including The Godfather Part II (1974), A Clockwork Orange (1971), American Beauty (1999), and Saving Private Ryan (1998).
History Of Method Acting
The history of method acting is an interesting topic to explore. The origins of the technique are rooted in ancient Greece when actors would go through a process called "empathetic identification" which was a way for them to research their character and connect with their emotions.
In the early 20th century, American actor James Cagney was a popular film star who became famous for his rough and tough screen persona.
He is often credited with being one of the first actors to really dive into method acting which has become an integral part of most modern-day productions.
Method acting is an approach to acting that originated in the early 20th century. It is based on the idea that actors should draw from their own emotions, memories, and imagination rather than those of someone else's, such as a character they are portraying.
What's The Method Acting Technique?
Being an actor can be a tough job. You have to pretend that you are someone else, even if it is just for a few minutes on stage or film.
But what happens when you start to believe in the character and forget about your own life?
This happens often with the method acting technique, which requires actors to not only play their part but also become the character they are portraying.
There are many techniques that can be used to help actors get into their roles and maintain a character.
You are not just an actor – but also a director, set designer, costume designer, etc., all rolled up into one person!
Method Acting vs. Character Acting
When most people think of acting they think of the Method approach. However, there is another way to do it called Character Acting that has been around for much longer.
There are two types of acting: method and character. Method acting is when an actor immerses themselves in their role, so they experience emotions as if they were actually living the life of that person.
Method acting is the idea that actors should use their own feelings and experiences as well as those of the character they are playing to bring a more authentic performance on screen or stage.
Character acting takes this one step further with actors taking on the role of someone else entirely by using costumes, props, makeup, and other methods to transform into another person altogether.
Character acting is when an actor plays one specific role and does not change how they feel about anything to become someone else.
Method acting is a type of acting that involves the actor immersing themselves in their character by using memories, emotions, and sensations to bring authenticity to their performance.
Character actors are more focused on bringing realism and believability to their role rather than exploring personal experiences as a way of understanding the character they are playing.
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Mayor Petrović: Semberija remembers the victims of the 1999 NATO aggression
24. март 2021. године
Dear fellow citizens, friends from Serbia and Montenegro...
Tonight we remember the day when the 1999 NATO aggression against Federal Republic of Yugoslavia started and marked the final twilight of law and justice, not only in the territory of the previous state, but also in a much bigger area.
We all remember the seventy-eight days of anxiety and pain caused by death of family members, friends, neighbours, colleagues, destroyed bridges, factories, schools, churches, and everything else needed for living. During those days we showed that resistance is possible, no matter how powerful and big the enemy is. However, the losses were enormous, and the consequences of the aggression can still be felt, just like in Republika Srpska – reflected not only in the pain we have been feeling all these years, but also in the consequences caused by destruction and poisoning of nature we were exposed to during the air strikes.
Let's not forget that the Serbian people have resurrected before, even when it seemed impossible. Serbia and Montenegro show every day that it is possible to rise from the ruins that were left by the most powerful military alliance, and we are certain that our cities, villages, fields, monasteries, and churches in Kosovo and Metohija will be safe for all people living there, without artificial administrative borders towards central Serbia.
Semberija remembers its own history and the history of Serbian people, and will continue to remember it, because if we forget about our victims, we are not worthy of our future.
Ljubiša Petrović


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We've already established the Brewers draft & follow candidates for this spring. To refresh your memory, please visit my previous story:
http://www.brewerfan.net/fullArticle.jsp?articleId=130
Without further ado, onto the DFE (draft, follow & evaluate) candidates & how they're faring this spring:
1. Justin Barnes-RHP/3B (15th round selection). Manatee Community College (Florida). 6'3" 205, R/R. Justin hasn't fared as well this year statistically as he did last year, but observers can still see the talent. He has been pitched around quite a bit this season after posting big power numbers last season, so he hasn't seen as many good pitches to hit. Coach Hill has moved Barnes back to SS this year after beginning the year at third base. Barnes also began the year in the starting rotation, but early arm troubles shut him down for a brief time, and now serves as Manatee's closer. At the plate he is hitting .275 with 8 doubles, 3 triples & 4 home runs. Not quite the .347 with 17 home runs he flashed last year, but there is still a good month left this season for him to pad those numbers. On the mound he is 2-1, logging 13 innings while allowing 8 hits & striking out 14 with 3 saves. Again, there is obviously talent there, and it remains to be seen whether or not the Brewers still prefer him as a pitcher. Coach Hill did tell me that it's hard to gauge the Brewers interest, since Fernando Arango has replaced Tom McNamara as the local area scout.
2. Dana Eveland-LHP (16). College of the Canyons (California). 6'1" 215, L/L Dana Eveland has been as steady as ever. Over the course of this season, Dana has appeared in 11 games, 9 starts logging 67.2 innings while allowing 39 runs (only 21 earned for a 2.79 ERA), 56 hits & 18 walks while striking out 85. The amount of unearned runs he has given up should tell you that he has pitched through more outs than he should have, so his numbers should be even better. His pitches were already sound to begin with, and has only improved his stock by touching 95 at one point this spring. He still works comfortably in the high 80 to low 90s while changing speeds & inducing ground balls.
3. Adam Mannon-corner OF (17). Chandler-Gilbert Community College (Arizona). 6'3" 215 pounds, R/R. The Brewers love Mannon's baseball body, athleticism & overall power potential, but at this point in time he is far from a finished product. Through early April Mannon is hitting .267 in 86 ABs, but has 21 RBIs in that time. If the Brewers like him for his potential alone, they'll likely make a serious effort to get him signed. Otherwise, he could use some more work.
4. Simon Beresford-RHP (32). Texarkana College (Texas). 6'5" 215, R/R. Beresford might just be a good enough combination of size & stuff to get a pro deal. Through the end of March he was pitching quite well for the Texarkana Bulldogs. In 7 games he had worked 33 innings giving up 22 runs (18 earned) for a 3.82 ERA while walking only 7 & striking out 32. Head coach Jeff Mansinger told me earlier this year that he expected the Brewers to see if Beresford could dominate the league while improving his command. While he hasn't dominated, he has pitched pretty well.
5. Tim Dillard-C/RHP (34). Itawamba Community College (Mississippi). 6'4", 225, R/R. No word on Tim Dillard & whether or not he has rebounded from injury problems last year. He has signed to play with Ole Miss next season if he goes unsigned through next fall. Ole Miss head coach Mike Bianco plans to continue to use Dillard both ways as a pitcher & as a positional player, a tribute to his athleticism & arm strength.
6. Emanuel Cividanes-OF (35). Broward Community College (Florida). 6'1" 165, L/L. As head coach Robert Deutschman told me 2 months ago, Cividanes has rotated with 3 other regulars, seeing extensive playing time at all 3 outfield spots for the Southern Conference Champion Broward Seahawks. No word if his game has improved enough to justify a pro deal, but his speed might be enough to take a chance on.
7. Daniel Carter-RHP (36). Tallahassee Community College (Florida). 6'4", 195, R/R. Don't look for Daniel Carter to be joining the Brewers organization anytime soon. No word if he's been injured or not, but through mid-April he has only seen 9.2 innings worth of work while allowing 7 runs (6 earned), 9 hits & 11 walks while striking out 12. The stuff seems to be there, but Carter needs more work before joining the pro ranks.
8. Stephen Bryant-C (37). Olney Community College (Illinois). 6'0", 180, R/R. The Brewers like Bryant's bat, but like so many other DFEs he has a long ways to go to prove himself as a pro prospect. Bryant hasn't seen much playing time this year, and through late March he had only 1 hit in 10 ABs out of Olney's 11 games played. Bryant was expected to see his fair share of at-bats this spring as the team's DH while backing up the team's starting catcher. It wouldn't seem as though he has done enough to prove his worth at the plate to command a pro contract.
9. Dave Hancox-RHP (38). Pasco Hernando Community College (Florida). 5'11" 160, R/R. Coach Steve Winterling has informed me that due to injuries to some of his fellow teammates, Hancox has been playing full-time at second & third base this season. He is faring well, hitting .324 with 6 extra base hits (out of 24 total hits) through the beginning of April. On the mound, Hancox started slow but has been pitching more effectively as of late. His fastball is in the upper 80s, and has shown improvement with his slider. He certainly isn't dominating the competition, nor does it seem he has made any vast improvements. Still, he has stayed healthy & has proved to be a productive ballplayer on the mound, in the field & at the plate.
10. John Herrera-RHP (39). Arizona Western Junior College. 6'6", 195, R/R. According to head coach John Stratton, Herrera has suffered an injury in his elbow and likely will miss the rest of the year. He had only pitched 1 inning all season. That pretty much eliminates the chances of the Brewers signing him.
11. Johnathan Shapland-OF (41). St. Petersburg College (Florida). Head coach Dave Pano has informed me that through early April Shapland was hitting .256 (30 for 117) with 6 doubles, 2 triples and 10 home runs. Not much word on how he is faring otherwise, nor any word to describe the Brewers interest. Shapland was considered a big project beforehand, but the 10 home runs do have to warrant some attention. Shapland was considered a long shot heading into the season, so I'm guessing it's going to take a lot more than a .275 batting average & 10 home runs to get him signed & in the Brewers organization.
12. Neil Avery-LHP (42). University of Connecticut at Avery Point. 6'0", 180, L/L. Avery is posting some pretty nice numbers. Through early April he has logged 21 innings allowing only 8 hits, 3 runs (only 1 earned, for a miniscule 0.43 ERA) & 4 walks while striking out 20. However, according to reports he hasn't shown much improvement on the mound. He's going to need to add a few ticks to his fastball & sharpen up his curve to be considered a legitimate pro prospect.
The Brewers know what they're getting with Dana Eveland. He should already be in the system to begin with, and he certainly should be there by the end of May.
Justin Barnes hasn't had the year statistically he did last year, but he continues to display baseball talent and a nice, strong physically mature frame.
3 players on the bubble include Adam Mannon, Simon Beresford & Tim Dillard. All 3 could very well be offered a deal for their athleticism & potential alone. The Brewers like Mannon a lot, although it seems unsure whether or not he's ready for pro ball. Both sides might benefit from waiting another year. Beresford's size & stuff are impressive, but he didn't dominate his league as much as you would have liked to see. And while I didn't hear back from Dillard's coach at Itawamba, he must have done something right to be given the chance to join a strong D1 program at Ole Miss.
Last year the Brewers signed 2 of their DFE candidates: Manny Parra and Stephen Hunt. Parra obviously epitomizes the benefits of the draft & follow process, however at this point in time I think it's pretty safe to say that none of our candidates have enjoyed a Parra-like revelation this spring. That doesn't mean there aren't some good baseball players to be had.
Questions? Comments? Please feel free to email me at pebert@brewerfan.net.


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The answer is that we focus on small, ongoing projects which move us toward our long-term goal. We build everything ourselves from the ground up and our work necessarily touches all aspects of aerospace engineering. Our rockets are in the amateur classification: smaller than commercial but larger than model rockets. We haven't built the biggest or highest-altitude amateur rocket, but we hope we're building one of the most sophisticated.
Meetings take place almost every Tuesday at 7pm at PSU in room FAB 86-01. Come join us anytime! See our Schedule section for detailed information on the where and when we meet.
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