As well as being a very accomplished picker, he is also an astounding photographer and has given us some photos to scatter throughout this interview!
Q: Let's start this interview off by telling us a little bit about yourself. What do you do for a living, and how are you involved with the Lock Sport community?
Well, I'm waddac2 and known as Rich on our UKLock Sport forum where I'm Team Advertiser and UKLock Sport Promoter and also known as Rich to my YouTube buddies.
For a living I am a Security Officer/Operative and have been for many years. This included a short term Personal Security role and also been head of security/Bouncer at a Casino for a while even though I'm only 5ft 7″ tall LOL!!!
If anyone is interested, I am into shooting and also collecting hand forged Katana of which I have eight in my collection. I also use to be a keen full contact kick boxer… but not now that I'll be 45yrs this November, I'm just too old. LOL!!!
I am mainly involved with the Lock Sport community through our forum and also my YouTube Channel as some of you guys will know me from.
I am also quite keen on amateur photography and started taking black and white photos of the locks I have picked over the years. Throughout this interview I've added a few of the pictures I've taken of some of my favorite locks.
Q: What got you into lock picking?
Great question Sir, reason I got into lock picking/Lock Sport is because I was very ill at one point during 2009/10 and awaiting a major operation (Been through 4 up to date).
When speaking to my father I told him I needed a hobby that was non physical etc. My Father was an ex builder/joiner and he suggested lock picking.. My thoughts were.. "What… Lock Picking???? ". It turned out, that at an early age I had picked my sister's jewelry box open that she got for Christmas and I used a pair of nail clippers that contained a file from a Christmas cracker. My mother then asked me to use my new found talent to pick open a lock on a large freezer after losing the key.
My son also became ill with seizures not long after, so it was a bonus I was in the house picking in my kitchen.
My wife was not happy with me after a major operation. I had been in for surgery and in high dependency unit … I got home and with missing doing a video, I did a review on a Majestic pick set. I was on so many drugs and pain killers I was shaking like a leaf on a tree LOL!! I got the odd nasty comment but when I explained they felt guilty and apologized.
Q: You have been making lock picking videos and tutorials on YouTube for over 7 years now. What has kept you in the game for so long and what is your biggest personal accomplishment in that time?
In the game so long… you make me feel like an OLD man LOL!!! (I'm getting there) I'm still in the game as I love it to bits. Once you pop your first lock without the working key, you're hooked and there's no turning back.
Well, I am still here and picking, plus I'm doing videos when I get the chance but work has been frantic for the past few months.
I love lock picking to bits and I love everyone in the Lock Sport community and consider everyone my family. I think that is the main reason I am still in the game. I have lock picking buddies worldwide whom I have never met, but we all look out for each other and support each other which is an amazing thing.
When I first started out, I never used any of the see through training padlocks or Euro locks etc. I just bought picks and locks and then played around with them. I have been asked questions many times from people who say they have training locks and are looking at it while picking and then have trouble picking a normal lock… My answer is always "Your looking, and not feeling, try again and just look at the key way" With practice locks, there is too much looking and not enough reliance on feedback of what should be going on. I think the see through locks are good for showing the understanding of how a locks works with pins and sheer line etc.
In one of my 5 Lever Curtained lock videos Texas Jim asked if I could take the metal plate off and pick the lock again for him. I explained that the levers would ping out all over, so I had to make a plastic see through cover to do another video dedicated to him… It was harder for me with seeing levers. Click here to watch that video if you would like!
Q: You have an amazing collection of padlocks ranging from Victorian era, to vintage Master and Yale locks. What is your most prized lock in your collection and do you have any advice for future lock collectors?
Thank you. Yes I love my vintage locks and the older the better. I have no specific favorites in my Victorian display cabinet as I just love them all.
To me, they need to rest after long years of service and they do in my display cabinet and I love to look at them each day. Visitors to my home always stop and stare at the display.
Q: Your channel also has several 5 Lever Curtain Mortice style lock tutorials. For our American audience wanting to get into that arena of Lock Sport, what are some good 'beginner' locks to start out with?
ERA 5 Lever locks are the best to play with if your wanting to get into mortice lever locks. They have false gates just like all or most other 5 lever locks that can confuse you, but fun when hitting a false gate you think a lock is picked until it will not fully retract the bolt.
The picks I use are called ICL and I love them.
Before getting into picking curtained mortice locks, there are also 2 and 3 lever non-curtained locks. These are good to get the hang of things, but a 2-in-1 pick will be needed for single lever picking. You can also use "try-out" keys, but they don't give you the feel of an SLP etc.
Q: Are there any brands of Lever Mortice picks that you prefer or would suggest to our readers?
ICL Picks to me work well as stated above; they do the job for me as I class myself as an amateur when picking lever locks. I love them as they have a little raised ridge that stops the pick from going all the way through the lock; if no ridge, it can hinder the pick wire to correctly attack the levers. I have tried a couple of other mortice picks and I'm not keen on them due to this problem.
You also have two tensioning tools, one is 5 Gauge and other is a 7 Gauge. To newbies that do not know, the gauge is the size of the hole in which the key fits into.
Q: In your videos, you can be seen SLAYING European dimple locks. What are some good beginner dimple locks someone can start with?
I have only picked a few different dimple locks. Mostly padlocks and euro locks. I have picked MTL (Mul-T-Lock), EC Shutter lock (Italy), and Master Dimple Locks. I have picked some unbranded ones too. Just be careful of the unbranded ones, as they can have hidden things. Some are easy, some are hard. Many of the dimple locks I have picked were from work due to lost keys or issues with the lock being used so much.
I have two sets of picks for dimple locks. The first set I bought was a GOSO pick set with changeable tips. They are just like the SouthOrd ones but a lot cheaper, the only issue I have had is when picking the odd MTL, the pick tips can get stuck and need to use a bobby pin to flatten all the pins to pull the pick out with a wobble and jiggle here and there. My favorites though are Souber dimple picks.
Q: Some of our readers are curious as to what tools you have in your "go-to" pick set. Can you tell us in detail about what you carry in your kit?
Well, as people know I have a roll up case at the moment which houses my Peterson Picks and others. My "go-to" picks in there are more often homebrew picks such as a medium hook made from a hacksaw blade, then may opt for a gem from Petersons. I do like the wooden handled short hook I have, as the wooden handle looks vintage.
If they fail I will resort to other picks from Petersons. After saying that, I could do with going back to SouthOrd Slim Lock Picks for the odd locks now and again due to restricted keyways. Or try the MAX Slims as people rave about them. I have a grey SouthOrd Max pick that I had to homebrew a bit as it was too thick for some locks. I love the feel of the handles. "Reacher" half diamonds are also a great go to pick for me as work wonders with high and low biting, allowing me to get round set pins and not over setting others. Some people also say GOSO picks are no good as they are cheap, but I have a couple of hooks in my go-to kit as they work wonders on some locks.
I pick at home for fun as a Lock Sporter, yet I need to pick at work now and again.. So the kit that has been seen on my videos has to chop and change. I have picked many padlocks for work, Euros etc., and even an easy safe. I adapt to what is needed.
Q: In your opinion, how has the Lock Sport community changed over the years?
Well, Lock Sport in its early days was just a few like minded people who thought of locks as puzzles and wanted to play and so they bought picks.
Once they (like myself) popped their first lock without using the working key, they were hooked and joined forums and watched YouTube for hints and tips. To me it has changed a great deal as we are not only a single forum group, such as our www.ukLock Sport.co.uk, but we are a WORLD WIDE community and I find that amazing! The reason I say this is because I have sent care packages to Lock Sporters in countries that our own governments are at war with.
To me if our country leaders were like all the Lock Sporters the world would be a better place. WE ALL LIVE UNDER THE SAME SUN at the end of the day.
Q: Where would you like to see it go from here?
I honestly cannot say where I would I like to see it go from here as we are all just doing what we do for fun and enjoying each other's videos and company worldwide.
Q: What are some locks you are working on at the moment? Are there any locks that you just absolutely cannot open?
I have been playing with Medeco locks for a while back that were sent to me and I'm not too brilliant with them. I have picked them a few times but never got them on camera. My problem is the working hours that I have and I often make the mistake of getting my picks and vice out as soon as I get in from working late and having a go at it. Also, I have an Abloy 320 padlock that I have never picked. I do not have the picks for it yet, but if I did I would probably never get her open.
With my working hours, I do not get a chance to drink a beer while picking locks. But now and again when picking, if I'm not working I like a can of Guinness or two. One of my early videos of making padlock shims, I show a can of Guinness to let viewers know that shims can be made from cans!
Nicely done. Excellent work on this write up. Look forward to more.


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[Trade Journal]
Publication: Glass Factory Directory
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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PRESSED AND BLOWN WARE
The following factories are devoted to the manufacture of pressed and blown ware, plain tumblers, stem ware and bar goods, cut glass and tubing, lamp chimneys, globes, electrical goods, etc.
Owens-Illinois Glass Co., Muncie; 4 continuous tanks. Glass insulators and Insulux glass building block. See listing under firm name in Ohio bottle section
BOTTLES AND HOLLOW WARE
This list includes manufacturers of prescriptions and vials, beers and minerals, patent and proprietary medicines, liquors and flasks, packers and preservers, fruit jars and milk bottles.
Owens-Illinois Glass company, general offices, Ohio bldg, Toledo; sales offices in all principle cities; officers: William E. Levis, president; H. G. Phillipps, vice president and treasurer; Harold Boeschenstein, vice president and general manager; R. H. Barnard, vice president and general manager Glass Container Div.; A. W. Sherwood, vice president; C. B. Belknap, exec. vice pres.; F. J. Solon, vice president and general sales manager, J. H. McNerney, secretary and assistant treasurer. Factories: No. 2, Huntington, W. Va.; P. E. Hanes, manager, 5 furnaces, 19 machines; No. 3, Fairmont, W. Va., D. Denelsbeck, 6 furnaces, 12 machines; No. 4, Clarksburg, W. Va., 3 furnaces, 6 machines; No. 6, Charleston, W. Va., C. G. Bensinger, 5 furnaces, 10 machines; No. 7, Alton, Ill., F. Flexon, 10 furnaces, 34 machines; No. 9, Streator, Ill., F. E. Martin, 8 furnaces, 18 machines; No. 10, Newark, Ohio, B. E. Boyd, No. 11, Evansville, Ind., G. F. O'Brian, 2 furnaces, 8 machines; No. 12, Gas City, Ind., T. A. Collins, 5 furnaces, 11 machines; No. 13, Chicago Heights, Ill., March A. Nagle, 4 furnaces, 4 machines, (and hand made div.); No. 14, Bridgeton, N. J., J. L. Black, 5 furnaces, 14 machines; No. 15, Okmulgee, Okla., B. J. Ackerman, 1 furnace, 3 machines; No. 17, Clarion, Pa., A. C. Budd, 2 furnaces, 10 machines; No. 18, Columbus, O., L. R. Kessler, 2 furnaces, 9 machines; No. 25, Terre Haute, Ind., M. A. Eddy, 3 furnaces, 15 machines; No. 26, Muncie, Ind., W. P. Zimmerman, 4 furnaces, 10 machines. Bottles and containers all colors; pressure and non-pressure beverage bottles; beer bottles, narrow-neck food containers, 1/2 and 1 gallon jugs; wide mouth food containers, patent medicine, pharmaceutical, proprietary, toilet preparation, perfume, complete line of drug store containers; milk bottles, large ware, including 1/2, 2, 3, and 5 gallon water bottles, carboys, buckets, barrels, 2 and 3 gallon fuel oil containers, wicker covered large ware, etc.; all types of hand blown containers; industrial materials, glass wool products, "Dustop" air filters, insulating material, "Insulux" glass building block, glass insulators.
Keywords: Hemingray : Owens-Illinois Glass Company
Researcher notes:
Supplemental information:
Researcher: Bob Stahr
Date completed: January 23, 2010 by: Bob Stahr;

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Test Drive: The all electric Holden VOLT
By Trevor Long
Holden today unveiled its first electric car – the VOLT – to the Australian media. EFTM was there, and we got to take it for a spin to see whether it was radical or just wrong.
First, a quick recap for anyone asking: "What is an electric car? Doesn't Toyota already have one of those?" No, the Prius is a hybrid, using both the electric and petrol engines to drive the wheels and move you forward. The difference here (as with other electric cars) is that the electric motors are the only source of drive for the wheels.
Charging the Holden VOLT
That leads to plenty of concerns about the viability of electric cars, with the largest being the 'range anxiety' known to exist when driving around – you find yourself worrying the battery is going to go flat and leave you stranded.
General Motors attacked that problem head on by adding a petrol engine to the vehicle. The difference here is that engine does not and cannot drive the wheels of the car. Its purpose is to act solely as a generator. Providing a charging source to the battery to extend the range of the vehicle from 50-80km up to 500km or more.
So what happens if you run the battery totally flat? Do you need to run the petrol engine for a while to create enough charge to get going again? Turns out the answer is no. If the battery is flat, the petrol engine will provide enough charge to the battery system to not only power the electric motor/s but also to charge the battery at the same time.
The VOLT actually has two electric motors, one of which works alone between 0 and 80kph, with a second motor helping out from 80kph and up.
Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore having a fun first ride in the Holden VOLT
Anthony Albanese the Federal Minister for Transport and Infrastructure was on hand for the launch, as was the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore, and the Ambassador for the United States of America, Jeffrey Bleich. All of course singing the praises of this amazing new car.
Let's not get too excited though – it's not available here for 12 months. And we have no idea at all what it will cost. Holden claims the full charge (over four hours) would cost just $2.50 – and while I'm sure that's possible, I'm also sure it requires you to charge in off-peak and have smart metering to take advantage of.
Leaving that aside, let's look at the car itself. Strangely it seems to carry the industry trend of a 'huge arse' on non-standard cars, such as the Prius and some of the Honda hybrids. Given the battery is under the back seat and centre stretch of the car (it's in a T shape) it can only be an aerodynamic decision. However on closer look inside the boot, it seems the 12V battery and tyre foam kit are there so the boot isn't any bigger as a result. That said, I don't mind the look at all.
Jump inside and you're presented with fancy patterns on a smooth plastic surface in the door inserts, as well as a candy style interior with white plastic throughout – but I should stress, it's not a cheap look, it's a stylish look. The white is an interesting choice because the 'soft touch' buttons around are hard to read with blue light on a white dash.
Inside the VOLT
Put your foot on the brake and press the ON button and you're immediately blown away by the on-board computing in this vehicle. The centre console screen is a familiar sight in these style cars showing active power usage and drive train information, while the full LCD dash display is nothing short of complex. Controlled by a scroll wheel to the outer side of the dashboard (where you might find the light dial on many cars, between the drivers window and the drivers steering wheel) the three dimensional options screen is a mind blowing experience. I'm sure it gets simple, but it was nothing of the sort for the 10 minutes I was inside.
The park-brake is a button control on the centre console, while the gear stick when in park tucks very nicely away into the centre console. My problem with the gear selection is that there is no indication except for a small set of letters (P N D R) in the top right of the driver dash LCD screen. I guess you'd get used to that.
As with a hybrid, the deceptive silence is something drivers and passengers (let alone pedestrians) will take some time to get used to. Not only when driving but also when you're finished, you can easily forget to turn the car off! Throttle down and you're away with a hum and a buzz and nothing more. The steering feels smooth and the comfort for driver and passenger is excellent.
Being left-hand-drive, we were not able to venture onto the open roads, so the course was a small circuit inside an old railway shed at Everleigh in Sydney. The screech of the tyres as they turned on the smooth concrete surface was all that could be heard from the fleet of VOLT's on the day.
Holden VOLT
I tested the acceleration which to me seemed excellent, little or no obvious lag from stabbing the throttle to go time and while no acceleration figures are mentioned we were hitting 35kph in the short few meters before the enormous BRAKE NOW sign above us.
Overall I was impressed with the car, the look and the drive. However I wouldn't take the word of anyone who has not been on the open roads in the GM Chevrolet VOLT overseas because today's unveil was hardly a test drive.
The total range for this vehicle can go above 600km with the GM team testing the vehicles between Melbourne and Sydney recently achieving some impressive results. When you compare that to a Commodore doing the whole trip on a full tank there is a long way to go – but that's not the market for this car.
No price was even hinted, although with build quality like I saw today and the technology involved, I'm expecting it to be $65,000 and up, which, if you're into saving the planet amay seem like a great price, but for the average motorist who needs value for money this may be difficult. Let's hope for some aggressive pricing because if this was $45,000 or less it would be hard to turn down.
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BBC presents Shakespeare's classic tale of betrayal, murder and revenge. Rodney Bennett's television adaptation of Hamlet stars Derek Jacobi as the most complex of all Shakespeare's characters. Prince Hamlet is told by his father's ghost that his uncle Claudius has murdered him and married his widow.
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A brilliant, rich and emotionally stirring performance from Jacobi. He had me begging for more even from a 3 and half hours already.


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Home Top News The five largest cities in Britain after London
The five largest cities in Britain after London
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By Benjamin Wetting | Posted on 08/30/2021 at 3:31 pm Updated on 08/31/2021 at 11:36 pm
With a population of over 8.9 million, London is the largest city in the United Kingdom. But did you know the five largest cities in Great Britain after the capital?
1. Birmingham:
The second most populous city in the United Kingdom has a population of approximately 1,141,400, according to the 2018 estimate. Known as the "workshop of the world" or "city of a thousand trades" during the Industrial Revolution, Birmingham is now a major economic center in the United Kingdom, but is also the fourth most visited city by tourists.
2. Glasgow:
Formerly considered the "Second City of the British Empire", Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and the 3rd largest city in the United Kingdom, after the capital, Edinburgh. Its population in 2011 was estimated at nearly 600,000. A coral population, but not compared to the 1,088,000 million people registered between 1931 and 1939 … a city is unfortunately losing land in terms of population.
3. Manchester:
With 545,500 manganese identified in 2017, Manchester is the fourth largest city in the United Kingdom. The city shines with its economic, cultural and historical significance. Football fans are also familiar with Manchester's famous Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester United's famous "Dream of Dreams" and the rival Manchester City's Etihad Stadium.
4. Edinburgh:
The Scottish capital had a population of 512,000 in 2016. It is the second largest economic capital of the United Kingdom, behind London, but the second most visited city. The people of Edinburgh and Edinburgh, famous for its castle, can take pride in running the Scottish Parliament since its re-establishment in 1999.
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5. Liverpool:
Founded in 1207, Mercedes is the 6th most populous city in the United Kingdom with a population of 491,500 in 2017. Liverpool is still the birthplace of the Beatles and the home of Liverpool FC and its legends. This is an accent, scows, thanks we recognize scouts from Liverpool.
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Getting to know the national therapy centres...
On Friday morning I set off to the University of Warwick to attend the annual MS National Therapy Centre Conference.
MS National Therapy Centres (MSNTC) is a charity which represents individual therapy centres across England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, the Channel Islands and Gibraltar. These centres provide treatments, therapies, help and support to some 15,000 peop
Nick from MS Society, Amy from MS-UK, Frank from MSNTC and David from MS Trust
le living with multiple sclerosis (MS) every week.
The annual conference and AGM is a chance for therapy centres to come together, share best practice and learn from each other. The conference, which was hosted by Frank Sudlow, Chair of the charity, ran over two days and included workshops, speakers and lots of updates about the world of MS.
I was particularly keen to hear Dr Dawn Langdon speak about cognition and MS and I wasn't disappointed. Dr Langdon is Professor of Neuropsychology at Royal Holloway University of London. Her talk included an update on what research is being carried out to discover the impact of cognition difficulties for people living with MS as well as some useful insights about how people can improve their cognition by stretching their brains. It gave me a lot of food for thought!
The conference was also a chance for me to meet up with other CEOs from the national charities… David from the MS Trust and Nick from the MS Society. It was great to be able to talk to them about their work and how they are supporting people affected by MS as well as updating them on what MS-UK is doing. I hope that we can work together in the future to reach even more people and let them know we are all here to help in any way we can.
I wanted to say a big thank you to the MS National Therapy Centres for inviting us – see you next year!
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En derecho penal
al plural de cómplice;

En música
 a Cómplices, dueto musical español;
 a Cómplices, álbum del dueto musical homónimo - Publicación: 2000;
 Cómplices, álbum del cantante mexicano Luis Miguel;
 Cómplices, álbum del guitarrista Chicuelo;
 Cómplices, álbum de Pedro Aznar de 1998, banda de sonido de las películas del mismo nombre;

En cine y televisión
 Cómplices, telenovela chilena del 2006;
 Cómplices, telenovela colombiana del 2008;
 Cómplices, telenovela española del 2009;
 Cómplices, película argentina de 1998;
 Cómplices, película estadounidense de 1996;
 Cómplices al rescate, telenovela mexicana del 2002;

En literatura
 Cómplices del Conde Olaf, libro.
 Cómplices, librería LGBT de Barcelona.

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Debt: $37.2 bn.
news from Angola
The opposition sees a new chance
For the first time, the ruling MPLA will fight elections against an opposition coalition led by three credible contenders
Bringing together the biggest opposition parties, a new coalition will contest national elections in August on a combined ticket presenting the most serious threat to the 47-year r...
J-Lo suffers party backlash
The credibility of President's break with the country's kleptocratic and undemocratic recent past is fading fast
President João Lourenço promised an end to the corruption that characterised the rule of his predecessor, José Eduardo dos Santos, to the impunity of the ruling Movimento Popular ...
Mounting protests face police violence
Young activists are demonstrating against rocketing prices, worsening unemployment and double-standards on corruption
President João Lourenço faces deepening public anger over the country's economic implosion and accusations that his anti-corruption campaign is replacing one set of dishonest offic...
Debt crisis deepens
Even without the coronavirus pandemic it was always doubtful that 2020 would be the year Angola would return to growth, as President João Lourenço had promised. After...
Lourenço faces the crunch
The campaign to recover loot is popular, and the IMF is supportive, but the numbers are terrible
The pursuit by investigative journalists and Luanda's prosecutors of Isabel dos Santos offers a temporary distraction from the country's economic meltdown. Enthusiasm to see Isabel...
The fight over the missing billions goes global
The Lourenço government expands its search for stolen assets, launching an international campaign against the Dos Santos clan
In what is set to be a gargantuan legal battle stretching over many years, the government of President João Lourenço is stepping up action to recover several billion dollars in ass...
The sins of the father
José Filomeno dos Santos, aka Zenú, is on trial in Luanda accused of illegally taking US$500 million out of the country during his time as head of Fundo Soberano de Angola (FSA), A...
Lourenço woos New York elite
Under pressure from falling revenues, mounting debt and high expectations, the President pledges radical change
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Sonangol's head rolls
The state oil company's chair took the blame for chronic fuel shortages but there are deeper currents at work
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President Lourenço's long honeymoon will come to an end as public focus shifts to the economy
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Art of the Title's Top 10 List includes Toni Morrison
Art of the Title has selected the main title sequence from Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am as one of the top 10 title sequences of 2019.
The sequence features the hands of Brooklyn-based Mickalene Thomas, assembling a collage from pieces of portraits of Toni Morrison by director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.
"The footage of Thomas's collage assembly is beautifully buttressed by Kathryn Bostic's lilting and contemplative jazz score, joined with credits designed by Declan Zimmermann and Perpetual Motion Graphics, and made whole through cuts and rotations by the film's editor and producer Johanna Giebelhaus."
Read more about these titles, and the rest of this past year's top ten here.
Posted in: Design, Documentary, Feature Film, Film Titles, News, Uncategorized
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am in theaters June 21
We are eagerly anticipating the theatrical release of Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am on June 21st.
The film, which features our graphics and animation work, is being distributed by Magnolia Pictures and opening in 50 cities across the nation.
Here is the trailer:
Our role as collaborators in the film was cited by the film's co-producer and editor, Johanna Giebelhaus in this interview published in Filmmaker Magazine.
It was an amazing experience to be a part of telling the story of this extraordinary woman.
When you see the film you will be as in love with Toni Morrison as we are.
Posted in: Animation, Design, Documentary, Feature Film, News, Visual Effects
The Congressman Main Title Sequence
We love films, and we love the art of the title, so we jumped at the chance to design and animate the main titles for The Congressman, released in Spring 2016.
The film stars Treat Williams as Maine Congressman Charlie Winship. Fed up with Washington and special interest lobbyists, battered by a media scandal and recovering from divorce, it is only after meeting a group of rugged and self-reliant lobstermen fighting to save their way of life that Charlie reconnects with the idealism that drew him to Congress, while discovering a second chance at personal happiness.
In addition to the main titles, the sequence had to communicate Charlie's backstory to the audience by incorporating a series of archival photos and clips. Working closely with editor and co-producer Johanna Giebelhaus, our goals were to create a visual sequence recalling classic film titles of the 1960s and 70s with just a hint of a modern feel, and to find an elegant solution within the resources of an independent production.
We're proud of the final sequence, anchored by a handwritten main title, evocative of both the lawmaker's signature and the intimacy of the narrative. The tiles reference both the pieces of Charlie's life, which may be falling apart or coming together, as well as the frame through which the illicit photographer is spying on him. The sequence is rounded out by subtly moving rectangles and credits that frame the historical narrative and set the tone as we move through history to the present day.
We were privileged to be part of this production, with a first-rate performance from Treat Williams, and featuring both gorgeous photography and music by longtime friend Joe Arcidiacono.
The Congressman is now available on Amazon and numerous other streaming services and enjoying theatrical runs throughout the country. You can see the full schedule and list on the film's website.
Posted in: Animation, Design, Feature Film, Film Titles, News
Hope and the Political Process
It's an election year and everyone has an opinion about what's broken in Washington.
The Congressman stars Treat Williams as a frustrated lawmaker who catches a breath of fresh air during an unexpected retreat to a remote island in his district to deal with a fishing dispute.
The film, written and co-directed by former congressman Robert Mrazek, tells a story which evokes Bill Forsyth's Local Hero, a personal favorite of Declan's.
We designed and animated the main titles.
The film anchored closing night of the The 18th Annual Sarasota Film Festival, and hits theaters in New York and Washington on April 29, and independent cinemas across the country in the weeks that follow.
Find the complete schedule on the film's website.
See The Congressman. And vote.
Our work featured in Touched With Fire opening Friday!
Paul Dalio's Touched With Fire, which premiered at SXSW last year, opens in theaters this Friday, February 12th. The film has been garnering positive reviews and we can't wait to catch it!
The Village Voice says "Dalio and his actors stir up what might be the greatest of youthful feelings: that as you get to know someone new, someone whose thinking rhymes with yours, you're also becoming ever more yourself." Sounds perfect for Valentine's Day, huh?
The film stars Katie Holmes, Luke Kirby and Griffin Dunne in a story of two manic depressives who meet in a psychiatric hospital and begin a romance that brings out all of the beauty and horror of their condition. Spike Lee is the Executive Producer.
Our work, which included animated environmental projections based on Van Gogh's Starry Night, landed Declan Zimmermann a credit as Visual Effect Supervisor on the picture. You can see the projections briefly in the trailer and fully, of course, in the film.
Posted in: Animation, Design, Feature Film, News, Site-specific Animation
2015 Smithsonian Ingenuity Awards
Rounding out a busy Fall of live events was the 2015 Smithsonian Ingenuity Awards ceremony on November 12 at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C
The event, sponsored by Smithsonian magazine, honors 12 people across nine categories, including technology, performing arts, visual arts, natural sciences, physical sciences, education, history, social progress and youth achievement.
We were excited to be asked by LanternEye Films to create the graphics for each category winner, like this one awarded to Fred Armisen and Bill Hader of "Documentary Now!" fame.
Working closely with LanternEye director Paul La Blanc, we upgraded last year's look with the addition of 3D wireframe models for each category and recipient.
Watch the full set of videos on the Smithsonian Website, or check out out animations in this portfolio post.
Posted in: Animation, Design, Events, News | Tagged: 3D, After Effects, Animation, Cinema 4D
Toni Morrison makes Rolling Stone 2019 10 Best List
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US bars electronic carry-ons from Mideast, N. Africa flights
Mar. 21, 2017 9:00 a.m.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government, citing unspecified threats, is barring passengers on nonstop, U.S.-bound flights from eight mostly Middle Eastern and North African countries from bringing laptops, tablets and electronic devices on board in carry-on bags.
Passengers flying to the United States from 10 airports will be allowed only cellphones and smartphones in the passenger cabins, senior Trump administration officials said. Larger electronic items must be checked.
The rules took effect Tuesday morning and airlines will have until 3 a.m. EDT Saturday to implement them or face being barred from flying to the United States, the officials said.
They said the decision was prompted by "evaluated intelligence" about ongoing potential threats to airplanes bound for the United States. The officials would not discuss the timing of the intelligence or if any particular terror group is thought to be planning an attack.
The Trump administration officials briefed reporters on condition that they not be identified publicly. That was despite President Donald Trump's repeated insistence that anonymous sources should not be trusted.
The electronics ban affects flights from international airports in Amman, Jordan; Kuwait City, Kuwait; Cairo; Istanbul; Jeddah and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Casablanca, Morocco; Doha, Qatar; and Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. About 50 flights a day, all on foreign carriers, will be impacted. The officials said no U.S.-based airlines have non-stop flights from those cities to the United States.
Details of the ban were first disclosed by Royal Jordanian and the official news agency of Saudi Arabia.
In its statement, Royal Jordanian said the electronics ban would affect its flights to New York, Chicago, Detroit and Montreal.
Across the Atlantic early Tuesday, problems and confusion ensued.
Egyptian officials at the Cairo International Airport said they had not received any instructions on banning passengers from bringing laptops, iPads, cameras and some other electronics on board direct flights to the United States. The officials said a New York-bound EgyptAir flight departed and that passengers were allowed to take their laptops and other electronics on board in their carry-on luggage.
A spokesman for Royal Jordanian says the airliner has not yet started to enforce the new U.S. regulation. Basel Kilani has told The Associated Press that the airline was still awaiting formal instructions from the relevant U.S. departments, which could possibly come later on Tuesday.
However, the Mideast's biggest airline is confirming that U.S.-bound passengers will be prevented from carrying electronic gadgets aboard aircraft.
Dubai-based Emirates said Tuesday the ban takes effect on Saturday. That guidance differs from the information provided by senior Trump administration officials, who have said the ban is in place from Tuesday
Brian Jenkins, an aviation-security expert at the Rand Corp., said earlier that the nature of the security measure suggested that it was driven by intelligence of a possible attack. There could be concern about inadequate passenger screening or even conspiracies involving insiders — airport or airline employees — in some countries, he said.
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly phoned lawmakers over the weekend to brief them on aviation security issues that have prompted the impending electronics ban, according a congressional aide briefed on the discussion. The aide was not authorized to speak publicly about the issue and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
The administration officials who briefed reporters about the ban said foreign officials were told about the impending order starting Sunday.
A U.S. government official said such a ban has been considered for several weeks. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to disclose the internal security discussions by the federal government.
The ban would begin just before Wednesday's meeting of the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State group in Washington. A number of top Arab officials were expected to attend the State Department gathering. It was unclear whether their travel plans were related to any increased worry about security threats.
Another aviation-security expert, Jeffrey Price, said there could be downsides to the policy.
"There would be a huge disadvantage to having everyone put their electronics in checked baggage," said Price, a professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver. He said thefts from baggage would skyrocket, as when Britain tried a similar ban in 2006, and some laptops have batteries that can catch fire — an event easier to detect in the cabin than the hold.
Most major airports in the United States have a computer tomography or CT scanner for checked baggage, which creates a detailed picture of a bag's contents. They can warn an operator of potentially dangerous material, and may provide better security than the X-ray machines used to screen passengers and their carry-on bags. All checked baggage must be screened for explosives.
Associated Press writers David Keonig in Dallas, and Matthew Lee, Joan Lowy and Ted Bridis in Washington contributed to this report.
Alicia A. Caldwell And David Koenig, The Associated Press
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Muslims gang-rape a minor Hindu girl in Tirthahalli: Massive cover up to protect the rapists
IndiaFacts StaffNovember 3, 2014
(Note: This is a translation of the Kannada news report of a minor Hindu girl's brutal gang rape at Tirthahalli in Karnataka, and how the entire establishment and media is working to save the rapists.)
Tirthahalli in Shimoga district in Karnataka is renowned from time immemorial as a holy place. Indeed, the name "tirtha" itself means "sacred." People there have a high regard for women. Tirthahalli is also known to be a place where childless and/or expecting couples keep a vow to have a girl child. Tirthahalli is generally known as a place of high refinement and culture.
On Friday, 1 November, the town was witness to a gruesome incident.
Nandita Poojary, all of 14 years became the victim of perverse lust and brutality at the hands of three Muslim goons. She was subjected to ghastly rape and murder. A local Kannada paper describes it as follows: "Nandita Poojary was akin to our little daughter. Three Muslim goons pounced on her like tiger upon a helpless prey, raped her and then murdered her."
On 29 October, the school-going Nandita was waiting at the bus stop to board her bus as usual. The three Muslim youth who had been stalking her for quite some time arrived there in a Red Maruti Omni, forced her into it, and drove till the nearby Anandagiri hill and carried out the ghastly rape.
When passers-by heard her heart rending cries, they ran in the direction. But when they reached the spot, the goons pushed her down from the hill and fled.
The crowd then got her contact details from the school ID she was wearing around her neck, contacted her parents and asked them to come to the spot.
Either the assault was so brutal or the rapists had fed her something that the poor girl vomited several times on the road.She was then taken to her home in an unconscious state. Once she regained her consciousness, her parents then took her to the local hospital. Her condition shocked the doctors there who advised shifting her to Manipal hospital immediately. Nandita was then shifted to Manipal hospital. When the local Hindu community got wind of this ghastly news, they set out for Manipal hospital. However, about ten minutes before they reached the hospital, the young Nandita whispered something in her mother's ears and closed her eyes forever.
And then began the vile process of encashing her death and protecting the three rapists. Even as the local Hindu community was pondering over the suitable course of action against the rapists, some Muslims who knew the identity of the culprits approached the Tirthahalli Taluk United Muslim Association (TTUMA). They met the president of TTUMA and briefed him about the incident. After he got the complete information, he called a meeting on the spot and took a decision.
Accordingly, on behalf of the TTUMA, he submitted a letter to the police seeking protection. The letter pleads for the police to station troops at key Muslim areas in the town—Jama Masjid, the Muslim fish market, and other Muslim-dominated localities.
The letter eventually found its way to the Hindu community, and its contents confirm to the Hindus the identities of the criminals.
Of the three Muslim rapists, one is a fish vendor, the other an electrician, and the last, a mechanic. According to locals, because the TTUMA knew the identities of the culprits beforehand, their letter to the police specifically mentions the fish market and other precise localities.
This had breached all the limits of Hindu anger. In retaliation, the Hindus pelted stones at the houses of the three culprits and burnt vehicles of Muslims. Meanwhile, the family members of the culprits had anticipated this retaliation and locked up their homes and fled the town.
Meanwhile, the rapists themselves were scared, and approached the son of a wealthy local Muslim businessman. The son reassured them protection, money, and resources needed to help his rapist friends.
Now this businessman has strong links with a local politician and called him up to "do something" in the matter. As a result, the police arrested about 44 protesters belonging to the local Hindu community. The TTUMA plea for giving police protection in the specific areas was implemented thanks to the orders of this politician. The irony can't be starker—the police instead of arresting the culprits arrested those who were protesting against the ghastly child rape.
Indeed, the cover up attempts began right at the local hospital. In case little Nandita was not shifted to Manipal, all clues as to the barbaric reality of the case would've been suppressed by now. However, thanks to the local hospital doctors' advice, the gory details of the case have now spread to as far as Udupi. Because the politician realized that the anger of Hindus could not be contained, he ordered them to be lathicharged and imprisoned.
According to locals, when Nandita's father went to the police station on 31 October, he received a humiliating treatment from the police.Meanwhile, the media was activated to twist and distort the report of the actual incident. Here is a representative sample of the distortion: Nandita had an illicit relationship with a Muslim man. When her parents came to know of this, they beat her up. Unable to take this beating, she consumed poison and killed herself.
However, it is true that she did consume poison: except that it was force-fed to her by the three Muslim rapists in order to silence her, and avoid detection. It was because of this that she vomited for the first time after she was pushed from the hill.
Not a single Kannada media house said a single word about Nandita's brutal fate even 18 hours after her death. Every single person in Tirthahalli knows the complete details of the incident with names of the guilty, and the people who are now working overtime to protect the rapists.
The media's radio silence owes to the obvious reason: a warped sense of secularism and an incurable fear of Muslim hooliganism. However, thanks to the Internet and social media, the reality can no longer be hidden, and it is now fairly easy to tell the truth to people directly.
Indeed, Nandita was not raped merely by those three Muslim goons—she has been raped by the entire society—the Muslim businessman, law enforcement, the politician, and the media.
By the way, do you know what Nandita whispered to her mother before she died? "Mummy, nothing has happened to me. Just a little headache."
IndiaFacts Staff
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Sylvia has been busily sewing wonderful things for her customers who love things all Japanese. She has been buying souvenir dolls from Japan. The doll companies in Japan and Mattel used some of the same brocade fabrics for their clothing. This is one of them. This is the fabric that Mattel used to make Francie's very elusive brocade kimono. Sylvia has fashioned a wonderful obi sheath with a back snap a la Gay Parisienne out of the Francie fabric. There is a picture of the two outfits that Sylvia has made out of this fabric. This brocade on this particular sheath is just gorgeous. There is no fading to the deep reds and golds. Sylvia is including a matching envelope purse, a reproduction graduated pearl necklace,, reproduction white open toe shoes from Dressmaker Details, and short white gloves made from vintage tricot.


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Dove: The Most Impressive Brand Builder
What are the most impressive brand building efforts in last 15 years? In constructing such a list, it would be hard to leave out Dove. A $200 million soap brand in the early 1990s has grown into a brand that has been estimated to be worth nearly $4 billion dollars today. They play in an intensively competitive arena with large, smart and established competitors. And in my view, the Dove brand building effort played a big role in their success story.
Have you seen the latest from the Dove ongoing "Campaign for Real Beauty" that originated in Brazil and was done by Ogilvy & Mather in 2004? A forensic sketch artist draws several women, first based only on their descriptions of themselves (he does not actually see them) and then based on the descriptions of a stranger who has observed the women. The subject, seeing the resulting sketches side-by-side, realizes that the sketches inspired by strangers are much more flattering than the versions from their own self-descriptions. The tagline? "You are more beautiful than you think." The first two versions of these videos each got over 35 million views within two weeks of being posted to YouTube. Thirty-five million!!
Dove's success is, of course, driven in large part by a business strategy that involved brand extensions, product innovation and geographic expansion. The Dove® Campaign for Real Beauty set out to make women aware that they have real beauty that is not based on the common standard of a young, model-thin body with excessive makeup. The goal was to make a fundamental change in the way that women are perceived and in the way they view themselves. The campaign started with advertisements, showing real women that may have been older or heavier than the "ideal" but exhibited beauty. Billboard ads invited passers-by to vote on whether a particular model was, for example, "Fat or Fab" or "Wrinkled or Wonderful", with the results of the votes dynamically updated.
The Real Beauty campaign involves substantive programs with girls as the prominent target. Since 2002, Dove has been collaborating with Girl Scouts of the USA to promote self-esteem and leadership programming among tween and teenage girls with programs like uniquely ME! and It's Your Story – Tell It! An annual Dove Self-Esteem Weekend, started in 2010, aims to inspire moms and mentors to talk to girls in their lives about beauty, confidence and self-esteem supported by discussion aids. The goal is to reach 15 million girls global about self-esteem awareness by 2015.
The Real Beauty campaign resonates at several levels. It connects with an issue of deep concern within the customer base, their appearance and self-confidence. Additionally it addresses the insecurity and self-esteem issues of young women to which customers could empathize. It strikes a chord. It provides a higher purpose to the brand and a shared interest with customers.
The impact for some of Dove's efforts has been estimated to be 30 times their expenditure. One if its ads, Evolution, showed how much effort goes behind creating the "model look" and won advertising awards as well as created unpaid exposure estimated to be worth over $150 million. There are anecdotes about dramatic sales increases tied to the campaign and surveys showing that those aware of the effort are more likely to use and recommend Dove products. But the creation of a huge business base is the best evidence to its impact.
The campaign has had its critics, though. In part, this scrutiny has been stimulated by and is a testament to its success and visibility. But during a panel discussion at the WEF at Davos once, Phil Knight dismissed critics to some controversial Nike ads by saying that the goal was not to avoid being disliked but to connect to the target. Exactly.
Dove's success is, of course, driven in large part by a business strategy that involved brand extensions, product innovation and geographic expansion. The energized brand with its higher purpose and clear value propositions supported by branded innovations simply amplified a remarkable business strategy.
The extension strategy was to leverage the moisturizer heritage of the brand into new categories supported by meaningful innovation. The first extension success was the Dove Moisturizing Body Wash with the innovative Dove Nutrium technology that deposits lipids, Vitamin E and other nutrients onto the skin. This was followed with entries into deodorants, disposable face cloths, shampoos with Weightless Moisturizer, Nutrium soap, and lotions with Shea Butter. Dove also entered the male market with Dove Men+Care. Each extension success was based in part on compelling value propositions.
Additionally, an aggressive global expansion resulted in the brand, once a factor in only a few countries, now having a presence in some 80 countries. However, the business strategy would not have had its remarkable success without the brand building effort to support the offerings and to drive the higher Real Beauty purpose.
The Dove brand success didn't just happen. It was research-based and employed a host of methods to understand the issues women face with respect to Dove products and perceived beauty. Customer research was supplemented with expert guidance. The Dove Self-Esteem Program, for example has an 11 person Global Advisory Board. The brand has the ability and the willingness to stimulate, access creative thinking from around the world and then push the best ideas into the marketplace.
Letting ideas emerge and then flourish is not a natural part of most organizations. Dove's efforts are remarkable.
Paras Rawal says:
Take it from someone who has worked in the Beauty care for huge brand in the extremely obsessed Asian Markets, I think Dove has cracked it. How I see it:
1) Dove has managed to elevate from being a benefit focused brand to purpose driven brand which always makes you create a bond with its consumers.
2) Dove is no longer a soap at all from a portfolio standpoint and this brand message is strong enough to be the brand promise of the umbrella brand Dove.
3) Dove has strategically moved from TV focused campaigns to a much more holistic and social campaigns, which is where every world 2.0 marketing campaign needs to be.
P.s. @David- very well written, loved it. Keep it coming.


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Q: SharePoint 2013 crawler can't crawl unrelated SharePoint web app on unrelated farm Playing with our test 2013 SharePoint server.   Trying to tell the search crawler to index a site on a different farm's web app, but the crawled site is responding with an Access Denied.   In the crawling server, I set the site to be crawled as a web site, not a SharePoint site.
I believe the crawled web app can see that a Sharepoint crawler is coming in, and is treating it as the local farm...so it's trying to treat it like the local SharePoint farm search engine...which it's not.
I don't want to add one farm's permissions to the second... I just want things to respond as if any dumb crawler were coming to the door.
the target box is open to all user-agents, and allows anonymous access.

A: I think, your crawl account(Content Access Account) should have the read permission to that web app.
Did you set that permission.
For anonymous web application, follow this link.
http://www.sharepoint24x7.com/2014/07/09/article-anonymous-crawl-configuration-in-sharepoint-2013/

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Custom file name - example123.php
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A: You should make a template out of your file and then in WP create a page named "Example" to which you assign this template.


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Apple HomePod comes to China at $400 amid iPhone sales woes
Posted by Rita Liao | Jan 14, 2019 | BUSINESS / TECHNOLOGY | 0 |
Apple is finally launching HomePod in China, but the timing is tricky as the premium device will have to wrestle with local competitors and a slowing economy. The firm said over the weekend that its smart speaker will be available in Mainland China and Hong Kong starting January 18, adding to a list of countries where it has entered including US, UK, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Mexico and Spain.
The Amazon Echo competitor, which launched in mid-2017, is already available to Chinese buyers through third-party channels like "daigou", or shopping agents who bring overseas products into China. What separates the new model is that it supports Mandarin, the official language on Mainland China and Cantonese, which is spoken in Hong Kong and China's most populated province Guangdong. Previously, Chinese-speaking users would have to converse with HomePod in English.
A main selling point of HomePod is its focus on music, so the China version comes with Airplay support of a range of local music streaming apps like Tencent's QQ Music for Mainland users and JOOX which is more popular in Hong Kong.
In its home market, HomePod remains an underdog with 5 percent market share while Amazon Echo and Google Home command 66 percent and 29 percent, respectively.
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"This founding story is important because it defines the reason and primary motivation for the organization itself. Liberal Gun Owners will never be defined by the full range of interpretations that exist in the minds of any and all prospective or active members. at the foundation, Liberal Gun Owners is about loving guns and sharing in that love. LGO is not a staging ground for revolutions. It is not a platform for people loaded with political motivations. It is about finding fair-minded friends and talking to them about the enjoyment of guns. That is what was intended by the founder. That notion, now and forever, will remain the primary mission for Liberal Gun Owners."
The story of Liberal Gun Owners begins in the late 1980's in the bucolic countryside of Northern Minnesota. LGO's founder, Adam, was raised inside of a prolific hunting family. Each and every fall season his family would gather over that year's quarry to harvest their venison as a celebration of family and of life. Founder Adam was raised with firearms in the traditional manner. Rifles were embraced as tools that allowed a person to both share traditions amongst loved-ones and also, in ways, provide for itself.
Adam's grandfather possessed a robust love for the outdoors, which nudged a traditional link with rifles into a full-fledged passion for firearms. Grandpa Dave, as he was known, created and operated a lake resort on Central Minnesota's Lake Scandinavian. The resort was composed of a campground, a firing range, boat docks, boat rentals, gas pumps, and a general store. The store also housed a bait shop and a gun shop.
Adam spent the majority of his early years inside of Grandpa Dave's gun shop. Whenever Adam's parents would visit the resort, his grandfather would immediately hustle him back to the gun shop to share in his newest acquisition. Grandpa Dave would meticulously review the fineries of his firearms with his grandson, and if the firearm wasn't brand new, they would go to the shooting range to fire it. From an early age, Adam assisted his grandfather's full range of activities in the shop, even trying his hand at selling guns to the local patrons.
Grandpa Dave was the kind of man who treated everyone equally. As long as the patrons had an adequate sense of humor, the friendships happened fast. Grandpa Dave's reputation earned him the nickname, "Friendly Dave". He was well known and well respected. For a very long time, the relationship between Adam and his Grandfather, and their shared relationship to the gun shop was a life-affirming treasure.
Unfortunately, time and age eventually took "Friendly Dave" into a turn. As the years went by, his mind became increasingly fixated on the extremes of right-wing gun politics. Grandpa Dave became more and more susceptible to the shadow aspect of the NRA and its creation of cultural propaganda. At the time, unbeknownst to Adam and his family, Grandpa Dave was slipping into the early stages of Alzheimer's Disease. His vulnerable and confused mental states made him susceptible to the negativity now interwoven into modern gun culture. In Adam's view, Grandpa Dave's Alzheimer's also contributed to an excessive consumption of conservative media and highly charged political content from the NRA.
The National Rifle Association's evolution from a principled firearms group, to a compromised mouthpiece for the fused political strategies of the firearms industry and conservative power structures, served as a key wedge in a relationship that had once been vital to both grandfather and grandson. It left Adam holding his immense passion for firearms, a passion facilitated by his lifelong relationship with his grandfather, in almost complete solitude. While the rest of his family had a relationship with firearms through the tradition of hunting, no one shared the level of passion that Adam had shared with Grandpa Dave.
As a still young man, and a bit shy, LGO's founder made many efforts to connect with local friends, whom he thought might serve as new allies in his passion for guns. His gun-heart somewhat broken from the changes in his grandfather, Adam made enthusiastic efforts to reach out. Unfortunately, these early efforts turned out to be painful wastes of time. You see, the rural areas of Northern Minnesota are much like most other rural areas. The denizens of these places are mostly conservative in their viewpoints - and along with that conservatism, comes its shadow. A shadow that liberal gun owners know all too well - the shadow of bigotry, immaturity, and absolutism. It was a problem for the young gun owner because he was a liberal.
After picking himself up, and dusting himself off, the young Adam recommitted to the search of finding like-minded gun owners. Adam felt that the era of social media, the era of the internet, provided better odds for the attainment of his goal. He needed a place to seek out and convene with the people that he believed were nestled somewhere in the nooks and crannies of the online gun culture. Adam attempted to contribute and spend time with established gun groups on Facebook. He was, again, met with ignorance and vitriol.
Disgusted, frustrated, feeling outmatched, armed with nothing more than his own passion and the belief that there were other gun owners like himself, at the age of 21, Founder Adam logged onto Facebook and created Liberal Gun Owners. It was mid-day, on August 27, 2007.
In the 10 years that have followed, Adam and the true stewards of Liberal Gun Owners have labored and sacrificed over the dynamics and the culture of the group. There have been times when the population of LGO was so intolerable that self-respecting members struggled to maintain their interest. There have been times where it seemed that the group was going to forever remain an unending stream of insanity and immaturity. There were times when LGO was an insufferable plane of boredom. Liberal Gun Owners was spammed, trolled, and made the backdrop for many propaganda efforts. Selfish efforts from both the right and the left have, in the past, made Liberal Gun Owners a laughable affair.
During a stretch in LGO's history, with Adam exhausted of effort, and membership uninspired to contribute, Liberal Gun Owners was within days of being archived. In a last-ditch effort, Adam contacted a former member who had once shown great enthusiasm and asked this person if he had any interest in taking the position of Administrator. Inside of Adam's request was the hope that one more attempt, with a different source of enthusiasm, might help the group to stay afloat. Amongst LGO's inner circle, this 2nd Administrator is warmly referred to as, "The Savior."
This fateful decision proved to be the most important decision in the history of the Liberal Gun Owners. Shortly after the last ditch effort to involve The Savior, a few more members were brought into LGO's administrative core. With Adam in recovery mode, this team of three stewards stepped into the breech. They were armed with the same belief in LGO, the same passion for firearms, and the same belief in finding true members. They were also armed with a little more age and experience. The new stewards took hold of the reins and policed the tar out of Liberal Gun Owners. The trash was taken out. New trash was stopped at the door. Finally, LGO was given its first measure of personality and its first dose of enough space to grow into something legitimate.
Day by day, the culture became healthier. Person by person, LGO gained and earned mature, respectable members. The word spread. Liberals who love guns found LGO. They found LGO in a proper, strong, working order. They stayed. The fruits of almost a decade's worth of effort were upon the group.
Subsequently, as fate or luck would have it, something great transpired. It was something terrible for the country, but great for Liberal Gun Owners. The 2016 Presidential Elections pushed LGO over a critical threshold. The membership surged as a reaction to our current political climate. Both long-standing liberal gun owners and liberals new to firearms pursued community with increased vigor. This combination of LGO's hard-earned strength and the new surge in membership finally delivered a critical mass of forthright members. Liberal Gun Owners not only became an enjoyable experience for its members, it also began its full-time service of acting as a quality harbor for the new or ostracized liberal gun enthusiast. In 2017, after 10 years of effort, Liberal Gun Owners reached its potential. It finally, and somewhat quietly, fulfilled the vision of a young kid from Minnesota, who was naive enough to believe that other good people, other liberals, might be out there for him to engage in passionate gun discussion.
This founding story is important because it defines the reason and primary motivation for the organization itself. Liberal Gun Owners will never be defined by the full range of interpretations that exist in the minds of any and all prospective or active members. At the foundation, Liberal Gun Owners is about loving guns and sharing in that love. LGO is not a staging ground for revolutions. It is not a platform for people loaded with political motivations. It is about finding fair-minded friends and talking to them about the enjoyment of guns. That is what was intended by the founder. That notion, now and forever, will remain the primary mission for Liberal Gun Owners.
Of course, now that the initial vision has been fulfilled, Liberal Gun Owners envisions more - so much more. Can we hold to our primary purpose and now, appropriately, enter into other aspects of gun culture? Yes. We can and we will. But we will not become some garbage dump of typical political tripe, and firearms industry dogma.
We are liberals. We love guns.


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This video shows a Brazil carnival in 2018, not a party in Italy
Charlotte Mason, Maria Clara Pestre, Cecilia Sorgine Published on Monday 13 April 2020 at 16:49Updated on Wednesday 2 September 2020 at 17:11
Facebook, Twitter and Instagram posts shared thousands of times show a video of crowds at a music event. Comments say the footage shows the "last gay conference" in Italy before the coronavirus outbreak. The clip is actually from a carnival in Brazil in February 2018, two years before Italy's first confirmed COVID-19 case.
"God has every right to be angry with humanity, this was the last gay conference in Italy before the virus attack", reads the comment on a Facebook post shared more than 1,000 times since it was published on April 1.
The accompanying video shows crowds of mostly men wearing colourful vests or topless. Many of them are kissing and dancing as music plays in the background.
Screenshot of the false claim shared on Facebook, taken on April 10, 2020
The claims have been widely shared on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, often attracting homophobic comments.
AFP ran a reverse image search using verification tool InVID-WeVerify and found several tweets from February 2020 claiming the video shows the Bahian Carnival, an annual festival in the Brazilian state of Bahia.
🥳🎉 CARNAVAL na BAHIA - QUEM VAI? 🎉🥳
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— Andrew Petter Nold Long 🇧🇷 🇺🇸 TRABALHANDO 🧠 (@Andrew_Petter) February 22, 2020
AFP's Rio de Janeiro bureau confirmed that the music playing in the background is a popular Brazilian carnival song called "Minha pequena Eva".
Zooming in on a higher quality version of the footage reveals the word "Crocodilo" printed on the back of the colourful vests many of the festivalgoers are wearing.
Screenshot from footage currently circulating online
AFP ran a Google search for the phrase "carnaval bahia crocodilo" and found results for "Bloco Crocodilo", one of dozens of street parties that take place during the annual Bahian Carnival, also referred to as Carnaval de Salvador after the state capital.
"This year is a World Cup year, it's carnival!" says the woman talking to the crowd in Portuguese 19 seconds into the clip.
AFP ran an advanced search on Twitter for posts with the words "bloco crocodilo" from 2018 - the year of the last World Cup - and found a tweet posted by local reporter Alan Alves on February 11, 2018.
"The crowd at Bloco Crocodilo, hosted by Daniela Mercury (Brazilian singer, editor's note) is already looking forward to the start of the parade in Barra," the caption reads.
A galera do Bloco Crocodilo, que será puxado por Daniela Mercury, já aguarda ansiosa início do desfile na Barra. #carnaval2018 pic.twitter.com/z5t46AlpSX
— Alan Alves (@alan_tiago_) February 11, 2018
The rainbow-coloured "Crocodilo" vests visible in the tweet from 2018 are identical to the ones in the footage currently circulating on social media.
Screenshot from a tweet from February 2018
Screenshot of footage currently circulating online
Bahian Carnival goers are issued with a t-shirt, known as an abadá, as proof they have paid to attend an event. Specific t-shirts are valid for one event and the design therefore varies from street party to street party and from year to year.
The rainbow "Crocodilo" t-shirts are also visible in a broadcast from Brazilian TV channel Terra (see 6'18). The hashtag #carnavalnoterra2018 on the screen at the start of the broadcast confirms the footage shows an event from 2018.
According to programmes for the Bahian Carnival, there were two "Bloco Crocodilo" street parties on February 11 and 12, 2018 around the coastal area of Barra in Salvador.
Digital verification editor, Asia-Pacific
Maria Clara Pestre
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Pott Glasses – A Mission to Provide Asian Fit Glasses that Reflect a Strong Combination of Excellence, Elegance and Efficiency
The launch of Pott Glasses—one of the leading eyewear companies in Malaysia—stemmed from the growing need for Asian fit glasses. The owners of the company identified many areas for improvement in the eyewear industry that the existing eyewear companies either failed to recognised and cater to or neglected. Though it's been only a couple of years since the company's inception, Pott Glasses have managed to earn a strong market reputation and become the go-to eyewear provider among both men and women in Malaysia across all demographics. And that is truly an achievement for a start-up.
A Brand that Celebrates Uniqueness and Diversity
Founded with a mission to provide Asian fit glasses that reflect a strong combination of excellence, elegance and efficiency delivered with superior customer service, Pott Glasses is a brand that celebrates uniqueness and diversity.
To provide the perfect pair of glasses to every walk-in customer, the team of Pott Glasses carefully takes into consideration the customer's facial shape, outfit, style and personality, while also performing an eye test. The brand is focused towards providing Malaysians with a unique and chic pair of glasses that compliments them, looks great on their face, boosts their confidence and reflects their style and individuality. And this is undoubtedly obvious from the way the team of Pott Glasses works.
Donating Pairs of Glasses to the Underprivileged
The brand is committed to changing the way people select, buy and wear glasses to work and special occasions. Pott Glasses is not just in the business to grow their financial bottom-line. In fact, the brand makes sure that they do everything they can to give back to the Malaysian society. The company does this by donating pairs of glasses to those individuals who are underprivileged.
Pott Glasses follow TOM's business model of '1 for 1'. It performs eye test of the needy in the local community and made glasses suitable for them. So far, the company has visited four places & donated approximately 200 (two hundred) pairs of eyewear.
Transforming the Eyewear Industry
The company has become an enviable success story in the shortest time. Many may think that this may just have been by sheer luck of the dynamic duo, however, much of the brand's success can be attributed to their customer-centric approach, passion, hard work, & determination.
The company—Pott Glasses—is the brain-child of the two childhood friends Tai Hau & Eden Tan who had two different areas that they wanted to focus on but one vision and that was to transform the eyewear industry in Malaysia for the better.
And that is what made them become one force and collaborate together to form 'Pott Glasses'—a name that the country now recognises as the leading and trusted eyewear brand.
Introducing Fashionable Eyewear
After acquiring qualification in engineering, Tai Hau went to Europe in 2013 to participate in technopreneurship programs. What fascinated him there was the growing trend of online shopping and when visiting cities like Berlin and Barcelona, Mr Hau was fascinated by the way Europeans wore glasses.
He was amazed to see how they considered it as an essential pair of accessories instead of just something that helps them see better. Their glasses looked very chic and matched their outfit as well. And this is when he decided to start a business venture that focused on introducing fashionable eyewear in Malaysia.
On the other hand, during the same time-frame, Eden, who was already interested in the optical business, was looking for partners. Operating in the industry for 8 years as a certified optician and branch manager at an eyewear store in Malaysia, Eden wanted to start his own business venture. He wanted to start an eyewear store that focused on delivering the best customer services possible. He wanted to offer more than just eye-wear. He wanted to deliver experiences by providing them with the best and affordable eyewear products designed to their fit and taste along with eyewear advice.
So, he and Mr Hau decided to come together and launch a company that could provide Asian fit glasses while offering the ultimate customer service experience.
How to finance this amazing venture was one big challenge that they were up against. Therefore the company first started out as an online eyewear store. Once they started to grow and generate good money through sales, they launched their physical store while keeping their e-store running.
Initially, they started out in a small shop located in Subang Jaya SS15. They both did the store's interior and renovation by themselves to save money on the work. They managed to breakeven quickly and started to earn profits faster than what they had expected.
Door-to-Door Eye Tests
The company is recognised as one of the leading eyewear store in Malaysia today for its great service and quality products. It offers Door-to-Door eye tests bringing glasses to clients at their doorsteps and even performs eye tests in their homes.
They offer a wide range of glasses in different colours and shapes catering to the customer needs. Furthermore, the prices at which Pott Glasses sells are very competitive. The brand works both directly & closely with manufacturers which makes the supply chain free of middlemen. As there is no passing down of the cost, the glasses are available at Pott Glasses at affordable rates.
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Celebrating Earth Science - Delaware Geological Survey supplies educational materials to teachers for Earth Science Week
When the Delaware Geological Survey (DGS) recently distributed Earth Science Week teacher kits at Coast Day, attendees dug right in.
"All were gone within a matter of a few hours," David R.Wunsch, DGS director and state geologist, said. "Several teachers were overwhelmed because they had been looking for this type of information."
The educational tools included posters, maps, a school-year activity calendar, teacher lessons and exercises, literature, work plans and hands-on experiments for all ages. A computer program also handed out was designed to help students learn about earth science and how it impacts their daily lives.
The teacher kits were furnished by the American Geoscience Institute (AGI), which organizes Earth Science Week annually during the second full week in October. This year the celebration fell Oct. 14-20, exploring the theme of "Discovering Careers in the Earth Sciences."
The toolkit provided students with the opportunity to learn about careers in the geosciences, the geologic time scale, GIS and climate science. Content was developed by the National Park Service, NASA, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Esri and professional geoscientific societies.
Giving away the kits at Coast Day, sponsored by the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment and Delaware Sea Grant on Oct. 7, was just one of the activities carried out at UD in celebration of Earth Science Week. DGS obtained a governor's proclamation, reprinted below, and several staff gave presentations about earth science at local schools.
Friday, Oct. 19, of Earth Science Week has been designated Geologic Map Day, where information and links on the Earth Science Week website provide clues for teachers, as well as the general public, to find out what the geology is beneath their home or school. DGS manages the geologic mapping program for the state of Delaware.
Earth science fields such as geology, geography and meteorology potentially offer career openings as scientists in the U.S. government approach retirement age.
The activities help expose students to Earth science and relevant fields such as geology, geography and meteorology, which potentially offer career openings as scientists in the U.S. government approach retirement age. In addition, median salaries for geoscience-related jobs were higher than other occupational positions in 2011 according to AGI.
"Geoscientists work in a broad range of careers, from consultants on Hollywood movies to Wall Street advisers examining rare Earth element mines, resources and reserves," Wunsch said. "There are a lot of opportunities."
About the American Geosciences Institute
The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is a nonprofit federation of geoscientific and professional associations that represents more than 250,000 geologists, geophysicists and other Earth scientists. Founded in 1948, AGI provides information services to geoscientists, serves as a voice of shared interests in the profession, plays a major role in strengthening geoscience education and strives to increase public awareness of the vital role the geosciences play in society's use of resources, resiliency to natural hazards and interaction with the environment.
About Earth Science Week
AGI coordinates Earth Science Week annually in cooperation with its sponsors and the geoscience community as a service to the public. Each year, community groups, educators and interested citizens organize celebratory events. Earth Science Week offers the public opportunities to discover the earth sciences and engage in responsible stewardship of the Earth.
Proclamation of Earth Science Week
State of Delaware
Statement in Observance of Earth Science Week
Whereas, the Earth sciences are integral to finding, developing and conserving mineral, energy and water resources needed for society; and
Whereas, the Earth sciences provide the basis for preparing for and mitigating natural hazards, such as floods, landslides, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, sinkholes and coastal erosion; and
Whereas, our environmental and ecological issues ranging from water and air quality to waste disposal, are dependent upon Earth sciences; and
Whereas, geological factors of resources, our natural hazards and our precious environment are vital to land management and land-use decisions at local, state, national and global levels of government; and
Whereas, the Earth sciences provide us with critical information that helps expand our knowledge and understanding of nature and the future of the world around us; and
Whereas, "Discovering Careers in the Earth Sciences," is the theme of Earth Science Week 2012, will engage young people and the public in learning about the natural processes that shape our planet over time.
Now, Therefore, I, Jack A. Markell, Governor, and Matthew Denn, Lieutenant Governor, do hereby declare October 14th- 20th, 2012
EARTH SCIENCE WEEK
in the State of Delaware to promote public and professional awareness of the importance of Earth sciences in our society.
Jack A. Markell
Matthew Denn
Published in UDaily: http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2013/oct/EarthScienceWeek101912.html
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