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Only ET is with Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Emma Roberts and Neve Campbell on the set of Wes Craven's highly anticipated sequel 'Scream 4,' 10 years after the last box office smash!
"It's like going back to summer camp," Neve tells ET. "The first film was such a blast for all us. At the time we had no idea how successful the film would be. … Coming back to it now after years of people enjoying them and seeing each other again, it's nice."
"You see some of the old, and some of the new, and something borrowed and something blue," says Wes of the fourth installment, which reunites Courteney, David and Neve onscreen and also introduces a younger generation of up-and-coming actors.
"A lot of the audience that will see this film were infants when we made the others," explains Wes. "I think the older actors are well-known, but they're a little bit at the parental layer of consciousness for a lot of the audience, so it'll be kind of fun to see where their stories are going, but it's also great to introduce new characters and see how they're going to factor in with things."
"We all reunite at the beginning of the movie," says Courteney, explaining that her character, Gale Weathers, has given up her job as a reporter to marry Deputy Dewey (played by David) and write books. "She's written six Stab books and she has writer's block, and she's pretty bored, pretty miserable, pretty desperate, and all of a sudden some murders start happening and her life starts to look up. She likes a good murder."
In addition to its huge success, the 'Scream' franchise also carries a lot of weight with Courteney and David because they first met and fell in love on the project.
"I can remember the day I met him like it was yesterday," says Courteney, who credits Wes as "really instrumental" in bringing them together. "'Scream' 1 was really an intense crush and all that stuff, and 'Scream 2' we didn't get along so well, and then 'Scream 3' we had just gotten married, and then 'Scream 4' we have [our six-year-old daughter] Coco, so it's just been an evolution of things that have happened to us."
"It's been good having the whole family here," says David, who reports that Coco is really into "Little House on the Prairie" right now. "That's been the biggest change I would say."
"It's really doubly lovely," adds Wes, "because I had a little bit to do with them getting together, and they got married, and they've had a good marriage and they have a wonderful little child, and it's great icing on the cake."
'Scream 4' is set to scare up some laughs in April of 2011.
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Comic Book Writers and Artists Follow Other Creators to Substack
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In recent years, dozens of top journalists, historians and essayists have tried their luck as solo practitioners on Substack, the digital newsletter platform that has built an audience of more than 500,000 subscribers since it started in 2017. Now, a number of comic book creators have decided to do the same.
Nick Spencer, a comic book writer best known for his work for Marvel Entertainment, was the liaison between Substack and a group of creators who, starting Monday, will publish new comic book stories, essays and how-to guides on the platform.
He said he approached Chris Best, a Substack founder, with the idea last year, when the pandemic was keeping many fans out of the comic book shops and the creators were looking for new ways to connect with readers.
The initial lineup includes comic-centric newsletters from Saladin Ahmed, Jonathan Hickman, Molly Ostertag, Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV, with other writers and artists to be announced.
The writer Saladin Ahmed and the artist Dave Acosta are teaming up for the science fiction comic "Terrorwar," where residents of the future must confront the physical manifestation of their fears.Credit…Dave Acosta
The creators will be paid by Substack while keeping ownership of their work. The company will take most of the subscription revenue in the first year; after that, it will take a 10 percent cut.
Mr. Tynion, who last month won an Eisner Award, the comic industry's highest honor, for best writer, said he would break away from writing Batman for DC Entertainment to devote time to his creator-owned series and his Substack newsletter.
"This wasn't an easy decision," he said. "In order to invest my time in new material, I needed to choose. I could not do both."
For his newsletter, one of his projects will be working with the artist Michael Avon Oeming on "Blue Book," stories based on testimonies about alien encounters.
Mr. Tynion said he would step away from writing Batman comics devote time to his Substack newsletter, which will include "Blue Book."Credit…Michael Avon Oeming
Jonathan Hickman, who recently helped revitalize Marvel's X-Men franchise, said he thought a lot about digital comics during the early days of the pandemic, when distribution was temporarily halted.
"I found the things you can potentially do with it to be very fascinating," he said. "I love the idea of surprising the reader again."
For his newsletter, Mr. Hickman is working with the artists Mike del Mundo and Mike Huddleston on a new series, "Three Worlds, Three Moons," in which they will let fans in on the process of building a fictional universe.
"We're treating it like a bunch of guys jamming together on a concept album, but we're calling it a concept universe," he said.
The group approach, which will also include contributions from the writers Ram V. and Tini Howard and others, will allow them to share the responsibility for the newsletter. "If someone is having a heavy week or a heavy month, someone else can pick up the slack," Mr. Hickman said.
Mr. Snyder, a veteran comic book writer who has taught creative writing at Columbia University, New York University and Sarah Lawrence College, will offer advice to budding comic book writers in his newsletter.
"I've always wanted to find a way to do it that would allow me to reach more students, as many as wanted to learn from me, while keeping the cost as low as possible," he said.
Writers of Substack newsletters choose whether subscriptions are free or paid. Subscriptions typically start at $5 a month. Prominent Substack writers include the Hollywood writer Richard Rushfield, the historian Heather Cox Richardson, the economist Emily Oster and the former Slate advice columnist Danny Lavery.
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CASSAVA BREAD!-BUY IT ATI PROMOTE IT! IT'S NIGERIA'S FUTURE SUCCESS STORY IF YOU DO YOUR OWN PART!-I BOUGHT MINE AT Shoprite IBADAN ATI ODUN GAN(DELICOUS!)-UTC is suppose to have made it lati EKO-BUY ati SUPPORT IT! STOP COMPLAINING ATI HELP NIGERIA!
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Cassava Bread, the Sweet Smell of Success
By Joelle Bassoul Mojon
Martha dusts a small table with flour then starts kneading the dough, before dividing it into tennis-sized balls. Next to her, Jennifer places the balls on a tray and straight into the oven's open mouth. The sweet smell of baked bread suddenly fills the air. A few minutes later, the golden, warm rolls are taken out and brushed with margarine, turning into deliciously shiny pearls. The group of six women fills tray after tray, singing happily, oblivious to the sticky mud and pouring rain engulfing their open air bakery in Mwandama, Malawi.
And they have every reason to be happy. Since 2009, the Katete cassava bakery has been going from strength to strength. 'We were only farming our small plots. We wanted to improve our lives and make an income,' says Martha Simoko, 62. So a group of women approached the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) and suggested the bakery idea, using locally produced cassava. The small plot of land was given for free by a village headman and the MVP built the oven, at a cost of 500 USD, under a temporary roofed shelter. The group today counts 14 women. They have divided themselves into smaller groups, each using the oven 2 days per week. The MVP and the Malawi Entrepreneurship Development Institute (MEDI) provided a two-week training. 'We learned to bake bread, doughnuts and cakes, and to fry cassava meatballs,' explains Martha, displaying a heart-shaped baking tray for special occasions.
The women pull their resources together to buy the ingredients: cassava flour, eggs, yeast, margarine, etc. They bake about 120 bread loaves a day, sold at 20 kwacha (1 US cent) each. Every single kwacha of profit they make goes into a common account. At the end of the year, they divide their earning equally. In 2010, each of the 14 women received 5,000 kwacha (33 USD). 'I used the money to pay my daughter's school fees. She's a secondary school pupil in Zomba,' the nearest town, 42-year-old Jennifer proudly says. That's no small feat in a region where girls are more often seen in the fields than in classrooms. 'Without this money, it would have been a problem to cover the fees. So I'll keep on baking.'
The women do face some challenges though. 'We don't really have a shelter from the rain and we have to get firewood for the oven,' says Martha. In an area where population growth has pushed villagers to cut down trees and farm the surrounding hills, finding firewood means walking long distances. Nonetheless, 'I'm enjoying this very much and the community is very happy with the bread,' adds this mother of six. Previously, Mwandama had no bakery and the only available bread was brought in from nearby towns and sold at a high price. 'Now we have fresh, warm bread, and it sells fast,' says Jennifer who gives her own children a roll to take to school or enjoy with a heart-warming tea.
In 2011, 6 more bakeries are scheduled to start in Mwandama. The community's interest is so high that another group of women have already donated 3,000 bricks for a new oven.
'The goal is to set up a real bakery to produce quality bread products. It will provide better working conditions for the women and create conditions for hygienic processing of the bread and cakes,' says Roselyne Omondi, the regional business advisor at The MDG Centre, which oversees the Millennium Villages Project in East and Southern Africa. The new bakery will be 'mid-sized, with larger surface area, electric equipment -ovens and mixers-, packaging, storage and distribution facilities.'
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OJOGBON J.F. ADE-AJAYI RECEIVES NATIONAL HONOURS AWARD 2011! -BUT HISTORY MUST BE PUT BACK INTO THE NIGERIAN SCHOOLS CURRICULUM,PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN,KIAKIA! SE PATAKI GAN-GAN!
OJOGBON J.F. ADE-AJAYI AND HIS WIFE OLOYE CHRISTY ADE-AJAYI
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The list of recipients for the 2010/2011 National Honours Awards is unique in so many respects. Not only did it break with tradition by selecting a non-top government functionary to be honoured with the second highest award in the land in the person of Alhaji Aliko Dangote, chairman and founder Dangote Group of Companies, having been accorded the coveted Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger.
The conferment of the nation's second highest award on Dangote, an honour hitherto reserved for vice presidents, senate presidents and chief justices of Nigeria, marked a remarkable departure from the norm in the exercise that was instituted with the enactment of the National Honours Act No. 5 of 1964.
Notably, the National Honours Award Committee was also introspective enough to recognise the contributions of wide array of individuals ranging from retired armed forces personnel, academics and scholars to serving and retired civil servants, and Nollywood actors and actresses, who have made their mark in different spheres of life.
Among the retired military officer who will be decorated with medals of Commander of the Order of the Nigeria (CON) are Lt. Gen. S. Ibrahim, former Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral A. A. Madueke, former Chief of Naval Staff; Vice Admiral P.S. Koshoni, former Chief of Naval Staff; Air Marshal A.M Daggash, former Chief of Defence Staff; Air Marshal N.E. Eduok, former Chief of Air Staff; Air Vice Marshal I. Yisa Doko, former Chief of Air Staff; Alhaji Muhammed Gambo Jimeta, former Inspector General of Police; General D.Y. Bali, former Chief of Defence Staff; and Air Vice Marshal I.M. Alfa, former Chief of Air Staff.
Others are Air Vice Marshal C.A. Dada, former Chief of Air Staff; Maj. Gen. M.C Alu, former Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral S. Saidu, former Chief of Naval Staff; and Lt. Gen. Jeremiah Useni, former FCT minister.
Undeterred at the possibility of another rejection, the committee for the second time in seven years included literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe, who again was honoured with the Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR).
This latest honour comes after Achebe in 2004 rejected the same honour bestowed on him by the administration of the then President Olusegun Obasanjo. He did not only turn down the award, he, in strong terms, criticise what he referred to as "the dangerous state of affairs in the country."
In his two-page letter rejecting the award in 2004, Achebe was most critical about the situation in his home state of Anambra.
Also on the list of 364 Nigerians and foreigners that will receive the National Honours Awards are nine state governors, mainly on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, except the governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole of the Action Congress of Nigeria and Mr. Peter Obi, governor of Anambra State who belongs to the All Progressives Grand Alliance.
PDP governors who were honoured are Senator Liyel Imoke (Cross River), Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa (Kaduna), Alhaji Ibrahim Shehu Shema (Katsina) Dr. Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers), Chief Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom) and Alhaji Sule Lamido (Jigawa) who will all be conferred with CON awards.
However, one name that was conspicuously missing on the list of serving governors was that of Lagos State governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, who is roundly acknowledged as one of the best serving governors in the country. The feeling among observers was that Fashola's name was omitted for political reasons.
The 2010 and 2011 national honours list also recognised the contributions of other Nigerians from various sectors of the nation's socio-economic and political life, including deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, who will receive a CON.
Other notable recipients include Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, a scholar, diplomat and former Minister of External Affairs (CFR); Mr. Kanu Agabi, former Attorney General of the Federation (CON); Maj. Gen. Mamman Tsofo Kontagora, former minister (CON); Chief Akin Olujimi, former minister and Attorney General of the Federation (CON); Chief Bayo Ojo, former minister and Attorney General of the Federation (CON); Mr. Basil Omiyi, first Nigerian managing director of Shell (CON); Prof. Emeritus John Festus Ade Ajayi (CON); and Chief Osayande Omotayo Akpata (CON).
The list also includes other accomplished Nigerians such as Mr. Arumemi Johnson, chairman, Arik Airline (CON); Dr. Tim Menakaya, former Minister of Health (OFR); Prof. Grace Alele-Williams, former Vice Chancellor, University of Benin (OFR); Prof. M.A. Daniyan (OFR); Alh. Muhammed Manga III, the Emir of Misau (OFR); Chief Olusegun Osunkeye (OFR); and Mr. Tunde Lemo, deputy governor Central Bank of Nigeria (OFR).
Other distinguished Nigerians to be honoured include Dame Comfort Chinezerem Obi, publisher and commissioner in the Police Service Commission (OON); Engr. Makoju Joseph, former managing director National Electric Power Authority (OFR); Sir Festus Remilekun Ayodele Marinho, first managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (OFR); Mrs. Amina Sambo, former president of National Council of Women Societies (OFR); Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, publisher and industrialist (OFR); Mr. Reginald Ihejiahi, (OFR); Prince Arthur Eze, (OFR); Mr. Kase Lawal (OFR); Mr. Demian D. Dodo (OFR); Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa (OFR); Dr. Bright Okogwu, director general Budget Office (OON); Mr. Umaru Hamza, DG NDLEA (OON); Ms. Aruma Otteh, former Vice President African Development Bank, DG Securities and Exchange Commission (OON); and Chief Mrs. Eniola Ajoke Fadayomi, former Attorney General Lagos State (MFR).
For the second time in a row professionals in the entertainment industry made a respectable showing on the list of honourees. At least six Nollywood actors, actresses and producers were selected as recipients of the Member of the Federal Republic (MFR) award. They are Kanayo O. Kanayo, Iheme Osita, Amaka Igwe, Olu Jacobs, Stephanie Okereke and Genevieve Nnaji.
Also, among those who made the list are many serving and retired civil servants, including Dr. Granville Inya Inya-Agha, a retired civil servant (OON); Mrs Rhoda Nguhemen Tor-Agbidye, a former civil servant (MFR); Alhaji Hanafi Musa Moriki, civil servant (MFR); Mrs Georgina Murako, civil servant (MON); and Mr. Ekok Oyama civil servant (MON).
Professor J. F. Ade Ajayi is 80
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Professor J. F. Ade Ajayi, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Ibadan is 80 years old. Professor Ajayi is a distinguished Nigerian, African and a world citizen. He was born on May 26, 1929 in Ikole, Ekiti State to parents who by the standards of those days belonged to the elite of Ikole. His father was a post master while his mother engaged herself in buying and selling. They were one of the early Christians in Ikole and this early conversion was to leave permanent effect on young Ade Ajayi.
At a very tender age he was put in School and when he had reached the end rung of the ladder in a Christian School in Ikole, he was sent to the famous Central School in Ado-Ekiti which later metamorphosed into the famous Christ's School. He lived with one of his father's friends who looked after him while he was in school. In return, he served the latter as a houseboy as was expected in those days of service deserving its rewards. It was from Christi's School that he took the entrance examination to Igbobi College Lagos where he stayed from 1940 to 1946. Throughout his years in Igbobi College he only came second once out of 12 semester examinations. He was the school librarian in his last year which was an attestation to his academic brilliance.
He gained entry into the Yaba Higher College in 1947 which was the only Higher Institution in Nigeria then. This was a sop to the nationalists who wanted a University type institution in Nigeria to satisfy the educational yearnings of the young and upcoming Nigerians. This institution established in the 1930s did not satisfy the demands of the people for higher education because the certificates issued were inferior to degrees even from Fourah Bay College in Freetown which was an overseas College of the University of Durham in England. Eventually the British granted the request of the nationalists and a proper university was established in Ibadan in 1948 to cater for the educational needs of West Africans. The young Ade-Ajayi was one of the pioneer students of this first attempt at higher education in tropical Africa.
Ajayi was one of the select few to be enrolled in Ibadan. He graduated in 1951 with a general degree in History, English and Latin. He could have become an administrative officer or an assistant district officer like some of his colleagues who graduated with him but right from the beginning he had planned for himself an academic life. He was determined to go for higher degrees abroad. He first set his eyes on Cambridge, but due to the short notice he had to mobilize funds that opportunity slipped away from his hands. He later went to Leicester University College of London to do an honours degree in History. He made a first which was rare and is still rare in the liberal arts.
With this academic distinction, he gained admission to the PhD programme of the University of London. He wrote his doctoral dissertation on Christian Missions in Nigeria, the emergence of a new western educated elite. This thesis was published in a seminal book of the same title. He returned to the University of Ibadan in 1958 and worked with Dr. Kenneth Onwuka Dike to radically change the direction of historical scholarship in Ibadan, Nigeria and Africa. Within a period of five years and at a relatively young age, Ajayi became a Professor. This was to be the beginning of years of further academic and administrative achievements in a life spanning 80 long years.
Ajayi can be said to be the founder of the Ibadan School of History and helped many former students and colleagues to revise their dissertations for publication by Longman Group as part of the Ibadan history series. This writer was a beneficiary of Ajayi's editorial expertise. My 1970 PhD thesis on Nigeria in the First World War submitted at Dalhousie University in far away Canada was subsequently published as part of the Ibadan history series. Professor Ajayi has many publications to his credit and edited several books to advance the study of African history.
Before Dike, Ajayi, Roland Oliver, Richard Gray and others, Africa was dismissed as a continent without history. Some racists said African history could only be the activities of the Europeans in Africa. The absence of written documentation in most of Africa was used to condemn the entire continent as not being worthy of study. These euro-centric critics forgot to realize that Egypt the home of civilization was in Africa. They forgot Ethiopia and the Nile Valley with their written documentation in Geez was in Africa. The Saharan and Sahel part of Africa were not without Arabic and Ajami documentation. Even the rock paintings in the Namibian desert and the Nsibidi signs of the Ekoi in Cross River could be deciphered.
The absence of written documentation did not mean the absence of history. Oral history preserved by family and palace historians and griots were authentic sources of history. In societies without written documentation there were people specially charged to memorise ported history of the Kingdoms, and failure to recite this properly sometimes cost them their lives. Ajayi and others were able to marshal these points and also to engage in inter disciplinary effort with sociologists, anthropologists, economists, linguists botanists (ethnobotanists) zoologists (serologists) and archaeologist to unravel the past of Africa.
We owe Ajayi a debt of gratitude that he and others cultivated a nationalist historiography that helped give pride and confidence to nationalists in many African countries. Africans were made to realise that they were inheritors of the great civilizations of Egypt, Meroe, Axum, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Zimbabwe, the various pre and post Arab Kingdoms of the Maghreb and of course Oyo, Hausa land, Ancient Borno and Benin.
Ibadan was turned into the Mecca of African studies. Professor Ajayi's expertise was greatly sought after in Europe and America where at different times he spent Sabbatical years. His country noticed him and between 1972 and 1978 he was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos and he more than any one built the University of Lagos whose reputation had been ruined by tribal conflicts that undermined the first years of its foundation. Ajayi also served as a member of the council of the United Nations University in Tokyo from 1974 to 1980 and for two years in 1976 and 1977 he served as its chairman. He and others helped to write the UNESCO general history of Africa and he edited the Volume VI.
The University of Leicester was so proud of his achievements that it conferred on him LL.D Honoris Causa in 1975. In 1984, the University of Birmingham followed suit with another D.Litt Honoris Causa. A grateful nation recognized Ajayi's academic prowess by giving him a National Order of Merit (NNOM) in 1986.
At 80 Professor J. F. Ade Ajayi can look back and give glory to God. He is blessed with a wonderful wife who loves him dearly and without whose support he would never have had the peace of mind and encouragement for his stupendous achievements. He is blessed with a son, a physician, and four wonderful daughters who have excelled in their own different ways. It is a matter of joy to see a man so distinguished and venerated at home and abroad live a fulfilled life. This icon of academic distinction has not only made history, he has written history and lived history. Future generations would certainly know that a J. F. Ade Ajayi passed through this world in spite of having been born in a peripheral part of it.
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FELA ANIKULAPO-KUTI- OUR GREAT NIGERIAN MUSICIAN COMES BACK ALIVE TO NIGERIA THRU BROADWAY PRODUCTION COMING TO LAGOS,BACK TO FELA'S ROOTS!
FELA AND HIS FAMOUS MOTHER FUNMILAYO RANSOME-KUTI,AN ORGINAL FREEDOM FIGHTER FOR WOMEN!
FUNMILAYO RANSOME-KUTI,FELA'S MOTHER-THE GREAT WOMAN LEADER WHO FOUGHT THE OBA(KING) TO A STAND STILL OVER TAXING MARKET WOMEN AND WON!
BLACK PRESIDENT- AN ALBUM AND A MOVIE FELA MADE OUT OF THIS!
FELA MARRIED 22 WIVES INSTEAD OF THE USUAL DUMPING OF GIRLFRIENDS THAT OTHER MEN DO- BLACK POLYGAMY IS THE ANSWER TO THE BLACK WOMAN'S MEN PROBLEM AND IF AFRICAN CULTURE!
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Taking Fela Kuti home
Sahr Ngaujah has spent the last two years playing the great Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti on stage in New York and London. Last month he took the production back to Kuti's native Nigeria. Here, he describes the extraordinary and emotional trip
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Man on a mission … Sahr Ngaujah on the beach near Lagos, Nigeria, in April. Photograph: Suki Dhanda for the Observer
The air was humid and thick; a constant wind blew in from the sea, sponging up every sweat bead on our skin. A cacophony of sound permeated the air – revving and idling engines, okada motorcycle taxi horns, heavy bass lines and people talking loud. Posters bearing the faces of various smiling politicians were plastered on every inch of space.
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In New York and London, our task was to recreate Fela Kuti's world in the Nigeria of the 1970s, viewed from within his club, the Africa Shrine. Now we were entering Nigeria to bring Fela back to his own people, to recreate the Shrine of the 70s at a big theatre built by his children and called the New Africa Shrine.
As our plane came over Lagos we were keenly aware that today was election day, the first round, with two weeks to go. We were arriving under curfew. It was a sunny day and as we looked out of our windows it was clear the curfew was taken seriously. All of the streets were clear, no movement save the military men at their posts at junctions throughout the city.
We disembarked amid a flurry of security personnel, some private, some state, some local. We were ushered on to our buses, and with a full military escort we tore out of the airport and began barrelling down the empty expressway to Victoria Island. Welcome to Lagos! We had no idea what would await us in this infamous African metropolis, but we had a mission and a commitment to complete it.
I first visited Nigeria in 2008, just after the off-Broadway production of Fela! closed. I was there for Felabration, a week-long festival that takes place every October to mark Fela's birthday. I spent my nights at the New Africa Shrine and my days visiting Fela's house, Kalakuta. I often wondered what sort of impact this type of experience would have on my colleagues after all the effort they'd put into showing other people the world of Fela. Now they were here. We were to play the New Africa Shrine and the Eko Hotel's conference centre, both holding 3,000. First we had to settle into our new environment and prepare to meet our first audience, the people of Fela's Shrine.
In those early days my routine consisted of a lot of sleep to get over the jet lag, rehearsing my Yoruba pronunciations and running along the ocean in the Lekki district. Some of my colleagues were having their first experience of African markets and haggling, Nigerian style. At night we could be found recounting the day's adventures in the courtyard of the Eko Hotel, enjoying the open-air bar while paying Midtown Manhattan prices for our favourite drinks, always under the watchful eye of our no-nonsense security escorts.
fela kuti Afrobeat king Fela Kuti. Photograph: Guardian
Among the richest moments were the time we spent with Fela's family, with his children Femi, Yeni, Kunle and Seun, along with his siblings, cousins and wives. In 2008 one of Fela's sons, Kunle, described Fela being buried. He described the scene of thousands of people filling the streets and covering every rooftop in the area. Now here I was with all my colleagues, seeing Fela's grave. Then they opened the door of his room. His room had been sealed for years. There was his sax, his bed, hundreds of suits, there was everything.
Kunle hadn't been in the room for 10 years. Seun hadn't been in for three. But they opened that room to let those people who had dedicated so much to keep his memory alive glimpse Fela, my beloved colleagues who had sacrificed so much of their bodies and their blood to bring Fela's world to life for thousands of people every night on 49th Street in New York.
Days later I found myself filing off a bus to stand before the New Africa Shrine with those colleagues. As we crushed our way to the entrance we began to hear the sound that had become so familiar to us over the years through watching documentaries about our subject. We heard the voice of the people, calling for Fela, calling for the Kalakutans – the people of Fela's Kalakuta Republic, the compound where he lived and recorded with his family and his band. As we crossed the threshold of the shrine it seemed as if everyone in the place agreed on what the first utterance to us should be. From the front door to the stage door, all we heard greeting us was: "Welcome home." Indeed, we had arrived. We were humbled by the reception and had no idea of the measure of beauty awaiting us for the duration of our stay.
Fela Kuti is an immense subject, a bottomless character. Bill T Jones, our director, would say: "Fela was a tornado of a man." When we first arrived people would say: "How can you bring Fela from America to Nigeria? Fela belongs to us." Before we left they told us: "Fela has come home." I don't think they were talking about us – they were talking about his spirit.
We are holding these experiences in our hearts and can't wait to unleash them on those planning to join us for the adventure in London this summer.
• Sahr witnessed landmark elections in Nigeria and wants you to help encourage the trend in the Democratic Republic of Congo (fallingwhistles.com/freeandfair). He wore clothes courtesy of Gozi, creative director of his new favourite brand, UMi-1 (gozi.co.uk).
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The women of Fela
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Fela Anikulapo Kuti October 15, 1938- August 2, 1997 Nigerian musician and composer, creator, singer, saxophonist, frontman, inventor, and pioneer of afrobeat music.
How do you say his name, Fella or Fey-la?
NOVA Professor of History, Dr. Joeseph Windham, wise and worldly, pronounces Fela like the latter. Whichever way you say it, his name stands for a powerful and humble man. A paradox that translates in the music he creates.
This is a photograph of Fela Kuti with some of the beautiful women he marries. These particular women became victims of sexual brutality, thus cast out and dishonored in their communities. Fela uses marriage as a means of protecting the women from discrimination. He makes it clear that they are heroines, deserved of the utmost respect and honor.
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OBAMA!-THIS BLACK BOY HAS STOOD UP FOR ALL OTHER BLACK BOYS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR BLACK MOTHERS DUE TO POOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR THE MASSES!-MARCELAS OWENS WE SALUTE YOU IN YOUR PROUD BLACK MANHOOD FOR BEING A FIGHTER!-HE WAS PRESENT WITH OUR BLACK PRESIDENT OBAMA AT THE HEALTHCARE SIGNING!
Boy witnesses healthcare bill's signing on behalf of mom
By Kim Murphy
Reporting from Seattle – He has been dismissed by the right as a prostitute for healthcare reform whose mom "would still have died" even with the newly passed healthcare legislation. But 11-year-old Marcelas Owens, who stood quietly next to President Obama on Tuesday as he signed the long-debated legislation, has kept the jitters at bay, friends say, by pretending his mom was sitting in the front row.
She wasn't. She died three years ago of pulmonary hypertension, largely untreated because she lost her health insurance when she lost her job as an assistant manager at a Jack in the Box restaurant in Seattle.
"It's tough not having my mom around," Marcelas, a fifth-grader at Seattle's Orca elementary school, said at a news conference with Senate Democratic leaders this month. "But she's been with me in spirit every time I talk."
Plenty of American families have succumbed to a combination of illness, unemployment and debt. Marcelas' mother, Tifanny, fell ill in 2006 at age 26 with the crippling condition that causes abnormally high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs.
"If she still had her healthcare, she'd probably still be here," Marcelas' grandmother, Gina, told reporters.
The family's troubles began when Tifanny Owens started missing work because of her illness, said Joshua Welter, who worked with the family at the Washington Community Action Network. Jack in the Box "let her go after she missed so much work," Welter said.
Jack in the Box spokesman Brian Luscomb said the only Tifanny Owens in their records was a team leader, the equivalent of a shift supervisor, who resigned "for family obligations" in 2006. "She was not involuntarily terminated," he said.
With no income, Owens couldn't afford transitional health coverage. Owens would occasionally go to the emergency room, and in one visit, she was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension, which cannot be cured but can often be treated.
She was admitted to the University of Washington Medical Center in June 2007, and died a week later.
Marcelas, a plump-cheeked, soft-spoken youngster, became a celebrity of sorts after Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) began talking about his family on the Senate floor.
His prominence has attracted a backlash from conservative commentators, who accuse reform advocates of prostituting and exploiting him as he tells his mother's story.
Marcelas isn't paying much attention. He lives with his grandmother, along with his two younger sisters. The local PBS station, KCTS, filmed them one night gathered around the kitchen table in prayer.
"Mom, we miss you and we love you, and we hope you're having a good time," Marcelas said. "And I hope you're getting a lot of rest."
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HAITI!-THIS BROTHER TELLS US HOW HAITI GOT IN THE HOLE DUG BY THE WHITES WITH VENGENCE!-"HAITI:THE HATE AND THE QUAKE!"
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The hate and the quake
Published on: 1/17/2010.
BY SIR HILARY BECKLES
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES is in the process of conceiving how best to deliver a major conference on the theme Rethinking And Rebuilding Haiti.
I am very keen to provide an input into this exercise because for too long there has been a popular perception that somehow the Haitian nation-building project, launched on January 1, 1804, has failed on account of mismanagement, ineptitude, corruption.
Buried beneath the rubble of imperial propaganda, out of both Western Europe and the United States, is the evidence which shows that Haiti's independence was defeated by an aggressive North-Atlantic alliance that could not imagine their world inhabited by a free regime of Africans as representatives of the newly emerging democracy.
The evidence is striking, especially in the context of France.
The Haitians fought for their freedom and won, as did the Americans fifty years earlier. The Americans declared their independence and crafted an extraordinary constitution that set out a clear message about the value of humanity and the right to freedom, justice, and liberty.
In the midst of this brilliant discourse, they chose to retain slavery as the basis of the new nation state. The founding fathers therefore could not see beyond race, as the free state was built on a slavery foundation.
The water was poisoned in the well; the Americans went back to the battlefield a century later to resolve the fact that slavery and freedom could not comfortably co-exist in the same place.
The French, also, declared freedom, fraternity and equality as the new philosophies of their national transformation and gave the modern world a tremendous progressive boost by so doing.
They abolished slavery, but Napoleon Bonaparte could not imagine the republic without slavery and targeted the Haitians for a new, more intense regime of slavery. The British agreed, as did the Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese.
All were linked in communion over the 500 000 Blacks in Haiti, the most populous and prosperous Caribbean colony.
As the jewel of the Caribbean, they all wanted to get their hands on it. With a massive slave base, the English, French and Dutch salivated over owning it – and the people.
The people won a ten-year war, the bloodiest in modern history, and declared their independence. Every other country in the Americas was based on slavery.
Haiti was freedom, and proceeded to place in its 1805 Independence Constitution that any person of African descent who arrived on its shores would be declared free, and a citizen of the republic.
For the first time since slavery had commenced, Blacks were the subjects of mass freedom and citizenship in a nation.
The French refused to recognise Haiti's independence and declared it an illegal pariah state. The Americans, whom the Haitians looked to in solidarity as their mentor in independence, refused to recognise them, and offered solidarity instead to the French. The British, who were negotiating with the French to obtain the ownership title to Haiti, also moved in solidarity, as did every other nation-state the Western world.
Haiti was isolated at birth – ostracised and denied access to world trade, finance, and institutional development. It was the most vicious example of national strangulation recorded in modern history.
The Cubans, at least, have had Russia, China, and Vietnam. The Haitians were alone from inception. The crumbling began.
Then came 1825; the moment of full truth. The republic is celebrating its 21st anniversary. There is national euphoria in the streets of Port-au-Prince.
The economy is bankrupt; the political leadership isolated. The cabinet took the decision that the state of affairs could not continue.
The country had to find a way to be inserted back into the world economy. The French government was invited to a summit.
Officials arrived and told the Haitian government that they were willing to recognise the country as a sovereign nation but it would have to pay compensation and reparation in exchange. The Haitians, with backs to the wall, agreed to pay the French.
The French government sent a team of accountants and actuaries into Haiti in order to place a value on all lands, all physical assets, the 500 000 citizens were who formerly enslaved, animals, and all other commercial properties and services.
The sums amounted to 150 million gold francs. Haiti was told to pay this reparation to France in return for national recognition.
The Haitian government agreed; payments began immediately. Members of the Cabinet were also valued because they had been enslaved people before independence.
Thus began the systematic destruction of the Republic of Haiti. The French government bled the nation and rendered it a failed state. It was a merciless exploitation that was designed and guaranteed to collapse the Haitian economy and society.
Haiti was forced to pay this sum until 1922 when the last instalment was made. During the long 19th century, the payment to France amounted to up to 70 per cent of the country's foreign exchange earnings.
Jamaica today pays up to 70 per cent in order to service its international and domestic debt. Haiti was crushed by this debt payment. It descended into financial and social chaos.
The republic did not stand a chance. France was enriched and it took pleasure from the fact that having been defeated by Haitians on the battlefield, it had won on the field of finance. In the years when the coffee crops failed, or the sugar yield was down, the Haitian government borrowed on the French money market at double the going interest rate in order to repay the French government.
When the Americans invaded the country in the early 20th century, one of the reasons offered was to assist the French in collecting its reparations.
The collapse of the Haitian nation resides at the feet of France and America, especially. These two nations betrayed, failed, and destroyed the dream that was Haiti; crushed to dust in an effort to destroy the flower of freedom and the seed of justice.
Haiti did not fail. It was destroyed by two of the most powerful nations on earth, both of which continue to have a primary interest in its current condition.
The sudden quake has come in the aftermath of summers of hate. In many ways the quake has been less destructive than the hate.
Human life was snuffed out by the quake, while the hate has been a long and inhumane suffocation – a crime against humanity.
During the 2001 UN Conference on Race in Durban, South Africa, strong representation was made to the French government to repay the 150 million francs.
The value of this amount was estimated by financial actuaries as US$21 billion. This sum of capital could rebuild Haiti and place it in a position to re-engage the modern world. It was illegally extracted from the Haitian people and should be repaid.
It is stolen wealth. In so doing, France could discharge its moral obligation to the Haitian people.
For a nation that prides itself in the celebration of modern diplomacy, France, in order to exist with the moral authority of this diplomacy in this post-modern world, should do the just and legal thing.
Such an act at the outset of this century would open the door for a sophisticated interface of past and present, and set the Haitian nation free at last.
l Sir Hilary Beckles is pro-vice-chancellor and Principal of the Cave Hill Campus, UWI.
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Zuma Formally Weds 3rd Wife in Zulu Ceremony
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KWANXAMALALA, South Africa (AP) — South Africa's president formalized his marriage to his third wife during a traditional ceremony Monday amid media reports he plans to take a fourth bride later this year.
Some 2,000 guests thronged a homestead in rural KwaZulu-Natal province to watch the ceremony in which 67-year-old President Jacob Zuma and 38-year-old Tobeka Madiba took part.
The couple are already married under South African law and have three children. Madiba attended Zuma's inauguration ceremony in May. He paid a dowry to her family in 2007 as is tradition.
Meanwhile, a family member told The Associated Press on Monday that Zuma is also planning to marry again later this year. Other relatives have told South African media that the president plans to wed Durban native Gloria Bongi Ngema. The president's office has not commented on the reports.
Monday's ceremony included an hourlong traditional Zulu wedding dance. During the ceremony, Madiba performed a solo dance while holding a spear and a shield to symbolize her acceptance of her new husband.
Zuma, wearing a skirt made of animal fur pelts and sporting bright white tennis shoes, then joined the dance. The bride wore matching sneakers.
Guests dined on traditional Zulu foods, and attendees were told that more than a dozen sheep, goats and cows had been slaughtered for the feast.
Wedding guest Sipho Msomi, a cattle herder, said the wedding made him proud to be Zulu, the nation's largest ethnic group.
"We love him because he is one of us and does not look down upon us," he said. "Zuma can marry as many women as he wants. It is our culture."
Another guest, 28-year-old Prudence Khumalo, said she also supported the polygamous tradition.
"In the West is frowned upon," she said. "Here we celebrate it. It is our culture and we stand by it."
Zuma, 67, a Zulu traditionalist and an unabashed polygamist, has now married at least five women over the years and has 19 children. He currently has three wives including Madiba: Sizakele Khumalo, whom he married in 1973, and Nompumelelo Ntuli, whom he wed in 2008.
He also was married to other women: Kate Mantsho Zuma, committed suicide in 2000. He divorced the other, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, in 1998, although she remains a trusted aide and is now the country's home affairs minister.
When he took office earlier this year, all three wives were at the inauguration ceremony, but only Khumalo, his first wife, accompanied him to the main stage set up outside the presidency building in Pretoria. Since then, none of his wives has had a particularly prominent role, in keeping with the practice of South African first ladies before them.
Zuma's embrace of Zulu tradition — including polygamy — has endeared him to many South Africans. Still, some consider polygamy old-fashioned and expensive, and question how it can endure in a modern country.
And experts say having multiple, concurrent partners heightens the risk of AIDS, leaving some to question what model a polygamous president presents. South Africa, a nation of about 50 million, has an estimated 5.7 million people infected with HIV, more than any other country.
Zuma is not alone among world leaders when it comes to polygamy. In the Gulf, the number of a ruler's wives and who among them is paramount are a constant source of rumors.
South Africa President Jacob Zuma marries third wife
Jacob Zuma performs a traditional Zulu dance at the ceremony
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has married his third wife, in a Zulu ceremony attended by his other wives.
Some 2,000 guests saw the 67-year-old marry Thobeka Mabhija, 36. The ceremony had been postponed from last year because of his political commitments.
Reports in South Africa suggest he already has another fiancee and his fourth wife may not be far off.
Correspondents say Mr Zuma's belief in the traditional practice of polygamy has divided South Africans.
Some support him but many younger people believe it should have no place in a modern society.
Under Zulu tradition, Mr Zuma's two current wives had to approve the wedding and attend the ceremony.
His new fiancee, Gloria Bongi Ngema, took umbondo (wedding gifts) to the Zuma family last week, reports say.
This ceremony is the last traditional event before a wedding and is done after ilobolo (dowry) has been paid to the bride's family.
Hive of activity
Monday's ceremony is Mr Zuma's fifth wedding – he married his first wife Sizakele Khumalo-Zuma in 1973 and Nompumelelo Ntuli-Zuma two years ago.
MRS JACOB ZUMA
Thobeka Mabhija – married, January 2010 (above)
Nompumelelo Ntuli – married, January 2008
Sizakele Khumalo – married, 1973
Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma – divorced, 1998
Kate Mantsho Zuma – died, 2000
He is also divorced from Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
South African media reported that Mr Zuma's home in Nkandla, in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, was a hive of activity in the run-up to the ceremony.
Large tents were erected to accommodate guests, some of whom arrived in a number of buses on Monday.
Several cows, sheep and goats were slaughtered for the wedding feast.
Locals including Mr Zuma were dressed in traditional Zulu attire – mostly made from animal skin.
When Mr Zuma was inaugurated as president in May, speculation was rife about who would be the first lady.
He has attended some high-profile events with all his wives, including Ms Mabhija.
Mr Zuma, who has 19 children – three with Ms Mabhija – paid ilobolo to the Mabhija family two years ago.
One of his earlier wives, Kate Mantsho-Zuma, died in 2000.
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I notice that my post on Bach vs Beethoven keeps attracting readers so that now it is one of the top ten posts. I should do my own list of my top ten posts--hey, that sounds like a good idea for a post...
But since I'm wondering why people are seeking out that post on Bach and Beethoven, I'm going to pick another pair of composers. These two, Debussy and Ravel, are always paired, like Laurel and Hardy or Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. Now why is that? Just because they are French and lived at roughly the same time? Because they were the leading French composers of their day? Because they both wrote brilliant music for piano? Because they are both known, for better or worse as "impressionists"? Here is one writer pointing out the differences between them:
Ravel has been described as a Swiss watchmaker, such is the precision of his notation, the clear intent of every dot, every line, every slur. Debussy could never be mistaken as a time-keeper. Many of his pieces could lose their barlines or time-signatures without losing their way. You always see the individual drops of rain in Ravel's mists, whereas Debussy invites us to look at the garden beyond, blurred by the moisture.
This is one of those examples of clever journalism that seems to tell us so much, but actually tells us almost nothing. The problem is metaphor. And by the way, there is no difference between the 'precision' of Ravel's notation and that of Debussy. They are both precise in exactly the way required for the music. The sentence "Debussy could never be mistaken as a time-keeper" makes little sense. All music is about time.
Several years ago an old and dear friend of mine pointed out that a piece of writing I had sent him was littered with metaphors, which he thought greatly detracted. I was very surprised because I had the vague idea that metaphors were a Good Thing. Why, just look at the metaphors in Homer! But in Homer, and much poetry, metaphors are used rather differently than in tossed-off prose such as above. "Swiss watchmaker"? "Individual drops of rain"? "The garden beyond"? The great appeal of metaphor in journalism is that it allows the writer to suggest meaning without actually using any technical terms which might not be understood by everyone. In other words, it makes one seem literary without actually telling us anything.
I want to do a few posts on Debussy and Ravel because as soon as I started researching them I realized that it was going to take a bit more space than I first thought. Debussy and Ravel lie at the beginnings of 20th century modernism, but, unlike many of the other figures in that movement, they are French, not German and so have a different approach to musical aesthetics and construction. Not for them is the Germanic urge to systematization that we see in Schoenberg and Webern. Instead, there is more of a transformation of traditional harmonic practice through the use of whole tone and octatonic scales, through the blurring of harmony and the clarity of orchestration. Let me start off with a couple of examples. First, an early piano piece by Ravel entitled Jeux d'eau which I think I would translate as "play of the water" rather than "water games". It is a brilliant piece of piano writing and next time I am going to dig into how it is put together. Surprisingly it is laid out in standard sonata form with exposition of first and second themes, development and recapitulation. Why it sounds so different from a classical sonata movement is due to the kinds of harmony used. There are virtually no cadences and the leading tone, D#, is used mostly as a decoration of the tonic! I suggest listening a few times to the music with the score to get the flavor of the sound in your ear.
Lovely, isn't it? The crystalline clarity of the arpeggios combines intriguingly with the piquancy of the harmonies. More tomorrow...
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Nathan Shirley said...
And it all started with Chabrier- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hFDdveAtBE
Sorry I didn't see this earlier! I don't think there is a single composer I know less about than Chabrier! Some lovely music.
But wouldn't you say rather that "it" (modern French music?) started with Berlioz?
That's a good point, but I think I would give most credit to Chabrier for starting what we call "impressionism" in music, and influencing Debussy/Ravel.
Oh yes, I see what you mean! But I hear some 'impressionism' in Berlioz as well such as in the third movement of the Symphonie fantastique with the depiction of the shepherd's "ranz des vaches", the wind in the trees and distant thunder.
But Chabrier was closely involved with the impressionist painters so that might be an important consideration.
Leonardo Deshwashwa said...
Impressionism in Berlioz? What? By that logic you can call the dogs barking in Vivaldi's Four Seasons "impressionism"?
Also, as far as the metaphor, I think it really does a good idea to shape up the foggy nebulous aesthetic of Debussy's music, compared to Ravel's sleek and refined textures.
Hmm, not sure I even want to get into this debate! Like Debussy himself, I am reluctant to call what he was doing "impressionism", but frankly, being inspired by the sounds of nature (though not dogs) occurs in both Berlioz and Debussy.
Very Interesting post, howeverI would argue it was Liszt who first wrote "Impressionist" era pieces, with his Les jeux d'eaux a la villa d'este in his years of pilgrimage.
I think that the underlying problem here is that once the style/texture of "impressionism" appeared or was attributed to composers like Debussy, then we start to hear similar things in earlier music. This is a variant of the concept that artists tend to create their own forebears as Jorge Luis Borges suggested.
I think I like debussy's piano works more and Ravel's orchestral works more. I think Ravel has a deeper grasp of orchestration than debussy. Even though prelude to the afternoon of a faun is great, Daphnis et Chloe is colourful, fantasy like and just amazing. Debussy, though, invented a sort of chord progression which Ravel then started to use so I think debussy had a better impact but Ravel composed better works. Is that fair?
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Whether it's Verizon's "Can you hear me now?" or AT&T's Lily, cell phone commercials have been bombarding us for years now.
The thing is, if you've seen one carrier you've seen them all, but they don't want you to know that.
From heat maps filled with dots to give the illusion of mass coverage and the impressive-sounding 4G speed to the promise of unlimited calling and the additional promise of paying customers to switch plans, this video makes it as clear as the connection you'll have with any phone that all the companies hawking mobile plans are as hard to tell apart as identical twins dressed in matching overalls.
It doesn't matter if you have an iPhone, a Droid or a flip phone (well, yes, it does matter -- don't get a flip phone. It's not 2005.). The cell phone carriers are as interchangeable as hotel room keys.
So, don't be too quick to bail on your provider just because you couldn't connect to the internet while you were sitting in a restaurant. It happens to everyone. Just relax and dump that lightning quick 4G decision to swap carriers.


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Max Verstappen has heart like Tyson Fury as Red Bull boss Christian Horner says championship leader 'doesn't give a f***' about Lewis Hamilton rivalry and 'just wants to go home and play PlayStation'
Oliver Dawnay
2nd December 2021, 4:39 pm
Updated: 2nd December 2021, 4:39 pm
The most intense Formula One championship fight in years will be decided over the next two weekends and Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton are the reason why.
And while Hamilton likes to fan the flames a bit – according to Red Bull team principal Christian Horner – Verstappen doesn't care.
Hamilton and Verstappen have two more races to go in one of the most enthralling title races ever seen
Dutchman Verstappen of Red Bull is currently leading the seven-time world champion by eight points going into the final two races of the year in the Middle East.
It has been one of the most high-quality title races the sport has ever witnessed, but the pressure is on Verstappen as consecutive victories in Brazil and Qatar have seen the momentum swing towards Hamilton's Mercedes.
Horner, however, has taken measures to relieve the pressure off his star driver by lavishing praise on him before this weekend's showdown in Saudi Arabia.
Speaking to the media, he said: "Max drives like Tyson Fury fights. He's got that same heart.
"You just know he's going to give it everything and if you knock him down, he's going to get back up.
Horner has brushed off criticism from Hamilton
"He's got that burning desire, that all-out commitment. I would put money on Max's first flying lap in Saudi Arabia being the fastest of any driver."
Horner also hit out at Hamilton's apparent digs at his driver.
Adding to The Telegraph, he said: "Lewis continually drops his subtle little digs or provocations. But I think the great thing about Max is he doesn't give a f***.
"He is who he is. He drives a car fast. And then he wants to go home and play on his PlayStation. It's as simple as that."
Hamilton likes to try and get under Verstappen's skin
Horner also said Verstappen is training as well as ever ahead of the last two races of the F1 calendar.
He wrote in his RedBull.com column: "The maturity Max has shown throughout the campaign has been extremely impressive.
"He's relaxed and dealing with the pressure incredibly well, I think he is driving better than ever.
"A good example of this was during the race in Qatar, when he did not feel we could catch Lewis, but commented over the that radio he "wanted to have some fun."


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Among the offerings at the development is The Cambridge, priced at £379,950. This substantial five-bedroom property includes a large lounge with an extensive kitchen/dining room. Downstairs, you will also find a study, cloakroom and double garage.
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Gold Prices Gain Nacely To Extend Three-Month High
San Francisco (Oct 13) Gold prices carved out a slight gain on Tuesday, as stocks retreated and as some investors continued to hope the Federal Reserve would stand pat on interest rates.
Gold for December delivery, the most actively traded contract, rose 90 cents, or 0.1%, to settle at $1,165.40 a troy ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. This was the highest close since July 6, when prices settled at $1,173.20 an ounce.
Gold prices have pushed higher in recent weeks, after disappointing U.S. employment data stoked hopes of a prolonged period of low borrowing costs. Federal Reserve officials voted to put off raising rates in September, and minutes from the latest policy meeting showed members were concerned about the impact of overseas turmoil on the U.S. recovery. Any delay to higher rates benefits gold, which has an easier time competing with Treasury bonds while rates are pinned near zero.
"The idea that the Fed is now going to remain patient with their first rate hike is what really started this move to the upside in gold," said Dave Meger, director of High Ridge Futures in Chicago.
A weaker tone to U.S. equities also lent gold prices some support. The S&P 500 was recently down 0.6% at 2006.01, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.3% at 17,088.4. Gold and stocks often move in opposite directions, as investors buy gold to shield against economic or political upheaval but shed it in favor of stocks when the economic outlook brightens.
"The downside in U.S. equities has caused some haven buying in gold," said Bob Haberkorn, a senior commodities broker with RJO Futures in Chicago.
Source: Nasdaq.com


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Why Millions Are Being Spent on Florida's Special Election
Both parties are gambling their reputations to win a true swing district.
Scott BlandNational Journal
Florida congressional District 13 candidates, Democrat Alex Sink, left, and Republican David Jolly. National Journal
Seasonal migration isn't just for the birds. This winter, political money — millions and millions of dollars of it — has also flown south.
With two weeks to go, outside groups had already spent nearly $7 million to influence the Florida special election to succeed the late Rep. Bill Young, a 22-term Republican who died in October. More will come in the final stretch before Election Day on March 11, showing up on TVs and in mailboxes jammed with political advertising.
Both parties are gambling that their candidate — Democrat Alex Sink, a former gubernatorial nominee, or Republican lobbyist and former Young aide David Jolly — can capture a rare swing seat and, in doing so, prove something to their supporters heading into the November midterms. Republicans are spending a large chunk of their money blasting Sink over President Obama's health care law, while Democrats are testing whether their vaunted get-out-the-vote apparatus can overcome a difficult national environment.
The stakes are high: Only three House races in the whole country saw more than $7 million of outside spending in 2010, and there were just 11 such races in 2012, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
Although Young comfortably held his seat until his death, the area slowly shifted toward Democrats during his four decades in office. President Obama carried the district narrowly in both 2008 and 2012, even as Young won reelection handily. Any realistic path to a future Democratic House majority runs through districts like this one.
But demography doesn't automatically translate into votes, especially for Democrats, who often struggle to motivate their core supporters when the presidency isn't up for grabs. That's a problem they'll face in November, but it could be especially pressing in March, when "core supporters" are most of what's necessary to win a low-turnout special election. Nearly one-quarter of the district's residents are seniors, who are among the voters most disaffected toward Obama and Obamacare.
Along with volunteers and healthy canvassing efforts, as well as motivational TV ads (which remain a key part of turning out supporters), Democrats are again applying their technological prowess, much discussed after the 2012 presidential race, to the task of finding votes. "A lot of the modeling and analytics you saw in the presidential election, we're starting to see that type of work down in congressional races," said Sink's campaign manager, Ashley Walker, who was Obama's Florida state director in 2012. "Obviously, it's at a different scale, but it does help make budget decisions and target certain groups of voters."
Republicans are getting in the mix, too. Among other efforts, the National Republican Congressional Committee is helping supporters request absentee ballots via its Vote Early Florida Web portal.
Early on, Republicans may have fallen off the pace on getting their votes in.
After a month of mail voting, which could account for a majority of the votes cast, Democrats had cast 39 percent of the returned ballots, with Republicans accounting for 42 percent. That's about even with the GOP voter-registration advantage in the 13th District, but Florida Republicans typically outperform that measure in early voting, building a pre-Election Day advantage over Democrats.
In 2012, the Tampa Bay Times reported, GOP absentee votes there outnumbered Democratic ones by 6 percentage points, and the margin was even bigger in 2010. There is still time, though, for Republicans to stretch their advantage. "If you look at what traditionally happens here with late voters, I think we're OK," said former county GOP Chairman Tony DiMatteo. "Basically, the older people in this county, who tend to be more conservative, vote later."
Although partisan turnout is paramount, both campaigns are also seeking elusive votes outside their parties. "This isn't a Democratic or a Republican district; this is the true definition of a swing district," Walker says. "There's no path to victory without pulling votes from not just independents but from the other side of the aisle." Sink, whose advisers say they expect partisan turnout to end up favoring Jolly, has pursued and touted endorsements from local Republicans, while stressing in campaign ads and appearances that she wants to work with members of both parties.
Jolly's campaign has been more orthodox — if he has Democratic endorsements, he's not bragging about them — but his camp argues that Obamacare can serve as a cross-party motivator. Independents are sourer on the law than in the past, and Democrats aren't showing the level of enthusiasm about the issue necessary to counteract the opposition. Plus, little on either side motivates the base like health care does for the GOP right now.
The lone independent survey of the special election showed Sink narrowly outpacing Jolly among independents and also drawing more cross-party support than he has, to build an overall lead. That's especially concerning to the party strategists who are also worried about Jolly leaking conservative votes to the Libertarian candidate in the race.
Observers can overrate special election results as harbingers of what's to come in November, but the terms of the fight can be predictive. And in this battleground, it's hard to avoid the impression that both parties' national hopes are battling in miniature, as Republicans hope an Obamacare backlash helps deliver the win and Democrats wager on an experienced, appealing candidate and a dose of strategic smarts to help them overcome.
Scott Bland is the editor of National Journal's House Race Hotline.


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Q: Use variable incrementation to get the right attr value My first time on stackoverflow. I tried to find an answer on previous posts but still looking for a solution.
I try to get the order delay displayed for each items on my product list.
I'm not able to get the proper delay for each product, only the first delay is assigned on all products.
PS: The number of products is variable.

Product 1

Price = 10.40$

Product 2

Price = 9.30$

Product 3

Price = 14.40$

This is HTML Result =
Product 1
Price = 10.40$
DELAY 4-6 DAYS
Product 2
Price = 9.30$
DELAY 4-6 DAYS
Product 3
Price = 14.40$
DELAY 4-6 DAYS
Thanks!

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Which AoE weapons translate ability effects ?
The topic was already tackled by many here and there, but I couldn't find a comprehensive treatise about that in these forums.
My question is: which weapons that attack in a AoE or proc an AoE on crit translate the ability effects to all its AoE hits? I did some testing myself and recollected some infos scattered around. And also... what about weapons that do attacks that "bounce"? Does the second attack transfer ability effects? Is there a logic or a general rule behind the translation of ability effects?
WotEP AoE: it does transfer ability effects (Crippling Strike, Blinding Strike, Stunning Blows, etc.); it does NOT work with Swift Flurry and Heartbeat Drumming.
Whahai Poraga AoE: it does transfer ability effects and it does proc Swift Flurry and Heartbeat Drumming.
Hand Mortar/Fire in the Hole AoE: it does transfer ability effects (Dorftek made a build around this feature).
Frostseeker AoE on crit: it does NOT translate any ability effect.
Watershaper's Focus* bounce attack: it does apply ability effects.
Rods' modal AoE: it does apply ability effects. *Watershaper's Focus, being also a rod, can then achieve two AoE jumps (=three AoE attacks) with Driving Flight firing just once (as pointed out by Boeroer).
Kalakoth's Minor Blights: it transfers rogue ability effects (Crippling Strike, Blinding Strike, etc.) and Stunning Blow.
Citzal's Spirit Lance: it transfers ability effects and it procs Swift Flurry and Heartbeat Drumming (tested by Boeroer).
P.S.: I'll keep updating the list if somebody has new infos or any suggestion.
Edited by peolone, 15 July 2018 - 01:47 PM.
As far as I know, at the moment all AoE weapons that have no special proc chance (such as Frostseeker) translate nearly all ability effects. Hand Mortar, Fire in the Hole, Whahai Poraga, WotEP, Minor Blights, Spirit Lance - they all seem to transport afflictions etc. Even rod's Blast does it again (was removed and then reintroduced). Exceptions: weapon modals such as -10 deflection (pike modal for Spirit Lance): those only work on the initial target. Also Swift Flurry and Heartbeat Drumming don't work with the cone of WotEP, but with Whahai Poraga and Spirit Lance.
As far as I know, at the moment all AoE weapons that have no special proc chance (such as Frostseeker) translate nearly all ability effects.
Frostseeker crit AoE doesn't apply either blinding strike nor crippling strike to monsters hit by the AoE though. The AoE is probably seen by the game as a different and subsequent attack.
For whatever reason, Spirit Lance AoE attack only has the Conjuration keyword ID. If you had, say, a Conjuration modal that increased damage from Conjuration by 20%, then that would apply to Spirit Lance AoE. I'm thinking this was something that fell through the cracks because there really isn't a point to the AoE having a Conjuration keyword other than to screw over the Pike weapon modal.
EDIT: Removed unnecessary text after looking at other posts in different threads. Most people get what's going on with modals and special attack keywords.
Edited by UltimaLuminaire, 14 July 2018 - 03:23 AM.
Also works with Watershaper's Focus: two AoE jumps (=three AoE attacks) with Driving Flight.
Yes, I meant Frostseeker as an example for a weapon that only has AoE on crit, not always, and thus does NOT translate afflictons. My wording was a bit poor.
Edited by Boeroer, 14 July 2018 - 10:20 PM.
I think weapon AoE which translates abilities SE should be directly related / linked with the Attack data.
You could check it on attacks.gamedatabundle if you want (exported/design/gamedata).
For example, you could find 2 Attack Data entries on WotEP. Both will transfer status effect from weapon abilities.
HandMortar or Tekehu's rod also has bounce component on their own Attack data, so it's affected by weapon abilities.
On the other side, Crits (and its AttackData) from Frostseeker is created by an ItemMod so it's not directly linked.
That's why Carnage can't also apply SE from abilities because it has its own attack data.
You could try to test this yourself if you want, but I believe it's the case.
No idea how to do this one, sorry.


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Q: kubernates node pool configuration on time basis I have a kubernetes cluster with a node pool. I enabled autoscaling. I defined min & max values of nodes in node pool options.
I observed that I need those nodes during working hours only. During non working hours nodes are mostly idle. I want to save cost by shutting down nodes if they are idle for say - 30 mins.
Is there any option on node pool to configure node based on time period.
I know I can set minimum node to 0 but in that case I have to wait for new node to spin.
Atul Sureka

A: There is no default option however you can write the cloud function and trigger it with the scheduler to scale down the GKE nodes on a time basis. i had the same requirement so written cloud function script.
i tried two methods
Method 1 : Cloud Scheduler publish a message to Pub/sub --> Which processed by Cloud Function --> Cloud Function scale the GKE nodes
Method 2 : Cloud Scheduler send HTTP request to Cloud function --> Cloud Function scale the GKE nodes based on paylob
/* HTTP function get data from event and resize the GKE cluster pools based on data */

const container = require("@google-cloud/container");
const client = new container.v1.ClusterManagerClient();

exports.helloHTTP = async (req, res) => {
  console.log(`Request Body`, req.body);

  const request = {
    projectId:  req.body.projectId,
    zone:       req.body.zone,
    clusterId:  req.body.cluster_id,
    nodePoolId: req.body.node_pool_id,
    nodeCount:  req.body.node_count,
  };

  const result = await client.setNodePoolSize(request);
  const operation = result[0];

  console.log(operation);
  res.status(200);
};

GitHub repo & follow my article for more details Medium article

A: There is no option in GKE itself to scale out or down a node pool on a time basis.
One option would be to write script and run it on Cloud Run for example, schedule it via Cloud Scheduler to scale up and down the node pool based on your working and non-working hours.
An other option is to use GKE Autopilot so you only pay for the resources consumed by your pods.


Jason Alan Shafer and Stacy Mae Morris Shafter, both were charged with burglary in connection with the theft of an ATM from the Walgreen's on Ross Bridge Parkway in Hoover on July 12.
The U.S. Marshal's Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force and Birmingham police on Tuesday night arrested a Birmingham couple in connection with the theft of an ATM from the Walgreen's on Ross Bridge Parkway in Hoover in July.
Jason Alan Shafer, 42, and Stacy Mae Morris Shafer, 33, both were taken into custody in the 100 block of 93rd Street North in Birmingham and taken to the Hoover Jail, Hoover police Lt. Keith Czeskleba said.
Jason Shafer was charged with burglary and receiving stolen property, and had bond set at $60,000. Stacy Shafer was charged with burglary and unlawful possession of a controlled substance and marijuana, and had bond set at $43,000.
The Shafers served as lookouts for the two men who were caught on security cameras in the ATM theft on July 12 and arrested last month, Czeskleba said.
Security camera footage showed two men stealing the ATM and loading it onto a flatbed truck shortly after 2 a.m. on July 12.
Shots were fired at a Hoover police officer who tried to stop the truck, and the people inside got away. The truck, however, was found abandoned on Alabama 150 near Pyne Drive with the ATM still in the bed of the truck and the money inside it, Czeskleba said.
Bessemer police later that day arrested 33-year-old George Franklin Staples III of Fairfield as he was walking near the area where the truck was found. The U.S. Marshal's Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested a second man, 35-year-old Eddie Charles Medley of Bessemer, on July 18.
Staples and Medley each were charged with attempted murder, burglary, theft and receiving stolen property. Staples was also charged with obstructing justice using a false ID. They remain in the Jefferson County Jail in Bessemer, jail records show.
The Shafers will be transferred to the Jefferson County Jail later today, Czeskleba said.
"We believe that everyone involved in this case has been taken into custody now," he said.
This article was updated at 11:27 a.m. with a comment from Hoover police Lt. Keith Czeskleba that the Shafers served as lookouts for the ATM theft.


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They've been a long time coming, but Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan are reaching the climax with Fifty Shades Freed, opening wide this Friday. And if history is any indication (Grey and Darker are 25% and 10% respectively on the Tomatometer), Freed won't be hitting the spot with critics, prompting this week's gallery of the most Rotten movie trilogies ever.
Pitch Black (2000, 57%)
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004, 29%)
Riddick (2013, 57%)
Average Tomatometer: 48%
Blade (1998, 54%)
Blade II (2002, 57%)
Blade: Trinity (2004, 25%)
Night at the Musem (2006, 43%)
Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009, 44%)
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014, 49%)
Nativity (2009, 46%)
Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! (2013, 36%)
Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?! (2014, 16%)
The Human Centipede (2010, 49%)
The Human Centipede 2 (2011, 30%)
The Human Centipede III (2015, 18%)
Taken (2009, 58%)
Taken 2 (2012, 21%)
Jeepers Creepers (2001, 45%)
Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003, 23%)
The Da Vinci Code (2006, 25%)
Angels & Demons (2009, 37%)
Inferno (2016, 22%)
Divergent (2014, 41%)
Insurgent (2015, 29%)
Allegiant (2016, 12%)
Look Who's Talking (1989, 58%)
Look Who's Talking Too (1990, 15%)
Look Who's Talking Now (1993, 0%)
Kiss the Girls (1997, 29%)
Along Came a Spider (2001, 31%)
Alex Cross (2012, 12%)
Porky's (1982, 30%)
Porky's II: The Next Day (1983, 11%)
Porky's Revenge (1985, 27%)
The Mighty Ducks (1992, 18%)
D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994, 21%)
The Cannonball Run (1981, 29%)
Cannonball Run II (1984, 31%)
Speed Zone (1989, 0%)
Arthur and the Invisibles (2007, 21%)
Arthur and the Invisibles 2: Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (2009, 14%)
Arthur and the Invisibles 3: Arthur and the War of Two Worlds (2011, 20%)
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997, 35%)
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998, 7%)
I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006, 0%)
Big Momma's House (2000, 30%)
Big Momma's House 2 (2006, 6%)
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011, 5%)
Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011, 10%)
Atlas Shrugged: Part II (2012, 4%)
Atlas Shrugged: Part III (2014, 0%)
Average Tomatometer: 5%
Three of this week's new releases on home video were recognized by the Academy with Oscar nominations this year, so that's already a pretty good start. The other three selections include two comedies that earned mixed reactions and one French import featuring some impressive performances, and those are followed by a number of notable rereleases. See below for the full list!