This was my first time to the Dolomites, let alone the Tre Cime. During the days up to the main event I had hiked and visited lakes and other mountains. Carrying along the Fujifilm GFX50s which happens to be a digital medium format camera. While I enjoy hiking, nature and photography it is when theses are combined that it offers such solace for the mind and a sense of achievement.
Day one of four in the splendid mountain range of the Dolomites is to be found in South Tyrol, Italy. This would be the begining of a great adventure. I was not knowing what to expect along the way.
It was the end of autumn, and the start of November. Still the snow hadn't fallen at least not significantly. The last of the leaves and the yellows of the pines were quickly letting go for the winter.
On this morning the sky still hadn't produced a cloud. It has being like this for a couple of days now. The opening shot for my trip was taken at the Lago di Landro – A reflection on an icy lake.
Later I moved on and explored other possibilities. I figured I'd try out a hike to Lago di Sorapis. But before I commenced I noticed some splashes of light on the ground of one of the small peaks of the Cimon del Froppa. Sadly still no clouds. As a landscape photographer a little cloud on a blue background is always welcomed in making images. But unfortunately none were to be had so far… (but that would change later in the day).
Now I had seen the shots produced by other photographers of the lake Sorapis so I had hope and expectations. This blind faith encouraged me to hike 5 hours to the top. I surely was glad of the flask filled with fruit tea that kept me not only warm but my spirits believing in the image.
The Sorapis lacked water and only offered a corner portion of blueish ice. I guess next year's summer schedule will need to include a repeated visit.
After a strenuous task of boot crawling yesterday with all of the photo equipment and tripod, it was time once again to tackle another pocket of the region. I had arrived early. Unfortunately the road up to the Plätzwiese was closed for road work maintenance. Well I thought to myself, "that wasn't going to stop me at all". The clouds were gentle wisps rising and dancing softly across a deep blue sky. This could be as Lou Reed's song says a "Perfect day".
It was a perfect day in terms of light and location. A blessing no doubt.
Afternoon of day two, I wasn't entirely sure if I should take the road up to the Tre Cime. The weather particularly the skies weren't behaving themselves at least not like they had in the morning. A landscape photographer has many wishes and weather would have to be on the top of that list. Basically it had gone dull and overcast, not much action or drama going on. It was time for Pizza!
Then, just then at about three in the late afternoon the heavens cleaned their act up and started to give the prospect of something that might actually happen. I ventured a return visit to the Lago di Antorno. This lake is before the toll road up to the Cime Tre – a freebie if you will.
Once I had finished a couple of shots at Lago di Antorno, it was time to try out the three peaks a.k.a the Tre Cime.
You can pretty much drive to the base of this mountain once you've paid the toll for the road. Of course after that there still quite a walk along the path to reach a suitable point to make images of the peaks. Good boots and warm clothes are essential here. After a good hour of walking at a rapid pace to get the last light of the day. I was there beneath the peaks although not on the more famous typical side but nonetheless I was there.
I made a shot of the valley for a warm up shot then pressed on wards.
This time I would team up with two other landscape photographers. Arno Hemmer, Florian Warnecke and I would continue together to scout out places and of course naturally to make images over the next two days.
The Barbian waterfall is to be found in South Tyrol on the way to Saint Ulrich which would be the evening location. I had decided to visit a waterfall as the opening of the day was overcast. Cloudy days are the best for photographing water if you wish to see all the details in the rock structure and water. Armo and Florian wished to see the Earth Pyramids. There are interesting but I had seen them before on an another trip.
This was it, the last light of the day was upon us. Us the three photographers rushed and raced to found a point to capture the purple and orange hues. The colors were leaving us every second for the as night's cloak began to settle. Tripods were hoisted, lens and filters were set to place this amazing view and effect into our camera's memory for all time. This photograph was very much a fleeting moment. The excitement and concentration was intensified by our quietness and seriousness against the retreating light.
Dawn rose along with a trio of photographers invading the hills of the Passo Sella. Well no one else was there, it was just 6 am!
Later that we'd photograph for the last time together the mountain called the Rosengartenspitze.
All in all the Fujifilm GFX50s performed impeccably. It was my trusted workhorse along with the Fujifilm 32-64mm WR f/4 lens. The Fujifilm camera is really quite a feat in terms of technology but more importantly a tool well suited for landscape photograph. Very chuffed indeed.
You are posting some really great content here lately, keep up the great work. Very jealous of the new gear and love the way you are combining it with the vintage lenses. Most give some proper time to digest these recent posts on a big screen.
Thank you for your complements. Your back garden, the Copper Coast is a great and very understated location in Ireland for photographing landscape. Hopefully I'll get a chance to go back to Annestown in 2018 and make some more images. By the way really like your B&W images from this area.


As part of an official initiative to attract clean energy companies to the province of Ontario in Canada, Samsung and SMA Solar Technology have entered a partnership to build industrial-size solar inverters at Celestica's facilities in Toronto.
Inverters are electric devices that convert energy produced in solar panels into power that can be used by the grid.
This is the third manufacturing deal under a $7 billion investment by Samsung in Ontario. Previously, Samsung had teamed up with Siemens Canada, Pattern Energy and CS Wind to run a new wind turbine plant in the Tillsonburg area and a wind tower plant in Windsor.
In order to supply Samsung, SMA Solar Technology will launch its first Canadian-based production of industrial solar inverters. The company already uses Ontario as a base to make residential inverters for smaller solar projects.
"Ontario is a world leader in attracting clean energy investments as we transform and modernize our electricity system. We are making crucial investments to build a strong, reliable system that will clean up the air we breathe for our families, businesses and the generations to come. We are doing it while helping keep costs down for families," said Brad Duguid, Ontario's Minister of Energy.
The overall objective of the region's 2009 Green Energy Act is to replace coal with renewable energy such as wind, solar and bio-energy while promoting the creation of green collar jobs. And the initiative is already yielding results. By the end of 2010, the Green Energy Act had helped to create 13,000 jobs and attracted billions in private-sector investment. Recently the region became home to the world's largest solar photovoltaic farm in Sarnia. The province hopes to be generating 10,700 megawatts of clean energy as part of the Long-Term Energy Plan.
"Ontario is a major solar power market for SMA and we are pleased to reach this milestone agreement with Samsung. Ontario's Green Energy Act and the Feed-In Tariff program have created a welcoming business climate for manufacturers looking to expand their market reach," said Günther Cramer, SMA Solar Technology's CEO.


involved could have figured how different this one death would be.
Who would have? Kian, based on accounts, seems to have been just another young man living in another drug- infested barangay, subjected to just another police sweep that would result in just a few more deaths. The nation has come to expect the same story - policemen arrive, encounter their prey, who fight back and are killed in the process. And indeed such was the story on the night Kian was killed.
Problem is, not only did witnesses come forward to give a different version of the story, there also was footage from a CCTV camera that showed an interesting image of a young man, bent over, being led away by two plainclothes policemen, moments before he was shot dead allegedly because he fired at them while running away.
How a young man of 17, already tightly gripped by two cops, could wiggle away, retrieve a gun from somewhere on his body and fire at his pursuers escapes me. At the very least it means that whoever were the cops who were holding him as seen on the video were stupid enough not only to not frisk him so they could strip him of any weapons, but they were also weak enough to be unable to hold on to a teenager whom they now had to shoot back at to defend themselves.
Oh, and yes, pictures of a slumped Kian clearly showed a gun held in his left hand.
The young man was right handed.
And so, in ways that the controversial deaths of two mayors before him couldn't, Kian's death seems to have galvanized a significant segment of the population into a reaction that this Administration should take note of: Facebook posts saying "Kian is my son" from women, not all of whom are mothers, and even from some menfolk too; statements of outrage and demands for justice across the board, and expressions of concern (if not disgust) from people who start off by admitting that they are – or remain – supporters of the President.
Of the thousands who have fallen at the hands of authorities due to the war against the drug menace, not one seems to have been able to move the general public into a significant amount of shock and outrage as this one.
In this case, his mother's wails seem to strike deep. When she demands of the President that justice be done because her son could not be brought back from the dead anyway, even those who used to be unmoved are this time affected.
What makes the Kian Delos Santos case more explosive is that it comes on the heels of a Bureau of Customs scandal that has left another controversial image in the minds of the public- that of photographs showing alleged big time smugglers chummy with the sons of the President. Juxtapose that image with the image of a dead Kian and immediately emotions around the contrast between the well-connected versus the poor instantly rise to the surface.
For sure, Kian had no selfie with anyone from the First Family!
If not addressed correctly, the death of Kian Delos Santos can end up being more than just another statistic.


Albany County Executive Mike Breslin and the Honor-A-Veteran Committee commemorated Korean War veteran Robert H. Morisseau in a ceremony held on Monday, January 3, 2005, in the Cahill Room of the Albany County Office Building.
Morisseau was born in Burlington, Vermont, but spent most of his life in Albany. He graduated from Cathedral High School before joining the United States Air Force in 1954. Morisseau served in the Air Force for more than three years, including a tour of duty in Japan. After serving in the military, he graduated from Hudson Valley Community College and worked for Montgomery Ward as an appliance repairman for 25 years and then as a rehab specialist for the City of Albany for nine years until his retirement.
Morisseau was known as a "Jack of All Trades" and enjoyed spending time with his wife of 44 years, Elizabeth, his children, Robert, Brian and Brenda and his grandchildren.
Albany County Executive Mike Breslin and the Honor-A-Veteran Committee commemorated Vietnam War veteran Sheila E. Furlong in a ceremony held on Monday, February 7, 2005, in the Cahill Room of the Albany County Office Building.
Furlong was born on February 26, 1945 in Chicago and lived most of her life in Albany. She served in the United States Marine Corps as an administrative assistant from 1966 through 1969 during the Vietnam War. After her military service, she worked as a secretary for the New York State Office of Criminal Justice.
Albany County Executive Mike Breslin and the Honor-A-Veteran Committee commemorated World War II veteran George M. DeLong in a ceremony held on Monday, March 7, 2005, at the Legnard Curtain American Legion Post in Green Island.
DeLong, a lifelong resident of Green Island, joined the United States Army in 1942 and served in Europe during World War II as a medical technician. He was employed by the Golub Corporation in Schenectady for 45 years, retiring in 1982 as director of transportation and warehousing.
He was an active member of the Legnard Curtin American Legion Post, the Catholic War Veterans, the Vagabond Club and the Troy Elks Club as well as a communicant of St. Joseph's Church in Green Island.
Albany County Executive Mike Breslin and the Honor-A-Veteran Committee commemorated Korean War veteran John Liburdi in a ceremony held on Monday, April 4, 2005, in the Cahill Room of the Albany County Office Building.
Liburdi, a lifelong resident of Latham, attended Watervliet High School until 1947 when he joined the United States Army. He served in the 24th Infantry Division during the Korean War and earned the Combat Infantry Badge and received two Purple Hearts. Liburdi left high school to volunteer for the Army and was awarded his high school diploma in 2002 in appreciation for his service to our country.
Liburdi was an employee with the North Colonie School District for 33 years, starting as a bus driver and later as a custodian at Loudonville, Blue Creek and Boght Hills Elementary Schools. He retired in 1987 as head custodian at Shaker High School. He also was past president of the CSEA Union for the School District. After his retirement, he operated John of Cohoes Antiques and Collectibles for several years.
Liburdi was a member of the Colonie Elks Club for 25 years and a long time member and past commander of Latham Memorial Post #7411, VFW as well as an active member of several Masonic organizations, serving as past master of Evening Star Masonic Lodge #75 F&AM, Latham.
Albany County Executive Mike Breslin and the Honor-A-Veteran Committee commemorated World War II veteran William Carey in a ceremony held on Monday, May 2, 2005, at the North Albany American Legion Post at 35 North First Street in Albany.
Carey, a lifelong resident of Albany, graduated from Public School 20 and Christian Brothers Academy. During the late 1930's, he played semi-pro football for Sacred Heart. He joined the United States Marine Corps in 1941, serving during World War II with the First Marine Raider Battalion, known as Edsons Raiders, at Guadal Canal. He received the Purple Heart and Silver Star.
Carey was a member of the Local 12 Ironworkers' Union for over 45 years and served on the executive board. An active member of the community, he served as manager of North Albany Little League for many years and was a longtime member and past commander of the North Albany American Legion Post. He was also a longtime member of the Albany Elks Lodge, the Albany Ancient Order of Hibernian, the North Albany Limericks and Sacred Heart Church.
Albany County Executive Mike Breslin and the Honor-A-Veteran Committee commemorated Korean War veteran John J. Brennan at a ceremony held on Monday, June 6, 2005, at the Legnard American Legion Post in Green Island.
Brennan was a lifelong resident of Green Island and a graduate of Catholic Central High School. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War in the North Atlantic from December 1951 to March 1953.
Brennan was employed by the Bendix Corporation for 32 years, retiring as a manufacturing scheduler in 1980. He was also a self-employed television repairman. An active member of the community, he was a lifelong member of the Legnard-Curtin American Legion Post and communicant of St. Joseph's Church, where he also served as the custodian.
Brennan was a talented craftsman and enjoyed building handmade wood furniture in his retirement as well as spending time with his two grandchildren Timothy and Kelly and following the Yankees, Giants and Notre Dame football games.
Albany County Executive Mike Breslin and the Honor-A-Veteran Committee commemorated Korean War veteran Donald J. Mero at a ceremony held on Tuesday, July 5, 2005, in the Cahill Room of the County Office Building at 112 State St. in Albany.
Mero was born in Willsboro, NY on August 18, 1930 and lived most of his life in Albany. He served in the United States Army from March 1951 to February 1953 during the Korean War.
After the war, Mero was a firefighter for the City of Albany Fire Department for more than 26 years, retiring in 1984. He was devoted to his family and community, always putting the needs of others before his own and helping neighbors in need.
Albany County Executive Mike Breslin and the Honor-A-Veteran Committee commemorated World War II veteran Richard J. Barrett at a ceremony on Monday, August 1, 2005, in the Cahill Room of the County Office Building at 112 State St. in Albany.
Barrett, born in Ireland on September 8, 1908, lived most of his life in Albany. He served in the United States Army from January 1942 to September 1945 and was stationed in Pine Camp, NY during World War II. He was employed as a butcher at the A&P Supermarket in Albany for many years. Barrett was devoted to his family and dedicated to his community, serving as treasurer of the Albany West End Little League and a member of the Blessed Sacrament of Holy Names Church.
Albany County Executive Mike Breslin and the Honor-A-Veteran Committee commemorated World War II veteran Robert Chesnut, Jr. at a ceremony on Tuesday, September 6, 2005, in the Cahill Room of the County Office Building at 112 State St. in Albany.
Chesnut was born in Albany in 1920 and graduated from Rensselaer High School. He joined the United States Army in 1942 and served as an automotive mechanic in North Africa and Italy during World War II. He received a Purple Heart and numerous other medals and decorations.
After the war, Chesnut moved to Altamont in 1950 and served as a parts manager for the former Westfall Chevrolet, Marsh Hallman Chevrolet and Altamont Auto Parts for many years. He was very active in the veterans' community, serving as a lifetime member of the Helderberg American Legion Post 977, a lifetime member, past commander and head of the color guard of the Boyd Hilton VFW Post 7062 and a lifetime member of the Altamont American Legion Post. Chesnut was best known for his dedication to improving the Boyd Hilton VFW Post, where he spent countless hours remodeling the Post building. He also served as a Little League coach and was a longtime member of the Helderberg Rod and Gun Club.
Albany County Executive Mike Breslin and the Honor-A-Veteran Committee commemorated Korean War veteran Anthony W. Sheldon at a ceremony on Monday, October 3, 2005, in the Cahill Room of the County Office Building at 112 State St. in Albany.
Sheldon was a lifelong resident of Albany and graduated from Philip Schuyler High School. In 1953 he joined the United States Army and served in Germany during the Korean War. He was a dedicated member of the Albany Police Department for 33 years. Beginning as a patrolman in 1956, he quickly became a detective in the Night Squad and retired as a sergeant in 1989. He was an active member of the Sheehy-Palmer VFW Post and in his spare time enjoyed repairing cars and motorcycles. Sheldon was deeply committed to his family and loved spending time with his five children and many grandchildren. He was married to his wife Marcia for 48 years.
Albany County Executive Mike Breslin and the Honor-A-Veteran Committee commemorated Korean War veteran Arthur H. Eagan at a ceremony on Monday, November 7, 2005, in the Cahill Room of the County Office Building at 112 State St. in Albany.
Arthur H. Eagan was a lifelong resident of Albany and graduated from Cathedral Academy and Siena College. He served in the United States Navy during the Korean War as a pilot on an aircraft carrier.
After receiving a medical discharge from the Navy, Arthur returned to Albany and earned his master's degree in social work from the University at Albany. He worked first as a caseworker for the Albany County Department of Social Services in child protective services and later become director of staff development, retiring after 33 years of service. Arthur also served as a deacon at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for 22 years. He was a member of the first class of 21 deacons ordained by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany in 1976.
Albany County Executive Mike Breslin and the Honor-A-Veteran Committee commemorated World War II veteran Joseph A. Putorti, Sr. at a ceremony on Monday, December 5, 2005, in the Cahill Room of the County Office Building at 112 State St. in Albany.
Putorti was born in Whitehall, NY and was a longtime resident of the City of Albany. He joined the United States Army in 1943, served in Europe during World War II and was awarded the World War II Victory Medal, the American Service Medal and the Good Conduct Medal.
Putorti was retired from Crisafulli Brothers Plumbing & Heating Contractors, where he served as office manager for 26 years. He also worked part-time for 25 years maintaining Bleecker Stadium for the City of Albany Parks Department. He was a founding member of the West End Little League, where he served as vice-president for numerous years. Putorti was a longtime member of the Albany Twilight League, where he served as an umpire and commissioner and in 1997 was inducted into the League's Hall of Fame. He was also a member of the Scully American Legion Post, served as a Democratic committeeman for Albany County and supervised the Bleecker Stadium Teen Center for many years.


"Should there be any other aspirations, such as taking advantage of the trade spat to throttle Chinese growth, then an agreement is unlikely to be reached," it said.
World leaders started arriving in Buenos Aires on Thursday ahead of the gathering of the Group of 20, where global trade tensions, fuelled by U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war with China, are expected to dominate the agenda.
Financial and commodities markets are closely watching the outcome of the summit, especially a planned meeting between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday, although the outcome is far from certain.
The stakes are high for the world's two biggest economies. Official data on Friday showed that growth in China's manufacturing sector stalled for the first time in more than two years in November.
New export orders declined for a sixth straight month, according to an official survey of Chinese manufacturers.
"In terms of economic effects, Chinese export growth will likely weaken in coming months on payback from recent 'front-loading', and - unless a deal is reached - over time by some U.S. substitution to non-Chinese suppliers," Goldman Sachs wrote in a note.
In the short term, U.S. tariffs and the trade war would increase uncertainty for Chinese investment and durables consumption, according to Goldman.
China's commerce ministry said on Thursday it was hoping for "positive results".
But Trump sent mixed signals later on Thursday about the prospects for a trade deal with China, saying an agreement was close but he was not sure he wanted one.
A deal involving a total scrapping of all tariffs is not expected, although many observers have not ruled out a "pause" in the trade war where any planned tariff increases are put on hold while talks between the two sides continue.


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pic6005. Sharpeville massacre protest, 27 March 1960
Thousands of people marched through central London on 27 March 1960 to protest against the massacre of 69 unarmed South Africans at Sharpeville on 21 March. The march was organised by the Boycott Movement, together with the Movement for Colonial Freedom and the Committee of African Organisations. It was followed by a rally in Trafalgar Square, organised by the Labour Party. In the days following the shootings, there were scuffles with police outside South Africa House as crowds gathered to protest.
Twenty thousand people gathered in Trafalgar Square to protest against the massacre of 69 unarmed demonstrators at Sharpeville on 21 March. The rally was organised by the Labour Party. Speakers included African National Congress leader Tennyson Makiwane, Labour's Colonial Affairs spokesperson James Callaghan and Robert Willis from the TUC General Council. In the days following the massacre crowds gathered spontaneously outside South Africa House.
James Callaghan, Labour spokesperson on Colonial Affairs, spoke at a 20,000-strong rally in Trafalgar Square on 27 March 1960 to protest against the Sharpeville shootings. The rally was organised by the Labour Party. Also on the platform were African National Congress leader Tennyson Makiwane, Robert Willis from the TUC General Council and Labour MPs Barbara Castle, Anthony Greenwood and Jim Griffiths. In the days following the massacre crowds gathered spontaneously outside South Africa House.
Part of the 20,000-strong crowd in Trafalgar Square at the rally to protest against the massacre of 69 unarmed demonstrators at Sharpeville on 21 March. The rally was organised by the Labour Party. Speakers included African National Congress leader Tennyson Makiwane, Labour's Colonial Affairs spokesperson James Callaghan and Robert Willis from the TUC General Council. In the days following the massacre crowds gathered spontaneously outside South Africa House.
60s03. 'The Whole World is Angry'
Leaflet published soon after the Sharpeville massacre calling for a continuation of the boycott of South African goods. The reverse side reprints the list of South African goods on the leaflet distributed during the March Month of Boycott Action.
60s04. Penny Pledge Campaign
After its March Month of Boycott Action the AAM launched a Penny Pledge Campaign to raise funds and keep the boycott going. It asked supporters to donate one penny and sign a pledge not to buy South African goods.
pic6010. Oliver Tambo and Trevor Huddleston
Oliver Tambo and Trevor Huddleston in London in 1960.
pic6101. Commonwealth conference, 8 March 1961
In 1961 South Africa was forced to withdraw the Commonwealth because of its racial policies. The AAM held a 72-hour non-stop vigil outside the Commonwealth conference at Marlborough House. It organised a rota of people prominent in British public life, who wore black sashes marking the Sharpeville and Langa massacres.

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Matthew Klahre
mklahre@cozen.com
Bio Experience News
Matt focuses his practice on technology and data privacy, where he advises clients on technology transactions, data privacy and security compliance (FTC, GDPR, FFIEC, and the New York DFS Cybersecurity Regulation), and transactions in the digital advertising ecosystem. He drafts, reviews, and negotiates a wide variety of contracts, including software as a service (SaaS) and software licensing agreements, managed services agreements, software and technology development agreements, privacy policies and online terms of service, lead generation agreements, digital performance marketing agreements, and data licensing agreements. Matt also counsels clients on open source software (OSS) licensing and intellectual property protection and infringement matters, including digital copyright fair use.
Matt earned his bachelor's degree from Drexel University. Matt earned his law degree, summa cum laude, from Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law with a concentration in intellectual property law. While in law school, he was the executive editor of articles for the Drexel Law Review and participated in the Entrepreneurial Law Clinic advising startup clients on technology and intellectual property matters. More recently, Matt also presented a workshop on open source licensing at Philly Tech Week 2016.
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Brain tumour: Tyler
Tyler was in primary school when she was diagnosed with a brain tumour – but some difficulties only became more apparent as she got older.
Brain Haemorrhage: Abdullah
Abdullah, age 17, explains the progress he's made in the six months since he suffered a brain haemorrhage.
Brain haemorrhage
Brain haemorrhage: Charlotte, part 2
Charlotte had a brain haemorrhage on holiday aged 11. Now, aged 21, Charlotte looks back on the past nine years, in which she has made some amazing accomplishments.
Liam's tips for returning to school
Teenager Liam shares his positive experiences on the return to school after a brain injury.
Road traffic accident: Mark and Ryan
In July 2013 Ryan Smith, 16, from Lincolnshire was hit by a van as he was cycling to work. Dad Mark talks about his life changing brain injury.
Road traffic accident: Alfie
At the age of 10, Alfie Russell had rehabilitation following a car accident. The following is from his speech at an event where the audience included HRH The Duke of Cambridge.
AVM: Lewis
In 2015 Lewis Houlihan suffered a brain injury as a result of an AVM. Now on work experience for The Children's Trust, he shares his rehabilitation story.
Stroke: Harry
At the age of 16, Harry was diagnosed with a carotid artery dissection (damage to the arteries in the neck), possibly due to an old rugby injury. His mother Roz shares his story.
One decision away from a totally different life
Michelle Munt shares openly and honestly her experience of brain injury and how it changed the way she viewed her life.
Abscess: Rhodri
At age seven Rhodri was misdiagnosed as 'not' having an ear infection; the infection went on to cause a brain abscess on the temporal lobe. Mum Clare shares their experience.


A member of the National Democratic Congress' [NDC] legal team, Abraham Amaliba, has said he can never be convinced to join the New Patriotic Party [NPP] irrespective of what the party will achieve under President Akufo-Addo.
Speaking on Citi TV's Breakfast Daily Show, Mr. Amaliba said the NPP Government under President Nana Akufo-Addo has resorted to public deception by claiming that his government is delivering on their promises.
"He said by the end of this year the Kumasi road would be improved. I ply the Kumasi road a lot to the North, I hope you will invite me by the end of this year, so I come here and have a chat about the road" he told the host of the Breakfast Daily show, Isaac Wilberforce.
Mr. Gary Nimako a member of the NPP legal team who was on the show refuted Mr. Amaliba's assertions saying his assessment of the government was premature.
He said a proper assessment of government could only be made after the NPP's four-year term in office.
It was when Gary Nimako teased Mr. Amaliba that he will defect to the NPP after President Nana Akufo Addo is done delivering on his promises to Ghanaians, that Amaliba interjected and said he would instead prefer being a terrorist for Al-Qaeda.


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Just under half (48%) of property movers move less than 10 miles from their current home, with just 27% moving less than 5 miles, according to AnyVan.com.
Its recent analysis of over 18,000 home removal jobs also found that 62% of all moves are less than 20 miles, with 57% less than 15 miles.
The data also offered insight into those moving bigger distances with 38% moving over 20 miles and 25% moving over 50 miles. Larger relocations of over 100 miles, however, make up just 17% of movers in 2018.
With the current slow-down in the housing market, home sellers are finding it increasingly difficult to find buyers and in some pockets of the UK, prices are starting to fall, AnyVan.com said.
"Our vast database of home mover data highlights the majority of movers don't fly too far from the nest," said Angus Elphinstone, moving expert and chief executive officer of AnyVan.com.
He added that, for those with school-aged children, it can be difficult to move too far away as finding an available school place is not always easy.


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The RFU Are Considering Selling The Naming Rights Of Twickenham – Report
by Sean McMahon
It's rare these days in modern sport that stadiums can escape the lure of lucrative sponsorship deals which result in their renaming.
In recent years we have seen Lansdowne Road be rebranded as the Aviva Stadium, Ravenhill as the Kingspan Stadium, the Millenium Stadium as the Principality Stadium, Murrayfield as BT Murrayfield and that's just naming a few.
Over the years there has been widespread talk that Thomond Park in Limerick could be the next to follow a similar path with the Munster Rugby branch openly stating that is an option worth considering if a suitable partner is found.
The latest stadium which could be set for a name change is that of England's home, Twickenham.
A report in The Telegraph tonight states that the RFU are considering this as an option in order to increase revenues.
Twickenham is the only national stadium out of Ireland, Wales and Scotland which has yet to be renamed. The RFU have currently invested £54 million in the refurbishment of the stadium's East Stand and according to the report, the game's governing body is open to the idea of bringing a commercial partner on board in some capacity.
Stephen Brown, the RFU's new Chief Executive, said:
"We wouldn't rule out any appropriate commercial opportunity for the venue, the fan-base and the stakeholders.
"At the end of the day, we have an obligation to maximise the potential of our assets and ensure we have money to reinvest. We wouldn't rule it out at all, but it would have to be right. It's more than just the value – it has to match what we're trying to do here."
Meanwhile, the report also reveals that the RFU are holding back on any major investment into a new training centre for the national team for the moment so Pennyhill Park looks to be the facility for the England team for the foreseeable future.
Pundit Arena caught up with Stephen Brown last week to discuss the latest research published by Professor Alysson Pollock who wants to ban tackling and scrums in schools rugby.
RFU CEO Steve Brown responds to Pollock's latest crusade again…
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SUNRISE, Fla. -- Michael Yormark resigned as president and CEO of the Florida Panthers on Monday, taking a job with rap mogul Jay Zs Roc Nation and setting off a front-office shake-up for the long-struggling franchise. Yormark said he has accepted a job as president and chief of branding and strategy for Roc Nation, Jay Zs sports agency. The Panthers promoted Rory Babich into the jobs that Yormark had held with the organization, and announced that general manager Dale Tallon was having his responsibilities expanded to also include business operations. "While we are sorry to see Michael leave, he has received an offer for a tremendous opportunity and we are fortunate that we will be able to continue working with him in his new role," said Panthers owner Vincent Viola, who bought the team in September. "Rory has been working with us throughout our acquisition of the team and has been partnering with Michael on the business side and Dale on the hockey side since he joined us." 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KATHMANDU, April 5: Eleven transport committees forming a cartel on the Arniko Highway halted their services on Wednesday, demanding that the government revoke the route permit awarded to Mayur Yatayat, a newly introduced bus service that poses a challenge to the cartel. This has caused great inconvenience to members of the general public as they try to reach their respective destinations.
In response to the cartel's organized protest, the government opened applications for temporary and permanent permits along the affected route to end the cartel's grip. On the very day of announcement of the protest, 25 new vehicles belonging to five different transport operators were introduced on the Kathmandu-Banepa route, with temporary route permits from the Department of Transport Management (DoTM).
Sajha Yatayat, City Metro, Annapurna Yatayat, Shivadarshan and Madhya Upatakya Transport Services responded swiftly and mobilizing their vehicles on the affected route. District Police Office Kavre escorted the vehicles operating to Banepa, Dhulikhel and Paunati from Bhaktapur.
"We are willing to issue permanent route permits to transport companies that fulfill the requirements," said Rupanarayan Bhattarai, director general at DoTM. He said they are preparing to mobilize more than 20 vehicles on the route on Thursday.
The protesting transport entrepreneurs have accused DoTM of granting a route permit to Mayur Yatatyat without doing any research on road conditions, road capacity, the pressure of passengers and the number of public vehicles already on the highway.
However, the government has rejected this argument and accused the transport committees of providing a poor service, charging exorbitant fees, disrupting free market competition and refusing to sit for talks to sort out any differences.
On the other hand, the Federation of Nepalese National Transport Entrepreneurs (FNNTE), the umbrella body of transport entrepreneurs that is sheltering the cartel, accused the government taking arbitrary decisions. FNNTE Senior Vice President Bijay Bahadur Swar said they are planning to take the issue to the prime minister and the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure & Transport.
"DoTM has unilaterally brought in many transport policies that are impractical. We'll bring the issue to the attention of the authorities and depend on their response, we'll take our protests forward accordingly," said Swar. FNNTE is holding its central council meeting on April 9.
Mayur Yatayat has been operating 24 buses since March 15 after securing the route permit. The buses make a round of the Ring Road and then ply the Kathmandu-Banepa section of Arniko Highway. The company offers lower rates and benefits including a free ride for the elderly and people with disabilities.
Sensing a strong threat to their monopoly, transport committees operating along the highway have been organizing multiple protests, even resorting to vandalizing buses belonging to Mayur Yatayat and obstructing them at various points of the highway.
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Celebrating Apollo 11's Sense of Life
Edward Hudgins
Ideas and Ideologies
July 20, 2004--It has been three and a half decades now since Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first of a dozen men to walk on the Moon. The July 20 anniversary always brings joy and inspiration at that achievement, but also disappointment that only twelve brave humans so far and so long ago have ventured to another world. Let us analyze these sentiments.
Ayn Rand believed that each individual and society has a "sense of life," an emotional manifestation of their deepest appraisal of mankind and the nature of the world in which they live. If that's so, then America's sense of life might best be described as a celebration of achievements.
We Americans are an optimistic people. We believe that success in the pursuit of our goals is to be expected. We believe that if we just put our minds and our wills to a task, we can do almost anything. We believe in exploring new frontiers, whether geographic, scientific, or commercial. We believe in innovation; if a new road, a new invention, or a new business plan is needed but does not yet exist, we'll create it. We believe that the greatest joy comes from taking on the greatest challenges. After all, most of our ancestors took the risk of moving to a new country, often facing the physical dangers of crossing seas and mountains, the economic uncertainties of starting life in a new land, and the social problems of learning a new language or customs—all so that they could acquire the best that life had to offer.
And what better manifestation and symbol of this sense of life than the Moon landings! Through most of human history, even to dream of such a voyage could mark one as a lunatic or heretic. Yet such trips were made real through the intelligence, discipline, and courage of those marvelous men and women those many years ago. Perhaps July 20 should be marked as a day to celebrate that interplanetary feat as well as all human achievements, a day dedicated to all of the individuals who have accomplished great things, to the goal of achievement as such, and to that sense of life most manifest in America.
Of course, July 20 currently is also a reminder that it has been too long since humans have set foot on the lunar surface. In one way this was to be expected. After all, a government agency like NASA with nearly unlimited taxpayer dollars might well land men on the Moon, but it is only private entrepreneurs who can commercialize goods and services—that is, make them available to everyone, a point that the recent President's Commission on Implementation of U.S. Space Exploration Policy recognized. Government agencies, no matter how good the people who work for them might be, cannot do this. After all, when their projects fail, rather than going out of business or giving way to other competitors, they often are rewarded by Congress with more money; the cost of the space station was projected at $8 billion when conceived in the mid-1980s but a downsized version of the original will cost well over $50 billion. Worse, government regulations and policies have hindered private sector space efforts.
Fortunately, the stillborn space revolution is receiving a second chance for life with the recent efforts of entrepreneurs like the innovator extraordinaire Burt Rutan. His company, Scaled Composites , built the first privately funded craft that, on June 21, 2004, carried a private citizen into space. Rutan wants to win the privately provided $10 million X Prize for being the first to launch a rocket capable of carrying three people into space twice in a two-week period. He also wants to create a profitable space tourism business.
Rutan is the designer of the Voyager, the first plane to fly around the world non-stop, without refueling. That craft now hangs in the Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Wouldn't it be wonderful if another of his vehicles, SpaceShipOne , or perhaps one of his X Prize competitors' crafts, could greet the visitors to that great hall dedicated to achievement? That hall includes the first aircraft ever to fly on its own power, built by the Wright brothers; the Spirit of St. Louis, first to fly across the Atlantic, piloted by Charles Lindbergh, who sought and won the private $25,000 Orteig prize; the X-1, the first plane to break the sound barrier, piloted by Chuck Yeager; replicas of Robert Goddard's first liquid fuel rocket, launched in 1926, and of the Viking, the first spacecraft to land on Mars, on July 20, 1976; and the actual craft that carried Armstrong and Aldrin to the Moon!
So let us take time on July 20 both to reflect on the great achievements of the past and to recognize that as long as America holds on to its optimistic sense of life—and maintains free markets—our greatest achievements will be yet to come!
This OpEd was first published in the Washington Times on July 20, 2004.
Edward Hudgins is director of advocacy for The Atlas Society. He is an expect on the regulation of space, and editor of the book Space: The Free-Market Frontier (Cato Institute). Hudgins was formerly director of regulatory studies for the Cato Institute and editor of its Regulation magazine.
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Edward Hudgins is research director at the Heartland Institute and former director of advocacy and senior scholar at The Atlas Society.
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Alumni Stories: Paths Taken Part VIII
Paths Taken: A Personal Tour Part VIII
by Alumni Advisory Council Chair Louis Alexander (MM '79)
Most people I discover and present here surface through random searches in the Online Alumni Directory.
Featured in this installment of Paths Taken: A Personal Tour
Charles Barker (MM '78)
Walter Smith III (MM '05)
Vanessa Conlin (BM '99)
Pedro Henriques da Silva (BM '99, MM '01, DMA '06)
Lucía Caruso (BM '04)
In this on-going series of articles, we get glimpses into the rich pathways that our fellow alumni have taken since leaving the School.
Louis Alexander (MM '79)
Alumni Advisory Council Chair, series author
Everything is in constant motion, and out of motion comes creation. As musicians, it is musical pulses that propel us on journeys into realms that seem beyond space and time, where indeed we touch the infinite. Yet, it is from the very finite that every musical journey begins. Every tone we create arises out of something we set into motion, be it a string, a vocal cord, or a pipe we direct our breath through. One tone leads to another, rhythms and harmonies come into play, and as our bodies flow in constant motion we delve deeper into the great dance that is music, our bodily motions continuously weaving an intricate tapestry of sound.
Photo by Rosalie O'Connor
Charles Barker
Principal Conductor, American Ballet Theatre (ABT)
Trained as a violinist, Charles Barker (MM '78) was attracted to conducting, and ultimately to ballet, by the lure of expressing music through larger and more complex organizations. On his journey from MSM to ABT, he was Music Director and Conductor of the American Chamber Orchestra (ACO) from 1981 to 1987. It was with the ACO that he made his Carnegie Hall debut in a 1983 tribute to Aaron Copland honoring the composer's 83rd birthday. In 1985, he was Music Director for the New Federal Theatre's production of Copland's rarely performed opera, The Second Hurricane, which garnered critical acclaim.
A quirky step on his path to the world of ballet was serving as Music Director and Conductor for a production of Olympic champion John Curry's ice ballet at Albert Hall in London and on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in 1984. A few years later, he began a relationship with ABT, which has lasted until the present day. In the span of over 30 years, Charles has built up a repertoire that encompasses the core ballet canon as well as rarely seen works. In addition to the ABT, he has been Music Director of the Pittsburgh Ballet (2007–present), Australian Ballet (1997–2001), London's Royal Ballet (2001–2003), and Kansas City Ballet (1985–87), as well as a regular guest conductor with the San Francisco Ballet, Houston Ballet, and Washington Ballet.
Outside of ballet, Charles has conducted orchestras worldwide, including the Royal Philharmonic, Paris Opéra Orchestra, Danish Radio Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony, Columbus Symphony, and Pacific Symphony. He is on the faculty of ABT's JKO School and teaches classes in music to the upper-level students. From 1995 to 1998 he was a member of the Barnard–Columbia Ancient Drama Group, which presents Greek and Latin drama in the original language. In addition to appearing in roles on stage, Charles composed music for their productions of The Bacchae, Hippolytus, and Heracles. He has conducted numerous feature dance programs such as Dance in America, a PBS special presentation on the works of Antony Tudor, as well as others for the BBC in England; TV Asahi in Japan; and the ABC in Australia. He lives in New York with his wife, Miranda Coney, a former principal dancer with the Australian Ballet, and their two boys.
To get a sense of his world and the many kinds of moving parts he has to deal with, listen to this interview about Swan Lake here.
Photo by Jati Lindsay
Walter Smith III
Saxophonist, composer, and Chair, Woodwind Department, Berklee School of Music
Widely recognized as an accomplished performer, composer, and educator, Walter Smith III (MM '05) began his musical journey in his childhood home of Houston, Texas, studied at Berklee School of Music and MSM, then accumulated an impressive performance history at venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Village Vanguard, and the Kennedy Center, before circling back to Berklee. Along the way, he has performed at virtually every international jazz festival.
Walter has collaborated, both onstage and in recordings, with such greats as Mulgrew Miller, Eric Reed, Billy Childs, Joe Lovano, Herbie Hancock, and Dee Dee Bridgewater, among many others. All in all, he has appeared in over 100 recordings.
Without question, Walter has established himself as a leading presence in the jazz world. Among the many legendary bands and musicians he has performed with are the Roy Haynes Fountain of Youth Band, the Terence Blanchard Quintet, Jason Moran (BM '97) in the critically acclaimed performance In My Mind: Monk at Town Hall, the Ambrose Akinmusire (BM '05) Quintet, A Christian McBride Situation, the Christian Scott group, and the Sean Jones Quintet, to name only a few. As a recording artist, Walter has released five albums, the most recent of which is Twio, featuring his longtime trio of Harish Raghavan and Eric Harland (BM '96) and guest appearances by Christian McBride and Joshua Redman. He was also part of Harland's album Voyager.
The best way to get a deeper understanding of Walter's work is to check out one of the many videos on his website to see and hear him in action here.
Vanessa Conlin
Head of Wine, Wine Access
As in music, so too in life: our careers and interests can undergo metamorphosis. Vanessa Conlin (BM '99) began on the stage, singing in operas and musical theatre, and today is a wine expert. Following undergraduate and graduate degrees at MSM and Boston University, she began her music career by taking on a challenging variety of gigs, traveling and performing in Europe and across the U.S.
Vanessa's experience performing in Baz Lurhmann's Tony-nominated Broadway production of La Bohème left an indelible impression on her. It was seeing opera's expressive power on a stage other than that of an opera house and its ability to reach new audiences that made for a transformative moment in her life. With the close of La Bohème and some welcome free time, Vanessa soon found herself devoting it to learning about wine, an interest she had pursued during her bits and pieces of downtime between singing jobs. Beginning with courses at the New School and the International Wine Center in New York, Vanessa delved deeper and deeper into enology and the complexities of the wine industry. With the discipline that is central to our musical training, Vanessa was well prepared for the demands of transitioning to a new career.
From her base in Napa Valley, Vanessa is currently writing a research paper as part of the final stage of a Master of Wine exam. As if the demands of a career and her studies were not enough, Vanessa makes time for yet another passionate interest, serving as President of the Board for the Jameson Animal Rescue Ranch.
To read more about Vanessa's work, check out this interview here.
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Pedro Henriques da Silva
Composer, Guitarist, Music Director of Manhattan Camerata, and Adjunct Professor at New York University
Lucía Caruso
Composer, Pianist, Artistic Director of Manhattan Camerata
Husband and wife team Pedro da Silva (BM '99, MM '01, DMA '06) and Lucía Caruso (BM '04, Piano) work closely together as composers and as the founders of Light & Sound Scoring, a company specializing in creating music scores for film. They have composed and recorded for several soundtracks, including recording sessions that Pedro did for Michel Gondry's films Be Kind Rewind and Interior Design. Pedro and Lucía are also the founders of the innovative chamber orchestra Manhattan Camerata, an ensemble integrating classical and world instruments to perform "transclassical music," a term Lucía coined and trademarked to describe their composition style. Incorporating both classical music techniques and improvisation, they embrace elements from different cultures and eras in a variety of styles and genres, bridging, as the term transclassical implies, different classical music traditions from around the world.
The Camerata's projects include Tango Fado, Divinity and Cosmos, Fantasy and Nature, and music for film and media. These platforms reflect the rich diversity of sounds and rhythms that are a part of Pedro and Lucía's own rich musical backgrounds, hers growing up in Argentina and his in his native Portugal, along with the dozen other countries on five continents in which he lived as a child.
Lucía premiered her composition Titania's Lullaby, arranged by Pedro for the Orchestra and Choir of the Swan, which had commissioned the piece, in April 2016 in a commemorative concert on the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, held at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK. In this performance, she appeared as organist, and Pedro performed on a Portuguese guitar. Subsequently, they were selected by the Orchestra to be its composers-in-residence for the following four years.
Both Pedro and Lucía are versatile composers and performers who have appeared in over a dozen countries in such venues as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, MoMA, the Kennedy Center, Musée du Louvre, Versailles Palace, and London's Kew Royal Palace, to name but a few.
As a soloist, Pedro has performed with orchestras such as the London Metropolitan Orchestra and Orchestre Lamoureux in Paris among many others. Beyond traditional ensembles, he has explored horizons opened up by electronic instruments and software that have allowed him to create microtonal music and non-Western tuning systems. At MSM, Pedro's doctoral dissertation, Modal Relations and Classification, investigated over 2000 modes and scales in use worldwide, classifying, researching, and analyzing them from the standpoints of acoustics, ethnomusicology, music history, and set theory.
Lucía was a featured soloist with the Orchestra of the Swan in a UK tour in which she performed the Mozart Piano Concert No. 13, K.415, as part of the Mozart and Friends program. Recently, she not only scored music for a documentary film, Forte, whose focus was on three groundbreaking women in the arts, but also appeared as one of the protagonists. In the film, she is shown composing the music of the soundtrack, a first of its kind film-within-a-film.
Both Lucia and Pedro have received several residencies and commissions for compositions for orchestras, chamber ensembles, and film and dance companies, including a ballet commissioned by the José Limón Dance Company, as well as song cycles and solo works. The Sorel Foundation commissioned Pedro to compose the first Portuguese guitar concerto in history, and Lucía to write the first transclassical piano concerto. These two concertos—both premiered by the Orchestra of the Swan, with the composers playing as soloists—have recently been recorded by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields at London's famed Abbey Road Studios.
Check out the Light and Sound Scoring site here to find links to their many projects.
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Ridgewood, NJ – (September 6, 2019) – Strategy gaming specialist Kalypso Media has today released Sudden Strike 4: Complete Collection on PC, PlayStation®4 and Xbox One.
Since its original launch, Sudden Strike 4 has improved and expanded greatly, with eleven updates and five DLCs bringing significant new features and improvements. The new release of the World War II strategy hit bundles all of these expansive content updates together in one high-value package. A new trailer showcasing the huge range of content available in the bundle is available below.
Sudden Strike 4: Complete Collection is the ultimate World War II strategy experience, containing the main Sudden Strike 4 game plus all five previously released DLCs: Battle of Kursk, Road to Dunkirk, Finland – Winter Storm, Africa – Desert War and The Pacific War.
Sudden Strike 4 features three extensive campaigns set in the battlefields of World War II. Command the British and American, German or Soviet troops in the most iconic conflicts of the war, leading over 100 different units into battle. Prove your strategic expertise in over 20 demanding single player scenarios, the challenge-focused skirmish mode and the ultra-competitive multiplayer mode.
Sudden Strike 4: Complete Collection offers realistic real-time strategy gameplay with tactical depth and a historical setting across eleven campaigns with over forty five missions and more than 200 different units in a complete package.
Contains all free content updates available, with over ten new maps and gameplay refinements.
Command German and Soviet forces in the Battle of Kursk – one of the largest tank battles of World War II.
Road to Dunkirk features four new missions, two new commanders and ten all-new units, as well as additional buildings and ships.
Finland – Winter Storm features six new missions, three new commanders, and nineteen all-new vehicles, along with additional buildings and units.
Africa – Desert Storm features six new missions, five new commanders, and thirty new vehicles, including a medical truck.
The Pacific War features ten new missions, six new commanders, and over fifty new vehicles, including aircraft carriers.
Adapt and refine the military doctrines of more than twenty renowned commanders, such as Heinz Guderian, George S. Patton or Charles de Gaulle for a different strategic and tactical approach to each scenario.
Pit yourself against other commanders or challenging enemy AI enemies in competitive multiplayer modes.
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Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of the indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB), on June 20, 2020, will lead a march of one million in Washington, USA, against religious persecution, enslavement and oppression of biafrans in various parts of the country.
The group, in a statement released on Friday by its media and advertising secretary, Emma Powerful, said the march would also target the release of victims of neocolonial subjugation in Nigeria on that fateful day near Capitol Hill, Washington.
He said US law enforcement officials and agencies have already granted permission for "this once-in-a-lifetime march" to draw global attention to the indescribable human misery and rivers of blood that flow throughout Biafraland and Nigeria.
The part of the statement says: "We, the global and indomitable family of the indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB) skillfully led by our great leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, wish to humbly notify Biafrans, friends of Biafra, we are persecuting Jewish-Christian communities in Nigeria, victims of Fulani Terrorism and State-sponsored genocide, including all who are suffering from the brutal trends of fulanization and appropriation of genocidal lands by the Sahel vandals aided by the regime in Aso Rock – on the upcoming IPOB One Million Man Match scheduled for Washington DC in June 20, 2020.
"Our great leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and his entourage will lead this march of Biafrans, the forcibly despoiled, all victims of Fulani religious persecution, enslaved and oppressed minorities in northern Nigeria, friends of Biafra and freedom lovers around the world. coincide with the release of the victims of neocolonial subjugation in Nigeria on that fateful day near Capitol Hill, Washington, USA.
"We are pleased to announce that we have sought and received relevant permits from the various US state and federal agencies in Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia, as millions of Christian communities biafrans and non-biafran being persecuted are expected worldwide.
Matching through Washington DC for this once-in-a-lifetime to draw global attention to the indescribable human misery and rivers of blood that flow across Biafraland and Nigeria in general.
"The IPOB's determination to release all captives trapped in the British zoo is unshakable and relentless. We have reached many and continue to reach out to all representatives, groups and associations of marginalized, oppressed and subjugated communities across Nigeria, domiciled in the USA, to do part of this historic event.
"This great event in Washington DC will bring the home of Capitol Hill politicians and policymakers to the true state of deplorable human rights violations, illegality and premeditated genocide of the regime led by Abba Kyari from the Fulani cabals in Nigeria who govern on behalf of the late Buhari.
"The reign of Fulani terrorism, despotism, impunity, genocide against ethnic Judeo-Christian groups and the judicial malpractice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria will be revealed so that the American public fully understands the level of evil that is happening in Nigeria.
"This would also provide the IPOB with an opportunity to demonstrate our unsurpassed global power and prove to the whole world how serious, determined and focused we are in relation to the enthronement of universal freedom, democracy and the rule of law for all, not just for biafrans.
"Only after this march will the world finally appreciate the level of human misery and pain inflicted by herding cattle, an incutable and violent minority of the Sharia Arewa North nucleus in the rest of the populations unhappy enough to find themselves trapped in the British colonial experiment went wrong called Nigeria.
"What is happening today in Nigeria, with the help of a corrupt judiciary, is much worse than what has been achieved during the darkest days of apartheid that took place in South Africa. All the ethnic cleansing going on in the middle belt, religious persecution of Christians in the north, genocide in the south and forced Islamization of Christian enclaves will be better appreciated by opinion leaders around the world after this march.
"We will let the world know how Fulani's illiterate 'elite' constantly relies on British colonial patronage to float five of the world's deadliest terrorist groups.
How this same Fulani group successfully perverted the judiciary, especially the Supreme Court, in its now successful pursuit of perverse democracy.
"Since the reign of the demonic Idi Amin Dada in Uganda, Africa has witnessed a judiciary so complicit in the persecution of innocent citizens and in the subversion of the spirit and letters of the law.
"Boko Haram, Fulani Herdsmen terrorist, Al-Qaeda in Mahgreb, ISWAP (ISIS in West Africa province) Ansaru and bandits are all terrorist groups and killing machines created by the 'elite' Fulani, who enjoy unlimited British support and sponsorship.
"The public in the United States will finally know that the Nigeria Senate and the Chamber of Deputies are busy promoting laws to give more funding to terrorists who will one day attack American interests. Nigeria has managed to become the only state in Africa where terrorists run the central government.
"We are calling on all biafrans (Ijaw, Igala, Igbanke, Idoma / Igede, Annang, Urhobo, Efik, Ogoni, Igbo, Itsekiri, Isoko) all the groups and religious associations that love peace, from the south of Kaduna, through the Belt Middle to the east and west who live in America and other parts of the world to go out with their children and march for Freedom for All because the path to our freedom is in our hands. "
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Browne, G. Waldo: JAPAN. The Place and the People. London, 1904. 438 pp. 16 fullpage colour plates, numerous b/w plates & illustrations. 26x19 cm. Full leather. Wear to edges.
Japan, its history, people and contemporary situation. Interesting photographs illustrate the text - a total of over 300 illustrations from photographs. Rare.
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It all started two weeks after Stephen Hawking's twenty-first birthday. Hawking was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease shortly after he turned twenty-one and persevered for fifty-five years following. He was born January 8th, 1942 in Oxford, United Kingdom and died 76 years later on March 14th, 2018 in Cambridge, United kIngdom. A boy who had died in the hospital bed next to him gave him hope about his life. Knowing not when he was going to die gave Hawking a new perspective on how to live the rest of his life. Science gave him something to do when his illness was weighing him down. Hawking persevered in many ways, but overcoming his illness was one that stood out among the others.
The boy who died of leukemia in the bed next to him gave him something to have courage about. He thought to himself that there's always people in worse conditions than him. He realized although it will drastically alter his life it would not be as bad as the boy with leukemia. If he ever was feeling sorry about himself he remembered what that boy went through. "My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret things it interferes with. Don't be disabled spiritually as well as physically." Hawking is saying to not let your disability bring you down and to try to live your life as normal as possible. He manages to find courage in a terrible nightmare and uses a boy as a reminder to never feel sorry for himself.
Not knowing when he was going to die caused Hawking to change the way he thought of his life. He didn't want to die as a person who hasn't accomplished anything in life. People thought he had two or three years to live and he wanted to make the most of them. He was lazy before his illness, but it strived him to accomplish more than before. "In fact," Hawking has said," although there was a cloud hanging over my future, I found to my surprise, that I was enjoying life in the present more than before." His illness strived him to achieve more which also caused him to live a happier life. He became more successful with his illness than he would have without it.
Hawking's love for science gave something to focus on other than his disabilities. Even though scientist didn't take him serious he still managed to make many scientific accomplishments. He wrote a book "Brief History of Time," which many to sell millions of copies. He inspires many children, and adults, through science and his perseverance of Lou Gehrig's disease. "However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. It matters that you don't just give up." His disability slowed him down, but science was one thing that he could still succeed at. Hawking has overcome his illness and has become one of the most inspiring scientist on Earth.
Hawking has persevered in many ways in fifty-five years of having Lou Gehrig's disease. A memory of a boy comes to his mind when he needs courage to overcome his illness. His illness has strived him to become something bigger in his life. Science gave him something to do when times were at most difficult. Throughout all his troubles he managed to persevere and live as much of a normal life as possible.
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KOA is assisting the City of Escondido in the design of the Escondido Creek Bikeway Missing Link Project. The project involves construction of 4400 feet of missing section of the Escondido Creek Bikeway between the Escondido Transit Center, Escondido's historic downtown and Grape Day Park. The path will provide a connection between the east end of the Inland Rail Trail that connects Escondido with the beaches of Oceanside, and the eastward continuation of the Escondido Creek Bikeway to Dixon Lake, El Caballo Park, and the Daily Ranch Regional Park in the northeast corner of the City. Design services include preparation of plans, specifications and estimates for new bikeway construction, a bridge across Escondido Creek, traffic signal modifications, and bikeway delineation of the two way Class I and Class IV bikeway. KOA integrated the bikeway design with three NCTD bus stops. The total project cost was $1 M funded through an ATP grant.


LINCOLN — With Congress needing to pass the 2018 Farm Bill by the end of September, Nebraska seniors (people age 60 or older) have much at stake with the bill's impact on America's most-important food security program.
In Nebraska, 8.3 percent of households with people age 60 and older face food insecurity and do not have consistent access to enough food for healthy and active living according to an analysis by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC). The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps seniors fight hunger and improve their health by supporting incomes in order to afford essential meals. Nearly 22 percent of Nebraska households who receive SNAP include at least one senior.
Nebraska falls well below the national average when it comes to eligible seniors participating in SNAP, meaning many older adults are not receiving food assistance for which they are eligible. Nationwide, only 42 percent of seniors who are eligible for SNAP actually participate in the program. In our state, that number drops to 32 percent.


The Eugene O'Neill play, one of his earliest and one carrying plenty of gutter dialog and epithets, dealt with the futility of brawn over brain, but also severely attacked capitalism and at one point, concerned the old IWW (International Workers of the World). Additionally, it took a poke at high society. Film transcription could not go into that, although the basic character, that of a ship's stoker who felt that his strength was all that belonged in the world, is particularly well portrayed, both so far as the part itself is concerned and in the interpretation by William Bendix. He imparts to it all the ape-like qualities that could exist in a man in line with the O'Neill play.
The Eugene O'Neill play, one of his earliest and one carrying plenty of gutter dialog and epithets, dealt with the futility of brawn over brain, but also severely attacked capitalism and at one point, concerned the old IWW (International Workers of the World). Additionally, it took a poke at high society. Film transcription could not go into that, although the basic character, that of a ship's stoker who felt that his strength was all that belonged in the world, is particularly well portrayed, both so far as the part itself is concerned and in the interpretation by William Bendix. He imparts to it all the ape-like qualities that could exist in a man in line with the O'Neill play.
The script given Levey by Robert D. Andrews and Decla Dunning, a well-turned one containing as much of O'Neill's original dialog as possible and judicious, is of the present to furnish some wartime flavor, and opens in Lisbon, where a freighter is about to sail with a load of refugees. Love interest that ultimately peters out is injected through the central woman character, Susan Hayward, who plays the snobbish, badly spoiled daughter of a steel tycoon (as called for by the O'Neill story), and John Loder, second engineer of the ship. It develops that the girl is merely enticing Loder in order to achieve her selfish aims. Also, it is she who, revolting at the sight of Bendix, labels him a hairy ape.
In the play the central character was called Yank, whereas in Levey's pic he's Hank. Production rates tops as to settings, background, etc. Most of the dialects, among stokehole associates of Hank's, as written by O'Neill, are missing in the film version.


14th August 1947. The birth of Pakistan. Cut to Calcutta. The nation is getting ready to celebrate independence. Saket strolls in the streets of the city. He has not informed his family about his disappearance from the house. He has grown a moustache, perhaps indicating the masculinity he has regained over the time of healing. He returns to his apartment. He looks up he can see Aparna calling him.
Subsequently he sees his piano once more in the film dangling on a loose rope. It eventually falls and breaks down. He looks at the place where the piano had fallen. Tall grass has grown indicating the one year that has passed since Aparna's death. The image of the piano once more underlines the relationship Saket had with his wife. The piano is no more and so is Aparna.
He starts wallowing in his old world as he tells the watchman that he is here to meet Aparna and starts walking towards the lift. It is a new watchman and is confused but understands that he is here to see Mr. Nair who has just moved into the apartment. He gets into the lift and relives all the good moments when Aparna and he had just moved into the apartment. He recollects the good times and Aparna's paintings as he stares into the same flat he had lived. As Mr. Nair keeps asking what he wants, Saket keeps staring into the flat. Finally, when Saket snaps back, he can hear Mr. Nair's words and starts the conversation.
Mr. Nair: What can I do for you? I'm from Madras Presidency too. Been here six months. But I've no idea who the last tenant was. All the tenants here are new. What's the name again?
Mr. Nair: When did you see him last?
Saket: One year ago! Exactly one year.
Mr. Nair: Please don't get me wrong. But a year ago…, there was a massacre in this building. Your Saket Ram… Maybe he was killed? Sorry!
Saket: No. It's all right.
Mr. Nair: Then looking for him would be futile!
Saket: No harm in searching.
Mr. Nair: What is your relationship with Saket Ram?
Saket: Like body and soul. We were very good friends.
When Mr. Nair asks when he had met Saket Ram, Saket replies that he had seen him one year ago. Here he points out that he was no more the Saket he knew – the one that was more peaceful and loving. Mr. Nair says hesitantly that Saket might have been killed in the riots for which he seems to agree and not object. He considers the original Saket dead. Mr. Nair says that it will be of no use searching for him for which Saket replies that there is no harm in searching for him suggesting his quest to rehabilitate to his former self. Upon asking his relationship with Saket Ram, he says that it was one between the body and the soul. The soul is gone, the body remains. But what is the use of the body without the soul? The search for the soul continues.
Saket asks if he could take back Aparna's painting that is hanging as a decoration on Mr. Nair's wall and is given the painting. Saket holds the painting to his chest and walks back into the streets. He recollects all the great times with Aparna as he roams the city. The melodious song "Nee partha paarvai" plays on. The night is out and Saket revisits the she sites that had, just a year ago, been plagued with riots. It is totally calm and peaceful. He once again sees the images of people he had killed greeting him into the streets. Somehow, he seems to have been to immune to them and has learned to live with them. He is unshaken by the images and carries on into the settlements. He reaches the house of the little blind girl that he had seen last year. She starts speaking.
Saket is disgusted and starts puking when a crowd of, what it seems to be, protestors calling out "Down with Gandhi! Down with Suhrawardy!" coming towards him and dragging him with them. The crowd merges onto a bigger one that seems to be gathered outside a large building and is being stopped by a group of Gandhians. In a few moments, it is revealed that Gandhiji is in the building as he opens the windows of the balcony. This is the first time we see Gandhiji (Nasseeruddin Shah) in the film though a lot has been talked about him. Interesting trivia must be presented here. Nasseeruddin Shah was turned down in the final minute for the title role in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi (1982) which eventually was awarded to Ben Kingsley. He regains the lost chance in this film. He silences the crowd as he calls Suhrawardy to the window. At Gandhiji's initiation, he starts delivering a showcase speech about peace among Hindus and Muslims. Saket loses temper at this and questions Suhrawardy about his responsibility during the last year's riots. Suhrawardy tries to escape Saket's questions diplomatically but is pinned down by Saket and the apparently supportive crowd. Realizing his situation, Suhrawardy admits that it was his responsibility and he has failed. Ironically, the crowd around is amazed and starts appreciating the apology with the cries of "Long live Mahatma Gandhi". Saket is disgusted by the crowd as it applauds. They seem to be satisfied with the apology. He realizes that the protest was just a formality and was not heart felt at all. He is surprised at the people's fickleness and is unable to digest people forgetting and forgiving the mishaps that had taken place.
He moves away from the place. As he moves towards a more isolated place he hears somebody asking him if he is disgusted by all this. As Saket looks up, he realizes it his old acquaintance Shriram Abhyankar, clean shaven, speaking. He informs Saket that he has been in the jail for just 10 months for none could prove his guilt. He also adds the following lines.
Shriram hints that the foolish people do not know that there is going to be large scale massacre against the Hindus in the newly formed Pakistan whereas the Muslims in India are going to be protected in India. He is mad that nobody is questioning the happenings. As they walk the streets, they meet a drunk holding an Indian flag and shouting out "Hindu and Muslim! Brothers! Brothers!". Shriram stops him and starts mocking him. He mentions various political rival and improbable friends for which the drunk replies "Brother". There is a reference of goat again as in the previous passage indicating the blind followers of Gandhian politics. Shriram continues to mock the guy until he gets confused and grabs the flag from his hands. He walks away with the flag shouting the same thing as Nehru's "Tryst of Destiny" is broadcast. It is 12.00 A. M. 15th August 1947.
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Flexible office provider Orega has enjoyed a surge in office deals at its Staines business centre, with 7 new signings in recent weeks totalling 87 workstations.
Following the early success with Orega High Holborn, Orega has ramped up our presence in London with the launch of a striking new business centre in Hammersmith.
Orega will shortly commence work on an additional 4,500 sq ft of serviced office space on the ground floor of 3 Piccadilly Place in Manchester. These will adjoin Orega's meeting and conference room suite at this level and will complement the 12,000 sq ft office space on the 11th floor.
Orega High Holborn has signed 4 more new clients since it's opened its doors two months ago. The striking glass-fronted building at 16 High Holborn, London now has nine very diverse companies occupying 40 per cent of the modern, air-conditioned offices.