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African nations use SIM card question to mandate control
WHAT has been alarming about the talk shows, social networks and even traditional media coverage of the biggest penalty in regulatory history being faced by MTN in Nigeria, for failing to register SIM cards, is the apparent lack of concern about the chilling effect mandatory SIM registration has had on the spread of information and communications technologies (ICT).
This is a key driver of economic growth and development on the continent, and the stealth with which a pervasive continental and global surveillance system has been deployed through private resources should set off alarm bells.
Despite little evidence that mandatory SIM registration contributes to safeguarding our digital security or physical safety, it has become a universal regulatory standard in Africa to facilitate the monitoring and interception of communications. With little to no public debate about the wider social or political effects, and in the face of evidence of negative effects on connectivity — particularly for the poor — by 2014, 49 of the 55 countries in Africa had mandated SIM card registration or were in the process of doing so.
This is a significantly higher proportion than in other regions. According to international industry body GSMA; in 2013, African countries made up 37 of the 80 countries globally that had mandated prepaid SIM registration.
Like Nigeria, in SA, the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Amendment Act (Rica) penalises operators' failure to comply with imprisonment or a fine of up to R100,000 per day of noncompliance (similar to Nigeria's $1,000).
But beyond the possible disconnection of their phones, unlike most other jurisdictions, individuals in contravention of the act in SA face a fine of up to R60,000 or a prison sentence as long as 12 months.
During the implementation of Rica in SA, more than 1-million SIMs, largely of the poor and migrants unable to provide the necessary identity documents or proof of residence, were disconnected.
For the system to work, there needs to be an overwhelming deterrent against noncompliance. This is reflected in the explanation of the chief of staff to the president of Nigeria at an unprecedented meeting between the regulator, telecom CEOs and the heads of the main security agencies last month, at which he implored operators to take the matter seriously, noting that "security and safety of the people is number one on the president's agenda".
Operators were advised that continued noncompliance would lead to a 200,000 naira ($1,000) fine for every noncompliant card that had not been disconnected, and that all businesses must respect the law or risk their licences being revoked.
Leaving aside MTN's inexplicably risky behaviour for a publicly listed company operating in a regulated sector, the Nigerian Communications Commission has also now argued itself into a corner from which retreat may mean defeat.
The rationale for restricting the mass legitimate use of a service is to prevent its limited criminal use, yet there is little evidence of the feasibility of mandatory SIM registration, never mind its effectiveness.
In this way, it is very much akin to the kind of all-pervasive net cast over the visa system in SA to stop the limited number of cases of child trafficking with arguably similarly negative unintended consequences for the economy and society.
Even nonsecurity motivations for SIM registration have had to acknowledge the futility of relying on the process to provide reliable data. The International Telecommunications Union, the United Nations agency responsible for global ICT statistics, initially supported SIM registration to improve the accuracy of their indicators.
But the widespread registration of SIMs by surrogates to enable those without identity documents, a physical address or legal travel documents to acquire cellphones, as well as extensive sharing, redistribution and theft of SIM cards across Africa have made this impractical.
In most wealthy countries, where public policy processes require evidence of effectiveness, SIM registration has been rejected. After consultations, Canada, Ireland, Poland, the Netherlands and Greece have all done so on the grounds of insufficient evidence that it achieves its stated goal.
Given the lack of evidence about the efficacy of SIM registration for security, analysts argue that the institutional homogenisation in Africa is a result of ambiguity and uncertainty on the part of institutions overseeing the transformation brought about by the growth of largely anonymous mobile communications. These create a situation of unpredictability in which mimicry occurs between countries.
Under these circumstances, the rationale becomes the international normalisation of the practice. As a result, in many African countries, including SA, mandatory SIM registration and other online surveillance measures are presented as an indisputable matter of national interest, requiring engagement only with the operators to ensure technical implementation with very little engagement with the public.
Mandatory SIM registration is generally initiated through intelligence, security or criminal justice departments, but in the public process for the enactment of law, national security invariably trumps economic and development or sector policy.
While mandatory SIM registration has inhibited the take-up of services, mobile communication in Africa is still the most available medium for commercial exploitation, and likewise, the most effective for mass surveillance.
What is of concern is that crime-weary South Africans — and even more, one imagines, Nigerians facing the Boko Haram onslaught — have accepted the veil of surveillance. Through the deployment of private-sector resources and minimal citizen resistance, surveillance has become normalised, despite extensive evidence of abuse by governments who use it to track the activities of activists, spy on their opposition, detain and harass religious and ethnic minorities and gay communities — and even for state-sanctioned kidnapping and assassination.
There is already evidence that the recent barbarous attacks in Paris, and the anger and fear they have elicited, are likely to be exploited by the intelligence and security establishment across the globe to combat resistance to the curtailment of our online and offline rights and freedoms in the name of national security.
For the state to constrain the rights they are responsible for upholding in the name of those who have lost their lives in brutal attacks in Nigeria, Kenya, Beirut or Paris is to succumb to the terror they have wrought and to extend the opacity and arbitrariness in which such groups flourish.
Alison Gillwald
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Q: EntityFramework.dll vs System.Data.Entity.dll -- ambiguity I wonder what EntityFramework.dll and System.Data.Entity.dll have in common and what they have different? My project references System.Data.Entity.dll (June CTP) to leverage code first model and everything works fine.
Now I wish to use Code First Migrations tool, and it requires EntityFramework.dll that I also have to add to my project. However, when both libraries (EntityFramework.dll and System.Data.Entity.dll) are referenced, I get a lot of compiler errors arguing that some classed are defined in both libraries.
When I remove EntityFramework.dll, the project does compile again but I cannot use Migrations. When only EntityFramework.dll is referenced, I get complier errors telling me that some classes are not found (e.g. Spatial datatype).
What should I do in this situation? Thank you in advance!

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>> guest: ing their opinion means a lot. so they have the ability to have their voices heard and acted upon in our great democracy, but they don't take advantage of it. so we have this really incredible democracy that gives the average person power and the average person does not vote. it's, i think it's a shame that of all the developed democracies in the world, the united states is last in voter participation.
that really bothers me because if we don't keep our eyes on the prize and if we don't understand how we have to constantly be monitoring what's going on and taking the steps to rectify any problems, these problems are going to multiply, and we end up like we are now, very divided and at each other's throats. that should not be the case. but unless the people want to participate in this democracy, that's what's going to happen. >> host: you're calling for new arguments or new ways to look at old arguments. how so? >> guest: well, i'm calling for new arguments, the founding fathers really understood that they had their own biases and their own idiosyncrasies and maybe they didn't get it all right, so they gave us a document, the constitution, that allows it to be amended.
and tweaked so that it can deal with problems as they arise. that was, i think, the genius of what the founding fathers did. and at this point in the life of our democracy, the average person is not engaged and not involved. and if that happens, we end up with a mess like we have right now. >> host: so in your view is the cream not rising to the top when it comes to politics? politicians? >> guest: i think people are asleep at the wheel with regard to using their vote. they need the use their vote to punish the politicians who ignore their needs. so many politicians are more interested in getting re-electioned than they are -- reelected than they are in dealing with the needs of their constituents. they get elected, they start asking for money from wealthy people to get reelected, and they forget about the people that they're supposed to be representing. that's a real problem. and unless the people who are
suffering from that lack of attention, unless they do something about it by using their vote, this is going to continue. >> host: one of the issues that you address in "writings on the wall" is the education system. what would you like to see changed? >> guest: well, i'd like to see the money that is spent on education actually go to employing competent teachers and making a good education accessible to all americans. that has changed drastically. our public education system used to work for everybody, and now it doesn't. now we have exclusive schools that are able to produce elite students, and then we have other schools like in the inner cities where it's just a joke. the kids don't get educated, and they suffer for it. we have to change that. we have to get everybody involved. we also have to get parents
involved, have them participate in the decisions that are made in our school boards and everything. and that, again, requires them being involved and caring and using their vote. or using their vote for city councils and people who are going to be elected to the school boards. all of these things are very crucial to getting the results that you want which is an excellent education for all of our students. >> host: you write that there's much inequality in america, but the most destructive inequality is economics. >> guest: absolutely. i think people who do not have the opportunity to support their families end up dealing with desperate measures to support their families, to support themselves. we have so many people who can't afford to raise their children the way that their children need to be raised, and they give up.
we have a whole lot of abandonment of young people because the system does not accommodate their needs. we have to change that. >> host: one of the new arguments, kareem abdul-jabbar, that you put in your book is an argument over the r word. we've all heard about the n word, but you talk about race as the r word. why? >> guest: well, race is really a very artificial construct. from what we can understand from what anthropologists and sociologists tell us, people look differently because they evolved in different physical circumstances. people who evolved under the bright sun at the equator got darker skin than people who evolved away from the equator. but we're all homo sapiens. we're all the same species.
but just the nonessential, physical differences that we have seem to put people in a situation where they think that they are different from other people. we're all the same. and in america we see what that means, because all of us are able to contribute to our democracy with our intelligence and our hard work to equal degrees. so we have to forget about the whole idea of race and understand that it's all about who you live with, you know? the people in your community. that's, that's so much more important than what you look like in terms of your physiology. >> host: your book is semi-autobiographical as well, and you write that you've been writing for 40, 50 years. >> guest: yes, i have. >> host: what's changed? what's gotten better? >> guest: i think the whole idea
that people are starting to see, even people who don't look like them are starting to understand that these are your fellow americans. so in that sense, we are part of the same group. our ancestors came from various different places, but we're all here now, and this is our country, and we've got to do everything we can to make it the greatest place in the world. >> host: from your book, i was called an n in high school, i was called an n when i played at ucla, and i was called an n last week by someone who didn't like an article i wrote. >> guest: i put that sentence in there to let people know that racism is still an issue, it's still a problem. the election of president obama did not eliminate the racism and the systemic racism that we have to deal with here in america.
a lot of our institutions are racially fragmented, and there is bias at the heart of a lot of different institutions in america, and we have to understand that and try to eliminate those problems when we can. >> host: kareem abdul-jabbar, are you a role model? >> guest: whether i like it or not, i am a role model. the fact that i was able to achieve what i was able to achieve as an athlete and hopefully as an author, it makes me a role model. i'm a parent, so i have to be a role model. all parents are role models. so i don't think that any of uses escapes -- us escapes that burden. for some it's a burden, for others it's a joy, but we all end up in that position. >> host: are you a national role model? >> guest: well, i guess so. i'll have to accept that -- >> host: is that a good thing? >> caller: it can be a good thing.
i have to make it a good thing. it's up to me to decide what i can do with it and how to use it. so i've been trying to use it in a positive way. >> host: and you write that i have a complicated relationship with the media. i've used my celebrity to take political positions. >> guest: i think that i've tried to use my celebrity in a way that enables me to say things that need to be said. and i'm glad to see there are other athletes that are getting in line with that. when tamir rice was killed so unnecessarily in cleveland, lebron james came out and said something about it. i think that was very important to me, you know, the fact that lebron -- despite his incredible celebrity and achievements as an athlete -- he was concerned about the killing of a young person in his community that should not have been killed. that was awesome. i was happy to see it.
i'm glad that whole tradition of activism has not died in our community. there were a couple of members of the cleveland browns also who came out and said something, and some of the guys on the police force seemed to have an issue with that. these guys were parents, and they could see easily how their kid could have been tamir rice under the same circumstances. so their concerns were valid, and they voiced their concerns, and i'm happy they did that. >> host: is it controversial, is it harmful to a professional athlete to take a political stand? >> guest: it can be harmful to a professional athlete, but i think we have to take that risk if the issue is that important and that meaningful to you. it's worth taking a risk. >> host: when did you start writing? >> guest: jeez, i started writing when i was in grade school really.
i'm still in touch with the nun that taught me in seventh and eighth grade, and she wrote me and said that she remembered she entered me in an essay contest while i was in the eighth grade because i was the best writer in my class. so it's something i've enjoyed my whole life. >> host: but books and looking in research, when did you start into that? >> guest: research, oh, i enjoyed research, i enjoyed being a historian. you know, just finding out what happened and understanding how that affects what's going to happen. if we don't learn from the mistakes that we've mearksd we are condemned -- that we've made, we are condemned to repeating them. so knowing what happened is a crucial issue for anybody who wants to understand what's going to happen. >> host: you talk in "writings on the wall" about your conversion to islam and what it's meant to you and what it's
meant other people. >> guest: well, i think my convergence to islam really was something that was personal to me. it was a religious, a religious event in my life. people have tried to make it political, but really it was a spiritual thing for me. and i think islam has given me a moral anchor that has enabled me to differentiate between right and wrong and understand life in those terms. so, you know, my conversion to islam was, is something that was very personal. it ended up becoming political, but i didn't want it to be like that. i probably would have done it different if i had had a chance to go back. i'd do it a little bit differently. i didn't necessarily have to be so public with it. but it was important to me, and it was a way for me to assert my
own identity as a black american and not have to be portrayed as somebody who was fitting, jeez, a stereotype that was not actually me. so it end abled me to -- enabled me to define myself. and as such, it was very important to me. >> host: where'd you grow up? >> guest: i grew up in manhattan, new york city. i was born and raised in harlem. had a great time growing up in manhattan. i wouldn't have traded it for anything. >> host: what'd your parents do? >> guest: my dad was a police officer, my mom was a seamstress. she did alterations and made dresses and stuff like that. >> host: and you mentioned a catholic nun as a teacher. you went to catholic school? >> guest: i went to catholic school up through high school, and then i went to ucla.
>> host: in your book you talk about rules, following the rules of the nuns, following the rules of the coaches, following the rules of dad. >> guest: yeah. i've had a lot of coaching, i've had to understand discipline from a lot of other people's vantage point. so i'm happy at this point in my life that i'm following my own path. >> host: what are you doing these days? >> guest: these days i'm writing, i'm spending time with my granddaughter, i'm a new grandparent. i have a beautiful granddaughter. and just trying to take in what's happening in the world -- >> host: what about your charity? >> guest: my -- i have a foundation. my foundation tries to get kids from the inner cities to understand what s.t.e.m. education is all about, science, technology, engineering and math. so we send them to camp for five days and four nights and give them an opportunity to be
exposed to s.t.e.m. education. and that enables them to get an idea of where all the good jobs are going to be in the 21st century. so i think it's, it's a good thing to get kids to understand what the possibilities are. so many kids especially in the inner cities, they all want to be denzel washington or beyonce or lebron james. they don't understand that there are so many great jobs out there that require them to be well grounded in science, technology, engineering or math. so by giving them an insight as to where the jobs are at the right time in their lives, i think that that makes it possible for them to take a good path toward achieving their goals. >> host: does writing come easy to you? >> guest: writing, i think writing does come easy to me. it's something i enjoy, and i'm
able to organize my thoughts in a coherent way and get them out there. so, yeah, i think writing is something that, it's a natural avocation for me. i seem to enjoy it. >> host: is it easier than being out in public? >> guest: at times, because you have time to think things through and make sure that everything is what it needs to be so that your message is coherent. you can't have your thoughts organized and present them in an intelligent and organized way, people aren't going to get what you're all about. >> host: kareem abdul-jabbar, you recently penned an op-ed in support of hillary clinton. why? >> guest: well, i'm supporting mrs. clinton because i think she has the thoughts and the concerns about the lower classes and middle classes that are,
have been ignored by so many politicians. and i think that, you know, her focus on trying to make the government and make the political system work for the average person, i think that's very worthwhile, and i support her in that. >> host: if somebody said to you i'm a donald trump supporter, do you come to an immediate, do you have an immediate picture in your head of who they are? >> guest: no, i don't. i have an idea of who they are. so many people now are being motivated by fear. so, you know, the whole idea of what mr. trump said about immigrants and everything, trying to make us afraid of mexican immigrants or muslims, i think is reprehensible and certainly not an accurate portrait of immigrants or muslims or any of the other issues that he claims to be so knowledgeable about.
so i think he's really showing everybody how ignorant he is, and it's unfortunate, but that's what's happening. >> host: in "writings on the wall," you talk about reaction and reacting from fear. how do you -- what's your prescription? >> guest: i think the only way that we can get over fear is through knowledge. becoming familiar with the issues that we seem to be afraid of, once you get an idea of what is actually happening, you can figure out a solution that does not involve building walls a across the mexican border. we can fix a lot of these issues if we have an honest and rational approach to it. i don't think we're going to solve anything by fear mongering and demonizing people. that doesn't work. >> host: is it time, in your view -- we talked to bill ayers yesterday, and is it time, in your view, to try a brand new system?
>> guest: well, i mentioned earlier the founding fathers gave us the means to tweak the constitution and to make the adjustments that need to be made as we move forward. because there are new issues and new problems that the founding fatherrings did not foresee. so they gave us the means to deal with it, and we have to just use the tools that we have. too many people are ignorant of the fact that we have these tools. and that's a shame. once we get that idea across to people, i think a lot of people will calm down and do what they have to do to the affect meaningful change. >> host: one more issue you brought up in "writings on the wall," political correctness. what does that term mean to you? >> guest: political correctness really just has to do with trying to be polite to people. i don't see it as a big problem. just trying to be respectful to
other people and not offend them by the way you depict them and talk about them. trying to be gracious, you know? that's all it's about. i don't think it's a big political issue. but some people want to make a big deal of it. i don't think it's a real problem. >> host: if somebody says i'm not politically correct, what does that mean to you? >> guest: i think to me it means maybe they have some things that they want to say about people that they're kind of annoyed that they have to watch what they say. but, you know, being polite is a social grace that a lot of us could use some instruction in, you know? >> host: where did this book come from? >> guest: this book came from just how i feel about what's going on in my country.
it's my attempt at trying to talk about some solutions that might work. that's all it is. >> host: and it's your, what, fifth, sixth book? >> guest: my 11th. >> host: 3 -- 11th. kareem abdul-jabbar, "writings on the wall," it comes out august of 2016. you're watching booktv on c-span2. >> booktv tapes hundreds of author programs throughout the country all year long. here's a look at some of the events we'll be covering this week. on monday, syndicated radio host dana lash is at our studios in new york city for a taping of our weekly author interview program, "after words." in her new book, she argues that the united states is dividing itself into two countries; coastal america and flyover america. she will be in conversation with fox news contributor guy benson. tuesday at baltimore's library,
the nation magazine's michael smith will discuss his life and political education as a young black man in america. then on wednesday at brookline booksmith in brookline, massachusetts, former "newsweek" white house correspondent clara bingham will recall the social and political upheaval that took place in the united states from 1969-97 p 0. 1970. and on thursday at the offices of first things journal in new york city, mary ebber stat will argue that people of faith are experiencing widespread discrimination because of their beliefs. that's a look at some of the author programs booktv is covering this week. many of these events are open to the public. look for them to air in the near future on booktv on c-span2. >> i want to tell you about the mark twain that not everybody knows about. most people think of this witty author of huckleberry finn who
fought racism and imperialism. that's all true. but he was also an eternal bad boy. he liked to drink, smoke and curse. he married an her rest who paid the -- hare's who -- heiress who paid the bills. all these traits eventually caught up with him. i mean, can you imagine being the comedy kingpin of the united states and at age 60 losing it all? i mean, he was dead broke in 1895, and he had lost all his money and all his wife's money. and i just can't imagine losing all my wife's money. [laughter] i mean, the thought -- it so terrifies. she's sitting -- there are torture implements that haven't been invented that she would use on me. after a while the family of samuel l. clemons could no longer afford to live in their own beautiful home, how sad is that? it was a quirky, wonderful house.
he designed it himself in a large extent. he had a fireplace built with a window over it so he could see snow falling while the flames were coming up. he adored this house. they had a family, loopy family life. they had three dogs, and twain named one i know, another dog you know and the third dog was don't know. [laughter] he also enjoyed acting with his daughter susie. they were rich. they had a tiffany drawing room. the family had seven servants including a butler and a coachman, but it was never enough for twain. the poor missouri boy wanted everything. he wanted to be a funny writer but also to be a literary author. he wanted to be a family man, but he also wanted to be a poker-playing rogue. he was so full of conflicting desires. he liked down home folk, and he also wanted to be rich as a rockefeller or a vanderbilt. he wrote: few of us can stand
prosperity, another man's, i mean. [laughter] and he was a magnet for con men. what a talker he is, he wrote of the inventer, james w. page. he could persuade a fish to come out and take a walk with him. [laughter] so twain was losing his shirt. [laughter] he had a lethal combination for an investor, moon job shot enthusiasm -- moonshot enthusiasm and no patience for details. he once asked an accountant to send him a profit/loss statement that even his daughter could understand. jean was 2 years old at the time. so twain thought the following invention would change the world. you don't recognize it? [laughter] this is the page typesetter. weighed almost four tons, 18,000 movable parts, and it was supposed to revolutionize printing. if it worked. now, twain had the immense misfortune of seeing it work once.
at first, twain called james page the, quote, shakespeare of mechanical invention. by the end after it kept breaking down, twain began fantasizing about capturing a certain part of page's anatomy in a steel trap and watching him slowly bleed to death. [laughter] so the page typesetter cleaned out twain's bank account. this next investment, starting his own publishing company, put him $80,000 or the equivalent of $2.4 million in modern currency, in debt. they started off incredibly well. they published grant's memoirs, enormous success. and huckleberry finn. and twain expected to pay himself fat royalties. he wound up receiving no royalties. this is their final list of titles, and i don't know if you can see from there, but any publisher that's going to go out with stories from the rabbis -- [laughter] is probably going to be in a little trouble. [laughter]
so headlines, and it was deeply humiliating. headlines of the newspapers said mark twain fails. i mean, it was brutal. no joke, failure of mark twain, failure of humorist. and he's this literary superstar deeply embarrassed, and he gets two main advisers for his bankruptcy. one is henry huddle son rogers, one of the wealthiest men in america, the right-hand man to john d. rockefeller, standard oil to, federal steel. his nickname was hell hound. and this robber-baron wants to play hardball with the creditors. he wants to offer ten cents on the dollar. twain's other adviser is his wife, livvy. she has absolutely no business experience. she writes him: i want the creditors to know that we have their interest at heart, much, much more than their own. [laughter] livvy -- [laughter] livvy, we have some bankruptcy
experts in the crowd here. [laughter] livvy wants to pay them in full as soon as possible. well, a word of advice: never bet against the wife. twain agreed to pay everyone back in full. and so he needs to make big money fast. and his books are not selling. his most recent title was the american claimant. not exactly a huge seller. so the quickest way for him to make money is to go out on a stand-up comedy tour. and he absolutely from the bottom of his heart did not want to go. it's a little known fact that mark twain dreaded public speaking in front of large audiences, but it wasn't so much stage fright as humiliation fright. he did not want to play the clown. he thought of himself as a literary author. and he said to a friend that once an audience sees you stand on your head, they'll expect you to remain in that position forever. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org.
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• The Wright's Corner Unit of Home and Community Education, 11 a.m., Vandalia Los Amigos.
• The Wheatland Unit of Home and Community Education, 11:30 a.m., Effingham Niemerg's Restaurant.
• Clothes Closet, 9 a.m.-noon, on Third Street in the block just west of the grade school.
• A Red Cross blood drive will be held from 1-6 p.m. in St. Mary's Catholic Church parish hall. Donations of blood are needed every day.
• The Avena Township Park Board, 7 p.m., St. Elmo Community Park Centennial Building (The meetings have been changed to the second Mondays instead of the second Tuesdays).
• Registration for the St. Elmo Junior/Senior High and Elementary will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Registration also will be held Wednesday, same hours).
All students new to the district and district students who attend classes in Vandalia should register at one of these times. Because of lack of state funding, St. Elmo will not have pre-kindergarten this year.
• Friendship Quilt Club, 7 p.m., St. Elmo Public Library.
• American Legion Post #420, 7 p.m., American Legion Home.
• The Fayette County Board, 7 p.m., Fayette County Courthouse, Vandalia.
• The Lunch Bunch, noon, Mary Ann's Restaurant.
• Post-Polio Survivors and Friends of East Central Illinois, 5-6:30 p.m., Sarah Bush Lincoln Education Center, Mattoon.
• St. Elmo Library District Board, 7 p.m., St. Elmo Public Library.
• Eastern Star Chapter #110, 7:30 p.m., Effingham Masonic Temple.
The Fayette County Home and Community Education Board met the morning of July 26 at the Vandalia Extension Office, with the following present: Flo Allen, Panzi Blackwell, Shirley Klitzing and Phyllis Pryor, all of the Sefton Unit; Dorothy Harpster of the St. Peter Unit; Karen Hyde and Joyce Moore of the Wheatland Unit; Irene Reed of the Wright's Corner Unit; and Anita Smith of the Vandalia Day Unit.
Vandalia Day Unit has a new member, Margaret E. Dunn.
Pledge of allegiance and roll call opened the meeting, and various reports were given. One of the projects for the units to do this year is to collect new Christmas cards for service men. The person giving cards should put her name and address on the backs – if wanting to send a message, put it inside the card (keep the message uplifting, not about deaths, etc.).
If a person doesn't have a card, but wants to send a message, it can go on an 11-inch-by-7-inch sheet of paper.
The cards, and sheet messages, all without the envelopes, will be wrapped and labeled with the mailing address to send them to.
Discussed was a fundraiser that the county may do this fall. Also discussed was the annual District 6 meeting that will be held on Thursday, Aug. 19, at the Mt. Vernon Holiday Inn Convention Center.
Those present chose to attend, and possibly others also will attend; the cost is $20 per person for a reservation that Treasurer Harpster soon will have to send in.
Shown was a table centerpiece Fayette County has to donate to the meeting. Each county takes a centerpiece, and they are given as door prizes at the end of the meeting.
President Allen reported on the Bond County HCE annual meeting that she, Pryor and Blackwell attended.
A woman gave a talk on cancer during the lunch provided by Bond County HCE, and each person was given a pink bag holding various gifts.
The program after the meeting was given by Susie Koberezky of Highland.
Her talk was on southern women's role. She was dressed in 14 garments worn during the Civil War and talked about each one.
The St. Elmo Lions Club has been asked to promote the Red Cross blood drive that will be held on Monday, Aug. 9, from 1-6 p.m., in St. Mary's Catholic Church parish hall.
A meeting was held the evening of July 26 at Mary Ann's Restaurant, with the following present: John Crawford, Lewis Crawford, Pee Wee Denton, Bob Lowe, Richard Lowe, LeMar Marchman, Jim Martin, Dave Maxey, Charles Moore and Lloyd Stanley.
President Maxey opened the meeting with the pledge to the flag, and Richard Lowe gave the meal blessing.
Maxey presided over a gift award presentation to Martin for more than19 years of dedicated service to the St. Elmo Lions Club. He and his family were scheduled to leave at the end of July to relocate to Melbourne, Fla.
The Lions Club Hearing Bus that was in St. Elmo July 24 was a huge success.
Maxey, with the assistance of the Altamont Lions Club, will conduct a Defensive Driving Course on Tuesday, Aug. 17, and Wednesday, Aug. 18, at a location in Altamont that will be announced later, as will be the name of the person to contact.
Discussed was the Sept. 6 Labor Day Parade update. All entrants are to lineup at 9:30 a.m. and the parade will start at 10:30 a.m. There will be a $2 entry fee, with an Aug. 30 cutoff.
Entry forms will be available after Aug. 1 at Casey's, St. Elmo City Hall, Mary Ann's Restaurant and Fayette County Bank, and they should be submitted at city hall when completed.
Entries not registered by Aug. 30 can do so the day of the parade, but will cost $5.
There will be eight categories judged with a first place in each category receiving a $50 cash prize. The parade theme this year is "United in Labor" commemorating the Labor Day celebration. Dewey and Elizabeth Bail have been selected to be this year's parade marshals.
Plans by Royal Neighbors of America #5784 to have the next meeting at Mary Ann's Restaurant were made at the monthly meeting held the afternoon of July 28 at the Phillips Building. It will be an appreciation dinner for members at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 25. Those who plan to attend are to let Irene Reed or Della Stewart know by Aug. 21.
At the July meeting, school supplies were collected for the St. Elmo Elementary School. The group of items presented to Principal Sean Hannagan to take to the school were the following: 27 spiral notebooks, four packages of notebook paper, 28 folders, 41 boxes of crayons, six pair of socks, eight rulers, three compasses, two boxes of tissues, seven boxes of markers, 15 packages of erasers, nine packages of ink pens, 10 packages of glue sticks, seven bottles of glue, 22 packages of pencils, three pair of scissors, one pencil sharpener, two book bags and 24 hand-crocheted stocking caps.
Present at the meeting were Ina Abendroth, Jean Brown, Irene Reed, Marjorie Sarver, Shirley Smith, Della Stewart, Marsha Lilly-Wright and Leona Wright. Rosemary Owens also sent school supplies, but was unable to attend.


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Remarks By The United States President To The People Of Australia (Excerpt)
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This is a remarkable community and a remarkable nation. In this new global culture that we're all experiencing, Australia's contribution has been far out of proportion to its population -- in modern art, in learning, in music, in theater, in opera, in the cinema. The novels of Patrick White, Thomas Keneally, David Malouf; the paintings of Sidney Nolan, Russell Drysdale, Utopia artists; the films of Baz Luhrmann, Peter Weir, and so many others. And according to the young people in my group, bands like Midnight Oil and silverchair.


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There is nothing extraordinary about Hell or High Water. It is a movie which delivers a solid story with very good performances. It isn't a film which brings anything new, creates a new genre or utilises a new technological advancement. It is a cat and mouse film with four principle characters who are all engaging.
This is helped by the excellent cast. The "villains" are bank robbing brothers played by Chris Pine and Ben Foster. They have good chemistry and convince as brothers trying to raise money to secure the future of their dead mother's ranch. They fit a typical stereotype, Pine's character being the quiet, calmer brother while Foster's is the bold, brash and risk-taking sibling. Luckily, when the performances are this good you can look past the familiarity, especially in the case of Foster who is always drawing focus and unease in each scene in which he features.
In fact, that goes some way for Pine too. It is good to see Pine in a more reserved role. He isn't playing Captain Kirk here and is demonstrating that he has a decent dramatic career beyond that sci-fi franchise. This is particularly noticeable when he stands toe-to-toe with the Texas Ranger pursuing them, played by Jeff Bridges.
Bridges is a stalwart at this point and you know that you'll get a reliable performances from the actor. He is gruff, no-nonsense and close to the end of his Ranger career. He offers a lifetime of story to the character, showing good knowledge of the criminals and some effective, make-shift detective skills. This is partly down to how well Bridges delivers the role but there is also some of this in the writing, which while covering familiar ground, does manage to bring a freshness to the dialogue and the character development.
That style of writing also extends to the plot and pace of the movie too. Hell or High Water doesn't waste it's time. It is a movie which tells the story in a clear and concise way, managing to make effective use of it's 100 minute runtime. It doesn't skimp on the action either, with some effective set-pieces keeping the audience's attention.
It is never a boring film and you become invested enough in the characters to want to know what is going to happen next. Although the story is familiar, the pace and the effective narrative make this a compelling watch and it is just short enough to stop your focus drifting.
Overall, Hell or High Water is a solid telling of a familiar story. It has effective set-pieces, very good performances and some key character development which adds layers to the principle characters. It won't be anything you haven't seen before but you won't be bored by it either.
Nice review although I would have to disagree with your rating. I'd have given it a 4, I thought the film was really good – great acting with great action. I thought it was really entertaining! But I see where you're coming from it is nothing extraordinary.
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When gracious hosts say, "Tea or coffee," I have a hard time deciding, for I love them both. I never believed Shakespeare that love is not love if it alters when it finds some alteration, and confess to a mild preference for coffee when I wake and for tea when I return from work. So please do not read partiality in the following words that are limited to coffee.
I was recently in Colombia and spent some time in Manizales, a university town in the coffee growing area. In the morning I would buy three local newspapers and walk into a roadside café and say, "Un café, por favor." The next moment, for a price that would scandalize Starbucks or Panera, I would be served a large helping of aromatic brew to which those establishments could not hold a candle.
So, while returning, my large suitcase emptied of the gifts for Colombian friends, I decided to fill it with choice Colombian coffee. Manizales is in heart of the coffee belt that produces the biggest chunk of the Colombian harvest. It receives prime quality coffee from the three major provinces of Caldas, Quindío and Risaralda. I bought a large number of packets, choosing a great variety of blends, from mild to strong to espresso.
At the departure point of the airport, the security official asked me to open the suitcase for examination. Her eyes popped at the sight of the array of coffee packets.
"Coffee," I expressed what I thought was obvious.
Clearly it did not melt her heart. In a second she came up with a Swiss knife and cut open a couple of packets. She looked, she sniffed and, then, as she was about to put in a finger to check the content, I could not bear to watch. I offered a plastic spoon from my briefcase and insisted she use it instead. Finally she called her superior and after another bout of sniffing and spooning, they taped the open packets closed and let me go.
As I was leaving, relieved that the inspection was over, I heard the superior disgustedly mutter something to his team and I just caught the word "demasiado" (too much). I wondered what he considered excessive: my love of coffee or the amount I had purchased.
When I arrived at Dulles airport hours later and went home, another surprise waited for me. I opened the suitcase to find a letter from security authorities telling me that my suitcase was examined "for special reasons." I found all the coffee packets systematically opened and taped back again. I had to drop the idea of giving some of the mutilated packets to my friends as gifts.
I have been subsisting on Colombian coffee for over four months now. It tastes as good in Washington as it did in Manizales. To be honest, it tastes a little better for it brings back cherished memories of a congenial town, bright mornings in friendly roadside bistros and pleasant Hispanic chatter in the background. The lurking thought of a couple of diligent security sleuths cutting open a large number of coffee packets in search of drugs and, then, no doubt frustrated, taping them close one by one, adds a little spice to those memories.
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I enjoyed reading Coffee and Cocaine and sharing it with my friends on the Facebook.
That remark from a writer means the world to me. Thanks.
I can well imagine your experience of coffee. "Will love for the beverage grow?" is the question to perhaps haunt you...!
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A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order
Cubell Campfield August 17, 2018
854362 min read
An examination of a world more and more defined by disorder and a u. s. unable to form the world in its image, from the president of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Things fall apart; the middle cannot hold. The rules, policies, and establishments that have guided the world since world war II have mostly run their course. Respect for sovereignty alone cannot uphold order in AN age outlined by international challenges from act of terrorism and also the spread of nuclear weapons to global climate change and cyberspace. Meanwhile, world power competition is returning. Weak states cause issues even as confounding as robust ones. The U.S. remains the world's strongest country, however american foreign policy has from time to time made matters worse, both by what the U.S. has done and by what it's failed to do. the middle East is in chaos, Asia is vulnerable by China's rise and a reckless Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and Europe, for decades the world's most stable region, is currently anything but. As Richard Haass explains, the election of Donald Trump and therefore the surprising vote for "Brexit" signals that many in modern democracies reject necessary aspects of globalisation, as well as borders open to trade and immigrants.
In A World in Disarray, Haass argues for an updated world operating system—call it world order 2.0—that reflects the fact that power is widely distributed which borders count for less. One crucial component of this adjustment are going to be adopting a brand new approach to sovereignty, one that embraces its obligations and responsibilities as well as its rights and protections. Haass also details how the U.S. ought to act towards China and Russia, as well as in Asia, Europe, and therefore the Middle East. He suggests, too, what the country ought to do to deal with its dysfunctional politics, mounting debt, and also the lack of agreement on the nature of its relationship with the world.
A World in Disarray could be a wise examination, one wealthy in history, of the present world, along side however we have a tendency to got here and what needs doing. Haass shows that the world cannot have stability or prosperity without the u. s., however that the U.S. can not be a force for world stability and prosperity without its politicians and citizens reaching a brand new understanding.
"A valuable primer on foreign policy: a primer that concerned citizens of all political persuasions—not to mention the president and his advisers—could benefit from reading."
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Dogs – Bring Your Owners to HappyTail Hour at Kroger's Fest-a-VilleSM event at Waterfront Park!
Once again, Metro Animal Services will host HappyTail Hour, in conjunction with Kroger's Fest-a-Ville on the Waterfront. This "pet inclusive" cocktail event will take place Monday, April 30, from 5 – 9 pm at Waterfront Park with entertainment. All pets must be on leashes.
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A photo showing the interior of the Orchids of Asia Day Spa is shown as Alex Spiro, attorney for Robert Kraft, questions Jupiter Police Detective Andrew Sharp during a motion hearing in West Palm Beach, Fla., Friday, April 26, 2019. (Lannis Waters/Palm Beach Post via AP)
Lawyers for Patriots owner seek to have sex video thrown out
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Most Florida second-degree misdemeanors don't have dayslong pretrial hearings with top-line attorneys and 30 subpoenaed witnesses, including an expert on police procedures — but the State of Florida vs. Robert Kraft is no typical case. The New England Patriots owner's...
FILE - In this April 10, 2019, file photo, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft leaves his seat during an NBA basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and the Miami Heat, in New York. Attorneys for two Florida massage parlor employees plan to ask a judge to hold police and prosecutors responsible for the possible unauthorized release of video that they say shows New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft paying for sex. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
Attorneys for Patriots owner set to challenge sex video
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft's high-profile attorneys normally don't handle second-degree misdemeanors like soliciting a prostitute, but that's only part of what he needs them to do. Their main job is to make sure the public never sees videos that police say...
FILE- This Feb. 19, 2019, file photo, shows the Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, Fla. Nearly three dozen men and women have filed a federal class-action lawsuit accusing Florida authorities of unlawfully videotaping them as they received legal massages at a parlor where New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and others allegedly paid for sex. The lawsuit by 31 John and Jane Does alleges that Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg, the Jupiter Police Department and the case's lead detective violated their rights to privacy when they were videotaped in January receiving massages at the Orchids of Asia Day Spa. The lawsuit was originally filed Friday, April 19, 2019, with 17 accusers. (Hannah Morse/Palm Beach Post via AP, File)
Customers videotaped at Kraft-connected spa sue authorities
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Nearly three dozen men and women have filed a federal class-action lawsuit accusing Florida authorities of unlawfully videotaping them as they received legal massages at a parlor where New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and others allegedly paid for sex. The...
FILE - In this April 10, 2019, file photo, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft leaves his seat during an NBA basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and the Miami Heat, in New York. Prosecutors intend to release undercover video of Robert Kraft and others allegedly receiving sex acts at a Florida massage parlor, but that won't be soon or perhaps ever. The Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office filed a notice Wednesday, April 17, 2019, saying it believes the videos are public records under Florida law and it plans to release pixilated versions. Spokesman Mike Edmondson said the release is not imminent, as the office is processing numerous public records in the case. Kraft's attorneys filed an emergency motion Wednesday to block the release. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
Prosecutors: Robert Kraft massage videos should be released
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors told a court Wednesday they plan to release undercover video of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and others allegedly receiving sex acts at a Florida massage parlor, but it will likely be up to a judge when or if it's released. Palm Beach County...
FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2019, file photo, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft addressing the crowd during an NFL football Super Bowl send-off rally for the team, in Foxborough, Mass. Attorneys for New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft want a Florida judge to block prosecutors from using secretly taken video that police say shows him engaging in paid sex acts with female massage parlor employees. Kraft's attorneys challenged in court documents filed Thursday, March 28, 2019, the warrant allowing Jupiter police officers to hide video cameras in the Orchids of Asia Day Spa. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Kraft's attorneys challenge video taken at massage parlor
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft want a Florida judge to block prosecutors from using secretly taken video that police say shows him engaging in paid sex acts with female massage parlor employees. In court documents filed Thursday, Kraft's attorneys...
Democrats urge FBI probe of spa owner offering Trump access
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Democrats are urging the FBI to investigate a donor to President Donald Trump who is the founder and onetime owner of a spa that has been implicated in a human-trafficking ring. In a Friday letter to the FBI, Democrats on the House and Senate judiciary and intelligence panels...
Authorities: Kraft visited parlor for sex on day of AFC game
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft visited a Florida massage parlor for sex acts the night before and the morning of last month's AFC Championship Game, authorities said Monday in documents charging him with two misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution. Kraft...
Patriots owner Kraft denies charges of soliciting prostitute
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots, faces charges of soliciting a prostitute after he was twice videotaped in a sex act at a shopping-center massage parlor in Florida, police said Friday. The 77-year-old Kraft denied any wrongdoing. The case comes...
Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany, right, jubilates on the podium after winning the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain, left, placed second. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Vettel wins Belgian GP to trim rival Hamilton's F1 lead
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium (AP) — Sebastian Vettel made a crucial early overtaking move on Lewis Hamilton to win the crash-marred Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday and trim his rival's overall lead. Hamilton started from pole position for a record fifth time at Spa, and a record-extending 78th in...
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The parade starts at 2 p.m. Saturday in Washington, DC.
The Washington Nationals World Series parade is this Saturday, Nov. 2, at 2 p.m., the Office of the Mayor announced Thursday.
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Tata Steel--Mammoth Projects On Time and On Budget
Before 2005, Tata Steel—one of the largest steel producers in India—created an optimistic plan and a pessimistic plan for its plant projects.
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The managers involved in the projects inevitably took the pessimistic road. "It's human behavior that people take the most time allotted," says Sudipto Sarkar, head of technical services at the Hot Strip Mill at Tata Steel in Mumbai, India. "People start consuming the total time available and a sequence of delays gets passed on."
For years, Tata offloaded project management to vendors. "We used to manage a project by giving it lock, stock and barrel to another company to do it for us," says Sarkar. "We used a lot of different vendors. We would tell them what we wanted, and they would organize it and make a plan."
Even with plans in place, projects would invariably run behind schedule. So, in 2005, Tata decided to take project management back in-house. The company implemented project management tools from Realization, a software company in San Jose, Calif. "We converted around December of 2005, and now we've done about 100 projects," says Sarkar. "That includes a lot of different projects. Most are big construction projects such as building blast furnaces to convert pig iron into steel."
Sarkar notes that the advantage of Realization is simple visibility. "We needed to take out the delays. So we made the projects visible to everyone all the time," says Sarkar. "When you go through the project plan, you see the time given to each group. Since the project is seen by everyone, the moment something is late, everything gets late. But if everyone sees it early enough, you can get the project back on time. With the visibility, there's shared ownership."
The assumption behind Realization's program is that projects will always slip off schedule. "It's not that people don't make plans. People create very detailed plans," says Sanjeev Gupta, chief executive officer of Realization. "But sometimes suppliers are not on time, and within days, the plans are obsolete. If everyone is in the dark, you don't have everyone working on the same priority. We solved that problem by providing everyone with warnings. Instead of worrying about the schedule, they monitor what's going on and figure out what needs to be done."
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Last Night (movie post)
Last Night is about the end of the world. It's about what people decide to do with their last hours, when they've known for months that the end is coming. There are six hours left.
The film follows the last moments of a few more or less typical Torontonians: Sandra, trying to get home to her husband after vandals destroy her car; Patrick, whose world ended long before the apocalypse; Duncan and Donna, working until the last day to keep the gas on; the mob of partiers in the streets; and of course Craig, played by Callum Keith Rennie, who, ever since hearing the end was upon him, has been doggedly attempting to fulfill every sexual fantasy he's ever had. It's a blackly humorous, introspective apocalypse movie somewhat different from the normal fare.
The IMDB page: Last Night (1998)
The film was written and directed by Don McKellar.
Cast/Characters:
Don McKellar
Tracey Wright
Geneviève Bujold
Craig Zwiller
Jennifer Wheeler
Ms. Carlton
IMDB rating: 7.4/10 (3,498 votes)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Keywords: End of Mankind, Multiple Storylines, Y2K, Apocalypse, Black Comedy
12 wins and 20 nominations including:
Best Canadian Feature
Genie Awards 1998
'Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role' win by Callum Keith Rennie
'Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role' win by Sandra Oh.
Nominated for Best Picture, Best Direction, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Music and more.
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One very positive example:
There are films that are great, but by virtue of their intelligence and understatement fall through the cracks - or go on over the years to achieve 'cult' status. Paul Auster's 'Smoke', or Thomas McCarthy's 'The Station Agent' are a couple. This is such a film, and for fans of these types of 'smarter', less 'hollywood' productions there is no greater cinematic experience than finding such a gem. This is unpretentious and real - and ultimately honest and rewarding. Don McKellar has crafted something really special.
You can find all the comments here.
Callum Quotient: 45%
Craig: You want a drink? I got drinks.
Craig: It's a collection; they're antique cars. Two old cars is not a collection! It's a guy with two old cars.
Patrick: I don't want to risk having bad sex today. I don't want it to be the last thing on my mind.
Patrick: See you.
Craig: No, you won't.
The "toughs" whom Patrick and Sandra stop to ask for a ride are played by producer Daniel Iron and Canadian filmmakers Bruce McDonald (bearded) and Francois Girard (driving).
This film was a result of director Don McKellar's invitation to participate in a challenge to make a movie about the imminent Millennium. Instead of making a movie that he felt might date itself too quickly, he opted to make it about the end of the world rather than just the end of the Millennium.
The part of Sandra was specifically written for Sandra Oh.
Interesting scenes:
The Wheeler Family 'Christmas.'
Sandra explains why she has to get home in time.
Sandra and Patrick interrupt Craig's assignation with Ms. Carlton.
Craig shows Patrick his kitchen.
Craig and Patrick discuss their plans in the lobby.
The countdown.
Do I want to show this to my parents/friends/co-workers?
Poll #1188872 Last Night
What did you think overall?
Definitely one of Don's good ones.
Pretty slow.
/o\
Was it violent?
Totally tame.
Well, people get frisky during anarchy.
The odd roving gang and some gun-pointing.
Pretty violent, yeah.
Funny at all?
Laugh riot.
Quite a few funny moments, considering the circumstances
A few, mostly of the black humour/awkward sort.
Patrick's pretty gloomy.
The end of the world is not amusing.
How about sexual content?
This movie is rated R for Craig Zwiller and his ass.
People get pretty near to nekkid!
You can infer that some nookie happened.
Not much, really.
Zip. (Oh, who are you kidding. The Kitchen itself is sexual content.)
Was there sexual violence?
None. In a meaner movie there might have been.
Some implied badness.
Craig listed some pretty rough stuff on that kitchen wall.
Pretty disturbing.
Would you hang out with Craig and/or help him complete his list?
Poll #1188873 Craig Zwiller. The Man. The Slutmachine.
What kind of guy is Craig?
He's a total sweetie. With one thing on his mind.
Pretty decent. Wants into your pants, though.
Pretty average. A little skeevy, what with the sexual propositions.
I wouldn't agree to go anywhere alone if I were you.
Run. Far.
How many people does he kill?
Nobody at all! It's not like there's a point.
Only one! That's not bad.
A few. Mostly people who had "die during sex" on their list.
He's run through a couple crowds with his car "collection."
The apocalypse was his fault.
Is he nuts?
Totally sane!
Remarkably stable, considering the bad news.
It takes a special guy to fill a whole kitchen with sexual fantasies.
He's a little whacked.
Just how hot is he?
*incoherent noises*
I'd help with that list!
Not bad, if you're looking for desperate, end-of-world hookups.
He's a little gross.
Not if he were my last chance, seriously.
Is he queer?
I think the apocalypse was just an excuse to hit on his straight friends.
I think the 'gay sex' item was early on the wall.
Obviously he's considered his options.
Eh. People do strange things when death is looming.
The Kitchen of Iniquity is LADIES ONLY.
Does he die?
You really want to know? Are you sure? Really sure? Well, then. (highlight to read)
::Yes. Him and everyone.::
Articles/Interviews:
Food Talk Under the Riviera Sun by Natasha Stoynoff, Toronto Sun, Sunday 24 May 1998
CANNES - You don't really want to think about the end of the world as you lounge under the bright Riviera sun.
But since that's what their film, Last Night -- showing at the Cannes Film Fest -- is about, actors Callum Keith Rennie and Sandra Oh oblige us with musing of how they might spend their last six hours on earth:
CALLUM: "I'd eat airplane food as my last meal. The kind you'd get in coach. The chicken entree."
SANDRA: "Definitely Korean food. Dumpling soup. Now that's comfort food. And I'd be listening to something by The Clash."
C: "Fractured Atlas by Elvis Costello."
S: "For my last movie? Something really romantic."
C: "Tommy Boy?"
(They both howl with laughter.)
C: "Okay, okay. Wings Of Desire. 'Cause, gosh darnit, the damn thing's so hopeful! Lemme switch that to the last 10 minutes of Apocalypse Now."
S: "Casablanca! Romantic yet bittersweet."
C: "So what about sex?"
S: "I don't know. What if it was bad sex? Forget it!"
C (smiling wickedly): "You can make even bad sex good."
S: "Too much pressure."
C: "I'd be so tense, I'd need a release."
S: "But what if you couldn't release in TIME?"
C: "But to go out while doing it ... the explosion in the end would be like ... death."
S: "So the end of the world would be like one Big O?"
C: "Yeah."
S (teasing him about his brief nude scene in the film): "All you've been doing the last two days is obsessing about your ass."
C (defensive): "It's just I've never seen it in that framework before. I don't want the terror of seeing my own ass on screen. What if I like it -- a LOT?" (He laughs.)
S: "I think it's very important we see Callum's ass in the film. We never get to see enough men's asses on screen."
C: "Let's change the subject."
S: "Okay. The last book I'd read? Sexing The Cherry -- there's one page that describes these magnetic beings that are dancing ... spinning until they become particles of light."
C: "I'd read The Toronto Sun. No question."
This article was gleaned from the awesome book of articles compiled for the Muskrat Jamboree '06 CKR panel (please tell me who I credit for the collection?). If you know an online source for this, please link me.
You Can Just Callum Charismatic by Bruce Kirkland, Canoe Jam 22, October 1998
Callum Keith Rennie's character in a new movie, Last Night, is sex obsessed -- in the sweetest way possible.
"He's not bad, he's not evil," the actor says.
Rennie, the epitome of ragged cool in a country that is wary of charisma, plays a carnal yet naive man who is toting up his conquests by category. So he joyfully beds his high school French teacher (Genevieve Bujold) and awkwardly propositions his best buddy (Don McKellar).
He doesn't have much time. Last Night, written and directed by McKellar and opening here tomorrow, is the darkly comic story of what happens to a group of Torontonians in the last six hours of life on Planet Earth. Other key performers include Sandra Oh, David Cronenberg and Sarah Polley.
Before filming, Rennie was worried that his character might turn into a pyscho or just a jerk. "Don and I had a lot of discussions about that because, on the page, he looked like he might be a sociopath rather than just a sweet guy who's just trying to get some things out of the way, some experiences that he really wants to touch upon before he departs.
"On the page, it looked quite daunting. Are these acts of love or acts of loathing or acts of expression? The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom."
Talking with Rennie is an intriguing experience. He thinks. He reacts. He teases. He provokes. He pushes boundaries. Rennie is a reformed alcoholic and drug dabbler who has been clean-and-sober for five years and now casually refers to his years of booze-soaked despair as "the addiction."
REJECTS THE 'STAR' LABEL
He came to acting and public notoriety late. Now 38, Rennie was 33 when he finally took acting seriously as a craft and as a career. In films, he was discovered as Sandra Oh's boyfriend in Mina Shum's Double Happiness, going on to roles in John L'Ecuyer's Curtis's Charm and Bruce McDonald's hugely underrated Hard Core Logo. On TV, he played Paul Gross' 'American' counterpart in the last year of Due South.
Just don't call him "a star," even though, with his smoldering eyes and natural charm, he is star material. "I don't think they really understand what they're talking about," he says wearily of journalists who have dubbed him as Canada's "hottest" actor. "I can't get asses in the seats for movies. There has been more coverage of me for a television show (Due South) than for any movie I've done."
That might change with Last Night or Cronenberg's futuristic thriller eXistenZ -- Rennie is part of an international ensemble -- but he is not cocky. "I've learned not to invest over the years because of how films like Hard Core Logo and some other ones have just not done well.
"They can get all the publicity and advertising and the greatest hype -- and all for the right reasons -- and a Canadian audience will still not respond to it because it doesn't have a 'star' name. If we had put Keanu Reeves in Hard Core, there would have been a greater audience for it. It's the marquee name and that's the nature of the business, which we have yet to understand in Canada."
Born in Sunderland, England, raised in Edmonton from the age of four and trained in acting between bouts of alcoholic depression across English Canada from Vancouver to Toronto, Rennie is now based in both Toronto and L.A.., where he has had a sublet since September. He is growing impatient with Canadian sensibilities, especially in film.
"It's hard. And it always sounds like a bitch and that you're biting the hand that feeds you. But you feel confused here. You just don't know what's around the corner, what's next. If you stay here long enough, you're the lobster climbing out of the pot and everybody's going to hate your guts."
Source same as above.
Other Articles:
Callum Keith Rennie backstage at the 1999 Genies.
Don McKellar on the making of Last Night.
The theatrical trailer. (Shows advertisement first.)
Callum's post-Genies interview with Mike Bullard.
Fic:
Ashes to Ashes by serialkarma
Last Night Ficlet by threesunrises
Another Day At The End Of The World by kristiinthedark
New Skyline Apocalypses by llassah
This list is woefully incomplete. Link 'em if you got 'em, folks!
Last Night is readily available on DVD at Amazon.com, Amazon.ca and several eBay stores.
It also occasionally airs on cable film channels such as IFC and Sundance, and late night cinema on CBC.
Last Thoughts:
While the film can occasionally be a bit slow, it is one of my favourites among the projects Callum has starred in. It's not maudlin or overdone, and the emotions of the characters ring true. Callum imbues the character of Craig with an awkwardness and quirkiness that feels very familiar, turning a character who could easily be a bit of a creep into just a regular guy trying to make the best of his last days. Of course, the multiple sex scenes don't hurt the impression one bit.
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It would be nice if the style of teaching here could be applied to other more business-oriented subjects such as business management or marketing.
What public wealth do we the people of the United States own? Our federal and state governments by our consent administer our public wealth, But what is actually on our public balance sheet? And is it managed in our best interest? Who decides how much we get paid for things such as mineral resources? What about selling off assets to pay off the national debt?
How can real wages stagnate w/ technology improvements?
I would really like to see video on the stagnation of real wages over the last 40 yrs. I hear about this all the time and since I could not buy an internet connection, cell phone, car w/ airbags, a pill that replaces surgery, a cordless drill, sushi in my small town grocery etc, etc in 1976 the real wage growth for those products is infinite. I believe the things I could buy (gasoline, bread, machined parts) are also better, cheaper and/or more varied today.
The concept of a GAI has been around for some time and was tested in Dauphin, Manitoba in the mid 1970s. Now it is being tried again in Ontario and Prince Edward Island and one party in British Columbia is musing about it as part of its platform for next year's provincial election. Friedman and Hayek both thought it was a good idea but implementation is where the challenges lie.
Do banks really create money (credit) out of "thin air"?
There's much debate and confusion surrounding the idea that private banks can create money (credit) out of "thin air".
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discuss factors such boomers age stressing SS and as technology puts more downward pressure on wages it will become harder to achieve the same levels of economic security we had in the past. What can be done to mitigate these macro forces?
I greatly enjoyed classical economists course. Similar courses on Marxism, Keynesian and other schools would be great compliments. (I attended Soviet Economic History but it did not comprehensively describe Marxism and its influence in other parts of the world).
Two-sided markets created by information platforms increasingly are a feature of how Internet services are monetized -- e.g. similar to how subscribers and advertisers are two sides of a "newspaper platform." Users and advertisers are two sides of the Google platform (albeit one side doesn't subscribe), similar to how viewers and advertisers were two sides of a TV station's business model. How do you use demand/supply curves to analyze and understand two-sided markets? What are the implications for price discrimination? What are the implications for monopoly? What are the implications for dynamic competition if an industry sector is prohibited from implementing a two-sided market?


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Courtney Grosbeck Biography: Age, Parenthood, Boyfriend - Everything
Courtney Grosbeck is an actress, known for her outstanding work in the Parenthood (2010), the seventh season of Showtime's Emmy-winning drama series Homeland (2011), and The Player (2015).
Courtney is a type of person who is passionate about social issues related to sexism and racism. Adding on, she said in an interview that film and television is a potent tool and in future, she would like to work on roles focusing on social issues.
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Courtney Grosbeck Biography
Courtney has a very low profiled personal life. Neither her friends nor her family has posted anything on social media regarding her birthday. So, the exact information regarding her date of birth and age cannot be found on the internet. Moreover, details regarding her parents and her weight are still under the rocks.
But, what we know is that Courtney grew up with her elder sister, Chelsea Grosbeck who has worked in movies like Gina and the G.I.T. (Genie-In-Training) (2011), DayDREAMers (2011) and Monster & Me (2013).
With Family: Courtney Grosbeck on the left posing along with her mother and her sister, Chelsea Grosbeck on Mother's day, wishing her mother a delighted Mother's day (Picture: Courtney's Instagram)
Talking about her career, Courtney with a height of 5 feet and 2 inches first started her acting career with a role in DayDREAMers back in 2011. Next, she was a cast member of B&B's Coco Spectra in 2017.
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Grosbeck has been able to claim her position in the movie industry. Her fashionable appearances, excellent acting skills, and beautiful smile have made her fans spell bounded toward her.
But when it comes to her love life, the only time Courtney gets linked up with guys is when she works in movies. Other than that, she has been able to keep her real life very private.
Neither she attends any public functions along with any guy, nor she is seen posting pictures in social media with anyone. Not even a single time it has been rumored of Courtney dating anyone. So, it seems like she is single at the moment.
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A-list movie stars continuously make $15 million to $20 million for every single project in big-budget films. Secondary actors in a movie earn about $1.5 million to $4.5 million. Meanwhile, lesser-known actors only gets $150,000 to $300,000.
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According to Payscale, the minimum salary for an actor or actress in general for any role in plays, TV, and the movies is less than $50,529 per year. As Courtney has played different roles in different films, sometimes as a secondary actor and sometimes as a lead, we can assume her net worth runs in millions of dollars.
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