This translation, including a preface by Krohn, originally appeared in the Summer 2006 edition of the online political journal THE NOVEMBER 3RD CLUB. It is presented here with an embedded youtube of the entire film with Spanish subtitles. Note that the date of this dialogue is 1968, when street shots, whether like or unlike Lumiere's, were by historical necessity regaining their primacy [the May/June demonstrations and strikes] and "recreating the period" had many meanings. For Philippe Garrel, whose films Langlois played every year on Christmas day, filming the streets in '68 meant not filming the streets!
A French television broadcast, under the rubric Aller au cinema, of films by Louis Lumiere intercut with comments by Jean Renoir and Henri Langois provides a rare opportunity to learn how these two masters of cinema regarded the birth of a new art form. The "Lumiere parts" of those films are well described by Renoir's and Langois' comments about fantasy and reality, and the recreation of the atmosphere of a period, even of the soul of a society.
Jean Renoir : I don't feel that the cinematograph was just a way of putting the present in a box for the future. There is in these films a recreation of the atmosphere of the period that is exactly what we love today in Godard.
When we look at the very first films, they're almost all extraordinary. You feel like using the word "genius." But these cameramen weren't geniuses — they were helped by the fact that technique was still difficult.
I find more fantasy in certain Lumiere films than in paintings that aspire to fantasy. It's the creation of a world that exists in reality, but also of a world that exists in the imaginations of Theodore Rousseau or the Lumiere cameramen. The angle chosen by the cameraman — a humble servant of reality — is the work of his unconscious talent. Many great works of art are the result of the unconscious. I would even say that when a film we've made works, it's in spite of us.
That kind of cutting was easy to do with pen and ink, but not with a camera. That's what I mean when I say that the fact that the technique was difficult worked to their advantage. Because the cameraman can't cut, he has to compose more carefully.
Henri Langois : "As if by chance" a film begins with a tramway passing and ends when another one passes, close to the camera. In between you see the movement of people in the street. The cameraman saw that this set-up would give him a series of shots: You have a close-up, a long-shot and a medium shot and a movement linking them. That's not chance — it's science.
There was a big difference between Lumiere and the others at this period. There's nothing more boring on film than the inauguration of a monument, kings, queens and so on. The great thing about Lumiere is that he didn't show History — he showed Life. The force of his films is in the atmosphere of life, the ambience of life, the philosophy of the period — everything is there. When you see two little girls playing in the street, on the Champs-Elysee, you think of Proust, of Renoir.
Monet had painted the Gare St-Lazare before Lumiere filmed it. What you are seeing in Lumiere's film is the baton being passed from painting to film. The whole history of art from the mid-nineteenth century to the late nineteenth century leads up to Lumiere. Impressionist painting, everything that was greatest, newest in that period was absorbed by Lumiere's films. That's what gives them the quality of life. What Lumiere looked for was what is imponderable in life.
[HL answering a question about improvisation and preparation in the Lumiere films:] The Lumiere cameramen when they got to a city would look for what would be best to film. They'd pick the spot, choose the angle. After that came improvisation. They didn't do it mathematically - they felt it in their hearts.
Painting describes society as it sees itself, but with Lumiere's films, for the first time we see it as it is. When I look at these films I'm often appalled. What is out of fashion in them? The bourgeoisie. What is modern? The people. Because of the evolution of society, we are more like them than like the bourgeoisie of the period, we feel closer to them.
When a painter paints women wearing the fashions of the era, he paints them as they are supposed to fit and look. When Lumiere films them, we see what they really looked like.
What about New York City in the Lumiere films? It isn't the city we see in fiction films, or period recreations. It's a city of business.
Whereas Paris in these films really is the Paris that Hollywood recreates when it wants to show this period. It really IS elegant. Look at a shot of Germany. The power of Germany shows through in it. You realize that the German empire was already there, whereas we were the flower of the nineteenth century. One observes a thousand little details like that.
When I see a woman walk past in a Lumiere film I see all of her psychology, all of her history, all of her life, her perspective, her "horizons." It's different in the films that are acted.
Jean Renoir: In the little acted scenes it's obvious that it's Lumiere's family and employees "pretending." But it's not really being acted. What matters is not the characters; what matters is that Monsieur Lumiere has gotten them all together and had them do this. Monsieur Lumiere is filming himself. M. Lumiere expresses through their acting a certain wonderful naivete that often enters into French art. Much "good" acting is no less false.
Henri Langois: [answering a question about whether a Lumiere cameraman was really the first to move the camera:] He didn't want to "move the camera." He wanted his camera with him in a gondola to show what he saw.
If the filmmakers of the 20s had seen these films, people like [Fritz] Lang, they could have saved themselves a lot of time. But no one at the period of the Lumiere films thought that Lumiere's cameramen had invented the moving shot or the pan, because that's not what they saw. They saw "a shot of a tram moving."
We see the genius of cinema popping up all over the place, but the spectators of that time didn't have the background to see that. [The following is the one time the voice over is overlaid, during the shot entering and leaving the tunnel:] Now, after the whole development of the cinematic language discovered in the 20s, we are approaching an art of cinema that is much closer to Louis Lumiere, who is the absolute of the art of cinema.
[HL is asked to sum up his impression of the films]: What strike me is the lumiere (light), the quality of the light, the sunlit quality of the images, which they were obliged, I believe, to film at certain times of day. And the depth of field. In other French films of the period, [Louis] Feuillade, for example, there's depth, but the shot is composed for a flat surface, like a painting. There's something more scientific in the films of Lumiere that comes, I believe, from the light.
They have to be developed using the procedures of the period for that to be seen, as they first were in Venice when a scientist I knew worked out a system for doing that. Seeing them properly developed, you understand that film is a plastic art.
[HL answering a question about diagonal compositions:] It's not a diagonal - it's a triangle. All of silent film uses that triangular composition, not just the Lumiere films. There's never anything in the center, until you get to the style built around the plan americain and the close-up.
Jean Renoir: [Asked to sum up:] The precision and veracity that Henri Langois sees in these films shows, he says, that cinema is a resume of all the other arts. I see it differently. For me cinema is an art in itself, even though everything is linked. The world, as I never tire of saying, is one. And the world of Louis Lumiere is one.
For me the value of these films is that they are open to interpretation. Seeing one of them, I can make up the story I want, invent a before and after. You only have a work of art when the public is a collaborator. These films open a door to the imagination, permitting the spectator to invent part of what he sees. Which is also why the art of Getrmany in the 17th Century was music, since everyone in that society could be a musician. And why France is the art of painting, because of the atmosphere of painting that bathes it.


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We're holding out hope for a return of the rotary on the automaker's 100th anniversary.
Aug 25, 2016 at 3:00pm ET
By: Jake Holmes
Even before production of the RX-8 ended in 2012, rumors swirled about whether Mazda would follow up its rotary-powered sports car with a new model. The RX-8, like the RX-7 before it, had a rabid fan base, and the car's death inspired lots of fretting over whether Mazda would give up entirely on building rotary engines.
New Mazda RX-9 Render Is One Step Closer To Rotary Comeback
Fast forward four years, and there's more evidence than ever that an RX-8 successor is on the way. It will most likely be called the RX-9, and it's probably going to pack a modernized, turbocharged rotary engine. Here's what we expect to see in the next few years.
Along with the MX-5 Miata, much of Mazda's credence with car enthusiasts comes from its line of rotary-powered, rear-wheel-drive sports cars, most notably the now-dead RX-7 and RX-8. The RX-9 would succeed both of those and carry on those key attributes, with a Wankel engine up front sending power to the rear wheels. Though Mazda has at times said it has no interest in building another car like that, hinting that the business case for limited-volume sports cars is tough, there's mounting evidence that's no longer true. Mazda executives are said to have signed off on the final plan for a production RX-9.
As with the RX-7 and RX-8, the RX-9 will be rear-wheel drive and will almost certainly come standard with a manual transmission.
What will it look like?
Pretty similar to the RX-Vision concept (pictured) that Mazda revealed at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show. When the car debuted, the automaker said it, "represents a vision of the future that Mazda hopes to one day make into reality." Mazda designer Kevin Rice told reporters, "Inside Mazda, we all love the car … We'd love to build it." The most recent rumblings suggest that Mazda would keep the production RX-9's design remarkably close to the concept, albeit with a few tweaks for real-world sensibilities. It would be a little shorter in length than the outrageously long-nosed show car, with a taller hood to meet Europe's strict pedestrian-protection rules, and a front fascia that more closely resembles other Mazda models.
What's under the hood?
A new rotary engine that's believed to be called Skyactiv-R, fitting in with the company's naming strategy for other new engines. The biggest evidence that this engine is planned comes from the aforementioned concept; Mazda said the car was "powered by the next-generation Skyactiv-R rotary engine." A patent application shows that Mazda has developed a new rotary engine that's rotated 180 degrees from the old Renesis unit, apparently for improved packaging and reduced turbo lag. In other words, a turbo rotary is a sure bet. Some outlets reported that the engine would produce at least 400 horsepower (298 kW) – that's up from the 232 hp (173 kW) produced by the outgoing car's 1.3-liter naturally aspirated rotary. An electric turbocharger is also possible to improve low-end torque.
As with the RX-7 and RX-8, the RX-9 will be rear-wheel drive and will almost certainly come standard with a manual transmission. Whether an automatic or dual-clutch gearbox will be offered as an option remains to be seen – though the concept had only two pedals, hinting at some type of automated option. It's possible the gearbox will be a transaxle design, integrated with the rear axle, to improve weight distribution.
The Mazda RX-9 could be on track for a launch in 2020 – perfectly coinciding with its parent company's 100th anniversary.
How's the interior?
If it's anything like the RX-Vision concept, look for a minimalist, driver-focused cabin that might bear some resemblance to the inside of the Miata. The concept had a big tachometer directly in front of the driver, with a sporty three-spoke steering wheel, and a metallic shifter atop the center console. Whereas the RX-8 was a 2+2 with suicide-style rear half doors, the RX-Vision seats only two occupants.
Are any other versions on the way?
We'd be happy just to see an RX-9 coupe at all. A convertible seems unlikely, given that a drop-top version of the RX-9 never materialized, and Mazda already satisfies sun-worshippers with the MX-5 Miata.
When will we see it?
We've long heard that a new Mazda rotary sports car would arrive by 2017. More recent reports have clarified that a concept version will debut at the 2017 Tokyo Motor Show, while the production model would appear at the same biennial show in 2019. That puts the Mazda RX-9 on track for a launch in 2020 – perfectly coinciding with its parent company's 100th anniversary. In other words, we still might not see a finished product for another three years. Start saving now.
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The Apex of the Skin Diver Era
Switzerland, 1960s, this era was the pinnacle of research and experimenting in the Swiss watch industry, developing new and innovative devices. The Aquastar Deepstar chronograph marks one of those amazing developments. Within a few years of its release, the Deepstar soon became the avant-garde of the dive chronographs, and due to its superior functionalities and features, it instantly grew a following amongst renowned apnea and scuba divers.
The Deepstar chronograph went beyond simply being a timing device to calculate many important and life-saving dive parameters, such as enabling the diver to plan multiple dives and avoid decompression sickness caused by nitrogen build-up in the body tissues. It was the patented Deepstar bezel, along with the French marine national tables that made the Deepstar chronograph one of the first attempts towards the introduction of an analog dive computer.
The Deepstar was not only gracious in its appearance but also resilient and robust, as exemplified during the Conshelf III experiment, where the Deepstar successfully performed at 325 feet for 27 days, as well as additional three days in the compression chamber. The Deepstar combines enticing aesthetics and innovative functionality. It is considered one of the most innovative devices of its category. The Deepstar chronograph was so successful that it remained in the Aquastar catalogues for another decade and became a valuable classic in the global vintage watch market. Branded by Lorenz in Italy and Duward in Spain, the Deepstar chronograph was equipped with two calibers from the legendary Valjoux (23 & 92) during its production lifespan.
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I wish we had won—had held on in the ninth; had played Game 1 of the National League Championship Series against the San Francisco Giants last night; had had a shot at the World Series. But as the pain of Friday night subsides and detachment comes more easily, an undeniable fact emerges: the Nationals, and Washington, needed this. In fact, the gut-punch of a loss may have been the best possible thing that could happen to the capital city's nascent baseball culture.
It's not just that lousy experiences create lasting bonds generally, although they do. It is that baseball, particularly and peculiarly, demands past heartbreak to create a lasting link. Only in baseball could fans of a team (the Chicago Cubs) practically pride themselves on perennial haplessness or fans of another (the Boston Red Sox) list all the times they came so close and collapsed in the end. Those boorish Phillies fans feel the pain of years of futility–which is one reason why they're willing to make road trips to see their team on the road during years when it's good enough to sell out at home. Other than the New York Yankees, Major League Baseball's hegemon and heel, every team worthy of devotion gathers its fans with an underdog narrative.
But for their first seven seasons, the Nationals did not fit any of these categories. They were just crappy or mediocre. And then after that they were awesome. There was never texture. Though Washington is technically an older city, and nearly a northeastern one, the pattern of the team–playing in a stadium full of transplanted fans who often cheered on visiting teams who came from wherever they called home–had a Sunbelt vibe: More Miami Marlins than Chicago Cubs. Fans were bandwagoning at best, and at worst just complacent.
That may not be possible anymore. The Nationals have had a defining season and a defining, wrenching loss. There is a common memory for the transplants to share: Twice, they were a strike away from winning. Once they come out of their gloom, I suspect that Nationals fans will no longer need crutches like Take Back the Park to lean on. And they will no longer have the cheap thrill of oodles of regular season victories: following every win, we will recall what Friday night felt like. Doubtless this will turn some off, and the bandwagoners will be filtered out while the new fans (who may resemble bandwagoners in their first season) will remain. This is a good thing.
"It is designed to break your heart," former MLB commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti once wrote of baseball, in prose whose lavender hue no longer seems to me unfit for the subject. Until this season, the Nationals had never been exciting, and until Friday, they had never been heartbreaking. Now, they emanate hope and bitterness—the two essential ingredients of baseball fandom, particularly in a city that by itself does not have much of either.


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Debunking RIM's BlackBerry 10 password 'blacklist'; enterprise security still a top priority
BlackBerry devices contain a password 'blacklist,' but RIM explains why. And for enterprises, the feature has always been there, along with a bevy of strong IT policies to secure your employees's devices.
By Zack Whittaker for Zero Day | December 7, 2012 -- 11:43 GMT (03:43 PST) | Topic: Security
A report emerged this week suggesting that RIM's latest mobile operating system, BlackBerry 10, will disallow certain words as passwords in order to bolster consumer and enterprise messaging security.
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Alas, it's not quite true.
Tim Segato, RIM senior product manager for BlackBerry Security, did not go into much detail, but he did explain told ZDNet that this in fact only applies to BlackBerry ID -- the universal single sign-on service for consumer users -- rather than the enterprise version, which allows enterprise-grade messaging security.
BlackBerry ID was rolled out to the company's smartphone user base with BlackBerry 7 to make it far simpler to use one single set of username and password credentials across its services: from BlackBerry email setup to BlackBerry App World, BlackBerry Protect and so on.
He said: "BlackBerry continually looks to help its customers protect their confidential information. One element of BlackBerry's overall security solution is to limit commonly used passwords on BlackBerry ID."
"123456", "a1b2c3", and "changeme" are just some of the obvious ones -- including the ones that mention the word "f**k" as one might expect -- thought there are some surprising ones on the list.
Passwords such as "gandalf" are disallowed, as is "monkey", "piglet" and "poohbear". (Not quite sure what RIM has against Winnie the Pooh characters, but someone had to finally say something.)
Segato explained that RIM had conducted research based on common passwords used by BlackBerry users in order to help protect them against malicious attacks by hackers or malware:
These passwords are ones that have been identified by the security research community. BlackBerry ID allows BlackBerry customers to access BlackBerry websites, apps, and services, as well as confidential and personal information, with a single sign-on. The password list is not applied for log-in to BlackBerry devices."
The 'blacklist' just means BlackBerry ID users can't use certain keywords as their password. Enterprise users are not affected by this.
If CIOs and IT folk aren't going to enforce strong passwords, it's down the smartphone and device manufacturer to give it a stab. After all, many bring-your-own-device (BYOD) employees bring in their own smartphone or tablet from home and use their kids' names as passwords... or as the case may be, their kids' favorite cartoon characters.
However, BlackBerry enterprise users -- those hooked up to a BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES), rather than the consumer email module, BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) -- can still have this 'blacklist'-like policy on their domain.
For instance, BES 5 allows includes a "forbidden passwords IT policy rule" that restricts certain words from being used to hook up a BlackBerry to an enterprise network. These policies control the password that unlocks the device. For example, company names or common project names may be disallowed. It allows IT staff to restrict on a company-by-company basis.
However, BES 5 also offers in-built policies to "require password or pass phrase" or "require a strong password or pass phrase."
Specifically, BES 5 has preconfigured IT policies to allow for "basic password" security and "medium password" security. Basic password security requires a simple password to secure their BlackBerry devices, but the password ust be changed regularly. Medium password security requires a complex password to unlock their BlackBerry smartphones, and not only requires regular password changing, but the server keeps a password history to ensure the user doesn't jump back into old habits.
In fact, the list goes on, and the preconfigured IT policies (IT staff can also create custom and use-case specific policies for their employees) even includes "advanced security," that sets a password timeout to lock devices, restricts Bluetooth technology, enables strong content protection, encrypts the file system and prevents the USB port from doing -- well, anything.
RIM's forthcoming BES 10 will also feature this (relatively) basic security feature.
RIM's BES 10 (or "Mobile Fusion" as it is currently known) also has this functionality, so it's not going anywhere any time soon. RIM would not take out this relatively standard, basic security feature just because BES 10 happens to be a major version revision of the server.
In an emailed statement, SpiderLabs EMEA director John Yeo (wrongly) asserted in reply to the initial rumors that quickly spread: "This move is just a token measure that does little to increase security and likely a lot to frustrate users. Instead of blacklisting a few words, a more secure option would be to enforce some basic password complexity requirement."
(It might have been wise to check BlackBerry's very public and easy-to-search enterprise security policies before first making a comment?)
For BlackBerry ID customers, however, one has to take into account malicious attempts to access a user's account. Ultimately this means there is a list of (now public) passwords for hackers to simply avoid trying, but the password 'blacklist' for enterprises remains just as secure and dynamic as most other mobile device management (MDM) services.
That's one myth debunked before my morning coffee.
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May 20, 2005, 04:20 PM #1
Well, it hasn't been the best of seasons for Malcolm in the Middle this year, with very few of those high class episodes appearing in the line-up. While many of the episodes have laughable moments, and fantastic subplots and secrets revealed, it felt like something was missing, almost all the way through.
The Malcolm plots also seemed rather mundane this season as well, with very few episodes having a main story focus on the so called central characters. One of my most disappointments this season was the lack of a positive or less cynical Malcolm plot, why does everything have to end badly for him?
There was also an absence of uniqueness in this season, with the Malcolm talking to the camera almost vaporising from our screens, some of the episodes felt simply too short, or the story was to thin that it really wasn't as great as the title implied it could be.
Enough of the negative side, after all NBC's hit comedy Friends had a terrible sixth season, and went on to produce 4 more spectacular seasons.
One of the most wonderful things about this season was the expansion of the storyline away from its focus almost entirely on Malcolm. No longer do we have the main plot on Malcolm and everyone else cardboard cut outs. This season really showed some depth to the other characters which we had never seen before. Secrets about Lois were revealed and the talents of Dewey and Hal almost dually noted among episodes. Theses were all superbly scripted into the episodes, and really made to be believable. One of the highlights of the season is the "past" seasons, which were brilliantly acted by Jane Kazmerck and Bryan Cranston.
While we've had some really drab and boring episodes this season, we have had some gems.
My top 5 episodes have been..
Ida Loses A Leg
Busey's Run Away,
Ms. Tri-County
Although the latter four are not as good as some of the earlier season, Stilts was a remarkable asset to the series as a whole, and I hope that the writer of that episode will be nominated for an Emmy this year, as he or she deserves it. Ida losing a leg was also one of those gems of an episode, who ever would have seen it coming, the body builders in Busey's Run Away, the single plot line in Billboard and the whistling in Ms. Tri-County were all fantastic.
As per usual the acting was fantastic with great performances from all the main actors including Jamie!
Overall this season deserves a classy 7.5/10
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Re: Season Six : In Review
I actually thought season six was much better than season five. My all-time favorite from the season was Hal's Christmas Gift. I've talked about it quite a bit in December, but I thought it was an extremely well-done episode. And not just the Lois scene--the entire episode was laugh-out-loud for me.
Other great eps:
Buseys Run Away
Dewey's Opera
Motivational Seminar
Sitlts
Wow, that's a lengthy list, isn't it? For me, Ida Loses a Leg was good, but it didn't live up to its hype. And hype is a lot of it, I think. If you're expecting a "good" episode, then the episode needs to be a lot better than if you're expecting a drab ep.
Billboard needed an additional storyline for me, as it dragged on a bit too long, and Ms. Tri-County was an utter disappointment for a finale.
But overall, I thought it was a great season and am looking forward to season seven. The bit about Reese failing his senior year in Buseys Take a Hostage was aboslutely fantastic.
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Mobinil, which owns Egypt's largest mobile operator ECMS, has approved plans to issue E£1.5bn (US$275m) in bonds to expand its network and pay back some short-term debt.
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Its shareholders will now have to approve the bonds, which will take the shape of fixed-rate, unsecured, five-year facilities and will be aimed at institutions and funds operating in Egypt.
The company initially announced plans to raise bonds in October.
At the time, CEO Hassan Kabbani said the bonds would help cover the E£750m needed for a 3G licence and fund acquisitions such as its planned purchase of Orascom's LinkDotNet, should it win the auction for the internet provider.
The former Orange executive also said, however, that Mobinil's connection with the indebted Orascom – which owns 29% of the group – had made it harder to borrow money as Egyptian laws put a cap on how much they can lend to any one client.
EFG Hermes is advising it on ways to tap the local bond market.
Mobinil owns 51% of ECMS and is owned by France Telecom and Orascom. However, the two parents have been locked in a heated dispute since April this year, when France Telecom made an offer to take over full control of the holding company.
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While in line this morning waiting to order my cup of Joe, this lady walks up and asks if I would buy her a cup of coffee. Without hesitation, I said, No! She was a little shocked and asked again, but she received the same response. While walking away, I could hear her mumble a few things. Did I feel bad? Not at all. For her, though, she was in shock that someone said no. However, it was bound to happen at some point. One thing I've learned over the years is that common sense is not very common. Here's a recent story about this: There was a pop star in Indonesia who used to go on stage with poisonous snakes and "wear" them while performing. Apparently she typically used pythons, but in this case, she was dressed in a Cobra, which she had thought was defanged. Well, as you probably expected the snake bit her onstage. Now, rather than doing the sensible thing and stopping to get proper medical attention… she continued and tried to finish the show, but 45 minutes later she collapsed and soon after died in hospital. I admire her dedication to finishing the show, but unfortunately, she lost her life to it. It's like they say… if you keep playing with fire, you'll get burnt eventually. In a lot of ways, this is the same mentality a lot of traders and investors seem to have when approaching the markets. Rather than playing the percentages and minimizing risk because they know all trades will not work, they continue to put significant sums of capital on a single trade… and expect to win consistently. There's no superheroes in trading either. Greed takes over as they try, pray and beg to make significant returns quickly. However, it's common sense (which again… is not common in the financial markets) that their luck will run out sooner rather than later. And because they've put ALL their eggs in the one basket… accounts can get cleaned out quickly. That is why you hear so many complain that you can't make a dime trading options. They just suck at it. However, my sizzler's learn to let the puck come to them with using the (M.E.P) Model and place a large number of strategically planned trades… which spreads the risk sensibly. It's one of the simplest secrets of becoming a savvy investor who's able to generate above average returns. However, take my advice with a grain of salt and question it. In fact, for a minimal investment, you can discover a ton of other golden nuggets listening to these other 12 private investors, detailing exactly how they are crushing it in today's market. After listening to all 12 of them, you'll hear the theme on why and how we've been able to create success and how you can start to as well. I guarantee it this will be an account changer for you. https://sizzle.samcart.com/products/investor-audio-interviews To your wealth, freedom and options! Joshua Belanger
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08/28/08 Tragedy of Cows at Croatian-Bosnian Border
Animal Friends appalled with the state of cows in transport
- Dying on no-man's land because of paperwork
After today's report in the 12:00 (noon) news on HRT1 channel about a truck with 36 cows in the last phase of pregnancy, which has been kept at the border between Croatia and Bosnia, nearby the town of Zupanja, because of faulty paperwork, Animal Friends received numerous telephone calls of shocked and weeping citizens.
Basing ourselves on the Regulation on the Live Animals Transport and the Animal Protection Act, we have sent a report to the Veterinary Inspection of Zupanja, Veterinary Inspection of Vukovarsko-srijemska County, Zupanja Police Headquarters, Mr. Goran Jerbic - Head of the Sector of Border Veterinary Inspection and International Transport, and Andjelko Gaspar - Head of the Veterinary Inspection Sector at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery, and Rural Development.
Animal Friends is appalled with the attitude of Croatian customs officers and the Croatian authorities for having allowed the suffering of these animals, which are being transported to Bosnia all the way from Czech Republic.
Every year, millions of animals are subjected to unimaginable and unnecessary suffering during long hours of transport. Under such extreme circumstances, exhausted and sick, hungry and thirsty, they are transported for hundreds of kilometres, only to end up in slaughterhouses or factory farms.
Animals often spend as much as 72 hours without being unloaded and they are forced to defecate in the truck. Those who are being loaded on trucks for the first time are scared, especially if the transport workers treat them roughly and hastily. After a day or two spent in the truck without food or water, they are terribly hungry and thirsty. It is hard even to imagine the stress that these animals are suffering through fear, movement sickness, thirst, hunger, exhaustion, and fever.
It is also hard to imagine what the pregnant cows are going through at this very moment, kept at the border crossing of Zupanja-Orasje because of faulty documentation.
The insufficiency of paperwork should not be the reason for keeping these animals in inhumane conditions, without satisfying their basic needs. Since Croatia allowed the passage of cows through its territory without the necessary documentation in the first place, there can be no justification in ignoring the problem. The Croatian authorities should do whatever it takes to bring the cows back to Croatia and offer them basic living conditions until the administrative issues are solved.
Animal Friends demands an urgent solution of the situation by persons and institutions in charge and a severe punishment of those who are responsible for the miserable and disastrous condition of the animals.
This case demonstrates most clearly why Animal Friends and all similar organizations throughout the world are determined in speaking out against the cruel practice of live animals transport, fighting for its complete prohibition.
Members of Animal Friends and Association of Animal Friends "Dr. Ivan Rostas" headed for the border crossing of Zupanja-Orasje immediately after being informed on the issue.
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Lemmy Kilmister, 24 Dec 1945 - 28 Dec 2015
In April 1981, my brother Paul and I had tickets to see Ozzy Osbourne on his first solo tour. It was at the Tower Theatre just outside of Philly. Randy Rhoads on guitar. Lots of Sabbath songs in the setlist. It was the sort of thing the kids call "epic."
The opener was this band Motorhead, on their first American tour. I knew about them from my days as an avid reader of Trouser Press (RIP), my fave rock mag ever, but neither of us was prepared for what hit us.
Despite some familiarity with Lemmy from the couple early '70s Hawkwind songs that he sang, to quote Bob Dylan, we had "no idea what kind of shit was about to go down." From the seventh row at the Tower, it was like we were witnessing a biker gang on speed playing instruments with the accompaniment of a 747 taking off -- right next to our eardrums. The setlist went like this.
I was 18. Paul was 15. I wasn't wearing earplugs. Paul wasn't either. No one was wearing earplugs. In 1981 earplugs could get your Man Card revoked in seconds flat. As a result my Man Card is far better shape than my hearing these days.
I wish I could say that either of us fully and properly appreciated Motorhead that night. But, literally, I've never been so completely freaked out by volume in my life. "Punishing" is too tame of a word. Within seconds of the band launching into "Ace of Spades" my left ear began this whistling howl that never happened before or since. We hung in there for a few songs, but both of us could feel our hearing actually shutting down.
We did something neither of us has ever done since: we ducked just into the lobby to escape the volume. We were not the only ones by any means. There was a crowd of people doing the same, but we still wanted to see the band. So we stood at the doorway between the lobby and the theater and took in the spectacle. I've seen a lot of punk rock over the years -- and let's remember that Motorhead were at least as much a punk band back then as a metal band -- but I still don't think I have ever witnessed that level of attack on a stage. It was the kind of thing you survived as much as enjoyed. Moreover the sound mix sucked. Ozzy's mix later on was perfect, but you can just imagine Ozzy's soundman fucking with the Motorhead mix just a little to make sure his boy wasn't smoked off the stage by these renegade tough guys. Phil Taylor's drums sounded like a train going over Niagara Falls in perfect time. And Lemmy and Fast Eddie never let up for a second either.
Then we went back to our seats and Ozzy blew our minds -- and the rest of our remaining hearing -- so much that on the walk back to the train station, when the roar had subsided, two things became evident: (1) I was not going to hear a word anyone said to me that night unless that person was on my right side (my left ear was stone fucking deaf), and (2) the hearing that remained in my right ear was limited only to higher tones at that point. The low end had been mostly smoked by Motorhead and Ozzy had finished it off. Everyone's voice sounded like the product of a massive hit of helium.
Two days later, my hearing was back. The human body is an amazing thing.
I didn't see Motorhead again until 2005. It was their 30th anniversary tour at the Tower Theatre and I was psyched, armed with earplugs and hanging out with my buddy Robert Wisdom (R.I.P.) whose musical taste was self-described as "I am a tempo junkie, Steve. Will it be fast? I am there." This one was perfect. My hearing survived. No, the setlist wasn't nearly as great as in 1981, but it was no slouch either. And the sheer level of attack? Still there. Only Lemmy remained from the 1981 lineup at that point. But they blew the doors off the place. Redemption was mine.
Now Lemmy's gone. Robert died a little over seven years ago. My hearing, from years of drumming without earplugs, until I finally got on that train in like 2009, is, shall we say, less than optimal. Or as my wife says, "You are *so* fucking deaf sometimes." The world keeps moving.
Regret nothing, my friends. Regret nothing.
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Hiding in plain site... Secrets spooky March 16, 2020 June 28, 2020
Spooky Connections that Include the Mysterious Van Tassels of Sleepy Hollow
I recently spent an afternoon at the historic Old Dutch Church Burial Ground in Sleepy Hollow, NY intent on walking the (replacement) bridge of the Headless Horseman, made famous by the brilliant Washington Irving, author of America's first ghost story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. (I highly recommend the audible version. It's super creepy and makes you feel like you're Ichabod Crane with the thunderous storm of galloping hooves baring down on you, raising the hairs on the back of your neck as you feel yourself being overtaken by a goblin.)
My mission in standing in the center of the Headless Horseman bridge, and looking in both directions, was to test my efforts at casting a spell from the most haunted landscape in America. It felt like a scientific experiment. And since I planned on seeing Hamilton the next evening, I decided to cast the spell in rap.
What's the likelihood that a spell would actually work? (It was January 24, 2020, the middle of the impeachment trial, so I wanted to feel hopeful that something would remove our president since it was painfully clear the Republican Senators would acquit.) Was a 50% chance of success too optimistic?
But the deeper question as I stood on the bridge, closing my eyes and uttering the magical spell to myself, then walking the grounds for several hours, was why are these three acres so spooked? What's the force that knots so many key figures and game-changing moments to a single dot on our giant global map?
Was the beautiful stretch of land, caught between the Pocantico River and the Hudson, 21 miles north of Manhattan, an ancient Native American burial site? From a botanic perspective, it certainly appears to be a natural wonder, even in the dead of winter, so would likely have been sacred to Native Americans. In fact, there appears to be a magnetic force that pulls people to this beautiful haven, it's certainly sucked me in.
So lets take note of the short list of those who have trodden these sacred grounds:
Henry Hudson himself apparently stepped ashore in Sleepy Hollow.
50 plots were already imbedded on the hill when Frederick Philipse began construction of the Old Dutch Church in 1682.
The Headless Hessian who lost his head in the Battle of White Planes, 1776.
British spy Major Andre, accomplice to American traitor Benedict Arnold (who turned over General George Washington's fortifications of West Point to his British handler Major Andre) was captured near the Headless Horseman bridge, hanged & buried a few hundred yards down the way in a shallow grave beneath a Tulip Poplar tree, October 2, 1780.
George Washington and his troops stopped by in 1781
The Van Tassells are a most mysterious addition to the list. The family lineage is rooted in Westchester County and began when Dutchman Cornelis Janezan Van Texel arrived in New Amsterdam (now known as Manhattan) in the mid 1600's and married a Montauk Indian Princess named Catoneras, daughter of a Montauk Sachem. The Van Tassels inspired Washington Irving in his Legend of Sleepy Hollow and several Van Tassel headstones are prominently displayed in the front row of the historic section in the Old Dutch Church Burial Ground.
Washington Irving and many members of the Irving family tree.
And a long list of famous American capitalists, some who made their fortunes building the transcontinental railroad, and others in the auto industry, but all were drawn to this bewitching location along the Hudson and are interred here.
I should research how many of those buried in the historic section — the area where several who served in Revolutionary War were laid to rest — died from a pandemic. The Bubonic Plague of the late 1600's perhaps, (when the Old Dutch Church was first built, and had 50 graves already in existence when Frederick Philipse began construction) to smallpox and cholera in the next century.
There are likely many who fell to pandemics, considering how young they were when they passed.
Oh no, I hope my rap spell didn't take on a mind of its own and dig up any of these scary venom. Can spells do that? I should have been more specific and less vague.
Sleepy Hollow is only a stones throw from New Rochelle, just 22 miles. Even less as the crow flies. And only a long series of wiggles for the microscopic nematodes buried in the soil amidst all these ancient graves. The little critters can easily find their way across town undetected along the underground network of roots in Westchester County. There's a whole other empire under our feet, and all around us actually, with conquering armies battling vicious enemies intent on staking their claim to new territories. The natural world certainly is a marvel, an alternate universe, hiding in plain sight, rallying the brave to fend off invaders and demons and fight it's many wars. ~
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About Amity.
Dear Readers & Friends,
As many of you know, I finished writing Enmity last summer and had planned to release Amity at the end of 2018.
A lot of things got in the way and I just wasn't confident or happy with where the book was. I finally reached a point where I finished it and sent it to my editor but neither of us are happy with where the story went and the character development. So much of it will have to be rewritten that at this stage it would essentially be a complete overhaul and re-write and my motivation and drive for the world and it's characters has been lost by the wayside as I work on other projects.
I don't ever want to release something that is a dissapointment to anyone who enjoyed the first book, and I would rather not release anything and have Enmity as a standalone novel than release something myself and my editor are not happy with.
I'm going to spend some time focusing my creative energies on my standalone contemporary, Whisper, and a new series that I am planning out.
This isn't to say that Amity won't happen, but that it is indefinitely on hold for now while I decide what I can do with the plot and characters that will carry the first novel forwards and drive development.
I hope you all understand and are not too disappointed.
DIARY, enmity, update


Apple announced today an update to its iMac computers, improving performance through faster processors, WiFi, graphics and storage options.
The 21.5 inch and 27 inch models of the iMac both will come equipped with Intel's faster, Haswell fourth generation quad-core processors. They will also both support the 802.11ac WiFi standard (if you have an 802.11ac base station to connect to, of course) for data transfer speeds boasted as much as three times faster than the previous WiFi generation. Apple has also added in PCIe-based storage to both models to support faster Flash storage and Apple's Fusion Drive configurations even quicker.
Apple's 27-inch iMacs have been having some issues lately, which have caused long delays in shipments, but now it looks like things are back on track.
So if you've been waiting for your iMac to arrive, some users have started to receive notifications that the units will be shipping out soon. To give you some idea, one user who ordered a 27-inch iMac on January 29th has received his shipping email, letting him know that the unit is scheduled to leave on February 9th.
Apple has pushed back the shipping time for all 27-inch iMacs to two weeks. The company already delayed them by five to seven days earlier. This delay is believed to have something to do with a quality measure involving cracked screens on delivery and also systems that experience periodic flickering or lose their video signal completely.
This is not good news for Apple since it will delay many orders past Christmas. This means that it will disappoint buyers and could also affect Apple's quarterly results, which were given a boost by new iMac revisions. So don't expect your new 27-inch iMac under the tree this year.
After you've let Colorware have their way with all of your other gadgets, the outfit now wants to customize your latest Apple gear. For just $500, you can allow your iMac to wear a technicolor dream coat, or you can pay $700 premium (over Apple's prices) to buy one from ColorWare.
They're also painting the Magic Mouse, so it won't feel left out. It'll cost you $100, or $30 bucks to send your own in. Why not spice things up with some new colors?
Not that it's a surprise, Apple has unveiled some new iMacs. The new models feature 21.5-inch and 27-inch 16:9 displays along with all-aluminum enclosures. The new widescreen IPS panels are LED-backlit and provide 178-degree viewing angles.
The 21.5-inch iMac sports a 1,920 x 1,080 resolution, while the 27-inch version leaves that in the dust with 2,560 x 1,440. Ports are the same as the previous model, but they've added an SD card slot and video-in on the 27-incher. The wireless keyboard is now standard along with the new Magic Mouse.
The Holiday season is upon us, so it makes sense that Apple would be ready to offer its 2009 Mac product line. According to Apple Insider, it could happen as early as this month. We're talking a new line of iMacs with more stylish enclosures and some other added features not previously available.
Apparently, the new all-in-one, dual-core desktops were finalized earlier in September and have been rolling off the product lines for about two weeks. A thinner chassis and lower prices are expected. We may even see Blu-Ray.
Add this one to the ever growing pantheon of Apple rumors. PCPerspective has reason to believe that Apple is preparing a 24″ iMac. They say that we will get a set of four new iMac computers announced this week. Two 20″ iMacs with an NVIDIA integrated-GPU chipset based on the MCP79 design (the same used in the most recent MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks) and one of those will include the mobility GeForce 9600-series discrete GPU as well. This integrated + discrete graphics solution is basically identical the setup the new 15″ MacBook Pro includes.
If you buy into the hype, the 24″ iMacs will have the same integrated chipset but both of these will include discrete graphics solutions. The lower-end 24″ model will use the same mobility 9600 series that the MacBook Pro uses and the higher-end model will use a slightly faster GeForce 9800M solution. That would make the new 24″ iMac a useful gaming machine.
For many the iMac is not just a computer – it is also a piece of art. To that end a company by the name of Chromac recently unveiled a line of tasteful enclosures to up that artsy look. These iColor enclosures are priced at around $500 starting.
The Chromac iColors come in 11 colors and let iMac owners customize their computers with "high end finishes and materials commonly found in a Gulfstream jet or Rolls Royce." These designer upgrade choices include chrome, 24K gold, platinum and lime green. Chromac is also known for designing customized aluminum cases for iMacs as well.
Today Steve Jobs announced Apple's new iMacs at the companies summer press conference. The announcement came as no surprise to most as rumors of the new iMacs and their features have been plentiful over the past weeks.
Jobs made heavy reference to the construction materials of aluminum and glass with the new iMacs, talking of its "elegant" look, the fact that the glass is scratch resistance and how both materials are recycle-friendly. The new iMacs will come three models of 20-inch and 24-inch glossy frames.
All three models feature USB 2.0, Firewire, 8x SuperDrive, and an iSight camera as you might expect. They also house aCore 2 Duo processor, ATI Radeon HD Pro graphics card, 802.11n, Bluetooth 2.0 and 1GB of RAM.
Is this a picture of a new keyboard from Apple that will come with the new iMac? The folks over at Engadget received a tip and this looks like it could be legit. It has the same brushed aluminum finish as we are expecting with the new iMac and it's certainly as thin as we would like to see as one of the photos holds up a ruler showing the keys sticking up to just slightly over one millimeter.
The rumor came from a message board where someone had a number of these supposed new iMac keyboards for sale for just over $150 each. Since then most of the pictures have been taken down.
More rumors are being fuled across the blogosphere from ThinkSecret with additional information on the new iMacs from Apple. It looks like the release of these new units are on track for an August launch and will be sporting a brushed aluminum enclosure instead of the shiny white plastic. Although the frame overall will be very similar to the current iMac it will be thinned down to only 2 inches thick. The bottom space below the screen will be shorter too, giving more screen compared to overall size on the enclosure.


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I Lipps Inc. sono stati un gruppo musicale di musica disco elettronica statunitense, famoso per il singolo "Funkytown" del 1980.

Storia del gruppo
Il gruppo è stato fondato a Minneapolis da Steven Greenberg, che ha scritto la musica e l'ha prodotta, suonatore di vari strumenti importanti. Il leader del gruppo era Cynthia Johnson, mentre gli altri componenti sono mutati spesso, e tra loro si annovera il chitarrista David Rivkin.

Raggiunsero il massimo successo negli anni ottanta. Il loro album di debutto Mouth to Mouth uscì nei primi mesi del 1980, ottenendo un disco di platino.

I loro singoli successivi ebbero minore successo: Hot 100 arrivò al 64º posto in classifica con Rock It, mentre il brano How Long? nel 1981 si posizionò 4° nelle classifiche dance americane: infatti quest'ultimo viene ricordato soprattutto per l'utilizzo degli archi, presenti all'interno dello stesso e, in quel periodo, anche durante la sigla del TG1. Il gruppo pubblicò il suo ultimo album, 4, nel 1983, dopodiché sparirono dalle scene fino al 1992, quando venne pubblicata la raccolta Funkyworld: The best of Lipps Inc., per poi sciogliersi definitivamente.

Discografia
 1979 – Mouth to Mouth
 1980 – Pucker Up
 1981 – Designer Music
 1983 – 4
 1985 – Hit the Deck (EP)
 1992 – Funkyworld: The Best of Lipps Inc.

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Mansa Konko (Schreibvariante: Mansakonko) ist eine Ortschaft im westafrikanischen Staat Gambia und ist die Hauptstadt der Verwaltungseinheit Lower River Region. Gleichzeitig ist es der Name der Erhebung, an dem der Ort liegt.

Nach einer Berechnung für das Jahr 2013 leben dort etwa 314 Einwohner, das Ergebnis der letzten veröffentlichten Volkszählung von 1993 betrug 240.

Geographie
Mansa Konko liegt in der Lower River Region im Distrikt Jarra West und liegt ungefähr drei Kilometer nördlich von Soma entfernt. Der Ort liegt am Fuße eines Hügels bei Koordinate: . Die 38 Meter hohe Erhebung "Mansa Konko" aus der Mandinka-Sprache wird mit "Königshügel" oder "Regierungshügel" übersetzt.

Geschichte
Als ehemaliger Sitz eines Herrscherhauses wurde Mansa Konko zur britischen Kolonialzeit eine Verwaltungsstelle. Aus dieser Zeit findet man noch einige ältere Gebäude.

Siehe auch
 Liste der Ortschaften in Gambia
 Liste von Erhebungen in Gambia

Einzelnachweise

Ort in der Lower River Region
Ort in Afrika
Verwaltungssitz einer Verwaltungseinheit (Gambia)


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Release Heaven And Earth
The brainchild of a disturbed 19 year-old, Shock Therapy was created in 1984 by lead singer/guitarist/synthesist Gregory John McCormick A.K.A. ,Itchy. After spending an influential period of his teenage years in the care of psychiatric institutions, Itchy channelled pent-up aggressions creatively in his early adult life to what is now the most original, raw underground music group in existence today. Critics and fans alike cannot argue- no band does what Shock Therapy does, has done and continues to do in the studio or on the stage. The first release of Shock Therapy in 1985 was the self-titled 6-song EP which featured the huge underground cult-classic "Hate Is A 4-Letter Word". After touring the USA as a headline act throughout 1985 and early 86, the band was informed of the first EPs success in Europe. The rest is history. Shock Therapy gave up touring in the USA altogether in favor of the more esoteric European audiences. Many band-members took up residence in Germany, the center of the then-rising industrial-techno-punk sound of the late 198Os - the sound that was virtually pioneered by Shock Therapy in their earliest musical releases and stage performances. After six successful tours throughout Europe from 1986 through 1992 singer Itchy once again turned his eyes toward home. Drummer Clif Hill returned to the USA and missing peices of the band were replaced. The newest musical release of Shock Therapy began production on January 1, 1993. The new CD is titled "Heaven and Earth" and features the tribal, live, post-alternative sound with the same self-explorative lyrics that are so famous on the previous eight CDs and albums of Shock Therapy. Release date for the new Shock Therapy CD "Heaven and Earth" was January 1994.
NOW: In December 1994 SHOCK THERAPY present an album that is a retrospective of a very special manner. SANTAS LITTLE HELPER: RARITIES, ODDITIES AND FESTIVE DISEASES. Its a Christmas gift to their long standing fans. Unreleased songs from 1987 to 1994 were compiled and surely you can say, it is the strangest collection of SHOCK THERAPY-material, that was ever released.
In Februar/March 1995 is the release date for a new Shock Therapy EP, title: LOVE & PUNISHMENT. This release will show that SHOCK THERAPY still is one of the vital and innovative groups on this planet. WATCH OUT ! In spring 1995 the new SHOCK THERAPY album THE MOON AND THE SUN. Tours of Europe and the USA are scheduled for the spring and fall of 1995.
Current members of Shock Therapy: Original members
Gregory John McCormick (Itchy): Lead vocals, Synthesizers, Guitar
Cliff Hill: Drums
Eric Hoskins: Bass
Wes Beech: Guitar
Shock Therapy (1985) Fundamental/Play it Again Sam. [vinyl]
My Unshakeable Belief (1986) Fundamental/Play it Again Sam [vinyl, CD, cassette]
Touch Me And Die (1987) Fundamental/Play it Again Sam [vinyl, CD, cassette]
Cancer (1989) Play it Again Sam [vinyl, CD]
Hate Is A 4-Letter Word (1990) Dossier [CD]
The Great Confuser (1991) Dossier [vinyl, CD]
Adventures In Good Music (1992) Dossier [CD]
Just Let Go: The Dark Years (1992) Dossier [CD]
The Many Faces Of hate (1993) Dossier [CD]
Heaven And Earth (1993) Dossier [CD]
Santas Little Helper (1994) Psycho Clown/A.M. Music [CD]
A.M. Music GmbH
Robert Bosch Straße 3
Tel + 49 7031 7465-0
A&R SHOCK THERAPY
Tel +49 7031 7465-18


Can i confess through phone or email?
Confession by nature is a "Personal Encounter" with Jesus through the ministry of a priest. Emails and Phones remove that physical aspect of this personal encounter which must be present for one to validly receive the Sacrament of Penance.
Another reason is secrecy. A priest is bound by a special oath (Seal of the Confessional) to keep everything a penitent says to him in the confessional absolutely secret. A priest may never reveal any detail of a penitents sin to anyone, not even civil authorities, even under the threat of their own death. Breaking the oath would lead to automatic excommunication (latae sententiae), the lifting of which is reserved to the Pope himself (Code of Canon Law, 1388 §1). Phones, email, etc are never secret and can always leak details of a penitents sins to third parties.
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