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Five Memorable Moments from Beverly Hills, 90210
Much to the continued embarrassment and consternation of Mrs. Teebore, I am an unabashed fan of Beverly Hills, 90210, having grown up watching its ten season run and continuing to watch occasional episodes, thanks in large part to Soapnet reruns. In honor of 90210 Day (9/02/10) here are five of the most memorable moments from 90210.
5. The debut of Valerie
Already the subject of many of young man's fantasy thanks to her turn as squeaky clean Kelly Kapowski on Saved by the Bell, Tiffani Amber Thiessen rolled into Beverly Hills in the wake of Shannon Doherty's departure from the show. With Brenda studying theater in London, Thiessen, as Valerie Malone, the Walsh family's old friend from Minnesota, moves into Brenda's old room, goes on a sightseeing tour of the city, and innocently flirts with hounddog Steve Sanders. By the end of Val's debut episode, it looks like Kelly Kapowski has simply moved to a new zip code before Val retires to her room to DUN DUN DUN roll a joint and gets high while bemoaning having to play the "good girl". Before long, she'll be picking fights with Kelly, flirting with Brandon, sleeping with Dylan while dating Steve and generally whoring it up. Kelly Kapowski she wasn't, and young men everywhere couldn't be happier.
4. Brenda and Dylan break up
They were 90210's Zack and Kelly, Sam and Diane, Sonny and Cher. The early seasons of the show were built around the romance between badboy Dylan McKay and bitchy-girl Brenda Walsh, with the highs and lows of their relationship considered turning points on the show. Never was this more true than when they broke up for the first time, as Brenda calls it quits after a pregnancy scare in an episode that kicked off 90210's first summer season. The aftermath was felt all summer long, as Dylan quickly injured himself in a surfing accident and, with nowhere else to go, ending up recuperating on the Walsh's couch. Oh, sexual tension...
(Also, I will always think of R.E.M's "Losing My Religion" as the Dylan/Brenda breakup song).
3. Dylan's dad blows up
Things were going well for Dylan: his estranged father, Jack, imprisoned for shading financial dealings and mob connections, was out of jail and the two were bonding for the first time in years. Unfortunately, it turned out Jack was released from prison because he agreed to work with the FBI against his old mob buddies. Before you could finish a chorus of "Take Me Out To the Ballgame", Jack was killed by a mob-planted car bomb, and Dylan was left with nothing but more fist-clenching angst.
(The revelation years later that Jack faked his death in order to enter Witness Protection and keep Dylan safe was the moment when 90210 not only crossed the line into full on soap opera (a line it had flirted with for years) but obliterated that line so it could never go back).
2. Scott accidentally kills himself
In 90210's first season, long before he fell for Donna or hip-hopped his way into our hearts, David Silver was just a nerdy freshman desperate to get in with the cool crowd at West Beverly High (ie the main characters). His partner in early 90s geekdom was the equally socially inept Scott Scanlon. By their senior year, after a summer apart (during which David's dad married Kelly Taylor's mom, finalizing David's slow acceptance into the cool crowd while Scott spent the summer on his uncle's ranch, developing an affection for firearms and other cowboy accouterments) their friendship was hanging by a thread. Scott invited David and the cool kids to his birthday party, which turned out to be a traditional (read: uncool) shindig, complete with parents and party games. Looking to liven things up, Scott discovers his father's gun, and spinning it Robocop style, he accidentally shoots himself in front of a horrified David. For preteen Teebore, there was no more potent a gun control PSA.
1. "Donna Martin graduates!"
Just as everyone mentions the "I'm so excited....I'm so scared" Jessie Spano freakout moment when talking about Saved by the Bell, no 90210 moment is more embedded in the pop culture zeitgeist than "Donna Martin graduates!" After being caught intoxicated at the Senior Prom, Donna Martin is facing suspension, which means she won't graduate high school with her friends. So Brandon leads a 1960s-inspired walkout of the student body and marches on the school board as Donna's appeal is being heard, demanding that Donna Martin graduates or no one will. Arguing that the school board's new no tolerance policy regarding drinking caught the wrong person of which to make an example, Donna is allowed to graduate and a pop culture meme is born.
Brandon drops E at a rave (another pivotal PSA for young Teebore), David cheats on Donna in a limo, Kelly gets burned in a house fire and joins a cult, Dylan's bride is accidentally killed by her father, who was trying to kill Dylan, and that time Brandon got in too deep betting on basketball and Nat had to bail him out.
Labels: 90s, Beverly Hills 90210, Five Things, Holidays, TV reviews
Falen (Sarah) September 3, 2010 at 9:11 AM
you know, i've given you a lot of shit over the years about your love of 90210 and saved by the bell, but i have to say that some of those moments sound AWESOME.
I can't wait to watch the clips.
Bear in mind, you will still receive endless shit about your love.
Teebore September 3, 2010 at 9:36 AM
@Falen: i have to say that some of those moments sound AWESOME.
They're filled with awkward early 90s awesomeness, fist-clenching angst and hilariously frank lines like "I just wasn't ready for a sexual relationship."
Just be glad I left out any clips of Brian Austin Green "rapping".
Bear in mind, you will still receive endless shit about your love
Eh, that seems about right. ;)
ashlie September 3, 2010 at 10:19 AM
You know, I never watched 90210 as a kid, but now I wouldn't mind catching up on it. I was always more of a Melrose Place gal (even though I was most likely too young to be watching it). Another TV series on DVD to add to the list!
Teebore September 3, 2010 at 10:33 AM
@Ashlie: I missed the first season or two, but after that I religiously watched Melrose Place right alongside 90210.
I was probably too young to be watching it, too (heck, I was probably too young to be watching 90210, at least during the first few seasons) but I turned out (mostly) okay.
Joan Crawford September 3, 2010 at 10:10 PM
Laughing Out Loud! This was awesome! Numbers 3 and 2 especially - teehee and I love how you let us know what young Master Teebore was feeling about all of it at the time. Good for you for loving this shamelessly. I shamelessly love Mantracker. I'm pretty sure only old ladies and convicts watch it. Mantracker (seriously, this is not only the name of the show but how he is referred to throughout it) is...aging and he is well, a cowboy, but I love him. He is all Texas-y with "down home" sensibilities (even though he is Canadian) and I don't like that stuff at all. Except in his case. Old Cowboys are awesome. Like Virgil from Tombstone.
Falen (Sarah) September 5, 2010 at 10:20 AM
After watching these clips i have decided that you will most definitely still be receiving shit. Oh. yes.
@Joan: Old Cowboys are awesome. Like Virgil from Tombstone.
I'm of the opinion that there isn't a man alive whose butt Virgil from Tombstone couldn't kick. Heck, his mustache alone could take most people.
@Falen: After watching these clips i have decided that you will most definitely still be receiving shit.
>Drops to knees, arms outstretched, fists clenched<
"Noooooooo!"
Hannah Kincade September 9, 2010 at 12:24 PM
ooooh, many I love me 90210!! I haven't watched it in years but I'm telling you, it's long overdue for a rewatch!! That and Melrose Place. Speaking of which, do you own all seasons??
I love love love the breakdown of memorable moments.
I can't give you any crap because one, I love 90210 and b, I love Ghost Whisperer and I'm not going to stop!! Muhahaha! I also love many things that are mockable, mockful and mock-worthy.
Joan- Mantracker??!! I must google that right now...oh. my. god! LOL!! THAT'S AWESOME!! I must now find and watch all episodes!
Teebore September 9, 2010 at 12:41 PM
@Hannah: Sadly, no, I only have the first two 90210 seasons, and the first Melrose season. I keep my eye out for them used, but rarely find them. Someday I'll have them all...
That's like me and Buffy. I so want all of them but I don't want to spend all the monies. I did find the first three seasons for $10 at a pawn shop so I have those but the other seasons are damn hard to find!
So to sum up, pawn shops. That's where I got my Futurama, Sex and the City and Buffy.
Teebore September 9, 2010 at 1:14 PM
Hmm...I haven't tried pawn shops. I've always been scared to go into one for fear I'd never come out without arm fulls of stuff.
Half Price Books, Replay and Cheapo are my usual used DVD haunts, but I might have to check out the massive Pawn America by my house sometime.
wwk5d November 6, 2013 at 2:18 AM
Really late in the game here, but...for me, one of my favorite moments was when Dylan and Kelly confess to Brenda that they are no involved, but have been for a while and that Dylan cheated on Brenda with Kelly. Brenda's "I hate you both, never talk to me again!" was teen angst at it's best.
Teebore November 20, 2013 at 3:26 PM
@wwk5d: Brenda's "I hate you both, never talk to me again!" was teen angst at it's best.
Indeed. The moment that sticks out to me the most from that saga (it might even be from the same episode, but I don't think so) is when Brenda first encounters Dylan and Kelly together (after she breaks up with Dylan post-Paris) while she's on date with Dean Cain, the guy she almost fooled around with in Paris. Anyways, they run into Dylan and Kelly at the same restaurant, and Brenda lays into Kelly and basically calls her a slut by saying "I was always taught that if it looks like a duck and walks like a duck...".
I've always remembered that moment because:
A. I was young enough to have no idea what that idiom meant, and had to ask my mom to explain it.
B. Once I realized what it meant, I figured it was the absolute meanest, worst thing Brenda could say to Kelly, and was all like, "oh, this shit just got real!" (in different terms, of course).
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"Don't you know anything but 'Afternoon of a Faun'?"
"Socrates thinks he's provocative, but as far as I'm concerned, he's just another ball breaker."
"Hail, Caesar! The barbarians have been beaten back, and Rome is still Numbero Uno."


There was a reason why LaShawn Merritt ran the fifth-fastest 400m of all-time at the IAAF World Championships on Tuesday, according to the US sprinter's coach.
"He finally believed in himself," commented his coach Loren Seagrave after Merritt flew to a time of 43.74 on the blue Moscow track.
"He didn't push the first 100, but allowed himself to flow down the backstretch," added the veteran coach.
The 2008 Olympic champion was then set up for a critical part of the race.
"Going into the curve, that's when you decelerate, but he was able to maintain through there and he kept on rolling," said Seagrave.
"It was the best I have ever seen him run. His Beijing run (for his Olympic gold medal) was really top shelf, but being able to watch him execute every step of the way (in the World Championships final) was brillant."
Everyone thought this would be a showdown between Merritt and Grenada's Kirani James, the 2011 World champion and 2012 Olympic gold medallist.
However, it was no contest as Merritt romped home to regain the World title he first won in 2009, with James fading badly over the final 50 metres to finish seventh.
"I was hungry," said Merritt. "Probably the hungriest person in the field. No, I was starving. It's been a while since I was able to perform at my highest level."
Seemingly set to take over the 400m, a US powerhouse event, after his Beijing triumph that produced the largest margin of victory in an Olympic Games 400m, Merritt, now 27, then spent almost two years out of the sport after his 2009 victory. He made it back to competition in time to participate at the 2011 World Championships, but was not fully in shape and was beaten at the line by James.
The London Olympics was to be their next meeting at a major championship, but a hamstring injury hit Merritt two weeks before the Games.
He tried to run in a qualifying heat at the Olympics, but pulled up in the race, unable to finish because of the problem.
Moscow was his first championship final at the global level for almost four years where he has been fit and ready for a fair fight.
"I was mentally and physically confident," said Merritt. "I knew what I had to do."
He easily won over team-mate Tony McQuay. "That race didn't feel that hard, so I think faster times will definitely come," added the winner.
"There's a lot more," said Merritt's coach. "He has got some more races this year. He really wants to use this as a building block for next year, then Beijing (the 2015 World Championships) and then on to Rio (the 2016 Olympic Games)."


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March 20, 2016 Posted by aletho | Civil Liberties, Islamophobia, Video	| France, Human rights | Leave a comment
Rani Burnat from Bil'in
International Solidarity Movement | March 15, 2016
Bil'in, occupied Palestine – Rani Burnat is an extraordinary human being in more ways than one. He was left paralysed from an injury sustained during the second intifada, learned to live the remainder of his life in a wheelchair, fathered three children (triplets) and now continues to resist the occupation through peaceful means to this day. His story is inspiring and a prime example of the will of the Palestinian people and their ongoing resistance to an illegal occupation.
Rani Burnat
On the 30th September 2000, Rani Burnat was going to Ramallah from his home town of Bil'in for a driving lesson. When he got there he noticed a protest gathering to protest Ariel Sharon's entry into the sacred Al-Aqsa mosque (this of course was the beginning of the second intifada). Rani spotted friends of his from Bil'in and with time to spare decided to join in.
As the protest gathered the Israeli army illegally entered the Ramallah area and cleared the guests out of a nearby hotel, then used the hotel roof as a vantage point and placed snipers. The Israeli military claims that their illegal entry onto Palestinian land was to protect a nearby illegal Israeli settlement that the protest was nearing.
Rani and fellow friends were at the front of the protest when a sniper opened fire using a unique bullet, known as a butterfly bullet, designed to continue spinning upon impact while opening out and inflicting massive damage upon entry and exit.
The bullet entered through the left-hand side of Rani's neck, puncturing his main artery. It continued through to the right hand side of his body, severing his spinal chord between the third and fourth vertebrae on exit.
As sniper fire continued and pandemonium erupted, Rani was left bleeding on the ground. Fortunately fellow bystanders assisted by applying pressure to the wound on his neck to limit the massive amounts of blood that he was losing. He was then put into a car and driven to the nearby hospital where he was promptly seen by doctors. Rani was the first victim of the second intifada to be treated. Anyone coming into hospital later in the intifada with his severe wounds would undoubtedly have died as staff and resources failed to cope with the influx of wounded.
The doctors applied a stint to Rani's neck to where the artery had been severed, which remains to this day. He was put into an induced coma for two days, during which time doctors concluded that with the facilities they had they could not keep Rani alive along with the massive numbers of victims that were now being admitted to the hospital as the second intifada intensified.
It was decided that Rani must be transferred to another hospital with more facilities, one capable of taking care of someone in such a serious condition, the only hospital possible was in Jordan. Given his condition he could not make the journey by land and so a helicopter was arranged from the rooftop of the parliament building in Ramallah.
On admission to hospital in Jordan, his loss of blood was so great that he required massive blood donations from a number of donors. Rani would spend the next seven months in that hospital undergoing operations and combatting repeated infections. He says 'The most important thing for me at that time was that I was alive. The doctors in Jordan made this possible".
After seven months in Jordan, Rani was able to come back to Palestine for rehabilitation, back at home in Bil'in seeing friends and family who had missed him, and whom he had missed so much in Jordan.
He then had to go back into hospital in Ramallah for another seven grueling months of rehabilitation. It was during this time that the severity of his situation became clear to him. "It was an extremely difficult situation to come to terms with, that I would now have to spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair, paralysed on the right side of my body." Rani is the oldest of ten siblings with four brothers and five sisters. He had wanted to be an electrician and he talks about the helplessness he felt at that time. But despite this he added, "The personal pain I felt was nothing compared to the pain I was feeling for my family." However, a huge positive in Rani's life amidst so much trauma was when he married shortly after the intifada and became father to triplets.
As time passed, Rani learned to deal with the injuries he had sustained, but one thing that he was not ready for was what happened in his home village next as the Israeli government began to illegally confiscate villagers' land to construct the apartheid wall and enclose illegal settlements.
At this point Rani decided to become a photographic journalist so he could report on and show the world the ugly truths of the Israeli occupation and what it does to the Palestinian people. He says he will only stop when he is dead or the occupation has ended.
Every week he is able, Rani makes the trip up the rocky road in his wheelchair, gas mask and camera at the ready. His wife worries for him every time he leaves but understands that this is what he must do. Rani himself admits that every Friday he leaves he fears he will not come home to his loving wife and children but he continues to go to show the world what is happening.
Fellow activists from Israel who come frequently to the Bil'in demonstrations have translated for Rani what the Israeli army is saying about him, things like "shoot the guy in the wheelchair" whilst laughing amongst themselves. Rani has been shot with rubber bullets, countless amounts of tear gas, had many cameras broken, two wheelchairs wrecked and has even been pulled out of his wheelchair and thrown onto the ground. "The occupying forces have no morals," he adds.
Two months ago Rani was shot in the stomach with a foam bullet, which releases a liquid that burns the skin on impact. A month later he was shot in the knee cap and also singled out by soldiers and shot in both shoulders with tear gas canisters. Despite all this he continues moving forward.
In 2005 Rani organised a unique demonstration in Bil'in for all the people who have been injured or disabled since the second intifada. He explains that the Israeli army used the most tear gas he has ever seen used, firing directly into the group of people, many of whom were restricted to wheelchairs, and causing many of them to pass out from tear gas inhalation including himself. "This is occupation" says Rani.
He doesn't believe Israel can continue like this and he hopes an end is near, as do all Palestinians. Rani tells of how he wishes to be able to travel to Jenin with no checkpoints and how he wants to take his children to see the sea. Every Palestinian who has been suppressed by the occupation has their own particular dreams of life without Israeli occupation.
"Palestine is a state of peace, Israelis should be able to come and live harmoniously in peace – against occupation".
"If you come to my house in peace I will welcome you… but if you come to my house to take it from my family, I will fight until my dying breath with all means necessary to defend it".
March 20, 2016 Posted by aletho | Ethnic Cleansing, Racism, Zionism, Solidarity and Activism, Subjugation - Torture, Timeless or most popular	| Human rights, Israel, Palestine, West Bank, Zionism | Leave a comment
Targeting of children and residents in Ni'lin
Ni'lin, Occupied Palestine – On 18th March 2016, Palestinian villagers of Ni'lin protested against the Israeli land-theft and illegal settlements and the continuous violence Israeli forces use to stifle the weekly non-violent protests. Villagers commemorated Rachel Corrie, an American activist killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, and Tristan Anderson, an American activist left with severe permanent physical and cognitive impairments after being shot in the head with a high-velocity tear gas canister in Ni'lin.
Israeli forces again used excessive force, inundating not only the protestors, but the whole village in tear gas. Whereas the last two weeks Israeli forces showered a public park with a playground in tear gas, causing several cases of excessive tear gas inhalation of small children playing there; this Friday they deliberately targeted civilian homes inside the village with tear gas, as well covering the public park in tear gas. The heavy iron tear gas canisters broke windows of 7 houses and the shops in the center of the village, causing civilians to suffer from the effects of tear gas inhalation. As family homes were targeted with tear gas, dozens of children and elderly had to be treated for tear gas inhalation. 8 people, including an 87-year old man had to be treated for excessive tear-gas inhalation. Throughout the West Bank, Israeli forces have increased the use of long-range tear gas canisters, that can reach up to 1000m and are silent when shot. These kind of tear gas canisters increase the risk of serious and / or deadly injuries as they can't be heard and are iron-clad and thus extremely hard. Furthermore 2 people were treated after being hit and injured with rubber-coated steel bullets during the protest.
Medics treating an elderly man suffering from excessive tear gas inhalation
Luckily, no one was directly hit with one of the tear-gas canisters shot into Palestinian family homes. On the 12th of March, a 17-year old boy was shot in the neck with one of these heavy tear-gas canisters, causing a skull fracture. He had to undergo surgery and only after a week in intensive care his condition is now stable.
The continuous targeting of civilians, families and children by the Israeli forces is not only common in the village of Ni'lin, but also throughout the occupied West Bank.
March 20, 2016 Posted by aletho | Ethnic Cleansing, Racism, Zionism, Subjugation - Torture	| Human rights, Israel, Palestine, West Bank, Zionism | 1 Comment
Soros Disruption: American-Style
By Wayne MADSEN – Strategic Culture Foundation – 20.03.2016
Eastern Europeans and Arabs are all-too-familiar with the political street hooliganism sponsored by global «provocateur» George Soros and his minions. Lately, middle-class Americans have had a taste of the type of violent protest provocations during the current US presidential campaign that have previously been visited upon governments from Macedonia and Moldova to Syria and Libya.
Recently, Donald Trump campaign rallies have seen highly-coordinated and well-planned political demonstrations in Chicago, Cleveland, St. Louis, Dayton, and other cities. The rallies were disrupted by highly-coordinated and well-planned protesters waving freshly-printed protest signs before awaiting television cameras. Such «rent-a-mob» actions are trademark signs of the involvement of George Soros and the «godfather» of political street violence, Gene Sharp, in disrupting the normal political process.
One of the favored methods proposed by Sharp and embraced by Soros-financed groups is the taunting of individuals. Sharp's advice to taunt speakers is being played out in the US presidential campaign: «instead of predominantly silent and dignified behavior… people may mock and insult officials, either at a certain place or by following them for a period». Sharp suggests that taunting individuals, such as presidential candidates, be combined with a refusal to disperse when either asked or ordered to do so. Sharp claims that these methods are «non-violent». However, when the US Secret Service, charged with protecting presidential candidates from assassination or bodily harm, order protesters to leave a campaign venue and there is a subsequent refusal to do so, violence is a certainty.
Soros and Sharp honed their street revolution tactics on the streets of Belgrade in the Bulldozer Revolution that overthrew Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic on October 5, 2000. Two Soros-financed and Sharp-inspired groups, OPTOR! and the Center for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS), as well as their leader Srdja Popovic, a so-called «pro-democracy» agitator, have all been unmasked as US intelligence assets. Popovic has received funding from the CIA-linked US Institute of Peace, a creation of neo-conservatives to advance the type of undemocratic political street disruptions first seen in Serbia and that soon expanded to Ukraine, Georgia, Egypt, Venezuela, Russia, Macedonia, and other countries. Today, Soros-inspired political violence has targeted Trump rallies across the United States.
Popovic first began to infiltrate American politics by ostensibly supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement. As his ties to the CIA and Goldman Sachs later showed, his intent and that of his financiers were to derail the anti-capitalist popular movement.
Several veteran «agents provocateurs» of the Occupy Wall Street movement who are now part of the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign have been enlisted by groups like Unbound Philanthropy, an immigrant rights group, to disrupt Trump rallies. Together with the Soros-financed group Black Lives Matter, these professional street hooligans have carefully, and in compliance with the Sharp model, staged their demonstrations to achieve maximum media coverage while achieving the maximum level of disruption to the primary election process.
Unbound Philanthropy is funded by Obama's deep-pocketed friend and frequent vacation host in Hawaii, William Reeves, a former JP Morgan executive who now heads up BlueCrest Capital. In some cases, the political protesters masquerade as Trump supporters by wearing pro-Trump shirts and hats in order to gain access to Trump campaign venues. This methodology of disruption employs another Sharp tactic, that of using false identities. Coupled with the tactic of «non-violent harassment» of individuals, the use of employing false identities to gain admittance to Trump rallies, followed by coordinated protests in the form of placard-waving «stand-ins», are textbook examples of Sharp tactics being employed with the financial support of Soros and his gang, which includes Reeves and pro-immigration Hispanic groups and Black Lives Matter. Many of the anti-Trump street actions are coordinated by MoveOn.org, another group financed principally by Soros and the Hyatt Hotels' Pritzker family of Chicago. One member of the Pritzker family, Penny Pritzker, serves as the Secretary of Commerce in the Obama administration.
MoveOn.org, which has endorsed Sanders, is actually using its protests at Trump rallies as a fundraising gimmick. It promises to disrupt future Trump campaign rallies and it will use every weapon in the Sharp/Soros handbook.
Another Sharp/Soros tactic employed against Trump is the «speak-in». During a Trump campaign appearance in Dayton, a pro-Bernie Sanders protester jumped a barrier and rushed the stage in an attempt to grab the microphone from Trump. The Secret Service tackled the protester who was arrested by police. The protester previously took part in a 2015 protest at Wright State University in Dayton where he dragged a US flag on the ground. Destruction of property, including US flags, is another hallmark disruption tactic proposed by Sharp.
The Sharp definition of a «speak-in» is a «special form of nonviolent intervention… when actionists interrupt a meeting… or other gathering for the purpose of expressing viewpoints on issues which may or may not be related directly to the occasion». Soros classifies the action as «social intervention», with «psychological and physical aspects». Regardless of Sharp's definition of such actions as «nonviolent», the Secret Service does not take lightly anyone lunging at a presidential candidate, especially after the assassination of candidate Robert F. Kennedy in Los Angeles in 1968 and the shooting and attempted assassination of candidate George Wallace in 1972. Soros's operatives are dangerously playing with fire by bringing such violence-tinged street protest tactics to the American presidential political scene.
The stench of Popovic and Soros in the street operations against Trump, who has railed against Wall Street's «free trade agreements» and neo-conservative «wars of choice», can be seen in the links between the street protest groups and corporate giants like Goldman Sachs.
Popovic and his CANVAS non-governmental organization (NGO) has received funding from a former Goldman Sachs executive named Muneer Satter.
Satter happened to work at Goldman Sachs with fellow corporate executive Heidi Cruz, the wife of Trump's opponent for the Republican presidential nomination, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas. Although Satter retired from Goldman Sachs in 2012 he continues to serve as vice chairman of the Goldman Sachs Foundation. In 2012, the year that Satter retired from Goldman Sachs, the firm loaned more than $1 million to Cruz's Texas US Senate campaign.
Satter also happens to be close to both President Barack Obama and anti-Trump GOP operative Karl Rove. Satter has donated to both Obama and Rove's Crossroads political action committee. Satter was also the national finance co-chair of Mitt Romney's 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns.
This year, Satter joined the Senator Marco Rubio campaign as Illinois Finance Committee co-chairman. Such background players, Heidi Cruz and her Goldman Sachs friend Satter, as well as Rove, Romney, Reeves, Soros, the Pritzkers, and Popovic – a Central Intelligence Agency-linked foreign interloper in the United States political system – are the actual movers and shakers behind America's presidential election. Their jobs and those of other deep-pocketed political financiers like Paul Singer, Haim Saban, Sheldon Adelson, Michael Bloomberg, Sam Zell, and Norman Braman, are to ensure that no «unfiltered outsiders» ever become the President of the United States. These and other wealthy backroom political maestros owe their undemocratic but massive political influence to insider politicians residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. They will do everything in their power to prevent an «unfiltered» candidate from becoming the next American president.
March 20, 2016 Posted by aletho | Deception	| Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, Egypt, George Soros, Georgia, Macedonia, MoveOn.org, Penny Pritzker, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine, Venezuela | Leave a comment
US Immigration Policy for Cuba: A Cold War Relic
The Cuban Adjustment Act, passed in 1966 by the U.S. Congress, allows any Cuban who enters the United States to gain permanent residency after being present in the U.S. for one year. This law, passed at the height of the Cold War, is unique to Cuban emigrants, with no other migrant group given this special consideration.
Cubans sit aboard a homemade raft, known in Cuba as a balsa.
This Act was passed in order to encourage emigration from Cuba to the United States. After the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, there was an exodus of Cubans opposed to the revolution who fled to the United States. In his autobiography, Fidel Castro stated that in the first three years after the revolution, more than 270,000 Cubans migrated to the United States.
Many of those who left Cuba were professionals and their exit put a strain on the Cuban economy – a favorable situation for policy makers in the U.S.
Wanting to continue to promote a "brain drain" in Cuba, the Cuban Adjustment Act was passed, which further encouraged Cubans to leave the island and arrive in the U.S. Those opposed to the revolution also facilitated their arrival by providing material support for these so-called refugees.
Cuba and the U.S. did eventually negotiate a deal where the U.S. promised to issue up to 20,000 visas a year so people could migrate legally, but ultimately only some 1,000 were issued yearly.
With the allure of having the right to live and work in the United States legally upon arrival but unable to secure a visa, many Cubans continued to make the journey to the U.S. state of Florida by whatever means they could.
This led to people undertaking various means in an attempt to navigate the strait separating the island from Florida's southern tip, including hijacking vehicles not apt for long-distance sea travel, such as tug boats. Despite this, the Cuban coast guard had strict orders not to intercept vessels in the water if they had people aboard. This also led to the phenomenon known as the balseros, people who attempt to arrive in the U.S. in homemade rafts, especially during the difficult Special Period.
The influx of Cubans led to more negotiations between the U.S. and Cuba, and in 1995 the U.S. government finally agreed not to admit Cubans found at sea headed for the U.S. Those who did reach the shores of the U.S. would be admitted and be granted residency under the Cuban Adjustment Act, hence the reference to the "wet-foot, dry-foot" rule.
The Cuban government considers this rule a provocation, while critics say the policy not only promotes dangerous forms of travel, but is also an incentive for human trafficking by criminal groups.
March 20, 2016 Posted by aletho | Economics	| Cuba, United States | Leave a comment
'Turkey and EU make refugees a matter of bargaining – a violation of int'l treaties'
The EU countries will receive educated and skilled people, and those who are not skilled and educated, they will remain in Turkey, Yasar Yakis, former Foreign Minister and a former ambassador to the UN Office in Vienna, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, told RT.
RT: Why do you think that the "one in, one out" Turkish-EU refugee plan isn't feasible? Who stands to benefit from this plan?
Yasar Yakıs: Both sides are going to benefit, but Turkey was in a position where it couldn't do anything else but ask the cooperation of the European countries. Theoretically, one may think of a scenario whereby the EU could have closed their doors and not let any refugee come in from Turkey. Turkey, by trying to cooperate with the EU and with the initiative taken by Angela Merkel, at least they decided to share the responsibility of Turkey, open the doors, but of course with certain conditions, and this condition is "one in, one out." But this doesn't solve several problems that will entail such a decision. One of them is that the refugees who do not come from Syria, who come from distant countries, Afghanistan and the other countries, why on earth would Turkey accept them if they are already in European Union countries to receive also the refugees coming from the third countries… In my opinion, the deal shouldn't have covered the refugees originating from countries other than Syria.
Second, since this Syrian crisis we do not see any light at the end of the tunnel; the Syrian crisis will continue for some time. Therefore, if there is nobody readmitted from Greece, the EU will be entitled to refuse any additional refugees coming from Turkey and going to the European Union countries, whereas Turkey will continue to receive refugees from Syria…
Third, the EU will receive refugees on the basis of a selection. That is to say, Syrian refugees having arrived in Turkey will submit their demand to be admitted as a refugee in the EU countries, and the EU countries will look at the qualification of the person. If they agree to receive, they will receive. It means they will receive educated and skilled people, and those who are not skilled and educated, they will remain in Turkey. For these reasons, it will work against Turkey's interests in the long run.
RT: During the Brussels summit, ministers are also going to debate doubling the deal for the refugee crisis to €6 billion. Turkey was earlier accused of "blackmailing" and "holding the EU to ransom", for example by UKIP's Farage, Hungary's Orban, by demanding money to stop the flood of migrants. How do you view such accusations?
YY: First of all, there are restrictions stemming from the international documents, international treaties, which forbid to make the life of the refugees a question of bargaining. What Turkey and the EU are doing is a violation of the international treaties that all the European countries have signed, and also Turkey has signed. This is one thing.
Secondly, the money that was allocated to Turkey will not be paid to Turkey. Turkey will have to submit to the EU projects. These projects will be financed by the EU – the money will not enter the Turkey's treasury. There is another difficulty there. And if it is not spent in conformity with the EU relations, then the EU will be entitled to stop the payment.
RT: You said that certain EU member countries may find excuses not to implement the visa-free travel agreement with Turkey. Why do you think so? Why do you think the plan has been stalling so far? Who is being insincere here, Turkey or the EU?
YY: Both sides are sincere, but there are of course always ways for not abiding by the promise. There are two reasons for that. One is the number of the conditions that the EU put in order to start the negotiations. There were 72 conditions that Turkey had to fulfill, and 19 of them were fully fulfilled until recently. And something like 7 of them there was no progress at all. Now we have to see, whether Turkey will be fully compliant with all the 72 conditions.
Secondly, many countries were reluctant and they agreed to the deal only upon the pressure coming from Germany, and they will find other excuses in order not to abide by it. Greek Cypriots may be one of them. There are a lot of EU countries that are not satisfied with Turkey's human rights records – fundamental rights of freedom. And they say that Turkey should not be given such concessions.
Thirdly, there are countries like France, who say that a refugee deal is one thing, Turkish accession process is another thing. Both of these two things should be assessed, evolve, and should continue to function according to their own rule without interacting between themselves.
RT: Is Turkey ready to accept even more migrants in exchange for visa-free regime with the EU and some €6 billion? Or maybe Europe will see the price tag rising, as Turkey keeps asking for money?
YY: The EU is not monolith, which means that they do not speak with the same language – all of them, 28. They all have different views, which differ slightly form the others. Many countries are looking for excuses, either for not giving money, or for abiding by these international treaties, which bans making the refugee deal a question of bargaining between the sending countries and receiving countries.
Thirdly, for the political reasons, like Greek Cypriots and other countries, as well, they are looking for excuses not to let Turkey's accession process to the EU to continue. It cannot continue forever. It will be due to the two reasons stemming from Turkey, or stemming from the EU.
RT: Turkey says it's fighting terrorists in its Kurdish areas, but human rights groups are concerned that civilians are being killed in the crackdown. Do you think civilian causalities can be, are justified by the fight against terror?
YY: For me no civilian causalities are justified. You have to take from the standpoint of a family, who sent their 22-year-old son to the military service, and this young man is fighting there. If you ask this family: "Do you agree that this fight against Kurds should continue, but you may also lose your son?" Most probably in many cases he will say: "No, I want my son! I want that my son's life should not be given away in exchange of something, which is beyond my family's concern. Of course, there are also some families in Turkey that say 'for the security of my country I will sacrifice my son.' But the majority will say 'no.'
RT: Has Turkey's international reputation suffered due to its crackdown on Kurds in Diyarbakir, Cizre etc.? And has Erdogan chosen the right strategy here?
YY: Turkey's human rights record is going down. Turkey lost a lot of altitude in its international relations. Erdogan's policy on the crackdown – I have to take it from the beginning. I appreciated it very much President Erdogan's initiative to solve this Kurdish problem – at that time it was called 'democratization project' – so this was a very courageous, bold decision taken by President Erdogan… It is a pity now that this process has collapsed. I wish that Turkey should find one way of resuming the negotiations and continue this process…
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So the reason I've been sporadic in my posting lately is I was baking this little one.
As soon as I have the energy, I hope to be blogging much more often - although don't expect me to turn into a mummy blogger.
Some great baking, there, Mrs!
Best excuse for not blogging I've ever heard!
Hope you had an amazing day. She is just something else. So beautiful!


Rising rodeo star Nate O'Neill never expected to be living in a small Nebraska ranching town waiting for his rodeo brother to recover from a vicious ride. His unplanned stop steers him into the arms and bed of local celebrity, Tennessee Reed. Soon he questions what thrills him more—the rodeo or Tenn. Forced to face his reckless past, he's reminded that relationships can cause damage far worse than any bull ride … and maybe he's headed for the same suffering again.
My gaze slid up from his boots. His chaps elongated his muscular legs and emphasized his compact waist. The leather vest, worn over a black, checkered long sleeved shirt, defined his firm chest, and then I skimmed my eyes up to his face. Our eyes connected, and I absorbed an intensity of attraction I'd never experienced. Disturbing and unyielding, and yet, satisfying. His eyes searched my face, his eyebrows bent in and his eyes landed on my lips, but he didn't move. He was hurt from both my behavior this morning and his overindulgence at the bar, but he still gave me his strength through his desire-pooled hazel eyes.
He dropped his lips to mine. The kiss that I'd been craving since I watched him drive away early this morning. I slipped my tongue into his mouth and dug my nails deep into the pockets of his jeans.
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Q: do I need every method in a class to be in the constructor for subclasses to inherit? So, I have this class that I made, called fighter. I made it work for a minute. Then, I added this method:
private void roll(double block){
    block = (int)(Math.random() * 100);
}

This may sound stupid, but do I need to add it to the constructor to inherit the class? I want to do this with a subclass
public void attacked(int baseDamage){
  if (human.roll()==block){
     return "Nothing happens";
  }
  else{
     a = human.roll();
     human.health()-= a;
  }
  if (human.health > 0){
     System.out.println(health);
  }

}
So then, do I add roll() to the constructor or is there another way of doing it?

A: What you can do is use the extend keyword in the subclass, and make the void method, attacked, into a separate class. Now they both will share the exact same methods, and you can still return things to each other.
Another way you can tackle this issue is by again, making those two methods into two separate classes, and nest the subclass underneath the superclass just above the last bracket. If this is part of a larger code you can nest multiple sequences together, or just put multiple methods together. You don't need to add it to the constructor though, the above two reasons were just things you could try which would give you the same answer.
Because you are returning something you don't need to add that method to the constructor!

A: Well to answer the question

do I need every method in a class to be in the constructor for
  subclasses to inherit?

The answer is no. Just call what you want in the constructor. If you want to use a certain method from the subclass, then just make an instance of that class and call the method
Object object = new Object("your constructor info");
object.newMethod.

Is this what your asking ?
subclass inherits all the fields and methods of Super class and you can add the fields/variables and  methods to set it. Except for the constructor.
 /* Name of the class has to be "Main" only if the class is public. */
public class Fighter {

    // the Fighter class has three fields
    public int health;
    public int attack;
    public int speed;

    // the Fighter class has one constructor
    public Fighter(int health, int attack, int speed) {
        this.health = health;
        this.attack = attack;
        this.speed = speed;
    }
     // the Figher class has one method, so far...
    public void roll(double block){
        block = (int)(Math.random() * 100);
    }
}

public class Attacker extends Fighter {

    // the Attacker subclass adds one field
    public int damage;

    // the Attacker subclass has one constructor
    public Attacker(int damage,
                        int health,
                        int attack,
                        int speed) {
        super(health, attack, speed);
        this.damage = damage;
    }

    // the Attacker subclass adds one method
    public void attacked(int baseDamage){
        // Is human another class , then Fighter or did you mean Figher ?
        if (super.roll()==block){
             return "Nothing happens";
        }
        else{
          int a = super.roll();
          human.health()-= damage;
        }
        if (super.health > 0){
           System.out.println(health);
        }
    }
}
}

You could also invoke the overridden method through the use of the keyword super.
super.roll();

This better help out ?

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AH Murray Papers
The collection contains materials relating to three areas of Professor Murray's professional life: 1) his academic career as head of UCT's Philosophy Department and author of numerous books and articles on political philosophy; 2) his role as expe...
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AK Fryer Papers
1 - Two letters from Convention People's Party, Accra, dated 7.8.1962 and 31.8.1962 about subscriptions to the journal, The Party.2 - From the Bureau of African Affairs, Accra, dated 9.10.1964 about subscriptions to various journals.3 - From the R...
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AL Phillips Papers
Album of paintings on mica. Subjects are birds and Indian scenes and deities.
Phillips, A.L.
Founded in 1950, ARD, a consortium of public broadcasters in Germany, is the world's second largest public broadcaster after the BBC. The collection consists of footage that traces political developments in Southern Africa from 1983 to 2006.
AZ Berman Papers
This collection comprises 9 scrapbooks, mainly of newsclippings reporting A Z Berman's involvement in Council affairs, as well as some official documents, including election literature, and some official photographs.Personal and official item...
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Abdurahman Family Papers
Includes family letters and documents concerning the National Liberation League of SA, the National Anti-CAD Committee and Conference, and Cissy Gool's Cape Town City Council election papers. Photographs and newspaper clippings.
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Original watercolours:Jeppe Synagogue, JohannesburgMooi Street Synagogue, JohannesburgYeshurun Synagogue, JerusalemPrint:Great Synagogue, Cape Town, 1979The Collection is housed in an oversize folder.
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Academic Freedom Committee
41 posters put up by the UCT Academic Freedom Committee. Records events of 1950s and 1960s and includes photographs and clippings.
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import io.reactivex.Observable;
import io.reactivex.Observer;
import io.reactivex.disposables.Disposable;
import io.reactivex.exceptions.CompositeException;
import io.reactivex.exceptions.Exceptions;
import io.reactivex.plugins.RxJavaPlugins;
import retrofit2.Response;

final class BodyObservable<T> extends Observable<T> {
  private final Observable<Response<T>> upstream;

  BodyObservable(Observable<Response<T>> upstream) {
    this.upstream = upstream;
  }

  @Override protected void subscribeActual(Observer<? super T> observer) {
    upstream.subscribe(new BodyObserver<T>(observer));
  }

  private static class BodyObserver<R> implements Observer<Response<R>> {
    private final Observer<? super R> observer;
    private boolean terminated;

    BodyObserver(Observer<? super R> observer) {
      this.observer = observer;
    }

    @Override public void onSubscribe(Disposable disposable) {
      observer.onSubscribe(disposable);
    }

    @Override public void onNext(Response<R> response) {
      if (response.isSuccessful()) {
        observer.onNext(response.body());
      } else {
        terminated = true;
        Throwable t = new HttpException(response);
        try {
          observer.onError(t);
        } catch (Throwable inner) {
          Exceptions.throwIfFatal(inner);
          RxJavaPlugins.onError(new CompositeException(t, inner));
        }
      }
    }

    @Override public void onComplete() {
      if (!terminated) {
        observer.onComplete();
      }
    }

    @Override public void onError(Throwable throwable) {
      if (!terminated) {
        observer.onError(throwable);
      } else {
        // This should never happen! onNext handles and forwards errors automatically.
        Throwable broken = new AssertionError(
            "This should never happen! Report as a bug with the full stacktrace.");
        //noinspection UnnecessaryInitCause Two-arg AssertionError constructor is 1.7+ only.
        broken.initCause(throwable);
        RxJavaPlugins.onError(broken);
      }
    }
  }
}

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A bold vision when it opened in 1986, Desert Mountain is now one of the greatest golf meccas in the country.
1986 – Desert Mountain is established.
1988 – The Cochise course opens.
1989 – The Geronimo course opens.
1990 – The Bob Bacon designed Cochise/Geronimo Clubhouse opens.
1993 – The Sonoran Clubhouse opens.
1996 – The Apache course opens.
1997 – The Renegade Clubhouse opens. The Sonoran Clubhouse is expanded. Desert Mountain receives the Urban Land Institute "Award of Excellence" for recreational large-scale communities.
1999 – The Saguaro Forest, Desert Mountain's largest village of custom home sites, opens.
2002 – The Chiricahua Clubhouse opens. The Sonoran Clubhouse fitness center is expanded from 4,000 to 8,000 square feet. Desert Mountain receives "Home of the Year" for the Chiricahua Villas (Palermo model) in the 2002 Gold Nugget Awards Best of the West competition.
2003 – Outlaw, Desert Mountain's sixth Jack Nicklaus Signature course, opens.


Precision Filters, Inc. announces the PFA-2, a dual-channel filter/amplifier that's compact, rugged, and versatile. The PFA-2 has a low-noise, high common-mode rejection balanced differential input with programmable AC/DC input coupling, making it ideal for conditioning static or dynamic signal inputs. Its versatile 6-pole low-pass filters can address applications in the time domain, such as shock measurements, or in the frequency domain, such as spectral analysis or anti-aliasing applications.
Gain is distributed before and after the filter, eliminating out-of-band energy such as transducer resonant peaking, which can clip the amplifier and ruin the data. Front-panel overload detectors warn about pre- and postfilter overload conditions that could otherwise be masked by the filter. The optional 2-pole high-pass filter provides programmable low-frequency roll-off to attenuate sources of low-frequency noise.
The PFA-2 is highly programmable via its spreadsheet-style graphical user interface. The GUI controls up to eight PFA-2 units as a single system. Alternatively, you can control the PFA-2 using a high-level command interface via a USB 2.0 connection. Save configurations to the host computer and recall them later. Or save settings to nonvolatile memory for field deployment—no host computer needed.
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1. The previously approved Condition #l shall be revised to allow the applicant up to 365 days, from the issuance of 65 percent ofthe residential use permits, to lease at least 3,500 square feet of secondary use space before it may be converted to amenity space.
Notes: An amendment to Condition #1, which was previously approved on February 25, 2013.


Knee osteoarthritis is the name given to age-related arthritis which causes the knee joint to become painful and stiff.
The process of osteoarthritis involves wearing or thinning of the smooth cartilage joint surfaces as well as stiffening to the soft tissue surrounding the joint. These aspects combine to produce swelling, inflammation and pain.
General exercise such as walking, cycling and playing sport does not increase the risk of developing or increase the rate of deterioration of knee osteoarthritis.
Pain will normally be felt adjacent to the affected compartment/s of the knee. Knee osteoarthritis can involve the outer part of the knee (lateral compartment), the inner part of the knee (medial compartment), under the knee cap (patellofemoral joint) or a combination of these. The pain may be felt as a referred pain radiating into the shin or calf muscle.
Pain on walking is often the main aggravating activity. If knee osteoarthritis becomes more severe the movements of the knee may become increasingly stiff and there may be associated instability and giving way of the knee joint.
The presence of knee osteoarthritis does not always cause pain so it is quite possible to be pain-free despite reasonably advanced arthritis. In addition, the knee undergoes a 'wear and repair cycle' so pain can improve with time and appropriate management.
Knee osteoarthritis can be reliably diagnosed by your doctor or physiotherapist by taking a history of your condition. A physical examination may help to assess the severity.
The main feature on examination is often a painful reduction in the range of movement. There is often weakness of the thigh muscles. may be deviation of the normal alignment of the knee and associated grinding (crepitus).
There may be swelling of the joint as a result of the inflammatory change ( 'synovitis') within the joint . This will often settle but if it gives symptoms may need aspiration . On occasions the fluid will cause swelling at the back of the knee which is known as a 'Bakers cyst'. This is not serious and will often resolve as the joint swelling settles. It can however become painful and inflamed in which case it should be brought to medical attention , but rarely require surgery.
X-rays are not routinely required but may be requested if symptoms are severe enough that total knee replacement surgery is being considered.
In the majority of cases, the symptoms of knee osteoarthritis can be managed effectively by non-invasive measures as described below. The most effective are exercises and weight loss for those who are overweight.
You can use a BMI calculator which will tell you if it might be advisable for you to try to lose some weight.
Losing weight reduces the load which weighs down on your joints as you move about. Evidence shows that weight loss can result in significantly better mobility; there is also some evidence to suggest that weight loss alone may actually help to reduce pain. However, in combination with exercise, the results can be staggering.
There is lots of support and advice available. For example, you can find some excellent ideas, including recipes and advice on making healthy food choices, on the NHS Change 4 Life website, where there is also information about healthy activities near you.
For patients with advanced osteoarthritis who want to avoid surgery, APOS Therapy may provide a treatment option. It is based around a shoe-like biomechanical device which can help to distribute the forces more evenly through the joint and aid in strengthening the joint.
If your are suitable for this therapy your clinician will discuss a referral when you are seen in the MSK service. Please note this service is only currently available for Bedfordshire patients.
For individuals with mild to moderate knee OA who continue to suffer disabling symptoms in spite a course of non-surgical management (outlined above) or for patients who are unable to commence a supervised exercise program due to pain levels, a corticosteroid injection may be offered. You can read more about local corticosteroid injections here.
You may be asked to complete a questionnaire called an Oxford Knee score. This can help the clinician assess the impact of your symptoms which can be useful in assessing suitability for surgery.


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Les Championnats d'Europe de lutte 1929 se sont tenus à Paris (France) en février 1929 pour la lutte libre et à Dortmund (Allemagne) en avril 1929 pour la lutte gréco-romaine.

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Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award Ceremony after party. The awards celebrate African made film.
Life in Lagos: The Rising Stars of Nollywood Films
ByRobin Hammond
Lagos, Nigeria, is Africa's most populous metropolitan area—with an estimated 21 million inhabitants. It also boasts the biggest economy of any city in Africa, housing some of the richest people on the continent, as well as huge numbers of poor.
Robin Hammond photographed life in Lagos for the story "Africa's First City," which appears in the January 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. In a series of five posts on Proof, he chronicles this city of contrasts that is fast becoming Africa's hub of creativity, fashion, and business.
Beads of sweat ran from Ewe's glossy, hairless head, down his bare chest, and over his portly belly. Between swigs from an unmarked plastic bottle and drags from his cigarette, he barked orders at actors, the soundman, the light engineers, the make-up artists, and occasionally the photographer: me. All of us were crammed into a tiny, stuffy living room for a scene of his latest Nollywood film, Who Is the Stupid Wife?
Behind the scenes of the Nollywood film Who Is the Stupid Wife? The film is directed by Rasheed Akano—better known as Ewe.
Nollywood is Nigeria's film industry. It's big. Nigerian cinema grew quickly in the 1990s and 2000s. It is now the second largest film industry in the world in terms of number of films produced each year—an estimated 200 films a month, placing it ahead of the United States and behind only India.
The top film industries are all very different though. While Hollywood films can take months or even years to produce, Who Is the Stupid Wife? was being made over a weekend. There was one camera and three lights, a couple of make-up artists, and a cast of part-time actors. Power came from a generator, which could be heard throughout filming, humming away outside. That was until it broke down and that pitch blackness, as I've only experienced in Africa, descended.
Nollywood films are generally made quickly and cheaply. Don't expect flashy special effects, complicated plots, or polished delivery of lines. Raised, as I was, on big-budget Hollywood blockbusters, they're not my cup of tea. But who cares what I think? Hundreds of millions of Africans love the movies. They tell stories that appeal across this diverse continent. Many plots revolve around family drama and infidelity, crime, corruption and gangs, witchcraft or village life.
Behind the scenes of the Nollywood film Who Is the Stupid Wife?
Movie production in Nigeria has interesting parallels to attitudes about photography that I often encounter; for many, content trumps delivery. Most photographers are obsessed with how the message is delivered—it must be "artful" and capture a sense of mood. But many Nigerians I meet are much more interested in what is in the picture than aesthetics. They ask to see the images I have just captured and exclaim: "It's not clear." "It's dark." "It's shaky." "You are too far." "It's not good this one! You must do it again, use your flash!"
The Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Award Ceremony after-party. The awards celebrate African-made films.
Nollywood is filmed bright, tight and loud. Many Nigerians think photography should be the same. My idea of a "good" photograph differed from that of many of the Nigerians I met. But this is what I love about Nollywood and Nigerian photography, it is not trying to be something else; it's not trying to be Hollywood; it's not trying to be National Geographic! It is uniquely Nigerian. In a world where everything is becoming more and more the same, Nollywood keeps its style and its voice.
Ewe's drinking on the set didn't seem a problem; actually I think I was the only one who was sober. Halfway through a take, one of the actors, who I'd noticed earlier in the bar nursing a large bottle of Star Lager, didn't deliver his line—he had fallen asleep on the sofa.
I should point out that this was one of the lower-end productions. Nollywood is actually very serious business and actors are real celebrities on the continent.
Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Award Ceremony. The awards celebrate African-made films.
The complete antithesis of Ewe's production was the African Magic Viewers' Choice Awards—Africa's version of the Oscars. None of Ewe's unmarked bottles of clear liquid here, only the best champagne. Glamorous, stylish, beautiful people sauntered down a red carpet while roped-off photographers jostled for position.
These were the real stars of Nollywood.
I was lucky enough to be invited to the awards, hosted in a five-star hotel in Lagos. I felt shabby in the ill-fitting shirt I borrowed amongst Lagos' stylish elite class in tailored suits or ball gowns, a glass of champagne in one hand, a Blackberry in the other.
Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Award Ceremony after party.
Between awards we were entertained by comedians and singers and a violin soloist who enthused the crowd with his rock violin.
Hennessy Cognac, which seemed to be at every event I went to in Lagos, fueled the after-party into the early hours of the following morning. The dance floor flashed with bright lights to the beat of the music, and jumped to Nigerian hip-hop and, to my surprise, a cool selection of '80s music. Lionel Richie had everyone singing "All Night Long."
Ewe's production went late into the night too. I stuck around for the club scene—somewhat different from the African Magic Viewers' Choice event. In this scene "the stupid wife" flirts with a drunken patron. They bump and grind on the dance floor.
The filming went on until past midnight, until the fuel for the generator ran out. The club scene was shot and most stumbled back to their accommodations near the set. I couldn't shoot anymore and the mosquitoes had completely mauled my ankles. Ewe grunted a goodbye. I was walking away when he called me back. I should really "dash" him some money for alcohol and cigarettes, he said. He explained that it was the beginning of a busy weekend of filming.
Read Hammond's other blog posts on Proof, covering Nigeria's Fashion week, the rising African middle class, sand diggers at the bottom of the bay, and the roar of big religion.
See more of Hammond's photos from Lagos, including a gallery of portraits, in the National Geographic story "Africa's First City."
Robin Hammond has dedicated his career to documenting human rights and development issues, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Born in New Zealand, Hammond has lived in Japan, the U.K., South Africa, and France. View more of his work at www.robinhammond.co.uk.


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What happens when you get a collective of change-makers representing seven groups across sectors in the same room at the same time? A hub of innovation and hope is created. This is what happened on November 15, 2022, when the partners of the Long Point Walsingham Forest Conservation Impact Bond (LCIB) spent the day networking, co-creating shared goals for the LCIB, and connecting to the land.
Coming Together
Coming from different locations across southern Ontario, the group gathered at a spot overlooking the beautiful Long Point Inner Bay and Turkey Point marsh landscape and set our intentions for the day with a smudge ceremony led by Verlin James from Carolinian Canada's Indigenous Leadership Team. The group of multi-disciplinary partners included representatives of the five pillars of the CIB: Indigenous, investor, outcome payer, habitat grower, and evaluator/researcher, coming from SVX, Co-operators, Dragonfly Ventures, Long Point Basin Land Trust, St. Williams Conservation Reserve Community Council, Ivey Business School at Western University, and Carolinian Canada. Looking out across the wetland ecosystem grounded the team in the purpose of the day: to see the land that is connected to the project, make connections with places and people, and co-vision the future of the LCIB.
Taking Our First Steps
The group visited two sites where restoration and conservation efforts are ongoing as a part of the LCIB. At the "Stepping Stones" property on the St. Williams Conservation Reserve (SWCR), Audrey Heagy, Project Coordinator with St. Williams Conservation Reserve Community Council (SWCRCC), led the group on a tour, sharing the history of the land and the current efforts that are underway to restore the ecosystem.
SWCRCC has undertaken the challenging task of restoring land that has been dramatically altered to a conifer plantation from its historical state as Oak Savanna. Oak Savanna is a rare habitat type in Canada and globally and supports numerous rare species and species at risk. To restore this habitat, plantation removal has begun, and additional efforts are underway to prepare the 28-acre (11-hectare) site for restoration. Prescribed burns will be needed to remove woody debris before planting, and then to maintain the fire-dependent Oak Savanna ecosystem.
Due to approximately 200 years of colonial land clearing and alteration, the native plant seed bank has been depleted, creating an open invitation for invasive species. SWCRCC staff have devised a plan to reestablish a variety of sand savanna specialist species to create "Stepping Stones", or hubs for native plants to disperse their seeds, which will aid in healing the landscape. Staff and volunteers will collect seed from local sources, grow the plants, and establish them on the landscape to restore this site and establish connectivity with remnant patches of Oak Savanna in the area. A great example of a seed strategy in action.
Seeing Our Collective Future
At lunch, the group warmed up with hot drinks, soup, and sandwiches in a room overlooking the landscape at Long Point Eco Adventures. Diane-Laure Arjalies and Julie Bernard, from the research team at Ivey Business School, led a co-creation and visioning session with the group, giving us all an opportunity to share our purposes and visions for the future of the LCIB project.
Some key reflections from this session include...
"We all share a vision, but we see it through our own unique lenses, so what brings us together is a vision of land, people, connection, restoration, finance, decolonization – it's the vision of a better future."
"We believe in collaborating, that no one person can do it alone. We believe that we all bring different experiences and different resources, and every part of that creates a full piece."
"It's an opportunity to approach finance from a different perspective."
"We have to be among plants, that's what feeds us. Both eating but also the energy of the land nurtures us."
"This work is amazing and so critically needed."
"Co-creation - at the heart of it is trust. It's building trust within people … The spirit of co-creation is being in a space where we can be open with each other to say what we need to say to each other and through that process we're creating trust that can last beyond what a collaborative framework can look like."


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But the first thing you gotta do when you get off the plane, park the car, escape the tour group...whatever your mode of travel-is head to Cafe DuMonde for cafe au lait and some BEIGNETS! Some once said "Cafe au lait makes it possible to get out of bed, beignets make it worthwhile!" And this is indeed the truth. Pillowy, soft yet crunchy with dusting of fine powdered sugar...When the angels in heaven order donuts the beignet is what they get.
So here comes Eddie Papa's American Hangout in Pleasanton, CA with its Louisianan pedigree and its California brashness. With our cocky swagger, and we're gonna put out Golden State spin on the beignets with a hot cup of Big House Roasters coffee. See you if you won't be dreaming about them! All the time.


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Looking forward to Las Vegas and the TeachersPayTeachers Conference 2015! I ordered my business cards for the card swap. All you experienced convention goers - what else should I bring? Please leave a comment and post your card.


Trim* Corsey lost his 7-month-old son to Pneumonia on this date, April 12th, in 1849 and had the infant buried at Bethel Burying Ground. Mr. Corsey supported his family as a coachman making $15 a month. Ms. Corsey was a washerwoman adding to the family's income that paid their rent of $56 a year for a room at 15 Watson's Alley in the Cedar Section of the City. The alley ran south from 104 Locust Street and no longer exists.
*Ancestry.com reports that the name "Trim" is a nickname for someone who is known as "a well-turned out person." The name was first reportedly used as far back as the 16th century. I have not been able to locate any documents that reveal another first name if there is one.


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Grammy winner harmonica genius Sugar Blue returns for two exclusive concerts in Seattle at Jazz Alley: the unstoppable and constantly touring harmonica wizard has recently returned from a series of concerts in Rome Italy and for the second year in a row won the prestigious Chicago Music Award as Best Entertainer of the Year. Performances will feature new original compositions as well as some classics from the live album RAW SUGAR recently released... and almost entirely recorded during last year's explosive performance at Jazz Alley.
CLICK HERE for ticket and show details for Sugar Blue's upcoming April 2013 performances at Jazz Alley.
Tune into the Mighty Mouth Blues online radio show 8 pm Monday, April 8th at
http://www.nwczradio.com. Sugar Blue will be talking Blues with Oogie & Sweet Danny and they will be giving away a couple of tickets to the show!
Born and raised in New York, harmonica genius Sugar Blue began his career as a street musician, he grew up listening to the jazz greats and then honed his chops by wailing along with Bob Dylan (with whom he would later record...) and Stevie Wonder songs on the radio. Like many American musicians before him Sugar Blue left these shores and relocated to Paris, where he became a first-call studio musician and performing artist.
That's his harmonica blasting on the Rolling Stones' platinum disco hit "Miss You". Considered to be one of the first harp pyrotechnicians, he uses awe-inspiring high-register runs, circular breathing and electronic effects on his harmonicas blending them into his unique, visionary and singular style, technically dazzling yet wholly soulful. Grammy winner Sugar Blue has been called the Jimi Hendrix of harmonica: he has played and recorded with Willie Dixon, Prince, Rolling Stones, Stan Getz, Bob Dylan, only to name a few...
Sugar Blue is accompanied by a powerful quartet with Rico Mc Farland and Harry Hmura on guitar, Ilaria Lantieri Blue, co-writer on most of the originals, is on duty as bassist again on this tour providing a solid rhythmic base along with percussionist par excellence James Knowles (Tyrone Davis, R. Kelly,...)
Sugar Blue and his top notch band are guaranteed to put on a high octane show that you will remember for a long time..
Posted by Unknown at 5:30 PM Categories: Blues Artist, Blues News, Live Music, Venues
John Lee Hooker Jr. To Perform in Seattle Jan 29th and 30th
The son of legendary blues man John Lee Hooker will take the stage for two nights in January at Jazz Alley in Seattle. John Lee Hooker Jr. is touring in support of his latest release ALL HOOKED UP! Band members are James 'Gig' Anderson (keyboards), Frank "Tebo" Thibeaux (bass) , Jeffrey James (guitar), and Mike Rogers (drums). Set times Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:30pm. Doors open at 5:30pm. CLICK HERE for details.
Two-time Grammy Nominee John Lee Hooker, Jr.'s 5th and arguably greatest CD release to date All Hooked Up features music luminaries such as the great Betty Wright, the legendary Lucky Peterson, harmonica master Dave Barrette, D'Wayne Wiggins of Tony, Toni, Tone, Eddie Minnifield, sax player for Sheila E and Prince, as well as outstanding vocalists Jeanie Tracy and Sakai.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Hooker Jr. was exposed to the blues as some children are exposed to a parent who practices carpentry, bricklaying or farming. The son of the blues legend, John Lee Hooker, naturally developed a curiosity and appetite for his father's livelihood. Hooker Jr. performed on Detroit's WJBK radio at the tender age of eight years old and toured with his father throughout his teens. Exposed to blues greats such as, Jimmie Reed, Washboard Willie, and Boogie Woogie Red, little Hooker Jr. would eventually perform his talents at prestigious venues such as Detroit's, Fox Theatre and other upscale Motown clubs in the shadow of his father. By the time little Hooker Jr. turned eighteen, he was a recording artist performing with his father, most notably on John Lee Hooker's, Live at Soledad Prison (ABC Records) release.
His 2004 release, Blues With a Vengeance was John's "celebratory redemption" from addiction and the sub-culture of life on the streets. In other words, he would celebrate his redemption through the hard work and dedication it takes to create a musical classic - and redeem himself he did. The newly awakened artist received 2004, "Comeback Artist of the Year Award" from the San Francisco Bay Area Blues Society, "Outstanding Blues Album of the Year" from The California Music Awards (formerly known as the BAMMYS), "Best New Artist Debut" nomination from the W.C. Handy Awards, and "Best Traditional Blues" nomination from the Grammy Awards. Etta James won the actual Grammy award but to be in her company along with fellow nominees, Eric Clapton, Pinetop Perkins, and James Cotton was a strong indication of the direction Hooker's career was taking.
In 2010, between sharing the stage with artists such as, Lenny Kravitz, Taj Mahal, and ZZ Top, Hooker Jr. was the musical face of America's prestigious, U.S. Open (CBS). He was also interviewed by the 700 Club, and in 2011, appeared on the cover of Healthy Living magazine. He is currently celebrating and touring in support of his new release All Hooked Up!
An Interview With Nolan Garrett - Young Blues in the Pacific NW
By Son Jack Jr.
"Playing in your garage won't get you anywhere. Get out, be seen, and be heard" - Nolan Garrett
There is obviously something special about the water in this region, as the Pacific Northwest seems to have more than its fair share of young up and coming blues players. This first issue of The Torch focuses on a young man who, in my opinion, is at the forefront of this next wave and yet only turned 15 last month. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Nolan Garrett…
SJ: How did you get started in music?
NG: My Mom was the one that really got me started. I was trying to do something new every year and sports wasn't my thing. Music was next on the list so I started taking guitar lessons at 8 years old from Daniel Harris at Ted Brown Music in Tacoma. I didn't initially want to take guitar lessons, but Mom made me go, and it turned out that I really enjoyed it and found out I was good at it. From there I started performing with a family friend around town. I really enjoyed performing and being on stage. I realized then this is what I want to do. Now that my voice has changed I've been taking voice lessons from Sue Carr based out of Seattle.
SJ: Why play the blues?
NG: I started going to a lot of Jams. They were mostly blues jams so I started to naturally gravitate towards that style of music, plus I like the freedom and flexibility that blues presents. Also, the blues community is very supportive of all musicians and we all learn from each other, and appreciate each other's' talents.
SJ: What are your main musical influences?
NG: I listen to all sorts of music with influences coming from all areas. The few that really made an impression are Jimi Hendrix, John Mayer, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Ray Vaughn, to name a few. Musicians I really admire include John Mayer and JoeBonamassa because they are both out playing bluesy music, but presenting it in a way that a wide variety of audiences like it. Plus, they are great guitar players.
SJ: What are some of your musical career highlights so far?
NG: Learning to play guitar (ha ha). Seriously though, the "Kids Got Talent" competition was great and led to a performance at the Paramount Theatre when I was only 12. I also won a video contest voted by fans on Facebook. More recently, getting to play with and perform for numerous well-known musicians has been awesome.
SJ: Any plans to release a CD in the near future?
NG: I'm currently working on finishing up my first album being produced by Jeff Kossack/Other Hand Studios in LA, set to release in the late spring or early summer of 2013. It will have 10-12 original tracks and the music is my own style that is influenced by many of the people I mentioned earlier.
SJ: What are your goals?
NG: I'm working towards being a successful touring musician, playing in front of tens of thousands of people. Location doesn't matter – I'm flexible and Mom can drive until I'm old enough (ha ha). As of now my immediate need is more paid gigs to help with studio, travel, recording expenses, equipment, lessons and the list goes on. I'm hoping that I can make some impact and connections while at the IBC to help drive
this. If music wasn't my focus then I would like to be some kind of teacher. Both my parents are teachers and I love working with younger kids.
SJ: In closing, any words of wisdom for other younger and older musicians?
NG: I'm still working on stuff myself, but for younger players I would say play as much as you can and as often as you can, especially in front of people. Playing in your garage won't get you anywhere. Get out, be seen, and be heard. I started to practice about 2- 6 hours a day after I realized it was what I wanted to do. I don't think I am in any position to give advice to more experienced musicians. Although, I do appreciate
all of the older musicians who have helped me along the way and have taken the time for one on one advice.
Nolan typifies the ambitious young player and maintains a schedule that many a pro/semi-pro would kill for, and hopefully will start to get more paid gigs (hint, hint to any promoters reading this). Nolan will represent the South Sound Blues Association at the 2013 International Blues Challenge in Memphis and we all wish him the very best of luck! You can follow Nolan on Twitter at @NolskiGarrett
Posted by Unknown at 7:54 PM Categories: Blues Artist, Interview, Story
Dirty Rice - CD Release Party at The Triple Door Jan. 5th
Dirty Rice, a blues band out of of the Pacific NW, will be releasing their new CD: Rock-n-Blues at the Triple Door in Seattle on January 5, 2013. Dirty Rice was one of the nominees for the Society's "Best New Band" awards in 2012.
The blues talent and sounds coming out of the Pacific NW is catching the attention of the rest of the country. Dirty Rice is no exception to that trend. This trio, with a talented new young drummer, Eric Rice and Scotty Harris, have put together a new project that you will want to experience. This band rocks relentlessly with the grace and class to offer up some of the prettiest ballads with sweet vocal harmony. Raw old school Rock-n-Blues with a lot of variety.
This is an opportunity to see the band in a a world class setting worthy of their new release. The party is at the Triple Door Musiquarium on 2nd and Union in Seattle January 5, 2013 at 10pm.
For more information on the release party you can CLICK HERE. For a taste of what this band has to offer, see below....
Posted by Unknown at 6:43 PM Categories: Blues Artist, Live Music
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Two women were left 'distressed' after they were set upon by a number of girls in Worthing, who dragged them to the ground by their hair and assaulted them, police said.
Police confirmed that officers initially responded to a report of a number of females fighting in Shelley Road at 11.25pm on Friday (March 15).
Officers attended the scene, close to the junction with Portland Road, and discovered two distressed 18-year-old victims, who were taken to Worthing police station to give statements, the spokesman said.
They reported that they had been approached by four girls, all in their mid-teens, who had been yelling and shouting behind them, police said.
The girls then became aggressive, demanding money and dragging the women to the ground by their hair and punching and kicking them, according to police.
One of the women suffered a bloodied nose, cuts and scratches to her face, a swollen lip and other injuries.
The other woman had a clump of hair pulled out, confirmed police.
The spokesman said: "An investigation is under way to identify the suspects, who are all female and believed to be in their mid-teens.
The mother of one of the victims has described the incident as an 'unprovoked attack'.
She said her daughter and a friend were checked over in hospital following the incident, but had no serious injuries.


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