U.S. General Winfield Scott's advance on Mexico City was marked by an unbroken series of victories that culminated this day in 1847, when he entered Mexico City and ended the military phase of the Mexican-American War.
American dancer and actor Patrick Swayze, who was best known for his performances in the box-office hits Dirty Dancing (1987) and Ghost (1990), died in Los Angeles after battling pancreatic cancer.
Acting commissioner of baseball Bud Selig announced that the remainder of the 1994 major league baseball season, including the World Series, would be canceled. Players and owners had failed to reach a settlement of the players' strike begun in August.
Grace Kelly—an American actress who abandoned her Hollywood career to marry Rainier III, prince de Monaco—died after suffering a stroke and losing control of the car she was driving.
Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint, was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
Isadora Duncan, a pioneer of modern expressive dance, died in France when her long scarf became entangled in the rear wheel of the car in which she was riding.
U.S. President William McKinley died eight days after being shot in Buffalo, New York.
American social reformer Margaret Sanger, who was a founder of the birth-control movement in the United States and an international leader in the field, was born.
Russian physiologist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, known chiefly for his development of the concept of the conditioned reflex, was born.
Russia and the Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Edirne, concluding the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–29.
Francis Scott Key was inspired to write The Star-Spangled Banner after Fort McHenry successfully withstood a British attack.
Great Britain adopted the Gregorian calendar; the date was moved ahead 11 days (the day after September 2 became September 14).
Finnish hopes for early peace were voiced by Vaino Tanner, Finnish trade and communications minister.


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PNG defends decision to repatriate West Papuans
Posted at 18:16 on 17 May, 2009 UTC
Papua New Guinea has been defending its agreement to repatriate 700 West Papuans to neighbouring Indonesia.
Papua New Guinea's Foreign Minister, Sam Abal, says there's nothing new about his country's officials working with their Indonesian counterparts.
The agreement between the two nations' leaders was announced last week after a meeting also attended by the Indonesian military commander.
Mr Abal says it's always been the case that his government helps facilitate the return of Papuans who have fled Indonesia should they want to return.
"There have been for some time quite a few people from West papua on this side but it's always been our wish to process them, whether they decide to stay in PNG, where there's always the opportunity for citizenship, but where they're not able to do that they can be repatriated to a third country. But the best option we always look at is to see if they be returned and be accepted over there (Indonesia)"
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Ке́на (, Кина) — мухафаза в Арабской Республике Египет. Административный центр — город Кена. Расположена в центре страны, в долине Нила, к западу от мухафазы Красное Море, к востоку от мухафазы Вади-эль-Гедид, к югу от мухафазы Сохаг и к северу от мухафазы Асуан. В центре мухафазы Кена находится анклав с небольшой мухафазой Луксор. Кена протянулась вдоль Нила на 240 км.

Климат
Лето в Кене всегда жаркое, зима — относительно прохладная. И зимой и летом климат сухой. Изредка здесь можно наблюдать проливные дожди, приносимые от возвышенностей со стороны Красного моря.

Административное деление
Мухафаза состоит из 13 административных центров (районов) и 51 сельская местная община, к которым относятся 136 деревень и 1637 мелких поселений. Важнейшие центры и города мухафазы:
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Department of Energy to Train 75,000 Solar Workers
The solar industry is adding jobs 10 times faster than the rest of the economy, creating a source of good paying American employment. To continue progress, the Obama Administration is announcing actions to drive growth in the solar industry while also supporting our veterans. Since President Obama took office, solar electricity generation has increased 20 fold, doubling last year alone � just as the cost of solar has continued to fall as a result of investments in research and manufacturing innovation. The President is committed to addressing climate change and creating jobs by spurring the deployment of clean sources of energy.
Today�s announcements (4/3/15) build on the strong progress made under President Obama to curb the emissions that are driving climate change and lead on the international stage. They will help set the U.S. on a path to achieve our target to cut net greenhouse gas emissions 26-28% below 2005 levels by 2025, which we submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) earlier this week.
To continue to reduce carbon pollution and create good paying American jobs, the President is announcing the following actions at Hill Air Force Base today:
Training 75,000 Solar Workers: The Department of Energy (DOE) is announcing a goal to train 75,000 people to enter the solar workforce by 2020, some of whom will be veterans. This is an increase from the previous goal of training 50,000 solar workers by 2020 announced in May 2014. The new goal builds on the tremendous progress of DOE�s SunShot Initiative�s Solar Instructor Training Network, which includes 400 partnering community colleges across the country and has trained more than 1,000 certified solar instructors and nearly 30,000 students nationwide in the last five years.
Launching a Solar Ready Vets Program: DOE, in partnership with the Department of Defense (DOD), is launching a Solar Ready Vets program at 10 military bases across the country, including at Hill Air Force Base in Utah, which has already taken leadership by installing solar panels onsite. The program also includes participation from Camp Pendleton in California, Fort Carson in Colorado, and Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia, all which announced pilot initiatives earlier this year and are serving as a model for the Solar Ready Vets program.
The Solar Ready Vets program will train transitioning military service personnel to enter the solar workforce by joining with SunShot�s Solar Instructor Training Network and leveraging the DOD�s Skillbridge transition authority authorized by Congress in 2012. Consistent with the Vice-President�s job-driven training agenda, the program is based on the specific needs of high-growth solar employers, is tailored to build on the technician skills that veterans have acquired through their service, and incorporates work-based learning strategies. Service members will learn how to size and install solar panels, connect electricity to the grid, and interpret and comply with local building codes. This accelerated training will prepare them for careers in the solar industry as installers, sales representatives, system inspectors, and other solar-related occupations.
Utilizing the GI Bill for Solar Workforce Training: The Department of Veterans Affairs is committing to working with DOE and State Approving Agencies to achieve approval for GI Bill funding for DOE�s Solar Ready Vets initiative. Over time, this approval will enable more veterans across the country to use their GI Bill benefits to participate in this job-driven training program through local community colleges, where they will quickly learn the skills needed for good-paying jobs in the solar industry. Adding Solar Ready Vets will expand the existing network of programs providing service members and veterans opportunities to gain skills to enter the solar workforce through their GI Bill.
Educating Veterans and Service Members about Opportunities to Gain Solar Workforce Training: The Department of Labor (DOL), will work with DOD to ensure that transitioning service members are made aware of solar workforce training programs available to them in their last months of military service. In addition, to better serve unemployed veterans, DOL will partner with state workforce agencies and American Job Centers to better inform unemployed veterans about the opportunity to participate in available solar trainings. The Department of Labor in partnership with the Departments of Energy, Defense, and Veterans Affairs, is committed to facilitating a range of job and career opportunities for our transitioning service members and veterans.
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Point of view: Brief encounters
Molly Flatt, 1000heads
What is the single common thing that drives every social media strategy? A belief in the power of word of mouth? People? Measurable objectives? Facebook?
Nope. It's the brief. Whether created by a planner or a marketer, whether served to an agency or an internal team, the brief is the genesis of any social media activity, whether that's a short-term campaign or ongoing community management. And if you're not achieving your anticipated results, the culprit – underneath all the cultural resistance, resource issues and problematic metrics – is probably that original brief.
There's a great meme currently doing the rounds on Twitter, called 'client brief vs. client budget'. It consists of two images. The first, labelled 'client brief,' shows a still from the movie The Life Of Pi, with Pi standing defiantly on the prow of his boat while the CGI tiger Richard Parker roars in the foreground. The second, labelled 'client budget', shows a scruffy Indian boy in a makeshift costume posing behind a grumpy ginger cat. It has provoked glee – and homemade spin-offs – from thousands of creatives around the world. It has also, no doubt, secretly enraged thousands of planners too.
Every business in the world has more ambition than resource. Surely it's the job of a creative team to turn constraints into opportunities? Surely the culprit of social media is the response to the brief and its subsequent execution, not the brief itself? Inevitably, it's a bit of both; but too many campaigns are doomed, in full knowledge, from the start. Client and agency alike are all too used to accepting that every potential cash cow must be turned into a camel; designed by committee, but likely to spit out the basic metrics required to keep us all afloat. How do we stop settling for 'close enough?'
Let's take ourselves back to exam time at school. What makes a good exam question? Geared towards getting the best out of its students, it is driven by hope, not cynicism. It is specific enough so that students understand what they are being tested on, but not so prescriptive so that it precludes individuality or originality of thought. It is crystal clear on practical constraints – word count, time limit, format, number of examples – but, as to the spirit and technicalities of the solution, the examiner is open to being surprised. In fact, the examiner, 50 camels on, is desperate to be surprised. But the examiner also knows what good feels like. Even if the topic sits outside their specialist subject area, they have the experience and confidence to distinguish esoteric bullshit from left-field brilliance.
What makes a good answer? We all know that the first commandment of exams is to interrogate the question. The question, you see, is not the question. The question simply points to a whole host of more real and complex questions buried beneath those words on the page.
Here are some of the most common 'iceberg questions' buried beneath social media briefs. How will this answer stop me from losing my job? How can we convince the CEO that this isn't a waste of time? How can we make our service better so that people don't talk so negatively? Why should anyone be enthusiastic about this product when none of us even like it?
By interrogating the question, you also interrogate objectives and assumptions. Does your team value this enough to put in the necessary resource? Is your CEO willing for everyone else to have a public opinion? Will 20,000 Facebook fans really make any difference to your bottom line?
When you've surfaced the real questions, it's time to find some answers. At their core, you need one big, over-arching emotional idea: a story based on what your target audience really wants. This is your argument. Around this core argument you then create a number of more practical answers, known as tactics; these should be specific, surprising and scalable, offering a number of different entry points. And don't forget to show your workings; explain the insights that led you to your conclusion.
Finally, add something bold and disruptive. The thing you'd love to do, even though they probably won't. Stretch the muscle of their minds so that even if they reject the idea, they're that bit more loosened up.
Whether you're creating a brief or responding to one, I'd encourage you to spend twice as long as you normally do exploring those words on the page. You might not end up with a tiger, but you'll have so much more than a grumpy cat.
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I made these viola ice cubes a few weeks, as I had friends coming for supper. I made gin and tonics and these ice cubes added a pretty, whimsical touch!
I finished work yesterday and the children and I hit the road for a mini holiday at my parents house in East Sussex. I'm so looking forward to going on some day trips, and catching up with some photo editing and emails. July has been the most wonderfully crazy busy month, but it will be so nice to catch up with myself a little, and to watch the children enjoy the start of their summer holidays.
Pop back soon as a flurry of posts will hit the blog over the next week, including my Styling The Seasons post for July, then I have a post up my sleeve about meeting the wonderful Rachel Ashwell last week! I'm also about to give the go ahead to my builder to do some work on the house which is pretty exciting!
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Home / Blog / In a time of closings, a Sacred Opening
25 March, 2020 by Libby Hoffman
Bruce Springsteen has a rousing rendition of the classic folk anthem "This Little Light of Mine" on his Live in Dublin album, which opens with Springsteen calling out to his keyboardist, "Charles, bring us home!" Charles Giodarno then jumps into play with a galvanizing rendition of the tune, setting the stage for The Boss, his band, and ultimately the whole audience to join in singing, dancing, and letting our light shine the rest of the way through the song.
"Charles, bring us home," has become a sort of an anthem for our staff as well. For years, we have asked our colleague Rev. Canon Charles Gibbs, CFP Senior Partner and Poet-in-Residence, to open
virtually all of our meetings and events with an invocation of the sacred. "Bringing us home" seems
like a fitting description of these sacred openings, which serve to ground us in our higher selves and deeper purpose, individually and collectively, and also to inspire us through invoking the universal wisdom available not only for us in that very specific moment, but for all of us universally, at all times.
You're invited to join as Charles extends his offering for a broader audience. Beginning Monday at 9 am ET, Charles will be offering twice weekly live (non-denominational) Sacred Openings for the general public, via Facebook.
Our sacred openings have reminded us that even – perhaps especially – when things seem urgent, taking a moment to slow down and listen and remember can be the most important thing to do. It's often precisely when it's most needed that this kind of slowing and listening and inviting is the most difficult. For those of us committed to supporting positive, transformative social change in challenging times and circumstances, the pull to rapid, strong, outward action is constant.
And yet in our work we have experienced the irony that our most powerful action is sometimes simply stopping, and our best wisdom often comes through our not knowing. It is our willingness to be in the not-knowing and the not-doing that allows us to discover a deeper knowing and doing we are being called to and supported in, often in unexpected ways.
Collectively, we are in a time where we can all use a reminder of our deeper call and of the invisible resources available to us in support of that call, along with some help in inviting and invoking those resources to be present and active in our lives and in our day. Today. Here. Now.
Toward that end, we invite you to join us live for a collective experience of the sacred twice a week (for now) via the Catalyst for Peace Facebook page, on Mondays and Thursdays at 9 am ET. If you can't make the live versions, you're invited to view and use the recorded pieces at any time, on your own or together with your own group or (for now virtual) gathering.
The format is simple. Charles generally begins by sharing a poem, a piece of writing or an idea that frames and invites some time in silence together, after which he offers an invocation specific to the theme and the moment. Altogether, each Sacred Opening is likely to run 3-5 minutes.
Let us know what you think. We're new to this technology and format for sharing, so we will no doubt be tweaking and adapting as we go, and your feedback will be very helpful in that process.
Watch this short video to hear Charles introduce the idea and the motivation behind it:
And then join us on Monday, March 30 at 9 am ET, and Mondays and Thursdays thereafter at the same time (for now), for a live experience of Sacred Opening. And again, these will be saved and accessible through our FB page at any time after they are offered, if you can't make the live version.
With gratitude for your ongoing commitment to building peace…from the inside out.
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It may be summer now, but blink and it will be over. The time to plan for the fall is now. For those of us in the wind industry, September marks the time when the world comes together for an unrivaled exchange of ideas at WindEnergy Hamburg. The upcoming 2018 event is a part of the Global Wind Summit, and will take place from September 25-28, hosted by Hamburg Messe.
WindEnergy Hamburg invited a select group of clean energy representatives for a May preview of this global expo. Guests were treated to gorgeous weather, as well as personal tours of the rich history of this fascinating part of the world.
This much-anticipated gathering aims to focus on current trends and international markets. Specifically, industry experts will collaborate with a goal to identify areas of growth in cost efficiency; not only through new technologies involved in revamping existing sites, but exploring opportunities in previously underdeveloped territories.
Dynamic markets present exciting untapped potential. Several new countries will participate in this year's gathering, including Iceland, Lithuania, Latvia, and South Africa. One of the most anticipated developments comes from the smart energy sector. Attendees will have an unparalleled opportunity to exchange ideas on the latest breakthroughs in digitization with exceptionally prescient forward thinkers, who are working to transform the entire concept of energy.
If you are fortunate enough to make the trip, not only will you enjoy world-renowned cuisine, but you and your colleagues can take advantage of stunning architecture, such as the Elbphilharmonie, which rewards you with spectacular 360° views of the city, the port, and, of course, wind turbines. Register here. We hope to see you there!


Things will not always be the way we want them to be. The unexpected can happen. For example, let's say you have to divide numbers. Trying to divide any number by zero (0) gives an error. Logical functions come in handy such cases. In this tutorial, we are going to cover the following topics.
In this tutorial, we are going to cover the following topics.
What is a Logical Function?
What is a condition and why does it matter?
A condition is an expression that either evaluates to true or false. The expression could be a function that determines if the value entered in a cell is of numeric or text data type, if a value is greater than, equal to or less than a specified value, etc.
We will work with the home supplies budget from this tutorial. We will use the IF function to determine if an item is expensive or not. We will assume that items with a value greater than 6,000 are expensive. Those that are less than 6,000 are less expensive. The following image shows us the dataset that we will work with.
01 AND Logical Checks multiple conditions and returns true if they all the conditions evaluate to true. =AND(1 > 0,ISNUMBER(1)) The above function returns TRUE because both Condition is True.
22 is Number so that it return Yes.
A nested IF function is an IF function within another IF function. Nested if statements come in handy when we have to work with more than two conditions. Let's say we want to develop a simple program that checks the day of the week. If the day is Saturday we want to display "party well", if it's Sunday we want to display "time to rest", and if it's any day from Monday to Friday we want to display, remember to complete your to do list.
A nested if function can help us to implement the above example. The following flowchart shows how the nested IF function will be implemented.
"=IF(…,IF(….))" the second IF function is the nested one. It provides further evaluation if the main IF function returned false.
Logical functions are used to introduce decision-making when evaluating formulas and functions in Excel.


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POETRY AFRICA: ALBERT TRIO & THANDO FUZE
Exciting performance collaboration launched during Poetry Africa Festival
University of KwaZulu Natal's Centre for Creative Arts and Centre for Jazz and Popular Music, in collaboration with iSupport Creative Business and supported by Concerts SA are launching a first of a series of collaborative performances to take place monthly. This first collaboration, between Albert Trio and poet Thando Fuze, will be streamed on Facebook during the Poetry Africa Festival on October 14 at 15h00.
Albert Chemane, the leader of the Albert Trio, is an Applied Ethnomusicologist, drummer, percussionist and educator, born and raised in Maputo, Mozambique. At an early age, he developed a passion and interest in dance-drumming traditions from Mozambique, later becoming an active performer and advocate for the arts.
Chemane has worked with various projects such as the UKZN Big Band, Khulekani band, Beat-Route, Salim Washington band, Tropic-Jazz and The Meditators. He co-founded 'KeOchestra – The Nameless Jazz' that participated at the MTN Jazz Festival, as well as Manteca Salsa and Afro-Caribbean Band, AfroGong, Somazi and MoSAGh. Also, he founded Maputaland and 'Albert Chemane and the African Way' bands. These projects allowed him to collaborate with a vast array of musicians within a cross-cultural mix of artistic sensibilities to interpret existing and co-create new materials. Chemane is performing with Milton Chissano on guitar and Zoe The Seed on vocals.
Thando Fuze is a Durban-based contemporary spoken word artist, writer, founder of SHEfted MInds, arts events coordinator and director at FuzeArtCo. Groomed under the guidance and mentorship of Dr Gcina Mhlophe, Fuze is one of a few prominent voices in Durban who continually redefines themselves, the state of poetry and the perceptions of others through her creative works.
"The poem I am performing as part of this collaboration speaks about what is happening in SA relating to Gender-Based Violence. It speaks to how it makes women feel and the importance of protecting women. I hope this could be an ongoing collaboration" says Fuze.
Fuze has shared the stage with the likes of the legendary Baba Madala Kunene, her mentor Dr Gcina Mhlophe, Lebo Mashile, Luka Lesson from Australia and other greats such as Kat François from the UK. Over the years, she has not only built herself as a brand, but has also helped create platforms for other upcoming artists. She has worked with Luthando Productions which hosted monthly poetry readings at the Bat Centre in 2011/2012. She has also worked with Burnt Bridges, who also hosted poetry readings and music offerings in 2014. Currently, Fuze is part of a team of poets working alongside Mxolisi Mtshali in putting together the biggest bi-monthly poetry show in the country, Poet In A Suit.
This programme is part of a unique joint curation between the Centre Creative Arts and Centre for Jazz & Popular Music, both existing at the UKZN. The collaboration sees monthly programmes produced together with iSupport Music Business and supported by Concerts SA.
The parties involved are garnering for the same goal of showcasing the vast pool of talent that Durban has as well as using the great spaces available in the city in unconventional ways.
Concerts SA is a joint South African/Norwegian live music development project housed under the auspices of SAMRO and managed by IKS Cultural Consulting. Concerts SA receives financial, administrative and technical support from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, SAMRO and the SAMRO Foundation. Working with musicians, promoters, venue owners and audiences, and providing support to the sector through research and skills development for music professionals, the project aims to build a vibrant and viable live music circuit in southern Africa. It also aims to develop an interest in and appreciation of live music by showcasing music performances and conducting workshops at schools.
Watch the performance at www.facebook.com/poetryafrica
For more information, visit website http://concertssa.co.za, follow @ConcertsSA on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ConcertsSA or Like on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ConcertsSA.
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Overdraft: When a Tarot Designer Lost Her Safety Net
by Dayna Winter
In this series, I speak with people who know what desperate feels like. While now blooming into success, these founders share with me their deeply personal financial struggles and lessons learned on their way back to black.
Ting Gong, against her mother's wishes, turned her back on the safe path to instead pursue her dream. The college science major quietly switched into the arts, eventually working toward a career in graphic design. During a rough time in her life, Tina began designing tarot cards as an escape, and when she uploaded her designs to Tumblr, the response was overwhelming.
In 2016, Tina drained her savings to fund the first print run of her tarot deck under the brand Labyrinthos.
What started as a side project is now Tina's primary source of income. From her home studio, she creates the Labyrinthos virtual world, designing and selling physical tarot decks and accompanying mobile learning apps and online resources. Her ultimate success, though, sometimes came at great personal cost.
In Tina's words:
I was living in a studio apartment on my own, but the place was owned by a relative. There were so many strings attached—I should have known better—that it quickly became a huge burden to my mental health. I had move out, and fast.
I then ended up in a situation with a roommate that was less than ideal. There were many things that were difficult, but by far, the worst thing was when the landlord told me that my roommate was not allowed to sublet, and I technically wasn't allowed to be there. About a month after I moved in, I was again, prepping—in the worst case—to move out again, throwing all my beloved books and other heavy items in self storage.
The one thing that kept me going was working on these tarot cards.
[At the same time] I had a big fight with my mom. I think when you have a supportive family, you know that if you fail, you kind of have somewhere to go back. So, when I cut off contact with my mom, I knew that I no longer had a place that I could go back to. I had shelter, but I didn't feel like I had a home. And, as someone who places heavy value in a feeling of security and stability, it was probably the most uncomfortable situation to know that I may be kicked out at any moment.
The whole time I was there, the one thing that kept me going was working on these tarot cards. Everything around me was pretty shitty, but I think working on them actually helped distract myself from how scared I felt. I spent a lot of money upfront for the manufacturing of the decks, more than I had ever spent on anything. And I dipped into my emergency savings to do so. The cards helped me frame this situation in the bigger picture—that this was temporary, and that all stories have moments of struggle, and we make it past them, and become stronger for them.
Thankfully, I was never kicked out.
Illustration by Germán González
Hear from another tarot designer who hit rock bottom before art helped her find her identity. Courtney Alexander created Dust II Onyx, a Tarot deck designed for a black audience that was an instant hit. But the emotional toll of success almost destroyed her. Was it worth it?
Dayna Winter
Dayna Winter is a Storyteller at Shopify, curious about the humans behind the brands and the moments that motivate them to create. She follows more dogs than humans on Instagram and isn't a real redhead.
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In the year 1999 Michigan's head college football coach Lloyd Carr (who sportswriters tirelessly defended while Wolverine fans constantly called for his head) had two main quarterbacks in his stable. One was a highly lauded recruit named Drew Henson. One was a not-as-highly-lauded recruit named Tom Brady. Yet anyone with eyes could clearly see Brady was better. I vividly recall watching Michigan play its rival Michigan State in 1999. Brady started, the Wolverines went up, Henson came in, Wolverines fell way behind, Brady came back in and led comeback that fell just short, and all you could think was....why the hell didn't this Tom Brady guy play the whole frickin' game? Yet the next week the two guys shared time again. Look, I obviously couldn't coach a college football team but I think time has vindicated my viewpoint.
You know the rest of the story. At least part of it. Tom Brady's got a few Super Bowl rings, several dozen magazine covers and a wife who looks like this. Drew Henson....well, according to wikipedia he was just released by the (are you ready for this?) Detroit Lions. The Detroit Lions! The first team in the history of the NFL to not a win a single game the whole season! Do you appreciate this?! The team that went 0-16 decided Drew Henson wasn't good enough to play for them!
Sorry, Michigan fans, but do you wonder if you could have won a national title back in '99 if Lloyd Carr knew what he had? Anyway, I digress because college football season is so near and I'm getting antsy. But I have a point here that I'm getting to and it's specifically about odd, mismatched pairs.
David Mamet, that relentless writer, the man who gave the world the foul-mouthed poetry of Alec Baldwin's "always be closing" speech in "Glengarry Glen Ross", the hard-drinking lawyer played by Paul Newman in "The Verdict", the hilarious, hard-edged satire of "Wag the Dog", Robert DeNiro's Al Capone beating a man to death with a baseball bat in "The Untouchables", and Alec Baldwin (again) lusting after a much, much too young lady in "State & Main" will, as the film community had long expected, pen an adaptation for Disney of "Anne Franke: The Diary of a Young Girl."
And cue the crickets! I mean, really, if they were in the attic all talking in Mametspeak don't you think they would have been caught after about two hours?


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Cardinal Pimiento, one hundred years and seven Popes: "Discernment and wisdom to overcome polarization"
Expocatolica 2019: a great meeting space to "continue to walk together"
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The European Parliament, the French Parliament, the British Government, the Commissions of the Episcopates of the European Union, France, England and Wales, Internationalis and German Caritas, as well as other Catholic cooperation agencies, received the visit of some representatives of the Colombian Episcopal Conference (CEC) in mid September, with whom they talked about the ongoing and necessary cooperation in this critical moment for their Country.
Mgr. Héctor Fabio Henao, National Director of Social Pastoral-Caritas, who accompanied the President of CEC, the Archbishop of Villavicencio, Mgr. Oscar Urbina, told Agenzia Fides that "although what happens in Colombia does not have great media impact, we have nevertheless perceived interest, concern and willingness to cooperate, on behalf of the institutions visited, to alleviate the situation of those seeking protection in Colombia", ie the victims of armed conflict, the hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants and social leaders in danger of life.
For each of these three areas, projects are implemented with the collaboration of some of the European institutions, first of all Caritas, with its working group for Colombia. "Colombia has taken a very important step in the building of peace: the international community must maintain the attention and solidarity towards our country, which is still in a critical situation", warns Mgr. Henao.
"It was known that there are many violent protagonists in Colombia, and that it was not enough to make peace with FARC.
We could have imagined that they would try to take control of the territories that FARC left free", he explains. In the meetings of Brussels, one of which the President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani was present, what was highlighted is the fact that the current migration crisis in Colombia, which originated in Venezuela, is "humanitarian, and not just political" and requires urgent action.
Attention was paid on "the global pacts on migrations and refugees that are being signed at the moment and on the need to adapt international instruments to adequate and integral assistance". The Colombian delegates drew attention to the complexity and depth of the Venezuelan migration crisis, which "must be seen in the framework of a much broader legislation than the traditional one, considering the needs of this population".
Mgr. Urbina and Mgr. Henao emphasized that in these situations "the great solidarity of the Colombian people and its enormous capacity to give hospitality" emerged, together with the need to "integrate migrants in Colombian society and offer them protection, in a complete framework that contemplates their rights". Mgr. Henao, however, did not find on the European side the precise intention of "a monitoring and a permanent evaluation of the most urgent needs and the way to resolve them".


주일학교는 Kindergarten부터 8학년까지 반을 나누어 가르치고 있으며 2학년은 첫 영성체반으로 매년 5월에 첫 영성체를 한다. 8학년은 견진반으로 매년 견진성사를 받도록 준비시킨다. 각 반마다 한 명의 교리교사와 보조교사가 함께 자원봉사로 운영되며 시카고 교구청의 교리교육국 도움으로 교재선택, 교과과정, 교리교사연수를 의뢰하여 진행하고 교사들은 교구청에서 실시하는 다양한 교육 프로그램에도 참가한다.
주일학교 활동으로는 매년 자모회의 도움으로 학생들의 교리교육을 격려하기 위한 부활시기의 Grace Market, Field Trip, 성사준비 피정, 여름 Camping, 성탄행사 등이다.
주일학교 교육은 매 주일 9시 30분 영어미사 후, 10시 30분부터 12시 15분까지이다.
주일학교 자모회는 주일학교의 모든 학부모를 대상으로 하며, 각 학년마다 Room Mother을 두고 학생과 교사의 도우미 역할을 한다. 주로 어머니들이 봉사를 하지만, 바자회나 은총시장에서는 아버지들도 아낌없는 후원을 한다. 정기모임은 매월 셋째 주일 오전 9시 30분 미사 후 도서실에서 갖는다.
모든 학부모들이 매주 돌아가며 간식을 담당하고, 매월 마지막 주에는 전체 간식을 준비하기 위해 토요일에도 모여서 봉사를 한다. 매년 부활절에 여는 주일학교 은총시장을 후원하기 위해 점심 판매와 바자회도 연다.
하상 한국학교 학부모회는 하상 한국학교의 학부모들로서 구성되며, 각반마다 정해져 있는 Room Mother 와 함께 교사들과 협조하며, 학교 발전을 위해 함께하고, 아이들을 위한 점심봉사, 간식준비, 후원기금마련을 위한 행사에도 참가하며, 매월 정기 모임을 가진다.
The Young Adult Group is a community of young Catholic adults and college students that are interested in sharing, learning, and living their faith. Many of us have deep roots in St. Paul Chong HaSang and carry with us cherished memories and experiences that have left permanent imprints in our hearts. Not surprisingly, there are many bonds of friendship made in the Youth Group that have lasted more than 15 years and even though church may no longer be the reason for some of these lasting friendships, these bonds will likely hold for the rest of their lives. The Young AdultGroup was developed because so many members that graduate from the Youth Group were leaving St. Paul Chong HaSang and not returning because there was no home for a college student or young adultafter the Youth Group. Though some move away and some join their local parish churches, many are still close to home and are still interested in matters of faith but need a place to nourish their understanding and knowledge of their Catholic faith as well as their relationship with God. There is also a shared bond between those of us born of Korean American descent that have had similar experiences, share similar values, belief and humor - even among those that come from different places across the country. This shared background allows for a comfortable and familiar setting for people who may have moved here or that may not have history with St. Paul Chong HaSang as a child or teen, but are interested now as a young adult or college student. We offer a variety of opportunities for members to learn about their faith through Sunday Mass, retreats, Dinner and Discussions, prayer gatherings, etc. We also have monthly soup kitchens and social activities to practice and implement our faith in charity and fellowship. It is an important time to be reaching out to the youth and preparing them as they step out into the real world to find their purpose and place in this life. We all need help in keeping true to our life's purpose and mission here on Earth and hopefully the Young Adult Group will be able to be here for those who need that guidance and fellowship.
유스그룹은 고등학생(9학년-12학년)들을 위한 모임으로 1985년에 발족되었다. 고등학생들에게 성경말씀을 가슴으로 익히고 실천하도록 도와주며, 가톨릭 신앙인으로서, 또한 이민2세로서의 정체성을 위한 친목의 장을 마련해주고자 한다. 매주 금요일 성경공부를 중심으로 꾸준한 신심활동과 친목활동을 하고 있다. 영어미사 전례에 참여해 독서, 봉헌, 미사해설을 맡고 있으며 양로원 방문, 노숙자급식소 자원봉사, UNICEF 기금모금 등에 참여해왔다. 여름과 겨울 두 차례의 피정을 하고, Catholic World Youth Day(2001년. 로마), ND Vision Conference(2008년. 노트르담 대학)에 참석했으며, 2009년에는 Catholic Heart Work Camp 미션트립을 계획하고 있다. 친목활동으로는 여름캠핑, 신입생 환영 피크닉, 금요일 바이블 스터디 후와 주일 미사 후 친교, 스키, Great America, 시카고지역 3개 한인성당 친선축구 시합, Lock-In등을 하고 있다. 구성원이 임원을 선출해 활발한 학생회 활동을 하고, 지도자와 함께 모든 활동을 계획하고 실행한다.


Your body's balance is your best ally for healthy ankles. In a study of more than 700 basketball and soccer players, those who performed the exercises below had 38 percent fewer ankle sprains than those who didn't do the exercises. Perform each balance-building move for 30 seconds on each leg, three to five times a week.
Hard Stand on one leg for 30 seconds.
Harder Try it with your eyes closed.
Hard Dribble a basketball while balancing on one leg.
Harder On one leg, throw chest passes to a partner.
Hard Stand on a balance board.
Harder Rotate your hips from side to side while standing on the balance board.
Hard Stand on a balance board on one leg.
Harder Do it with your eyes closed.
Hard Stand on one leg on a balance board and dribble a basketball.
Harder Using the same setup, pass the ball to a partner.


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Southern Exposure DVDs at TPL
New Southern Exposure DVDs donated for all three Tuscaloosa Public Library locations
For Immediate Release: June 26, 2019
Vince Bellofatto, director of PR, Tuscaloosa Public Library: [email protected], (205) 722-5206
Cindy Lowry, executive director, Alabama Rivers Alliance: [email protected], (205) 322-6395
Charles Scribner, executive director, Black Warrior Riverkeeper: [email protected], (205) 458-0095
TUSCALOOSA, Ala.—The Alabama Rivers Alliance and Black Warrior Riverkeeper have partnered to donate three copies of the latest edition of Southern Exposure, a film series educating the public about Alabama's natural resources, to the Tuscaloosa Public Library (TPL).
Each of TPL's three locations have one DVD copy of the 2018 edition of Southern Exposure, a series of documentary shorts on various Alabama environmental topics by independent filmmakers. More information about the films is found at southernexposurefilms.org.
"Alabama's environment is important to our community," said Vince Bellofatto, director of public relations at TPL. "The Tuscaloosa Public Library is thrilled to partner with these two amazing organizations to help promote these issues, since our Main library is located next to the Black Warrior River. We are extremely pleased to make the Southern Exposure DVDs available to all our patrons in Tuscaloosa County."
Sponsored by the Alabama Rivers Alliance and made possible through partnership with environmental and conservation groups across the state, Southern Exposure fellows have the opportunity to create inspiring, captivating films that give viewers a sense of how much Alabama has to offer and the importance of protecting its resources.
This innovative summer fellowship brings emerging filmmakers from across the country to tell authentic, engaging stories through short documentary films about Alabama's environment — and the people who cherish it — from the mountains to the coast.
"We are so excited to have these important films available to the Tuscaloosa community through this partnership," said Cindy Lowry, executive director of Alabama Rivers Alliance. "The messages in these short documentaries are critical to the protection of Alabama's 132,000 miles of rivers and streams, and to our land and way of life as Alabamians."
Numerous films from past fellowship years have been selected for screening in juried film festivals around the country. Live screenings and online distribution of the films reach a variety of audiences in Alabama and across the nation, helping Southern Exposure fulfill the mission to spread awareness, appreciation and action on behalf of Alabama's environment.
"We are so pleased that folks can visit any Tuscaloosa Public Library location to borrow these DVDs for personal viewing or an event with their friends, family, church, and school," said Charles Scribner, executive director of Black Warrior Riverkeeper. "We enthusiastically promoted Southern Exposure with its founder, Southern Environmental Law Center, and are thrilled to maintain that tradition with the Alabama Rivers Alliance."
On May 30, Alabama Rivers Alliance similarly donated Southern Exposure DVDs to all Birmingham Public Library locations.
For a high-resolution photo of the new Southern Exposure DVD cover, click here.
For a high-resolution photo of Vince Bellofatto, TPL director of communications and public relations, receiving DVDs from Hudson Nuckolls, Black Warrior Riverkeeper intern, click here.
The Tuscaloosa Public Library serves the 192,000 residents of Tuscaloosa County, as well as students attending the University of Alabama, Shelton State Community College, and Stillman College. TPL offers a full array of library services, programs, online resources and materials from books in all formats to DVDs. The materials and programs are designed to meet the needs of our community. The library currently has four service outlets; Main Library, Brown Branch, Weaver Bolden Branch and the Bookmobiles.
Alabama Rivers Alliance is a statewide network of groups working to protect and restore all of Alabama's water resources through building partnerships, empowering citizens, and advocating for sound water policy and its enforcement. For more information, please visit alabamarivers.org.
Black Warrior Riverkeeper's mission is to protect and restore the Black Warrior River and its tributaries. The citizen-based nonprofit organization promotes clean water for improved public health, recreation, and wildlife habitat throughout the Black Warrior River watershed.
Hudson Nuckolls, Black Warrior Riverkeeper intern, delivered DVDs to Vince Bellofatto, TPL director of communications and public relations.


The very Impressive collection, Angel Well made! Welcome aboard SOS!
wow, nice looking models. Welcome to our friendly forum Angel.
Great looking collection. Outstanding craftsmanship, thanks for sharing.
Great collection and Great looking Builds. I wish my Misses would allow me to keep the ships I build I have a couple small builds I was allowed to keep, but then someone stops by sees them and I usually just give them the ship.


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Obamas Sign a Multi-Year Netflix Production Deal
Netflix has announced yet another big deal after it confirmed that former US President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama will be joining the online streaming service as producers. The couple is expected to produce films and series for the platform.
By Sean Mahan • 05/22/18 06:08pm 802.1K 0
Former US President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama will be joining the online streaming service as producers. Source: Telegraph
Netflix has announced yet another big deal after it confirmed that former US President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama will be joining the online streaming service as producers. The couple is expected to produce films and series for the platform. The New York Times had reported in March this year that the Obamas had been in advanced negotiations with Netflix about a possible deal. According to the New York Times report, the goal of the Obamas was not to use the Netflix platform to criticize the Trump administration or to broadcast political views. They simply wanted to broadcast inspiration stories that would touch the hearts of people.
Well, it seems the deal has finally been struck and soon enough we will have the opportunity to enjoy new shows and movies from the former first family. The announcement about the deal was made by Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos. Sarandos was quick to praise the Obamas saying that the two were uniquely placed to discover and highlight the stories of people around the world who have a positive influence in their communities and want to make the world a better place through their actions. The statement also confirmed that Barack and Michelle Obama had formed a company called Higher Ground Productions that will be used to develop the Netflix content.
The financial details about the deal are still unknown. Source: Kulture Hub
The financial details about the deal are still unknown. But Netflix has always paid top dollar for the right content. The company said this month that at least 85% of its total spending will go towards content creation. Bringing in the Obamas as show producers is a big win not just for the streaming service but also for the overall digital media industry. Netflix also struck a deal with Shonda Rhimes, an A-list producer who's renowned for network hit shows like Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder, and Grey's Anatomy.
The online streaming service said that the Obamas will produce scripted and non-scripted shows, documentaries, and features. Source: BBC
The online streaming service said that the Obamas will produce scripted and non-scripted shows, documentaries, and features. As soon as the news about the deal became public, the Obamas released a statement saying that they were truly excited about the opportunity. The former President and first lady said that one of the best things about their time in the White House was meeting fascinating people from all walks of life. The couple wants to use the Netflix platform to help these people share their experiences with a wider audience.
The former first family has kept a low profile since leaving the White House last year. However, Barack Obama appeared recently as the first guest of the new David Letterman's Netflix show titled "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction." The Obamas are also expected to release memoirs this year. Michelle's memoir titles "Becoming" is expected to come out in November and there are quite a lot of people looking forward to it. Nonetheless, there will be more and more people looking forward to the first original show produced by the two on Netflix. It will definitely be interesting to see how they will navigate through the demanding show business.
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Are Rural Electric Co-ops a Model for Health Care?
<p>[imgbelt img=Grassley.jpg]Sen. Grassley isn't taking back his "pull the plug on grandma" remark, but he sees a way health care cooperatives could help.</p>
by Douglas Burns August 28, 2009 September 2, 2009
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley favors setting up health care co ops — but not a government run health care plan.
[imgcontainer right] [img:Grassley.jpg] [source]IowaPolitics.com[/source] Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley favors setting up health care co-ops — but not a government-run health care plan. [/imgcontainer]
U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, the ranking member of the Finance Committee and key player in the pitched health-care debate, sees as "viable" a plan for the creation of medical insurance cooperatives.
In theory, the health-care cooperatives, a plan advanced by U.S. Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., would function like long-standing rural electric cooperatives, a comparison Grassley himself drew in describing them.
"I do see it very much as a viable option, but understand, I'm not for a government-run health plan anyway because it's going to crowd out private health insurance," Grassley, an Iowa Republican, said in an interview in Carroll, Iowa.
Grassley added, "You know the government is not a competitor, it's a predator."
Health-care cooperatives, seen as one way to provide coverage to the millions of uninsured Americans, may offer an alternative to a "public option" that would essentially extend Medicare, or government-managed coverage, to younger Americans.
According to The New York Times, the government would offer start-up money, perhaps $6 billion, in loans and grants to help doctors, hospitals, businesses and other groups form nonprofit cooperative networks to provide health care and coverage. The co-ops could be formed at the national, state or local levels.
Grassley said he doesn't see an "absolute necessity" that a health-care reform package include cooperatives.
"But if it solves a political problem, and as long as it's consumer-run and not anything with the federal government, then it's something I could support," Grassley said.
Grassley stressed that the co-ops would be a political solution not a policy one. "I don't think you need either, but if it solves a political problem and it's along the lines of I've known co-ops for 150 years, as we've known them in the Midwest. They're a good institution," Grassley said.
In the past two weeks, Grassley, usually cast in the role of elder statesman, found himself in a 24/7 news cycle circus involving former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's charge that President Obama and Democratic allies were seeking to create "death panels" to ration or withhold care from senior citizens.
No such provision exists in proposed legislation, but detractors seized on a plan inserted by a Georgia Republican to provide Medicare funding for voluntary end-of-life counseling for living wills. The government's role would have been to reimburse doctors for taking the time to have the conversations.
Last week, Grassley thrust himself into the center of the media firestorm surrounding the matter by saying the following: "In the House bill, there is counseling for end of life. You have every right to fear. You shouldn't have counseling at the end of life, you should have done that 20 years before. Should not have a government-run plan to decide when to pull the plug on grandma."
In the interview Grassley said he didn't want a do-over on the remarks. "I don't wish I stayed away from it," he said.
But Grassley said his comments were far different from Palin's, not an endorsement of them.
"I never used the word 'death panel,'" Grassley said. "I wasn't even aware of it until somebody had said Palin said something."
Grassley said his position on end-of-life counseling has been consistent in the health-care reform negotiations.
"I said. 'We're not going to do this,'" Grassley said. "This is something that needs to be done within the family, between the minister and doctors and the family. The government shouldn't be promoting this stuff."
Grassley said he was using the phrase "pull the plug" in reference to a comment President Barack Obama had made. Speaking last week in New Hampshire Obama said that the administration's plan would not ration care for older Americans or "pull the plug on grandma."
The end-of-life-counseling provision is no longer in the pending legislation.
Grassley said the episode is an example of diversionary tactics use by liberals. "It's all about the left of this country not wanting to deal with the realities of a budget deficit or their heath plan not being paid for," Grassley said.
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46 LISTSLove on Screen
What do we talk about when we talk about love? Perfect, sickeningly sweet, often unhealthy couples in film, TV, and other media who set up impossible standards to which our real-world flesh & blood relationships will never live up. Let's dissect 'em.
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17 Onscreen Couples With No Chemistry
Jacob Shelton
Updated June 14, 2019 73.4k votes 13.2k voters 630.5k views17 items
List RulesVote up the cinematic couples in which the actors are most obviously not into each other at all.
Chemistry is key in the world of cinema, whether the film in question is a romantic comedy or a steamy drama about a sulking billionaire and the ingénue he obsesses over. Even if the movie's dialogue or plot leave room for improvement, a pair of actors who click can make it work. That's why watching actors with no onscreen chemistry is such a nightmare. Not only is it depressing to watch two people who clearly dislike each other pretend to be in love, but it also takes all the magic out of a film. Film couples who hate each other are often worse than those who are just neutral - it's nearly impossible to get lost in a story if you're wondering about the drama that erupted when the cameras stopped rolling.
Movie couples with no chemistry might actually dislike each other, or they just might not be able to fake that spark. There's no way to know why these onscreen couples don't work well on screen, but there's plenty of room to speculate. Vote up the cinematic couples in which the actors are so not into it, they might as well not even be there.
Angelina Jolie And Johnny Depp In "The Tourist"
Photo: GK Films
While filming the romantic spy thriller The Tourist, Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp were rumored to have had intense dislike for each other. Jolie supposedly took issue with Depp's late night parties and scruffy appearance, while Depp reportedly found his co-star "full of herself."
Maybe that icy relationship translated to the screen - in his review of The Tourist, Roger Ebert said that "Depp plays his Wisconsin math teacher as a man waiting for the school bell to ring so he can go bowling."
Did they lack chemistry?
Natalie Portman And Hayden Christensen In "Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones"
Photo: 20th Century Fox
Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman were rumored to be dating while they filmed Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, but that real-life sizzle fizzled on screen. The script didn't help, as audiences were forced to sit through long scenes involving Princess Amidala and Anakin Skywalker going for dates on a grassy planet full of elephant horses.
Their lack of spark even inspired a series of blogs about why Attack of the Clones is the worst Star Wars movie to date.
More Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
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Chris O'Donnell And Renée Zellweger In "The Bachelor"
Photo: New Line Cinema
The Bachelor hinges on an eyebrow-raising premise: Chris O'Donnell has to get married to someone before a specific date or he'll lose all of his money. Reviews called him "painfully unfunny," and noted his lack of chemistry with costar Renée Zellweger.
Justin Guarini And Kelly Clarkson In "From Justin To Kelly"
These two American Idol contestants apparently dated for a while, but none of that chemistry made it to the screen. The film itself - a modern take on a 1960s-style musical - was a notorious flop that was nominated for multiple Razzie Awards.
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