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Biden reverses Trump's ban on transgender people in US military
New US president issues an order reversing a Pentagon rule that had barred transgender people from military service.
The Biden administration is setting a new tone at the White House with an executive order lifting Trump's ban on transgender people in the military [Patrick Semansky/AP Photo]
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President Joe Biden issued an executive order on Monday reversing a Trump administration policy that barred transgender individuals from serving in the United States military.
"What I'm doing is enabling all qualified Americans to serve their country in uniform and essentially restoring the situation as it existed before with transgender personnel," Biden said in remarks to reporters at the White House.
Former President Donald Trump first ordered the ban on transgender individuals serving in the US military in 2017. The order was challenged in federal courts as discriminatory, revised by Trump in 2018 and eventually allowed to take effect by the US Supreme Court in January 2019.
Incoming Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin supports lifting the ban. Biden met with Austin in the White House's Oval Office on Monday prior to Austin's ceremonial swearing-in.
"Our armed forces are at their best when they represent the talents of our entire population, regardless of gender identity," Austin said in a tweet on Monday.
"I fully support (President Biden's) direction today that all transgender individuals who wish to serve and can meet the appropriate standards shall be able to do so," Austin said.
New US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was ceremonially sworn in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, on, January 25, 2021.[Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]
Trump's order had drawn protests from gay rights advocates who slammed the order as "bigoted" and "irresponsible". Nearly 60 percent of Americans at the time said transgender people should be allowed to serve in the US armed forces, a Reuters/Ipsos had found.
Biden's order revokes Trump's directives and instructs the secretary of defence and the secretary of homeland security to implement the new policy throughout all branches of the military service – the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines and Coast Guard.
The order bans involuntary separations, discharges and denials of re-enlistment on the basis of or relating to gender identity.
Democrats in the US Congress applauded the action while some Republicans were quick to criticise.
"No Americans should be turned away from serving in defence of their country simply because they are transgender," Representative Steny Hoyer, a leading House Democrat, said in a statement.
"Another 'unifying' move by the new administration?" Republican Senator John Cornyn questioned on Twitter.
Another "unifying" move by the new Administration?
Biden Ends Partial Ban on Transgender Soldiers in U.S. Military https://t.co/DiVXdFnEQ8
— Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) January 25, 2021
Navy Petty Officer Brock Stone, who had been among a number of service personnel who had sued the Trump administration to reverse the rule, said in a statement issued by the American Civil Liberties Union he was "relieved and appreciative" of Biden's order.
"I joined the Navy in 2006 to serve my country and my idea of patriotism includes speaking up for myself and anyone else who's being held down," Stone said.
Biden's action affirms "that I and other transgender service members belong in our military," he said.
A 2016 US Defense Department study showed that allowing transgender people to serve would have a minimal effect on military readiness and healthcare costs, the White House said in a statement announcing the new policy.
The study also concluded that open transgender service had no significant impact on operational effectiveness or unit cohesion in foreign militaries.
Putting the new directive into effect will take time as the service branches unwind policies put in place under the Trump administration. Biden's order requires the secretaries of defence and homeland security to report back on progress within 60 days.
"President Biden believes that gender identity should not be a bar to military service, and that America's strength is found in its diversity," the White House said in a statement announcing the order.
Source: Al Jazeera


He is the main character. He has a strange ability to change into a girl at night. So there are many problems because of this.
Haruki is Konatsu's boyfriend; Haruki is on the basketball team and Konatsu is the manager. At night Haruki turns into a perverted girl that always makes moves on Konatsu; Konatsu also has problems with her feelings when it comes to Haruki and Haruna.
Haruki's siblings, Ryou and Megumi also switch genders at night.


Addis Ababans were treated to the curious site lately of some really large tractors lined up at the NOC gas station on the very tip of Bole Road by the airport. So huge were these tractors that their tires were well beyond the height of all the pedestrians passing by them, agog with curiosity as to what they were and where they came from. Even one of these massive monsters would have been enough of passerby's attraction but with 15 of them lined up at the already cramped gas station, the tractors basically dominated the skyline in the area and the curiosity driven conversation of the myriad passers by.
These were in fact the property of Karuturi Global – an Indian firm engaged in a variety of agriculture sector investments in Ethiopia. In fact, Karuturi is perhaps the poster child for the big land grabs that have characterized large scale agricultural investment in Ethiopia over the recent paste. Its 300,000 hectare development in the Gambella region qualifies as one of the largest landholdings awarded to any company or individual in the country. With floriculture ventures in Ethiopia (since 2004), Kenya and India, the company is said to be the largest exporter of cut flowers in the world. It has recently stated its intent to move into a wider range of agricultural activities with its large landholdings in Ethiopia set to underpin its ambitions of becoming a major supplier of food commodities to the global market.
The 425-475 horsepower John Deere tractors reportedly cost the company $10 million USD along with all of their attachments according to an official of the company in an interview with Fortune. Able to plough 75 hectares in a single day, they will likely be called upon frequently to help the company achieve what it vows to be as much as $1 billion in exports a year in the near future. Perhaps companies like this are what the government's Growth and Transformation Plan is counting on to at least double exports in the next 5 year period.


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The Miami Heat will celebrate their 30th season in the NBA this year. Miami entered the league in 1988, and after few rough years, it has been one of the more successful franchises in the NBA, as one of just five teams to win at least three titles over the last 30 years.


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Winter storm revealed 'myth of TVA's invincibility,' council member says
By Keely Brewer, Daily Memphian Updated: January 10, 2023 5:39 PM CT | Published: January 10, 2023 2:24 PM CT
Dr. Jeff Warren believes it to be deceptive for TVA to use its reliability claims — 99.999% since 2000 — as a selling point as MLGW considered leaving. (Jim Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
"I think the myth of TVA's invincibility has been shown here, and I think we need to remember that as we try to figure out where we're going to go as a system," Memphis City Council member Jeff Warren said.
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A Zambian has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by a South African court for being in possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
In a statement issued by first secretary for press and public relation at the Zambian High Commission in Pretoria, Naomi Nyawali said Chilala Muhyila, aged 47, was sentenced by the Laphalale Magistrate Court in Limpopo Province.
Muhyila, a businessman of Livingstone, was arrested when he tried to cross Martin drift border into Botswana on his way to Zambia.
The court established that he was guilty of being in possession of a stolen motor vehicle, identified as a Ford Ranger.
Muhyila has since been taken to Modimolle Correctional facility in Limpopo Province where he will serve his sentence.
He once lived in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, before relocating to Livingstone with his family sometime last year.
And Zambia's acting High Commissioner to South Africa Maynard Misapa has urged Zambian car dealers to engage in clean businesses.
He said there was need for car dealers to ensure that the vehicles they were buying from South Africa were cleared by local authorities.
Misapa said the imprisonment of Muhyila was unfortunate.


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Home » Aviation » Navy to Hold Contest for New Anti-Surface Missile
Navy to Hold Contest for New Anti-Surface Missile
By: Dave Majumdar
An artist's concept of a Lockheed Martin LRASM fired from a U.S. Navy VLS tube. Lockheed Martin image.
The Navy plans to hold a competition for an anti-ship missile that could be used from the air or ships and possibly submarines to beef up the service's ability to take on surface threats, service officials told USNI News this week.
The Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare (OASuW)/Increment 2 anti-ship missile will follow an authorization earlier this year for an air-launched missile currently being developed by Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency.
Towards the effort, the service will update an existing analysis of alternatives for the new weapon to deal with, "the advanced 2024 threat."
The analysis will be used to guide the Navy's investments in Fiscal Year 2016 and beyond. Service officials did not specify a planned timeframe for the completion of the updated analysis or subsequent requests for proposals from industry.
"Surface and air-launched material solutions will be assessed," the Navy said in a statement provided to USNI News.
The OASuW Increment 2 would be a follow-on to DARPA's Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), which is based on Lockheed Martin's AGM-158B Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range.
The Pentagon authorized the Navy to put the LRASM into production for the OASuW/Increment 1 requirement on Feb. 3.
The Navy will complete the development, test and integration of the Increment 1 weapon onto the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and the U.S. Air Force's Rockwell International B-1B Lance strategic bomber.
Even though DARPA has been developing the LRASM as a weapon capable of being launched from the air or vertical missile launch tubes on the service's ships, the Navy will use it strictly as an air-launched missile, Navy officials told USNI News on Thursday.
"Production of air-launched LRASM is planned to commence in FY 2017 to support employment of an early operational capability to both the Air Force and Navy," Navy spokesman, Lt. Rob Myers, told USNI News in a statement.
The Pentagon was forced to embark on developing the LRASM as an urgent capability because the existing Harpoon missile does not have the range or survivability to defeat emerging surface threats.
The Navy has not prioritized defeating enemy warships at sea since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The degradation of the Soviet fleet following the end of the Cold War ended the last major peer threat to American naval dominance until the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy began a rapid modernization program in the late 2000s.
Now the Navy is scrambling to counter what it sees as a rising threat.
But LRASM is merely a stopgap for the Navy until it can develop a more comprehensive solution in the form of the OASuW Increment 2—which will be used by aircraft, surface warships and possibly submarines.
In the last few months Navy officials have indicated the service needed to improve the offensive power of its current fleet.
Article Keywords: darpa, Lockheed Martin, LRASM, OASuW, U.S. Air Force
Categories: Aviation, Budget Industry, News & Analysis, Submarine Forces, Surface Forces, U.S. Navy
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Fantastic photos! You make me very excited for my trip to Italy in September. As you know, I'm a big fan of all your photographs but my favourites are the first two. I love the vintage feel and composition of the boats and I like the perspective and use of monochrome in the second one.
Your pictures are beautiful! what kind of camera do you have?
I did leave you a message on your blog. Did you get it?
For quite a few years I owned a simple compact - an Olympus C-5060WZ. As much as I liked it, over a year ago I felt like I totally overgrew it - it held me back and I decided to upgrade.
I got a really good bargain on a used Nikon D7000 with Tokina 11-16mm and Nikkor 17-55mm. I also added a Nikkor 70-300mm (not excellent, but good enough for occasional use) to the pair after a while and I am quite happy with my choice.
I would love to own a body with a full frame sensor (FX), but together with some decent glass it would just break my bank.
So I settled for a great DX body and some excellent lenses and I think I got as much as possible for my money.


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This game has really got legs
Based on the Marvel Comics comic book character Spider-Man. Play as one of four characters in this side scrolling beat 'em up.
Spider-Man: The Video Game's soundtrack is also partially comprised from tunes from Sega's 1986 arcade game Quartet. Notably the tunes "Oki Rap" and "FM Funk"
The game allows the user to play as one of four heroes: Spider-Man, Black Cat, Sub-Mariner, and Hawkeye. Unlike many games of this type which assigned a certain character to a certain joystick, any player can choose any character (as long as another player isn't already controlling them).
During levels the game changes from a side-scrolling beat 'em up into a platform game as the camera zooms to a far-away view of the characters in miniature. It later zooms back in for the much larger and more detailed characters to continue the brawling. The game was divided into four acts, meeting various villains, including Venom, Kingpin, Doctor Octopus, Electro, Lizard, Scorpion, Sandman, Green Goblin, Hobgoblin, and finally Doctor Doom. High scores are separated by character; so a high score on Spider-Man may not be a high score on Hawkeye or Black Cat.
Players have an 8-way joystick to move around and two buttons: one to attack and one to jump.
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SUNDANCE INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES JURY MEMBERS FOR 2015 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
The Art Of Monteque / December 26, 2014
Comedian Tig Notaro will host the Festival's feature film awards ceremony on January 31 in Park City, which will be live streamed at sundance.org. Included on Business Insider's list of "50 Women Who Are Changing the World" and Rolling Stone's list of "50 Funniest People Now," Notaro was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2014 for her sophomore release LIVE. Still a favorite on Conan and This American Life, and host of her weekly podcast, Professor Blastoff, Notaro executive produced the documentary, Tig, about her life, which will have its world premiere in the Festival's Documentary Premieres section.
Short Film Awards will be announced at a separate ceremony on January 27 at Park City's Jupiter Bowl.
U.S. DOCUMENTARY JURY
Eugene Hernandez
Eugene Hernandez is the deputy director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, where he leads strategy and operations for the institution, and is also the co-publisher of the award-winning Film Comment magazine, the official publication of the organization. He previously served as the director of digital strategy, where he oversaw all digital platforms and content. Prior to the Film Society, Hernandez co-founded Indiewire in 1996 and as editor-in-chief built the company over 14 years to become the leading online community and editorial publication for independent and international films and filmmakers. Additionally, he has worked extensively as a consultant for several non-profits, written for major print and online publications, and annually participates in the international film festival circuit as a juror and panelist.
Kirsten Johnson
Kirsten Johnson is a cinematographer and director. Her most recent camera work appears in Citizen Four, Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs Gravity, and The Wound and the Gift. Her credits include Academy Award-nominated The Invisible War, and Tribeca Film Festival documentary winner, Pray the Devil Back to Hell. She and Laura Poitras shared the 2010 Sundance Film Festival Cinematography Award for The Oath. Her shooting is featured in Fahrenheit 9/11, Academy Award-nominated Asylum, Emmy-winning Ladies First, and Sundance Film Festival premieres: A Place at the Table, This Film is Not Yet Rated, and Derrida. Deadline, co-directed with Katy Chevigny, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won the Thurgood Marshall Award. She is currently editing A Blind Eye, a documentary that investigates her relationship as a cinematographer to those she films.
Michele Norris
Michele Norris is a host and special correspondent at NPR. She produces in-depth profiles, interviews, and series, and guest hosts NPR News programs. Norris was a host on NPR's "All Things Considered" for a decade. She leads The Race Card Project, an initiative to foster a wider conversation about race in America that she created after publishing her family memoir, The Grace of Silence. Norris received a Peabody Award for her work on The Race Card Project. Prior to joining NPR, Norris was a correspondent for ABC News, The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and theLos Angeles Times. She has received several national honors for her work and has interviewed world leaders, Nobel laureates, Academy Award winners, American presidents, military leaders, and even astronauts traveling in outer space.
Gordon Quinn
Gordon Quinn has been producing documentaries and mentoring filmmakers for five decades as co-founder and artistic director of Kartemquin Films. His credits include directing Golub, Prisoner of Her Past, and A Good Man, and executive producing Hoop Dreams, Stevie, The Interrupters, The Trials of Muhammad Ali, The Homestretch, and Life Itself. Currently, he is executive producer on the Al Jazeera America series Hard Earned, and directing '63 Boycott. A passionate advocate for independent public media, Gordon is an expert on fair use, ethics, and storytelling in documentary. He has received awards from the Emmys, Peabodys, PGA, DGA, and the Sundance Film Festival. In 2014, he received a Career Achievement award from Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival and a Master of Cinema award from the RiverRun International Film Festival.
Roger Ross Williams directed God Loves Uganda, which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and screened at more than 75 film festivals worldwide, winning over a dozen awards. Williams also directed and produced Music by Prudence, which won the 2010 Academy Award for documentary short subject. He is the first African-American to win an Oscar for directing and producing a film, short or feature. Williams has several projects in development, including a transmedia project called Traveling While Black; a feature documentary, Life, Animated, about the son of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind; and a narrative feature film. Williams serves on the alumni advisory board of the Sundance Institute. He splits his time between upstate New York and Amsterdam.
U.S. DRAMATIC JURY
Lance Acord
Lance Acord made his feature director of photography debut with Buffalo '66 at Sundance Film Festival in 1998. A highly sought-after cinematographer, his credits include God's Pocket, Where the Wild Things Are, Marie Antoinette, Lost in Translation, Adaptation, and Being John Malkovich. Acord seamlessly transitioned into commercial directing—collecting three nominations from the Directors Guild of America, numerous Cannes Gold Lions, and an Emmy—for such memorable work as The Force for Volkswagen, Jogger for Nike and Apple's Misunderstood. A frequent contributor to the Sundance Film Festival as a producer as well as a cinematographer, Acord, via his production company Park Pictures, was a producer on Robot & Frank, God's Pocket, and Infinitely Polar Bear.
Sarah Flack
Sarah Flack is an award-winning film editor based in New York. She won a BAFTA award for editing Sofia Coppola'sLost in Translation, and their collaboration has continued with Marie Antoinette, Somewhere, and The Bling Ring. Flack won an Emmy and an American Cinema Editors award with Robert Pulcini for their editing of the HBO filmCinema Verite, directed by Shari Springer Berman and Pulcini. After working on the Prague set of Steven Soderbergh's second feature, Kafka, Flack went on to edit three of his subsequent films: Schizopolis, The Limey, andFull Frontal. She has also edited films for Sam Mendes, Michel Gondry, Peter Hedges, Michael Showalter, and Edward Burns. Flack graduated from Brown University with degrees in political science and semiotics.
Cary Joji Fukunaga graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz. His film work as a writer, director, and cinematographer has taken him from the Arctic Circle to Haiti and West Africa. He has received several grants, including a 2008 Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, a John H. Johnson film award, and a 2005 Princess Grace Foundation Fellowship. Fukunaga wrote and directed the short film Victoria para Chino, which screened at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and won more than two dozen international awards, including an honorable mention at the Sundance Film Festival and a Student Academy Award. His first feature film, Sin Nombre, premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, earning him the Directing Award and the Excellence in Cinematography Award. He also directed Jane Eyre in 2011 and, most recently, the acclaimed first season of True Detective for HBO, for which he earned an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series.
With two Academy Award nominations and a Golden Globe to her credit, Winona Ryder is one of Hollywood's most sought-after talents and classic beauties. She will next be seen in Experimenter opposite Peter Sarsgaard, Taryn Manning, and John Leguizamo, set to premiere at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. She is currently in production on the TV miniseries Show Me a Hero, opposite Oscar Isaac, James Belushi, and Catherine Keener. Ryder was recently seen in The Iceman, which premiered to rave reviews at the Venice and Toronto film festivals in 2012. On television, she recently appeared in Turks and Caicos alongside Bill Nighy and Christopher Walken. She appeared in Darren Aronofsky's 2010 supernatural thriller Black Swan, and appeared in 2011 in The Dilemma from director Ron Howard. Ryder starred in and served as executive producer on the critically acclaimed Girl, Interrupted, and as Jo in Gillian Armstrong's highly praised version of Little Women, she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. The previous year she was also nominated, and won the Golden Globe and National Board of Review Awards for Best Supporting Actress for Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence. Ryder has worked with some of today's most important directors, including Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, and Jim Jarmusch. She was a juror for the 51st Annual Cannes International Film Festival and has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Serving on the Board of Trustees to the American Indian College Fund, Ryder has also been very involved with the KlaasKids Foundation since the organization's inception in 1994.
As a teenager in England, Edgar Wright started making short comedy films after winning a video camera in a competition. At 20, he directed the no-budget western A Fistful of Fingers. This led to a foray into television, directing comedy shows for the BBC and Paramount Comedy Channel. He also directed two seasons of Channel 4's cult classic Spaced. In 2004, Wright directed Shaun of the Dead, the first film in his Cornetto Trilogy. Shaun was followed by Hot Fuzz in 2007 and The World's End in 2013. The three films combined have amassed a box office of over $150 million. Wright also directed Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, which he co-wrote with Michael Bacall; co-wrote Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin; and directed the faux trailer Don't for Quentin Tarantino's and Robert Rodriguez's Grindhouse. Upcoming projects include Baby Driver for Working Title, Collider for Bad Robot, andGrasshopper Jungle for Sony.
WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY JURY
Elena Fortes Acosta
Elena Fortes Acosta was born in Mexico City in 1981. She is the director and partner of Ambulante, a non-profit organization that was founded in 2005 by Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, and Pablo Cruz, in order to support and promote a documentary film culture. Every year, Ambulante sponsors a traveling festival that brings a selection of over 100 films to more than 100 venues located in 12 regions across Mexico. Since 2007, the festival has been showcased in 20 countries. In 2010, Fortes launched Ambulante Beyond, a long-term training program in documentary filmmaking for youth in Mexico and Central America. In addition to her work in visual media, Fortes has been active in Mexico's political sphere, working for non-profits focused on advocating increased participation of young people in policymaking and on exposing human rights violations in the country.
Mark Cousins
Mark Cousins is a filmmaker and writer. His films include The Story of Film: An Odyssey, Life May Be, What is this Film Called Love?, The First Movie, Here be Dragons, A Story of Children and Film, I am Belfast, and 6 Desires: DH Lawrence and Sardinia. Their themes are Iraq, childhood, cinema, Iran, Mexico City, Albania, walking, bodies and politics. He has won the Stanley Kubrick Award, a Peabody Award, and the Prix Italia. His films have shown in Cannes, Berlin, Toronto, London and at the world's major festivals, and at Museum of Modern Art in New York. His books include Watching Real People Elsewhere and Imagining Reality. He sometimes co-directs unusual film events with Tilda Swinton, and is honorary professor of film at the University of Glasgow.
An innovator in interactive storytelling, Ingrid Kopp is director of interactive at the Tribeca Film Institute, where she oversees the New Media Fund. Recent supported projects include Immigrant Nation, Hollow, and Question Bridge. Kopp leads the institute's other digital and interactive programs, including the TFI Interactive conference and the Tribeca Hacks hackathon series, bringing storytellers, technologists and designers together to explore new projects and collaborations. She also curates the Tribeca Storyscapes program for interactive, transmedia work at the Tribeca Film Festival. Kopp started her career in the documentaries department at Channel 4 Television in the UK before moving to New York to run the U.S. office of Shooting People, an international network for filmmakers. Kopp is constantly working at the intersection between storytelling, technology, design, and social change, and is a frequent speaker on the subject. You can always find her on Twitter: @fromthehip.
WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC JURY
Mia Hanson-Løve
After two short movies, in 2007, Mia Hansen-Løve directed her first feature film All is Forgiven, which depicts a family torn apart by the father's drug addiction. The film was presented at the Director's Fortnight at Cannes and received the Louis-Delluc First Film Award. Her second film, Father Of My Children (inspired by the last days of Hansen-Løve's producer, Humbert Balsan, who committed suicide in 2005), premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes in 2009, leading to a lot of attention on the director. In 2010, Variety ranked Mia Hansen-Løve in the Top Ten international directors to know. The following year, she directed the critically acclaimed film Goodbye First Love, a dramatic comedy about a fragile young woman who stumbles upon her teenage lover years later. In 2013, Hansen-Løve returned to the Director's Fortnight, as the short films jury president. Eden is her fourth film.
Col Needham
Col Needham is the founder and CEO of IMDb, the No. 1 movie website in the world with a combined web and mobile audience of more than 200 million unique monthly visitors. Born and living in the UK, Needham has had a lifelong interest in both technology and movies. IMDb grew out of a personal database of movie information that he created as a teenager. IMDb became a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon.com in April 1998. Today, IMDb's platform includes award-winning mobile apps for iOS and Android, IMDb's X-Ray for Movies & TV on Kindle Fire HD and Wii U devices, IMDb Pro, Withoutabox and Box Office Mojo. IMDb will celebrate its 25th anniversary in October 2015. Needham continues in his original role to this day, working from an office in Bristol with IMDb staff members in countries around the world.
Taika Waititi is a writer, director, actor, and visual artist from New Zealand. Waititi wrote, directed, and acted in Eagle vs Shark, and Boy, which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, and went on to become the highest-grossing New Zealand film of all time. Taika's most recent film, What We Do in the Shadows, co-written/directed/acted with Jemaine Clement, was recently named "The best comedy of the year" by The Guardian,and "Funniest film of the year" by Empire Magazine. Waititi's other writer/director credits include the 2005 short Two Cars, One Night, which was nominated for an Academy Award and the short film Tama Tu, which picked up festival prizes worldwide. He has written and directed multiple episodes of the TV series Flight of the Conchords, and his other acting credits include a believable portrayal of a waiter in a 1996 New Zealand Butter commercial for NZ's National Butter Commission. Waititi hails from the Te-Whanau-a-Apanui tribe.
SHORT FILM JURY
K.K. Barrett
K.K. Barrett is a production designer, who started his creative journey as a noise musician, painter, then moved to film in music videos and commercials. He is known for working with a select group of filmmakers who have a personal vision. This has led to a diverse body of work which touches on foreign alienation in Lost in Translation, historical playfulness in Marie Antoinette, both for Sophia Coppola, madcap surreality in I Heart Huckabees, with David O. Russell, skewed magical realism in Human Nature for Michel Gondry, a traumatic childhood in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. For Spike Jonze he explored the funhouse of fame in Being John Malkovich, creative conundrums in Adaptation, and childhood fantasy in Where the Wild Things Are. His latest was Jonze's film HER for which he was nominated for an Academy Award in production design. He is currently directing a live film: Nufonia Must Fall which has played in Europe and will debut in the States in the fall of 2015.
Alia Shawkat just wrapped the Amber Tamblyn-directed film Paint It Black, in which she stars opposite Janet McTeer. Shawkat's other feature credits include Lawrence Michael Levine's Wild Canaries, Night Moves (appearing alongside Jesse Eisenberg and Dakota Fanning), and The To Do List, written and directed by Maggie Carey. Shawkat's upcoming credits include The Final Girls, Me Him Her, The Driftless Area, and Green Room with Imogen Poots and Sir Patrick Stewart. Shawkat is known for her role as Maeby Fünke in the cult series Arrested Development. She also can be seen in Comedy Central's Broad City and HBO's Getting On. In addition to being an actress, Shawkat is also a talented jazz singer and pianist, as well as an accomplished painter and illustrator. Her artwork can be viewed on her website Mutantalia.com.
Autumn de Wilde
Autumn de Wilde is a photographer and director with a knack for capturing the strange and the special. Her work often depicts an intimate connection and surreal conversation between herself and her subjects. As a result of this creative connection, she's been instrumental in defining the visual identity of an ever-expanding pool of well-known actors, musicians, and artists. They include: Beck, Elliott Smith, The White Stripes, Childish Gambino, The Decemberists, Keaton Henson, Noah And The Whale, Jenny Lewis, Lena Dunham, Miranda July, Zooey Deschanel, and Elijah Wood. De Wilde's process also applies to her work with commercial clients such as Cadillac, as well her key art for film and TV campaigns like Jill Soloway's Transparent for Amazon Prime, Girls for HBO, and Universal Pictures' 50 Shades of Grey. She has been documenting the life and work of fashion designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte since its inception. She lives in Los Angeles with her daughter, Arrow.
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Paula Apsell
As director of the WGBH Science Unit and senior executive producer of the PBS science series NOVA, Paula Apsell has overseen the production of hundreds of acclaimed science documentaries, including such distinguished miniseries as The Fabric of the Cosmos with Brian Greene, Origins with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Making Stuff with David Pogue and the magazine spin-off NOVA scienceNOW. NOVA is the nation's most-watched science series, a top site on pbs.org, and recipient of every major broadcasting honor, including the Emmy, the Peabody, and the duPont-Columbia Gold Baton. Apsell has won numerous individual awards and has served on many boards including the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History. In 2012 she was journalist in residence at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at University of California, Santa Barbara and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Janna Levin
Janna Levin is an astrophysicist and writer. She has contributed to an understanding of black holes, the cosmology of extra dimensions, and gravitational waves in the shape of spacetime. She is the author of the popular-science bookHow the Universe Got Its Spots and a novel, A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines, which won the PEN/Bingham prize. Levin is a professor at Barnard/Columbia and was recently named a Guggenheim Fellow.
Brit Marling will be seen in Daniel Barber's The Keeping Room, a film about three Southern women defending their home during the Civil War which premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Marling recently portrayed a molecular biologist in Mike Cahill's I Origins. and has also been seen in Robert Redford's The Company You Keep and Nicholas Jarecki's financial thriller, Arbitrage. At the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Marling became the first female multi-hyphenate to have two films premiere side-by-side: Sound of My Voice, and Another Earth, both of which she co-wrote, co-produced and starred in. Fox Searchlight acquired both films, releasing them in 2012 and 2011, respectively. Marling's foray into filmmaking started during her college years at Georgetown University. This introduction led Marling to Havana, Cuba, to co-direct the documentary Boxers and Ballerinas which followed young artists and athletes living in the communist country. Marling graduated valedictorian from Georgetown, having studied economics and studio art.
Jonathan Nolan
Jonathan Nolan is an Academy Award-nominated writer of film, fiction, and television. His credits include The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, The Prestige, and Interstellar. Nolan's short story Memento Mori, first published inEsquire, was adapted by his brother Christopher into the critically acclaimed film Memento, for which they share an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. The brothers were also nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for The Dark Knight screenplay. For television, Nolan created the hit drama Person of Interest, starring Jim Caviezel and Michael Emerson. The show is in its fourth season on CBS. Most recently, he directed the pilot Westworld for HBO. Based on the film by Michael Critchon and co-written with his wife, Lisa Joy, the project stars Anthony Hopkins and Ed Harris. Nolan and Joy serve as executive producers alongside J.J. Abrams. Nolan was born in London and grew up in the Chicago area. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his family.
Adam Steltzner
Adam D. Steltzner is a Fellow at Jet Propulsion Laboratory and is leading the development of the Sampling System for the 2020 Mars Surface Mission project. Most recently he was the phase lead and development manager of the Entry, Descent and Landing phase of the Mars Science Laboratory project. Steltzner received his BS in mechanical engineering from University of California, Davis in 1990, his MS in applied mechanics from Caltech in 1991, and his PhD in engineering physics from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1999. Steltzner joined the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 1991 and has worked on various projects including Galileo, Cassini, Mars Pathfinder, Champollion, Comet Nucleus Sample Return, Mars Exploration Rovers, and the Mars Science Laboratory. His research interests include structural dynamics, input force determination, mechanical design, systems engineering, and leadership of high-performance teams. He is increasingly aware of the importance of team culture and interpersonal dynamics in delivering a team's final product.
The Sundance Film Festival®
The Sundance Film Festival has introduced global audiences to some of the most groundbreaking films of the past three decades, including Whiplash, Boyhood, Rich Hill, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Fruitvale Station, Little Miss Sunshine, sex, lies, and videotape, Reservoir Dogs, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, An Inconvenient Truth, Precious andNapoleon Dynamite, and through its New Frontier initiative has showcased groundbreaking media works by artists and creative technologists including Chris Milk, Doug Aitken, Palmer Luckey, Klip Collective and Nonny de la Pena. The Festival is a program of the non-profit Sundance Institute®. 2015 Festival sponsors to date include: Presenting Sponsors – HP, Acura, SundanceTV and Chase Sapphire Preferred®; Leadership Sponsors – Adobe, Airbnb, Grey Goose® Vodka, LensCrafters, Southwest Airlines and YouTube; Sustaining Sponsors – Blundstone Australia Pty Ltd, Canada Goose, Canon U.S.A., Inc., Chobani, LLC, Omnicom, Stella Artois® and VIZIO. Sundance Institute recognizes critical support from the Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development, and the State of Utah as Festival Host State. The support of these organizations helps offset the Festival's costs and sustain the Institute's year-round programs for independent artists. sundance.org/festival
Sundance Institute
Founded in 1981 by Robert Redford, Sundance Institute is a nonprofit organization that provides and preserves the space for artists in film, theatre, and new media to create and thrive. The Institute's signature Labs, granting, and mentorship programs, dedicated to developing new work, take place throughout the year in the U.S. and internationally. The Sundance Film Festival and other public programs connect audiences to artists in igniting new ideas, discovering original voices, and building a community dedicated to independent storytelling. Sundance Institute has supported such projects as Beasts of the Southern Wild, Fruitvale Station, Sin Nombre, The Invisible War, The Square, Dirty Wars, Spring Awakening, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder and Fun Home. JoinSundance Institute on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.
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In 2016 we ended the year and started the New Year doing what we absolutely love - travelling! For the midnight countdown to welcome in the 2017 New Year we were sailing in the middle of the Pacific Ocean aboard the P&O Eden.
If you have ever considered taking a cruise that includes New Years Eve, here are a list of Pros and Cons to consider.
To prepare for the evening we had the option of three restaurants for dinner. There was a special festive menu served in all restaurants and no surcharge for it being NYE.
All the bars were in full swing on NYE so there was plenty to choose from. Jazz in the blue room, piano tunes in the Mix Bar, DJ on the pool deck, acoustics in Oceans Bar, band in the Dome - there was so much to choose from. If the crowd or the tunes were not taking your fancy at one venue you could simply walk to another! And best of all - no cover charge!
As many locations now do - the cruise offered an option for families to celebrate NYE without having to wait for the official midnight countdown. The entertainment staff put on a great party from 7:30-9pm for all the junior cruisers (and their parents) to feel a part of the atmosphere with a rocking white-party on the pool deck. The kids got glow sticks, the parents joined in for the YMCA and a great time had by all.
Wherever we needed to be on the night, whichever party we decided to attend - we were able to walk there! No-one had to be the designated driver. And at the end of the night we didn't have to line up for hours to get a ride home, or pay a 10 x surcharge on Uber - we just walked back to the cabin!
Fireworks and NYE go hand in hand - however in the middle of the ocean there was no such thing. If fireworks are a requirement for your celebration - a cruise may not be your thing. We did however get an awesome 2017 ice carving!
If you have ever celebrated NYE at home - or at a home party - live coverage of how people are celebrating around the world normally forms part of the occasion. When you are in the middle of the ocean you are in a bit of a bubble from what is going on in the world - that includes the coverage of the fireworks at iconic locations around the world. I have no idea who pressed the button to release the ball in New York this year!
Unless you manage to convince your friends and family to join you on your NYE cruise, chances are you will be doing the countdown amongst mostly strangers. If you prefer to be surrounded by people you know, this is not the celebration for you.
Unless you have your phone on International roaming, you will not be able to call/text your friends and family at NYE and clog up their inbox with obligatory Happy New Year texts!
If you have ever cruise over New Year's Eve - how did you enjoy it? Leave us a comment.


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They whacked the payphone! The American Mafia bids it farewell with tears in its eyes
Posted by Gangsters Inc. on May 26, 2022 at 9:34
By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.
Mobsters and payphones formed a decades long lucrative partnership. Conducting business on one of those things was part of their modus operandi. It was a way of avoiding wiretaps, while still getting to talk to associates far and wide. Unfortunately, the mighty payphone collected its last coin this week.
On Monday, the last standing public payphone in New York City was removed from a Times Square street. Its removal is the final step in the city's project to replace all outdated technology with kiosks that offer free WiFi and mobile charging. The smartphone has officially won the war.
For decades, the payphone was the essential tool for any mobster, gangster, hoodlum, gangbanger, and drug dealer to conduct business in a relative secure manner. It was made iconic in movies such as Goodfellas and Casino and television shows like the The Sopranos and The Wire.
Though, in these last two, technology had already started its brutal assault on the old school coin-operated communication tool.
Sicilian wiseguys discuss heroin… uhh t-shirts
Payphones might have a reputation for making it possible to communicate in relative anonymity, but Mafiosi weren't stupid enough to believe the law wasn't listening in on their payphone conversations. That is why they would use code words to talk to their friends and colleagues.
This sometimes got quite elaborate. Like in the case of the Sicilian mobsters involved in the heroin pipeline known as The Pizza Connection. They discussed the quality and price of heroin and cocaine in Sicilian while using code words related to t-shirts.
"I think that by the beginning of next week they will come with 22 parcels or with 11 parcels, whatever you guys prefer," Sicilian Mafia boss Gaetano Badalamenti, allegedly calling from Brazil, said in one telephone call in 1984.
"All right," Sicilian drug trafficker Salvatore Mazzurco (pictured below) answered in a wiretapped phone booth on a street corner in front of a pizzeria in Queens.
Badalamenti: "Now there's another thing, I met the guy with the shirts of four years ago. But there's a little problem. But there is another guy here that has -there's 10 percent acrylic. I understand little about this."
Mazzurco: "But 10 percent is not bad."
Badalamenti: "It's not, it's not pure cotton. The cost over there will come to 60 cents. Whereas the other one will come to more than 90 cents."
Mazzurco: "The one that is pure cotton."
Badalamenti: "The one from five years ago. You guys already know the trademark because you have sold it over there. The one from five years ago, the suppliers that we had five years ago."
Mazzurco: "All right. I will give you an answer regarding everything tomorrow."
Badalamenti called again the next day to the same number and asked: "Should I send two shirts?"
"You can send all that you want," Joseph Lamberti (talking on the phone in the photo below, Mazzurco nearby), another Sicilian mobster, answered.
"I'll send you two shirts," Badalamenti said. "The guy, who is more experienced than I, told me it is good, he says. There's simply 10 percent acrylic - acrylic."
"Well," Lamberti said, "I think that the one from over there is not, is not a problem. I think that we can go on as far as possible."
From the Sicilians to the Americans, from Capone to Whitey Bulger
In this case, the Sicilians used the payphones to conduct an international drug operation spanning multiple nations and cities. American wiseguys gladly participated in the profitable scheme. Men like New Jersey mobster Frank Polizzi, shown below next to Sicilian drug trafficker Joe Ganci while standing in front of a payphone.
Most American mobsters, though, used payphones to handle business much closer to home. Lucchese crime family bosses Vic Amuso and Tony Casso can be seen below making a call. No doubt someone died just seconds later. If not, then the person on the other end of the line was whacked the next day for failing to murder the person ordered whacked the day before.
Boston crime boss Harry "Doc" Sagansky was bigtime into illegal gambling and accused of being a part of a multimillion-dollar number pool and horse race racket in 1943. His activities were even investigated during the Kefauver hearings into organized crime in 1950.
Colombo crime family associate Larry Mazza dialing in to see to some business. Whether that was arranging a hit for his capo, Greg "The Grim Reaper" Scarpa, or making a date with Scarpa's common-law wife, who knows?
Back in the mob's good ol' days phone booths were high tech. Chicago Mafia boss Al Capone had one installed at the Four Deuces, his headquarters in downtown Chicago. It can now be viewed at the Mob Museum in Las Vegas.
Capone bodyguard and hitman "Machine Gun" Jack McGurn can be seen below exiting a phone booth in Chicago after making a call. Just a chat with some broad or setting up a deadly hit?
Phone booth or deathtrap?
Because setting up a gangland assassination was easy using the payphone. Not just for ordering a gunman to go out and shoot someone, but also to lure a hapless victim to a location that was wide open.
You know you have to watch your step when someone nicknamed "Mad Dog" is coming after you. And Vincent Coll definitely earned the nickname. Back in the 1920s and early 1930s, he painted New York City red with blood.
His deadly skills were put to good use by mob boss Dutch Schultz. Taking a life gives some people a godlike feeling. Like they are capable of anything. In Coll's case, he felt that after several years of taking orders from Schultz, he would be better off giving orders instead of taking them.
So, he went to war with Schultz. His lunacy caused many deaths and wreaked havoc on the city. In 1932, everyone had had enough of Coll. His end came on February 8 at 12:30 am when Coll was using a phone booth at a Manhattan drug store.
While on the phone, Coll was riddled with 15 bullets by a mob hitman. He died on the spot.
It is believed he was set up by his underworld enemies.
James "Whitey" Bulger says hello
What worked like a charm in 1932, continued to do so in 1975. This time it was the Irish mob in Boston that used the payphone in a murder plot. Their target? Edward Connors, a bar owner and former boxer who ran his mouth about a gangland murder. Loose lips sink ships and the underworld doesn't take too kindly to them. Connors fate was sealed.
Boss Howie Winter sent word to Connors that he wanted to talk about the situation and told him to give him the number of a safe payphone so they could talk.
Unbeknownst to Connors, Winter and his men ran the number and traced its location. Winter and Connors had agreed to call at a certain time so Winter's hitmen - John Martorano, James "Whitey" Bulger and Stephen Flemmi - knew where to find their target: outside a gas station in Dorchester.
When Connors arrived at the payphone on June 12, 1975, he was greeted by Bulger and Flemmi who were armed with a shotgun and automatic carbine rifle and shot up the phone booth with Connors in it. He died on the spot.
"Paulie hated phones"
To finish this story off and give the payphone the sendoff it deserves, we leave you with these two classic scenes from Goodfellas. Enjoy.
Now shut it down, Jimmy.
Peeeeeeeeeep.
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If there's anything we get attracted to apart from all the fabulous outfits, it has to be African prints. The fabric is basically gorgeous and the strikingly vibrant prints will leave you coveting. We see it daily in clothes, accessories, even on wedding gowns and yet, we're not getting bored — that's the fascinating power of African prints (aka Ankara).
Check out this new Ankara swimwear campaign by Crown Rose which the premise is for newlywed couples on honeymoon getaway. Shot by McMedia London, the new launch collection offers different iteration of 2-piece swimwear and short pants. And the models are really selling it to us. How about an afternoon on the beach with your significant other? Keep clicking to see the campaign images.
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The pace of US auto sales climbed in October.
According to AutoData, the annualized rate of sales climbed to 16.5 million. Wards Auto estimates the pace increased to 16.35 million.
This was up from 16.34 million in September, but mixed relative to the 16.4 million forecasted by analysts.
"The Detroit Three (plus Tesla) grabbed 45.6% of October sales, giving up a half-share point from year-ago, with combined deliveries of 580,147," Wards' John Sousanis said. "The group's 4.9% year-over-year gain was just below its 5% year-to-date improvement.


Alison and Paul's cross-cultural wedding stunned us all with all the beautiful wedding moments.
Alison and Paul's cross-cultural wedding at Grand Vasant Kunj, Delhi, stunned us all with all the beautiful wedding moments. It's amazing how in-sync the two lovebirds from different cultures were. We loved how Alison carried off all the Indian wear effortlessly. Look out for her trendy indo-western mehndi outfit, the quirky 'Biwi no.1' signboard and her striking blue eyes!
Wearing minimal makeup for the mehendi ceremony.
Alison adorned in white floral jewellery for her Indian style mehendi ceremony.
Alison dressed up in a basic royal blue skirt paired with black crop top and maroon dupatta for the mehendi ceremony.
Hands filled with intricate mehendi designs.
Hands filled with beautiful bridal mehendi designs.
Feet filled with floral patter mehendi design.
Paul dressed up in basic khadi color kurta for the mehendi ceremony.
Paul dressed up in a black kurta with embroidered yolk styled with tissue dupatta for the sangeet ceremony.
Alison dressed in a saree for her sangeet ceremony.
Bridal hands filled with rich colored mehendi !
Complementing each other with these color coordinated outfits for their sangeet ceremony.
Bridal wedding lehenga by Frontier Raas, Delhi.
Bridal wear photography by Ravneet Puri !
Bridal shoes photography by Ravneet Puri.
Bridal jewellery photography by Ravneet Puri.
Bridal makeup by Makeup Addict by Jazz (Jazz Wahan).
Bridal makeup moments captured brilliantly by Ravneet Puri.
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Alison adorned in beautiful kundan maang tikka, nath and kundar earrings for the wedding ceremony.
Black and white bridal shot by Ravneet Puri.
Wedding ceremony held at The Grand, New Delhi.
Alison and Paul looking extremely happy and excited for their phera ceremony.
Wedding couple photography by Ravneet Puri.


For those of you on the coasts (all three of them—East, West, and Gulf) you may be vaguely aware of the Bakken oil boom in North Dakota. For those of us in neighboring states, North Dakota is the source of a clichéd "giant sucking sound," the likes of which this generation has never experienced. And it has all happened incredibly quickly. The Ninth District Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) has been diligently monitoring and quantifying this boom. They recently calculated that North Dakota just topped an average output of 1 million barrels of oil per day. Typically, you can get 19 gallons of gasoline out of a barrel of oil. Therefore if that oil was turned into gas, North Dakota alone would produce 19 million gallons of gas per day!
The astonishing part of this situation is how quickly it came about. The Bakken oil boom is a little more than four years old. Check out this amazing chart from the FRB that measures the daily output of oil over the last ten years.
A quiet, but powerful story across supply chains this year has been the stability of fuel prices despite geopolitical turmoil. Libya, Iraq, Russia, and Venezuela have all seen incredible political turmoil as significant oil producers, yet diesel prices have stayed in a tight range for the last 12 months and are currently $0.065 per gallon cheaper than this time last year. For most of you that means a break of around $0.01 per mile. There is no doubt that domestic oil production has a significant impact on the price of fuel at the pump and contributes to keeping prices low.
I was chatting with Ben Spilger from our Reno office about this when he said, "I can't count the number of people I've met in Nevada with friends or family at least considering moving to North Dakota." That's because the unemployment rate in the Bakken is currently at 1.6%! The national average is somewhere around 6%.
A neighbor of mine's relative was recruited to the Bakken to help develop manufactured home communities. He didn't even want to go, but the offer was too good to pass up. Truck drivers know that their services are in tremendous demand as well. The Ninth District FRB says that 70% of all the oil in North Dakota is trucked from the wellhead to the rail or pipeline! That percentage doesn't even include the sand, pipe, and other materials moving to and from the state.
The FRB estimates the average weekly wage in the Bakken is almost $1,300 per week—close to 50% more than the U.S. average.
There is no doubt that the truck-intensive nature of this oil boom is one contributing factor to the driver shortage facing the long haul, over the road sector of the industry right now.
Because of the tremendous increase in economic activity in a previously quiet part of the country, supply chains of all kinds now move material to the Bakken and East Texas. Companies that never had orders to North Dakota now have consistent lanes, regardless of product. Establishing new lanes is always a challenge, and there is no doubt that the shift in economic activity force many supply chain professionals to get creative in order to service the surging demands of these relatively remote parts of the country. From beer and toilet paper to zip ties and shampoo, Bismarck, Minot, and Belfield have never been on as many bills of lading as they are today!
My brother-in-law lives within a half a mile of the main freight rail track in the Twin Cities. His front row seat allows him to watch the incredible increase in train traffic along the route from the oil fields. Here is a short video of one such oil train in St. Cloud, MN.
With few pipelines out of the Bakken, most of the oil gets to the refineries via rail cars. With around 30,000 gallons of capacity, each car equates to roughly 700 barrels of oil. With a little more math, we know there could be as many as 14 trains of 100 cars each, per day from North Dakota! Needless to say, Warren Buffet's bet on buying BNSF was no gamble. With the tremendous increase in high value oil trains, service levels at other rail freight operations have deteriorated. As the summer winds down and row crop farmers begin to harvest, they are concerned that bulk rail capacity may not be available for them either. In a strange year, it may be the ultimate plot twist if traditional row crops were put in trucks and it was bulk rail to truck conversion that put even more pressure on the market.
So even if you are 1,500 miles from Williston, ND, (I'm talking about you Pittsburgh and Phoenix), there is little doubt that the titanic changes on the upper plains are impacting your supply chain operations to some degree.


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Why Air Jordan Sneakers Are as Good an Investment as a Rolex
A pair of Air Jordans just sold at Sotheby's for a record-breaking $560,000, and it's not just because of ESPN's The Last Dance.
By Leena Kim
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When ESPN premiered The Last Dance in April, the 10-part series on Michael Jordan's final season with the Chicago Bulls hit the ratings jackpot, becoming the most-watched documentary on the network. Its final two episodes aired Sunday.
Nearly two decades have passed since Jordan's retirement from the NBA, yet he's as popular as ever—and very wealthy. With a net worth of $2 billion, Jordan is the richest former professional athlete in the world and the fourth richest African-American, behind only Oprah, Robert F. Smith, and David Steward.
Good investments are at the root of his wealth (case in point, his purchase of the Charlotte Hornets 2010) but major credit also goes to the life-changing decision he made back in 1984, when Nike came to him with an unprecedented, first-of-its-kind endorsement deal: to design his own line of basketball shoes.
Today, that Air Jordan brand generates nearly $3 billion a year for Nike and its outsize and continued success has laid the groundwork for all the other athlete sponsorships that have tried to copy its model.
Air Jordans are unique for their immense popularity and staying power even after all these years—which is why they're a long-term investment as worthy as Hermes Birkins and Rolex watches.
A pair of Air Jordans worn by Michael Jordan in 1985 went up for sale at Sotheby's last week and fetched half a million dollars.
Consider a pair of autographed Air Jordan 1s the basketball star wore in 1985, which went on the auction block at Sotheby's last week. The online sale, which ended Sunday, was estimated to bring in $150,000. It sold for $560,000, breaking the world auction record for sneakers.
Sotheby's saw a timely opportunity with the popularity of The Last Dance, as well as with the immense success of its sale of rare sneakers with Stadium Goods last summer. "Sneakers have become an important part of our global culture, and the market has responded to it. Over the last decade, we've seen an explosion in the importance of luxury objects as collectibles, and collectors more accustomed to traditional categories at Sotheby's are taking notice," says Brahm Wachter, Sotheby's Director of eCommerce Development.
Sneaker resale sites such as StockX and GOAT reported a spike in sales after the ESPN documentary's debut but Air Jordans' value has been steadily—and dependably—rising for years.
"When it comes to long-term sneaker prices, Jordans tend to appreciate over time," says Jesse Einhorn, senior economist at StockX. "More than 80 percent of the Jordans in our marketplace have increased in value over the last year, a dozen models have appreciated more than $500, more than a hundred have at least doubled in resale value, and the average top-selling Jordan has seen it's resale price rise 27 percent."
Plus, the majority of StockX customers are too young to have been Michael Jordan fans during his NBA career but Air Jordan is still the top-selling brand—another testament to its long-term potential.
"Michael Jordan, and the brand that bears his name, has attained mythic status in American culture—one that transcends the particulars of his on-court heroics," Einhorn says.
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Leena Kim Associate Editor Leena Kim is an associate editor at Town & Country, where she writes about travel, weddings, arts, and culture.
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Heidelberg University Hospital (UKL-HD) with its 43 specialized clinical departments is one of the leading medical centers in Europe and part of the oldest German University, It is closely linked to Heidelberg University Medical School which was founded in 1388 and is thus the oldest within the Federal Republic of Germany.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of patients from all over Germany and many other countries come here to make use of our modern treatment facilities. UKL-HD and the Medical Faculty together pursue a common aim: the development of new methods of diagnosis and treatment at the forefront of biomedical science for the benefit of all patients.
Research at the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg and Heidelberg University Hospital means close relation between laboratory work and medical care, swift transfer of new insights into clinical trials, modern teaching in step with actual practice, and well-directed promotion of young researchers. It is characterized by a high degree of multidisciplinary collaboration beyond the boundaries of departments and institutes, especially in basic and clinical research.
Three departments of Heidelberg University Hospital participate in PRESTIGE-AF and support the project through their long standing expertise, namely the Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, which is the largest university based clinical pharmacology department in Germany, the Department of Neurology, and Heidelberg University Hospital Pharmacy.
The Department of Neurology will support organization and coordination of the clinical trial with a focus on the clinical centers in Germany. The manufacturing unit of the Pharmacy will be responsible for GCP labeling and supply of medication for all clinical study centers, and will distribute it throughout Europe for the whole length of the project.
In order to explain variability in drug effectiveness the Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology will investigate patient adherence and quantify drug exposure in the clinical trial. With regard to adherence, questionnaires will be distributed to the patients, collected, and interpreted at UKL-HD.
In a parallel line of investigation, exposure with direct oral anticoagulants in the individual patient will be determined over time, using dried blood spot tests and ultrasensitive state of the art analysis techniques.
Walter E. Haefeli, MD, FBPhS, Head of the Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, work package leader WP 13
walter.emil.haefeli@med.uni-heidelberg.de
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The BEATUNES bring together four of So.Cal's top musicians - solely to honor and play as faithfully to the recordings as possible - the timeless and spirit-lifting music of The Beatles. The BEATUNES continue to increase their repertoire and precision in replicating the sound of The Beatles. From the early "Fab Four" days to the final recordings, band members constantly search for new ways to bring more realism to the sound; every sound you hear at a BEATUNES concert is played live by the band.
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Le stade Arto Tolsa ( ou terrain de sport de Kotka () est un stade de football situé dans le quartier de Katariina à  Kotka en Finlande.

Présentation
Le stade été construit pour les Jeux olympiques d'été de 1952 lors desquels il a accueilli les matchs de football aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1952.

Le stade sert de terrain à domicile au FC KTP, qui joue dans la Championnat de Finlande de football.
La capacité du stade est de 4 200 spectateurs.

Le stade est conçu spécifiquement pour le football et n'est pas entouré de pistes d'athlétisme, de sorte que les tribunes sont proches du terrain.
Dans le cadre de l'installation de gazon artificiel chauffé en 2015, le terrain a également été agrandi à 105 × 68 mètres en conformité avec les recommandations de l'UEFA.

La capacité d'accueil  du stade est de 4 200 places assises.
La tribune principale peut accueillir 1 900 personnes, les deux autres tribunes 1 500 et 800 spectateurs.

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Voir aussi

Liens externes
 Carte

Liens internes

Katariina
Sport à Kotka
Équipement sportif en Finlande

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Our beliefs & inspiration
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Marshmello ft. Bastille - Happier (Piano/Cello)
We loved digging into Happier's sticky melody and rhythms, and as we did we discovered something we didn't expect. An innate nostalgic feeling. And that could be a big part of the reason why Dvorak's American String Quartet worked so well as a mashup melody. When I (Steven Sharp Nelson) was just hitting high school and struggling to stay motivated in my cello practice, my father did something ingenious. He recruited two very sharp, very cute girls and put them opposite me and my brother in a newly formed string quartet. Suddenly, I was much more motivated to practice! And not only that, a whole new world of music opened up to me. Hearing and performing the intricate energy of some of classical music's greatest works in such a fundamental setting — where four musicians literarily depend on each other to complete the chord, catalyzed my desire to compose music. And at the center of that newfound passion was this piece of music: Dvorak's American String Quartet. Wow. He really knew how to write for the cello. No longer was I lulled into a subdivided bass-note stupor! There were SOLO lines that soared, syncopation, polyphony, there was rapture, serenity, and there was fire in this music! It was like watching a dramatic love-story-turned-action movie for the first time. We chose the second movement's incomparably stirring, lyrical melody to play off of Marshmello and Bastille's pithy hooks. And it's only fitting. Because after experiencing Dvorak, as a cellist, I was much Happier.
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— Main Menu —Vodnjan Parish	- History of the parish - Venerio Trevisan - Gaetano Gresler - Don Vinko Pereša - Don Rodolfo Toncetti - Donations - Contact Churches	- Saint Blasius	- - Venerio Trevisan - - Stained glass of the Church of St. Blasius – Ring of salvation - - Crypt - Saint Fosca - Saint Jacob - Our Lady of Mount Carmel - Madonna of Traverse - Saint Catherine - Holy Cross - Saint Martin - Saint Roch - Other churches in the Vodnjan area Holy Bodies	- Crypt Museum	- Chronology of the collection formation - Collection contents - Collection exhibit - Price list Events	- Publikacije - Famous people in Vodnjan - Links - Iskrice (Sparks) – children's festival of spiritual music - Other about us - News Glossary Contact	- Price list - Impressum
Vodnjan Parish
Venerio Trevisan
Gaetano Gresler
Don Vinko Pereša
Don Rodolfo Toncetti
Saint Blasius
Stained glass of the Church of St. Blasius – Ring of salvation
Saint Fosca
Madonna of Traverse
Saint Roch
Other churches in the Vodnjan area
Holy Bodies
Chronology of the collection formation
Collection exhibit
Famous people in Vodnjan
Iskrice (Sparks) – children's festival of spiritual music
Vision of the dignified presentation of the Holy Bodies
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Crypt of the Church of St. Blasius in Vodnjan
Deliberations on the construction of an exhibition area within the main part of the corpus of the Church of St. Blasius for the dignified presentation of the Holy Bodies and relics.
The Parish Church of St. Blasius is located in the north-west periphery of the town, at the location of an earlier, early Romanesque triple naved basilica destroyed in 1760. On all sides it is surrounded by free space, and in front of the main front facade on the southern side, a large spacious square has been formed. It faces the direction north – south, as opposed to the earlier basilica which faced east – west. On the north – eastern side of the church is the town graveyard, while on the north-eastern side a free standing bell tower. The construction of the Church of St. Blasius began in 1761 and lasted 40 years. It was consecrated in 1800, even though it was not completely finished. It was finished off successively in the following time period, depending on the financial status. It was constructed according to the model of the Church of St. Pietro di Castello in Venice. The floor plan is in the form of a Latin cross (56 x 32 m) with a semicircle apse, presbytery, a transept and choir section. With five pairs of columns, the area is divided into three naves, given that the central nave is wider than the lateral ones. Above the centre of the cross rises the dome with a lantern on the elliptical arches. From the outside the dome is square. The strict symmetry of the floor plan has been disturbed by the addition of the vestry with a rectangular floor plan alongside the north-western side of the apse."
The access square needs a new traffic regulation proposal due to the complex urban situations, given that the existing situation negates the spatial stability of the square. Traffic flows cut across the surface area and reduce the wholeness of the area. Between the bell tower and future construction, and the existing residential facilities, the formation of a small square is proposed into which one would enter through the ground floor of the facilities in which public content is envisaged. The urban ambiance wholeness of this area requires an artistic approach to the floor surface. The facades of buildings which with their volume form squares and areas around the Church of St. Blasius, require the drafting of a special urban repurpose analysis. The repurposing includes the ground floor premises for the purpose of enlivening the square with various content, and enabling the receiving of tourists, pilgrims and passers-by. Access by pilgrims and tourists requires parking places, that is, a reserved area for their construction. Multiple proposals and ideas for construction of the exhibition area within the main part of the corpus of the Church of St. Blasius have been given.
The proposed urban planning – architectural design for the addition to the Church of St. Blasius sets out the maximum volume and form of the future intervention. The areas of useful space are as follows: BASEMENT 280.00 m²; GROUND FLOOR 280.00 m²; I FLOOR 280.00 m²; TOTAL 840.00 m². These areas should satisfy the functionality of the future purpose of additional building, however they are located in the north-eastern lateral side, asymmetric to the volume of the building, creating a additional annex. The surface areas of the functional areas are limited to 250.00 m² on the floor which requires delevelled relic collection exhibition". Analysing the following possibilities of increasing the exhibition space, the proposal was given in which the areas along the longitudinal axis of the floor plan of the building in the floor plan shape of a cross. The surface area of such area amounts to 540.00 m2 increased by the surface area of the annex 262.65 m² which would in total comprise the maximum area of the exhibition area at the level of the basement of approx. 800.00 m². The exhibition of sacral bodies in an area of width 80 cm glassed off towards the faithful is envisaged. This area is special air-conditioned and specially illuminated. Execution of walls made from reinforced concrete wall panels with double execution at a distance of 90 cm is envisaged, whereby an area for air flow is formed, and an area in the basic part for drainage of underground waters. The height of the area is 3.50 m with a mezzanine construction made of reinforced concrete (prestressed concrete elements). The wall coverings and selection of floor materials and ceilings is possible in an artistic mosaic which would be thematically adapted to the basic exhibit. The additional part of the Church of St. Blasius is used with stairs for the function of entry and exit, and as an exhibition area. In the axis of the floor plan of the area it is possible to glass off part of the ceiling which is at the same time also the glassed off part of the new floor plan floor of the Church of St. Blasius. The entrance and exit is proposed from the ground floor part lateral to the entrance of the Church of St. Blasius.
Who will judge, select and decide about the final architectural-urban design of the area for exhibition of sacral bodies in accordance with historical, memory, civilisational act of the construction project, so that finally the sacral bodies are exhibited in a dignified and civilisationally valorised manner?
Slaven Cetina,
Architectural engineer
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Održavanje Svete mise u bazilici Svete Foške
Proslava blagdana svete Foške
PROSLAVA BLAGDANA SVETOG BLAŽA
Glas Istre, 16.2.2015
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Glas Istre, 3.2.2015
Attinianum, 1.2.2015
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