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PARIS: CLIMENT CHANGE DEAL APPROVED! THANKS OBAMA!
December 12, 2015 By LAB ProLib In Barack Obama, CLIMATE /
Paris (CNN) After years of buildup and weeks of negotiations, world leaders accepted the final draft of an ambitious, global climate change agreement Saturday in Paris.
Though hailed as a milestone in the battle to keep Earth hospitable to human life, the plan is short on specifics. It doesn't say how much each country must reduce greenhouse gas emissions or how nations will be punished if they violate the agreement.
The accord sets a goal of limiting average warming to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial temperatures — and of striving for a limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) if possible.
"We have set a course here," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said. "The world has come together around an agreement that will empower us to chart a new path for our planet. A smart and responsible path. A sustainable path."
President Obama is set to speak about the agreement at 5:30 p.m. ET Saturday.
Some major points not addressed
The agreement doesn't mandate exactly how much each country must reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
Rather, it sets up a bottom-up system in which each country sets its own goal — which the agreement calls a "nationally determined contribution" — and then must explain how it plans to reach that objective.
Those pledges must be increased over time, and starting in 2018 each country will have to submit new plans every five years.
Many countries actually submitted their new plans before climate change conference, known as COP21, started last month — but those pledges aren't enough to keep warming below the 2-degree target. But the participants' hope is that over time, countries will aim for more ambitious goals and ratchet up their commitments.
Another sticking point has been coming up with a way to punish nations that don't do their part, but observers say that was never really on the table.
Instead, the agreement calls for the creation of a committee of experts to "facilitate implementation" and "promote compliance" with the agreement, but it won't have the power to punish violators.
'This didn't save the planet'
Another issue, according to observers, was whether there would be compensation is paid to countries that will see irreparable damage from climate change but have done almost nothing to cause it.
The agreement calls for developed countries to raise at least $100 billion annually in order to assist developing countries. Members of the scientific and environmental activist communities responded with varying degrees of optimism.
"This didn't save the planet," Bill McKibben, the co-founder of 350.org, said of the agreement. "But it may have saved the chance of saving the planet."
Jennifer Morgan of the World Resources Institute anticipated a "historic agreement that marks a turning point in the climate crisis."
Even though the text has been agreed upon, there's still much more that needs to be done before the agreement goes into effect.
The agreement was adopted by "consensus" during the meeting of government ministers. That doesn't necessarily mean all 196 parties approved it; French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who served as the president of the conference, had the authority to decide if a consensus had been reached.
Individual countries now must individually ratify or approve the agreement in their respective countries.
And the agreement won't enter into force until 55 countries have ratified it. Those nations must account for 55% of total global greenhouse gas emissions.
That means if the world's biggest polluters don't authorize the agreement, enacting it could prove challenging.
China and the United States, respectively, account for about 24% and 14% of total greenhouse gas emissions, according to the World Resources Institute.
The United States has backed off climate change votes in the past.
The Kyoto Protocol on reducing greenhouse gas emissions was adopted in 1997. The Clinton administration signed the agreement but, fearing defeat, never submitted it to the Senate for ratification.
In China, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress is in charge of approving treaties.
The agreement calls for a signature ceremony in April 2016, and requests that the U.N. Secretary-General keep the agreement open for signing until April 2017.
Fabius released the draft worked out by negotiators Saturday morning. Later in the day, world leaders or their representatives approved it. A crowd erupted in applause once the agreement's adoption was announced.
'We need all hands on deck'
World leaders praised passage of the agreement.
"A month ago tomorrow, Paris was the victim of the deadliest terror attack in Europe for more than a decade," British Prime Minister David Cameron wrote in a Facebook post. "Today, it has played host to one of the most positive global steps in history."
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon hailed the draft that was put together at the 21st Conference of Parties, or COP21.
"We must protect the planet that sustains us," Ban said. "For that we need all hands on deck."
In the streets of Paris, outside the conference, protesters demanded action. #ParisAgreement was trending on Twitter.
"Nous sommes la nature qui se défend!" read one tweet, with a photo of one person dressed as a polar bear and another dressed as a penguin. "We are nature that defends itself."
Some demonstrators felt differently — they called the agreement insufficient and chanted "it's a crime against humanity."
"We have a 1.5-degree wall to climb, but the ladder isn't tall enough," Kumi Naidoo of Greenpeace said at a press conference. He did call the agreement a "new imperative" and positive step.
2 degrees Celsius threshold
Capping the increase in global average temperatures to 2 degrees Celsius was organizers' key goal going into the COP21. That level of warming is measured as the average temperature increase since the Industrial Revolution.
Failure to set a cap could result in superdroughts, deadlier heat waves, mass extinctions of plants and animals, megafloods and rising seas that could wipe some island countries off the map.
Scientists and policy experts say hitting the 2 degrees Celsius threshold would require the world to move off fossil fuels between about 2050 and the end of the century.
To reach the more ambitious 1.5 degrees Celsius goal, some researchers say the world will need to reach zero net carbon emissions sometime between about 2030 and 2050.
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Immunizations early in life, when the host is most susceptible to infection, allow protective immunological memory to develop. Decreasing the dose of Cas-Br-E murine leukemia virus when priming neonatal mice results in adult-like, Type 1 protective responses, but the resulting memory cell populations are smaller than after adult priming. After secondary challenge, virus-specific CD8+ memory cell populations expand twice as much in neonate-primed mice as in adult-primed mice. We found that when equivalent numbers of virus-specific cells were transferred into virus-susceptible mice, protection from disease was similar whether donor, immune mice were primed as neonates or adults, and IL-4 did not alter in vivo virus-specific CD8+ memory cell effector function. Hence, neonate-primed CD8+ cells develop into memory cells that rival adult-primed cells in proliferation and effector function.


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At DER BERLINER MODE SALON, the pair of designers will showcase a new line solely comprised of prints that they have created themselves for the rst time. These pieces pay homage to the glamour of times gone by in connection with the nest fabrics around, which are produced in Como and processed in Berlin.
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Dakota Johnson won't let mum Melanie Griffith watch <i>Fifty Shades</i>… but she's seen the kinky 'Room of Pain'!
Fifty Shades of Grey is the raunchiest role of Dakota Johnson's career, so it's no surprise she won't let mum Melanie Griffith watch the racy finished product.
"[Dakota] was like, 'You guys cannot come, there's no way'. So we're not going," Melanie told website Indie Wire.
"I did go visit for a couple of days when they were shooting just normal stuff. I did see the Room of Pain. I did go in there and check it out."
For non-Fifty Shades fans, the Room of Pain is billionaire Christian Grey's (Jamie Dornan) BDSM "playroom" where all the raunchy stuff happens.
Judging by Dakota's no-parents-allowed rule, we're betting she hasn't seen her mum's striptease in 1984 crime film Fear City or one of the MANY sex scenes from the 56-year-old's sexy career. Like the one below for 1988 film Working Girl with the handsome Harrison Ford.
Yep, yummy mummy Mel is no stranger to kinky roles!
Image: 20th Century Fox
Dakota and Melanie strut the red carpet for Joseph Gordon-Levitt's racy directorial debut Don Jon in September 2013.
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Fifty Shades of Grey is in Australian cinemas Valentine's Day, 2015. Watch the raunchy first glimpse teasers in the gallery below. Then vote 'want to see' or 'not interested' on MovieBuzz.
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PRIVATE APPLICATOR: Applies restricted use pesticides in the production of an agricultural commodity on property owned or rented by him or her, or on the property of another person with whom services are traded.
Have at least one year of full-time experience within the last three years in the use of pesticides in the category in which certification is requested.
Has completed a 30-hr. training course, or has received an associate's or higher level college degreewhich covers core and appropriate category topics.
Consists of two parts - Core and Category. The Core exam is a 50-question, closed book exam and you are allowed to miss up to 15 questions. Of the 50 questions, there are ten pertaining to a label. If four (4) or more questions are missed on the label, you automatically fail the exam. The commodity exam is a 50-questions and open book. You can miss up to 15 and pass.
The candidate must also have two DEC booklets, Article 33 The NYS Environmental Conservation Law and Part 325 of the Rules and Regulations pertaining to the application of pesticides. Article 33 and Part 325 booklets should be obtained from your Regional Pesticides Office or the Department's website. Manuals can be obtained from your local Cooperative Extension Office, or from Cornell University in Ithaca (607-255-2080).
Recertification occurs every 5th year. You will receive a recertification notice about two months before your card expires. You must submit your original recertification credit certificates, along with the stated fee. Recertification credits are earned by attending refresher courses throughout the 5-year period. Credits needed for private recertification are 8 for Agricultural Animal (Livestock & Poultry) and Aquatics, and 10 for Agricultural Plant (Field & Forage, Fruit, Vegetable, Greenhouse & Florist and Nursery & Ornamentals). Credits must be earned in more than one calendar year and consist of at least 25% category-specific training in each category of certification. To receive notices on upcoming courses, contact organizations relative to your category of certification; i.e., Cooperative Extension Ag Agent, Agway, NYS Vegetable Growers, NYS Christmas Tree Growers, etc. There is also a "Course Calendar" on the World Wide Web. Using a Web Browser program, (Netscape or Internet Explorer) go to this address (http://magritte.psur.cornell.edu/calendar/) and search the database of NYSDEC approved courses. If the required numbers of credits are not earned by recertification time, you can take an open book recertification exam prior to the expiration date of your card. Contact your Regional Pesticide Office for locations and dates.
You may NOT apply restricted use pesticides or supervise others without a valid ID card. You have 90 days to remit payment and recertification credits or take the recertification exam. If your card has been expired over 90 days, but less than two years, you must submit the original recertification credits, PLUS an additional six credit hours earned after the expiration date of your card. If you haven't earned the required recertification credits; you may take an open book recertification exam. You will still have to earn the additional six credit hours. If you allow your card to expire, contact your Regional Pesticide Office for information on renewal and/or recertification.
Each certified applicator must maintain application records. The Department has a recommended form you can use. If requested, these records must be made available to the Pesticide Control Specialist. Records must be kept for 3 years.
Once you become certified, please notify your Regional Pesticide Office of any address change (even if it changes for 911 purposes).
Please keep track of the expiration date of your ID card. If you do not receive a notice a month before your card expires, contact your Regional Pesticide Office.


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Lord Xenu Is Not Amused With Your Antics
The wires are all a-buzz with the hoped-for Cruise Crash and Burn:
"Mission: Impossible 3" had a tough weekend: The total take, according to boxofficemojo.com, came to $48 million. And this was a wide, wide release: More than 4,000 theaters unreeled Tom Cruise and company's latest adventure if you wanted to see it. The problem, it seems, is that a lot of people didn't.
How to measure the "M:I:3" opening weekend? Last year, "War of the Worlds," Cruise's last movie, earned $64.8 million on its opening. The number of theaters was comparable.
In 2000, "Mission: Impossible 2," in 400 fewer theaters, did $58 million. The first "Mission: Impossible," back in 1996, took in $45 million, but in a thousand fewer theaters.
It took in less money while showing in more theaters and with higher ticket prices too. Woo-hoo!
See-ya, Psycho-Nut!
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But he's a natural. He's under deep cover with a new beard whom he is supposed to have sired a child on. THAT'S dedication, THS. I tell you, the man has the chops for this role. He's like a latter-day Valerie Plame! So, don't you be dissin' Tom Boy, you meanie.
Cullen, Xenu's box office statistician says:
Very good news indeed. Mwahahahaha.
Tainted Bill says:
Lord Xenu truly works miracles. Praise his holy name.
He sired a child on his beard?
Oops. I mean Bingley. Meanie.
Hey, did you get my Patrick Kennedy one-act?
I saw it in the inbox but didn't get a chance to look at it.
Oh Emily…
It bombed in Germany!!! Go krauts!


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Michael G. Vann (born June 19, 1967) is an American historian who serves as Professor of History at California State University, Sacramento. He teaches a range of world history courses, including 20th century world, Southeast Asia, imperialism, and genocide. His research specializes in the history of the French colonial empire, epidemic diseases such as the Third Bubonic Plague Pandemic, and Cold War era mass violence in Southeast Asia. Vann holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he was a student of Tyler Stovall and Edmund Burke III. His dissertation was on the history of white supremacy in French colonial Hanoi. He is a graduate of 'Iolani School in Honolulu, Hawai'i, his home town.

Accomplishments
Vann has won three Fulbright awards, one for doctoral research in France, 1994–1995, and a Senior Scholar award to Indonesia, 2012–2013, and a third as a Senior Scholar in Cambodia where he taught history and did research on representations of Cold War era mass violence in Cambodian, Vietnamese, and Indonesian museums. In Indonesia he was a visiting scholar for the History and American Studies departments at Universitas Gadjah Mada in Yogyakarta, Java.

He was president of the French Colonial Historical Society (FCHS) from 2008 to 2010. He is a member of a post-1999 wave of historians who adopted a new critical approach to this history of France and its colonial empire.

Vann has published three books: The Colonial Good Life: André Joyeux's Vision of French Indochina, 20th Century Voices: Selected Readings in World History, and The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empire, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam.
Vann was featured on public radio's Freakonomics, speaking about how his research on rat hunting in colonial Hanoi related to the economic concept "perverse incentive".  He was interviewed about French colonialism on KUSP's 7th Avenue Project.

He has also published articles on Indonesian history and politics, including the Cebongan Prison raid, 2013,  and Lawang Sewu, a Dutch era haunted house in Semarang.

Publications

Books
The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empire, Race, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam. Oxford University Press, New York, 2018. (Author)

Instructor's Manual, Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources. 3rd Edition. Bedford/St.Martin's, 2016. (Author)

The Norton Mix: Readings in World and Regional History. W.W. Norton, New York, 2016. (Co-Author and Co-Editor)

Twentieth Century Voices: Selected Readings in World History. Cognella, San Diego, 2012. (Author and Editor)

"The Colonial Good Life:" A Commentary on Andre Joyeux's Vision of French Indochina. White Lotus Press, Bangkok, 2008. (Author and Translator)

Film
"Cambodia's Other Lost City: French Colonial Phnom Penh". Writer and Host. 2014. Jeffrey Dym, director. YouTube

Edited Volumes
"WHAB Focus Issue and Teaching Forum. Making French Connections: France in World History." Guest Editor with Alyssa Sepinwall. World History Association Bulletin Vol. XXVI, No. 1, 2010.

Articles, Book Chapters, and Pamphlets
"A People's History of Surfing" co-authored with Trey Highton. Jacobin, 2022. Jacobin

"Suharto's Old Guard Is Still Calling the Shots in Indonesia". Jacobin, 2022. Jacobin

"Suharto's US-Backed Coup in Indonesia Supplied a Template for Worldwide Mass Murder". Jacobin, 2022. Jacobin

"Tyler Stovall Was a Groundbreaking Historian of Modern France". Jacobin, 2021. Jacobin

"Indonesia Still Hasn't Escaped Suharto's Genocidal Legacy". Jacobin, 2021. Jacobin

"French Urbanism, Vietnamese Resistance, and the Plague in Hanoi, Vietnam, 1885-1930s", Edidted by Mohammad Gharipour and Caitlin DeClercq, Epidemic Urbanism: How Contagious Diseases Have Shaped Global Cities. Intellect Books, 2021.

"The True Story of Indonesia's US-Backed Anti-Communist Bloodbath". Jacobin, 2021. Jacobin

"Teaching Pandemic History During a Pandemic Present". Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, special issue "Pandemic Pedagogy: Reflections on teaching in times of global disruption", 2021. Kyoto Review

"Alexandre Yersin: Plague Conqueror and White Colonizer". Fiction and Film for French Scholars, Volume 11, Issue 1, October 2020. Fiction and Film for Scholars of France

"Colonial Sewers Led to More Rats". Feral Atlas, Stanford University Press Digital, 2020. Feral Atlas

"Microsyllabus: Histories of Epidemic Disease". The Abusable Past, 2020. The Abusable Past

"'And not just the men, but the women and the children, too': Gendered Images of Violence in Indonesian, Vietnamese, and Cambodian Cold War Museums." Suvannabhumi: Multi-disciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 12, Number 1, 2020.

"Tropical Cold War Horror: Penumpasan Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI and the Traumatized Culture of Suharto's New Order." Poshek Fu and Man-Fung Yip, The Cold War and Asian Cinemas (Routledge), 2020.

"Murder, Museums, and Memory: Cold War Public History in Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City, and Phnom Penh." Frank Jacob (ed.), Genocide and Mass Violence in Asia: An Introductory Reader (De Gruyter), 2019.

"Confessions of a Rogue Historian: Why I Wrote a Graphic History of Colonial Hanoi." Fiction and Film for French Scholars, Volume 9, Issue 3, March 2019. Fiction and Film for Scholars of France

"Book raids, Red-baiting and culture wars in the Indonesian presidential election." The Asia Dialogue, February 21, 2019. The Asia Dialogue

"Will French History Finally Engage Intersectionality?" in "Race, Racism, and the Study of France and the Francophone World Today." H-France Salon, Volume 11, Issue 2, 2019. H-France

"Suharto's Shadow Still Lingers in Indonesian Museums." The Diplomat, February 6, 2019. The Diplomat

"Emotion and ambiguity in the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum," The Asia Dialogue, January 8, 2019. The Asia Dialogue

"Jakarta, 1968: The Party's Over." World History Bulletin special issue on "The Long Global Sixties," Vol. XXXIV, Nos. 1-2, 2018.

"(Colonial) Intimacy Issues: Using French Hanoi to Teach the Histories of Sex, Racial Hierarchies, and Geographies of Desire in the New Imperialism." World History Connected, October 2018. World History Connected

"American Historical Presidential Biography: Tyler Stovall." American Historical Association Presidential Address Booklet, 2018. American Historical Association

"Sex and the Colonial City: Mapping Masculinity, Whiteness, and Desire in French Occupied Hanoi." Journal of World History, Vol. 28, Nos. 3 & 4, 2017.

"'Blame it on the Casbah:' The White Male Imperialist Fantasies of Duvivier's Pépé le Moko." Fiction and Film for French Historians: A Cultural Bulletin, Vol. 8, Issue 1, 2017. Fiction and Film for Scholars of France

"Société colonial et accomodations: entre réalités et representations" co-authored with Jean-François Klein and Micheline Lessard in Dominique Barjot and Jean-François Klein. De l'Indochine colonial au Việt Nam actuel (Magellan & Cie.), 2017.

"Call Five-O a White Male Imperialist Fantasy: Steve McGarrett as a Vision of American Cold War Masculinity, Race, and Empire" in Lori McGuire (ed.), Entertainment Television and the Cold War, (Cambridge Scholars), 2016.

"Paris–Dakar in Reverse: Colonial and Post-Colonial Urban Histories, Roundtable Reflection on the Past and Future of French Urban History." Co-authored by Ellen Wurtzel, Jeff Horn, Catherine Clark, and Michael G. Vann, Proceedings of the Western Society for French History, 2016.

"Comparative History of Genocide in Southeast Asia: Using Cambodia and East Timor in Asian Civilizations and World History Survey Courses." Education About Asia, Vol. 20, No. 1, 2015.

"When the World Came to Southeast Asia: Malacca and the Global Economy." Education About Asia, Vol. 19, No. 2, 2014.

"Haunted house, haunted history: Visitors to Semarang's Lawang Sewu find competing narratives of history, memory and popular culture." Inside Indonesia, July 1, 2013. Inside Indonesia
"Shadow Puppets and Special Forces: Indonesia's Fragile Democracy." The Diplomat, June 14, 2013. The Diplomat

"Hanoi in the Time of Cholera: Epidemic Disease and Racial Power in the Colonial City" in Laurence Monnais and Harold J. Cook (eds.), Global Movements, Local Concerns: Medicine and Health in Southeast Asia (National University Singapore Press), 2012.

"The Dark Side: French Men Becoming Monsters in Algeria." French and Film forFrench Historians: A Cultural Bulletin, Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2012. Fiction and Film for Scholars of France

"Fear and Loathing in French Hanoi: Colonial White Images and Imaginings of 'Native' Violence" in Martin Thomas (ed.) The French Colonial Mind: Violence, Military Encounters, and Colonialism (University of Nebraska Press), 2011.

"Teaching Colonialism in World History: The Case of French Indochina." World History Bulletin, Vol. XXVI, No. 1, 2010.

"Of Pirates, Postcards, and Public Beheadings: The Pedagogical Execution in French Colonial Indochina" in a special issue of Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques dedicated to colonial violence in the French empire, 2010.

"Placing East Timor on the Syllabus: Pedagogical Strategies for Teaching East Timor in University Level World History Survey Courses" in Michael Leach, Nuno Canas Mendes, Antero B. da Silva, Alarico da Costa Ximenes and Bob Boughto (eds.), Hatene kona ba/ Compreender/ Understanding/ Mengerti Timor-Leste (Swinburne Press), 2010.

"Caricaturing 'the colonial good life' in French Indochina." European Comic Art, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2009.

"Building Whiteness on the Red River: Race, Power, and Urbanism in Paul Doumer's Hanoi, 1897-1902" in a special issue of Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques dedicated to French colonial urbanism, 2007.

"White Blood on Rue Hue: The Murder of 'le négrier' Bazin." The Proceedings of the Western Society for French History Vol. 34, 2006.

"Of le Cafard and Other Tropical Diseases: Perceived Threats to White Colonial Culture in Indochina" in Jennifer Yee (ed.), France and 'Indochina:' Cultural Representations (Lexington), 2005.

"'All the World's a Stage', Especially in the Colonies: The Hanoi Exposition of 1902" in Martin Evans & Amanda Sackur (ed.), Empire and Culture: The French Experience, 1830-1940 (Macmillan/Palgrave Press), 2004.

"The Third Republic and Colonialism, 1870-1918." 2004.

"The Colonial Exhibition of May, 1931." 2004.

"Of Rats, Rice, and Race: The Great Hanoi Rat Massacre, an Episode in French Colonial History." French Colonial History, 2003.

"The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly: Variation and Difference in French Racial Thinking in Colonial Vietnam" in Tyler Stovall & Sue Peabody (ed.), The Color of Liberty: The History of Race in France (Duke University Press), 2003.

"The Colonial Casbah on the Silver Screen: Using Pépé le Moko and The Battle of Algiers to Teach Colonialism, Race, and Globalization in French History." Radical History Review, April 2002.

"The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly: Variation and Difference in French Racial Thinking in Colonial Indochine." Proceedings of the Western Society for French History, 1998. Winner of the Gargan Prize.

"Contesting Culture and Defying Dependency: Migration, Nationalism, and Identity in Late-Nineteenth-Century Hawaii." Stanford Humanities Review, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1997.

Podcasting and Radio

New Books in History
Vann has been a host for New Books in History, a channel on the New Books Network, since 2019. His guests have ranged from Pulitzer Prize winner and MacArthur "Genius Grant" recipient Viet Thanh Nguyen to dirtbag left podcaster Matt Christman of Chapo Trap House.

Guest Appearances
Vann has also been interviewed on many programs regarding his work.

Athletic achievements

Hailing from O'ahu, Hawai'i, Vann is an accomplished surfer who frequently travels to Indonesia. He holds a 4th degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He has taught Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Santa Cruz, California for Claudio França BJJ, Kaijin MMA, and Garth Taylor Jiu-Jitsu. He also taught Brazilian Jiu Jitsu at Hanoi BJJ in Vietnam and Kingdom Fight Gym in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

References

External links
Vann's profile at CSUS
Frenchcolonial.org

1967 births
Living people
21st-century American historians
21st-century American male writers
Historians of colonialism
University of California, Santa Cruz alumni
California State University, Sacramento faculty
American male non-fiction writers

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Masters Of Cinema #70 - Nosferatu - Blu-ray Review
Should films earn additional points for becoming iconic? It's a tricky question, and one to which there almost certainly isn't a definitive answer. It's also the question I found myself continually asking myself whilst watching Nosferatu, director F. W. Murnau's undeniably influential take on Bram Stoker's infamous vampire Count Dracula, and the earliest surviving version of the character on film.
The jewel within Nosferatu's iconic status crown is undoubtedly Max Schreck's central performance as Count Orlok - Dracula in all but name. Schreck's enigmatic presence whenever he appears is uncanny. He delivers a theatrical, striking turn reminiscent of another German actor portraying an iconic screen villain at around the same time, namely Rudolf Klein-Rogge in the title role of Dr. Mabuse, Der Spieler. Schreck's sharp, gaunt figure complete with bald head, piercing eyes, animalistic fangs protruding from the front of his mouth and disturbingly arachnoid hands is unforgettable; coupled with the actor's expert blending of both subtle and exaggerated elements into his performance, the fact that his version of Dracula has resonated throughout the succeeding decades is both unsurprising and thoroughly deserved. The influence of Murnau's character design and Schreck's performance as Orlok can be seen in cinema right up to the modern day. Without Nosferatu there would be no Uncle Fester in The Addams Family, no Voldemort in the Harry Potter series, and no Tim Burton films full stop.
Away from Schreck's vampiric antagonist, things are arguably less memorable. Henrick Galeen's screenplay is clearly based upon Stoker's original novel, but is considerably simplified from the source material. Factors such as removing secondary characters and the added depth they provided in Dracula make Nosferatu at times a little too basic to truly take hold. The opening act - lasting around twenty five minutes - is particularly uneventful, feeling as though it could have set up Thomas Hutter's (Gustav von Wangenheim) journey to Transylvania and naïvety at the danger awaiting him in half the time or less. This prolonged opening act also serves to delay the first appearance of Schreck as Orlok, denying the film its most valuable element for over a quarter of its running time. Later, Galeen's script takes things too far the other way, introducing more characters than is necessary thereby failing to develop many of them in anything more than a rudimentary way.
Nosferatu in the modern day sits uncomfortably between its iconic status and its at times superficial take on Stoker's gothic classic. Murnau's film is certainly enjoyable, as well as his finely crafted photography - his brilliant use of shadows in particular - both memorable and influential. But there are definite points at which you'll wish Nosferatu offered something more than its overly simplistic version of Dracula. That said, falling a few minutes short of one hundred in length, this isn't a film that demands a great deal of time from you. The performance from Schreck alone makes this worth watching, allowing you to see a piece of cinematic history - one which at one time could very well have been lost forever - played out in front of you. Gothic horror aficionados might be inclined to add an extra star onto my rating based on the hugely influential status of Schreck's iconic turn (possibly whilst berating me as a philistine under their breath). But, taken as a whole, Nosferatu never quite sinks its teeth into Stoker's novel the way later big screen interpretations of Transylvania's most famous resident manage to do so.
Founded in 2004, The Masters of Cinema Series is an independent, carefully curated, UK-based Blu-ray and DVD label, now consisting of over 150 films. Films are presented in their original aspect ratio (OAR), in meticulous transfers created from recent restorations and / or the most pristine film elements available.
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Over 100 pieces of legislation aimed to protect LGBTQ Pennsylvanians have been introduced in the General Assembly since 1976. We know that unless our laws specifically state "sexual orientation and gender identity" as protected classes from discrimination – the lives of LGBTQ Pennsylvanians will continue to reflect major challenges and concerns.
The first piece of LGBTQ civil rights legislation introduced in the Pennsylvania General Assembly was in 1976 by Rep. Norman Berson (D-187, Philadelphia) regarding non-discrimination – with only two co-sponsors. It would be over a decade before the next piece of legislation was introduced. Introductions and legislative reviews by House and Senate committees increased over the 1990s-2000s. In the past several sessions, LGBTQ civil rights legislation has been visible and at an all-time high number of bills.
The only piece of LGBT equality legislation to become law in Pennsylvania was the hate crimes law of 2002. It was ultimately struck down by the Commonwealth Court in 2008 due to a technicality.
In 1975, Pennsylvania Governor Milton Shapp signed Executive Order 1975-5 to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation under the state government's jurisdiction. This includes all state employees and has been renewed by every Governor since [1975-5 (and revised in 1976, 1978), 1984-1, 1988-1, 1996-9, 2002-3, 2003-10]. Governor Edward Rendell extended the protections to include gender identity in 2003.
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Approximately one-third of all LGBT equality legislation in the Pennsylvania General Assembly has been introduced by GOP legislators, and two-thirds by Democratic legislators.
The successful passage of the Pennsylvania hate crimes law of 2002 can owe a much of its success to committed Republican leadership. It is the only piece of LGBT equality legislation ever adopted by the General Assembly, and is noted as the first LGBTQ rights bill in the nation to be passed by a Republican House, Republican Senate, and signed into law by a Republican Governor.
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Lower Colorado River Basin Coalition backs LCRA Water Management Plan, urges more supply and drought management
Lower Colorado River Basin Coalition Announces Executive Committee
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EAGLE Lake, Texas (Sept. 17, 2014) The Lower Colorado River Basin Coalition supported revised amendments to LCRA's Water Management Plan that were approved on Wednesday and which reduce impacts to rice farmers and slightly increase flows to Matagorda Bay, within a framework mandated by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
While supporting the plan, LCRB Coalition leaders urged more focus on drought management planning, water conservation and water supply enhancements.
"It is a better plan than a month ago," said Kirby Brown, co-chair of the Coalition, which participated in the LCRA stakeholder process to help with revisions over the past month. "The changes mean slightly fewer water cutoffs for rice farmers and a little more water for the environment. Work by staff through a robust stakeholder process assured the best product possible under the constraints of this historic drought."
Still, the Coalition remains deeply concerned about the health of the Colorado River, Matagorda Bay and downstream interests.
"We are dangerously close to where the ecosystem can't recover," said Myron Hess of the National Wildlife Federation, a member of the Coalition. "We've got to look at what we can start doing proactively to manage the river and bay for sustainability."
The revised Water Management Plan amendments approved on Wednesday now go to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for approval.
On Wednesday the LCRA Board of Directors also approved construction on an off-channel reservoir in Wharton County that is designed to increase the River Authority's water supply. The additional water is intended to help agricultural, industrial and municipal customers and the environment, LCRA has said.
"We are guardedly optimistic that LCRA's commitment to development of the off-channel reservoirs will reduce the pain that downstream interests are bearing as a result of this drought," said Ronald Gertson, chair of the Colorado River Issues Committee, a member of the Coalition representing rice interests.
Looking ahead the Coalition remains concerned with allowing more river water to flow downstream so that needs of lower basin users, including the environment, are met more equitably.
"If there is extra water found it should be released downstream instead of raising the minimum storage level of the Highland Lakes," said Judge Paul Pape of Bastrop County, a Coalition member.
In addition, the Coalition is expecting the Lower Colorado River Authority to strengthen water conservation measures in its drought contingency plan.
"We can't remain silent about the absence of mandatory water restrictions for some customers while others face complete cutoff of their water," Pape said.
The Coalition is committed to working with LCRA to address these and other issues, said Brown.
"The LCRA board and staff have worked hard and successfully in pulling stakeholders together. We look forward to working with the LCRA board and staff to proactively and comprehensively address drought management planning and water supply, and more fairly and equitably meet the needs of the entire basin," Brown said.
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Ronald Gertson, chair of the Colorado River Issues Committee
"We are thankful that this nearly four year long process to revise the Water Management Plan appears to be coming to a close. It has been a very painful and painstaking process, but only so because thankfully LCRA has diligently engaged its stakeholders to assure the best product possible. By no means is this plan good for downstream water users, but it appears to be the best that can be done within the constraints of the current historic drought and
About the Lower Colorado River Basin Coalition
The Lower Colorado River Basin Coalition [http://www.waterdownstream.com/ seeks a fair and balanced approach to water management of the Colorado River for all parties under all conditions – drought and flood. Equitable river management requires that water keep flowing downstream of Longhorn Dam all the way to the Matagorda Bay.
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Meditation and Buddhist philosophies have been enjoying increasing interest in Western societies for several years. Many people have now made meditation an integral part of their everyday lives.
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Big, bold & joyous: Sagmeister & Walsh's new ad campaign
Sagmeister & Walsh have once again produced an advertising campaign worthy of the world's attention. Take a look at this epically beautiful work.
If you haven't already come across the work of Sagmeister & Walsh, then you're in for a creative treat. Founded by Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh, the agency boasts some of the finest talent available.
Based in New York City, the design firm creates identities, commercials, websites, apps, films, books, and objects for clients, audiences and themsevles.
This giant typographic hair piece was built and photographed in a garage space
Having already worked with the likes of Universal Music, Adobe, BMW, and The New York Times, Sagmeister & Walsh are at the top of their art directing game. Here, we witness the SS13 campaign for Beirut luxury department store Aizone.
Sagmeister & Walsh have been creating campaigns for the store since 2010, with a focus on only black and white executions. This time, they decided to mix things up and add a splash of colour.
This calligraphic inspired type used light instead of a brush
As this Spring campaign is the first using colour, the firm felt that bright, bold powders would be an appropriate and fun way to introduce colour to the brand. Inspired by the Holi Festival of Colour, the festival takes place every year in India in celebration of Spring.
For the men's image, Sagmeister & Walsh hired a talented light painting artist to create calligraphic inspired type using light instead of a brush. There is also a giant typographic hair piece that was built and photographed in a garage space.
Behind the scenes of the photography shoot
Whilst Sagmeister & Walsh took care of the art direction, Creative Bloq favourite Henry Hargreaves worked as the photographer on the project. If you'd like to see more imagery from the campaign, you can visit the Sagmeister & Walsh official site.
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Living on the moon is lonely, and stressful, and exhausting. Video games have always offered you an escape to a better life. The easy, happy life you wish you had. Which makes it so frustrating when the game you've been playing ends badly. But you have a chance to figure it out, because the next tourist group is the designers. You can debate with them about art, inspire them with the beauty of outer space, get closer to any one specific designer in particular, and finally find out how to get the ending you always wanted.
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With an hour of new cinematics (including footage from the film), Ratchet & Clank (PS4) takes a deeper look at the characters' origin stories and modernizes the original gameplay. Explore the galaxy in a game that features new planets, new and updated gameplay segments, all-new bosses, all-new Clank gameplay, all-new flight sequences, and much more --- with completely new visuals built to demonstrate the power of the PS4!
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Berlin Sci-fi Filmfest
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Berlin, Berlin 10115
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Alex Pfander
Anthony Straeger
Isabella Hermann
2021 is the fifth year for Berlin Sci-fi Filmfest. After a difficult year for everyone in the business, we are continuing to look at ways we can develop and grow. Our aim is always to make our festival as filmmaker and user friendly as possible. Once again we are partnering with the Babylon Cinema, Berlin. After its closure, due to COVID-19, we expect to return this year. We teamed up with XERB.TV in 2020 to keep the festival moving forward. The result was a successful and enjoyable online theatre experience. This year, whatever happens, we intend to bring back panel discussions and workshops. We love sci-fi, and we want to help all filmmakers get the best out of their submissions. Please take a look at the reviews to get a full insight into the festival.
As part of this year submissions, ALL ENTRANTS will receive a complimentary copy of Anthony Straeger's 'Creating Success with your Submissions'. This booklet will assist you in getting the most out of your submissions. By applying the tips you will give yourself the best possible chance of success not only with the Berlin Sci-fi Filmfest but also with other festivals.
Also, we offer in association with Producer/Director Hasraf 'HaZ' Dulull a 10% discount code to his Sci-fi Filmmaking masterclass series - Filmmaking 101.
PLUS: Additionally, we expect accessing some exciting SPONSORED PRIZES for our winners (TBC).
Our festival represents the first genre-specific Sci-fi film festival in Germany. We are passionate about filmmaking and all things Sci-fi. Geek interest, documentary, web-series, narrative, animation, music, experimental, fan-films. Berlin Sci-fi celebrates the 'Science Fiction Genre'. We care about its filmmakers those who seek out new life and new civilizations, boldly going where their imagination takes them.
You can submit in the following categories:
Best Feature (Min. 45 minutes)
Best Drama Short (Max. 45 minutes)
Best Action Short (Max. 45 minutes)
Best Comedy Short (Max. 45 minutes)
Best Fan Film (Max. 50 minutes)
Best Experimental/Music (Max. 30 minutes)
Best Documentary/Factual (45 minutes)
Best Animation (any length)
Outstanding German Contribution
Outstanding Student Film Award
These two awards are sponsored by RED GIANT and the winners will receive a 1-year subscription to RED GIANT COMPLETE the bundle is worth 600 dollars.
Best VFX
Additional awards include:
Grand Jury Award
Outstanding Film Award
All of the winners will receive the prestigious Berlin Sci-fi Filmfest 3D print award. If you are unable to attend the award it will be sent to you. But, you must meet the shipping costs.
Winners, Semi-finalists and Selected Filmmakers can order a stylish CERTIFICATE from the Berlin Sci-fi website, these are sent as PDF.
TThese are the Terms & Conditions of Entry into BerIin Sci-fi Filmfest (known here in as the Festival).
1 - Films submitted must belong to the Sci-fi/fantasy genre. Films not belonging to the Sci-fi/fantasy genre will not be selected.
2 - We welcome films from any country in the world. If the film is in any language other than English, the film must have subtitles embedded.
3 - If selected the submitter must provide within 30 days of notification the following:
•	A non-watermarked film.
•	Poster (Portrait).
•	3 x 16:9 images (2 from the film and a headshot).
•	Log-line synopsis (no more than 20 words).
•	Key cast (Only the lead actors, with their role).
•	Production year.
4 - We need a high-quality MOV file for selection into the XERB Virtual Theatre. If you selected for the CINEMA, we need a DCP. If you do not have a DCP, we can assist you in getting one made.
5 - If you send a DCP, do so on a USB stick. Make sure you have a return P&P. Don not send it as business send it as a personal gift. For more information, contact us at info@berlinscifi.com.
6 - Regardless of where in the world you are from, under no circumstances do we give A FEE WAIVER. For STUDENTS, there is a student rate included in the submissions panel.
1 - The submitter agrees that they are the owner and the legal representative of the work. You are responsible for all copyright clearances. This including music, model/actor releases, distribution rights etc.
2 - If you have a distribution deal or sales agent, we recommend that you consult them first. Get a 'letter of agreement' allowing you to submit to the Festival. Please consult all your partners before entering.
3 – The Festival is not liable for any infringement on copyright or ownership clearance issues.
4 - The Submitter accepts full responsibility for any breach of intellectual or trademark property.
5 - The submitter permits the festival to use their film, trailers and marketing material for all promotional purposes.
6 - By submitting your film, you permit the festival to screen the film royalty-free during the festival, and it includes alternative venues and designated times. Under no circumstances do we pay a screening fee.
7 - Once your film is selected, you cannot withdraw it from the festival line-up.
8 - FAN FILMS: The festival welcomes and accepts fan films. The filmmaker/submitter must have all permissions from the copyright holder, franchise holder or intellectual property owner.
9 - By submitting the filmmaker agrees that they have read and understood the terms & conditions of entry.
10 - We reserve the right to change or otherwise alter these 'Terms and Conditions' at any time. Unless otherwise indicated, amendments will become effective immediately.
11 – We have standard GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) in place. Consult the website for full details. If you have any specific questions about your data or our data protection policy visit: https://www.berlinscifi.com/privacy-policy/ .
Please review these Terms and Conditions. They stand as of 01.01.2021.
You can also email us at info@berlinscifi.com.
This Festival is self-funded and currently has no primary financial sponsorship partners. If your film is selected, we DO NOT provide accommodation or flights for you to attend the festival. You will receive A SINGLE FULL FESTIVAL PASSES for the cinema and the virtual theatre. Discounted tickets for cast, crew, family and friends will be available.
If you wish to take part in a Question and Answer or Panel Discussion, contact us within a reasonable time frame before the event.
Harry Kemp
Unfortunately I was unable to attend this years festival due to Covid-19 travel restrictions, but our film screened at the festival and communication with the festival holders was great! Would be glad to be a part of the festival again in the future!
Great festival with a very nice vibe even in the year of Corona! Enjoyed it so much as we won a little price with our sci-fi music video Back Off You! - Martin Baltser
Networking and the hospitality side this year was difficult and we made a point of keeping connected with the filmmakers. Our aim is to get back to our cinema and feel the live pulse once again. Thanks for being a part of it.
Amazing festival! Every step of the way! So easy. It's my first film, therefore I had so many questions. Anthony clearly helped out each step of the way, from checking to see if the files were properly received to updates and double-checking with us. Reminding us. Also letting us know the status. Thank you Anthony! They are def super hands on! I also love the rooster of films included in our year. Brilliant selections! We have 2 new films, will def submit this year! LOVE!!!!!
Thanks so much Alexander. It is always a joy to feel connected with filmmakers and also be of assistance, we like to think that our experience helps keep young vibrate filmmakers like you going... We hope to see you again. Prost aus Berlin!
Miguel Villa
Berlin Sci-fi Filmfest was a great time with a great set of organizers and filmmakers! I really appreciate that the festival did it's best to connect everyone eventhough the festival was held in a virtual environment due to COVID-19. The festival was awesome! I recommend you submit. Thanks for always staying in touch with us and letting us now that you were trying to make a great festival and experience.
We loving our filmmakers and it is making that connection that is vitally important to us. The COVID certainly put a spanner in the works, so we had to fight to keep the sci-fi alive. Thanks for being a part of it.
Peter Sundqvist
Really proud that my film The Bare Lands 1 - The Needle (börjåoła 1 - dårgnå:łen) was chosen to be a part of this line-up. Despite the lockdowns and not meeting the audience, the organizers or being able to see the films screened on the big screen, being part of this years festival was truly great and something I'll remember for a long time. The communication between the organizers was top notch, they genuinely seem like a great bunch of people.
I like that you say we are a great bunch of people... We try really hard and I think because we have been filmmakers (Alex is just in post-production) It is important to feel you are part of something bigger. Thank you Peter.
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All Sci-fi and Fantasy feature films over 60 minutes are welcome on board along. An animation or documentaries over this length should also be included.
Standard: €25
Student: €20
Gold Members: €20
Student: €52.50
Gold Members: €52.50
Drama Short
All Sci-fi and Fantasy shorts are welcome, Including stand-alone shorts, web-series, TV and trailers.
Action Short
Experimental/Music
If it doesn't fit in any other categories, maybe this is the one for you. Must be under 30 minutes
Standard: €12.50
Sci-fi, Fantasy and experimental shorts are welcome, Including stand-alone shorts, web-series, TV and trailers.
All Fan Films are welcome, Including stand-alone shorts, web-series, TV and trailers. Please make sure you have the rights to screen as agreed with the Original Producers or Franchise.
Documentary/Factual
We love documentaries and factual science-based films. If you have a feature-length documentary submit to feature films, otherwise SCIENCE FACT will find its place here.


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The Times has a bittersweet profile of Michael Faber, who has announced that his new novel will be his last.
Bust has a report from Bindercon.
Megan Stielstra was interviewed at The Rumpus.
Adrian Van Young recommends horror novels written by women (and horror films directed by women) at Electric Literature.
The Dissolve has news of the cast of James Franco's adaptation of Steve Erickson's Zeroville.
New writing from Ben Tanzer, perhaps?
Yo La Tengo's excellent Painful is getting a deluxe reissue.


As a society we have passed normal levels of consumption, we are hyper-consuming. Making the chain of production and creating more sustainable product designs is extremely important. However, it is not enough, we have to realise that our personal choices have the power to influence the economy and make the world more sustainable. For example, a drill – this household appliance on average is used from 12 to 13 minutes in its entire lifespan. An average household is filled with USD 3,000 worth of unused items, according to Business Innovation Observatory.
Camila Carvalho, a founder of Tem Açúcar and a member of Red Bull Amaphiko, was eager to change this. In 2015 she founded Tem Açúcar? (Portuguese for "do you have sugar?"), a social network for neighbors focused on the sharing economy model. What started as a project in a hallway of a building in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 3 years became one of the biggest platforms in Latin America for neighbours.
The word about the project is rapidly spreading, it has been featured by the main media outlets all over the world. And recently, Camila has introduced her idea at TEDxDonauinselSalon: Circular Economy event held at UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organisation) in Vienna, Austria.
Impactful decisions are no longer only made by a selected group of influential people, they are also made in our homes, streets and neighborhoods by regular people. This change is powered by the millennials and Z generation. Their lifestyle, values and consumer choices are shaping the cities and industries of the future whether we recognize it or not. The old ways no longer serve them, these generations do not have the consuming aspirations of the previous ones. For them consuming is a social and political act.
This creates amazing new opportunities for resilient industries and governments that have the ability to adapt, and listen to consumers and individuals. Public and private initiatives can collaborate with these regenerative movements and foster them. The future depends on people, industries and governments that come together to act as a force for good in the world.


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Zulum dissolves Borno State Executive Council
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the dissolution of the Borno state executive council.
The dissolution, which is with immediate effect, was contained in a statement signed by the permanent secretary, administration and general services, Danjuma Ali on behalf of Secretary to the State Government and made available to journalists by the Governor's spokespersons from the press unit of the Government House in Maiduguri.
The members were directed to handover affairs to permanent secretaries in their ministries.
The statement explained that the dissolution is to create enabling environment for interested members of the EXCO to legally participate in forthcoming primaries and congresses of the All Progressive Congress, APC.
Zulum, according to the statement, expressed deepest appreciation to members of the executive council for unquantifiable contributions while they held offices and wishes them the best of luck in future endeavors.
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Over a Long Distance Phone: An Interview With Nate Scheible
Certain moments on Nate Scheible's incredible Fairfax may float sonically with a gossamer effervescence, but emotionally they hit like a ton of bricks. Fairfax is a narrative, taking unexpected source material and turning it into a world we can all relate to in one way or another. His music is always an enticing place to sit for a time, but never has it been more moving and considered.
Fairfax was originally released on cassette via ACR and has been newly remastered for reissue on vinyl by Warm Winters Ltd. This new edition is out now. Grab it here.
So first things first, how have you been holding up and making it through these last two years?
I've been doing alright. I mean, there's plenty I can complain about, but I'm certainly in a better position than most. I live in an area where people have taken the pandemic seriously, at least in comparison to a lot of other parts of the country. I have a steady job that is flexible in terms of allowing telework and is proactive about safety precautions… It's been tough finding creative inspiration on occasion, but I've still managed to stay productive. And when the mood doesn't strike to make music I've been reading and watching a lot of films and baseball, which is something I didn't have a lot of time to do before the pandemic. So I've been enjoying that. All in all, like I said, I'm doing well.
Okay, let's go a lot further back and talk about some of your earliest memories and experiences related to music and sound. Were there any songs or albums or experiences that you heard/had as a kid that made you really feel something different and maybe realize that music was a bigger thing for you than most?
So, there are a couple things that come to mind- one album and one experience. Really early experiences are tough for me since I have such a bad memory, but there are two instances from probably when I was around 11 or 12. Around that time I had been shifting from listening to predominantly hip hop and popular r&b and getting more into other forms of music- still mostly pretty mainstream. A big part of that exploration involved going through a bunch of my dad's records, which he didn't really listen to but were stored in boxes in his workshop. I still have a pretty vivid memory of hanging out in my basement and listening to the Frank Zappa record Hot Rats for the first time. I don't really know if I can pinpoint what it was that resonated with me. I assume that where previously I was listening to music more passively, my engagement with this record was certainly more active. I was impacted on a visceral level as well as an intellectual level- it just stimulated my brain in a variety of ways that music hadn't up to that point. It definitely set me on a path of a deeper, all-consuming exploration of music.
The other thing that stands out in my mind around this same time was when a small jazz group came to perform at my school. Honestly, I have no recollection of the music. I'm sure it was some quartet doing standards… Anyway, just for some background, my primary instrument is drums. So I was mostly watching the drummer. And at one point, rather than hitting the ride with the tip of the stick as is typical, he held the stick perpendicular to the side of the cymbal and struck the edge of it with the side of the stick. And I can remember that moment so clearly, like some aha! moment, haha. I mean, it's not the height of extended technique or anything, and it almost seems incredibly naive now, but it opened my eyes to the possibilities of just straying from what is considered "conventional." And that one cymbal hit kind of resulted in my thinking about music and sound in more unconventional terms and playing with much more of an expressive or creative approach.
At what point did you make the jump to learning to play music and wanting to create your own work? Was there a particular moment that set you down this path?
So, as I mentioned, I'm a drummer. I started learning the basics in elementary school, then started teaching myself how to play kit in junior high, and just took to it really quickly. The summer before my 9th grade year I started playing in a punk band with some folks who were 4 or 5 years older than I was. We used to play out quite a bit around the Cleveland area. It was the first experience I had writing original music. Anyway, that process of getting together regularly to practice, fleshing out ideas, coming up with drum parts, figuring out arrangements, experiencing the benefits of collaboration, the camaraderie of a band… I really loved that. Starting with a small idea and developing it until it turns into something. It's just incredibly rewarding. Especially if it's something you are actually happy with! So there isn't a specific moment, but that whole experience of playing in a pretty legit band at an early age was a big deal. It's such a generic response, I know, but it's that satisfying feeling upon completing something from nothing that still motivates me.
Now let's talk about Fairfax. I remember first hearing it a couple years ago and when I found it was being reissued, I started revisiting it and was taken aback by how, especially after the last 20+ months, it feels even more potent than it did when I first heard it. In the intervening years since you made it, how have your feelings about the album changed?
Yeah, it definitely resonates a little differently now. Obviously, the feelings of isolation, distance, loneliness are front and center. Mental health struggles. Hyperawareness of the self. Cautious optimism. Those are just a few parallels that you're probably hinting at. In terms of my feelings about it, they haven't changed much. I'll be honest, I don't revisit my work too often, so once I complete a thing, I usually don't listen to it. I'm focused on whatever I'm working on in the present. In this case, however, the record was being remastered for the re-release so I had to listen to it quite a few times. It's very tempting to be kind of sarcastic and say, oh, my feelings are that I wish I would've faded this part out sooner, or I would've mixed this differently, haha. I mean, my feelings about those little details are more true than I'd like to admit!
But aside from my own self-criticism, revisiting it at the beginning of the pandemic did make me think a bit more about how we communicate with one another. What we find comforting, especially when we feel isolated. How would the narrator be engaging with her partner today rather than in the early 80s? Text messages, video chats, commenting on each other's photos on Instagram? She obviously feels anxiety about not receiving letters from him and mentions setting up specific times to connect through long-distance phone calls. Time and distance are major themes in their relationship. Does our ability to connect with anyone at any time really make us feel more at ease? Would she feel closer to him if she were able to engage with him on a more consistent basis? Would it create more expectations, and therefore, more anxiety?
These obviously aren't profound questions. And actually expressing them out loud makes me feel kind of pretentious. But the archivist in me is curious about her tape as a sort of historical document that sheds light on these questions.
I've always wondered, too, what it was like when you first listened to the tape that you sample throughout and what you were thinking as you listened? To me, they always felt like ghost stories, but with a surprising, almost redemptive arc. It's uncomfortable, but also wonderful.
For years I've been going through thrift stores, garage sales, etc., and picking up unlabeled or vaguely described cassettes and reels and VHS tapes, just hoping to discover something interesting. It's like playing the lottery. Nine times out of ten it'll end up being someone's dubbed copy of a Clint Black record or something, but every once in a while you get lucky. And sometimes you get really lucky. And that's how I felt when I found this tape. Intrigued for sure. I also felt somewhat voyeuristic listening to it. Which can also be exciting.
I'm hesitant to give too much of my impressions, only because to me there is quite a distinction to be made between the original source material and the final record. And I don't want to detract from the impact it may have on listeners by revealing too much. But I will say that the original tape is about an hour-long, so there is definitely more to the story than what ended up on the record!
I am continually drawn to the last piece on the album, "There's Nothing That Says I Cannot Dream," and the way you transform that particular excerpt of the tape into sound. It's stunning. I'm curious, though, are there any specific parts of that tape that really resonated with you?
Thanks for that! There were a lot of other excerpts from the tape that I liked, but they just couldn't be integrated or set to music effectively. And I'm still a little on the fence as to whether some of it feels a little too cinematic or something. But that's just my own hangup, haha… What resonates most with me are her forays into self-help and reading her daily meditations and the ways in which she is trying to cope with the different issues she's struggling with. And I feel a connection to how she is using this tape as a means of processing these issues. I've come across these kinds of "audio letters" in the past, and they are very much directed to a correspondent and are not self-reflective at all. But this tape oftentimes feels like a therapy session. It can get really raw and confessional at times.
So, I think it goes back to modes of communication. The opportunities for contemplation when recording your daily experiences over the span of a month. Writing letters. How these allow for self-reflection in ways that current forms of communication don't. And that's certainly subjective, specifically with how I engage with the world. I'm not heavily involved in social media, don't really text much, or like to talk on the phone. Maybe if I were 10-20 years younger I wouldn't feel this way. But personally, I don't keep a journal or do a lot of writing, so I use opportunities like emails and correspondence as a means to document whatever is going on in my life at any given time. Even something like this interview gives me some time to put my thoughts into words, and reflect on them… So, yeah, when the lines are blurred as to whether she is talking to herself or to her partner, that's what catches my attention.
The ensemble of musicians that play on Fairfax is fantastic. How did it all come together and did you write specific parts for them or was it more of letting them bring and add their own ideas to these pieces?
Everyone on the record is a friend who I've played with before in different improvisational contexts. I have so much respect for all of them as players and chose them because I thought that their sound and approach were best suited for the different sections. So I just let them do their thing. In most cases, we recorded a few takes, so if there was something they were doing that I thought really worked we'd explore it further, or if it didn't quite feel right we'd switch it up. Most of the time they took it to places I wouldn't have anticipated and certainly elevated the overall pieces.
While the bulk of the contributions are improvised, I did "write" some simple horn parts throughout. But I don't really know how to do this, so the musicians took my rudimentary scores, if you could even call them that, and refined them.
How did the reissue with Warm Winters come about anyway?
So Adam Badí Donoval who heads the label originally released Fairfax on cassette through his previous label ACR. He reached out because he wanted to get into doing vinyl releases for Warm Winters and was excited at the prospect of doing a reissue. So, I thought, sure, why not. This is definitely one of the releases that really resonated with listeners so I was happy to help out in any way I could to help move the idea forward. He was super proactive about it and put a lot of effort into making it happen, especially in weathering the great vinyl backlog of 2021. Endless props to Adam, for sure, and I'm excited that this reissue might allow the record to reach some new ears.
What are some of your favorite sounds in the world?
Hmm… Maybe the sound of a train in the middle of the night, off in the distance… Light freezing rain falling on dead leaves… The crackling sound of fresh bread as it's cooling… When I was in Indonesia a few years back, I really loved the sound of the Muslim call to prayer at sunrise. All the mosques play them through a loudspeaker simultaneously, and in the morning when there aren't many other sounds, you can hear them for miles in all directions, all with different cadences and voices. Just really intense and dissonant and beautiful.
What are you working on currently or working on next?
Last year I was involved in a grant project through Rhizome DC in the fall, mostly focusing on a lot of really short tape-based and percussion pieces. I'm currently revisiting a lot of what was recorded for that project and attempting to turn it into a record. There are a few collaborations and potential residencies in the works, but those are still in the early stages so waiting to see what happens before naming names, haha… Also, I've become more interested in dance/movement lately. I doubt this is something that I would actively present or perform, but I've found it really creatively inspiring to move and hope to explore that in more depth this year.
What are you most hopeful for in 2022?
Not much. Honestly, haha. I hate to be bleak, but everything in this country, and throughout the world for that matter, seems kind of fucked at the moment. But obviously, I don't want to go out on that note! Let's see… Positivity. I don't really think about this idea of "returning to normal" post-pandemic, but I do have hope that maybe by the end of this year we'll at least be in a position to safely resume social activities in a way that doesn't feel tense or overshadowed or clouded by the pandemic. Regular shows, gatherings, events, parties, hangs- all the things that are important in fostering community. I just can't do the online shows and exist solely in a digital space. I personally don't feel connected unless I'm seeing people on a regular basis and engaging with them in person. So, I am hopeful that this can return in a way that feels less complicated and more organic than it has in the previous two years.
Brad Rose February 3, 2022 February 3, 2022 Nate Scheible, Warm Winters Ltd.
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D/FW Airport gets security tool that's more revealing
D/FW AIRPORT -- Remember X-Ray Specs?
The prank glasses, touted in 1950s-era comic book advertisements, claimed to give you Superman-like vision.
"See the bones in your hand, see through clothes!"
Well, the newest gadget in the war on terrorism really does see through clothes.
Beginning today at two checkpoints at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport's Terminal D, the Transportation Security Administration will use a "whole body imaging" machine that can produce images of your body to detect prohibited objects.
The machine will blur your face while a remote screener looks over the rest of your body for suspicious items.
The TSA has been testing various technologies in whole body imaging to detect objects people may try to carry through airport security checkpoints. Images show the surface of the skin and objects that are on the body, not in the body.
The expectation is that the machines will allow screeners to inspect for weapons, explosives and other threatening objects -- metal or otherwise -- without physical contact. The two major types of technology are backscatter and millimeter wave. D/FW is implementing the latter.
What is millimeter-wave technology?
Millimeter wave uses electromagnetic waves to generate a somewhat robotic image of the passenger. The three-dimensional image is displayed on a remote monitor.
The screener who views the image is in a remote location and has no direct contact with the passengers. According to the TSA, images are "not equivalent to photography and do not present sufficient details that the image could be used for personal identification." A blur appears over the face as the front of the rotating image comes into view. Although the equipment can collect and store images, those functions have been disabled by the manufacturer and images will remain on screen only as long as it takes to resolve suspicious objects. Policy dictates that screeners in the remote viewing area will be prohibited from using recording devices such as cellphone cameras.
ACLU concerns
Despite the TSA's precautions, the American Civil Liberties Union calls the implementation of the imaging technology at airports a troubling development.
According to Barry Steinhardt, director of ACLU's Technology and Liberty Program, the technology "produces strikingly graphic images of passengers' bodies. Those images reveal not only our private body parts, but also intimate medical details like colostomy bags. That degree of examination amounts to a significant -- and for some people humiliating -- assault on the essential dignity of passengers that citizens in a free nation should not have to tolerate."
Other concerns raised by Steinhardt: Passengers may not understand what they're consenting to; software safeguards like obscuring the face can be undone as easily as they are applied; pressure to pull images of "a celebrity like George Clooney or someone with an unusual or freakish body" may be too much for some employees to resist.
What happens when you set off an alarm?
If a suspicious item cannot be cleared visually, the passenger will get a patdown in the area where the item was detected.
Who gets screened and where?
There are two machines at D/FW, at the south and central checkpoints of Terminal D. Typically, when those checkpoints are less crowded, all passengers can be screened with a limited number of machines. Depending on the airport, millimeter wave may be used either as an optional primary screening machine, or as a secondary screening machine or alternative to patdowns.
What was public reaction during testing?
Ninety percent of passengers at Phoenix Sky Harbor preferred millimeter wave over the patdown.
What if you really hate this idea?
If you object to whole body imaging, you can undergo a patdown by a same-sex screener.
BRYON OKADA, 817-390-7752


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RECKLESS KELLY RETURN WITH 'GOOD LUCK & TRUE LOVE' TO BE INDEPENDENTLY RELEASED SEPTEMBER 13
Posted on July 14, 2011 by MSOPR
FROM: MITCH SCHNEIDER/TODD BRODGINSKI/ANGELA VILLANUEVA
(MSO, Los Angeles)
LYNDIE WENNER
(MSO, Nashville)
RECKLESS KELLY
RETURN WITH 'GOOD LUCK & TRUE LOVE'
TO BE INDEPENDENTLY RELEASED SEPTEMBER 13
RECKLESS KELLY–known for straddling rock and country with strong songs and performances–are returning September 13 with their ninth album GOOD LUCK & TRUE LOVE on their own No Big Deal Records label. GOOD LUCK & TRUE LOVE marks the Austin-based band's first studio album of all-new material since 2008's BULLETPROOF and is the follow-up to their 2010 release SOMEWHERE IN TIME, a tribute to one of their songwriter heroes, Pinto Bennett. Both of those albums hit the top 5 on the Billboard "Heatseekers" chart and top 20 on the Americana charts and SOMEWHERE IN TIME was voted the #10 best album of the year by the Americana Music Association in 2010.
After having released music via Sugar Hill and Yep Roc Records, RECKLESS KELLY—Willy Braun, lead vocals/rhythm guitar/Wurlitzer piano; Cody Braun, fiddle/mandolin/harmonica/bouzouki/harmony vocals; David Abeyta, lead guitar & piano; Jay Nazz, drums & percussion; and Chris Schelske, bass guitar–are now releasing the self-produced GOOD LUCK & TRUE LOVE on their own, and are now self-managed. "In 15 years as RECKLESS KELLY we've had to learn things the hard way and figure out what works for us and what doesn't," says the band. "Trial and error. We've always recorded to 2-inch analogue tape and we've always earned our fans one at a time. (Grass roots baby!) Over the years we've dabbled in conventional methods of promotion, touring and, of course, recording. Starting a record company and releasing our own records is something we have strived for our entire carrier. Now we feel we are finally in the perfect position with our business and band and are doing just that."
GOOD LUCK & TRUE LOVE is quintessential RECKLESS KELLY with a blend of the gritty and the sublime. There are road songs ("Weatherbeaten Soul," "Hit The Ground Running"), tunes about music ("New Moon Over Nashville," "I Stayed Up All Night Again") and others about hard times ("Save Me From Myself") and good old-fashioned heartbreak ("Give It A Try," "Guarded Heart," "She Likes Money, He Likes Love" and "I Never Liked St. Valentine"). "Taking our old school approach a little bit further on this record, we made a rule that if someone in the band can't play it, it's not going on the record," explains the band. "We are proud to say that with the exception of an outstanding harmony vocal by our good friend Dani Flowers, we played every instrument on this record and tracked almost everything live."
RECKLESS KELLY formed in Bend, OR in 1996 but quickly established themselves as a strong live act in and around Austin, TX and have been praised by Country Weekly for "injecting its hooky songs with rock 'n' roll propulsion without sacrificing melody or meaning" (2009 review of Bulletproof). Michael Corcoran of the Austin American Statesman called them "a rock band that writes country songs" and said "Bulletproof is an aggressive album with an anti-war song that outprotests James McMurtry. Even in the most stagnant of subgenres (alt-country), the Kellies strive to remain fresh…(6/11/08)"
Bulletproof earned the group a #1 Americana and #1 Texas Charts song spot with "Ragged As The Road." That album also earned them an Americana Music Association nomination for "Duo or Group of the Year (2009)."
http://recklesskelly.com/
Check out RECKLESS KELLY on the road:
14-Jul
Power And Light Grill
Uncle Ron's
Hog Toss
St. Louis, MS
The House 5 Points
Visulite Theatre
9:30 Club
Bowery Ballroom
Hat Factory
Wellington Ritz Theater
Wellington, TX
Floore's Country Store
Helotes, TX
11-Aug
Braun Brothers Reunion
Challis, ID
McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
Slim's
Buck Owens' Crystal Palace
SLO Brew
St. Luis Obisbo, CA
Midnight Rodeo
George's Majestic Lounge
3-Sep
Billy Bob's Texas
Cowboy's Dancehall
Antone's
Washington County Fair
Gruene Hall
Permian Basin Fair and Expo
Astro's
Plumas-Sierra County Fairgrounds
Crystal Bay Club Casino
Crystal Bay, NV
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
MRodeo
Mulberry Mountain Harvest Festival
Ozark, AR
Cotillion Ballroom
Granada Theater
Ziegfest — Whataburger Field
Texas Hall of Fame
Joe's Bar
25-Nov
Tin Hall
9-Dec
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CHICAGO — The suburban little league coach who first accused the Jackie Robinson West little league team of cheating in 2014 filed a lawsuit Monday against Little League International, citing "severe emotional distress" he's suffered since blowing the whistle on the organization's cover-up.
Chris Janes had coached a little league team in Evergreen Park in 2014, the same year the South Side elementary school beat a Las Vegas-based team to win the U.S. Little League Championship.
Later that year, Janes filed a complaint with Little League International, accusing coaches of breaking residency rules by stacking the lineup with All-Star ringers from the suburbs and elsewhere outside the JRW designated boundaries to create a "super team."
Little League International stripped Jackie Robinson West of its national title in February 2015 after determining the claims were true.
Janes faced harsh criticism for his decision to break the cheating scandal. An attorney for Jackie Robinson West accused Janes of illegally accessing registration information, and the coach even reported receiving death threats over the phone and on social media.
The backlash incurred "severe emotional distress that resulted in depression, anxiety, humiliation, loss of sleep, weight loss and loss of consortium," according to the complaint filed by Janes' attorney.
Janes is seeking $75,000 in damages from the organization, according to the lawsuit.