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Embassy Protest
Protestors at the US Embassy in Bangkok blow their whistles for two minutes Friday. One whistle being blown near your ears is annoying. Being in the middle of a crowd of thousands blowing their whistles in unison is ear shattering and physically painful.
The anti-government protests continue in Bangkok. While there's been nothing as dramatic as the storming of government offices that we saw earlier in the week, but there have been daily marches to government buildings.
These marches are carefully planned (scripted really). A group of protestors form up, march to their intended government office. Police have laid down razor wire and formed a phalanx around the office. Protestors blow whistles, make speeches calling for the police to support their people power revolution and finally protestors give roses and orchids to the police. The protestors then march down the road a little before breaking up.
Protestors march down Sukhumvit Road towards the US Embassy. Although most of the protestors do not speak English, many protestors carry signs in both Thai and English.
So long as everyone stays on script no one gets hurt. There's almost a festive air to the whole thing.
Friday protestors went to the US Embassy (among other places). I joined the protest at the Asoke Intersection, about 2 kilometers from the Embassy and walked with them to the Embassy, which is in a fortress like complex of building on Witthayu Road in central Bangkok. They were led by former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, who made speeches and urged protestors on in their battle of wills with the elected government of Yingluck Shinawatra (Yingluck defeated Abhisit in the 2011 election).
Former PM Abhisit Vejjajiva reaches out to supporters from his truck in front of the US Embassy.
There were riot police on duty at the Embassy, but storming the Embassy was never a part of the script today and the general mood was happy.
Anti-government protestors file past riot police at the US Embassy.
Speakers took turns from the sound truck making speeches in both Thai and English calling on the US to support their peaceful revolution.
The protest culminated in the massive whistle blowing that has become the trademark of these protests. A speaker called on protestors to blow their whistles in unison and with enough force that even President Obama could hear them in Washington DC. And blow they did (top photo), and I have no doubt the President could hear them. It was loud, literally, painfully loud. The most important piece of kit in my bag for these protests is not a wide angle lens or telephoto lens or memory cards. The most important piece of kit in my bag is ear plugs.
There's a lot going on in this photo. These women work in a bank on Sukhumvit Road. There's a McDonald's and Starbucks in the building. The women represent the Bangkok middle class and they're the heart of the protest movement.
There are more photos of Friday's march to the US Embassy in my archive or available from ZUMA Press. I also have photos from the anti-government movement (and opposing pro-government Red Shirts).
Anti-Government Protestors March on US Embassy - Images by Jack Kurtz
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Labels: Bangkok, News, Thailand, Yellow Shirts
Anti-government protestors at the Ministry of Finance in Bangkok.
I didn't come to Thailand to photograph politics. But I'm a journalist and I have to go where the news is. And right now the news in Thailand is the anti-government protests that are taking place in Bangkok. Monday, protestors left their protest site at Democracy Monument and took over the Ministry of Finance, where Thailand's financial decisions are made. It would be like protestors in the US taking over the Department of the Treasury.
Former Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban, leader of the protests gridlocking Bangkok, walks through the crowd at the Ministry of Finance.
It's impossible to explain these protests to people who don't follow Thai politics. Thomas Fuller, the New York Times reporter in Bangkok, has a good story about the protests in today's Times. He explains it much better than I can.
I can say there is a certain element of deja vu all over again in covering these protests. I seem to spend hours listening to speeches and photographing people cheering their respective leaders all the while wondering how it's going to end.
Will it end in bloodshed like 2010? No one wants that. Will it end when protestors close the airports like 2008? (The current protestors are allied with the people who closed the airports in 2008.) That would be an economic disaster and no one wants that. Will it end when Red Shirts (who support the current government) come to Bangkok to defend the government from the protestors because the police and military haven't done anything? That, to me, is the worst case scenario. Red Shirts have been gathering in a large sports stadium in suburban Bangkok. So far they've stayed in the stadium listening to speeches and vowing nonviolence but it's not impossible to see them saying enough is enough and taking to the streets.
Top picture: an anti-government protestor screams at riot police (bottom picture) who are stationed behind concrete barricades fronted by razor wire.
What puzzles a lot of foreigners is that the protestors have occupied the government buildings by just showing up.
They announce their plans, jump in their trucks and motorcade off to the building they intend to close. When they get there, they blow some whistles and march into the compound. There has been absolutely no violence and very little property damage (not even broken windows). The protestors have, really, been quite well behaved. At the same time, there has been absolutely no police presence around the government buildings (except for the Prime Minister's office and Parliament, which are very tightly guarded). There has been no effort to stop or control the protestors. I can't imagine this happening anywhere else in the world. Certainly not in any country in this neighborhood.
There are more photos of yesterday's protest in my archive or available from ZUMA Press.
Anti Government Protestors Occupy Finance Ministry - Images by Jack Kurtz
Labels: Bangkok, Politics, Thailand, Yellow Shirts
Mor Lam Rocks Thailand
People from Isan dance at a Mor Lam show in Bangkok.
One of my goals since coming to Thailand in 2012 was to do a project on Mor Lam, which has been called Thai country music because it originated in northeast Thailand and Laos. Mor Lam is still a music style and you can buy Mor Lam music CDs in record stores (they still have those here) and markets but the Mor Lam live shows have become wild extravaganzas that are a cross between Chinese opera (they tell a familiar, traditional story through song) and Las Vegas spectacle with comedians, stand alone music acts and costume changes. Shows last four or five hours and the audience drinks, dances and sings along the entire time.
A Mor Lam performer on stage.
The Mor Lam shows I went to for this blog entry and these photos were about the most fun I've ever had in Thailand. The Mor Lam troupe, which is based in Khon Kaen, Thailand, gave me unlimited backstage access before and during the show. When I wanted to go into the crowd to photograph the audience singing, dancing and tipping performers I was told to walk out on stage and jump into the crowd. Which turned out to be the only way to get to the crowd.
A fan photographs a Mor Lam diva with his cell phone.
Mor Lam is an Isan thing. It was born there, it's sung in the Isan language (which is a dialect of standard Thai and not always understood in Bangkok) and the stories are stories of Isan. Migrants from Isan make up the muscle that powers Bangkok. Isan people are the taxi drivers, construction workers and factory workers of the Thai capital, so Mor Lam has a following here.
The Mor Lam troupes (there are a couple of hundred of them in Thailand) seldom tour beyond Isan. They play in Bangkok only a couple of times a year. As a result, the Bangkok shows draw thousands of people. Folks from the countryside who don't get to see their Mor Lam come to the shows and, just for the night, can imagine they're back in Isan. To show their appreciation fans call out to performers and slip small tips into their hands - anywhere from 20Baht (a little than .60¢ US) to 100Baht (about $2.90 US), it's not much but for people who make only 300Baht for the day, it's still significant.
Performers put their makeup on before the show.
Finding Mor Lam shows in Bangkok is hard. There aren't many that come to the big city, they're not advertised in the English language media and they're held in places that are a little out of the way. Just the same, it's worth the effort to find them. Going to a show is like cracking open a window into a side rural Thai life that most foreigners here never experience.
There are more photos of Mor Lam in my archive.
Mor Lam Rocks Thailand - Images by Jack Kurtz
Labels: Culture, Fun, Music, Thailand
A Mixed Blessing
A Red Shirt supporter weeps with news that the Thai courts would not dissolve the government of Yingluck Shinawatra.
Thailand's political climate is going for lukewarm to full boil. Things have been percolating along with the usual verbal spars between Red Shirts (and their sometime political allies the Pheu Thai) and opposition Democrats (and their allies). Then the government tried to pass a wide ranging blanket amnesty bill which pleased almost no one.
The Red Shirts were displeased because while it might have granted amnesty to Thaksin Shinawatra it also granted amnesty to the military men and politicians who led the crackdown against the Red Shirts in 2010. The opposition was displeased because while it granted amnesty to the military and their politicians, it might grant amnesty to Thaksin, whom they hate. Protestors immediately took to the streets and lawsuits filed.
The court ruled that the government significantly overstepped its bounds in promoting both the amnesty bill and the proposed charter change to directly elect Senators to the upper house (which right now is done through a mix of appointments and elections). But the court stopped short of disbanding the government.
Predictably the decision pleased almost no one. The Pheu Thai suggested the court overstepped its bounds and the opposition said the court didn't go far enough and the government should be disbanded.
I went to the Red Shirts to photograph them watching the ruling.
As the court read its ruling, striking down the Pheu Thai efforts people started to weep and anger built. The anger dissipated almost immediately though when the court stopped short of banning the Pheu Thai party and dissolving the government. At that point the crowd burst into applause and started cheering.
It was the middle step of a process that promises to go along through mid-December. I think there will be a break around December 5th because that is the King's Birthday and a national holiday.
There are more photos of the Red Shirts in Rajamangala in my archive and available from ZUMA Press.
Red Shirts React to Court Ruling - Images by Jack Kurtz
Labels: Bangkok, Politics, Red Shirts
Mother and son pray before floating their krathong during Loy Krathong at Wat Yannawa in Bangkok.
Sunday was Loy Krathong, a mostly Thai holiday, with variations observed in Laos and Myanmar. The holiday originated during the Sukothai period, (roughly 1300s AD) in the Royal Court. Loy (also spelled Loi) is the Thai word for float, Krathong, which doesn't have a direct translation, refers to the lotus shaped vessel that floats. Thais put incense and candles into their krathongs, go to a nearby body of water and watch them float away. They usually say a prayer and make a wish before placing it into the water. The krathongs floating away also represents the release of bad thoughts and feelings.
Originally krathongs were made from the trunk of banana trees. A few are still made the old way but increasingly krathongs are made of bread. Recently krathongs were made out of foam and plastics but people realized the environmental damage those materials do and reverted to biodegradable krathongs.
A family at Wat Yannawa lights up a Yi Peng lantern.
In Chiang Mai, Loy Krathong is celebrated with the release of Yi Peng lanterns, homemade paper lanterns that carry a small flame and much like tiny hot air balloons float into the night sky. The Chiang Mai tradition is becoming popular throughout Thailand and it's not unusual to see people releasing the flaming paper lanterns in Bangkok.
I like photographing Loy Krathong. It's a lovely celebration and a happy day. It mostly takes place after dark though so I generally use high ISO (1600-3200) and wide aperture lenses. My 50mm f1.2 and 24mm f1.4 lenses all get used wide open or close to wide open all night long. Although I had my 200mm telephoto with me, I never used it. The longest lens I used was the Olympus 45mm f1.8 on my Micro 4:3 body (roughly the equivalent of a 90mm lens on full frame).
A woman lights the candle on her krathong. I popped a little flash into the this picture using my 430EX II with the flash off camera to my left.
For a few of the photos I used a little pop of fill flash. I favor the small Canon flashes, like the 430 EX II, it's relatively small but still powerful enough for what I need. It recycles quickly and has most of the controls of the much larger (and more expensive) 580EX II (now discontinued) or 600EX-RT. I used the flash with a generic off-camera cord, which gives me a more natural, less flash like, image. You can accomplish the same thing if you use Canon's older ST-E2 wireless controller for the flash. Canon's new radio transmitter, the ST-E3-RT does not work with the 430EX II.
Normally you would think that for that much available darkness and nighttime photography you would use a tripod. I've found that things happen too quickly at Loy Krathong to make a tripod useful. People go down to the river, say a brief prayer and then slip their krathongs into the river. The moment is gone by the time you set up a tripod. Wat Yannawa, where I photographed Loy Krathong, is one of the most popular places in Bangkok for the holiday and it's too crowded to set up a tripod near the water.
There are more photos from Loy Krathong in my archive or available from ZUMA Press.
Loy Krathong 2013 - Images by Jack Kurtz
Labels: Bangkok, Culture, Holidays, Tech Notes
Takin' It to the Streets
An anti-government protestors at Democracy Monument Friday evening.
The Pheu Thai led government of Yingluck Shinawatra tried to pass a sweeping amnesty law earlier this month. The bill sailed through the lower house of the Thai Parliament and passed by a landslide, largely because the opposition Democrats walked out of the parliament before the vote was taken.
The bill is widely seen as a way of whitewashing the alleged crimes of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (he's Yingluck's older brother). Thaksin is very popular in the rural areas but he's despised by Thailand's Democrat Party, the moneyed elite and many in Thailand's middle class. Bangkok is the base of the Democrat's power and they never have a problem whipping up a crowd in the capital.
The protests started as soon as the bill passed the house. There were large protests near Phan Fa Bridge and Democracy Monument, site of violent Red Shirt protests in 2010, and a rolling motorcade and march of protests through Asoke, Ratchaprasong and Silom, in Bangkok's financial and shopping districts. The protests pretty much gridlocked a city that is on the verge of gridlock almost every day.
Former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva makes a phone call during the protest at Democracy Monument. He was defeated by Yingluck Shinawatra in the 2011 election.
The Prime Minister appealed for calm and then withdrew the bills and the Senate, the upper house of Thai parliament, voted down the amnesty bill, effectively killing it for at least six months.
I was still in the US when the bill passed and I missed the first week or so of the protests. Even though the bill was voted down by the Senate, Suthep Thaugsuban, a former Deputy Prime Minister when the Democrats controlled the government and one of the core leaders of the protests vowed to continue until the "Thaksin regime was eradicated."
Suthep called for a three day nationwide general strike that was ignored by almost everyone and has vowed to start a campaign of civil disobedience until Yingluck Shinawatra and Pheu Thai is out of office.
It's not clear what the next step is. A period of civil disobedience could damage an already fragile economy (the Thai economy has slipped into recession) and scare off tourists. Shutting down the infrastructure (like closing airports) would cripple the country's export based manufacturing industries.
It seems to me that Yingluck Shinawatra and her advisors didn't think the amnesty issue through. It's been a goal of this government to broker an amnesty bill for Thaksin Shinawatra practically from the first day of their administration. And the opposition has made it clear that they won't accept an amnesty under any circumstances.
The protestors' stage at Democracy Monument is reflected in a woman's sunglasses.
Although Yingluck and Pheu Thai control an absolute majority in the lower house, they don't control the Senate, which is made up of appointed members and more conservative than the lower house. Pheu Thai also doesn't control the Constitution Court, where any amnesty bill will almost surely land if it does pass both houses of the parliament. The constitutionality of an amnesty bill would be decided by the same courts that have already banned earlier iterations of the Pheu Thai government.
There are more photos of the protest in my archive or available from ZUMA Press.
Anti Government Protests Erupt in Wake of Thai Amnesty Push - Images by Jack Kurtz
Labels: Bangkok, Politics, Thaksin Shinawatra, Yellow Shirts
A Great Day for a Parade
Women, all former Ms. Senior Citizens, at the Veterans Day Parade in Phoenix. Phoenix has one of the biggest Veterans Day parades in the US.
Today was my last full day in Phoenix. I head back to Bangkok on an early morning flight Tuesday and I'll spend the next 26 or 27 hours in airplanes and airports. Today was Veterans Day in the US, a day we honor those who have served in our nation's military. I went up and photographed the parade because I thought it would sort of close out my time in Phoenix. The first event I covered when I moved here in 1999 was Memorial Day services at the National Cemetery in north Phoenix so military themed holidays sort of bookended my time here.
A Vietnam era vet prepares to march in the parade.
It was a great day for a parade, the sort of November day that you can only enjoy in Phoenix. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and the temperature was in the 80's. Nearly perfect. I photographed the parade then rushed home to edit and finish packing.
There's a sense of finality about this trip to Bangkok. We're selling our house, Cathy is joining me in Asia as soon as it sells. I'm excited about returning to Bangkok, one of the world's great cities, but I'm also a little more nervous about it this time than I was last year when I went to Asia.
There are more photos of the parade in my archive or available from ZUMA Press.
Veterans Day 2013 - Images by Jack Kurtz
Labels: Holidays, Patriotism
A Phoenix Rising From the Ashes
A participant the Phoenix Annual Parade of the Arts walks down Roosevelt Street during the 7th iteration of the popular event.
There's a renascence of sorts going on in central Phoenix. The "Roosevelt Art District" has breathed new life into a part of town that, for the years that we lived in downtown Phoenix, was little more than an urban wasteland. Blocks of empty houses butted up against downtown down on its luck. At one point, before the Arizona Cardinals moved out to Glendale, there was talk of razing the whole area and building a NFL stadium there. I always thought the area had tremendous potential but needed to reach critical mass before any redevelopment could take place.
Luckily the NFL plan went nowhere. Arizona State University built a campus in downtown, near the blighted neighborhood, bringing lots of young people into the area. Phoenix built a decent light rail system with stations near the neighborhood, making it easier for people to get to the neighborhood. The "First Friday" art walks became main stream cultural events that draw thousands into the neighborhood. It seems that critical mass arrived and almost nobody noticed it.
A friend sent me a link to the Phoenix Annual Parade of the Arts, an outgrowth of First Friday, we thought it would be an interesting evening so we down to the Art District to check it out.
The neighborhood has been reborn. Once empty houses are now home to small cafes, used bookstores and art galleries. Once deserted streets are now lined with cars, people walk through the neighborhood grazing and shopping.
Apple Computer, famously, did an ad called "Here's to the Crazy Ones"a paean to the notion of thinking outside the box. The artists and authors, chefs and musicians who moved into the Art District embody that ideal. I move back to Bangkok this week but I was glad to see the success of the Art District and the redevelopment in the neighborhood. If you're visiting Phoenix and happen to be in town on a First Friday you owe it to yourself to downtown and visit the First Friday Art Walk and see a neighborhood in the process of being reborn.
The Phoenix Annual Parade of the Arts - Images by Jack Kurtz
To learn more about the travails of urban Phoenix I recommend you read the Rogue Columnist by Jon Talton. Talton is a native Phoenician and former business columnist at the Arizona Republic. His blog focusses on Arizona politics and Phoenix in particular and the struggles the city faces in light of assaults by the Tea Party on immigrant populations and right wing attacks on urban lives.
Labels: Culture, Festivals, Fun, Social Issues, Travel
Canon to the Rescue
My 5D Mark III and 50mm f1.2.
I've written a couple of times about my quest to find a smaller camera to equal the quality of my Canon 5D series bodies. I use Micro 4:3 gear for my smaller cameras and more and more I like them a lot.
They're not yet a complete replacement to my Canons. The Canons are faster, have better bokeh and are better in low light. But M4:3 cameras get better all the time - the new generation of bodies like the Panasonic GX7 and Olympus Pen E-P5 are really nice. I think they could replace big (and heavy) digital SLR bodies like the 5D Mark 3, Canon 1D series or equivalent Nikons for many assignments, especially travel, reportage and portraits.
There are some things - sports and wildlife - come to mind, where M4:3 has a lot further to go to makeup the difference. There are none of the big lenses, like the 300mm f2.8, 400mm f2.8 or 600mm f4 lenses sports photographers rely on, in the M4:3 universe (although a M4:3 150mm f2.8, the equivalent of the 300mm f2.8, is supposed to be in development) and the autofocus and low light capabilities still have a ways to go. Even though M4:3 has gotten a lot better in the last several years, Canon and Nikon have also improved their cameras. For me this means I need to keep my Canon gear around for the indefinite future. I use the M4:3 whenever I can, but keep the Canons handy for those times that I'm not comfortable relying on the M4:3.
There is one feature though that is likely to keep me firmly in the Canon camp for a while.
Canon Professional Services (CPS) is the most important but least talked about tool in my Canon kit. Canon provides expedited and discounted repairs and other features like loaners and telephone tech support for members.
I've been a member of CPS for probably more than 25 years. Back in the old days (i.e. manual cameras) I mostly used it for expedited repairs and to borrow equipment when I was on assignment.
I've never owned really big lenses because I never considered myself much of a sports or wildlife photographer. When I worked in Florida I covered several space shuttle launches. I never had a lens up to the task but Canon always set up on site at Cape Kennedy and loaned long lenses to CPS members covering shuttle launches. It was the same at political conventions. Canon (and Nikon for photographers who belong to their professional support organization) always had on site representatives who could make minor repairs and maintenance and loan out equipment. If you only needed specialized gear a couple of times a year, it was a huge help to know I could borrow it from Canon and didn't have to buy it myself.
Back in the day, CPS membership was free. Alas, it's no longer free and qualifications for membership are tighter but it's still one of the most important tools in the kit.
When I came back to the US from Thailand, I sent my camera bodies in for "clean and check." Canon provide the clean and check for free and returned the bodies to me in less than a week.
One body needed more than a "clean and check" because somehow covering Ganesha in Bangkok I got rice pudding into the camera. About a week after the rice pudding incident the camera locked up and wouldn't work. I sent it to Canon, simply telling them it was broken and not mentioning the rice pudding. I got an email confirming receipt of the camera, outlining the repair and estimating that it would be free. About 20 minutes later I got a second email from Canon saying they had opened the camera and found evidence of rice pudding inside it. They said they would try to repair it for free but the presence of rice pudding in the camera might complicate it.
Two days later the camera was back in my hands, repaired for free.
I don't use zooms much but I still have an old 70-200mm f2.8 zoom. I tried to use it once in Bangkok, when I discovered the autofocus on the lens didn't work. I sent it to Canon Thailand and they quoted me $800 to repair the lens. I seldom use zooms and it wasn't worth $800 to fix it so I held onto the busted lens. When I got back to the US I sent it into Canon USA and told them Canon Thailand had estimated $800 to repair the lens. I asked for a second estimate. Two days after Canon USA received the lens I had it back in my hands. Total repair cost $250.
Keeping gear in good working order is an important part of being a professional photographer. You can't tell an editor or client that you don't have pictures because your camera broke. That's why I have three working Canon 5D series bodies. Plan for the worst and hope for the best. Canon Professional Services gives me the backup I need to keep my gear in good shape. Unfortunately, there is no pro support yet for the M4:3 gear making it difficult to rely exclusively on M4:3 for mission critical work.
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Never Count on Drawing an Ace.
The Jeff Francoeur signing in some ways is kind of sad because it is another "hit on 20 and hope for an ace" kind of move for Kansas City.
That's Joe Posnanski, writing about the Royals' silly signing of non-hitter Jeff Francoeur. But we could be talking about just about any context, in any area of life. How many misguided people do you know who keep relying on the notion that things will change for them even as they persist in doing things the long-shot way, the doesn't-add-up way, the hope-for-the-best way?
One more sports analogy. More than a year ago, when people were looking ahead to the LeBron James free agency decision, plenty of New York Knicks fans crossed their fingers hard enough to give themselves arthritis that James would sign with the Knicks. They were looking for the best player in the league to sweep in as the savior of the franchise.
But what the Knicks needed, after years of feckless management by Isiah Thomas and the Dolan family, was about 500 intelligent decisions in a row. That's what I said at the time to a friend, and that's the view I've continued to hold, not just for the Knicks, but for the Cleveland Browns, the Kansas City Royals, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and every other franchise staring back at a long history of stupidity and futility.
You can't hold out for that ace — the next Peyton Manning, the next Michael Jordan, the lottery ticket — that's going to save you from the trend of your past decisions. Instead, you have to do the hard work that goes with making a bunch of smart, sober, boring decisions, one after another after another, until the tide turns.
The good news is, you can start by getting savvy with the very next decision you make, and make the taking-the-smart-odds way a trend by staying savvy with the next decision after that. And the next, and the next, and . . .
Make a Decision to Kill Clutter.
That's the advice I give in this week's column over at the CareOne "Life Balance" blog. Those of you who have been reading me here for a while will know that this is not a new theme for me. Indeed, I'm giving the advice that I myself need to hear.
I was going to link to an old post or two when I wrote "not a new theme for me" right there, but then I searched the blog for "clutter" and came up with . . . waaaaaay too many posts. As in, WAY too many.
Self-organization: Don't even make a list.
I'm a huge list-maker. In fact, more than I would like to admit, I'm locked in a years-long struggle to consolidate and whittle down my lists of things to do, things to write, et cetera.
As I knock off each task, I'll file or discard the materials in that stack. It works for me.
Tell me: what works for you?
There is no matter what children should learn first, any more than what leg you should put into your breeches first. Sir, you may stand disputing which is best to put in first, but in the meantime your backside is bare. Sir, while you stand considering which of two things you should teach your child first, another boy has learnt 'em both.
The lesson — I can tell you from painful experience — applies just as well to deciding between two projects to do, or two stories to write.
Yes, it helps to learn arithmetic before you essay calculus. Sometimes a sensible order from one project to the next is obvious.
You spend money on A, which means you have less for B. You spend time with Jack, which gives you less time for Jill. Climb a mountain, or sail the ocean? Dickens or Trollope? Betty or Veronica? Life is full of choices, and each choice branches into subsequent ones, infinitely.
No need to fret about it. Dickens and Trollope are both good. Betty and Veronica are both pretty. And the interlacing of paths is what makes life interesting.
Since I work in marketing and social media — and even more so because of my outside projects — I am forever branching from path to path. Doing so, in fact, is in the nature of Twitter, Facebook, and so on.
My challenge, then, is to do my work, but to do it in ways that don't make me crazy. Or, in other words, to follow forks in the path because of key decisions, not out of reflex or distraction. My frequent inability to achieve that is why I write so much about organization and focus and so on. It's also why I cautioned you the other day not to let me drone on about it.
My goal is to write about it not at all because I'm too busy with other, better things — the actual landscape one meets along the paths of life — rather than dwelling on my tendency to hop from one path to the other.
I'll tell you how it goes. Or maybe, if it goes very well, I won't.
It's all one big life.
Your work all fits in one workflow . . . whether you admit it or not.
You have one diet of the words you read, one diet of the food you eat, one diet of the thoughts you think.
You have one body of work.
Push all the buttons you want, trick yourself as much as you feel you need to, jump around if it hides the pain . . . still it remains one big life that you're living.
My suggestion: put everything in one big pile — either literally or by writing it all down in one place — and then go after it with a blowtorch. If it's in the bottom half of your life, get rid of it as quickly as you can. Then take what's left and discard the bottom half of that. With what remains, focus on the things that give you the greatest joy and the greatest prosperity, however defined. Remember that you have one crack at this life, and that when you're old and frail, you'll look back on your choices now with gratitude or with regret. Chose your actions now so that you can feel gratitude then.
And don't fool yourself that you can compartmentalize the different areas of your life. You're living a life to be proud of, or you're not. Choose accordingly.
. . . We grow up with a mixed message: making mistakes is a necessary learning tool, but we should avoid them.
"Studies with children and adults show that a large percentage cannot tolerate mistakes or setbacks," she said. In particular, those who believe that intelligence is fixed and cannot change tend to avoid taking chances that may lead to errors.
As an aside, Dweck's research, and particularly the book Mindset, has been the frikkin' mother lode for reporters doing think-pieces on education, business, etc. For that matter, I've used it in a lecture at UT. Good, good stuff — and very important work.
Now compound this with years and years of typical schooling. It's enough to make me want to copy my many friends who homeschool.
In other words, we don't grow up. It's sad how much I see this in all the different milieux in which I move — academics, business, social contacts, etc.
Those in the fixed mind-set chose to compare themselves with students who had performed worse, as opposed to those Professor Dweck refers to as in "the growth mind-set," who more frequently chose to learn by looking at those who had performed better.
This reminds me of something I once read from Neil Peart in an interview. (Sorry, can't find it online right now.) He said that when he would hear the great drummers — I think he mentioned Bonham — it would inspire him to go home and work harder on his drumming. Contrast this with the attitude of many I've known who despair at ever getting better when they hear/see/read/experience the work of one of the greats.
So go make some constructive mistakes!


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This kinda ignores reality. There's already the MFL and guess what? It's only used to go to work. Going shopping? Basically car only. Don't wanna be rubbing shoulders with the meth heads while holding your kids hand on the way to the store.
Meanwhile owning a car in the city is literally robbery. Full tort is $1200 for six months of insurance on a car that is hardly worth $5000 when it's literally never had a single claim made in it's entire existance. Same thing in Bucks county is $750. Then they charge you PPA sticker fees on top of that and you're not even getting an actual spot.
I don't know where I'm going with this. Everything sucks. It's going to get worse and will never get better unless we have free public parking garages.
Also just to be clear: I'm never taking the bus or the subway to go shopping. I went to college to avoid having to to schlep with three 20 pound bags when it's 45 and raining. I'd sooner take a Lyft.
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Spot gold rose 0.2 percent to $1,213.02 an ounce at 0640 GMT, after rising 0.4 percent in the previous session.
U.S. gold futures were also up 0.2 pct at $1,220.80 per ounce.
"The dollar-CNH is a bit under pressure this morning and we're seeing some buying on the back of that," a Hong Kong-based trader said.
China's yuan held firm near a one-week high versus the dollar on Wednesday, following firmer equities, extending its rise after the central bank last week took steps to curb the currency's decline.
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Andrew Logan Montgomery's interesting ruminations on Nephilim
By MOB,
September 9, 2020 in Nephilim
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Andrew Logan Montgomery admits that "in the (un)holy trinity of my favorite games, Chaosium's Nephilim Occult roleplaying game might actually be slightly nearer and dearer to my heart than either RuneQuest or Call of Cthulhu." Here he begins an interesting rumination on the game, which is still available in PDF from Chaosium.
https://andrewloganmontgomery.blogspot.com/2020/09/nephilim-part-one.html
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From the blog post:
Nephilim was not, as some critics felt, "body rape" but rather a love story. But from a modernist perspective, games where humans become blood sucking corpses, werewolves, ghosts, mages, and mummies are all well and good...so long as it remains all about the human condition. Suggest there might be something higher or beyond the human condition, and sales suffer.
Wow! I'd say he put a pin squarely in that one. Bravo.
!i!
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"Suggest there might be something higher or beyond the human condition, and sales suffer."
Well, it works for Call of Cthulhu... of course the 'higher and beyond' there is the nemesis of humanity... or is it?
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25 minutes ago, Simlasa said:
Assuming that humanity is the epitome and recipient of a universe and supernatural reward created specifically for them? Assuming that anything "higher and beyond" would be antithetical to human nature, either purposely or inadvertently? Yeah, I can see how that'd be a bummer. Fortunately, that's not the premise.
2 hours ago, Ian Absentia said:
Not the premise of what? CoC? or Nephilim?
IMO it is kinda the premise of CoC... human perspective/awareness coming up as narrow and irrelevant to a larger, expansive one.
I never interpreted Nephilim as 'body rape'. Though the show I just got done watching, the old BBC show 'Intruders', is. It's pretty much the sort of thing old Mythos sorcerers get up to, and the nutty cult in Get Out... forcing their way into other people's minds/bodies.
IMO it is kinda the premise of CoC...
Yeah, exactly. I even meant to make that explicit. The nature of Lovecraft's cosmic horror is that humanity is to the universe at large as a culture of bacteria is to the bottom of a shoe. That sense of cosmic indifference and nihilism leads some of his characters to do some inhumanly awful things, either in an effort to get the attention of greater powers or just because there's no moral authority to stop them.
Alan Moore takes that a little further in his mythos-based comic Providence. The coming of the strange new aeon is mind-blastingly awful because we lack perspective to reconcile it with our current reality. Once the monstrous paradigm shift occurs, though, the characters look back at our current reality and see how awful it was. Welcome to the new normal.
All that said, I meant to say that it's fortunate that this isn't the premise of Nephilim...necessarily. Andrew Montgomery cited the Hermetic paradigm in his blog post. It's not antithetical to humanity, but it's not anthropocentric, it doesn't explicitly promote the human condition. But humanity is part of the equation of what emerges on the higher plane. That's been hard for people to wrap their heads around over the years, particularly how certain passages of the book were written to suggest or state otherwise (p.83, I'm looking at you).
A lot of the old wags used to liken Nephilim to playing Call of Cthulhu as the monster. I reckon, if we're allowing that stretch, it's like playing Call of Cthulhu as the monster, but with the monster playing the role of the Investigator and everything that entails.
Part Two of Drew's ongoing series of articles about the Nephilim RPG is up. Here he look at the mythology of the game and troubleshoots character creation issues:
https://andrewloganmontgomery.blogspot.com/2020/09/nephilim-part-two.html
nb in the initial post I noted Nephilim is available in PDF from Chaosium; it is also available in PDF and POD from DriveThruRPG.
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3 hours ago, MOB said:
Nice that you guys have this in POD now!
Again, from the blog (Part 2)...
Initiation is not for everyone, neither is Nephilim. The world of the occult is a mirror that shows us ourselves. If you look into it and see evil and the Devil, perhaps what you are really seeing is a Fundamentalist religious background you were raised with. If you look at the Nephilim and see body-hijacking, possession, and rape...perhaps there are issues you should first deal with that a game cannot cure.
Ha, ha, ha! This is really good stuff.
Edited September 11, 2020 by Ian Absentia
Part Three of Andrew Logan Montgomery's insightful discussion about the Nephilim Occult RPG. Here, he discusses how gameplay unfolds, and, with a wink and a nod, how Nephilim salutes its parent game (RuneQuest):
https://andrewloganmontgomery.blogspot.com/2020/09/nephilim-part-three.html
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I found discussion of nephilim/simulacrum relations in part two very interesting. However, I feel there are two problems with the way Andrew explains this.
Firstly, the game itself actually does a fairly poor job of explaining how a nephilim character actually thinks. The nephilim aren't explained as human beings married with an elemental power, they're explained as reincarnating elemental spirits. The very usage of the term simulacrum ("an image or representation of someone or something. an unsatisfactory imitation or substitute.") is inherently dehumanizing. While this sort of alchemical marriage thinking might be easy to grok for someone who is already familiar with the hermetic conception of daimones, it won't be familiar to the vast majority of RPG players unless it is explained in the text itself. That's why the fandom has been debating it since the beginning.
Secondly, the way the game is structured where you have to create a bunch of past lives at the beginning is a big barrier to new players. I think it would have made things far easier if player characters could recall past lives during play. This would also give the player more time to develop the lives of these past incarnations and give them more relevance, perhaps working with the GM to work them into the events of an adventure. The GM could also create past lives for the player characters and reveal them during play while tying them into the events of an adventure. IIRC, the French version of the game apparently included a mechanic like that.
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My third Artist of the Month post. Crazy... Next week will begin my 5th month of blogging! Where has the time gone? Anyways. This week's Artist of the Month is Citizen Way!
They all met at Judson University, which is also in Elgin. There, they formed their band, which was originally called "The Least of These". They later changed to their current name, Citizen Way.
One thing about this band that I think is really cool, involves their lead singer, Ben. In 2011, Ben had completely lost his voice, and was told by doctors that a cyst had formed in his throat and he may never be able to sing, or even talk, ever again. Ben surrendered to God's plan for him, and said he would continue to put his trust in God, even if he could never sing again. So he went through the surgery, and hours later, came out of the surgery room singing "Amazing Grace."
The band has put out three singles, one in 2012 and two in 2013. Their first and only (so far) album was released in 2013. It is a really good album, and they are a fairly well known band now. Their song "How Sweet the Sound" has about 854,500 views on YouTube as of August 31, 2015. My favorite songs of theirs are "Evidence" and "Should've Been Me." Definitely check them out!
--Have you ever heard any music by Citizen Way? If not, go listen to some of their songs. What do you think? Let me know in the comments!


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From the author of the New York Times bestselling Marriage Games, a couple who will make a deadly bargain to save each other.
She'll make a deal with the devil to save him.
He was confident. Arrogant. Sure he had a place in the world. And under that was the man who needed me to be that place.


MOARfit presents Detox to Retox: the perfect way to end your day. Whether you're looking to work out your beginning of the week frustrations, or you're just a fan of fun and different happy hours around the city, this event will be all sorts of relaxing and fun.
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Melodic progrockers 35 Tapes from Oslo, Norway, are ready to release their debutalbum Lost & Found on Apollon Records and its sub-label Artemis Prog Records!
35 Tapes plays music inspired by progressive rock from the seventies. The band tries to recreate some of the good feelings this music gave us at that time merged with the typical Nordic vibes and mellowness you can find in fellow Norwegians such as Airbag , Oak and even A-Ha!
The sound of a Mellotron with 35 Tapes made lifelong impressions on some young souls in the mid and late 70's. When we now, as mature men, are taking our life's dedication to music seriously, the band 35Tapes is the result.
35 Tapes are based on the sounds, tones and instruments we once learned to love. Our dogma is: not too many tones, but the right ones – not fixed chords, but floating open – not virtuoso but true.
"Lost & Found" is scheduled for release on April 5th 2019.


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Q: Django admin sortable change-list (grappelli) header displacement I installed grappelli and the sortable app from ff0000-django-sortable on github and everything works perfectly but one detail you can see in the picture in this link
The header of the table is displaced to the right. This only happens when the sorting is enabled. If I sort any other field (clicking on other column header) the header looks ok.
I also realize the problem is on the javascript function "$(table).find('tbody').sortable()" in "django-admin-sortable.js"
I guess this is easy to fix but I can´t find where or how.
Can anyone point me to the right direction?

A: This problem is caused by a 'float' on the ui-sortable class by JQuery UI, which causes all the cells to float left.This can easily be fixed adding a css file to your admin class.
class SortableAdminMixin(object):

    # Make instances reorderable
    list_editable = ('position',)
    list_display = ('position', )

    class Media:
        js = (
            'admin/js/django-admin-sortable.js',
        )

        css = {
            'all': ('admin/css/admin-sortable-fix.css',)
        }

The 'admin-sortable-fix.css' file should contain the following line:
tbody.ui-sortable {float:none;}

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Science - November 17, 2005
Dutch interested in Chinese universities
Many Chinese students come to the Netherlands to study. Now it looks like the opposite will also happen soon: Dutch students going to China for a course.
An information fair on Chinese universities held at Leiden University on 15 November attracted a few hundred students. Most were of Chinese origin, but there were also considerable numbers of non-Chinese Dutch. 'It's going better than we had expected,' said Shen Naiyeo of Donghua University cheerfully. 'I brought along 180 brochures, and now I've only got about thirty left. Last week we were in Italy, but there was less interest there. It's much livelier here.' Donghua University has faculties of textiles, fashion, ICT and management. Of course you can also learn Chinese there.
Not only high-school and university students at the fair. There were also camera teams and journalists from the daily newspapers. China is hot. The fast-growing economy is attracting a lot of interest. A member of staff from Beijing University reckons that he has convinced more than fifteen students to spend some time in China. "Even if it's only for one year. Then you'll have learned some Chinese.' Beijing University is one of the top universities in China, and is number seventeen on the Times world university rankings list.
Madelon Nouwen (22) is planning to go to China in 2007. She got her bachelor's in oriental languages and communication from the Hogeschool Zuyd and is now doing her bachelor's in the languages and cultures of China at Leiden University. 'At school I did five languages. I wanted to do something completely different, and Chinese fits the bill. You have to let go of your western orientation and start thinking from the Chinese cultural perspective. The Chinese never say no, for example. You have to must bear this in mind, also when you are translating. They would rather say that they don't have time or that they'll ask someone else.'
Students Jeff Janssen and Nikki Hagg are more interested in going to Shanghai. 'Beijing is too provincial,' they assert. They are both second-year students of trade management, focusing on Asia at the HES School of Economics and Business in Amsterdam. 'The economic climate makes it interesting to do business with China. But even after eighteen months hard work their Chinese is not that good. 'We spoke English with the people on the stands.'
Leiden University also had a stand at the fair. 'There are plenty of young people who want to study Chinese, but they don't want to go immediately to live in China,' explains a member of staff. 'That's why we have information on our courses here.' The Leiden degree course in languages and cultures of China is a big success: there are 95 first-year students this year. / HOP, SvO
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Triton Alloys Inc carries one of the largest stocks of s355j2w steel plate, ... S355JOWP EN 10025-5, ... Building; Rail Wagons . s355j2w steel plate Packing & Shipping.
Cortenstahl and. In Germany, weather-resistant steel came from about 1970, especially in buildings with facades, the crane, mast construction, container, etc. are used.


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 * \param count The number of instructions to disassemble.
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Knowledge Quest a series of eight general awareness guides for student of Classes 1 – 8. These books are the curriculum recommendations by the NCERT. The series introduces pertinent themes such as work-based learning (Occupations), shared global legacies (Our Heritage) and citizens' responsibilities (Social Awareness).
Knowledge Quest, a general knowledge series for Classes 1-8, is thoroughly researched and intuitively curated to deliver to students not just questions and answers but also insights and ideas on how to process information into knowledge. Guided by NCERT curriculum recommendations, the series is planned meticulously to help the reader become a skilled observer of the world. The student's learning transcends the visible questions or puzzles and becomes a process, whereby the student makes connections in all that he or she reads, hears, watches, experiences. To make the reader a seeker: that is our goal in knowledge quest.
Smartly curated themes such as Nature, Literature, Sports, and History, which crossover from school curriculum into the real world, thus bringing the subjects alive.


Home» FAQ » WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org?
So you've decided to design your website or blog using WordPress, the super popular open-source content management system (CMS), but now you have to answer the next question. Should you set up your site at WordPress.com, which makes everything super easy, but with some limitations and advertising (unless you pay to avoid their ads). Or, do you go the WordPress.org route, set up an account with a web host and take care of all the maintenance of WordPress on your own — with complete control and many more options?
You can learn more about WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org in this special section of wpmu.org.


Welcome to Yogabase, situated in North Linwood on the outskirts of the central city, Christchurch.
We offer a range of class options taught in the Iyengar tradition.
Iyengar Yoga is a practice-based discipline accessible to everyone.
This progressive and mindful approach teaches students to realign posture and work towards balance - both on and off the mat.


In an unusual turn of events, more than half of the men's Slalom field did not finish the challenging course at Yongpyeong Alpine Centre yesterday.Aussie Dominic Demschar was among the 54 athletes of the total 106 competitors who did not complete their first run.
Demschar, who placed 33rd in the Giant Slalom last week, shot out of the start gate, but was almost too eager as he misjudged his opening speed and was stuck on the first gate.
"[My ski] hooked a little more aggressively than I was expecting to," he said. "The edge grabbed and then I went on the wrong side of the gate.
Although he was disappointed his PyeongChang Games campaign had come to a premature end, the 24-year-old said that was nature of the sport.
"I've never done that [hooked the first gate] before so it's never struck me as something that I might do.
"You don't even think about [the first gate] when you push out, but it's an obvious feeling when you go around the wrong side, it feels awkward and it happened and it was almost more disbelief than anything.
Slalom legend Austria's Marcel Hirscher – who has already won Olympic gold in both the men's Gant Slalom and Alpine Combined in PyeongChang – was another athlete to miss a gate in this morning's run and rule themselves out of the second run.
With the reigning world champion and triple Olympian out of contention for the podium the gold medal is anyone's shot.
Norway's Henrik Fistoffersen was the fastest down the mountain in the first run in a time of 47.72. Andre Myhrer from Sweden was next (+.21) followed by France's Victor Muffat-Jeandet currently in the bronze medal position (+.62).
Demschar has said his overall second Games has still been a really positive experience.
"I found this Games more enjoyable, maybe I'm a little more into what's happening around me, I really liked it here," he said.
The US based athlete now returns to his training base in Salt Lake City for a few days of rest before he wraps up the Nor Am finals in Kimberley (British Columbia) and rounds out the season in Europe.


On Monday, at the end of story time, I said you need to give yourself permission to be creative/call yourself a writer.
I decided some of you might want or need a permission slip. So here you go.
Save it to your computer and print it out. Sign it and date it. Tape it to your monitor or a mirror where you see it frequently.
As I mentioned in previous posts, creativity coaching is a subset of life coaching. But that doesn't tell you what a coach does or even who they work with.
So let's address the second question first.
A creativity coach works with creative people. By my definition, that would mean everybody. Since that isn't possible, let's narrow it down: artists, writers, composers, dancers, and actors. Just to name a few.
But now what does a creativity coach actually do?
That's typically between your coach and you. Each coach has a different take on things and a different specialty. I could go all generic here and talk about creativity coaches in general. But we're on my blog and talking about something I'm interested in and love to do. So I'm going to be talking about what I would do.
First things first, I would request that you book an initial consultation using the calendar linked here. During that consultation, which would be done via either Skype or Zoom, we would discuss what your issues are and whether we could work together.
Based on that conversation, I would make a recommendation for one of my coaching packages and we would take it from there.
My packages are a combination of email and video or phone chats. You will have a contract and homework to do between sessions. Everything is designed around you and what your goals are.
So while this doesn't tell you exactly what a coach does, it does provide a framework about how I work so you have some idea of what to expect.
Have you ever worked with a creativity coach before? How was it?
I realized a few days ago that I've been on Facebook for over ten years. Sometimes I wonder why.
I started out with no purpose other than keeping up with friends and family. Then I decided it would be a good way to promote my writing.
Promote work – Make use of Facebook groups and fan pages to promote your work, whether writing, photography, fiber arts, or whatever you do. You can use your personal profile for this too, but groups and pages give you a wider reach.
Network with others – This is another good use for groups. Also use Facebook Live chats and videos for this. Your profile page is not the best place for this. Frequent groups where people you want to associate with hang out.
Sell work – Several ways exist to do this on the Facebook platform. Your personal page, fan page, Facebook Marketplace, groups, and Messenger are all good for this. You can tie Shopify to your account for selling purposes too.
I know I haven't covered even half of the reasons why writers and makers might be on Facebook. What is your reason?


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54 West 70th Street Apt 3A, New York, NY 10023 | Sotheby's International Realty, Inc.
Located 3/4 of a block away from Central Park, this spacious pre-war north facing 1br has a lot to offer. Apartment has hardwood floors,12' ceilings, a decorative fireplace, proportionally sized living room, oversized rectangular windows, tons of closet space, eat-in kitchen and more.There is a laundry facility in the building. Available Immediately.


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CIZAUSKAS, VYTENIS
IJT ZALGIRIS KAUNAS 12
Height: 1.88 Born: 16 September, 1992 Nationality: Lithuania
Totals 3 2 64:11 35 9/17 3/8 8/16 1 9 10 12 4 4 0 0 6 13 43
Averages 3 2 21:23 11.7 52.9% 37.5% 50% 0.3 3 3.3 4 1.3 1.3 0 0 2 4.3 14.3
21 * vs IJT CAJASOL 14:10 11 3/5 1/1 2/3 1 3 4 3 1 1 1 3 17
22 * at IJT UNION OLIMPIJA 28:54 12 3/6 2/5 0/3 1 1 4 2 3 1 3 9
23 vs IJT INSEP 21:07 12 3/6 0/2 6/10 5 5 5 1 4 7 17
3 Totals 64:11 35 9/17 3/8 8/16 1 9 10 12 4 4 0 0 6 13 43
Average 21:23 11.7 52.9% 37.5% 50% 0.3 3 3.3 4 1.3 1.3 0 0 2 4.3 14.3
Index rating 30 U18 FMP BELGRADE vs. U18 ZALGIRIS KAUNAS 5/2/2008
Points 19 U18 CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA LJUBLJANA vs. U18 ZALGIRIS KAUNAS 2/15/2009
Offensive rebounds 5 U18 REAL MADRID vs. U18 ZALGIRIS KAUNAS 5/1/2008
Defensive rebounds 6 U18 FMP BELGRADE vs. U18 ZALGIRIS KAUNAS 5/2/2008
Total rebounds 8 U18 FMP BELGRADE vs. U18 ZALGIRIS KAUNAS 5/2/2008
Assists 5 U18 ZALGIRIS KAUNAS vs. U18 PFYM Paris 5/8/2010
Steals 7 U18 FMP BELGRADE vs. U18 ZALGIRIS KAUNAS 5/2/2008
Blocks 1 U18 BROSE BAMBERG vs. U18 ZALGIRIS KAUNAS 2/13/2009
Minutes 33 U18 FMP BELGRADE vs. U18 ZALGIRIS KAUNAS 5/2/2008
Made his debut with Zalgiris-Sabonio Kaunas (Lithuania) NKL, during the 2007-08 season.
Played there till October'08.
Signed for the remainder of the 2008-09 season by BC Kaunas Triobet.
On March'08, signed by BC Zalgiris Kaunas.
Signed for the 2009-10 season by Asciai Kaunas.
Signed for the 2010-11 season by Zalgiris-Sabonio.
On January'11, signed by Nevezis Kedainiai.
Signed for the 2011-12 season by Baltai Kaunas.
Moved to Spain for the 2012-13 season, signed by CB Vallaolid.
Back to Lithuania for the 2013-14 season, signed by BC Zalgiris Kaunas.
Won the 2013-14 Lithuanian National Championship with BC Zalgiris Kaunas.
Has been member of the Lithuanian U-16, U-18, U-19, U-20 and University National Team.
Won the gold medal at the 2008 European U-16 Championship.
Won the gold medal at the 2013 World U-19 Championship.
Played at the 2009 World U-19 Championship.
Played at the 2009 European U-18 Championship.
Played at the 2013 World University Games.
2013-14 Zalgiris Kaunas 16 36 2.3 10/18 55.6 5/12 41.7 1/4 25 17 7 19 0
Totals 16 36 2.3 10/18 55.6 5/12 41.7 1/4 25 17 7 19 0
Averages 16 36 2.3 10/18 55.6 5/12 41.7 1/4 25 1.1 0.4 1.2 0
2007-08 ZALGIRIS KAUNAS 3 54 18 16/24 66.7 2/6 33.3 16/23 69.6 22 17 4 0
2008-09 ZALGIRIS KAUNAS 8 94 11.8 36/52 69.2 0/6 0 22/40 55 23 19 27 1
2009-10 IJT ZALGIRIS KAUNAS 3 35 11.7 9/17 52.9 3/8 37.5 8/16 50 10 4 12 0
Totals 14 183 13.1 61/93 65.6 5/20 25 46/79 58.2 55 40 43 1
Averages 14 183 13.1 61/93 65.6 5/20 25 46/79 58.2 3.9 2.9 3.1 0.1
Other Competition
Season Team G Pts Avg 2FG
M-A % 3FG
M-A % FT
M-A % Reb St As Bl
2008/09 Zalgiris Sabonio 27 338 12.5 119/238 50.0 8/40 20.0 76/112 67.9 109 56 77 8
Kaunas Triobet 3 0 0.0 0/1 0.0 0/0 0.0 0/0 0.0 0 0 1 0
2009/10 Aisciai 3 26 12.0 12/14 85.7 1/2 50.0 9/13 69.2 9 3 8 1
2010/11 Zalgiris Sabonio 23 378 16.4 117/221 52.9 22/68 32.4 78/113 69.0 125 42 106 0
Nevezis 12 103 8.6 41/63 65.1 2/10 20.0 15/21 71.4 51 16 17 1
2011/12 Baltai 18 143 7.9 40/92 43.5 8/25 32.0 39/53 73.6 20 32 0 0
2012/13 Valladolid 25 65 2.6 19/46 41.3 4/17 23.5 15/22 68.2 25 13 19 1
2013/14 Zalgiris 23 99 4.3 24/52 46.2 13/42 31.0 12/21 57.1 45 27 48 1


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Events at the Inn at Celebrity Dairy
An event every week that begins at 4:30 pm on Tuesday, repeating until February 28, 2023
« Piedmont Pop Up
Yoga Garden Events and Classes »
The Inn at Celebrity Dairy is a unique GreenTravel business and bed & breakfast hosting yoga classes, Third Sunday dinners, and seasonal open barns. Visit their Eventbrite and Facebook Page to keep up-to-date on the latest events and offerings.
Tuesdays, 4:30pm-5:30pm: Yoga Classes Jan 3, Jan 10, Jan 17, Jan 24, Jan 31, Feb 7, Feb 14, Feb 21, Feb 28
For the New Year, the Inn at Celebrity Dairy has decided on a theme of "Bringing Healthy Back". After the last couple years, a new and fresh healthy start to the year is in order and they are excited to announce that Kim Caraganis will be teaching Yoga Classes at the Inn!
In this class you will learn alignment principles as you move into yoga asanas (postures) and different breathwork practices. This mixed level class is suitable for beginners, those who have not been on their mats for a while, and more experienced practitioners looking for a different approach to their yoga practice. Modifications and guidance are offered to meet you where you are in your yoga practice.
The cost is $96 if you pay for all classes upfront (8 weeks for $12/class) or $15 per class if you pay weekly. Space is limited and will fill up quickly – call now to reserve your spot.
Third Sunday Dinners, 1:30pm-4pm Jan 15, Feb 19, Mar 19, Apr 16
Third Sunday dinners are always a fun afternoon featuring a four or five course meal with hyper local ingredients prepared by Celebrity Dairy's in house chefs. Plus, there will be a lot of Celebrity Dairy cheeses for you to enjoy! Each month features a menu created with a specific theme in mind, focusing on what is available during that season.
The dinners also include a tour of the barns where you will get to meet the Celebrity Dairy goats and learn about them and how they're raised. They love visitors and will be sure to greet you as you enter the barns! Please feel free to bring a bottle of wine with you to compliment the meal.
Agritourism, Food and Drink, Tastings & Tours
https://www.eventbrite.com/o/the-inn-at-celebrity-dairy-fleming-pfann-37140122643
Celebrity Dairy
146 Celebrity Dairy Way
Siler City, NC 27344 United States + Google Map
https://visitpittsboro.com/location/inn-at-celebrity-dairy/
bmc brewing Events
An event every month that begins at 11:00 am on day First of the month, repeating until September 7, 2023
An event every week that begins at 3:00 pm on Friday, repeating until December 31, 2023


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Growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, Joe Hubrich felt the desire to blossom and expand at a very young age. In 2005 he moved to New York City where his dreams would immediately begin to come true in a way so much more grand than he'd ever imagined. Working as a makeup artist and a beauty and style consultant in the most glamorous city in the world was obviously well aligned with some divine plan, because Joe's success immediately catapulted him into the realm of celebrity like a shooting star. He has worked with Bette Midler, Joely Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Lisa Rinna, Kelly Rutherford, the cast of Jersey Shore, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, Camille Grammer, Mary Steenburgen, Brad Goreski, John Lithgow, Janice Dickenson, Elaine Stritch, Miss USA 2009 and 2010 and so many more. Joe's work has been published in Vogue, Teen Vogue, Allure, Lucky, Town and Country, Gotham Magazine, Hamptons, New York Family, Time Out New York, Fast Company, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Quest, Playbill, US, In Style and People magazines. His bright and sprite personality has captured millions on the "Housewives of Beverly Hills" and "E! News".
Joe now lives with his best friend, a Lhasa Apso named Clyde, in Louisville, Kentucky. When his hands are not gracing the faces of and A List celebrity, they are typing, tweeting and blogging on Joehubrich.com. For a more accurate depiction of a day in the life of this Celebrity Make up Artist and Beauty Guru, follow his every move @Joehubrich on Twitter.
email: Joe@JoeHubrich.com


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United Nations Security Council resolution 1144, adopted unanimously on 19 December 1997, after recalling Resolution 1103 (1997) on the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) and United Nations International Police Task Force (UN-IPTF) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Council extended the mandate of both until 21 June 1998.

The Council recognised that the UNMIBH mission and especially the IPTF for its important work in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including police restructuring, training, weapons inspections, promoting freedom of movement and assistance in the elections. The presence of IPTF monitors was dependent on security arrangements and a credible international military force.

UNMIBH's mandate was extended with the prospect of further renewal unless there were changes to the security arrangements provided by the Stabilisation Force. Support was given to the recommendations of the Bonn Peace Implementation Conference and the Secretary-General Kofi Annan was encouraged to carry out a restructuring of IPTF and to keep the Council informed on its progress and report every three months on the mandate of UNMIBH as a whole. Other measures included training the police to deal with crowd control, refugee returns, organised crime, corruption, terrorism and smuggling. Member States were urged to provide training, equipment and other assistance to local police forces.

Finally, the resolution paid tribute to the victims of a helicopter crash on 17 September 1997, which included members of the Office of the High Representative, the IPTF and the bilateral assistance programme.

See also
 Bosnian War
 Dayton Agreement
 List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1101 to 1200 (1997–1998)
 Yugoslav Wars

References

External links

Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

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 1144
1997 in Yugoslavia
1997 in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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December 1997 events

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Fnatic.com har genom roychez intervjuat dfb, mannen bakom bland annat Tek-9.org, Antwerp eSport Festival och Gamevibes som knyter dessa samman. Föga förvånande är det just dessa ämnen som tas upp och vill ni ha lite trevlig läsning kan jag rekomendera denna intervju.
Q: Seeing you are doing some great stuff to improve gaming in the Belgium, do you see e-Sports grow into a real sport in Belgium and Europe, like in countries such as Korea and China, or will it never become that large? Is there anything the gamers could help with this?
I don't see it growing like in other countries but on the positive side there has been a lot of attention going towards gaming from the companies, government and media which I can only applaud. We are moving in the right direction but it's going extremely slow. Let's hope for the best!
Q: You recently started a company called 'Gamevibes', could you explain what it is?
A: Gamevibes is a BVBA (company form in Belgium) that I started to further expand the professionalism at which all operations of the various brands are done. We now have an accountant working with us as well as a lawyer and access to various resources we didn't have before. It allowed us to put all the brands we have (TEK9, AEF, …) under one name and we will be adding new brands and activities shortly.


Mettl helps companies maximise human potential by measuring talent through assessments conducted in a secure and scalable software as a service (SaaS) platform. The platform includes proprietary content to measure personality, ability and job-specific skills. Mettl also licenses its platform as a stand-alone technology for clients' own content. According to the World Economic Forum, a widening skills gap is one of the biggest challenges in the fourth industrial revolution, and a robust assessment platform is fundamental to the development of a skills-focused talent strategy.
"We believe that online talent assessment is a powerful tool that can help companies unlock the potential of their people. Mettl is a disruptive HR tech start-up that has pioneered a robust assessment platform," said Puneet Swani, Career Business Leader for Mercer's Growth Markets region. "The combination of Mercer's pedigree and talent-industry experience and Mettl's leading-edge and scalable proprietary technology platform, ensures companies in this region have access to world-class talent solutions as they prepare for the diverse future of work amidst rapid digitisation," he added.
Mettl offers its multilingual assessments conducted in over 80 countries. Established in 2010, Mettl was recognised as one of the twenty most innovative and high-growth companies in India by London & Partners' IE20 list in 2017 and was retained as an assessment provider by the Government of India for their Skill Development Initiative.


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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

namespace Bricksoft.PowerCode
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Common methods for manipulating text.
	/// </summary>
	public partial class Text
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Gets or sets the characters that lines should be wrapped on.
		/// </summary>
		public static List<char> LineBreaks { get; set; }

		/// <summary>
		/// Gets or set a list of overrides to prevent inserting a line between these and a following letter/word.
		/// </summary>
		public static List<string> LineBreakOverrides { get; set; }

		/// <summary>
		/// Gets or sets the line suffix. This is the string to show at the end of a line when it is wrapped.
		/// </summary>
		public static string LineWrapSuffix { get; set; }

		public static bool ShowLineSuffix { get; set; }

		static Text()
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			LineBreaks = new List<char>(new char[] { ' ', '.', ',', ':', ';', '>', '-', ']', '}', '!', '?', ')', '\\', '/' });
			LineBreakOverrides = new List<string>(new string[] { "--", " /", " `", "\"" });
			LineWrapSuffix = new string((char)26, 1);
			ShowLineSuffix = false;
		}

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		//static Text()
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		//}
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		/// Wraps the specified <paramref name="Text"/>.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="Text">The text to wrap.</param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		public static string Wrap( string Text )
		{
			return Wrap(Text, null, null);
		}

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		/// Wraps the specified <paramref name="Text"/>.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="Text">The text to wrap.</param>
		/// <param name="WrapWidth">The maximum number of characters per line.</param>
		/// <returns></returns>
		public static string Wrap( string Text, int WrapWidth )
		{
			return Wrap(Text, new int[] { WrapWidth }, null);
		}

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			int lineSuffixLen = 0;
			char[] lineBreaks = LineBreaks.ToArray();

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				WrapWidths = new int[] { Console.WindowWidth };
			} else {
				for (int i = 0; i < WrapWidths.Length; i++) {
					if (WrapWidths[i] == 0) {
						WrapWidths[i] = Console.WindowWidth;
					} else if (WrapWidths[i] < 0) {
						WrapWidths[i] = Console.WindowWidth - Math.Abs(WrapWidths[i]);
					}
					if (WrapWidths[i] < 1) {
						WrapWidths[i] = 1;
					}
				}
			}

			if (Indentations == null || Indentations.Length == 0) {
				Indentations = new int[] { 0 };
			} else {
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					if (Indentations[i] < 0) {
						Indentations[i] = 0;
					}
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			}

			if (ShowLineSuffix && LineWrapSuffix != null && LineWrapSuffix.Length > 0) {
				showSuffix = true;
				if (LineWrapSuffix[0] != ' ') {
					lineSuffix = " " + LineWrapSuffix;
				} else {
					lineSuffix = LineWrapSuffix;
				}
				lineSuffixLen = LineWrapSuffix.Length;
			}

			brk = -1;
			ar = new List<string>(Text.Split(new string[] { "\r\n", "\n" }, StringSplitOptions.None));
			wrapIndex = 0;
			idIndex = 0;
			ids = new List<string>(Indentations.Length);

			Func<int> wrapWidthIdx = delegate()
			{
				return Math.Min(wrapIndex, WrapWidths.Length - 1);
			};
			Func<int> identIdx = delegate()
			{
				return Math.Min(idIndex, Indentations.Length - 1);
			};

			foreach (int indent in Indentations) {
				ids.Add(new string(' ', indent));
			}

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				w = WrapWidths[wrapWidthIdx()] - Indentations[identIdx()];

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				w = Math.Max(w, 1);

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					brk = checkOverrides(temp, brk);
					if (showSuffix && brk > w - lineSuffixLen) {
						brk = temp.Substring(0, w - lineSuffixLen).LastIndexOfAny(lineBreaks) + 1;
					}

					tmp = ids[identIdx()] + temp.Substring(0, brk);

					if (brk < temp.Length - 1 && temp[brk] == ' ') {
						temp = temp.Substring(brk + 1);
					} else {
						temp = temp.Substring(brk);
					}

					if (showSuffix && temp.Length > 0) {
						tmp += (tmp[tmp.Length - 1] == ' ') ? lineSuffix.TrimStart() : lineSuffix;
					}
					ar[i] = tmp.TrimEnd();

					while (temp.Length > 0) {
						i++;
						wrapIndex++;
						idIndex++;

						w = WrapWidths[wrapWidthIdx()] - Indentations[identIdx()];

						// Ensure the width isn't so small, that it causes an infinite loop..
						w = Math.Max(w, 1);

						if (temp.Length > w) {
							brk = temp.Substring(0, w).LastIndexOfAny(lineBreaks) + 1;
							if (brk == 0) {
								// The string could not be broken up nicely,
								// so just cut the line at the wrap width..
								brk = w;
							}
						} else {
							brk = temp.Length;
						}

						brk = checkOverrides(temp, brk);
						if (showSuffix && brk > w - lineSuffixLen) {
							brk = temp.Substring(0, w - lineSuffixLen).LastIndexOfAny(lineBreaks) + 1;
						}

						tmp = ids[identIdx()] + temp.Substring(0, brk);

						if (brk < temp.Length - 1 && temp[brk] == ' ') {
							temp = temp.Substring(brk + 1);
						} else {
							temp = temp.Substring(brk);
						}

						if (showSuffix && temp.Length > 0) {
							tmp += (tmp[tmp.Length - 1] == ' ') ? lineSuffix.TrimStart() : lineSuffix;
						}
						ar.Insert(i, tmp.TrimEnd());
					}
				} else {
					ar[i] = ids[identIdx()] + ar[i];
				}

				wrapIndex++;
				idIndex++;
			}

			//return string.Join(Environment.NewLine + padding, ar);
			return string.Join("\n", ar);
		}

		private static int checkOverrides( string temp, int brk )
		{
			if (temp.Length == brk) {
				return brk;
			}

			for (int l = 0; l < LineBreakOverrides.Count; l++) {
				string lb = LineBreakOverrides[l];
				int len = lb.Length;
				for (int x = len; x >= 0; x--) {
					if (temp.Length > brk - x && temp.Substring(brk - x, len) == lb) {
						brk = brk - x;
						break;
					}
				}
			}

			return brk;
		}

		public static string WriteCenteredLine( string content, char ch = ' ' )
		{
			StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder();
			int w;
			string pad;

			w = (Console.WindowWidth - content.Length) / 2 - 1;
			pad = new string(ch, w);

			//Console.WriteLine();
			//Console.WriteLine();
			//Console.SetCursorPosition(0, Console.CursorTop - 2);
			//Console.WriteLine(pad + content + pad);
			s.AppendLine(pad + content + pad);
			s.AppendLine();

			return s.ToString();
		}

	}
}