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Does a Leading Man have to be Manly?
February 1, 2014 jason	Leave a comment
I was listening to Howard Stern interview Zachary Quinto recently. Quinto played Spock in the 2009 Star Trek and also in the 2013 Star Trek Into Darkness. He also came out of the closet in 2011, announcing that he is gay.
I don't find Quinto particularly interesting, or the fact that he's gay. What was interesting was the discussion that ensued with Stern about the tendency to not cast gay men into leading man roles. Stern's a fairly big liberal, so it wasn't surprising that he thought such a bias unreasonable.
Sticking with the Star Trek theme, let's think about Captain James T. Kirk, played by William Shatner. The Captain Kirk character is basically a stud, a ladies man, a manly man. He's not afraid to go after the girl, seduce her, and leave her wanting more. His attraction is so strong that women leave their men for him.
When we watch movies or TV shows, we want to get into the action and identify with the characters. Today they call it "immersive". We learn to love some characters and hate others. We imagine their pain and revel in their happiness. A successful actor makes their character come to life, and makes them believable. Wouldn't it have been hard for Shatner to make us believe he was really a studly womanizer if we knew in real life he was gay? In the back of our minds, when Kirk was kissing some woman, we'd know that the Shatner part of him wasn't enjoying it at all.
Can a gay actor do a good job acting straight? I'm sure he can, just as a straight actor can do a good job acting gay. But if you're casting someone for a straight leading man, wouldn't you choose the MOST believable actor to play the part?
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The symbolism of the Oreo
October 15, 2013 jason	Leave a comment
I recently heard a friend relating a conversation he'd had about which was better, the cookie part of the Oreo or the filling?
I thought about it, and about how each part is less than it could be without the other. The Oreo as a whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Then I suddenly realized that the Oreo can be seen as a symbol for the ideal relationship between a man and a woman. Bear with me here.
The hard cookie exterior is the man, protecting the soft sweet filling that is the woman. Each have their own qualities that make them different, and yet those qualities complement each other. On their own they are good, but when combined they change from being just two good things to being a new wonderful whole. Separate them and they are back to just being good. Like the cookie and filling, man and woman complete each other.
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The Center of the Universe
November 14, 2011 jason	Leave a comment
Sometimes when I'm not feeling well, I think of the oddest things. I think fever messes with my mind. A few days ago I got to thinking about the infinite vastness of the universe. Yeah, I know, I'm weird.
I've always liked math. Number theory, imaginary numbers, Pi, infinity – all very cool stuff. Unfortunately I'm not nearly smart enough to come up with any of my own theories, but I like trying to understand those who came before me, like Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
One part of Einstein's theory is that of Special Relativity. Special Relativity explains the idea that all motion is relative to the observer, and that there is no set frame of reference. Outside of the math involved, I think the best way I can explain the concept is by example. A child's frame of reference is their home and local neighborhood. They can move around within it, and their motion is relative to that frame. Early civilizations thought that the earth stood still and that the moon, sun and stars were in motion. Their set frame of reference was the earth and all other bodies were in motion. Astronomers eventually learned that the earth orbits the sun, so they set the galaxy as the frame within which everything moved. Then they discovered multiple galaxies in the universe, so the universe became the frame of reference. With multiple universes, even that frame becomes relative, and so on.
If there are truly an infinite number of universes across an infinite amount of time, then the universe has no bounds, and therefore we cannot reach the end, no matter how long we travel, in any direction.
So, why does this matter? Well, if all motion is relative, then I have no frame of reference within to measure my motion. It is almost easier for me to consider myself static and everything else moving around me. Hence the phrase, "You think the universe revolves around you!". In a way, it does. BUT, I am the only one who perceives it that way, since every observer has their own frame of reference.
So yes, I am at the center of my universe. And so are you. 🙂
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Don't bite the hand that feeds you
April 6, 2011 jason	Leave a comment
H/T Daily Caller:
Here's an illuminating article for you at the Daily Caller detailing how Obamacare is funneling money to corporations and unions in the guise of the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program. Apparently the program is to cover health insurance for early-retirement programs from the retirement date until Medicare eligibility age. The whole point of offering employees early retirement is to give them a lump sum to leave early, therefore reducing ongoing costs going forward. I would assume that part of the package offered by the company would include health insurance, but I suppose that's up to the company.
The telling part of the story is WHO the ERRP funds are going to. CBS and The Washington Post are receiving funds, and both of those news outlets are able to influence public opinion of the Obamacare policy as a whole. In addition to CBS and The Washington Post, money is being given to General Electric, Verizon and AT&T. These companies are made up of large numbers of union workers. Also, the unions themselves are getting direct ERRP funds – the United Auto Workers, Teamsters, United Mine Workers, United Food and Commercial Workers, the AFL-CIO, and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
So, what's the best way to get re-elected? Reward those who elected you the last time. Funnel money to the liberal-friendly media that support your policies and to the unions who helped elect you. If you're a union worker in this country, why would you vote against the Democrats? After all, you're getting your big pensions and retirement plans and other benefits. Now they want to offer you free health insurance when you take early retirement. You're getting yours, why should you care about the poor schlubs who are working their butts off to pay the taxes that are funding programs like the ERRP? The last thing you're going to do is bite the hand that feeds you and elect a conservative that will put a stop to Obamacare.
Unless you have a conscience, that is, in which case you know that you're basically standing on the backs of the citizens of this country while you wait for your next handout.
Economy, Government, Philosophy
Are we being fair to Ron Paul?
December 18, 2010 jason	Leave a comment
H/T News Real Blog:
Apparently Lisa Richards is pretty unhappy with Ron Paul's earmarks in the scrapped Omnibus spending bill:
The anti-pork, anti-tax-hike, anti-IRS, anti-Fed libertarian Congressman Ron Paul has a dirty little secret: he is a pork-spending bureaucrat who stuffed the latest, and now defunct, $1.3 trillion dollar Omnibus bill with $8 million dollars in earmarks. This should come as no surprise to anyone who looks at these bills. Ron Paul has snuck pork into already inflated stimulus packages American taxpayers and the country cannot afford.
Now, I may not agree with Paul's reasoning regarding earmarks. Apparently he's against spending, but he feels that IF a spending bill passes, it's his responsibility to make sure his district gets it's cut. I'd like to think that I'd be more idealistic, and refuse to even cooperate with any spending bills by putting my earmarks in them, but I'm not Ron Paul and I don't have to answer to his constituents.
Richards is being unfair, however, in criticizing the projects in the earmarks themselves. She points to the Gulf States Consumer Education Program and points out Paul's stance that the Federal Government should not be involved in public education. If Richards checked her facts, she'd know that the Gulf States program has nothing to do with public education, and that it's really something of an R&D program for the commercial fishing industry. Do I think the Fed should be handing out money to private industry for R&D? Of course not, and Paul shouldn't be for that either, but if you're going to bash the guy, make sure it's for the right reasons.
The reality of it is, the current state of things has gotten so bad that it's very hard to stand on principle. If Paul refuses to earmark and play the game, he risks the chance that his district will pay taxes into the system and get nothing back out. If he plays along, but then votes against the whole bill, he can be against spending, but make sure his district gets their cut in the event that it passes. This is no different than states deliberating on whether to turn down stimulus money. Our city government was encouraged to turn down money for a transportation hub. If they do so, it's not as if the people in that district are then going to get a tax refund for the unused money; instead it will go to some other district.
The whole thing stinks, and there's no good clean way out of it. Paul may not be holding fast as a pure Libertarian, but he's doing far better than many others.
Philosophy, Politics
Is Joe Biden a "devout Roman Catholic"?
December 16, 2010 jason	4 Comments
In an un-related story at The Hill regarding the on-going attempt by the Democrats to pass the DREAM act, it was noted that Joe Biden is Catholic:
"And don't tell me about Christmas; I understand Christmas," said Biden, a devout Roman Catholic. "There's 10 days between now and Christmas. I hope I don't get in the way of your Christmas shopping, but this is the nation's business."
So, is Biden a "devout Roman Catholic"? Does he "understand Christmas"? He's probably received the proper Sacraments over the years, and he may even be a regular attendee at Mass on Sundays. But how does someone support the murder of the un-born and still claim to be Catholic?
The Voter's Guide for Serious Catholics explains that there are 5 issues that are non-negotiable. They are abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, human cloning, and homosexual marriage. These are against moral law and considered to be evil. To support any of these issues is to be in direct violation of the Church's teaching.
So, where does Biden score on these issues? Well, according to On The Issues, we can see the following:
Abortion Rights – Although claiming to agree with the Church that life begins at conception, and also voting against public funding for abortions, he apparently is okay with abortion rights. He also has voted against things such as parental notification for minors having abortions and criminal penalties for harming an unborn baby during a crime.
Embryonic Stem Cell Research – He voted to expand research.
Human Cloning – He voted against banning human cloning.
Homosexual marriage – He's been all over the place on this one. He voted to ban it, then voted against a constitutional ban on it, then said he was okay with civil unions but gay marriage was inevitable, then said he was against gay marriage. The Human Rights Commission gave him a 78% in 2006 on this issue, which means they consider him to be a supporter of gay rights.
It seems pretty obvious to me that even if Biden is a "practicing" Catholic, he definitely isn't Catholic in his heart and his deeds.
Post-election thoughts
November 3, 2010 jason	2 Comments
With 99% of the vote counted here in Illinois, our Governor's race is still in play. It looks like Quinn has about a 20,000 vote lead with 5 precincts left to go. I'm not sure which precincts they are, but apparently they add up to enough votes to make the office still up for grabs.
The sad thing to me is that around 1.7 million Illinois voters still voted for Quinn, a Democrat. Illinois is heading into bankruptcy, and they voted for the guy who wants to raise taxes even more. So, why? Why do so many people keep voting for these Chicago Democrats who are driving our state into the crapper?
I figure these Democrat voters fall into the usual categories:
1) True-believers. These people really think the Democrats have the right idea and that government can solve anything. Take more taxes, build more bureaucracy, take care of everyone. Sadly, they don't understand economics well enough to know that it's only the jobs that actually produce goods that contribute to the economy. All those government jobs just suck money from the system, which makes the whole thing unsustainable and doomed to failure.
2) Democrats by heritage. These people vote Democrat because they have always been Democrats. Their parents and their grandparents were Democrats. It's never really occurred to them to question their vote because people they trust vote the same way.
3) Union Democrats. These people are long-time members of all the various unions. They've more or less been indoctrinated with the concept that if it weren't for the unions, they would be working for $2/hr and missing half their fingers and toes due to industrial accidents. The union is their protector, and therefore when the union says to vote Democrat, most do so.
4) Democrats by whim. They vote Democrat because they think John Stewart is cool, or David Letterman is funny, or the candidate is cute, and on and on. People voted for Bill Clinton because he was on MTV.
5) Random Democrats. These are the people who are bombarded by the Get Out the Vote programs, and feel like they must vote. They have no idea who to vote for, so they just pick something. They have a 50/50 chance of picking the D.
Now, before you think I'm just picking on Democrats, let me say that there are Republican voters that fall into these same general categories, or their conservative equivalents.
1) True-believers. They believe in the Constitution, liberty, and American greatness. The difference between them and the Democrat version? The Dems are wrong.
2) Heritage is more or less the same, just the opposite party.
3) Replace Union with business owners. Business owners may encourage employees, not necessarily by telling them to vote a certain way, but by showing bias towards pro-business candidates. The big difference here is that even if a particular employer publicly endorses a candidate, there is rarely active pressure put on the employees to follow suit.
4) Whim does apply here as well, although there are probably fewer instances of it on the Republican side. After all, there are fewer R's in movies and on TV, so they have less influence on these types of voters.
5) Random is truly random, and there are sure to be random R's as well.
So far the playing field seems relatively even. What I left for last, however, is what we can call "Imaginary Democrats". The Chicago political machine is famous for their Imaginary Democrats. These are dead people, illegal aliens, people who have moved out of state, people voting multiple times in different counties, college students voting at home and at school, people voting in the name of neighbors who they know are not planning to vote, and other fun tricks. Ballot boxes magically disappear and reappear, depending on how close the election is.
So, out of the 1.7 million voting for Quinn, how many were Imaginary, and how many just fall into the normal groups?
We've made huge progress in this mid-term election. We've got 2 years before the next big test. We need to address the 5 Democrat categories above by spreading the word and educating people. If they can understand the issues, they'll possibly move to the Republican side. We need to address the "Imaginary Democrat" voters by starting now to scrub the voter registration lists across the state to weed them all out.
We've all been working hard, but we can't stop now. Too much is at stake.
Economy, Government, Philosophy, Politics
Paul Ryan slams Krugman in a challenge of wits any day
August 9, 2010 jason	Leave a comment
H/T The Weekly Standard
Paul Ryan could beat Krugman at a battle of the wits in his sleep. Ryan truly knows his stuff and shows it every time the liberal media attacks his ideas. He stays on topic, has real answers for every inane point they try to make, and shows that he has what it takes to lead us out of the mess that's been made of this country by the Democrats and the RINOs.
Paul Ryan is a rising star. Let's hope he's able to stay true to his principles. We need leaders like him.
Family, General, Philosophy, Religion
California's Prop 8
Normally I try to avoid the whole subject of gays and same-sex marriage. I definitely have an opinion on it, but it's one of those things that's just not worth arguing about. You're not going to convince or convert anyone over to your side, so what's the point? Spend your time and efforts in other areas, like electing conservatives to Congress to try and save our country from Marxism.
However, the California Prop 8 case is in the news, and so many people are commenting on it that I thought I'd line out my views on the matter. Here goes.
As a Catholic, and a pretty conservative one at that, I believe that homosexuality is against God's will. However, ALSO as a Catholic, I am not crusading against homosexuals in my neighborhood. I'm not trying to run them out of town, and I'm not trying to convince them of the error of their ways. That's their problem.
I feel that the big reason many Christians have a problem with same-sex marriage is that to us, marriage isn't just a civil contract. It's one of our sacraments, given to us by God to follow. It's a holy rite at which we are blessed by God. For a same-sex couple to become "married" is an affront to our beliefs, since someone who is with sin should not be receiving sacraments until he repents.
So where does this leave us? Well, I've always thought it made sense to allow "civil unions". Come up with a "civil union" license with is binding for all legal purposes just like a marriage license is.
The problem is, as much as that makes sense to me and many like myself, the idea has never caught on in the pro-same-sex-marriage ranks. They say things like, "we should have the legal right to medical information and visits if our partner is in the hospital". Yet when someone suggests civil union licenses that would cover all of their complains, the idea is brushed aside. My feeling is that regardless of all their rhetoric, the people pushing the whole idea of same-sex marriage are really focused on one thing, and that's to force everyone else to accept their lifestyle whether they agree with it or not.
We're constantly inundated with the gay lifestyle on television, in the movies, and in the news media. Hollywood liberals manage to insert homosexual characters or traits or even outright behavior into almost every show or movie that hits the screen. The goal is to numb us to the point where we're so used to it that we don't even notice it anymore.
When that happens, they'll push their next agenda on us. I wonder what that will be?
Government out of control and still hungry for more power
If you're one of those people who still think the government is here to help and don't realize how out of control it has gotten, you need to pay more attention to what's really going on in this country and less attention to the mainstream media's liberal-filtered so-called "news".
Read about this incident in Oregon where health inspectors have let their power go to their heads to the point where common sense has been completely lost. Regulating lemonade stands? Are you serious? You're going to make a kid get a $120 license to run a lemonade stand?
We've got to turn this country around, everyone! This nonsense has GOT TO STOP before we've got Big Brother inside our bathrooms telling us we're using too much toilet paper. You might laugh, but they're already regulating how much water our toilets can use. Is it really that much of a stretch to think they'll continue to push for more and more control of every aspect of our lives?
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Tommy Paul v Daniil Medvedev live stream and match preview | 2021 French Open
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Tommy Paul and Daniil Medvedev will square off in the second round of the 2021 French Open on Wednesday at 20.00pm (UK Time).
Tommy Paul has played 15 matches on clay this season and has won nine in the process. He looked decent prior to the beginning of the French Open, having reached the Semifinals in Parma. Paul kicked off his 2021 French Open campaign in a comfortable manner apparently as he had a 6-2, 6-4, 3-2 lead against Christopher O'Connel, but still needed five sets to win the clash. Last year at Roland Garros, Tommy Paul made his debut in the main draw of the French Open and won against James Duckworth in the opening round, but lost against Casper Ruud in the second.
Daniil Medvedev was finally able to secure his first-ever victory at the French Open two days ago as he beat Alexander Bublik in straight sets. Medvedev has been one of the best performers on the main tour over the last two years, but not on the clay surface. The Russian has won just five matches on this surface over the past two years.
We're not convinced about Medvedev's performance on clay so we fancy Over 3.5 sets at odds of 37/50 with Bet365.
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L'edizione 1985-1986 della A PFG vide la vittoria finale del Beroe Stara Zagora, che conquista il suo primo titolo.

Capocannoniere del torneo fu Atanas Pashev del Trakia Plovdiv con 30 reti.

In questo campionato il pareggio per 0-0 non da punti, equivalendo di fatto ad una sconfitta per entrambe le squadre
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Classifica finale

(N) squadra neopromossa
(CB) vince la Coppa di Bulgaria

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 Beroe Stara Zagora Campione di Bulgaria 1985-86.
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Qualificazioni alle Coppe europee
 Coppa dei Campioni 1986-1987: Beroe Stara Zagora qualificato.
 Coppa UEFA 1986-1987: Trakia Plovdiv e Sredets Sofia qualificate.

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The Evil Within (2014)
Survival horror | PC
Developer: Tango Gameworks
Release Date: 14 Oct, 2014
Genres: Survival horror
The Evil Within is a third-person survival horror video game developed by Tango Gameworks and published by Bethesda Softworks. While investigating the scene of a gruesome mass murder, Detective Sebastian Castellanos and his partners encounter a menacing and powerful force. After witnessing the slaughter of fellow officers, Sebastian is ambushed and knocked unconscious. When he awakens, he finds himself in a deranged world where hideous creatures wander among the dead. Facing unimaginable terror, and fighting for survival, Sebastian embarks on a daunting journey to unravel that which is behind this evil force.
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Utterly bloody disgusting, nonsensical story, sloppy controls, characters aren't fun with little to no expressions. Bloody hard to win, They tried to create a badass villain but it backfired, it is not. Overall the game is more stressful than fun to play and leave more questions and plot holes than answers in the end. The only great thing are the graphics and the atmosphere, This could have been a truly great game should they have put more thought on it.


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"Where I quite like to be"
"...already a very accomplished conductor." - Bernard Haitink
"...an outstanding conductor." - Neeme Järvi
"...outstandingly played by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra with James Lowe in magisterial form." - Michael Tumelty, The Herald
"...a remarkable orchestral conductor." - Jorma Panula
"Lowe generates energy on the podium and connects smartly with each orchestra." - Mary Ellyn Hutton, Musical America
"...under the baton of James Lowe the orchestra gave an astoundingly clear and passionate performance." - Sunday Express
"James Lowe - a talent worth watching..." - Conrad Wilson, The Herald
I've been trying to work out exactly what it is I find so magnetic about Finland.
For a start, it's cold: My freezer is cold, humming away at -18c to keep my pizzas crispy. In one Helsinki winter I've stumbled out of Urkki's [1] into -26c. That really hardens your ice cubes, I can tell you. It's also dark. Helsinki in midwinter gets less than six hours of sunlight a day. Up in Rovaniemi and points north they get little or none during the winter months.
The language is pretty much impenetrable: It glories in fifteen cases, a vocabulary based not on anything Indo-European but on Uralic, from the depths of the Ural mountains, which renders the simple 'twenty-first' as the eye-watering 'kahdeskymmenesensimmäinen'. 'Minä rakastan sinua' has to be amongst the least romanic ways of declaring your love to anyone and there is none of the logical functionality of German or the warm embrace of Italian; this is a language that fights you every step of the way. Even if you do manage the near impossible and master it, the Finns are famously taciturn and prefer silence to filling a lull in conversation with waffle about the weather or the trains.
They like their coffee sour and cakes dry. In the cities there is a distressing enthusiasm for architecture made of square blocks of concrete. And yet…
And yet I find myself drawn here like a magnet. The winters may be long, cold and dark, but the summers are a glorious riot of nature, the hours of sunlight previously denied flung back at you all at once.
They have saunas. I'm aware that sealing yourself naked in a wooden box with strangers whilst poring water on a fierce stove, the better to steam yourself like dim-sum, all the while exacerbating the dehydration with alcohol is not everybody's idea of fun, but for me a traditional savusauna followed by a swim in a clear lake on a summer evening is close to nirvana.
In general the people are some of the most genuine you will ever meet, directly and unaffectedly kind and, whilst it may take a little time to get close to a Finn, once you do you have a friend for life. There is a genuine feeling of social egalitarianism (we're all naked in the sauna after all) which for a conductor is a joy. There's a refreshing lack of pretension here – the new concert hall is called 'Musiikkitalo', literally 'Music Building' and it's easy to find, situated right behind the headquarters of the biggest newspaper in Finland, 'Sanomatalo, 'Newspaper Building'…
They have sisu, the quality of courage to keep going no matter how overwhelming the odds. Think of Churchill's KBO – 'keep buggering on' – but add more grit, a certain set of the jaw and narrowing of the eyes you're somewhere close.
Even the language has its delights and figuring it out gives me a childish glee. To be able to turn the simple noun 'Hotel' into 'Hotellilla' ('at the hotel') or 'Hotellille' ('going to the hotel') tickles the same part of my brain as a cryptic crossword. There is a real delight in mastering a tongue-twister like 'Vesihiisi sihisi hississä' ('the water monster was hissing in the elevator') or learning to pronounce the vowel-shade word 'hääyöaie' (wedding night intention). Being able to turn 'juosta' ('to run') into 'juoksentelisinkohan?' ('I wonder if I should run around aimlessly?') leaves me giddy. [2]
I've long held that people either have a northern or a southern soul. Those of you with a southern soul will probably find my attraction for this gruelling place hard to fathom. If you're not sure which you have, listen to Sibelius' Fourth Symphony. If you run from its grey depression you're a southerner. If you find in it an austere beauty, then welcome to the club, pour yourself a cognac and let's sit here and enjoy the silence.
1. The Helsinki pub favoured by musicians. It also has an excellent selection of beer. Co-incidence? I think not. It's named after President Urho Kekkonen who apparently enjoyed coming here and can be seen on their sign drinking beer out of a sauna bucket. I'm not convinced there is a similar depiction of Margaret Thatcher anywhere.
2. 'Yes,' I hear you thinking, 'those long winter evenings must just fly by…'
In one way you are wrong: I have most definitely a southern soul (countries like Italy being amongst the only ones where people don't think I am too loud and talk too fast), but I love Finland. I also think Finnish girls talk a little bit more than the men, but generally, it is a very warmhearted culture. Something that I always find lacking in Austria and Germany.
I like your idea of northern and southern souls….I have tried many times to imagine an objective side of art, of music and interpretation, a truth side of it that would remain unchanged but probably the tools I was using were mirrors of my own subjectivities. and it frustrates me that I might never find it…
You mention the beauty in grey depression which for me makes perfect sense as it can eventually only circle its way back to beauty, order and purpose, for the leck of which it came to life in the first place. It`s only time that separates the feelings emerging in the soul, otherwise they would all become one , in one moment being able to feel their logic and connections, offer them a meaning and through it, beauty..
I wonder if you believe that this quality of the souls is a given one that we were born with and cannot be too much influenced or is simply the result of our circumstances and different angles from which we get to understand life..
Thank you for your beautiful thoughts,
Hi Adela
Thank you for *your* beautiful thoughts. Yes I've often also wrestled with the question of if there is an objective truth in art – something like the Platonic ultimate Forms that create the shadows on the cave walls. Like you I've come to think that whether there is or not it's impossible for us to tell as we can only know the world through our own experience. I suspect there isn't an objective truth and that our personalities (or souls for want of a better word) are built up from the thickening layers of our experience. In that case we *do* change as we grow older (thank God!) and, indeed, as our experiences often contradict each other we are enriched and (hopefully) grow a bit wiser too. This I think is why all conductors should be born at the age of 70…
What I'm certain of is that without darkness we can't know light and that really great art plays with apparent ambiguities. Rather like in Beethoven's Second, I hear a desperation, almost mania in the joy – imagine going deaf, contemplating suicide then writing THAT symphony! Stanislavsky apparently said that an actor must always find the opposite emotion in a line, the place where the uncertainly lies – from that comes richness and believability. I love that idea.
The art that moves me the most has an element of melancholia even in it's happiest moments. But I guess that's just my Northern soul acting up again.
James Lowe
With thanks to Johanna Saarinen for helping with my Finnish grammar!
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These are some of the trees I'll cover in my Fabulous Trees Presentation at the Health, Home and Garden EXPO on September 15th in Plano. I'll also be giving my Natural Organic Pest Control talk. Can't wait and hope to see you there.


A function to raise awareness about bio-diversity of the State and felicitate the school children who actively participated in various functions during Wildlife Week 2018 was organised by Wildlife Division-Central at Nature Interpretation Centre, Dachigam National Park.
The function was presided over by the Regional Wildlife Warden Kashmir Region Rashid Y Naqash. All Wildlife Wardens Kashmir Region, Joint Director Soil and Moisture Conservation Department, Representatives of Collaborating Partners, Divisional Forest Officer Demarcation Division Kashmir, Teachers and the participating meritorious students from more than 20 schools across the valley attended the function.
Naqash in his address highlighted the importance of conservation of wildlife and their habitat and appealed the people, particularly the youth and the children to help and play their role to make the region "green" and safe haven for the rich biodiversity. He assured that the Department of Wildlife Protection shall sponsor a Day out in Dachigam National Park for all the participating school children for education and awareness purposes.
Other Speakers which included senior Forest and Wildlife Officers and representatives of the Collaborating NGO's while addressing the gathering highlighted the ecological, spiritual, ethical, aesthetic and economic importance of the wildlife and appealed the youth to come forward and join hands with the Department of Wildlife Protection in protecting the environment, forests and the wildlife.
Earlier, Wildlife Warden Central Division Altaf Hussain while welcoming the guests made a brief of activities which were organised during the Wildlife Week – 2018.
In all 45 prizes were given away to the winners of various competitions held earlier on the theme of Wildlife Conservation along with participation certificates.


I am experiencing a weird behavior in IE7 where buttons on toolbars are rendered way taller than the styled height. What I mean by this is the toolbar will appear 45 px high and the button "appears" 22 px high but is actually 45 px high. This is causing a weird layout issue. It looks fine in ff and chrome but I'm forced to work in ie. I can upload a screenshot if that helps.
What version of Ext JS 4 are you using and a small code snippet?
I'm using 4.02a. Tried 4.07 too. Same results. So I did some more troubleshooting. I found the 960 grid is system is the culprit. Well. Specifically the text.css.


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25.09.2017 — Review
Considering the Past and what has Passed – Coming Out: Sexuality, Gender & Identity
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
by Callan Waldron-Hall
UK Gay Bar Directory, 2016, Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings. Courtesy of the artists
Empty nightclubs. Decaying flowers. Vaginas being sewn shut. This is Coming Out: Sexuality, Gender & Identity, the Walker Art Gallery's latest exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Sexual Offences Act 1967, which led to the partial decriminalisation of male homosexual acts.
Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings' 'UK Gay Bar Directory' (2016) is located outside of the gallery space, and loops video footage from over one hundred and seventy gay bars across the UK interspersed with fragments of audio: songs that fade in and out, and sounds from the natural world such as forest fires. All of the clubs are empty, and there is a conflicting sense of expectancy. Is the night about to begin? Or are have these spaces reached the end of their lives? Quinlan and Hastings' work highlights a shift: the closure of many LGBT+ venues indicates that queer culture is transforming, and the increasing assimilation of the LGBT+ community within heteronormative spaces leaves us wondering if this direction is necessarily the best one we should be moving towards.
Taking its title from a poem by W H Auden, To Ask the Hard Question is Simple, (written in 1930), Anya Gallaccio's 'can love remember the question and the answer?' (2003) stands both imposing and tender: mahogany panelled doors and glass frames home sixty fresh gerbera flowers, which, depending on when you visit the exhibition, can be bright and full of life, or colourless and dying, acting as a reminder that beauty does indeed fade. The decision to have the artwork facing the entrance doors seems intentional: when exploring the rest of the exhibition, Gallaccio's art functions as a humbling precursor.
Interestingly, Gallaccio's work isn't the only artist in the exhibition drawing inspiration from poets of the past. David Hockney's 'We Two Boys Together Clinging' (1961) shares its title with a poem from American writer Walt Whitman; his 'Illustrations for fourteen poems from C. P. Cavafy' (1966) series is inspired by Constantine P Cavafy, an Egyptian-Greek poet. It's difficult to deny the prevalent cross-generational theme of marginalised artists finding solace in those who came before them, and Coming Out furthers this idea with its intentional absence of chronology. Instead, the artworks have been placed in conversation with each other: Annie Wright's 'Hiding the Wound: Homage to Mr Freud' (1979) explores the female experience under male supremacy, and faces Stewart Home's 'Becoming (M)other' (2004), where photographs of Home are combined with photographs of his mother to explore the performance of femininity.
Coming Out is an important exhibition in today's social and political landscape: it, much like today's idea of identity fluidity, is responsive, dynamic and open to interpretation. It raises questions about ourselves, the difficulties we've overcome and reminds us that change truly is possible
Coming Out: Sexuality, Gender & Identity is open at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool until 5 November 2017.
Callan Waldron-Hall is a Liverpool-based writer and is studying an MA in Poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University.
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I missed a lot of school through ill health but I liked it when I was there. I was always good at English and terrible at Maths. Sadly, that hasn't changed although I love numbers.
A tap dancer like Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly, as my Mum sent me to ballet, tap and acrobatic lessons and I have a couple of photographs of a group of us girls doing a Show.
The dark, I'm sorry to say.
Whenever I get together with my family.
A gold cross my Mum gave me.
Read. Knit, because I love handling wools and working with colour. and walk.
Too many things but I do sometimes daydream about living in Scotland.
Riding pillion on a motorcycle going at 100 miles an hour. (A long time ago, mind you).
I'd like to interview people and listen to them tell about the things they really love doing.
Betty MacDonald. I had Charles Dickens in here but having just read a biography on him, I think I'd be too scared to even speak. I know I'd have a lot to talk about with Betty MacDonald.
I would like to be more decisive.
I started writing poetry when I was 18. But my first book was published in 1977.
Yes. I went to College to train to be a teacher but after I'd spent the Grant money, realised it wasn't for me. So, then I had to pay the Grant money back and that was when I decided to earn it back through writing. Which, luckily, I did.
In an upstairs room in my house.
The best thing is writing a story and and getting so interested in it, you think about it constantly. The worst thing is when you feel the same about a story but the characters pack their bags and leave.
I don't know. But sometimes a few words will come that catch your interest. Other times, a name will present itself to you and you want to explore that person.
'At the back of the North Wind.'by George MacDonald.
'David Copperfield' by Charles Dickens or 'The Egg and I' by Betty MacDonald.
When your mind is full of people you've made up and things that have only happened in your mind, get some paper and write it all down. Then think about it and if it helps, say, 'I'm going to have 12 chapters her,' and give each chapter a certain month. Then start. You'll probably find as you go along that you don't need this structure at all and can break free of it.It can help sometimes, though. Then never give up. Just keep writing.


The scheme was to construct 659 student rooms in the form of cluster flats, with a showcase tower of 19 floors. Our objective involved us taking on installation of our products off site. Working with FP McCann the construction was in the form of pre cast modular blocks which our windows were factory fitted to the blocks and then shipped to the site.
Responsible for all windows, external doors, curtain walling and facade to the build we worked closely with John Sisk & Son and architects Glenn Howells to deliver this challenging build. The off site installation was a new challenge for Elite. We are used to onsite instillation but with the glass being very heavy, 16.8mm laminated glass and 16.8mm laminated glass in a double glazed window; we had to use specialist lifting equipment at the offsite yard to mechanically lift the windows to slot them into place. The windows had steel ledger support to hold the windows with the delivery of up to 6 blocks a day to the site.
The Elegance 52 curtain walling and façades were all fitted on site.
The project was finished in November 2016 and the building has added more diversity to the other unique buildings that sit on this educational heartland in Birmingham.


Comparing Project Management Institute (PMI) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITILⓇ) certifications can get a bit tricky, as there is no simple one-to-one comparison. Often, learners will try to pit PMI and ITILⓇ certifications against one another, but increasingly, the two certification paths are being viewed as complementary to one another. The two frameworks represented can create great synergy that will benefit your workplace.
Deciding what path is best for you will depend largely on your career aspirations. If you are committed to staying in the IT industry, and want to develop skills and knowledge to help you provide excellent IT services, ITILⓇ is likely a good fit! However, if you might consider leaving the IT sphere of services, or if you aspire to higher-level management that will reach beyond the realm of IT, PMI might be a good option.
PMI is globally recognized and highly respected. For some IT professionals, a PMI project management certification may not be necessary until they have been in the field for some time. In fact, learners must have logged project work hours before being eligible for PMI project management certification exams.
ITILⓇ is widely implemented and recognized in the UK and western Europe. It is gaining popularity and momentum in the US and across the globe. It serves as an excellent starting point for many young IT professionals who intend to stay in IT long-term. ITILⓇ certification exams require no previous experience or other prerequisites, so they are perfect for those just starting out on project work.
With these considerations in mind, let's explore some of the details of each path so you can make well-informed decisions.
PMI project management certifications generally equip learners with skills and knowledge that can be best applied to large-scale efforts such as construction or manufacturing. PMI defines project management as any endeavor to produce a unique service, product, or result. PMI certified project management skills are easily transferrable to any industry.
In addition, CBT Nuggets is a Registered Education Provider (REP) for PMI continuing education units (CEUs). As an REP, we offer a variety of courses to help you keep your certification up-to-date.
ITILⓇ certifications are designed to specifically prepare learners with the best practices and language needed for IT-related service delivery. Arguably, IT-related projects could fall under the umbrella of large-scale projects (such as those addressed by PMI certifications), but more often, ITILⓇ certifications address the ongoing, day-to-day projects necessary to keep an organization running. Unlike PMI project management, ITILⓇ equips IT professionals with best practices for effective, efficient delivery of services. TechRepublic provided a great snapshot of 10 things you should know about ITILⓇ.
Trainer Chris Ward recently released his ITILⓇ Foundations course. And he will be starting work on ITILⓇ Intermediate soon (check our Upcoming Training to see his progress). You can learn more from Chris by checking out his 5 Reasons to Learn ITILⓇ blog post or by watching a recording of his recent webinar, Unlocking ITIL'sⓇ Value.
Rather than looking at PMI and ITILⓇ as competing certification pathways, learners should consider how the certifications can work together. Learners who can effectively apply the ITILⓇ framework to projects they can productively manage will be leaders in the IT industry!


The apartments at Butler Street Lofts are elegant and filled with light. With high ceilings and original details, the spaces have a distinguished character that combines modern loft design with a classic touch. With generous proportions, these apartments are designed as true homes.


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Q: Google apps script not returning data I have a Google Apps Script pulling data from a Google Sheet, which gets data via GoogleFinance, (image attached) the price difference "=GOOGLEFINANCE(A2, "change")" works fine, but the close price which is called via "=INDEX(GOOGLEFINANCE((A3), "close", F2),2,2)" just returns #REF!
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I have tried the getValue and getDisplayValue, but this makes no difference
for(var i = 2; i < 72; i++) {
   var thePrice = sheet.getRange('B' + i).getValue();
   var sharename = sheet.getRange('D'+ i).getValue();
   var theDifference = sheet.getRange('C'+ i).getValue();
}

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Historical GOOGLEFINANCE data no longer accessible outside of Google
  Sheet. If you have a spreadsheet with historical data generated from the GOOGLEFINANCE function and you try to download it or access it via Apps Script or an API, the corresponding cells will show #N/A.

For more info: G Suite update Blog
Also, it has been raised in the App Script issue tracker and the response from Google is "Won't Fix (Intended behavior)"

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Falcon football ready to start rebuilding
Chase Bachman and Chase Bachman
The college football season is upon us. Saturday's showdown between Miami and Florida was just an appetizer to this weekend's full plate of gridiron action. For fans of BGSU, the wait will be even shorter, as the Falcons face off against the Morgan State Bears Thursday night at 7 p.m.
The first game will give fans and community members a chance to see what first-year head coach Scot Loeffler can do with a team that went 3-9 last year under Mike Jinks.
The Quarterback
Loeffler brings one of the more experienced coaching staffs to Bowling Green, as well as two transfer quarterbacks from Boston College — Darius Wade and Matt McDonald.
The starter is still a mystery, as most believe it will be the graduate transfer Wade. Having started in Loeffler's system at Boston College gives him a huge advantage. Regardless, Loeffler and his staff have remained tight-lipped on the subject. When asked about naming a starter, Loeffler indicated the public won't know until game time Thursday.
"We've got an idea," Loeffler said in a press conference Monday. "It doesn't give us any advantage to mention a starting quarterback right now."
Bowling Green has what looks to be an easy win over Morgan State. The Falcons enter the season opener as more than 21-point favorites over the Bears. From there, things get daunting. The Falcons' remaining non-conference includes trips to Kansas State Sept. 7 and Notre Dame Oct. 5 and playing host to Louisiana Tech. They will be heavy underdogs in all those matches.
The MAC season kicks off when the Falcons travel to Kent State Sept. 21. That contest is winnable. The next conference match is the Falcons' rivalry game against the Toledo Rockets, winners of the last 9. On Oct. 19 the Falcons host Central Michigan, another winnable match. Next, they travel to Kalamazoo to face a tough Western Michigan team. They return home to host Akron on Nov. 2.
The final month of the regular season will be a grind. The Falcons travel to Miami and host Ohio in two mid-week games set to be televised on ESPN2. The team's final game will be a road trip to Buffalo on Nov. 19.
The Falcons may be just a year out from really competing with the rest of the conference. The Falcons play a brutal non-conference, which could either give the staff hope or strip the team of its confidence, depending on how well they play. The new offensive system has a chance to sneak up on some conference opponents early, giving BGSU a chance to end its long rivalry drought against the University of Toledo.
The Falcons may surprise some people and finish above its media-projected last place finish in the MAC East Division. This is the same media that last year voted the Falcons men's basketball team to finish last before the team promptly won 12 conference games and lost in the conference championship to Buffalo, so nothing's set in stone.
Look for the Falcons to be much more creative and easier to watch on offense. They'll play a more satisfying brand of football that has a chance to win more than three games, but next year may be the year Loeffler's Falcons finally pop.
Prediction: 4-8


A number of these Site editors have a price but could be used free of charge. Other medication is really free. Try a few of the trial versions of the site editors that aren't free and find out if you discover one you want. Maybe it will likely be worth purchasing.
You will find 100s otherwise 1000's of free programs around the Internet for nearly whatever you can think about. Which means that if you wish to create an internet site you'll have the ability to get all that's necessary also it will not set you back anything at all.
One factor you have to produce a Web site is an internet site editor, unless of course you're creating your internet page at certainly one of individuals online hosting companies which has a web-based editor. You can only use the written text editor that included your pc as an internet site editor but when you would like some thing sophisticated you are able to download something online with free streaming.
Awesome Page – Demo ($28 to purchase) That one differs from others for the reason that it used boxes that may be moved and resized for everything including text. To produce new text or perhaps a graphic you have to first open a brand new box after which enter anything you need to add in it.
NoteTab Professional – Free light version ($19.95 for traditional version) Edit an entire number of pages all at one time with it's "find/replace all pages" function or copy in one page to another easily by viewing both of them simultaneously. This text editor includes tools just like a dictionary with spell checker, thesaurus and templates.
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Apple Taps MobileIron To Help It Deploy iPad Apps Into The Enterprise
Apple is working with mobile device management shop MobileIron to help deploy applications into the enterprise. The collaborative effort is part of a larger enterprise push by Apple that has it working with IBM and a number of other firms that sell products into the enterprise.
The IBM deal has led to the release of 25 IBM MobileFirst for iOS apps focused on supporting customers in several sectors. This past April, Apple expanded the partnership by allowing IBM greater integration of the HealthKit and ResearchKit data into Watson-based apps for customers in the medical field. IBM hopes to deliver nearly 100 enterprise-friendly iOS apps by the end of the year.
In its recent earnings call this April, Apple said that it is "working closely with more than two dozen other leading business software and solution providers including Box, Docusign, Microstrategy, Revel, and ServiceMax to bring a broad range of innovative mobile solutions to more customers on iPad."
The company's mobile enterprise push is evident across its developments for iPad — the addition of split-screen work in iOS 9 and potentially larger tablets both indicate that Apple wants iPad to fit better into enterprise environments. It's also worth noting that Apple said that the iPad has "consistently been the number one tablet in the enterprise."
However, overall iPad sales for Apple have been lackluster in recent quarters. Presuming some form of consumer saturation, it makes business sense that Apple would seek to expand its sales in other areas.
The company's work with MobileIron, along with Box, DocuSign and Xero, is part of that effort. I spoke with the CEO of MobileIron, Bob Tinker, who said that his company is building a product called OneTouch to help large companies deploy apps onto their mobile devices. That dovetails with Apple's work with other enterprise-facing firms. Even if they build compelling applications, without deployment and management tools, those apps might face limited deployment.
According to Tinker, Apple is sending partners to his firm to help them get their apps deployed. Unsurprisingly, Tinker said that his firm is "excited to be working with Apple." Given the sheer scale of Apple, it's easy to believe that statement.
Separately, TechCrunch has learned that the enterprise app push will involve "packages" of applications bundled together.
Details of the undertaking are scarce. Apple did not respond to several emails on the matter. I've heard conflicting things on whether or not the effort even has a formal name, for example.
MobileIron went public last year at $9 per share. The company's shares initially rallied, but took a sharp hit after the firm missed investor expectations following its most recent earnings report. MobileIron competes with Good Technology and others in its space.


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Case Name Brinkman v. Long PB-CO-0005
Docket / Court 2013-CV-032572 ( State Court )
Additional Docket(s) 2014SA212 [ 14-212 ]
State/Territory Colorado
Case Type(s) Public Benefits / Government Services
Special Collection Same-Sex Marriage
On October 30, 2013, two women who wished to marry each other in the state of Colorado filed a lawsuit in Colorado state court against the state. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court to declare that the prohibition of same-sex marriages violated the plaintiffs' ... read more >
On October 30, 2013, two women who wished to marry each other in the state of Colorado filed a lawsuit in Colorado state court against the state. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court to declare that the prohibition of same-sex marriages violated the plaintiffs' constitutional rights, mandate that the defendants issue them a marriage license, and award them reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of suit.
The plaintiffs claimed that by denying them the ability to enter into a state-recognized marriage (as opposed to a civil union) the state of Colorado was violating the rights guaranteed to them by the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Constitution by discriminating on the basis of sex and refusing to recognize same-sex marriages that occurred out-of-state.
The case was held in Adams County District Court before Judge C. Scott Crabtree. On July 9, 2014, the court granted summary judgment to the plaintiffs. The order immediately stayed the decision pending resolution of the issue on appeal. Despite the stay, several Colorado counties began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
The case was combined with McDaniel-Miccio v. State of Colorado (PB-CO-0004 in this Clearinghouse) and appealed to the Colorado Supreme Court and on July 18, 2014, the Court ordered that Colorado clerks were stayed from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples pending resolution of the appeal.
On October 6, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court denied petitions for writ of certiorari in two cases, Herbert v. Kitchen (PB-UT-0001 in this Clearinghouse) and Smith v. Bishop (PB-OK-0001 in this Clearinghouse), in which the Tenth Circuit had held that Utah and Oklahoma's same-sex marriage bans were unconstitutional. Herbert v. Kitchen, 135 S. Ct. 271 (2014); Smith v. Bishop, 135 S. Ct. 271 (2014). By declining to hear those cases, the Supreme Court let the lower court decisions stand: same-sex marriage was effectively legalized in those states. In response, the Colorado Supreme Court vacated the stay on the state district court order, effectively legalizing same-sex marriage in Colorado, and dismissed the case.
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Constitutional Clause
Equal Protection
Content of Injunction
Discrimination Prohibition
Defendant-type
Jurisdiction-wide
Discrimination-basis
Sexual orientatation
Plaintiff Type
Private Plaintiff
Causes of Action Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201
Defendant(s) State of Colorado
Plaintiff Description Plaintiffs are two women who are a same-sex couple who wish to have a state-recognized marriage in Colorado.
Class action status sought No
Class action status outcome Not sought
Filed Pro Se No
Prevailing Party None Yet / None
Public Int. Lawyer No
Nature of Relief Declaratory Judgment
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief Litigation
Case Ongoing Yes
Case Listing PB-CO-0004 : McDaniel-Miccio v. State of Colorado (State Court)
Court Docket(s)
State Trial Court
06/16/2014 13 -CV-32572
PB-CO-0005-9000.pdf | Detail
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Order of Court [Denying Emergency Injunctive Relief]
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Корективно силовање је злочин из мржње у којем је силована једна особа или више њих због своје перципиране сексуалне оријентације (нпр. хомосексуалне и бисексуалне). Уобичајена намеравана последица силовања је, према веровању починилаца овог злочина, преоријентисање силоване особе у хетеросексуалну.

Термин корективно силовање је скован у Јужноафричкој Републици пошто су случајеви корективног силовања лезбијки, као што су Еуди Симелане (која је такође убијена у истом нападу) и Золисва Нконјана, постали јавни. Популаризација термина је подигла свест и подстакла ЛГБТ+ особе у земљама широм света да изнесу властите приче о силовањима као казне или као покушаја да им се промени сексуална оријентација или родни идентитет. Иако неке државе имају законе који штите ЛГБТ+ особе, корективно силовање се често превиђа.

Дефиниција
Корективно силовање је силовање које се врши над особама које не испуњавају друштвене норме у виду људске сексуалности. Први случај је идентификован у Јужној Африци на којем присуствују цела породица, а понекад и локална заједница. Најчешће жртве силовања су особе ЛГБТ+ популације.

Државе
У неколико држава је примећено корективно силовање: Екватор, Хаити, Индија, Јамајка, Кенија, Киргистан, Холандија, Нигерија, Перу, ЈАР, Тајланд, Уганда, Украјина, Уједињено Краљевство, Сједињене Америчке Државе и Зимбабве.

Кампања и активизам
Добротворна хуманитарна организација за децу ActionAid објавила је чланак у коме се говори о корективном силовању, а окончање насиља над женама види као главни део њихове мисије. Група се удружила са 26. геј и женских права како би организовала кампању фокусирану на Јужну Африку, али такође усмерену на међународну заједницу, да би подигла свест о овим проблемима.

Референце

Злочин из мржње
Хомофобија
Трансфобија
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Flybe Welcomes Key Air Passenger Duty Debate At Holyrood
Unfair tax continues to hit consumers and harms economic growth, says leading regional airline.
Flybe has welcomed MSPs' efforts to examine the issue of unfair Air Passenger Duty during a key Scottish Parliamentary debate today (3 June).
The UK's largest regional airline says that scrapping the controversial tax on air travel is long overdue and hopes Holyrood can make significant progress on the issue.
The UK Government has made changes to the Air Passenger Duty (APD) banding, which will see a reduction in taxation for passengers travelling on long haul flights from next year - Flybe believes that is not enough.
It continues to call on the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the UK Government to urgently scrap the tax which hits consumers, harms tourism, and hurts economic growth.
Last year, a World Economic Forum (WEF) report showed the UK has the highest aviation taxes in the world.
However, Flybe believes that today's Holyrood debate represents a fresh opportunity to examine the economic impact of APD.
Saad Hammad, Flybe's Chief Executive, said:
"We welcome today's debate as an important step towards rectifying this taxation which places us, as a UK regional airline, at a competitive disadvantage and continues to damage Scotland's aspirations for economic growth.
"Across the aviation industry, scrapping Air Passenger Duty would not only incentivise airlines to provide new routes and enhance travel for Scotland's passengers, it would also significantly boost business and the economy.
"Scottish business people and consumers have had to count the cost of paying this tax twice when travelling domestically to an English airport – a disproportionate financial penalty which must not be allowed to continue.
"New destinations going hand-in-hand with considerably more passengers can only mean one thing – growth – and the incentive to capitalise on Scotland's rich tourism experience and established business sector, with more employment and investment, has to be a major consideration in today's debate."


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Adventures Of A Riot Grrrl
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Happy Friday Fright everyone! Mr Kaos here, the gorgeous Kitty is busy writing you lovely lot some awesome new posts so has graciously let me host this edition of Friday Fright! This is my first ever blog post so please bare with me! With that in mind lets all take a deep breathe and begin!
As the title subtly hints at this Friday Fright's blog is all about the horror re-make. So what happens when Hollywood turns Herbert West and tries to inject some new life into the blood soaked silver screen of yesteryear?
The late seventies and early eighties heralded golden age for the horror film, with censorship loosening and the new and exciting invention of the slasher flick, some of the biggest blockbusters of the decades belong to the genre. When Friday nights were reserved for date night, curious and excited couples would pack theatres for the latest blood bath! Get scared, hold your baby tight and enjoy the rush! Not a new concept I know, it's reminiscent of the '50's American drive-in cinema, new and edgy films for hormonal teenage couples looking for new kicks. With that in mind it shouldn't surprise you the first wave of horror remakes were rehashed versions of '50s B movies (The Blob, The Thing, The Fly), now in colour with added splatter!
But what now? How do major studios cater to the fright fans of a new era? Home media and seemingly endless supply of TV channels have hardened the generations to what was once considered shocking. How has a big budget and a new wave of special effects treated some of our favourite horror films? Here's a few select cuts from Hollywood's "Nu-horror cinema".
First on the chopping block is the 2010 version of I Spit On Your Grave. A pretty appropriate remake of Meir Zarchis original video nasty. With it's predecessor championed as one of the most controversial films ever made it's no surprise the remake is an over enthusiastic gore fest. Despite the addition of a corrupt sheriff the already sparse script and plot of the original is stretched even further to accommodate more elaborate death scenes. Gratuitous bloodshed takes centre stage in what appears to be Steven.R.Monroe trying to appease the SAW generation with a hip new portrayal of one of the nastiest movies ever made.
Next up Alexandre Ajar 2006 reworking of Wes Cravens The Hills Have Eyes is a loving homage to the original with added extras! It's an almost shot for shot replica of the original with an expanded script and glossier camera work. With no spoilers all I can say is the back story of the menacing cannibal family is built upn with a slick script twist and an additional scene in the middle of the feature. Although the film is well executed the characters seem a little two dimensional, with the main protagonists seeming a little too all American, A little too clean cut and a little too generic.
Finally billed as Rob Zombie's Halloween this movie lets you know from the start it's a new directors interpretation of an others work. John Carpenters original is one of the highest grossing and praised films of the horror genre, so it made sense that Zombies version was more of a re-imagining. Beautifully shot and scored, the first half of the film is a short prequel exploring Micheal Myers childhood and development into one of cinemas most notorious psychopaths, while the latter part of the film does a bloody good job at retelling the original film. The movie's a fright fans geeky dream! With subtle winks to the Carpenter original (as well as Zombie's previous works) and appearances from cult cinema stars along with Rob's regular roster of performers the casting seemed spot on. Even though we've seen these actors previously in some incredibly strong roles the characters are well developed enough to cover this. As a film in it's own right it would be brilliant but sadly lacks the tension and suspense of it's predecessor.
With that I think it brings it to the tragic curse of the remake! Can a remake ever truly outshine the original? Especially in the horror genre, with a hardcore fan base of loyal gore hounds, blood junkies and terror fiends, cinema fans don't get more passionate! (Shit, you don't weekend film festivals celebrating rom coms do ya?) The films I've mentioned are a small fragment of a massive surge of remakes, prequels, and re-imaginings, with every big name (Friday 13th, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, A Nightmare On Elm Street) being tampered with by major studios and redesigned for a new audience. Many of these films, like Zombies Halloween , are good films by their own merit but, with comparisons obviously going to be drawn to some of people's favourite films, just can't step out of the shadows of their originals.
That about wraps it up Fright fans! So chat back with your opinions! Is there anything you think that's crying out for a remake? Or are there films Hollywood shouldn't touch? With all these remakes has Hollywood ran out of ideas?! And most importantly.....How'd I do?
Thanks for reading creeps!
fashion-mommy 19 September 2014 at 09:36
I hate the remakes. Part of the charm of the originals are the shocking special effects and gore, many were B movies, and the big budget remakes just don't cut it for me.
misskittykaos 23 September 2014 at 21:27
I totally agree it is like the big budget just go way over the top x
I really dislike outright remakes where they're basically copies, but I think if the same story line is used but it's different it can be good. Some of the effects of old films are so old it's more like a comedy than a horror!
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Ha I love the old FX they were made by hand so that makes them real special x
It may seem strange me reply to a post on my page but as I didn't write this one I wanted to give my opinion. Remakes can often be Hollywood just being lazy and not working on new ideas because they know that curiosity will get the better of the original fans. We all vowed never to watch the Evil Dead remake but what a shame it would have been if we didnt check it out as it is a completely new re-imagining. I think remakes need to bring something new to the table instead of lazily scene for scene copying the original *cough* Psycho *cough*.
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Cuban President Raul Castro faces deep problems in 2017
Published: December 26, 2016 11:51 am On: World
FILE – Cuban President Raul Castro (right) lifts up the arm of US President Barack Obama, at the conclusion of their joint news conference at the Palace of the Revolution, in Havana, Cuba, on March 21, 2016. Photo: AP
HAVANA: Alex Romero was delighted when President Barack Obama came to Havana in March bearing the promise of a bright new future.
Like so many other Cubans, the 42-year-old state photography shop employee thrilled at the president's vision of restored ties between the US and Cuba. Families would reunite. A flood of American business would lift the stagnant centrally planned economy, fueling its slow path toward reform. Even as Obama spoke, an 80 percent surge in US visitors was drenching state-run and private businesses with hundreds of millions of desperately needed dollars.
Nine months later, the world seen from Havana looks very different.
President Raul Castro faces what could be his toughest year since he took power in 2006. 2017 brings a possible economic recession and a US president-elect who has promised to undo Obama's normalisation unless the Cuban government makes new concessions on civil rights. Resistance to pressure from Washington is a founding principle for the Cuban communist system, making domestic concessions in exchange for continued detente a virtual impossibility.
"People expected that after Obama came there would be changes in the relationship between the U.S. and Cuba but that we could keep the best of what we have, the benefits for the people," Romero said. "Trump's not going to be able to get what he wants, another type of Cuba. If the world's number one power takes us on, 2017 is going to be really bad for us."
Castro must manage these twin economic and diplomatic challenges during a year of transition. The 85-year-old general has promised to hand over the office in early 2018 to a successor, widely expected to be Miguel Diaz-Canel, a 56-year-old official with neither the Castro name nor revolutionary credentials. The change will occur without Castro's older brother Fidel, the revolutionary leader whose largely unseen presence endowed the system he created with historical weight and credibility in the eyes of many Cubans before he died last month at 90.
"Even if those two events hadn't taken place — Trump's victory and Fidel's death — 2017 was going to be a very difficult year for Cuba," said Cuban economist Omar Everleny Perez, a visiting professor at Keio University in Tokyo.
Cuba publishes few credible economic statistics, but experts expect the country to end this year with gross domestic product growth of 1 percent or less. It maintained a rate close to 3 percent from 2011-2015.
One bright spot is tourism, booming since Obama and Castro's Dec. 17, 2014, detente announcement set off a surge in overall visitor numbers, up more than 15 percent in 2015 and again this year.
"I've never seen as many tourists as I have this year," said Magalys Pupo, a street-corner pastry vendor in Old Havana. "They're everywhere and they're the income that we need in this country."
The slowness of macroeconomic growth despite a surge of interest in foreign investment and the greatest tourism boom in decades attests to both long-term mismanagement of the Cuban economy and the depth of the crisis in other sectors, particularly aid from Venezuelan in the form of deeply subsidized oil.
Analysts believe that as Venezuela's Cuba-inspired socialist economy has disintegrated, exports to Cuba has dropped from 115,000 barrels daily in 2008 to 90,000 in recent years to 40,000 a day over the last few months.
Venezuela was the prime destination alongside Brazil for Cuban doctors and other professionals whose salaries go directly to the Cuban government, providing another vital source of hard currency believed to be slackening in recent years. Nickel, another of Cuba's main exports, has seen a sharp price drop this year.
The revenue drop may be creating a vicious cycle for Cuba's state-run industries. Experts say cutbacks in imported industrial inputs this year will lead to lower productivity in Cuba's few domestic industries in 2017 and make zero growth or recession highly likely.
"Raul Castro's government has a year left and it should be planning what needs to be done," said Pavel Vidal, a Cuban economist at the Universidad Javeriana in Cali, Colombia. "Above all, it will be managing a crisis."
The government cut back summer working hours and gas rations for state-owned vehicles and has so far avoided any sustained power outages. But a crackdown on black-market gasoline sales to taxi drivers led them to increase prices, causing drivers to raise their prices, squeezing many Cubans already struggling to get by on state salaries of about $30 a month. Many Cubans say, however, that worsening conditions could drive them to rally around the government rather than against it.
"It's going to be a tough year," said Antenor Stevens, a 66-year-old retired public water specialist. "We're a people who've suffered a lot. We've felt a lot of need, but there's still a revolutionary consciousness."
One cushion will be remittances from Cuban expatriates in the United States and other countries, estimated by some experts to be in excess of $3 billion a year and rising as Cubans flood to the United States in fear that they may soon lose special immigration privileges.
Another bright spot is Cuba's growing private sector, particularly businesses boosted by increased demand from tourists.
While rising food prices are a constant problem for ordinary Cubans, many of those investing in food production are finding success.
Fernando Funes, owner of a farm that supplies vegetables to about 30 private restaurants in Havana, most with tourist clienteles, has nearly doubled his workforce from 12 to 20 in recent years, all earning about $25 a week. Five have begun cultivating their own plots of land alongside to produce food for sale to similar clients.
"We have a lot more opportunities to start projects these days," Funes said. "Personally I'm optimistic about 2017."
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Downtown sales enhance developments in Waxahachie with over $17 million reinvested since 2014
Ashley Ford | aford@waxahachietx.com
With more foot traffic in downtown, more money is expended, which in turn is reinvested into the area to create a destination.
After the recession hit hard in 2008, sales tax gradually declined from $366,286.86 to a 15-year low of $230,858.02 in 2013, according to reports obtained from the Texas Comptroller's Office by the Daily Light.
In 2017, the downtown district and its small business owners brought in $323,423.47 in sales tax revenue.
The state imposes a 6.25 cent sales tax, and the City of Waxahachie incorporates an additional 2 cents, which is returned.
Economic Development Coordinator Kassandra Carroll explained the City of Waxahachie receives two cents, and of that, 1.5 cents is contributed to the general fund for the city and the remaining .5 cents is given to 4B, which focuses on Community Development Corporation that comprises the Waxahachie Civic Center, the Sports Complex and beautification projects.
"No area of town has more value per acre, more jobs per acre, or more beauty per acre than our compact downtown," expressed Downtown development director Anita Brown. "That's why anything reinvested into downtown is worth it."
Several beautification projects were completed in 2018 to enhance the downtown area for locals and be pleasant for when visitors traveled.
From 2002 through 2012, Brown reported $106,708,802 was invested in downtown. In 2014, downtown development reinvested — in both public and private sectors — $3,457,490, while $3,278,602 was spent in 2015 and included the Ellis County Elections Office. In 2016, $3,669,466 was reinvested in downtown developments.
"The public sector is supposed to kick start the revitalization, and the private sector takes over, so that's what we've found down here," Brown explained.
In 2017, the private sector reinvested, $2,654,326, while the public sector put in $1,160,764. The trend continued in 2018 with the private sector investing over $3 million and the public sector reinvesting $412,561.
Brown provided a list of completed projects that enriched downtown that showed the splash pad in George Brown Plaza, Hachie Hearts, the Love Lock Wall, and the rehabilitation of South Rogers Street improved the downtown experience. The new construction of Franklin Townhomes and Two Amigos Taqueria were also mentioned.
The Wayfinding Program was also implemented to help drivers find historic downtown and other popular attractions. Nearly 60 signs were installed and strategically placed along Interstate-35, U.S. Highway 287 and throughout the city of Waxahachie.
Downtown business owners expressed the construction, beautification projects and art projects have brought a new ambiance to central Waxahachie.
Fresh Market owner Shane Henry was directly impacted by the South Rogers Street revitalization project that cost $1.26 million.
Through the 200 and 500 blocks of South Rogers Street, the existing street was removed, water and sewer drainage was upgraded along with curbs and some sidewalks.
"The construction on South Rogers was something that we needed to get done, but it was obviously painful for a long time because it was torn up so bad," Henry said.
Henry went on to explain the project made that area of downtown just as desirable as other areas, which was vital since it impacted the entrance of the Farmer's Market that generated $155,709.96 in total revenue in 2018, according to a previous Daily Light article.
By the end of spring, Fresh Market will relocate across the street to operate in the MKT Depot that was built in 1908. Passenger services discontinued in 1964 and freight services stopped in 1988. The City of Waxahachie purchased the building in 2008 and construction to restore the landmark began in 2009. The entire $1.3 million-restoration was complete in 2010.
"It is nice to be able to stay downtown, and with the city's efforts to renovate the depot it's a great space," Henry elaborated.
In 2019, the owner of The Dove's Nest, Cindy Burch, will celebrate 25 years of business. Burch has been an active member of the Waxahachie Downtown Merchants Association since it was founded and relayed the efforts by the City of Waxahachie has revived it.
Through the recession, Burch said The Dove's Nest stayed prominent due to "The grace of God. During that time people were closing, and there wasn't much down here."
Burch acknowledged the combination restaurant, gift-store gave a unique model to the business, which helped it succeed.
"I think if we didn't serve food we would have never made it," Burch noted.
As more money is generated, more advancements have come. Burch explained back in the day, the WDMA took it upon itself to purchase and install park benches, wastebaskets and potted flowers.
"Literally, we bought all of that to keep downtown beautified and made it a place where people wanted to come," Burch elaborated. "It's made a big difference to hire a horticulturist."
Burch is also one of the few merchants to own its own parking lot. The city rehabilitated the retaining wall and installed the Love Lock Wall across the street from the business. The city constructed a tourist attraction and rejuvenated the lot itself.
"It helped beautify our parking lot, and in turn, it brings even more people to town and brings them right to our parking lot, and they will hopefully walk over to our business," Burch explained.
As Burch reflected on her silver anniversary, she noted some things have not changed such as the chicken apricot salad, almond bacon cheddar spread, chocolate bourbon pecan pie and buttermilk pie as they've been listed on the menu since day one.
She did note, the Ellis County Courthouse is no longer the only attraction in downtown, but as well as the variety of retail and restaurants.
"They say that we are a destination, but it took years to become that destination," Burch emphasized.
Brown said the number of restaurants and residential living has doubled since 2015, currently with 24 restaurants and 40 residential units.
"We do have a very good downtown mix of business. But what we are missing are stores for men," Brown explained.
Figures provided by Brown showed since 2015, 57 businesses have opened, 15 have closed and 14 have relocated.
17 new businesses opened, one closed, two relocated
16 new businesses opened, seven closed, six relocated
Seven new businesses opened, five closed and four relocated
11 new businesses, two closed, two relocated and two closed
So far in 2019, six businesses have opened, two have relocated and two have closed. New businesses include Copper Rose, Meat Church, Vaqueras, LTC of Texas, The Crafty Mom and Dazzling Divas. Those that closed included Britches and Blouses and Texas Pearls.
Brown elaborated on several downtown businesses that have been in business for over 50 years. Happy's Home Furnishings, Maxwell's Jewelry, Citizens National Bank of Texas, Eubank Florist, and College Street Printing have all earned the Texas Treasures Business Award.
Other businesses that have been around for 13 years included Mosaic Madness, Gran's Antiques, The Dove's Nest, All Sports Trophies, Courthouse Café, College Street Pub, Jim Jenkins, Gingerbread Antiques, Old Town Village and Common Threads Quilting, My Father's House and Justice Financial.
Correction: There are two corrections and one clarification needed to an article titled, "Downtown sales enhance developments in Waxahachie," originally published in the March 17 edition of the Waxahachie Daily Light.
In relation to the correct explanation of sales tax distribution, the state imposes a 6.25 sales tax, and the City of Waxahachie imposes an additional 2 cents. The original article stated the state and city divvied up the 6.25 sales tax. Economic Development Coordinator Kassandra Carroll further explained the City of Waxahachie receives two cents, and of that, 1.5 cents is contributed to the general fund for the city and the remaining .5 cents is given to 4B, which focuses on Community Development Corporation that comprises the Waxahachie Civic Center, the Sports Complex and beautification projects.
The article should have also stated the total amount of money invested in the restoration of MKT Depot was $1.3 million, not the incorrectly reported $3.1 million.
The Wayfinding Programming should have been referred to as "Wayfinder."
Ashley Ford | @aford_news | 469-517-1450


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Sara Gilbert exits 'The Talk,' cites work-life balance
LOS ANGELES — Sara Gilbert is leaving the daytime talk show she helped launch.
Gilbert announced Tuesday on CBS' "The Talk" that she's decided to exit as a co-host because of her packed work and personal schedule.
Gilbert, who produces and stars on ABC's "The Conners," said her life was "slightly out of balance."
She wasn't spending enough time with her three children, she said, lamenting she had yet to make her 4-year-old's baby book.
There are also other producing and acting opportunities demanding her attention, Gilbert said.
She will finish out the current and ninth season of "The Talk" and plans to return as a guest co-host. Gilbert's replacement wasn't announced.
Another co-host, Julie Chen, exited last fall following sexual misconduct allegations against her husband, former CBS chief executive Leslie Moonves.


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The perfectly cooked steak fillet. For my husband and I, its medium rare! Tenderloin is the most tender cut of beef and this is the piece I've used in the picture above! The recipe is quite easy to execute and does not require a lot of time but it needs you to be on top of the frying pan so you can monitor the cooking time!
4 beef tenderloin fillets cut into approximately 3cm each, not bigger!
Heat up an anti-stick pan (to the highest temperature) and add one teaspoon of olive oil, just enough for the fillets to rest on whilst cooking.
While your pan is heating, make the Knorr mixture. Add the 2 cubes into a small bowl with 2 tablespoons of Olive Oil and mix well. Marinate the meat and place in the pan!
Set your kitchen timer for 3 minutes on the highest heat and using tongs (Not a fork, we aim to seal the meats moisture) we turn them around for another 3 minutes, again on the highest temperature, then turn off our stove. Let for another minute before removing the fillets onto your plate!
I hope its a success for you as it was for me! Bon appetit!


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Hurricane shutter installers filed suit against their employer, Safe Hurricane Shutters, Inc. under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). On March 11, 2013, the 11th Circuit rejected employers' arguments that employees were wrongdoers with no work authorization and no filed tax returns. The Court, relying on its prior opinion in Patel v. Quality Inn S., 846 F.2d 700 (11th Cir. 1988) and rejecting Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. NLRB, 535 U.S. 137 (2002), found that an employee's ability to recover unpaid wages for work already performed does not depend on their immigration status. Thus, in the 11th Circuit, a worker's undocumented status will not bar his recovery in any FLSA action. A possible interpretation here is that this ruling will level the playing field by preventing violating employers from gaining unfair competitive advantage by saving money in denying undocumented workers their lawfully earned wages.
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