Lean On Dance Theatre is a registered non-profit making organization.
The organization was established with the aims of teaching professional dancing and African Dance with a bias towards the exciting Tswana Dance, Zulu Dance, Gumboot Dance, Afro Fusion as well as Drumming and Marimba playing to promote our African culture to the youth in previously disadvantaged communities in 1993. Our primary objective is to remove the youth from the streets with its negative consequences such as delinquency and promiscuity.
Our Director Mr. Clement Seabi has graduated at the Moving Into Dance of Mophatong wa Thabo. He obtained a diploma in Community Dance in Education Teachers Training Course in 1993. He has a wealth of experience in teaching the youth in different dance forms and techniques. He has taught at the Soyikwa Institute for African Theatre and to minor children at local day care centres and at Takalani School for the Mentally Challenged in joint partnership with Gauteng Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation for the Pale Ya Rona Carnival in 2008 and 2009.
Lean On Dance Theatre is also part of the Diepkloof Hub Mass Participation Programme and has participated voluntary in numerous events organized by the Gauteng Department of Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation, The Joburg City Council and also the Diepkloof Athritis Foundation.
To date Lean On Dance Theatre has attracted about 30 members to it's organization and most of them are unemployed and are staying with us at our Directors backyard, with two rooms for girls and boys.
Our organization's strategy is to form strategic partnerships and joint ventures with local and overseas dance companies. We wish to use our position in society by educating the youth about dangers of promiscuity and related HIV and AIDS.
Our vision is to see our youth become future stars and professional artists, who will excel in their chosen fields. We desire to promote dance as a means to achieve physical health and mental strength. We will be composing new dance techniques and become future inventors of African Dance styles and musical plays.
Our organization is governed by sound corporate governance principles.
Our desire to see the African child have pride in African culture and dance forms is what drives us and is our reward.
Our organization has persevered without much outside funding from 1993 to date. We have to bask to put bread on the table for our members at nearby B&B's or nearby flea markets. Our Dance and drama Director Clement Seabi is driven by the love of children and dancing and has been there in times of hardships together with Mrs. Glory Bopape who has to feed all members who are not working with dinner and breakfast.
Lack of resources and funding has constrained the growth of the organization.
The Organization is open to all youth who are willing to learn through dance.
We welcome all members of the community who are willing to lend a hand in any form and with resources.
•	Host entertainers to Canadian entourage (AIDS Pediatric Foundation who visited Baragwanath Hospital 2004).
•	2005 - Won best Kwela dance group at Ziyabuya Arts Festival.
•	2006 – Won first prize in a HIP-HOP COMPETITION at the KYALAMI THEATRE ON THE TRACK sponsored by Exergise and Citizen newspaper organized by BASELINE STUDIOS.
•	2006 – We were awarded with R1000 cash prize by Voslorus Arts and Culture Festival organizers.
•	2007 - September - Our 5-12 Year olds were presented with certificate of attendance at World Rabies Day at the Joburg Zoo.
•	2008 Host entertainers at Ekurhuleni Municipal Awards.(Drumming under Zondo Productions).
•	2008 – 06th September 2008 One of the hottest Mzansi cultural dance troupe of the Pale ya Rona Carnival organized by the Gauteng Sports, Arts , Culture and Recreation Department. Lean On Dance Theatre organized Azuma Dance Group from Diepkloof Visions Dance Group from Carletonville ( Khutsong ) to help Diepkloof have a mass cultural interaction for the Carnival. We have currently formed partnership with them.
•	2008 – On the 8th of August 2008 Lean On Dance Theatre was funded by the Joburg City Council Development and Social Funding for the year 2008 – 2009.
•	2009 Host entertainers of the 2010 Local Organizing Committee President and the Deputy President Mrs. Baleka Mbethe at the publicity campaigning promotion at Maponya Shopping Mall on the 14th of April 2009.
•	2009 – Invited to perform at the Sun City (Outdoor Adventure ) for tourists on the 28th of March 2009, 8th of April 2009, and from the 28th of April 2009 to the 6th of May 2009.
•	2010 – Funded by the Gauteng Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation to perform at Fan Parks and Gateways ( Sedibeng Municipality Offices, OR Tambo Airport for Out Of Africa and Maponya Mall) for June to August 2010.
•	2011- Performed Setswana dance, Zulu dance, Drumming and Gumboot dance at OR TAMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT from the 5th to 7th of April hired by OUT OF AFRICA SHOPS.


Today I am over at Little Fish's place guest posting for her while she is having a great time across the pond.
Head on over there to read about one of my many ways I love to unwind.
ahhh that is the best way to unwind...and how love to do it as well! even though we dont have a back yard, or a porch, just being outiside on the stoop at twilight for a few minutes helps! add a glass of wine and its my equvilent to heaven!


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Z For Zachariah Trailer – Margot Robbie, Chris Pine & Chiwetel Ejiofor go post-nuclear
June 4, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment
For many years Z For Zachariah was a staple of school classroom, but it's only now, long after the nuclear fears that ignited it, that it's coming to the big screen. And a few changes have been made, not least upping the age of the female lead character to avoid the slight creepy edge of the relationship between a teen girl and a grown man in Robert C. O'Brien's book.
Here's the synopsis: 'In the wake of a nuclear war, a young woman (Margot Robbie) survives on her own, fearing she may actually be the proverbial last woman on earth, until she discovers the most astonishing sight of her life: another human being. A distraught scientist (Chiwetel Ejiofor), he's nearly been driven mad by radiation exposure and his desperate search for others. A fragile, imperative strand of trust connects them. But when a stranger (Chris Pine) enters the valley, their precarious bond begins to unravel.'
The film will be out in the US in August, but no UK date is currently set. [Read more…]
ACTORS: Margot Robbie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chris Pine DIRECTORS: Craig Zobel FILMS: Z For Zachariah
Chris Pine, Amanda Seyfried & Chiwetel Ejiofor Join Z For Zachariah
Robert O'Brien's novel, Z For Zachariah, has become a bit of a young adult classic, but it's rather dark themes and the fact most of it features just a couple of characters means there's never been a proper movie version. Now director Craig Zobel is planning to remedy that, and Variety reports he's brought Chris Pine, Amanda Seyfried and Chiwetel Ejiofor onboard to appear in the movie.
Tobey Maguire, who'll also produce, has previously signed up to star.
The film is about 'a teenage girl who lives alone and maintains a farm in the only valley with breathable air in the wake of nuclear war. Her world is turned upside down when two strangers wander in from the forest.' Interestingly, the book only has one character coming out of the forest, so it seems there'll be a few changes for the film.
There's no news on who the actors will play. Maguire is likely to be one of the strangers, John Loomis, while the others will presumably be the other stranger and John's old co-workers, who he has flashbacks of during an illness.
The film will shoot this summer.
ACTORS: Chris Pine, Amanda Seyfried, Chiwetel Ejiofor DIRECTORS: Craig Zobel FILMS: Z For Zachariah

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package org.apache.ignite.internal.client.suite;

import junit.framework.TestSuite;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.TaskEventSubjectIdSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.ClientDefaultCacheSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.ClientReconnectionSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.ClientTcpMultiThreadedSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.ClientTcpSslAuthenticationSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.ClientTcpSslMultiThreadedSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.ClientTcpTaskExecutionAfterTopologyRestartSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.impl.ClientCacheFlagsCodecTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.impl.ClientComputeImplSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.impl.ClientDataImplSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.impl.ClientFutureAdapterSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.impl.ClientPropertiesConfigurationSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.integration.ClientPreferDirectSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.integration.ClientTcpConnectivitySelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.integration.ClientTcpDirectMultiNodeSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.integration.ClientTcpDirectSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.integration.ClientTcpMultiNodeSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.integration.ClientTcpSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.integration.ClientTcpSslDirectMultiNodeSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.integration.ClientTcpSslDirectSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.integration.ClientTcpSslMultiNodeSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.integration.ClientTcpSslSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.integration.ClientTcpUnreachableMultiNodeSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.router.ClientFailedInitSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.router.RouterFactorySelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.router.TcpRouterMultiNodeSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.router.TcpRouterSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.router.TcpSslRouterSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.util.ClientByteUtilsTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.util.ClientConsistentHashSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.client.util.ClientJavaHasherSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.rest.ChangeStateCommandHandlerTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.rest.ClientMemcachedProtocolSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.rest.JettyRestProcessorAuthenticationWithCredsSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.rest.JettyRestProcessorAuthenticationWithTokenSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.rest.JettyRestProcessorGetAllAsArrayTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.rest.JettyRestProcessorSignedSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.rest.JettyRestProcessorUnsignedSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.rest.RestBinaryProtocolSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.rest.RestMemcacheProtocolSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.rest.RestProcessorMultiStartSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.rest.RestProcessorStartSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.rest.TaskCommandHandlerSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.rest.TcpRestUnmarshalVulnerabilityTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.rest.protocols.tcp.TcpRestParserSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.rest.protocols.tcp.redis.RedisProtocolConnectSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.rest.protocols.tcp.redis.RedisProtocolGetAllAsArrayTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.rest.protocols.tcp.redis.RedisProtocolServerSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.rest.protocols.tcp.redis.RedisProtocolStringSelfTest;
import org.apache.ignite.testframework.IgniteTestSuite;

/**
 * Test suite includes all test that concern REST processors.
 */
public class IgniteClientTestSuite extends TestSuite {
    /**
     * @return Suite that contains all tests for REST.
     */
    public static TestSuite suite() {
        TestSuite suite = new IgniteTestSuite("Ignite Clients Test Suite");

        suite.addTestSuite(RouterFactorySelfTest.class);

        // Parser standalone test.
        suite.addTestSuite(TcpRestParserSelfTest.class);

        // Test memcache protocol with custom test client.
        suite.addTestSuite(RestMemcacheProtocolSelfTest.class);

        // Test custom binary protocol with test client.
        suite.addTestSuite(RestBinaryProtocolSelfTest.class);
        suite.addTestSuite(TcpRestUnmarshalVulnerabilityTest.class);

        // Test jetty rest processor
        suite.addTestSuite(JettyRestProcessorSignedSelfTest.class);
        suite.addTestSuite(JettyRestProcessorUnsignedSelfTest.class);
        suite.addTestSuite(JettyRestProcessorAuthenticationWithCredsSelfTest.class);
        suite.addTestSuite(JettyRestProcessorAuthenticationWithTokenSelfTest.class);
        suite.addTestSuite(JettyRestProcessorGetAllAsArrayTest.class);

        // Test TCP rest processor with original memcache client.
        suite.addTestSuite(ClientMemcachedProtocolSelfTest.class);

        // Test TCP rest processor with original REDIS client.
        suite.addTestSuite(RedisProtocolStringSelfTest.class);
        suite.addTestSuite(RedisProtocolGetAllAsArrayTest.class);
        suite.addTestSuite(RedisProtocolConnectSelfTest.class);
        suite.addTestSuite(RedisProtocolServerSelfTest.class);

        suite.addTestSuite(RestProcessorStartSelfTest.class);

        // Test cache flag conversion.
        suite.addTestSuite(ClientCacheFlagsCodecTest.class);

        // Test multi-start.
        suite.addTestSuite(RestProcessorMultiStartSelfTest.class);

        // Test clients.
        suite.addTestSuite(ClientDataImplSelfTest.class);
        suite.addTestSuite(ClientComputeImplSelfTest.class);
        suite.addTestSuite(ClientTcpSelfTest.class);
        suite.addTestSuite(ClientTcpDirectSelfTest.class);
        suite.addTestSuite(ClientTcpSslSelfTest.class);
        suite.addTestSuite(ClientTcpSslDirectSelfTest.class);

        // Test client with many nodes.
        suite.addTestSuite(ClientTcpMultiNodeSelfTest.class);
        suite.addTestSuite(ClientTcpDirectMultiNodeSelfTest.class);
        suite.addTestSuite(ClientTcpSslMultiNodeSelfTest.class);
        suite.addTestSuite(ClientTcpSslDirectMultiNodeSelfTest.class);
        suite.addTestSuite(ClientTcpUnreachableMultiNodeSelfTest.class);
        suite.addTestSuite(ClientPreferDirectSelfTest.class);

        // Test client with many nodes and in multithreaded scenarios
        suite.addTestSuite(ClientTcpMultiThreadedSelfTest.class);
        suite.addTestSuite(ClientTcpSslMultiThreadedSelfTest.class);

        // Test client authentication.
        suite.addTestSuite(ClientTcpSslAuthenticationSelfTest.class);

        suite.addTestSuite(ClientTcpConnectivitySelfTest.class);
        suite.addTestSuite(ClientReconnectionSelfTest.class);

        // Rest task command handler test.
        suite.addTestSuite(TaskCommandHandlerSelfTest.class);
        suite.addTestSuite(ChangeStateCommandHandlerTest.class);
        suite.addTestSuite(TaskEventSubjectIdSelfTest.class);

        // Default cache only test.
        suite.addTestSuite(ClientDefaultCacheSelfTest.class);

        suite.addTestSuite(ClientFutureAdapterSelfTest.class);
        suite.addTestSuite(ClientPropertiesConfigurationSelfTest.class);
        suite.addTestSuite(ClientConsistentHashSelfTest.class);
        suite.addTestSuite(ClientJavaHasherSelfTest.class);

        suite.addTestSuite(ClientByteUtilsTest.class);

        // Router tests.
        suite.addTestSuite(TcpRouterSelfTest.class);
        suite.addTestSuite(TcpSslRouterSelfTest.class);
        suite.addTestSuite(TcpRouterMultiNodeSelfTest.class);

        suite.addTestSuite(ClientFailedInitSelfTest.class);

        suite.addTestSuite(ClientTcpTaskExecutionAfterTopologyRestartSelfTest.class);

        return suite;
    }
}

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Providence in Providence County, Rhode Island — The American Northeast (New England)
By Bryan Simmons, July 2012
1. Marconi Marker
Marconi. . to Gugliemo Marconi Father of Wireless Telegraphy A grateful generation erects this monument in thanksgiving for the wondrous gift of aerial communication which has enriched commerce and industry. Fostered the arts and sciences. Bringing treasures of greater knowledge and happiness into the hearts and homes of mankind. . This historical marker was erected in 1953. It is in Providence in Providence County Rhode Island
Gugliemo Marconi
Father of
Wireless Telegraphy
A grateful generation erects this monument in thanksgiving for the wondrous gift of aerial communication which has enriched commerce and industry. Fostered the arts and sciences. Bringing treasures of greater knowledge and happiness into the hearts and homes of mankind
Erected 1953.
Location. 41° 47.199′ N, 71° 24.551′ W. Marker is in Providence, Rhode Island, in Providence County. Marker is on F C Greene Memorial Blvd., on the left when traveling west. Located in Roger Williams Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Providence RI 02905, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. The Bicentennial of Haitian Independence (approx. ¼ mile away); Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski (approx. 0.3 miles away); Prince Hall Masonic Lodge F.A.M. (approx. 1.2 miles away); Prince Hall (approx. 1.2 miles away); The Second Freewill Baptist (Pond Street) Church
(approx. 1½ miles away); The Fox Point Hurricane Barrier/A Second Life for the Hurricane Barrier (approx. 2.1 miles away); Colonial Wharf at South Water Street: 1910-1942 /Fox Point and the Night Boat Era 1822-1932 (approx. 2.1 miles away); Fox Point Cape Verdean Community (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Providence.
Categories. • Communications • Science & Medicine •
top of the marker
More. Search the internet for Marconi.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on July 16, 2012, by Bryan Simmons of Attleboro, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 447 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 16, 2012, by Bryan Simmons of Attleboro, Massachusetts. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.


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Register for OLLI
About OLLI
The Bernard Osher Foundation
Data about OLLI
OLLI Learns
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Learning Trips
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Continuing Education Home
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Continuing Education and Professional Development /
Lifelong Learners - OLLI /
OLLI /
About OLLI /
What is the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Bradley University?
Who attends OLLI?
Where is OLLI held?
What are OLLI Classes like?
What happens in OLLI Study Groups?
What are OLLI Learning Trips like?
How do I become an OLLI member?
How do I give someone an OLLI membership?
What can you tell me about the Bernard Osher Foundation and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes?
How is OLLI organized?
What about accessibility and parking?
What are the fees for OLLI programs?
When do I get my class schedule?
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) is an organization at Bradley University whose members, age 50 and older, want to keep learning and stay active as they reach and enjoy retirement. One way to do that is to keep learning, and OLLI offers them many options.
Participants enjoy a diverse collection of year-round programs including non-credit classes, educational travel, and study groups. The only pre-requisite is that you enjoy learning!
OLLI at Bradley has over 1,100 Peoria-area members from age 50 to 98 who are enjoying the best of life-after-50 as they participate in educational events designed just for them. The relaxed and friendly atmosphere of OLLI only adds to their experiences. It's learning their way!
OLLI classes meet on Bradley's campus (in the Michel Student Center), with door-to-door shuttle service between buildings and designated parking lots.
Study Groups meet at Bradley as well as several satellite locations throughout the community including Goodwill Commons, Heartis Senior Living Village, Hult Center for Healthy Living, Lutheran Hillside Village, the Peoria NEXT Innovation Center, Peoria Public Library branches, St Paul Lutheran Church, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, United Presbyterian Church, UnityPoint Health Methodist, Universalist Unitarian Church, and the Washington Public Library.
Learning Trips are conducted primarily within the community and region though some trips include multi-state and international destinations. Local trips are generally half-day excursions using the comfortable easy-access OLLI shuttles. Longer land-based trips utilize charter coaches.
If you think OLLI Classes are like traditional school, you'll be surprised to learn that we take a different approach. Imagine learning only about the topics you choose, taught by engaging instructors, on a college campus, with people your age, and no tests or grades. Add time for socializing, and you have a sense of what we do. It's learning - our way!
OLLI classes are offered on Wednesdays in April and October, and on four consecutive days the second week of January. A typical day lasts from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with several breaks (and snacks!) throughout the day.
If you're like many OLLI members, you want to learn more about the things that interest you. That's what Study Groups offer - the opportunity to investigate a topic in depth with like-minded peers. You may work independently outside the group; you may lead the group; or anything in between. Study Groups are your connection to studying what you most enjoy with people who share your enthusiasm.
OLLI Study Groups meet throughout the year convening weekly for two hours and continuing for up to eight sessions.
Learning Trips are educational travel experiences that encourage you to interact with experts who offer behind-the-scenes looks at area businesses, regional attractions, and international destinations. On OLLI trips, you get to investigate and explore with your peers while receiving top-notch customer service - all travel arrangements are developed by the staff, so that you can focus on learning and fun.
Michelle Riggio
1501 West Bradley Avenue
e-mail: mriggio@bradley.edu
Give the gift of lifelong learning! OLLI gift certificates can be purchased in Continuing Education by calling (309) 677-3900.
What can you tell me about the Bernard Osher Foundation and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute?
The Bernard Osher Foundation, headquartered in San Francisco, was founded in 1977 by Bernard Osher, a patron of education and the arts known as "the quiet philanthropist." Osher is a respected businessman and community leader whose namesake Foundation seeks to improve the quality of life through support for higher education and the arts.
In 2008, The Bernard Osher Foundation awarded Bradley a grant that established the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute - OLLI at Bradley University.
There are 123 Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes (OLLIs) spanning all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Each is an independently operated lifelong learning initiative of its host college or university and is supported in part by The Bernard Osher Foundation. The national Network formed progressively over a period of nearly 15 years, beginning in 2001. As of March 2016, more than 160,000 people nationwide are members of Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes. Through satellite locations or partner organization locations, the 120 OLLI's offer courses and activities in nearly 380 individual cities and towns throughout the U.S.
Bradley University is the home of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Bradley recognizes the importance of its OLLI as a standard of excellence in lifelong learning. Bradley also generously supports OLLI through its provision of staff, meeting space, and services for OLLI. Bradley University Continuing Education sponsors the OLLI program and provides staff for program leadership and oversight.
OLLI is a member-driven organization that is guided by dedicated individuals who are passionate about their vision of OLLI at Bradley University. The volunteers serve the organization through its many committees where program ideas originate. This grassroots approach makes everyone a stakeholder in the process and the results.
OLLI at Bradley University is an endowed program of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and is an affiliate of the Road Scholar Institute Network.
Most OLLI events are handicapped accessible, and assistive listening devices are available. Parking is reserved for OLLI Classes and Learning Trips, and is usually plentiful for other OLLI events.
Parking Permit Procedures: For our members taking classes who have state-issued handicapped placards or license plates AND are physically unable to utilize our door-to-door shuttle service from Shea Stadium and Westminster Church, we have a very limited supply of handicapped-accessible parking permits for use during OLLI Classes. These permits allow you to park in a handicapped or white-lined space on campus (only four handicapped spaces are located near the Michel Student Center). OLLI covers the cost of this permit if a request is received via email or phone by the date indicated in the brochure. After that date, provided permits are still available, they can be requested at a cost of $10. All requests must be made via an email or telephone call to the contact listed in your brochure, and these requests must include a license plate number, your placard number and expiration date, and the make, model, year, and color of your vehicle. Extenuating circumstances will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
OLLI has a combination of free and fee experiences. Below are your options.
OLLI Classes - $99 per term
OLLI Learning Trips - Fees vary depending on the destination and related travel costs
OLLI Study Groups - Fees vary with most Study Groups costing $45 per group
Please contact us if you would like to confirm the fee for a specific event.
Your class schedule is provided in several ways. If you register prior to the Spring or Fall Kick-off Luncheon, it will be available for pick-up at the luncheon. If you cannot attend the luncheon, we will mail your schedule the next day. On the first day of classes, you will get another opportunity to receive a class schedule when you check in at the OLLI registration desk (Michel Student Center 2nd floor foyer); it is conveniently printed on the back of your name badge!


Radiator Blog: New MapCore Compo: "The Door Challenge"
The Door Challenge, Friday, April 29th - Sunday, May 22nd.
"Using the included prefab in the engine of your choice, script a puzzle to creatively open the door! As this is a scripting challenge, you are encouraged to use dev textures and only what art assets are absolutely necessary to communicate key ideas."
New faces are, as always, a welcome sight.
Still think it's too much of a time commitment? We're also thinking of doing shorter "weekend" challenges, so chime in there if you like that idea.


Credit ratings agency DBRS has changed the trend on all ratings for Home Capital Group to negative from stable, citing the potential impact from new mortgage rules.
It highlights that these changes come at a time when the lender is already challenged by loss of market share in its broker channels following customer service and retention issues. This follows the suspension of around 45 brokers associated with falsified mortgage applications in 2014.
Current ratings for the group are: Issuer Rating and Deposits and Senior Debt rating at BBB (high) and Short-Term Instruments rating at R-2 (high).


When Chris Bailey, author of The Productivity Project, graduated from college, he declined two lucrative job offers. Bailey didn't want a job because he wanted to focus full time on his passion ever since reading David Allen's classic book, Getting It Done, in high school: productivity.
He launched a blog, A Year of Productivity (AYOP), and began researching productivity — reading books, interviewing experts and conducting experiments of every kind. In one experiment, he alternated between 90-hour work weeks and 20-hour work weeks — not the kind of endeavor that is possible when you're working in an office for a boss. For one three-month experiment, the normally late riser woke up instead at 5:30 a.m. Another three-month experiment involved using his smartphone a maximum of one hour a day.
Every day, Bailey blogged about what he had learned from his experiments and research, writing a total of 216,000 words about productivity by the end of the year. The Productivity Project: Accomplishing More by Managing Your Time, Attention and Energy is the culmination of Bailey's daring year of experiments and research.
Two keys to leading productive lives are found in the subtitle of the book. First, the ultimate measurement of productivity is whether you've accomplished what you set out to accomplish that day. Number of hours or number of words written or any other statistical metric is irrelevant: You can be busy and not productive.
The second key to productivity is understanding that productivity is not about managing time but, rather, about managing time, attention and energy. All three are equal components of productivity, and in fact, managing time should be the third priority. For example, Bailey found, to his surprise, that he accomplished only slightly more during a 90-hour work week than he did during a 20-hour work week. The 20-hour work week forced him to expend more energy and attention (focus) on the tasks at hand, thus causing him to be significantly more productive. This leads to the counterintuitive lesson that for important tasks, it is better to spend less time in order to increase energy and focus, create a sense of urgency and limit procrastination.
As in any book on productivity, procrastination is an important subject. Conquering procrastination, Bailey explains, requires deliberately reversing, or "flipping," its six triggers, specifically work or tasks that are boring, frustrating, difficult, unstructured or ambiguous, lacking in personal meaning and/or lacking in intrinsic rewards (i.e., they're not fun or engaging). For example, if you are procrastinating on doing your taxes, make the task less boring by doing them on a Saturday afternoon at your favorite café while people-watching.
Bailey also discusses the importance of managing your Biological Prime Time (BPT), the time or times of the day during which you have the most energy — and when you should be doing your most important work.
Perhaps one of the most important lessons of the book comes at the beginning. To be productive, Bailey writes, "you have to deeply care about why you want to be productive." If you don't care deep down about what you are trying to accomplish, not even the great techniques and insights in The Productivity Project will help.


Frozen vs. fresh? What foods can cause heartburn? What's the deal with preservatives? We've got the answers to all your healthy eating questions, and we'll help you make sure your diet is as healthy as possible.
Prepping meals you can freeze for later saves you money, time, and calories—if it's done right.
If you're going out for a #cheatday meal, you probably aren't expecting to get a plate full of delicious, indulgent food for 100 cals. But a meal that has an entire day's worth? Yikes.
Making diner classics at home doesn't have to be disastrous for your diet. These lighter versions still hit the spot.
Get the scoop on this important micronutrient, then find ways to incorporate zinc-rich foods into your diet with these recipe ideas.
These concoctions might seem a little wacky, but they're crazy-popular among the lady lifters for a reason. They taste delish and will fit your macros like whoa.
Eating healthy doesn't need to be complicated. Use these tips when deciding what to make for the week.
Ever wonder how hard it would be to really live a sugar-free life? One woman decided to find out if she could give up sugar for real.
Can a Drug Help You Cut Out Sugar for Good?
Research reveals a new drug could help you eat less sugar, but there are better ways to cut your sugar intake.
Over the past week, more than 40,000 cans of tuna have been recalled for concerns that they could cause food poisoning. So, what does that mean for your lunch this week?
Sorry, your favorite local haunt may be just as unhealthy as its national chain counterpart, says a new study. Make dining out healthy with these tiny tricks.
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Umami—the "fifth taste" everyone forgets about—is distinct from its better-known siblings (salty, sweet, sour, and bitter) thanks to its smooth and savory qualities.


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The Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems CSE in Boston and the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg released their first solar panel durability report and placed the SunPower E20 model first in their PV Durability Initiative (PVDI).
PVDI rates PV modules on a scale of zero to five relative to their likelihood to perform reliably with regard to the performed tests. Modules are subjected to accelerated stress testing intended to approach the wear-out regime for a given set of environmental conditions. The modules are rated for both performance and safety.
In parallel with the accelerated tests, modules are subjected to long-term outdoor exposure; the correlation between the accelerated tests and operation in the field will be determined over time. The accelerated test component in PVDI is an extension of familiar reliability stress tests and includes combined effects. Where possible, the program requires that commercial modules be purchased on the open market, to avoid selection bias.
This first report covered tests of five of 2012's top eight crystalline silicon PV modules, from among SunPower (SPWR), Suntech (STP), Yingli (YGE), Trina (TSL), Canadian Solar (CSIQ), Sharp (SHCAY), Hanwha SolarOne (HSOL), and Kyocera (KYO).
The results showed "a substantial spread in thermal cycling durability, while all tested module types proved very good stability in the damp heat/UV test sequence." And though some participants wanted to remain anonymous, all the data acquired under the PVDI will continue to be used to provide a comprehensive comparison in years to come.


India Food Report 2016 was released on January 19th by General (retd.) V.K. Singh, Union Minister State for Statistics and Programme Implementation (independent charge), Minister of State for External Affairs & Minister of Sate for Overseas Indian Affairs at the Ninth Annual Mega Congregation of India Food Forum in Mumbai.
The Report offers extensive mapping, sizing of the food manufacturing, marketing and retailing sectors in India, insights, analyses and research on the Indian food & grocery retail and food service businesses and features insightful commentary and analyses by a slew of illustrious names – category and industry experts from some of the world's most respected consulting and/or market study organisations, retail business heads, brand analysts and consumer research companies, among others.
Organisations/ industry experts who have contributed to the making of the Report include Nielsen, A T Kearney, Accenture, PWC, Technopak, IMRB, GS1, Institute for Competitiveness, IFC, Troika, PRICE, Wazir, Maple Capital Advisors, D'Essence Hospitality Advisory, IBEF, NRAI, IMT, IIM, Rama Bijapurkar, Dr. Rajesh Shukla and Harish Bijoor to name a few.
This Report highlights the potential of India's Food sector – both Food & Grocery and Food Service – and addresses some of the key interventions that are necessary to ensure a sustained impetus for the sector's growth. Both these sectors are evolving and maturing, offering lots of opportunities for business and growth. What is fueling the growth of these two sectors and what are the opportunities for investment? While the chapters later on in the book offer a detailed perspective and analysis of food business segments – food retail, food processing, food logistics & support, food services, supply chain and technology – the India Food Report undertakes an informed analysis of the market dynamics shaping India's F&G retail and food-service business.
The Report looks at key business opportunities within these sectors, focuses on the investment potential and stresses on key challenges that need to be addressed. It also sets benchmark figures on consumer spends and retail market size across key food categories and segments offers insightful and pertinent observations on India's evolving food & grocery/ food service retail landscape.
Each of the report's chapters are packed with insightful data and observation on Food & Grocery, Food & Beverages, FMCG Market, Consumption Trends, Success Stories/ Case studies of global and Indian majors in Food Retail, New Concepts in F&G, FMCG, and F&B, Investments Opportunities in Food backend operations, Private Labels, Use of Social Media and Apps in Food Retail, Adoption of Omnichannel Marketing in Retail and other important aspects of Food Retail. The chapters of the Report, written by the foremost experts in their fields, are all very topical and will prove useful to all those associated with Food Retail, Food Processing and allied sectors.
The Report reveals that India's Food Retail sector comprising Food & Grocery and Food Service is valued at Rs 25,12,962 crore (2014) and holds a 65 per cent share in the country's total retail market. Out of this, Food & Grocery Retail is worth Rs 23,03,496 crore and food service market is valued at Rs 2,09,466 crore. The average rate of growth during the past four years in F&G has been 15 per cent per annum and in food service it has been 22 per cent per annum. The respective growth rates are expected to take these retail markets to Rs 54,20,789 crore and Rs 6,90,672 crore by 2020.
Data from the chapters in the Report show that over the next six years the food market is expected to register an average growth rate of 5.3 per cent per annum. The pace of growth is expected to be slightly higher at 5.7 per cent per annum between 2020-21 and 2025-26. Both urban and rural growths are likely to be considerably higher during the next decade as compared to the decade ending 2014-15.
The report looks at the way forward for India's Food Retail sector and what it has to offer to both domestic and international investors, in all aspects of growth and business.
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In the Spirit of Family
Posted On July 24, 2013 English, Sports, Featured
Kei Teramoto presides over last Tuesday night's practice of the Maryknoll Karate Club, at the St. Francis Xavier Japanese Catholic Center in Little Tokyo. The group has met on the same floor since 1963 and will celebrate half a century of karate this weekend. (Rafu Shimpo photos by MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS)
By MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS
Rafu Sports Editor
On a warm, sultry evening last Tuesday, the auditorium at St. Francis Xavier Japanese Catholic Center in Little Tokyo began to fill, as a decades-old tradition continued.
Clad in karate-gi, athletes were scattered about the floor, opened like jackknives with their foreheads touching the hardwood that has seen all sorts of activity over the last 50 years – ballroom dance lessons, music performances, political and community rallies, and even the memorial reception for a revered community journalist just a day earlier.
Walking, striding and stretching, the soles of their feet collect the dirt, despite the floor having been swept just a few minutes ago.
Tsutomu Ohshima conducts the first Nisei Week karate exhibition, in a 1957 photo supplied by Maryknoll Karate and Shotokan Karate of America.
"We tried to clean it as best we could, but there's so much that happens in here," said Kei Teramoto. "It's kind of like history right under our feet."
There's no shortage of history for Teramoto's group, the Maryknoll Karate Club, which celebrates 50 years this weekend, with events in Santa Barbara and Little Tokyo.
It was in 1963 that Teramoto's older brother, John, approached Tsutomu Ohshima, credited with introducing Shotokan karate to the United States, and asked the sensei to train him and his friends.
Oshima flatly refused, insisting that the young men would soon tire of the strict training and quit. It wasn't until young John arrived with petitions signed by the parents of would-be students that Ohshima agreed.
The newly-formed class gathered at Maryknoll Catholic Church (since renamed St. Francis Xavier) and have trained there ever since.
James Uyeda helps to ensure a student's technique is correct.
Ohshima is a graduate of Waseda University in Tokyo, where he was the captain of the school's karate club. Before relocating to the United States in 1955, he had studied and trained under Gichin Funakoshi, the founder of modern karate who brought karate to mainland Japan from Okinawa.
Instantly respected in the U.S. for his knowledge and experience, Ohshima was soon teaching American students. In 1957, he was asked by Tatsuo Inouye, leader of the local judo federation, to hold an exhibition at Koyasan Buddhist Temple in Little Tokyo, as part of the Nisei Week Festival.
That 15-minute demonstration is widely regarded as the very first official public demonstration of traditional karate in the United States.
Today, the Nisei Week Karate Tournament continues, hosted annually by Ohshima's Shotokan Karate of America. Now age 82, the sensei still attends the tournament, seated in the center chair at the judges' table.
Even a small amount of time spent at one of the Maryknoll practices or at the Nisei Week tournament reveals how a sense of family is perhaps the prevailing bond that has held the Maryknoll club so close for so long. Kei Teramoto, now one of the highest-ranking club members, has seen all three of his daughters train and achieve at Maryknoll.
"We were going to church here, so we kind of grew up with it," said Beth Teramoto, the eldest of the Teramoto kids and a second-degree black belt. "You find out later that it's difficult physically and mentally draining, and as kids you don't like it, but you learn the meaning and value of it pretty quickly."
Now 27, Beth's focus on karate strengthened after college, and she credited her mother, Laurie, for holding the girls to their commitment once they started.
Megan Teramoto spars with a fellow club member at last Tuesday's workout.
Megan, 22 and the youngest of the Teramoto girls, quit for a year at the age of 13 – and soon found herself being lectured by her dad and "a number of other people."
"I didn't want to be left out anymore. There's a lot of functions that go on, and I didn't want to feel like I had been dismissed from the family," she said.
"It's a very tightly-knit community, very close," said James Uyeda, another of Maryknoll's highest-ranking members. "In training, everyone endures a lot of rigorous training, so it's only natural that we form a close bond."
The bond was evident on that Tuesday night, as members gathered in the old church lunch area after practice to have some refreshments, chat, pluck an 'ukulele and play a few hands of cards. On a weeknight, the kinship of athletes from their 20s into their 60s kept them laughing until almost midnight.
From left, Matthew Frohwein, Beth Teramoto, Adam Rickabus and Michael Fife use some post-practice time for a round of cards.
"Practice here at Maryknoll has been basically the same for 50 years," Kei Teramoto said. "Why do young people come? I'd say it's because of the hard practice. In the beginning, we were sure that it would keep young people away, because it's hard and they wouldn't want to do it. But I think now, there are a lot of people who understand that this is not simply fighting, and to follow true, traditional martial arts is hard, but very, very rewarding."
This weekend's events will begin with a practice at the home dojo of Ohshima, in Santa Barbara. A group from Waseda will travel from Tokyo to take part, and Uyeda said he wants to encourage anyone who has trained in Shotokan to join.
On Sunday, Ohshima will lead the noon practice at Maryknoll, then be the guest of honor at the 50th anniversary banquet to be held at the Japanese American National Museum.
In his comments for Maryknoll's 50th anniversary program, Ohshima wrote, "I never thought you would continue to practice hard for 50 years."
Citing the hard work and samurai spirit of the Maryknoll club in continuing karate in the U.S. for a half-century, Ohshima wrote, simply, "I am proud of you."
For more information regarding the 50th anniversary, visit www.maryknollkarate.com/50.
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Blake Lively has revealed that she would like to start a family with her husband of two years Ryan Reynolds.
"If I could spit out a litter of kids, I would," said Blake, speaking to Marie Claire about her home life and her new e-commerce website Preserve.
The Gossip Girl star was echoing previous sentiments, having said in the past that she would love to have 30 children if she could.
Blake, who was born in Los Angeles, has four older siblings/half siblings, while her husband Ryan is the youngest of four brothers – so it comes as no surprise that they both want to have a big brood.
"Family is at the heart of everything in my life, of everything I do," said Blake.
The 26-year-old actress added that the secret to her happy marriage was that she and Ryan, 37, have never gone a week without seeing each other.
The private couple, who often shy away from the limelight, live in Bedford, New York in the home they bought together in June 2012 – just three months before tying the knot. Blake and Ryan married in a top-secret ceremony in South Carolina, where the actress" good friend Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine performed at the wedding.
While the blonde stunner took a hiatus from Hollywood shortly after becoming Mrs Reynolds, Blake is set to star as the lead role in The Age of Adaline, due for release next year.
In the meantime, she has been focusing on her new lifestyle website Preserve, which comprises e-commerce, philanthropic endeavour and lifestyle sections.
Writing in her editor"s letter, Blake posted that the cornerstone of her website was to preserve American artisans and stories, and showcase the power of people.
"There"s so much life teeming out of every pocket of this nation," wrote Blake. "There are people creating magic with their bare hands. Creating things which land at that amazing intersection between art and function.
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Switzerland Warning Against Obama Regime Stuns Russia
Posted by EU Times on Aug 3rd, 2013
The Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) is reporting today that Switzerland's Federal Intelligence Service (NDB) is proposing that the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA) issue an immediate "Situation: Grave, Do Not Travel" warning for the United States upgrading that North American nation from its current status as "Stable" and on par with a similar warning issued for the war torn Middle Eastern country of Syria.
According to this report, millions of data files on counter-terrorism operations from both MI6 and the CIA were stolen this past December (2012) by a senior computer technician of Swiss citizenship who planned to release them to Wikileaks.
These highly classified documents stored on NDB servers, this report continues, were stolen by what was described as a "very talented" still unnamed NDB technician senior enough to have "administrator rights," giving him unrestricted access to most or all of the NDB's networks.
The December, 2012 theft of these top secret British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) files, GRU intelligence analysts in this report say, came on the heels of a similar theft barely two years prior when MI6 spy Daniel Houghton, also a highly trained computer technician with "administrator rights," was arrested while attempting to, also, release to Wikileaks thousands of top-secret MI6, MI5 and CIA electronic files.
Raising the fears of the NDB, however, this report says, were US National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) documents obtained from Edward Snowden by the GRU which show a "conclusive and provable link" between the man now known as the United States most wanted person, the still unnamed NDB spy, MI6 spy Houghton and US Army Private Bradley Manning, all of whom constitute what Swiss intelligence analysts say are the "iceberg tip" behind the largest theft of Western top-secret documents in modern history.
To whom the power behind these Western computer spies with unlimited "administration rights" and top security clearances, who have been releasing and/or attempting to release to the world these most secretive of documents, this GRU report quotes from NDB documents, Swiss intelligence analysts point to what they describe as a "cabal" of US military officers "fully intent" upon destroying the Obama regime, even if it means war.
Important to note is that this past February (2013) the Federal Security Services (FSB) had warned of the US military plan to assassinate Obama in what Russian intelligence analysts say will be a takeover of the United States similar to the coup currently being undertaken in Egypt; and the GRU had further warned this past November (2012) that the Obama regimes war against its own generals was, also, likely to end in a military coup after the Washington D.C. gun battle toppled the top US military leader, former Four-Star Army General and CIA director David Petraeus, of this planed takeover.
The "main tactic" being used by the Obama regime against its top military leaders, according to the NDB, has been the leaking of their private emails by the NSA/CSS as revealed by Snowden whose leaked documents prove that US intelligence operatives loyal to the Obama regime have been tapping everything done online by all Americans.
Of the greatest concern to the NDB, however, this GRU report says, was the Obama regimes targeting this past week of the renowned American statesman, retired four-star general in the United States Army, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the 65th United States Secretary of State, Colin Powell, whom the NSA/CSS has threatened with the release of his private emails alleging an affair with a Romanian diplomat, which is the same tactic used to destroy the reputation and career of General Petraeus.
Unlike General Petraeus, however, this report continues, the NDB in their report note that General Powell has secretly notified the Obama regime of his intention "not to go down without a fight" and which led to forces loyal to the Obama regime opening fire on and destroying two F-16 fighter jets nearing Washington D.C. airspace Thursday evening (23:00 hrs EDT 1 August) believed to be headed towards the White House.
As to if these F-16 fighter jets were indeed targeting Obama, this report says, it is not certain, but the reaction by the Obama regime to this event has been unprecedented in that within hours of them being shot down the US issued a world-wide travel alert to last until 31 August and ordered the closing of at least 17 of its overseas embassies.
The shock announcement yesterday that the US would be closing these embassies, this GRU report says the NDB has discovered, is due to the Obama regimes fears that more computer thefts of top-secret documents relating to the Obama regimes collusion with extreme Islamic terrorists groups are going to be released and will allow them time to purge all of their embassy servers of incriminating information, especially those files relating to the true events of the 2012 Benghazi Attack led by rogue CIA operatives whom US Congressman Trey Gowdy warned yesterday were being kept from testifying, being relocated and given new identities.
Unbeknownst to the American people about the Obama regime, this report says, has been its tens of millions of dollars in funding of al-Qaeda terrorists to create an Islamic Emirate in Syria and its over $8 billion in secret funding to Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood radicals, both forces who are currently being defeated on the battlefield and in the streets.
Equally unknown to the American people is that Snowden, a "high-level member," according to the NDB, of the US military cabal threatening the Obama regime, had offered to return to America to face the charges leveled against him knowing that if were able to survive the citizens of his country would learn the full horrors of the monsters ruling over them, an offer that was rejected by the US.
Snowden's fears for his safety have, indeed proved valid since the Obama regimes assassinations of Michael Hastings, Aaron Swartz and Barnaby Jack and as we reported on in our 29 July report revealing how the Russian military is currently preparing for all-out war.
And in one of the most shameful acts against the American people by their own mainstream press, their refusal to publish, let alone mention, Edward Snowden's fathers open letter to Obama will stand forever as an indictment against those elites seeking to enslave these once great people forever, and as we can all read in its entirety:
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Re: Civil Disobedience, Edward J. Snowden, and the Constitution
You are acutely aware that the history of liberty is a history of civil disobedience to unjust laws or practices. As Edmund Burke sermonized, "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
Civil disobedience is not the first, but the last option. Henry David Thoreau wrote with profound restraint in Civil Disobedience: "If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth certainly the machine will wear out. If the injustice has a spring, or a pulley, or a rope, or a crank, exclusively for itself, then perhaps you may consider whether the remedy will not be worse than the evil; but if it is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine."
Thoreau's moral philosophy found expression during the Nuremburg trials in which "following orders" was rejected as a defense. Indeed, military law requires disobedience to clearly illegal orders.
A dark chapter in America's World War II history would not have been written if the then United States Attorney General had resigned rather than participate in racist concentration camps imprisoning 120,000 Japanese American citizens and resident aliens.
Civil disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act and Jim Crow laws provoked the end of slavery and the modern civil rights revolution.
We submit that Edward J. Snowden's disclosures of dragnet surveillance of Americans under § 215 of the Patriot Act, § 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendments, or otherwise were sanctioned by Thoreau's time-honored moral philosophy and justifications for civil disobedience. Since 2005, Mr. Snowden had been employed by the intelligence community. He found himself complicit in secret, indiscriminate spying on millions of innocent citizens contrary to the spirit if not the letter of the First and Fourth Amendments and the transparency indispensable to self-government. Members of Congress entrusted with oversight remained silent or Delphic. Mr. Snowden confronted a choice between civic duty and passivity. He may have recalled the injunction of Martin Luther King, Jr.: "He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it." Mr. Snowden chose duty. Your administration vindictively responded with a criminal complaint alleging violations of the Espionage Act.
From the commencement of your administration, your secrecy of the National Security Agency's Orwellian surveillance programs had frustrated a national conversation over their legality, necessity, or morality. That secrecy (combined with congressional nonfeasance) provoked Edward's disclosures, which sparked a national conversation which you have belatedly and cynically embraced. Legislation has been introduced in both the House of Representatives and Senate to curtail or terminate the NSA's programs, and the American people are being educated to the public policy choices at hand. A commanding majority now voice concerns over the dragnet surveillance of Americans that Edward exposed and you concealed. It seems mystifying to us that you are prosecuting Edward for accomplishing what you have said urgently needed to be done!
The right to be left alone from government snooping–the most cherished right among civilized people—is the cornerstone of liberty. Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson served as Chief Prosecutor at Nuremburg. He came to learn of the dynamics of the Third Reich that crushed a free society, and which have lessons for the United States today.
Writing in Brinegar v. United States, Justice Jackson elaborated:
The Fourth Amendment states: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
These, I protest, are not mere second-class rights but belong in the catalog of indispensable freedoms. Among deprivations of rights, none is so effective in cowing a population, crushing the spirit of the individual and putting terror in every heart. Uncontrolled search and seizure is one of the first and most effective weapons in the arsenal of every arbitrary government. And one need only briefly to have dwelt and worked among a people possessed of many admirable qualities but deprived of these rights to know that the human personality deteriorates and dignity and self-reliance disappear where homes, persons and possessions are subject at any hour to unheralded search and seizure by the police.
We thus find your administration's zeal to punish Mr. Snowden's discharge of civic duty to protect democratic processes and to safeguard liberty to be unconscionable and indefensible.
We are also appalled at your administration's scorn for due process, the rule of law, fairness, and the presumption of innocence as regards Edward.
On June 27, 2013, Mr. Fein wrote a letter to the Attorney General stating that Edward's father was substantially convinced that he would return to the United States to confront the charges that have been lodged against him if three cornerstones of due process were guaranteed. The letter was not an ultimatum, but an invitation to discuss fair trial imperatives. The Attorney General has sneered at the overture with studied silence.
We thus suspect your administration wishes to avoid a trial because of constitutional doubts about application of the Espionage Act in these circumstances, and obligations to disclose to the public potentially embarrassing classified information under the Classified Information Procedures Act.
Your decision to force down a civilian airliner carrying Bolivian President Eva Morales in hopes of kidnapping Edward also does not inspire confidence that you are committed to providing him a fair trial. Neither does your refusal to remind the American people and prominent Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate like House Speaker John Boehner, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann,and Senator Dianne Feinstein that Edward enjoys a presumption of innocence. He should not be convicted before trial. Yet Speaker Boehner has denounced Edward as a "traitor."
Ms. Pelosi has pontificated that Edward "did violate the law in terms of releasing those documents." Ms. Bachmann has pronounced that, "This was not the act of a patriot; this was an act of a traitor." And Ms. Feinstein has decreed that Edward was guilty of "treason," which is defined in Article III of the Constitution as "levying war" against the United States, "or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort."
You have let those quadruple affronts to due process pass unrebuked, while you have disparaged Edward as a "hacker" to cast aspersion on his motivations and talents. Have you forgotten the Supreme Court's gospel in Berger v. United States that the interests of the government "in a criminal prosecution is not that it shall win a case, but that justice shall be done?"
We also find reprehensible your administration's Espionage Act prosecution of Edward for disclosures indistinguishable from those which routinely find their way into the public domain via your high level appointees for partisan political advantage. Classified details of your predator drone protocols, for instance, were shared with the New York Times with impunity to bolster your national security credentials. Justice Jackson observed in Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. New York: "The framers of the Constitution knew, and we should not forget today, that there is no more effective practical guaranty against arbitrary and unreasonable government than to require that the principles of law which officials would impose upon a minority must be imposed generally."
In light of the circumstances amplified above, we urge you to order the Attorney General to move to dismiss the outstanding criminal complaint against Edward, and to support legislation to remedy the NSA surveillance abuses he revealed. Such presidential directives would mark your finest constitutional and moral hour.
Bruce Fein
Counsel for Lon Snowden
Lon Snowden
Posted on August 3, 2013, in AMERICAS, Cultural Revolution "FORWARD", Economic planning, Gun Control, Hawaii, NDAA, North America, Progressive Agenda, United States, United States Constitution, War's and tagged CIA, Colin Powell, GRU, NDB, Obama, Presidency of Barack Obama, United States. Bookmark the permalink.	Comments Off on Switzerland Warning Against Obama Regime Stuns Russia.


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"The World's Greatest Aviation Celebration" has it all when it comes to aircraft. Warbirds. Vintage. Homebuilts. Ultralights. Some you would find in a hangar at your local airport, others so unique they are the only one of their kind. You name it, there's likely an example of it at Oshkosh.
For nearly 70 years, aviation enthusiasts from around the world have gathered at AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, for one week of air shows, pyrotechnics, workshops, networking, and more. More than 600,000 people attend, making it the largest fly-in convention in North America.
For many, arriving at Oshkosh is a rite of passage that can only be satisfied by being one of the 10,000 aircraft to fly in, landing at what becomes the busiest airport in the world, Wittman Regional Airport. In fact, the fields are packed to the gills with row upon row of these private planes, tiny tents set up next to each one—true-blue pilots camped out for the long haul.
Airventure is hard to describe in person. Think state fair meets airplane exhibition meets amusement park. Everywhere you go, eyes are locked on the sky with good reason. A helicopter somersaults backwards and nose dives through the air. Massive fighter jets fly in formation, eardrums resounding in their wake. Upside-down prop planes zoom back and forth for display. A true pilot's paradise.
Every summer, a team of LeTourneau aviation faculty and students make the Airventure odyssey (by plane and by car) to recruit prospective students and connect with alumni. This year, they were joined by representatives from the School of Engineering & Engineering Technology, the university alumni and marketing departments, and even President Steven D. Mason for portions of the trip.
It might not be apparent, but what seems like just a convention is actually a meaningful gateway into the world of aviation and future aviators in particular. It was heard multiple times throughout the week: "If you make it to Oshkosh before the age of 12, the chances of you going into aviation are like 80%." "The first time I came to Oshkosh, I fell in love with planes. I knew then and there I wanted to become a pilot."
But, what makes this world so interesting? Why are aviators some of the most passionate people you meet when it comes to their career?
Dick Knapinski, Director of Communications for the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) which manages Airventure had this to say: "When we think about aviation, many of us think of climbing into commercial airliners or pilots flying their own airplanes, but there's so much more aviation can do for the world. Flying cancer patients from place to place, doing good things for kids, missionary work, even rescuing animals. Those type of things happen every day. We as aviators are involved, we want to make the world a better place, and we have the tools and resources to do it through the air."
A wheels-up career clearly affords many opportunities for making the world and our society a better place, but for Christians, the magnitude is even greater. The LeTourneau aviation community recognizes this calling and is training its students to do the same.
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As a current flight instructor, alum Jeff Rosinbaum (2020) lives this reality on a daily basis. He and his fellow instructors instill their students with an explicit eternal perspective: that aviation careers are "about more than flying the biggest jets to the best destinations for the highest salaries." The implicit intention of LeTourneau flight training is to produce students who excel in everything they do. "If you have poor character, work ethic, and flying skills, nobody will listen to your perspective on the telos of a flying career. In order to influence society, you must gain its respect."
Rosinbaum reiterates his own passion for making a difference in the world through a career in the skies: "The average pilot will have a career that spans upwards of forty years, and around 50% of their time is spent away from home. This is ample time to interact with strangers—what excites me the most is the ability to share truth and love with the innumerable coworkers I'll sit beside or passengers I'll sit in front of."
The great thing about flying a plane is there's no limit to where you can go. Siberia, the African interior, the remote islands and jungles of the world. Many LeTourneau graduates take up the call to missions aviation, and one in particular is living that out in the interior Alaskan village of Grayling, population 210. How does one travel to Grayling? Only by boat or by plane.
Aaron Dalton (2016), a Mission Aviation graduate, is currently serving with InterAct Ministries whose focus is making disciples among the least-reached people groups of the North Pacific. Aaron and his wife, Tisha, live alongside the people of Grayling as village missionaries, learning their stories and building authentic relationships to strengthen and encourage the local church and community.
Aaron sees aviation as a necessity: "Planes put people face to face, and they bring in critical tools. Even in today's world with satellite internet and Zoom calls, there's no replacement for in-person relationships. The apostle Paul sent useful letters to the early churches about how he yearned to see them in person. There are still many places around the world where aviation is the only practical way to make this happen."
Aaron is living his dream of providing that practical help and Christlike care to those in need, and it was the LeTourneau School of Aviation that God used to cultivate that call. "God used my time at LeTourneau to mold my heart from being excited about flying planes with a side benefit of working for the Lord to being passionate about sharing the Gospel with a side benefit of working around planes." He continues, "The aviation staff had real world experience, but they left opportunities for big corporate promotions and rewards behind to pour into student's lives instead. They took the time to speak truth about how Jesus changes lives and how he guided their paths."
Integrity in the Industry
One member of that department is current Chief Flight Instructor and Professor of Flight Science, Brad Wooden, a LeTourneau alum who worked with a regional airline before returning to the university to instruct. Wooden understands the impact Christians can make in a secular industry and the important relationship an airline pilot has with his crew.
"I once had an instructor tell me that flying on the flight deck is equal to a counseling couch; you're sitting there behind a locked door with someone for 80-100 hours a month and there's the stress of life and everything else going on. You have a lot of time to sit there and talk and really learn who that person is. So, if you can bring your Christian worldview into that setting and share the gospel with those people, the fields are ripe to go out there and witness and be a missionary."
In addition to the relational power Christians have in the industry, they have the opportunity to model integrity and honesty. Ethan Pierce (2013) is the Director of Flight Operations for Dynamic Aviation, and his company actively seeks out pilots who demonstrate honor in their work.
"Integrity is the most important thing in aviation. When you're in a cockpit, you're often there by yourself, and all that's holding you back is your integrity. We're not just looking for someone who can fly a plane, we're looking for someone who can encompass the whole person and represent the company well and do everything to the best of their ability.
As someone who hires pilots now, whenever I see LeTourneau University on a resume, it's an immediate interview for me. I've learned to appreciate the quality of the training and the quality of the education that comes out of LeTourneau."
Ethan is a beneficiary of that education too, and it's served him well. "It's the foundation for everything I've done in aviation. From the tailwheel training to the general management skills to the people skills and work ethic that have brought me to the place I am today."
LeTourneau Aviation's legacy of workplace preparation and readiness runs deep. A tradition of producing qualified, exceptional graduates of ingenuity and integrity. We heard it over and over from the many alumni at Oshkosh. "LeTourneau's training is bar-none." "When I got my first job, I was more prepared than my coworkers who had been there for years." "Everywhere I've gone, I've had more knowledge than my counterparts."
The callings and career choices within aviation may vary, but the heart is the same: making an eternal impact in unique settings, locations, and relationships. And no one equips students to do that like LeTourneau.
Associate Dean of the College of Aviation & Aeronautical Science, Sean Fortier, sums it up: "It's incredible to see our alumni go out and impact the world. We have a saying in the College of Aviation, 'The sunset never sets on LeTourneau University's College of Aviation' because we have people around the globe serving God both in missions and in the corporate and commercial world.
Uplifting Female Aviators
The Air Race Classic is an all-female, 2400-mile, cross country flight over four days where each team tries to beat its own time handicap. Pilots range in age from 17 to 90 years old across a wide variety of backgrounds, including a significant number of collegiate teams. This summer, the LeTourneau team placed sixth among those colleges, led by students Marina Decker, Sadie Morgan, and Mckenzie Fessler, flight instructor Claire Key, and faculty advisor Laura Laster. The race is a pioneering event for women in aviation, and Fessler was particularly inspired: "Growing up, I saw aviation as something that only guys did and as super unobtainable in my eyes. But, this experience has shown me that if I can do it, then any female pilot can do it."
Ethan Pierce, '13
We caught up with Ethan at Oshkosh, and he even took us up in Miss Virginia, a 1943 C47 that was restored by Dynamic Aviation and recently flew in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. Miss Virginia flew in the Airventure air show and was on display with other vintage planes throughout the week.
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CASA SARINA (卡莎沙丽娜) is a Freehold condominium located at 101, 103 LORONG SARINA in District 14 (Central east - Paya Lebar / Geylang / Eunos) - Rest of Central Region in Singapore, CASA SARINA comprises of 138 units the highest block in CASA SARINA has 4 floors.
The nearest MRT/LRT station for CASA SARINA is EW7 Eunos which is about 0.46 km away. There are 13 bus stops near CASA SARINA.
There are 2 supermarkets near CASA SARINA, the nearest is at blk 5, eunos crescent, #01-2619/21, singapore 400005 by Fair Price, around 0.39 km away.
There are 1 primary schools, 1 private institutes near CASA SARINA.
CASA SARINA is within the URA growth area ofPaya Lebar Central.
2 transactions took place for the past 12 months at an average PSF of S$1,017. Lowest PSF is S$1,002 and highest PSF is S$1,032.
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Following the footsteps of the country's largest lender State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank on Saturday announced a 50 basis point (0.5 percentage point) reduction in car loans.
The new rates, applicable for new customers, takes immediate effect but are still below those of SBI.
With this reduction, interest rate on auto loans will be between 10.50 per cent and 11.00 per cent as against 11.00 per cent and 11.50 per cent.
SBI has already announced a freeze on car loans at 10 per cent for one year.
Several other banks may follow suit. Bank of Baroda said that it was studying the dynamics of the economic situation. "We will take a call after assessing the situation," said M.D. Mallya, chairman and managing director.
BoB has agreements with car maker Maruti Suzuki and truck maker Ashok Leyland to facilitate loans. With Ashok Leyland, it has signed a deal to extend loans without collaterals.
The auto industry has been one of the worst affected in the last few months due to the economic slowdown. The drop in rates is expected to boost sagging sales in the auto industry.


The new accounting standards introduced in the past 2 years will have significant tax implications on how certain items are accounted for and potentially taxed. The main changes are: (i) FRS 109 (Financial Instruments); (ii) FRS 115 (Revenue from Contracts with Customers); and (iii) FRS 116 (Leases).
These accounting changes will have a significant impact on how companies and financial institutions account for certain assets and liabilities. Given the potential mismatch between tax and accounting, these changes could increase compliance and operational costs and create additional administrative burdens for tax reporting and filing.
Companies will need to also ensure that any transitional adjustments are carefully accounted for in order to avoid a double counting of taxes and/or deductions arising from the nature and reclassification of income and expense items.
In this timely and practical workshop, the Trainer will share with you the appropriate tax treatment and challenges. You will also learn to avoid the common pitfalls when you are doing your tax reporting.
Kok Siong is a Tax Partner with Steven Tan Russell Bedford PAC. He has over 20 years of experience in tax compliance and tax planning, including 12 years with one of the Big Four Accounting Firms.
Kok Siong is well versed in Singapore income tax law and practice and he advises clients on a broad array of projects, including mergers and acquisitions, portfolio transfers, corporate restructuring, tax due diligence, cross-border transactions and investments. Having worked with clients in multiple industries, Kok Siong has extensive experience and expertise in serving local, multinational and listed companies in Singapore as well as multinational companies based in Asia Pacific, United States and Europe.
Kok Siong is an Accredited Tax Advisor (ATA) with the Singapore Institute of Accredited Tax Professionals, and a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.


Take Root will host a creative movement concert featuring the children of Oakland Family Services on Wednesday, February 13 at the Flagstar Strand Theatre in Pontiac.
Take Root, a contemporary dance company-in-residence at Oakland University, will host a creative movement concert featuring the children of Oakland Family Services on Wednesday, February 13 at the Flagstar Strand Theatre in Pontiac.
While Woerner oversees Take Root's Dance for Parkinson's Disease program, which will be hosting a special presentation and dance session with OU medical students on Thursday, Feb. 7 on the fifth floor of the Human Health Building, Jonutz heads up the dance company's Arts Education program.
According to Jonutz, the children "will demonstrate their own interpretations of guided improvisations" during the concert, while Take Root professional dancers will perform excerpts from this year's repertory.
The concert, which is free and open to the public, begins at 4:30 p.m.
The Flagstar Strand Theatre is located at 12 N Saginaw St. in Pontiac.


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DAVID DRAIMAN On DISTURBED's Maturity: 'We're More At Ease With Wearing Our Heart On Our Sleeve'
Prior to DISTURBED's performance at the recent Sonic Temple Music + Art Festival in Columbus, Ohio, vocalist David Draiman spoke with Lou Brutus of HardDrive Radio. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the group's recent European headline tour, their first in nearly a decade: David: ...
CHEVELLE Re-Teams With Producer JOE BARRESI For New Album
CHEVELLE has entered Joe's House Of Compression studio in Pasadena, California with producer Joe Barresi (KYUSS, MELVINS, THE JESUS LIZARD) to begin recording its new album for a tentative early 2020 release. Earlier this month, drummer Sam Loeffler spoke HardDrive Radio about the upcoming follow-up to 2016's "The North Corridor", saying: "We've only done about ...
MEGADETH's DAVID ELLEFSON Reunites With CHRIS POLAND On 'Sleeping Giants' Album
MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson has announced more details for "Sleeping Giants", a companion LP to his upcoming memoir "More Life With Deth" (out July 16 via Jawbone Press). In stores July 19 on Combat Records, "Sleeping Giants" will be a retrospective featuring several new tracks, plus a collection of demos and unreleased material from F5 ...
STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET Says His 'Full-Blown Viral Infection' And 'Chest Cough' Will Not Result In Any Show Cancelations
STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet says that he is fighting "a full-blown viral infection and a chest cough" but is refusing to cancel any shows on the band's current tour. "2019 History Tour - Greatest Hits & Covers" kicked off earlier this month and is scheduled to run through mid-June. The trek sees Sweet and his ...
RAVEN's JOHN GALLAGHER: 'We Like To Grab An Audience By Their Short-And-Curlies And Pull Very Hard'
RAVEN bassist/vocalist John Gallagher recently spoke with Australia's Heavy magazine. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the band's international momentum: John: "It's a big world, but it's getting smaller these days. After we kind of got over [guitarist] Mark's [Gallagher] accident [Editor's note: ...
JANE'S ADDICTION's PERRY FARRELL Releases Music Video For His New Protest Song, 'Pirate Punk Politician'
JANE'S ADDICTION frontman Perry Farrell has released the official music video for his latest single, "Pirate Punk Politician". The track, which he previously described as "a good old-fashioned protest song," will appear on his upcoming album, "Kind Heaven", due out June 7 via BMG. Asked what exactly he is protesting with "Pirate Punk Politician", Farrell ...
GREAT WHITE's MARK KENDALL Says MITCH MALLOY Is A 'Better Fit' Than Former Singer TERRY ILOUS
GREAT WHITE guitarist Mark Kendall has confirmed to the "Music Mania" podcast that the band is working on new material with its latest addition, singer Mitch Malloy. "We've been writing songs," Mark said (hear audio below). "In fact, I actually sent [Mitch] some music, with just the music. I had a pretty good arrangement on ...
BLACK STAR RIDERS: 'Another State Of Grace' Music Video Released
The official music video for "Another State Of Grace", the title track of the fourth studio album from BLACK STAR RIDERS, can be seen below. Due on September 6 via Nuclear Blast, the follow-up to 2017's "Heavy Fire" was recorded in February 2019 at Sphere Studios in Burbank, California with producer Jay Ruston (STONE SOUR, ...
FOO FIGHTERS Guitarist CHRIS SHIFLETT Announces Headline West Coast Dates
FOO FIGHTERS guitarist Chris Shiflett will play four headline shows in California in July. Tickets go on sale this Thursday, May 23, at 10 a.m. local time. Tour dates: July 10 - Costa Mesa, CA - Wayfarer July 12 - Pioneertown, CA - Pappy & Harriets July 13 - Bakersfield, CA - Temblor Brewing July ...
SKID ROW's RACHEL BOLAN Is 'Blown Away By Some Of The Stuff' On Band's New Album
SKID ROW bassist Rachel Bolan spoke with Andy Hall of the Des Moines, Iowa radio station Lazer 103.3 about the band's upcoming final chapter of the "United World Rebellion" trilogy, which will tentatively be released later this year. The disc was recorded at a Nashville, Tennessee studio with producer Michael Wagener, who also helmed the ...
JOE SATRIANI To Release Art Collection Crafted From Guitar Performance
This summer, guitar legend Joe Satriani will unveil an art collection crafted from a new medium in artwork, guitar performance. Join the interest list to get exclusive information on the release and access to see the collection before the public. Working with acclaimed art team SceneFour, the guitarist has built visuals for canvas ...
DEF LEPPARD's PHIL COLLEN Says Producer 'MUTT' LANGE 'Deserves All The Credit' For 'Hysteria'
Guitar Interactive magazine's Jonathan Graham conducted an interview with DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen during the band's 2018 "Hysteria" anniversary tour. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how the political themes DEF LEPPARD explored on "Hysteria" are still relevant today: Phil: "Nothing changed 2,000 ...
MR. BIG Guitarist PAUL GILBERT: 'A Herd Of Turtles' Video
"A Herd Of Turtles", the new video from Paul Gilbert, can be seen below. The song is taken from his latest album, "Behold Electric Guitar", which came out on May 17 via Music Theories. "How do you know when you've gained your producer's trust?" Gilbert says. "You ask him this question: 'Hey John, can you ...
THE DAMNED THINGS Feat. ANTHRAX, EVERY TIME I DIE, FALL OUT BOY Members: Video Of Lancaster Concert
Fan-filmed video footage of THE DAMNED THINGS' May 6 concert at the Chameleon Club in Lancaster, Pennsylvania can be seen below. The supergroup comprised of members of EVERY TIME I DIE, ANTHRAX and FALL OUT BOY recently confirmed the addition of ALKALINE TRIO bassist Dan Andriano to its ranks. He replaces Josh Newton (EVERY TIME ...
JOE SATRIANI's First Band THE SQUARES: Watch 'So Used Up' Music Video
A collection of previously unreleased demos by Joe Satriani's first band, THE SQUARES, will be made available on July 12 via his own Strange Beautiful Music imprint. The official music video for the song "So Used Up" from "Best Of The Early '80s Demos" can be seen below. The clip was directed by Satriani's son ...
Musicians From DAVID LEE ROTH's 'Eat 'Em And Smile' Solo Band And JEFF SCOTT SOTO Were Offered Record Deal
The instrumental members of VAN HALEN singer David Lee Roth's solo band were offered a new record deal, with Jeff Scott Soto on lead vocals, following their appearance in California earlier this year. The revelation was made by Soto during a recent interview with Eonmusic. Guitarist Steve Vai, bassist Billy Sheehan and drummer ...
Video Premiere: HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES' 'The Boogieman Surprise'
Fresh off a triumphant seven-city North America tour this week, which included a stop at the famous Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, the HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES have unveiled the brand-new song "The Boogieman Surprise". At the aforementioned L.A. performance, Steven Tyler, the AEROSMITH frontman and longtime musical partner of Joe Perry, turned up for a guest ...
BLACK STAR RIDERS To Release 'Another State Of Grace' Album In September; Title Track Now Available
BLACK STAR RIDERS will release their fourth studio album, "Another State Of Grace", on September 6 via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to 2017's "Heavy Fire" was recorded in February 2019 at Sphere Studios in Burbank, California with producer Jay Ruston (STONE SOUR, ANTHRAX, URIAH HEEP). Longtime supporter Joe Elliott, vocalist of DEF LEPPARD, says: "I've ...
TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: I Don't Think YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Likes Me Anymore
Former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN singer Tim "Ripper" Owens says that he doesn't think the Swedish guitarist likes him anymore. The ex-JUDAS PRIEST frontman made the comment after BLABBERMOUTH.NET published an excerpt from an interview Yngwie gave to Greece's Rock Hard magazine in which the legendary axeman explained why he hasn't worked with an outside ...
Watch SAMMY HAGAR, NANCY WILSON, MICHAEL ANTHONY, JOE SATRIANI Perform 'Comfortably Numb' At 'Acoustic-4-A-Cure'
Sammy Hagar's sixth annual "Acoustic-4-A-Cure" benefit concert took place last night (Wednesday, May 15) at The Fillmore in San Francisco. Artists performing at "Acoustic-4-A-Cure VI" included (in alphabetical order): Tom Johnston (THE DOOBIE BROTHERS), Chad Kroeger (NICKELBACK), Lukas Nelson, Joe Satriani, Rick Springfield, Nancy Wilson (HEART) and SAMMY HAGAR & THE CIRCLE, featuring Michael Anthony ...
SAMHAIN's LONDON MAY Stars In 'Brutal Realty, Inc.' Black Metal Short
"Brutal Realty, Inc." is an absurd black metal satire film from award-winning director Erik Boccio ("Blood Bath", "Wiretap Scars"). Set for release this summer and starring actor/musician London May of Glenn Danzig's SAMHAIN, the 15-minute short also features Sarah Burns from HBO's "Barry" and a decimating musical score composed by Sanford Parker (BURIED AT SEA, ...
CHEAP TRICK To Perform At 'Linda Perry & Friends: A Night At The Grammy Museum' Benefit Gala
Rock And Roll Hall Of Famers CHEAP TRICK will perform at a benefit gala honoring Linda Perry. Sharon Osbourne will also appear at the event, which will be held on Saturday, June 29 at The Novo at L.A. Live in Los Angeles, California Proceeds from "Linda Perry & Friends: A Night At The Grammy Museum" ...
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Says His Former Singers 'Would Always Cause Trouble': 'They Would Always Be Acting Like They Were Special'
In a brand new interview with Sakis Fragos of Greece's Rock Hard magazine, legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen was asked why he hasn't worked with an outside singer on any of his albums following the release of 2010's "Relentless". "Well, that's how I did it in the beginning when I started out, when ...
TWISTED SISTER's EDDIE OJEDA Is Moving To Nashville: 'It's Just An Easier Way Of Life Down There'
During a recent appearance on the "22 Now" show, TWISTED SISTER guitarist Eddie Ojeda revealed that he is relocating from New York to Nashville. "There's a lot of people that have moved to Nashville — rock musicians," Eddie told "22 Now" host and TWISTED SISTER bandmate Mark Mendoza (see video below). "I mean, a lot. ...
Three Men Arrested For Stealing LAMB OF GOD's Guitars
According to CBS 5, three men have been arrested for allegedly stealing guitars from LAMB OF GOD while the band was in Phoenix earlier this month. The three guitars were stolen from the group's trailer on Thursday, May 2, between midnight and 4:30 a.m., according to Sgt. Vince Lewis of the Phoenix Police ...
HELLYEAH Singer: VINNIE PAUL 'Taught Us How To Continue To Allow A Legacy To Live Even After A Passing'
HELLYEAH singer Chad Gray says that Vinnie Paul Abbott taught him "how to continue to allow a legacy to live even after a passing." The drummer died last June of dilated cardiomyopathy, an enlarged heart, as well as severe coronary artery disease. His death was the result of chronic weakening of the heart muscle — ...
CHRIS CAFFERY On Late TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Mastermind PAUL O'NEILL: 'His Vision' Was 'So Magical'
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GUS G. Chosen As Spokesperson For Greek Jury At This Year's EUROVISION SONG CONTEST
Greek guitar virtuoso Gus G., well known in rock and metal circles for his work as Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist and as leader of his own band FIREWIND, will reveal the results of the Greek jury at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. The grand final of the 64th Eurovision Song Contest will take place on Saturday, ...
HELLYEAH To Release 'Welcome Home' Album In September
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Nikki and I've been traveling to India to study yoga for almost 5 years now, and there are things about this amazing country that we miss every time we leave. Chai from small stalls along the road, the constant celebrations of life, all the pandemonium on the streets at anytime of the day (cars, bicycles, rikshaws, cows, dogs, cats) all the small moments of indescribable joy as well as surrendering to the experience itself. And of course the FOOD! We do our best to recreate those flavourful dishes when we get back home, yet there is just something very special about a home cooked Indian meal.
This sprouted bean salad recipe is one of our all time favourite dishes from Jeevemoksha ashram in Rishikesh, India. It's colourful, highly nutritious and an amazing source of plant based protein. As sprouts are very easy to make we are going to take you step by step and explain how to grow your own so you too can prepare a tasty and healthy dish from scratch.
Green Mung Beans are loaded with nutritional health benefits. They are a super rich source of amino acids (for protein), vitamins (A, B, C, D, E and K),and minerals( iron, potassium), and also contain a good amount of fiber. Mung bean sprouts (as well as other types of bean sprouts) are rich in iron, which play a key role in the synthesis of hemoglobin, the protein found in red blood cells. They are also particularly high in vitamin C, which enhances the absorption of iron from the intestine, thereby helping prevent or treat anemia caused by iron deficiency.Mung bean sprouts are an excellent source of lecithin which, besides lowering blood cholesterol levels, helps reduce liver fat . Due to their high content in fiber, mung bean sprouts can help improve intestinal motility and relieve the signs of constipation.
In order to make this dish, you need to plan ahead as it requires sprouting the moong beans first. This usually takes around 1-2 days. We usually soak them over night, drain the water and allow them to sprout (1-2 days). Once done, refrigerate them and use within a day or two.
Sprouted Mung Bean Salad is easy, nutrient-dense, and great for a quick lunch!
Wash the dry mong beans and soak in enough water overnight or for a minimum of 8 hours. Drain the water, place the beans in a colander and rinse well under running water. Cover and keep in a warm dry place. In the morning you will see the sprouts starting. Again, wash the mung beans, drain the water, cover and keep. Repeat this step for 1-2 days until you see nice sprouts. Cover and keep in refrigerator and use with 1-2 days.
Rinse the sprouts well with water.
Add the onion and a pinch of salt. Saute until the onions start to turn golden-brown.
Add the tomatoes, turmeric, garam masala and cumin powder and cook until the tomato starts to break down but isn't quite mushy.
Add the sprouted mung beans and mix well. Cover and let the beans cook over medium-low heat for about 15 minutes. Stir every once in a while and, if needed, add a couple of tablespoons of water to prevent sticking. You can let the beans cook longer if you want them to be softer. Personally we prefer ours a little al dente with some crunch to them.
Add salt to taste and the lemon juice. Mix in the fresh cilantro leaves.


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Update (September 28, 2018): The SBA has published its SDVOSB final rule, available here.
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Queenstown is the bithplace of Bungy Jumping. No trip to Queenstown is complete without jumping off something or going to watch someone conquer their fear of heights. There are three different Bungy jumps in the area and they are three very different experiences.


Crans-Montana is located on a mountain plateau on the right-hand side of the Rhône in the central Valais. Bathed in sunlight, the region offers a panoramic view over the Alps of Valais. Crans-Montana has everything it takes for nature lovers with its lakes and Plaine Morte Glacier. Not to mention all it has to offer the most demanding athletes with its ski area in winter, countless hiking paths in summer and its golf course, which each year welcomes professionals in this discipline to the Omega European Master. Crans-Montana is a veritable family paradise that is actually known as the Family Destination.
Stretching from the Rhone valley to the Plaine Morte Glacier at 3000m, Crans-Montana is a sunny region with a breathtaking view over a string of mountain peaks that unfold from Bietschhorn to Mont Blanc via the Matterhorn.


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What is the track record for SIPC? How often does it bring cases?
The SIPC has earned an impressive track record. Since its founding in 1970, the SIPC has returned 99% of eligible customer claims. The SIPC has engaged in 330 proceedings, which is less than 1% of the 40,000 broker-dealers that have been SIPC members over its history. One-third of these proceedings fell between 1971 and 1974. This spike in cases resulted from difficult years in the late 1960s when hundreds of broker-dealers were merged, acquired, or forced out of business.
In recent decades, insolvency of a custodian has become a rare occurrence. The average new cases between 2009-2019 was less than one each year. As of 2020, only three cases with the SIPC remain open, most notably Lehman Brothers and Madoff Investment Securities.
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