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BC Jazz Ensemble Wins Big at Berklee Jazz Festival!
Joseph Gordon, Staff Writer
On Saturday, January 26th, the Berkeley Carroll jazz ensemble competed in the 2019 Berklee High School Jazz Festival in Boston. It was an experience that no one who went would ever forget. The day before the festival the jazz band left New York on a five-hour bus ride to Boston. Upon arriving at the Marriott Hotel, we checked our bags and instruments, had dinner and hung out until it was time to go to sleep.
The next morning everyone was dressed in concert attire. We checked out of the hotel and met in the lobby to leave for the concert. The building that the concert was held in was huge, and hundreds and hundreds of people were there. Schools from around the country attended, including Downey High School from California, Ransom Everglades from Florida, Pritzker College Prep from Illinois, and last year's winner for our division, The Rivers School from Massachusetts, to name a few.
We warmed up and set up, trying to calm our nerves when it was almost time to play. Our time slot was 10:50 AM. After months of practice, we knew we were ready to play the selection of songs that Dr. Holsberg chose for us: The Queen Bee by Sammy Nestico, Send in the Clowns by Stephen Sondheim, and Doozy by Sammy Nestico. Dr. Holsberg explained to me how important a good selection of songs is in a jazz competition: "Figuring out three nice, contrasting works to show everything that the band can do and highlight the band in the best way that we can is a really important part of the trip." According to Dr. Holsberg, we "hit it out of the park at the performance!" Everything came together really nicely. We blended very well, we hit all our entrances, the soloists did excellent jobs, and we were really on our game. After performing, we had a few hours to get lunch and hear other bands perform before the awards were given out. I went to hear the Berklee College Band, who performed an impressive arrangement of songs. When asked about hearing others perform, Dr. Holsberg remarked, "It was like sensory overload. We saw so many groups and got to see so many bands from around the country. It's exciting because all of that energy that's going into musical excellence is really an exciting thing to behold."
The award ceremony started at 5:30, with the first awards being presented to various divisions, including the vocal bands, the small ensembles, and a few more. When the time came around to present the big band awards, we were all excited. 208 bands competed in the competition altogether, and our division was made up of 16 large ensembles. We were all eager and hopeful as the announcements were made. The room fell silent as the announcer began. "The award for honorable mention is… The Berkeley Carroll School, directed by Peter Holsberg. New York." We all jumped up in joy! Out of the sixteen bands in our division, we received an honorable mention–In other words, we came in 4th place! This made BC the first NYC independent school big band to earn an award in over 10 years! "It's a real honor to have that happen," says Dr. Holsberg, "I was thrilled for everybody in our group because I got to see how happy everybody was when they called out our name." We were all ecstatic, needless to say, and, like Dr. Holsberg said, we all went home very, very happy.
Dr. Holsberg and the other winners from BC's division are called up to accept their awards.
An incredible amount of time and effort was devoted to making this trip happen. Including planning and transportation, making hotel reservations, transporting equipment, writing itineraries, and a lot more. Dr. Holsberg made sure to give special thanks to the administration, Ms. Smith and Mr. Rajai for helping to chaperone, and all the parents who came to the festival to watch. When asked how he viewed the experience as a whole, Dr. Holsberg said, "It was really a terrific experience from beginning to end. I think it was amazing for everyone."
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The Armoy Motorcycle Road Racing Club has confirmed that the rider involved in the incident at Church Bends in the 400cc Supersport Race yesterday afternoon (Saturday 25th July 2015) was local man and club member, Ian Simpson.
The Clerk of the Course Bill Kennedy visited Ian and his family this afternoon (Sunday 26 July 2015) in the Royal Victoria Hospital and spoke personally with Ian. Ian has now been moved out of the ICU and into a high dependency unit.
Ian stated that he was very appreciative of all that the Club and in particular the medical staff had done in ensuring he got to hospital and in his care to date.
Obviously Ian and his family are personal friends of many within the Club and we send him our very best wishes for a speedy recovery. We are aware that the many local fans and the wider road racing fraternity will be keen to know how Ian is and at this stage we are delighted to say the news is positive.


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package org.usfirst.frc.team4135.robot;

import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.Joystick;
import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.buttons.JoystickButton;
import robotMap.inputs.JoystickMap;

/**
 * This class is the glue that binds the controls on the physical operator
 * interface to the commands and command groups that allow control of the robot.
 */
public class OI {

	private static OI oi;

	private static final int JOYSTICK_NUM = 3;
	private static final int BUTTON_NUM = 12;

	private static Joystick driverLeft = new Joystick(JoystickMap.DRIVER_LEFT);
	private static Joystick driverRight = new Joystick(JoystickMap.DRIVER_RIGHT);
	private static Joystick gunner = new Joystick(JoystickMap.GUNNER);

	private static Joystick[] joysticks = {driverLeft, driverRight, gunner};
	private static JoystickButton[][]  buttons = new JoystickButton[JOYSTICK_NUM][BUTTON_NUM];

	private OI(){
		createButtons();

	}

	public static OI getInstance(){
		if(oi == null){
			oi = new OI();
		}
		return oi;
	}

	/**
	 * Populates the array "buttons" with buttons from 1 to 12 of each joystick.
	 * @author Vincent Benenati
	 * @author Robert Smith
	 */
	private void createButtons(){
		for(int joystickNum = 0; joystickNum < JOYSTICK_NUM; joystickNum++){
			for(int buttonNum = 0; buttonNum < BUTTON_NUM; buttonNum++){
				buttons[joystickNum][buttonNum] = new JoystickButton(joysticks[joystickNum], buttonNum + 1);
			}
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Enables the user to input joystick port and dersired
	 * button number, and receive a usable button.
	 *
	 * @author Vincent Benenati
	 * @author Robert Smith
	 * @param joystickNum Joystick number from 0 to 2
	 * @param buttonNum  Button number from 1 to 12
	 * @return JoystickButton
	 */
	public JoystickButton getJoystickButton(final int joystickNum, final int buttonNum){
		return buttons[joystickNum][buttonNum - 1];
	}

	/**
	 * Disregards unintentional input calibrated by the deadzone
	 *
	 * @author Vincent Benenati
	 * @param joystick the joystick to be monitored
	 * @param deadzone the size of deadzone from 0 to 1
	 * @return true if joystick is within deadzone
	 * <p>
	 * false if joystick is outside of deadzone
	 *
	 */
	public static boolean isDeadZone(Joystick joystick, double deadzone){
		if(Math.pow(joystick.getX(), 2) + Math.pow(joystick.getY(), 2) < Math.pow(deadzone, 2)){
			return true;
		}
			return false;
	}

	public Joystick getJoystick(final int joystickNum){
		return joysticks[joystickNum];
	}

}

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Choose to make your best friendships the most convenient ones
The following note was dictated on February 2, 2020 and is mostly unedited.
Some histories most famous friendships were distributed in the past, which we know because we have histories of their correspondence. Ben Franklin and his suspiciously close female young female friend Marie I believe. I'm sure other historical figures and other people that they wrote to. seems like these were the richer type of intellectual friendships.
Some of the best examples of historical friendships were distributed. I think they shared a fondness for each other and an intellectual kinship that enabled them to like have a fruitful correspondence for many years. The best and deepest friendships are both intellectual and of convenience.
Distributive interest today I think enabled by our ability to travel involve people like Jillian. She travel the world, end up in a place for a couple of weeks, and to crash on the couches of a few different people for three days apiece. As she says house guests and fish both go bad after 3 days. Probably this happened in olden times too, except you would stay for much longer than 2 weeks if you're just spent a month traveling there by ship.
I guess in the horn blower times you would ride home to your wife and you would exchange letters of your week, but you only see them once every five years, for even less than a year at a time. in that world it seems like most people wouldn't have distributed friendships at all, but they would laboriously maintained a family life even though they were so distant.
I'm inclined to say that just really friendships have always had an intellectual friendship nature. Good contrary evidence would be romantic notes written to a long separated lover? But that just doesn't make as much sense because to keep the fire of romance alive you need to be close.
Another example is of Alfred Loomis who would write to all of his favorite physicists over the world send them first class tickets in the mail and they were just up here at the doorstep of his science castle. This is a brilliant way to share a community. And a brilliant way to create scenius.
I need a theory of friendship. What types of friendship are available? Types of friendship do people share? Romantic and flirtatious friendship. Platonic intellectual friendship. Friendships have convenience where you do the same activities work at the same places, have the same friends. Just want to characterize more by having fun together and, spending time together and possibly never diving deep into each other. I've had groups of friendships that lasted years, where I don't really even know every other person there. Group friendships, where the group as a whole shares an identity but individual relationships aren't as well defined. somehow people get by without ever learning much about each other's personal lives or current states. Phil Levin said that 10 to 15 was the ideal size because at that size he not only has a relationship with each individual, he also can hold in his head the state of each individual relationship between every other person. Whereas at 20, there's a combinatorial explosion such that I can't really hold everyone else's relationships in my head. I don't know who doesn't like each other, who does like each other, I just default to whatever my optimism baseline would suggest. Before a long time at the archive had maintained the fantasy that every pair was relationship was super healthy, so when I learned that too in particular didn't like each other I was a little bit blindsided.
In some group friendships the group as a whole takes on an identity and each individual member develops a relationship to that group. These relationships can exist, and even be strong, despite an individual not knowing any other individual well at all.
Distributed friendships of today have been over email, over Twitter, by texting, by FaceTime and calling, and very occasionally by letters. We travel the world so easily and frequently that it's quite easy and feasible to maintain dozens of such friendships. Each friendship you choose to take on ads a maintenance burden to your life that isn't really true of other friendships of convenience. Friendships have convenience maintain themselves they have their own inertia, because you run into these people during the course of your daily life. The whole point of intentional living is to make these the people that you want to hang out with the most. To unite your distributed friendships and your friends of convenience into the same circle of Venn diagram. Get all your best friends to live with you! Or, get all your best friends to live within a few blocks and hook them up into one distributed neighborhood.
The purpose of intentional living is to choose your friends if convenience. To make your aspirational best friends the most convenient people to be friend in real life. To unite the vent diagram of friends of convenience and aspirational friends.
Genesee spends even more time on FaceTime. They have a phrase for people that you run out the battery with, where you literally just stay awake late to the night and hang out together. You're not even doing anything in particular, you're just spending time with each other. I think this is actually breaking a critical and interesting barrier. When you're on the phone with someone, at least for most people the main thing you're doing is talking. Some people are more advanced phone users, and we'll clean the house or even watch TV while they're talking on the phone will be multitasking but more importantly with the doing is co-existing together. they're doing what friends of convenience would have been doing in a similar situation. They're removing them artificialness of keeping up when you're apart.
Gen Zis starting to prioritize the distributive friendship over the friend of convenience, and I think they're the first generation to do so. Their native to the tools that enable this, like FaceTime, and they're choosing to do the activities that typically were the domain of the distributed of the friend of convenience, like hanging out together and watching TV, and spend those with attributed friend instead.
I think distributed friendship fool goes similar route. I think more and more people are going to do this. A whole generation is already doing it. We'll spend faster more time on our phones on our devices connected with our friends, in large rooms where everyone is chatting and talking. We'll have ways to form instant breakout groups, someone will say something silly and everyone else will split off into a group without that person in their other errand selectively mute what they say like guide it to a particular group. It'll be a vast and intimate world.orphanages for people that just share interest will pop up, more subcommittees will pop up, people have revealed that they prefer those types of places like-minded communities. And it's not really the case that the tools we have for bringing together like my new communities are aligned with those values. Reddit as a place to hang out centers around sharing content. it doesn't shed central around the relationships of the members. It's too big. Twitter doesn't send her around sharing content and communities do emerge, but it's rare. WhatsApp or grouper maybe, or for joining communities and friends? but for them it's mostly about maintaining old groups of convenience old friendships with commands. Best examples is the internet elect on Twitter it's a group that helps meet ups. Read it also periodically host me those now that I think about it.
I do wonder if friends of convenience will get crowded out by increasing the distributed true fence. A world in which that is true, is one that's much less friendly to strangers. It's one that's even more polarized. When people stop talking to the neighbors they meet fewer people that are unlike them. They also don't learn the social skills to bridge differences. Because all of their friendships will be echo chambers. It may be more important in such a world to resist the revealed preference of echo chambers. Would you cultivate a cultural value of open-mindedness and designer tools to encourage that. Our living communities should be diverse. Our neighborhoods should open their arms to people that don't fit them old. We should have public meetups.
a world in which distributed friends continue to crowd out friends of convenience is a more polarized, less diverse world. Society is going to need to encourage these relationships somehow.


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package gov.nasa.worldwind.data;

import gov.nasa.worldwind.formats.tiff.GeotiffImageReaderSpi;
import gov.nasa.worldwind.util.*;
import gov.nasa.worldwind.avlist.*;

/**
 * @author dcollins
 * @version $Id: ImageIOReader.java 9716 2009-03-27 16:55:14Z dcollins $
 */
public class ImageIOReader extends BasicDataIODescriptor
{
    static
    {
        javax.imageio.spi.IIORegistry.getDefaultInstance().registerServiceProvider(GeotiffImageReaderSpi.inst());
    }

    public ImageIOReader()
    {
        super(javax.imageio.ImageIO.getReaderMIMETypes(), getImageIOReaderSuffixes());
    }

    public boolean canRead(Object input)
    {
        if (input == null)
            return false;

        // Use format suffix as an early exit criteria. If the input has a format suffix, and it does not match, then
        // immediately return false.

        String suffix = getSuffixFor(input);
        //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
        if (suffix != null && !this.matchesFormatSuffix(suffix))
            return false;

        return this.doCanRead(input);
    }

    public java.awt.image.BufferedImage read(Object input) throws java.io.IOException
    {
        if (!this.canRead(input))
        {
            String message = Logging.getMessage("generic.InvalidDataSource", input);
            Logging.logger().severe(message);
            throw new java.io.IOException(message);
        }

        return this.doRead(input);
    }

    public void readMetadata(Object input, AVList values) throws java.io.IOException
    {
        if (!this.canRead(input))
        {
            String message = Logging.getMessage("generic.InvalidDataSource", input);
            Logging.logger().severe(message);
            throw new java.io.IOException(message);
        }
        if (values == null)
        {
            String message = Logging.getMessage("nullValue.AVListIsNull");
            Logging.logger().severe(message);
            throw new java.io.IOException(message);
        }

        this.doReadMetadata(input, values);
    }

    protected boolean doCanRead(Object input)
    {
        javax.imageio.stream.ImageInputStream iis = null;
        javax.imageio.ImageReader reader = null;
        try
        {
            iis = createInputStream(input);
            if (iis != null)
                reader = readerFor(iis);
        }
        catch (Exception ignored)
        {
        }
        finally
        {
            if (reader != null)
            {
                reader.dispose();
            }

            try
            {
                if (iis != null)
                {
                    iis.close();
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ignored)
            {
            }
        }

        return reader != null;
    }

    protected java.awt.image.BufferedImage doRead(Object input) throws java.io.IOException
    {
        javax.imageio.stream.ImageInputStream iis = createInputStream(input);
        return javax.imageio.ImageIO.read(iis);
    }

    protected void doReadMetadata(Object input, AVList values) throws java.io.IOException
    {
        javax.imageio.stream.ImageInputStream iis = createInputStream(input);
        javax.imageio.ImageReader reader = readerFor(iis);
        try
        {
            if (reader == null)
            {
                String message = Logging.getMessage("generic.UnrecognizedImageSourceType", input);
                Logging.logger().severe(message);
                throw new java.io.IOException(message);
            }

            reader.setInput(iis, true, true);
            int width = reader.getWidth(0);
            int height = reader.getHeight(0);
            values.setValue(AVKey.WIDTH, width);
            values.setValue(AVKey.HEIGHT, height);
        }
        finally
        {
            if (reader != null)
                reader.dispose();
            iis.close();
        }
    }

    protected static javax.imageio.stream.ImageInputStream createInputStream(Object input) throws java.io.IOException
    {
        // ImageIO can create an ImageInputStream automatically from a File references or a standard I/O InputStream
        // reference. If the data source is a URL, or a string file path, then we must open an input stream ourselves.

        if (input instanceof java.net.URL)
            input = ((java.net.URL) input).openStream();
        else if (input instanceof CharSequence)
            input = openInputStream(input.toString());

        return javax.imageio.ImageIO.createImageInputStream(input);
    }

    protected static java.io.InputStream openInputStream(String path) throws java.io.IOException
    {
        Object streamOrException = WWIO.getFileOrResourceAsStream(path, null);
        if (streamOrException == null)
        {
            return null;
        }
        else if (streamOrException instanceof java.io.IOException)
        {
            throw (java.io.IOException) streamOrException;
        }
        else if (streamOrException instanceof Exception)
        {
            String message = Logging.getMessage("generic.ExceptionAttemptingToReadImageFile", path);
            Logging.logger().log(java.util.logging.Level.SEVERE, message, streamOrException);
            throw new java.io.IOException(message);
        }

        return (java.io.InputStream) streamOrException;
    }

    protected static javax.imageio.ImageReader readerFor(javax.imageio.stream.ImageInputStream iis)
    {
        java.util.Iterator<javax.imageio.ImageReader> readers = javax.imageio.ImageIO.getImageReaders(iis);
        if (!readers.hasNext())
            return null;

        return readers.next();
    }

    protected static String[] getImageIOReaderSuffixes()
    {
        java.util.Iterator<javax.imageio.spi.ImageReaderSpi> iter;
        try
        {
            iter = javax.imageio.spi.IIORegistry.getDefaultInstance().getServiceProviders(
                javax.imageio.spi.ImageReaderSpi.class, true);
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            return new String[0];
        }

        java.util.Set<String> set = new java.util.HashSet<String>();
        while (iter.hasNext())
        {
            javax.imageio.spi.ImageReaderSpi spi = iter.next();
            String[] names = spi.getFileSuffixes();
            set.addAll(java.util.Arrays.asList(names));
        }

        String[] array = new String[set.size()];
        set.toArray(array);
        return array;
    }
}


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Egypt: Church provides first conversion certificate
15 April 2009 | 10:09 AM
|PIC1|For the first time ever, Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church issued a certificate of conversion to a believer from a Muslim background last week.
The move is unprecedented in a country where it is practically impossible for Muslims to legally change their religious status.
Maher al-Gohari requested and was granted the Church's first conversion certificate. He turned the certificate into an Egyptian court on Saturday, according to Agence France-Presse. Al-Gohari is seeking to officially change his religion on legal documents and his ID card.
In Egypt, ID card state the owner's religion and determines what activity they and their children can participate in. If someone is a practising Christian but legally a Muslim, their children are automatically Muslims under Egyptian law, meaning thta the children cannot attend Christian religious classes in school, wed in a church, or attend church services openly.
To date, no convert from Islam has successfully won a court case to legally change their religious status.
In 2007, an Egyptian Muslim who converted to Christianity name Muhammad Ahmed Hegazy became the first convert to sue Egypt for rejecting his application to officially change his religion.
As a result of his lawsuit, Hegazy and his wife, who was pregnant at the time, had to go into hiding because of death threats they were receiving from Muslim extremists. He also went through several lawyers because of the death threats, forcing them to withdraw from the case.
Hegazy's case made headlines across Egypt and drew international attention to Egypt's unfair legal system and its lack of respect for religious freedom.
The Egyptian court ruled in February 2008 that he could not legally change his religious status.
The Cairo judge said that according to shariah law, Islam is the final and most complete religion and therefore Muslims already practise full freedom of religion and cannot convert to an older belief.
Hegazy risked his and his wife's lives to change their religious status so that his then unborn child could be openly raised in a Christian environment.
In Egypt, religious conversion to Christianity is not illegal, but has been functionally impossible. Legal conversion to Islam is done with great ease.
For al-Gohari's case, the Egyptian court had requested he provide a conversion certificate from an Egyptian church - only the second time a court has made such a request. Although the church issued a certificate of conversion to al-Gohari, it has declined to comment on the case, likely due to the sensitive nature of conversions in Egypt, according to AFP.
Egypt has the largest Christian community in the Middle East, numbering about eight million, or 10 per cent of Egypt's population. Despite their size, the Christian community lives under many social, economic, and educational inequalities. The vast majority of Egypt's population is Sunni Muslim.


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Q: Stop BroadCastReceiver from triggering on Application update in Android I have to show prompt when a new Application is installed or uninstalled in the device,so far its working fine. The only problem is prompt is coming even when Application is updated.
How to stop BroadCastReceiver from triggering on Application update.
<receiver android:name=".WeepingReceiver">
    <intent-filter android:priority="100">
         <action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_ADDED" />
         <action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_REMOVED" />

         <data android:scheme="package" />
    </intent-filter>
</receiver>

BroadCast
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
    if (intent.getAction().equals(Intent.ACTION_PACKAGE_INSTALL)
            || intent.getAction().equals(Intent.ACTION_PACKAGE_ADDED)) {
            context.startActivity(new Intent(context, NewAppActivity.class).
            setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK).putExtra(Utility.NEW_PACKAGE_NAME, packageName));
}

A: Try this
Bundle extras = intent.getExtras();
if (extras.containsKey(Intent.EXTRA_REPLACING) && extras.getBoolean(Intent.EXTRA_REPLACING))
{
//do nothing here it is condition of updating your existing app
}else
{
//do your code here
}

A: Just try to change your if condition as
if (!intent.getAction().equals(Intent.ACTION_PACKAGE_REPLACED) &&
       (intent.getAction().equals(Intent.ACTION_PACKAGE_ADDED))) {

      context.startActivity(new Intent(context, NewAppActivity.class)
          .setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK)
          .putExtra(Utility.NEW_PACKAGE_NAME, packageName));
}

And manifest
<receiver android:name=".WeepingReceiver">
    <intent-filter android:priority="100">
         <action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_ADDED" />
         <action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_REMOVED" />
         <action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_REPLACED" />
         <data android:scheme="package" />
    </intent-filter>
</receiver>

A: Application Update is re-installing a new app so it is correct that your receiver receives the event as PACKAGE_ADDED. Thus, you cannot stop your broadcast from receiving the event.
However, you can validate if the intent is being updated by checking whether the package name was there before. You can have a list of installed apps' package names and store. Then check as you are doing:
if (intent.getAction().equals(Intent.ACTION_PACKAGE_INSTALL)
            || intent.getAction().equals(Intent.ACTION_PACKAGE_ADDED)
            || !packageList.contains(packageName))

You could get your package list by:
final PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
//get a list of installed apps.
List<ApplicationInfo> packages = pm.getInstalledApplications(PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);

for (ApplicationInfo packageInfo : packages) {
   packageList.add(packageInfo.packageName);
}

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Congratulations to Nancy O'Dell and Keith Zubchevich on the safe arrival of their baby girl, Ashby Grace.
The girl was 7 lbs., 9 oz. and born at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
O'Dell, 41, and Zubchevich, 38, wed in 2005 after meeting on a security line at Burbank's Bob Hope airport in 2004.
In December, they announced they were expecting. This is the first child for O'Dell; Zubchevich has two sons from a previous marriage: Tyler, 11, and Carson, 8.
Ashby is named after O'Dell's late grandfather; her middle name comes from the church where O'Dell's parents were married, Grace United Methodist Church in Union, SC. Grace is also a name in Zubchevich's family.
I hope that he was able to have her foot cast removed before she went into labour. Nancy has been confined to her home for the last couple of weeks after injuring her right foot.
We wish her well. She is going to be a great mom.


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Robert De Niro Pulls Vaxxed Documentary From Tribeca Film Festival
By Michelle Ruiz
Photo: FilmMagic
Robert De Niro has changed his mind about screening Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe, a controversial documentary linking vaccines to autism in children, at the Tribeca Film Festival in April. De Niro, whose son is autistic, initially stood by the selection of the film, but reversed his decision in a statement Saturday, after outcry from parents, researchers, and members of the medical community.
"My intent in screening this film was to provide an opportunity for conversation around an issue that is deeply personal to me and my family," De Niro said. "But after reviewing it over the past few days with the Tribeca Film Festival team and others from the scientific community, we do not believe it contributes to or furthers the discussion I had hoped for."
Vaxxed is directed by Andrew Wakefield, the doctor who authored a discredited 1998 study linking the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine in children to autism. The Centers for Disease Control has long refuted any link between vaccines and autism, but the debate among parents and the medical community has escalated in recent years. After De Niro, a cofounder of the festival, announced he was pulling Vaxxed as an official Tribeca selection, Wakefield and Vaxxed producer Del Bigtree accused De Niro and the Tribeca Film Festival of censorship.
"We have just witnessed yet another example of the power of corporate interests censoring free speech, art, and truth," Wakefield and Bigtree said in a statement. "Tribeca's action will not succeed in denying the world access to the truth behind the film Vaxxed."
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If you aren't blessed with a lot of square footage, storage is the key to making the most of the space that you do have. If your house is cramped and space is limited, we have found 10 clever storage ideas to help you hide away your clutter and organize your belongings, to maximize your space and make your home feel roomy and welcoming.
Multitasking storage can not only help to keep clutter in check, but it can also be used to divide a living space. This innovative shelving unit creates the illusion of space with its open design and allows light to filter through keeping the room bright. Its design offers a practical, yet unobtrusive storage solution.
The best storage ideas hide away your belongings to bring you a space that's uncluttered and minimalist. This clever TV cupboard opens to reveal concealed cabinets that keep clutter out of view.
Transform one of your walls into a library filled with your favourite reads with innovative built-in shelving designs. If you want extra room, but you don't want to hide your belongings away, this storage idea is both decorative and plentiful, while serving a multi-functional purpose with the addition of a window seat.
Discreet storage ideas are always welcome and this built in storage unit doubles up as a headboard. This minimalistic design boasts ample storage for bedding, towels and throws. If you don't have a linen closet, this is a subtle storage solution that ticks every box.
The staircase itself can become a storage unit. Turning stairs into concealed slide-out drawers provides a sneaky storage area for all of your essentials.
Building shelving into your hallway is a great way to make use of what is typically wasted space in a small home. Walls of double-storey shelves fold around the staircase from the hallway, allowing for the storage of books and smaller possessions.
The classic under-bed storage solution shows you how you can increase your storage space without using up valuable square footage. This storage solution would work wonders in even the smallest of rooms, with the deep compartments meaning even bulkier items can be put away.
Maximize your under-stairs storage capacity by adding open shelves. This staircase is now a multi-purpose feature that provides the perfect place to showcase your reading collection.
If you are short on space, dual purpose furniture is the key. This bedroom shelving unit provides shelves of different sizes and allows you to present your most prized possessions in style. If you need a place for your personal trinkets, this feature shelving is just the thing.
Transform the wasted space underneath your staircase into a storage haven with shelves and cubbies galore. With bigger shelves for boots and shoes, and compact shelves to store clothes and accessories, this staircase is ideal should you require extra closet space.


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Salman posts a picture with Shera as he completes 25 years with him
(Provided by IANS)
Shera, Bollywood's most popular and known bodyguard, who has his own agency, has often narrated how he became Salman Khan's bodyguard when Bhai had to travel abroad for a show. It was Sohail Khan who recommended his name to the actor and asked him to accompany him when he travels outside India.
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Picture Courtesy: Official Instagram Account/Salman Khan
Impressed by his skills to handle the crowd and the frenzy and pandemonium that he generates, Khan permanently appointed him as his loyal guard. It has been 25 years and the duo is still going strong. And to celebrate the occasion, Bhai took to his Instagram account to share this news with all his fans, and Shera's fans too.
He wrote- 25 years and still being strong. Have a look at the post right here:
The occasion was the preview of Being Strong Fitness Workout in Mumbai, which was also attended by Zaheer Iqbal and Aayush Sharma. Also gracing the event was Sohail Khan. Take a look at some of the pictures right here:
Coming back to Shera and Salman, their relationship goes beyond a star and a guard, they seem to be friends and have often been spotted with friends and family, having a gala time. This is also arguably one of the most iconic duos in Bollywood, known to all. And if you remember, Shera also made a cameo in Bhai's film Bodyguard in 2011, and the Tiger Agency shown in the film actually belongs to him.
And talking about Khan, he has Dabangg 3 coming up on December 20, which is all set to be the widest release of Hindi Cinema, with the actor eyeing over 5400 screens. He also has Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai coming up next eid, also directed by Prabhudeva. And then, he'll return as Devil in Sajid Nadiadwala's Kick 2.
In pics: How many of these old pictures of Salman Khan have you seen before?
Born on December 27, 1965, Salman Khan's birth name is Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan. He finished his schooling in Mumbai from St. Stanislaus High School in Bandra. Salman went to Mumbai's St. Xavier's College, but dropped out. Salman Bhai, as he is fondly called by fans and his friends, is one of the most loved actors of the nation. The actor, who made his debut as with Biwi Ho Toh Aisi in 1988, completed 30 years in the film industry. (All photos: mid-day archives)
In picture: Dharmendra with Salman Khan and Sohail Khan on the sets of Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya.
Salman Khan had shared the screen space with Rekha in his debut film, Biwi Ho Toh Aisi (1988), wherein, he played the actress' younger brother-in-law. Though, Salman's role wasn't much noticed by the audience, it was his second film Maine Pyar Kiya that made him an instant favourite among fans.
In picture: Salman Khan with the late legendary actor-filmmaker Dev Anand.
Maine Pyar Kiya (1989), also starring Bhagyashree, Mohnish Bahl, Alok Nath and Reema Lagoo, became one of Highest Indian grosser till date.
In picture: Rani Mukerji, Preity Zinta, Salman Khan and other Bollywood celebs during a film promotion.
In 1990, Salman Khan gave another Box Office hit with Baaghi: A rebel for love. Salman Khan's hit films in the mid-90s era were – Saajan, Andaz Apna Apna (cult classic), Hum Aapke Hain Koun, Karan Arjun. He had become one of the most loved actors in Bollywood.
In picture: Sanjay Dutt, Salman Khan, Prem Chopra; Bobby Deol and Rani Mukerji (seated).
Talking about stardom, Salman Khan had said in an interview with mid-day, "To reach the top, you need to have certain qualities. Aamir is fantastic at his work. Look at how he pulled off an action film, Ghajini. Shah Rukh has the amazing romantic intensity. Amitabh Bachchan is the most professional, most hardworking man even now. Akshay Kumar has tremendous, horse-like focus. Ajay has got his own charm, his own audience. For middle and lower-middle-class audiences, the only entertainment is cinema. Going to the movies is like a picnic. If we can't entertain them, give them value for their money."
In picture: Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt at an event. The duo has appeared together in 'Saajan', 'Chal Mere Bhai' and many other Bollywood films.
In the late 90s, Salman Khan gave a mixture of commercially flop, but critically lauded vs commercially hit but critically panned films such as Khamoshi: The Musical, Judwaa, Auzar, Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya, Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai, Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United, Biwi No.1 and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam.
In picture: Two peas in pod? Salman Khan and the legendary Feroz Khan.
Here's wishing India's most eligible bachelor – Salman Khan a very happy birthday!
In the early 2000s, Salman Khan's alleged relationship with actress Aishwarya Rai became a heated topic in the media. However, the duo split on a bitter note.
In picture: A bare-chested Salman shooting for an ad campaign.
Talking about his angry nature, Salman Khan had said in an interview, "Anger is still within me. Anger is what keeps you alive. What's a man without anger, without passion? If I didn't have it, I would be thanda, na? I might be using it in a more positive manner now, but I am happy that I have that anger inside me; that's what gives me the push and takes me places."
In picture: Sanjay Dutt and frequent co-star Salman Khan are best friends.
Talking about his image in the media, Salman Khan, who has a love-hate relationship with media, was quoted saying to a journalist, "To get your TRPs, you'll twist it around. The job of being cautious is not ours. The responsibility lies at your end. Just so your magazine or TV channel can make some money, you can't use bits and pieces from some place and turn things around. You know that you're doing it, and despite that, you do it."
In picture: Salman Khan with Aamir Khan in 'Andaz Apna Apna'.
"If I've said something wrong, and you believe this is going to create trouble, why would you put that up? In fact, it's your duty as a journalist to tell me, "Yaar, Salman, this is actually a wrong thing, and this is how it should be." Your job is to bring people together (through) your star. Unless he's (the star is) corrupt, casteist, communal, stealing from people, then you can bajao me," he added.
In picture: Salman Khan performing at an awards event.
In the mid-2000s, Salman Khan started seeing a low phase in his career. About his downfall, Salman said, "There was a time I wasn't getting the best of films. I was only doing films from the best I got offered. Even though you work hard on those films, there's the producer and director who don't let you do much. That was a disheartening time for me."
In picture: Salman Khan with late Sridevi. Both have starred together in 'Chandra Mukhi' and 'Chaand Ka Tukdaa'.
He further added, "My creativity at that point in time was more like 'koi ghont raha hai mujhe (someone's choking me)'. As it is I've picked a script that I think will be an average film. If they let me work on it, at least I could take it to the next level. That didn't happen for me. I got fed up one day and said I'd rather not work at all. But then I realised, if I don't work, how will I survive? So I went about it like a daily 9 to 5 job."
In picture: Salman Khan with his 'Baaghi' co-star Nagma.
"And then I saw one film (of mine), and felt this is really not working, man: 'Yeh ek baar chhap gaya (It's in print once), it's going to be there for life.' That's when I got my act together, said now whatever I do, I won't do it for the money, or that I have dates (available on my diary), or a friend is a director/producer. I would do a movie only for scripts. If I don't get those scripts for the longest, I'll do stage shows, TV, but I will not do a film. No way!," Salman said.
In picture: Nagma with Salman Khan. The jodi reunited on-screen by making a cameo in 'Chal Mere Bhai'.
Well, not just among movie lovers, Salman Khan has garnered altogether a different fan following among Television audience, thanks to his eight years long association with Bigg Boss, a reality show that Salman has been hosting since 2010 till date.
In picture: Salman Khan with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Raveena Tandon.
"That said, my dad (screenwriter Salim Khan) once asked me during that phase: "You're the highest paid actor in India, but how much money do you think you have?" We went into the numbers, and he said that today, if there's a medical emergency in the family, and if money can save the person, we would not have the funds to make it happen. Because, after all the court cases, lawyer fees, etc, money used to come, and the same money used to go. Coming, going, coming, going… It started from magistrate court, then sessions court, then High Court, then Supreme Court; 20 years, bro! And people are thinking: Look at this upstart; he's romancing the hottest women, smiling (on screen). Arre, that's my job!," he said.
In picture: Salman Khan with Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit
After Aishwarya Rai, Salman Khan was in an alleged relationship with Katrina Kaif for several years. However, the couple split in 2010, though they continue to remain close friends till date.
In picture: Salman Khan pictured here with Subhash Ghai starred in the filmmaker's 2008 directorial 'Yuvvraaj'.
Salman Khan had also dated Sangeeta Bijlani, whom he was supposed to get married as well. But eventually broke up. Salman Khan had even dated Somy Ali.
In picture: Salman Khan with tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi and Khushwant Singh.
Talking about love, Salman Khan was quoted in an interview, "I don't believe in love at all. I don't think there's any reason for the word 'love' to exist. The word is 'need'. It depends on whose need is more. Or who you might need at some point. But she may not need you at all. This can also turn the other way round, when you don't need her sometimes. So, basically, the need has got to be equal at all times. Which may or may not happen."
In picture: Salman Khan with brothers Arbaaz Khan and Sohail Khan. Salman is the eldest of the three.
"Then there is companionship, habit – that you've been together for so long – emotional connect, or the fact that both of you have flaws but you're aware of the larger picture, and that you're happy together. But 'love' is, essentially, need," said Salman Khan.
In picture: Salman Khan and brother Sohail recently starred together in 'Tubelight'.
Salman Khan surprised everyone when at an event in 2009, he spoke about death and muttered few 'deep' and mind you, really deep thoughts around the emotion. Very unlikely of Khan, the actor was quoted saying, "Death is a reality and birth is an accident. Death is a powerful entity it strips you of everything you came to the world with. Look at Alexander the Great he conquered the world and when he died, he died alone taking nothing with him. I think about that a lot."
In picture: Salman Khan and Danny Denzongpa in a still from 'Buland'.
2009 marked a significant turning point in Khan's career. He starred in Wanted, which became a huge hit, followed by Dabangg in the consecutive year, Ready and Bodyguard in 2011, Ek Tha Tiger and Dabangg 2 in 2012, post which there was no looking back.
In picture: Salman and Sanjay Dutt in a still for 'Dus'.
Salman Khan has been involved in several charities during his career. In 2007, Khan started an NGO called Being Human. The organisation sells T-shirts, bicycles and other products online and in stores and a portion of its revenue go to a worthy cause supporting the underprivileged.
In picture: Salman and his ex-girlfriend Somy Ali.
On the work front, Salman Khan will be next seen in Bharat opposite Katrina Kaif, post which the actor will start shooting for Dabangg 3.
In picture: Salman and former sister-in-law Malaika Arora. Malaika was married to Salman's brother Arbaaz Khan.
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(Slideshow by Mid Day)


Slate house signs engraved in the English county of Kent on slate quarried in faraway Brazil. The craftsmen engraving the slate house signs often thought of the long journey from their country of origin to the studio in Kent. And they thought of the names they would engrave on the slate house signs before sending them off to their final destination. The names were of never failing interest to them. Some names conjuring up pictures of idyllic scenes, some so unusual that they wondered at the story behind them.
"Slate house signs", thought Nuno Da Silva, his eyes squinting in the hot sun of the Paraopeda Valley near Papagaios in Brazil, as he stood gazing at the stacks of slate that were being put ready for shipping to the United Kingdom. Strong, dense slate to be used for many purposes but Nuno's imagination was captured by the thought of the slates that would become slate house signs.
Nuno longed to travel. He had read many books and stories about Great Britain. He had paged through English magazines bought from the large bookshop he had visited on his one and only trip to Rio de Janeiro. One of the magazines had a section of houses that were for sale. Thatched cottages with climbing roses round the front door or trellised on the walls. Stately manor houses, an old rectory, a converted barn, an old schoolhouse that had been turned in to a family home. And outside so many of the photo's of the properties were slate house signs with names that made him think longingly of a green and friendly land many thousands of miles away.
He dreamed of travelling round that country. Visiting the houses that had Brazilian slate house signs engraved with names like Cherrywood Lodge, Honeysuckle Cottage, Bluebell House, The Coach House, The Old Vicarage. How wonderful that would be. Would he ever be able to visit that faraway island?
Perhaps one day Nuno will realize his dream. Perhaps he will meet the men in Kent who turn the slate into slate house signs and he will be able to tell the men about Brazil and how the slates were quarried. Sometimes dreams do come true.


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Premier League - Bunch of girls
ratherton
Post 02 Jan 2011, 19:23
mustahfa14 wrote: ratherton stop acting like such a hard ass.
Just because it was dangerous and slippery doesnt mean shops and restaraunts would close? but like scotty boy said...when you have 40+ thousand fans coming to a game...with the bad roads and weather it would be mayhem.
soccer is a sport...which was created for entertainment. Thats how they make money. They dont really care about if the players want to play or not. It comes down to the fans safety and their entertainment...or money
I'm not blaming the players for calling of the games as they have no say in the matter.
Lets take Stamford Bridge as an example. The Kings Road is very close to the stadium and plenty of people not going to football matches managed to safely get themselves to the shops. Thousands of people were in central London and managed to get to bars, restaurants, museums etc but for some reason, football stadia with playable pitches couldn't manage to get a game on.
Its ridiculous that businesses (thats what these clubs are) can't open when places with far less financial resources can.
Kings road is probably 1,000 times as many square meters of available space as a football stadium is. And There is not 40,000 people in kings road at any given time. I don't understand your argument.
If you can get thousands of people into a teashop in kings road then maybe you have a point.
EF Drug Baron
Government with health and safety bollocks end of.
i was made to ignite
AMacK7
I don't understand this too slippery for cars argument at all. People in the USA and Canada go to sporting events in the winter all the time, for example an outdoor hockey games are played typically once a year, football games are played every weekend, the average high in Green Bay for the month of January is -4 and an average low of -13. Now they cope with the field just fine and the fans fill a 70,000 seat stadium. These 70,000 people manage to get to the stadium every week in bad conditions. I agree with ratherton here, there is no need to cancel games because of weather (except thunderstorms and lightning).
AMacK7 wrote: I don't understand this too slippery for cars argument at all. People in the USA and Canada go to sporting events in the winter all the time, for example an outdoor hockey games are played typically once a year, football games are played every weekend, the average high in Green Bay for the month of January is -4 and an average low of -13. Now they cope with the field just fine and the fans fill a 70,000 seat stadium. These 70,000 people manage to get to the stadium every week in bad conditions. I agree with ratherton here, there is no need to cancel games because of weather (except thunderstorms and lightning).
Being from Canada I can attest, but I don't think England is very used to the kind of snow they received. They certainly don't have dedicated snowclearing forces like those areas of North America that expect a lot of snow have, and maybe some don't even have snow tires, or are not at all accustomed to the conditions.
Don't forget, they did call a Philadelphia Eagles game back in the reg. season due to a biting blizzard. And Philadelphia residents are certainly no strangers to snow. It was just the harshness of the particular blizzard.
The unaccustomed argument makes sense but still, I'm not a fan of calling off games. I wonder what'll happen in Qatar? If you can't deal with snow you can't deal with heatstroke!
Back on topic, does anyone know how often games are called off in other leagues in Europe (Not Spain or Italy as they typically have nicer weather) compared to the EPL? That would be interesting to compare I think..


On July 26, 2018 the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the National Action Plan for Non-Communicable Diseases (available in Ukrainian), prepared by the Ministry of Health of Ukraine in line with the Sustainable Development Goals. For the first time ever, Ukraine makes comprehensive efforts to prevent non-communicable diseases (NCDs) – medical conditions and diseases caused by a combination of genetic, physiological, environmental and behavioral factors.
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are responsible for over 80% of all deaths in Ukraine. These are mainly the circulatory system diseases, neoplasms, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, and diabetes. According to the latest WHO data published in 2018, life expectancy in Ukraine is 67.6 male and 77.1 female, and total life expectancy is 72.5, which makes it evident that life expectancy in Ukraine is much below that of the rest of Europe.
Many NCDs can be prevented by reducing the risk factors, i.e. addressing diet, physical inactivity, tobacco and alcohol use and making the places we live into health enabling environments. A healthy lifestyle is the key to preventing NCDs and premature mortality.
Together with other Ukrainian ministries and departments, the Ministry of Health of Ukraine is launching a long-term national campaign for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases. It starts with the development and implementation of information policy and large-scale awareness raising programs on major NCDs and their risk factors (tobacco use, physical inactivity, the harmful use of alcohol and unhealthy diets).
a 25% reduction in road traffic accident death rates.
These policy areas are reflected in the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, therefore Ukraine has adopted the National Action Plan for Non-Communicable Diseases in the context of the public health reform implementation.


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Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority (LASPPPA) otherwise known as Planning Permit Authority started from Development Control Department (DCD) under the Ministry of Physical Planning. This department performed the main functions of Lagos State Urban and Regional Planning Board, which was established on 28th April, 1998 by virtue of Lagos State Edict No. 2 of 1998 in line with the Nigerian Urban and Regional Planning Law (Decree) No. 88 of 1992. The Board started operation as Lagos State Urban and Regional Board (LASURB) in April 28, 1998 with Late R.O. Alaka as the first General Manager.
At inception, it had the following three departments:
(i) Development Control
(ii) Physical Planning Research and Statistics (PPRS) and
(iii) Regional Master Plan Department (RMD)
Later, the Central Monitoring Unit (CMU) was created from DCD in order to separate detection, monitoring and removal of illegal development from building plan processing.
Although the draft Physical Planning and Urban Development Law for Lagos State was deposited with the State's Ministry of Justice in December 2003, its public reading at the Lagos State House of Assembly was not actualized until Tuesday, 14th December, 2004.
To reflect its new role of policy implementation and plans implementation, the board was re – christened in the draft law as Lagos State Physical Planning and Development Authority. This metamorphosed via the Official Gazette No. 25 Vol. 38 of 14 October 2005, which arose from the landmark judgment of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in June 2003 on the dispute between the Lagos State Government and Federal Government of Nigeria on the administration of Town Planning in the Country.
The new Law re – organized and re – structured LASURB to make its activities fit into the 21st Century Mega City vision of the State Government.
Thus, six departments were created for the Authority, viz:
(i) Development Permit Department (DPD)
(ii) Physical Development Monitoring Department (PDMD) later turned
Physical Development & Stage Certification Department (PD&SCD)
(iii) District Local Plans Department (DLPD)
(iv) Physical Development Interventions Department (PDID)
(v) Physical Planning Research and Statistics Department (PPRS)
(vi) Finance and Administration
In addition to these, four operational units were also created, viz:
(i) Geographical Information System Unit
(ii) Internal Audit Unit
(iii) Public Relations Office
(iv) Legal Unit
Subsequently, on Monday, 5th July 2010, the Governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) signed into Law a new Agency to be known as the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) out of the present Lagos State Physical Planning and Development Authority (LASPPDA) and turned the erstwhile Lagos State Physical Planning and Development Authority into Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority (LASPPPA).
STRUCTURE OF LASPPPA
In order to achieve the foregoing, the Departments and Units were restructured within the Authority as follows:
Development Permit Department (DPD)
Physical Planning Research and Statistics Department (PPRSD)
Physical Development Intervention Department (PDID)
District and Local Plans Department (DLPD)
Administrative and Human Resources Department (A&HRD)
Technical Services Department(TSD)
Geographic Information System Unit
Press and Public Relation Unit
Budget and Planning Unit
Information Communication Technology Unit


Rumble / Heartwarming Families - Over the years, surprise homecomings have become viral sensations, and these videos are becoming the most viral, heartwarming, touching videos that are making us cry. Big time!
The meeting of a long but not forgotten family member can make you feel so excited you can't keep a smile off your face, and we are here to witness that kind of reunion that is just priceless.
This dad surprised his kids and family over Thanksgiving, and his kids were so surprised and so happy that their dad is home for the holidays! They couldn't take their hands of him, giving him the biggest hugs in the world. They must have missed him so much. Take a look at the video and see the burst of emotions this family had!
Rene Laverdiere surprises his family by coming home for Thanksgiving. He's been working far away in the oil patch for 55 days, and the kids haven't seen him the entire time. Their reactions say it all! Zachary Foster was also surprised to see his best friend who flew all the way from Hawaii just to see him. His jaw nearly hit the floor when he saw Jessica walk up to his table!
Family reunions are positive and fantastic events. It's great to see people's happiness and joy and how much they appreciate their families. Also, family reunions can help people get closer to their family members and make them even stronger.
Families are everything! From the moment we are born, we belong to a family. Whether it is small or a big family, adopted or blood-related, our family is all we have, and they are who we are in life. A family is an essential unit of society. It holds great importance in human life. It is the most stable unit of society. A community is made up of families.
So, we are happy to see families like this. Loving, caring families who love each other and support each other in good times and bad times. These are the videos that put smiles on our faces, but also tears. Don't worry, and they are happy tears. We hope this video will teach you always to appreciate your family and be there for them, as they will still be there for you!
Their loving reunion is impressive and enjoyable to watch. And we believe that other people will be amazed by this video. So, don't forget to share this fantastic video with your friends and family! s table!


The beautiful Keyonda with her youngest, Nyla (9 months). Keyonda is the mother of 4, Nia (10), AJ (8) and Nadia (3). Keyonda has breastfed all of her children and had all hospital births, although her youngest two were beautifully born in the water. Keyonda's stomach scar is the result of an operation she had between her first and second children to remove a very large ovarian cyst along with her ovary and fallopian tube. Nyla's pregnancy was a total surprise. Keyonda had an IUD placed and didn't even know she was pregnant until she was 26 weeks along!


Nashville's Will Lexington (played by actor Chris Carmack) put his charm to work in a Budweiser spot during a recent episode of the CMT drama.
The fictitious clip opens with Will taming a vicious dog and helping an old woman cross the street before he enters a seedy bar and wins over an unsavory-looking group of patrons.
Check out the Bud spot below.


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ROB HEULE'S LEFT RIGHT LEFT
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MOTHERLOAD TEASER
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BENSHI CREATIVE – DOLLAR SHORT
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THE REVELSTOKE DIARIES
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GO GO GO MOVIE
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LEVEL 1 PRESENTS NOTHING
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FREERIDE WORLD TOUR 2021 TRAILER & CALENDAR
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THE REVELSTOKE DIARIES TRAILER
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LINE TRAVELING CIRCUS SEASON 13 PREMIERE
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BOBBY BROWN GOPRO FOLLOW CAM COMPILATION
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STRICTLY'S BERMUDA TRAILER
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WOODSY'S WORLD RETURNS
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