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Frederick Douglass delivered Lincoln reality check at Emancipation Memorial
Steve Whitlock
RE: Frederick Douglass delivered Lincoln reality check at Emancipation Memorial
(07-03-2020 10:29 AM)David Lockmiller Wrote:
(06-30-2020 01:55 PM)David Lockmiller Wrote: The little part in italics that cannot be read: "that I have ever retreated from it."
Today, in reviewing my post #8 on this thread, I realized that it might have been difficult to find the beginning of that sentence within the reprinted newspaper article. Accordingly, the complete little section with the missing Lincoln words is as follows:
"Mr. Douglass, I have been charged with being tardy, and the like," and he went on admitted that it might seem so, but he said "I am charged with vacillating; but, Mr. Douglass, I do not think that charge can be sustained; I think it cannot be shown that, once I have taken a position that I have ever retreated from it." [Applause to Mr. Douglass's speech at this point.]
You might also say that I "cherry picked" this section to the benefit of both men.
That was nice of you to provide the complete sentence in the article I posted. I should have done that! As for the "cherry pick" writer I mentioned, that refers to Stephanie Ramirez in the article I also posted. Everyone takes excerpts for sources, but I felt such excerpts in the Ramirez article may have unduly influenced readers who may not have read the Douglass oration.
And yes, the complete quote was to the benefit of both men. Thank you.
David Lockmiller
I found some additional noteworthy information in a publication called the HillRag:
Monday Emancipation Day Celebration in Lincoln Park
'Douglass' and 'Grant' Star in Recreation of 'Emancipation Memorial' Dedication Ceremony
By Elizabeth O'Gorek -April 17, 2018
In remarks delivered prior to the ceremony, National Park Service Ranger Vince Vaise noted that the funding drive for the statue was initiated by a five-dollar donation from a former slave named Charlotte Scott, then living in a refugee camp in Wisconsin. According to the plaque affixed to the statue, the "Freedmen Statue," was funded entirely by African-Americans, many of them Union Veterans.
The statue has been the subject of controversy virtually since it was unveiled. While attending the ceremony, Douglass was reported as saying that the statue "showed the Negro on his knee when a more manly attitude would have been indicative of freedom." Although the figure represents a freed slave, he is depicted shackled to the base of the statue. An alternative pose, where the African-American held a rifle, was considered and rejected.
The D.C. Compensated Emancipation Act of 1862 that ended slavery in Washington DC freed 3,100 individuals, reimbursed those who had legally owned them and offered the newly freed women and men money to emigrate. The legislation and the courage and struggle of those who fought to make it a reality is commemorated every April 16 on DC Emancipation Day. In the late nineteenth century, the celebration often took place on the date of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, April 14, as did the statue's dedication in 1876.
"So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history." -- Plutarch
(07-03-2020 02:49 PM)David Lockmiller Wrote: I found some additional noteworthy information in a publication called the HillRag:
I'm not trying to one-up you here, but to add to the narrative for the Emancipation Monument, and the donation by Charlotte Scott that you mentioned, here is more information from my notes for the unveiling ceremony documentation. I guess I should have included these attached notes with the oration post.
UNVEILING OF THE FREEDMENS MONUMENT.doc (Size: 54 KB / Downloads: 6)
(07-03-2020 12:12 PM)Steve Whitlock Wrote: As for the "cherry pick" writer I mentioned, that refers to Stephanie Ramirez in the article I also posted. Everyone takes excerpts for sources, but I felt such excerpts in the Ramirez article may have unduly influenced readers who may not have read the Douglass oration.
I apologize, Steve; I did think that you might be referring to my post of the major latter portion of the Frederick Douglass speech.
It was almost as if Frederick Douglass were delivering a speech on the same subject to two different audiences, describing two different President Abraham Lincoln's.
My first post on this thread reads in part:
"In the era of the "1619 Project," is this article considered to be accurate and truthful reporting of American Civil War history and President Abraham Lincoln, in particular?
"Frederick Douglass delivered a Lincoln reality check at Emancipation Memorial unveiling" (story headline)
In the first part of the story, the reporter writes:
"Douglass, who had met Lincoln on several occasions at the White House, said that Lincoln was not a president for black people and that Lincoln's motivation above all was to save the union, even if it meant keeping black people in bondage."
What is said with these words is true; however, what is not said with this sentence standing alone and concluding that President Lincoln was not "a president for black people" is the deceiving part.
Thank you, Roger, for your post #2 in response:
"In my opinion, on an overall basis, there is more positive in the speech than negative. This is especially true in the second half of the speech. David, I think the article you cited concentrates too much on the negative and generally ignores all the positive and praiseworthy things Douglass had to say about Abraham Lincoln."
I read the Frederick Douglass "second speech" made that same day (which I copied at post #3) and was amazed. Frederick Douglass corrected this distortion of truth in his "second speech" that same day to the same audience.
In my opinion, this "second speech" regarding the character and reputation of President Abraham Lincoln is the most commendable that I have ever read.
I prefaced my post #3 with the following statement:
The following is the second half of the Frederick Douglass speech on April 14, 1876 to which Roger makes reference. I agree with what Roger has said and I am also of the opinion that the following should have been Douglass's entire speech that day.
In short, those who support the "1619 Project" version of American history will only "cherry pick" quote from the first part Frederick Douglass's narration of April 14, 1876. The full truth regarding President Abraham Lincoln will not be told by the "Nikole Hannah-Jones" of this world; and even added perverse lies regarding the character and reputation of President Lincoln will be told as a means to an end.
Shame on me! I never thought of your using the "cherry pick" term, which may have influenced my sudden inspiration for it in the same thread. I'm so impressed with your writing skills that I now unwittingly plagiarize your talent. Any apology should be from me to you.
I will also sincerely apologize for my post that Roger, I presume, edited for a stupid remark I made. In 1999 I had a heart attack at work, but refused to go to the doctor. In the middle of the night I finally relented and went to the hospital, where I was quickly admitted, and a few hours later had another heart attack. The results of that led to a 5-way bypass, a new valve, removal of a blockage, and functional loss of over 30% for my heart. Five years later, now with an enlarged, barely functioning heart, I went on a heart transplant list. In 2006 I received the transplant. Then came 2015 and my wife died, from a heart attack.
Why I would ever use the term "heart attack" even in jest, is inexcusable. I do humbly apologize for that stupidity.
My Name Is Kate
Lincoln must have seemed almost like God to the freed slaves, and the Emancipation Memorial could be interpreted as suggesting that sentiment, with Lincoln towering over the kneeling slave, and his arm extended over him in a blessing-like gesture. But Lincoln was not God...not even close, and Lincoln alone did not free the slaves. Many lives were lost and families shattered in accomplishing that goal. Of course that would be more difficult to depict in a sculpture, and it was easier to use Lincoln alone as the symbol of emancipation. But having the text of the Thirteenth Amendment in the background, may have been a better substitute for Lincoln. (Not that it would make one iota of difference in appeasing the mob hellbent on tearing down statues.)
07-05-2020, 10:39 AM (This post was last modified: 07-05-2020 10:46 AM by David Lockmiller.)
(07-05-2020 09:16 AM)My Name Is Kate Wrote: Many lives were lost and families shattered in accomplishing that goal.
That's one amazing fact that is virtually ignored by protesters. I read in one of the published stories on the monument history that 310,000 white Union soldiers and 40,000 black Union soldiers died in the Civil War.
The initial purpose was to save the Union and the institution of democracy for the world. The following is from post #15 of the referenced thread:
RE: Why Is the G.O.P. Fighting to Preserve Monuments to Traitors in the Capitol?
Lieutenant-Colonel William McCullough of the 4th Illinois Voluntary Calvary was a longtime friend of attorney Abraham Lincoln. McCullough had served many years as sheriff and clerk of the court for McLean County. When the Illinois Eighth Circuit Court traveled to Bloomington, Lincoln would sometimes stay with the McCullough family.
When the American Civil War came, William McCullough, an excellent horseman, volunteered to serve in the military but was rejected because of his age (48) and physical disabilities (loss of an arm in a farming accident and loss of an eye in a shooting accident). McCullough petitioned President Lincoln directly for permission to serve. Lincoln granted the petition and commissioned McCullough as Lieutenant-Colonel of the Fourth Illinois Calvary, which McCullough helped to organize; he was well-respected by his comrades.
Lieutenant-Colonel William McCullough of the Fourth Illinois Voluntary Calvary was killed in night warfare with Confederate forces at Coffeeville, Mississippi on December 5, 1862. After 22 year-old Fanny learned of her father's death, according to her mother, she "neither ate nor slept since the tidings of his death, but shut herself in her room, in solitude, where she passed her time in pacing the floor in violent grief, or sitting in lethargic silence." Recently-appointed Supreme Court Justice David Davis, a mutual friend of William McCullough, was informed of the family's situation; he requested that President Lincoln write a letter of condolence.
Abraham Lincoln had suffered similar losses to that of the young Fanny McCullough. When Lincoln was only nine, his much loved mother called him to her side as she was dying from disease, saying to him: "I am going away from you, Abraham, and I shall not return." Earlier in the year, on February 20, 1862, Lincoln's own much loved 11 year-old son, Willie, died of disease at the White House, devastating President Lincoln.
Letter of condolence
Washington, December 23, 1862.
07-07-2020, 10:40 PM (This post was last modified: 07-08-2020 04:42 AM by Steve Whitlock.)
(07-05-2020 09:16 AM)My Name Is Kate Wrote: Lincoln must have seemed almost like God to the freed slaves, and the Emancipation Memorial could be interpreted as suggesting that sentiment, with Lincoln towering over the kneeling slave, and his arm extended over him in a blessing-like gesture. But Lincoln was not God...not even close, and Lincoln alone did not free the slaves. Many lives were lost and families shattered in accomplishing that goal. Of course that would be more difficult to depict in a sculpture, and it was easier to use Lincoln alone as the symbol of emancipation. But having the text of the Thirteenth Amendment in the background, may have been a better substitute for Lincoln. (Not that it would make one iota of difference in appeasing the mob hellbent on tearing down statues.)
A more common view was that President Lincoln was seen as both Father Abraham and Moses for the slaves. Michael Burlingame in "Abraham Lincoln, A Life" mentions that, as well as many news clips I saw while perusing thousands for President Lincoln.
There was also a song written in 1865, after president Lincoln's death, which refers to him as Father Abraham Lincoln. I called one of the attachments the "Father Abraham Lincoln Song", but the real title was "On the Death of President Abraham Lincoln Song", which I have also attached due to the first attachment being a little hard to read.
All of this is fine for general discussion; however, it ignores the reason that the Emancipation Memorial has been attacked by protestors, and why a better understanding of the memorial might be beneficial for its survival.
ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN.doc (Size: 35.5 KB / Downloads: 4)
07-08-2020, 06:11 AM (This post was last modified: 07-08-2020 06:11 AM by Gene C.)
Gene C
And it sounds like this ......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VU_M5Fa-N0
So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
07-08-2020, 10:30 AM (This post was last modified: 07-08-2020 10:41 AM by My Name Is Kate.)
(07-07-2020 10:40 PM)Steve Whitlock Wrote: All of this is fine for general discussion; however, it ignores the reason that the Emancipation Memorial has been attacked by protestors, and why a better understanding of the memorial might be beneficial for its survival.
Protestors see the statue as demeaning black people and putting them in a subservient position; literally, on their knees. They don't want any statues depicting or even hinting at black people as slaves, or anything close to that. They are ashamed of their slave past, and if they are white protestors, they are ashamed of what white people did to black people. Blacks (the ones who want the statue removed) would like to believe that the slaves freed themselves, or at least had a significant role in freeing themselves. Better yet, they would like to erase (cancel) the past, as though it never happened. Some protestors want a statue of Harriett Tubman (Underground Railroad activist/leader), to replace the Emancipation Memorial, because that would be more "empowering" for blacks.
I can see why some people may not like the Emancipation Memorial statue (I am one of them). It is uncomfortable to look at from the perspective of someone who was once in an enslaved position, or had enslaved ancestors. But I don't agree at all with the desire to eradicate history. That is called being in denial. No one who is in denial has truly overcome their past.
The people who are the political and financial power behind the protests, likely have other reasons for wanting statues like the Emancipation Memorial removed.
I want to make it clear that I am not in favor of tearing down any statues, including the Emancipation Memorial. That should be done only by popular vote, if it is done at all.
It is obvious to me that there is little respect or empathy, in these times, for what the slaves endured (and in fact, how hard life was for everyone who lived long ago). That lack of empathy or respect may include some who go around the country lecturing to anyone who will listen, how absolutely powerless and subservient the slaves were, never giving a thought to how that might be uncomfortable for those who have a more personal understanding of enslavement.


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Sergei Skripal (left), pictured in 2006, and his daughter Yulia Skripal after her recovery from the nerve agent poisoning. Also charged were Oleg Sotnikov, 46, and Alexey Minin, 46.
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Refuelling Alberta coal plants with biomass
Using biomass at shuttered coal-fired plants could help provinces meet their climate targets for a lower cost.
Andrew Rowe, Bryson Robertson, Peter Wild, Victor Keller
The Alberta power system is set for radical transformation between now and 2030. According to the Climate Leadership Plan, the province will end all coal-fired power generation and get 30 percent of its energy from renewable sources by this date. To drive this transition, the government is considering incentives such as renewable energy credits (RECs) for renewable generators, and it will penalize heavy emitters of carbon dioxide by increasing the province's carbon price from the current $20 a tonne to $30 in 2018.
Our analysis shows that converting stranded coal-burning plants to biomass fuel could help the government meet its target at lower cost.
Coal is currently the source of 51 percent of the electricity generated in the province . Natural gas accounts for 39 percent and the remaining 10 percent comes from renewable sources. According to the Alberta Electric System Operator, Alberta's total electricity consumption is projected to increase by as much as 30 percent by 2030. To meet the new renewable targets, cover the gap left by the coal phase-out and keep pace with growing demand, a significant amount of new low-carbon generating capacity must be installed between now and 2030.
Wind and solar resources are expected to provide the bulk of this additional energy, but managing intermittency with these options incurs significant costs which can increase as their use grows. Biomass, which today accounts for only 3 percent of power generation in the province, could enable Alberta to fuel the transition to renewable power while providing flexibility and firm capacity to maintain system reliability.
British Columbia and Alberta are home to large forestry industries, which generate enough forest residue to fill over 7,000 Olympic sized swimming pools every year. As this residue has limited merchant value, most is either burned to avoid forest fires or left on site to decay. However, a portion of this residue could be used to fuel coal-fired plants in Alberta that will otherwise be forced into early retirement by 2030. Although some modifications are necessary for these plants to handle biomass, the costs of these modifications are relatively low compared with the costs of building new generating units.
We have examined the potential for converting coal-fired plants to run on biomass from forest residue, using a long-term energy modelling software. The model takes into account the current Alberta generation facilities, the phase-out of coal by 2030 and the proposed increase in carbon prices in the province. Options for additional generation include natural gas combined cycle (CCGT), natural gas open cycle (OCGT), cogeneration, geothermal, wind, solar, hydro and conversion of coal-fired units to burn biomass. A geographic information system (GIS) model is also used to account for the costs and emissions of transporting the fuel. The model assumes that raw forest biomass is converted to wood pellets before it is delivered to the generating stations. The analysis optimizes the system for lowest cost subject to meeting the goal of 30 percent of the province's energy coming from renewable sources by 2030.
Figure 1 shows the optimal energy mix to achieve the 2030 renewable energy penetration goals for two modelled scenarios: on the left, the Conversion scenario where coal to biomass conversion is an option; on the right, the Stranded scenario shows the result if conversion of coal plants to biomass is not permitted. In the Conversion scenario, two coal-fired generating units, with 900 megawatts (MW) of combined capacity, are converted from coal to biomass. These two units would account for roughly 7 percent of the electricity generation in the province in 2030 (adding to the 2 percent already produced from other biomass sources by this date). While this represents a relatively small share of total generation, it is a significant step toward the goal of 30 percent of energy coming from renewables.
The conversion of some stranded coal units to biomass could lead to lower expenditures on renewable energy credit payments by the government. The model shows that a credit expenditure of $18.7 per megawatt hour (MWh) to all renewable energy generators would be necessary to achieve the 30 percent target in the Stranded scenario, but in the Conversion scenario, this value would drop to $16.5 per MWh. This difference would be equivalent to a drop of $600 million in REC payments from the government, from 2016 to 2030.
Also shown in figure 1 is the displacement of wind energy due to the introduction of bioenergy. The share of wind power drops from 24 percent in the Stranded scenario to only 18 percent in the Conversion scenario. Because wind power is intermittent, significantly more generating capacity and backup capacity would be required to produce this 6 percent segment of the province's energy, compared with the 900 MW from the coal-fired plants converted to biomass. As a result, an investment of $13.4 billion in new capacity for wind would be required between 2010 and 2030 to meet demand and maintain system reliability in the Stranded scenario, $2.6 billion more than in the Conversion scenario.
If the province of Alberta is to achieve a 30 percent renewable energy penetration in the power system by 2030, biomass is an option that should be considered as an alternative to reliance on only wind and solar power. While significant investments in the power system are likely to occur in the coming years regardless of the adoption of biomass fuel, its use may allow for substantial cost savings.
More information on the Alberta and British Columbia power systems and similar research projects can be found on the web site of the 2060 Project and on the web site of the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions.
Photo: Shutterstock.com
Andrew Rowe
Andrew Rowe is the director of the Institute for Integrated Energy Systems, and professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, at the University of Victoria. His research spans advanced heat pumps, hydrogen technologies and techno-economics of energy systems. He is a principal investigator with the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions' 2060 Project examining decarbonization of Canada's energy system.
Bryson Robertson
Bryson Robertson is an associate professor and director of the Pacific Marine Energy Center at Oregon State University. His research focuses on the future of North American electricity and marine energy systems.
Peter Wild
Peter Wild is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Victoria.
Victor Keller
Victor Keller is a PhD candidate at the University of Victoria with the Institute for Integrated Energy System. His work includes modelling energy systems in the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta to find pathways for decarbonisation.

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November 29, 2007 - According to a study presented at the RSNA, ultrasound-guided nonsurgical therapy can significantly reduce pain from calcific tendonitis of the rotator cuff and restores mobility.
Ultrasound-guided percutaneous therapy is a 10-minute procedure in which the shoulder is anesthetized and, with ultrasound guidance, a radiologist injects a saline solution into the rotator cuff to wash the area and break up the calcium. A second needle is used to withdraw the calcium residue. Recovery time is about an hour and calcifications that are completely treated do not return.
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If you cringe when you look back on past fusions of rock and rap, you won't necessarily get any argument from L.A.-based hip-hop screamer Hyro the Hero, who has long made it clear that he's no fan of how "corny" the combination can be.
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After releasing three mixtapes from 2007-2009, Hyro (born Hyron Fenton) opened his proper debut, 2011's Birth, School, Work, Death, by taking shots at Lil Wayne, whose rap-rock album Rebirth Hyro considers the epitome of what not to do.
As Billboard learned during a phone chat, Hyro the Hero likes a little substance with his music. His new album, Flagged Channel (out June 29 via RED Music/Sony), is an empathetic portrayal of the impact that social conditions have on urban neighborhoods like the one he grew up in. Working with producer-songwriter-TV/film composer Mitchell Marlow (Papa Roach, Butcher Babies, All That Remains, Filter) and beatmaker Josh Collins, the album's rhetoric is actually less about militance in a literal sense and more geared toward imploring his audience to stay mentally sharp. As he says on leadoff track "Bullet," it's your brain that Hyro has in his sights.
Billboard is exclusively premiering the video for "Bullet" today (May 24). Watch it below, and check out our interview with the rap-rocker.
You grew up as an avid fan of both Tupac and Bad Brains.
Yeah, man. I was the dude in the hood that changed the station a lot.
How much did that set you apart in the Houston neighborhood where you grew up in?
People nowadays are listening to everything, but back then, guitars scared people from the hood. They didn't really want to listen to anything heavy. But Bad Brains were brothers, so it was cool to see some black people out there rockin' out.
What local station was playing underground bands like Bad Brains?
Well, I'd hear more mainstream stuff like Nickelback on the radio, and that gave me a taste of rock. But then I decided to dig a little deeper, and I got into Bad Brains and Fishbone. Like, At the Drive-In is one of my favorite bands. Them muhfuckas is dope. And I was able to have Paul [Hinojos] play on my last album. But back in the Myspace days, I would take rock songs, sample them and rap over the breakdowns. With Napster and stuff, I'd start seeing different tracks come up, and so I started checking stuff out.
You mentioned Paul Hinojos. You've also had members of Quicksand, Failure and The Blood Brothers in your band.
Yeah, Kellii [Scott] from Failure has played drums for me before. Tom Capone from Quicksand played guitar at one point. I've been in the scene, man! For my new album, I was able to get Munky from Korn to come through and rock on a track, "Devil in Disguise." Mixing the hip-hop beats and the heavy rock with Mitch, it was basically a graduation from me sampling on Myspace and turning it into my own little crazy sound.
You've often talked about keeping your rock and your hip-hop output separate.
When I do the rock, I always have my little hip-hop edge to it, but when I do hip-hop for real, it's more of a thing where I just want to show muhfuckas I can rap. That I can get down with the best of 'em. When I spit on the rap tracks, I'm mostly talking about parties, fun and bullshit like that. But when I get on these rock tracks, I'm going to speak the real stuff.
They seem to merge on Flagged Channel, but you're saying you consider it a rock album?
I actually consider it a mixture as well, with the electronic beats it has. It's almost like a trap sound. But I just made it so heavy. With this album, everything I've been through in my life and all the fuckin' around with the music I've done — it's like, "Bruh, I've found the perfect blend." And my man Mitch, he had the same vibe and idea too. He blended it beautifully.
With these lyrics, well…there's a lot on your mind.
[Laughs] Yeah. I've always been a fan of people like Tupac who go against the grain and try to fight against the system and what they see is going wrong in society. Lyrically, I've always wanted to wake people, up — not being Mr. Preacher Man, but more like, "Hey, wake up and see what's going on." Like, on ["Bullet"], I say, "Fuck a picket sign or a protest/Feelin' of unrest has got a ni**a upset." We've been protesting; we've been doing picket-signing, and that's not really getting the point across. So we've got to find a different route.
How does Flagged Channel point the way?
It's nothin' where I could tell people what to do. It's more of a "Hey, let's strategize and think of a way we can do this" — economically, etcetera. I'm not always a person for physical [methods], no riot type of shit. But just any other way we can go about this, because these protests and things like that aren't always the solution. And with these protests, they might come through with somebody to shoot a gun purposely to mess up the peaceful atmosphere. Whoever runs this stuff, they're playing chess. We've have to stop playing checkers and start getting to the chessboard.
You mentioned what you've been through. How difficult was your upbringing?
I've got my stories, you know, but my mom and dad worked hard. I was always the dude in the hood who had a dad, so everybody wanted to hang with my dad. My dad took everybody out. He was like the father to everybody. They called him "Big Brother" in the neighborhood. Instead of people going out there to sell drugs, he'd bring everybody together, and we'd walk to the park to play basketball.
You actually just made your childhood sound fun.
[Laughs] It was the same ol' hood story. Nothing too crazy. I was just trying to work out a way to make it happen for myself in this society. I had the same trials and tribulations that most of these cats go through, but I don't like to be makin' that the focal point of my music. People kind of kept me away from going too hard into the streets and selling drugs and all of that, like, "Hyron, don't be doin' that shit."
After Birth, School, Work, Death, you were talking about following up with a hip-hop album. What's the status of that?
I just wanted to keep exploring my hip-hop roots and get that out of my system. It was more just me experimenting until I felt like coming back and making a rock album.
So we're still waiting for your hip-hop album.
Still waiting. I've always been a hip-hop cat forever, but I dove in so hard with this rock shit, man. I love rock so much, and the emotion I can get out with performing rock. When someone plucks a string on the guitar, the emotion comes across — how hard they do it or how soft they do it. I feed off of that when I'm making tracks. I never even knew I had a talent for screaming until I had some homies try to sing along to my songs and they were like, "What the fuck? How do you do this?"
How do you take care of your voice?
Shit, I don't, to tell you the truth. [Laughs] I just try to chill and not talk so much if I go too hard in rehearsal or whatever. I'm still learning. I looked at a Mariah Carey YouTube video the other day, and I practiced that a little bit.
Mariah Carey…?
I love music so much. I learn from everything.


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When I click the buttons for playoff season or regular, the divs that holds the content players-list and players-regular appear to jump out of place when they fade in and out. How do I prevent this from happening?
I've tried using position fixed on some of elements, but things would get way out of place. I've included a JSFiddle here: http://jsfiddle.net/onlyandrewn/gcthaffs/
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A: This is happening because the fadeOut is not done when the fadeIn starts. You end up with both divs visible for a short period of time, and when the fadeOut is done the first div is hidden and you see the jump.
How about something like this:
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This way the second div is displayed only when the first one is completely hidden.
Also, decrease the animation duration a bit, it makes for better user experience ;).

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The Priory – Cast Biographies
Adam Moulder (Adam)
Adam is privileged to be involved in The Priory with a great group of people, except one. He hopes he has brought a lot of hints and essences to his part. The last time Adam worked with the directing team he was poking them both with his sword, at the same time.
Christopher Warren (Ben)
Christopher's first starring role was as a cold Shephard in Chesham Preparatory Schools 1990 nativity play, although his mother missed the performance, his line 'put another log on the fire' won him a scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He graduated in 2007 having inhabited a meerkat for sixth months, performed the part of Donalbaine and affected an impressive posh accent.
Recently he played Karenin in 'Anna Karenina' The Duke in 'Measure for Measure' with KDC and Pimp in Sink the Belgrano with Seedos. Christopher has genuinely no idea why he was cast as Ben and urges everyone to audition for Richard iii which he is directing at KDC next year and promises to be baffling.
Stephen Russell (Carl)
Having just finished an acclaimed run as Tony Blair in KDC's lauded War of the Waleses, Stephen is looking forward to playing someone sweet, honest and who keeps their promises. Playing a failed actor who's lost his looks and is suffering relationship crises may be his most stretching character part to date.
Neil Duggan (Daniel)
This is his first production with KDC. Neil spent the summer stalking the alleyways at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival trying to drum up business for Sedos's 's 'As You Like it'. He would like to thank everyone for buying a ticket and coming out on such a chilly night. Lastly, Merry Christmas.
Fran Rafferty (Kate)
By day the Ugly Betty of the West End, by the evening all singing-ish, sometimes dancing, knitting fanatic who one day hopes to own a dog called Digby or Yogi Bear or Karenin.
Current productions: Edwin Drood in THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD at the Theatro Technis 18th – 22nd December, 2012 [dir. Ruth Sullivan Tower Theatre Company].
Previous productions include: Rosalind in AS YOU LIKE IT [dir. Zoe Thomas Webb, SEODS & Edinburgh Fringe], Gloria/Matti in THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT [dir. Zoe Thomas Webb, SEDOS], Anybody 's in WEST SIDE STORY [dir. Kim Barker, SEDOS], Betsy Boo in FEMME [dir. Ed Walsh, Von W Productions], Tribe in HAIR [dir. Matt Prince, SEDOS], Soloist in LIFE IS JUST A BOWL OF CHERRIES [dir. John Hill, Tinhatters], Whore/Physio in PIAF [dir. Ian Cray, NTP], Kate in THE MATCHGIRLS [dir. Chris Clarke, Tinhatters], Rita in BILLY [dir. Tom Goodluck, HCG], Juliet in ROMEO & JULIET [dir. Liz Crane, NTP], Navigation Officer in RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET [dir. Ian Cray, Tinhatters], and Eva in THE ACCRINGTON PALS [dir. Ian Cray, NTP].
Layla Estasy (Laura)
Layla is delighted to be acting in London again, having just returned from a stint in The Land Down Under, where performances included The House of Bernarda Alba, Yellow Moon: The Ballad of Leila and Lee, Vanity Fair and Othello. As research for the role of Laura, Layla had a lobotomy.
Sophie Head (Rebecca)
Having completed a Foundation Course in Acting at the Arts Educational in 2009, Sophie has enthusiastically embraced the amateur theatre circuit and played Angelika in Sedos' Push Up (2012), Catherine in Questors' The Winslow Boy (2012), Lady Capulet in Sedos' Romeo and Juliet (2011) and Gilda in KDC's Alfie (2010). Sophie's also performed at the Edinburgh Festival and in NYMT productions (Limbo, Tin Pan Ali). A classically trained singer, Sophie is also a keen singer/songwriter, having performed her own material at gigs and festivals in and around London.
Tracie Laurinaitis (Monk)
Proud to be the 'sister-in-the-hood' in The Priory, Tracie couldn't resist adding Monk 3 to her stage credits. It's all about the robe. Among shadowy religious figures, she has also treaded the boards most recently in Measure for Measure The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, and The Blue Room in the amateur world. This spring she looks forward to ADing Enron for Sedos.
Author KDCPosted on 3 December 2012 13 May 2016 Categories The PrioryTags 2012
Dracula – Extra show!
Due to the unprecedented demand for tickets, there will be an additional performance of Dracula at 2.30pm this Saturday 3 November. Tickets available from Giant Olive.
Author KDCPosted on 31 October 2012 13 May 2016 Categories DraculaTags 2012
Dracula – Director's Note
Many of the best horror stories are about more than horror. Dracula is one example. When Bram Stoker wrote Dracula in 1897, the gothic horror novel tapped into the contemporary fears of English society; fears about the coming end of Empire and fears that women in Victorian England were becoming more than (male) society said they should be. Stoker, being Irish and so an outsider to England, was perfectly placed to write a horror story that so directly tapped into the fears that he had observed in the English psyche. After all, one of the main thrusts of the story of Dracula is the idea of a swarthy foreigner coming in and 'corrupting' British women, enticing them to live out their forbidden desires and temptations.
In her adaptation, Liz Lochhead explores and expands on many of Stoker's ideas, and introduces ones of her own which work for a modern audience, specifically expanding the story revolving around Renfield. In particular, she chooses to expand on the role of women in Victorian England and the barriers they faced in a male-dominated society. And so we see Mina and Lucy battle their emotions and desires – torn between what is right and proper, and what they really want to do…
Surrounding all these sociological explorations is a great chilling horror story, and one iconic character whose icy-cold fingers touch everything we see (or read): Dracula. Dracula is not the world's original vampire but he is the most famous, and his impact has been felt throughout the past century right up to today. Vampires hold a fascination – they're immortal and so is their popularity. Vampires are resurrected for every generation in guises that befit the needs of the time. Vampires in 2012 are misguided lost souls who are in need of understanding and rescue. Bram Stoker's Dracula at the time was something totally different.
What was great about directing this production was that we created our own version, vision and impact of a vampire. I will be in trouble for saying this, but vampires are evil – no matter what the Twilight generation may believe, they are not quietly brooding misunderstood people who just have bad moods and can be changed by the love of a good woman. For all vampires, 'the blood is the life'. Vampires are eternally complex creatures, however, as they are not just fathomless evil. As Van Helsing says of Dracula: 'Whose victim was he?'
Duncan Moore
Dracula – Cast Biographies
Alan Maddrell (Dracula)
Alan's last acting stint with KDC was in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, playing another bad egg. Since then he's been exercising his despotic tendencies by directing Ubu Rex and co-writing The War of the Waleses. Only with other companies do they let him play nice people, like St Peter in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot with Sedos and loads of other stuff. Who cares what I've done, really? Here's a recipe for salad dressing instead: ground nut oil, salt, pepper, crushed garlic, lemon juice. Not suitable for vampires.
Jimi Odell (Jonathan Harker)
Jimi spent his innocent years performing with The St Albans Youth Music Theatre where he learnt to crack his knuckles, knit a scarf, and hide behind synchronised dancers. Now in his wild years, he can be found singing and playing guitar in rock 'n' roll band The Red Zoids and acoustic covers collective The Ja Danketies. A scriptwriter and occasional online columnist, he has written articles as diverse as "The Top Twelve Non-Existent Sequels" and "How To Get Rid of a Badger". Dracula is his first outing with KDC.
William Baltyn (Dr Arthur Seward)
This is William's sixth show in London since moving here what seems like only a month ago. When not defying time and space, he has recently played Prince Charles in The War of the Waleses and Konstantin Levin in Anna Karenina. He is also working on a short film about Doctor Who.
Chris Stooke (Professor Van Helsing)
Chris was a stage regular in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Acting roles included Dad in Ernie's Incredible Illucinations , Pozzo in Waiting for Godot, Rev Parris in The Crucible and Palamede in Marriage à la Mode (all Durham Unversity Theatre), various productions with Crates improvised theatre group, Harold in Spring and Port Wine (South London Theatre), The Tree in The Singing Ringing Tree (Various London Parks) and Buttons in Cinderella (Zurich Comedy Club). He also directed two productions, Dear Brutus and British Backs Against The Wall, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and ran the musical programme at the inaugural London International Festival of Theatre. After taking a break for around 25 years to pursue other interests, he returned as Frederick in Enchanted April and Governor Philip/John Wisehammer in Our Country's Good, both at South London Theatre. This is his KDC debut.
Marcus Mollan (Renfield)
Although Dracula is his first show for a couple of years, Marcus first trod the KDC boards way back in 2000. His debut was as the title character in Synge's Playboy of the Western World, and as a man who grew up a few miles (and a few years) away from Bram Stoker in Dublin it is nice to be doing something Irish(ish) again. Sadly, Marcus's years in England have taken their toll on his Rs and he regularly has to remind himself that Dracula was written by Bram Stoker, not Bram Stokah. As well as acting, Marcus was also KDC Treasurah for a number of years, retiring from this role (coincidentally) shortly before the global financial system blew up.
Mark Ewins (Drinkwater)
Mark has been in several KDC shows and is excited to be playing this diverse range of roles. Well known within the industry for his characterisation of accents, Mark has been working tirelessly to extend his repertoire. No rock has been left unturned but some questions still remain; what does Qwerty prefer… breast or leg, and what is Drinkwater really thinking? Enjoy.
Anna Marx (Mina Westerman)
Anna is batty about amdram and has been dying to sink her teeth into this dark play for centuries. She's really stuck her neck out to get some vampire puns into this but she may have bitten off more than she can chew. Which sucks. But that's no reflection on her acting skills. She hopes you enjoy the show as her reputation is at stake. No coffin', please.
Catherine Kolubayev (Lucy Westerman)
This is Catherine's first production with KDC. A graduate of LAMDA, she has performed in numerous stage and screen productions, including a short film that was nominated and screened at The Raindance Film Festival. She makes her television debut later this year in Downton Abbey's Christmas special on ITV and will soon start rehearsals for the Fourth Monkey Theatre Company's Edinburgh Fringe and London seasons. As a writer, Catherine's play Snapshot was performed at the Soho Theatre after winning a young writers' competition.
Kate Moore (Florrie)
Kate has actually now lost count of how many productions she's been involved with with KDC, but suffice to say she's into double figures. Previous roles include Beatrice Joanna in The Changeling, Natalie in Disappeared, Dr Brodsky in A Clockwork Orange, Paulina in The Winter's Tale and Bartley McCormick in The Cripple of Inishmaan.
Su Vigus (Nurse Grice/Nurse Nisbett)
Su came to acting a few years ago through singing in amateur opera productions, and later studied acting at the London Centre for Theatre Studies and City Lit. Previous roles include Lucetta in The Two Gentlemen of Verona with the Cheltenham Rococo Players, Puck in Sedos's office-based setting of A Midsummer Night's Dream and a priest in Murder in the Cathedral with CP Theatre Productions. Playing five different roles in Dracula has been an entertaining challenge.
Fiona Thomas (Nurse Doyle)
Fiona joined KDC Theatre as an ASM for Duncan's production of Much Ado About Nothing in 2008 and happily joins his team again. She has directed, designed and operated lighting and sound, stage managed and occasionally acted for several theatre companies in London. She has worked on shows for the Edinburgh Fringe and Camden Fringe. She is currently Technical Director for KDC Theatre.
Dracula – Publicity Photographs
Dracula at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town, 30 October – 2 November 2012
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The Lying Kind – Tickets
Tickets for The Lying Kind, on at The Lion & Unicorn Theatre between 27 November and 1 December, are on sale here.
Author KDCPosted on 27 October 2012 13 May 2016 Categories The Lying KindTags 2012
The Priory – Tickets
Tickets for The Priory, on at The Lion & Unicorn Theatre between 4 and 8 December, are on sale here.
Author KDCPosted on 27 October 2012 13 May 2016 Categories The PrioryTags 2012
What the Dickens! Part Two
This Thursday, 25 October, at Ocean House, between Little Trinity Lane and Huggin Hill, City of London, sees the second of this season's special Ghost Stories, written and read by KDC, and adapted from the great Charles Dickens. Dickens was fascinated with the ghostly and the spiritual, and to celebrate that, and our FIRST EVER Halloween season, we would like to invite you to enjoy some ghoulish tales.
As the evenings draw in and Hallow'een approaches, what better way to celebrate the season and the coming of KDC's Dracula than by pulling up a chair in a disused building and listening to spooky takes of spectral visitations newly-penned by the ink-stained fingers of our shivering scribes and read by some of KDC's most sinister voices.
This week's brand new plays are:
The Goblins Who Stole a Sexton, by Mary Groom
The Lawyer and the Ghost, by Amy Bird
The Signalman, by Julia Collier
Sir Simon of Beverly Hills, by Kathy Petrakis
The Chimes, by Sarah Heenan
The readings will be from 7pm at Ocean House. We will be haunting the 1st floor. Please feel free to bring food and drink to add to your enjoyment of the occasion, plastic cups and some Victorian vittles will be provided!
Come and enjoy an evening with friends and come to enjoy the first ever readings of some new work.
Author KDCPosted on 23 October 2012 13 May 2016 Categories Social EventsTags 2012
What the Dickens! Part One
"It has an awful voice, that wind at Midnight…Heaven preserve us, sitting snugly round the fire!"
What the Dickens New-Writing Project
This Thursday, 18 October, at the Hoop and Grapes sees the FIRST of this season's special Ghost Stories, written and read by KDC, and adapted from the great Charles Dickens.
Dickens was fascinated with the ghostly and the spiritual, and to celebrate that, and our FIRST EVER Halloween season, we would like to invite you to enjoy some ghoulish tales.
As the evenings draw in and Hallow'een approaches, what better way to celebrate the season and the coming of KDC's Dracula than by pulling up a chair in a City of London hostelry and listening to spooky takes of spectral visitations newly-penned by the ink-stained fingers of our shivering scribes and read by some of KDC's most sinister voices.
The readings will be from 7pm at The Hoop & Grapes. Come and enjoy an evening with a drink and friends and come to enjoy the first ever readings of some new work!
Author KDCPosted on 15 October 2012 13 May 2016 Categories News, Social EventsTags 2012
The Priory Cast and Crew
Director – Charles Golding
Assistant Director – Douglas Baker
Adam – TBC
Ben – Christopher Warren
Carl – Stephen Russell
Daniel – Neil Duggan
Kate – Fran Rafferty
Laura – Layla Estasy
Rebecca – Sophie Head
Author KDCPosted on 25 September 2012 13 May 2016 Categories The PrioryTags 2012


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A Family Secret Helps Others Talk About Racism
by Tom DeWolf | Oct 8, 2010 | Traces of the Trade | 0 comments
Kudos to my cousins Dain and Constance Perry. They stay very busy traveling around the country, screening the Emmy-nominated documentary film of our family journey Traces of the Trade, and inviting people into a deep conversation about racism and the legacy of slavery. They estimate that they've screened the film some 200 times over the past couple of years. Their work is making a difference. It's getting noticed.
Watch television news stories about the work the Dain and Constance are doing here, and what participants are saying here.
Thank you to our cousin Holly Fulton for sending the link to what WKYC in Cleveland wrote (after Dain and Constance participated in 12 screenings/events in 10 days in Northeast Ohio):
Dain Perry and his wife, Constance, are traveling the country, having candid conversations about racism. And they start that talk by showing a documentary about Dain's family history.
Traces of the Trade: a Story from the Deep North retraces the journey the DeWolf's ancestors took to bring Africans back to America to become slaves.
In the documentary, relatives talk about how the DeWolf's were the largest slave trading family in the U.S. and brought more than 10,000 Africans to America. The DeWolf family is from Bristol, Rhode Island.
"I didn't do it. But that fact gives me the opportunity to help get the national conservation on race a little deeper. I see it more as an opportunity than anything," says Dain Perry, a DeWolf descendant.
That is why Dain is taking about his painful past and sharing it with others, to help open up the dialogue about race in American. The Perry's spent more than a week in Northeast Ohio showing the documentary to many groups. They say the conversations have been more difficult in the North than in the South.
"The conversation in the south is much more open, much more honest, much less denial. In the north there is still deep denial. Great discomfort of making excuses. You can see people squirming," says Dain's wife, Constance Perry.
At the Forest City discussion, many thought the film was painful to watch, but an eye opener.
Bill Sanderson says "to be in a room full of people that don't look like me. And I think people of a color to be in a room with white people so they will know there is frustration on our part. We don't always know what everyone expects of each other and it goes both ways."
"Open to conversation and willing to hear their perspective. And understand where they came from and how their life experiences have shaped their realities and their perceptions," says Cariss Turner.
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LifeProof Announces Full Line of Cases for New Apple iPhones
Sunday, December 20, 2020 • LifeProof, LifeProof FRĒ, LifeProof NËXT, LifeProof WĀKE, Lifestyle, mobile phone, smart phone, Technology
Do good and feel good with LifeProof's latest cases for Apple's newest iPhone lineup. Protect your new Apple iPhone in a case that makes you feel good while doing good. LifeProof WĀKE and NËXT for Apple iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max are available now at lifeproof.asia with waterproof FRĒ coming soon. Each case purchased is a chance to help address the mounting issues facing our waterways.
"Apple innovations are renowned for helping us balance our increasingly busy and mobile lives," said LifeProof CEO Jim Parke. "We are pleased to offer stylish, sustainable protection for your new device while helping to protect our waterways with WĀKE, NËXT and FRĒ."
Stay at Home, Stay Safe and Keep Secure Online
Wednesday, April 08, 2020 • Be Internet Awesome, Covid-19, cybersecurity, educational show, Family Link, Google, life hacks, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Blogger Philippines, Mobile App, mobile phone, mommy blog, Technology, YouTube Kids
How are you, dearies? We are in the fifth week of Enhanced Community Quarantine and everyone is strictly advised to stay at home and stay safe. As people are required to stay home due to coronavirus, more are turning to the internet for various reasons. These include working and studying, connecting with loved ones, shopping for necessities, and keeping up with the news.
I presume that everyone is online most of the time and it's keeping us sane these days that's why even at home, safety must be your number one priority. Here are some tips to stay safe, secure, and responsible even on the world wide web.
ASUS ZenFone 5 Series Launch
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 • ASUS, ASUS ZenFone, ASUS ZenFone 5, ASUS ZenFone 5Q, ASUS ZenFone 5Z, ASUS ZenFone Max M1, bloggers event, Event, Feature, mobile phone, smartphone, Technology
Wait, what? ASUS recently launched a series of smartphones that are genius?! Yes, you've read that right!!! The brand's DNA to champion mobile photography goes up a notch with its must-experience Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology and features in its 5th and latest generation of ZenFones
I was there! The epic launch of the ASUS ZenFone 5 series in the country was a success with thousands of Zenfans all over the Philippines who went #Backto5 inside the newly-opened One Esplanade in Pasay City last April 14, 2018. Are you excited to see the smartphones that will change the way you think about phone photography? Read more below!
Influencers Trust Vivo Brand
Tuesday, January 23, 2018 • entertainment, Lifestyle, mobile phone, Technology, Vivo, Vivo Philippines
Vivo, a smartphone brand known the world over, introduces its newest brand influencers composed of fresh faces from the local showbusiness scene. Vivo's latest brand celebrity supporters are all Kapamilya stars from big-time network ABS-CBN, making names and waves in the entertainment arena. The inclusion of the biggest stars in its roster of influencers is proof that Vivo is aggressive in terms of its marketing and PR efforts to further push the brand to the top tier of the choicest smartphone companies. In the Philippines, Vivo places third in the most popular smartphone brand with at least 1.1 million users and 5,200 stores and counting nationwide while globally, Vivo boasts of 200 million users and growing.
Before the introduction of local brand influencers, Vivo wowed the smartphone industry by signing up NBA superstar Stephen Curry as Vivo's biggest ambassador September of 2016. In November 2017, during the grand launch of the Vivo V7+ in Manila, Vivo introduced their newest local brand endorsers. One of these endorsers were actress, dancer, and singer Loisa Andalio, actress, dancer, talented teen heartthrob Inigo Pascual, and television personality Maris Racal, and model-actress Chienna Filomeno.
Loida Andalio
Secrets in Vivo's 2017 Success Uncovered
Thursday, January 18, 2018 • entertainment, Lifestyle, mobile phone, Technology, Vivo, Vivo Philippines, Vivo V5 Plus, Vivo V7, Vivo V7+
There was just no stopping Vivo this 2017. The global smartphone brand proved to be the fastest growing in terms of popularity amongst the young and the hip crowd in the Philippines, settling itself on the third spot in the market beyond brands Apple, Huawei, LG, and Asus. To date, Vivo has at least 1.1 million users and 5,200 stores in the Philippines.
But before finding fame in the Philippines in early 2016, Vivo has already been named as one of the top 5 global smartphone brands and observed the highest year-over-year growth of 32% in global shipments. Vivo's success remains unprecedented with 200 million Vivo global users and 19 overseas markets in 2017.
Vivo's Overseas Market


When fitting guttering base decisions on which way a run will flow according to the position of gullies and drains because this is where the downpipes must be directed. Some downpipes will terminate above ground and others underground, so take this into account when deciding whether you need a downpipe shoe at the bottom, or just to let the pipe run directly into the drain.
Leaking, blocked or badly placed gutters can cause problems with damp. This is easily avoided if gutters are kept clear of debris, and loose joints are fixed as soon as you see them. Rainwater is conventionally directed into underground drainage systems but can be collected in water butts positioned below gutter downpipes and recycled for watering the garden.
Guttering systems that recycle rainwater for household use are available. This is eco-friendly and will save money on your water bill.
Check that the line is running downhill. Hold a spirit level against the taut line and check to see that the bubble is slightly off center.
Continue on to the next bracket, another meter further down the gutter run. Repeat the fixing procedure until brackets are positioned all the way across.
With the brackets in position, you can now move on to fitting the guttering. Measure the full length of the proposed gutter run and mark off on a section of guttering. Fit the running outlet next to the lowest bracket. Take note of the guideline (marked as 'insert here') inside the running outlet as these show where the gutter end should finish. At the other end, in this case at the edge of the roof itself, allow enough length so that the tile overhang is accommodated.


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Mitsubishi updates the ASX, again
Popular SUV gets a minor makeover
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Mitsubishi has extended the lifespan of its popular ASX city SUV, revealing its fourth facelift ahead of its public debut at the 2019 Geneva motor show in March.
Considered one of the early pioneers of the burgeoning baby soft-roader set, the ASX was first introduced in 2010 and its fundamental mechanicals have largely gone untouched since it was launched.
But the Japanese car maker has kept it fresh with a series of cosmetic upgrades, the latest bringing it line with Mitsubishi's newest design theme as seen on vehicles like the new-generation Triton ute that arrived in dealerships this month.
Key among the visual changes for the ASX are redesigned front and rear bumpers. the former mimicing the Triton's bold new look with a squared-off centre section flanked by high-mounted fog lights on the outide while the rear is a little more subtle with revised LED tail lights and a silver skid plate to match the front.
Mitsubishi says three new colour options will be offered (in Europe at least) to brighten up its pallette.
Inside the cabin, the ASX picks up a larger 8.0-inch colour touchscreen with more functionality but otherwise remains largely the same as the current model.
The updated ASX is expected to be available in local showrooms later this year, retaining its 2.0-litre naturally-aspirated four-cylinder engine and front-wheel drive configuration. Currently, the entry-level ES is the only model available with a manual transmission with all others, including the ES fitted with automated emergency braking (or ADAS in Mitsubishi), are equipped with a CVT automatic gearbox.
As Editor in Chief of the Drive Network, Amac is one of Australia's most experienced automotive journalists with more than 25 years experience in newspapers, magazines, broadcasting and digital media.
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Home » Latest News in Nigeria » EFCC, ICPC told to probe NGOs undermining Nigeria's fight against terror
EFCC, ICPC told to probe NGOs undermining Nigeria's fight against terror
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and other anti-graft agencies have been asked to probe some Non Governmental Organizations undermining the ongoing fight against terror in Nigeria.
The Public Accountability Network, a civil society organization, which made this call on Sunday, decried the activities of some NGOs operating in Nigeria, which had contributed to the rising cases of terrorism in the nation.
PAN said it was shocked to discover that some non-governmental organizations (NGOs) were in the business of providing wholesale support to Boko Haram and Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) in order to remain in business.
Addressing newsmen on Sunday, the group through its Executive Director, Mark Daniel Atawodi, called for ban of any group found to have been collaborating with Boko Haram for their selfish interest.
He also urged the relevant authorities to go the extra length to put indicted organizations and their managers on trial with a view to securing the stiffest punishment possible to deter those that have the intention of supporting Boko Haram and ISWAP to remain persistent threat to Nigerians.
His statement below:
The confirmation by the Nigerian Army that Action Against Hunger, an NGO operating in the Northeast was "aiding and abetting" terrorists in this regard did not come as a surprise to us.
Public Accountability Network(PAN), with its sister NGOs had in the past raised concerns about the surreptitious activities of unscrupulous group that hide behind their international status or affiliation to commit crimes in Nigeria.
It is commendable that the Nigerian Army has proactively banned Action Against Hunger following the discovery of its support for terrorism.
We are however concerned that banning this one NGO is not enough. Action Against Hunger is a mere tip of the iceberg. It is just one of the many organizations that have engaged in activities that are inimical to the interest of Nigeria.
With Action Against Hunger being found out, its other accomplices have by now gone underground, since they will by now be doing their utmost to conceal their illicit activities. The network of these groups is extensive since they include local, continental and international NGOs that gained access to the theatre of operations under the pretext of carrying out humanitarian work.
It is therefore critical at this stage that the Nigerian Army, working with sister security agencies, conduct an audit of NGOs working in areas plagued by Boko Haram insurgency. The essence of this audit is to ascertain the authenticity of the statement of claim that each organization made to gain access to the region. Violation of the terms on which they were accredited to the area would flag other mischief they have been up to.
The Nigerian Army must similarly leverage the special skills available in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) and the ICPC to trace the sources of finances of these NGOs. This is against the background that many of them are being financed by foreign interests that are obsessed with destroying Nigeria as a sovereign nation.
Even some local NGOs are complicit of running errands financed from such questionable funds that allowed them to operate as proxies and franchises for the larger saboteurs.
We consequently demand that the Army, working with these anti-graft agencies, immediately investigate the finances of all groups operating in the Northeast.
This investigation should cover what entities paid monies to NGOs operating in the area and the expenditure items of these organizations. In order words, Nigerian want to know who gave them money, what the moneys are meant for, who received the moneys and what the funds were spent on. In the event where payments are traceable to individuals, comprehensive background checks should be carried out to rule out any links to Boko Haram, ISWAP or any other terrorist group.
Our demand is based on the realization that these NGOs have the incentive to undermine Nigeria, an assignment they have assiduously carried out with all sense of impunity:
The criminal NGOs are supporting Boko Haram and ISWAP as a way of ensuring that the terrorists survive the military operation in order for them to validate their failed projections that the terrorists will bring about the end of Nigeria. The discovery of this treachery has however confirmed that Nigeria will overcome the evil they plotted for the country.
These NGOs are pained that their militant wings as represented by the terrorists have repeatedly taken beatings from the military. By supplying food and medication to these terrorists Action Against Hunger aims to reverse the progress made against the insurgent. This leaves us wondering if it is only food and medication that this NGO gave the terrorists since they could also have been behind the recent sophisticated weapons that the terrorists have been taking into battle.
They are also disappointed that the campaign of calumny mounted against the Nigerian state by its partners, like Amnesty International have only made the country stronger while the terrorists they are eager to allow to overrun the country are continually being defeated.
But they should not have taken their disappointment to the point where they further compromise the safety of the innocent Nigerians that will become the victims of a well fed Boko Haram.
The quest for increased donor funding, which would be possible when Boko Haram continues to remain a treat is an attraction for these terrorist NGOs.
They want to provide food and logistics that strengthen Boko Haram so that they will continue to have justification for requesting more funds. This is the lowest form of immorality. No one should prop up terrorists simply in order to raise more funds.
There has been concerns that the subversive activities of these questionable NGOs are at the instance of certain countries that have economic and geo-strategic objectives in Nigeria's northeast. They have become the vehicles for delivering whatever interventions these countries have for undermining Nigeria.
Nigerians should not forget that the Army had in the past caught out some associates of these NGOs using the cover of their work in the region to gather intelligence that they then pass on to the terrorists.
This particular objective of the indicted NGOs is o dangerous that it has been identified as a key factor in the instances when troops were ambushed. Genuine stakeholders had raised concerns about this but they were dismissed as conspiracy theorists.
The lie of providing food and care for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) when in reality they were servicing Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists is also conveniently being used as manipulated data that will be misinterpreted to create the impression that things are more dire than the reality on ground suggests.
Action Against Hunger and its fellow pseudo terrorist NGOs might have tainted the concept and practice of humanitarian relief work as seen from the resulting public ire, we nonetheless recognize that there are good organizations that are doing good work in in providing succour to persons and families affected by the activities of terrorists. We wholeheartedly welcome the objectives and the activities of these good ones especially at a time that humanity is being threatened by insurgents. We recommend such groups as the shining example that those scheming to profit from the human misery caused by terrorism.
With the knowledge that we now have of the subversive role being played by organizations like Action Against Hunger, we call on the United Nations and its subsidiaries, supra-national bodies and responsible donor partners to stop funding this organization and others with links to it. These potential donors must, in the interest of humanity, ensure that they implement stringent pre-qualification parameters for funds recipients to ensure that the resources they have earmarked for helping humanity are not diverted for terrorists' use.
We want to conclude by asking that ban of any group found to have been collaborating with Boko Haram is not enough. The government should go the extra length to put indicted organizations and their managers on trial with a view to securing the stiffest punishment possible deter those that have the intention of supporting Boko Haram and ISWAP to remain persistent threat to Nigerians.


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Vicente Fox. Has. Opinions
California/economics/General interest/Lifestyle/Politicians/Politics & Causes/San Francisco/USA/World Affairs
Vicente Fox is not shy with his opinions.
Fox onstage
During a recent event at San Francisco's Commonwealth Club the former president of Mexico (2000-2006) shared his thoughts on border walls, immigration, the global economy and Donald Trump. None of these would be pleasing to Mr. Trump – nor would they come as any surprise, since the two men regularly tweet insults at each other.
In advance of a conversation with Commonwealth Club CEO Gloria Duffy, Fox strode onstage and entertained his audience – which seemed not to include many Trump supporters – with a 30-minute, statistics-filled, no-notes commentary on the world in general and U.S./Mexico relations in particular.
As to that latter, "After years of democracy, friendship and cooperation, your leader says 'Wait a minute! We have to build a wall!'" This, Fox maintains, is a very bad idea. "You are perhaps shooting yourself with a gun in the foot. Attacking ourselves in a trade war? Crazy." Fox suggests that successful relationships between neighbor countries are built on "love, compassion, diplomacy and democratic dialogue." The trade war now seeming likely will benefit neither, he believes.
And as to the wall? "It's going to take 35 billion U.S. dollars to build the wall. With that $35 billion you can create 10 million jobs. China built a wall, at great sacrifice. Paid for it with their own money. To protect against the Mongols and the Manchu. What happened? China was invaded by the Mongols and the Manchu. Berlin? They built a wall to keep freedom out." Fox is not enthusiastic about walls.
Immigration? "We don't want any more invasions by gringos." Fox suggests that the problem of illegal immigration into the U.S. might better be addressed by spending that $35 billion on "going to the heart of the problem, in Central America," where desperate situations in more than a few countries are forcing desperate people to attempt to enter the U.S. through Mexico.
This writer lays no claim to expertise on Mexican politics or political history. (Two Mexican friends, when asked, allowed as how they felt Mr. Fox got very rich during his presidency but didn't do a lot for their poor communities.) But former president Fox, movie-star handsome, charmingly funny and a man who thinks the world would be better off if women were in charge? What's not to love?
With Commonwealth Club CEO Gloria Duffy
Fox, in his Commonwealth Club appearance, referred more than once to the Dalai Lama's assertion that the world belongs to humanity. "That means all 8 billion of us," he says. (A tiny exaggeration, though checking the world population clock is both fascinating and scary.) Among Fox's strongest current opinions is that his non-friend Donald Trump spends too much time talking about withdrawing his country from the world, protecting its citizens, building walls, making America great. Fox suggested to his San Francisco audience that he had a response to this:
"I have decided to name myself – humbly – head of a shadow government representing the world," Vicente Fox quips, "to say to your president — — — 'What about us??'"
Worth thinking about.


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Final Fantasy 7: Dance, Puppet, Dance
After the death of Aeris and the fight with Jenova - Life you receive the only words Jenova ever speaks directly: "Beacause, you are......a puppet." (sic) This is after Sephiroth really hammers Cloud with some heavy existential remarks, like "Oh, so you have emotions now?" and other lines that clearly question Cloud's humanity. Yet though the player has every reason to doubt Cloud's sanity (given his odd episodes since the beginning of the game) and his control over his own mind (given his two recent awful Will Saves (and one good one) against Domination), we have no reason to really believe he's purely a puppet. Yet Jenova's claim injects the seed of doubt into ourselves as well as our hero. It's kind of like playing FF4 with Kain as the main character instead of Cecil.
After leaving the Forgotten Capitol you eventually make your way to Icicle, a town whose primary purpose is for you to discover Aeris's past: that Aeris is the daughter of Ifalna and Professor Gast, and that Gast was killed by Hojo. We also learn more about Jenova, about how it wasn't an Ancient at all but an evil alien of some sort that could take the form of dead people--an ability it has been using a lot recently, and will do so even more very soon. Jenova also had the ability to drive people mad and turn them into monsters, which sounds exactly like what happened to Sephiroth.
I think it was this house that solidified my belief that Jenova was the real villain with Sephiroth as the puppet but, again, I now think it's more complex than that. Regardless, it's clear that Hojo knew that Jenova was not an Ancient over 15 years before the Nibelheim incident.
After crossing the glacier and over the mountain Cloud's party reaches the Northern Crater, the location of a massive planetary wound. This is interesting to me, since the map of the world is square, so if you journey up the map to the northern most point you suddenly find yourself in the south. It makes sense traveling east and west, but for some reason this planet has only one polar cap. However, the "northern" location has nothing to do with the cold here, it turns out: it's cold here because the Lifestream is focusing all of its energy in the area to heal the massive wound, causing the surrounding area to be sucked of warmth and life.
Anyway, in the crater you find lots of the black-caped Reunionites who have somehow shambled their way to one of the toughest places to reach in the world. Good for them! Yet Jenovaroth is there just slicing them down and tossing them into the Lifestream. Is that how Jenova gathers its cells? Hm...
Jenova's illusory powers come into full effect here, once again trying to send Cloud into an existential crisis. Cloud seems like he's having none of it, going so far as to tell the group, "As long as we know it's an illusion we don't need to be scared." Yet the truth of what happened at Nibelheim lends credence to the lie of Cloud's creation, and ultimately leads to Cloud accepting the lie.
Accepting that he's a puppet, Cloud starts begging Hojo for a number, for identity. When he refuses, labeling Cloud a "failure," Cloud fully succumbs to the existential crisis and ends up handing the Black Materia over to the preserved body of Sephiroth.
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Q: WP8 Upload file I am trying to upload a file trough a web site API on my C# Windows Phone 8.1 application. I want to use Windows.Web.Http lib. I can choose a file with an FilePicker (fileChoosenFromFilePicker var).
Error
I got a http 400 (Bad request) error everytime.
Question
Can someone help me ?
How I can see the POST request generate by my code ? I can make a packet capture on the server side, but I want to see on the client side.
Code
In the API documentation, there is an example :
curl -H "Authorization: Token f2210dacd9c6ccb8133606d94ff8e61d99b477fd" -F file=@test.txt -F filename=test.txt -F parent_dir=/ http://cloud.seafile.com:8082/upload-api/ef881b22

And this is my code :
 var HttpClientUpload = new HttpClient();
 HttpMultipartContent requestUpload = new HttpMultipartContent();
 HttpMultipartFormDataContent requestUploadContent = new HttpMultipartFormDataContent();

var fileContent = await fileChoosenFromFilePicker.OpenReadAsync();

        HttpFormUrlEncodedContent requestUploadData = new HttpFormUrlEncodedContent(new[]
                {
                    new KeyValuePair<string, string>("filename", fileChoosenFromFilePicker.Name),
                    new KeyValuePair<string, string>("parent_dir", "/")
                });

        HttpClientUpload.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "token " + authorization);

         IInputStream inputStream = await fileChoosenFromFilePicker.OpenAsync(FileAccessMode.Read);
        requestUploadContent.Add(new HttpStreamContent(inputStream), "myFile", fi.Name);

           try
        {
            HttpResponseMessage response = await HttpClientUpload.PostAsync(uristringForUpload, requestUpload);
            response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {

        }

Edit :
I have use your code. and made some change :
var HttpClientUpload = new HttpClient(filter);
        HttpMultipartFormDataContent requestUploadContent = new HttpMultipartFormDataContent();

        var fileContent = await fileChoosenFromFilePicker.OpenReadAsync();

        HttpClientUpload.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "token " + authorization);

        FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(fileChoosenFromFilePicker.Path);
        string fileName = fi.Name;

        var inputStream = await fileChoosenFromFilePicker.OpenAsync(FileAccessMode.Read);
        requestUploadContent.Add(new HttpStreamContent(inputStream), "myFile", fi.Name);

        var values = new[]
                {
                    new KeyValuePair<string, string>("filename", fileName),
                    new KeyValuePair<string, string>("parent_dir", "/")
                };

        foreach (var keyValuePair in values)
        {
            requestUploadContent.Add(new HttpStringContent(keyValuePair.Value), keyValuePair.Key);
        }

        try
        {
            HttpResponseMessage responseLogin = await HttpClientUpload.PostAsync(uristringForUpload, requestUploadContent);
            responseLogin.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();

        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {

        }

It's better now. But, it still not working.
Here you cand find the POST result : http://requestb.in/p5jvlfp5?inspect#13hh5o
If I made with curl I have this result : http://requestb.in/pwng8npw?inspect
On my version, in the POST result, there is no "Content-Type: application/octet-stream". How I can specify this ? Or it's maybe with the HttpStreamContent problem ?

A: As far as I can tell, you are not composing any of this information together. By the time you get to the actual PostAsync() call, you're sending along a completely empty package of type HttpMultipartContent. You dimension the variable requestUpload and then never do anything at all with it other than post it.
Try composing the request by creating an outer HttpMultipartFormDataContent object to which you will add HttpStreamContent and HttpFormUrlEncodedContent objects as below. I've tried to recreate as best I can determine the server is expecting in the request from Seafile's documentation of their python upload method.
var client = new HttpClient();

var request = new HttpMultipartFormDataContent();
request.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Token " + authorization);

// Add file content request part
var fileContent = await fileChosenFromFilePicker.OpenAsync(FileAccessMode.Read);
var requestContent = new HttpStreamContent(fileContent);
requestContent.Headers.Add("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream");
request.Add(requestContent, "file", fileChosenFromFilePicker.Name);

// Add form data request part
request.Add(new HttpFormUrlEncodedContent(new Dictionary<string, string>
{
    {"parent_dir", "/"}
}));

try
{
    // Submit multipart request object
    var response = await client.PostAsync(new Uri(uriStringForUpload), request);
    response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    // TODO
}