Abstract: We propose a new policy iteration theory as an important extension of soft policy iteration and Soft Actor-Critic (SAC), one of the most efficient model free algorithms for deep reinforcement learning. Supported by the new theory, arbitrary entropy measures that generalize Shannon entropy, such as Tsallis entropy and Renyi entropy, can be utilized to properly randomize action selection while fulfilling the goal of maximizing expected long-term rewards. Our theory gives birth to two new algorithms, i.e., Tsallis entropy Actor-Critic (TAC) and Renyi entropy Actor-Critic (RAC). Theoretical analysis shows that these algorithms can be more effective than SAC. Moreover, they pave the way for us to develop a new Ensemble Actor-Critic (EAC) algorithm in this paper that features the use of a bootstrap mechanism for deep environment exploration as well as a new value-function based mechanism for high-level action selection. Empirically we show that TAC, RAC and EAC can achieve state-of-the-art performance on a range of benchmark control tasks, outperforming SAC and several cutting-edge learning algorithms in terms of both sample efficiency and effectiveness.


Crew Club Athletics is rooted in its founder in its founder. Bruce Robertson and his teammates who rowed to a gold medal victory in the Men's 8's competition at the 1992 Summer Olympic in Barcelona.
Bruce began rowing competitively in 1984 at the Calgary Rowing Club and was competing at an international level by 1986. With a long list of international successes Bruce started attending Oxford University in England, rowing for the Oxford Blue in 1993 Oxford Cambridge Boat Race. Having been Head Coach of the Calgary Rowing Club and Vice President of Rowing Canada. In his role with Rowing Canada, he is responsible for High Performance program training rowers for both the National and Olympic Teams. Canada was ranked as the #1 rowing nation in the world when Bruce was on the team.


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The Red Web - Russia and the Internet
By Steven Aftergood
The Internet in Russia is a battleground between activists who would use it as a tool of political and cultural freedom and government officials who see it as a powerful instrument of political control, write investigative journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan in their new book The Red Web. For now, the government appears to be winning the battle.
Soldatov and Borogan trace the underlying conflict back to official anxiety in the Soviet era about the hazards of freedom of information. In the 1950s, the first Soviet photocopy machine was physically destroyed at the direction of the government "because it threatened to spread information beyond the control of those who ruled."
With the introduction of imported personal computers in the 1980s and a connection to the Internet in 1990, new possibilities for free expression and political organizing in Russia seemed to arise. But as described in The Red Web, each private initiative was met by a government response seeking to disable or limit it. Internet service providers were required to install "black boxes" (known by the acronym SORM) giving Russia's security services access to Internet traffic. Independent websites, such as the authors' own agentura.ru site on intelligence matters, were subject to blocking and attack. Journalists' computers were seized.
But the struggle continued. Protesters used new social media tools to organize demonstrations. The government countered with new facial recognition technology and cell phone tracking to identify them. Large teams of "trolls" were hired to disrupt social networks. A nationwide system of online filtering and censorship was put in place by 2012, and has been refined since then. [...]
NSA Patent Can Locate Internet Users
The 'Dark Web' and Its Implications
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American Group Insurance joins Integrity Marketing Group Platform
by Jason Yoo | Nov 13, 2020 | Medicare, news
Integrity Marketing Group, LLC ("Integrity") announced it has acquired Dallas-based American Group Insurance Brokerage Services. American Group President and Owner Shane Van Loon will continue to lead American Group also becoming a Managing Partner in Integrity.
American Group was founded more than 35 years ago by Shane's father, Howard Van Loon, with original offerings focused on group health insurance. Over the years, they grew to include individual and Medicare insurance products. Eventually, Shane joined the family business to establish their annuity and life insurance division. American Group has expanded from those humble beginnings to support more than 5,000 agents who expect to produce over $30 million in annual paid premium during 2020.


It is very unlikely. The car's canbus system may not recognise any addition equipment, and it may or may not be possible to add via Diagbox. When I bought my second C4GP the DRLs didn't work as they should, and the agent had to download a new configuration from Citroen to get them to work.


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The Inspire Initiative is a project forged by members of the Philippine wedding industry as an effort to give its support to our countrymen who have been devastated by the super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan). This endeavor consists of four different events whose aim is one: to gather contributions and donations for our brothers and sisters in the Visayas region.
A number of the most talented wedding suppliers have partnered with The Inspire Initiative to make The Inspire Couple's Shoot Marathon possible. And now, we want to invite couples to participate and make this endeavour a success.
We always say we believe in true love, so what better way to live it out than to love our countrymen who are in dire need right now?
Before I go into the details, I want to make it clear that ALL proceeds for The Inspire Couple's Shoot Marathon will go to relief and rehabilitation efforts done by UNICEF for typhoon Yolanda victims.
What is The Inspire Couple's Marathon Shoot?
We have gathered some of the country's most talented photographers, as well as the most creative decor stylists, hair and makeup artists, wardrobe stylists, and more. They will cater to 40 couples who will be able to go through 10 amazing set designs and be photographed, all in one day. This shoot is open to ALL couples (engaged, married, or even just dating).
Where and when will this be?
Mark your calendars for November 20, 2013 (Wednesday) at the Blue Leaf Events Pavilion, McKinley Hill, Taguig City. Time slots are available for two schedules–6:00am to 12:00pm (AM) and 10:00am to 4:00pm (PM).
How much will participating in the event cost?
The fee will be P8,500 per couple. This whole amount will go to our brothers and sisters who were devastated by typhoon Yolanda as all expenses for the shoot will be shouldered by the participating wedding suppliers.
How will the shoot marathon take place?
On the day itself, couples will go in for hair, makeup, and styling. Each photographer is assigned one set design. When the shoot proper starts, couples get to enjoy 15 minutes in each set design, then they move to the next as the buzzer goes off. How fun is that, right?!
Be there on time with several outfits ranging from casual to formal. Don't worry! Once you've reserved a slot, the styling team will give you full details on how to go about wardrobe.
How many couples can join?
We are only opening this to 40 precious slots. Since slots are limited, we suggest that you sign up as soon as you can!
So I want to join, what do I do?
Once the maximum number of slots are reached per schedule (AM/PM), succeeding registrations will be placed on the wait list.
If there is still an available slot for you, you will receive a slot confirmation email. This will contain payment details and other information.
Payment options are BPI or BDO deposit, and credit card via PayPal.
Once the maximum number of slots are reached, succeeding registrations will be placed on the wait list.
Submit proof of payment (e.g. deposit slip, confirmation email) by November 14, 2013; 11:59pm to secure your slot.
All unpaid slots will be given to the next couple on the waitlist.
We can't wait for this to happen. May you be inspired to help!
For any other questions, please contact us at theinspireinitiative@gmail.com.
Quite envious for the couples that was able to join. Do you plan on having another one, but on weekend? 🙁 We really want to do this since the proceeds also go to the Yolanda victims.
Hi Camille. Sorry, this is going to happen once only. Weekends are usually booked for weddings so wedding suppliers aren't available, that's why we chose to do this on a weekday. But we'll be announcing some other ways to help, so watch out for that!
Hi Janna, thank you for the feedback. We'll be waiting for that. I think I accidentally sent a draft email regarding this inquiry, as well. Please ignore that. Thanks!


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Blaseygate: The Hidden Agenda Behind this Manufactured Scandal
The future of the American Republic is at stake with the outcome of Blaseygate
As Lavrentiy Beria, head of Joseph Stalin's secret police, famously said:
"Show me the man,
and I'll show you the crime."
The quote sums up the central organizing principle of the Democratic Party.
Somewhere, very high up in the ranks of the DNC Emeritus VIPs, the decision-makers agreed to take down anyone — who was dangerous to their cultural marxist agenda — via criminal allegations (usually of sex crimes).
It makes no difference to these professional character assassins that the accusations are patently false or completely unprovable.
All that matters is that the targeted individual is removed from the playing field inside the Beltway.
Scourge to the GOP
The Democrats have now stooped to smearing anyone with transparent libel and/or slander whom they don't want appointed by a Republican president.
SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh is only the latest conservative victim, except he has not thrown in the towel just yet.
The DEMs used the same offensive tactics against SCOTUS candidate Clarence Thomas in 1991. Anita Hill was sent in as the hitwoman back then just as Christine Blasey Ford is the appointed character assassin today.
It's critical to understand that this Democrat MO has been their preferred tactic for many decades. The big difference now, however, is that they are using this despicable strategy routinely on good candidates for public service.
The Left does not care who or how they destroy their political prey. Once an individual has been identified as resistant to the NWO globalist agenda, they're toast.
This new normal of corrupt and criminal Democratic conduct has made it the scourge of the Republican Party.
Democratic Party: The party of lawyers
It ought to be self-evident that the Democratic Party has always been the preferred political affiliation of most lawyers. Even rich corporate attorneys often side with the Democrats because they can be more easily manipulated with 30 pieces of silver.
The legal class, as a large group of professionals, has earned their reputation for being the lowest of the low. After all, it's what they do. They're bottom feeders. They receive vast sums of money to lie for a living. Not all of them, but the majority have made falsehood their stock in trade.
With this understanding, it's easy to see how quickly a George Soros-paid attorney will generate some dirt on anyone who has been marked for some serious defamation of character.
Soros Must Be Arrested, Prosecuted and Imprisoned to Prevent Civil War
As Beria said, "Show me the man, and I'll show you the crime." Ultra-liberal lawyers on Soros's payroll would practically kill to be the legal hitman to take down, say, a "Brett Kavanaugh". Not only do these lawyerly mercenaries love the money, they relish the opportunity to inflict heavy damage on their political enemies.
Not only can they frame anyone for a crime they did not commit, they can make up crimes out of thin air and witnesses will come flocking to testify because of their eagerness to bear false witness for compensation.
It's entirely true that the DEMs have refined their system of character assassination to both a science and an art form. They have networks set up nationwide that can plug into any person who might fit the profile of a needed character assassin. The nature of their work is such that they know the most scurrilous scuttlebutt in every jurisdiction because that's what they do. That's essentially what criminal law is all about. Civil law also puts attorneys in touch with all the juicy stories (e.g. he says, she says) going on everywhere. Whether they're true or not is an entirely different matter.
No one is safe anymore from the political bolsheviks on the Left
The Left has resolved to take down anyone who does not measure up to the standards of Cultural Marxism. They will use any weapon in their arsenal to destroy and/or assassinate anyone who poses a threat to their nefarious agenda. Simply put, they will not give up their hard-fought gains.
How Cultural Marxism was used to create an American "Sodom and Gomorrah"
That's a HUGE for problem. For the nation. For the American people. The Obamanation that was Obama's odious legacy is still very much with US today and the Left will not give it up. It's like anything in life; one you acquire something that is long sought, it's not easily relinquished…or taken away.
As a result, the ultra-liberals of America are pushing the edge of the envelope in a way that is clearly unsustainable. They will not relent in their character assaults, no matter who is the object of their scorn. If they will go after the President with such venom and vengeance, who will they not attack?
The bottom line here is that: We are all Brett Kavanaugh!
And the sooner men and women of conscience understand that, the quicker the nation can be taken back from those who have stolen it. For every American is now at great risk for the same type of politics of personal destruction that Kavanaugh has just suffered. No one is immune even if they are in no way involved in politics. They can get you at the office, at the church, at the store, at the ballgame. You name it: these cultural marxists will do whatever it takes to neutralize their opponents, truth be damned.
This is a classic hit and run. The Deep State perps always intended for the assassin to kill the target, but they will do everything in their power to keep her out of the line of fire. The more that Christine Blasey Ford is exposed, the more this charade will fall apart.
Blaseygate
There's no better example of the sheer desperation of the Democrat Deep State than the unparalleled Christine Blasey Ford psyop.
BLASEYGATE: A Special Series on the Deep State Psyop
The fastidiously timed and highly coordinated character assassination of Brett Kavanaugh is as shocking as it is reprehensible. It's shocking because of how juvenile and transparent in its intent to torpedo his nomination. It's reprehensible for its flagrant attempt to subvert and dictate to the Senate as well as manipulate the SCOTUS confirmation process.
Given the extreme measures and exceedingly disrespectful approach of the Democrat leadership, an exceedingly dangerous precedent has been set. The Left has pulled every trick in the book to transparently terminate Kavanaugh's candidacy, and that's as chilling as it gets… … … for every citizen interested in rendering public service.
For these and other reasons, every Democratic politician and liberal lawyer associated with this travesty of justice needs to be censured severely. These Leftist bolsheviks cannot be allowed to get away with the damage they have done with this naked charade that has destroyed a good man's reputation.
If the Republican leadership does not exact swift and sure punishment for the serious transgressions of rules and protocol, the Democrats will take advantage of them as they always have. When incorrigible and criminally insane psychopaths abuse people or process, they must be busted upside the head with a four by four; otherwise their misconduct will only intensify.
The Kavanaugh hearing represents just how hopelessly corrupt and criminal the Left has become. They don't even try to hide their utter lawlessness and treachery. They really don't seem to care who sees their crime wave.
It has also demonstrated how spineless the GOP leaders are. They have proven their ineptitude in dealing with certified sociopaths. At worst, the RINOs have shown how they are perfidiously conspiring with the DINOs.
If the Republicans don't see through this confirmation through to its proper end, the midterms will not go well for them. This is clearly a litmus test that the Right will consider very carefully in deciding whether to show up at the polls.
In view of this stark reality, there should not be a blue wave on November 6; rather, it ought to be a red tsunami that washes over the land. This may be the last chance the body politic will have to ensure the Obamanation is destroyed, once and for all. And, that the treasonous agents of Cultural Marxism are rounded up and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. See: This is how the scourge of Cultural Marxism can be stopped…
KEY POINT: There are specific reasons why the Left is so determined to take out Kavanaugh, but one of those reigns supreme. His confirmation threatens their sacred cow which is ABORTION: The Most Powerful Weapon in the Arsenal of Cultural Marxism
The Hidden Agenda
The Democrats are painstakingly setting a new precedent. They are insidiously conditioning the public to accept these "#MeToo witch-hunts" as a normal and acceptable way of vetting male candidates for key government appointments. In fact, there's nothing acceptable about these often outrageous accusations that flow from the Deep State cesspool.
Nonetheless, the Democrat goal is to make the confirmation process so invasive and so salacious that many able candidates will shy away from public service. They also intend to use the same scandalous tactics to ruin any individual they so choose. Unscrupulous Democrat attorneys are quite proficient at this as Michael Avenatti has shown repeatedly. See: Michael Avenatti: When a Soros-Sponsored Democrat Hitman is a Highly Opportunistic and Exploitative Lawyer
Unfortunately for the GOP, the hidden agenda goes way beyond irreparably damaging every good candidate who requires confirmation. Working in tandem with the worst elements within the #MeToo movement, the Left is resolved to dismantling the patriarchal establishment. Just as the Bolshevik Revolution was used to collapse the Russian monarchy in 1917, the liberal bolsheviks intend to get rid of white men in the upper echelons of the U.S. Federal Government.
This very deep and broad conspiracy is the outworking of the subversive agenda of Cultural Marxism. Truly, there is nothing more perilous confronting the American people today than this multi-decade covert scheme to destroy the nation from within. Now that everyone knows that the barbarians are actually inside the gate, not just at the gate, they can be dealt with accordingly.
The following excerpt well explains why this fight in the Senate even started and will quite likely not end peacefully.
"When the American people begin to accept abortion so casually,
it will inevitably inure them to all the other social ills and cultural
sins. In other words, by socially engineering the populace to
approve of a mother's illicit right to outright kill her child, the
floodgates will be opened for so many other wicked acts. People
everywhere will be gradually desensitized to accepting many
other vices as virtues. The human capacity to discern between
right and wrong will be greatly undermined in the process."
Source: Abortion Factory USA: Grave Consequences For
The Nation Are Looming


State lawmakers went into special session today to consider a proposed gas tax increase to fund road and bridge construction. The bill would impact all motorists -- but some would pay significantly more than others.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey's State of the State address Tuesday was typical. But shortly after finishing her speech, she issued a call for a special session around her proposed increase to the state's gasoline tax. That special session starts Wednesday morning.
A gas tax increase, more money for prisons, and a pre-kindergarten expansion were among the legislative priorities Gov. Kay Ivey highlighted in her State of the State address on Tuesday.
A 90-ton cyclotron arrived Tuesday on the campus of UAB. The machine will be part of a new proton therapy center, bringing a specialized cancer treatment to Alabama.
The victims in the Lee County tornado range in age from 6 to 89. Most seem to have died in their homes.
Got some furniture to donate? Want to give blood? Here are ways you can help the tornado victims in Lee County.
Teams from the National Weather Service in Birmingham are evaluating the damage from six potential tornadoes that touched down across parts of Alabama Monday. The storms killed at least 23 people in Lee County Sunday.
Crews in Lee County Monday kicked the search and recovery efforts into high gear, as officials expect the injury and death toll to rise.
In Alabama, Lee County was hardest hit by the series of tornadoes that devastated the state. Authorities put the death toll at 23 so far, with dozens still missing.


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My friend Jerry Rasmussen is a folk singer and song writer. He's also an author and writes about his relationship with God. Several years ago he wrote about a walking stick I put in an auction he attended. I'm so glad he won it! And I'm so glad it touched him the way it did!
... Christ himself expresses his love through the imagery of a shepherd.
Nowadays, we don't see shepherd's staffs unless they are a stage prop. In the movies, staffs are as tall as the shepherd, but most shepherd's staffs weren't that big. They were no higher than a man's waist. While the curved top of the staff was once used to wrap around the neck of a sheep to pull them back into the flock, the primary purpose of the staff was to provide support and balance when walking across uneven terrain. Staffs still provide that support and balance today for people who've lost much of the strength in their legs and find a level hallway to be a challenging terrain. Now we call them canes.
Many years ago when my father was still alive, my son Gideon and I made a cane for him. I was working at the Stamford Museum and Nature Center and I was fascinated with the many young saplings in the woods with vines entwined around them. As the sapling grew, the bark underneath the vine was strangled, leaving a smooth spiral when the vine was removed. I'd seen a walking stick made from a sapling several years ago and thought Gideon and I could make a cane for my father. Walking through the woods, we searched the openings where new saplings were growing until we found one just the right size with a vine spiraling around it. We cut it down with the hand saw I'd brought along, and carefully pulled the vine that was tightly wound around it, revealing the smooth wood underneath. Once we'd cut the trunk to an appropriate length, we sanded and polished the top for a knob and put a rubber cap on the bottom. It made a very handsome cane, just the right height for my father. On our next trip home, Gideon gave it to his grandpa, and my dad treasured that cane. As it turned out, we'd made a rod, not a staff. It needed something on the top to hold onto, so my father cut a piece of wood for a handle and attached it to the top of the rod, making a serviceable cane. It took three generations of Rasmussen men to make it. He used it for years until he finally had to use a walker. The cane always got a lot of attention and my father was very proud to tell the story about how his son and grandson made it for him. I thought of that cane that night, lying there in bed conversing with the Lord.
My first thought when I picked up the cane earlier that day was sobering. I treasure being able to walk and being dependant on a cane was not something I was looking forward to. I felt the heft of the cane and tested it for its height. It was just the right size and felt strangely comfortable, but at the same time I resisted the idea that someday I might be dependent upon it. Standing there lost in thought, I remembered the chorus to a song I'd written that I was planning to sing in the gospel songs workshop the following morning. It gave me comfort.
Instead of looking at the cane with trepidation, thinking about the day when I could no longer walk without one, I took comfort in knowing that whatever the future holds for me, I'll be all right, because Christ will be walking beside me.
When we see images of Christ carrying a staff, it stands as tall as him. I can understand why he is depicted with such a tall staff. It would be disturbing to see a drawing of him walking with a waist-high cane, because we associate canes with an injury or old age. In the years of his ministry, Christ walked everywhere he went, except for his triumphant entrance into Jerusalem on a donkey. He certainly didn't need a cane.
talk with Judy Goddard and she told me how she'd come to make the canes. An elderly friend of hers was going on a cruise and asked her to decorate her cane with Christian symbols and scripture as a blessing and protection. When she saw how pleased her friend was with her cane, she realized that she could bring the Lord's message to others in the same way and began crafting walking canes.
My friend who'd placed a bid on the cane was also at the gospel songs workshop, and I had a chance to talk with her. I told her that the Lord had put it on my heart to get the cane, but I was uncomfortable bidding against her. She assured me that it was all right if I outbid her. She didn't even know if she could fit the cane in her suitcase for her flight back to California. She already had three canes, and didn't need a fourth one. When one o'clock in the afternoon rolled around, I was the high bidder and quickly paid for the cane before someone else showed up at the last minute to outbid me.
Looking at the cane leaning against my desk I think of Jesus and I have to smile. I feel secure knowing that I am under the watchful eye of the Good Shepherd.
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I decided to open my own Fine Arts Gallery in the next town over.
It's called Breakthrough Gallery and I opened my doors on June 15.
This past month I painted a special order hiking stick to celebrate the lifetime achievements of a brother turning 70 years old. He still hikes so his sister had me paint one with the names and birthdays of all his children as well as his wedding date and pictures of the things in his life that have brought him joy. Such a wonderful gift!
I also painted a crook handled Walking Stick for a dear woman as a remembrance of her late husband. It had their names and their wedding date at the top, and a portion of his favorite scripture. It's sprinkled with butterflies and lady bugs. She loves it!!
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The West End production, directed by Adrian Noble with musical staging and choreography by Gillian Lynne, closed in September 2005. It was the longest running show ever at the London Palladium, taking in over £70 million in its three and a half year run.
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November 21, 2007 in Ramble On
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I broke my knee-cap 3 weeks ago. Had surgery two weeks ago, and I've been living in a lazy-boy and watching movies for what seems like forever !
Anybody see this ?
Strange but good European flick about World War 1, and Jodi Foster surprisingly shows up in the middle. Recommended if you're looking for something a little different.
Maybe the vicodin made it better than it really was ?
Yes, I saw it last year in May, and thought it was amazing. The perfect combination of war and romance, saturated with Jeunet's imagination
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I watched the commentary on 'Patton' by Francis Ford Coppola and he was actually fired from the film after writing the screenplay and was working on the 'Godfather' when 'Patton' won the Oscar for best screenplay. He was just about to be fired from The Godfather too until he got the 'Patton' Oscar and I guess the moguls finally realized he may actually have some talent.
Jim Carrey proves he still has his comedic chops and can do so without some of the manic humor that made him so annoying in the pass. As per usual Zooey Deschanel is a real treat.
A bit dreary at times but overall still a good movie.
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I took my kids to see Rango Saturday.
It is fantastic.
Been awhile since I enjoyed a movie this much.
It really is as good (or even better) than the trailers make it look.
On a side note, as animated movies get more and more sophisticated, they become less and less suitable for young kids.
There were a number of people who had very young kids (under 8) who obviously figured "animated movie = kids movie".
The storyline was too complex for kids coming to see something along the lines of Spongebob Squarepants.
And it was apparent - the kids had no interest in the movie at all and were disruptive.
And it's not that the movie is adult-oriented or inappropriate, it just has a much more detailed plot than Veggie Tales.
Thanks for the lowdown. I loved the previews for this that I saw prior to True Grit.
At a very brief 80 minutes it seems like this one is over before it even gets underway good but it's still very worthy viewing. Before even watching it I was afraid it might be your usual maudlin dog story but that didn't really turn out to be the case at all. Instead, it focuses on how our pets can have or tend to set in motion, a profound change in our lives. Plus, Jeff Bridges is always a treat, which is a big reason why I even rented this one to start with.
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Somewhere in here is a possibly great movie dying to get out. Never before have I see so many well known actors (Richard Dreyfuss and Susan Sarandon among them) do such a lousy job of acting. The exception is Edward Norton who plays twins. From reading more about the film I found that fault may be found with the screenwriter (who's also in the movie), Tim Blake Nelson for not fully fleshing out the script. Not a bad movie over all but I agree, it could have been much better. It has a very likable soundtrack that includes tunes from John Prine, Townes Van Zandt and Steve Earle (who also has a small role in the movie). Perhaps if the script had been better realized Nelson could have achieved what he was shooting for. Instead, it just came out sort of sloppy.
Also, what's up with movie posters depicting scenes that never happen in the movie? For instance, not once during the movie is Norton's character ever seen bearing a crossbow. His enemies do but not Norton.
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Documents the Zapatista uprising and movement in response to NAFTA and rising neo-liberalism of Mexico and its disastrous effects on the indigenous Mayans in Chiapas. It was alright just to get a general idea but you're much better off reading the writings of Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos.
What I thought was a surf movie documentary turned out to be more of a proclamation of Christianity that had little to nothing to do with surfing. That aside, it has some great surf footage and some wonderful vistas from around the world. The "message" aspect of it isn't even noticeable at first but at the movie goes along it becomes more and more dominant to the point where the movie isn't even about surfing any more.
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^^^ That makes me think of a movie I saw back in the 80s called "The Big Blue". It was cinematographically (?) spectacular, but the plot was sort of vague and ridiculous. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095250/plotsummary
I keep seeing trailers on tv for this Red Riding Hood movie; I can't take this seriously. I'd be curious to hear if that's any good!
Yer not gonna give us your impression?
You KNOW it was awesome, amirite?
My wife had been wanting me to see this, so I DVR'd it a couple days ago, and we watched it together this afternoon.
As a father with a daughter it was very difficult to watch.
But it was an extraordinary movie and very intense; not with violence or gore, just intense with feeling.
I would recommend it highly.
I certainly enjoyed it. Not that anyone mentioned it but I don't think it's for kids. There isn't really any foul language but there are some violent scenes that would make it inappropriate for young kids. Plus, it references several movies that would go over toddlers' and even most young adults' heads. Aside from that, I thought it was well done and isn't just a special effects extravaganza (though there's obviously plenty of that). It actually has a plot and despite a couple of slow moments, it keeps your attention throughout. 2 hours is a bit much though, an hour and a half running time probably would have been much better.
Saw this one last night:
Apparently it's another one that passed most everyone by when it was first came out at theatres so more folks are discovering it thanks to it's release on DVD. Though the underlying theme of the movie is sad, overall it's very uplifting and funny as Walken and his son scheme their way across the U.S..
This is one of those movies I wasn't sure I was going to like at first but the deeper I got into it, the better it was. Hard to say too much about it without giving it away so I'll just say it's filled with some very pleasant surprises.
I'd read some mixed reviews on this one which caused me to be wary of renting it. Goes to show you should always see for yourself because your opinion may vary wildly from those of others which was most definitely the case here. This is not really an anti-war film (as so many are) but more of a character study of a soldier who loves his job, perhaps a little too much.
A riveting crime drama that's based on a true story. This one has a lot of ups and downs but the main thing is Hilary Swank's relationship with her brother. She goes above and beyond to prove his innocence in a murder that he's been wrongly convicted of. From the description of it I was afraid this would be sort of a CSI type story for the big screen. While that is an aspect of it, the feeling I got out of it is just how far one will go for their loved ones.
Tried to watch 'SNATCH' the other night. After 15 minutes I snatched it out of the player and almost tossed it into the garbage.
We then put in 'Broadway Danny Rose'
We're gonna watch that tomorrow.
Edited March 21, 2011 by Jahfin
I first heard of Nathaniel Ayers thanks to a piece I saw on 60 Minutes several years ago. It wasn't long after that when I heard a movie was being made about him but it's taken until now to finally see it. Not a bad movie at all but it can be a bit frustrating to watch because of the very difficult time Downey's character has of getting through to Nathaniel (played by Jamie Foxx). There's no real tidy ending here as the crux of the movie is built upon that very frustration. It's when Downey lets up on Nathaniel that any real progress is finally made.


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Bob Dix Keynote Speaker for the Morningtown Group LLC Information Assurance Industry Day at the Rockville Double Tree Hotel
WEBWIRE – Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Rockville Maryland May 18, 2005 – Greg Baughman, Vice President of the Morningtown Group LLC announced today that Bob Dix former 108th Congress Staff Director for the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Census will be the keynote speaker at the Morningtown Group LLC Information Assurance Consortium Industry Day Conference to held from 8-5 on June 10, 2005 at the Double Tree Hotel in Rockville Maryland.
Mr. Dix has been widely recognized as one of the leading Hill staffers in the area of technology transformation, e-government and cyber security. Dix also has more than 25 years of corporate senior management experience and will lead Citadel's efforts to introduce its suite of technology solutions to public and private sector entities throughout the United States.
Citadel Security Software Inc. (NASDAQ:CDSS), a leader in vulnerability management and policy enforcement through its automated vulnerability remediation (AVR) solution, Hercules®, announced the addition of Bob Dix to the Citadel management team as Vice President of Government Affairs and Corporate Development. Dix joins Citadel from the Unites States House of Representatives where he served as Staff Director for the House Subcommittee on Technology, Information Technology, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census, working with Chairman Adam Putnam and Committee on Government Reform Chairman Tom Davis.
"The government's loss is Citadel's gain," House Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis (R-VA) said. "Bob's been a friend and colleague of mine for many years and he's that rare individual who cares more about doing good than getting credit. The reason he's been such a success in both the private and public sectors is that he brings passion, commitment, energy and enthusiasm to everything he does.
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Picking out a hair style for your son or daughters wedding is always so nerve wracking. I wanted to write this blog post to help other MOG and MOB when deciding on the perfect wedding hair style. If you are savvy in the tech world you have access to so many visuals from Pinterest, Google, wedding websites like The Knot, Style Me Pretty not to mention all the Red Carpet celebrities giving you a glimpse at what is trending with hair and makeup; think Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Diane Keaton or Michelle Pfeiffer all walking the Red Carpet with styles that compliment their age.
Here is a simple breakdown on what to expect when you book your hair and makeup trial at Fresh Beauty Studio. First, I like to first schedule a consult with my Mothers to understand what type of hair I am working with, Do you need hair extensions to create the hair style of choice? If so, we can custom match your color in the studio and prepare your hair extensions for your next appointment. Sometimes there is a little more work that has to be done such as dying the hair extensions to get the exact color or cutting the extensions. This is what I did with my client Abby, she first came in a couple of weeks ago for her consult, we went over her visuals that she pulled from Pinterest, talked about having realistic expectations when it comes to updo's. Sometimes there are updo's that look amazing on the models but when translated to your hair thinness/thickness/length/color etc it doesn't look the same or just can't be achieved exactly like the picture, modifications are set in place to give you the same look and feel.
Abby came back today for her hair updo trial, this is so important to try out the style before the wedding day, you don't want to be experimenting with anything beauty related on the wedding day. My advice from the very first day I opened Fresh Beauty Studio was simple: answer your bridal suite doorbell in your comfy PJ's, sit back and enjoy this exciting day with no stress from running around to salons, spas etc, and sip on a glass of champagne while you have your hair and makeup team arrive to make you look gorgeous. I haven't deviated from this advise in 8 years and I have seen what happens when the Bride or bridal party does. It's just not worth it to have that extra stress on such an important day.
Here is the inspiration pictures that Abby sent me from Pinterest that she wanted to create.
Inspiration from my client on how she wanted her hair to look on the wedding day.
I created a collage for you to see what Abby's hair looked like before on the day of her consultation. I was able to color match her hair for her extensions, have time to dye them to perfectly match her hair and to pre set them before her hair trial.
Abby's Hair Before on the day of her consultation.
There is a little more work to be done when you want to create a style that your natural hair just can not do. As you can see in the inspiration picture the model has a lot more hair than Abby does and longer layers. Abby has thin hair with short choppy layers throughout her head. I used clip in extensions that were 14 inches long and I added in a bun tool that snaps to make for a round circle. I didn't need it for a bun so I unsnapped it and used it vertically securing with bobby pins on the back of Abby's head to create the base for her volume.
Custom extensions and volume tool to help create Abby's final look.
Abby was thrilled with the final results of the updo. She felt that the hair style was secure and that she could dance the night away feeling glamorous.
A look back at the before and after.
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Recession Began in February in Face of Coronavirus, Experts Say
A woman walks into a closing Gordmans store May 28, 2020, in St. Charles, Mo. A committee within the National Bureau of Economic Research, a trade group, determines when recessions begin and end. (Jeff Roberson/Associated Press)
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy entered a recession in February as the coronavirus struck the nation, a group of economists declared June 8, ending the longest expansion on record.
The economists said that employment, income and spending peaked in February and then fell sharply afterward as the viral outbreak shut down businesses across the country, marking the start of the downturn after nearly 11 full years of economic growth.
A committee within the National Bureau of Economic Research, a trade group, determines when recessions begin and end. It broadly defines a recession as "a decline in economic activity that lasts more than a few months."
For that reason, NBER typically waits longer before making a determination that the economy is in a downturn. In the previous recession, the committee did not declare that the economy was in recession until December 2008, a year after it actually had begun. But in this case, NBER said the collapse in employment and incomes was so steep that it could much more quickly make a determination.
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"The unprecedented magnitude of the decline in employment and production, and its broad reach across the entire economy, warrants the designation of this episode as a recession, even if it turns out to be briefer than earlier contractions," the NBER panel said.
The way NBER defines recessions, they begin in the same month that the previous expansion ends. Because the economy peaked in February, that is the month when the recession officially began, rather than in March, when unemployment began to rise.
Financial markets had little reaction June 8 to NBER's declaration. February is when the stock market hit its own record high before stumbling into a severe downturn, from which it has mostly recovered, thanks to extraordinary stimulus and support measures from the Federal Reserve and Congress as well as expectations that the worst of the economic pain may have passed.
The unemployment rate officially is 13.3%, down from 14.7% in April. Both figures are higher than in any other downturn since World War II. A broader measure of underemployment that includes those who have given up looking and those who have been reduced to part-time status is 21.2%.
On June 5, the government said that employers added 2.5 million jobs in May, an unexpected gain that suggested job losses may have bottomed out. A recession ends when employment and output start to pick up again, not when they reach their pre-recession levels. So it's possible that the recession technically could end soon.
That would make the current recession the shortest and deepest on record. It is expected to be followed by an extended recovery before the economy manages to regain its pre-pandemic levels of production and employment. Some economists say it could take two years or more, with the unemployment rate still likely 10% or higher at the end of this year.
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"The most important thing to focus on is the strength of the recovery, and that's where the greatest uncertainty lies right now," said Ernie Tedeschi, policy economist at investment bank Evercore ISI.
It's unclear, Tedeschi noted, whether the virus is under control, whether there will be a second wave or whether or when a vaccine will be developed.
The World Bank said June 8 the world was facing a health and economic crisis that has spread with astonishing speed and will produce the largest shock the global economy has witnessed in seven decades. It expects millions of people to be pushed into extreme poverty.
In its updated global outlook, the World Bank projected that international economic activity will shrink by 5.2% this year, the deepest recession since a contraction in 1945-46 at the end of World War II. The 5.2% downturn would be the fourth-worst global downturn over the past 150 years, exceeded only by the Great Depression of the 1930s and the periods immediately after World War I and World War II.
In the U.S., states have begun reopening their economies, thereby allowing businesses to recall some employees to work. But economic activity is returning very gradually. A full recovery won't occur until Americans are willing to resume their previous habits of shopping, eating out and traveling. That might not happen until a vaccine is developed or testing is more widely available.
Diane Swonk, chief economist at accounting firm Grant Thornton, said the NBER committee might end up declaring this recession to have already ended in May based on the fact that hiring rebounded that month.
"We could have the shortest recession in history — it seems ridiculous, but we could," Swonk said. Still, it will take much longer for the economy to rebound, she said.
"This bottom is going to be uniquely deep, and we don't know how fast we will get out of the bottom," she said.
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Andrea Salinas of 'Little Women: ATL' Is a Mom of 3 Adorable Kids – Inside Her Motherhood Story
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Andrea Salinas from 'Little Women: Atlanta' is the proud mother of three adorable children. Take a look at her family and journey to motherhood.
Andrea Salinas and her twin sister Amanda Salinas rose to fame as the performing duo, the "Tiny Twinz." The cameras followed them navigating their careers, relationships, and family dynamics on "Little Women: Atlanta."
Andrea was a mother of three by the time she was in her mid-twenties. She fought to keep her family together with her on and off again boyfriend, Chris Fernandez.
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Andrea also had to fight back the concerns of her family, who have expressed their disapproval of her relationship with Chris.
Although she accepted his proposal, the couple split shortly after.
The couple has faced backlash from fans and the Salinas family for the times Chris headed back to his home in Texas while leaving Andrea to raise their three children alone.
All of the couple's children have achondroplasia dwarfism like Andrea. Their eldest child is seven-year-old Andre. It is reported, he was born with a health condition and almost died after birth. It was later discovered to be lung disease.
Andrea has entrusted her parents with raising Andre in Texas because she felt they would be able to better care for him amid his condition. As a toddler, he would often refer to her as "momma Drea."
In 2016, Andrea welcomed her first daughter, Aubrey. On season two of "Little Women Atlanta," Aubrey made her television debut.
Andrea chose her co-star, Minnie, to be Aubrey's godmother. On April 28, 2020, Minnie died in a car accident. The show's stars, including Andrea, shared touching tributes in her honor.
Only a year after welcoming their second child, Andrea and Chris announced that they were excepting another girl. In an interview with PEOPLE, Andrea said:
"Chris and I are so excited to be pregnant again! Andre and Aubrey are the loves of our lives and will be the best siblings to baby No. 3."
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In the fifth season of "Little Women: Atlanta," Chris proposed to Andrea during a romantic date in front of a hot air balloon.
Although she accepted his proposal, the couple split shortly after. Andrea ended the relationship after Chris announced that he would be leaving Atlanta for a job opportunity.
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The project seller will have five other things available to complete doing his agenda very busy. Waste piled up your job place is like eyesore and result in a great disruption to schedule of the project owner. This kind of trash has to be cleared right away which in any other case would be source for many troubles.


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I'm old, I'm slow, and apparently I like to hit things.
In the last several days I have played pickleball and golf.
The pickleball experiment was a whim/challenge that Happened last Saturday evening when Mister Spinster made a crack about me and my propensity for sitting in my Happy Chair all day. I picked up that gauntlet and before I knew it, I was at the Walmarts looking for the sporting good section.
I AM THE WORLD'S GREATEST PICKLEBALL PLAYER. EVER.
Mister Spinster was stunned, suitably humbled, and picking pickleball remnants out of his teeth for the rest of the evening.
The next morning, just as I was settling in with my paper, book, and stitching for the day...he did it again.
This time, the gauntlet was in the form of a golf ball. I suspect that Mister Spinster chose this particular sport because he remembered that a) I haven't played the game in almost 20 years, and b) I am so bad at the game that no less than six pros have given me my money back after trying (unsuccessfully) to teach me how hit the ball.
So I dusted off my clubs (literally), shoved my feet into my 30 year old golf shoes (which fit...remarkably), and decided that, if nothing else, it was a pretty day for a ride in a cart.
We went over to campus and paid our twenty bucks (nineteen for me as an alumna!) and after much fussing to find a glove, a ball, and a tee...headed out.
Mister S teed off first and hit it a thousand miles, as usual. He tried, he really did, but I swear I saw a smug little smirk on his face as we headed to the ladies' tees.
I immediately looked around to see who else would share in my humiliation, said a little prayer to my folks in heaven, took a deep breath, and then...crushed it straight down the center of the fairway.
I AM THE WORLD'S GREATEST GOLFER. EVER.
As God is my witness, Dearies, I have no earthly idea where the heck this came from. I'm not completely without a modicum of coordination (I do, after all, have the ability to use a laying tool!), but me play sports? Adequately?
I wouldn't bet the ranch on that one.
No idea at all what the difference is, but I suspect that age and wisdom are both playing a part, as well as the fact that I'm so darn tired that I don't have the energy to overthink anything, let alone a swing or proper stance or ball placement, etc. All I do know is that I enjoyed myself immensely and with every THWACK of the ball I felt my troubles just melt away.
Chair time is upon me, so I suppose I better go. I am physically a bit wiped out, so methinks I might just settle in with a movie or two today.
Happy Futzingday to all! Do something fun and come tell me all about it!
I can relate to the experience of having golf pros refund my money. I have much experience at driving a ball into the rough. Decided my sport should be walking, which I mostly do adequately.
What a great story! Coni, I think you're reinventing yourself!
The same thing happened to me over twenty years ago, only it was basketball. Never had a lesson, but sure sunk those shots. And, I'm only 5'3", so it's not a height thing--probably a mental thing. Not something I'd take up as a regular activity, but it sure was a surprise.
With age comes prespective. If it doesn't matter, the pressure is off, and you can just enjoy yourself.
Way to go, Coni! Hope today's chair time goes smoothly.
Woohoo!!! I am not a golfer but I do enjoy golfing once and awhile. Glad you are out enjoying yourself!
Wow, kudos to your sperting bad swlf!!I too can hit a ball and put it fairly close to where I want it. I went out to the practice range with my ex one, I was better than he was. He wouldn;t take me again. Notice I said 'ex'?
I can also shoot with amazing preision. I was taught by my dad, who was a WWII sniper. I love the gun range...shooting paper targets is good therapy!
That should be 'sporting', not 'sperting'...and 'self' not swlf'....geeze. I guess typing is not one of my talents!!
Coni dear you ROCK! Just what in heavens name pickle ball?
I used to play mini golf does that count? I prefer taking a Glock out to the range & shooting. Now that's something I can do well.
Had my 6 wk check on my knee replacement & don't have to go back for a year. Dr said I'm doing great. YAY me!
Every year my in-laws held a New Year's Eve games day for friends and family. Friends were fellow golfers from their club. I used to dread that day because the attitude of one friend and his family was the sheer competitiveness - disgraceful. Now one of the games was putting with a little gadget that trapped the golf ball if you aimed it to perfection. Well this man walked up and down the 12ft of carpet bending, kneeling (I waited for him to lick his finger to see if there were any draughts coming down the chimney - sorely disappointed because he didn't) and then took several putts to get it in the "hole". Now I was at the time a field hockey player. I held the iron, looked at the target and patted the ball. It went in first time! Hah! I have never been so smug! I am just not a competitive person and I really didn't care if it went in or not - but this time it was BOOYAHHHHHHH! Isn't it wonderful when something you least expect just happens in your favour!
Really pleased you had a jolly good session. Rock on girlie!


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Solar System Story: an extract
City Story: an extract
Solitary movement through a hauntological palimpsest
Oli July 17, 2019 December 23, 2019 Games
Aloy moves alone through her world. Geralt in the Witcher series is constantly bounded and motivated by his social relations and obligations, despite his fundamentally ronin status; in contrast, although the protagonist of Horizon Zero Dawn is provided by her back-story with a social context that explains who she is and why, the earliest stages of the narrative excise her of all social obligations and close relationships. It is to the credit of the writers that they take the time to show how this is socially possible, within the customs of her tribe, but this liberty accorded to Aloy is clearly a pretext for the player's freedom within the game's beautifully realised open world. Also in contrast to the Witcher games, side quests lack narrative complexity, and almost every secondary character is lacking in depth. Even the Witcher's over-sexualised female companions, placed at the erotic convenience of both character and (implicitly male) player, are much more convincingly drawn characters, with the semblance of their own lives and motivations, but in Horizon Zero Dawn the only character that really gets to sing her song is Aloy.
Lucky then, that it is a song worth singing. Her courage, compassion and intelligence will capture the hearts of most players before they've known her for an hour, even if, unlike me, they do not have a daughter of roughly Aloy's age. Although the writers must clearly be given their due for the way in which Aloy responds to her experiences and environment, there is little development in her character from beginning to end of the tale, and the majority of the credit for her striking charisma belongs to the voice acting of Ashly Burch. Burch is known as a specialist in voice acting for games, although I'm only familiar with one of her other roles; in Horizon Zero Dawn she speaks with the same kind of quiet precision deployed by Mark Rylance in his portrayal of Thomas Cromwell in Wolf Hall (and memorably satirised by Ben Miller in S3:E3 of Upstart Crow). This proves a very apt match for Aloy's character traits, which include an unshakeable ability to focus, relentless determination, icy unflappability, and razor-sharp mental and physical capacities. Despite her seeming perfection, or perhaps because of it, the player still feels her vulnerability in the face of circumstances that are both global and apocalyptic in scope, and it is her mourning for the destructive loss of the world that was (our world, that is to say) that gives the game its narrative heart.
Horizon Zero Dawn is set roughly a thousand years in the future, in a world populated by tribal peoples who know nothing of our times. They have some technical capacities, based around the scavenging of ancient or discarded technology, but live for the most part somewhere between the neolithic and the medieval, in terms of both material and social culture. They share the world with a curiously reduced palette of land vertebrates, and a large number of advanced robots of mysterious origin, which fill the ecological niches that, in our age, belong to the larger animals. These robots are routinely hunted for the parts and materials which can be scavenged from them, although some are so large and so well equipped with military equipment that hunting them is rarely practical for those less remarkably skilled than Aloy. Finding out how this state of affairs came about, and preventing it from becoming precipitately worse, becomes Aloy's goal, by way of investigating her own mysterious origins.
It is this hunting of the machines that gives the game its heart as a game, and which makes it as compelling as the Witcher, which is far more engaging on a narrative level, but which can be played with little more than ham-fisted button-mashing (on the difficulty levels I tend to choose in my dotage, at any rate). Each machine must be hunted in the correct way, with the correct weapons, although it should also be said that there are usually several correct ways to complete any gameplay objective. I have to admit that I usually play for the story, in this kind of visually accomplished AAA game, but with HZD the gameplay grabbed me and didn't release me until long after I had completed the narrative. That this nuanced and multi-levelled hunting and combat takes place against the backdrop of a beautifully rendered version of what our material culture might look like after a millennium of total neglect gives HZD its peculiar and engaging affective character, a kind of kinetic melancholy.
As the big secrets of the backstory are revealed we are drawn deeper into the narrative, whose most compelling elements turn out to be the fragmentary lives preserved from earlier times in the media snippets that are scattered throughout the world. Aloy has a mission, in terms of responding urgently to events that are emergent in her own time, but her progress through the world is as driven by curiosity as much as anything else, and by a need to recover lost lives from their documentary traces. The past exists liminally in HZD, poised between presence and absence, as in Jacques Derrida's concept of 'hauntology'. In fact, it sometimes feels as though W.G. Sebald had written a Tomb Raider game, its protagonist pursuing not treasure or power, but an ineffable palimpsest of forgotten lives. Although HZD does not really stand up to its competition in terms of characterisation and interpersonal drama, this combination of uniquely compelling gameplay, and a pensive, hauntological fascination with the frailty of memory, both crystallised through the person of its precisely delineated protagonist, makes the game, for me, one of the AAA genre's most complex and moving works of art.
adventure games, Aloy, Guerilla Games, Horizon Zero Dawn, open world, third-person adventure
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On the ground floor, a living-room with French windows, a separate kitchen and guest toilets.
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On the canal side, a terrasse and a garden lead to the 12m x 4,34m mooring.
A lovely house with much charm perfect to enjoy peaceful holidays.


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Jewish Women, Amplified
Rising Voices
Hurricane Bella: A Whirlwind of Intersectional Feminism
by Emily Axelrod
Bella Abzug was many things. A Jew. A fair labor advocate. A pacifist. An environmentalist. A defense attorney. A congresswoman. An activist. And above all, an intersectional feminist. The daughter of Jewish-Russian immigrants, Abzug dedicated her life to social change—dividing her time between the law and activism. She defended individuals targeted as Communists by Senator Joseph McCarthy and also defended Willie McGee, an African-American man sentenced to death for raping a white woman. She was elected to the House of Representatives for New York's 19th district, and there she fought for the Equal Rights Amendment, among other liberal policies.
Her activism included calls for labor justice as well as nuclear disarmament and peace in Vietnam. In 1971, Abzug co-founded the National Women's Political Caucus with Shirley Chisholm and Gloria Steinem, which aimed to increase the number of women in government. In her words, "Women will change the nature of power, rather than power changing the nature of women." Between her activism and her roles as a lawyer and lawmaker, Abzug not only fought for women like herself, but for women of all different backgrounds. It wasn't until the late 70s and early 80s that the concepts of womanism and feminism for women of color became mainstream. Nonetheless, Abzug understood the importance of it, while most of her counterparts in the feminist movement didn't. Though it was not even a term yet, Bella Abzug's efforts were, in every sense of the word, intersectional.
The word "intersectionality" was coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw, a scholar and civil rights advocate, in 1989. "Although racism and sexism readily intersect in the lives of real people, they seldom do in feminist and antiracist practices," Crenshaw wrote. A true intersectional feminist is one who fights for the rights of those who aren't always included in the narrative. And real intersectionality involves recognizing that identity factors don't exist in a vacuum. Racism and sexism often go hand in hand, so the battles against them must as well.
Abzug is an exemplar of what it means to be an intersectional feminist. She used her power and privilege to advocate for those she described as "on the outside of power." Being a Jew herself, she was familiar with identity-based oppression, and because of that she knew she had to use her power to help fight for others. The energy and passion she brought to her work earned her the nickname "Hurricane Bella," one that stayed with her for the entirety of her life.
In 2019, Bella Abzug shouldn't only be the name of an inspiring feminist of the past, but also the embodiment of a legacy we strive to live up to today. With so many groups of people under constant attack, we cannot let the differences in our identities divide us.
As a Jewish feminist, I look up to Bella Abzug not only because of the progress she made for Jewish women, but because of the progress she made for all women. She expanded feminist circles to include women of more backgrounds, but also got involved in movements that didn't directly affect her. Similarly, I believe that being an intersectional feminist in this day and age means not only expanding discussions about women's rights to discussing women "on the outside of power," but also getting involved in movements that affect these women. I am not so directly affected by the issues taken on by movements such as Black Lives Matter or #NoBanNoWall; however, Abzug taught me that because these are issues that affect women, they're women's issues. And because they're women's issues, they're my issues.
This piece was written as part of JWA's Rising Voices Fellowship.
Topics: Feminism, Civil Service, Communism
Alan Jules Weberman5 months ago
She had war stock in her garbage and was a phony
Emma Mair 10 months ago
You and her are queens!
Axelrod, Emily. "Hurricane Bella: A Whirlwind of Intersectional Feminism." 18 March 2019. Jewish Women's Archive. (Viewed on January 22, 2020) <https://jwa.org/blog/risingvoices/hurricane-bella-whirlwind-of-intersectional-feminism>.
Bella Abzug speaking with constituents, 1976.
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