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Heads of medical schools urge Iran to release jailed Baha'i educators
Some of the 48 Deans and Senior Vice-Presidents of American medical schools who have signed an open letter condemning the Iranian government's persecution of Baha'i students and educators. Pictured are, top row from left to right: D. Craig Brater, Betty M. Drees, Philip Pizzo, Valerie Montgomery Rice; Bottom row, from left to right: Pamela B. Davis, James Woolliscroft, Mark S. Johnson, and Marsha D. Rappley.
WASHINGTON, United States — Almost 50 leaders of medical education in the United States have joined the worldwide protest against the Iranian government's persecution of Baha'i students and educators.
Forty-eight Deans and Senior Vice-Presidents – who between them head more than a third of American medical schools – have signed an open letter addressed to Iran's representative to the United Nations. The letter was published on the Persian-language "Association Against Education Discrimination" website on 7 December – the day that Iranian student movements annually commemorate Student Day.
"We are writing as individuals who are leaders of globally recognized educational institutions to voice our concern about the treatment of Baha'i students and educators in Iran," the letter says.
"As leaders of medical education, we believe that education is an inherent human right. At our respective institutions, we have hosted and continue to host students, residents, fellows, and faculty irrespective of their religious beliefs from all over the world. We have welcomed this diverse population into our educational communities to contribute to the discovery and dissemination of knowledge for the benefit of humanity."
The letter's chief signatory – Dr. Philip Pizzo, Dean of Stanford University's School of Medicine – helped collect the signatures last month at the annual meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges' Council of Medical School Deans.
The statement details the systematic attack launched by Iranian authorities against an informal community initiative – known as the Baha'i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) – which was set up to provide education for young Baha'is barred from university. Seven Baha'is associated with BIHE are now serving four- and five-year jail terms.
"The arresting of BIHE faculty and administrators as well as the banning of generations of Baha'is from education solely on the basis of their religious background are violations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in 1948, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights to which Iran is a State Party," the letter continues.
"We therefore urge your government to release the instructors and administrators of BIHE from prison. We also request that your government extend Baha'i students and faculty in Iran the same rights to education that we offer every student and professor at our institutions regardless of their heritage, religion or country of origin."
The open letter was published on the same day that the situation of Baha'i educators and students was raised in a joint statement by an international group of lawmakers – US Senators Mark Kirk and Joseph Lieberman, Canadian MP Irwin Cotler, British MP Denis MacShane, Australian MP Michael Danby, Italian MP Fiamma Nirenstein, and Lithuanian MP Emanuelis Zingeris.
Continuing outcry
These latest actions come just days after Senator Mobina Jaffer, Canada's first Muslim senator, told a Canadian Senate enquiry that it was "unprecedented" that Iran has now criminalized the education of young people.
The condemnation of the imprisonment of the seven Baha'i educators has spanned the world. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has led the criticism of their sentences, along with such prominent figures as Nobel Peace Prize laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Jose Ramos-Horta, and Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire, the former UN peacekeeping force commander who tried to stop the 1990s genocide in Rwanda.
In October, some 43 distinguished philosophers and theologians in 16 countries signed an open letter protesting against the attack on BIHE.
In Germany, some 45 prominent professors have demanded the immediate release of the seven, while in Australia, letters of protest have been sent by 73 university academics, and Universities Australia, representing the vice-chancellors of all Australian universities.
Last month, more than 50 academics in Ireland called upon the Iranian authorities to allow access to higher education for all, while 26 professionals from the cinema industry urged the government of Brazil to defend the rights of filmmakers, journalists and Baha'i educators and called upon Iran to immediately release those imprisoned.
Philip Pizzo MD – Dean, Stanford University School of Medicine
Stephen K. Klasko MD MBA – CEO USF Health; Dean University of South Florida College of Medicine
D. Craig Brater MD – Dean, Indiana University School of Medicine
Lois Margaret Nora MD MBA – Interim President/Dean, Commonwealth Medical College
Jerry R. Youkey MD – Founding Dean, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville
Robert Folberg MD – Founding Dean, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
James Woolliscroft MD – Dean, University of Michigan Medical School
Paul Katz MD – Founding Dean, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
J. Kevin Dorsey MD PhD – Dean & Provost, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Harold L. Paz MD MS – Senior VP for Health Affairs, Dean Penn State College of Medicine
Terence R. Flotte MD – Dean, Provost & Exec. Dep. Chancellor, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Marsha D. Rappley MD – Dean, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine
M. Dewayne Andrews MD – Sr. VP & Provost & Executive Dean, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Paul B. Roth MD – Chancellor & Dean, University of New Mexico-Health Sciences Center
Larry W. Laughlin MD, PhD – Dean, Uniformed Services University School of Medicine
Thomas L. Schwenk MD – Dean, VP Health Sciences, University of Nevada Reno
Steven Berk MD – Dean, Executive VP, Texas Tech University, Health Sciences Center
Mark B. Taubman MD – Dean, VP Health Sciences, University of Rochester
Peter S. Amenta MD PhD – Dean, UMDNJ, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Lawrence G. Smith MD – Dean, Hofstra University, School of Medicine, North Shore LIJ
Robert L. Johnson MD – Dean, UMDNJ, New Jersey Medical School
Steven J. Scheinman MD – Dean Emeritus, Upstate Medical University
S. Ray Mitchell MD – Dean, Georgetown University, School of Medicine
Frederick Morin MD – Dean, University of Vermont, College of Medicine
Michael E. Cain MD – Dean, VP for Health Sciences, University at Buffalo
John P. Fogarty MD – Dean, Florida State University, College of Medicine
Ralph A. O'Connell MD – Dean & Provost, New York Medical College
John A. Rock MD – Dean & Senior VP for Medical Affairs, Florida International University
William L. Roper MD – Dean & CEO, University of North Carolina, School of Medicine
Charles J. Lockwood MD – Dean & VP, Ohio State University, Medical Center
Paul R. Cunningham MD – Dean, East Carolina University, The Brody School of Medicine
B. P. Sachs MD – SVP & Dean, Tulane University, School of Medicine
Charles P. Mouton MD – Dean & Senior VP, Meharry Medical College, School of Medicine
Jeff Susman MD – Dean, Northeastern Ohio
Betty M. Drees MD – Dean, University of Missouri – Kansas City, School of Medicine
Pamela B. Davis MD PhD – Dean & VP for Medical Affairs, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine
Paul Rothman MD – Dean, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Wiley Souba MD – VP for Health Affairs & Dean, Dartmouth Medical School
Roger Hadley MD – Dean, Loma Linda University
Thomas A. Deutsch MD – Dean, Rush University, Chicago, Medical College
Debra H. Fiser MD – Dean, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Larry Shapiro MD – Dean, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Daniel V. Schidlow MD – Interim Dean, Drexel University College of Medicine
Valerie Montgomery Rice MD – Executive VP & Dean, Morehouse School of Medicine
Peter F. Buckley MD – Dean, Georgia Health Sciences University, Medical College of Georgia
Mark S. Johnson MD – Dean, Howard University
Andrew L. Chesson MD – Dean, LSU Health Shreveport
Karen Antman MD – Dean, Provost Boston University School of Medicine
Baha'i World News Service coverage of the persecution of the Baha'is in Iran
*The Baha'i World News Service has published a Special Section which includes further articles and background information about Iran's campaign to deny higher education to Baha'is. It contains news of latest developments, a summary of the situation, profiles of imprisoned Baha'i educators, feature articles, case studies and testimonials from students, resources and links. *
*Another Special Report offers articles and background information about the seven Iranian Baha'i leaders – their lives, their imprisonment, trial and sentencing – and the allegations made against them. It also offers further resources about the persecution of Iran's Baha'i community. *
*The International Reaction page of the Baha'i World News service is regularly updated with responses from governments, nongovernmental organizations, and prominent individuals, to actions taken against the Baha'is of Iran. *
*The Media Reports page presents a digest of media coverage from around the world. *
"Closed Doors: Iran's Campaign to Deny Higher Education to Baha'is" - Special Section
"Inciting Hatred: Iran's Media Campaign to Demonize Baha'is" - Special Report
"The Trial of the Seven Baha'i Leaders" - Special Report
BWNS Iran Update
List of BWNS articles
Recent Iran-related articles
Concerns for imprisoned Baha'i educators voiced in Senate
Canada's first Muslim senator strongly criticizes Iran for its prosecution and imprisonment of Baha'i educators.
Senator highlights "warning signs" in Iran's treatment of Baha'is
Former UN peacekeeper Romeo Dallaire says Iran's actions against Baha'is remind him of what he witnessed in Rwanda.
UN strongly condemns Iran's human rights violations; European Parliament joins global outcry
UN General Assembly uses some of its strongest language to date.


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Climate Change Symposium: The Paris Talks
Streamed live on Nov 23, 2015
Preceding the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21/CMP11) in Paris, this symposium will provide a landscape of the UN climate process, consider the significance and potential outcomes of the Paris summit, and discuss climate initiatives beyond the UN negotiating process.
Teresa Ribera, Director, Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI); Former Secretary of State for Climate Change, Government of Spain (2008-2011)
David Sandalow, Inaugural Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University; Former Undersecretary of Energy (Acting) and Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy
Leena Srivastava, Vice Chancellor, TERI University, New Delhi, India
Presider:
Stewart M. Patrick, Senior Fellow and Director of the International Institutions and Global Governance Program, Council on Foreign Relations
This symposium is cosponsored by the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and the International Institutions and Global Governance Program.
Bringing the Global Community to the Table: Paris 2015 UN Climate Change Conference
Harvard Institute of Politics
Panelists Drew Faust, President of Harvard University, Daniel Bodansky, Foundation Professor of Law at ASU's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Coral Davenport, Energy and Environmental Correspondent for The New York Times, Zou Ji, Deputy Director of China's National Center for Climate Change Strategy, and Robert Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government at HKS, joined moderator Candy Crowley, Fall 2015 IOP Fellow and Former CNN Chief Political Correspondent for a discussion on climate change.
The conversation centered around a global approach to the environmental problems we face and how countries like China and India reconcile the urgency of climate change with their desire for economic growth.
COP-21 & The Pathway to Paris – Harvard – Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
The IPCC at a Crossroads: Enhancing the Usefulness of IPCC to the UNFCCC Process on Vimeo
from IISD Reporting Services / ENB+PRO2 months ago
The IPCC plays a key role within the climate change regime, synthesizing large volumes of climate change research and communicating the findings to policymakers. At this event, co-organized by PIK, Harvard University and Stanford University, experts discuss problems and challenges that the IPCC faces beyond the 2015 Paris climate summit. The panel addresses two key questions: Is the IPCC doing the right things, and is the IPCC doing things right?
This video was produced by Peter Wood, Ph.D., and filmed/edited by Ben Crowe
You can find our written report and photographs from this event here: iisd.ca/climate/cop21/enbots/9dec.html#event-1
For more information, please see the article that formed the basis of the presentation: "IPCC at a Crossroads: Opportunities for Reform" (Carlo Carraro et al, Science, Oct 3, 2015): scholar.harvard.edu/files/stavins/files/stavins_et_al_ipcc_science_151002.pdf?m=1443798311
COP21: Robert Stavins
Climate Home
Published on Dec 9, 2015
Robert Stavins, professor at Harvard University talks to Climate Home at the Paris climate summit
Tornadoes Kill 7 in U.S. as Climate Change Fuels Extreme Weather
February 25, 2016 Headlines
At least seven people have died as more than 50 tornadoes swept across parts of the South and eastern United States over the last two days. The extreme weather has destroyed hundreds of homes and forced the closure of schools and government offices. At least four people have died in Virginia, including a two-year-old boy. Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has declared a state of emergency. Scientists have linked an increase in the intensity and deadliness of tornadoes to climate change.
Behind the Smoke Curtain – The 9/11 Pentagon Attack by Barbara Honegger
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Mirrored from http://www.youtube.com/user/freeseattle
Barbara Honegger's presentation titled "Behind the Smoke Curtain" in Seattle's Town Hall Theater, January 12, 2013, on what happened and what didn't happen at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.
SPEAKER CORRECTION: The Slide at 38:44 in this video should have read "North of Navy Annex path" rather than "south of Navy Annex path", and the Speaker meant to say "North path" rather than "South path" at 39:28. The Slide that comes up at 40:23 should have read: "It came in on a North of Navy Annex path", rather than on "a South of Navy Annex path". At just after 46:46 the Speaker meant to say: '…The white plane came in on a diagonal North [of CITGO gas
station and North of Navy Annex] path…', rather than on a 'South path.' More generally, though the two Pentagon heliport firefighters saw a low-flying white plane diagonally approaching on their left, they were sufficiently North of the centerline of the West face that the path of the plane itself was to the North of the Navy Annex and CITGO gas station, not to the South of them. For a more detailed discussion of the accurate interpretation of North-path witnesses' testimonies, see 1;39;45 to 1;42;35 into the Speaker's presentation at the Washington, D.C. 9/11 Conference held at the Pentagon Sheraton Hotel, Sept. 15, 2013, at
https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=ht…
Architects and Engineers: Solving the Mystery of Building 7 – w/ Ed Asner
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This is the original video that YouTube took down, without notice, on or about Feb 20, 2015 – which left the following notice for those who follow one of thousands of locations of the YouTube link out there on the internet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature…
"This video has been removed as a violation of YouTube's policy against spam, scams, and commercially deceptive content"
Which makes no sense whatsoever given the scientific evidence that this documentary sticks to. Of course we are appealing the action to the extent that we can and will take legal steps as well.
The video had over a Million and a half views prior to be taken down.
Richard Gage, AIA
Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth
http://www.ae911truth.org
Keeping your friends close: the NSA spied on US allies
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, former Italian Prime Minister and media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi, and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon all have one thing in common: the NSA spied on them. WikiLeaks has revealed that the United States has kept very close tabs on its own allies. But what does this do for America's image abroad? RT's Ed Schultz is joined by RT correspondent Manuel Rapalo and Tyrel Ventura, of RT's Watching the Hawks.
We're gonna have Flints all over the US – professor of health
Joining RT's Ed Schultz is Corey Hebert, CEO of Community Health TV and professor at LSU Health Sciences Center to discuss the Flint water crisis and the nation-wide problem of lead poisoning. Herbert breaks down how humans can be exposed to lead in a number of ways, from the environment to paint, adding that the testing of children is vital to the discovery of lead poisonings. Herbert suspects the issue will only become more apparent given more testing.

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One of my talented dear friends just celebrated her daughters 3rd birthday party last month. Marsinah (from Blushing Pearl) did an amazing job styling this super cute and adorable birthday party – perfect for a little mermaid. Believe me when I say that this under the sea mermaid themed birthday party was full of creative details and I won't tease you any longer with the suspense – check out the photos below and let us know what you think?
The Party was a Success – a Happy Birthday girl!
What I love about this party is that there were just enough details to pull off the mermaid theme but she didn't break the bank to bring this sea dream to life. The color theme was fabulous and I adored the crepe paper/streamers backdrop and props for photos! (If you can't afford a photo booth, this is a great alternative!) What was your favorite detail? What inspiration did you get from this party? What creative ideas do you have to fit this theme? Leave me a comment below – I'd love to hear your ideas and feedback!


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As you like it, Part 3: A critique and historical review of calcification as seen with the electron microscope
Ultrastruct Pathol. May-Jun 2001;25(3):243-67. doi: 10.1080/019131201300343874.
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1 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
As You Like It, Part 3, is a continuation of the lectures given by the author (Ultra Path VIII and Ultra Path IX). It is a critical historical review of topics of interest to electron microscopists, attempting to show what went wrong and perhaps also why. The topics chosen this time demonstrate the prominent role electron microscopy has played in elucidating the diverse ways in which calcification can occur. The classic concept of dystropic and metastatic calcification is now inadequate to explain all observed phenomena. The electron microscope shows that calcification occurs in many different intracellular and extracellular sites and that each has its own morphology and etiology. Thus, a new classification based on ultrastructural morphology is born, but few seem to be aware of it. The author examines the ubiquitous but not too well-known phenomenon of cell remodeling, which often, but not always, leads to calcification. Topics are presented under the following headings: (1) matrical lipidic debris, (2) spherical microparticles, (3) matrix vesicles, (4) intramitochondrial calcification, (5) intralysosomal calcification, (6) calcification of collagen, (7) calcification of elastic fibers, and (8) calcification of secretory products.
Adenocarcinoma / ultrastructure
Appendiceal Neoplasms / ultrastructure
Calcinosis / history
Calcinosis / pathology*
Cardiovascular System / ultrastructure
Extracellular Matrix / ultrastructure
History, 20th Century
Kidney / ultrastructure
Microscopy, Electron* / history


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This image released by Warner Bros Pictures shows Jamie Foxx in a scene from "Just Mercy." (Jake Netter/Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)
Michael B Jordan plays civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson in this compelling biopic, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and based on Stevenson's own memoir. It's a cautionary tale of how racism and corruption lurk at the very heart of the United States' legal system, where truth comes a poor second to prejudice.
Although the storytelling here is somewhat workmanlike, the subject matter and strong performances are engrossing; only the hardest of hearts could leave the cinema without feeling utterly outraged. How can a so-called democratic country persist in such appalling and blatant injustice?
Cretton focuses on one of Stevenson's early cases, representing Walter McMillian (Jamie Foxx), a black Alabama business owner sentenced to death in 1987 for the murder of Ronda Morrison, a white teenager. Stevenson, who is using his Harvard law degree to defend those most vulnerable to the system's ingrained bias, is appalled to discover the flimsy evidence that has condemned McMillian, known locally as Johnny D. One co-erced testimony from a white felon, it seems, counts for more than dozens of alibis from the accused's black family and friends; one co-erced testimony, it seems, rules out the need for further corroboration of any kind.
But Stevenson is determined to expose the law's hypocrisy, to save the poor, the black and the dispossessed one case at a time, so he sets up the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery. Assisted by Eva Ansley (Brie Larson), he takes on the establishment, forcing DA Tommy Champan (Rafe Spall) to acknowledge that, when he says upholding McMillian's conviction is helping 'local people' to feel safe, he is in fact prioritising certain social groups; local black people feel a lot less safe, exposed to the knowledge that the state can and will kill them for crimes they haven't committed.
The two leads are perfectly cast, with both Jordan and Foxx delivering outstanding, nuanced performances. Rob Morgan is also most affecting as anguished death-row inmate, Herbert Richardson, whose story illustrates that even guilty lives matter and deserve mercy.
The most heartbreaking thing of all is that, thirty years later, nothing has really changed: parity of justice is still just a pipe dream in the US. But, as this film illustrates, even the most inflexible of systems can be challenged and slowly, with determination, changes can be wrought. It's just shameful that this battle is so far from being won.
It's a pity, perhaps, that Cretton has opted for such an understated style: more anger, more excoriation, more subtlety in the depiction of the establishment, might have elevated this to a big-hitter, conveying its vital message to a wider audience. As it is, its an important piece of work, but probably destined to be viewed by relatively few.
Posted in Film and tagged Brie Larson, Bryan Stevenson, Destin Daniel Cretton, Equal Justice Initiative, Eva Ansley, Jamie Foxx, Just Mercy, Michael B. Jordan, Rafe Spall, Rob Morgan, Walter McMillian on January 11, 2020 by Bouquets & Brickbats. Leave a comment
I have a lot of respect for writer/director Edgar Wright. From Spaced, through the 'three Cornettos' trilogy, even with Scott Pilgrim Vs the World, he's always managed to deliver something fresh and original – and who knows how Ant Man might have turned out if he hadn't been unceremoniously dumped and had managed to bring his initial concept to fruition? I've heard plenty of good word-of-mouth about Baby Driver but when I saw the the trailer, I thought the film looked decidedly generic and profoundly unexciting.
I needn't have worried. This is pacy, original and occasionally thrilling stuff, mostly because it has the brio to pursue a simple idea to its logical conclusion. We've all had that moment, I'm sure, walking along a busy street with a set of earphones plugged in, imagining that what's playing in our head is our own personal soundtrack. Wright has taken that idea and stamped down hard on the accelerator. What he serves up here is essentially a series of stylish set-pieces orchestrated by and choreographed to an eclectic mix of rock classics. Little wonder the trailer couldn't do it justice. To understand exactly how it works, you have to see an entire track play out.
Baby (Ansel Elgort) is working as the getaway-driver-of-choice for crime boss, Doc (Kevin Spacey). A childhood accident means that Baby suffers from constant tinitus, so being plugged into one of his many iPods helps him function on a daily basis. Every heist he takes part in is, therefore, accompanied by a kicking tune, pretty much in its entirety. But we soon learn that he is a reluctant criminal, only working for Doc in order to pay off a long-standing debt and feeling nothing in common with the genuine gangsters he is obliged to work alongside. They include super aggressive Bats (Jamie Foxx) and weird lovebirds, Buddy (Jon Hamm) and Darling (Eliza Gonzalez). When Baby meets up with young waitress, Deborah (Lily James), he sees a powerful reason to disentangle himself from the clutches of his former employer. But it seems he isn't going to be allowed to get off the hook quite as easily as he'd hoped…
Car chase movies are two-a-penny, but Baby Driver takes the genre to a whole new level and happily it isn't only about the car chases. There's plenty of good humour here and a scene where Baby goes to buy coffee is so beautifully choreographed it's an absolute delight. Another highlight is a foot-chase set to yodelling oddity Hocus Pocus by the Dutch band, Focus. It shouldn't work, but it does, effortlessly.
OK, so the film isn't quite perfect. It sags briefly towards the middle when a gun deal goes wrong and events briefly threaten to tip into Free Fire territory, and there's that annoying old trope of apparently dead characters coming back for another go once too often – but these are minor niggles in a film that for the most part zips along like the proverbial tigers on vaseline. I also love that this isn't one of those movies where the protagonists get to drive off into the sunset without any recriminations…
Judging by the sizeable crowd for this early evening screening, Wright has a palpable hit on his hands and that success is well-deserved. Hop aboard this little beauty, buckle in and enjoy the ride.
Posted in Film and tagged Ansel Elgort, Baby Driver, Edgar Wright, Eliza Gonzalez, Jamie Foxx, John Hamm, Kevin Spacey, Lily James on June 29, 2017 by Bouquets & Brickbats. Leave a comment
Will Gluck's reworking of Annie is a curate's egg of a movie. The screening we attended what not so much peopled by 'little girls' whose freckles needed stamping on, as by women my age, who had clearly been fans of the 1982 version – and if they were anything like me – had high hopes this might have more verve and sparkle than the anodyne 1999 Disney adaptation. It certainly does have more verve and spark. In the lead role, Quvenzhané Wallis (an absolute delight in Beasts of the Southern Wild) is as feisty, kooky and determined as she needs to be and, she's charming too, so that her disarming of Jamie Foxx (the restyled Daddy Warbucks) is quite credibly portrayed. The modernisation is nicely handled also. Foxx plays Will Stacks, a self-made mobile phone entrepreneur in need of a better media image; his cribs-style apartment is pure property porn. Rose Byrne as his PA, Grace Farrell, is perfectly adequate and it's good to see Annie's friendship with the (accidentally) racistly-drawn character of 'mystic' Punjab ousted in favour of a more sympathetic relationship with Warbucks' chauffeur, Nash (Adawale Akkinuoye-Agbaje.)
But there are some unfortunate mis-steps too. Cameron Diaz's Miss Hannigan really doesn't work. She's unconvincing as a foster mother of any sort, lurching and gurning her way drunkenly around the children's home, clearly playing at trashy rather than living it. The music's a bit hit-and-miss too. There are some interesting re-arrangements of the the old songs and a few new numbers thrown in to good effect, but they all lack lung-power and musicality; surely every musical needs at least one big blousy number? In 1982 Annie had some to spare. Here, they have been summarily kicked out and this is a mistake I think. Likewise the half-hearted choreography. Back in the day everyone hoofed it up in great style but here the actors stumble apologetically around as though they don't quite want to admit they're actually in a musical.
Overall, I liked it. Sort of. But I don't see it capturing the imaginations of today's kids in the way that Aileen Quinn and Carole Burnett did in the 80's. This version simply isn't strong enough to compete with everything that has gone before.
Posted in Film and tagged Annie, Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhané Wallis, Rose Byrne on January 6, 2015 by Bouquets & Brickbats. Leave a comment


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Google News Journalism Emergency Relief Fund 2020
April 21, 2020 Funmi OlorunfemiPosted in GrantsTagged Funmilola Olorunfemi, Google news
Deadline- April 29 2020
Google has launched a global Journalism Emergency Relief Fund through the Google News Initiative to support small and medium-sized news organizations producing original news for local communities The Fund's aim is to support the production of original journalism for local communities in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Operating globally, it will provide an easily-accessible route to financial assistance at this critical time.
Applications may be submitted starting on Wednesday, April 15th, 2020. The application window will close on April 29th, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. PT, and may be extended or shortened at Google's discretion. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible. We will process them on a rolling basis.
You will be asked via the online application form to provide basic information about your publication and overall organization (if applicable) and inform us of how the funds will be spent. By submitting an application, you accept and agree to the Journalism Emergency Relief Fund Terms and Conditions. Submissions will be reviewed and funded on a rolling basis. All applicants will be notified of the status of their application by email as soon as possible. Please note we expect a high volume of applications so we cannot guarantee a specific response time but will guide you as best we can along the way. It is our intention to provide funding as quickly as possible.
Application Eligibility Requirements
Small and medium-sized news organizations producing original news for local communities during this time of crisis.
Eligible applicants must have a digital presence and have been in operation for at least 12 months.
The Fund is targeted at newsrooms employing between 2 – 100 full-time employee (FTE) journalists.
Local publishers employing more than 100 FTE journalists can still apply and will be considered subject to Google's discretion, based mainly on differing needs in different countries/regions.
Organizations must be incorporated or registered in one of the eligible geographies. Unincorporated organizations must be based in one of the eligible geographies.
Eligible applicants need to have a focus on core news provision, i.e. not lifestyle, sports, business-to-business.
Eligible applicants can include for-profit or nonprofit traditional news organizations, digital natives, radio and/or TV broadcasters.
Government-owned entities and individuals are not eligible to apply.
Funds will be disbursed in one installment, in US dollars or Euros depending on region. Funding amounts will range from the low thousands for small hyper-local newsrooms to low tens of thousands for larger newsrooms, with variations per region.
Initial selection of proposals will be done by teams of Google staff who have knowledge and experience in digital publishing and journalism in the regions detailed above. Applicants will then be contacted by email and offered funding before being asked to sign a funding agreement with Google. Selected applicants will then be required to enroll as a Google partner (if they are not already) in order to receive the funding.
Eligible Geographies
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Pre orders are now available on iTunes for Common Tongues brand new EP Tether & Twine due for release April 15 2013.
We've had a very busy start to the year here at DBM. Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) in January is always a fantastic way to start the year, kicking off with the European Border Breaker Awards (EBBAs) and the European Festival Awards.
And in February we had Rachael Sage playing with Sadie & The Hotheads and a special performance by Common Tongues at the Apple Store, Regents Street, London to launch their single Solitary Thinker.
The ILMC early March was great fun as usual and a treat to see Nick Masson talk about his adventures. We also had Maggie Reilly play a sold out show in Latvia! So far so busy!


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A: just add this in head before your style tag.
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A: You can insert font-face on your App.css file
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In Tuesday's only AHL action, Jason Krog netted a pair of goals while Dirk Southern and Michael Grabner also scored as Manitoba took a 4-2 win over visiting Manchester… Ryan Murphy and Dusty Collins tallied goals in the loss for the Monarchs.
Surging Hartford entertains first-place Providence in an Atlantic Division matchup Wednesday night… The Wolf Pack, four points back of the Bruins, are 3-0-0-1 in their last four games and two games over the .500 mark for the first time all season… Hartford allowed just 15 shots in a 2-0 win over the B's on Dec. 10, with Miika Wiikman earning his first shutout of the year… Defenseman Jared Nightingale has three points and a plus-3 rating in four games since joining the Pack, including the winning goal vs. Providence last week… Jordan Owens has tallied two goals and four assists in Hartford's last five games… The Bruins are 1-4-0-1 in their last six road contests… Martin St. Pierre continues to lead Providence in scoring (9-22-31) and is fifth overall in the AHL in points… Rookie Brad Marchand has totaled a goal and three assists in three meetings with the Wolf Pack this season.
East Division rivals Albany and Norfolk kick off a two-game set at the Scope on Wednesday… The River Rats earned a pair of wins over the Admrials at the Times Union Center in Albany earlier this month, including an 8-1 victory on Dec. 5 that marked a team season high for goals… Captain Pat Dwyer posted a game-high four points (1-3-4) in that game for the River Rats… Mike Angelidis had three points (2-1-3) in the win but has been held scoreless in five contests since… Albany's Michael Ryan shows six points (3-3-6) over his last three outings… Jakub Petruzalek is pacing the Rats overall with 18 points (8-10-18) in 27 games… Albany has outscored opponents 27-8 in its last five victories… The Admirals are just 4-10-0-1 since posting a five-game points streak (4-0-0-1) from Nov. 7-15… Steve Downie has six assists in his last two games, and 2008 AHL All-Star Justin Keller shows three goals and four points in his last three outings… Jay Rosehill has a point in three straight games (0-3-3)… Norfolk is allowing a league-high average of 4.10 goals per game.
San Antonio looks to continue its climb in the West Division when Chicago visits the AT&T Center on Thursday night for the first of back-to-back games… The Wolves ended the Rampage's six-game winning streak with a 4-1 decision back in Rosemont on Sunday, getting three points each from Jeff Hamilton and Joe Motzko… Motzko now has at least one goal in five straight games and points in six straight (6-5-11)… Former Rampage netminder Brent Krahn made 22 saves for Chicago on Sunday in his first AHL appearance of the season… Derek Nesbitt had the only Rampage goal in the loss, his second goal in three games… Josh Tordjman, who did not play Sunday, has stopped 144 of 151 shots and posted three shutouts in his last six starts for San Antonio (6-0-0, 1.16, .954).
On Tuesday in the NHL, Washington defeated the N.Y. Islanders, 5-4 in overtime, in a battle between the head coaches of the last two AHL regular-season points champions (Bruce Boudreau, Scott Gordon)… Nigel Dawes' tiebreaking goal with 3:16 remaining lifted the N.Y. Rangers to a 3-1 win at Anaheim… Led by Troy Brouwer (2g, 1a), Colin Fraser (1g, 2a), James Wisniewski (3a) and Andrew Ladd (3a), AHL alumni accounted for eight goals and 15 assists for Chicago in a 9-2 win at Edmonton… On Monday, Teddy Purcell had a goal and an assist in Los Angeles's 3-2 shootout loss to San Jose.
4-0-0-0 — Lake Erie's record vs. the Toronto Marlies in 2008-09… The Monsters return to Ricoh Coliseum to visit the Marlies on Wednesday night for the fifth of eight meetings on the season.


Part of a government-backed initiative to regenerate areas of Germany, this scheme resulted from winning an international competition and went on to win a number of international lighting design awards.
Our lighting concept for the enormous industrial monument centred on evoking the past while suggesting future possibilities.
Light tells the story of the massive machine, referring to its industrial history when it was used to convert coal into coke to power the steel-making plants of the Ruhr Valley. The composition also works only a purely aesthetic level; bringing the structure to life, articulating its fabric and revealing its functional but elegant design.
Strategically positioned luminaries generate texture on the massive ovens, with the angle of grazed light carefully calculated so that the structure is revealed in detail. The 800-metre long building, with its conveyors, gas burners and chimneys, is washed in a rust-red light suggestive of both decay and rebirth. The six chimneys (two 75 metres tall and four 65 metres tall) are crowned with animated red, stamping their presence on the night-time horizon, where they are visible from up to 15 kilometres away.
A crucial element of the design is the black reflecting pool. We conceived of this pool, not only as a mirror for the scheme, but also to cast gentle ripples of light on the bunker buildings, creating a mesmerising horizon line between reality and reflection.
The road/walkway is lit with blue light that acts as a boundary between the white side (chemical) and the black side (coke) of the original industrial process. This creates visual contrast and a shift in perception, while also conjuring up a poetic sense of place.


Meet the even-more-range-topping version of the range-topping Corvette Z06. This, fans of lairy, affordable muscle, is the Corvette Z06 C7.R Edition.
Essentially, it's a tarted up Z06 'Vette with the Z07 performance pack as standard, built in honour of the Corvettes that Chevy fields in the world's race scenes. If you've ever heard a racing Corvette, you'll know the essential rightness of that V8.
Sadly, this road-going C7.R doesn't get any engine upgrades, instead opting for stickiness and extra downforce. It comes with an adjustable front diffuser and adjustable rear spoiler, Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres, and a Brembo carbon ceramic braking system, which, says Chevy, "contributes to greater handling through reduced unsprung weight".
Alongside the adjustable aero and stickier tyres, there's also a carbon fibre bonnet and roof, composite floor panels and a dry sump oil system. Then comes the dressing: black wheels with yellow calipers, some graphics, a black leather interior with sueded microfiber accents, yellow contrast stitching, Corvette Racing sills, the choice of yellow or black body colours, and a numbered plaque.
Why? Because just 500 of these stickier, downforce-ier C7.R 'Vettes will be built. As mentioned, the engine remains the same, but that's no bad thing. That all-new 'LT4' supercharged 6.2-litre V8 produces a cool, clean 650bhp and 650lb ft of torque, which is sufficient. So sufficient, in fact, it'll go from 0-60mph in 2.9 seconds (with the eight-speed, paddle-shift auto) and clock a quarter-mile in just 10.95s, making it just shy of a bona-fide, factory-fresh ten-second car.
There's no word on price, but the standard Z06 starts from $79,000. We don't get the Z06 in the UK - as yet, anyway - so for those of you who want a right-hand-drive 'Vette, you'll be pleased to know the standard, 466bhp car is a good 'un.


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India Ochs: White privilege and racism were part of the chaos on Jan. 6 | COMMENTARY
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Anne Arundel judge hears restaurants' arguments against dining restrictions, expects county to give testimony Tuesday
Talk To Iris: The power of a hug
By Iris Krasnow
Correspondent |
In any given day, I may get nearly as many hugs as the number of years our camp has been around. (Courtesy photo)
As my weeks at summer camp draw to a close, I am reflecting on what I will miss most.
Topping that list is our bracing lake that never fails to make us feel fully awake and alive. These pristine waters, ranked as one of the cleanest lakes in Wisconsin, have been an oasis that bolsters mind and body and spirit for going on a century!
We celebrate the camp's 100th birthday in summer 2021.
Right up there with the recharging powers of a lake is the recharging power of a hug. In any given day, I may get nearly as many hugs as the number of years our camp has been around. The human touch is what sustains all of us, the touch in real-time, face to face, away from the techno-gadgets not allowed here.
Yesterday, I counted 82 hugs, some from 8-year-olds who barely made it to my waist, others from girls in older cabins who stand nearly 6 feet tall. Another round of embraces comes from my fellow staff members.
Editor's Desk: Annapolis has become a city that hugs
I never realized it, but Annapolis is a city that hugs. In the weeks since a gunman blasted his way into my newsroom and killed five of my friends and colleagues, I have been embraced by friends, acquaintances and strangers alike.
By Rick Hutzell
We hug each other good morning at flag-raising, and we hug each other in passing to our activities that cover 265 acres of grounds. We hug each other when we meet again at the flagpole before dinner, and we hug each other good night.
The human touch gives all of us a dose of love and connection not possible with any heart emojis or by sending adoring messages to Facebook "friends." In these thick woods where campers are forbidden to bring cellphones or computers, real communication and relationship-building takes place, with the simple act of a hug.
Hugging can even help us live longer.
There have been numerous scientific studies on the effects of oxytocin, called "the bonding hormone," on a human's impulse to relax, which lowers stress. Oxytocin is released with a gesture as light as fingers brushed across someone's cheek or an embrace. According to studies conducted by researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, even hugging twice a day is directly related to lowering blood pressure and the reduction of heart disease.
Even though our young campers don't have to worry about these adult illnesses yet, it's never too early to get the oxytocin steadily flowing, making all of us feel better about life and about ourselves.
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I was raised by European parents who greeted strangers they just met not with a handshake but with a warm embrace. From childhood on, I grew into a hugger and summer camp is the perfect place to do what comes naturally.
I love the feeling of a long hug, one that crushes my body with a force that is not painful but a force that means something.
There is real power in a hearty hug; it says "I care about you. You have value to me."
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When these words are voiced, they never evoke the same volume of sentiment as outstretched arms wrapping us in a lengthy clutch. After we said the Pledge of Allegiance this morning at the flagpole, a group of our youngest campers scampered over to me and gave me a group hug.
I hope it was because they like me a lot. Yet, I know it is mostly because I passed around a bag of Kit Kat candy bars in their cabin during rest hour. I don't care — I'll take all the hugs I can get, whatever the reason.
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A longtime colleague of mine at American University in Washington, D.C., where I teach is someone I routinely greet with a hug. She used to respond with a bristling body and say, "Oh Iris, I'm just not a hugger." Over the years, she has softened and is the first to reach out her arms to me.
I tease her and say, "When did you turn into a hugger?" And, she answers with a smile: "When I found out how much better my day goes after getting a few comforting hugs."
Environmentalists encourage us to hug a tree and, yes, that feels good, too. But there is nothing like a body-crunching hug from another person to remind us what it means to be a human.
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Tom Muha: Feeling stressed right now? Daily meditation can help.
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Diary of a Yankee Housewife
Mrs. Mills
Sarah Ames
Evelina Orville Gilmore Ames
Thursday Dec 31st This the last day of the year
and the last that I shall write in this
book Mrs Witherell Emily Mrs Ames
& Oliver & wife dined here & spent the
afternoon father is not well and did
not come This evening we have all
been to the lecture at the meeting house
Mr Pierpont recited a poem The Scholars hope
and it was very fine We have a box from Burlington
filled with presents I had a basket
of moss in a leather frame from Mrs
Mills & a ribbon from cousin Harriet
Susan an emery and she is disappointed
says they always send an emery
Thus ends the second year
that I have written in this book of nonsense
This is the last day of Evelina's diary, and aren't we sorry! No more sifting through the pages and peeking through the keyhole at the domestic life of the Ames family in the 1850's. Although we know that Evelina kept other diaries in other years, specifically during the 1860's, we don't know if she wrote steadily. No other diaries by her are extant.
We do know something about the remaining trajectory of Evelina's life, however. After she closed the cover on her so-called "book of nonsense," she lived another thirty years. By the end of the 1850's, her sons Oakes Angier and Frank Morton had married and begun to have children (see below). Frank would move to Canton (and Boston) but would stay in close contact with his brothers, who stayed in North Easton. Middle son Oliver (3), the last of her sons to leave home, would marry in the spring of 1860, build a home nearby (since razed) and raise a large family. Daughter Susan would marry wool merchant Henry W. French in January 1861, but the couple would have no issue. That must have been a disappointment to them and to Evelina.
Over the years left to them, Evelina and Oakes would enjoy the arrival of and periodic proximity to 19 grandchildren (three of whom would not survive childhood). In birth order, those grandchildren were:
Maria Hobart Ames (Mrs. Richard Hickman Harte, 1856 – 1918), first daughter of Oakes Angier and Catharine Hobart Ames
Frank Angier Ames (1857 – 1918), first son of Frank Morton and Catherine Copeland Ames
Oakes Ames (1858 – 1859), first son of Oakes Angier and Catharine Hobart Ames
Alice Lurana Ames (Mrs. Edward Crosby Morris, Mrs. George Frederick Chapman, 1859 – 1934), first daughter of Frank Morton and Catherine Copeland Ames
Oakes Angier Ames (1861 – 1862), second son of Oakes Angier and Catharine Hobart Ames
Charles Oakes Ames (1861 – 1864), second son of Frank Morton and Catherine Copeland Ames
William Hadwen Ames (1861 – 1918), first son of Oliver Third and Anna C. Ray Ames
Oakes Ames (1863 – 1914), third son of Frank Morton and Catherine Copeland Ames
Evelina Orville Ames (Mrs. Frederick Garrison Hall, 1863 – 1940), first daughter of Oliver Third and Anna C. Ray Ames
Anna Lee Ames (Mrs. George Manning Nowell, 1864 – 1934), second daughter of Oliver Third and Anna C. Ray Ames
Hobart Ames (1865 – 1945), third son of Oakes Angier and Catharine Hobart Ames
Susan Evelyn Ames (Mrs. Thomas Taylor, 1867 – 1949), third daughter of Oliver Third and Anna C. Ray Ames
Lilian Ames (Mrs. Harry Lorenzo Chapman, 1870 – 1925), fourth daughter of Oliver Third and Anna C. Ray Ames
Winthrop Ames (1870 – 1937), fourth son of Oakes Angier and Catharine Hobart Ames
Anna Copeland Ames (Mrs. George Edward Hall, 1870 – 1908), second daughter of Frank Morton and Catherine Copeland Ames
Katie Evelyn Ames (Mrs. Frederick Page Royce, 1872 – 1944), third daughter of Frank Morton and Catherine Copeland Ames
Harriet Elizabeth Ames (Mrs. George Edward Hall, 1873 – 1948), fourth daughter of Frank Morton and Catherine Copeland Ames
Katharine "Kitty" Hobart Ames (Mrs. Philip Leffingwell Spalding, 1874 – 1949), second daughter of Oakes Angier and Catharine Hobart Ames
Oakes Ames (1874 – 1950), second son of Oliver Third and Anna C. Ray Ames^
In 1863, Oakes Ames was elected to the U.S. Congress as Representative for Massachusetts Second District. He would serve five consecutive terms, much of it effectively and actively, being especially involved in the building of the transcontinental railroad. He served during the critical era of the Civil War and the ensuing Reconstruction, and voted in favor of the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments. He lived much of the time in Washington, D.C. in modest quarters. Evelina also spent at least some of her time with him, keeping house and attending appropriate social functions. During her time in the capitol, she would have gone to the White House for at least some of the many receptions there, and met the Lincolns, the Andrew Johnsons, and perhaps the Grants. When her brother-in-law Oliver Jr visited, as he had occasion to do on railroad business, they would attend church together.
Yet Evelina also maintained the family residence in North Easton, which Susan and Henry French moved into on an undetermined date. Matters changed when, in 1870, Evelina suffered a stroke while in Washington. She was partially paralyzed, and in July of that year Oakes brought her back home on the train where her brother-in-law noted that Evelina "has had a Paralytic Shock which has crippled her very much walking with great difficulty."**
Trouble with paralysis would hinder Evelina's mobility for the remainder of her days, and probably prevented her returning to Washington for the remainder of Oakes's service there. She wasn't with him when he went through the great difficulties spawned by his work on the Union Pacific and the ensuing Credit Mobilier scandal. The two corresponded, however, and one intimate letter from Oakes to Evelina was saved. On January 18, 1873, he wrote:
Dear Wife:
I sent you a telegram today that all will come out right. Don't feel uneasy on my account, as there will be no stain on my reputation, whatever others may do. Am sorry that you feel so badly. Remember the scriptures say that "whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth." You must see by that passage that I am in high favor in the right quarter. The committee are in session this evening, and I must close. Good night! Borrow no trouble on my account. My health is good. – Yours, Oakes***
Family lore has it that Evelina waited for the arrival of that telegram – and others, possibly – by sitting at the window in her corner bedroom watching out for the telegraph boy. When Oakes finally returned to North Easton for good in February 1873, he only lived for a few more months.
After Oakes died, Evelina continued to live in the old family house, built by Old Oliver back in the day, and made additional, modernizing improvements to it. Sarah and Emily Witherell had departed their part of the house some years earlier and were living at the Hotel Hamilton in Boston, but daughter Susan and her husband Henry lived in the house with her. Evelina continued to see all her children and grandchildren, giving and receiving gifts on birthdays and (finally won over to the holiday) at Christmas. Her health declined, however.
The very last we hear of Evelina is via a memory of her youngest grandchild, botanist Oakes Ames:
I remember my grandmother (paternal) in connection with a birthday afternoon when I was led, half afraid, to the driveway end of our verandah to receive from her hand a box of peppermints and a silver dollar. My grandmother died when I was eight years old. As I see her now in my mind's eye, she was very much like her portrait. I am sure that at this time, except for a white cap and a white lace at her wrists and throat, she wore no other color than black.***
That Evelina suffered ill health in the decade-plus after her stroke is underscored by her grandson's second memory of her:
I have only two mental pictures of my grandmother. One, when she was in her phaeton and handed to me my birthday gift. The other when she was in the large livingroom at Martha's Vineyard where we used to spend the summers. At this time she was in her rocking chair stamping her feet violently on the floor. She was suffering from a nervous tantrum or from pain, I know not which, but I remember being hastily removed from the room by one of my elders. All this must have been before I was eight years old.****
On July 20, 1882, Evelina died at home of "paralysis." She was buried in the Village Cemetery next to her husband.
*Genealogy of the Ames Family of North Easton, Massachusetts, ed. Chilton Moseley Ames and William Motley Ames, 1998
**Oliver Ames, Jr., Journal, July 17, 1870, Private collection.
***Ames Papers, Frank Morton Ames scrapbook, Baker Library, Harvard University
****Oakes Ames: Jottings of a Harvard Botanist, ed. Pauline Ames Plimpton, Cambridge, 1979, pp. 37-38
^Photographs of grandchildren courtesy of Stonehill College Archives
19th century, Diary
Boston, Burlington, Credit Mobilier, Evelina Gilmore Ames, Harriet Ames, Hotel Hamilton, Mr. Pierpont, Mrs. Mills, North Easton, Oakes Ames, Oliver Ames Jr, peppermints, railroad, Sarah Ames Witherell, Sarah Emily Witherell, Sarah Lothrop Ames, Susan Eveline Ames, Union Pacific, Washington D.C.
Wednesday Aug 25th We were invited to dine again at
Mrs Mills to day. Fred & Helen called at Mrs
Stetsons and we went home with them to Mrs
Mills. Afternoon went to Mrs Footes had a
large & pleasant party and quite a treat
In the evening they acted charades and
we had a merry time Oakes A bears
the excitement pretty well Received a letter from
home saying that Willie Gilmore died last Friday
Evelina heard from the folks at home today and found out that her great-nephew had died. This news was unfortunate, but perhaps not entirely a surprise. She had been concerned about the little boy before she left on her trip; infant mortality was high in those days. Despite the bad news, surely Evelina was glad from her family, even if the tidings were sad. We can pretty well assume that she had not been so far from home before, and she may have been missing her family and friends. Who wrote her, do you suppose? Her husband? Her nephew? One of her nieces? Oliver (3) or Frank Morton? Or perhaps Sarah Witherell wrote, knowing that Evelina would want to know about little Willie.
Evelina probably learned of other Easton goings-on as well. Even the weather would have been a topic of some interest. Old Oliver was, as ever, keeping an eye on the sky and tracking rainfall. As she opened her letter, he might have been making note that on this Wednesday, it "was cloudy most of the day + one small shower."*
A game of charades filled the evening – fun for all including Oakes Angier, who seemed to be feeling well.
*Oliver Ames, Journal, Stonehill College Archives, Arnold Tofias Collection
charades, death, Frederick Lothrop Ames, Helen Angier Ames, Mrs. Foote, Mrs. Mills, Mrs. Stetson, Oakes Angier Ames, William Gilmore
Unitarian Church, Burlington, Vermont, circa 1835*
Sunday Aug 22 We went with Mrs Stetson to the
Unitarian church & heard Mr Rich in the morning
dined at Mrs Mills and all went to the
Episcopal church this afternoon This is a
beautiful church but I did not think much
of the preaching or singing. Returned
to Mrs Stetsons to tea and had a quiet evening
Naturally, Evelina attended church on Sunday, just as she would have done had she been at home. In this case, she went to Burlington's Unitarian Church with her hostess, Mrs. Stetson,and "heard Mr Rich" preach. But for the afternoon service, she went to an Episcopalian church with a group of women with whom she had dined.
She liked the looks of the Episcopal Church but, as she often did when attending any church but her own, she didn't approve of the service, sniffing at the poor "preaching and singing." Evelina invariably preferred her own church in Easton – and her own preacher. No one could ever equal Mr. Whitwell.
The family (still minus Sarah Lothrop Ames and her two children, who had stopped at a town further south) kept a pretty low profile in the evening. Keeping quiet, after all, was the point of this vacation for Oakes Angier Ames. It was hoped that his staying in Vermont would improve his health.
*Courtesy of the First Unitarian Universalist Church, Burlington, http://www.uusociety.org
Burlington, church, Episcopalian, Frederick Lothrop Ames, Helen Angier Ames, Mrs. Mills, Mrs. Stetson, Oakes Angier Ames, Sarah Lothrop Ames, Unitarian, Vermont, William Whitwell
Map of the Central Vermont Railroad, circa 1879
Friday Aug 20th Left Bellows Falls at 1/2 past 7 and
arrived at Burlington about two. Went
to Mrs Stetsons found the house shut up
At the house opposite they told us she had
gone to Mrs Mills and went there and had
some dinner and all went to Mrs Stetsons to
tea Mrs S Ames Fred & Helen stopt at Pittsford
Willie Gilmore died this afternoon
Evelina would not learn of it for several days, but her young great-nephew, William Lincoln Gilmore, died today of dysentery. (She added the information later.) Barely a year old, Willie had been ill for several weeks, and Evelina had visited his parents, Augustus and Hannah Gilmore, a few times before she left North Easton. His death was sad news.
Not knowing about it, however, and full of her own worry for her own son, Evelina was open to the journey she and other family members were on. By way of the Vermont Central Railroad, presumably, she, Oakes Angier, and Almira Ames traveled another 100+ miles today from Bellows Falls to Burlington, Vermont, while Sarah Lothrop Ames and her two children, Fred and Helen, got off at Pittsford. Although the map in the illustration above dates from 1879, the line itself was first developed in the 1840's.
Burlington was Oakes Angier's destination, the place where he would stay for several weeks to rest and, it was hoped, recuperate from his pulmonary illness. The threesome spent the night with Mrs. Stetson, a friend of the family.
Alson Augustus Gilmore, Bellows Falls, Burlington, death, Frederick Lothrop Ames, Hannah Lincoln Gilmore, Helen Angier Ames, illness, Mrs. Mills, Mrs. Stetson, Pittsford, Sarah Lothrop Ames, Vermont, William Gilmore


Clodagh has been in an on/off relationship with The Music Business since 1968 when she released her first single "Feelin' High" at the age of 15, with the band she formed at school, Mellow Candle. Over the years she has lived in Dublin, Rome, London, and New York and right now she lives in West Cork. Since 2005 she has been busy persuading a fairly extraordinary cast of characters (including Brian Eno, Colin Potter, Roger Doyle, Julia Kent, Kate Ellis, Carter Burwell, Robert Fripp, Michael Begg, Laura Sheeran, Cora Venus Lunny – and the list goes on….) to aid and abet her recordings under the collective name of Fovea Hex.
Liles recorded the collaboration 7″ single 'Gone Every Evening' with Fovea Hex in 2008.
Da Doo Ron Ron and Ligeti's Lux Aeterna were both game-changers. But the first record I ever actually owned was Johnny, Remember Me, which I won at a dog show. I was 8. The dog got some dog biscuits, I got a 45. I was thrilled. My big sister had quite a collection, but I'd never been able to afford one. Plus I already had a budding fascination with the whole idea of communicating with the dead, so it hit that spot very neatly. But Da Doo Ron Ron, which was 2 years later, transfixed me entirely. I had to start writing songs after that. No turning back from The Wall Of Sound. I am constantly arguing with Professor Potter who won't let me drown everything in oceanic reverb. One day I WILL TRIUMPH. And he will be tied to a chair until after it's released.
As many as I possibly can. But it varies wildly – there are good weeks and bad weeks. A bad week = less than 10. A good week = more than 30.
My favorite is always one of the ones I haven't finished yet.
One quite big regret would be that I didn't do science at school. I had to make an either/or decision at around 12 whether I would do Arts & Languages or Maths & Science. I liked them all pretty much equally – and I was doing fine in all of them – but I didn't like the Maths teacher, so that decided it. Later when I began swooning around anybody who talked science, and started devouring books on neurophysiology with a zeal that was hopelessly mismatched to my capacity to actually comprehend what I was reading, I realized I may have made the wrong decision. Clearly, there was a deep down feeling that Something Was Missing From My Life. Carter Burwell was a fantastic source – I think I drove him mad when we were in a band together in New York – I'd get him to talk about fractals and string theory, and sit there, glazing over. Occasionally asking completely unanswerable, off-the-wall, idiotic questions. He was very patient. Later I fell madly in love with a Geologist who knew James Lovelock, and saw everything on a timescale of aeons, with mountains and ocean beds as moving, shifting things. Now I've got a nephew who's a neuroscience graduate, and there's a bit of a vicarious thing going on there I think. We send each other links to strange articles – mostly about brains and sound. He's also a gifted musician. But I guess he copped on early that if he wanted a "career", music wasn't going to be the best choice. Sensible lad. Mind you, I guess Carter went the other way – switched from science to music, and he just got Oscar-nominated. Oh well.
I would have a bit of a thing about just looking at the sky. It slows me down and makes it easier to drop everything. Just taking it in for a few moments seems to help me unwind. Eating and drinking with friends and loved ones is pretty reliable too, though I do tend to get a bit over-excited, so I'm not sure it's 'relaxing', strictly speaking. Of course, there are also the many and varied advanced meditative techniques I learned from my 8-year spell in a Himalayan monastery. (J O K E).
Well, I don't regard either friends or family as my possessions, cherished or otherwise……but the answer would be a no-brainer, my Bluthner. My lovely late brother-in-law Peter who died far too young, left me some money, saying he hoped I might spend it on "something to do with music". So I did – I had dreamed since the age of 18 of owning a Bluthner one day. It's a 1938 upright, and a gem. I am so grateful to him, so often.
I'm not quite sure why, but I can't seem to answer this question. There are plenty of people I have huge admiration for, or feel extremely grateful towards, for all kinds of reasons – but I wouldn't describe any of them as heroes or heroines.
Well, I'm going plural here. New York. Luxor. Georgia. Sitting in front of my Bluthner. And I really want to go back to Ethiopia, I was there for 24 hours once and it made a huge impression on me. And obviously I love West Cork, otherwise I wouldn't be living here. And the bog road between Clifden and Roundstone, in Connemara – it just does something to me. And I have a big attraction to woods and forests, proper ones.
Maybe writing. Or possibly something to do with food or cooking. I've also been through Gardening Obsession – I was growing and selling seedlings at one point, and I really enjoyed that. I've done so many different jobs over the years – one favorite job was when I worked as a cleaning lady for a couple of years in New York. I had about 5 clients, who were all disproportionately grateful to me – so I felt massively appreciated, which was fantastic. The fact that they were all pretty clean anyway (mostly rather high-powered single New York businesswomen) made a difference, I'm sure. it was a really satisfying job, I never wondered how I was doing because I didn't have to – the results were 100% visible. I didn't have to talk rubbish all day – no need to adopt some kind of weird "job" persona. And I certainly never lay awake at night worrying about it – once you were done, you just closed the door behind you and that was it. And it was better paid than many other jobs I've done. It was pretty much the perfect job – you didn't even have to think while you were doing it, you could do it on total auto-pilot, so you spent almost no mental energy – you could be contemplating Ibn Arabi. I loved it. You might think I'm joking but I'm not. I was thinking about taking it up again just lately. I'm absolutely serious.
I wouldn't mind in the slightest if "the World" knew nothing at all about me, to be honest. I've probably already said too much. I'm planning to get a blue rinse once I've got just a bit more white hair. Will that do? I never said that.


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"Ertugrul Ghazi" and Pakisani audiences: An exploration of the popularity of the Turkish historical TV drama among Pakistani viewers
Areeba Wasim KhanFollow
School of Economics and Social Sciences (SESS)
Aliya Iqbal Naqvi
Media, Entertainment, Ertugrul, Turkish dramas, Social Media
While many Turkish dramas have previously gained viewership in Pakistan, the popularity that the Turkish drama serial, Diriliş Ertuğrul, has gained is unprecedented. A lot of research has been done in recent times to show that Erdoğan has used the Ottomans' heritage as a soft-power strategy to produce new and active domestic and foreign policies in global politics, and how TV series such as Ertuğrul successfully contributed to this process. However, since this phenomenon is fairly recent in Pakistan, not many studies have been conducted in the Pakistani context. Neither has the question that why Ertuğrul Ghazi surmounted the heights of popularity in Pakistan been explored. This research aimed to fill in that gap and set out to find the different reasons why Ertuğrul Ghazi resonated so well with the Pakistani audiences.
To explore the research question, primary data was collected through a broad-based survey that was conducted online. A total of 182 responses were collected and its findings were recorded and analysed. Following that, three social media platforms were surveyed what are the audiences' posting and discussing about Ertuğrul. These include the tweets on Twitter between April 2020 to April 2021, 60 recent posts on a Facebook fan group called "Diriliş Ertuğrul in Urdu," and the top 2000 comments under the first episode of Ertuğrul Ghazi on YouTube.
Khan, A. (2021). "Ertugrul Ghazi" and Pakisani audiences: An exploration of the popularity of the Turkish historical TV drama among Pakistani viewers (Unpublished undergraduate project). Institute of Business Administration, Pakistan. Retrieved from https://ir.iba.edu.pk/sslace/94


What's it like to have someone to listen to you for 7 days?
Last week I ran a free listening challenge in which parents got together every day for 7 days to listen to each other. This is the Hand in Hand Parenting tool of listening partnerships (LP's for short), and this is what parents had to say about the experience.
Would you like to be listened to every day for 7 days? I'll be running another challenge later in the year. Simply sign up to my blog (using the button in the top right hand corner) and you'll get notified when the next challenge opens up.
In the meantime you can learn more about listening time with Hand in Hand Parenting's online self-study course, Building A Listening Partnership. The course includes videos and audio recordings of real-life listening sessions, along with Patty Wipfler's expert tips.
And if you'd like to find a listening partner, just reach out and ask for support in the Hand in Hand Parents support group on facebook.


Save Marinwood-Lucas Valley - our community, our future: SolEd wins Petaluma's Old Adobe School District Solar Project over five competitors despite no experience.
SolEd wins Petaluma's Old Adobe School District Solar Project over five competitors despite no experience.
because he had to leave the meeting.
Editor's Note: This is the first project that we can document that SolEd has completed but it was built by another company "Sunlight & Power" that acquired a stake in SolEd. Note that Old Adobe School district receives advice that "shade structures will cut into savings" In contrast, David Kunhardt has pushed for solar shade structures despite the obvious increased cost and reduction of savings. Why is he pushing this expensive option?
Also, how did SolEd win this contract with no documented experience? Doesn't it seem odd that only one company was deemed acceptable?


The Annual Business Expo, presented by American National Bank, takes the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center by storm Thursday January 24th, according to the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce website.
This is considered to be the largest event of it's kind on the South Plains and will feature more than 200 exhibitors with as many as 7,000 anticipated to attend this business to business expo.
Tickets are $5 in advance and $10 at the door. Doors open at 10 am and the expo ends at 4 pm. You can follow this link for more information and tickets.


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Self/less is a 2015 American science fiction action thriller film directed by Tarsem Singh, produced by Ram Bergman and James D. Stern and written by Alex and David Pastor. The film tells the story of a business tycoon and billionaire named Damian Hale, who is diagnosed with a terminal illness. However, he manages to save his life with the aid of Professor Albright, who transfers Hale's consciousness into a new, younger body. The film stars Ryan Reynolds, Natalie Martinez, Matthew Goode, Victor Garber, Derek Luke, and Ben Kingsley.  Many of the film's elements are similar to the 1966 film Seconds.

Self/less was originally set to release on February 27, 2015, but because of multiple setbacks, it was not released until July 10, 2015. It was produced by Endgame Entertainment and was financed by Filmnation Entertainment.  The film grossed $12 million in North America and a total of $30 million worldwide, against a $26 million production budget.

Plot
Billionaire New Yorker Damian Hale is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He finds a business card directing him to Professor Albright, who informs him about a medical procedure called "shedding", in which one's consciousness is transferred into a new body. Damian agrees to the procedure and follows Albright's instructions to stage his own public death. Albright then transfers him into a new, younger body, and prescribes medication to alleviate the vivid hallucinations which he claims are side effects of the procedure.

Damian starts a new life in New Orleans under the incognito name of Edward Kidner and is quickly befriended by his neighbor Anton. He later forgets to take his medicine and has hallucinations of a woman and child. Damian (as Edward) questions Albright, who dismisses it, but accidentally mentions details of the hallucinations that Damian had not disclosed.

Albright then arranges for Damian to take a vacation in Hawaii, but Damian, convinced the hallucinations are a real memory, identifies a landmark he saw in his vision and heads to a farmhouse outside of St. Louis. There, he finds the woman, Madeline, who reacts to him as her apparently deceased husband Mark. Damian plays along as Mark, though he is shocked to learn that Mark may have sold himself to Albright, in order to pay for their daughter Anna's life-saving treatment. Damian and Madeline are suddenly attacked by Albright's men, including Anton. Damian fatally wounds Anton and kills his accomplices, then flees with Madeline to collect Anna from school.

At a nearby motel, Damian then uses a laptop to research additional details regarding "shedding", and discovers that a man named Dr. Francis Jensen, now deceased, was the pioneer researcher in the field of transhumanism. In a video, Damian notices a tic Jensen shares with Albright, then sees Albright sitting next to Jensen, deducing that Jensen may have shed his consciousness into Albright's body.

Damian then finds Jensen's wife, Phyllis, in a nursing home, but she is living with Alzheimer's and remembers nothing. Damian lures Jensen (Albright) to the facility, where he reveals that the pills are meant to fully eliminate the original personalities of the bodies used in the shedding procedure, telling Damian that without the pills, Damian's consciousness will die, and Mark's will re-emerge.

Jensen later escapes when more killers arrive. Damian is almost overpowered, but Madeline wounds the attacker, who proves to be Anton in a new body. Anton reveals that he has shed multiple times. While Damian confiscates Anton's pills, Anton taunts Madeline to ask her "husband" why he cannot answer personal questions about their life.

Madeline then confronts "Mark" over his lack of knowledge of their personal details, causing Damian to reveal the entire story. He takes her and Anna to his old friend Martin O'Neill, and convinces Martin to arrange for Madeline and Anna to flee to the Caribbean. When he and Madeline discover Anna playing with Martin's previously deceased child Tony, Martin admits that he allowed Tony to also use shedding, and that Jensen's men are coming. Damian then reveals shedding's secret to Martin, who reacts in shock and disgust. Damian distracts Jensen's men while Martin flees with the others. Damian again fatally injures Anton, but the other thugs realize that Damian is alone and turn to recapture Madeline and Anna.

Damian then purposely stops taking his medicine to experience more of Mark's memories, which reveal that Jensen has a lab in an abandoned warehouse. Jensen captures him and starts to shed Anton into Mark's body. Damian, remembering that metal interferes with the process, hides a bullet casing in his mouth, causing the Shedding Machine to malfunction and destroy Anton's consciousness. Masquerading as Anton, Damian then rescues the others. Although Jensen tries to claim that Damian needs him to survive, Martin was able to reverse-engineer the pills and give Damian the formula, allowing Damian  to safely torch Jensen to death with a flamethrower. After killing Jensen, he has Martin complete Madeline and Anna's escape to the Caribbean.

Damian later visits his estranged daughter Claire but does not reveal his presence inside Mark, simply giving her a letter that reconciles Claire with her father. Damian then travels to the Caribbean and fully stops taking his medicine. The real Mark then slowly re-emerges, and finds a video message from Damian thanking him for the time that he gave to him. The story concludes with Mark finally reuniting with his family.

Cast
 Ryan Reynolds as Damian Hale/Mark Bitwell: Reynolds plays both Damian Hale (in Mark Bitwell's body) and Bitwell.
 Ben Kingsley as Damian Hale: A wealthy business man who has a terminal illness.
 Natalie Martinez as Madeline Bitwell: Wife of Mark Bitwell.
 Matthew Goode as Dr. Francis Jensen/Albright: The creator of the "shedding" process.
 Derek Luke as Anton, Damian's new friend.
 Victor Garber as Martin O'Neill, Damian's close friend
 Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen as Anna Bitwell, Mark's and Madeline's daughter
 Melora Hardin as Judy O'Neill, Martin's wife
 Michelle Dockery as Claire Hale, Damian's estranged daughter
 Sam Page as Carl
 Brendan McCarthy as Anton 2
 Thomas Francis Murphy as Dr. Jensen
 Sandra Ellis Lafferty as Phyllis Jensen
 Emily Tremaine as Mallory
 Teri Wyble as Andrea
 Mariana Vicente as Leah
 Dylan Lowe as Tony O'Neill

Production

Endgame Entertainment and FilmDistrict financed the film, quickly putting it into development after the success of the two companies' science fiction movie Looper. FilmNation pre-sold the film at Cannes in 2013. It was the first film to completely sell out at the festival. The strong pre-sales limited the two financiers' exposure to the budget. FilmDistrict was set to distribute the film in the United States, but the company shut down and was absorbed into Universal's subsidiary Focus Features.

Principal photography began in October 2013 in New Orleans. Scenes were filmed at the Commander's Palace and the Howling Wolf. A sequence shortly after the film begins, depicting Hale in his elaborate Manhattan apartment, was shot in the three-story Trump Tower penthouse that served as Donald and Melania Trump's primary residence until 2017.

Antônio Pinto composed the film score. Dudu Aram was credited for additional music, as he had been on other scores by Pinto.

Release
The film was originally set for release on February 27, 2015. On July 2, 2014, the feature's opening was rescheduled to April 17, 2015. On November 8, 2014, the studio once again postponed the release, to July 10, 2015. The first trailer was released on March 4, 2015.

On May 20, 2015, Focus Features relaunched its Gramercy Pictures label for action, horror and science fiction movies. Self/less was to be released under the label, but Gramercy branding was absent from the final release. The revival of the Gramercy label would turn out to be short-lived.

Reception

Box office
Self/less was released in North America, Sweden and Turkey on July 10, 2015. In North America, it opened in 2,353 theaters, earning $5.4 million in its opening weekend and ranking number eight at the domestic box office. In Turkey, the film opened in fifth place, making $135,191 from 208 screens, and stayed in the box office for six weeks, finishing with a total of $495,953. It opened in Italy on September 10, 2015, and finished in seventh place with a total of $353,291. Self/less would gross $12.3 million in North America and $18.2 million in other territories, for a total of $30.5 million against a production budget of $26.0 million.

Critical response
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a rating of  based on  reviews, and an average rating of . The site's consensus reads: "Self/less boasts a potential-packed premise, but does frustratingly little with it, settling for lackluster action at the expense of interesting ideas." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 34 out of 100, based on the reviews of 30 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". In CinemaScore polls, audiences gave Self/less an average grade of B+ on an A+ to F scale.

The IGN review by Josh Lasser awarded it a score of 5.0 out of 10, saying, "For someone with great visual command of the medium, Singh's latest is a disappointment."

See also
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