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Iowa Workforce Development Deputy Testifies Before Congress
Contact: Kerry Koonce: (515) 281-9646
Iowa Workforce Development Deputy Testifies Before Congress,
Discusses Recovery Act Impacts on Unemployed Iowans
Des Moines – Iowa Workforce Development Deputy Director Joseph Walsh will testify before a Congressional Ways and Means Committee on the impact of the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on unemployed Iowans. The hearing will take place today at 10:00AM EDT. Deputy Director Walsh will focus on a number of issues affecting Iowa's economy, the recently passed unemployment modernization bill, the need to invest in upgrading the skills of Iowa's workers. Iowa was the first state in the nation to pass all of the provisions attached to the Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act within the federal Recovery Act.
"With the passage of the Federal Recovery Act, we have a significant opportunity to give some help to struggling working families," stated Deputy Director Joe Walsh. "The unemployment provisions of the Recovery Act were the first stimulus dollars to find their way into our local communities. These dollars will play a large role in getting our economy back on the right track."
In addition to Deputy Director Walsh, the following individuals will also be testifying before Congress:
• Ray Uhalde, Senior Advisor to the Secretary, United States Department of Labor;
• Michael L. Thurmond, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Labor, Atlanta, Georgia;
• Maurice Emsellem, Policy Director, National Employment Law Project, Oakland, California;
• Mike Mitternight, Owner and President, Factory Service Agency, Inc., Metairie, Louisiana;
• Heidi Shierholz, Ph. D., Economist, Economic Policy Institute
The federal Recovery Act provided Iowans receiving unemployment benefits with an additional $25 each week. During the first quarter of 2009, the additional benefits and the federal emergency unemployment compensation added over $41 million in federal funds into Iowa's economy.
Copies of Deputy Director Walsh's written statement to Congress are available from the Communications Office.


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Does Netflix Have Baby Geniuses?
Watch Baby Geniuses | Netflix.
Where can I watch Super Baby Genius?
Watch Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 | Prime Video.
How many baby genius movies are there?
Baby Geniuses1999
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 22004
Baby Geniuses/Movies
What is that movie called with baby?
It tells the story of a social worker who investigates an eccentric family which includes "Baby", a 21-year-old man who acts like an infant. The film is considered a cult classic….The Baby (film)
The Baby
Directed by Ted Post
Written by Abe Polsky
Produced by Abe Polsky Milton Polsky Elliott Feinman
Is Baby Geniuses a Disney movie?
Production. Baby Geniuses was one of the final films to be produced under Sony's Triumph Films label before it shuttered in 1997.
What app is Baby Genius on?
Is there a baby genius 2?
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (also known as Baby Geniuses 2: Superbabies or simply Baby Geniuses 2) is a 2004 American family comedy film directed by Bob Clark and written by Gregory Poppen, from a story by Steven Paul. The sequel to the 1999 film Baby Geniuses, the film stars Jon Voight, Scott Baio, and Vanessa Angel.
What year did Baby Geniuses come out?
March 12, 1999 (USA)Baby Geniuses / Release date
What does Baby Geniuses play on?
Baby Genius TV is available on Amazon Prime, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, Comcast Xfinity, Cox, and Roku.
When was Baby Geniuses filmed?
Baby Geniuses is a 1999 American family comedy film directed by Bob Clark and written by Clark and Greg Michael based on a story by Clark, Steven Paul, Francisca Matos, and Robert Grasmere, and starring Kathleen Turner, Christopher Lloyd, Kim Cattrall, Peter MacNicol, and Ruby Dee.
Is Baby Geniuses a good movie?
A thoroughly misguided, unfunny film. Baby Geniuses' ramshackle plot serves merely as a launching pad for nearly two hours of jokes revolving around the idea of babies who talk and behave like bad stand-up comedians. The hokey dialogue and witless physical gags keep everything painful and hectoring.
Are there Baby Geniuses 2?
What happened in Baby Geniuses 1999?
Baby Geniuses (1999) Scientist hold talking, super-intelligent babies captive, but things take a turn for the worse when a mix-up occurs between a baby genius and its twin.
When did the movie Baby Geniuses come out?
Baby Geniuses ( 1999) Baby Geniuses. PG | 1h 37min | Comedy, Crime, Family | 12 March 1999 (USA) 2:03 | Trailer. 2 VIDEOS | 16 IMAGES. Video vi2526517273. This video file cannot be played.
What is the plot of Baby Geniuses?
Shortly after the funny adventure of Sly and Whit in Baby Geniuses (1999), a new batch of intellectual toddlers, Archie, and his friends, Finkleman, Alex, and Rosita, find themselves entangled in a nefarious scheme devised by the powerful media mogul, Bill Biscane.
Is Your Baby a genius?
But true genius, as proven by intelligence quotient (IQ) tests, is not a common phenomenon. Look out for the following 15 signs in your baby, if you want to find out whether you have a child prodigy in the making! 1. Exceptional Communication and Language Skills
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POLL: If you were able to repeat high school, would you have worked harder and applied yourself more?
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Education beyond a high school diploma is critical for increased income and career opportunities. If you don't already have a plan for next year, it's time to start considering your options and making decisions. There are many great reasons to continue your education. Talk to your parents, teachers and guidance counselors about what makes sense for you.
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In 1989, following the fall of the Berlin wall, the United States Congress authorized and funded the creation of Enterprise Funds aimed at supporting private sector development in two formerly communist nations of Eastern Europe. The Enterprise Funds were organized as private, not-for-profit corporations run by independent non-governmental boards of businessmen and women who managed and invested the grants received from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The Enterprise Funds' mandates were to invest in small and medium sized corporations in Hungary and Poland which did not have access to capital. Following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, several other funds were established for Russia, Albania, the Baltics, Bulgaria, Central Asia, the Czech-Slovak Republics, Romania, and the Western newly independent states, with grants ranging from $30 million to $340 million. In all, the United States Congress appropriated over $1.3 billion in grants to 10 Enterprise Funds between 1989 and 1995.
• Expanding cultural, educational, and scientific exchanges through the establishment of Fulbright commissions, reciprocal cultural centers, scholarship programs, and other activities.
Members of the National Security Council staff, at that time, were also instrumental in the passing of the SEED Act, including now Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and now Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Dan Fried.
Following the authorization of the Enterprise Funds in 1989, the U.S. Government selected individuals with business and government experience from both the United States and the respective host country to serve on the board of each Enterprise Fund. Individuals with proven success in banking and venture capital investment were recruited from the highest levels of the business community to serve on the boards.
According to a 1999 Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report: "[t]he Fund boards are responsible for establishing their own operating and investment policies and directing their corporate affairs in accordance with U.S. legislation and grant agreements. The Fund's senior management is generally American. The Fund's investment staffs, including senior investment officers and other investment professionals, are comprised of Americans, hostcountry, and third-country national employees."2 This structure allowed oversight and decision-making to remain in the control of American board members while benefiting from on-the-ground knowledge and cultural understanding of in-country board members and staff.
Each Enterprise Fund was registered as a private, not-for-profit (501(c)(3)), non-stock corporation in the United States (mainly Delaware). The members of the Corporation (the U.S. Directors) stand in place of the shareholders and the members elect the Directors every three years. An operating agreement was signed with the USAID that required the Enterprise Funds to undergo routine audits but which allowed the Enterprise Funds to operate independent from government control or influence.
In fact, the Enterprise Funds have been so successful that in the particular case of the Polish-American Enterprise Fund, an initial USAID grant of $240 million in 1990 reached a total value of $360 million by 1999. The Polish Fund had invested in several dozen enterprises, a bank, a mortgage company, and a micro loan fund and had created a private management company to invest its funds. In the late 1990s, the Board decided to liquidate the Polish Fund. One half of its original investment, $120 million, was returned to the United States Treasury, a first for a United States foreign assistance program, and the rest was used to endow the Polish American Freedom Foundation, an initiative to provide grants for civil society building in Poland and surrounding countries. One of the Foundation's best investments was Fundusz Mikro, a micro loan initiative that has distributed 93,000 micro loans to 43,000 clients totaling $250 million over 12 years.
• Training bank personnel in credit risk evaluation.
In addition, Enterprise Funds have invested or reinvested in over 500 small and medium sized enterprises in host countries. Every dollar invested in these businesses has helped attract an additional two dollars from local and foreign investors for new technologies and development capital and has created employment opportunities for approximately 250,000 people.
Building on the success of the Enterprise Funds and the precedent of public funding for such initiatives, the Cuba Study Group proposes the creation of the Cuban Enterprise Fund (the "Fund") to assist in the creation of private enterprise in Cuba as soon as law permits. The Fund would follow a similar institutional structure as previous Enterprise Funds while drawing on additional sources of capital funding.
The Fund would be incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation with no shareholders. A Board of Directors would be appointed by the donor institutions and in accordance with their contributions to the Fund. Directors would be selected for their knowledge and experience in venture capital investment and not for political considerations. The Board would consist of five members from donor nations (or regions) as well as four members from within Cuba.
The Cuba Study Group recognizes the obstacles in both United States and Cuban legislation that would make the implementation of the Fund impossible at this time. However, recognizing that the transfer of power in Cuba represents a genuine window of opportunity and, given the Cuba Study Group's belief in the importance of laying options on the table for the consideration of possible reformers within the government, we propose that the groundwork be laid in anticipation of the inevitable change that will occur in Cuba. By preparing this important initiative in anticipation of change, we better serve the Cuban people and their chances of success and prosperity following a transition.
The most dynamic sector in the former communist nations of Europe, the former Soviet Union, Vietnam, and China have been small and medium sized businesses which have been responsible for generating approximately 60% of their gross domestic product. It is generally the case in nations in transition that neither the former banking system, which had primarily served large corporations, nor the new private domestic and foreign banks, serve the small enterprise market. This is due in great part to the fact that these new, domestic small and medium sized businesses present a greater perceived risk and higher transactional costs due to the small size of their loans and lack of collateral. Inevitably, this will be the case in Cuba as well. The Cuban Enterprise Fund would service this segment of the Cuban economy that ultimately will be underserved, yet is so important for the economic success of Cuba.
In addition to the United States Government's initiative in financing the Enterprise Funds of Europe and Asia, it has specifically recognized the importance of assisting in the development of private enterprise in Cuba. Chapter IV of the Second Report of the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba presented to the President in July 20068 clearly states the important role the United States, the international community, and Cubans abroad can play in assisting in the economic development of Cuba. More specifically, the section titled "Encourage Small Business Development" sets out specific ways in which the United States could assist in encouraging private enterprise in Cuba. Furthermore, the report highlights the importance of preparing "well in advance" to assist the Cuban Transitional Government so as to be in a position "to offer assistance immediately."9 Finally, the report highlights the importance of building "a broader international effort starting now, in the planning phase."10 The Cuba Study Group believes that this proposal builds on this commitment by the United States government through the implementation of foreign assistance programs with a proven track record within the United States government, principally the Enterprise Fund model.
• Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and other European nations.
Cuba has a very small private sector and a very primitive financial sector with a total lack of financing for small and medium sized enterprises; however, there are plenty of investment opportunities, especially in the service sector (retail trade, services to tourism, personal and commercial services, etc.). This is in contrast to some Eastern European nations where there was a small, yet significant, private sector accounting for approximately 10% of the economy in some instances. This fact highlights the challenges Cuba will face and the importance of making training, technical assistance, and mentorship available to Cuban entrepreneurs, in addition to making capital available to start or expand small and medium sized businesses.
Eastern European nations such as Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic that saw the benefits of the United States Enterprise Funds, and that continue to do so today, are in a unique position to understand the important role that the Cuban Enterprise Fund could play during Cuba's transition. The Fund represents a unique opportunity for these nations to now take on a leadership role and assist a country that will face many of the same challenges they once did.
While this proposal relies mainly on the support and financing of governments and international financial institutions, it recognizes the important role of private investments. The Cuban Enterprise Fund will be called upon to leverage itself with parallel private investments. The Polish-American Enterprise Fund provides a highly successful model for managing and attracting private investments. It established an investment management company which attracted private institutional money to invest alongside the Polish Enterprise Fund (See Figure 1). Over time, the Polish Fund was re-paid and the investment company continues to invest funds from private sources. The Cuban-American community is a natural source of private investment in this case. In addition, Cuban- American investment would send an important message to Cubans on the island, that the exile community is interested in being a transitional asset, not a transitional obstacle.
The Board of the Fund would have complete autonomy to decide where and when to make investments, separate from political considerations or pressures from the Cuba Study Group, governments, or donor institutions. The Board would approve investments in private enterprises in Cuba and direct the profit of such activities back into the Fund for further investment; no dividends will be paid out. This will ensure that the operation is truly not-for-profit and that any profits will be used to further the mission of the Fund.
Upon the liquidation of the Fund, all monies should be directed toward the creation of an endowment to continue to assist the Cuban people in a manner directed by the Board of the Fund. The creation of the Polish-American Freedom Foundation out of the liquidation of the Polish American Enterprise Fund can serve as a good example of the way in which this can be managed.
The Cuban Enterprise Fund would also provide technical assistance to directly support Fund investments. This technical assistance would focus on training and educating management and employees of invested companies to provide them with the skills necessary to ensure the success of their businesses. Technical assistance costs would be managed from a separate account other than the Fund's investment capital.
The Cuba Study Group recommends that funding institutions allocate an additional $15–$20 million, separate from the Fund's investment capital to fund technical assistance programs.
The role of the Cuba Study Group would be to prepare the proposal and seek the cooperation and commitment of the prospective donors, as well as lend the experience and expertise of the Cuba Executive Corps (the mentorship initiative created for the Cuba Study Group Micro-loan initiative) for future training and mentoring of Cuban entrepreneurs. The Cuba Study Group would not be responsible for funding, managing, or staffing the Cuban Enterprise Fund or directing the type of investments the Fund directors make, nor will any of the Cuba Study Group's members or staff profit in any way from the Fund.
1. Birkelund, John P. "Doing Good While Doing Well." Foreign Affairs 80.5 (2001): 14–20.
2. U.S. General Accountability Office. Enterprise Fund's Contributions to Private Sector Development Vary. Washington: GAO, 1999, p. 4.
4. U.S. General Accountability Office, p. 21.
8. Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba, Report to the President, July 2006.
10. Ibid, pp. 80–81, 87.


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Dua Lipa's new single 'Last Dance' is here and it's just as incredible as we expected
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Following the amazing breakthrough single 'Be The One', rising pop starlet Dua Lipa has returned with new single 'Last Dance', and it has not failed to exceed expectations.
'Last Dance' was written by Dua herself alongside Talay Riley, who has previously worked with Jess Glynne and Chris Brown.
After being included on BBC's Sound of 2016 poll, Dua Lipa will play a headline show at London's Heaven on March 31 following her 7-date UK tour last month.
Tickets for Dua Lipa's Heaven gig are available here. 'Last Dance' is released March 25.
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Map #47: Can We Lead When We're Lost?
Can we lead when we're lost?
This is an unsettling question. Because knowing where to go and how to get there — being the one who can guide the others — is a big part of what many people imagine leadership to be about: a leader-follower model.
This is also an urgent question. Because so much of the leader's role today involves being stuck. Stuck, for example, between opposing objectives. You can't seem to get closer to one without getting further from the other. Short-term versus long-term. Profit versus sustainability. Work versus family. Shareholders versus society. Time for others versus time for me.
Or stuck in a different way: by the awful recognition of giant problems that need to be solved but can't be solved. Like climate change. Or the death of truth in public discourse. Or the deepening of inequality. Or the spread of addictions — chemical and digital. Or social fragmentation.
What is leadership when there is no way forward?
For the last 15 months or so, I've been working out a response to this question — in part in-tellectually, but mostly in-collaboration with hundreds of people who have courageously joined me in some social experiments to "lead while lost."
In-tellectually
My personal conviction has become that the most impactful forms of leadership today require not knowing the way forward. Maybe I'd go so far as to say that leadership today is when people who should know where we need to go and how to get there instead have the courage to stand up and say: "I'm lost."
For two reasons. First, because that admission is True. When people who should know instead admit that they are lost, it helps begin to restore society's broken relationship with Truth. It helps restore Truth as something complex. As something bigger than any leader can possess or understand. (And if you've seen my TED Talk, you know that I'm much more worried about society's addiction to simple truths than I am about the lies we spread.)
Second, having the courage to stand up and "not-know" invites others to do the same. The world is changing fast. And so at least some of the maps we navigate the world by — the maps that tell us where to go and how to get there — don't reliably do either of those two things. We need to make new maps. That much is obvious from the outset. But what is wrong with which of our maps? That only becomes obvious after some brave stumbling into the unknown.
To stand up and say "I'm lost" invites the people around us to explore that unknown together. To journey.
Here's an overview of what that journey might look like. (If you want the details, you know how to reach me.)
In collaboration - basecamp:London
A few weeks ago, 100 improbable people came together for basecamp:London, to experiment with how to take the first steps on this journey.
Basecamp:London was the second such experiment. The first was basecamp:Toronto, last November. The Toronto experiment validated the idea that whenever the way forward is not clear, coming together can be a powerful, meaningful response that reveals unexpected pathways to action.
Basecamp:London sought to repeat that meaningful act of coming together, and to test what happens when we collectively invest more resources into the gathering. Toronto was one day, London was a full day-and-a-half, with a night in between to eat together, play together and "consult with our pillows." Toronto was in a tight downtown room; London was in a sprawling castle. In Toronto, we navigated an improbable diversity of backgrounds and perspectives on our own. In London, we had help from a half-dozen professional facilitators.
Some things stayed the same. London, like Toronto, was an entirely volunteer-organized, non-profit gathering. Despite the heavy financial risk to the organizers (!!), invitees were not obliged to pay any fee to take part. Instead, everyone was invited to "contribute what you can." Most of the 100 participants opted to accept that invitation and contributed in amounts ranging from $10 to $10,000.
Basecamp:London taught a lot of lessons. It clarified several "tensions" — from the interpersonal to the theoretical — that efforts like this raise. It showed the magical possibilities and awkward challenges of the "contribute what you can" model. It made clear that the journey from "unsettling question" to "bold expedition" is longer than a single meetup.
For me, basecamp:London was personal proof that the same circumstances that make us feel stuck can also liberate us. Not knowing the solution, not knowing the way forward, is not an obstacle to hope. It is the wellspring of hope. It is what compels us to come together in new ways, to surround ourselves with the "mix that is missing" from our daily lives. All in a spirit of discovery, and healthy self-doubt. Not knowing the way forward is what entitles us to explore fresh directions for human flourishing.
I'm grateful for this shift. I want everyone to experience it.
Right now, the organizing team and I are collating the output scrapbook from basecamp:London. We're also finalizing a journey proposal for 2020 and beyond. If you were at basecamp, you'll be the first to receive an invitation to access both. (Our intent is before year-end). If you weren't at basecamp and would like these outputs, do let me know.)
From Question to Conversation
For now, let me share one concrete take-away from these basecamp experiments, which is an emerging method for reliably turning "unsettling questions" into "unusual conversations."
"Leading while lost" begins with an unsettling question, along the lines of "I don't think we can stay here anymore. But where else could we go?"
(For example, at basecamp:London one group re-examined society's whole relationship between people and computers. They realized that the present relationship must change, because our present ways of thinking about and using computing technologies are dehumanizing. But how is a humanizing use of technology possible?)
The next step is to broaden that question into a conversation. The conversation has to be unusual. Otherwise, it will simply reinforce our usual ways of seeing the problem.
So, diversity matters. But what kind of diversity should we aspire for? In the weeks since basecamp:London, I've had to answer this question several times, to several different audiences. And (with the help of others) I've begun to draw this picture to explain what I think we've learned so far. I've begun to call it our "conversation canvas."
The canvas is made up of five questions:
Who's going to bring us back to where we began? It's hard to fully appreciate how far our own thinking on a question has evolved, without a reference point—someone who can tell us how much our thinking has changed since embarking on these conversations.
Who can connect us to what came before? Who can we speak to who can help us connect to values, to principles, to beginnings, to history…?
Who can we reach out to? Who is usually at the margins of this question? Whose views aren't normally taken seriously, but that we will commit to hearing?
Who can we bring together? What is the mixing that rarely happens on this question, that we have the opportunity to convene?
And finally (5), What is the conversation I need to have with myself? Have these conversations led to a new awareness of our own assumptions, biases or blindspots, so that we can now see them and reflect upon them?
This canvas is one meaningful, tested response. The outcome of completing the conversation canvas, I've learned, is not the answer to the question. Instead, it's a deeper insight into the problem. Into "what's wrong with which maps." The outcome is also a strongly committed group of diverse people from diverse viewpoints. All of whom feel heard. All of whom want to explore new pathways together.
I shared an early draft of this canvas publicly for the first time a couple weeks ago, in a workshop with a global group of 24 senior executives on Oxford University's Strategic Leadership Program. They found it to be a useful frame for shifting from feeling "I'm stuck" to feeling "I'm at the beginning of a journey, whose destination is uncertain but probably significant."
(Let me know privately if you want the full run-through of the canvas, for you or your team.)
Possible next steps
Raise your hand if you weren't at basecamp:London or basecamp:Toronto but you would like a link to the output scrapbook and journey proposal (coming late-December).
Apply the "canvas" to convene an unusual conversation around an unsettling question that's got you stuck — then tell me your story. This is an emerging method, not a refined tool. Please help it evolve. (I also know a research project into deliberative democracy at Cambridge University that would love to hear your stories, too…)
Tell me your "unsettling question." I might be able to help you fill out your canvas with some improbable people who'd love to take part in your unusual conversation.
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Albert C. Yates
1942 in Memphis, Tennessee
Academic Administrator, Colorado State University (Ret.)
Former Spokesman, Bohemian Companies (Patricia Stryker)
"Colorado Model" (Colorado Democracy Alliance)
Political Involvement
Connected Organizations
For more on the "Colorado Model," see Colorado Democracy Alliance and Democracy Alliance
Dr. Albert C. Yates is a retired academic administrator who served as the president of Colorado State University from 1990 until 2003 and served on a number of high-profile executive boards. Since retiring from academia, he has played a significant role in American politics and is credited with helping connect the "Gang of Four," a group of elite donors that founded the Colorado Democracy Alliance (CoDA) that helped Democrats win control of state government in the late 2000s.[1] The strategy that Yates helped pioneer has since been referred to as the "Colorado Model." [2]
Albert C. Yates was born to John and Sadie Yates in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1942. After graduating high school, Yates enlisted in the U.S. Navy where he served for two years. He enrolled in the University of Memphis and graduated magna cum laude with degrees in chemistry and mathematics. He earned his doctorate in chemical physics from Indiana University, where he taught for one year, 1969. The University of Cincinnati hired him as an associate graduate dean. At Washington State University in Pullman, he served as provost. Dr. Yates served as the president of Colorado State University between 1990 and 2003, after which he retired from academia.
He has two children, Aerin and Sadie, with his wife Ann, as well as two older children from a previous marriage.[3]
Outside of academia, Yates has been a member of a number of different boards.[4] Most prominently, Yates serves as an advisor to, and spokesman for, Bohemian Companies, which is involved in construction, real estate development, restaurants, and a winery. The company was founded by Yates's political ally, Pat Stryker.[5]
Yates has also served as a member on the board of managers at Catalist LLC, a company that sells data-related services based on compiled data from 240 million American voters.[6] Catalist, also known as Data Warehouse, is funded by the Democracy Alliance.[7] Catalist clients include Democratic political campaigns, labor unions, and liberal nonprofit organizations.
A number of charities and foundations have been created in Yates's honor. The Dr. Albert C. Yates Distinguished Service Award, the Albert C. Yates Leadership Development Institute, and the Albert C. Yates Fellowship Program.[8]
The Albert C. Yates Endowed Chair in Mathematics, is a permanent teaching position at Colorado State University established with a $1.5 million donation from the Bohemian Foundation. Pat Stryker, Yates's political ally and Gang of Four member, stipulated the position as part of a $20.1 million donation. At the time of the grant in May 2003, it was the largest donation in the school's history.[9]
Also see Colorado Democracy Alliance and Democracy Alliance
Shortly after retiring from Colorado State University, Yates helped facilitate meetings that would eventually unite the "Gang of Four," a group of wealthy donors who put aside their factional differences to challenge the Republican Party's strength in Colorado. Yates and his friend, then-Attorney General Ken Salazar (D), held informal meetings with leading liberal activists and business leaders. Rutt Bridges, a millionaire geophysicist and unsuccessful Democratic politician; Tim Gill, a businessman who earned $400 million during the tech boom and took interest in LGBT issues; Pat Stryker, an heiress worth $1.4 billion for her stake in the medical supply company Stryker Corp; and Jared Polis, a businessman who would later become a successful Democratic politician, formed an alliance in large part due to Yates's efforts.[10] The press dubbed Bridges, Gill, Stryker, and Polis the "Gang of Four."
"The Gang" used their influence to bring together a powerful group of allies as the Colorado Democracy Alliance (CoDA). CoDA helped create an opposition research operation to dig up dirt on Republican candidates, a think tank to develop policy, independent voter registration services, and Ethics Watch. Key members included Tony Massaro, who ran Colorado Conservation Voters; Jennifer Brandeberry, a member of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association; Steve Adams, a leader in the AFL-CIO labor union federation; and Beth Ganz, state chair of the Colorado affiliate of pro-abortion group NARAL (formerly the National Abortion Rights Action League).[11] Collectively, they donated $3.6 million to the 2004 election effort, outstripping the $845,000 raised by Republicans. The core group – the Gang of Four – gave $2.5 million to the effort, roughly two-thirds of the total amount raised. [12] Democrats overturned Republican majorities in the state House and Senate, and succeeded in picking up a U.S. Senate seat and a House seat even while the state voted for the reelection of President George W. Bush.[13]
Yates is believed to be a member of the Democracy Alliance, an invite-only group of donors who pay dues and contribute a set amount of money each year to progressive causes and groups endorsed by the alliance.[14][15] Yates is also reportedly a key leader of the Committee on States, an organization closely tied to, and structurally similar to the Democracy Alliance, dedicated to advancing left-of-center causes in individual states.[16]
Witwer, Rob. "Rocky Ride." National Review. March 5, 2009. Accessed July 16, 2018. https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2009/03/23/rocky-ride/. ^
Barnes, Fred. "The Colorado Model." The Weekly Standard. July 12, 2008. Accessed July 10, 2018. https://www.weeklystandard.com/fred-barnes/the-colorado-model. ^
Rettig, Patricia. "Colorado State University: Libraries." Colorado State University Libraries. Accessed July 10, 2018. https://lib2.colostate.edu/archives/findingaids/university/uacy.html. ^
"Guaranty Bancorp." GenTwenty. Accessed July 10, 2018. https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:JuVzOJwdJkcJ:https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp%3FpersonId%3D561854%26ticker%3DGBNK%26previousCapId%3D50279638%26previousTitle%3DCatalist%252520LLC+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us ^
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What to see in Rovigo?
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The city, located between two large rivers, Adige and Pó, is perhaps the least known provincial capital, but leaves nothing to be desired by the most famous. Today we shall get to know the delightful Rovigo.
Capital of the Province of the same name, Rovigo presents itself in a simple, friendly, welcoming, but very refined way. Rovigo is in the Veneto region and, with its fairytale atmosphere, makes our hearts flutter. What to see in Rovigo? Here at Your Travel to Italy with Ana Patricia you make the trip of your dreams !!! ALSO: see our "Accommodation in Italy – Tips for your holidays!"
Rovigo is a province and its homonymous capital is in the region of Veneto . It has about 250 thousand inhabitants and, to the north, it borders the provinces of Verona, Padua and Venice; to the west with the province of Mantua (in Lombardy), and to the south with the province of Ferrara (in Emilia-Romagna); to the east, we find the Adriatic Sea. The area is that of Polesina and is caressed by the breeze that comes from the sea, with a touch of the rivers Pó and Adige.
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1) What to see in Rovigo? VISIT THE SOCIAL THEATER
We start with the Historic Center of Rovig or. It can easily be explored on foot and most monuments are concentrated close to each other. Walking there, you come across the most important squares in the city, as well as Piazza Garibaldi, where you can see the beautiful Neoclassical-style Social Theater. Built between 1817 and 1819, the Social Theater currently hosts a popular season of performances including readings, operas, dance performances and much more. Today, only the beautiful façade and the foyer remain of the original theater, as a fire in 1902 destroyed the beautiful built hall, which was practically all made of wood for acoustic needs.The theater was immediately rebuilt, maintaining the neoclassical façade and the foyer with frescoes, but the hall was erected in reinforced concrete, tested, and proved to be ideal for the acoustics of the place.
2) What to see in Rovigo? VISIT ROVIGO TOWERS
In Piazza Giacomo Matteotti, the highlight is the Donà Tower, emblem of the city, and the Mozza Tower; vestiges of the old medieval fortification give us an idea of the magnificence of long ago. The path retraces the remains of the old walls and is very interesting. The remains of the Castle and the defense towers also offer the Grimani Tower , famous for its slight declivity, although the upper part has collapsed; it is also called the concave tower.
3) What to see in Rovigo? VISIT RONCALE PALACE
Head to Vittorio Emanuelle II Square, where you will find the column with the Lion of St Mark, that recalls the presence of the Serenissima in the region. This square is also the main meeting point of the city, which is surrounded by elegant noble palaces, such as the Roncale Palace, from the 16th century, with free entry, but it is necessary to make a reservation, and also accessible as a guided tour. Roncale Palace houses a collection of period furniture, sculptures and tapestries and the collection of artists of the 20th century from the Padua and Rovigo Caixa Economica Foundation.
4) What to see in Rovigo? VISIT THE CHURCH OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN OF AID
Some churches, among the many present in the city, are worth a visit. The Church of La Beata Vergine del Soccorso, also known as Rotonda, is one of the most important places of worship in Rovigo. The church has an octagonal shape and is fascinating, but its interior is the real pearl of the place. It was built to preserve the image of Our Lady, considered miraculous; it has walls decorated with frescoes and canvases and, in fact, its beauty impresses!
5) What to see in Rovigo? VISIT THE ROVIGO CATHEDRAL
Also a must-see is the Cathedral of Rovigo, which was built around the year 1000 and rebuilt in 1461 and 1696. In fact, the facade was never completed, although, over the centuries, it has often been thought about how they could complete the work, but the various projects presented never came to fruition. Dedicated to St. Stephen, it features a single brick wall with its 19th century portal and a statue of Jesus placed in the niche above it. The interior preserves countless precious works of art, including, on the altar in the left transept, the "Christ, the Risen" by Palma the Young.
6) What to see in Rovigo? VISIT THE CHURCH OF SAINT FRANCIS AND GIUSTINA
Another church worth visiting is the Church of Saint Francis and Giustina; it is one of the main churches in Rovigo and has undergone numerous renovations over the centuries. The façade was altered by the restructuring of the 19th century, but as soon as you turn the corner you can already see the Romanesque-Gothic layout of this huge religious complex that dates from the 1300s and 1430s, in addition to the bell tower, from 1520. The interior houses many precious works of art; "Pietà", by Tullio Lombardo, which is on the third altar, on the left, draws attention.
7) What to see in Rovigo? VISIT ROVERELLA PALACE AND MUSEUMS
Another beautiful tourist spot is the Roverella Palace. The Palace is one of the most beautiful mansions in Rovigo and today houses the Gallery of Modern Art in the city, very important for the Veneto region. Here you will find the Accademia dei Concordi photo gallery, which organizes prestigious contemporary exhibitions. Be sure to visit the Museum of the Great Rivers. In the old Olivetan Monastery of St Bartholomew, a museum is perfect to visit if you are with children. The Museum of the Great Rivers is full of models and multimedia installations that cover the Polenisa region and presents material from the Bronze Age to the Renaissance.
What to visit around Rovigo?
The Polesina area is a historic region between the Adige and the Po up to the Adriatic Delta and which today is entirely included in the province of Rovigo. You can also find many canals and small valleys, which were built by the Republic of Venice during its rule. The roads that cross these plains are built on the banks and follow the winding course of the streams. A tip: take the route by bike.
Natural Park of the Po River Delta
The Natural Park of the Po River Delta is divided between the provinces of Ferrara and Rovigo, and is the pride of the region.
Fratta Polesine
Another very charming place in Fratta Polesine, 15 km from Rovigo, is Villa Badoer, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most beautiful villages in the region.
Sacca degli Scardovari
For unforgettable views, visit Sacca degli Scardovari, which is the largest lagoon formed by the waters of the Po River. In addition to the lagoon, you will find land recovery sites with ruins and farmhouses immersed in a splendid plain! TIP: eat the fried mussels! They are unmissable!
The town of Adria
The town of Adria is another place close to Rovigo that deserves to be highlighted! Its old historic center follows the evolution of the River Pó Delta, guaranteeing river trade in Greek and Roman times, and protected the city from barbaric invasions. Today, it is the gateway to the Pó Natural Park.
Rosolina Mare
One of the most touristic places in the area is Rosolina Mare. It is at the mouth of Po River and 'faces' the Adriatic Sea. The Caleri lagoon is a privileged place to observe migratory and sedentary birds, including the beautiful pink flamingos. This is where you can find the most beautiful villages in Veneto, definitely.
Rovigo's History
Ancient, the first document about the city dates back to April 24th, 838, where Rovigo is defined in Latin as a village, Villa Rodigo which, at that time, was a rural village. In 920, the bishop of Adria, Paolo Cattaneo, ordered a fortification to be built on the banks of the Adigetto River, transferring the headquarters of the bishopric there. This first fortification was completed in 954 and was later followed by the construction of the walls during the Este period, between the 12th and 15th centuries.
A little more of Rovigo's History
The Este domain over Rovigo, which lasted for almost three centuries, was made official by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI in 1194, with Count Azzo VI and then with Obizzo II d'Este. Subsequently, the territory was disputed by the Republic of Venice, which, in the 15th century, began to expand. During the Salt War, Venetians entered Rovigo in 1482 and stayed there until the Franco-Austrian period (1797-1866). The presence of ancient Venetians, Etruscans and later Romans is certain, even though the foundation dates back to the 19th century, and there is no lack of evidence of this important presence. The castle tower, now known as the Donà tower, 66 meters high, is one of tallest medieval Italian towers, it was almost certainly the tallest masonry tower of its time.
During its rule, the Republic of Venice wanted to impress and leave its mark. For this, he built Maggiore Square (the current Vittorio Emanuele II Square) , the civic tower and the column with the Lion of St Mark, dating from 1519. At the beginning of the 19th century, just after the fall of the Republic of Venice and the establishment of the French rule, Rovigo was renovated and gained social and cultural momentum, becoming the incredible city that we know today! TIP: To access the map for printing, click CLICK HERE!
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What to see in Rovigo? The city is not big, but it pleases those who visit it and offers several walking options between squares, churches, museums, towers and medieval doors, Rovigo will win over your heart. And if you feel insecure or have no time, and need help to organize your trip, do not hesitate to look for me! I will love to help you make your dream trip to Italy. And how can I do that? Continue reading this post until the end and you will understand how can we make your life and journey easier.
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The onload="this.rel='stylesheet'", if it had worked in IE/Edge, would have been a good fallback. Scott Jehl's loadCSS library has its own polyfill for rel=preload.
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Many HFCs/NBFCs are currently engaged with PSU banks to sell down their loan pools under the government's partial guarantee scheme (Photo: PTI)
NBFCs not enthused with revised ALM norms: Kotak
2 min read . Updated: 05 Nov 2019, 09:37 PM IST IANS
The RBI on Monday extended the deadline for implementation of ALM and LCR framework for NBFCs from 1 Apr to 1 Dec, 2020
The recent efforts by the RBI have helped liquidity position of small retail NBFCs even as debt market participants remain concerned on the asset quality in the wholesale segment
The RBI norms on liquidity and asset quality of non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) will offer some comfort and cushion to the market, but concern over the wholesale segment's asset quality remains a challenge for debt market players, broking firm Kotak said on Tuesday.
The Reserve Bank had on Monday issued final guidelines on Asset Liability Management (ALM) and Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) framework for NBFCs extending the deadline for their implementation from 1 April to 1 December, 2020.
"We believe that these measures are aimed at providing some comfort to market participants on the liquidity position of NBFCs," the broking firm said in an analysis report.
Recent efforts by the RBI have helped liquidity position of small retail NBFCs even as debt market participants remain concerned on the asset quality in the wholesale segment. There's some improvement in NBFC liquidity, though the debt markets remain cautious, Kotak said.
"The RBI and the Ministry of Finance (MoF) have taken several measures to improve liquidity of retail NBFCs. Managements of some of the smaller NBFCs highlighted that their funding access has improved, largely due to new facilities from PSU banks. Many HFCs/NBFCs are currently engaged with PSU banks to sell down their loan pools under the government's partial guarantee scheme. However, select private banks, mutual funds and other debt market players remain cautious," said the report.
"Most NBFCs are hence shedding commercial papers (CPs) and other short-term market borrowings. Increase in downgraded loans by insurance companies is likely making these companies cautious as well. While the default in Dewan Housing's mortgage-backed securitisation (MBS) has raised concerns, this has not yet affected loan sell-down for retail NBFCs. Challenges in the wholesale book of select NBFC/HFCs remain a concern for debt market participants/lenders," it added.
"In its final ALM and LCR guidelines for NBFCs, the regulator has elongated the period of implementation (December 2020 onwards versus April 2020 earlier). The relaxation is longer for smaller NBFCs (non-deposit accepting NBFCs with asset size of ₹50- ₹100 billion)," it further added.
Kotak said there are two key takeaways of these guidelines. The new guidelines break up the first bucket (1 month) into smaller buckets (0-7 days, 8-14 days, 15-30 days). The net cumulative negative mismatches in these buckets should not exceed 10-20 per cent of cumulative cash outflows in the respective time buckets; the current guidelines allow 15 per cent negative mismatch in first 30 days and the RBI has introduced liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) norms for NBFCs.
The report said NBFcs are well-placed in the near term. "With most NBFCs retaining large cash on their balance sheet and continuing to follow a conservative ALM policy, we don't expect any immediate impact. There may not be a large structural negative. With a short time horizon of these norms (one month), we don't think that there is any impact of the ALM/LCR norms on the Net Interest Margin (NIM) of most NBFCs on a structural basis. Since line of credit (from banks) is allowed for the calculation of cash inflows, LCR guidelines may not have significant impact either," it added.


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About a month ago, Picture Polish released four new shades in their Opulence range that had a bit of a story to go with them. You see they wanted to create a collection of magnetic holographic polishes, but unfortunately they had a bit of trouble with the magnetic shift, and after they were already bottled they discovered the metallic shift was too understated. This little mishap didn't stop them though, instead they took the chance to release them as metallic holos with a subtle magnetic shift.
Thus the collection of Story, Mishap, Change and Trouble were launched. Generally the swatches show the polishes with the use of magnets but of course I wanted to try out just how subtle the magnetic shift was.
I used a diagonal striped magnet that I got with some of the Layla Magnet polishes and I was definitely able to get quite a noticeable magnetic shift, but some were more amazing than others.
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Here is Mishap, which is a blue toned metal grey shade. I'd rate the magnetic shift about 5 on this one two.
Here comes trouble, which is a raspberry red metallic holo. I found this one had the most subtle magnetic effect and would rate it about 3/10.
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Following the close of World War II, General George S. Patton is seriously injured in a car accident and not expected to survive. "The Last Days of Patton" tells the story of these last few months of the General's life and the Army Medical Corps efforts to save him. Intermixed with flashbacks, the film also shows Patton's earlier career as a fledging tank commander during the First World War.
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George C. Scott, Eva Marie Saint, Peter Banks
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Daniel Benzali, Ron Berglas, Irina Brook, Ray Charleson, Nancy Crane, more… Frank Dux, Richard A. Dysart, Don Fellows, Alan Freitag, David Gilliam, Terry Gurry, Garrick Hagon, Murray Hamilton, Jeff Harding, Thomasine Heiner, Van Hinman, Lou Hirsch, Erika Hoffman, Sharon Holm, William Hope, Horst Janson, Errol John, Daniel Kash, Ed Lauter, Bradley Lavelle, Lesa Lockford, Amanda Mainard, Christopher Malcolm, Paul Maxwell, Paul Michael, Michael John Paliotti, Oscar Quitak, Shane Rimmer, Devon Scott, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Tony Sibbald, John Sterland, Catherine Strauss, Aaron Swartz, Bryan Torfeh, Trinity Boys Choir, Ian Tyler
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John H.Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2021
Not for everyone, but still a semi classsic
General George Patton was one of the most decorated Generals of World War 2. He was well known for being both tough on his own soldiers and feared by the generals and armies he faced in battle. I remember my father (who served at the end of the war) telling me that he had two fears when he was drafted into the army in late 1944. One was possibly having to be part of the invasion of Japan. The other was serving anywhere under George S. Patton. My half-brother joined the US Navy when he was just 17 (he faked a birth certificate to get in - he was actually barely 15) and he served as a carpenter's mate on a ship in the Italian campaign and later on the final invasion. He met Patton briefly when some bodies of deceased US and British soldiers were being recovered and prepared for eventual transport home. He told me that Patton was a "son-of-a-bitch" - but most of his soldiers seemed to be OK with serving under him. I think this movie was a good follow-up to the more viewed prior movie "Patton" that has become a classic. The general consensus has been that this movie tended to be boring by many viewers - because most of the time Patton is confined to his hospital bed. My experience when seeing the film is that you really feel his pain - not only physical but also due to his being reassigned to a basically meaningless job by Eisenhower and being treated as a pariah by some of the other General officers both above and below his rank. George C. Scott was one of a king - as was Patton - making you believe his pain and yet experiencing his love of both duty and his wife. Patton was quoted as saying that he would likely die the day after he left the Army if he wasn't killed on the battlefield. And that prediction was pretty much true when he was mostly reduced to being assigned to library duty.
DarbachReviewed in the United States on July 14, 2021
#@!##! Awful
This was bad. Very bad. I saw the oringal Patton in a theatre way back when. This THING, the so-called "Last Day sof Patton" is a mystery. It is God awful horrible. Scott, like so many aging actors, seemed to have lost the ability to discern a good role. This is absolute tripe. Much of the fault is the writer's, but that does not get Scott off the hook: a terrible, phoned in performance. but Scott was excellent in The Changeling, just a year earlier, but hubris and resting on one's laurels went to his head in this garbage movie about Patton. I actually did FORCE myself to watch this ugh....garbage, travesty, whatever. I think Scott would flush it from his CV too, if he could. "Trains do something to me. Make me sad." Someone actually wrote that. And Scott actually delivered those lines. However much back-and-forth rapid movement of the eyes he performs while saying these words, Scott imbues the lines with absolutely no meaning. Nothing. Again, not totally his fault as the writing establishes no meaningful context for the words. Ugh. It is hard to tell if the discomfort Murray Hamilton projects in this scene has to do with his character and the situation or with having to be in this cinematic bomb.
Richard ZitrickReviewed in the United States on May 6, 2016
Beware......Very Poor Quality
This review pertains to the video quality of the DVD-R. It is terrible. There's an expression used in the computer programming trade known as "garbage in, garbage out". That expression certainly applies to this DVD. It appears that the source used to produce this DVD was created by using a VCR to record the television broadcast. That tape was then burned to a DVD-R and sold to the Amazon customer. There's a note on the Amazon page for this DVD that says something about how DVD-R's are created for Amazon, but nothing about the actual quality of the DVD. Seems to me, the fact that this is not a studio-produced DVD should be stated in large, bold, make-no-mistake-about-it language. After all, long-time customers of Amazon, among which I am to be counted, have come to expect more from our favorite retailer. For you Amazon Prime members, if you think I'm exaggerating, check out a few minutes of the movie online. That's the same quality that you'll get when you purchase this DVD.
Grey DogReviewed in the United States on June 27, 2021
Watching someone you love die
Two movies. One on Patton and politics post-war. The other about accompanying. These comments are about the second.
Could the second use editing? Maybe. But watching someone you love die is a slow process. An inch-by-inch process. With digital access, we can now watch the long ones in half-hour increments anyway. Is it a great movie? No. Is it worth seeing for those of us initiated in the death watch? Most def. 5 stars. It is like an art house film on a serious existential topic, like Javier Bardem's "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly." It has nothing to do with war and warriors other than in the sense every face you meet is in a war every day. The people who would most related to this will probably never come across it.
Mark D. SalisburyReviewed in the United States on May 16, 2016
Don't expect "Patton II", but worth watching.
This is not "Patton II", so don't come into it expecting exciting battle scenes. It appears to originally been a Made for TV movie following Patton's time as the Military Governor of Bavaria, bumping heads with politicians who wanted to punish the Nazi's while he was wanting to use the civilians to rebuild Bavaria. Set the German prisoners to chopping wood for the winter for example. Covers parts of his early life and career as a series of flash-backs. About half-way through the movie he has his accident, and you get to see what a talented actor George C. Scott really was, as he is confined to a hospital bed and can only express emotion using his face and his voice. Many of the actors from PATTON reprise their roles. Giving it only 2 stars because of the poor video quality -- it looks like a VHS tape someone made taping it off their home VCR. Grainy, jumps in scenes (like someone paused the recording during a commercial). Story and acting gets 4 Stars, Video Quality gets 2 Stars.
McNeilReviewed in the United States on September 10, 2021
Interesting story, uninspired acting, awful film quality
This did not feel like a direct sequel to the fantastic 'Patton', even though it technically was. This was more of a made-for-tv docudrama. There was essentially no action whatsoever. I enjoy George C. Scott, but he didn't seem very enthusiastic about this role. Still, it's worth a watch if you're interested in Patton's story.
One thing of note is that the movie appears to have been filmed on a potato. The image quality was as poor as anything I've ever seen. After a while I didn't find it too distracting, but it was clearly a copy of a copy of a copy.
Amazon CustomerReviewed in the United States on January 14, 2021
Eisenhower always was a kind of a buffoon and in a way he destroyed Europe.
Patton could have saved the world in style and wonder.
All that subsequent post WWII communist aggression that has since crippled the West, and been amplified by the other one that gave us this plague, all of it, the Berlin Wall, all those grinding decades of "what crap are they pulling this week" cold war.
Our world might have rescued the future if not for Stalin and their expansionist pathology. Even Vietnam could have been won without firing a shot.
The might have been no north korea.
For this opportunity to have been rebuffed was a kind of crime against humanity by Eisenhower and doomed Europe to it's current officially imminent doom.
Darrick MillsReviewed in the United States on July 15, 2021
Great movie! Poor film quality...
This was a great sequel to the first film, beautiful follow up.
They kept the same actor for Patton so it just feels perfect where they pick up after the first film. Solid story, great details, good actors. The only issue I have, and why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5, the film quality is awful!! Its so grainy and out of focus, its like someone took a bad worn out VHS tape and the used a hand held video camera to record what was playing on the TV.
Great movie, but mercy, couldnt you find a better quality version to post??
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Want to go retro with your calculator watch? No, not the 1980s. How about two millennia before that? We're going to make a bent wood bracelet with a miniature, working abacus built into it!
These instructions are for a traditional Chinese Suanpan style abacus with a 5+2 bead configuration, but you could easily adapt them to a Japanase Soroban style with a 4+1 bead configuration.
You'll need five pieces approximately 1.5" wide by 8" long. The wood I used is bubinga from Rockler.
I used Titebond III wood glue.
If you've got access to a band saw or jigsaw it'll make step 2 go a lot faster, but it isn't required.
The bracelet is made by laminating layers of wood veneer together around a form, so the first step is to make that form.
Draw an oval on the 2x4. Remember that you don't need to be able to fit your hand through the oval because the bracelet will have an opening to pass your wrist through. Mine was about 2.25" on its short dimension and 2.75" on its long dimension. You could draw the oval on a piece of paper first, cut it out, then see how roomy it is on your wrist.
Cut the form from the 2x4. If you don't have access to a jigsaw or band saw, you can use the coping saw. Smooth the sides with sandpaper; the finish on the inside of the bracelet will only be as good as the finish on the outside of the form.
With a metal ruler and an X-Acto knife, carefully cut the wood veneer into five 1-5/8 inch strips. You want the edges to extend slightly past the 1.5" width of the form.
The cleaner and straighter you can make the cut, the easier it will be to use the veneer.
After cutting the veneer, you'll need to cut a strip the same size from an empty aluminum can. It's easy to do if you poke a hole in the can with a knife, then use scissors to cut all the way around. Cut down the side, then cut all the way around again. Once you have a strip separated you can clean up the rough edges with scissors.
Get your hose clamps ready by opening them just wide enough to slide over your bracelet form.
Wrap a piece of veneer around the form to test the fit. If there's any overlap, mark and then cut off the extra. Cut a second piece to the same length.
Cut a piece of baking parchment slightly wider and longer than the veneer. Wrap it around the bracelet form to keep any glue from sticking to the form and accidentally glueing the bracelet to it.
Spread a thin layer of glue on one side of a piece of veneer, making sure that you cover the entire surface. Put another piece of veneer against the glue and wrap them both around the form, placing the gap at the bottom of the form (on the long edge).
Wrap the aluminum sheet around the veneer on the form, and encircle it with the hose clamps. The aluminum sheet spreads the force of the clamps so they don't indent the wood. Keep the screw mechanism of the hose clamps at the bottom of the bracelet where the gap is between the wood. Tighten the hose clamps; really crank them down.
Wait overnight for the glue to dry.
Loosen the hose clamps and remove them and the aluminum sheet. The two layers of veneer will spring open slightly, but should pretty much keep their shape around the form.
Cut a piece of veneer lengthwise into 6 strips about 1/8" inch across. That 1/8" will be the distance between the rods of the abacus, so try to get them as equally sized as possible.
Mark the exact center of the bracelet and glue three of the thin wood strips on each side, with a millimeter of space between each one. Clamp it tightly with the aluminum sheet and hose clamps, ensuring that the pieces don't move out of alignment. The gaps between these pieces will be the pilots holes to help drill later.
When the glue has dried, remove the clamps and wrap a piece of veneer from 1mm past the last piece to the bottom in order to find the size. Trim any extra length. Repeat on the other side. Apply a thin layer of glue and then clamp both pieces on with the aluminum sheet and hose clamps.
Test fit the last two pieces of veneer around the three layers of the bracelet you've already built up. Trim any extra length.
Put a thin layer of glue on the bracelet while trying to keep it out of the channels for the rod. Wrap the fourth layer of veneer around, then the metal sheet and the hose clamps as you did with previous layers. Use a thin sewing needle or a piece of wire (your head pins won't fit yet) to clean any still-wet glue out of the channels that will act as pilot holes later for drilling.
Let the fourth layer dry, then glue and clamp the fifth layer.
The bracelet is built up to its final thickness, but the edges are still rough and uneven.
Remove the aluminum sheet and clamp the bracelet around the form, making sure that all of the edges extend past the form. Put a rough grit sandpaper face-up on your table or workbench, then move the bracelet back and forth across it to even up the edges. Keep the form square to the paper, and as you get close to the form, switch to a finer grit for a smoother finish.
The job will go more quickly if you've got a belt sander, but be careful you don't sand into the form.
Use the coping saw to cut the opening at the bottom for your wrist to pass through. An opening of 1" to 1.25" should be enough to squeeze through, depending on the size of your wrist. Make sure that it's centered at the bottom.
Before cutting the openings for the beads, you need to mark where they'll be. Measure the length of 7 beads to find the height of the lower opening, then measure the length of 4 beads for the upper opening. Add the two together, subtract that from the total width of your bracelet (1.5" if you're using a piece of 2" lumber), then divide by three. This will give you three equal sections for the top, middle, and bottom supports.
As an example, if 7 beads equals .5" and 4 beads = .3125" you would add those together to get .8125". Then subtract it from 1.5" to get .6875". Divided by 3 would give .229" for the top, bottom, and middle supports, or just a little over 7/32".
Measure in that distance from each side and mark with a pencil. Add the length of the 7 beads, and mark there. From the other side, add the length of the 4 beads. Use a flexible ruler or a credit card to draw straight lines on the curve of the bracelet.
To determine the width of the openings, draw a line between the outermost pilot holes on each side. Offset each line by the width of one bead. The third picture should make clear the relative positions of all the lines.
With a bit large enough to make a hole that your coping saw blade can pass through, drill a hole in each of the two sections to be opened. Take one end of the saw blade out of its frame, thread the blade through a hole, and reattach it to the frame. Then carefully saw the opening, keeping the blade perpendicular to the bracelet. Stay to the inside of your line, because you'll clean it up with a sanding stick. Detach the blade, insert it through the remaining hole, and repeat.
When the openings are roughed out, wrap a piece of sandpaper around a small block of wood and sand the edges smooth. Start with a rough grit to quickly get close to the lines you drew, then switch to a finer grit for the final finish. An X-Acto knife is useful to get really crisp corners.
Use your pin vise and the miniature bit to drill out the holes for the rods. The gaps between the thin, crosswise veneer strips from step 5 will act as pilot holes to guide the bit through in a straight line.
Sand a radius on the corners at the opening of the bracelet so that you can pass it comfortably over your wrist to put it on.
Sand the inside and outside of the bracelet with progressively finer grits, and smooth all of the corners slightly so the bracelet is more comfortable to wear.
Clean off any dust, then apply a thin layer of gloss polyurethane (or whatever wood finish you prefer). Let it dry according to its instructions, then sand with a fine grit paper or with steel wool. Apply additional coats, repeating the sanding between each until you reach your desired finish.
Slide a head pin partway in, thread the appropriate number of beads onto it (5 for the bottom section, 2 for the top), then slide it into the next section and add the remaining beads there. Push the pin through so it's flush with the opposite side. Pull it back slightly, cut it flush, then push it in with another pin so that both ends are set back from the edge of the bracelet. Repeat for each pin.
To fill the holes, sand some veneer strips and save the sawdust. Mix it with superglue to get a paste, then press the paste into each hole with a toothpick, small scrap of wood, or even an extra head pin. Using sawdust from the same wood as the bracelet will make the filled holes almost invisible. When the glue dries, sand the edges down so the only superglue remaining is in the holes. Reapply a coat of finish to the edges — being sure not to get any on the beads — and let it dry.
Your abacus bracelet is now ready to wear!
For instructions on how to calculate with an abacus, see this Wikipedia article.
Excellent! Nice to see some traditional Chinese wearable computing. Reminds me of the 300 year old abacus ring from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
How do you keep veneer in braclet form? Becouse after I remove hose clamps it straightens.
Congrats on the recent Make mention!
Have you opened an etsy shop for these yet?I'll take one!
Very cool! Roughly how much do the raw materials (minus tools) cost? How long roughly would you say it takes to make one? Thanks!
Well, and I thought that I was good .YOU are.really PERFECT. Good pic;s and Very good details. NICE is not enough ,beautiful I will try to make one.Thank you.
Oh my gosh!!! I thought this would be hard but it looks very easy! Thanks!
Amazing. I am absolutely dumbfounded. Can't wait to make this for me!
Good luck with the judging tonight. You did a wonderful job!
It would come in good while shopping to make sure you dont go over budget.They should sell really well.
This is just beautiful! I'm considering making some for my daughters for Christmas this year.
Thank you so much. Instructions and photos so clear even I understood them. Wonderful job.
Your photos are fantastic. Great work. I have an instructable of almost the same bracelet without an abacus. Definitely considering trying this out. Thanks.
Very nice. Thanks for the tutorial and the idea. I will definitely try this. My wife will love it.


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Police in Uganda have confronted the presidential candidate Bobi Wine during an online press conference where he announced a petition to the international criminal court to investigate rights abuses in the country.
During the meeting with journalists on Thursday evening, a week ahead of tense elections in Uganda, officers appeared to haul Wine from a vehicle while he pleaded: "I am not even allowed to park on the side of the road."
Wine said police fired live rounds and teargas and arrested his campaign team in the latest episode of an escalating crackdown on him and his team by state security forces ahead of the elections.
In a defiant statement posted on Twitter, Wine said his battle to unseat the Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni, would continue. "Today they arrested all the 23 members of our new campaign team & impounded the cars. They thought they had broken our back," he wrote. "The wave is unstoppable! #WeAreRemovingADictator."
Wine has drawn the ire of the 76-year-old Museveni, who has governed Uganda since 1986 and who he has repeatedly branded a dictator.
The president retains strong support in Uganda, with decades of economic growth and subsidies winning him a mass following, particularly in rural areas. Yet Wine's campaign has galvanised staunch opposition to Museveni, and his stand against an old ruling elite and inequality has inspired young people in urban areas, and many across the continent.
In response to a strong challenge to Museveni's rule, Uganda has experienced its worst political violence in a generation and there have been repeated arrests and attacks on opposition figures.
Hours after Wine announced his candidacy in November, he was arrested, and more than 50 people were shot dead by security forces in the protests that followed.
Those deaths form a critical part of Wine's petition to the ICC to investigate alleged acts of torture, mutilation and murder of civilian protesters.
The petition by Wine and two other alleged torture victims mentions Museveni, the security minister Elly Tumwine, and other security officials.
Wine was a popular singer before he won a seat in parliament and attracted national attention as the beret-wearing leader of a movement known as People Power.
In December, Wine said one of his bodyguards was killed by military police who ran him over as Wine's convoy was taking a wounded journalist to seek medical help. Military police denied involvement, saying the bodyguard had fallen from a speeding car.
Last week Wine told the Guardian in an interview that he is forced to wear a bulletproof jacket, describing the campaign as "like a war and a battlefield".
"The regime is after our lives. It's after hurting and incapacitating us. Every day we live is as if it's the last one," he said.
Authorities have clamped down on opposition rallies, stating they are in breach of Covid-19 restrictions. Last month the government wrote to Google, asking it to shut down 14 YouTube video channels that often host opposition figures because it said they had incited riots.
Fears have also grown that the internet could be shut down on election day, 14 January, after similar moves in the last election in 2016.