I was in New York City last week for business and, while there, I found my dream house: La Maison du Chocolat. I was in heaven.
I set my dripping umbrella in the stand by the door and was greeted immediately with a warm smile from Ivy. I told her about the blog called, and that I was planning a post about chocolate in the near future. "Helpful" scarcely describes her kind and wonderful attention.
Within a few moments, I had a tour of their Easter display of carved chocolate sheep, a sample of several chocolates (the Liselotte – hazelnut gianduja coated with milk chocolate – and her cousin, Anastasia – hazelnut gianduja praline coated with dark chocolate), and a sip of their heavenly hot chocolate.
I left with a catalog, an 8.8-ounce bar of their Kuruba Chocolate (60% cacao), four varieties of macarons, and a tube Tasse de Chocolate, their drinking hot chocolate pearls, which I chose over their cocoa. I know, with a name like Cocoa & Lavender you would think that I would choose the cocoa, but I chose these dark, enticing pearls because I imagined myself next winter by the fire, sipping this deep, dark, rich chocolate and dreaming of Paris.
I told Ivy that I was going to make a Mendiant Tart for the post, using their Kuruba Chocolate, and she brought me to show me their mendiant candies. Almost 15 years ago, I saw my first mendiants at my favorite boutique chocolatier, Byrne & Carlson, in Portsmouth, NH. They made beautiful and delicious little wreaths studded with a variety of fruits, nuts and flowers. They now make mendiant bars with almonds, orange peel, dried cherries, crystallized mint leaves, violet petals and pansies. While not the traditional four fruits and nuts, theirs are so delicious and elegant that tradition doesn't matter!
The tart I made is a variation on the confection, based on a recipe I saw in the New York Times. I decided to make it French by using Président butter in the crust, filling it with chocolate from La Maison du Chocolat and eucalyptus honey from Provence, topping it with citron glacée from Apt, candied violets from Paris, and fleur de sel from Bretagne, along with crystallized ginger and pistachios (provenance unknown). The honey and the citron glacée are both treasured gifts from friends Susan and Towny of The Modern Trobadors.
This very first mendiant tart was made for Heather, a dear friend visiting from Pasadena, who appreciates chocolate perhaps even more than I do. I wanted to top it with pink Himalayan salt, as pink is her favorite color, but can you believe I was all out? Fleur de sel would have to suffice. Such a lacking pantry have I!
Of the toppings I chose, our favorites were the citron glacée and candied violets - their citrus and floral notes really paired well with the intense chocolate.
Here is my variation of the recipe. My partner, who is not a great fan of chocolate (yes, a character flaw), said it made his knees weak. It is sure to please chocolate lovers and non-chocolate loves alike!
First, make the tart shell. This recipe will make enough for two tarts - the second shell can be frozen for future use.
In a small bowl, combine the vanilla, 1 whole egg and the yolk of another, reserving the remaining egg white for sealing the baked shell.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine the flour, sugar and salt. Mix on low speed, then add the butter and continue until mixture has a sandy consistency, about 2 minutes. Add vanilla-egg mixture and continue to mix until the dough comes together around the paddle, 3 to 5 minutes. Divide dough into 2 disks and wrap individually in plastic. Chill until dough is cold but not too hard to roll, about 40 minutes.
Heat oven to 325°F. Apply baking spray to a fluted 9-inch tart pan with a removable bottom. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8-inch thickness, about 12 inches in diameter. Gently roll dough onto a floured rolling pin, and unroll into tart pan. Press dough into pan's corners, being sure it remains the same thickness all around. Roll the rolling pin across pan edges to cut off excess dough. Place pan in refrigerator for about 30 minutes.
Line tart shell with aluminum foil, and fill with pie weights, dry beans or rice. Bake until edges of dough start to color, about 12 minutes. Remove parchment and weights. Return to oven until base of pastry loses its sheen and is slightly golden, another 8 to 10 minutes. Lightly whisk the reserved egg white, and brush it over the entire inner surface of the hot shell. Return shell to oven to dry the egg white, about 1 minute. Remove from heat and allow to cool completely before filling.
While pastry shell is cooling, make the ganache. Place chopped chocolate in a medium bowl. In a small saucepan, combine cream, honey and salt. Bring to a simmer and immediately pour over the chocolate; allow to sit for 1 minute. Gently stir the mixture to create a silky ganache.
These are my mother's wedding china - British pottery, actually - and I only have a few left.
The tart looks wonderful. So do the plates. They look antique. How old are they?
Susan - we can make this for you next time you visit! The plates were from my mother's wedding - 61 years ago on April 19. I love havin them, even of so few are left.
Absolutely beautiful plates - appropriately so for such a delicious sounding tart. (You're going to get some very interesting search terms landing you on the blog with a post title like that!). So pretty too.
Well, Ruth... I figured that was ONE way to increase traffic to my blog! Every time I find pieces form my mother's set available on eBay or other sites, they are always in the U.K. or (oddly) New Zealand!
This has to be the most stunning French tart I've ever seen. Truly gorgeous -- and I'm certain it's just as delicious. Love your mom's china, too.
When I used to live uptown in Yorkville (the neighborhood literally across the street from the upper east side), one of my treats if I was a very good girl was to walk crosstown a little to Maison du Chocolat for a treat. Oh MAN just the smell of that shop made me swoon, as no doubt will your gorgeous chocolate torte!
That pretty tart and those plates David! I had no idea about the story behind mendiants. I really developed a palate for chocolate and fruits as a grown up, so I haven´t eaten something like this in years. I love how you took the time to choose each ingredient carefully. That´s what food is all about. Lucky friend!
Valentina - thank you! I imagine someday making it look like a rose window in Notre Dame, but for now... this had to do!
Karin - I hadn't realized La Maison du Chocolate had been there that long. I loved having in Rockefeller Center - the mosaics were amazing.
Thanks, Paula - I had to do some research to find out why they were called beggars, too. That always sounded so funny to me! I really cherish the plates... Come visit and I will use them for you!
The violets, etc look like gems.
Too funny, Colette! But the way I see it is that I surround myself with people who don't like chocolate - more for me!
What a lovely tart! This would be perfect for a mothers day brunch next week.
Throughout this wonderful post I have been wanting to eat the screen for lack of alternatives. I think Heather from Pasadena is a very lucky lady if she has a friend who makes her this work of art when she visits. I wish I could join her!
Mr. & Mrs. P - what a great idea! We are traveling to new England to visit Mom, and she would love this!
Madonna (may I call you Madonna? :) - I see we both have a love of good desserts. I felt exactly the same way when I was reading about your berry trifle this morning!
This post left me in a chocolate trance David. I have always wanted to make mendiants but have not had the courage to tackle tempering chocolate yet. I love the violet with the citrus and if I give this a go I think I will use my candied Buddha's Hand!
Oh wow. David... this is one of the most beautiful tarts I have ever seen. I have literally scrolled back up about three times to look at those beautiful sugared violets and the glossy, smooth richness of the chocolate filling. I can't believe that your partner is missing out on all of these amazing chocolate treats you make!! Ah, I think if I was your other half I'd be in a happy, blissful food coma most of the time (haha... my husband hates cooking. He is quite happy to eat and then do the washing up as his contribution!). I adore your blog. Following from now on!
Thanks, Laura! What a wonderful comment! Glad you found me and are enjoying the blog!
This is a beautiful post! I am glad I waited until I had the time to thoroughly enjoy your thoughts, ideas and, of course, the gorgeous photos. I am so glad that you liked the citron glacée and continue to like the honey. I did not know the significance of the candied fruit and nuts and found that very interesting. Finally, I must confess that I simply covet those elegant plates!
Thanks, Susan! It was a really fun post to write! And eat! I am glad you like the plates - next time you are in Tucson, we will use them!
What a stunning post! And what a great experience. Your tart looks like it belongs in a Paris pastisserie! Your mother's china is lovely, too.
Thanks, Susan! I am just catching up on a bunch of your posts - they are all making me so hungry!
David, what an amazing post - I love everything about this, the history behing this amazing tart, the care with which you chose each and every ingredient, all the wonderful photography and the fact that you posted a picture of your mother´s 61 year old wedding china (you know that I love that)! If only I could find the time now and make this beautiful tart! I will most certainly try and then tell the guests about your lovely blog!
Liebe Grüße aus dem sonnigen Bonn!
Andrea - thank you so much! You are so kind! This post surprised me at how popular it was... and I assure you it is really good! I am glad you liked my mother's plates. I like to bring them out every once in a while. Her silver, too. I can't wait to see what you do when you make this tart. Noch einmal, vielen Dank aus Tucson!
Thanks so much Rakesh and Swikruti! I love the plates and am glad to have them as a memory of my mother.


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"At that time I felt shame, because it's not me to do something dangerous and illegal. But I was desperate enough"
Millions of people have had to leave there homes and businesses as a result of the civil war in Syria. Imad Alarnab was a famous chef and restaurant owner in Damascus, until he was forced to flee.
Two of his restaurants were destroyed during course of the war. But where he's cooking now, he's inspiring others and giving back to those who weren't able to escape.
Alarnab owned three restaurants is Damascus, Syria. His mother started teaching him how to cook when he was 9 years old.
He learned how to run a restaurant from his business partner, and took over cooking at Restaurant Castello in 2003. He opened a second restaurant in 2006 called Alhateem, and a third in 2009 named Panneno. He also owned juice bars and cafes.
"It was amazing, honestly, between 2000 and 2009," Alarnab told Humanity.
He was thriving, but as the fighting intensified, he was forced to leave Damascus.
Two of his three restaurants were completely decimated during the war.
He held on for five years, but the war continued. It wasn't an easy decision for Alarnab, but he felt compelled to leave Damascus.
Before Alarnab fled Syria, he didn't send his three daughters to school for one year because it was too dangerous.
"For me I couldn't handle it anymore, and I couldn't see a future," Alarnab explained.
One of his restaurants was destroyed in only six days. However, he knows others fared far worse.
"I was one of the luckiest of my neighbors because my family is safe," 41-year-old Alarnab explained.
He wanted to find a safe place for his family to resettle, but the journey was too dangerous for his family to come with him at the time. He left on his own on July 27, 2015.
It would be a long journey. His first stop was in Lebanon. Next he traveled to Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary, Austria, Germany, and France until he reached his final destination: the UK.
He waited in Calais for 64 days, sleeping on the steps of a church and cooking for other refugees, before he was able to sneak onto a truck bound for the UK.
"At that time I felt shame, because it's not me to do something dangerous and illegal. But I was desperate enough," Alarnab explained.
He arrived in the UK on October 5, 2015.
"After [the driver] stopped, I didn't know if we were in the UK," Alarnab recalled.
His daughters and wife were able to leave Syria one year later, and Alarnab was reunited with them on July 26, 2016.
Alarnab started off working as a car salesman, but would return to cooking the first chance he got.
Last year, he and another refugee he had met in Calais, with the help of various organizations, held a series of pop-up restaurants in London serving Syrian cuisine.
The first pop-up debuted on March 9, 2017. Food is served just like in a family home, with a selection of dishes served that diners can share. All the dishes are based on recipes his older cousin and mother used to cook.
Since then, Alarnab has been able to start his own catering business called Imad's Syrian Kitchen, and this year has partnered with the non-profit Help Refugees to host a pop-up restaurant to raise money for Hope Hospital in Aleppo, Syria.
Hope Hospital is running low on supplies, and is in one of the most dangerous cities in Syria. When Alarnab heard they were close to closure, he knew he needed to do something to help.
He feels fortunate that he and his whole family were able to make it out of Syria. He knows other families aren't as lucky.
Help Refugees sells tickets to attend Imad's Choose Love Syrian Kitchen, and £15 ($20) of each ticket sold is donated to Hope Hospital. Due to its popularity, it's extended its run until the end of June.
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Running a restaurant again, even on a small scale, has given Alarnab his dignity back—and a tangible way for him and London diners to help Syrians enduring the war back home.
"It's not only something I'm proud of, but it's my duty to do. It's not an option," he said.
His dream is to have a permanent restaurant again. With Alarnab's determination and generous heart, it's sure to come true soon.


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Career
Tachizaki competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics for Japan. Her best performance was 44th in the sprint. She also finished 54th in the pursuit and the individual.

As of February 2013, her best performance at the Biathlon World Championships is 15th, as part of the 2012 Japanese women's relay team. Her best individual performance is 18th in the 2012 individual and the 2015 mass start.

As of March 2018, Tachizaki's best performance in the Biathlon World Cup is 11th, as part of the mixed relay team at Kontiolahti in 2011/12. Her best individual result is 4th, in the pursuit at Holmenkollen in 2017/18. Her best overall finish in the Biathlon World Cup is 33rd, in 2015/16.

She serves in the Japan Self-Defense Forces and is married to fellow biathlete Mikito Tachizaki.

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HealthPartners closing home care unit, cutting 70 jobs
About 70 jobs will be cut in HealthPartners' third set of layoffs in six weeks.
By Christopher Snowbeck Star Tribune
December 12, 2019 — 10:16pm
HealthPartners is shutting down a home care service based in St. Paul and eliminating about 70 jobs, the third example in six weeks of cutbacks by the Bloomington-based health insurer and care system.
Officials said the upcoming closure of Integrated Home Care, which HealthPartners confirmed Thursday to the Star Tribune, stems from financial challenges at the home care service, including an expected cut next year in federal reimbursements.
The move was blasted by the union representing many home care workers, which called the shutdown "an example of a health system putting their profit margin before people." A HealthPartners spokeswoman said the health system must "care for and serve people in a financially sustainable way."
"We don't anticipate further layoffs this year," said Rebecca Johnson, the HealthPartners spokeswoman, via e-mail. "We're committed to delivering high quality health care that is affordable for the people we serve."
HealthPartners is one of the state's largest nonprofit groups with about $7 billion in revenue last year and 26,000 employees. It operates Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park and dozens of clinics under the names HealthPartners and Park Nicollet.
In November, HealthPartners said it would eliminate 300 jobs while closing 30 retail pharmacies and its mail-order pharmacy due to competition from large pharmacy operators. Also last month, the health system said it would eliminate about 75 jobs in a number of areas including information services technology due to diminished revenue from Medicare health plans.
Integrated Home Care provides skilled nurses as well as physical, occupational and speech therapists to patients in their home. The service often works with patients discharged from Regions. It has operated for more than 30 years and provides about 32,000 home visits and related services each year in the Twin Cities and western Wisconsin.
"As we put together our 2020 budget, we had to make adjustments to ensure that our organization would able to care for and serve people in a financially sustainable way," Johnson said in the e-mail. "We reduced other expenses, found efficiencies and left open positions unfulfilled to avoid layoffs."
A majority of workers in the pharmacy division as well as at the home care business are represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), said Josh Keller, a spokesman for the group.
"This is the opposite of the behavior we expect from an organization that claims to be committed to promoting health," said Phillip Cryan, executive vice president of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota, in a statement. "The SEIU members at HealthPartners have been very proud of the work they've done caring for families in our community and of the organization they worked for, for many years."
HealthPartners has been selling health insurance and running clinics in Minnesota for more than 50 years. Through the first three quarters of 2019, total revenue at HealthPartners is down less than 1% compared with the year-ago period primarily due to a decline in health insurance membership, according to a November financial statement.
Year-to-date premium revenue at HealthPartners is down $203 million, or 7%, to $2.56 billion. At the same time, patient care revenue through the end of September is up about 5%, or $112 million, to $2.38 billion.
While investment income through the first three quarters has more than doubled, overall net income at HealthPartners is down about $49 million, or 31%, to about $129 million.
Christopher Snowbeck covers health insurers, including Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group, and the business of running hospitals and clinics.
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I use magic to whip up a whirlwind. I sent it after her. "oops."
"HEY!" I hit her head with the sheath of my sword.
"Do you want to play a game?" I say trying to change the subject.
"If you're just mad that he's dating me rather then you then you should leave." I look at Rinne. "What game do you wanna play?"
I shrug still in pain.
I reach in my coat and pull out a small bottle of elixir. I take off the cork and give it to him. "Drink. It'll kill the pain."
I hesitate (OOC: SPELLLING WORD!!) to drink the elixr but I do anyway and stand up.
"There that wasn't so bad was it?" I take the bottle and put it in my coat. "So which game?"
I look around and see a Wii with four remotes. "That." I call to Shampoo. "YO, SHAMPOO WANNA PLAY WITH US?!?!?!"
I groan under my breath. "Please no..."
I walk over. "I wanna play."
"i'd rather have Marty play. and he doesn't have thumbs!"
"What?" I ask grabbing a remote.
"Never mind." I say coldly.
I grab a remote. "Yay!"
I ignore Shampoo. "Alright, choose a game." I tell Marty.
I choose a very violent shooting game.
"OH YEAH!!" I start shooting everything and everyone.
I smile. I start setting buildings on fire.
I shoot a bunch of things. I look up at Blair. "SCREW THUMBS."
I start going crazy. "BLOOD."
"Hi, Shampoo!" I say not taking my eyes off the screen.


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In early afternoon, four armed men hijack a subway train in Manhattan. They stop on a slight incline, decoupling the first car to let the ...
Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime
Actor: Denzel Washington, John Travolta, Luis Guzmán, Victor Gojcaj, Robert Vataj, John Turturro, Michael Rispoli, Ramon Rodriguez, James Gandolfini, John Benjamin Hickey, Alex Kaluzhsky, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Katherine Sigismund, Jake Siciliano, Jason Butler Harner
The Color of Money
Pool hustler Fast Eddie Felson finds the young, promising pool player Vincent in a local bar and he sees in him a younger version of ...
Genre: Sport, Drama
Actor: Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Helen Shaver, John Turturro, Bill Cobbs, Robert Agins, Alvin Anastasia, Randall Arney, Elizabeth Bracco, Vito D'Ambrosio, Ron Dean, Lisa Dodson, Donald A. Feeney, Paul Geier
Autobots Bumblebee, Ratchet, Ironhide, Mirage (aka Dino), Wheeljack (aka Que) and Sideswipe led by Optimus Prime, are back in action taking on the evil Decepticons, ...
Actor: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Josh Duhamel, John Turturro, Tyrese Gibson, Patrick Dempsey, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, Alan Tudyk, Ken Jeong, Glenn Morshower, Lester Speight, Buzz Aldrin
A long time ago, far away on the planet of Cybertron, a war is being waged between the noble Autobots (led by the wise Optimus ...
Actor: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Rachael Taylor, Anthony Anderson, Jon Voight, John Turturro, Michael O'Neill, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, Amaury Nolasco, Zack Ward, Luis Echagarruga, Travis Van Winkle
A youth chooses manhood. The week Sam Witwicky starts college, the Decepticons make trouble in Shanghai. A presidential envoy believes it's because the Autobots are ...
Actor: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro, Ramon Rodriguez, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, Isabel Lucas, John Benjamin Hickey, Matthew Marsden, Andrew Howard, Michael Papajohn, Glenn Morshower, John Eric Bentley
Mr. Deeds
When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of ...
Actor: Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, John Turturro, Allen Covert, Peter Gallagher, Jared Harris, Erick Avari, Peter Dante, Conchata Ferrell, Harve Presnell, Steve Buscemi, Blake Clark, John McEnroe, J.B. Smoove, Tom McNulty
To Live and Die in L.A.
Working largely in cases of counterfeiting, LA based Secret Service agent Richie Chance exhibits reckless behavior which according to his longtime and now former partner ...
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actor: William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Debra Feuer, John Turturro, Darlanne Fluegel, Dean Stockwell, Steve James, Robert Downey Sr., Michael Greene, Christopher Allport, Jack Hoar, Valentin de Vargas, Dwier Brown, Michael Chong
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Zohan Dvir works as a Special Agent and lives with his orthodox parents in Israel. He wants to give up this life full of dangerous ...
Actor: Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nick Swardson, Lainie Kazan, Ido Mosseri, Rob Schneider, Dave Matthews, Michael Buffer, Charlotte Rae, Sayed Badreya, Daoud Heidami, Kevin Nealon, Robert Smigel, Dina Doron
Mild-mannered timid businessman Dave Buznik works for a pet clothing company out of New York City. He's got an abrasive boss named Mr. Frank Head ...
Actor: Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson, Marisa Tomei, Luis Guzmán, Allen Covert, Lynne Thigpen, Kurt Fuller, Jonathan Loughran, Krista Allen, January Jones, Woody Harrelson, John Turturro, Kevin Nealon, Conrad Goode, Gina Gallego
Quiz Show
An idealistic young lawyer working for a Congressional subcommittee in the late 1950s discovers that TV quiz shows are being fixed. His investigation focuses on ...
Genre: History, Drama
Actor: John Turturro, Rob Morrow, Ralph Fiennes, Paul Scofield, David Paymer, Hank Azaria, Christopher McDonald, Johann Carlo, Elizabeth Wilson, Allan Rich, Mira Sorvino, George Martin, Paul Guilfoyle, Griffin Dunne, Michael Mantell
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Loosely based on Homer's "Odyssey," the movie deals with the picaresque adventures of Ulysses Everett McGill and his companions Delmar and Pete in 1930s Mississipi. ...
Country: USA, France, UK
Genre: Music, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Actor: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter, Chris Thomas King, Charles Durning, Del Pentecost, Michael Badalucco, J.R. Horne, Brian Reddy, Wayne Duvall, Ed Gale, Ray McKinnon, Daniel von Bargen
Tells the story of Jesus Shuttlesworth, the most sought after high school basketball prospect in the nation. Jesus and his dream to make it to ...
Actor: Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, Milla Jovovich, Rosario Dawson, Hill Harper, Zelda Harris, Ned Beatty, Jim Brown, Joseph Lyle Taylor, Bill Nunn, Michele Shay, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Roger Guenveur Smith, John Turturro, Lonette McKee
Optimus Prime finds his home planet, Cybertron, now a dead planet, in which he comes to find he was responsible for killing. He finds a ...
Actor: Anthony Hopkins, Mark Wahlberg, Laura Haddock, Josh Duhamel, John Goodman, Stanley Tucci, Isabela Moner, John Turturro, Jean Dujardin, Santiago Cabrera, Ken Watanabe, John DiMaggio, Frank Welker, Peter Cullen, Jess Harnell
The Night Of Season 1
A straight-laced Paskistani-American student is off to a must-attend party on a Friday night. His only available transportation being his father's taxi cab, he sets ...
Actor: John Turturro, Riz Ahmed, Bill Camp, Peyman Moaadi, Poorna Jagannathan, Sofia Black-D'Elia, Afton Williamson, Ben Shenkman, Ilya Kofman, Eric D. Hill Jr., Nate Young, Ariya Ghahramani, Riti Sachdeva, Geeta Citygirl Chopra, Syam M. Lafi
State of Grace
Terry Noonan returns home to New York's Hells Kitchen after a ten year absence. He soon hooks up with childhood pal Jackie who is involved ...
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Crime
Actor: Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright, John Turturro, Burgess Meredith, R.D. Call, Joe Viterelli, John C. Reilly, Deirdre O'Connell, Marco St. John, Thomas G. Waites, Michael Cambridge, Michael Cumpsty, Mick Cunningham
Christmas, 1983. A New York postal clerk, a Buffalo Soldier in Italy in World War II, shoots a stranger. In his apartment, police find a ...
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime, War
Actor: Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, Pierfrancesco Favino, Valentina Cervi, Matteo Sciabordi, John Turturro, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Leguizamo, Kerry Washington, D.B. Sweeney, Robert John Burke, Omari Hardwick, Omero Antonutti
A psychotic young man returns to his old neighborhood after release from prison. He seeks out the woman he previously tried to rape and the ...
Actor: Jodie Foster, Tim Robbins, Todd Graff, John Turturro, Michael R. Howard, Pierre Epstein, Jery Hewitt, Rodney Harvey, Daniel Jenkins, Elizabeth Berridge, Cathryn de Prume, Carl Capotorto, Jose Soto Jr., Kathleen Chalfant, John Seitz
Grace of My Heart
An aspiring singer, Denise Waverly/Edna Buxton, sacrifices her own singing career to write hit songs that launch the careers of other singers. The film follows ...
Actor: Illeana Douglas, Sissy Boyd, Christina Pickles, Jill Sobule, Jennifer Leigh Warren, Tegan West, Richard Schiff, Natalie Venetia Belcon, Kathy Barbour, John Turturro, Diane Robin, Eric Jerome Kirkland, Irving Washington III, Kurt Jackson, Michael Angelo Saulsberry
She Hate Me
Harvard-educated biotech executive John Henry Jack Armstrong gets fired when he informs on his bosses, launching an investigation into their business dealings by the Securities ...
Actor: Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Ellen Barkin, Monica Bellucci, Jim Brown, Ossie Davis, Jamel Debbouze, Brian Dennehy, Woody Harrelson, Bai Ling, Lonette McKee, Paula Jai Parker, Q-Tip, Dania Ramirez, John Turturro
Firefighter Gordon Brewer is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism after he loses his wife and child in a bombing credited ...
Actor: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Francesca Neri, Elias Koteas, Cliff Curtis, John Leguizamo, John Turturro, Jsu Garcia, Tyler Posey, Michael Milhoan, Rick Worthy, Raymond Cruz, Lindsay Frost, Ethan Dampf, Jorge Zepeda, Miguel Sandoval
Bored Roberta spots a regular personal ad in the paper titled 'Desperately Seeking Susan'. She heads off to New York, following one of the ads, ...
Actor: Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn, Mark Blum, Robert Joy, Laurie Metcalf, Anna Levine, Will Patton, Peter Maloney, Steven Wright, John Turturro, Anne Carlisle, José Angel Santana, Giancarlo Esposito, Richard Hell


Sports massage, why do you think it has to hurt?
Recently I offered massage at the end of a long cycle ride event. There were not as many riders taking advantage of the offer. From the faces some of them were making at the end, they were obvious suffering with cramp and sore, tight muscles.
However, one of my clients mentioned that at a previous event, there were screams coming out of the massage tent as the therapists were working on the ITB. (Work on this tissue does tend to be uncomfortable but it is possible release some of the tension without the client screaming!) Did this put riders off?
People talk about sports massage as if it were a uniform type of massage. It is not. There are actually 4 different applications of sports massage.
Pre-event massage aims to quickly release any inappropriate muscle tightness and to help stimulate circulation in the working muscles.
Maintenance massage generally focuses on the muscles that are used in a particular sport. Any restrictions in muscle movement are released, and general flexibility is maintained. This approach to soft tissue health helps to prevent injury.
Post-event massage aims to flush out the fluids in the working muscles which helps to prevent delayed muscle soreness. It also helps to promote relaxation in the muscles so they can recover.
Finally there is rehabilitation massage which helps to promote recvoery following an injury. This approach aims to limit swelling, prevent the formation of adhesions, and support recovery of the injured tissue.
All of these approaches are part of sports massage. The types of massage strokes/techniques that are used will vary depending on the particular situation. Some of the techniques may be more uncomfortable than others but not to the point that the client is screaming. If it is that painful, it is not beneficial to the client or to their body. Pain after all is a signal to the body that something is not right!
Sports massage when performed with due regard to client's needs should be a part of every sports person's fitness plan. You just need to find someone who you can work with!


To invest efficiently in small-cap funds, keep these points in mind.
It's a common tendency of many investors to go for the most lucrative returns whenever investment in mutual funds is concerned. Small-cap funds provide remarkable returns, and hence they attract a majority of investors, but at the same time, many investors who understand the nature of risk & its outcome on the scale of negative returns are afraid to touch small caps due to their high-risk portfolio.
Escaping from it will keep you forbidden from the high yields it can provide, and indulging without proficiency can hit your toes. There are specific points which the investors need to know before investing in small-cap funds to enjoy this roller-coaster ride and take benefit from all its perks.
Small-cap funds are the equity-based mutual funds which invest their corpus in the equity instruments of small and emerging companies. These companies have a high margin of growth as they have a plethora of opportunities to grow in the future, and hence they can generate exceptional returns. These companies are generally new in the market; therefore, they lack the experience and financial strength to survive the bear market and can face heavy downfalls.
Here, the aggressive nature demonstrates the attitude of the investor towards the investment style, where the investment style should be aggressive and aim to achieve high returns in the market while ignoring the negative period which usually occur for a short run. Such kind of investors focuses on the high-end capital growth and is least concerned about the safety of the principal amount. Small-cap funds are the best suitable option for this kind of investors; therefore one should possess the same nature of investing.
The investor should assume that the time horizon for the investment should be at least five years and the returns sometimes can even take more time to become fruitful. Hence, the investors in old-age should avoid investing in the small-cap funds. The recommended age for investing in the small-cap fund is below 45.
The risk factor involved in the small-cap fund can be very high, and the investor should be psychologically ready for bearing high risks. In worst conditions, the fund can even possess a chance of 20-25%. The investor should be patient enough to hold on for a long-term as the returns in the long-term are most probably bountiful.
It is an essential aspect regarding any mutual fund investment. The fund should be briefly analyzed on your own or with the assistance of an expert. Since the small-cap funds are extremely volatile and can provide very high returns, it gets even more important to check the suitability of your financial goal with the scheme.
Small-cap funds are for disciplined investors who can hold their investment for a long-term even when the market is not performing good. The placement and redemption should be precise and according to the goals of the investor. Investing to seek colossal returns without setting a goal is not appreciable.
The style of investment plays a vital role in small-cap funds. The SIP mode of investment is considered a better option because it minimizes the risk factor due to rupee-cost averaging. The lumpsum investment is only advisable when the NAV has fallen and can provide good returns in the future. Investors should take the assistance of an expert in this case.
On a final note, small-cap funds can be a blessing for some investors and a nightmare if conventional aids are not taken before investing. To enjoy the surfeit wealth creation through small-cap mutual funds and know about all the other details regarding investment, watch the explanatory video on small-cap funds at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h85pd3X9sA4 or reach out for our financial experts who are delighted to assist you anytime regarding mutual fund investments.


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Missionary Died Thinking He Was a Failure . . . But He Was Not!
Dr. William Leslie went as a missionary in 1912 to a remote part of the Congo. There he shared Christ for 17 years, but felt as though he had little impact. He had a dispute with tribal leaders, and they asked him to leave and to not come back. He left a defeated man, thinking that he was a failure.
Fast forward one hundred years to the shocking events of 2010. Mark Ellis writes, "A team led by Eric Ramsey with Tom Cox World Ministries made a shocking and sensational discovery. They found a network of reproducing churches hidden like glittering diamonds in the dense jungle across the Kwilu River from Vanga, where Dr. Leslie was stationed."
Ramsey reports, "When we got in there, we found a network of reproducing churches throughout the jungle," Ramsey reports. 'Each village had its own gospel choir, although they wouldn't call it that,' he notes. ;They wrote their own songs and would have sing-offs from village to village.'"
In each village that Ramsey and his team visited, they found a church. And there was even a thousand set stone cathedral!
This just shows that God can take our "failures" and make incredible things come out of them. And is that not the essence of the cross? Praise God!


SALOME, Neeltje (Nelly). May 11, 1916 – March 17, 2014. Our Mom and Oma passed away, peacefully, at Chilliwack General Hospital on March 17, 2014. She was predeceased by her husband, Zeger and daughter Manja. She is survived by her children Susanne (Ron) Wright, Karin (Bram) Hoogendoorn, Peter (Bonnie) Salomé, grandchildren and great grandchildren. A Celebration of Life will be held at Agassiz United Church on April 5, 2014 at 11 am. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the BC Cancer Agency.


Personal trainers play a key role in keeping the people of Alaska healthy and in great shape. It doesn't matter if people are looking to get in shape for outdoor sports, tone up a little, or lose weight; a personal trainer can guide them through this process. You'll need to be able to leverage coaching and communication skills to convey your expertise in weight management, movement, and physiology in order to help your clients achieve their goals.
As a personal trainer in Alaska, you can expect a number of options regarding your potential work environment as well as the type of clients you choose to work with. Alaska has a thriving cruise tourism industry that offers many employment opportunities working on the cruise ships in the Gulf of Alaska area as a personal trainer. If that isn't to your liking, plenty of opportunities are also available in the major cities in gyms, senior oriented fitness clubs. and medical facilities. Each offers unique opportunities worth exploring.
Alaska has a pressing need for personal fitness trainers. According to recent statistics, 65% of Alaska's adults are obese, overweight and at risk for weight related health problems. With their quality of life threatened due to this, professional training and education to help the residents of Alaska achieve a healthier lifestyle are imperative.
As of 2013, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that there were 560 personal trainers were working at fitness facilities in Alaska. Most facilities not only prefer, but require that applicants have national certification, a relevant degree, and some sort of experience. The most competitive candidates often have poet-secondary education to help set them apart from the crowd. There are also programs that offer guided opportunities shadowing personal trainers so that graduates can begin building up a body of experience that makes them more desirable to prospective future employers.
Upon completion of any of the above mentioned programs, a graduate will have the expertise and skills that employers and clients most value. Whether an individual is seeking strength conditioning for outdoor activities such as hiking, or some joint friendly exercises designed to help older adults stay fit and limber, a nationally certified personal trainer should be able to meet the needs of each of their clients.
Another aspect of this career field is that you need to be a bit of a cheerleader. You have to be encouraging while working with your clients to help them meet their health and fitness goals. Communication is a cornerstone of all you do. Having strong people skills is what allows a personal trainer to provide a client with the kind of unforgettable experience that keeps them not only motivated, but coming back.
Almost all employers will require that anyone they consider hiring have at least one national certification, although more are preferable. Each of the agencies mentioned below are recognized by the Livestrong Foundation as top personal training certification agencies. Each maintains a necessity for its members to have passed an exam and specific certification requirements. Some of these agencies even require that applicants have an undergraduate degree as a prerequisite for membership.
Some of these agencies will require that personal trainers have CPR certification before they can sit for exams. For trainers focused on working with specific athlete populations will obtain further certifications geared toward their specific areas of interest.
The type of employment available for personal trainers in Alaska can be demonstrated by looking at a 2015 posting from the Alaska Club in Anchorage and what they expect from their trainers. The Alaska Club is a well-known private athletic and social club that prides itself on providing its members with a superior experience.
A March 2015 job posting by the Alaska Club in Anchorage gives you a great look into what employers expect from prospective personal trainers. The club is a private social and athletic club and expects its team members to provide an outstanding training experience for new and existing clientele. As their ad stated, trainers would be needed to motivate future clients by setting goals, creating fitness plans and tracking results. Another aspect of the job would be providing goal setting assistance for members with specific fitness goals. A job like that can only be obtained relevant experience, a current national certification and the proper educational background. For anyone with the proper qualifications, the salary generally starts around $60,000 and comes with a free club membership.
Trainers are also often expected to create personalized nutrition and workout plans, so consider this when pursuing continuing education. Whether you hope to work with clients one-on-one or teach group classes like those mentioned above, having the proper certification and education is the key to a rewarding career as a happy and successful personal fitness trainer in Alaska.


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Q: AWS Lambda can not access Stripe service? I have AWS Lambda function which is:

*

*attached to a default VPC (having IGW and internet access)

*attached to a default subnets (all 3)

*with permissions (role) AWSLambdaVPCAccessExecutionRole

*security group: with full outbound access (All TCP 0.0.0.0/0)

*i have also EC2 instances in the same VPC/subnet and Internet access is working fine

*that lambda function is having access to EC2/mysql within the same VPC (that is the requirement: need to access private VPC DB and also Stripe API service from that Lambda)

*set 6 seconds timeout

I have created this function like this:
aws lambda create-function --function-name  stripe_payment_post --runtime python3.8 \
--zip-file fileb://deployment.zip --handler stripe_payment_post.handler \
--role arn:aws:iam::xxxx74:role/project-lambda_db_access \
--vpc-config SubnetIds=subnet-xxxx70,SecurityGroupIds=sg-xxxxed

And when calling it to access Stripe API i see in the logs:
[INFO]  2022-11-11T10:54:11.064Z    30be645a-8e03-4c15-b575-502cd2ecd218    message='Request to Stripe api' method=post path=https://api.stripe.com/v1/payment_intents
2022-11-11T10:54:17.046Z 30be645a-8e03-4c15-b575-502cd2ecd218 Task timed out after 3.01 seconds

Alway timing out. Like having no access to Stripe/Internet.
Why? What am I missing ?
My Lambdas handler is:
def handler(event, context):
    """
    This function called on POST tenant, adding new tenant to mysql db
    """

    logger.info("LOG: "+str(event))

    stripe.api_key = 'sk_test_5xxxxx'

    try:
        intent = stripe.PaymentIntent.create(
            amount=11,
            currency='usd',
            payment_method_types=["card"]
        )
        client_secret = intent.client_secret
    except stripe.error.StripeError as e:
        errorCode = str(e)
    except Exception as e:
        errorCode = str(e)

    # API GW Lambda proxy integration requires specific return format
    return {
        'statusCode': 200,
        'body': json.dumps({'client_secret': client_secret
        })
    }


The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is the perfect family friendly Halloween treat! Here is the spooky classic story by Washington Irving, presented with all the thrills, chills and laughs that keep audiences on the edge of their seats. The storybook tale revolves around the main characters—the bumbling, awkward schoolteacher, Ichabod, the coquettish Katrina and Ichabod's brutish rival, Brom Bones. There are also six characters who play storytellers, keeping the action and pace moving throughout. As much fun as the play presents, it saves the best for last—the ride of the headless horseman. This adaptation remains dedicated to the spirit of the original work yet expertly involves all ages with lots of suspense and comedy.


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Это список игр для персональных компьютеров, игровых консолей, мобильных устройств, основанных на комиксах издательства DC Comics.

Список игр

Ссылки
 Список игр о Бэтмене
 Список фильмов по комиксам DC Comics
 Список игр, основанных на комиксах Marvel
Список игр, основанных на комиксах Dark Horse

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Family business giants eye new markets
Family-controlled clothing empire Inditex and America's largest retailer Walmart are eyeing new markets in a quest to further expand their operations.
Article | 23 May, 2011 11:06 AM | By Rashmi Kumar
Inditex, founded by Spanish billionaire Amancio Ortega, announced on 19 May that it has opened its flagship Zara store in Sydney, Australia as part of its strategy to expand in Latin America, Australia and Africa.
A spokeswoman for Inditex told CampdenFB that the group also plans to open a store in Melbourne in the next few weeks. The company, whose core market is in Europe, will adopt its range for the new stores so they are suitable for the Australian climate.
The expansion in Australia puts Inditex one step ahead of fellow family-controlled rivals H&M and Gap, as neither have fully integrated operations on the continent.
Ortega stepped down as chairman of the €12 billion company in January this year and was replaced by non-family Pablo Isla. Speculation is rife that Ortega's daughter Marta will eventually take control of Inditex but a spokeswoman refused to comment on this. Marta is currently working as an employee within the business not in a management position.
While the clothing chain expands down under, America's retail giant Walmart looks to enter Europe. According to reports, Walmart has set up a team in London to look for opportunities for mergers and acquisitions on the European continent.
The announcement of plans to expand into Europe comes days after the group reported its first quarter earnings, which saw slow growth in its US home market and in the UK.
Walmart, 40% controlled by the Walton family, first entered Germany in 1997 but pulled out in 2006 following poor sales in the country. According to reports it is now looking to re-enter Europe to counter slower growth in its other markets.
The Arkansas-based company had 2010 fiscal revenues of $419 billion, up from $405 billion the year before. Second-generation Rob Walton is the current chairman and is worth an estimated $19.8 billion according to Forbes.
Related terms: Amancio Ortega, expansion, FB News, Inditex, Walmart, Walton family, Zara, Family Business, inditex
FB Roundup: Melia Hotels, H&M Group and Hays Travel
Daughter of Zara founders declares stake in holding company Inditex
Inditex sees sales soar 12% amid strong Asian demand
US clothing chain Gap sees domestic sales fall
Family-owned clothing retailer expands operations
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No surprise actually by the way BN is going. But I have a feeling that's not the end of it.
There's the GE13 biggie we are all waiting for. Maybe Najib, excited with the HS win, might bring it forward?
Kalamanathan naik jadi menteri ke?
I hear lah, if BN wins Sibu next, they'll call for snap GE13 ... ooooo, goodie!
Personally I thought the results were expected. I didn't think that PKR could win this seat. But my - the battles do get uglier at every by-election ..


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Neorealizm włoski – ruch artystyczny w literaturze, plastyce, a zwłaszcza w filmie, powstały jako sprzeciw wobec faszyzmu. Jego podstawowe dzieła zrealizowano w latach 1943–1952. W filmach neorealistycznych ukazywano konflikty i dramaty zwykłych ludzi, urastające – dzięki bogactwu obserwacji i prawdzie psychologicznej – do wielkich uogólnień.

Termin "neorealizm" wprowadził jeszcze w okresie wojny włoski krytyk filmowy Antonio Pietrangeli w związku z filmem Opętanie (1943) Luchino Viscontiego, niedopuszczonego przez faszystowską cenzurę do rozpowszechniania w kinach. Za pierwszy właściwy film tego nurtu uważa się jednak Rzym, miasto otwarte (1945) Roberta Rosselliniego, zrealizowany zaraz po wejściu wojsk amerykańskich do stolicy Włoch.

Kierunek powstał w wyniku zainteresowania twórców rozliczeniami wojennymi, a także problemami społecznymi pierwszych lat powojennych. Czołowym ideologiem neorealizmu i autorem lub współautorem większości scenariuszy był Cesare Zavattini.

Rozliczenia wojenne ukazane zostały między innymi w filmach: Paisà (1946) i Niemcy – rok zerowy (1948) Roberta Rosselliniego, Vivere in pace (1946) Luigiego Zampy, Słońce wschodzi (1946) Aldo Vergano.

Problematyką społeczną, rozpatrywaną w kontekście konsekwencji wojennych, zajęły się takie filmy jak: Dzieci ulicy (1946), Złodzieje rowerów (1948), Cud w Mediolanie (1950) i Umberto D. (1952) Vittoria De Siki, Tragiczny pościg (1947), Gorzki ryż (1949), Nie ma pokoju pod oliwkami (1950) i Rzym, godzina 11 (1951) Giuseppe De Santisa, Ziemia drży (1948) i Najpiękniejsza (1951) Luchino Viscontiego, Pod niebem Sycylii (1949) Pietro Germiego, Sierpniowa niedziela (1950) Luciano Emmera.

Kierunek ten, zakończony w pierwszej połowie lat 50., bardzo silnie oddziaływał na twórców z innych krajów, m.in. na twórczość Akiry Kurosawy (Pijany anioł to przykład neorealizmu japońskiego), Luisa Buñuela (Zapomniani) czy polskiej szkoły filmowej.

W latach późniejszych we Włoszech pojawiały się dzieła nawiązujące do tematów i poetyki neorealizmu: La strada (1954) Federico Felliniego, Generał della Rovere (1959) Roberta Rosselliniego, Matka i córka (1960) Vittoria De Siki, Złoto Rzymu (1961) Carlo Lizzaniego, Cztery dni Neapolu (1962) Nanniego Loy, Salvatore Giuliano (1962) i Ręce nad miastem (1963) Francesco Rosiego.

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Copyright and other intellectual property procedure
Version number 5.1 | Version effective 24 December 2021
Department-wide
This procedure defines intellectual property and outlines the responsibilities of the Department of Education (department) employees and key processes in managing the creation, procurement and use of copyright and other intellectual property (IP).
This procedure outlines what department employees must do to avoid infringing the copyright and IP of others, and meet obligations under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) and support the Queensland Government's Information access and use policy (IS33) and Intellectual Property Principles (Queensland Government employees only).
Intellectual Property (IP) covers a range of intangible property that results from creative and intellectual effort including literary and artistic works, computer programs, databases, film and sound recording, trademarks, and designs. The most common type of IP that departmental employees will create, acquire and/or use in their work is copyright.
Copyright exists (DoE employees only) in content developed or acquired by the department whether for public use or for limited use (such as training), as well as in works created or owned by others (i.e. third-party materials) used by the department. Copyright is automatic, and creators or owners do not need to register their copyright or display a copyright symbol for their work to be protected.
The State (as the employer) owns the copyright in material created by its employees in the course of their duties unless otherwise agreed between the employer and employee. It does not matter that the employee creates the material (either wholly or in part) outside normal work hours and without using departmental facilities or equipment. Generally, the deciding factor is whether the materials created relate to the employee's official duties.
Creators also have moral rights (DoE employees only), which are additional to copyrights and include the right to attribution, the right against false attribution, and the right to have the integrity of their work respected.
Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) Rights refers to rights of Indigenous people to protect and maintain their cultural heritage. These rights relate to the control of ICIP – rights to authorise or refuse use, and to be recognised as the owners of ICIP so that people and organisations continue to return to Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples for consent. While these rights are currently not protected by specific legislation, consideration should be given to ICIP Rights when dealing with existing departmental content or developing new content that includes contributions from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. For more information contact State Schools – Indigenous Education.
Avoid infringing the IP rights or moral rights (DoE employees only) of others.
Use, to the maximum extent possible, third-party materials that have a Creative Commons or a similar open licence to:
minimise the costs of seeking permission and managing third-party licences
reduce costs of statutory licences for copying in schools and within the department
support the creation of Open Education Resources (OER).
Ensure that copying or adaptation of third-party materials is either permitted or permission (DoE employees only) has been obtained.
Ensure all third-party materials in departmental publications are attributed and adhere (DoE employees only) to any licence conditions.
Maintain appropriate records of copyright materials created, used or procured in accordance with the department's Information asset and recordkeeping procedure.
Unless otherwise approved by their director, executive director or principal, ensure copyright material owned by the department (materials created or procured by department employees) is able to be released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0) as indicated in department's Copyright statement.
Decide if material which cannot be released under a Creative Commons licence, should be excluded from The National Educational Access Licence (NEALS) and make this clear in any copyright statement.
Obtain written permission from their Principal/Director before entering into an agreement to create and develop IP for another entity, including another employer. Refer to Notification of other employment procedure.
Comply with the requirements of the statutory and voluntary educational licences, when copying and communicating third-party materials for educational purposes of a school. For further information, refer to The Official Guide to Copyright issues for Australian schools (Smartcopying).
Participate in copyright sampling surveys as required to meet statutory licence agreements.
Copyright team, Information and Governance Management, Digital Transformation, Information and Technologies Branch
Provide guides, tools and advice to departmental employees in relation to creation and use of IP, including:
location and use of Creative Commons, other openly licensed or public domain materials
finding alternatives, workaround or in-house solutions to using third-party materials
requesting and managing permissions to use third-party materials (i.e. licences)
adopting best practice copyright record keeping and management
application of an appropriate and accurate copyright statement to department publications.
Respond to external parties who request permission to copy department works.
Liaise with the unit who is custodian of the work, to confirm the department's copyright in the materials.
Director, Information and Governance Management, Digital Transformation, Information and Technologies Branch
Govern the process for the department to meet its obligations under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth).
Govern the process for all significant department owned IP and manage the Intellectual property register.
Provide advice to directors, executive directors and principals when there is an intention to deviate from the Queensland government policy (Information access and use policy (IS33) and guidelines (Intellectual Property Principles) to apply a Creative Commons licence to copyright material owned by the department.
Directors, Executive Directors and Principals
Ensure contracts and agreements to procure IP (e.g. by outsourcing, consulting and commissioning etc.) assert State ownership as the default position and address (if applicable) the moral rights of external creators. Seek legal advice from Legal Services Branch as required.
Seek advice from the Copyright team when re-using or repurposing previously published material which is to be incorporated into a new, revised or expanded publication.
Approve any departure from the Creative Commons licensing of State of Queensland copyright material (a requirement of Queensland Government (Information access and use policy (IS33)) in accordance with Intellectual Property Principles and in consultation with the Director, Information and Governance Management.
Approve the acknowledgment of employees' or consultants' moral rights, only on request and only if appropriate and feasible.
Make determinations in consultation with the Copyright team, regarding permission requests from external parties to use department copyright materials.
Ensure records relating to the creation, procurement and use of copyright material are appropriately stored, monitored and maintained.
Ensure significant IP (e.g. trademarks, published content such as online courses, teaching materials, posters, videos, ebooks, apps) with public, strategic or innovative value is recorded in the department's Intellectual property register.
Using third-party material
All employees seeking to use third-party material must follow these steps:
Step 1: Assess if the material is protected by copyright
Assess if the material is protected by copyright (DoE employees only)
If yes - go to step 2
If no - go to step 3
Step 2: Assess if the use is permitted or if permission is required
If use is permitted
Some creators permit the use of their work without further permission, as long as the user adheres to their conditions. For more information see Permitted or permission copyright fact sheet (DoE employees only).
Forward all requests received from third parties, to use the department's owned copyright materials not licensed with a CC licence, to the Information Management team.
If permission is required
If it is not clear that the employee can use the material, then they must request permission (a licence) from the copyright owner in writing.
The copyright owner may give permission under certain conditions, such as payment (licence fee), a time limit (term), and/or a specific attribution. Contact the Copyright team for help with permission requests.
Step 3: Attribute and adhere to any conditions
All third-party materials must be attributed (i.e. acknowledged) in department publications (whether print, video, audio or online), even attribution is not a requirement of the licence or the material is in the public domain. An attribution is essential because it tells everyone that copyright in the attributed material is not owned by the department.
Adhering to any conditions is essential for use of third-party material to be legal. In addition to attribution, other conditions may include, but are not limited to:
non-commercial use only
no derivatives (i.e. no changes or editing)
share alike (i.e. share under same licence as original)
remuneration (a licence fee)
who can access (e.g. departmental teachers only; publicly available)
a time limit which states when the licence expires (a licence term)
the number of copies (e.g. print run) or downloads a person can make.
Apply an appropriate copyright licence
All employees must apply a Creative Commons licence to copyright material owned by the department (unless otherwise approved) through the following process:
Step 1: Assess whether the material can be made publicly available (i.e. published or available beyond the employee's immediate workgroup/unit). Can it be made publicly available?
Step 2: Assess if there is any reason that a Creative Commons (CC) licence cannot be applied to the material. Is there any reason that a CC licence cannot be applied?
If yes - obtain approval from Director, Executive Director or Principal to depart from the CC licensing framework and record the approval. Refer to Queensland Public Sector Intellectual Property Principles.
If no – determine which CC licence will be applied. Refer to the Creative Commons licence chooser.
Step 3: Communicate the licence information
Unless otherwise indicated, the Copyright link in the footer of departmental websites makes content available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0).
If the default CC BY licence is not appropriate, the responsible employee (e.g. project manager) must add an applicable copyright statement to the publication. Examples:
© State of Queensland (Department of Education) [Year]. With the exception of Government Coat of Arms, logos, trademarks, branding, personal information or material otherwise indicated, content in this publication is available under the [add the name of the chosen CC licence hyperlinked to relevant deed]
Where re-use of publicly available content must be limited, and approval has been given to depart from the Creative Commons licensing framework, the following restrictive statement could be added:
© State of Queensland (Department of Education) [Year] All rights reserved.
Maintain records for copyright and other IP
Step 1: Record copyright elements used in significant publications
When developing significant assets (e.g. curriculum projects, online courses, ebooks, websites, training and professional development materials), the author must record the incorporated copyright elements (e.g. material sourced under open licences, content for which specific permission has been obtained, department-created diagrams and illustrations). The Copyright register template (DoE employees only) can be used to record copyright elements in an asset.
Step 2: Save and maintain records relating to use, creation and procurement of copyright and other IP
Directors, Executive Directors and Principals must ensure all records relating to copyright and IP are saved in the relevant records management system (department, region, school), and materials acquired under limited terms (e.g. a time-limited licence) are monitored and use discontinued when terms expire. Saved records should include any copyright licences, permission emails, contractor agreements, assignment of copyright, MOUs with other organisations, and the copyright register (if one has been used).
Step 3: Record significant copyright or other IP in the department's IP register
The Director, Executive Director or Principal must ensure significant IP (e.g. trademarks, published content such as online courses, teaching materials, posters, videos, ebooks, apps) with public, strategic or innovative value created by their business unit or school is recorded in the department's Intellectual property register. For assistance, contact the Copyright team.
Intellectual property covers a wide range of rights that protect the product of original and creative effort, including copyright, patents, industrial designs and trademarks. Copyright makes up the major part of the department's intellectual property.
In this procedure the term 'materials' has been used to describe any copyrightable material, however the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) divides materials protected by copyright into two categories: 'works' and 'subject matter other than works'.
Examples of 'works' are: literary, dramatic, music and artistic (including, but not limited to, all text-based works, web pages, computer programs, scripts, screenplays, choreographed shows, melodies, sheet music, pop songs, jingles, film scores, photographs, graphics, icons, illustrations, paintings, sculpture).
Examples of 'subject matter other than works' are sound recordings, films, sound and television broadcasts and published editions (including, but not limited to, podcasts, CD's mp3's, iTunes, movies, videos, animations, interactive games, radio and TV broadcasts, layout and look of a publication).
Copyright law gives the copyright owner rights: the right to copy/reproduce, the right to publish the right to perform the work in public, the right to adapt, and the right to communicate their material. A person is making use of copyright materials if they perform any of these rights (i.e. if they copy, and/or adapt, and/or communicate the material). Use of copyright materials requires permission from the copyright owner.
Third-party materials
Materials in which copyright is not owned by the State of Queensland, but rather is owned by another party (a third party).
Moral rights are separate and in addition to, the ownership of copyright. The Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) confers certain moral rights on creators: the right of attribution of authorship, the right not to have authorship of work falsely attributed; and the right of integrity of authorship of a work.
Creative Commons (CC) licences are a free, easy-to-use and internationally recognised system that allows copyright owners to permit the use of their work without payment, and subject to the conditions of a selected licence. There are six CC licences which each contain a different combination of four licence conditions (BY attribution, ShareAlike, NonCommercial, and NoDerivatives). CC licences cannot be revoked.
When referred to in relation to copyright law, public domain means that copyright protection has expired or is waived. In general, works enter the public domain 70 years after the death of the creator. Works that are in the public domain can be shared, remixed and reused by everyone with no restrictions.
Public domain does not mean accessible or able to be viewed by the public. It is a common misconception that materials viewed on the internet are 'in the public domain'. Materials on the internet are (usually) publicly available to view, not to copy.
OER are teaching and learning materials that are available for everyone to use and are generally licensed under a Creative Commons (CC) licence. OER gives educators the ability to legally adapt and reuse materials for their students, while reducing copyright costs to the education system.
The National Educational Access Licence (NEALS)
The National Educational Access Licence (NEALS) is a co-operative agreement between the education departments of Australian states and territories to share publications produced for and by schools with each other free of charge. Publications from the Queensland Department of Education are automatically part of NEALS unless an opt-out statement is included with the material.
The wide application of the Creative Commons Attribution licence by education departments has largely replaced the need to rely on the NEALS agreement.
Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)
Copyright Amendment (Service Providers) Act 2018 (Cth)
Human Rights Act 2019 (Qld)
Delegations/Authorisations
Attribute and adhere copyright fact sheet (DoE employees only)
Copyright and other Intellectual Property (DoE employees only)
Creative Commons licences
Information access and use policy (IS33)
Information asset and recordkeeping procedure
Intellectual property register
Moral rights copyright fact sheet (DoE employees only)
Obtaining and managing student and individual consent procedure
Permitted or permission copyright fact sheet (DoE employees only)
Queensland Public Sector Intellectual Property Principles
The Official Guide to Copyright issues for Australian schools (Smartcopying)
Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights
National Educational Access Licence for Schools (NEALS)
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Copyright team, Information and Governance Management
Digital Transformation, Information and Technologies Branch
Email: Copyright.ITB@qed.qld.gov.au
Uncontrolled Copy Disclaimer
Uncontrolled copy. Refer to the Department of Education Policy and Procedure Register to ensure you have the most current version of this document.
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