The Geological Society has a range of membership grades from student memberships to postgraduate accreditations.
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If you are over 16 and in full time secondary education, have a keen interest in geology and can provide satisfactory evidence of your intent to go on and take a degree in geology or a related subject, you may join as a Junior Candidate Fellow.
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If you are registered for an honours degree (first degree) in geology, you may join as a Candidate Fellow. You can remain a Candidate Fellow for up to one year after graduation.
Fees for Candidate Fellows are heavily discounted, especially if you choose to pay up-front for the duration of your undergraduate course.
Fellows will have a degree or equivalent qualification in geology (or a related subject), or have not less than 6 years' relevant experience in geology or a related subject (e.g., membership of another learned society, either in UK or overseas). Fellows can use the postnominal FGS.
If you are a Fellow of the Society with relevant postgraduate experience in the practice of geology, you have the opportunity to apply for Chartered Geologist (CGeol) status.
See our Step by Step Guide to Chartership.
The European Geologist (EurGeol) title, awarded by the European Federation of Geologists, demonstrates a high degree of professionalism to employers, clients and the general public, and will become increasingly useful in assisting mobility in Europe.
Chartered Geologists can apply through a very simple application procedure on the apply for European Geologist page.
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Annual Fellowship fees are calculated according to age at 31 December 2018.
There is a £20 admission fee for Fellow applications. This does not apply if you are a full-time postgraduate or if you were a previous Fellow of the Society.
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Q: WCF - Cross platform question I have a simple WCF service, self hosting and a .net client. I am generating a proxy using svcutil. When I add the proxy to the client it asks me to add System.ServiceModel.dll. Well, I can add it since it is a test scenario and I am working in .Net platform.
However, suppose I am using a machine that does not support .Net, how that platform would compensate for the System.ServiceModel?
Could you please put some light on it?
EDIT: I got somewhat an idea. If I am creating WCF client I need to add ServiceModel. To Test it I added a ASMX client (Add Web Reference). My service mthod does not take any params. But i get an error in client asking me to enter out int Result, out bool ResultSpecified. Could you please exlain why?
EDIT: Could you please point me to an example - how and what to set true on "DataContractSerializer"
Thanks
Lijo

A: Odd question. If the client isn't a .NET application, it obviously wouldn't need System.ServiceModel. Clients can be written using any other SOAP library in whatever language the application is using.

A: It would compensate by throwing an exception. You need .NET framework installed to run .NET applications. For cross platform you may take a look at Mono.

Sorry I misunderstood your question. If you expose an endpoint using basicHttpBinding any client that conforms to the WS-I Basic Profile 1.1 will be able to consume the web service without problems. This is the most interoperable binding.

A: What bindings do you use?!
See also Is WCF platform independent?
Web Services Protocols Interoperability Guide
WSIT For Web Services Interoperability Technologies

A: I think there are two issues here:

*

*If you're self hosting a service, but you want clients not built using .NET to have access to it, then maybe you should consider hosting it within IIS instead. Alternatively, you would need to ensure that your hosting application also includes the metadata bindings (MEX) so that non .NET platforms can access the WSDL.

*If you're building a non .NET client, then you'd be using a set of tools or a framework for that platform instead. That being the case, you would use different tools to create a proxy for your service from the WSDL instead.
Hope that helps.

A: To eliminate the need for the two out parameters that are generated in a web service proxy, use the [XmlSerializerFormat] attribute on the operation contract. After regenerating the proxy, the method signature should match your definition rather than converting your return type into a data type "Result" and a "ResultSpecified" indicating whether the return variable is present.

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I would have preferred this video not to be a McCain ad (not endorsed), simply because I don't think it's necessary. People just need the facts, and then they can decide for themselves which candidate supports 'more of the same'.
I also wish that the video would have touched on ACORN's involvement in this entire mess. The more I dig into this, the more I see how a group of 'community organizers' can–within a matter of two decades–create the biggest economic disaster this country has ever seen.
Blame for the current financial crisis has been leveled at Wall Street greed, deregulation, and the free-market system. However, government policies – formulated and promoted more than 30 years ago by community organizations like those affiliated with Barack Obama – are the root cause of the problem.
Economists and financial experts interviewed pointed especially to the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (CRA) and the Associated Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) as major culprits.
Thomas DiLorenzo, Ph.D., an economics professor at Loyola College in Maryland, who specializes in housing finance, said, "I think they [ACORN and the CRA] were very major contributors to the current crisis. For 30 years they compelled banks to make loans to unqualified people.
Wade Rathke, the founder of ACORN and SEIU Local 100, AFL-CIO, started up a lobbying organization called 'Citizens Consulting'. Citizens Consulting received over $300,000 in contracts for providing 'Administrative Services' from ACORN's Chicago-based 'Housing Corporation' in 2005 alone. I haven't looked into the rest of ACORN's tax forms, but when I get more info, I'll post it here.
Also of note are ACORN's obvious ties to union bosses, who funnel union employees' dues into the organization and Rathke's consulting (lobbing) firm.
This summer, Rathke resigned as the head of ACORN (but still operates as the chief organizer for ACORN International and continues to meet with employees) after it came out that his brother had embezzled nearly $8 million of the organization's money. Keep in mind that ACORN receives a large sum of their income from government (and the Carnegie Foundation, which is another story that I won't get into here).
So what, you say? Rathke obviously isn't running for President, even if he played a large part in our current economic crisis and is a dirty scoundrel who exploits people's hopes and dreams to line his own pockets and facilitate his desire for power. So what if his group has been involved in massive voter fraud and extorted banks into giving loans to unqualified borrowers? He's unimportant in the broad scheme of things, right?
But Barack Obama is running for President, and Barack Obama has deep ties with ACORN.
Indeed, Mr. Obama has extensive connections with the granddaddy of activist groups, Acorn (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), which has gotten millions in government grants for its low-income housing programs. In 1992, Acorn hired Mr. Obama to run a voter registration effort. He later became a trainer for the group, as well as its lawyer in election law cases.
Acorn's political arm has endorsed Mr. Obama while its "voter education" arm has pledged to spend $35 million to register people this fall — despite a history of vote fraud scandals that have led to guilty pleas by many Acorn employees.
Not enough of a connection for you?
1) ACORN's role in our current financial crisis through lobbying efforts and lawsuits, their shady leaders, their voter fraud activities, and the fact that they are funded largely (now) by the taxpayers of this country.
2) Barack Obama's intimate involvement with ACORN as a "Community Organizer" and hired counsel for the organization.
3) Democrat Senators Christopher Dodd and Barney Frank's involvement in appropriating 20% of the last 'Housing Bill' to ACORN.
4) Democrat Christopher Dodd's sweetheart deal with Countrywide.
5) Democrat President Bill Clinton's expansion of the CRA (pushed by ACORN), which created a large portion of the current economic disaster.
6) Top Democrats (Dodd, Obama, and John Kerry) receiving the vast majority of lobbying funds from Freddie & Fannie employees.
And that's not even all of it, folks. A person could write a book about this fiasco, if they had time.
Yet the Democrats and Barack Obama would like you to believe that we're in this mess because of greedy and power-hungry corporations. They have the greed and power-hungry part right, they just need to insert "government" and "shady non-profits" in place of corporations.
Where, oh where is our media?!?!?!?!?!? This has nothing to do with Democrats vs. Republicans, but rather evil, greedy, power-hungry government monsters (who happen to be mostly Democrats and evil taxpayer-funded non-profit scumbags) against the taxpayers of America. So why are our main news sources neglecting to give us this information?
Folks, if you vote for Barack Obama and Democrats because you believe that they're 'for the little guy', consider all of the information contained in this post, and tell me that these despicable human beings don't make Enron look like a drop in the bucket. Then consider how they created legislation that gives mortgages away to unqualified borrowers (the poor) of which they can't possibly afford, only to have to watch their dream of home ownership be stripped away when they can't make the payments. (Duh?) THEN, consider the fact that these creeps have the AUDACITY to lecture John McCain and House Republicans on what got us here in the first place?
If you're angry about large corporations like WalMart or oil companies turning ridiculous profits, consider the fact that these companies make their money by CREATING and SELLING THINGS that PEOPLE WANT and NEED. These jerks in Congress and ACORN are taking money from your pockets, creating legislation that puts the American taxpayer in a precarious economic situation through no fault of our own, and then ask us to BAIL THEM OUT.
What am I missing, here? Why isn't all of America up-in-arms over this? And how can ANYONE justify voting for a Democrat right now, let alone Barack Obama?
Michelle Malkin has a great post on the $100 million in funds that has been promised to ACORN through the $700 billion bailout package. Check it out.


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Banded forbearance is an alternate approach to price regulation in partially liberalized telecom markets. Developed by LIRNEasia, the approach is useful especially for regulatory agencies with limited capacities, markets with limited competitors, and markets that are fast changing and dynamic.

This method is based on the concept of forbearance, wherein regulators refrain from regulating the market unless deemed necessary. Banded forbearance incorporates benchmarking and encourages symmetric regulation over the preferred asymmetric regulatory approaches.

Methodology
In this form of benchmark regulation, the regulator will
define a benchmarking methodology such as an adaptation of the OECD basket methodology, including peer countries and weights
define a band of allowed variance above and below what is likely to be a moving benchmark, within which prices will be fully forborne, and
specify competition-related criteria that will be used to evaluate price movements below the lower band (limited to tests on predation and price squeeze).

Durations of validity for the bands and default outcomes can also be specified in order to reduce uncertainty.

References

Telecommunications economics

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Kodak has recently released couple of TVs including LED TV and smart TV with different features and prices. If you are looking for the latest Television from the reputed brand then you have few choices from the brand and one of them is Kodak smart LED TV 50 inches, and other smart TV from the same brand.
The brand also earlier launched Kodak TV speaker 68M in India and is available in few online stores like Flipkart and Amazon to grab it. This is Bluetooth enabled and portable speaker which gives 'the best' audio result for any audio or video linked one.
The speaker can play on Max volume >2.5 hours and 10W output power (RMS). This is Bluetooth connectivity device with AUX IN port, Micro USB jack, range: up to 10 meters.
If you wanted to buy the best Bluetooth speaker any time soon then this is one of the option to check and find its detail, that the device gives the best audio result as per own technical experiment for few days.
Volume setting is on the top of the speaker. The Bluetooth (on/off), USB port, and DC IN option is at the back side. There is an option to fix carrying strap at the back side. The grip has given at the right and left side to hold safely.
There is no any issue in audio result and you can perfectly control the volume via attached devices (smartphone or TV etc.) or from the speaker volume itself. Rest you can try and enjoy the device with high quality of the audio output.
The box of the speaker includes carrying strap, charger cable and AUX IN port etc.
You may also find Kodak TV speaker 68M key specification and price detail below.
Kodak TV speaker 68M price: INR 3190/=* (Discounts are available in Flipkart & Amazon).
Tips: The result of the audio output is absolutely fantastic. You can take anywhere easily. The Excalibur blog suggest you to go ahead with the above stated gadget.


Rarities galore jostle for attention on these anthologies. Vol 1 launches in propitious fashion with the tone-poem Lamia by Handsworth-born Dorothy Howell (1898-1982). Championed by and dedicated to Sir Henry Wood, it won the 21-year-old composer instant acclaim – and deservedly so, given its precocious skill, melodic fecundity and notably adroit orchestration. Next comes the Symphony in C by Maurice Blower (1894-1982), the manuscript of which was found among his papers by his son, Thomas, and subsequently edited by him and Peter Craddock, who directed the first performance in 2008. Completed in 1938 and cast in four movements, it's an endearingly lyrical, 35-minute canvas of no mean fluency and craft, firmly in the British symphonic tradition, albeit with an affectionate nod or two towards Scandinavia, France and pre-Revolutionary Russia. Joseph Holbrooke's outrageously mischievous Variations on 'The Girl I Left Behind Me' (1905) brings one or two shaky moments from the otherwise spirited Karelia State PO under Marius Stravinsky's appreciative lead. A shame the cavernous sound is so unappetising.
Two highly attractive, pastoral-tinged works for horn and strings by Blower also frame the contents of the companion CD, his Eclogue and the 1951 Concerto that was first given by Dennis Brain (no less) at the 1953 Petersfield Music Festival. Both Robin Milford's wholly captivating 1924 Suite (think RVW meets Warlock) and the scarcely less fetching Concertino by Walter Gaze Cooper (1895-1981) are scored for solo oboe and strings; the latter was premiered by Evelyn Rothwell (aka Lady Barbirolli) in October 1957. That only leaves the charming Serenade for solo flute, horn, harp and strings of Frederick Septimus Kelly (1881-1916), a five-movement offering from 1911 by this Sydney-born figure who fought at Gallipoli and perished on the Somme. Happily, this disc brings with it an improvement in performance and production values, with exemplary solo contributions throughout and some eager (if not always ideally tidy) playing from the Malta PO under Michael Laus. Anglophiles who enjoy venturing well off the beaten track will find rich pickings here.


VISLINK TECHNOLOGIES AND GRASS VALLEY EXTEND PARTNERSHIP INTO THE 4K SPACE - Vislink Technologies Inc.
HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, APRIL 8, 2019 — In recognition of its continued commitment to providing the latest in video transmission technology, Vislink Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:VISL) announces that it has once again partnered with Grass Valley, a Belden brand, on an all-in-one broadcast solution. Grass Valley's newest LDX 86N Series 4K-RF camera is now integrated with Vislink Technologies' INCAM-HG wireless camera transmitter, which provides HEVC 4K UHD, HDR-ready wireless encoding and a remote-controllable camera interface via WiFi. This latest solution is on display at the 2019 NAB Show (Vislink Booth C6008, Grass Valley Booth SL106).
Vislink Technologies brands are recognized as the global leaders in the design, manufacture and deployment of end-to-end live video communications solutions. They are trusted suppliers to tier-1 customers in broadcast/sports/entertainment, and law enforcement/public safety/defense markets. Their products are recognized for high levels of performance, reliability, build quality, extended operating ranges and compact form factors. In the broadcast, sports and entertainment sectors, Vislink Technologies provide high-definition communication links to reliably capture, transmit and manage live event footage. In the law enforcement, public safety & defense markets, Vislink Technologies provides secure video communications and mission-critical solutions to local, national and international agencies and organizations.Headquartered in Hackettstown, New Jersey, Vislink Technologies has over 70 patents and pending patent applications. The company is a publicly traded and listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market (Symbol: VISL). For more information, visit www.vislink.com.


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Georgia ISCEBS - Partner Association - Alston & Bird Compliance Update - Discounted Rate $30
Find registration information at Georgia ISCEBS website.
Annual Alston & Bird Health & Welfare Compliance Update -
Innovative Health Plan Structures in a Post-ACA World
Join us and Alston & Bird Health Benefits Practice members John Hickman and Ashley Gillihan as they provide an update on employee benefits plan compliance on August 10.
This session will provide a post-ACA compliance update including recent agency pronouncements (wellness regulations, agency FAQs and IRS Notice 2015-87). We will then follow with a high-level overview of how plan sponsors are changing their health plans and the associated compliance issues related to: integrated HRAs, on-site clinics, narrow/skinny plan networks, MEC only coverage, tele-health and HSAs.
Don't miss our most-attended program 15-plus consecutive years!
Networking, registration, and lunch begin at 12 Noon. The presentation, including Q&A's, will be from12:30 PM to 2:30 PM. For registration, payment and location, please go to:http://cebsga.org/index.cfm?display=pages&pageid=10234&sub=l From this link, select Register Here, then your membership status for the correct payment. If you have any difficulty, send an email togaiscebs@gmail.com. Registration closes at noon on August 8, 2016, seat fill up fast!
John R. Hickman
John Hickman is head of the Alston & Bird, LLP Health Benefits Practice where he leads five attorneys devoted exclusively to health care reform issues under PPACA, HIPAA privacy, flexible benefits, and other health & welfare benefit issues. Mr. Hickman has been a pioneer in the consumer directed health care arena and has worked closely with health plans, financial institutions, and employers as well as the IRS, Treasury, and DOL in developing guidance for tax-favored health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) and health savings accounts (HSAs).
Mr. Hickman is a fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, and has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White) and Who's Who Legal in the employee benefits area. Mr. Hickman has lectured widely and published articles on HSAs, HIPAA, ERISA litigation, cafeteria and health plan issues. He is co-author of the Cafeteria Plans Manual, Health Care Reform, HIPAA Portability and Privacy, and Consumer-Driven Health Care (published by the Employee Benefits Institute of America). Mr. Hickman is head of the Technical Advisory Committee and is on the board of the Employers Council on Flexible Compensation (ECFC). Mr. Hickman is also an adjunct professor of law at Emory University School of Law.
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Ashley Gillihan is a member of Alston & Bird's Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Group. He is also a secondary member of the firm's ERISA Litigation Group.
Mr. Gillihan represents various corporate plan sponsors, insurers, HSA trustee/custodians, financial institutions and third party benefit plan administrators. His legal practice focuses exclusively on assisting clients with various health and welfare benefit plan compliance and litigation issues.
Mr. Gillihan lectures frequently and has published various articles on health and welfare benefit plan related topics. He is a faculty member for the Institute of Applied Management and Law (IAML). He is a member of the Technical Advisory Council to the Employer's Council on Flexible Compensation. He is also the former author of the Flexible Benefits Answer Book by Aspen Publishers.
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import { test } from '@/test'
import VCombobox from '@/components/VCombobox'

test('VCombobox', ({ shallow }) => {
  const app = document.createElement('div')
  app.setAttribute('data-app', true)
  document.body.appendChild(app)

  it('should evaluate the range of an integer', async () => {
    const wrapper = shallow(VCombobox, {
      propsData: {
        value: 11
      }
    })

    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()
    expect(wrapper.vm.currentRange).toBe(2)

    wrapper.setProps({ value: 0 })
    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()
    expect(wrapper.vm.currentRange).toBe(1)
  })

  it('should not use search input when blurring', async () => {
    const wrapper = shallow(VCombobox, {
      attachToDocument: true,
      propsData: {
        items: [1, 12]
      }
    })

    const event = jest.fn()
    wrapper.vm.$on('input', event)

    const input = wrapper.first('input')
    input.trigger('focus')
    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()

    wrapper.setProps({ searchInput: '1' })
    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()

    expect(wrapper.vm.internalSearch).toBe('1')

    const list = wrapper.find('.v-list__tile')[1]
    list.trigger('click')
    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()
    expect(event).toBeCalledWith(12)
  })

  it('should not use search input if an option is selected from the menu', async () => {
    const item = { value: 123, text: 'Foo' }
    const wrapper = shallow(VCombobox, {
      propsData: {
        items: [item]
      }
    })

    const event = jest.fn()
    wrapper.vm.$on('input', event)

    wrapper.setData({ isMenuActive: true })
    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()

    wrapper.vm.selectItem(item)
    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()

    wrapper.setData({ isMenuActive: false })
    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()

    expect(event).toBeCalledWith(item)
  })

  it('should not populate search field if value is falsey', async () => {
    const wrapper = shallow(VCombobox)

    const event = jest.fn()
    wrapper.vm.$on('input', event)

    wrapper.setData({ isMenuActive: true })
    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()

    wrapper.setProps({ searchInput: '' })
    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()

    wrapper.setData({ isMenuActive: false })
    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()

    expect(event).not.toBeCalled()
  })

  it('should clear value', async () => {
    const wrapper = shallow(VCombobox, {
      attachToDocument: true
    })

    const change = jest.fn()
    const input = wrapper.first('input')

    wrapper.vm.$on('change', change)
    wrapper.vm.$on('input', change)

    input.trigger('focus')
    input.element.value = 'foo'
    input.trigger('input')
    input.trigger('keydown.enter')

    expect(change).toBeCalledWith('foo')
    expect(change).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
    expect(wrapper.vm.internalValue).toBe('foo')

    input.element.value = ''
    input.trigger('input')
    input.trigger('keydown.tab')

    expect(wrapper.vm.internalValue).toBe('')
    expect(change).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4)
  })

  it('should call methods on blur', async () => {
    const updateCombobox = jest.fn()
    const wrapper = shallow(VCombobox, {
      attachToDocument: true,
      methods: {
        updateCombobox
      }
    })

    const e = { preventDefault: jest.fn() }
    wrapper.vm.onEnterDown(e)

    // https://github.com/vuetifyjs/vuetify/issues/4974
    expect(e.preventDefault).toBeCalled()
    expect(updateCombobox).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
  })

  it('should emit custom value on blur', async () => {
    const wrapper = shallow(VCombobox)

    const input = wrapper.first('input')

    const change = jest.fn()
    wrapper.vm.$on('change', change)

    input.trigger('focus')
    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()

    input.element.value = 'foo'
    input.trigger('input')

    input.trigger('keydown.tab')
    expect(change).toHaveBeenCalledWith('foo')

    input.trigger('keydown.esc')
    expect(wrapper.vm.isMenuActive).toBe(false)

    input.element.value = ''
    input.trigger('input')

    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick()
    expect(wrapper.vm.isMenuActive).toBe(false)
  })

  it('should conditionally show the menu', async () => {
    const wrapper = shallow(VCombobox, {
      attachToDocument: true,
      propsData: {
        items: ['foo', 'bar', 'fizz'],
        searchInput: 'foobar'
      }
    })

    const slot = wrapper.first('.v-input__slot')
    const input = wrapper.first('input')

    // Focus input should only focus
    input.trigger('focus')

    expect(wrapper.vm.isFocused).toBe(true)
    expect(wrapper.vm.$_menuProps.value).toBe(false)

    slot.trigger('click')

    expect(wrapper.vm.$_menuProps.value).toBe(false)

    // TODO: Add expects for tags when impl
  })

  it('should return an object', () => {
    const items = [
      { text: 'Programming', value: 0 },
      { text: 'Design', value: 1 },
      { text: 'Vue', value: 2 },
      { text: 'Vuetify', value: 3 }
    ]
    const wrapper = shallow(VCombobox, {
      propsData: {
        items
      }
    })

    const input = wrapper.first('input')
    const event = jest.fn()
    wrapper.vm.$on('input', event)

    input.trigger('focus')
    input.element.value = 'Programming'
    input.trigger('input')
    wrapper.vm.selectItem(items[0])

    expect(wrapper.vm.isFocused).toBe(true)
    expect(event).toBeCalledWith(items[0])

    input.trigger('keydown.tab')

    expect(wrapper.vm.isFocused).toBe(false)
    expect(wrapper.vm.internalValue).toEqual(items[0])
  })

  // https://github.com/vuetifyjs/vuetify/issues/5008
  it('should select item if menu index is greater than -1', async () => {
    const wrapper = shallow(VCombobox, {
      propsData: {
        items: ['foo']
      }
    })

    const input = wrapper.first('input')

    input.trigger('focus')
    input.trigger('keydown.enter')
    input.trigger('keydown.down')

    expect(wrapper.vm.getMenuIndex()).toBe(0)

    input.trigger('keydown.enter')

    expect(wrapper.vm.internalValue).toBe('foo')
  })
})

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Win a family pass to the Woodvale International Rally
WOODVALE International Rally takes place on August 4 and 5 and the Chronicle is offering a thrilling, fun-packed weekend for five lucky families.
Organisers of the event at RAF Woodvale will this year be focusing a lot more on entertainment for children, many of it free, to ensure visitors have an enjoyable and affordable time, particularly in the current climate.
The popular Crazy Bears will once again be returning and other entertainment for the younger members of the family includes a climbing wall, kid's craft tent, land train rides, face painting, quad bikes, slides, donkey rides and water buoys.
There will also be a fairground, colourful kite festival, dog training displays, Morris dancing and Laurel and Hardy look-alikes will also be spotted around the show ground.
Peter Wood, rally manager, said: "In the present climate people are spending less although the exception seems to be that parents are still spending on their children. With this in mind we are looking to introduce a lot more entertainment for youngsters.
"The rally will naturally still have all the popular attractions that have made the event so successful for all the family during the last 40 years whether they are enthusiasts collectors or just looking for a great day out."
Other highlights include, for the first time, two Spitfire aircraft, which will be on static display, the world-famous Vander Brothers 'Wheels of Death', the popular 'Wall of Death' Ken Fox Troupe, Neil Porter and Steve Colley motorcycle stunt riders and martial arts displays.
The rally continues to offer visitors a wide range of attractions including vintage and veteran cars, model boats, model car racing, model flying displays, model railways, stationary engines, military vehicles and parades, a military re-enactment and military bands.
There will also be a wide number of rock and jazz bands, a vehicle restoration workshop, auto jumble, car boot, flight simulator, creative crafts and gifts, trade stands and food outlets.
Tickets in advance, which are valid for both days, have also been frozen and cost £25 for families, £10 for adults, £5 for children, at £8 for OAPs.
Camping is also returning for 2012 with plots available for a family at £65 with additional adults and vehicles at £5 each. Camping is for three nights from Friday, August 4 and covers entrance to the show.
Disabled parking and Shopmobility services are also available.
Advance tickets are available from Southport TIC and for further information or to book camping call 0844740 9172 or visit www.woodvalerally.com.


Truthfully, Comeaux High boys basketball coach Jeremy Whittington still hasn't gotten over last Tuesday's home loss to Carencro when he was "embarrassed" by his team's defensive performance in a 67-60 loss.
This Tuesday's road win over the Barbe Buccaneers, however, certainly had to make the Spartans' head coach feel a little better at least.
Tuesday's win, though, didn't come without plenty of angst down the stretch. Leading by 13 points going into the fourth quarter, Barbe cut the lead to three and the Spartans held on for a 50-45 victory.
Jaleel Moore continued his second-half offensive emergence with 19 points, followed by Hunter Register with 15 in the victory.
Comeaux is now 13-8 overall and tied for second place in the District 3-5A standings with a 4-2 record.
All of that from a roster led by three seniors (two starters) and a host of freshmen and sophomores.
The Spartans typically play games in the 40s or 50s, rarely that get even into the 60s. In fact, Comeaux scored 70 points in a win over Pineville and that was the only time either team scored more than 67 points in a game the Spartans participated in all season long.
And despite being contenders with such a young roster, Whittington said his troops are "happy but not satisfied" heading into the season's stretch drive.
"Our goal was to win the district championship and that's still our goal," he said.
Either way, Whittington is just hoping his young Spartans stay the course and get playoff experience.
Acadiana at Sam Houston, Barbe at Carencro, Lafayette High at Comeaux, New Iberia at Sulphur.


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NIOPDC preparing infrastructure to distribute 30 mcm/d of CNG
May 3, 2020 - 13:58
TEHRAN - Director of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Projects at the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company (NIOPDC) says the necessary infrastructure is prepared for developing the CNG sector to be able to distribute 30 million cubic meters per day (mcm/d) of gas across the country.
"The Oil Ministry and National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company have created the infrastructure for the development of the CNG industry, only in the conversion sector development measures should be taken," Hamid Qasemi Dahcheshmeh told Shana.
The official noted that Oil Ministry has been supportive of the industry since very beginning through supporting the production of CNG-powered engines and converting automobile plants to produce dual-fuel cars in this regard.
"In the previous years, 920,000 vehicles were converted through the Oil Ministry's direct contracts," he added.
He further noted that currently over 2,500 CNG stations are operating across the country for supplying CNG to passenger cars and a few stations are also providing gas to heavy vehicles like buses and trucks.
The mentioned CNG stations account for 22 percent of the country's fuel basket, according to Dahcheshmeh.
According to a report by NIORDC released in early February, consumption of compressed natural gas in Iran increased by 31 percent since the implementation of the gasoline rationing scheme up to the mentioned date.
As reported, the country's CNG consumption which stood at 19 mcm before the implementation of the fuel rationing scheme, increased to 25 mcm in February.
The Iranian government started, On November 13 2019, rationing of subsidized gasoline and increased fuel prices as it plans to use the revenue for supporting underprivileged families.
Later that month, the head of NIOPDC's CNG promotion program announced that CNG consumption in the country had increased by 10 percent only two weeks after the beginning of the program.
According to Hassan Qolipour, more than 2,478 compressors are installed in the country's CNG stations.
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EFF march latest: SAHPRA 'refuse to allow politics to outweigh science'
SAHPRA said on Friday evening that they will not let political pressure from the EFF force them into forgoing their science-based rationale.
by Dan Meyer
After the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and thousands of their supporters took part in a widely-criticised mass march to the SAHPRA offices in Pretoria on Friday, the Health Products Regulatory Authority have clapped back at the Red Berets, saying that they will not allow political pressure to derail science-based decisions.
SAHPRA reject EFF demands
In a statement released on Friday eveing, SAHPRA said that they will continue to operate based on their standing as an "independent, science-based entity that follows strict guidelines and processes when approving health products".
"SAHPRA concerns itself, like other regulators across the world, with safety, quality and efficacy of health products," they said.
They said that based on this principles, they reject the EFF's demand that they open the door immediately to vaccines developed in Russia and China. "Essential requirements are consistently applied to all COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics that SAHPRA has considered for use in the country," they said.
'No vaccine favoured'
SAHPRA said that it "cannot allow political pressure to cloud a clear science-based approach to approving health products where the safety of the public could be compromised", and said that "it will be a sad day in the country when the regulator is undermined or influenced by any party".
The EFF handed over a memorandum to the SAHPRA CEO on Friday once the sea of red support had made its way to the Pretoria offices, and issued the following response to their demands:
SAHPRA does not favour any applicant as alleged by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF);
Allegations against the SAHPRA Board Chair, Prof Helen Rees are totally unfounded and false;
SAHPRA, as part of its mandate, focuses on the safety and well-being of the public and no vaccine can be made available until it meets these regulatory requirements.
Furthermore, they said that SAHPRA must take into account the local epidemiology, and specifically which SARS-CoV-2 variants concern are circulating in the country.
"In essence, EFF wants SAHPRA to approve vaccines without adherence to the critical components of safety, quality and efficacy."


Drake's Mom And Dad Have A Few Things To Say About Rap Beef And Sexual Assault!
Drake's parents offer up some shocking opinions!
(AllHipHop Rumors) This past weekend has been a busy one for Drake and his family. First, the Canadian Rapper released a "Degrassi" themed visual for his single "I'm Upset."
The video featured Drake reuniting with his former cast as they visited their former school. There, they all enjoyed a wild reunion.
Fans were excited to see the reunion and applauded the visual. This would be one of Drake's first wins in weeks.
The beef between he and Pusha T definitely slowed down his momentum. However, his new album is still scheduled to be released in a few weeks.
Drake's parents have also been speaking out lately after been brought into their son's feud. Drake's mom said she is no fan of rap feuds and said they need to stop.
Drake's father also had some interesting things to say about the #MeToo movement as well.


I came home from Rosh Hashanah services and felt inspired to play. I feel blessed that I belong to a Jewish community that is willing to work through the difficult conversations of race and at the same I'm very frustrated because I often feel like it's lip service and wonder when will things change.
Racism is ugly and nasty and does not look like it did during the time of slavery, it does not look like it did when my grandparents or when my parents were growing up. Racism is a different animal today but just as ugly and nasty.
I opened up the book to Rise Up Singing and O Freedom jump out at me. I started thinking about the birthday of the world and the violence this past year and the more things change the more they stay the same, all of that swirling around my brain make this the perfect song for me at this moment.
Rosh Hashanah is a time of remembrance. The anniversary of the creation of the world and since the world is quite old there is much to be thankful for and to celebrate. Rosh Hashanah is also a time when we remember our own personal histories, our journeys that have brought us to this day. We reflect on those times when we might not have lived up to our best selves and remember the times when we did.
Like many of you here, this summer I embarked on a journey and that journey for me started about six years ago when I knew I wanted to be a Rabbi. Actually, when I really think about it my journey started about forty-years ago. Which in someways makes me feel like the Israelites. Let me explain. In this weeks Torah portion Nitzavim-Vayeilech, we come to the last day of Mose's life. The Israelites have been wandering in the dessert for forty-years and the land promised to them is within reach; they can see it, they can smell it and in someways maybe even touch it, but they cannot enter into the land. Can you imagine what it must feel like? I know I can. Imagine what it must feel like to search for something for forty years; you are not sure what it looks like, you may even start to doubt that it truly exist, but you keep holding onto a dream, and believe; and then when you find it, and you know it really exist, and you can see it, smell it, and maybe even touch it but you cannot enter.
Mose's tells the Israelites "I am 120 years old today, I can no more go out and come in; and G-D has said to me: that I will not go over this Jordan" The Israelites in the dessert can see the promised land but there leader will not be able to go with them. This is exactly what Dr. Martin Luther King was referencing in his famous speech The Promised Land. In his speech on April 3, 1968, King says, "I've been to the mountaintop. He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over and I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land." And like Moses, King was allowed to see the promised land but he knew that he was not going to be allowed to enter. The next day King was dead.
Like the Israelites, I to have been wandering in the dessert for 40 years. I have done many things in my life with great success, and every challenge has led me that much closer to where I needed to be. And now, when I am about to enter the promised land, which in this case we are talking about rabbinical school, the people that have helped me and coached me can't be here with me on this part of my journey, but I can take them with me where ever I go. A dear friend once told me, "some people have linear paths, and for others it's never a straight line." So, I say to you, Never give up on your dreams. Even when you think it's impossible. Sometimes we we're meant to wander in the dessert for 40 years.


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Ricorda Maggie Rose (Along Came a Spider) – romanzo di James Patterson del 1992
 Nella morsa del ragno (Along Came a Spider) – film del 2001 diretto da Lee Tamahori
 Along Came a Spider – album di Alice Cooper del 2008


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Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion's Exploration
Husband and Wife Duo Continue a Rich Musical Tradition
by Calvin Gilbert 6/20/2005
By the time folk music legend Pete Seeger performed at their wedding, Johnny Irion had managed to comprehend the implications of marrying Sarah Lee Guthrie.
Irion, of course, recognized her last name when they were first introduced, but he admits he didn't fully understand the attention surrounding the petite young woman who's the daughter of Arlo Guthrie (most famous for the '60s classic, "Alice's Restaurant") and granddaughter of Woody Guthrie (composer of "This Land Is Your Land," among many other songs).
"I didn't realize the enormity of it — which is probably a very good thing," Irion tells CMT.com. "But I didn't have any Arlo records, and I didn't have any Woody Guthrie records."
Since the March release of their New West Records album, Exploration, Irion and his wife have been touring almost constantly with their infant daughter, Olivia, and their band, the Corner Pockets. A highly accessible and mostly acoustic blend of folk, rock, country and other elements, Exploration was co-produced by Gary Louris (of the Jayhawks) and Ed Ackerson.
A native of South Carolina, Irion was a member of the indie rock bands Queen Sarah Saturday and Dillon Fence. "I'd done a tour with the Black Crowes, and [Black Crowes frontman] Chris Robinson mentioned he was producing a rock 'n' roll band in Los Angeles that needed a guitar player. I figured I needed to get out of the South for a little while."
Shortly after arriving in California in 1997, Irion met his future wife, who had just graduated from high school and was working as her father's road manager during the Further Festival, a tour that also featured members of the Grateful Dead and the Black Crowes. After meeting at a Los Angeles club, the couple realized they shared a deep love of roots music.
Irion grew up listening to jazz and rock bands such as the Beach Boys, Beatles and Rolling Stones, but he later started exploring the music of the Louvin Brothers, George Jones and Hank Williams. A defining moment came when he first attended the Black Mountain Music Festival in North Carolina.
"I was there all weekend," he says. "I knew I was kind of heading in that direction and loved it, but then I saw it live — Jerry Douglas and Del McCoury — and I started looking at the songs people wrote, and then I started buying those records. I got a shovel and started digging down."
Folk music was a part of Guthrie's life, although it took some encouragement from Irion for her to learn to play the guitar and to set her poetry to music. She says it never crossed her mind to play music, even though her first live performance came at age 12 when her father was appearing at Carnegie Hall in New York.
"Nobody really was shocked that I didn't make music," she says. "That's probably why it never occurred to me. My parents just figured I was going my own way and wasn't really into it, so they never bothered me with it."
Guthrie says her father tried to keep his career separate from his personal life when she was growing up with her brother and two sisters.
"Early on, when I was younger, though, I can remember the Dillards being in our house and picking out a bunch of tunes all night long," she says. "My mom has a video that helps me remember. As I got older, he was always out on the road."
One thing she has inherited from her father is a willingness to mix musical styles to find a unique sound.
"I love all kinds of music, and I like to include everything and everybody," she says. "It's really satisfying when you can do all those things at once. For us to get pigeonholed into some sort of genre is kind of limiting, so it's nice to keep all the doors open."
Having Seeger perform at their wedding was a bigger deal for the attendees than it was for Guthrie and Irion.
"We didn't even think of it," she says. "It was everybody else that went, 'Oh, my gosh.' You don't think of it when you're that close."
Irion acknowledges that some of Arlo's fans have certain expectations from Sarah Lee as she moves forward in her music career. And when the interviewer suggests that Arlo occasionally attracts some rather bizarre admirers, she just laughs.
"You're telling me!" she says. "Yeah, weird people. But he's kind of strange himself, you know. He's a weird dude. We're all weird. It's actually a compliment when people say we're weird."
Setting the record straight, Irion interjects, "They're not weird. They're the most loving family I've ever met in my whole entire life."
"I know," she says. "But it kind of gives you the freedom. As soon as you kind of say you're weird, you can pretty much do whatever you want."
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Calvin Gilbert has served as CMT.com's managing editor since 2002. His background includes stints at the Nashville Banner, Radio & Records and Westwood One.
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Dubai, September 8, 2014: Dubai Investments PJSC [DI] subsidiaries Emirates Glass – one of the largest processors of flat architectural glass in region, and Emirates Insolaire LLC – a pioneer in new solar technologies, have unveiled the latest industry innovations to enhance the design appeal of building façades at Façade Design & Engineering UAE Summit, currently under way in Dubai.
At the Summit, Emirates Glass is showcasing its eco-friendly products while Emirates Insolaire is unravelling its sustainable and aesthetic coloured solar panels – the first-of-its-kind in the world. The Summit, being held at Amwaj Rotana, Dubai, continues till September 9.
Emirates Glass and Emirates Insolaire also generated a lot of interest and enquiries as part of its participation in the Summit, which brought together top government officials and major companies in the region, specifically dealing in façade engineering, architecture and consultancy.


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Miranda Cuckson: String Alchemist
Despite the remarkable breadth and diversity of violinist Miranda Cuckson's repertoire list, there is a reliable theme that emerges when it comes to reactions to her playing: music critics and fans tend to note how comfortably she embraces even the sharpest, most unapproachable-seeming pieces, conveying the music with such palpable control and insight that it's as if she's holding the door into these worlds open for the audience.
Frankly, it's the impression I carry as well, particularly after I heard her perform an all-Ralph Shapey program in Chicago in 2013. When work is at its most forbidding, she grabs the flashlight that is her skill and artistry and leads the way through.
Cuckson's 1742 "ex-Bazzini" Guadagnini violin
Cuckson's extensive Juilliard training—from age 9 through her Ph.D—steeped her in a broad array of repertoire, but she discovered a particular affinity for new and often challenging pieces. "One reason that I've done well at this kind of thing is that I absorb quickly unfamiliar music, so being handed scores and [being told], 'Play this,' I'm able to do," she acknowledges, laughing. "So I've found myself getting work."
And while she's more interested in music that has something "really vivid" to say rather than difficulty for difficulty's sake, she admits that there is something attractive about the puzzle.
"I do enjoy music that presents something for me to really figure out, both in terms of understanding the music itself and how I'm going to play it on my instrument and what I want to convey with it," she explains. "You feel like there are layers that you go through and certain things that, once you've absorbed them, become more ingrained in how you're doing it. Then you can go further into another aspect of it or another level of it. It's rewarding to work that way."
Work, you quickly get the impression, is not something Cuckson has ever been one to shy away from. In addition to keeping up with her busy performance schedule of solo and chamber repertoire, she is an active recording artist and is also the artistic director of the ensemble Nunc. Plus, she writes about music as well, often penning her own program notes.
Cuckson's library of scores, books, and media.
So far, however, for as much as she values her role as an engaged and intellectually curious collaborator, she hasn't felt the urge to compose new work herself.
But I feel strongly about what I do as an interpreter. It's both putting all my imagination and hopefully perceptiveness and insight into the music, and skill and all that, but also being a great collaborator with the composers—whether they're not around anymore so I have to figure that out, or with the people who can actually talk and work with me. There's a kind of alchemy that goes on, and it's one of the more mysterious things, music and the melding that goes on between artists' personalities in performance: the composer's vision and what they were feeling and the performers and their own personalities and how these things come together.
It's also a reminder of the profoundly fluid and ephemeral nature of performance, no matter how many hours go into perfecting the delivery of even the most complex score or how much time a listener is able to spend in its company. That's the interesting thing about new music, Cuckson emphasized. "One performance of something is part of a process, hopefully of either getting to know that piece or that composer's work or in general just listening to more and more things."
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Daily COVID-19 Update: June 1, 2020
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Now Accepting Applications: CBRN Small Business Relief Fund
Applications are now open for the Canadian Business Resilience Network Small Business Relief Fund! The Candian Chamber of Commerce is offering grants to Canadian small businesses that have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic to help them recover and support their resilience. These grants are made possible through the generosity of Salesforce and will be offered as a one-time payment of $10,000 to 62 businesses across the country. Applications are being accepted until Friday, June 12, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. ET. Learn more and apply here
Emissions Reduction Alberta's Food, Farming, and Forestry Challenge
Government is funding Emissions Reduction Alberta's Food, Farming, and Forestry Challenge through the Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) Fund. Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) is calling for proposals for the challenge, which will accelerate innovation in support of long-term competitiveness and stimulate growth in the critically important agriculture, agri-food and forestry sectors. A total of $40 million will come from the TIER Fund—a key part of Alberta's climate response, funded by industry—¬to support the challenge.
The application deadline is Aug. 27, at 5 p.m. MT. Visit eralberta.ca for more information and eligibility criteria, or to sign up for an informational webinar to be held on June 29.
Rent Relief for Eligible Tenants in National Parks, Historic Sites, and Marine Conservation Areas
On May 25, the Canadian Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) program opened for applications to provide rent relief to small businesses that had been forced to close or had lost a significant portion of their revenue due to COVID-19. Businesses that are renters in Parks Canada places are not eligible for the CECRA program because they, or in some cases their landlord, are on federal lands renting from a federal agency.
Parks Canada will be contacting all holders of commercial leases and licences of occupation in national parks, national historic sites and national marine conservation areas to provide details on this additional relief being provided by the government. Information will also be made available soon on the Parks Canada website. More information
Targeted Support for the Tourism Industry
The government announced $3.45 million to bolster recovery efforts for Western Canada's tourism areas. This funding is the result of the close collaboration between WD and tourism organizations and businesses across Western Canada to identify gaps and key areas needing additional support. The funds will support keystone assets and regionally-based tourism associations that provide services to small- and medium-sized enterprises.
The Worker's Compensation Board is going paperless
Employers can access the EFT Payments Report in myWCB. Workers can access payment information through the myWCBapp or myWCB.
Expanded Testing for COVID-19
Testing is now available to all Albertans, whether they have COVID-19 symptoms or not. Expanded testing will provide data to further understand the impacts of moving to the next stage of Alberta's Relaunch Strategy and help the government understand where there might be undetected positive cases and prevent further spread of the virus. More testing information is available online.
Rent Dispute Resolution Now Available for Mobile Home Sites
Effective June 1, the government's Residential Tenancy Dispute Resolution Service (RTDRS) will accept applications from mobile home site tenants and landlords for urgent issues related to site possession and termination of tenancy. Under the Mobile Home Sites Tenancies Amendment Act, mobile home site tenants and landlords can access the RTDRS – a faster, less formal and less expensive alternative to the court system that helps resolve tenancy disputes for Albertans renting residential properties. More information
Accelerated Funding to Municipalities
The federal government announced that funding delivered through the federal Gas Tax Fund will be accelerated this year to help communities as quickly as possible while respecting public health guidelines.
This means that $2.2 billion in annual federal infrastructure funding for communities will be delivered in one payment in June. Early delivery of the full funding for 2020-21 will help communities quickly move forward with infrastructure projects.
Expanded mental health supports for Albertans
A $21.6-million investment is expanding online resources and virtual supports for Albertans who are seeking help for mental health and addiction challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This funding is the first portion of the $53-million COVID-19 mental health action plan announced in April, aimed at helping Albertans access the resources they require, when and where they need them. Funding will enhance mental health and addiction supports, both online and in the community, through international, national and local organizations. More information
Funding For the Social and Economic Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities
The government has announced financial support of up to $6.4 million over three years for up to 16 organizations across Canada through the disability component of the Social Development Partnerships Program (SDPP-D). This funding will support partnerships between disability stakeholders and the federally regulated private sector and help to develop best practice tools and resources in the areas of accessible workplaces, accessible service design and delivery, and communication.
Outdoor sports guidance available
While many sports activities remain prohibited during stage one of relaunch, some are being allowed with appropriate safety measures. Information has been posted online to offer guidance on which sports are permitted, along with ways to limit risks. Local restrictions may also be in place in addition to provincial public health orders.
Commentary: Collapse In Sentiment Across The OECD As 95% Of Surveyed Businesses Report Weak Business Climate
This year's survey came as a stark wake-up call to the deep economic pain being felt across the globe due to COVID-19. The headline number that stood out was the precipitous decline in perceptions of the current business climate. Whereas in 2019 only 16% of the Business at OECD global network felt a weak business climate, this number was 95% in 2020. Concerning too is the squeeze being felt on both the demand side (i.e. consumers and businesses asking for goods and services) and the supply side (i.e. businesses' ability to produce and supply those goods and services). Read more.
Commentary: An Entrepreneur's Perspective, With Susanna Cluff-Clyburne And David Downey
Susanna Cluff-Clyburne, our Senior Director of Parliamentary Affairs, is joined by David Downey, CEO of ArcoInfo Canada, to discuss the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on small business, how his business is working to overcome it and the effectiveness of the government's response to date. Watch Now
Senate National Finance Committee To Meet Tuesday
On Tuesday, June 2, the Senate National Finance Committee will meet virtually and hear from several panels, including experts from many business groups, as the committee studies the government's financial response to COVID-19. Experts include the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, the Quebec Employers Council, the National Airlines Council of Canada, the Canadian Trucking Alliance, the Northern Air Transport Association, the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, the Fisheries Council of Canada, the Union des producteurs agricoles, the Canadian Credit Union Association, and the Canadian Bankers Association. Watch on June 2
Being Human Services presents Personality Dimensions Sales and Customer Service
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Arlene Dickinson: Reinvention On the Elevate Main Stage
In this episode of Elevate Live, Arlene Dickinson, Former Dragon on CBC's hit show Dragon's Den & President and CEO of Venture Communications, will distill a lifetime of experience to reveal her blueprint for locating your sense of purpose, realistically evaluating your strengths, and assessing opportunities outside your comfort zone. Whether you have a big career dream to achieve, or you need to rebuild after a personal setback, applying business principles to your personal life will help you figure out how to achieve your goals. By following the process she's always used to transform underperforming companies, Arlene will share practical tips to help you chart a bold new path and plan for your reinvention. Register now.
Build Your Online Presence, With Facebook
Join us on Wednesday, June 3 at 1:00 p.m. ET to learn how to build your business's online presence with a Facebook Business Page and find out about the free Facebook tools to jumpstart your business online. We'll cover everything from building your Facebook business page to communicating with your customers and managing and measuring your page. Register now.
Cybersecurity, With Field Effect
Join us and Field Effect on Thursday June 4 at 11:30 a.m. ET to learn what precautions you need to take to protect you and your organization from an increase in cyber threats during this unprecedented time. Register now.
Resiliency - Challenges Across Generations
A panel of distinguished family businesses will share the history of their enterprises, the challenges faced, and the will to endure. This panel is hosted in conjunction with the Family Business Alliance, an international association of university-affiliated family business centers. June 4 1:30-3:00 PM MST. Register now.
2020 Digital LGBT+ Business Summit
In spite of ongoing uncertainty and the immediate impact of the current economic reality, LGBT+ business leaders are forging ahead – breaking new ground, innovating, expanding businesses and strengthening our communities. This year, through the power of connection, Canada's LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce will be bringing together diverse business owners, corporate leaders, professionals, young entrepreneurs, government and academia for a free five-day live digital experience starting June 8. Register now.
Webinar | Getting Creative With Your Mobile Phone, With Facebook
Join us on June 9 at 11:00 p.m. MST to learn how to plan and create content using your mobile phone. We'll share tools, tips and creative apps that can help you create high quality content for your customers and followers. Register now
Business Families Foundation Free Online Offerings
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15 Surprising Facts About Death Wish
BY Roger Cormier
When Brian Garfield wrote the 1972 novel Death Wish, about a New York City accountant-turned-vigilante named Paul Benjamin, he had no idea that it would spawn one of Hollywood's longest-running film series, with five movies released over 20 years. The first film, 1974's Death Wish, was so controversial that Garfield openly wished it would not air on television after it allegedly inspired some real-life copycat killings.
While Charles Bronson will forever be linked to the lead role (who changed from Paul Benjamin to Paul Kersey for the film, and became an architect), Bruce Willis is getting ready to give the iconic character a go with Eli Roth's update of the film, which hits theaters this weekend. In the meantime, here are 15 things you might not know about Death Wish.
1. IT WAS INSPIRED BY A COUPLE OF REAL-LIFE CRIMES (THAT WERE MUCH LESS VIOLENT).
Author Brian Garfield was inspired to write Death Wish after he grew very angry when, in separate incidents, his wife's purse was stolen and his car was vandalized. "I knew the vandal had done us no real harm ... Yet my first response to the discovery of this mindless violence was swift and stark," Garfield later wrote. "My boundaries had been violated, my property trespassed upon. He had no right. 'I'll kill the son of a bitch.'" While Garfield's flash of anger eventually dissipated, the idea of writing a novel about a man who never got over crimes committed against his immediate family didn't fade away so easily.
2. ORIGINALLY SIDNEY LUMET WAS SET TO DIRECT, WITH JACK LEMMON STARRING.
The adapted screenplay by Wendell Mayes (Anatomy of a Murder, The Poseidon Adventure) was written with the idea that Sidney Lumet would be behind the camera and Jack Lemmon would be starring as Paul. Lumet supposedly wanted to shoot it in black and white. When Dino De Laurentiis came on as producer, Lumet dropped out. With Lumet out, Lemmon lost interest.
3. HENRY FONDA AND GEORGE C. SCOTT BOTH TURNED DOWN THE LEAD ROLE.
Henry Fonda declined the part because he said the script was "repulsive." George C. Scott said no because of all its violence.
4. CHARLES BRONSON AND HIS AGENT DISAGREED ON THE FILM'S MESSAGE.
While Charles Bronson was immediately interested in the role, his agent wasn't so sure. "It's the only time Paul Kohner, my agent, ever disagreed with me about a film," Bronson said in 1974. "Paul felt very strongly that it was a dangerous picture—that it might make people think it's right to take the law into their own hands. This is what the hero of the picture does when he wants a one-man vigilante squad to kill muggers, after three of them have murdered his wife and raped his daughter. I told Paul I thought the message was the same there that runs through a lot of my pictures: That violence is senseless because it only begets more violence."
5. BRIAN GARFIELD THOUGHT BRONSON WAS ALL WRONG FOR THE PART.
Garfield didn't like the fact that as soon as Bronson appeared on screen, "you knew he was going to start blowing people away." Director Michael Winner dismissed the author's criticisms, calling him "an idiot."
6. BRONSON THOUGHT DUSTIN HOFFMAN SHOULD HAVE PLAYED HIS PART.
Even though he liked the message, Bronson wasn't originally convinced that he would be the best actor for the job. "The way the part was written, it was about a meek little New York-born accountant," Bronson said. "I thought it was a much better picture for Dustin Hoffman." Eventually, it was Winner who convinced Bronson to take the role anyway. "He said we could change the part to a more active and virile architect, and we'd all make a potful of money."
7. JEFF GOLDBLUM MADE HIS FILM DEBUT IN THE MOVIE.
When discussing his feature debut, Jeff Goldblum admitted, "I stick out like a sore thumb." Goldblum played one of the "Freaks" who killed Paul's wife and raped his daughter. Back in 1983, Goldblum told New York Magazine that a job was a job. "Did it bother me it was such a brutal part? No. It was the first movie I'd gone up for, and I got it." Winner remembered Goldblum as being "loose and brilliant" in his audition.
8. OLYMPIA DUKAKIS HAD A SMALL ROLE, BUT DOESN'T LOOK BACK ON THE FILM FONDLY.
Olympia Dukakis was uncredited, but paid, for playing one of the cops at the precinct. It wasn't a particularly positive experience for the future Oscar winner. "Yeah, they sent me over, and the director [Michael Winner] was, uh, not necessarily liked by the actors," Dukakis told The A.V. Club in 2015. "I mean, he made me turn around, and he wanted to see me, and … he treated me like a piece of meat during the audition. But it was, like, one day, so I could take the money and go home and say, 'F**k you and the horse you rode in on.'"
9. THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT USING THE WORD "DEATH" IN THE TITLE.
Posters with the title Sidewalk Vigilante were printed because De Laurentiis worried about having the word "death" in the title. "The fact that it had the word death made me a little uneasy, a little perplexed," the producer admitted. "Then I realized it might bring in an additional audience—horror flick fans—so I left it the way it was." For his part, Winner thought Sidewalk Vigilante was a "ghastly" title.
10. HERBIE HANCOCK WROTE THE SCORE, AT THE SUGGESTION OF MICHAEL WINNER'S GIRLFRIEND.
"It was the first film score by Herbie Hancock, the brilliant jazz musician," Winner wrote in his memoir, Michael Winner: Winner Takes All: A Life of Sorts. "I chose him because Dino wanted a cheap band and at the time I was having an affair with one of the actresses in the movie who was very into jazz music. She said, 'Herbie Hancock is a new genius.' I listened to his record Head Hunters, thought it absolutely brilliant, and persuaded Dino to take him."
11. GARFIELD THOUGHT THE MOVIE AND HIS BOOK SENT DIFFERENT MESSAGES.
"The point of the novel Death Wish is that vigilantism is an attractive fantasy but it only makes things worse in reality," the author said in 2008. "By the end of the novel, the character (Paul) is gunning down unarmed teenagers because he doesn't like their looks. The story is about an ordinary guy who descends into madness. Oddly enough Mayes's script honored that thought, and the only significant change in it during shooting was the wordless ending, but that ending changed the story entirely." The ending had Bronson smirking at some Chicago hoodlums while cocking a finger gun.
12. THE MOVIE GOT SOME HARSH REVIEWS.
Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote that "it's a despicable movie, one that raises complex questions in order to offer bigoted, frivolous, oversimplified answers" and found it to be "a bird-brained movie to cheer the hearts of the far-right wing." Variety's review opened by claiming Death Wish is "awkwardly hung" on the "vulgar exploitation hook" of "poisonous incitement to do-it-yourself law enforcement."
13. AUDIENCES LOVED IT SO MUCH THAT PARAMOUNT PICTURES CHARGED THEM MORE MONEY TO SEE IT.
Prices were raised from $3.50 to $4 per ticket. At that point, only The Godfather (1972) and The Great Gatsby (1974) had been as expensive. Death Wish ultimately made $22 million at the box office.
14. CHICAGO AND SAN FRANCISCO REFUSED TO AIR IT ON TV.
When it came time to air the movie on network television, Washington D.C. delayed the start time from 9 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Chicago and San Francisco opted not to air it. But every other major CBS affiliate around the country aired an edited version of the film during prime time on November 10, 1976, despite Garfield's protests. "I think it is a dangerous film," he said. "And the proof is that several people have already committed vigilante crimes inspired by the film, and said so." Garfield said this despite potentially losing $50,000 if Death Wish didn't run.
15. SYLVESTER STALLONE WANTED TO REMAKE IT.
Sylvester Stallone was set to direct and star in a Death Wish remake for MGM back in 2008. When that project, uh, died, it opened the door for Eli Roth and Bruce Willis to step in.
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CLINT JORDAN earned a B. A. in Painting and Drawing from East Carolina University School of Design before moving to New York City where he trained and collaborated extensively with Susan Batson and the ensemble FUSE from the 1980's until the present. He was a founding member of the theater company MACHINE FULL and has acted, directed and written for the last twenty-years for theatre, film and television.He received a 2002 Independent Spirit Award nomination for the title role in the feature film VIRGIL BLISS, also nominated for The John Cassavetes Award and winner of the 2001 Atlanta Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize. His most recent work includes: MILK AND HONEY, an American Spectrum Premier in the 2003 Sundance Film Festival and DOWN TO THE BONE, Best Director winner at the 2004 Sundance Jury Competition as well as the feature PAPER COVERS ROCK, a 2008 South by Southwest world premier in which he produced and acted, in collaboration with writer/director Joe Maggio as the first installment of Maggio's ten part series based on Krzysztof Kieslowski's "Decalouge". He can also be seen in the features: The MOTEL, WHAT ALICE FOUND, PULLING, and CARRIE II THE RAGE.
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