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Puma reports strong sales in Americas and Europe
German sportswear firm Puma has seen such strong demand for products promoted by celebrities like model Cara Delevingne and Canadian rapper The Weeknd that its supply chain is racing to keep up, its chief executive said on Tuesday.
Appointed in 2013 by majority-owner French luxury goods company Kering, Chief Executive Bjorn Gulden has invested heavily in celebrity marketing to revive a brand that still lags market leaders Nike and Adidas.
"Retailers ordered more because they needed more which has not been the case for a long time at Puma," Gulden told a conference call with journalists.
Gulden said Puma had been out of stock on many lines, prompting it to pull forward orders booked for the second quarter, with its suppliers working hard to meet demand.
"We need to make sure we don't oversell certain lines. We need to control growth in partnership with retailers," he said, highlighting demand for retro basketball shoes worn by Delevingne and "Limitless" sneakers launched by The Weeknd in February.
Gulden's comments come after Puma reported that first-quarter sales jumped a currency-adjusted 15.4 percent to 1 billion euros (£848.86 million), while net profit almost doubled to 49.6 million.
Puma shares, which jumped earlier this month when the firm lifted its profit and sales guidance for 2017, were up 2.4 percent by 0824 GMT at a new record high, making them one of the main gainers on the German small-cap index.
The Puma share price has been supported by speculation that Kering might consider a sale. Gulden said on Tuesday he has not heard anything about a possible sale.
Like German rival Adidas, which reports results on May 4, Puma has been enjoying a revival in the U.S. market, helped by a shift towards retro styles and away from basketball shoes which has hurt Under Armour and dented Nike's success.
Puma said sales rose a currency-adjusted 17 percent in the Americas and 15.9 percent in Europe, Middle East and Africa, with footwear sales up almost a quarter, outpacing its apparel and accessories business.
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Why today's Israel election polls are the last
Eugene Kontorovich | 3.13.2015 3:45 PM
Opinion polls released in Israel today show the left-wing "Zionist Union" party (a combination of the venerable Labor party and Tzipi Livni's group) holding a 3-4 seat lead over the right-wing Likud party. However, the total size of the right and left wing blocs in the Knesset would be equal. Thus the nature of the government that will be formed will ultimately depend on the center-right, brand-new Kulanu party, and the two mainstay haredi parties.
While the vote is on Tuesday, Israeli law prohibits announcing opinion poll results from now until then. The assumption behind the law is that late polls could unduly influence voters. In the U.S., such a law would clearly be unconstitutional under the First Amendment. Indeed, such polls are the most protected form of speech—speech about political matters. In Israel, as in Europe, free speech protections are less robust than in the U.S. Yet such laws seem exceedingly silly: protecting democracy from the voters. Governmental power to regulate the informational marketplace around an election is the most dangerous kind of speech intrusion. Strangely, despite recent international fuss about speech legislation in Israel, the restrictions on electoral speech seem to go unremarked.
The notion that voters are dumb enough to be unreasonably swayed by polls but wise enough to choose a government is odd. This is particularly true in Israel, where government coalitions are formed by a large number of parties (the next coalition will probably have at least six). Thus there is necessarily a strategic aspect to voting, and knowing the latest poll results could be quite useful to decision-making.
Those who might be ok with laws regulating speech around political campaigns should note that they do not have an obvious stopping point. One of the items likely to be high on the agenda of the likely new left-wing government is a law banning Israel HaYom, a free-distribution daily, Israel's highest circulation paper, and very supportive of Netanyahu. (The law would not actually explicitly ban Israel Hayom in particular, but would rather ban free newspapers, of which it is the only major one.) The purported justification for the measure, which would be manifestly unconstitutional in the U.S. (and Israel, I think) is that the newspaper, owned by U.S. billionaire Sheldon Adelson, constitutes improper political funding because of its pro-Likud editorial stance.
Despite the deep hatred for Adelson on the Left, I can't imagine the Israeli Supreme Court upholding such a law, but one never knows. Certainly the paternalism behind the polling law sets a tone that could support more intrusive, and targeted, efforts to eliminate information that may "unduly" sway the citizenry. A further irony is the electoral victory that would make such a law possible would also seem to undercut Livni's argument that through the newspaper, Adelson "controls our lives here."
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Eugene Kontorovich is a Professor of Law at the Antonin Scalia Law School of George Mason University.

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linked together by very high energy bonds.
Extracting the energy from ATP is a complicated chemical process.
when the bond between the second and the third phosphates are broken.
ADP, because there are only two phosphates bonded in sequence rather than three.
The released energy is used to power these cell's machinery.
that it becomes another high energy ATP.
each differs in capacity and speed of ATP production.
recharging mechanism with six to eight seconds of ATP production capacity.
recharging ATP at immediate or moderate rate.
by the system causes the athlete to stop so that the acid can clear.
has a very large ATP production capacity of hours and even up to days.
and this is a really important term for you to remember and understand.
the cell to produce the highest power output.
into the ATP store to produce the maximum possible power.
the brain concurrently activates all three recharging mechanisms or energy systems.
However, each gears up to full speed at different times.
moving into high gear and the power output each produces.
very high rate of speed such as during a 60-meter sprint.
machinery into high gear and takes over the bulk of the ATP production.
glycolysis can maintain the ATP store at 60%.
using glycolysis as they can when using creatine phosphate.
ATP recharging capacity is the nasty acid byproduct produced.
slow down drastically in order to allow the acid to clear.
to match the ATP production capacity of the aerobic energy system.
the athlete produce the same amount of power when using all three energy systems?
not let the store of ATP in the cell dip below around 60%.
and this depends on the speed of the ATP recharging systems.
the less power it provides the athlete.
there is not much you can do to change the store of ATP the athlete has available.
However, the three recharging mechanisms are trainable to varying degrees.
the reason for the limits to the ATP production capacity.
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Rocamadour is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. It lies in the former province of Quercy.
Rocamadour has attracted visitors for its setting in a gorge above a tributary of the River Dordogne, and especially for its historical monuments and its sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which for centuries has attracted pilgrims from every country, among them kings, bishops, and nobles.
The town below the complex of monastic buildings and pilgrimage churches, traditionally dependent on the pilgrimage site and now on the tourist trade, lies near the river on the lowest slopes; it gives its name to Rocamadour, a small goat's milk cheese that was awarded AOC status in 1996.


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Delhi, Agra and Jaipur form the most popular Golden Triangle tour in India. Delhi, the capital city of India is famous for its monuments, forts and pilgrimage places. The city is a starting point for all the golden triangle tours. Jaipur is another famous destination in North India. Known by the name of Pink city, it has forts and palaces, heritage hotels and shopping markets. The forts and places were built by the erstwhile rulers of this region. Home to Taj Mahal (the monument of love), Agra is the third destination in golden triangle packages
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DELHI : The history of Delhi, the capital of India, goes back to 3000 years. Various rulers built eight successive cities in and around present day Delhi. Few capitals in the world have as many monuments of which Delhi is justly proud. Capital to seven different cultures over the course of its history, Delhi is a fascinating fusion of them all. The art and architecture reflects its ancient and multifaceted heritage. A Hindu fortress, Mughal tomb, Islamic minaret and mosque are examples of the cultural richness of this city.
Explore Old Delhi, beginning with a drive pass the Red Fort, seat of the Mughal Empire. It is a huge fort, housing within its precincts, imposing palaces and impressive public buildings. Enjoy a Pedi cab ride around Chandni Chowk (an old shopping street). See Jama Masjid, which means Friday mosque. It was built in 1656 and is the largest and the most splendid mosque in India. On to visit the gardens of the Bahai Temple, completed in 1986. It is set among pools and gardens and adherents of any faith are welcome to visit and pray or meditate according to their religion. The structure is in lotus shape so it often called the Lotus Temple. Also see Raj Ghat, a memorial to the great Mahatma Gandhi. Visit the Crafts Museum, a collection of traditional Indian crafts in textiles, metal, wood and ceramics. Then see the Temple of the Sikh, Gurudwara.
Also visit New Delhi designed in 1911 by the British, and one of the greenest Capitals in the world. See the impressive Qutab Minar, a 234 foot high red sandstone minaret. The buildings date from the onset of Muslim rule in India. Visit Humayun's tomb, built in the 16th century, a predecessor to the famous Taj Mahal. Continue past the government buildings and Rashtrapati Bhawan (Presidential Palace) along the broad and majestic Rajpath.
AGRA : The earliest reference to Agra is in the epic, the Mahabharat. It was, however, in the medieval period that Agra earned prominence as a capital city under the Mughals. Its many wonderful monuments and the Taj Mahal, the greatest of them all, have given it a unique position as a major tourist centre. The Taj Mahal, simply, is beauty not just in design and technique, but also in desire and intent. It was built as a monument to love, a manifestation of life's most powerful emotion. When his wife died unexpectedly, Emperor Shah Jahan vowed to honour her with a memorial of unmatched beauty. A delicately carved, white marble jewel, which seems to float on a sea of red limestone, the Taj Mahal generally considered the finest example of Mughal architecture; became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983.
Also visit the important 16th century Mughal monument known as the Red Fort of Agra. This powerful fortress of red sandstone encompasses, within its 2.5 km long enclosure walls, the imperial city of the Mughal rulers. It comprises many Fairy tale palaces, such as the Jahangir Palace and the Khas Mahal, built by Shah Jahan; audience halls, such as the Diwan-i-Khas; and two very beautiful mosques.
FATEHPUR SIKRI : The once fabled Mughal capital has taken on a sleeping beauty quality, lying quietly but wonderfully preserved. The Emperor Akbar built Fathepur Sikri during the second half of the 16th century; Fatehpur Sikri (the City of Victory) was the capital of the Mughal Empire for only some ten years. The complex of monuments and temples, all in a uniform architectural style, includes one of the largest mosques in India, the Jama Masjid. A large number of masons and stone carvers worked hard on an area that was over two miles long and a mile wide. They used brilliant red sandstone available locally, which provides the buildings with much of their lustre. Shortly after the work was completed fifteen years later, it was realized that there was a lack of an adequate water supply and the pristine complex was abandoned.
JAIPUR : The rose pink capital of Rajasthan, is surrounded on all sides by rugged hills. The city was founded in 1727 by the astronomer king, Sawai Jai Singh II and built according to the Shilpa Shastra, the ancient Hindu treatise on architecture and sculpture. It is a walled city with seven rectangular blocks. The Maharajahʹs palace stands in the centre of the city amidst lovely gardens.
The excursion takes you to Amber Fort. Riding on elegantly caparisoned elephants, approach the palace in the traditional way. The high gateways allow us to enter on these broad backed animals. Amber was once the ancient capital of Jaipur. Construction of the fortress palace started in 1592 by Raja Man Singh, the Rajput Commander of Akbar's army. It was later extended and completed by the Jai Singh. The fort is a superb example of Rajput architecture, stunningly situated on a hillside and over‐looking a lake which reflects its terraces and ramparts.
Explore Jaipur visiting Jantar Mantar, an observatory equipped with instruments of astonishing size and precision, including a 90 foot high sun dial. See the Hawa Mahal or Palace of Winds, a major Rajput landmark built in 1799. This five story building in the old city; is a pink sandstone masterpiece with semi octagonal and delicately honeycombed windows. The monument was originally conceived to enable ladies of the royal household to watch the city's everyday life and royal processions in absolute privacy. The City Palace is the royal residence of the erstwhile King of Jaipur. It houses a museum with a superb collection of Rajasthani costumes, armoury of Mughal and Rajput weaponry, and swords of different shapes and sizes with ornamental handles – some of them inlaid with enamel, embellished with jewels and encased in magnificent scabbards. Continue past Moti Doongri Palace – a privately owned hilltop fort built like a Scottish castle – to Ram Niwas Gardens and architecturally impressive Albert Hall.
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I decided to start a video Blog or vlog. Actually these video's were mostly made on facebook as live video's. I decided right from day 1 of being diagnosed that I needed a method by which to vent my emotions and stay sane in this journey. So I started doing live facebook video's. I quickly realised that actually being honest about the journey might inspire and help other people. Sometimes it is good to just know that you are not alone in a journey.
Here is my intro & below that is the first real video update I made.
Because most of my video's were taken live you can see me reacting to comments which look odd maybe when not live but there you have it. Lots of the videos show me laughing and joking and seeing the positives in the journey.
Of all my video's this was the first one. It is probably one of the most emotional ones so a disclaimer right now. I cannot be held responsible if you end up in tears, you were given fair warning lol. This was early on & it was still sinking in.


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TV | October 3, 2020 9:48 am
South Park's Triumphant Pandemic Special Is … Kinda Hopeful?
Trey Parker and Matt Stone once again prove that laughter is the best medicine
Randy Marsh cashes in on the pandemic in South Park's Season 24 debut
By Eliott Grover @eliottpgrover
With the shocking yet somehow predictable news that President Trump tested positive for COVID-19, it feels like God hired a disaster movie screenwriter to punch up the ending of 2020.
The pandemic continues to claim lives and ravage society as we hurtle towards an election that is already being disputed. Mounting partisan conflict is amplifying the potential for civil violence. In both a literal and figurative sense, we are a country in dire need of medical attention.
Unfortunately, our faith in science and medicine is no longer unshakable. Our willingness to trust politicians and the news media has also eroded. Is there anyone out there who can reliably diagnose our dysfunction? Are there any institutions that remain deserving of our credulity?
With their South Park: Pandemic Special, which aired Wednesday on Comedy Central and is currently streaming on HBO, Trey Parker and Matt Stone offer a glimmer of hope that the answer to both of these questions is "yes."
Season 24 opens with desolate shots of South Park, Colorado. Like many communities across our country, South Park is reeling. Its economy has stalled, its streets are garbage-strewn and its exhausted citizens are despondent. Well, everyone except Randy Marsh and Eric Cartman.
When we check in with Randy, he is on a stage at a socially distanced COVID-19 relief event. At first, it sounds like he is commiserating with his dejected neighbors.
"We've all been through a lot these past several months. We've shut down and people have lost their businesses. Lost their livelihoods. I also own a small business. I sell weed. And I have to say, I …" And then he pauses for a nanosecond, but it's just long enough for devoted viewers to know what's coming next.
"I'm actually doing pretty good," Randy shrugs. "Amazing, really." We can't see the shit-eating grin beneath his mask, but we know it's there.
After sharing that his sales have increased by 400% since the start of quarantine, Randy announces a "pandemic special" in the spirit of giving back. As he relays the details of the promotion — if you purchase three pounds of marijuana, you get a complimentary Pandemic 2020 bong — the slideshow playing on the screen behind him features actual photographs. They're the kinds of grim images we've grown accustomed to seeing since March: an elderly man receiving a nasal swab, a medical worker clad cap-a-pie in PPE gear wheeling a corpse-laden gurney out the back of a hospital, a toe-tag tethered to a lifeless foot.
It won't surprise you to learn that when the episode introduces the children's plotline, Cartman has also found a way to exploit the pandemic. While the other boys are clearly traumatized by what has transpired — Stan and Kyle are exhibiting symptoms of COVID-induced anxiety; Butters is miffed that his dad won't take him to Build-a-Bear even though it's open — Cartman has never been better.
In a hilarious opening montage, Cartman wakes up with the eyes of a child on Christmas morning. As he parts his curtains, the rotund fourth-grader starts to sing gleefully: "Another day inside, don't have to do a thing. I love you, social distancing!"
Through characteristically devious methods, Cartman has found a way to avoid the virtual classroom. (Not unlike many American students last spring.) With no school to impinge on his liberty, he is free to live his best life. He no longer brushes his teeth or bathes, he keeps his mom at bay with a six-foot pole, and he starts every morning with a hearty breakfast of cheesy poofs in a bowl with milk.
Within the first 10 minutes of the extended 50-minute episode, Cartman and Randy suffer reversals of fortune. Cartman goes ballistic when he learns that the schools are reopening. Randy freezes when news breaks that the pandemic was traced to a single bat in Wuhan. We're then treated to a blurry flashback of Randy's trip to China, when he went on a bender with Mickey Mouse. They may or may not have double-teamed a bat or, as Mickey describes it lustily, "a mouse with wings!"
The episode is framed by Randy and Cartman's responses to these early plot developments, but the narrow scope doesn't limit Parker and Stone's ability to cast a wide satirical net. Masks, which the citizens call "chin diapers," are politicized; Zoom is abused; science is mocked; and the decision to open schools is fiercely debated. When teachers refuse to return, the district moves swiftly to hire replacements. And what do you know, the recently defunded police are in the job market.
Randy's quest for redemption and Cartman's crusade to end school intersect at the climax. This is when the brilliance of the decision to build the episode around these two characters crystalizes. On the political spectrum, Randy and Cartman couldn't be further apart. The former is a radical liberal (who occasionally pursues conservatism to solve his problems) while the latter is a fascist war criminal. That's not hyperbole. Cartman is one of the most villainous anti-heroes in the history of television. But in South Park's Pandemic Special, both of these deeply selfish characters do something wildly out of character: they make a sacrifice for the greater good.
This unity, however, is undermined by the incendiary actions of a particular politician. Parker and Stone's salient message is exactly what we need right now. Left, right or whatever, we are all Americans. Our country is in grave danger and our only hope is to pull together. It's funny, but sometimes humor is the best tool for diagnosing our most serious problems.
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Andrew David Morton (born 1953) is an English journalist and writer who has published biographies of royal figures such as Diana, Princess of Wales, and celebrity subjects including Tom Cruise, Madonna, Angelina Jolie and Monica Lewinsky; several of his books have been unauthorised and contain contested assertions.

Early life and career
Morton was born and raised in Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, where his father ran a picture framing business. He attended Temple Moor Boys' Grammar School, Leeds and Sussex University where he studied history. After university, Morton became a tabloid journalist and worked for three London tabloids, the Daily Star, News of the World, and Daily Mail, until 1987.

Biography of royal figures
Andrew Morton wrote a biography of Diana, Princess of Wales called Diana: Her True Story. Unable to interview Diana in person, he passed along interview questions through her friend, James Colthurst. In 1993 it was made into a television film of the same name, with Serena Scott Thomas as Diana. Following Diana's death in August 1997, Morton issued an edition entitled Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words in October and acknowledged Diana's role as the book's main source of information. The revelation, which came after years of denial of getting any input from Diana for the book, together with the release of her recorded conversations on tapes caused a mixed reaction in the press, with some accusing Morton of breaching confidentiality and exploiting the tragedy of her untimely death and others praising his candour.

On 16 November 2010, Prince William announced his engagement to Catherine Middleton. Morton was commissioned by Michael O'Mara Books to write a book to coincide with the royal wedding on 29 April 2011. The book, which went on sale on 3 May 2011 in the UK, includes a detailed biography of Prince William, as well as details of his relationship with Catherine Middleton. The book features full-colour photos of Prince William and the couple, as well as a detailed section on the wedding itself.

In April 2018, he published Meghan: A Hollywood Princess about Meghan Markle, who married Prince Harry a month later in May 2018.

Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography

Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography was published in January 2008, and reprinted with an update in February 2009. In a review in The New York Times, Janet Maslin writes "Mr. Morton has found a number of former Scientologists who are willing to speak freely, and in some cases vengefully, about the group's purported inner workings. Mr. Morton's eagerness to include their voices leads him to push the limits of responsible reporting." Maslin adds that Morton "provides a credible portrait extrapolated from the actor's on-the-record remarks and highly visible public behaviour."

Writing in Entertainment Weekly, Mark Harris gives the book a grade of "C−", and says "Cruise emerges from Morton's takedown moderately scratched but as uncracked as ever." Another review in The New York Times by Ada Calhooun stated:However shady Scientology may be, Morton's language in Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography is extreme. He and his sources compare the church and its leadership to fascists, the Roman Empire, storm troopers, Machiavelli, Orwell's Animal Farm, Napoleon, Stalinists and North Korea. He also repeatedly invokes Nazism, and quotes without censure the German Protestant Church's comparison of Cruise to Joseph Goebbels.

Teresa Budasi of the Chicago Sun-Times describes the book as "fascinating", although Budasi also raises a "question as to what's true and what isn't." Budasi sums up her impression of the work, writing "Morton's book is as much an indictment on Cruise's chosen faith as it is the life story of one of the world's biggest movie stars. And by the end you realize that 'Scientologist' is what will end up being the role of his lifetime." In a review in The Buffalo News, Jeff Simon writes of the author: "To give Morton the credit he's clearly due: he is one of the best around at constructing a 250-page gossip column."

Upon its publication, Cruise's lawyer and the Church of Scientology released statements questioning the truthfulness of assertions made by Morton in the book. In a 15-page statement released to the press, the Church of Scientology calls the book "a bigoted, defamatory assault replete with lies". The book was not published in the UK, Australia, or New Zealand due to strict libel laws in those countries.

Other publications
Morton received public attention after Diana's death, when he revealed the extent of her collaborations with him. He achieved greater prominence in the United States after the publication of Monica's Story. After Monica's Story, Morton investigated a mining disaster, which led to his first non-royal journalistic account, Nine for Nine: The Pennsylvania Mine Rescue Miracle. He also wrote an authorised biography of Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi. The book resulted in a libel case brought against Morton by a Kenyan judge – Morton lost the case and was ordered to pay £45,700 in damages. Morton then moved on to the "king and queen of pop culture", as he termed them, David Beckham and his wife Victoria. Posh and Becks became a No. 1 best-seller in the UK.

Soon after, Morton announced that he would be taking on the "queen of pop", Madonna. Despite a seven-figure advance by St. Martin's Press and a 500,000-copy first printing, Madonna failed to make waves in North America, where it spent only two weeks on The New York Times best-seller list (peaking at No. 8). By contrast, J. Randy Taraborrelli's Madonna: An Intimate Biography, released at the same time, became a massive best-seller in the United Kingdom (although it only made The New York Times extended best-seller list). Morton subsequently wrote another Diana book titled In Pursuit of Love, with information that he had left unaddressed, which made The New York Times best-seller list.

Morton also wrote an unauthorized biography of Angelina Jolie. Janet Maslin highlighted the lack of sources noted in the book in a review in The New York Times, saying "the people most eager to tell him about Ms. Jolie are people who don't know her, so that the book is shrink-wrapped in glib insights from dubious psychiatric talents". Allen Barra described it as "the worst book in the 21st century so far" in a Salon review which summarized the book as "ill-informed, moralistic and just plain mean".

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Alcorn McBride Provides A/V Control Systems for Matthew 25: Ministries' Global Village
Orlando, FL, USA — A full suite of Alcorn McBride equipment – a LightCue/E, 8TraXX/E, DVM-8400HDs and a V4 Pro controller – is helping visitors who take the Global Village tour gain an interactive understanding of poverty and the need for help around the world. The Global Village is located at Matthew 25: Ministries' Center for Humanitarian Relief in Blue Ash, Ohio. It is a life-size, three-dimensional re-creation of disaster scenes and poverty in the U.S. and developing countries.
Matthew 25: Ministries was founded by Rev. Wendell Mettey, who developed a system to recover excess products no longer useful to U.S. corporations and redistribute them to people in extreme poverty. Since 1991 the organization has grown into an international relief organization distributing 10 million pounds of products each year. In December 2012 Matthew 25: Ministries exceeded one billion dollars in total humanitarian aid shipped.
Since the organization relies heavily on volunteers in the field and at the distribution center, there's a continuing need to explain what they do and why they need help. That inspired the Global Village, which brings an understanding of disaster relief and ongoing poverty field work to visitors to the Center for Humanitarian Relief.
The Global Village presents visitors with a series of environments where help is needed. An area showing the damage incurred by the earthquake in Haiti depicts a multi-story building collapse; another demonstrates how people living in extreme poverty make their homes in a landfill sorting through garbage for food and materials they can sell, trade or use for shelter.
Alcorn McBride equipment delivers content throughout the Global Village and makes the experience more immersive. A LightCue/E raises and lowers lights in the exhibit areas as a personal guide takes visitors through the tour. An 8TraXX/E supplies background audio and sound effects to enhance the atmosphere of the areas. Five DVM-8400s source educational video content on flat-panel displays and projectors throughout the village. The entire system is automated via a V4 Pro and Alcorn McBride's ShowTouch for iOS app. A tour guide simply triggers the pre-programmed tour from an Apple iPad or iPod Touch.
"Matthew 25: Ministries wanted a dynamic system that could be updated," notes Joe Leonard, exhibit designer, lighting designer and technician with Leonard Design. "The tour guide, who carries an iPad interface controller, has complete control of the experience and can affect the timing of the show to adapt to the visitor. The first scene takes place in a newsroom, then there are a series of simulated disasters – the earthquake in Haiti, Hurricane Katrina – and a scene showing poverty in North America."
Leonard knows the theme park world having done projects for Paramount's attractions, Disney parade floats and high-profile stage design, so he was familiar with Alcorn McBride products. "I knew Alcorn equipment would give us the flexibility for full or semi-automation," he says. "And it's been great!"
Alcorn McBride provided two days of hands-on training with the equipment for the Global Village. Day one was devoted to educating Leonard and his staff about the various equipment and how to prepare the audio, video and lighting media. Leonard encoded the video content and recorded individual lighting cues for LightCue/E. Audio files were obtained, converted and organized on the 8TraXX/E. By the end of the first day all of the individual elements were working.
Day two was dedicated to control. The tour guides explained how the show needed to proceed as Alcorn McBride and Leonard created a list of cues while walking through the exhibit area. Leonard was also trained on how to build a simple iPad Touch interface for the guides to use and how to create a ShowTouch interface to handle basic maintenance functions. At the end of the day the Global Village had a fully functional show control system, and Leonard was savvy about how to maintain and modify the system as needed moving forward.
"The training sessions were a big help, but the Alcorn McBride equipment is very user friendly to begin with," Leonard points out. "Matthew 25: Ministries is very pleased with how things are working. They're very impressed with the end result."
Alcorn McBride offers flexible training options. Advanced Control training sessions are held during the year on both the East and West Coast and are complimentary to customers. Introductory Control training classes are offered online and at InfoComm also free of charge. A complete schedule can be found on the company's website. Customers, like Matthew 25: Ministries, may opt for one-on-one customized training solutions. Contact Alcorn McBride for more information on pricing and availability.
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In Fall 2012, Niagara Region asked residents about how it can better support seniors as they age in their homes. Through public forums and surveys, seniors and others shared their thoughts and ideas in several areas. This site details a summary of what was heard.


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(This post is part of the Great Amicus-Hammer Blogathon hosted by Gill of Realweegiemidget Reviews and Barry of Cinematic Catharsis )
Hammer Films remains best known for their the many horror movies that they have released over the years, as well as a smattering of psychological thrillers, science fiction movies, and comedies. Prior to the release of The Quatermass Xperiment in 1955, however, Hammer had released films in a wide variety of genres. Among these was the action/adventure film Dick Barton: Special Agent (1948).
Dick Barton: Special Agent (1948) was based on the highly successful BBC Light Programme radio show of the same name. Both the film and the radio show centred on Captain Dick Barton MC, a former Commando who worked as a private investigator and occasionally an agent of the British government. Dick was assisted by his friends, the Scotsman Jock Anderson and former platoon sergeant Snowey White. Dick Barton--Special Agent debuted on the BBC Light Programme on October 7 1946. Its 15 minute episodes aired every weekday evening. The show was created by Norman Collins, who was then Controller of the Light Programme (he would later move to the BBC Television Service and still later he would co-found ATV).
Dick Barton--Special Agent proved wildly popular. At its peak over 15 million listeners tuned into the show every night. It should come as no surprise that Dick Barton--Special Agent was most popular with schoolboys. It is for that reason that the BBC drew up a strict code of what was not permissible on the show. There could be no sex, no liquor, and no foul language. Even the violence was limited to fist fights. Despite this, Dick Barton--Special Agent received the disapproval of clergymen, teachers, and other moral watchdogs. Among those who was not particularly comfortable with Dick Barton--Special Agent was Val Gielgud, head of BBC Drama. It is perhaps for that reason that Dick Barton--Special Agent went off the air March 30 1951. Its time slot was taken over by a relatively young show, The Archers, which continues to air to this day.
Of course, the phenomenal popularity of Dick Barton--Special Agent meant that a feature film was probably inevitable. In Britain in the 1930s and 1940s it was not unusual for popular radio shows to be adapted as motion pictures. The popular radio programme The Band Waggon provided the basis for the 1940 film of the same name. The popular radio show Send for Paul Temple was adapted as a movie in 1946 and was followed by three more films. British audiences probably were not surprised when Dick Barton made it to the big screen.
Dick Barton: Special Agent was directed by Alfred J. Goulding, who had directed Harold Lloyd shorts for Hal Roach in the Silent Era and later films featuring Roscoe Arbuckle and Harry Langdon. Dick Barton: Special Agent would be Alfred J. Goulding's penultimate film. His last film would also be for Hammer, The Dark Road (1948).
It is perhaps because of Alfred J. Goulding's experience in comedy that Dick Barton: Special Agent plays as a comedy thriller. Much of the film's running time is devoted to the hi-jinks of Dick's sidekicks Snowey and Jock, as well as the villain Dr. Caspar's henchmen. This was a large shift from the radio show, which was played with deadly seriousness for the most part. That having been said, the film's plot could have come straight from the radio show. While on vacation in a small village, Dick Barton (played by Don Stannard), Snowey (played by George Ford), and Jock (played by Jack Shaw) come upon a plot by unrepentant Nazi Dr. Caspar (played by Geoffrey Wincott) to pollute Britain's water supply with cholera-laced bombs.
Despite the fact that Dick Barton: Special Agent departed from the radio show, it would prove successful. It led to two more Dick Barton movies: Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949) and Dick Barton at Bay (1950). There were plans for a fourth Dick Barton movie, Dick Barton in Africa, but the series ended following star Don Stannard's death in an automobile accident. The success of Dick Barton: Special Agent would also lead Hammer to adapt more radio shows as movies: The Adventures of P.C. 49 (1949), Doctor Morelle (1949), The Man in Black (1949--based on the radio show Appointment with Fear), Meet Simon Cherry (1949--based on the radio show Meet the Rev.), and A Case for PC 49 (1951).
Today Dick Barton: Special Agent is hardly a respected film. It is not unusual to read reviews that not only refer to it as bad, but as possibly the worst movie Hammer Films ever made. At IMDB it has a relatively low rating of 4.1. It is certainly true that Dick Barton: Special Agent departs from the radio show in its tone. It is also true that it was made on a relatively low budget. Too much of the script is devoted to comedy, and the acting does leave something to be desired. That having been said, it must be considered that Dick Barton: Special Agent was made at a time when Hammer was still making quota-quickies (of which this movie is one). It must also be considered that it was made to primarily appeal to children. Indeed, it is no worse and actually a good deal better than many American serials and B-Westerns made in the Forties. Keeping that in mind, Dick Barton: Special Agent is enjoyable enough a way to spend an hour and eleven minutes. Some of the comedic bits are at least slightly amusing and, while the fight scenes obviously look fake (one can tell the punches don't make contact), there is enough excitement to satisfy fans of old-time movie serials and B-movies. It is also an interesting look back at a time when heroes were still nearly infallible and villains were unapologetically evil. Dick Barton: Special Agent can be fun if one simply doesn't expect too much.
Dick Barton would not completely disappear once his radio show ended in 1951. In 1972 a new version of the very first Dick Barton serial, "The Secret Weapon," was broadcast as part of the BBC's Golden Jubilee. In 2013 the BBC produced a new version of a Dick Barton adventure from 1951. The late Seventies would see several Dick Barton novels. In 1979 Southern Television produced a TV series titled Dick Barton: Special Agent. It seems inevitable, particularly in today's atmosphere of reboots and remakes, that Dick Barton will return.
I would not call Dick Barton: Special Agent a classic. It certainly is not a great movie. I am not even sure that I would call it a good movie. That having been said, I don't think it is nearly as a bad as some people make it out to be. As long as one keeps in mind that it is a quota-quickie made primarily for children, Dick Barton: Special Agent can be simple, harmless fun.
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John L. Harmon said...
I love this Blogathon because it shows what a variety of genres Hammer and Amicus released.
I've never heard of this one and it sounds entertaining.
Realweegiemidget Reviews said...
Hi there, sorry about the delay in commenting. Love this post as my dad always mentioned Dick Barton but never got the reference til now. So a huge thanks for this fabulous and informative post! from Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews
Barry P. said...
Great review, Terence! Much like the movies I covered this time around, something doesn't necessarily need to be "good" in order to have a good time with it. Thanks for bringing this movie to our attention, and for joining the blogathon!


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Lionel Messi steered Barcelona into the Champions League quarter-finals with a virtuoso display at the Camp Nou. Reuters/Albert Gea
Barcelona and Liverpool swept into the last eight of the Uefa Champions League on Wednesday night with convincing wins over Lyon and Bayern Munich respectively. Liverpool's 3-1 triumph at the Allianz Arena means all four English clubs are into the quarter-final for the first time in 10 years.
"It is good for English football," Liverpool midfielder James Milner told BT Sport. "That's what you want. "
With the sides having drawn 0-0 at Anfield on 19 February, Senegal international Sadio Mané opened the scoring after 26 minutes to give Liverpool a crucial away goal.
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I will be backing Theresa May in this evening's confidence vote. I hope that the ERG will finally be shown for what they are, a small and unrepresentative faction pushing for a version of Brexit that has no chance of passing the Conservative Party let alone the House of Commons. It was irresponsible and self-indulgent for a few individuals to be pushing their own leadership ambitions at such a time of national crisis and particularly to have done so whilst our Prime Minister was meeting EU leaders abroad.
No one should doubt Theresa May's personal integrity and sense of duty and the contrast with those scheming to take her place could not be in sharper relief. Whilst I continue to hope that the PM will move to take her deal direct to the people, I have great personal respect for her determined efforts to try to find a compromise through the Withdrawal Agreement and Future Framework.
I hope we will now be spared the ERG posturing for a while as, following an unsuccessful leadership challenge, there cannot be another for 12 months.
What a joke! Sarah has undermined Theresa May at every opportunity during the withdrawal negotitations and no wishes to support her. Your stance is somewhat hypocritical Sarah and is only designed to thwart the efforts of those genuinely honouring the referendum result. Your support is shallow to say the least.
So in the midst of the most important negotiations in our lifetime the ERG and followers have lobbed a grenade into the tory party. Now there's loyalty to the country for you. I don't like the deal we have waited two years for, but all the ERG can offer is chaos. No wonder John Major called his anti EU mob B*****ds!
If you are going to support our PM, then really support her. Enough of this 'Peoples Vote'. I do have doubts about some aspects of the deal but if you support her, then do it fully. Please get on with honouring the manifesto on the basis of which you were elected. I would also say that you may be surprised at the size of the support in the country for this "small and unrepresentative faction" as you put it judging by the comments on these recent blogs and how this support will grow if Brexit is thwarted.
We are in a pickle, no doubt about it. Ms May's government had to be dragged though the Supreme Court for Parliament to trigger Article 50. May resisted a meaningful vote in Parliament, and it only just squeaked through (thanks to Sarah and others). She's trying to deny the public a referendum on the facts, and now she's denied Parliament a vote on her doggy deal. But she'll all we have. The ERG group are a bunch of Dad's Army fanatics. So Sarah is correct. it's a complete shambles, we are laughing stock, and the last thing we need now is a Tory Leadership election. But May needs to compromise and offer the people a vote on her deal. She's a lame duck leader now.
These are not my original ideas but the 40 reasons below come from the Conservative website. Can you Sarah counter the reasons why we should honour the people's vote already cast. I'm certain your constituents who you should represent, will not support your change of views so I would ask you again to change back to your original position of wanting to leave. Listen to your constituents....please. Free movement will come to an end, once and for all, with the introduction of a new skills-based immigration system. We will take back full control of our money which we will be able to spend on our priorities such as the NHS. We will leave EU regional funding programmes – with the UK deciding how we spend this money in the future. The jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice in the UK will end. In the future we will make our own laws in our own Parliaments and Assemblies in Westminster, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast. We will leave the Common Agricultural Policy. We will leave the Common Fisheries Policy and become an independent coastal state again, with control over our waters. We will be able to strike trade deals with other countries around the world. Deals can be negotiated and ratified during the implementation period and put in place straight afterwards. We will be an independent voice for free trade on the global stage, speaking for ourselves at the World Trade Organisation, for the first time in decades. We will be freed from the EU's political commitment to ever closer union. We will be out of the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights, recognising the UK's long track record in protecting human rights. A fair settlement of our financial obligations, which will be less than half what was originally predicted. Both the one million UK citizens living in the EU and the three million EU citizens living in the UK will have their rights legally guaranteed so they can carry on living their lives as before. We will have a free trade area with the EU, with no tariffs, fees, charges or quantative restrictions across all sectors, helping to protect UK jobs. We will be the only major economy with such a relationship with the EU. We've agreed with the EU that we will be as ambitious as possible in easing the movement of goods between the UK and the EU as part of our free trade area. We will have an implementation period after we leave the EU during which trade will continue much as it does now. This will allow Government, businesses and citizens time to prepare for our new relationship. The deal will see a greater reduction in barriers to trade in services than in any previous trade deal. There will be an agreement that means UK citizens can practice their profession in the EU. A comprehensive deal that secures access to the EU market for our financial services sector meaning the EU cannot withdraw it on a whim. This will provide stability and certainty for the industry. A best in class agreement on digital, helping to facilitate e-commerce and reduce unjustified barriers to trade by electronic means. We have agreed that there will be arrangements that will let data continue to flow freely, vital across our economy and for our shared security. Trade arrangements for gas and electricity will help to ease pressure on prices and keep supply secure. Strong rules will be in place to keep trade fair, so neither the UK nor EU can unfairly subsidise their industries against the other. We will have a comprehensive Air Transport Agreement and comparable access for freight operators, buses and coaches. We have agreed that there will be arrangements so we can take part in EU programmes like Horizon and Erasmus. There will be a co-operation agreement with Euratom, covering all the key areas where we want to collaborate. Visa-free travel to the EU for holidays and business trips will continue. Our new security partnership will mean sharing of data like DNA, passenger records and fingerprints to fight crime and terrorism, going beyond any previous agreement the EU has made with a third country. Our new security partnership will enable the efficient and swift surrender of suspected and wanted criminals. Close co-operation for our police forces and other law enforcement bodies. We will continue to work together on sanctions against those who violate international rules. We will work together on cyber-security threats and support international efforts to prevent money laundering and the financing of terrorism. Disputes between the UK and the EU on the agreement will be settled by an independent arbitrator, ensuring a fair outcome. We will meet our commitment to ensure that there is no hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland. We will keep the Common Travel Area between the United Kingdom and Ireland, ensuring everyday life continues as now. We will keep the Single Electricity Market between Northern Ireland and Ireland, which will help maintain a stable energy supply and keep prices down in Northern Ireland. Both sides will be legally committed, by the Withdrawal Agreement, to use "best endeavours" to get the future relationship in place by the end of the implementation period, helping to ensure the backstop is never used. An agreement to consider alternative arrangements to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland, including all facilitative arrangements and technologies, and to begin preparatory work on this before we leave the EU, reflecting shared determination to replace the backstop. In the unlikely event we do have to use the backstop, a UK-wide customs area will ensure there is no customs border in the Irish Sea. Gibraltar's British sovereignty will be protected. The deal delivers on the referendum result. It takes back control of our money, borders and laws whilst protecting jobs, security and the integrity of the United Kingdom.
I agree with David H. Sarah Wollaston, in her capacity as MP for Totnes, has been disloyal to the party and its leadership on too many occasions for anyone to think that she is a true Tory. I suggest that she is supporting the PM on this occasion because any potential replacement would be a real Brexiteer.
People will remember Sarah Wollaston as just another sycophantic anti-democrat intent on keeping someone in office who has no concept of democracy, sovereignty or any of the other things people voted for in the referendum. The people had their vote already, respect it.
117 votes. No Backstop here! The truth is that May is running out of road and the next leader will be Boris Johnson. Elected by the members. Sarah can stop pretending to be a Tory then.
2 faced or delusional , which is it Sarah??
ERG posturing? are you going to stop your posturing for a peoples vote that we've already had?? and get behind the parties commitments, maybe you just can't let your personal views be put before, Democracy , your constituents, and your Party. You are supposed to stand by the peoples (including constituents) wishes, Leave the job please if you can't do it.
Write to the Totnes Conservative Assoc. asking for a new candidate at the next election. Sarah W has undermined democracy and the party on whose back she was elected. She clearly has more sense of self than of duty to the people who elected her.
Putting aside the internal power struggle within (all) parties. Our MPs, from all sides clearly recognise that parliament is pre-eminent and that MPs are voted in by constituents. They clearly feel that the referendum does nor carry the weight of a normal election process. So be it. Consider then the outcome of the referendum based on constituencies. 63% Leave 37% remain. Had this been a NORMAL election, Leave would have a majority of 174 seats. I have excluded Wallasey which was 50/50. Source https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/parliament-and-elections/elections-elections/brexit-votes-by-constituency/ It seems to me that our democracy is lying in taters thanks to Westminster self interest and pity squabbles. Keep in mind this whole debacle is a Conservative debacle, created by 30 years of infighting, a moment of weakness (and ignorance) by David Cameron and a complete late of focus on what is important for the country from all sides of the house.


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Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for 30 Pricey Units in Converted Bushwick Church Complex
616-628 Bushwick Avenue in September, 2017. Photo by Google Maps
Jul 11, 2018 • 09:00am
by Craig Hubert
They're technically "affordable" because they're income restricted, but are the units in a new housing lottery in Bushwick actually affordable to the people who need them?
A studio in the complex rents for $2,013. The lottery is set an area median income range of 130 percent, and the gap between the rents for the affordable units and the market rate apartments is not very wide.
Consider that a market-rate studio in the same complex rents for $2,150, a difference of $137. There are 30 units in the affordable housing lottery for 618 Bushwick Avenue.
The building is part of a 99-unit, block-long development at 616-626 Bushwick Avenue called The Saint Marks. The complex includes two fanciful Victorian buildings — the former St. Mark's Lutheran School and Evangelical Church — as well as a severely plain-looking new seven-story building (technically an addition), all of which are now connected.
Of the 30 affordable apartments, there are two studios, 16 one-bedroom units and 12 two-bedroom units. Rents for one-bedroom units range from $1,997 to $2,128. Rents for two-bedroom units range from $2,400 to $2,564. Eligible incomes range between $68,469 and $135,590 for households of one to four people.
Chart via NYC Housing Connect
There was a previous lottery for affordable housing at 616 Bushwick Avenue in the same development in April 2017, with units starting at $822 a month.
Market-rate rentals hit the market in 2017, a collection of studios, one and two-bedroom units ranging from $2,150 to $5,700. Asking rents for market-rate one-bedrooms vary considerably: They start at $2,350 a month and go up to $5,700 for a unit in the church spire.
The site in 2012. Photo by Christoperh Bride for PropertyShark
The complex includes a laundry room, parking lot for 12 cars and bike storage, all of which have additional fees, and a shared roof deck.
Apartments will have rooms with large windows and pale wood-veneer kitchen cupboards, according to images from the previous lottery.
Electricity, electric hot water and cooking gas are not included in the monthly rent. Eight of the two-bedroom apartments in the current lottery have electric heat, a single one-bedroom has both gas and electric heat, and the remaining 21 have gas heat, according to the notice on Housing Connect.
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The existing buildings on the development site, the former St. Mark's Lutheran School and Evangelical Church, were designed by noted Brooklyn architect Theobald Engelhardt and completed in 1892.
The property was purchased for $4.1 million in 2012 by Cayuga Capital Management. Over the next few years, the developer slowly converted the former church and school into residential units. The developer removed the historic church spire to comply with zoning height rules and because it was unstable, Cayuga told Brownstoner in 2015.
In addition, the developer constructed the new addition on the corner of Bushwick Avenue and Troutman Street. Hustvedt Cutler is the architect of record.
Years ago, a row of tenements occupied the corner of the site. Empty and boarded up for years, they were covered in graffiti, including wheatpaste art by Swoon depicting a child in its mother's arms.
The church in 2015. Photo by Cate Corcoran
Maybe it was the creative connection that led Cayuga to sell the property in September 2017 to art heir David Wildenstein for $51 million. His father, Guy Wildenstein, is the current patriarch of a family that is as well known for their priceless art collections as they are for appearing in the tabloids.
Bloomberg reported in 2016 that over 300 works in the Metropolitan Museum of Art "have a Wildenstein provenance," enough in itself to fill a small museum.
Their real estate deals have also made headlines: In 2017, the family sold an Upper East Side mansion for $79.5 million, setting a new record for townhouse sales in Manhattan.
The site in 2014. Photo by Rebecca Baird-Remba
Applications for the affordable housing lottery must be submitted by September 5. Apply through NYC Housing Connect. To learn more about how to apply for affordable housing, read Brownstoner's guide.
Lottery Opens for Bushwick Church Site With Affordable Units Starting at $822 a Month
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Rohel Sánchez Sánchez es un político peruano. Actualmente es gobernador regional de Arequipa desde el 2023.

En el 2022 postuló a la gobernación regional de Arequipa por el movimiento Yo Arequipa.

Fue elegido presidente de la Asamblea Nacional de Gobiernos Regionales (ANGR) para el periodo 2023.

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