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Archive for the 'New York Death Records' Category
Why can't I find my grandfather in the Social Security Death Index?
November 16th, 2011 admin 7 comments
Hi, I have many details about my grandfather but I can't find him in any sort of records at all. His name was Charles Michael "Skippy" Hopper Jr. He was born on April 26, 1951 Bronx, NYC and he died on June 20, 1980 in New York. He was in the U.S. Army after Vietnam and trained at Fort Dix. He was stationed in Germany in the mid 1970s'. His younger siblings were Robert Hopper and Marion Hopper (Dovico). I have records on both of his parents, Charles Hopper 1925-1987 and Marion Cerone (Serone or Ceroni) 1928- He married my grandmother Linda Fuchs on July 4, 1970. My mom (their only child) was later adopted and she never knew her dad. He was also an award winning runner. He committed suicide on June 20th 1980. I can't find any thing on him. Can someone please help?
The SSDI can be incomplete. In general people are always in it if they received a SS benefit. Since your grandfather was young he may not have every received a benefit and his death cert may not have been forwarded and attached properly. If his wife didn't claim a death benefit I wouldn't automatically expect him to be in it. If no benefit was ever collected they may or may not be in it. Also, it's an index compiled by private companies based on information they receive from the SS office and not compiled by the SS office, so there's room for human error in transcribing the data.
If you know where he died, ordering his death certificate from the jurisdiction is your surest way to get the information you want. It will be in both a state and county agency, usually with vital statistics, health, or registrar in the name. The cert will cost around $12-25.
Add: New York state doesn't keep certs for the 5 burroughs, so if he died in the Bronx go here: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/vr/vrbappl.shtml
Categories: New York Death Records Tags: Cerone, Death Benefit, Death Certificate, Fort Dix, Human Error, Linda Fuchs, Mid 1970s, Robert Hopper, Security Death Index, Serone, Skippy, Social Security Death, Social Security Death Index, Ss Office, Ssdi, State Doesn, T Claim, U S Army, Vital Statistics, Younger Siblings
Can't find anything except for her children's death records? Help?
November 9th, 2011 admin 1 comment
Her name is Lillian Tyler, born June 15 1918 in Kings, New York. She married Albert Pacini. Had some kids, two of them died. Only records I found of her were in 1920 when she lived with a huge family (unable to find out which Tyler was her parent after extensive researching…no birth record). No residence record after the 1920 NY record. And the only other two that I found were with her and her husband's name on it for a death certificate of her two kids in a 5 year period. My aunt Carol (lillian and albert's daughter) said she left her sibling in 1945 because of her depression from losing two kids. I have been searching everywhere (especially familysearch.com…very helpful) but can not seem to find anything else on her. Why isn't she documented? Why can't I find a birth certificate, a marriage certificate, a residence after 1920, anything? I really want to be able to help my aunt find out who her mom was and if she is still alive or not or where she died. If anyone can give me some advice or help me out or explain to me why she seems to disappear after 1920, it would be greatly appreciated. She is such a mystery to everyone in my aunts family and we all want to find out what happened or a little bit more about her. I thought everyone had to participate in the census? Why can't I find anything else on her?
Thank you for answering! I really need some help.
There's lots of reasons why you may not find someone in an online resource ranging from they don't have the helpful record, the name is indexed so poorly it's not searchable, they moved and you're looking in the wrong location, the information on the record is wrong, or there's some fact you don't know (i.e. she remarried or somehow got listed under a stepfather's name). It's likely she is documented, you just can't find the documents so far. There are some cases where a person is undocumented. Sometimes by choice, sometimes by the cruelties of life (i.e. died a Jane Doe), and often because the documents have been destroyed (i.e. courthouse fires).
You may find it helpful to go ahead and order a birth (& maybe marriage) record direct from the appropriate agency:
http://www.health.state.ny.us/vital_records/
http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/about/faq.shtml
I wouldn't try to order a death record until you can be certain she has died and what name she may have died with (i.e. remarried). Find A Grave may be helpful. There seems to be a couple possibilities with a maiden name Tyler born in 1918. For this site, spelling counts so try multiple variations.
Categories: New York Death Records Tags: 1918, Aunt Carol, Aunts, Birth Certificate, Birth Record, Census, Cruelties, Death Certificate, death-records, Depression, Jane Doe, Kings New York, Little Bit, Marriage Certificate, Mom, Mystery, Online Resource, Pacini, Sibling, Stepfather
in New York, whats the best place to go to search for immigration records, marriage certs, birth certs, death?
October 25th, 2011 admin 1 comment
and when I go, how much do I need to pay, and should i bring the info I already have on my ancestry?
http://www.archives.com/genealogy/records-new-york.html
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/genealogy/vitrec.htm
There is Ellis Island but I think you are better to search Castle Garden first as your ancestors came before Ellis Island opened….although there are other ports that they could have come to besides Castle Gardens……………………………………………….
You need to take some information with you and generally it is free
Categories: New York Death Records Tags: Ancestors, Ancestry, Birth Certs, Castle Garden, Castle Gardens, Ellis Island, Genealogy Records, Immigration Marriage, Immigration Records, Marriage, Marriage Certs, Nysed, Nysl, Ports, Www Archives
Why did 5 Israeli's celebrate in New York on September 11 ..?
September 29th, 2011 admin 5 comments
"The New York Times reported Thursday that a group of five men had set up video cameras aimed at the Twin Towers prior to the attack on Tuesday, and were seen congratulating one another afterwards."
"Police received several calls from angry New Jersey residents claiming "middle-eastern" men with a white van were videotaping the disaster with shouts of joy and mockery."
"They were like happy, you know … They didn't look shocked to me" said a witness."
"When a van fitting that exact description was stopped just before crossing into New York, the suspicious "middle-easterners" were apprehended. Imagine the surprise of the police officers when these terror suspects turned out to be Israelis!
According to ABC's 20/20, when the van belonging to the cheering Israelis was stopped by the police, the driver of the van, Sivan Kurzberg, told the officers:"
"We are Israelis. We are not your problem. Your problems are our problems. The Palestinians are your problem."
"The police and FBI field agents became very suspicious when they found maps of the city with certain places highlighted, box cutters (the same items that the hijackers supposedly used), $4700 cash stuffed in a sock, and foreign passports. Police also told the Bergen Record that bomb sniffing dogs were brought to the van and that they reacted as if they had smelled explosives."
Why would 5 Israeli's be pre recording the Twin Towers and celebrate the destruction and deaths of Americans ?
Why would they say that Palestinians are our problems not Israel ..?
All sources are on this website:
http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/fiveisraelis.html?q=fiveisraelis.html
If you don't believe this, simply because it sounds bad. Then you're ignorant.
If you deny it, source it.
I didn't use the word Jew once. Nor were these 5 Jewish.
Zionist.
This story was refuted on Snopes long ago. No surprise that you tried to pin it on Jews, though, as they seem to really anger you. In the original lie, they were Arabs.
Categories: New York Death Records Tags: Bergen Record, Bomb Sniffing Dogs, Box Cutters, Exact Description, Fbi Field, Five Men, Israelis, Jersey Residents, Middle Easterners, Mockery, New York Times, Palestinians, Passports, Quot Quot, Shouts Of Joy, Sivan Kurzberg, Snopes, Twin Towers, Video Cameras, Zionist
Is it free to research records at the New York Archives?
September 9th, 2011 admin 4 comments
Can I just walk into the New York Archives and look through records (census, birth, death, marriage) of my ancestors? I wanna see these records in person instead of online on Ancestry.com. And possibly find ones that aren't on the site.
What exactly is microfilm?
I can tell you that you can go into the records centers in the UK and view the records for free, you have to get a CAIN card, which you get there on filling out a form proving ID and that then allows you to use the card to go in any UK archives or records center..the card is free and is normally valid for at least 5 years, they also do day cards for visiting genealogists………..I would suspect that in the US you will have a similar system, if you go onto their website and look for visiting information it should tell you on there.
Records are filmed ad put onto film or microfiche and that is what you look at.
Film is a roll of film containing the pages of the records, which you put into the film reader to view and can stop and take a photocopy of the record you want or transcribe the information.
Microfiche or fiche is the same, but looks like an index card and like a photograph negative, which you put into a fiche reader and can then view the records.
In the UK if you wish to view the real records you would write out a card, give it to the archivist and they will go and get them, you go into another room, wearing white cotton gloves which are provided you can then view the real records…..which are very useful as you can often see more information on the real records that doesn't show on the film/fiche especially if they are poor copies and many are
On ancestry and any other website if they show images it is from the film/fiche although many are just transcriptions or collections and you are right to go and view records yourself as you will find far more there than online, not everything is online, it never will be and you have to check everything you do find online back to records anyway to prove they are correct or like may who have only ever done online searching they have no idea what is really available or if hey even have their ancestors.
http://www.familytimeline.webs.com/ this website will help with records you already have at home ( page 20) and there is some good advice…read FAQ, documents, etc also has a good link page
Categories: New York Death Records Tags: Ancestors, Ancestry Com, Archivist, Birth Death Marriage, Cain, Cards, Census, Collections, Cotton Gloves, Fiche Reader, Film Reader, Images, Index Card, Marriage, Microfiche, Microfilm, Photograph, Poor Copies, Uk Archives, York Archives
Why was there such little flooding in New York City during the all time record rain the other day?
August 26th, 2011 admin 2 comments
Normally, when you set an all-time record daily rainfall for any given city, massive flooding occures. Offically, about 8 inches of rain fell on Aug. 14th. However, I am looking online, and there are very little news stories on the houses flooded with feet of water, or deaths, which are normally assoicated with this type of rain. If you look at the all-time record rainfall for most cities in the U.S., it does not even approch 7 inches for the day. Wash DC, Philly, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Detroit, along with many more cities have never seen 7 inches of rain in one day. In fact, Central Park has just seen 3 days in the last 141 years with rainfall over 7 inches for a day.
I live in Philly and the reason I can think of is because the rain normally moves and doesn't stay in one spot yet in south Jersey they had 10" of rain fall because of the rain training over the same area
just think if all this rain came during the colder months we would be in a blizzard
Categories: New York Death Records Tags: Blizzard, buffalo, Central Park, Deaths, Flooding In New York, Flooding In New York City, Houses, Little News, Massive Flooding, New York City, News Stories, Offically, Quot, Rain Fall, Reason, Record Rain, Record Rainfall, Time Record, Wash Dc
New York City Public Libraries?
July 6th, 2011 admin 3 comments
I was wondering where the MAIN new york public library is in Manhattan. I was told that at the main branch, they would have birth/death records in the genealogy section of deceased ancestors
ill take the 7 train cuz i grew up using that train…im not even 20 and i remember when the 7 train was red before they changed it to silver lol
Main Branch of New York Public Library is located at 5th Av & 42nd St which is called Stephen A. Schwarzman Building which is next door to Bryant Park.and 5th-6th Av/42nd St Subway Stations.
http://www.nypl.org/locations
Categories: New York Death Records Tags: 42nd St, Amp, Birth Death, Bryant Park, City Public Libraries, death-records, Deceased Ancestors, Genealogy Section, Manhattan, New York City, New York Public Library, Subway Stations, Train, York Public Library
Do you agree with this provocative article claiming America's new racists are black people?
July 1st, 2011 admin 12 comments
The late South African economist William Hutt, in his 1964 book, The Economics of the Colour Bar, said that one of the supreme tragedies of the human condition is that those who have been the victims of injustices and oppression "can often be observed to be inflicting not dissimilar injustices upon other races."
Born in 1936, I've lived through some of our openly racist history, which has included racist insults, beatings and lynchings. Tuskegee Institute records show that between the years 1880 and 1951, 3,437 blacks and 1,293 whites were lynched. I recall my cousin's and my being chased out of Fishtown and Grays Ferry, two predominantly Irish Philadelphia neighborhoods, in the 1940s, not stopping until we reached a predominantly black North or South Philly neighborhood.
Today all that has changed. Most racist assaults are committed by blacks. What's worse is there're blacks, still alive, who lived through the times of lynching, Jim Crow laws and open racism who remain silent in the face of it.
Last year, four black Skidmore College students yelled racial slurs while they beat up a white man because he was dining with a black man. Skidmore College's first response was to offer counseling to one of the black students charged with the crime. In 2009, a black Columbia University professor assaulted a white woman during a heated argument about race relations. According to interviews and court records obtained and reported by Denver's ABC affiliate (12/4/2009), black gangs roamed downtown Denver verbally venting their hatred for white victims before assaulting and robbing them during a four-month crime wave. Earlier this year, two black girls beat a white girl at a McDonald's, and the victim suffered a seizure. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel ordered an emergency shutdown of the beaches in Chicago because mobs of blacks were terrorizing families. According to the NBC affiliate there (6/8/2011), a gang of black teens stormed a city bus, attacked white victims and ran off with their belongings.
Racist black attacks are not only against whites but also against Asians. In San Francisco, five blacks beat an 83-year-old Chinese man to death. They threw a 57-year-old woman off a train platform. Two black Oakland teenagers assaulted a 59-year-old Chinese man; the punching knocked him to the ground, killing him. At Philly's South Philadelphia High School, Asian students report that black students routinely pelt them with food and beat, punch and kick them in school hallways and bathrooms as they hurl racial epithets such as "Hey, Chinese!" and "Yo, Dragon Ball!" The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund charged the School District of Philadelphia with "deliberate indifference" toward black victimization of Asian students.
In many of these brutal attacks, the news media make no mention of the race of the perpetrators. If it were white racist gangs randomly attacking blacks, the mainstream media would have no hesitation reporting the race of the perps. Editors for the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and the Chicago Tribune admitted to deliberately censoring information about black crime for political reasons. Chicago Tribune Editor Gerould Kern recently said that the paper's reason for censorship was to "guard against subjecting an entire group of people to suspicion."
These racist attacks can, at least in part, be attributed to the black elite, who have a vested interest in racial paranoia. And that includes a president who has spent years aligned with people who have promoted racial grievance and polarization and appointed an attorney general who's accused us of being "a nation of cowards" on matters of race and has refused to prosecute black thugs who gathered at a Philadelphia voting site in blatant violation of federal voter intimidation laws. Tragically, black youngsters – who are seething with resentments, refusing to accept educational and other opportunities unknown to blacks yesteryear – will turn out to be the larger victims in the long run.
Black silence in the face of black racism has to be one of the biggest betrayals of the civil rights struggle that included black and white Americans.
http://lewrockwell.com/williams-w/w-williams86.1.html
The article was written by an African-American who lived through the civil rights era. Thoughts?
Every ethnicity has it's racists.
Categories: New York Death Records Tags: Abc Affiliate, Black Students, Chicago Mayor, Colour Bar, Columbia University Professor, Crime Wave, Emergency Shutdown, Fishtown, Grays Ferry, Injustices, Jim Crow Laws, Nbc Affiliate, Philadelphia Neighborhoods, Provocative Article, Racial Slurs, Racist History, Rahm Emanuel, Skidmore College, Tuskegee Institute, William Hutt
How to get death records from the 1950's – 1980's?
June 16th, 2011 admin 2 comments
How would I go about ordering a death certificate from then? All of them died in New York if that helps you answer my question…
This web site has info about ordering New York State death certificates:
http://www.health.state.ny.us/vital_records/death.htm
For NYC death certificares:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/vr/vrdappl.shtml
Categories: New York Death Records Tags: Death Certificate, Death Certificates, death-records, Doh, Health State, New York State, Shtml, Vital Records, Vr
Anyone kind enough to search something for me on ancestry.com?
April 28th, 2011 admin 1 comment
Could anyone with an ancestry.com account please help me with my family search? There are 3 people that have records that I need to see to make sure it's them and to learn more about where my family came from, it would be greatly appreciated!
The first one is 1930 United States Federal Census Record for Stana Radoman, and it says the residence is in St. Louis, Minnesota.
The second person is Milo Radoman. There are 2 records for him-New York Passenger Lists 1820-1957, and Minnesota Death Index 1908-2002.
The last person is Andrija (Andria) Radoman. There's 1 record for him. 1910 United States Federal Census Record.
Any information would be greatly appreciated, this will help me so much with my search!
1930 United States Federal Census about Stana Radoman
Name: Stana Radoman
Home in 1930: Stuntz, St Louis, Minnesota
Birthplace: Yugoslavia
Household Members: Name Age
Stana Radoman 40
Rade Raskovich 42
Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002
about Milo Radoman
Name: Milo Radoman
Death Date: 26 May 1917
Death County: Saint Louis
State File Number: 012166
Certificate Number: 012166
Certificate Year: 1917
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Arrival Date: 15 Jul 1907
Birth Location Other: linbotigne
Ethnicity/Race/Nationality: Montenegrin
Port of Departure: Havre
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: La Bretagne
about Andria Radoman
Name: Andria Radoman
Birthplace: Montenegro
Relation to Head of House: The Head of This Camp Lives Else Where (Head) [looks like this may be a logging camp??]
Father's Birth Place: Montenegro
Mother's Birth Place: Montenegro
Home in 1910: South Bay, Thurston, Washington
Year of immigration: 1907
Andria Radoman 40
Categories: New York Death Records Tags: 1910 United States Federal Census, 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry Com, Birth Location, Birth Place, Birth Year, Certificate Number, Death Date, Death Index, Family Search, Household Members, La Bretagne, Logging Camp, Members Name, Montenegrin Port, Second Person, Ship Name, Stuntz, United States Federal Census Record, York Ship


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John Fetterman Appointed Ally of Cop Killer to Board of Pardons
(PresidentialWire.com)- As Lt. Governor of Pennsylvania, Democrat Senate hopeful John Fetterman appointed to the state's Board of Pardons a woman who considers cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal a "friend."
In January, Fetterman, who has Lt. Governor oversees the Board of Pardons, named Celeste Trusty as secretary.
Trusty, who has worked for years with Fetterman, served as his campaign political director and is a longtime prison reform activist who has in the past called for the police to be disarmed.
Trusty is also a loyal supporter of Abu-Jamal who is serving a life sentence for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer, Daniel Falkner.
Describing the cop killer as her "friend" and "my buddy," Trusty said she frequently corresponds with Abu-Jamal.
As part of his campaign for Senate, Fetterman has highlighted his involvement with the Board of Pardons, claiming that he "transformed" the position by championing "the fight to free the wrongfully convicted and give second chances to deserving longtime inmates."
But Fetterman's idea of "second chances" includes voting to free several murderers over the protests of their victims' families. Last year, Fetterman was the only member of the Board of Pardons to vote in favor of granting a pardon to convicted first-degree murderer Wayne Covington. Covington pleaded guilty in order to avoid the death penalty for killing a man to steal money for heroin.
Fetterman had said the primary reason he ran for lieutenant governor was so he could oversee the Board of Pardons. Both he and Celeste Trusty have been pushing for an end to mandatory life sentences for those convicted of second-degree murder.
As secretary, Trusty does not have a vote on pardons. Her role on the board is to oversee the daily operations, moderate its hearings, and advise members of the board.

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Family of Ahmed appeals for public support to catch killers
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The family of the investigative journalist, Ahmed Hussein-Suale, who was shot and killed last week, has appealed to the general public to assist the police catch the killers.
Hussein-Suale was last Wednesday shot twice in the chest and once in the neck killing him.
He was instrumental in the undercover investigations that exposed corruption in football in Ghana and across the continent.
At a news conference in Accra, the family says no effort should be spared in resourcing the police and called on national and international bodies to support.
"We would like to call on the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA), Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Association of African Journalists and Writers (AAJW), International Federation of Journalist (IFJ), Global Investigative Journalists Network (GIJN), All Foreign Missions in Ghana, Civil Society Groups and the General Public to support the Security Agencies and the Ghana Police Service with Information, Technology and expertise to unravel the mystery surrounding the killing of Divenla Hussein Ahmed Suale.
"The family would want a periodic update from the Government of Ghana and the security agencies on progress made in bringing the perpetrators to book," a family spokesperson said.
Meanwhile, international human rights campaigner, Amnesty International, has urged security agencies to swiftly clampdown on what they say is the recent wave of seeming arranged killings in the country.
Amnesty International Ghana is urging the police to release a plan on how to seize and address this worrying trend, proposing that a special task force should be constituted to develop this plan and share it with Ghanaians.
The proposal by the human rights group follows the killing of Ahmed Hussein-Suale, who is a key member of Anas Aremeyaw Anas's Tiger Eye private investigative team.
In a press release issued on Thursday, Amnesty International Ghana said Ahmed's killing and that of Mr. Joseph Miigaai Jakperuk, the Deputy Distribution Manager of Accra East Region of GWCL and Mrs Josephine Asante, the Marketing and Public Relations Manager of the Tema Port has a potential to put Ghanaians into a state of fear, insecurity and worry.
"These incidents threaten the right to life and liberty of Ghanaians and others in Ghana," Amnesty International said.
Joseph Miigaai Jakperuk was also shot dead by unknown assailants Gbangu in the East Mamprusi District of the Northern Region, while Mrs Josephine Asante was been stabbed to death at her residence at community 25 in Tema in the Greater Accra Region.
Police have launched investigations in all the killings, however, Amnesty International wants the men in uniform to make necessary aspects of their investigation reports known to the public to help limit potential state of fear, insecurity and worry.
"It will also be necessary that the Inspector General of Police (IGP) of the Ghana Police Service comes out with a statement and strategy to address the emerging trends of seeming "arranged" killings which, seem to be gaining prominence just within the first month of the year to allay the fears of Ghanaians," the human rights group said in its statement.
Amnesty International reminds the government that the right to life is sacrosanct and must be given the utmost priority.
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Wedding days are generally full of ceremony, tradition , love and chaos. But the Laos wedding of Mone and Dave in Savannakhet really did take the cake.
The Bride Mone is from Savannakhet. Savannakhet is the second largest city in Laos after Vientiane, set on the banks of the Mekong River with Thailand on the opposite side. Hopping off the rickety little plane, greeted by more cows than people, Savannakhet is still very much like a big old village, mixed in with a splash of modern commerce and progress and hints of 20th century architecture and development.
What made this wedding extra special for me, aside from the 40 degree heat, 95% humidity and it all being in a foreign language, was the Walsh family and the chaos. I love a bit of organised chaos and having known these guys for decades, it just made complete sense to be there with them amongst it all.
It's a little long, but stay with me. It went over 2 days, one short ceremony on the Friday night that Dave and I didn't even realise was going to happen. I just happened to come along for the ride to see where everything was going to take place the next day really. Lucky I took a camera with me.
The Wedding Day..It was massive, chaotic and so much fun. Tuk Tuk rides from place to place, sweaty ceremonies in little living rooms, cold chicken and boiled egg luck ceremonies that involved friends and family from all over the world. East and West colliding in one big, hot, sweaty roller coaster ride.


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Mercedes withdraw Abu Dhabi Grand Prix result appeal
Lewis Hamilton's team concede F1 season victory to Max Verstappen and Red Bull
Race winner and 2021 Formula One World Drivers Champion Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and his Red Bull Racing team celebrate on the podium after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit. Victor Besa / The National
Mercedes have withdrawn their appeal against the outcome of Sunday's title-deciding Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The team said they had made the decision following "constructive dialogue" with governing body FIA with regard to establishing clarity for future scenarios.
Verstappen reveals Mercedes boss Wolff congratulated him for 'deserved' win in Abu Dhabi
Mercedes said in a statement: "The Mercedes-AMG Petronas team will actively work with this commission to build a better Formula 1 – for every team and every fan who loves this sport as much as we do.
"We will hold the FIA accountable for this process and we hereby withdraw our appeal."
Sunday's season-ending race in Abu Dhabi saw Red Bull's Verstappen claim victory and the title after the deployment of a late safety car led to the Dutchman being placed right behind Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton, who he then overtook on the final lap.
Mercedes had an immediate double appeal dismissed by the stewards, then lodged an intention to appeal against that decision, which they were required to trigger by Thursday evening.
Team Statement - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix pic.twitter.com/tgrBjrNkcz
— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) December 16, 2021
Mercedes added in the statement: "We appealed in the interest of sporting fairness, and we have since been in a constructive dialogue with the FIA and Formula One to create clarity for the future, so that all competitors know the rules under which they are racing, and how they will be enforced.
"Thus, we welcome the decision by the FIA to install a commission to thoroughly analyse what happened in Abu Dhabi and to improve the robustness of the rules, governance and decision-making in Formula One.
"We also welcome that they have invited the teams and drivers to take part.
"We left Abu Dhabi in disbelief of what we had just witnessed. Of course, it's part of the game to lose a race, but it's something different when you lose faith in racing.
"Together with Lewis, we have deliberated carefully over how to respond to the events... we have always been guided by our love of this sport and we believe that every competition should be won on merit.
"In the race on Sunday many felt, us included, that the way things unfolded was not right."
"To Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing: we would like to express our sincere respect for your achievements this season," the team added.
"You made this Formula One championship title fight truly epic. Max, we congratulate you and your entire team. We look forward to taking the fight to you on the track next season."
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Orlando-based SeaWorld could be sold to Six Flags, report says
By Gabrielle Russon
SeaWorld's attendance and earnings are up from 2017.
Orlando-based SeaWorld would not comment this week on a report that Six Flags is looking to buy it.
Blogger ThemedReality has reported Six Flags Entertainment is in talks to buy all or some of SeaWorld Entertainment's parks — a portfolio that includes the marquee SeaWorld Orlando, the Aquatica Orlando water park and Busch Gardens Tampa Bay.
The report emerges after SeaWorld posted strong financials for the third quarter in a row Monday. A Six Flags spokeswoman did not return messages for comment Tuesday.
Attendance is up at SeaWorld parks and the $2.2 billion company has said it is investing in new attractions, including Sesame Street land in Orlando.
Charlie Pickering inspects a roller coaster at SeaWorld Orlando in 2017. (Kayla O'Brien/Orlando Sentinel)
Free beer will be back at SeaWorld Orlando in 2019 as revenues, earnings pop »
Meanwhile for Six Flags, the $4.89 billion company released disappointing quarterly earnings in October, Bloomberg reported.
Six Flags was the seventh largest theme park operator in the world with nearly 31 million attendance in 2017, according to the Themed Entertainment Association/AECOM report.
SeaWorld, the ninth, had nearly 21 million in 2017, the report said.
It's not the first time sale rumors have swirled around SeaWorld.
In October 2017, Bloomberg reported that Merlin Entertainment — which owns Legoland theme parks — was interested in buying SeaWorld.
More than a year later, that sale hasn't happened.
SeaWorld is in the midst of turnaround after years of declining attendance as it dealt with the "Blackfish" anti-whale captivity documentary while Disney World and Universal also separated themselves further from SeaWorld in the competition.
SeaWorld is still without a permanent CEO. John Reilly was promoted to the interim CEO position since the previous leader Joel Manby left in February.
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The company board is still searching and has not made a decision yet, Reilly told analysts Monday during an earnings call which did not have any mention of a possible sale.
The company is also in cost-cutting mode and trying to run more efficiently, Reilly also said. SeaWorld is looking at each vendor in its corporate office and theme parks to eliminate redundant costs.
The company cut 125 positions in August as part of an effort to save $50 million in expenses.
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Our role: The installation of 60,000m² of de-bonded floor screed and conglomerate tiling.
Following almost three years on site and the installation of approximately 60,000m² of conglomerate tiling and de-bonded floor screed, Vetter UK have successfully completed their works to the Terminal 2a building at Heathrow Airport.
On-site activities began in November 2011 with the commencing of the screeding works, followed by the tiling package in May 2012. At peak of installation, over 100 directly employed operatives were laying 2333m² of screeding and 1685m² of tiling per week. Main construction completion was achieved in November 2013.
Two types of conglomerate tiles, Fiore di Pesco and Grigio Carnica have been used as the floor finish for all front of house passenger circulation routes, from check-in and security, through to retail and gate areas, baggage halls and more. In addition, Vetter UK also installed floor tiling to all front of house lifts and staircases, the vertical passenger movement between T2b and T2a, the link bridge between Terminals C and T1 and all movement joints to the flight gates and escalators.
In order to stream line and add capability to the terminal, the client Heathrow Airport Ltd instructed Vetter UK to undertake a second round of work commencing in May 2013. The works comprised the cutting out of tiles and floor screed throughout the departures, arrivals and gate levels, to accommodate revised desk locations, increased front of house floor space and additional access covers which were required due to a change to services and the type of floor tiling.
The works were carried out under extreme conditions particularly on "airside" areas from mid February 2014. The co-ordination of material deliveries had to be precise and to the minute which we were able to achieve.
The additional work was undertaken mainly on the request of the airlines (the 5 star alliance) and to accommodate Virgin Airlines who are moving across from Terminal 3.
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Rafael Nadal expects lengthy delay before tennis resumes
Rafael Nadal. PHOTO: EPA
Rafael Nadal thinks the global nature of tennis means there is little chance tournaments will go ahead anytime soon as sport continues to be paralysed by the coronavirus pandemic.
Novak Djokovic also anticipates a lengthy delay before tennis can be played even behind closed doors, with the world No. 1 expecting players to have to wait a "few months".
The French Open, which Nadal has won a record 12 times, has been postponed until September, shortly after the US Open, while Wimbledon was cancelled earlier this month for the first time since World War II.
But the prospect of either grand slam at Roland Garros or Flushing Meadows being played with fans appears increasingly remote.
"Tennis is a global sport," Nadal told Spanish radio station Onda Cero on Wednesday night. "We go from country to country and a lot of people have to move around.
"It seems difficult to me for any big tournament to be played in the short or medium term."
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Football's major leagues are preparing to play behind closed doors for several weeks to complete their seasons and avoid losing considerable sums of money from broadcasting contracts.
Closed-door races could also take place in Formula One, with the Austrian Grand Prix on July 5 open to such an arrangement, but travel restrictions could be a bigger issue.
But tennis tournaments are more reliant on fans for their income, making it more complicated to stage competitions in empty stadiums.
"It is not an easy decision," Djokovic told the same programme. "I am ready but I think we have to wait a few months."
Nadal added: "If you could play behind closed doors, I would be delighted, but I think it's very difficult." - AFP


If you want to put your own creative expression into your photographs then you need to have creative control of the camera. The key to moving beyond the automatic modes and learning more about your equipment is to start with a baseline.
What difference does it make to shoot in advanced modes such as a shutter or aperture priority versus the automatic exposure modes? Your camera is designed to make a good guess in average circumstances. It quite literally puts everything in the centre, be it the focal point, the subject or metering of light. When you set the camera to auto you are accepting the middle ground on every shot.
Much of the time there will be no difference between your interpretation of a scene and the cameras, that is true. But the point of having creative control of the camera is so you can take shots that are not ordinary, so you can spend more time away from the middle ground.
If your goal is to look at a histogram and have all the curves balanced for every photograph then maybe stick with the automatic functions of the camera. If your goal is to take photos that nobody else has imagined, to express your own character and flare, then start ignoring the histograms and ask yourself, "Who's taking these photos, me or the camera?"
There is an element of technical challenge to gaining greater creative control. In order to better drive the camera you need to learn more about it. You don't have to learn the advanced modes simply for the sake of it, there is a genuine context for each of the advanced features. If you learn these modes with a particular creative shot in mind then they make more sense.
We have a reason to get technical, for the sake of getting creative. This doesn't mean you need to become an expert on the operation of SLR cameras. Any little bit of control you can master over the camera can yield a world of creative opportunity.
The starting point for creative control is a baseline configuration for the camera. This is the default setup you select for a variety of advanced features. You can vary how you use each feature, but after deviating the configuration for a particular shot you return the camera to your baseline once again. It's a conscious process that reinforces your awareness of the camera setup, the light around you and the process of building composition for your images.
There are just three main elements that you need in your baseline – shutter, aperture and ISO. For beginners I recommend shutter-priority mode, which simply means that you select the shutter speed and the camera adjusts aperture to suit. A shutter of 1/160th of a second is good for beginners. 1/60th can still lead to blurry shots, while higher shutter speeds of 1/500 can reduce your depth of field. My recommended baseline also include a low ISO setting, which I suggest to use 200 ASA. That's good for bright light on a sunny day.
And that's your baseline. Shutter set to 1/160th, ISO set to 200 ASA.
When required you move away from the baseline. If you move out of the sunshine and into the shadows just switch to a higher ISO setting, say 1600 ASA. If you decide you want to shoot portraits with a low depth of field then switch to aperture-priority and select the minimum F-stop. Each of these variations now take on meaning as being a single step away from the baseline.
Whenever you leave your baseline it becomes a conscious act. You ask yourself, "Why do I want to move to aperture priority? Do I have a particular need for low depth of field, or greater than usual depth of field? Am I at risk of underexposing or overexposing my image at the current ISO setting?"
And before you know it you're in technical control of the camera, ready to explore more creative possibilities.
This is not a set and forget mode, that's not what we want to achieve. You still need to keep an eye on what the light meter inside the camera is telling you. If the light is too low then the minimum F-stop for the lens will be flashing in the light meter. If the light is too high then the maximum F-stop will flash.
These are the basics you need to get a handle on if you are to be in control of the camera and not the other way around.
Beginners who join a camera club may often be given conflicting advice on whether to use shutter-priority or aperture-priority. Try to remember that aperture-priority is especially useful in a studio context, where light is regulated and measured out as needed. Depth of field and having just the right amount of it is paramount.
Travellers work in a different realm, a world where light varies constantly.
Most travel photographers I know work nearly exclusively in shutter-priority, while most landscape photographers use either aperture-priority, fully manual operation or lock off the shutter with a bulb to achieve really long exposures. Every photographer has a baseline mode.
It takes a lot of confidence and experience to master aperture priority as your baseline when travelling. You can miss a lot shots trying to reconfigure your camera when the moment happens. Beginners are best to start with a shutter-priority baseline, and work their way towards the more complex technical settings.
With each new variation from the baseline you can embrace ever more creative results.


Dojima, the heart of Osaka commerce, tourism, and culture attracts people from all corners of the world each with their own dreams and ambitions. Located within it sits Hotel ELSEREINE Osaka.
A place of comfort and relaxation is immediately in view from the moment you step inside the lobby. Paired with the classical music resonating throughout the hotel, ELSEREINE guarantees an elegant stay.
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Equipped with aesthetic facilities and amenities, the bright and clean guest rooms are fitted out with comfortable and atmospheric designs on a light color scheme. Forget you are deep within the city in our spacious guest rooms.
Katsura, our established Japanese restaurant, delivers authentic Japanese cuisine using only select seasonal produce. While Café Terrace Ginmokusei serves healthy organic drinks within a space surrounded by a bed of petals.
Conveniently located in the hub of public transportation, Hotel ELSEREINE Osaka can be accessed via the underpass from the station.
We invite you to stay with us may it be for important celebrations or a casual trip and bring with you beautiful memories of your stay.
Guest room renovation work will be carried out at Hotel Elseran Osaka this time.
We pay close attention and we will do our work so that no inconvenience will be incurred to customers using it.
We sincerely thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
In Osaka prefecture, the tax exemption point will be lowered from 10,000 yen to 7,000 yen from the stay on June 1, 2019.
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I had a clean and bright hotel time. Thank you very much. I was used to describe the checkout at 12:00, but I was disappointed to notice the difference in the room selection. I borrowed a fork at the front desk. I was glad to receive it. thank you for helping me.
I was told in advance that he was his birthday, but I was very happy to seriously respond.
Katsura boasts an exquisite décor that varies greatly in style with that of the romantic and luxurious one present at the hotel. With a modest price, you are able to taste authentic Japanese cuisine crafted from select seasonal produce. The venue provides independent seating and private tatami rooms with views over rooftop gardens suitable for gatherings between families and friends or business functions.
An elegant terrace café surrounded by a bed of flower petals. The venue provides a wide variety of items including breakfast, set meals, dessert, and drinks.
A widely popular patisserie opened by renowned pâtissier, Coichi. Not only is takeout available for items such as cakes, chocolate, and baked goods, seating is also set up within the venue. Please savour the exquisite lunch and dessert served at the patisserie selected by the Michelin Guide.
Next to the front desk on the second floor, we have business corners and shops complete with personal computer (printer, Internet), copy, and fax, suitable for the location of Dojima, the business base of Kansai.
Please be aware that the breakfast fee will be 2,000 yen on 2018/03/01.
・Osaka Prefecture additional accommodation tax is not included.
・Car parking requires a reservation in advance. For guests wishing to utilize the car park, please notify the hotel of the make of your vehicle and license number.
・Due to automated car parking systems in place, restrictions on vehicles are present.
*Please be aware that the breakfast fee will be 2,000 yen on 2018/03/01.
No additional charges apply to children not requiring extra beds and have not yet attended primary school (no extra duvet or meals).


This is a picture of our local roundabout… with no traffic.
The boys and I now travel this route on Friday evenings, during the height of traffic, on the way to swimming lessons. Last week I found myself in the wrong lane and had to pull off an impressive feat of merging. It intrigued the kids and a slew of questions ensued.
For the rest of the drive, I explained why I had rolled the window down to make better eye contact. I described how I had mouthed, "Can I go?" and pointed in front of the neighbouring car. I recounted how my fellow driver had pointed back and given the thumbs up and that my over-the-shoulder wave had been in thanks… and yes, he had waved back.
Glad I wasn't the only one who saw such beauty in the maneuver.
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Aaaw. I have no idea what this actually means from your child's point of view, but it sounds like to him, love is a negotiation. I'd have to agree! Now how the heck do I get a link from my blog to your blog? WordPress is killing me with it's unnecessary complexity!!!
How nice that you want to link to me!
If you go into "widgets" on your dashboard, you can set up a "links" area. This is where you can link to other pages/blogs that you like.
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Whether it's Chicago spilling out to Lake Michigan and down to Indiana, or St. Louis spreading into its southwest hump, Illinois is a state where most of the action occurs on the periphery. The Mississippi runs down its western side, while Lake Michigan blows its winds from the northeast. Davenport, Gary, Terre Haute, Dubuque, and St. Louis all lay on or near the Illinois state line.
While the Mississippi is America's river, could Illinois, the Land of Lincoln, be called the most American state? Aside from the Chicago Blues, the state may not be a hotbed of our nation's music. But if you want to hear some American music played in a purely American way, find someone from Illinois. Better yet, find someone from the interior - somewhere free from those border distractions, but inclusive of all that passes through Illinois. Because all that passes through Illinois is a pretty good distillation of America itself.
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Richard is a business lawyer with 27 years of experience specializing in internet law based in San Diego. He helps entrepreneurs avoid copyright infringement letters and other threats when operating online, including the new Digital Millennium Copyright Act and best practices for using it collecting contact information.
Question: I'd love to have you start off talking about how long you've been doing what you've been doing, a little bit more about your background, which is quite interesting? Where you're at and what got you to what you're doing today?
Answer: Sure, I grew up in Southern California and became a licensed attorney in 1992. And I've been practicing law since then. Originally, focused on litigation, primarily complex litigation, an area of law called bad faith insurance, wrongful death. I used to defend the hospitals and doctors and things of that sort.
Like many attorneys, I burned out on it. And so in 1999 went to Siberia for a year, of all places, to teach law and just generally contemplate and figure out what I wanted to do with my life. And so upon return, decided to, instead of litigation, focus more on helping small businesses basically grow and avoid some of the common problems that they run into.
I had a friend who was working as a CEO of an internet company. Now keep in mind this is 1998 so everybody was a CEO of an internet company. And he needed some legal work done and didn't know the field, neither did I, quite honestly. But nonetheless, we decided to have a go at it. And I've been doing it ever since.
Question: Can we start off chatting a little bit more about the whole California consumer Privacy Act? Since we spent the last two years almost listening to what's happening in Europe and how everything's changed with compliance there. And now it's coming over to United States, and businesses who don't actually put in some safeguards are opening themselves up to some definite issues.
Answer: So the situation obviously, we had in Europe was the GDPR, which went into effect in May, 2018, that was the general data protection regulation. And from the business perspective, it's a killer regulation. It is the kind of regulation that even people that work at the DMV look at it and go, "Hmm, that might be a bit much." And as extensive requirements record keeping, tech changes, and things of that sort that you have to make.
However, it did have… what I think most people would agree is probably an acceptable goal, which was to try to give individuals a better idea of what information is being collected about them online, and how it's being used, who it's being shared with. And so the California Consumer Privacy Act is basically shooting for the same thing.
Now, unfortunately, once you actually start reading the act, it gets rid of a lot of the sharp elbows that you see in the GDPR. And instead, it really works to give people again, the ability to understand what's being collected about them. Because I think when most of us think of personal data, we think of perhaps our name, our email address, maybe our phone number. But technology has become so sophisticated that even just to your IP address or indirect identifiers like geolocation, the devices you're using could be used to create profiles and sell information. I mean, all you have to think about it as if you're on Google, and you do a search for something the next week you see ads for something related to that topic. And that's essentially what's going on. There's basically no behavioral profiling and what have you.
The CCPA basically tries to address that and it gives people a number of different rights. One is the right to know what personal information is being collected about you. And so you could contact whatever site. Obviously Facebook would be kind of the classic site that we look at. The right to know where the personal information is sold or disclosed. And so they're going to have to provide you that information. And then you're going to have the right to tell them to stop.
That's a different aspect that we don't even see in the GDPR, which is considered pretty extensive regulation. So that's an interesting new twist. Then you're going to have the right to access your personal information so that means that you're going to be able to say to companies online, "I want to know what you've collected about from me over the last 12 months." That's going to give you a look back period and you'll get a better idea of what people are grabbing, what they're doing. If you've ever done an advertising on Facebook, you can really drill down into a lot of the data they have. It's amazing some of the information that they have, and how you can filter it this way in that. So I think a lot of people would be very surprised to learn what this information is.
And then you're going to have a right to equal service and price. So what that means, essentially, is that if you express any other area, you exercise any of the other rights under the CCPA, people can't discriminate against you. So if you make a request for your data, they can't suddenly raise your prices or do anything of that sorts. It's an equalization effort.
Then from the business side, obviously you're going to have to implement procedures to deal with all of those issues. But you're also going to have to amend your contracts with your vendors, anybody who's having access to information through your sites. So that could be plugins, cookies, any of these groups. And you're going to have to make sure that they are compliant with the CCPA as well. And so that's somewhat mirrors what we see with the GDPR.
So what does all this mean? What about penalties? So the penalties are basically … the California Attorney General's in charge of enforcing the Act from a governmental perspective. And the penalties can be up to $7,500 per intentional violation. So if you don't do anything to comply, or you take some type of action to circumvent, $7,500 per violation. And a violation can often be interpreted as a single person who you've collected information from and not complied with the CCPA. If you've done that with one person, you've probably done it with many. And so that number grows pretty quickly. If it's an unintentional violation, you just were negligent and you messed it up and it drops to $2,500 per violation.
Now the interesting thing is the Act also includes a class action … well, not even just class action, but a right of private lawsuit. Basically, any individual who's impacted can sue you, but the damages are limited between $100 to $750. However, they can bring class action lawsuits. So that's going to be a problem for some of the larger companies that are out there. And the interesting thing about this is that the CCPA has a saving grace and that is, it has a 30 day cure period. We're still waiting for regulations to be issued, but it appears as though the California Attorney General and even private parties will have to give you a notice of whatever it is they're complaining about. And then you have 30 days to cure it. If you don't cure it in that 30-day period, then they can go forward with penalties and lawsuits.
Question: If we can break it down, what does that mean to a company? Does that mean that the email lists that they have and that they're blasting away at are now going to need to be scrubbed or changed or anything altered with that, at all?
Answer: Not necessarily. Not from what we're seeing so far. The difference between that and the GDPR ... a lot of people ran into that with the GDPR. The problem is the GDPR requires you to have a legal basis before you can collect personal data. And there are six different types and the most common type was consent. And so if you've developed an email list, you didn't have an affirmative consent where somebody's essentially check the box saying, "Yes, you can email me promotional materials", well, you pretty much had to scrape those people off your list. At least certainly, that was one common interpretation.
The CCPA doesn't have a consent provision, it doesn't have a legal basis requirement. And so that's not in there. So if you have an email list, you're probably in good shape. Now, if you are meeting certain thresholds, you're going to have to comply with the CCPA regardless of where you are. So whether you're in Maine or you're in Brazil.
Those thresholds are essentially, if you bring in more than $25 million in revenues, if you make more than 50% of your revenues from the sale of personal data or the rental of it. So for instance, if you have a lead generation company, that would be a situation where that would apply. Or if you receive, sell, or share data of more than 50,000 individuals or devices. And those are individuals, from what we can tell so far, that are natural residents of California, so not 50,000 individuals around the world. So we're looking at … We have those thresholds that will protect smaller businesses. But as your business grows in size, and as you move around more data, you're probably going to have to face some of this. But email list, actually, you probably are going to come through with this through this law without being too hurt, I would say.
Question: Does this really impact more businesses and companies that are targeting a private consumer? Or does this also carry over to if you operate on a B2B level and you are capturing data of a business user that your target is? Is there a differentiation?
Answer: It focuses on natural residents or natural persons who are residents of California. So it includes consumers but also B2B, it actually also includes your employees. It's going to be a surprise for some businesses. One of the things about this law and the reason why there's some hesitation with the answers is the origins of the CCPA are somewhat bizarre. It was actually going to be brought as an initiative in California. And so you can have initiatives put on the ballot and you can bypass the legislature and the governor.
If people voted in a specific way to approve something, then it just becomes a law. And so this was initially an initiative that was brought by a real estate investor up in San Francisco and a couple of other people. And it was written in such a way that as soon as it passed, it would have gone into effect businesses would have not been able to comply. Just there wasn't enough time and then it was also going to violate other laws, like HIPAA and some other different provisions out there that are federal laws. So it would have caused all kinds of problems.
So the bizarre thing that happened was in the summer of 2018 was that it became apparent that it was going to pass. The polls were just very much in favor of it. We were having the Cambridge Analytica issues with Facebook. And so people were fired up about privacy. And so politics being what it is in California, the legislature just made a deal with the people who were behind the initiative and they said, "What we'll do is we'll basically create this law. A lot of it mirrors the initiative, but we're going to make some changes."
They went through and they negotiated out what that was going to be, but they did it on seven days. And so they enacted the law in those seven-day period. The reason they did it so fast was the initiative had to be taken off of the ballot by a certain date, and they were running up to a deadline. So the GDPR in Europe took four years to draft, and the California Consumer Privacy Act was drafted in seven days. So as you can imagine, there are parts of it that are a mess that conflict with itself. There are things like what's a device? Is it your smartphone, is it your tablet? Is it your PC at home? What about a TV? What about Alexa? There are all these kinds of questions. And so we're seeing a series of amendments coming along, trying to fix those problems with the law. But yeah, from what we're seeing right now, it's going to be everybody; consumers, business, employees, it's going to be pretty pervasive.
To learn more about cyber law and coming changes in it, you can listen to the full interview in our podcast.
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Found (I) (2021)
One of the best documentaries ever!!
snperera3 December 2021
This documentary! Wow! What to even say!! It is so heartbreaking and hopeful and warm and shows the realities of what it is like to be adopted from another country. I feel like some people, myself included(in the past) thought how great and beautiful adoption and a happy ending, but did not realize of the trauma and struggles and pain that the adoptees have to go through. This documentary is so powerful and beautiful!
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kupukupumu20 October 2021
Watched this on Netflix just now and I found this documentary has many angles.
The documentary tells about the One Child Policy in China that left many babies stranded and given away by poor families and how many many years later three girls who were adopted by American parents trying to find their biological parents in China.
The documentary invokes questions about the policy itself. On one side it was a bit harsh since poor family that could not afford to pay the fine of USD8,500 must give away their child(ren). On the other side, had China not adopted this policy, could China who were a poor country rise to be the economic power today?
The documentary also tells about human nature in general: all parents love their kids, adopted or not, no matter where you come from.
The documentary also shows that people are at the core all the same. Thus, all the current conflicts are pointless and stupid, fired by those with political hunger and ambition.
Again, this documentary tells much more than just the journey and effort of the three girls trying to find their biological parents.
Oh, like any movie today, it has a plot twist.
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DVK123425 October 2021
Warning: Spoilers
So the title is "Found" but the reality is that the three adopted girls have not found their biological parents. Yes, it is nice that they found each other through DNA tests. They also found their nannies. They didn't, unfortunately, find their biological parents. I'm not sure I would have watched from the outset had I been provided with this information.
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What is a family?
srooks128 October 2021
Three young women adopted as babies from China go on a journey to discover their roots. For them, it is a journey of self-discovery to find out who and what make up a family. They also discover a people who are not the stereotypes that media and politics would have us believe. This film is a journey into the heart. It is simply done, yet poweful.
lolipop_big3 November 2021
We'll made , it's unfortunate that they couldn't find their parents at the end. Hats down to all these wonderful American families, for treating these kids like their own and were so open about it. One child policy was brutal but necessarily to save China. Look at them now, in just 40 years , the became one the most powerful counties...
Respectfully told....not exploitive.
cindyrellaexists16 November 2021
Well done with respect for all involved. The film kept the true human element rather than making it some horrific grandiose event. Yes it's sad for all involved when babies had to be abandoned but the focus stayed on how well things can turn out if people step up to care.
Fairly heartbreaking
pali-282-3870726 October 2021
I felt for everyone in this and I preferred that it was not broken up into a set of episodes.
Towards the end I really felt for the family and the fathers reaction when he was told it wasn't a match.
Very good - spoilers
chriscupo31 October 2021
This was a very good documentary about three young women who were adopted from China during the one child policy during that time period and their journey to locate their biological parents in China. Their adoptive parents are truly wonderful and the woman who helps them is remarkable. You experience their hopes, joy and sadness. The one thing I learned that at the point the documentary was done, none of the women had found their parents but they found each other and maybe that is the point of it. I would love to see an update of their stories.
Outstanding with Respect and Dignity
ymschwartzman14 November 2021
The movie is about the personal search of three independent girls. They are Asian, born in China and adopted by non-Asian American families.
It is done with respect and dignity. It is highly emotional. We learn how to empathize with the unknown birth parents. We learn how to honor and love the caregivers from the orphanage. We learn how to accept our 'fate' in life. The adoptive families are open, honest and caring. The girls are all well adjusted and brought up with much respect for all.
What I absolutely loved about the film was that it focuses on the caring side. It focuses on the compassion side. It avoids damning the Chinese government or the birth parents. Rather, it identifies the incredible difficult time period of the one child law. Even the cultural 'anti-girl' sentiment was treated with high respect and understanding.
I encourage any children to see this. It teaches about love and family from a healthy positive outlook.
My OUTSTANDING compliments to Netflix for a PHENOMENAL MOVIE.
jahaugh16 November 2021
I needed a good, heartfelt, sincere documentary about good people, and this delivered. Other reviews so far have mentioned the compassion of the aunties / nannies, which is absolutely true, but I have to give a big shout-out to Liu Hao, the genealogy researcher who made herself vulnerable and cared deeply about all parties who wound up in these circumstances. She is the nucleus of a very emotional process for everyone.
Great documentary
haydenbrown-2437430 October 2021
Great documentary Was in tears most of the movie Really makes you think I felt for the parents that adopted I felt for the girls that were adopted I felt for the biological parents
Made you think about alot of things.
I loved this
restingnurseface23 October 2021
My husband and I just finished the movie. It is such an emotional journey. I really feel like I learned a lot, and the telling of all the different sides of the stories was so well done. Thank you to the girls, families and genealogist for bringing us along for the ride. The nannies in China are rock stars. I hope at some point there will be updates that you can let us in on. Thank you.
Nice twist at the end
arnoldpoon4 November 2021
Despite the unmatched results, every one did a great job. Props to the DNA database because it helped another girl reuniting with her birth mother (or at least knowing each other's existence). The nannies deserve the greatest credit for all the sweats and tears poured in taking care thousands of babies, and being able to recount their early months, if not years! There's not nothing more touching in the world than discovering your "lost past". It'd be nicer if this had been made into a series, which could potentially help fund the genealogist's work. She seems so devoted.
A refreshing, realistic and grounded piece that tugs at the heartstrings
dqcbbnf25 December 2021
An amazing piece from beginning to end. It will really make you appreciate what family you do have and cherish your time with them. The production is not bloated with Hollywood fluff, but an endearing focused insight into these girls' situations. While their situations may seem unique and far away, at the end you'll feel more in common with these girl's than you initially thought regardless of what country you live in or language you speak.
A great found indeed
suhakri6 November 2021
A very well made documentary with a very good perspective. Even tho at the end non of the 3 girls found their match, but the trip especially the last visit to the potential family where the father is so sad that it was not a match, become the eye opener for other girl who have always wonder why they was given up. Because they now can see the other side of their story from the family who were forced to given up their child due to one child policy. None of the potential parent want to give up their children (aside from the liu's father), all they want to know is whether their daughters are doing ok. And the nanny, their dedication were really underappreciated. And amazingly how they remember each of the girl's story when they were still in the orphanage
kinda tear jerker i wold say.
Kperez0019 November 2021
This was a beautifully told story. I enjoyed their journey and learned so much from these girls. Probably the best part was watching them grown and develop as a support system. All four are amazing young women!
Wonderful documentary
monafre1 November 2021
I enjoyed the documentary. The fact that they didn't find their biological parents (yet) but the search was still successful because a different girl found her mother through their DNA testing was maybe bittersweet but also confirmed what some of the documentary hinted at the entire time, that some connections are fate.
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Dina (Chilina Kenedy) and Tewfiq (Sasson Gabay) have a night out during "The Band's Visit."
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Mike Cefalo portrays Telephone Guy -- he stands watch by a payphone desperately hoping for a call from his lady love -- in "The Band's Visit."
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The shows that come through Cleveland as part of Playhouse Square KeyBank Broadway Series tend to be big, shiny spectacles.
Often, they're biographical jukebox musicals, such as the recent run of "SUMMER — The Donna Summer Musical"; revivals of musical staples, such as "Jesus Christ Superstar" (March 10 through 29); or hugely bankable Disney-movie adaptations, such as "Frozen," which will be icy-hot stuff for a full month in mid-summer.
'The Band's Visit" is the antithesis of all that.
It's quiet.
It's subtle.
It's anything but shiny.
This is not to suggest that those shows are bad and "The Band's Visit" — enjoying a run through Nov. 24 at the Connor Palace — is good. It's more that the acclaimed adaptation of a 2007 Israeli film, about a small Egyptian police orchestra that mistakenly travels to the wrong town in Israel, is a different kind of good.
Written by playwright Itamar Moses and composer-lyricist David Yazbek, "The Band's Visit" in 2018 won almost every Tony Award for which it was nominated — and it was nominated for a pile of them — including "Best Musical."
Based on one of the touring production's opening-week performances in Cleveland, this is a delicate show, one that aims to engage your spirit and warm your heart.
It probably is not, however, a show for everyone.
Know that there is a soulful loneliness that pervades the story. Every significant character carries with him or her an unmistakable sadness.
And it can be quiet to the point that its dialogue occasionally can be difficult to discern, an issue compounded by some of the characters' accents.
Lastly, the Arabian-flavored songs, while very nicely composed by Yazbek, likely will not be to all tastes. These are not anthemic, sing-them-on-the-way-out-of-the-theater tunes.
Nonetheless, there is an unmistakable and undeniable beauty to "The Band's Visit" and the story it tells.
That tale begins with the introduction of the Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra, which on this day in the mid 1990s is trying to find its way from a bus station in Tel Aviv. Intending to go to Petah Tikvah, the band is accidentally sent to the less-exciting desert town of Bet Hatikva. (For the first stretch of the one-act show, Moses squeezes every last laugh of these similarly pronounced locations.)
Before the soon-to-be-even-more-confused musicians arrive in town, we meet a few of the residents of Bet Hatikva, who bemoan what they see as mundane existences in a boring place.
"Sometimes it feels like we're moving in a circle," they sing in "Waiting" as they literally revolve around the stage on a slowly rotating track. (This and some other clever set-piece movements from scenic designer Scott Pask — the show's lone Tony nominee to not win — are just about all the razzle dazzle "The Band's Visit" has to offer.)
The musicians, looking for directions to the Arab cultural center where they are to perform, enter a nondescript cafe owned by the outgoing but seemingly stuck-in-place Dina (Chilina Kennedy). Not only is there no such place in town, she tells them, there's no type of cultural center or, for that matter, any real culture to be found. The entertaining "Welcome to Nowhere," sung by Dina, Itzik (Pomme Koch) and Papi (Adam Gabay), pretty much makes that clear.
Led by conductor Tewfiq (Sasson Gabay, who portrayed the role in the film and on Broadway, following the runs by Tony winner Tony Shalhoub and another actor), the band stays around for a meal. After informing the men there will not be another bus until the morning, Dina suggests she and a couple of other folks can put the gentlemen up for the night.
"No, you have done too much already," the older gentleman says.
"OK," she responds flatly.
However, she then nudges Tewfiq a bit, and he relents. (What was he going to do? The town also doesn't have a hotel.)
What follows are a handful of different pairings among the townspeople and the band members, the most engaging being that of Dina and Tewfiq, who spend a night on the town.
The show's greatest number, the nostalgic and yearnful "Omar Sharif," sees Dina reminiscing to Tewfiq about the Egyptian entertainment that delighted her as a young girl. It's also a fine showcase for the lovely voice of Kennedy, credited with more than 1,000 performances in the titular role in "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical."
While other performers bring something to this production — including even Mike Cefalo as Telephone Guy, who dutifully and obsessively stands watch at a payphone waiting for a call from his girlfriend — Kennedy is the standout.
Gabay — father of the aforementioned Adam Gabay — gives an understated and charming performance, but a bit more vocal projection from him would go along way. It feels as though he's performing for a camera more than an audience, at times.
When you see all the accolades given to "The Band's Visit," you may expect to leave the theater transformed in some way by this work of art.
Really, though, the impact is likely to be more akin to what is experienced by the characters during their night together — something more quietly meaningful.
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Analyst BRIAN G. SEWELL speculates that Bitcoin et al, although flawed, will change the way the world does business
I WOULD rather see the SEC make a methodical decision, with thoughtful guidelines, to approve a cryptocurrency ETF (Exchange Traded Fund) than a rash decision to reject one.
An ETF is a pooled investment vehicle that offers diversified exposure to areas of the market. Investment can be made in stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, options or an asset blend. Investors buy shares, which represent a proportional interest in the pooled assets.
And though the SEC may not reach a decision until next year on the proposed SolidX Bitcoin Shares ETF, I think the agency will eventually approve it. The proposal (requiring a minimum investment of 25 Bitcoins, or $165,000, assuming a BTC price of $6,500) seems to meet the SEC's criteria – on valuation, liquidity, fraud protection/custody, and potential manipulation.
Since 2010, when it emerged as the first legitimate cryptocurrency, Bitcoin has been declared dead by pundits over 300 times. Critics have cited the cryptocurrency's hair-raising volatility, it's scalability challenges, or the improbability of a central bank ceding monetary control to a piece of pre-set software code.
'Effective cryptocurrency regulation requires a nuanced set of rules'
Yet since 2009, Bitcoin has facilitated more than 300 million consumer payment transactions, while hundreds of other cryptocurrencies have emerged, promising to disrupt a host of industries. Granted, no more than 3.5 percent of households worldwide have adopted cryptocurrency as a payment method. But I think cryptocurrency will transform how the world does business as developers, regulators, and demographics resolve some key issues.
I don't think the US investment community will rest until they satisfy SEC criteria for a Bitcoin ETF. Approval would represent another milestone in the validation of cryptocurrencies. This bodes well for the global financial system, because cryptocurrency promises to create financial savings and societal benefits — by streamlining how the world transacts for goods and services, updates mutual ledgers, executes contracts, and accesses records.
There would also have to be comprehensive US regulation to improve protection, innovation, and investment. Demand is mounting for a larger, more comprehensive US and global regulatory framework that protects consumers and nurtures innovation.
Those institutional investors who are assessing the cryptocurrency risk/reward proposition are also awaiting regulatory guidance and protection to honour their fiduciary duties. How, if at all, will exchanges be required to implement systems and procedures to prevent hacks and protect or compensate investors from them?
Effective cryptocurrency regulation requires a nuanced set of rules, a sophisticated arsenal of policing tools, sound protocols, and well-trained professionals.
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies cannot yet process tens of thousands of transactions per second. I think developers working on technology — such as Plasma, built on Ethereum, and the Lightning Network, for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies — will sooner or later bring leading cryptocurrencies to scale. This could unleash an explosion of new applications, allowing cryptocurrency to integrate with debit and credit payment systems, developing new efficiencies in commerce in ways we can't fully anticipate.
Effective cryptocurrency regulation requires a nuanced set of rules
Cryptocurrency adoption as a payment method could grow fastest in emerging markets. Many consumers and entrepreneurs in such regions have a strong incentive to transact in cryptocurrency — either because their country's current banking payment system is inefficient and unreliable, and/or they are one of the world's 1.7 billion "unbanked." Two-thirds of these unbanked citizens own a mobile phone, which could help them use cryptocurrency to transact, and access other blockchain-based financial services.
The Asia Pacific region has the highest proportion of global users of cryptocurrency as a transaction medium (38 percent), followed by Europe (27n percent), North America (17 percent), Latin America (14 percent), and Africa/The Middle East (4 percent), according to a University of Cambridge estimate.
Demographics will probably drive cryptocurrency adoption in the Developing World, home to 90 percent of the global population under the age of 30.
High volatility is inherent in the investment value of this nascent technology, due to factors including technological setbacks and breakthroughs, the impact of pundits, the uneven pace of adoption, and regulatory uncertainty.
In my view, cryptocurrencies will experience many more bubbles and bursts, in part fuelled by speculators. But the bursting of an investment bubble may signal a crash – or the dawn of a new era. While irrational investments in internet technology in the 1990s fuelled the dotcom bust, some well-run companies survived and led the next phase of the internet revolution.
Similarly, I believe a small group of cryptocurrencies and other blockchain applications, including Bitcoin, will become integrated into our daily lives, both behind the scenes and in daily commerce.
Although "irrational exuberance" will continue to impact the price of cryptocurrencies, this disruptive technology represents not only the future of money, but of how the world will do business.
* Brian G. Sewell is the founder of Rockwell Capital, a family office committed to educating investors about cryptocurrency, and Rockwell Trades, an institutional cryptocurrency trading platform.
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Organisers and police are hoping revellers will travel safely to and from festivities tonight. Photo: Supplied.
Canberrans are expected to be out in force tonight to celebrate New Year's Eve with organisers and police hoping revellers will travel safely to and from festivities and that arrangements will run smoothly.
Below are details about parking, transport, what to bring, road closures, rubbish and more which will help you navigate New Year's Eve in the city.
Canberrans will receive $10 off their Uber trip in conjunction with rides on Late Night Red and Blue Rapids. Image from Transport Canberra website.
Canberrans can party till late and ride home safely with Transport Canberra's Late Night Rapid Services running every 20 minutes up until 2 am. You can also take advantage of a $10 discount with Uber until 3 am, getting a lift straight home from your bus stop. Some conditions apply – please visit the Transport Canberra website for details.
Public car parks will be open in the Canberra City area (pay parking applies) with the exception of the car park on the corner of London Circuit and Northbourne Avenue which will be closed from 2 pm (31 December 2018) – 2 am (1 January 2019) as it falls within the event's road closures.
Barrine Drive at Acton parking.
If you are attending the festivities at Civic Square in the early evening, you are advised to bring water bottles and sun protection. You might also like to bring along your own chairs – but the area becomes crowded quickly and so you will need to come early to find a good spot. Picnics are welcome and so you can bring your own food but there will also be a variety of food and non-alcoholic beverage outlets on site.
Civic Square will be a drone-free zone during the celebrations.
Revellers are asked to help out the hardworking city cleaning staff by putting their rubbish in the bins provided and treating public places with respect. There are 48 large wheelie rubbish bins and 38 recycling bins located in the city centre and additional temporary bins will also be provided.
Organisers expect that the bins will be filled during the night – amounting to more than 2,500 kilograms of rubbish to be collected. It's anticipated that street sweepers and staff will also pick up another 600 kilograms of rubbish.
ACT City Services Minister Chris Steel has asked Canberrans to spare a thought for the cleaners who will be working through the night and to think twice before adding to the overall mess.
A number of temporary road closures will be in place in the City to allow for the New Year's Eve celebrations to take place.
For both the 9 pm and midnight fireworks displays, road closures will be in place 20 minutes before and 20 minutes after the show – this affects Constitution Avenue northbound and Northbourne Avenue southbound.
Vernon Circle both northbound and southbound between Commonwealth Avenue and Northbourne Avenue.
In addition, London Circuit between Northbourne Avenue and Akuna Street will be closed from 5 pm on Monday 31 December 2018 to 2 am on Tuesday 1 January 2019.
For up-to-date information on road closures please call Access Canberra on 13 22 81 or visit tccs.act.gov.au.
For further details about Canberra's New Year's Eve celebrations please visit events.act.gov.au/nye.
Alternatives: 1. put last year's fireworks footage on for the kids at 9 then go to bed as per usual. 2. Celebrate along with Samoa at 8.30 then go to bed as per usual.