Can I install my own gas appliances?
Why is my appliance putting out carbon monoxide?
Can I put a gas log in a bedroom?
What gas code is the City of Hastings currently under?
Where can I purchase a copy of the 2009 National Fuel Gas Code?
Where can I vent a flue?
Can corrugated stainless steel tubing be used as an appliance connecter?
Can I put up one of those metal carports?
When do I need an inspection for my project?
Why do I need to locate my property corners (property pins or property line)?
How do I locate my property corners (property pins)?
What model building codes have been adopted in the City of Hastings?
How can I determine if a property is in a flood hazard zone?
Can I repair my own plumbing fixtures?
What plumbing code is the City of Hastings under?
What types of licenses are required for plumbing?
Do you reciprocate with other states or municipalities?
Can I repair my own electrical fixtures?
Does the City provide Point-of-Sale Inspections?
Where can I obtain a food handler's permit?
Where do I go to get a driver's license?
Where do I go to get my car titled?
Where and how can I obtain a passport?
What is the amount of sales tax in Hastings?
What is the population of the City of Hastings?
How do I find out about the History of Hastings or Genealogy of Family?
I'm moving to Hastings and I'm looking for housing.
Where do I pay my house taxes?
How do I sign up for sports?
What am I required to have to boat at Lake Hastings?
Do I need to carry the card?
When is the course scheduled?
I've been boating for years, do I have to sit through the class?
Have the age limits changed?
Does the City of Hastings have a curfew?
Should I call 911 to report everything to the Police Department?
What can I do about abandoned vehicles on my street?
Where can I get bike licenses? How much are they?
Where can I get dog or cat licenses?
Where can I ride my motorized skateboard?
Where do I call for repairs to my street or alley, such as potholes?
Where do I report rough railroad crossings?
What is the amount of snow we must receive before the City will plow residential streets?
Where can I obtain dirt for use at my residence?
Who is responsible for terrace trees?
How often or when is my street swept?
What can I do to request that a sign on the city streets is changed or added.
No, all gas appliances must be installed by a licensed gasfitter.
There can be several reasons, but the most common is that the appliance needs cleaning or service.
Consult the 2009 NFGC. Observe distances to roof peaks, windows, roof peaks, air intakes and other openings.
No, This material is not rated for use as an appliance connector.
No, Hastings City Code 34-311 requires that accessory structures, including carports, shall be architecturally harmonious with the principle structure, matching the material, design, style and color of the principle structure. All structures must also comply with the International Residential Code or International Building Code.
A footing inspection of the footing or foundation when forms are ready and reinforcing steel is in place.
A framing inspection when all framing is complete, and just before insulating.
A final inspection when the project is complete and ready for occupancy.
Any necessary plumbing, mechanical or electrical inspections. Licensed trades contractors will schedule these inspections.
This establishes the property line and will determine where a building may be placed on the site. All building and zoning setbacks are measured from property lines.
You can hire a Registered Land Surveyor, or you can try to find them yourself. Looking for them your self can be frustrating and time consuming. Some helpful tools include a metal detector, plat or survey of the property, and of course, a shovel.
You can access a reference copy of the adopted model building codes at the Development Services Department, at the City Clerk's office or at the Hastings Public Library. If you wish to purchase a code, contact the International Code Council.
2009 International Building Code, 2006 International Residential Code, 2009 International Mechanical Code, 2009 International Existing Building Code, 2003 International Energy Conservation Code, 2009 International Plumbing Code, 2008 National Electric Code, 2009 National Fuel Gas Code, 2009 International Property Maintenance Code, and 2003 International Fire Code (administered by the Hastings Fire Department). These codes have been adopted with local amendments. Contact the Development Services Department for more information at (402) 461-2302, (402) 461-2302 or see Chapter 28 of the City Code.
Contact the Development Services Department at (402) 461-2302 for flood determination. Be sure to have a street address, legal description of the property or both ready, so that an accurate determination can be made.
2009 International Plumbing Code. You should also refer to the Hasting City Code, Chapter 31.
Lawn sprinkler, water softener, utility contractors and plumbers need to be licensed.
No, however private home inspection services and local contractors provide similar services to the public, and the Department strongly encourages buyers and sellers to take advantage of such services prior to a home sale. The Department requests to be notified of any major violations identified during real estate transfers.
Contact the State Department of Agriculture for information at (402) 471-2536.
Adams County Clerk's Office, Adams County Courthouse, 500 W 4th St or 461-7107.
Driver's License Examiner at Adams County Courthouse, 500 W 4th St or 462-1958.
Adams County Treasurer at Adams County Courthouse, 500 W 4th St or 461-7120.
Adams County Office Building at 300 N St. Joseph Avenue or 461-1800.
Any travel agency has the applications for passports. You will need a photograph. A certified birth certificate is required. If you do not have a certified birth certificate, contact the Bureau of Vital Statistics, 301 Centennial Mall South, Lincoln, NE. Phone 402-471-2871. Take the birth certificate, passport picture and application to the Clerk of the District Court, Adams County Courthouse for a signature. Then mail to address on passport application.
The State is 5.5% plus the City's 1.5% for a total of 7% sales tax.
24,907 as of 2010 Census.
Please contact the Adams County Historical Society or the Adams County Genealogical Society.
The City does not maintain a list of housing for sale or rent. You can view classified ads for housing at the Hastings Tribune or contact the Housing Authority if you are in need of assistance. We also have several realtor groups that could be of assistance. A Real Estate, Rental, & Leasing list is also provided by the Hastings Chamber of Commerce Business Directory.
Adams County Treasurer's Office, Adams County Courthouse, 500 W 4th St or 461-7124.
Please contact Adams County Court at 461-7143 or District Court at 461-7264, Adams County Courthouse, 500 W 4th St.
All boaters at Lake Hastings are required to have current state registration, liability insurance, and a Lake Hastings boat permit for their motorboat. Any person who operates a motorboat on Lake Hastings must have proof of successful completion of an approved Nebraska Boaters Safety Course or its equivalent.
You are required to carry proof of completion any time you are operating a motorboat on Lake Hastings, and show it to any law enforcement officer upon request. The cards issued in Nebraska are designed to be waterproof.
Courses may be located by contacting your local Game and Parks Office or visiting their web site to see the Boaters Educational services provided.
No. Experienced boaters 18 and older who wish to "challenge" the exam may do so. You may take the test during the times outlined to the left. If you pass, you will be issued a card. If you do not pass, you will be asked to take the entire course. Study materials are available from Game and Parks. Those required by state law to take the course must take the entire course.
Boating Education has been proven to reduce accidents and increase safety across the nation. We believe that this ordinance will improve safety and reduce user conflicts at Lake Hastings.
No. City Ordinance still requires boaters to be 16 to operate any boat over 10 horsepower, and 14 to operate any boat under 10 horsepower. Operators who are 14 or 15 may operate a motorboat under direct supervision of an adult at least 21 years of age.
Yes. Youth under 16 years old cannot be out from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, and from 12 midnight to 6:00 a.m. Friday and Saturday.
It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of 16 years to loiter, idle, wander, stroll, play or be in or upon the public streets, public places, public buildings, places of amusement and entertainment, vacant lots or other unsupervised places, or to ride in or upon, drive or otherwise operate, any bicycle or other vehicle, in, upon, over or through said streets or other public places or unsupervised places of the City on Sunday through Thursday of each week between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day, and on Fridays and Saturdays between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m. of the following day, unless such person is accompanied by a parent, guardian, or other adult person having the legal care and custody of such minor person, or unless such minor person is upon an emergency errand or legitimate business as directed by his or her parent, guardian or legal custodian, except as hereinafter provided.
18-138. Curfew; duty of parents.
It shall be unlawful for the parent, guardian, or other person having the care and custody of a minor person under the age of 16 years to allow or permit such minor person to do any of the things or acts prohibited by Section 18-137 of this Chapter on Sunday through Thursday of each week between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day, and on Fridays and Saturdays between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m. of the following day, unless the minor is accompanied by his or her parent, guardian or other adult person having the legal care and custody of the minor, or unless said minor is upon an emergency errand or legitimate business, as directed by his or her parent, guardian or legal custodian.
911 is for reporting emergencies only. Use 461-2380 to contact the HPD business office or 461-2364 to contact the 911 Center on a non-emergency line. Visit the 911 page for more information.
Report abandoned vehicles to 461-2388. Visit the Parking Control page for more information.
Bike licenses are available for free at the Hastings Police Department, 317 S Burlington Avenue, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m to 12:00 p.m and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Please bring your bike with you or your bike information, including make, model, and serial number.
Hastings City Code requires bike licenses on all bikes operated in the City of Hastings. The licenses also provide excellent protection from theft and make it easy for the police to return recovered bikes to the owners. Each year the department auctions off over 100 unclaimed bikes with no licenses.
Animal licenses are available at the Hastings Police Department, or by mailing a check or money order payable to the "City of Hastings" to the Hastings Police Department, 317 S Burlington Avenue, Hastings, NE. 68901. Please bring a copy of the current Certificate of Rabies, or include it with your written request. Your license and Certificate of Rabies will then be mailed to you.
Motorized skateboards, which are gaining popularity in our area, are prohibited from being operated on the street by numerous state laws. In addition, City Code prohibits the riding of ANY motorized vehicle on a city sidewalk.
Motorized skateboards, like golf carts, go-carts, riding lawnmowers, and other such vehicles can ONLY be used on private property. If you choose to ride a motorized skateboard on a city street you could face fines up to $1000. If you choose to ride on a city sidewalk you could face fines up to $100.
, by telephone at (402)461-2341, or fill out form. Since there are many repairs that need to be made each year, the Street Superintendent will evaluate and prioritize all requests.
If you notice a traffic control sign or a street sign that is missing or damaged, call the City of Hastings Street Department at (402)461-2341. If the damage could potentially cause a driving hazard, call the Emergency Communications Center at (402)461-2364 and report the sign immediately. A Street Department crew can then be dispatched to the scene.
Street and traffic lights which are not working should be reported to Hastings Utilities (Electric Department) at (402)463-1371.
If you would like to report a rough railroad crossing, please notify the appropriate company listed below.
The property owner must maintain the sidewalk in good and proper repair. Report sidewalk concerns to Police Department by calling (402) 461-2381.
Standard accumulation is 3" with additional conditions warranting the need. Decision is made by the discretion by city officials. A press release will be made if conditions are met. Learn more about snow removal.
The property owner is responsible for normal pruning and care of trees. The Parks Department will take care of any terrace tree that is dead or is diseased. If the trees are touching electrical wires, Hastings Utilities must be called to cut limbs away from wires.
After the event of a severe storm the City may decide to pick up and dispose of any tree limbs from terrace trees. In such event the City will send out a press release to inform the citizens of the duration of this pick up. Please contact the Parks Department at 461-2324 to notify them of downed limbs. The City, however, cannot pick up limbs from trees on private property (yards). Do not move trees from within the yard onto the terrace, the City will not pick these up.
There is no set schedule for street sweeping. Sweeping is done on an as needed basis and occurs 2-3 times a year.
A formal letter of request must be written to the City Engineer and sent to City of Hastings, 220 N. Hastings Ave., Hastings, NE 68901. The City Engineer will review the request, and if he approves will forward to the City Council for their action.


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Episode 31: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
After making A Fistful of Dollars (1964) and For a Few Dollars More (1965), Sergio Leone outdid his European contemporaries who were churning out spaghetti Westerns with The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). After the trilogy was released across the Atlantic, Leone revitalized the Western, a genre that was born with The Great Train Robbery (1903) but was dwindling by the mid 1960's.
Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach starred as the film's three titular characters, and everyone involved eventually went on to prosperous characters, particularly Clint Eastwood and composer Ennio Morricone. The movie is widely available on Blu Ray and DVD.
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Thu, 1 October 2015
Episode 30: Mad Max (1979)
With audiences still reeling from the success Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), we turn our sights to the one that started it all, George Miller's Mad Max (1979), which turns out to be a revenge flick set in a dystopia rather than a post-apocalyptic action movie, much like its sequels.
Not only did Mad Max jump start Miller's career, but it was also the breakthrough role for a young and handsome Mel Gibson, who was cast to play Max. Inspired by the injuries Miller observed while working in an emergency room, the film still remains a breathtaking glimpse of "guerrilla filmmaking", with remarkable onscreen car crashes and close calls with the stuntmen.
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Episode 29: Babe (1995)
If you ever want to see a grown man cry, show him Chris Noonan's Australian Babe (1995), the hit movie about a little pig that went a long way. The movie flew under the radar until it was nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture, and it's been called "the Citizen Kane of talking pig movies." While the special effects are groundbreaking (it won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects), the tale of the unprejudiced heart of a baby pig and how he changes the world of those around him is touching and timeless.
Babe is currently widely available on DVD and Blu Ray and can also be seen for free by Amazon Prime members.
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Episode 28: The Great Train Robbery (1903)
The birth of the American Western, as well as the birth of narrative filmmaking, began with Edwin S. Porter's The Great Train Robbery (1903). A product of Thomas Edison's production company, it was the first breakthrough film since George Melies' A Trip to the Moon (1902).
With a running time of only ten and a half minutes long, multiple versions of The Great Train Robbery can be seen on YouTube and it's also available on DVD. It is only the second film listed in the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die.
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Episode 27: The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
Vittorio De Sica may have been nominated for an Oscar for his supporting role in A Farewell to Arms (1957), but he's remembered for directing Italian neorealist films like Shoeshine (1946) and Bicycle Thieves (1948).
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970), made just four years before his death, was De Sica's last great film, made at a time when critics were beginning to think that his career as a great director had screeched to a halt. It brought his name back into the spotlight and, among others, earned the film an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, as well as a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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Episode 26: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1964)
When you think of the Soviet Union, their accomplishments in filmmaking will probably not come to mind. In fact, prior to 1964, Soviet cinema consisted almost exclusively of social realist films, until director Sergei Paradjanov made Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, which told the tale of a Carpathian love story in the 1800's.
Paradjanov, who would later make The Color of Pomegranates (another film on the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die list), was blacklisted for Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, which was just one tragic milestone in his tumultuous life. It remains a landmark in Soviet cinema.
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Wed, 1 July 2015
Episode 25: The Great Escape (1963)
Known for Bad Day at Black Rock (1950) and The Magnificent Seven (1960), director John Sturges had established his career making dramas with strong male ensemble casts. The Great Escape (1963) became his pet project after he established himself in Hollywood, and it's no exception to Sturges' other films, letting the actors shine brilliantly.
The Great Escape is an amazing true story based on the book by an actual prisoner who was involved in the events. The film was a resounding success, and earned an Oscar nomination for editor Ferris Webster. It is currently widely available on DVD and Blu-Ray.
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Episode 24: Beau Travail (1999)
On the outside, Claire Denis' Beau Travail (1999) is slathered with homoeroticism, which is exactly why the French Legion wasn't too happy that she made it. However, it's really a film about alienation and one man's downward spiral into isolation, insanity, and tragedy. (And, yes, I've just described every other French film prior to 2000 ever made.)
The film is currently available on DVD, and those of you who frequent speciality shops (or want to drop $30 for a copy of your own) may be able to find it.
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Sat, 16 May 2015
Episode 23: The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
The Outlaw Josey Wales is the result of Clint Eastwood's former collaboration with director Sergio Leone on "The Man with No Name Trilogy", a tender Western with an ensemble cast and a non-traditional ending.
The film was the fifth one directed by Eastwood and was the beginning of his trail-blazing career which continues to this day with films like American Sniper and Jersey Boys. Jerry Fielding received an Oscar nomination for his score in The Outlaw Josey Wales. The film is currently widely available on DVD and Blu-Ray.
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Episode 22: Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Independent cinema has been around as long as cinema itself has, but in the 1990's it burst into neighborhood movie houses and was given as much credit by average filmgoer's as the standard Hollywood fare. Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, his first film, arguably started it all.
Although Tarantino didn't make himself a househould name until two years later with Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs is the film with which he cut his teeth on the humorous and naturalistic dialogue he's known for today, as well as his style of non-linear storytelling. It is now widely available on DVD and Blu-Ray and, as of this writing, is streaming on Netflix.
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Episode 21: Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Beauty and the Beast has been interpreted by filmmakers many times, and although the most popular is probably the 1991 Disney movie, in 1946 French director Jean Cocteau put his own interpretation on film.
Haunting and surrealistic, Beauty and the Beast marks an important point in French cinema history, having come just after the War when many filmmakers were finding their footing after the German occupation. It's a well-loved classic, and the images will be hard to forget.
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Episode 20: Red Psalm (1972)
If I asked you to name the biggest contributor to Hungarian cinema, you'd probably be at a loss for words. Miklos Jancso is probably the answer, and his work included a number of films that dealt with themes of wartime and revolution, always with a historical backdrop.
Red Psalm is certainly no exception to Jancso's work. Part musical and part historical commentary, it weaves a spell that I have never seen in a movie before, and Jancso fills it with rich themes and imagery. Take a listen and, if your interest is piqued, I would recommend getting your hands on the DVD, which is readily available online.
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Sat, 4 April 2015
Episode 19: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Mutiny on the Bounty is the true story of the falling out between Fletcher Christian and Captain Bligh, a falling out with disasterous results that resulted in many men fleeing England and many other without heads. Frank Lloyd's 1935 epic was the third rendition for the big screen and was produced by MGM for a whopping record-breaking $2 million.
A testament to the production values of one of Hollywood's golden ages, Mutiny on the Bounty went on to win an Academy Award for Best Picture, and was nominated for seven others: Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, and Franchot Tone were all nominated for Best Actor, and the picture was also nominted for Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Music, and Best Film Editing.
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Episode 18: Wild Reeds (1994)
Wild Reeds is Andre Techine's coming-of-age story set during the backdrop of the Algerian War in the early 1960's. The film was a smashing success in France, and is lauded by many as one of the masterpieces of queer cinema from the 1990's, although it's unlikely that Techine intended the film's gay character to be a subplot that involves the lives of three other characters.
The film snagged a number of the top prizes at the Cesar Awards (France's equivalent of the Oscars). Although it is currently out of print and no longer on DVD, you can find a cheap used copy on the internet.
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Episode 17: Last Tango in Paris (1972)
Long before 50 Shades of Grey or any of its ilk, there was Last Tango in Paris, the sultry erotic drama starring Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider. Most people probably haven't seen it but know it by reputation; that reputation usually involves something involving a stick of butter.
Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, the film revolutionized the genre and art house cinema. It resulted in a debate over censorship, a short prison sentence for Bertolucci, and two Academy Award nominations. In this episode we take a look at the history of the film and the careers of its director and lead male star up to the point it was made.
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Episode 16: The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Frank Sinatra had just won an Oscar before he signed up to star in Otto Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm, but who knew he could really act? In a day when films about [insert drug name here] addiction and abuse seem like a dime a dozen, Sinatra delivers a top notch performance that has aged like a fine wine after 60 years.
Performances aside, Preminger delivers the goods with the film, which was arguably part of his crusade snubbing the Hollywood production code which would never permit mainstream studios to release a picture about drugs. Indeed, the chemistry between Sinatra and Preminger, two Hollywood celebrities who everyone predicted would never bond, is part of the magic of this production.
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Episode 15: Cyclo (1995)
Director Tran Anh Hung is arguably the biggest name in Vietnamese cinema, which is unfortunate because film is not one of the country's popular exports. What Vietnamese cinema lacks in quantity, however, it makes up for in quality with Cyclo, a fascinating little gem of a gangster picture that sprouted up just when Quentin Tarantino was becoming a household name.
It's fair to note that Cyclo is not technically a Vietnamese film: Tran was born there, but has lived most of his life in France and much of the production team is French. Nevertheless, the film captures the essence of metropolitan Vietnamese life, an admirable accomplishment without the common backdrop of wartime.
One note: sometimes in this episode I refer to director Tran Anh Hung as "Tran" and sometimes as "Hung". Since he and I obviously aren't friends, I prefer to refer to him formally using his family name. I understand that in most Asian cultures this would be his "first" name, which would be "Tran". My apologies for my confusion on that part.
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Episode 14: L'avventura (1960)
We'll linger a little longer on Italian neorealism with a film by another one of the movement's proponents, Michelangelo Antonioni.
When it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, L'avventura was jeered at by the audience, probably because during the entirety of its almost two-and-a-half-hours running time it has only the bare semblance of a plot. However, critics and filmmakers later embraced the film as something new and ambitious, and by the 1980's it may have unwittingly become one of the most influential films of all time. Antonioni's sixth film and his first to reach critical success, it's a masterpiece of cinema and something that (for me anyways) should probably be seen more than once to appreciate the scope of what was created.
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Episode 13: Senso (1954)
Luchino Visconti was known for dabbling with neorealism, but Senso mixed his love of the opera and melodrama with the film movement that his name is attached to.
Italy's first Technicolor film, Senso is a love story set during the Austrian occupation of Venice in the 1860's. The film is a visual feast, with sweeping setpieces that reflect Visconti's love of the opera. Alida Valli and Farley Granger (whose English was dubbed into Italian for the film's Italian release) give stellar performances as the leads, particularly Valli, who won a Golden Globe for her effort. This is another title currently readily available on Blu-Ray and DVD from the Criterion Collection; viewing the heavily-cut American version of the film from the disc's special features is to experience an exercise of how not to edit a film.
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Sat, 7 February 2015
Episode 11: Europa Europa (1990)
Film is not exactly rife with female Polish directors, which makes Agnieszka Holland exceptional. She focused primarily on television and documentary work before writing and directing the epic Europa Europa.
Dozens of films have been made about the Holocaust but, as The Washington Post put it, "[there are] only a handful as passionate, as subtly intelligent, as universal as this one." Europa Europa tells the true story of Salomon Perel, a Jewish boy who finds himself jumping from the frying pan into the fire after he accidentally enlists in the German army and moves from one situation to another to hide his identity and escape alive. Not to be confused with the Lars von Trier film Europa, the film is available on DVD, although scrupulous purchasers might consider buying a used copy: a new copy is currently available for about $65 on Amazon.
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Episode 10: My Man Godfrey (1936)
Fresh off of our discussion of Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, we set our sights on My Man Godfrey, another comedy from 1936. Directed by Gregory La Cava, the film is a satire of the lives of the naive and wealthy family residing in their Park Avenue and the merry misadventures that occur when they employ a new butler, Godfrey, who teaches them a few life lessons before the film's conclusion.
La Cava's films are laced with similar social and political satire, such as Gabriel over the White House (1933) and She Married Her Boss (1935). Commentary aside, My Man Godfrey's true charm is that it still holds up today. Several editions, many with questionable quality, have been released on DVD, but obviously the Criterion Collection edition remains the best.
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Episode 9: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
When you mention Frank Capra, most people will thank of It's a Wonderful Life, or any of a handful of other movies starring James Stewart. In the 1930's, however, Capra was probably Hollywood most prolific director, earning a string of Oscar nominations for his charming screwball comedies with traditional American values.
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town was another notch on Capra's belt after his film It Happened One Night hit the grand slam after winning all four major Academy Awards. Featuring Gary Cooper as the titular character from a small town who is thrown into a frenzy of money-grubbing New York lawyers and businessmen, the movie was hugely successful and earned Capra another Oscar for Best Director. Fun aside fact: it's also fetaures the first instance of the word "doodle", which soon found itself in the English vernacular. The film is readily (and cheaply) available on DVD.
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Episode 7: Deewaar (1975)
Considering the number of films that Bollywood has spawned, it's surprising that there's a dearth of them in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. One of the few inclusions is Deewaar, a 1975 (somewhat musical) drama directed by Yash Chopra and featuring Indian superstar Amitabh Bachchan.
"Deewaar" translated into English means The Wall, in this case referring to the divide between two brothers, one who has joined the police force and the other who has chosen a life of crime. Whether you consider yourself a fan of Bollywood or not, you have to admit it's a great drama, even if you don't enjoy the musical bits that are so characteristic of the genre. Deewaar is available on region-free Blu Ray from some international retailers.
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We found this recipe in Clifford Wright's classic text on Mediterranean food: 'A Mediterranean Feast: The Story of the Birth of the Celebrated Cuisines of the Mediterranean'. We've adapted it, first roasting the cauliflower florets in olive oil and sea salt before tossing them with new potatoes and an Irish artisan cider vinegar dressing which gives the dish a crisp finish. It's absolutely delicious and can stand as a lunch dish on its own.
*We used Living Culture Irish Cider Vinegar made in Cahir, Tipperary but you can use any cider vinegar, or in fact any vinegar from Champagne to rice wine vinegar.
2. Remove the florets from the body of the cauliflower, discarding the outer leaves and the tough core (or chop them, blanch the pieces and freeze them to add to vegetable soups). Rinse the florets in cold water and drain well. Toss the cauliflower florets in the 2 tablespoons of olive oil, season with salt and black pepper and place on an oiled baking tray. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden and cooked through.
3. While the cauliflower is roasting in the oven, cut the new potatoes into 1 inch pieces and simmer them for 15-20 minutes or until you can pierce them easily with a fork. Drain, return to the saucepan and dry out over a low heat for a minute or two.
4. Make the dressing: mix all the dressing ingredients together and adjust to your taste in terms of sharpness and seasoning. Toss the warm cauliflower and potatoes with the dressing. Serve the salad warm or cold.
Try to find a cauliflower that still has its full set of covering leaves – these protect the white 'flesh' of the bulb and stop it discolouring.
When you buy a cauliflower, check it for greenfly and insects which can burrow into the florets –always rinse it well.
Remove the outer leaves of the cauliflower before cooking: discard the tough stem at the root and any discoloured leaves. Use the rest of the green leaves and stems in soup – you can blanch them in boiling water, cool, then freeze them to add to soups later.
Don't buy a cauliflower that has brown spots – it is 'on the turn' and is not fresh. It happens when the supplier removes the outer green leaves and exposes the white bulb to the air or when the cauliflower is old. If your cauliflower does form brown spots while in your care, remove them with a sharp knife.
Store cauliflowers in the fridge or freeze them. To freeze cauliflower: remove the florets, rinse them, blanch them for a few minutes in boiling water, rinse in cold water to cool – when cold, bag up and freeze. They will last a month in the freezer.
You can use any good quality vinegar from white wine to balsamic.
If you use 'old' potatoes rather than 'new potatoes', peel them first.
Always dress the salad when the vegetables are warm so they absorb the flavour of the dressing.
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by Lauren Orsini, Jan 16th 2019
Run with the Wind ?
At long last, it's time for all the sordid details of Kakeru's past to come to light. This week on Run With The Wind, a unique cinematic approach to flashbacks lets the audience experience the background noise inside Kakeru's anxious brain. Increasingly static memories contrast with an enviable setting in the present to emulate the turmoil just below the surface for our troubled main character. While at times it's almost too obvious and literal, Kakeru's attempt to run away from his problems is delivered with empathetic storytelling and visual poise.
"And Then Start Running" begins with a punch to the face, but not the one we were expecting last episode. It reverberates from the past, from when Kakeru punched his terrible high school track coach. By all accounts the guy deserved it, and it even feels like Kakeru was doing what everyone else on Kakeru's team wanted to do. But there were consequences to that action, and Kakeru's entire team was punished. It's no wonder that the team was furious that Kakeru, who clearly got preferential treatment, was the one who snapped and ruined it for everyone. There's a bit of Stockholm Syndrome going on here, as the team would rather have their abusive coach than no team (and no meets and no chances for a college track scholarship) at all. The most fascinating detail of these flashback scenes is the way they increase in static—both for increasingly fuzzy visuals and increasingly tinny audio—as we approach Kakeru's most painful memory, at which point everything bursts into perfect color and clarity along with his punch. It's a masterful approach to depicting the way traumatic memories are stored because it shows the static in Kakeru's mind quite literally.
"I realized no matter how far I run, I'm still me," Kakeru tells the team, in case you were still wondering if this running anime has a second painfully obvious beat about attempting to outrun your problems. It's an interesting echo to Haiji's own take on running with your problems in King's episode: "Instead of running from it, why not try running with reality?" This episode is so Kakeru-heavy that the role of the ensemble cast is just to act as his supporters and a contrast to his high school team rather than to showcase their personalities. "I almost wasn't able to stop myself," Kakeru confesses, but it was actually his team that stopped him. When all of their hands work together to hold Kakeru back from making a violent mistake, it's a growth marker for how far Kakeru has come. Unlike in high school, he's opened himself up enough to have friends who help him do the right thing.
This week's Run With The Wind is a study in contrasts, laying out the worst moments of Kakeru's past side-by-side with an idyllic story circle in the forest. Kakeru has come such a long way from the desperate thief we met in the first episode. One of my favorite parts of this show is how it illustrates growth with clarity—I don't have the same impression of any of the characters as when I first met them (with the exception of the woefully neglected Hana). There's not much immediate drama or urgency, but the way characters grow and change and quietly work on themselves gives the show an irresistible emotional pull all the same.
Run with the Wind is currently streaming on Crunchyroll.
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CAAM is proud to co-present Defender, a new film by Jim Choi and Jeff Adachi. The film premieres at the 60th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) on April 15 at the Castro Theatre.
Defender tells the story of San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi who takes on the case of 22-year old Michael Smith, an African American man who pleaded not guilty in one of the first body camera cases in San Francisco when he was charged with battery on police officers and resisting arrest. This urgent documentary shows how far Adachi and his team will fight for the young man's freedom while exposing racial bias through all levels of the judicial system. The film also underscores the Public Defender's fight to provide legal representation for detained immigrants facing deportation in the current political era.
Defender, a feature length documentary, is an expanded version of the short film The Ride, which screened as a preview at CAAMFest in March. Adachi was voted in as Public Defender in SF in 2001 and was previously Deputy Public Defender. Adachi's films have screened at CAAM and CAAMFest over the years, including works such as The Slanted Screen (2006), You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story (2009) and America Needs a Racial Facial (2016).
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Magic Mike XXL gives the people what they want
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Magic Mike XXL
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Channing Tatum, Joe Manganiello, Matt Bomer, Kevin Nash, Adam Rodriguez
Theaters everywhere July 1
"Picaresque" might seem like an odd word for a male-stripper comedy produced by a major film studio, but that's the most accurate adjective for Magic Mike XXL. Where the first Magic Mike was a Steven Soderbergh dramedy whose trailers made it look like a celebrity Chippendales revue, the sequel is maybe a little too self-aware, bending over backward and showing off its rippling abs in an attempt to appeal to the rowdy gaggles of (mostly) women currently filling their purses with mini bottles of champagne in preparation for the midnight show.
Director and longtime Soderbergh AD Gregory Jacobs keeps a toned-down version of the Instagram-filter look from the first Magic Mike, but with his former boss serving as DP and camera operator, that's to be expected. The humdrum Florida milieu at the beginning of the film—where we catch up with Mike (Channing Tatum), curiously unfulfilled despite achieving his dream of opening his own custom furniture business—also seems to suggest that we're in for more of the same. But all that changes as soon as Mike, still (inwardly, presumably) reeling from a failed marriage proposal, decides to go on the road with the guys for one last bump 'n' grind. (Cody Horn, who played Tatum's love interest in the first film, must not have been available for the sequel, as her rejection of Mike serves to explain her absence. Matthew McConaughey and Alex Pettyfer are similarly explained away with a few lines of dialogue about how they ditched the Kings Of Tampa for a gig in Macau.)
The guys are on their way to Myrtle Beach for an unnamed stripper convention—when they finally get there, the marquee just says "2015 Stripper Convention"—where they'll perform in a striptease revue that, in most films, would have a cash prize that would allow them to open their own club or artisan fro-yo business or whatever. Here, the revue is not a competition, which is typical; each time the guys are confronted with a problem, someone, usually a wealthy older woman, steps in to solve it, giving the movie little to no suspense. Still, they have to get there, or else there would be nothing pushing the plot forward at all.
Here's where the "picaresque" bit comes in, with most of the movie (which runs a numbing 115 minutes) devoted to meandering between excuses for the guys to start stripping. Like an old Hollywood musical, Magic Mike XXL takes place in a universe close but parallel to our own, a fantasy realm where people randomly break out into song—or, in this case, breakdance-influenced dance numbers set to '90s sex jams. Speaking of: Presumably because Dallas isn't there to keep the boys in line, the stripteases here are full contact, and the men fling female audience members around like rag dolls, turning them upside down, humping their faces, and, in one memorable routine, physically picking one up and placing her in a sex swing.
That sounds ridiculous and fun, and it is, for a while. But the downside of all this fan service is that it makes the more focus-group-approved aspects of the film quite obvious. Watching Magic Mike XXL, four apparent demographics for the film emerge. First are millennials, whom the movie hopes will make GIFs of Joe Manganiello humping a convenience-store floor in a fit of drug-and-Backstreet Boys-induced ecstasy. Mopey hippie dream girl Amber Heard—who is mostly there for Tatum to be charming on—is the audience stand-in for this demographic, all chunky silver rings and delicate star tattoos and eating cake alone because she's so over it. See also: Harry Potter references.
Then there's the gay community, which Magic Mike XXL smartly courts not only by sending its stars out to gyrate at the L.A. Pride Parade a couple of weeks back, but with a drag-club scene where the guys win gas money as well as the hearts of Florida's LGBT community by voguing. (Not that there's any real competition.) That's a brief stopover, however; the movie takes its time seducing the number three demographic, African-Americans, with a long, multi-part sequence where various oiled-up hunks—including Michael Strahan and Donald Glover, in Childish Gambino mode—are trotted out for the amusement of the members of a private club owned by bossy older woman Rome (Jada Pinkett Smith).
Finally, there's the "cougar" crowd, which Mike and friends encounter when they go to visit a girl they met at a beach party back when we were still somewhat tethered to reality. Andie MacDowell appears as Nancy, a bored Southern housewife who spends her days drinking expensive wine with her friends now that her ex-husband has come out of the closet. What Nancy—and, by extension, the demographic she represents—needs is a virile man to make her feel beautiful again, a service the movie is more than happy to provide. MacDowell and Pinkett Smith, both assertive, flirtatious, and in positions of power, should provide plenty of fodder for thinkpieces about the female gaze in the weeks to come. (Pinkett Smith's club/palatial Georgia mansion is called Domina, for the viewers who still don't get it.)
Among the men, the chemistry just isn't there, as insanely charismatic people like Tatum and Glover exchange awkward glances, dead air hanging heavy between them as they recite self-referential—yep, there's an "alright alright alright" reference—pop-culture laden patter. (A sub-21 Jump Street joke about catering to Twilight teenyboppers similarly falls just short of acknowledging that this movie just did the exact same thing with the Backstreet Boys an hour earlier.) Significantly, the most entertaining moments of the film come when the men shut their pretty mouths and dance; the striptease convention provides a few funny montages, and our heroes' lengthy (no pun intended) routine starts off rather hokey, with individualized bits meant to reflect the guys' hopes and dreams, but builds to a pretty impressive mirror routine featuring Tatum and Step Up veteran Stephen Boss.
It's really not much of a spoiler to reveal that the Kings Of Tampa emerge triumphant from the stripper convention—what, you expected them to get humbled?—and the final scene sees them paling around on the Myrtle Beach boardwalk, the superficial conflict solved but none of the deeper questions addressed. What will these men do now that their stripping careers are over? Will Mike's would-be fiancée come back? It doesn't really matter. This entire movie is predicated on two truths: That women find Channing Tatum attractive, and that Channing Tatum can dance. Magic Mike XXL is a piece of arm candy, as shallow as a mud puddle and just as bright. But that doesn't mean it isn't fun to hang out with.


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The Church of Santi Apostoli is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church in the historic center of Florence, in the  Tuscany region of Italy. It is among the oldest church buildings in Florence.

History
The church was built in the 11th century, and though remodelled in the 15th and 16th centuries, is one of the few in the city to have maintained its High Middle Age features. Tradition recalls that Michelangelo convinced Bindo Altoviti, who planned to raise the ground level, not to rebuild, but instead preserve the church. It faces the Piazza del Limbo (Limbo Square), so-called because in Medieval times it housed a cemetery for children and infants who had died before being baptized. It is adjacent to the Palazzo Borgherini-Rosselli del Turco.

A slab on the façade attributes the foundation to Charlemagne and his paladin Roland, in the year 800, but scholars assign it to the 11th century. A small bell tower was added by Baccio d'Agnolo in the 16th century.

The simple façade, in Romanesque style, has a portal attributed to Benedetto da Rovezzano.

Interior
The plan, with a nave and two aisles with a semicircular apse, still shows Palaeo-Christian influences. It has green marble columns from Prato with capitals stripped from ancient Roman remains (the Corinthian ones probably coming from the baths existing in the area). The richly decorated wooden ceiling was added in 1333. Noteworthy is the pavement, with a mosaic from the original edifice which was later restored with the contributions of outstanding Florentine families (Acciaioli, Altoviti and others). the apse area has maintained the Romanesque appearance, with undecorated stones visible. The side chapels are from the 16th century.

On the left of the apse are a polychrome terracotta tabernacle  by Giovanni della Robbia. To right of the entrance is the tomb with the bust of Anna Ubaldi, mother of the Gran Priore del Bene, the bust was sculpted by Giovanni Battista Foggini. The 2nd chapel on the right, chapel of San Bartolomeo was completed in the 16th century. The right wall has a stucco depicting San Paolo, and on the left wall the sepulchral monument of Piero del Bene (1530).

At the end of the nave above the door that leads to the Canon's hall is the sepulchral monument of Bindi di Stoldo Altoviti (Bindo Altoviti) (1570) with a statue of Faith and two putti by followers of Bartolomeo Ammannati. On the apse is the monument of Antonio Altoviti and the bust of Charlemagne and Antonio Altoviti by Giovanni Caccini. On the left nave is the monument to Oddo Altoviti (1507-1510 by Benedetto da Rovezzano.
The 4th chapel on the left has an altarpiece with the Adoration of the Shepherds and on the wall, Archangel Raphael with Tobias and St Andrew Apostle (c 1560 by Maso da San Friano. The 3rd chapel on the left has an Archangel Michael defeats Lucifer (16th century by Alessandro Fei, the 2nd chapel has frescoes depicting the Glory of San Giovanni di Chantal by Matteo Bonechi. The first chapel has a Madonna, Child and Angels a copy of a Paolo Schiavo originally on the facade of church.

The church houses three flints (Pietre del Santo Sepolcro) putatively from the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. These were putatively used to light the lamps of the tomb when Jesus was buried. Tradition holds that they were acquired in 1101 by Pazzino dei Pazzi, who was among the first Christians to scale the walls and lead to the capture of Jerusalem during the First Crusade. From then on, the Pazzi included a flaming cup in their coat of arms. The flints are linked to the ceremony of Lo Scoppio del Carro and the lighting of fireworks from the Portafuoco after a celebratory mass.

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The web of the brainstem
Case number: 111
Author: Jonathan Squires, Jason Barton
A 22 year-old woman with global developmental delay was seen for acute onset of abnormal eye movements, dysarthria and reduced mobility.
Three weeks prior, her mother had noted abrupt onset of out-turning of the right eye, though the patient denied diplopia. She had had a similar episode as a child, which had resolved spontaneously. Two weeks prior, she had trouble using her legs for a few minutes while riding on a stationary bike, followed several days later by an episode of several hours of confusion and slurred speech while exercising at the track. Since then she gradually became more tired, lethargic and sweaty, though afebrile. Two days prior, she fell to the left while eating and was unable to move for a few minutes. A similar spell occurred when she awoke the next morning.
There was no prodromal illness, new medication or other provoking factor.
She was not taking any medication. Her mother's 20 year-old cousin was being investigated for a muscle disease.
Her acuity at near was 20/40 OD and 20/30 OS. Pupils and fundi were normal. She had bilateral INO (WEBINO) and gaze-evoked nystagmus in up and down gaze. The videos show her eye movements 2 months later, after some improvement.
She also had bilateral facial weakness, neck flexor weakness and marked facial hypomimia. There was rigidity, bradykinesia and mild pyramidal weakness in all limbes, with diffuse hyperreflexia, 4 beats of ankle clonus bilaterally, and a right upgoing toe. There was dystonic posturing of the arms and her gait was stooped and shuffling. Her sitting and standing postures were unstable with sway.
She had a lumbar puncture. The cerebrospinal fluid showed 2 red blood cells, <1 white blood cell, glucose 4.4 mmol/L, protein 340 mg/L, all normal. Lactate levels were elevated in serum (6.8mmol/L) and CSF (6.3mmol/L). MRI was abnormal.
sagittal image, FLAIR MRI
Question: What is the diagnosis?
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Adult Leigh syndrome
This patient"s clinical presentation and imaging are in keeping with Leigh Syndrome (a.k.a. subacute necrotizing encephalopathy), a heterogeneous syndrome caused by deficient mitochondrial energy production. Additional MRI images are shown.
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Leigh syndrome is rare in adults. More typically it presents in early childhood with developmental regression, ataxia and hypotonia. Ocular manifestations can include nystagmus, ophthalmoparesis and optic atrophy. IAdults can present with intellectual decline and vertical gaze palsy; headaches, visual hallucinations and memory loss; or even an MS-like history.
The genetic basis of Leigh syndrome is highly variable. It can result from mutations in any of the mitochondrial or nuclear genes that encode components of the mitochondrial respiratory chain complexes or related enzymes. The most commonly affected structure is Complex I of the respiratory chain (NADH dehydrogenase).
Diagnosis is suggested by acute brainstem signs and symptoms, often after a period of respiratory stress. Laboratory investigations typically reveal elected lactate in serum, urine and cerebrospinal fluid. Organic acids and other metabolic pathway intermediates may accumulate and give clues to the specific enzymatic deficit, allowing targeted genetic testing. Otherwise, sequencing of the mitochondrial genome can be undertaken. Neuroimaging often shows symmetric lesions of many parts of the central nervous system, such as the brainstem, cerebellum, substantia nigra, thalamus, basal ganglia,and cerebrum, the latter in more advanced cases. MR spectroscopy can show an elevated lactate peak.
Treatment is supportive and targeted toward symptoms. L-carnitine, L-arginine and co-enzyme Q10 are often prescribed in an attempt to optimize mitochondrial function.
Most affected children die by the age of 5 years, but long-term survival and recovery have been reported. Given the late onset of severe symptoms in this patient, she most likely has a "forme fruste" variant with a better overall prognosis.
Our patient had an elevated lactacte: pyruvate ratio of 26.5:1. She was treated with levodopa, with some improvement, and L-arginine, L-taurine, biotin, and co-enzyme Q10.
Finsterer, J. Leigh and Leigh-Like Syndrome in Children and Adults. Pediatr Neurol 2008; 39:223-235.
Baertling, F et. al. A Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Leigh Syndrome. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2014; 85: 257-65.
Cavanagh, JB and Harding BN. Pathogenic Factors Underlying the Lesions in Leigh?s Disease. Brain. 1994; 117:1357-176.
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Horses To Watch
HARNESS RACING'S GREATEST DAY – FOR RACING AND ACTION – SATURDAY AT BIG M
The stream of stakes races will overflow as a small creek would after a tropical storm, just like the money that will flood the pools at The Meadowlands on Saturday (August 8), when the 95th edition of the $1,000,000 Hambletonian takes center stage on "Harness Racing's Greatest Day". Post time for the first race is noon.
Sitting atop the list of betting opportunities will be the 20-cent Super High-Five. With Saturday bringing a mandatory payout, a low 15 percent takeout and a $109,280 carryover, the sky's the limit for the wager's total pool since the race will have a bulky field of 11.
"We have a unique wagering and investment opportunity for all players caused by the low takeout and big carryover," said Big M Chief Operating Officer and General Manager Jason Settlemoir. "We have placed the wager on Race 14, which will take place 30 minutes before the prestigious Travers Stakes at Saratoga.
"The opportunity for the player is superb, as the mathematics of this carryover wager have swung the advantage to the player, arguably making the mandatory payout on the High-Five the best bet offered at any race track or sports book on Hambletonian Day. There will be more money paid out Saturday than the money wagered on the High-Five if the final pool is under $800,000."
His point is a valid one. In the event there is $190,720 in "new money" bet into the High-Five, which is a low-end guess, that would create a total payout of $271,392 (good for a surplus of $80,672), which would result in a staggering 42 percent edge for the bettor.
If there is $290,720 in new money, that would create a total payout of $356,392 (surplus, $65,672), creating a 22 percent advantage for the player.
But, naturally, on the 16-race program that will conclude The Big M's "Championship Meet", that opportunity to make a score is merely one of many.
In fact, there will be five other wagers on the program which will undoubtedly take big action while offering the small 15 percent rake:
· 20-cent Pick-6 (Race 1)
· 20-cent Pick-5 (Race 3, $75,000 guaranteed pool)
· 50-cent Pick-4 (Race 8, $100,000)
· 20-cent Pick-5 (Race 11, $50,000)
CHECK YOUR WATCH: Friday (August 7) night's races will begin at the usual 7:15 p.m., but on Saturday (August 8), Hambletonian Day, the huge 16-race program gets underway at noon.
The Hambletonian Oaks has a post time of 3:30 p.m., while the Hambletonian is slated to go at 4:35 p.m.
NATIONAL TV: The Hambletonian and the Hambletonian Oaks will be presented on a tape delayed one-hour broadcast that will be seen on the CBS Sports Network beginning at 6 p.m.
The show will be hosted by Gary Seibel remotely, with the Big M's TV team of Dave Brower and Dave Little serving as the primary on-site players. Gabe Prewitt, Ashley Mailloux and Jessica Otten will handle interviews during the 60-minute show. Ken Warkentin will call the race for the 21st time in his career as the voice of The Big M.
STAKES MENU: In addition to the $1,000,000 Hambo, the $600,000 Hambletonian Oaks, $273,125 Cane Pace, $90,525 Shady Daisy, $229,660 Sam McKee, $177,100 Lady Liberty, $284,200 John Cashman, $166,550 John Steele, $339,000 Peter Haughton and $350,300 Jim Doherty will also be on the Saturday card.
WANT TO BET THE HAMBO ON FRIDAY? Wagering on the entire Hambletonian Day card will be available all day long on Friday, August 7. Check wherever you normally get your action as all 16 races should be available for those who want to bet 24 hours in advance.
WANT TO BET THE HAMBO "ON THE GO"? The Meadowlands will offer wagering for those who need the convenience of a walk-up window given the track's reduced capacity.
There will be a betting window in Lot M off Berry's Creek Road. Tellers will take action from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Programs will be available for sale for not only the Meadowlands races, but for simulcast action as well.


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Date: Thursday 22 August 1985
Operator: British Airtours
Registration: G-BGJL
C/n / msn: 22033/743
First flight: 1981-02-26 (4 years 6 months)
Total airframe hrs: 12977
Cycles: 5907
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15A
Passengers: Fatalities: 53 / Occupants: 131
Total: Fatalities: 55 / Occupants: 137
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: Manchester International Airport (MAN) ( United Kingdom)
Crash site elevation: 78 m (256 feet) amsl
Phase: Takeoff (TOF)
Nature: Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Manchester International Airport (MAN/EGCC), United Kingdom
Destination airport: Kerkyra-I. Kapodistrias Airport (CFU/LGKR), Greece
Flightnumber: KT328
British Airtours Flight 328 (also known as flight 28M) was a charter flight from Manchester to Corfu. At 06:08 in the morning the crew were cleared to taxi to runway 24 for departure. At 06:12 the aircraft had lined up on the runway and was cleared for takeoff. The takeoff was to be performed by the co-pilot. During the takeoff run the captain made the routine 'eighty knots' call and 12 seconds later a 'thump' or 'thud' was heard. The captain immediately ordered 'stop', closed the throttles an selected reverse thrust. The maximum speed achieved was 126 knots IAS. At first the captain thought they had suffered a tyre burst or a bird strike. The co-pilot had applied maximum wheel braking, however, because of the possible tyre burst, the captain said 'Don't hammer the brakes, don't hammer the brakes'. At 45 seconds after the start of the takeoff run, 9 seconds after the 'thud', as the aircraft decelerated trough 85 knots the captain radioed ATC that they were abandoning takeoff. The fire bell rang simultaneously and he added as he cancelled reverse thrust, 'it looks as though we've got a fire on number 1'. ATC confirmed this: 'right there's a lot of fire, they're on their way now.'. At 25 seconds past the 'thud' (and 20 seconds before the aircraft stopped) the crew decided to evacuate via the starboard side. The 737 was decelerating through 36 knots then and the captain warned the cabin crew about the evacuation six seconds later. After the aircraft stopped a no. 1 engine fire drill was carried out, the no. 2 engine was shut down and the passenger evacuation drill carried out. Before completion of this drill the captain saw fuel and fire spreading forward on the left side of the aircraft. Both flight crew members escaped through the sliding window in the right hand side.
Immediately after the 'thud' an intense fire developed on the left-hand side of the plane, causing some cracking and melting of windows with some associated smoke in the aft cabin. This caused some passengers to stand up in alarm and move into the aisle. Immediately after coming to a halt the purser tried to open the right front door (R1) but the escape slide container jammed on the doorframe, preventing further movement of the door. He then crossed to the L1 door and opened it (25 seconds had passed since the aircraft had stopped). The purser then returned to the R1 door and managed to clear the obstruction and was able to open the door 85 seconds after the aircraft had stopped. Meanwhile passengers had managed to open the right hand overwing exit. The R2 (right rear) door had also been opened but no one escaped through this exit. In total 17 surviving passengers escaped through the L1 door, 34 through R1 and 27 through the overwing exit.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The cause of the accident was an uncontained failure of the left engine, initiated by a failure of the No 9 combustor can which had been the subject of a repair. A section of the combustor can, which was ejected forcibly from the engine, struck and fractured an underwing fuel tank access panel. The fire which resulted developed catastrophically, primarily because of adverse orientation of the parked aircraft relative to the wind, even though the wind was light. Major contributory factors were the vulnerability of the wing tank access panels to impact, a lack of any effective provision for fighting major fires inside the aircraft cabin, the vulnerability of the aircraft hull to external fire and the extremely toxic nature of the emissions from the burning interior materials. The major cause of the fatalities was rapid incapacitation due to the inhalation of the dense toxic/irritant smoke atmosphere within the cabin, aggravated by evacuation delays caused by a forward right door malfunction and restricted access to the exits. "
Investigating agency: AIB
Duration: 3 years and 4 months
Accident number: AAR 8/88
Uncontained engine failure
Runway mishap
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AAIB issued 31 Safety Recommendations
FAA issued 1
Issued: 25-AUG-1985 To: JT8D-15 T85-17-51
Immediate inspection for evidence of combustion chamber distress (and repair or replacement, if necessary) of all JT8D-15 engines with certain combustion chambers (Part Nos. 778714 and 778715), except for those engines maintained under an ECM program approved by the FAA.
Issued: 19-SEP-1985 To: CAA G-BGJL (10)
A review of the approval of the cabin configuration as it existed on G-BGJL should be conducted, with particular reference to the following features of that configuration: i) The restricted view of the passenger cabin afforded the forward cabin crew when seated.; ii) The forward aisle restriction created by the floor to ceiling forward galleys.; iii) Access to the overwing exit where the presence of row 10 seats appeared to conflict with the British Civil Airworthiness Requirements. It is recommended that all row 10 seats be removed. The approval of other configurations on Boeing 737 and other types should also be reviewed with the intention of addressing any similar problems.
Issued: 19-SEP-1985 To: CAA G-BGJL (5)
Emergency equipment for use by cabin crew during an emergency evacuation should be stowed at the cabin crew stations.
Issued: 04-DEC-1985 To: CAA G-BGJL (12)
A requirement should be introduced for passenger public address systems that can continue to function largely independently of engine or airframe system condition, and provide a high gain mode for use in emergencies.
The Civil Aviation Authority should urgently give consideration to the formulation of a requirement for the provision of smokehoods/masks to afford passengers an effective level of protection during fires which produce a toxic environment within the aircraft cabin.
Issued: 14-MAR-1986 To: CAA G-BGJL (1)
Procedures should be developed to enable the crew to position an aircraft, when a ground fire emergency exists, with the fire downwind of the fuselage. Visual indicators of local wind direction located within the manoeuvre areas would be valuable aids to the implementation of such a procedure.
Issued: 15-DEC-1988 To: G-BGJL (11)
A review should be conducted to examine the adequacy of existing British Civil Airworthiness Requirements relating to \'unobstructed access\' to exits and these updated where necessary to take account of modern high density seating configurations.
Operators should adopt a policy of distributing the most experienced cabin crew throughout the passenger cabin.
A requirement should be introduced for an effective communication system for Rescue and Fire Fighting personnel as part of the licensing requirements for all major airports. That requirement should include provision for communication on the same system by the officer in charge of the units deployed by any local authority fire service having standing arrangements to attend such airports.
The recruitment and training of airport fire officers should be amended to facilitate a more management orientated approach.
RFF personnel in breathing apparatus should be positioned by overwing and other exits at the earliest opportunity to assist those evacuating and to help keep the exits clear. This would require the airport fire service to be equipped with additional breathing apparatus and all RFF personnel to be trained in its use.
A requirement should be introduced for some form of standardised high visibility clothing to be worn by the officer in charge of the Rescue and Fire Fighting personnel at any incident/accident scene.
A thorough review should be undertaken into techniques for extinguishing fires inside the passenger cabins of public transport aircraft, with a view to rectifying the current deficiencies in airfield firefighting capability when dealing with internal fires.
Onboard water spray/mist fire extinguishing systems having the capability of operating both from on-board water and from tender-fed water should be developed as a matter of urgency and introduced at the earliest opportunity on all commercial passenger carrying aircraft.
Issued: 15-DEC-1988 To: G-BGJL (2)
Research should be undertaken into methods of providing the flight deck crew with an external view of the aircraft, enabling them to assess the nature and extent of external damage and fires.
The balance of effort in aircraft fire research should be restored by increased effort directed towards fire hardening of the hull, the limitation of fire transmission through the structure and the prevention of structural collapse in critical areas. Short term measures should be devised for application to existing types but, in the long term, fire criteria should form a part of international airworthiness requirements.
A requirement should be introduced to ensure that existing external fuel tank access panels which are vulnerable to impact from engine or wheel/tyre failures on aircraft in service are at least as impact resistant as the surrounding structure. The potential risk of damage from debris impacts should be addressed in future by appropriate design reqirements covering debris ejection from engines and/or impact strength requirements for the airframe.
Aerosols with hydro-carbon propellants should be treated in the same way as other cylinders of flammable gas and their carriage on board aircraft controlled accordingly.
A requirement should be introduced to ensure that all portable oxygen bottles carried on board public transport aircraft are fitted with pressure relief valves and are stowed in thermally protected areas, preferably at low level.
The proposed requirement for cabin crew smokehood protection be extended to include training for crew donning and use during aircraft emergency evacuations associated with a fire and/or smoke threat during the evacuation.
The applicable regulatory requirements for aircraft cabin materials certification should be amended at the earliest opportunity to include strict limitations of smoke and toxic/irritant gas emissions.
A research program should be undertaken to establish the effect of water mist/spray extinguishing systems on the toxic/irritant constituents of fire atmospheres.
The existing regulatory requirements governing the Evacuation Certification of public transport aircraft should be reviewed and amended to include: i) A demonstration of an acceptable evacuation time when the cabin is evacuated using half the total number of exits, disposed towards one end of the cabin; that end being chosen which represents the greatest restriction to passenger egress.; ii) Simulation of a defined dense smoke atmosphere within the cabin, existent from the initiation of the evacuation until its completion.; iii) All other sub-testing associated with cabin evacuation, including passenger aisle flow, the identification of exits and aperture egress rates, upon which design and configuration certification decisions are based, be conducted in the same simulated smoke atmosphere.
The design strength of the break-forward \'baulks\' fitted to the seats adjacent to overwing exits should be increased to prevent failure due to passenger pressure-loads on the backs of these seats.
Operators should amend their Operations Manuals, if necessary, to direct crews on any rejected take-off or emergency landing to stop on the runway and review the situation before a decision on clearing the runway is made.
Research should be undertaken to assess the viability of \'audio-attraction\' and other techniques designed to attract passengers towards viable exits when speech and vision is impaired in smoke and toxic/irritant gases.
Research should be undertaken into the effects of cabin airflow on smoke/gas venting and flashover delay/suppression, with a view towards the possible benefits of changing current cabin air-conditioning design and/or associated procedures.
Consideration should be given to the requirement to fit an evacuation alarm permitting flight deck crew to instruct cabin crew to initiate an evacuation immediately, or if the aircraft is still moving to prime for an evacuation immediately the aircraft is brought to a halt.
The Civil Aviation Authority should continue to work with other regulatory authorities to define a mandatory international code of practice for identifying the appropriate method of promulgation for manufacturers\' safety information. This code should include a procedure for ensuring that, at the earliest opportunity, preliminary/advisory information should be followed up and superseded by appropriate Bulletins, Airworthiness Directives or manual ammendments.
If manufacturers are to continue to supply maintenance guidelines which require the operator and his regulatory authority to determine maintenance intervals, particularly for critical components, a re-evaluation should be undertaken of the methods employed to judge residual component lives, particularly following repair.
Direct fusion weld repair of circumferential cracks in JT8D engines combustor cans should be deleted from all approved Engine Overhaul Manuals, unless the safe life of the repaired can has been demonstrated for the anticipated overhaul/inspection period.
Operators should seek the manufacturers comments when making changes to approved technical manuals, under the terms of approval granted by the CAA.
type: Boeing 737-236
Seat map Boeing 737-236 G-BGJL
Distance from Manchester International Airport to Kerkyra-I. Kapodistrias Airport as the crow flies is 2252 km (1407 miles).
26th loss
15th fatal accident
7th worst accident (at the time)
29th worst accident (currently)
5th worst accident (currently)


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Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo Photographs Occupy Wall Street Protest
Photo by Lee Ranaldo
Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo has posted a collection of photographs from the Occupy Wall Street protests on the Sonic Youth website.
"Living down in lower Manhattan has been pretty wild for the last decade, w the occupation of Zuccotti Park/Liberty Plaza being only the latest happening of note. I've been witness to many of the daily marches up to and back from City Hall and down to the site a number of times. What follows are, for now, merely some photos. I have a great sound recording I'm going to try and figure out how to post as well."
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So you've heard about someone else then?
Yes, local LSM whose committed to a fairly well known program. Nothing overally concrete but heard SU had started to sniff around, this commit thought probably put and end to that.
I think he's actually a 2019 who hasn't signed yet, id rather not divulge the name but if you look at LSM's committed in the area I think you will figure it out fairly quickly.
Overstock.com., plenty of good 19 and 20 lsm recruits coming in. Greater need to further restock attack. As far as present season, couple of fogos coming in next year but certainly could use a transfer to deepen options.
2 fogos next year and as you noted I wouldn't be surprised if we got a transfer. Varello and Phaup are also both back next year. We did get two new attack recruits after the deluge of decommits in the 2020 class. Keep an eye on Donnelly in that 2019 class under the radar attack recruit.
I've heard great things about Kline (2019 Commit) as a FOGO. Never seen him play but have had several people tell me that he is the real deal. Fingers Crossed!
The other recruit is Luke Talago. He was overshadowed a bit in his own area last year, as there were three seniors who went D1 as FOGOs. One went to High Point, another Monmouth. The third was Mike Sisselberger, the #1 FOGO recruit in the country.
He should be the clear #1 in his area this year. He's a good athlete and has a great command of his exits.
I've heard good things about both guys for next year as well especially from someone I trust who saw one Talago in person so I am really hoping at least one works out. Losing both recruits in this class was a bummer to say the least.
No but he's a good looking player as well, former Johnnies commit now committed to Albany with another certain LSM.
The only position I know about for sure is goalie. Here y'all go. Make a correct thread.
Midfielder from Stepinac, dont see his stats but his highlights are below for football, plays QB as well.
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This is an excellent addition for both programs that have put together daunting out of state schedules while turning into national powers. Senior midfielders like IMG's JJ Levandowski (Syracuse) and the Falcons' Michael Mines (Maryland) will highlight a battle of the athletes."
Watching a replay of today's UNC game. Nicky Solomon, Nate's brother, looking pretty good. Did Cuse try to recruit him at all?
Liam said one Solomon to a customer.
He verballed to UNC prior to his 9th grade HS season.
Your brother, Nate, is headed to Syracuse next fall. Was it hard to turn down the opportunity to play with him for a year?
"The thought was intriguing but I really just wanted to carve my own path rather than follow in his footsteps. Syracuse was in the mix but I preferred schools like North Carolina and Ohio State and really just looked at those two the most.


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The Digital Oligarchy
By Manahal Zameer
As of December 2020, 93 million internet users have been reported in Pakistan. For a major chunk of these internet users, social media is the primary channel of expression. More so, during the pandemic, people have started spending considerably more time on social media platforms to engage on multiple levels. It is through this engagement that the general public has been able to develop a relationship with the state as well.
Facebook and twitter are the two major platforms largely used by the public as the primary means of public engagement. For a democratic governance these platforms are necessary to create a sense of citizen participation in a democratic setting. Free speech is one element which is increasingly being promoted through the use of social media especially for underrepresented groups in the society. The opposite of free speech, which is censorship acts as a threat to the democracy.
This leads us to the question that whether social media companies should regulate the free speech and indulge in censorship and blocking people from the digital space. Sometimes such regulation is state backed, that is, either the manipulation is done by state organizations known as cyber troops or the private companies are used as tools to manipulate the public's behavior. There has been a recent debate about the power of the social media to regulate content after the Trump's Ban from Twitter resulting from the attack on Capitol Hill. According to the news, this ban was an attempt to prevent the incitement of further violence in the country. However, it has raised some pertinent concerns over the regulatory power of social media. As for Angela Merkel, the ban was problematic since free speech is a fundamental right and the social media companies do not have any right to regulate it. Borris Johnson also said that there is a real debate revolving around the status of the big internet companies and the way they are perceived either as platforms or as publishers.
One side of the debate also points out that the social media companies do have the power to decide between right and wrong since they are the ones to develop the newsfeeds and man-made algorithms to display content. The algorithms involved need to be monitored to filter the fake news or any sort of misinformation being promoted.
However, when social media companies try to leverage their power over political issues, it becomes problematic. It has been argued that regulating free speech should be the role of law makers and not the private tech companies.
The private big tech companies -such as twitter in the case of Trump's ban- argue that they have been facing immense pressure from the law makers and the civil rights advocates to do more to regulate content on their platforms. Moreover, these companies have been avoiding strict regulatory policies to be content neutral but incidents such as the Capitol Hill attack which continue to incite violence and lead to increased disruption are the reason that these companies have to resort to being overly powerful. Such authoritative action on part of these big tech companies questions their role in comparison to the traditional publishers who reserved the right to control what is being published.
The spread of misinformation during the covid-19 pandemic and the aftermath of the US election have pushed the social media firms to limit the misuse of their platforms by removing accounts which are engaged in disseminating false information backed by state organizations.
Upon reconciling the multiple views on the digital oligarchy in light of the Trump's twitter ban, it has really clarified where the power resides in the digital society. Through a policy lens, this is a transnational problem which cannot be challenged just through laws, however, state and citizens should be powerful enough to challenge these private companies in the court.
Lastly, not only the suspension of a political figure from a social media site raises questions about the power of the social media, but it also sets a dangerous precedent as well since French journalists term it as a 'collapse of the monument in information space'.


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Q: How is it possible to run the sound of a push notification in loop? I am developing an app based on Ionic2 framework, I would to know if it's possible to run the sound of a push notification in loop. (i.e. like the VOIP app when you receive a call, the sound keeps repeating..)
So far, I have something like this, which is working fine:
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But, I would like to make the sound of the push notification repeat, any idea?

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What, specifically, has the president decided to do?
First, he has authorized U.S. officials to expand travel, increase remittances and grow bilateral trade. To facilitate this and ensure proper oversight, the Treasury Department will also make banking easier and allow the use of U.S. debit and credit cards in Cuba. In addition, it will strengthen the monitoring and transparency of financial flows between the United States and Cuba by allowing American financial institutions to open correspondent accounts at Cuban banks. One effect of all of the changes will be to increase the ability of Americans to provide business training and other support for Cuba's nascent private sector, which already includes 500,000 employees. In this regard, the Commerce Department will ease current export limits on a variety of products that would help Cuban small businesses grow such as construction firms, agricultural companies, automobile repair and others.
Second, the president's decision will support new efforts to tear down the digital wall that isolates Cubans. The country has an Internet penetration rate of 5 percent, among the lowest in the world. Prices are high, and services are limited. Under the new policy, we will permit the sale of technology that will begin to unleash the transformative effects of the Internet on the island.
Third, the president has ordered reforms in the application of U.S. sanctions to Cubans in third countries.
Fourth, the president has asked the State Department to review Cuba's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism to ensure that any such designation is guided entirely by the facts and law.
All this is in addition to the start of talks aimed at the restoration of normal diplomatic relations. Next month, Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson will lead the U.S. delegation to the next round of U.S.-Cuba Migration talks, and the Commerce Department will lead a business delegation to the country in the coming months. In the spring, President Obama will travel to Panama for the 2015 Summit of the Americas, where we are encouraging full participation by representatives of Cuban civil society. Meanwhile, the United States has welcomed home USAID subcontractor Alan Gross, who was wrongfully jailed in Cuba for more than five years, and also an American intelligence agent who had been imprisoned for two decades.
President Obama's announcement last week is forward-looking and emphasizes the value of people-to-people relations, increased commerce, more communications and respectful dialogue. It will enhance our ability to have a positive impact on events inside Cuba and to help improve the lives of the Cuban people. It will put American businesses on a more equal footing. And it will enhance the standing of our own country in the hemisphere and around the world.
John Kerry is U.S. secretary of state. Penny Pritzker is secretary of commerce. Jacob J. Lew is treasury secretary.
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