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what we're watching - volume five
Desperate for new stories to get lost in? Jenny, our in-house writer, lists what she's been watching and recommending to friends.
One of the plus sides to staying at home more is getting to catch up on great TV shows and epic films. We've been rewatching our all time favourites, getting recommendations from friends, and building our watch lists. To help you do the same, we're listing what we're watching right now, along with our all-time-favourites, inspired by les girls les boys.
Jenny recommends...
24 Hour Party People (2002) - directed by Michael Winterbottom
Ah, man - this film! I'm a northerner, and huge fan of the music that came out of Manchester's legendary music scene from 1976 to 1992, so this speaks to me a ton. It crystallises the music and nightlife, as well as the golden and bygone age of ITV Granada northern TV and its cheesy Alan Partridge-like segments. Steve Coogan as the inimitable "postmodern" Tony Wilson is genius, funny, nostalgic, and sure to make you feel good. Tony Wilson lived and breathed culture and artistic freedom, at all costs - from him signing record contracts in his own blood, to letting ravers raid the Hacienda offices on its closing night. Manchester's modern identity wouldn't have been possible without him, and the artists he championed along the way (Peter Saville, the legendary designer of the Factory Record promo posters, went onto become the Creative Director of the City of Manchester).
The film features the Sex Pistols, Joy Division, New Order, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and maps the birth of rave culture at the Hacienda under the drug-fuelled reign of the Happy Mondays. Tony genuinely always respects them as artists and poets, despite them leading Factory Records into bankruptcy and threatening him with a gun.
I've got to pair this film with the Happier Times t-shirt and the tight shorts in paradise green, a nod to the rave culture and upbeat not-going-to-give-up-culture-will-prevail energy of the whole film which we can all do with a dose of in 2020.
What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015) - directed by Liz Garbus
I've always loved Nina Simone's music, but understanding her life, where she came from, and the struggles she had to fight as a black female artist, activist, thinker and revolutionary should be required watching for absolutely everyone. You generate so much strength and resilience just from watching her. It features special off-piste performances, interviews, insights into her life from loved ones, and touches upon her mental illness. Her story is married to the ongoing civil rights movement in America and around the world.
There's one special performance of 'I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free' where Nina freestyles the ending (see here). She's possessed by the music, and the way her body moves... It's a potent and very special moment.
To learn about a woman this strong, this fearless, flowing with creative energy, and who truly knew herself, is an endless source of inspiration.
I'm going to pair this documentary with the tiger print underwear set that's jazzy, bold, and proud - just like Nina.
Laurence Anyways (2012) - directed by Xavier Dolan
Set in the late 1980s and early 1990s, this French-speaking film follows the journey of a 35-year old man named Laurence, a teacher and intellectual specialising in Proust thinking, who decides one day to unapologetically become who he really is: a woman.
Laurence's partner continues to love, support, defend, and champion him despite the pain, confusion, worry and situation it ultimately ends in for her. She believes in being true to who you are, no matter how 'different' that may seem to others. The relationship Laurence has with her, and eventually the one he builds with his mother, speaks to the essence of love, fluid relationships, and the freedom to choose our own identity. Seeing them learn and grow throughout the course of the story, and fight against conventional attitudes and stigmas, is such a humbling experience. The film is poetic, raw, intelligent, and flaunts a powdery and punkish 80s French Canadian style I just adore, from one of the best directors of our generation. Seriously, check out his other films.
I'm pairing Laurence Anyways with the metallic bikini set in aqua. Laurence and his partner would approve, and share it, for sure.
Looking for more recommendations? Check out what we're watching - volume four.

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So, I started by looking at the creatures of the deep attraction, and what might replace that once its time is up. I quickly realized that any development would need either a large concrete wall, or to be elevated so the area can still operate during Jet Stunt Extreme. The obvious way to do that would be to theme it after one of those Pleasure Piers that are popular all over the world, but are curiously lacking in Australia. This creates a new themed area, that exposes people to something new, while also seeming familiar. That theme of combing new and old elements into something original also manifests itself in the replacement for Dockside, the Sea World Pier Bar and Restaurant.
On the outside, its look is loosely based on the old 'Southport Pier (See above)', on the inside it's a slightly more modern, but still in an old school style. There are lots of photos of hard hat divers, skin divers, longboard surfers, and other sea related photos stretching back in time. The idea is that these photos were put up new, and we never taken down, giving the interior a more timeless feel. Downstairs is a massive arcade, a Gold Coast classic, Grundy's, named for the famous attraction in Surfers Paradise. Both the arcade and bar are placed as the Northern Entry to the pier, this should ensure good foot traffic, something Dockside Tavern in it's current state doesn't really enjoy, which does hurt it's revenue a lot compared to Dirty Harry's. The restaurant and bar is place between Sea World Pier, and the nearby Nick Land. The idea is parents of older kids (like 10 and over) would be able to relax at the bar, while the kids will explore the nearby rides and attractions without being too far away. This combination should be enough to encourage more visits and more spending out of VIP Pass holders, as well as creating a laid back ambiance for less frequent visitors. Outside on the pier is a gazebo that would house live music on weekends to add to the atmosphere of the area.
Down stairs is Grundy's, and the draw card here (aside from the massive arcade) is 'Sir Reginald Grundy's Castle Defender'. Sir Reginald Grundy's Castle Defender is a shooting dark ride, on a slightly smaller scale than Justice League 3D, (and with no 3D screens and all the headaches they bring). It's a free attraction, that should hopefully draw people into the arcade, in a similar way that the dodgem cars draw people into Intensity at Movie World. The idea behind the arcade here is that it would work like Timezone in Surfers; people buy game cards pre loaded with cash that they can spend on games, and the more they load, the more perks they get. A further revenue raiser would be to allow people to swipe their card when they board the dark ride, this would take the score they make on the ride and convert it into prize tickets (eg 10,000 points = 1 ticket), effectively turning a free attraction into a revenue raiser, but doing so in such a way that wouldn't alienate other guests. It's also somewhat true to theme, the original Grundy's had a ghost train, hence the theme of skeletons in a castle that is shown in the video.
The family friendly vibe continues across the water where a modest Ferris wheel takes up residence, roughly where the water fall now stands. It provides a great aerial view of the Dolphin pools, something that made the Skyway a popular attraction for so long. Balancing out the area with something a little more grown up, is the "Wild Surf" Spinning mouse Roller Coaster. The ride begins by taking a dive underneath the Pier, before coming back up through a hole, in the middle of the ride area. It's a short ride, not designed to be too challenging, but adult enough that even a thrill seeker would come off the ride satisfied with the experience. The rest of the pier is given over to a viewing area for Jet Stunt Extreme (and a potential new Nighttime Spectacular) on the main lake. A path also leads towards the east, which serves as an emergency exit, viewing area for a new thrill ride, and potentially as a path to a new Monorail station. A new Monorail station would allow the Pier to be opened early or late exclusively for resort guests, driving either an increase in yields at the resort, or occupancy. There is also room on the Pier to add another flat ride in the future to keep the area fresh.
The aforementioned thrill ride would be "Serpent's Fury", a MACK launched coaster, which would actually have it's station next to Jet Rescue. Serpent's Fury would take up some (but importantly not all) of Corkscrew's old footprint, and would take on the role of signature thrill ride at the park, occupying the same role that Corkscrew did for 30 odd years. It's layout would leave room for new flat rides to be added near Jet Rescue, and the expansion of NICK Land.
Because the Pier is 2 stories, it is space efficient, and creates other opportunities for development. For example, change rooms and a new filtration and pumps system for the Dolphin pools could be built under the pier near where the Endeavour Replica used to sit. This would allow the current change rooms to be demolished, leaving a decent sized plot of land next to the Seal Stadium that could house a new attraction or an expansion of the Dolphin pools. It's easy to see it taking more than a decade to use the land that this attraction opens up.
All of this is to improve the park for guests, and improve financial results. As well as the Pier hopefully increasing overall attendance, the arcade and bar would both become important revenue streams, it's also not difficult or offensive to picture carnival games in such an environment, which could also add some extra revenue. The restaurant/bar would also make a more intimate function venue than anything else the park has, and is also wheelchair friendly. The new mix of attractions would help shake the unfortunate reputation that Sea World has these days amongst many of being 'the one you skip unless you have small kids' to being 'the one with the best mix of everything that's also really close to your hotel'. This isn't all to be built in one go either, it's too big and expensive. It would take a couple years to get it to the point it's at in the video (The Serpent's Fury alone would probably set the park back around $20million, easily swallowing a couple years worth of capex), but I think in the long run it'd be worth it. The theme park industry is a long game, and I think it's at it's best when ambitious things are done.
Would easily visit Sea World more often if they did something like this. Fills two voids in the missing thrill coaster and the dark ride. Also like the wheel idea and would give great views over the park and the local area. Before people complain about two coasters the park (ironically like Dreamworld) is missing a signature thrill coaster and would love to see something like "Serpent's Fury" built.
Great for what sounds like a part one and would be interested in seeing what you do for an expansion to Nick or added flat rides.
Pretty spot on Joz. It's sad that MW gets most of the love - I'd like to see them set up in such a way that regular night time events were a thing - as more people would be able to get there easily - and head to surfers afterwards to keep enjoying the night.
Putting aside the expensive factors - what could they realistically achieve in a short period of time - ie: what should they start on first? Should they put the coaster in sans anything else? Or should they build the pier and add to it over time?
Once time's up for Creatures of the Deep, VRTP should utilise that land, the rest of the reclaimed land (if it still exists), Corkscrew's old area and Pirate Ship's old area to do something big.
THIS is perfect, it reclaims some of what SW has lost, but adds it back with a twist. I've always wanted SW to get a spinning coaster since Gazza posted his design a few years back.
Also their new function area would be able to be even bigger with the arcade presumably moving out.
You said there's potential for new flat rides. Two flat rides I've always wanted to see at SW is an S&S Screamin' Swing because I've always thought of it more as a Family thrill and would give a good sensation. Plus a drop tower because it would give such a good view of the area, but with a twist, something like Falcon's Fury so it has a point of difference.
A nighttime spectacular would be great as well, something like World Of Colour or the Bellagio Fountain. Obviously lowering them during the day for the show is the only obstacle.
One thing I've always wondered if anyone can answer this for me, with the reclaimed land in the lake is the potential for a return of the ski show ever possible?
I doubt Village will buy anything from S&S again.
@joz - this is freaking great. This is why I like coming to these forums. It's such a grounded, practical, realistic yet totally awesome idea. I would love to see some more screencaps of the area as a whole and how it fits in etc.
Holy crap @joz. I wasn't expecting to wake up and see something of this calibre on the forums. Out of curiosity, how long did that take you from concept to execution? It's so well thought out and planned that I'm honestly a little stunned.
As for the ski show - I think they could certainly do something like the former ski show - but all of the big setups - where the boats went down to the bridge to establish the formation (ie: the pyramid) as well as build up enough speed would be much harder - and i think the show would suffer as a result.
Lowering the fountains so boats and skiers could safely utilise the water throughout the day is an obstacle Disney did not have to overcome. Paradise Bay isn't used for anything else. It would be difficult, but it would be great to see the two coexisting.
If I ran Sea World, I'd quit my job and put Joz in charge.
Has the WOC issue been fixed where the fountains and platforms were stuck in the "up" position and in plain sight of guests during the day? I know there was a very long period where they were on show all day and made the bay look very tacky.
In later years they started the pyramid setup from where the boats are kept... I only remember this as seeing them mistime moving the boat and all 8 skiers falling into the water as a result is too funny a sight to forget!
Quite impressive how are you can going to get in control of Sea World or convince them to do it.
I would put a Falcon Fury into SW as well and name it "Kingfisher". Do you think SW could get a height change for a drop tower?
This is a point worth raising, what's the update with height restrictions for The Spit these days?
Very good, especially creating a new area out of nothing with the pier. One thing (and probably the only thing) I'm not keen on is the Castle Defender shooter ride, as I'd think that Sea World would be after something more "nautical" (and then also not really be that keen on a ride where you shoot our aquatic friends).
But other than that, really really good and shouldn't break the bank either. Plus, having a pier into the stunt show lagoon would also make the show a bit more daring too if they can pass under the pier.
2. I think a WOC show might be asking a bit much, it cost Disney an outrageous amount to build the infrastructure in a controlled environment. Sea World's lake is salt water, and tidal. It's also massive. I think a couple floating waltzing water barges placed around the island, fireworks, water screens, and a couple boats would probably be more cost effective, and also make for a better show.
Well going off council it seems you can get past the 3 stores limit if council signs off on it being okay. Considering the coaster and any other ride plans for the park aren't full on building but only rise up here and there I don't know why the council would have an issue.
Joz I also love the nod to Corkscrew in Serpant's Furt with the corkscrew over the monorail.
As for lowering them - Disney solved this problem with WOC, and the design is fairly simplistic (although whether it's patented would be the problem - if Disney can - they have.
I think an EPCOT style, bring the barges on and suppliment with crap installed on the island is the way to go.
I would love either an Intamin Dome theater or Triotech multilevel mistro shooter in the castle themed to Pirates. "Pirates: Battle of Buccaneer Bay"
Unbeliveable work there @joz and I think your true calling in life could be theme park planning and design. VRTP or Ardent could do worse than hiring someone like you.
Only issue I saw was the Serpent's Fury going under the pier would mean that that part of the pier would have to be closed off from the public to prevent people from throwing/dropping things onto the track and car which would be a major safety hazard although installing some clear perspex panels horizontally from the pier over that part of the track enabling people to still see the coaster passing under them would be a decent solution.
All in all 2 thumbs up!
I think expansion of NICK Land would be so far down the track, that it would be folly to plan it out now. Basically see what Nick shows and rides come out in the next few years that seem like they would naturally go together. Same thing for flat rides. Suffice to say, I do think that the area near Jet Rescue should be home to most of the parks true 'Thrill rides', leaving the rest of the park at it's more subdued level.
It's actually a really good question. As simple and cheap as it is, it's still a pretty expensive expansion. I think you'd have to split the capital over a few years to get it up, so a couple million one year on engineering and initial Earthworks, a couple the next year on infrastructure, more site prep and hardware acquisitions, and all go the third year to get the Pier, rides and outlets up and running Sans big coaster, which would come online a few years later. I think the big wigs would hesitate to spend the $30million plus to build the Pier and rides (Not even including Serpent's Fury!), so you'd want to try and spread it out so it's not as big a capex request. In the meantime, maybe keep the park ticking over with an addition to Castaway Bay, new Sea Lion and Dolphin Show, and a Nighttime Spectacular. The reason for the pier first is because I think the park needs a bit of filling in, and the Pier is 3 new rides, as well as a new area you can spend a large part of the day. The coaster is something the park needs, but it adds 90 seconds of activity to someone's day. The Pier would also be more cash flow positive than the coaster.
Yeah it's totally possible to bring the Ski Show back! The back straight wasn't really used for much except for the run up to do jumps, but you can also do that by doing a lap of the island. It's just if there's a will to do it. Personally I'd like to see it make a return, but that's just my opinion. I think the hardest thing these days would be getting the talent, but I'm sure there's still some really good skiers out there.
As for a Drop Ride, yeah look you're going up against Giant Drop, so it has to be something different, because you'll never win with height. Falcon's Fury (Dammit I totally ripped off that name without realizing!) I think would be a good choice. I do wonder about the price though, and I'd like to know more about how reliable the ride is in the next few years. Intamin rides have a bit of a reputation, and not always for being cheap or easy to maintain. Having said that I thought a Gyro Drop might be good, but it depends how tall you can go.
I've mentioned this before, but in case you missed it, about 6 months, and had to learn 3D modeling in that time too! Also again thanks!
That's kind of the struggle with a shooting Dark rides in general, and I promise you I went through this exact line of thinking when I was making it. First it was going to be a ride where you're riding 'Submarines', and you're shooting hooks or other things that might be bad for the environment, but that would be totally lame and skew too young. Also considered keeping the underwater thing, and going after Sea Monsters (kind of like Iron Reef at Knott's), but again it doesn't quite feel right, and shooting any Sea creature is really not in the spirit of Sea World, even if it is a monster. Grundy's in Surfers DID have a Ghost Train though, so I do kind of feel it's true to theme, even if it isn't strictly Sea themed. I feel like it's a pretty easy theme, you're helping save a castle that's being invaded by the supernatural. There's nothing to say the castle isn't beside the Sea either. It'd be pretty easy too, just put up a few paintings of a castle on a cliff, and play some crashing surf and storm sounds and the illusion is complete! Truth be told, the ride I designed for the video is very simple, and I think actual industry professionals would be able to come up with ways to make it actually good!
It's sad that we live in a world where that is something you have to think about, but sadly it is. I must admit I didn't put much effort into solving the problem, but I agree that it is a problem that Perspex would be able to over come quite effectively.
Part of the vibe that I'm going for is of a local, kids welcome, bar.
The popular dolphin viewing balcony gets an upgrade, and provides a shady retreat with 72 seats.
Families wanting to be more in the action can grab a table on the pier itself. Again to encourage local trade, live bands add to the atmosphere on the weekends and during holidays.
It'd also be cool to set up an international food festival style event during the day in this area, again to try and get that local market in, having fun and spending money.
This is the side that faces NICK Land. It's meant to fit in with that 'Warehouse' look that the area currently has, and the ramp IS the main entrance.
True to warehouse theme, underneath the Grundy's logo is the actual loading area for deliveries to the outlet/arcade. The white part of the building that sticks out on the left houses an elevator, to take food and bev products to the kitchen.
A view looking at the loading area from inside Grundy's. The door to the right of the photo leads to storage area for Grundy's, as well as F&B.
Corkscrew's old footprint, with a very bad recreation of Jet Rescue to give you an idea where we are. Note the amount of space for future rides.
Serpent's Fury station and queue. Guests enter through the opening on the bottom right of screen, and first complete the outdoor switch backs.
After they complete the first part of the queue, guests hire a free locker. This process is administered by the front entry host, and keeps things moving along in the station, because frankly Australian operations need all the help they can get. Incidentally, if the average group has 3 guests, and they share lockers, there are lockers here for 228 people. .
The queue then goes over the station, and enters the building from the far side. This type of station design means that guests in line have a good view of the process before they go through it, again hopefully speeding up the loading/unloading process. There is also no dedicated unload station, this attraction would be ideally run by only 3 people. (Entry host, loader, unloader).
On ride photos are displayed inside the shop, and inside the shop is also the other side of the lockers. Guests retrieve their money and belongings in the shop, and are straight away able to grab that impulse purchase of an on ride photo. Take that Superman shop! Any problems with the lockers on this side are seen to by the retail staff member.
That second explanatory post has absolutely sold me on your concept, @joz. I just have a couple of ideas that popped into my mind over the past day or so.
Secondly, you could also turn that small area with Jet Rescue and Serpent's Fury into a themed area based around oceanic and deep-sea exploration (think submarines, underwater bases, etc.). I just think that could look a lot better than just slapping on a generic name and calling it a day.
Finally, you mentioned you learnt 3D Modelling while doing this project. Out of curiosity, what program did you use? Blender? Trimble Sketchup?


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'Too much disorder:' Edmonton's Chinatown businesses keep doors locked — all day
By Fakiha Baig in Edmonton
Some businesses in Edmonton's Chinatown district only operate with their doors locked all day.
"If you really want to walk in, you have to knock," said Wen Wong, executive director of the Chinatown and Area Business Association.
"We work here. Some members live here. When you walk on 97th Street, our main street, you can tell, almost all stores keep their doors locked."
Alberta's justice minister and Edmonton's mayor were to meet Tuesday to discuss a spike in violent crime on downtown streets and on public transit.
Last week, Tyler Shandro used his ministerial power under the province's Police Act to demand a report from the city on what is being done to get crime under control. Shandro gave a deadline of two weeks for a response and pointed to the recent killings of two men in Chinatown.
The district has been located in the McCauley neighbourhood, east of downtown, for more than a century.
"In 1912, a streetcar began providing accessible transportation for the many new immigrants and workers moving into the neighbourhood," says a city website.
"Travelling down 97th Street between 105A Avenue and 107 Avenue, you will find Chinatown North, the third-largest Chinatown in Canada," it says "You will (also) find an abundance of Asian restaurants and shops that sell unique produces, merchandise and traditional Chinese medicine."
But the neighbourhood with almost 90 social service centres has been deteriorating over the last 20 years, said Wong, because of "too much social disorder." It has grown more tense since the COVID-19 pandemic began, he added.
During the last two years, volunteers with Chinatown's Business Improvement Association have been picking up needles when there is no snow on the ground. Wong said they pick up as many as 300 needles a month in the community, which is just a few blocks from Edmonton's safe injection sites. If more time were put in, hundreds more would be found, he added.
Tents housing the homeless line nearby streets.
"In the last two and a half years, we have more and more homeless population, mentally challenged, (people with) addiction and even sometimes criminals," Wong said.
Police have been called to investigate multiple arsons, including fires that burned a bakery and a restaurant to the ground. Members of the improvement association regularly call Wong to tell him about an assault, he said.
"A customer called my office last Friday. When he paid for his parking, he was attacked with bear spray. He was there for a haircut. Two guys attacked him for no reason."
Wong recalled another time when a restaurant owner and his wife found all the tires on their two cars slashed. Two months ago, a mall in the area had its windows broken at street level.
"The cleanup is huge," Wong said.
"Everybody knows what's happening in Chinatown now. Chinatown is falling apart. This is just a matter of time."
Wong said he is angry.
"I don't believe we have ended up in this (situation) overnight. We have been ignored for the last 10, 20, even more years," he said.
"It's a shame of all levels of government. We have nothing against (the) homeless."
On Monday, Mayor Amarjeet Sohi outlined a partial plan to address crime in the city. It includes $1 million to revitalize Chinatown and grants for businesses to upgrade their security.
The city also says it will open more public washrooms in the downtown, and will begin helping owners clean up in front of their businesses and on private property instead of sending warnings to do so.
In the long term, the city plans to urge the government to stop releasing health patients and offenders from provincial corrections facilities onto the street. It also wants to create a five-year plan to decentralize social services that are concentrated in Chinatown.
Nearly 40 action items are cover in Sohi's partial plan.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 31, 2022.
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'Yellowstone' actor Kevin Costner picked as Calgary Stampede parade marshal
By Bill Graveland in Calgary
Alberta's justice minister said he felt sad and disappointed when he discovered someone he considered to be a friend was behind a social media post targeting him and his wife.
The Law Society of Alberta is in the final day of a hearing into allegations Tyler Shandro violated the profession's code of conduct. The three complaints date back to his time as the provincial health minister early in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Mukarram Zaidi, who had posted a photo on social media of Shandro with a caption related to privatizing health care, told the hearing the minister and his wife visited his home in March 2020. He said it occurred during fractious negotiations between the government and the Alberta Medical Association over fees.
The photo of Shandro, with a thought bubble caption, said: "So every Albertan that I can kick off health care is another client we can sign up for Vital Partners. We're going to be RICH." Shandro's wife, Andrea, is the co-founder of Vital Partners, a health insurance agency.
Shandro said Thursday his spouse alerted him to the post earlier in the day, when there had been up to a thousand threats made against the couple.
"I recognized the account being someone I considered a friend and who lived around the corner," Shandro said under questioning by his lawyer.
"The irony is that this is a fellow who had often engaged with me to discuss the importance of being careful with words, with online posts and what that could result in."
The doctor testified earlier this week that he went outside of his home to meet Shandro and described the minister as being highly upset as he demanded the doctor remove the post immediately because his family was being subjected to death threats.
"I see Shandro and his wife standing at the sidewalk. He was crying, he was emotionally charged. His wife was holding him," Zaidi said.
"He said: 'You can't do this to us. We're getting death threats.' I think I asked him: 'What do you want me to do?' And he said: 'Delete your post."'
Shandro said he walked over to Zaidi's home by himself and asked the doctors' children to send out their father. He said the conversation was over in a matter of minutes.
"I said: 'Mukarram, why wouldn't you have just asked me if you had questions? We know each other. You know me. You know Andrea. You know this isn't true.' And then I asked him: 'Do you know this conspiracy theory is resulting in Andrea getting death threats?'" Shandro said.
"He said softly: 'What do I do? Do I delete the post?' I specifically did not take him up on that offer. I said: 'Look, you have to decide that for yourself.'"
Shandro's lawyer, Grant Stapon, asked his client what he had to say to Zaidi's description of him crying and yelling while being held by his wife during the discussion.
"It's not true. It isn't true at all. Andrea was not there and if she really was there, it doesn't benefit me to say she wasn't there. If anything, it would be helpful to have her be there to corroborate," Shandro replied.
"I definitely did not yell at him."
Shandro said his wife did show up at the end of the conversation.
"She was emotional. She did have red eyes. She was crying earlier. She said: 'Don't talk to him. He's not interested in us. He's only interested in money.'"
Shandro said at that point they returned home.
Andrea Shandro is expected to testify later Thursday afternoon.
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LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Musician Alice Cooper waits to putt on the first hole during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Drummer Danny Seraphine, founding member of the rock group 'Chicago,' watches a shot during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Stephen Du
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Drummer Danny Seraphine, founding member of the rock group 'Chicago,' watches a shot during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Boxing great Sugar Ray Leonard hits his tee shot on the 18th hole during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Former NFL receiver Sterling Sharpe hits his tee shot on the 18th hole during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Image
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Former NFL receiver Sterling Sharpe hits his tee shot on the 18th hole during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Former NFL running back Marcus Allen putts on the second green during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Ricky Barnes chips onto the second green during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer hits his tee shot on the 18th hole during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Arnold Palmer and wife Kit follow Palmer's grandson, PGA Tour player Sam Saunders, during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Stephen Du
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Arnold Palmer and wife Kit follow Palmer's grandson, PGA Tour player Sam Saunders, during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Bubba Watson hits his tee shot on the 16th hole during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Former NFL and MLB great Bo Jackson hits his tee shot on the second hole during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty I
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Former NFL and MLB great Bo Jackson hits his tee shot on the second hole during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Professional ballroom dancer Tony Dovolani of TV's 'Dancing with the Stars' hits his second shot on the second hole during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta,
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Professional ballroom dancer Tony Dovolani of TV's 'Dancing with the Stars' hits his second shot on the second hole during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Jhonattan Vegas of Venezuela acknowledges the gallery after making a birdie putt on the fifth hole during the second round of the Bob Hope Classic at the Nicklaus Private course at PGA West on January 20, 2011 in La Quint
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Jhonattan Vegas of Venezuela acknowledges the gallery after making a birdie putt on the fifth hole during the second round of the Bob Hope Classic at the Nicklaus Private course at PGA West on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Former NBA stars Julius Erving (L) and George Gervin watch an Erving drive during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty I
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Former NBA stars Julius Erving (L) and George Gervin watch an Erving drive during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Ryuji Imada of Japan hits a tee shot on the fifth hole during the second round of the Bob Hope Classic at the Nicklaus Private course at PGA West on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty I
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Ryuji Imada of Japan hits a tee shot on the fifth hole during the second round of the Bob Hope Classic at the Nicklaus Private course at PGA West on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Ricky Barnes watches his tee shot on the third hole during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Kenny Perry hits a tee shot on the 16th hole during the second round of the Bob Hope Classic at the Nicklaus Private course at PGA West on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Arnold Palmer and wife Kit follow Palmer's grandson, PGA Tour player Sam Saunders, during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Arnold Palmer greets a well wisher during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Arnold Palmer talks with Angie Watson, wife of PGA Tour golfer Bubba Watson, on the 16th hole during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. Watson was
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Arnold Palmer talks with Angie Watson, wife of PGA Tour golfer Bubba Watson, on the 16th hole during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. Watson was an amateur partner of Palmer's grandson, PGA Tour player Sam Saunders. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Alex Cejka of Germany hits a tee shot on the 16th hole during the second round of the Bob Hope Classic at the Nicklaus Private course at PGA West on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty I
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Alex Cejka of Germany hits a tee shot on the 16th hole during the second round of the Bob Hope Classic at the Nicklaus Private course at PGA West on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Matt McQuillan of Canada hits a tee shot on the sixth hole during the second round of the Bob Hope Classic at the Nicklaus Private course at PGA West on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Get
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Matt McQuillan of Canada hits a tee shot on the sixth hole during the second round of the Bob Hope Classic at the Nicklaus Private course at PGA West on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Daniel Summerhays hits his tee shot on the 15th hole during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Gary Woodland watches his tee shot on the 13th hole during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Keegan Bradley hits a tee shot on the 18th hole during the second round of the Bob Hope Classic at the Palmer Private course at PGA West on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Former MLB pitcher Greg Maddux hits his tee shot on the 13th hole during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Brian Davis of England hits a bunker shot to the 16th green during the second round of the Bob Hope Classic at the Nicklaus Private course at PGA West on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Ge
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Brian Davis of England hits a bunker shot to the 16th green during the second round of the Bob Hope Classic at the Nicklaus Private course at PGA West on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: John Senden hits his tee shot on the 13th hole during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Matt McQuillan of Canada hits his second shot from the fifth fairway during the second round of the Bob Hope Classic at the Nicklaus Private course at PGA West on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Jeff
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Matt McQuillan of Canada hits his second shot from the fifth fairway during the second round of the Bob Hope Classic at the Nicklaus Private course at PGA West on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Boo Weekley lines up a putt on the 15th green during the second round of the Bob Hope Classic at the Nicklaus Private course at PGA West on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Jhonattan Vegas of Venezuela hits a bunker shot to the ninth green during the second round of the Bob Hope Classic at the Nicklaus Private course at PGA West on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Jeff G
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Jhonattan Vegas of Venezuela hits a bunker shot to the ninth green during the second round of the Bob Hope Classic at the Nicklaus Private course at PGA West on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Peter Tomasulo (R) jokes with actor Kurt Russell on the 12th tee during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Jhonattan Vegas acknowledges the gallery after making a birdie putt on the sixth hole during the second round of the Bob Hope Classic at the Nicklaus Private course at PGA West on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Jhonattan Vegas acknowledges the gallery after making a birdie putt on the sixth hole during the second round of the Bob Hope Classic at the Nicklaus Private course at PGA West on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Jhonattan Vegas of Venezuela hits his second shot from the fifth fairway during the second round of the Bob Hope Classic at the Nicklaus Private course at PGA West on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Jhonattan Vegas of Venezuela hits his second shot from the fifth fairway during the second round of the Bob Hope Classic at the Nicklaus Private course at PGA West on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Matt Kuchar hits his tee shot on the 13th hole during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Kevin Chappell hits his tee shot on the 13th hole during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Bill Haas hits his tee shot on the 13th hole during round two of the Bob Hope Classic at the La Quinta Country Club on January 20, 2011 in La Quinta, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
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Soca queen Fay-Ann full of life – The Royal Gazette | Bermuda News, Business, Sports, Events, & Community
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Soca queen Fay-Ann full of life
It's no wonder "jump" is frequently heard in Fay-Ann Lyons-Alvarez's lyrics.
The soca queen is energetic, to put it mildly. She won the International Soca Monarch competition just six days before giving birth to her daughter Syri in 2009; her husband Ian "Bunji Garlin" Alvarez, came second. She's a member of her husband's Asylum band and when she isn't performing, she's a homebody.
Despite the demands of her music career, she tries to be a full-time mom and makes sure her family has a homemade meal every night — even when she's performing.
The Trinidadian couple will perform at the Bermuda Salute Concert later this month.
They were last here two years ago for Soca Verses Reggae. The Royal Gazette recently caught up with Ms Lyons-Alvarez.
Q: Your parents, Austin Lyons (Superblue), and Lynette Steele (Lady Gypsy), are also soca artists. What was it like growing up in a musical family? Did you feel pressure to do the same?
A: My dad did not want me in music as he knew the stress that came with it; my mom had her own hang-ups about the industry. Either way, I always had my own mind and knew if I got into music it would be on my terms and how I felt was best for me.
Did you sing and perform as a child?
I did a few school concerts and performances, but I was more into sports.
What sort of hurdles have you had to overcome in your life?
One of the hurdles is having to deal with people who approach me with the notion that I am difficult, and then expect to not run into issues. Rumours and negative talk have been spread by persons that have never met me.
Additionally, strong women in this industry are not always welcomed — by both males and females.
What was it like to win the International Soca Monarch in 2009?
It was a great feeling from a history-making stand point, because I was the first female to win in the power category. Topping it off with the birth of my daughter six days later was just fantastic. She is six now.
You did that pregnant? That sounds tough.
Actually, I had a great pregnancy. I had none of the normally expected pregnancy woes.
How did you meet your husband?
My dad introduced us at the 1999 Brass Fest in New York, and we married in 2006.
Is it easier being married to another artist or more difficult?
Easier, there's less explaining to do.
What sort of challenges are there maintaining a relationship while working in the music industry?
The challenge is trying to keep the line between professional and personal visible.
Most persons tend to not know where one ends and the other begins.
Which songs are you most proud of?
Catch me, Display, Raze and Get on.
What do you listen to at home or in the car?
I mostly listen to my iPod. My playlists can only be described as eclectic.
Who has inspired you the most?
There are too many to list. TLC is one — selling 15 million records and filing for bankruptcy is a testament to management and label issues not being cleared up, plus artists not being in control of their business from a financial standpoint.
Do you have any new albums coming out?
Yes, my EP, Raze, just dropped and the album is due. I am doing a non-soca album with Boi Wonda from Canada, as well as some producers from Europe.
• The Bermuda Salute Concert is on August 29 at Tiger Bay in St George's. Gates open at 7pm. Tickets, $85 and $135, are available from www.ptix.bm, People's Pharmacy, Jamaican Grill and Fish & Tings. Rusty G, Gully Bop, Mavado, King-Jyrus, Coshaun, and Imari will also perform.
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Dynamic duo: Fay-Ann Lyons-Alvarez, left, and husband Ian "Bunji Garlin" Alvarez, above
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Home Politics Thai Govt Asks Japan to Reconsider Housing Exiled Academic
Thai Govt Asks Japan to Reconsider Housing Exiled Academic
Justice Minister Paiboon Khumchaya (R) meeting with Japanese ambassador Shiro Sadoshima (L) at the Ministry of Justice in Bangkok, 20 July 2015.
BANGKOK — A minister of Thailand's military government said he has asked the Japanese ambassador to "reconsider" whether it is appropriate for Japan to shelter an academic accused of insulting the Thai monarchy, a crime known as lese majeste.
Justice Minister Paiboon Khumchaya told reporters he raised the issue during a meeting with Japanese ambassador Shiro Sadoshima at the Ministry of Justice today.
According to Gen. Paiboon, Sadoshima visited to the Ministry to introduce himself as Japan's new ambassador to Thailand. Gen Paiboon said he took the opportunity to discuss Pavin Chachavalpongpun, a Thai academic living in Japan who the Justice Minister accused of insulting the monarchy, a crime punishable by up to 15 years in prison under Section 112 of the Thai Criminal Codes.
Pavin is currently an associate professor at Kyoto University in Japan, where he has lived since 2012. Over the past year, he has regularly criticized the junta and written about the monarchy on social media and in foreign publications, including the New York Times, but never been formally charged with lese majeste.
He is however facing legal action for failing to report for one of the junta's "attitude adjustment" sessions in the wake of the May 2014 coup. His Thai passport was revoked shortly thereafter.
"I provided the Japanese ambassador with a list of suspects who have fled to Japan," Gen. Paiboon said today. "The list contains one name, which is Mr. Pavin Chachavalpongpun."
"I also explained that Section 112 is not a political case," he continued. "I believe Japan will understand us. However, I am aware that Japan also has laws related to political asylum."
He added that he did not explicitly request the Japanese government to arrest Pavin and extradite him, but merely asked Japanese authorities to review the situation.
"I did not give away this list so that they will arrest him. I did it so that Japan will understand and think about whether it is appropriate for these individuals to misuse their political asylum. I want them to understand Thai people's feelings."
Gen. Paiboon did not comment on Sadoshima's response to the request, but noted that the Japanese ambassador did ask about Hiroyuki Muramoto, a Japanese cameraman who was killed during the military crackdown on Redshirt protesters in Bangkok in April 2010.
"I told him that the case is in the court process now. It's under the procedure of inquest," Paiboon said, even though the court inquest concluded in April of this year. The court ruled that there was insufficient evidence to determine who was responsible for Hiroyuki's death.
Since the 2014 military takeover, the Thai junta has rigorously enforced the Kingdom's lese majeste law, which is the harshest law of its kind in the world.
In the past year, at least 49 people have been charged with the offense, according to iLaw, a watchdog group that tracks legal cases in Thailand. The junta has also granted military courts jurisdiction over lese majeste cases, citing the crime's "threat to national security."
The regime has unsuccessfully sought the extradition of lese majeste suspects who have fled to countries like Cambodia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and France. On 13 July, the eve of Bastille Day, Gen. Paiboon raised the issue with French ambassador Thierry Viteau, who explained that France does not have an equivalent law.
CORRECTION: Pavin Chachavalpongpun did not leave Thailand shortly after the May 2014 coup, as was originally reported. He has been living in Kyoto, Japan since 2012. He also has never been formally charged with lese majeste, only accused of committing the crime.
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Climate issues are a high priority for the Arctic Council. The most important measures for limiting Arctic warming is to reduce emissions of long-lived greenhouse gases, above all carbon dioxide. In the short-term perspective, measures that reduce the presence of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCP), such as black carbon, tropospheric ozone and methane, can play a significant role in limiting climate change, particularly at regional level.
Another priority area is chemicals. The Swedish EPA leads the project on combating the spread of dioxins in the Arctic, and it is also involved in the work to eliminate the use of mercury and brominated flame retardants in the region.
The two-year chairmanship of the Arctic Council rotates among the member states, which are Canada, Denmark (including Greenland and the Faeroe Islands), Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States. The state holding the chairmanship guides the work of the Council through the priorities it sets.
The Chairmanship of the Arctic Council 2015-2017 is held by USA.
The chairmanship theme: One Arctic: Shared Opportunities, Challenges and Responsibilities. Priorities are: Marine environment, conserve Arctic biodiversity, improve conditions in Arctic communities and address the rapidly changing climate in the Arctic.
The Arctic Council is directed by the foreign ministers of the member states. In between ministerial meetings the organization is administered by the Committee of Senior Arctic Officials. The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs is coordinating Sweden's participation in the Arctic Council.


My friend Stockwell, who knows something about being unable to find his way home, sent me the link to a great YouTube video featuring Steve Winwood and Eric Clapton at the Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007, with Derek Trucks and Doyle Bramhall and others.
I loved — and still love — the recorded version of this song on the classic Blind Faith album all those years ago.
I love this more recent version, too.
From Stockwell, with love . . .


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Africa: Top Footballers of All Time
While most of the plaudits go to big European and South American names, Africa has and is home to a huge crop of players that have made an impact in the beautiful game of football.
Whether it is on a club level, national team's level, or continental level, Africa is well-represented in football. Currently, talents such as Sadio Mane, Riyad Mahrez, Pierre Emerick Aubameyang, and Mohammed Salah are dominating the English Premier League (EPL) with great stats. Catch these and more African players on kingscode.us where a good selection of markets is provided.
If you are looking to bet on sports, you could also check out this Draftkings Sportsbook promo code. With the likes of Sadio Mane standing out as the current top talents, who are the other African footballers that have put Africa on the global map?
Here are the top African footballers of all time:
Samuel Eto'o – Cameroon
No African player matches what Samuel Eto'o achieved while in his prime. At the continental and national level, he won four African Player of the Year awards, won Olympic gold for his country in 2000, and helped Cameroon win two Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) titles. At club level, he played for top clubs including Barcelona, Chelsea, and Inter Milan. He scored 130 goals for Barcelona, won a treble in the 2008/09 season with them, and also won two UEFA Champions League with the Catalans. He also won another UEFA Champions League with Inter Milan in addition to FIFA Club World Cup.
George Weah – Liberia
He is the current Liberia president. Yes, you got that right! Aside from leading his country, George Weah also led on the pitch having played for top clubs such as Paris Saint Germain and AC Milan. He stands as the only African footballer to win the Ballon d'Or in 1995. The same year, he also won the FIFA World Player of the Year. He scored over 200 goals in his career helping PSG to win its title in 1994 and also winning two Serie A titles with AC Milan. He also won three African Player of the Year awards.
Didier Drogba – Ivory Coast
'Drogbaaaaa' was an iconic commentary and you had no doubts the ball would be in the back of the net. He needs no introduction. The former Chelsea man was a predator in the 18-yard box. He ranks as one of the deadliest EPL strikers in history with over 300 goals in his whole professional career. He won two African Player of the Year awards and on a club level, Drogba won one UEFA Champions League title, four EPL titles, three English League cups, and two Community Shields. To add to his collection, he won an EPL golden boot and was twice named in the English Premier League team of the year.
Roger Milla – Cameroon
He is argued by many as the greatest African footballer of all time. However, that's a subject for another day. But, he certainly deserves to be on the list. He became the oldest player at 42-years-old to play in the World Cup and in his prime, he was able to net over 430 professional career goals. He played for various clubs in his home country and France. Roger won two African Player of the Year awards, two AFCON titles for his country, and made it into the World Cup all-star tea in 1990.
Special mention goes to; Jay-Jay Okocha, Yaya Toure, Nwankwo Kanu, and Essam El-Hadary who also had successful careers and pass among the top African footballers of all time.


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Anthony Crolla overcomes Ricky Burns on points in battle of former British world champions
Updated: 7th October 2017, 10:54 pm
Anthony Crolla overcame fellow former world champion Ricky Burns with a close, but unanimous, points victory on Saturday night.
Scores of 117-112, 116-114 and 116-113 were enough for the Mancunian to clinch victory over his Scottish rival in what was a tight fight which some felt could have gone either way.
The early rounds in particular featured little to separate the pair, though between four and six, Crolla's pressure began to tell on Burns.
However, in the three rounds after that, it appeared the away fighter had turned the contest on its head as the Manchester hometown man was starting to slow.
But then, there was one last shift in momentum as Anthony Crolla just seized back enough control to claim at least a couple of the last three rounds and edge the fight in his favour.
With this victory, the 30-year-old proved he does still have something to offer on the world stage and declared as much after the fight, saying: "This is what I owe these people [the Manchester Arena crowd], I owe them another world title."
Earlier in the night Sam Eggington lost his European title by split decision to France's Mohamed Mimoune and Conor Benn picked up his ninth professional win. It was a frustrating night for Birmingham's Eggington who simply couldn't match his opponent's pure boxing ability. Meanwhile Benn blew his opponent away in the first round as he continued his progression as a prospect.
Also on the card, Lewis Ritson claimed the British lightweight title from Robbie Barrett and there were wins for Hosea Burton, Scott Cardle and Gavin McDonnell.
Crolla v Burns is the first of four major boxing events to be broadcast LIVE on talkSPORT this year. More details here.


The premiere of a new documentary about Daphne du Maurier took place in Paris on 21 February. Dr Laura Varnam, academic and du Maurier expert, was delighted to be interviewed for the film as well as providing a great deal of background information and archive material.
The documentary is being shown in France and Germany on the culture channel Arte over the weekend of 25 and 26 February 2017.
A write-up of the event can be found here, and an extract of the film itself can be viewed here.


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The year 1822 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

Excavations

Finds
 Turin King List is discovered by Bernardino Drovetti.
 First discoveries of Golasecca culture.
 Smythe's Megalith in England is identified but dismantled.

Publications
  Descriptions of the Ruins of an Ancient City, discovered near Palenque published in London. The first book on the Maya site of Palenque, based on the accounts of Antonio Bernasconi and Antonio del Rio, and illustrated with engravings based on the drawings of Bernasconi and Luciano Castañeda.

Miscellaneous
 September 27 - Jean-François Champollion announces his success in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs using the Rosetta Stone in a letter to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in Paris (based on the work of Thomas Young).

Births
 January 6 - Heinrich Schliemann, excavator of Troy (d. 1890)
 February 23 - Giovanni Battista de Rossi, developed Christian archeology (d. 1894)

Deaths

See also
Ancient Egypt / Egyptology

References

Archaeology
Archaeology by year
Archaeology
Archaeology

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In the midst of the pandemic, Green Buzz was approached by PBS and the Peabody Awards to quickly pivot their 79th annual awards ceremony into their first ever winners' roundtable. In place of the traditional awards ceremony, we directed, produced, and edited a roundtable discussion with the Peabody documentary winners that premiered live across PBS digital platforms. Our team directed and produced the roundtable entirely remotely, with 15 panelists spread across 9 different time zones.
Moderated by Tabitha Jackson, Director of Sundance Film Festival, the special featured the filmmakers of the 10 winning documentaries, including Dream Hampton, executive producer of Surviving R. Kelly, and Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts, directors of For Sama. The filmmakers addressed the ways that African American Justice and Dignity; Authoritarianism and Threats to Democracy; Families in Global Conflict Zones, and Scientific Frontiers are reflected and represented in their award-winning work.
Our team facilitated a seamless remote panel discussion from start to finish, leading the project from creative development all the way through to post-production. We coordinated every aspect of pre-production, prepping backgrounds, lighting, and audio for the shoot. Even while recording remotely, we prioritized footage quality, sending camera packages to featured panelists.
Using high quality B-roll footage, Green Buzz directed a dynamic and cinematic roundtable special, all while staying remote. In post-production, our team elevated the completely user-generated footage with in-house customized motion graphics and effects. We spliced in relevant clips from each winning documentary throughout the discussion, keeping the program engaging and to the level of Peabody's sophistication.
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Without the opportunity for a live, in-person celebration of the artistic and social achievement of these Peabody-winning filmmakers, we stepped in to meaningfully honor their work. The winning filmmakers were Oscar nominees, BAFTA winners, and dedicated activists, all bringing unique perspectives and unrelenting dedication to their work. In a time of isolation, our team offered a program of raw and hard-hitting conversations, which leaned into the deeper importance of the Peabody Awards, and what the winning documentaries aim to achieve.
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Is Laser Dentistry a Better Option for Teeth Whitening?
Choosing which kind of teeth whitening procedure to use can sometimes be confusing especially if this will be your first time in trying out a Cosmetic Dentistry procedure like teeth whitening. The first thing you should do is to visit your Dentist and let him check up the condition of your teeth. He could evaluate the problem and he could give you some suggestions about the best kind of teeth whitening method for you. You will learn that there are several types of teeth whitening procedures that you can choose from and they all offer different levels of results and length of treatment. Of course their prices or cost also vary from one procedure to another.
As to the question in the title, you could only determine the better option for teeth whitening for you if that specific option will best suit your requirements, preference, and of course, your budget for the treatment. The budget also plays a major part in selecting the right kind of teeth whitening treatment because some treatment like the laser Dentistry teeth whitening can be quite expensive and not every person can afford this kind of costly treatment.
If you don't have a problem with the cost of laser Dentistry teeth whitening treatment, then you could say that this would be the best option for teeth whitening.
Laser Dentistry is an advanced way to whiten your teeth and you will surely be satisfied with the results.
It would surely meet your satisfaction and it could even exceed your expectation. It uses modern technology to make the treatment very effective and to be able to give you the best possible results at the shortest possible time. In fact, the whole laser Dentistry procedure for teeth whitening will only last for more or less than an hour. You cold achieve whiter teeth almost instantly. Unlike any other methods where you would have to repeat the treatment over and over again for weeks or even months just to see little changes in the color of your teeth.
With laser Dentistry teeth whitening procedure, your teeth could become 6 to 8 shades lighter and the results will be visible right after the procedure.
It is also one of the safest kinds of teeth whitening procedures because this will be performed by your Dentist. They are well-trained and highly skilled to perform this treatment so you can be sure that you are in good hands. There will be no need to use any kind of anesthesia for laser dentistry teeth whitening procedure and you will feel no pain. You can be sure that your Dentist could protect your gums and other areas of your mouth to prevent any irritation caused by the gel containing hydrogen peroxide that will be applied to your teeth.
After the application of the gel, the laser light will be used. This light will serve as the activator of the gel. It could speed up the effect of the gel so it could cut the time of the bleaching process to almost half of the process without the use of laser light. You could achieve better results faster so you could say that laser Dentistry teeth whitening treatment is one of the best teeth whitening methods that you should try.


I discovered this Arduino library a few weeks ago, and was surprised to see that there aren't more projects that make use of it. I feel that anyone that is using OTA would have a use for this library. So I decided to make a post because I'm thinking that there are many people that don't know about it. This library was written by JoaoLopesF.
What RemodeDebug does is startup a telnet server on the ESP8266 and allow you to send debug messages via telnet. So if you need to view the debug messages, you can do it remotely instead of having to connect it to your computer. Another nice feature is that it has an option to also send the debug messages out to Serial. It also uses a similar syntax to Serial, which allows you to convert your existing debug commands using a quick find and replace.
The main problem I've had since using the library, is that it can only output the debug commands in your own code. Anything that is output by a library that you are using would still only get sent out Serial. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any solution to this that could be accomplished without editing those libraries. If anyone can think of a way to do this, please let me know.
Another minor thing, which I was able to create a solution for was figuring out how to disable the telnet server ( Since I typically didn't want the telnet server running all the time). I was basically comment a bunch of code to disable it. But then I realized that I just had to comment the RSerial.handle(); line. This effectively tells the ESP to not process any telnet connections. I then went a step further, and used a boolean and an 'if' statement to disable the telnet server.
My code below provides an example of the library in action. This is my 'base' code that I have started to use in all my new projects. It uses the WifiManager to make it easy to connect the device and also uses OTA updates over HTTP. It outputs the time along with the amount of memory that is being used. You can see the memory usage go up when you connect, and if you type text into the telnet window.
//Set the wifi config portal to only show for 3 minutes, then continue.
//setup http firmware update page.
And in case anyone was going to say it, I know that telnet is not secure. If anyone is planning on using this library, I would suggest you only use it when you need to debug. Once you have done that, just disable it, and re-upload the code. There are also a lot more option available, such as filtering by severity level. Be sure to check out the GitHub page for the library for that.


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Ruby-red, organic tomatoes are flourishing inside Gaza greenhouses. Now farmers can cook delicious dishes, share with their neighbors, and sell the surplus in the market.
The Fayad house is unfinished, but at its entrance they have planted roses and grapes. Vines from the grapes climb up the walls of their shed, where the family escapes the heat during Gaza's constant power cuts.
In Gaza's bleak economy, Sabah's husband Ahed struggles to earn an income and provide for his family. He's managed to make a little money by buying fish from dealers at the fish market and selling it in his neighborhood. Profits are meager, though, and sometime fish can be hard to come by due to heavy pollution near Gaza's shore—a problem triggered by the electricity crisis, as sewage plants without power have to dump raw sewage into the sea.
Over 10 years of blockade and high rates of unemployment have hit poor families with limited resources the hardest.
"My husband makes very little money. $4 per day is not enough to feed everyone in the family."
Not far from Sabah's farm, Nawal Fayad has her own greenhouse which she cares for every morning. The youngest of her seven children, twins Rayan and Abdallah, enjoy helping her the most—despite having injuries from a recent car accident.
Nawal lives in a makeshift house with her sister, and they sell vegetables in a booth at the market in the heart of the city. "We are pleased with the new greenhouse," says Nawal. "It has helped us keep farming, the business of our ancestors." Now Nawal's greenhouse is full of bountiful tomatoes, a valuable crop that's central to Palestinian cuisine.
Income from Nawal's greenhouse helps her family pay for health care for their ill mother.
The project has helped Nawal's family survive despite the poor economy in Gaza. "We send crates of tomatoes to our neighbors and to our relatives," says Nawal. The revenue has helped the family pay for health care for their ill mother.
The Gaza Food Security Program provides impoverished families in Zaytoun and Deir El Balah with greenhouses, farming supplies, water tanks, irrigation systems, seedlings, training on farming best practices and solar cookers. The cookers reduce dependency on electricity and high-priced cooking fuel. The greenhouses allow families to extend the growing season and increase production with limited space and means.


A large teachers' federation is about to take the newly elected PC government to court over its controversial decision to revert back to the dated 1998 sexual education curriculum.
Recently, the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) announced legal action against the Ontario government regarding its repeal of the 2015 Health and Physical Education Curriculum and the implementation of what many are calling an anonymous 'snitch line'.
"ETFO is seeking an injunction against the government to stop this unprecedented and unnecessary attack on kids and professional educators in Ontario," said ETFO President Sam Hammond.
"Students need and deserve modern day information and answers to their questions. This is about safety, inclusion and preparing students for the world of 2018, not the world of 1998."
The ETFO has been vocal about the harms it believes the PC government will cause by forcing educators to return to a curriculum that fails to address internet culture, sexting and LGBTQ issues.
The ETFO says that the union's position is that the government's actions are in direct conflict with professional obligations that are enshrined within the Education Act and the Standards of Practice of the Ontario College of Teachers.
In a news release, Hammond said that "never in his history has a government acted to take educators backwards."
The ETFO says it believes that the government's directive is also in conflict with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Goldblatt Partners LLP is representing ETFO in the legal proceedings.
"The application raises significant issues of a Charter Rights violation which we look forward to have determined by the courts," says Howard Goldblatt, lead counsel.
The ETFO has also called the complaint line "an unnecessary waste of public funds that could go directly to schools."
It also says the line ignores the fact that parents can already easily connect with teachers to voice concerns.
The ETFO has also expressed concern that the line will be used to out LGBTQ educators, as well as make it easier for teachers to be bullied or otherwise targeted.
"While ETFO pursues this legal action, we will continue to vigorously defend members who use their professional judgement to ensure they are creating safe and healthy classrooms for all students," said Hammond.
ETFO also announced that it is seeking intervenor status in a case currently before the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal filed in August by parents and students regarding the changes to the health curriculum.


Launching a great website has a lot of frankly boring grunt work involved. Going over every inch of a design to make sure it is fully functional is a monotonous, but necessary, chore. It isn't just about finding bugs, but also about ensuring your site has no usability issues that impact its features and the overall user experience.
It is a very long and exhaustive process, leading many to hire outside usability testers to report on problems, or give feedback. But beyond hiring such contractors, you can do a lot to improve your website functionality on your own, by putting yourself in the shoes of the user. An honest and critical eye and a desire to constantly be improving are all that are needed to take your website to new levels of usability.
In this section we tackle all things usability. That goes far beyond the basics of bug exposure that you might think of when you first hear the word. While that is important, we want to give you advice that surpasses the minimum and takes your site into the realm of the amazing. Here you will find tips for optimizing your site for phone calls, better calls to action with CTA buttons, two tier verification methods, the fall of CAPTCHA, making more helpful features based on what your users want (not what you think they want), navigation menu examples, and a lot more.


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Monday Superlatives
How I botched the whole conceded putt fiasco, why we can't quit LaVar Ball, and why this ump needs to lighten up
By Shane Ryan
Here's a little background, before I dive headfirst into an ocean of self-loathing: On Friday, in a semifinal match of the U.S. Girls' Junior event—a match play tournament—a controversy was born. Elizabeth Moon and Erica Shepherd (both high school teenagers) found themselves tied after 18 holes, and on the first playoff hole, Moon had a 4-foot birdie putt to win the match. She missed, and the ball settled about six inches from the hole. I'm sure it is redundant to explain this on GolfDigest.com, but in match play, putts can be conceded by an opponent, and putts within gimme distance are almost always "given" by a nod or a thumbs-up or simply saying "it's good." When that happens, a player like Moon picks up her ball and doesn't have to actually finish out the hole.
Nevertheless, even if a ball is sitting on the lip of the hole, there's no such thing as an automatic concession. The opponent still has to go through the formality of conceding. After she missed her short putt, Moon didn't wait for acknowledgement—she simply swept the ball back to its original position to take the four-footer again. Shepherd, seemingly sensing an opportunity, said, "I didn't say that was good." The upshot is that because a player cannot retroactively concede a putt, Moon was penalized with the loss of a hole, which also meant she lost the match. (Watch the video here.)
Reaction was swift and severe on both sides. My instinct was to defend Moon—I thought Shepherd had used the rules in an underhanded and opportunistic way to steal a match. I jumped to an immediate conclusion, and posted my thoughts, including Shepherd's name, on the website JumpToImmediateConclusions.com, aka Twitter. It seemed like an open-and-shut case of cheating—not cheating in the sense of breaking the rules, but rather in the sense of violating the spirit of the rules. Which, to me, was somehow more offensive, and also allegorical—using the rules as a shield to elevate yourself while hurting someone else. It hit a sore spot.
What I didn't know at the time, and what I should have known before I started firing off keyboard takes, is what happened after Shepherd's initial move to call out her opponent. The details are a little hazy, but it seems fairly clear that she felt immediately bad about what she'd done, and tried to make the case that she would have conceded the putt, and therefore the match should continue. The rules officials weren't having it, of course, and while I still think the ideal reaction from Shepherd would have been to ignore what Moon did, or maybe raise the issue with her afterward—"Listen, please make sure I concede the putt before you pick it up next time"—it's very easy to judge from my couch, and harder (especially for a 16-year-old) to make the right decision in the thick of a very nervous and very public moment. Despite initial appearances, this wasn't such a big deal, and it certainly didn't make Shepherd a bad person. She even wanted to do the right thing, and they wouldn't let her!
Unfortunately, along with many others, I dragged her through the mud on social media before I knew the whole story. Then I read this, about the moments before her championship match the next day, which Shepherd also won:
Trying to block out the emotions from Friday was going to be a challenge for Shepherd, but she was helped by the fact that her final opponent, Chang, is a good friend who came up to her before the start of their Saturday match with a message.
"I was on the putting green, and she just walked toward me and gave me a hug," Shepherd said. "She just asked if I was OK, and I kind of broke down and started crying, then she gave me this whole speech about like how there was nothing I could have done about it, and that just really boosted me back up and got me to regroup."
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Let me tell you—being a 34-year-old grown-ass man who is partly responsible for wreaking psychological havoc on a teenager? And who did so without all the facts, and with very little allowance for the fact that we all make iffy decisions under stress and shouldn't be judged on a single rough moment? That does not feel good. It feels like the capital-i Internet occupied my soul, scrambled my empathy, and made me into a heartless mob-mentality jerk, and now all I can think of is Shepherd possibly reading my tweets and feeling miserable. Not great, folks! Luckily, Shepherd is cooler than me, and had the strength not just to manage the stress, but to actually go out and win the next day. She'll be fine.
But me? Not fine, because I am the worst sports person of the week. Oops.
Worst Sports Human of the Week Emeritus: LaVar Ball
You know I can't go a week without mentioning this guy. In the era of media saturation, there are certain people who are just completely inescapable—they have no shame, and they are extremely savvy about placing themselves directly in the spotlight. Even if most of us despise them, we can't deny the fact that they're extremely entertaining, and possess a kind of outlandish charisma, and so we go back to them over and over and over again. I will probably get in trouble if I name the most prominent example in the entire world right now, so I'll put the focus back on Ball. In the video below—where he takes umbrage at a fact that a FEMALE referee called a technical foul on him (how dare she!) and actually throws a tantrum until they replace her with a guy, and then goes on a bizarre rant—Ball is laid bare. Watch:
The evidence is clear: He's not a good dude. And yet, the whole spectacle is fascinating. As someone once said about a timeless painting, "he is a loathsome, offensive brute, yet I cannot look away." Even worse, I know I'm adding fuel to the fire by highlighting his insanity, but I'm unable to resist. LaVar Ball rules the world.
Dumb Soccer Guy of the Week: Geoffrey Kondogbia, Inter Milan
Soccer lowlights are always fun, especially when accompanied by a heartless British announcer. This own goal comes with a particularly brutal line: "Hang your head in shame, Kondogbia." And then the Irish guy sarcastically praises his accuracy...this is an all-around gem:
The Totally-Worth-it-for-the-Joke Ejection of the Week: Adrian Beltre, Texas Rangers
God, this is funny. When an ump yelled at Adrian Beltre to get back to the on-deck circle, Beltre came up with a novel solution. Watch:
That ump is humorless. SHAME!
Coward of the Week: Michael Phelps
Hey, Phelps? If you're not going to do the Olympics anymore, the least you could do for your country is race a great white shark. Instead, Phelps pretended to race a great white shark for Discovery Channel's Shark Week, but it was actually a simulation shark. Also, Phelps used a fin, which seems like cheating. I mean, if I attach some kind of propeller to my feet and go faster than a dolphin, does that make me a better swimmer?
What the hell is happening here? Whose idea was this? My fury is so great that it's no longer good enough for Phelps to merely race a great white. Now I want him to cover himself in bloody seal blubber, chase the shark with a knife in his mouth, and fight it to the death. Only then will I consider his honor restored. Come on, Phelps—you know that idiot Lochte would do it. Don't let us down.
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