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Published: 0212 GMT December 17, 2019
US sanctions unsustainable as world favors ties with Iran: Rouhani ahead of Asia tour
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Prior to his momentous trip to Asia, President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday that the United States' "cruel and unlawful" sanctions against Iran will not be sustainable as world nations seek to foster friendly relations with the Islamic Republic.
"The conditions caused by the cruel pressure and illegal US sanctions will not be sustainable. All countries want to have close relations with Iran, especially the ones with whom we have traditionally enjoyed good relations," Rouhani said before departing Tehran for the Malaysian capital to attend the Kuala Lumpur Summit, which is set to take place from December 18 to 21.
The event, themed "The Role of Development in Achieving National Security," will gather around 450 leaders, scholars and thinkers from 52 countries including Iran, Indonesia, Pakistan, Qatar, and Turkey.
Fifty-two countries have confirmed their participation in the event, which will pursue solutions to problems gripping the Muslim world.
"The Muslim world has vast potential when it comes to geography, energy, population, industry and culture, but it is unfortunately grappling with issues such as armed conflicts and terrorism" in addition to foreign intervention, Rouhani said.
He said Iran and Malaysia have "common views" regarding the developments in the region and the Muslim world, describing diplomacy as the sole way to resolve the issues.
Rouhani said he would highlight Iran's peace initiative for the Persian Gulf region at the Kuala Lumpur meeting.
He initially introduced the Hormuz Peace Endeavor (HOPE) in September at a meeting of the UN General Assembly.
President Rouhani also said he would hold multilateral meetings with senior Malaysian officials as well as leaders from different participating countries on the sidelines of the event.
Wrapping up his three-day stay in Malaysia, Rouhani will then head to Tokyo for a visit upon an official invitation by Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo.
Rouhani on Japan visit
Regarding his upcoming state visit to Japan, Rouhani said he would discuss mutual Tehran-Tokyo ties as well issues related to regional security, particularly for shipping lines, during his meeting with PM Abe.
Hailing economic ties between Iran and Japan, the president said Japanese companies made sizeable economic investment in Iran following the 1979 Islamic Revolution and that "currently, we are in close talks on environmental issues."
He said the current decline in Iran-Japan relations is temporary and a by-product of Washington's "illegal and cruel" sanctions.
Rouhani will be the first Iranian president to visit the Asian country since 2000. The visit comes amid heightened tensions between Iran and the US.
Back in June, Abe traveled to Iran on a first visit by a Japanese premier in more than 40 years.
Abe said in his meetings with Iranian officials that Japan sought to play a maximum role in easing tensions between Iran and the United States.
Japan maintains friendly ties with both Iran and the US has previously tried to reduce tensions between the two countries, which severed diplomatic relations after Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution that toppled the US-backed Shah.
Tensions have heightened between Tehran and Washington since last year when President Donald Trump pulled out the United States from Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with six powers and reimposed sanctions to cripple Iranian economy.
"Our country will persistently continue to support diplomatic efforts in cooperation with the United States, Iran and various other related countries aimed at easing tensions in the Middle East," Japan's chief cabinet secretary, Yoshihide Suga, told a news conference on Tuesday.
He said the two leaders will meet on Dec. 20.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi said that Rouhani's visit that will be in line with the national interest of both countries.
"Japan's foreign policy is based on courage and farsightedness and this has been proved for many times in historical ties between the two countries," Araqchi said.
Araqchi said the one-day visit will be "very intense" and that it comes as Iran faces maximum pressure from the United States and a wide array of conspiracies to isolate it internationally.
"When Iran is facing a US policy of maximum pressure and all kinds of plots to isolate Iran, we are witnessing that on the 90th anniversary of the two countries' relations, the heads of (state of) Iran and Japan travel to their capitals," Araqchi said.
Japan plans to deploy Maritime Self-Defense Forces to the Middle East. Iran has rejected the presence of foreign forces in the region, saying it would create insecurity for oil and shipping.
Tokyo has decided not to be part of a US-led coalition on maritime security in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital gateway for the world's oil industry, Japan's Kyodo News Agency said.
Kyodo added that the Japanese deployment will be sent to the Gulf of Oman, the northern part of the Arabian Sea, and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, citing a draft plan.
The news agency, citing a source, said Rouhani will tell Abe that the Iranian government would not oppose the deployment.
The Nikkei business daily had previously said that Japan's government would propose deploying one escort ship and patrol aircraft from the Maritime Self-Defense Force on a one-year mission that could be renewed annually.
It plans to finalize the plan by year-end, the Nikkei has reported.
Press TV and Reuters contributed to this story.
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Royal Air Force A330 MRTT 'Voyager' Achieves Clearance to Refuel A400M Aircraft
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The Spanish National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA) has granted the Voyager Air-to-Air Refuelling (AAR) clearance for the A400M using the centreline hose and drogue system, known as the Fuselage Refuelling Unit (FRU).
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the only MRTT customer to make use of this system, which is used to refuel large probe-equipped aircraft such as the A400M or C295.
This AAR clearance is the culmination of several ground and flight testing campaigns to develop and evaluate the two aircraft and their pairing in many different conditions. Supplementing this work, the Airbus teams have performed intensive engineering analysis and documentation to demonstrate the AAR compatibility between the two aircraft.
"I would love to highlight the great teamwork during the flight test campaign as well as during the entire clearance process both internally and with INTA. It has been a particularly rewarding campaign, as the challenges we faced brought out our best creative instincts," said Gemma Martin Ferrer, FSTA Programme Manager at Airbus Defence and Space.
Under the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) programme, Airbus Defence and Space has delivered 14 Voyager aircraft to British aircraft leasing company AirTanker. These tankers are delivered in two military configurations: with two AAR underwing pods – to refuel probe-equipped receivers such as the Eurofighter and the F/A-18 – and with two underwing pods plus the FRU system. The Voyager MRTTs are operated by the RAF under a service contract (a private finance initiative), and can also be rolled into a civil configuration.
The Voyager fleet is cleared by INTA to refuel Panavia Tornado, Eurofighter Typhoon, C-130J Super Hercules, E-3D Sentry, F-35B Lightning II and now the A400M.
INTA, the technical body of the Spanish Airworthiness Authority (DGAM), is the contractual certification entity of the A330 FSTA and MRTT aircraft. Their certifications are then endorsed by the airworthiness authorities.
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Georg Roeber (* 10. Dezember 1901 in Zittau; † 4. März 1983) war ein deutscher Rechtswissenschaftler.

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Roeber studierte von 1922 bis 1925 in Jena Rechtswissenschaften und wurde 1924 promoviert. Er arbeitete dann als Jurist in der Filmindustrie, bevor er 1927 die Leitung der Rechtsabteilung der "Spitzenorganisation der deutschen Filmwirtschaft" (SIPO) übernahm. Fünf Jahre später wurde Roeber Sachverständiger für Urheberrechtsfragen im vorläufigen Reichswirtschaftsrat. Nach 1933 war er Mitglied des Ausschusses für Urheber- und Filmrechte in der "Akademie für deutsches Recht", er lehrte an der "Reichsfilmakademie" und war in der "Reichsfilmkammer" für filmrechtliche und propagandistische Fragen zuständig. Im Zweiten Weltkrieg nahm er für die sog. "internationale Rechtskammer" ähnliche Aufgaben in den besetzten Gebieten wahr. 1941 wechselte er als Justitiar zur "Bavaria-Filmkunst" nach München. Nach Kriegsende wurde er zum Treuhänder für die Deutsche Film-Vertriebs GmbH bestellt, für die er 1946 auch freiberuflich als Sachverständiger arbeitete. 1954 gründete er mit Peter Ostermayr das "Institut für Film- und Fernsehrecht" in München. Ab 1962 lehrte Roeber an der Universität Regensburg, dort wurde er 1980 zum Honorarprofessor ernannt.

Roeber publizierte in erster Linie zu Fragen des Film- und Urheberrechts. Er war Mitherausgeber der Zeitschriften "Archiv für Urheber-, Film- und Theaterrecht" (UFITA) und "Film und Recht".

Ehrungen

 Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse
 Ehrenmitgliedschaft in der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Filmwissenschaften
 Goldmedaille der Spitzenorganisation der Filmwirtschaft

Schriften (Auswahl)

 Die Volonte Generale bei Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Jena 1924 (Jena, Univ. Diss.).
 Das musikalische Tantiemerecht in Deutschland. Hobbing, Berlin 1930.
 Das Filmrecht und die Frage seiner Reformbedürftigkeit. Heymann, Berlin 1933.
 Urheberrecht oder geistiges Eigentum. Verlag für angewandte Wissenschaften, Baden-Baden 1956 (Schriftenreihe des Archivs für Urheber- und Medienrecht; 1).
 Die Urheberschaft am Film: Probleme und Aufgaben der Rechtsreform. Verlag für angewandte Wissenschaften, Baden-Baden 1956 (Schriftenreihe des Archivs für Urheber- und Medienrecht; 3).
 Das Tonband und seine Stellung im Recht. Verlag für angewandte Wissenschaften, Baden-Baden 1957 (Schriftenreihe des Archivs für Urheber- und Medienrecht; 6).
 Der Bundesgerichtshof und die Probleme des künstlerischen Leistungsschutzes. Verlag für angewandte Wissenschaften, Baden-Baden 1961 (Schriftenreihe des Archivs für Urheber- und Medienrecht; 21).
 (Hrsg.): Das Stockholmer Vertragswerk zum internationalen Urheberrecht. Verlag Dokumentation, 1969 (Schriftenreihe des Archivs für Urheber- und Medienrecht; 35).
 zusammen mit Gerhard Jacoby: Handbuch der filmwirtschaftlichen Medienbereiche: die wirtschaftlichen Erscheinungsformen des Films auf den Gebieten der Unterhaltung, der Werbung, der Bildung und des Fernsehens. Verlag Dokumentation, Pullach bei München 1973, ISBN 3-7940-3272-1.
 (Hrsg.): Die Pariser Revisionen der Übereinkünfte zum internationalen Urheberrecht. Schweitzer, Berlin 1975 (Schriftenreihe des Archivs für Urheber- und Medienrecht; 50), ISBN 3-8059-0378-2.

Literatur

 Alice Struve-Urbanczyk: Georg Roeber. In: Simon Apel u. a. (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch des Geistigen Eigentums, Verlag: Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2017, ISBN 978-3-16-154999-1, S. 243–248.

Rechtswissenschaftler (20. Jahrhundert)
Träger des Bundesverdienstkreuzes 1. Klasse
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Geboren 1901
Gestorben 1983
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'If you are Black you can walk': Africans are facing racism in Ukraine | The Voice of All
'If you are Black you can walk': Africans are facing racism in Ukraine
When Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, civilians attempted to flee the country. The borders of Poland, Hungary and Romania became oversubscribed quickly, leaving days-long queues of people trying to escape a warzone.
Among those queuing were those of Ukrainian descent, but also a large number of African students and professionals. As the situation got worse and worse, another issue became evident and grew more pressing: Africans trying to escape Ukraine were being racially discriminated against.
Videos quickly spread online of Africans being prevented from leaving the country as authorities operated on a 'Ukrainians first' policy. Ukrainian men, women and children were allowed to board trains and buses to the borders first.
Even if an African made it onto a train or bus, they were removed.
In one instance, a Nigerian woman was told 'if you are Black, you should walk'. Once most Ukrainians were evacuated, only then did Africans stand a chance.
Unfortunately, the harrowing stories do not stop there. Africans were physically attacked by the police and endured maltreatment from those in authority, and many were left stranded and helpless in Ukraine with freezing temperatures. If they did make it past the Ukrainian border, they experienced challenges with neighbouring countries and some were obliged to turn around.
Many of us watching around the world were enraged, questioning how there was room for racism in a matter of life or death.
But honestly, why are we surprised?
Visas, immigration and the global order
What we've witnessed is not isolated to the war in Ukraine. The discrimination Africans face – especially those who are born and raised on the continent – is an accumulation of prejudice committed worldwide which continues to pit them at the bottom of the global order.
There are countless examples we can see in the world of travel, migration, and, of course, media coverage.
Holding a passport from a country in Africa requires a person to jump through hoops to travel, namely in the form of visas. Applications for Africans can be long, costly and precarious.
Sometimes, a visa can even be denied because of how the official who grants them feels on the day.
Stories of Africans needing to prove more than what is required on their visa applications, such as showing they have additional disposable income upon arrival, are all too familiar. Feeling at risk of being put on the next flight back to their respective countries is not uncommon either.
Meanwhile, those with 'strong' passports experience swift visa processes and enjoy their trip.
Immigration is another hurdle, where geography and politics combine. Obtaining visas and permanent residency can be a long, tedious and often redundant process for Africans trying to move to another country.
While Africans are labelled migrants – lazy, poor, likely to be a nuisance – those from the Western World who decide to do the same thing are praised as expats with a hard-working attitude and disposable income.
If those who migrate should attempt to assimilate, they can still be seen as different to the dominant culture of the country and there is a reluctance to accept them.
For instance, a Nigerian doctor who had lived in Ukraine for years, who spoke Ukraine fluently and selflessly helped Ukrainians in the long queues, was forced to go to the back and start again.
Unfavourable media coverage over time
The problems of visas and immigration are exacerbated by the continuous unfavourable media coverage of Africans and the continent, but particularly refugees.
Africa and its people are often seen as 'dangerous' and 'poor', which is a strategy that has been sold over a very long period of time to people outside of the continent and contributes to this negative portrayal. So when Africans, or anyone from non-Western countries, flee war, they are met with disdain and refusal while dealing with treacherous conditions.
For this reason, it has been shocking to watch the coverage of Ukrainian refugees and how countries have prioritised opening their borders to them. A journalist mentioning how emotional it was to see European people with blue eyes and blonde hair being killed in such unfortunate events is telling of the narratives weaved into many people's mindset.
Meanwhile, many Africans have been regularly rejected as refugees for years.
To many, tragedy can only be determined by the victim's proximity to whiteness.
So when systemic racism is prevalent in 'normal' times, the structure sets Africans up for failure in times of crisis. The systems in place do not benefit Africans and, as a result, they are left behind.
Racism unfortunately does not get left behind in times of tragedy, warfare or disaster. In fact, it will only get worse.
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Union Station's Traxx restaurant quietly closes after more than 20 years
Traxx closes after more than 20 years at Union Station.
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By Colleen ShalbyStaff Writer
May 2, 2019 8:23 AM PT
The phone isn't yet off the hook and the website still allows guests to make dinner reservations. But brown parchment paper covers the windows of Traxx, signaling the closure of the longtime Union Station eatery.
Inside, darkness fills the Art Deco space. The only light that emanates comes from the owner's laptop as she wraps up work at the restaurant where she has invested more than 20 years of her life.
"It was no longer a good business decision for me to remain open here," Tara Thomas, the executive chef and owner, said Wednesday.
The restaurant offered service for the last time Monday night. Without fanfare or announcement, its doors closed Tuesday, months before its 2020 lease was up with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which owns Union Station.
Traxx opened in 1997 as a sit-down bar and restaurant at the downtown L.A. transportation hub. Thomas developed it as a fine dining establishment reminiscent of historic Los Angeles, down to the 1920s type font on its signage.
But over the years, new restaurants have come into Union Station, offering customers more cocktail options beyond Traxx. In October, Imperial Western Beer Co. opened its doors, becoming a new destination for those looking for a contemporary spot.
I saw the writing on the wall.
Tara Thomas, Traxx executive chef and owner
It's the drink profits that often help keep the fine dining places in business. For Traxx, a restaurant that offered upscale dining, those new options proved fateful.
"I saw the writing on the wall," Thomas said. "There are only a certain number of cocktails you can sell in your site plan."
Paul Kanemitsu, a server at the restaurant, said he witnessed a decline in customers over the past year — and more strikingly, in the past five months.
"It's a younger market now. They want to drink and hang out in a cool place," he said. "We're a little more mature, more cultured and refined."
Thomas has been the sole owner of Traxx, overseeing a small staff. The restaurant operated like a mom-and-pop spot, said Gary Callahan, Thomas' life partner. Changing its style to serve a different crowd wasn't ever a consideration.
Callahan said that before Traxx opened, the former Union Station owners wanted a more accessible concept.
"They told [Tara] she needed to dumb it down, and she refused. Chefs are artists," he said.
Traxx isn't the only downtown Los Angeles eatery to recently close its doors. Last week, Cafe Pinot — the French restaurant that's long been attached to the Central Public Library — closed after 25 years.
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Colleen Shalby is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. She previously worked at PBS NewsHour in Washington, D.C. She's a graduate of George Washington University and a native of Southern California.


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Few stories are as timeless -- or reveal the courage and resilience of the human spirit -- as THE MIRACLE WORKER.
Purchase tickets now to experience the stirring dramatization of the early life of Helen Keller on Tuesday, March 4, 7:30 p.m. in the Temple Theater on the Angelina College campus. THE MIRACLE WORKER tells the story of young Helen Keller, deaf and blind since infancy, who finds her way into the world of knowledge and understanding with the help of Annie Sullivan, her gifted tutor. In some of the most turbulent and emotion-packed scenes ever presented on the stage, Helen overcomes rage and confusion to triumph over her physical disabilities.
Presented by Angelina Arts Alliance with tickets ranging from $27-$36 (Premium/Box $46), THE MIRACLE WORKER, is sponsored by First Bank & Trust of East Texas. The 2013-14 Season Sponsors are Lufkin Industries, Inc. and Memorial Health System of East Texas.
With this production, Montana Repertory Theatre continues to explore great American plays which penetrate the core of human experience. One of the oldest and most respected touring companies in the country, Montana Repertory Theatre's professional ensemble has garnered awards from the worlds of Broadway, national and international tours, film, and television. Lufkin audiences have previously seen the company's touching productions of To Kill a Mockingbird, Bus Stop, and A Trip to Bountiful. Each has brought new vitality and vision to these time-honored theater pieces.
THE MIRACLE WORKER was the second Broadway effort by playwright William Gibson, and his most acclaimed work. After earning three Tony awards on Broadway, the 1962 film version received several Oscar nominations and Oscars for its stars Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke. The determination and grit of teacher Annie Sullivan is still a shining example today - - of victory over unbelievable odds -- accomplished through conviction, perseverance, and love.
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Celebrate John Lennon's Birthday With Our 7 Favorite Covers
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Seventy-four years ago today, with her husband away at sea and her country in the midst of World War II, Julia Lennon gave birth to a baby who would grow up to be one of rock music's most successful, iconic and inspirational figures — John Lennon.
From the Beatles to Yoko Ono to his activism for peace to his legendary solo career, you don't need us to recap his immense influence on rock music and popular culture.
So for Lennon's 74th birthday, we've collected our seven favorite covers of his solo songs, from Pearl Jam, Lady Gaga, Marilyn Manson, Christina Aguilera and others. Listen below.
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Marilyn Manson, "Working Class Hero"
Lennon's no-bullshit ode to the strengths and built-in plight of the working class is one of the highlights on his classic Plastic Ono Band album. For the b-side to his 2000 single "Disposable Teens," Marilyn Manson delivered a faithful, heartfelt cover of "Working Class Hero" that stands above numerous other excellent covers (Green Day, Marianne Faithful) thanks to Manson's ragged vocals, which make it sound like he's shouting this song directly into The Man's face.
Lady Gaga, "Imagine"
Picking a favorite "Imagine" cover is impossible. Everyone from Elton John to Emile Sande to Eddie Vedder to Madonna have sung worthy versions. Although no one has come close to capturing the inviting optimism of the original, Lady Gaga's version stands on its own. At a 2009 charity concert, she changed the lyrics to call out for marriage equality and to pay homage to Matthew Shepard, the 21-year-old college student beaten to death reportedly for being gay. Safe to say Lennon would have approved of her tweaking his words.
Christina Aguilera, "Mother"
One of Lennon's most personal songs is also one of Christina Aguilera's best covers. Lennon ended his version with soul-tearing screams, but Aguilera sings the repeated refrain of "Mama don't go / Daddy come home" at the end in total rock mode, sounding equal parts Etta James and Robert Plant.
Pearl Jam, "Gimme Some Truth"
Eddie Vedder is a massive John Lennon fan, and he recently recorded a fantastic version of "Imagine" for charity. But Pearl Jam's version of this Imagine album track is a must-listen. Vedder captures the yearning and the rage of the lyrics, while the band illustrates how hard this song rocks.
Red Hot Chili Peppers, "I Found Out"
Taken from Lennon's first proper solo album, Plastic Ono Band, "I Found Out" stunned many Beatles fans with its blunt disavowal of everything from Christianity to the hippie-era concept of brotherhood. For their 1995 cover version (recorded for a Humane Society charity comp), the Red Hot Chili Peppers slow it down and deliver a sludgy, bluesy take on this overlooked Lennon classic.
Roxy Music, "Jealous Guy"
Released just three months after Lennon's murder, Bryan Ferry's airy, fluttering vocals lend themselves perfectly to Lennon's lovely apology to a lover. After their genre-bending '70s music, Roxy Music had switched to chic, sleek sounds at this point in their career, and that gentle approach suits the material. Plus, Ferry's whistling isn't too bad.
The Flaming Lips, "(Just Like) Starting Over"
The opening track to Lennon & Yoko Ono's Double Fantasy album gets a lovely, slightly sad cover from the Flaming Lips for the 2007 charity comp Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur. While Lennon approached the song (and his impending middle-age) with joyous swagger, Wayne Coyne's voice is wistful and uncertain on this song. The band, meanwhile, combines acoustic guitar with space-y sound effects. The result is one of the most inventive Lennon covers out there.
Done listening to these? Lennon's solo catalog is finally on Spotify. No reason not to be listening to it now.


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Supreme Court gun ruling 'shameful': California governor
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The Supreme Court's ruling that Americans have the right to carry guns in public is "shameful," the governor of California, the state with some of the most restrictive firearms laws, said Thursday.
"A dark day in America," Gavin Newsom wrote on Twitter.
"This is a dangerous decision from a court hell bent on pushing a radical ideological agenda and infringing on the rights of states to protect our citizens from being gunned down in our streets, schools, and churches. Shameful."
The 6-3 decision by a right-leaning court strikes down a century-old New York law that required a person to prove they had a legitimate self-defense need, or "proper cause," to receive a gun permit.
Several other states, including California, have similar laws — and the court's ruling will curb their ability to restrict people from carrying guns in public.
The ruling comes just weeks after a man walked into a Texas elementary school and used a legally-acquired weapon to kill 19 children and two adults, in a crime that shocked America.
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What do you do when you don't have a home or a family to call your own anymore?
Eleven-year-old Abigail is not entirely sure how she'll do it, but after losing her mother to smallpox and her father to the sea, she knows that it is up to her to build a new life for herself and her little brother, Seth. But carving a future out of the harsh realities of life in Wiscasset, a nineteenth-century Maine seaport, proves difficult, and Abigail fears that there will always be more questions than answers. How long will they be able to stay and work for the young Widow Chase? Will Seth be able to let go of the past?
As the months roll by like waves on the sea, Abigail searches tirelessly for a solution and for an answer to the question she holds most dear: Will they ever find a place to call home again?


: Why are there over 25 job creating bills that have been passed by the House Of Representatives, that are litterally just sitting on Harry Reids desk? Could the fact that this is an ELECTION YEAR have anything to do with it?
: The answer is clear & obvious. Democrats will cede nothing to Republicans. it is pure party politics.
: Harry Reid is pissed at Mitch McConnell.
: harry is afraid they will work and actually really lower the unemployment numbers and people may actually get back to work. reducing their dependency on this failed administration. if he allows a vote on them that may also come back and hut them, so they spin the republicans are doing nothing.
: Democrat obstructionists. The libs will do anything to propel the Cloward-Piven strategy into reality... by stopping all efforts from the GOP to repair the damage.
: because none of them will create jobs .
they only deregulate to increase profits.
The industry has had the funds to create jobs and haven chosen not too.
The bills only white wash the problem by taking funds away from other programs to pay for them.
: have you seen how many pages the average bill has? Almost 2500 pages! Take your HR 2433 for example....2200 pages. Of this only 2 pages is actually about veterans. The rest is giving millions of $$ to local government projects and sending money to overseas corporations that have nothing to do with veterans unless its Chinaman that fought US Marines in Korea back in 1952.


I've been watching I'm Not There, the Todd Haynes film about Bob Dylan. It is brilliant, poetic, and very Dylanesque. Six different actors play six different identities that Dylan seems to have worn. He often purposely reinvented himself, at least partly, out of frustration at people trying to pin him down, examine him, and label him.
I've always been so amazed at how people generally "look a gift horse in the mouth" in relation to great artists. They have been bestowed with astounding creations that become the stuff of the culture itself, and instead of being simply thankful, they launch into examinations of the artist as a person, inappropriately evaluating for him, stalking him, making demands, and even insulting him. Why do people dare to try to take genius apart and control it?
When you finally come to understand Bob Dylan as a person, you should arrive at the conclusion that that is not what you were after, after all, which is what he was trying to tell us all along. If you had met him somewhere before he was famous, you may have liked him or you may have not. But making his acquaintance would not have shaped your life in the way that his art has. We have to remember that the magic of an artist is in his art. It's so simple, really.
Yes, of course, the art, being so powerful, draws us to the artist, and we want more and more of his art, which remains somewhat of a mystery to us, because, after all, it is magic. Mystery sticks us to things, and we want to solve it, and so we begin to try to look inside the artist as the source of the magic, in order to solve the mystery. But inevitably, what you find is that he's just a guy who's a great communicator, and he, himself, may not even know why. Artists have often expressed that they don't know where their ideas come from.
But still, we try to probe the person, who is, after all, a spirit. A spirit is invisible. You can't see him – only his body, clothes, actions. And so we stare. And we want a piece of his physicality. But that will never lead us to the answer of the riddle we're trying to solve, which is: Where does this amazing music come from? This poetry?
As I said, the artist may not know. He often feels it's a gift.
The truth is that this kind of creation IS CREATION – the way anything anywhere is a creation. If it has beauty or truth, if it stirs you, it is godlike, and you know it. Sometimes you may find you LIVE to experience someone's music, poetry, painting. It takes you to a higher level, and you wonder how you could have existed without it. It may take you to yourself. This is a divine thing!
It may then inspire YOU to create, for you have been touched by something so much higher or outside of this earthly grind. Well, you have to remember that it was someone's ART that lifted or transported you or awakened your own ability to arouse souls. The art is the magic. Poems or even just rhymes can act like spells or incantations. Combinations of words or colors or sounds or images produce effects on people, that are just as real as the science and math we studied in school.
But the artist is just the purveyor of these effects. When you love the design of a car, do you seek out the designer in order to study him or know him?
People have always wanted Bob Dylan to be a hero. He could have been, but he didn't desire that role. He was moved to create music, and he did, thank God. He gave us so much music, and he's still giving. We need to thank him and leave him alone, because he does not wish to be a spokesperson for anything.
Emily Dickinson would love that she is so loved by the world. And she would have welcomed questions about life. But still, her art is her art. It isn't Emily. She's been examined to death, and she's been found to have some interesting qualities. But none of that examination explains where the amazing wordage came from. Not really. It just came. And there it is. We should just be very glad, because she wanted us to have her poems.
Dylan wants us to have his music. We do.
I've lived with artists all my life. They are no mystery to me, although their art may be. Their ability to create amazing art is, I believe, the best thing about them. They are operating from a higher level. And some artists make living itself an art. They can be amazing to watch. But some do not. Some are alcoholics in their regular lives or insane or rude or slovenly. Some beat their wives or are terrible parents.
Jaco Pastorius, probably the greatest bass player of all time, who created music of such great beauty, sensitivity, style, and taste and was like a wizard on stage, drove his friends so crazy and was so bad at keeping his life together, that it ultimately resulted in an annoyed bouncer accidentally killing him.
My husband is the bass player of a well-known Midwest rock band. I'll never forget the day that a friend of his through his day job brought his wife to a gig. We were in the backstage area, while the band was packing up. The wife, whom I was talking to, kept drifting out of the conversation, because she was watching every move my husband made – watching how he put his bass in the case, how he walked to the car, as if he were a god. She finally apologized and said, "You get to see him all the time, but this is really new to me." She had never been so close to "fame." It was pretty weird from my perspective.
I always remember Julia Roberts' line in Notting Hill. She played a superstar, and she says to Hugh Grant, "It's not real, you know – the fame." And I remember a magazine interview with Robert Redford years ago, where he tried to explain how strange it is to be famous – that the person everyone is talking and writing about is not you, but a fabrication that comes about from the various bits of information and supposition gathered about you. He explained that there are all these things said about "Robert Redford" but that they aren't really talking about HIM. The public simply doesn't know him.
One of the most ridiculous examples of audience stupidity was the screaming Beatles fans of the 1960's. I don't want to be too hard on them, as they were mostly highly hormonal and emotionally repressed 12 to 15-year-old girls who simply didn't know what hit them. But they screamed so loudly and continuously during the concerts, that no one could hear the music! Beatle George Harrison, in particular, became increasingly perturbed about this, until they were having to persuade him not to quit.
Bob Dylan took great pains through the years to keep the public from knowing him. Naturally, though, this just created more mystique and more supposition. It's human nature to fill in the blanks with whatever. On top of that, you have journalists and paparazzi constantly twisting and inventing just to boost magazine sales and TV ratings. Dylan has enough to do just to keep wearing his hat as our favorite minstrel, while keeping the rest of his life going in a normal way. He shouldn't have to jump through hoops to avoid the circus.
I think we should simply thank him for his music and let him go home.
Copyright © 2008 by Carole T. Eddington. All rights reserved.


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US GOVERNMENT NOW ACTING AS CENSORSHIP ARM OF ISLAMISTS
They've asked YouTube to "review" if the trailer for Innocence of the Muslims violates YouTube's terms of service.
Obama administration officials also flagged the trailer to YouTube and asked the company to review whether it violated the website's terms of service.
If we're going to have anti-blasphemy laws, I want them official and passed by Congress and reviewed by the courts. I don't want this executive-only implementation of a despicable law.
By the way, the LAT does, yes, tell jihadists exactly where the filmmaker lives, so they can kill him:
But Duarte's deputy city manager said she had been told by sheriff's officials that the permits to shoot the movie had been issued to Media for Christ. An actor who appeared in the movie, Tim Dax, said he was paid $75 a day in checks drawn on the bank account of Abanob Basseley Nakoula — a name linked to the Cerritos property where Nakoula Basseley Nakoula resides. The home's distinctive front door with triangle windows in a half-circle pattern is visible in the 14-minute trailer for the movie posted on YouTube.
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Note to Blinken: Israel's 'military option' shouldn't be on our table
As indirect talks to restore the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) remain in limbo, the U.S. and Israeli governments continue suggesting that "other options," including military action, are available and will be considered if the talks should fail.
The latest example of this came during a press conference between Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Secretary of State Antony Blinken earlier this week along with their counterpart from the United Arab Emirates. Commenting on Iran's nuclear program, Lapid said that "Israel reserves the right to act at any given moment, in any way," and he stated, "We know there are moments when nations must use force to protect the world from evil." For his part, Blinken said that "time is running short" to restore the nuclear deal, and he affirmed that "Israel has the right to defend itself and we strongly support that proposition."
In the context of discussing Iran's nuclear program, what Lapid and Blinken are referring to is an endorsement of an illegal and unprovoked attack on Iran in the name of "preventing" Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon that Iran is not seeking. It is a measure of how ineffective U.S. diplomacy has been over the last six months that administration officials are now contemplating "options" that have already failed or should never be tried.
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Professor of Healthcare Associated Infections Jacqui Reilly, who works within Health Protection Scotland and Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) research teams, is to represent Scotland's research priorities in infection prevention and control at the Infection Prevention 2014 conference.
The Infection Prevention Society's annual conference, taking place between 29th September and 1st October at the SECC in Glasgow, is expected to attract over 1,000 infection prevention and control professionals.
Chaired by Professor Heather Loveday, IPS Vice President, Professor Reilly will join a panel to discuss research within GCU and beyond.
GCU is also presenting four posters at the conference, which attracts microbiologists, antibiotic pharmacists, managers as well as nursing leaders in infection prevention and control. The GCU team includes Dr Lesley Price, Dr Kay Currie and Val Ness.
Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) can be an unintended consequence of healthcare delivery. They are caused by a range of organisms, which are frequently resistant to antibiotics, but are often preventable. GCU-led research has reduced avoidable infections in healthcare in the UK and Europe by stimulating policy debate and investment in new healthcare practice and influencing policy decisions, evidence guidelines, and educational practices.
GCU is currently conducting research in areas including antimicrobial resistance and evidencing the six-step hand hygiene technique used by healthcare workers. HAI group research was also at the centre of a recent community engagement initiative which united a large number of organisations under the Glasgow City of Science banner to promote hand-hygiene, the best intervention to avoid colds, flu and other viruses, and the first line of defence against the spread of many infections in healthcare settings.
GCU student nurses, Health Protection Scotland, the NHS and around 5,400 pupils from 62 schools across Glasgow were part of an attempt to set the world record for the biggest hand-hygiene class ever held.
More about Infection Prevention 2014.


One day, there is one person that talked to me, and mentioning something about his acne scars. He told me that, it is impossible to diminish the scar from his face. He said that it is easier to clean his face from the acne spots than to fix all the mess that is caused by his acne. Somehow, all of his words are just make sense. I know that it will be hard to fix acne scars, leaving all the shame on your face. However, we can still treat and heal our acne scars. You also not need to go to your dermatologist, and discuss about it. You can save your money, and just use any kind of useful stuff that you can find on your home. Let us discuss about acne scars home remedies that work fast!
You can start from making your own facemasks using material that you can find on your home. Simply mix sandalwood and rose water to make a paste. Why we start with sandalwood? Sandalwood consists with some cooling material that will soothe your skin and stop them to create more inflammation. Just apply this great acne scars home remedies that work fast on your face, and leave it for around one hour until it is dry. After the paste is drying, just simply wash it using clean water and dry your face.
It is nice to see your mother cook something delicious using cucumber. The good news is, you can also use cucumber paste to heal your acne scars! Simply mash some amount of cucumber, and apply it on your face for around fifteen minutes. When fifteen minutes has passed, wash your face thoroughly using lukewarm water to open the pores and let the dirt comes off your skin.


Interesting study on paleo-rivers of the Sahara providing insight for a likely route for Homo sapiens to cross the Sahara towards NW Africa.
Figure 2. Simulated probability of surface water during the last interglacial.
number of sources (including , , , .
typical 'Mousterian' points, side scrapers and Levallois technology.
geomorphological setting to belong within MIS 5e , .
As discussed in other occasions, it seems likely that some genetic remnants of those early migrations are still visible in at least some NW Africans.
North African autosomal genetics through the prism of ADMIXTURE.
Major upheaval of human Y-DNA phylogeny: we are all 'A' now (on some very ancient lineages shared by West and North Africans).
Recently David Sánchez (of Noticias de Prehistoria – Prehistoria al Día[es]) asked me to collaborate in a series at his blog on the early prehistory and expansion of Homo sapiens, from the viewpoints of both archaeology and population genetics. I gladly accepted, of course. The first articles will be published in the next days/weeks at his blog (I plan to make synthesis of them in English here but not full translations – too much work). The bulk of the archaeological materials will be done by David, while I am taking responsibility mostly for the genetic aspects.
As he has been preparing the first article on the African Middle Stone Age, David stumbled upon a quite fascinating curiosity that was unknown to both and is probably of interest for the readers of this blog: the existence of well-finished proto-harpoons in the MSA of Katanda (North Kivu, D.R. Congo, near Uganda – not to be confused with another larger town named Katanda in the Kasaï-Oriental province) dated to some 110-80,000 years ago.
I can only imagine that this quite unknown but fascinating materials should be of interest to the readers of this blog.
Three archaeological sites at Katanda on the Upper Semliki River in the Western Rift Valley of Zaire have provided evidence for a well-developed bone industry in a Middle Stone Age context. Artifacts include both barbed and unbarbed points as well as a daggerlike object. Dating by both direct and indirect means indicate an age of approximately 90,000 years or older. Together with abundant fish (primarily catfish) remains, the bone technology indicates that a complex subsistence specialization had developed in Africa by this time. The level of behavioral competence required is consistent with that of upper Paleolithic Homo sapiens sapiens. These data support an African origin of behaviorally as well as biologically modern humans.
This discovery has been mentioned later on by more accessible materials, for example: D'Errico & Stringer 2011, D'Errico 2006 (in French) or a book by Luis Raposo (in Spanish).
Regardless of the speculations about the so-called "modern human behavior", what it clearly means is that those ancient Africans produced well-finished barbed proto-harpoons (not known of otherwise until Magdalenian times in Europe) and used them to fish in the Semliki river (being one of the earliest documented cases of this kind of economy).
A new paper argues for the importance of ill-researched early African stone technologies in human techno-cultural evolution, based mostly on the heat-treated microlithic technology used at Pinnacle Point and its persistence through time.
There is consensus that the modern human lineage appeared in Africa before 100,000 years ago1, 2. But there is debate as to when cultural and cognitive characteristics typical of modern humans first appeared, and the role that these had in the expansion of modern humans out of Africa3. Scientists rely on symbolically specific proxies, such as artistic expression, to document the origins of complex cognition. Advanced technologies with elaborate chains of production are also proxies, as these often demand high-fidelity transmission and thus language. Some argue that advanced technologies in Africa appear and disappear and thus do not indicate complex cognition exclusive to early modern humans in Africa3, 4. The origins of composite tools and advanced projectile weapons figure prominently in modern human evolution research, and the latter have been argued to have been in the exclusive possession of modern humans5, 6. Here we describe a previously unrecognized advanced stone tool technology from Pinnacle Point Site 5–6 on the south coast of South Africa, originating approximately 71,000 years ago. This technology is dominated by the production of small bladelets (microliths) primarily from heat-treated stone. There is agreement that microlithic technology was used to create composite tool components as part of advanced projectile weapons7, 8. Microliths were common worldwide by the mid-Holocene epoch, but have a patchy pattern of first appearance that is rarely earlier than 40,000 years ago9, 10, and were thought to appear briefly between 65,000 and 60,000 years ago in South Africa and then disappear. Our research extends this record to ~71,000 years, shows that microlithic technology originated early in South Africa, evolved over a vast time span (~11,000 years), and was typically coupled to complex heat treatment that persisted for nearly 100,000 years. Advanced technologies in Africa were early and enduring; a small sample of excavated sites in Africa is the best explanation for any perceived 'flickering' pattern.
Supplementary materials (PDF) are freely available.
Supplementary Figure 2. Artifacts including crescent shaped backed blades (A-L) and notched blades (M-U) from the DBCS at PP5-6 show affinities with the Howiesons Poort industry. Backed blades are oriented with backed edge up and unmodified edge down. Notched blades are oriented parallel with axis of flake removal.


Ilorin – A Kwara High Court sitting in Ilorin on Tuesday remanded Yakub Afolayan, 32, in prison custody over alleged customs job scam and impersonating the Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd).
Justice M. Abdulgafar ordered that the accused be remanded in Oke Kura Prison and adjourned the case until April 3 for continuation of trial.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Afolayan is facing a four-count charge bordering on impersonation, job scam, and obtaining money under false pretense.
He was arrested on March 5, following complaints from one of his victims.
Earlier in his testimony, an Assistant Superintendent of Customs, Mr Emmanuel Furo, told the court how the accused was arrested.
"On Jan. 13, one of his victims came to our office to lodge complaint that the accused promised to secure a job for him at the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).
"He said that the accused had collected various sums of money from him, and so, he came to find out if the NCS was actually recruiting or not.
"We told him that the NCS is not recruiting and that if it is recruiting, it does not collect money from anyone for recruitment," he said.
Furo said that they went to the accused's house and arrested him and also recovered different fake NCS application forms from his house.


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Q: How to get SSL certificate (X.509) relevant to HTTPS request in REST controller running under Spring boot? I have Spring Boot REST controller that uses mutual HTTPS authentication with keystores on both server and client side. The server side has the controller class with @RequestMapping. HTTPS between server and client seems otherwise working fine.
There are multiple clients that have different they matching entries configured on the server trust store. When inside the controller body, I need to know which trust store entry has been used to authenticate the current client.
I have attempted the answer for this question using the injected HttpServetRequest (method parameter), but there is nothing on the request parameters. Unfortunately, seems that request.getAttribute("javax.servlet.request.X509Certificate") just returns null, even if I am sure the interaction was via HTTPS. request.getAttribute("javax.servlet.request.cipher_suite") returns TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256.
How to get from withing the Spring Rest Controller method any information about which certificate is being used?
Spring framework 4.3.11.RELEASE, embedded Tomcat 8.0.23, Spring Boot 1.5.1.RELEASE.

A: As stated in the comments, it is necessary to enable client authentication
Connector connector = new Connector("org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol");
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connector.setAttribute("clientAuth", "true")

In addition, to ensure that the client is presenting a certificate, it is possible to debug the SSL connection at client or server side

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My World Series Prediction
After my fails at predicting the other 2 rounds, I will try to do much better for this World Series.
San Francisco vs. Texas:
Hitting: Advantage Texas:
It has been proven that Texas has a very potent offense, and the Giants have more of a situational offense. Who would have expected Cody Ross to be the NLCS MVP for pete's sake? Even though San Francisco did a good job pitching to the Phillies offense, which is arguably better than the Rangers', I still believe that the Rangers will find a way to hit the Giants starters at least. The Rangers O gets at you early, and often, so minimizing damage early in the game will be huge for the Giants. With the Rangers batting being much better, and having grounded threats, like Josh Hamilton or Elvis Andrus, the Giants hitting will have to keep up. They only have Buster Posey, and someone we don't know yet will step up, while the Rangers entire line-up is threatening. The Rangers hitting is much better.
Starting Rotation: Advantage Texas:
You may be shocked that I picked them, but the Rangers had to pitch well to beat the Yankees, and they did that. C.J Wilson is a better pitcher right now than Matt Cain, Colby Lewis is better than the inconsistent Jonathan Sanchez, and Cliff Lee in all of his playoff dominance is better than Tim Lincecum (yeah, I said it). Even Tommy Hunter is pitching better right now than Madison Bumgarner. I think this series will ultimately come down to starting pitching, and while the Giants had the best starting rotation during the regular season, it only matters who is pitching better now, and right now the Rangers starters are absolutely dominant.
Bullpen: Advantage San Francisco:
It's a well known fact by now that the Rangers bullpen is very weak, and that is a major hindrance to the team if they are in close games. They haven't been in many close games because their starters and offense are clicking early, giving their bullpen a large enough cushion (except in ALCS Game 1). The Giants bullpen has been lock down in the playoffs. Brian Wilson is one of the best closers in the game today, and if he has a lead, he likely will not blow it, although he will make it very interesting. The Giants set up guys are also very dominant, and the Rangers set up guys are not very good. If the Giants have a lead, their bullpen will very likely keep it in tact.
Prediction: Texas in 6 Games.
The Rangers hitting and starters are better than the Giants hitting and starters, and that is the main reason why I think Texas will win this series. If the Giants offense produces enough, then they can win this series, but when the most runs you've scored in a game is 5 in these playoffs, that won't help them enough. I believe the Rangers after 49 years of agony; will be holding up the commissioner's trophy.
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Last major update issued on August 10, 2006 at 04:55 UTC.
The geomagnetic field was quiet to unsettled on August 9. Solar wind speed ranged between 457 and 561 km/s (all day average 517 km/s - decreasing 61 km/s from the previous day) under the decreasing influence of a high speed stream from CH235.
Solar flux measured at 20h UTC on 2.8 GHz was 74.1. The planetary A index was 9 (STAR Ap - based on the mean of three hour interval ap indices: 9.1).
Three hour interval K indices: 23132113 (planetary), 23242113 (Boulder).
New region 10904 rotated into view at the southeast limb. Polarities are poorly separated and C flares are possible.
August 7-9: No partly or fully Earth directed CMEs were detected in LASCO imagery.
Processed SOHO/EIT 284 image at 01:06 UTC on August 10. The darkest areas on the solar disk are likely coronal holes.
The geomagnetic field is expected to be quiet to unsettled on August 10 and quiet on August 11-13.
Long distance low and medium frequency (below 2 MHz) propagation along east-west paths over high and upper middle latitudes is poor. Both 590 VOCM and 930 CJYQ had decent signals at 02h UTC, other than that only a few stations from the easternmost parts of North America were heard with weak audio. Propagation on long distance northeast-southwest paths is very good, especially to Uruguay. 850 Carve, 930 Montecarlo, 1090 Imparcial, 1130 Nacional, 1410 AM Libre and 1470 Cristal were all heard with excellent signals. 1510 San Carlos was strong as well. A few stations from Brazil had amazing signals, one example being 760 Uirapurú (although with occasional strong interference from Emisora Atlántica).


This is a clone of the arcade classic Galaxian in every sense.
We make every effort to own games in their most known original format, Midway/Namco made different versions depending on where in the world it was produced.
In this case, the picture of the Astrian machine shown is one of many variants of the cabinet, the game delivered may look different but will have the correct game. We have used a stock photo to keep the visual theme of our website consistent.


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If you manage a band or if you are a part of a band, you may be looking for gigs and spending your days hunting for them. You may even work a full-time job and play in the band during the weekends. Either way, you may be looking for ways to make money with your talent. Read on for a few time-tested and successful methods of how you can do so.
If your band is any good, you can book hotel gigs and be paid a reasonable amount for playing for two hours a day or even once a week. The trick is to book the right hotels. Since the hospitality industry is constantly looking for novelty, it is quite likely that hotel managers will be interested in changing up their music segment once in a while. You have to keep an eagle eye out for vacancies and send demos of your songs to those in charge. Even if a hotel is not hiring musicians, you can send them your tracks so that they will think of you if they need anything.
People love music, and at any event that they host, they will want music there. Advertising yourself as a band that plays at any event will help you book vast varieties of gigs all over the spectrum. You can book gigs and perform as wedding musicians, a birthday party band and many more. It all depends on how you present yourself and how good you at networking. If you're relatively serious about making a living, try hiring an agent to handle your gigs for you. Or else, you can try your hand at it yourself, so as to not have to bear an extra cost of paying your agent. Visit this link https://www.bennyhannamusic.com/weddings-packages/ for more info on wedding musicians Noosa.
No matter how good you are at music, you have to be equally good at showcasing your talents and spreading the word among the right crowds to gain recognition. For example, advertising yourself as wedding entertainment Brisbane at hotels and at gigs that you book can help you gain high profile customers who aren't fussy about payment rates. You can also play gigs at random events and leave a few business cards for circulation there. If people are impressed by your performance, there is no doubt that they will think of you when the need arises for them to hire a band to play.
At the end of the day, it is all about your image, which your collective talents need to be backed up by. It doesn't matter if you have not been "in the game" long enough, what matters is that you do your duty and play well at any events that you book, and the success will follow soon after.
If you have heard of the most common rule when it comes to parties, it is that you need to make sure there is plenty of food and drinks to entertain the guests. Many would agree with the fact that as long as the refreshments are provided, guests can somehow find a way to entertain themselves. Parties, or basically, any sort of social event that sees individuals come together to have fun, does indeed need good refreshments to prevent cranky guests – but you should also not expect your guests to be satisfied with simply that. As a responsible host, you should be aware of the fact that planning activities for your guests to take part it is also an important part of organizing a party.
Photo booths – nowadays, you can find cheap photo booth hire just by doing a simple search on the internet. Given the nature of today's society, taking pictures has become not only a way to make memories, but it has also become an entertaining activity in its own right – whether that is in the form of taking goofy shots, or pulling all the stops to take an unbelievable shot. This fact alone makes it worthwhile to include a photo booth for guests to use to take photos. You can also include props so as to allow your guests to have fun with their photos, and a printing service so that they can take copies of their best photos.
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Of course, the above are only two examples of basic inclusions that any party would have. Nowadays, DJs and bands (or maybe, jukeboxes or even some loudspeakers!) are also a very common inclusion, especially if you want your guests to have fun dancing.
For many of us, the best thing about working 7 days a week is the office parties. But we all know that the party of the year is the holiday party. That is because at this stage everyone is in a festive mood. Therefore all they want to do is eat, drink and have fun. But we understand that the holiday season is a busy time for you. That is because not only are the children home on holiday. But the family would also be descending down on you. Therefore understandably you would be stressed out. However, when this happens one tends to treat the office party as a chore. But they should not do that. This is the only time they get to have fun with their work colleagues.
It is fun to have bands play at these events only if you have someone to dance with. Furthermore, many individuals think that office parties would be less stressful with a date. However, that does not mean you can simply bring someone to this event. Instead, you need to figure out whether you are allowed to do so. If that is the case any single individual can happily bring a date. But if you have children then there may be a problem. That is because then you will have to find a babysitter for the younger children. If you cannot find one your partner will have to stay back.
If you go out with your friends you can stay up until the crack of dawn. But no one likes to get a reputation as a party animal at an office party. Therefore make sure what type of corporate entertainment Brisbane would be on offer. If it is only a DJ that means you will have to dance a bit after dinner. But there can also be something before dinner. In that case, you have to make sure that you arrive early in order to enjoy it. However, before you arrive at the event make sure you know when you want to leave. This way if you have children you have time to tell your sitter. Furthermore, it is also good to have a time on the mind. This way you can prepare yourself accordingly without staying until the party winds down.Holidays are a stressful time for everyone and not only for you. But if you follow these tips you can have fun at your office party this Christmas.
No matter how good an organizer you consider yourself to be, there are just some moments in which you should graciously accept a little help. This is especially true if you have been given the responsibility to organizing and putting together a huge event. Learn the art of delegating tasks. Build yourself a strong team; and make sure you are a good leader for this team. Be encouraging and supportive. Use online task sharing platforms and group messages to see that those tasks that you delegated to people are being worked on.
Whether it's a concert, a competition or any other sort of event; if it has a lot of people in it, you need to make sure everyone can see what's happening, and that what is spoken can be heard by everyone. Contact local stage hire for helping you out here. Make sure you have the sufficient amount of microphones, and that the seating is arranged in a way that even the people at the behind won't have an issue hearing or seeing. Check this site is a perfect place for a stage hire that will suit your requirements.
What is your intended audience? Knowing this can be vital in many ways. From what the topic is to what to feed the crowd at the break, knowing the audience, their age group and their preferences can help do it successfully. It's quite the same for the entertainment as well. However, if you plan on having a large group, then you must make sure to plan entertainment for everyone; be that it is a DJ for the grownups or a carnival for hire for the kids.


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My 3 1/2 year old son is in a play group with others his age about once every other week. While the other kids are playing and having fun, he often starts acting very moody, pouty, or goes off to a corner by himself, or tells me he wants to go home. There are usually about 6-10 kids there, boys and girls. He has an older brother, almost 6, and he seems more comfortable and outgoing when big brother is there, and around big bro's friends. We have been attending this group for about 9 months now. What do you think? Could this be a phase? just his age? maybe he's just a loaner type, and I shouldn't push it?
He may simply not be ready for the social aspect of a play group. Maybe there are too many kids for him. He may do better on a 1 to 1 type of play date. My daughter always prefered her own company, and is still that way at 17 years of age. She has plenty of friends, but unlike most teen girls, she's happy spending time alone or with the family. That's just the way she is. I wouldn't make a big deal about it. In fact, maybe you should stop going for a while to see if he actually misses it. Then maybe try again in a few months. They change a lot in just a few months at this age.
Why take him if he's not happy being in it? Sounds like a waste of time. There's nothing wrong with not participating in a group that large for a little kid. Maybe he doesn't feel like he fits in as well as he does with his brother and brother's friends.
Some kids don't like crowds. Some kids prefer older kids. My daughter has always preferred being around older kids and adults as opposed to younger kids or kids her age. Even when she was a toddler.
I wouldn't worry. Maybe find a child a year or two older who lives nearby who can play one on one with him.
By the way, since he does enjoy playing with his brother and brother's friends, your young one is not anti-social, just particular about who he plays with.
I am a firm believer in exposure. Even if a loner type. He will have to function socially when he goes into preschool, so why not expose him to some social interaction now? My youngest was the same way. It is finially wearing off. Why don't you try a different setting? Take him to a mall play area, or to a library story time, Gymboree classes, Kindermusic etc etc. I would just slowly introduce him to a bunch of different social settings. If he wants to go play by himself, fine. But at least expose him to it... You never know, he might just have a great time and enjoy it.
.. Take him to a mall play area, or to a library story time, Gymboree classes, Kindermusic etc etc. I would just slowly introduce him to a bunch of different social settings. If he wants to go play by himself, fine. But at least expose him to it... You never know, he might just have a great time and enjoy it.
There's a good idea. In a playgroup he is required to randomly play with kids he might not particularly enjoy being around, but in a more structured group setting, he would be around other kids, but not required to perform as an individual player. He would be a participating member of the group, but not on an individual basis, then slowly his star will shine. When he's ready.
Take him to a mall play area, or to a library story time, Gymboree classes, Kindermusic etc etc. I would just slowly introduce him to a bunch of different social settings. If he wants to go play by himself, fine. But at least expose him to it... You never know, he might just have a great time and enjoy it.
These are good ideas. I was going to suggest smaller playgroups maybe one or two children. He could be overwhelmed with a group that size. Socialization is very important for kids so don't give up on that. He is going to have to be with larger groups once he starts school and you want him to be used to being with other people. Adjustment to school or a Mothers Day Out program can be difficult for those kids that would rather be home-bodies. The world is full of different personalities.....just take it slow and build up his confidence. Good luck!
thanks all. I joined several different mom/kid social groups, but settled on this one because it was mostly the same people each time instead of meeting new people almost every get together, then never seeing them again; and because of the age specific play group. My hope was for him to make his own friends, not just cling to his brother's friends, and to get him ready for preschool. We do all kinds of things together with all different numbers of people. He just seems happier when bro is around no matter what the setting.
Maybe he can't handle a crowd that size. Try smaller playdates and see if he is more comfortable that way.
My daughter hated groups as a child and still does as a teen. I pushed everything aside and just thought she was moody. My dd was into sports, gymnasitics and dancing. After she competed, she rather be by herself and did not like any photo ops or attention when she won. She did not try to associate herself with any groups--just did what she was told and took her seat when finished.
We found out at the age of 15 that she suffered from anxiety disorder--my dd hate being around people or the center of any attention. I would just watch his mood and talk to professionals if things doesn't change.
Thanks for that info. My grandmother and I both have a certain amount of anxiety around people, but nothing that has been officially diagnosed. I do ok once I get to know people. Was your DD put on meds, or anything, or therapy? Do you think it could have been diagnosed earlier?


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Peel the stalks of the asparagus.
Toss the asparagus in the lemon zest, olive oil and add salt and pepper to taste.
Grill the asparagus for 2 to 3 minutes, turning every minute.
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Justin Kramon is a promising young writer whose short stories have been published in prestigious literary magazines such as Glimmer Train, TriQuarterly, and Boulevard. "Finny,'' Kramon's first book, is a good-hearted, episodic novel presented in three parts called "Books'' that explores, a la Charles Dickens's "David Copperfield,'' the life of Delphine "Finny'' Short.
By Book Three, Finny is a 34-year-old woman. She's kept some of her old friends, acquires only a smattering of lovers in a decade and a half, and rekindles old relationships.
Those old relationships formed as a teenager are the ones that have stuck and have shaped Finny's world. In her view, life is "hilariously funny and devastatingly sad. And only if you saw both things could you ever have a realistic idea of the subject.'' That seems to be Kramon's view, too, and it's a terse summary of Charles Dickens's philosophy.
Although "Finny'' is written in third person, similarities to "Copperfield'' abound: Each chapter carries a title Dickens might have concocted. The Interlude chapters do the work of and read like the "Retrospect'' chapters of "Copperfield.'' Minor characters possess odd and humorous Dickensian names, and seem bigger than life and a tad cartoonish. Take Menalcus Henckel, who suffers from narcolepsy and sweats when he talks about himself. There's Mrs. Barksdale, too, the principal nicknamed "Old Yeller'' by her charges at Thorndon, who leaves canine-like imprints on her pencils.
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Other gags are funny, like the slapstick bit of Earl throwing rocks at Finny's window and hitting her as she opens it. But some fall flat, like the sneezing morticians bit. And occasionally, some of Kramon's comic impulses step on the toes of what could be especially heartrending.
In the unfolding of Finny's life, Kramon shares with Dickens a primarily optimistic outlook: His major characters, especially Finny and Earl, mostly get what they deserve. "Finny'' is lighter social commentary than "Copperfield,'' but more relevant to the way we live today, the way we face death, disloyalty, and hardship. He's not quite in Dickens's league — who is? — but Kramon is a talented young author and "Finny'' a worthy read, and a dickens of a first novel.


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Review of the Oben BC-166 Dual Action Ballhead
The Oben BC-166 heavy-duty ballhead doesn't try to do fancy. It aims for no-fuss, rock-solid support and easy adjustment. And it succeeds well.
Filed Under: Reviews, Tripod Heads
Topics: Oben
As much as I love good travel tripods, sometimes they're just too lightweight and just don't cut it. There are situations where you there's no escaping the need for a rock solid support that will work with a heavy rig or stay absolutely still even in breezy conditions. And that means ramping up the size and weight of the legs and tripod head.
Oben BC-166 Ball Head
66.1 lb Load Capacity | Arca-Type Compatible Quick Release
Tension Control | Separate Panning Lock
For a ballhead, I've used an Induro BHL-3 for quite some time when I need this. I use it for things like timelapse captures or with heavy rigs like panorama robots like the Gigapan Pro and eMotimo TB3. It works well. It's not fancy or especially refined, but it is solid and has a generous load capacity over 35 lbs.
The Oben BC-166 ballhead is another heavy-duty option in a similar vein. It's a similar size and works in very much the same way, but it also has almost double the load capacity (66.1 lbs / 30 kg). B&H Photo sent me one to try out. I've been pairing it with Induro AT413 and Oben CT-2391 heavy-duty legs.
This is definitely not a small ballhead. It's the strongest and largest in Oben's range, and at nearly 2 lbs just by itself, it's far too heavy and bulky to be considered a practical travel tripod in most circumstances. And it doesn't make sense in most cases to use it with a small camera. As you can see, it's almost as big as an entry-level DSLR. I've been using it with a Nikon D810 with a battery grip and a large 150-600mm telephoto zoom lensAnd for those kinds of uses it's been working very well indeed.
This is a very much a traditional ballhead. It doesn't try to reinvent the wheel in the way something like the Arca Swiss p0 does. It just tries to be a solid, reliable wheel. And at that, it succeeds, and it does it without any fuss.
On the bottom is a standard panoramic base that rotates around 360°. It's locked with a small knob just above it. The base diameter is 2.7 inches, which is larger than the neck attachment point of some smaller tripods.
The main locking mechanism on the ball is controlled with a large knob on the side. It's large enough and grippy enough to be used with cold fingers. While it's certainly possible to find ballheads with smoother ball movement, the movement on this one is plenty smooth enough for the purpose, especially since you're likely to be using it with quite some weight on it.
Integrated into the main knob is a tension control that can be tightened or loosened easily with your thumb or a coin. This is especially useful when using cameras of different weights. For a heavy rig you can tighten it so that it doesn't move too freely and make it hard to position precisely. And vice versa if you need a more freewheeling approach for a lighter camera.
At the top is an Arca-style quick release clamp that's locked and unlocked with a knob on the side. If you're shooting vertically, there's a bubble level on the end of the knob.
It comes with a medium-sized Arca-style quick release plate (model QR-40). That extra length, matched by the extra length of the clamp, adds extra stability. And there's a bubble level on the side for leveling when you're shooting in landscape orientation.
Quick Release Type: Arca Style (comes with quick release plate)
Maximum Load: 66.1 lb / 30 kg
Base Diameter: 2.7 in / 6.8 cm
Height: 4.7 in / 11.9 cm
Weight: 1.9 lb / 0.86 kg
BC-166 Ballhead
QR-40 Arca-style Quick Release Plate
3/8″-16 to 1/4″-20 Reducer Bushing (thread adapter)
The Oben BC-166 doesn't try to do fancy. It aims for no-fuss, rock-solid support and easy adjustment. And it succeeds well.
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The Oben BC-166 ballhead has an MSRP of $199.95 and can be found at B&H Photo and Amazon.
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