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Cosponsor Bipartisan H.R. 2048, The Pink Tax Repeal Act
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Sending Office: Honorable Darren Soto
Martin.Rivera@mail.house.gov
Let Puerto Rico Join The Union!
BECOME A CO-SPONSOR OF THE BIPARTISAN "PUERTO RICO ADMISSION ACT"
Current Co-sponsors (14): Gonzalez-Colon, Young, Gallego, Fitzpatrick, Raskin, Shalala, Sires, Cartwright, Moulton, Hastings, Cohen,
S. Bishop, P. King, Vargas
Please join me as a co-sponsor of the bipartisan Puerto Rico Admission Act. The bill would simply admit Puerto Rico as a state within 90 days after enactment.
This historic legislation is bipartisan, respects democracy, and resolves Puerto Rico's failed colonial status.
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT – This bill was co-introduced by Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R-Puerto Rico), "Dean of the House" Rep. Don Young (R-AK),
and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA).
On April 29, 2010, Vice President Mike Pence declared: "As a conservative who believes in the power of self-determination
and of individual liberty, I believe the 4 million American citizens in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico should be able to voice their opinions about Puerto Rico's relationship to the United States, although the ultimate determination of that fate rests with
this Congress, and I am pleased to stand in a long line of Republicans who have taken that view. Every Republican President for the last 50 years has been committed to self-determination and democracy for the American citizens in Puerto Rico."
He concluded: "If the American citizens of Puerto Rico choose statehood, I will support that vote."
RESPECT DEMOCRACY – On June 11, 2017, 97.2% of Puerto Rican voters chose statehood in the status plebiscite. We must respect the will of the voters and
admit Puerto Rico as a state!
RESOLVE FAILED COLONIAL STATUS – Hurricane Maria and the Fiscal Crisis / PROMESA are a painful reminder that the current colonial status isn't working for
Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico needs two US Senators and four US Representatives from Puerto Rico to solve these critical issues!
BACKGROUND – It's time to end 120 years of colonialism in Puerto Rico! Even after being granted U.S. citizenship, Puerto Ricans have been denied equal treatment:
1) lack of federal representation; 2) unable to vote for President; and 3) treated unequally for federal funding and benefits.
Puerto Ricans serve in the military at higher rates than citizens on the U.S. mainland. Puerto Rico has a larger population than 21 other states. Puerto Ricans also pay the same federal payroll taxes for Social Security and Medicare as other Americans.
I encourage you to become a co-sponsor of the Puerto Rico Admission Act. For more information or to co-sponsor this legislation, please contact Martin Rivera
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Toldot Batmitzvah
D'var Torah
by Evie
Shabbat Shalom everyone. - Over the past few months, I have been preparing for my Dvar Torah by looking in detail into this morning's sedra Toldot, and also participating in a very special Tsedakah project which has made me think about what becoming BatMitzvah really means.
Today, as I stand here as BatMitzvah, it is the start of my adulthood and time for me to take on more responsibilities and be accountable for my actions. It is a time for me to not only follow the mitzvot of the Torah but understand their meaning in more depth.
I would like to begin by saying a few words about what I have learned about the portion – Toldot, from the Book of Beresheet.
Toldot is a well-known parasha, a complex story with many twists and surprises covering themes such as deception, favouritism, family feuds, fairness, leadership and future generations.
To set the scene, Yitschak and Rivka had been married for many years but sadly had no children.
Finally, Rivka fell pregnant and discovered that she was carrying twins; a difficult pregnancy where the twins appeared to be fighting within her - the beginning of the long endless struggle between them.
'VaYomer Adonai la, shnay goyim bveet-naych, ooshnay l-oomim
me-may-eye-yich yiparedoo, oo-le-om milom, yeh-eh-mats v-rav yaavod tsa-eer'
"And Hashem said to her - Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will separate themselves from your innards, and one will be mightier than the other, and the elder will serve the younger."
Esav was the first born, hairy and red-headed, followed by Yacov, who emerged holding Esav's heel.
Esav and Yacov were very different; Esav was a hunter and had little interest in studying, and was favoured by his father Yitschak, while Yacov was a quiet, peaceful boy who enjoyed spending his time studying and was favoured by his mother Rivka.
The story then develops with this important episode. Esav arrived home one day with no luck from his hunt, he was ravenous and in an aggressive mood demanding food. Yacov, taking advantage of Esav's hunger, offered him a bowl of lentil soup BUT on condition that Esav sells him his birthright, his one and only right to be the firstborn.
Yacov and Esav both understood what the privileges of a birth right meant - one of which was to dedicate himself completely to serve G-d. However, Esav did not behave like a person who would serve G-d in this way. His passion for hunting and killing implied that he did not have respect for life in the same way Yacov did, and Yacov knew it. Hence Yacov made a deal with Esav to sell him his birthright for the bowl of soup, and with no hesitation, Esav agreed.
'va-yomer esav, he-nay anochee holech lamoot, v-lama -zeh lee b-chorah' –' And Esav said behold I am at the point to die and so what use shall be the birthright to me?'
I wondered how it was that Esav would sell his birthright, which was surely priceless, for a bowl of stew? He seemed to do so gladly and then justified it by saying he was one day going to die anyway.
The difficulty of wanting something right now rather than thinking about the future is a dilemma that many of us face -. We can only make the right decisions if we are aware of how the choices will have a direct impact on our lives.
When I was younger I used to spend my pocket money straight away on little things that I would forget about a few days later. Now I am older I save my money for things I REALLY want so in that way I have not only learnt the value of money, but also the fact that you should think about the decisions you make and their consequences, rather than doing things on impulse.
The truth is that we can only truly feel good when we sacrifice short-term pleasure by investing in our future and doing what's right. I guess that's what my parents mean when they keep telling me that if I work hard now, it will ultimately help me in the future.
When Esav discovered that he had been 'tricked' he was furious and threatened to kill his brother. Instead of taking a life lesson from this event and self-reflecting, he played the victim, as it was easier to blame his brother so that he did not feel responsible.
The Torah teaches us no matter what our day has been like, or what mood we're in, we must act like a mensch; we must speak in a refined and respectful manner. From Esav we learn what NOT to do, and how NOT to behave, while from our forefathers we can learn how to live our daily lives properly.
As mentioned earlier, this story is complex and with many themes. Why did Yakov deceive his brother into accepting the deal by tempting him with a bowl of stew?
Rashi says that it was ok for Yakov to deceive his brother. Yakov saw himself as more worthy of serving G-d and Esav did not deserve the right to this honour because he was a wicked man. Yakov may have behaved in what could be considered an immoral way, however, in doing so he believed that he would be stopping worse things happening in the furture.
Rambam looks at this situation in a more straightforward way and says that when people say Yakov 'stole' from Esav, they are misunderstanding the Parasha. He believes that Yakov paid a full and fair price for the birthright and that the stew was just a symbol of the full payment.
I would now like to go back to the title of this Parasha. The translation of the word Toldot is "generations". The word 'Generations' firstly makes me think about my family - and my family are really important to me! I am especially lucky to have four wonderful grandparents who are always there for me and I love them very much.
At school I was asked to research my family and draw a family tree. This exercise made me think about my extended family history and where they had come from.
My great great grandparents all originated from Eastern Europe and my mum's grandpa was born in Poland where he lived until the age of 11 in 1913. My mum tells me he remembered the pogroms and his family were forced to leave because of the persecution of the Jews at the time, and escaped to London.
Generations also makes me think about the Jewish people in general and our history. It's amazing to think that certain things remain constant within Judaism regardless of time – family, religion and traditions.
Remembering the past is very important especially for us as Jews. This is why I decided to take part in Yad Vashem's Batmitzvah Twinning program.
I am doing my Batmitzvah today in memory of Regine Siennicki – a young girl from Paris who was tragically murdered by the Nazis in Aushwitz at the age of 9.
Regine never reached Batmitzvah age and this is why it is so important that I can honour her today. I will continue to keep the memory of Regine alive by lighting a candle for her each year on Yom HaShoah. In this way I am playing my part as a Jew by remembering past generations now and in the future.
Linked to this I also decided to do a special Tsedakah project and raise money for The Holocaust Educational Trust. This charity educates young people across the UK about the Holocaust and explains how important it is today that people should be tolerant towards ALL faiths. To raise the money, I did a sponsored walk of the Northern Line which was 23 miles and took 9.5 hours walking from Morden to High Barnet.
Finally, I'd like to thank my bat mitzvah teacher Sharon Walters who helped me prepare for this Dvar Torah.
As I move into adulthood I hope to always make the right decisions and be kind and caring to everyone, especially to my brother Sam– unlike Esav and Yacov. I will try my best with everything I do and be respectful to everyone and take the lessons I have learnt from my Batmitzvah studies to think about my actions as I move into my future as an adult.
Thank you for listening and I wish you Shabbat shalom.


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When I was five years old, I moved with my family to a small house in Bon-Repos. I attended a school called Lekol Baha'i Anis Zunuzi (EBAZ) in nearby Lilavois. When I was ten years old, my dad became one of the principals of the Anis Zunuzi School, and my family moved to the school grounds. Most of the best moments of my life occurred while we were living at Anis Zunuzi School. I remember playing soccer with my little brothers and friends on the soccer field there and learning about the Baha'i faith. After the earthquake in 2010, I started meeting and learning from people who came to help from the United States and Canada. I graduated from high school in 2012 and went to university when I was eighteen years old and started studying psychology at Université d'Etat d'Haiti.
On January 18, 2014, dad passed away. This devastated my family and was especially hard for me. We left the EBAZ and moved to Croix-des-Bouquets. I started working as house painter to help my mother and siblings. I also tried to work for orphanages, schools, churches, and NGOs as a translator.
This year was the first time since my father died that I felt as if I got my life back. I am in my final year of University, and as a first step toward my future career I am working as a counseling intern for Lidè. I hope to attend graduate school for psychology in Canada or France and then return to Haiti so that I can apply psychology in a way that helps the people of my nation.


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Wildbrain's Savvy Thinker
Michael Polis blends the right balance of corporate vision and creativity to his dual positions as president of Wildbrain Entertainment and executive vice president of branded entertainment and consumer products of DHX Media. Po
Michael Polis blends the right balance of corporate vision and creativity to his dual positions as president of Wildbrain Entertainment and executive vice president of branded entertainment and consumer products of DHX Media. Polis not only possesses the strategic insight, but also the sense of humor that reflects the company's popular roster of edgy properties led by Yo Gabba Gabba!
Since Polis joined Wildbrain as chief marketing officer in 2007, change has been the norm and he admittedly never envisioned things as they are today.
"I started with a phone, laptop, desk, a few contacts and a property called 'Yo Gabba Gabba!,'" recalls Polis, who left the stability of The Jim Henson Company as senior vice president of marketing worldwide to join an upstart company and help develop a promising property.
Building and creating a global licensing group, shaping the direction of the company, and looking for new opportunities were the simple but challenging goals for Polis from the beginning. And little did he know that he would end up as president of Wildbrain Entertainment in June 2009, and that the company would be acquired by DHX Media last September.
While it's been quite a wild ride for Polis, he has guided the company to remain focused and continues to grow it with a big time hit and diverse portfolio as well as expanding the company's position as a top animation studio.
"We began to diversify the portfolio and expand the role of the company to look beyond just traditional production and delivery of content through TV, and to look at how we could create content through other channels of distribution."
Today, "Yo Gabba Gabba!" is entering its fourth season on Nick Jr. and has more than 40 licensees, while several other fledgling properties are in various stages of growth and development.
Key properties include:
"Yo Gabba Gabba!"–The popular series, which premiered on Nickelodeon in August 2007, ranks as one of the network's most popular series, reaching a broad audience from preschoolers to adults. Following a sold-out live show in 2010, the property will again go on tour, sponsored by Kia, beginning this fall. The licensing program continues to expand as well with a recent deal with Ty Beanie Babies for five characters.
"The Ricky Gervais Show"–This quirky show, which airs on HBO, recently started production for a third season. It features a downloadable podcast, which according to Polis, adds a completely new dimension to watching the show. In addition, a licensing program will be launched this fall that will include collectable products.
UMIGO–One property Polis is particularly proud of is the multi-media property, UMIGO (You Make it Go). Last October, UMIGO received a $32.5 million five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education as part of its Ready to Learn initiative. Wildbrain, in partnership with Chicago Public Television station WTTW, will develop UMIGO, which was created by Polis and inspired by his twin boys, to launch as a web-based property that will teach math to 2-8-year-olds. It will subsequently transition into a television series and a range of consumer products. "UMIGO will have a very different approach to teaching kids math and numeracy that will be more fun and engaging than typical textbooks using music, animation and characters," Polis says.
"Rastamouse"–The animated music series, based on the books by Genevieve Webster and Michael De Souza, launched in the U.K. on CBeebies in January and became an instant phenomenon. Last month, Wildbrain and DHX Media appointed Character Options as master toy licensee to develop new products in plush, figures and play-sets that will be available beginning in October.
Last year, Wildbrain signed a development deal with Fuel Industries to explore ways of expanding its online properties to other platforms and consumer products including allgirlarcade.com, Fairies and Dragons, Sideway and Tetsurai.
Under Polis' direction, this mid-sized company has survived the recession, an acquisition and managed to grow.
"We have to approach things differently because we are a mid-tier player and those that embrace our approach have experienced success with us," he explains.
Polis believes the prospects for the future growth are strong.
In addition to the properties being developed, it's possible "Yo Gabba Gabba!" will head to the big screen.
"We have been talking about it for a while, but have not made any commitments," says Polis. "Things have been heating up in that area and we have had several directors, writers and studios asking the same question. It's a really unique property that has both parent and kid appeal, which we think will offer us an expanded audience for a feature film."
In the future, Polis would also like to develop and produce more home grown intellectual properties, acquire additional content and develop a stronger and more direct relationship with consumers.
"It's been fun and incredibly difficult," Polis admits, but he also says that it has been a satisfying four years and he believes there's a lot of potential for the future. Or in the words of Rastamouse, "Tings is good."


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Experience in a hotel or related industryhelpful.
Must be proficient in Windows, Companyapproved spreadsheets and word processing and in the operation ofall hotel-specificsystems.
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Must be effectiveat listening to, understanding, and clarifying concerns raised byemployees and guests.
Must be able to multitaskand prioritize departmental functions to meetdeadlines.
Approach all encounters with guestsand employees in an attentive, friendly, courteous andservice-oriented manner.
Attend all hotelrequired meetings and trainings.
Maintainregular attendance in compliance with Wyndham Hotels &Resorts Standards, as required by scheduling, which will varyaccording to the needs of the hotel.
Maintainhigh standards of personal appearance and grooming, which includeswearing the proper uniform and nametag.
Complywith Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Standards and regulations toencourage safe and efficient hoteloperations.
Maximize efforts towardsproductivity, identify problem areas and assist in implementingsolutions.
Must be effective in handlingproblems, including anticipating, preventing, identifying andsolving problems as necessary.
Must be able tounderstand and apply complex information, data, etc. from varioussources to meet appropriate objectives.
Must beable to cross-train in other hotel relatedareas.
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Perform other duties as requested bymanagement.
discuss systemcapacity and equipment acquisitions.
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Review project feasibilitystudies. Establish workstandards.
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Assist staffto diagnose and solve computer equipmentproblems.
Participate in technical projectssuch as writing equipment specifications or developing computerprograms for specified applications.
Maintainand stay abreast of the latest computer programs / innovations (asapplicable).


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Teachers from different schools in a Community of Learning talk about their experience of working together.
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Staffing entitlements could be shared to reduce the cost of employing extra staff (schools will need to fill in a staffing transfer form).
Be flexible in how you allocate the Community of Learning teacher roles. For example, merge several within school teacher roles to create an extra across schools teacher role.
Consider sharing a specialist teacher to improve educational outcomes in a particular area.
Leveraging the group's collective buying power to reduce costs for goods and services.
Avoid duplication of effort by sharing expertise and resources across your group.
Check out the Bundled Services Toolkit to find out how your Community of Learning can save time, money and avoid duplication of effort across adminstration and operational tasks.
Discuss what your Community of Learning could achieve with its combined property funding eg, 5 Year Agreement (5YA) funding and resources.
Members of our Education Infrastructure Services property team could be assigned to work with your whole Community of Learning to develop coordinated property plans and provide support with infrastructure.


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Run time locked for Baahubali: The Conclusion
The Conclusion of the magnum opus Baahubali is at an all time high as Indian cinema fans are eagerly waiting for the epic conclusion. This year's most awaited film Baahubali: The Conclusion has been cleared by the Censor Board. The regional Censor Board has passed the film with U/A certificate and the film has a run-time of 170 minutes and 51 seconds i.e 2.50 Hours.
The latest we hear is that the film's run-time is 170.51 minutes which means it is 2.51 hours. This is certainly very longtime considering that the run-time of the most of the recent films was around 2.10 hours including Krish's historic film Gautamiputra Satakarni and several other commercial films that released in 2017. It has to be seen how Rajamouli could make people sit this long. It's not so easy to make people hook to the seats throughout the film. Since the film's first part was a phenomenal success, the expectation on the second part are way too high.
The second part has done an exceptional pre-release business of a staggering Rs 500 Crore, shattering all the existing records of an Indian film. The film is simultaneously releasing in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi on April 28. Karan Johar is distributing the film in Hindi on Dharma Productions. Of all the scenes, Kattappa killing Baahubali is said to be the highlight of the film that is expected to bring tears to people. The last words of Amarendra Baahubali to Kattappa to take care of his mother Sivagami (Ramya Krishna) are said to be heartrending.
Besides this, of course, the face-off between Prabhas (Shivudu, Amarendra Baahubali) and Rana (Bhallaladeva) is going to be another highlight of the film. It's said that the love story between Anushka (Devasena) and Prabhas (Amarendra Baahubali) leaves viewers with a romantic experience. Of course, the war scenes are going to be another highlight.
Shocking Remunerations For Bahubali Movie Cast
Twist In Mahishmati Emblem In Part 2
HighLights : Baahubali 2 Pre-Release Event
Date Fixed For Baahubali 2 Trailer Launch


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Challenged to a Dual – NJEXCEL Alumna Dineen Gruchacz Brings Dual Language Immersion to Princeton
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By Daniel Higgins
Dineen Gruchacz no es alguien que dice no a una buena oportunidad, para sí misma o para sus alumno (is not someone who says no to a good opportunity, for herself or for her students.)
Following a 10-year career in the private sector as a technology writer for AT+T, Dineen Gruchacz paused to raise her four children in Sergeantsville, NJ before embarking on a teaching career in Princeton in 2005. Five years later, it was a conversation with Dr. Jeff Graber, assistant superintendent at the time and currently the assistant director of FEA's NJEXCEL program, that introduced her to NJEXCEL, where she could earn her principal and supervisor certification in only 12 months.
"It was very practical and very useful because of those very realistic experiences through those internships," Gruchacz said recalling how much she learned through her cohort and the projects she undertook. "As soon as I completed the program in July of 2010, a position for a principal became available in Great Meadows in Warren County. So I applied and I got that job, which I think speaks very well for the program."
Less than one year later, the principal of Community Park Elementary School in Princeton announced her retirement. Gruchacz contacted then-Superintendent Judy Wilson and applied. "I loved Judy and loved working for her, and I had a lot of friends in Princeton, so I was very happy to be able to come back," Gruchacz said.
It certainly would have been an easy option to settle into this role and comfortably manage a proven and productive faculty and staff and keep a standard curriculum that was working well. In fact, she did not enter Community Park with a grand plan of "shaking things up," but that changed when Priscilla Russell, Supervisor of World Language and ESL, approached her about bringing Dual Language Immersion to the district. From that moment, Gruchacz was hooked and set into action a plan to provide her students with 50 percent of daily core instruction time in Spanish. "I was the crazy person who thought this is fascinating," she recalled. "I was very interested in the idea of kids learning another language while learning the content, and all the other cognitive advantages that learning another language or being bilingual brings along with it."
Fortunately for Gruchacz, she did not have to worry about one of the most difficult tasks in starting an immersion program — hiring Spanish-speaking teachers. Community Park happened to already have three excellent native Spanish-speaking elementary school teachers who had been in the district for a long time and knew the community and its culture well. This was a key to getting the program off the ground. It also helped to alleviate some of the concerns of the faculty who understandably feared being replaced because they did not speak Spanish. New Spanish-speaking teachers have been hired only to replace those lost through natural attrition and retirement.
By 2015, the first cohort of Spanish Language immersion began in kindergarten and first grade. Parents of those students were given an option: their child could either choose the traditional route or the dual language immersion program, which would be divided into two classrooms of 22 students each. While one class was taking English Language Arts, social studies, and specials in English, the other class would have Spanish Language Arts, science, and math in Spanish. Halfway through the day, the two classes would then switch.
The popularity of the program was verified during registration the following years. "In 2016-17, we had to have a lottery because we had more kids than spaces. In 2018-19, we only had 3 or 4 kids sign up for traditional kindergarten, because everyone wanted immersion," Gruchacz said. Eventually, Princeton opened the program to children in other elementary schools to transfer to Community Park, and Community Park students who preferred the traditional route could attend a different school in the district. Gruchacz predicts that if Community Park continues on its current path, it will be an all DLI school by Fall 2023.
Still, the conversion to immersion was not without its problems and challenges. Having some students in the dual language immersion track and others in the traditional sets up some natural dichotomy between the students, and even among the parents. Knowing this can happen, Gruchacz and the faculty make a conscious effort to include all students in as many co-activities as possible so that the school can better function as one. Challenges can also occur when there is student conflict within the traditional class, and those students cannot be separated, as there is only one traditional track in a grade. The dual language immersion program also necessitates that students begin the program in kindergarten, so parents cannot start in the traditional route and then choose to join immersion later. Transfers also cannot join mid-year, once the cohort has started.
However, through all of the challenges and scheduling difficulties, Gruchacz is very pleased with the program and delights in hearing the stories of her students speaking Spanish in school and in the community. "I'm really proud of the fact that it has been sustained for this long," she said. "We hear stories from parents about their children ordering food in Spanish at restaurants, or going to a concert or meeting new friends at sports and being able to interact with the performers and players.
As much as English-speaking students benefit from immersion, Spanish-speaking students gain perhaps even more, not only in math and science, but in the Spanish Language Arts class as well. "In many places where immersion is put in place, it is done to help minimize the achievement gap for low socio-economic students, who often come from Spanish-speaking countries," she explained. "For kids who speak Spanish at home, who are from Central America or Mexico, these kinds of programs are good for them because this program builds up their Spanish; it doesn't take it away. And they're also learning English at the same time. It's not a subtractive program."
Unfortunately for Gruchacz, the research shows that the students will not truly see the full benefit of immersion in terms of test scores until they leave her school. "Other districts and places that have had immersion programs have seen that kids who take standardized tests in English for the first or second time may not perform as well as their non-immersion peers," she explained. "However, by 5th or 6th grade, we start to see the immersion kids surpass their non-immersion peers. We're not there yet, so we don't have that data. Our expectation is that by the time they finish middle school, they will be truly bilingual." More importantly, they will have a greater sense of culture, appreciation of language, and ability to develop high levels of academic achievement.


Esch/Alzette's city council has decided to cancel next year's edition of the Terres Rouges Festival proposing plans to turn it into a biennial festival instead.
(CS) Esch/Alzette's city council has decided to cancel next year's edition of the Terres Rouges festival proposing plans to turn it into a biennial festival instead.
Due to budgetary constraints, the next Terres Rouges Festival has therefore been delayed until 2014.
City officials said that they wanted a high quality of acts for the festival, which they could not afford every year.
The Terres Rouges festival forms part of the Esch "Kulturfestival" which is equally affected by the measures and will not take place again until 2014.


A great companion to A. A. Milne's classic Pooh stories, this Lit Looking Glass Novel Study contains vocabulary, reading comprehension questions, and crafts and other activities to do along with each chapter of the book. 69 pages.
This novel study is a great companion to reading Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne. The stories of Winnie-the-Pooh have become so well-known in our culture that it is hard to imagine a child who hasn't at least seen the Disney images, if not one or more of the various films based in Pooh's world. Here is a chance for your child to read the stories on which those films are loosely based and to get an idea who Pooh really is. These stories are set in the Hundred Acre Wood, a fictional place that exists in every child's heart. Winnie-the-Pooh, or Pooh for short, lives in the wood with his friends Piglet, Eeyore, Owl, Rabbit, Tigger, Kanga and Roo. Both Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner are filled with the adventures of these animals, their kindness for each other, and their curiosity about the world. This guide will help your child reach a better understanding as he or she reads the books.


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Q: Set expiration date of Facebook's Channel file in JSP I'm developing an HTML app that integrates Facebook Graph API using Javascript SDK. Facebook recommended to use the channel file with the help of PHP, but I'm using Google App Engine and therefore have no idea how to achieve this with JSP instead.
Yes, I'm looking for JSP code snippet for doing just this.
And is it possible to do this entirely with HTML only as I want to rely on client-side programming as much as possible?
"It is important for the channel file to be cached for as long as possible. When serving this file, you must send valid Expires headers with a long expiration period. This will ensure the channel file is cached by the browser which is important for a smooth user experience. Without proper caching, cross domain communication will become very slow and users will suffer a severely degraded experience. A simple way to do this in PHP is:
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A: You can set your own HTTP response headers in JSP via response.setHeader(name, value).
If it's possible without any actual programming depends on if Google App Engine let's you configure that kind of stuff in their server configuration for certain files. I don't know which type of web server they're using, so you'd have to look that up in their docs.

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Cybersecurity Expert, Clint Brinkley Hits Amazon Best-Seller Lists with YOU Are The #1 Target.
September 19th, 2019 Your Business Solutions
Clint Brinkley ranked on multiple Amazon best-seller lists with the new book, YOU Are The #1 Target.
The Woodlands, TX – September 16, 2019 Clint Brinkley, CEO of Your Business Solutions, along with a select group of experts and IT Specialist professionals from around the world co-wrote the book, YOU Are The #1 Target, Why Your Business Is Likely To Be The Victim of Cybercrime NOW More Than Ever Before…And What You Can Do To Stop It. The book was published by TechnologyPress™ LLC, an imprint of CelebrityPress® LLC, a leading business book publisher that publishes books from ThoughtLeaders® around the world. The title was launched on Amazon on September 12, 2019.
On the day of the launch, YOU Are The #1 Target reached best-seller status on Amazon - reaching as high as #1 in Computer Cryptography, #1 in Computer Network Security, #1 Internet & Telecommunications and #1 in Web Encryption categories. The expert information shared in Brinkley's chapter, Helping Manufacturers Grow Their Business with Better I.T. has helped the book reach optimal best-seller placement and will help readers gain similar success in the information technology field.
TechnologyPress™ LLC describes the book as empowering:
Do you wish to be a target? No, no one does. However, in this electronic 'brave new world' (with apologies to Aldous Huxley), we have transitioned from hunter to hunted. Also, with computers playing a dominant role in everyday life, the entire world is now on real-time, living in a world of websites, passwords and smartphones.
With the acceptance of our electronic world, there is now the expectation that we can enjoy the use of our electronic devices. But wait! Hold it a minute! We have to remember that we also carry along with us the baggage of progress – electronic thieves and pickpockets, and their tools – including the Dark Web. This is not to mention the unethical individuals and organizations that have mushroomed. To use an old school comparison, the unprincipled and unethical are "as thick as thieves" in our present world.
The ubiquitous use of electronics to organize and simplify our lives has demanded that our electronic technical age develop a new genre of "fix-it" professionals. Our Celebrity Experts® and authors in this book are 'the handymen' (technical men and women) of the future. Fixing a wagon wheel in the 'old wild west' was one thing, but in the present computer age, our new generation of "fixer uppers" – talented technical people –fix, maintain and protect our complex electronic devices and systems.
The authors in this book are at the forefront of our protective wall. You will read how they effectively combat the sleazy elements of humanity that are determined to steal our data, dollars and domains. They are our cybersecurity force of the future!
After such a successful release, Clint Brinkley will be recognized by The National Academy of Best-Selling Authors®, an organization that honors authors from many of the leading independent best-seller lists.
Click HERE to order a copy of YOU Are the #1 Target.
A portion of the royalties earned from You Are The #1 Target will be donated to the St. Jude Foundation.
About Clint Brinkley
A self-described problem-solver on a tireless chase for success, Clint Brinkley is widely-known as a selfmade man who understands that nothing good in business – or life, for that matter – comes without sharp determination and a thirst to excel.
As the CEO of Your Business Solutions, an industry-leading Managed Service Provider (MSP) and Cyber Security firm he co-founded in 2004, Clint knows that, for some, success comes in the form of forging the path for your own venture, learning from the mistakes of your predecessors, and building a business all your own.
The inspiration to build and create Your Business Solutions grew from years of working inside the IT and technology industry, and was, ultimately, born as the result of the tangling frustration of watching managers, CEOs, and business owners make poor decisions that dramatically affected their companies.
It was after (yet another) stint at a tech business that was brought to its knees by poor management decisions that Clint decided something impactful. If he was going to work for anyone and take ownership of both mistakes and successes, he was going to work for himself.
Through collaboration, observation, and taking several notes on "what not to do," Clint developed Your Business Solutions in 2004. Now, Your Business Solutions is expanding from their headquarters in The Woodlands, Texas into multiple cities and proudly serves dozens of clients across the continental United States.
The biggest influence for Clint – and the one to whom he credits his tenacity, determination, and drive – is his father, Ray Brinkley. From a young age, Clint took note of the continuous dedication his father allotted to several business ventures. It was from his father that Clint learned the building blocks of success: focus, self-sufficiency, and an emphasis on communication. Beyond that, Clint credits the power of observational learning, self-education, and investing time and efforts into both his current success and future endeavors. While recognizing the importance of formal education for some, Clint credits his drive to self-motivating factors and continues to spend his time consulting with mentors, reading everything he can get his hands on (both his home library and Audible queue are overflowing), and seeking out relevant information.
But Clint's sheer, unrelenting drive for success isn't the only secret to his business savvy. Much of his business philosophy centers around taking ownership of everything – successes, failures, and everything in-between.
Clint's success was hardly overnight – in fact, it was over 20 years in the making – but with business, that's sometimes just the way it goes. For Clint, his success only came through creative problem solving, an over-emphasis on communication, and the willingness to anticipate and eliminate the obstacles in your way.
It doesn't matter how thick the wall is—Clint is always determined to go through it.
About TechnologyPress™:
TechnologyPress™ is a leading business and technology book publisher that publishes books from thought leaders around the world. TechnologyPress™ has published books alongside Robin Robins and other Cybersecurity experts. TechnologyPress™ is an imprint in partnership with CelebrityPress® LLC. CelebrityPress® has published books alongside Jack Canfield, Brian Tracy, Dan Kennedy, Dr. Ivan Misner, Robert Allen, Michael Gerber, Tom Hopkins, and many of the biggest experts across diverse fields.
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Phyllis Bray: 30/08/1911 to 12/12/1991.
Phyllis was born in Norwood: her father William de Bray was attaché to Maria Fyodorovna, mother of the murdered Russian Tsar Nicholas II. Early on, whilst still at school in Eastbourne, Phyllis showed artistic talent and this led to her attending The Slade School of Fine Art from 1927 to 1931 where she proved to be a star student under Henry Tonks.
She married John Cooper in the summer of 1931 having made her first contributions to East London Group exhibitions at their second show at Alex. Reid and Lefevre in December 1930 where she showed two pictures. In common with one or two of the other Slade trained members of the Group, Phyllis periodically taught at the evening classes. By 1933 she had joined her husband as a member of the London Group and in 1934 their daughter Philippa was born. Sadly the couple's happiness was relatively short-lived as they separated and divorced barely two years later.


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Sean McConville and Stéphanie Joalland created FRENZY FILMS to produce the kind of elevated genre movies they love to watch: THE WITCH, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, EX MACHINA, UNDER THE SKIN, BLUE RUIN, IT COMES AT NIGHT, IT FOLLOWS, and THE BABADOOK being great examples.
Inspired by their UCLA Film education, they produce micro-budget genre films combining the character driven art-house sensibilities of European cinema with U.S. style plot-driven genre storytelling. Their latest film, THE QUIET HOUR, a sci-fi thriller starring Dakota Blue Richards and Karl Davies, premiered at Galway Film Fleadh, was nominated Best British Film at Raindance Film Festival, won Best Film at Kansas City Film Fest, sold to Sky Cinema in the UK, Amazon Prime in the U.S., and was sold by international sales agent Vision Films around the world.


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Cyprien Ntaryamira (* 6. März 1955 in Mageyo; † 6. April 1994 bei Kigali, Ruanda) war vom 5. Februar 1994 bis zu seiner Ermordung der Präsident von Burundi.

Ntaryamira kam in Bujumbura in die Schule, floh aber nach einer gescheiterten Hutu-Rebellion 1972 zusammen mit Tausenden anderer Hutu aus dem Land.

1982 erhielt er einen Abschluss in Landwirtschaft von der National University of Ruanda in Kigali. Während dieser Zeit engagierte er sich politisch in sozialistischen Bewegungen. 1983 kehrte er in sein Heimatland zurück und arbeitete als Beamter in der Landwirtschaft. 1985 war er für kurze Zeit politischer Gefangener des Regimes von Jean-Baptiste Bagaza.

Im August 1986 wurde er Gründungsmitglied und Direktor für Ökonomiepolitik der Hutu-dominierten Front pour la Démocratie au Burundi/Partei für Demokratie in Burundi (FRODEBU). Nach den ersten demokratischen Wahlen in Burundi 1993 kam die FRODEBU an die Macht und beendete damit ein langes Regime der Tutsi-Minderheit und der Unité pour le Progrès national/Vereinigung für Nationalen Fortschritt (UPRONA). Der neue Präsident Melchior Ndadaye ernannte Ntaryamira zum Landwirtschaftsminister.

Im Oktober 1993 wurden jedoch Ndadaye und zwei seiner höchsten Beamten ermordet, was Stillstand im Parlament und einen Bürgerkrieg zur Folge hatte. Als ein Kompromiss wurde Nteryamira am 5. Februar 1994 als Präsident ausgewählt – er war zwar Hutu, wurde aber als gemäßigt betrachtet – während Anatole Kanyenkiko, ein UPRONA-Mitglied, zum Premierminister ernannt wurde.

Ermordung

Die Ruhepause war nur kurz: Ein Flugzeug mit Ntaryamira und dem befreundeten Präsidenten von Ruanda Juvénal Habyarimana sowie ein Großteil der ruandischen Armeeführung an Bord wurde abgeschossen, als es in der ruandischen Hauptstadt Kigali landen wollte. Die Morde gelten als Auslöser für den Völkermord in Ruanda.

Am 8. April wurde die Macht an Ntaryamiras engen Mitarbeiter Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, Präsident der Nationalversammlung, übertragen.

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Portage-based Clark Logic LLC, in partnership with Industrial Partners USA, held a ceremonial groundbreaking to mark the start of construction of a new speculative (spec) building in Battle Creek, Michigan, on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. Regional economic development group Battle Creek Unlimited hosted the event.
This spec building will be the first of its kind in Battle Creek, and a complement to Fort Custer Industrial Park. The park, which is one of the largest industrial parks in Michigan, is home to 85 companies. This includes 25 international manufacturers representing Austria, Canada, Denmark, Germany, and Japan. In total, approximately 13,600 people are employed in the park.
When complete, the building located at 211 Watkins Road will comprise 270,000 square feet of space, including 7,000 square feet of office space. It will feature 32-foot ceilings, 50-foot-by-50-foot column spacing, and 18 truck docks, with additional knock-outs for future development. Announced in March 2020, the building is the first of three planned for the site and is expected to be completed in the spring of 2021.
Jamie Clark, president of Clark Logic, looks forward to the contribution of the project to the overall economic growth of the region. Clark said, "One day at a time. One project at a time. That is how you build a future."
Central Manufacturing Services was founded in 1969 by James "Big Jim" Clark. His vision was … "We are a company looking into the future." That vision carries on today. Through the years, the journey has evolved into several notable companies including: I-Trailer; J&L Express; and Team Manufacturing Services with a fleet of over 50 trucks and 3,000 trailers. Today, under the umbrella of Clark Logic, the organization has also transformed into a real estate development business with a footprint of over 3 million square feet throughout Southwest Michigan and northern Indiana – inclusive of warehousing and work space utilized by several nationally known companies. Our winning team culture combined with an exceptional workforce are proud to be serving this area for over 50 years. To learn more about pursuing a career at Clark Logic, please visit our website at: ClarkLogic.com. Clark Logic, a visionary company — driven by its people.
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Uptown Girls is een film uit 2003 onder regie van Boaz Yakin.

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Molly Gunn's (Murphy) leven bestaat uit lol maken en rock-'n-roll. Haar geld krijgt ze van anderen, dus ze is ook erg onverantwoordelijk. Alles verandert wanneer ze geen geld meer krijgt en moet gaan werken. Uiteindelijk krijgt ze een baan: Ze wordt de babysitter van Lorraine 'Ray' Schleine (Fanning). Ray is ondanks haar leeftijd het tegenovergestelde van Molly: Ze is erg verantwoordelijk en leeft heel serieus.

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Film uit 2003
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"LA 92" and The Week in Reviews
[I review the new documentary on the aftermath of the Rodney King verdict "LA 92" as well as DVDs "Miss Sloane" and "Gold." The Book of the Week is Paula Hawkins' latest "Into the Water: A Novel." Yes, people, it's a novel. I continue to expand my horizons. This is the follow-up to Hawkins' best-seller, "The Girl on the Train." I also bring you up-to-date with "My 1001 Movies I Must See Before I Die Project" with "Head-On."]
A documentary about the aftermath of the verdict in the trial of the four police officers charged with beating Rodney King.
Rodney King?
That name may not resonate with today's young people, but for those of us who were around in 1992 when that infamous video of Rodney King being beaten by four police officers was shown all over the world, the name Rodney King was on everyone's lips. And when those police officers went on trial for the beating and were acquitted despite video evidence of what they had done, we were glued to our TV sets as South Central L.A. went up in flames and the ensuing riots resulted in the most widespread racial violence in U.S. history.
Early in the film, Oscar-winning directors Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin ("Undefeated") lay the groundwork for what happened in 1992 by starting the film with the 1965 Watts riots and the ascension of hardliner, Daryl Gates to Los Angeles police chief. The Los Angeles police already had a reputation for police brutality in black neighborhoods, and Police Chief Darryl Gates was an unrepentant hardliner.
On March 3, 1991, Rodney King was stopped by Los Angeles police officers after a car chase. Four police officers surrounded King and beat him unconscious and continued to kick and beat him over 50 times after he was down with other officers standing by. Little did they know that a witness, George Holliday, was videotaping them. He sent the footage to a local news station, and it caused a furor around the world. Four officers were charged with assault with a deadly weapon and use of excessive force.
Today, using our smart phones to record anything and everything that happens is commonplace but back in 1991, seeing that video was revelatory.
So there those police officers were on tape. It was clear that Rodney King was unarmed and down on the ground with the police officers continuing to beat and kick him. It's a no-brainer, right? Those police officers are going to jail.
Ironically it was felt that the trial was so volatile that the police officers couldn't get a fair trial in Los Angeles, so, gee, let's move the trial to Simi Valley, a predominantly white city where many police officers lived. Do we think they can get a fair trial there? So, duh, it's no wonder that all four were acquitted, despite the video which was basically proof of what happened. All of the country and even the world were transfixed by this trial, and as the verdicts were read, the whole world was watching. The film shows the reactions of black people vs. white people and the progression of emotion and events leading up to the riots.
What started as peaceful protests organized by the AME Church quickly escalated. Within hours of the acquittals, the six-day 1992 Los Angeles riots started, in which 55 people were killed and over 2,000 were injured, ending only when the California national guard was called in. It was the most destructive civil disturbance in U.S. history.
One of the most horrific bits of footage was the beating of Reginald Denny who just happened to be driving his truck through the riot zone. He was dragged out of his truck and beaten over the head with concrete blocks, kicked when he was down with his attackers rejoicing.
Stores were set afire. There were many Korean-owned stores in the area and many of those owners were seen as a sort of merchant class who were against the blacks. There had been an incident 13 days after the videotaped Rodney King beating, but before the Rodney King verdict, where a 15-year-old black girl - Latasha Harlins - was shot in the head by a Korean store owner for supposed shop lifting despite store surveillance video showing the girl had money in her hand. Though the shopkeeper was convicted of involuntary manslaughter, she served no jail time. So there was already deep resentment and this incident was considered a precursor to the subsequent riots.
Using archival footage, interviews and appropriately dramatic music, Directors Lindsey and Martin skillfully weave all of these events together to tell this important story that still resonates today. There are no talking heads, no narration, no omniscient voice-over, just the horrific footage of the escalating tensions, the police retreating and the ensuing out-of-control rioting. It is shocking to learn that the police left the area and did nothing - ON PURPOSE - a certain kind of reverse racism, a let's- leave-"those people"-to-tear-up-their-own-neighborhood attitude. A we-don't-care attitude. But it was also cowardice. Sure, we are happy to beat up an unarmed man but when it's time to keep the peace and save innocent bystanders? Nope. That footage is very hard to look at.
But at the same time, the film footage is amazing. You can't help but wonder who was able to get all of that footage of the looting and the arson and not get beaten up or killed. Whoever those photographers were had more courage than the cops. And the filmmakers must have dug deep to find all of that footage and edit it so skillfully into this fine, important film.
The film is summed up at the end in a flashback to a newsman reporting on the 1965 Watts riots:
"What shall it avail our nation if we can place a man on the moon but cannot cure the sickness in our cities?"
I want to add:
"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
The Rodney King riots were in 1992 and it seems we have not learned that lesson. Can something like the aftermath of the Rodney King verdict happen again? Hell, yes! It already has. Does Ferguson ring a bell?
As you know, if you have been following me over the last four years, I am a documentary junkie. I wrote about some of my favorites in my blog post "15 Must See Documentaries" and I should add this one to my list. I have always believed that real life is far more interesting, inspiring, thought-provoking and disturbing than any fictional story. And this documentary makes that case. It is highly interesting, highly thought provoking and highly disturbing. And yes, it's inspiring too.
Not every great film is to be found in the theatre. More and more, companies like Netflix and Amazon are underwriting the distribution of films or making them themselves. This wonderful documentary is one such film. This film debuted on the National Geographic Channel and is now available on their website (click on the link) as well as on Xfinity On Demand, Amazon, Hulu and Vudu and is worth looking for.
Rosy the Reviewer says...an important and timely film that is Oscar-worthy and needs to be seen.
Miss Sloane (2016)
Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain) is considered one of the most formidable lobbyists in Washington D.C. but when she is lured away to another lobbyist firm to take on the gun lobby, has she met her match?
The film begins with a close-up of Miss Sloane saying:
"Lobbying is about foresight. About anticipating your opponent's moves and devising counter measures. The winner plots one step ahead of the opposition. And plays her trump card just after they play theirs. It's about making sure you surprise them. And they don't surprise you."
She is under investigation by the Senate, but let's flashback to three months before that.
Miss Sloane has been working at her lobbyist company for ten years and is well-known to be hard as nails and good at what she does. Right now she is lobbying for palm oil for the Indonesian government.
It is established early that Miss Sloane is a hard-working pill popping workaholic. She is also an insomniac who is not above blackmail. She lives and breathes her job so doesn't have time for relationships, unless you consider hiring a male prostitute a relationship. As the film unfolds, we get glimpses into why Miss Sloane is so good at what she does as in lying and coercing and twisting the truth.
However, despite being a tough cookie, Miss Sloane does actually have opinions and works for causes she believes in. Now her firm wants her to work with the gun lobby to get women to buy guns. She is against guns but is threatened with the loss of her job if she doesn't "Start getting women into guns."
So it's a no-brainer when she is lured away from her job to work with the Brady campaign to get a gun bill passed that requires universal background checks when buying a gun. It's too much of a challenge for her to pass up. She leaves and takes her team with her.
Now her old company wants to see her fail hence her being up in front of a Senate investigation committee. Seems that the lobbying she did for palm oil for the Indonesian government involved some misdeeds on her part.
Will she fail or will she blow the whistle on the congress people who are in the pockets of the lobbyists? What do you think?
Watching this film, "Spotlight" and "The Big Short" come to mind, one a film about newspaper people investigating abusive priest in Boston and the other about the financial collapse of 2008. You would think neither of those films would be particularly riveting because so much of those kinds of films involves talking heads and topics that are not, shall we say, classically, compelling, but they were. "Spotlight" used the personal dramas of the abused and "The Big Short" used humorous cameos by celebrities to explain financial jargon.
So now we have another iffy subject: Washington lobbying.
Sounds like a big snooze, right? But it's not. This film is a primer on how lobbying works in Washington, how lobbying is all about money and nothing about morality and it's scary as hell. And Jessica Chastain's powerful performance turns what could be a dry subject into a compelling story. This film lives or dies on Chastain's ability to get us to care about what goes on in Washington to get bills passed and she does.
Directed by John Madden with a slick script by Jonathan Perera, this film did not do particularly well at the box office, which could be a statement on how many people want to see movies about gun control. It was billed as a thriller, and I think that might be part of the problem because it's not really a thriller. When you see how lobbying is done in Washington, it's more of a horror film.
So this film is less about the Second Amendment and more about the evils of lobbying. Not doing well at the box office is not necessarily a sign of whether or not a film is good. And this film is good primarily because of the performance by Chastain and the excellent ensemble cast, and the subject which basically exposes the real way our laws are passed. It's a sad truth that many of our laws are actually passed well before they are voted on in Congress. They are figuratively passed by these lobbyists, who put the pressure on our legislators. The case is made that we the people don't really run our country, the lobbyists do, which in turn means the corporations do.
Rosy the Reviewer says...Not a thriller, more of a horror film about how things get done in Washington. But it's worth seeing, especially for Chastain's amazing performance.
Kenny Wells (Matthew McConaughey) is the owner of a mining prospecting company, and he needs a lucky break, so he teams up with a geologist and the two go to Indonesia to find gold. They find more than that.
It's Reno, 1981. Kenny is a wheeler dealer, living with his girlfriend, Kay (Bryce Dallas Howard), and after inheriting his Dad's thriving mining company has managed to run it into the toilet. He can't get investors. Then the 1989 recession hits and it hits commodities hard. Now he is losing his house and to make matters worse, he's old and fat and drinking too much.
Then Kenny has a dream about finding gold in Indonesia, and he becomes obsessed with the idea. He pawns his gold watch as well as the one he gave Kay and goes there. He meets Mike Acosta (Edgar Ramirez), a geologist with a reputation for finding gold. Acosta also believes there is gold to be found in Indonesia, so Kenny decides to back Acosta and starts to raise money to find the mines. He wheels and deals and gets investors but they run out of the money and Kenny's dream begins to fall apart.
But then, amazingly, they do strike gold and Kenny is back in business. Washoe Mining goes on the stock exchange and everything is hunky dory for our hero. It's celebration time. Let the spending begin!
And then about 40 minutes into the film we realize that Kenny is being interviewed by cops. Oops. What's going on?
I found that to be a bit jarring because that should have been established early on and despite the flashback being a cliché move I think this film would have benefited from it.
Anyway, back to our story.
At the height of his success, Kenny is offered $300 million for his mines, but he won't do it because he doesn't want to give up naming rights.
Then the worst happens. Indonesia seizes his mines. It's always risky doing business in another country. Turns out the money men had ties to Suharto. Kenny doesn't sell? Well, they will just steal the mines from him.
"Pride goeth before a fall," right? Kenny, why didn't you take the money?
"It was a pride thing. It was my dream. I dreamed it. If you sell your dream, what do you have left?"
Now Kenny is depressed again and drinking. But it's not over for Kenny yet. This guy is like a cat. He has nine lives. Mike saves Kenny from his depression and drinking and the two concoct a plan to get their mines back by hooking up with Suharto's profligate son. They strike it big but then...BIG TWIST.
We find out why Kenny is being interviewed by the FBI.
McConaughey and his make-up people have certainly done everything they can to make McConaughey look unattractive or rather he has done it to himself. He gained 50 pounds for this role and wore a bald wig and false teeth. I think that's a trend when actors want to win Academy Awards. Think Halle Berry's nude scene in "Monster's Ball" and Charlize Theron's make-up job in "Monster." What good-looking actors have to do to get noticed! McConaughey also gets to give an Academy Award style speech at the end:
"What is a prospector? He's someone who believes it's out there."
Sadly, no Academy Awards for him or this film.
Directed by Stephan Gaghan, this film is based on the Canadian Bre-X gold mining scandal (note: if you click on the link, major spoiler) and adapted for the screen by Patrick Massett and John Zinman. This film reminded me of "American Hustle," where Christian Bale also got fat and there was a con going on, but it doesn't have the zing that "American Hustle" had. The film definitely has some high moments, but it also has some lows and dragged in the middle.
Rosy the Reviewer says...if you like McConaughey, you might find this entertaining, but I am still recovering from seeing Kenny/McConaughey in his tighty whities.
Head-On (2004)
A young Turkish woman living in Germany marries a much older man to free herself from the restrictions of her family.
Cahit (Birol Unel) is a German immigrant living and working in Hamburg. He is an addict and a loser, and he knows it, so one night he drives his car into a brick wall. But he recovers and meets Sibel (Sibel Kekilli) at the psychiatric clinic where they are both recovering. Sibel has issues too. She tried to slash her wrists because she just couldn't conform to her traditional Turkish family's needs for her to conform. Sibel just wants to party and have as much sex as possible with as many men as possible. Though Cahit is 23 years olden than Sibel, when she finds out he is Turkish, she asks him to marry her and he asks her for a beer.
These are two wacky kids, but she is actually more nutty than he is. She actually cuts her wrists in front of him, because she doesn't want to live with her family. I don't blame her. Her brother has already broken her nose for her supposed bad behavior, and he is not above a little honor killing should she step out of line again. I would want out of that family too!
So Cahit is finally convinced that to save Sibel he should marry her, and they enter into a marriage of convenience.
And he is hardly a catch. He's a drunk, a layabout, likes cocaine and has a dead wife he won't talk about. He also likes to have rough sex with Maren (Catrin Striebeck), a woman friend of his. Cahit and Sibel get married, but on their wedding night, Cahit gets drunk and kicks Sibel out of their apartment, so she goes to a bar and picks up a bartender.
The two have a sort of a marriage except they are both having sex with other people and not each other. They had no intention of falling in love - this was a marriage of convenience for Sibel - but of course they do and when Cahit overhears that same bartender that Sibel had sex with on their wedding night saying bad things about Sibel he kills him. Sibel's family finds out about this "jealousy killing" and now her brother is after her to kill her for the family honor. Cahit goes to jail and Sibel goes to Istanbul to stay with a friend and hide out from her family.
So will these two crazy kids ever get together?
Written and directed by Fatih Akin, the film employs a sort of Greek, or should I say, Turkish chorus that sings Turkish songs to show the passing of time and to break the film into scenes. This film is not just a love story between two lost souls, it also explores the clash of Turkish traditional cultures and Western culture, and the stars, Unel and Kakilli are mesmerizing, he with his craggy handsomeness and she with her vivacity.
Why it's a Must See: "A nervy, unsettling, sometimes bleak drama of two outsiders (vividly) played, with unwavering intensity and conviction, by the two leads, the film in fact continues a vital strand of provocative, post-punk creativity in contemporary European cinema..."
--"1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die"
Cahit crashes his car into a brick wall early in the film, and Sibel's and Cahit's relationship is like that same head-on car crash, and like a car crash, you can't look away.
Rosy the Reviewer says...an astonishingly dark but poignant story.
Into the Water: A Novel by Paula Hawkins (2017)
Several women have mysteriously died over the years in the river that runs through a small English village, but when two die there over a short span of time, there is a mystery to be solved.
Jules Abbot has come back to Beckford. She left never wanting to return but her sister Nel has drowned in the river and Jules has come to take care of Nel's teen-aged daughter, Lena. Jules and Nel had been estranged for years and Jules accepts that Nel was a suicide until Lena tells her she was pushed, and Jules becomes embroiled in the mystery of her sister's death as well as the mystery of why Lena's young friend, Katie, also jumped to her death in the river.
Did Nel kill herself by jumping into the river or was she pushed? What about Katie? Why would a young, beautiful, smart girl choose to kill herself? As the secrets of the villagers are revealed, so are the reasons for Nel's and Katie's fates.
This is author Paula Hawkins' second book, following her "The Girl on the Train." It's a gripping story that, like "The Girl on the Train," is all very British. Similar to "The Girl on the Train," Hawkins also uses different points of view to tell the story. Hawkins does a good job of slowly revealing the characters and their stories, letting each talk for a chapter or two and then another character jumps in to pull the story forward.
However, this time Hawkins uses an irritating device, changing each character's points of view, sometimes the character speaks in the first person, sometimes from the omniscient third, and I could not figure out what that device was supposed to tell me. At first I thought she changed points of view depending on whether the character was in the past or the present, but that didn't bear out. So it was distracting. This book also feels more like a British detective series than "The Girl on the Train." Each character tells his or her story and each is under suspicion until the secrets and twists are revealed.
Rosy the Reviewer says...an enjoyable mystery but if you are expecting another "The Girl on the Train," I think you will be disappointed.
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Sometimes in the wild, animals have the ability to do things that seem (and most of the time are) impossible for humans to even think about achieving.
The rhinoceros beetle can lift close to 850 times its body weight, which would be the equivalent of a person lifting 65 tons. The scarlett jellyfish can restart its own lifecycle, basically reverse aging itself whenever it gets a serious injury.
And the basilisk lizard can do something people have said is physically impossible.
The basilisk lizard has one of the most unique abilities in all of the Amazon; by pedaling its long, flat feet, this lightweight reptile can run across water surfaces at incredible speeds.
Sometimes people have even called this creature the "Jesus lizard" because of this incredible ability.
Check out the video below to see this amazing "superpower" in action!


It's likely mortgage bankers attending the Mortgage Bankers Association 100th Annual Convention & Expo in Washington, D.C, eagerly awaited the arrival of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray.
After all, the regulatory landscape stemming from the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act has left the lending industry shell-shocked by not only the CFPB's new enforcement authority, but by all the lending/servicing rules slated to take effect in January.
If bankers are worried about this new CFPB-era, Cordray told the crowd: Don't be.
In his speech, the CFPB director basically asserted that in many cases, non-qualified mortgages with the right underwriting are perfectly fine even if they fall outside the QM boundaries. This mirrors past statements in which Cordray said he doesn't anticipate an outbreak of QM-related litigation.
Where he stops short — or simply doesn't go — is in explaining how lenders know at the beginning of the origination cycle that what they've done outside QM in terms of underwriting is sufficient enough to protect them later on if someone were to perhaps raise an ability-to-repay claim.
Lawyers up for litigation love gray lines, but those wanting to prevent future ability-to-repay litigation are likely to prefer black and white rules. Cordray shows optimism around the idea that responsible lenders are still safe outside QM, but no specifics were given on how the CFPB would address non-QM lending decisions down the road if a default were to occur. Yet, he seems to be saying don't over worry as long as standards are in place.
He added that the definition of a qualified mortgage already covers most of the loans made today. And even loans not covered by QM can still be generated as long as lenders use "sound underwriting standards and routinely perform well over time," the director told the MBA crowd. Again, what does 'perform well over time' mean? That part is not as clear.
As an example, Cordray told the audience, he is aware of borrowers who may possess considerable other assets, but who remain stifled by high debt-to-income ratios that force them outside the QM standards. As long as lenders ensure the best underwriting standards, they should be fine, Cordray said.
"Lenders that have long upheld such standards have little to fear from the ability-to-repay rule; the strong performance of their loans over time demonstrates the care they have taken in underwriting to ensure that borrowers have the ability to repay," Cordray added.
"Nothing about their traditional lending model has changed, and they should continue to offer the same kinds of mortgages to borrowers whom they evaluate as posing reasonable credit risk – whether or not they meet the criteria to be classified as qualified mortgages."
Cordray further noted that lenders who refuse to lend outside QM will be at no greater risk, absent other factors, of facing fair lending allegations.
The CFPB director once again cited data from Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody's Analytics, noting that 95% of the mortgages made today fall within the qualified mortgage standard.
"Some, such as CoreLogic, have put out much lower figures, but by their own admission, those figures were not intended to take account of the expanded definition of QM that will actually take effect in January but instead were offered as projections of a distant future when the temporary expansion expires," Cordray explained.


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Australia's Chief Medical Officer reveals how NCD 2030 targets will be achieved
The Chief Medical Officer of Australia, Professor Brendan Murphy, highlighted the challenges of meeting the global non-communicable disease (NCD) targets needed to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), saying there is strong commitment from all Australian governments to increase the national effort in addressing NCDs, in particular by implementing a number of strategic action plans that have been completed or are in development.
Professor Murphy, of the Department of Health, was speaking at The George Institute's George Talks series where he discussed a whole range of health issues linked to achieving NCD targets, including exorbitant out-of-pocket medical costs, healthcare homes and prevention strategies to address Australia's growing obesity crisis.
NCD Countdown 2030 towards the SDGs recently reported in the Lancet that Australia, along with half of all countries in the world, will not reach its World Health Organization 2030 targets to reduce NCDs. On present trends, Australia will achieve the goal of a one-third reduction in NCD deaths after 2040 for women, while the male target is expected to be reached between 2031 and 2040.
In a conversation with The George Institute's Professor David Peiris, Professor Murphy discussed the complex debate regarding a sugar tax in Australia. Both major political parties did not support such a regulatory measure but all recognized the need for broader strategies to address the obesity epidemic. He said that whilst exercise programs on their own would not solve obesity, you also have to address nutrition and start in early childhood.
Professor Murphy also stressed the importance of addressing inequity gaps in accessing Australia's health system. He highlighted the problem of a lack of medical specialists in remote and rural Australia and the issue of rising out-of-pocket costs, saying that some specialists are charging completely "unjustifiable" fees and that there was a need for greater fee transparency.
Healthcare homes were also raised with Professor Murphy, who said the government was currently reviewing, with the major stakeholders, how this important primary care reform could be refined in the future.
When questioned on why Australia was not on track to meet its NCD targets unlike countries including New Zealand, South Korea and Norway, Professor Murphy listed a number of strategic action plans that have been or are being developed to address a range of NCDs. He noted the recent COAG Health Council commitment to a national obesity strategy. Governments would now need to consider how to implement these strategies to bring about the necessary increased interventions in addressing NCDs.
The George Institute is a regular convener of independent health policy forums with key policy makers to facilitate robust conversation on Australia's biggest health challenges and opportunities.
Professor Brendan Murphy – Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health
Professor Brendan Murphy is the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for the Australian Government and the principal medical adviser to the Minister and the Department of Health. He also holds direct responsibility for the Department of Health's Office of Health Protection and the Workforce Division. Apart from the many committees he chairs, co-chairs and participates in, he is the Australian Member on the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Governing Committee and represents Australia at the World Health Assembly. Prior to his appointment, Professor Murphy was the Chief Executive Officer of Austin Health in Victoria. He was formerly CMO and Director of Nephrology at St Vincent's Health, and sat on the Boards of Health Workforce Australia, the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute and the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre. He is also a former president of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology. Professor Murphy is a Professorial Associate with the title of Professor at the University of Melbourne and an Adjunct Professor at Monash University, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians and Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Professor David Peiris, Director of Health Systems Science, The George Institute for Global Health
David is a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney and a practising GP. He joined the Institute in 2006 and directs the newly formed Centre for Health Systems Science. The goal of the Centre is to overcome the challenge of delivering affordable, high-quality health services and programs to communities across the globe. David has published extensively in areas related to health systems research and leads several grants, testing innovative strategies to improve access to high-quality primary healthcare in the Asia-Pacific region, with a particular focus on under-served populations. He is an NHMRC Career Development Fellow and Heart Foundation Future Fellow. David was the 2015-2016 Australian Harkness Fellow in Healthcare Policy, based at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where he conducted a national study of the changes to healthcare delivery systems associated with President Obama's reforms. David is a past co-chair of the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Committee for Hypertension Control from 2012 to 2015, and a board member with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners National Faculty of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.
Professor David Peiris
Director, Global Primary Health Care Program